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      Dealer and Uhapman . Jirst ruoiic meetiHg lor Proof of Debts arid Choice of Assignees , on the Fourth of Februaky next , at Two o'clock in the Afternoon , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Commerc al-Baildings , in Leeds aforesaid . . Second Public Meeting for Proof of Debts , and Bankrupt ' s Final Examination , on the Twenty-fifth of February next , at Two o'Clock in the Afternoon , at the same Place . WILLIAM BATTLE , t Solioitor under the Fiat . Audus-Street , Selby , January 12 th , 1842 . '

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      Still on sale at all the Publishers , Price Threepence onky , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION : A POLITICAL ALMANACK FOB 1842 , SETTING forth , at one view , the enormous amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subjeota connected with general policy . OPINIONS OF THE PRESS . '' ¦ ' * ' Essentially a' Poor Man ' s Companion' and fully deserving the highest eulogium as fulfilling the promise : of its title . In addition to the usual subjectmatter of an Almanack , we are presented with tables of the utmost importance , as affording the veryinformalian the working classes are much in need of ^—the gross misappropriation of their property in pensions and high official salaries given for bad government . A chapter is also annexed oa ' the condition iof the people , ' calling for universal perusal . We would particularly commend the work to the attention of Chartist ; LecturerSj— they will find it an invaluabls text book . ' '—English Chartist iCirculaf . " This little compendium of useful information is entitled to our warm commendation . The statistical details bear ample evidtnee of having been prepared withi muoh care , and the tables relative to taxation , and the appropriation of the monies thereby derived , are not more curious than useful , while the commentary appended to each division of the subject cannot fail by its tone to make the ' Poor Man ' s Companion ' highly popular . "—Weekly Dispatch . •' We are accustomed to speak of unequal laws and of the enormous burdens that are laid upon the poor for the benefit of the rich , and we are accustomed to speak thus so often that the very iteration of the remark causes it to loose its force , and to pass harmless . Hence the necessity for details ; and details , come from : whatever quarter they may , if well substantiated , always pome to us as acceptable visitors , and are welcomed as an effective force which we can wield against tho strongholds of corruptien . The detaib in this Almanack are clearly set forth , and really they tell a dark and fearful talei Unhappily we have too good grounds to believe them correct . Mr . Hobson refers to dates and state documents—for it is a mercy that we have a precedent which forties the public plunderers to trumpet forth their robberies . In a word we may state that the national taxation—who pay it—who devour it—are set forth in a lucid manner in this 'Poor . Man ' s Companion . ' " —Leeds Tiw . es . "This is verily a Poor Man ' s vade tnecum -: the cheapest and best book of general reference for almost all subjects in which the people ' s interests are immediately involved that we have ever seen . In addition to all the usual information of an Almanack , it contains a mass of statistical information crammed into the emallest possible space upon most important subjects . We feel persuaded that ( here is uob a , Working man in the kingdom , who TriJl be without his 'Companion , ' if he can possibly procure one . ' '—Northern Star . " This is a Political Almanack for 1842 , shewing the amount and application of the taxes raised fronx the ; industry of the working classes , and containing much information ; for them , and some also that may be useful to those born only to consume their productions . Among other statistical tables , it gives a summary of the resources of Great Britain , a comparison between the productive and uhproductive classes , and long and instructive answers to the question , " * how are the taxes applied V The Cost of the Church , ' and the 'Black List , ' may also be perused with advantage . " —Sun . "This is a threepenny Almanack , and worth twice the money at which it can be purchased . The Almanack is equal to any other we have yet seen ; and the work contains besides a great variety , as well as condensation , of political , information with which it is important tho * Poor Man' should be a . cqua \ nt 6 d . " - ± Brltish Queen and Statesman , " "A Chartist Almanack , in which much use is made of the now readily accessible Parliamentary Returns , whose totals are presented and commented upon in the style to be expected from a shrewd and vigorou ? mind . "—Spectator .

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      Just Published , price One Penny , No . 4 , of THE LABOURER'S LIBRARY . CONTAINING G O V ER N ME ITT AND SOCIETY CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO FIRST PRINCIPLES . BY JOHN FRANCIS BRAY . Reprinted from 4 i Labour ' s Wrongs and Labour ' s Remedy . " Leeds : Printed by J . Hobson , Northern . Star Offico Publiahed in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; in Manchester by A . Heywood , Oldham-streeb ; in Newcastle , by D . France and Co ., Side ; an * in GlaSgow , by Patoa and Love , Nelson-street .

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      CAUTION TO LADIES . rnHE PROPRIETORS OF KEARSLEY'S X ORIGINAL WIDOW WELCH'S FEMALE PILLS ,, find it incumbent on them to caution the purchasers of these Pills against an imitation , by a person of the name of Smithers , and calling herself the Grand-daughter of the late Widow Welch , but who has no right to the preparing of them , the Original Recipe having been sold to the late G . Kearslby , of Fleet-street , whose widow found it necessary to make the following affidavit , for the protection of her property . in the year 1798 : — AFFIDAVIT . First . —That she is in possession of the Recipe for making Welch's Female Pills , which was bequeathed to her late husband . Second—That this Recipe was purchased by her late husband of the Widow Welchj in the year ' 1787 , for a valuable : consideration , and with a viewlor making the medicine for public sale . Third—That she , Catherine Kearsley , is also in possession of the Receipt signed by the said Widow Welch , acknowledging the having received the money of the : said Mr . Geor « e Kearsley , for the purchase of the absolute property of the said Recipe . ¦'" - ' ; ' . ¦ " ¦ - ^¦ _ . : ¦¦ . ¦ ' ;¦ C . Kearsley . Sworn at the Mansion House , London , the trd Day of November , 1 7 % * before me , : Anderson , Mayor . These Pills , so long and jnstly celebrated for their peculiar Virtues , are strpngly recommended to the notice of every Lady , havmg obtained the sanction and approbation of most Gentlemen of the Medical Profession , as a safe and valuable Medicine , in effsctnally renidving Obstructions , and relieving all other Inconveniences to which the Female Frame is liable , especially those whichi-at an early period of ; life , frequently arise from want of Exercise and ganerai Debility of the System ; they create an Appetite , correct Indigestion , remove Giddiness and Nervous Headache , and are ominently useful in Windy Dist orders ; Pains in the Stomach , Shortness of Breath , and Palpitations of the Heart ; being perfectly innocent , may be used with safety in all Seasons and Climates . :: " - - ¦'¦ : ¦' .. ~ v . . ; ; - ; . ' - .- . - ¦ : ¦ ¦ ; :. ' ' . - '' ¦ . ¦ '' Sold , wholesale and retail , by J . Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; and by moat respectable Medioiue Venders in Town and Country , at 23 . ; 9 i . per box . ¦ " - ¦ '¦ ¦ . ¦ ' . - ¦¦¦ ; ¦ . ¦ : : , - / .. ; ¦ ¦• ; ' - ' ¦ ¦¦ . - ; - ¦ ¦ ' . ' N . B . Askfot Kearsley ' riWelch's Pills ; andpb ^ erve , none are genuine unless C . Kearsley is engraved vn the Government Stamp .

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      MB . EDVTA&D CLATTOJt A * D THS CHJLRGB OV DRXJSKES 5 K 5 S against MB- O'Brien . —We suspect that our readers must be pretty wen sick of this heading . At all events we are— -and nothing should have induced w arain to recur to it but the pertinacious determination of MrO'Brien * s friends to represent us as indisposed to do justice to that gentleman . However , as we think it jn » t possible that even " Huddersfield Fair Play" may be extended till it becomes foul play , -we shall certainly Vith thia notice close the discussion of this Tery agreeable and edifying anbject We give below , than , the communication promised in ou * last It is as f oHowb : —

      10 THE EDITOR OF THE NORXHERM STAR . yr gje council of the National Charter Association of EudddeRSeld , feel it our duty to reply te your attack upon the character of our irorfhy secretary , ' Mr . Edward Clayton , in the Star of the 24 th of December , in "which charges are made , -which , if true , would cause us to spurn him from our body iastanter , but knowing that all of them are utterly false , and therefore untrue , which though known to the Chartist body of this neighbourhood , may not be so to those who do not know the circumstances of the case . Mr . Edward Clayton is accused of being " rain , " " * 'indiscreet ; " and because he could not be allowed to cnt a caper in the Star , tried to make a fiigure

      somewhere else . We meet the charges as we arrive at them . Firstly , then , Mr . Hill says that Mr . Penny contradicted the assertion of the Leeds Times . With all respect to Mi . Penny as a gentleman , we have nothing to say , but the contradiction from him was ho contradiction at all . He was a private individual , and of course if he thought proper to write to the Star he had a right so to do , with that we had nothing to do , but we , by the orders of the Chartist body , enraged Mr . O"Brien to visit us , we therefore were the proper authority to vindicate and defend Mr . O'Brien while amongst us ; and as Mr . Penny was a stranger to us , his contradiction was to us nothing . Mr . O'Brien demanded that we should rindicate him , this we did ,

      and Mr . Edward Clayton in his official capacity ss secretary , and sot as a private individual , as the Editor knew well , as a letter was sent and duly acknowledged by the Editor , stating that a resolution was come to by the Chartist body in public meeting , and that Mr . O'Brien himself requested us so to do ; thus Mr . Edward Clayton ' s wish to cut a caper in the Star was no wish of his at alL He was only faithfully discharging the duty imposed upon him by a resolution come to by a public meeting , fcc So much for his vanity , &d Again the Editor says , no new point was mooted , we say there was . The immorality of his lectures were denied . Again the Editor of the Star charges B- Clayton as having the " meanness , the insolence ,

      the audacity , the dishonesty" to represent the Northern Star as having along with the Leeds Times , originated and circulated the infamous lie wilh an intent to do Mr . O'Brien an injury , and refused Mm the contradiction , ic ., &c Again in the above , Mr . Clayton is charged as having , from personal motives , acted as stated by the Editor , and u assailed by the lowest epithets , &c , that can possibly be found in the English language . Agaia we distinctly state , that Mr . Clayton wrote not to the Scottish Patriot upon his own authority , but by the wish of the council , and when requested so to do , distinctly stated that ha had not a correct copy of the letter sent to the Star , but that if it was wished , he would write as like the original as

      possible . That if the words were not exactly alike , the argument should be the same . This we say is true , if they are not word for word , the facts are the same in the Patriot as that sent to the Editer of the Star . The next charge , " Is not Eh ™ a most perfect specimen of impotent malice , arising from mortified vanity and overweening self conceit" The above is the language of the Editor . Mr . Clayton neither has , sor has he had any malice agjnst the Siar—his whole conduct proves to the contrary : his labours - in the cause have been , as far as his means and " circumstances would allow , second to no man . The charge of malice prt pease , and overweening self conceit are only charges which we defy , either the

      Editor or any other living man to prove . He did not write upon his own authority , but by com-3 iand of the Chartist body , and in his official Capacity , which we again assert , was well known to the Editor of Star . If any malice exists , it is not on the side of Mr . Clayton ; and as for the other charges of self conceit , &c they are as utterly false as the rest Again , tbe Editor sayB , that the letter to the Patriot purports to be a " copy ; " we defy him to find the word in the note te the Editor of the Patriot ; we knew that it was not a copy verbatim , therefore restrained frcw saying to . We do say that the facts and the arguments are the same ; therefore , we are justified in saying the following was sent

      TTni ? the Editor of the Star is aware of ; and if there exists any malice it is manifest here , if no were else . With regard to the two extracts which are given , we have to say , that they are both quite true ; and the manner in which the Editor has given them reminds us very forcibly of drowning men catching at twigs ; for it was never more verified than in this instance . The first extract given is from the Patriot , which Bays thai Mr . 03 rien never tasted any intoxicating liquors . The Becond , from the letter sent to to the Editor of the Star , say » that Mr . OBriea drank fourpennyworth of brandy , he being Uken ill .

      2 f ow , we assert that Mr . O'Brien never tasted any intoxicating liquors , as a terxragt , whatsoever on the Sunday . This is what every thinking man will Bee ; for the paragraph itself proves tbe same , for it distinctly says , that Mr . O'Brien was taken ill ; and so it was . Whal b ,= took was recommended and taken as medicine ; and all who are acquainted with the viitues of brandy know that it is so used in many cases . This the Editor could sot be ignorant of , for he had the plain black and white before his eye * . la the Patriot , that part of which Jlr . O'Brien was taken ill , is omitted altogether , it was considered ¦ useless to send that portion , And when the assertion is made that he never tasted , it is meant ,

      and to us understood , by thousands , that he ( Mr . 0 "B . ) never tasted any intoxicating liquor as a beverage whatsoever . People take laadanum , not to poisonthemselves ; no , but for medicine ; and many others toonumerous for us to mention . We have thus , as briefly as possible , vindicated the character of Air . Clayton from any blame whatsoever in this affair , deprecating as we do any illfeeling or divisions amongst onr own body . Yet , wben an active and useful member of our body , of unblemished character , is attacked in the manner which Mr . Clayton has been , we feel it our

      duty to stand forward and save the character of such from the obloquy -which those who did not know the individual would heap upon him . And in conclusion we do protest against such conduct as that evinced by the Editor of the Star , for it is establishing a dictator little short of that assumed by the conquerors of old , from whose judgment there was no appeal , which , in an Editor of Democracy , comes with an ill grace . To the above we need not add another word , save that the Order -will keep in mind that the two letters do not purport to be verbatim copies , and are not stated to beso .

      leaving the public to judge , We remain , National Chartists , HXDDERSFIELD FAIR PLA 7 . JOHS CHAP 3 rfA >' . Joseph Bhat . Joseph Rcshpokth . Wm . Sellers . robt . joses . axds . ew emherso " . James Gledhill . "Wednesday , Jan . 5 tb , 1812 . rpoa this lcttp a very few remarks will suffice- The e « el point in it seems to b # the assnmDtion by Messrs . Chapman and Co ., of all the the responsibility of Mr . p ^ ton * acti They affirm that Sir . Clayton ' s letter

      » ^ Satiish Patriot , representing the Northern Star , & * having , conjointly with the Leeds Times , originated * "is " drnntenness" scandal against Mr . O Brien , was not his letter in reality but theiis ; that Mr . Clayton * 3 * d under their instructions and by their command . AD » e can say to this is , that no appearance of * " *« instructions and commands was observable in i& Clayton ' s letter either to us , or to tbe Scottish Patriot Se wroS * in his own name ; he wrote as from himself , and apparentl y on his own authority . We , therefore , * ho had onjy Ms own letter to go by . could know nothiBgof the" instructions and commands '' which Messre . Chapman and Co . say were given to him . Perhaps this « ter losing sight of his constituents , and personal assumption of all the importance and dignity of his

      comnittnieation , may be odo reason why Messrs . Chapman &Bd Co . exculp&te Mr . Clayton from tbe charge of vanity * M self-conceit ! Be that as it may , we are quite willing to give Mr . Clayton all the benefit of the mantle thus thrown over him by his friends Chapman & Co . It seems fen , that Mr . Clajton did not , as we supposed , Eend « iis lie to the Scottish Pairiot , of himself , as the conseoiiajce of faming disappointed conceitedness at not seeing his letter in print . He » ereJy lei t himself as the tosl of Messrs . John Chapman , Joseph Bray , Joseph Bnahforth , William Sellers , Robert Jones , Andrew Emxnerson , and James G . ednfll , who had a mind , for ome reason which we have jet to Itam , to amuse themselves with a game of wilful falsehood and

      aalidous slander . They it seemB thought Mr . Clayton a very fit instrument for work of thia kind , and he was vtry ready to do it We wish them and hi&i joy of their occupation ; but advise them to practise it upon some other subject- Whether the lie " » as Mr . Clayton's , or Messrs . Chapman ana Co . " a , we care cot : tie only difference is , that on the former opposition there was a motive sufficitnt to operate upon a weak and conceited mind palpable in the act of our having declined tJ ia&cit ilr . Cli ) ton ' s Bow famous Utter . In the latter c ^ e , no motive is discoverable but tbe love of mischief , oi wuich Messrs . Chapman smd Co . seem so coati " n / ua , th . ^ t even in tbis epistle , in -which they enc . tav ^ nx to exonerate Mr . Clayton by taking upon themselves the dis ^ racfclul

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      odium of having charged tbe Northern Star with assist ing the Leeds Times to asperse the character of Mr . O'Brien , they do not venture to assign any reason why they did so . They merely assert that Mr . Clayton * cted for them . Bsit so : he was , then , the disgraceful instrument of a disgraceful clique . Messra . Chapman and Co . affirm that the letter of Mr . Clayton to us , onr declining to insert which has given rise to all this display of impotent malice , was their letter and not his . They say " Mr . Edward Clayton wrote in his offlcial capacity as secretary and not as a private individual , as the Editor knew welL" This is false . Mr- Clayton wrote here as a private individual ; in his own name ; and without any reference to any authority but his own . What commands or instructions might have been given him by Messra Chapman and Co ,, we neither know ner care . They did not appear in or with his letter . Hia letter to us was introduced with the following words : "

      Huddenfield Novrt 15 , 1841 " Dear Sir , —I hope you will allow me a portion of your ' valuable paper of Saturday next to vindicate the conduct an \ character of That Fouly calumnated Gentleman J . Bronteree O'Brien , whilst amongst us , and as one , who is fully , acquainted with all the circumstances of the case , and to lay . before The public , the Truth , " &c . One word upon the great stress laid by Messrs . Chapman and Co . upon the necessity of a contradiction of tbe "drunkenness" calumny coming from them . Our testimony—the strong testimony of Feargus O'Connor , and the gentlemanly statement of Mr . Penny , all go for nothing , if the veracious fingers of Messrs . Chapman , Clayton ^ - and Co . be net in the pie . How happens it

      that these very zvalouB friends of Mr . O'Brien did not discover the necessity of meeting and rebutting tbe calumny of the Leedt Times against Mr . O'Brien , until after it had been effectually done by others , and their quiescenee had been reproved by Mr . O'BrieD himself , who they say wrote " to demand that they should vindicate him" ? How happened these "Huddersfield Fair Play" gentlemen to command their tool , Mr . Edward Clayton , to write to the Scottish Patriet , denouncing the Leeds Times for the calumny , after it had been retracted and apologised for by the Editor ' of that paper ? We have little reason to love the Leeds Times ; but we do love " Fair Play , " and disapprove its violation as much against an enemy as against ourselves .

      The attempt to palliate the lie that the letter sent to the Scottish Pairiot and the one sent here were duplicates is of a piece with all the rest . Tbe letters are essentially different , not merely as to jwords , but as to substance and as te facts , as Mr . Edward Clayton well knows . We learn that a most dishonest and dishonourable use is being made of our having suppressed this famous letter of Mr . Edward Clayton ' s . It is represented that this letter met not merely the charge of drunkenness , but that other things were handled and referred to in it , which our disposition t © injure Mr . O'Brien caused us to withhold . We now think that justice , not less to . Mr . O'Brien than to ourselves , requires us to Btate plainly why this letter was not printed in the Northern

      Star . A sense of delicacy to Mr . Clayton prevented us from stating those reasons fully in the first instance , and we gave the feet of there being no new point in it , of its being meariy a repetition of Mr . O'Connor ' s and Mr . Penny ' s statements , as our reason for not printing it . That was a reason and a sufficient one , but it was not the only one . The letter itself was bo splendid a composition , that we must either have had the perfectly unnecessary trouble of re-writing it , or we must have mortified Mr . O Brien , and have exposed ' him to ridicule , by exhibiting the contemptible display made by his friends in his defence . We had no wish to do either of these things . We did not wiBh

      to injure , to insult , or to annoy Mr . O'Brien ; we did not wish to publish a letter of our own with Mr . Clayton ' s signature . to it ; and therefore as the letter itself was utterly valueless either to Mr . O'Brien or anybody else , we witbeld it in the civilest and most respectful manner possible , simply observing that we thought enough hod been said upon the subject . It was onr opinion that if even the letter had been a creditable and respectable one , any continuance of the discussion , after the first indignant denial of the calumny , must be injurious to O'Brien . This seems not to be our opinion only , for we have now before us a letter from the sub-Secretary at York , informing us that after Mr . O'Brien ' s lecture in that City , the following resolution was

      passed : — " That the Chartists of York view with extreme regret tha continued introduction into the Slar of what is termed ' tbe charge of drunkenness against Mr . O'Brien , ' which charge they believe to be base and calumnious ; and they cannot approve of the conduct of the Editor in allowing ( under any circumstances ) the continued introduction of that which ought never to have been suffered to appear in tbe Star at alL" " . That the above resolution be sent to tbe Slar for insertion . " W . Cobdecx , sub-Secretary . Upon this we remark , en passan t , that the sending of this resolution to us for insertion , is a qneer way of deprecating the cottinned introdnction of the subject into the Star . - We perfectly agree with the Chartists of York , that the discussion is unadvisable ; and we regret that the anxiety of Mr . Clayton and his friends ,

      Messrs . Chapman and Co ., to " cut a caper" by way of serving > Ir . O'Brien , should have been so nnfortunately manifested . It was because we thought so that we declined to insert Mr . Clayton ' s letter of tUe 15 th of November last We repeat that our reasons for declining it were—first , that enough had been said upon the subject ; second , that the letter contained no new point—it met nothing but the " drunkenness" " charge , which had been already much better met ; and , third , that the letter itself was so disgraceful a composition , that its insertion must have been an insult and an annoyance to Mr . O'Brien . Lest Mr . O'Brien and bis friends should really think that there was some other point besides the " drunkenness" one in the letter , and lest our own friends should think that we do Mr . Clayton , — the candidate for Conventional honours , —injustice in thus characterising his production , we give the letter verbatim et literatim : —

      JUSTICE , JUSTICE—TIS ALL I ASK . On Saturday , the 6 th day of November , a paragraph appeared in the Leeds Times , in which it is stated , that on Sunday , the 31 st day of October , two lectures ( or harangues ) where delevered by Mr . J . B . O'Brien , in which principle was never grapled with , or any thing instructing advanced , they ( the lectures ) consisting of nothing but denouncing individuals and humbug ; and to wind up , BtateB that be was " drunk , and no mistake . " Now the charges " are before the public they must either be true or false . Let us examine fairly the last charge first . On Sunday , the 7 ch , I waited upon Mr . Broadbent , the reporter ; he was engadged . The day following was appointed , when I should have an

      oppertnnity , of seeing him . Accordingly I waited upon him . my object in so doing I stated the reasons where first , was he the author of tbat paragraph ? secondly , upon what authority or grounds did he rest tbe charge of drunkenness ? To the first bis answer was in the affermitive . To the second , he stated to me then and again on Tuesday evning , before two witnesses , tLat he bad no proofs . Up proofe * no not one , save and except " what" Why , " he UiouqM he was ! " I asked him repeatdlj if this was the only foundation for such a public charge , upon the character of a gentleman and he distinctly stated it was I eeuld . scarcely conceal my indignation and disgust for Bufch an individual who could so forget himself

      to satispy the baser passions , to the injury ( as far as lay in his power ) of a gentlemen as far superior and above him as Heava is to HelL Yes , the only thing on which he rested the charge was " he thought he was . " I then , bo that he could contradict the same , proved to him by occular proofs , that the same was false and untrue I will now Jay then before the public , and leave them to judge . I waited Mr . O'Brien arrival , accompanied him te an Hotel , a Temprence on , mind this , from there to Mr . Pitkethly ' s , to dinner ; he took for his beverage one glass of water ; from there , along with Mr . Penny , to the Hall of Science , which we found croweded to excess . After tha afternoon lecture Mr . O'Brien was taken ilL

      On the recommendation of a medical gentleman , and unknown to Mr . O'Britn , I sent for four pennyworth of brandy , which he drank upon the plalforn . After which , Mr . O'Brien having wrapped himself well up , I and Mr . O'Brien took a short walk until tea was ready ( which was provided in the Hall for the accommodation of the country friends ) we saanterd into the country for the space of half an hour . On onr return ¦ we took tea with nearly 100 frieBds , and if Mr . O'Brien bad been in liquor would have known , after tea I left Mr . O'Brien for the space of ten minutes with eur worty and tried friend > Ir . Shaw , a tetotolar of long standing . They took a short walk , and I joined

      them We proceeded to the Hall , which was crammed almost tosuffocrtion , where he so exposed the fallacies of Owenism , and shewed the absurdity of thier system as called for oft and numerous plaudits . He also exposed , in the most eloquent manner , which showed that he was complote master of the subject—the vilany of the funding system ; and traced , In a most clear and lucid manner possable , the progress of usury , and the system | by which the working classes of this country have been brought to thier present situation ; pointing out , in the clearest manner posaeble , the only possable way by which these diref ull effects could be rooted from society , which was received by the

      audiene in such a manner as proved tbat thy met the coTdial approbation of the vast assemblythen present—the produce of that Gentleman ' s labours is increased numbers to our ranks , which is a proof of the good done by his lectures . Indeed many who are opposed to us in principle , met me .- 'and candidly confessed that he tllr . O'Brien ) "was a trniy talented and eloquent speaker , that the paragraph in the Times was a most shamefull and dkgracefull paragraph ; and some weBt so far as to assert , that if auy person there was in a state of drunkenness it was Mr . Broai ^ - "bent . ThJ ? - from tb" > se opposed to us , is ef itself a proof itmctnt . Mow , I furthermore beg to £ U . t 3 , tbat ilr . O" \ 6 rien never , during the course of

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      that day , ever tasted any kind of drink , either intoxicating , or nnintoxicating , sav on cup of coffee , at ten o'clock that night , which I can prove by living witnese chiefly total abstainers . I never left that gentleman while aear { twelve o ' clock . Furthermore I challenge . Mr . Broadbent . to a public meeting of hla townsmen , when and where he pleases , to prove his assertions , and I will undertake to prove tbat he ( Broadbent ) Is a base , lying , calnmauating villian , to a majority of the meeting then present I remain , truly yours , EDWABD CtAYTOW .

      Such te tbe famous letter of Mr . Clayton , about which all this disturbance has been made . We have not altered a word , a letter , nor a point ; and we think that all who read it will agree with us that , in declining to publish it , we acted kindly towards Mr . O'Brien ; and that in merely stating , as a reason for so declining , " enoughhad been said upon thesubject , "we acted both kindly and delicately towards Mr . Clayton . We are sorry that the intemperance and ill-temper of Mr . O'Brien ' s friends should have dragged this exposure from us ; but the fault is not ours .

      And now we have only one more word to say , a » d that is to oar friends generally . There is probably no other newspaper in England that receives so much original correspondence as the Northern Star—there is certainly no other that circulates so extensively amongst persons who , while their feelings are very strong upon the subjeeta in which they are interested , are yet from their education and circumstances , unable to form any adequate conception of the peculiarities , tbe difficulties , and the labour of our position . And hence we have been induced to pass by , without feeling the least offence at them , many very harshly expressed censures whieh we felt convinced would never have been pronounced had the parties from whom they emanated ,

      known all that we knew . We are always ready to excuse the hasty expression of a well-meaning mind , ill fitted , by circumstances , to judge accurately of a matter upon which they yet feel deeply ; and hence we net only excuse but thank our York friends for tho admonition contained in their resolution ; while we feel quite sure that had they consulted npon it with Mr O'Brien , who knows more of the peculiarities of sucb a position as ours is . than they do , their resolution would in all probability , if passed at all , have assumed a different form . We can make no such excuse for the Huddersfield friends of Mr . O'Brien , who have dragged this explanation from us . We leave them to account to that gentleman for their extraordinary mode of " vindicating" him in the best way they can .

      The Communications of an Old Reformer , an outand out Chartist , C . J . M . Thorpe , A . D . CooH one of the Sufferers , a Sussex Farmer ^ Peter Rigby , John Leach , Wm . Brelsford , John Hover , S . W . Gaulkrodger , Edward Morris , and a number ef other Correspondents have been received .

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      J . Skerves , Camborne . —We s ent as many of the papers as he ordered , what more does he want t S . Mann . —The Plates and Medals were sent to Mr . John Cleave , London . TheFivb Shillings from H . M ., London , noticed in last , was for Mrs . Frost and not O'Brien ' s Press Fund . J . Stjven , BeuLOG . VE . —The parcel has been forwarded as directed . Jobs Riddle , St . Albans . —We supplied the London agents with both Medals and Plates . Let the agent at St . Albans write for them , if he has not received them .

      D . S . Grantham . —The Post-Office Order for the Executive is wrong . Send address ^ and it will be returned to be corrected . T . G . H . —Say ? cho he has taken his paper from . J . Slocombe . —Send 3 s . 9 d . quarterly to the office , and there will be no further trouble about it . J . Hall , Ocseburn . —Send address and he will have an answer to his question .

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      FOR THE CHARTIST CAUSE . £ . b . d . FromJ . B . . „ ... 0 2 6 FOR THE O ' BRIEN PRESS FUND . From G . Dove , Scarborough ... 0 0 3 " the Chartists of Preston , per G . Halton ... ... 0 13 4 TOR MRS . FROST—THE " WHIG-MADE WIDOW . " From T . S . Brook , Dawsbnry ... 10 0 " J . G . and T . B ., two Hylton friends , per J . Williams ... 0 2 0 " Three Rainton friends , per Thos . Graham ... .. 0 16 " The Members of the National Council , in Mansfield 0 5 0 " The Chartists of Wednesbury ... ... 0 10 6 The Chartists of Salford ... 0 6 0 FOR THB EXECUTIVE . From the flax-dressers at Moulin-a-Vapeur , Boulogne 8 9 7 " Three Bristol Chartists , per B . Gibson , third subscription ... ... S t

      3locai Antr Central Jentethgtence

      3 LocaI antr Central JEnteTHgtence

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      THIRSK . —The pressure of the times begins to make itself felt in this neighbourhood to an alarming extent , poverty and its inseperable companion crime are making gad inroads into the peace of the ^ habitants of this usually quiet rural district , the number of penniless and houseless wanderers is fearfully great , upwards of thirty casHal paupers having obtained a fhelter from the pitilesg storm on one night during last week , in our workhouse ; as may be anticipated , crime is also greatly on the increase . A few days ago , a lad was stopped , and his pockets rifled on the road between SnttonandBagby . A young man of the name of Hawxwell , was set upon on the turnpike road , about three miles from Thirsk , and near to the place where Mr . BoBomworth , of Bagby , wa 8

      BINGrLEY . —Ten Hours Bill . —A public meeting of mill-owners , overlookers , and ethers , was held in the large room of the Odd Fellows' Hall , Binglev , on Monday evening last . In the absence of Mr . Ferrand , M . P ., Mr . M . BaJme , Secretary of the Bradford Short Time Committee , was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by several speakers , both masters and operatives , and the following resolution was agreed to : — - "That it is the opinion of this meeting , ihat the labour of young persons , employed in factories , between the age of thirteen and twenty one , should be restricted to ten honrd a day , for five in the week , and eight hours on Saturdays ; and , that such a limitation is required , not more by justice than by a sound commercial policy . " A petition to Parliament was adopted .

      robbed three weeks or a moDth ago ; a man rushed from the hedge , seized his horse ' s bridle , and gave a loud whistle , which startled the animal , caused him to free himself from the marauder's grasp and enabled him lo get clear off . —The house of Mr . Francis Pinkney , the Griffin Inn , near the same place , was on the following night attempted to be broken into . Fortunately , the family were aroused , and by discharging a gun from the window shewed they wer--on the alert , and scared the villains from their object . —Several other attempts at robbery , tfec . have been made in the neighbourhood , bat seldom with better success , but enough to keep the public mind in constant alarm , and to wish themselves well over the winter .

      HTJDDERSFIELD .-A Patriot . —An Anti-Corn Law lord of the furnace blast , having agreed that his lady should be one of those who should go round the neighbourhood last week , for the purpose of obtaining signatures of her own sex to the petition of the mighty League , so far over-stepped his benevolent desire to procure for the mass of the people cheap bread , as to shew the clavon foot by presenting his own men with a boon , preparatory to receiving a still greater one , nameiy , by reducing their wages two shillings per week .

      DAELINGTON .-Tho Darlington theatrical amateurs intend giving the proceeds of their last night ' s performance ( Thursday , the 13 ih > to the relief of the unemployed , operatives and poor of Darlington . The band , the printer , and all others connected with the society , have given their services gratis for the evening . CABltXSXtE . —Horrible Distress and Destitution . —We mentioned , last week , that a Committee of working men had been formed for the purpose

      of taking a complete enumeration of the circumstances and condition of the poorer classes . They have since completed their labours , which they have been enabled to perform in a most correct and satis factory manner , through the kindness of G . H . Head , Esq ., banker , who very generoasly paid all the expences of books and labour . As the repoit of the Committee will best convey an adequate idta of the result of its inquiries , we hasten to lay it before the public , as opening up a mass of misery and destitution which is heart-rending to o ontemplate .

      Report of the Committee appointed at a Public Meeting of the Inhabitants of Carlisle , hem in the Tottm Ball , on Tuesday , December the 28 th , 1841 . ioiuke a complete enumeration of the circumstances ^ and condition of the icorking classes , with a view to assist the Committee previously appointed to distribute temporary relief . Your committee fc&ve giv ' en their most minute and aBsidnous attention to the subject they were appointed to investigate , and beg leave to lay before you the

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      result of their labours . The day following the public meeting in the Town Hall , a deputation from the committee waited on G . H . Head / Esq ., and after having stated the object of the convmittee , he kindly ordered Mr . Arthur , bookseller , to furnish the committee with a sufficient number of suitable books , to take a complete enumeration . Your Committee then proceeded to divide the town into fif ten districts , as wiU be seen by the table attached to this report , and appointed two persons to each district , and that the slightest charge of partiality niiglit be avoided , they so arranged the enumerators , as to invariably have one person appointed to each district who was « comparative Btranger ' to the persons residing therein . In this manner they proceeded to take down all the particulars set forth in , the table , by which it : wiil be seen , tbat out of a population of twenty-two thousand .

      th © J 8 are Bix thousand two hundred and eighty-six human beings starving , ( for it cannot be called living ) , oa the miserable pittance of one shilling and THREE FaRTHIHGS PER HEAD PER WEEK , OR ONE PENNY THREE FARTHINGS PER HEAD PEft DAT I a state of things which cannot be much longer endured , and which is utterly disgraceful to those who have had the management ef . the public affairs of the country . And your Committee are strongly persuaded that , until a great and subttintial change takes place in the wretched and etirving condition of the people , the casual hand of charity will prove of slight avail in relieving the immense mass of misery which at present exists ; indeed it is only a drain on the purses of those humane and benevolent gentlemen who have so generously come forward to relieve the poor : and destitute .

      Your Committed cannot : refrain from stating one important feature in the result of their investigation , which is , that an immense majority of the distiesa which exists , and the suffering which is , at present , being endured—is amongst , and by those , more immediately engaged in the manufacture of cotton goods . There are in the Enumeration Books no fewer than six hundred and sixty five hand-loom weavers who with those depending upon them for support , amount to the almost incredible number of 2 , 995 , being one-half of the whole number of persons in the tablet Wrttobed as is the condition of this numerous body of men , yet it does not shield them from the pestilential hand of the spoiler , who , on the slightest plea will , monster-like , &rab another threepence or ^^

      sirpence per cut from their miserable pittance . The other portion , as exhibited in the table , arises principally from labourers and others being out of employment at this inclement season of the year . Nearly all of your Committee belong to the working portion of society ; and as such , they were prepared to meet with great privation , destitution , and want ; but until they actually visited the various districts , thsy had formed but a weak conception of the alarming extent to which the distress prevailed . There are few of your Committee whose hearts have hot sickened at the horrible and heart-rending destitution and misery which they have witnessed ; hundreds of cases of dwellings

      scarcely containing a single decent article of furniture ; cupboards without a solitary mouthful of food of any description ; wretched straw beds with scanty and meagre covering ; grates with little ; and in some instances no fire ; whilst the heart-broken inmates of these miserable abodes presented a picture of human wretchedness , at which humanity shudders —clothed in rags , and in many cases without shoes and stockings—their appearance pale , haggared , and woebegone—they are evidently fast sinking into premature graves J Can this be once happy England , where the people were wont to be well-fed , well-clad , apd had not a tithe of the labour , they have now to perform ?

      Your Committee cannot but congratulate you on the moral and peaceable demeanour of the working classes under such trying and barrasalng circumstances , and can only express their surprise , that depredations on property haee not been tenfold more numerous ; for your Committee well remsmber the time when not ha \ f the amount of deprivation and misery existed , that tbe people at once set the law at defiance , and invaded and took away the property of others ; a course highly reprehensible , and which ought never to be for a single moment countenanced in a well-regulated state : of society . > / Your Committee would urge the necessity of furnishing the important result of their , inquiries to the Members of Parliament for the borough .

      Your Committee have , they believe , in some solitary cases been imposed upon , which circumstance calls for an active vigUence on the part of those distributing charity ; but in most instances the well-deserving have been diffident in giving in their names . . . In conclusion , your Committee beg leave to state , tbat they will willingly aid the Charity Committee , by giving them information from their books , or otherwise assisting them in carrying out the laudable object they have in view—that of relieviig the poor and destitute . . ... . ¦'¦ , ¦ . ' ¦ ' . > ' ¦¦ ¦ , ; -: / : :. / V ' . ; : ¦• Table / shewing in figures , the results of the labours of the Committee .

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      ifvj * V" f if ° l of *~* i ^ ns 51- ft O « rf- c e > * - «> . § ¦¦ E <§ ¦ z . § Zi 55 " ¦ ¦ . ¦ " A £ o . 4 o , d . No . 1 200 226 160 464 624 35 0 7 1 U No . 2 lit 168 103 » 94 496 28 10 7 1 1 ^ No . 3 132 239 183 418 601 27 13 5 0 11 No . 4 110 158 135 ) 313 452 28 18 6 1 3 No . & 103 79 29 218 247 9 0 10 0 5 > No . 6 82 102 40 237 277 13 13 8 0 11 ^ No . 7 71 95 37 218 255 13 0 3 6 Of ; Jfo . 8 131 107 111 441 552 23 17 1 0 10-No . 9 125 ) 186 224 268 492 32 11 3 1 3 ; No . 10 125 194 186 329 515 31 10 0 1 2 , No . 11 80 139 112 232 344 16 13 4 0 11 ; No . 12 76 128 166 197 863 24 14 6 14 ; No . 13 58 142 151 255 406 23 15 3 1 2 No . 14 64 100 134 183 317 21 17 0 1 3 No . 15 70 153 119 . 226 . 345-28 2 H 1 7 Total 1546 2217 1894 4392 6286 359 6 0 ^ 1 l £

      In The Bankruptcy Of John Ellison, Of Leeds In The County Of York, Nail Alanufacturerj

      IN the Bankruptcy of John Ellison , of Leeds in the County of York , Nail Alanufacturerj

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      TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . A vestry meeting was held on Thursday last , at twelveo ' clock i to eleot nineteen commissioners to execute the purposes of the Improvement Act for the ensuing year , in conjunction with the . Borough Justices , who act ex-officio . The meeting was very numerously attended , the vestry before the appointed hour being so fall as to render an adjournment necessary ; the people being determined to be no longer gulled by either of the factions . Mr . ^ Councillor , Kelsail moved that the chair should beoccHpiedby Mr . Charles Cummins ; whereupon ' . ';¦ . ¦ ' ¦' - ' ¦ ' -..: ¦¦ ¦ . ; '¦ ' .. - - ¦ ¦"¦ . } -. ;¦¦ ' .: ¦ - ¦' ... . ¦ . ¦ ' . . .-:. . ' . : . - Mr . William Hick , as an amendment , propose / Mr . William Brook to the ' -office . Mr . James Green , Park Row ; was also proposed but the majority iafavour of Mr . Brook was jgreat and he accordingly took the chair . :

      Mr . Naylob , the law clerk , then read the notice convening the meeting ; afte , r which , Mr . Hick moved that the vestry meeting be adjourned to the Vicar ' s Croft , which was at once carried ; and to the Croft the public repaired , whore Mr . Naylor again read the notice calling the meeting . ; ¦ . " ' :- . : , ' :: - ' . ¦ : .. . ' . : '¦ . : ¦ ' V : : - ' :. The ; Chairman then called upon any one having persons to propose to do so , and stated the regur lations in the event of a poll being demanded . Mr . Kelsall then proceeded to road over a list of names , which he handed in to the Chairman .

      saying that in A » V opinion ( an opinion , by-the-bye , in which the public did not seem to joiu to the fall extent , ) they were the most likely men , and the best qualified of any in the borough , for the office . The names he proposed were : —Mr . George Howard , Mr . Horatio Wood , Mr . Robert Drury , Mr . Wm . Sellers * Mr . Edward King , Mr . George Morton , Mr . Joabua Metoalfe , Mr . Benjamin Hebden , Mr . Joseph Woodheadi Mr . Thomas Ofcley , Mr . Charles Cummins , Mr . Richard Bissington , Mr . H Greaham , Mr .. Thomas Andorton , Wr . Win . Binns , Mr . Jame $ Vickerman , Mr . John WhUehead i Mr Joseph Raper , and Mr . John Wilson .

      This list was seconded by Mr . Thomas Morgan , the Whig man-of-all-work ; and we believe that when the list was proposed , they thought in good faith , they would be able to carry it by a large majority . Several other names were then proposed separately by parties in the crowd , but without any idea that they would be carried . Some Tories wore proposed by an operative , but the party , as a body , took no part in the matter . Mr . Hick then proposed a list , embodying seven of the out-going Commissioners the most liberal of the lot , and twelve others , all staunch friends © f the people ' s cause / This list was seconded by Mr . Michael Longstat * , and was as follows : —

      Mr . Horatio Wood , solicitor , Hillhouse-place , Eastv : ; : street . ¦;¦ . — ' . ¦' " '' -, .- . : : : ' - : :. " '¦'¦ . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ " ' ' Mr . William Sellers , tallow chandler , 53 , Portlandcrescent . '¦ . "¦ v . - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ;" . ' , :- ' ; - ' ¦ Mr . William Binns , olotb . manufacturer , Springfield-place , Mr . Edward King * woolstapler . Grove-terrace . MrV Joseph Woodhead , builder , Spencer-place , Roandhay-rbad . Mr . Joseph Raper r builder , Holbeok . Mr . John Whitehead , machine-maker , Holbeck . Mr . Joseph Pickard , machine maker , KirkstaU-road . Mr . Joshua Hobsori , printer , Market-street . Mr . William Hartley , broker , Kirkgate . Mr . Joseph Inglishj butcher . 4 , Liidgate-hill . Mr . John ' -Acdill , clerk , Burley-place , Kirkstall-¦ ¦

      ¦ ¦ road . . ¦ ¦¦ ' v . " - . - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ . / . ' : - ¦ -: . /¦ - . . ¦/ . ¦ Mr . Thomas Ofcley , victualler , St . Peter ' s-street . Mr . George Wood , gentleman , Woodhouse-lane . Mr . George Dufton , gentleman , Richmond-terrace . Mr . Joshua Barnard , toll-bar keeper , George ' a-: ' street . ' ' ' - ?¦ .:. : V - . . -. ¦'¦ ¦ v , " - ;' ¦ -, : -. - -.-. - ' - ' ' Mr . Henry Wilfcs , pawnbroker , Gcorge ' s-Btreet . Mr . John Holroyd , victualler , Meadow-lane . Mr . Thomas Button , cloth finisher , St . Peter ' s-/ . ¦ " . square , . '' . - ; ' . . ' '• '¦" ¦ ¦ . ' ' " ' '¦ The seven names first on the list , were retiring Commissioners .

      The Chairman , in order that there might be bo mistake , and that justice might be done to all parties , put each name separately to the meeting , taking one from each list in rotation . For each mime proposed by Mr . Hick , nearly every hand in the assembly was held up , while for " Morgan ' s list , " ( the concoction of the Corn Law League and the Fox and Goose C ^ cb ) not above thirty : or forty vroro hold up for any one . The Chaihman therefore declared the election to have fallen on the nineteen gentlemen above-named , proposed by Mr ; Hick .

      A tremendous cheer followed this announcement . The united Whig-Rads had no chance . With them "Othello ' s occupation's gone "—clean gone . The people have left them fat away behind and it will now bo : seen that they , having fairly takes their own affairs into their own hands , will manage to conduct them to the credit and honour of the town No poll was demanded , and thanks having beea carried by apdlamation to the Chairman , for hia gentlemanly and impartial conduct in the chair , the meeting broke up .

      Are the Chartists of Leeds generallyaware that the qualification for a Town Councillor is lower than for an Improvement Commissioner I and have they asked themselves the question whether those who have power to carry the election of Cdmmissioners may not be able to carry the election of Councillors if they try ? The thing is worth thinking of .

      Iptore F^Utts ^Attriots.

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      Registered at Sheffield , Dec . 31 , 1841 , Margaret O'Connor Johnston * daughter of Thomas Charles Johnston , and Margaret Murdon Johnston . Registered at Rotherham , Tom Frost Lee , son of Thomas and Sarah Lee . ' . The infant son of William and Alice Raistrick , was born November 6 th , and registered on the 23 rd , by the name Of Eeargus O'Connor Raistrick . On the 25 &h of November , 1841 , tho wife of John Hawkins , of Mountsorrel , was delivered of a son which ha * been duly registered , Robert Emmfifcfc Hawkins , in honour of that illustrious patriot who fell a victim to-factious cruelty in 1803

      Christened on the 2 nd of Jan ; 1842 , at the parish church of Ashton-under-Lyne , Divid Feargus O'Connor Maymab , the son of David Mayman , dresser for power-ldom weavers . : Jane Wilson , wife of Francis Wilson , was safely delivered of a son , November 3 , which was duly christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Wilson . Elizibeth , wife , of Robert Johnson , was safely delivered of a son , Nov . 24 , and christened Thomas Feargus O'Connor Johnson . ; Ann , wife of- John Backhouse , jun ., hwas safely delivered of a son , December 16 th , and was duly baptised John Frost O Connor Backhouse . Born on the 22 dofMaj : ch , and duly registered on the 3 rd of May , Sarah O'Connor HaliowelJ , the daughter of Mr . John Hallowell , tailor , of Soyand . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' . ¦ : ¦ - . ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ " .. ' ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ; . - ¦; . : ¦• .

      Duly registered , Elizabeth ^ 'Connor Randall , daughter of John ; and Mary Randall , of Manchester ^ road , Bradford ' . Born 17 th of October , ar id duly registered , Wm . Jennings O ' Connor Pellett , son of Wm . a&d Elizabeth Pellett , Manchester-road . Born Nov . 8 th , and duly registered Dec . 6 th ult ., Robert EmmettEdmondson , only child of James and Manha Edmondson , of Bradford . A few days ago , the wife of Mr . Barnabas Northrop , of Clayton , was delivered of a fine son , which has since been registered John Frost Northrop . ¦¦¦ ¦ : ' "\ : ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦; . ¦ . " ¦¦ V " .: ' - - ; - .- -V "' . Ashor !; time since was registered , Hannah Frost Harrison , daughter of George Harrison , of Thornton , near Bradford . ; " , . - ¦ . ;

      Baptised in the parish church at Bromsgrove , by the Rev . J . B . G ; More , James Feargus O'Connor Wakeman , the son of James Wakeman , nailor , of that town . ' ¦ : . - ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ '¦ ¦¦ :.. '• . - ' .. - ¦ - ; :- . ' - ;• - - ¦ . ¦¦ , .- ¦ :. . . ¦'¦

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      ^' . -.. / . BEATHS . ¦ ¦' . " : [ V "¦' ¦ . ' . - -. On th ^ lOth insi . vl ^ . Cockfield , relict of the lat « Mr . Jos . Cocfefield , Beacon , near Richmond . Deoember 19 : h , at his residence , Ashted-house , Birmingham , aged 70 , Samuel Lo we , Esq , aged AS years , an eminent solicitor in that town . On the .-. 21 st December . at Lancaster , Mr . ' ¦ : ¦——Duffy , father of James Duffy , the Whig victim ; he was in the 93 d year of his age ; a native of Clones , in the County Monaghan , Ireland ; and one of the sufferers of—98 . ; ' . ; ¦ : : ; . ^ ; V v . On tha 4 ch iiist ., at Bristol , after a week ' s illness , Mr . George Chapjjle ,: many years landlord of ths Duke of Devonshire , Temple-street , leaving a widow "end seven small chikren to deplore his loss .

      Leieds Improvement Commissioners

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      ' . MARRIAGE . At Thirsk , on Tuesday last , Mr . Thomas FskwoetU to Mary , only daughter of Mr . Robert Hudson , all of : Tnirsk . :. y- ; . ' . - , : , - ¦ : .... - ¦;¦ . ¦ ¦/ - ¦ , ; :. ' - ; - " - ¦ -. '¦ ¦¦ ¦ : v ; ' ¦ : . - ••; : On Sunday last , ; at the "Wesleyaii Methodist Chape ) , Otley , by the Rev . R . Totheriok , Mr . Ji Wood , to Miss Allan , all of "Barley , near Otley . . - ¦ - ' ¦ : ' .- ¦'¦¦ ., , "¦' . "¦ . " ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - ' . - ¦ ¦ . ¦' . '¦ -. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : : . ' V- " - . ¦/ .- '

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      . . - THE NORTHERN STAR . 5

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 15, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct582/page/5/