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      Dreadful Case of Child Murder . —Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , on Monday held an inquest at the Prince William Henry , Bermondsey-Btreet , on the body of a very fine female child , which was found dead under the following dreadful circumstances : —Ann Stagg , of No . 2 , Shepherd's-gardens , Spa xoad , Bermondsey , stated that on Tuesday night , about eight o ' clock , she had occasion to go to a water closet , from which the look had been forced , and being iu a court , is accessible to any one passing by . She observed a bundle on the seat , which caused her some alarm , and she went for the assistance of a neighbour , of the name of Smith , who opened it , and found it to con tarn the body of a > very fine female child It was quite dead , and covered with a piece of white calico . The police were called in , and it was conveyed to Mr . Ttlley ' s .

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      ^ - —— * £ r . Shet ceh , in preferring raiher to ilvide tihe { kafereneeiban lo concede fie name , regarded as ^ indication of his party's purpose , is proof paa-^ a that their purpose never was onion . Bat —jut becomes of all the complaints of the Rev ggnflemsn , as lie exponent of thi 3 psrty , abost fte pertinacity of . the . Chartists in sticking to the jjjibb , their unwillingness to concede anything in jehaufor ihe concessions they received , and their

      lffir easonableneE 3 in insisting on priority of dis--sisaon for the Charter ; what becomes , we say , of > fl this , the pSh and staple of the Re * . Gentleman ' s apology for file conduct of himself and friend 3 j and jfiai beconvs of their pretensions to sincerity in ggaringflie n 2 ion " they ialkedsomueh abont , when t 5 ewea'In conneciion with the following statement pf Mr . Xorsxi made in reference to the Tery motion jggjjist which this speech of Mr . Stescss . was made ; jnfl entered en the minutes of Conference by the

      Sscretarr . — " In Jut anxiety &' tiaion , ke had made the foUoww prnpositioia to the leading members of the Com-Tjjets Snfirsge "Union : —That boto the propositions for Ztfri&j dioold be -wilbdHnrn . ! Fhat the two docujjgrti jibe People ' s Charter , 2 nd the BO 1 as prepared > - tiE tbunolf should" be Ma on the tab'e . That the jVicses of the two dcenments should be read and dls-^ gedalteHiatfily . That tina liznjig extracted all that -ytt-ralnsMcsin beth , and formed a BUI , that Has Bill ^ njfi ^ o for th to the country without any other title Ban A KH to provide for the jast representation of jbe P = 0 pte- * Bnt ba { Mr . Lovett ) regretted tosaj , 231 ah jeasonable proposal teas not acceded to , dose pmUsmen rather -wishing that the motion and amend-^ s riionld so to its -rote , "

      "Wfflsny man , after reading that statement , and -jri $ b 1 knowledge that it was made before tie whole gvQjgepartj , sn ^ without contradiction by any of fiies , beceTe herea&er that that party had the ^ jgjaest Trisfc to effect the ** onion" of which they M nnmaBj prate ? And itilr . Spssckb knew of j £ i 3 Toeponnon oi Mr . Lovett what mnst be jioigft oi his sneerity in uttering the following irerisri hisspeech : — » If genfiemea Tronic only consent to hare the bill g &e ^ Eoo&tion , ¦ whlsh bad been £ nn ? n up with pesl care and at a great cxpen ^ aad if they would consent to hare it discussed , then , at the end tbey vtmia beabls tosy -whether they thought the bifl 01 tb B Charter the most valuable "—jnear , hear , hear . )

      If he did not know of ii , then what must be jhonjhi of the honesty of his friends , the Council , rjrho did know of iti and who yet permuted him to speak as the exponent of their Tiews and purposes asthosshit hadneTer been made J ! And to what toadnaon shall we come respecting the honesty and Eneeritfof the party who having rejected thai projoanon , yet brought forward , throngh Mr . Sckhebs , m additional amendmsnt embodying that same propteSon , in the mere hope of dividing their oppoheiijs ranfe by catching ap a few " flats" in the igstied" net !! Truly the whole business of the toadaei and character of these "Sacking Pig " jatnos reminds one forcibly of an nnsaToury profjrk ib . B more you stir It . "

      Of She smaller fry in thi 3 discussion ; of the Hev . 3 Jr . Mini , and hi 3 evidently hollow Bubtlety ; of 3 fe LiTTBKscB B 2 TWOB 32 , the " sample of Ms t&sf of the Bev . Patrick Bekwsxkb , the only Jsoasima of the party ; of the Belf-sufiiclent Ediniargh Ibctorjaid of many others who figured in I ihewsie , we say nothing ; we hare neither space I nor lime to spend on them- The would-be-cona i iersi Chartists , who would yet bare given up the

      I Carter for the subsStntion of the fire hours bill , 1 uirieh fliey had not read , and the "knowing" trim-I lacrsTrho snpportad the artful dodgers whenever 1 ihg © ssid do so , in the hopa of reeonunending them-1 seiTesto some small snack or other if they should 1 ssntit , bnt-ffho not yet feeliDjg themselves to be I vmk acceptance to the enemy , ** staid at home' * idien the names were called , we leaTe to be dealt I infii by the people , who will doubtlEss Temember I ftdrfidthfnlness hereafter .

      I We conclude our present notice of these honest I ¦ Sacking - Pigs" with the following , from the eloquent , well-timed , and beautifully reasoned E speech of Mi . Pleut : — 1 "S 3 fJIr . y ^ rry ) belanfed to the middle elassei . B He mixed nnich among them , and he -vai bound to I idmit that there existed on their parts a profound b ^ iSjreBce to political principles—( hear , iiesz ) . But B uthesune time he was bonnd to state this fact , ( and iglK ^ ed the memfeera of ths Com plete Snffirage Asso S aSni would bear it in misd , } th&t those of the middle U ^ sB-nth-wbombe bad 7 ^ 1 " ^ , trsre m the habit of S syiqiBlam , OI -wecan eanly nndeistana -why

      U ? a epport the ( Jharter , because you are s Chartist m ^ oppose it because ire thick ^ principles it advo-M Ota sre dangerous , but vxprdesl against those prind B jla Map Strug down car tbroais icnda another saaaeJ 9 —( loaff sad ecmtinned tiseerB . ) That -was a growing H tetSz £ xmangtbB middle classes , and he -would ask the asadl whether thsy thought it likely that their advo S oryof ^ Six Pointa ot the Charter would enlist the B to-qpen&m of the middle classes ,, because they snp-B pcatedibenmnder anoaer lame ?— { loud cries of "hear , hat" ) He teliered the Assoc i ation would defeat its 8 owb xAfetX , and wby ? Because THEY wotjid ? 0 T H-lTi HOSESTT TO BXC 01 UIESD IHEU . "

      w esbill yet have a word or two upon the after pro-I » e&gsoftheConferencejand also upon the marked B exHMfiona of honety and modesiy made after their I Beesoaoythe bit of a Conference" of " SudriBg 1 K £ s . MeantimB , taKng leave of the " piggery " fcr anofiiEr week , we cannot do eo without calling m The people . to wonder and admire at their eons ^ ent , earnest , and persevering sincerity in pro-I BKntg flat " union" with the people , which is to I tfeua for tke people h fuD , fair , and free represen-1 ta&n" '! V

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      abuses , however , usually do lead to useful revisions j * nd in the present case the people seem disposed wisely , while deploring the abuse oftheit confidence which crippled the powers of their Organization , to enquire whether the Organization itself may not be capable of snch revision as may , to some extent at least , preclude the recurrence of such abuses . Few things human are absolutely perfect in their kind . It is not , therefore , to be wondered at , if in the execution of bo difficult a task as that of devising an Organization of the whole people , which should unite and systematise their efforts for

      political redemption , and yet keep clear of alJ the ingenious meshes of the law , some little thingB should have been left capable of some improvement . We have long been © f opinion that the manner of choosing the Executive Committee was liable to objeofion . The Executive Committee , and more especially the Secretary and Treasurer , should be men of business . They should bp cool-headed , far-seeing , discriminating men ; able to form a sober judgment of the consequences likely to ensue from any course of conduct they might recommend to the people under given circumstaBces . They should not be

      bullnecked obstinates , who , having fixed their minds npon a point , would rather sink the cause than fail to « arry it . They should be men capable of forming a grave estimate of the grave dnues of their ofBce , and the important interests committed to them : and who would , therefore , weigh well , carefully , and rationally , every step they recommended to be taken . Above- all , they should not be men easily pnffed up with a conceit of then own dignity and importance—fond of prating abont *• their own responsibiUiy , " and calculating upon their power to excite a public meeting by a few mouthing phrases , 33 a means of eovering , and escaping from the consequences , of whatever madness or incompetency

      they may exhibit ; and , before all , they should be men moially just and politically honest . They should not be money-grubbers and living-seekers . Their object should be not to live by and out of th « cause , but to live in and for the cauae . Such should be the character of the people's Executive . Speechmaking may or may not be snperadded as an accomplishment ; but whether able to make speeches or not they shonld be honesi , dear-sighted , strong-minded , discriminating business men . Spe 9 chmaking is , at best , a mere secondary , and , in eomparison of these qualities , & very trivial , recommendation . Kowj the mode of electing the Executive under the present system , does not give a fair chance either to the candidates or the electors . The real

      points of merit in the respective candidates are necessarily known nothing of by the far greater portion of those who vote ; and a man ' s chance for election depends much more upon the popularity he may have acquired by speech-makiag in various localities than upon his possession of those qualities which alone ought to bs regarded as the test of fitness . "We have seen this long ; and have therefore thought Mi . Cooky ' s plan for the election of an

      Executive committee decidedly preferable , as to its general notion , to the present one . We do not think that Mr » Coopzb himself proposes the best mode of carrying oat his own general idea , as we shall shew by and by . But there are other and much more serious objections to thiB plan of Mr . Cooler ' s ; objections which till they are removed must preclnde all though ! of its being substituted for the present plan , or adopted at a whole by the Chartist body .

      Next to the adoption by the people of an uniform plan , it should be their object to have a legal one . The law-makers have made this difficult ; bat it is yet possible ; and that which may be done must be done for the prosperity of our cause . We have often and again called attention to the provisions of the iniquitous laws against political societies , designed to prevent the possibility of any national organintion . We have often reminded the people that the faction by whom those laws were passed has now the power of enforcing them ; and , since their provisions may be complied with , and yet an effective national organization had , it is essential that this point be well attended to . By the third and fourth" articles of Mr . Cooper ' s plan , it is provided ihat : —

      *• S . The general government cf the Association shall be vested in an Annual Convention—to be assembled in London , in the month of April of each year , and to close its sittings at the end of three weeks , or earlier , if convenient . ' " 4 . The said Annual Convention shall be composed of delegates from Chartist districts ; the delegate * to be elected by the people in pnb . 'ie meeting assembled ; the districts , and the number of representatives from each , to be arranged by the first Animal Convention , and re-arranged by succeeding Annual Conventions , s > need may arise . ™

      Kow , by this arrangement , it is clear that the Chartists of each district will act , in the election of their delegate , not individually , but collectively , and as a body , independent of , and separate from , each other district . The delegate for Leicester would be , to all intents and purposes , an Gificer appointed by Leicester , and representing and acting for , and on behalf of Leicester—separately and distinctly from any other district . He would be elected by the Leicester people , and answerable to them for his conduct . He would be , in fact , a delegate elected by , and acting for , that part . Now , this is a desirable thing , ' but like most other desirable thing * -, it is precluded by law . By the 39 Geo . III . c . 79 , it iB among other things

      enacted : — " That every society composed of different divisions , or branches , or of different parts acting , in any manner ^ separately or distinctly from each other ; ot of . which any part shall have any distinct Preadent , Secretary , Treasurer , Ddegae , or other officer elected or appointed by or for such part , or to act as an officer for such part , shall be deemed and taken to be an unlawful eombinatien and confederacy . " Aid the punishments enacted by this law for all who take any part in snch ** unlawful combinations and confederacies" range from transportation as a maximum to variouBterms of imprisonment .

      Here , then , is a stopper , at once , upon Mr . Cooper ' s plan of an annual Convention as a permanent governing body for a political society Delegate meetings for public and general purposes , in which all are concerned , and all may vote , whether Whigs , Tories , or Chartists , and the election of snch delegates by public and open meetings of the inhabitants of any place , duly convened , are perfectly legal ; but when those delegates assume to themselves the government of a political society , each of them representing and

      acting for a part of that society , they do an illegal aet : they become parties to what this law terms " an Tmla-syfnl combination and confederacy , " and every man of them becomes liable to transportation . So , again , ibe 8 sh , S » , h , 11 th , and 12 ; h articles of Mr . Coopeb ' s plan clearly supposo and imply a xiisiinctness of action between the several localities , the Presidential Sessions , and the Annual Conventions , the operation of which wonld be to briny the tchoie society within the sweeping provisions of this Act ; making every member liable to all it 3

      penalties . The 18 th , 19 th , and 21 st articles are again calculated to bring every member of the Association into direct collision with . the law ; as each of these articles supposes a separate action of each of the localities , for itself , and distinct from any other locality . There are various other matters in which we think the plan objectionable . We see n « good end to be served by the " Presidential sittings / " that might not be equally Berved at a less cost by a

      standing unpaid committee to assist the Secretary . We see no neei of , or use ' for , a 'Vice-Secretary . " We cannot understand why the Secretary and President should be paid more than other members of the Convention . This seems to us to be only calculated to create a scrambling for those offices , and to beget thb hazard of their falling lather to the lot of popularity , or party and personal influence , than to that Of specific and necessary talent . We have little notion of these aristocratic distinetioES among Chartists . They tend to no good . We thick forty shill-

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      ings &-week good pay ; when it has to come out of weaver ' s pence . These are minor matters ; but they ate yet worthy of attention in the outset . The mode of choosing the parties who are to form the ? Presidential sitting " --in mlity the Executive Committee—as specified in the fifth article , seems ill calculate ? to attain llr . Coopeb ' s end , of securing business-like and efficient men . The objection to the present mode of electing the Executive is that the business habits of the candidates are of necessity strange to a majority of those who vote for them . The plan of an annual Convention is suggested for

      the remedy of this . It is thought that each locality will be able to judge of the merits of the one man whom it may send—and that when all these meet together the men of business , talent , and discriminating powers will shew themselves ; bo as to afford the CoHvention an opportunity of selecting five men in whom all its members have confidence for the guidance and keeping of the BOoiety ' B affairs . But it Beems to us that this wise object must be , to a great extent , frustrated , if the choosing of these five men be made the first business of the Gonveution , before any opportunity

      has been afforded of testing in the several discussions which may arise , the habits and powers of the members . T ley meet together , in the first instance , for the most part , strangers to each other ; and the chances for the election of this " Presidential " Executive would then be very little different from what they now are . The parties be 3 t known and having most popularity or personal interest would be sure to be elected , whether possessed of the necessary specific talent or not . We think that the election of the " Presidential" Execntive should be rather the last business of the Conventional session than the first .

      All these , and some other matters , that might yat be pointed out , would require attention , is the LE « AL DISABILITIES WERB FIBST BEHOVED FROM the plan . But while the whole thing , as a whole thing , is impracticable from its contraversion of the law , it is useleE 3 to consider its details . We have thought much and seriously upon it , and see no reason to alter , now , the opinion we personally expressed to Mr . Cooper , when that gentleman was in

      Leeds , in the middle of last summer . He then named to us tais idea of a Conventional Executive . We told him that we thought the idea a good one , but feared whether it could be legally carried out . We think so still . As a general notion , this mode of electing the Executive we think much preferable to the present one ; but the more we think and study of it , the more satisfied we become that the law wonld not permit its practical operation .

      We think the present plan of organization susceptible of some improvement as to its minor details , and that with those improvements ; with a Secretary , worthy of the name , giving his whole time to the business of the society , and having sense and honesty to do its business ; and with a standing , unpaid Committee of four Councillors , to assist him in the concoction of public documents , it would still be the best plan whioh under present circumstanoes can be adopted forgiviDg efficiency to popular will .

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      THE POOR AND THEIR « GUARDIANS /' Mast , and humiliating , have been the exhibitions made by different Boards of " Guardians , " in their anxiety to " carry-out" the infamous provisions of the New Poor Law Act . But many as those humiliating exhibitions have been , —humiliating to our common nature , —it appears to us that the regulations enforced in the Huddersfield and Dewebury " Unions" transcend all we have previously heard of for heartleBsness a » d rank oppression !

      It is well knorsn that one of the operations of machinery in these manufacturing districts has been to drive men out of employment , and to cause them to roam over the country at large in search of work , —sometimes at their own trade , and oft-times at trades and occupations for which they were not trained or fitted , excepting that , for the time , they served an avaricious master's temporary purpose , by accepting work at a reduoed rate of

      remnnerstion ; and thus enabled him to 6 ink all his ** hands ' in the scale of comfort . The system has compelled men to leave their homes , and betake themselves to distant parts of the country ; where , after being employed for some months perhaps , destitution has overtaken them in consequence of " general depression of trade ; " and they have been compelled to apply to the parish-fnnd for the means bo keep them from the jaws of death .

      At the present moment there are many belonging to the Huddersfield and Dew 8 bury Unions so circum 6 tanoed ; and it has been determined that no relief Bhali be afforded them , unless tbey go to their respective settlements , and there earn the " relief " they are to receive , by breaking stones on the highways ! The operation of this determination will be best understood by the following statement of facts : —

      Joseph Dawson , beloDgs to Hudderafield Township . He resides at present , and has done for some time , at Halifax , with his family . He is compelled , by dire necessity , to app ? y for parish relief . Before he can have a penny to enable him and his family to exist , he must earn it at the Paddock stoneheap . The wages for working at that stone-heap aTe 2 a . a day . He is allowed to work

      three-and-a-half days a-week . It is a fact , that for months together , this poob man has walked from Halifax to Huddersfield , a distance of eight miles , every morning , for four days of every week ; and walked back again at night II It is a fact also , that if he is ten minutes latertban the usnal time of starting" work" at the stone-heap , he is not allowed to work" at all that day ! This Joseph Dawsoh is fifty years of age and for the munificent sum of seven shillings , be has

      to walk a distance of sixty-four miles , and " work three-and-a-half days J 1 Whether are the stones he has to break , or the hearts of his kind paternal " Guardians , " the hardest ! " Ah 1 but , " we hear one of their sapiencies exclaim , " Why does he go back at night ? Why does he not lodge in the town ' till his work is completed , and then return to his family" 1 Because he has but Beven shillings a-week for their entire mipport ! Because his lodging , in a common lodging house , would be threepence a-iiigbt . To save that threepence / or his family , hb walks sixteen miles I And yet the poor are accused of improvidence ! and profligacy '• Who would exchange the heart of this man , for the heart of the moBt benevolent of his " Guardians' * 1

      The kind doings , however , of the protectors of the Hudderefield poor , do not end here . It is a fact , that parties residing in Leeds , sixteen mile 3 from HndderfificW , are required to ** work" at the Paddock * Etone-heap , be ) ore " relief" can be afforded them I ¦ They are to travel from Leeds to Huddersfield , " work" two days , travel back again , wish the remains of four shillings in their pocket , after they have kept themselves at their work and paid for a night ' s lodging : and this miserable remnant of four shillings is all that can bo afforded them to maintain their families for seven days 11 What mockery of " relief" ! and how heartless and insultingly oppressive the conditions on which it is granted ! 1

      This practice of forcing the absent indigent poor to go " home" U 1 ) to " work" for their " relief , " is not confined to the Huddersfield Union , as the following fact but too abHndantly proves : — An old man , named Mkosok , SEVENTYTHREE years of age , and now residing at Ht \ ddersfield , iB compelled to walk to Thornhill , a township in the Dewsbury "Union , " and distant from Huddersfield eight miles , to worV' for two dayt , at Is . Sd . a-day ! It takes him a full half-day to perform his journey , he is go feeble from extreme old age and insufficient food . He starts on

      Monday mernings , reaches Thornhill by Monday ncou , and works till night ; works again on Tuesday , and again on Wednesday morning , reaching home ( Huddersfield ) on Wednesday night , with theremains of 3 s . in his possession , after he has paid for his keep during his journeys , and while at work ! He would have to jouraey backwards and forwards every night and morning , like Joseph Davson , of Halifax , were it not for the kindness of another of his ** improvident" and u profli gate" brethren at Thornhill , who gives him & bed for the two nights he is there .

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      Reader , Temember , that this labouring man , who has laboured all his life ; who has caused more of the good thingB of life to Bsthan he could possibly have consumed , even had he , "lived like a lord ; " and whose rights are thus lGnardianized ; ° remember , that this eon of toil so used , is SEVENTY THREE years of age I Remark it well , too , that whUe the poob ate thus forced to labour hard for their relief , " their relieving officers seem to get on very easily !

      Remark it well , that Needlb-Jack , of Huddersfield , has now a horse of his own 11 and can affird to ait drinking in public inns for hours together , while the poob are kept waiting until he condescends to go to curse them ! Mark these things well ! and mark , too , that the authors , and enforcers , and present supporters , of the accursed law by virtue of which these crying enormities are practised , are the Free-Trading , Curn-Law Repealing ruffians , who want to persuade us that they have the welfare and interest of the poor at heart !

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      Edwabd Bcblev , of York , will feel obliged if those persons to whom he sent Holberry's funeral hymns , to be seld for the benefit of the widow , will forward pay for what they have sold , and return what are not sold . An Old Chartist and a Loveb op Justice ought to have been aware that we cannot insert his charges on anonymous authority . Charles Meakin , SottoN-in- Ashfield .-Z / m letter was received . Us insertion is declined . J . B Matthews . — We have sent his notice to Mr . Cleave . Mitchell

      J . , Jarrow , —Yes ; yours is a branch office—not a general one . Mrs . Holberry acknowledges the receipt of 2 s . 9 d . from Mr . Burky , of York . The momy was received some time since , but omitted to be acknowledged at the time . Wm . Cooper , Weldon . —Received . W . Yoiing , Lambeth . —Received . J . Brown , Rochdale . —His address , he will perceive , has been rendered unnecessary by another . Vbritas . — We shall reply to his query in our neat . S . J , Bristol . —His letter was duly received . The Division on Mr . Beggs ' s Motion in

      Confebence . — We have received some letters complaining of inaccuracies in this document , published last week . We can only say , that we printed it from Mr . Morgan's copy ; but to give time to all parties to apprise us of any further mistakes , we shall reserve the matter until next week , and then endeavour to do all parties justice . Will the Delegate who gave his address t » the South Wales Delegate , on the breaking up ot the Birmingham Conference * do so again , through the S . ar , as tht one he gave is lost , that he may correspond with him S

      Bristol . —Communications for the Bristol Chartists meeting in Bear-lane Chapel must for the future be addressed to John Copp , boot rnd shoemaker , Church line , Temple-street , Bristol . Keighley . —The Chartists , $ / " Keighley wish Miss Mary Ann Walker , of London , to favour them with her address . She may direct to John Garnett , Dam-side , Keighley . Abel Cook—Send your note to Mr . Dyolt yourself .

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      Ashworth was committed for trial for having stolen a waggon rope , the property of Mr . Benjamin Wilson , in Pontefraot-lane . Conviction under the Worsted Act . —On Tuesday , David Bastow , general-dealer , in Hunsletlane , was charged , at the Court House , with having in his possession a quantity of wool , of which he could give no satisfactory account . It was found secreted while searching for stolen goods . He was fitted £ 20 , or , in default , to go to Wakefield for two months . The fine was paid .

      Melancholy Death by Drowning —On Friday ( yesterday ) morning , the bodies of two young women were taken out of the canal ; at Knostrop . The elder one , named Sarah Collishe , aged 27 , is niece to Mr . J- Benson , gardener , Knostrop , and has lived with him for the last ten yews ; the other is Miss Jane Foxcroft , aged 24 or 25 , whose father , a stuff presser , resides in the Isle of Cinder . The latter had been on a visit at Mr . Benson ' s , on Thursday afternoon , and left there about ten minutes before eight o ' clock in the evening , Miss Collishe accompanying her , and the probability is that from the darkness of the night , they bad both fallen into the water together , aa they were found within a short distance of each other , and not more than fifty or sixty yards from the house which they had left in all

      the bloom of health , only a very few minutes previous to the awful catastrophe . Mr . and Mrs . Benson made enquires at the lock house , on Thursday night , for their niece , but hot hearing any thing of her contented themselves with the thought that she had determined to spend the night with her companion ; and yesterday morning a message was despatched to ascertain the fact . In the meantime , however , Jackson , the look-keeper , found a silk bag , containing a pocket handkerchief , and other trifling articles , in the lock , and this was identified by Mr . and Mrs . Benson as belonging to Miss Foxoroft , and measures were then taken to drag the canal , where the bodies were'very soon found . The bodies were removed to Mr . Benson ' s house , to await an inquest , which was held yesterday afternoon , and a verolet of " Accidental Death" returned .

      Extensive Felony . —Henry Lineham , late clerk to Messrs . Ward and Son , solicitors , was , on Monday last , fully committed to York Castle , on two charges , one for stealing £ 575 odd , and tho other for embezzling £ 27 odd , which he had received on Messrs . Ward's account from Mt . Edward Ripley , Lady Lane , under the bankruptcy of Mr . Blackett , grocer , tiriggate . A Philosophical Reason . —On Saturday last , a man named Alexander M'Kay , a journeyman tailor , was ch&iged before the magistrates with neglecting to provide for his wife , and for refusing to live with her . His reason was that there was neither " affinity of feeling nor unity of action" between them . Stealing Tbowsers . —On Monday , a man named John Marshall , was committed for trial for having stolen a pair of trousers , on Saturday night , from a shop in Kirksate .

      Stealing Lead . —On Monday , a young lad named Richard Penrose , was committed tor trial , for having stvten a quantity of lead from the maltkiln of Mr . N . W . Nell , in xMeadow-lane , an accomplice , named Eii Langdale , was admitted evidence , and the wife of David Basiow , a general dealer , in Hunslet-lane , who " asks no questions , " w * s commuted for receiving the same . The Watch Committee . —This body passed a Iaw that all public-houses shall be closed at twelve o ' clock at night . In reference to this we should like to know if it be true that some policemen ware drinking in a public-house in Kirkgate , until between three and four o ' olock a few mornings ago . Perhaps Dr . Craven will look after this 1

      Novel Mode of Detecting Prostitutes , by a Member of thb Town Council . —A case camo before the Bench of Magistrates at the Court House , on Saturday last , in which Mr . Councillor Craven appeared to complaint of two unfortunate females whom he had mtt in the street at a late hour on Friday night . On the women being called on , the Councillor stepped forward , and addressing the Bench said , * ' We have passed a law that all women " Mr . GriffLb . Wright— "We , whoso we ! Who are you ! " *• 1 , " replied tho astonished Councillor , in his softest strains , ' " am a member of the Town Counca , and by the latter ! section of the 116 th clause of the Leeds-Improvement Act

      we are empowered to make a law - " Mr . Wright — " Dont tell us anything about the law ; tell us the charge against these women . " Mr , Craven— We have made a law " Mr . W . —What's the charge against these women ! " Mr . Craven— "I was walking in the street last night , when these ( women stopped me . " Mr . Wright— " Pray did you go into the street for the purpose of being stopped 1 " Mr . Craveu— " 1 did . " Mr . Wright— " Then go about your business . This is an open Court , an-i we want'impartial witnesses , not suoh as you . The women are discharged . The Watch Committee have no power to make lavra . Go about your business . " The new fi ; dged Councillor then retired , amidst the laughter of all present .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —In the report of the meeting of the Conference , published in the Star ot the 7 th , I find only the onohalf of a resolution , moved by Mr . Hobson and seconded by Mr . Roberts , and as the other half is of very great importance to many of our suffering brethren , I trust you will permit me to lay it before your numerous readers . : The published half is as follows : — " That this Conference cannot separate without expressing its deepest and most sincere sympathy with the persons who are now sufforimr , or who may have suffered ; from espousing the cans 9 of the people , and advocating tbuir right to a just and equal representative Government , and its consideration ot their pre-eminent claim to the

      sympathy , assistance , and support of the people , whom they have so well and so faithfully served ;'' to which I moved the following addition , as instructed by the men of Campsie , and which has not been printed , either in the reports or minutes : — "We do , therefore , jrecoinmend to the people , that a general subscription ( be got ap throughout the whole country for the benefit of alt persons , and their families , now suffering imprisonment in the dungeons and gaols of England , orj transported beyond the seas for political offences , and that a general treasurer be appointed , to whom all monies so collected shall be transmitted by the local treasurers , and who shall publish , is the Northern Star , an account of all sums received , and the manner in which it is expended . "

      The mover and seconder having expressed their willingness that this should stand put of the resolution , it was pat as & whole and carried unanimously ; after which Mr . Cleave , of London , was appointed general treasurer . \ It will bere be seen that circumstanced as we are at this time , there cannot be too much publicity given t » the above . Every man and woman in Great Britain , who wishes well to the great cause , who glories in the name of Chutist , and who has read the monster indictment in your paper of last Saturday , will sorely corns to the relief of these poor sufferers , seeing they have it in their power to do so without any sacrifice on their part .

      Mr . M'Intyre , secretary to the Chartists of the Vale of Leven , lays down a simple and effective plan , which if followed up , cannot fail to secure the object aimed tit in the resolution of the Conference . Be says , let the acting committee , councillors , or collectors , of the various associations and localities , meet immediately , and portion out their towns , or districts , giving to each collector a fair share of the work . Let each man then commence a canvass of all the people in his district , Chartists and non- Chartists , asking one half-penny from each ; and supposing that only the one-third of the people paid—cay even less—supposing that { only the one-half of those who signed the National

      Petition gave this small sum , we would have a fand calculated to gladden the heart of the care-worn , dungeoned patriot , by giving him to know that his wife ) and little ones would not perish of hunger while he lingered in hif loathsome cell This half-penny would raise a barrier move formidable than ten thousand bayonets to the onward progress of a cruel and persecuting administration . But an objection may be raised here , that many would not pay even this email sum . Well , granted that only 1 . 500 , 000 responded to the call , and I am of opinion that It ia not going too far in calculating on that number , we would then have above , £ 3 . 000 . !

      It is my humble opinion . Sir , that Mr . Winiyte ' e plan is quite workable , and I would therefore urge { the Chartists to set about it in every corner of the land ; if they act with spirit and energy in this matter , and raise the above sum , there will soon be an end ! to prosecution for opinion . I remain , Sir , Your sincere friend , As you are the friend of my Order , . CON Murrat . [ In the report referred to , the latter half of the resolution was by mistake omitted ; Mr . Murray would see , however , that In the " Minutes of Conference ' it was inserted in full . —Ed . N . & ] !

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      Tho other week , Mr . George Porter , of Lethara , had a daughter baptised Jean O'Co . mor ; and Mr . John Tytler had a daughter baptised Mary O'Connor . Christened , at Christ Church , New Mill , on Sunday , Jan . lot , Allen West ,, the son of William and Harriet Cuttell , of Uuderbank , Holmiirih . Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Voltaire Jennings , daughter of John and Obion Jeuniugs , of Manchester Road , Bradford .

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      On Wednesday last , at the parish church , Leeds Mr . John Smith , shoemaker , to Miss iuizabeth Smale , both of this town . On Saturday , the 14 th tnst ., at Snaith , Yorkshire , by the Rev . R . J . Serj * ant « m , Robert Faulder White , Esq ., of Sussex Gardens . Hide Park , to Elizabeth , the eldest daughter of William Shear-On Thursday , at the Cathedral , Ripon , by tho Rev . K . Poole , Mr . John Hebden , of Redhouse , farmer , to Margaret , eldest daughter of Mr . Christopher Hebden , ol Field Dale , near Ripon . Same day , at the parish church , Halifax , by the Rev . William Smith , Mr . John Charlesworth , grocer , Hightown . to Sarah , daaghtor of . the late jlr . John Lawson , glazier , of the former place .

      Same day , at the parish , church , Ha , Ut ' ax , by the Rov . William Gurney , Mr . Henry Stott , maltster , EiJaud , to Emma , daughter of Cbartes Brearley , currier and card maker , of the former place . Same day , at . the parish church , Mr . George Gooing , grocer , to Miss Abii Harrison , both of this town . Same day , Mr . George Lawrence , saddler , to Miss Sarah Hatfiold , both of this town .

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      DEATHS . On the 13 th nit ., at Sootton , near Richmond , in the 80 th year of his age , Mr . Andrew Robinson , many years an officer ia the Excise . At Newshaai , near Greta Bridge , on the 8 th instant , after a long and painful illncps , Margaret , third daughter ot the late Marlcy Harrison , Esq ., of Whashton . On Monday evening last , aged 48 , Mr . Thomas Svont » , for many years editor of the York Qmrant . Same day , at Oiley , Mr . Samuel Hardisty , landlord of the- Queen's Head Ir > c , at that place . Oa Sunday , the I 5 t , h iust ., iu the 32 ad year of hi 8 agf > , Mr . Thomas Thompson , ' watchmaker and dweller , of Petergate , and eldest son of Thomas Thompson , Esq ., Grove Lodge , York . . Same day , at Earlston , Stewartry of Kirkudbfisht , Sir John Gordon , Bart ., in the prime of life .

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      0 B GAKI 2 ATIO 2 J-ME . COOPER'S FLAK . Ibees i 3 no other subject npon "which we have been » ernest ^ rith the people as that of adopting , ** i ageing to , some definite system of national ^ asiaftm . We have been thus earnest because " ^ Bio ^ flier subject in TPhieh the people's m-^ s ire so much involved . It is only by and J « # orjjsnaafion flat thfj can wield , at all J « oidy , the weapons of their moral warfare , **? ttfeffigence and energy ^ Faction tnows ^ 2 e foree at system and the power of - saaffimaon ; its forces are all organized ; its » DTtaeBa are * 1 systematic And hence the fj&g fc&Toc cJ its ravages-among the people . 1 ImS ?^ &rm 3 mi systematic laws are to its suffix H ^ jg ., ^— „ ^ t ^ of a

      I ~? **** & " ^ a ^ Hch they ensconce them-I ^ ^ ° **** down lMa dtadel b Ae ^^ 1 m !^ ' ?* wMle ^ Temain divided and nn-I sST ^ 8 ttacfe Dpon h hai Hke tLe I ' S ^^^ ° TOta" ^" " ^ m a bncket ; I * Bn ^ S 1 ? afliad 0 B ' feycaHsng their aetion to become I tfSr ? RDd 1 mited » S " 65 is a P ° ^ tiat I ^ " ^^ wrent in its strength . At tho same I ^ * e sa ^ not forget that the bnttresses of ibis I hi nT *^ Project themselves , on every side , so I ki ^ Enrfsce of tie equal waters , that it I SEtX 7 ffl&tter * ° C 0 ialt ) ilie ikeir force by such an I sTS M shsJ 1 DOt be J " * k to Beri < ra 3 ob J ec ~ I iirtth 56 tf " * poirer bdD « neutralised by one I ^^ oT them .

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      Mr . Ciiippendale , Halifax —Whatever was received up to the 12 th of November was remitted to them , but not any since . If he will say when it was sent , or if in one or more sums , a reference will be made to the account , and an answer given . Stewart M'Walters , Falkirk —Replied to privately . Apply at the post-office , if not received .

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      FOB THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FDND . £ . 8 . d . From a few friends at Colchester 0 lo 0 „ W . Egremont , Cumberland 0 5 0 . » a friend at Clayton West 0 10 „ DackinSeld , per Thomas Broadbent ... 0 2 6 .. Holmflrth , per Joshua Hobson ... 0 3 2 „ Friends at Chepstow ... 0 S 0 .. "A Hater of things as tbey are , ^ Leeds . 0 10 M the Chartists of Plymouth 5 0 FEOM THE PLYMOUTH CHAKTISTS . For Mrs . Ellis ... 0 5 0 For Mrs . Robhhts , Birmingham ... 0 5 0 For Mx . Pedfile ... ... .. 050

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      MBS . ELLIS . The following address was draws tip and agreed to at a delegate meeting held at Wednesbury , at which there were delegates from Wednesbury , Kidderminster , Walsall , and Bilstoa . j Tno poor woman ' s case is an urgent one , and we trust there will be a noble response to the call thus made upon ( he Chartist public : —

      TO THE CHARTISTS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM . I We the Chartists of South Staffordshire being impressed with the claims which the wife of tho martyred Ellis has upon public commissoration , would urge upon you the necessity of taking immediate steps to place her , along with her family , in comfortable circumstances , and lessen , as far as sympathy can lessen , the sorrow she must endure on accoaut of her husband ' s expatriation fiom his natiye country .

      You will , many of you , be aware , that Mrs . Ellis has been left the sole protectress of four children , and in a very indifferent situation ; and there is in many a disposition to persecute a helpless family for the opinions and courso of the parent . To whom then can the children of Ellis and bis partner look for succour but to tho 3 e men in whose cause he suffered , and whose principles he so long and faithfully advocated aud defended against the common oppressors of our ill-fated country ? j

      The working men of England are aware that the principles of our Charter will gather Btrength just in proportion as they rally round tho . ° b men who advocate them ; and shall it be said , that after toiling to emancipate his country , and braving want , danger , and imprisonment , with no object before his mind ' s eye but the emancipation of his race and kinsmen from class-laws , —shall it ever be said that he was forgotten , aud his offspring neglected , by a nation unworthy of him ? rather let our movement itself be sunk deeper than human plummet ever sounded , before wu can abandon Ellis to his fate , daring , as he did , to defend ( he rights of universal man when Chartism itself was struggling for an existence . i

      Perhaps it may be necessary to state ; that Mrs . Ellis passed through Wednesbury and staid a few days , after bidding adieu to her husband jin Londou , and she expressed herself as having no prospect before her but an union workhouse , unless assisted by the country . To preveat this , let every association throw up its quota , and we shall then assuredly eave her from the tender mercies of the wicked , whioh the Bible says are cruel . Such is the difficulty in which she and her family are at present , that necessity has forced her to dispose of all her furniture ; she is literally without a home , and without the moans ; of getting a livelihood ; and what must have been her feelings , when , instead of sympathy on her return

      home , she and her helpless children were insulted by those heartless enemies of liberty in the ; Potteries . Surely no working man will be indifferent to such a case , but will do all he can , and prompt others to do the same , to meet an example of such pressing necessity . What you do , let it be done quickly . LA subscriptions be sent direct to Messrs . jCleave , of London ; Heywood , of Manchester ; Hobson , Star-Office , Leeds ; or to Benjamin Danks , Union-street , Wednesbury , Staffordshire , who is appointed General Treasurer , by the Committee , on account of Mrs . Ellis ' s wish to reside in that place , and 'also from the interest the Chartists there are taking in her welfare . , Signed by the Delegates .

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      THE CASE OF MRS . ELLIS . To the Editor of the Evening Star . Sir , —I have great pleasure in telling my brother Chartists , that I have received a letter this morning from that good and honest Chartist , Mr . B . Danks , of Wednesbury , hinting that it is possible poor Mrs . Ellis may find a resting-place there , provided a sufficient sum be furnished to give her a good start in business . Nothing is needed now but for every good Chartist to set about raising the necessary funds . Let it be remembered that John Cleave is the treasurer , —and he has £ 3 11 s . to begin with . ^ O'Connor has promised Mrs . Ellis to give her all due help : will he undertake to move | London in her behalf t I will pledge my word that

      Leicester shall not be behind . Sweet!—I can depend on you , 1 am confident , to put Nottingham in motion . Havney !—you will urge the good Sneffi Iders to do their best- Hobson—Brook ! come—yoke your horses , and let something be done to furnish bread , from Leeds , for this poor widow and ! her four helpless orphans . Robert Brook . ' —say to the Todmorden lads , that their sister will perish in a Bastile , if they do not stretch out their hands and help . Leach 1—tell Manchester , even in its starvation , that the exile ' s beloved wife and babes must be helped . Clarke !—use your eloquence at Stockport , ia the cause of these suffering ones . . White —let not Birmingham be behind : struggle to set it first . I

      Let but £ 50 be raised to give the wife and children of Eliis a home , and some prospect of comfort , —and I , for one , will return to a prison , with some content . \ Thomas Cooper . Leicester . January 13 , 1843 , '

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      SPRING CIRCUITS , 1843 . j Home—Lord Chief Jastice Denman , Mr . Justice Patteeon . Norfolk—Lord Chief-Justice Tindal , Mr . Justice Coleridge . I Northern ( York , Liverpool , and Northern Counties)—Mr . Baron Parke , Mr . Justice Coltman , Mr . Baron Rolfe . j Midland—Mr . Baron Alierson , Mr . Baron Gurney . \ Oxford—Mr . Justice Erakine , Mr . Justice Wi&htman . Western—Mr . Justice Cresswoll , Mr . Serj . —f . North Wales—Mr . Justice Williams . \ South Wales—Mr . Justice Maule . Lord AbiQger remains in town . :

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      THE NORTHERN STAR . \ __^ ===:==== ^ == ^ == £ = ^

      Leeds.—Stealing Rope.—On Tuesday, Geo.

      LEEDS . —Stealing Rope . —On Tuesday , Geo .

      Now On Sale, Price Three-Pence, Thb Poor Man's Companion For 1843,

      Now on Sale , Price Three-pence , THB POOR MAN'S COMPANION FOR 1843 ,

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 21, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct465/page/6/