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      4 * v « B » THOROUGH OF LEEDS . J ^ iUraSJMk ¦ ¦ --45 IN THE COUNTY ffBWMaiaBI OF YORK-NOTICE is _ J « HmHBEA * hereby Given , That THOS . IWWlPWaWi ^^ tJlFLOWER ELLIS , the Yoanger , Eaqnire , Recorded , and one of the Justices of the Peace , of the said Borough of Leeds * by a Certificate in Writing , under his Hand , dated the Fifth Day of January last , has duly certified that it is expedient and necessary to erect and provide a Dew and more convenient GAOL for the said Borough Of Leeds , the present ( Hoi of and for the said Borough being wholly insufficient , inconvenient , aud inadequate for the proper and legitimate Purposes of a Gaol for the said Borough of Leeds . And Notice is hereby further given , That William South , James Williamson ^ David William Nell , Darnton Lupton , Hamer Stansfeld , Thomas Hebden , Edward Grace , William Williams Brown , Edward Baines , John Clapham , James Musgrave , Thomas Benyon , George Goodman , James Holdfortb , William Cadman , and William Pawson , Esquires , Sixteen of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Peace , acting in and for the said Borough of Leeds , have , by a Presentment in Writing , made under their Hands and Seals , dated the Seventh Day of January last , duly presented that the Common Gaol in and for the said Borough of Leeds » insufficient , inconvenient , and inadequate ; and that the same cannot be conveniently enlarged and made efficient for the several purposes for which a Gaol and House of Correction are required for the said Borough ; and that , by reason of the Premises aforesaid , a New Gaol and House of Correction for tbe said Borough are indispensably necessary , and that the same should be forthwith built and provided pursuant to the Statutes in such case made and provided ; and further , that the said Presentment and Certificate were laid before a Quarterly Meeting of the Council of the said Borough of Leeds , duly held on the Third Day of February instant , and that the said Council , at such last-mentioned Quarterly Meeting , received and ordered tke same to be acted upon . And Notice is hereby further given , that the Council of and for tbe said Borough of Leeds do intend to take such Certificate and Presentment into their Consideration at their next Quarterly Meeting , to be held at the Council Room , in the Court House , in Leeds aforesaid , on Wednesday , the Fifth Day of May , 1841 , at Eleven o'Clock in the Forenoon , And the said Council will then and there consider and determine whether the present Gaol is or is not insufficient , inconvenient , or otherwise inadequate for the Purposes now required by Law , and whether or not there is a necessity for the Erection of any New Gaol or House of Correction for the said Borough , with suitable Dwelling Houses , Buildings , Tenement ? , Offices , and Appurtenances , for the Gaoler , Chaplain , and other Officers . And Notice is hereby further given , That if the said Council at such last-mentioned Quarterly meeting shall finally determine and resolve that such Certificate and Presentment are well founded , and that there is a Necessicy for a New Gaol or House of Correction for the said Borough , with such other Buildings and Premises as aforesaid , then that such Orders will be made , and such Powers and Authorities will be given as shall appear to the said Council requisite and proper for the purchase of a suitable quantity of Land , and for Erecting , Building , and Completing such Gaol , House of Correction , and other Buildings as aforesaid , for the Purposes , and according to the Powers and Provisions of the Statutes which may then be in force in relation to Gaols and Houses of Correction . Dated this Fourth Day of February , One Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty-One . By Order , EDWIN EDDISON , Town Clerk .

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      noaicwioa with hit " money finder . " They say he JLu to know all about that sort of thin * : for he 1 ^ only kno ^ whew his own comes from , bat pre-Ld 3 also *» knowledge of who lends * helping v ^ Ki to other people . They allege , moreover , Qai they have great claims upon " the Doctor" and his « bakers f for , say they , had it not been for S , exertions , the "GREAT Demonstration " —pnld hare been a much grkateb failure than it ots j They seem to think that , as it was the Chartists ' ilone who imparted wh * t little of life and interesi there was to tbe Mill Gathering , "the Doctor" cannot object to pay something towards flje expence , especially as he seems to know where the money is 1 !

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      THERE IS SOT ONE LAW FOR THE RICH A > 'D ANOTHER FOR THE POOR . X , oaD C abdiga * . accused of felony—of shooting ., k ^ t to murder—is admitted to bail in a com--a-ttxrelx trifling amount . Gboecb White and joss Wilso >"> accasexfof asking sundry middle class foxes to subscribe to the erase of justice , were absolutely denied the benefit of bail by . the Leeds Justices under the instruction of Government . There « not one law for the rich and another for the poor 1

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      MIDDLE CLASS LEGISLATION . Ocb readers will of course have perceived that oae of the first acts of the present Session has been * j > e granting of leare to Lord John Russell to bring a B 3 i for continuing and extending the powers . of the Poor Law Commissioners . Upon this iniquity , jjjTe much to Bay , for which we have neither time boi gpiee at present ; but we cannot allow the debate to pass without presenting to our readers the hanest declaration by Brown Bread Joseph—the fatherfajJis-to-be of the newly begotten but yet unformed Safrag * -bastard , of his attachment to , and det-er-Bin » tioDio abide by , the fell principle and infernal oper&iioa of these devil laws . Here is the precious morsel : —

      « Mr . Bex * eould not allow the honourable baronet k , ^ r th » t the whole bill "was erroneous in principle , jad ons&t to be abolished , without expressing his dis s jeat from iuch & sentiment . He had seen much of the porting of the law , though ., perhaps , not so much as las hanomible friend near him ; Mr . Wakley . ) He was STfsre that hardship had resulted from the working of the present system ; but it kad been in trod need to remedy f * r greater evils . No one could recollect the grideoce that had been brought before the house without fcenig convinced of the necesoty of a reform of the 0 I 4 gyiton . He protested against the assertion of the ben onrkble baxouet , that the bill had indiscriminately ponijhed all kinds of poverty . The intention of the tni ins to distinguish between poverty that was unjm&eservfcd , and that which arose from vice . "

      Let the Chartists read that , and then , if they like it , trust Brown Bread Joseph to guide them safely into his political paddlehole , so cunningly called a h-o-u-s-fl . '

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      ^ b . Dkeols asb obthers Stab . —We have received a letter , dated ** Bishopwearmeuth , Sunday evening , January , 1840 , " o f which the foiloxring is a copy : — « Sib , —I never wrote to you before , and I dont think yoa will thank me for this ; however , I will pay the post , and rhen you will only need to scan it over , and then if it is no better worth , you 3 in toss it amongst rubbish , or light jour pipe with it . fa , I have been in the habit of purchasing the Northern Star from one of your agents , for the last three yean , and therefore it is that I feel grieved that Mr . Deegan , the Durham missionary , should have thought it his duty to attack , and hold up to publk reprobation , the Star , and its editor , Air . HilL

      The foUcwing took place tMi evening , in the Co-operative HalL Mr . Deeean said , that the editor of the Sorihern Star had d » ne Mr . Lowery , of Newcastle , and himsp . lf , great injustice , in placing their names nearly at the bottom of the list of those -who were appointed to speak on Holbeck Moor . But , Sir , that is not your enly crime ; you strove hard and long to persuade the Chartist delegates that they had nothing to do with the Fox aod Goose meeting , at Marshall * milL Ton did not give a full report of Ml Dsegana speech at the meeting f the Geese . And Mr . Deegan further states , that yon hare alleged in the Star , that the conductors of the Times promised you a report of the meeting , - which he Bays they never did . How , Sir , I think Mr . Deegan must either state that which is not correct , or you publish that which is not true .

      Ttii uthe Becond time that Mr . Deegan has attacked an 4 held up to acorn and ridicule , the Xorthern Star and its editor , Mr . HiU In conclusion , I haTe had no qnarrtl with Mr . DeegaD ; and of the editor of the Star , 1 know nothing ; but of this I am sure , that whatever reasons Mr . Deegsn may have for hi * conduct towards the the people ' s paper , he will not rise much in my esteem by i t ; yet I think it may on the whole be injurious to the circulation of the Star , " We { hank the writer , { who gives his name and address ^ very cordially , for this piece of informat ion . It is bo : h tcell and necessary for us and the people to understand each other . It tcould hate been , in our opinioD , more honest and

      Chartist-iike for Mr . Deegan to have made any statement of complaint to us , while he tras at Leeds , than to have done it in the way stated by the writer ; more especially at he promised to visit the Star Office , on other business , but failed to do so , though he was trailed for by our book-keeper till eleven o ' clock at night . It seems , however , that Mr . Deegan t notions ^ of honesty and propriety in such thingt differ from ours ; and hence ice must be content to reply to his allegations as ice happen to hear of them . This ire shall do , seriatim . First , then , for the " injustice" of placing his name and that of Mr . Lowery " nearly at the bottom of the list of speakers for the Holbeck Moor meeting . ' ' t mi

      I ght be quite sufficient , even if the Editor of the -Northern Star had perpetrated this liberty , to plead that somebody urns ; occupy thai post , end that it teas scarcely to be expected that Chartist delegates , contending for equality , would be the very / irst to fight and inarifor pre-eminence on the aristocratic principle . But the arrangement of speakers for the Holbeck Moor meting happened to be made by a eemmiitee appointed for the purpose , and not oy the iiditor of the Northern Star . We insisted that the delegates had nothing to do with the Mill Meeting . " We did so ; and we do so iiUL We admitted their right to attend it , if they could get tickets , in their individual capacity : !

      Incol as delegates . " We did not fully report Mr . Deegan ' s speech . " We aid noi . _ We did not fully report any speaker . It was impo-sible . The speaking commenced at free , cr . d Mr . Deegan did not commence till ten : ve vent to press at five in the morning to save tAf post . That to any but Mr . Deegan will be reason sufficiently satisfactory . Every other speaker was abridged , but no other complained : ifujuch Hveral others were more abridged than even he . Mr . Leecan denies that the conductors of the Leeds Times broke forth with us in the matter of the report . " We do not think Mr . Deegan knows any : hir , g about it . We say they did

      promiseana as a proof that they did so , the Leeds Times of lait Saturday does not venture to impugn our itaUment ; we know not whether they may have uit ' . ructed Mr . Deegan to deny it Jot them ; i'it ve believe that , if it be even so , this secondhand denial will not be so likely to be believed as V it had come from the dirty Doctor himself . Kekno ' x not why Mr . Deegan should attack the - Northern Star and Us Editor . The Editor is not aware of hexing ever done anything either to injure or sffend Mr . Deegan ; and certainly the Northern Star has not deserved ill treatment Jramhim . Mr . Deegan has been an agent for ¦»* w ¦ * 9 3 /

      \ _^ — — ^ — - - - - — » *•» m **^ * rw r V * the Star from its commencement—in that capacity he has contracted a debt to the office of a somewhat serious amount . He has ojten been applied to for payment , but has never found it convenient to pay . On that business he promised to can and see the Clerk , when at Leeds , as above * £ * £ ; but forfeited his word . Last week , our wmr again wot * , pressing for a settlement , and intimating that unless some arrangement uas made , the papers mould b * discontinued . Me following « th , answer received from Mr . Veepan s father , vho manages his business in his tivience : —

      Staley Bridge , February 3 rd . 184 L ^ n ^ ceiTed » « oto from Mr . ArdiD . aying he 7 ^ 1 stop the papers . He is at liberty to stop them SL ^ v e think » Proper . I bare paid for the P&pers he has sent me . It wffl not do me the least etw " " * * Tou ^^ Pleftse to 8 end me tte balance th the commencement te the dosiDg of zf 4 r i " July ' 1839 ' aho'wing the debit and « wk . sad , if you think well of it , you may « -a the tame number as last week . Sir , I remaiB , yours , respectfully , P . Deegait .

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      Upon Otis Utter we Tiave merely to remark that the requiring of a " balance-sheet" is d subterfuge ; because Mr . Deegan , some time ago , sent , into the afice a balance sheet drawn up by himself , from which it appeared that he was owing eight shillings " more than we have charged to him . This is the way that men of lir . Deegan ' s kidney ' push the Star . " They Jirstfrt into arrears at the office , then hold up the paper and Us editor to " teorn and ridicnle , " and ihenfiatiy refute to pay . J . Williams says that Mr . Richardson ' s statement , in his Rights of Woman , about women being employed in coat mines , is incorrect so far as Durham and Northumberland are concerned

      , and that the xeives and daughters of ( he pitmen in these districts are employed as women ought to be , in making the homes of their husbands and fathers comfortable . We know nothing of Durham and Northumberland , but tee do know from personal observation as to the pits in some other parts of the country . Mr . Richatdson is right , and has not at all over drawn his picture . S . Goat , Noswich . —We have no recollection of any letter from him having reached our hands till the present one—nor did tee receive the report which he stales to have been sent by Mr . Clancy . We have received many letters from Mr . Clancy but not that one .

      J . Todd , r « EWcastle , has sent us some resolutions purporting to have been passed by some " Opera-Jive Chartists" thanking Messrs . Ay re , Blakey , 4 "c ., for subscribing to send Mr . Lowery to the Great Demonstration at Leeds , as a Delegate from Newcastle ; the Council of the Charter Association not having done so , —and censuring the Council in very severe terms . We have no means of knotting what sort of a " meeting" this teas at which these resolutions were adopted , or how many individuals constituted it , and therefore shall not insert the resolutions .

      Delegate Meeting at Manchester . — We are . desired by the Secretary of the Executive to convene a meeting of Delegates from the various parts of the country to be holden on the 20 f /» of February , upon matters of the greatest importance relative to the present crisis ; the books are ready . The balance sheet of the Executive will be laid before the Delegates , previous to being published . Further particulars in our next . J . Harkway . —His letter is inadmissible . Ebuatum . —In our lastpaper but one , in the Balancesheet of the St . Pancras Festival and Ball , instead of TE . N shillings for ribbons for

      Committee-men , it should have appeared—Amount paid Printing Ribbons for Commit itee , TENPENCE . Tekperasce . —The following persons uHsh to have their names appended to the Total Abstinence Address ;—Mr . Littler , member of the Provisional Executive , an abstainer for sir years ; William Smith , member of the Executive ; and William Grjffin , reporter , an abstainer and advocate for upwards of six years . R . H . O . must excuse vs this week . W . Fplles , j ck ., Arbroalh . —His request is attended to . "The Chartist" will not do for publication . Frakcis Lee . —The verses are not so good as the

      writer s intention , or we might insert them . Jakes Verno > " . —His sonnets are received . Oastler ' s " Fleet Papers , " No . 6 , received . R . E « . Newcastle , has our thanks . We tciil watch them . E . P . Mead . —His song next week . His lecture wt have not room for . W . Ticker . —His acrostic won ' t do . John Fisherwick . —His communication is an advertisement . C . H . —His song won ' t do . Johs Collins and Arthub O'Neill . —Their address is received . R . Lowkrt . —His letter was accidentally laid aside until too late for this week : it shall appear in our next .

      DcSdeb Youths Umvebsal Suffrage Associa-. tios . —Their address omitted for lack of room . W . TiLLMAJi . — Will he send Mr . Hill his address ? Mr . II . -wrote him , care of Mr Heywood , some time aco ; but it seems that the Idler has not reached him . J . Arra * . —Next week . R . M . Holmes recommends temperance and study to ' the youthful Chartist public . R . Griffiths . —Received . A Briitlb-la * e Chartist is very desirous to see his neighbours bestir themselves more energetifor the Charier . Johs Kirkwood . —His letter is tent to Mr . O'Connor . "Moset" won ' t do . T . > i- Shaw . —Thanks for his communication . We shall be always glad to hear from him '

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      Alexasder Finlay . —Cannot be sure about the letter enclosing Is . ; but if it was received , the plates were sent . George Rcdge . —We have not a copy of the ' 23 rd left . William Thomas . —Because the Agent has not settled the account . J . Mjllar . —Send what you think proper . T . Smith , Plymouth . —Four Shillings . Johjc Seal . —We have not a copy containing a list of Agents . Joh . * i ; Buttert . — The first letter he sent wanting Stars for January 23 rd was answered by return of post . Wm . Ireland , hatter , Dublin . —The individual inquired after resides at Manchester ; don ' t know the address .

      Wm . Hatwood has got all that have been given in the time he mentions . J ^ Houlder , Liverpool , can be supplied from Mr . Stewart , Whitechaptl . The plate will be sent there . J . M'CUBBY . —The report was in a part of our impression of last week but one ; but was taken , out along with other mailer , to make room for the Leeds Demonstration . We did * ot v > 'dersta > d the order from Mr . France on the 23 d was to be continued . THE " Ss . from Liverpool last wttk , for ilr . Marsden , should have been for Mr . Murden of Bollon . Thomas DrssiSG . —Apply to S . Deacon and Co ., 3 , Wcdbrook , London , giving the time the advertisement appeared , as near as possible .

      FOR THE COMMITTEE FOR SUPERINTENDING DAN . 8

      CHXHrlST WKLCOiUB TO LEEDS . £ I . d . From James Anderson , Cross-ford ... 0 10 FOR THE WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS , From the Lambeth Joiut SUck cooperative Store 0 5 0 FROM THE CHARTISTS OF SALTCOATS , AYESHIREFor Mr . Peddie 0 5 0 „ Mr . Vincent 6 3 o „ Mr . O'Brien 0 3 0 - „ Mrs . Frost 0 3 0 0 11 0

      FOE J . B . O ' BRIEN . From D . Ireland , Dunfermline ... 0 1 0 _ Hugh M'Inarney , do . ... 0 1 0

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      DURHAM County Missionary , —Mr . J . Deegan , the Chartist Missionary , will lecture at the foHowiDg places , in the ensuing week : —Hartlepool , Monday , February 8 th ; Middlesbro ' , Tuesday , 9 th ; Stockton , Wednesday , 10 th ; Darlington , Thursday , 11 th ; Kelloe , Friday , ] 2 th ; West Auckland , Sunday , I 4 th , at half-past ten in the morning ; and Bishop Auckland Batts , same day , at half-past two in the afternoon .

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      LEEDS . —A Rascally Case . —A poor man has sent the following communication to our office . We give it as received : — " On last Monday week , as I was proceeding on tbe Calls , laden with a turn of potatoes , I was overtook by Mrs . Fullon , of No . 7 , George-street , and accused by her with stealing her potatoes ! Upon this I remonstrated with her , and told her thai she was mistaken in the man , and she had better jjo home and Bee if they were not there . Policeman Fiizpatrick , No . 18 , coming up at the time , Mrs . Fullon told him she had paid me to carry the potatoes into George 3 -street , but I was stealing them and taking them elsewhere . After receiving some rough usnage and bad language from the policeman , I was taken into custody , my potatoes

      taken from me , and escorted down to the Warehouse Hill , where the woman had purchased her potatoes , when she was informed 1 was not the person she had engaged . I was then set at liberty . Fitipatrick and the woman then went down to her house , where they found the man waiting at her house with her potatoes , and had been some time . Considering that I had been badly used , I went down to the police office to lodge a compiant against Fitipatrick . Having stated my case , Fitzpatrick was desired by Child to prefer a charge of assault against me , which was done ; they then ransacked my pockets and took » y watch and money from me , and locked me up for upwards of four hoara , when they took ne before the magistrates , and I was fined 2 i . 6 d .

      and 5 s . costs , as the policeman swore that I had knocked him down twice . I being in confinement , as I have stated , had not a chance to get any one to speak in my behalf . They thought fit to treat me in the manner I have described . By inserting this in your valuable paper on Saturday next , you will much oblige , William Barker , porter , on tht Warehouse Hill . " If the facts be as here stated , they are most disgraceful to the police force of Leeds- ; and shew the necessity of the people ' s putting themselves at once into the right position in reference to all political and social matters—a position which would enable them to protect " their order" from oppression ; while it would also secure justice to all .

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      BAKNSLEY . —Trade . —This town is now in a distressed state , owing to the want of employment , the manufacturers being reducing their hands more than one half ,- add to that the inclemency of the weather , which renders it doubly painful to poor men , who have to leave the towa and go Beek work elsewhere ; Indeed , tue wonder to usia , how they find men to work for them , when we contemplate that there is never more than foot or fiw months partial work . BUBTOW . —On Thursday night week , Mr . Day ' s house , of Barton , was broken into by some thieves , and a large quantity of bacon , batter , and cheese taken therefrom , together with a vast deal of linen , and wearing apparel , and also some geese from an outhouse . If the times continue ae they are , without a remedy , for any length of time , the working classes will be converted into a body of thieves

      HTJDDBRBPIXLD . —Middle Class Justice . — Hear this , oh . ' ye pretended followers of the meek and lowly Jesus , but in reality the worshippers of Mammon . —A manufacturer , residing ) at Mold Green , one of the cheap bread men , and what is worse , a " pillar" of a certain religious body in this town , a few weeks since received his account for gas supplied daring the last winter , which account amounted to rather more than he expected . Well , what of that ? You shall hear ; this " Pillar , " this "Cheap Bread" man , immediately sets to work , and calling his workmen together informed them that each of them owes him for what—gas , the sum of nine shillings and sixpence ! Oh ! sixpence per week for the last nineteen weeks past . —Of

      course the poor workmen , whose wages are small enough , God knows , remonstrated , but it was of no avail ; they must either submit to the impost or quit , and several who would not submit to be robbed , were turned to the wide world , in the midst of a hard winter , to Btarve , for having the impudence , as it was termed , to resist the tyranny of this tyrant . One of his men , more determined than tbe rest of his fellow-workmen , being also » member of the body , expostulated with him upon the tyranny and the unchristian principle of such conduct . Thereupon the noble minded pillar flew into a terrible rage , and the poor man who thus had the honesty and firmness to reason with this pretty tyrant , was dismissed instanier ! I

      Christian Charity . —Last week , a poor woman from Bayhall , was brought to the pariah church for interment , and being ten minutes too late , the humble minister of the church would not inter her until the extra sum of -is . 6 d . was paid , and that first , too , which had to be collected from the people there on the spot ; the poor woman having been buried by subscription ! New Bastile Practice , by a Female at Huddersfield . —When the present overseers of Hudgave up possession of the workhouse , to the Guardians , they expelled Mr . and Mrs . Bruuton , who , for humanity and good order , were unsurpassed in their office of master and mistress of the house , and put in their stead a lunatic of the name of Mr . W .

      Taylor , from Sheffield , with his aunt , a widow named Ainsworth , who had been expelled for conduct which cannot be named here . The insane nephew , who was placed there in order that the woman might have the sole command , was , within a fortnight , sent back to Sheffield , wrapped in blankets , &c . to his mother : he returned , and was soon packed to Blackpool , and on his return ( after being repeatedly told that the order of things was reversed by placing a madman over the sane inmates of tbe workhouse ) was dismissed , and again seat back to his mother at Sheffield , aud his aunt ( Jezebel , as she is commonly called ) left in possession . This termagant has had the execrations of 99 out of every 100 rate-payers : she has only the support of the

      screwgut Guardians , as she is so well fitted to their purposes of oppression , supplying smaJl quantities of coarse food , and flogging . A widow , who had been &n inmate of the said workhouse , left it to "be married , leaving a child in the house , Bhe having no means by which to support it . Shortly after the mother had left , the Jeeebel of a mistress engaged this child to a collier at Thornhill ; who , finding that he ( the child ) had no strength , returned him , not to the workhouse from which he took him , bat to the mother . This woman ( the workhouse mistresi ) if she deserves the name of woman , took upon herself thus to dispose of the child without tbe knowledge of the overseers of the poor , or the poor bouse committee , so that no human being is safe in her custody . Now , mark ! The child is seven years old : he weighs 42 pounds , and measures 411 inches

      in height . What will the mothers of England say to this ! Will they submit to have unprotected infancy driven to labour in a coal pit by a barren termagant—a fiend like this—a tool of the tools and tyrants at Somerset House ! The case of this child Las been twice before the Board of Guardians , a number of whom attempted to put down the enquiry by clamour , but , it would not do , they were compelled to acknowledge the crime of their protegee and that she had done wrong , and imagined that this would get her out of the scrape ; bin it is intended to make a motion that she be called before the board , reprimanded , and dismissed . On Friday last , one of the Guardians took this poor unfortunate child into the Board-room , lifted him upon a chair , and told them to behold an independent British labourer ; and even this " cut" did not produce a single blush upon their brazen fronts ! 2

      A New ( but Unlawful ) Way to Pay Old Debts . —After an experiment of four years , aud with all the ooasted blessings which were promised , and all the curses ' * loud and deep " against the opponents of the New Poor Law ; after having London police , local police , constables , and military , to subjugate the rabble to submission to it , what has it produced 2 Why , nothing less than a complete revolution in the minds of the very individuals , who were mainly instrumental in so far introducing " the accursed thing" amongst us ! They are now sick

      and aoTry that they should have been so mad as to bring upon themselves ( not minding the poor ) so heavy an iDniction . Such has been the increase of the rate ? , that they are truly alarmed at the ruinous addition . And what have the present Whig majority of the guardians been driven to 1 Those props of it hare actually commenced a regular course of law-breaking ; they began some time ago to give what they call cheques , but really a nondescript sort of payment , purely illegal . These are passed through their hands , thus defrauding the revenue . Here is a copy of one : —

      Huddenueld , 8 th Jan . 1841 . To the Treasurer of the Huddersfleld Union . . Pay to Mr . Samuel Drake , or bearer , two hundred and forty three pounds five shillings . J . M . Maxfield , Presiding Chairman . SEW- } ° ™>^> C . S . Floyd , Clerk . Payable twenty-eight days after date . J . M . Maxfield .

      There are six cheques dated the 8 ch , and twelve dated the 1 . 5 : h of last month , amounting iu the whole to about six hundred pounds . u Necessity is the mother of invention . " Those boasters and denouncers have invented this scheme , and broken the law , in order to save themselves a little longer from disgrace ; but the silly abject tools of the Somerset House triumvirate , have lost sight of the tenfold disgrace they fall into , the crime they commit , and the punishment which no doubt will be awarded .

      Another Shiloh come . —Very recently the village Goctor of Honley was called to attend a young woman , not fifty milea from the workhouse . The mother and daughter held one opinion , the doctor expressed another . The women persisted , and leeches and blisters were applied , but lo ! in a few , a very few days , the younger brought forth a living soul , but insisted that it had no father . Oh , this New Poor Law , which drags poor rates , instead of supplying them to , from the poor , in order that the p lacemen and understrappers may riot in luxury , lewdness , and debauchery . Those poor houses under the new system are no better , it would seem , ' than brothels ; and the writer , Mr . Editor , would be glad to state who the putative father is , providing that a certain relieving officer would give you a guarantee that no action for libel would be brought . It is well known , Sir , that that the lawyers hold that the greater the truth the greater the libel . —Correspondent .

      At a meeting of the committee for petitioning her Majesty in council to incorporate our borough , several letters were received from different members of the council , with their opinions on the subject . After a long discussion , it was agreed to write again to Lord Normanby before the petition was sent for presentation . The Anti-petition has only got about 200 signatures , while that for tke Charter of incorpation has above 3 , 000 , all inhabitant ratepayers . Anti-Corn Law Association . — The Operative Anti-Corn Law Association of this town , has fallen into insignificance , and in all probability will not again appear before the public The meetings are dow very thinly attended , and members aro not to be found since the discussion at the Philosophical Hall . The Chartists have declared their intention to meet them at all times where they appear in public , either by lectures or discussion . If the

      operatives of the association be sincere , they will either call upon the people to discuss the question , or abandon it . It is said that petitions are to be got up , but surely the operatives will not demean themselves to do the dirty work of a few In a hole and corner , but take the opinion of the public , as to the beet means of obtaining total and efficient repeal . Too thick o » the Ghoiwd . —In a place in Boxton Road , Hnddersfield , known by the name of " Floyd's Rookery , " a shoemaker has apparently lived very comfortable with one wife , but another spouse came and took possession of a portion of the house , and Crispin also finding himself rather crowded , the cobbler thought proper to fix upon the front of his dwelling tbe following inscription : — " A wife to let on reasonable terms . ' We have not heard that a tenant has been found , and between the two . the poor cobbler has kept to his last .

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      NOTTINGHAM .-On Monday last , a meeting was held-at the house of Mr . Gibson , the King George on Horseback ; to commemorate the birthday of Thomas Paine . The room in which the dinner ¦ was held was decorated with flags , eYergreens , portraits , &c . In the course of the evening numerous patriotic toasts and sentiments were given , and ably and eloquently responded to ; in addition to which , various appropriate songs were sung . Some of the speakers took occasion to repudiate the theological opinions of Pame ; although highly eulogising his political sentiments . BBADFOBB . —Chdbch Rate . —The church party Jutre had in contemplation the . possibility of forcing that obnoxious impost . We are informed that a veatry meeting en the subject , has been held , when , after some sharp firing on both sides , it was respited to rapport the old edifice by voluntary subscription , i ¦ :

      Bishop Blaizb . —On Wednesday last , the members of the Universal Society of Woolcombers , celebrated the a-nniversary < Jf Bishop Blatze , by dining together , at the house of Mr . John Forrest , the Unicorn Inn , I vegate ; after the dinner the business of the society was ' transacted , which was of a most satisfactory nature ; the remainder of the day was spent in the greatest harmony . Same day , a large number of the friends of the Patron Society sat down to dinner at the house of Mr . Mills , Odd Fellows' Arms , where ample justice was done to the good things set before them . Another party of about forty , honoured the friends of the Patron of the Staple Trade , by dining together at the Nelson Inn . Several other small parties dined together at the various inns in commemoration of the old Bishop . Excise Seizure . —We have just been informed , that the Excise have made a seizure of a quantity of malt , the property of a maltster at Eccles .

      KEIGHLEY . —On Sunday last , a very numerous and respectable prooe&sion of the Independent Order of Foresters , attended the funeral of a young man named David Hall , who had been a member of that order . Being aware of the dislike of the church parsons to any service being read at the grave besides their own , the ceremony was gone through before the procession commenced . On arriving at the church yard the curate discovered one of the party carrying a large book , and imagining that he was going to act in opposition to him , told him veiy significantly that he had best take care and not do himself an injury . The man replied , do not be alarmed ; whether I injure myself or not , I shall not injure thee . " The curate again cautioned him against injuring himself , and the man again gave him the quaker-like answer of " never

      mind , I shall not injure thee , ' when proceeding to place his book in order , with the apparent intention of reading , the curate took the alarm , aud sent the clerk post-haste to inform the ohurchwardens , who came running to prevent the mischief . The man , however , not wanting to make a riot in the church yard , closed bis objectionable book , and allowed the church to continue triumphant and finish the burial Bervice in their own favourite way . FatPio . —On Wednesday , the 2 nd . inst ., a sow , the property of Thomas Hush worth , Esq ., of Th waits , near Keighley , was slaughtered by Edward Hartley , pork butcher , weighing 40 st . 31 b ., 161 b . to the stone . Tbe animal was only a year and a half old , and was considered one of the finest of the kind ever seen in this part of the country .

      ASHTON . —The Saint Paul ' s Masonic Lodge held their first festival on Saturday , January 23 rd , 1841 , at the house of Mr . John Glover , Theatre and Concert Tavern , Oldham Road , Ashton-under-Lyne , where the Lodge is held . At seven o ' olock in the evening , the members of the Lodge , along with the officers from the Saint John ' s Lodge , sat down to the best festive entertainment that any of the company present had ever seen ; for which , after tho cloth was withdrawn , and in the course of the evening ' s enjoyments , ' the'host » nd hostess received the unanimous thanks of the company .

      RICHMOND . ——Police Office . —Thomas Peat was brought before the sitting Magistrates , charged with violently assaulting Mr . William Howson ; fined 5 s . and costs . William Mattinson was charged with an assault on William Peirsecompromised , paying costs . Robert Jameson summoned Thomas Metcalfe , for cruelty to his cow . Complainant not appearing , he was ordered to pay costs . Mary Allison was Sued 53 . and costs for assaulting Ann Allison—on non-payment a fortnight ' s imprisonment . Joseph Bates , Ellen Bates .

      and Samuel Bates fined 5 s . each , and costs , for abusive language ; for non-payment , a fortnight ' s imprisonment to hard labour . William Harrison was fined 1 b . and costs , for assaulting Edward Hurworth . John Pattison , Thomas Pattison , John Deacon , Robert Elgey , Thomas Fryer , Thomas Husband , William Starling , John Glenton , and William White , were fiued 10 s . each and costs , for gaming at pitch and toss during divine service , on the 24 ta ult ., or three week's imprisonment to hard labour .

      Fat Ox . —A remarkably fine three years' old ox , of the pure short-horn , bred and fed by Mr . Thomas Lax , of Ravensworth , near Richmond , was slaughtered by Mr . Ralph Fenwick , of Gayles , and exposed for sale in Richmond market , on Saturday last , which weighed 121 Btone , 71 bs . The whole w as eooA bought up at 9 d . per lb . DUNDEE . —State Choruh Tactics . —A meeting of the members and friends of the Church of Scotland was called by hand-bill , on Tuesday evening week—admission by tickets ; to which meeting many of the working people obtained

      tickets of admission ; but , no sooner was it known that this was the case , than a new bill tras issued , at the request of individuals entirely unknown to the public , beaded " A New Issue of Tickets , " and presuming to have tho power of calling in the first tickets , without saying when an exchange of the old for the new tickets could be made . This was a complete trick upon the people , and a regular scheme to make the meeting a " hole and corner" affair . Our correspondent states that he had his coat torn off his back , and his papers taken from him , by parties in this disorderly meeting ; and that he shall seek redress in the Sheriffs' Court .

      BIRMINGHAM . Public Office . —The Crime of Poverty . —Mr . Johnson was charged by a policeman with breaking a square of glass in the shop window of Mr . Showell , bookseller , New-street . The case excited great attention , and shows up the condition of the industrious population of this '' happy country . " It appeared , from the statement of the policeman , that the prisoner came up to him in the street , and asked him where he was to apply for relief , as he had been a day without food . The policeman advised him t& go to the workhouse . The prisoner answered that he had been there , and was refused relief ; that he did not want to steal , as that would cause him to lose his character ; but that he must have something to eat , if he was forced to go to prison for it , and thereupon thrust his hand through a square of glass . The policeman immediately took him into the shop , in order that the owner should be satisfied . Mr . Showell having

      questioned him , and finding that the man was in extreme distress , immediately supplied him with necessary refreshments , and wished him to be set at liberty * , but understanding that he was determined to have an asylum to protect him from hunger , he consented to his being taken to the Police Office . This statement was corroborated by Mr . Showell , who did not seem inclined to injure tbe prisoner . Mr . George Redfearn , prison keeper , stated that so numerous were the offences committed for the purpose of being sent to prison , that the magistrates were compelled to order that they should be kept the first month on bread and water . Mr . Lawrence , the sitting magistrate , then ordered that the prisoner should be confined to hard labour for six weeks , the first four on bread and water . This ia a picture of England , " the envy of surrounding nations , and the admiration of the world . "

      MANCHESTER . —Melancholy Accident . —On Saturday last , two of the workmen employed at the Oldham Gas Works were suffocated by tbe gas , on pulling out a pig from the gasometer , whilst they were iathe ^ ell . Taylor ( one of the men ) has not recovered , but Kay , another , has . The persons who fetched them out of the well bad a narrow escape with their lives , but are at present doing well . Audacious Street Robbery . — A man named Johnson was committed for trial at Manchester Borough Court , on Saturday , for being one of a party who threw Mr . Keulock , bookseller , upon bis back , and attempted to rifle his pockets , in Oldham-street , whilst scores of persons wore passing along tbe street at tbe time . It was about eleven o ' clock in the morning of Friday .

      Impudent Bobber ? . —On Thursday afternoon , the 28 th alt , a man was observed to enter the cellar of Messrs . Fletcher and Moss , Hanging Ditch , Manchester , and take a cask of butter tberefsom . A porter on the premises saw him commit the theft The prisoner , whose name is Wright , has been committed for trial . Seizure of Stolen Property . —The house of a person named Andrew , otherwise Roscoe , a butcher , of Haalam Moor , near Bolton , was searched on Thursday , the 28 th ult , when SiOlba of indigo , and a box containing a large quantity of jewellery and cutlery , the value of the whole of the property being £ 300 , were found upon tbe premiaek A day or two preceding tbe search , tfaft premises of Mr . Bignold , dyer , the Mount , Peterstreat , Mancbecter , were broken into , and a quantity of indigo , corresponding in quantity and quality to that found in Andrew ' * house , was stolen . Andrew is out of the way , but his wife is in custody .

      Fatal Accident . — Three Xives Lost . — Two youths named Butter worth , ( brothers ) and a third party whose name we are not in possession of , were killed by Ibe falling of a temporary wooden bridge l aid across tbe Dane , at Holmes Chapel , Cheshire , on a port of the M&nchester and Birmingham line . Henry Butterworth , another of the brothers above-named , was also thrown into the river with the rest , and is seriously injured , but not killed . The parties recently resided at Stockport

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      ROBriSitY of a Barber ' s Shop by a Policeman . — MiNCH s EsrEa ,, JF £ B , 4 . —On Thursday morning , Mitchell M'Ciough was brought before Mr . Maude , at the Borongk Police Court , Manchester , on a charge of having stolen a razor and comb , under the ! following ciacumstances : —Mr . Peirse , Police Inspector , said that Mr . Hangon , hair-dresaer , of Great Ancoat'estreet , came to tbe office , and stated that he had been robbed of a comb and razor , and that the same had been found in the prisoner ' s coat pocket . Mr . Hanson , prosecutor , was then sworn . He said that the prisoner , M'Ciough , came to his shop to be shaved , and when he ( Hanson ) had shaved him , the prisoner gave him a shilling to get changed , so that he might pay him . Hanson . went out to procure change , and returned and

      gave it to him . Shortly after , Mr . Nathaniel Peck came into his shop . Hanson told Peck that he bad been robbed of a comb and a razor , and that no one had been in the shop but the prisoner and Mr . Peck ; bnthe was sure that Peck had not taken them . Mr . Peck , who is a respectable man , replied "No ; it must be the policeman . " Hanson immediately went to the policeman ' s lodgings , and inquired for him . He wa » informed that he was asleep in bed . A topcoat hung in the room , and Hanson asked the woman with whom M'Ciough was lodging , whether he might be allowed to search the pockets ; permission was given , and the result was , that he drew out the comb and razor now produced from the pockets

      of the policeman . Mr . Maude asked the prisoner what he had to say for himself . Prisoner said he went to the ehep to be shaved ; and as the barber had been in the habit of cutting hair for the force , and as he had no comb , he thought he might get one from the barber , but it was his intention to haTe returned it Mr . Maude—Why did you not ask for it ? Prisoner answered—Because , being a policeman , he though he might take it without asking . The Superintendent , Oochrene , merely corroborated the evidence of Hanson and Peirse . Mr . Maude to Hanson—Are you sure those articles are yours ? Hanson—Yes : he could swear to them , because his name was upon them . Mr . Maude , without further hesitation , committed the prisoner to take his trial at the Sessions .

      HALIFAX . —Fatal Accident . —Child Burnt , —On Sunday morning last , a little girl , named Wilson aged fourteen years , residing with her father in King-cross-lane , in this town , ( who had ? ; one to Leeds in search of work , ) had got up to ight the fire , and , by sjme means or other , her linen got ignited , which caused her death in a few hours . DEWSBORY . —Tebtotalism . —ARechabites' tent , denominated the Rock of Horeb , was lately opened at Mr . Brown ' s Temperance Hotel , by the officers of the Wakefield district , which no doubt will be productive of much good . ADDERBURY ' . —Within about fourteen miles of the writer's residence , there has been another of our wealthy and aristocratical displays of brutality , and man-debasing exhibitions , a prize fight ; and never , in the remembrance , of the oldest inhabitant in this

      part of the country , was there known to have been collected together such a mass of blackguardism , thimblerigging , thievish set . If New South . Wales had been culled , and the scrapings of all hell collected together , it could not have overmatched it ; and whether the day did . not prove so fortunate for their nefarious practices as they wished , they were determined to make it out by their evening ' s maraudings . On their return from the brutal place , they robbed all they fell in with ; and since I have begun writing these few lines , three daring robberies have been committed in the broad light A person of the name of Loft us , ( Banbury ) a teacher ot French and drawing , had been the same afternoon receiving bis pay , and on bis return home when about one hundred yards from the Adderbury

      Turnpike Gate , a cart with five or Bix fellows in it overtook him , stopped , and asked him to ride . He replied in the negative , when he was knocked down , and robbed to the amount of thirty pounds in money , and checks , and also his watch , with which they decamped . He was bruised very much by the monsters kneeling on his stomach . It was about six o ' clock in the evening , and the Sovereign coach , from London to Leamington , was at the bar at the same time , and a shepherd was not fifty yards from the place ; but tbe poor man knew nothing of it till afterwards , as he had no chance ot making any alarm whatever . Tbe aauie evening , King ' s Sutton Church was broken into , but

      luckily there they had their trouble for their pairs On Thursday evening , a respectable architect , of Banbury , was coming home , and when within a few yards of Hopcroft's Holt , on the Oxfsrd Road , was stopped by four men , and robbed of about twenty shillings in silver , and also his watch , worth £ i , with which they got safe off . Such is the pastime—I beg pardon—the wickedness which our legislators , aristocrats , and bull-headed frog farmers , the fifty pound captives , and our superiors i ?) patronise , and publish in a paper , which might be very property called Hell's Life in London , Could a Parliament of Chartists act worse?—Correspondent .

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      Woolwich , February 1 . —Escape of a Convict . —About half-past six o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday last , one of the convicts belonging to tbe Warriar convict ship , moored off the Dockyard , Woolwich , made his escape , and although every exertion has since been made to recapture him , he has eluded the vigilance of the police . Last Sunday evening , during divine service , at a Dissenting meeting-house , in the City , tho minister interrupted the singing of the hymn , previous to the sermon , by the following ejaculation : — " If that gentleman who sings so very loud , cannot sing more m tune , he had better leave off altogether . "

      Destructive Fire in London . —On Tuesday morning , at ten o ' clock , a fire originated on the premises of Messrs . Painter and Co ., the extensive cabinet-manufacturers , Fmsbury-pavement , Moorfields , which has involved the total destruction of that spacious building . The area occupied by it was almost an acre in extent , and the top of it was surmounted by a dome . The fire , it is supposed , arose from the boiling over of some varnish in one of the warehouses , which was situated under the roof-Mr . Painter had prompt information of the unfortunate circumstance , and he directed his servants to proceod instantly for the engines . The inflammable properties of tho varnish , however , soon communicated to the other materials in the room , when it

      became soon evident that no effort could arrest the progress of the devouring element . The flames raged with fury , and rushed from floor to floor with amazing rapidity , and passing out at the windows , carried them across the street , which is there about 200 feet wide . The various engines from the different stations of the London Fire Brigade quickly arrived , but water was not supplied with sufficient promptitude . Long before oleyen o ' clock the whole of the Messrs . Painter ' s premises were in one solid flame ; they presented an awful sight ; and such was its power , that many persons in Chiswell-street were unable to remain there . At tke houses on the opposite side of the pavement , the shutters of the shops of which were put , the shopmen

      were compelled to be employed in flinging buckets of water upon them . The engines also played above , the effect of which was to prevent their ignition . By this time , however , the house adjoining the Messrs . Painter's , which was occupied by a medical man , at the corner of Finsburysquare , caught fire . The rear of the houses to the south , also , in Cross-street , belonging to Messrs . Baker and Co ., importers of foreign wines , of Mr . Everest , a wine merchant , and of Messrs . Ballard and Co ., paper hanging manufacturers , were in the same situation , and unfortunately the wind was blowing in that direction . During the progress of destruction carried on by the devouring element , occasional explosions were heard , which were supposed to proceed from different inflammable

      bodies , while largo burning masses of furniture were frequently driven among the crowd . At eleven o ' clock , a large portion of the front wall of the premises fell down . Fortunately ifc descended in a perpendicular direction . An immense mass of dense and heated smoke instantly arose , which had a terrific appearance . As soon as it passed away the whole interior of the premises presented a dreadful scene , while the heat was much more intense . As it was impossible for the engines to produce any effect upon the building , the men exerted themselves to arrest the progress of the flames from causing further damage to the adjoining houses . A large body of police of the G division , under Inspectors Robinson and Slacket , were

      present to keep offoheimmensecrowa assembled together . The loss of property is said to exceed £ 25 , 000 . No portion of Messrs Painter and Co . ' s premises and manufactory are remaining ; the whole are burnt to the ground . The firm are insured in the Phoenix Fire Office , but , Mr . Painter states , far below the extent of property consumed . The premises of Dr . Shoveller , No . 50 , adjoining , and at the corner of Finsbury-square , are completely gutted . He is insured in the Protestants' and Dissenters' Fire Office . No . 49 , Finsbnry-square , belonging to Mr . Gregorie , professor , seriously damaged by water ; insured . Houses on the west side of the Pavement , opposite the premises burned down , No . 1 , belonging to Messrs Cater and Wood , part damaged by fire ; No . 2 , Mr . Evans ; No . 3 , Mr . Reymond ; No . 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , and 9 , similarly damaged . Several houses in Cross-street have sustained damage . Most of the occupiers are insured . The cause of the fire cannot

      be learnt . An accident occurred daring the raging of the fire to a man ia working one of the engines . He had the ends of hia fingers jammed off , and is now at St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital . Nearly the whole of the premises now destroyed formerly belonged to the far-famed bookseller , Mr . Lackington , who , from the very humble condition of penny trifles in the street ? , became successively tna proprietor of an old book stall , a librarian and bookseller , and , in the result , realised * , immense fortune , after which he wrote his life to explain to the rising generation the way in which he had from the very smallest of beginning created for hunselt , by his prudence and economy , the eminence which he then occupied . During his ocoupanoy of the spacious premises in Finsbury-square , a sensation was caused by the driving of one of the mail-coaches round the circular counter in { his immense shop , above which , in his time and for many subsequent years arose a dome containing several galleries filled with a vast assortment of books .

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      Christened at Rook-street Roman Catholic Chapel , Manchester , the son of John and Sarah Millington , named Feargus O'Connor John Millingtou . Also , at the Old Church , Manchester , another child called Feargus O'Connor Becket . Born on the 24 th of December last , and christened on the 24 th" of last month , at St . Peter ' s Church , Walworth , Henry Vincent Terry . A few days ago , the wife of Mr . Joseph Wood , of Clayton , was delivered of a fine boy , who has since beea registered Feargus O'Connor Wood . Harriet I come , wife of John Icome , was sifelyde-Jivered of a daughter on the 14 th of October last , and has since had it christened and duly registered by tho name of Harriet Frost Vincent .

      Mr . Thomas Pickering Cavill , of Melton Mowbray , had two fine boys ( twins ) cbxUtened at the Independent Chapel , on the 3 d ef last month , by the Rev . James Roberts ; the eldest , by the name of John Frost Cavill , the other , Hen ? y Vincent Cavill . Mr . IL W . E Standeven , of Dale-Hall , near Burslem , potter , has had a daughter duly registered Grace O'Connor . Christened , on the 14 th November last , at the CatiwHe Chapel , Granby-row , Manchester , by the Rev . Mr . M'Cormick , John Feargus Clark , the son of James and Martha Clark . On Saturday l ast , a young stranger was registered afc one of the offices i n Bath , as follows -. —Samuel Feargus Bronterre Vincent Charter Debbage , being the son of Mr . Miles Debbage , of St Gregory , Norwich . Richard Wade , of Read , duly registered his son on Saturday , January 23 d , John Frost Wade .

      James Anderton , of Padiham , duly registered his son Feargus Anderton . On Saturday , the 17 th of October last , Martha , the wife of Daniel Bamford , of Bridge-mill , near Whitworth , was safely delivered of a son , who has been christened by the name of James Feargus , at St Mary ' s ChuTcb , Bacup . The clerk asked the mother a second time if it was . Firgus , or Feargus ? The parson said "it was Feargus ; " and after a pause said , " well , I hope he will be a much better man than Feargos O'Connor is ! " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ Emma Frost , daughter of Leah and John Frederick Linden , was duly reg istered on the 18 th of January last , in respect to the oppressed and ill-treated John Frost On the 2 nd instant , the daughter of William and Elizabeth Thomas , of Maples , near Newport , Monmouthshire , was duly registered Ann Frost Vincent Thomas . * . ¦

      On Saturday last , Jane , the wife of Nathan Somersgttl , of lUingwdrth , was safely delivered of two sons , one of whom has been named Feargus O'Connor , and the other Wm . Vincent . The son of William Henry and Mary Ann Weston , of Regent-street , Westminster , on the 15 th of October lait , was duly registered and baptised at tbe Church , in Vincent-aqnare , as John Frost Weston . Barbara , the wife of James Livingstone , joiner , of No . 4 , Picton-place , Newcastle , was , last week , safely delivered of a daughter , who was duly registered , in the parish of All Saints , Eleanor O'Connor Frost Livingstone .

      On Monday , February 1 st , Feargos O'Connor Booth , first child of Silvester and Frances Booth , and grandson to Mr . John Booth , the much respected treasurer to the Radical Association , was christened in Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Chapel , Wigan , by the Rev . Charles Middlehurst In consequence of this being the first child in thfs town bearing the name of that unflinching ( though persecuted ^ champion of the people , the association presented him with an enamelled card , on which his name is inserted in full in gilt letters by hia father , on whom too much praise cannot be bestowed , for the selection of sponsors , who were Mr . Edward and Miss Mary Leach , brother and sister to Mr . James Leach , South Lancashire Chartist Missionary . On Tuesday , the 26 th January , was baptised , John Feargus O'Connor , son of Thomas and Elizabeth Wakefield , of Beltbn ; the ceremony took place in the Catholic Chapel , Gracedieu , the minister at Belton Harding having objected on account of the name .

      Lately registered at Loughborough , Emma O'Connor , daughter ef Wm . and Harriet Smith . Two Young Patriots . —Jane , the wife of Nathan SommeregiU , of Ming worth , near Halifax , was safely delivered of twins , on Saturday hut , one of which ia to be called Feargus O'Connor Sommersgill , and the other Wm . Vincent Sommersgill . On Monday last * the infant son of Mary , the wife of Thomas Clarke , stonemason , Lancaster , was duly registered Thomas Feargus O'Connor Clarke , being the first child in that district named after any of the Chartist leaders .

      Oa the 24 th January , waa baptised , at the Parish Church , WarringUra ,, Simeon Frost Richardson , son © Joseph and Hannah Richardson , of the same place , f

      Marriages.

      MARRIAGES .

      On Sunday last , at Barnsley , Mr . Samuel Stones , corn mi ller , to'Miss Elizabeth , eldest daughter ef Mr . Thomas Wilkinson , flax-dresser , all of Leeds . On Monday last , at Norton Church , near MaltOH , by the Rev . Win . Carter , M . A ., Mr . John Avison , cattle dealer , to Miss Emma Pickering , both of the former place .

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      DEATHS . On the 29 th ult ., at his residence , BrixUm-hiU » near London , after a short illness , aged 69 , th « Rev . John Stephens , Weslejran Minister . Mr . Stephens travelled in this circuit in 1815 , 1816 , and 1817 . He itineratedfor the space of forty-one years , was President of the Conference in 1828 , and became a supernumerary in 1834 . Mr . Stephens was much respected by and amongst the numerous body of which ne was a minister . On Monday last , at Hasland , near Chesterfield , aged 49 , Mary , the wife of Mr . Samuel Wild , hatter . On Wednesday , the 27 th uh . v Feargus O'Connor Vincent Bronterre Tozer , aged six months , eon of Mr . S , Tozer » plumber , Hereford . On Thursday last , at St . John ' s Church , Mr . Joseph . Moore , foreman to Mr . EUfo , fiax-spinner 4 to Moss Elizabeth Hecmalalch , tratfi of this town .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct693/page/5/