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      in the Number for the First of February , ' of the National Advertiser and Monthly Herald of Genlral Information . A Copy may be had for 2 £ d ., by giving aa Order to any Bookseller in the Country , or by remitting 4 d . for a copy to the Office , 3 . Crane-court . Fleet-street , London . The National Advertiser is double the size of the London Evening Newspapers , and contains ( for 2 ^ d . ) a greater extent of Information than maDy guinea volumes .

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      B ALANCE-SHEET of the EXPENCES and RECEIPTS in getting up the PUBLIC MEETING , held at White Conduit House , London , January 4 th , 1841 . on Behalf of FROST , WILLIAMS , and JONES : —

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      Thii Day , January 30 / A , is Published , Price Sixpence , No . 2 , of THE PEOPLE'S MAGAZINE : A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF RELIGION , POLITICS , AND LITERATURE .

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      BALANCE SHEET of the National Victim Fund Committee , from December 19 th , 1840 , to January 23 rd , 1841 . Dr . £ . b . d . Dec . 19 . —Money in Mr . Hey wood ' s hands as Treasurer 22 10 10 „ From 11 Dyers , upon short time , at Comersdale Dyeworks , per John Barnes ... 0 10 0 Dec . 22 . —From London N . C . A ., per David Cator ... 0 10 0 .. From Kinross , Scotland ... 0 3 6 Dec . 24 . —From John Leach , of Huddersfield ; profit on Stars , per Abram Haley 0 10 0 ~ J . Torkington , of Stockport , per C . Connor 0 10 „ From Bromsgrove , after a Tea-par » y in the N . C . A . Room ... 10 0 „ From Bawhesd Chartist Benevolent Society , per J . Whitelow 10 0 „ Chiltenham , per Mercy Brown 0 10 From A . B . C . of King ' s County , Ireland , 5 ? . inPost-office Stamps 0 5 0 „ From Doncaster , per John Bradley and James Armfield . D . Lumb ... ... 0 1 6 „ John Bradley and Jas . Armfield 0 10 Ditto and B . Armfleld 0 1 0 Ditto and J . Bradley 0 1 0 Ditto and C . Buckley 0 10 Ditto aud Robt . Wood 0 10 Ditto and Thos . Wood 0 1 0 Ditto and G . Bramhall 0 1 6 DittoandJno . Harland 0 0 6 Ditto and R . Walker 0 0 6 Ditto and G . Richards 0 0 6 ~ Ditto and from a tew Females 0 16 _ Ditto and G . Lodge ... 0 0 6 „ Ditto and Jonas Ivef ~ 0 0 6 Ditto and G . Tubbs ... 0 0 6

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      THE COMMONS . Tuesday , January 25 . The " House" met at two o ' clock , and was shortly * mr summoned to the Upper House , " to bear hex Majesty speak , Ii obedience to this summons , the Speaker , ac-© ompanied by the greater number of Members then present , and preceded by the Sergeant at Arms , baaing the Mace , left the House . The'Speaker returned after an absence of abont ten minutes , and tire House adjourned during pleasure . The Speaker resumed the Chair at half-part three o'clock , and informed the Housp , that during the recess , he had issued new -writs for the election of Members to serve in Parliament , for the borough of Carlow , in the room of Mr . Vigor ? , deceased ; for the county of Mayo , in the room of Sir W . ' Brabaxon , deceased ; and for the Kirkaldy bnrghs , in the room of Robert Ferguson , deceased .

      Mr . Cabew took the oaths and bis seat for the county of Wexford , anJ Mr . Pjgot , the Attorney-Ganeral for Ireland , took the oatts and hia seat , upon his re-election fer ClonmeL Sir T . Feehaxtle stated that there -was another Bon . Member < CoL Bruen ) who -was -vraituig to take the caihs and his ssst for the borough of Carlow , but there ¦ was an error in the date of the return . The election took place oa the 30 th of November , and a return was made on the 5 th of December , but by same accident or mistake it was dated the 5 th of November . He tSir Thomas Fremantle ) apprehended that it vas merely a clerical error , and that it did Dot affect the mtnts or TaJidity of the election . Mr . Archdall stated that he was present at ths election of Cariow , -when Colontl Bruen -was returned . The election took p ' ace on the 30 th of November , and tie return tras made oa the 5 th of I > ecember .-

      Sir T . Fkemastle then moTed that the return be amended by striking out November and instrtiug December , ¦ whicfe W 3 s accordingly done . Mr . E . J . Stanley gave notice that , on the part of Lord John Russell , the Noble Lord -would , on Monday , the 29 th of February , mo-re for le&Te to bring in a Bill for the continuance of the Poor Law Commission for a limited period . He also gave notice that , on Wednesday , February the 3 rd , Lord John KosseJl would ' nio-ve for Ieaxe to bring in a Bi J to amend the laws relating to the registration of Parliamentary electors in England and Wales ; and that , on Thuisiay , the 4 th of

      February , Lord Morpeth would m * Te for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the-registration of Toters in Ireland . ( Hear . ) The Noble Lord ¦ Would also more , on the 9 th of February , . for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the drainage of lands in Ireland . He also gaTe notice that , on Tuesday , the 2 nd of February , Lord Morpeth would more for leave ti bring in a Bili for the better administration of justice in Ireland . He also gaTe notice that , on Thursday , the 4 th of February , Air . Labouehere would moTe for leaTe to bring in a Bill for tho better regulation of railway ? .

      Mr . E . J . Starlet then moTed for a new writ for the county of Monmouth , in the room of Mr . WIlIiaiEs ; or Canterbury , in the room of Lord Albert Conyngfcam ; also one for the borough of Walsall , in the room Of Francis Finch , Esq . ilr . Kexble mo-red that a new writ be issued for the Eastern Division of Surrey , in the room of Richard Alsager , Esq ., deceased . Ordertd . ilr . Kelly gaTe notice that , on Tuesday , the- 9 th of February , be would move for leave t * bring in a Bill for the abolition of the punishment of death in certain casee . ¦¦ Sir T . Tmekaxjls , on the part of the Noble Lord , the Member for North Lancashire ( Lord Stanley ) , gaTe notioe that , on the 2 nd of February , he ( the Noble Lord ) would move for leave to bring in a Bill to amtnd the law relating to the registration of voteis in Ireland . . Cheers . )

      Mr . O'Consell was about to give a notice , when he iras interrupted by The Speaker , who said the Hon . Member ought to pu ^ his name upon the list . Afterwards , Mr . OCOXSEIL gare notice that , if the Bill of the JToble Lord , the Member for Lancashire , did not contain a clause to define the franchise , he sfcbnld divide the House on the motion for leave to bring in the Bill . ( Hear , and a laugh . )

      THE ADDRESS . Lord Brabazox moved the address . The first part of hia harangue vra ? a most fulsome toadying of the Q ^ een and the Court , respecting the poor liule innocent babby Victoria lately gave birth to . He then accompanied the Ministers and their butchers to Syria , to India , and to Chiaa , fighting their battles over again in most self-glorifying style , and he concluded by saying , that—He -was happy to bear testimony that Ireland participated in the general prosperity that pervaded every part of the empire . She was improving in-wealth and industry , and great beni fits -were perctptiHe fruui the care that had been taken to disseminate throughout the connfcry the advantages of education . " Mr . GEjjnxT Bebkelby seconded the address . In eo doing , amongst other things , he said : —

      " He congratulated the country , and he congratulated the Government , npon the Chinese war , as being so ad-Tantageous to the great commercial interests of that country . When operations commenced againsi China , ths remoteness ol the Btat of war , the novelty of the circumstances , and the enormous numerical strength of the power against which they were to contend , might -well ha-re raised a doubt in the minds of some as to the issue ; but they bad now seen , that the policy which had given instructions to the Admiral commanding on the station , was founded on the most just calculations . It Hiust be most gratifying to the breasts of all , that a

      mere handful of men , schooled to forbearance , bur . defeermined on saccess , had humbled the brutal pride of an enormous empire , and forced the Emperor of China far the future to regard the humblest English merchant , ¦ while trading with that country , with honour and respect— [ Smuggling opium !] —Not only -was the higbiyiriumphant policy cf the Noble Lord likely to be productive of beneficial results in a mercantile point of view , but he was induced to regard them in a religions Tiew—ia laogh )—[ well might the brutes lau ? h Gand that a dawning light was about to break through the f » " - >^«» of that idolatrous land . i . Hear , hear , hear . )"

      After some whining , respecting the unpopularity of the New Poor Law at first , and the difficulty of getting proper persona to work it , he asserted that . — " Now , boweTer , the provisions of the law were carried property into effect . The poor were now feeling and acknowledging its advantages . There txisted now no doubt thai the Poor Law Amendment Aci was progressing in the most satisfactory manner . In his own county the rates were reduced twenty per cent , as compared with the three years preceding the passing of that Act On the 5 th of January , 1836 , there were in that county S 46 able-bodied men receiTing parochial relief . On the 5 th of January , 1841 , there were but

      46 . ( Hear , hear . ) In spite of letters , written from the felon ' s cell , to stir up discontent , and to render the law odious ; in despite of these and other subterfuges resorted to , by persons who sought only by inch means to screen themselves from responsibility , it could not be denied that , generally through the country , the great mass cf the people showed an improved disposition to look to consequences . ( Hear . ) He might safely say that the snow ball of the Chartists , rolled in tlie first instance , by disaffected people who had nothing to lose but everything to gain by confusion , bad melted away before the wise measures of her Majesty ' s Ministers , and the returning good sense of the people . Incendiarism was forgotten , and the day labourer could now retire in peace to his cottage . "

      Mr . Gsote censured the policy of Gorernment in making war on a power which had never been unfriendly , and which neTer had done any injury to this etwntry . He dwelt at much length on the foreign policy of the country , in a tone of disapprobation ttrsrards the caurse adopted by the GoTernment Mr . James defended the conduct of the Government Lord J . RcsSELi entered at great length into the « astern question , and defended the GoTernment from

      the charges made against it by Mr . Grote . In reply to an observation , to the effect that the present Ministry were finalists , and opposed to all reform , he said that guch was net the case , for they were friendly to reforms , particularly in matters more immediately connected with trade and commerce , but they did not conceive the institutions of the country to be grievances because they were looked upon in that light by others , and they were firmly resolved to maintain the Established Church , the Hereditary Peerage , and the Hereditary Monarchy of this empire .

      jlr . 3 IIL 3 E 3 regretted that France had not been treated with more deference by the British Ministry . Mr . Hume , after a speech of considerable length , moved an amendment to the address . Sir . R . Peel would decline to agree to anything like censure on the Government on the ground of its foreign policy , until all the documents should be laid on the table . He was , however , of opinion that a proper degree of courtesy had not been obserred to"wards France , and referred to the explanations of if . Guixot in the French Chambers , in which he stated that he -was not aware of the execution * t the treaty

      by the other allied powers , exclusive of France . He ¦ wa » of opinion that the intention to sign it should bare been confidentially communicated to M . Guizot , Who -was a warm friend to England . The Bight Hon . Baronet strongly condemned the omission of toe name of France from the speech , and said it would haTe been in no degree derogatory to England , and would be Tery oonriHating towards France , if there had been in the speech tn expression of regret for the disagreement which had token place between the two countries , aad a hope for a speedy retain of the cordial Traderstaading which formerly existed between them .

      Lord Palherstoh said that no fair opportunity would be lost is endeavouring to conciliate France , bat he could sot allow that there had been any dig eenrrtay" towsrdi that country—on the contrary , a great number of concession * had bees made to France .

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      with a < £ ew to obtain her co-operation , and at length a final tie was sent , to which » posithre refusal was receiTed >> 0 Q the ground that to coerce the Pacha , France could be £ 0 party . After that communication it would hare been rain , be contended , to bare again solicited the coalition of France , when it was the decided intention to take coercive measures . All the documents , however , connected with these matters would be laid before Parliament , when Hon . Members would be better able to judge of the correctness of the course pursued fey her Majesty ' s Government He would « nly add , that if the same zeal had been displayed to enlighten the people of France , upon the coarse pursued by th « British Government , as had been displayed to mislead aad excite them , there would bare be « n no danger of collision between the two countries . He regretted that tbis irritation bad been excited in France , but he hoped ere long to see the two countries once more resume their former good understanding . The amendment of Mr , Hums not being pressed , the address was agreed to , and the House adjourned . Wednesday , January 27 . Sir ROBEfit Ikglis " blewnp" Ministers for not having caused the Queen to " blow up" Dak aad the Kepeal movement in the speech from the throne . Little Johx defended his pals , by taunting the Baronet about the physical-force ol the Ulster Orangemen .

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      CASXlSZiB . —A : < ti-Corn-Law League Committee and P . H . Howard , Esq ., M . P . fob the BoiiOUGlL—On Wednesday , the 20 th instant , this body met Mr . Howard in the council chamber of the Town Hall , for ths purpose of hearing his views on the subject of a Repeal of the Corn Laws . The meeting waa called by circular , and was nearly wholly confined to members of the Anti-Corn-Law League and their friendB —with the exception of one or two Chartists . A meeting of the Committee liad been held the evening previous , when it was agreed that certain of the leading Cbartista should be excluded , in consequence of the

      opposition which they so successfully offered to this binly , at their first and only public meeting , in the Atheiiffium . This having got wind , the very Chartists tvho were to have been excluded at all hazards , waited upon Mr . Howard , and explained to him the unfair course which -was about to be pursued . Mr . Howard denounced the party , and stated that hia most anxious wish was to meet his constituents , and the people at large , ia public meetiBg assembled . In consequence of this , the Mayor tMr . John Dison ) desired the parties so excluded to corns forward . Messrs . Hanson , Arthur , and one or two others entered the council chamber .

      On the motion of Mr . Sheffield , Mr . John Dixon , mayor , was called to the chair . He said—The present meeting had been called by the Anti Corn-Law Committee : it having been thought desirable that a friendly interview should take place between them and their worthy member Mr . Howard , who had expressed his willingness to meet the members of the Association , who felt very strongly on the subject of the Repeal of the Corn Laws . If Mr . Howard and his constituents had any difference of opinion , he trusted the present interview would have the effect of adjusting it It was a eulject of great importance , and it was his firm conviction , that unless some more liberal system of import

      duties -were establbbed , ( and the c ! uty on foreign corn formed the most important of them , our country must go on languishing . The poor were Buffeting extreme privation , and he was afraid must continue to suffer , if these obnoxious laws were not repealed , which bore so heavily on tfce industry of the country . He then referred to the Report on Import' Duties , lately published by the House of Commons , and which ou ^ ht to be in the hands of every one . From this it appeared , that a very great reduction might take place in the taxation of many articles of great utility—such as coffee , com , sugar , and other articles of provision . He then called upon Mr Howard to t-xplain his views on the most important of all subjects .

      Mr . Howabd came forward to address the meeting . He said—1 feel sensible of the feelings which have called together the members of this Association , in asking me to meet them . Of the kindness of those feelings J am fo ! 2 y conTinced : at tae same time , I cannot disguise from you that , in a discussion of general principles , it would have been more acceptable to me to appeal to a general and unrestricted body of my fellow-countrymen . It would have been more acceptable to me to have attended a public meeting under ti-e broad vault of heaven , than one confined to gentlemen of one particular opinion . While I feel myself indebted to the constituenry and inhabitants of Carlisle , I can oniy regard the common interests of the community , and cannot be swayed by the local interests

      of one town . Having stated my opinion , which I believe is in accordance with some of the best constitutional writers , I am also prepared to prove , that , er « n takiug into consideration the local grounds of Carlisle , there is not a general feeling for an unrestricted importation of foreign corn . Carlisle is as much boholden for its prosperity to the sons of the soil , as to the intelligence and industry of commerce . I am not speaking invidiously ; for I am ready to awmit the advantage the town has derived from manufactures , and the power of the steam engine , for the support of national wealth , though I cannot leave out of consideration the fact , that without the fanner and yeomanthe sons of the soil , Carlisle would not be what it now iB . The manufacture of corn is one of the most

      laborious and necessary of practict s in which man can be engaged . The corn manufacturer works not under shelter , bnt is exposed to the summer sun and winter blast , and has to contend with the vicissitude s of the seasons , and the sterility of the soil . It is from seeing Vhat the manufacturers of tbis country have grown up to such a state of prosperity , under a system of protection—seeing that cotten goods least protected in the scale , are still protected by a duty cf ten per cent , even against our fellow-countrymen in our East Indian empire , and seeing other branches of manufacture prohibited by duties from ten to thirty per cent ., I cannot reconcile the notion of placing the manufacturer ot corn under a system of disadvantageous competition ¦ with other nations . I -will read to you the statemtnti

      of a great statistical writer , Mr . T . M-inhall , from a work published in 1 & 31 . The local taxation raised at that time , from different classes of the county of Cumberland , was £ 54 , 9 S 0 . This amount was proportioned as follows : —Taxes yielded by land , £ 40 , 765 ; dwelling-ho& ^ es , £ 12 , 378 ; mills and factories , £ 714 ; manorial profits , £ 1 , 820 . The population of the country , according to the same authority , was—Agricultural , 6 , 300 . 000 ; manufacturers , 3 , 400 , 000 . Tbis will sbew you that I am not taking an ea parte view of the matter . An interest contributing so largely to the local taxation mast no ; be left out of the question . But I will give you the aggrega"e ratio in fractional parts , for the counties where manufactures principally fljarish . Cumberland , Nottingham , Warwick , Lancashire , Staffordshire , the West Riding of Yorkshire ; &c : —fractional part of the taxes paid on the land , ( 388 out of 1 , 000 ; dwelling-houses , 261 ; mills and factories , 37 ;

      and manorial profits , 14 parts . These calculations are taken from authentic documents . The agriculturist is not only taxed for the building he inhabits , but on the estimate of his produce . Taking the tenth stook from the farmer is like taking from the manufacturer his tenth price of his cloth . These are the principal grounds which indnre me to think , whether I consider the question one of justice or expediency , it would not be dealing out even-handed justice , if you denied to the manufacturer of corn that protection which you extend to other branches of industry . A high rate of wages , and low rate of grain , can never co-exist ; it has never done so , and , I doubt , it never wilL Mr . H . concluded with some ether general remarks . —These sentiments expressed by Mr . Howard seemed to throw utter dismay into the minds of the Anti-Corn Law League , -who occasionally interrupted the speaker in a very unconrteous manner .

      Mr . James Ross , draper , replied to Mr . HowaTd at great length ; but as his arguments were very similar to those advanced by Mr . Dixon , in opening the business , it is unnecessary to repeat them . He read a great many extracts from the Report on Import Duties , as published by the House of Commons . Mr . CaERIck , potter , ruse and said , —He was an enemy to all monopolies . He cared not whether it was an East or a West India monopoly ; but if any ware more pernicious than another , it was the Corn Law Monopoly . Remove that , and the benefit would be felt by all classes and all degress ; and he felt con-Tinced the agriculturists would reap a benefit therefrom . When he looked at the privations of the people , and especially that portion engaged in manufactories , and saw men only getting seven , eight , or ten shillings a week ; he was compelled to ask—is it to bs endured ,

      that we shall have a monopoly , which is destroying the life-blood of society , and deprive man of a sufficient quantity of labour to procure him the commonest necessaries of life . He was convinced , but fsr the Corn Laws , a demand for labour would have been created , so as to hare raised weavers' wages four shillings a cut . He declared , in tho name of God , humanity , and religion , such a state of things tught no longer to exist . He did not believe that a repeal of the Corn Laws would reduce the rents of the landlords ; if he thought se he might pause . If the House of Lords and the House of Commons should declare they would not heat us , then , I say , we must make them . Unless they speedily make up their minds on the subject , then we must find men wbo wilL If we are not heard within the walls of the House , we shall be beard without , until we go in , and take the thing into our own hands . We must destroy the qualification , and put in working

      men . Mr . Joseph Bboome Hassok , one of the Chartists who wii to have been expelled , rose and said—He hoped he would not be out of place if he offered a few remarks on the important question under consideration . It was desirable that such a question should be discussed in an open and candid manner ; and he , therefore , agreed with Mr . Howard , that it would have been better to hare had a meeting of the whole of the inhabitants , and not a partial one , like the prtsant . He understood the anti-Corn Law Committee had agreed , the night previously , to exclude himself , Mr . Arthur , and Mr . Bowman ; but the Chairman had taken a more liberal view , -and had invited them in . Surely men ought not to . be afzaid of fair and open discussion Erery speaker had been shy—with the exception of Mr . Carrick , who had come point blank to the real

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      question , that is , a change in the constitution of the House of Common * . He , Mr . Haason , was a determined repealer ; for he considered the Corn Laws most odious and unjust enactments , born of the National Debt and great taxation demanded at the hands of the people . He need only carry , Mr . Howard across the Atlantic to the beautiful republic of America , to pr « ve his assertion , in opposition to Mr . Howard , that high wages and a low price of provisions do coexist . There the citizsn or mechanic can earn bis-twenty to forty shillings a week , and can purchase a stone of flour for little more than one shilling . Ho thought the Corn Laws were only for the protection of the landowners , because every advantage was taken of the farmer to raise his rent , without a proportionate rise in the price

      of labour . In his opinion , however , the Com Laws would neTer be repealed until the House of Commons was thoroughly changed , by the people havinf the power of choosing their members to make the laws by which they have to be governed . The National Debt must also be removed , and an equitable adjustment c « me to . At the sime time , he contended , if the agriculturist had a right to protection against his enemy , the foreign dealer in corn , the weaver had an equal right to be protected against his enemy , machinery . Mr . Hanson then went into the history of tithes , showing their origin ; the way in which they were formerly applied—that is , a portion for the relief of the poor , a fraction to the clergy , and the other towards the repairs of the churches . These wise and'

      benevolent purposes had all been prevented ; and by the envied New Poor Law , the people were deprived of that right in the land , which God and nature intended them to have , and for which the famous Act of the 43 d of Elizabeth nicely provided . He said he learned from Judge Fortescue , that in the reign of Henry the Sixth , beef , pork , and mutton , were declared to be the food of the poor , and these were called the dark ages . Would to God he had lived ia those dark ages , or that this was the food of the pour at the present time ! There was a law passed in the reign of Edward the Third , in the fourteenth century , regulating the price of labour ; at the same time a dung-cart fellow -would earn a whole quarter of wheat in twelTe days , twentyeight stones , and two gallons of ale . He then read an

      extract from a work , called the " Spirit of the Laws of England , " by Judge Fortescue , to the effect— " That the King ef England cannot alter the laws , or make new ones , without the expressed consent of the whole Kingdom . Every inhabitant is at liberty to enjoy what hia farm produceth—the fruits of the earth—the increase of his flock , and the like . All the improvements he makes , whether by bis own proper industry , or of those he rttiiua in his service , are bis own t » use and enjoy , without the least interruption , or denial of any one . If he be in anywiBe injured or oppressed , be shall have his amends and sitisfaction against those offending . Hence it is that the inhabitants are rich in gold and silver , and in all the necessaries and conveniences of life . They drink no water , except at

      certain times by way of penance . They are fed in great abundance on all sorts of flesh and fish , of which they haTe plenty everywhere . They are clothed throughout in gool woollens . They are well provided with all sorts of housihold goo ^ s . ETery one , nccording to his rank , has all things which conduce to make him easy and happy . " Mr . Hanson continued—How Tery comfortable our ancestors liTed , in former days ; yet there were no Corn Laws then . In our own times , such waa the miserable condition of tke people , that he himself knew of hundreds « f families in the most abject penury and want It was not a Repeal of the Corn Laws which would remove that want—they must repeal every law which had a tendency to oppress the

      working man—they must come to an equitable adjustment —they must transfer the reins of pswer into the hands of those who would watch over the interests of the poor , and prevent them being trampled on . He was eatisfled the present House of Commons would never repeal the Corn Laws . Had they not denied inquiry ? Aye ; and they will continue to do so session after session—to refuse them a hearing— ¦ while trade was rapidly decaying , and misery increasing . The only resource was a change in the constitution of the House of Commons . He concluded by suggesting that the Chairman should call a public meeting , and that Mr . Howaid be requsted to attend it , because be thought on so important a subject the opinions of the whole should be consulted .

      The Mavob said , if a requistion was got up , and presented to him , he would , in all probability , call a meeting of the people . A Tote ot thanks was then given to the Mayor , and another to Mr . Howard , for his readineis in coming forward . DUMFRIES— Mr . O'Connell passed through this town on Thursday last ; while the horses were being changed , a crowd of about two huudrod persons gathered , and when Dan set off he was followed by loud and general groans , intermingled with a feeble cheer . During his short stay , the

      words " Seo the Judas , " " Traitor of Ireland . &c , were thundered in his ear by several voices . Several middle class men shoot hands with him , as also did some of hiepoor countrymen , who are not yet aware of the cruel and remorseless treachery he has pi actiscd on the generous hearted -working millions of unhappy Ireland . A few short years ago , and I myself did venerate Mr . O'Connell as the friend of frc-dom and of Erin ; but now , I am grieved to say , that I would rather be " a toad , and live upon the vapour of a dungeon , " than be such a man . —Correspondent .

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      The Ret . Father Baron Geramb haa published " A Journey from La Trappe to Rome . " The author was a gay and brilliant butterfly of fashion in _ hi 3 youth , and rejoiced in the possession of luxuriant whiskers and moustachios , which provoked the envy and imitation of the Prince . Regent . He is now a monk of La Trappe . Elopement . —We are sorry to find that the rumours during the past week , about a certain builder and a fair lady who lately sung before several large audiences at some concerts given in Birmingham , prove Jtoo true . Independent , of a wife being deserted , we understand that many of our tradespeople will be considerable sufferers . It sppcars to be one of the most deceptive cases ( even of ita kind ) we ever remember to have heard of . America is said to be the destination of the parties . —Birmingham paper .

      Madame Laffarge . — " It is reported here , " says a letter from Montpellier , " that Madame Laffarge , on the demand of her family , will . be sent to the central hou ^ e of detention in this city , the mild climate of which will serve her instead of the advantage ? she would have in a maison de santi . She is to have , like Mademoiselle Groavelle . who is still detained here , a separate room , and will not be subjected to the common regime of the prison . It is said that Clementine Servat , her faithful servant , will be allowed to be imprisoned with her . " The Deal Commercial Bakk . —Another Smash . —On Friday , a numerous meeting of the creditors of this bank took place , when it appeared that the firm was insolvent to the amount of £ 12 , 000 , besides liabilities of doubtful assets to the amount of £ 6 , 500 . The meeting was adjourned by the Commissioners .

      From Our Third Edition Of Last Week.

      FROM OUR THIRD EDITION OF LAST WEEK .

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      ADDRESS OF THE CHARTIST DELEGATES TO THEIR CONSTITUENTS . The Chartist Delegates from all parts of England and from Scotland , appointed by their seTeral constituencies to represent their views and feelings at the great meeting at Leeds , on the 21 st , assembled in the Committee Room of the National Charter Association , Leeds , this day ( Friday , the 22 nd inst . ) , and unanimously agreed to the following

      ADDRESS TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends and Fellow-countrymen , —Appointed by your suffrages to bear the expression of your sentiments to the great gatheri » g at Leeds , we have endeavoured to perform our duty . We have made known to the collected representatives of wealth and rank , the purposeof the people of this kingdom to enforce and to uphold tho right of every man ' s equality before the law—tho right of every man ' s just influence in the ordering of the l » w—the right of self-government and self-taxation , fairly exercised through the medium of representatives fairly chosen . And we find great reason , ia the events which have attended on our mission , to congratulate ourselves and you on its success .

      Your voice—the voice of Chartism—the voice of honest and benevolent reason , has been heard among those whose minds have long seemed to labour under misconception , ia reference to your objects , views , and principles . They have been taught to know that you are not the votaries of anarchy and confusion ; that you are not the slaves of ignorance , and cannot be , again made the dupes of treachery . They have learned that your purpose is to respect property , to conserve right , and to do justice . They have learned that you understand clearly what you are about , and , that as you ask no more than justice , you will be content with nothing less . We conceive it to have been a great step taken , in the advancement of our cause , to bring the middle and ( he higher classes , as they are denominated , within

      the sphere of calm investigation . Man naturally inclines to truth and justice , and , whenever his cool faculties can be induced to look them fairl y in the face , there is groat hope of his espousing them iu spite , even , of the counteracting influence of prejudice . Sensible that the whole power of the whole people , as it is irresistible for good , is also necessary for the accomplishment of good , we rejoice , most cordially , to see the spirit manifested by the representatives of those classes of society who have , till now , opposed us . They seem fully sensible that without us they are powerless , as , with us , they would . be all-powerful . And the prospect , to your delegafc . appears bright aad cheering , that a beneficial uniooTB ^ y be , probably , ere long accomplished , between the working classes and tao honest advocates of right of every other class .

      While , however , they rejoice in this prospect , and while they congratulate you thereon , they are determined , tor themselves , and equally warn you , to keep your eyes open , and let no specious promises , or fair pretension ? , draw you , for one moment , from the full assertion of the whole undivided principle , ia full detail aud operation , of the People ' s Charter . Let that watchword of your liberty bs emblazoned upon your colours , aad let your colours be aaiUd upon the mast-head , aad aa universal malediction fall upon him who first essayB to strike them . While , at the same time , we expect you to

      take all just and prudent means , by the avoidance of unlawful acts , and of all unnecessary harshness ia your language and your manners , to convince the other classes of society that you deserve their confidence ; that , while your uncompromising firmness , shall convince the overbearing that you both know and mean to have your right . ? , and while your well sustained measures , dictated by intelligence » nd prudence , show equally the cunning and the deceitful that you are not to be deceived , your peaceful air and calm deportment shall satisfy the timid and well disposed , that yon are not mad , but a sober , thinking people , who may be safely trusted with their rights .

      Themi dale classes do not know you ; they have ben led to regard you as desiring the destruction of property , and the abrogation of others' rights for your personal advantage ; show them , by your intelligence and general conduct , that they have all this time mistaken you , and that you desire not less their interests than your own ; since all are equally concerned in the establishment and maintenance of good and cheap Government . So shall the ark of our Charter come to be examined and approved as the best refuge of the honest and patriotic of all grades , from the evils of an iil-arranged and misgoverned condition of society . Signed , on behalf of the Delegates , upwards of thirty in number , from various parts of England and Scotland . James Greaves , Chairman . Samuel Healey , Secretary . Leeds , January 22 , 1841 .

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      TO THE CHARTER ASSOCIATIONS < jy ENGLAND , SCOTLAND , AND WALES . HP HE Council of the National Charter Asaocij JL tion , Sunderland , beg to inform the varioqj Associations that their tried , talented , and iadefatf . gable friend , Mr . GEORGE B 1 NNS , is desirous if accepting the office of Missionary in any part of the eountry , for two months . Early application must be made to secure his services . Direct to the care of Mr . J . Hemsley , secretary rf the Charter Association , Bridge-Street Store , Soft . derland .

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      ( Frora the Satirist . ) The Poor-Law Commmisaiouers have thought prop * we learn , in consequence of the late scandalous disclo suras respecting the flogging-master of the Hoo Union to draw up certain rules for the direction of master * d workhouses , in their punishment of children . T ] g drawing up of the document was , we dare say , intrusted to Mr . Chadwick . No master of a workhouse shall be allowed to flog little girls lower than the back , on any pretence whit ever ; and in order to get at the back it shall be deenuj decidedly improper to remove the clothes in an upwaat direction . Tae infringement of this rule , to wit , the applies tion of the birch to the other end of the vertebras shall onits being satisfactorily proved by the female " aufferev be visited by a summary dismissal .

      Girls of from 14 to 16 years of age shall b 9 priTateJj whipped by the master , or only in presence of the matron , in order tbat she may Watch and see whether he takes any " pleasure " in his task , beyond Uu | which every honest man feels in the performance $ his duty . Tbe master shall be allowed , if he please , te do hl » work by deputy , he standing by at the same time , fy decide when the floggee , according to her age , strengtjL and capabilities , has " had enough of it " Tbat , in order to impress on the minds of otb « female culprits the necessity of good conduct , all gMj in the workhouse shall be present at such great mon ] spectacles ( with the exception already named ) , in tha firm belief of the Commissioners that they will derfo much edification from " the sight "

      With a view to preserve the morals of the master , which might be endangered by too frequent practice o { female hogging , ho is hereby en joined to perform tbi important duty , whenever it is possible , on the rowing principle , namely , to strike one way , and " look another . " No private floggings , excepting in the cases already provided for , viz . those ia which tbe fioggor and floggee only are present , shall be tolerated , tbe Comtntesionea being of opinion that publicity in all workhouse pto ceedings cannot fail to be productive of much good .

      Lastly , in all cases of flogging in which the master can be proved to have invaded that which shall fit future be deemed " neutral ground "—by which tog Commissioners beg to be understood to mean the region round about the os wcrum—he shall be considered to have taken advantage of a girl behind her back , " aud be subjected to ignominious dismissal accordingly .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 26 . —The supplies of grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week , and a large quantity of samples showing from vessels near at hand . What Wheat was up at market has fully supported last week ' prices , very little doing in what is not up . Barley has been Is . per qr . lower . Oats , Shelling , and Beans dull sale .

      THE AVERAGE PRICES FOB THE WEEK ENDING JANUARY 26 TH , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat , Q , ra . Q , rs . Qrs . Qrs . Qt 3 . Qrg , 20 a 1980 961 — 102 16 £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . 3 4 2 £ 1 13 lQh 14 3 — 2 1 113 1 19 3 } Malton Corn Market , Jan . 23 . —There wa 3 s fair supply of all kinds of grain at our market this day , which sold at about the same rates a ^ the previous market . White Wheat , 703 . to 78 . ; red ditto , 56 s . to 58 * . per qr . of 40 st . ; Barley , 26 s . to 32 a . per qr . of 32 it . ; Oats , 10 d . to lid . per stone .

      Bedale Fortnight Fair , Jan . 26 . —We have had a good show of cattle at to-day ' s market , both as regards quantity and quality , both in Bsef and Mutton , which was sold at high prioes , buyers being in abundance : Beef , 6 s . 6 a . to 7 s . 6 d . ; Mutton , 6 Ad ; to 7 d . Newcastle Corn Market , Jan . 23 . —The arrivals of grain and flour at this day ' s market , ooastwise ,-are moderate . At to-day ' s market we aad duly a small tupply of farmer ' s Wheat , which went off readily , on rather better terms than last week ; good new south country , both red and white , of which there is little or none here , was in request ; little'business was done in old foreign , but pricas were maintained . The arrivals of Norfolk malting Barley have been nearly all run off , and , except middling qualities , which were a trifle lower , sold ou late terms .

      r-Ht ) LL Corn Market , Jan . 26 . —At tins day ' s market we had a fair supply of English Wheat , but the samples were for the most part out of condition . Such as were fine and dry readily obtained last noted prices , all other descriptions met dull sale , but cannot be noted lower ; the few sales made of foreign Wheat were at fully last week's rates . Not much Barley offering , and no alteration can bo noted in value . York Corn Market , Jan . 23 . —The Wheat offering to-day is rather affected in condition , jet our farmers are by no meana eager sellers , and we therefore report moro firmness in tho trade . Barley , Oate , and Beans are saleable at about the rates of last week , but there is no great demand for them .

      ¦ London Smithfield Market , Monday , Jan . 2 o . — Our market this morning was tolerably well , bat not to S 3 y heavily , supplied with Beasts , at least twothirds of which were beneath the middle quality . The weather being favourable to slaughtering , and the attendance of buyers somewhat numerous , the primest Scots , Devons , runts , and Horefords com * manded a brisk inquiry , at fully the currencies noted on this day se'unight ; but , in the inferior kinda , exceedingly little was passing , at late rates . We had a fair average number of Sheop on sale , the best of which were readily taken off at from 43 . to 5 j . per 81 b ., and a good clearance was effected of the LiacolnB , Leicesters , and halfbreds . The Bupply of Calves was limited , yet th « inquiry for them was , on the whole , heavy , at previous quotations . Pigs of all kinds , which came freely to hand , wera little sought after .

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Jan . 23 . — The transactions in all articles of the trade have been on a very limited scale , chiefly confined to ths immediate necessity of consumers to purchase , and the former currency for both Flour and Oatmeal was not maintained . Our market this morning was of a . languid character , and few inquiries were nude for Wheat of any description . Flour was likewise in very limited request , and 52 a . per sack may be considered an extreme quotation for prime English manufacture . The sales effected in Oits or Oatmeal were chiefly ia retail , and prices nominally as on this day se ' nnight . In the value of other articles no alteration can be noted .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Jan . 25 . —The supply of Wheat from Essex , Kent , and Suffolk , was only moderate for this day ' s market , but there was a fair . quantity of Barley , Beans , and Peas , and a few vessels were fresh up with Oats from Scotland and Ireland , but the imports of foreign grain havo been very limited . Since this day se'nnijcht the weather has been less severe , with occasionally slight frostsi accompanied by very little snow , and now aad then drizzliug rain ; during the past night , however , we have had a sharp frost , a continuance of which would soon stop the canals again . There was a moderate sale for Wheat , at abont the rates of last Monday for all good qualities . Flour was without

      alteration in value , prime marks ex-ship meeting » steady demand . Malting Barley must be quoted full 13 j per qr . cheaper , with but a slow sale at this decline . Malt was much the same as last week . New Beans were takea off Blowl y , at barely so good prices as those obtained last Monday . There was no material variation in the value of Peas of any description . There was a fair steady basiness transacted'in Oats at last week ' s prices for all good Corn ; indeed , such , in some instances , made rather more money . Rapeseed was very scarce , and prime English inquired for by the seedsmen . Nothing of moment was passing in Linseed , and prices in con * sequence were unaltered . Somewhat more Cloverseed was showing ; choice red commanded higu prices .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hi » Printing Offices , Not . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brig gate ; and Published by the said Joshua Hobsos , ( for the said Fkargus O'Connor , ) at bis Dw * ling-house , No , 6 , Market-street , Briggate ; internal Communication existing between the saU No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 13 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thui constituting ti » whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offi * one Premises . . All Communications must be addressed , ( Poet-paid ) to . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , January , 30 , 18414

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      Local Markets. —-^

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      New Rules Por Flogging Workhous8 Girls.

      NEW RULES POR FLOGGING WORKHOUS 8 GIRLS .

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      8 THE NORTHERN STAB . ^ - — . i — - — — - ' ~ ¦ ¦ ¦ — ~ ' .... ¦ . ^^ s ^^ w

      J? Very Manufacturer Aud Working Man Should Hi Read The Letter On The Evils Of Low Wages,

      J ? VERY Manufacturer aud Working Man should Hi read the Letter on the Evils of Low Wages ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 30, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct534/page/8/