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      lABOUKEEB' LIBBABT , pONTAINING THE REMEDY for National VJ Poverty and Impending National Ruin ; or the only safe way of Repealing the Corn Laws , by enabling each Working Family in Britain to produce a "CHEAP LOAF" and a "BIG LOAF " for . themselves at Homo 2 By F . O'CONNOR , Esq ., Barrister-at-Law , and Prisoner for Libel in York Castle . Addressed to the Landlords of Ireland . Also , now on Sale , a Complete LIST OF THE NEW HOUSE OF COMMONS , For a Penny I Give Orders for Labonrere' Library" immediately Printed and Published by Joshua Hobson , No , * , Market Street , Leeds : and by A . Hetwood , Manchester ; and J . Cleave , London .

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      M'Douai . l's Chartist and Republican Journal will bs continued , aftkb this date , undeb the title op M'DOUALL'S CHARTIST JOURNAL AND TRADES' ADVOCATE . npHE Leading Article will explain the reason JL for Changing tho Name . The Factory System will be continued in the Journal ; likewise the New Poor Laws and the Rural Police Qaestions Kill be immediately considered . There will bean , able Original Article each week , under the title of "Censor . ' ^ Reports of the Chartist Trades' Meetins ; 3 will be given each week , and the wa . q ; es of the Woiking Claises , as compared with the prices of Provisions , from the earliest periods down to tbe present day , will bo given , so as to exhibit to the producers the enormous robbery which has been committed upon them . From henceforward tha Journal will be solely devoted to the Rights of Labour .

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      IN THE PRESS , And will be Published on Saturday , Avgusl 28 / A , PAMPHLET on the CORiY LAWS , in which xjl will be found Statistical Tables from the most approved Authors , and from Parliamentary Documents , on the Prices of Food ; on Wages ; the Currency ; Exports j Imports ; the Lsnd and its resources ; the increase of Trade and Machinery ; clearly proving that the Repeal of the Corn Laws will be of no real benefit to the Producer , without other accompanying Measures : and thus forming & > useful Manual to the Chartists in meeting the sophis ticationa of the Corn Law Repealers . By John Campbell , Secretary to the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association . May be had of Cleave , Shoe Lane , London ; « f Hey wood , Manchester i Hobson , StarOffice , Leeds ; Guest , Birmingham ; Paten and Love , Glasgow ; and at all the Chartist Association Rooms in the United "Kingdom .

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      HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA , HIS MAJESTY THE EMPEBOR OF RUS&IA , HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF ¦ PRUSSIA , having AUTHORISED and GUARANTEED several DISTRIBUTIONS of MONEY DIVIDENDS , which ( though they are NO LOTTERIES ) offer" many possibilities of obtaining LARGE FORTUNES , HEINE BROTHERS , at HAMBURGH and aiLUBECK . are now SF . LL ING BONDS , for the said DISTRIBUTIONS . Persons desirous to Purchase for the next Distributions may receive , PREVIOUS to giving , any orders , tho PROSPECTUS » nd PARTICULASS , upon addressing a line to HEINE BROTHERS * The next Distribution contains dividends of £ 25 t 000 , £ 5 , 000 . ££ , 500 £ l , W 0 , £ 800 , £ 600 , £ W > £ 200 , £ t 50 i £ 120 , £ 110 , £ 10 © , £ 90 , £ 30 , £ 70 ^ £ § f t » £ 50 sterling . . * HEINE BROTHERS having remitted , during a short time , £ 25 , 00 frj £ 18 , 000 , £ 9 , 000 , £ 5 , 000 . £ 3 $ bO t &c . &c , to London ; £ 3 , 600 , £ 800 , and £ 209 , ' to Edinburgh ; £ 3 , 6 « 0 'to Dublin ; £ 3 , 600 to Bewerleyt £ 3 , 600- to Halifax ( Yorkshire ;) £ 1 , 200 to Portleaven Harbour ; £ 900 ^ £ Z 96 > , and £ 600 to Liverpool ; £ 300 to Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; £ 900 to-H 3 ll ; £ 9 u 0 and £ 600 to Manchester ; £ 600 to BidafowU £ 6 "G 0 . to Cork ; and £ 600 to Bradford ; they shall feel gjad to remifc many dividends for the neat distribntionto England , Ireland , and Scoland . Direct for Prospectus and Particulars WIUHOUT DELAY , eitker to "HEINE BROTHERS at HAMBURGH * or to HEINE BROTHERS at LFBECK .

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      Vasx-nm . —In Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the Rev ^ Baptist Xorttfor " 2 O 0 . ' bs , ofjlour will bake into 3 &o 26 s . of bread , " read 280 lbs . qfjtour xeill bake into 365 / 6 * ofbread . £ j ) , —Must have been aware thai ten pages of closely written double-post manuscript , which trvu . ' d make more than four columns of printed matter * is a demand upon a weekly newspaper which cannot be honoured . jBisffXEx is Maschestkb . —Mr . O'Connor has re ~ mitted & post-office order for 10 * . for the use of the poor Irishmen whose address to him appeared in our last . J £ s . M'Douall . —Mr . Ardill has seen Mr . O'Connor respecting the letter of Mr . M ^ Douail , and Mr . O'Connor has given orders foot his wish be

      complied with . Aj Esgi > keb o ? Bath . —If he trifl / old up his Stars lengthways , in one parcel , leaving the ends exposed , and direct them to Mr .. Bernard McCartney , 13 , Cross-haU-streel , Liverpool , they tclll be duly received , and devoted to ihe cause . The Address of the Rolherham Secretary is : Mr . Wm . Lakeland , True Briton Yard , Westgate , Roihsrham . Sasczl Goat , Nobwich . —We have no remembrance of the dialogue to which fie alludes . Erejltcm . —The name of Walsingham Martin was appended to a letter in our last by mistake : it should have been William Martin . Eobekt Sutcliffe , Hautax . —We have before stated thai we had not space for the insertion of the speech to which he has directed our

      atten-G £ 0 £ GE Powell , Bradford , Wilts . —We have no means of answering the queries he has put to us as to his French trip . J . S . Wadswokth . — We are full . J . B . T _ of Stockport , canhave no difficulty in finding Dr . M ^ Douall in Manchester . B e do not know the exact address of the Doctor ! residence , but any lette * addressed for him to the care ef Mr . Campbell , 18 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s Brow , Manchester , would find him . "Wjngate Chaetists . — We advise them to apply their funds in accordance with what they state to l > e their own " general opinion . " j , Watkttts . —His letter teas du ' y received , but cannot appear . There is no need for the caution

      he has observed this week . No one about our office would be mean enough to intercept a communication . His suspicions are groundless . A . Wool-wich Cadet received—reserved for answer next veek . Db . M'DorjOL received—reserved for answer next week . J . Matihtas , Bermondsey . — Will see nest week . J £ b . Samtel Hkalkt , care of Mr . Lundy , irontnonoer , Mytongale , Htdl , the Secretary to the Hull Jssociation ^ tnshes to be made acquainted with the address of each secretary in the East Biding , that he may communicate with them on business of importance . Jos eph Peixisg , Lomk » 5 . —We most likely

      condensed the report he alludes to because we had not space for the whole of it . JrrEBHoET— On Saturday last , the Htf » instant , Mr . O'Connor enclosed half of a £ 5 note , No * 730 , of the firm of Scotland Co . York , to Mr . Hocy , addressed as requested in Mr . Hoey ' s last letter : as he is now in DuUin , tee fear the letter may b : mislaid , and therefore wish Mr . Hoey to enquire after it . 3 jcba&d Spcbb . —JT > s letter reached us on Thursday morning . We had not lime even to read it through . X Lcttrb , bearing the Wesibury post mark , has been received , conveying information respecting the ** Warminster Libel . " Will the writer comv . unxcatehit addressi

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      JL Lowest . —Do not knoir . 70 S IHJt WITKS ASD FAXrLIES OF THE ISCA-RCE&ATrD CHABT 1 STS . £ . % . d . ; Proin Kensington , Hajmaezszoitb , and Chelsea 0 13 0 _ Westminster , per "W . vrta&ej ... 0 5 0 CHABTJST CO 5 TESTED SEATS . Trcm OJdhara 6 10 0 ^ . the Chartist Association , Hawick ... 0 10 0 _ FairgrisTes squad of masons and labonreas , Dewar to-wn 0 8 0 FOB MBS . FBOST . Prom E . TturbeH , Louden ... 0 0 6 FOB PB . KS 5 FOB J . B . O ' BBIES . "Trom J . W . 0 0 3

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      This " palaTer" commenced on Tuesday last , and ¦ was nameTouslj attended by dissenting preachers from all parts of the kingdom . Perhaps one reason for ihis may be found m the fact that "free qaariers " were prodded for them , tbe cla 53 being notoriously fond of such preofs of affectionate regard in return for iheir disinterested labours for the public weal . We = aall uot trouble our readers with any ac--eosnt of the sayings inade of the Town Hall , furtier than to indicate their natare and the fitaess of the assembly by two facts . Firs :, that the first forenoon was occupied in discussing , in a Tery noisy manner , "whether they should pray to

      -God or not , and if so , who should do so ; being Enable to decide upon the latter point , ; hey resolved riot io pray a ; & > 1 ! Of coarse the Dcily did no ' hear this discussion , and will not , therefore , be effmued at the neglect of his professed serTaiit ? T £ jsis one specimen of tbe manner in which the Conference occupied its tizr . e . The second is . that BOiTrirhstanding the array of men with D . D ., M . A-, P . ILS ., ate , appended to their name ? , so little were they convert !)! wish the subject they had met to consider and pronounce an opinion upon , that Mr . Cobtkn , a ^ by man , wa 3 ca'ied upon to address a l £ > 3 g speech to these learned and r ^ Tereud agitators , in order that ih-ey aught uwt be altogstber in tbe -cark as io its natcre az ; d bearing * .

      Tbire can be no doubt that the M Le 3 ^ ne" relied cpoa ihis Conference as a means of enlisting the religious prejudices of the mas .-es in their favour ; and thus securing , by a iide- 'wind , wbai they have iiiiei-ia been unaale to get bj fa . li aleacs—^•^ Ji por-aiar support . In this object , hovTeTer , thry na ^ e btea sifmaliy foikd by the Tery us-ffieidj * na unmsingeab . e nature of ihe materials they caufd togtther . So far from producing the conriebon , oi e ^ en the scmiiliKce , that they are thus supported , the fzeis we art about to narrate have prortd tia : me ministers them ^ eiTtrs haTe no sympat « y vrith Xhejnasses , are nijTrxiiin ^ to mee t them , and tint the League" are afraid of fair and open deliberation OB the question .

      T : ; e ' address" ca ' Iing the meeting was addressed to " jsc njinisier ? of AL . L rtiigiosa deaominations VLrcai . hou ; ice Unhed Kingdom s" and tcey were tijLizAy inrited to a free and friendly conference on ne = ubjecs of the laws which restrict the * uppiy offto-i to the people of this coun . ry , and ihe princip : es > m Tvhicil such h . va are based . "' They were xa ^ z ¦ ' k , t s Triiile w lay aside their sectarian end partisan d ' . fferejtccs , and on the hallowed ground of Cariitiiu L-Larlty to assemble for the purpose of leittring ; hs condition of famishing multitudes . ' ' Tafcy werv caacd upon " is friends of humanity to piead the cause of the poor , " "' as exponnder = and defencers of the lawg of immutable justice , ' and " as P « riocs bcrniug with a lo've of couniiy to make ar . eSoti to put away the occasions of disaffection and animoiii-y ^ a nd to restore peace and harmony among ' a now dutrcicped people . ' Such were the promises —cow for tiie performance .

      On TuesdavjBorning , a cumber of preachers delegittc from " umsiian Chartist Churches , and from to ^ trriauoas of Kauonai- Rfcli ^ ionisis , sent in their claims of admission to the Committee . Among ihe--e were the Rcts . John Diiman , of Edinburgh , 3 . - . Tiiornaios , Vaie of Leven , Arthur O'Xeil , Birmingham , \ Y . Jsitk ^ n , Manchester , — Alderson , Bridiord , Chmtiau Chartist ministers ; and the Rers . Lioyd Jon-. s , London ; Robert Buchanan , ¦ MaEccesrer ; and Alexander Campbell , Siockport , Biinisi- r = of the Rational Religionists .

      Tie Committee appointed to issue tickets of * caii ? s : Ga a * i . d biiJets to the Ministers attending the Conference , referred the credentials of the ministers ai-OTe named to ase-L -e ! ec : ed committee , which they ¦ fr ere iafunued would meet in tbe afternoon at tkree ] 0 ciuck - . o deunaiae on iheir eligibility . This eom- ' . Mittee accord Lngiy stssembled and sat with closed ' « ° ore—they called for no vrituesLes on thr pans of . those whos « claims they Were adjudicating upon— , * h ey did" nos even permit them to be present to offer ; * ej eiplsnstions or arguments on their own behalf ,. bat gnioed by their prejudices and bigotry slone , > , * hey came to resolutions which had tbe « pc : of esclading from the Confereuce , ; * ae whole of the parties we hare enu-: Bierat-ed . So much for clerical notions of

      j a ; : d fair play J After this , talk of iuqnisifi ' oEs ; * bc 5 e the Ecciesiaatical Courts , if you can , sweei tberal fcli ghtened Di-senteis ! The Re ? di . F iseardssil and 3 i'Kerrow were appointed by this ^ responsible and icqaisitorial committee to conrej « ssir dtciszon to the applicants . Previous to their leading it , Mr . Jones on tbe pars of himself and fcetids , cenied ihe power of tbe committee to iit 111 judgment npon his claims , and protested * g * ui £ i the TaUdiiy of their decision , waa-teTer it ** s ^ If adTerte , he Ehouid test their power to ex-« Qde him by walking into the room without any Deket , ia order to bring the question before a Bogistrue . The RfcT . Gentlemen seemed considerably taken J * ' a ? this declaration , and both of them ex-^ " > ed that in reading the resolutions to which aaeommittseiad come , they were not to be supr » sea to be giving utterance to their personal senti-« rate , but merely acting as the servants of the ecm-«« we . After some farther conversation . Mesiia

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      Jonea , Buthanan , and Campbell , walked up Btarsto the door of the Town-hall set apart for the entrance of ministers . The doorkeeper requested their tickets , bat thej pushed quietly past him and effected an entrance , although from tbe crowded state of the place , and tbe nature of the arrangements they were still outride of the assembly . Tbe Rev . — Masae , oae of the secretaries , immediate !; ordered them to retire . Mr . Jones mildly refused , and said he had come there to try his right , and should sot leave until requested to de u > by a constable . Mr . Mxssie emerged from the doorway ia a high Btate of excitement , vowing that he would give them into custody , whoever they were . " Mr . Cobden appeared on the stairs , evidently laboaring under great excitement , and folly aware that this bold and decided stroke , together with the wild and injudicious course of his clerical allies were putting the finishing stroke

      to his anticipations of influence from the meeting . After considerable delay , during which tbe most earnest entreaties were made to the gentlemen named , that they would withdraw quietly , two of the police made their appearance under the command of tbe inspector of nuisances ; and Messrs . Jonas , Buchanan , and Campbell were formally fciren into charge by Mr . iiassie . The whole party then proceeded into tbe Town Hall Police-office , where the charge was received by Mr . Sawley , and bail entered for the appearance of the prisoners at the Court House on the following day . On leaving" the office , which they did in company with a large number of friends in procession , the immense crowd in . Croat of the Hall seemed to manifestthe utmost interest and sympathy in tbe affair , and the excitement increased as they passed through the streets to the Hall of Science ,

      Camp-Seld . On the following day , ( Wednesday , ) the case was heard before Daniel Maude , Esq ., the sitting magistrate . Mr . Jones had sapoaaaed the Chairman and Secretary of the Conference , to give evidence , as to tbe autborhy by which the doors of a public Conference -were closed sga . inst him . Mr . Massie being stvorn briefly stated the charge against the prisoners . Mr . Maude said that they would see it was improper for them to force an entrance into the Hall , without an invitation from the Committee . They might as wtll do so into tbe private house of one opposed to their doing so . Mr . Joneti said that was the very poim he wished to ascertain , whether this was a private

      or public m ; etjng . The facts were simply these : ** A National Conference of Ministers of all Religious Denominations" was called in Manchester . He was the legally sworn Minister of a legally licensed congregation of religionists ; and-be wished to know if , after the Mayor and Boroughreeve of Manchester had granted the use of ihe Hall to " the ministers of all denominations , " a self-elected Committee could step in and exercise a power of selection with respect to those ministers who came at great expense of time and money to avail themselves of tha privilege granted by these authorities for a specific public purpose . Mr . Maude said he really could not interfere in the matter . Mr . Jones and his friends must apply to

      the Mayor and Boronghreeve for permission to enter the HalL Mr . Jones said that had already been granted ; and be , as a minister , was kept out by an irresponsible self-elected body , to whom he had given no power . He ought to have been present at the election of all the Committees appointed by the Conference . Mr . Maude a ^ ain repeated that he could not interfere , when Messrs Jones , Buchannan , and Campbell said that immediately oa leaving the court they would again present themselves for admission , and if refused , summon the party for unlawful obstruction . Ho also asked Mr . Maude if he could summons Mr . George Thompson , ths secretary , who issued tbe . address , for his expences . Mr . &iaude replied that he could

      not answer the question . The parties then qui . ted the court , which , was densely crowded . They proceeded immediately to the hall , and being obstruct 1 took the names of the persons wbo did so , and returned to the court for the summons , when they would compel the production of the authority by which they were refused admission . So far tbe reporter was a witness of the proceedings ; but was then compelled to leave Manchester . In the meantime , arrangements had been made for a meeting of the rejected ministers and the public at the Hall of Science , on Thursday n "; ght , when the nature of these occurrences , and their bearing on the questions of " free" discussion and free trade would be fully entered into by the various speakers .

      Htre then , however , we have already a full exposure of tbe hollowne > s and partisanship of this boasted Conference . They professed to be the friends of the psople ; to plead the cause of the poor ; yet they exclads , by measures utterly at variance with the free spirit of Britons and the common usage of well-iniormed public bodies , the represeatatires of tbe ^ ery parties whose welfare they pro'ess to seek ! The million and a half of Chartists who have proclaimed their strength by legally petitioning Parliament in favour of vheir own views , and who constitute not only the largest party \ n the country , bat also include the great bulk of the workir ^ classes ; the Socialists who , next to them , are the most influsntial paity of the people—the parties who , taken together , most truly and completely repress nt the feelings and sentiments of tbe wording da&ses of Great Britain , have been refused

      a voice - in this " free and friendly conference , " which has b y this act thrown off the disguise , shown the cloTen foot , aud proclaimed iuelf a middleclass cats paw—a new instrument for advancing the interests" of tbe commercial and nianufacturing aristocracy and forrivettingstill faster upon the necks of the labouring clashes ? , the chains wherewith they have alread y so deeply loaded them . The bubble is burst ! Tie inflated bladder of vrind has had a hole pricked in it , and the contents have escaped ! The landed aristocracy will lauijh at the cheat ; and the i people , wbo know both , will be still more impressed i with the necessity for eschewing all connection with ' the interested or blicd guides of either party , and ol i moro zealously applying themselves to the acquisi- j lion of that knowledge and un : on by which alone * : ney cia hope to achieve tteir own emancipation { f .- ¦ . in the trammels of bota .

      Bj Tr ' jdzv morr .: n % ' s post we hira received & long , rrpc-r : o : ' a rcceiing held on Wednesday evening , in ' . the Chartist Room , Tib-street , which was addressed ' by several of the njected Ministers , and also by j Hillthe Editor of

      Mr . , the Star , who was iu attendance ar ihe " Conference , " in his official capacity of Minister , and admitted . We have not room fJr fne report as sent , at this late hour , and can only give the following , which relates to the Conference . The remainder of the report we shall give next week . " Mr . H : ii briefly detailed to the assembly the projeedings of the conference of miuisters during the . ; j y . The Conference had bet . n addressed by many ninisiers in most clerical ttyle . Several esoiu : ioDs had been adopted by the conference ieclaratorv of the general prevalence of privation and iisiress ainovg the working classes o ( the comnunity ; oi' tse calamitous result of that distress , md of tne duty of the Ministers of Relijnon to give he subject their best attention , in order to the devising if a rem ' -dj ior the many evils of the system . These

      3 was £ iad to acknowledge and heartily to concur , aud vote for . Bu . upon a fourth resolution bun * ¦ oposed , connecting all the calamities and mischief ' society wiih the operation of the Cc-rn Laws , : clusiveiy , he had applied by private note to e , cta rman for permission to speak , previous to ere-oi ' -non being put to the vote ; but thatreverend ncuoiiary refused the permission , and cast himself xm the protection of the conference for support in at retusal . That protection was afforded to him , iu he ( the rev . speaker ) was compelled to give a lent vote against the resolution , without any optrtunhj of ar ^ uin ^ the question b eing afforded to m . A minister in the body of tbe meeting rose and otesied against the docinne of the chairman , tlat ine but ministers appointed , should be permitted speak to the resoiutioa ; but his protest was uueced . "

      From tbe sbove it will be seen that the " Con- ¦ e nce ?) hive taken all poiiible means to prevent : scussion upon the questions they were ostensibly i ! ed together to consider ! None are to speak 1 : t those the managers appoint . ' No amendments ( e-to be received or listened to ! and tbisisthe Evan- ; licai mode of conducting public business 1 ihisj ; "free discussion" ! Out upon them ! what ' mbu # = . ' Truly they have made themselves the aghiug-stock ol the whole country ; and a ? , y de- ' ion they come to will be sure to be

      respectedit oeserves ! Truly did the Spectator dtsc-ribe the 5 S , when he said that clericals vsere the least alified , of any body of men or women in the iigeom , to interfere in such qaestions Z 3 the ; ¦ . eaguc"' have called them together to dabble ! aud it was not without causo that our : e-seeing friend , the Mercury , doubted the ; idenee of the step , and prayed that they bgj ided to a just decision ! well knowing they were , ¦ > abte to arrive at such ov themselves ! The ectator and the Mercury bota know the calibre of rsons i

      We baveuot received any account of the meeting the Hall of Scierce or . Thursday ni ^ ht , nor of e hewing of the case Mr . L . Jones was to bring fore tha magistrates . Perhaps next post roay Lug us some word ; if it does , we Ehali give it in our ! lird Edition . { Another packet of information has reached t . \* om it we learn that Mr . Lloyd Jones applied to e magistrates for a warrant or summons against e persons who had presented him irgm ensering B Hall , on hi 3 second endeavour to do eo , but was fused , on the ground that they could not interfere , e believe it is his intention to commence an tion- against Mr . George Thompson , the person j io signed the advertistajent calling the meeting , r the recovery of tbe expence he has been at an j eying his summons . The packet also contained j following » ccjuat of . ihe lauxsd . ay ' a meeting .

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      MEETING AT THE HALL OF SCIENCE . This meeting was held at eight o ' clock on Thursday night , and was attended by not less than 3 , 000 people , comprising men of all classes , opinions , and professions . It was called by the following placard ;—

      Clerical Bigotry aw © Isiolebance—To the People of Mahcbestsb . — A "National Conference of Ministers of all religions denominations , on tbe subjr it of the laws restricting the food of the community , " wes advertised some weeks 130 to be held in tbtetown , and cowmenccd on Taesday , August 17 , 2841 . Tills con > ferenca originated with a few of the Manchester preach ers , who , in their published circular and addidss , desired a "free and friendly Conference of Ministers of Religion , " who were to " l » y aside their sectarian and partirui difference * " and on tbe h&Uowcd ground of Christian charity , " to consider the means of battering the condition of the famishing multitudes . Upon the terms of this broad and unrestricted invitation , many parties ,

      representing nnmeroos religious congregations , in various parts ef the country , came to Alancheater at considerable expence ; ' ana on the day of the meeting applied for admission to the Town Hall , the place advertised for the conference to be held ; they were onciremonlouily referred back to a committee ef those who considered thtraselves of the orthodox faith , and who , In tbe forenoon of the some day , constituted themselves a confereuce , and efterwards in conunitfre presumed to sit in judgment upon those who came after . Thia arbitrary committee , like another inquisition , rat with closed doors ; and , without hearing any explanation or vindication from the applicants for admiision , passed the fallowing exclusive and illiberal resolutions : —

      1 . " That the party representing themselvea »' Ch&rti&t Christian ministers do sot appvar to this committee to come within the teiois of the invitation to attend this Conference , " 2 . " That the application from the Christian congregation of tbe Tale of Leven appesrs to tbb committc 3 to come under the tame cJr ^ s na the preceding , end , therefore , must t ? subject to tha svne exclusion . " 3 . " That the application from the Socialists , designating themselves ' KitionaJ Religionists , ' also appears to this committee to be inadmissible on the same terms . "

      In order to learn bow far tbe public of Manchester will sanction these intolerant and cxpsrte proceedings , a public meeting of all parties will t 3 held on the subject , m tbe Hall of Science , Camp Field , on Thurs day next , Aujust 19 th , 1841 , at eight o ' clock in tbe evening , when the following rejected parties will address the meeting : —Tbe Keys . Jobn Doncan , of Dundee ; Jeseph Alderson , of Bradford ; W . Thomason , of the Vale of Leven , Scotland ; Lloyd Jones , of London ; Robert Buchanan , of Manchester ; and Alexander Campbell , of Sicckport . The chair to be token at eight o ' clock . Admission , One Penny—to def . ay expences . Mr . James Leech , of Manchester , was unanimously elected to the chair , and after briefly opening the business of the meeting , he called upon

      Mr . John Du . ncan , who said that he had been deputed by a congregation consisting of 800 persons to attend the Conference of Ministers then sitting in that town ; aud he was sure his congregation felt as drep an interest in the questions to be considered by that Conference , as any other in the Kingdom , else they would never hare been at the expence and trouble of sendiug him from Dundee to Manchester to attend their deliberations . He was dnly furnished with credentials from hia congregation , to show that he was their regularly appointed minister , and that they had deputed him 10 attend the Conference on their behalf . These credentials he had shown to the Committee appointed by the u leading few" in the Conference to examine as to

      tbe ' ligibility of those presenting themselves as deputies ; and , strange to say , they decided that he had no right to sit , although he had been Bent in conformity to an invitation publicly given , for a public " Conference of Ministers of all denominations . " He could not help thinking-, that it was because the Committee had a suspicion that he was not entirely in favour of their views on tho Corn Laws , that they had refused him admission ; for , strac ^ etosay . [ though they had decided that he was not elig-ble to be present , they offered to let him in , if he would pledge himself in writing that he would not oppose or take part in the proceedings I ( Cries of " Shame , " "Shame , " " Free discussion ' . " ** Just like the parsons , " &c . ) This he , of course , refused

      to do ! He asked them , if they thought he was giftod with the attribute of prescience ; that he was able to foresee what they were going to do , and was convinced tlsai their intentions and actions were ri ^ ht , that they asked such a thing from him ? Their demand was monstrous—and he indignantly refused . ( Loud cheers . ) On this he was told to call agaiD , asid he did so three several times ; but without procuriag a reversal of tho decision . He then asked the Committee whether he had not been patient under their extraordinary proceedings towards him ; and he also asked them by what authority they presumed to sit iu judgment upon his case , and require written pledges from him , seeing that he had as much right there as any one of them . To this they

      could give him no answer ; and he now , therefore , appealed to the public against the intolerant , exclusive , unsocial , and Dresumptuons conduct of this self-eiecteil junta . Was ever such a thing known in this world before ; that a set of Reverends , making vast pretensions to sanctity and charity , were to meet together tor the purpose of discussing a public question ; and that a tew of them were to tak « upon themselves to exclude all who were not prepared to come to a fore-gone conclusion , unless they would give written promises not to oppose the proceedings ! What a farce ! iiut the thing was done for . Parsons , though they were the most consequential an d presumptuous of human beings , yet always , by their exceeding lbolithnc 3 ( for presumption aud folly

      were always united , ) defeated themselves . Thu wa 3 the case in the present instance . Every one would see through the trick ; and the anti-Corn Law party , instead of obtaining that influence and that hold on the public mind , which they hoped to gain by this stop , would be la-ghed at as a set of blunderers . The thing was too transparent to deceive any one . Trh veil ot Christian charity , love , and sympathy , which ha-i been thrown over the political purpuso of a defeated party , was lo thin , that all bui the very blind could see the ugly monster beneath . The whole proceedings were thoroughly contemptible ; aud as such they would be viewed by tho people . It was too late in the day for even parsons to attempt to play off such a trick upon the people ! They nad learned to keep their consciences out of the breeches pocket of tho priest ,

      and he vraa persuaded that tbe trickery of tho " . shepherds" could never again rtg 3 in that hold ou the alfectiona and purses of the iiocks Yfhieh they once had . Had they been wise , they would not have attempted this thing . They would have endeavoured , by quiet aud unostentatious demeanour , and by those little '" acts of kindness' * on which they so much pride themselves , to have kept their hold ; and not cave come forth into the Waz ^ of day , and in opeu Conference proclaim their subs-.-rviency and arrugance , their prostitution to party purpo > es , and their assumption of poM - tr . This tV 33 very unwise on the part 0 / the clericals . ' They were not in a position to ba able to afford such un exhibition . ' Ihe age wculd not stand it ! The age had OUt-lived them S The people were not to be thus trifled tvith and laughed at , —not ev « . n by parsons ! Mr . Duncan concluded an ecergenc speech , amidst ; the most tremendous cheering .

      Mr . L , Joses Dext rot « to address the meeting , ad \ vas received with a tremendous burst of i ' eelg from all parts of tho densely crowded room . Le obberved , that , having noticed the address ironi lanchester calling upon " Ministers of all deuomiati'JUs' to meet to consider and discuss a question F policy- affesctiag the temporal interests of the eoplo , and as he was a minister himself , and , as ich , bad devoted considerable time to the study of ie v ; ry question the conference was called to ! nisiiier , his attention was powerfully arrested by j ie invitation , and he felt a strong desire to be i resem . The congregation to whom he ministered ; so i * H anxious that he should be present ; and i ley had accordingly and regularly appointed ^ - f-j y — -- — v v H ^«— m- ~~ — J -w- J- r t

      m . One thing he must say had rather astonished > ih himself and his congregatioa : it wasj ie fact that , Ministers had ventured at all to aff . ct ; . at they had any concern for or with the temporal j > nuitiou of their fiock . This was , he feared , a 1 te ' y-born feeling ; and he hoped it could not be ] axed to tbe iact ihat tho miseries aad privations of , . 4 poor had accumulated to that degree that seat ; nis and salaries could not be paid ! ( Loud cries j hear , hear . ) Whatever was the eause of ihis ap-. rent sympathy of partonsfor the people , one thing ¦ is certain , that it had only lately exhibited itself ; j : ueven when it had appealed , some parties doubted 1 e prudence of parsons thus mixing themselves up ; tth secular matters , arguing that they were the ! ost unfitted by their position to have any know- '

      age on tho subject . He would give them &u anec- ne which fully illustrated this feeling . He had i sen in company with a gentleman , who was depre- ; ting this meeting of ministers , contending that , ; om the cause be had mentioned , no good could \ salt from it . He had compared them , when as- ' inbled in a body , to a quantity of yeast , which : ey all knew was bitter ,- but which , when nixed in ie proportion with other bodies worked well and irred up the entire mass . With the iirst portion tbe application be fully agreed , though he must ; i permitted to doubt the Becond 1 Goa knew they I ere bitter enough ! on that point all would agree , t

      ough their might be two opinions as to whether j ey ever worked well or not . ( Shouts of laughter . ) ¦ r , Jones then went more particularly into his i vn case , and by documents wluch he had with him ! ewed if any one had a light to be present at \ e Conference , it was himself . He read his lioense : a ' Dissenting Minister , properly signed by a j igistrate of London , and ether credentials , to prove ; at he was a minister of a congregation to whom : 1 regularly preached , acd who had deputed him ' that Conference to state their opinions and his m on . the important subject of the Coin kW 3 , From what he , had just read , the <

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      meeting would certainly conceive if there was dependance to be placed on the law , he bad a perfect right to be present : because the society to which he had the honour to belong , were recogaised aud sanctioned by the law , aad were even enrolled as a religious society under > an Aot of Parliament . He concluded in his own mind from the documents and credentials which he bad with him—that he was better qualified than one-half the Ministers who were inside . And why had he come eo prepared because he knaw them , and they know him ; and for that very reason he prepared himself . He had to fortified himself , that their . refusal if given must be from intolerance , and not on points of form . But he had not come thither to oppose the Conference

      for opposition ' s sake . Having given the subject his study , he had coma with an intention of telling the assembled ministers that the vast amount of misery prevalent in the country was not attributable to the Corn Laws alone . ( Hear , hear . ) After showing the manner in which the meeting had been called , and com Daring his credentials with the terms of the notice calling the : meeting , as it appeared in Tait' $ Magazine , MT . Jones said he wouid leave it with them One meeting ) to cay whether the ministers , who were burning with love of country ; who were actuated by feelings of benevolence ibr the poor ; who had agrr ? d to lay aside all sectarian peculiarities , and meet in free and friendly discussion , nad acted consistently by refusing him admission to

      the Conference . ( Voices , — " They have not . ") The speaker then gave a detail as to how he had bean used . On Monday , he had gone to the Committee Rooms , and given in his name . While there , he observed many ministers enter and take their tiokets , with littlo or no ceremony ;; but a gentleman took up a pen and wrote across his ( Jone ? s ) name , " referred to the Committee ; " and his Brothers , the Rev . A . Campbell and the Rev . R . Buchanan , were treated in the same manner . He took the opportunity of asking to what Committed he wa ? referred , and why their cases were to be referred any more than the rest , \ No reasons couH be given why he should be excluded ; but he was told where the committee of ministers who had been appointed to sit in

      judgment on such cases were assembled . Accompanied by Mr . . Campbell aud Mr . Buchanan , he want to the room pomt ^ d . oat , knocked at the do * r , and by and by the Rev . Mr . Beardsall came to the door . He asked if tbe Committc » were there . Mr . Beardsall said "Yes , they were just trying their cases . " ** Well , then , " said Jones , " let me come in . " Mr . Beaidsail— " No , no ; now don ' t ; you had better not . It will be better for you to stop out . " ** What , " ' eaid Jones , " are you trying my case , and me not present t" and thus , without seeing his documents , or hearing a word from him as to his eligibility , they decided he had no right to be present . Against that decision he had protested , even before he knew what it was ; for he totally denied their right to sit

      iu judgment on him at all . tie bad as much right to exclude thorn , as they had to exclude him ; and that the matter migbtbe fairly tried , they went again to tho Town Hall . andrequestedadmiasion . but wererefused . He then put his shoulder against the door-keeper , and in they both went . ( Loud laughter and groat cheering ) The door-keeper said , " You must Dot COUie la . " Joneasaid , But we are in . " Tho door-keeper" You must go out . " Answer— " If you will shew your authority for ordering us out , we will go . " A policeman was then procured , and he ( Jones , ) Mr . Campbell , and Mr . Buchanan were taken to the Police-office , the Rev . Mr . Massoy following ; and in a very short time they owed to the Queen £ 150 as bail . Mr . Jones , after speaking of Mr .

      Maude as a magistrate , said that when before him next day , he had requested Mr . Massey to go into the case , and Bhew why he ought not to be admitted , since the invitation had been given to all ministers . He also bid him remember that there were Unitarians sitting in the Conference ; and he conceived this was the first time they had been acknowledged by the rest of the ministers as Christians . Mr . Maude did not seem willing to entertain tha case ; but ho was told that if he dismissed the case without satisfying the excluded as to whether they had a right to be present or not , they would go to the Hall and try again . As Mr . Maude refused to inter / ore , he ( Mr . Jones ) made his way back again to the Conference Hall ; but

      Mr . Sawley , the policeman , knowing the short cuts , got there before him , and fastened the door . ( Loud laughter . ) This was the way he had been treated ; ( shame)—and , too , at the instigatiou of men who wero burning with zeal and love for their country . The fact was , the meeting was not got op for the purpose of benefiting the poor ; but it was called together by a few of the tools of the cotton lords , for the purpose of blinding the poor as to their true interests . The ministers' own salaries and pew rents , too , had a great deal to do with the assembling . If those had been well aud fully paid , they would never havo heard of parson-sympathy for the poor . Mr . Jones concluded by leaviug h : a case iu tha hands of the public , aud sat down amid cheers long and loud .

      Mr . Aldebsox , of Bradford , was next called upon , aud he observed , that be came there as a Minister of tbo Gospel , but aot one of the fashionable party , He had his credentials with him , properly signed , and by very respectable persons . He had preached to his congregation for fivo years , and eceing a public invitation to the conference , his people had chosen him to represent them . He was certainly only a poor man , and received nothing for hid preaching ; yet he considered that both himself and his congregation had been grossly insulted . The speaker , after a very excellent speech , said he would leave hia case in their hands—knowing hat , so far as tho working classes and the public in gen ral were concerned , be should h » y © justice > : o . h ; though he could not get such at the bauds ot hi- ; brethren , tho parsons . ( Long and loud chewing )

      Mr . Buchanan was next called upon , and was received by several rounds of applause . Ho obnorved that at that lato hour he would not occupy their time , 3 S Mr . Jorco hadfuUy explained his case . He then showed that ho was , according to the announcement , every way eligible to be admitted to the Confereuce , having been sworn iti as a Reverend in ManchtsUr Court House , and deputed to the Conference by his congregation . The reason he and tha rest of " tho Rev . Gentlemen had bi ; en rejected , was because they had sprung from the working classes , and were still so mtimate / y connected with them that they knew their feeling 3 < Hid opinions , and could tell the Conference some strong and wholesome truths . It was because the rejected better understood the social coniitiou of tho people , and because they would have damaged the . Auti-Corn Law cause , by making tha Conference look at both sides of question , that they bad been refused admittance . — ( . Cheeris . ) .

      Mr . Thomasson , from tho Vale of Lovon , Scotland , next addressed the meeting . He observed that a very wjso man had said , " There was nothing now under tne sun . " But lor his part , he thought it was something original to see eo many black coated gentlemen sit down so gravely , in order to mend the condition of the poor . When he went first to the Vale of Leven , there was a certain minister , who , for mauy Sundays together , niado it the theme of his discourse to shew the wickedness of himself and others , iu dam # to mix politics with religion ; but since the Tories had gained a majouty in Parliament , that very minister had tor the last few Sundays passed his strictures upon Sir Robert Peel and the Tories , which he ( Mr . Thomason ) thought smelt strong of politics .

      ( Cheers . ) He next read a statistical account which proved that a very useful class- of men ( miners ) were not receiving , for themselves and families to hve upon , more than Is . 6 d . per head per week - ' He also related an anecdote of a parson , who visited a poor woman on her sick bed , in the last stage of distress ; and , by way of relief to her physical and spiritual wants , told her to content herself , aud read for her consolation the 53 rd Psalm ! ( Laughter and execration . ) After relating several other anecdotes , Mr . Thoraasson concluded by recommending them to press forward until they had obtained those rights and immuuities which , by the laws of God and nature , they wera entitled to ; aad retired amid loud Dheering .

      The Rv-v . A . Campbell , of Stockport , next came > rward amid loud cheers , ile would not take uv mch of their time , as his case had been pretty well splained by the other speakers ; but there was a irticdar feature in that case , different from the ? st . He had been speciaUt / i invited to attend by Ir . George Thompson himself , tho secretary to the jmmittee who had originally called the Conference ; rid his name had appeared on the list of ministers ho had agreed to attend , as published in theManiGiter Guardian , and furnished for publication by Ir . G . Thompson ; and further than that , hahad

      iceived a letter from that gentleman , requesting im to collect statistical information , and with that tquest he had complied . He and two other friends ui collected all the information they could oome ' at ilative to the trade in Stockport , the rate of ages , and the numbers out of employ moot ; and it , after all thi ^ , he was refused admission J Mr . Jackson next addressed the meeting , and Id a tale similar to the rest . The first resolution was then moved , ia an excelnt speech , by Mr . Starkey , and seconded by Mr . UXTON . It was as follows .

      " Tfcat this meetiag having heard the statements ef e several speakexs who were refused admissBioa on iiesday Lost , August tke 17 th , into the sd-c&Ucd ational Conference of Ministers of all religious de-> niiuations , are of opinion that sueh exclusion oa the irt of the committee is most intolerant and unjust , sing a violation of the principles of Christian chstity id anti-Sectarianism , upon which the Conference was mvened , inasmuch as tha rejected parties were the lly appointed ministers of large congregations , furshed with ell necessary credentials , and indirectly presenting a large ampont of the intelligence and ipulation ot the country , besides being better prepared om experience of the working classes , and from om . general acquaintsnee ¦ with the subject , to speak ponit , than of those who proumed to excludetboia om tbe dtlib « aUqua And fuxthex thi * Caeetiag ia *

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      opinion that the ' Ministerial conference , ' as at present constituted , does not repreeent the real feelings of the people , but only a section of the middle classes ; and that such exclusive Conference , or any other of a purely Ecclesiastical character , ia the least qualified of all bublic bodies of men , whether from education or experience , to aetUe satisfactorily such important qoestione . " The resolution was put by the Chairman aud car ried unanimously . Mr . Rankin moved , and Mr . Ellis seconded , the next resolution . It was also unanimously passed .

      " That , considering the extreme distren and sufferbig now existing in Great Britain , and that none of the wealthy and represented claaaes seem , disposed to do justice , or even liafm to the complaints of the industrious millions , there ia no bope for them but in their own exertions . This meeting Is , therefore , of opinion that the universal people should take Into consideration the propriety of im > mediately convening a conference to which cM be sent persont in whom the people hare entire confident ; persons chosen without resp : ct to class , creed , religion ,

      or politics j persons who can come prepared to sta ^ 3 fully the feelings which the people entertain , and their opinions as to the best methods of substituting order , peace , and safety , for the present confused , unsettled , and unnatural condition of society . This meeting also determines to appoint a committee of arrangement , to ascertain , in tbe first instance , the degree of approbation which this suggestion meets with ; and if a large portion of the people kvia favour of such 0 atip . they be empowered to give notice of the same to the country at laige , and make arrangements for the holding of tbe meeting . "

      The following persons have been appointed as the committee : —Messrs . Jackson , John Ellis , Robert Buchanan , A . Campbell , John Buxton , Robert Mahon , James Cooper , Andrew Melville , James H . Stanafleld , and John Starkey . A Protest , of which the following is a copy , was moved by Mr . Littler , seconded by Mr . Cooper , and adopted : — " This meeting having heard a fall explanation of tbe several circumstances connected with the exclusion of the Christian Chartist and Bational Religionist Prechers , along with several other parties from the Ministerial Conference' held in the Town-Hall , of this town , on Tuesday last , August 17 th , 1841 , purporting to be a ' National Conference of ministers of all religious denominations , 'hereby enters its most solemn protest azainst

      this assumption of nationality , by a body who merely repre . 'eat ; a section of the middle classes , and who have excluded , either upon points of faith or politics , parties elected by tbe suffrages of numerous congregations of the working classes ; we further protest against all clerical conference upon questions of a politcal or fiscal mature , and affecting the rights and happiness of the people generally , satisfied that Buch conclaves have neither the experience , justice , or liberality to deal honestly , either with such questions , or with the people , besides establishing a bad precedent for future occasions , for the intermeddling * of the priesthood , who in all ages have shown themselves intolerant , narrowminded , and opposed to public liberty . The people generally , irrespective of creeds or opinions , aad not exclusive bodies of men , should alone publicly d ' scnss and decide upon all such questions . "

      A vote of thanks was then carried by acclamation to the Chairman , and after three hearty cheers for Mr . O'Connor , the meeting separated at midnight . Thus ended one of the most numerously-attended , and certainly one of the most enthusiastic meetings ever hold in the town of Manchester . It is impossible to conrey even a bare idea of the feeling of ineffable disgust with which the details of the conduct of the sleek-paunches were received by the meeting ; and the feeling is not confined to those who attended . Men of every party openly express their disapprobation of the exclusive spirit evinced by those who are paid for dissenting ' . and even the u League" themselves see that the bolt has been overshot ! No more parson Conferences will be called ! The present one is a finisher—for it has not only done for itself , but for the " League" too !

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      Latest fkom China . —A letter has bees , received from Macao of the 27 th of April , put on board the steamer at Bombay on the 19 th of June , after the mail and other despatches had been embwked . It is to tho following effect : — " Macao , April 27 . —The Chinese local Government has violated the agreement made with Captain Elliot for the renewal of trado with British subjects . We are also surprised to find that since the 1 st not one thousand chests of tea have found their way out to foaeign vessels by smuggling . We had hopes of doiug . something in that way , but the unexpected vigilancs and activity of the Chinese mandarins and soldiers have disappointed our hopes for the present . About the 17 th a chop arrived from the Einperor , eouehed in the most violent terms , ordering all authorities , civil and military , in the provinces of Canton , to destroy ail the teas , rhubarb , and otb er articles necessary for

      the English barbarians . !! J iis order is ngidly obeyed , and probably one-half of the crop of teas is already destroyed , and the work ia still goin& on . Indenv * nity is promised by the same chop to those whose property is destroyed , a ad rewards for those wbo discover secreted articles . We further find in the same chop political intercourse with the English interdicted , and the la' cely-appoiuted Commissioners ordered to retire . . Numerous fire-vessels and rafts had been seat down the river among the foreign shipping , by which , several vessels and cargoes have been injured , but w } total loss . Our Commander is deliberating on th * . propriety of moving all vessels below the second > jar into a wider part of the river . A report prevails , but to which no credit is attached , that some Brivi * h subjects were kidnapped by the Chinese on tha r . ight ot the 25 : b . But little is'doing in south of For mosa in opium . "

      More inKt Bargained fob . —A magistrate in the neighbor irnood of Todmorden , in his anxiety to procure " cheap" bedding for hi 3 oattle , has been in the habit of purchasing the refuse straw fp jm the Todmorden " barracks , " and using it in his own stables . The family however , h' i got about his ears from thia course , ratbar surprised him . H © found that bugs were as plentif a ! as blackberries ; and that they seemed to relist the hides of the " sonperior classes" aa well as thu s' of the swinish multitude . To such an extent did this family increase , that the parsimonious justir . 0 found it necessary to cleanse tho " Bu # ean ? * . a bio , " and completely refurnish it . Very typical ' chis of what we shall hare to do with the Wesuninster Augean stable ! W © have got a swarm of things I there worse than bugs ! They are much larger , and take more filling 1

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      Execution of John Self , fob the Mdbdkb op Jemima Stimp 3 om . —Norwich , Auo , 14 . —From the time of his conviction , Self was unceasingly attended by the ministers of religion , by the chaplain of the Castle and the ourato . Their admonitions and exhortations drew the confession from him which ha » been already published . His conduct was indicative of penitence to the last . He was duly impressed with the enormity of his crime , and manifested a desir » tO make his peace with that Judge before whom he wonid shortly appear . At an early hour , numbers began to assemble on the Castle-hill , among whom were many persons from Hethersett , Wymondham . and the adjacent country . The hill being corered with stock , the confusion was Tery great , and for some time there was a total suspension of bnsinesa As usual at such pablio exhibitions , all sorts of abandoned characters collected opposite the Castle-sate *

      and showed that they enjoyed the spectacle rather than were awed by it . The parents and friends of Self had visited him during the week , to whom he is said to have expressed great p 3 njtence and contrition * Precisely as the clock struck twelve , the culprit emerged from the priton door , accompanied by the chaplain and the usual officers . He had an offloer on eacn side , but did not seem to require any support , bat walked to the drop , a distance of about thirty yards , With a firm step and demeanour . When he mounted the drop he had a person holding each ana , the chaplain and governor of the gaol being also on the scaffold . The instant he mounted , the executioner turned the prisoner ' s back to the multitude , and put the oap over his eyes . The rope was quickly adjusted , the drop fell , and to all appearance , he died without a struggle . Previous to the crime for which he suffered he had borne a good character .

      CORBECTIPW OF A MlSSTATFBIENT . —A Correspond * ent from Bradford writes as follows : —" Seeing a paragraph in last week ' s Star , headed More of Wakefield Htell , ' my attention was drawn to it ; and fonnd that a person of the name of Geo . Clarkson , ot Sheffield , stated that he was informed of the death of one Emanuel Hutton , comber , confined in Wakefield House of Correction eighteen months , for riot atDewsbury : I consider it to be my duty to correct the statement . Hat : on was liberated on the 21 st of May last , and is still living , bat is a delicate state of health . He was confined for riot at Bradford , and not for riot at Dewsbury *

      Frightful Accident . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the George Inn , Bexley , Kent , upon the body of Isaac Henry Watson , aged 58 , tut engineer . It appeared by the evidence that the unfortunate man was employed on some repairs in Mr . Cannon ' s water-mill , Bexley , and while in the act of screwing on a nut to one of the bearings , his clothes caught a wheel of 10 feet diameter , and 15-horBe power , and which was making 120 revolations in a minute . The deceased was drawn into tbe mill , and crushed to death in an instant . The Coroner said that , during any repairs in future it woal < i be better that the mill should not be at work . The jury returned a verdict that the deceased was accidentally crushed to death in a water-mill . The unfortunate man waa a widower , and . has left seven children .

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      DEATHS . On Tuesday , tha 17 sh inst ., much beloved and deeply regrettedy Sophia , youngest daughter of Mr . Eiridfce , of the Koyal Hoteh \ ork . ^ Same day , aged 73 , Mr . Richard Sharp , landlord of the Langley : Arms Inn , Wykeham , near Scarborough , much and deservedly respected by a very numerous circle of friends aud acquaintances . On Sunday , the loin inst ., after a long illness , Mr . John We&therhead , landlord of tbe George Inn , Otley . Same day , aged 28 , Jonathan , the youngest son of Mr . Jonathan Bellwood , farmer , aear Easingwold . On Saturday morning last , at her house in Tower Place , after & long and severe affliction , aged 63 , ilizabeth , relict of the late Mr . Richard Sherwood , hosier , &c High Ousegate , York .

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      On Monday last , at St . Johns Churoh * in thia Sown , Mr . William Richardson , shoemaker , to Miss Elizabeth Lord , both . of Leeds , On Monday last , at the parish cbtfroh , Loughborough , by the Rev . Mr . Place , Mr . Bairetow » Chartist Lecturer , to Isabella , daughter of Mr . James Harris , of that town . On Tuesday , the 17 th inst ; ., ak Salem Chapel , Otley , Mr . Rogers , ot Farnley , ia Miss Houldiog , of Otley . ¦¦ - , - ** : Same day , atu the parish chureh , Halifax , by the Venerable Archdeacon Mnsgrave , D . D ., Jeremiah Stansfieid , son of the late Jemniah Rawson , Esq ., of Green Royd , to Sarah , youngest daughter of the , late Samuel Stead , Esq ., of Halifax , solicitor . On Monday last , at Dnfiwld , Mr . Jeremiah Lamplugh , saddler , "to Miss . Miriam Watson ^ dreesmaker , bothlwf Drifflelu .

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      THE WAKEFIELD HELL . At a meeting of Delegates , at D : wsbury , on Thursday evening last , thefollowing petition was unanimously adopted . It is recommended for general use : —

      TO THE HON . THE COMMONS OF THE VNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND , IN PARLIAMENT ASSEMBLED . The humble Petition of the undersigned Inhabitants of — in the West Riding of the County of York , Shewkth , —That your Petitioners hare wa ' ohcd with much and careful attention the workings of what is called the silent system , introduced como years since into the various Prisons of the United Kingdom , and that the result of such attention and investigation is a conviction on the minds of your Petitioners that the said silent system is utterly opposed to every dictate of humanity and Christianity subversive of all the mo ^ t valuable ends of criminal jurisprudence , and contrary to the letter and spirit of tko British constitution .

      That this conviction has been recently increased in an eminent degree by the publication of certain statements made by prisoners in the Houto of Correction , at Wakefield , in the West Riding of this county , and in other prisons ; from which statements it appears that oho death by self-destruction , and four oilier attempts of a like character , hare taken placo in the above-named prison at Wakefield , within tho last three months , proving , in the ju dement of your Petitioners , tiiatthe severe aud inhuman regulations of the said silent system are calculated to destroy tho reason , and drive to desperation , those who are subjected to its operation . \

      It also further appears to your Petitioners , froir th « statements above alluded to , thai tho food supplied to the prisoners in the said prison at Wiikefield , is of a bad and unwholesome character , and that , in connection with the close confinement , and other prison regulations , it is calculated to materially deteriorate tho health of tho prisoners , so that , on the expiration of their various terms of imprisonment , they will * be incapable of betaking themselves to honest employment , and must either become burdens to their respective parishes , or must resort to the commission of crime iu order to procure bread . Your Petitioners therefore humbly pray your Honourable House to appoint a Select Committee to examine into the truth or falsehood of the

      statements which have appeared , as to the treatment and condition of the persons now or recently subjected to the operation of tho said silent system ; andjthat your Honourable House will bo pleased to direct the special attention of tho said Committee to the alleged fact , that the Governor and Officials of the said Prison at Wakefield , frequently exeeed the power vested in them according to law in order that unduo punishmont may be awarded and executed upon the said offenders . And your Petitioners further pray your

      Honourable House immediately to abolish tho operation of the said silent system from the prisons of tho United Kingdom , because of its inhuman ty , in ju&tice ^ mpolicy and unchristian character ; and to provide in its stead such a system of penal chastisement as shall be in accordance with the merciful spirit of our holy religion , tending at once to hold up the real authority of the law , and to reclaim and restore the offending and vicioua members oi' sociaty . Aud your Petitioners , as in duiy bound , will ever pray . II J « I . , 1 . ^ fcM I ! U ! . . I

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct563/page/5/