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      IHE PRESS . BT JAMES MOSTGOMEBT , ESQ ., OF SHEFFIELD The Press 1 what is the Press ? I cried ; "When thus a wondrous Toice replied : — In me all human knowledge dwells ; The oracle of oracles , Past , present , fa tare , I reveal , Or ia oWiTions suencs sea ] : What I preserve can perish never—What I forego is lost for ever . I speak all lansniges—by me Tb . e deaf may hear , the blind may see , The dumb converse , the dead cf old ¦ Comnranien Triin the living cold . All lands are one beneath 1117 role , All nations learners in my school ; Men of all ages , everywhere , Become contemporaries there .

      What ia the Press ? 'Tis what the tongue "Was to the world when Time was young , When , by tradition , sire to Bon C > nvey * d whate ' er was known or done ; BHt fact and fiction so were m : x"d , That bonndarits never could be fix'd . What is the Press ? Tis that which taught , By hieroglyphic forms of thought , lore , from the vulgar proudly hid , Like treasures in a pyramid ; Fur knowledge then was mjstery , A captive under l * ck and key , By Priests and Princes held in thrall , Of little use , or none at . ill ; Till the redoubted alphabet Free their own great deliverer set , At whose command , by simplest spells , They work their mental miracles .

      What ia the Press ? Tis what the pen Was thrice ten centuries to men , When sybil leaves lend winds to words , -Or , caged in books , they szng like birds , But slow the pen , and frail the page—To write twelve folios ask"d an age ; And a pet bate , in sport , might spoil The fruits of twenty authors' toiL A power was wanting ' to insure Life to works worthy to endure—A power the race to mnltiply -Of intellectual polypi : — It came , all hardships to redress : And Truth and Tirtue hail'd the Press I

      What am I , then ? I am a power Years cannoi waste , nor rlimes deveur , If or waters drown , nor tyrants bind ; 1 am tha mirror of man ' s mind , In whose serene , impassive face , What cannot die on earth jon trace—Not phantom shapes that come and flj , But like the concave of the sky , In which the stars , by nitht and day , Seen c-r unseen , hold on their wsy . Myself withdrawn from mortal Bight , I aia invisible as light—L ght which , revealing all beside , Itself within itself can hide ; Tae things of darkness I make bare , And , no where seen , I ' m every where . All that philosophy has sousht , Science discover'd , genius wrought ; All that reflective memory stores , Or rich imagination pours ; All that the wit of man conceives ; All that he wishes , hopes , believes ; AT ? that lie loves , or fears , or hates j All that to heaven and earth relates ; These are the lessons that I teach By speaking silence—silent speech . Ab I who like me can bless or curse ? What can be better , what be worse , Than language framed for Paradise , Or sold to infamy and vice ? Blest be tae man by whom I bless ; Accmsed he who wrongs the Pre 3 s ; . The reprobate in prose or sodr , Whe wieldi the power of ' right for wrong Wrong to out-last his laurell'd tomb , And h ^ unt the earth till crack of doom !

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      OFFICIAL DISPATCHES . ( From the Friend of China , September , 10 . ) CIRCULAR . TO HER BKTTA ^ MC MAJESTI E S SUBJECTS IJf CBIJU Her Britannic Majesty ' 3 Plenipotentiary , &c . in China has extreme gratification in announcing to her Majesty ' s subjects in China , that he has this day concluded and signed with the Chinese High Commissionrrs , deputed to negotiate with him , a treaty , of which the following are the most important pro-Tisions : — 1 . Lasting peace and friendship between the two empires . 2 . China to pay twenty-one millions of dollars in tie course of the present apd three succeeding years .

      3 . The ports of Canton , Amoy , Foo-choo-foo , Junppo , and Shanghai , to be thrown open to British merchants , Consular tracers to be appointed to reside at them , and regular and just tariffs of import and export ( as well as inland transit ) duties to be estab-Lshed and published . 4 . Tne island of Hong-Kong to be ceded in perpetuity to her Britannic Majesty , her heirs and successors . 5 . Ail £ nljects of her Britannic Majesty ( whether natives o Europe or India ) who may be confined in acy par : of the Chinese empire to be unconditionally released .

      6 . An act of full and entire amnesty to be published by the Emperor -under his Imperial sign mai-ual and seal to all Chinese subjects , on account of their having held services or intercourse -with , or resided under the British Government , or its officers . 7 . Correspondence to be conducted on terms of perfect ^ quality amongst the officers of both Gevernmeats . 8 . On the Emperor ' s assent being received to this treaiy , and the payment of the first 6 , 000 , 000 dollars , her Britannic Majesty ' s Forces to retire from Kanki £ g and the GrandCanal , and the military posts at Chiihai to be also withdrawn , bu ; the islands of Chusan and Kulaiigsoo are to be held unrii the money payments and the arrangements for opening the ports bz completed .

      Iu promuljiating this highly satisfactory intelligence , her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary , -Sec ., purposely Tefrains from any detailed expression of his own sentlmecis-as to the surpassing siiil , energy , devotion , and Talour , which have distinguished the various grades , T-cin She highest to the lowest ot ail arms of her Majesty ' s combined forces , during the contest thit hailed to these momentous results . The claims which have been thus established , will be doubtless ackHow : edged by the highest authorities . In the meantime , her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary congratulates htr Majesty ' s subjects in China on the occasion of a peace , which he trusts and believes will , in due time , be equally beneficial to the subjects and Interests of both England and China . —God save the Qaeen . _ . .

      Dated on board the steam frigate Queen , in the Yangtze Keang river , off Nanking , this 29 ; h , day of August . 1842 . ( Signed ) HENRY POTTINGER , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary { True Copy ) G . A . MALCOLM , Secretary of Legation .

      C 1 BC 0 XAB . to hs » BxmsMc kajbstt ' s subjects m chwa-Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary , &c . &c , in China iias high satisfaction in promulgating ferine lnforteuien of her Msjesty ' s subjects in China , the important progress and Euccess of the expedition , since the date of the last circular on the 24 tn of June . The expedition was detained by bad weather and otLtr circumstances at "Woosung until the 6 th July , on which day it advanced up the river Yangtsekkr ; £ , and on the 14 th reached a military position , buiii si . a range of hills commanding the stream ,

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      • where two small recently erfet-d batteries , mounting thirteen guns , opened the Srcl fire since teavicg Woosung , on the leading ships , but were instantly silenced , and the euus . batteries , and military buildings connected with thca destroyed as soou as men could be put on shore . At-this point the main body of the fleet was retarded by adverse winds for nearly a week , during which period some of the ships of war , a .-sisted by the steamers , got up to " Kinshan" or " l Golden Island , " where the whole armament , amounting to seventy sail of vessels , assembled on the * 2 oth instant , and anchored abreast of the city of Chin-keang-foo .

      A reconnaisance having been obtained the same evening , the troops were disembarked a . i early as possible the next moruing . It was at this time believed , that the majority of the Chinese troop 3 , which had been variously reported at from fifteen hundred to three thousand men , were iu a camp , which was visible from hills overhanging the river , at a distance of about three miles . Against this camp the right brigade moved under Major-General Lord Saltoun . The centre brigade , led oy Major-General Bartley , was directed in the fir ? t instance to co-operate wiih the right one , in cutting off the anticipated retreat of the fugitives from the ramp in the direction of the city , aud the left brigade , headed by Major-General Scheodde , landed on tha river face of the ciiy opposite tho fleet , where it was instructed to escalade the northern wail , which the ceutre brigade was likewise appointed to do on tha southern side , after it had performed the other duty assigned to it .

      The Chinese troops in the camp did not venture to stand the near approach of our men , but after firing three or four distant volleys from their jinjalls and matchlocks , broke axd dispersed all over the country , which was Lilly and coy . red with the jungle . By this lime the l-.-ft brigade had got on shore , when it became obvious that the Tartar garrison intended to defend the city , from the walls of which they opeiied a heavy and incessant fire of cannon , jinjalls , rockets , and matchlocks . A 3 tbe ielt br'gade moved from the landing place ,

      the * Auckland ( steam frigate ) , which had been placed in po .-ition for the purpose , threw some shells amongst the enemy on the works with admirable precision , but was obliged to cease firing , owing to the rapid advance of the brigade to the bottom of the wall which was most gallantly e . ~ caladed under a heavy fire irom the Tartar troops , who behaved with great spirit , and disputed every inch of the ramparts , availing themselves with great tact , of their knowledge of the localities , to gail our , and screen their own tTOops .

      . Tae centre brigade eot into their city ( after some delay in finding a bridge to cross the Grand Canal , which thus along the western side of Chin-keangfoo , and separates the W 8 llc-ii city from very extensive suburbs ) by blowing open one of the ga : es ; but even after the left brigade had received this large reinforcement , besides parties of marines and seamen who wtre landed the moment the opposition promised to be so stubborn , the Tartars manfully prolonged the contest for some hours , and it was la'e in the afternoon before they entirely disappeared , which it is surmised the surtivors did ' , by throwing away their arms and uniform , and either hiding themselves till night enabled them to escape , or else mingling with ths other inhabitants .

      The city of Chin-kear . g-foo is ra ' . her more than four miles in circumference , the wor-k 3 are in excel lent . repair , aud the parapet , which is so thick and solid mat nothing but canon shot could havo made any impression on it , is pierced with narrow embrasures , and loopholes , and fhnk-. d at a variety of spots with" transverse walls . I : has hitherto be = n impossible to obtain anything like a precise return of the str ^ n ^ ih of the garrison , bu : from calculations made with reference to the extent , of the works , and . the Tartar troops seen on

      them at the same moment , it is thought there could not have been less than three thousand mpn . Of these it is sa . d , that forty Mandarin ' s officers , and one thousand men , were killed and wounded . The Tartar-General Commaudin ^ -in-Chief , retired to his house when he saw that all was lost , mads his servants set it on fire , and sat in hi 3 chair till he was burned to death . His private secretary was found the day after the assault , hidden in a garden , and on being carried to the spct recognised the halfcoDsumed reaains of his master , who was worthy of such death .

      It will be reaaily understood , thai a briliian - service , of which the precfding dttail gives but a very feeble outline , could not be performed without loss on our side , and her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary is . sure that all her Majesty ' s subjects in China w : ll partrcipate in his feelings of sincere regret a .: theancexed returns of casualties in killed and wounded in her Majesty ' s combined forces . Arrangements are in progress for placing a strong British garrison at Ching-keang-foo ( which

      commands the en'rance to the Grand Canal , and is therefore of vast importance ) , and the remainder of the expedition will shortly move up this majestic river , headed by the Admiral ' s flag-ship Cornwallis , to the neighbourhood of Nanking ( which ancient capital of the empire is about forty miles distant , and is situated about three mil- s from the Yang-tsekiang , with which it is connected by a variety of canals ) , it having already been ascertained by actual survey that there is ample depth of water , and no natural impediments .

      GOD SAVE THE Ql'EEX . Dated on board the steam-frgato " Q ieen , " Yangtse-kiane river at Chin-keang-foo this 24 : h day of July , 1842 .

      HENRY POTTINGER , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary . The following is the official return of casual ties : —

      LAND FORCE . Killed . —Col . Driver , Ch M . N . I ., Capt . Collinson , SSJh R . I . Lieut . Gibbons , H . M . 49 : h ' Wousded . —Lieut . Bernard . 18 ih R . I . ( slight ) , Lieut . Badeley , H . M . ii : h ( dangerously ) Lieut . Grant , same regiment ( slight ) . Major Warren , 55 ih regiment ( severely ) , Lieut . Cuddy , same regiment ( severely ) , Capt . Samson , Rifles ( severely ) , Ensign Travers , 2 d E . N . I . ( slight ) , Waddle , Madras , Artillery ( severely ) , Jamedar , 2 d M . N . I . ( severely ) . > AVT . Kidled . —Major Ufiiacke , Royal Marines . Wocmjid . —Lieut . Crouch , Midshipman .

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      TO THE SHAKSPERIAN CHARTISTS OF LEICESTER . Fellow-Countrymen , —I am glad for yonr own sakes , that you have deemed what I , in conjunction with others still mor « worthy , have done for Mr . John West to be deserving of your thanks . May he and you and all of us act ever worthy of the great cause 1 May we never for one moment forget that our efforts to comprise all within the constitution of our country , ought to be constitutional and legal ; and that , while we profess to aim at the completing of the constitution , by perfecting the demooratical part thereof , common hon'sty requires of us to be faithful to the just and rightful interests of the other two parts —the monarchical , and the aristocratical or Baronial

      parts . I myself am a true constitutionalist . I have long been induced by reading and observation , to think that the British constitution when duly balanced , will be more suitable to the situation and feelings of Britons generally , than any other sort of constitution . But , let us have this constitution duly balauced , so that the monarchical and the aristocratical parts thereof , may be duly checked , as well as cherished , by the no less important democratic part . Lot every one who pays to the support of the s : ate . and who is liable to be called upon to defend the state , have his fair share of influence in the management of the state . Let him have the Suffrage . Let his vote be secure to him—his own vote , good or bad .

      To make every man ' s vote good , is in the power of God only ; but to secure the man his vote , and to counteract its tendency if bad—is within the power of man and may be greatly promoted by the passing into a law of the docHment called " The Peopled Charter , " a document in perfect accordance with the purest principles of the " British constitution . I remain , Fellow-Countrymen , with every good wish , siucorely yours , II . Price . Needwood Parsonage , near Burton-upon-Trent , November 12 th , 1842

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      ^ NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . STOCKPOBT . Mr . Thomas Clark , newa-agent , Heaton-lane . Mr . Joseph Caiier , weaver , Water-street , Port wood . Mr . Thos . Davies , weaver , Portwood . Mr . John Glenn , weaver , Millgate . Mr . James Mitchell , spinner , Heaton-lane . Mr . John Ashcroft , cordwainer , Heaton-lane . Mr . John Follows , dresser , New Zealand . Mr . James Johnstone , weaver , Heaton-lane , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Johnstons , spinner , Hillgate , sub Secretary .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . Mr . G . Offord , engineer , Hughes Field , Deptford . Mr . James Wiltshire , wire-worker , Mount Tabor Cottages , Lewisham . Mr . James Caroll , shoemaker , Regency-street , Greenwich . Mr . Geo . Floyd , baker , Cannon-street , Deptford . Mr . William Benningtou , gardener , Rygeucy-Bt ., Greenwich . Mr . William Heywood , gardener , David's-placo , Greenwich , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Pairs , blacksmith , Cold Bath , Greenwich , sub-Secretary .

      BETHNAL GUEEN , ( S 1 LKWEAVERS . ) Mr . Edward Mantz , printer , 2 , Thomas-strect ' Mr . H ^ nry Gale , weaver , 8 , Wellingtotwow . Mr . John Ilillier , ditto , 6 , Wells-street . Mr . Thomas Jones , ditto , 6 , Pelham-street Mr . Robert Watson , 11 , George-street . Mr . John Clarke , ditto , 8 , Wolv « rley-street . Mr . Jaaies Sheffield , ditto , 4 , New King-street . Mr . JameB Farley , bookseller , 1 , Satchwell Rents , sub-Treasnrer . Mr . John S . Sherrard , hatter , 2 , Tyrell-street , sub-Secretary .

      HOLMFIRTH . Mr . William Cunningham , clothier , Boothouse . Mr . Thomas Haddock , ditto , Underbank . Mr . James Johnson , clothier , Underbank Top . Mr . Abraham Gill , basket-maker , Underbank Top Mr . Thomas Wilkinsoc , clothier , South-lane . Mr . James Hoyle , clothier , Cliff . Mr . Jaroea Lockwood , clothier , Lane-end . Mr . Joseph Clegg , shoe-maker , South-lane . Mr . John Littlewood , clothier , Arranden . Mr . Joseph Hai ^ h , clothier , Fearuought , sub Treasurer . Mr . VVm . Cuttell , clothier , Kippax-row , Under bauk , sub-Secretary .

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      BALANCE-SHEET OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE . RKCElPrS . £ s . 'd . Borrowed from localities ... ... 30 19 IU Ditto from Mr . Ridley ... ... 1 0 0 " Ditto Convention ... ... ... 10 0 0 Ditto a friend ... ... ... 5 0 0 Given by localities ... ... ... 0 15 6 H-ceipts of Theatre ... ... ... 75 12 0 Donations ... ... ... ... 0 12 0 Received for scarfs ... ... ... 2 12 3 ' ReiurBed Mr . Odbaldiston ... ... 5 0 0

      Total receipts ... ... £ 131 11 8 ^ . EXPENDITURE . Expences of Demonstration ... ... 38 3 3 Returned to Convention ... ... 10 0 0 Ditto to a Friend ... ... ... 5 0 0 Ditto to Mr . Ridley ... ... ... 10 0 Ditto for Scarfs ... ... ... 2 6 9 Mr . Ridley , for services ... ... 10 0 Mr . Lucas , for ditto ... ... ... 10 0 Rent of Room ... ... ... 0 3 0 Expences of Theatre ... ... ... 47 15 0

      Total Expenditure ... £ 106 8 4 Total receipts ... ... ... 131 11 8 ] Total Expenditure ... ... ... 106 8 4

      Balance ... ... ... £ 25 3 4 } Due r > y Mr . Nagle ... ... ... 14 2 8 J Due by Mr . Lucas ... ... ... 8 2 2 Due by Mr . Maynard ... ... 2 11 9 Total Debt £ 24 16 7 . J Money in Treasurer ' s hand ... 0 16 Balance ... ... ... £ 25 13 4 i Mr . Ridley overpaid ... ... 0 10 0

      DUE TO MR . LUCAS . Per Mr . Nagle ... ... ... 2 14 6 Somers' Town . per Hornby ... ... 0 8 6 Wisedale , per Cater ... ... ... 0 4 0 Mr . Pearce ... ... » ... ... 15 0 Clock House ... ... ... 1 0 0 Mr . Parker ... ... ... ... 2 6 6 Limehouse , per R ^ iian ... ... 0 7 . 0 Globe Fields , per Granshaw ... ... 0 13 6 Due to Mr . Lucas ... ... £ 8 19 0 DUE TO MR . MAY . VARD . Per Mr . StandKroom ... ... 1 18 6 Per Mr . Fairchild ... ... ... 0 14 0 Mr . Skippee ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Due to Mr . Maynard ... ... £ 2 14 6

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      Cbartist Beverage . —Proceeds due to the Executive from the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell's Chattist Beverage , from October 25 th to November 19 ih : — £ 3 d Mr . James Leach , No . 40 , Oak-street , Manchester , and wholesale agent for Lancashire 3 0 0 Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds , wholesale ageut for Yorkshire ... 0 4 6 Mr . Roddis , KeaeriDg 0 16 Mrs . Yates , Hanley , Staffordshire Potteries 0 16 Mr . Foster , Exccer 0 3 0 Mr . Wilcox , Wolverhampton ... ¦•• 0 3 9

      Mr . Thomson , Siockporl ... 030 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham .. 030 Mr . Spenrer , Northampton ... ... 0 1 6 Mr . Padget , Hull 0 16 Mr . Robinson , Derby 0 0 9 Mr . Chappell , Bath 0 3 0 Mr . Ashwell , Daventry 0 0 9 Mr . Panter , Kettering 0 16 Mr . Hibbard . Mansfield 0 16 Mr . W . Leach , Cheltenham 0 3 0 Mr . Horsfield , Accrington 0 3 0 Mr . Jones , Northampton 0 16 Mr . Bairstow , York 0 3 0 Mr . Barraclongh , Nuneaton ... ... 0 0 t

      Mr . Griffiths , Worcester 0 0 9 Mr . White , Birmingham 0 3 0 Mr . Abel , Gloucester 0 3 0 Mr ; Brook e Leeds 0 5 0 Mr . Driffield , Spilsby 0 8 0 £ 5 U 9

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      ARNOLD , neab . Nottingham . —On Monday evening , Mr . Beggs , of Nottingham , delivered a lecture on the general evila that afflict society , arising from class legislation , and most ably shewed that the People ' s Charter was the only remedy for those evils , and that not any thing short of that measure of justice will place man in that position in society which natnre and nature ' s God intended he should enjoy . He gave general satisfaction to a good and attentive audience .

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      IffiAWCHESTER .- DEFENCE FUND . —Subscrrpturns for the General Dofenoe Fund ut Carpenter ' s Hall , November the 13 th , £ 2 3 s . 10 ^ d . : Subscription ^ for Mr , Ellis . —Collected amongst Shopkeepers and others in Huhne and Cboriton , by Messrs Marsden , Johnston ' , and another friend , on Saturday and Sunday , November the 12 th and 13 th ; £ l 4 s . " 8 d . ' '¦ ¦ : ; . - . ¦ ¦¦ :: ¦' ., ¦¦ - . ' .- ¦ ¦ ¦ Chartism Triumphant ;—a pnblicmeeting of the inhabitants of Manchester was held in tbe Carpenters Hall , on Monday , to take into consideration the adoption of a petition to the House of Commona to institute an inquiry into the conduct of Lord Abinger , Caief Baron of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , one of the judges appointed to preside at the late Special Commission * . :

      The meeting was calted for twelve e ' clock , but long before that time the hall was crowded in fcyery part notwithstanding a charge of one penny was'made ' at th-s door for the body of the hall , and sixpence to the platform to defray expences . Soon after twelve o ' clock , on tbe motion of . ' Mr . Donavan , Mr . J . R . Cooper was called to the chair , who opened the meeting by apologising for the absence of Messrs . Duncombe aud O'Connor , who were expected to be present upon the occasion , but from a letter which he held in his hand , he found that on account of important business Mr . Duncombe could not be in Manchester until late in the afternoon , and he ( Mr . Cooper ) thought the same reasons had prevented their Mend Mr . O'Connor from being present . Bat although they were not present new , th * iy vrete sure f their in

      < company the evening . ( Loud cheera . ) Mr . Co » per concluded by reading the placard calling the meeting , and introduced Mr . Thomas Clark , of Stockport , to move the first resolution . Mr . Clark was receved with repeated ronnds of applausa . He said that the resolution , which had juah been put into his band , wa 9 one thai he firmly believed ; and , he was sure that tbe working men of Englau . 1 genewkll * belitved in tho resolution which he was about to propose for their adoption . But he ( Mr . Clark ) saw by their countenancts that they were disappointed by their friends , Messrs . Daucomba and O'Connor , not being present . He was sure that there was no person there who felt that disappointment rriore than himself . He had walked Buven miles that inorniag , not for the purpose ef speaking , but te hear the principles of ttuth from the men who hnd done so much for the People ' s

      cause . He ( Mr . Clark ) hoped that this small disappointment would not damp their ardour in the eause of suffering humanity . Most assuredly not If Duncombe and O Connor were in the silent tomb , the people would still advocate for the principles of justice and truth . Mr . C concluded by reading the resolution . Resolved— "That it is the opinion of this meeting that class legislation is a barrier t » all political and social improvement ; that it is fast bringing our country to ruin and ought not any longer to be tolerated by thosb who have tbe . . least love ot country , of justice , or of freedom . " Mr . Clark retired amid loed chpera . Mr . Littler seconded the resolution in a brief speech . The resolution was carried by acclamation . Mr . Lraeh , in rising to move the second resolution , wah received with rapturous applause , which continued for several minutea . When order was

      restored , Mr . L'jach . commenced by reading the resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the extension of political power to all honest male members of British society by the enactment of the People ' s Charter , can alone introduce hunnony amongst the inhabitants of tbe United Queendom , and remove those evils which have afflicted them with poverty , misery , and oppression , and which threaten ere lung to destroy ua as a nation . " Mi . Ltach thon dtUveted a vety powerful and argumentative speech , which occupied upwards of an hour in the delivery , and was listened to with the marked attention of the assembled thousands , and sat du .-yn amid loud and ' continued cheeta . Mr . J . Lurge seconded the motion , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr . C . Doyle proposed the following petition : — 41

      That James Scarlett , ( Lord Ablnger ) , Chief Baron of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , one of the Judges appointed to preside on the late Special Commissioners did deliver certain charges which as your petitioners would represent , were improper as proceeding from a Judge upon the Bench , being of an unfair , unjust , and ; political tendency ; calculated to pti-judice , mislead , ami exasporate tho miiuls of the juries to whom such ' charges were addressed , and by whom the individuals indicted , as participating in the late disturbances , were to be tried . '¦ : .- . ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' Your petitioners , therefore , most earnestly , bat respectfully , pray your Honourable House to institute such an inquiry , by the appointment of a committee or otherwise , into the proceedings of the late Special Commission , as your Honourable House in wisdom and justice may seom fit . .-... . ¦

      And your petitioners further pray your Honourable House to address her Majesty , that the may be pleased to visit the before-mentioned James Lord Chief Baron Abingtr , with such a mark of her Royal displeasure as may induce other judges hereafter to preserve tho pnnty of the judicial functions unsnUied by political rancour or party spirit . ' Aud your petitioners will ever pray , to . Mr . Doyle went into an examination of the conduct of Lord Abinger at the late Commission , both at Chester and Liverpool , and depicted in a forcible manner the gross injustice of hia Lordship towards tbe prisoners that weie tried at the above named places . Mr . Ellinson seconded the petition . On the resolution being put from the chair , it waa carried by acclamation . The thanks of the meeting were given to the Chairman arid the people then separated . .

      LASSWAXJE . —Chartism is going a head here . At a general mating of the Charter As satiation , it was resolved to join the National Association recently started for Scotland , and to make a most determined effort to increase the number of tha Association , and to spread the principles of the Charter . It was also agreed to invite ' . Mr . towery to deliver a lecture in BonwyngS School Room . . BONNYRIGG . —A handbill has been circulated from house to house here , during the past week , of which the following Is a copy : — " Notice . The inhabltauts of Bonnjrigg are informed that a meeting will be held in the School Room on— ( No date or time fixed !) to defend the principles of the Constitution , and oppose modern CharUits . " The appearance

      of this bill of course caused some sensation , and a good deal of speculation as to who the parties were who had issued it . It had no name or date , neither the printer ' s or otherwise appended to it , And as if ashamed of their work , aud fearing tho open day , the thing was circulated after dark . Tho Chartists were soon on the qui v / ve , aud two hastened down to Lasswade to inform their brethren there , and to secure the services of Messrs . Daniells and Stewart , who willingly undertook the invitation to meet these friends of tbu Constitution , in case they showed ; but , alas i poor things , their courage , like' Bob Acres , ' bad evaporated I They never appeared J Were they frightened at the magnitude of their own work ; or did they fear to meet the ' ignorant' Chartists ? The Chartists watched

      the School Room that night and the next , to see if a mteiing would be held , but none appeared I The people considered ' thing as a complete hoax , and never left their houses ; but as they could not get up a meeting , we beg to inform these Constitutional friends that we will get up a meeting for them , if they will only screw up their courage to the acting point , and meet na . Mr . Lowery Will shortly lecture in Bonnyrigg School Room ; then we shall be glad of their company , and it shall go bard if we do not find a Roland for their Oliver . Stand forward ! ye detainers of the working men , if ye have one particle of honour , or manly courage , come forth ! Do let us have the benefit of your great knowledge . Let us see how well you can defend the Constitution , and defame the Chartists ceme out , ye calumniators!—Correspondent .

      BILSTON . — The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting on Thursday evening , Mr . J . Cad ley in the chair . The Chairman called the attention of tbe meeting to the state of several parties , who at this time were endeavouring to seduce the working classes into an alliance with them , under tbe mask of liberality , cheap bread , plenty ¦ of work , extension of suffrage , ice . Of middle-class sympathy they bad sufficient proof . The people must rely on their own energies alone if they hope to obtain the emancipation of themselves and their posterity . Mr . Thomason delivered an excellent lecture on the best mea s of obtaining the People's Charter . The Lecturer took occasion to point out the numerous calumnies that the enemies of liberty endeavoured to heap on Chartists , the misrepresentations of their designs—the old and threadbare accusation © f physical force . Mr . T ., on conclusion , was enthusiastically applauded by the audience .

      Sunday . —Mr . Thomason lectured in the afternoon . The evening was spent in discussion , on the means to be pursued relative to the election of delegates to the forthcoming conference . The debate was adjourned . The formation of a tract society was next brought under consideration , and seemed to meet the approval Of the meeting . Mr . J . Evuns delivered his report of the proceedings of the delegates that had assembled that day at Wednesbury . The following resolution was handed in to the secretary : —At a meeting of delegates , held in the association room , Wednesbuiy , it was resolved— ' That a meeting of delegates from the following places , viz ., WalsaU , WolverbampVon , Dudley , Wednesbnry , Bilston , Coseley , Darlaston , and Birmingham be held in the Association Room , Bilston , on Sunday , the 4 th of December , at three o ' clock in th , e afternoon , for the final settlement of Mr . Mason ' s defence fund , 1 and to devise the best means of agitating the district . ' Mr . Cook , of Dudley , is expected to attend .

      BIRWIIN G HAM . —Chart i st M eet in a—A . meeting was held at the Chartist Room , Aston-street , on Sunday evening last , Mr . John Bariratt , of Whittallstreet , in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Parks in & rery clever and humourous style , in which he lashed the tyrants of mankind , and waa warmly applauded . Mr . George White afterwards addressed the meeting and pointed out tbe futility of working men expecting the middle classes to assist them honestly in the establishment of real liberty . He congratulated them on their noble conduct at the Complete Suffrage meeting , ' and after alluding to the treatment &e had received from the authorities of Birmingham , be concluded by assuring them that he was still determined to persevere in the advocacy of " whole hog Chartism , " and retired amidst warm applause . Mr . Walter Thorn brought forward the case of Mason's wife and family , upon which a collection was made for them , and the meeting separated .

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      „ - i » -S 2 Mason's Committee— The members of Mr . Mason's Committee met on Thursday evening last and came to the determination of getting up 9 tea party , concert and bail , for his benefit , on bis release from Stafford gaol , and o * Sunday evening it was finally arranged that the pasty should be held at the Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , on Wednesday , December the 28 th , at five o ' clock ia the evening . Tickets one shilling each , te be had or * Mr . < 3 « ocge White , 38 , Bromsgrove-stoeet ; Mr . J . Follows , hairdresser , Monmouth-Btieet ; Mr . A . Fussell , 30 v Bords ) ey- » treet ; Mr . Taylor , 29 ,, Small " brook-street ; Mr . Marsh , Britannia Inn , Peck-lane ; Mr . Wright , printer , Licbfleld-street ; Mr . Carter , 18 , Duke-street ; and at tho Chartiat Room , Aston-street , and Ship Inn , Steelbouae-lanG . As the party will take place during the sitting of tbe Conference , Feargus O'Connor , ' E ^ i } ., and a number of leading Caartista from all ports of the kingdom are expected to attend . An early application for tickets is therefore ueceBsary , as the number wHl be limited . ' - ~ . ~»

      UPPER WARTJSY . —Mr . Wallace , of Halifax , preached a sermon here on Sunday last , in behalf of the wife of an incarcerated brother . He made a powerful and pathetic appeal £ 0 the feelings of the assembly ; at tbe conclusion of which the Bum of 4 s . waa collected . In tbe evening of the same day we bad eloquent addresses from llr . Joseph Greenwood , of West-field , Warley , aud Mr . James Clayton , of Midgley ; at the close of which the members and visitors left the loom , highly delighted .

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      FATAL CONFLICT NEAR SKIBBEREEN-CALLJNO OTJT OF THE MILITARY—GREAT EXCITEMENT . Dublin , Sunday , Quarter to Five . p . m . I have just received the Cork Southern Reporter of yesterday evening , from which I copy the following afflicting details : — We received , at mid day yesterday , letters from correspondents at Skibbereen , giving an account of a most lamentable transaction , of which the neighbourhood ! of that place was the scene , on the preceding day , and in which one man was killed and two badly wounded .

      It appears there has been considerable opposition by tbe country people in that district to the collection of tbe poor-rate , aud that it waa deemed necessary to send out a large police force , at the head of which Mr . Gore Jones , stipendiary magistrate , and a Mr . Ayluier , the nephew and agent of Lord Carbcry , who resides in that county , plao d thenuelve ¦ in order to enforce tbe col lectien . It is impossible to accompany any statement which has been yet received of this af *> r with an assurance of its aceurncy , and we therefore wait for further accounts from the place , which we may receive in the courseof this day . The letter which we subjoin is from a most respectable gentleman , and waa written with a full reliance that what is stated in it waa faithfully tme ; nor ia there anything in it to lead to any doubt or distrust of its accuracy . Still we wait for further information : — Skibbereen , November 17 , 1842 .

      Our town to-day presents all the appearance of warfare . On getting into the streets this morning nothing waa to be seen but magistrates , amongst whom was Mr . Gore Jones , S . M ., police , foot and mounted , commanded by sub-inspectora , inakini ? preparations to proceed to the parishes of Creagh and Tullagh , to assist in distraining for poor-rates ( which the farmers are determined not to pay ) . This moment my attention is arrested bj the matching o £ this force prwt my ¦ window . I have counted seventy foot police , feur horse , and two sub-inspectors , under the command of Mr . Gore Jones and Mr . Aylinor , Lord Carbery ' s agent , who , I understand , goes out to use his influence with the people ( tbe greater part of whom are that nobleman's tenantry ) to induce them to p . iy . Should any unfortunate occurrence take place I will inform you . From the bonfires which were last evening lit on all the surrounding bills I fear large masses of the people will show in the direction of tha destination of the police .

      Thursday , Four o'clock . Since I wrote the foregoing three hours have only elapsed , and the town is in a ferment Intelligence has this moment reached that u most wanton firing baa taken place on the people , and that one man has been shot dead , and three dangerously , if not mortally , wounded . I trust in God this may be untrue , or at all events exaggerated ; but if not , the magistrates of the district should be ashamed to have permitted strangers to displace them and fire upon their neighbours , and , perhaps , their tenantry . I will endeavour to procure accurate information before I close this , and give you the particulars . Five o'clock .

      I have this moment got particulars from a gentlemen who was at the scene , and upon his statement you may rely . One man , named Bawn , a widow ' s only son , was shot through the hick in . the act of ruvining away , forty yards in the rear of the police , the ball passing through bia heart . Two others were shot—the thigh of one dreadfully fractured , and another through the calf of the leg . This took place at almost the chapel door of the parish of Rha . The particulars are stated to be these :. — ' . . - ' ' . ' . .. , ' '¦ ¦ ' As soon as the police arrived at a place called Old

      Court , they were joined by a large number of country people , who shouted as they passed along , and who , as they proceeded , were joined by crowds , until the concourse numbered about 2 , 000 ; and as they reached Rha , Mr . Aylmer attempted to arrest a man who bad a stick in his haad , and who resisted ; upon which a mounted policeman rode up and made a cut with his sword at him , when two or three boys threw stones , and thereupon orders were given to fire , without a word of expostulation , advice , or caution , upon which the police obeyed , and a firing was kept up until tbe face of a being was not to be seen . ¦ ¦ ¦ .

      I cannot go into further particulars at present , but as as inquest will take place , you will have them all . Reporter Officb , One o'clock . At this huur the coach which left Skibbereen at a very early hour this morning has arrived , but we have received no further account from any correspondent there . A | sergeant of police , however , who came up by this conveyance , and was the bearer of letters for the police department here , states that up to that night tbe ascertained number of persons who bad suffered in the melancholy fray was two killed and four severely wounded . Two troops of hussars , from Ballincollig , passed through Bandon last evening , en route for Skibbereen , and further reinforcements are required from Cork . The Coroner , Franklin Baldwin , Esq ., has gone dewn this morning , ts make arrangements for the inquest on Monday Tbe scene of the fatal affair was about five-and-a-half miles from Skibbereen , in the direction of Baltimore .

      • Half-past One o'clock . A despatch has just been received by the police authorities here , directing the immediate transmission of an officer and thirty men of the East Riding constabulary force , to Skibbereen . The messenger states that the country for miles round continues to be greatly excited . A report reached Skibbereen last night of the death of a second of the unfortunate country people . There Were sixty-three of the police , under the command of two sub-inspectors , all directed by Mr . Gore Jones , engaged in the conflict on Thursday .

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      AYRSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE . ( From the Ayr Adieriiser of Thursday . ) ONE MAN STABBED AND TEN OTHERS SEVBRLY BEATEN . A further outrage has taken place , attended with the moat lamentable results . Last night , about seven o ' clock , an attack was made on a number of the new workers in a house in Foundry-lane , and the whole of them have been severely maltreated , and one of them has been stabbed in tbe left thigh , besides having bia arm broken , and other severe lacerated wounds on the head . It appears from what we could glean upon the spot , from the information of one of the watchmen usually stationed there , that about seven o ' clock , Craw , ford , the watchman , came from Whitletts , as an escort to" the men above alluded to , some of whom were strangers , and had not commenced work . They were showa into one of the empty houses , and Crawford proceeded to procure them firing ; but the instant he left the house , he was surrounded by a body of men who bad their bats slouched over their faces , their coats

      buttoned up to their throats , and were otherwise disguises . They numbered two hundred , and had managed to elude the vigilence of a guard armed with guns , by concealing themselves in Lockbart ' s field adjacent , till the moment of the general assault They compelled Crawford to stand , and ene of the party presented a pistol at him , threatening at the same time that "if he did not stand still it would be worse for him . " This man then took his station beside the adjacent wall , and kept the pistol presented at him ; mean * time about 20 proceeded immediately towards the house in which the strangers had been placed , the others taking their station round it In about a minute or so 'afterwards ,. Crawford beard a cry of murder from the bouse , and made an instinctive motion to run forward , when bis guard instantly advanced , and again presenting his weapon , threatened him to stir at the peril of bia life . He was thus kept at bay while the bloody assault was being committed , and several times heard cries of murder from the assailed , and shouts ,

      oaths , and execrations from tbe assailants . He also heard what he supposed a pistol fired off . After being kept in this manner for a few minutes , a rash was made into the fielda by the party who remained outside tbe bouse as a guard , and Crawford , taking advantage of the commotion , made off , and effected bis escape . Before reaching tbe bigbwaj , which ia about four hundred yard » from tbe boose * , be met a boy running towards him , who hai been attracted by tbe shrieks of mudet , whom , be sent back to alarm the yeomanry , while be ran with all speed to Wbitlettsto othersof tbe

      apprise the manager » f the works , and , outrage . Meanwhile tbe yeomany sent out by Colonel Crawford appeared om the ground , but all was quiet Subjoined is the substance of a statement made ^ to us last night by two of tue men who were asaaulted , and who , on the departure of their assailants , ran across the fields towards the Ayr road-along which they rame , under the pretence of being travellers—1 » get a doctor for tbe poor fellows whom they had left , as they Bupposed , murdered . These men , on escaping across the bridge , were taken to Ayr Police-office , and after baring

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      bad their bruisesrtresdai , wore famished with beds by [ the . Magistrates . They stated that immediately after goin ¦ into the hou ? e , about a dozen men entered , variously armed , some I caring heavy bludgeons , others bearing bars of iron , and such other lethal weapons , with which , without saying anything but , " Now , you —— -, I we'll have at ye now . " they commenced an indiscriminate attack on the strangers , whom they belaboured so severely on the heads and bodies , that the blood literally ispouteri from them in streams . By the time medical' assistance arrived , some time bad elapsed , Drs . Whiteside , Gii > s « ii , Sloan , and Craig , were in attendance , and gave the necessary assistance . We went to th « spot as soon as the rumour reached us , and by the time we arrived—half-past ten o ' clock—the medical

      Keutlemen had nearly finished dressing the wounded . One man , whom we saw in the bands of the doctors , had , his head cut across in several directions—the wound appearing to be deep , and some of them extending across the scalp . Another , D ^ wson , was dressed , and was lying among some straw in a fainting state—at intervals groaning heavily . The two individuals most aeverely injured are P . Burns , who , besides bruises , ' has a stab in hia thigh , about two inches deep , supposed to be by abay ' onet , pitchfork , or 8 ucb weapon , and is in a < langerou 8 state ; and John Dawson , who is also badly wounded . The others who have sustained cuts , blows , and bruiasa . are RoUert Liddell , William Clark , Charles Donelly . Michael Bradley , Bernard Boyle , William Blair , James Wallace , and Thomas Reid . The only one of the unfortunate party who altogether escaped

      waa James Divine , he happened to have gone out for a drink of water . Throughout the ni ^ ht and this morning , the yeomanry and police were diligent in attempting to discover the guilty , parties . Lieutenant Bos well and a detachment of the Yeomanry last night pursued to Maybole five suspected men , who were reported to have taken that road shortly after tbe outrage , but were nut successful in capturing them . Ia all , sis : individuals have been apprehended and lodged in prison this , morning , and farther arrests are being made . The Yeomanry have received reinforcementsthe additional officers being Captain Hunter , of Hunterstone , and Lieutenant Warner , of Ardeer . There ; are about 140 men at present engaged at work in Mr . Gordon ' s pits , the moat of whom arb new bands ; and , as men continue to pour in daily , the prospects of the success of the " strike" diminish .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , A ov . 11 . BANKRUPTS . Timothy Fisher , Rindplph-street , ' Camden-town , victualler , to surrender Nov . 30 , at ten , and Dec . 30 , at twelve , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitor , Mr . Groves , Charlotte-street . Bedford-square . Official assignee , Mr . Whitmoxe , Basin | jhall-8 treet . John Jay , Londou-wall , builder , Nov . 25 , at one , and Dae . 30 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Richardson , Smith , and Jones , Golden-square Official assignee , Mr . Wh'tmore , B&singhall-straet . Georee Savai ? e , Winchester , Hampshire , dealer in glass , Nov , 22 , at one . aud Dec . 27 , at two , at the Bankrupts' Conrt . Solicitor , Mr . PaTker , St . Paul's Churchyard . Official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Baairghall Btrefif .

      Stephen Watera , Edenbridge , Kent , draper , Nov . 29 » atone , and Dec . 28 , at eleven , at tbe Bankrupts'Court . Solicitor , Mr . CattUn , Ely-place , Helborn . Ofncial assignee , Mr . Lackini ? ton , Coleman-atreet-buildinga . "Benjamin Laurenee , Crown Court , Old Broad-street av . d Zinte , merchant , Dec . 2 and 30 , at twelve , at tha Bankrupts" Court Solicitors , Messis . Gatty and Garth , Angel-court . Official assignee , Mr . Gibson , Bisinghallstreefc . ' ¦ ¦ ' _ . ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . ' '¦ ¦ ¦ Thomas Oilaon , BuclslerabUTy , coffeehouse keeper , Novenibor 29 , at one , and Dec . 30 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Sole , Aldermanbury . Official assignee , Mr . Green , Aldermanbnry .

      John Alpin , Bictster , Oxfordshire , scrivener , Dec . 1 and 30 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , -Messrs . Risley and Cbappell . Quality-court , Chancery lane . Official assignee , Mr . Torquand , Copthall-court Charlas Bailey , Berkhampstead St . Peter , Hysrtfordshire , plumber , Nov . 28 . at twelve , and Dec . 30 , at ten , at the Bii . nkrupta' Court Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Lincoln ' s inn . Official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghallstreet . Thomas Bignell , Chatham , linendraper , Not . 23 , and Dec . 27 , at one , at the Bankrupts' court Solicitor , Mr . Reynolds , Adam-street , Adelphi . Robert Pinkerton , Mark-lane , merchant , Nov . 29 and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , Messrs . M'e Leod and Stenning , Billiter-street Official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Baainghall-street

      George Deane , Upper Tooting , livery stable-keeper , Dae . 3 . at half-past one . and Dec . 24 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' court Solicitor , Mr . Theobald , Staple-inn . Official a 3 signee , Mr . Groom , Abchurck-lane . William Bayley , Hastings , wholesale grocer , Dae . 3 and 20 , at half-past twe , at the Bankrupts' court . SolicitOTs . Messrs . Rvxon and Son , Jewry-street , Aidgate . . -Official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry . George Beale Brown , Liverpool , commission merchant , Dec . 1 and Jan . 5 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Willis , Bewer . and Willis , Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr . Mason , -Liverpool . ' Official ass i gnee . Mr . Turner , Duke-street William Mason , Bo » ton , Yorkshire , corn-dealer , Not . 29 and Dee . 30 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds . Solicitors , Messrs . Walmsley and Co ., Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Kirby , Knareaborough .

      William Bull and Francis Turner , Birmingham , printers , Nov . 20 , at twelve , and Dec . 22 , at half-past eleven , at the Waterloo reoms , Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Clark and Medcalfe , I / incoln ' s-inn-flelds ; and Messrs . Willis and Oliver , Birmingham . Official assignee , Mr . Whitmore . Thomas Bell , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , tea-dealer , Not . 29 and Dec . 30 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Massrs . Hill and Matthewa , St . Mary-Axe ; and Mr . Hewiaon , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Official assignee , Mr . Miller . Samuel , William , and James Butler , Birmingham , ironfouuders , Nov . 23 and Dec 20 , at twelve , at the Waterloo looms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . James , Birmingham . Official assignee , Mr . Bittleson , Birmingbaai .

      Richard Lindon , Marlborougb , Devonshire , corn-i ^ otor , Nov . 24 and Deo . 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Messrs . Weymouth and Green , Cateaton-street : and Mr . Hurrell , Kingsbridge . WiJliam CoUings , Davonport , Baker , Nov . 29 and Dec . 27 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Turner , Exeter ; and Mr . Chapman , Devonport . Official assignee , Mr . Hirtzel , Exeter .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED , Clarke , Tayleur , and Co ., Shevington and Standish , Lancashire , aud Tayleur , Walmsley . and Co ., Liverpool , coal proprietors , as far asregards B . Clarke . —Gold thorp . Brothers , Birstal , Yorkshire , lax and tow cardmakera , as far aa regards J . Goldthorp . —J . Rayner and Son , Pudsey , Yorkshire , dryaalters . — -T . aud J . Scholes , Manchester , manufacturers of plain and fancy muslins . —Bolton , Ogden , and Co ., Liverpool , and Ogden , Ferguson , and Co ., New York , merchants . —B . Wood and Son , Leeds , wine-merchants . —Proprietors of the " Hull Advertiser , Kingston-upon-Hull , printers , as far as regards ' W . Kennedy . —J . England , G . L . Shackles , and W . Popplewell , jun ., South Cave , Yorkshire , attorneys . —J . and J . Thompson ^ Manchester , cotton-spinners . — T . Basks and Co ., Manchester , Steam-ecgine . makers .

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      '¦ : From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 22 . BANKRUPTS . John Seabar , grocer , Sohum . pambrWge , to surrender , Dec . 2 , at eleven , and Jan . ' 3 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ^ Basingha 1-street , London . Graham , Basinghall-street , official assignee , Isaacson , Norfolk-street , Strand , solicitor . John lawley , cooper , Stafford , Not . 29 and Jan . 10 at one , in the Waterloo rooms , Birmingham . Valpy , official assignee , Birmingham . John Sewell , money scrivener , Chatteris , Cambridge , Dec . 1 , at half-past ten , and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Whitmore , official assignee , Basingball street , London . Day and S wallom , solicitors , St Ivea , Huntingdonshire ; Smithson and Mitton , solicitors , Southampton-buildings , London .

      William Rayner and John Rayner , seed-crushers , Uxbridge * Nov . 30 and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Graham , official assignee , Basinghall-street Poole and Gamlin , solicitors Gray ' &Inn . Joseph Phillips , tsTern-keeper , Hercules-passage , Threadneeaie-street , Nov . 30 , at twelve , and Deo . 25 , at one , at the Conit of Bankruptcy . Lackington , Coleman-street-building 8 , official assignee . Fry , Loxley , and Fry , solicitors , Poultry . Charles Fish , butcher , Lincoln , Dec . 6 and Jan . 3 , at twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , official asajgnee , Leeds . Moore , solicitor , Lhicoln ; Scott , solicitor , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London . Joseph . Moore , grocer , Pitfleld-street , Hoxton , Middlesex , Dec 2 , at one , and Jan . 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghali-street . Johnson , Basinghall-street , official assignee . Wood and Wickmam , solicitorsCorbet-courtGracechurch-steeet ¦ .

      , , Thomas Millington , sail manufacturer , Nottingham , Not . 29 and Jan . 10 , at twelTe . at the BiraiBgbam District Court of Bankruptcy . Talpy , ofiidal assignee , Birmingham . Lees , BoUcltot , Nottingham v Taylor , solicitor , Featherstone-bnildings , Holborn , London . John Parker , coach builder , Manchester , Deo . 3 and Jan . 10 , at twelve , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Pott , official assignee , Town-hall-baHd ings . Acres , Bolidtor , Cross-street , Manebetter . PATid Bennett Finn , tailor , Birmingham , Not . S 8 , at half-paat twelve , at the District Court , Birmingham , and Jan . 1 , at twelTe , at the Waterloo-roomt , Birmingham . Bittleiton , official assignee , Birmingham . Shelton , solicitor , Nottinghum .

      Alfred Walford , commission agent , Manchester , Deo . 8 and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at the Manchester District Court of Bankruptcy . Fraser , official asaignee , Man Chester . Cooper , solicitor , Manchester ; Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory , and Bourdillon , solicitors , Bedford row , London .

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      EXTRAOItDlXABY DISPATCH FRO ^ I CH 1 X ARECAPTURE OF CAUBUL . TREATY OF PEACE WITH CHINA . The following important intelligence was brought to Malta on the I 3 : h instast , from Alexandria , and forwarded to Marseilles by the Locnst steamSr . Caubal has been again taken , and General Pollock and General Kott have , with iheir troops , met in the capital of Afghanistan . Some severe fighting took place on both routes , but the British fcrce 5 maintained their high characttr , and defeated tie eiitmj with comparatively little loss in everv eucoaiuer . A nsmber of - the prisoners detained by Akbar Khan were fonnd in safety at Caubul , and strong hopes existed that Lady Sale and the rest

      ¦ would speedily be set at liberty . Akb&r Khan had fl ed to the monntains . In China the snecess has been eqnally complete . The city of Nankin has been captured , and the treaty of peace between Great Britain and ChiBa was signed on the 29 ih of Augnst , on board the Cornvralli 3 , a Bbip of the line , anchored in the river Ying-zse-kiaBg , under the walls of the great emporium of trade and commerce in China , The Tartar Jroops made great resistance . Their leader fought te lie last , and on finding every hope of success or retreat vain , he shut himself np in his chamber , ordered hi 3 servant to set fire to the bouse , and perished in the flameE .

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      Mop Law . —A servant girl named Mary Morgan , was recently brought before the magistrate for running away from service .. She had been hired at Cirencester '' mop' * for a year certain on the 17 th of October , and went away two days after . Her excuse was . that she " did not like the " ways of the house . " " Why ? ' said the magistrate ' s clerk . After some ooyn-ts , and " because I don ' t like such way ? , " came out , " because I had to go through the man ' s bedroom to my room !'' Mr . Bailingar said , •* this is a common thing in farm-houses , " and the girl was sent to Isor . hleacb . gaol for fourteen days . — Worcester Journal .

      Wholesale I > tfa > ticide in the Foeest sp DfAN . —The inquiry into this extraordinary case terminated on Thursday . The adjourned inquctt having been held at Ruardcau on Wednesday , before Mr . John Cooke , the coroner of the district , several magistrates and ori . er gentlemen of the county attended the proceedings , and the room in which the inquest was hc-ld was densely erowded . Several additional wi'iiesies vrcre examined , who gave similar testimony to that which has beeu already published , aud the only difficulty experienced was the connecting the man Thomas Yapp with a knowledge of the crime , it being a rule of law that in no case can the confession of a criminal bt ; made available against an accomplice , unless corroborated by

      Other evidence . This , however , has been supplied by the evidence of a man of the name of Watsins , which shows Yapp , in addition to the circumstances of his having cohabited with the female prisoner during the last ten or twelve years , during which period the murders have beeu committed , and the finding of the bodies of five out of the six infants buried under the kitchen floor , the spot where the female prisoner says she buried them with Yapp's assistance , to have had a knowledge of the situation of the female prisoner at the time .-he gave binh to her last child . Watkins states that about last Christmas , he being acquainted with Yapp , was in the neighbourhood of Kuardean , and having met Yapp , was invited bv him to stay and sleep that

      nigbt at the house occupied by him and the female prisoner ; he accepted the invitation , and slept in the same bed with Yapp in one room while the prisoner Frances Bennett s ! ep : in a bed in the adjoining room ; that at about twelve o ' clock at night , and from that time until between two and three in the morning , he heard a suppressed moaning as of a person in great pain in the room where the female prisoner was sleeping ; that the noiEe kept him awake till between two and three o'clock in the morning , after which he dropped off to sleep , and did not wake again until five o ' clock , when the male prisoner , Thomas Yapp , got up and went down etairs to get a light , where he appeard to be searching for some matches , but said he could not

      find any . Yapp then returned np stairs , and went into Frances Bennett ' s room , bat how long he remained there witness eonld not tell , ai he agtin fell a < leep and heard no more . Witness never thought anything more of the circumstance , but happening to be in the seighboorhood on Saturday last , he saw the female prisoner , Francis Bennett , who , in conversation , asked him if he remembered sleeping there last Christmas , ! He replied that he did , upon which she added I deceived \ ou nicely that night , for that was the very time when my last child was born . " This cloEed the inquiry , and the Coroner having summed up the Evidence in a most luminous manner , The Jury returned a veidict of " Wilful Murder " agaihtt both , the prisoners , who were fully committed for trial at the next arizes .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct458/page/3/