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      . SVow Ready , PRICE SIXPENCE , Beautifully Illustrated . . and Stitched in an Elegant Wrapper , the First Part of the : UNKNOWN ; A Weekly Magazine , Written and Conducted exclusively by Self-Eduoated Men and Women . 11 It has seldom been our lot to witness a mort complete realization of the combining of amusement with instruction . "— The Evening Star . London , W . Strange , and all Booksellers .

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      on Friday , at Bristol . The reporters for thepreM were excluded : it was understood , however , the meeting deeided , that the Great Western—which , it was stated , is now making a profit—should re-oommeuce running in the spring , unless she should meanwhile be advantageously sold ; that the Great Britain , the immense iron steamer , should be finished and equipped for sea ; and that the sum of £ 20 , 000 should be raised on loan . Lbtters sent under envelope to any part of America aro charged as double letters by the post office there—thus , nine-pence is the inland postage of a single letter ; but iu an envelope , the charge is one shilling and sixpence . They who have friendj should remember shis .

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      e&iaui , oiApuiiuo fjor roujiiu , uiauo uy i uuuipauii Brothers , Wholesale Tea Dealers , Halifax , Yorkshire . [ ' This very superior Beverage claims the custom of the Consumers on several grounds , viz : —Its first rate Quality and Price , and that a Tenth of the Proceeds of tho Sale goes to the Chartist Council , Another feature in it is worthy of insertion , that they are the only makers in Yorkshire that contribute from its Sale . The Consumers of Yorkshire will do well to remember this fact , and that theirs is tho best hitherto discovered , ( having the evidence of Agents to prove this ) that it is also the lowest in Price , ( a powerful recommendation ) and that every Penny in Ten is given in at the Star Office ; therefore , ask for that of Thompson Brothers , and get your Tradesmen from whom you purchase , if he has not it in Stock , to write for it . The Makers purposely abstain allusion to the " nutritiouiness , " tho " digestive , " the " wholesomeness " of the article , as may be seen in the advertisements of many Vendors , not wishing to tread on the Ground of the Quack Doctor . Carriage paid ; and remember no License is rf quired for its sale , not even a shop is requisite . All orders shall have best and prompt attention . Halifax , November 1 , 1842 .

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      CAMPBELL'S POLITICAL DEMOCRATIC SONG AND RECITATION BOOK , NOW READY , BEING selections from tho most approved Authors in the English Language , comprising Byron , Moore , Pope , Shakspeare , Shelley , Petrie , &c , as well as several original Pieces from popular characters in the Democratic Party . Price Is . Campbell ' s Examination of the Cora and Provision Laws . Price 6 d . May now be had by applying at 180 , Holborn . Tho above Works can be had of Campbell , 180 , Holborn ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane ; Leach , Manchester ; and all Booksellers . Mr . Campbell has opened a Wholesale and Retail Book Shop , at 180 , Holborn . All periodicals of the day are continually on sale . Newspapers sent out to parties who order them , and all orders punctually attended to . The Works of Paine , Godwin , Voltaire , Southey , Pope , Milton , Byron , &c , on sale . Also , John Watkins' Wat Tyler , and John Frost . Price 6 d . each , can now be had . Mr . Campbell is also Wholesale Agent for Crockford ' s Breakfast Beverage . N . B , The Evening Star , daily Chartist paper , sent to all parts of the United Kingdom .

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      To the Chartists of Great Britain and Ireland ; but more especially the Agricultural Labourers and Trades . NOW PUBLISHING , CAMPBELL'S PENNY DEMOCRAT , AND POLITICAL ILLUMINATOR . The work consists of plain and familiar expositions of the Six Points embodied in the People ' s Charter—information on the progress of Machinery —the depreciation in the various trades , professions , and employments in the manufacturing and agricultural districts—the rise and progress of trades ' unions—the causes thereof— commencing with the agricultural labourers , weavers , spinners , tailors , shoemakers , hatters , carpenters , masons , bricklayers , &o ., cVc ., &c . —the corruptions of the State Church—the evils of the laws of primogeniture—the abuses of the army and navyr-the tyranny of the Anglicised Bourbon police—the frauds of the banking and usury system—with other useful information , from time to time , bearing on the interest of society . # Statistics will be selected from the best authorities , and every exert ' on made to render the publication a terror to evil doers , and a valuable addition to the library of the working man . Contributions to the Work , with Statistical Information from Trades' Clubs and Societies respecting the actual state of wages , &c , will be gladly received , as the Statistics got up by Government authorities and capitalists cannot often be depended upon , where the interests of the working men are concerned . No > anonymous letters paid attention to . All communications to be directed ( post paid ) to John CampbeU , Bookseller , Hoibora Hill , London . To make the Democrat more interesting , a Bio graphical Memoir of each Member of the late Convention will appear in the consecutive Numbers of the Work . Nos . 1 , 2 , 3 , and 4 are now ready . _ Also , will he published , by J . Campbell , on the 24 th day of December next , in six weekly Numbers , a Play , to be entitled " Magna Charta , " written by John Watkins , author of the Plays " Wat Tyler " and John Frost , " and several other Works . Orders for the Work must be immediately forwarded to 180 UoiborQ , Joshua Hobson ' s Almanac on Sale .

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      Losdos . —All persons holding money or tic £ ets for the late Lottery are requested to settle for them-on Sunday next , at 55 , Old Bailey , or their n- Ames will be published as defaulters . A Ball and Concert will be given by the female Chartists of Kniehisbrid ^ e , on Tuesday next , at the Stag Tavern , Fulham Road . Tickets 9 < 1 . each . The proceeds to be giTen to the political vi . ctims . A Public MxEXisa of the youths o £ Lambeth will be held on Wednesday evening at tie hall , 1 Shin a Walk , to consider the Iate-di ^ uibaiice 3 in the north . Mt . Cleave -will take thechar . Jlr . FAB'&FXwiH IrT : ure < on Sur » Qay evening , at the Britannia , Up ^ cT Uhaynan-stroet , St . George's in ihe East . Mb . Whesx ^ r will lecture on Sunday evening at tha Gold Beaters' Anns , Somerstown .

      A Bah . aw » Concert gotupby the Female Chartists of Kni 2 htsbridge , will be held on Tuesday evening , at the Stag Tavern , 'Fulham-read , Chelsea . Tickets 3 d . each ; the proceeds to go for the political victims . A Lbcttse will be delivered on Tuesday evening at the Working Man ' s Hall , Kingston , by & gentleman from London . Ml Farms will lecture at the Britannia , Upper-Chapman-street , St . George ' s Easi , on Sunday , at eigh ; o ' clock . Tre ilEiffiERS of the Britannia locality-, Upper-ChHJJman'Street , are requested to attend a general meeting on Sunday , at seven o ' clock in the evening , on business of the greatest importance to this locality .

      " WousiSG M \ s ' s Hall , Mils End Road . —Mr . FosJell will lecture here on Sunday evening . Fixsbcbt . —The Chartists of thi 3 locality are requested to meet on Tuesday evening at the Canon Coffee House , Old Street Roid . Hokss Tavern CarciFJS Lane . —This locality , hitherto called the " Bermondsey locality , " will in future be called the " St . Olave ' a and St . John ' s locality . " Mr . Fussell will lecture to the members at the above place , on Monday evening next , st ei ^ ht o ' clock . Braotord . —The Female Chartists of Manchester Road are rf quested to meet on Sunday , at two o ' clock , at the house of Mr . Smyth , Thomasstreet .

      Mr . Cusset , ef Mill Bridge , will preach two sermons © n Sunday next , in the Large Room , Butterworth-boildinga—the first at two oVlock , the second at six in the evening , when collections will be mad 6 for Wm . EU's . The Chartists meeting at Butterworth-buildings are requested tc attend at ten o ' clock on Sunday morning , on important business . The Chabtists of Dunkirk-street will meet at the house of Mr . Shepherd , Robin Hood , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Thb Chartists of Manchester-road will meet on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock . The members are requested to be punctual in their attendance .

      The Chartists of Great Horton meet every evening in their Room , where the Evening Star , Chartist Circular , and other tracts are read . A few more subscribers to the library are wanting to complete the fall number according to rule . The Chartists of Little Hobto . n are requsted to meet on Sunday evening next , at six o ' clock . The Chabtists of Bowling Back-lane , will meet on Sunday morniag at ten o ' clock , to take into consideration the proposal of the General Council , respecting the appointment of a delegate to the Birmingham Conference to be held on the 27 th of December . The Chabtists who are desirons of establishing s School on Snndays , in the Large Room , BBtterworth-bmldings , are requested to attend on Sunday , at twelve o ' clock .

      Keighlet District . —The next meeting of thisdistrict will be holden in the Working Man ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , November 30 th , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . The delegates are particularly requested to be pnnctual to the time . Delegates from every locality are solicited * Manchester . —Mr . Bernard M'Cartney will deliver two lectures , in the Carpenters' Hall , on Snnday ( to-morrow ) ; one in the afternoon , at half-, past two , and one in the evening , at half-past six . There will be a meeting of tho members in the Carpenters' Hall , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Os Friday BVEjfixo J » £ XT , Mr . Partington will deliver a lecture to the Chartist Joiners and Painters of Manchester in the large anti-room of the Carpenters * Hall .

      Yoek . —Chartist Balls . —The Chartists willhave a ball in their large meeting room , Fossgate , on the evening of Martinmas day , Nof . 25 : h . In consequence of the rapid sale of tickets , tne committee are" convinced that the above room will not-be sufficiently large to accommodate the great number who have already promised their support , they have therefore engaged another large room at the Yorkshireman Coffee Honse , Coppergate , where another ball will be held on the same evening . Both balls will commence at eight o ' clock . Hetwoor—A l ? ctnre will be delivered in this place , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock , p . m ., by a stranger .

      Carlisle . —On Monday evening , November 20 th , Mr . Simon Harkex will read a pamphlet by Robert Dale Owen , " on the hopes and destinies of the human species , " at No . 6 , John-street , Caldewgate . Mr . Harker will give some introductory remarks in the form of a question , — " Are we progressing towards a happier state of human existeace . " East asd North Riding . —Mr . Bairstow will "visit the following places during next week : —Hall on Monday , Beverley on Tuesday , Holme on Wednesday and Thursday , Howden on Friday , and will be in Leeds on Snnday , the 27 th . Huddebsfield . —It is the intention of the Chartists of this district to invite T . Duncombe , and F . 0 'Conner , Esq 3 ., to a public soiree , to be held during the next month .

      Staltbbidgb . —A discussion will take place between Mr . James Le « n , Chartist lecturer , and Mr . John Watts , Social lecturer , on the relative merits of Chartism and Socialism , in the People ' s School , Brierley ' B-street , on Monday , . the 28 th , and on Tuesday , the 25 th instant . Twopence admission . Halifax . —Oa Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Diekenson will deliver two lectures in the large room , Swan-Coppice , at two o ' clock in ihe afternoon , and at six o ' clock in the evening . Mr . Butterlywill deliver a lecture in the abeve room , on Monday evening at eight o ' clock . Upper W ablet . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . " Wallace will preach hi 3 farewell sermon at this place , after which a collection will be made for the family of an incarcerated victim .

      Sheffield . —Fig Tses Lake . —The weekly , harmonic meeting in aid of the Defence Fs . nd , will be held this evening , commencing at half-past seven o ' clock . Ms . Edwt * Gill will lecture on Snnday evening at half-past seven o'clock . Ms . Joh . v West , of Macclesfield , late ef Derby College , will lecture in the above room , Fig-Tree-Lane , on Monday evening , At half-past seven tffclock . Admission , one penny , A FxmnTB ball in aid « f the defence fnn « 2 will ' be held in the above rooa , on Tuesday evonisg . Admissioa Ladie 3 2 d . Gestlemen 3 d ; Lady jmd Gentlemaa 4 d . Dancing to commence at half-past seven o ' clock .

      Mr . Wouak Beeslet , of North Lancashire ., will lecture in the above room -, ( Fig Tree-lane ) on Wednesday -evening , at half-past seven o'clock Admission 1 < L Ma . JoHic W ^ st will deliver a -second lecture is the above room , on Thnrsday evecing , at hall-past £ « ven o'clock . Admission Id . Maschesteb . —The Sub-Secretarie 3 from . the South Lancashire . district are requested to provide lecturers for their respective placet for Sunday ( toBorrow ) , and &a week following , as the Plan Committee do not consider that they woald be justified in Plan

      issuing a new , until the nexi delegate meeting , as they have not received any information from the places at presest on the Plan as to whether they isteod remaining oaor net ; and also of places that wisfe to go on the next Plan ; and the same may be said of the leetarers . The Committee , therefore , hope , that each place will send a delegate to the next delegate meeting , which will be held in the Chartist Room , Brown-street , Manchester , « n Sunday , Nor . 2 Tth , with instructions concerning ti # next Plan . Ail communications for the preseat most be directed for Wm . Dixon , £ 0 . 11 , Nelsonstreet , Bank Top . Manchester .

      Ashtoh'EHDeb-Ltxe . —A meeting of the Chartists of this place will be held in the Association room , Charles Town , on Stmday , at two o ' eleck in the afternoon , when it is requested that all who can stake it convenient will attend , as business ot importance will be brought befor « ther * . There will be a lecture delivered in the abon place at six o ' eloei in the evening . The Defence F « ad committee Bit every S * tard * y , Sunday , and Wednesday evenings , to receive eabeeaptioos . Leeds . —Mr . Dean Taylor will preach on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , in the Room , Cbeapside . To commence predFely at six o'clock . On Monday njght a leetoe will be delivered by a " Hater of Tyranny , " commencing at half-past seven o'clock . DcsooHBrt Souuee Cojoiittks . —This Committee will meet to-morrow afternoon , at two o ' clock , in ilL ™?? * * Che * P s « k' E * ery member of it is moEt waestlj zeqoxsted t » attend .

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      I . OSDOS . —Birmiagham Cofehekck . —An adourned meeting was held on Wednesday evening , at he To ? ms , John-street , Adelphi , to hear the report > f the committee , &c , regarding the best means of electing delegates , Mr . Duncan was called to the ; hair . The Secretary having read the minutes and the address , embodying the report of the committee , Mr . Bungay moved , and Mr . Smith seconded , " ' that it be adopted . " Messrs . Maynard , Peat , Bennett , Webber , Edwards , Robson , and Boggis spoke in approbation of the address . Mr . Bennett moved "that tbe resolution regarding the management of the funds should be discussed previous to the address being carried , that it mieht be embodied in it . Mr .

      Fussell moved , and Mr . Wheeler seconded , that the substance of the following resolution be incorporated in the address : — " That we recommend the fund for paying delegates to the Conference , and for defraying the expences of publio meetings , to be a general one , under the management of a committee and general treasurer . " On a suggestion of Mr . Robson , the words " and for defraying the expencea of publio meetings were erased from tbe resolution . Mr . Bennet moved and Mr . Bungay seconded— " That each borough have the control of its own funds . " Mr . Hoppty moted an addition to the address to the following effect— " That the election of delegates in each borough should take place at the same day and hour . " Mr . Bcggis seconded the addition ; Messrs . ' Peat , Mariey , and Bennett supported it . After a Tery animated discussion , in - « hicb Messrs . Brooks , Newton , iia , ai 2 , Wheeler , Dron , Po z 3 r , Ci > ok , Huecett , Ca . mpbell , Ridley , Fusseil ,

      Robbon , Cuffay , Brown , and Maynard took part , tke amendment of Mr . Bennett and the addition of Mr . Hoppey were negatived by a large majority , and the addres ? , with the addition of the clause appointing a general treasurer , was carried . Mr . Ridley moved and Mr . Edwards seconded , " That the Committee of seventeen , appointed the previous evening , be re-elected to carry out the spirit of the Address . " Mr . Bennett moved and Mr . Hopper seconded , " That the question be adjourned until aft * r inelocal committees had met . " After considerable discussion , in which Mr . Huggett , Dr . Shotskie , and others took part , the committee were again elected . Mr . Wheeler having moved that four persons be added to the committee , Messrs . Cleave , Robson , Mantx , and Jenkinson were elected . The mectiug , alter passing a vote of thanks to the Chairman , acjourned , the Committee having appointed Sunday morning for its meetings .

      ^ X-EtXJS . —The ConDoil came to a resolution last Sunday morning , that a Concert and Ball should iaKe pjace on Monday , November ihe 28 : h , lor tho bench :, of the land which is being raired for the purpua * of bringing the case of poor Eliis beiore the Queen's iknea . 1 ; is earnestly desired that the rucuiOcrs will aid this patriotic object by being present on the occasion . Oa Tuesday the election of the New Council takes place . If ever there was a time that required more caution on the part of the Ca&riisis , that time is the present ; the members o . ; tni to be exceedingly cautious whum they tlect

      to iiuy office in vheir Association ; they ought to be nun of cool heads , discerning mines , sound judgment , and of some standing in then ranks ; let them look to these thiiigs ; let them think upon them , and then attend ou Tuesday night , and elect a body ef men in whom they can place implicit confidence . Meeticgs will be held next week fur ; he purpose of forming Ward Committees : in the . North-Jbasi Ward on Wednesday ni ^ ht , at eight o'clock , at the Volunteer ; on Tnursday night , at eight o'clock , in tbe West Ward , at the General Wasninxton .

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      LEEDS . —CllABTlSM AM ) TH 5 CORN LaWS . —On Wednesday evening last , Mr . Jame 3 Leach , of Manchester , delivered an able and very interesting lecture , on this subject , in the large room of the Commercial-building * , to a numerous auditory , composed not only of working men , but embodying a lar ^ e portion of the middle classes , who listened with great attention to the lecturer ' s statements . The meeting was called at a very short notice , the placards announcing it having only been issued on the morning of the same day . Mr . Leach , en entering the room , was loudly cheered . Mr . Joshua Hobson was called to the chair , and briefly addressed the meeting . The Lecturer , on rising was again gretted with rapturous cheering . He commenced by enunciating the

      circumstanf « 3 under which tho meeting w » 3 called , and the principles they were met to hear propounded . In the first place he referred to the causes which had led to the present depressed condition of the people ; and enquired why , if " extension of commerce " would so greatly ameliorate this condition , the present distress should at all exist , seeing that already trade had been pushed into every coiner of the globe , and into every channel where it could be pushed , and yet the population were suffering . Mr . Leach then referred to machinery , and proceeded to show that he was not an enemy to it , but only to the mode in which it was at present managed—and the enormous reductions which it had caused to be made in the wages of tho

      operatives . He denied that extension of commerce would lead to the results which tbe free traders had said would arise from it ; and also that commercial prosperity would artBe from the cheapness of food , consequent upon an exchange of English goods for foreign grown corn . He instanced the fact , that , on Peel ' s tariff coming out , a manufacturer went to his works and told his hands that they were going to have bacon cheap , and , -howed bis sympathy for them by reducing their wages at once twopence per cut . The lowering the price of provisions would not put it into the power of the people to purchase ; because , let food be ever bo cheap , if the people had not the money to purchase with , it was still too dear for them . The

      average wages of the League mill proprietors in Manchester was at present , on an average , 4 s . 3 d . per week ; and whilst they wero in the habit of giviDg a workman all sorts of filth to work , he was expected to carry in an excellent article , or be subject to deductions even from this paltry pittance . The home trade , he contended , would , if properly encouraged , give employment to all ; because if the whole people in England , Ireland , and Scotland rrere in a situation to purchase even the necessary articles of wealing apparel , the demand for labour would be such as to find employment for all . He showed by official documents that the increase of exports of manufactured goods had not brought increased prosperity in its train , for as our exporiB of manufactured

      goods had gone on increasing ( and they had been greater within the last fivo year 3 than they ever were before , ) in the same proportion were the earnings of tbe operative classes reduced . Mr . Leach then contrasted , in an admirable manner , the difference between the comforts and conveniences of pood old fashioned houses , which used to be commodious , well-fitted , and furnished , with those built at the present day , with scarcely room to store the potatoes which used to be grown by the working people of bye-gone times . He drew a broad distinction between what its advocates calkd freetrade , and what he would set down as fair trade ; and entered into the expenses which must be incurled by imoortiflg food into this country , amongst

      which the largest bite out of the foreign loaf was taken by the national debt , which took 18 pounds of bread from every family every week , or 29 millions a year out of the pockets of the people ; and which said national debt he looked upon as a complete farce , for if tho Dation owed nothing to anybody but itself , it was in the same position as a man who owed himself a shilling , and which was nothing to anybody ; it wa 3 a thing contracted without the consent of the people , and was an incubus on the energies of the people . He would not take away from any one the interest legally theiT due ; bnt he contended that the Jew jobbers hud received more than they were in justice entitled to , and tha debt itself had been completely paid

      off . He then referred to the advantages derived by those who had fixed incomes from the taxes , who had reaped every advantage from the cheapening of ^ ihe commodities produced by labour , while , with . cheapness of provisions wages had bees lowered , and the procucers of all wealth were deprived of ihe opportunity of purchasing their own productions . Tho English manufacturers had been valued by » . geologist , some years ago , who told them that America would never be able to compete with them , because she had not the raw material ; she had neither coal nor iron , and the cost of getting them fcom England , and working them in America , would fee too expensive for t&em . But he could tell thea that it wa 3 a fact , that in America now

      they ha « immense areas of coal , from five to seven feet thick , . and numerous furcates smelting iron of their own producing , not what tb « y had imported from England . He was no geologist himself , and he did not know whether these beds of coal had grown in America within these few years ; he only knew that there ii was , from five to seven W w *^ e o 0 Tfr n poor colliers were grubbing m the bowels of the earth , in a space aot exceeding in most case twenty-two inches . The leeturer then referred to the operations of foreign tariffs , and went at some length into arguments to Bhow that England was surrounded by monopolist nations , who had begun mannfactnrinr , and who would not it

      give up &r the sake of growin R oorn for u * . To the monopoly of the soil he ascribed a great portion of the eril , which like the monopoly of machinery , had thrown a redundancy of hands into the labour aaarket , and prevented its employment at any thing like remunerating prices , because flesh and blood could not compete with wood and iron . Mr . Leach then went iuto the enquiiy what it was that would cure the dreadful state of things to which this country hid been reduced . It was not free trade that would provide tbe remedy . If any country , he cared not what , wished to lay the foundation of prosperity , they must lay it on their own shores , and not be dependent on foreign trade for employment for the working population . If

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      foreign trade was wanted in this coun t ry why not look 10 poor neglected Ireland , where five millions of poor naked people were deprived of the means of purchasing by the very means which were preying upon tho very vitals of the people of England —a circumstance wnich would be much altered if Ireland was situated in the Mediterranean , and the cry could be raised , " Oh here are five millions who would take our gooda if we could only have freetrade . " It was not foreign competition which was ruining England , it was home competition ; for the manufacturers had so beaten one another down in their profits , by underselling in the market , that there was at last nothing for them to fall back upon but the workmen ' s wages which

      had been , by degrees , so reduced , that it was now much worse than ever it was before , for 53 . taken from a man when he wa 3 earning 25 s . per week wa 9 not eo much felt as at present , when & man earns only 7 a ., and 6 d . was taken from it . He showed what party had alone gained by the introduction of machinery ; and that , though Leeds wa . s now produoing a greater amount of wealth than all England did seventy-five _ years ago , yet its manufacturing population were in proportion as much more miserable , —an inevitable result of the misapplication of the powers of machinery . A fair distribution of those powers was the only remedy for all those evils ; and it was only by going to the root of the evil at ouce—by abolishing clas 3 legis ^ tion—that the pre

      sent condition of the people could be ameliorated . It was only by the people demanding—and not being satisfied until they got it—a voice in the making of the laws by which they are to be governed ; and until the voice of the people was heard within the pale of the Constitution , there never could be a day when the people could be happy , and when freedom , which was their birthright , would be won for them . Mr . L . was frequently interrupted by tbe plaudits of the assembly , aud resumed his seat at half past nine o ' clock , amidst loud cheers . The Chairman then inquired if any gentleman present wished to dispute the lecturer's position ; if there wore any one present , and would come forward , he would guarantee them a fair hearing . After waitinh a few minutes and no one appearing , Mr . Hobsoc delivered a short address , after which Mr . Edward

      King , share-broker , wished to ask Mr . Leach a few questions . He advanced to the platform , aud a short ai&cussion took place , the views of the two gentlemen very nearly assimulated ; and Mr . King in the end said he believed they were perfectly agreed on one point , namely , that it waa bad , corrupt , ciassrJeKlslation—the legislation of the few—which had . produced the evils under which the people were suffering , " until thia was altered that no remedy would effeotnallv restore the people to happiness and freedom . Mr . King was the only one of the " League" who , out of the immense number present , had the moral courage to stand up and endeavour , in some degree , to shield the free-trade party from the whacking they had received . Thanks were then vjted to the Lecturer and Chairman , and to Mr , King , for his gentemanly conduct , aud the meeting broke up soon alter eleven o ' clock .

      A Wholesale Thief at Leeds —An old man who has nearly seen his three-score years and ten , named Isaac Robinson , on Monday last , underwent a final examination before the magistrates at the Court-house , on two charges of felony ; and the search of his premises , consequent on his appreben ? ion , has brought to light the fact , that for some very considerable period he has been hoarding together stolen property of almost every description , without the slightest suspicion ever having attached to htm . Twenty years ago , he was ona of tho guardians of the night under the old regime , and since his discharge from the " force , " has ostensibly ( at least for some years ) got his living by gathering horse dung . He has resided in a house of his own

      in Little Queen-street , and there is scarcely a timber merchant , joiner , stone mason , or bricklayer , within any reasonable distance of this man ' s dwelling , who has not at one time or another missed property from his premises without being able to tv'l how it had gone . It happened last week , however , that accident led to a result little anticipated by the hoary headed * ' conveyancer . " Mr . Thomas Beanland , of Addingham , has a daughter who resides as servant in the family of Mr . LHdolf , in York-place , and it being Leeds fair , the old man paid a visit to his daughter , and was solicited to take up his abode at Mr . Ludolf's for the night . He did so , and on Wednesday morning , on getting up at peep of day , he drew up the

      blind of bis bed-ruom window , and then saw an old man busy burying some planks in a Fmall plantation opposite to the house ; he watched him until he had done , and saw him leave the place . Imagining that all was not rinht , he mentioned the circumstance to tha family , and , after breakfast , in walking out , he met with policeman Hait ; h , to whom also he communicated what he bad seen . Haigh laid the cust before Mr . Read , and information having reached the police-office that some planks had been stolen from the premises of Mr . Smith , joiner , in Gracestreet , Haigh was told to go in plain clothes at night and watch the plantation . He did bo , but nobody came near until about six o'clock on Thursday morning , when Haigh heard two men in conversation in

      the plantation . Mr . Smith was there with him , and on the men going away , he sent Mr . Smith round on the outside of the railings , and in ten minutes afterwards the prisoner wa , seen to approach the place with a plank which he put over the rail * , »* nd was then returning , when he waa seized by Mr . Smith , and given iuto Haigh ' s custody . After having locked him up , tbe next step was to search the plantation , and the mart's house and out-premise ? , when buried in the plantation were discovered upwards of twenty planks , the whole of which Mr . Smith was able to identify ; and in the house and yard of the prisoner were found whole deals , planks , spars , quite new , and in great abundance , two cart loads of old wood , oak , aah ,

      elm , &c ; two cart loads of flags , the same of brioks , with shovels , spades , and pick-axes , hammers , wheelbarrows , cart gearing , ladders , eteps , hay-forks , scythes , sickles , a large mash-tub , a pair of new wheels , and other property to an immense amount ; nearly the whole of which turns out to have been stolen , and which can be identified by the owners ; nay , to Buch an extent has the prisoner carried his depredations , that it is believed tbe whole of the bricks and other materials of which his house is constructed have been stolen , as well as those of two other cottages which he has in course of erection in the game street . There was in his house three floors of planks , one upon another , laid together without nails , nearly the whole ot which Mr . Smith can speak to as having b . en stolen from him . Other pa . rueB , also , are hourly coming forward to put in their claim , and for the last few

      days the premises have been regularly besieg « d by anxious claimants . Tho two charges , however , on which he has been committed for trial , are for stealing a three-inch deal , ou Sunday tho 8 th of October , the property of Messrs . Harrison and Singleton ; this was stolen from a " hurry , " which had been laden on Saturday night by Wm . Hardwick , of Armley Hall , and by him left in Henry Street , New Road End , until Monday morning , when the deal was found to be goue . The other case waa for stealing a pair of new wheels , the property of Henry Ball , wheelwright , of Kirkstaliroad , by whom they had been made and sent to Mr . Boddy , in North-street , to be disposed of . They were stolen from Mr . Buddy ' s premies about the 24 th of Oct ., along with a large brewing tub . These things were found in the prisoner ' s house . T / . e bench having htard the whole of the statements , the prisoner was fully committed to take his trial at the

      . Ancieni Foresters . —At a court of this order , held at the house of Mr . Joseph Leo , the Star and Garter Hotel . Call-lane , on Monday evening , a handsomely wrought silver snuff box was praented to Mr John Ulleart , Police Clerk and Inspector , as a token of the high esteem in which he is held , and as au acknowledgement of the services which ho has rendered to the order . The box was presented in flattering terms . It bears the following iuscripton : — " A mark of respect to John Ulleart , P . D . C . R ., P . C . R . P . S ., and P . A . P ., from the members of Court Lord Morpeth , No . 189 , of Ancient Foresters , and Sanctuary , No 80 , of Ancient Shepherds ; presented Nov . 14 th , 1842 . "

      HTJDDEKSFIEI . D . —Hall of Sciehcb . —A publio examination of the scholars , connected witfi this institution , took place on Sunday last , before Mr . Phillips , tne superintendent , on the following subjects : — " General objects , the atmosphere , geo graphy , and astronomy . " The examination will be continued next Sunday afternoon , at half past two , on the Cuvierian division of the animal kingdom , astrology , arithmetic , and astronomy . CLITHERO .-Teetotalism . —Mrs . Jackson of Whitehaven , delivered two lectures on the eveniugB of Friday and Saturday last . Her arguments were plain , instructive , and argumentative . She entered at great length into a clever defence of teetotalism , by appropriate quotations from Holy Writ . She was listened to with the greatest attention , and we believe that many converts of both sexes , have been the result .

      MANCHESTER . —On Saturday evening , Mr . Thomas R&iltOD , and the other gentlemen that traversed at the late Liverpool Atsizee , were served with an ambiguous and unmeaning notice , which rather took them by surprise , inasmuch as ii called epon them to appear before her Majesty on the K ; h day of November , and this being tbe 12 th , at night , they knew not what to do , nor where they were to appear at . On Monday , Mr . Pilling and another person , from Ash ton , came to Manchester , they also notice to tne

      nanng same effect . They bad applied to an attorney at Ashton , who advised them to so forthwith to London . In this manner were they fiied , and the lawyers of this place were ignorant ( or profesMd to be eo ) of the nature of the notices with whioh they had betn served . Unfortunately also , Mr . Cobbett was from home ; at length it was agreed that that gentleman ' s clerk should write to his agent in London , and instruct him to appear in the Court of Queen's Bench in iheir behalf , aud enter their appearances by proxy . What is the intention

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      on the part , of the Crown against the defendants we are at a loss to know . The following is a copy of tbe notice : — ¦ ¦ « . « Lancashire to Wit . —Thomas Robert Wilson France , E-q ., sheriff of the said county , to Thomas Makinsan Walsh , Martin Newton , Thomas Beswick , James Irwin , and Robert Newton , my bailiffs for the time only , greeting , —by virtue of her Majesty ' s writ to me directed , I command you and every of you , jointly and separately , that ye , or some of you , do not forbear by reason of any liberty of my bailiwick , bat that you or some of you give notice to James Scholefield , late of Manchester , labourer ; Christopher Doyle , late of the

      same place , labourer ; James Leach , late of the same place , labourer ; and John CamtfxU , late of the same place , labourer , that they be and appear before her Majesty on the fifteenth day of NoveYnber instant , wheresoever her Majesty shall then be in England to answer to her Majesty for certain conspiracies and misdemeanoura whereof they with others are indicted , and have , &c . Given under the seal of my office this 12 th day of November in the sixth year of the reign of her Majesty , Queen Victoria " By the court ,

      " Dealtry . " Gregory and Co ., Solicitors . " Tho serving the men with these paperB has produced a great sensation in the town , aud many and various are the opinions as to the result of this alltogether novel procedure . Some are of opinion that the Government intend Temoving the triala-to Londen . and others * ay this is the prelude to another commisuon iu a short time . All appear equally at a loss what to make of it . Fatal Coal-pit Accident . —On Monday , an inquest was held at the Hey wood's Anna , Oldhamroad , before Mr . Chapman , borough coroner , on the body of Daniel Etchells , of No . 6 , Back Ash-street . ; The deceased was fourteen years old , and was in the employ of Messrs Porter , Walker , and Co . colliers . Early on tho morning of Monday , the boy , along with two men , named Gough aud Dodd , descended into a pit at Miles Platting , in a tub ; and , when they had proceeded about seven yards down , the bottom of the tub , on which the deceased waB sitting , came out , and he was precipitated to the bottom . The injuries he received were of such a nature as to cause bis di'ath almost instantaneously . The two men in the tub at the same time owed their escape to clinging to the chain to which the tub was attached . The Jury returned a verdiot of " Accidental death . " BOLTON" . —Destructive Fire . —On Tuesday morning , about one o ' clock , one of the town's lamplighters discovered that a fire had broken out at the mill of Messrs . Hasledon and Co ., Spaw-lane , Bolton , and immediately gave an alarm . Several of the police officers , with Mr . Boyd , the superintendent , and otherd , were immediately on the spot ; and six fire engines were brought out . There are two mills in close connection with each other ; one an old mill built iu 1802 , by Mr . Gregson , containing a card room , a number of power looms , and , in the attic , mules for spinning . The fire originated in ihe upper story at the east end of the old mill , in which twelve bags of cotton had been placed on the 14 th iiiBtant ; but no person had been employed in it for the last fortnight , on account of the proprietors taking stock ; and it was their intention to resume work on Monday next . The engines having been

      brought into play , their attention became directed to the new mill , which appeared to be in great danger from the immense volumes of flame whioh issued from the old building . The flooring gave way alternatively with tremendous crashes ; and , st four o ' clock , the wall at the west end fell , but fortunately no one was injured . Shortly afterwards , the front wall fell down , and the entire building became a perfect ruin . The roof of the now mill was burned at the corner ; but , by strenuous exertion , the fire was prevented from entering the mill , which was saved . The cause of the fire is not not known , and its occurrence appears somewhat singular , as there had not bsen any one employed in it for 14 days , and there has not been any firb in it except that in the engine-hou-e . The mill was insured with the Yorkshire , the York and London , and th « Atlas insurance offices at j £ 5 , 000 . which will probably cover the loss .

      LEIGH . —It is with feelings of the most painful nature that I have to inform you , that such is the depressed stateof the silk trade , that there are thousands \ & Leigh , and its surrounding districts , that are totally destitute of employment . The streets are thronged every morning with weavers who come a distance of four , six , and eight miles , using all their exertions , and straining every nerve , in order to get employment , bu f . to no avail ; and they are compelled to return to their cheerless and hapless homes , from which they were driven in the morning by the cries of hungry children and heart-broken wives ,

      The privations and sifforings which the men themselves endure are visibly pourtrayed , in their pale and haggard countenances , as they are pacing the streets . The cause of this unparalleled stagnation in the silk trade , is by the weavers themselves attributed to a dfiterminatioH on the part of the manufacturers to force the people upon the land , and to reduce them to that state of distress and destitution , as to cause them , if possible , to join in an agitation for a repeal of the Corn Laws . But , thank God oppressed as they are , hungry and starved as they are , they have existing in their bosoms a spirit too noble and to manly for it . —Correspondent .

      BEVEXUVEY . — "Flare-up ' with the League . — On Tuesday morning , our usually quiet town was considerably excited from the circumstance of Mr . Falvy , League lecturer , being about to hold forth in the Tewn Hall , and numbers assembled , it being expected that the kill-devil Chartists would offer opposition . At eight o'clock , the building was well filled ; and Mr . Tiger , a manufacturer , and late chief magistrate , was called to the chair who commenced the proceedings by denouncing all monopolies , except the monopoly in legislation—by denouncing all taxation , by consigning to perdition the national dobt , and by introducing Mr . 5 alvy to the meeting . Mr . Falvy , in a speech of about an hours' duration , artfully dodged round tho question at issue—never

      once venturing further than its borders . He treated us to dissertations upon almost every subject save the Corn Lawa . He showed how the poor were the men who had given stability to the state . He maintained that gradations of society had ever existed , and took some pains to prove that the intelligence of the parent was transmitted to his offspring . Ho then applied himself to a little gentle ftittery of the Whig magistrates , by contrasting the present with the late corporation , " and administered no small dose of soft sawder lo the gentleman occupying the chair . He next turned to the character and conduct of Peel , and enlightened his audience on the subject of the Corn Laws , by proving that on the Criminal Code , on tho Test and Corporation Aot , on

      the Income Tax aud Tariff , Sir Robert had stolen the deeds of other men . He then stated the laws of properly were settled , and the League had no wish to disturb these settled laws , hinting that there were other parties in the Btate who were not so ceremonious , for lately we had seen armed rebellion walking through the land in open day ; and he concluded by showing that bloody revolutions were never attended with beneficial results . Mr . Holliday would give credit to Mr . Falvy for ability , for being able to steor clear of the question , but pledged himself that his opponent should grapple with tho question prior to his leaving the Hall . He showed from statistical returns the increase which had taken place in our manufactures , and the decrease in the

      wages and comforts of the poople . He adveited to the increased producing powers of machinery , and satisfactorily showed , that let the demand for our goods increase to any possible extent , it would be accompanied by a corresponding increase of machinery power , so that na possible benefit could accrue to the working classes . He adverted to the Tariff , and called on Mr . Falvy to prove that this approximation to his principles had given a stimulus to trade ; or that a single head of cattle had been paid for in manufactures . He then showed that continental powers had established , and were fostering , their own manufactures , and tree trade had come too late ; but , aB he was some times char ! table , he would point them out customers in lieu of those

      they had lost ; for , if the people of this country wore not robbed and plundered , they would possess means to be their own best customers ; arid , for his part , he was averse to a single bale of'cloth leaving the country , while there was a naked back requiring it at home . Mr . Faivy , iu his reply , merely glossed ove'f the subject ; but never , in one instance , refuted the close reasoning of his opponent . He attempted to show that the draining of this country of golcl was beneficial to our manufacturers ! and being driven from England was compelled to take refuge in Ireland , where , though spinning jennies were unknown , destitution prevailed to aa alarming extent . The chairman , prior to putting the question , seeing the mess in which his advocate had left

      it , under protest from Mr . Holliday , took upon himself the pretty difficult task of getting out of the scrape . He took great pains , amid the laughter of those on the platform , to prove that Ml . Falvy was wrong , although ho said he was right , and ended by getting himself iuto greater difficulties than his predecessor . The question being put the influence of thepresence of the masters was clearly visible , for not onethird of those in the hall held up their hands on either side , and the chairman declared the decision to be ui favour of repeat Mr . Falvy in moving a vote of v hanks was froo to confess that the chairman had acted -wrong , but he trusted his opponent would forgive him and second tbe vote which was accordingly diine . when the disputants Bepar » ted under the promise " to »* eet again some other day . "

      STOUBBR 5 DQE . - —A Lodge of the Yorkshire Union of Ancient . Free Gardeuers , was opened by the omoers of the Currant Lodge , assisted by the G M of the Dudly District , at the house of Brother Tetley , of the Furrier ' s Arm ? , High-street , Stourbridge , when a number of J"ghly respectable individuals were initiated into the" art of Gardening . The evening was spent with the greatest hilarity , and the company dispersed at an early hour , highly satisfied with the proceedings of the evening .

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      " Great Western" Steamship Compamy . —A meeting of the shareholders in this concern was held

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      Leeds Corn Market , November 15 th . —The supply of Grain to this day ' s market is larger than laat week . The demand for Wheat has been very limited , and all descriptions have been 2 * per- quarter low r . Barley has also been very dull and 2 a per qtarter lower , Oats little alteration . New Beans Is per quarter lower , old ones dull sale . THE AVERAGE PRICES OP WHEAT FOB THE WEEK ENDING NOV . 15 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qxb . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qr * 2989 727 472 459 10 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . 2 1 . 1 2 i 1 10 3 1 1 4 | 0 0 0 1 12 7 1 12 0

      • Leeds Woollen Markets , Tuesda y , Nov . 15 . — Tnere is noth'ntj new to notice in the transactions at the Cloth Halls , except that business seems to bo getting more at a stand still . Buyers are _ very scarce , and there is not near bo much doing in tne warehouses as waa the case a ^ phort time ago ^ - Taixow . —The price of taHpjHfas been reduced ; ii is now 4 s . lOd . per imperial stone . Rochdale Flannel Market , Not . 14—The flannel market has been much like that of the preceding Monday—a fair demand for goods , at loir lain

      prices . In the wool market , the dealers comp of having little to do : the manufacturer pu chases ai if he expected lower p rices ; and indeed this article , is better to buy than it was a short time ago . HUDDERSFIELD ClOTH MARKET , NOV . 15—The town this day Huarcely wore the aspect of market day . Buyers were scarce . The general cry was , " There ' s little done to-day . " Although there is little done in the hall , it is generally believed thereare at present more operatives employed in the neighbourhood . Wools , Oils , &c , remain steady .

      Richmond , Saturday , Nov . 12 . —We had a fair suppiy of Grain iu our market to-day . Wheat sold from 5 s 6 d to 7 s ; Oats from 2 s 3 a to 3 s ( 3 d ; Barley from 4 s to 4 s 6 d ; and Beans from 5 a to 5 j 6 d per bushel . State of TRADE . —The improved demand for goods , to which we alluded last week , Btill continues ; and a pretty extensive business has been done during the last few days , at prices generally a shade higher thatt those obtained a week ago . In the yam

      market also , a considerable aiiount of business has been done for Germauy ; the near approach of winter having rendered the buyers anxious to close their operations for the season . Previous rates have consequently been readily given ; but no advance can be quoted . Generally speakint , ' , the market , without being at all animated , is firm and healthy : and , from the general absence of stock , seems likely to continue so , unless disturbed by fluctuations in the cotton market . —Manchester Guardian , of

      Wednesday . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Nov . 12 . r-. The supplies of Flour from the agricultural districts have for some time past been diminishing , and the stocks of prime English manufacture are now reduced into a narrow compass ; the market has in consequence become relieved from the severe pressure noted of late , and prices not previously obtainable have been realised during the week . The inquiry for Oatmeal has been chiefly for immediate consumption , and to effect saiss lower : rates were submitted . The Irish arrivals comprise 3062

      quarters of Wheat , 8853 quarters of Oats , and 11 , 790 loads of Oatmeal . Elsewhere but little addition to the previous stocks has been received . -The duty on foreign Wheat has advanced to 20 s per quarter , and on Flour to 17 s 2 ^ 1 per barrel , being the highest rate in the scale . At our market thia morning there was a great want of animation in tbe trade , and the aivance noted this day se ' nnight on Wheat was not supported , fa the quotations of Flour no change can be made . Oats were a dull sale , aud Id . per 45 lbs lower ; and the transactions in Oat * moal were only to a limited extent , at a decline Of 6 d per load .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Not . 14 . — We have had a smaller supply of Cattle at market to-day than of late , the greater portion of secondrate quality , with an advance in price . Beef 5 d to 5 id , Mutton 5 d to 6 £ 4 per 1 b . Number of Catile at markcti-Beasts 136 " 2 , Sheep 4420 . Liverpool Cotton Market , Monday , Not . 14 . — The market is rather more quiet to-day , but prices remain quite steady . The sales amount to about 3500 bags , including 500 Surats at 3 } d . to 451 ; 80 Perna « , 6 | i to 7 d . ; 60 Miraahaaa , ; 5 t to 6 £ j 80 Smyrna , 5 | i ; American , 4 d to 5 Jd . On Saturday 403 bags were sold . Liverpool Cobn Market , Monday , Not . 14 . — The arrivals to thia port during the past week include 2 , 375 quarters of Wheat , 7 , 637 quarters of Oats , and 10 , 637 loads of Oatmeal , from Ireland ; 2 , 125 quarters of Barley have been received coastwise ; but , with these exception ? , the imports « f Grain , &c , are of light amount . The duties of

      Foreign Wheat and Flour are now at the maximum , 20 s . per quarter and 12 * . Id . per barrel . On Tuesday last , Wheat generally was quoted 2 d . to 3 d . per bushel dearer ; this advance has since been maintained for all descriptions ot Foreign , but the sales have been much less free , and with the little increase of supply the improvement , so far as regards Irish new , has been lost , 6 a . 9 J . to 7 s . per 70 lbs ., beiag again outside rates for best samples of red . Flour has met only a moderate sale at 27 s . 6 d . to 21 * . 6 d . for United States , 26 a . 0 d . to 27 s . 6 d . per barrel for Canadian . Both Oats and Oatmeal have receded in value ; the former fully Id . per bu 9 hel , tho latter 6 d . per load , and at tkis reduction some portion of the recent arrivals remain , unsold . ' 2 s . 4 d . to 2 * . 6 d . per 451 bs . are the present quotations for Irish new Oat ? , 22 d . to 22 a . 6 d . per load for Oa ' . meal . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Nov . 14 . — Our supplies during last week were spall of English Grain of every description , but of Irish Oats the arrival was abundant . We had also an importation , of Foreign Wheat , amounting oa the whole to 7 , 550 quarters . The trade in the early part of the week was . brisk , at rather improving prices for every description of Grain , but the market of Friday was less attended , and the demand considerably less active . To this morning's market the supply fresh up was fair of E < sex aud Kentish Wheats , and the demand being tolerably good ( although not so free as last

      week ) , has caused prices to remain altogether without alteration from this day week . The supply of Barley fresh up is good , and the trade , as with Wheat , not so free as this day week , but price 3 are supported . Oats are unaltered in price ; fine descriptions of heavy corn meeting a fair demand . Old Beans are a very slow sale . Now Beans and White Peas maintain their quotations , but Maple Peas come slowly to hand , and realise freely last week' s prices . In flour we bear of no alteration . Seeds of all descriptions steady , with the exception of Canary Seed , which is rather dearer .

      4 WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Nov . 18 . —We have a considerable arrival of Wheat this week . The trade is extremely dull ; sellers are ready to submit to a decline of Is . to 2 a . per quarter from the rates of this day se ' nnight , but it does not lead to any extent of business . Barley is full 13 . per quarter lower . Oats are steady in price . Shelling has declined ! Is . per load . Beans very dull , and recede in price . No variation in other articles _ Mai , ton Corn Market , Saturday , Not . 12 . — We have a moderate supply of all grain to this day ' s market . Wheat is dull sale , at Is . per qr ., Barley Is . perqr ., and Oats fid . per qr . lower . with , very little business doing . Wheat , red 48 j . to 53 * . ; Do ., wi >« te 54 s . to 58 s . ; Barley , 24 b . to 28 s . ; Oats , 8 $ d . to 94 d .

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      AMERICA . LIVERPOOL , WEDNESDAY EVENING . The steam-ship Britannia , Captain Hewitt reached tho Mersey to-day , soon after twelve o clock , after an extremely boMerous passage , during the last few days of which she encountered a constant succession of heavy gales . She left Boston on the 1 st , and Halifax on the 3 rd instant . The principal news in the papers relates to Texas and Mexico . Both countries are preparing to strike a decisive blow . Five thousand Mexican troops had left Matamoras for Texas , while the citizens of the latter country were up in arms and rushing to the Frontier to meet their assailants . Iu the neighbourhood of San Antonio , _ ___ ....,

      where a short time previously the Mexicans had entered in triumph , a battle had taken place , and although they out numbered their opponents by three to one . the Mexicans retired ( " scampered" is the term used ) to a considerable distance , leaving upwards of one hundred dead on the field , and about twice that number wounded . Anxious to put a stop to this conflict , and bring about , if possible , a reconciliation between the belligerents , Mr . Webster , the American Minister for Foreign Affairs , had addressed a communication to the representative of his Government at Mexico , offering the services of the United States as a friendly power , and stating it to be the opinion of President Tyler that the war , as it relates to Mexico , was " useless aud hopeless . " ' '

      ... In the United States elections for members of the States Legislatures had taken jpl&ce for about twothirds of tho number composing the Union . The result , as far as it had gone , waa generally favourable to tho Loco-foco , or Democratic party -strengthening the power of the existing Federal Executive , whioh , although eleoted by the opposite party , has exhibited , since the death of Geaeral Harrison , political tendencies inimical to those professed by that functionary .

      Tho picking of the cotton crop waB proceeding favourably . From Yazoo , on the Mississippi , 1 , 000 , 000 bales will , it is said , be shipped this year , being an increase on the crop of last year , which was deemed above an average crop . A seizure had been made by the Custom-house officers at Boston , the nature of which ou ^ ht to be made known iu this country . A quantity of goods from Paris was shipped in the Royal Mail steamer , which touched at that port , and seized on the ground that an English vessel could not legally bring any goods except those manufactured in Great Britain .

      A Bad " cut" to American credit was recently given at Havannah . Good private bills , at sixty days ' sight , were nogociated at a premium of two per cent ., while the bills of the Federal Government , at thirty days' eight , could only be negotiated at three per cent , discount . The rate of exchange is very low , 106 to 106 f . The market dull , and the little doing in any of the local stocks . On France the rates were 5 f . 45 o . to to 6 f . 42 io .

      COMMERCIAL . The prospects of business ar « gradually improving throughout the United SUtea . Specie payments have been resumed through all the States , except Alabama , Illinois , and Tenessee , and even in these a change for the better is apparent . Specie is tending rapidly towards Now Orleans , where exchange is now ten per cent , agaiust England and France , and six per cent against the Northern States . The effect Of this is to concentrate upon New Orleans the great outlet of the

      West , the . specie whichTluTins ; the last thiee months , has been accumulating at Boston and New York , and to attract a large amount Which now lies useless in the vaults of the Banks of England and France . At New Orleans it will be applied to the purchase of the immense masses of cotton , tobacco , sugar , flour , wheat , pork , lard , Indian corn , and other produce , rapidly tending to that great mart . Aftor equalising the exchanges , it will move up the Mississippi , Ohio , and Missouri , and form the basis of a beautiful future business , resting on low prices and a specie basis .

      For this we aro indebted in a great part to tbe new Tariff . Under the benfficial influence of this gret measure , the drain of specie for Europe , to pay for tho excess of foreign imports , has baen stopped . Factories long idle , have been set in motion , and nearly 200 , 000 operatives have resumed their avocations . The market foY our surplus productions denied us abroad , is thus opened at home , for these operatives with their families must buy of the farmer , and this year it is expected Massachusetts alone will consume 800 , 000 barrels of flour raised in other States , and vast quantities ef corn , pork ; buUer , cheese , and grain . Under the influence of the tariff , and the great harvests of the pre .-ent year , almost unparalleled from Maine to Georgia , freights are improving , aDd are now higher at the : great 6 hipping ports of the South , than they have been for a ye&r past .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 19, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct625/page/8/