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      ^^^ wffl realise ihJit improvement , and cleanse *! T Inge 811 ste ^ of * nOXiOnS elementS wbich ¦ * L ignora nce and Apathy have suffered to ac nbteronnd the wealth creators of the nation .

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      'C ^ eUirn to the subject of the contemplated ^ Arf invasion of Japan by onr civilizing free-^ .. « was nofc al tfay 3 dosed against Europeans . T «« 4 TI YiSU U "" «*» " » j «* **« i # o ***« ^ w— . *_«»¦* wfv ~»« ua

      , Jthan three centuries back the Portuguese were „ f reely admitted into Japan than the English " nto Onina at the present time . Foreigners received with the utmost tolerance and kind " * fliev were permitted to trade with the na" ^ and ev en to preach the Christian religion , Zjjjing thousands of converts . The Portuguese , teeter , ] fte all other Christian traders , were not , " „ . fa exhibiting their grasping ambition . Havjnj cowpiered Malacca , Macao , and Goa , t ' nej ^ jjed at the conquest of Japan . The Japanese fm peror became alarmed , and the Portuguese were fi ne that the

      j ^ en » m country . Seeing Chris funs had thrown off the cloak of pretended humility chich they had at first assumed , openly exhibiting Instead th at aspiring arrogance so fruitful of evil to the peop le of all other creeds , the Japanese government embraced the dreadful resolution of extirvil \ ug » sect judged to be dangerous to the peace jjj j welfare of the country . Then commenced that fearful per secution which ceased not until the last Christum was destroyed , and the religion of the ffu sswas utterly extirpated in Japan . Since that period no European nation , excepting the Dutch , has teen permitted to enter the country or hold any jeJ sfion with its inhabitants . The Spaniards made sn attempt in 1611 , but they were repelled . In

      1305 , the Russians tried to get admssion ; they sent an Ambassador in aline-af-battle ship , with presents , and no lack of fair speech to induce the Japanese to open their ports . The Japanese replied in terms of the most refined courtesy , but nothing could in . dace them to break through the traditionary policy of tlielr fathers . Tie reply delivered to the Rug . aans is well worthy of repnblication in onr column s it says much for the prudent judgment , and straightfor ward honesty cf the Japanese court : —

      In ancient times ships of all nation ^ came freely to . Japan , ana the Japanese were allowed to visit foreign countries ; but about a century and a half ago an Emperor impressed npon Ms successors no louger to allow their subjects to leave the country , and farther to riTe the Dutch , the Ckinese , the Coreans , and the inha-1 iit&ut $ of the Island of Binkin only , access to Japan . Other nations bare repeatedly made attempts to contract relations of friendship and commerce with Japan , but they have been obliged to be refused , in conformity irith -the asdentorders ; moreover , itwonld be dangerous to Arm fiiendlyrdationB with an unknown power , unless they rested on the bases of equality ; for friendship is like

      a chain , which to perform a special purpose , must consist of a certain number of links . If one part of tha chain is strong , but another weak , those links which are weaterwillsoon break . Tbusfrienusnip can only cause hnrt to the weaker party . Thirteen yeargago a Russian s&fp , commanded ty Lientenant Larman , came to Japan , ananow another with an ambassador fromtbegreatEmpsrorof Russia has arrived . Ttefirst was not received without mistrust , but the second in a friendly manner . TneEmperor of Japanha 3 ^ rillingly done all in his power , consistent with the laws of the empire ; he regards the arrival of this second Russian vessel with pleasure , as a proof of the amity of the Emperor of Russia . T at mighty monarch has sent him an ambassador , and valuable presents . Were these received , the Emperor ef Japan must , according to traditions esteemed as highly as laws .

      also on his side send an ambuss i < Kr to the Emperor of Kassia , Kith presents of at least egnal value . But every inhabitant and every ship of the empire is expressly for-Dlflaento leave the same . Moreover , Jap » a is so poor that it can offer nothing comparable to objects of such costliness . The Emperor can thus decidedly receive neither theambassador nor the presents . Japan has but few wants , and the productions of other countries are of little use to it . If its soil denies to it a small number of really useful productions , and if custom has made it acquainted with a few other wants , these are supplied to it ia sufficient quantity by its trade with the Chinese and the Butch . Besides , luxury must not be countenanced . "There are great difficulties in the way of introducing an extensive trade here , because all intercourse between the people and foreign sailors is expressly forbidden by

      I » w . Enraged at their failure , the Russians for . Ruffians !] shortly afterwards attacked the island of Sachalia . This attack did not yield the Russians any foothold in the country , but , on the contrary , did muchfto impress the Japanese with a wholesome dislike of tbe Rv . pa . ns , who , affecting to be messengers of peace , nevertheless showed that their bbcret intentions were violent and aggressive . In 1308 , England being then at war with Holland , Chptain Pellew , in the English ship of warPhae ton , hoisting Dutch colours treacherously , entered the port of Nangasaki . The Dutch agents

      thinking the Phaeton was one of the Xetherlaud ' s fleet went to meet her , and were taken prisoners by Captain Pelew , Tne Japanese Governor , who is responsible for the safety of the Dutch permitted to live on the coast , was reduced to such despair by the event , that he assembled his family and ser-Tants , and , asisihe custom of tbe country , ripped open Ms belly in their presence . The other officers followed his example , and the Viceroy of the province , slthoagh at the time at Jeddo , was cast into prison , because the officer appointed by him had not been attentive enough . Besides this , the family of

      the Governor was obliged to pay a gear ' s salary o about £ 1 , 200 sterling . This event is still remembered , and causes the English to be much disliked in Japan . In 1337 the Americans nude a " friendly " attempt to break through the regulations regarding foreignera , but with no better success . It must , therefore , be evident that the selfish-and rascally designs of our merchants are not likely to be carried ont without -violence on our part . The Japanese are not unmindful of the part played by the English in India . 5 ot a century ago , all that the English < r * ned in India was a miserable fort on

      the flooghly , but that fort was the foothold , from whence went forth the modern conquerors of Iiindostan . The Chronicle instances the " moderation" of the English , in the late Chinese war as a proof of the good faith intended towards Japan . Bu * we have not yet seen the end of our aggressive struggles in China . Onr merchant free-booters have always affected great moderation at the outset of their aggressions . In the late Sikh war the English have bsen loud in their Tauntings ef their own modera - tion , yet no one possessed of common sense has from the beginning donbted that the entire Punjaub is to b swallowed , as soon as the victimized mass is reduced to a fit itate for our very " moderate" digestion .

      my should we seek to impose " our trade" upon the Japanese against their desire ? It cannot be for their benefit , for even the Chronicle admits that they are ( without " our trade" ) a flourishing and fcappy people . " Tie numerous ports and harbours of Japan are thronged by the native coasting vessels —the islands , of which tie empire is composed , are covered with large asd well-populated towns and cities , in many of whirh fairs are annually held , similar to tho e of LeipBic , Frankfort , and other Continental cities , to which merchants resort from all parts of the empire , and at which large quantities of goods are bought and sold . The soil is so fertil . that grain and other food is raised in ample sufficiency for the wants of its teeming population , with out the necessity of importation , while its mineral riches are almost unrivalled . " What doe 3 a people

      so happily situated want with a foreign trade ? But it is agued that the En glish are to benefittedby * & « projected trade . What English ? A few merchant profit-mongers . The English people will reap no bei . efit from the trade . That they reap no benefit from their trade with other nations , warrants us inasserting that they will reap no benefit from the intended trade with Japan . The Japanese , with all their barbarism , understand the principles of juat trading better than we do . They consume within their own territory the productions raised by them , and whichnaturenas supplied them with ; any superabundance they exchange for Dutch and Chinese good ? . On the other hand , we ^ hi ghly civilized Enfifeu export our home productions for the benefit •? other nations , leaving our producers to perish for vast of the necessaries raised by them , in return .

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      we receive luxuries , which are , tor the most part , consumed by our idle non-producers . By this sort of trading , our scheming merchants and usurious proitmoHgeragrow rich , but the people are sunken in destitution and misery . Not satisfied with seeing one people in wretchedness , our freebooters would fain infiict upon Japan , the curse they have inflicted upon us ; for the sake of the Japanese we trust they will be foiled .

      Trade with Japan will be of no benefit to the people of this country , but rather the reverse while to force that trade by violence and bloodshed , will add another to the damning sins against our brethren ot the human race ; the catalogue of which is already far lengthier than consorts with our honour and good name . Even was there no question as to the benefit that would accrue to this country from commencing a trade with Japan , we should protest against forcing that trade upon the people of that country . When Aristide 3 was informed of a plan by which Athens might have been raised to the supremacy of tho Grecian states , the only question with him was"Is it just ? " Not being so he rejected it , and to their immortal honour the Athenians followed his

      noble example . " Is it just should be the test of all our actions , not only as regards the dealings of man in his Individual character with his fellow-man , bat also as regards the dealings of nations with each t ler . This Japan scheme is not just , and therefore we denounce it , and we call on the British peo " pie , so far as they have the power , to repudiate it . The rumour which obtained currency sometime

      back of tbe intended destruction of the "republic" of Cracow , and the incorporation of the city with the Austrian provinces is confirmed . This subject demands comment of greater length than we can at present find room for . We purpose in our nest to speak at lingth on many subjects connected with Poland , including the new persecution directed against the Polish Emigration by the traitor Louis-Philippe .

      While the Citizen King is conspiring with the Russian miscreant , Nicholas , against the Poles , he is . it appears , equally busy in conspiring with that arch-butclier Metternich against the Swiss . Tbe sins this old hypocrite is accumulating on his own head must sink him to the lowest depths of infamy . The Mexican war turns out , as we have all along predicted it would do , a costly affair . When the war commenced there was in the Washington treasury 22 , 000 , 000 dols . unemployed , with a tariff in operation producing at least half a million of dollars per month more than all tbe demands upon the Treasury

      in Time of Peace . In addition to which Congress authorised the issuing 10 , 000 , 000 of Treasury notes , bearing an interest of 6 per cent ., or 10 , 000 , 000 of 6 p * r cent , stock , It is not yet six months sines tbe war expenditures commenced and the 12 , 000 , 000 of surplus is expended—the whole of the revenue collected since May isgone—about 3 , 600 , 000 of Treasury notes have been issued — and a war debt of at least 20 , 000 , 000 dols . has been contracted and remains unpaid , to meet which the government has a little short of 3 , 000 , 000 dols . ; thus showing an actual expenditure of 40 , 000 , 000 dols . in less than six months . " Glory" is no doubt a fine thing , but tbe laurel is rather an expensive plant to cultivate .

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      LONDON AND BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY . — MIRACULOUS AND PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE . On Sunday night last , the passengers by the mail train to Manchester had a most miraculous and providential escape—that train leaves Euston-squareat a quarter to n ' ne o ' clock , and is followed by the L ? eds and York which leaves Euston square at nine , or fifteen minutes after tbe Manchester train , bo * h trains stopping at Watford . On Sunday night , however , the Leeds train passed tbe Watford station at the rate of lorty miles an hour , in twelve minutes after the Manchester train had left and continuing its speed until it arrived at Tring , fourteen miles from Watford , and just two minutes after the Manchester train had left , when it was discovered that the

      engine was on fire , and that the stoker and engine men were in a state of beastly intoxication . The consequence was that the passengers for Watford were compelled to remain at Tring for the night—the engine sustained damage to the amount of £ 100 , and the train was detained two and-a-haif hours beyond its usual hour for arriving . Upon the arrival of the train at Tring , the stoker and enginemen were lodged in gaol , but we have heard nothing more of a mishap which might have been the cause of frightful loss of life , as no one can contemplate the amount of injury if the Leeds had run into the Manchester train . Woe to Mr . Hudson , orto the Great Western , ; f such an accident happened upon their lines .

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      8 ICEIFTS OF THE CHARTIST COOPERATIVE LAND COMPANY . ¦ ; ; - ' PER MB . O'CONNOR . " SECTION No . 1 . . HAKES . j £ I . d . Cheltenham , per J . leach .. „ . ^ 0901 Blackburn , per W . Sutcliffe .. .. . ' 8 15 6 Halifax , per C .. W . Smith 0 13 0 Hebden Bridge , per John Smith .. .. 0 6 6 Norwich , per J . Hurry 3 18 o Newark , per William Walton 5 3 0 Worcester , per M . Griffiths 1 1 G Nottingham , per J . Sweet , .. .. .. 117 G Northampton , per W . Munday .. .. 5 0 0 Huddersfield , per John Stead .. .. .. 400 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 1 C 2 Arbroath , per John Stephen .. .. .. 1 1 B Barnsley , per John Ward .. ., .. 2 0 « Trowbridge , per G . Eames .. .. .. 526

      Stockport , perT . Woodhouse .. .. » 2 0 0 Preston , per Jas . Brown . .. »• 3 n o Bradford , per-J Alderson .. .. .. 5 0 0 Asliton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 15 2 Bristol , per J . Rogers .. .. . 1 10 9 Leicester , per Z . Astill .. .. „ 3 o 0 Alva , per John Robertson .. .,. <¦ 3 13 7 Newcastle upon-Tyne , per M . Jude .. .. 2 14 o Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. .. 226 Leeds , per W . Brook ,. .. .. .. 2 0 o Manchester , ? er J . Murray .. .. .. 10 11 o £ 78 9 8 SECTION M > . 2 . ¦ —¦ " ¦ - . SH 1 BE 3 . Cheltoiulam , per J . Leach .. .. .. 335 Miirkinch . per A . A . Mitchell .. .. .. 5 15 i Blackburn , per W . Sutcliffe .. .. .. 19 i 8 S . Mills , Mere , Wilts 1 17 6 Halifax , per C . W . Smith 6 lo G Hebden Bridge , per John Smith .. .. 1 1 " 6 Retford , .. 5 * *

      Oldham , per W . Hamer .. .. ° ? Newark , per W . Walton ? ? , ? Maidstonc , per W . Cogger .. .. .. 11 J 1 J Worcester , per M . Griffiths , i ? Wiftan , per Thos . Pje .. .. .. .. 5 14 | Nottingham , per J . Sweet „ .. .. 31 2 H Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. « 19 l » •' Arbroath . per John Stephen ,. .. ., 0 16 0 Halstead . per W . Hurry 1 17 6 Stockton-on-Tees , per T . Potter .. .. 11 14 0 Barnsley , per John Ward .. .. .. 800 Norwich , per A . Bugshaw „ .. .. 4 13 2 Tronbridgo , per 6 . Eames ., .. .. 256 Robertson Donald , Edinburgh .. ... 4 0 0 Swindon , per D . Morrison .. .. ~ 5 o n

      Chepstow , per C . Walters 1 11 0 Newport per Jno . Williams .. „ .. 2 15 C Preston , per James Brown .. .. .. 5 14 6 Atherstone , per Charles Vero .. .. .. 3 6 0 Pershoro , purWm . Coun . jun ... .. .. 10 0 3 Bradford , per J . Aldersou .. .. .. 5 0 6 Devizes , per J . Stowe .. .. .. .. 5 5 IBirmingham ( Ship Inn ) 2 2 6 Asliton-under-Lyne , per E . Hobson .. .. 2 lo 8 Bristol , peiJJ . Rogers 8 3 3 Leicester , per Z . Astill .. .. .. 100 AWa , per J . Robertson .. .. .. 1 18 0 Clackmannan , per Geo . Paterson .. .. 1 15 4 Newcastle-on-Tyne , per M . Jude .. .. 2 6 0 Leeds , per W . Brook .. .. .. .. 4 0 o Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. .. 15 2 C Mottram , per Do ... .. .. .. 11 0 0 Droylsden , per Do ... .. .. .. 050 Joliu Meredith , New Radmer .. .. .. 0 14 £ 241 _ j > 0 PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION No . 1 . SHAKES . £ s . d . £ s . d . SowerbyElm - 313 0 Colne , ( No . 1 ) . - 0 3 0 Wigton - - - 0 7 0 Oxford - - - 1 10 6 Butterley . . 070 Hindley - - 0 8 0 Westminster- - 0 7 2 Warrington , J . Rochdale - - a 0 0 Brown - . 0 10 o James Smith . 003 Leamington -030 Camberwell - - 0 6 0 Boulogne - - 1 18 0 Braintree , Mr . Bromsgrove - . 880 Kuapp - - 1 0 0 W . Sladden - 0 10 Do ., Samuel Le Mr . W . Chapmau 0 7 8 Bean - - . 0 1 4 M . N . - - - 0 5 0 £ 21 lfii SECTION No . 2 . ¦" ™~«" Finnieston . . 15 6 Isliam * . - - 1 0 0 Jos . Brice - -014 Rochdale - - 20 o o A Friend , Earls . G . Brooks - - 0 17 2 heaton . . 4 li 6 Camberwell - -030 Portsea . . 19 5 Clitheroe - . 19 0 0 J . G . Holland - 3 U 2 Colne ( No . 1 ) - 0 6 3 Baron Spo ' sks , Littleborough , "W . M . D . - - . 546 Hall - - . 546 Edinburgh . - 2 1 G Bradford ( Wilts ) , Lynn . . 010 0 J , Gordon - - 0 1 6 W . Butchart . 026 Do ., A . Blackmore 020 G . Bishop - - 0 1 0 Oxford - - - 0 2 0 Warrington W . Stoekton-on-Tees . 0 16 0 Galop . - 0 i 6 Edinburgh - . 5 11 0 Truro - - - 0 6 U Calais - - - 5 0 0 ¦ Bath , per J . Penny 0 5 0 Bridptewater - 4 2 6 Do . ; A . Pudge ; . 5 4 0 Ifindley - - - 3 14 1 Do ., Franklin - 12 0 0 Wolf Moss - - 5 4 6 Collumpton Mr . Somers Town - 2 0 G Fowler . . 050 Stalybridge - - 5 0 0 Butterly - - 2 17 0 Derby - - - O 12 4 Thomas Vowel . 020 Leamington - - 117 0 Mr . Barton - - 0 10 0 Newton Abbott - 5 0 0 James Elphinstone 0 10 0 Littlcteton Parnel J 5 10 3 Jas . Hill - - q 5 () Leicester , per Bar-Charles Tinham . 026 row - - - 1 8 4 Timothy Roach . 0 19 0 Boulogne * - 1 16 0 Win , Davies - 1 0 0 Ashburton - - 2 15 4 James Hall - - 1 4 0 Teignmouth - - 0 18 8

      Thnmns Rnrrett * . 0 5 0 Hrnms < rri ) ve . . 4120 Thomas Barrett J- 0 5 0 Bromsgrove - - 4 12 0 Westminster - 1 18 0 T . Sherman - - 2 11 6 Lambeth - . 424 Greenwich - - 2 12 0 Johnson , Liverpool o 10 4 Finsbury - - 3 11 8 J Bridgewater - - 5 0 7 Mr . Stephenson Square Buckley - 0 5 6 Cullen . - - 020 Monckton Deverell 13 0 £ 1 C 2 _ 14 _ 0 TOTAL LAND FOND . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 78 9 8 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 2117 11 JE 100 _ 7 _ 7 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 241 5 0 Mr . Wheeler , „ „ ... 162 14 9 £ 4 O 3 W _ 9

      VO > * I ILLAH 3 AND JONES . KB MB . O ' CONNOB . Rochdale , per Mr . O'Connor .. .. .. 060 TETEBAHS ' , WIDOWS * , AND OMHAS ' s FUND . Plymouth . 0 G 0 Birmingham , ( Ship Inn ) .. .. .. 0 10 0 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . MB OBNBBAL SECttETlSr . City of London - 0 4 1 Lambeth - . 046 Greenwich - - 0 1 6 SHABES FOR VICTIMS . S . C . City - 0 1 0 TETEBASS , WIDOWS , AND OBPHAn ' s VUND 3 . A Chartist , Tower Lambeth Council - 0 2 6 Hamlets - - 0 1 0 Liverpool profits J . M . Kennilworth 0 10 on sale of "Star" 0 10 6 T . M . Whiblbr , Secretary .

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      E . Hess , Egremont . —His father is not liable if he is of age . We really cannot undertake the risk of advising upon law cases , and our time is too much occupied to read and advize upon wills and legal documents . They should be sent to Mr . Roberts , Manchester . Gamfbill . —Mr . O'Connor never received tbe communication to which his letter of theStb , refers . Mb . Geobge Ross , Glasgow . —The post-office order has come to hand , but you forgot to enclose the advertisement . Manchester Observation Committee . —We have no room for the address this week . T . B . Skabt . —Received . M . Jude . —Received .

      Death of Mr . Younge , ins Comedian . — This esteemed performer , who was many years at Drnrylane Theatre , but latterly almost exclusively at the minors , expired on Tuesday , after an illness of some continuance , at his residence in Warren-street , White Conduit-street , Pentonville , aged about 55 . LiUNCH OF THE NlOEB STEAM SlOOP . —On Wednesday morning , the Niger , steam sloop , designed and built by Mr . Lang , roaster shipwright , was launched from Woolwieh Dockyard .

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      THE CHARTER AND NO SURRENDER ! GREAT MEETING !/? GREENWICH TO ADOPT THE NATIONAL PETITION . On Wednesday evening , November 18 , that magnificent amphitheatre known as the Lecture Hall , Royal Hill , and said to be capable of holding 1 , 400 persons , was densely crowded by a meeting composed of all classes , called together for the purpose ot considering the propriety of adopting the National Petition . We were much pleased to observe the presence of SV great number of our hardy veterans" Who fought with Tlome and Jervis , And along with gallant Nelson sung , Yoheave ho !'"

      These brave old tars , now residents of Greenwich Hospital , eseraed to take an earnest interest in the proceedings , many of them heartily cheering the several speakers , notwithstanding that thesespeakers were net at all backward in denouncing the trade of war , and the physical force oppression of class eorarnmenta . At eight o ' clock Mr . Booth , operative engineer , was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . He read a letter from Mr . Dupdas , one of the members for the borough , in which he excused himself from attending on the ground of absence from London—said he did not know how far the People ' s Charter went , and advised those who bad votes , to register , as himself aod Mr . Barnard had generally to pay agents to look after the registering of elector ? . Mr . Samuel Kydd . ' movcd the adoption of tbe fol lowing resolution :- *

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      < 1 * i , ' ' r c That whereas the present representative Bjsiein excludes six-sevenths of the male adult ' population from the rights of citizenshi p , and ivheroas such exclusion isuiyust in principle , » na injurious to the beBt interest of the communit y , this meeting considers that a Radical Reform is imperatively demanded , and hereby resolves to Petition Parliament for the enactment of the people ' s Charterembod ying , Universal Suffrage "— " Annual Parliaments "— "Vote by Ballot "— "No Property Qualification "— "Equal Repreieutation , " and "Payment of Members , " and thus afford tha People the means of onr . reeling all grievances , and enacting all necessary measure s of reform .

      t t j * Mr . Kydd said he had listened to the reading J the letter of Admiral Dumlas with considerable interest . He could not conceive that , because the present electoral body neglected their duty , it was any argument against the working classes being enfranchised , on the contrary , if the electors noglectud their trust it should be restored to those for whom they were said to hold it , and thus allow the people to exercise the franchise for themselves . ( Loud Gheere . ) Mr . Dundug did not understand the People ' s Charter very well ; then , where was he when Mr . Duncombe brought his motion concerning the ^ Ch arter before the House of Commons ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Ky dd entered into a masterly exposition of the evils of the present system , showing from statistical tables the enormoiift wealth of tlin nris .

      tocracy arid middle-class , and the proportionate poverty of the people . Mr . Kydd was loudly cheered . Mr . O ' Connor , who was received with loud cheering :, seconded the resolution . He said Mr . Dund s had told them that he was not aware of the principles of the Charter ; he ( Mr . O'Connor ) was not aware that any member of Parliament wns obliged to be " aware" of any principle at all . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Dundas had voted on a much more intricate question—that of Free Trade . This reminded him ( Air . O'Connor ) of the Scotch member , who , when asked whether he had heard the convincing speech of Mr . Wilmot , replied . , Yes , be had ; he also had heard many convincing speeches , that had frequently altered his opinion ; but had never once altered hia vote . ( Loud IauL'hter and ereat applause . ) lie

      would ask those gentlemen in Greenwich who toolt so much trouble for Free Trade , where was now their triumph ? where the glory of their achievement ? Their Free Trade had deceived the people —instead of cheap bread , plenty to do , and high wasres , we have dear bread , little to do . and low wages , ( Great cheering . ) The Charter was much easier to be understood than the complicated question of Free Trade . The Charter had been placed before the people in anything but a pleasant light by the press , and hence a portion of the people had been delighted with the persecution and prosecution of its advocates . But Chartism should never he put do * n whilst lie lived . ( Great cheering . ) He had been considered a madman t ' oV' adv .. eating the small farm system , and was told that it was impossible that a tailor should understand how to plant a cabbage . ( Laughter . ) The Times , the Chronicle , and other papers were now advocating his system . How would they compensate him for the s x-

      teen months' imprisonment he had suffered in York Castle ? ( Hear , hear . ) There wiuld be no peace in Ireland until the people regained their right to live oh the soil . ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor then alluded to the Ten Hours' Bill agitation , the famine in Ireland , and in conclusion , briefly nnrvatt d the p"Ogress of the Land movement . Although the Land Company hal been little bitter than a year fairly in existence , they had accumulated a fund of £ 18 , 000 , they had purchased an estate in Hertfordshire of one hundred and four acres , that they had built thirty-six cottages , and a school for the ignorant thereon . ( Loud cheers . They vrere now in possession of a second estate of one hundred and sixty acres , the very c eim of Worcestershire , and in the course of three years , he would have sixteen thousand located on their own land , noble freemen who would have substantial reason for rallying with alacrity to the cry of '' my cottage in danger . " Mr . O'Connor resumed his seat amidst loud and continued cheerin : I

      Julian Ilarney supported the resolution . His remarks showing the evils of the present system , and he usticeofthe Charter , were warmley applauded . Mr . Erxksi Jones also supported the resolution . His eloquent illustration of the several points of the Charter were much cheered . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Mr . John Gathard read and moved the adoption of the National Petition , which was seconded ty Mr . T . M . Wheeler , and adopted by acclamation . Mr . Kydd moved a vete of thanks to the Chairman , which was seconded by Mr . Stallwood , and carried by acclamation , succeeded by three hearty cheers . The Chairman suitably responded , and the meetin ? was dissolved .

      [ A much lengthier report of the above meeting , supplied by our reporter was received , but press ol matter compelled curtailment . ]

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      MESSRS . CLARK AND M'GRATH'S TOUR . PRisTON . PUBLIC MEETING TO PETITION FOR THE PEOPLE'S CHARTER . On Wednesday evening last a public meeting of the operatives of Preston was held in the Temperance Hall , for the purpose of hearing addresses from Messrs . MGrath and Clark , a deputation from the Central Committee formed in London to advance the principles of the Charter , and of considering tl ; e propriety of petitioning parliament for the sam . Tim hall was well filled .

      Mr . James Brown beins called to the chair , op-ned the meeting by the remark that it was curious that in a town like Preston , which boasted of its patriotism so much , no wealthy and influential individual had appeared to take the chair on this occasion . Nevertheleas there was an advantage in this , for it enabled the working classes to take up that strong position to which the late Premier , Sir R . Peel , directed their attention when he advised them to take the management of their own affairs into their own hands . ( Cheers . )

      Mr . Richard Marsdbn moved the following resolution : — Resolved—That we agree to petition parliament for universnl suffrage and its inseparable adjuncts , the ballot , annual parliaments , no property qualifications , equal electoral districts , and payment of members , —it heing the opinion of this meeting that till government is thus constituted , the working community , who form the great hulk of society , will never enjoy their clue aliaro of protection . In supporting this resolution , Mr . Marsden said it did not signify what might be tbe form of government , be it an absolute monarchy , an aristocracy , or a democracy , if only all classes and individuals were properly protected . Thousands perished through

      mis"overnmcnt , and the misery it thereby and otherwise inflicted , if seen in the aggregate , would be found far to exceed any pre-conceived idea of its extent . But he did not imagine this misery waa inflicted through any deiiglit experienced in itn in diction ; it had , he believed , a different origin , which he might make plain in a few words . A man > ias called a lord or a squire because be happened to possess extensive domains or immense wealth ; on no account was a man deemed respectable unless hi > circumstances were moderate , and his raiment tolerably fine and geod . No Irishman in hia wretched mud cabin , or any Englishman in his poverty-stricken COttage , would bo accounted " respectable , " however upright and unimpeachable his conduct and character might be . ( Hear , hear ) No man could aspire to a seat in the legislature unless he was possessed of larae landed estates , or be qualified to

      judge of the fitness of another man to such a seal except he lived in a house of £ 10 yearly rent . Now n system like this naturally poisoned all society . It led one class of men to despise and look down unjustly upon another . Now it was not in human nature to remain always content with such n stat < - of things . The system must be changed . Let , a man have a vote not becauae ho lives in a ten-pound Iiou 3 e and payy rent , but because ho is a man ; and let them be eligible to become members of parliament ,, not because they have property of ¦ £ 300 a » year , but becauae tliey have satisfied the electors of their fitness . ( Applause . ) With a system like this , they would enjoy peace and competency , but without it they would never be but as they are now , miserable serfs on the one hand , and haughty tyrants on the other . ( Cheers . ) He begged to propos % that the resolution be adopted .

      Mr . Jambs Duckworth begged to second the motion . Mr . Clabk , one of the deputation , then rose to speak to the resolution . He had great pleasure , he said , in supporting the resolution , moved with such an able and philosophic speech by Mr . Marsden . He quite agreed in the sentiment , that 80 long as the working classes were without representation they would be without protection . He was the more strongly inclined to this opinion from tho fact that he had discovered that all others in the slate are > e . presented , and that consequently they are protected . L'he landed interest , the funded interest , the faotorj

      interest , the army and navy , and the church , had each their representation , and consequently their protection . And what this resolution contended for was simply that labour , the greatest interest in the country , was without representation , : md consequently without protection . That labour should have its representation and protection appeared to him so simple and J BBt a proposition that he was astonished the working chwsesa of this country had not long since compelled its enforcement in law . Nay , it accorded so entirely with the pure principles of Christianity , that he was astonished none of their reverend brethren was here to-night to

      urge them on in their good course . Ihjsre was no just reason why the working classes should not have their due ah ' are in the repres entation of the country , seeing they were the most numerous class , and the producers of the wealth consumed by all other classes . Were they reoresented , there would beao

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      necessity tor the stringent laws that now exist ; there would be n o necessity for the present Poor Law , nor would they have to incur the expense of a standing army in the time of poacG . ^ The only purpose ho found standing armies in a time of peace subienre , not in England alone , but all over the world , was to crush the spirit of liberty , everywhere expanding to life with the rising generation : and were the werking classes allowed a fair share of government , and , j « st opportunities of acquiring property , they would always be ready to risk their lives in deience of theii privileges and property . He hoped they should al live to see the English standing army disbanded , and our soldiers sent to their homes U app ly their skill and labour to our land or our looms . ( Hear , hear . )

      If the working classes were represented in Parliament , more attention would be paid to their interests . If the people were represented , he believed thai they should not longer be taxed to the tune ol thirty millions a year for the purpose ot paying . the interest of the debt contracted by tho aristocracy o the country , but that tha parties for the protection of whose property alone the debt was contracted , should be m » ' ! e to paj ifc . He knesv that many objections were urged against their claim for representation . Many objected on the , ground of their ignorance . Well , he was not here to say they were as intelligent as they ought to be , or as they might make themselves ; but , nevertheless , it could not be justly argued that the people were too

      itnocaiit to bo admitted within the palosf the cousthv .-ton , were yet not so ignorant but that they were to be called upon to pay taxes in support of that const i tution . It they were too ignorant to share in the representation , surely they were too isnoratt to pay tixes . There was no moral link whatever between the people of England and tbe government . The country was ruled by brute force alone . They ought to have a government based on the living . genius and in tbe affection of the people , lie did not agree with Mr . Maisden ' .-propositinn that it mattered not what kind of government we had , were t lie people only protected ; they ou » httobe satiafud with no constitution but one that was right ; and no constitution could be ri » lit

      unless based on the suffrages ' of the male adults ol the empire . He hoped the meeting understood him ; ii'i proposed not to exclude tbe "ristocraey or the middle classes from government ; he sought that all should have a share , and would say to the former . " If ? OU exclude us from tbe franchise , then exclude us from the payment oft ixcs . " And rely u ; on it 'here was a feeling abroad in their order that would ujver rest till their enfranchisement be secured . ( Hear . ) If it was objected , as he had already t-hnwn it was , that tliey were too ignorant for the franchise , whar- must be thought of the system under which t iey had grown up in ignorance ? In fact the very objection was the strongest argument against the objectors' eivn system . Why had they not e . lucate > l

      the people ? They had had ten or tw « lve years of " enlightened legislation" since the passing of . the Reform Bill , yet what had the enlightened legislature done for the education of the people ? Wiry ti ey h id given ^ 30 , 000 a year f r t > at object , nnil £ 70 000 tor stab ' es t ' ur her M-ije ' sij' Jhorses ! Was th ; it just ice ? It ought to be known to every work-¦ ns ; man , that the people are taxed ten or eleven millions a year fertile support and aggrandisement of an established Church . Eighteen thousand parsons were yearly paid out of the people ' s purse , and if the people were ignorant , what had these been doing ? Had tliey not been paid to educate them ? It the people / then , were ignorant , they must have been incompetent to teach , or tbev must have been

      dishonest and receiving the people ' s money on false pretences . It would be recollected that when Mr . Duncombe asked LirdJohn Rusetl on wh .. t principle he meant to conduct ihe government , his lord-¦ h'p replied he meant to conduct it on the liberal piinciple , but if Mr . Diincombe thought he ( liislord-8 'iip ) meant the five points of the Charter lie was much mistaken , and that , though he admitted tho franchise would lead to the physical and moral ( 1 :-vation of the people , he was , nevertheless , prepared to oppose it . But having p inned Lord John down to a recognition of tho justice of their claim —( hear , hear)—they might say of him , as Richard Cohden

      said , in like case , of the protectionists— " When once Ihad the protectionists acknowledge the justice ¦ > f my principle ,-1 knew it was only a question of time when that principle should be embodied in law . " They ought to ground their claim to enfranchisement on their existence as men , and , in acquiring it , tught to use no other than moral means . Mr . Clark then briefly turned the attention of his hearers to the wretched condition of Ireland at this moment , which he ascribed to bad government , and c : \ IIed upon the people to overturn this bad system , and replaco it by a better . He then concluded by returning thanks for the hearing that they had given him , ( Chesrs )

      The resolution was ttien put to tne meeniy , and agreed to . Mr . Baxter then moved the following : — " Resolved , —That this meeting hereby agrees to support the Central Curamittee already formed in London , for the purpose of securing the return of twelve members co tlio Home of Commons pledged to the principles of ilie People ' s Charter . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Nixon , and agreed to . Mr . Jambs Davis said , that after the eloquent address which they had heard from Mr . Clark , he would simply read the _ petition . Mr . D . concluded by proposing the adoption of the petition . Mr . I ' umphrkt Audlam seconded the resolution iaa lengthy and energetic speech , in which ijesiiowed up the wickedness of the present system , the

      necess ty for thi ; working classes being protected , and the value of the Charter as the means to enforce that protection . Mr . M'GitAiit said , if tho principles of the People ' s Charter were enacted , then the House of Commons would be an exact representation of the people , and a correct index of their thoughts and wants . Some « aid their principles were not founded in justice . Now , let them take up the last principle—thai of electoral districts , and then ask if a change w . ns not necessary . There was a little village in Harwich , which contained a population of 4 , 000 , and an electoral body of 181 persons ; and these 181 persons , or a majority of them , returned two members to th > - House of Commons . Then , let them take Liverpool , with a population of 400 , 000 , and an electura body ot

      15 . 000 ; and yet that large constituency only returned tbe same number of members as the village of Harwich with its 181 electors . ( Hear , hear . ) They proposed to do away with such a system "The charter proposes that the country shall be divided into electoral districts . Each district would return the same number of members , and thus every man would have an equal voice in appointing those who are to make the laws and impose our taxes . Next they demand the ballot . Power and influence exercised a crushing sway over the working man who is an elector . The lord exercises an influence over the merchant , the merchant over the middle-da s * man , and the lord , merchant , and middle-class man over the working man . ( Cheers . ) A House of Commons

      elected by such means can never be a fair representation of the people . If we get the ballot , then the workman cm go manfully to tbe ballot-box and not be afraid of meeting the eye of his master . ( Chct rs . ) Another principle in the People ' s Charter is annual parliaments . Seven years we consider too long a term for any parliament to exist . Men elected for seven years , instead of serving the people serve themselves . ( Cheers . ) By tho infamous law of primo . geniture , the aristocracy have to saddle the younger branches of their families upon the public ; one gets a anus berth in the army , another in the navy , a third to the colonies , and tlie most stupid of the lot gets a station in the church . ( Ch-ers . ) Nf >« - if we had annual parliaments all theHe things would be put

      an end to , and the dishonest man wouia be cou pelled to become an honest one . For instance , if one ut your representatives knew he had to meet his constituents at the end of twelve months , he would take especial care to do nothing that would nuet with their disapproval , in order to secure his re-election . ( Cheers . ) Another grand point in our Charter is complete suffrage . We call it " universal suffrage . " Some parties find fault with that designation ; they say there is ro such thing as universal suffrage , because we exclude females and minors . Wo contend , however , that the term is more appropriate tlmn even " complete suffrage . " We hold that every Englishman of twenty-one years oi" age , of souno mind , and untainted with crime , should have a voice

      in the choosing of the representatives who are to govern the nation . ( Cheers . ) 13 there a single member who objects to the People's Charter ? I tell such a'man that he is not willing 10 do unto others as he would havo others to do unto him . ( Cheers . ) On the present system of choosing our representatives , one-seventh of the population are freemen , and the . other six-sevenths slaves Mr . M'Grath then went on to combat the ai-gament that the working classes were not fit to be entrusted Aitli the franchise on the ground of immorality , and instanced the frauds of tradesmen in deteriorating various articles in which they dealt , to show that even those who possessed the franchise were , alter all . not very moral men . As regards iutellijiflice , he

      contended that the working classes were tar more enlightened than their oppressors . Who was it that opposed the passing of the Corn Bill in 1815 but the working classes ; and subsequent events had proved that , what the -working classes taught in 1815 were adopted by Lord John Russell and Sir Robert Peel ia rl 8 lO , thua proving themselves thirty years in advance of the two Premiers . ( Cheers . ) It was the working clasaes who urged on every got d movement . It was not the middle classes who wished to do away with the gallows and the cat-o ' -nine-tails , or the oppressions ofjthe factory child . No ; it was the working ( classes who were the main promoters of these movements . ( Cheers . ) The motion was agreed to .

      On the motion of Mr . II . Aodlau which was duly seconded , thanks were voted to Messrs . Clark and M'Grath . Mr . Ciakk returned thanks , and proposed a vote of thanks to Mr . Brown for his able conduct in the Chair , which was also agreed to . The meeting was then dusolyed .

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      1 . ' ' i . BUliNLEV . It having Koe ' n announced that a public meeting would be ] j

      TODMORDEN . On Friday evening , the Assembly Room of the lied Lion Hotel was crowded with a mo-t attentive audience , convened to adopt the National Petition , and for the enactment of the People ' s Charter . Mr . Witham presiilcd . Resolutions condemnatory of tlie prOHent « ato « ftl / e irpro-ent-ation and the National Petition for its thorough reform , were brought forward and supported bv Messrs . Stansfiehl , Brook , Money , Clark , and M'Grath . in speeches which judging from the cordial responses evoked , seemed to

      flash the conviction on every mind present , that the principles of democracy -lie the only foundation upon which the real glory and true happiness » fa nation can rest . Every one " present seemed imbued with the resolve to do his duty in the coining strueefe of ri » ht against might . We think from the s-piiit formerly evinced by tbe Chartists of Todmnrden , that we may tafely venture to predict , that if every town in i he country Act as v sl-. a J , ' lint our National Petition will be inscribed with . our millions of bow fide * -ian ; ituyes .

      MAC 0 LESFIELD . Public Lectuhk —On Sunday evening lasf , a very lar ; e meeting was held in the Chartist Room , Stanley-street , in pui'Mimce ot publis notice , to hear an address from Mr . Thomas Clark of the Executive Committee , on the subject of "The People ' s Rights , and their fitniss lor their proper exerc ' a ? " Mr . Joseph Allen , an able and valued friend to the popular cau < ej , was unanimously chosen so pn side , Mr . Clark intercl in ' o an examination of the various causes , wh'ch were conjointly at work to produce the 'unonuiee and deration of the labouring classes , He then " proceeded to shew tlio benefits which would rc > -ult from putmj ; the people in possession of fhe vote , anil concluded an argumentative speech by inviting discussion , but as there were no objections offered , tlm meeting quietly separated .

      ROCHDALE . It is delightful to the few « lu » .-e devotion to the cause of political justice has lived through the calm of thea » itation . to w tness the revival that is evidently taking place . The obtamment ot the town halls in so many important places for the meetings ¦> f Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , evidences the progression of our principles , as well as the dispellinc ; of inns- prejudices which regarded Chartism as ton vulgar to be advocated within the rcspecable precinct 3 of civic edifices . We are taking the necessary stppa to ob'iiin our town hall for a meeting to adopt tne National Petition . We hope fur a meeting as tbe remit of our labours which , while it redounds to the honour of the Rochdale Democracy , will give an

      impe ! UB to the cause of Britain ' s emancipation . It being announced that Mr . M'Grath would address a meeting in the Chartist Half on Sunday evening , that building was thronged with a most attentive audience . At the usual hour for coniniencins , Mr . Mitchell was chosen to preside . He opened the business with a lew excellent observations relevant to those topics , which , at the present time engage so much of public attention . One of our soul-stirring Chartist anthems having been executed in good style , the chairman called upon Mr . M'Grath to addriss the meeting , lie said , that ani « ng the various signs of progress which characterised tho atie in which we live , must be placed the possession of 'halla likethis by the people for their instruction . How

      laudable , how cheering it was to see men and women thus congregating to obtain a knowledge of their rights and wronsjs , in order to the enforcement of the One , and the redress of the other . Knowledge was the lever to elevate humanity the sword to exterminate despotism its divest enemy . Halls like this were excelient media for amassing the treasure of knowledge , and therefore , he hoped that this hall would receive encouragement and support from the working men of Rochdale , lie regarded every Chartist hall in the country ns < •» fortress fi > r defending the cause , as an entrenchment whence the champions of liberty can hurl the projectiles of truth against the minions of usurped power . lie looked on them as fanes consecrated to the divinity . of freedom , and he hoped always to find them filled with ardent and zealoiw worshippers . Mr . M'Grath then

      dwelt on the Irish famine , proving it to be the production , not of infinite benevolence a * blasphemiously alleged , but of the conjoint misrule of rent-lords , profit-lords , and fund-lords . Mr . M'Grath then adverted . to the subject of the land , and showed howtin ; Government , by reclaiming the Irish waste lands and allotting them to the people upon equitable conditions , might hush for ever the wail of despairing misery , which is heard in every part of that unfortunate country . He called attention to the presei't prosperous condition of the Chartist Co-operative Land Company and its future bright prospects , and concluded a lengthy and able address with a strong recommendation to join the Land Company . Some questions were put and satisfactorily answered . Upwards of £ 20 were received for the Land . Votes of thanks having been given to the lectunr and chairman , the meeting separated .

      STALEY-BR 1 DGE . The services of Messrs . Clark and M'Grath , having been secured by the branch of the Co-operative Land Company , established here , the Town Hall was obtained for the delivery of public addresses , explanatory of the rules , principles , anil objects of that noble institution , the Chartist Co-operative Land Company . At eight o ' ilo : k the spacious hall was filled with an audience , among which we observed a somewhat numerous sprinkling of the middle ' classes . Mr . Walker by unanimous consent officiated a 3 chairman . He opened the business of tlie evening

      with a few -ouml observations upon the value of land t ; b the working classes . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs . Clark , Wild and M'Grath , who exhibited the constitution of the Land Company , the praticability of its projects , and the value ofifs aims in a light so clear , that we anticipated a considerable addition to our numbers . Several members were enrolled and many copioa «•* tha rules purchased . Votes of thanks havinj ; - ' Ten passed to the chairman , and to Messrs . M Oratfi , Clark and Wild , the meeting separated , fully ' satisfied with the evening ' s proceedings .

      STOCKPORT . ;¦ Chartism throwing off its SuiGGipiiNBS : .- "TnK Noam becomiso Itself Aoatv . — The <; hartisfr Council havius determined that if possible t mi men of Stoukport snould not be backward in the great National t-ffort about to be made for labour ' s emancipation , they in pursuance of this resolve , applied to Alfred Orrell , Esq ., the mayor , for the -Town Hall , for a meetting to ailopt the National retitinn . The chief magistrate immediately complied with the request of the council . The meetinc was convened by placard for Tuesday evening , anil long before the

      appointed time the Jiall was crowded m evi-r . rpaW , and during the proceedings hundred * of r . nxious working men had to depart unablctoguin admission . A balf . past sever , Mr . Tarkington was votett to tbe chair . His opening speech was concise , sonsible , and well received by the meeting . Resolutions in favour of the Charter and the National IVthimi for its enactment , were moved anil seei'iiileil by N ' essrs . Webb , Davis , Mitchell , Bennett , Smith , and Cindy * mid supported in eloquent , ami ar ^ u Tentative speeches by Messrs . Clark and M'Grath . This was unanimously allowed to be the largest in-ilo <> r meeting ever bold in Stockpnrt .

      Votes of thanks havinc been awarded to the mayor for his alacrity in gratnini ; the l-all , » nil to Mists . Clark . M'GrJLtb . and the chairman , tho meeting quietly dispersed . ^ —

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      RENEWED AUITAT 1 ON TOR .. THE CHAKTER JN SCOTLAND . MK . DOYLE'S MISSION . CR 1 EFF . Mr . C . Doyle , one of the directors of the Cooperative Land Company , has honoured this village with a vij-it , and o i the evenings of the 9 th mid 10 th instant , gave two luminous and hijihiy inU'resting lectures to a numerous a » d attentive audience in the Weaver ' s Hull . Tbe first of these addresses was on the xtent of the laud ami its capabilities , in which be showed beyond all e- ntradicii- n . that irt the united , kinedim of Great Britain and Ireland , we had landwhichif put under n proper system

      , , of cultivation , was more than sufficient to product ) the best of food in superabundance for each ami all of our population , at the uunie time , giving the labourer a fair day ' s wa ^ es for ; a / air day s work , in his second lecture , lie showed plainly that class legi * . lationwas the great and corrupt source _ ot che poor &sdss&s %% && S ? i *» w ' S w »?« oftne ppoplp ' S rtehts > nd weU % ui > lifi g d fl » eisS &horrid tVpdir' which : weiroa | both « ivil and ecclesucal . d ¦ f ; v -, ' ¦; . -. ; ' £ g fc « , ~

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      Thk Rwbesentatiom oV BATH .-Itis conteniplated to bring forward Lord Usbley , a . . rCona « ntNO andidate lor Batli ajrtfW p « * **»»{ ' $ ¦! & : ; A k / v ' '¦¦ ? ' ^ T- ^^ P * ' ^ ^ K ^ Trf ^ J ^ ' ? -M

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      Afpboachixg Laxd Conterbkck—Having ascer taiced that in several instances the persons appointed as district secretaries or returning officers have since been nominated as candidates for the office ol delegate ; 1 hereby authorise them to call in the aid of the local committe , resident in the place , to assist them in scrutinizing tbe return of the rotea for the several candidates , that all suspicion of unfair dealing may be obviated . ; Thomas Martin Wheeler , Secretary . N . B . Persons both in town * and country who have paid or who are paying for their shares ^ to either the secretary tr the treasurer , are requested to send their address , trade , < fcc » , and Conference and Directors to me .

      Frightful SuicrnE . — On Tuesday evening Mr . Wni . Payne held an inquest at Mr . Cross ' s , the George , Beech-street , Barbican , on the body of Mr . Benjamin Henry Croot , aged fifty-nine , lately residing at No . 11 , Bridge water-square . City Police Constable , No . Id , said that on the evening of Sunday last , about eight o ' clock , he was sent for te the house in which the deceased resided , and found him lying on tbe floor of bis bed-room , with blood flowing from his body . A sword was lying near him , and also a knife , both of which were * besmeared with blood . William Lovell said that he had been in the service

      of the deceased about nine years . Whilst be was in the room adjoining his master ' s sleeping apartment he heard a heavy fall , and upon going into the bedroom he found deceased on the floor . He lifted him , and held him up until the police and two surgeons arrived . A sword was on a chair , and the point projected over the elbow . Mr . John Bellingham Great Cambridge-street , Haggerstone , said deceased lately entered into partnership with him , having left the service of Messrs . Harmers and Pearsons for that purpose . He considered that the leaving his situation and entering into business had preyed on his mind . Verdict" Temporary Insanity . "

      Bigamy . —A very respectably-dresBed female , the wife o * Mr . John Tyson , the proprietor of an extensive shoe-shop , in Liverpool , -was last week brought before Mr . Rushton , on a charge ' of bigamy . The prisoner wore her black veil so much over her "face , that it was with difficulty that a glimpse of her features could be gained . She seemed to be about forty years of rfge , and remarkably well-looking . Mr . James Tyson deposed tbat he was present when she was married to his brother John , on the oOth of October , 1827 . at St . Mary ' s Church , Edge-hill , bj tlie Rev . Mr . Swainson . The prisoner continued to live with his brother until within the last four or

      five years , when thej separated . In cross-examination , the witness stated that the prisoner had not had a family to keep . J . Simpson , clerk at St . Martin ' s church , stated that be had not known the prisoner prior to the morning of the 10 th instant , when she called at the church and was married to a person of the name of Thomas Holmes , by the Rev . Mr . Harper , the curate . She stated herself to be a widow , and gave her maiden name , Lydia Martin . Witness produced a copy of the second marriage ceitificate . The prisonsr , who declined to say a word in her defence , was committed for trial . — Liverpool Chronicle .

      Revolt ih theBoskiah Districts . —We find the following in the Agram Gazette of the 3 rd : — "The neighbouring Bosnian districts are in full revolt against their governor . The soul of the rebellion is theCadiofBihac , Mehemed Bey Ru 3 taubegowitz , who has before been at tbe head of a revolt , and whom he Pasha had vainly endeavoured to remove from Bihac . Lately the party in opposition to him had assembled at Ca « in , and summoned the Cadi to lay down his office , and go to the Pasha at Trawnick . But the Cadi suddenly appeared among the Bosniacs , and convinced them that they were in the wrong . They thereupon abandoned their leader , who

      surrendered at discretion . On Oc tober 12 , the Cadi marched , with a great number of his partisans , towards Otoka and Zezersko , and ordered each proprietor to send an armed man to join him . On October 15 he arrived at Novi with numerous followers , and on the 20 th had under his command from 5 , 000 to 6 . 000 men . Several Turks who attempted to make resistance , were taken and thrown into prison , and their houses burnt to the ground . The Turks of Banyaluka , it is said , made common cause with the Cadi , bnt his real intentions are not yet knewn . At all events this Btate of things interrupts the coarse of commerce on the frontiers . "

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 21, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1393/page/5/