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      TLfr n H . Askurst , SoMtor , -wascanedto the chair . « Vol « up one tie placards , the chairman reajl r t rf portioa only announcing that Mr . G . Thomp-JmM deliver a lecture ~ upon which two or three S 3 led out" read the . wMe bill . " The Chahv I :. ™ j-aving complied with this request , Mr . Christo-^ w nKe inthebodyofthe meeting , and r equested * o pa * a a ™** * 1011 - Tlie Chairman assented , ijp G . then asked , if , after the lecture , discussion tconld be peimitled . The Chaittnan : According to acnonncenient , the lecture will he delivered ; and { ueB v . e shall be in the hands ot the meeting , and ^ H be ruled by its decision . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . a Thompson then stepped forward to the front of flieft'latfonn , apparently to deliver the promised lecniien fl

      { gi ^ - Jar . -neeier rose on one ot the seats in ^ fcodr of the hall , and asked thelecturcr , would he ssK that discussion should tike place at the conffa-len of his lecture . At this moment a rush was made up the "right hand side of the haU by some fello ws dr essed in jackets and caps , and > Yho were recogjjjac as regular "bruisers" from Saffi-on-liill . They ponied "Turn him out , " on which the friends of jjr . Wheeler rallied round liim , and a scene of indeseriUable confusion ensued . A lull having at length tak-n place , the lecturer proceeded to reply to the qnestion of 5 Ir . "Wheeler . He had no desire to choice jiv ? discussion . He would lecture , and make the jsjdwre short for the purpose ; and'then submit to that last wall tests—the public meeting ; and he would be

      raided by the majority . ( Cheers followed this jainouneement from both parties . ) On this uudergtandins the lecturer proceeded . Me i-as not about to lecture on the Repeal of the Corn Laws in particular , ^ o ; he was opposed to all monopolies . Were fjiey opposed to the monopoly of the Church ? so was lie . Were they opposed to the monopoly of the land ? SIRS he . Were they opposed to the monopoly of commerce 1 so was he . Were they opposed to the EOEopoly of the franchise 1 so was he . Therefore he cov&d not see what there was to discos about . Why , if discussion did take place , it must be on a mere matter of taste as to which should have the preference . He admitted he was not taking the "bull by the horns . " It might be asked , why not go for the

      franchise , vrhieh -would , as a matter of course , carry the other with it ? ( Hear , hear . ) But he contended , u they ( the Free Traders ) triedtheexperimentofgetting a Repeal of the Corn Lawsfroni the present house , and foileil thvy strengthened the hands of the Parliamentary Reformers . Well , the bill convening the mectjBg smwuneed a meeting of the friends of Free Trade : he , therefore presumed ther were all friends of Free Trade . ( Cries of "No , no , " and " Yes , yes . " ) Sonic gei-tlenien said , " no , no , " then it was necessary . to explain what was meant by Free Trade . The Mmtrthcn commenced in the usual Anti-corn Law style - .. talking of "the world fora markt-t ; " "buyins in the cheapest , and selling in the dearest market : " " if 1 earn ten shillings , and can ' t so to the

      rtey-otf ia .-irket to expend it , I am robbed of the difference . " This and much more was listened to Viib patience , stilkiessTeiguing throughout the Hall ; tbc lecturer's voice being the only sound heard , lie said - ic was in fiivour of an equitable adjustment ( Jicsitatiug ) that was as for as the rights of propertv would penoit . ( fixclamations of" Ah , ah "— " Oh " , 4 iV > 0 , then you do not admit the Rights of property . ( Loud cheers from the Leaguers . ) Some ask for inotcction , what do thev mean ? what i protection ? ( Cries of " The Tote "— " The Suffrage" ) . Tic lecturer , pointing to two men who occupied one of the front seats , and who had answered the lecturer ' s query as above , and who won : perfectly sober , —cried out "those two men are istoxicated , take them out . " The "bruisers" above described ,

      attempttu to do the lecturer ' s bidding , wliea the men defended themselves and a regularfight ensued . At length the " possec of bruisers" was completely hemmed in by a circle of Chartists ; _ a :: d from this moment , all attempts to progress with tlie lecture wre fruliless . The chairmauittvain crl&l—order , order—exclamations of " they are hired by the Duke of Buckuigliani , " fit > m some of the Leaguers ; and « ries of "disgraceful conduct of the League , " were bandied about ; and George Thompson protested the only force he ever used was moral force ! A noise resembling the roaring of a bnlL from the gallery met with tremendous and most deafening cheering ; and awful groans and hisses were the only sounds that could foe a long time be heard , during which

      George Thompson put on his great-coat . At this time Mr . Doyle had scaled the platform ] and spoke to the chairman , with a view of appealing to the audience io he quiet . The chairman at length obtained silence , and asked permission for Mr . Doyle to address a few words . Mr . Doyle made the attempt , but was assailed with tremendous yelling from the Leaguers , aud great cheering from " the Chartists . In rain did the chairman , George Thompson , and Mr . Doyle attempt to quell the confusion . Disorder reigned supreme . During this period a member oi the National Association came , accompanied with a short , stuui , dark man , carrying an Tunbrella , to the hack of the reporter ' s table , and pointing out Mr . T . Clark said , " there , mhkand take out tl-athim with the chequered handkerchief round . his neck ; " but the short , stout man evidently thought " discretion the better part of Talour , " as tlie moral

      force !; request was this time unheeded . Mr . William Lovctfc rushed on the platform , and for a moment obtained the ear of the meeting . Pointing io Mr . Doyle , he in the most malignant and fe-Toaous manner said , " will you allow this fellow to continue disturbing the meeting . " This indiscreet appeal only made " confusion ten times worse confounded . " llalf-past nine had now arrived , and not the least signs of a truce . A gentleman on the platform then proposed an adjournment of the meeting which to ; put by the chairman . From the first show of fcaads he could not say which had it ; he , therefore , put it again , when he decided the adjournment to be carded . Itwasnotstatedwheuorwnerethemeeting * a $ adjourncdto . Too much praise cannot be given to Mr . Ashurst for his impartial conduct aschainnan , and for the excellent temper he evinced throughout the PrDceedujE .

      behave also received another account , signed by Messrs . Thomas Clarke , Philip M'Giatll , Christppier Doyle , and T , M . "Wheeler , settiug forth , in ofter language , the above recited facts . We prefer to give the report of our own reporter , heeause it was testified to as abore stated . . A most pompous , and mosfc t * D& , resolution respectfcgthis meeting , has been advertised in tlie Tap-tub atd the Sim by ^ 'the members of the National Asso Oation of 342 , Holborn . " Only imagine a "JS amcsh , " Association stuck into " 242 , Holborn , " a dancing-crib over a gin-palace ! However , let that pass . It is with the resolve of these " three tailors of Tooley-stfeet" that we hare to do more than * fth their designation . They " publicly declare

      fen- di&rjiprokttion of those persons who so disgracefully interrupted a meeting called 6 « the friends of Trci Trade , for the hearing of a lecture from Air " . Thompson , conceiving , as they do , that suchcon onct , " and so on—all the the rest of the old song . In fais ditapf . rd > ation \! t cordiallv join ; though we may wff erwith the "flnree tailors" as to the parties to iraom it ought to be applied . It was George Thompson and Wiil Lovett , with their friends , the bclues pi Saffron-nib * , thatinterrnpted the meeting : and it « boi the first time thatf George Thonipsou has pjy « d sn , ^ game , xhe last meeting of the Anti S ^ ery SoeJetv . even in the holvnrecincts of Exeter

      ™ H 3 found George Thompson and " friend" Bright were as " mtcrrupters" and " obstruetors , " for * = « & said disgraceful conduct they received , a soiffld EflDgfroju i ^ niei O'ConnelL And , if vrc remember * m , the "XATiosa . Ball" folks themselves " up-» t . " in their " oun" HaU , the "Socierj- for the "Maeipaiion of British Industry ! " the OnAEiEK , * s an GWitdmciii , being moved on that occasion by *«" ¦ Georse Rogers and carried by the aid of the !?«* tailors : Really such conduct *? " de 3 truc" of ail free discussion , anti-Democratic , and jpjnst . " It was time that "disapprolfition" waa publicly expressed" against these " disgracciul intftruptersl " ^ Tie conclusion of the resolution of the conceited

      # | spf ^ e National Jkdlve give , just for the fun ^ ' jpe thing . It is as foDows : — I J'W e think it the imperatiYe duty of all honest "lar&ts to come boldly forward , and , for the sake of ^ cause thev hare espoused , redeem it from the im-Piteuon east ' upon it by the conduct of a few intole-*** individuals , who , " for the last few years , have p * from place to place to mar every meeting , rjjwer worthy the object , for which it might be — — fi ¦« **~ ^ ' ^ J w »*^ ^»^ yiw ^ wm - *^^ ¦¦ ^ p ^—^™ —— * - ^—— — —

      >> W ye homespun , tmintdlectual , ignorant wori n vhartiiii ! , that Is the way your scif-sufiicient Wccnoi "brethren- ' perpetrate "fine writing . " ij " Know that Will Lovett * years ago , discovered p you all needed "hedieaHoii ; " and he tried to £ L ? PoHtical associations turned into Dame f ^ °° h to te ach you the nature of letters . JS ot « iag aue t 0 pe ^^ je fl ^ t such a course would wtoyour beucfit , he opened one of his own accord , " « ere tbe " schoolmistress" has ever since been prac-J ^ ' i and , in the above , you hare a specimen nm-i l ** h ' SM > us "laming" of the j \ atio . £ " NO . . No doubt it vrill Duzzle tou to imagme

      JT SOit of an imputation it is that has been " « onthe Chartist cause , orhow animpulatim canoe * JL en raui ; e at ^ , ^ ^ ha ( j ^ j , at ^ hoo ! , ^«« Oarlv &t the Holbom ^ ' amosm . one , you would ^ teen able to comprehend all about it . As it is vjuinav Lavfthe "ignorant" nofioif that the tcna it ** ««!<« , used In the sense the " three tailors" use rf ? toI duly apply to individuals , o \ - io cjiduct : hut g ^ t fyou ] rad been "hedicated" veer ideas would j fi espauded , and tou would have Sepjued how to Utw * andt 0 ^ derstandwhat yc « u < : ai « L rrob atfe " *? ^ gle atthe po ^ bflitj of r * ri » fi « r any -S ^ r , * PP ^ on , character or conduct , iram " an nl ^ VtU 0 h « i « sf . on U " T « i . ««<• tio cfiiffi > : i full With it

      m # , -I j - »» w « r v «^ * u » xvu xm * «* v « js- * " ^ --. u -- — I « i& ? <** m > f i&tt <> r < : deemis to retmvm ; to pay a ?* n a . ^ % B 3 *» g an attonenient , sm how gto ^ scnsujle men , can « ma »» 0 f . « f «> 2 aa imjmta-Hr ^ Z ^^ JOVLtodismeT . And / RJ ) at ; m bqruta-****** , wortito jou , vihehranxm * , jcaybea ^ jWfienlt question still ! But thenaii tia = arises

      l £ ignorance . " Get"hediaiteer at " 243 Hol J ^ aud y 0 u ^ 21 Jjjy ^ ^ jj aloofc - ; y ^ l even C 5 ! ;* a fw intolerant indhiduals - can " go vh&jq place to mar stzmr usk ^ 'c , howver

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      worthy the object for which ITmay be-called ? " Even t ius will be made clear to you : for have not the National Ball folks the benefit of the teaching of Counsellor Parry who knows all about grammar and correct diction !! Therefore go to the schoolmistress Learn your lessons . Study in the school of priggish predseness— and all these things will be made manifest and clear . You wjl ^ moreover learn another lesson : you will learn what amount of subserviency aud " toou 5 g" is required to secure a living as secretary and " PROPRIETOR" (!) of a National Hall Will Lovett can teach you that ! in addition to all other " laming . " Therefore get to school !

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      Destructive Fihe at GnAVESKSD . —On Saturday morning , at an early hour , Gravesend was the scene of another destructive fire , which , at one period of its ravages , threatened to become as serious in magnitude as the conflagration in June last . It commenced in the same street , on the premises known as the Kentish Independent newspaper and printing-office , situate on the north side of the street , adjoining the Pope ' s Head public-howse , within a few doors of Hi » hstreet . During the early part of the morning the couip ' ositors and pressmen were on the premises , striking off the paper , the Kenthh Independent , it being publishing day , uad on their leaving at tlirec O ' clock the lishts Were Safe and extinmiishpd niul tlio

      place was locked up . However , at about ten minutes before four o ' clock the policeman , in passing along the street , noticed an unusual glare in one of the coin ^ posing rooms . Among the first to come to his assistance was Mr . Beard , a butcher , living directly opposite , who breaking open the front door with a weight , went into the premises with the policeman , and , upon their proceeding up stairs , found the flames confined to one room . Buckets of water being at hand , they exerted themselves to suppress it , but without any effect , aud before laauy minutes had transpired it burst from the windows , creating terror and alarm to the whole people of Gravesend . In the interim

      information had been sent up to the officers on duty at the station under the Town Hall , who . it is but justice to state , were very expert in turning out the corporation engines . The alarm bell being rung , plenty of aid was soon obtained , and the engines , when got into play , were worked with considerable energy The fire being observed by a sentinel posted at Tilbury Fort , on the opposite side of the river , notice was given to the commanding officer of the garrison , who immediately dispatched a strong detachment of troops to the spot to do what serricc they could for the inhabitants . By that time the appearance of the destructive element was most alarminer : ifc was

      blazing forth from the roof and every inlet that the building contained—firing on one side the Pope ' s Head public-house belonging to Mr . Gould , and on the other Lambert ' s eatiag-house , both of which were fully expected to be burned down . Very fortunately the firemen obtained a good supply of water , which was copiously thrown into the blazing property in all directions , but for nearly an hour it appeared to have little or no effect ; ultimately , however , by increased exertions , its progress was stopped , hut not until the Kentish Independent Office was gutted , and the two adjacent premises , as above mentioned , sreatly damaged .

      Riot at the Etox Ukiox . —An alarming disturbance took place at the Eton Union workhouse on the afternoon of Friday week , -which , but for the prompt assistance rendered to Mr . Aitken , the master of the workhouse , might have been attended with far more serious results . As it wa 3 , however , nearly 500 panes of glass , together with the'framework and sashes of several of the windows , were totally demolished . It appears that between four and live o ' clock on the afternoon of Friday the master of the union , as he was sitting in his private room , heard a loi ; d rose proceeding from the upstairs apartments ( occupied by the paupers ) , like the smashing of glass . He immediately went to the part of the building whence the noise proceeded , accompanied by one of the inmates

      of the house , named Scott . On passing through the paupers' bedrooms , they found the whole of the windows and frames in two of the apartments totally demolished , not , a single pane of glass having been left , entire . In an adjoining room they found two of the paupers , named George Prior and Richard Penn , each with a long hroom-handle in his hand , whackiug away right and left at the windows and frames on either side of the room , and before they could be secured every pane of glass in this room also was destroyed . Mr . Aitken and his assistant were both vio ^ lentiy assaulted . After considerable resistance on the part of tne two men , they were both got down stairs with great difficulty , and placed in the paupers ' day-room , where some ten or twelve other of the inmates were assembled . In this room there was a " regular row , " the whole joining in the disturbance . The master locked the whole of the parties in the

      Jar-room ibr better security , and immediately desp . itehed a messenger into Slough for the aid of the police . Shortly afterwards Hfll and Smith , two of the local constabulary , arrived at the workhouse , and after considerable difficulty succeeded in securing the r ingleaders , Prior and Penn , and taking them off to the lock-up house at Eton , where they were kept in custody during that night . These two men had scarcely been ~ safely secured , when a noise of the smashing of glass was distinctly heard in the paupers' bedrooms , and upon Mr . Aitken and Scott again proceedingupstairs , theyfound another pauper , named Henry Goulding , breaking the glass and the frames of the windows with a large stake ; and before he could be secured he had broken twenty-four windows , besides committing other damage in the bedroom . This man was also taken into custody , and sent to join his two companions in the Eton case .

      m ASSASSKATIOX OF CAPtADf M'LEOD , R . M . —DinV lin , Jan . 31 . —Another barbarous assassination disgraces this land . The victim in this last instance was the resident magistrate of the county Leitrim , and resided near Ballfnamore . It is said that in the discharge of his duly Captain M'Leod was the means of bringing to justice several of the lawless gang in that district , called " The Molly MaguMes , " and for this , it is supposed , he was murdered on Wednesday evening last . The following is the account of the brutal deed from the EnitisJallen Packet of yesterday : — * We stop the press to announce the melancholy and distressing intelligence that Captain M'Leod , R . M ., who was on temporary duty at Ballinamore , county Leitrim , from this town , was shot deaZ last night at Garradise , near BaUinamore , the residence of Mr . Percy , with whom he was dining . Captain M'Leod left about one o ' clock , on an outside car , and coming out of the gate was fired at , and shot dead on the spot . "

      Codstt Westjieath . —On Monday night week an attempt was made to bum the house of Patrick Casey , of Ballinea ^ by some ruffians who first placed a red coal in a stack of oats near the house . His wife was so seriously affected by the fright , that she took alarmingly ill , and still remains in a dangerous state . Casey ' s house was again visited by a party of Whiteboys , who threw large stones , and fired a shot through his door ; but it was supposed they were afraid to attempt more , as voices were heard within the house . A party of aimed men attacked the house of Patrick FarreU , of Rathskca , whouv they beat in an unmerciful manner ; and in a few nights afterwards two other houses were attacked .

      The LijE iwuum at Bethsal-ghees . —On Monday morning , at half-past ten o ' clock , Mr . Baker resumed and concluded , at the London ' Hospital , the inquest adjourned from theprccedingThursday , touching the death of Emma Whiter , aged twenty-one Henry Surridge , a licensed victualler , proved having seen , on Saturday week , a pistol like the one produced , in Tapping ' s hand , at the Rising Sun , Manchester-street , Waterloo Town ; and also , that a little time after the murder—viz ., at ten minutes past one o'clock on Tuesday morning hist , he saw the prisoner , Tapping , again at the rising Sun , when , in a very excited way , he called for a glass of brandy , which he drank . Five minutes after this Tapping ' s sister came to the bar of the Risinsr Sun , and threw

      herself into his arms and fainted . She was removed by Tapping and others . He never heard Tapping threaten to kill deceased . Thomas Gapes examined : I am a chair-maker , living at 42 , Air-street , Bethnalgreen . I have known the prisoner Tapping for two years , and the deceased Emma Whiter for eighteen months . For a week previous to Tuesdaymorning last , at half-past one o ' clock , I had not seen Tapping , I then saw him opposite to the Rising Sun publicliouse , just after he had come out of it . Tapping said to me , " Tom , it is all through you ; and what is done cannot be undone . " He said this abruptly , without having said anything before . I turned round , and said , " Jem , what is the matter ? " He made no answer , but appeared very much confused . By a Juror : I do not know what Tapping referred

      to when he said , " It is all through you . 1 was not jealous of him , and there was no reason why he should be jealous of me . By the Coroner : On Monday night week deceased , Tapping , and invself , were at a dance at the Crown and Anchor , wien she quarrelled and fought with another young woman . Tapping and myself separated them , and afterwards , when we left the house ardwerein North Conduit-street , Tapping struck deceased with his fist on the face , and told me that I ought to have known better than to have interfered with her quarrel . Tapping would not accompany deceased home , and I did a part of the way . I do not know why he struck her . JJv a juror : After he struck her , I aaid , " Jem ,

      if vou have any pluck don't strike her , but strike me . " lie did not do so , and made no answer . Deceased pressed me to go home with her to protect her , and because she did not wish her iather to see her with Tapping . Nothing else occurred between deceased and me to excite Tapping ' s jealousy . —Wilbam Whiter , a Brother of the deceased , who keeps a beershop in Brick-lane , said she came to his house about ten on Monday evening last , and went into the barparlour . Tapping came soon after , and went into the tap-room , in which he remained until midnight . At that hour he left , together with my sister , and both of them shook hands with witness , and wished him good night . They had no communication with

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      each other whilst in witness ' s house . —Mr . William Cuinmin g ^ house-surgeon , examined : Deceased was brought dead into this' hospital , ¦ shortly after two 0 clock on Tuesday morning last . The body was still warm . I have since opened the body . Following the course of tlie wound on the leftside of the neck , 1 traced it to the upper part of the spine , where I saw , and from which 1 extracted , two bullets . One bullet had divided the carotid ai-tery and . other minor vessels . The injuries caused death immediately . Examined the interior , &e ., of deceased , and not only was she not pregnant , but could not have been so . She died a virgin . The coroner summed up ak considerable length , stating that the case was perfectly clear , and that the evidence showed that James Tapping was the wilful cause of deceased ' s death . There was nothing iu the testimony , to show that he was of unsound mind when lie perpetrated the murderous act . Verdict—Wilful Murder against James Tapping .

      Destructive Fire at Nottingham . —On Suuday morning a most lamentable fire , for which no cause of origin can be rendered , and which , lamentable as it may appear , is considered to be the work of an incendiary , occurred at the village of Lentori , a large suburb of Nottingham , on the opposite side of the Park , about one mile from the town . The flames succeeded in their frightful ravages in destroying all within their reach before their destructive power could be stayed . The building wlliclr has been destroyed was a large factory , belonging to Mr . Peter Coxon , of New Lenten , having been erected about twelve months since , at a large expense . It was fitted up with new machines for the manufacture of lace , and adjoined a splendid new iron factoryworked

      , bjr Mr . Pegg , of Lenten . It was three stories high , with machinery on each floor , and completed with every requisite for work . At nine o'clock on Saturday evening , the usual custom of seeing all safe was adhered to by the son of Mr . Coxon , who found a little fire in the grates , which is the custom to leave , to keep the rooms warm for work in the morning . That night , however , the fires were lower than usual , and he is certain no danger was to be apprehended from them . At half-past'two , Smith , the watchman of the neighbourhood , heard a dog . barking inside the factory , and , on going up and making an examination , found flames were raging in the interior . He proceeded to Mr . Coxon ' s house , directly opposite the factory , and Cooper , a county policeman ( countv

      constabulary ) , was sent to Nottingham for engines . About four o ' clock a large engine arrived from the Nottingham Fire Brigade , with post-horses ; but the roof had fallen in twenty minutes after the discovery of tliC fite , and nothing but the bare walls remained standing . Water was , however , copiously thrown on to the blazing beams , and by prompt means the flames were prevented from spreading to the adjoining iron factory of Mr . Pegg . Copious supplies of water were obtained from the engine of Mr . Pegg . The whole of his men assisted to the utmost , and the large population of Lenton , amounting to several thousands , left

      their beds , although the cold was most intense , and worked to the utmost to save the property . The machinery contained in the building was valued alone at £ 1 , 500 , of which only £ 550 was insured in the Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Five-office . The building was quite new , and cost several hundred pounds erecting , but its exact worth is not known ; Not the least sacrifice of life or limb occurred , except in one instance , which , although of little moment as regards the severing of friendly ties of humanity in relationship , ' yet it is not uninteresting to mention . The poor dog who gave the alarm , being tied fast to prevent his ranging about tho factory , fella victim to the raging element .

      Horrible Charge . —Rochester , Feb . 1 . —On Friday , the 31 st of January , a full bench of county ma . gistvates for the north division of theLayth of Aylesfoi'd assembled at the office of Messrs . Essell and Hayward , arid were occupied nearly the whole of the day investigating several charges of the most revolting description , against Mr . John Williams , of No . 21 , Gibraltar-terrace , New-road , Chatham ; and who lias hitherto conducted an extensive and respectable boarding-school for the education of young gentlemen . The evidence , which is wholly unfit even for description , was sufficient to wan-ant the magistrates in committing the prisoner for trial at the next Maidstone assizes on several separate charges . As the prisoner is about sixty years of age , and has moved for some years in respectable circles in the neighbourhood , the court was cro tvded with gentlemen . '

      Dreadfcl Destitution in the TJxbiiidge Usiox . — Late on Saturday , Mr . Wakley , M . P ., coroner , held a lengthened inquiry at the Six Bells public-house , Ru { slip-e 6 nunon , about five miles from Uxbridge , into the circumstances attending the death of William Murrell , aged 28 , whose death , it had been stated , had been caused by the want of the common necessaries of life . The room occupied by the deceased , his wife , and child , bespoke the penury and destitution of its occupants , and the body of the deceased bore indications of the privations he had endured . Three witnesses were examined , one of whom was the wife of the deceased , whose figure was most attenuated , and who was in so weak a state , that she was accommodated with a chair , and had brandy and water

      provided for her while giving her evidence . The deceased was a labouring man , the son of . another labourer , residing at Ruislip-common . The deceased married about three years ago , to witness , Martha Murrell , who belonged to Iver , in Buckinghamshire , where they for some time resided . . From the month of August last the deceased had been out of work , ex cept an occasional job or two . About three months ago , in consequence of the serious illness , of the wife , they became chargeable to the parish of-Iver , which is in the Eton Union , and subsequently orders were given for their removal to the Uxbridge Union , but which were suspended on account of the illness of the wife . About seven weeks since , the wife being rather better , the deceased , to avoid the orders of

      removal being carried into eifect , and their being taken to Ruislip as paupers , borrowed a horse and cart , and removed his wife to the old workhouse , where they have ever gince lived , and In the hope of getting work , abstained from applying for any assistance to the relieving-officer of the "Uxbridge Union . After a week or two , not getting work , the deceased , at the earnest request of his wife , applied to the board of guardians of the Uxbridge Union for relief , which they answered by giving hiin an order of admission into the union workhouse at Hillingdon , upwards of four miles froni all his friends . As he returned home , however , with the order to his wife , he found he could obtain employment at cutting down pea-sticks in the woods , and carrvinst them out

      into the road to be carted , and they in consequence determined not to make use of the order . The next morning the deceased went to work atthe employment , but finding that , work as hard as he could at it , he could not earn more . than 9 dL a day , and . his strength failing him , he was forced to giveitiip . During the whole of the period from their removal from Iver to Ruislip . to the deceased being ill , and then obtaining relief , they subsisted alone upon potatoes which the deceased had received while at Iver for doing up a garden , and a few which his iather had given him as seed to plant a little bit of garden with . The wife declared on oath that she cooked them three times a day , and that , with the exception of now and then half a quartern loaf ,

      and two pennyworth of sprats , they had no other food , which statement was corroborated by-the other ^ Yitnesse 8 . During those sixweeks neither th e deceased nor his wife tasted either meat or tea . Last Tuesday week deceased became very poorly , and at the persuasion of the wife consented that she should apply tor medical relief .- She accordingly on that morning left Ruislip-common , between seven and eight o'clock , and walked to Hillingdon , to the residence of Mr . Stockwell , the relieving-officer for the Uxbridge Union , where she arrived about nine o ' clock . He gave her an order on Mi * . Rayneiy surgeon , at Uxbridge , to whose house she proceeded with it , and then returned home to Ruislip-common , which she reached about twelve o ' clock , having in the

      interim walked ten miles in a very weak state , and without ( having no money ) bringing home any food or sustenance for her sick husband . Soon after her return home Mr . Rayner visited them , and immediately on ascertaining their destitute condition , he gave them an order for necessaries , which he desired the wife to take to Mr . Stockwell . 'ihe poor jaded wife then retraced her steps to Hillingdori , where the order of Mr . Rayner was exchanged by Mr . Stockwell for an order on Mr . Collins , a tradesman in Ruislip village , for grocer }' , &c , to the value of three shillings , with which supply she reached her home in the evening , having in obtaining it had to traverse no less than twenty miles of ground . On the following Fridav she went to the board of guardians at the

      Uxbridge Union Workhouse , at Hillingdon , to ask for more relief , and told them that her husband had got a promise of work , on the following Monday , and Mr . Pierce , one of the guardians , having stated that he had directed his bailiff to set the deceased at work in grubbing , the board ordered her to have her dinner , and Mr . Stockwell came out and told her to meet him at Ruislip Church on the next day ( Saturday ) . On her doing so he gave her three loaves and Is . 8 jd . in money , being equivalent to another 3 s . On that day ( Saturday ) the deceased was very poorly , and on the Sunday he complained that he had knocked his foot-against a stump , ' and as the night advanced , getting worse , the wife called M the witness Hill , who found the deceased lying on the bed fa chaff one ) on his face ; when he'complained of

      pain in his neck , and his jaw being lockedl' Hewas , however , quite sensiblej and could speak to the last of his life . Mrs . Allday , the third witness ; on the Tuesday morning went to Uxbvidge to fetch . Mr . ' Rayner , but the deceased died before he could arrive . Mrs . Allday stated , that her husband had no employment but breaking stones at the Uxbridge Union Workhousey at which hecould never earn more than Is . 4 d . or Is . 6 d . a day , and to perform that work he had to walk ten miles a day . —The Coroner then saw he trusted thatthe inquiry would prodiicegood results . It was a melancholy and deplorable thing for the poor to have to travel twenty m ' ilea before they could obtain 3 s . worth of relief . It was making then * lives alife of toil and trouble , instead of affording them relief . The room was then cleared of strangers , ano on the public beingagain admitted , the jury returned

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      a verdict of—Died from lock-jaw ; and the foreman said , that the jury could not separate without expressing their great dissatisfaction and disgust at the continuance of a system which compelled the poor , in the hour of sickness and destitution , to travel so many miles as it was proved that the wife of the deceased man was compelled to walk before she could obtain the relief that was necessary for their wanta . ¦ > Death is a Coal Pit . —One , of those dreadful casualties to which colliers are daily exposed happened on Thursday the 30 th ult ., in Cheaple pit , near Wakeneldj belonging to the Messrs . Charlesworth ; While Amos Pickord , a coal getter , was in the act ot tailing out a choke ( which is used instead of props to siipporfc . tlie roof ) the stone fell and crushed him , aud although help was near at hand , kc died ; before they could get him out . ; He was thirty years of age ; he has left a wife and two children and the wife is near being confined with the third , lie bore « a good character , and was a trood unionist .

      Waumnotox . —Cruel Treatment of ax Apprestice . —On Monday hist , at the Sessions Room , William Henry Fairhurst , a fustian cutter , was summoned 'before the magistrates by Isabella Lowton , charged with ill-using her daughter , * who was his apprentice . It appeared , from the evidence , that on the day the alleged brutality took place the defendant had asked the little girl to fetch a quantity of coals in a 'wheelbarrow , ' - for the use of the shop ; it was then very ^ slippery , from the snow , and sho said she could not go , as her shoes were in pieces . Defendant again

      asked her , and she replied as before . He then took a cane and flogged her for " about ten minutes , " until her anus were deeply cut with the violence of his blows . One witness said she , met the girl shortly afterwards , crying , arid her arms were running down with blood , her back at the same time being swollen up into ridges , by each , blow of the cane . The girl shewed her arm , and the cuts were very visible . — The defendant attempted to justify his conduct , and said the girl had spoiled the work she had on hand . — The magistrates ordered , him to pay the costs , aud cancelled the indentures .

      Manslaughter at BuRY . —On Tuesday an inquest was held at the Cotton Tree Inn , Moor Side , Bury , before Mr . Dearden , coroner , and sixteen jurymen-Mr . John Barratt , druggist , llock-street , Bury , foreman—on the body of a boy , five years of age , named Simon , the son of Charles Jtamfbrd , whose death took place under the folio sving circumstances : The first witness was Alice , wife of John Smethurst , carter , who stated that between twelve aud one o ' clock on Tuesday noon Last , she was in the street near the Cotton Tree public-house , and saw from twenty to thirty boys throwing snowballs at a man named Thomas Booth , who had a spade on his shoulders . They knocked his hat off his head twice . She saw him take a piece of coal , about half the size

      of a brick , from a load of coals near the public-houso door ; and he told them that if they tlirewany more , he would throw the coal at them . He walked about thirty yards with the coal in his hand , when another snowball was thrown at him . He turned back about twenty yards , and threw the coal at a crowd of boys : it struck Simon Bamford on his head , which afterwards bled , and he was removed home . Booth was certainly in a , passion when he threw the coal : it broke to pieces on the child ' s head , who was between ton and fifteen -yards ' from him at the time . The deceased was near the boys who had been throwing snowballs . Booth said the child must be taken home and have its head washed , and it would be better agaiu . ^—By a Juryman : The boys ran awav when

      Booth got hold Ot the piece oi coal : he held it in his hand two or three minutes before he threw it . —Mary , theNVifc of RichardDeavden , Moor Gate , corroborated the evidence of the last witness . —Henry Howarth , a boy , fifteen years of age , said he lived in Bell Lane , and was a power-loom weaver , at Messrs . Walker and Lomax's mill . He was standing near the child when it was knocked down by the coal , and assisted in taking it home . It had a rap on , but the cap was not cut . He was certain the piece of coal thrown by Booth hit the child over the head . Several other witnesses gave similar testimony . —Mr . Wardleworth , surgeon , said he was not called to visit the child until Friday evening , when he found itjust recovering from

      a fit ot convulsions . He saw it twice on Saturday ; but it died that night . He had made ' npost mortem examination of the body that dciy ; he found the left temple region of the frontal bone was fractured ; the surface of the brain beneath the wound \ yas highly inflamed ; the substance of the brain was softened , and contained a small abscess . —The evidence being concluded , the jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against Thomas Booth . "—Superintendent Hcnshall took charge of Booth , who had been held to bail since the death of the child . The prisoner , who is an out-door labourer , forty-six years of age , and has a wife and five children , wjis committed to Liverpool assizes for trial .

      Dari . v < j Burglaries . —On Friday morning , about half-past twelve o ' clock , Mrs . Kainford , of the Weavers' Amis , Preston , whose husband was absent from home , was alarmed b y a noise which she heard in the house ; and , immediately getting out of bed , proceeded down stairs , andfoundtwomenattenipting to prize the bar door open , while two others were keeping watch outside . She instantly perceived that the house had been entered , and asked those inside how they had got in , and what , they wanted . They wanted money , they replied ; and one of them held a pistol at her head , and the other said " Drop her . " Mrs . Rainford , however , was undaunted , and refused then demand . But they insisted i on having five sovereigns ; for , said they , wo know the master is

      from homo . She then told them to wait while she fetched the key , and they followed her up stairs . Having got iuside the front room , she held fast the door , and told oneof the lodgers in the house , who had been aroused by the alarm , to halloo out of the window . The men standing outside threatened , if he cried onfc , to shoot him . Mrs . llainford thenrwent to the window , and cried out , while he held the door ; and they used the same threat to her . In some way or other , almost unknown to herself , on account of her alarm and terror , she contrived to make her way into the club-room , and vociferated through the window with all her might . Two of the policemcn ,: hearing the shouts , repaired to the place ; but the depredators had taken their flight down Paradise-street . The constables pursued ; and . as we

      have been informed , came so close upon their track , that one of the villains turned on Seed , and , presenting a pistol , swore he would shoot ' him .-if they pursued any further . It is not known how they effected an entrance , unless , as ifc is supposed , one of the gang had previously concealed himself in the house , and opened the door for the others . After committing the above burglary , the same gang of : men , as it U supposed , pursued their way to Penwortham factory , and broke into the j house of Mr . John Brenkcllj shopkeeper , effecting ; an entrance by taking out one of the windows . The servant man was awakened by their noise , , and "was coming down the stairs to ascertain the cause of the disturbance which he heard

      in the house , when one of the gang who ' was stationed at the stair ' s foot presented a , loaded gun at him , and threatened to blow his bvaius out if lie " advanced a step farther . lie immediately retreated and awoke his master ; bub In the meantime tlie plunderers decamped , having possessed themselves of £ 14 , a quantity of bacon , some clothes , a bottle of rum , and the gun , which was Mr . Breakell ' s property . No trace has as yet been discovered to lead to their apprehension . The dog , which at other timeg ' usually keeps good guard , remained perfectly quiet on the hearthstone while they were in the house—a circumstance which has led to the suspicion that they were known by that animal , and muat themselves have known the premises . —Preston Chronicle .-

      Horrible !— A Cuild Burnt to Dea . tu by its Mother . —Penrith , Tuesday . ; — A most barbarous and revolting murder was committed at a village called Lammohby , in the vicinity of Penrith , Cumberland , on the afternoon of Wednesday last . It appears that a woman of the name of Jane Cvosby , who is married and has children by her husband , and now living with him , and who keeps a small inn at Laninioriby , has been very much addicted to drinking of late , and the husband frequently reprimanded her for her misconduct . They have two daughters , about the respective ages of nine and'ten years ; the younger of these ' ' children was the ' -father ' s favourite , and frequently oh being questioned by'her father on his return from work , informed hint that her mother had been dnnkiug during the day , in his absence ; in nnnOAAliOnnili AT- T */ riJ /» ll IliA'Vviri ^ linn ^ nnir n « . «„! '„»«!« . ]

      antipathy against the child , and had determined to put it out of the way the first favourable opportunity . It seems , on "Wednesday afternoon she accordingly undressed the poor child , with the exception of its shift , and having first hidden the clothes in a closet or press m the house , actually made a large fire purposely in the kitchen , and then took the child up by the legs , held it over the fire with its head downwards , and laid it on the top iron grate bar untilthe poor child'sflesh wasliterally burhtoffits face , and deathput a period to its sufferings . The inhuman wretch then , it appeare , 'had takeh'thc child off the fire , ' and called ata neighbour ' s ' housc ! and stated that the child had been left inthehouse " with its little sister only , and it ' s clothes having taken fireifhad been burnt to death during her absence at a farm 7 houso ' &bout two miles distant from Lammonby ,. This story was dosbted very much'by the neighbours ; and on lookingat the remains of the

      CttlUt liie snut it had on had been only partially burnt about the neck and' breast , but the back part waa whole ; and no pieces of theburnt " clothes havih" been found ' about the fire place in the kitchen , their ' suspicion 3 naturally became excited , particularly ^ the woman had previously onlybbnie a very imperfect cha- ' ractev \ ri the ' -village . The coroner was accordingly sunimonedi and on the inquest these suspicions were communicated'to hini ; ahd the house ' having bee ' n ^ searched , the child ' s clothes tfere found ' wrapped' together concealed in a closet ; and onfurtlier inquiries ibeing made it was found that th ' einliuinahSvretch had perpetrated the crime in the presence of her other child , who wag inthe kitchen at ^ thetime ; and had been so terrified and frightened by thecruel threats of her inhuman mother , ' that she would burn her also if she revealed the " occurrence , that : slie had in con-• sequence never mentioned it ; till questioned by the coroner and jury . The Coroner ; Mr : Garrick , after a very patient and lengthened investigation of the

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      case , adjourned the irfqiiest until Monday next , to give , tbno to obtain some circumstantial evidencp , and in tlie meantime ordered the woman to be taken into custodv , and she is now in gaol until the verdict of the jury is returned * This painful occurrence hjis been a source of the ^ reatestfalarni and excitement in the secluded village of Lammonby and the neighbourhood , . and it is supposed that sufficient evidence will be elicited , to warrant the coroner in committing the wretched woman for trial , for the cruel ami unnatural murder .

      Appaluxo Si ; icice of ax Old Man at Deftford —On Wednesday evening Mr . Cart-tar , the coroner for West Kent , held an inquest at the Earl of Uhatham Tavern , Hughcs ' -fields , Deptfowl , on view of the body of Joseph Goombvidge , aged sixty-two , whose death occurred the same morning under peculiarly afflicting circumstances . From an early houv in the morning . a large concourse of-persons collected in New-street , where the deceased had resided with a widowed sister during the last thirty years . Thejury , on being sworn , proceeded to view the body , which presented ene of the most frightful spectacles

      imagination could picture . The body lay extended on a bed , In the throat there was a frightful gash , severing . ill the arteries , and lejiving but a small portion of flesh to connect the head with tho body . William Smith , 4 . 5 , New-street , knew the deceased , and was related to him by marriage . lie was a shipwright by trade . This ( Wednesday ) morning my * wife * S mother came to we and told me she feared something ' had happened to tlie deceased , as he had not gone out according to his usual custom . I went into the yard , and thence to the water-closet , where I found him covered in blood . He was kneeling on the floor , with his head over the seat . At that time he was

      quite dead . Had no doubt-whatever that deceased committed the rash act with his own hand . —John Thomas Tayloi " , beadle of the parish , made search for the instrument with which the wound had been inflicted . Afterwards found the razor down the seat . The razor was here produced , and was covered with blood . The jury returne'd as their verdict , that deceased destroyed himself ; but as to his state of mind at the time there was no evidence to prove . j Pirates in the Mediterranean . —Advices wore received at Lloyd's on Wednesday from their agents at Gibraltar and Patras , reporting the presence of pirates in the above sea . The agent " at the former ) ort states that the Spanish brig Sorpresa , bound from ' Cadiz to LaGuayra , had returned to Cadiz , the captain reporting that when he had proceeded as fav

      as Cape St . Vincent , three p iratical vessels—a bai'QUC , bvig , and schooner—hove in sight , and the brig gave chase to him ; but he managed , after being chased for some days , to re-anchor in Cadiz Bay . The agent at Patras reports that an Ionian vessel , with two thousand dollars on board , on her way to the Gulpli of Corinth , to load currants for a British merchant , anchored in a creek through stress of weather , where she was waylaid by a pirate and attacked , but the crew repulsed them ; the clerk in charge of the money was , however , seriously wounded . On the above news reaching Gibraltar , her Majesty ' s ship Scout , the Swedish corvette Carlskrona , and the Danish brig of war Mercurius , all proceeded to sea to cruise in the above neighbourhood . In the meantime it will be well if all merchant vessels bound up the Mediterranean bo provided with arms and ammunition in case they should fall in with them . '

      IsARxsTAm :. —A melancholy accident occurred oh Friday last , the 8 ist ult ., at My . ' Puddicombe ' s Ihne ,-kiln , situate at Freinington Pill , about throe ,, miles from this town , which has spread a gloom over the whole of that parish . John Fairchild , one of the men . employed at the kiln , having incautiously ilejscended Without the ladder , soon found that the suit plmreous effluvia from the culm affected his respiration '; and called to his brother-in-law , Richard Gayton , foi ' help , who instantly lowered a rope , which , in drawing him fvotft his perilous situation , unfortunately broke . Gayton then immediately descended to the poor

      fellow ' s assistance , but tlie exhalations ' proving toi strong for him also , another man , named Shaddock ^ jumped down , and Taylor , a fourth man , stood ready to render immediate aid should it be necessary , who ; soon perceiving that Shaddock was overpowered , put a toard and ! slid down .. "He happily succeeded in getting him up , and lie ultimately recovered . Bjf this time the neighbourhood , became alarmed , and Gayton and Fairchild being got out , medical assist ! ance was procuredj but life was extinct . They were men of sober and industrious habits , and have each left a wife with a very large family . :

      Murder and Suicide . —A dreadful affair occurred at Orleans last week . A carpenter , named Season ; who had been discharged from a lunatic asylum as cured , in a sudden return of his malady , rose , in the night , stabbed himself with a knife , and then plunged it repeatedly in-the bodies of his two children , in-j flicting upon one , an infant only one year old , twentytwowounds , and on the othei \ who was . four years old , fifteen wounds . The children died immediately ; but the unfortunate father survived two . days , and recovered his reason just before he expired . !

      iiXTBAOJlDLVARr OcCffKKKXCK OX THE SOUTH-WES' ) :- ' ebs Railway . —On Monday afternoon , about five minutes , to four , the train which leaves Nine Elms terminus for Gosport at one o ' cloek , had arrived within a , quarter of a mile of the station' at Winchester , when the engine-driver observed a man walk on the railway , and throw himself across the rails . The action was so instantaneous , and the distance so trifling , that it was impossible to stop the train before it reached the man , which it did almost momentarily . The train , however , did not pass over him , but the guard attached in front of the engine to clear the rails from any impediment , struck the unfortunate man a tremendous blow in the back part of the neck , and drove his body several yards clear of the rails . The trainjwas Stopped as speedly as possible , and tlie guard got down to ascertain who the unfortunate man was ,

      and whether he wasstillalive . The man was lifeless , and his death appeared to have been instantaneous . He proved to be one of the Hants rural constabulary , and was Stationed . on duty in the neighbourhood of Winchester . The body was : afterwards removed to Winchester . Front subsequent inquiries made , it appeared that on the same day the deceased had made two previous attempts to get on the line whilst the train . was approaching , but was driven away by the servants of theconipanyi On Tuesday afternoon an inquest was held on the body , at the White Swan , Winchester , before J . W . Todd , Esq ., the coroner for tho borough , and although the above facts were adduced in evidence , and sworn to by several witnesses , the jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with a nominal deodandof one shilling on the engine . The jury were also of unanimous opinion that no blame waa attributable to the company .

      Fatah Accident to a Railway Labourer at Littlehuby . —On Saturday last aii inquest was held afc Addenbrooke's Hospital , before Mr . Cooper , coroner for this borough , on view of the body , of Robert Glover , aged seventeen . From the evidence of John Pryor , a labourer , working on the Eastern Counties Railway at . Littlebury , it appeared that the deceased , who Was also employed on the saine line at Littlebury , was working with the witness during the night of the 31 st ult ., and was occupied in driving a -truck or waggon laden with chalk , drawn by one horse , and running on temporary rails laid down for the purpose , from that part of " tho line where the tunnels are constructing to another spot , tho night being verf frosty , the horse starting , slipped , and tlie deceased ran forward to catch the horse ' sliead ; when he was level with the horse , lie also slimed , and fcl

      on the ground between the rails . He rolled over towards the aide of tho rails for the purpose of avoiding the wheels of the waggon ; he was , however , unable to do so , and the off wheels of the waggon passed over his left thigh . He called to witness , who was worlcing a little distance from him , who ran to his asistanee , and carried him to one of the fires which are kept burning during ^ he night . The accident happened about one o'clock in the morning ; a cavtvfas immediately pvoemred , and the deceased was brought to Addenbrookc ' s Ilospital , a little after five . The thigh was amputated by Mr . Hammond and Mr . Humphrey , and hopes were entertained that the deceased would recover , but in an hour afterwards he began to sink rapidly , and expired shortly after seven o ' clock . The jury returned a verdict of Accidental Death , with adcodand of 2 s . 6 d . on the horse , waggon , find loading .

      Dreadful Death . —On Tuesday afternoon the inmates of the house No , IS , Duke-street , Stamfordstreet , Lambeth ^ were suddenly -alarmed by hearing a loud and piercing- scream proceeding from some part of the premises . The parties immediately instituted a search to ascertain the cause of the noise , when , after going over different parts of the house , they entered the front room on the second floor , which they found filled with smoke . Whilst there they hoard a kind of half-suppressed groan , which appeared

      to come from underneath the : bedstead , Upon looking in that quarter they discovered a fine young woman , named Elizabeth Beard , with nearly the whole of her wearing apparel burnt off her back . The [ bedstead having been drawn away , a most frightful spectacle presented itself , the unfortunate creature being burnt in such a shocking * manner thafcher face looked like a piece of partially consumed leather . Medical attendance was instantly procured , but not in time to be of any assistance ¦ to the poor creature , forshe had ceased to exist . ¦ ; .

      'TubMjKIe Accit > - » st 6 ji ; . , MAScnESTEU asd Leeds Railway . —The inquiry as to how the accident was caused by - whichtlie three unfortunate men lost their lives ; by tlife explosion of ihe boiler or fire-box , on this line , wa ' s resumed on Monday before the borough : ' coroner and the same jury , at the Palatine Hotel , Hunt ' s bank . The inquiry extenaed over ' eleven hows , the jury being sixhbiirs . deliberating on their verdict , which was as follows t— "l hat , from jthe ' tvidence brought before us , we" -have reason to suppose tliat the pr , di . naiy . valve ; , had beemclosed to facilitat «" tKe pressure ^ of the steam ; " and that , froni some unknown cause , ' the' lock-up safety-valve -was impeded in its ^ working . ' That it is the ' opinion . of the jury that there was a flaw in the copper plate , j atid'tho tipper part of [ the fire-box , arising from the jcphtraction andexpansion of the metal in its ordinary ! working , which led , under accumulated pressure , to the catastrophe by which William Stones , George

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      Mills , and William Alcock , met with theii * death . From these circumstances , the jury lay a deodand on the engine ofjt

      Mysterious Death at Camdex Towjf . —On Thursday Mr . Wakley , M . P ., and a most respectable jury , assembled at the Elephant and Castle , lung ' sri-oad , Camden Town , to investigate tlie death of Mr . Anthony Portington , aged 61 , houso and land agent , of No : 1 , Oxford-crescent , who was found drowned in the Regent ' s Canal , on the morning of Tuesday last , under very mysterious and suspicions circumstances . The jury retuvneii a verdict of Found Drowned ,, but how deceased came in the water there was no evidence to show . / _

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      City of London . —At the Hall , Turnagain-lane , the public discussion will be resumed at haft-past ton on Sunday morning next . The Metropolitan District Council will assemble for the dispatch of business , at three precisely . In the evening at seven , Mr . M'Grath , President of the Executive , will deliver a public lecture . SouTHWAitk axd Lambeth . —Mr . C . Doyle will lecture at the St . George ' s Temperance Hall , Blackfriars-road , on Sunday evening next , Feb . 9 th . at seven precisely . . BBTH . vAi .-GR . Eiaf . —Mr . T . M . Wheeler will lecture atthe Whittingtonand Cat , Church-row , on Sunday evening next , Feb . Oth , at seven o ' clock precisely . SoMEHS Tows . —Mr . T . Clark will lectiu-e at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridgc-street , Cronier-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven .

      Hammersmith . —Mr . P . M'Grath , President of the Executive Committee , will lecture on Free Trade , at the Ship Inn , Britlgc-yoad , on Tuesday evening next , February 11 th ; chair to be taken at half-past seven . Camberwell and Walwortii . —A meeting will bo held at the Montpelier Tavern , on Monday evening next , February the 10 th , at eight precisely . Westminster . —Mr . W . Matthews will lecture at the Clock-house , Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Sunday evening next , February the 9 th , at halt-past seven precisely . MAmn .-BB 0 SE . ~ The adjourned meeting will be resumed atthe Coachmakers' Arms , Circus-street , New Road , on Sunday evening next , February the 9 th , at half-past seven .

      DtKCOMBE Testimonial . —The Central Committee will meet for the . transaction of business , at the Parthenium Club Rooms , Saint Martin ' s Lane , on Wednesday evening next , February the 12 th , at half-past eight precisely . Democbatic Festival . —A Politico-Social Festival , consisting of supper , song , &c , will be held at Tillmann ' s Assembly Rooms , 49 , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday evening next , February the 10 th . Tickets , nine-pence . each . Supper on table at eight o ' clock precisely . . - Chelsea . —The inhabitants of Chelsea , Bromp'ton ) and Kniglitsbridge , are requested to attend a Public Meeting , which will be held at the Cheshire Cheese , GrosvenorRow , on Sunday evening next , February the 9 th , at half-past seven , for the purpose of nomi nating the necessary officers of a locality of the Na « tional Charter Association .

      City of London . —A meeting of the members of the Chartist locality meeting at the Hall , Turnagaih Lane , will be helion Tuesday evening next , at eight o ' clock . Mr . Clark . will lecture at the St . George ' s Tom " perance HaU , Blaekfriars Road , on Tuesday evening * February the 11 th . Subject—Trades' Unions , why they have failed , and tlie means to be taken to render them efleetual . A Delegate Mekti . vo for the county of Cornwall will be held at Canbornc on Sunday , February the IGth ; to consider the propriety of sending a delegate to the Convention . Tub North Lancashire Delegate Mmmiso will be held at Bradshaw ' s Temperance-hotel , Curzonstreet , Burnley , on Sunday , February 16 th , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .

      Macclesfield . —Mr . John West will lecture inthe Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Sunday ( to-mor * row ) , at half-past six o ' clock inthe evening , subject —" The Queen's Speech . " , ;; ^ Liverpool . —A public discussion on the Corn Laws will be held on Monday next , at < half-past- seven o ' clock , at the Teetotal-hall , corner of St . Anne'slane , Rose-place . ¦ ¦ • Bradford . —A lecture will be'delivered in Butterworth Buildings , on Sunday evening , at half-past six o ' clock . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ Hull . —A meeting of the members of the National Charter Association will be held at the White Hart large room , SalthouseLanej on Tuesday evening next , the ; 11 th ihst ., at half-past seven o ' clock . : ¦

      Heywc-od . —The membeis of this locality will meet in their room , Hartley-street , on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . " Sheffield . —Mr . R . Otley will deliver the first of a course of lectures , commencing oh Sunday , February yth , 1845—subject , " The better Education oi Children . " Each lecture to commence at half-past SL \ V " ' " ' ¦ ' " ; , ' . Leicester—The members of the Hamp ^ en locality will meet on Sunday evening next , at Mr . Oade ' s room , at half-past six o ' clock . -. West Riding Delegate Meeting . —This meeting i will bo held on Sunday , February !> th , inthe ^ Work- ' 'ing Mans' Hall , Bulldose-lane , Halifax ; when itia requested that each'locality in the district will send ' a delegate ; to commence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .. - ¦ ¦

      Halifax . —Mr . Murray will lecture in the Chartist * room , Bullclose-lane , at half-past six o ' clock ill the evening . Tlvtj membevs of the' £ and Association aw requested to meet at four o ' clock in the afternoon . On Sunday , February ICth , Mr . Alderson ; from Bradford , will deliver two lectures in the above room , at two o ' clock inthe forenoon , and at six inthe evening . A collection will be made at the close of each lecture for the relief of Mrs . Ellis . ' - ' ¦ ' . Oi , diiam . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr , John Kay Taylov , of Heywoo'd / will deliver the first oif a course of lectures in the Chavtist-room , Greaves-street , on the Life , Writings , and Genius of Robert Burns , the celebrated Scotch poet . The lectures will be continued each alternate Sunday , until the whole are finished . To commence at six o ' clock in the evening . - .

      Nottingham . —A General Meeting of the members of the Provident Co-operative Society , held at Mr . Domian ' s Temperance-house , Clare-street , will be held on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock . v NEWCASTLE-upox-TrxE . _ The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead meet eveiy Sunday" ' evening , at half-past five o ' clock , in the house of "MivMartnV Jutle , Sun Inn , Side , Newcastle-upon-Tyhe :- '•' ¦ ' ¦ : > : ; The CiunnsTs of Derby are informed tliat a meet - ing is held at Mr Chester ' s Temperance Coflce-house , i Osmaaton-road , every Sunday night at six " o ' clock ' ' Hie

      wuen jjeaamg Articles oi the Mar , and other Der , iuocratic papers ; areread to the company . ' ; North Noimo ' iuJisiiiRE . — h . council - meeting will be held on Sunday mart , Feb . 9 th , at the Flying Horse Inn , 'Arnold , at" three o ' clock precisely A members' meeting of the Carrington localitV & 11 b */ held on Simday next , Feb . 9 th , at the New lV , ^ ri > rington , at eight o ' clock in the evening . ' V ^ Ovi' ^ ^ S Meto , Sviil ' 'bo ; held on ; Monday '' S' *? c > # Inn , Houghton-street , Claremarket , to commence at eight o ' clock . Mr . Preston , will attend and explainhkviews . ;• . ¦ : ! I * EDs .- ~ Mr . J . iSuawwiil lecture on Sunday ^ evening , at the Bazaar , Brimte .. -,-b , w- - ^]

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      Wkoxgs of the Meuciuxt Seames . — A public meeting of Shipowners , Masters , and Seamen , waa held in the Seamen ' s HaU , Glasgow , on the 22 nd inst . for the purpose of expressing their disapprobation of the new bill proposed to-be passed into a law this session of Parliament , and which , in the opinion of the meeting , ' is ah encroachment on the . rights of seamen . The seamen are of opinion that the widows and children of seamen have a right to be supported by the Merchant Seamen's Fund , no matter what death , violent or natural , their husbands or fathers may have died , and to get such relief as will keep them above pauperism , or that the poll tax should be altogether repealed . Archibald M'Intosh was inthe chair ; and Mr . J . S . Fild . es explained at full length the nature of the new bill , which he

      contended , if passed in its present shape , would be a complete Seamen ' s " New Poor Law . " Tlie speaker took quotations from the parliamentary evidences on the Seamen's Fund , which proved that justice could not be done to the seamen under the present Act of Parliament . Mr . . Elides pointed out to the meeting the great hardship of compelling a man to pay to a fund , over which he had not the least contrail . lie contended that as all seamen had to pav Is . per month , they had a full right to be supporte d by that fund , when tliev arrived at an age to be unable to support themselves . It was a talso hope , hold out to the unsuspecting mariner , of securing something for . old age ; and , after years of toil , he found to his sorrow , that the gas-light legislators were a set of wholesale " crimps" of the blackest , dve .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1301/page/5/