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      SONG FOR THE MILLIONS . How long win the millions sweat and toil , To pamper the lordlings' bastard brats ; How long win they till the fruitful sofl , To be starvad by tfaa basaarfatocrata ? How long will they bear the galling yoke , Ere their bonds shall burst their chains be broke , AndvEngeance come down like a thunderstroke ? The spirit of freedom yearns and bleeds , And liberty lies in patriots graves ; fThilst the monster tyrant ' s earunheeds The suffering -wail of -weeping slaves ; But shall mankind for ever bear The stings of -woe , and grief , and care , And live and die in dark despair ?

      Forbid it heaven , and all tie powers That rule the Tmiversal world ; Tvere better that this globe of ours , 2 IId lightning ' s flashes , swift were httrl'd , And with it all the human race , Into the gulf of endless space , Farther than mortal ken can trace . Bondsmen and Blares in every dime , Ycnr voices raise in freedom ' s cause ; 3 ) aspoU , be wise ; be wise in time , Remember it is Nature ' s laws That make men equal ; and dare ye , In hellish conclave'met , agree To alter Nature's wise decree ?

      Vain is your "wish , your strong desire Can never 1 never 2 be obtained ; Ye cannot quench fiiir freedom's fire , Though ye of blood a deluge rain'd . Seek in the rolls of lasting fame ; There shall ye find each honour'd name , Whsse memory feeds the s&cred name . Oh ! may that flame bom fierce and bright , Within the breasts of all mankind ; May knowledge pour a flood of light From out the intellectual mind ; A light that «>>* " Ulnme the earth , Who * e genial rays shall aoon giro birth To glorious liberty , that boon of worth . Benjamin stott

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      KEIGHLEY . —Ejstek Dubs . —The Rector of jjiis place , no way intimidated by the almost universal execration which his conduct since he came to Keighley has caused , seems determined to perse * vere in enforcing his demands for the payment of Easter dues at all hazards . It will be recollected that about four months ago the houses of Messrs . Rhodes and Weatherhead were entered and their goods seized for Easter dues . Mr . John Batterfield , another Chartist , has been the next victim destined to feel the Rector ' s chastening rod . On Tuesday ia ) &st week , two fellows of the names of Dean and Sngden , the latter better known by the cognomen of * Sweet Tit , " entered his house with a magistrate ' s

      order , and seemed inclined for a time te seize a very good mahogany clock , but after much persuasion ( and probably recollecting the case of Mr . Rhodes , which was broken to pieces by an indignant trowd upon being offered for sale ) they consented to distrain a large oak tree , valued , we believe , at £ 5 . Of course , Mr . Butterfield will ltse his tree for the paltry snm of lOJd , claimed for Easter Dnes . One can scarcely tell whether to 3 * ngh or cry on witnessing such instances of injustice as the one we have just related . When we see a man so obstinately stupid as to fly in the very fiee of public opinion , as the present Rector is now

      doing , we are tempted to laugh at , while we pity his felly . But when we reflect on the degradation and injustice which Englishmen ajre forced daily and hourly to submit to , we are anything but in a laogning humour . Let us , however , hope that the time is not far distent when the system which fosters and perpetuates such enormities shall come to an end , and be succeeded by a better and purer state of society—when no State Church shall have the power to trample upon and -oppress a free peopis—and when no Si&te Parson shall be allowed to appropriate to himself the clocks , tables , and trees of honest and nprighi men . —Coirespondent .

      MAXCHESTEB . —HrsT s Moxumett . —The laying of the foundation stone of the Monument to the memory of H . Hunt , Esq ., is > o take place on Good Friday . The Youths of the National Charter Association , si Manchester , have got up a flag for the above important occasion i on the obverse 13 painted the Chartist Coas of Arms , on the reverse is the full length portrait of Henry Hunt . They intend also to form in procession , and we earnestly request that the youths in the country districts will come forward on

      that day and join the youths of Manchester in doing honour to the memory of the man who stood boldly forward in defence of the rights of labour ; and combated , single handed , against a lying press , a corrupt and imbecile government , and the whole host of tyrants who sought the degradation and slavery of the working classes ; we therefore beg of the youths in the country districts to come forward and join the procession . Our sub-secretary will receive any com-Djanications from them respecting the order they imend to come in . Let each district send

      immediately to arrange with our council ; they must address all correspondence to John Scholefield , care of Gabriel Margraves , No . 27 , Brown-street , Travisstreet , near St . Andrews Church , Manchester .

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      ¦ ? Stoppage or Wigsbt asd Co ' s Bask at Bbightok . —Brighton , Friday , half-past ten o ' clock . —I hire just time to inform you that rtie bank . of Messrs . "Wigney and Co . has not opened this morning . The greatest consternation prevails , as great confidence h&d been reposed in it . Mr . J . N . Wigney is one of the members for the borongh . —The announcement of the fiflnre was made to the public through a placard placed at the door of the bank , in the following terms : —"' Messrs . Wigney and Co . deeply regret to be under the painful necessity of suspending their payments . Brighton Bank , March 4 th , 1842 . "— The news , of coarse , spread like wildfire , and a stranger to the fact might have found ample evidence in the street th # t some dreadful calamity had befallen the

      sown . A crowd of persons surrounded the door oi the banking-house during the whole day , every person being anxious for ocular demonstration of the onexpeeted announcement , and his place being immediately supplied by others , as , having satisfied his "Car iosity , he passed " away . The tradesmen and gentry of the town were to be seen congregated J&ont the principal business streets in anxious S ^ mps ; and many a rueful countenan ce indicated that hs possessor was a sufferer by the failure . Of coarse little is vet known of the cause of the failure , 0 ? of the prospects of the creditors ; but we have reason to believe that the immediate cause was the failure of » large speculation a * Glasgow , in which the firm had extensively engaged , and , we regret to add

      , that there appears too much reason to anticipate that the dividend will be very small . The members of the firm are Mr . Isaac Newton Wigney , M . P . for Brighton , and Mr . Clement Wigney , sons of Mr . "William Wigney , deceased ; who , by his own industry , aided by some fortunate speculations , raised himself from a travelling blanket dealer to be a man of considerable wealth , which enabled him , in conianetion with two other gentlemen , to establish the bank , which has now carried on extensive business for aboutforty yeare . Mr . Isaac Newton Wigney is fcko a magistrate of the county , and has for some years acted as chairman of the Brighton bench . Bis failure will , as a matter of course , lead to the election of a new member for Brighton . The Union hank , the only bank in Brighton , with the exception London

      of a recently established branch of the and County bank , has not been affected by the failure . So completely has this back the confidence of the pnblic ^ that it has been even less resorted to to day than usual , many persons who hold their checks refraining from presenting them , in order to avoid the incosrenience that a run might occasion . " A mewing , for the purpose of expressing the confidence of the inhabitants of Brighton in the two remaining banks—the Union tank and the old established firm carried on by Messrs Hall , West , and Co ., was ield « the Town-haU immediately after the failure became known . The first re ? olntion was moved by the Eev . Mr . Seo-t , to the effect that prompt tteps should be taken on the part of the inhabitants , under the painful circumstances of the suspension of pay-Bent by Messrs . Wigney . to express their confidence

      in the two remaining banks . The resolution was seconded by Mr . S . Hannington . Mr . E . W . Hall , one of the firm of the Union bank , thanked the meeting for this kind expression of confidence , and begged to assure it that they were quite prepared to meet the demands , having notice of the expected failure for some days before . The Rev . Mr . Scott , on the part of Messrs . Hall and Co ., made a statement to tie like tffect . Mr . Leonard , the general manager of the London and County bank , said that , although he had no prior intimation of the unpleasant circumstance about to occur , he conld assure them of the the safety of the Joint Stock Bank Company , and stated that , if required , they had a reserved fund of £ 200 , 000 to fall back upon . A resolution was then passed unanimously , expressive of the unlimited confidence of the meeting in the before-mentioned banks , and its determination to support them at the

      present cnas . FoifDKXSS OF CLERICAL MaGISTBATES TOS FiOG-< nxG . —A return has been presented to the House of Commons , dated February 9 , 1 S 42 , stating tbe number of persons of the age of twenty and upwards ¦ sentenced to be flogged by the summary conviction * f one magistrate , from the 1 st of January , Io 40 , to the 1 st of January , 1841 . The returns are—irom Norwich , 1 ; Swaffham , 1 ; and Warwick , 5 ; seven a all , six of whom were committed by clergymen ' . — * wfc end Fimirct ,

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      Portugal . —After on interregnum of seventeen days a new ministry has been appointed . The ** crisiB ^ has terminated in the complete triumph of of Seaor Costa Cabral , who is the new Home Secretary . The Duke da Teroeira is president of the council , but the leading power in the cabinet will be wielded by Costa Cabral . The new minister oijustice is Antonio d'Agevedo Mello e Carvalhp , brother to the second member of the Oporto junta . This body , therefore , may be considered as having achieved a double triumph .: Baron de Tojal is the new minister , of finance . The portfolio of foreign affairs is held merely od interim by the Duke da Terceiri . Senor Rodrigo da F . Magalhaes has been applied to to resume this office , but positively declined / The marine department is also filled merely ad interim by the chief clerk in that office . The policy of the new administration will not differ materially from that which was displaced by the Oporto revolt . -Its

      policy with regard to England and all foreign countries will be identical . The first act of the new government is somewhat remarkable . It is a demand of the administrator-general of Oporto to specify the sums which he received from the custom-house , and other sources of revenue , to aid the late revoltby who 3 e order he received them , and how they were expended . The object is to legalise these illegal transactions by an act of indemnity . Tb * order to this effect is signed by the same Costa Cabral who who seized the money as head of the junta . M . Cappacini had been presented at court . The king has declared against accepting the command in chief of the army . Thus one of the leading agents of the movement in favour of the charter ia entirely defeated . Senor d'Agnilar returned on Sunday from Madrid , to resume his functions as Spanish ambassador at the Portuguese court . No hostile movement on the part of Spain was apprehended .

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      THE SHEFFIELD POLITICAL . INSTITUTE , AND MR GEO . JULIAN HARNEY .

      TO THE EDITOB OF THB KOBTHEBN STAB . Sir , —In approaching the subject to which I am desirous of inviting the attention of your readers , I do so with great trepidation and reverence . The urbanity , erudition , ' and wide-spreading fame of the Ulustrlooa individual , a fame that bas spread throughout the three kingdoms , and in all likelihood is now wafting across the Atlantic ocean , or like that of many of his compeers will soon do ; so , all fill the mind with the greatness of the object contemplated . His wit , humour , and profound humility stand unrivalled . Only think

      of one of his companions , as if preconcerted , as maby such things have been by him , to his immortal honour , declaring in a public meeting and in his presence , " that George Julian Barney is another Julius Caesar , say greater than Caesar himself , who conquered the whole world . " True !!! Who can doubt it ? The ancient Julius Cassar only conquered the world by physical force . » Be vent , visi , vinci . He came , and raw , and conquered ; ' but our modern Julius , without coming or seeing , subdues and conquers . Alas ! alas . ' I for any one who stands in hia way .

      These preliminary observations , the kind reader will readily perceive , are demanded in approaching bo august a man ; yet

      "To err is human ;" far , however , be it from me to attribute any prepexss medics to our Sheffield Csesar ; yet one would have thought after so many heresay tales have been refutedafter they have been admitted into the pages of the A orthem Star , that an opportunity might have been given to the party whom he has falsely accused from perverted report , and to whom he has been under some small obligations , to first hear the statements and answer for themselves . But , no , this would not answer Master Julian's purpose , but like another Jupiter , at the stamp of bi » foot , or the shake of his venerable head , all inferior mortals must tremble . I do so when I read the following defence : — " I shall be very brief with Mr . Otley—I defy him to prove his dirty calnmny . "

      If it be , however , a dirty calumny , it is because it is spoken of , and by a dirty fellow , M 5 , ^ rney himself ; and it is dirty , because it is utterly false , at least as far as I am concerned . . When Mr . Jones and hia two weak-headed friends , ¦ weak-beaded , because Uiey would praise a man in the morning and east dirt at }^ rn in the evening , came to me -and the conversation took place , alluded to by Mr . Harney , what was its purport ? Was it not what I have said before Mr . Harney , and in the presence of the Chartists' meeting in the Fig Tree-lane room ? It was in substance , aud nearly verbatim as follows ;—" That I never did , nor never will approve of Air . O'Connort pro-Tory policy . For if he is an honest patriot , and ^ I give him my full confidence , until he

      proves himself the contrary , his pursuing this course , " said I , " gives ample room for many to say , that there is a cerrespondency of design between the Tories and himself ; for example , when he recommends the people to get on to the land , and he supposes and calculates wha £ rent they will have to pay , and the people on the &nd , and the land in the possession of the present aristocratical tyrants , would they not be merely , as formerly , serfs ? >* ow , this { say the enemies of the Chartists ) agrees with the doctrines of the Tories , who hold forth that if the ploughshare was to pass over Manchester , Birmingham , Sheffield , and other large towns , England would be as great and prosperous as it is now . " I then stated that this correspondency of doctrines , led people , ( the enemies of the Charter , )

      to assert that Mr O'Counor and the Tories are working together , and for the same ends . And that Mr . O'Connor and the Sorthern Star always abusing the Whigs , and uttering verylittle against the greatest enemies to the liberties of all men , the Tories , confirmed their suspicions . I have only to observe , what was sufficiently evident , that I did not sp « ak my own opinions , bat what are those of others , the enemies or the opponents of the Chartists ; and as long as any portion of Bociety believe this , they neves can be induced to come over to assist or support us . Such was the conversation which has been pervtrt ^ d by Mr . Jonea and his two illustrious companions , and seized upon by Mr . Harney , for the

      purpose of crushing those who will not be his political serfs . All this is in accordance with what he threatened , in my hearing , when he first came to Sheffield , that through- the medium of the much-to-be-dreaded ( according to him ) Northern Star , he could annihilate any individual or party who dared to offer the slightest opposition to him . For my own part , as an bnmble individual , I only answer , to such threats and attempts , bah I hah ! If I eannot differ from Mr . O'Connor and Mi . Julian Harney , on matters of policy , without being gibbeted in effigy in its pages , and Mr . Hamey the gibbet-post , why 1 shall prefer that to being a mental serf to either one or the other .

      Mr . Jones during this conversation , which was private , —and as I think , to mate it public without first confronting the party , to ascertain the truth of what has been reported , is a breach of all the rules of society , and I only Epoke to caution , or as a cause of regret—Mr . Jones , I say , asked me what I thought of Mr . Harney ? I answered , " I say nothing , because I know nothing , or very little . " What I have said of Mr , Harney in his absence , I have said in his presence . What I have said of the pro-Tory policy to Mr . Jenes , I have said to Mr . Leach , to Mr . Campbell , Mr . O'Brien , Mr . Jackson , and should say to Mr . O'Connor , if I had the opportunity .

      There are , however , some other ijrave charges , to which some attention must be paid . One is , that I and Mr . Gill oppose the doctrine of the sovereignty of the people . " Suppose , " says Mr . Harney , " that we bad a Bouse of Commons ( I wish -we had ) elected by UniversalJSnffrage , who in their legislative capacity were guilty of Eome erroneous or tyrannical act , according to Messrs . OUey and Gill , the people are bound to submit , because they have eltct « d that House of Cominous . I think different . My creed is , that the people can never be divested , or divest themselves , of Iheii natural and rightful sovereignty ; and when their representatives fail to do right , it is the prerogative of the people to override their decision" This sage doctrine , addressed to the passions and prejudices , and employed to flatter the

      his admirers , Mr . Harney illustrated by annulling decision of the Council , and by supposing the Council and the Association to stand in the same relation as the people and their Parliament . Let the peopis , however , on all occasions , learn this useful lesson , that those who flatter them either hava or are about to deceive them . This is an old but true saying . Now let us try this absurd doctrine , as laid down above , by the test of i& practical working in any country . Let us suppose that a Parliament , elected fey the people , levy an exorbitant tax npon their food ; tv more tyrannical law than this could not exist . The t 4 ope may , according to the doctrine of Mr . Harney , annul this , or any other law , themse ves . Now , permit us further to suppose , that the people in exercise of their

      manufacturing districts do this by the sovereign power . And the people , in the agricultural parts approve of it , and assert their sovereign power in supporting it ; then the two sovereignties would have to meet m the field of battle and decide -which in reality possessed this sovereign power . Such would be , and has been in the Roman empire , the effect of Mr . Hamey * doctrine . The truth is , that when the people elect a Parliament by Universal Suffrage , they delegate their sovereignty to that txx . y , for the time being . And if they pass an oppressive or mischievous law , the people must wait until Its dissolution by the efflaxion of time , say oae year , when their sovereignty falls back again into their hands , when they will take care to elect none but such men as will repeal any pernicious law and thus preserve the peace of this country .

      If the above is a specimen of Mr . Harney's legislative -wisdom rarely at the next election the electors of this Biding win send this Solon to make laws and frame ft constitution for them . A few other statements of facts shall end this reply : JIr 7 Harney says , That I did not consult our own members . " In answer , I say , as many were consulted . -t 3 . «? Mi » for on the night this business was being ££ 3 * ? w £ down 4 the institute , but the room wafoeLpied by a meeting or the spnng tauft > trade aud we could not meet . Again , he n a > " I & * not wait upon the friends of the Fig Tree-law room . " Has r 7 for £ t that I was there one night , after theMtoonon cf the Couneil , nntU near el ^ . en e ' slock , when all I

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      desired of him and his friends was , that the motion of the entire Charter , should be , as at Nottingham and other places , an original motion , and thus with credit rescue me and themselves from the dilemma in which we were placed ? It was very convenient for Mr . Harney . to omit this . ¦ -. .-,. - _ .- _ .. .- But enough of this party fighting ; if any of us have any time or talent , let it be employed against out enemies and not in destroying our own strength by dissensions . Hating dissensions and divisions , especially in our own ranks , and desiring above all things , that the , oppressed people should not vainly" pursue a phantom , a Will-o ' -the-Wisp , bat obtain , in the issue of their struggle , the substance , real -political power , to rescue and guard themselves from oppression and wretchedness , and secure to themselves thai prosperity and happiness which their industry and skill merits , I remain .

      Tout humble and obedient Servant , Richard Otley Leeds , March 7 th , 1842 . [ W « insert the above , because we think it right that every party attacked should have the opportunity to explain . And vre cordially respond to the sentiment of the writer , tfeat whatever of time or talent may appertain to any Chartist should be employed otherwise than in destroying our own strength by dissensions . We hope to hear no more of these personal biefceringa . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FBOM THB NEW HOUSES OF PABL 1 AMENT , AND NELSON S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THE WOOLWICH DOCKYABD , To the Pttblic and the Trades of Great Britain and Ireland . " Why should we not institute a system of action with regard to each other , based on those immutable principles of justice and equality which alone are capable of making man u happy as he is mighty ?"

      Bbethben , —Since we last addressed you another fortnight has been added to the previously long period of our struggle of " right against might "—an effort of the oppressed to annihilate the cruelly exercised power of the oppressor ^—and during which your patriotic exertions and generous aid has enabled us to sustain our ranks unbroken ; still presenting a steaiy and unflinching front to the combined attacks of the common enemies of " our order . " We cannot speak to any very manifest material alteration having taken place in our position in London and Woolwich since we last addressed ycu , further than the proceedings of the " unholy alliance" of wealth and power combined against us , so far as we can comprehend them , appear extremely pusillanimous and vacillating—circumstances which we can only understand as manifestations of a lingering position .

      Notwithstanding the fine open weather we have been favoured with , comparatively speaking , little , very little progress is perceivable at the Houses of Parliament , and a considerable number of those who took our members' places , from inability or otherwise have left both the works and the locality , and which many of those who gave them shelter and credit whilst they were endeavouring to perpetuate cruel inhumanity have much reason to know . We are aorry , however , here to state , that another individual , after having battled with us so many weeks , has turned traitor , commencing -work at the Houses on Monday morning , thus making three , out of the two hundred and thirty who turned out from that building , that have betrayed us , during the long period of twenty four weeks .

      At the monument no perceivable difference has taken place . Respecting these works , a paragraph , of which the following is a verbatim copy , has gone the round of the metropolitan press : — " The projected Nelson column in Trafalgar-square is not expected to be completed during the present year , owing to the difficulty of procuring Haytor ( Dartmouth ) granite . " This is a sad contrast with the exulting promulgations of this same press only a short time since , namely , "That the contractors for these works have so tar surmounted the obstacles the disaffected rebel masons had thrown in their way , that by midsummer all evidences of its having been retarded would have disappeared . "

      At Woolwich the change is very slight ; the " knobsticks , "in greater or less numbers , continue te leave . The late managing foreman , incapable longer to submit himself the tool of Gris&ell and Peto . o * proems from those they had placed under his superintendence either the quantity or quality of work required from them , has also ltft the employment We have just received intimation that at Penryn , in Cornwall , our members have completely succeededthat they have received notice to return to their usual employment ; G . and P . ' a orders being wholly abandoned .

      At Plymouth and Dartmoor the number of turnouts are considerably reduced by their obtaining other employment . Little other change has transpired here , excepting that , for the want of tfficient bands , stone has been shipped for London in the same rude form in which nature had shaped it . Mr . Johnson has also engaged a number of agricultural and other labourers , unto whom he is paying twelve shillings per week , determined , as he asserts , to make them " something in the sione way , "—and some-thing no doubt it would be . The entire number now on turnout ii about two hundred and thirty , all of whom are as stedfast and determined as ever not to relinquish a single inch of the position they have taken , whatever further sacrifice or privations they may have to endure : — " Impelled by tyrant ' s goading deeds , To wage a patriot war for freedom's rights . "

      It having been whispered in some quarters , or at least , so we have been informed , that in some of our former addresses we have treated on matters foreign to the subject of our strike , and wkich have given offence , we have this week been induced to place a question at the head of our report , and upon which , while we repudiate all desire to enter into a controversy , our simple . object being to remove any erroneous impressions , and conciliate any ofieuce that might have occurred , we beg leave to say a few word ? . All must be aware , that we have been and continue engaged in a severe and arduous struggle—a struggle without a parallel in the history of Btrikes , and that in passing through this ordeal of tribulation in dt fence of the common rights of man , we have suffered and continue to suffer extreme privations .

      Poverty is said to be the parent of invention , and so is the force of circumstances the lever which compels men to adopt opinions aud practices previously held too paradoxical and impracticable . Our present position haa forced upon us a consideration of the circumstances which have so placed uswhich have inflicted upon us such an amount of privation for daring to raise our voices , and take our stand against cruelties the most consummate and contumelies unbearable , aud the only conclusion we can come to is , that" inequality of labour aud unequal exchanges produces inequality of wealth , which , through the medium of class legislation , has produced inequality of power , is the cause of our present poverty ; a system which , in the shape of profits and interests , robs , absolutely robs , the producing classes of the fruits of their hard emaciating toil , and then taunts , derides , and scourges them with the golden weapons of their own manufacture .

      " A dire effect by one of nature's laws , Unchangeably connected with its cause . " It is the cause then which we seek to destroy—acauBe which has hitherto made strikes more necessary than profitable , and which will more or less harrass and coerce us , while we continue to waste our resources in desultory conflicts with its effect ? . Our object , then , is to prevent anymore ot the productive classes from ¦ vraating their means in such contests with effects—to blend together their energies , their talent , and their means , in one confederated phalanx . As we have before stated , the nobility , the capitalist , and , in fact , the entire of the monied classes act and execute in a body , for the advancement of their own interest—the whole amount of their disagreement being which party should pocket the largest share of our produce . Nothing less than a complete union of all the working classes can destroy their mischievous doings , and it is this necessity we have been endeavouring to awaken in their minds .

      " To cease to lick the foot that treads us down , Or heap the load of pride that buries us . " We conclude by a quotation from Dr . Channing—no very humble authority—in favour of the principles we have been advocating : — " The objection under consideration is very much a repetition of the old doctrine , that what has been must be ; that the fut » re is always to repeat the past , and society to tread for ever in the beaten path . But can anything be plainer , than that the present condition of the world is peculiar—unprecedented—that new powers and new principles are at work—that the application of science to art is accomplishing a stupendous revolution —that the condition of the labourer is in jnany places greatly improved , and Mb intellectual aids ^ increasedthat abuses once thought essential to society , and which

      seemed entwined with all its fibres , have been removed ? So the mass of men stand where they did a few centimes ago ? And do not new circumstances , if they make us fearful , at the same time keep us from despair ? The future , be it what it may , will not resemble the past The present has new elements which must work out weal or woe . We have no right then , on the ground of the immutableness of human affairs , to quench as far as we have power , the hope of social progress . " He Bays again , " That system ot labour which saps the health , and shortens life , and famishes intellect , needs and must receive great modification , " and thJ 8 can only be effected by cordial union aud co-operation , and which we hope at no distant period will be in full practice amongst the working classes of this and every other part of the ¦ world .

      With sincere gratitude for the generous manner m which we have been aided , and with a hope that w shall merit a continuance of your confidence during the brief space of time we may longer need it , We subscribe eurselves , gratefully yours , The Masons' society , Thojias Shoett , SecW tary March 2 nd , 1842 ,

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      WESTMJNSTEB . A public meeting was held at the targe Room , Charter Coffee House , Stretton Ground , Westminster , on Friday . evening . The room was crowded to excess , as was likewise the Btaira and the npper floor , and upwaraa ot 200 persons were accommodated In " the large yard , and that' of the ' adjoinine homey andTiundreds were obliged to go away utterly unable to ^ rpcute admission . Mr . Buck haying been elected to the chair , briefly addressed the meeting , and stated : h ' is belief that the agitation fc *> the Charter - would soon " supersede every other measure of , reform , and would effect a speedy change in the Constitution , which would per , manenfly benefit of all classes of society .

      Mr . Ruffy RTDLfiY- ^ Feliow-workmen / the time has now come when the werklng classes of this country will think and judge for themselves , when they will no longer be led by men high in power for their own selfish purposes ; too long have we assisted in agitations which have had for theit end not the good of the working men ; they have put this forth , but you have discovered it to be a fallacy . There havebeen agitatioHs carried on , with yoar assistance , for the benefit of abase oligarchy . Never were the operatives of this kingdom plunged in auch extreme want and degra dation . Never were the aristocratic classes wallowing in such luxury , vice , and debauchery . The grand question is , will you any longer submit to this state of things ? Will you not act upoa tha advice which the

      quack Doctor , Peel , gave you some few years ago—to take your affairs into youri own hands ? You have tried the Tories and the Whigs , and the only difference is this : —the Tory is a well-known thief , while the Whig has , in the last ten years , proved himself to be equally as big a thief . They hare both done all that has Itin in their power to oppress you , who are the foundation of all the real property of the country . The Tories now offer you the eliding scale to remedy the distress of the country . . What effect will this have upon those poor wretches , who are now starving in out highways and our by-ways , when , if they had the will roduce

      they could p a remedy which would give almost an instantaneous benefit to you ; but can you expect these men ever to da aught for your advantage , unless they themselves can reap the , greater share ?—(• ' never , never" ) . You must resolve to unite hand in hand for this grand object of obtaining your Charter—yeu must prove that the same blood flows in your veins which flowed in the Vfcins of your forefathers—you must no longer be content with singing V Britons never will be Blaves , " but you must make it true to the letter , so will you confer happiness on yourselves and prosperity on the whole kingdom . I shall now propose the following resolution : — ¦ ¦ ' ..: • ¦

      " That this meeting is of © pinion that the Heuse of Commons is not compatible with the spirit of the British Constitution , which supposes three equal estates , viz :, a power of the Throne—r » power of the lorJs—and a power of the People coequal , whereas , it is evident to observation , that the majority , of the Commons are returned by the influence of the Upper House . Limited constituencies , open votings and property qualifications being the cause and the means of bribery and corruption , by which two-thirds of the seats in the Commons'House of Parliament are filled by members of the aristocracy to the exclusion oi the popular voice ; it is , therefore , the opinion of this meeting , that these and all other evils arising out of them , are only to be remedied by the adoption of the People ' s Charter . "

      Mr . Ridley then entered into the benefits to be derived from the adoption of the People ' s Charter , and the manner in which they had been deprived of their ancient rights ; he then entered into an examination of the Corn Laws , and showed clearly that the capitalist , by the aid of machinery , would monopolise every benefit to be obtained from their repeal , unless the people Were in possession of political power ; they would then not only be able to see a large loaf throngh the window , but would cave tha bond in their hand , by which they could guarantee that the benefit weuld flow In the right channel—the stomachs of the poor . Mr . R . then expatiated on the accursed Poor Law and concluded a speech which was much applauded , by exhorting them to join in no agitation in which the Charter was not first and foremost nailed to the mast —( tremendous cheers ) . -I ' .- ' ..-. . V

      Mr . Leigh rose to second the resolution . They had met on this , as ; on many other occasions , for the purpose of following the ad vice of Peel , and taking their affairs into their own hand ? . One of the most important questions in the great moral political struggle which is now being carried throughout the : land , ia , are the people justified in assembling to dlauss these aubjects ? is it necessary that they should so assemble ? and is there any probability of effecting the great change which we have in view ? We will examine these points , in order to wrench from the hands of our enemies , every possible weapon they can bring against lisi ; that we are justified in this object is admitted by both factions when it suits their party purposes . They then assert that it is an inalienable right of the people to assemble

      and demand of the Legislature , a speedy redress of their grievances . The greatest luminaries of our country , a Locke , a Bacon , l and others ; the ancient philosophers of Greece and Rtirae have all asserted this fundamental principle , that taxation without representation is a tyranny and not a government . This is Baid to be the base of the British constitution ; and if this is its base let us see how the superstructure is raised and of what materials it is composed- ¦; the people being the corner stone , the Government should rest on public opinion . It is not the building which constitutes the church , but the congregation which assemble in the building . Public opinion is nothing if it is not the free will expression of the whole people ; build on this , and you will raise a glorious structure which all may inhabit .

      A Government will then be formed emanating from the free voices of a mighty and an intelligent people . We will now consider if there isa probability of this change being speedily effected we aro taunted by our enemies that we meet to no purpose ; they say you are going to a meeting at the Charter Coffee House , or to this place and the other place ; you will hear what the orators have got to say , the gaping staring thousands will do the same . You will do this agajn and again , and yet remain exactly in the same state ; but this is not the case ; the thinking faculties have been set to work , and if there is anything true in the old saying that a little leven willleven the whole lump , ho will the public epinion generated at this , and other other public meetings rise into such a tremendous roar that our

      tyrants shall shako in their own shoes . The infamous Cdstlereagh passed his six gagging acts , fettering the right of public meetings ,, but ' - if the present strong Government , as it is called , were only to attempt to breathe an inclination to re-enact them ; if they were only to whisper it in their dreams in the present effervescing state of society , it would bo like a spark falling on a powder magazine , they would all be blown up together —( loud cheer * . ) We have now brighter prospects than ever before us ; the press that hitherto occupied every vacant column with anathemas against us has how begun to discover that we have some little influence , that Feargua O'Connor haa some small modicum of talent , that there has been some thousands of persons present at his meetings , and that they have really

      conducted themselves better than they expected they could . The press Is now endeavouring to see which way the wind blows ; they are convinced that some tremendous change is at hand , and they have set their watchmen on the towers of self interest to watch which way the current will eventually set This is a sign of the times , a sign that the Chartist schoolmaster has been abroad , that meetings like the present havebeen useful , that they have instructed the people to steer clear of those shoals and quicksanda on which they have hitherto been wrecked ; our principles are those which are destined to regenerate millions yet unborn ; they will confer on millions those blessings which past generations have in vain sighed for ; we owe this to oui increased knowledge ; they could only see the promised land , as in a glass darkly ; " but we have now arrived near to this millenium . Public indignation will quickly sweep away the present House of Commons ; and we shall be enabled to elect those who will indeed be the

      representatives of the people . Each will then sit under his own vine and his own fig-tree , enjoying the fair fruit of his labour . Mr . Leigh then dissected , in his usual talented manner , the Corn Law question , showing that we hail arrived at such a high and ; prominent position , that we could come down upon the : League , aod say , if you want assistance , you must join us , for in foul weather and fair weather , through persecution and prosecution , we have ' dose without assistance . We have attained , with your opposition , our present proud pre-eminence ; and if you need usj you must come to us , for we will not come to you—we will not yield a shadow of a point of the glorious fabric of the peopled liberties —( cheering . ) Mr . Leigh then administered a severe castigation to the Marshalls , Cobdens , and other leaders of thu League , during which . Mr , O Connor entered the room , and was received with great applause from all quarters of the building . Mr . Leigh then wound his aubject to a close .

      Fjsabgus O'Conn 6 b , amidst great cheering , then rose and said— 'It J 3 now nearly seven years since I first addressed a Radical Association in Westminster . Then a small cookloft would have held us all , and now we are full both in and out I was much pleased with the pertion of Mr . Leigh ' s speech which 1 heard , and wiU enter a little more into the details : of the aubject . These men call themselves great philanthropists ; they alone have bowels of compassion for the poor ; they yearn over your miseries , and are anxious to give you cheap food ; but you know , my friends , that you cannot have more of a cat than the cat and her skin ; you caunct have the big cake , if they first ^ eat it for you . Look at the fortunes of Aikwnght and others acquired by this system of machinery . Do not mistake me . No one admires the man who is the maker

      of his own fortune more than I do . He is infinitely better than the fool who is byrn with a silver spoon in his mor . th ; but look at Arkwright , taken from his lathering box when he could scarcely put a wig in hU window until ha ftrat borrowed the money , anc now * . e ia worth , they , say , thiiteen millions . of money But . suppose this to ^ an ^ exaggera tio n , « y lt is only £ 5 , 000 , 000 , and say that he employed on /; thousand hands in creating this wealth , would not £ ' i 000 000 for himself be a largo share ? would not this W ' a sufficiency for bis outlay of capital ? this would allow £ 4 , 000 to each of bis workmen , or £ 200 a year for ever to those who had created this mighty mass . of wealth and would allow to Arkwiight ^ who bad only been a speculator in their labour , £ 50 , 000 a year for ever Would not this be a more equitable ^ distribution than that Arkwright should at present have his

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      £ 200 , 000 a year , while hiai poor lab purew a > e many of them enduring the pangs of starvation in cella of that cold-blooded system - of tyranny , a Poor Law Bastile ? I do not eome here to make a speech , I am going to talk to you to snow you to yourselves in tWemiiror of nature . I tell you that the Reform Bill was a struggle , with , which , you ; had no cphnectien ; it Was a battle between the lords of machinery and the * landed aristocracy , to « ee to which of their battledora you ( the shuttlecock ) should be handed over . The miUocrat told the aristocrat that he hail got too much out of you , and tie must let him have a squeeze . You have seen these men derive benefits from that measure , but I ask you where is your share ? Look at thesei men who now ask you to assist them in the repeal of the Corn

      Laws , did they not make their money by the present Corn Laws , which they ; now seek to destroy ? did not the majority once inhabit the cellars ? were they not glad when they reached ; the cottage ? but now they have got into the msnaion they overlook , they pretend never to know aught of the cottage ; they now denounce the landed aristocracy , ; yet when they have accumaiatod £ 100 ^ 000 , what ia the first thing they do with it ? why , invest it in land . ' - ' - / There is Brown , ef Leeds , has just given £ 100 , 000 for an estate ; Marshall has just given £ 50 , 000 with his siater , to Lord Monteagle , and so on through the piece . We have at present three ocracies ; the aodocmcy , the smokeocrflcy , and the monocracy . , I have been a sporting man though never a gamble * , and I would bet the monocracy against the

      other two , one up and the other down ; or if they both unite I would bet the mobocracy againat them , both at once . These Repealets never thought of Chartlam untq there wasa majority of 123 against them . They w « ht to bed ahtl-Chattists on Wednesday night , and rose Chartists on Tfcuraday morning , like the man at the time of the Catholic Emancipation Bill , who went to bed a sound Protestant , and rose in the morning a thorough Catholic ; but they say th * y were ' always of Chftrtiat joiinci ples . No thanks to them , they cant deny them , but they don't like the name . Is not Chartism as good a name as Whiggery ? Do they like Russell ' s Purge ? They put me in mind of Brotlierton , in the HouBe : Cobden i ho said , never had a mill in his life ; it was a print-work—they did ' nt call it a mill . Like the

      constable who went to apprehend an Irishman , and asked him if bis name was not Thomas Mir an ? ' « No , faith , it was not ; it was Tom Miran ''—( loud laughter . ) These fellows will grant you all but the name . But , first , they want to get rid of Feargus ; but you never aaw a leech stick so to a wound as I will stick to these fellows . When I was in Birmingham the other night I gave them Ghartism to their heart ' s content I remember the story of an Irish maiden lady , who had a red cat . She was never married , and therefore was very fond of the cat ; but asking Molly one day where the red jug was , " Ob , marm , the divil of a cat has broke it , bad luck to her . " Well > a few days passed , and the blue jug was aaked for ; " Plase yer Ladyship , and the divil of a cat has broken that , too . " So the

      devil of a cat was given to a neighbour . Presently , the black tea-pot was broken , ana again Molly swore " it was the ould divil come back agaiD . " So puss was condemned to be killed , the poor brute ; but , faith , this was not enough . ^ The cream-jug was broken , and Molly again swore that " cats had nine lives , and the divil of the cat had come down the chimney , and broke the crime-jug "—( laughter . ) They want to get rid of Feargus . . Now , I am the red cat If they give me to a neighbour , I shall cotue back ; if they kill me , I shall come down the chimney ; and if I do not , they will have another bull in the china shop , for no power under heaven can ever drive the Charter from your mindsno force can ever weaken your attachment to Its principlea , You have the 658 Members making long

      speeches in the House of Commons , which scarce a working man thinks it worth while to read . Coming down to this house I Saw many carcases of meat , and I said that is good ; but of what use is that when class legislation deprives you of the means of purchasing them ? Where ' will you look to fora remedy for thia ? Will you look to the Whigs ? They have as many principles as a cameiion has colours . Will you look to the " new move" men , with their complete and ^ manhood suffrage ? they call it complete auffrage . They will give you all except the abolition of the ; Property Qualification clause , and the Payment of Members . I call this no suffrage at all ; it is like giving a child a clasp-knife , which you are sure it cannot open . Suppose all the people

      of Westminster Were collected outside this window to elect Members to Parliament ; and . suppose Ruffy Ridley or . Leigh to be candidates , and four others , you wight DO desirous of electing Kuffy or Leigh , their conduct having entitled them to your confidence ox respect , but this you could riot do ; they a * e xipV-msn'o'f property , so you must , per force , take one out of the other four , or . not vote at all ; and even if you could return the man of your choice , say Ruffy , if you did not pay him he must starve , unleaa , like the Scotsman who would not pay his ; seryant , but sent Kim to the larder , to the banker , &c , to pay himself , until he soon got the upper hand of hia master . This is the way with the preaent system . You do not pay them ; but they pay themselves . Look around at your London shops , with

      their windows costing £ 15 or £ 16 each , and you would see that they have empty shops and warehouses , although they contrive to make a splendid show in their windows , and yet they have been so blind as to support those whose interest ia the most diametrically opposed to their own . Their interest and that of the manufacturer is of an opposite and conflicting character . We all admit the benefits of improvements in machinery ^ yet we see that we have derived no benefit from them . We see that the millocracy have increased in wealth , because all the labour baa been done by co d machinery . We do not wish to put a stop to machinery—we desire to turn it to man ' s benefit , and not to bis destruction . We know that if each man ' s share went into each man ' s pocket wo should soon be enabled to

      say to them , you may keep your ill-gotten plunder—we have the vote , and : will speedily render ourselves independent of you They remind me of the atory of the American Captain , who having taken a vessel , offered to divide . With hia mate a cask of brimstone , telling him he meant to give him equal justice ; so breaking the brimstone into two very unequal shares , asking him to take hia choice , but he should have the one he htld , which of course was the largest . Thus it is : they Rive us the blarney , but secure all the substantial comforts to themselves . These men say to ua , now we will give you the Charter ; but they mean their Charter , not our Charter . What would be the result of our Charter ? Why , in the morning , we would repeal the infernal Poor Law Bill ; at noon we would charter a ship to bring

      back Frest , Williams , Jonea , and others ; and at night , we would remove every restriction upon trade with the whole world , and would take care that the benefits flowed into the proper channel . The poor pitifuVdevils who are talking of cheap bread dont pull the right cord —like Paganini , they play only on one string . There had ought to be a commission of lunaey iaaued against them ; they talk of admitting about £ 4 , Oo 6 , OOO worth of foreign corn , but say not a word of the £ 10 , 000 , 000 abstracted by the church . Let them take £ 4 , 000 , 000 off that , or if that is not enough , let them take all the £ 10 , 000 , 000 , and we should then have a truly good and independent clergy . During these few months a large houBe in Derby had reduced the wages of their bobbin net weavers at the rate of £ 40 in the year ; they employ

      eighty men ; here ia a saving of £ 3 , 200 " ayear , enough surely to compensate them for cheap bread . Suppose the Com Jiaws repealed to-morrow , and that we should be enabled to beat the slaves in their own market ; we could bring the raw material from America , manufacture it , pay coat of inaurance , freight , and risk , and sell it cheaper than they could manufacture the goods at borne . Is not this givi . g as much British labour away as is equal to the charge of the freight , insurance , and risk . Aye , but say the Manufacturers , our machinery wiU enable us to beat the whole wortt ; I admit it , but at the same time it has enabled them to beat the labourer at home—( hear , hear ) . If you never aaw a machine , it equally effects you as those it has displaced . If the Shopkeepers have lost their consumers ; if they cant

      sell , they dont want you to make for them . Look at Nel 8 on'a Monument and the Houses of Parliament ; if there was enough to do in the provinces , could Grissell and Peto get these rapscallions to supply the places of those honest men now on strike . The same principle applies to every trade . I lay it down as a principlaof political economy . that if 10 , 0-Oft men could do all the work in a ratio of five miles , and 300 ft men were forced into that marketi that it would be better to pay those 3000 men liberal wages to do nothing , than allow them to come into the market and constitute a reserve for the masters to fall back upon ^ This- caused the legislature to pat down the Trades' Unions at the time of the Dorchester labourers ; They wish for competition , thatthey may glut the market , and bring you to their terma . At

      tha tailors' meeting on Monday night , which was the most important ever held in London , although the press scarcely noticed it ;—if it had been a Corn Law meetii ^ they would have bad six : columns cf it If we beat them , we perhaps get a few lines , but if they bt at us , which , tbank God , is seldom , they have two columns of it . Well , at the tailors" meetings the Chaiiman said that the Trades' Unions had ; not answered the purpose for wbien they were intended , and why is it ? Why f pj ? want of the Charter ; but i&ther than givethisoi tneir free ¦' will , . -they would cause the country t © run with blood ; they know they have made millions from not having the Charter , - andthat if we bad it they could only have their fair share ; Never was London so up to the mark . I have told them in the country that they may go to alt ep , and that London will carry the Charter . Never were the shopkeepers so bad off ; they will soon be forced from necessity to join us- they will no longer be gulled by the W hig plea that

      we are too ignorant . K we are too ignorant to assist ourselyes , we are top ignorant to aasist them ; we should lead them astray ; surely they would not unite with madmeni We want the Charter for them and ourselves , —like the old woman and the hot planter . She had an oppression of the heart , and the doctor gave her a sheep skin planter , and calling a few weeks after , he asked whether it had done her good . " Oh yes . Sir , it has done me good , and Tim good too . " "How , " says the doctor , ¦ • • has it do ne Tim good . " Why , the pliiBter cured me and then made a fine seat to Tim ' s breeches—( great laughter . )—We want the Charter to cure the oppressions cf our hearts , and then when it has done tout it may make a « eat to their breeches in the Hoase of Commons . The very aii is now redolent with Chartism . The present ^ Hou se of Commons no more represents the feelings 6 f this country , than it does those of Russia . A qnestion affecting the inteiesta of Russia , or the great wall in China , would be more

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      calmly and justly discussed tban the interest * of the British working class . You have been told we have no union ; that the ^ Irish peoplei-ire net ^^ with us . Do not belieyb ; .. itV ' .. Pad 4 y .: - ' is '* 'a ' ' abjrewid ^ fdlQw : ' ji and once puthim on the right scent and nothing will shake him off . You are more dependent , living from hand to mouth ; but Pad ^ ay ia the beat agitator in the world ; WhSnThe digs ni i the praHes in August , he is garrisoned for six months . If they Bad not stopped him be wonld soon have aboliahed . tithes . I was take to the bar of my country for the part I took in that agitation , I * ^ t to be endured that the Irish people should' pay a paraba Six days in the week to denounce them on the seventh ? But Jww will they abolish this , save by giving tb # Vote to the Catboiio man instead oif the Protestant land .

      Mr . O Connor UienaWy ^ vocai ^ Union with Ireland , and shewed up the vices of onr church and local establUhmenta .. He then proved to the satisfaction of his audience that there was no necessity for emigration or impottatlon of foreign com if our land was properly cultivated . Give os the Cbarter , and England would support a population » f fifty millions with greater ease than she now supportds twenty-six hullions . " He could scarcely tell them the pride and pleasure with which he contemplated them . In the provinces , where he was personally more known , he designated them his children , and he could assuro them that he had many grey-haired children too , some

      old enough to be his grandfathers ; but never a father loved hia children dearer than he loved the workings classes ; he had stepped withthem , after their meetings were over till two or three o ' clock in the morning , andT never did he hear an immoral word come from their lips ; yet he had often been compelled to leave the company of the rich and powerful from disgust at i \ ie unmanly conversation . Andyet these were the mea who were entrusted with power , to the exclusion of the moral and the industrious . Mr . O'Connor concluded by promising the hundreds on the outside to attend an outdoor meeting on the first convenient occasion , and sat down loudly cheered . V ¦ ' ' ¦ The resolutien was then unanimously carried .

      Mr . Brown moved and Mr . WUALEV seconded the adoption ef the National Petitionj which was carried without a diasentient . Mr . O'C 0 NN 6 r moved and Mr . Ridley seconded a vote of thanka to the Chairman , and the meeting broke up with the usual Chartist honours .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , March 4 . . ¦ ¦ . ; . . ' , " BANKROfTS . ¦'" '¦ Gardiner Bogga , WilliaHi laylor , and William Shand , Great Wiuchestyr-Btreet , merchants ; to snrr render March 15 , April 15 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Bankrujits * Court " , solicitors Messrs . Simpson and Cobb , Austinfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell , BasinghalUBtreet . ,. ' .. : . ¦ ¦ ¦ • ¦ -. ; ¦¦¦ •¦; . ' - > - ' ¦ "¦¦'¦' . ' -. : ¦ ¦ "¦ - - ¦ ¦ . ¦ ' " •'¦;¦ Samuel Fox Stephens , Old Broad-street , bill-broker . March 11 , at half-past eleven o ' ciocfc , April 15 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court : solicitor , Mr . Cox , Pinner's-hall , Old Broad-street ; bfiicbl asaignee , Mr . Belcher . ' : . •'¦ ¦ ; :: ' ¦ -. - "¦• ¦ ¦ - : . ¦ S : ¦ ' : ¦

      Wilham Nathan Hunt , Watling-8 tre < t . stationer , March 14 , at two o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupta' Court : solicitor , Mr . Wooller , Bucklers bury ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Baslnghall atreet . V . ..- ¦ ' , :, ¦ ¦¦¦ . ' . . ' ¦ . ; : / .. / •'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - ¦''¦ •¦¦ ' . '¦¦ Richard Walrend Forge , Billingsgate ; Lower Thamesstreet , fish saleamari , March 11 , at one o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' Conrfc : Solicitor , Mr . Cox , Size-lane ; official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Baainghall-street . "¦ v ' . " '¦ . '¦ . ¦ . ' ; - ' ; '¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ , ; > .. ¦ :: ¦ ¦; . •;¦¦ ¦ ' . '¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ James Nixon , < 3 freat Portland-street , Oxford-street , upholsterer , March 19 , at twelve o ' clock , April 1 & , at eleven , at the Bankrupts * Court : solicitor , Mir . Tato , Baainghall-street ; omcial asaignee , Mr . Edwards , Fre * derick ' a-place , Old . Jewry .

      John Wright , Birmingham , [ cabinet-maker , March 18 , at two o ' clock , April 15 , at twelve , at the Watetloo-rooma , Birmingham : aqlieitor , Mr . Whitebouse , Chancery-lane . . ' V John Critchwley , Liverpool , bricklayer , March If , ApTil 15 , at two o cloek , at the Clarendon-roomS i Liverpool : 8 olicitor 8 , . - . ' . Messr ? . Sbarpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row , and Afr . Banner , Liverpool Charles Henry Webb , Forebridge , Staffordshire , corndealer , March 16 , at one o ' clock , April 15 ; at twelve ^ Bt the Swan Inn . Staff ed ta ^ llcitora , Messrs . Clowes and Wedlake , King ' s Bench Walk , Temple ; and Messrs . Hiern and Ward . Staffoid .

      John M » tson Bidden , Wingham , Kent , maltster , March 32 , AprU 15 , » t twelve o ' clock , at the Guildhall , Canterbury : solicitors , Messrs . Egan , Waterman , and Wright , Essex-street , Strand ; and Messrs . Curteis and Kingsfotd , Canterbury . > E-lward Davia , Bath , architect , March 15 , April 15 , at twelve o ' clock , at the White Hart Inn , Bath : aplidtors , Mr ; Frowd , Esatx-strefct , Strand ; and Messrs . Crutwell and Sons ; Bath . ; ! James Birch Partridge , Birmingham , dealer in Birmingham ware , March 14 , at twelve o ' clock , April 15 , at eleven , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham : solioitora . MK Chaplin , Gray ' fi-inn-aquare ; and Mr . Harrison , Birniingbaro . ' / ' :. '? : ¦

      Thomas Baldwin ^ Worceater , inn-keeper , March II , April 15 , at eleven o ' clock , at the Packhorae Inn , Worcester : solicitors , Mr . Lett , Bartlett ' s-buHdings , Holborn ; and Mr . Finch > Worcester . Henry Harrison , Mancheater , and Old Broad-street , London , commission ^ agent , March 16 , April 15 , at feu o ' clock , at the Cpmmissioners ' -rooms , Manchester : solicitors , Mr . Scott , Lincoln ' s-inn-fields ; andMr . Morria , Mancheater . . ' , ' ¦¦' / : ' : ¦' --: ¦;' : ¦ : '' : ¦} William Slater , Wbitegate , Cheshire , banker , March 16 , April 15 , at two o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms ' , Liverpool : solicitors , Air . Cole , Adelphi-terrace , Strand ; and Mr . Saxon , Northwich . Daniel Antrobus , Great Budwortn , Cheshire , saltmerchant , March 16 , April 15 , at one o ' clock , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool : solicitors , Mr . Cole , Adelphl-terrace , Strand •• : and Mr . Saxon , Northwich .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . M . Knowlei and Co ., Higher Booths , Lancashire , caiico-printer > . T . Blackburne and Co ., Liverpool , ale and porter dealers . T . Thompson and J . Fanset , Liverpool , painter ^ . J . Tipton and W . Jetson , Manchester ; . pattern-card-roakers . C . Jones , J . Gray , and R . J Keen , Liverpool , opticians ; aa far as regards C . Jones . J . Maralandand Co ., Manchester , cotton merchants .: Taylor and Greenwood , Sheffield , joiners . Scatcberd , Hirst , and Co ., Huddersfleld , fancy cloth-manufasturers ; so fax as reiarda J . Hirst ; A- Sykea , and J . Hirst . . . ¦ : . ' ¦ ¦ - : ' " .: ' . ' ¦ . ' ' ¦ ' " '¦ ¦

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Mmreb 8 . . . ' . " ¦ ' BANKRUPTS / ¦' ., . ; - ¦' . ' ¦ : . Elizi Hayes ,, picture-dealer , Pickett-street , Strand , to surrender March 22 , at half-past eleven , and April 19 , at two , at the Ceurt of Bankruptcy . A laager , Birchin-lane , official assignee ; Temple and Bonner , Furnivai's Inn . ' v , ; George : Robertson , John Garlow , and John Alexander , ship-chandlers , Liverpool , March 19 , and April 19 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms , LiverpopL Solicitors , Duncan and Radcliffe , Liverpool ; Adlington , Gregory , Faulkner , and Follett , Bedfordrow . ' . ' . ' . ¦ . "¦¦ ¦ ¦• / . .:. . ' ¦ ¦ "V ¦ . ' " :: / , ¦ ::.. ' ¦' . ;¦ .. ;•¦ ¦" ''¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ' . '¦ . " James Alexander , dealer and chapman , Newcaetleupon-Tyne , April 4 , at eleven , and April 19 , at tte . Bankrupt Commission-room , Royal Arcade , Newcastla-upon-Tyne . ' Solicitor , Harie , Newcastle-upon-. Tyne ,. : ' . " ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ ' .- V ¦ •;¦ . " ' ' .: C ; ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ > -, ; : ;¦¦;¦ . ¦ : ;; .. ¦¦ -.

      . :.. Ann Leach , John Leach , and James Leach , builders , Brick-lane , SpiUlnelda ; March 18 > at one , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Lackington , official assignee , Goietu&n-street'baildinga ; solicitors ^ Dickaon and Overbury , Frederlck ' s-plac « , Old Jewry . Richard Loxbam , printer , Wigan , March 24 , and April 19 y at the Swan Inn , Bolton-le-Moora . Solicitoia , Armstrong , Staple-inn , London ; Lord and Ackeiley , Wigan . ¦¦ ' ; ' ' ¦¦ , ;¦ . . - ¦' . ¦ ¦ . ¦ : ¦ "¦ ¦ . ¦ . ' . ¦ ' - ¦;¦ . ' , ¦ ' /¦ ¦ ' - . :- .. ¦ Samuel Lewis Lazirua , cqaeh proprietor ^ Jermyiastreet , St . Jamea ' a ; March 17 ; at eleven , and April 19 , at half-past one , at the Court of Bankruptcy ^ Solicitors , Whitmore , BisinghaU-Btreet , efiicial asaignee , Gilbert , Craven-street , Strand . Thomas Stephenson , coach-maker , Maneiieste ? , March 2 . 4 , at ten , and April 19 , at two , at the Commlssionera * - rooms , Manchester ; Solicitors , WiUoughby and Jaquet , Clifford's Inn , London ; Cooper and Wray , Manchester . ¦ :.

      William Walker and James Gray , eloth mannfacturers , Leeds , March 22 , at twelve , and ApriM 9 , at ten , at the Cbmmjssloners-roonis , lieeds . Solicitow , Wilsori v Southampton-Etreet , Bloomsbttry-square , Lon- ^ don ; Payne , Eddison , ' andFord , Leeds . .-Thomas Gales , WU liam Jonn Guest , John Forster Naisby , and Matthew Kirtley , ship-builders , Marcfii 1 . 6 , at twelve , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Bridge Hotel , Bishop Weatmouth . Solicitors , Bell , Brodrick , and Bell , Bow Chuieh-yard , Cheapaide , London ; Wilsons Sunderland . - ¦¦ Joseph Carlisle , draper , Bury , Lancashire , Mareb 24 , and April 19 , at twelve , at the CommiflsionertH rooms , Swan Inn , Bolton-ie-Moors , Lancashire . SoHdtors , Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln's Inn-fields , London ; GrundyBury / Lancashire . ::

      , . . William Holmes , silk gauze manufacturer , Fridaystreet , Cheapside , London , March 18 , at one , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Conrfc of Bankruptcy . Green , Aldermanburyi official assignee ; selicitora , Reed and Shaw , Friday-street , Cheapside . ¦ ¦' ,. Edward Mullinger , ironmonger , Southampton , March 26 , at three , and April 19 , at four ; at the Star Hotel , Southampton . Solicitors , Edward Amis Chaplain , Gray ' s-inn-square , Middlesex ; Btubbs and HoUlngsv Birmingham . ' J . William ChaTnock , plumber , ^^ Albion terrace , wiwdaworth-road , Surrey , March 22 and April 19 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Groom , Abchurch-laae , offlcial asaignee ; solicitor , Bebb , Argyll-street , Regentstreet ¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ . •¦ - ' ¦ ¦ "' ¦ ¦¦'¦ . ' ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ ¦^ v . ; ' : ¦ > - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ,. ¦ - ; .. v " ;

      Geerge Annealey Thompson and Benjamin James Thompaon , ironfounders , Wylam , Northnmberland , ! March 31 , and April 19 , at eleven , at the Bankmpt Comuilssion-roonr , NewcaJjUe-upaa-Tyne . Solicitow , Meggison , Pringle , and Maniaty , KingSi-rdad ,-Bedfpid-Tow , London ; Brokett and PhUUpson , Newcartte * upon-Tyne . ; ¦ ¦¦ ' .. .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . ' .. ; " : ¦'¦ : ¦ ¦ , " - ' ^/\ ¦ ¦ . - ¦¦ '¦?' . ¦¦ ¦

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 12, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct589/page/3/