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      MOTHER GOOSE . Ws are irresistibly driven , and , indeed , contrary to onx express resolution , to say one word of our friend in her forlorn state . The funeral pall which she so modestly threw over the mangled ctrca&bes of her flock , on Satnrday last , leaTes us something to hope from her modesty . Of « oorsi , we mean the sad and mourning exhibition given as a " correct view of the interior" ot the

      slaughter-house . The si » bt , iha very sight , was enough to chill the honest blood , and freeze the ¦ warmest imagination . "We Eiver saw a more dismal figure on ihe blackest tomb-stoae , or a more fitting sign for such 3 shop . A fewraw-bcned nag 3 and white feathers would haTe made it look like what it truly was , the hearse of a departed Tirgin sister ; for , alas ! it contained the consemptire remains of the maiden Aseo elation—the spinster's corpse .

      Bat" JN d desperandum" is the last and best p ' . ank of the Ehipvrreeked politician : and we shall look anxiously , on Saturday , for one of those grand strokes of novelty so innocently hinted at in Mother Gome ' s New Year's prospectus , and in which she ascribes her advance to her freqaenj flights of fancy and changes of opinion . ' May we not , then , justly look for one of those

      startling oorsts of imagination —* an electric shock of fancy—a land flame of livid light—a volcanic eruption of boiling genius ; and , by one touch of hrr magic wand , why not strike the chimneypot of the Parliamentary H-o-u-s-e , say presto , and , by a ¦ sublime cifjn of harlequin-wandism , convert the inanimate pile , —the H-o-u-s-e , —into U-n-i-v-e-r-s-a-12 ¦ We hare seen changes and transformations far more incredible .

      May we not expect to receive chastisement for oar rimidiiy , and rebuke for our lagging policy , by an announcement that our Universal Suffrage means Botbint - , ard that the irae and magical transform ation mean * , the enfranchisement of man and beast —man , woman , and child 1 "What are the odds that , ont of the scattered fragment ; of the menagerie , a new , a -rigorous , and really moral force Universal Suffi age party does not Jprig np , and start into & giant infant existence , lie ue goose with the golden eggs , which we unfoncnately killed before the laid I

      Ba ; , then , what becomes of the advertisements ? Aje , there ' s the rub ! " Quacks" may do for fillip iJoS , bat dottore know they don't pay . We fear the case is hopeless : and we would « trongly recommend our friend to study the fiddlefiddle of local politics ; to be a great man in ward suiTesay meetings ; to keep a jealous eye over the Corporation and all itsworks ; in short , to be a great haamarj in a little sphere , which he may irradiate ; &r we assure him that his flash is lost long before it rises above the horizon of the great political hemisphere . "ft e give this advice with the most kindly feeling , * £ d ihall , at all limes , be hzppj to assisi s friend in the hour of ne ; d .

      > doing but a bold , a very bold , a tremendously bold , rj oke will do sow . We are prepared for it , &it never so startling ; and , therefore , let it come . Three removes are as bad as one fire , " poor Jbckrd says ; but Mother Goots , scorning to be wand by the ordinary rules of almanac-wandism , « J 8 assured as that , with her , fire , at least , has had the «« e 4 of raism ^ her circulation . Had other authority *** a a doctor made thi assertion , we should have qaeaionea , if not doubted it .

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      praising , and applauding , and even drinking the health of the said Ministers , with thunders of applause 5 and these very fe .-lows will vote black white , and d 2 y night , and even a hole through an iron pot , to keep those "lagging , " "deceitful , " "inefficient " Ministers in office . Out upon such dirty -vermin 1 ¦ j-j _ r r _ i . _ i ^^^

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      THE "SUN , " AND ITS AUTHORITY . We give the following few lines from the Sun . — "Peidat Mobnixg . —Mr . O'Connell did not appear at fee meeting yesterday , and I believe that it was fortunate he did not do bo , for some persona were apprehended by the poiice , having daggers in their possession . This is & fact of which I hare been informed upon authority on the correctness of which I have every reason to rely . It was to oppose and shout him down , that the Chartists were organised in such numbers , and it -was far this purpose , too , they bad

      supplied themselves with whistles , the effect of which they first tried upon the Chairman , upon Mr . Hume , and Mr . Roebuck , the last of whom so property rebuked them . The meeting itself was , as far as numbers went , a very magnificent one , there being present at least eight thousand persons , and of these there were not less , than fifteen hundred Chartists ; the remainder were Reformers , who look f jr Vote by Ballot , House hold Suffrage , and Re-distribution of Electoral District * , Triennial Parliaments , and no Property Qualification f * r Members . "

      Of this we shall merely say that the " penny-a-liner " who wrote it , also concocted i ; : and , when he wrote it he knew that he told a wilful , barefaced , malicious , but harmless lie—harmless , because it appears " on authority" in the " Sun . " In very truth , we lament and grieve that our contemporary should allow himself to be made a standing joke for scribblers , the butt of * ' authority . " No matter where the jest comes from , whether from Bristol or Leeds , the poor Sun is sure to be the victim . We need not contradict the assertion , as every one knows that it is false as false can be . In fact , some of our domestic u Suns" would have rejoiced too much in the God-send , to have allowed the metropolitan luminary the first cut at the tit-bit .

      In another part of " Mr . Authority's" report , he says that " a half-drunken Chartist , upon the platform , observed to him that there could not be fewer than 50 , CO 0 persons present . " This is as big a lie & 3 the other fact " upon authority ; "' for , unless " Mr . Authority " himself was drunk , there waa not a drunken man at the meeting . In what is called the comment upon the proceedings , the Sun appears to think . and would make others think , that the meeting waa for a compromise of

      minor differences , and was terminated by an alliance among " Reformers . ' ' Poor luminary ! how dark hia lamp shines ! The compromise was just this •—The Cnartist 3 said , in very plain terms , " Behold our banner and our motto , —the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothingiess than the Charter ! and thos 8 who are willing to enlist are welcome . But no party shall agitate for any less measure—not even for a repeal of the Corn Laws , the * honest Ballot , ' H-c-u-9-e-hold Suffrage , or Short Parliaments ; " and this is what the Sun calls compromise !

      The meeting was the deatb .-b . ow of faction and of Whisgery , and of fiction , which is better . But why waste so much time with the butt of " authority " 1 1 ! Just a word . O'Connor , who had no more to do with the meeting than the Sun , i 3 charged with all they choose to alledge ; while , most anxious in the midst of so much &Sected accuracy , every one of the " Establishment" stops short at the vote of confidence in O'Co > woe—not one publishes that part , " upon authority , " of the meeting !

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      THE QUEEN'S RECITATION . Ncrseky cares and labours , have , wo presume , of late engrossed the time of onr chief magistrate so fully , that she has found it difficult to afford much leisure for . the conning of tasks about state matters ; and hence , the only merit of the royal homily—its shortness . We are sorry that we cannot accord to it the other quality of a jickas 3 ' a gallop—sweetness . It is in every -way deserving of the eloquent phraseology of our gallant neighbour— " meagre and miserable . " Its rejoicing is over the rapine , bloodshed , treachery , rapacity , and busy-bodyvillainy which characterize all our intercourse with foreign nations ; its congratulations are on

      the -peaceful aspect of our neighbours , while France is surrounding her cities with walls , and preparing to bristle them with cannon ; its prophetic hints are at more taxes , and more > tringent laws , to keep down the Chartist 3 . The Chartists , however , have pretty well learned how to take care of themselves . They will laugh at the precautionary physical force arrangements which may be taken , and quietly render them all nugatory in their onward progress to the Charter . We cannot affjrd more space for comment on the first baitiDg , for the present session , of the Tax-trap , lest our passing note should fail , in both those essentials , of which we have stated the Queen ' s lesson to be deficient in one .

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      THE PROPOSED " UNION " MOVEMENT . We request attention to a very well written letter on oar 7 th page , signed William Hick- With the sentiments , generally , expressed in that letter , we most cordially concur . We think , however , that the writer has mistaken both the meaning a » d the probable effect of the address from the Beveral Chartist delegates published in our last . He eeem 3 to think that < che " beneficial union of the working classes with the honest advocates of right in every other . class , " spoken of by the delegates , must necessarily involve the placing of the people under

      middleclass guidance and leadership , and he is naturally therefore fearful that some similar humbug to that _ pf the Riform Bill agitation will be practised on them : indeed he broadly intimates an opinion , that it is the pnrp& 3 e of the delegates to solicit the middle classes to come out and " lead" the people . We believe him to be , here , labouring under a great mistake . We believe that none of the delegates mean any such thing . Th » only " union" contemplated by the delegates , or by the people , is this : —They think the time is near , when all the classes of society , who live upon

      the labourers , will see their own interest to be necessarily and immediately jeopardised by the longci denial of justice to the masses ; and they expect , therefore , to see the middle and higher classes come over in a body to the Universal Suffrage ranks and leHd their aid to the accomplishment of that which they have hitherto impeded in its progress , as the best means of securing the continuance and establishment of their own rights , and of our position , altogether , as a nation , among the nations of the earth . In that case they will accept the assistance of those classes ; they will show to them the difference in spirit between a people and a faction ; they will suffer the mantle of returning honesty

      w cover the foulness of past delinquencies , and admit them to the privilege of co-operating for the general good . But whoever thinks to place them again at the head of any popular movement -will find the people haying too vivid a recollection of their former pranks in that position to allow it to be done . No , no ; the people know them too well . No more middle class leadership ! No more " Reform" mania ! The people have taken their own affairs into their own hands ; the helm of the vessel is nnder their own guidance , and it will require more tact than is possessed by the partiea wb « m oar friend seems to fear , to wheedle it from them ; asd more force than they are possessed of to wrest it from them .

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      Datid John . —Hit long letter having no general " interest , but being merely local and personal , we Cannot'find room for it . J . TsBJfox . —When Mr . O'Connor ' t portrait it out he ihall have one . At present use have none but specimens for A gents . Thb Ujtexfkaxchisbd ' s Address has not enough of poetic merit for publication . Ma . Paraa Chapjjil , Stockpoei . —We have re-- reived a Utter from this person : toe advise him to be quiet . Gbaccbcs , —Wt ' jutve unt his letter to the Executive .

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      T . R . Smart seems angry about his communications : being neglected . The Lord bless him ! We only trish we had him at our desk for a week or two . He will see that his present address is inserted . His song will appear next week . Isaac Unwin deprecates ihe drinking customs of society ; commends total abstinence ; ascribes the failure of many societies and public bodies to the mischievous habits engendered by their practice of meeting at public Inns ; and recommends , that wherever practicable , Chartists shall eschew all connection with the beer-barrel . We quite agree with him . H . Griffiths . —We thank him for his numerous and valuable favours ; but we have no room for the

      "talk" of the Tones at Canterbury . Henry Tommey . — We have received an insolent letter from some man , under this signature , about some communication , sent to us a long time ago , and rejected . He threatens to go to every public meeting , and tell the people that the Northern S ' . ar is a paid Government paper ! His chief cause of anger seems to be that as we have not inserted his missive , which was to " shake the very foundation of a corrupt Government , " we have not returned it to him . Now we have given public notice many times , that we do not hold ourselves bound to take care of rejected correspondence : and that all parlies setting so much

      value on their lucubrations as to wish for their return , must keep copies far themselves . We see no reason for making this Mr ~ Tommey an exception to this necessary rule , even though the infliction of his sore displeasure be the penalty . If our " devil" chance to stumble on his papers while rummaging out the Balaam box for paper to light the office fire with , and if the said "devil" acquaint us with that circumstance , we will order it to be immediately posted off to Mr . Tommey , that he may therewith light his pipe : but this is all we can possibly do for him .

      Stars to Ireland . —The Secretary of the Liverpool Committee for the transmission of Stars and other political information to Ireland appeals to the people of England for more Stars . The Committee have got very few to what they expected , A Member , of the Liverpool Council can have Arthur O'Connor ' s plate on the same condition as A . Finlay . John Livessy wishes xts to say that he has received from a few of the members of the Ten Pound Loan Association , held at Richard Fieldens , the Red Bank Brewery , Manchester , nine shillings and sixpence .

      JoNiS K . mpb , of Mansfield , wishes his name to the Teetotal Address . Robert Jo . vston Page , James Christie , and John Hoggan , of Lhmfermline , wish their names to the Teetotal Pledge . R . Hunter writes us , that a young woman in the service of a priest , at Allou , having applied for permission to attend a Chartis . service , was denied by her Reverend master , with much abuse . John Rawlings . —We have no room . C Wood , Honley , has sent us a song . We will print one verse of it without alteration ; and we think that ought to satisfy him : —

      " Tve will not hurt nor harm the wigs , If they were all like sucking pigs But they are as base as any prigs That ' s knaping all they can . " David Carter would have the Chartists of each locality of the county of Middlesex to signjheir names to the following pledge : — / , A . B ., do pledge myself , in the presence of my fellow members , to subscribe , weekly , for the period of one quarter of a year , the following sum , for the support of Chartiit lecturers , Jot the county of Middlesex , for ihe advancement of the People ' s Charter , and in accordance with the following rules : —

      First—That all subscriptions for the above object shall be received by the local Secretaries , and paid to the Treasurer of the County Council once a week . Second—That the local Councils shall provide suitable lecture rooms , to be defrayed by the public * * voluntary contributions . Third—That the County Council shall nominate the lecturers , and that they shall be elected , by ballot , once a quarter , Oy ( he whole of the members of the County . Fourth—That the County Council shall pay the lecturers once a week . Fifth—That the lecturers shall equally proportion their services in the localities . Sixth—That the Secretary and Council of each locality shall attend to conduct every arra » gei" € nt on the lecture night .

      Birmingham Restoration Committee . — We have received from this body a limy balance-sheet of accounts , which would occupy more space than we can spare . It is signed , T . P . Green , secretary , and E . Spiuks and Johu Hardy , auditors , and shows a balance of £ G 4 s . Id . in ihe hands of the Treasurer . Vbccis . — We have no room for reports of Whig meetings . The " So . Mi" to the tune of " Flowers of the forest * will not suit us . Mr . Pitkethly . — In our report of the Mill

      Meeting , lasl week , U teas slated , that when Mr . Pxtkethly rose to procure a hearing for Mr . Hume he teas assailed by all sorts of noises . This , Mr . P . writes us , was incorrect . He says he was urgently requested , by several of the Foxes , to inlcrjere ; and that , when lie did so , fie vas lieard very attentively : the only interruption oj moment being from one of the reporters , who ought to have known his place better than order , as lie did , arty person to sit down . The portion of the report eoitip ' ained of we gave as it reached us from the Mercury . Huddersfield . — The report of ' tlie Oastler Tea

      Party ts in type , and shall appear in our next . Wm , Wood , Chuuley . — We have received a letter from him about three young women ; but we cannot read it . If he wilt send the facts so written as that u-e can read and understand the statement , it shall httve our attention . Manciuster Tailors A ^ D Cordwainebs . —Their addre .-s next week . Matthew Smith , Norwich . — We cannot now insert the report : we ought to have had it three weeks ago , D . M . Roberts , Secretary to the Committee for sending S .-ars to Ireland , should have sent us his address u- ' nh the appeal . We keep it over that we n > ay append it . L . PifKETULy . —His letter is in type , and will appear in our nejt .

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      The ^ Is . Gd . for Mrs . Frost , noticed in last week ' s Star , from Dewslury , was an error : it had appeared before . D . Ireland . —Send the amount in post stamps . J . Duncan has never sent his uccouni to the office . When he does it will be credited , if correct . Wm . Thompson is vey much surprised that u-e have ac ' . cd with such rigid punctuality to our rules . He ought to have been surprised if we had not done so . We do not make rules with the intention of breaking t / ietn . To Agents . —// was utterly impossible to supply those orders which only arrived at tfie office on Monday

      noon . Mr . Richard Blackburn , Newcastle , Staffordshire , can have the money he sent here some time ago , by sending a letter staling the amount and his ad dress . Robert Lundy , 25 , Mytongate , Hull . —The notice of his commencing Agent for the sale of the Northern Star , UiUiiler's Fleet Papers , and Richardson ' s Biack book , t * an advertisement . Old Squatt . —Received : and will take advantage of him , if needed . T . G ., AIacclesfield . — Get tickets from ihe Agent you leave , showing you have subscribed to the date of your change . T . Bolwell . —Received . A . Brown , Lkven . —Received . His paper is posted at the usual time .

      FOB THB COMMITTEE FOR SUPERINTENDING DAN . ' s CHARTIST WJtLCOMfi TO LEEDS . £ t . d . From O . F ., Aberdeen 0 0 6 „ a few enemies to political jugglery , of CondoU-strtes 0 3 6 „ Men and Women of London 1 7 6 „ Tib-street , Manchester 0 15 7 S 6 7 Post-office order 0 0 8

      3 « 1 .. Attleborough , near Nuneaton , per W . J . Osborne ... 0 6 0 „ Hey wood , near Rochdale ... 0 6 0 ,. Rochdale , per James Taylor ... 0 5 0 .. Hudden&eid , per D . Clayton 0 10 0 „ the Isle of Wight Political Association . 10 0 « the members of the Tower Haiulels National Charter Association . 0 0 i FOR TH * WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THB INCARCERATED CHARTIS IS . From a Fustian Jacket on the Great Western Railway 0 10 _ Leeds ... 0 0 3 ~ a Bandonian ... 0 0 6 .. the Working Men's Association , QaUshiels 0 14 % -. the Operatives at Milkinggreen Milts . Lees 0 4 i - Wm . H& . igb , TJlvtrstone ... 0 3 0 ~ Edinburgh , per John Duncan , being proBts of a ball , held on New Year * Day , in carde-afreet Hall ... ... X 0 0

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      FOR MR . OASTLER . From G . F ., Aberdeen ... ... 0 0 6 FOR FROST ' S RESTORATION COMMITTEE . From the Working Men ' s As » ociation , Oalashiels ... ... 0 10 FOR MRS . FROST . From H , Stephens , Brighton , per ' Mr . Morling ... ... 0 1 6

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      BXRaXIKGHAia . —Our Birmingham friends trill note that we have appointed , as correspondent for the Northern Star , Mr . Geohge Whitb , whose whole time will be devoted to the service of the people of the districts in and around Birmingham , in that capacity . We are not yet able to give his address ; but , for the present , all communications may be addressed for him at Mr . Guest ' s , bookseller , Stoelhouse-lane ; and we request that all matters of interest , connected with the movement , may : be forwarded to him without delay . He will attend all meetings of the people , of which due notice is given to him , and report the proceedings .

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      HARLESTON ( NonFOLK . )—TnE Church Rate War . —On the refusal of Mr . Laidler , dissenting preacher , of this town , to pay a church-rate ot Is . 4 | d ., the usual lej : al proceedings were commenced against him ; and a table and seven chairs were seized from his house , undor a distress warrant , which were brought to the hammer b y Mr . Hedgeman , on the 18 th inst ., and disposed of at low prices to two individuals . A large concourse of persons collected together , of whom a great number were dissenters ; but , however deep their curses might be , they certainly were not very loud j for things passed very quietly . At the conclusion , however , a few of the warmest dissenters appeared quite chop-fallen , andentirely lost their equanimity .

      High words were bandied between them and the auctioneer , and we imagined we heard threats of " Slapping your face , if you say more to me "— " Do , if you dare , I defy you "—aud " A coroner's inquest will be the next thing wo hear of , " &c . But it might arise from par dullness of hearing ; of course , it is quite unreasonable to suppose that such words could ever escape the lips of our " moral force" Whigs and Tories I We will yield to none in our attachment to genuine liberty , including the redress of all " Dissenter ' s grievances ; " but , from our bouI , wo behove that the opponents of church-rates are not animated by a spark of true patriotism . We will say nothing about their directing their opposition against the trifling church-rate ,

      whilst of the enormous amount levied in tho shape of tithes , we never he £ u" a word . We will pass tlm over , and just analyse their " conscientious" professions . All their oppositioa is for " conscience " sake—all because they wish to be done unto , as they would do unto others . Now , we will just ask , is not the execrable New Poor Law as adverse to the conscience of every humane mail aa the church-rate can be to tho dissenters 1 Is not the usurpation ot the natural and social rights of the people of this country , and the forcing of tyrannical laws , which are the offspring of un ' uwful might , down the throats of tho people , as adverse to the conscience of every true Chartist , as compulsory assessments can be to the dissenters ! We unhesitatingly declare they are , and of vastly more consequence to the temporal aud eternal well-being of the people , than their

      trumpery , trifling church-rate ? How these hypocrites have respected the conscientious scruples of Poor Law Repealers and Chartists , let their servile , " godly" journal answer . Have they not always been the foremost to urge on the harpies of the law to prosecute men who have ten thousand times more to complain of than they have ? And who , instead of seeking the good of a class , or a sect , are wishing and striviugfor Universal Liberty , both body and mind . Self is the " ruling principle " - ^ -in this struggle they are totall y regardless of the Heavensprung rights of their lellow-creatures . Wore the dreadful persecutions of the daya of tho whoremonger , Charles the Second , revived , and the dissenting body brought to a kuowledge of that Truth which they profess , but , unhappily , know not , they would acknowledge that Heaven was just to them in these retributive judgments . —Correspondent .

      LONDON . —Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall District Meeting . — ( Uy our own Correspondent . )—On Monday evening , the committee for promoting tho erection of a Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall in the metropolis , convened a public meeting in the schoolroom , Aylesbury-street , Clerkenweil , in furtherance of their object ; at half-past eight Mr . Peat , carpenter , was called to the chair , and in a lucid address demonstrated the advantages that must accrue to the working men of London from tho erection of the contemplated institution . —Mr . Hefcherington , who was received with loud and general cheering , moved tho first rceolutioa : — "That this meeting is of opinion , that tho present condition of the working class , whether as individuals , or composing the

      various trades oi Loudon , is unjust and degrading , and that the comfort , economy , and influence of their numerous trades' societies would be greatly enhanced by the erection of a hall in some central locality , where cheaper and better accommodation could be offered for their meetings , with a combination of intellectual and social improvement secured to the members . "Mr . Boggis , in a temperato and well-received adures-s , seconded the resolution ; which was put from the chair , and carried unanimously . —Mr . Richard Moore came forward , amidst general applauscyto move the second resolution : — "That this meeting is of opinion , that the plan and constitution of a proposed London Journeymen ' s Trades' Hall , " as now submitted , and which is enrolled under the Acts of

      Parliament , 10 Geo . 4 th , c . 56 , and 4 and 5 Will . 4 th , c . 40 } is eminently designed to promote tho convenience and political and moral elevation of the labouring clasp , and earnestly recommends to the individual operatives , of this great metropolis , the necessity and importance of their respective trades ' societies immediately taking shares from their funds ; that by their powerful patronage they may stimulate the private exertions of their numerous members , and unitedly secure the speedy erection and permanent management of so desirable an edifice . "Mr . Potts , a delegate from the basket ) -makers , in a calm , argumentative , and impressive speech , seconded the resolution . —A gentleman , ( whose name we did not catch , ) stated that he had only this evening

      taken up a share in the undertaking . He most anxiously and ardently wished it Kuccees ; and , with the permission of the Chairman , he had a few questions to ask tho Secretary : —1 . Have any trades ' societies taken up shares , and how many I 2 . From what class of trades do the Committee find tho greatest encouragement t 3 . Have they any account at a banktr ' ti ! 4 . What amount of money , belonging to the Hall fund , ia any member allowed to hold ? 5 . Is it contemplated to erect District Hails , in the event of the Central Hall proving successful ? And 6 . Are any profits expected to be realised , by letting the Institution for other purposes than that of the trades !—Mr . Farren , the Secretary , replied , that about seven or eight united trades have actually

      taken shares and paid the money , and as many raor « have givea the Committee favourable answers . 2 . They had derived most encouragement from those trades that must necessarily have the greatest hand in the erection of the bulding . 3 . They had an account with Messrs . Pre&cott , Grote , and Co . in Threadneedla-street ; of whose liberal conduct to the Committee , Mr . F . spoke in the most eulogistic terms . 4 . The whole amount held by the three Treasurers on the Committee did not exceed a dozen pounds . 5 . This question would be best answered after the operation of the cointemplated Central Hall should have been tested ; and , lastly , there could be no doubt whatever that a considerable profit would accrue to the shareholders , by allowing other classes the uso of the Hall , at a moderate price , when not required for their own purposes , it should be borne in mind that a 9 much as forty

      guineas were paid for Exeter Hall , for one evening —that this Committee have economised their funds , so that not a soul has received a farthing in the way of remuneration for services , neither the Committee nor the Secretary , who have to stop out night after night , at some expence , and at th « sacrifice of domestic comforts at home , receiving one farthing from the funds . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Farren concluded by announcing that the Committee had decided on holding their next district meeting on Monday next , at the Temperance Hotel , Adelaide-EquaTe , New North-road , Islington ; ia order that every quarter of the metropolis should , as far as practicable , be made acquainted with the objects sought to be achieved . —Some other speakers addressed the meeting , particularly an eccentric old gentleman , who caused much merriment and more uproar , after which thanks were voted to the Chairman , aud the meeting broke up .

      BRISTOL -Disgraceful Anti-Socialist Riot at thjs Hall op Scibncb . —Daniel Sexton was charged , on Monday , with breaking open the doors of the Hall of Science , in Broadmead , and destroying the property therein . —George Lovell , being sworn , said , yesterday evening there was a meeting at tho H * ll alter worship , and the doors were closed . Shortly after , those of us who were inside heard » breaking of lamps outside , and a noise as of many persons attempting to force the doors . I went and put in some pieces of strong timber against the doors to secure them . The mob outside ft ot a cart which was in the lane , and rushed with it against the doors several times . At length the doom were forced , and we who were inside , only a few individuals , being timid , ran into an ad joining room and shut the door . After some time I opened the door and saw about 60 or 100 persons in the Hall , and the prisoner was amongst them . I heard the » iob breaking up the forms and sittings , and tearing down the gas fittings —Mr . Herapath : The magVBtraka aojMld know

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      that , on every Sunday night , there was a riot iu the streets . Yesterday evening , as I was going by the Bush , I saw a crowd of at least five hundred persons vehemently hooting at and endeavouring to as > ail some person who was in a car , and who appeared to be obnoxious to them . I went immediately to the police-station , called oat the reserve force , and had tho street cleared . The mob , however , again got sight of the obnoxious individual , and ran after him , and I waa obliged to give him iu charge to the police for his own protection . The entire riot appeared to me to be owing to some well-dressed young men , who headed aud organised the mob . A p arty then came to me , aud claimed protection , as the Hall of Science was iu the possession of tbe mob .

      I went down there , and saw again the same young men who before headed the mob . I have nothing to do with the dogmas of Mr . Owen or Mr . Brindley , but one thing is clearly oar duty , as magistrates , and that is to afford protection to the public , and I , for one , will do it . —Lovell ; I am satisfied ih ^ police encourage the mob . When the Inspector came down to the Hall , last night , he said it served us right . —Mr . Superintendent ' Fisher : I gaid you first kick up a row , and then sent for us to put it down . There have been more rowa since the Hall of Science has been open than we ever had before .- — Mr . Newman : The police have ao business to express any opinion at all , one way or the other . They are mere machines in the hands of the KHwistrates .

      However wrong it may be to hold these meetings on a Sunday , and 1 think it is wrong , still the police have nothing to do with that . Suppose aBy of the mob had heard the remark you made , why they would imagine ( hey were doing right ,, aud thus it is that rows , ensue . —M > v Herapath ; It is the duty of the police to afford ' protection to all her Majesty ' s subjects . —H . Hay ward was then sworn : E sot not a Socialist ; I was at the Hall of Science last liight , and I saw the prisoner in the act of breaking open the door with a large log of wood . He was knocking against the door and kicking at ii .- —By Mr . Herapath : I did not see him break any furniture . — Edward Pooie sworn ; I am not a Socialist . I saw the prisoner go into the Hall of Science ; ha went to

      the platform and lighted a candle , and made a kind of speech ; he then came down from , ihe platform , collared a person , and asked him if ho was a Socialist . The individual replied "No ; "' and then the prisoner said , ' ¦ Siinkin is iu here ; we will have him out . " —Tho prisoner said : I had been drinking at the Trout till half-past nine o'clock , and on coming away I met the mob and went to see what was going on , but I waited outside the doors and took no part iu the row . —The witness ; He collared me and taid , " Don ' t I do my duty like a mau V The witnesa added , I am no Socialist , but I don ' t like to see the commonwealth destroyed . "—Mr . Shaw , a gentleman who reports for the Journal office , here called out , " I have heard privately that tha prisoner can

      produce witnesses to prove his inuoceuce of the charge , if he is allowed time . "—Mr . Burgess wished to know if Mr . Shaw was a witness in tho case . —Mr . Herapath : In what character docs Mr . Shaw attend here ? Ia he an advocato!—The prisoner then called a young man as a witness , who said he was drinking witn him till half-past nine at the Trout . Ou their return they heard a row and went to see what it was . Tho prisoner did not try ot break iu . There was a largo mob inside , breaking the things to pieces . —Poole said the last witness was himself on the platform and taking part in the row . —A boy of the name of Beard thon appeared to give evidence ou behalf of the prisoner , wheu Poole identified him also as one of the rioters , aud said he

      uaw him take a large stone and break a lamp . —A person of the name of Fisher then stopped forward , and said he could give evidence Uu being asked if he was a Socialist , he Baid he was . In reply to qucs . ions from Mr . Herepath , ho said , " 1 believe iu a state of rewards ana punishments ; I believe I am accountable for my actions ; I believe in the contents of the book 1 hold in my Laud . " The witness was then sworn , and said— " The first noise had partly subsided in the premises , and I went to open thn door of the ante-room for the females who were there , to escape . I opened the door , and saw about twenty individuals in the room ; I saw the

      prisoner take up a piece of quarter-staff and strike something with it , and then go to the side door and strike it . That was the door leading to the room in which the females had taken refuge . —The prisoner was ordered to find sureties , himself in £ 20 , and two others in . £ 10 each , to keep the peace , and in default was committed to gaol . —In the course of the morning , application was , made for summonses against other parties implicated in tho above transaction . It was stated that the most disgraceful proceedings had taken place ; that the benches and desks had bean broken up , thc-fittings pulled down , aud the dome skylight smashed , and that £ 50 would not replace the damage done .

      SHEFFIELD . —Murder in Sheffield . —On Sunday morning , a dreadful murder was committed in Sheffield , on the body of a man named Beck . The circumstances were of a rather peculiar nature , as it appears the inurdered man wanted some improper intimacy with the murderer ' s wife . The husband , named George Raney , on returning home late last Saturday night , heard , before he entered his house , cries from his wife , of " Now don ' c ; now give over , for I expect my master home directly . " On pushing open the door , he saw the house was in total darkness . Thinking that the parties were in criminal intercourse , he rushed in tho direction whence the sound proceeded , and laying hold of the intruder , proceeded to inflict

      upon him sundry heavy blows . They closed , and falling upon a card-tabio in the room , smashed it to pieces . On the ii ) or Raney waa uppermost , and he seized Beck by the throat with one hand , and struck him with the other . A gurgling noise in the throat of Beck alarmed Raney ; and he rushed from his own house to his sister ' s , where he expressed himself very ftarful that he had killed a man ; but whom he did not kuow . On learning that Beck was actually dead , he declared he would surrender himself to justice ; and was leaving his sister for that purpose , when he met the constable seeking him . An inquest was held on Monday , before Mr . Badger , the coroner , when much evidence to the effect above sa ' . ed was adduced , and the inquiry eventually adjourned till Thursday .

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      Chartist Adhesives , or Stickers . —We have received samples of two adhesives for letters , from Manchester . On . one is printed the sentence , — " Remember Frost , Williams , and Jones ; " and on the other , — "TheCharter , and No Surrender . " They arc neatly eneraved on green paper , ready for pasting , and we would recommend the use of them as a good mode of calling attention to the Chartist victims and the People ' s Charter . Inhuman Gaol Treatment . —A long investigation took place the other day , at Brixton House of Correction , touching the death of Elizabeth Baaks , aged 35 , who died just after having descended from the treadwheel . A fellow-prisoner stated , that the poor woman was much troubled in bed with a cough all night previous , aud that she said the clothing was very thiu upon her . The poor creature was put on the treadwheel twice the following morningand the witness gave the following account

      , of her death : —I was Bitting on my seat waiting for my turn to go , there were four or five persons on the wheel at the same time , when the deceased , who had been up the last time about five minutes , told two of the girls to get out of her way as quick as possible , when she got down and sat on the seat . She looked very ill , and turned quite blue in the face , and never uttered a single word . I ran to her assistance , and supported her upon the seat , when she expired in my arms . " An attempt was made to clear the prison functionaries of any alleged neglect , but the foreman of the jury remarked , — " that there was no doubt that the ueath of tho woman was accelerated by the hard labour and prison regulations , at a time when her frame was debilitated by illness . ' He added that tho surgeon could not be aware of her illness , as she never mentioned her cough to him . Verdict— " Death from Natural Causes . "

      Serious , if not Fatal Accident . —As Mr . Saml . Field , manufacturer , Pudsey , was returning from the sale of machinery at Mr . Chambers' mill at Horton Bank Top , on Tuesday night last , and when descending the hill to Shear-bridge near this town , the girths of his saddle suddenly broke , by which he was thrown from his horse with great violence , and falling upon his head sustained such severe Internal injury that his life is despaired of . Yesterday , he was totally insensible , and the blood flowing from his eara proves that his situation is a very critical one . —Bradford Observer . More Railwat Accidents . —On Tuesday last , two men lost their lires on the BoUon and Preston Railway ; one from a quantity of earth suddenly giving way , and the other from being knocked down and run over by some soil waggons . Inquests hare been held over them , and verdicts of ¦ ** Accidental death" returned .

      Unnatubal PARBNT . ^ -The ma gistrates of the Manchester Borough Court , were on Monday engaged in investigating into the oondnct of a brute named Mary Soloman , towards one of her children , It had been found in the cole-hole , lying on a few shavings , and so black that it could scarcely be recognised as a human being . The prisoner , it seemed , lived with a person named Cox ; and the reason assigned for their inhuman treatment of the poor child was , that they had entered it into a burial club , and wo « Id _ be entitled to a 6 « m of money should it die . The surgeon deposed that the child wa . not »« diate danger of losing Us life , and the prisoners were discharged with an admonition .

      Umwholesomb M * at . -Oq Monday , tte oarcases of iwo sheep ? and three pj « 8 , were publicly burned i « fhW Vtm Mmrket . Leeds . The Commissioners aDSJr ^ o be « SJi wSS tne execution of the dn ^ oM / SSortaut office , th » thejluT © pre-YiouBlybew .

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      HTEWGASTLEto—Mr . Maeoa Will deliver a lecture at North Shields , on Monday , tho 1 st of February . As the powers that be will not allow it to be in-doors , it will very probably be on the New Quay , North Shields . Mr . Mason will deliver the first of a series of lectures ( to be continued weekly ) in the Joiner ' s Ball , on Sunday , the 31 st January , at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . One penny each will be taken at the door , to defray expences . Mr . Mason will likewise visit Keston , on Saturday , the 6 th of February .

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      Glasgow , l&th January , 1841 . Sir , —In yon * laet paper , January 16 th , a letter of Mr . O' Connor's is given , in which the following passago occurs t . — "Every one knowa how I worked for the cotton spinners . I attended their second trial in January . They came fitae the other day with an injunction front Brouyham , Wakl « y , and ethers , to take no notice of ws . They ¦ wet * ¦ wittrin an hour's journey of my dungeon , and they turned their backs upon me . I forgive them . If they are over prosecuted again , I mil defend them again . "

      The first part of this paragraph is true to the letter , and I need not , as an humble ihorridual , confirm \» ha % I trust is generally known and appreciated by every working mast in the vealni , —that Mr . O'Connor spares neither exertion nor expense to forward their , interests , and befriend them , wh « n others forsake them in the hour of peril But it is the second senteuco of the paragraph to which I v ? ould direct your attention ; wherein it is stated that the liberated cotton spinners had certain " injunctions from Brougham , Wakley , and others , to take no notice of Mr , O'Connor . " This , Mr . Editor , I deny in the moat emphatic manner ; not less in justice to the parties charged , than in vindication of my own character , as I would be for ever sunk in my own estimation , could I have condesceuded to purchase iiiy own liberation or the favour of others on such degrading terms , at the expence of gratitude to % friend whom 1 revere tbsoagh principle .

      From -whatever quarter Mr . O'Connor has heard this , I can assure him and you , that it is wholly without foundation . ' As to having passed hia " dungeon " without paying a visit , I regret to say it is true ; but not in the sense stated in the paragraph . The truth is . our anxiety to meet our unhappy wives and children , mode ua travel at a railroad pace , in the fulfilment of engagements we- had made with various towns ia Yorkshire ; while , at the same time , we were utterly ignorant of our proximity to York dungeon , when wetook the railway from Selby to Leeds . This ia the true and only reason I can give , for circumstances over

      which we had little or no controul . It grieves me to hear Mr . O Conn ' or say we turned our backs on him . I will just in friendship say , "O thou of iHUe faith . " Hoping , Mr . Editor , that you will give insertion to the above remarks , that Mr O'Connor ' s mind may be disabused of a wrong impression , and that the publio generally may know that the five persecuted and deeply-injured cotton spinners of Glasgow , ntver could have sanctioned a contract that would have been alike discreditable' to all concerned . Your insertion of th # above in Saturday ' s Star , will oblige , Sir , jours , fee . &c ., Richard M'Neil .

      Bank Tavern , 33 , Troegate . [ I give this letter insertion , and I have bat just one word to say upon it . The cotton spinners were several days in Hull , within three hours of York , before they came to'Leeds . When they were at Leeds , I myself asked them if they would not go to York , the succeeding day , to which I received an evasive and hesitating reply . Mr . Hackett , one of the five cotton spinners , in the hearing of the others , told me in the Music Saloon , at Leeds , that the reason why they had , since their return , taken no public notice of O'Connor ,

      not eveu returning thanks to him , was , because they had been advised to that line of conduct by Mr . Wakley aud their London friends . In none of the resolutions of gratitude for the exertions of friends , passed at the numerous meetings held on their behalf , that have ever come under my notice , does the name ot O'Connor appear .-save at Leeds ; and then it was forced on them by the metting , having been excluded from their original progaimne of proceedings entirely . Let these facts speak for themselves . William Hill , Editor N . S . ]

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      FROa OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , Jan . 27 . WALWORtH AND CaMBERWELL NATIONAL Charter Association . —On Monday evening , at the weekly nieoting of this Association , it was resolved that any member of the Association , who shall bring up seven new members in one quarter , shall receive aa enamelled card , of the same kind as those got up for th 9 benefit of the victims . The practice of smoking during the hours of business was abolished . A vote of thanks to t * ie Cnaitists of Leeds , and to the conductors of the Northern Star , ( the advocate of the people ' s rights , ) for the grand moral display made on the 21 sfc in . 'tat . 't , to welcome the arch-traitor Dan , and for the glorious defeat of the Fox and Goose Ciub , waa carried unanimously . A vota of approbation was also carried to the Hon . and Kev . Godolphin Osborne , " for his Christian conduct in bringing to justice the mouster , Joseph Howe , for his inhuman and brutil conduct towards Elizibtth Wise , an inmate of t ' ae Hoo Union

      B'iitiie . " FrNSBURT Working Men's association . —In accordance with a resolution passed at a previous meeting , this sockty held a puWle meeting latt evening , at their Rooms , No . 9 , Little White Lion-street , M ercer-fctreet , Long Acre . The following resolution waa proposed by Mr . Moore , seconded by Mr . Durranfc , and adopted : — " That this meeting , fully agreeing with the objects of the National Charter Association , pledges itself to assist , by every means in its power , to carry the same into effect" Mr . Maine moved , and Mr . Norman seconded , a vote of thanks , which-was carried , to the Leeds Comcrittee , for their exertions ia getting up the recent " Wokome-to-the-great-Dan

      Demonstration , " and also to the People ' s Delegates , for their manly and uncompromising conduct at the middle-class meeting . " Mr . Hoppy moved , and Mr Hodge seconded , a resolution pledging the meeting , ndividually , as well as collectively , to petition the House of Commons , during the present Session , for the Charter , and the releaso of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and all political prisoners . A committee for the ensuing quarter was then formed from among the members present ; the secretary and the treasurer were appointed ; and notice was given tnat Mr . Cameroo would give a lecture at the Soc ' ety ' s rooms , on Cooperation , on Tuesday next A number of new members were enrolled in the National Charter Association .

      Street Accidents— The past week has been pregnant with street accidents of a minor ^ description , scarcely a day passing without three or four cases of " dead horses" ia omnibuses or cabs ; and yesterday ( Tuesday ) , in Red Lion-street , Holborn , at about five o ' clock , the victim of one accident from rapid driving had scarcely bean taken into a surgwn ' s in that street , ere another vehicle ( a cab ) came rapidly round the corner / and knocked down a respectably attired aged woman , but fortunately inflicting no rery serious injury , although much fright and some bruises were the result Pedestrians complain loudly of the wood pavements , over which the coaches roll without giving warning of their vicinity .

      Accident . —On Sunday evening , a poor old man , aged 64 , was about to enter toe Wesleyen Methodist Chapel , in the Adelphi , Strand , when , just at the threshold , he missed his step , and fell forwards against a raised grating , which is so constructed as > form at once a step in the door-way , and a window for the area beneath . A frightM wound was thus occasioned , and the sufferer waa immediately removed [ to Charing Cross Hospital , where the most P «> nipt attention was paid ; but we learn that the patient rtill l * s in a Tery dangerous state .

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      JULIAN HABNEY . TO THB BD 1 X 0 R , OF THE K O » THSa « STAB . SiB .-lhave only time to state tfc * ' hJJ ^ «* David Kerr , wearer , of this P ^ f . « g- ° ^™ % 5 £ 3 Ss 3 ^ Bg (« and non-intrasion blaser . W « were taken from this the local bashaw to

      were comM ^ rby Stonehajre-. ThTca «^ i hea « l > S-turfaynigW . beforea btteh of Justices ; when * after aBitixaminaUoii of flire nous duration , the complaint wat dismissed , aud ayself and Kerr liberated . Tfa * unanimous decision tf the bench being , that tae cfcurg * was " not provm . " Thia statement of facts inosftbe my apology to the people of Brechinand Arbroath * whom I had engaged to addrev on Friday ani Safcrday ey « ning > I * " * - Mjr Dondea friends will tea me with them on Monday next , February 1 st 1 nrart TWerre WigoU * " W » ne « ted

      with the atxm , a « abw xny eppM ^ l ^ iAWd Mitfaer Kirk , « ntii my next /^ fiE—n ^ * a * 8 s <'

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      \ -j : cc-ilss Wslfali—Smith , Corn-Law leaguer , rvvViO : Gladstone , own brother to Newark ( Tory ) . ot- ^ o— Corn Laws ; and seven to five on the Manchester- */^ Crotr Giesox , ( Whig , Tory , Radical , and Chartist ;) Sir Geougb Mr / mur , ( Tory ;) 6 to 4 against Gibson . —Question Orange or Blae . Bochdale— Shabmas Crawfobd , ( honest xnanj % walk ever ; or Lombard-street to a China orange cpon o * ld Ireland agains , i the field , whoever etuiis-

      _ _ .... The Fife Boroughs—Dr . Bowktxg , ( anything or nothing 0 CoL F * hguss «« , ( Whig ;) Tory not yei declare , but one will start ; 20 to 1 on the CoL igaicst the field ; 100 to 1 the Col . against the Dr ., ind 70 » 1 ihe Col . against the Tory . Sow , of these five seats it ifl possible that the Wiigs may lose Canterbury—it ia probable they ma y lose Walsall—it is more than probable that they may lwe iklanchester , and it is certain that

      they will lose Rochdale , which , upon any question of mereHtrsEBTS rs policy , will reckon , at least , as ien . Shabjus Cka ^ fobd , in spite of himself , is sare to have fire Joints in his tail , as it merely requires the raising of the real standard of Irish principle in the House to insure the influence of public opinion upon , at least , five members returned fcy popular constituencies , and vho must vote for the right thing , vrithout reference to the man , or

      tier must go about their business . Toe great secret of O'Cornell ' s humbug influence £ 45 been the jargon that he supported the best iking going . >' ow , Sharmau will set a better thing « au £ , and his presence is the heaviest blow that ptBiel could possibly have received ; and hence hia . jaempt to choke Mm -with fresh butter at starting . Kirkaldy—the Whigs will wiD , and , in passing , we must just observe ( as some foolish print has caBed tie poor doctor " the Radical candidate " ) that a more miserable selection could not have been made , tnd our Scotch friends may rest assured that any effort made on behalf of the skin-a-flint Mahhnsiau trill be received by their English brethren as anvthine bat a compliment .

      In fact , if w& were bound to name three political , — mind , political , —hemba ^ s , of ihe Rrst water , we jhould unhesitatingly say Smith , Jim Crew Gibson , aad the Doc : or . As to Jim Crow Gibson , every hoaesi man , every consistent m ^ n , every decent mac , » ad eTen every rogue , for-decency ' a sake , is bound to oppose him ; and we do hope that a downright good ax-foot high Jim Crow , with his straw tu and white feather , and ai-coloured tail ot oracle , hlne . aad green , is ready , just to let the Ips-srich Jun see his brother from old Kentucky . It is vuksr lo say " Who are you ! "—but tha boys es * j fairly s * y What are you now , Jim ?"

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      * HE HUSTINGS' PATRIOTS AND MINISTERIAL HACKS . Sotei 5 g so much sinks the character of politicians * e the fact , so boastingly and studiously proclaimed , fc « the politician , to be efficient , most throw off » e getileman . Of the troth , of this we haTe had * a excellent specimen just now at Leeds . The hustings' patriots ever have been the greatest i&usterial hacks ; in fact , the crutches of the fflntikted body of Whiggery . They go abont , in tbe language of HtntE , ( the historian , cot the * h » ck , - )*' pn ) Cia j mji that the people are not bo »« n governed as they should be , " while they

      them-•^ T es are the very reserve rjpon which ttnjust * sl « s have to fall back , when assailed by the ¦ enem y . The Sham-Radicals , in the dishonest hope of " ktfchiag something for themselves , have allowed fceir patrons to commit wholesale plunder ; and , in ft ° uit of fact , they are , in political honour , bound *> support them , inasmuch as the sons , nephews , * o «» as , cousins , relatives , kith and kin of these Rings' hacks , have been all provided Tot , either *» workhouse job , a polioe job , a church job , or * B » other filthy job .

      Now for our specimen . On the 21 sL , we had a « Seh of those fast-and-loose gentlemen , who wish run with ihe hare and hold with the hound , * P « i the hustings at the " intellectual feast f aad « ej vied one with the other in strong denunciation * the present Administration ; in fact , named some fttsonall y , ind the most proBrinens , aa the great ^ cks to all Reform , and they were cheered . w what did the sneaking crew next do 1 Why , « P » the very following day , we found them laudiag ,

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      . Ma . OastLku asp the Fleet Papers-. —With gratified feilinga we learn from Mr . Oistler himself that his little weekly pablicatioa is iikeiy to succeed beyond the most sauguine expectations of his friends . The second number doubled the circulation of the first , and the third nearly doubled tha * of the second . Audacious Robbery . —On Monday night , abont eight o ' clock , as a youth named Charles Stuart was passing along" Cobourg-street , Leeds , he was assaulted by a" man who seemed to be acting in concert with two . women , and who unclasped young Smart ' s cloak , and ran off with it .

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      THE NORTHERN STAR 5

      To Ittk Bsitob Ov The Notttheen Star.

      TO IttK BSITOB OV THE NOttTHEEN STAR .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct534/page/5/