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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, APRIL 8, 1843.
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      On Saturday Next , April loth , 1843 , H 7 MKS FOB . WOSSHTP , SUITED to the present state of the Church . May be had of Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leed 3 ; Heywood , Manchester ; Cleave , London ; &c , &c . ; t * '

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      XOXDON CHA 3 TIST MONTHLY MAGAZINE COMMITTEE , CBATEH HEAD , DBTJB 1-LASE . This Committee held its weekly meeting on Saturday evening last , at eight p . m ~ Mr- Thos . Carter in the chair , ^ r hen the folio-sing address -was agreed to , and ordered to be Bent f ji insertion to the Northern Star . - —

      ADDBXSS . The' time Las come , brother Chartists , when the public stiDii of a Monthly Magazine is imperatively called for by our gioricms canse . Such a magazine "will Eh . O'W , not only that Chartism is rising in the -world , but that ire Chartists are able to compete even -with those "Who 7 &lne themselves npen their respectability , and -who consequently affect to despise ns as poor and ignorant . "We certainly iiave not much rani and health on our aide ; bat-we have " something far more and better ;" "We hxre truth ana talent , ana by-rirtne of these -sna can eofgrce out claims to the native superiority due to thesobles of nature .

      The battle "of the Charter is to be fought -with the press , as all great national battles are : and a magazine , preperly massaged , fnH be a piece of artillery liie the celebrated Turkish gnu , Trhlcn -was so large and wellaihdttea that though fired bat periodically , it , itself , did the « recutaon of a -whole battery . Tbe XorQiern Star , bo "well serred as it is by its unflinching and "uudeviatJng Editor , has effected a -wide breach In the citadel ol corruption . The wallB begin to totter : let us hare s magazine , and -we enter , and hoist the standard of the Charter in place of the stricken & 3 Z of faction . While a newspaper is chitfly devoted to

      the political service of our cause , and is the organ to report the "weeilyprogress of onr movement—a monthly "magazine "will more parficlnlarly store up the literary awl scientific aids of Chartism , and -will be feund especially serviceable to young men and -women , from the -variety and condensed excellence of its contents , © aaasSBg of essays , tales , narratives , memoirs , anecdotes , reviews , poetry , aad miscellaneous instructiTe and entertamin * articles , all having a direct tendency to sourish democratic strength and republican freedom . The numbers bound up at the end of the year -would lonn a valuable library book , and -would do the work of many tracts .

      "We are isppy "to state that tins project "will nave the festering and suspicious light of the Norihenr Star shed upon it—and snch a favourable conjunction cannot but botie good fortune to the people's cause . Bj ordfcTO ? th- ; Committee , Johs "Watkixs , Sec ¦ K . B . —AH orders ana comm ' unicatiSns to be addressed pro Um to the Secretary , at tie Craven Head , Drnry-laiie . The committee expect to be able to commence the Magazine by the beginning ef Slay .

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      NOTTINGHAM . GRAM ) DEMONSTRATION , IN HONOUR OP T . S . DUNC 0 M 3 E , ESQ ., M . P . In * anotber place -will be fonnd a report of the proceedings at the nomination of candidates for the representation oi theboreugh of Uotuntzhzm , which , lowever , though of itself interesting , merges into comparative insignificance "when contrasted with the reception of the Poor Man ' s Friend and England ' s Glory . Mr . Duncombe had been invited by the nonelector ' s committee to visit the town of Nottingham , and , as is that gentleman ' s invariable practiee , he instantly complied with the . Tfi 3 fle 3 of the unprivileged KHVf&shed .

      "Wednesday evening , at half-past five , wa 3 the hour appointed for the arrival , and up to that moment all wa 3 bnstle , anxiety and hope . At four the prodncera of wealth began to assemble in the spacious market , and before half an hoar had passed swaj the numbers congregated , and the amount * of flags scaring in the breeze far surpassed in amount any thing of the kind that had been witnessed within ike memory of man in the rotten electoral bole . ¥ e cannot gues 3 at the numbers , suffice it io Bay that Nottingham market , perhaps fiie largest in the kingdom , was covered , in marching order , by the countless thousands on their return with Mr . Buncombe . Shortly before five ©' clock , rthe joyous poor fellows , headed by

      asplendid band , and joined by some hearty souls from Sutton-in-Ashiield , and Mansfield , Chartist districts , that are no churls of their population when the « rase requires a helping hand , -proceeded to the Station , where Mr , Doncombe was expected to arrive . When the cavalcade reached the destiDed spot , every eye was cast along the line of railroad , ia the hope of catching the first glimpse , till at length , the wished-for moment came ¦ and one general Bhout of " He ' s coming , " ran through the j anltitudB ; when the train arriTed and with it the people ' s champion . In a moment , Buncombe made his appearance among his admirers , escorted by O'Connor and Cooper , to a carriage drawn by four splendid grey horses , and the shouts from the assembled thousands sounded and resounded through the air and made the Station ring again . We shall not caUhaprocesaonjitwasnosnch thing , for every one would see Dnncombe , and , if possible , all would have

      leapedinto the carriage . It had none of the coldness , noryet theformality of aprocession ; it was a jumping , joyous mass , moving on a 3 best they could through the crowded streets , and , as it moved its slow length alosg , Duncombe was cheered from the windows and roofs , and every standable place from nine in ten of every house ; so the thing moved on till the Market-place , was reached , where Doncornbe was to speak , Mr . Dnnne kindly offering his spacious buildins as a hustings . When the multitude reached the Market-place the scene w& ~ grand and imposing in the extreme . There was scarcely any moving room in the spacious ground ; and when all came to wedge into hearing space , the numbers astonished both Whigs and Tories , all admitting that even the O'Connell procession waa insignificant in comparison . One gentleman who stojjd . near "us exclaimed , " Where the devil did they all come from ?"

      . Not nmch time was lost in preliminary matter-, Mr . O'Connor , in a few words , introducing Mr . Don combe to the meeting , and his reception was cheering in the extreme ; in short , nothing could he more so , and language could not . describe it . When ths echoing tumult had partially ceased , he spoke as follows : — Working men of Nottingham , having anderstood that exceptions have been taken to my coming among you , or interfering in jour local affairs ; fcnt having been flattered by your confidence , commnnicated to me through a desire to ascertain my opinion ¦ with reference to the relative merits of twe candidates cMming the honour of your support , I should consider myself wanting in respect to yon and to

      myself , if I had withheld my opinion from yon—< cheers)—and how could I more perfectly discharge the onerouB duty imposed upon me by your confidence than by accepting your kind invitation , whereby the present pleasing opportunity would be afforded of giving you my opinion in person 1—( loud cheers , and " your ' e welcome . ") Mr . Gisborne and 3 ir . Walter , jnn ^ are now in the field . Of Mr . Gisbqrne I will frankly say that I consider him in everyway qualified to serve the cause of the working man in Parliament—( cheers)—and I have ventured to pledge myself mpon his behalf thai he will sot fall short of your most sanguine expectations—Gond cheers ) . Of Mr . Walter , however , I know nothing ; and , as to the old gentleman , I have a

      great personal regard for him , and , as a Tory , con-Eider him as good as Tory could be —( laughter)—but I liked him better when -we used to sit and vote on the E&di&aL side of the House together—( hear , hear ) . But if he was the best man in the world , a committee of the House of . Commons lias sealed his doom , and put his nominatiod ont of 1 he question , and it is for yon , the electors of Nottingham , to say whether or not you are satisfied with this system of hereditary legislation attempted to be imposed upon yon—( cheers and no ") - Is the mantle torn from the father to descend upon the son as a right 1—( so)—or have we not already had enough and more than eneugh of hereditary legislation in one of the Houses of Parliament ! ( Cheers

      and * aye / O I am told that Mr . Gisbome has been -charged with a desire to get into Pariiamem for the purpose of supporting the Whigs ; but Mr . Gisborne is a shrewd man , and a man of talent , and Do friend to sinecurisis —( laughter)—and he knows well that the support of Whiggery , now-a-days , would be but . a sinecure—( laughter ); he knows , and you know , that the Whigs are defunct , that you killed them while they hoped to destroy yon—( loud cheers and laughter ) . If then yoa give Mr . Gisborne credit for shrewdness and talent , you must also accord to him your " belief that he will nse his talent shrewdly , and not stultify him-Belf by supporting a nonentity —( laughter ) . Mr . Gbborne knows , as I have long known , that all reforms

      are now valueless , save the onB reform , and that is ihe document entitled the -People ' s Charter—( loud cheers ana waving of hate ) . The English mind has busied itself upon this one great and vital point , and persecution will but rivet it still more closely in joor affections—( loud cheers ) . Why , wi ll any man denj that the House of Commons requires reform t —( no > What do job think ihe House were occupied about daring nine hours of precious time last might ! diseasing , like mandarins , ' whether opium was good for the stomachs of the Chinese or not—( laaghter ) . Some declaring that it was—others that it was not , and others that they , the Chinese , shoald be allowed to judge for themselves ; an Crpinion to which I must own I subscribed as the

      most rational Then when all the other Mandarins had shaken their heads , the great Mandarin—Psei —( laughter)—got np aadsheokhiB head , and infermeoT the Honse that as important negotiations were now pending between his Government and ( he Chinese Government , ihai ii would be better to postpone any fnrihfir discussion npon the subject ; and co little Mandarin wagged a iead after that- ^ ( kBghter ) . ISovr , working men wouldn ' t waste their precious time insucha frivoulouB diBcussionMcheers . The speaker then adverted to the worsethan foil ? of the fr&s f traders hoping to force a repeal of ihe eora laws from a Boose of Commons constituted as at present ; Sat , aid te , if ( bey ar « keoie lei ihta

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      invest the whole people with the means of carrying out their object—( renewed cheers . ) However distasteful my interference may be to some , the cheering reception I have met with assures me that I was neither an intruder nor yet an unwelcome guest—( " No , no , we'd rather Bee you than the whole batch of them , " and cheerBO—and , continued Mr . Duncombe , the honest pleasure which I have just reason to feel , can be communicated to other hearts . I am sure it will be felt and participated in by the

      independent electors of Finsbury , who hare honoured me with their confidence npon more occasions than one —( cheers , and shouts of "Come to us , we will have you . ") Mr . D . continued to address the meeting at further length , again assuring them that he would also connt upon the unswerving support of Mr . Gisborne , and with an earnest appeal to the people not to be bullied ont of their course by judges , jurors , er magistrates . He retired amidst shouts following shouta , and cheers succeeding cheers .

      Cooper being recognised by the meeting was loudly called for , and upon his appearance was as loudly cheered . He addressed the meeting with animated energy , as did G . J . Harney , when the living mass departed in peace and jey , to prepare for the siaucGLE of the morrow .

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      PHENOMENON GREATER THAN THE COMET . The cemet without head or tail , without definable dimensions or proportions , is a phenomenon of no ordinary charaoter ; the earthquake under our very noses , that frightened all who heard its rumbling , save ose sturdy policeman , had its shake and passed away—we hope to come no more ; " Cold water cures the g « ut , the cholic , and the phthysic ; And it is for all men the very best of physic ;''

      monam&nia is having its turn , new policy , new moves , new inventions , new tricks , new schemes , new men and new measures , are all passing before us in quick succession . All have their day , and fleet away . But of all the phenomena that have been presented to the furious in those wonderous times of wonderful things , we know of none that can stand in fair comparison with the " People ' s Charter . " It is not more than three years since the headsman of his day proclaimed the decapitation of the monster , when lo : as by magio , it presented itself , as if ia

      mockery of the boast , in increased size and vigour ! The Tories taunted the Whigs with their pigmy attempts to put the giant to death , and besought the privilege of entering the lists against it . No claim so strong to middle class affection as that which promises to annihilate the defence of labour against capital ; and to no circumstance did the present administration more owe middle-class toleration of Tory rule than to that hope which was strong in them , that a " strong Government " would accomplish what the Whigs had failed to effect .

      The first Tory tournament at Lancaster was looked forward to as an extinguisher of Chartism , or at least as a means of deterring all good subjects from any avowal of this damnable doctrine . " Before the principle had gained strength from persecution , the advocacy of it by an overseer , a shop boy , or a bankrupt shop-keeper , was hailed with unbounded enthusiasm , when behold , after the many attempts to subjugate it , and in spite of revilings , ravings , and persecntion , we find noblemen of talent boast

      ingly arraying themselves under its banners . What should we have thought if , four years ago , we had read the speech of Lord IUxcuvfz , which appears in our present number ? We , like others , would doubtless have looked upon him as a monomaniac , and as a fit and proper subject to be handed over to the tender keeping of Dr . Sutherland . Sure we are that those who else would have considered a nod of recognition from his Lordship , as food for a week ' s gossip , would have cut him dead ; while , upon Wednesday last , the declaration of the Noble Lord

      was received with one universal burst of acclamation , testifying not merely his sanity but his foresight . We are not in the habit of attaching any great importance to the declarations of our nobility ; but when we find a Nobleman of character , of talent , and of Btake , not for any personal object , nor with a view to his own aggrandisement , boldly and manfully proclaiming bis approval of the despised and perse cuted principle , even with the fresh stripes of Government persecution on itsback , we sea in that something to value , to admire , asd to rejoice at . Lord

      Rakcliffe haB declared himself a Chartist , unequivocally a Chartist ; and upon an occasion , too , when policy would have dictated a more cautious course , to a less honest politician . Lord Rancliffe knew that Mr . Gisboekb had been forced by the Char tists upon the Whigs , and that the less said about Chartism the better , for the immediate pnrpose bat no , says Lord Bancliffe , it is not

      to be the question of a day , it is to be the principle of the age , and I will not damn it with the brand of Expediency . Lord RA 5 CLiFFS , as a landed proprietor , or as an English nobleman , is not afraid to oast his land and his title upon the waters of ChartiBm . What a rebuke to those pigmy revilers who oppose the principle upon the false presumption , that by its adoption their superiority over their fellow-men wonld be lost .

      Prom the lateness of the hour at which we received the proceedings at Nottingham we have not this week been able to say so much upon the subject as its intrinsic merit demands—in our next we may recur to it , in ths hope of making the conduct of an honest English nobleman , a pattern for the " ahoy hoys , " who wonld receive a nod from his Lordship as » favour not to be forgotten .

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      MR , DTJNCOMBE ' S MOTION ON THE TREATMENT OP UNTRIED CHARTIST PRISONERS . Elszwhejus we give , as promised in oar last , a lengthened report » f the debate on this most important motion . We had purposed to accompany it by some remarks in exposure of the horrible system , of entire absence of all law proved b y the facts developed in Mr . Duhcokbe ' s speech , and of the miserable subterfuges to which the Attoejoet-Gbserai , was driven in his endeavour to screen the " unpaid" from the odium to which be most have felt ( hem to be well

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      entitled . Upon again reading the whole thing we desist ; for two reasons : it would be an insult to the understanding of the simplest man ia England to attempt a demonstration of that which is bo manifest that nothing can hide it ; and the whole defence of the learned Attobnet-Ge . vebai , is so palpably dishonest , so rife with falsehoods , assumed , insinuated , or asserted , that to expose them would occupy considerably more space than the speech itself . We cannot pass by the most unfair reference to Mr . White , whom he affirmed to have been convioted almost a week before his trial came on . Was the Learned

      Gentleman speaking by anticipation ! Had the Government " made all right" before the Judges went down—and was the trial , after all , a mere mockery and farce ! If it were not so , how in God ' s name came the Attobney-General to be so well informed about the matter as actually to speak of White ' s conviction , as confidently , several days before it happened , as it if had been always a thing of history ? There is also a most petty and ungentlemanly attempt to fix upon Mr . Leach a charge of falsehood , that coming from the Attorney-General deserves especial notice . Leach ' s petition stated : —

      " Thatyoor petitioner appeared at Liverpool , When the first charge upon-which your petitioner was arrested , and after suffering thirteen days' confinement under the circumstances mentioned , the indictment against your petitioner was abandoned , and , as he believes , from a knowledge the prosecutor had that his witnesses were most grossly and foully perjured , and that your petitioner bad ample means to prove them bo . '' He ( the Attorney General ) did not know whether the witnesses bad been perjured or not , but be knew this , that in Liverpool the indictment was found , upon which Leach appeared at Lanoaster , and bo far from the charge having been abandoned , he was convicted on the clearest evidence . "

      Now , a more beggarly , insidious , and unfair mode of dealing with a [ matter was never had recourse to than is here instanced ! Leach never said that the indictment to answer which he appeared at Lancaster , was not found at Liverpool . But Leach did say , and the Attobnet-General knew it to be fact , that "the first charge" against him WAS abandoned at Liverpool . But the whole is of a piece . We only call upon people to read it , and then to ask themselves if ever man and advocate cut so

      miserable figure as the poor Attorney-General while dragging through this fillhy mess , in which the temerity of middle-class mill-owning magistrates had involved him . We are not willing to take his defence of the magistrates as any fair portraiture of Sir Frbderich Pollock . It is merely the necessity imposed upon the office of Attorney General ; from which we have no manner of doubt that the man and the . gentleman revolted with a loathing as perfect as the nasty mess was calculated to inspire .

      But what a lesson does this teach of the system Talk of one law for the rich and another for the poor ! Why the whole tenor of the debate on this motion and of the facts stated by Mr . Duncombe , prove conclusively that this is a most mistaken sentiment ; and that m reality , wo have no law , either for rich or poor : but that the rich do whatever they please , and protect each other in the doing of it . Thus it is ; and thus it must be till the people take the power of making and administering the law into their " own bands .

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      MR . GEORGE WHITE'S TRIAL . The impossibility of our having , in every part of the Empire , reporters , specially engaged for this paper has laid us under great disadvantages in getting anything like a fair statement of the various trials . In the matter of CoorER ' s trial , though the London press gave the evidence at great length , and the opening speech of the prosecutor , the defence was shora of its fair proportions most unduly , and we had no means of remedy . We have this ( Thursday ) morning received from Mr . White the following letter : — 38 , Bronugrove Street , Birmingham , April 5 th , 1843 .

      Dear Sir , —The reports of the daily press , concerning my trial , are exceedingly meagre , and in most cases incorrect , and as it was utterly impossible for me to supply a correct one , I trust that you will not publish the Times -version of it The best that I have seen is contained in the Morning Post , and Morning Chronicle , in botb of -vrh- ' en the most important points of my defence are overlooked ; of coarse they took their report to suit themselves . I have been acquitted of the charge of riot and unlawful assembly , and found guilty of seditions language , which language was never uttered by me . I shall have to appear , with the rest , at the Queen ' s Bench , next term . Yonrs truly , George Whits .

      This was intended merely as a private letter : but , under the circumstances , we think it no more than justice to Mr . White to publish it ; as we had before getting the letter taken the trial from the Times ; thinking it the fullest report . In a later edition of the Timety we find also a report of the proceedings , so far as they went on , in the other indictment against White , which was stopped on the delivery of the verdict in the first case , and the Jury discharged by consent . After which it is stated that : — " Mr . Baron Alderson intimated that he was disposed to pass sentence at once .

      " The defendant expressed an earnest desire that it should be postponed , and that be should be permitted to come op for judgment in the Court of Queen ' s Bench next term . That had been the course adopted with these tried like himself en the civil side in the Lancaster and Staffordshire cases . He had expected to be dealt with in the same way , and skould be taken unawares by sentence being now pronounced . His -wife -was expecting him borne . " Mr . Baren Alderson said , that a recent Act of

      Parliament gave the Judge of Assize the power of passing sentence with the view of preventing public inconvenience . He foresaw that the Court ef Queen ' s Bench would be stopped up , and the public business much impeded , and this should be avoided . The prisoner , too , would else be pat to expense and trouble in attending the Court of Queen ' s Bench day after day , perhaps for a considerable time ; and he thought that it would be bettor for him that sentence should be now pronounced .

      " The defendant said that he would rather come up to the Court and take his sha * e with the teat , as his recognizinces provided that he should do . " Mr . Baron Alderson—Does the Grown desire judgment to be now pronounced ? " Mr . Sergeant Adams—No , my Lord ; we leave it entirely with your Lordship . Mr . Baron Alderson—Well , the Crown dossnt press it Tnere is a reason operating with me . which is , that I understand that at Warwick Gaol , to which place alone 1 could commit , there is no provision for persons like yourself . The Ceart above will have the power to send you to the Queen's Bench , or any other in England . I will accede to your request , and so I ¦ hall get rid of the inconvenience of having to execute any judgment in the witter .

      " The Defendant—My Lord , of course you'll have a voice in it " Mr . Baron Alderson—No , I shall not , or I'd give you the benefit of it " The defendant was proceeding to express his thanks to the Learned Judge generally for the manner in which he bad presided at these trials , when he was topped by the Court , " Mr ; Baron Alderson observing , It is much better that Judges should not be thanked ; they only da their duty to tht bsst of their ability , which does not call for thanks ; were they to do iesa , they ought to be punished .

      " [ It is doe to the defendant to mention that he evinced no disposition Tsxatiously to pretract the case and behaved himself extremely well throughout , and *• u to obtain the good opinion of the Judge and Jury , and of the Counsel for the prosecution . ]" Let it be noted that the paragraph last quoted is the Times opinion of Mr . "White ' s conduct at the trial . Sorely the rabid physical force man whoce " Irish brogue" called forth the sneers of the Times in the early part of his defence must have produced a powerful impression upon decent men when the ribald sneerer makes this admission on faiSb&alf .

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      NOTTINGHAM ELECTION . The election has terminated in the return of Mr . Gisbohnb by a majority of 111 . The Wbigs are in ecstasies at their triamph . If Mr . Gisborne have dealt honestly by his Chartist supporters , which time only c « n determine , they have no great cause . For ourselves we bid the people of Nottingham to look well to their new man .. Our fancy is that he will ; need to be ridden with tight reins .

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      THE ALLOTMENT OF WASTE LANDS . We give elsewhere a most important speech of Mr . W . B . Ferrand on his motion for an allotment of the Waste Lauds to the use of the poor . The speech is valuable for the facts respecting the condition of the people and the capabilities of the laad , even under comparatively inefficient means of application , to remedy the distress and elevate the condition of the starving people . It will be seen that Mr . F . purposes to devote to the service of the poor

      ene-twentieth part of the lands in each parish ; and though this be only to restore to them one-twentieth portion of their rights , we apprehend that even this dole of justice will not be obtained without much opposition . It will be seen also that he proposes to give a certain amount of power to the rate payerB in vestry . No doubt this will excite the organs of seoretiveness and combativeness in Hon . Members on both sides the House .

      We wait to see Mr . Feriund ' s Bill before we sa , y muoh about it . When we have seen it , we shall advise the people as to what we think they ought to do about the matter .

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      Mart Ann Abbott . — We cannot spare room for the rules she mentions . John Smart , Abkudken . —His letter to Mb . O'Connor must stand over till we have room . Clkave ' s List . — We have been obliged to keep this document back these two last weeks : we hope to publish it in our next . This will , perhaps , satisfy several enquirers . We have once more to request the continued patience of our numerous and esteemed Correspondents . The trials have claims upon our notice , which we cannot lay aside ; they furnish matter for serious deliberation , and we are sure they would not be made sufficiently public except through our columns . D . C , Dublin . —The papersleave Leeds an the Friday

      eveninff , the same as they have always done . T . B . G . —The task is no easy ore ; nor ao we think the people just now prepared for Us accomplish-! ment : when they are they will find our plan ' before them . OCR Welsh Friend with the unreadable Si « na-TirRE is delayed for want of room . Repeal of the Union . —The rejection of Mr . Clancy , by the Golden Lane Repealers , next week . H . Jones— The address is received : but tee have no room for it at present . We shall call attention to the subject shortly Mesmbro-Phrenology . —W . Raspin , of Bradford , writes thus : —

      " There are a great many persons of talent iu the Chartist ranks , who are sufficiently qualified to lecture npon this most important subject , who have made Phrenology thslr pesuliar study . Let such individuals be immediately selected from amongst us . Let the price be snob that all onr brethren can attend , and after defraying all expences , give the surplus to aid in the promulgation of oar glorious principles . " John Wake . —Nothing can be further from our intention than t $ identify Mr . Robert Owen and his peculiar principles and crotchets mith Chat ' tism . We did not imagine it possible that any person could have formed such a conclusion . We dislike the infidelity of Mr . Owen as muck , and

      disclaim it as . earnestly as Mr . Wake , or any other oj our readers ; but we do not let the absurdity of the Socialists' metaphysical dogmas blind us lo the excellence of their economical arrangements ; or to the proof which their experiments afford of the power of united industry to provide physical and intellectual comforts for the masses . We have ever regretted , as a national evil , the infidelity with which Mr . Owen and all the principal leaders of Socialism interlard their whole system , because we know its tendency to shut out even from enquiry many ardent minds

      who would go entirely with them , so far as their tystem is political . Rochdale Chartists . —Their letter would bring us under the lash of the law . W . H . Dyott . —Jffis letter came loo late for insertion this week ; it shall appear in our next . The other favour from the same gentleman we have reserved jor the purpose of referring it to Mr . O'Connor , John Markham . — We regret that his letter did not arrive in time for insertion ; tee thank him for his attention , and shall be obliged by his sending the other two names at , soon as he can .

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      FOR THB NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . £ B . d . From John Bull , Marple 0 2 3 ~ the Chartists of Newport , Isle of Wight 0 10 0 .. Joseph Smith , Bunslet 0 6 ^ Mr . Driffield , Spilsby , proceeds of Ctow and TjtcU ' b Beverage ... 3 0 « . Mr . Jones , Northampton , ditto ... 0 16 „ a few Chartist friends at Potovena , near Wakefleld le £ .. Trowbridge , Wilts , per J . A . Marcbant ... ... ... 0 16 0 M Wm . Drayson , Eastry 0 9 2 „ a few frleuda at Peadleton , per . J . Millington , Manchester 0 4 4

      POR MRS . ELLIS . Prom Mr . Jarvis , Mansfield 0 9 lOg FOR MRS . UOLBERRT . From Mr . Jarvis , Mansfield 6 11 FOB . THE VICTIM FUND . Prom Mr . Dtiffleld , SpUshy , piooeedB of Crow and Tyrreirs Beverage ... 0 3 0 From Mr . Jones , Northampton , ditto ... 0 1 6

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      tEEDS . —Mesmerism . —We have not had muoh tos » y respecting this new " Science , " which is just now making suoh noise throughout the country . The following account , however , has been handed ia to this office by a gentleman , upon whose veracity we can place every reliance j and on his authority we publish the statement . He states that he waB an eye witness of the facts he relates . Facts forMesmeeisers , orMeemericPhenomena RECORDED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC , AND thb Edification of Dr . Staniland— The Socialists of this town had notified during last week that on Thursday evening , the 30 th , a lecture would be delivered in their rooms , Heaton ' s Court , Briggate , on Mesmerism admission twopence each . At the

      , time announced for the lecture , the room was pretty well filled with atjery respectable audience , all eager to witness thFphenomena of which so much has been said ; bnt yery few of them prepared for the new discoveries exhibited , and the astonishing effects produced ; but as these will be much better understood by a condensed report of the proceedings , we give an outline of the operations and effects : no doubt , much of it will be disbelieved by many parties , but hundredBdf owe townsmen who witnessed the extraordiwMy effecte can b « appealed to for tb « truth of tnwe aUteJneiits . ^ hortly after eight o ' clock the lecturer and chief operator , Mr . Sladen , a member

      of the Socialists' Mesmeric Class , mounted the platform , aocompanied by Mr . Brjggs . and two boya , one named John Briggs , aged about 17 years , dark hair and eye ? , apparently such a subjeot as mesmerieera desire ; the other named Uriah Walls , aged about 18 , but quite of a different temperament and disposition , light hair , ruddy ooratenanee ; in appearance altogether an unlikely eubject . Both of these youths had been previously operated upon several times s but at first the one named Walls could scarcely be affected ; it took forty minutes to produce any perceptible mesmeric effect . The business of the evening was commenced by a short address by Mr , Sladen , after which he proceeded

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      to exhibit the strange effects of phreno-mesmerism . The two boys were seated in two chairs , with their backs towards each other . A brass chain was then made fast round the wrist of each , passing , in the sitting posture of the boys , over the shoulder of each , so that it was not in contact with anything but ithe clothes of each boy and the skin of the wrists . The operator proceeded to mesmerize the one named Briggs , ( the most likely one to be operated upon ) , by contact of the thumbs and a Bteadfa 9 t gaze . Both of the boys were in the fourth Stage of the mesmeric sleep in one minute . A few passes were made over the head ; and then " self esteem" was excited on one of the boys . They both rose up together , with apparent self confidence . On

      "combativeness" being excited in Briggs , Walls exhibited the feeling very markedly , the development of this organ' being larger in him than iu Briggs , and he apparently possessed more muscular energy . On Walls being operated upon , Briggs exhibited the feeling eo decidedly , that it must have convinced all that a sympathetic connection was formed by the ohain . In general the person operated upon exhibited the feelings first ; but the time it took to exhibit the feeling in one by operating upon the other , appeared to depend upon the excitability of the person , in connection with the power and activity of the organ excited . Thus Walls was large in " combativencss , " and could be excited sooner by operating upon Briges , than Briggs could by

      operating upon Walls . Tne operator was very careful in exciting these organs ; as in some private experiments Walls had manifested " combativeness" most decidedly , clearing all before him . Indeed , during the publio examination , notwithstanding all the operator ' s care , the chain which connected the two , a strong one , was often snapped in two . This Was the case both jwheu " cotnbativeness" and " acqusitiveness" were excited . Walls Was moredeficient in " tune" than Briggs ; and Briggs could be made to sing by operating upon Walls much sooner than Walls could by operating upon Briggs . Indeed as a general rule , Briggs , being apparently the most excitable , could be sooner effected by operating upon Walls than ( Walla could be by operating upon

      Briggs . Many times when Walls was being operated upon , Briggs gave the first indication of being excited . ! He sung long before Walls attempted , although Walls was the person operated upon . I would just remark that Walls appeared liable to fall into a deep Bleep with the muscles of the faee , and the mouth in particular , quite rigid , so . that many times when the operator was exciting tune in Briggs he would sing as long as the excitement continued , while Walls gave no evidence of being excited ; but as soon as the muscles of the mouth were relieved b y a wave of the hand in front of it , or blowing upon his face he would move his lips as if ia the act of swallowing the saliva i and then commence singing , sometimes the same song , and at others a different ope to the one Briggs was singing . It was impossible for the ofle not operated upon to know the

      operations performed upon the other . It would be too tedious to go through the whole of the operations , and the effects produced ; 1 will , therefore , pass to the conclusion ; Previous to demesmerizing the boys , the operator took several electrical shocks from the lower part of the cheek of Brigga by merely bringing the points of his fingers near to each lower jaw . Several other [ persons in the room were desired to try to produce a similiar effect ; and all who did so agree that a slight shoes was distinctly perceivable in their fingers , but not extending to the arms ; while the party in the mesmeric sleep gave indication of the shock by a slight jerk of the head . Mr . Young , one of the members of the Lceds £ Social Mesmeric Class , is the discoverer of the power of giving off the ( electric shock . Briggs was the party upon whom the process of demesmenzition waa practised ; but both the persons opened their eyes at the same moment . Walls had one of his arms

      quite rigid when Briggs was demesmerized ; and it remained | so till fanned by the operator . Several boys now mounted the platform , all desirous of being mesmerised ; but none of them appeared to be affected . A member who a few days ago expressedj himself sceptical as to the effects produced , suffered himself to be operated upon , and he was found very exoitable . During the time the lecturer and Mr . Briggs were endeavouring to mesmerise the boys who presented themselves , the gentleman alluded to ( who was at the other end of the room ) was asked to allow himself to be operated upon . He parUallv declined , on the ground of the exhibition being public . On being { further pressed , he consented , and took a seat at the far end of the

      room , where very few knew what waa here going on . In a very short time he was in the second stage of the mesmeric sleep ; and in this state he was induced to walk up to the platform , a way being made for him through the audience , and the person who operated upon him taking hold of hie hand , and dearing him to " step out . " When arrived at the edge of the platform , he was desired to " step up ; " anjd , though he lifted up bis feet , one after the other , several times , he put them down again in the same places in the floor , without attempting to ride on to the elevation . He was , therefore , lifted on . When there , his eyes were just fanned a little , and he opened them . The organ of " veneration" was then excited , b y merely touching it with the finger . s ; and he immediately commenced

      to deliver , in an impressive and feeling manner , a really beautiful extempore apostrope to Truth ; During the course of it be exclaimed , " To thee , O ! Truth ; to thee , the real and only Saviour of mankind ; to thee , I humbly bow the knee ' . " suiting the action to the word . The boys Briggs and Walls , when under the excitation of this organ , had each of them repeated the Lord ' s Prayer . The gentleman continued his address , still kneeling , when the part of his head formerly touched was slightly blown upon ; and be immediately ceased . Oa " self esteem " being touched , the expression of his features instantly changed , and he rose from his kneeling position , folded his arm ? , threw back his head , and stalked to and fro on the

      platform in a most self-sufficient manner . After the excitation ] had been allayed , "philo-progenitiveness" was touched , and the manifestation was most marked . " Tune" was excited ; and though be did sing , he proved himself to be greatly deficient of the Organ . Several other manifestations , particularly those of the organs , "benevolence , " " acquisitiveness , " " combativeness , " were produced . A newly-discovered organ " velocity" was operated upon ; and the moment it was touched , he attempted to spring from ( the platform against the wall . The operator caught him in hisarms , and was aided by seve ral others . L took four of them to hold the excited subjeot back ; he making great efforts as to run . Oa being demesmerised , he was asked what had been his sensations ; and he replied that he had no knowledge of

      aay thing beyond the fact that he felt a strong desire to close his eyea at the commencement , and the rubbing of his eyes ; at the last , when he was demesmerised ; all else was oblivious to him . He stated also that he had endeavoured to resist the going into the mesmeric state . All the experiments exoited great interest ; jand the proceedings ended by , Mr . T . S . Mackintosh ( who had been present during the evening ) shortly addressing the assembly , advising them not to place too much faith in all they heard respecting the new " theory ' ' of mesmerism ; but rather to look on with an inquiring eye , and chroniole the facts as they oame before them , so that s " science" might be built up from them . He also cautioned them against any attempt that might be made to twist the facts so as to accord with preconceived

      notions . ; Fraser ' s Musical Evenings—We visited the Commercial Buildings the other evening , and were most agreeably ] surprised at the mode in which Mr . Fraser treats hie subjeot . The musical part was delightful . We have attended concerts where a combination of talent has been concentrated—we have beard the ! " stars" of the musical world—but we cexiainly were not prepared for bo rich a treat as we received ( at Mr . Fraser ' s party . We never before heard anything to equal it : the true spirit

      and feeling of the poet , and the rich , yet simple melody of the composer , were so nioely blended , and so neatly executed , by Mr . Fraser aad his two daughters , that the very soul of music was made apparent to the , mind of man . On leaving the room we sensibly felt ourselves called from the heights to which fancy : had soared , on hearing "A man ' s a man for a that , " and " The days of Auld Langsyne , " to the dull reality of fighting for a living in this community of barter , where " cheap , " " cheap , " banishes the finer feelings of humanity from the heart of man . i

      Phreno Mesmerism . —We see from bills posted in various parts of the town , that the publio of Leeds are likely to have an opportunity of witnessing the astonishing effeota produced by Phreno-Mesmerism . We would advise all to attend , and , form their judgment , from their own observationspin , your faith to no man ' s sleeve . SHEFFIELD . —Suicide . —On Saturday night last , about ten o ' clock , a young woman of abandoned character , named Mary Ann Surgisson , plunged her * Belf into the canal , near the basin , and was drowned .

      HtHMDESSFlEIdB . —Thb Folicb , —On Friday morning at ' a very early fcour , the house of Mr . John Steele , Blackhouse , near Huddersfield , was forcibly entered by ten men with darkened visages , who took away ] with them a box containing sold and silver to the amount of- £ 800 , and bills to near £ 200 , At the time they entered Mr . S . had in his hand a loaded gun , but from extreme fear dared not fire . The gun ( was taken from him , and , himself secured . The housekeeper screamed out , but was soon checked and very severely beaten . Mr . S . is a very eccentric character , and had often boasted of his treasures , and as often declared that the devil himself could not rob him . Several persons have been taken on suspicion , but nothing elicited to lead to convict . I

      NEWCASTLE—Awful Slaughter op Human Beings . —An afrful explosion of gas took place at the King Pit , ; Wreckington , near Newcastle , on Tuesday , whereby it ia supposed that thirty lives have leen lost , j We have received a communication oa this subject , refiectnig severely on some parties , but as no doubt an investigation will take place , we refrain from giving it .

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      CARtlSIiE— THE WORKING MEN ' S MENTAL IMPROVEMENT Society . —The members ef the above society held their regular weekly meeting , on Sunday evening , at No . 6 . John-street , Caldewegate . The minutes of the former meeting were read over and ; confirmed , after which , Mr . H . Bowman delivered a lecture on the following subjsct : ^ rt What are Week to heth effects of a total and unconditional Repeal of ike , Corn LawsV ARBROATH — Mr . Robert Peddle addressed the people of this town en Thursday . TROWBRXDGB . —Oa Monday evening last , a lecture was delivered at the Democratic Hall , on the Iat 8 trials of Feargus O'Connor , and fifty-eight other Chartists , by W . P . Roberts , £ < q ., to a large and respectful audience .

      DUBLIN . —The adjourned meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was held on Sunday , the 2 nd of April , Mr . Patrick Rafter in the chair . Mr . W . H .. Dyott entered the meeting soon after the chair waa taken , and waa received with the utmost respect and esteem . He appeared a little the worse after his recent illness . Mr . Rafter , the veteran chairman said , that as the resolutions , which would be proposed that day , had reference to the Canadas , and emigration , he should like to make a few observations uoon them . He regretted exceedingly to see the names of any of the Catholic clergymen to tb . 6 prospectus of the Catholic Emigration Society , for he had no hesitation in giving it as his opinion , that the term Catholic was given to it in order to

      make it popular , and for the purpose of taking ia the unthinking and the unwary . He knew something of Canad-4 , and he knew this , that if the promoters of this scheme thought to profit by it they would as willingly have given it the name of " Glorious , pious , and immortal memory society , " as that of Catholic society . He could not trust , noz would he trust , advanced in years as he was , a clergyman , whose name was to the prospectus of that Catholic Emigration Society , or who sanctioned it , no more than . he would trust his life in the hands of a clergyman of the reign of Louis the Sixteenth , or Luther , or Cranmer , or Cardinal Wolsey . Mr . Rafter sat down amidst great cheering . After some of the usual routine business of the

      Association was settled , Mr . O'Higgins brought forward the resolutions which have already appeared in the newspapers ; and- after an able and lengthened exposition of the tricks to which the Catholic Emigration Society have had recourse to , and . are practising for the purpose of making money by the unfortunate dupes and victims , he concluded by moving the adoption of the resolutions . Mr . Dyott seconded the motion , and , in aa able . and eloquent speech , exposed the nefarious practises of the Catholic Emigration Society ; and proved , to the entire satisfaction of the meeting , the great advantages which Ireland , but particularly the industrious classes , derived from an association founded upon such principles as that which he was then addressing . Mr .

      Manning supported the resolutions , and said he felt a pride in belonging to a society that had the manliness to adopt puch honest , patriotic , and independent resolutions . Mr . Moran said that he folly concurred in the resolutions ; and that he regretted his inability to attend the meetings as he ought to do . His heart was with them , but his own trade ( painters ) met every Sunday , at two o'clock , and he was obliged to be with them , which circumstance prevonted his attendance at the meetings of the Association . The resolutions were put from the chair , and carried unanimously . After which , Mr . Moraa was called to the chair , and the usual thanks voted by acclamation to Mr . Rafter , the meeting of the Association was adjourned till Sunday the 23 rd of April , at one o ' clock .

      Manchester . —Oa Sunday last , Mr . David Ross lectured in Carpenter's Hall , both afternoon and evening , to large and respectable audiences . Lexgos Moi > b ©* Rbcbuiting . —A . t ihe close of Mr . Ross ' s lecture ia Carpenter ' s Hall , on Sunday , a person named Griffin attempted to excite prejudice against the lecturer by a long tirade of personal invective in which he charged him with having sought to get into the pay of the League , and with coming over to the Chartists upon finding that they would have nothing to do witn him . Mr . Rosa , after addressing the chair , said he waa thankful ta Mr . Griffin for thetnanner in which he had treated him , and also for the statements ho had made concerning him ( Mr . Ross ) and the anti-Corn . Lav ? League ,

      and more especially , as it waa done in the presence of his fellow-townsmen , who knew him best and also were well acquainted with his political career ; but by those statements he had forced upon him a duty which he would now fearlessly perform , and that was to expose the League ia their attempts to pur * chase him ( Mr . Ross ) to become one of their tools . At the time that he joined the Young Men ' s anti-Monopoly Society , one evening he was out taking a walk with his father-in-law ; it came on rain , and in going past { his very hall there was a meeting , but be ( Mr . Ross ) knew aot the business for which it was called , but came in foe shelter out of the rain . A gentleman of the name of Neald went and got his name set down .

      as a member , without ever asking his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) consent , or without him having any knowledge that he had done so . He then went on to the platform and moved that he ( Mr . Ross ) be the vice-president of the Association . This was the first that he had heard of the business . He was about to ask what was the meaning of the motion , as he was not a member of the Association . However he was eaved the trouble by a gentleman well known in Manchester , a Mr . Warner , who opposed the motion on the ground that Mr . Ross was not a member . Mr . Neald said that he was , and called the Secretary to prove it . Mr . Warner still opposed his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) election to that office . But Mr . Neald persevered in pressing his motion . Mr . War *

      ner brought forward a young man as an amendment , but the young man said that he would not allow himself to be put in nomination in opposition to Mr . Ross ; the consequence was , that he was elected Vice President . At that time he thought that the repeal would be a benefit to the people . He ( Mr . Ross ) made it his duty to endeavour to bring about an union of the whole people , for the purpose of giving to the whole people their rights . They would remember that he ( Mr . Ross ) delivered a lecture in the Corn Exchange , in connection with that Association . In that lecture he went too far for the League ; he was for too much , and mast only go so far . After that he had a discussion with James Leach , and he ( Mr . Ross ) pledged himself

      that if Mr . Leach could overthrow his arguments in favour of the Repeal r that he ( Mr . Ross ) would join the National Charter Association ; and he considered it no disgrace to say that Leach beat him soundly , and thoroughly convinced him of the absurdity of seeking a repeal of the Corn Laws under present circumstances . Well , after this , he ( Mr . Ro-s ) went to the Young Men'B Anti-Monopoly Association , and moved that they all joined the National Charter Association . Oh ! but said . Mr . Warren , what will the League say—will they allow us to join tbe Chartists ! Indeed ! said Mr . Ross * and are we then the serfs of the League ? —are we to ask them what We shall do ! Tht Young Men ' s Association was broken op that

      night , and . he , ( Mr . Ross ) with several others , joined the National Charter Association on the following Sunday . And now , said Mr . Ross , for the League . After the time that Mr . Leach and himself had made the arrangements for the discussion , and the night of meeting , what did they do J Why , they sent one of their tools down to his ( Mr . Ross ' s ) house , in Rodney-street , with a whole load of books with certain passages marked out for him ( Mr . Ross ) to use in the discussion . " Weil my good fellow , " said Mr . Ross , " where have these come from , and what are they for I The man replied , the League have sent them for you , and if you will take them and use them in your discussion

      with Leach , they will pay you well for it . Well , said Ross , take them back to your employers , and tell them from me that I am going to meet Mr . Leach upon principle and not tor money ; and , further , that if he could not cope with that gentleman without their assistance , he would be beat ; and on the night of the discussion they kept banding him notes , telling him that if he would only be lead by them and use the statements which they gave him , he should be well paid for it ; and he called upon them , if they could , to gainsay any of the statements that he had made ; he dared them to the proof ; ana as he promised the next time he appeared in public was upon the Chartist platform . Mr . Ross sat down amidst the repeated plaudits of the meeting .

      DUDLEY . —The Chartists here have been without a place of meeting for some time . They have now , however , retaken their former ptece , and on Monday last . Mr . William Thomas , qf Wednesbury , delivered an address on the principles of the Charter . The room WM crowded . At the close fifteen persons enrolled their names , and paid their monies aa members of tbe cba *! tist body . StepB are being taken to erect a place & meeting in Dudley , and abarea are taken for that pappose . In Wedneabury , a building of two atones i » » the coarse of erection ; the lower flat , divided by » moveable partition , is to be set apart in teaching two schools , one for boys and the other for girls ; the qppe * room , capable of containing from a thousand to twelfB hundred people will be naed for a lecture room and a > cutating library and Obwa-room . A benefit ¦ ocfety if ou the point « f establinhment ; with the money it i » intended to take one or two pieces of'ground , ballot o « poorer members upon it , and in this way try to checs tbe tide of destitution and consequent

      demoralisation-Accbjngton . —A delegate meeting was held , ** Wm . Beesley ' s , on Sunday afternoon , when delegates were present from Cntheroe , Sftwley , PadihM «» Oakendhaw , Blackburn , and Acerington . To * greatest union and best of feeling Was manifested , and an address to their constituencies , and all those who are anxious or desirous to coo perate with theoa in forwarding the great wor £ | yp !| t 1 onal inqenfladence ia North LancashireJ « as unanimonsiy adopted . v ;' :- ^ Boltok—Jame 3 Mitohell , of Stockport , lectured here on Monday .

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      I > UB . HAT ¥ I . —Crrr Election . —On Monday , the nomination took place . The only candidates , up to the morning of nomination , were Viscount Dungannon , on Tory , and ilr . James Williams , of Sunderland , on Chartist principles . Unexpectedly , on the morning of nomination , Bright , of Rochdale , came forward . A little before the hour of nomination , an interview took place between him and Mr . Williams , in the presence of their respective

      friends . The Chartists not being _ so well prepared as was desirable agreed , on condition of Bright declaring his attachment to asd Te&diness to , support their principles , it was agreed that Mr . W . should retire . To this Bright consented . The candidates having been nominated , they addressed the people , about 2 or 3000 , at great length . Bright , in the course of his address , declared his views on the suffrage question sufficiently clear to bind him to the support of the princip ' e 3 of the Charter , but did not dwell npon them . The show of hands was immensely in his favour . On the following day ( Tuesday ) the polling commeaced at eight o ' clock . Bright took ihe lead and maintained it till twelve o ' clock ; afterwards Dungannon had themajMity , and at the close the numbers were— ^ -

      Dungannon 50 o Bright 406 BIRMINGHAM .-On Wednesday week , a lodge in connexion with the Independent Order ef United Brothers , Leicester Unity , was opened at WardalTs Temperance Coffee House , 35 , Ludgatemll , being the third lodge ol this order opened in this town within six weeks .

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      ORGANIZATION . We have received several communications on the subject of Organization , as brought before the people in Mr . O'Connob ' s letter of last week . We reserve them . for the present : we shall probably get more , and give them all ; it may be next week .

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      CHURCHWARDENS . Our friends will do well to remember that on Easter Tuesday the appointment of Churchwardens will again come round . The factions are already on the alert . Circulars have been issued by the Whigs , cautioning their party to be ready . The

      prospect of the Factory Education Bill has quiok . ened them a little no doubt ; as under that Bill two of the Churchwardens are to be trustees of the Schools . Let the Chartists take care that they are not behind in this matter . They have already Churchwardens in office ; let them be soon to ; their previous year ' s work overhauled ; and let suoh of them as have attended to their duties be reappointed , and those who have not , be supplied by parties who the people have reason to think will do bo .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 8, 1843, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1207/page/4/