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      LEEDS IMPROyEMENT COMMISSIONERS TRiUJiPH OF THE CHARTISTS . A vestry meeting was held on Thursday last , at twelve o ' clock , to elect nineteen commissioners to execute the purposes of the Iniprovement Act for the ensuing year , in conjunction with the Borough . Justices , who act ex-officio . The meeting was very numerously attended , the vestry before the appointed hour : being so full as to render an adjournnienfc necessary ; the people being determined to be no longer gulled by either of the factions . Mr . Councillor Kelsall moved that the chair should be occupied by Mr . Charles Cummins ; where upon , V . ' ¦¦ : ¦ ' ¦¦ '¦¦' . ' : _ : ¦ ' - '¦' : ' . ; . ' ; . ¦¦ ¦ . -: ¦ ' Mr . William Hick , as an amendment , proposed Mr . William Brook to the office .

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      In fcbe Patriot , that part of which Mr . O'Brien tna - taken HI , is omitted altogether , it ma considered useless to send that portion . And -when the assertion is made that be never tasted , it is meant , and to us understood , by thousands , that he ( Mr . OB- ) never tasted any intoxicating liquor as a beverage whatsoever . People take laudanum , not to poisonthemseTres ; no , but for medicine ; and many others toonumerous for us to mention . TTehaTe thna , as briefly as possible , vindicated the character of Mr . Clayton from any blame whatsoever in ** " ¦ affair , deprecating as ire do any illfeeling or divisions amongrt our own body . Yet , -when an active and useful member of oar body , of

      unblemished character , is attacked in the manner which Mr . Clayton has been , we feel it our duty to stand forward and save the character of such from the obloquy which those who did not &now the individual -would heap upon him . And in conclusion we do protest against such conduct as that evinced by the Editor of the Star , fca it is establishing & dictator little short of that assumed by the conquerors of old , from whose jadgment there was no appeal , which , in an Editor of Democracy , comes with an ill grace . To the above we need not add another word , save that the Order will keep in mind that the two letters do not porport to be verbatim copies , and are not stated to be so .

      leaving the publieto judge , We remain , National Chartists , HtfDDEBSFIBXD FaIB FLA ! Jobs Chapman . Joseph Brat . Joseph Koshforth . Wh . Sellers . ROBT . JOJiES , asdssw emmebsos . James Gxedhilx . Wednesday , Jan . 5 th , 1842 .

      Upon this letter a very few remarks will soffioe . The chief point in it seems to tw the assumption by Messrs . Chapman and Ca , of all the the responsibility of Mr . Clayton ' s acts . They affirm that Mr . Clayton ' s letter to the Scottish Patriot , respecting the Northern Star , ^ s having , conjointly with the Leeds Time * , originated Qua drunkenness" aes&dal against Mr . O'Brien , was Dot his letter in reality but theirs ; that Mr . Clayton acted under their instructions and by their command AH we can say to this is , that so appearance of such instructions and commands was observable in Mr . Clayton ' s letter either to us , or tothe Scottish Patriot He wrote in his own name ; he wrote as from himself , and apparently on his own anthority . We , therefore , who had only his own letter to go by , could know

      nothing of the " instructions and commands" which Messrs ffiapmim and Co . say were given to him . Perhaps this utter losing sight of his constituents , and personal assumption of all the importance and dignity of his com-TmTT . ifjttfnn , may be one reason why Messrs . Chapman sad Co , esealp&t ^ Mr . Clayton from the charge of vanity and zdf-coneeit Be that aa it may , we are quite willing to give Mr . Clayton all the benefit of the mantle thus thrown oTerhimbyhisfriendsChapmanJcCaltnowseems then , that Mr . Clayton did not , aa we supposed , send this Ee to the Scottish Patriot , of himself , as the conse quence of forming disappointed conceitedness at not seeing his letter in print He merely lest himself as the toel of Messrs . John Chapman , Joseph Bray , Joseph Bushforth , William Sellers , Robert Jones , Andrew Emmerson , and James Gledhill , who had a mind , for some reason which we have yet to learn , to amuse themselves with s game of wil / o ] falsehood and malicious slander . They it seems thought Mr . Clayton

      a rerj fit instrument for work of this kind , and he was very ready to do it . We wish them and him joy of their occupation ; but advise them to practise it upon some other subject Whether the lie was Mr . Clayton ' s , or Messrs . Chapman and Co . " 8 , we care not : the only difference is , that on the former supposition there was a motive sufficient to operate upon a weak and conceited mind palpable in the fact of oar having declined to insert Mr . Clayton's now famous letter . In the latter case , no motive is discoverable bnt the love of mischief , of which Messrs Chapman and Co . seem so conscious , that even in this epistle , in which they endeavour to exonerate Mr . Clayton by taking upon themselves the disgraceful odium of having charged the Northern Star with assisting the Leeds Tima to asperse the character of Mr . O'Brien , they do not venture to assign any reason why they did so . They merely assert that Mr . Clayton acted for them . Be it so : he was , then , the disgraceful instrument of a disgraceful trick .

      Messrs . Chapman and Co . affirm that the letter of Mr . Clayton to us , our declining to insert which has given rise to all this display of impotent malice , was their letter and not his . They say " Mr . Edward Clayten wrote in his official capacity as secretary and not as a private individual , as the Editor knew welL" This is false . Mt Clayton wrote here as a private individual in his own name , and without any reference to any anthority but his own . Whai commands or instructions Slight have been given him by Messrs . Cl&pbam and Co ,, we neither know ner care . They did not appear in or with his letter . His letter to us was . introduced with the f eUowing words i—

      Sadden&eldNovr , 15 , 1 S 41 "Dzxb . SIR , —I hope you will allow me a portion of your valuable paper of Saturday next , to vindicate the conduct ana character of That Pouly ealnmnated &entleman J . Bronteree O'Brien , whilst amongtt us , and as one , who is fully , acquainted with all the rircnm stances of the case , and to lay before The public , the Truth . " One word upon the great stress laid by Messrs , Chapman and Co . upon the necessity of a contradiction of the " drunkenness" calumny coming from them . Our testimony—the strong testimony of Feargus O'Connor , and the gentlemanly statement of Mr . Penny , all go for nothing , if the veracious fingers of Messrs . Chapman , Clayton , and Co . be set in the pie . How happens it that these very salons friends of Mr . O'Brien did not discover the necessity of meeting and rebutting

      tfce calumny of the Leeds Times against Mr . O'Brien , untO after it had been effectually done by others , and their quiescense had been reproved by Mr . CBrien MttjmpW , Trho they say wrote " to demand that they should vuniicate him" ? How happened these "Huddersfield Fair Play" gentlemen to command their tool , Mi . Edward Clayton , to write ; to the Scottish Patriot , denouncing the Leeds Times for the calumny , after it had been retracted and apologised for by the Editor of that paper ? We have little reason to love the Leeds Times ; but we do love " Fair Play , " sad disapprove its violation as much against an enemy as against ourselves . The attempt to palliate the lie that the letter sent to the Scottish Patriot and the one sent here were duplicates is of a piece with all the rest The letters are essentially different , not merely is to words , but as to substance and as U > facts , as Mt Edward Clayton well knows .

      We learn that a most dishonest and dishonourable use is being made of our having suppressed this famous fetter of Mr . Edward Clayton ' s . It is represented that tfcii letter met not merely the charge of drunkenness , bet that other things were handled and referred to in ft , irhich oar disposition to iiynre Mr . OBrien caused us to withhold . We cow think that justice , not less to Mr . O'Brien than to ourselves , requires us to state plainly-why this letter was not printed in the Northern Star . A sense of delicacy to Mr . Clayton pie-Tented us from stating these reasons fully in the fret instance , and we gave the fact of there being no w » point in it , of its being nearly a repetition of ^ r . CTConnor's and Mr . Penny ' s statements , as our rea-* oa for not printing it . That was a reason and a suffltkat 0 Ee , but it was not the . only one . The letter itself * &s so splendid a composition , that we mast either have bad the perfectly unnecessary trouble of re-writing

      "> or we mutt have mortified Mr . 0 Brien , aisd have exposed him to ridicule , by exhibiting the contemptible display made by his friends in his defence . "We had **> "wish ta do either of these things . We did cot wish to injure , to insult , or to annoy ilr . O'Brien ; -we did 2 # wish to publish a letter of our own with Mr . Clayton * signature to it ; and therefore as the letter itself * &s utteriy valueless either to Mr . O'Brien or anybody ek& > -we ^ sritheld it in the civilest and most respectful Banner possible , simply observing that we thought enough had been said upon the subject . It was our opinion that if even the letter had been a creditable and respectable one , any continuance of the discussion , ^ £ r the firct indiguant denial tf the calumny , vxzsi bt injorious to O'Brien . This seems not to be our opinion ^ yi for sre have now before us a letter from the sub-Seeretsry at York , informing us that after Mr . O'Brien's lsctCTe in that City , the following resolution was

      • Sat the Chartists of York view with extreme ^ SJEt the continued introduction into the S ' ar of "what " termed ' the charge of dmnkeniiisa against Mr . " 'Brien , ' which charge they believe to be base and a &Efflions ; and they cannot approve of the conduct of the Editor in allowing ( under any circumstances ) the KmtiEued introduction of that which ought never to hate been suffered to appear in the Siar at all . " " That * & * above resolution be sent to the Star for insertion . " W . CofcDEUX , sub-Secretary . £ pan this -sre remark , en passant , that the sending of 2 iis resolution to us for insertion , is s queer tray of jkprecatiBg the continued introduction of the sutject ™ to the Siar . We perfectly agree with the Chartists <* York , that the discussion is nnadvisable ; and we * 3 &r * t that the anxiety of Mr . Clayton and his friends , Messrs . Chapman and Coto " cut a caper" by way h ~ w - ™*

      , ^ j — . — j v - ^ — — - ^^ ^ r ~~ serving Mr . O Brien , Efcould have been so unfortunately manifested . It was because we thought so that we declined to insert Mr . Clayton ' s letter of the 15 th Ol Kovemfcer last We repeat that our reasons for fining it were—first , thst enough bad been * J 4 upon thB subject ; second , that the letter con-Mined no new point—it met nothing but the " drunkenness" charge , -which had been already much better J&et ; and , third , that the letter itself was so disgrace-™ 1 » composition , that its insertion must havejbeen aa insult and an annoyance to Mt . O'Brien . Lest Mr . O ' Brien and his friends should really think that ., there Was scma other point besides the " druntenne £ s" one ™ the letter , and lest our own friends ihould think &at we do Mr . Clayton , the candidate for Conventioral honours , injustice in thus characterising his product ion , we give the letter verbatim etliteratim : —

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      JUSTICE , JUSTICE— 'US ALL I ASK . Oa Sitnrday , the 6 th day of November , & paragraph appeared io the Leeds Times , in which it is stated , that on Sunday , the 31 st day of October , two lectures ( or h&rangnes ) where delevered by Mr . J . B . O'Brien , in which principle was never grapled with , or anything instructing advanced , they ( the lectures ) consisting or nothing bat denouncing individuals and humbug ; * nd to wind up , states that he was drunk , and no mistake . " Now the charges are before the public they mnst either be true or false . Let us examine fairly the last charge first On SuBday , the 7 th , I waited upon Mr . Broadbent , the reporter ; he wasengadged . The day following was appointed , when I should have an

      oppertnnity of seeing him . Accordingly I waited npon him . my object in so doing I stated the reasons-where first was he the author of that paragraph ? secondly , open what anthority or grounds did he rest the charge of drunkenness f To the first his answer was in the affermitiTa To the second , he stated to me then and again on Tuesday evning , before two witnesses , that he had no proofs . No proofea no not one , save and except " what" Why , "hithought he vasl" I asked him repeatdly if this was the only foundation fof such a public charge , upon the character of a gentleman and he distinctly stated it was I cenld . scarcely conceal my indignation and disgust for such an individual who eonld so forget himself

      to satispy the baser passions , to the injury fas far as lay in his power ) of a gentlemen as far superior and above him as Heava is to HelL Yes , the only thing on which he rested the charge was " he thought he was . " I then , so that he conld contradict the same , proved to him by oecular proofs , that the same was false and untrue I will now lay then before the public , and leave them to judge . I waited Mr . O'Brien arrival , accompanied him te an Hotel , a Temprence on , mind this , from there to Mr . Pitkethly ' s , to dinner ; he took for his beverage one glass of water ; from there , along with Mr . Penny , to the Hall of Science , which we found croweded to excess . After tho afternoon lecture Mr . O'Brien was taken ilL

      On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and -unknown to Mr . O'Brien , I sent for four pennyworth of brandy , trhfch he drank upon the plalforn .. After which , Mr . O'Brien having wrapped himself well up , I and Mr . O'Brien took a Bbort walk until tea was ready fwhlch was provided in . the Hall for the accommodation of the country friends ) we saunterd into the country for the spice of half an hour . On our return we took tea with nearly 100 friends , and if Mr . O'Brien had been in liquor would have known , after tea I left Mr . O'Brien for the space of ten minutes with « ar worty and tried friend Mr . Shaw , " a tetotelar of long standing . They took a short walk , and I joined

      them We proceeded to the Hall , which was crammed almost to snffocrtion , where be so exposed the fallacies of Owenism , and shewed the absurdity of thier system as called for oft and numerous plaudits . He also exposed , in the most eloquent manner , which showed that he was eomplote master of the subject—the vilany of the funding system ; and traced , in a most clear and lucid manner possable , thB progress of asnry , and the system | by which the working classes of this country have been brought to thier present situation ; pointing out , in the clearest manner posseble , the only possable way by which these direfull effects could be rooted from society , which was received by the audiene in such a manner as proved that thy

      met tha cordial approbation of the vast assemblythen present—the produce of that Gentleman's labours is increased , numbers to our ranks , which is a proof of the good done by his lectures Indeed many who are opposed to us in principle , met me , and candidly confessed that he { Mr . O'Brien ) was a truly talented and eloquent speaker , that the paragraph in the Times was a most Ehamefull and disgracefull paragraph ; and some west so far as to assert , that if any person there was in a state of drunkenness it was Mr . Broadbent This , from those opposed to us , is ef itself a proof fccfficent . Now , I furthermore beg to

      stats , that Mr . CBrien never , during the course of that day , ever tasted aDy kind of drink , either intoxicating , or unintcxicating , sav on cup of coffee . at ten o'clock that night , which I can prove by living witnese chiefly total abstainers . I never left that gentleman while near twelve o ' clock . Furthermore I challenge . Mr . Broadbent to a public meeting of his townsmen , when and whtre he pleases , to prove his assertions , and I will undertake" to prove that he ( Broadbent ) is a base , lying , calnmanating villian , to a majority of the meeting then present I remain , truly yours .

      Edwasd Clattojj . Such is the famous letter of Mr . Clayton , about which all this disturbance has been made . We have not altered a word , a letter , nor a point ; and we think that all who read it will agree with as that , in declining to publish it , we acted kindly towards Mr . O'Brien ; and that in merely stating , as a reason for so declining , " enough had been said upon thesabject , " we acted both kindly and delicately towards Mr . Clayton . We are Borry that the intemperance and ill-temper of Mr . O'Brien ' s friends should have dragged this exposure from us ; but the fault is not ours .

      And now we have only one more word to say , amd that is to our friendB generally . There is probably no otter newspaper in England that receives bo much original correspondence ss the Northern Star—there is certainly no-other that circulates so extensively amoDgst persons who , while their feelings are very strong upon the subjects in which they are interested , are yet from their education and circumstances , unable to form any adequate conception of the peculiarities , the difficulties , and the labour of our position . And hence we have been indnced to pass by , without feeling the least offence at them , many very harshly expressed censures which we felt convinced would never have been pronounced had the parties from whom they emanated ,

      known all that fre knew . We are slwajB ready to excuse the hasty expression of a well-meaning mind , ill fitted , by circumstances , to judge accurately of a matter upon which they yet feel deeply ; and hence we not only excuse but think our York friends for tho admonition contained in their resolution ; while we feel quite sure that had they consulted upon it with Mr O'Brien , who knows more of the peculiarities of such a position as ours is . than they do , their resolution would in all probability , if passed at all , have assumed a different form . We can make no such excuse for toe Huddersfield friends of Mr . O'Brien , who have dragged this explanation from us . We leave them to account to that gentleman for their extraordinary mode of " vindicatiDE" him in the best way they can .

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      W . Danieias . —We are . extremely obliged to him for the tables he has sent us , of the wages paid to the carpet weavers in England , Scotland , France , and America . They seem to be prepared with great care i and the accompanying observations are valuable . We shall use them in our articles on Wages of Labour , " as occasion serves . Mb . JoHff Ham , has our best thanks for his tables of wages paid to the flax-dressers . Can he supply us with another , shouting the relative namberB of men engaged in hand-heckling at the different periods embraced in the return ? If he can he will oblige us , and serve his * trade . ' J . W , Parker . —Neslieeek . H . D . Griffiths dissents from the opinion of M A

      Woolwich Cadet , « that it is advisable for Chartists to wear the O'Connell Medal by a ribbon , and he deems such a practice an evidence of leadership , and a u badge of voluntary slavery ? ' We cannot answer his queriesX Timoth y Fajlvst , of Macclesfield , writes to deny emphatically that part of our report of the Manehetter An&Corn'Law meeting last week , which makes him to have spoken disrespectfully of Mr . West , of whom he declares that he said not one word in disparagement . We have a letter from Mr . West in reference thereto , in which ne undertakes to support the affirmative of the following proposition against Mr . Falvey or- any other gentleman whom the " League

      may think mere qualified for the task . —• " That the causes which have produced the present distress were in existence before the enactment of the Corn Laws , and that their mere repeal would not remove them ; and therefore to agitate for their repeal is a useless waste of the people ' s energies , which might be more beneficially employed in seeking the establishment of the Peoples Charter , which measure is alone Calculated to restore peace , happiness , prosperity , and securily to all classes of the community . An . Old Refobmeb . —Received .

      James Marshall . —We are not aicare that any change has been made in the Editorship of the Dundee Chronicle since the accession to that paper of Mr . R . J . Richardson . We presume , therefore , that Mr . R . J . Richardson is still Editor of the Dundee Chronicle . We shall not publish his letter . It would look invidious in us to do so . The proprietors oj the Dundee Chronicle are the proper parties to whom it should be addressed . An Irishman . —We have no room . Jl . H . O . —We cannot give him Martin ' s address ; we do not know it .

      The Communications of an Old Reformer , an outand-out Chartist , C . J . M . Thorpe , A . D . Cooke , one of the Su ff erers , a Sussex Farmer , Peter Rigby , John Leach , Wm . Brelsford , John Hover , S . W . Gatckrodaer , Edward Morris , and a number of other Correspondents have been received .

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      J . Skesves , Camborne . —We sent as many of the papers as he ordered , what more does he want t S . Mann . —The Plates and Medals were sent to Mr . John Cleave , London . The Five Shillings from II . M ., London , noticed in last , was for Mrs . Frost and not O'Brien ' s Press Fund . 3 . Stive . v , Boulogne . —The parcel has been forwarded as directed . John Riddle , St . Albans . — We supplied the'London

      agents with both Medals and Plates . Let the agent at St . Albans write for them , if he has not received them . D . S . Ghantham . —The Post-Office Order for the Executive is wrong . Send address , and it will be returned to be corrected . T . G . H . —Say who he has taken his paper from . J . Slocombe . —Send 3 s . 9 d . quarterly to the office , and there will be no further trouble about it . J . Hall , Ouskbobn . —Send address and he will have an answer to his question .

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      POR THE CHARTIST CAUSK . £ . s . d . FromJ . R . ... ... 0 2 6 FOR THE O'BRIEN PRESS FUND . From G . Dove , Scarborough ... 0 0 3 the Cnartista of Preston , per Q . Haltou ... ... 0 13 4 TOR MRS . FBOST—THE C "WHIG-MADB WIDOW . " From T . S . Brook , Dewsbary ... 10 0

      " J . G . and T . B ., twoHylton friends , per J . Williams ... 0 2 0 " Three Rain ton friends , per Thos . Graham ... ... 0 16 " Tho Members of the National Council , in Mansfield 0 5 0 " The Chartists of Wednesbury ... ... 0 10 $ •« The Chartists of Salford ... 0 6 0

      FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From the flax-dressers at Moulin-a-Vapeur , Boulogne 0 9 7 " Three Bristol Chartists , per B . Gibson , third subscription ... ... 0 i

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      ItKEDS— Riot at a Funeral . —Oa Saturday last , John Wood , Mary Best , and Ruth Byron appeared , by warrant , before the sitting magistrates at the Court House , charged with having created a riot in High-street , on Wednesday afternoon week , and committed an assault upon Richard Stockhill , by pelting him with stones and rubbish . The complainant stated that the two female prisoners were relatives of a former wife of his , and that on Wednesday afternoon , whilst he was burying his child , they along with several hundred others , congregated in the street ; his appearance out of doors being the signal for a general attack . The male defendant , be averred , seized his crape scarf ,

      and nearly pulled his hat off , besides striking him violently on the back of his neck ; whilst the two females , in addition to a tremendous torrent of abuse , were particularly active in pelting him with stones and mud . The hackney coach in which the mourners sat , was also described as having suffered in the general row . It was explained to the Bench that rumours had been circulated that Scockhill ' s second wife bad so ill-used the child m question , as to cause its death ; these rumours ^ however , were completely falsified by medical testimony . But it would appear that since Stockhill ' s second marriage , the connexions of his former wile have shown towards him anything but a friendly disposition , from what cause was not shown . The complainant called two men and the hackney coachman to prove his statement , from whose evidence it

      would appear that several hundred persons were assembled , whose conduct was violent in the extreme—that the coach was followed to the churchjard at Quarry HilJ , where also violence was committed , and that the two females were particularly noticed , one as having thrown a stone , and the other some mud . As against Wood the evidence was very weak indeed—Stockhill ' s testimony being entirely unsupported . Wood denied having taken any part at ali ; he was hawking pots , and was passing along the street with his cart , when he was obliged to stop on account of the mob ; he knew neither the parties nor the circumstances , and never even had his hands out of his pockets . The two women denied that they had thrown anything at all at Stockhill—they had only used their tongues . The magistrates decided that there was no case against Wood , but fined each of the jwomen 5 s . and costs , or in default to go to Wakefield for fourteen days .

      HUODESSFZELD . —A Patriot . —An Anti-Corn Law lord of the furnace blast , having agreed that his lady should be one of those who should go round the neighbourhood last week , for the purpose of obtaining signatures of her own Bex to the petition of the mighty League , so far over-stepped his benevolent desire to procure for the mass of the people cheap bread , as to shew the olevon foot by presenting his own men with a boon , preparatory to receiving a still greater one , namely , by reducin g their wages two shillings per week .

      DARLINGTON . —The Darlington theatrical amateurs intend giving tho proceeds of their last night ' s performance ( . Thursday , the 13 th ) to the relief of the unemployed operatives and poor of Darlington . The baud , the printer , and all others connected with the society , have given their services gratis for the evening . ' CAHXilSIiE . —Horhible Distress and Destitution . —We mentioned , last week , that a Committee of working men had been formed for the purpose

      of taking * complete enumeration of the circumstances and condition of the poorer classes . They have since completed their labours , which they have been enabled to perform in a most correct and satis factory manner , through the kindness of G . H . Head , Esq ., banker , who very generously paid all the expences of books and labour . As the report of the Committee will best convey an adequate idea of the result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before the public , as opening up a mass of misery and destitution which is heart-rending to o ontemplate .

      Report of the Committee appointed at a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Carlisle , held in the Town Hall , on Tuesday , December theZ&ih , 1841 , to take a complete enumeration of the circunisiances and condition of the working classes , with a view to assist the Committee previously appointed to distribute temporary relief . Your committee have given their most minute and astiduoos attention to the suljectthey were appointed to investigate , and beg leave to lay before you the

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      —v-r- — - ' ' ' ¦ ' ¦ .,. ' .. . result of their labours . The day following the public meeting in the Town Hall , a deputation from the committee waited on G . H . Head , Esq ., and after having stated the object of the conimlttae , he kiadly ordered Mr . Arthur , bookseller , to famish the eommIt ( eia : '''' wiUi * *^ ' ' ; 8 i ^^ en 4 .: niiinjbet ;'' of suitable books , to take a complete enumeration . Your Committee then proceeded to divide the town into flft en districts , as will be seen by the tabla attached to this report , and appointed two persona to each district , and that the slightest charge of partiality might be avoidod , they so arranged the enumerators ,, as to invariably have one person appointed to each district who was a comparative stranger to the { persons residing therein . la this manner they proceeded to take down all the particulars set forth in the ( table , by which it wiil be seen , that out of a population of twenty-two thousand ,

      there are six thousand two , hundred and eighty-six human beings starving , ( for it cannot be called living ) , oh the miserable pittance of one shilling and three farthings per head per w&pk , or one PENNY THBEE FABTHINGS PEIl HEAD Pfijt DAY I a state of things which cannot be much longer endured , and which is utterly disgraceful to those who have had the management ef the public affairs of the country . And your Committee are strongly persuaded that , until a great and substantial change takes place in the wretched and fctuving conditUn of the people , the casual band ef charity wilt prove of slight avail in relieving the immense mass of misery which at present exists ; indeed it is onlyia drain on the purses of those humane and benevolent gentlemen who hare so generously come forward to relieve the poor and destitute . " ; - ¦ ¦ . ' " . ¦ ' .. -. ¦•• • ' . ¦ . ¦"; : X ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ ' . - . .. ' ::,- ¦ ' . ; : ¦¦; ; ' ¦ ¦

      Your Committee cannot refrain from stating one important feature in the result of their investigation , which is , that an immense majority of the distress which exists , and the suffering which is , at present , being endured—is amongst , and by those , more immediately engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods . There are in the Enumeration Books no fewer than six hundred and sixty five hand-loom weavers who with those depending upon them for support , amount to the almost incredible number of 2 , 0 # 5 , being one-half of the whole number of persons in the table I Wretched as is the condition of this numerous body of men , yet it does not shield them from the pestilential hand of the spoiler , -who , pa the slightest plea will , monster-like , grab another threepence or six

      pence per cut from their miserable pittance . The other portion , as exhibited in the table , arises principally from labourers and others being out of employment at this inclement season of the year . Nearly all of your Committee belong to the working portion of society ; and as such , they were prepared to meet with great privation , destitution , and Want ; but until they actually visited the various districts , th » y bad formed but a weak conception of the alarming extent to which the distress prevailed . There are few of your Committee whose hearts have not sickened at the horrible and heart-rending destitution and misery / which they have witnessed ; hundreds of cases of dwellings

      scarcely containing a single decent article of furniture ; cupboards without a solitary mouthful of food of any description ; wretched straw beds with scanty and meagre covering ; grates with little , and in some instances no fire ; whilst the heart-broken inmates of these miserable ab « des presented a picture of human wretchedness , at which humanity shudders —clothed In rags , and in many cases without shoes and stockings— their appearance pale * haggared , and woebegone—they are evidently fast sinking into premature graves ! Can this be once happy England , where the people were wont to be well-fed , well-clad , and had not a tithe of the labour , they have now to perform ?

      Your Committee cannot but congratulate you on the moral and peaceable demeanour of the Working classes under Buch trying and harrassing circumstances , and can only express their surprise , that depredations on property haee not been tenfold more numerous ; for your Committee welt remember tUe time when not half the amount of deprivation and misery existed , that the people at once set the law at defiance , and invaded and took away the property of others ; a course highly reprehensible , and which ought never to be for a single moment countenanced in a well-regulated state of Bociety . Year Committee would urge the necessity of furnishing the important result of their inquiries to the Members of Parliament for the borough .

      Your Committee have , they believe , in some solitary cases been imposed upon , which circumstance calls for an active vigilence on the part of those distributing charity ; but in most instances the Well-deserving have been diffident in giving in their names . In conclusion , your Committee beg leave to state , that they will willingly aid the Charity Committee , by giving them information from their books , or otherwise assisting them in carrying out tha laudable object theyhava in view—that of relieving the poor and destitute . •¦ - . - r "' ' ' / ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ; ., ¦ ' , - ¦ - : Table , shewing to figures , the result * of the labours of the Committee . '

      . I i ! - I * In £ 111 * J * S ! £ 2 fcf | TS It Is * = fcg * s 9-g-o- | a- * | a ¦ ¦ 5 's 55 § 25 . ft s H A

      £ b . d s . d . No . 1 200 226 160 464 624 35 0 7 1 U No . 2 lit 168 103 394 496 28 10 7 1 l | No . 3 132 239 183 418 601 27 13 5 0 11 No . 4 110 159 139 313 452 28 18 6 1 3 j No . 6 103 79 2 y 218 247 9 0 10 0 9 No . 6 82 102 40 237 277 13 13 8 0 llf No . 7 71 95 37 218 255 13 6 3 6 0 : No . 8 131 107 111 441 552 23 17 1 0 10 ; No . 9 J 29 186 224 268 492 32 11 3 1 3 j No . 10 125 194 186 329 515 31 10 0 1 2 ; No . 11 80 139 112 232 344 16 13 4 0 11 ; No . 12 76 128 166 197 863 24 14 6 1 4 ; No . 13 58 142 151 255 406 23 15 3 1 2 No . 14 64 100 134 183 317 2117 0 1 3 j No . 15 70 153 119 22 G . 345 28 2 8 i 17

      Total 1546 2217 1894 4392 6286 359 6 0 i 1 1 $ IN the Bankruptcy of John Ellison , of Leeds in the County of York , Nail Manufacturer Dealer and Chapman . First Public MeetiMg foi Proof of Debts and Choice of Assignees , on tta < Fourth of February next , at Two o'Clock in thi Afternoon , at the Commissionehs * Rooms , Commer oal-Buildings , in Leeds aforesaid . Second Public Meeting for Proof of Debts , am Bankrupt ' s Final Examination , on the Twentyrfifti of February next , at Two o'Clock in the After noon , at the same Place . WILLIAM BATTLE , Solicitor under the Fiat . Audus-Street , Selby , January 12 ch , 1842 .

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      Registered at Sheffield , Deo . 31 , 1841 , Margaret O'Connor Johnston , daughter of Thomas Charles Jphnaton and Margaret Murdon Johnston . Registered at Rotherham , Tom Frost Lee , son of Thomas and Sarah Lee ; The infant eon of William and Alice Raistriok , was born Jfovembor 6 th , and registered on the 23 rd , by tire name of Feargus O'Connor Raistrick . On the 25 th of November , 1841 , the wife of John Hawkins , of Mouritsorrel , was delivered of a son which has been duly registered , Robert Emtnfitt Hawkins , in honour of that illustrious patriot wlio fell a victim to factious cruelty in 1803 : Christened on the 2 nd of Jan . 1842 , at the patish church of Ashton-under-Lyne , David Feargua O'Connor Mayman , the son of David Mayman , dresser for power-loom weavers .

      Jane Wilson , wife of Francis Wilson , was safely delivered of a son , November 3 , which was duly christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Wiisou . Elizibeth i wife of Robert Johnson , was safely deliveredof a son , Nov . 24 , and christened Thomaa Feargus O'Connor Johnson . Ann , wife of John Backhouse , jun ., was safely delivered of a son , December 16 th , and was duly baptised John Frost O'Connor Backhouse . Born on the 22 d of March , and duly registered on the 3 rd of May , Sarah O'Connor Hallowell , the daughter of Mr . John Hallowell , tailor , of Soyland . ... ¦ . . ' . .. ¦ •¦ . ¦ -.. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦' ¦' ¦ . ¦ .--V / v ¦' '¦ ¦ ., ¦ ¦ •¦• ... - ' .: : ''; . ; Duly registered ,.. Elizabeth- O'Connor Randall , daughter of John and , Mary Randall , of Manchester-read , Bradford .

      Born 17 th of October , and duly registered , Win . Jennings O'Connor Pellett , eon of Wm . and Blizabeth PeJlett , Manchester-road . , Born Nov . 8 th , and duly registered Dec . 6 lh ult ., Robert Emmett Edmoridson , only child of James and Martha Edmondson , of Bradford . A fev * v days ago , the wife of Mr . Barnabaa Northrop , of Clayton , was delivered of a fine eon , which has sinca been registered John Frost Northrop . ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - • ' . ¦ ,- ' . . ¦ . . . . ' ¦ ' . ' . ¦ .,. ¦ '¦ ' . - ¦'¦ : ¦ ' . ¦ ' . - ¦ . -.. • ¦ ¦ . ' - ..-_ Ashort time since was registered , Hannah Frost Harrison , daughter of Grebrge Harrison , of Thornton , hear Bradford .: ; Baptised in the parish church at Bromsgrove , by the Rev . J . B . G . More , James Feargus O'Connor Wakerhan , the son of James Wakeman , nailor , of that town .

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      MARRIAGES . On Sunday last , at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapei , Otley , by the Rev . R . Totherick , Mr . J , Wood , to Miss Allan , all of Buriey , mat Osley .

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      ¦ . • '¦ ' ¦ . deaths . ; -. ¦ ; . ; '¦ ¦; On the 10 th inst ., Mrs . Cockfield , relict of the late Mri Jos , Cookfield , Beacon , hear Richmond . December 19 ; h , af his residence , Ashted-housev Birmingham , aged 70 , Samuel Lowe , Esq , aged 45 years , an eminent Bolioitor inthat town . On the 21 st December , at Lancastar , Mr . ——• Duffy , father of James Duff y ^ the Whig victim ; he was in the 93 d year of his age ; a native of Clones , in the CouutyMonaghan , Ireland ; and one of the sufferersof—98 . ; ' ; V On the 4 th inat ., at Bristol , after a week ' s illness , Mr . George Chappie , many years landlord of the Duke of Devonshire , Temple-Btrefct , leaving a widow and seven small , chil&ren to deplore his Iobs . On Monday last , at the house of her nephew , Captain Monkchan , ia Hull , aged 72 , Mis . Kellaway , relict of the late Mr . J . Kellaway , formerly of the Tiger InnVBridlington Quay . Oa Sunday last , aged 79 years , Mrs . Robinson ^ relict of the lato Mr , RobinBon , of Wakefield , upholsterer . ' ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ .- •' ., ¦ ¦ ' ¦ v \ . ' .- ¦¦ •• ¦ . ' ¦¦'¦ - ;¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦/ On Tuesday , Mr . James Towler , aged 71 , for upwards of twenty years : eexton of the parish church , Wakefield . ; v : :: ,--,.:- ; : ¦ } On ThurEday , the 6 th inst ., at his residence , BIobspm-stieet , universally esteemed , aged . 65 , William Ranco , Esq ., receiving inspector of stampa and taxes for the county of York . : ^ ; Pied at Darlington , Jan ; 10 th , Mrs . E . punning , aged 73 ; yearfii ¦ : : - . ' : ¦ . ' " =, '¦¦ . ¦ : - \ ' :.

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . $ ;

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      Bbiep Rules pok the GovEE . 5 ME ? rr 07 all whs wbitk for Newspapers . — Write legibly . Make as few erasures and interlineations as possible . In writing names of persons and places be more particular than usual to make every letter distinct and clear—also in using words not English Write only on one side of the paper . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write out every word in full . Address communication ! , noi to any particular person , but to "The Editor . " Finally \ when you sit down to write , don't be in a hurry . Consider that hurried writing makes slow printing . The Poets . — Our poetical friends have been as usual

      exceedingly bounteous : we have so large a block of poetry and apologies for poetry on hand , and our friends supply us constantly so liberally , that we ihall not henceforth particularly notice this department in our " Notices to Correspondents . " We shall select from the mass sent us as much as we have room for , icilh as much impartiality as possible . Accepted pieces u-ill , therefore , le known by their appearance in the paper 1 and authors whose communications do not appear will not , therefore , conclude that they are rejected because of demerit , as it would be impossible for us to -find room for half of even the readable poetryithat comes to us .

      Ay Operative , at Wak £ fjeld Outwood , recommends the friends of Dewsbury to visit East and West Ardslcy , Kirkhamgale , Aiverthorpe . and Pototeni , at vchich placets , he says , a great number of signatures to the petition might be obtained . Wii . Wilding , WigaS . —The paragraph he has sent us cannot be inserted except as an advertisement . Ma . Wm . Maktis , of Chesterfield , begs 10 acknowledge the receipt of 8 s . 2 d . per A / r . James Street , of Nottingham , for Mr . Samuel Holberry , which trill be forwarded te him in the next letter . Wm . Martin , wishes to press the attention of the Chartist public to the case of the suffering patriot , Holberry ; and any donation , however

      tmall , will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged . Address , care of Mr . Edward Pendleton , Maynard ' s Row , Chesterfield . ~ GsoiiGE Jth-iak Haeney acknowledges ^ the receipt of sir postage stamps for Holberry and others , from " A Poor Man , Bristol" ( being his second donation . J G J . H . has handed the same to the Sheffield Victim Fund Committee . Oca friesds in Knightsbridge , [ Chelsea , Brompton , Kensington , and Hammersmith , who complain of not obtaining the S ; ar , are informed that they can be supplied at their own houses with the Star , Chartist Circular , S ^ c , by giving their orders to , the following news-agents : —Mr . C . Wesierton , Park Side , Knightsbridge ; Mr . C .

      Willis , 1 , Ling-street , Kensington ; Mr . R . Doughty , Young-street , Kensington ; Mr . F . Barker , Dozcas Terrace Hammersmith . Mb . Jons Cleave , proprietor of the English ChartiSt » Circular , will give 10 per cent , upon all orders obtained for the Circular , in support of the Executive Council of the National Charter Association and the Missionary Fund . Will thcse who wish for the Political Regeneration in Ireland , send as many of the forthcoming StaiB as possible , and ' a feic of the 2 ilh ult . and 1 st inst .. to P . HI . Brophy , No . 14 , North Anncstreet , Dublin . We did 720 / receive Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on the Scottish Convention in time for publication .

      Rtthe Dark Year, 1842 — Zadkiel's Aljl Manack (Enlarged And Improved), Just

      rTTHE DARK YEAR , 1842 — ZADKIEL'S ALJL MANACK ( enlarged and improved ) , just

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct413/page/5/