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      CContinued from our Sixth page . } evident anxiety . Now for union , whispered some upon the p latform ; now for the Charter , muttered those upon theflwr . Mr . O'Connor conld not proceed for gome micntes , the applause with ¦ which he ¦ was greeted yns so tremendous . Nor eid he leare his audience long in doubt when he did c-r-mmence . His declaration « ' I b * va suffered for the Charter . This is my sixth prosecution in less than fire years ; anJ if my suffering will carry the Charter , I tin pTejartd for the worst but from me faction has nothing to hope for ; and those who imagine that ta avoid suffering , or to Kiake it the milder , I will form a jnne * iaa with Whigi or free traders upon no better terms than lenity for myself , have made a wrone calculation of my mind and their

      own powers . Here is the Charter standird ; here am I , redacting none , hut declir . ics to move my standard hack a fraction of an inch for the purpose of establishing a union profitable to myst . 'f , bnt Injurious to my party . " Thi * declaration was received with shouts tint made the buiV-ing ring , and faction shad- , der . Perhaps , however , the " mos : striking portions of Mr . O ' C * nnM ' s address , were those etati > tical data read from Mr . Hobs :-n ' a Almanack , for the year 1 S 13 , and which She speaker nsed for the purpose of proving tothemiddle classes , UiatUiey paid indirectly for Chartist pro secution . Hesho wed thai the amounts paid fortheprocn tion or felons for the the te' -. years preceding reform , varied from £ 59 . 000 in 1 S 21 to £ 74 000 in 1831 , While in 1833 the scrrunt opened with £ 147 , 000 , and

      dosed in 1841 with THRE HVSDHED AND FIFTYEIGHT THOUSAND POUNDS , thus showing an increase in that item btt * r = en 1 S 21 and 1841 of £ 300 , oeo , er the interest up ^ nearly £ 10 , 000 000 ; he also showed that the Secret Service grant had become augmented within the same period ; and that the largest advances were made from that fund during years of gene-ral election , and in those years when Whig spiss had been abroad . In 1833 , the amount w ? . s £ 29 . 000 ; whiie in 1834 , a general election , it was £ 49 COO ; in 1836 , £ 29 000 ; In 1 S 37 , a general election . £ 45 000 ; in 1840 , £ 27 , 000 ; in 1 S 41 , a general election , £ 37 . 600 . Bat by far the most appalling item was for 1833 , when the « py system was made general throughout Eng ? and and

      Scotland , and during which period , Fox Mania admitted the fact of sending 'Inspectors to look after Feargns O ' Connor , and to repon . upon the state of the harvest " in 1838 , the winter of torch-light meetings , and just before the election of delegates to the first Natiocal Convention . The amount of Secret Service money was SETENTY-TWO "THOUSAND POUNDS , being many thousands more than in any year for the twenty-six preceding years . Another curious column appears in this invaluable little compilation , under the held * Svfiring Parsons ; ' and here we learn , that the 'Dlssevt ministry' were net as sparing in their bequests to the parsons as they were lavish in abupe of them . The item in 1831 amounted to £ l 5 y > 00 ; and in 1841 , while the flock

      was s tarring , at-d crying out for bread , and the Dissenters bellowing " Cheap Bread . " this item amounted to £ 57 POt > , or had been nearly trebled . From the year 1 F 24 to the year 1831 , the annual amount paid to those suffering innocents varied from £ 17 . 000 in 1824 , to £ 15 , 000 in 1831 . and amounted to £ 37 , 000 in 1841 ; while in 1818 , only £ 1 . 000 were granted to them . If ow , then , here is Whig economy with a vengeance , in details too minute , and bestowed for objects too congenial for the supporters of Whiggery to condescend a glance at Let hs now balance accounts . The Whigs left a general deficit upon their balance sheet , of over £ 2 , 400 , 000 sterling ; and if any arithmetician will take the trouble of balancing those several Items of secret service money , suffering parsons' money , and

      prosecution of felons * money , he will find that the amount paid in the ten years , from I 8 S 2 to 1841 , as compared with the amount pa-d under the same beads from 1821 to 1 S 32 , leaves a balance against the ten Beform years of more than £ 2 . , 000 sterling . Now , then , we have solved a problem for the Income Tax payers , and given a solution of Whig economy , which will puzzle the best friends of Reform to answer . Of file meeting we need only say , that it was in every respect such as the country had a right to expect , and bucq a one as does honour to the men of London ; none of the recruiting parties made their appearance , though they made their way here and there , if occasion required- London feas nobly done its duty ; let the country now respond . We shall do ours .

      " In conclusion , we have to request that the Chartists in every locality will meet as speedily as possible for the purpose of hearing Mr . Duncombe ' s bold , and manly , and eloquent speech read aloud to the classes ; and then let each Association at once form a defence fund committee , and remit the proceeds to the treasurer , F . O'Connor , by post-ofiiee order , made payable to John Clt » ve , addressed to the Publisher , Evening Star Office , 552 . Strand . "

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      TALES WRITTEN EXPRESSLY FOR THE "NORTHERN STAR . " BY CHAKTirS . THE FOUNDLING OF AYR . T 2 L 0 H PACTS FtTKNlSHED BY A MASON CHABTIST . PART II . The morning that saw James set out in search of a livelihood , wu a morning similar to that which ha-i ushered him into life ; but great was the difference between the helpless infant and the stalwart young man . With his bundle and working-tools be trudged cheerfnlly along , for his heart was lightened by hope ; and the constant change of scene , with the prospect before him , contributed to exhilarate his spirits . But be soon found bis heavy tools an incumbrance , not so much from their weight as that they chafed and made his shoulder tare . It wzs in vain that be shifted them from one side

      to the other—it wu only making one aa bad as the other . He must carry them , hoirevfer , for they were to be hia " bread-winners . " Fortunately , a good-natured rustic going with a cart for coals , gave him a " lift , " which relieved him greatly , and at the end of the day be found himself in a town about five-and-twenty miles from the place of his departure . He entered a small public-Dense , and creeping to a corner of the room ordered himself a pint of ale , and took out a little bread and cheese , which still remained from his day . me&L He atked if he could be accommodated with a lodging , and being answered in the affirmative , be wished his bed to begot ready , aa he was weary and bad a long day ' s tramp before him on the morrow .

      There were one or two smokers and drinkers , pothouse politicians , Pittites and Foxites , occupying their old accustomed seats in the warm ingle-nook . They were in >» g *> debate on the cencmct and character of Bonaparte who n as at that time vainly endeavouring to in&ke an ally of England in bis crusade against the crowned tyrants of Europe , " Wbat , " aid the Pittite , "join with that usurper , that tyrant and murderer !—did he not poison bis sick troops at Jaffa ? " " No , " replied the Foxite , " he did not—it was the doctor . " "But , " says the other , "Bonaparte gave the doctor orders to do it . " " On the contrary , " the Foxite replied , "it was by the doctor ' s advice that such orders were given—the men were sick of the plague , and the infallible tokens of that disease shewed them to be past recovery—it is a common cuBtom among doctors

      to give a quietus to their patients to shorten their mortal agonies , and Bonaparte complied with this custom from a motive of humanity . " Humanity- !" echoed the Pittite in a fury— " it is such humanity' as I wish yon and all admirers of that arch-villain conld exptrienee . " "Why , yen Tories , " said the Foxite , calmly , " would be worse than the Turks if we were to fall iato your hands—and certainly ! bad rather be poisoned than left to your tender mercy . " " Here ' s Chareh and King , " abonted the Pittite , drinking fcis glass with an air of exasperation , and setting it down with such a clash that it broke to pieces . " Aye , is that tie way you would aerve your favonrite , " said the Tuiite— " now I wouM treat mine more mildiyhere ' s Church and State ! and our constitution in its purity . '

      James had listened during his frugal repast with considerable interest to this discussion , which now appeared to be ended , for each party having gulped down bis principles with all the satisfaction that the liquor could impart , began to digest them in silence , punlng their pipes with an appearance of triumph . Whether it was that the good cheer had enlivened his spirits , or the debate had roused his latent enthusiasm , James , who had thoroughly imbibed the pure democratic principles of Paine , and ecssi qaently was no admirer of Church or State in their present corrupt and n . larchical fora —James conld not h = lp likewise shewing his opinions , ana drank success to Reform ! The magical word was no sooner uttered than the startled gaza of both Whig and Tory was turned upon our hero—the former seemed * iuch to wonder at his boldness , while the latter eyed him with a mixture of contempt and detestation , as though he were some odious reptile that had crept into bis presence .

      " What ! " said h . e , " have we Reformers here ? —they are no better worth ?>>« " burning—I would have them all servto . as the lads serva the stakes they put into the middle of bonfires , and call Tom Sabers . " " Indted I" said the Whig , " as their doctrines aie destructive , they themselves ought to be destroyed . " James was surprihtd to find both belligerent * bo suddenly form a coalition against feim with such terms of bitter animosity ; but before he had sufficiently reco-Tered frcm bis surprise , be received a gentle intimation from ifee landlord that their beds were all full—they tould not accommodate him : our Reformer was obliged to tike up his bundle and walk . It was now late at aS « ht—the shops were all closed , all but a few hucksters Gf the poorer sort . The benighted wander **

      • n ^ ged up and down one or two streets completely *«* , and thought that it was bard be should be made * ° outcast fat being a Reformer , a character that ought to be honoured sad loved everywhere . Ai he now Kul then , canght a glimpse throug h a lighted parlour window of the comfortable inmate * within , sitting down to card * or to snpper—etjoying every luxury because Hisy » ctb Tories and favoured by the system , while he * v > without a horns or a lodging , in a strange place , » eoald not bnt reflect on the necessity of that reform et which he waa an humble advocate , and instead of faking to promote his own interest by turning Tory , « became all the more rooted in Radical principle * . At l ^ TJi he spied a balf-ovfen door of a public houBe—h oiered just M the lartgussfc was quitting it Accosting toe l&Lulord , who was about to close up fox the night ,

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      he aaked him if he conld have a bed there . The landlord , after a scrutinizing glance , told him , no ! that all were occupied . James begged hard that he might lay on a bench by the firesida , or anywhere under cover , for he was a ttranger in tbe town , had travelled far , and did not know where to find a lodging . The landlord stiii hesitating , James showed him a shilliog and told bim he would pay for a night ' s rest on the floor jast the same as fora bed , if he might stay . Mine host now wmeaibered that he had a bedstead without a bed in it which James might have if he chose . Oar wayfarer immediately accepted the offer with thanka , and w . is conducted by the landlord to the top of the house , into a large attic where stood two beds already appropriated aad tbe said bedstead . After bidding him good

      nfsht ; and leaving him without a candle , the landlord went to . his own comfortable quarters , and James laid down in his doth ?* . His mind immediately reverted to the occurrences of the day—he thought of the young wife that he had left and bid heaven bless her !—hs thought of his foster-parents , and of the mystery that shrouded his birth—of the difficulties and hardships that seemed to be in his way , and were likely to prevent the accomplishment of his wishes—but he had heard that work was pltntiful in the town to which he was travelling , and all his distresses would vanish when he was able to send for his wife , and earn a comfortable livelihood for both . His mind soothed by these pleasing hopes , he was gradually sinking to sleep , when he was roused

      by the most dismal groans that ever mortal in the pains of death uttered . They seemed to come from an old man in one of the beds , and contrasted strongly with the deep-drawn snores that indicated the sound sleep of tbe lodger in the other . The dying man uttered broken exclamations and prayers between his groans , and at length all was silence . James listened awhile , but could hear nothing , cave the cry of the watsbman from the street , going his rounds , and hia " Past one ! " sounded like a knell as it died away in the distance . Half-terrified , and half-starved , he sought in vain for rest , and , with the firs : dawn of day , arose , and went down stairs The landlord was already up , and received the shilling with a tbankye , while James took to the read—the Great Northern

      Read ! The sun broke out at mid-day , and he lay by the wayside and slept He was now without money , ai » d had to beg bis way ; and , though it was but seldom that he received any half-pence , yet he was plentifully furnished at the farm houses with broken bread ; -for in those days a working man was seldom compelled to beg , and never in vain . It is not our purpose to lengthen out this narrative by minute details of the hardships , the insults , and privations which James endured , till he reached " canny Newcastle . " Trades' Unions were not then established , or he ( if a member ) would have had a sufficiency every day allowed him for tramp-money , and , when he reached the place of his destination , his brother Unionists would have told bim where to get work , if

      any was to be had , or given him some rapport . However , on inquiry at a large stone-yard , be had the good luck to fall into a job immediately , and was directed by one of the men to a street where be might had a suitable lodging He called at the first house that ha . l a notification in the window . The landlady , a woman of the world , asked him who had sent him ! He could net tell , tor he knew not the man ' s name . " Then , where ' s your bundle ? ' said she . " I have left it at the stoie-yari along with my tools . " " Go and fetch it , my canny man , and we will then see about the lodging . " James went back for the talisman that was to be the " open senme , " and , all being risht , he was installed into his lodgings , work « i daily at the yard , soon sent for his wife , and became settled in " canny Newcastle . ( To he concluded in our next )

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF SCOTLAND . Fjiie . xds . —Having received from various places an assurance toat they were desirous to join the National Association proposed by the meeting at Edinburgh , but desiring to have the rules sent to them , the committee now lay them before the country through the press , not deeming themselves at liberty to print them as final until they receive the sanction of the general body of tbe Chartists of Scotland , when , if a sufficient number sanction and adopt them , to give a ft" * chance of the Association becoming national—they will then print them for general issue , to be sent to every part requesting them , after having adopted any alterations or additions that may have been generally desired .

      The design of the association has been before you for some weeks—rules are here presented to you . In justice to your brethren that have taken the reject up , every place where there are any number of Chartists should meet , no matter how few they may be , and on or before the first of December transmit decisions , whether they will join the Association or not , and what number of cards of membership they will need , the number stated being deemed an order for them . Also every placfl nbonld get perron * to ' tako names down for the Scottish Chartui Pioneer , price twopence , which has to be the monthly organ of the Association ; it is suggested that twopence be paid when the name is taken do * n , and the price of the next when the first number is delivered , thus keeping the payment in advance . To enable the committee to bring it out on January 1 st , 1 S 43 , the orders will have to be in by the early part of next

      week-The committee respectfally hope that these places that have had the addresses and have not sent in the amount due for them , will do so ; and that each place that may have received them-will bear in mind that there were oiher expences besides the mere cost of the address , and that it is but just that each place assists the committee with a little to defray those expences . All communications to be addressed , Mr . Robert Lowery . 48 , Nicholson-street , Edinburgh . Rt-LES ASD OBJECTS OF THE KAIloNAL ASS 0 CIATIO . \ .

      I . —That tbe object of this Association be to obtain for every male of Great Britain and Ireland , of twentyone years of age , of sane mind , non-convict of crime , and a registered resident of not less than three months in the parish he shall vote in , a right to vete for the election tf members to serve in the Commons' House of Parliament ; that the Votes be given by Ballot , tbe Election of the Members annually , No-property Qualification required of them , and they to be paid for their serficesj and that tbe country shall be divided into electoral districts for the election of those members in accordance with their population ; or in other words thiB Association is established to obtain tbe passing into law the principles contained in the document known as the People ' s Charter .

      IL—That all its power shall be directed to tbe above oVject , by peaceful and moral means , by agitating tbe public mind to the discussion of its principle ! through the press , on the pla ' . fonn , or in the House of Commons , and by the adoption of practical modes of passive resistance to tbe evil and injustice it seeks to removethe object of the Association being tbe establishment of right and justice for all , it will repudiate acts of violence or wrong whether on the part of avowed enemies or professing friends , deeming any guilty of such acts as ceasing to be members .

      III . To carry out the objects of the association every member shall take out a card of membership yearly , payiag at the time twopence , one penny for the card , and ene penny as one month ' s subscription in advance to the general fund of the association , established for general purposes , and continne to pay one penny per month afterwards to tbe same general fund , and that as far as possible the collection of these subscriptions should be quarterly , in advance . IV . That this association holds no correspondence through its officers or members thereof , as officers or members with any other association , It being illegal to do so , but that in any locality where there may be other associations established for the same objects , their members may become members of this also , by taking out their cards and joining this as a distinct body , paying only the penny per month , in consideration that they pay to others for local purposes .

      V . —That where there are no distinct associations , or where tha members of such have abolished them to join this , & 11 persons joining this association in these places shall pay , besides the penny ptr month to the general fund , whatever more the members in these places shall deem necessary for local purposes , the association leaving the fixing of those sums to every place to be guided by their circumstances , and use < i by them as they sec best , in conformity with the objects ia view . YI . —That the management of the affairs of the Associstion be committed to a Council and Secretary , of fisven persons , the Seerefcaiy only t » be paid tor his services ; the Council to sit in Edinburgh , and be elected by Ballot there , except the Secretary , who shall be elected by Ballot by all tbe members of the Association , and paid thirty shillings per week for his services : if taken from home his expences to be paid

      also . That the above seven persons shall form a permanent Executive Council ; and that every town er locality where there are more than ten members , shall appoint or nominate a sub-Secretary , to correspond with the Council , who shall receive and transmit to them the subscriptions for the General Fund , dispose of cards in the place , and keep a list of the names of member * entered , and tnuumit the name and address to tbe General Secretary , and assist him by sending such aivice and iaformatlon ai they may deem useful ; each sub-secretaries to be elected into the Executive Council , and attend to take part in its busmen whenever they mar think it necessary ox convenient ; also , that everyplace nominate one person fox every ten members , to be elected into the General Council , and transact the business of the Association in that place in connection with the

      subsecretary . YII . That the duty of the Secretary be to conduct the correspondence , keep the books of the Association , and edit tbe Scottish Chaitist Pioneer , to be established as the organ of the Association , and cosducted for its benefit , to meet with the Executive at stated periods , and lay the business of the Society before them . That he and the Executive , shall rlTe and receive plaaa and

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      sugge » UonB for advancing the cause , laying them before the general body , and receiving the opinion of the members thereon—to reguiate the affairs of the Pioneer , engage lecturers ; or , in other words , execute the declared will of the Association , in consonance with its r ales and object ? , in as far as the members or majority make their wishes known , and fnrnish the means to carry them out ; and i , uat the books of the Association , with the member ' s namta , and account , < ka , shall be opsn to inspection -when desired , and a balance sheet published every month .

      VII 1 . —That the Lecturers engaged or recognised by this Association be men known to the publio as possessed of good moral character , and talent fitted to enable them to advocate its principles effectually , or if previously not generally known to the publio , have certificates of the above , from the locality they may come from ; and that any locality giving such certificates , remember that if they give them from a mistaken sense of kindness to an individual , or allow a false delicacy to hinder them from refusing them when ssked for , by those that are unfit , they commit an act oE imposture and injustice on their orethren .

      li —That when a Lecturer has to be engaged , it shall be notified to the members of tha Association by the Secretary , and that any one may propose a candidate , ami thr . t a list of the candidates shall be published , and the whole Executive , including the sub-Secretaries , shall decide by majority who shall be the person , and that all persons thus enguged shall be members of the Council for the time being in virtue of their offioe . X—That no great otject affecting the general interests of the Association shall be decided or acted on by any mere section of it , eitber as members or officers , unl ° 83 the whole body feas been consulted , and a desision given in its favour through the medium of the officers appointed to ascertain the same ; that any locality wishing anything adopted must communicate the same to the Secretary , and through bim let it be laid before the general body , that the opinions of the majority may there be known , and decide the ssiua .

      XL—That the Council and Secretary cball be chosen , and enter on office on January 1 st , 1843 , the interim ones acting until then ; and that afterwards tbe flection of all officetB shall take place on the flret week of every month of December : all nominations having taken place and been published by the 1 st of the prt vious month ; no member being allowed to vote that had not taken out his card before the nominations were published . That a list of the votes be k < pt , and should anything occur to deprive the Association of the services of any of its officers , the candidate that was next to him in the number of votes shall be called to the office , and fill it until the return of the other , oi the period of office expires .

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      TO THE EDI 70 H OF THE EVENING STAR . Sib , —Breathing the free air during the past week , and enjoying the pleasure of addressing my ShaksperianB twice yesterday , have had an exhilirating and restorative effect upon me . And how shall I employ the flr * t honrs of recovered health ? I vowed solemnly to William Ellis , In the dungeon beneath Stafford Ccurthouse , that so long as Gad gave me lifti and energy , I would not cease to proclaim his wrongs in the hearing of my countrymen , that I would , on every possible opportunity reiterate the circumstances of bis unjust and horrible condemnation , —and that , if I had to walk to London for tbe purpose , I would , before a second imprisonment , see Mr . Dnncombe psrsonally , and lay my exiled friends case before that honoured patriot , as nearly as possible , in th » very words in which he himself would have conveyed it to Mr . D . ' s ears , —In order that that unshrinking advocate of the oppressed might plead for his reeal in the House « f Commons .

      J had never seen Ellis in my life unti ] I saw felm through the grated bars of the chapel in Stafford . Let that be marked by all who doubt about the justice of the indictments againBt each and all of us during the late trials . Ellis , Capper , Richards , and myself were in one indictment " for conspiracy 1 " Aye , conspiracy : although I had never seen Ellis , nor Ellis me , until , as I have just intimated , we were pointed out to each other , across the chapel of the gaol , in the month of October last , tbe " conspiracies , " riots , &c , having occurred , be it remembered , in the middle of the preceding August Ellia ' s appearance surprised me . He stands full Bix feet in height His face is decidedly intellectual ; and the latent fire of his eye tells you at once that be is a being capable of no common energy .

      We could not exchange a word until we met in what is called by the poor degraded beings who most commonly compose the tenantry of a prison , —the" glory-hole 1 "—a low , diiuy , dirty dungeon beneath the Court-bouse at Stafford—lighted by a filthy , gloomy , lamp , and eo unhealthily offensive to the senses , that a turnkey was Btnt in several times , during the fortnight ' s commission , with a paU half-fall of vinegar , into which be plunged a piece of red-hot Iron , in order to create an exhalation that might counteract infection . From forty to fifty prisoners were In this dungeon , some having received their sentences and others waiting to be called up into the Court , on the evening , —the only evening—that we were together . After the first shnke of the hand , wo did not f alt each other for one moment till the

      summons was borne in by a turnkey , that Ellis , in company with eleven others who bad received sentence , must be hand-cuffed to tbe gang-chain , in order to be conveyed , in the windowless omnibus , back to tbe jaiL These three hours of converse I shall not forget , to my last moment I found myself in csctact with a mind imbued with much metaphysical as well as political knowledge—a judgment gifted with acute penetration , both of human character , and of the correctness or falsity of trains of reasoning ; and , above all , a memory stored with a rich , —nay , a brilliant assortment of facts . In spite of bis situation ( n-1 more than an honr having etapsed since the jui ' ge had pronounced the awful words , ' -twenty-one years beyond the seas / ' in his distracted ears)—ho entered on a survey of the movement , of the » en who composed it , of the proFpects of Sir Robert Peel ' s ministry , of the people ' s preparation

      for their ei franchiaement , of the growth of Socialism , ( for he is a disciple of the venerable Robert Owen , ) and of the certitude that the grand community , the real milleninm will be one day established , and men of every clime become one equal brotherhood . I esteem it remarkable , when I find a working-man who can tell me of a book on an important subject that I have not beard of . Ellis can do this . He described to me "Etzler ' s Paradise in the Reach of all Men ;" and , from his description of it , 1 shall feel restless until I see it Every subject that was touched upon he conld handle in a way that I was not prepared for . There was a refinement about him , too , that was strikingly unlike the manners of the sincere , but unpolished njen of tbe Potteries . Above all , his calm bat intense earnestness on every subject that was worth an interest , won upon and delighted me .

      Can I fail to regard the banishment of suck a man as a deep loss to my country—as a veritable robbery of it ? Can I stifl- ! indignation at the pampered tyranny which fosters titled villany and coronetted imbecility , . while an Englishman , bo intelligent and so true-hearted as Wiliiam Eliis , is condemned to chains and a foreign strand . —leaving a deeply devoted wife and her innocent babes to weep their perpttnal bereavement ? I remember that your space is brief , and therefore defer the continuance of tbis melancholy theme till tomorrow . Besides , my Shaksperians are calling out that it is time for tbe lecture , after having lustily Bung— " Twas Feargus O'Connor was diligent then . Well rally around him again and again . "

      —So ho ! we are converts to some new faith , are we , at Leicester ?—Ha ha ! Yours , truly , Thomas Cooper . Leicester , Monday , Nov . 21 .

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      that he shaves cjlliers , and the razor invariably turns up some black , Jet them wash themselves as clean as they may . Jame 8 Livesley swears that he was at Atkins s fire , and saw George Good win there , drunk , and anew tnat he was drunk , because he had seen him drunk so oft « , n . Joseph Bradley swears that he was at Atkinaa fire , and saw a tall man there , who might be mistaken for Etlis .-bnt it was NOi-EiUa , —tie knew him so welL . t J * P ™* of E ] Ub ' b alibi , and the testimony of the barber who shaved him next morning , be set against ttur oath of a notorious drunkard , that he can swear to the identity of a man , although h « only Bees , at first , the back of a tall figure and then gets " a glanca at the blacked side-face of the figure ; and who can fail to be filled with horror at the thought that a man muBt be sent twenty-one-years over the sea on such stra" « re evidence ?

      Above all—let it be remembered that after the Solicitor-General had made his reply and the casa is thus virtually closed , on the Saturday night , new evid « nca is raked up against the poor victim on Sunday , ana brought against him on Monday morning . Still Judge Tin / fall , the piofoundeat lawyer on the bencb , directs the jary , as plain as a Judge-can speak , WOT to convict . Bat Lord Ingestre fixes his eye on the foreman as soon as he re-enters the court , ( after himself and fellows had retired for twenty minutes ) , the foreman nods significantly t * his noble landlord , and returns the verdict , "Guilty"in "Good God r I said to Ellis , at the close of his recital , "how did you feel when you heard th it fatal wordf "I was stunned , " he replied ; " for I previously thought it impossible that snch a verdict could be returned : it sedned to me unreal : I felt as if I could not trust ray ears for evidence of correct sounds . " Let me express a fervent hope , Mr . Editor , ere I haste ngain to conclude , that publio opinion will soon , very soon , express itself so strongly on the horrid injustice done to our banished friend , as to compel Sir Robert Peel ' s administration to annul the dreadful sentence , and thereby restore the suffering patriot to his bereaved family . ' lam , Sir , Yours truly , Thomas Cooler . Leicester , Tueaday , Nov . 22 d , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SiR ;—During the last twenty-seven years , crime has more than quintupled , whilst the population has not advanced more than two-fifths . By the natural course of increase the human species doubles itself in seventy years and a fraction ; the increase of crime having advanced so much more rapidly than population , sufficiently demonstrates that the latter is not the chief cause of increase in the former I The moat prolific sources of crime are distress and privation , of which , during the before stated period , the productive classes of the United Qaeendom have suffered an unprecedented portion from want of employment and reduced wages . An " eminent " and much-admired political economist has attributed the want of employment and severe

      distress experienced , to a redundancy of inhabitants alone . Unfortunately , many of our " erainent- 'leglslators and statesmen , npparantly without examination or consideration , adopted this ignorant dictum of Malthus , and stumbled upon the me * snre of Foreign Colonization as the most likely mode of rectifying the redundancy of workers in the United Queendom , without having connted tho coot or couuliiereu the folly of entering upon such a difficult and outrageous plan . The average increase in the population of the United Qaeendom in the tv-n years frem 1820 to 1830 was , upon the average , 340 , 000 per year , exclusive of emigration , as appeared by tbe census taken for that date . The increase of the first year would bo afeout 316 , 700 ; that of the tenth

      year 362 , 300 . Sir Sidney Norton stated in the House of Commons , that the expence to the Government of sending out emigrants to Canada was £ ' 2- J 16 a . per head ; at that rate of eTpence , 362 , 300 persona expatriating , would cost the nation eight millions , one bnndred and fifty-one thousand , seven hundred and fifty pounds per annum , to prevent increase ! still leaving tbe alltdged evil of redundancy unmitigated !! It is there f ore quite dear that it is not possible te accommodate the number of the people to the means of giving due employment to labonr , by expatriations , or even to keep it stationary . The state of the nation and the poverty of tbe exchequer forbid it . If no other mode of relief can be adopted , the situation of the nation ta hopeless in the extreme .

      I suspect that the advocates of foreign colonieition are alone snch from not having considered its futility , the ruinous expenoe of making the experiment , ( if it can be so designated , ) and other attendant disappointments , sorrows , and 1 sufferings that emigrants have experienced ; or from pecuniary considerations for those who have obtained large grants of land abroad , and their agents , for the purpose of peopling the land and rendering it valuable . How fallacious t The All-wise and Beneflcient Creator has provided an ample resource for the employment of all In our own soil I !! There is in the United Queendom more than twenty millions of acres of uncultivated land—by the culture of which more than ten millions of the suffering inhabitants mitjbt be rendered comfortable and contented Ml But this ready ,

      cheap , and efficient resource it too old fashioned , too easily attainable , too obvious to a common understanding , to attract thejattention of " eminent '' political economists ; though the state of the country , and consequent impending danger point to the soil as the cheapest , most available , and only efficient remedy for existing evils and the promotion of permanent pence and prosperity , as with the finger of Omnipotence ! In the year 1825 , when feucb general and severe distress pervaded the manufacturing districts , my mind was deeply impressed by the probability thenlapparent of greater and more extensive suffering In future being caused by lack of employment for the labouring classes , if a national remedy for the apparent mighty impending evil were not adopted by the Government without delay . This turned my

      attention to the consideration of the unhappy consequences of the absenco of snch efficient remedy for the then apparent eacl results which , to me , appeared inevitable , if efficient remedial measures should not be resorted to ; and my mind was almost entirely occupied during several weeks , in an inquiry for the cheapest , most ready , and most efficient remedy . After being fully convinced that home colonisation and a national allotment system were tbe cheapest , most efficient , and easy of adoption that man could resort to , several weeks of close examination and deep reflection were exercised by me in the attempt to discover the difficult and encouraging circumstances , the beneficial or evil tendencies of these measures , and I became so fully convinced of the numberless benefit * that might be rationally expected to result from them , in the Improvement of the condition of the productive classes , the prevention of crime , and the

      creation of general good feeling , peace , and contentment they appeared so rauch calculated to diffuse through tho c 6 mtnunity , and withal so free from objections of any weight , that I felt confident no one possessing calm consideration , a benevolent mind , and real desire for national peace and welfare , would attempt to oppose their adoption . During the succeeding six or seven years , my time was much devoted to the recommendation of . thene measures from time to time , to the most eminent leading members of both Houses of Parliament . I have gotten petitiens presented to William IY . and the Hon . House el Commons , praying for their adoption ; have travelled and read lectures in several counties upon home colonisation and the garden-allotment systems , frequently with apparent promise of Buccets ; bnt in a few instances only with the wished-for effect . And I also got a memorial presented to Earl Grey by Thoa , Attwoed , Esq ., of Birmingham .

      Some persons may deride such persevering endeavours of an bumble individual void of influence ! If such had maturely considered the signs of the times , and anticipated tha sad results which were almost as obvious to my views sixteen years since v , they now are from demonstration , my endeavours w Ight have been more appreciated , and have Induced others to take more interest La checking the impending wils before they had so fearfully accumulated I More afflicting results yet impend , should not aaT » re prospect of relief be opened to tbe suffering milMons 1 Hanger will break

      through strong walls HI thank God , a dawn of hope gladdens my heart . J . G . Marshall , -Esq . Is at the present tone engaged it . preparing land for o considerable numbers ef garden allotments ; that gentleman being eontiieaa of the diffusive benefits o that measure : and this has imparted 9 hope that Mr . MaiBhall ' a benevolent example will be copied by every township In the borough of Leeds , ^ nd impart Its benign influence to all adjoining parishes . The plan may be Bald , with propriety , to be Unattended with trouble ot expence , aa the benefit ? , it imparts to the recipients has the effect Qf reducrng pauperism and crime bo materially , that

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      b eneflt is found in the mere labour saved in tha collection of poor ' s rates , and in their application , in addition to the value of the ceutentraent and good feeling invariably consequent upon the establishmvnt of the plan . I venture , to hops , that few parish&i only are so void of sufficient Judgment . and bumanB- feeling w to be backward in the attempt to form a . i association and raisa a subscription to aid and encouvago the allotment teusnts at the outset of tbe plan , ( it be . ing fraught generally with highly satisfactory apd beneficant resnlts ); and to form a committea of management , to render aid te such as need it , to purchase seed potatoes , and encourage the tenants to cultivate carefully for their own benefit So much , Mr . Editor , on the plan of allotments of land generally . I will next give a few hints for praclic * .

      A proper and convenient portion of land for each tenant would , in my humbia opinion be as follows , viz .: twenty perches , or half a rood , for ons without ft » inily ; thirty perches to one ¦ with two children ; fortj perches , or one r » qd , t » a tenant who baa ( bur children ; fifty perches , er one rood and » qinrter , to one with a larger family , having one or more able to aid in the cultivation of the garden . A subscription equal to ten shillings per lot . to aid in the purchase of manure , at the outset ( if necessary ) on loans , to be repaid when the crop is reaped , allowing an abatement of one-third or half the amount of the sum lent , as a premium for good management , as the case might recommend . After tha first year , oniy a very smaii additional subscription would be necessary to sustain the fund for future aids ,

      If the allotments were numbered from one upwards , and entered in a book with the name of the occupant , any gentleman who would be so kind as to take a view of the allotments occasionally , to encourage the tenants , and offer a friendly admonition to any who appear careless or negligent , would bava a beneficial tendency , and might be a source of pleasing satisfaction to one exhibiting a kind solicitude for the advantage and comfort of the allotment tenants . Turning up the land early , in order that it may get the benefit of laj ing open during two or three of the winter or spring months , to tueilow and render its being prepared for cropping with ease and advantage .. The first year the whole of a lot is generally cropped with potatoes ; after which only one half the lot each alternate year , the other half

      being planted or sown with other useful vegetables , of which few are more fruitful , wholesome , and nutritious than parsnips , as they stand the winter , and are considered in their prime when they begin to shoot leaves in spring . Whon the whole of the garden Is cropped with potatoes , a garden bean is often put in between two potatoe sets to the number of five or six beans , at one end of the rows , and at the otiaer end a cabbage plant between the rows ; this affords a little variety and prevents the potatoes being taken for use sooner than they otherwise might be when small . The frequent turning up the ground in tha winter and spring months , which both lightens the soil and tends to keep down weeds , is very beneficial . This practice , with a fair proportion of manure , ensures good crops , if not sown or planted

      too rank . Rxim and air are essential . Nothing affecta crops mom injuriously than sowing too thick , or planting too close . When land cannot be obtained in time to dig and lot lay open two or three of tbe winter and spring months , or if it should have the sward upon it , it may be planted without being digged . This mode is much practised in Ireland , when the land lies low , is in grass , or thought too moist for potatoes . In such cases the ground is marked out in beds of from three aDd a quarter feet to four and a quarter or five feet , according as the soil may be considered too moist or too thin to oover the sets dropped upon the ground without being digged , with a space of from one and a half to two and a half feet broad , from which to dig earth , to cover the potatoe sets placed upon the bed promiscuously , about

      nine inches asunder . If the land has the sward upon it a thin sod is taken from one-half the furrow , and turned with the gxa » downwards , upon the edge of each bed to the right and left of the furrow or trench , to prevent the earth which should be made fine as may be , from crumbling off the bed into the tren « h , from which only as much earth is taken as ia necessary to give the potato sets a slight covering , when tbe shoots from the plants peep out ; another slight covering withdrawn from the trench , over tbe beds which is called the second spit : again , when these shoots appear thoough the second covering , earth is digged frum the second trench to

      cover the bed a third time , as btfpre—which is termed the third or last spit A few cabbage plants , or b ^ ons are frequently put in the sod at one or both edges of tbe bed . This mode ef cultivating potatoes is quite common in Ireland , and from it large crops are obtained . The sward la pretty well destroyed by the potatoes growing over it , by the time of digging in the letter end of October . lam , Tery respectfully , sir , Tour humble servant , WM . AXKIiNSON . November 19 th , 1842 .

      N B—If the grass be not quite short at the time of planting potatoes on the sward , tbe beds should be olpno muncd by Uv > aojthe , and the gT&SS left On the beds as manure .

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      MB . BAIRSTOW AND THE EXECUTIVE BALANCE SHEET . TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR , AND THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Mr . Editor and Brethren , —I should have replied in last week ' s SUtr to the " respectful suggestion" of the auditors of tbe Executive Balance Sheet , but other business filled my head and hands . I deem it perfectly legitimate in any member of tbe National body , of which I and my feur coadjutors form the Executive , to ask for explanation oa matters of expenditure ; and , when couched in respectful language , to lay under obligation additionally strong the publio servant so requested . But when , ; on the other hand , these requests are put forth in an attitude of bullying , dtifiance-iiemandicg , insisting , Ate , presuming a profligacy that exists nowhere but in the querist ' s brain , and associated with insolent dogmatism , I treat them with silent contempt

      I now proceed to an explanation of the respective items connected with myself . I deem , of course , that employed in the West ef England , where the defection of the " Sturgites" from our movement left a wide gap in the agitation , none will object to a weekly receipt of £ l 10 a . for wages . 1 . The first journey , after my election on the Executive , was from Bristol via Gloucester and Birmingham , to Manchester , to our tirst sitting , and was performed on Sunday evening and Monday morning ; the mm stated was expended in bare coach hue and Railway fares . ¦ ' ¦ . " " : .. ' ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ -. . ¦ . - ' ¦ ¦'

      2 . The enormous additional amount charged for travelling from Manchester to Bristol may . have ve * y reasonably excited surprise ; the sum charged being £ 2 15 s . G < 1 . The reason was , the receipt of a letter from my father-in-law , from Loughborough , containing the painful intelligence that my beloved partner was in such a state , that if no spevdy alteration took place , a few hours would seo her exit from this world , and which immediately caused me to tnko the earliest train on the Leeds and Manchester Railway , to the Normanton Junction , thence by the North Midland to Derby , and up to Loughborongh by the Midami Counties ; expedition and economy being my objects . Afterwards I travelled from Loughboro ' via Rugby . Birmingham , and Gloucester , to Bristol . I trust this will be a satisfactory explanation of the difference between the sums charged for going and returning . ¦ : ¦ :

      3 . Tho next item of £ 2 2 b . was expended in travelling , as before , from Bristol to Manchester , by the same route as before . 4 . Under August 2 ? , Aag . 30 , and Sept 3 , are the respective sums , £ 2 , £ 2 , and £ l 6 s . put down for " agitating expeneea ; " and ?• travailing . " The £ 4 was charged for travelling to Manchester through the Peak to Derby—thence to Leicester * back from Leicester to Loughboro ' , from Loughboro' to Nottingham , back thence to Long Buck by , aud after being ensconced

      for better than a week from Government-sharks , thence to Bristol by Birmingham , Cheltenham , and Gloucester . ThiB item , large as it is , was certainly enhanced by the necessity for privacy in travelling . The " agitating expences , " Sep . 3 d , were paid me BS one-half of my incidental expences for the previous two months , tbe localities in which I laboured having always paid me the other half . In incidentals I include fees to cjachmen , porters , servants , postage and paper of letters on business relative te the agitation , AC '¦ - . ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •• ¦ . : ' , ' ..::. . ¦ ¦ ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . .. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .

      The next sum , under Sept . lfttb ^ of 18 s . 6 d ., charged as " agitating expenses , " was paid me for two journeys I performed between Bristol and Cheltenham , and was in tbe strictest conformity with the plan of organization , from one-half , of it being expended in meeting an . old , wily antagonist of Chartism , Mr . Richard CarliJo , who was attempting to show that our organization and machinery of agitation would aeTet enable us to . obtain tbe Charter . - The next sum put down , " Bairstow ditto , " Meaning travelling to London , is indefinite , aa it does not specify fiom what point I started . I travelled by the Great Western Railway from Bristol . It cost me , naked fare , the sura of £ 1 is . ; I charged only £ 1 . The last sum , under Sept 30 , " BairatoWa travelling , £ l 6 s . was from London to Sheffield , my transit be < tween the extreme points of the journey being described in a period of four weeks . Toe whole of my receipts

      have , I believe , been conformable to th » plan of organisation , in clauses 17 and 18 , specifying the remuneration of officers , and compensation . , Several items appear exorbitantly heavy to poor hand-loom weavers , who earn perhaps 3 s . per week-shave but little travelling , and that chiefly on foot ; but I have mnlntaJmed the most fastidious accuracy in both keeping correct account * of whatever I have received , and as rigid an economy as was compatible with the performance of duty , and the repeated calls of the people , in its outlay and expenditure . If my services or remuneration , as your accredited and elected servant , be unaatufectory , give me - ¦« ¦ uotice , and I will quit 'spi . jvn , tie members of the body who called me into my present capacity , I am amenable , audio you only : beneath no other earthly Go * "will I worship ; nor ¦ will I prostrate myself before any other shrine than that which Is resplendent with the lustre of our . MMnmon

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      aud immortal principles . In tbeir advocacy I have given upwards of 860 lectnres , speeches , and addresses ; travelled upwards of 5 000 miles ; and literally worn out a splendid constitution of body to a mere shade of what it was ; and am ready , at any hour , sooner than recant , to lose my life on tbeir bshalf . Mr . Editor , on behalf of the poor exiled Doctor , it surely will . not be too much to ask a cessation of attacks similar to those which appeared in the editorial oolamia of the Star last week , in charity to his own , and his broken-hearted wife ' s feelings . Exhaust your thunder on . ns , who aro yet ai large . Yours , faithfully , J . R . H . BAIRSTOW . Hull , November 22 , 1812 .

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      AlojJSTROus Glutton . —Air . TV J—— , of this town , for * a * bet of 20 ; , undertook toest 600 oysters , and drink two bottles of porter . Ha succeeded in eating 5 S 5 oystera , and drank the porter ; bud lost hi * wager by"b eing unable to finish the remaining fifteen . This extraordinary and disgusting exhibition took placo in a public shop , and , incredible as it may appear , we have been assured of its truth by several of xhe persona who were present at the time . —TuamHeruld . Attempted Murder in Cambridge . —A . t the TWn-haH , Cambridge , on Monday , Charles Triplow , a green-grocer , living in that borough , was charged with having attempted to- murder fcis wife by cutting her throat in the market-place , on Saturday . Charles Wilderspen deposed that © n Saturday , between six and seven in the evening , he was in the market , when he saw the prisoner and his wife , standing against their sfcaU . - The prisoner went up to his wife , and

      pushed at her two or three times , as if angry , and they appeared to have been quarrelling . A woman called out to witness / - " He ' 9 cut her throat . " Ha hastened to the prisoner ' s wife , and saw her bleeding from the neck . The prisoner turned off , as if to run away , when witness collared him . Some one then said to the prisoner , " You have been cur ting your wife ' s throat ; " and he replied , '¦ . " Yes , I'll cat her heart out before I've done with her . " The woman was conveyed to the hospital . One of the surgeons to the hospital deposed that the wound was three inches in length and one inch in depth ; the external juggler vein had beeu cut through . On his way to the station house , the prisoner said he meant to kill hi 3 wife , and if she was dead he should bo happy ; he intended , after killing her , to kill himself . The knife was produced with which thewound had been inflicted ; it was a very large clasp knife with a sharp point . As the woman was dangerously ill , and not able to give any evidence against her husband , he was remanded for a few days .

      ATTEJfrr at Assassination . ——This town waa thrown into a state ef great consternation between eight and nine o ' clock , on Thursday night , by : a > report that the Rev . Edmd . Mortlock , B . D ., Fellovr of Christ ' s College , had been fired at by his nephew , Frederick Cheetham 'Mortlock . - Mr . Mortlock , ik appears , was sitting in one of his rooms , in the Fellow ' s wing of the College , about half-past eight , in company with Mr . Thomas Mitchell , when his nephew opened the door , and , making some observations , said he would shoot them both , at the same time presenting a pistol . Mr . Mitchell made his escape j and the missile from the pi-toJ , which has not been discovered , grazed the clothes of Mr . Mortlock , providentially without injuring the

      reverend gentleman . The assassin , in the mean time , made hia escape , lashing two hunting whips together , and dropping a hit ht of three stories into the Fellows' garden ; haying first bolted the door , which was in vain attempted to be forced while he was making his escape . The unhappy young man has been held to bail , and imprisoned in default for threatening his uncles—Edmund , the object of the above diabolical . attack , and Thomas , the bead of the eminent banking establishment , for some grievance , real or supposed , relative to his father s * Will , to which they are executors . —Cambridge Independent Press , —The examination of the prisoner took place on Friday , when the prisoner was committed to take his trial at the assizes for felony . "

      Destruction of a lakgb Steamer by Firb . — "The lbJlowing has been received at Lloyd's : —¦ " New Orleans , October 12 . —The ship Hero , Captain Ensor , master , which arrived here yesterday from Havannah , reports that , on Thursday last , at about one o ' clock in the morning , they were surprised at observing the reflection of an extensive conflagration in the horizon . They immediately made all sail in the direction from whence it proceeded , when , after going ten or twelve miles , they discovered it to be a vessel on fire . Upon coming up to her , at about seven o ' clock , she proved to be a very large ship ,

      unquestionably a eteamer . The fire by that hour had almost consumed the deck , the masts had fallen overboard , and she was rapidly burning to the water ' s edge . They cruised round the wreck for an hour or two , till ehe went down , which took place almost instantaneously . Upon first coming up , no person appeared on board , nor was any boat about . They , however , saw a barque bearing array to the westward , which , it was supposed , must have received tbe crew and passengers . From the mark of aa anchor , which was hanging at the ctthead , - and the appearance of several -epars which were overboard , they judged . the unfortunate steamer to be English .

      Atmospheric Changes . —Although changes in the temperature are more prevalent in the temperate zone than in other latitudes , there is scarcely a spot to be found where such great differences exist as in Great Britain , varying in a few hours some twesty degrees or more . The effect of such rapid changes on the bodily health is very afflicting to many thousands of persons , especially those in the middle and more adradcrd ages in life , causing attacks of those painful disorders , Sciatica , Gout , and Rheumatism . Happily , those who was afflicted with those painful diseases , chemical science has produced that excellent medicine , Blair ' s Gout and Rheumatic Pills .

      Fatal Shipwbeck off Flamboroogh-head . —On Wednesday tha brig Integrity , of Sunderland , came in collision with another vessel ( name unknown ) , by which the latter was sunk , and all hands unhappily drowned . The following letter , written by Captain Thomas" Ramsay , master of the . Integrity , states fully the particulars : — " I deem it my duty to make publio the following unfortunate circumstance , which occurred this morning ( Wednesday , the 16 tb ) at half past one o ' clock , a . m ., to the brig Integrity , when on her passage , timber-laden , from Poole to

      Sunderland . Whilst reaching to the northward , on the starboard-tack , with the wind at E . N . E . and rain , Flamborough Head bearing W . N . W ., distant about twelve miles , a vessel standing to the southward on the larboard tack ( which afterwards proved to be a laden schooner , of about the burden of from six to seven keels , though I have no knowledge of her name ) , was seen by the man on the look forehead on board my vessel , at only twice or thrice our length off , coming upon our labroard bow , when he shouted 'Vessel a-Jiead ! ' and I sheuted out to the man ai

      our helm , 'Port the helm , hard a-port ! but before I could call to tbe vessel herself ( on board of which there was a dead silence , as if the crew were asleep ) , she ran into our larboard-bow . I immediately called to them to get their boat out and come on board , thinking that of the two our ship might have the best chance of keeping afloat . This they did not do , but answered , ' You won't leave us . ' I replied , ' Depend upon it I will not . ' After having laid our yards aback , and got the vessels clear , I wore our ship round atid reached towards the schooner , for the purpose of endeavouring to render her assistance : but from the wind blowing so hard , we ran a good piece leeward tof her , when I saw her turn upon her side and heard the crew cry for help as she was in the act of sinking . At this time owing to the heavy sea , we were unable to-lower our boat , neither would have there been time for us to have 6 ayed the lives from the people having all gone down with the ship . ' * The Integrity got into Hartlepool the same after ' noon , with her bow stove , anchor-stock broken , and other damage .

      Gin Dbinkinq Extraordinary . —A moBt determined act of felony and drunkenness occurred at Uundle , in this county , during the past week , and which has nearly cost one of the depredators his life , but shonld he survive , it is imagined he will never relish the smell of gin again as long as he exists . The following are the particulars : —Four well known cuaracte ^ a residing in the above town , named John Nightingale , John Wortley , James Coles , and Samuel Allen , contrived to enter the yard of Messrs . Smith and Tibbitts , brewers , in Ottndle , and to steal therefrom a two gaUoji bottle filted with gin , which was placed on a waggon to be conveyed with otker articles to Thucflley early on Friday morning , the 11 th instant . The bottle was then secreted in a heap of

      usedhops v in Mr . * 8 mitlrt close adjoining , where it remained « i ] l the evening of the same day , when a fifth person named Fox was iutrusted with the secret , and despatched to convey H to a hovel near the union workhorse . There the five assembled and in the ab-Bence •? a corkscrew the top of the bottle was knockad off , and a half-pint pot substituted for a glass * Here they sat and regaled themselves till they finished the two gallons . Wortley waB in such a teastly State of intoxication that he could not bo coaveyed home , and lest he should lead to their deteetiou , although some of the others could scarcely walk , they left bi »» in a ditch contiguous to the hovel . / I ere he was discovered by Mr . Ambndge , the superintendent of polioe *©* the Oncdle division , and with the assistance of Darter and another of the

      lorcehe was wheeled to the BrideireU ia a barrow . At first it waa not certain whether he was Uving or dead , andon medical aid being procured , Mr . Watson , the surgeon , applied the stomach-pump , and at least three pints of neat gin were ejected . The other prisoners were apprehended the same night , and the following morning ( Saturday ) , including ; Fox , who waa taken into custody also as accessary . After the apprehension of Nightingale he confessed to the whole of the circumstances connected with the robbery . The prisoners , with the exception of Wortley , were all brought up to the Town-hall on Monday last for examination before the magistrates at ; the petty sessions , bat in consequence of the debilitated state of Wortley the case was reman 4 ed ,- ^ iVw / Aam |? ton Herald .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE N 0 ETHER . N STARSiR ^—If you can insert the following letter and rules in your next publication , you wiil confer a fivour on the committee , and oblige Yours in tbe cause , Robert Lowert .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I ¦ would correct a mistake in the account of Mr . John West ' s bail . The Rav . II . Price ' s bail for one hundred pounds was at once accepted . The other tail for one hundred pounds was a most worthy man and thorough Chartist of the name of George Harris , of Sbeepshead . I was much taken v ? ith the appearance and manners of this man . He was a volunteer in the cause ; a plain , countrified looking person of about Bixty , who said he knew nothing ' of Mr . West beyond ¦ what he had read of him in tho Northern Star ( which paper be takes in himself ) , and what he had heard a friend say of a lectare which Mr . ' West had delivered in

      their neighbourhood . When Sir John Cave Browne Cave , the magistrate , asked George whether he could make oath that he was worth a hundred pounds after all his debts were paid , the honeat man promptly replied , " I have no debts . " Magistrate ( good humouredly )— ' I am glad of that ; but are you worth one hundred pounds upon your oath ? " George— "Yes ; and a good deal more , or I should fee very Botty . " The magistrate then administered the oath and accepted the bail . George was accompanied by a man seemiDgly in the same situation nearly with himself , who was anxious to be bound for fifty pounds . He durst not go further , he said ; but as his bail did not appear to be then wanted it should be ready for another time . Iain , Sir . Your humble Servant , A Spectator and Friend , W . H . Burton-upon-Trent , Nov . 21 st , 1842 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —To pursue the narrative of my brief and only meeting with Ellis , commep . ced in tbe Evening Star of Monday . So vivid was the interest he evidently took In the grand movement for human progress , that there -was but ene thought which drew him into sadness : it was tbe anguish of being separated from his wife and children . That thought seemed almost to choke him with agony , and his whole frame trembled with the tffjrt to keep down his feelings , as be hun ? on my arm , and allusion was made to this dreadful sSxticn , while wa walked to ard fro in tbe dungeon . His eye sparkled

      ¦ with hope -whan I p . oiested to bim that I thought there was something so flagrantly unfair in his condemnation that it must excite public sympathy , and compel the government to reverse it He then requested me to listen while he presented to me tbe most striking points of his trial , according to his own judgment He had not proceeded far before I desired him to stop , in order that I might take down his observations in penciL I have them before me ; but they are too lengthy for me to copy tbem , word for word . The moat striking- feature of injustice in William EUis ' e condemnation is tbis : —

      On the evidence of one solitary witness , Georsre Goodwin , he 1 b declared " guilty" of arson , by the jury . And vhat kind of a witness ? A man ¦ who swears that be was but five minutes at Atkins ' s fire ; that during some part ef the five minutes he saw a tall man standing inside the rails , with his back toward * him ( the witneEs ); thai the said tall man was NOT taking an active parti—ibat he ( tbe witness ) " somehow" got a glance at the tall man ' s side-face , —saw that b 5 s face was blacked , black , or " a dirty tinge , "—« ould not tell whether ho had a hat on , or how he was dressed , — bnt the tall man was Ellis !

      Such ia the unique evidenoe ' on which William EUta li convicted of arson by a British jur y , and then sentenced to twenty-one years transportation . All this , too , in face of the facts that Jane Brooks with whom Mr . and Mrs . Ellis lodged , swears that she locked her door after ahe saw her lodgers go to bed , and found the door locked the next morning ? and that Ellis conld not go out of her house without passing her chamberdoor , and disturbing her . Ann Rogers , on a visit to the house , swears that she fetche d the candle out of their sleeping-room , and left Wm . Ellis and his wife in bed . Peter Rogers BWfars that on his return f : « a Hanley to Buralem , Ellis was not in the room below , and his wife , Ann Rogers , informs him that Ellis is in bed in the other room . John BiUington , barber , swears that be siaved Ellis the next rcornlug ; tha t bis beard had no appeartnoe whatever of bavin beeu blacked ;

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct626/page/7/