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      the circumstance before Sir George Grey . Both innrtpo fniltncr thev were determined to now tho Satesttemse ' ves responsible for the result , Bhould in possession , on their own showing , of evidence as to expected distubanees and outrage , and refusing to communicate it , so as to enable them to take measures to protect themselves . The magistrates replied that tbey would not permit themselves to remark upon the tenor of the letter ; they were porfectly aware of the duties that devolved upon tl-eax under the grave circumstances of the emergency , and they wished it to be dfetfocUJ understood that they were taking , and would take , cvei j means in their Dower to preserve the pubUc peace

      but they regretted extremely that the F j" ^ the intended meeting had considerably added to the difficulties of their ¦ position by »^ ** £ * " £$ their suggestion about the p lace of meeting , irtucfc thev considered extremely o ^ 10 " ^ 1 ^ * gj would again remind the ft *™^^™™ 2 £ J ? of , ° SS £ Sauce ; and 2 So prehenao- ot ^ j e oli coriScquei . ces must rest on ^ rSf ^ s £ t aid not oa the ^ 4 « nfao

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      THE ASTI-PATAL AGITATION , ins quhes's nsPLiH " ^ Tthe corporation a *> UNnKKftlTt ADDRESSES . Woain * deputations from the Corporation of T-nrdim aSl the Universes of Oxwrd and Cam-SS ? went on Tuesday , by the Great Wertem Kai&av . to Windsor , to present their addresses to the Queen . Passins over the picturesque , and hallsatiric description given by the »« w reporter , of the procession from the railway station to the Castle , we proceed to give the following most gracious answer" to the address of the Lord Mayor fnd Aldermen , which was read by her Majesty in a " clrar , sweet voice / ' and " every word was caught up with the greatest eagerness ;""I receive with much satisfaction your loyal and affectionate address .

      " I heartily concur with , you in your grateful acknowledgment of the niafcyblessinssconferred upon this hioblv favoured nation , and in your attachment to theProtestsnt faiili , and to the great principles of civil and religious liberty , in the defence of which the city of London lias ever been conspicuous . " That faith and those principles so justly dear to the people of this country that I confidently rely on their cor . iial support in upholding and maintaining them against any danger with which they may be threatened , from whatever quarter it may proceed . To the address of the Common Council the following was the reply : — " I sincerely thank you for your renewed assuranees of unaltered attachment to my person and throneand to the constitution of this country .

      , " Your tried and consistent advocacy of the equal enjoyment of civil rights by all classes of your fellovr-subjects entitles the expression of your sentiments on the present occasion to peculiar consideration . . " You may be assured of my earnest desire and firm determination , muter God ' s blessing , to maintain unimpaired the religious liberty which is justly prized by the people of tins country , and to uphold , as its surest safeguard , the pure and scriptural worship of the Protestant feith , which has loug been happily established in this land . " The Commissioners of Lieutenancy had also their distinct answer : —

      " Your renewed assurauces on the present occasion of devoted loyalty and affection to my person and government , i ' s highly gratifying to me . " It will continue to be , as it has ever been , my earnest endeavour , in the exercise of the power and authority entrusted to me . as the supreme governor Of this realm , to maintain the independence , and to uphold the constitutional liberties of my people against all aggression and encroachment . " On the presentation of die Oxford University address , it is said , " Lord John Ru .-sell , who had been standing to the left of the throne , as if deeply interested in the contents of the document , scrutinised the faces of the deputation very keenly as her Majesty returned the following gracious reply : "— * _ : > satisfaction the renewed

      "I accept with much proof afforded by your addrc 3 sof your attachment and lcyaitv to my person and government , and of your steadfast adherence to the principles of the constitution . "It lias ever beec , aud ever will continue to be , my endeavour to promote the tfficieacy , and maintain the purity , of our Reformed Church , the supreme government of which , under God , is by law confided to me ; and it is highly gratifying to me to be assured of your faithful adherence to its principles , doctrine , aud discipline . " While I cordially concur in the wish that all classes of my subjects should enjoy tie free exorcise of their religion , you may rely on my determination to opbo ' ld alike the rights of my Crown and tfce independence of my people against all assressions and encroachments of any foreign power . .

      . " Tour earnest endeavour in the discharge of your important duties , to train up the youth entrusted to your care in faithful attachment to the truths of Jioly Scripture cannoS fail , under God ' s blessing , io bave a powerful effect in strengthening the defences of our Protestant faith , and in preserving icviolaie the privileges which are justly dear to the people of this country . " The Cambridge deputation wa 3 led to the throne by Prince Albert , as Chaurellorof the University . Her 3 fateotyread in r ^ ply , " with gieat deliberation and de ' eided accents : "—» I thank vou for your loyal and dutiful address .

      "Ifully participate in your expression ot gratitude to Almighty God for " the blessings he has been pleased to bestow upon this country , and I rejoice in the proofa which have been given of the zealous and undiminished attachment of the English people to the principles asserted at the Reformation . " While it is my earnest wish that complete freedom of conscience should be enjoyed by allclasseB Cf my subjects , it is my constant aim to uphold the just privileges and extend the usefulness of the Churah established by law in this country , and to secure to my people the full possession of their ancient rights and liberties . " ad

      The mover and seconder of the corporation - dresses , and distinguished members of the universities , " kissed hands" on retiring . It was generally remarked that her Majesty looked very well , though somewhat flushed , and various opinions were passed with respect to the demeanour of Lord John J&ussell , who had stood with his finger on his eyes and with downcast head during the greater part of the time that was occupied by the address and roply . In the satirical disposition which the occasion evoked it did not escape some good-humoured comment that in the magnificent hall in which the luncheon was spread the portrait of a Cardinal ( Gonsalvi ) ornamented one extremity , and the portrait of a Pope ( Pius VII . ) the other , and seemed to smile indignantly on the Royal deputations . The portraits had been placed there when the Waterloo Hall was first decorated . About two o ' clock all the members of the deputations had taken their leave , and the Castle resumed its ordinary quiet

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      - — CANTERBURY v . ROME , ,, „ i T / , n /« u delivered his second lecture on Mr . Ernest Jones aenvereu ^ institution , ft" •^ uSrt ' lfflS . Sroalted to the chair , ySf opened the business of the meeting . Mr Jo 5 f who wag greeted with great applause , ^ fusion to the numbers present , informed the mee njthat Messrs . Bezer and Martin , who were carrying boards , announcing the meeting , had been taken to the Police-station on a charge of obstructing the pavement , whilst men carrying boards announcing other meetings , &c , were not interfered with . This announcement was received with oi'iei of " Shame . " Mr . Jones then , in an elaborate address , which occupied upwards of two hours , traced the history of the Church from the Reformation -,

      downwards , and proved , to the satisfaction of his audience , that the English Episcopal Church was the direct opponent to the principles on which the Reformation was founded . Henry VIII . had only transferred the power of the Pope from Rome to London ; he effected no change in doctrine , but merely clothed him 3 elf in the mantle of the suocessors of St . Peter . Romanism supported despotism , whilst Loblardisni was favourable to democracy . The Puritans denounced the doctrines of Papacy , whether practised in London or Rome ; and their rulers seeing this , encouraged a return to tho old forms of Papacy , and the Church of England continued to verge nearer and nearer to Rome . Macaulav , in his " History of England , and ,

      as an historian of the past he was unequalled , tru ly said— "That the Protestantism of the Church of England was a compromise between Royalty and Papacy . " Mr . Jones then gave a miauto detail of the various peaceful struggles of the Puritans to obtain religious freedom , until oppression , exercised towards them , became unbearable , and the despised Puritans , at Marston-moor , dashed to atoms the plumed chivalry of Charles I ., and taught their oppressors how men ought to bo treated . Unfortunately for the interests of religion , disunion crept into the ranks of the Puritans . The Presbyterians began to follow in the steps of the Established Church , and to become a persecutin : ; body . This gave rise to tho Independents , who

      boldly advocated religious liberty , and maintained the cause of democracy ; but division had dene its work , and Charles II . was brought back to power on tho very shoulders of the men who bad brought his father to the block . Mr . Jones then showed that the Church , true to its old dogmas of persecution , was no sooner in possession of power than it began to aviogate a right to tyrannize over the consciences of others , and a series of persecutions followed , unequalled for y indictiveness and atrocity in the aanals of any nation . So graphically did . Vir . Jones narrate some of these incidents , that his audience were scarcely able to control their indignation . The Church of England wag described , at a late meeting at the Guildhall , as being the bulvraik

      of liberty . He had shown them that it was its greatest opponent ; and he also showed , from Macaulay ' a / ftsfon / , that it was an undoubted fact , that tho period when the Anglican Church was in itB most flourishing state , was the precise period when the greatest laxity was to be found in morals and virtue . The lecturer then traced the history of the Church from tho period of the Restoration to the llerolutiou of 1 G 88 , depicting , in strong colours , the treachery of its conduct towards the monarch , aud its cowardice in its hour of need towards those whom it had oppressed in its strength , and contrasted it with the generous forbearance of the Dissenters , who refused to accept of religious freedom , and escaped from the heavy persecution ,

      they hid undergone at the risk of aleviating the designs of a despotic monarch . Dissenters , in that age , were the advocates of freedom . He regretted that many of their descendants were now to ho found advocating doctrines of subserviency and submission . The Church of England took upon itself the ere Jit of supporting freedom by its conconduct in the Revolution of 1688 , but the very reverse was the fact ; it assisted to dethrone James , because he interfered with their plunder of the loaves and fishes ; and when it saw that the Prince of Orange was inclined to Puritanism , it endeavoured to deprive him of his newly acquired power , and invest it in a regency ; thus , if the Church could have carried its endeavours , the revolution

      would have been a nullity ; and it was the first to oppose an attempt made by the citizens of London , to introduce Democratic features into tho New Constitution . The lecturer then reviewed the intervening space of its history until thepresent time , clearly demonstrating that it had been an abettor of tyranny and an encourager of vice , and that its whole dark history was unrelieved by a solitary instance of . virtue or generosity . Mr . Jones then adverted to the Revenues of the Church , showiug from the evidence adduced by themselves , that it had an income of nearly thirteen millions a year in England and Wales alone , divided among about seven thousand recipients , and that this enormous sum was subscribed by four million persons , two

      millions of whom dissented from its doctrines , but were , by compulsion , obliged to aid in its support . It is scarcely possible to describe the effect produced m the au-Hence by this exposure of the glaringly fraudulent returns mado by these men of : he value of their property , and bis coasequeat deduction of their untunes ? to b ? directors of tho education and morals of the nation . Mr . Jones conclude . ! , by eloquently appealing to his audieiu o as to the value these men rendered to society in return for their support , and contrasted the trifling sum paid to our schoolmasters for their six hours a day labour , when compared with the iacome of the parsons for a few hours of doubtful utility durine the week . Rigby Wason , Chairman of tho

      Tothill Fields Visiting Magistrates , iiad proved that crime had increased four hundred per cent within the ! a 3 t forty years . A starving people would , never be a religious or an educated people ; they must first educate the belly , then educate the mind ; first give them the beef , then the book . If they wanted to put down crime they must take away the temptation . Poverty was the cause , the effect was crime . On sitting down the lecturer was immensely applauded . Several persons requested him to publish the lectures , and commented on the non-attendance of the press . Mr . Jones , in responding to what appeared to be a universal feeling ,

      Etated that he would comply therewith , and get them printed and published . Mr . Bezbb , in a humorous address , detailed the arrest of himself and Mr . Martin , and a collection , amounting to eighteen and sevenpence was made , to defray any fine that might be inflicted . A vote of thanks wag given to the reporters of the Northern Star and Reynolds Newspaper for their attendance ; also to the Chairman and lecturer . We should have given a longer report of this instructive lecture were it not from a knowledge that it will be speedily published , and we trust will then he in the hands of all our readers .

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      Barhslet . —A large meeting of members was held at Mr . George Utley ' s , on Saturday night last—Frank Mirfield in tho chair , when it was resolved : — " That each paid-up shareholder should pay sixpence towards defraying the expense incident upon winding-up the affairs of the Company . " Eightyfive at once responded to the call , and £ 2 2 s . 6 d was paid , which was ordered to bo forwarded to Mr " Rider . A long discussion took place upon the failure of tho Laud Plan . There was not a person present but exonerated Mr . O'Connor from all

      blame , and expressed their sorrow at the monstrous ingratitude he has received from the wicked allottees , who have refused to pay tho just demands of the Company . The chairman read the circular from the Star office , relative to the O'Connor Defence Fund . Every man believed it to be his duty to assist in the good work . Five shillir . g 3 and sixpence was collected in the room , and a committee , with power to add to their number , was constituted to attend to that business . The meeting was adjourned until next Saturday night , at seven o ' clock , to give to all pewons an opportunity of paying their share of the levy to the Land Company .

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      The Laxd Monopoly . —The whole land of Eug " land is monopolised by not more than 30 , 000 pro " prietoi-3 ; the soil of Scotland is monopolised by 3 , 000 proprietors ; and the soil of Ireland is monopolised by , probably , not more than 0 , 000 persons . To show how this land monopoly , with iU entail laws , has been sweeping round us , it may bo state ! that , m 1780 , the number of landed proprietors in Lngland . was about 250 , 000 , instead of 30 , 000 as now , and the process of absorption is still going on rapidly . —Freeholder , . 5 b

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      TflB PROTMIOIfAIi CoMMIirBfi O ? * KE NATlOWAl Chartbb Association held their usual weekly meatiug at their office , M , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening last ; Mr . John Milne in the chair . Correspondence of a progressive tendency was read from Beverly , Clayton , Coventry , Doddington , Exeter , Greenwich , and Deptford , Hastings , Harwiob , Ipswich , Limehouse , and Stockport ; it was agreed that tho Emmett '« Brigade and tho Crovn and Anchor locality bo requested to appoint , at their meetings , on Sunday evening next , one of their members to act as scrutineer of tho votes received for the Executive Committee , and that the said scrutineer be solicited to attend at the Chartist Office as above , on Wednesday evening next , December 18 th , at 0 o ' clock

      precisely . The Secretary was instructed to announce that the accounts will be made up to the closo of the present year , that a financial statement will be thon printed , and a copy sent to every locality throughout the country ; that in such statement will be given the number of cards forwarded to each locality , and the amount of money received thereon , and , therefore , that all agents orsub-socretarics , are most earnestly requested to transmit their returns of the cards they have issued , and the amount received on each , to the General Secretary , on or before Tuesday , December 31 st— -it is also requested , that all who are indebted to tho oommitteo for tickets or otherwis , will settle tho same on or before tho timo above stated , as all defaulters will be published in the balance sheet . The committeo then adjourned to Wednesday evening , Doc . 18 th .

      CORRECTED LIST . Of those friends who have been nominated , and have consented to act as the Executive committee of the National Charter Association : —G . W . M . Reynolds , G . J . Harney , J . Arnott , J . Grassby , J . Milne , W . Davis , E . Stallwood , E . Miles , E . Jones F . O'Connor , T . Hunt , G . J . Ilolyoake , R . Le Blond , T . M . Wheeler , J . Fussell , T . Brown , W . F . Linton , J . Shaw , A . E . Delaforce , J . Finlen , J . J . Ferdinando , and J . B . Leno . The committee most emphatically call on all who feel an interest in the progress of the Chartist

      cause to tuke part in the election of the Executive Committee , and thereby set at re 3 t all . bickerings . Where meetings are appointed to receive votes lot them write down , from the above list the names ol nine persons for whom they intend to vote , and take or send such voting paper to the said meeting , but where no meetings are held for that purpose , let them at onee forward their voteB by lotter ( pre paid ) addressed to the General Secrotary 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , as all yeteB received after Wednesday , Deeember 18 th , will be null and void . John Arnott , General Secretary .

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      Metropolitan Dblboatk Council . —This body met , according to adjournment , on Sunday afternoon , at tho City Chartist Hall , Golden-lane . Mr . Stallwood was called to the chair . The minutes having been read and confirmed , the Chairman rer . d a letter from Mr . Cobden , acknowledging the receipt of their circular on the " Origin of the Charter . " He approved of the document , but ha'd no influence in getting it inserted , as requested , in the papers of the North of England . The Chairman also reported , that their circular had been inserted in the Aylesbury News , and that a gentleman in that neighbourhood had printed 2 , 000 copies of it for distribution . —Mr . Dunning delivered in his credentials and took his seat for Somers Town , and Mr .

      Walden for Shoreditch . —Mr . Brisck moved : — " That at its rising the Council be dissolved . " Tho Democratic Conference had separated without adopting any definite steps in relation to an union , but had left a Committee to superintend its future operations ; this would render it unnecessary for that Council to take any steps in that matter ; little bickerings had taken place among themselves , and he thought that the best course would be to break up the present body , and when the New Executive was elected and the movement reorganised , they could form it again with a better prospect of success . He was glad to see Mr . Holyoake recommend in the Free Thinker , that if the different sections would not unite in the projected union , that the

      Conference should form a New Association , consisting of those who were willing to adopt their views . He could not understand why the Chartists were dissuaded from joining the Socialists , who went farther than themselves , whilst they were recommended to iqin the Financial , who did noS go so far . —Mr . Dunning seconded the motion . —Mr . Hodgson moved as an amendment : — " That they adjourn until tho second Sunday in January , "—Mr . Blythe seconded the amendment . They would by that time know tbo result of the adjourned meeting of tho John-street Conference , and the Executive would also be elected . Tlie Council had effected by ita publications much , good , and if proper arrangements were made , relative to a change of speakers ,

      in the various localities , they would become too powerful for any attempt at leadership . —Messrs . Fletcher , Bloomfield . and Slocombe supported the amendment . A District Council was as necessary in London ns it- was in any other district ; although the Executive resided in London , they were not justifled in spending the general funds in solely agitating the metropolis . —The Chairman in putting tho motion Epoke strongly in favour of the utility of t * ie Council ; some slight jealousy existed In a portion of the Executive , relative to the Council interfering with their duties , but twenty years' experience had convinced him that its existence was essential to the prosperity of the cause in London . —The amendment wa ^ carried by a considerable majority .

      —The Chairman then announced that a Ball and Concert would be held in that room , under the patronage of the Council , on Tuesday , December 17 th . Mr . Fowler had always accommodated them without desiring remuneration , and he trusted they would not forget hi 3 kindness , — On the motion of Messrs . Blythe and Brisck , the Democratic newspapers were requested to call upon all the metropolitan localities to elect fit and proper persons as delegates to tho ensuing Council . An aecount of the income and expenditure was then read , by which it appeared that the Council was a few shillingBin debt . The Somers Town and Whittington and Cafc delegates immediately paid their quota , and all localities that arc in arrears are re »

      quested to discharge the same . —Mr . Brisck moved , and Mr . Blyth seconded , the following motion : — " That it is tho opinion of this Council , that tho lato Executive deserve the thanks of the Chariist body for their exertions , especially considering the small means which they have had wherewith to carry out their object . This Council also approves of their decision for calling a Conference in May . " —Mr . Wheeler having obtained permission to speak , thought it unwise in them to come to a vote upon the latter portion of the resolution . Their localities had not expressed any definite opinions , ind they should not impair their usefulness by mixing themselves up in a party question , and thereby , in a measure , dictate to the next Executive . —A

      majority of the delegates having stated that they could not vote in favour of the latter portion of the resolution without consulting their localities , it was withdrawn , and the vote of thanks to the Executive carried unanimously . —Mr . Brisck hrought forward the case of the twenty-six Hungarians and Poles meeting at the Queen ' s Arms , Commercial-street , Whitecnapel , and requested the localities to assist them , as well as their brethren in Turnmill-street . —Mr . Brisck moved , and Mr . Dunnage seconded , a vote of thanks to the reporter of the Northern Star , for his attendance and faithful reports of their meetings . — Messrs . Stallwood , Slocombe , and others , supported it , which being carried , Mr . Wheeler briefly replied , and the Council adjourned until the second Sunday in January .

      Nhw Eastbrn Litbrari Institution , Morpethsfcreet , Green-atreet , Bethnal Green . —Mr . Wheeler lectured here on Sunday evening , upon tho " Condition of England Question , " and entered into a variety of details , showing the grievous manner in which the working classes were oppressed aud plundered , and that nothing less than a complete social as well as political change would ever place them in their true position . The chair was ably filled by Mr . Illingworth , who delivered some very pertinent observations respecting the proper management of such Institutions , and expressed his strongest wishes for their prosperity , —Mr , Archer , in a very eloquent and pathetic speech , supported the views taken by the lecturer , and was much ap plauded . —Mr . Stokes also spoke on tho same subject . —The usual votes of thanks were given , and the meeting adjourned .

      Sheffield . —On Saturday evening a public meeting ( called by placard , ) was held in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queen-street , to consider the position of Mr . O'Connor with reference to the late Queen ' s Bench trial ; Mr . Aaron lligginbottom in the chair . After reading the placard , and urging those preaent to be up and doing in the matter , Mr . W . Holmes moved , and Mr . Coilings seconded , tho following resolution , which was carried unanimously : — "That all tho members of the Land Company belonging to this branch be requested to pay forthwith one shilling each , sixpence for the winding up , and sixpence for the defence of Mr . O'Connor ; and , further , that a committee of six member ;) be elected to sec to the- full carrying out of the same . " The following persons were dulv

      appointed : —Messrs . James AVhaley , Thomas Ash , Jojoph Hill , Thomas Lye , and Aaron lligginbottom . On the motion of Mr . John Jeffcries , Mr . G . Cayiil was unanimously elected treasurer , to whom all subscriptions must be sent . After a considerable number of members had paid in their quota , and tho usual thanks being given tho chairman , the meeting was adjourned to Sunday evening . At tho adjourned meeting held in the above room , Mr . A . Higginbottoin was again called upon to preside . After Mr . Hague had read tho letter which the Executive had placed in tho Star respecting the Chartists of Sheffied , Mr . Thomas Rook moved , and Mr . 11 . Buck , the finanrial SGorotary , seconded , tho following resolution : — "That the best answer we can give to the above is , that this meeting do forth-

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      with take out of " the funds of the National Charter Association £ 2 , and transmit it , along with the fir subscriptions , to Mr . O | Connor . ' * The m 0-t on being put from . tho chair , every hand was ffiod , wh ! c £ was followed by hearty cheers The next business which was considered was , a Some , which will be held on Friday in the Christmas week , when a few popular friends arc expected to be present , which will be announced in future bills . It wTs agreed to send to Mr . Rider for a considerable quantity of collecting books , as soon as possible . The meeting was then adjourned to Sunday the 15 th inst . 1 'he amount transmitted on Monday morning , and which was collected without any W . % S ^ bm Po x ™ .-Tho Chartists of this district have commenced a good work n the true spirit of demooraoy .-that of raisin-. Lab fn as . si . ifc in freeing our good chiefs from tho Sthtakfl out of the funds of the National Oharto

      f ^ a of the oppressors . " Such a stop is not merely ro " hojr to the eminent Jefieries and his satellites Sat tho slumber of Chartism is not an eternal s oen ; but it is also intended as an example to other 2 , that each section must put their . shoulders o the wheel , and « Go and do ao likewise . Arrangements have been made for a tea party and ball to t ake place on Christmas Eve , in the Peoples Ilall , Brunswick-street ; the whole of the proceeds , which no doubt will realise a good sum , to bo given towards the costs inflicted in a Court of Injustice hv an unjust Judge . What ! Is every generous and Kful feeling blunted ? No , no . The seed tha lie has sown shall bruise the serpent s heart . Up ! Lion-hearted men of England ! The veteran patriot asks your aid , —tho general who never turned bis back on the enemy , and who has never forsaken mn in tho hour of danger . Delays arc dangerous ;

      hesitate not a moment , —let every town and village strive to excel in kindness , and the work is done . In a few hours from the first announcement of a tea party to assist Mr . O'Connor ten free tray a were offered and gratefully accepted by the committee , each tray to tea a dozen persons . "Actions , not words , " is the motto of tho North Staffordshire Democr ats . Again , wo say , to each and all , " Go and do likowiBe . " Derby . —At n , meeting of the Chartists of this town , held on Sunday evening laafc , it was resolved that a subscription be entered into for the purpose of releasing Mr . O'Connor from tho difficultici in which he has been placed by an . unjust Judge aud a base and servile jury . Subscriptions to be received at Mr . Crabtrce ' s , hatter , liotton-iw , and at Mr . Wright ' sbrokerSt . James ' -lanc .

      , , Rochdale . — The weekly meeting of members was held on Monday evening—Mr . Bake in tho chair . The address of Mr . Rider waa read from the Star , and the following resolutions were adopted : — " That a committee bo appointed to Mr , O'Connor ' s Dofencs Fund , and that the following persons constitute that committee—Messrs . J . Shepherd , S . CrabtrGe , W . Bake , C . Shephard , It . Hacking , 11 . Gill , and H . Smith . " " That we get sixty bills printed of the above address , for distribution in the uorough . " "That , taking all matters into consideration , we do not deem ic prudent to nominate an Executive at present , until after tho Manchester Conference , and we call upon the Chartists generally to uut aside all petty opposition , and make

      that Conference what it ought to be—a full representation of the Chartiafca of this country . Coventry . —The usual weekly meeting was held at Mr . Bedder ' s , bookseller , Little Park-street . — Mr . S . Everett in the chair—whea the votes for the Exeoutive were taken , which resulted in the nomination of the following gentlemen : —Feargus O'Connor , Ernest Jones , Q . J . Harney , G . W . M . Reynolds , T . M . Wheeler , J , Fussell , J . Arnott , O . J . Holyoake , and W . J . Linton . It was proposed by W . Hosier , and sec Hided by J . Gilbert , — " That the council be requested to issue collecting books immediately , for the purpose of raising money for the O'Connor Defence Fund . " Proposed by Alexander Yates , and seconded by G . Freeman , — " That a- Tta and Dancing Party be got up during tho Christmas holidays , the proceeds to be given to the abova fund . " Messrs . Hosier and Everet were appointed to make arrangements for that purpose , alter which

      an address was agreed to , and also a reply to an attack made upon the Chartist cause , by two Tory members of tho Town Council , which was ordered to be printed . NEWCASTus-t'POR-TYNE . —At tho usual weekly meoting held in the Joiner ' s Hall on the 1 st inst ., the following persons wore elocted councilmen for the ensuing quarter : — JamGS Watson , Angus M'Leod , John Robertson , Joseph Eland , James Smitb , William Murray , William Armstrong ; Martin Jude , treasurer ; John Brown , secretary , 8 , flarriflon ' s Property , Stepney-bank . It was resolved on the motion of Mr . Martin Jude , [ seconded by Mr . Rideloy , that tho committee be appointed to got up subscriptions for Mr . O' Connor ' s Honeaty Fund , and that subscriptions be received at the Chartist roading-room , Joiner ' s Hall , which ia open from nine in the morning till ten in the evening on Sunday , and from seven until ton on other data of the week .

      Staleybridge . —At a meeting of the members held on Sunday afternoon , ; in their meeting-room , Quarry-street , High-street , the following resolutions were agreed to : — " That we send £ 2 to Mr . O'Connor ' s Honesty Fund . " " That a tea party and ball bo hold in our meeting-room , on Friday , January 3 rd . " " That the discuosion olaaa eatablished by this branch , and open every Sunday evening , be open to the public free . " Manchestbb . —Oa Sunday evening , December 8 th , Mr . Daniel Donovan lectured on " Protection , Homo Consumption , and Emigration , " to the satisfaction of his hearers . After the lecture a vote of thauks was given to ( he lecturer . On Monday evening the council assembled in the ante-room of the hall , and after transacting local business a reply to Mr . Jones's letter to the Manchester Council was agreed to , which will be found in another place .

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      A FAMlfiT Cast awat on Lake Superior . —Mr . Griswold , wife , and small child , with a boy about seventeen , tho son of Mr . Haverstraw , set out a few weeks since in a skiff from Eagle Harbour to reach Eagle river , some ten miles distant up the coaat . Mr . Wotherell was engaged building a government lighthouse on the point projecting out into the harbour from the mainland , and saw the oompany as they rounded the point on their perilous voyage . " It was blowing quite strongly off land , and fears were entertained that a shift of the wind would bench them on ft bold and bad shore . Determined to have plenty of leeway , the little craft was observed to put out some distance into the

      lake , and was soon Io 3 fc sight of . It never reached its destination . Days and weeks passed , nothing was heard of the adventurers . The coast between the two points was daily traversed , and pieces of the wreck supposed to be found , but no tidinga of the sufferers . At length all hope waa given up , and their frienda mourned them aa dead . But til © sequel proved otherwise . After three weeks ' absence this little crow were all found safe at the Saut . They had been picked up two weeks before by a coasting schooner on the Canada shore , whither they bad been seven days drifting . The distance across the like at that point must be from 250 to 300 miles . It appears that the boat got too far from ahore , and the wind increasing drove them into tho lake . Night came

      on , and the wind not abating the boat was put in charge of the lad , who was a half-breed and well acquainted with the lake . He got up a sort of sail and put before the wind for the Canada shore . Seven days and nights they spent on this lonely sea without seeing a vessel , without shelter " , and without food . Tho wind changed several times and kept them for days out of sight of land . When found , they had entirely surrendered themselves to their fate . How they lived . so long under gueh eiposure and without food , is a most unparalleled mystery . Their discovery was a mere accident by the schooner , which happened to be coasting along tho Canada shore . Altogether , this is one of tho most remarkable incidents that lias ever occurred in these lakos—noted as they are for Miveature 5 , shipwrecks , and escapes— American Paper ,

      Ekthkosisatiok of Cardinal Wissnan . —On Fiiday the ceremonial prescribed by the Rorcan Catholic Church for the induction of an awhbishop to his aee , was performed at the church of St . GetH ' go ' p , Southwark . There w :, s jio excitement whatever on tho occasion . Th . e prccincta of the building wore the usual aspect of tranquillity , and the exterior calm was reflected by silence iiiaide . Thk Foo and its CasumiTibs . —During the whole of Friday London was enveloped in the densest fog which has been known this seison . Between eioht

      and nine o'clock a pilot cfigicse on the Croydon Railway was returning to the Lou . lon Bridge Station on the up line , and just crossed to the Nortn Kent lino , when ita tender waa run inco , but no lives were lost , At Millp ' ond , East Greenwich , two brigs got ashore ; a boat was run down by a coal brig near the same place , and its crow of four were fortunate in saving their lives by clintfin" to tho bobstay of the brig . A fine outward ° -bound vessel , lying at GulUott ' s Reach , was run down by a barge laden with stono , and much damaged .

      Fatal Aocidkst at Booth ' s DismLEur .-On Thursday four workmen were employed making repairs in a well , the wooden supports across which were in a decayed state . Suddenly the one oa which the men were standing giiveway , rot three of them fell into the narrow gulf beneath , to a depth of about sixty feet . Tho fourth—a young vigorous man—felt the stage sinking , and clung to a portion of the wooden frame left projecting from the welt side till a rope could be lowered to him . Aided by this he was let down in search of his companions , who were , with some difficulty , raised to the surface ami taken to Bartholomew ' s Hospital , whore one of them died . The others were found to be in a seriously injured state . Deceased was a youa * man , and has left a wife and child to suffer by his loss . Eysry day is a little life , and our whole life is but a iIav repeated . —llishop lt < M ,

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      GUILDHALL . —Obstructing the Foot path . — On Tuesday , J . J . Bszer and Philip Martin were charged by John Camplin , 212 , City police , with obstructing the pavement in Ilolborn , by carrying placards , and refusing to quit the pavement when requested to do so . The prisoner Bezer stating that the road was intended for four legged animals , whereas he possessed only two . Upon this ho took the prisoners to the station-house . —The defendant Bezer cross-examined the policeman , to prove that numerous similar obstructions existed in his beat , and had done so for months past without his inter * feting to procure theii' removal . —Alderman

      Ilump lireys discharged the defendants , cautioning them as to their offending again . —Bezer stated that he was not able to perform hard labour , owing to rheumatics caught in the condemned cell at Newgate , and this decision would deprive him of his means of livelihood . Aa he was not anxious to break the law , he requested the Alderman's opinion respecting the legality of his having a perambulator in the road . It was to advertise a truly valuable Chartist publication , entitled " The Friend of the People , " of which he would present him a copy , assuring him that its contents were excellent , and that it contained nothing seditious nor

      blasphemous . —The Alderman declined giving an opinion as to the legality of the perambulator . — Bezer tlien applied lor a summons for an assault committed by 212 on his ( Bezer ' s ) wife . —This the Alderman , who appeared to think that the complainant waa not serious in the charge , declined to grant . He could not advise him how to procure remuneration for his I 033 of time . —Bezer then applied for a summons against Mr , Sprats well , a tailor , for having board men obstructing tho thoroughfare in Holborn . —The Alderman stated that he did not need a summons . All he had to do was to give tho men into tho charge of the police . —The case attracted much attention . Ernest

      Jones , T . M . Wheeler , and a number of well known Chartists wero present . Tho defendant ' s ( Bezer ' s ) comic manner kept the Court in a state of laughter , and it was difficult to procure order . MARLBOROTJGrT-STREET . —Sihocxab Application . —The Ibvixoite Chafbl . — A gentleman , who did not givo his name , applied to Mr . Bingham for advice under the following circumstances : —Applicant stated that that morning , hearing that there was to be a lecture delivered at the Irvingite Chapel , Newman-street , he went there and took his seat in the gallery . Directly service commenced , he was astonished to observe that it was conducted with all the forms of Popish worship , the priests and attendants being attired in robes similar to

      those worn by the Catholic clergy . Applicant had tvot been seated many minutes when one of the attendants came up and asked him if he wasa member of the chapel , and on his replying in the negative he was requested to leave the chapelt This he declined to do , on the grounds that it was a public place of worship , and as such he had as much right to be there as any other person . A young man in a surplice then came , and laying his hand on applicant's arm , intimated that if he did not leave at once , force would be used to eject him . Rather than disturb the congregation he left the place ab once , Applicant now wished to know whether they were justified in acting as they had done , aad what he had better do in the matter . —

      Air . Bingham ( to applicant ) : I really have no jurisdiction in the matter . Au attorney is the peraon you ought to apply to . If you can prove that the persons belonging to the chapel committed a trespass in laying their hands upon you , the County Court will affoi'd you a remedy . —The applicant , who appeared astonished that the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the case , bowed his thanks , and left the court . A Begging Lettbbwbitkr . —Thomas Williams was charged with obtaining several smail sums of money from various tradesmen by false and fraudulent pretences . —Mr . James Revell , oilman , 272 , Oxfordstreet , stated that on Saturday , last the prisoner came into his shop and produced a paper , which he said Mr . Broad , of Tavistock-street , had sent him ,

      with his compliments , and a request thai he ( witness ) would read it . Witness opened the paper , and found it to be a peition , of which the following is a copy : — " B . Smith , oilman , &c , 107 , Fleetstreet , begs leave to recommend the petition of William Lawrance , who was employed by me till an unforeseen accident happened , by which his spine waa injured in such a manner that it will disable him from work for the future , and he in now in the hospital . I have had this drawn out and sent it round to a few gentlemen , in hopes of raising a trifle for the poor family of five children , who are thrown into the greatest distress through the accident . " This petition was alleged to be signed by some of tho leading men in the trade , for sums

      varying from £ 2 to 2 s . Cd . ; and witness believing the prisoner ' s tale to be true , gave him 2 s . 6 d ., and put his name to the petition for that amount , and he then lefc the shop . WitnesB had since ascertained that the prisoner ' s statement was false . —Mr . Jame 3 Tillyer , oilman , 321 , Oxford-street , said , that or Monday afternoon , about four o ' clock , the prisoner entered his shop , and handing him the petition produced by last witness , said , "Mr . Revell presents his compliments , and wishes you to read it . " Witness , directly he looked at it , told the prisoner he knew Mr . Smith very well , and the petition was in his handwriting , Th& prisoner said it was , and that all the signatures were authentic . Witness

      then sent for a constable and gave him in charge . —The policeman who took the prisoner into custody , deposed that , on the way to the station , he ( prisoner ) said he was sent by Mr . Smith with tho paper . Witnoss subsequently went to Mr . Smith ' s , and that gentleman said he knew nothing about either the prisoner or the paper , and that his name which was attached thereto waa a forgerv . The prisoner , in reply to the charge , said he was very sorrj , but he was out of work , and distress induced him to write the paper himself , and that the names , with , few exceptions , were forgeries . —Mr . Bingham committed the prisoner for three months , with hard abour .

      BOW-STREET . —Counterfeit Cow . —H . Hart was finally examined , charged with ufcterinc : counterfeit coin . —A clerk from the office of Mr . " Powell , the solicitor for tho Mint , attended , and said he had instituted inquiries about the prisoner , and bund that he waa employed at a lodging-house in Broad-street , and that he was considered an hono 3 t man . —The prisoner said he found aii tha pieces wrapped up in some papers , while he was making one of the lodgers' beds .- —The clerk said he had no reason to disbelieve that statement . —Mr . Hall said the prisoner had not acted like a - professional smasher , ' or he would not have carried so many counterfeit coins ia his possession . He should give him the benefit of the doubt and discharge him . Stabbing .. —H . McCarthy was charged with stabbing J . Clarke . The wounded man was unable to attend in consequence of the injuries ho had

      received . —About two o ' clock on Monday morning the prisoner entered an eating and lodgizig . house , So 12 , Great Earl-street , St . Giles ' s , a common resort for mendicants and others . The prisoner , who appeared to be intoxicated , became very troublesome , and used very offensive language . Clarke , who resides in the house , desired him to desist , ' and told hitu if he did not do so he should turn him out . The prisoner became worse , and wa 3 ejected from the house . He then commenced pulling down the shutters , and when Clarke came out he drew a clasp knife from his pocket , and struck him a violent blow with the blade upon his right thigh . One of the lodgers came to Clarke ' s assistance , and was atabbed in the mouth . Clarke bled most profuselv and was removed to King ' s College Hospital , arid is now m a very precarious condition . The prisoner was remanded .

      WESTMINSTER . _ PsoTECTroy to Omnibus TaAVKLHSRS . —Henry Kito and Dennis Leary were charged under the following circumstances •—William Miller , conductor of a Bromptoa omnibus stated that while he was in the Guntor ' s Arms ' FulUam-road , on Monday evening , the defendants ' ( iressed as labouring men , took their seats ia his bus ; a third , their friend , was about to enter when complainant objected on account of his tilthv condition , added to drunkenness , which latter was true of all three . Upor . this defendants commenced aflenesofauRoyaneotried to drathe conductor 1

      , S A , , " " A * ' ••»¦ ' VVUUUV . IUI from the step , and to pull in their friend ; and while doing so , tlaranged tho fittinga of the carriage and deterred passengers from Cuteritig .-Defend . ants , who complained that they had been ill-used said that they were in . pursuit of a lost do " , and it was important that they should travel in company , ihey had one dog i « the carriage , and the excluded rriend had another in his arms . —The magistrate « ai'l three drunken men wA two dogs were not to h « tolerated in a public conveyance , and fined them 7 s , each for the assault , Kite ' to pay in addition the damage sustained bv the conductor .

      WORSIUP-STREET .-Chakgk o ? Tklo-ny bt a Railway Clerk . —Win . Syera , a clerk in the Enquiry-office at tho goods station of the Eastern Counties Railway , in Brick-lai . e , Shoreditch , was charged with embezzling various sums of monev the property oftho company . —James Twiss , casliiur to tiie company , proved that it was tho duty ot tho prisoner to render ar . account daily of t > e trans mission of goods , together with the total amornt ol ^^ O . Mo \ m _ (^ o ^ ^ . On the 21 « of November

      prisoner was suspended , and on tho 2 J » rd he received the sum of £ 3 from a iWr aauscJ Iiaydon , r . e . - . r Cambridge , although S not beep , recalled to office ~ K i « oftK « proved agaiu > t him also or 110 « < H of v ^ of * 1 lit , received from ^^ 1 ^^ Umbndge . lie was apprehended on the . ith Th ! pnsoiicr waa tully committed bat -i . ' -iVr ., , 1 " 1 in two sureties of £ 100 eacb a '" mUt ! j to bail * 2 ESl S&VlSyS-S , " SS ««» SSS 8 ^ wuiy tu . Ug and wounding a young woman , named

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      Jane ParnelJ , with intent to murder her . ~^ TT * nold said he would accept . subgtantial bail for tV Ar future appearance .-The bail , however * L the forthcoming at the close of the court and th ! ° & soners were therefore carried away in the van Wi « THAMES .-A Wiwaii Boy . - John MmW .-aged fourteen , the son of a coalwhipper , afc oZ > ' street , Wapping , was charged with attenVtin " to oommit suicide . For the last three week , E * had absented himself from school , and abscon ^ i from his home on Saturday . On Sunday hi 8 fa ' ^ discovered him and took him home , when hB » put to bed and chastised with a thin rope , on wh k the lad jumped out of bed , rushed down staire iHi getting out of doora , made towardg the Lo ' rdn Docks , and flung himself into the water p ' f v dentially Walker 445 A was on the spot , and rescup ' r him from his perilous position . —Mr . Yardioy I questioning the boy and finding him very intcllf * f ^ A ^! ' , . intent to murder her . - wT *

      geni , reau mm an impressive lecture on the serioiui nature of the crime he had contemplated , and uif ; mately took his father ' s bail for his appearance ?" Monday next . Ol * SOUTIIWARK .-Bahiuhous Trkatmkkt of 1 u oVER-nntvBs Beast . —William Thomas , aSir-ithfioi ? drover , was brought before Mr . A Beckett , charwrf with cruelty to a cow . Mrs . Ann Hancock , t ! v- > J ; £ of a surgeon , stated that about half-past thrt . o ' clock on Monday afternoon , as she was siandin < j at one of the windows of her house , her attention was particularly directed towards the defendant who was driving a cow tint 3 eemed to be ia a verv bad condition , and scarcely able to move along Afc length the animal fell down , apparentl y from sheer exhaustion . Tho defendant then seized the animal ' s tail , and twisted it with great force , but Sndin » thii had not the desired effect of making it rise from the ground , ho then dropped the tail down j n a part of the road where a quantity of sharp granite wai laid , and began to jump upon it with all his micrht

      Attnougu the poor animal seemed by the heaving of its body to suffer pain , from such extreme cruelty yet it bad not the power to move from its position and the defendant then ran to its head , and thrusting several of his fingers up its nostrils , by thafc description of purchase ho made several ineiiectuai attempts to set the animal upon its legs . Witness then hastened to the street and sent fora policeman , into whose custody she gave the defendant—Ia anssver to the magistrate , prisoner said—I had no stick , and nobody can say aa how I broke any bones or drew blood . —Mr . A'Beckett : You have acted with brutality , for which you are liable to a penalty of £ 5 . I shall inflict a fine of 20 a ., and in default

      commit you for fourteen days . —The defendant was Committed in default of paying the penalty . ' Sobwk m the SffRBKT Theatbe . —R . Clare , a fashionably-dressed young man , was charged with creating a disturbance in the Surrey Theatre , by exciting the audience against the Pope and tha Bishop 3 of Exeter and Oxford . —K . Feckham , constable of the Suri-sy Theatre , said that , shortly before the performances commenced oa Monday evening , he saw the prisoner in the slip-gallery , at tha right hand side of the gallery , addressing the audience on the present papal aggression , lie seemed much excited , and used violent language agair . 3 the Pope , the Bishops of Oxford and Exeter , and the Puseyites . Witness took no notice of him for

      some time , thinking he would desist . He , however , went on with his address , and concluded by calling on the audience to stand up and sing the National Anthem . Ho at once began , and many in the pit and galiory joined him , and prevented the parformance commencing . While singing , tho pri 3 onec nearly fell over the railings , and , had not witnejj seized hold of him , he must have failen into the pit , He then found that he was uader the in « fluence of liquor , and , having considerable property about him , he locked him up in tho station house . —Mr . A Beckett cautioned the prisoner as to his future conduct , and fined him 5 s . / or being drunk , at the same time ordering him to enter into his re « cognizances to keep the peace . LAMBETH . —Impudent Hiohttat . Robbskt . — William Newman waa charged with being concerned with another person not in custody , in a highway robbery . —Mr . Henry Dawson , a wholesale

      statiouer , residing in Carter-street , Walworth , deposed that about half-past eleven o ' clock on tea night before , when within a few doors of his own house , two men approached him from behind , &ad one 01 them taking him by the collar said , "Won ' t you give us something to drink ? " and before ha ( witness ) had-time to answer ho was flung to tha ground with some violence . While on the ground the prisoner struck him a violent blow on the face , when witness grasped him by the legs , and callina out " police , " held him until a constable came up to whom he gwo him in charge . On examinico his left hand trousers' pocket , he found that it was turned inside out , and he missed from it 7 s . lOd . ia silver , which had been safe but a few minutes b »« fore . Mr . Dawson declared he had noc spoken to nor seen any females in the street at the time , and so near was ho to his own house at the time of tha robbery that he had the street-doer key in his hand , —Ihe prisoner was remanded for a week .

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      HAYMARKET . On Tuesday evening Mm . IncUtald ' s favourite comedy of Even / One has His Fault , was revived hera with great success , and will seve as an agreeable source of attraction on the ( ' off-night 3 " during Mr . Macready ' s engagement . On the whole , it waa well played , though some of the actors appeared to display too strong a taste for the serious ; acircum stance which is not difficult to account for at a time when the same individuals are engaged almost nightly in the performance of tragedy . Mr . Davenport , for instance , who has lately played Brutus . OthelloFalconlmd

      , ge , and many other characters Ol equal importanoo , appeared last ni » ht a 3 Sir Robert Bramble ( a hero of "light comedy , " ) and , although he p l ayed with much earnestness and judgment , a want of buoyancy , and an entire absence of the power to seiza the salient points of humour , were obserrnble throughout . Mr Cooper personated Mr . Irwin—an unfortunate eentleman whose rortunes are rained in consequence of a marriage unsanctioned by his wife ' s faraily-and waa a ? sad and lugubrious as could he desired by the most ardent worshipper of the tragic muse . Mrs Warner was the Lady Elinor , and her power of expressing depth of passion , combined with maternal devotion , was exerted with considerable force and effect . Sol

      ^~ . old bachelor whose mind is consuntlv vacillating between a determination to take unto himself a wife an"d ar . innate dread of the cor . seu e j , u ~ wa ? P >' V Buckstons ; and it need hardly be said that a character so surestive of humour found a most amusin ? , if not a very urofound exponent . Mr . Howe played the hen-pecked husband PIneid , with much ease , and a due aensa of the ridiculousness of his position ; and Miss P . Horton enacted his termagant wife in a manner which showed that she had well studied the art to conceal her art . Tho comedy was received with great favour throughout , and a ' t the fall of tho curtain there was sufficient applause to warrant its occasional repetition .

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      m Hie jianaii ol M . Amx , tt ' eoauiaater , avute frim" * cilline . h > , Oren ! . ffimhuill-itreei , linymurksJ , in ' Ju i- 'J of Wi-stM-. insu-r . torthei ' lv . v . riet'jr / VKAKfiUSO'CO . NNi' K 3 q . M . l ., ; md published by u « * aii vVLi- ; iii liana , at the OKS « . » . iii tho *; i ; : ie sue : aad iwrish , —Satariu . IH'cemVtr Uth , Iditfi * . . , ' . - .. .:

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      Gantkhbijh ? versus Eome . —Pursuant to the promise I made in the Lecture-hall , on Monday evening last , and in answer to letters from Thomas Young , of Leicester , from Exeter , Norwich , Manchester , Birmingham , and Reading , I beg to say 1 will most gladly publish my two Lectures on the above subject ; but , as I cannot afford to incur a loss by so doing , I must postpone this publication until I have ascertained that I shall have a sufficient number of readers to cover the expense . To be assured of this , I would request those localities or individuals , desirous of having the lecture , to write to me to that effect , addressed to " Hardwick lodge , Moscow Road , Bayswater , London , " stating the number required , and , also , how the copies are to ba forwarded .

      It if proposed to publish the lectures in four weekly numbers , and as cheaply as can be done , to pay the cost of printing and publishing . Several friends at the conclusion of my second lecture , and since , by letter , have volunteered to subscribe money to pay for the printing . I bog respectfully and thankfully to decline their offer . EfiNusx Jones . 12 th December , 1850 .

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      QUEEX'S THEATRE . »» Afw 2 ^ P roducei 1 ° a Monday night entitled Captain John Luck . The piece , which is founded upon the religious prosecutions of Queen Mary , waa well received . There are , however , always two sides to a question , ami a glance at history , — from the slaughters of Essex ( the favourite of the "Virgin Queen , " ) down to the Kathcormac murdere—vould furnish scenes suffiw -li y , blood > ' f <> r tho lovers of the marvellous , without entering into a discussion on this subject her * , we enn say that the drama ia full of interest , is effectivel y p « t upon the staue , and the pnvt * are well supported by the corps drawatiifM . A laughable farco , called the Rid Cmspiraey followed , in . which Mr . Manders represeurod the principal character . The Oastli Keep , or the Lost Ikir , in which Mr . II .. Smith and his dogs appeared , closed the evening ' scntcrtainmenta . ft ' e understand that aetivo preparations are being mado for the production of " The . Model Christmas Pantomime . " di >

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      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . During the past week Dr . Bachhoftner has been engaged in delivering .- » series of hi ghly interestitt ? lectures 011 the Electric , or Voltaic . Li ° ht . The m-. nc . pa agent made use of by the lecturer for the * S . h « ^ course , was Album ' s patent ? RV f S ? a mterim whic » has elapsed since 1 >\ Z 'production of the subject to the public notice , at this institution , has been arduous !* de-0 ted to perfecting this extraordinary a ^ eut , which , , uuy b ? . > e ' . v augured , will be speedily placed m a practical position . Great fttwutton has likewise , been btstowed upon the solution of the dirlicult problem of porfoot continuity . Heretofore , tho electric light has bi'on subject to so much Huetua * tton thnt anything Hue an " useful application of it could not . be arrived at . However , the learned doctor , on t < is occasion , did not toum to doubt time this . eonsummatirit hail haen achieved , from the fact of the light burning continuously for or . o hour a : ul : i half in tho theatre of the Institution . This certainly speaks much , in favour of the invention as * light giving agent , and . should the expense beir . odt ; - rate , .-ill illuminating power yet known musi s : " - " before its brilliancy and beuutv .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR ^ . ,,. ^ ember 14 , 1850 . 8 7 = "

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      aspect . ¦ mww / M ^ tar" / " ^ ' ^ Gexebal Post Office , December , 1850 . —On and after the loth instant mails will be made up monthly for the Cape of Good Hope , to be conveyed from Plvmouth by the packets of the General Scrow Steam shipping Company , tinder contract with her Majesty ' s government . All letters and newspapers addressed to the Cape of Good Hope , a 3 well as those for Sierra Leone , -which have hitherto been sent , as a general rule , by one of her Majesty ' s ships despatched at the beginning of each month to the west coast of Africa , will be forwarded , on and from the 15 th instant , hy the contract packets from Plymouth , unless specially addressed to be other-• wise sent . Letters and newspapers for the Cape do Terd Islands , also , will be forwarded by these packets , as ¦ well as by the new line of Brazil month

      packets , about to commence running next , according as such correspondence may be posted in time for either line of packets . The mails to be conveyed by the general screw steam ships will be made up in London on the evening of the 14 th of each month , and in Plymouth on the evening of the 15 th Those postmasters whoso instructions direct them to send their letters for Plymouth hy cross post , will , of course , forward the correspondence intended for these mails in the same manner . The postage chargeable on letters and newspapers , which must in each case be paid in advance , will be a 3 follows , viz .: —Cape of Good Hope , letters not exceeding half ounce in weight , Is . ; newspapers , free . Sierra Leone , letters not exceeding half ounce in ' weight , 1 b . ; newspapers , free . Cape de Terds , letters not exceeding half ounce in weight , 13 . lOd . ; newspapers . 2 d .

      Pbofosbd Retorm of the Divobck Laws . —A royal commission is about to issue , to inquire and report upon the whole subject of the law of divorce —not merely the proceedings in the ecclesiastical courts , but the proceedings in parliament—not the divorce a mensael tiwro alone , but the more weighty and important question of the divorce a vincvlo matrimonii , ffiicli troubles many an honest man , acd we have no doubt many an honest woman too . This was precisely one of those questions which , al though palpable to all , yet on -which it is mo 3 t oYnpdient as it i 3 most easy , to collect and condense lS ^ s-i ^ = ^ r . s S ^ BacssMp ard the lion E . P . Bouvene , M . r . The Hon GfiORflE Jsjanowii , now Secretary of S Embassy at Constantinople , is appointed Secretary io the Embassy at Paris ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 14, 1850, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1604/page/8/