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      STANZAS TOB JtlTTJIG Jir . — " ?! bB Thames V The Gasse 1 the Cause ! the glorious cauBe ! y or equal lights , for equal laws : Then peace and plenty 'will be onis , jtndaB the blessrngB freedom shower * HsS to tbBe , our country * Cause 3 HiH to tfcee , « ur Charter hail J Xibertj ana" righteous Jaurs—Courage 1 ana we cannot fail ! The Gauss 1 the Cause i She glorious cause ! . And awj its friends o ' ermatca its foes , jr ^ btanfl be free l O coward slave—TYanJen ' s bright eyes beheld the brave . Hailio&eB , it 3 ^ ersea . J . W .

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      TO " imEKiy STUKGE . " JVioaf * Stage , ceme tell to ns J pray , Iha reason -why yon ran way , ^ ufl iB Conference "would not stay "When men xpc&B of the Charter Were you afraid to hear the tmth Or -wished to any its ispid growth ? Or did yon fear the frown of Buth For listening to the Charter ? Came , Joseph , speak the truth outright inn act not as an hypocrite ; Bant yon loTe darkness . more than light And fraud more than the Charter ? 2 iotr are there uoi beMud the scenes , Tories . TThlss and ^ ro-bet-sreens , ^ oiBg Daa and Ms spalpeens , And afl who hate the Charier ?

      Yon ssy yon seei the country ^ good , * 2 & fica - » ould give the iungry food , If go , job . Ehsnld your ground have stood , And straggled for the Charter ? Tonrlsri is -wreck'd upon the shera ^ Spilt pedlar ^ cant and lawyer's lorts Tcb loss uoBrltan will deplore , "Who seeks the People ' s Charter f ifl Jrom your «?»?»* we vnQ n « t sue—ThesnUesxir parly we won ^ woo ; Jar va ourselTea the work can do , And plant the healing Charter . The blistered haad and unshorn chin , With ragged baci and belly thin , , Mnstilsne the conquest win , Andorry out the Charter . W . Rides . Iseds , Jacsary ISfh , ISiS .

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      SUTTQ ^ -XSf-ASHFISUi . —The AshfieH lod ^ of United Ancient Drnids , No . 215 , held a naianan _ ss brother Kirk ' s , the Crown and Woolja ^ La , Sufton-in-AshSeld , on iionday evening TRjgmpwsrds of sixty brethren and friends sat &ra to a most exceDeni and plentiful dinner . A&erfliB eMh was drawn , Mr . G . Plnmbe , printer , instt&ed id the chair , and harmony was immedijKsjtommeneed , and was continued ¦ without inter-TEjaonnTlalatehonr . A great variety of toasts cd SEmfenHBis were given , intermixed with a Tsnetjcllnely airs , beautifully exeenied , by the Baid-gkeSjSOiigS i&c The brethren and friends BpusJedflighlj pleased "with their evening ' s

      enjoy-CABLJBU 3 L—Mi . COBDEN ASD CoLOXEL iHtHBSOX- ^ fhese two "worthies reached here -on Mbb&j the 9 ih Inst ., at eleTen o ' clock in the evenirjj . Grenlais had been sent to all the members of fie L » gUB ,-sad other exertions ased for the purpose sfiiTOg « good muster for their reception . Ifol-TOhstandingthis , cnly about sixty or seventy persons assembled at the Coffee House Assembly Room , « tea . siter passing a vote of thanks to thosBtwo iemltinsn , they agreed to invite them to a public

      feeaifast on the following morning . ThehO 3 t was ioHihat he might safely prepare breakfast for 400 jasoa&aihalf-a-crowneach . Next morning bilk » erB widely circulated annoaucHig the breakfast at -ten o ' clock , and though many tickets were distri-Icted grad 3 , not more ihan from s&tg lo seventy individuals were present . So nrneh for the increase asd prosperity of the League in Carlisle . Up to fcpresent time not more than £ 300 has been subseribedlere , though one Snn alone gave £ 100 ob a former occasion .

      NOTTOTGHJaJa . Chtech Rites . —On ¦ ffsdnesday , the lhb iosiani , the Jarge parish of St . Mjoy ' swas thrown into a stale of grtat excitement | ijii 3 l > Eing dteoTered that an attempt would be s 3 e on Thursday to obtain a chnreh rare . Toe iicasf ihe case are , that St . Alarj ' s Church is G ^ din it s upper s : ones , and Dr . Wiikins seemed t » Bapnetha 1 in 3 parishioneis were also cracked Etssropper stories , bnl how far he was jnstified nijit ^ ihis SarteriBg nietJon to his seal will be ssbj the iisal state of the poll . On Taarsday *™ & « reat nracbeis were assembled , and omin i>tes bang opened , the Testry was immediately nnrdedj bnj in conseguence of die Church undeTlhe to

      pra ^ repsjrs meeting was adjourned the , Jnra H ^ fl , asd the Her . Jh . Wflkins , Archdeacon ' if Xolfei » ham , Prebendary of Southwell , Yicar of ] St . Marys , ex-Hector of St . Paul ' s , and Incumbent ' o ! lieMrg ? of ParnsSdd , Wing , Lowdham , Wal-2 am , it & ¦ , took ibe chair according to law , and informed teem that = £ 3 300 was wanted to repair i- Msrj * 5 Church . This infonsatjon vras receired ' ^ iiHlonderiES of *• ^ ame , shame , " and produced \ iErsaiJeil ofeon ^ isoB , irhich was increased by « r- ^ Eddowes , Chnrchwardea , informing them that ' a- iafiftnrio tie £ 3 JD 0 , they wanted £ I £ Q 0 to pay ' eebttdebts which xhey had incurred ; ha proposed ' » ate of Is . 6 f . in the pound . Mr . J . J . Page ; Sconced it . Mr . S . Beggs rose 10 propose an j aafeeat , bnt hs wa 3 called to order by the ' uiarEaa , for calling efoarch rates iniguitons ; he ' I ^ E dio ihis rale"both as to time and principle , " ICMiiras an outrage upon decency to attempt to

      worn snch rate , whiki thousands around them * y afeing the greatest privations and distress ; » a » a' msnlt upon the people , for the Church •^ srea betwiit eight and tea millions per year to vktms . the people , and yet told them that they were »* 'ij&srsit to exercise their rights—this Church pa awjys been the enemy of the poor , and it was sscEnf &m ^^^ f |) r gjj ^ aTate _ Hs m 0 Ted ^ » aa ocment , "That this meeang regard all ' ^ H ^ aie as iniquitous ^^ nnjnst , and therefore , * = ° P * that the question be ac'ionrned to that day * " ^ e ^ HHsth 5 . " Mr . Henry Ktwton seconded it , ^ f ^^ * S ^^ eipan refused to pm it to the meet- ; r ^ uproar increased—Iond *^ H > were made ™ toa to lesre ihe chair , which he also refused to "SpJfcJ -with , ^ d te was greeted with cries of 33

      Mrastjj ! doi steal , ~ more pi « 3 and fewer par-~^ s tbi 3 Chrisriamty , " he his certainly posg *«« » oeiil , ' " loe pastor feeding his flock , " iTj ^ f " . *** ' J ^ eggs again rose and toid iim that -aw uai ^ ay seen a fair specimen of priestcraft , ^ l » E ! 3 Ted that Dr . WSkins be respectfully ^^ eo . to leaTe the chair , bui he siili refused to ni « a \\ T » > aai * " ^ as proceeding to take the Totes , -mi . p ?^ gs protested again > t it until a check j ^^ ied . 3 Ir . R . T . Morrison was then £ g 2 i t 0 check , and the poll continued unxil 3 » « three o'clock , when there was !« &eBalf . i 45 *« fliB Anaendmeni S 21 Ms joritj for the Amendment 784

      bt . ^!? 111411 S ** e out ihe majority , bnt refused to f ^ wT of lhe Vo'H li was , htwtTer , scpvZ 5 ° * MMieek book , which had been previoasly ^^ weS-lr *^ ^ DT cb ^ " ^ 6123 ' rtat « ment and ^ wen ^ r - ^^ to ssree . The announcement was ' ^ nw-BUh loQd cheers .

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      g ^ 'la > 5 ^ lGan half a eeniury , the average nnmber fiiit aT bnrne ^ for witchcraft in EnglaLd was ^ j ^^^ t , with fifty children , in the chapel at £ 7 ~ e « » Wtbber-rcw , Lambeth , ! ell on Sunjj ^ offlg , and many of them were seriously mfeS ^ ^ ^^ E . the herdsman of Mr . Scully , was A " * SS rf J ^ f ^ Jl ^ t ^ two men at Tipperary . ^ & ^ w " « il murder" has been returned . i& ^* t S \ S 01 r 5 b C 0 ^ Castle 109 prisoners ^ J&i f tT , Spring Assizes in April next , by 35 B ^ le u B expected they will amount to nearly

      JjJjPJSsrr nafire population of ihe island of ^^ fr ^ ^ waiis to 12 . 351 s the remaining 6 , 000 j ^ ^ » in all parts . feKtv ^^ wW&umaZ of the 2 nd instant states U 4 XT iperor of R * 3 ?* * BJ an nkase dated the k sBtjitf £ r ?' - ? Mdi 2 ed ^ " e Russian tariff , so as to ^ liaaj , ?*^? t >« ation of linen , cotton , and woollen ¦ ft **^ «« mercery . *^ 3 ( KT » rV ^^ chisieb . —It appears tram Borne - ¦ few ^ . V ^ Wl naTeinst hrp . Ti -n ' nhlishail - tint . nnt .

      - ^ ttS ? * e pressure npon trade and manufaciser ^ rj *^ ^ anee 1839 , there has been * n J Ji ^^ tiis ^ e of property in the borongh of j fi »?^ Q ^™ the last threeyears , of not Jess ; VlS ^^ eeHj nieeting of the St . Maryle-J ^ Xr ^ , » G ? ttdian 8 ' ^^ on Saturday , it was 5 H fbw ?^ « Fen ^ - pne children in theinlant ^^ S ^ ^ ept tff byaegDgence : * S fJ 2 ° W tw « lTe monAB ; ihe rate of mor-ACt , ^^^ at flu rate of nearly sixty per cent . '• " ^ a * £ 14 ^ , ^ o ! nted ^ ^^« a rigid in-

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      f 1 ?^^ f !? S H 1 SKET D ^ iEs .-Donegal jail ia full of fflicn distillers , comnritted for a breach of the re-renuelaws . AkJsish proTindal paper has the following B- 'artling announcement . — - a list of the subscribers to the retcardjor ihe murder of JameB Scully , Esq Appears in ora columns of this day !" AxoKGsr the applicants for relief at the Chelms-Poole . frem Wnttle , aged 36 years , who had been two years a grand mother , hayiDg a danghter mar-Tied , now in her 19 th year . Tbb pitblig lunatic asylums of the kingdom amonnt to 25 . The prrrate licenced houses number 120 , and contain about 5 , 600 persons of a 31 ranks ; of these houses , 32 , containing 2 , 500 patients , are within the metropolitan district .

      Ioterestisg to Bachelobs . —The Poor Law Commissioners observe , in their sanitory report , that mamage improves rather than diminishes the probability of life . " Pboftiablb Pjett . —The keeper of a London ginshop , named Thomas Williams , concludes one of his advertisements by saying , that , "in conseqnence of no business being transacted on Sunday , he hopes to meet wiih the support of a discerning pnbhe . " * The Amemcan iron trade is increasing rapidly In 1842 it employed 27 . 000 men , and turned out 191 , 530 tons of pig , and 112 , 856 of bar . BarasH CiGAKS . —At Worship-street police-office , on Monday , a young man named Charles Kash was charged with hawking cigars without a license . It appeared that the cigars were made from rhubarb leaves , and called by the prisoner " British mannfactured cheroots . "

      YXS DlEMEX ' s XuLW » . —BOTASICAL . GaEDEX . —We learn from the Launceston papers , that arrangements are being made for establishing a botanical garden in that town , the local government having granted to the inhabitants seven acres of land for that purpose . Thb TJsios Wobkhocss , Newcastle , now contains nve hundred inmates—nearly double the number that were admitted on the erection of the building ; the pressure of the times having gradually filled up the vacant accommodations of the establishment . Thiktees labge vessels are at present fitting with ihe Archimedean screw , among which may be mentioned the Great Britain , now building at Bristol . » -yessel of more than 3 , 000 tons burden , the Battler , government frigate , and three French ships of war . r

      Thb CasOelar Telegraph says , that the peasantry pfihe baronies of Gallenaad Costello have entered into a resolution not to pay their Roman catholic priests , -under an impression thai they h 3 ve been instrumental in imposing on the people tho burden of a poor-rate . Mcch jot has been excited in the Principality of South Wales daring the last few weeks , by the report that the Messrs . Bailey , of Nantyglo , had discovered the seam or vein of iron ore , so well known in Seotlond under the name of Mushet ' s Black Band , that name having been deservedly given to it in consequence of it 3 having been first discovered by the celebrated metallurgist of that name , Mr . Bsvid Mnshet . It has recently been discovered in the Anthracite district of the neighbourhood ofJSwansea , Glamorganshire . — Cambrian .

      I Ft&e Caused * y Lightxlxg . — The whole of the , southern pari of Wiltshire was visited on Monday ! night and early on Tnesday morning with a very I severe storm of thunder and lightning , and a fire , caused by the lightning , broke ont in a newly erected barn and skilling in the occupation of Mr . Thomas Parhanv of Knock , vrhich were completely destroyed . There were four sheep in the skilling , and j the poor animals were scorched to death . The barn , I which wa 3 of extensive dimensions , and had only ; been finished last autumn , was filled with barley , all ! of which was consumed by the flames . The stock ! was insured in the Globe Ofiics . The building ( the property of Lord Heytesbury ) was uninsured . —Balh i Journal .

      A coBHESPOSDEfx , who writes from Cons t antinople , states tbat an atrocious murder had been committed by the Khan of Bokhara , in Central Asia on two British officers—namely . ^ Colonel Stoddart , formerly attached to the Briiiripegation in Persa ; and Capt . Conolly , the authoip r a w * llknown book of- travBls in the east . It appears that these gentlemen , travelling through the eountry , were seized as spies , and that botbT wore beheaded in the market-place—Colonel Stoddari first , and Captain Con ^ -lly after , the latter having refused to save hi 3 life by renouncing Christianity .

      £ XQLAOBI > rSABT MECHANICAL IjfVETJTIO . V A gentleman residing at Milton next Gravesend , a native of Faversham , who for many years carried on an extensive business at Ramsga-te , after eleven years study , has succeeded in completing sojae machinery , which will , when brought in ; o use , he imagines , supercede the aid of steam-power . It may , he thinks , be applied to clocks of any description , reqnire no winding np when put together , and will coBUnne going so long as the material last . The Hearing Fishebt . —In Orkney the herring fishery has been very successful during the last month , panienlariy at Lewis , where herrings were seiliBg a week ago at the low price of 5-. a cran ksss ^^ M ^^^ m ^^^^^ a time , owing to the waut of the means of preserving any more .

      Distress rs Paislet . —We understand the Provost on Friday last gaye in his resignation as chairman aud convener of the relief committee . In giving his reason , he states in substance that it is in consiqnence of the relief committee being unable longer to afford such an allowance to the unemployed as will preserve their lives and prevent begging , stealing , and other unlawful practices ; and further , because the only use of a relief -committee 13 to prevent the existence of such a state of things . —Paisley Advertiser .

      Thb Madrid Gazette publishes a circular from the Minister of ihe Interior , ordering the political chiefs to convoke immediately the provincial deputation ? , for the purpose of proceeding to elect members to Cortes . The electoral lis-ts are to be closed on the 28 ih inst-, and to remain posted until the loih of February . The elections are to commence on the 27 th February , in the chief town of each district , and the general examination of the ballots is to take place on the 10 th of March in the capital of each

      province . Shocking CjactrMSTAiiCE . —On Thursday an inquest vras held attfte . New Bailey , before Mr . W . S . Butter , on view " of the body of William Lippet , sixty years of age , who died on the morning of that day under the following circumstances : —The deceased , we understand , had been employed by the Rey . Dr . Beard , to take care of some unoccupied prcpt-rty in Brongbton , and in the last week in December , in consequence of strong snspicioES that he was not honest , nforznation was given to the county police , and an officer was sent to the premises to search the deceased ' s boxes . Whilst the efficer was stopping down , and in the act of searching a box , the deceased took the opportunity of stabbing him with a gonge ,

      inflicting several , severe wounds on hi 3 thighs and tbe lower pan of his body , from which be has not yet recovered . The deceased wa 3 immediately taken into custody , and lodged in the New Bailey , where he died at the time above-mentioned . The first witness called wa 3 Richard "Walker , turnkey of the prison , who stated , that on Sunday , the 1 st of Jan ., the deceased and nine otl er prisoners were together in one lock-np , in the front part of the gaol , witness having the care of them . One of the prisoners , a man named Watson , requested witness to lend him a razor , t » shave "Kir" «>* if with . It had been the practice for a length of time for the prisoners to shave themselves , and -witness lent him the razor . Some iiss-s ^ erwards witness heard an alarm in the

      lock-up , and on going immediately to learn its cause , found that the deceased had cut his throat . He was at that time walking up and down in ihe lock-up , defying any one to tonch him , and exclaiming , " Ltt me die , let me die . " Witness immediately sent a messeng . r to Mr . Stott , surgeoB , who arrived in about ten minnles . William Watson , the man to whom the razor was lent , stated that after he and three other prisoners in tbe lock-up had t-haved themselves , the deceased rcquested a man name . ! Wilkinson to shave him . Wilkinson did so , after which the deceased got the raz !> r and wiped it apon his sleeve , and then put it to hi 3 throat and said , " Good by , my lads ; and tell them that h is the fault of the parson that thia is done , " at the same

      instant drawing the razjr backward and forward across his throat . Witness ran to him , and after a severe struggle got therazar from him , whilst the rest of the prisoners were shooting for the turnkey Mr . W . B . Stott , issisrant-surgeon to the gaol , described the wound in deceased ' s throat as being three inches in lengta . The windpipe was quite exposed , but not divided . Several of the muscles were cot through , bnt the principal vessels were saved . The deceased had , however , lost a great quantity of blood . "Witness attended to him in the usual way , and after that he was put to bed in the hospital ot the prison , On the fourth day the wound was looking well , and as if it woald quickly heal j bnt the deceased -sras exceedingly unmanageable , and on the

      sixth 4 &j the vronnd "vras again drawn open , and the first object in healing was quite defeated . On Sanday the 8 th . instant , he was put under restraint , but still continued to move hia head and body , and the disturbed state of his intellect kept increasing until his death . Witness was of opinion that the decease was insane . He had ^ examined his head since death , and found disease of the brain , which appeared to have been going on for some time . It was his opinion that the deceased would have recovered from ihe effects of the wound , and that the deceased stait of the brain wa 3 the cause of death . The jury returned a verdict in accordance with the opinion o the surgeon . The deceased was a married man .-Uanchester Guardian ,

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      Fieb in thb Old Kekt Road . —The extent of damage arising from a destructive fire in the Old Kent-rord on Monday evening exceeds that of any fire in'the metropolis for some years pa 3 t , as wiil be evidenced by tbe official statement subjoined : —The floorcloth mannfaotory belonging to Mr , Josiah Rolls , in which the fire broke ont on Monday , at three-quarters past six o ' clock , p-m ., was entirely destroyed , and three drying stoves and onthouses at the back severally damaged ; Insured to the extent of £ 10 , 600 , which amount is distribnted amongst the following offices , viz ., Sun , Union , P > renix , York and London , Atlas , and Imperial . Tue

      floorcloth manufactory of Mr . J . Gonlson wholly destroyed ; stock insured to the extent of £ 2 , 000 in the Sun Fire-office , and building for £ 1 , 500 in the Licensed Victuallers , Private house , Ranger-place , occupied by Mr . Gonlson , wholly destroyed . Furniture , part saved , insured in the Sun for £ 200 ; building insured also in the Snn for £ 200 . Private house , Ranger-place , ocenpied by Air . Gibbs , wholly ^^ ^ House inBnred f ° r ^ 400 , and furniture TT 'm ^ y * Exchange . Ale s tores belonging to Mr . T . Mills , under Mr . Goulston ' rs factory , eighty barrels ^ of ale destroyed ; insured in the Licensed Victuallers' Office . Several private houses adjoining received considerable damage .

      Despkbate AsSAXai . —On Tuesday evening the turnkey of Kirkaldy gaol entered a cell in which were confined two prisoners—one for sheepstealing and another for some other theft—for the purpose of giving them supper . As is usual , he' locked the door , and instantly one of them seized him by . the throat and bore him backwards . Recovering himself , he strnck the opponent a blow on the head with the key which knocked him senseless on the floor . Immediately the other prisoner seized him the same manner .

      A severe struggle ensued , when the noise the combatants made Teaching the gaoler , he came running to the door , and the tnrakey having # ot his knee upon his opponent ' s breast , while he held him down by the throat with his left hand , opened the door with the other and admitted the gaoler . The prisoners were then seeured and laid in iron .- - . There caa be no donbt that the object they had in view was to effect their escape , and certainly tbe turnkey deserves great praise for the intrepid manner in which he resisted them . —Caledonian Mercury .

      Fatal Accidents . —The following Iobs of life took place at Grangemouth one evening last week . A sailor who had been onshore , in going along a plank to retnrn to the vessel , which was lying in the canal , accompanied by a young woman , happeaed to lose his balance , and , catching hold of the girl , both unfortunately fell into the water . An old woman who was near the spot at the time of the accident gave the alarm , and , it is reported , rashed into the water to lend her feeble aid to save the drowning couple . The captain of the vessel also plunged into the water for the same humane purpose , bnt perished . Exertions were now made by several people to remove the bodies from the water . The captain was taken out lifeless . The bodies of the girl and sailor were taken oat clasped in each other ' s arms . The poor old woman was taken out alive , ? but is not expected to survive . —Caledonian Mercury .

      A Cotjjjcil of French Ministers was held on Thursday , under the Presidency of Marshal Soult . It was reported in the Salle des Conferences of the Chamber , that the Council had taken into consideration the result of the discussion which arose the preceding day in the bureaux relative to the right of fearch and the Spanish question . The majority of the Cabinet appeared disposed to accept , in the address , a phrase expressive of a wish that negotiations might be opened for the revision of the treaties of 1831 and 1833 . M . Guizot did not share this opinion of his colleagnes , but held to their execution .

      It is said that Sir Henry Hardinge purposes to bring forward several measures which he recommended when giving his evidence before the committee on military punishments . Among others , we understand that the comfortless stai 6 of the soldiers ' barrack room will he remedied , and that many of the useless and harassing regulations will be done away with ; for instance , a soldier is not allowed to smoke in his room ; he is not allowed to sit down on his bed , nor to mend his shoes in his room . Such absurd restrictionsoughttobe removed . The crowding together

      of the men is also another annoyance : the rooms ought to better arranged , and not more than twelve or fourteen men should be put into them . We trust that these and many more beneficial alterations may be introduced . We are , however , of opinion that noth-ng can be effected to make the soldier contented while serving , except limited engagements , and an alteration in the issue of the bounty , so that the recruit may join free from debt , and commence his career on his full daily pay . —Naval and Military Gazette .

      Railway Stoppage by Snow . —As the Exeter mail wasproceeding down the Southampton railway one night last week , the train , either from the heavy fall of snow on the line , or from the inability of the engine to proceed further , was suddenly brought to a stand-still about seven miles beyond Woking station . Accordingly the train put back to that station , where an additional engine was obtained , and the traid proceeded on its way . When , however , within a short distance of the place where the stoppage

      oc-H ^ curred , it was again impeded by tbe breaking of the axle i f one of the engines , and again forced to put back to Woking . The mail was delayed by these circumstances upwards of two hours . Travellers upwards , from Devonshire and Coruwall , describe the fall of snow a 3 very heavy during the uight . The Dover and Hastings mails were behind time nearly snow on the route . All the hills and valleys ontfii road to Tunbri dge-Wells and Dover aTe heavily covered with snow , and Shooter ' s-hill has entirely changed its aspect within a few houra .

      Iron Trade . —Tbe nsual quarterly meetings of the ironmasters were beld during the la * t week . The anticipations that a considerable dpmand would have ari-en from the settlement of affairs in the East and tbe commercial treaty with China , were not realized , having been checked by the delay in the completion of the arrangements with Spain and Ponugal , which caused hesitation on the part of purchasers of iron , while the expectation of their being speedily and favourably concluded induced the ironmasters and holders to be firm , and but few sales were effected and no very large cpntr ? cts made . A confident expectation exists , however , that as spring advances , and the arrangements alluded to are completed , there will be an increased demand , with a full maintainance of pre = ent prices , if not a considerable advance . The sales made by needy individuals , under such suspense , cannot be considered to form a criterion of ihe marktt prices . —Birmingham

      Gazelle . Edinburgh Sxcw ball Riot . —On Friday , about twelve o ' clock at coon , the time when the medical students usually proceed to their respective classes in the High School yards by way of Infirmary-street , a number of policemen , amounting to about eight or twelve , were loitering about the last-mentioned place , v ? ben a few boys commenced throwing snowballs at one another . As the students passed , a few of them joined those already engaged with the snowballs . Although we must confess we saw no injury offered to ei > her tbe property or the person of any one , however , the policemen very rashly interfered , which made the balls fly thicker than before , and a number of the students took possession of the space within tbe walls of the Infirmary . The policemen being all the time in lufirmary-street , made a rush

      at the gate , where a smart skirmish ensued between them and the students , which lasted spmo minutesthe policemen doins ; their best to make prisoners of the students . They were repelled , however , and pushed outside of the gate . One of them ran to the police-office for more assistance , and soon after , Lieutenant Kf . rr and a reinforcement of police arrived , who we ) e loudly hooted by the mob , who had now begun to collect in large bodies . About one o ' clock there could not be less than 600 students opposite the College . Snowballs were flying in all directions at the police , and all the shops in the neighbourhood were closed . Several students were taken and then rescued by the mob . However , after several hours riot and fighting , the police succeeded in securing the most violent of the party , and at five o ' clock tranquillity was completely restored . —Edinburgh Weekly Chronicle . T

      m , , Djstbsss of thb Ibish Fabmbbs . —At the Newry Quarter Sessions , on Friday , Mr . Jone ? , the assistant-barrister , in his charge to the grand jury , gave the following account of the increase of litigation , resulting from the protracted and still existing distress of the farmers : — " At the sessions for the present quaver , he had h ^ ard 30 C 0 civil bills—2000 at Kewtowcards , and 1000 at Hilsborougb . There ¦ would probably be another 10 UQ at these sessions , making altogether 4000 civil bill entries . There was a larger number of entries than ever he had known to be brought before him at the sessions for a single

      quarter . Since he first came lo thiB country there was a positive increase of one-fourth in the number of civil bill entries . The extraordinary increase on the present occasion ho attributed to the very depressed state of the lower classes . Though the last harvest was a most luxuriant and bountiful one , yet still , in consequence of the low price , it did not afford an adequate remuneration , " This , let 5 t be borne in mind , is the description given : by a Tory Assistant-barrister of the condition of the farmers in what is termed the crack Protestant cow . ty of Ireland . "^—JJublin Evening Post .

      Madame Yesuus ' s Beauty . — The New York Theatre was crowded to excess on . the first night of Madame Vestris's ( now Mro . C . Matthews ) appearance , but it was remarked that there was a want of lightness in her step , ao j an angularity in the contour of her face , which , was attributable to advancing age . On the second night , however , her appearance completely coD ' jadicted this inference , for her movements were us elastic , and 3 ier face as beautiful as ever . —Fatigue was tbe main cause of her being seen to less "advantage the first night ; and its removal was no € oubt owing to her high estimation and use of Ho ' aoway ' s Ointment , which is superlative in giving tone to the frame ; as well as of ' singular efficacy in paralysis , scrofula , rheumatism , gout , canoer , wounds of all kinds , &c . Let all who x travel provide themselves with this preoious unguent

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      The Buds light was exhibited , for the first time in Liverpool , on Saturday night . Within the last twelve years , Mr . WombwefJ has brad and reared , within the United Kingdom , upwards of 130 lions . : In the year 1811 the assessment of the handred of Salford to the county-rate was £ 918 , 397 . The last ¦ f ^ ^ mM fc of 1841 » reaches the enormous sum The hodse of Representatives of New Hampshire have declared , b y a vote of 111 to 106 , in favour of the total abolition of capital punishment . —Scotsman .

      The Militia , —We have good authority forstating that the militia for this county will be raised early in the course of the ensuing spring ; that a ballot will take place , when they , will be regularly embodied , and had up for twenty-eight days' training and exercise . Preparations ara already making to carry this object into effect . —Liverpool Standard . The election of a representative for North Shropshire , in the room of Sir Rowland Hill , now elevated to the peerage , took place on Monday . at Shrewsbury , Lord Clive was the only candidate , and was elected without opposition .

      A company has recently been established at Birmingham , Connecticut , where pins are made at the rate of a million a day . The head and pin are one , and indivisible ; and , by the great improvements npon tbe European manner of manufacturing , the quality of the article is said to be far superior , although at a reduced price . ;

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      STOPPAGE OF THE BANK OF PARKER , SHORE , AND CQ . OF SHEFFIELD . ( From a Third Edition of the Sheffield Independent . ) It . is our deeply afflictive duty to announce the worst piece ofloeal news that ever was published in Sheffield , —the stoppage of the Sheffield Old Bank of Messrs . Parker , Shore , & Co ., that hitrhly respected hrm , who have earned and maintained until this time , a degree ojja&fle confidence such as no country bankers have e ^ Kagi&LiThe disastrous intelligence is conveyed itJejlSpUJIWfcng . notice : —

      It is with the deepest regret that Messrs Parker , Shore , and Co ., announce to their much valued connection and the public , that , owing to the long-continued commercial depression , and the heavy losses , which their banking-house has sustained in preceding years , they are under the necessity of suspending payment ; and they have also to announce to the creditors , that immediate steps will be taken to bring their affairs to a close . iv Sheffield Bank , Jan . 14 , 1843 . " This calamity will inevitably produce the greatest di-may and embarrassment , not in Sheffield ouly , but throughout the neighbourhood .

      The immediate effect will probably be a panic and a run upon the other banks . With regard to them , we have great satisfaction in being enabled to give an assurance which we trust will be much to calm the public mind . Tho stoppage of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co ., is not produced by any run , of sudden event . I ; is tho Tesuit , a 9 they state , of the longcoutinued depression , which , by rendering business unprofitable , has preventfd them from retrieving the losses of former years . Tne other banks , therefore , are not taken by surprise . They have had timely notice , and we are assured , on the highest authority from several quarters , that they aro fully prepared for any panic or any run that may ensue . From a

      well-informed source , we have the information that they are ready to pay at once every penny that can be demanded of them . Most serious , therefore , as the effect of the stoppage of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co , must be , we feel satisfied that the other banks will stand firm , and are ready to render all the accommodation which they can with propriety to those who may bo embarrassed by the stoppage With regard to the issue of this disastrous event we are also enabled to state that it is confidentially anticipated that the assets of the bank , aided by the property of the partners , will prove more than adequate to the payment of all demands . We believe that the affairs of the bank will be wound up under a fiat in bankruptcy .

      We cannot conclude this melancholy announcement without expressing our deep sympathy for the partners in the bank , and especially for its revered head , HHgh Parker , Esq . Every man in Sheffield will feel that the calamity is infinitely embittered by the reflection , that his latter years should have been darkened by the foreshadowing , and by the consummation of such an event . We trust , however , that he will derive consolation from the universal and heartfelt sympathy that will be elicited . He and

      his partners wiH enjoy tbe satis / action , not only of knowing tbat they have done all that economy and careful management could do , to avert this disaster , but that the public confidence in their honour and integrity is unshaken , and will receive a new justification from the disclosures now to be made . We believe it will be proved that the partners have for several years made great personal sacrifices to sustain the bank . We have heard it stated that , for many years past , neither Mr . Parker nor Mr . Shore have drawn anything out of the bank .

      We trust that the assurance we are enabled to give , that the other banks are perfectly prepared and safe , and ihe anticipation that ultimately the creditors of Messrs . Parker , Shore , and Co ., will sustain no loss , will tend to calm the public mind , and savo tho town from the aggravation of tne original calamity which unbounded alarm would produce . We have alvo seen the foljowiiip enmrnnnination in " Iris Office , Monday , five o ' clock . " A large meeting of the merchants and manufacturers has been held in the Cutlars' Hall , this afternoon ; the Master Cutler in the chair ; at which it was unanimous 5 yresolved , 'Thatin order to prevent an inereasp of the distress consequent on the failure of the Sheffield Old Bank , the not

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . 1 LEEDS . Mr . Squire Farrar , freiterer , 33 , Mulberry Place . Mr . William Mackavoy , mechanic , Silver-street , Water-lane . j Mr . Mathew Garbutt , weaver , 28 , Windsor-street , York-road . i Mr . John Ambler , potter , Moor-street , Brewery Field . j Mr . Benjamin Knowles , joiner , Bowling Green Yard , St . Peter ' s Square . j Mr . Jonathan Brayshaw , weaver , Stone Row , Camp Field . j Mr . George Bramham , flour-dealer , West-street . Mr . Thomas Fraser , carver , Pottery Field .

      Mr . Samuel Boothman , bricklayer , Orange Court , Orange-street . j Mr . James Ambler , mechanic , 2 . Cross Johnstreet , Meadow-lane . j Mr . William Baron , tailor , 7 , Plum-street , Leylands . I Mr . John Wilson , pencU-maker , 35 , Georges' Court , Georges-street . 5 Mr Joseph Jones , shoemaker , Wheat-street York Road . j Mr . Neal Graham , baker , Sovereign-street , Schoolclose , sub-Treasurer . ; Mr . William Brook , tobacconist , 21 , ; Kirkgate , sub-Secretary . ¦

      LONDON—CHARTIST SHOEMAKERS . Mr . James Smith , No . 10 , Moor-square , Cripplegate . ; Mr . Miles Lake , PortpooMane . Grays-Inn-lane . Mr . John Banks , ditto . j Mr . Thomas Kearnes , 13 , Leng Alley , Moorfields . Mr . John Hody , 3 , Carr-square , Cripplegate . Mr . Edward Longvvith , 8 , Peter-street , Sun-st . Mr . Charles McCarthy , Three Herring Court , Redcross-street . ; Mr . Thomas Mills , Now Inn-street , Curtain-road . Mr . William Water , Haberdasher-square ,

      Miltonstreet . Mr . Michael Newman , Milton-street . A 3 r . John Baxter , King ' s Head-court , Fetter-lane . Mr . William Long , Rape-maker-street , Moorfields Mr . Isaac Negos , Bell-alley , London-wall . Mr . John Rogers , Bowling-alley . i Mr . John Tinu , Tash-court , Gray ' s Ian-lane . Mr . — Coxhean , Portpool-lane . I Mr . William Searle , PinnerVcourt , Gray's-Innlane . ¦ Mr . John Richards , Carr-square , Cripplegate , sub-Treasurer . ] Mr . George Greenslade , No . 6 , Iroamonger-atreet , St . Luke ' s , sub-Secretary .

      CAMBER . WFLL . Mr . David Eiwards , tailor , St . George ' a-place , Water-lane . Mr . Edward Marshall , shoemaker , 12 , Fevershamplace , Melon Ground , Peckham . Mr . John Simpson , painter , Elm Cottage , Watsr-Ioo-street , Camberwell . r Mr . John Sewell , broker , Rockingham-place , New Kent-road . ]; Mr . Richard Sewell , shoemaker , South Lambetb , sub-Treasurer f Mr . Charles Dawer , bricklayer , 4 , Jane-place , Old Kent-road , sub-Secretary . \

      LOUGHBOROUGH . Mr . William Stevenson , needlemaker , New-street . Mr . Charles Payne , belMoander , Wood-gate . Mr . John Smith , spar turner , High-street . ' Mr . John Hurst , framework-knitter , Wellingtonstreet . 1 Mr . George Turner , ditto , Pinfold-gate . I Mr . Thomas Eveleigh , grocer , Market-place , sub- 1 Treasurer . j I Mr . William Sutton , warp-hand , Moira-street , sub-Secretary . 1

      RADEORD . Mr . Thomas Ellis , cordwainer , Forest-side . Mr . William Norman , dyer , South-street . ! Mr . William Shepherd , machine-maker , Bloomsgrove . Mr . Henry Cope , framework-knitter , IChapelstreet . Mr . Thomas Wright , lace-manufacturer , Ilkestonroad . Mr . James Saunders , druggist , Denman-streei , sub-Treasurer . ' ¦ Mr . Edward Wildbore , machine-maker , Turtonyard , sub-Secretary . SILSDEN . Mr . H . F . Mitchell , whitesmith . Mr . William Steel , hat manufacturer . Mr . Thomas Cowling , cartwrigbt . Mr . S . Driver , nail-maker . Mr . M . Cinman , do . Mr . S . Dixon , do . sub Treasurer . Mr . William Mitchell , do . sub-Secretary .

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      HOMWFIRTH . —Mr . Abraham Gill delivered a brief hut interesting lecture on Sunday eveningjlast , in the Wortley-bill School ; suJji-ct— " The past and present TeHef of the Poor , and the invasion of England by William the Conqueror . " Tinny \ J » Toman Tj » o /»>> I ^» i ..- « J 1— 11 .- SU . --XJ-4 sent distress of tbe country . BLACKBURN . —The North Lancashire Delegate Meeting was beld here on Sunday . Delegates present from Blackburn , Accrington , Padtham , Oakepshaw , Burnley , Bacnp , and other pUces . Letters read from Clitheroe , Preston , fcc . The necessity of engaging a district lecturer was introduced , and it was resolved that if money can be raised , a district lecturer be engaged . It was then moved , and unanimously carried , in thidis

      that Mr . Wm . Beeslty be requested to stop s - trict at the present , and become the lecturer . It was farther agreed that each locality be snpplied with the plan of orgwrmtion , and that au « ther delegate meeting be held at Padiham this day five weeks , when it ^ is requested all those places which have now joined the district , and all those places that are desirous of joining , will send delegates . The greatest unanimity and good feeling were manifested ; each seemed determined to do hia duty . The letters read were all of onejspirit , willing to abide the decision of the meeting . There is every prospect of North Lancashire , with a little exertion , being again foremost in the agitation . ; Mr . Beesley will lecture on Mnnday , at Blackburn ;| Tuesday , at Preston ; Wednesday , at Clitheroe ,- and Thursday , at Padiham . '

      OTOBSI . EY—Mt . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a lecture here , on Monday evening last , on " War and Taxation . " The lecturer handled his subject in an able and argumentative manner and gave great satisfaction . Any Chartist lecturer desiring to deliver a lecture here must correspond with the sub-Secretary seven days previous , otherwise he will not be received . j HULL . —Mr . Arran delivered an eloquent and telling lecture to the Chartists of Hall , in the Free Masons ' Lodge , on Monday evening last . He was listened to with the closest attention , and the sentiments be uttered were responded to by loud plaudits , fie sat down amidst hearty and lengthened cheers . I

      BRISTOL . —Chartist youths—Mr . Bairstow , lectured to the Chartist youths on Wednesday evening W 6 ek , in compliance with a request made by them . Mr . B . delivered a most eloquent and instructive lecture , recdmmending the cultivation of the mind , particularly called upan the young men to abandon the reading of novels , and dwelt with much ardour upon the necessity of reading the works of Milton , Paine , Byron , phanning , &c ., works which none could read without becoming both better and wiser . At the conclusion of the lecture , which occupied two hours in delivery , and made a powerful impression on his auditors , a vote of thanks to the lecturer was moved by Mr . H . pook , seconded by Mr . Shrives , and carried unanimously . MALTON . —Mr . Kydd , of Glasgow , lectured here on Friday , in the Boy ' s School Room , Old Maltongate . :

      HOLLINWOOD . —On Sunday evening Jasti Mr . Jeremiah Lane , of Manchester , delivered an interesting lecture in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , j to a numerous and attentive audience . He urged ; upon hia hearers to adopt the system of Home Colonisation , as the best means of carrying the Charter . Ait the close of / the lecture , Mr . John Massey , of Newton Heath ^ - * sgoke for some time ; after which the Chapman introduce ^ Mr . Wright , of Stockport , who ga . ve a most effective address . He spoke at some length in favour of Mr . Lane ' s plan of getting upon the laad , and ooncluded by calling upon bis hearers to support the fnmilies of tbe incarcerated Chartista , assuriug [ them that nothing tended ! so much to lighten the sorrows of the priaoner , as bearing that his wife and children jrere not neglected . The thanks of the meeting having been given to the several speakers , the jmeeting broke up . j

      NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists meeting at the sign of the F . O'Connor , bare nominated the following persons as competent to examine Mr . Campbells accounts , namely , Messrs . T . M . Wheeler , Ruffes Ridley , J . O . Dron , Wm . Bolwell , and John Watkins . I ! WARRXNGTOK . —The Gbaitibts of Warriligton having seen that it was the intention of Mr . Dickinson , the Manchester Packer , to deoliae public life &a ] a Chartist lecturer , stud knowing Ms boeesty and zeal in fheJcaOBe of liberty , especially in that town , call on him to persevere in the good cause . They recommend to examine the Executive ' s books , Mi . T . M . Wheeler , Mr . Buffoy Ridley , Mr . J , Q . Dron , Mr . William Bolweli , and Mr . John Watkins .

      KOKTHWXCB . — Chartist lecturers wishing to lecture in the above place are requested to give a Week ' s notice either by Ittter or through tbe medium of the Star j they will also be required to produce their credentials . It these terms are noUCQffipUed with , ! their Betvkea will not be accepted .

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      ABERDEEN . —A public meetii . ? , called by advertisement , wa <* held in the Hall , 83 , George-street , on Wednesday week , to hear the report of Mr . Archibald M'Donald , their delegate , who along with Mr . Wm . Chihon , Birmingham , represented tho citizens of Aberdeen in the Conference lately held at Birmingham . The Hall was densely crowded , even to overflowing , and the greatest interest seemed to prevail throughout the immense throng , while Mr . M'Donald went over the principal matters which had come before the Conference , and which he explained in a clear and masterly manner , very much to the satisfaction of the meeting , who recorded an unanimous vote of thanks to him and Mr . Chilton . When Mr . M'Donald had closed his discourse , which occupied above two hours in delivery , Mr . John

      Legge rose , and moved the following resolution , which was seconded fcy Mr . John Fraser , and carried all but unanimously : — " That this meeting is or ' opinion that the Complete Suffrage Delegates , iu having withdrawn from the Conference , acted contrary to the principles and spirit of democracy ; that they being the parties who called that Conference , the object of which was to endeavour to unite the middle and working classes for the immediate attainment of universal freedom—but when they , the Complete Suffragists , found themselves unable to carry their own particular plans into operation , withdrew , we , therefore , in public meeting assembled , express our decided abhorrence at such bastardly conduct , being in ' our opinion extremely at variance with the common usages of every deliberative assembly .

      LONDON . —The metropolitan delegate meeting was held on Sunday afternoon , Mr . Knight in the chair . Credentials were received from Mr . Moy , for Lambeth j Mr . Pickerpgill , from © lobe Fields ; and Messrs . Rogers and Beck , from the Svar , Golden-lane . Two shillings and sixpence was received from the Horns , Crucifix-lane , for delegate meeting , and several small sums for Mr . Wild . A let& * r was received from a gentleman stating that be had made a present of a handsome pair of Bilver-plated candlesticks to be raffled for in aid of the Victim Fund , tickets 1 b . each ; and if upwards of one hundred were sold , he would also give to the winner a pair of Biiuffers and tray to match . The present -was exhibited in the room and was much admired . The Secretary was instructed to

      write a letter of thanks to the donor , and several tickets were disposed of . Considerable dissatisfaction was expressed at the non-attendance of the delegates , and the Secretary was instructed to write to their localities . Reports were received from several localities deprecating the time of the delegate meeting beiag wasted ia useless discussions regarding the auti-Corn Law party Mr . Rose moved , ami Mr . Andrews seeonded , " That tbe delegate meeting organize a Metropolitan Victim and Defence Fund for the defence and support of those who might become victims in the metropolitan district , or who may have been members of any London locality . " Messrs . Page , Humphries , Cuffay , Wheeler , and others pointed out the necessity of such a fund , and regretted tbat no active general defence

      committee was In existence , which might have superseded the necessity of such a step . The motion was unanimously agreed to . it being distinctly understood tbat whatever surplus of money should at any time be in hand should be paid over to the general fund . Messrs . Cuffiiy , Simpson , Rose , Wheeler , Page . Humphries , Cook , Salmon , and PickexsgiU , wets then appointed a committee to superintend the above fund . Mr Morris reported that a new locality was to be opened the following evening at Hampstead , and requested tho attendance of members . Mr . Maynard wished to substitute another motion in the place of that which he had given notice of ; but this being against the rules , Mr . Maynard moved the resolution adopted by the delegates at the Birmingham Conference witb the

      following addition , " we , therefore , recommend to the members of she National Charter Association to abstain from , factiousiy interrupting public meetings of tbe people called for any plan of reform having for its object the principles contained in the Charter ; they deem it also necessary to warn the working classes against being led away for any plan which does not go to tbe root of their political rights" In proposing this resolution , Mr . Maynard denied the charge of impure motives , which he asserted a daily Chartist journal bad attempted to fasten upon them . He was convinced tbat they must alter their Hue of policy according to the alteration of circumstances . Mr . Simpson seconded the resolution .

      and Mr . Knight supported it Mr . Andrews moved , and Mr . Rose seconded the-previous question , which was supported by Messrs . Humphries , Christopher , Page , Madge , Cook . Overtoil , Cuffay , Wheeler , and Morris . After an extended discussion , the amendment was carried , by twelve to six . The sum ot eight shillings and sixpence was paid for bills , &c . for the raffle getting np by the committee for the benefit of the famiiy of Dr . M'Douall . Mr . Page gave notice of a motion re * commending the appointment of an individual te act as General Secretary , until one was duly elected . Mr . Cooper ' s plan of Organizttion will also be discussed on Sunday next . The meeting then adjourned .

      Mr . wheeler addressed the Chartista assembling at thaGoldteatfcr ' s Arms , Soinerstown , on Sunday evening upOTrttjsP " Pleasures and advantages to be derived from scientific and literary pursuits , " and gave a brief outline of the sciences of astronomy , chemistry , geology , < 5 tc ., and dwelt at some length upon thut most importttnt of all sciences , the science of society . The address being rather novel in its character , was well received . Mr . Davoc , in an eloquent manaer , illustrated the same subject . Several pertinent remarks were made by Mr . Hodges who presided over the meeting . Mr . Humphries introduced the subject of ll > - » a 1 ir ^ ii a _^ . a » . - - - ¦

      Mr . SK Elton lectured on Sunday evening to a u meroua audience , at the Clock House , Castle-street , neicester-square . HampoTead . —A lecture was delivered here on Monday evening , by Mr .. Rouse , from London , who > was met by Mr . Merrish , of Shoreditch locality . Another lecture will be delivered on next Monday evening , at half-past seven . Several persona enrelled themselves as members . The Camberwell locality met as usual on Monday evening tojtransact business , at the Cock Inn . Mr . Simpson was appointed agent for the City of London Political Institute , and Mr . T . Sewell will deliver a lecture on the principles of the People's Charter , at the above inn , next Monday evening .

      BERMONDSfeY . —At the usual meeting , at the Ship Tavern , Long Lane , Beruiondsey , on Monday , Mr . Woolard iu the chair , the Secretary brought forward the balance sheet , which was audited and found correct . Mr . Maynard reported from delegate meeting . Mr . H . Foster was appointed to the office of subsecretary in the place of John Maynard resigned . All communications to be sent to Mr . H . Foster , 31 , Butler ' s Buildings , Hersleydown . OUSEBURN . —The Chartists of this locality held their weekly meeting in their room on Sunday morning ; Mr , William Dixon in the chair . The discussion was resumed on Mr-. Cooper ' s plan of Organization , which was brought to a close by Mr . J . Hall moving , and Mr . Bruce seconding , the following resolution , which was oarried unanimously

      — - " That this meeting having carefully read and discussed the plan of Organization , suggested by Mr . Cooper , and part of tie delegates assembled at Birmingham , are determined to give it our decided opposition , and abide by the present plan , with the alterations suggested by the Editor of the Northern Star , of Deecmber 3 rd ., ' via . 'That there be a paid Secretary at the present salary and an unpaid Committee of five persons to be elected annually , and sit in some central p lace in England to conduct the affairs of the Assoei&uon . '" PETERBOROUGH . —The Chartists of Peterborough and Eye held their usual weekly meeting on * Mond * y evoning last , when the nsual business of the locality was transacted .

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      Operation of the tab . i * v on Beef . —Hamburgh , Jan . 10 . —In some recent publications the farmersof Great Britain are encouraged to think ( with the object of sheltering Sir Robert Peel fiam their indignation ) that the fall in the price of cattle is not all owing to the admission of foreign cattle under a duty ; and the small importation of cattle and pigs since the alteration of tho tariff came into force is adduced as an argament in support of this opinion . Tbe farmers will do Well not to calculate without their host . The esportations from hence , for example , of cattle and pigs , were small during the last few months , beeauso the farmers and graziers of Denmark , Holstein , Mecklenbarg , and other adjacent provinces * were not . prepased for the alteration Their own interest will now induce them to prepare the means for sending both cattle and pigs to

      England in increasing quantities-every year ; and no one in this vicinity will feel surmised to see this branch of commerco , in the courte af a few years , carried on to an extent ten times large ; than might be supposed , judging merely from receai operations . Mr . Howitt , in his recently published travels through Germany , utters a great deal of iwasense about the absence of meadow land and the miserable condition of cattle , merely because he appears to have been led to a part of Germany where grazing is not encouraged . If ha had bent his way to the provinces and districts abovementioned , he might have feasted his eyes upon meadows and cattle such as he has perhaps seen in no other part of the world ! It may be as Well to add tbat Mr . Hewitt ' s book itself has not yet reached Hamburg , and the foregoing remarks are suggested by the extracts which some of the newspapers have furnished . —Correspondent of the Morning Chronicle .

      The most valuable oj earthly blessings is good health , and this may often be destroyed by Blight negligence , or preserved by simple ineans . We r beg to refer our readers to Mr . Kerman ? sjjd * efttse : ^ ment , tlsewhere inserted . We hett ^ rawB £ roMaf ^ . man to belong to an altogether < lifferwr ^^ TO-s ^^^ r \ the brood of common quacks . His ( SwpNfW ^ rtS ^ s ;^ \ obtaining medical prescriptions frpa ^ ii ^ eij ^ i ^ yj , ' - ' jy - titionera have been extensive , froatMsf ^ tt te *^ , / « J large and respectable- practicewl ^ W ^^ 7 £ chemist , wZmfiiH ^ - ^•» ' £ ?** i '

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      ARRIVAL OF THE BRITANNIA . Tho British and North American Royal Mail Steamer Britannia . Captain Hewitt , which sailed from Boston on the afternoon of the 1 st and Halifax on the night of tbe 3 d instant , arrived at Liverpool on Sunday night . She encountered dreadful ¦ weather during the passage , and felt the full effects ot the hurricane on Friday last She has , notwithstanding , made the voyage iu under fourt « en days from port to port . We have received by the Britannia New York papers to the 31 st ult , and Boston to the 1 st and Halifax to the 3 d inst Their contents are not important

      TiiB New York papers of the latest dates are filled with reports of the proceedings of the court-martial instituted for the trial of the mutineers of the United States brig of war Somera , which was sitting on board tha North Caroline , at New York . The mutiny was che all-engrossing topic of conversation ; we hnve given an outline thereof in another column . The proceedings in Congress were of the ordinary kind . The subjects before it purely domestic , though allusion bad been made ta the Oregon territory , on a motion being made for papers concerning it . The Governmentseemeii to be blamed for having passed the subject over in tha negotiations between them and Lord Ashburton . The general features of the money-market are described as remaining the same aa at the sailing of the previous packet . Money was very plentiful , and but little in demand for businesn purposes . Specie was accumulating in the bankB .

      A fair extent of business bad been done in exchange for the Britannia ; prices were not , however , firm The rate on London was 105 i | to 106 ; on Paris , 5 , 43 to 5 , 45 . The New York American in its money artxle for the Britannia , thus alludes to the state of affairs at the close of the year : — " The year closes upon us without much , in our commercial and financial situation , to look back upon with satisfaction , or look forward with hope . " The Bame general disease still pervades the country—the want of a general currency , and the violent contractions of all local banks , which have , in fact , in some portions of the United States , brought back the old system of barter , for want of any circulating representative of property .

      " Congress has been in session nearly a month , and , although a good deal has been done of routine business , nothing baa ever been said as to the schemes for receiving , safely keepiog , and disbursing the revenue of the Government , and incidentally of creating some BOTt of national currency ; nor do we believe tbat any one of the various projects broached lor these purposes stands tbe least chance of success . There remain but two months more of the session , and of tbiabtief existence but little , we apprehend , will be conceded to exchequer crudities .

      "The secretary of the Treasuty ' a . report shows , upon estimate , a more favourable prospect for the future than we had hoped for . He looks forward to a surplus in June , 1844 . " The bankrupt law is still in jebpaidy in Congress , though the efibit to repeal it entirely seems to meet greater obstacles than were anticipated . We incline to the opinion tbat it will not be wholly repealed , though it may be modified by striking out the voluntary clause , and possibly by extending its general provisions to corporations issuing money . ' No movement at all , indicating what may be in reserve as W tne tariff , has yet been made in either house .

      41 The large sums in specie received by tbe Britannia steamer and other conveyance , for the purchase of bills of exchange and cotton , have not affected the market as to the former . The latter was started Bomo-wbat by the general impulse given to prices in England by the China and India news . " ' The accounts from Kingston seem contradictory as to the state of Sir C . Bagot ' s ke&Vtfa . The latebt bulletin issued represented his Excellency to be in a veiy low state . No later accounts had been received from Mexico or Yucatan . There are recent accounts from Texas , but they are unimportant The Gongteaa waa iu session .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct465/page/3/