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      VAKB OF LSVSN . —On Friday evening , April the 30 th , 1 SU , a meeting took place in the Democratic 8 eminary , Alexandria , for the re-etottiea of eonndlian and officer * . A balance iheet vattaid before tha meeting , -when after all expences being paid a balance of £ 4 12 * . S | d . lay in the hands of the teeasarer . Ten Riiitiing -were voted to the treasurer , and the same mm to each of the secretaries . Mi . Claries Glow was reelected ehairman for the next half year , Mr . George Ferguson vice-chairman . Mr . William Thomason mi chosen corresponding secretary , Mr-James Brack , local secretary . A number of names were then proposed from each print field , and arrangements made to Tiat the tradesmen of the place to co-operate for the Charter . A library committee of nine , five to constitute a quorum , were then chosen for purchasing books . Steps were taken to secure a place sufficiently large for Mr . William Thomason ' s second lecture on Church and State separation as also a lecture on the People ' s

      Charter in Renton . The circular of Messrs . Lovett and CeHins nt brought under discussion , and its merits canvassed , ¦ when the follcwing resolution , moTed by James Cameron , seconded by William Thomason , was unanimously carried . " That ic is the opinion of this meeting , that the ' new more , * as Bet forth by Messrs . Lovett and Collins , it , is calculated to destroy the present organisation ; and to create a division in our present tanks ; ire therefore resolve to abide by the present movement , and to press forward , determined to countenance no man , nor any party of men , "who do not go for the -whole Charter and nothing lead ; and that we tender our thanes to Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and the Editor of the Northern Star , for their increasing advocacy of the rights of the -working classes ; and that we have confidence in them so long as they continue to advocate the same principles . " A vote of thanks was then given to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up , each resolved to bold by the ark of Chartism so long as a plank of her -would hold together .

      SALISBURY . —The Chartists resident in Salisbury and adjoining villages held their weekly meeftng at the Charter Coffee House , Market-place , Salisbury , on "Wednesday evening , April 28 th , 1841 . A spirited discussion took place on Messrs . Lovett and Co . ' s plan of organisation , at the close of -which it -was resolved unanimously : — "That tbia meeting views with the deepest surprise and regret the conduct of Messrs Lovett , Collins , and Co ., in endeavouring to cause a division of the Chartist body throughout the country , by bringing forward a new plan of organisation , in opposition to the plan laid down by the-people ' s delegates in February last , at Manchester ; -we also return our hearty thanfrn to our long-tried friend , Feargus O'Connor , for his manly exposure of the new move , in the people ' s widely circulated paper , the Northern Star , -which paper we are resolved to support to the utmost of our power . "

      WORCSSTER . —We have had a glorious week indeed . The Chartist bark rides proudly here . Mr . W . Dean Tajlor , Chartist lecturer , arrived on Saturday , the 24 th nit when , according to engagement , he preached two sermons in the Hall of Science , on the Sunday . — On Monday evening , he addressed the meeting to a considerable length , in passing the Natitional Petition . On Tuesday evening , he delivered a most able and talented Lecture on the New Poor Law , which made a lasting impression ou all -who heard it . In conclusion he pointed oat the impossibility of repealing that law and the folly of attempting to do any thing less than remove the whole of the murderous system , ^ - _ On

      Wednesday evening , Mr . Taylor leetured in the open air , on the Quay , to a numerous company , during which he expounded the Charter and its principles in the plainest and jet most talented manner we have ever heard , and pointed out the inconsistency of religionists , who practice our holy principles in their churches , and yet deny and oppose both them and as in a national sense . —Mr . Mr . Bean Taylor again lectured on the Quay , when , by request , he exposed the murderous and infamous system practiced in the Bastile Unions . Indeed , thai gentleman ' s sermons and lectures are entirely of a new character , and while engaged in tbeir delivery , be so rivets the attention of the audience as to leave an impression that -will not soon be erased .

      Socialism r . chaetis * . —On Thursday , the 29 th nit , this city was posted with large bills announcacg a discussion to take place between Mr . J . G . Holyo&ke , Social missionary , and Mr . Dean Taylor , Chartist misaonaiy , of Birmingham , upon the question , " Whether will Socialism or Chartism the sooner benefit the working classes V On the part of the Socialists , it was contended that Chartism had been a long time is operation and had effected nothing ; that Socialism had only csmiaeneed a few years ago , and had achieved -wonders ; that Chartism would not give to the labourer his reward -, that \ he Charter -was i meagre measure ; that the greatest portien of the Charti 3 ts were religious professors ; and that no good ever proceeded from them ; that America had more than tie Chartists had ever

      dared to ask for ; and that the communities- of Robert Owen -were the only institutions that could ever benefit the people . Mr . Taylor contended , on the part of the Chartists , that Socialism had b ? en in existence longer than Chartism ; that Robert Owen had advocated the principles of Socialism for the last fifty years ; that Chartism had changed the public mind , and was vigorously . engaged in imparting a political education to the people , -while Socialism wasted its time in lectures upon science ; that Chartism had , in every sense , effected the most in the least time , -while by far the greatest nnmbers rallied round the standard -of Chartism . Me . Taylor also contended that the Charter would empower the people to obtain a propeT command over their labour ; that , in fast , the people , with the

      Charter , would soon remedy" exis : ing evils ; that America does not possess what we an ? asking for ; that the Charter is the nearest approximation w universal principles of right of anything that has yet appeared ; that instead of no good ever being produced by religious professors , the only cemnunities that hive ever prospered in oar times are the religious communities of America , while every community tried by Robert O wen and the Socialists has been a failure , and that the community system cannot possibly benefit the people of this cr the next generation ; that the law is against the Socialists in the purchase of land ; - that the lawmakers could enact laws to t&ie their prop-irty from them , as in the rei » n of Henry Till ., with the monasteries , tc- ; that the establishment of the Colonisation

      and Emigration Society of Birmingham , established by Socialists , is one proof of its impracticability in this country without a change in law atki Government ; that numbers had left Tytherly , the paradise this antagonist had described , which would not have betn had they enjoyed more happiness there than away ; that allowing thirty to be made happy at Tytherly , for the whole time Socialism had been agitated , how long ¦ would it be , according to the rales of progression , before the whole people of England were gathered in ? And since £ 56 i » wanted per each male member to a community , what length of time wiil it be before the handloom -weavers , who earn only from 5 s . te 7 s . per > reek , are admitted ? Mr . Taylor clearly shewed it would not reaeh them at all , and therefore would never benefit them or any other class of the people .

      STOTJRBRISQE . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , on Wednesday last , April 28 th , the plan of Lovett , Collins , and Co ., was brought forward , and th « following resolutions were passed unanimously : — " Tiiat having carefully considered the pl * u of L-jVctt . Coilin 3 , and Co ., w « are of opinion , that though good in its .-lf , as an auxiliary to the present plan , it is ' calculateii to retard the progress of our- giurious cause , inasmnck as it is pat fursrard as a leading movement , without first being submitted to the Executive . 11 attempted to be carried forward it mast " divide us

      into two parties—a thing more to be dreaded than anything else . We tberelore tru 3 t the parlies that hiVe put it forward will , at once , like honest men , manfully five it up , aad juio ths 'National Charter Association , and prove themselves worthy the confidence of the people . " " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Fcargas O'Connor , Esq ., for his almost superhuman exertions in the causa of the people , and to the Editor of tha Northern Ster , for his TigUanca and ws . tehfulne £ 3 over our lights ; we are determined , therefore , to give our undivided support to that paper while it continues its p resentcourse . *

      BROMSSBOV £ . —Mr . W . Dean Taylor arrived here ou Saturday last , on his way from Worcester to Birmingham , when , by the request of the Ca-utists-of this place , he agreed to stay t o preach in the licensed Chartist meeting room . He gave a lucid exposition of aeund principles from the scripture , upon toe text For the Lord is our Judge , the Lord is our Lvwgiver , the Lord is our King ;"—from which he exposed the conduct of the Judges , the nature of the law , ttie villany of law-makers , and the evil of tings , and placed these in lively contrast with the whole world governed by justice , by the rule of right , and the law of love The Charter obtained by Britons would be the watchword of liberty to the nations of the world , and tat commencement of the era of plenty and of peace .

      LINLITH 6 OW . —On Thursday evening , the 29 th nit , we had a visit from Mr . Lowery of Newcastle . We held a public meeting at the Market Cross , on the « ai 3 evening , when Mr . John Gun was unanimouslj tailed to the chair , and" after a few remarks introduced 2 dr . Lowery to the meeting . We had a glorious muster of the working men , and , as asual , a slight sparkling ef the middle class at the outskirts of the crowd . The meeting was most attentive from the beginning to the dosa of the : proceedings , and we believe that mnch good was done , an * that the good cause will advance here . It proved that the Chartists are the most numeroos and inflaential body in Lialithgow , for we do not remember to iiave seen a more numerous , orderly , and intelligent meeting , for a long time back ; and the great proof of ita . » fcility is alrtady apparent from the abuse ef the Whig * and Tories . Maeh praise is dne to a few patriotic friemds in the band here , who turned out * nd enlivened the neeting with a few airs of freedom .

      IANASH .. -A public meeting was "held in the Mason ' s Hali , on Tuesday evening , the 27 th ApriL Mr . John Campbell , shoemaker , having been called to Ihe chair , stated the o ^ sct of the meeting to be to take the Nations ! Petition into consideration , whieh having been read , it w » s moved by Mr . ilalloek lone of our oldest rtformars , ) and anannnonsly adopted . It has been sijued by 898 ; bat we are guing to keep ' lt open a day or two , as -wb think we wUl get a number more to attach their-name * . We -wish to hare it as aametoualy mga&i as poaabie . - '

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      XiONVON . ( Toweb HAKLsrs . )—Tto Cfi « rtista of this locality will meetfin future at MrVDrake ' s , slidemaker , 166 , Brick-lane * SpitalfiBlds . On Sunday last , Mr . Sheen lectured on the " Paper Currency / " and explained in the most simple and popular manner , the mode in which the rag-money fraternity dnpe the cotmtay . John Kay , one of the victims of Whlggery , was introduced to the meeting , and 7 s . 6 d . was collected , which was made up 2 s . Sd . from the fund . He-ex pressed his thankful acknowledgments for the donation , and stated his determination to forward the good cause to the best of his power . The sum of £ 1 was ordered to be sent to the Victim Fund .

      LEEDS . —There was a very numerous meeting at the room on Monday night The Council were right glad to see that their appeal of last week bad the good effect of drawing a larger meeting than has been usual of late ; they would only say , "Go en as yon have begun , and see what can be done with union and perseverance . Let the mill , the warehouse , and the shop , be places tor the members to spread their principles and make converts . " Sorely , if Christian ministers can urge on their members to adept this line of conduct , the Chartists have a double right ; for their object is to reduce Christianity to practice , by doing nnto others as they would others shonld do unto them , and loving one another as brethren and Chartists Chartists of Leeds 1 arouse ye , and come to your duty ,

      those of you who have not enrolled yourselves as members of the Association consider , and ask yourselves if you are acting in the way you ought to do . Study it , and sure we are that you will come and have your names put down , as those who are ready to work as well as talk . Two friends from Wortley addressed the meeting on Monday night , after which the following resolutions were adopted : —1 . " That we , the Chartists of Leeds , do hereby thank that unflinching patriot and advocate of the poor man's rights , Feargus O'Connor , for his able exposure of the deceit and treachsry of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , and Co . in trying to deprive us of the last spark of freedom left to us , under the mask of patriots , therefore , we are determined to stand by O'Connor bo long as ha stands unflinchingly by the people ' s cause . We are also determined not to unite

      with any party who would try to raise themselves , not only by the downfall of the best of patriots , but by the downfall of the cause of which be is so able an advocate . " 2 . " That the members of the Association view with pleasure numerous desertions from the " new movement" party , headed by Lovett , Collins , and Co . ; we consider their explanations sufficient for us to receive them back again into their own ranks , having full confidence in them as honest Chartists . " 3 . " That a collection be made ia the room oa Monday night for the benefit of the widow of John Frost ; and every honest Chartist is hereby requested to use his best exertions among his shopmates and friends , to raise subscriptions for the above purpose , and pay over the same on Monday night '' Two or three friends will address the meeting on Monday sight .

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      THE CHARTIST APOSTATES , OR TRAITORS IN THE CAMP . " Have they so long held out with us untir'd , And stop they now for breath ?—well , be it so . " " The wrath of Heaven attends the steps of traitors . " The' London league of trading traitors seem resolved to abide by their secret sins , all manifest as they have now become . They know their guilt , but pride prevents them from owning it , and they think , by persisting in it , that they can make evil good . A noble mind ingenuously confesses its faults , and atones for them by penitence ; but these men ' s minds are ignoble . They have reprinted their wily document in their halfpenny and penny periodicals , and , moreover , they have written angry letters in defence of it They want to thrust it down our throats .

      Hetherington , who publishes the Odd Fe&ow , and as odd fellow he is , writes that Lovett's Whig Chartism elicited the approbation of the opponents of Chartism . Not a doubt of it ! and that was the reason why it did not elicit the approbation of the Editor of the Northern Star . Lovett says that our Editor called national education a national jackass : this Mr . Hill very properly denies . He did not call national education per se a national jackass ; but only Mr . Lovett's . Mr . Lovett was the jackass , and this may account for bis stupid obstinacy in not perceiving a difference which distinguishes him so truly . " Conception is a blessing ,

      but not as he may conceive" It was an odd way of spending his time in prison to write a book to please those who had pat him there , and no wonder that an odd fellow should praise it Hetherington appears , by his own confession to be the most "toad-spotted " traitor of the list He was willing to concede all to Hume—even his very name . Our male Delilahs were in secret paetion with the enemy—bonds and imprisonment had been tried in vain , and so we were to be shorn of our strength , and to have our eyes put out , that we might make sport for the Philistines . The words were to be hew ' em and cleave 'em .

      What bns ' mtss had these men to make a bargain ¦ with the enemy without consulting the people ? We were to be sold , and no questisns asked . We can forgive our enemies , but not these false friends . Let the unclean things go out from among us . Lovett ought to have been ashamed of himself to think of obtaining men ' s names in the way which be did . He thought if he got the names , he shonld get the men . But even those -wh » signed t * his sophistry recant as Boon as they see its sinister purpose . Lovett is not be envied . He must read his own condemnation when he reads the letters of those who recal their names from bis tail of Whig-Chartists . He must stand self-condemned . His own name has now lost the spell which it once possessed of calling other names around it He is a fallen star—his ambition has thrown him over the hobby-horse , which he wished to mount , and he now lies , never to rise again .

      The isational Association roust be set aside , because Lovett did not love it . ' Let him go to the Whigs , who gave him a black beetle for his dinner . The middle classes , finding that the boasted influence of their i traitor-toola has so signally failed , will be the first to despise them . They must respect the people all the more for withstanding this mean and treacherous attempt AH else had been of no avail , and now this , the most trying of all , has proved of no avaii also . Had an enemy done it , we could have borne it ; but they were our familiar friends , who sought to make use of the love we bore them to seduce and ruin us . All honour to the honest peeple who have come out of this trial nobly , and all the better for it , as they have done oat of all previous trials .

      The trading politicians who formed this compact with each other and with the Whigs , for their own interests , to which they would have sacrificed the interests of the people , expected to join the pitronage of tbe middle classes by it , who are not so poor as the people . They were ready to abandon the cause tor filthy lucre . We are fighting the battle of all nations , of ail time—the battle of truth and humanity , of earth atd of Heaven , too ; but what -was all this to the pockets of oar patriot-booksellers , and middle-class traders . They thought more of paymasters Hume and Co . than of the people . We wish the Whigs joy of them .

      Hetherington , the spokesman of the party , says that the people are deluded and humbugged , because he cant delude and humbug them . He compares Dan O'Connell to Feargus O'Connor ; but he knows that there is the greatest contrast between them . The Chartists are Chartists of themselves—they are independent of any man ; and they do well -when they denounce those -who differ from them in opinion , because to differ from them is to differ from truth and justic ? . Lorett accuses the Northern Star ; but what paper has Ken conducted so nobly , so candidly , amid such contention ? The Editor inserts letters written against himself , knowing that the people will judge between him and the writers . Explanation of an offence generally increases it ; and the attempt at self justification

      by the traitors is even worse than their treason . Oa finding that those whom they had entrapped take the first opportunity to escape , they call them poltroons , and say that they fly off at the dictation of O'Connor . No ; they do not renounce Lovett and Co . at O'Connor a dictation ; but at the dictation of their own Chartist consciences . They say that the middle classes are deterred from joining us by their dislike of O'Connor , and so we must repudiate him to please their prejudices . We want no such associates , if the price of their friendship is to be an act of the basest ingratitude . Who could have any pleasure in the Charter with the knowledge that he gained it thus ? We spurn such counsels , and feel the utmost contempt for those who can give them . In the days of the French revolution , such men would have been immediately guillotined .

      Hypocrites ! to wear the cloak of Chartism as a disguise for Whiggery I to mask their villainy with honesty ! Assassins ! to stab the public cause for their private interests . But Lovett no longer love * it ; Cleave has shown the cloven foot ; and Hetherington deserves his imprisonment , —not for blaspheming the bishops , but for blaspheming our holy cause . The Whigs should release him for the service he has done them . And now , what shall we say in conclusion ? Why this : that all those who flee from the clutches of Lovett , Cleave , and Hetherington , should be received into the ranks again with pardon aad praise ; elne let the storks stare the fate of the cranes . The traitors who have conspired against the cause , and belied the Chartist name , should for ever be struck off our list , and lor ever fixed in their own—gibbeted for the scorn and derision of all true men . JOHN WATKINS . London , May 3 , 1811 .

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      Raising of Rents . —We regret to find that the present Duke of Marlborough , immediately npon succeeding to the Dukedom , gave notice to the tenants ot his extensive estates to quit ; and this for the purpose of raising their rents . These rents have since been pnt at a most extravagant sum ; and they have no other alternative , than quietly to submit to them , or to sacrifice a considerable portion of their property bj " going out" aad " selling off . " One of the most respectable farmers that attend our market , has received jhe intelligence that be must in futtire pay £ L , 700 a year for the farm , for which he has hitherto paid £ 1 , 300 wily—or quit .-: A rise of £ 500 . —Dtbixes Gaxeile .

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      \ . — . — — — ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - , .... I . — * Is ips , Court of Quee ^ Cs Bknch ^ oii Thursday , the 29 th ult ., a writ of hafeta «)* pi «/ waa obtained , at the suit of Mr . Williams , a gentleman of large fortune in Cardiganshire , to recover the person of his son , who is detained by some money-lenders , Douglas and Steele , in the house of one Ballard , a police officer . Young Williams had for some time been in the hands of these money-lenders , from whom the father had recovered him once before ; and he had then sent him to Holland ; bat the money-lenders sent after him , and brought him . back , and now detain him .

      The service , or the disservice , which the recent debate on the Irish Registration question may do Ministers tin England , is a somewhat important matter . In their conduct of the measure—in reckless legislation without knowledge , in the profligacy of their assertions and abandonment of principles in rapid alternation , and in exquisite elaboration of defeat—they have exceeded even themselves . They have made their word a jest , and have done their best to destroy all confidence in every thing they say or propose ; for their ultimate acts are ever at variance with their professed intention : they seem incompetent to perceive any necessary relation between promise and performance , and to feel as little responsibility for the fulfilment of their own pledges as one man does for fulfilling the pledges of another . The late farce of suffrage-extension may serve them , or Mr . O'Connell , in Ireland : here it will be best for them when it is all forgotten . —Spec .

      Gabder Allotments at Worksop . —For the past year , his Grace the Duke of Newcastle has , in the kindest manner , through the influence of hiB&teward , Edward Woollet Wilmot , Esq . allotted , at a mode * rate rent , one rood of land contiguous to the town , to each poor family requesting the same , and residing in the parish of Worksop , to be cultivated entirely by spade husbandry . The good effect that has arisen to the inhabitants of this town , is incalculable ; many a poor family through this means has been enabled to grow as muoh barley as to feed their pigs ; also potatoes and vegetables for themselves to serve

      the whole year . In the evening , and particularly during this season of the year , what can be more gratifying or pleasing to the feelings of the philanthropist , than to see numbers of individuals hard at work , each trying to cultivate his small plot of land to the best advantage , go as to vie with each other in makiDg their allotments the most productive . — Let us hope for the time to oome when every landed proprietor will follow the example of his Grace the Duke of Newcastle , and who knows what amount of misery and destitution might be prevented . —Notlinoham Journal .

      The Death of a Pbesident is a new occurrence in the history of the Union ; no other occupant of the post has died during the term of his Presidency . The decease of the chief officer of the Republic , however , does not produce the same confusion as the death of a monarch with us in Europe ; though , according to the theory of monarchical government , " the king never dies . " By the constitution of the United Slates , the Vice-President at once succeeds to the chief office , and is succeeded in turn by a provisional officer of the Senate . There is no change of Ministers ; no dissolution of Parliament , for Congress must sit its full term , neither more nor less . Hence , contrary to the general dogma , the Republican forms exhibit more steadiness of working , even on so critioal an occasion , than is to be found in the boasted limited monarchy . —Spectator .

      The wobthy Middlesex "beak" who desired to sack the sum of £ 3 , 000 on condition of procuring the liberation of Medhurst , the young gentleman who subbed a fellow pupil to death one day , has raised a storm of virtuous indignation on which he probably did not calculate . The horror which his brother magistrates affect to feel for this atrocity must be more galling than anything else , since , whoever he is , he is pretty well aware that there are very few of them who would not be glad to pocket £ 3 , 0 * 0 for rendering such a service , provided it could be safely managed . The being found out is the unendurable ' part of the transaction , and as that

      misfortune has occurred , the delinquent may calculate on hearing of the most disagreeable comments being made on the affair . It is the uaked atrocity of the act which is so disgusting to the Middlesex magistracy . Not that any of them object to turn their influence to good acoount when opportunity occurs , or that they would see any sin in reaping substantial advantages from its exercise , provided it came in a less questionable shape . But it is the money consideration that is so shocking to their sensibilities ; and the publicity given to the affair will , no doubt , enhance their contempt for the poor devil who has allowed himself to be so shamefully detected . —Satirist .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , April 30 . BANKRUPTS . Christopher Dunnit the younger , Taibot Inn Yard , Southwark , hop-merchant , to surrender May 7 and June 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Messrs . Barker and Rose , Mark Lane ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher . John Ramsey , High Wycombe , Buckinghamshire , money-scrivener , May 13 , at twelve , and June 1 ^ , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Cox , Pinner's Hall , Old Broad-street ; official assignee , Mr . Cannon , Finsbury-square . Herbert Wall , Mark Lane , wine-merchant , May 11 , at one , and June 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Bodmin , Queen-street , Cheap&ide ; official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbury .

      Mary More , King ' s Road , Chelsea , florist , May 11 , at one , and June 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Fawcett , Jewinstreet , Cripplegate ; official assignee , Mr . Lackington , Coleman-street Buildings . Benjamin Bates , Blackwall , grocer , May 11 , at two , and June 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Simpson and Cobb , Austin friars ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abchurch Lane . Thomas Leftwich , Warrington , Lancashire , victualler , May 13 and Jane 11 , atone , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Norris , Allen , and Simpson , Bartlett ' s Buildings , Holborn ; and Mr . Bayley , Warrington . William Dixon , Walsall , Staffordshire , brass-founder , May 14 and June 11 , at twelve , at the Swan Hotel , Wolvercampton . Solicitors , Messrs . White and Whitmore , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Smith , Walsall .

      William Loraine , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , banker , May 18 , at twelve , and June 11 , at one , at the Bankrupt Commission Room , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Meggisoa , Pringle , and Manistry , King ' s Road , Bedford-row ; and Mr . Langhorne , Newcastleupon-Tyne . Prince William Smith , Bristol , tanner , May 11 , at two , and June 11 , at twelve , at the Commercial Ro « m 3 , Bristol . Solicitors , Messrs . White and Whitmore , Bedford-row ; and Messrs . Bevan , Bristol . Ckarles Francis Skurray , Swindon , Wiltshire , ironmonger , May 18 and June 14 , at one , at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Solicitors , Mr . Frampton , South-square , Gray ' s Inn ; and Mr . Miller , Frome Selwood . John Edge Carr , King ' s Norton , Worcestershire , factor , May 12 and Jane 11 , at twelve , at Bee ' s Royal Hotel , Birmingham . Solicitors , Mr . Church , Bedfordrow : and Mr . James , Birmingham .

      Joshua S&unders , Cambridge , miller , May 7 and June 11 , at tea , at the Hoop Inn , Cambridge . Solicitors , Mr . Ravenscroft , Guildford-street , Russell-square ; and Mr . Cooper , Cambridge . Thomas Roe , Coventry , miller , May 10 and June 11 , at one , at the Castle Inn , Coventry . Solicitors , Mr . Weeks , Cook ' s Court , Lincoln ' s Inn ; and Messrs . Dewes and Sans , Coventry .

      DISSOLUTIONS OF PARTNERSHIP . J . Child and T . Noble , Judield , Yorkshire , farmers . P . Hutchison and J . Blumley , Bury , Lancashire , wheelwrights . J . Blakley and J . Adams , Park Wood End , Yorkshire , joiners . B . Agar , W . Walker , and J . Chadwick , York , tanners . F . Sneade , M . Davis , and J . Fowler , Great Bolton , Lancashire , timbermerchants . B . Battersby and J . Battersby , Liverpool , ship-brokers .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , May 4 . BANKRUPTS . James Topley , grocer , Greenwich , to surrender May 13 and June 15 , at the Comrt of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Mr . Rivington , Fenchurch Buildings ; Mr . Cannan , official assignee , Finsburysquare . William M'CIeave , linen-draper , London Road , Surrey , May 18 , at twelve , and June 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Mr . Catlin , Ely Place , Holborn ; Mr . Graham , official assignee , Basinghall-street Christopher Dannft , jun ., hop-merchant , Talbot Inn Yard , Southwark , May 7 and June 11 , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street Solicitors , Messrs . Barker and Rose , Mark Lane ; Mr . Belcher , official assignee .

      John Berkeley Davit , ironmonger , Totteaham Court Road , May 18 , at one , and Jane 15 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Mr . Barton , Cheltenham Place , Lambeth ; Mr . Graham official assignee , Basinghall-street - . ' John Cheshire , linen-draper , Upper street , Islington May 18 , at twelve , and June 15 , at eleven , at the Court ot Bankruptcy , BasinghaH-street . Solicitors Mr Lloyd , Chtapside ; Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birchin Lane , Cornhill . . Charies White Taylor , draper , Epping , May 17 at two , and June 15 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy Basingh&ll-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Read and Shaw ' Friday-street , Cueapside ; Mr . Turquand , official assignee , Copthill BuildiDzi .

      Matthew Witts Vardy , bookseller , Newbury , Berk shire , May 18 and Juue 15 , athalf-pastone , at the Court of B \ nktupt . y , Basinghall-street Solicitors , Mr . Weir , Cooper " * Hall , Bisinghall-gteeet ; Mr . Graham , official assignee , Buingh&U-ttreet

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      "Bicbwd Griffiths ,, mercer , Newport , Salop , May 18 and June 15 , % ten ^ at the SJiire Hall , Shrewsbury . Solicitors , Messrs . Pownan and Cross , Staple Inn , London ; Mr . Walmsfey , Wein . : ? John Baitletfc , grocer , Shepton Mallett , Somersetshire , May 17 , at eleven , and June 15 . at two , at the J 3 wan Hotel , Wells . Solicitors , Mr , Hammond , Furidval ' a Inn , Holborn , London ; Mr . Nalder , Croscombe , Somersetshire . ¦ V James Uvsey , cotton-spinner . Bury , Lancashire , May 20 , at one , and June 15 , atieleven , at the Swan Inn , Bolton . Solicitors , Messrs . Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln ' s Inn Fields , London ; Mr . Whltehead , Bury . Francis Spink , miller , Bridlington , Yorkshire , May 18 and June 15 , at eleven , at the Talbot Inn , Scarborough . Solicitors , Messrs . Dyneley , Coverdale , and Lee , Bedford-row , Gray's Inn , London ; Mr . Hatland , Bridlington .

      Alexander Wetzlar and Julius Wetzlar , lace-manufacturers , Nottingham , May 26 and June 15 , at twelve , at the George the Fourth Inn , Nottingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Taylor and CoUisson , Great James-street , Bedford-row , London ; Mr . Hurst , Nottingham . Josiah Barker , cotton-spinner , Preston , Lancashire , May 26 and June 14 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Messrs . Cuvelje , Skilbeck , and Hall , Southampton Buildings , Chancery-lane , London ; Messrs . Lodge and Harrises , Preston . John Bangley Prichard and James Robins Croft , oilmerchants , Liverpool , May 18 and June 15 , at one , at the Clarendon Booms , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedfordrow , London ; Messrs . Littledale and Bardswell , Liverpool .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 8, 1841, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct378/page/2/