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      eoi ^ uaon thai en sry revolt—every revolution—every Braider and barbarity has been occasioned by the dajnaahle policy of Loms Phudtb , 5 rbile &b Freabh people , as if diTerted by Ma stage trickery apon the Peninsula , allow their capital to be hemmed in , and surrounded by fortresses , within which the tyrant may luxuriate in quiet , while the people contend in Tain against his sway . "OP says his Bervfle press , " why evince sneh alarm at the dead walls 1 "Why not restrain your enthusiasm tmffl a demand is made for fumiBhins the walls

      mth instruments of death I Not a farthing has -yet been Toted for such s purpose j not * cannon lias yet been cast ; and , peradventnre , the wallfl Trill not be & for their reception nnffl the year 1844 , 1845 , or may be tfll 1846 . " What 1 will not our French neighbours take warning by our follies \ Oar police were first established as a civil power ; -and then emergency justified the arming- them with hatchers ? knives . And so it will be with the forti--fications of Paris , when they are completed , and Teady to reeerpe ^ thelgusB . Then % whether it be in 2844 , 1845 , or 1846 , the French Minister would

      • reply ^ o the opposition to mounting the guns : What ! was any man in Prance so foolish or insane io think that so zonch public money would be expended for nothing i Why ! of what use would the bare walls be , if not mounted with cannon y And as our ministers do , bo will the French Minister , under the command , and direction of the Citizen King ; mount the guns and man the walls ; and thus terminate the debate by announcing thift the deed is done , and now must be paid for .

      When our hastues were being built , there was every promise of comfort ; bat when they were finished , and the paupers were cooped np from the pabDe eye , then the law of the Devi ! Mngs blasted all the hope of the inmates . Taking warning , then , frenchmen , by what has passed in England ! We esteem the present as the fitting time for the French aind to try its strength , in resisting the progress of this deadly attempt npon their liberties .

      We rejoice at the progress that the cause of democracy is making all over the world . The very complaints which the Belgians made against their Dutch King , and which justified revolt and separation I asd the very complaints which the Greeks made against their German monarch , and which led io his fettering and curbing , are precisely the same that Mr . O'Cojckell makes Against the English Oligarchy . Belgium was infested with Dutch placemen j Greece was swarmed orei with German lice ; just as Ireland is sucked by English leeches . If , then , the Queen would preserve her Irish title , we would recommend her to prefer Repeal to

      Separation ; for so sure as grass grows and water runs , ihe refusal of the former will lead , and that speedily , to the accomplishment of the latter ; and if she desires io preserve what BtiD . remains of her Hoyal prerogative , we would recommend her to make freemen , instead of slaves , of her V . ngljR > i subjects , by proclaiming the law of the Charter , instead of the rule of the cannon ; for she imay rest assured that neither she nor her ministers ; her horse , foot , or dragoons ; her sappers , miners , gunners , or artillerymen ; her bomb ? , her shells , or her mortars , can undermine the public mind ; ean shoot a public sentiment , eut down public -opinion , or stab one rising thought .

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      THE DTJNCOMBE DEMONSTRATIONS . Nest week our gallant Dxj ^ cokbe begins his tour . On Monday he enters Manchester ; on Saturday , the 21 st , he will be at Newcastle ; on the -S Sih , he will visit Aberdeen ; and on the 30 th , he will see the Glasgow friends . Now , it is of importance to ihe whole Chartist cause , that these demonstratioBS be really and truly worthy of the Chartist body . Chartism is said to ledead ; especially in Scotland . Let the world see whether that saying be true or not ! Every hand to the pump !

      We have sot many Draco jibes . Is fact , we have but one . It behoves ns , therefore , to make mncb of him , as he has stood well and firmly by us . Streng then his hoods . He will have to appear in * the Bouse" again next Session- He is our man there ! He has the moral © oarage to let " ( he Bonse" know it . Lei us take care and Jet him see ihai wj eaa appreciate patriotic services , and hold ihe man of the people in honour . To the Chartists of Manchester , Newcastle , Aberdeen , and Glasgow , we say , " Be np and doing . " The honour of Chartism is in your keeping . Mind that it be not either sullied or dimmed .

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      * THE TENDENCY O ¥ WAGES IS TO BISE . " Uxbb are more proofs of Goosey's saying . They might be easily multiplied . . These will serve , however , for one week . They will shew the " more " feat the great mas 3 of consumers" have left , to spend on clothing , when they have purchased ** cheap food !* Plenty of " jioss" the 'Woolcombers / the linen ¦ Weavers , and the Type Fonnders , have 1 Plenty of 9 xobb ** the " great body of consumers" have ! Here are the proofs . . Let Goosey try to gobble them . They will stick in her gizzard : —

      "Bradford—Thb Wooxooxbebs'Strike . —These over-worked and ill-paid Operatives are still straggling with some of the employers , who have -refused to advance the wages according to the list price of Messrs . Wood and Walker . Every week a number of this body are forced to strike work , reason or argument having no effect on their liberal (!) employers . In some esses half the amount demanded is granted , and then a vote of thanks must be publicly tendered io the master : the advance in

      those cases being a farthing per pound for some sorts . In one or two eases the steam-lords advanced the full amount demanded on that sort of wool which the workman very seldom gets to comb ; but cot a fraction advance on the botIb in general use . Many of the men declare they will not feel any benefit by the advance for six months yet , as it will require that time to compensate them , owing to the smallness of the advance , for the loss of time in obtaining it .

      ** Barkslbt . —The weavers of Baxworth and Go . Btfll continue out . They are determined , let what Will be the consequence , to oppose to . the utmost any farther rsduc&onz . The eommon -work , "which tbey ¦ wi sh toieduoe , iB already bo low , that vast numbers have not been able to average more than three or fonr shillings ~ psr week 3 and numbers of weavers in Barafiley are actually in a starring condition . The drill trade 5 s also extremely dulL Very few fancies have come -out yet ; and there 5 s little hope of a " brisk trade" this winter . On Monday night last , a weavers' meeting was convened in Pickering's large room , Amorons Unmet in the chair . The Bjeetaig was addressed by Messrs . Grimshaw and

      Harper . They urged the necessity of opposing reduelums , whieh they clearlj . saowed were never be- neficial either to manufacturer or workman . Midlajtd Co » shes . — On Tuesday , I delivered a lecture in Whitwick Market-plaee . The meeting was an excellent one . The working people are genera ll y engaged in framework-knitting and getting coal ; hni unfortunately , like all other places have been in , steeped to the very lips in poverty . The poob colliers po son average above six SHitLisGS a . wbkk when they have fall employment , which is not often the case ; some of tbe pita not working more than two or three days a-week . — Extract from C . Doyle's Letter . ; Dele

      " Ttfe Potwders . —At a meeting of Trader - gates , holden at the Craven Head , Drury-lane , on Tuesday evening , Sept . 28 , the Secretary observed , that from " miniken" to " pica , " the masters had reduced tbe wages of the men 35 pa cent . ; that from ^ EDgUsh" to canon" and * fire-line" work , they had made a reduction of 50 and 75 per- cent . ; and that the wages for fancy and figure work had been reduced 35 per cent . Several persons addressed the meeting ; and from those addresses it appeared that during the nine weeks ofthe men's strike they have iiot had more than 3 i a week each man for his snpport , and that of his family . That many were obliged to walk the streets , their goods having been seized for rent , and that others were compelled to steal away their furniture , to prevent its being seized and sold . "

      There ! those facts are pretty well . They fnlly show the ^ kobk . " At all events , if they do not , the following from the Leeds Mercury of Saturday last will : — u Trade op Settle . —There is a good demand here for hand-loom weavers . Loems which for several years have been thrown aside as lumber are now being sought np with great eagerness . An eminent Manchester house has established an agency for putfine out Monsseline-de-laines . and adveruse for 50 O weavers . A good weaver mat make from . 10 s . to 12 s . pee "week /* HereiBthe ^ KOBE" ! A GOOD weaver yuxTBite from 10 s . to 12 s . a week !! " The great mass of the

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      population , having less to pay for food , have moeb to expend on clothing . " Food is indeed cheap , if from 10 s . to 12 s . a week will leave any " more " for clothing at all 1 We wish Goosey would try it on I

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      The " Farmers' Friend . - —it win be seen , by an advertisement in out firet page , that A Treatise on the Practical Management of Small Farms , by Feargna O'Connor , Esq ., is now completed , in four numbers , at sixpence each . The whole contains the most valuable information upon the general principles of agriculture , aa -well as upon the practical management of land , that baa appeared from the pen of any previous writer on the subject , and tbe work is one which communicates that amount of knowledge necessary to direct the most Ignorant in their operations upon the aolL We are gl » d to learn that , since its completion , the demand npon the publisher is brisk and constant , and we trust that rone who look to the possession of the land by the working classes as their only means of redemption , will faQ to possess themselves of this invaluable production .

      Ttlxicoxtltbt—Thb Depence Fohd . —Eleven shillings and threepence has been received at this office , from Mr . W . Cameron , # ecretary to the Chartist Association , Tiniconltry ; for the Defence Fund . It appears that the sum of £ 4 2 s . Sjd . -was collected for the defence of Mr . Thomas Morrison , of Dnnfermline ; and as it was not required for his defence , £ 319 s 1 jd of it was sent to the people of Clackmannan for the defence of parties arrested for the Strike" business . It was resolved that the remainder should be sent to Dundee , provided it was necessary for the defence of Mi . John Ddncanj . andif not , one-half was to be sent to the English Defence Fund , and the other half to Mr . Geo . Boss , of Glasgow , to aid in liquidating the debt due to that Gentleman . Not being

      required for Mr . Duncan , the « ne-half has been sent to this office , for the General Defence Fond . TO THE WOBKMEN AT THB A 1 RALI WOBKS ON thb Tihb and Weak . —We are requested to Inform the -workmen of the different chemical works on the Tyne and Wear , that a meeting of delegates from each "Work will be holden on Saturday , October 13 th , at five o ' clock in the evening , at Mr . Cook ' s , Blue Bell Inn , Gateshead , to take into consideration the best plan of forming a Union and Benefit Society amongst the Operatives of the above Works . To the Woodsawtebs of liiVBBPOoi ^—Their address must stand over till next week , when it shall appear in some shape . To Cobbbspokbekts in general ^—We > have a Biass

      of Commomeations , prose and poetical ; which we cannot even notice this week : ou friends most wait till our next EbbaTa—In tae list of subscriptions received by Mr . O'Connor hut week , there was lla , set forth , as from " Coventry , per G . Wood , " for the Executive . This lls . included 2 s . 60 . subscribed by Mr . G . Wood , for the Victim Fond . The rest was for the Execntive , subscribed by the Chartists of Coventry . Johh Dablikg , Chelsea—We have before times explainsd , that the insertion of a notice of a Rafte would subject ns to a penalty of £ 100 . DtTNDEE . —Our Dundee friend ' s communication will be laid before Mr . O'Connor , who will most likely correspond with them . We have not printed the account sent of the miserable " flash in the pan" of the Ex-Chartist lecturer . Should he , however , " turn np , " after being so nnacoonntably " ioat , strayed , or otherwise mislaid , " we shall be obliged to our friends if they will " report progress . "

      Lohdoh Victim Committee . —Mr . Buffy Ridley having resigned the Secretaryship to tbe above Committee , on account o ! ill health ; Mr . Dron hat been elected to the office . All communications are requested to be addressed to Mr . Dron , 25 , Oakleystreet , Lambeth . Notice . —Tbe Subscription * recelv&d at this Office will be acknowledged sext week . Ebbatcm . —In Mr . Cleave ' s subscription sheet , published in our last , the 12 s . from Woolwich and Greenwich , ought to have been from Greenwich and Lewisham .

      To The People.

      TO THE PEOPLE .

      My dear Fbikkbs , —I regard this as the most important crisis that our movement has yet seen . I am watching it with most intense anxiety . If I see it take such a turn as may secure our foothold , I shall be content ; I shall deem myself well paid for all my years of toil ; because I shall then enter * tain no fears of an ultimate advancement . But this will require us to exercise great caution now . The ground under us is most tickle and slippery . A single false step now taken might be irrecoverable . A single step in a wrong direction now might Burroncd us with difficulties , and overwhelm us with a pressure sufficient to destroy ns . : I hope this may sot be . I hope we have learned enough ot wisdom from experience to enable us now to see our way , and to choose our path .

      I do not presnme to threaten tod , in c * sq you should not act on my advice . I have no right to do so . I am not vain enough to think that the withdrawal ot the light of my countenance would afford any serious embarassment to your proceedingB ; nor , if I had such an opinion , would I seek to use it as a means of coercing your judgment or your movements . Sut I may adviBe . I may offer you my counsel . 1 may tell you what I think safest and wisest to be done for onr common good . 1 have a right to do this , and you have a right to expect it from me . And never was it more necessary for you to hear counsel from all in whom you have confidence than just now .

      I learn from the Star of last week , that Mr . Tidd Pratt had refused to enrol the Organization . I regard this as a most serious and ominous circumstance ; calling for the exercise of double caution and determination . It is an evidence to me that government has taken its stand . ' Tidd Pratt has had his ** orders ^ from " head quarters" and he acts nnder command . Had he been left free to the exercise of his own judgment he could not , nor do I believe that he would have hesitated for an instant about the matter . The whole thing is nearly a verbatim copy of the Socialists plan of Organization , which he has before enrolled . As the Editor says , in last weeks Star , He has before certified an exactly similar plan , objects , ore&niz * tion , benefits ,

      and all , to be * in accordance with law '" The same principles of law and duty which impelled him to act in the one case , Bhould surely have impelled him in the other also ; and I neither can nor will believe that any man , acting oa hi 3 own free judgment , would sostaltify himself as this refusal to certify in the present case stultifies Mr . Tidd Pratt . I have no doubt therefore that he acts upon " authority ;" under command ; and under promise of protection . I do not see the barrier to enrolment in Mr . Tidd Pratt ; but in a power above hw , and from which he holds his place . I regard Mr . Tidd Pratt as merely " a tool" in the hands of those who work" with him . If I do him injustiee , he mnst blame for it his own inconsistency- Bight or wrong , that is my

      opinion ; and , holding that opinion , I think that , though , by perseverance and resolution , the enrolment may perhaps be forced , there will be much more tronble and expence about it than the Editor of the Star seems to anticipate . I have little doubt that every impediment which all the legal and other power of government can oppose to it , will be oalled into requisition . The enrolment will be prevented if it be possible to do it . Buckle on your armour for the battle , therefore ; let the Government know that a people peaceable seeking the protection of thelaw m their efforts to promote righteousness and general good , are not to be insulted nor trifled with ; but that their reasonable and fair demands must ba complied with . Let not an atom ot your exertions be withheld because of this irebnff ; rather let them be increased . But let them be made warily . Give tbe enemy no handle . Do not , while Beekine to be legalized , offer

      any , the least , violation of even the oppressive and urn just laws from whoBe operation yon claim to be exempted . Yon may Btill be considering the Plan © f Organisation which your delegates have agreed to . ThiB delay will only afford yon the opportunity of firet stamping it with your approval and adoption before it receives the additional stamp of bis recognition and certificate . This is , to my mind a matter of far higher moment , I think jt far more important that the Plan should receive your approbation than Mr . Tidd Pratt ' a ; and I should like to hear from ! the . Star of next week , that you have , with one accord , and without one exception , met in your several localities , and determined to adopt it , whether Mr . Tidd Pratt please or not . And , in the event of the enrolment being ultimately and finally refused , I wiil then tell you something that perhaps Mr . Tidd Pratt and hiB masters have not thought of .

      There are at least Beveral parts of the Plan which von may now act upon in spite of either Mr . Tidd Pratt or any one else . Yon can at all events get all your branches formed as district local Associations . You can place all these distant local associations upon the exact footing of the general Plan as to Organization and government . There may be a Chartist Association at Birmingham , another at Redditoh , another at WorcesterT another at Leeds , and another at Hull and these different societies may all have exactly the same Organization , and government , and laws -and yet they may have no connection or ^ . r-Ves ^ Urice at all with each other ; while they caa KrresW with the Northern Star , / and so «« - muSfto each other alitheir Proceedings tk « th «« . fflre . I advise you to dp , at onea , and

      instahUvT Let the ChartiBts of « veiy town meet and ^ ofSemsetvesasalocal body . W nothing to dowilhany Charters or with any Cards from the KuSvTuntil the Plan shall have baen enrolled . ITvou do you will be in danger j yon will arm toe enemy with an argument against you ; and you wiU destroy your whole chance f ultonate Buccess . 1 ^ Tolyouriehes as local bodies rand adopt ^^ ™ so far as it » ppH » ke local bedjw ; and that is just

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      as far as the Organization and government ol Branches is concerned . Let every separate place elect its Committee of Seven Members , including President , Treasurer , and Secretary : divide its members into classes , and " go to work" wi ^ h the Plan as a distinct local body . All these will be then ready for amalga mation as soon as the enrolment battle has been fought through . There is an important thing to be noted in the appointment of lecturers by the several districts . There can be do ¦ District Boards ? until after th ' e enrolment ; unless you choose to make every member

      liable to transportation . The lecturers cannot therefore be appointed by the district 9 , i ««< a * though the Plan had been enrolled . Every delegate meetipg to appoint a district lecturer must consist of delegates specially chosen for that bnsiness , and no other ; and they must be chosen , not at meetings of the Chartist Association , but at public meetings of the inhabitants of the town , borough , city , or parish . If a single delegate be present who has not been thus appointed—every act of the meeting will be illegal , and every man who takes part in it , and every lecturer who acts under its appointment liable to punishment .

      I have told you all this some scores of times already in the Star ; and I had hoped that it might not be necessary now to repeat it . It seems however that it is , and therefore I do repeat it . In the most emphatic terms I warn you that I believe the Government to be just now waiting eagerly and anxiously to pounce upon yon . I believe that they will seize upon any opportunity which may be offered to them ; and that , if you appoint leoturers for the districts in the terms of the Plan and just as though the rules had been enrolled ; if you take out cards and Charters from the Executive , or correspond , as societies , with the Executive at all , until after the enrolment have been obtained , you will surely draw down another Government

      prosecution ; you will have a new batoh of " victims " and " victims families" to provide for ; you will have more lawyers'bills ; more imprisonments ; and perhaps more transportations . You have surely had enough of all these before ! But yon will Burely have more of them if you do not now beware . You never were in greater danger ; never needed more prudence than just now . Do not , for heaven ' s sake , now that you are just getting tbo ship righted , again evoke the storm . Form yourselves at once into district local bodies—ready for general action ; but take not another step until this Organization matter is decided . You are on the veiy edge of a

      precipice ; and if you do not look well to yourselves you will be again sacrificed . I have much more to say , and shall resume the subject next week . I shall then shew you how , as distinct local bodies , you may , with the help of the ¦ Star , fight all through , and weather the new storm with ease . But commit yourselves by the appointment of District Boards , and by holding Cards and Charters from the Executive , under present circumstances , and beth they and you will live to repent that you did not act on the advice of Your faithful friend and servant , Wm . Hill . Hull . Oct . 3 rd . 1843 .

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      Lakchesteb . Sept . 22 nd . —Teasdale , a pitman , summoned Hedley , the owner of Craig Head Colliery , for three sums—2 s ., 18 s ., and 10 s . The first claim was for hewing eight score * ' in the double" : for this the bond gave 3 d . extra each Boore . The 18 s . was for nine days , during which the complainant , from the pit not working , had been laid idle . The last sum , 10 s ., involved a question of considerable importance , and one upon which the masters are most obstinate . It is the practice in almost all the Collieries for the masters to keep back a week ' s wages . This enables them to oppress the pitmen in a variety of ways—keeping back money for fines , &c . But the worst effeot was , that the men were thus kept in a Btate of mental subjection to their masters , which lessened those feelings of individual independence upon which alone they can rely for the destruction of their thraldom . Against this , therefore , Mr . Roberts resolved to make a determined stand .

      The masters were defended by Mr . Marshall , of Durham , who put viewer after viewer into the witness box , to prove that it was altogether impossible to make the requisite calculations for paying the men in less time than a week after the work was done . They were subjected , however , to a severe cross-examination by Mr . Roberts and were compelled to eat most of their previous statements . One admitted , but he wriggled most horribly under the operation , that sine Hours would bei sufficient to calculate the wages : another brought down hiB seven days to thirteen hours ; a third , however , stood out for three days and persisted that nothing lew would do .

      Mr .: Roberts made an eloquent speech in defence of his clients , referring to the words in the bond and the general rules of law as proof that the masters were bound to pay all that was earned up to the very hour of payment . After a reply from i Mr . Marshall , who relied npon tbe " the custom of the Coal Miners , " as well as the difficulty to which his witnesses bad deposed , the Magistrates retired and after an absence of two hours , gave their decision in favour of the pitmen . This decision is regarded as one of immense importance , and has gone far to raise the magistrates in public estimation . f We have received notes of several other cases from-onr own correspondent ; indeed it appears that scarcely a day passes without some straggle or other ; but they are similar to what we have already given , and we therefore omit them . —Ed . A *" . S . ]

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      MR . J . Davis will lecture at Gildersotne on Monday next ; Birkensbaw on Tuesday night ; Birstal on Wednesday night . Meetings to commence at half past six o ' clock . . Stiklingshibe . —Messrs . Danielts and Hammond have been agitating in the West and North-West parts of this county daring the last week , and have everywhere been well received . The colliers in these parts are in raptures at the thought of the English and Scotch uniting together for one common good . Bannockburn . —A public meeting of the Colliers of this most important district came off on Friday last . It had been intended to have held the meeting on the plains or battle-field of Bannockbnrn ; but the afternoon turning oat wet , it was resolved to hold it in the

      large Hall , in the town , where in a short time a goodly number assembled . An intelligent Miner was called to the chair , who , in a neat speech , introduced Mr . Wm . D&nlells to tbe meeting , who on rising was loudly cheered . He spoke for upwards of two hours in a most animated and convincing manner ; and sat down amid the applause of the meeting . Mr . Hammond also addressed the meeting and was much cheered A discussion now took place on the Laws ot the Miners' Association . Several questions were asked , which were answered to the satisfaction of all by Mr . Wm . Daniella ; when it was moved , seconded , and unanimously carried , " That we join the Miners' Association of Groat

      Britain and Ireland *' . It was then agreed te hold another general meeting on the plains , the next day , at two o ' clock , to choose a District Committee , &c . A vote of thanks was then given to Messrs . Daniells and Hammond . Mr . Wm . Daniells returned thanks , and said the best thanks they conld give him would be to join heart and hand with the English Miners . He concluded by proposiBg a vote of thanks to the chairman . Carried nnanimonsly . This was a most spirited and well-conducted meeting . The proceedings lasted upwards of four hou rs . The Colliers in this district are among the most intelligent in Scotland : they have purchased a library of upwards of S 00 volumes , for mutnal ins traction .

      Coalsnaughton . —A pnWic meeting or the Miners of the county of Clackmannan was held on Monday , the 2 nd inst , in the Working Men ' s Hall , in this place , to consider the propriety of the Miners of the whole county joining the Miners' Associatibn of Great Britain and Ireland , and to choose a delegate to represent the county at the National Conference of Colliers and Miners , on the SOtb inst Mr . Wm . Hunter was called to the chair , who , in a short address , stated the objects of the meeting , and introduced Mr . W . Daniells , who spoke at great length upon tbe laws , objects , and

      motives of the Colliers' Association . He was repeatedly and loudly cheered . In concluding , be made an earnest and eloquent appeal to the meeting In behalf of the insulted Colliers of Cumberland . Mr . Hammond also addressed the meeting with evident effect , when it was agreed , " That the Colliera of CJackmannanshire do forthwith join their English brethren " . It was then proposed , seconded , and carried unanimously , " That we join our Stirlingshire brothers in the txpenBe of sending a delegate to the National Conference , and that Mr . Wm . DanielU be » ur representative at the said Conference . After the usual votes of thanks had Veen

      given , the Chairman dissolved the meeting . A most enthusiastic spirit was displayed throughout tbe whole proceedings . Falxibx . — Distbict Delegate Mbktin 6 . —A Delegate Meeting of the Colliers and Miners of this district was held on Saturday , Sept . the 30 th , at the house of Mr . Brodie , Blue Bell Inn , FaJfekfc , Mr . Hugh Dryample , tbe president , in tbe c&air ; the Secretary read over copies of several letters he had written during the week , one to Mr . Hall , the general secretary , for 200 cards and tales . Seve » I new memmembers joined , and placards were « rdered to . be printed , calling a general public meetiig of the district on Wednesday follswing , chair to be taken at twoo'clock ,

      and to be holden on Ridding Moot , for the purpose of considering she best means to be adopted to improve the condition ot tbe oppressed collie * , and to consider the propriety of electing a delegate * to represent Stirlingshire and tbe County of Clackmannan , at the forthcoming National Conference , about to be held on Monday , the 30 th of Ocfcobet , at Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Mr . Wi Daniell ( who had been invited to attend this meeting ) now rose , to bring before the notice of the delegates the oppression practiced npon the colliers ol Cumberland , who bad been compelled to leave their employ because they had joined the Union I He denounced the heurUces cruelty of the C « al Kings of Cumberland \ tx no very measured terms , and stated that tt wm U » dity of every Miner in the kingdom Vj

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      stand by and anpperfc these men . He also read to tbe meeting s letter he had received from Mr . Smith , the SESi a T 568 ** ' *> Iicitfag aid from the Colliers » f mSrffc S- ' W ? " W *> : bring the case of the SLtf * 8 ? "W ****** P * Mio meeting : on Wed-»« , »> £ « . ° » ° * * «**««» ¦ . *¦* also passed :-mZZ ^ T **^ anim <» d and Dannielis be respectfully ! £$ * & ? « " **? ^ nr Public meeting on Wednesday Sf ?" Moor ' Vote « ^ thanks were then given to the Chairman and lecturers , and the meeting . broke up . rfifSn JfiF ?^ Conference of the Miners Asso-Nii ^? L Gl ; ei l Brit ! lin and Jw'Md Will be holden in Newcastle , on Monday , soth October , at nine e ' eiock in t& ® . »«> n » i > gi When each district in the empire is expected to send delegates , as business of great importance to the Miners will come before thit meeting .

      SiucaoFT .--S . Daviea , ftom Newcastle , delivered lJt / f % tbe <* H' « S of this place on Tuesday twt i • oonolu ?«» of * he lecture , a vote of S * s Riven to the proprietor and editor of the 2 X 2 " * fif % ¦ f & £ heir advocacy of the colliers ' ngnta . After whicb a vote of thanks was given to the speaker , aad the meeting broko up . * i . m IIBL 1 ^ , MEEtin 6 of miners will be holden on Sh l - F \ ' S ^ Hetart , on Monday next , Oct . 9 th , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the fore-3 ^ i * del ? # ate meeting will take place immeatateiy after the conclusion of public business , at H » i « ° n £ f /?• G * Huyton . Bridge-street , St . neien s . xtxe delegate * aro rannnntArf tn mum n * o .

      pared for at least two daya' deliberatien , as it will be impo 88 , ble to get through the business in the usual time : they are also requested to obtain what S /^ ^ , ? *¦ TOlniitarj way , towards the ii j / , e B ! a « kleyhurBt men , who have been compelled to leave their employment , because they wiil not relinquish their connection with the Union , ^ Mr . D . Thompson has addressed the miners of Halsnaw-mpor , Bolton , Hutton , and Little Lever , during the last week . Success has crowned his exertions . Mr . J . Adtt has lectured to the miners ofthe Burnley district . Some few members were enrolied . ~ Mr . J . Auty's route for the ensuing week —Saturday , Oct . 7 th , Burnley ; Monday , 9 th , Padiham ; Tuesday , 10 th , Dun Horse Inn ; Wednesday , Htb , Church Kirk , Oak Inn , near Aocrington ; Thursday , 12 th , Broadfield ; and Friday , 13 th , Darwen .

      ; Pbescot—A public meeting of colliera was holden last night , Oct . 3 rd , in the Methodist Chapel , Bondstreet . Mr . John Berry delivered a long and able address . He sat dewn loudly cheered . Mr . Den nett then came forward and made a powerful appeal . He was loudly eheered . Almost every hand in the meeting was held up in favour of the union . Many paid in their subscriptions and took out their cards of membership . Wakefield—On Monday Iaat John Dawson , and Benjamin Brommit , two of the men lately employed at Locke ' s colliery , Snaperthorpe , were brought before the sitting magistrates at Wakefield , on Monday last , charged with assault ; when they were

      committed to the House of Correction for two months . The particulars of the alledged assault have not been sent as ; bat our correspondent states that Mr . Marshall , the magistrate , would not hear witnesses for the defence , who if they had been heard could have proved that the men were not present when the alleged assault took place- It was stated in evidence that the men were on strike for wages . This is false . The men are on strike because Mr . Locke would deprive them of the extras heretofore allowed , viz ., one penny per score , after getting ten score on the rise , and eight score from the dip . These are the demands of the poor working men . We believe every collier will admit that they are not more than bare justice .

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      DUBMM . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday last , at their great room , No . 14 , North Ann-street , Mr . John Keyan in the chair . The Chairman said that he felt very proud of the honour of presiding over a meeting of his fellow citizens ; and he hoped that ere long that room , spacious as it was , would soon be too small to bold them . The number now enrolled on their books was 1 , 094 members —( hear , Hear ) . They had a great deal to contend ajjaiast . They were calumniated and vilified ; their objects and motives misrepresented to such a degree that many well-meaning men believed that they were enemies to their country ; whilst others , who understood and appreciated their principles , were

      afraid to join them , lest they should be denounced , and consequently injured in their business . He should give every one a fair hearing ; and , in the event of any opposition to their proceedings , he hoped that all parties would confine themselves to the strict rules of debate —( hear , bear ) . The Secretary , Mr . Dyott , would read the rules and objects of the Association , for the information of those who were unacquainted with them . At all events , it was a wholesome practice to read them —( hear , )—a practice which he thought should always bo adopted at their meetings . Tne Association may well be proud of them They are founded upon the genuine principles of Radical Reform . They form a political creed which is short

      and easy learned . This society is like the temperance movement . Men who join it become better thinkers and better citizens . After some farther excellent observations , the Chairman resumed his seat . Mr . Dyott read the last day ' s proceedings which were confirmed . He then read the objects aad the rules of the society . Mr . Dyott said that before they proceeded with the business of the meeting he should like to read one ofthe best , if not the very best letter , he had ever seen . It was written by Feargus O'Connor , and was truly patriotio as well as unanswerable . Mr . Dyott read the letter which was loudly cheered ,. Mr . Q'Higgins spoke at considerable length , in confirmation of several facts in Mr . O'Connor's letter , and referred to the

      auto-biography of Mr . Archibald Hamilton Rowan in proof of Mr . O'Connor ' s former statement respecting the bigotry and deceit fulness of the bepraisedjLord Charlemont . Mr . Rowan , whose veracity no man ever doubted , fully bears os . t Mr . O'Connor ' s statement . Its truth cannot be impeached . There it stands in the very words which Mr . O'Connor quotes . He was glad to see them made public , as he hated cant and hypocrisy , either in religion or politics . This expat is worth gold . It shows up the present Whig decoy duck . "Any money from Lord Chatlomont , " said O'Connell , their dog . * Why does the present Noble Lord tarnish his great name by

      remaining quiescent , and not following in the footsteps of his Noble father , Lord Charlemont , of 1782 . " This is the way O'Connell betrays the Irish into the bands of their enemies . He knew the character of the late Lord Charlemont , just as well as Mr . O'Connor ; but it would not suit his plans to let his dupes know it . Mr , O'Connor has all the historical facts connected with Ireland ; they are part and parcel of his family records ; and now , as the Northern Star is pretty generally read in Ireland , it his duty to expose the mock patriots of ancient and modern times- ^( hear , hear ) . Mr . Woodward rose , and , in a very sensible speech , proposed the following address : —

      ; TO THB CHARTISTS OP GREAT BRITAIN . Brother Democrats , For in y « u we btbold brethren—men who , recognizing the universality of human right , are banded together in the holy pursuit of that freedom which shall include within its wide embrace every memberof the community , without reference to his religious creed , adventitious position , or worldly possessions . ' We are mutually enduring injustice and oppression , —let ourj struggle be mutual to accomplish the annihilation of a system of monopoly , idleness , and immunity for the few—labour , privation , and exclusion for the many . The oligarchy who tread upon the proscribed people , have devised many plans by which that free discussion which they dread , that popular assembly which they hate , and , which , if they dared , they would totally prohibit , may be fettered land repressed .

      In your more favoured country , however , tyraaay wears not so bold a front , and touches with more timorous hand , the last traces of political privilege remaining to the people . In our unfortunate land , divisions among its infatuated sons , have left freedom more defenceless , and the spoiler has more ruthlessly attacked , and more recklessly retrenobed the the power of ihe people to . agitate for a rsdress of their grievances . An aot framed fifty years ago , still stains the Irish Statute book with an ordinance from which your

      country is happily exempt ; by it no foeu 3 or concentration of popular opinion can ever be formed in Ireland ; by it no body of men deputed by those amongst whom they live , and whose c # nnV . ence they possess , can meet together to confer ea , and direct the movements of the people : na « » so stringent ie the letter of this obnoxious law , that not even an assembly of deputies from respective h / jtndiorafts can meet together to settle affairs of fcra / . e without subjecting themselves to its penal o ^ ew AioBB—need we inform you , that the degrading , slat ute to which we allde is called—the Convention Ac ' ,, ?

      Men of Britain , we know that this infernal law was passed by Mr . what O'Conn » H £ » oetiously calls a free and Independent Irish PanRar . ient . We know , too , that it was pased in the tear when the middle and merchant classes obtained w ' uat is called free trade . We further know thatao » ttempt has ever been made by the braggadocio patriots of Ireland in the Imperial parliament to obtain its repeal , even when they were backed by tha whole power and influence of their friends , the Whigs . It is reserved for us , humble aa we are , to seek this modicum of justice for our country j and for you to prove by your conduct that you are indeed the sound-hearted and generous lovers pf universal freedom , without regard to wsto , creed , or country , whioh it is the boast of tno . Chartists of Great Britain , and of th « m aJone , * jb the true descendants of the pristine apostles ot real Radical Reform on all occasions , to have con- * sistently showu tUenaselYea to be .

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      We beseech you-theD , brethren , to join as hupetitioning generall y , and unceasingly , for a repeal of this liberty ] stabbing law , which for half a century has disgraced our reatrietive code . Could it eremite established that neeessity had called it . into existence , that necessity had long since passed away ; and it fixes eternal infamy on that party who so boastingly proclaimed themselves desirous of equalizing the laws and constitotional privileges of the two countries , that in tb * moment of its strength and power it did not obliterate this odious distinction ^ and deeper infamy still attaches to onr own loud * - talking liberal representatives , that they never yet demanded the extinction of this badge of inferiority and degradation .

      Let your petitions be written upon plain paper and > sent from every small locality . Such will be the least expensive and the meet effective mode of assailing power with s the only legal weapon left within the grasp of the people . Believe us , brethren , heartily yours in tbe keen sense of mutual wrong and the fixed resolve never to relax in our peaceble bat energetic moral efforts to secure for every man his inherent natural and nalienable right—which can only be secured by . making the Charter the law of the land . i Patrick O'Higgins , President . I W . H . Dtom , Secretary .

      Mr . Dyott begged leave to second the adoption of the address . | Mr . O'Higgias , their worthy president , bad spoken so fully va the importance of getting rid of the odious Convention Act , that it was unnecessary to dwell for a moment on that subject . Mr . O'Higgins had adverted t& the latest title chosen for Mr . O'ConneIi ' 8 new association , with a capital of £ 30 , 000 . whieh was to meet in Conciliation Hall , on Burgh Quay . It appeared that the " Liberator " not being able , even with all his acknowledged adroitness , subtlety , and ingenuity to drive a coach and six through tbe Convention Act , had determined to call the prospective assembly—the * Preservative Society . " While Mr . O'Higgins was speaking , he ( Mr . D ) . had been thinking whether " preserve "

      and " Conserve" were not synonymous and convertible terms ; and he had arrived at the conclusion that it was impossible for the most hair-splitting discrimination to find any difference ever so small or "fine , " as Sheridan Knowles wosld say , between the two words—they j differed slightly in sound but were identical in sense —( hear ) . Mr . O'Connell therefore , he ( Mr . D . ) supposed in order to conciliate the Orangemen . —was about to establish a " Conservative Association" in Ireland —( hear , and laughter ) . So much for the forthcoming Parliament—it was to be a Conservative Association , and nothing more . Now , with regard to tbe continued abuse heaped on Mr . Feargus O'Connor : he ( Mr . D . ) had no acquaintance , personal or otherwise , with that

      gentleman , nor had he any object to gam by endeavouring to believe him the pink of political perfection . He happened , however , to agree with Mr . O'Connor in the principles which constituted the Charter ; and he could not but admire the ability , perseverance , ; and consistency , which characterised that gentleman ' s course —( hear ) . He ( Mr . D ) could not , however , altogether resist the impression made by the repeated inuendoes and denunciations of Mr . O'Connell aad his myrmidons ; and he had many misgivings that there must be some real cause for all the invective and vituperation poured upon the devoted head of the Chactist leader . He had , therefore , inquired , examined , and watched ; and what was the result ! Why , that he bad never

      been able to learn , nor could he ever observe any crime , fault , ] or even imprudence , justly chargeable on Mr ; O'Connor : while he bad seen a great people—the English industrious classesdenuded of those withering prejudices which held them apart from their Irish brethren , and absolutely made " more Irish than the Irish themselves /' by the exertions of that calumniated individual in . question—( loud cheers ) . Honour , then , to Mr . O'Connor , from all Irishmen who possessed one spark of feeling and gratitude ! and doubly base was he who heard him maligned , and protested not against it—( cheers ) . Yet Mr . O'Connell abused him ; and Mr . O'Cofanell is " an honourable man . " Now , there was aa individual called Richard Lalor . ShieL ,

      once a bold advocate for Ireland and Repeal , and the spirited coadjutor of Mr . Daniel O'Connell in all political measures , offensive and defensive . But " a change had come over the spirit of his dream" ; in fact , he was a renegade —( hear ) . Of course , Mr . O'Connell , the master of invective , was very severe on him , who had really committed treason , when he was so unsparing in attacking Feargus O'Connor , whom no one ) could substantiate a specific offence against—( hear ) . No ; Mr . O'Connell said not a word against LalorShieL He was still his personal friend , but Mr . O'Connor bad an unlucky falling out with Mr . O'Connell , and hence this hostility—( hear , hear ) . But was Shiel content with deserting the caase of the people ! No ; he had in the late discussion on the

      Arms' Bill suggested , that instead of being tried by their peers , tbe peasantry charged with agrarian offences , should be tried by a jury selected from the landlord class- —the " grand panel" as they called it ; that is by the very parties who were at variance with them , and wished to crush them —( hear , hear ) . And when the Tory class complained that it was as difficult to procure evidence , as it wa 3 to get a jury to con Wot ; he recommended that large bonuses should be offered to witnesses , and the prompt protection of the orown afforded them ; that in fact the spy and hired { informer system should be adopted ,

      which produced a Delahunt , and that blood-money should be freely sported amongst all who were heathens enough to swear away the lives of their countrymen and perjure themselves for gold—( hear , and cheers ) . Upon this man ' s conduct one word of censure was never uttered ; the apostate friend of O'Connell was ! passed over in partial silence , while the consistent and fearless advocate of liberty with whom he had a personal quarrel , was denounced , and nations kept asunder to gratify a selfish spleen —( hear ) . If this be patriotism , from patriotism good Lord deliver us ! ( Mr . D . resumed his seat amid loud cheers . )

      The address ; having been unanimously adopted , Mr . O'Brien was called to tbe chair , and thanks having been given to Mr . Keogan , the meeting separated . ; -. ——^—« London . —Political and Scientific Institution , Turnagain Lane . —At a numerous meeting of the City Chartists ! held at the above Institution , on Tuesday evening last , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That we bold a public meeting on Tuesday evening next , to start a Char * tist aa . adidate for the city of London , in the room / of Sir Matthew Wood , deceased . "

      Birmingham ^—Peck-Lane , —The usual weekly meeting took place on Sunday evening last . The council entertained the propriety of applying * for a Charter under the new laws , and the Secretary haying prepared the necessary requisition , the Counoil attached their signatures , after which several other well-known friends of Chartism did the same . A discussion took place upon the clauses providing for the raising and repaying of money , in connexion with the purchase of land . Afterwards Mr . O'Connor's letter to Mr . O'Connen wasfread and commented upon . A letter } was read from Mr . George White , and a collection made for his support . Mr . Watkins announced that { the shoemakers'locality would send Mr . G . W . 53 . ; Mr . White ' s committee transacted business , and received subscriptions . A lecture was delivered on Monday night , by Mr . Ssxmders . Lectures , as above , on Sunday and Monday nights at

      seven . Ship , Steklhouse-Lane . —At a council meeting held here , it was resolved " That a subscription be entered into for the Executive , and Bent immediately . " , £ 1 17 a . were handed in . Stockpobt . —Mr . J . Lane delivered a lecture on Sunday evening last , in the Association 'Room , Bamber's-brow , Hill-gate . The lecturer gave great satisfaction to all present . Mottrah . —Ai meeting took place here on Sunday , October 1 st , at Mr . Wm Wildgoose s , to take into consideration the New Plan of Organization , when upwards of twenty gave in their names , and paid their subscriptions . Ten persons was also named to apply to the Execu'ive fer a Charter as soon as Enrolled . Meetings will be holden every Sunday , at the same place , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , to enrol members and receive subscriptions .

      PocKaiMGTON . r-The cause of Chartism is reviving here . The new ! Plan of Organi-tation is highly approved of . On { Monday and Tuesday evenings , leotureawcre delivered in the Market-place , by Charles DuMf&Stuaii . I The andiences , composed in a great measure of mechanics and agricultural labourers , were very attentive , and seemed deeply to feel the iruth of tbe statements made . WEDNESBimvj—A meeting of delegates assembled here oft Sunday ilaat , from the various localities m the district . Mr . Danks was called to the chair . Mr D . then gave in a report of thestate of Chartism in and round Wednesbury , in whieh he said that the men whom he was connected with were highly pleased with the New Plan of Organization , v ? huJO was followed by } similar reports from the whole of the delegates present . It was then moved by Mr . Chance , of Stourbridge : — " That we , the dele gates now assembled , do recommend to our differen t

      localities the necessity of supporting to the ut most of our ability the Execntive Council , and of immediately applying ] for Charters , so that we may commence the good Work immediately . ' * ' The case of Mrs . Linneyl was then taken into c onsideration , when it was moved by Mr * Newbous ' ^ seconded by Mr . Chance , — "That we use our b eat exertions to procure for heri the best assistanc e we can . " Th « meeting then adjourned to Sunda y , October 15 th , to meet at two o ' olock , when delegates are requested < o attend from ; Birn , Walsall , P , ilston , Wolverhampton , Stourbridge " , Dudley , any surrounding districts . A discussion topk place amongst tbe delegates respecting the New Plan of Organization i after which Mr . Johnson moved and Mr . Moss seconded , — "That an adjourned ^ legate meeting should take place at Ilkistou aft Sunday , November the 6 th . " It is requested that all those places owing money to the Lecture Fond will transmit their respective paymeats to Ms , W , Swann , Dimg Hill , treasurer .

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      Kimbebxst . Mr . J . Pepper , from Selstou preached here last Sunday . HoiMFiara . —The Cnartista of this place have been favoured with another , visit by Mr . D . Roas , who delivered a lecture in the Association Room , on Tflesday , Ofctober 3 rd . | Subject—Local and National Reform . The lecture was well attended . Thanks were voted Us the lecturer ; and the meeting broke up , highly delighted with the information imparted . t Manchester . —The Young Men ' s Chartisi Association held their usual weekly meeting on Tuesday evening last , when William Dixon delivered an excellent lecture .

      Derby . —According to the provisions of the Local Plan of Organization , the quarterly delegate meeting was convened at the house of Mr . Pendell , Parkstreet , Derby , on Sunday last . Mr . Vickers was oalled to the chair . Mr . Boonham was re-appointed Secretary , for the next ensuing three months . The Secretary read tbe minutes of the last meeting , which were confirmed . The balance sheet , containing an account ofthe receipts and disbursements attendant upon the lecture fund , was found . correct and passed . HuDDERsyiELD . —A lecture on" Local and National Government , " was delivered by Mr . D . Ross , in the Guildhall of this town , on Monday evening last , ^ -

      Irom Memorial To Bradford.—A Public Meeting Was Holden Oa Wednesday Evening In The Temperance Hal), To Hear

      irom memorial to BRADFORD . —A public meeting was holden oa Wednesday evening in the Temperance Hal ) , to hear

      an auuress ur . owign , anu aaopi a the Queen for the protection of labanr . At eight o ' oloek Mr . Auty was called to the chair , who briefly opened the meeting , stating that a memorial to Her Majesty would be presented for their adoption by Dr . Sleigh . He would not occupy their time , but at once introduce the Doctor , hoping that fair play would bo shown to all parties . The Doctar was received with cheers . He addressed them at considerable length on the right of the labourer to protection , and read the Memorial ; and concluded ! a very eloquent address amidst the applause of the meeting . Mr . Smyth moved the first

      resolutionu That tbe petition now read to the meeting by Dr . Sleigh , be adopted as its petition , and signed by the Chairman on behalf of the meeting . " Mr . Stooks , of Huddersfield , seconded the resolution , and read a variety of statistics and calculations , proving that the source of all wealth was labour ; and also read , from a magazine of 1824 , abstracts of letters by him , to show it was no new question with him . Mr . Jude Yates proposed as amendment in favour of a Repeal of the Corn Laws , and contended that Labour bequired no Protection ; that as trade was good , so wages increased . He then made an addition to his motion in favour of an extension of the Suffrage . Mr . Wilkinson seconded it . Dr . Sleigh again addressed them ; enumerated the wages paid

      for many years back , and the increase of trade * showing that as trade had increased , so had wages decreased . G . Fletcher moved , and Henry Hodgson , seconded another amendment in favomrof the Suffrage . Mr . Smyth replied to both amendments . Mr . Pit * kethly spoke in favour of a resolution being proposed to the meeting for the Charter , after the Petition had been decided . The Chairman then put Mr . Yates ' s amendment , which was lost , a large majority being in favour of the Petition . Mr . Fletcher's amendment was then put , and that was also lost , and the Petition declared to be carried by a sweeping majority . Mr . Hurley then moved the resolution from the Star , that had been carried at Huddersfield . Carried with cheers . Thanks to the Dootor and the Chairman were then put and carried .

      Huddersfield . —A child was killed at Crosslandhill , near this town , on Monday last . The child , a girl named Mallinson , went to a draw-well for a can of water , when ahe overbalanced herself and fell head-foremost down the well . She was killed on the spot .

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      William Jones , the Chartist lecturer , having fulfilled his term of imprisonment in the Borough Gaol , the Chartists of Leicester made a " demonstration" by . means of a procession through the town , on Monday last ; in the evening of whioh day , a tea-party was held in the New Hall , Wellingtoaetreet , to welcome him on his release from confinement . —Leicester Chronicle . — [ We have extracted this from the Leicester Chronicle . We are surprised that no report or notice of the above was seat to this office . —Ed . NJS . ]

      Calling in op thk Deficient Gold Coiw . —At the Privy Counoil held-at- Windsoron Monday last , a Proclamation was a ^ eed" to , commanding , that from and after the date thereof , every gold sovereign of less weight than five penny weights two grains and a half , and every gold half-sovereign of less weight than two peneyweigbts thirteen grains and oneeighth , be not allowed to pass in any payment whatsoever ; and commanding that all suoh shall be called in , and cease to pass as the current coin of the realm , ' Liverpool . —The packet ship Asbburton , Capt . Huttlestone , arrived at Liverpool , oa Tuesday last . She left New York oa the 9 th ult ., and consequently made the passage in twenty-two days .

      " Rent Movement" iw England ; —A clerical landlord near Pontesbury , Shropshire , having a tenant at the Rowley , near Worthern , somewhat in arrear with his rent , put a bailiff in possession of the growing wheat , intending to reap it and carry it away . The tenant , however , induced the bailiff to accompany him to Welsh Pool fair last week ; immediately some reapers and neighbours set their sickles to work , and carried the crop off the premises in one day and a night , to the utter amazement of the bailiff and the landlord . —Hereford Journal . Death of Geobge Willia * . Wood , Ee $ ,, M . P . —This gentleman , Member for Eendal , and a- wellknown anti-Corn Law Leaguer , died suddenly at Manchester this week .

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      City op Lo $ oon Electioh .- * -Iii consequence * i the death of Aiderman Sir Matthew Wood , Bart ., aa election £ w > a Member to serve in Jariiameni is fixed by thfeSpeaker for the 17 th instant . The candidates at present in th » field are Mr . T . Baling , Conservative ,, and Mr . J . Pattisoa , Whig . Onr readers wUl see that thfe € harti 3 ta , > hoaftb rather late in the field . ) aro not idU ; but intesd holding » public meeting oa Tuesday evening sext , at tbe Political Inst ^ utioQ , Turaagain-lane * for the pwpose of nominating , a veritable " man * f the people . " We understand that tie Chartists are anxious that Fearg $ s O'C > hnor , Esq ., should allow himself to be put ia nomination . We have no doubt there will be a 1 nzee meeting .

      The Irish Nasiohai * Reveal Association held an adjourned meeting on Tuesday . Tbe bnsiness transacted was of no particular importance . The Belfast Chronicle says that signatures to the " Anti-Repeal Declaration" are pouring in from all parts of Ireland . The Fatal Case ob . Stabbing in Soho—Attempted Suicide op the Assassin . —On , Wednesday , at two o ^ clock , Messrs . Geli and HiggPi coroners for Westminster , held an inquest at the York Minster , Dean-street , SohOi ott view of the body of Mr . PeterKeim , a boot and shoemaker , residin&at No . 42 , Dean-street , who died fromthe effects of a b named

      wound ia the abdomen , inflicted y a German Wilhelnv Stehynor , in ^ Broad-steeet , Golden-square , on Saturday night last . The case excited xonsiderable interest , and the inquest room was much crowded . The particulars of the murderous assault are given in another eolumB . From the evidence of > Jess © Jepey , police constable , it appears that the wretcnea assailant had attempted to strangle himself ; and had nearly succeeded in the attempt .. After * . f oil inquiry , the Jury returned a verdict " Wilful murder againafc ^ Wilhelm Steltynor . ^ he witnesses were then bound < jyer t < Mippear # M ?^^ TiS Central Criminal Court , apd . £ t H ^? r ° «^ n ^ fit his warrant for the comauttaUf the accused Yt Newgate .

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      LATEST INTELLIGENCE . Foreign . —Greece . —Accounts from Athensof the 19 th ult ., state that the late revolution had nowise disturbed the tranquility of the kingdom * The newministry displayed the greatest activity . They had issued a decree relative to the elections , and another for the organization of tke National Guard ef Athens . The Reforme states , that the King of Bavaria had applied to Austria for leave to interfere in the afi&ra of Greece . [ Bavariaa- ^ interference ^ iias been the curse of Greece . Why not lot the Greeks govern themselves ? " Greeoe for the Greets / . ' say we IJ ; Italy . —Thia coBatry is in a troubled state . Insurrection upon ioaarrection is t&e . " order , of tbe day . " As fast as- one " movemDat" is put down , another rises from its ashes . The Augsburg Gazette of the 2 Q& ult . states ,, that muohY excitement prevails at ; . Ravenna , whore , an outbreak waa hourly apprehaa&d .

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      OVERLAND MAIL . Less- oy the Memnom . —Dispatches have been received at Paris from Malta of the 24 th ult . announcing the arrival there of the French Levant steamer , which brings intelligence from Alexandria of the total loss of the Memnon steamer , from Bombay , near the entrance of the Red Sea , on the 1 st of August . The crew , treasure , and passengers were saved , but the mails were lost . The Hindostan arrived at Suez on the 12 th Sspt . from Calcutta with one hundred and eight passengers . Left Calcutta on the 10 th of August .

      Cairo , Sept . 14 . —Two passengers of the Memnon arrived at Sue * by the Hindostan . We have no sickness in this city . Mehemet Ali is expected up here in a fortnight , and will take Up bis residence at his gardens at Shubra . The old projected plan of a railroad across the desert is now again revived very earnestly .

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      , NORTHERN STAR . *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 7, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1233/page/5/