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      : -I * 0 THE EBITOB 07 THB KORTHBKN STAK . 8 r& , —I send yon the enclosed letter for insertion , that the country may see wbat sincere democrats then ire in Salisbury . Mr . Wilkinson is a noble fellow ; bat the letter will speak for itself better than Yours , tally , Johk Cahpbbll , ( Jen . Secretary . " Market-street , Saliatmry , "Council Boom , August 9 tb , 1841 . " Dear Campbell , —At the meeting of the Salisbury Council and members of the National Charter Awociatian of Great Britain and Ireland , Mr . "Welch in tbe ^* w . agreed that the fourth part of our month * ' sab-¦ eription abonld be sent to the General Treasurer , aBer which the address from the ExecatiTe was read , and a subscription immediately entered into towards nising the £ 100 required by the ExecatiTe to . carry oat their plan , and although our number of members « re bat twenty-one in the whole , that is , fourteen men ,

      four women , and three children , there was present seren memben and four friends to the cause , from whom was collected seventeen shillings , and it was agreed that twenty shillings shonld be sent to the General Treasurer , and to get the other three shillings from the absent members , or friends , at all haeards Our little band of democrats was determined to . set an example which th « y trust will be followed by erery council throughout the Queendom . If each and every eauncU er sub-Secretary will collect twenty-shillings for every twenty-one members , I am persuaded the ExecatiTe will hare sufficient means to carry the Charter .

      " My dear Sir , should it be supposed that our council consist of men in the middle class of life , I ¦ would rectify that error by stating that we are all Working men , and same of us not half employed , but those of us that are alitUebetter situated , make np , when money is called for , for our more humble brethren . I haTe therefore sent a post-office order to Mr . Hey wood , for the sum of £ l 3 s . lid ., that , is , Ss . 7 d » being the fourth part of the last months' subscription and donations , and is . id . for six plain cards , and the postage , and twenty shillings towards the £ 100 required by the Executive .

      M Since I last wrote to you , John Pry , of Fhfcerton , Salisbury , has joined the association ; I must send you the number of his card the next time I write : my not being present when he was admitted , my nwtistant emitted taking his number . " Yours , most respectfnlly , " John Wilkinson , Sub-Secretary . "

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      TO THE EDITOB . OP THE 50 BTHEU 5 STAR . Ms . Editor , —Giving the readers of yow paper portraits , as yon are doing from time to time , is praisewor thy , as well as useful ; bat , why do you confine the portraits' t 9 the benefactors of the human nee , and to those who are suffering under Whig vengeance , inflicted ! during Whig domination ? i Why not give the portraits of those by whom harsh , i vindictive , and unjust ptmishmenti are inflicted ? Why not give portraits of those who are abject enough to become tools in the hands of a ministry i which , tj its unprecedented punishment of political prisoners alone ( saying nothing cf its other acts ; has condemned itself to everlasting infamy ?

      The portraits of L d Is y , el hoc genus j ovine ; and of Visiting Justice ilr . B d i H h , cum sociis aliis , with brief memoirs of their j bemrolezl proceedings , ought , by all means , to be put j into the hands of your readers -with all reasonable j expedition . They would be useful remembrancers . , I I have some idea of the great expenee which would necessarily be incurred by such a measure ; but small j rills make a large body , when turned to antl collected i in one flow ; and a saiall additional weekly price to y onT papers -would soon raise a fond for Uus object adequate to the cost—Tours . &c 18 th Aamit , 1811 . Zeta .

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      DAN AT DROGHEDA ! j As ws istimated in ottr last week ' s paper , j Dan iias been obliged to go to Drogheda , to < counteract the effects of Mr . Peter Hosy ' s sojourn there for a few weeks ! He is sorely galled ! and as all galled jades do , he wmcesI From the Dublin ! Monitor of Tuesday we take the followiag . Si-o ! his nozice of Peter Hoey , and his doings . Mirk j nowhecai ! 3 upon the Irish not to listen to him ! Ah . ! right well does he know , that if once the Irish ! poor can be go : to listen to their brethren , the Eng- ! lish poor , there is an end at once to humbug and : print ! " Mark , too , what he fays about circulating ' the Northern Star in Ireland ! Do the English poor j want anything more to { ell them it i 3 their duty to ! send their Stars among tfceirbrethren ? Surely eo : ! j with them , then , we leave it . I

      After a good deal of " blarney" respecting House- \ hold Suffrage , Triennial Parliaments , and the "honest j Ballot , " Dan sajs— 1 " Why do I say those things to you , but because a ; set of knaves are trying to delude you on this subject ? I ' . allude to Feargus O'Connor and the Chartists ; and I j understand there is a fellow , naaaed Peter Hocj , who \ resides at P . aldy Murphy ' s , in Windmill Lane —( laugh- ' tea )—who is one of that party . ( Groans . } But while you ' . avoid him do nothing to him . i " A Voice—We will send him back to Feargus . ( Lsuuhtei . ) j " Mr . O'Connell—Oh , no , do not do that . < Laughter , i ' . Pas him by with contempt , but do him no injury , j ( Hear , hear . ) But at the same time let him do no !

      injury . Fesrgns O'Conner has got a newspaper for ; praising himself , because no other person will praise j him : if he dees Bot abess me much in it , it j is because he found enough of pereons to abuse i me without his doing go . There is not an Orangeman in ( the land or a Tery in Ireland , or any person of that | party , from the Marquis of D ^ wzishire down to Feargus J O'Connor , that does not abase me . ( Groans . ) I appeal > to the people of Drogheda , is it a recommendation to j them that the foul-mouthed blackguards are in the habit of abusing me ? (>" o , noj I have spent forty years of i my life in struggling for £ eland , and I am , thank God , j st ! H n * t so old but that I ihou'd work twenty years : more for Old Ireland . ( Tremendous cheering . ) Is it i not a suspicious circumstance that there is nut a single Oungemin in Drogheda that does not agree with Hotv

      m abusing me—not a miscreant of the old corporation —the poor half-fed rats—that will not join him * i his abuse of me . ( Hear , hear , and laughter ., Jfot one of those felloTra that Trill cot agree with Hoey in abusing me- ( Hear . ) I ask , is the nun honest in Drogheda that will listen to a scoundrel ef that kind abusing me , and circulating Ffargus O'Connor ' s newspapers . ( Cries of no . ) I am as little afraid of death as any person ; bnt I wish to tell yon that trhea I * ¦ srect to Leeds to attend the meeting there , Feargus O'Connor wrote a letter in his paper urging the Chartists oi England to assassinate me . ( Tremendous groaning . ! All I as , k you is to let the people know that fact The Chartists in England are joining the Socialists ; they are called there nothing but yeargusitea , and if you wanted to have your blood sold for blood-money , the Chartists are the persons that would do it . ( Hear . ) . "We shall have something to say afterwards to Master Dan respecting the * nrging to assassinate- " For therpresent we let the lie stand just a 3 it fell from Dan ' s ngly mouth .

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      TO FEASGrS O'CONNOR , ESQ . Hosottred Sib . —It is wiih feelings of pnde , gratitude , and exultation , that we at this time address you , seeing that the time draws nigh when the iron hand of despotism will relinquish its hold of one oi nature ' s noblest cobles , when , like the giant refreshed , you will emerge from your living tomb , again to battle with , and throw down , the strongholds of tyranny and superstition , when again your voice shall be heard by the Buffering , unenfranchised , yet patient people , rousing them from their sleep of apathy to that work—that glorious work—Trhieh you , by the confession of onr common enemy , have been

      acknowledged to have iirst brought to any * head . Yes , wireceive you as our " High Priest , " and gladly will we worship at the altar of your officiating , whilst you promulgate the lovely , free , invigorating , pure , unmistined doctrines of our glorious Charter . Yes , we accept you from their hands , aa our " High Priest , " as we-did in 1832 , from that hoary headed traitor , O'ConnelL We accepted tbe gift , and , thanks be to God , never have we had cause to rue . Then jjladJy do we again receive you , in your new character , from the u base , bloody , and brutal" enemies , whose censure is our glory , and whose praise would be our condemnation .

      In thus publicly inviting you to HuddersSeld , we beg to state ( with no ordinary feelings of exultation ) that yon will be received with open arms and confiding hearts by your truly loving and grateful brother associates inthearduous struggle of right against might ; aad though you have been immured within the dungeoa'B gloom , yet has the spirit which you infused been spreading its genial and enlightening rays on thousands , who , previous to your incarceration , were sleeping in the death-like shade of Whiggery and sham Radicalism , but which have now Durst their narrow bounds , and lite the ruler of the d » y , infuse fresh strength and vigour around . Come , then , most noble Patriot , and reap the first fruits of thy toil in our strengthened ranks ! Gather pleasure from the knowledge of having been the first tasbandman who threw the Beeds of Union amongst an often-betrayed and easily confiding-people ; but

      sever caa thy thirsting soul rest content until the full measure ia meted to where justice points . Hasten , then , to reap this small harvest of joy , the presage of greater and more lasting proofs oi thy labours of philanthropy and love . Come and behold the toilworn , blister-handed slaves of ( oil and mammon anile !—in their misery—upon one whom they look upon as the great deliverer of themselves and their rising generation from the iren hand of bondage aad BlAvish degradation , to which they by the superior cunning of their rulers , have been reduced , and are still held , but which soon must break to countless AtOBU before an enlightened people . We remain , honoured Sir , On behalf of our Brother Chartists , Yourt , ever truly , Joseph Thobstd . n , _ ,, „ ,, Edward Clattok . Haddersfield , Augast 18 , 1841 ,

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      ^ MANCHESTER . BOROUGH COURT , Mondat , Aucrsr 16 . ( Before D . Maude , Esq . ) PBEA . CH 1 KG IS THE STREETS . James Smith and Alexander Campbell—the former , we believe , one of the town missionaries , and the latter a lecturer ou socialism—appeared to answer a charge brought against tkem by Mr . Neale , inspector of nuisances , of obstructing tbe sweet JJr . Keale stated , that several complaints had been lately made at the Town Hall respecting the obstruction of Victoria-street , and about Victoria Bridge , from persons collecting in large crowds , and holding discussions on religious subjects ; and , in consequence , he had been directed by the commissioners to remove tbe obstruction . Tie preceding evening , he went to the Exchange meeting , and to the Victoria Bridge meeting ; large crowds were assembled , aud Campbell was speaking on the virtue of women . Witness went ud to him , told him he was an officer of

      the town , and that he wanted to speafc to the meeting ; but Campbell refused to let him speak until he had done . In two or three minutes , he gave over speaking ; and witness then told the meeting , that ttw authorities would not allow the streets to be obstructed , and that they must retire peaceably . Campbell said he had a respect for authority , and he retired ; but Smith got up and said , he believed a decision had been come to in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , \ rith reference to preaching in the streets , and that it was allowed . Witness told them , that that did not refer to a place where they had a local act , and that they had better go borne . He then read \ a them a clwise ia the a * t jelaUng to the obstructing of the streets . Campbell then came back , and asked for his number . Witness told him he had not one , and th * t he was a servant of the commissioners of police . Campbell then stated , it was quite evident that he ( Nealej was in a state of intoxication , which was quite false . Witness then gave the defendants into custody , and they were taken to the Town Hall .

      John Kay , also an inspector of nuisances , corroborated the last witness ' s testimony . Campbell then addressed the court in his defence . He went , he said , about seven o clock , and found Mr . Smith addressing an audience . He remained a quiet spectator acd listener for about twenty minuU-s ; but , as Mr . Smith , during his address , stated something irhicb . he ( Campbell ) considered it his duty to the public and himself to reply to , he began to speak ; and the audience increased and continued to increase , but they were a quiet and orderly audience . Mr . Neale came , and asked to be allowed to speak to the meeting ; but he ( Caicpbell ) told him he would finish first -Mr . Maude—Then it was purely accidental your being there . Campbell said , not at all ; be had been there

      , ' '¦ , for several Sundays to stand the tonent of abuse ; ; there were a number of people went there under the ! name of Christians ; they usually vilified socialism , and j he , as an f ^ ent of that body , wished the public to be . guarded against thexi . 31 r . Keale came , at he had stated ; he did not say that he was in authority , and he smellcd strong of drink . He ( Campbell ) left the | place seine yards ; and then his friends asked him if 5 he were going away , allowing thh man I Smiths to ; vilify him in his absence . He returned , and fonnd Mr . ' Smith addressing tbe people , and Mr . Neale allowing ! him . He told Nesle that he -was n ^ t acting fairly ; ! and iS ' eale tten orderrd him into custody , seized him I like a tiger , and kicked him , though he did not offer ¦ the least resistance .

      The defendant , Smith , then stated that he was a duly authorised preacher , having taken out his license in that court ; and fee wai preaching in that rapacity in the streets . He gave public notice , that the footpaths must be kept clear ; and while he addressed the people on the laws of nature , as laid down 3 n the Scriptures , the footpaths were clear . Mr . Maude—Can you say it was a decent and proper tbing for the public streets to bo made the arena of these disputes ? Smith—T publicly announced , Sunday after Sunday , that I would have nothing to do with discussion . Mr . llande—But you cannot do that in the streets . Smith I beg pardon ; while I spoke , the footpaths were cle-vr . Mr . Maude-Bat the public streets are for traffic , and not for preaching . If you want to preach , you may

      ; take-some place of your own ; and there you may : pieach as long as you pleate . Smith—I understood ' : from tbe decision of the Queen ' s Bench that we bave a I right to preach , if the foctpath and roads are clear . ; Mr . Maude—No doubt Smith—Then it vraa clear ; 1 -when Mr . Campbell came np , he nnfortnuattly : took his station to our right , and it is just possible thtie i might have heen an obstruction . Mr . Mande—I dare ' say youT motives are good ; I do not want to question > the motire of any one ; but it ia quite clear tLat there i is great inconvenience , and the inhabitants who want i free accrss to their housfs complain greatly . Why 1 cant yon tike some building or Eomefield of your own ? j Smith—Am I to understand that I am not to preach in

      the Btrtets ? Mr . Mau'ie—No , you are not to obstruct . It is net whether people can contrive to pass through ; the crowd ; but tfee streets must be kept clear . Campi bell—1 give you my assuracce that I will not obstruct thestr' ? ts , on condition—Mr . Maude—I w 5 U have no : conditions . Smith—I have no intention to obstruct the ; footpath . Mr . Mande—But you must go farthe * ; you . must not obstruct at oH . Get into any building , and I there is no ¦ wish to stop either of you . The defendants . then both promised that they would not obstruct any : public pises in future ; pnd Mr . Maude told them they ' were dismissed , but they were both of them liaWe to ' be procecuted , and c ; rt ?' nly would be if they obstruct' ¦ rd the streets .

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      Notice . —The towns ia Warwick and Worcestershire requiring the services ot a lecturer are referred to the concluding paragraph , in the report of the delegate meeting in Birmingham , published in last week ' s Star , and are requested to forward their quota ft soon rs possible , as Me . Mason , of Neweartle-upon-Tyne is expected , and the " ways and means" most be forthcoming . All letters to be addressed to Mr . George White , No , 3 . Court , Essex-strcjt , Birmingham . —All letters for the Association most be addressed to the 8 nb-Seeretary , John Wilkinson , No . 5 , Cregoe-terraoe , Bell Barn SMd .

      GREAT BORTON . —The females of this place held their usual meeting at the house of Mrs . Hartley , Back Fold , when a number of females came forward and enrolled their names as members . They are subscribing for the purchase of a splendid demonstration flag . The next meeting will be held on the 30 th instant . White Abbkt . —A public meeting of the females of this district took place on Sunday last , Miss Cooper in the chair . The meeting was ably addressed by Messrs . Martin and Alderson , and the following resolution was unanimously adopted— "That the feelings of this meeting are deeply agonised at

      the treatment < m the Chartist prisoners in the Houses of Correction in Nonhallerton and Wakefield ; they therefore recommend the females throughout the country to forward petitions to her Majesty and both Houses of Parliament } not merely for an abolition of the system , but for a fall and free pardon to all tbe sufferers . " Miss Cooper was afterwards appointed treasurer , and to represent White Abbey , in the General Committee at Bradford ; and it was decided that they Bhould meet every Wednesday evening , at half-past eight o ' clock , in the Association-room , Gracechurch-street , to enrol names and discuss political questions .

      hyde . —Mr . W . Benbow addressed the psoplc of Hyde , on Monday la | t , in the Working Men ' s Institution , on the formation and utility of society , and the good effects that would be produced thereby if properly constituted in equity and justice to the industrious millions . The Council for Hyde are—John Bradley , John Leech , Levy Johnson , James Bradley , Richard Harrison , Peter Patison , Robert Smith , William Enstock , James Greenalsh , Wm . Morehouse , Joseph Shaw , Samuel Howarth , and George Mottranj , Bub-secretary .

      HULL . —The Chartists met on Wednesday evening last , when a resolution to the following effect was unanimously passed : — " That the accounts of the Association in Hull be madenp against -next Council meeting , and a balance-sheet produced , in order that the Council may be able to decide on what sum of money they can vote towards defraying the expencea of the contested seats , petitions , " Ac BRADFORD . —On Monday evening , the female Chartifts of Bradford met at their Association room , Tkreadneedle-street , Goodman ' s-end , Mrs . Smith in the chair . After the regular contributions had been paid , the following address was agreed to , and it was moved that it be forwarded to the Northern Star , for insertion : — To the TTuys and Daughters of the Oppressed Operatives of the Borough of Bradford .

      "We , the members of the Female Chartist Commlttr a of this Borough , having for our object the attainment of the People ' s Charter , take this opportunity to call your attention to the present distressed state of the country , -which is to be attributed to class legislation . The * labourers who , by their mutual and dependent exertions , contribute to clothe , feed , and preserve , the whole of society , have been called ignorant and corrupt by a class who do not labour , bnt who live by the produce of the labour of others , and who make the laws to enable them to dispose of what does not belong to them . But , in despite of every effort to keep the people ignorant , they are rising rapidly in the scale of intelligence and moral dignity , whilst the privileged classes are satiated with every perveialen of truth , and

      every corruption of principle ; we therefore hope that you will come forward to aid us in the glorious struggle for universal liberty . You have long bad the power to better your condition , and we now call upon jou to exercise it . We know your influence , and we congratulate you upon yonr present prospects . Never did the cause of freedom wear so cheering an aspect as at present , we therefore hope that you will wisely conclude to throw yourselves upon your rights , to father up your energies , and consolidate your strength . all the circumstances that surround you are auspicious : the general diffusion of knowledge , and tbe excellent plan of organisation in the formation of the National Charter Association , auger well for your future prosperity .

      We remain , yours in the cause of democracy , Signed in behalf of tbe General Committee , Hannah . Smith , Chairwoman . Bradford , August IGth , 1 S 41 .

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      BIN GXJET 7 . -Magisterial Power . —At the Biugley Petty Sessions , held on the 27 th of July last , a number uf individuals were summoned before Wm . Ellis and Frederick Greenwood , Esqs ., for the recovery of church-rates . The persons summoned were Wm . Stevenson , a comber , Wm . Foulds , beer-seller , and Stephea Noble , foundryman , and a number of others , who did cot appear . Stevenson was first called upon , to show cause why he refused to pay the rates . He not giving a satisfactory reason to the magistrates , was ordered to pay the rates he was charged with , aud costs . The next that was called upon was Wm . Foulds . Ho stated to the magistrates that ho was charged with arrears

      of rates , aud stated that he thought the law could not compel him to pay church-rates in arrear , and handed to the magistrates the following case in support of his argument , which was allowed by the Wakefield Bench of Magistrates , on Monday , the 22 od day of June , 1840 , and the defendants were all dismissed : —Deut v . Prudence and Bond . 3 Strange ' s Reports , p . 152 , which was heard by the Bishop 3 of Norwich aud Carlisle , assisted by Chief Justice Raymond , Baron Carter , Sir Henry Penrice , and other Doctors , on appeal to the delegates , on the 27 th of December , 1729 , and which decided that no suit can be instituted by churchwardens for a chnrch-rate after their year of office is expired . On the Magistrates seeing -the foi egoing

      Report , they wero astonished , thinking that they had convicted poor Stevenson contrary to law . The clerks were appealed to , but not one of them could produce Strange ' s Reports ; therefore , they decided that the matter should be left for consideration to the day following ; and Stevenson ' s case was cancelled , on conditions that he was to abide by the decision of Fould's case . It is now near three weeks since ; and what does other Magistrates and the public think those worshipfuls havo took upon themselves to do 1 They have actually cancelled the two rates charged in 1838 and 1839 , and , by bo

      doing , they havo quashed the summons altogether , and have taken upon themselves to issue a notice to the said parties for the rate laid in 1840 , without even serving summonses , or anything else ! If this is not taking the law into their own hands , and using it to suit their own purpose , ( and with a vengear . ee , too , ) I am no judge . DiBtreBS warrants are expected out every day , and because the poor fellows have not means to follow up their illegal proceedings , they are compelled to abide by the consequences . It is a shame and a disgrace to the West Riding to have Euch men upon the Bench . —Correspondent .

      BAE . NSI 1 EV . —The Corn Law League at theiu Dirty Work again . —A public meeting was held this day in the Weaver ' s Committee Room , New Market-street , for the ostensible purpose of ascertaining the amount of distress in this town , its caute , and remedy . Messrs . Travis , Bycot , Birks Allen , and a few others were very busy in the getting up and conducting of the meeting . Previous to their calling it they went round to such as they thought were favourable to their design ; but whenever they met with one wliom they thought was tinged with the never-dying principles of Chartism , they did not dare to broach their scheme . The meeting was announced for ten o ' clock , A . 51 Ere the hour arrived the room was crowded to excess ,

      aud the brave Chartists were found not wanting , they -were at their post of duty . The Rev . William Alexander was unanimously called upon to preside . The Rev . Gentleman , in opening the meeting , omhWd to state ¦ what where its objects and purpose ; and thereby threw the meeting into great confusion . A Vtry animated discussion ensued between the gentlemen above-named , and Messrs . Collons , Grimshaw , Moulds , Vallance , Daily , Joines , Lingard , and others of the Chartists . The result was that the meeting was dissolved , and another called for two oclock , p . m ., b y the Com Law League . At the appointed hour the people assembled on the Mayday Green . The Rev . Gentleman who presided at the previous meeting was again called to tha chair ; and he , without any preliminary remarks , called upon Mr . Frank Mirfield to move the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . David FeJmore , and carried unanimously : — " That it is

      the opinion of this meeting that the Corn Laws are cruel and oppressive ; but -we are fully convinced that the great cause of our manifold grievances is class legislation ; we therefore earnestly request the congregated ministers in conference assembled , to call upon the legislature to immediately adopt the People ' s Charter as the legitimate right of an insulted , much oppressed , and Btarvine people . " Messrs . Pelmore and Alexander were then appointed to wait upon the committee with the above resolution , as a portion of that party had promised to be in attendance and to receive any resolutions we had to send by their delegates , but lo and behold when the deputies attended , not one of tbe Allpowerful mass of subtilty and cunning was to be found . The deputation returned to the meeting an ^ acquainted them with the cowardly conduct of the Whig tricksters , when the meeting dissolved highly gratified with the glorious triumph over the obnoxious faction .

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      ASHTON" -UNDER-LYNE . —Peteuxoo . — The twenty-first anniversary of the above day , was commemorated on Monday last , at the house of Mr . John Clayton , Charlestown , near Ashton under-Lyne , who , with his wife Nancy , was brutally sabred on the Peterioo field . A number of Radicals of the Hunt school assembled , and sung the hymn composed for the occasion by Mr . S . Bamford , of Middleton The black flag " was exhibited as usual . The inscriptions it bore were in large characters written in blood ! On one side were to be seen " Murder , Aug . 16 tb , 1819 , at Peterioo , by the bloody Tories ; " on the other side was written ' * Remember the blood that was shed at Peterioo ! " The Rads met again in the evening , and commented in strong terms on the proceedings of that bloody day .

      HUBDEBSFEEjIiD . —Suicide , —A very meloncholy circumstance happened here on Tuesday morning . Mr . Northorp Bradley , laudlord of the Crown Tavern , was found hung in a top bed-room over his own chamber . He had taken his breakfast as usual , but vomittcd it . He was afterwards foand hung in a silk handkerchief , tied to the bedpost . Pecuniary embarrassment is stated as the cause of so rash an act . He has left a wife and two children to mourn his loss . ROCETOAXtE . —Mr . Sharman Crawford arrived in Rochdale on Sunday , and on Monday was engaged the whole of the day in visiting the poor people at their own houses , for the purpose of examining their condition , their wants , and their necesaitiea , that he may be able to declare in Parliament what he knows of tho destitute state of the manufacturing districts from his own observation .

      BRADFORD . —The Election . —Tho sudden death of Mr . Lister , the Whig M . P . for this borough , has thrown all parties into queer'Street . The Whigs , by their infamous attempts , last election , to thrust two mere Whigs apoa the constituency , were the means of returning Mr . Hardy , the Tory ; for their intrigues to prevent the appearance of a Radical candidate in the field had the effect of driving the Chartist voters away from them ; and they found that without the Chartists they were notable to poll a majority of votes . Conscious of their treachery last time , they are now endeavouring to wheedle the Chartists back again I They havo sent deputations from the Whig committee to

      wait upon the Chartists—with instructions to procure the Chartist support for Mr , Busneld , ( the last rejected Whig !) and they will " allow" them to choose one of the candidates next time ! !! To this liberal proposal it wai replied , that the Chartists were much obliged to them ; but they intended to choose a candidate this lime : they intended to bring forward Col . Thompson : and they might please themselves whether they supported him or not . If they did not , —one thing they might rest satisfied of a Whig would not be returned t Thus stands the matter between the Whigs and the Chartists . As for the Tories , wo are not able to say how they stand . We understand they have had deputations

      out , seeking for a candidate . We have not heard whether they have yet succeeded . Some talk has been bad respecting Mr . J . Wood , and the name of another gentleman , whose appearance in the House of Commons would be hailed with delight by every labouring man in the Empire , though he be " an old ultra Tory , " has been whispered . If the party in Bradford have the courage to fix on that man , they can carry him ! They would be assisted by those who hate and dete 9 t Whig treachery ; and they would place a man in Parliament who would be looked upon by tho working people , throughout the kingdom , as their M . P . Daro they take tho step ? We shall seo 1

      dS * Since writing the above , we have learned that tho Tories have secured a candidate , in the person of Mr . Wilberforce , once returned for Hull . Hfs address , we understand , appeared yesterday ; but as wo have not been furnished with a copy , we cannot say what it 18 like ^ - except that of course it will be Tory . This move of the party is a bad ono . They have missed their way ! Placards have been issued , calling a meeting of electors and non-electors in front of Mr . Ibbetson's shop , on Monday evening next , to deviso the best means of securing the return of Col . Thompson . The meeting , we are persuaded , will be a numerous and unanimous one . The Colonel must be carried to the poll ! and let the Whigs , the " free traders , " refuse to put him into Parliament */ they dare ! On them will be the blame if a Tory goes .

      LEEDS . —Thunder Storm . —On Saturday last , at noon , this town was visited by a severe and awful storm of thunder and lightning , accompanied by torrents of rain . The electric fluid struck a house in tho possession of Mr . Wikeley , situate near Sheepscar bar ; it followed the course of the bell-wires , but did no material injury . A female , who was in the house , we understand , had just left the room in which the greatest damage wad sustained . The storm was only of short duration .

      Charge of Assaulting the Police . —On Monday last , a decent-looking navigator , employed at the Leeds water-works , named Joseph Johnson , was charged with an assault on one of the police , two of whom were stationed in the neighbourhood of Eccup and Addle , for the protection of property , and who have to visit the public-houses in the neighbourhood on Saturday afternoons . They were at the Chained Bull , on Saturday evening , where the prisoner and some otherB were drinking , and where , during an affray , the policeman , whose name is John Beckwith , and who ia a supernumerary watchman , alleged he was knocked down , and that by some one whom ho did not know , and that the prisoner afterwards

      struck him and deprived him of his staff , which he threw into the ike . His companion came to his assistance , and Johnson was secured . The prisoner said the two policemen had been drinking in the Chained Bull with his party ; that the policeman ( Beokwith ) was drunk , and was the aggressor ; ami that all that he did was to stand in his own defence , to protect himself and others from the effects of the policeman ' s staff . On inquiry being made , it was proved that when the prisoner waa taken to the police-office , Beckwith was in a stateof intoxication , and the magistrates dismissed the charge , ordering Beckwith to attend before the watch committee , on Friday morning .

      Inquest . —On Monday evening , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq , on the body of a cnild three years of age , named i John Harrison , whose parents reside in Lumb's-court , York-street . The deceased on Friday last was playing in his mother ' s house ; she had been brewing , and had a quantity of hot liquor in a vessel on the floor , when the child who was walking backwards fell into it . He was so severely scalded as to cause his death on Saturday night . Verdict , accidental death .

      Stealing a Sovereign . —On Tuesday last , a young woman named Elizabeth Harrison , who has for Borne time been in tho service of Mr . HodgRon , of the Regent Inn , was charged at the Court House , with having stolen a sovereign , the property of her master . On Saturday last , Mr . Hodgson changed a sovereign for a customer at the bar window , and as other customers were waiting outside , he laid it on a ledge by the side of him till he had waited upon them . In the mean time the sovereign vanished , and as no one but himself and the girl had been in the bar , ho immediately suspected her , and charged her with having stolen it . She denied the charge but on Monday confessed , and said she had changed it at Mr . Tiinms ' s , the draper . She was given into custody , and was committed for trial .

      Assault . —On Monday , Thomas Wallis , a butcher , was charged before Messrs . Grace aud Stan / eld , with having committed a violent assault on policeman Charles Thompson , and also on a young man named l ' eter Bury . The prisoner was drtink on Sunday afternoon , and the policeman was called upon to turn him out of the Blakewcll Ox Inn ; he behaved in a very violent manner , and struck the policeman with a fendt-r . He was taken to the office , where he stated that it would be & loss to him to be locked up , as ho had to attend a fair at Tadcaster on Monday morning ; and being known , bail was taken for his appearance on Tuesday . He had not been at liberty many hours before he assaulted Bury , striking him over the eye , and behaving altogether so ill that ho was given into the custody of the

      nightly watch , by whom ho was locked np for the night . The prisoner in his defence said that he had been robbed of 83 , 6 d ., and- that he was only violent abouj , losing his money , he denied that he had struck either the policeman or Bury . He was fined 20 a . and costs for each offence , or in default of payment , to go to Wakefield for two months . Stealing Meat . —On Tuesday last , a man named Joseph Brown , who described himself as a cottonspinner from Lancashire , was charged with having stolen a piece of beef from the shop of Mr . Stubbs , batcher , in Briggate . The prisoner was seen to take the beef , about nine o'clock on Saturday night , but ho was so drunk , that before he got far he dropped the meat , and was observed by Mr . Stubbs , who gave him into custody . He was committed for trial .

      Mb . Dcfft , —Received by Mr . Hick , for Mr , Duffy : — s . d . From Mr . Dewhirst's Block Printers , Huddersfield 11 3 Mr . Moonoy ' s ditto , ditto 6 4 E . Miller , Leeds 0 U

      17 82 Sudden Death . —On Thursday , an inquest was held at the Court House , before John Blackburn Esq ., on the body of John Miller , 52 years of age , a bookbinder in the . employ of Mr . Webster , Briggate . He was at his work on Wednesday , and shortly after dinner complained of being unwell ; he f ell down as if in a fit , and died before medical aid v ^ ould reach him . He had been subject to palpitation o . f the be&it . Verdict accordingly .

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      " Suspected Child Mdrder . —Another case of infanticide , arising out of the operation of the New Poor Law , has taken place in this town during the waek . An inquest was opened on Thursday , at the Court House , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on view of the body of a new-born female infant , who , it was stated , was taken out of the Leeds and Liverpool canal , at four o ' clock on Wednesday morning ' by a man on board of one of the fly-boats . He called in the assistance of one of the nightly watch , who , on boarding the vessel , found tne body of a child , inclosed in a deal box , on the deck , and which he removed to the Court-house . In the

      meantime , the man with the vessel set off fer Liverpool . Mr . Price , surgeon , examined the body , and declared it as his opinion that the child was a week old , and had lived for some time . He thought death had been caused partly by bioW 6 on the head , and partly by hemorhage , occasioned by the utnbiblical cord not being properly tie i . The body bad been washed and properly attended to ; it was inclosed in a white napkin , ana the whole wrapped in paper . The box was corded and also wrapped in paper . The paper inside the box was quite dry . The inquest was adjourned to givo time for the attendance of the man who said he took the box out of the canal , and for whom an officer was despatched to Liverpool .

      Forgery . —On Thursday last , at Liverpool Assizes , Mr . Christopher Robinson Bell , of Leeds , and | Mr . Thomas Brown , of Manchester , were tried before Lord Chief Justice Danman , on a charge of having forged the endorsement of M ° ssrs . York and Sheepshanks , of Leeds , to a Bill of Exchange for £ 194 15 s . The particulars of the transaction appeared in the Star At the time of their committal . They were both found Guilty . Sentence deferred . Accident . —On Thursday morning , an accident occurred on the premises of Mr . Peter Fairbairn , machine maker , New Road End , which it is fortunate was not attended by fatal consequences . It appears that a two-story building , used as a moulding room , has been recently gutted , re-ioored , and the walls raised a story higher . The building

      having been made ' . fire-proof , the floors were laid on obtuse brick arches , supported by iron beams . The roof , also supported by iron beams , is made fiat . It would appear that one of these beams , supporting the roof , had received somo damage , and on Thursday morning , four men were employed to ascertain the extent , in doing which they loosened some screws ; this caused the longost end of the beam to fall before they were aware , and being of great weight , it forced its way through tbe two intervening arches to the ground floor , carrying the men along with it . A man and a boy were in the room on tho ground floor , and were partly coverd by the rubbish . It is satisfactory to add , that none of them have received injuries beyond a few bruises , and that , though taken to the Infirmary , they are all likely to resume work on Monday next .

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      It is announced in last Tuesday ' s Gazette that the Hon . and Rev . Baptist Noel did not Avrite Corn Law pamphlets without an object . He is now Chaplain in ordinary to her Majesty . The Rev . Gentleman was besides grateful , no doubt , for the elevation of Lord Barham , his father or brother , perhaps , and the head of all the Noels , to the Earldom of Gainsborough . The Rich and the Poor . —At the Croydon Assizes , on Tuesday , a poor man , after an arduous and protracted contest , defeated a Lord ! The poor man , whoso name is Punter , was turned out of his cottage by Lord Grantley . He considered he had as much right to the freehold as his Lordship , and , with the assistance of some neighbours , who took an interest in the case , and the excellent advocacy of Sergeant Shea , he has triumphed . What will the renegade Tory Judge , who once tried the case , say to this ? On that occasion he summed up in favour

      of the Noble Lord , and treated the claims of the plainiiff with contempt . The jury , on Tuesday , were of a different opinion ; they were guided , too , by a Judge who has always been consistent , and who is an honour to the Bench , aud they returned a verdict in favour of the plaintiff , for the amount claimed . If the tenure by which certain Noble Lords and Ladies hold their vast estates were to be tried by the same rule which the Chief Baron laid down for the decision of Punter ' s claim , ono half of them would be dispossessed of their property . Many of them have no title-deeds to show ; they claim , like Punter , right from continued possession ; and a discreet Judge , therefore , would not have mooted a question which involves such fearful consequences . But upstart Peers and renegade politicians arc dangerous counsellors , and eo tho jury thought when they returned a verdict directly opposed to the decision of Lord Abingcr . —Sun . m r r f / I f r m J — - ^^^^^^~ - ^^ l ^ l-a -. — — ¦ . -

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      "THE QUEEN , THE CONVICTS , AND THE CHARTISTS PRISONERS . " [ With great pleasure we take from the Morning Advertiser of Wednesday the following letter : may it have its intended effect 0 TO THE EDITOR . OF THE MORNING ADVERTISER . SIR , —Moat heartily must all persons of true liberal feeling thank you for having transferred to the columns of the Advertiser the spirited animadversions under the above heading , contained in your contemporary , the Weekly Dispatch , on the monstrous fact , that while "the a > 7 ivicts at Woolwich have found favour in the eyes of her Majesty , " the prison-gates are still sternly locked upon oar political captives I It appears that " consequent upon her visit to view the launch of the Trafalgar , " the Queen has been induced " to extend

      her clemency in a quarter where it must have be&n least expected ; " notwithstanding this , there is no sign or probability of the royal " prerogative" of mercy being extended to those who hud the greatest right to anticipate it , inasmuch as the sympathy of thousands , including an equal division of the Legislature itself , hart already been ao forcibly expressed in their behalf . Thus are the honest and industrious portion of the State taught how mush more * ¦ favour" than themselves the dishonest and idle may receive at the hands of the " powers that be !"

      But , oh ! the Chattists are a " deluded" body of men What , if even this be conceded ? No one can on sound principles venture to affirm that this alleged " delusion" originated from anything more than a fervid attachment to liberty , an unconquerable repugnance to tyranny , and , therefore , from a passion virtuous in itself , although in the-opinion of somo carried to an " undue extent" The Chartist captives , I will maintain , are untainted by really evil desire , while those who have just found favour in the eyes ef Majesty , were criminals alike in act and imagination .

      Have the Queen ' s " constitutional advisers , " in this , their advising , displayed either motives of mercy , justice , or sound policy ? Willitremove"delusion" ( if we admit such to exist ) from the mia&aot those who form the very sinews of the state , when they perceive " Barabbases" get free , in preference to those ( whatever their conduct may have been assumed ) 'who are to the working population as martyrs—will such an act oa this knit them in firmer allegiance to the Throne itself ? It cannot assuredly .

      In No . 1 of the English Chartist Cirdular there ia given "An Abstract of Returns to an order of the House of Commons , on the motion of Mr . Hume , from the several gaols in England and Wales , " comprising every person confined for any offence of apolitical nature from January l , 1839 . to June 1 , 1840 , by which it appears that the number thus imprisoned in England during that period was 380 , and in Wales 63 , making a total ef 443 . I believe that the following will be found an authentic statement of the number remaining in conflnement at the present time . vi& : —

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      Lancaster Castle , 1 ; York Castle , 1 Devizes 1 . Northallerton , 7 ; Beverley , 2 ; Wakefield , e ; M 0 U bank . Penitentiary , 8 ; Brecon , 65 total , 32 . Traa » . ported ; 7 , viz , Francis Roberts , John Jones , Jenmiah Ho well , sad Thomas Aston , front Birmingham ; Joh » Frost , William Jones , and Zephaniah Williams , from Monraouth . With the hope that the convicts of Woolwich nQi not alone " find favour in the eyes of her Majesty n Iain . Sir . Yours , obediently , John Cleave . No . 1 , Shoe-lane . Fleet-street , Aug . 17 , 1841 .

      P . S . I perceive by the Advertiser of yesterday , tftrt Wm . Potts , V Chartist prisoner in the Wilts eotmt * gaol , has been liberated . Now there Is a fact connected with this C 8 » , that to niy seeming Is particularh unjust It is this : —Potts , ( a chemist , ) Botarts , (* £ attorney at Bath . ) and Carrier , ( a working man , ) wer « convicted upon the same indictment by the same Jury and severally sentenced by the same Judge to be impr ? sohed for two years , viz : from March , 1840 , to March . 1842 . Now , mark tbe different treatment of these in ! dividuals—Mr . Roberts , a near relative ( a consin , r believe ) of Lord Chief Justice Tindal , waa restored to freedom after a brief incarceration , and Mr . Potts but just recently ; both , however , before the ttrm of their sentence had expired . I rejoice at this , because , in nn opinion , they ought never to have been imprisoned - but I do complain most bitterly , that while the aUortm and chemist are released , the poor working man is sffl immured in solitary confinement . " O shame , whereto thy blush ? " j . .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( B 7 EXPRESS . ) August 20 . —We are only moderately aappli « j with Wheat , but the fine weather operates on tin minds of the buyers , and but little -business is transacted at barely equal to last week ' s rates . Barley as dear . Oats and Shelling steady . Beans u before . . Lbeds Corn Market , Tuesday , August 17 th . — The arrival of Wheat is much smaller to this daj ' g market . Oats and Beans larger . Last Wednesday was very wet , since showery up to thi 8 mornin / j , which is very fine . Wheat has been in fair demand , arid last week ' s prices folly supported . Oats fall * as dear . Beans nave made rather more money .

      THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEf ENDING Aug . 17 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats , Rye . Beans . Petu \ Qxs . Qrs . Qra . Qra . Qib . Qri . 8596 124 1219 — 461 85 £ e . i . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ e . i . £ e , i , 3 15 9 | 112 0 173 000 231 2 6 8 } Leeds Cloth Mabkets . —There has not been mnoh business at the Cloth Halls on the two last market days , nor is there , indeed , in the Halls a large stock of goods to dispose of , and the manufacturers say the stocks could not be replaced at the present prices , which are so low as not to be remunerative . In the warehouses the business doing is in low-priced heavy goods .

      Rochdale Flannel Market , Mondat , Auccst 16 . —To-day , being the wakes , the business dona has been more limited than that of the preceding week ; but there has bean no change in prices . In Wool there is no change to report since the last market . HuDbEEsriKiD Market , August 17 . —This wm much the same sort of market day as last week . The demand for low and middle-priced woollens still continues ; but the quantity brought to the market is not great , as goods are mostly made to order , con * sequently better prices are realised in some sorts . Prices are firm in Wools ; and business in the ware * houses is a little better , and will improve with the fair weather .

      YonK Corn Market , August 14 th . —During thft week we have had a great deal of rain , which is considered to be very injurious to the growing crops particularly the wheat crops , which are likely to suffer much . We have a very small supply ef Wheat , but a fair supply of Oats , for which there was a free sale , at an advance of Is . per quarter each . Other articles as before . Salford Cattle Market , Tuesday , Aug . 18 . — The show of Beasts to-day was about similar to that of last week , though it could hardly be called great for the season . Of Sheep and Lambs the supply wig only middling . Good Beef in demand , and realizing 6 ^ 4 . to 6 'Jd . per lb . Middle qualities 61 per 1 b . Prime Mutton 6 jd . to 7 d . per . lb . MiddJe and inferior 6 d . to 6 Jd 7 per lb . Lamb 6 d . to 6 . } d . perlb . Very little unsold except very inferior Mutton and Lamb .

      Malton Cobn Market , Aug . 14—The supply of all , kinds of grain to our market this day was only small . Wheat was in good demand at last week ' s rates . Oats were unaltered in value . Barley no * rainal . Wheat , Red , 60 s to 76 s : White ditto , 683 to 843 per qr of 40 st . Oats , 10 id to 12 d per stone . Tiiirsk Corn Market , Aug . 16 . —There was » good supply of Wheat and Oats in our market today ; the latter » advanced a little on last week ' s price 3 , ' whilst Wheat was from 6 d to Is per bushel . ' ower .- Wheat , 9 s to IO 3 ; Beans , 4 s 3 d to 5 s per bushel . Oats , 20 s to 24 s per quarter . No Barley or Rye shown . Howden Corn Market , Aug . 14 . —There was moderate supply of Grain at our market to-day , at the following prices : —Wheat 72 a 2 d ; Oats , 21 s 5 d ; Beans , 39 s per quarter .

      Bradford Market , Thursday . — Wool— The market is now well supplied with the stouter sorts of Combing Wool , but , prices remain unaltered . Downs and fine sorts are still neglected , at prices disproportionate to the lower qualities of long Wool . We are informed that the sales of Colonial Wool now proceeding in London , are realising previous prices for Combing ; and Clothing Wool is a little dearer . Yarn—The demand for Yarns is very similar to several weeks past . We regret that the unemployed combers , of whom there is a great number , have no hope of employment , and the condition of the poorer classes is very distressing . Piece—We have bad a decided improvement in the weather , and we are glad to learn that the same will apply to our market . The merchants appear ia better spirits , and more business has been done . Saxony Cloths , Orleans , and Figures arc most in demand ; not plentiful—and late prices maintained .

      Liverpool Cattle Market . —Monday Aug . 16 . The number of Beasts at market to-day has been moderately large for the season of the year , but the supply of Sheep and Lambs has been very limited . There was a good attendance of buyers and dealer ? , and stock of good quality in good request at prices a little in advance from last week ' s quotations , but the middling and ordinary qualities of stock of both descriptions was not much songht after ; and tha prices stationary . Beef of the first quality realizes fully 6-id . varying from that down to 5 Jd . per ib . Good Wether Mutton realized about 6 JJ . down to 5 J ., but the latter price was for very ordinary quality ; and Lambs from 5-Jd . to 6 Ad . per lb ., sinking the offal . The principal part of " tho stock was sold up , those remaining being of a very interior description . Number of Cattle at market : —Beasts 1117 , Sheep and Lambs 6662 .

      Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday , Aug . 16 . — The arrivals of Oats and Oatmeal from Ireland since this day se ' nnight amount to 4834 qrs . aad 6971 loads respectively ; but with these exceptions ^ imports of British Grain , < fec . are light . From Ca ^ nada . we have received 5792 quarters of Wheat . 35 , 193 barrels of Flour , 925 quarters of Peas ; and from foreign states , 4433 quarters of Wheat , ana 840 quarters of Beans . Though we have had a nne day . or two , the weather has stiil been unsettled ; in the early part of the week wet , cold , and boisterous : and large transactions have continued to take pace in bonded Wheat and Piour at daily advancing prices ; 83 . 3 d . to 10 ? . per 70 lbs . 13 now tho rang , 8 for the several qualities of Wheat ; 253 . to 35 a . taper barrel for United States Flour , being 9 J . to 18 «

      per bushel , and 2 s . per barrel above the quotations of this day Bo ' nnight . Free Wheat muso also m noted 4 d . to 6 d . per bushel , Flour Is . to 2 * . P . ! . J ? and barrel dearer ; of these , however , the millers and dealers havo bought cautiously , under the anticipation of the release of Canadian next week , at tne lowest point of duty . Most other articles ot w « trade have become enhanced in value . Irish meaim * Oats have brought 3 d . 7 <* . to 3 s . 9 d . per 45 lbs ., Oatmeal has found speculative buyers at 30 s . to o <» per 240 ' lbs . Barley has become extremely scarce . yesterday , light grinding qualities of foreign were sold at 5 s . to 53 . 6 d ., fine samples 6 s . to 6 s . 31 . FJ 60 lbs . Beans and Peas , duty paid , are each ¦ «•«" ¦ quarter dearer , whilst for bonded parcels the a ^ "" " - is much greater ; 30 s . per 480 lbs . has to-day beea paid for three or four cargoes of : Egyptian Beacsm bond .

      Leeds :-Printe« For The Proprietor, Fearqu9 O'Connor, Esq., Of Hammersmith , Coami

      Leeds :-Printe « for the Proprietor , FEARQU 9 O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Coami

      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . ath la rr » r ing Offices , N « ml 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate ; and Published by the said Joshua Eobso * , ( for the said Feargus O'Connor , ) at his Dw * - Ung-hou « e , No . 5 , Market-rtreet , Brig gate ; »» internal Communication existing between the W ^ Ko : 5 , Market-atreet , and the « aid Nos . 12 «•* 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thu * constituting tne whole of the said Printing and Publishing OW * one Premises . AU Communications must be addressed , ( Postpaid ) to J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . Saturday , August 21 , 1841 .

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      MR . RICHARDSON AND THE MANCHESTER COMMITTEE . We had flattered ourselves that , as far as we were concerned , this case was done with . Mr . Richardson has , however , 6 entnsanotherletter , which he says " we cannot , in justice , refuse" to insert ; because " we have allowed" the other party to introdoce fresh subjects into their reply . Sorely by this Mr . Richardson does not mean to say that we should hare been doing our duty , had we suppressed the " fresh charges" the Manchester Committee brought against him ? The term " allowed" would almost seem , to imply this ; and , indeed , when Mr . Richardson forwarded his last letter , he accompanied it with s > note to the effect , that , as we might rely on ail he said to be truth , he hoped we would admit of no reply ! But this did not accord with our notions of justice and with onr invariable practice . We had "allowed" Mr . Richardson to make his appeal to the public . In that appeal

      he impugned the conduct of the Manchester CkartistB ; therefore we were bound to " allow" them to reply . They did reply—and in so doing brought charges of a most damning character , if true , against Mr . Richardson . We were therefore bound to " allow" Mr . Richardson to rejoin : we willingly do so ; and then we wero also bound to insert the answer . That wiswer we Admit contained fresh" charges , —and charges , which , if true , completely destroy all Mr . Richardson ' s claims to confidence or respect from tha Chartist body . We therefore feel ourselves bound to " allow" Mr . Richardson to reply to them , which , as will be seen by the subjoined letter , he does by an expression of contempt : but having thus " allowed" Mr . R . to appear again on the field , we are also in fairness bound to allow the other party to return the compliment , should they deem it proper to do so . Then the public will have the case fairly before them , and will , bo doubt , duly deal with it , as it deserves .

      5locai Anti 6revicrax Stutenicjetwe.

      5 LocaI anti 6 revicraX stutenicjetwe .

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      FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , August 19 . OPENING OF PARLIAMENT . Though this was the important day , big with the fate of Cobden and of England , it passed over remarkably quiet ; indeed there was no appearance of any extraordinary proceedings being pursued . The Houses of Lords and Commons , as wps expected , were opened by commission , the commissioners being the Lord Chancellor , Lord Duncannon , the Marquises of Normanby and Lansdowne , and the Earl of Clarendon . After some trouble and delay , there being no Reverend Bishop present , prayers were read by the Keverend though lay-Lord Bayning , and then the Peers began to swear . In the House of Commons , Shaw Lefevre , Esq ., the neighbour of the Duko of Wellington , and through whose influence no opposition was offered to bis reekction , was unanimously chosen spefter . The House then adjourned .

      The Poor Houseless Families . —At the last meeting of the Rads residing in the Tower Hamlets , it was resolved , — " That a public meeting be held on Tuesday evening , August 24 th , at the Social Hall , WhitechapeJ , to take into considciaHon the condition of tho poor families ejected from their dwellings , and that Messrs . Clay and Fox , together with Messrs . Thompson , Duncombe , VVakley , Byng , Wood , and Mr . Broughton , the magistrate , be invited to attend such meeting . " A Committee was appointed to carry out the object City of London . —In consequence of the room , No . 55 , Old Bailey , having been engaged by ths shoemakers , on Tuesday evening last , the members met on Wednesday , when it vr . is unanimonsly sjreed , " That a fund for a tract committee be instantly set on foot . " The meetings of this body will take place , in future , on Wednesdays .

      Repeal meeting . —On Tuesday evening , a numerous meeting , in favour of the above purpose , was held in the Assembly Room of the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith . A gentleman from Kensington was called to the chair , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Retlsnaw , Mr . Stallwood , and others . Mr . Murray acted as Secretary . Twenty-one members were enrolled . The Secretory announced he had no more cards . The meeting was adjourned until Tuesday evening next , at the same place . ¦~ — - ¦ — * p ^ f rif fif ri fi rm ^^^^^^^^^^^ t ^ n j" i ~^<*<~«~ f * a-i- »* .-i * a ~ f ^ .

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

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      P . KBILOES Advsjttctie . —As & party of about twelve young people from South Petherton were last week on a tour of pleasure to Bridgewater , Bristol , Bath , Clifton , &c , on reaching the summit of the cliffs at the latter place , two young men of the number , Jacob Hodges and Benjamin Hebditch , ventured in the suspended basket which swings beneath a bar of iron , about 700 feet in length , at the altitude of about 252 feet above the surface of tbe water , a situation , in case of accident , which bids defiance to earthly helps and sounds . Our bold adventurers bad proceeded about two-thirds the distance across the river , when the life-rope , the only meaiiS by which they could regain the starting point , suddenlv

      snapped asunder , and coiled itself , unfortunately , around the rigging of a steamer that was immediately passing beaeath . For some moments tbe vessel drew the basket in its downward course , many feet out of its vertical position , when it loosened its hold from the ship and was hurled to and fro over the centre of the river , and produced a panic not to be described in the feelings of those who stood on the cliffs witnessing the alarming situation of their fellows . A kind Providence , however , prevented their destruction by means of the opposite rope , which , by great dexterity , was caught before falling from the eliS . Human strength was speedily called into full exercise , and they were eventual ] / drawn back safe to land . —Cheltenham Journal .

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      TO TffK EDITOB OF THE NOBTHERN STAR . SrB , —I promised you I should write no more upon my case , whatever my enemies might say . I write now to inform you that you have allowed them to introduce fresh subjects into their reply , totally imvelantto the case ; ty doing so you cannot in justice refuse to allow me to reply to what I conceive to be malignant slanders , invented to injure me in the estimation of the public . Bat , Sir , their censure is praise to me ; their inventions prove that they could not refute my last letter , therefore , do I treat them with that contempt they have ao justly merited . The list of names attached to their letter , is only a greater proof of the conspiracy which the public , wilh whom 1 leave my case , frill duly appreciate . I remain , Your obedient Servant , R . J . Richardson .

      P . S . To James Leech , who I see they have dragged into taeir clique , I beg to refer the following passage from tbe address of the Executive : — "To secure the popular voice , Universal Suffrage must be made the basis of any new agitation , and all men who have the good of their country at heart should prove it by sinking all minor d jferences , laying aside all silly abuse , and burying all former feuds and Hiajice . " He who signed that address Bhould be tbe last man to enter into feuds aud malice .

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      q THE NORTHERN STAR . ' . - ' . ' . ; , \ ; ' ; . '' ^¦¦ ¦ ¦ .: ; ,, ^ :

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 21, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct563/page/8/