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    • TO THE PEOPLE.
    • NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL.
    • DIALOGUE ON ETZLER'S PARADISE, between Messrs. Clear, Flat, Dunce, and Grudge, by JOHN ADOLPHUS ETZLER, E?q., the cele-
    • MARRIAGES.
    • d>art$t Entent'stttte.
    • ILural an& ©rraral intelligence.
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      CITY OF LONDON POLITICAL ANI » SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION . 1 , TURNAGAINLANE , SKINNER-STREET . ON Sunday morning , July 16 th , the members of the City Locality of tbe National Charter Association will meet in the above Institute , at eleven o ' clock , for particular business . In the evening a lecture will be delivered by Mr . J . Watkins , to commence precisely at seven o ' clock . Admission , One Penny , to the Platform Two-pence . —On Monday evening there will be an especial meeting of Chartist Tailore . —On Tuesday evening Major Beniow-ki will Lecture on Phrenotypips , or Artificial Memory . Admission Two-pence . To commence at « ight o'clock . — On Wednesday evening , a Singing Class , on the Maiuzjrian system . Admission by tickets at Sixpence per Month : to commence at half-paat seven o ' clock ; conducted by Mr . Stevens . —On Thursday evening a Dancing Class is also held , conducted by Mr . Vaughau . Admission by Quarterly Tickets , viz , Gentle - ffen 4 s . 6 d ., Ladies 3 < . 6 d . ; commencing at nine o clock . —Ou Friday evening the J 3 oard of Directors meet at eight o ' clock ; aud on Saturday evening a select . Quadrille party meet at eight o ' clock . Admission Tickets , Gentlemen Sixpence , Ladies Fourpence . For tickets of each meeting , and Shareholders'Cards , &c , please to apply to tho Secretary on the Premues .

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      sta ; Poob Law xi Wasbtsbios . —We have another fommunaa&on from the person signing himself * Washisgiob /* no * only reiterating his former statements as to gross and scandalous treatment pursued towards the inmates of Wamnglon fforkhouse , but assuring us that his account of jhaa is for from being as strong as it might truly le . We much regret that •* Wishvsgxos" has not given US his name . In these mailers , and i yrtih charges of cruellies so incredible as he deioHs , iiis but fair that those icho idsh us io pztb-Jithihal which jmi ght bring us tender " the fash of ike law /' should at least give tts an opportunity $ f ascertaining their turn credibility , and hoto | jar we should be justified in trusting ourselves to \ ,- ; : = ' .

      jsake statements on iheir respomibVily ?— \ is , as ice sometimes have been deafly made to ] know , —no responsibility at all . We therefore can fait still treat this matter as em attempt of the enemy . * Washebtos" details much that he has done in the Chartist cause , and against the \ Whips and Tories of Warrxngton ; but Jte has . not \ icMvs who he 13 , He may he , for aught we J 7 i < nr , a Pear Law Assistant Commissioner , who cashes to have groundless charges of Poor Law atrocity" published , thai he may have a job" \ of ^ inquiry ? and be able to "demolish" the 4 jHmsv and infamous stories vamped up against j " * zhe Soon / 1 the rate-saving ; comfort-distri- ; tuAng New Poor Law , " Washtngios" having \

      ihus "fixed 71 us , «*> must decline to publish Ms statements ; not that we tcould shrink from doing so , if assured of their truth . This we should do , regardless of all conseguences - for ire inozc thai the -xmly safety of the poor under the present system Res in pcbljc ixposcbe . The Press is the on&J power on the side of the people at all dreaded by their persecutors and robbersz ami tee are prepared io run all risks in affording the j » or all tha protection that the Press can afford , when tee have real grievances to detail— -res ! actions to complain of or denounce Anj ^ ouSjhoJtever , as we are io publish -whatever can tend io ollcvialeor better the condition of the poor rnc&ms of tyranny , ice cannot afford to go 0

      "' fishingfor sham instances of oppression ; or ' , suffer ourselves to be imposed upon withfiiiitious \ narratives , if ice - can avoid it . Strongly suspect- ; ing that this is an attempt Io so impose vpon us , ice \ ¦ naiuraZh / Jeei'desirous io asperlaxn xchether our suspicions are justifiable m- not . We iJitruld ¦ therefore feel greatly obliged if some known ; friend in Warrhigion could help us Jo ascertain ; ¦ ahether there are any grounds for tine or tzco , statements or allegations made by our 4 Xtrrespon- j dent ** WASmsGTOxJ" We havB ascertained , ] tince our last , that the Master of Warrincton ' Tio&house has died very lately ; and that he \ died suddenly . These facts tub gather from an ¦ advertisement in the Manchester Guardian for

      a new master and mistress , in " consequence of the sudden death of the late masler . " But what tee are anxious now to get to know is : ** Did the Guardians farm the old and young female inmates of the Workhouse to the Master , to be by him kept for ihesumof okb shiujsg avd six pESCE per head per week * ' ? " Is it true that the food he kepi them on was so thin that the young females could not help hut urine their beds' ! *• Is it true that for thus doing , what they -were phvsicallv incapable of preventing , -mrr were TLOGGED *? ¦* Is if true , that on the Tfih ef June Isst , sixe females were set apart to be PLOGGED by the Master himself ; but that before hs had finished with the first , he fell down at the feet 4 > f Ms victim , and expired in Jess than

      jifteca nannies " 2 " - fe i * true thai im old man . { jibe name pfTayhr , swre than seventy years of i age , and so feeble as not io be able to walk with-: cut tiro sticks ; is it true that this old , feeble j man teas refused ttdmsssion into the Workhouse , end consequently drowned himself in the Sarikey Canal , at a place called Buttermilk Bridge , on ' the evening of June 24 ft lasf 1 ** Is U true that , about a month ago , a tittle girl was so hungry as -, to crave a potato from the old woman who had the charge ofboiling them ; and thai she wasdis-. covered eating it in the yard by the matter ; and : is it true thatheforced the ehUd to tell where she ; 2 &d gotten it ; and then , after reprimanding the aii ! seaman , is iiime thai he took another potato , hji from the poty and went and forced it down ihe * i 3 nld * 3 throat" 1 ** Is it true that that same

      CHOD DIED TTTV SAME SIGHT 1 We Wish to know whether these things he true or not .- for we don't beUeve-them ; but beReve that the sendof them io us to be published is a wicked attempt to mislead us . If it turn out to be so , we shall gladly aid in bringing io justice the man who , by means so detestable , seeks to bring jxTiam upon the Poor Law Authorities , and innocent veople into trouble . The letters we shall preserve ; and if we dotfl receive from some ~ known friend in Warringion , coi'Jrrmatifin of the allegations made by ihewrSer , weshaff other placeihem in the hands of the Poor Law Commissioners , to be by them dealt with as they may think meet ; or in the hands of a Member ofPar&iment , for

      ParVvameniary inguiry . W . Aixkes , loXE OF ASHTO 5 . —The Cowsatlee ej > - poirtUx ? ia coBed subscriptions Jor the support of ihe tclfe and famil y of Mr . AiLkcn , ( who had to run to America for the part he took in the j sraiKE-euiBSEiK of August lastj , desire all those who hare books and monies to deliver iltem . in , on or before Tuesday , the 3 rd of Augusl , eilher j io the Commiilee itself , at the Chartist Room , ¦ CbnrJestown , on Monday and Tuesday evenings , or to Mr . E . Holson , bookseller . IL Wusox , CorPEB A ^ GCSj will see that we have this week commenced to give " Mr . Pitkcthh /' s Observations on his American Tour , "with a plan that has been devised for the purpose of jivtcai ]

      aid to those who contemplate emigration . We agree with Mt . Wilson , that Mr . PilkelhJy has '• done , and will do . immense good by publishing _ his information s for , as Mr . W . truly observes , [ hundreds hare lost themselves for want of proper information ; and many been lednslrcy by Viefalse and flalle / ing accounts published by the Metsrs . Guusbers , in iheir " * Information for the People . " One asWunding fact published by them ' just strikes us . The talk of ihe " soil bang so good , that cabbages can be grovm in it nine and ! rsrelTe feet in circumference" ! Just imagine a caLbagefour feel across 1 Why sheep to eat them , teouldwant a ladder Io get io the top 5 and when ' , a portion of the heart tecs eaten out , it would ' : serve Jot a dvceUing i And with stuff such as this for ** & £ nlde ^! have hundreds been sent '

      axeayfrom their native shores ; and subjected to all the impositions and disappointments which ' ahrays attend ignorance or wrong information . I The communication from Upper Canadm , sent by Mr . Wilson , shaH beused as discretion dictates . JJjs . Cooper . Leicester—A most energetic and ' stirring appeal -to the Chartists generally , on behalf of the husband-bereaved widow , Cooper , has heenforwarded to us , by Mr . Thomas Winter [ and Daniel Toon , They represent her as being in greed difficulties arising from her continued ' illness , and her inabiliiy to attend io business , i Sfee is in danger of being oustes from her home , i being in arrears with both her rentand rates . ' Thebare mention *> f these facts will be sufficient to shmc Chartists their duty . , Eke Asbstswcb " Psabjsee" or SIejchevg

      Hasptos , has not cheated us , but the Post Office . The worst ae wishhim , is that they may ' catch hinu j &B . Wet , BXVL . —1 do not'inow Mr . West ' s present address in HulL Will he be good enough io j io send it me to LoughboTongh , either toMr . ' ^ Skeringtori ' s or ihe Post Office . I want io write ¦ to him . If he do not see this Notice in time io ' . send to Jjoughborough , he will see from my route , us hiiddown in my letter to the People , the days ' on which I mean to be at Derby , Nottingham , \ 4 "c , aiii he can write io me , at any of these j places , to ihe Post Office ; ihe same hint will serce any other friends who may wish to commumcait xttDi me during my absence from Leeds .

      Wa HHi , Jobs Bates , Sxbsebi-xaxe , Haufax , writes io \ say that in 4 he account of the rascally treatment i pursued by two of the Halifax Police towards > Mary and Hannah Lassey , as detailed in our ] paper ef June 24 . a mistake was made in repre- } senttng Seed , ihe worsted inspector , as the man . ihePoBee brought to aid them in their insults and outrages upon a respectable old woman , j seventy-two years of age , and her daughter The mistake arose thus : when ihe Police had the party *• in tout , tine of them said " send for Seed , the inspector f and in same five minutes a ' big , burly , bull-headed fellow made his appear- .

      once , and conducted himself as before detailed-The old woman did not know him ; buifromwhai had before passed , she concluded it was Seed . There are , however , two Inspectors ; and it was ^ Vhitwobtb , and not Seed , thai aided ihe Policemen in iheir gallant endeavours upon ihe old troman and her daughter . In taking from them the warp and leefl -they were carrying home to weave , they lore -a new silk handkerchief and a shawl almost io pieces ; and otherwise behavrd in a brutal manner . Mr . Seed might well-wish io wash his hands of the affair : though in doing so , il wouldhave been more truthful had he staled in his letter io Mr . James , ihe inspector of Leeds Police , that though he had not been connected with the affsxrr Whitwcbth

      ¦ "tnusGHAM Femaie Cmsxisxs will see that we hate omitted iheir schooling" of Miss Susannah Inge . We must not have the women " quarrelfoy .- the men make mesf enough . The notice last week teas quite sufficient . ¦* Cgxszast "RismCTj Him , should hate given his name . We shaR hand the letter over , to Mr . West . It would have been but fair , ioo , thai a * Constant Header ' should have ascertained from the party himself , whether the sum he speaks of had not been sent , before he wrote his "tsuspioons" at alL ¦ suiTtK—AU anxmmaeatioBS for the Chartists of Qns tocalilp are , for the nextmonih , Io be addressed to Mr . Jdin Beaty , Kewbeoin , Maiian .

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      D . Cater mill see that we have inserted ihe mailer he sent ; and on his own terms . The sum . however , should haveoeen enclosed . Let him forwardit direct : and enclose it every week . Postage stamps wilt do The low price wOI not admit of much book-keeping ; , and the way of payment he proposes vtvclves more than two or three entries . Jons HrsTEB , OP South Hetto ^ , -wr ites to say t&at ke 1 b persuade * that Davy Lamp , who sent the letter alluded to in our last , advising a eolliers strike , 3 s a knave . No rach man i « ' known at South Hetton ; and John Hunter troly says that it behoves theoolliers to be ontheiigoaxd ; or scamps such uDaty Lamp trail set their camp on fire ! John Hnnteralso ^ eares to caution the colliers .. .

      against a set of vagabonds who , skulk through the mining districts , live vpon the poor colliers , under the pretence that they are lecturers , and that they will lecture for them on an appointed day . Having got -what they -want ont of them , it is seedless to say they ' are not seen again . One gent , in particular , has been pointed oat to xa , as figuring in this manner in the Auckland district : let him refrain , or \ re shall drop upon his sconce . Above all , let the miners be on their guard . Let them TecervB no man , nor hearten to no man , bnt their regularly accredited lecturers , and officers . Every means -Bill be taken to entrap them : let them meet the machinations of the enemy -with the " wisdom of the serpent , and the harmlessnesa of the dore . "

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      ^ The Post Obbes , for the £ 1 , from Stokesley , -was stiit some time ago by Mr . Hebden ; but was not received at this Office , the stamp being lost from the latter , and the letter returned as unpaid .

      To The People.

      TO THE PEOPLE .

      My deab Friends , —To-morrow m accordance with your request , often reiterated , I commence to toddle round among you , and shake by the hand the braye hearts with whom > 1 have long held communion . I anticipate much pleasure and much benefit from this ** nnbending" of myseif . I need it much for the ^ regaiherinz of my crumbs . " I am almost

      done up . " I shall therefore rest from my labours as much as I can for a season . Saving a column ol remembrance , to keep op oar acquaintance , I shall write but little ; I shall rest myself . Of course I cannot overhaul the paper when I am not here . I shall therefore till my rctnrn be answerable only for my own letters with my name to them . It was perhaps unneces ^ ry to be thus precise ; bnt 1 always like to feiice off " possibilities . "

      As stated in my Jetter of last week , I shall be tomorrow evening at Belper , on Sunday and Monday at Loughborough , on Tuesday at Derby , on Wednesday at Nottingham , on Thursday at Arnold , on Friday at Sntton-in-Ashfield , and on Monday again at Sheffield . Sunday I spend with my own people at Hull . And Ihe remainder of the time from then till I start for Scotland will be entirely occupied with arranging matters with and for my little flock at Hull , to make imy absence productive of as little harm as may be .

      I take steam boat from Hull io Leitb , on Wednesday , the 2 nd of August . This , I suppose , will land me in Leith some time on Friday the -tth ; so that I shall have just time to recover the queerness of my stomach and get mjselfiuto working order for my Edinburgh friends on Sniiday . Sunday and Monday I give to Eainbnrgh and Leitb . Then come 3 a difficulty . Aberdeen wants me on Sunday ; so does Dundee ; so does Arbroath . They cannot all have it . Arbroith . folks are very reasonable . The lie midway , and say that they will be content with another day if they cannot have Sunday . Now I wish the friends would just settle it among themselves whether they will have me at Dundee on

      Wednesday ; Arbroath , Thursday ; Montrose , Friday ; and Aberdeen , Saturday and Sunday ?—or at Aberdeen , Wednesday ; Montrose , Thursday ; Arbroath , Friday : and Dnndse , Saturday and Sunday ; so that I may return t © Edinburgh , and be able to get thence to Glasgow for Tuesday the 16 th , if that time suit my Glasgow friends . Further movements 1 Trill try to chronicle next week . I lhank my friends for their obliging communications of neces sary information . I am , dear Friends , Yours , faithfully , Wm . Hill . Leeds , Kortbern Star Office , Thursday , July 13 . h , 1343 .

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      JoEEDS- —Stealing Silver Plate . —On Saturday last , two men named Alfred Field and Hugh Fallow , -wera Brought up at the Court Hon 3 e , on a charge of having stolen a silver cream jug , a gill , and two spoons , from the residence of Mr . William ' O-borne , Id Springfield-place . The property was j left in the front kiichen on the Monday previous , ; and during the temporary absence of the servant , \ was stolen . Mr . Osborne was in the house at the , time , bu ; being deaf , did not hear any noise . Some J broken up plat © was offered foT sale at Mr . Lerra ' s

      in Call-lane , on Thursday , by the prisoner Field , when an officer was sent for , and he was taken into castody . He tben raid that the plate had been given him to sell by Fallow , and , on thi ? account , Fallow was also taken into custody . Mr . Swain , silversmith , examined the broken pieces of silver , and , though much damaged , and ths marks nearly defaced , he clearly made ont that the pieces had formed a cream jag and a gill , and that they had borne the initials W . P . O ., with which Mr . Osborne's property hid bten marked . The prisoners were boih well-know characters , and were committed for

      trial at tbe sessions . Ttpcgraphebs' A . vmtbbsart—The Leeds Branch of the Northern Union Typographical Society celebrated their anniversary on Monday Ia 3 t , at that favourite inn of plentj *—the Joas © 'GArarr—tbe i pride of as jolly and good-natnrcd a host aad hostess i { Mr . and Mrs . Moreton ) as ever catered for the sons of toil in days of yore . Tois truly uniqae and elegantly furuisQed house is located on the Pontefract road , some four miles from this town . It commands . an extensive view of the country adjacent , which j is richly adorned with all that is asefal and beautiful in Nature ' s power to bestow—emitting , as it were , from its luxuriant bed , in one direction , the time- ; honoured turret of Roth well church , and , in another ,

      that of the spirs of Onltqn church , which never fails , to excite , on account of its completeness of architectural design , Btedned glass windows , &c , the silent admiration of all who have tbe taste to visit it . It was in this really delightful suburban retreat that the members of as gigantic a machine { the Press ) as was ever wielded in this or any other country , chose i to regale themselves—and they were not disappointed ; for the viands were good , choicely selected , and abundant . After the cloth was removed the ? seal masts were drank and responded to with a ! warmth of feeling that d : d credit alike to head and , heart . In the course of the evening , which was very beautiful , the company , with one accord , lent , themselves to a variety of pastimes , tha sight of which was calculated to "bring back the torpid breas ? of age to long-forgotten rapture . " Thus pro- j till

      ) ceeded the diversions of this happy meeting , night be ^ un to draw her murky mantle o ver the ] goodly seenc , when it broke up , each member highly ; pleased with the cast . —Correspondent . , Death of a Child . —On Saturday last , an inquest ; was held at tne Court House , before John Black- ; burn , Esq ., touching the death of Hannah Whitehead , neariv six yeara of age , whose parmts reside in Oaksjeet , York-road . The deceased was a delicate child , and was & twin ; she was sitting at her mother ' s door , on Friday afternoon , and within five minutes of her having been last seen was found on the step laid dead , having been without any particular ailment previously , nor were there any marks upon-faer person . It is curious thai ihe twin eister wa * found dead in bed , in November l » t . Verdict —** Died "by the visitation of God . " i

      Deowsejg—On Tuesday afternoon , an inqueBt was held" at the house of Mr . Pickersgill , the Cross Keys Inn , Water-lane , before Henry Nelson , JEsq depnty coroner , on the bodv of a little boy named Horatio Hinscliff , whose parents reside in JBrnnswiek-strtet , H-oIbeck . The deceased on Monday evening , was playing near his father ' s house , when he strayed away , and , by some means , fell into the beck , which runs parallel with Water-lane . He was very soon got out , bnt life was extinct . There wa 3 no direct evidence to show how the deceased got into the water , and the jury returned a verdict of " Foan . d drowned . " The deceased wasabont fonr years of age . The Jury , before separating , made a strong representa' aon to the deputy-coroner , as to the dangerous nature of the fencing by which the beck ia question is partially protected , which Mr . Nek'm promted to convey to the proper quarter . We snail bs glad to see it have the desired effect , for the s-ate of the beck is a disgrace to the iowzships through which it rans .

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      sudden Death . —On Monday morning , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Ef q ., on the body of . John Walker , 52 years of age , lately residi ng in School Close . He was taken slightly ill on Saturday morning , and walked up to the surgery 4 Of Mr . Samuel Smith , in Park Row , to obtain some medicine . Whilst there the assistant left him in the surgery for a few momenta , and on his return he found him in a fit on the floor , in which he died almost directly , never having spoken . "Verdict—Died by ike visitation of God . :

      DISSOLUTION OF THE YORSHIRE DISTRICT BANK . On Wednesday , a special meeting of the shareholders in this establishment was held at the Banking House . Sir John Simpson , of York , in the chair . It will be remembered that in February last , a committee , consisting' of ~ Mr . Murgatrovd , of Bradford , and three vother gentlemen , were appointed by the shareholders to examine into the affairs of the company , and to report thereon . The meeting of yesterday was convened to receive their report , and to take such steps as might be thought most advisable . The report stated that tbe losses of the concern would amount to four fifths of the original capital , £ 800 , 000 : and as the trust

      deed required a dissolution of the company , whenever the loss amounted to one-fourth of the capital , it recommended an immediate dis olution , and the establishment of a new company , under the firm or style of ihe Yorkshire Banking Company , with a capital of £ 500 , 000 , in twenty thousand shares of £ 25 each . A very long and- noisy discussion followed , hat in the end a resolution framed in accordance -with the recommendation of the report was carried almost unanimously . The meeting did not break np till after four o ' clock , having lasted fonr hours . It was stated that nearly one-fourth of the proposed capital was subscribed before the meeting separated , and the new company having been provisionally formed , a meeting was held , and preparations made for commencing business on Thursday morning .

      The "Manchesteb Times" and the Fustian CtrTTEBS . —Tbe columns of the Manchester Times have been lately occupied in endeavouring to make itB readers believe that the fustian cutters of the town of Manchester , are receiving more wages now than they have done for many years past . Such not being the case , we ask for a small space in the columns of the People ' s paper for a statement of facts that cannot be controverted ; facts which will let tha people see that instead of the fustian cutters having an increase of wages , they are now receiving less by nearly two-thirds than they were eighteen years ago . And ever since- that time , like all other branches of the cotton trade , year by year , they have been getting less . The following statement is taken from the masters' list of prices : — For cutting ninety-six yards of Tabby Velvet—1825 ... £ 12 0 1833 10 0

      1836 ... 0 18 0 1842 0 12 0 1843 ... 0 9 6 What will the Manchester Times say to these " facts in figures , " taken from the : masters' list of prices ? By what sort of reasoning will he be able to convince even his own readers that the fustian cutters are now in the receipt of better wages than they hare been for many years ? - It is here demonstrated that a reduction of 2 s . 6 d . has actually taken place -within the last twelve months .

      SHEFFlEIiD . Dueadful THCNDEn amd : Hail Stobm . —Wednesday-Evening * eleven o ' clock . —Sheffield ha 3 this evening been visited by a storm , the like of which has bnt rarely been known . It commenced about five o ' clock and continued with ^ more or less violence for the Bpace of three hours , from six o'clock to seven was the worst portion , dur"ing which time the thunderihellowed , and the lightning flashed without intermission , accompanied by a terriffio hurricane of hail which has done damage In the town to an incalculable amount . In fact had the town been bombarded it could scarcely have suffered so much injury in the matter of glass . The following ifla brief description of the state of some of the principal streets , public buildings , workshops ,

      & . c , &c .: —the Tontine , several panes smashed ; Town-hall , face of the clock broken ; Castle-street , Suig-hill , West-bar , and Bank-street , large numbers of panes broken ; Stanley-street , Walker-street , Andrew-street , Nursery-street , &c , have severely suffered ; at Hunter's factory , Longley ' s , coachbuilder , and Mr . Chadburn ' s optician , the damage is very heavy . High-street and Hartshead have had a tolerable escape , though in the former street about ) 00 panes are destroyed . ' In Watron Walk the Mechanics' Library has upwards of 70 , and Medley ' s factory upwards of 140 ; panes demolished . We have traversed St . James' -street , Church-street , Bnrge ^ s-Btreet , Sheffield Moor , Charles ' -street , Furnival-street , Doctor ' s-fields , Lead Mill-road ,

      Soffolk-street , Howard-street , Eyre-street , Surrey-street , &c , &c , and found the damage to be beyond all calculation . The following is a list of public and other buildings , srith the number of panes destroyed : —The Parish Church about 140 , and clock face destroyed ; Chartist Room , Fig Treelane , twenty-three ; Vicarage , a large number ; Hallamshire Bank , skylights destroyed ; a woTkshop , in New Church-street , above 140 ; Brunswick Chapel , above 100 ; St . Mary ' s School , much damaged ; St . Paul ' s Chnrch , about 100 , and the clock face totally annihilated ; Baptist Chapel , Eyrestreet , about fifty ; Doctor ' s Fields , every house riddled ; Howard-street Chapel , a large number ; joiner ' s shop , Howard-street , ninety ; Music Hall ;

      110 ; four house * in Surrey-street , above 150 ; Nether Chapel , above 100 ; Weeleyan School , above 100 ; Catholic Cbapel , 103 ; Primitive Chapel , Coal Pi ' -lane , above 200 ; Ibbetson ' s edge-tool makers , Charles-street , ninety-three ; Creswick ' s , silversmith , some hundreds ; and last , not least , at Bodgers ' s cutlery shops , Norfolk-street , nearly one thousand panes have been destroyed ! Toe above list is correct as far as it goes , but will give but a very inadequate idea of the immense destruction occasioned by the unprecedented storm of this evening . "It is an ill wind that blows nobody good , " says the proverb ; good has been blown to the glaziers at any rate , who are in high ( spirits , anticipating a rich harvest from this " crash of elements" and

      * wreck of "— -windows I Chcbcii Rates . —A public meeting was held in the school room of the parish of Handsworth , a village in the neighbourhood of Sheffield , on the morning of Thursday , June 29 th , called for the purpose of levying a Church Rate . About a hundred of the Woodhouso people attended the meeting , which was called for ten o ' clock in the forenoon , a most unseasonable hour for the working classes . It was the intention of the Chartists to have proposed a working man to the chair , but they were advised not to do fo by the respectables , and consequently no opposition was offered to the clergyman presiding . His reverence on enteringthe room and being moved to the chair , which he took without any show of

      hands being called for , immediately rose again and dissolved the meeting , as the churchwardens were not prepared with their estimates , adding that due notice would be given when another meeting would be holden . So saying , his Reverence bolted . The meeting remenstrated loudly jagainst this treatment , and demanded why working ; men had been called from their labour in the middle of the forenoon when , as the parson pretended , they were not prepared to bring any business before the meeting ? To wbich one of the jackall ' s replied that the meeth > g had had a Slo forenoon ' walk , and would have tbe opportunity of another before long ! After some discussion , relative to the shabby and insulting manner in which they had been treated , the meeting broke up .

      EEADFOBD-A public meeting of the wool combers was bolden on Monday evening last , in front of the Odd FellowB ; Hall , Thorntoa-road , Bradford , to form an Association for the purchase and occupation of Land . Mr , Giilard was called to the chair , jrho briefly stated the -object of the meeting , and in * roduced Mr . Tytler to move the first rssolution— " That an Association be formed to purchase Land , whereon to locate the ' surplus labourers' who cannot find employment in tho labour market . " Mr Tytler made some very interesting remarks on the present situation of the wool combers , and entreated them to join the society . Mr ; Dawson seconded the resolution , in an excellent address , calling on tbe workers to commence doing something for

      themselves , before tbe power was altogether taken from them by the constant reduction of wageB . The resolution was unanimously carried . Mr . Bond moved the next resolution : — " That this Association be called the Bradford Joint Stock Land Company . " The mover spoke with much force on the ruinous effects of class legislation , and the present miserable position of the workies . Mr . J . Arrau seconded it . and entered into a calculation of what could be done by a million of persons subscribing sixpence weekly . In one year the people could locate seventyfive persons weekly on farms of five acres each , with a capital of , £ 51 each to commence with ; and thus there could be a constant drain of labourers from the labour market , as well as an increase of democratic voters in the country ; and this would enable them io carry the People ' s Charter , in spite

      of the power of the aristocracy . Mr . Arran also clearly showed the statements made by Mr . Linton , of Selby , to be correct ; and fully explained the manner of that gentleman ' s method of producing from hia small allotment of land , such a quantity of useful vegetables as to make so handsome a return for tho " labour expended . The resolution was supported by Mr . Symth , who combated tho objections raised by tome parties against the people going on to the land , and showed the superiority of small farms over large ones , both as a means of producing more capital and increasing trade in the manufacturing districts , thereby producing a home market , which would be free from the continnal dread of panic so fatal to the labourer . The resolution was carried without a dissentient voict . The Cb . airn . an then read the rules for the conducting of the Association , and announced

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      a meeting to take place on Saturday evening , at seven o clock , m the Chartist Room , Butterworthbuildings , ta alter and amend the rules as the meeting Bhould then think ptoper ; likewise to enrol Z ^ £ ? X Pf . PPoult a treasurer , and form the « £ n , LdKtn ?!*\ t » enable the people to pay their contributions without much trouble . The meeting broke up ^ highly eatisBed at the prospect of diad ? Uon ? ° f relieyin « « ir foriori 1

      con-; 1 ? ^ iP EATH 't ° . Saturday mojning , a commer #£ , t ™ ller , ] » nto the Odd Fellows' Arms , SW ' and ?? ked for a private ; room , complaining of illness , i He was shown into the travellers -room . _ In the space of half an honr the landlord entered the room and found him on the sofa , in LLAi ^ l ^ ^ immediately procured ; but he died in a short time . An inquest was held on the body , when it was ascertained that he was in the employ of Mrr Pease of Darlington , and thathe died of apoplexy . Verdict accordingly .,

      W ? £ fc 1188 * PHBESOI . OOT .-On Wednesday and Friday evenings , June 28 th and W f * * }* ' •? T B . ; Smitb delivered two able and rSS Ti ! Sl it ^^ aboY 0 8 Cienco ^ the Lar ee Room , Holbeck Bridge , to highly attentive audiences . The lectures were eminently original , and took up the subject of mesmeric-phrenology on entirely new ground , [ which excited much attention . In the first lecture Mr . S . endeavoured to prove that mesmerism and magnetism were in reality the same thing , making several femarks uDon the effects of

      eJeotnoity and the loadstone , and comparing their effects with that of meserism ; he then proceeded to demonstrate that the real nature of man could only bti discovered by means of mesmeric-phrenology . The arguments on both parts ot the subject were cogent and convincing . In the second lecture the perfect consistency of mesmerism and phrenology with true religion was ably demonstrated . After which the discoveries of Mesmerism were applied as the only means to the ^ effectual elucidation of the

      Scripture miracles , the latter being citpd in-illustration The reasoning of the lecturer was applied with such effect as to convince both Materialists and mere Sectarian Christiana that the science of Mesmeric Phrenology was uMerBtood by neither t and was calculated to produce results which must in their consequences revolutioni ' Bo the world . After both lectures experiments in Mesmerism and Magnatism were most ably performed by a gentleman who had kindly offered his s ? r pices on the occasion ; and the company departed at near elovon o'clock on both occasions , highly delighted with the entertainments oi the eveniog . a& « ai

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      BRADFORD . —On Sunday evening . Mr . John Arran , lectured in the Large Room , Butterworthbuildings , on " the ^ present position of the people , " and eloquently explained the manner in which the people might become possessed of the land . Ho clearly showed how a subscription of sjxpence per week by one million of people , would in the course of one year purchase seventy-five five acre farms weekly , and allow a capital of £ 50 to each occupant to commence with . ' He strongly urged op the people the duty of commencing immediately to subscribe for so desirable an object . The meeting separated with expressions of satisfaction at the proposed plan .

      The Members of the Council , met in the Council Room , on Tuesday evening , when a committee of five persons were appointed to visit various localities , and organize them , preparatory to electing a new Executive . The central locality paid in 7 s . Id . contribution . A committee of three persons were appointed to examine the books of the association . The oommitte appointed by the Council will meet on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock , to arrange the time of visiting each locality , commencing with Daisy Hill , at ten o ' clock , on Sunday morning ; Manningham , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      NOTTINGHAMi- ^ On Sunday , July 2 nd , Mr . Dormon , according to announcement , lectured in the Market-place to a concourse of several thousand people , bubjeot : " : The duties of a government and the duties of a people . " The worthy lecturer handled his subject in a masterly style , and rivetted the attention of his audience to the truths which he so ably advanced . At the conclusion , I 83 . was collected . ' 1 On Mondat Evening , the same gentleman delivered a lecture in the Democratic Chapel , on the life , character , and patriotism of William Tell , the Hero of Switzerland ! Long before the time for

      commencing , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , Mr . George Sweet was unanimously elected chairman ; and , after a few brief remarks , said he would introduce to their notice his respected townsman and fellow-labourer in the vineyard of Chartism , Mr . H . Dorman . The leqturer commenced by remarking upouthe life of the immortal Tell , who bore every degree of persecution in order to free his country from the yoke of tyranny . He made a pathetic appeal to his audience , urging them to imitate the example of the modern Tell * , who are struggling for freedom in our own unhappy country . '

      The Committee appointed to superintend the operations of the lecturer met on Monday , and the following resolution ' ; was agreed to : — That the secretary be instructed to call upon all the Chartists belonging to the various Localities in the district who have not forwarded their respective amounts towards the lecture fund to do so forthwith , to Mr . W . Swann , Temperance Hotel , Drury Hill , Nottingham . As it is of the first importance that the lecturer should commence his services ; and that a fortnight ' s subscription must be paid previous to him entering upon his engagement , as agreed to at the Delegate Meeting , the committee hope this request will be promptly complied with . " Tho following sums have been received towards the lecture fund , viz .: —10 a . from Democratic Cbapel ; 3 * . from Arnold ; 3 s . from New Radford ; 2 a . from Union Coffee House ; and 2 a . 6 d . from Mr . W . Lakin .

      BIRMINGHAM . —At the usual weekly meeting of Chartists holden at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse-lanc , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Bailey in the chair , after reading the minutes of the previous meeting , two shillings were handed in from Mr . James Clark , of Bladgan , near Bristol , for the general Defence Fund ; after which the council reported that they had m&de arrangements with the committee of the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , to hold their regular weekly ! meetings , on a Tuesday evening , in that large and commodious place . Mr . Mason will deliver a lecture , in the above place , upon " The present' prospects of Chartism , " on Tuesday evening next , when the attendance of the Chartist , publio is most respectfully invited .

      The Shoemakers met on Sunday evening last , and voted four shillings and sixpence to Gjorge White , the Birmingham victim . Astow-street Room . Mr . Thompson gave a pleasing and instructive lecture at Aston-street . Room , on Sunday evening last . He showed up the evils of class legislation , and the harmony of the Six Points of tho Charter , and showed to the satisfaction of his audience that the Charter is the working man's only ] means of telvatioa from the oppression of the middle and higher classes . A vote of thanks was Igiven to the lecturer , after which a discussion took place on the state of the organization .

      BACUP . —Mr . J . R . Gammaga lectured here on Tuesday , the 4 th July , on The evils of classlegislation , " to a numerous and respeotable audience . SHEPPIEIiT * . —The Conference—The Executive—The Organ ; za ! tion . —The usual weekly meeting of the Chartist body was held ou Monday evening in the Figtree-lafie Room , Mr . John ; Green in the chair ; Mr . Julian Ilarney proposed to ; the meeting the adoption of the following resolution , to which wo request the attention of our Chartist brethren throughout the country : —

      Resolved— " That wo disapprove of the electing of an Executive prior to the remoddling of the Orftanizition ; that we approve of the calling of a general delegation before the election of an Executive , and hereby give our support to the suggested National Conference . " That wo approve ; of the assembling of the Conference at Birmingham . "That we consider the 17 th of July too early a date for the meeting of Conference , and suggest Taesday , the 1 st of August , instead . : " That we disapprove of the syatem of county delegates and suggest instead thereof , that every Chartist locality appoint its representative .

      " That we call on Jour brethren throughout the country to immediately decide between the 17 th July proposed by the South Lancashire Delegates , and the 1 st of August proposed by this meeting for the assembling of Conference , and to decide ; upon the scale of representation proposed by this' . meeting , versus , that proposed by the South Lancashire Delegates . " That we urgently request that each Chartist Locality will publish its decision in the Star of July 15 th . ¦ f ; " That we respectfully request the Editor or the Northern Star to lay before tne country all plans of organization , or suggested amendments of the present plan by the 15 th of [ July , that the Chartist body iaay have sufficient time to discuss the several plans previous to the meeting Of Conference . :

      11 That we appeal to ; our brethren of Eogland and Wales to enter into immediate arrangements and exert all their energies to make the proposed Conference a truly national body , that our movement may be placed in a state of'efficient organizition , and the obtainmeut of our long < withheld rights accelerated . " This resolution which had previously been adopted by the Council , was discussed , each clause si riatim , at the above meetiug , and unanimously adop' ed .

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      TODIVIORDEN .-Mr . E . P . Mead , the Old Commodore , lectured here on Sunday last , in the New Room , Salford . His lecture was ! , " The lives of the patriots that had suffured for ihe cause of democracy . " He also lectured on ^ uesday night , on " the manners , ensioms , and government , &o ., &C , of the West India Islands . " j He convinced his hearers that he had a thorough knowledge of his subject . j STALTBRIDGE .-The following resolutions were adopted at a delegate meeting , held in Ashton , on Sunday , the 2 nd instant , for the purpose of getting tip camp meetings in this district : 1 st ., " That Ashton-under-Lyne , Sialey-bridge , Hyde , Mottram , Duckinfield , and Mossley , be the places forming thi 3 district , and that

      Hooley Hill and Droylsden be corresponded with . " 2 ad ., " That camp meetings be held in the following places—at Mossley , on Sunday ) the 16 th inst . ; at Staley-bridge , on the 23 rd ; Hyde on the 30 th , and at AshtOn on the 6 th of August . " 3 rd ., " That the expences be defrayed by collections made after each meeting , and any surplus arising from them to be handed over to the sub-Treasurers of the respective places . " 4 th , j" That any of the places where the camp meetings are holden obtain the assistance of any lecturer that they wish . " 5 th , 14 That J . T . Lund be secretary foir the district . " 6 th "That another delegate meeting ] be holden on Suudaiy , the 30 thinst ., at Stalybtidge . " 7 th , "That a district fund bo formed by a levyj of one penny per member , to be paid at the next delegate meeting . "

      HALIFAX . —The Chartists of this place met ia their room , Pellon-laae , at six o ' clock , on Sunday evening , July 2 ad , Mr . Ackroyd in the chair . The resolution come to by the South Lancashire delegates , on the 18 : h of June , regarding a National Conference being held for the reorganization of our body , &c , was brought before the meeting , and discussed at some length , which terminated m the adoption of the following resolutions : — " That we agree with the delegates assembled ia Manchester , that it is highly necessary that ja Natiehal Conference should be holden in Birmingham , to reconsider the plan of organization , &cJ ; but are of opinion that the 17 th of July , is earlier than the country can be properly prepared for ] carrying out the objects of the meeting as they ought to be ; we would therefore beg to suggest that July " 17 th be erased and August 1 st substituted in fits place . " " That

      we conceive it would be very improper to elect an Executive prior to the sitting of the conference , as suggested by Mr . O'Connor ; as j the opinion of the Association ought to be taken on . many important , subjects , prior to the electing of an Executive , and we hope that our brethren , in ( every locality of our Association will take the subject up in earnest LONDON . —Mr . Mantz lectured , on Sunday last , in the Britannia Fields , to a respectable and numerous audience , who then adjourned to the Star , in Golden-lane , and had a conversational meeting , in which Messrs . Bolwell , Dwain , [ and several others joined . The following resolution' was passed : — " That we send no more moneyjto any fund except a general one formed by a body eleoted by the country ; and that w e Agree with the suggestion , that Mr . Wheeler should act as secretary , pr > tern . We also consider that a General Victim Committee is much wanted . "

      Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho . —The Chartist boot and shoe-makers held tHeir usual weekly meeting , on Sunday evening last , at the above place . It was well attended . Mr . Wm . Groveriier was called to the chair , and he opened the business of the meeting by reading Mr . ^ eargus O'Connor ' s letter to the Chartists in last w . eek ' s Star , which gave great satisfaction . Mr . Wiheeler was unanimously voted as fit to act as General Secretary , pro tern .

      Mr . Wheeler lectured on Tuesday evening at the City of London institution to a good audience , sub ject , " the pleasures and advantages of knowledge . " Mr . Wheeler dwelt briefly on thej various sciences of astronomy , geology , chemistry , &c ., _ and concluded by shewing the advantages , both in a moral and political point of view of literary and scientific knowledge . Tho ohair was occupied by Mr . Dunn . Lambeth . —At the usual meeting of the members at the Britannia Coffeehouse , | Vaterloo-road on Monday evening , a suggestion was made by the

      committee on exclusive dealing , of making tho discount allowed by shopkeepers to members available for the establishment of a national benefit club , one deserving the name ; because persons unable to subscribe directly thereto , might by gaining five per cent , on the expenditure of 10 s . per week , ensure all the advantages derived from the generality of benefit cluba ; thus removing from a great proportion of the working class , the insunnoantabledifficulty of paying entrance money , subscriptions , fines , &c . The consideration of the subject was adjourned till next Monday , after tbe lecture by Mr . Bolwell .

      South London Locality . —The , General Council of the above locality have great pleasure in informing the Chartist public that they Jhave succeeded in permanently engaging the room of the Hall of Science , Black friars ' -road , on Tuesday instead of Monday , as heretofore , commencing on Tuesday , July 11 th , when every member is requested to attend . ASHTON-UNDEB-LVNE . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , delivered a lecture here on Monday last , in which he showed the necessity of the Chartist body uniting one and all , that they might ; be prepared to take advantage of the coming crisis ; averring that tho best time to attack an enemy was when circumstances made him weak .

      Nominations For The General Council.

      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL .

      LOXDON—60 I . DEN LION , DEAN-STREET , SOHO . Mr . Richard Parks , 32 , Little Windmill-street , Go'densquare . Mr . John Dubell , 31 , Marshall-street , Golden-sq . Mr . W . Rogers , 24 , Crown-court , St . Martin's-lane Mr . William Smith , ditto , ditto . Mr . George Reynolds , 21 , Little Welbeck-streefc , Caveudish-square . Mr , William Grovernor , 4 , Sial-court , St . Martin ' s lane . Mr . Robert Smith , 81 , High Holborn . Mr . Thomas Shackleton , 2 , Pickering-place , St . James-street , Pub-Treasuver . Mr . Alfred Humbell , 5 , Cumberland-court , Totten ham-street , sub ^ Secretary .

      Dialogue On Etzler's Paradise, Between Messrs. Clear, Flat, Dunce, And Grudge, By John Adolphus Etzler, E?Q., The Cele-

      DIALOGUE ON ETZLER'S PARADISE , between Messrs . Clear , Flat , Dunce , and Grudge , by JOHN ADOLPHUS ETZLER , E ? q ., the cele-

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

      Oa Straday , the 9 th inst ., at Selbyrby the Rev . I . L . Walton , He . -William- Brown , of CliS , to Ann , second daughter of Mr . Obee , provision merchant } of tho former place . On Friday , the 7 th inst ., at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rev . H . Deck , Mr . S . Thompson , currier , to Mary , daughter of Mr . Isaac Thornton , all of Southowram .

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      DEATHS . On the 11 th inst ., at Sutton-in-Ashfield , aged 34 years , Mr . James Brandreth , after an illness of twenty-seven weeks . He had from his infaacy been a sterling democrat , and was one of the founders of tho Woxkins ; Men's Association of Sutton ia 18 S 8 ; upon tho dissolution of which he became a member of the National Charter Association .

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      REPEAL ASSOCIATION-Tuesday . DVBLIS . The usual weekly meeting was held this day , at the Corn Exchange , which was -extremely crowded , from tae beginning to the close of the

      proceedings . The chair was taken by Daniel O'Connell , jun ., Esq . After some routine business Mr . O'Connell rose , and was greeted with enthusiastic cheering . When silence ljvaa obtained , he proceeded to hand in the following sums : —From Logarstown , Co . Meath . £ 20 10 s . ; Rev . P . O'Reilly , P . P ., £ 1 ; and some other sums . He alluded to the meeting at Dundalk , and said that he never saw a more determined body assembled together to seek for a political object . The cold and stern manner of the men of the north contrasted strongly with the gay and light demeanour of the southerns , while both

      were equally resolved to achieve their national independence . He then handed in from the young gentlemen of Dundalk £ 60 ; from the young iadies £ 20 ; rom the people of Dundalk , £ 40 , ; and from other parts in the neighbourhood , £ 10 Ji—making in all from the north of Ireland , the result of the late great meeting at Dundalk , £ 224—( great cheering ) . After feveral sums of money wer ^ e handed in , Mr . O'Connell rose again to hand in the money which he had received from America . This , he said , was a most auspicious day—the 4 th , of July—the anniversary of American independence—( protracted cheers ) . He believed that that ctieer would be carried on tho wind across the western wave , and be

      heard chirping at the other sidej of the Atlantic , along the rivers and among the b , igh hills , and in the fertile vallies of free aud independent America—( cheers ) . No man who loved his country would regret that America had giined herj independence—( cheers ) . She bore with persecution and tyranny uatil they became no longer tolerable ; and after every peaceable method to obtain jastioe had failed then only did they resort to arms-r ( cheers ) . They freed themselves from the oppression of one of the greatest tyrants that ever filled a throne . Brougham aid that if the correspondence between Gaorge the Third and his Ministers were published , it would shake the throne of his family—( cheers ) . God be

      praised , there was no longer any danger of the throne being shaken—no matter , jwhat correspondence was made public , originating'from , the elder branches of that family . ( Hear , Wear , and cheers . ) He knew that England had grown ] wiser since that period , and he also knew that she had become weaker . ( Cheers . ) If they attempted to tyranniza over Ireland as they did over America , and they drove the people of this country to resistance —this he knew , that they would be one thousand times more mad than the statesmen who advised the contest with America . ( GreaS ( cheering . ) I hey would not attempt it , they never , would dare to fro it fr . heera . ^ T hey might traduce tho Irish ,

      they might call them foul namesj but fight they would not . ( Continued cheers . ) In the course of eight or ten days the new building ; would be ready for the association , and then he would announce the next step he would take for the Repeal , and they would show the Americans I the way they intended to win their country ' s legislative independence . ( Cheers . ) He concluded by handing in £ lft 79 3 s . 5 i . from Boston . New [ York , Philadelphia , and Brooklyn , in the Uaitedj , States , and £ 20 from Halifax . The people of Halifax , who subscribed this sum , being British subjects , were enrolled members . j Mr . Sweetman , the extensive brewer , was n 6 xt admitted a member . !

      Mr . O'Connell proposed the admission of Samuel Bindon * Esq ., of Waterpark , in j the county of Clare . He read a letter from that gentleman , in which he stated that he was one ! of the oldest magistrates in the county . Mr . O'Connell said that Mr . Bindon made % hia statement to enable Mr . Chancellor Sugden to offer another insult to the Irish people by dismissing him from the magisterial bi nch . Let him do it if he dare . ( Cheers . ) Several large sums of money were handed in and members enrolled meuiuers

      . I ua . couea . On the motion of Mr . O'Connelll it was resolved that the meeting Bhould adjourn until two o'clock to-morrow , to specially consider the letters received from America . He then said that ihe Repeal Rent received up to yesterday , was £ 2 , 495 143 . 0 . yi ( Long continued cheering ) . This was independent of a sum of £ 300 received this day , which would be taken into the next account .

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      " BEBECCA" IN WALES . Cabmabthen , July 4 . —I find that the result or Mr . Muule ' s attendance here is that the Government will take the prosecutions on themselves ; and , as fax as I can learn , tbe Solicitor-General will attend on the part of . the Crown at the forthcoming trials of those concerned in the riot here on the 19 th ultimo . The depositions have been placed in the hands of Mr . Maule and Mr . Raven , who attends with him , and those functionaries are now engaged in preparing the necessary indictments . A woman of the name of Frances Evans was last night apprehended at Cilgwynucha , and examinee ! to-day before a full bench of magistrates , charged with having participated in the iio £ at Carmarthen

      workhouse , and witn having incited and led the mob on thac occasion . Mr . Maole and Mr . Raven attended the examination , which was conducted in Welch , as the prisoner was unacquainted with English . Sarah Thomas , tho schoolmistress of the union workhouse , being sworn , deposed to having been at the workhouse on Monday , June 19 ; h , when the Tiot took place , and the mob broke into the Hall . It was . at about one o ' clock in tho day . Tha mob marched in , and be ^ an twatiag the tables , &c , with staves , which t ' aey had in their bands . Witness ran up into the school-room , where the children , who were much alarmed , were crying . Two men , one of whom she thought she could identify , followed her there . They said they had no wish to hurt the children , but to let them out . Witness repiiedthafc the children had no homes , and would be far better off there . The mtu said they had applied for redress , and that now they would have redress by

      force themselves ; and one of them said he would spill every drop of blood in his body before they would lose the day , for they < jid noi fear the military . The men then went out into another part of the house . Shortly afterwards witness saw the priaoner Fanny Evans , whom she knew from her having been in the workhouse a short time previously Sh-i was leading the mob up stairs . Witness asked her if she was not ashamed of herself , to which the prisoner replied , that she had seen enough of the workhouse , and was determined to 20 on with it . A female ia the workhouse then forced the prisoner down stairs , and witness afterwards saw her dancing with violent gestures on the table in the hall . The door of witness ' s room was broken open , and she was put in fear of her lite . She sxw the violence of the mob increasing , au « i believed that if the military had not arrived whoa they- did , the workhouse wouid have bean pullod down or destroyed .

      Another witness having given similar testimony , the prisoner , who declined saying anything , was held to bail to appear and take her trial at the assizes . The attack upon and destruction of the gates not only is continued with increased daring , but is spreading into a wider locality . Not only have they levelled the principal gates in Carmarthenshire , but the work of destruction is going on in Cardiganshire and Pembrokeshire , and yet not a single individual has been apprehended . A night or two since they marched in very large numbers to the Scleddy gate , near Fishguard ( wiiere the French landed in i 798 ) , and in a very short lime demolished the gates , posts , and houses , and

      broki ? the toll boards , &c , inro pieces so small that in the morning not a piece was discovered larger than would ba fit for matchwood . After tho work of destruction had been completed , the whole partj left in th : e "direction of tho Haverfordwest-road . Ou the sarao night they attacked the Fishguard Hill-gate , which they also broke in pieces ; they then proceeded to the toll-bar at the other end of Fishguard , where they attacked the toll-keeper's house , the windows of which they demolished . Things have now reached such a pass , that it is thought "by respectable persons of the neighbourhood , that nnles 3 stopped , both private property and persons travelling on the roads will shortly be rendered very insecure .

      They appear now to have adopted plans to harass the soldiery . Last night , from information received , the troop of-the 4 th Dragoons were ordered to mount at eleven' o ' clacfe . to march to some gate in the neighbourhood ; just , however , as the men were about , to start at a gallop , subsequent information was received which prevented tuoir proceeding . The troop of Dragoons at St . dear's were also out upon the roads all night , lights having been shown at various spots which induced them to believe that an attack was being made on gates in different situations . — Times , Friday .

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      * FOB THE GESEBAl DEFEXCE FUND . £ s . d . Frcia Stokesley , per Wm . Hobden 10 0 _ Presson 0 19 2 _ the Chartists of Withnell , per Thomas loch 0 7 4 _ Witham , Essex , per C Fish 0 2 6 fob j dhn Leach , hidb . From W .-R ., Leeds . 003

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      Ilural An& ©Rraral Intelligence.

      ILural an& © rraral intelligence .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR i * _ . . _ . _ .. ¦ : : - ¦ ===- — - , 1 O

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 15, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1221/page/5/