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      TO THE KDITOB , OP THX 50 RTHEES BIAS . Sit , —I "wrote » k *«* to Fcarpu O'Connor . Esq ., j jted 8 tb of August , which unexpectedly appeared in Qe Star of 21 st of August , snd is preceded by a unall paragraph , in which you say " we have great pleasure jB pBblishing tha following letter to Alt O'Connor , , fcjch simp 1 ? states In -what dinner ihe Chartista were jbaited by Sir H . Fleetwood , and the manner in vrhxh jje pot their carport . " I have often b « en interrogated oithe subject , and eTen blamed by soint for having gid . something which c&used . you to the come to the conclusion above stated . I am at a loss myself to tfcfni bo » mch rn inference eonid be ' drawn from my letter , M tfee whole of it »? peared , it just simply states tha manEET Sir Hesketh gained our support , but not a

      distant hint about being ebeated . Indeed , I ncrer imagined that wb were cheated by that gentleman , and his recent rote on Shannan Crawford ' s Amendment proTes him so far honest I am inclined to think that the humbug of promising the people certain things at elections , and performing contrary , will not be bo frequent . jhe Ch&riuts hare learned the Wnigs a lesson at the lite contests that the day e of humbug with them are at an jbA Taa working classes of this country stand in a different position than ever they did in the history of this conatry , thanks to the noble and perseTering spirit of jlr . O'Connor and the Northern Star for this position , Tbich if maintained must secure to us , and that soon , oar jast aad inalienable rights ; but this must entirely depend upon the people acting according to the advice

      & our brave champion now released from his dungeon : — » AboTe all , and before all , my dear friends , preserve union . " How important this adTice , how necessary , sad indeed how ungrateful must we be that do not use cor utmost exertions to pxtserre this union , when we look at the unparfclleled zeal which ihis good man is now displaying in our oaose and entirely for our welfare , jj oo ^ ht to arouse the energies and stimulate erery good man with renewed Tigour to support him and cheer him on in the God-like course he is now pursuing However some may slight demonstrations , nothing appears mare likely to arouse the people at the present cnsLs ; our principles are carried inxae to thousands who would seTer hare an opportunity of hearing them by "" ail in-doer meetings , and though they miay be attended with some inconvenience and a little sacrifice , no good was ever , or ever can be accomplished , without

      sacrifices bang mada . The Chartists of Presion are steadily progressing ; onr meetings are well attended , and our numbers are increasing ; we Bhall have Mr . O'Brfen with us on the 26 th , when we hope that a fresh impulse wHlagxin be given to onr cause . We also expect to see the uncaged lion , and to heat his voice osce more encouraging the Prestonians injthe cause &f liberty . It is to be hoped that the Lovetites , Hetherington "! , or sny other may not diTert the attention of the Chartists from the real objects in Tiew ; we must rally round O'Connor and our bra Ye leaders . Let peace and good order attend all our future movements , but stiil show a determined front , then whatever faction be in power , they are safe ; no dungeon will again entomb them , the iron grasp of tyranny and oppression will lose its hold , they may then fearlessly brave eTery ztixm , and put to silence any opposition .

      Ton will much oblige me by the insertion of the jbove , to show the people that I had no intention of eonveyirg an idea that we were cheated by Sir H . yieetwood , as ties sione can only determine that point I remain , Sir , Tout most humble an € perseTering iriend in the cause of liberty , G . STTISGLZHrBST . Preston , 20 th Sept , ISO .

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      MAGISTERIAL INJUSTICE . TO THB EDITOB . OP THE K 0 » TH £ R > " SIX * . Sis , —I hope that you will give insertion in your pjpex to the following statement of facts , in a cass ¦ which came before Messrs . Tottle and Grace , Hagistaics lor fcoe borough of Leeds , in which I was not only 21-usad but robbed . I am an Irishman , and therefore , I think , that justice has not been awarded to me . Ihfi facts are as follow -. — I am a hitter , and rent a house in Si . Petert-sqaare , ia Leeds , under lir . Darcy , for which 1 pay £ 10 a year ,

      sad all taxes , and I take in lodgers ; but reserve one room for myself and family , to which the lodgers haTe so right of access , except by my eensent On Wednesday , the 8 th of September instant , fifteen polieeaeo , about eight o ' clock in the morning , came to my bouse to search for three persons who had been beggisg for sonsy to get to New Zealand . They not only took them , but all the other lodgers in mj house , amounting to nine , all of whom , except the three , \ ol whom I knew nothing , ) were , after being detained in gaol two sights and dragged throngh the # treets , through the interference of my attorney , discharged .

      I cannot be answerable f » r the acts of any persons who come to my lodgings ; but the officers , not content with *»> riig them , came into my own private room . I Vu forcibly knocked down , my trousers loosed , and ay . belt taken off my waist , and then . handcuffed to a poUeezcan , and during which time they were searching the apartments up stairs , and robbed my house of a bat and two sHkhandkerchiefs . I was then dragged to prison as a common felon , ax > d fined for an assault on &e psliceman ( although I neTer struck him at all . ' £ ' 2 , snd costs Ss ., which I was obliged to pay . On my retnrn home , I missed a new hat , and an old cue was left in its place .

      On the following day , I went to the Court House , and found the policeman , Robert Hartley , with my bat on ha head , which I immediately challenged . He left the Count House , and I , my wife , and brother followed him down to the steps , when I gaTe him in charge ; aad Hartley got into another rocro , left the bat there , and came out with a diEerent one , as I can proTe by respectable witnesses . On the following day I applied again to the Magi * - intes , who said I must produce the hat , which I could not do , as the policeman had stolen it from me . On a subsequent day , I made another application , and brought witnesses to proys that they saw the policeman Hartley go into the gaoler ' s room with my hit oe his head , and come out with a different one ; and I was then told by the Magistrate ' s Clerk that the ? bad no jurisdiction , but I aust go to the Court of Bequests .

      lias stands the case : —I was seized by a policeman without a warrant ; my house was Eearcied without a warrant , and nothing found ; I was dragged as a felon through tie streets ; and although I did not resist the search , of the policeman , I was fined £ 2 Ss . for an assault which I neTer committed . Three of my lodgers were cenfined , one of them fer one night , asd two for two nights in Leeds prison , on s charge of obtaining money under falae prtteaces . "RTien the cases came on , an attorney attested on their behalf , and not one tittle of evidence was produced against them , nor anything to impeach tk-eir character .

      I haTe now kept a respectable lodging-house for Kane years , and my landlord , ilr . Darcy , who lives next dooT , will Touch for the truth of this statement . I wish to know whether this be either law or justice , and whether , becrjse I am an Irishman , I am not entificd to the same justice as ai Englishmin ? I as .. Sir , Ycur Terr obedient Eerrant , JCHS D * yiATET . Si . Peters Sqnsii , L-el ? , Sept ir , liil .

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      TO 7 H 2 EDIX 03 0 ? THE . N 02 IEZ 25 STAB . Sra , —Permit me to eoEtrs&ict some . statement * which appealed in the Star of last wetk , from your Gksgow correspondent In his report of Bridgeton ^ sstJne , he there makes me to Bay , that the gnpporto > of Mr . O'Cennell wtre nothing better than sea gull ? , ooji , asd sea mewt Kcw , I neTer nsed these terms when speaking of say nan or party , much less my countrymen . I did ay when alluding to the heaTy purse Mr . O'Conneii collects cf the starring people of Ireland , that there my Onfortunste countrymen were many cf tkem comptHed to eat sea weed by the ocean's side , ccmpaxioEs to the sea gulls and cranes . Tour ccrrespondant ' s resolution saw to be moTed by me and seconded by himself , is eafcrely out of joint , the real resolution is as follow : —

      Tha . tids meeting do symfatbise with the r « cole of IreI ^ f in their distressed situation , ted we pledge ourselves to assist them in repealing ihe ic-culttiTe act of union , accompanied by the People ' s Charter . " ^ ere is nothing of repnblics , whateyer may U my itV ¦ \ IeJ > nii ( an 'ops of goTfcrcment . I tbiikk it proper in the mean time to waiTe them . Ihe people ' s Charter asd Kepeal of the Taion are the only subjects £ S aT ^ Trusting you will gire I will subscribe myself , Tear friend and brother Cfc&rtist , COX . HtliBAY .

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      i 0 THE MEN OF ROCHDALE . BITES AXD LAZARUS . ; rJ ^ 10 ^ C 0 V 5 IBTHES , i 5 D STARTING , Ri . SG £ D fiV ^ f SS > Pirp £ B 1 SED Working Men op E > gnw '~ Z ow me to dkect yoci atttntion to a practical gustation of the parabb of DiTes and Laarus , as it is of th ? ^ omeEt Presented to the country from the palace « tte SoTereign . Behold here the luxury , for the acqui-SJSi ° 1 Whieh you " ^ 7 ov fsmiliea are starred ; «^ 4 the enjoyments , to procure which you are bowed »« e eartfe with priyation and aisery ; and while your « 7 » : nmdown the delicious list of danties and deliwaes , imagine for a moment the flaTour of the savonrr crowd the of

      «« r ^ 4 table royalty , and then look at youi children crying for a stale crust ; fancy the rscy r ** £ . JJB exquisite fmiu , the sumptuous extraTagan-«» ror toe mpply of which you are taxed to the Tery " ** a , rooted of your fair earnings , stinted ofycnrr food nct . ^^ ' ! I ) ise < i ^ trampled upon by the b » t ! L . encircle your soTereign , and ut > on your ^ P ra to God that the selfishness of your rulers iBiSf * * 4 ^ ^ K ™ i In the statement I cnLS- *?**' Ehcrald ^ boroe >* miad a » t cot £ » uirtning of xte expenditure is occasioned by weirartSS ^ . ^^ - '' ^ * ' or HTerie 8 ' horS € * ' I-t ?? i ?? ' * J U ** "! ronld net in omaon » yo c-aaea With the ^ pcor man ' s neoeisaries , namely

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      food , firing , aud washing ; and new , considering the tsmiahicg 8 &te of iboosaeds , aad tens of thousands of her Majesty ' s subjects , let us Bee how her majesty sympathises with their distresses , and to what extent their priTations are shared by the e&tut and its parasites . The items of tha expenditure of thi Queen ' s Household for 1 S 40 , are stated as folloifs : — Bread , £ 23 # 0 '• butter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 . ; jmilk sind cream , £ 1 , 500 ; butcher meat , £ 10 , 060 ; poultry , £ i ; 250 ; fish , £ 2 , 180 j grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; cilery , £ 1 , S 5 »; fruit and confectionary , £ l , ' Tegt-Ub ' es , £ 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 256 ; liqours , ic , £ 2 , 000 ; ale and beer , £ 3 . 00 t ; wax candles , £ 2 , 159 ; tallow candles , £ 750 ; - lamps , £ 1 , 950 ; fuel , £ 6 . 980 ;

      stationary , £ 870 -, turnery . £ 400 ; braizary , £ 350 ; china , glass , ic , £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 2 , 504 ; washing . of table and other linen , £ ? , 250 ; plate , £ 355 ! The sum total of these seTeral items amounts for the entire year ' s eating , drinking , and carousing , only to the sum of £ 69 , 765 1 or , if we dmde the same by 52 , for the number of weeks , we shall find that our most ' graeious SoTereign , and the self-denying creatures about her haTe actually beea starving themselves upon the pitiful allow&noe of only £ 1 , 341 14 s . 7 } d a-week , and this during a whole twelTemontaJ Why , they must lo all liTing Ekeletons by this time ! Now , as we have seen the sad destitution of the SoTereign and her friendB—ae we haTe incontestible proof that the sufferings of the starring millions ue sympathised with at the rate of only thirteen hundred and forty pound's worth of eating , drinking , and digesting , per

      weeklet us see how a portion of those millions respond to the maternal txample . Why , 1 find that in one district of this bish ;^ faToured land , the insensible , selfwilled , " brute folk , " as old Bess called her Commons , haye actually , during the Tery time their kind-hearted and considerate Sovereign has been suffering with her whole court , all the horrors of starvation , upon a miserable allowance of only thirtesn hundred and forty pound ' s worth of food , it , a week : —the people , I * a y , instead , of following her magnanimous example of self-denial haTe , in the district of Rochdale , / or instance , been feasting acd jollifying themselves to replenon upon sums enormously extravagant , and reaching to the tucredible amount of even two thiUinyt and twopence per heao per week !! The profligacy cf the people is surely enough to call down a visitation of wrath tiDon their self-devoted and considerate rulers .

      Howevtr , we will expose crime in all its dtformity , and show np - the thoughtless extravagance of the re-Tellers cf Kochdale till we mike the whole country blush for them , and induce their ftieu ^ s , the Tories , to give the screw another turn , that possibly they may find out where the boot pinches , and learn to be moderate in their enjoyments . - >* A certain great tasn , who , of course , would not have hazirded an assertion without grounds , declared a very short time back , that there was " no distress in the country . " That is , in all that extensive tract of it that l " ies between ApBley House and Buckingh&m Palace ! His Grace of Wellington was mist&ieu ; or perhaps ke had not recently been familiar with the destitution of the Rjyal Household .

      Bat , howeTer that may have been , he TolunUered the assertion , and made us almost believe that the eaters &nd drinkers about the palace were as happy as princes and ss well off as the people who support them ; so , of course , there was no distress in ehe country—n » t anybut what S 3 ys the country ? Let us take one instance out of the thousands that crowd upon us in answer : — Upon the publication ~ ot the Duke of Wellington ' s sentiments , a few public spirited individuals set about to ascertain the facts upon which they were grounded , and to inspect the actual condition of the people in their respective neighbourhoods . They accompanied the enumerators for the census ; and the statement as to the condition and means of the people visited may be depend « d upon , and taken as an txact specimen of the

      ovar-f « d , over-cletbed , oTer-hsppy labouring part 01 the community . The indiTidual cases being fairly taken from door to door in the township of Rochdale , the number of families "visited consisted of 6 , 880 indi-Tidual s , whos « average income for rent , taxes , clothes , and proTisions waa ( whisper it not in the j-alace ) one shilling and eleTen pence and a fraction a head per week \ On an analysis of tke particulars it was found that about 140 individuals were without any means of subsistence at all ! That of the rest there were s . d . 225 individuals living upon 0 6 a head per week . 2 J * 1 - do . da 0 lOi da

      598 da da 10 do . 155-5 do . da 15 do . 15 C 0 do . do . 1 9 do . £ 12 do . do . 2 2 do . XottrithstsEding this extravagant scale of income , it appears that the poverty displayed to the visitors b . fSed description . FiTe-sixths of the whole number had scarcely a blanket to eorer them ; eighty-five of the families were without any ; forty-seven others had nothing but bags of chaff or bundles of shaTings for their beds ; and the haggard looks of all denoted that they too well knew the pangs of hunger and the inroads of diae&se . Of a trtth , my Lord I > uke , there cannot be any distress in the country . '

      Now let us see what might be done for the people if , instead of £ 1341 14 s . 7 } d . being absorbed weekly in the cujxling and guttling of the Royal Household , it was distributed in healthful streams , as the reward of l abour , among the people . Well , then , we shall perceive tks . t , divided into weekly portions , Of 2 Cs- each it would suffice for 1311 persons At IBs . it would maintain 1490 15 s . ... ... 171-S 12 s . ... ... 2236 I ds . .. . ... 28 : ? 3 9 s . £ 931 re . ... ... 3 & 33 At 5 s . it would keep frem starviag ... 5387 3 s . 61 L it wouldaffordacrnstto 7 CS 7 And at 2 * 2 d . the maximum of

      income among the labc uring poorof Rochda e , it would eke out the existence of . 12 , 385 of her Majesty's faithful suf-jecU . Twelve thousand , three hundred and eighty five beings , thtn might have life kept in them by the mere sura spent in the Palace of Queen Victoria for one week's stuffing ? and * o on through the year ! Good heaven how can peop ' . e say there is distress in the country ?

      Bst two shiHiEgs and ' . iTopenee , or threepence tfcreefsrihin ££ a-iay Ls not a fair point to start from , because it is next doer to starvation point ( one of the peculiar enjoyments of the people , according to the Duke . ) Let us go liberally to work and calculate upon 6 d . a-day as the minimum , and then we find , aa above , that the Queen i ^ d he ? courtiers , her froonis and her lacquaya , consume as much of the good things of providence in the shape of food , in one Wcik . aa would suffice for seven thousand six hunr . red and sixty seven gluttons , at sixpence a head per day . '

      Truth is not always acceptable in high places , and the House of Commons tiid well the other night to reject Mr . Fielden ' s amendment , upon the motion for going into committee of supply . Why should the poor , self-denjicg sovereign , be plagued -with ridiculous addresses about the sufferings of her people , when her hands are so full cf eating and drinking ? Thirteen hundred rounds Trorih of keef and beer , is nc j , ie to svrallow Id a week : —and tfhy should ike Ministry bfc annoyed , jest is they step over the threshold of effije , with a parcel of laehrymoEe tales abont a starving population ? The business cf the Ministry is to get money for the puTDOses of ihe Court , an * J to dine at the

      Palace as often as invited—there are some good pickings at the royal table , you gormandisfcrB of Rochdale ! ¦ ; What have , the representatives of the people to do with the consideration of the state of the country ? Are they not " . Mv-sbers of this Honourable House ? " —they have done their duty to the country , by " taking the oaths and their Scats , " and what can the country require of them farther ? Of a 1 truth we are a very bad disposed , dissatisfied people ; we are very conteut to work ths flesh off our bones , ! without 2 fair remuneration , that the splendour of a , court ejsy be maintained out of theproper reward of our : industry ; ' but "we are ungrateful enough to murmur if !

      we are starved upon 2 s . 2 d . a week , when the Queen I herself , poor thing , is not able to get more than thirteen j hundred and for . j-one pounds f « -urUec shillings and sevenpence farthing a week , to kc * p herself from ' starving alsa ; But there is no distress in the country—the " Hero of Waterloo" who altogether , in pay , pensions , and i gratuities , has only rec-. ived about one million t ^ vo 5 hundred and thirteen thousand three hundred and sixty-: five pounds , out of the taxes wrung from the produc- i tive labour of tke the country , says there is no dis- i tress , and we are bound to believe there is nose , in his j house at least . ' and yet , when we conaider thai the I "illustrions Duke" has had , through the whele of his I slaughtering career , little more to live upon thin a year j and a halfs allowance to her Majesty the Queen . He | certainly must be quite competent to know what the j word " distress" means when it comes before him at |

      Apsley House . Thanks to the misgovernment of the past , and the comfortable hope we have of the future ; 1 dare evy we shall spend a very pleasant winter ; our fire will burn brightly—our tables ( mahogany or loo-tables ) will creak with the weight of the provisions that will pour upon us from all sides . In February , or some other month , our national government will take our case into its consideration , and then , such of us as have not died of starvation in the mean time , may lift up cur hands and wonder how we Lave contrived to cheat the gr&Te-digger so long !

      Should the period really arrive when the state of the country is ever taken into consideration by Pariiamert , I devoutly hope the first thing it may do will be to double , triple , quadruple , the allowance for the guttling department ot theroyal household , for had the man cf England been true to their own interests , the labouring millions , would this day aave had fuil beiiie 3 atd contested homes . Fact . L-j-ndoa , 21 st Sept 1641 .

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      A FiXiciTors Him . —Corpulent persons desirous of regaining iheir shape should apply to some newspaper establishment for the office of collector . They will ran tieir fat off long before their station becomes & sinecure . —American Faptr .

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      THE MINISTRY . Th » House of Commons has assembled after its adjournment t » allow time for the re-elections , and Sir Robert Peel has re-entered it in tha character of Prime Minister . Sir George Clerk promise * for him , that as soon as ke returned he would make % statement as to the course which he should pursue ; and Sir Robert certainly nude a speech on Thursday night , the one probably to which Sir George alluded . It coincides with the promise in point of time , and Sir Robert did not announce any further communication for the present ; bo that it is only fair to assume , though one wtuld not suppose it , that he has actually made his statement

      The eaade hath spoken , and it hath said—nothing . The impression which the conqueror of Waterloo made open a Parisian dame is said to haTe been , that he displayed " a great talent fox silence . " Sir Robert exhibits a higher talent than bis illustrious colleague , for he contrives to make speech perform the office of silence , and to utter plenty of words which tell nothing . Be f nl&lled the promise which he made -vicariously through Sir George Clerk , in characteristic style . He first introduced his statement a-propot ot chimniea tor the new Parliament building ; and upon that subject he was remarkably explicit Then he Baid that he should adopt the Whig Miscellaneous Estimates , which were to come on last night . Next be explained the course which he

      should take with election petitions—do nothing , and trust to the Election Committees to help Win in doing so for the present Then with respect to the laws about to expire , he should continue them fox the nonce ; and especially with respect to the Peor Law—upon that he was very distinct—the House might prolong it by a general continuance Bill , or by an express enactment , so long as it gave him time to make ub his mind . Then Lo came to the deficiency in the revenue : he was careful to explain tout there would be two classes of remedies ; one temporary—Mr . Goulbum would explain that ; and one permanent—he would explain that him * self , next session . And , lastly , with respect to other permanent measures of importance , those too be would explain—next session .

      So the sum of all that Sir Robert told the House was , what he should do with certain small Estimates on the Tery next eTeninf , and that he should make arrangements to enable him to tell them nothing more . Now there ia nothing in this procedure but what might have been expected ; for it is precisely in accordance with what Sir Robert Peel Baid that he Bhould do on taking office , so long ago as the debate in May : ha said that he should claim'' the confidence of the House , and ask for time to consider the measures to be adopted . There is therefore no new cause of compl * mt ; only the longer time Sir Robert takes for

      consideration , fee better prepared must we expeot him to be in February , when a strict account will be required of his progress in cogitation . If there was any disappointment at Sir Robert's silence on Thursday , it was occasioaed by Sir Qeorge Cierk , who had been instructed to make an announcement of Sir Robert whick caused those who forgot the very peculiar nature of his explicitness to be disappointed ; and Sir Hobert himself enhanced that disappointment by making a show as if he really were abont to tell something . Lord John Russell was so tantalised that he could not bear it , and he threatened to make a speech on the posture of public affairs and Sir Bobert ' s backwardness in dealing with them .

      There is one hint lurking among the Premier's words , too vague as yet to found any opinion upon , which is still not unwelcome . The Whigs , in dealing with " the deficiency , " admitted that they had no scheme for reducing the expenditure—their only plan was to increase the reTenue . Sir Robert Peel seems to perctive the possibility of doing both . Is a Tory Government going to begin the work of economy ? It leoks like it : Colonel Peel plainly told his constituents at Huntingdon , that Lord Aberdeen is about to reduce the war expenditure , which Lord Palmerston did so much to augment . Joseph Hume will turn " Tory . ' "—Spedator .

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      THE RECEXT STRIKE OF MASOffS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . In the daily journals of last week there appeared paragraphs , the substance of wnlch was , that the masons employed on the works of the new Houses of Parliament had struck in consequence ( as stated in the reports alluded to ) of the arbitrary conduct of their foreman , Mr . Allen , and tkat they had resolved not again to resume their labour until the cause of their jmevance was removed . The fact of works of so great an importance as those of the new Houses of Legislature being suspended , naturally caused a vtry considerable sensation , and as it is a matter of importance to the public that it should be properly informed of the real nature of the case , our reporter waited yesterday upon

      the contractors , Messrs . Gri&sell and Peto , and the former gentleman very kindly furnished him with facts , the detail of Which will put this affair id its proper light . The masons employed up to Saturday night wetk numbered 222 , and the whole of them , principally provincial , belong to the " Birmingham Union of Masons . " This union was established for the purpose of protecting the labourer against the master . So far bo good ; but union being strength , may be turned to othsr purposes . than ' those it originally professes , and may , as in this instance , become a powerful instrument of intimidation . The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with their foreman , and so , we are informed , they have expressed themselves ; but a f 6 w , sixteen or seventeen , hare considered themselves

      ill-used , and , to redress their wrongs , all m » st act up to the spirit of their compact , and strike . Two months since the contractors received a letter from the masons , requesting them to receive a deputation . The contractors consented and met the deputation , when a number of grievances were related . They , the deputation , prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr . Allen was an arbitrary man ; and , as an instance , he had refused to allow a mason to leave his work to bury his mother . This certainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man , and the contractors Biftert it to the bottom . They had the foreman confronted with the men , and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave tds work for a time that he might go down into

      the country to bury bis mother . The foreman waa williDg to grant him his request , bat when he asked for three weeks' absence , tbo foreman said he could not keep his bench empty that time , end , if he went , he must take his chance of being employed on his return . This statement satisfied the deputation , and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh . Another grievance , however , was raised ; and that was , the men couM not have their beer where they liked—they were ccSced to two houses of the contractors' choosing Ihe contractors said they had chosen the houses nearest tbevworks ; but to conciliate the men they would strike oni ' off , and allow beer to come from the one at irhijh they held their meetings , the P&vior ' s Arms , MiUbank . The deputation expressed themselves satisfied , and

      nothing again occurred to disturb the hr . rmoay that existed until a fortnight since . It is the custom in all public buildings to give portions of work to masons that fccDpy a certain time in completing , and if one man , from being a better ir quicker workman , coinple-. cs his job before the tima , he is called a " chaser , " and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work , unless be consents to work at the speed laid down by the committee of masons . A mason finished a " headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow-workmen's ruJe , and a meeting was held , at which he was flr . ed five shillings . The man appealed to his foreman , Mr . Allen , and the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors , who desired the foreman to

      tncourage the man , and support him against the body that oppressed him . Another meeting of tho union vtsls held , and It was resolved , that unless this man , who had only faithfully discharged his duty , -was dismissed , they would strike . Upon a re-consideration , they thought that too weak 5 ground , and got up a charge against the foreman , which was to the effect that Me wished them to do more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day ' s work ; and that , when th « y did not do this , he made use of intimidating language towards them , and after alluding to many what tre consider childish annoyances that they had suffered , the letter concluded by stating that , unless Mr . Allen vras discharged , they would cease to work

      from Saturday week . The contractors , having no fault to find with their ferernsn , determined not to ba influenced by this spirit of insubordination , and to maintain him in his place—the result of which was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last . The contractors haVing Been a paragraph in the papers , in which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf cf the masons , Mr . Grissell waited upon the Hon . the Commissioner ^ , and ascertained that the statement was totally false , the Commissioners assuring Mr . Grissell that , had such a complaint been made , they should either have referred the matter to him , or at the least , solicited his presence .

      Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods and Forests sent a letter to the contractors , stating that whatever they , the contractors , might suggest , they , the Commissioners , would assist them in carrying out , as far as lay in their power . Thus the affair remains at present . — Observer , ta Whig official print . )

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      Taxation and Representation . —Previous to his descent upon England , William the Conqueror assembled a council of his nearest friends , to demand their advice and assistance . They all approved of the expedition , and promised to serve William with their persons and goods . M But , " said they , " this is not all—you must ask assistance of ihe great body of the people of the country ; for it is but

      right that those who pay the expense should be called to consent to it . " Then William , say tho chroniclers , convoked a great assembly of men of all clashes in Normandy , laid before chem his project , and solicited their assistance—then left them that they might deliberate freely . Wo perceive by this that even so early as the days of the Conqueror , people had hold of the notion that u taxation and representation should go together f or , to express it ia the language of those days , that " it is but right those why pay the expense should be called to consent to it .

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      NEWPORT . -MoNMpW » 8 &reB .--The ^ ommittefl for getting up and conductta * o , demonstration to welcome that nobl © of natur «» Feargo 6 O'Connor , Esq . ' into the town of Newport , on his way from Merthyr , aw acting with great energy : ihey are working weU , and will leaTOBM ^ hinv undone on their part . From the fafonrable banner in which It has been take © « p by the working clauses it is expected to D < roa » of tSergteatesi dispky * eTer ; w&-aessed m the Whig ^ ridKten town of Newpprfe . The greatest enthosiaBm and joy pervades-almost every breast at thetiMDgbfiiof Seeing -the man they priie and love . There axe a m > a 4 many books out receiyiBgwbscrjptuma . Mr . Benjamin Francis , merchant , is one of the committee , h and likewise treasurer . The committee hope that deputations and delegates will attend from various places , particularly irom Pontypool , Caerieon , Cardiff , Blackwood , Aberga * gavenny , Usk , aad other districts ; if they ean

      muster a lew oaga or banners they will be wanted for the occasion . Now , Monmouthuhire i do your duty . Chartism iB not dead , aox altanberinR . Come in your thousands to see the man who is destined f crush the tyrant and the oppresses Dae notice will be given in the iSfar . when Mr . O'Connor can attend . All communications to be addressed to W . H . Cronin , George-street Cottage , Newport , Monmouthshire . » CU ^ ° ? K ; T : On Thursday night , Sept . 16 , in Mr . Robert Crichton ' s School-room , under the auspices of the Democratic Association , a social entertainment was given , of a purely intellectual character ; comprising politicalspeeohes , recitations , and Bilging , designed for promoting the moral , socigrt , and political improvement of the people . A good deal of excitement has taken place in consequence of Mr . O'Connor ' s notice of visiting this place in his tour through Scotland ; and it is to be hoped that the friends of the people will give him a reception worthy of his services .

      Nkw Ccmnock . —On Monday , tho 13 th instant , a mesting was held at Mansfield Collery , near this » laoe , in the School-room , at which Mr . . Duncan Robertson explained tho principles of the Charter to aa attentive audience . He concluded his address ky moving the propriety of joining in union for advancing the cause . Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Old Cumnock , which is about five or bis miles distant , will stir up men ' s minds a good deal , to see the propriety of doing Eomoihinsj to free the masses from this worse than Egyptian bondage . COUfS . —On Monday evening , the 13 th inst ., Mr . Charles Connor delivered a very interesting lecture in the Chartist Leeture Room , to a orowded and attentive audience ; and on Wednesday evening , the 15 th , Mr . James Leaoh , from Manchester , delivered an excellent lecture in the same place , to a v « ry full and attentive auditory .

      LEICESTER . —The excitement goes on steadily and bravely . We have added fifteen to-day ( Monday ) and Saturday , in addition to forty-two last week , and sixty-two the week preceding . Mr . Bairstow and his blooming bride were entertained at a merry tea-party on Thursday last ; and at the close Mr . B . delivered a very pleaaing address . Last Sunday , Air . Bairstow preached in the afternoon , and Mr . Cooper , in the evening . The Marketplace , on each occasion , presented an interesting appearance : the audience , at night , amounted to upwards of three thousand . Collections were made in aid of the fund for O'Brien ' s printing press ; and £ 2 were sent off to the treasurer , Mr . Ogden , Leeds , the next day : at the same time , a money order for £ 2 was dispatched to Mr . Campbell , the Secretary of the Executive . On Monday evening , Mr . Cooper delivered his concluding lecture on Geography , in the Guildhall , the audience being a orowded one , as before .

      CHESTERFIELD AND ERA 1 VTPT 3 N . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved that a general meeting of the members do take place at the house of Mr . John Williams , Brick-house yard , Brampton , ( which the Chartists have taken for their future meeting ?) for the purpose of eleoting throe members to serve on the general council , in the room of three resigned . KNARESBRO ' . —On Monday last , the Chartists here held their weekly meeting . The cause is going on prosperously ; numbers of new members were enrolled . We had a very full room to hear Mr . Dooker give a public lecture on the necessity of agitating for nothing short of the Charter . WAMOBWORTH , Sorbet . —Mr . Stallwood , lectured on Sunday evening , in the Chartist Association-rooms , on the Charter .

      BLACKBURW , —We had a glorious meeting on Friday evening , when Mr . Leacn delivered an able lecture on Chartism . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . LeetchjVith three rounds of applause . Three cheers were alsa given for our undaunted patriot , Feurgus O'Connor ; after which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the evening . T « iDDLESBRO ' . —The cause of Chartism goes bravely on here ; eince the liberation of our true and triad friend O'Connor , the cause has assumed a different aspect . The news of the people ' s instructor being let at liberty has aoted like magic , and caused

      all our old lukewarm members to bo up and doing . Our meetings are now well attended , and all seem anxious to take a part in the great struggle for political freedom . We have had a very important discussion upon the Corn Laws . Several shopkeepers have joined us , and expressed their belief that the Charter is the only remedy for the evils wo labour under . We are to have , a delegate meeting here next Sunday , on this subject , when delegates are expected from Yarm , Stockton , Darlington , Hartlepool , and various other places , when we shall be able to state to the various places the result of our delegations .

      OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of this place met as usual on Sunday morning last , in the Association Room , near Byker Bar . It was resolved , " That there be a lecture delivered in this room every Tuesday evening , to commence at so von o ' clock ; subject for the first lecture , " The Amcr io&n and French Revolutions : the cause that produced the success of the former , and the defeat of the latter . " The subscriptions are coming in well hero to defray the expences of the demonstration to O'Connor and O'Brien . We would suggest the propriety ef having a delegate meeting for Northumberland and Durham , in some central part between tho two countries , that we may know the want 3 and feelings of our brother Chartists in the villages round about Newcastle . SCOTLAND . —DAiKEiTH . —Mr . Lowery delivered a lecture in the Masons' Hall here , last Monday evening . The lecture gave great satisfaction . Chartism is in a healthy state here .

      Gore Bridge . —A meeting was hold here in the open air on Tuesday la ^ t , to hear a lecture from the county lecturer , Mr . Lowery . The meeting was well attended , and has done much good . After the lecture a Charter Association was formed . Roslin . —Mr . Lowery lectured here on Wednesday last , iu the open air . Lasswade . —Fkuits of the SrsxEM . —An extensive failure has taken placo here during the last week , by which a great number of personsaave been thrown out of employment ; it is Mr . Brooks , paper manufacturer . It is said he has failed in at least £ 20 , 000 , and that there are not assets enough to pay ls . in the pound . Loashead . —Ah Association is about to be formod here .

      Moxtbose . —At the last week a meeting of the Montrose Chartists , a vote of thauks « vas moved aud carried unanimously to the Rev . Father Ryan and Messrs . O'Higgins and Brophy , for their patriotic exer&ions in defence of the rights of the suffering millions , aud defending the Charter agaiust that arch traitor to his country , Dau O'Conoell . We have also iuvited the tried friend of the p # ople , Mr . Feargua O'Connor , to pay us a visit while & hi * tour ihrou ^ b Scotland , knowing that he will do aw « ll good in this quarter . KIDDERMINSTER—Mr . Mason delivered a lecture here afc the White Horse Inn , oa Wednesday last , on the rights of labour . The lecture occupied an hour and % half iu tho delivery . A few more euA lectures in this Tory ridden place , will put the extinguisher over Toryisn . Afc tho close of the lecture , it was unanimously resolved , " That a deputation he appointed to assist at the demonstration at Birmiigham , in honour of the release of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., from the fangs of a dastard Whig Government .

      NOTTINGHATO . —The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Democratic Chapel on Monday ovening : letters were read from Mr . D . Blair , of Belfast , Mr . Summitt , of Newark , and Mr . O ? Connor ' s speech at the meeting of stonemasons , ' £ ondon . Several new members joined the Association . ' WISBEACB , Cambridgeshibb . —Some few weeks since , a meeting of tue working classes was held in this town for the purpose of forming an Association ; the executive was applied , to for cards , &c . and a

      subsequeut meeting was called , and an Association regularly organized . We are , it is true , but thirteen in number , but we are about getting up an address to the working men of Wisbeach aad its neighbour ' hood , and training ourselves for a regular systematic agitation . We deem it our duty to make this brief statement , through the medium of the HorAern Star , in order that our brethren throughout the couutry may know that even in aristocratic Cambridgeshire the spirit of freedom lives and has its earnest breathings .

      Warrington . —Tho Cbartistfl here celebrated the release of Mr . O'Connor , on Monday evening , by a splendid tea party . Tiie room was crowded tb excess . After tea , Mr . J . Savory was called to the chair , and the even : Dg was spent with the greatest Jiilarity . The toasts , of which several were given , were respouded to iu an excellent style aud with great vffect . The recitations of Mr . Lawless were admirable , but what crowned the entertainment were the recitations and songs of Mr . Yates .

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      MACCLEBFIEX . D . —On Sunday evening Mr . Cbandley lectured on the factory system , and in a very interesting and effeotive address , laid bare the horrible enormities of the life-destroying system . BRIDGETON . —Another great meeting was held in the Chartist Hall there , on Wednesday night , Mr . Black in the chair , when Con . Murray was again called upon , who entered with feeling an * spirit into the Wrongs of Ireland , and the unprincipled conduct of her paid patriots . He was followed by another countryman of hie , who made a very sensible speech . Mr . Siufflsbottom followed , and delivered a very excellent addresB , in which he Bhowed the propriety of casting to the winds all petty animosities or

      sectarian prejudices , and explained the principles of tho Charter , point by point . Dennis M'Millan defended the principle of the Charter , and showed that it was impossible for his countrymen to obtain a Repeal of the Union without joining with the British people for the Charter . He was followed by Mr . Cameron , who , in his usual eloquent style , went over a number ot the topics alluded to by the previous speakers , approving here and condemning there , according to his views of the subjects alluded to . Mr . Nimmo , who was lately a Whig , but now appears , from the sentiments which he delivered , to have joined the Chartist movement , congratulated the Chartists upon the strong position which they had taken hp , and advised them to stand by the Charter , the whole

      Charter , and nothing else . The meeting dissolved at a late hour , after giving the usual round of cheering . Committee meetings in the various districts are being held almost every night , making the necessary arrangements for the coming demonstration . SELBY— A North and East Riding delegate meeting was held at Selby on Sunday last , to take into consideration the practicability of forming a North and East Riding District of tho National Charter Association , and for tho purpose of electing a fit and proper person to become lecturer for the district . The following delegates handed in their credentu Is : —Mr . Edward Burley , York ; Mr . Padget , Hull ; Air . Moody , Howden ; Mr . Satherby , Selby ; and Mr . Jones , Leeds . Letters were also

      received from Scarborough , Market Wei ^ hton , and Knaresborough , approving of the objects of the meeting . Mr . Padget was called to tht chair , and Mr . Burley aoted aa Seoretary . Mr . Burley briefly stated the objects of the meeting , when , after some discussion , in which several fritftds took part , it wss resolved that a North and East Riding District be immediately formed , and a lecturer engaged to agitate the same , to be paid 35 a . per week , he paying hisown expencea . It was also resolved that Mr . Skevisgton , of Loughborough , be engaged as lecturer for one month , to commence on Monday , the 27 th of September . Mr . William Croft , of Tork , was appointed Treasurer , ana Mr . Burley the tor-, responding Secretary , 'for the district . Mr . Burlev

      and Mr . Padget were appointed to draw up an address to the working classes of the North and East Riding , which was unanimously adopted . The following resolution was then agreed to : — " That we , the delegates assembled in Selby , representing the Chartists of York , Leeds , Selby , and various localities in the East Hiding of the county of York , deem it our duty to impress upon the several lecturers throughout the country the great necessity of their using their utmost exertions in raising funds for tho support of the Executive Council , and thereby enable that body to carry out those great measures for which they were elected . " It was resolved that

      the next delegate meeting for the East and North Ridings should be held at York , on Sunday , October the 31 st . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and Secretary , the meeting broke up , each delegate determined to use every exertion 10 cement firmly that union which he had been a party in forming . The room was crowded the wholo of the day with highly respectable persons , who seemed to take great interest ia the proceedings . Much benefii may accrue to our cause by spreading the principles in this district of aristocratic pomp . The spirit of inquiry is abroad ; let them stop its progress if they can . The following is the address agreed to by the delegates : —

      To the Working Classes of ( he East and North Sidings of ihe County of York , Fellow Countrymen , —We , tho delegates from the various towns in the East and Korth Rirting of tiie County of York , assembled in Salby , to deliberate upon the beat meane of enlightening onr fellow-men to a sense of those rights to which they are so just ! y entitled , deem it our duty to lay before you our viewi aud objects upon this occasion , ia order to rebut the base and scandalous assertions which have been made against our principles , by ignorant and designing men , and by a hireling press , whose interest it is to keap yo « in ignorance , that they may the more easily oppress and enslave you , taking from you thoBe means which you ought to possess , to support and keep in couifort and contentment your wivts rnd families , in order that they may revel in lux « vy and extravagance .

      Fellow Countrymen , —The present state of oui country requires your most serious consideration ; ¦ we address you in the plain and simple language of truth , which is the most powerful of all . We wish to convince you that vre are not the vile characters -which our opponents represent us to be , but that we are men who have felt the yoke of oppression , and are determined to inquire into the cause . Our oppressors tell you there is no oppression—no distress , aBy further than what divina providence h&a inflicted ; that God inUnded that there should 1 > 6 rich and poor , and that it is infidelity to attempt to alter that which he has ordained . This vre deny .

      Fellow Countrymen , —If we look on the one hand we see men , women , and children , starving f « r want of food , whilst , on the other hand , we see a pampered aristocracy , rolling in the midst of luxury and splendour . Did God ordain that one portion of society should be the slaves of another portion ? No . Oad ordained that man should eat bread by the sweat of his brow ; yet we fiud those who toil , sweat , and pvoduc 6 all ; who erect the stately mansion , who cultivate the soil , who bow the seed , and reap the harvest in proper

      time , —in fact , the men who produce every thing vfhicli ia calculated to make man happy in this world , arc actually hungeriDg and starving to death for the want of a sufficiency of those necessaries which , through their Utelligence and industry , they have in almndanca provided ; whilst we find those who toil not , monopolising and enjoying those blessings which God ha 3 so bounteously provided for all his creatures . -This is infidelity j and this system the Chartists of this country are determined to pub down by all moral and constitutional means ' in their power .

      Wq seek not to take another man's property , nor to d « stroyit ; but we seek to destroy the system that takes from us our only property—onr iabour ; that system we find to emanate from class-legislation , and to destroy it , we are convinced that nothing will be b « effectual aa the establishing of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . To afford you an opportunity of judging of the merits of those great and glorious principles , we have determined upon sending a lecturer amongst you , to explain them . It will be for you to decide when you nave heard then , which we doabt sot bat you will do , in favour oC them , with a determination to do ysur utmost to assist in carrying them out , by forming yourselves in bodies , and joining the National Charter Association .

      The cause of liberty , your . distressed countrymen who are now pent np in the cold bastilo , and the noble leaders of the people who an now suffering in the cheerless dungeen and on the foreign shore , separated from all they hold dear to them , demand your assistance to raise up your fallen country to that station amongst the nation of the earth , which the intelligence and industry ot her people deserve . That you may me the justness of our cause , and join with your fallow countrymen , in their cry for freedom , is the earnest prajvr of Your Brothers in political bondage , Signed on behalf of the Delegates , Edward Burley , Secretary . W « . Padget , Chairman .

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      GtASGaW .- ^ A lecture was deKreretf Si . Ann's Church , on Monday m ' gW . flk ^« vils of Monarchy , by MJr ^ Jack , *© a crowded aadiencej : the lecturer did great justice to ^ hi * * ib } eckr » & traced monarchy from its otigin downwards , ; showing the amount of misery which mankind m all ages , ceuntries , and climes , hava a » ffisrtfd -froariita baneful effects , and proving that irresponsible ^ power ^ was the prolific source of almost every evil L wluefr tn «

      groat human family had to complain of , ana tiie absolute necessity of every civilised nation throwing off the unhallowed incubus before they conW eUfcer be happy , prosperous , or independent .- Mr . •*** was much eheered throughout . Mr . Roy and JVIr . Maloolm followed , and contended that it waa hot the monarchy but the ; people that were to blame , as jaonaroby was a monetcr of their own creation . Jlr . Proudfoa * read from the Bible Samuel ' s deaun ,-oiation of bines , and proved from pasi histojyv now true his words had come to paaa . A vote . ' 9 $ .. fnaafcs . was then give * to the lecturer , ' . . whet tha meeting dissolved . "" . 'V

      A Meeting op tbk Cohmittik for conducting the Boiree to Feerg ' ua O'Connor waa held on Tuesday evening , when the various speakers were appointed , and the different Bentlments they were to speak » pon agreed to . Mr . Cullen was appointed Chairman , and Mr . Moir , vice-chairman of the soiree . # ; The splendid Hall where this soiree is to be . hold will be finished in a few days ; the view fwm thegalleriea at each end of the Hall is the most magnificent we ever beheld ; tho eyes dazzle , and the mind : ia enraptured with the spacious Hall , the splendid building , and beautiful workmanship performed by workmen whom the base factions eneeringly tell us are unfit for tho franchise . The tickets , whioh are one shilling and threepence each , axe being rapidly pur « chased up .

      Demonstration CoMinrrEB .--The Demonstration Committee met oa Thursday night , Mr . Con Murray in the chair . Tho Committee entered itifc > Ifie necessary arrangements . Mr . Moir was appointed ohair * man for the Green ; Messrs . Brown , Coiquhonn , and M * Kay were appointed a committee to draw ap an address to O'Connor , ana the resolutions for tha meeting on the Green . It was also suggested tnafc they should hirea steam boat , and have it decorated out with fisgs and other insignia , with a band of

      music , and proceed early on Monday morning from the Broomilaw down the Clyde to Greenock , and bring up Mr . O'Connor in triumph to Glasgow . Tha Secretary wa 3 ordered to write to Mr . O'Connor requiring him , when he came to Grecnook on the Sunday afternoon with the Belfast steamer , to go ashore and stop there all night , when he would bo brought up next , morning in the manner above described . After some other minor business had been transacted , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      ROTHERHAM .-Tho Rotherham Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , on Monday evening , when the following persons were added to the Council : Thomas Lee , brick-Baker , Thomas Goodlinston , labourer . Two new members were enrolled . It is particularly requested that all members will attend next Monday evening , aB there is business of importance to transact .

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      The Recent Strike at the House os Comhons . —Ou Tuesday night a public meeting of the stonemasons , lately employed at tho House of Commons was held at the Grayer ! ' 2 Head , Drury Lane , for the purpose of fully explaining the cause of their recenfc strike . Mr . Worthington waa unanimously called to the chair . Several persons addressed the meeting ; one of whom stated that Allen had actually locked up a pump in Palaca Yard , to prevent the labourers frtm getting a ran of water ; and it was subsequently moved , seoonded , and carried unanimously , "That the masons recently employed at tho House of Commons felt themselves justified in the steps they had . taken relati ve to the strike . " A resolution was also carried to tho effect that tho masons of London not employed at the works acquiesced in tho strike . Thank 9 were then given to the Chairmau , and the meeting , consisting of upwards of 200 persons , separated *

      Reported isteixigejjce is belation to the ioss op the Steamer Pkhbident . —( Prom the Boston Atlas ot Aug . 3 O . ) -rWe lay before our readers tho following reported account of the loss of this illfated vessel , as we receive it by our express . Our readers are as capable as we are of judging of it 3 accuracy , and will make all proper allowances for its improbability : — ?' The Loss of the President Steamer . —The Philadelphia National Gazette of Saturday furnishes an extract from the St . Thomas ' s Times , received from their Barbadoes correspondent , giving a letter said to have been found in a bottle picked np in lat . 53 50 , long . 47 33 , as follows : — On Iceberg , March 17 , 1841 . —To whomsoever these presents shall come , these are addressed , not in the to

      hope of obtaining aio ^ bnt apprise our frieHtfs of our awful and inevitablo fate . We , unhappy passengers and company of the President steamer , had rough weather from the hour of our departure from New York . On the night of the 14 th instant it blew a hurricane , with hail and snow , and the look-out was unable to see arable ' s length from the snip . At about seven p . m ., being then under close-reefed topsails , the ship encountered an island of ice ; 80 rapid / y did she fill that we had barely time to escape to the ice before ehe went down . Many of the passengers barely saved their gsrments , among whom was the unfortunate Norris , who , being in delioate health , died on the second day , of cold and hunger . This is the only case of mortality as yet , but as the ice is breaking up fast , we none of us expect to survive more than two or three days longer , unless it should please the Lord extraordinarily to have

      mercy . We'have no fault to find with any one . The ship was strong and well found—the captain and crew skilful , prudent , and courageous . I shonld have mentioned before that our fcoatB , with the exception of the-long boat , were all washed away the day preceding the disaster , and the long-boat was stove by the coneussion . Even had this not been tho case , no boat xonl d have lived in such sea . Our hearts are dead within us . Captaiu Roberts and the Rev , Mr . Cookman are the only ones that endeavour to keep up the courage of the rest . I fear that the tone in which we join this gentleman in prayer indicates more the courage of despair than any other feeling . Nevertheless , God ' s will , not ours , be done . Yesterday we were so fortunate as to pick up the carcase of a small shark , which was dashed against cur standing prison , by tho violence of tho waves . This , andafew bottles of wine , have been our only sustenance . My hand freezes , and I can write no more . "

      Dependino o » One ' s Wits . —We have heard that a journeyman tailor ,, who left the neighbourhood of Derby oa tramp a shorfc time ago , played off the following no * very creditable srick . Being " hard up , " as the phrase goes , and rather fatigued , he rested bia arms upon a gate leading to a corn-field , aud waa ruminating , when a body of Irishmen came up . FancyiDg from tho tailor ' s manner , that he was the owner of the field , aad ia tho act cf locking at tho crop to s ? . 8 if it were ready for the hook , they at once asked for " the job . " The tailor hesitated for a moment , as if in deep thought , and thsu gave a half negative . ^ The hesitation of tho taiicr caused the poor Irishmen to renew their entreatiesand at last

      , the tailor said he had aaobjao . ioa to Irishmen , having employed some last year that did uot do their work properly . The reapers assured " his honour " that they-would behave " daceutly , " aud do tho work as it ought to bo : cut hi ' 3 honour vras not disposed to trust them , unless they would deposit a certain sum in his hand 3 . The poor fellows raised several pounds , tho fruite of their industry , which tht-7 placed in his honour ' s hands , received in return orders to commence -cutting the wheat on the following morning . We are sorry to add , the tailor who practised the deception got clear away with his booty before the " mistake" was discovered . He may yet reoeive his deserts .

      Failure op the Rbhal Police . —We have this week good -new *; to communicate . Our readers will remember that the question of a rural police iu the West . Riding was som-3 timo a . ijo plao ; a in abeyance until the csp ? ximent of its imroduoiioo in Lancashire lnd beou fairly tried . Is has bsea tried now for a longer timo than waa necessary to ascertain its effect , aad it , has utterly failed . On -Thursday week , at the adjourned annual session of the peace for thoci ) unty of Lancaster , held at the Court-housa , Preston , when upwards of one hundred ma gistratss were present in court , a resolution was adopted by a majority of seventy-two to twenty-eight , to the effect that it was inexpedient to continue for any longer period than wa ? compulsory , the ' existing establishment of county police . Thi 3 unconstitutional force will therefore bo disbanded as soon as possible . The reasons which isduced such a largo majority to vote

      for the dissolution of this pet force are worthy of attentive consideration , since they furui 3 h aa with a complete refutation of the Whig arguments in Yorkshire . Its grievous expence , and its notorious inefficiency , coupled with the unpopularity which ifc continued to experience , were the causes assigned by the Lancashire magistrates for their votes against the continuance of the force . Between three hundred and four hundred petitions were prosented against tho force , signed by all classes of ratepayers , and coming from all parts of the county , all bearing testimony to its enormous expence and its ridiculous inefficiency . As a preventive service ( in which light the Whigs would fores it on this riding ) , we have it on the authority of several magistrates that the Lancashire polico tv » s of no benefit whatsoever . " In Blackburn Hundred , " said Jlr . Greene , ;" the force as a preventive service was quite ^ alMH ^ K whilst Mr . P . Aiiiswerth said " the AMSi&id

      opinion in Bolton was , that the forceJpJfcafiwS ^ - ¦ y \ inoperative . The cbirgesnow levied oain ^ m ^^ Sr \ ehips wero £ 360 , whereas before tb ^/ tfBSSfi ^ / 9 \/ amount to . £ 50 ;• and ho felt quite convitefccTO&jJw ^ v -V ^ ir - 3 > detection of crime waa not a . o all greataJtSw-A f fe ^ . y ^ - ^ - * the force was established . " From a ^ bjte fftwi&t rT ^ wSm . y . o learn that the exponce of mtintmtngi ^ Jtife r ^^^ 2 in the rural districts has been of so drip € a > iaii ( 3 lK llm ^ * r that tho cost to the farmers , in many rbstal ^ lSSi ^ r if ^ operated equal to a tax of 53 . an acre . ^ & £ ?^ £ Q M

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL . * COUNCIL . \ ' ' . ¦ . - ¦ ' , BOttOlf . ; ' ¦ . "¦ MfcWmiamBjlrd . Mr . John . SullWan . Mr . Henry Giunore . , M « . William Booth . Mr . Thomas Entwistle . , Mr . Peter Ryan . ; Mr . James Whitehead . / ., Miv Job * Harif , sub-Secretary . Ma John Thornton , Corresponding Secretary .

      ¦••• ' NOTTIWGHAM . Mr . We Russell . Mr . Joseph S « uttr . Mr . Win . Castor . Mr . John Wall Mr . Thomas Hawsom . Mr . John Wright Mr . Charles Oates . Mr . Thomas Stanford , sub-Secretary Mr . James Sweet . Bub-Treasurer .

      KBW LEMTON . Mr . Alexander Byard . Mr . Thomas Smith . Mr . Jthn Williamson . Mr . Henry Hetherington . Mr . Win . Brown . * 13 * . J . O . Haaney . Mr . Georg * Groves . Mr . Jacob Bostock , sub-Secretary Mr . Thos . Smith . sub-Treasurer .

      RIClIJIeND . Mr . George Abbott Mr William Clartaou . Mr . Qeoxge Swintoa . Mr . Jonas Mattaon . Mr . Thomas Fryer . Mr . Robert LawEOU . Mr . Thomas Heathco » te . Mr . John Emmison , sub-Treasurer Mr . George Allison , sub-Secretary

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct398/page/7/