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      THE MARTYR FROST-- * - «¦? ' ¦ < • = ByMr . ' OKJonnor . ^ , __ Ceoj ^ eMiUs , per W . JJndiaiJi - " . * 6 Stockport , per J . Woodhonse •'• « ' ° 3 . VTilley , Malton ¦ . " " 0 10 "Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. 070 From Sutton , near Keighley - 1 » o ¦ BrierlevIUU , per Miss Bedwdl : .. 0 16 The Men of Mr . J- Hall ' s TaUors'Shop , Giossop - x ; j Nott ingham , per J . Sweet -040 J . Howarth ; Leig h .. 011 T . AUsop , Esq- _ . _ " f . J * Working men at Hernngssate Farm 110 0 £ 7 6 1

      BjMr . T . M . Wheder . £ s . d . G . T . .. 026 2 &r . Pindlater .. 0 10 J , Counan 0 1 o Caniherwell , per Simpson .. 1 10 0 limehouse .. 0 10 Mr . Wright ( City ) .. 0 0 9 A Friend , Sasumnden .. o - ° 3 Ir . C . For .. 006 Derby •• o 5 o Mr . Sides , lamueth .. 0 S 0 Kessrs . fiosbton and Baldwin , w £ - i lected at Midgeley canip meeting „ 0 7 6 Mr . l ' attenden ' s book .. 067 S 3 8 4 Monies received by Mr . George Rogers , acting Treasurer to the Fund , up to Julv 2 nd , 135 G . Previously acknowledged ... 127 0 4 Subscriptions per Mr . O'Connor , ( 3 rd amount ) ... 25 8 3 Ditto , per Mr . T . M . "Wheeler , { 1 st amount ) ... S 6 18 3 Mr . Biypie ... ° ° Subscriptions per Mr . G . J . Harney ( 3 rd amount ) ... 2 i IS 9 Total received .. . 214 9 1 &W In niy list last week I acfcnowleagea" the sum re ceived from Stafford as £ 1 4 s . ; this was a mistake o W tech I was not aware nntil Saturday when the order WAS presented at the PosUoffiee for cash;—tha real aaiount was one- pound and Jour-pence . Conseguentls thestuntotalreceivedbymelast wsek was not , as err * , neonsly stated in last Saturday ' s Star , £ 25 3 s . 5 d ., but £ 2419 s . 9 d ., which sum I paid to Mr . Rogers on Tuesday last . The following is a copy of hisreceipt;—JuneSO . lSW . Mr . Hamey paid me the sum of Twenty Four Founds , Nineteen Shillings , and Xine-pence , being the sum total

      of the following items : —Burley , per J . Gray , £ 4 10 s . ; Dorking , per W . Russell , 4 s . 4 d . ; Selley . per J . Bryan , 7 s 8 d . ; Failsirora » andXewton Heatb , perP . Brown , 4 s . ; Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith , 10 s . ; Brighton , per W . Tlower £ 4 ; Worsboro Common , per K . Ellison , 6 s .: Tanistale , J . Steele , C > . 3 d . ; Sheffield , per G . CariU , £ 2 ¦ afriendls . ; Little Horton , per J . Brook , 1-53-J Sluuey B , w , per I . Blakey , 5 s . 9 d . ; Heywood . per W . Bell , los . ; Xeamington , per J . "White , Ss . Cd . ; Thornton , per T . Drake , 6 s . ; Stafford , per S . Ward , £ 1 0 s . 4 d . ; Manche , ter <^ , n d 5 um 3 , p rli . 2 iauft . rJ , £ 9 as . ; Total , £ 2419 s . 9 d . Geoege Kogebs . Br G . JCMAS HiBSKT . ( Received since Juna 26 th . ) HeckmoKdwiek , £ 2 ; JffllVriage , 7 s . od . ; Xitdetown . 10 s . 3 d . ; lEghtown , 10 >\; , . Total £ S 7 s . 6 d . ; Deduct Post Order , 6 i . per Abraham Schofield . -3 7 0 Snttonin Aslifisld , per G-Kenflall . 1 1 < 5 Bradford , ( Yorkshire ) per T . Cole . 014 0 Total up to July 2 nd . £ 5 2 6

      TO THE EDIT 0 & OF THE SOETHEEX STAB . S 3 , Trongate , Glasgow , 30 th June , 1316 . Sir , —Prefixed I have sent yon a list of subscriptions received by mysslf and Mr . Moir—on account of our beloved and esteemed friend , Mr . John Frost—tU 127 th inst , which tue Chartists of this locality are anxious should appear in the columns of your paper , yon , so doing will Oblige , Sir , > s , " ,,-, ; Tour friend in the cause , and . well wisher , George lioss . Subscriptions received by George Ross , and James ilain . for behoof of Mr . John Frost , the Exile of England . Received by George Ross . £ s . d . A Maxwell , Kilbarchan ... 2 0 0 A iew friends at FinnUton , per J . Rae 0 6 3 Si * frienJs , per J . M'JRobbia ... 0 3 0 P . Kennith , Swanton ... 0 2 6 Subscriptions per \ Y . Moir ... 0 17 3 John Colquboun : — 0 5 0 D . Gamoar ... 0 5 0 George Ross — 116 G . ChisHolsu 0 10 0 Friends of Liberty , Alva , per D . narrower ... 3 12 0 ArehibalulI'Alister , per A . Brown 0 5 0 A . Brown ... ¦ * J . Smith ... 0 2 . 6 yf . Cloughan , Holytown ... 0 2 6 Bornside Factory ( Bock 3 o . S ) , -per B . Whitsun — 0 "« 6 Chartists of Strathaven ( Book So . Cfi ) , per ArchibaldMinno 2 2 0 r . 3 I-Gafabid — 0 2 6 A friend « . ° ° A . Stevenson — 0 10 Mr . Frame ... ° ° Sundry stuns , under Is . ... ° t W . C . Morrison ... 0 a 0 Tolleros 3 , perA . Clelland ... 0 10 0 -Murray ... 0 10 James Dunn 0 10 John Ramsay ... 0 10 "William Brown ... 0 10 An Irish Friend ... 0 1 ° JobnHighes ... 0 10 Tios . M-Gibbon ... 0 10 Alriena ... 0 x ° EJizabeth M'Donaia ... 0 10 James Sewing - ... * 0 2 G -P . G- ... 0 1 0 Additisnal sums , under Is . ... oil 3 £ 14 15 1

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      Politics are at a dead stand In FRANCE . The Keforme and National were lately abusing the Engltli because the Duke of Wellington gives annsaUy a dinner to some score of military aristocrats on iks ISik of June , tic annirereair of Waterloo , a celebration which , tliougli more " honoured in the breach than the observance , " is not half so offensive to good taste as the very illtcinpered and -very silly comments of the French Radical journa l s . The Democratic Padnqnc , has been

      very foaiishly employed in assailing the German Coiamanistsin no Very pacifie terms . We sincerely Vfisil our Pariaan contemporaries better employment . Tie Chambers are employed in winding up the business of the session . We have nothing new to report of those precious humbugs _ Tiuehs and Gcizot . The iormer Las been quiet since lliS declaration that , " he had contributed to found and consolidate the present Government , actl ^ he now attacked it , not in us essence—Crod forbid!—but in some of Its acts—in the acts of its servants , the

      present Ministers , who , In following their own , imagined they were serving its interests . " This Being put into plain English , means " 1 don t attack the middle class created despotism . —God forbid !—I only quarrel with those who arc its directors , l ) ecau e they fill the places me and my gang ou » ht to have" Tiereias beenaixliseassionof any moment since that on Algeria , In iriieh It was shown that the army which at first was only 10 , 000 strong , now amounted to 100 , 003 ; ihat 20 . 000 of these were In -various trays destroyed annually , aud that the cash cost to France of this beautifel colony was

      about 125 , 000 , 000 ef francs . As regards the natives they of course are being " civilized" and " pacified . " The mea are put to the sword , womea and children are carried off ; a tribs is surprised asleep in its tents , the whole are slaughtered without distinction ofageorsex ; and this is called " pacification . " When the Arabs retaliate , then , of course , France is very mueli horrified at the barbarity of putting prisoners to death in cold Hood , quite forgettiug the example set by theroastini-s and smotherings in the caves of Dalira . It is believed that the elections fur the new Chamber will commence on the 1 st of August . By way of Madrid , we have intelligence from PORTUGAL . that distarbances Lad occurred at Oporto , caused by the absolutist conspirators . It is stated that on the 18 th the garrison nf Oporto had declared against the existing order of tliiiigs and been attacked and defeated by the revolutionary party with considerable effusion of blood on both sides . The rumour was correct in Madrid that the Spanish Government had received dispatches announcing a Miguelite movement in a village of Pertugal , near the Spanish

      frontier , and the proclamation of Don . Miguel , as King of Portugal . If tiih is ires it will only tend to stiil farther exasperate the Revolutionists . Previous accounts from Lisbon represent the people as being in a very excited state , and the Queen as very unpopular . The military have been very roughly treated by the Lisbon populace , who no longer fear them . The " Canstitution of 1820 , " is fast becoming the popular crv . Financial affairs are in a precious mess . It is allied that llie Cabrals &ave increased the national debt no less than tr , o millions sterling during their four years' administration .

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      There has been lately holdcn in BELGIUM , in the Town Hall of Brussels , a " Liberal Congress , " consisting of three-lmndred and sixty-deputies ; under tho presidency ofM . Defacqz . a councillor of the Court of Cassation , one of the Gliicfs of the Liberal party . Tke object of this , movemsnt , according to the programme of the , Consress is "to obtain electoral reform by the adjunction of the Juryliits , and by a certain reduction of the present assessment of the towns ; to establish the real independence of the civil power ; to organise by , authority a system of public

      instruction for every c ass under the exclusive direction of the civil power , and rejecting the intervention of the clergy ; to increase the number of Deputies and Senators , in the proportion of one Deputy to 40 , 000 souls , and one Senator to 80 , 000 souls ; to abrogate certain laws ; and to ameliorate the condition of the poorer classes . " A central committee will diract the efforts of the local societies to influence public opinion and the elections . From a friend at Brussels we have been put . in possession of tlie following communication explaining the distinction and differences between the ' Liberal" and the " Catholic" party : —

      The resolutions of the Congres Liberals are on the whole a victory of what is called here the young liberals orer the o ? d ones ; but rattier a slight victurj . The Proposed extension of the suffrage , if carried out even to the utmost limits allowed ( reducing the qualification of voters to 20 guilders or 33 s . paid annually in taxes ) would give the right of voting to thejpetfte bowrgeousc , or shopkeepmg class , andtosomesm allerlaudedproprietors . The mass of the people would remain entirely excluded from representation . The admittance of the capacilm , » . e . laivyers , physicians , schoolmasters , aud others who Late to undergo puttie examinations and attend the universities , at the above qualification a measure , which the Congress asked for as an immediate necessity , would introduce into tlie Parliament not supporters of popular

      measures but adToeates of the shopkeepxns interests . As to the demanded " real independence of the civil ponvjr the eler ; ,- } ' , " this is futile as long as the other measures , are not carried , and then it will follow as a matter of coarse . The clergy are the chief advocates of the landed interest , the nobility in particular ; the liberals consist of the trading capitalists in the towns . The struggle between Catholics and Liberals is the same as in England , between landlords aud money-lords , Protectionisis and Preetradtrs , it i 3 the struggle of the town against the country . If the towns , that is the liberals , pass their measures , which , however , they are jet far from , the civil powtr toiK naturally be independent of the clergy , hecausetho clergy are merely the interested advocates of the landlords , and their power will be broke as soon as that of the landlords is overturned . The

      . people have taken very little interest in the whole Congress affair . A new radical journal printed in the French language has been recently commenced in Brussels with every prospect ef success ... The Jkbat Social is tlie name of the new paper . It bids fair to be a valuable champion of democratic and fraternal principles . . The Chartist and Trades' movements in this country are chronicled in its columns , aud furnish the editor with matter for comment iu treating of the state of things in England . We hail it as another champion of popular rights , and commend it to the support of the popular movement . Again , rumours are rife in

      GERMANY , ' that the long projected Prussian Constitution is at last framed , and will be immediately published . For ourselves , we will believe when we see . The King of Prussia is such a Jiar that none but asses would repose faith in his most solemn promises . ' One thing is certain that , if a Constitution is granted , it will be so worthless as to be utterly inadequate to satisfy the popular demands . From our "German correspondent" we have received the following brief but interesting communication which exhibits his Prussian kingship in a new but not very respectable character . He is about to turn swindler on a large scale . lie will borrow , and then " repudiate . " We believe a favourite song of his is : — Yankee Doodle borrows cash , Yankee Doodle spends it , And then he snaps his fingers at The jolly flat who lends it .

      Much , however , iinigut be said for the Yankees which will not apply to the Royal Pietist of Prussia . Perhaps he will quiet his conscience with the moral reflection : —• If huaabagg'd thus the jobbers choose to be , Why let them , since it brings the chink to me , There ' s none so blind as those who will not see . ' # , Here follows the letter from our correspondent : —

      THE PRUSSIA !* BAKX QUESTION . " You will probably have already heard that the King of Prussia's plan of making money out of paper has been found impracticable . Two of the administrators of the State Debts refused to sign the new banknotes , as thejr considered them to baa new public debt , therefore subject to the guarantee of the States-General . Frederick William IV ., to show that he can make as much money as he likes , has now . hit upon a far better plan . . In stead of making ten , millions , he makes thirty—twenty milfioas of paper-money and tea of good , solid gold and silver coin . He proposes that ten { millions of capital be raised by shares , "which shares = it . appears shall bring no dividends but merelj 81 per cent , interest and which shall not bs transferable unless at the owner ' s

      death , in order to keep them out of the reach of speculation !!! " Now would you call such things s / iaresi Vfhj not f His Majesty of Prussia decrees that they are shares , nnd fosters the fond hope that he will find a lot ef capitalists stupid enough to invest teu millions of dollars in such not transferable , leaden , three-and-a-half Bank Stock ! And that at a time , too , when by speculating in railway shares they can make quite another per centage . When the King will have found the paicel of fools he is in want of , and thus borrowed ten millions in coin , he will issus twenty millions in banknotes , making " a sum total of thirty millions , increasing the national liabilities . Really this is raising the wind with a vengeance . Raising thirty millions , because one can't get ten , the King of Prussia bids fair to turn a Yankee Swindler . We cannot bat heartily applaud such honest intentions in high quarters ! Prom SWITZERLAND sre hear that iheneiv constitution ibr Borne is nearly completed . There was a long debate in the council « n the third paragraph , which fixes twenty-one as the age at which the citizens are to acquire the right of voting . There was a minority of sixty-seven in favour of fixing the age sX twenty . The democratic cause is , though slowly , constantly nrocresiing in

      DENMARK . The king recently published a decree mitigating the several regulations relating to the press . The penalty of imprisonment , inflicted for the publication of political articles in journals not specially authorized to treat of such subjects , is replaced by a fine , varying according to circumstances , from 20 to 220 rix-bank dollars . When a j ournal i 3 seized by the police before its publication , the responsible editor cannot be proceeded against ( as has been hitherto Jone ) . and lie will have therlgiit to bring an action against the police for the seizure . Recently the Danish democrats forwarded to Paris 1 , 000 francs towards the subscription for the Polish revolutionists . There is nothing definite from

      ITALY . Rumour assigns to the new Pope the character of a liberal politician and well-intentioned man ; and various refowm are spoken of as being projected by him . A Frankfort journal states that after several conferences between the Prince de Metternich and the Apostolical Nuncio at Vienna , it has been resolved to augment the Austrian force in Italy by 19 , 009 men . There are cheering sisns that the Sultan of

      TURKEY is determined to place himself at the head of a regenerating movement within his dominions . We shall take an early opportunity to speak at greater length on this interesting subject . The most important news from the UNITED STATES , indeetliliemosiimportantH 61 V 3 of the WGek , istllG

      SETTLEMENT OF THE OREGON QUESTION . Full particulars will be found in our seventh page . This long pending question is at length settled on the basis proposed by the British Government" the 49 th line to be the boundary , as far as the Straits of Fuca—then down to the Pacific Ocean , with neutral rights to the Straits—Vancouver ' s Island to the British—and the navigation , until 1838 , of the Columbia river . The Hudson Bay "Compauy to be indemnified for property turned over to the United States . " We congratulate our readers on this happy settlement , and trust , that no more vexatious differences will arise between the two Governments , ' to peril the peaceful relations of the two countries .

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      TUB CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enroilivg members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days ai > d places : — THURSDAY EVENING . Shoreditch , at Chapman ' s Coffee House , Church Street , st eight o ' clock .

      SUNDAT EVENING . South London Gkartitt Hall , 115 , Blade friars-road at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Ilall , 1 , Turnngain-iine : -at six o'clock . — Westminster : at the Pattlienium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege s , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past ^ seven . —Tower llamkts : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely- — £ nimat * brigade : at the Hock Tayern , Lisson-grove , it lit o ' clock vtQQ ' mly . —JIaryklone :

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      at the Coach Painters'Arms , Circus-street , at haltpast seven . Gray ' s Inn Road , Mason ' s Arms , Britannia street . !| * T # 14 ¦ & # \ - ( 1 ,,,. ifoj » mfir 4 « ft /* ^ ati ^ PlaceT— -Stiareholdera ' enrolled every day 'from ' , eight " o ' clock In the . MOMiinij . ; The weekly meetings of the Shareholders will be' held at the above offiee every Sunday morning , atten o ' clock precisely . ¦ ¦ '• ¦ ¦ = ilbNDAT KVBNINO . : : ' ' " Rochester . —At the Victory Inn , at half-past seven . Cambenoett ' ' at the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth , at eight o ' clock precisely . ' Kensington . —At eight o ' clock , at the Duke of CitccpV * " ' ' Limehouse : at the Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker's Fields , at eight o ' clock . Chelsea , at the Temperance Coffee House , Exeter Street , Sloane Street , at eight o ' clock .

      . ' TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris's , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . ' " ¦ . ' •' Mwcasile-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Sunday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions aud enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o'clock . Armlet / : The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oatcs , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gale , every Monday evening , at eight o'clock . PROVINCIAL MEETINGS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOC 1 ETT . Leicester , every Monday evening , at No . 17 , Archdeden Lane , at seven o'clock . -

      Chcpstotv , every Monday evening , at the Temperance , Hotel , Bank Avenue , at eight o ' clock . Aberdeen . The office-bearers mett every Wednesday evening at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Ilall . "

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      Halifax . —Mr . Baldwin will lecture in the Working Man ' s Hall . BulIclose-lnne , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) evening , at half past six o ' clock . - Camp Meeting . —A Camp Meeting will be holden on the Lsd Stone , Norland Moor , on Sunday , July 12 tb , to commence ' at two o'clock in the afternoon . A PuBLie Meeting will be held on Chorley Wood Common , ! near Rickmansworth , on Sunday the 12 tli instant . Chair to be taken at seven o'clock precisely . Another public meeting will be held on Monday evening the I 3 th , at the Fortune , Rich mansworth . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock precisely . Bradford . — -Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Th 9 newly-established branch of this society will hold its meetings at the large room of the Woolcomber ' a Arras Inn , Hope-street , every Sunday at one o'clock .

      The members of the National Charter Association will meet at the Woolcombcr ' s Arms , Hope-street , on Sunday next , at one o ' clock . Bubslet . —The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society of the No . 1 Branch are requested to attend at Mr . Ackland ' s next Monday evening , for the purpose of balancing their local and general expences . The committee urgently request to have all settled with as little delay as possible . Grand Dbmoxstratiox to xbk Cdastist Estate at Herbisgsgate . —The committee will meet at the Chartist Co-operative Land office , 83 . Dean-street , Solio , on Sunday afternoon next , July 5 , at three o ' clock precisely .

      The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Minebs will take place on Monday , the 13 th of July , at the house of Mr . Telford , sign of the Fleece Inn , Bolton , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by W . P . Roberts , Esq . and other gentlemen . Mottram . — The monthly meeting of' the ' . shareholders in the Co-operative Land Society will be held in the Lecture-room , opposite the Bull ' s Head , at two o ' clock on Sunday , July 5 . At the meeting a subscription will b .- made in behalf of John Frost . Rochdale . —William Dixon , of Manchester , will lecture on Sunday evening at six e ' clock , in the Chartist Association room , Mill Street .

      Newc astle-os-Ttnk—The members of this branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society are requested to pay their arrears of levies , for expences oi directors , local expences , conference , « fcc . ; those persons neglecting to do so will be excluded from the approaching ballot for allocation . Birmingham : —A general meeting of the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society will take place on Monday evening next , at Walter Thorn ' s , No . Ill , Rea-street . It is expected every member will attend and pay the levy for directors and local expenccs . The chair to be taken at eight o ' clock precisely . Citt Chartist Hall . —Sunday morning , July 5 th . a Shareholders' meeting will be held at half-past ten o'clock , — at eleven o'clock the adjourned discussion will be resumed—subject , " What have been the causes of failure in all attempts to organize a successfull agitation for the People's Charter . "

      LiiiiEBOROtroH . Camp AIketing . —The following places are regucsted to appoint delegates : — . Saddleworth , Marsden , Paddock , Huddersfield , Mar iom Royde , Halifax , Bury , Hebden Bridge , Hey wood , Oidham , Elland , Rochdale , Todmorden , Bridget House , Bingley , Sowerby Bridge , Sowerby Helm , Holmefirth , Middleton , Bacup . Burnley , Shaw Millrow , and all other localities in the surrounding districts . The delegates will meet at the White House , Blackstone-hedge , on Sunday , the 12 th Ju ! y , for the purpose of arranging fora camp meeting ot the two counties , chair to be taken at eleven o'clock , a . m . precisely .

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      Dreadtul Tobrbst of Rain axd Destruction op Property . —On last Friday week a dreadful and sudden torrent of rain fell , like an avalanche , on the mountain of Ballymaculad , between Ravensdale , and Dundalk , which committed a series of destructive ravages . Two cottages of the peasantry , situated on the brow of the mountain , were completely swept away , and not a vestige of them was left remaining . Seven cows and several sheep , the property of poor hrmer 3 , were carried off and destroyed . Eallymascanlaa river rose three feet in half an hour , and two children were miraculously rescued from a watery grave by the praiseworthy anil humane exertions of a man named Michael White , and four others who had been working for Woolfe M'Neil , Esq ., on the banks of the river . They saw the children being carried

      down rapidly by the current , and with great presence of mind linked * themselves together , plunged into the river , and at the iminent risk of their lives rescued toe little sufferers . Some idea may be formed of the force of the torrent from the fact that several ruts , some of them two feet deep , had been made by its rush on the lawn and walks of Ballymascanlan House . A poor old woman residing at the foot of the mountain had a bos containing her little savings of several years in it , washed away , but fortunately it was found about four miles off and restored to her . The Ban River , it is said , rose at the same time about six feet in an hour ; but this destructive water-spout , as we mar call It , was partial and confined , it appears , to the above districts , as not a drop of rain fell that day in this citj ( Armagh ) orneighbourhood . —Ibid

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      MURDER OF AN INFANT BY ITS MOTHER AND SUICIDE OF THE MURDERER . Brighton , Tuesday Evening . A shocking murder was committed this morning in the Brighton Workhouse , by one of the female inmates , named Norman , the wife of a man in Lewes House of Correction , who is undergoing a sentence for felony . It appears that the wretched woman had lately complained of pains in her head , and was allowed to remain in bed longer than the other women on that account . She had weaned her infant which had latterly slept with another woman . Shortly before ten o ' clock this morning she requested to have her infant in bed with her . The request was complied with , and as soon as she was left alone with her child she cut its throat and then cut her own .

      She ran out into the apartment where tho other women were at workf bleeding profusely , and almost instantly dropped , and expired in a few moments . On going to her room the inmates were horrified to find the poor infant ' s throat cut , but the child was not dead . Surgical aid was called in and every means were tried to save the child , but the wound was too deep , and the infant died this afternoon at four o'clock . The murderer had previously requested thnt her other two children might be brought to her , but fortunately ihey were not in the way , or they might have shared the fate of the deceased infant . The maiden name of the woman was Barker , and she was broueht up by her uncle , Mr . B . Hammond , of Lime Cottage , Buckland , near Dover , Kent . Her husband is the son of Mr . Norman , of Glynde .

      THE INQUEST . The inquest on the bodies of Mrs . Norman and her murdered infant was held on Wednesday morning , at the Brighton workhouse , before S . II . Cfell , Esq . Coroner for East Sussex . The bodies were lying on a bed in an upper story , where the Jury went to view them . Mr . Thomcroft , the assistant overseer ef Brighton , was the first witness examined . He deposed that on the 1 st oi'November last the woman Norman applied to him for relief . He had known her husband for some years . He was at one time a grocer , and latterly had lived at Ringmer . Mrs . Norman said

      that her husband was a prisoner in Lewes House of Correction , where he was confined for breaking into a house . She did not again ap ' ily lor relief till the Gth or 7 th of April last . She was admitted ou the Oth of April , with her three children , the eldest of whom was nine year ' j old , another one seven ' . years old , . and { tho deceased infant who was about six months old . a fourth child is living in London . Ti ^ e deceased' woman was " about thirty-six yeara - ot age . She belonged to St . Marj's , Islington . Had neverobserved that her mind was affected , but s ne appeared to have notions above her station in Wi , arising , perhaps , from the manner in

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      which she was brought up . She seemed rather anxv ) U 8-tp get intothe . workhouse at Islington . Witness-onceasked ' her ' what were her views , and if her mena ^ ld rHSBistiierf ^ Kdrah ^^ d ^ IIB ^ ouiilliet possibly bring up her . .. children " , without a servant , and that she could not do , without ' £$ a week . She , therefore , preferred remaining in the workhouse'till her husband was discharged from prison . She several times expressed her gratitude for the kindness shown to her there . She was of rather superior education , blie said sho ihad been brought up in a boardingschool at the expense , of her uncle , Mr . Hammond , of Dover . She said her father ' s name was Parker , and that he had been connected . with the Nottingham Mercury , and that she believed ho was now in London . .

      Mr . Rugg . surgeon to the pariah , deposed that the deceased woman bad consulted him during the last month , and thnt during the last ten days he had attended her regularly . She complained of being nervous aud low-spirited . About a fortnight ago she consulted witness as to the necessity of weaning her child . She said she-had very little milk , and that the child hurt her in suckling . Her illness was rather mental than bodily . She appeared to have been well educated , and was evidently . a woman of strong feeling . Saw her the last time at noon on

      Monday , when she spoke more rationally than ever . She appeared generally to speak very quick . Saw Jier again yesterday morning with hcv throat cut . she was quite dead . 7 Phe child's throat was also cut ; its wii * lpipe was cut through , but the child was still alive . It lived four or five hours . Tho knife with which the wound was inflicted was a very blunt one , and it slipped over the jugular vein in a very extraordinary manner . The woman ' s throat was cut from side to side . He did not think the weaning of the child could have affected her health .

      Deborah Jenkins deposed , that she had slept in the same room with Mrs . Norman for the last fortnight , and that the deceased used to ask her a great many questions at night . She saw her on Monday ill in bed , when she complained of a weight at the top of her head . She looked very wild at witness , and her eyus were so large that she frightened her . The Jury returned a verdict . " That the deceased destroyed the child in a tit of insanity , and then destroyed herself . "

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      CRUELTY AT SEA . At the Thames police office on Wednesday , Capt Wifliam Graham , tie master ol the barque Grange , of Grcenock , lying in the West India Dock , appeared before Mr . Ballantine , to answer a charge of committing ' A series of cruel assaults on William Francis Singleton , the steward , and William Baine , the cook of tiie same vessel , on the high seas , on her homeward voyage from the Mauritius . Baine ' s case was first taken . He stated that on the 10 th of April last , he was engaged with the rest of the crew in tacking the ship , when the Captain , without any provocation , shoved him from one side of the ship to tho other , and knocked him down among the spars on deck . He got up , and told the Captain he did not come on board ti ) be used In that way . The Captain immediately seized him by the throat ,

      kicked him , knocked him down among the spars again , and struck him several time ' s about the head and face and blackened his eyes ; The Captain then dragged him forward , and knocked Mm down in the forecastle head , and after putting his knees on his breast , held him by the throat till he was quite black in the face , and could scarcely breathe . He ; got up . and on lookine round him saw William Minor , a seaman , standing further aft . He appealed to Minor , who said lie saw the whole of the ill-usage . The chief mate then came forward by the Captain ' s orders , and held witness by the arms ' while the Captain again seized him by the throat , and dragged him aft to the quarter deck . He laid hold of the mizen rigging , and the Captain , after a little struggling , ordered him down into the cabin . He refused to go , and requested

      the Captain to make him fast on deck if he wanted to do it . The Captain then made fast a rope to his legs , and , with the assistance of the first and second mates , dragged him to the companion , where lie jumped on him with his feet , until he jumped him down the hacthway . He was then put in irons in one of the state rooms / where he was compelled to remain for two days and three nights , without bed or bedding , his only allowanco of provisions during that time being two biscuits per day and a little cold water . The ship was then off the Cape of Good Hope . The weather was very coldand hesuffercd agreatdeal . All the clothing he had on was a blue flannel shirt and a pair of canvass trowsers while he was in irons . On the second night he asked the Captain for some bedclothes , and he refused to give him any , but sent

      the steward below to shake his nose , pull his ears , and ascertain if he was tamer . On the morning he was released he went to his duty as usual , and continued to work until the 20 th of May , when the chief mate ordered him to draw off water Irom the tank below and fill a cask above . While he was engaged upon this duty the captain , who was sitting on the quarter deck , amused himself by calling him a brute , a beast , and a d—d brute , every time he passed him . - He answered that he was neither brute nor beast , which so enraged the captain . that he aeiaed him by . tile throat , nnd after compressing it in a manner which gave Mm much pain , be shoolc him , and pushed him up against the mizen rigging . After passing , the captain with two or three more buckets of water , he was again called a beast ; and upon

      making the same reply , as he had done before the captain pushed him off the quarter deck on to the main deck . He fell from the violence of the shove , and a bucket of water was capsized alongside of him . He got up and was going forward , when the captain followed him , and overtook him abreast of the longboat and shoved him down again . He rose once more , and went right forward close to the windlass , where the captain forced him upon the chain cable , and then peremptorily ordered him into the forecastle , lie was descending the hatchway , when tho second mate called him aft , and he was met by the captain , who ordered him to return to his duty . He went down the cabin stairs with a bucket , to fetch more water , and had not got more than halfway down , when the captain jumped upon him with the whole weight of his body ,. and severely bruised him about the head and shoulders . Ha calUd out

      "Murder , " and was ordered-upon deck . As he was coming up the captain repeated his violence . He was sent up and down four times , the captain each time jumping upon him as hard as he was able . On reaching the cabin , and calling out " Murder , " the captain struck him several times on the face with his clenched fists , and then ordered him to return to his duty . He was very weak and disabled from tbe brutal treatment he received , and said he could not do any more work . He was again put below , and confined in irons for thirty days , and was not released until the ship came into the dock , and was moored on Friday last . During fourteen days of his last confinement , he was only allowed a biscuit and a half per'day , : ind the rest of the time a half pound per day only , The captain , as a further punishment , disfigured him by cutting his hair very short . __• .. ' '

      __ In cross-examination by Mr . Pelham , the cook said , he never offered to iight the captain ; he never called him names , and lie never gare him tho slightest provocation , lie was asked repeatedly to return to his duty during the eight days of his confinement , and said he could not , on account of the usage he had received . He was brought uponjdeck several times , and tho captain said , let the brute beast down to his den again . Mr . Broilerip said , it was impossible for him to tell what answer there might bo , but there was s , prim& facie case of a series of aggravated assaults , and it was his duty to send it to the Central Criminal Court . He called upon the defendant to find bail , himself in £ 100 , amrtwo sureties of £ 50 each , to appear at the next sessions .

      The case of Singleton , tho steward , was next gone into . He is an intelligent man of colour , and stated that he had been very cruelly treated . On the 4 tli ot May he waa'knocked down b y the captain , who drew a great deal of blood from him . 1-our or five days after that , the captain horse-whipped him with his riding-whip . Mr . Broderip—Were your clothes off or on at the time ? Witness—I had my jacket off , and my shirt slenrea were tucked up . The same day I was compelled to stow myself away in the hold , to prevent his beating me . Three Sundays before I got in here he knocked

      mo down on the cabin-floor , just after dinner and stunned me . I was quite speechless ibr some time , I don't know how long ; and then he called upon the chief mate to feel my pulse , and ascertain if anything ailed me . That was after I recovered my senses and got into the pantry . While doubling the Cape , and while the weather was very cold' , ho threw four buckets of water over me . It was raining at the time , and he deprived me of my bed ,, and obliged mo t 6 sit up in the pantry , and I was shivering with cold . The witness then ' produccd tho shirt which he wore when the first assault was committed . It was covered with marks of blood .

      Mr . Broiicrip said the tlcfendani must find bail in this case also , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties of £ 50 each , to appear at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . , . , The defendant was unprovided with the required sureties , and was locked up .

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      LOUGIIBOROUGII , Please to announce through the Star , the sympathy of the Chartists of this place with F . O'Connor , Esq ., in tho shameful treatment he has received from the would-be-great Mr . Cooper ; and also then * disgust at the eonductof the miscalled Chartist Poet , andttey recommend him to practice democracy as well as profcaait . . J . Skedwouam » " MANCHESTER . John Uargrave delivered a lecture m the , Carpenters Hall , on Sunday evening last , to a crowded audience ,

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      MERTUTR TYDVIL . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , resident in this place , met in then ; room .. . on Sunday'lastrtlic 28 th ult ., when the following resblutionwas unanimously passed : — Xiiat no view with contempt tho base and unrunnl ; attack made upon tbo character of F . O'Conntr , Esq ., by T . Cooper , aud we , the members of this brand ) of the Land Society , have the greatest confidence in the honour and integrity of F . O'Connor , Esq ., and his brother directors , and we earnestly hope he will continue tho office of sub . treusurer . ¦ . David-R . " Morgan . Secretary . '

      BRADFORD . On Sunday evening a Meeting of the Chartist and Land Association Members was held ia Butterworthbuildjngs , Mr . AUlerson in tho chair , when it was unanimously resolved : ..- -.. That an office be fitted up for the enrolment of members in the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and Cbarti . it Association , and the CummitUi > be directed to rent the room , No . 1 . Butterworth-buildings , for both Associations . That the room be opened on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) at Two o ' clock in the afternoon , and remain open to Nine o ' clock in tho evening , nnd opened eacli day at Seven o ' clock in the morning , ' ami close at Seven in the evenin " except Monday * , SuturduyR nnd Sundays , when it will close at Nino o ' clock in the evening .

      That the Northern Star , Mr . O'Connor ' s work on Small Farms , and other useful and instructive works , bo provided for the use of any person ( whether member or not ) visiting the room , and the Tnm&urer and Secretary do attend on Sunday , Monday , Thursday , and Saturday evenings to enrol members , and receive contributions . That a notice be sent to those memh ; rs who are 12 months on the Books of the Land Association , and have paid under 4 s . to request thorn to transfer their slinres , as there are numbers of persons anxious to obt . 'iiii shares in tlie first section . Such parties as are willing to transfer will receive back the amount paid by application to tlie Secretary , nt the office of the Association , No , 1 , Butterworth-buildings . That all persons holding Collecting Books for John Frost , do bring them in to be settled , on Sunday ( tomorrow ) at Three o ' clock in the afternoon , and the Committee be in attendance at that hour ,

      The Balance Sheet of the Land Association was then read , and gave gcnoral satisfaction . Several persons entered , ? nd paid a portion of their shares ; thesecond section is rapidly advancing . Mr . Cooper ' s letter in Lloyd ' s Refuge for Renegades , which hns been plentifully distributed in Bradford , was read at the close of the meeting . A unanimous gronn of indignation was the response , and an earnest request that Mr . O'Connor would take no further notice of the "filthy" blackguard . Bradford . —The members of the Chartist Cooperative Land Association will meet in their room , No . 1 , Butterworth- buildings , at 2 o ' clock on Sunday ( to-morrow ) afternoon . The members of the Chartist Association will meet at No . 1 , Butterworth-buildings , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at 4 o'clock in the afternoon .

      llio Frost Committee will meet at No , 1 , Bnttwworth-buildings , at 3 o ' clock in the afternoon , on Sunday ( to-morrow . ) The committee of the Chartist . Co-operative Land Association will meet on Monday , at No . 1 , Butterworth-buildinp , at 8 o ' clock in the tvohinsj . MARYLEBONE . The all engrossing subject ( amongst the working classes ) of the " Land , " continues to make numerous audiences . Mr . E . - Stall wood , in the absence of Mr . Wheeler , whose attendance was prevented from pressure oi business , delivered an able and fervid discourse on this popular theme , now pervading the operatives ol France , Belgium , Prussia , and America , for possession of the soil , and the great social advantages springing from the allotment system , wherever adopted , freely quoted the eloquent language of "Beaumont ; " thereby demonstrating that it was the only system that could confer peace , prosperity , contentment , and happiness , on unfortunate Ireland ,

      and also pointed it out as - •> . " pew pet" for the " protectionists , " whereby they might avenge themselves on the " Merchant Princes . " confer honour on themselves , by bettering the condition of their suffering , toiling , fellow countrymen , and earn thirsting gratitude of posterity . The Lecturer next reviewed the blasting effects on society of the Laws oi . Primogeniture and entaiJ , amassing , as in their consequence they do , wealth in heaps for the first born , and throwing the younger sons of-the Aristocracy for . support on the nation , thus creating hordes of useless Generals , worse than useless Admirals , and cormorant persons , swallowing up that wialih which , did justice prevail , must go to feed , clothe , and educate the tillers of the soil . The Lecturer then passed , a

      warm eulogy on those able writers , f ' assy , Beaumont , Arthur C . O'Connor , Sismondi ; Jimet , Guizbt , Constant , Dupir , Lay , Blanqui , Mignet , and others , who had so forcibly denounced the laws of Primogeniture and entail , and demonstrated thnt the only means of effectually breaking up large estates , and abolishing Primogeniture , was the " Chartist Cooperative Land Society , " embracing as it does the interest of all , and from the srnallness of tbe amount at which the weekly contributions of its vnfeinbei'S commence was within the reach of all , and as the last balance sheet and report of that eminently successful society shewed it was highly prosperous , nossessincas

      it does two estates ,, with thirty live cottages , and a certainty of possessing a third estate-in a-few days , he called on all wishing to leave their country better than they found it , on every one desirous oi forwarding the well-being and social advantage 6 < his wife and family , to join the-Chartist Co-operative Land Society ; every one desirous of surrounding themselves with peace , prosperity , and happiness would join that glorious confraternity , and when thus surrounded by their happy fellow mortals in social communion , enjoy the great and glorious consolation of knowing that that happy consummation was in part the work of their hands . Air . Stalhvocdresumed his seat admidst much applause .

      A Mb . Puddifal rose and said , it was all nonsense to talk of spade labour , where there was only three inches of soil , and as rcgaided vegetables the people had plenty of them , what they wanted was moreanimal food . A You . no Agriculturist from Hampshire - said , it nasjust in those places where the soil was but three inches in depth that the spade was requiredlie had been employed with & Mr . Fonler , on a comparatively baren piece of land , in which the soil was only three inches deep—well they set to with the mattock ami spade , trenched it up—the consequence was , the mould sunk amongst the gravel , tbe seeds took deep root , and the crops , on this previously comparatively barren soil was ipostabundant ( Hear , hear , ) the harvest after this digging and trenching took place , and on twelve acres of ground they had nineteen and a half tons of Swecd turnips , iifteea

      tons of hay , half an acre of potatoes of '' more than an average crop , thirty seven sacks of oats , half an acre of carrots , and other vegetables in abundance ( Great cheering . ) Tan Lecturek said , after the practical illustration just given on behalf of spade husbandry , by his friend from Hampshire , he did not think ^ worthwhile for him to say one word oa thnt subject , but in respect to the want of' * animal food , " lie would like to know how they could better obtain it , than by getting- the land ; would not the refuse of the " garden , " and the . "field , " enable them to keep " pigs , " and would not tho "pjgs" supply the house with " pork and bacon , " ( cheers ) and , further j there was generally attached to land—runs of commons , or public fields , which with a little aid wouid support a cow , and the cow would give the alloteea a supply of milk , veal , beef , < fce . &c . ( Loud cheering . ) .

      A vote of thanks was given by acclamation to the lecturer , a similar compliment was paid to Mr .. A . Packer , who occupied tho chair on the occasion , and the meeting was dissoired .

      NORTHAMPTON . At a Fublic Meeting ef the Chartists- of this locality , held on Tuesday evening , called for tlie purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming Convention , after some preliminary business had been settled , it was proposed by Mr . Munday , That John Barker is a fit and propej' . person to represent tikis l 66 ! Vlit ) f 1 U tl \ 6 tnSUUlg COUVCUtiOlU Seconded by Mr . Gaurctt , and can-Lad without a dissentient . Proposed by Mr . Marks , and seconded by Mr . Page , That the election be- reported to the Star , as an . inducement to otlsar localities to prsceeil witU their elections . Carried unanimously . Charles Fbntox , Sub-Sectary .

      BRADFORD .. A Meeting of the members of tho National Charter Association was held in the large room of the Woolcombers Amis Inn , Hope-strest , on Sunday last . Thomas Cole in Hie cliair . After the arrangement of the financial affairs of the locality , it was resolved to open a branch of the Chai-tist Co-Operative Load Society . A number of names wre hamlwl in , ibr that purpose , and the following persons chosen on Committee pro tan : Thomas Sauolefield , William Jackson , David Tennant , Join Nutter , George White , George Dcmane , and Thomas Tidsday . Several persons enrolled thciv names as members * -of the National Charter Association , and there is a good prospect ef the abovs locality becoming numerous in a short time .

      C 0 CKERM 0 UTH . TO FEARGUS O ' CONN ' On , KS ( J . Respected Sir , —Having been very ill for some weeks , I was unable until the present time to convey to you these few remarks , and the following resolution adapted by the members of the Chartist Co-operatiya Land Society , held at Mr . Peat ' s , Kirkgate , Cookermouth . Sir , 1 have had misgivings for some time with respect to Mr . Cooper ' s i rofessions of *• charity , " but now that he has been drawn from behind the screea , ho scruples not to attempt by every base and scandalous calumny to destroy one of the noblest movements that ever waa sot oa foot for

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      - ——¦ ¦ r .... — .... * .- •— : ^ the emancipation of the enslaved and toil-worn mil lions . But go on , noble Sir , in tlie glorious cause o * . . Slgh&vQSaJRSfc-m ^ a ^ grateful " people ' si confidence " , ' you ' wiirbeat'dowu and finally , triumph over all oar eneiiH ' s . Mr . Cooper will , perhaps ,, think my conliclenco in Mr . O , Connor is unbounded , when 1 .. inform liim that I Bent to MK . O'Connor ' s " cans-. &i & . 4-1 . for- two shares nv the otar / mus i ; anu Society , it being all I possessed in tti . c world , nhd ' nothing' staring mo in the face but the Bastilu if I " do not jjet located on the land ; but I would creep into twenty Bastiles for a " . "liclter rather than not be a member of our glorious Chartist Land Society , of which our champion O'Connor is the head . ,.., Yours in the glorious cause , the Land . and Democracy , John Simpson , a " j ' our-acro Shareholder . "

      RESOLUTION . That we , the mem burs of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , feel the greatest pleasure in tlie announcenient wade by Feurgus O'Connor , B >(\ . that lie will retain his office of sub-troasiirer , au < l in gratiiude to that gentleman for his unmatched exertions to clt-vate our ortltti *; we tender him . our sincere thanks , feeling as we do unbounded confidence in his straightforward integrity and uprightness . NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE . Emotion of a Demoatk to the eksuin-o Chartist Convention-. —At a meeting of the Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead , held in th « house of Martin Judo , Sun Inn , Sitkv on Sunday evt-niusr , June 2 S , iVr , Geovge Julian I larncy was unanimously elected as delegate to represent tin ' s locality in the forth ' coming ' convention . James Nisb ' ett , Sub-Secretary .

      WORCESTER . At a meeting of tlie members of the ChartUt Cooperative Land Society , held at Air . M . Griffiths , St . John ' s , the following ve-olution was agreed to : — Tlmt we bulievo that Mr . O'Connor is incapal'lft of doing intentionally any thinjf prejudicial to thi ; intirests of the working classes , therefore our confiilence remains unsluilten in the above-named gentleman , an « I we hereby dvcluru that we have no confidence in Mr . T . Cooper , aiid iwliisvL ' that he lius acted with iiasu iiiKiatitude towards one of his bestfvic-. uU .

      TONBRIDGE WELLS . At a meeting of the members of the Cbartist Cooperative- Land Society , resident in this town and ne / gfliL'Otirlmod . Mr . Guinaman in the vhirir , it wa 3 moved by .. Mr . Layi-ek , seconded by Mr , Pimm—That this locality are heartily sick of the various renegades and impustors who from time to time keep abusing llr . O'Connor , and we are determined for the future to treat all such scoundrels with the contempt they deserve . And we are further of opinion that Mr . Clarke acted the part of an holiest man in snaking the circumstance known to Mr . O'Connor , thereby taking the mask off the dissembler ' s face , and showing him in his naked deformity ; and that the thanks of this meeting be given to Messrs . Cufiay and fought for the straightforwiil'd manner they went through the accounts . Carried unanimously . W . U . Lawuer , Sub-Secretary .

      STOCKPORT . At a Special Meeting of the Li . nd Society , held June 28 , to take into eunsicJerntion thu dispute between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . Cooper , and having read the letter of Mr . Cooper , published in " ¦ Lloyd ' s liefugc for Iienegades , " we are of opinion that the conduct of Mr . T . Cooper is base , in attempting to destroy the character of F . O'Connor , Esq ., the man who has smuggled and upheld the people's cause for so many years ; he who has endured imprisonment and suffered , persecution ; ho who has deprived

      himself of the enjoyment of this life to promote tho libeity and happiness of mankind ; and further , that we consider that the charges brought against Mr . O'Connor by T . Cooper are base and unfounded , and that Thomas Cooper deserves the censure of every honest man . We express our confidence in Mr . O'Connor , and tender to him our warmest thanks for continuing the deputy treasurershin ; we also give our very best thnnks to our directors , and conclude by thanking our esteemed townsman Thomas Clark , for his manly exposure of Thomas Cooper ' s treachery . " Carried unanimoittly . Thomas Woodhouse , Sub-Secretary . THE MANCHESTER on ARTISTS MEW HALL , Oli PEOPLE'S-JNSTlTUm Contrary to the predictions of both Whigs and Tories , tlie above spUmdid building is nearly completed ; it is expected that the " plasterers will finish their work next week . This is another proof of what the people can do , if they will but Co-operate with , each other , in fact , everything is possible if they will but exercise confidence in themsclvc ? . A numerous mectin" of the shareholders was held in the hall on the evening of Monday last , June 29 . 1 S 4 G , for the purpose of fixing the day for publicly ; openini : this temple of liberty . The veteran James Wheeler was called upon to preside . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — That tho hall be opened to the public on Sunday , July 19 , 184 U . when two nuttings will be held—mil- at tivo o ' clock . n the afttmoon , and the o'her at six in the evening .

      That tho following ' gentlemen be invited to oflieiate at the' opening of the IVi . yk ' s Institute , namely , —r ' eargus-O'Connor , Esq ., and Thomas Slingsby Duucouibc , Esq .,

      M . P . That there bo a grand Concert and Ball held in the hall on Monday evening , July 20 . Doors open at seven o ' clock . Concert to commence at eight oYlock precisely . The directors'beg most ; respectfully to intern ) those shareholders who were not present , that it was the unanimous opinion of the meeting—that -notwitli- . ¦ standing tho directors had notto the present enforced the"fines , according to vule , they find it is now , necessary they should do so , and iu order- thnt no share holder may be taken by surprise , tlie lines in accordance with the rules , wil ) \ c enforced in ;« d after Monday the 27 th day of July nest . It is hoped , therefore , that those shareholders who are in arrears with ' their shares , wilt pay the same before the time fixed for carrvin '' the rule into effect .

      Ac the c-lo / e oi' the meetini ! , a large number of new shares weru taken up , and many of the members who had despaired of ever seeing a hall in Mnnuh . s or , commenced paying again ; we hope thai many more will do thft samp .

      SOMERS TOYTK . Theatricals Extkaoisdisaky . —It having been announced in the bills of Sunday labt , that Lloyd's Refuge for Renegades contained the second act ot the new drama called " The Poet ' s Siiieiilo ; or , the Self Destroyer : " by the author of " Base Says and Modern Infamy ; " " The Babblin ? Fooi ' s Feast ;" " General Cooler , or the Kebul Viper ; " Ac ., Ac . and it being expected that the said production would be put in rehearsal in the evening , at the l ' olitical Tluatre , Tonbridgc-strect , New-road , a full and respectable .-. udience consequently assembled . The proceedings commenced "by appointing m . v ciim-ies Page as president . The drama ( or rather tke hvaacts already published . and God . 'crbid that the author should perform his pvunise by inflicting on ua any . m ore of his rubbish !) is of the bfinbastic , peiliintic ,

      and splenetic cast . The author revoU in the b . isost passions , such as lying , malignity , &e . The plot is based on the most , incongruous absurdities : ihd the grossest improbabilities ; . the l . ingu . tgc debased and filthy ; nnd its tendency of the worst possible description . During its reuears-al , it received ,-reater attention than its merits demanded ; but at the close , the dissatisfaction ' was loud nnd deep : and if ever a piece was unccreinrnimisly damned , " The-Poet ' s Suicide" most deservedly shared titid fate . Those of the audience who were charitably disposed Felt inclined to attribute his ravings to one ot ^ those tits of monomania to which the poor author is subject ; that then dreams of phantasies came o or his . spirit , during which things suddenly ; change before his mental vision ; and that while Inbonnnjr under those delusions they looked on him as a pitiable maniacand therefore not accountable tor his aciiou . s .

      , In these opinions the majority could not agree , for as an afterpiece a discussion ensued on the resolutions emanaiing from our City brethren , when , in . order to concjade this unpleasant , withering ,, ami tWplOrabta exhibition , the following resolution : wns ably moved by Mr . Marriott , seconded b ? Ah-, blnld , and . unanimously agreed to : — That we , tho Somers Town locality , being of opinion , that Thomas Gooyer , the Chartist , ( . ?> w •• " » arrogant , incorrigible , ungrateful , au 4 kjimc-ritical liiir , we tliwcforeconsidtvit would uotoiilv be irrelevaHt . butaliojri'thtTun- ' necessavy , to call on Mr . O'Conuov to stand on a publicplatform ' to meet any ehnrgetlint may lie brought against him by this affected and conceited n-. oi-nlist . John Akkott , Stib-Seereiar . v .

      BILSTON . The adjourned delegate meeting from June Uih was held at the hou .-e oi' Mr . Joseph Linney , on Sunday , June 28 , Mr . UanMiv in the chair . Thirty slul-Iin " ' s was handed in towards defrajiug the expenses of sending a delegate to tho National Convention . The Cilston delegate reported that Mr . Linney had been unanimously elected at 11 public UK Ctillg llflll in Bilston to represent the liiiiwn&Imm Riul South Staffordshire districts in Conference . Those districts that have not handed in thehMituna of subscriptions , arc particularly request * d to transmit the same immediately to tlis treasurer , Mr .. James Smitho , Ship Inn , Steclhousc Lane , Bimmiglmm . John Njjwhousu , Secretary .

      BIRMINGHAM . At tho usual weekly meeting of tho Chartists held at the Ship Inn , Steelhouse Lane ; it wns _ resolved , " That we consider the coiuloet of the cilitot of LioydCi Weekly Newspaper to be base and ™»» " » £ in the extreme in allowing the letters ot that taw renegade Mr . Thomas Cooper to meana ^" iZl paper , at the sameiime , suppressing a . eopijt our resolution which appeared in the Star ot hu , t week . " 0 LDHA . M . ¦ . Cn Sunday last , Mr . W . Dixon lectnred in tho School-room of the Working Waa ' a Hall .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 4, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1373/page/5/