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      p B . I' . Torquay .-We W handed jour later to the directors . Bo « it W , LD , Mott « m . ~ Much obliged for ronr pleas-» g letter Tour * , shes sliall be complied with at the nex meeting of the Fraternal Democrats A . ^ iira -W e had pmioujly receded an account of tnp xotfcCt H . nETKaiKGTo » . -&rriTea too Ute for this week . HcKCOAT . —Dear Sir , —I wUh you to be so kind as to notice rathe next Saturday ' * Star , that there will be three sermons preached in Hancoat's chapel next Sunday , the 14 th in « t ., by tbeRer . Mr . Foslate minister p . B . I * . Torquay . —We have handed vnur Ut , ~ , „ , k .

      , of the Independent congregation , Oldham . K collection will be made after each te . rvice towards defraying the expense ! I hare been unjustly put to for de- ' fending the rights of the peoplejagainit a tyrannical priesthood . —Yonrs respectfully , A . MThabe . i ^ We have to apologise for apparent ne glect towards many -valued correspondents . Several letters of im- , portance must stand over . Oar columns , this week , ; are again completely crowded , and so much important natter remains on hand , that we can merely add the earliest attention shall be paid to the communications of provincial and other friend ? .

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      "CHAMBERS : * JOURNAL . " Vox Poptdi vox Dei . Mr . O'Connor ' s astounding exposure of W C'a frauds and fallacies in relation to the Small Farm System , has excited great sensation amongst the working classes . and created an expression of opinion that would staggerthe proprietors of the " Journal " could they w , tness the pile of letters we have received on the subject , all unanimous in condemning the three halfpenny " enlighteners " From the mass of communications received , we select the following : — Birmisgham . — At our usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening last , Mr . Dunn in the chair , the following resolutions were unanimously passed . Moved by Mr . Fussell , seconded by Mr . Porter , and carried unanimously : — .. n ,,.,.,, ™ ,.., ,. „ ,,..., ....

      That , having heard the article read signed W . 0 ., emanating from William Chambers , and headed " A Word on the Land , " we are of opinion that the object of the writer is to misrepresent and discourage the working-men in their endeavours to improve their condition ; and when we compare the satd article with the previous one of 1815 , from the tame individual—the ene a coinpUte contradiction to the other—we consider the writer unworthy of the countenance of the pi-oplt , and we call apon the working classes to withdraw their support from tbe Messrs . Chamber * ' publications . Moved by Mr . Porter , seconded by Mr . Potts , and carried unanimously : — That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., for his talented exposure of the knavery of W . Chambers .

      Glasgow . —At the weekly meeting oftheGlas-EowbrancSiofthe National Land Company , held at No . 27 , St . Andrew ' s-sqoare , on Monday nipht , March Sth , Mr . William Dougherty in the chair , Mr . John Verner was appointed scrutineer for the next fonr weeks . Mr . John Govan then < came forward and -read from the Star the reply to the article in Chamb&s Journal , amidst the cheers of tiie meeting . After reading it he ^ oke at some length , showing that the proprietors of that Journal tad sprung from the ranks of the-working wen , and that although they pi ofessed to ^ e public instructors , they were the deadly enemies of the workingclasseB . lie conchided by moving the following resolution : —

      That we have bo confidence in the Kessrs . Chambers 6 f Edinburgh , as « p * blic instructors , and look with disgust upon their present attempt to mar the efforts of the working-men to wise themselves above their present servile condition ; ima further , we return Mr . O'Connor our sincere thanks for his able refutation of their detestable rubbish . Mr . Johs 'Brtak , in a speech of considerate length , seconded the m tion , « nu -called upon all the working-men to do as he had -flone . From the moment he r « d their " Employer and Employed " lie never ba 8 purchased one * -ef their iourna " k—( Cheers . ) The motion ~ was carried , and »« even new meiribers wereenrolleiHn section No . 'S .

      Similar resolutions have bettrcnanimously adopted at Bristol , 'Barnsley , Bilston . Lamberhead-green , Llanelly , Merthyr-Tydvil , Nottingham , Norwich , Rochdale , Sheffield . Smetfewiefc . Thropstowe , 'Green wich , Liwrpeol , NorthamptAa > Wigan , and Leamington . In several of the letters'from the above nlace * the hope Hs strongly eKeressed that Mr . O'Connor will bring out a cheap-pnblication to drive Charabers ' s trash out of the market . The Sheffield'friend * suggest that Chambers-is article and Mr . O'Connor ' s reply be reprinted Irom tteNStar for general -circulation .

      Wesho&dadd that tW'V / eekly Expnsz of Edinburgh , in ite impression ot ^ Saturdav last , contained a very ¦ excellent letter fronts working man in « reply to the article of W . C ., written of course before Mr . O'Connor ' s reply had been seen ia Edinburgh . The working-men are wideawake now , W . C . willncmore find them napping .

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      _ _ . RECEIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND COMPANT . PEft MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . Rim . Wakrfield .. £ 12 0 Holmfivth .. £ 0 15 ' 6 Halifax .. .. 6 11 6 Macelcsfield .. 5 I 0 Crieff .. .. O 4 o Glasgow , per Cr . ydon .. 0 16 Shcrringtmi -. 0 K 0 Shoreditch .. 0 1 o Whitrington and Lamblcy .. 417 8 Cat .. .. 1 l 6 Bacnp .. « . 3 12 0 lambeth .. 14 8 Bilston .. .. 6 oo Bristol . .. 500 Bermorrdsey .. 0 1 0 Bradford .. 3 4 0 T . Moore , jun ... 6 1 « Smethwick .. 0 3 0 Ntr . vJcb .. 2 0 0 Wakefield .. 0 ll 0 Nottinjham .. Oil « Ptockport .. 2 0 0 Shrewsbury , Newton Bushett 0 2 0 lowell .. 013 0 Dull .. „ 0 10 6 Cheltenham .. 011 0 Oxford .. „ 0 2 0 Rochdale .. 0 11 0 S . Mills , Mere , Manchester .. 14 3 9 Wilts .. .. 10 0 Colne , per Ashton .. .. 4 3 8 Hey .. .. 1 S 6 Reading ^ 0-2 0 Mottram .. 2 la 0 HaddersfieU „ . 1 11 0 £ 72 7 4 SECTION No . 2 . SBABZg . i Bilston .. „ IS 18 0 Nottingham .. 3 4 0 ; Pcrshore » o 0 0 Market laving- '• Clackmannan *• 0 3 7 ton , perXove .. 0 11 t ) : Cirencester „ 4 0 0 Edinburgh .. 2 0 < ff Wakefield .. ISO Shrewsburv , per \ Calais , perLock- Powell .. 0 7 T > wood .. « 5 0 6 Cbeltemiam .. 0 4 3 Glossop , ptr Bridgewater , Lewis .. 0 14 0 Twee&s M 1 17 f 0 Hull M .. 210 3 Norwkli , Bag . Somers Town , shaw ^ ,. 2 0 ' 0 J . R . DartnelU 5 4 4 Rochdale .. 2 51 } Cljtheroe „ 0 10 0 Manchester .. 4 IS 6 Cheltenham .. 3 7 6 Macclesfield .. 4 0 0 Halifax .. .. 2 9 6 Old Shildon _ 3 18 9 Keiphley .. 14 5 4 Glasgow , per Devizes .. » . 5 9 S Sherrington .. I 17 6 Andrew Bunnay 0 1 o Birmingham , Crieff - .. 0 18 O Pare — .. 0 T 4 0

      Samuel Vizird .. 2 10 0 Wlifttingtonand . John Fletder „ 6 2 6 Cat .. .. 012 0 Ww . Fletcher „ 0 2 6 Maidstone 10 4 Croyd » n « . 1 12 6 Leeds .. .. 2 0 0 Teignmouth .. 16 6 Paisley .. .. 0 G 0 Thrai » -tone .. 0 10 Britol .. . 10 0 Geo . Bishep .. 0 1 0 Bradford .. 5 ' 8 0 Gen . Martin .. 6 16 Daventry - OHO Tnos . Nosrefl .. 0 10 Smethnick .. «! 1 8 James Mathers .. 0 2 0 Wakefield .. 0-60 Shoreditch .. 0 8 6 Hall .. .. 1 10 6 Longton .. 0 3 0 Xurthwich , per-Geo . Allinson .. 0 2 6 I ) eanM ... 0 5 0 Square Buckley 016 1 Markinrh .. 0 15 6 Bridjrenorth , per MonlrtonDeverill TOO J . Shipman .. 0 12 8 Newport , Mon-Bilston .. .. 10 0 0 mouth .. % 2 0 A : 1 th .. .. 400 Ashton .. „ « 8 3 Somers Town .. 211 6 Gt « port ~ 1 * 10 0 Stockton .. 1 X 6 SUvenson . Cullen M 1 0 Birmins : h * Ki , per Reading „ 0 10 Gordon .. 113 Ficsbury .. 3 19 0

      £ 145 16 0 } SECTION No . 3 . """ SH 1 SEC . Wakefield .. 9 10 0 Thos . Sparrow ., 0 2 6 Hull .. .. 13 4 0 Stoney Strafc-• Wro . PeadHn . fOTd .. ... 012 6 ham , Lowbands 2 12 0 Cheltenham ... X > - U 8 Michael Sykes .. 2 12 4 Korwicb , Bag-Halifax .. .. 0 5 0 -ehaw .. . ^ S 10 0 Kvi R hlcy .. 0 10 S Bochdal * ... 10 13 5 Devizes .. ., 0 14 Manchester .. 16 C 8 Barnley , Clogg .. 5 0 0 Eccle =, per Mr .. Crieff .. ~ 0 18 0 -Gregory .. tl 0 0 Thomas Hem- Stuurbridfre .. 2 9 2 mings .. 5 4 4 Xencastlc-upon--JolmRol .. 0 5 0 Tyne . .. 5 0 0 John Andrew „ 0 5 0 Macclesfield .. 10 0 William Wilson 0 s 4 OldShindon .,. 100 Edwin Polly .. 8 2 6 Gldham .. 2 0 0 Henry Smith .. 0 2 C Glasgow , per - Samuel W . Coller 0 2 6 Sherrington .. 1 18 0 Joseph BeBJ . Col- Whittingtunand' .

      ler .. .. 0 2 6 Cat .. .. 3 9 4 Sermond-ey .. 010 " Mnidstone .. 10 . 13 8 -William Seal .. 0 2 4 l'aisley .. ... 1 14 0 Crovdon .. 010 8 Bradfurd .. 1 16 0 Wm . Moody .. 2 12 0 Daventry ... 9 0 0 Ellis Baker .. 0 10 0 Smethwick .. 6 19 10 Mansfield « . 2 0 0 M : tsp ! e ¦ - 0 4 8 John White .. 0 14 Wakefield .... 8 4 4 Robert Jones .. 0 14 Stockport ... 2 0 « Shoreditch .. 16 0 Ledbury .. 0 . 4 9 J . H 0 3 0 Hull .. .. 4 7 6 Henry Parker ... 0 4 6 North wich , Chai-lesReimVe .. 0 2 0 Bean .. .. « , 2 6

      Cardiff .. .. 110 Glasgow , Moil' .. 5 4 4 Longton .. 0 7 0 Do . Miller .. 5 A 4 Hindley . BoRxfen 0 2 4 Markineh .. 5 4 6 Bacup .. M 15 0 0 New ^ oit , Mon-Bilston .. „ 2 0 B moeth .. 0 16 -6 Loeher « .. 0 lfi 6 Asbtou .. .. 0 4 6 Btuj . Bri ? gs .. 0 5 0 Gosport .. 0 6 8 Bermondsey „ 2 12 4 Northampton .. 12 17 , 2 Birmingham Booth Town .. 10 8 8 Gordon « . 0 12 3 Reading .. 0 e 6 Nottingham .. 1 2 6 Bucfchaven .. 1 10 tt Market Laving . nuddersfield .. 5 4-4 ton .. _ 0 10 0 Fiusburj ,. 3 2 > 1 O

      £ 229 7 10 EXPENSE FOND . CharlesDooley .. 0 1 0 Lambley „ 0 2 o < < . illingham M 0 3 0 liucup M .. 18 0 Cirencester .. 0 S 6 Bilston .. .. 2 0 0 Calais , perLock- Samuel Jsruoks , wood .. .. -0 2 0 Uoltor .. 0 2 0 Alexandria .. -0 3 0 Loch to .. .. 0 7 6 Glostop . per Lewis 0 6 0 Camfcrwcli .. 0 5 c Arbroath .. 0 3 0 Bridgenortli , Hull .. .. t ) 7 0 Tweedy .. 0 8 0 Pedlin ^ ham , Norwich . fe ? Lowrands ^ 6 1 o Bagshaw .. 0 3 0 Westminster . per Rochdale * . 0 lo f >| Btowti .. 0 16 Mottrara „ -0 5 0 Ipsntch .. 0 4 0 Holmfirth » 0 10 W . Frazer „ 0 1 o Olaseow , pa-Mr . Fearn „ 0 1 . 0 Sherrington .. 0 3 7 X Somers Town « . 0 £ -fi Whittingtonand Jieucaile-upon- Cat _ _ 0 0 11 Tyne .. „ o 1 C 4 . Lainbttli „ 0 ' 1 6 l ' arkio « iJi , Fraw- Maidstone .. « 6 0 don .. .. 0 ' 2 e Uaventry .. it 9 o Halifax .. .. 3 2 fl Xewton Busbell © 20 Devizes l 4 Hull i ¦ vizes j

      - a .. .. < > n ue .. * s nun .. .. 0 2 0 Newton Abbott .. 0 5 0 Manercster .. 5 « o Mr . Todd .. 0 2 0 Oxford .. .. 0 12 10 Thomas Han- John Miller .. 0 2 0 ming .. .. 0 2 0 James Moir .. 0 2 0 Lambeth , Rufiey Olo Marltiiwh .. 0 1 0 Wm . Moody „ 0 1 6 Booth Town .. 0 10 Ovenden .. 0 l 0 Heading ., 0 2 ^ Samuel Bean , Hudde ^ field ,. 0 5 0 Braintree .. 0 2 0

      £ 19 19 9 ; TOTAL LASD ri'SD . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 72 7 4 Mr . O'Conner , Section No . 2 ... 145 1 G 0 * Mr , O'Connor , Section No . . 'J ... 229 7 10 Expense Fund ... ... 19 19 9 £ MJO U i

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      THE RATE-PATIKG CLAUSES . Mr . IT / J : Buncembe moved for leave to bring in a bill to repeal the rate-pBying clauses of the Reform Act . ** * . The motion was opposed by the Prime Minister , whese speech was -. afcohitely offenswe . He talked of having given the right of sending members to parliament to certain town 3 and boroughs , as if the people h « d not , independently of the parliament , a perfect-right to decide ' -for themselves who should be tbeir-spokesmen and-representatives 'in national affairs , natHral ly atid antecedently to ( he existence of ' either Whigs or'Tories , and at all times . They < had allowed the righli to represent them to be usurped .: but the instant thev

      claimed nt , the power of' both Wbigs and Torie ' s could not'withhold it , aotrtbe Whigsionly $ om it , as they say .-feecause that was the means by which they copH ridainto power . Xhe noble lord afterwards said that it-was strictly acoocding to the ancient law of the eoKrtitution to restrict the right of < voting to a certain amount of propertj . The fact might be so ; but he has continually , when in oppositien . iidiGreearded ike constitution . ; K-c pulled down-with all his might rthc Test and Pena ! L > w pillars . ; . end having dona that , he had no right to slink behind' the constitntioibas a secure place m which his little lardship might tlo wrong to the , people .

      So the ncble lord wituall the pride ofaraddern anstocrafetaLted too of theparikment ; granting men the privilege of voting for members of parliament , a » "if pariiamestiinstead of being the mere instrumcnt / of our will , reigned overusbysometightdivine . aBdthat we held our-rlires and fortunes by its good pleasure . We must inforra Lord JohotRussell that before the house of Eussell was known , in-the oldest ' period of our history . Ui 3 people of this as of every society had naturally the right to choose ^ iTcL-ectuaily did ehoose their own rui * rs ; and it is . preposterous for one . of the modern arktocracy , theheirsof conquest , to talk of granting ihe people the inalienable privilege which X ture amhGsd have bestowed on -them , whenever they choose and have the ieouraga to exercise it . By our own good will , and not by ; aay force , we obej the laws ; aed if the so-called ( inesiiranchiaed peofle were to resolre not to obey the parliament and its interpreters , rtie lawyers could , aot make them

      obey it . i ' ower , = real moral poweivwhich is always in the end based . on physical powers-resides not with the dead law . but * with the living . people ; and the in-tant they kaow iheir rights and dire claim and maintain them , as-they did at the , pe » isd of Reform till they were cozened by the \ Vhii ; a , there is no authority on earth which can with propriety talk of grafting or withhold-B ? from them , the # miUge ot claDtih" their rulers , ffbundcrinfcoa principles which we . regard as absolutely insulting as the worst of Toryism , because thay imply that the people are naturally and necessarily slave ? , —unenfrandiiEed — and < hat every freedom and every frajccliise ' is granted them by the valets they have chosen . to conduct isieir affairs , LordHoJin Russell on such snounds opposed the motion , lie was supported by r . majority of Tories and false liberals like bimseif and Mr . Daosombe was refused kave to bring in hUfcill by a majority of 58 to 38 .

      Amougethis supporters tkere fisrure the Earl of Arundel aad Surrey and Lord Alfred llervev . Orer the former , the voters of Brighton can perhapexscercise no influence ; but the opposition ef the latter to abolishing the rate-paying . clauses will doubtless be remembeeed at the next election . Our own representative , Capt . Pechell , was in his proper place , and was one of the thirty-eight who voted for Mr . Duncombe ' s motion . That the rate-paying clauses are a source of great abuse and vexation , nobody denes ; that they serve any goid purpose , nobodv affirms , except awing some trouble to collectors ' . IJicy are amere badge oi slavery , a mark that man isot less value in the eyes of our legislature than his property ,-or , as Franklin has it , " than his ass ; and as we muttpraise Mr . Duncombe and the

      thirty-eight who tried to get riti of these clauses , so we must hold up to condemnation the fifty-eight — inc ' udio ? Lord John Oussell , —who insisted on ' taming them . These gentlemen are about to impose on the future industry of the country an additional annual burden of £ 400 , 000 . Itis idle to 6 ay that any portion of that will be borne by property ; it will all be borne by industry , for the property which will hereafter pay it must all previously be created by industry . The whole burden therefore will fall on industry , and tbe unjust fifty-eight will do what lies in them to prevent the industry of the country from having a voice in accepting or rejecting this burdenThe l

      . peope must bear it , gay the fifty-eight by their votes , whether they like it or not . That sort of injustice , the overweening arrogance of a few men in Parliament , inflicting disfrancuisement , degradation , and oppression on the Irish , —laws made to preserve the power and increase the weclthof the landlords , have brought Ireland to its present condition of terrible destitution and dependence ; and our Parliament men are evidently quite capable , if they be allowed , of reducing England by uimilar arrosance and injustice to a similar condition . A general election will , we hope , spare the bulk of these gentlemen the task of inflicting disgrace o . i themselves and injury on the people . —Brighton Guardian .

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      HuaaiBiE . Mcbde * in Cobk . —A gentleman living in Cork has received a letter from a friend in Rosecarbery , containing an account of a dreadful murder committed in that locality . A poor woman left her house in care of two children to go on some business . Daring her absence a man entered and fcjok a eake and a little meal , the only food in the hnt , to allay his hunger . One of the children threatened to Ml her mother , when he took a knife or razor , with which he severed her head fr « m her body . Tho other chUd raised the alarm , when she was despatched in the same manner . On her return t !\ emother found her two children dead . Tlieperpetrmtor of the crime is laid to Lave been arreeted . The writer of this account also relates , that , in the same neighbourhood , a woman stole some vegetables , from want , for which she was committed to gaol . On her discharge her children were found dead , having nothing to support life daring her imprisonment . <

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      NATIONAL TKADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INnnSTHY .

      " Union for the JfiUjon . " The emancipation of industry is at the present crisis an inexhaustible subject ; every trade and locality has its own peculiar grievances to complain of , all of which require exposure , and the advocacy of befitting redress . Our efforts in this respect are necessarily limited to the space allotted to us in the inestimable privilege we enjoy in the columns of this paper , and to the time we have to devote to write comments on whatever appears most important , or which is of the least postponable nature , or in atlvo-| cacy , or agitation , or general remarks on whatever app' -ars to us best calculated to do most good . There are numberless grievances which various classes of work-people have to complain of , in addition to the great and general grievance of the want of a fair day ' s

      wage for a fair day ' s work . Compared with this monster , all other evils are of secondary importance , racter . Hitherto , however , we have not discovered any grievance which the capabilities of our association will not be more than sufficient to contend with , In proportion as the swat evil of inefficiently remunerated labour diminishes , other minor or dependant evils will also diminish—for example , if the wages of the journeymen tailorsof London were regulated on equitable principles , and were a fair remuneration tor tbeirjlabou <\ is it at all probable that such numbers of them would continue their employment in the stews of the Swea'crs ? We leave the question for mcu of common understanding and unbiassed judgment to

      answer . It is obvious to common sense that the want of befitting accommodation for workmen , in regard to the sanitary condition of workshops , is frtmi their labnnr beins undervalued . There are few trades perhaps , which suffer more in this respect than the tailowof I / mdon . One great cause of the undervalue of their labour , and tho difficulty attending its effectual removal , arises from an over-stocked labnur market . The facttf 'the tailors' grievances has been elicited and exposed'by the operations-of the United Tailors' Protection Society , but which institution has no means of renredyint : the evil . That important dcty . whenever it is performed , wild unquestionably devolve upon ournssociation . Being a monster evi' ., tt requires a monster power to grapple with it , and

      that power we flatter ourselves we ipossesH . We tmn do in the case what no other institution can do but ourselves , vfz . , we can help the sufferers to help themselves , providing t hat they put it'm our power to help them , by uniting with our association . If the tailors of London , ¦ whose cause has excited so much sympathy throughout the natron , are truly desirous of bettering their condition , -by being placed in comfortable and well-yentilated worksheps , and by being assisted to -Obtain a fair day ' s ^ age for a fair-day ' s work , themeans is witlnn their reach , if thcy > please to avail themselves of it . We'eraphaticallycaH upon the betteripcid p ortion ^ f the'trade , who are bunion at the west-end of London , to rally round ike National Association ; they may depend upon'it'the best means to maintain tltoir own position , is 'to -aid in

      protecting their oppressed and degraded'brethren . The ohjeKs of our associatioirare avowed to the world , viz ., to protect industry , antt-ioeraplov surplus labour . Doubtless there iu a great amount of surplus labour in the market of their trade at present , -find thst their iitiusti-y is unprotected , the infataous sweating system bears cmple testimony . That system has been exposed'throughout the length'anti breadth of the land , public indignation has been aroused at the practice , and public-sympathy has heen excited in behnlf of the sufferers . Their condition was associated with the "Song 6 f the Shirt , "* nd it was manifest that , bad it been-practicable for the public , who "became interested , to effect a discontinuance of the sweating system by-any ordinary effort in which theyeould engage , they had the disposition to do so .

      That < "xcitemefft has | in > a great degree subsided ; some cases may have been partially removed , but the great-amount -af injury -still remains . l Great numbers-cf workmen , women-and childreivere dragging out •* most miserable existence : inhaling pestilence with-every breath , their "wretchedness is'deplorable ; and every day that they remain without using an effort to extricate them selves out of their thraldom , ' tends , not onlyto deprive them of health and all domestic comfort j < nnd to shorten their « sctencel a but also-tends to pepetuate the system with all its injurious consequences . Now . if ten thousand of the tailorsof London were to > untte with our association , everyday would tend to shorten their present miserable condition . < 0 urefi'ort 9 > wouldaoon be-exerted in their tehalf , to induce emplovera to flotduct their

      busine » 3 , in regard to giving out their work , in accordance-with sanitary * regulations that would be devised , andwliicli wouldinstantly improve the cordition-cf the work-people . -We have no < loubt whatever feut Messrs . Moses and Hyams would consider that we were-Tery impertinent , and worid tell our agents toroind'their own . business ; butit ' iej would soon eoaie to learn that we-were then engaged in our legitimate business of protecting indost ? yiand seeking to « mploy-Ku . plus labour ; and that . ui order to effect ou ^ ebject . wo were disposed to institute rival clothing eBtabl&iments , which could . undersell tbeirs ,. and still we could give better wagea ^ aud employ the workmen in comfortable and wellrventilated rooms , and that ; public sympathy would tt&enjisteo to respond toovtr-efforts to improve the condition ot

      the > ork-peopJe , who , should . they in numbers become members of our association , would shortly be eligible to obtain < the amount . of support which its rules provide , -they would be enabled to withhold their labouruntilctheir reasonaUa requests were complied with . With these considerations in mind , employers would seofckat by doing ^ measure of justice to the worl ^ peopie , they would . prevent the danger of rival establishments being instituted , which ¦ establishments , fronvthe fact ot public sympathy being in favour of the workmen , and oppesed to the horrid sweating system , .. they would unquestionably obtain . i great share of public support . Xhe surplus labour market would by this means become reduced to the present employers , and a rise , is wages would very probaUiy soon bo the . rault . Should

      the masters , however , accede < to the reaso&ab ! e regulations which would ibe devised in order to prevent rival clothing establishments being commenced , the condition of the work-people would be equally improved . ; but should they . net succeed in thejSrst instance , a short time would toe found sufficient to effect a complete change . 'Dhe remedy , therefore is . asbetere stated , with the workmen themselves . Previous to the present opportunity , they had no means within their power by which they could assist themselves ; they were utterly hopeless , and ipublic sympathy was ineffectual in relieving them . Now that the means is within their power , it beb&ses them to put their own shoulders to the wheel , calling upon Heresies in a befitting manner , who will not fail to help tliem effectually .

      These remarks equally apply to tbe condition of all other classes of workmen of every trade , and in all parts of tiie country . The grievances of workmen of the same trade generally resemble each other in a greater or leeser degree in ail parts . The tailors of Glasgow hav « resolved to unite with the association by the 1 st of May . Possibly they may net have the sweating grievance to complain of to anything like tho horrifying extent that it is practised in London ; but we doubt nut . that their situation is capable of great improvement , which is sure to be effected in due time , and we hope they will be followed by others of their business . Much good is now doing in Scotlaud by the instrumentality of our missionaries and agents We entertain no fears of our zealous agents soon tiring in the good work in which they hnve

      engaged . Their labours are those of justice to the oppressed , and love to their fellow-men ; and none need engage in this good work who are desirous ot holding it as a sinecure situation . The only inducement we have to offer to those who are disposed to assist us is , the consciousness of doing good to their fellow creatures . We grant no sinecure pensions , nor da we give any gold or silver medals emblazoned with fulsome inscriptions , but we insuro the most active and useful of our agents and missionaries , that they shall enjoy the full reward of all tl . e conscious * ness of bfeing instruments of doing good that they shall respectively merit , and the monument of a good name amongst their fellow men , and these we consider are the best rewards and inducements we can offer .

      The Central Committee of the above flourishing institution held its usual weekly meeting on Monday last , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., U . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting wera read and confiimed , the financial account Tend and receivoO , and upwards of 100 letters read from different parta of the country . r The case of the silk pickers of Manchester was dls cussed , when it appeared that several of the employer ' are endeavouring to reduce their wages , and the silk pickers are endeavouring to establish an uniform Hit of prices , that tbe employers may compete honourably ; and also tbe case of the reduction tffered to their hands by thj firm of Stock * and Tait , of Stockport bl « ach works . It was resolved that Messrs . Peel and Parker be authorised to fee the men and tbe employer in both cases , to endeavour by mediation to settle the differences , and report thereou to the committee .

      Mr , Williamson reported be had waited upoe the block printers of Crayford , the result of which was emiueutly satisfactory ; those who were members wtre confirmed in their opinion of the association , and those who were not , desired the neceisnry information to enable them to became go . A deputation from the London Co-operative Society of tin-plate workers waited upon the Central Committee , and informed them that one of their employers had offered &n extensive reduction to bis hand ' s , giving a full detail of the case . It was \ h « n resototd that Mr . Buab do accompany the deputation to the employer , when , after a lengthened interview , he decided he would not give more than the reduced price he bad offeredi The committee immediately resolved to recommend the board of direction of the litter asiociation to employ tbe men . Mr . Robson reported be had visited the loot and shoe

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      makers of Oxfor' , he found the whole of the mimb «« present at the club house . Itappeared by the statement * made , that the principal or respectable portion of the employers paying beat wages have signified their inten tion of reducing prices , unless the trade compel same of the other employeis in the town to give the same uages ; when , after n lengthened and animated discussion , it was resolved tUat the latter-end of a term wa » not the proper time to seek to advauce the lower shops ; they therefore arfj urned the question to a more favourable opportunity , In the meantime , the men are to send to the commit ice a detailed accouut of the number sf shops paying best wases , the number they wish to pay best and second-rate wages , with the number of men employed in each shop ; to enable the committee to judge correctly upon the subject . U whs resolved that the seven frame-work knitters of Oadby be recommended for employment to the board of directors of ihe sister association . ! = ^ ' "" '

      Mr . Goldin , district secretary of Manchester , reported he had attended a select meetiug of operatives to arrange a staff of ofiicers to / orm a nucleus for future operations in carding out the plan of the District Association of Trades . He attended a large meeting of silk smalUnre weavers . anu addrtssed them for upwards of an hour upon the subject of both associations ; tUe result was a resolution tojoin forthwith . On Wednesday evening , a delegate from the silk small , ware weavers took his seat and paid their subscription to the District Committee . Also a delegate from the fustian cutters of Manchester took his seat at the district meeting , they having joined tho associatwn to tho number of 450 about three weeks since .

      MANCIIBSTER . -On Tuesday h * attended a delegate meeting of strippers and grinders of Manchester , representing 34 mil Is and 4 , 000 individuals . Mr . P ., m the iu . sociation ' s agent , was received tnost kindly ; heansw . red greatly tethe satisfaction of tac assembled delegates every quBStiua put to him , and succeeded in removing every doubt which previously twisted . An uuanimous vote of confidence was passed ia favour of the National Trades Association . A committee vtaa appointed to devise the most effective means to ' raise funds to pay off the arrears duo by the body to the association . A vote of thanks was cfeeeringly given to tlie People ' s champion , T . & . Duncombe , Esq ., also a siiuilarmark of respect to the agent , and this very important meeting separated .

      Mr . Peel begs to assure the central committe ? that this was really we ' of the most important lustrings -he lias had the honour of attending , iutremuch as the . proceedings of th « whole of that branch of the coWon trade throughout Lancashire will be governed and iwlluenoed by the vote of this evening , ued it will also ira ^ awacon-8 Werabl >! impetus to tbe ic « wmeut * mong tfe * s * pinRtrs and weavers . On Wednesday he attesded 'the district committee meeting . On Tburs&y he attended a meeting of ttoe * ilk , pk : kers of Manchester , to obtaiu information for the central committee , > upoa several grievances which many-shops of this bodyare now suffering under . The best t «» U \ li j was manifested . Votes of confidence in tfce -Central Committes . uEd of thanks 4 o Mr . » Peel , for tfceintereet he had takenin -their behalf , were . passed unanimously ; with another emphatic und -grateful acknowledgment oi tho unpurehased and unpurchaseable services of Mr . Duncomb&iu favour of < the rights and interests of the work . iug-classes of the United-Kingdom .

      On ( F riday he waited , with deputies > from > the Handloom weavers of "Wimsk > w l 0 atley , and' Gees Cross , upon Mr . Holt , to induce tbat-gentleinan to-reduce the lungtk ! ot ' Jiis cuis from 09 J yards to 52 , the average length efi other employer * . Tlie -deputation was received with great civility bj Mr . lfok , who , * t length ^ promised to leave off weaving that particular . fabric , as be complained he could not -get a market for-them at s remunerating , price . As Mr . Holt'has several warps 'b _ y likn , which would- be ^ thrown on > bia hands , the depute-¦ tiea agreed to continuo weaving them-until the lstot April , afier wfeioh Mr . ^ Holt was informed-tio more would be taken out . ¦ O u Saturday Mr . iTeol went over tO'Gpenshaw and Broyleodeu to make arrangeinwit& for a meeting in that vicinity . Adeeming will iu cousequence be held on . Bridajf evening , the 12 th iust ., > at the-New ' . Inn , Opeusliaw , to hear the principles of tbe National Association explained .

      * 8 ev « ul- ' «» the . ootton matters have -aonouaced-tlseir intention tojmake . » » eductlon 4 a the wages . ; the bands appear fully determined . not to accept itj but , prefer working stort time , from a wcllguvtroed belief that with the . present reduced-stock on hand , and the large American . importations soou . expected , a re . action is inevitaule , imd if they consult to a reduction now , they jnay have gKat difficulty insetting aa . advanccin the summer . Therefore lie . universal watchword is , " £ Aorl time and no . reduction . " Mr . Pee / , , by order . ©* tha central committee , will leave Manchester ou the 17 tli of March , on . &tourof agitation

      through the cotton districts otXancasbiie . Apiograuime of his route , will appear weeklyjn the Star . On Wednesday , the Httl , he will attend a , public meeting in Presiou ; on Thursd ay , 18 tb , at ¦ Fatriugton . ; on Jf . riuay , 19 tli ,. h « will be at the Masons'Arms ,. Blackbarn ; on Monday , 22 nd . he attends the block printers ofSabden . lle . proposes making . Clitlicroe tho centre of his operations lor that neighbourhood , un'l requests thut . any bodies dusir . vus of joiniug the "Monster -Association'' will coin , uunicate with him at tliu eailkst moment , to be leit . at tbe pos ' .-office , CHUkroe . lUc atteutiun of the cotiun trades of . the under-mentioned places , is purticularl ) requested t « this notice :

      Puiliane , Whalley , New Chutoh , Millton , Langridge , B wrawford , Gisborne , Colae , Ac Communications for . warded on or . before Monday , the 22 nd , . will be in time for the progiamme for the next-week ' s Star . PAISLEY . —On Monday , a public xneeting of the weavers of this town was held in the Leigh Kirk , » t tt-u »' clook in the forenoon , to devise means to resist the- reduction attempted by a few employers on eliawls . The Chaiunan opened ithebusincst iiuin able manner , urging calm . consideration and a lair hearing for all . TUefullowingresolutions wereproposedaiwl supported by excellent addresses , aud carried unanimously : — 1 st . That the present attempt of several employers to reducetb * wages of Oieir workmen ty teawting the list oi priccs , and offering to jpay by the shawl without reference to tlie ainouut ef wark therein , instead of by the thousand allots , is most unjust , . oppressive , and uncalled-for , and atihis time of widoaprcad distress among the working class , is moat cruel , and calculated to increase the wreichednets of thepeonie .

      2 nd . That we recommend weavers to refuse work offered under the list , ami pledge ourselves to stand by each other in resisting tlio encroachment , 3 rd . That the onl y means of our securing ourselves against the encroaching spirit of the employers , is by joiuiNg the National Association of Trades lor the Protection of Industry and Employment ef Labour . All three were carried unanimously . Mr . Jacobs was then introduced by the chairman , who entertained the radciiug for some time on tho mean attempts of their employers and the futuie prospects of the weavers under the auspices of the National Association , amidst the repeattd cheers of the meeting , which closed about lour o ' cloik , full of confidencejn their efforts . EDINBURGH . —Widnesda * Attended tho district oommittee to report progress aud arrange for meetings , and gave thorough Mitislaction .

      Tiiube pa * Everino A public meeting of the cabinet and chair makers' branch of the National Association , was hie J } a Cranstone ' s Hall , Bailie Fife C osc . The chairman opened the busiuess with a very able congratulatory address . The secretary read the minutes una reported progress . Twenty members had joined since the last meeting . They were now one huudud auu thirty . The tvkr now announced that a deputation from the branch of the National T ypographical Associati . u requested to be admitua , to lay tlieca&e ofihe men , now ejected Irmn their t-mploy , before the meeting . Admission granted . The deputation went through the particulars of the case , and urged the men had not struck ue stated by the masters , but the masters ejected them

      , one informing them as a reasou they belonged to the Union . " The dispute commenced through the injustice of the masters in giving manuscript to the men by the piece toset up , uud wine MSS . wire very difficult to make out , and took the men much time to setup , und then , after it bad been sent to the author to be corrected , giving the altering to a day workman , thus taking the best part of tbe job out of the hands of the men who bvgivn it and had done ihu most difficult part of it ; and because tho Association supported the men in resisting this in . justice , the masters cried out , "You are interfering with the arranscmtuts of our offices . " "Have not we a right to do what we like . with our own offices V The fo . lowing resolution was carried unanimously : — That

      we , the cabinet and chair makers' branch of the National Association of Trades , do agree terender all the assistance we possibly can to the printers thro » n out of employ , and that whilst wo congratulate them on the pimW of their own National Union , we would draw their attention to H . C fact , that the National Assoc . at . on of al Trades will five to each trade .,, or , power , Rna ( htrefore urge on them the necessity of their auoeiation Joining the National Anoctaiton lor the vZ teotion of It . du . try and Employment of Labour The deputation thanked them heartil y for the sympathy thej had extended toward their brethren , and hoped the da would soon arrive when the desirable junction should U > ke place , aud they become all members of one " monster association" of the " order of industry " The deputation retired . "

      rberules for theguidanoeof the society were then read and conbrmed , and ordered to be printed : agreed that the printer * out of employ be given the work . We wouht draw particular attention to one of the rules tothefollowwg effect : _ . "Thatany cabinet-muker , dec , briuging aclcir card of the National Association , shall be admitted free , oi otherwise assisted if in ueed . » This is a good step to . W Wi : formation of a thorough National Cabinet and ClKtirmakert' Association , rendering reciprocal assis-Unce and information , at much lets contiibutionand expense than any Cabinetmakers' Society ever buforc formed In Britain ; it can be extended without auj extra expen 8 e , into ewy town iu England , Scotland , Ireland , and Wales , —an extension long nttempted bj tvell wi 3 hers in the trade , "but in vain . " We have in voked the Bpirit of Union V . our aid , and she bath come Y > our assistance . "

      Mr . Jacobs was called on , and delivered a brief addresi on the many grievances they had endured , aud the prospect now before them of shaking off the galling bur . thens imposad on them by upBtart masters . It was a

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      duty they owed to the fair employer , to make the " black ? P « J a fair price . Fbibat . —A public meeting of the trailos of this city w » s held In Adam-square Hall , to hear a lecture fro . n the association ' s missionary . Mr . Hobbs in the chair . Mr . Jacobs , the lecturer , entertained a most attentive auditory for about two hours , with an ovetpowcrinu amount of facts , fWcs , arguments , mid illustrations ri « . h X" ' ;« '' - Klr fre < * uent applause , At the con mnuslv ' h f ' » - Kref 0 luti 01 ls were carrie ( 1 «"" mously , acclamation : — .

      power togppplewitl . L ^ Zt S , ?„ ^ that a national organisation of trad ,, faScM . * r " to realise sufficient power , wealth andinfl 8 neces 8 a ^ : ° for the workers a ftfr duv's wje fo , at T ' ° T that having heard thev ry . i SiSLXX ; and prospects of the National Association for thc pr ' " tion of Industry , we deem it the sure means to acluov . " our great object , and therefore determine to be members tkereof , and me our be » t endeavours to get all thetrades of Edinburgh to join forthwith . "

      2 nd , "That tho thanks of this mee > int ; are etnineviHv due , and hereby given , to T . S . Duncombo . E < q , M P . ' , president of the association , for the crcat assistance rip has rendered the people in that office , « nd also for his manifold labouis in their camo , both in and out of ihe House of Parliament . " 3 rd . "That thc thanks of this mooting are due and hereby given to the proprietor of th * Northern Star , for his generous oflVr aw ' i application of two columns of bis patriotic ^ paper to the affairs ofthN association . " Thanks w « re then given to the missionary and chair , man who replied , and the meeting separated .

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      W ) RSHIP . STUEET .-Ai . leqei > Combination o * Workmen . -- On Monday , James Dursal Mid Charles Jtrfge , journeymenhearthruR maUws , in the employ of H « ssrs . ColUns and Co ., manufacturers , in Bethnni-^ reen , were charged before Mr . BmuRhton , thc sittiiiR ¦ magistrate , with having assuulted with intent to intimidate , William Barrett , a Journeyman in the employ of Mr . Argent , a henrth-iUR manufacturer in the same part of the district . Mr . Wakelin , tbe solicitor , supported thc complaint , and tho hearing of tho case occupied a very long time , dm ing which the court was crowded by workmen , who evinced the most intense interest in the proceedings . From the evidence , it appeared that the defendants nnd'Others in th <;« mploy of Messrs . Collins , belonged to a trade society , from which Mr . Argent ' s men were excluded , and those excluded were called "docs . " One of the witnesses ( aRociety . man ) , neiiiR questioned , saW they applied tbe term " dog" to tho * e whO'did not act right towards their fcllow-workmen , and he eflmitted that those who worked for Mr . Argent and

      were-uet-softety men , were en that account called dogs . Onthe night of the occorrenco in question , the defendants , and others belonging to the society , repaired to the Rqyal'Oak publlc-house , frequented by Mr . Argent ' s man and "proclamation being made that "dogs werpresent ; " a quarrel arose between Dnrsal and the complolnant , Bnd they stripped and fought several rounds . The witnesses for the complainant proved that he was 'first attacked and struck by Dursnl , and that while l . t was stooping during the fight that ensued , the defendant Ouflgo , nho hit him a blow which knncked him senseless so thafrfhey were obliged to carry him from thepublicl houseto his employer ' s premises . On the other side , sever tl-witnes ? es belongins to tho society endeavoured to makeltapponr that the complainant was the aggressor in Which howeverthey failed Mr . Broughton , after < x . 'patlating upon the evils of these trade ( ombinations and quarrels , convicted the defendants , and sentenced Judge to pay 60 s ., andTDursal 40 s . penalty , or to bo imprisoned respectively for two months and six weeks . The fines ¦ were hnmediateta-paid ' .

      Filony and Horse-Steamno . — A tall well-dressed man , -named Edward Ross , displaying a profusion of blackmuBtachios , wa 3 placed at the bar < m a warrant , before Mr . 'Arnold , on Tuesday , upon the following charges of felony and horsestealing . Mr . Superintendent Plumb , of the Kentish constabulary , stated that on the 11 th of last month tho prisoner calledjat the house of Sir Frederick Thesiger , at Tonbridge W ells , to visit a reintive of his , who is in that gentleman ' s service , and in tho « veaing bargained with a livery-stable keeper . nami d Ralph , for the hire of a Iiaok ,-valued , at £ 20 . to convey himthe next day a tew miles beyond Tonbrid (? e The prisoner bore suoh an imposing appearance , " beioi ? attired in the undress of a military officer , that no lies ! , tation-was madeinletting him have the animal , but several days having elapsed without its being returned

      , application was made to the local police , and the wil . ness having obtained a warrant for tbe prisoner ' s appr .-. hensionfromMr . lMsher , a magistrate , pursued him to Sevenoaks , where ho found that lie had attempted unsuccessfullyto change the horse for another of less vnlue " and thence to the-Hackney Road , in which he had disl posed of thc animal to a chair-manufacturer , named Davis . for £ 7 los . This was the first charge , and here the witness lost nil trace of the prisoner , but havinc at length ascertained that be had been ' visiting the butler of n B entleman in Wontague-place , ' Russell-iquare , he called upon that person , who preferred the two following charges against ttie prisoner : — -The tutler stated th ton thelGth of February , tho prisoner , with whom he lmdbeen previously acquainted , called at his master ' s residence , snd representing that he had lees recent !? te office in

      • appointed an tho Customs through the -influence of Sir Frederick Thesiger , said that ho felt himself in a . « ery awkward . position , as he had to enter . ujon his new « ituation the next day , and having only im military 4 ress to iippear in , r quoted him to lend him his . credit for a new suit of clothei . The buUer , upon this repri'stntntion , and knowing that his relative was in Sir Frederick ' s service , not only lent him an entirely new tuit of his own , to be returned in tho couwe of n week , bat also advanced him a sov . riici for immediate expenses , with which the priioner left the house , but had not-gone more than ten minutes whet- the butlerfound that h ; had been robbed of a gold witch breguet , and guard . chnin , and two seals , of the value of more than £ 20 , and the former of which his emp ' omr had made him a present for his long services The trace of the prisoner was again lost until that monk * when the witness

      receivod a communication from the Horse Guards , in answer to a description the witnrss had inssrted in the Hue and Cry of tho various robberies and stating that the prisoner had surrendered bims . If up to the military authorities as a self-accused deserte . , ana on the witness proceeding there to apprehend him upon the warrant , he discovered a duplicate of the butlev ' s watch in his pocket , from which it appeared that it had been pledged at a pawnbroker ' s in Tottenham Court road for £ 4 10 s , on the very day it was stolen . Mr . Arnold was of opininn that the most advisable course for the superintendent to pursue was to take the prisoner into the country , whore the first and most conclusive of the robberies bad been perprctrated , and the prisoner , who exhibited the utmost coolness and indifference during this recital , and declined saving anything was removed in the custody of the officer to the railwav station for conveyance to Tonbridge .

      WANDSWORTn . _ A Hodse tired Tnaorou Dbunkekness . —On Monday , Hnrrict Fierc « , tho wife of a-carpenter , living in l ' oljgon . buildings , Clapham , Was brought before Mr . Olive on a charge of having been drunk and incapable of taking care of herself . The charge arose under the following circ-unwtnncos . On Saturday night , between eight and nine o ' clock , informn . tion was brought to the station house on Clapham . com . mon , that the house , No . 17 , Polygon-bulldings , was on fire . Inspector Creed , Sergeant Emerson , 0 V , and about twenty of the police , proccoded to the house immediately .

      They found tbe flames raging in an apartment at the top of tho liou 8 O , and which the prisoner ' s liuslmnd rented , She wns there in a state of specclilrsn driinki nness , and they were obliged to drag her out by main force . It was full twenty uiiuutt a before thc fli-c was got under , and not before the bed and bidding wore uttorly destroyed . The landlord of the house n fused to allow the prisoner to remain there , and « he was taken to tlie atation-house . Mr . Clivetold her she-was lucky iu not having been charged with arson . Sheappearcd to have been a severe sufferer , and she might be discharge ! .

      THAMES . —Thieves on Railways . —On Monday a well-dressed country looking boy , ot good address , namtd John William Holloway , was brought beforeMr . Yardlov , charged with having stolen a ladj ' a purse on the Blacknail Railway . It appeared that ou Sunday morning , on the arrival of the Woolwich steamer at the Bluckwall terminus , and while many of the passengers were hastening towards the train for London , tho prisoner , who was on the platform , was seen by Fhilcox , one of the guards , to suatch a purse from tho hand of a laily , as she wns about to step into ono of the carriages . Philcox immediately seizod the prisoner , who attempted to slip from his elouk , but he could not unhook It in time . The lady took the purse , which contained gold and silver , from the prisoner , and departed with her husband in the train . The prisoner was gircn over to the custody of Feltliam , a

      railway constable , and he gavo sorcral nccounts of him . self . One of them war , that he came down by the quarter to eleven train from London , to proceed to Woolwich ; and another , that lie came to Blaikwali for thc purpose of taking a walk along thc river eUo . There were two well known swell mob thieves on the platform a fenseconds previous . They loitered about the wharf for a short time to ascertain what became of the prisoner , and theu made off . A prayer book and a few tiitUng nrticlci only were found on the prisoner , who refused to state where he lived , or give any information about his friends . Mr . Tardley said he mu-it liavo some account of the pri ' soaer from his own lips before he thought of parting with

      him or dispowng of tho case . Tho prisoner reluctantly said he camo from Wells , in Somersetshire , and that hi ; was fifteen years of ago . His father was a paperhaiigei-He had been living with his aunt , a Mrs . Smart , whohad lately opened a small public house in the Waterloo-bridgeroad . She maintained him , because bis father aud grandfather were getting panr . Mr . Tardley said it was n matter of complaint that thieves congregated about the railway stations ^ the arrival and departure of the trains for the purpose of committing felonies , and it appeared the prisoner was acting in coucertwith two fellows who lmd left him to his fate . He directed the police- to make inquiritB ubout the prisoner , and remanded him .

      Unlicensed Pawnbrokebs— On Saturday last , David Barnett was charged with illegally carrying on tho bu-: l n « ss of a pawnbroker , not uavlBg his Christian Hnd surname , and the word pawnbroker painted In large and legible characters on the door , by which he had incurred

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      ' a penalty not exceeding £ 10 . Tlie evils of the "doll y jliops , " as they are termed , have been frequently brought uixik-r tho notice of the police magistrates , ami have beoa , loudly con'ltmned . Pledges ar « taken to these shops by children of all agc 3 ; they are open at nil hours , and aim on tli « Sabbath , and interest at a most exorbitant rat * is charged . There arc upwards of rive hundred " dolly , shops" in tho metropolis , and the poor are very great sufi'ci'i'rs from thum . The defendant was chargod with receiving pledges from a boy named Fitzgerald , on Sunday , January 3 , and eight following days , including th » Sunda y . On an article pkdgtd for 3 d . he had chargei 1 Jd . interest for oue d . iy . Upon another pledge he h ad lent Is . 6 d ., and charged 3 d . for ono day only . The same rate of interest was charged upon various amount * . The defendant [ pleaded guilty to the information , and begged f-r mercy . —Mr , Ihllautinc said these unlicensed pawn rokevs' shops were the greatest nuisance in thft metropolis H « should fine the defendant 40 s . and costs , and if « second offence was proved ho would inflict tlia full penalty . Half the fine was awarded to the informer . DiBiNO Fbaud . —William Crass was charged with attempting to defraud John Lorn :, " seaman , of the sum of £ 13 9 s 6 d . Long had been paid off from the Strathuven on the 1 st instant , and handed . £ - ' 2 to thcpris » ner '« w I ' e , which she said she would give to her husband , as Long wus at the tuns somewhat in liquor . The next tlay there was somewhat of a suttlement , which though puzzling to thu sailor , who is an illiterate man , slill left * b » l » nco in his favour of £ 13 19 s Cd . Wishing to go home in a Cork steamer , Long asked for the dill ' erence , to which Ci-ass replied either that he could not or would not give it . Long subsequently found that £ 1 which had been put in the bill as paid on his account to a Mrs . Luxin , had never been received by that person . The whole case , as it appeared from tbe complainant's statement , supported by a witness named Mahony , exhibited one of tUe most b : ire faced fraud b that was ever attempted . , „ ,. , ... , ,

      - In tho cross-examination by Mr . Pelhavn , who appeared to be grossly misinstructed , it camu out that th * complainant went to the Prince Regent , under the impression that the defendant was the proprietcr ; and , be . VuU'S the £ 22 which be had given te the defendant ' s wife , he had paid an additional sovereign for two days ' board and lodging . The house is kept by defendant ' s brother , and , under the circumstance in which the complainant was placed , that circumstance was calculated to inslead simple and unsuspecting seamen Mr , Pclhum , who evidently felt that he had no ground for defence , insinuated that there was no proof of any money transactions between tbe complainant and his client , and that the woman who called herself Mrs . Crass , to whom the money was saii te have been iidvanced , hud not been shown to be the defendant ' s

      wife Lon ; : She is his wife , and when I aBked her lor my money she said her husband had taken it away to spend it . She also said that when she went to look for him be gave her apair of black eyes , by which stieii now conrined to her house . —Mr , Yardley : I am empowered by the act to inflict a penalty of £ 10 in caaei like tliis , which exhibits a most dishonest proceeding on the part of your client . I shall , however , proportion the penalty to thc defendant ' s conduct , and if he is ready to pay the balance claimed , together with thc sovereign alleged to be paid to Mrs . Luxin , 1 shall reduce the tine to a merely nominal one . —The , £ U 19 s . Cd . was subsequently paid , to the great satisfaction of U 1080 who witnessed the proceedings , though it excited no little surprise in thc court that the magistrate , who , in his doting sentence , Baid that he never witnessed a more distinct

      attempt at uross traud , euould reduce tbe £ 10 ptnalty to thc paltry fine of Is . OLEUKENWELL . —Hard Treatment ot Paupers . On Monday last tour Irishmen , who said they had wivei and children , solicited Mr . Greenwood's advice : —they had applied to the parish of St . Andrew ' s , Holborn , Graj ' a . inn . lane , for relief , where they were placed to ;> ick a quantity of oakum in the workhouse ; they had none to work and picked the usual quantity , but whon they applied for payment , they were refused by Mr . Wiikes . the relieving-ofticer . One of them had not tasted food since Sunday morning ; neither of them had any . thing to take home to their families . Mr . Greenwood * aid he could not believe that they were treated as thty described , and directed the chief usher to fiend an officer instantly to request the attendance of Mr . Wilkes , who soon afterwards made his sppearancis in court , when Mr . Greenwood explained to him tbe nature of the applicants ' complaint . Mr . Wilkes admitted the truth of their

      statement . Mr . Greenwood-Then what are these poor people to do , they cannot starve ? Mr . Wilkes said tnej had been relieved with bread and sixpence or a shining on Wednesday last , and they had worked for that . Ue certainly did not pay them the daj after they bad picked oakum , nsthey would not be relieved again on Wtdnes . < iay next , according to their regulation . Mr . Greenw »< vl said the hardship they complained of was that they wen not relieved that day ; * kat were they to do until Wtd . nesday next ? they could not work without proper iup « port , Mr . Wilkes : then we must alter our day . and

      relieve them dail y ; they are Irish , and they are removeable . Mr . Greenwood : if they arc , they must have theix bellie * full , or they can ' t work . Mv . Willies : then they must come and work and we will relieve them daily . Ap . plicants said they were willing to work ; they had worked but tbey had nothing to take home to their wives and children . By the Clerk : what are they to do until tomorrow , Mr . Wilkts , they have wives and children at homo ! Mr . Wilkes : let them come to the workhouse . Applicants thanked Mr . Greenwood , and left for the purpose of following Mr . Wilkes to the workhouse .

      AN "Aetful Dodge . "—On Wednesday Mary StraoRnett , a coarae-looking middle-aged female , was placed at the bar before Mr . Elliott , upon various charges 0 $ having obtained money underfalse pretences . Elizabeth Bassill , servant to the Rev . Edward Ac . rioll , of No . 8 , Guildford-streit , Russell-equare , deposed that on the 26 th of last month the prisoner came to her master ' s house about threo o ' clock in the afternoon , and said , " I have brought this jack for Mrs . Acerioll , i , nd I ' m not to see any en ? but the cook . Mrs . Acerioll says you ar « to give me 4 s . Cd . for the jack . '" Shu thin went on to lay something about the use of the jack , and iu con . Bcquence of what she said I gave her balf-a-cronn and two shilling ? . Uel ' ore I did so the prisoner said , " Von need not mistrust me , for Mrs . Acerioll told me that it was the first thing Bhe had ever sent home from the street" I now produce the meat-jack the prisoner

      brought to my master's house , a . id which 1 have ascertained to be north no more than sixpence . Mrs . Georgiana Acerioll , the mistress of tbe last witneiis , dep sed that she had never seen the prisoner before , and that she did not purchase the meatjack from her the day before mentioned . The prisoner , in reply to thc charge , said she knew nothing about it . Miss Elizabeth Flyger , of No . 3 , Victoria Cottnges , New Cross Ueutford , stated that on the 18 th of last month thc priioner came to her house and said , " I have come from Mrs . Comptonanda lady with a black eardisalandfloik tucks , and I am to leave these two jacks , one for MrB . Compton , and one for the other ladj , and you are to pay me nine shillings for them . The lady who was with Mrs . Compton is going to send her servant for one of the meat-jacks , and you are te show her how to ? ut the string properly on . " The prisoner further ivw . ' thM

      the lady who was with Mrs . Compton ha < ¦; : « i \ ' ¦ - 4 s . Cd ., but Mrs . Compton hud taken it b . : ¦¦ . ¦ . she should not bring the jacks to the house . '¦ n-u . > . s , and believing her representations , witness : •¦¦>' -. * ti .. forthetwo jacks thon produced , and which wcte oi- ! . y . J the value oils . Mn . Compton denied all know-hdac .. / the prisoner , and Baid sho had ncrerpurcha < c 1 u- , •• i > : earjacks from her . There weve a dozen similar : ' ¦ ¦ ' , h ; i . jP . her , but Mr . Elliott thought that the above t » u , ; wu inn others—mimvly , for leceiung 4 s . 6 d . from the servau : of Mr . John Gregory Forbs , surgeon , of 82 , Oxford-ttmce , Hyde-park , and 3 s . from the servant ot Messrs . Prowut ; , in Upper l ' ortland . placo , Wandsworth . road , were amply sufficient for the ends of public justice to commit her upon . She was committed to take her trial .

      HAMMERSMITH . -A BuBQLiR cauoht Nafhno . — On Wednesday last , James Pago vvas charged with bur . glary . —Mr . Puaison Tell deposed that he WRS tbe landlord of the King ' s A . ins publichouse , Fulham . He w « i called down between six and seven o ' clock , by Cooper , his in rse . keepcr , and from what he told him , be went into the tap-ioum aud there saw Ae prisoner sitting down , upparently half asleep . Knowing that he must have forcibly entered thehoise , he sent lor « policeman . Serjeant Turner , V 7 , immediately came . As he en . tercd the tap-voom , witness saw under the pruoners feet a Bilver snuff-box , with a knife The » nuff-box , the gold se&l , and the silver key produced art witness ' s property . —Tho prisoner , who Raid be had picked the articUs up , was fully committed to Newgate for trial .

      Omnibus Driv . no Again . —On Wednesday last , Joseph llhoades , the driver of one oi the HammciKmiti Conveyaneo Company's omnibuses , was charged with having driven over Uenjamin Collas . —W . Staiiden depos . d that on the evening of Saturday last he was pro . ceding from Knighisbridgc towards Kensington , about halt-past seven o ' clock , when be saw an omnibus ar . * a truck earning toward * him in the direction of town . They were both on the Park side of the road , the truck being about a foot aud a half from the footpath ; . md the omnibus about a yard bthind it . Witness seeing

      the danger the mau was in , hallooed out loudly to the prisoner to stop , but directl y afterwards he saw ilie man knocked down , and one wheel went over his body , and the other over his neck . The omnibus then ' pulled across the road , aud there stopped . The man was ear . ried on to the foot pavement , and , in answer to the inquiries as to whether he was hurt , he did not speak , but only groaned . Witness then left . —Foliceuiuu I ' o * deposed that ho came up just as the occurrence had taken place , and conveyed the injured mau St . George ' s Hospital . He had been . " at ; nerni : iF . '< the hospital , and had obtained from t ! u > uouse suvk--. " . the

      certificat e produced , to the etl ' ect tbju . sovoral ot -ig r \ H were fractured , and his latins injured , ma that i ..- \ v »» still in great danger . —The rn-ih , ); . wa » accui-ii : uf » i y remanded for a week , but t-forc th « cloee 01 the court , respectable bail being tftered for his uppemnc * , it was accepted .

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      FOB THE BANK . Song previously acknowledged ... 561 18 0 lot the Week ending the litii . March 193 10 2 £ ¦ 151 8 8 T » n ?^ ' ~ ln ? ° ' , of tlie Ruks of th c National SBEsacjttia 1 -w * s « s Thomas Mawi . Wueeiee , Financial SetreUry . BECEIPTS OF NATI 0 . VAL OIARTER ASSOCIATION Smethwick „ ~ .. 010 REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'COKXOR OK ACCOUNT OP DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Per Mr . Christopher Doyle . Crown and An- Market Laviii " . « or .. 0 10 0 ton .. .. 029 £ 0 12 0 TOK WILLIAMS AKD JOKES . Nottingham M .. , < 0 Chbisiopher Dotle , Sttrctary .

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      ^ rfn ^" . 3 Ijuw » U' Lasd Coupm .-Tlie Maid-¦««» branch of the above company continues to hS ? . veJ * mtny a ?« c » Hural labourers liaTe Become Buare&slder a .-Ktntith Independent . RttSttL ^" lK Or Cos « RiscE .-Mr . O'Connor ' * BE ? ft ^ / - t ting of thB c ° nf « ence be ann «» , l aniJs ' » n the month of July , has been 8 & £ ° by tbe 8 h » reh ° « ^ Bristol and S

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      Nottingham—Thc next meeting will be UcM s . t tho Fox and Hounds , ( Jarter ' s-gate , at 0 o ' clock in the evening , on Sunday next , « hen Mr Douse will lecture . Norijumptok—The shareholders will meet for the future at Mr McGir ' a Temperance-hotel , Kingstreet , at half-past 7 instead of 8 o ' clock . Manchester—Tin shareholders aro requested ; o attend a meeting in the People ' s Institute , on Su « day next , at 10 o ' clock in the forenoon . _ u ^ J

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      Mamh 13 . 1847 ^ THE NORTHERN STAR . ^^ "'' ,..... _ . ¦ « — -

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1409/page/5/