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      THIS DAT , January 18 , 1845 , is published , No . I , price 2 d . ( to be continued weekly ) , of the TRIBUNE , and JOURNAL of the RIGHTS of INDUSTRY ; containing a full Examination and Discussion of the various Flana before the Public for the removal of Notional Distress ; the proceedings of Trades Societies and other Bodies for the purpose of effecting Social Improvements , and the Employment of the People upon the Land . No . 1 , tontains Our Opening Address ; the Iniquity of the Game Laws ; Duncombe and the Trades Emigra tion to the Tropics ; Address to Tradoi Unionists , aud all who live by Labour ; the Land ; a Remedy for National Distress ; It ' s all for the Beat ; a . Pen and Ink Sketch of the Present System ; to the Trades , from a Shoemaker , &c , &o . - . ; . Office , 40 , Holywell-stroet , Strand , London ; ' to which all Orders for the paper and . communicationa for tna Editor must be addressed . ' ¦ Sold by all Booksellers . .

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      SPLENDID COPY OP THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . JUST printed , for the National Association , 242 , High Holborn , by W . Gstell , a beautifully illuminated copy of that justly , celebrated document , the PEOPLE'S C 1 IAR . TER . It is in a sheet form , printed and ornamented ¦ with blue , pink , and gold ; the title is in fancy red letters on a gold oak branch , the whole surrounded with a highly enriched gold border . This splendid copy , -if only regarded as a work of art , will form a beautiful ornament , but when viewed as the Charter of efual political rights , for which so many millions have petitioned aud struggled , and are still resolved to legally obtain , is worthy of a place in every rich man ' s hall and poor man ' s cottage . Frizz Ont Shilling . Published by J . Cleave , 1 , SlioeJane , Fleetstreet . Sold at the National Hall , 242 , High Holborn ; by J . Watson , 5 , Paul ' s-alley , Paternoster-row ; an 4 H . Hetherington , 40 , Holywell-street , Strand .

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      PARR'S LIFE PILLS . rpiIE extraordinary success of this medicine is the won-X der of the age ; it has been tried by hundreds of thousands as an aperient , and has in every instance done good ; it has never in the slightest degree impaired the most delicate constitution . Tens Of thousands hare testified that ijerscvera . ee in the use of PARR'S LIFE PILLS will completely cure any disease , and , are living witnesses of the benefit received from this invaluable medicine . Sheets of testimonials and the " Life aud Times of Old Parr" may be had ( gratis ) of every respectable Medicine-vendor throughout the kingdom . Read the following account from Mr . noUier , Dudley : —• To Vie Proprietors of Parr ' t Life Pitts . Dudley , Sept . 14 . Gentlemen ,--I forward you tbe » opy of a letter sent to me ( as under ) , and which you can make what use of you think proper . I am , your obedient servant , E . Hollies , Dudley . Tipton , Staffordsliire . I , Joshub Ball , hereby testify that I had i *; en dreadfully afflicted with Rheumatic Gout for seventeen year * , so that I have , at times , kept my bed for months together , and couid not get anything to do me good till I took Parr * 5 Life Pills , which I am very happy to state have nearly l'OStOVOd 1116 tO perfect health . As witness my lur .-. d , thjs 11 th day of September , JosncA Hah . To the Public —< No sooner is a medicine well eitablished in public favour , than a host of imitators arise , who , for the sake of gain , not only wrong the proprietors of the genuine medicine , but inflict a serious znjurr on th £ t unwary purcluuor of their base counterfeit trash . Thesd observations apply with increased effect to the medicine which is now so well known as " Parr ' s Life Pitts . " This famous remedy has been established by undoubted proofs of its efficacy , and by a mass of evidence and testimonial * which no other medicine ever yet called forth . These facts have had the effect of producing a very large sal »—> n \ o * e than 15 , 000 boxes per week . When this large sale came tojthejknowledge of some unprincipled persons , who for the sake of gain to themselves , and reckless of the injury it may do to otheri , are attempting to foist on the incautious various imitations , and in order that pur ' chasers may be able to detect these frauds , care UlUBt bo taken to look at the Government stamp pasted round each box , and be sure it has the words " Parr ' s Life Pitts" in whitetetUrs on a red ground engraved therein , and forms part of the stamp ; also that " T . Roberts ftnaC& . rCranecourt , Fleet-street , " is painted witbjSkiirictwns wfSppe 4 round each'bos , /? £ ' j ,.. ! ' ; ' ¦ - ' ¦ *' ¦ ¦ --. ' K Sold in boxes at la . lid ., 2 s . 9 d \ , aliffi ^ bs ' etWa atllgi by Edwards , 67 , St . Paul ' s ; Barciaj / andrSotts ^ Farring . don-street ; Sutton and Co ., Bow ^ Church-yardy London : Mottershead and Co ., Manchcsjier ;^ J . ; and ; B !? Eaimei | i and Co ., Edinburgh ) and by ;^ i ^ Bp ^ cta ' WeMruggJat * and patent medicine retailers tiiififfugli'biit thei kingdom . ^ Directions ar > given with each w * $ 7 < " ::: ' ¦ " - ^ ^ Iu 7

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      gSg ^^^ === ' Ihe jroafHAMFTON BisccssiO s _ TFi JiaTe tefore stated thit witfi lhelettersofrepl . vfroimtheP a'Sesanuaedto in "ie late adarus of the E xecutive , *** discussion , u fyt as our colmnni were concerned , m "lost . TJndtr these circnmstuiices , thm , we cannot consistently open than for thsinsertfon of tlielong , trat ^ J ™> meais interesfiog , discussion of the Xortlianipt on new localit y ; |> ecausc such insertion would open up ^ whole question again , leading to an almost interm inable " Tvordyficetion , " which , as far as the real merits of the question I jje concerned could only end as the matter stands at ¦ present , bnt it ironia leave behind it a state of feeling not at aU desirable , because not calculated to advance the cause of Chartism . Instead , therefor * , of inserting the report in question , we shall hand it over to the

      General Secretary , for the use of the Executive . This conrte-will enable that hod jlo learn the opinions of some of the members of the Northampton new locality , and the derision come to b y the majorportion after each psi-ty to the discussion had had their say . > oob Urn ' s Compasios . —Mr . Hobson has found it impossible , with the numerous calls on his time and attention , and his duties to others who had the first claim on his energies , to prepare the matter for the How Juan's Companion in time to publish it as an almanack . The subject that be determined to discuss in it was one that called for much study and care ; and he determined to miss the period of publication altogether rather than produce it In a slovenly or unfinished manner . During fliejear lie will produce the statistical

      and other matter in another shape a shape that will make it as useful , and less ephemeral , than an I almanack . He will endeavour to put within tiie reach of every one , for threepence , a condensation of information which they must wade through numberles * tolomes , at a high cost , to obtain ; and information , too , of the most valuable and necessary character , us bearing on the political and social questions of the day . IHE Giasgow Repealebs . —Wehavereceived an acconnt of a Bepeal meeting holden at Glasgow , for the purpose of considering a pamphlet entitled '' Bishop Murdoch and the Repeal Movement , " which pamphlet we have not seen ,

      nor hare we any desire to see . Considerable disorder , it appears , was caused at this meeting by a fellow named Bohert 3 talcolm , a renegade from Chartism . Of bis savings and doings at the meeting we have received a pretty lengthy account , which , however , we must decline giving . We can find much more important matter with which to fill our columns than the noisy mendaciousness of such a thing jls Malcolm . If the Glasgow Jlepealers are aaxious to have their cause brought into disrepute and odium , they cannot do better than allow 3 Ir . llaleolni to continue his blessed bobberies . B . B . B 0 W 1 AIS , heab Merthx * Txbyxl . —The address it Lawrence Pitkethley , linen-draper , Buxton-road ,

      Huddersfield . i Yocso Eefobjieh . — We Save not the information { full and complete ) at hand . In the course of a few weeks we may be able to give him every particular . IbOMAE Ct . atiKj of the Executive , has written ns to say , if we would have allowed him , le would have cheerfully published Jlr . Smith ' s second letter , had he not received s third , saying there was no necessity for suci 3 step .

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      3 IOSIES KECErFED BY 3 IE . O'COJOTOE . £ s . d SUBSCEIPnOSS . iflnn Jjttleborongh 0 5 0 Ihot Penrance 0 4 6 from Arnold .. 018 From Barfurd 0 12 fTom Canington , .. 030

      CABDS . InanFenzance 0 16 "VICTIM FOXD . From Hamilton , per John Park .. .. .. 10 0 Irom Mansfield , per Matthew Jams .. .. 010 Fran Basford .. 0 12 Frum Carrington 0 3 0 ICKCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Ttcm John Tncke , Shaftesbury , Dorset .. .. 0 16 KECEITTS PER GEXEKA 1 SECRETARY . SUBSCRIPTIONS . s . d . s . d .

      Innbndge Wells ( 3 Preston 6 0 mouths ) .. .. 4 9 Butterley .. .. 4 6 Sorthampton ( Old Lo- lockivood .. .. 5 0 cality ) .. .. .. 2 G Hebden-hridge . 6 9 Sansfield . 10 0 Iattletowu .. .. 110 J Si . aicr ' s Town .. .. 3 0 Dewsbury .. .. 2 6 £ J « . k-house .. .. 3 0 Bradford .. .. 7 61 Oiy « fLondon .. .. 3 9 Tvarley 11 0 J Crajford ( 2 months ) .. 3 0 Jlanningham .. .. 0 6 Cfitheroe 4 3 Oldham ( 2 months ) .. 14 2 San % 18 Hnddersfield .. .. 5 0 B « B > eck 2 3

      CAEDS AND BOOKS . Clitheroe , for Hand- Northampton ( New books 1 10 Locality ) , ditto .. 10 Ditto , card .. .. 0 3 Ditto , account-book .. 4 0 & » ky , card and book 0 5 Ditto ( Old Locality ) , Barraford , books .. 14 cards 2 0 Cchie , ditto .. .. 0 8 Tavistock , ditto .. 3 0 Preston , account-book 4 0 Ditto , books .. .. 0 8 Uanningham , cards— 0 6 Plymouth , cards .. IS Greenwich , ditto .. 16 Ditto , books .. .. 0 4

      BOXATIO . VS . Ecbden-lridge , pro- Ur . Pielden , Sowerbyceeds of Christmas bridge .. .. .. 10 tinging . 28 2 TICTUT FOKD . Tnnbridge Wells ( 3 Greenwich & Deptford 4 0 months ) _ . — 4 9 THOMAS MARTCf WHEELER .

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      Ms dear IIameb , —I feel much obliged by your timely communication , -while I experience some lorrow tliat you and my Oldham friends , who hare known me through evil report and good report for bow nearly ten years , should consider any fabrication of ibe Cobbettites Trorthy of more than a passing Hieer . You have neanTthe story of the voman that was Drought to bed of three black crows , derived from the fact of its being first announced that she Lad thrown something off her stomach that tfasas black as Atrow . I think I may trace the laouehenient ^ atf 3 ^ production of the Cobbettites to pretty nearly aHabnlar source . I sold the machinery * aieh cost mefiten ' : 22 , 340 , to Mr . Dougal M'Gowan ( who I engaged to print the Star ) at the valuatien

      r a an appraiser : SIS valuation -was £ 77919 s .-=-one ot my large profits . vMti"M'Gowan has beenmyprinter for ( he last nine years : ?" and you -will see fis name as printer to myletteis to , 0 'Cqnnell in 1836 , and to ererything that I' have smce published . And ¦ fiwv to answer your questions more ,, directly . Mr . M'Gowan has no more property in tfies ? rwjfeni Star than the Queen of England has : ~ indeed not so ttneh ; asdiehasapenuyintheshapeofstampduty ont of each paper sold and unsold . No man living save myself ever had mortgage on , or control over , tiieJYbrtftere Star ; no man ever shall ; and not all ike money possessed by allthe Cobbettites in England tould purchase it , or one column in it , adverse to tbe rights of yonr order . You are aware that the

      understanding on which I established the Nortiiern Star iras , that the people should raise £ 800 in £ 1 shares ; and that I should put £ 400 to it . They raised about £ ( 590 , of which about £ 400 have been paid off ; and I slunvyou that the machinery alone cost £ 2 , 340 , and sbaut £ 700 was expended from time to time in making premises suitable lor printing it—that it is over £ 3 , U 00 , besides nearly that sum expended in Jawpro-<*« lings consequent on the proprietorship : and yet "Mr . Iictor , " "independent Chartist , " alias John ^ iioss , who writes his diatribes in Uoy&s Weekly ^ ovtpaper , would assure his readers that the Star * asestabbshed by the people's money , tnd that Iput ? ° fliing to it However , as I have given my solicitor fractions to invite Mr . Lloyd to establish Ms ppb" * ued facts in open court , I abstain from saying ^ de on that subject , and trust that I have satisfied the of

      ^ upon purport your communication . Tbe ^• eperiod of the Siafe existence has been one of S ^ ssaut conspiracy amongst all classes to " put it r * n ; " but still itlives and thrives , andstandslike a f" * in the midst of the ocean , against which the !? & ? ¦ waves mav dash , bnt part in foam . I assure Sfc Jhad hoped to hare an entire lolidaj this f * K , iio { . feeling myself even capable of writing my g fcr to the Chartists , for I have snffered now nearly ?* w * ks of seyge \ aiassa and most excruciating £ *«»¦ It is said " there is no restfor the wicked ;' £$ ttank God , I am able , even on my back , to

      fed * P ^ y foree that mabce ' sianaer , ignorance , W ^ rT ppointed ambition , may present . The Star ** £ * ¥ "nd ^ e Peoples , and only purs . Just by K . ™ amusement , let me put you in possession ot K ! fl&fion s of 3 dr . John WatMns , wnenhe owed K ^ earlv £ 17 35 agen t for the Northern Star , and K ^ l ^ iaps , Touwffl beable to form someestimate ^ Td jiag c \ ns who now snap at my heels . ¦ l ^ - ^ greatest grievance is Mr . O'Connor , the ¦ fe&tfolFHe ^ urt be gotria of , becansehispopu-P ^ ilv ?^^ Mr- O'Connor earned it , and earned U mh ££ f ^ ^ t Mr . lorett possess Mste-to &B B ^ t- ^? ° t the Star the lerald of hurfenw ! » . K ^ 6 ! tl « saiaiw ^ Turk fliat cannot Dear anrothernear

      nwi !? ^ « Jr ' tradingpoh-ficians' fenaed 11 ?;^ 0 : iC ^ l " " ^^ and they wished tobre akit . »»*^ IbTS ^ t , in a ^ eenniifiy sense , the « arhas done more lvvw t I ? 4 JM * s «» aiito Mi-. CGonnor . He is out of pocket l £ . , niMl he chosen tosme himself , and not tbe people , I teS ^ toretaen a lord . He is in a prison for his pal «» onan jaad 6 et ^^^ ^ enrgtbat durst not bark if . he

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      ¦ aaag ^ SBgi ^ ' ^ were ont—spaniels that fewn upon their own persecutors . O'Connor ' s value to the people is indicated bj this mean attempt to ' shelf * him ; an attempt made by men who owe their power of making it to his favour , and who have eat of his bread . _ " To injure O'Connor is to injure the people ; he is identified with them . Had the people ' s enemies succeeded in turning the people against their friend , tha people would havefelt itfirst , and must have hated temselves . It would have been enough to make all true patriots turn to Tiraons . Ingratitude is a sin which neither gods nor men can bear . " Yours , dear Earner , very truly , Feakgus O'Coxxor . P . S . —The above is but a sample of Watkins' sack of adulation ; there is much more , but really too fulsomefor re-publication . F . O'O .

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      Bhbtai . Outrage . —On Friday morning last a most brutal assault was made by two men on a maid servant , named Sarah Sewell , in the service of Mr . William Offin , Great Bursted , who prosecuted a man named Cheeks at the recent quarter session , and against whom this young person was principal evidence . About two o ' clock in the morning some one , whom the girl supposed to be the man servant , and who lives a short distance from bis master ' s , called to her , stating that the farrier had come to bleed the mare , which was ill , and that he wanted a piece of cord and a light The girl very incautiously went down stairs only slightly dressed , procured a piece of cord , and unfastened the door to give it to the party . One man then caught her by the arm , and the other pushing the door back , they drew her out , and threatened t "

      murder her if she did not desist from calling oul . They then cut all the hair off her head with a pair of shears , and haying knocked her about left her , probably , as they imagined , dead . At six o ' clock , when the servant came , he found her lying in the yard weltering in ner blood . She is now delirious , and in a very dangerous state , but in lucid intervals has made a deposition as to certain parties , who have been apprehended jointly by Mr . William Curtis and the police , but are now out on bail . The mare referred to was ill at the time , and it is supposed poison had been given to her . A fowl was taken from the coop by the same party , and was found dead one field from the house , and also the hair of the poor girl , which appears to have been carried off as a trophy . —J ? ss « Herald .

      Alakmixg and Desieuctive Firs . —On Tuesday morning , a few minutes before three , a fire broke out in tbe factory of Mr . Ward , coach-builder , in the Old Kent-road . About twenty minutes after the discovery ( by a cabman who was passing ) several engines were on the spot , and an abundant supply of water was obtained , but the fire continued to rage with great fierceness for more than an hour ; its ravages were , however , confined to the building in which the conflagration originated , which was completely destroyed , as well as the property it contained .

      Fatal AccmExi at Wakefield . — On Sunday evening last a fatal accident , which has caused much excitement , occurred to a young man , twenty-three years of age , of the name of Edward BlingworUi , clerk to Sir . Fuljaiube , solicitor , by falling into the Barnsley Canal , at Agbrigg , near Wakefield . On the above named night there was an intense fog , and deceasedhad gone to Heath to see a lady to whom he paid his addresses , and on coming home mistook his road , and walked into the canal . He was known to most of the inhabitants of Wakefield for his ready wit ; and respected by all who knew him .

      Death hiom Poison * . —Maxchesieb , Tuesday . — Considerable surprise was excited on 'Change on Saturday last by a report that Mr . Louis Schwabe , the celebrated manufacturer of figured silks by the jaequard loom , had met with his death under circumstances avMcIi led to the suspicion tliat he had been poisoned . For a considerable time the rumour met with but little credit , but unfortunately it proved but too true . The deceased was a gentleman well known throughout the commercial world for tie energetic perseverance with which he pushed forward the improvement of the silk manufacture by means of the jaequard loom . It appears from the inquiries which we have been enabled to make , that Mr . Sehwabe had recently lost a valued relation ,

      and appeared depressed in spirits in consequence . He was taken ill on Friday night , or early on Saturday morning , and in consequence of the symptoms which exhibited themselves , medical assistance was called in , and tie stomach-pump used , but he died at about half-past seven o'clock in the morning . An inquest was held on the body yesterday' at the house of the deceased , but out of respect to the feelings of his family the coroner ( Mr . Chapman ) determined that the proceedings should be private . We can , therefore , merely state the result , which we believe to be , that the deceased « ame to his death is consequence of having taken oil of vitriol , being at the time in a state of temporary insanity . The deceased , we understand , was about forty-four years ofage . " "

      Atiempi to Poison . — Manchester , Tuesday . — This morning Benjamin Anderson , who was brought up on Tuesday last , at the Borough Court , on the charge of having attempted to poison his wife and two children , was brought up for further examination . The prisoner , who is a ferocious-looking fellow , " appeared quite unmoved at the situation in which he stood / and hadlost the vacant stare which he exhibited on the occasion of his first examination . Theevidence previously adduced went the length of showing that sugar of lead had been found in some sugar in a cupboard in the prisoner ' s house , and that the prisoner ' s wife had recognised it in a basin of tea whichslie had made . It was also proved that the prisoner had been

      seen doing something in the cupboard where the sugar and poison were found , and the reason of his being remanded was in order that the police might ascertain where and when he had purchased the poison . Mr . Beswick , the chief superintendent of police , called Mr . James Croft , druggist , of Pollard-sti ' eet , w b . ° stated that on Friday night week the prisoner came into his shop and asked for a pennyworth of sugar of lead for eyewater . He gave the prisoner an ounce of sugar of lead wrapped in paper . He had no doubt but that the prisoner was the man . In cross-examination by Mr . Harding the witness said he did not mark the paper with-the word " poison . " The pri-8 » aer was fully committed for trial at the next Liverpool assizes .

      Extraordinary Occubrence . —Considerable sensation was excited in Richmond and its neighbourhood on Monday last , in consequence of the discovery of the body of a man in a field adjoining the Kew road , Bichmond , under circumstances that were at the time indicative of foul play . On Monday morning , between seven and eight o ' clock , a man named Charles Strood , who is gardener to Messrs . Steele , nursery men , Kew-road , was crossing his masters' field , when he observed the body of a man lying near a wall which separates the field from the nursery-gardens Strood examined the body , which provedto be that of Thomas Manscll , a horsekeepcr , also in Messrs . Steele's employ . The iace of the deceased was frightfully disfigured , and there were wonnds on other parts of the body . These suspicious appearances induced the man Strood to communicate immediately with thenolice . and InsDector Turner , with several

      constables , instantly proceeded to the spot with a stretcher , on which the deceased was placed , and carried home . Mr . Lamas , a surgeon , was called in , and tliat gentleman siated that the deceased had been dead some hours , and that he had probably died in a fit . The wounds " on the different parts of the body appeared to have been caused by the bite of some animal , but neither of them was dangerous . The police afterwards instituted a rigid inquiry into the circumstances , and ascertained that the deceased had gone Lite on the previous night into the field with some hay ibr a horse that was turned out tliat he was drunk at the time , and must by accident have ran against the wall and disfigured his face ; and withrcspectto the other marks and wounds , the general supposition is that they were caused by the horse , when it found the deceased lying on the ground , biting him to awaken him , such instances of sagacity in the horse not being uncommon .

      The Somersetshire Murders . —Bridcewatek , Monday Evexkg . — The furfherexaminationof Sarah Freeman on charges of nrarderingher brother , mother , husband , and child , which was fixed to take place this day at the Town-hall , before the magistrates for the county , has been postponed in consequence of the severe illness of the prisoner . It appeavs that soon after her being conveyed back to gaol on Friday evening she was taken ill , and her indisposition increased to sneb . a degree as to Tenderit necessary to call in the assistance of several medical practitioners . The surgeons being of opinion that to proceed with the examinations to-day would be attended with dangerous consequences , information to that effect was conveyed to the justices who hadtakenpart in the investigation , and a messenger -was despatched to Shapwiek to prevent the different witnesses for the prosecution from coming into town , it being very properly deemed desirable to lessen the rubBc excitement as far as better than

      possible . The prisoner , although much she was on Saturday and yesterday , is still so severely indisposed as to render itcertainthat tbe proceedings will not be gone on with to-day . Dnsa Game .-Mazieu , Jan . 10 .-A buteher of this town attempting to MU an ox , struck the beast inexpertly with the hatchet on the head , when the ox turned furiously upon his assailant , trampled him under foot , fled through the streets , causing the utmost terror to the inhabitants , several of whom lie attacked . He reached thehallof the Hotel de Ville , and , the doors being dosed , three men armed with clubs and great knives prepared to attack him , but lie again made bis escape , till , coming to the foot ot Sg stone stairA he contrived strange to rS , to mount to the third floor of the buding Here he thrust Ms head «» t « ^ j S down menacingly upon the crowd below . Presently a door ouened behind ; the ox turned round to , attempt some new exploit , but his career was cut short by a bnllet in the £ ad , and he fell to rise no more —ConsHtttiioTaul . .

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      ^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ j ^ l ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ T ^^^^^^^^^^^ ' - Mubdeb or a CLERGniA \ . —Beauxe , Jay . 9 . — On Saturday , according to custom , the children of the little town of Culetre met at seven in the morning to receive instruction in the catechism of the pkurch . Having waited some tune for tbeir curate in vain , they dispatched some children to his house , where , looking through the keyhole , they perceived the maid lying dead in the hall . The alarm having been given , the wall was scaled , and it was discovered that the girl and the cure had been cruelly murdered b y blows of a hatchet . Each had received but a single cut of the heavy weapon , the girl a transverse cut across the side of the face and skull , delivered

      with such force that the hatchet made a deep incision in the earth upon which she lay ; the curate by a single cut on the top of his venerable head , which clove it in twain . There was no blood traced , but immediately under the unhappy victims' heads . The house had been rifled by some villain who , during the night , had called the girl up , under the pretext , it is supposed , of requiring the priest to administer to some dying parishioner the last offices of religion . Eight years ago a similar attempt was made upon this venerable gentleman , who was highly respected ) and in his GOth year . The atrocious murderer is , as yet , unknown . —Gazette des Tribu . na . ux .

      Mohe Fires jjt the Methopous . —Between one and two on Wednesday morning a fire was discovered in the lower part of the premises occupied by Mr . Fryer , grocer , High-street , Caxnberwell . Owing to the tune before water could be obtained , the fire caused great devastation . ' The shop was burnt out , and the kitchen at the back seriously damaged . The next house , in the occupation of Mr . Rowley , bootmaker , was materially injured , and the stock and furniture damaged . No . 3 , occupied by Mr . Morgan , aker , was also slightly burnt , and No . 9 , opposite , tenanted by Messrs . Wade , linendrapers , scorched by the heat . —At ten minutes past five the constable upon the beat discovered a fire in the warehouses of Messrs . Perkins and Sharpus , tin-plate washers , Bellcourt , Cannon-street , City . Much damage was done to the building and stock . It is not known how the fire originated . Rebecca Again . —Late on Monday night , or early

      on Tuesday morning hist , a most outrageous attack was made on the vicarage-house of Fishguard , the residence of the Rev . Henry Nathan , the curate , during his absence from home . Providentially Mrs . Nathan left tbe house between tbe hours of nine and ten o'clock p . m ., otherwise death inevitably would have been the result , the attack being so severe with stones of huge dimensions ; when about seventy panes of gkssweredestroyed , besides other damages . Strong suspicions fall on three notorious characters , who were committed in the autumn of 1843 for de . straying the turnpike-houses of the parish of Fisliguai'd . Thisenmityagainst the Rev . H . Nathanariies from the circumstance of his communications with the Secretary of State on the subject of the Rebecca riots , the result of which has been the discontinuance of any destruction of property , save in the present instance . —Carmarthen Journal .

      Ajistebdam , Jan . 13 . —Accidents . —As seven persons were crossing the river at Dordt , in an iceboat , the ice suddenly gave way , and the boat was capsized . Two of the passengers were drowned ; the remaining five clung to the large masses of ice till assistance was procured . —Several houses were detroyed the other day by fire at Walwyk . IHiun-g Escape from Prison . —On the night of the 8 th inst . five prisoners made their escape from the prison of Gers ( Audi ) through a hole which they had worked in a wall . They had all been tried and condemned , one to twenty years' hard labour , another to eight years' solitary confinement , and the other three to one or two years' imprisonment . Three other prisoners were in the sanic part of the building , but refused to accompany them . They even wanted to give the alarm , but were deterred from doing so by the threats of their comrades .

      The Suspected Murder at BetunaItGREIN . — On Wednesday afternoon the inquiry concerning the death of Mi * . William May , the silk-traveller , who it was supposed had been murdered on the night of the 9 th ult ., by beingjthrown into the Regent's Canal , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Baker , the coroner , and the same jury , at the City of Paris public-house , Bonner ' s-fields , Bethnal-green . Mary Bissel , of New Ford , said , that as she was crossing Twig Folly-bridge , about twelve o ' clock on the night of the 9 th ult ., she saw a man without a hat , coat , or vest on , very tipsy , scrambling up the bank of the towing-path , calling for her to assist him , but being frightened she ran away . The jury , not being satisfied with the evidence of Mr . Story , the surgeon who

      had examined the body of the deceased , and who certainly gave the cause of death as drowning , Mr . C . Goodwin , another surgeon , was called . He stated that there were several superficial wounds on the head of the deceased , as also one on the upper lip , which was the result of some blow , as two teeth were knocked out . From the circumstance of there being no irater in the body , lie concluded denth was effected . before immersion . This being the whole of the cyIh dence , the coroner summed up the facts of this very mysterious case , and recommended an open verdict . This , thejury . afteraquarterofanhour ' sconsultatiou , agreed upon , and , returned—That the deceased was found deaia ^ inx . tjie Regent ' s Canal , with marks of violence uponihis . body , but how he came therei there was no evidence la show .-

      Singular Death : —On Wednesday an inquest was held at the Crown Tavern , Clerkenwell-green , before Mr . Mills , deputy-coroner for the county of Middlesex , on the body of Mary Davies , whose death waa alleged to have been caused by the ill-treatment of her husband . It appeared from the evidence of a woman named Emery , that the deceased and her husband lived in habits of constant intemperance , and neither of them had been sober since Christmas-dar last up to the 4 th of January . On that day , while they were at dinner , some words arose between them , and after much mutual abuse the deceased took up the saltcellar and threw it at her husband . Itmissed him and went through the window behind Mm . Being irritated at tins treatment , " he got up and struck the deceased sharply on the back of her head with his ^ open hand , and drove a hair-pin , which was in her hair , a short distance into the scalp ; very little blood followed the injury , and nothing further was

      thought ot the matter until the next day , when the deceased complained of a pain in her head . She soon became much worse , and eventually died on the 11 th inst . Mr . Ballinger , a surgeon , residing near Clerkenwell-green , stated on being examined , that he had opened the bod y of the deceased . The scalp presented a violently inflamed appearance . The brain was congested , as were also all the membranes , but there was no effusion . There was no injury of the skull , nor were there any internal injuries or marks corresponding with the external injury . The deceased was labouring under a violent cold when th « injury was inflicted , and that , coupled with her intemperate mode of life and the constitutional irritation arising from the injury , was the cause of her death . The husband was then called in , but not examined ; he appeared quite indifferent about the matter . After some discussion a verdict of Natural Death was returned .

      The Somersetshire Murders . — Bndgewater , Wednesday . —This day having been fixed upon for the further examination of Sarah Freeman , charged with the wilful murder of her mother , brother , and other members of her family , the utmost excitement prevailed in the town—indeed , it was found necessary to hold the proceedings in one of the large county courts , the . justice-room being inadequate to the aeeommodation of the crowds who pressed for permission to be present . The prisoner , Sarah Freeman , was brought up from the gaol soon after ten o ' clock . She was , as on the previous occasion , habited in deep mourning . Mr . Warry first asked the prisoner whether she had been enabled to obtain any professional assistance , and whether she was

      desirous of sending for any one to assist her during the examination . She replied to both questions in the negative , and the following witnesses were then called : —Mr . - E . E . Phillipps said , that he was a surgeon and general practitioner at Chilton-super Polden , and knew the deceased , Charles Dimond , who lived at Shapwick . On the evening of the 2 Cth of December John Dimond , a brother of the deceased , came to him , and said that bis brother Charles had been taken ill in the same way that his mother had been . Witness sent some medicine , and went on the following day ( Friday ) , and found him in bed , attended only by the prisoner , Sarah Freeman . He complained of a severe pain in the pit of his stomach . Be also complained of a pain over his eyes , and said

      he felt no pain anywhere else , with the exception ot his throat , in which soreness followed the sickness on the Thursday . The inside of his throat was very red . He saw the deceased again on Saturday , and found him mucli tetter ; but at about eight o ' clock on Monday morning ho found him very much altered for the worse in every respect . The symptoms were the , same as on Friday . His body and skin were all over very yellow ; his tlu - oat swollen , the internal part of it very red , and the skin ot tbe tongue abraded in several p laces . He could not swallow easily , and could scarcely speak . His

      breathing was laborious and his heart ' s action exceedingly weak . There was also much soreness in the region of the stomach and liver . The slightest pressure over them produced great pain . Witness remained in the parish and saw him at intervals during Monday , from ei ght o ' clock in the morning till half-past three o'clock in the afternoon . When witness left him he was much worse , and he soon afterwards died . In consequence of the suspicious nature of the death , witness made a pott mrtem examination . The stomach , { esophagus , and duodenum were in a very inflamed state . If arsenic were found in the viscera he should be decidedly of

      opinion that that was the cause of death . On examining the stomach , &c ., witness was of opinion that the deceased had not died from natural causes , but from a deleterious drug introduced into the stomach , ana attributed his relapse to the fact of so " me noxious substance having again been introduced into the system . The post mortem examination bore out this opinion , as there were marks of the effects of more recent and niore remote causes apparent on the stomach ! The prisoner cross-examined the witness with ft view to show that another surgeon , named

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      Bartlett , was present at the post ntmxem examination of the deceased , and that the jars containing the stomach , intestines , &c , had been out of his possession before they were taken to Mr . Ilerapath , having been handed over to the charge of a policeman . The witness stated , that he received them back from the constable tied down with bladder in the same way as they were when given to him . They had not been opened . James Bartlett , a surgeon , residing at Shapwick , corroborated the evidence of the other medical witness . The Court then inib ' rined the prisoner that now was the time for her to make any statement . The prisoner , in a firm voice , said , —I am not guilty—my toother ought to be committed to prison as well as me . The prisoner was then committed to Taunton gaol for the murder of her brother , Charles Dimond . The prisoner was then charged with the murder of her mother , Mary Dimond , and the same evidence wag gone into as at tlio coroner's inquest . The examination was proceeding when the ast train left . The bodies of the father and ' child

      lave been exhunied , and the contents of the stomach handed over to Mr . Herapath . That gentleman , -we . understand , has detected arsenic in the child , and has very little doubt but that it exists in the father , but has not yet completed his tests . Attempted Murder of a Wife bx her Husband , and his Suicide . —On Wednesday , Johni Clements , a wool-stapler , of Little George-street , adjacent to the Grange-road , Bermoudsey , attempted to murder his wife b y cutting her throat , and . afterwards destroying himself . It appears that Clements was in the employ of Mr . Elkerton , wool-stapler , in the Grange-walk , Bermondsey , since June last , and that he occupied with his family , consisting of a wife and three children , a ready-furnished first-floor , at No . 24 , Little George-street . For some time past he had

      exhibited depression of spirits . He complained of being unwell Wednesday morning before he went to work , and returned before his usual time , between ten and eleven , when he requested his wife to make him some tea . At this period their eldest son , about thirteen years of age , was in the room , and he waa sent to the public house fora pint of porter . In about a minute after the lad quitted the house the landlady , a Mrs . Pudner , was alarmed by hearing a loud scream , followed by the noisejof somejperson falling heavily on the floor immediately over the room in which she was sitting . There was a knock at the street-door at this moment , and a young man named Bond was let in ; as he entered , Mrs . Clements came running down stairs with , her throat cut , and the blood gushing from the wound . When she got into

      the passage she fell from exhaustion into the arms of Bond , ejaculating , " For God ' s sake , call a doctor !" Bond then carried her into the back parlour , and hurried away to the police station . Two policemen were immediately sent to the house , but , upon their entering the room , Clements was discovered lying on the floor in a pool of blood , with his throat cut nearly from car to car , and a razor with which he perpetrated the deed lay at his side . A medical man speedily arrived , but the unfortunate man was quite dead . Mrs . Clements was conveyed to Guy's Hospital , and -will probably recover . ' Her account of the occurrence , as well as she could recollect from the haste in which it was earned into effect , was , tliat her husband had been complaining for some days of

      his head , and being in arrear of rent to his landlord , it seemed to weigh on his mind , and on the preceding night he awoke out of his sleep in a fright , and saic to his wife that the officers were going to apprehend him . When he eubsequently returned from his employer ' s premises , and while she was engaged in toasting a piece of bread at the fire , he suddenly turned upon her and drew the razor across her throat . She felt the Wood trickling down her neck , and with an effort she rushed out of the room before he had time to repeat the act . Tlie unfortunate deceased must have destroyed himself immediately afterwards . It appears that the deceased came up from the country about seven months ago with his family , and that he was a sober and industrious man . He had no previous quarrel with his wife .

      The Murder at Sam-hill . — Siouon , yvednesdat Evening . — Some important information connected with the recent ' murder of Sarah Hart , at Salt-hill , tending to throw great additional light upon that mysterious affair , has just been obtained . The following particulars may be implicitl y relied upon . From inquiries made by the metropolitan police , in consequence of a communication made by Mi " . Perkins ( the superintendent of the Eton police ) to the commissioners in Scotland-yard , it was ascertained that a person dreised as a Quaker had purchased some prussic acid at the shop of Mr . Hughes , a chemist and druggist , residing at 89 , Bishopsgatestreet Within . Perkins left Eton on Sunday last for London , and proceeded to the shop of Mr . Hughes , where he ascertained that a Quaker-looking person

      had purchased a small quantity of prussic acid on the 1 st inst ., the very day the murder was committed ; and also a similar quantity on the following day . The person who sewed the poison was an assistant to Mr . Hughes , named Thomas . As the tracing the possession of prussic acid to John Tawell , the person in custody in Aylesbury gaol , charged , on the coroner ' s inquisition , with the wilful murder of Sarah Hart , was a link in the evidence extremely desirable to be obtained to further the endi of justice , Mr . Thomas left London on Monday afternoon , . accompanied by Perkins , for Aylesbury , in order to identify the party accused . Upon arriving at the gaol that evening they found that the prisoner had been locked up for the night , and it was not deemed advisable that he should be seen until the following morning .

      Accordingly , on Tuesday morning Mr . Thomas attended . He was first shown several ofthe prisoners , but amongst those he could not identify any one as the person to whom he sold the poison . He was then taken by the gaoler into a cell in which were several other prisoners , arid he immediately pointed out John Tawell as the man who was served at Mr . Hughei ' s shop with prussic acid on the 1 st and 2 d instant . The prisoner , who appeared considerably disconcerted at unexpectedly seeing . Mr . Thomas , said to him ( on Mr . Thomas saying to the gaolers " That's the man who bought the poison" ) . — " I think I have seen thee before . " He manifested a desire to enter into conversation with Mr . Thomas , but this was prevented , and the parties retired . Mr . Thomas has si > clear a recollection of the features of the prisoner that he

      can swear moit positively to his being the person . It was ascertainedon Wednesday that the name of the deceased was not Sarah Hart , but Sarah Lawrence , and that she was born at Chatham in the year 1805 . Thus the statement as to her supposed age was strictly correct . Her mother was not married at the time of her birth ; she was married , about thirty years since , to a Mr . Hadler , a blacksmith in a smaU way of business , residing at No . 8 , Bath-street , near the Gasworks , at Gravesend . The first information ? he obtained of the untimely death of her daughter was from a London paper on Friday last , containing an account of the proceedings before the coroner , and the committal of the accused . Mr . North , the superintendent of the Gravesend police , who had received a letter from Inspector Wiggins ,

      subsequently called upon her , and from inquiries he made , there was but little doubt of the deceased being her daughter , whom she had not seen since the 11 th of June , 1840 . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler left Gravesend on Wednesday morning , and arrived at Slough with Inspigggr Wiggins in the afternoon . Their object in tKnPfag to Slough-was for the mother to be enabled to identify the body of her unfortunate daughter . They proceeded to the Christopher Inn , at Eton , where the Rev . Mr . Carter , one of the magistrates for the county , was sitting . Mr . Carter immediately despatched a messenger with a letter to the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , the rector of Farnham Royal , in the churchyard of which parish the deceased was interred , to the effect that it was necessary the body should be exhumed , in order that the mother might have the

      opportunity of identifying tbe corpso . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler then proceeded in a fly to Farnham , a distance of about five miles from Eton . While the process of raising the body was going on the aged couple ( Mrs . Hadler being nearly seventy years ofage ) were taken into the vestry-room , in the church , by the Rev . Mr . Antrobus , who remained with them during the whole time . There were also present in the churchyard Mr . A . W . Blane , the foreman of the jury who sat on the body , Messrs . Norblad , Champneys , and Moss , surgeons , and several of the inhabitants of the village . It was nearly five o ' clock , and quite dusk , before the disintermenthad been effected . The coffin was then placed on tressels close to the door leading to the vestry-room and the lid unscrewed . Mr . and Mrs . Hadler were then sent for . As soon as the

      poor woman beheld the features of her child she oxclaimed , the tears running down her aged , cheeks , " Oh my poor dear , dear child 1 my poor daughter I " Sobs choked her utterance , and she could say no more . Every one present ; was deeply affected at the scene , indeed there war ueaTcely a dry eye to be seen around the murdered corpse . The features appeared calm and p lacid , and not the least change had taken place . The poor old couple were led away , and the remains of the ill-fated woman were again consigned to their last resting-place with due solemnity , and every proper regard lor the feelings ot her almost broken-hearted parent . Aisowovs Attempt at Murder . —On Saturday evening last , Mr . Charles Hancock , farmer , residing at Heswell , about eight or nine miles from Woodside , was in Liverpool , disposing of some market produce . He returned by the Birkenhead boat , about five clock

      o ' ; and in passing across Bidston Common , in his shandry , he was met by a person in female apparel , who begged of him to allow her to ride as far as Woodchureh in the vehicle . Mr . Hancock acceded to the request , but had scarcely driven on again before he discovered , to his amazement , that his fe ^ male companion , as he supposed , exhibited a . dark , busby whisker upon that side of her face which was expoied nearest to his view . Immediately he dropped his whip , as if by accident , and requested the lady to step down and pick it up . The stranger got out , and Mr . Hancock drove off at such a rapid 9 peed , that , on enter ing his farm-yard , the horse dropped down dead . When he had driven about a quarter of a mile from the place where he had dropped his whip , two pistols were fired at him , both of which fortunately missed . In the gig the stranger left a basket , which , on examination , was found to contain a large carving knife , and a brace of loaded , pistols .

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      ^^^^^^ Q ^ f ^^ f ^^ KtB ^^^ mEHBtKWtBUttt&in ^ B ^ t ^^ N ^ BBtBttf ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Reported Death of the Russiax Autocrat . — London , Thursday Evening . —It was currentlv rumoured in Brussels on Tuesday , that news of the death of the Emperor Nicholas had been received in that city the previous evening . This rumour was published in sevtral of the journals , some of tliem stating in positive terras the death of the Emperor . That the report was generally believed in at Brussels admits of no doubt ; nevertheless there is good reason for believing that the whole is a stock-jobbing fabrication . Another day or two will tell .

      Suicide . —On Monday evening a coroner ' s inquest , adjourned from Thursday , was resumed and concluded before Mr . Higgs , the deputy-coroner for Wcsminster , at the Lowndcs-arnis , Lyall ' s-place , Eaton-square , on the body of Benjamiu Payne , aged 40 , late butler to Sir Henry Pottinger , who committed suicide at the residence of Sir Hemy , No . 80 , Eaton-place , on Thursday morning last , by cutting his throat . Verdict—Temporary Insanity . Extensive Fire w the Strand . —On Friday week , about ten o ' clock , a most destructive fire broke out upon tho extensive premises occupied by Mr . Soyer , boot and shoe maker , 12 G , Strand , next door to " the Gfo&e-otKce . Flames were first perceived through the fanlight over the shop-door by police-constable Sadler ,

      58 F , and almost immediately afterwards the fire rushed towards the front shop , which wii 9 well stored with stock both of French and English manufacture . Directly afterwards the fire , with fierceness seldom witnessed , burst forth from the shop window , consuming the closely packed goods , and forcing its way through the shutter with terrific violence . Thenco it progressed with unmitigated fury to the first floor , and in a short time afterwards the whole building , five stories in height , with a proportionate frontage and of uncommon depth on the river side , exhibited one mass of flame . Three women , in their nightclothcs , were taken from the burning building by the

      street-door , with the greatest difficulty , in consequence of the rapidity of the fire , and the remaining part of them were eventually rescued , and taken into the Savoy Palace public-house , in Savoy-street , where they were safely lodged . Notwithstanding the great efforts of the fire brigade it was nearly twelve o ' clock before the flames were at all mastered . At length the labours of the firemen were crowned with success , but the house is gutted , and the Globe newspaper , as well as the shop of Messrs . Reynolds , Richards , and Co ., must , in consequence of their proximity , have sustained considerable damage by fire , water , and removal .

      Alleged Murders by Poison . —The quiet village ot' Shapwick , Somersetshire , in the neighbourhood of Bridgewator , ! ins been thrown into a state of the utmost consternation by the apprehension at Bridgewater of a woman of the name of Sarah Freeman , upon the charge of having murdered , by poison , her brother , Charles Dhnond , of Shapwick , who died suddenly , and was interred n few ( lays ago ; and whose own illegitimate child , husband , mother , and four other members of her family , are supposed to have also met their deaths by similar means , cilthough at different periods . It appears that the brother was last week taken suddenly ill with vomiting and the

      other symptoms which are attendant upon the administration of poison , from which attack he died ; after which his sister ( the accused ) , having taken the furniture , removed suddenly to Bridgewater . These alarming facts being rumoured , the magistrate ordered the exhumation of the body . The intestines and stomach having been examined by Mr . Herapath , a ' considerable quantity of arsenic has been discovered . The woman has been apprehended . An inquest was held on Wednesday , and adjourned to Saturday ( tlus day ); in the meantime the bodies of the other suspected victims have been ordered to be exhumed . In the first ease a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned , and the woman has been committed to prison .

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      Associated Trades op London . —This influential body met on Thursday evening , January the 9 th , at the well-known Trades House , the Bell , Old Bailey ; Mr . ' Thompson ( compositor ) in the chair . The secretai-y read to the meeting the correspondence between the tmited trades of * Sheffield and T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., relative to a general conference of delegates from the various trades throughout Great Britain ( the correspondence appeared in our journal of Saturday last ); and spoke warmly in support of the projected conference . Mr . Robertson , bookbinder , moved tho following resolution : — "That this Association is of opinion , tnat it is highly

      desirable that a general conlereneo of delegates ot the various trades of the United Kingdom be held , in accordance with Mr . Duncombe ' s suggestion . " The resolution was earned unanimously . Considerable discussion then ensued as to the best means of carrying the resolution into operation ; after which , Mr . Ching , tin-plate worker , moved— " That tliis meeting assemble again on Thursday evening next , Jan . lGth , to devise the best means of carrying out the proposed conference . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Bush , carpenter , and carried unnaimously . The secretary was then authorised to summon the absent delegates for the occasion ; and the meeting adjourned .

      Borough of Finsbury . —A meeting of the general committee of this borough for raising a testimonial to T . S . Duncombe , its highly esteemed representative , was held at the White Conduit Tavern on Thursday evening , January the Oth . William Hewitt , Esq ., was called to the chair . A number of collectors and sub-treasurers attended to pay in the sums collected by them , Mr . R . Moore , secretary , announced the sum total as £ 73 19 s . On the motion of Mr . W . Balls , seconded by Mr . Guennigault , it was unanimously resolved that the general committee should re-asBemble on Wednesday evening , January the 23 rd . It was whispered in the room that it was Ijhe intention of the electors to get up a soiree , the evening before the assembling of Parliament , in honour to their distinguished representative .

      Bradford Shoemakers . — On Monday week a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Wcstgate . Several letters were read from various parts of the country expressing regret at the sudden termination of the strike . The masters were sick of the strike , and could hot possibly have held out mueh longer , had the strike committee had the power to continue the struggle . Manchester , Wednesday .-Another op Labour ' s Triumphs , —We are happy to say that owing to the combined influence of the Building Trades of Manchester , the proud and imperious firm of Pauling , Henfrey , | and Co ., have had to bend to the j ust demands of their workmen . This has been a lone and arduous

      struggle ,, but it ha 9 terminated in the triumph of the men . So long as Pauling , Henfrey , and Co . had only to contend with one of the trades at a time , they easily beat the men ; but when the whole of the Building Trades determined upon standing by each other , the despots had a power to contend with which has proved more than a match for them . Let the other trades in the country look at this victory and learn their dutyv A meeting was held in the Carpenters' Hall , on Wednesday evening , to take the necessary steps to support the men who are out oi work this week ; when , at the termination of the business , thanks were voted to the chairman , Mr . Levens , for his noble conduct during the recent struggle .

      Edinburgh . —In pursuance of the resolution passed at the last meeting held in Edinburgh , of which we sent you notice , the committee of the working classes called another meeting of the inhabitants , which took place in the South-bridge Hall on Tuesday , 7 th January . Long before the hour of meeting , numbers of people assembled before the door , on the opening of which , the Hall was crowded to suffocation . The interest excited is deep and thrilling ; and it is a matter of astonishment to us that tne other districts of Scotland have not already turned tkeir attention to the subject : but we would earnestly exhort them to be up and doing , while they yet have time to throw the shield of public opinion round the aged , the infirm , the helpless , and the destitute : for should the abominable recommendations of the commissioners be adopted by the House of Commons , in the formation of a

      new Poor Law for Scotland , then long and deeply will be their regret for their present indifference to the threatened measure , affecting as it does the vital interests of the working classes . —Mr . Walker was unanimously called to the chair , and opened the business of the meeting : when Mr , Peddie was called on to giye a report of the printing committee , which he did to the entire satisfaction of the meeting . Among other things , he stated that the committee , in pursuance of the instructions received at tbe last meeting , had made extracts from the Poor Law Commissioners' report , in a small tract , price two-pence . This small pamphlet contained information which every working-man and every working-man ' s friend should possess . ; Mr . Green then read , and commented on the evidence of Mr . Aitken , which lie considered to be a tissue of silly inconsistencies and gross falsehoods . . Mr . Brogden stated that the object of his addressing them , was to place

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      before them a clear and distinct proof that the evidence of Mr . Aitken against trades unions , especially that part of it relating to tha Curriers , was grossly untrue ; aud ho could not compare him to anything in existence , unless it waa to ono of those miscreants who walk about the courts of London with ft straw in their mouths , ready to swear anything tor two shillings and sixpence each oath . Mr . Brogden ' s address produced a powerful effect on all present . The following resolution was then proposed by Air . Green , and seconded by Mr . Brogden ; — " Resolved , that this meeting , having heard full and clear proof that the evidence of Mr . John Aitkoij , given before the Scotch Poor Law Commissioners , is inconsistent with truth , hereby instruct their

      committee to put T . S . Duneombc in possession of these proofs , in order to prevent the House of Commons passing any measure against Trades Unions , based upon falsehood . " This resolution met with the approbation of the meeting . Mr . Stewart requested that the motion should lie over till next week , to give Mr . Aitken an opportunity of explaining . Mr . M'Leod stated , on the part of the committee , that they had no objection to act on Mv . Stewart's suggestion , having no personal feelings against Mr . Aitken , but merely dicharging a painful public duty in supporting the resolution . The meeting agreed to this arrangement . Mr . Baker then read the evidence Ot " Dr . Chalmers , but , froin the lateness of the hour , had not time to comment upon it . The meeting then adjourned till that night week .

      ToRiisniRE Miners . —The next general delegate meeting of the Miners of Yorkshire will be held at the Griffin Inn , Northgate , Wakefield , on Monday , the 27 th day of January , to commence at nine o ' clock in the morning .

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

      On Sunday last , Jan . 12 th , at Prestwich Church , b ; p the Rev . Thomas Blackburn , Mr . James Taylor , of Gashgatc , Hollinwood , member of the National Charter Association , to Miss Betty Wolstcncroft , the youngest daughter of Mr . James Wolstencroft , gardener , of the same place .

      DEATHS . On the 29 th Dec ., at Dewsbury , Jonathan Binns , stonemason , aged 22 , Death op Burss ' s " Blethkris '" Jamie . —On Thursday , the 17 tlni . lt ., at Blackhill , near Tarbolton , James Humphrey , in the S 6 th year of his age . The deceased was a contemporary and acquaintance of ouf great Ayrshire bard , and , like many others , subjected to a little of that sportive satire with which he occasionally noticed his friends . Humphrey was tho subject of the epitaph : — Umlor these stanes lie Jamie ' s l ) anei—0 , Death ! it ' s my opinion , Ye AVer took sic a bletlicriu' bitch Into your dark dominion ;

      and many a sixpence it procured him , from the interest attached to every trifle connected with Burn * . Humphrey lived some years in one of those free cottages erected near Blackhill by the late Mr . Cooper , of Smithstone , and received three shillings a week from a fund left for the purpose by the same benevolent gentleman . When the sous of Burns visited Tarbolton , some months since , Humphrey was brought to that town in a carriage , and introduced to themfurnishing them , with several reminiscences of their honoured father . The deceased was interred in Mauchline church-yard , attended by a , very large concourse of people . —KilmarnocJc Journal .

      Wo have to announce the death of the lion . General Sir Hemy George Grey , brother of Earl Grey , who expired on Saturday last , after a protracted illness , at his residence in Hertford-street , May-fair . The deceased was third son of the late Earl Grey , by Eliia beth , daughter of Mt \ George Grey , of Southwick . He was born 2 oth October , 1766 , and was consequently in his 79 th year . In August , 1812 , lie married Miss Charlotte Des Vceux , only daughter of Sir Charles Des Vceux , Bart ., by whom he docs not leave any issue , The colonelcy of the 13 th Dragoons he comes vacant by the demise of the gallant general , the pay and emoluments of which amount , according to the late return , to £ 1 , 083 18 s . [ Nice pickings !]

      Feargus O'Colfnor And The Cobbettites.

      FEARGUS O'COlfNOR AND THE COBBETTITES .

      I have received the following letter from Oldham , Fhichl shall here insert , and then my reply : — Deab Sib , —Believing it to be the duty of every sincere lorer of truth and justice to make known to Ms Mends bU reports which ma ; hare a tendency to injure bis character or property , a number of friends have requested me to lose no time ia informing you that the CohbettitCB of this town h * v « made a great discovery , and have been Terr busily engaged for the last few days In giving current

      circulation to a report that the Xorthtrn Star has changed its proprietor , and been sold to Afr . Dougal H'Gowan for 2 ie sum of seven hundred and fifty pounds , with a proviso , that you take 3000 copies weekly at cost price . Tour ifeiids do not believe there is any truth or foundation in nch aromonr , but that it is a fabulous story got up by Mne evO disposed person or persons . They therefore fish too , on tbe receipt of this , to deal frith it according to the merits of the ease , and stop if possible the mouths cfbnsy meddlers and gainsayers . I am , dear sir , yours truly , To Feargus O'Connor . Esq . William Hakee .

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      PLYMOUTH . Leotube by Mr . M'Gratii . — Hearing that Mr . M'Grath would pay this town a visit on his way to Cornwall , the friends here set about procuring a fitting place of meeting . Unfortunately every such place in the town , save one , was pre-engaged . The exception was the Corn-chambers , for the xtse of which application was made to our liberal mayor . The application was refused , on the ground that we interfered with the liberal freebootera ! The long room at Stone-house was ultimately procured , where Mr . M'Grath delivered a lecture on Thursday

      evening , January 9 th , to a most respectable audience . The subject of the lecture was— " Have we a wellgrounded hope for Mankind ' s Social and Political Redemption V Mr . M'Grath spoke for upwards of an hour and a half , in a strain of masterly eloquence , and was rapturously applauded throughout . On his sitting down thanks were voted to him by acclamation . Several cards were disposed of , and ten shillings and sixpence collected at the iloor . We expect a \ isit from Mr . M'Grath again , on his return from Cornwall , when we will do our utmost to make his labours beneficial to the cause .

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      vnvi-v .-. r -j-. nM ^^^ tw-J -ui- - - ' -.- ' .-i - ' - - -i-rLn Launch of the Terrible . —Thursday , the 23 rd of the present month , is the day fixed for the launch of this magnificent vessel from the dock-yard at De ford . Female Intrepidity . —Alout seven o'clock in the morning of the Gthinst ., saya a letter in the Meesayer , as a child , five years old , at Golancourt , in the O ise , was going from the dwelling of its parents to visits neighbour , an elderly woman named Savrcux , who lived about 40 yards off , a wolf camedown and carried the child off . Its cries called out Madame Savreux , in time to sec the animal dragging away its prey , and catching up a mallet , she pursued him , aud , coming up with him , dealt three such vigorous blows oil hia head that she killed him , and rescued the child , wb . 0 had received only a few insignificant wounds .

      Eleva tion of Sir Ciiaiiles Meicalfe to toe Peerage . —We have authority to state that the Queen has been graciously pleased to confer a peerage on Sir Charles Mctcalfe , by the title of Baron Met ? ealfe , of Fern-hill . —Morning Herald , Thursday .

      Labour Depended.

      LABOUR DEPENDED .

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      ' B Janttaby 18 , 1845 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 18, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1298/page/5/