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      BY J . L WAED , 18 , Trafalgar-street , Leeds , and 82 , Oldfield-road . Salford , SWELLINGS of the NECK , all Scrofulous Diseases , whether from recent Syphilis , or hereditary causes , and every form of malady , which resist the commonly-known modes of treatment , are also , by a practical system of remedial agency , effectually cured . To those conversant with the history of Surgery and Medicine , it is well known that , up to the present time , thoso maladies have defied all and every combined effort of the msdioal literati ; aid thai from a general ignorance of healing agents , such is still the inadequate state of what has been called " regular practice , " that no means known offer ths unfortunate sufferer auv rational hopes of relief .

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      Will be published , on Wednesday , the 16 th inst . THB POOS MAN'S COMPANION " FOR 1843 , A POLITICAL ALMANACK , Shewing the amount and application of the Tax' f raised from the Industry of the Producing Classes ; and containing a great amount of

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      MARRIAGES . On Monday last , at Newton-on-Ouse , by the Riv Mr . Gatenby , Mr . W . Allisor , farmer and grazier , Ellerton , near Catterick , to Miss Elizabeth , second daughter of Mr . W . Grattan , farmer and grazier , Linton-on-Ouse . On Tuesday , the 8 : h inst ., by the Rev . J . Wanton , at St . Peter ' s church , Drypool , Mr . Joha Furby , bookseller , o ? Bridlington , to Muiy Ann , youngest daughter of William Harboard , Esquire , comptrolling surveyor in her Majesty ' s Custom ? , at Hull .

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      TOE MRS . FBDDrj ? . Prom the Somers' Town Victim Committee 0 5 0 FOB THE EXECTTTITB . ftom J . H-, I ^ eds 0 0 3 FOB MBS . HOLBBBBT . Fhbb * he ChwHstt of Todmordea , per Mr . Hill .. — 0 15 0 ¦ w > m > UDC DpnTlTP

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      Brief Htjles tob the Govehnkekt op all whs WRITE FOB THIS PaPEB : — ...... 1 . Write legibly . Mate as few erasures and lnterlinea tionB as possible . In irritiDg Dames of persons and pZaoa be more particular than usual to make every letter distinct and clear—also in using worda not

      Knghah-2 . Write only on one side of the paper . 3 . Employ no abbreviations whatever , but write ont erery word in IulL 4 . Address all comnjunicattonB intended for public * tion to the " Editor "; all other communicationsrech as orders , remitt ances of money , ic . —to tie Publisher , " Mr . J- Hobson ; ali remittances of money to any of the public funds for which books are kept here , to Mr . ArdilL Much unnecessary trouble often arises to us from , a Trent of precision in attending to these thing * Never mix up these different matters in the same sheet Always prefer to send an enclosure , or even a . separate letter . Much confusion often occurs , and many articles of news get overlooked , bec&ttBe of their being written on the same sheet as oontains the order of an Agent , which

      goes into the Publishing Office , and is liable , in the hurry of the business , to be forgotten instead of being sent up to the Editor . So again orders have been sometimes neglected , because of their being written on the back of uewB paragraphs , which being Bent to the Editor have been by him " put in fcand , " without remembering to transcribe the order . All these accidents will be prevented , if persons who send here will send their communications severally to the right quarter , and not " muddle" them together . 5 . When you sit down to write , dont be in a karry , Consider that hurried writing makes alow printing . 6 . Bemeaiber that we go to press on Thursday ; that one side of the paper goes to press on Wednesday ; that we are obliged to go on filling up the paper the whole week , and that , therefore , when a load of matter comes by tbB last one or two post * , it unavoidably happens that much of it is omitted ; and that it is therefore necessary to be prompt in your

      communications . All matters of news , reports of meetings , < fcc , &c referring to occurrences on Friday , Saturday , or Sunday , should reach us by Monday ' s post ; such as refer to Monday ' s occurrences by Tuesday eTening ' e post ; Wednesday ' s occurrences by Thursday ' s post ; and Thursday ' * news by Friday morning ' s post , for second edition . Any deviation from ttis order of supply will necessarily subject the matters s * received to the almost certainty of rejection or serifus curtailment , nndtexiakenobiame / oriL All personal correspondence , poetry , literary communications- and articles of comment to be here by Tuesday , or their chance of insertion for that week will be very small indeed ; if not here by

      Wednesdiy we dont hold ourselves bound even to notice them . 1 . Finally , remember that we have only forty-eight columns weekly for all England , Scotland , Wales , and Ireland ; that we have no interest in preferring one town or place to another , be cause ours is not a local but a national paper ; that we are bound , therefore , in dealing with the masses of matter whici come to us , to hold the scales of Justice evenly—our first object being the promotion and enhancement , according to our oicn best jndpTMxl , at the success of the great and good cause ; and our second , the distribution of our time and space so as to give least cause of complaint ; that we are alike bound to tkis course of action Vy

      inclination , interest , and duty ; and that , therefore , it is useless and senseless for individuals to fame and fret , and think themselves ill used be cause their communications may not always be inserted , or for societies to tronWe their heads and waste their time in passing votes of censure upon ns for devoting too much space to this , or too little to tint , or for inserting this thing \ chich they think should have been omitted , or for omitting the other tiling which they think should have appeared . All these are matters for our consideration , and for the exercise of our discretion and judgment , which , we assure all parties , shall be always used , so far as we are able to perceive , honestly for the public , without fear or favour to any one , and withont

      being allowed to be turned for one instant from its course by ill-natured snarls or bickerings . Ieish "Universal Scffbage Association . Mr W . H . Df ott , printer , bookseller , and stationer , No 26 , North King-street , Dublin , is the Secretary to tna Irish Universal Suffrage Association , to whom all Papers and Communications should be addressed . Monet Obdebs to this Office . —Our Cashier is frequently made to endure an amount of inconve nience , ntterly inconceivable by those who have not multifarious transactions like his to attend to , by the negligence of parties not attending to the plain instructions so often given , to mate all money orders Bent here payable to Mr . Joh . n Asdhl SomB orders are made payable lo Mr .

      O'Connorsome to Mr . Hobson—some to Mr . Hill—some to Star-office : all these require the signature of the person in whose favour they are drawn before the money can be obtained- This causes an attendance at the post-office of , sometimes , several hours , when a few minutes might suffice if all were rightly given—not to mention the most vexatious delays of payment sometimes caused by it Several old , S . » enta who certainly ought to know better—have often thus needlessly incoveniesced us ; we therefore beg that * 11 parties having money to send to the Star-o&ea for Papers , by order , will make their orders payable to Mr . John ARDIIX . If they neglect this , we shall not hold ourselves bound to attend to them : if , therefore , they find their neglect to produce inconvenience to themselves let them not blame us .

      C 02 HESPOXD £ XTS OF THE JfOBTHEBS STAB- — London—1 . M . Wheeler , 7 , Mills Buildings , Kms&tEbridge . Birmingham—George White , 29 , BromBgrove-street . I \ ewasl ' e—Mr . J . Sinclair , Gateshead- Suxderlaxd—Mr . J . Williams , Messrs . "Williams and Binns , booksellers . ShefUld—Mr . G . J . Harney , news a ^ ent , 33 , Campo-lane . Both —Mr . G . M . Bartlett , 19 , Gleucester Bead BaL'd ic § 3 , SwiEsTrick , Bath . Glasgow . —J . Colquhoun , "So . 53 , Bamside . Manchester . —William Dixon , it Mr . John Bailey ' s , shopkeeper . No- 7 , Edwardr treet , Oldham-street .

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      LEEDS . —The Hackket Coach Proprietors AXD THE OFFICB-RS OP THE 1 ? TH LA 5 CERS . —On Monday last , Capt . Palmer of the J 7 th Lancers , appeared before Ralph Marklandand W . Smith , E ^ qrs ., at the Court Honse , to answer a complaint preferred against him by Mr . John GermaiDe , hackney coach proprietor , for having refused or neglected to pay to him the sum of ± * . " 2 d . dae for coach hire on the 2 nd of August last . The complainant ' s coachman deposed that he took the Captain up on the night in qne-non , near Hesdingley , and drove him to the barrack-, the fare for which wac 3 ? ., which with 6 "d for vrv-iaZyZnc 8 i . the bar , made the sum demanded . Tfce defendant disputed the distance , and denied tba : the man had had to wait of him at all : he offered

      hie : 3 . ; . at the time , and the man refnsed either to take i : or go away . The magistrates said that there cocM be do claim for waiting , nor had they the povrcr to order payment of the bar ; the man bad done qaite wror . g in cot taking the 3 s . offered at the time , which they considered was his full fare , and therefore : hiy should not allow the costs , bet order Captain Palmer to pay 3 ^ and recommended him to J > st the bar in addition , which heuna : e ^ ja ? ely did . — Co ' raet Crawsfcaw , oi the same regiment then appeared to a summons granted against him , at the suit of Mr . Kaisirick , coach proprietor , who charged tim with having refused to pay the t-um of 9 s . 81 foe for coach hire on the third of August , on ¦ finch day the complainant ' s coach was sent for driven to the

      from the stand to the ^ barracks , Boreal Gardens , and kept waiting there till the Pirtj returned ; the whole time charged was four hours and a quarter , and in the sum demanded was included the cos : of the bare . The sum was di 3-pnied by the defendant , who had offered 6 i . 8 d . The &apetrates decided that the fare amounted to 8 s . 6 d . ; which , wiih the expenses , thej ordered to be paid , and rtcOEEEIideci the defendant to pay the bars as ¦ w ell , which he did . —Cornet ; Crawshaw was then hrotg > t before the bench by -warrant ; and charged with taring assaulted Mr . Kaistrick , on Friday foreno on kst , by throwing over him a bowl of water . Mr . Raistrick stated that on Friday forenoon he rode up to the harracLs at the request cf the magistrates , to solicit for the payment of the eab-hire , without getting out a smamoas . He saw Mr . Crawstaw , "who refnsed to pay him , and he was leaving the yard , * nen he was sent for back again , and the defendant

      * £ G vtner oficeis were in an upper window ; he was riojiebted to approach nnder the window that thej ttvght speak to iiim , and on doing so » Mi . Crawshaw leaned forward and threw over him a large bowl of * ater , wMch -went entirely over , his person , K « hid no tr iiiusses , aad Mr , Crawehaw not on ! j denied fcvriug lkrcwn the water , but called Capi . Palmer ^ proTe ihat he did not . Sir . Palmer admitted ¦ ffittr wjLs thrown , but said it was by another person altogether , and that Crawshaw had nothing to oo waa h . puder these circumstances the charge vasdi < aas 5 eo . —On TneEday , Lieut . Milee , of the same rc ^ meE ^ was rammoned before the ma ° istra ; es . at the suit of Mr . George Boston , cowh proprietor , for 11 s . 2 d ., due for coach hire to the gara us , on the 3 rd of August . After investigating ine case , the ffia ^ isrraies ordered it to be paid , with costs , and 2 s . Cd . for the coachman ' s trouble in sttttOlEg .

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      Committais poh Thial . —John Garbutt , for a misdemeanour , in haviDg obtained by false pretences & pair of iron vice , from Mr . Brooks , Viotoria Road , in the name of Mr . Kidd , at the Beckett ' s Arms , Ktrkstall Road , and which he afterwards Bold to , a nailmaker , near the railway bridge . —John Rhodes , on a charge of having stolen a quantity of brass , copper , and Iron , the property of his master , Mr . Joseph Mathers , patent axletree maker , in School-dose . He was detected in selling his booty to Mr . Whitaker , in East-lane , who gave information to the police , and the lad confessed his crime . / " * * . ¦ . _ .. *_ . •« « .. ¦_ rT * ~** . * T—\ . _ n *« . VM . && *^_ « .

      Leeds Post Office . —We are happy to announce that on Monday last , Mr . Asderson , who for a large number of years has filled the office of chief clerk in the establishment , received from the Lords of the Treasury the appointment of post-master , vacant by the death of Mrs . Temple . The appointment could not have been more deservingly conferred ; and it must be gratifying to Mr . Anderson to have received the spontaneons recommendation of gentlemen of all parties , who have tbns borne testimony to his WOTtb Mr . Anderson ' B credentials received the signature of We Beckett , Esq ., M . P ., the Hon . John Stuart Wortley , M . P ., and those of nearly every firm in the boi-oueh .

      Sebiovs Robbery . —On Sunday night last , abont seven o ' clock , three well-dressed strangers in fashionable taglionis , -went into the bar at Mr . Walker ' s , the Junction Inn , New Road End , Leeds , and called for a glass of spirits each , which they -would drink neat . ^ Mr s . Walker was in the bar alone , and the three men arranged themselves , and stood so as to prevent her seeing into the passage which led to the staircase . They talked very loud , { jrtncipally about horse-dealing , and after their departure it was discovered that & confederate bad , while this was going on in the bar , been busy in Mr . Walker's bed-room

      in which a desk had been forced open by cutting the lock out . and from whence £ 30 in silver , two silver watches , and one gold watch had been stolen . The desk contains a nest of drawers , all of which had been examined except two , and in one of these was deposited a sum of £ 60 in notes , and ten sovereigns , which the- rascal had very fortunately overlooked . There were also several art ides of silver plate , spooDs , &c , in the desk , which though they had been disturbed , were left behind . We are sorry to hear that , as yet , bo trace of the party has been since discovered .

      Charge of Stealing Coals , —On Monday last , three lads of the genus " bone grubbers , " were brought before Ralph Markland , and Wm . Smith , Esqs ., at the Court House , on a charge of hiving , on Saturday last , and at various other cimes , filled their capacioos and very convenient sacks from the coal waggons of the Old Staith Company . The prisoners had the disadvaniage of being well-known to the officers . They were observed on Saturday , by a person employed at the coal staith , riding on the Duffers of the last waggon in a train proceeding from the pits ; he went to them , and they then dropped th 6 coal they had taken and made off ; they were apprehended in the course of the evening , and it was shown that a regular trade was carried on by the prisoners , who , after having stolen as many coals as filled a sack , were in the habit of disposing of them at a cheap rate in Meadow-lane and the neighbourhood - They were sent to the House of Correction for a a month each as vagrants .

      Shk £ p Stolen . —Daring the night of Saturday last , a ewe sheep , marked " S , " was stelen from a field near Kirkstall Abbey ; the sheep was the property of Messrs . Beecroft , Butler , and Co ., of Kirkstall Forge , by whom a reward of £ 5 has been offered for such information as may lead to the conviction of the thieves . Stealing Watches . —On Monday last , a lad named William Hall , was brought before the magistrates at-the Court House , on a charge of having stolen two silver watehes , the property of his brother-in-law , James Ward Rider , a stuff singer , residing in High-street . The poor lad bears evident traces of being not exactly sane , and it would

      appear that at the death of his parents , there were four cottages left , to be divided between himself and three sisters , and that by some means , Rider , who had married one sister , had got half-a-crown a-week settled upon Hall , in lieu of his share of the property . He had lived for some time with Rider , but latterly declared he had had no home , and . had slept only in out-houses , or where he could . . He contended that the watches were his own , and there 3 eems some reasons to suppose that one of them at least is so . The magistrates not being able' satisfactorily to settle the dispute between the parties , left the case to the decision of a jury . ¦

      STEALiJiG Beef . —On Monday last , a man who said he came from Huddersfield , and professed to be an entire stranger in Leeds , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , on a charge of having Btolen a piece of beef , on Satnrday night , from the shop of Mr . FJowitt , butcher , Shambles . He was observed by two lads to walk off with the beef and on being followed threw it away . He was taken into custody , and on the charge being preferred , attributed the affair to an accident , cau-ed by his having had too much beer . Some of the ofiicera in court , however , notwithstanding hi 3 protestations to the contrary , told the magistrates more about him than he seemed to like to have known , and he was commuted * to Wakefield House of Correction for two months .

      . Aggravated Assault . —Oh Tuesday last , Wm . Clarke , residing in Upper Cross-street , was brought before the magistrates at the Court House , by warrant , charging him with having committed an aggravated assault upon his wife . The poor woman bore evident marks of the punishment she bad received , and the only excuse the brute had , was that " he bad taken a little too much beer . " It appeared that they had been separated before owing to his violent conduct , but had got to live together again . The magistrates decided that he was to allow his wife " 3 . per week , to pay the expenses incurred , and to enter into , recognisances himself in £ 20 , and two sureties ia £ 10 each , to keep the peace towards her for twelve months .

      CAroojr to Iwi ^ keepess . —A lady-like woman , about fifty years of age , has been for some time living ai the eipence of the innkeepers of Leeds and the neighbourhood , by quartering heraelf upon for sometime , and forgetting to pay her bills before her departure . Most of the hotels in Leeds , and all the respectable ones in the villages round , have been honoured by her patronage . She is described a 3 wearing a buff m « rning dresg with a small blue sprig , and a straw bonnet 5 is very plain , and carries no luggage . When at the Star and Garter , Kirkstall , she referred to the Rev . Jas . Jackson , Green-Hammerton , and said she expected a remittance from a Mr . Meek .

      ODDFELLovr ? Hii > . —On Saturday last , the member 3 of the Loyal Charity Lodge , No . 15 5 of the Lced 3 Independent Order , held their annual festival , at the house of Mr . John Farra' * , Crown Inn , Staniiingley , when upwards of one hundred sat down to an pxcc-1-lent diuner , furnished in | their usual good stjle , by Mr . and iln . Farrer , which reflected great credit on them . After the cloth was drawn , Mr . John Higgins , was called to the chair , and Mr . J . Hinsliff , acted as vice . The lodge being duly opened , and the business gone through , the remainder of the evening was spent in a very friendly and harmonious

      manner . HUDDEESFIELD . —Good Example . —On Monday last , Mr . John Sykes , of Lower Houses , lowered all his cottages 10 s . per annum . Another landlord ( a Mr . Brook ) near by , hearing of the same , immediately followed the good example set by his neighbour , and lowered his poor tenants in the same proportion . CHABTjESTOWN . —Hunt ' s Birthday .- ; -On Saturday evening a large number of the admirers of the person and principles of the immmortal Henry Hunt , met at the house of Mr . J . Clayton ,

      Charlestown , near Ashton-under-Lyne , to celebrate his birth .- The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , aad ornamentally hung ronnd with the political portraits of all the good men who have ehoue conspicuously before the public , at the head of which was a large painting of " the immortal Hunt , and at the bottom end was a splendid painting of the field of Peterlop . After doing ample justice to all the goed things of this world and the cloth withdrawn , Mr . John Mills wa 3 called to preside . A loi . g list of appropriate toasts and sentiments was given and responded to , and the evening was spent in the " most harmonious manner .

      HAWOETH-There are now in the employment 01 James Greenwood , Esq ., manufacturer , at this place , four men , woolcombers , all working at one ccmb-potj whose united ages amount to 269 years . State of Tbads . —The trade at Haworth is in a queer and unsettled state , —some having too nmch work , and othere too little , —in consequence of there being little or no demand for some kinds of goods , and a great demand for other kinds . Indeed the masters find * it very difficult to keep , without loss , all their men folly employed .

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      London Police . —Joseph Coles , an old sailor , was charged on Wednesday last , with begging . It appeared that tha prisoner accosted several gentlemen on Tuesday night in Holborn , asking them for alma , and for doing bo police constable 21 E took him into custody . The prisoner said be begged because it was an offence—anything before starvation . He had several times asked the policemen on duty in Holborn to take him to the Station-house , but they refused . He had traversed the greater portion of the Peninsula and India in the service of his country , and had been allowed only a pension of tixpeuce a day , ¦ whi ch was continued but for twelve months- He was a native of Uppi p gham , ia Rutlandshire . Mr . Greenwood— " I will send you for fourteen days to the House of Correction ; that is all I can do for you now . " Prisoner— " I am very thankful to your worship . May Gcd bless your Honour . '

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      " Richhosd . —At the meeting of the Council of the Borough of Riohmond , on the 9 th inst ., Henry Cooke , Esq ., was elected Mayor for the year ensmng . - Sevehk Sentences . —In the Kendal Mercury we find the following observations : — " There has daring the past week been much comment upon what has been very generally considered the severity 0 / the sentences passed by the magistrates upon the prisoners tried at the Kendal sessions on Saturday last . Out of eight convictions , four persons were condemned to transportation , for an aggregate period of 36 * years . Two of these cases were of the most petty and peddling description , those of Mary Kirkpatrickand T . Leak . Both offenders were Btated by the bench to

      have bad characters ; bat what was the extent of their respective crimes ? The ene , it appears , had stolen a silk handkerchief from the person of a paramour , who nad taken her to a public-house for the vilest purposes , and the other had purloined tV ree pieces of brass , worth perhaps 53 . from Dockryball Mills . Looking at the circumstances , it would seem that not the offences , bHt the character of the convicts , was punished , a course which we cannot but conceive taagerous in itself , and highly derogatory to justice . If the principle of punishing according to character , instead of crime , were to be admitted , who that bad given offence to a

      magistrate could hope , in case of a trumpery accusation being maintained against him , to escape being sent out of the country ! " But this severity ia not all . * ' There is , " says the writer , " another fact connected with one of the cases referred to—that of Leak—which has not escaped observation . The prosecutors were the Messrs . Gandy , one of whom ( James ) qualified and took the oaths as a county magistrate so recently as the day before the trial . This gentleman not only appeared to press the charge against the prisoner , but sat upon the bench in his capacity of justice , and retired with the other magistrates to deliberate upon the sentences which should be passed .

      Prison Manufactures . —Considerable dissatisfactian is felt from the fact that hosiery , manufactured by prisoners in Jedburgh Castle , is sold in Glasgow at a price far below the ordinary value , and has a most injurious effect upon goods of that description , made under ordinary circumstance * , by men who have not eDjoyed the privilege of being convicted of crime . —Gateshead Observer . Glasgow . —Extbaobdinaby Discovery and Rehakkablb Cask of Fraud . —Considerable sensation has been created in town during the last few days , in consequence of the discovery of a piece of villany and fraud , which we rejoice to say , is but of rare occurrence in a commercial city . Our readers will recollect that , between three and four years agoone

      , of the tellers of a bank in town , on balancing up the transactions of the day , found himself minus a sum of one thousand pounds . Tha occurrence at tho time gave rise to a good deal of speculation , as it wa-s evident to tho parties wbo were acqnainted with the teller , and from the good character he possessed that he must have given the money in mistake to some one when making payments in the course of business . No one , in fact , had the mo 3 t distant thought that he was guilty of making away with it . The question th * n was , who had got the money ; and notwithstanding that every means were used , no trace could be had , and after a time the search wa ^ abandoned as hopeless . The sum missing to the bank and the matter may bs said

      consequence was , that the sureties had to pay up the to have been forgotten till about the miiddle of last week , when , as we are informed , two idividu&ls who formerly carried on business togetherin Glapgow . but who are at present bankrupts , having besn drinking with some friends had a dispute , which becoming violent , both parties retorted on each oiher in the mest abusivt ) manner , and latterly it came out that they , or one of them , in course of business with the bank referred to , had by a mistake on the part of the teller , got upwards of one thousand pounds more than belonged to them , that , in fact , they had got the sum which the teller found himself defici-nt of . This occurrence was instantly communicated to the bank , and immediate steps were taken to apprehend the parties referred to . One of them was secured on the following day , but the other has

      suice left the town . It is thought , however , from the clue that has been got of his mo ? ements , that he is by this time in the custody of one of our most active criminal officers , who has been despatched in pnrsuit of him . At present , and for obvious reasons , we decline giving names , and the additional particulars with which we have been furnished . The parties said to be guilty were well known in the business which they followed , and in the community generally . The subject has excited the most lively interest in commeroial circles , verifying , as is is likely to do , the old English adage . * when rogues cast out , honest men get their own . " Wo hearuly congratulate | the young man connected with the bank and his friends upon the discovery , even though not one farthing of the money should ever be recovered . —Glasgow Chronicle .

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      TO JAMES BRONTERRE O'BRIEN . 180 , Holborn , Not . 8 th , 1842 . koSl ^ T " . P" *™ 11118 y ° n » even yon , from whom I „««* « f 8 d so much political information , will S ^ ISS \ * £ * I ha ^ e never thrown the apple aSES . n *?<*• «»» body . I have always endeavonred to aroid jangling amongst ourselves , because I knew very welt the common enemy laughs and sneers at all our internal and external squabbles . .. ' » . ? ^ to make these preliminary observatorn 1 before I proceed to refute your impotent letter in the Statesman of the 9 th inst . I had imagined at one time you were the most consistent , the most talented , the most patriotic , and the most persecuted man m the country . 'Twould be a waste of time on my part to talk of your consistency or of your patriotism ; the country now iudeea . and

      bo wui posterity judge of both . No man will deny you possess talents in a superior degree ; tho only regret is , that you should so prostitute them as to render them either useless or injurious . As for your persecution and prosecution , you must not imagine that you could escape unscathed from such on the part of the Government ; as to persecution from other quarters , I am inclined to believe you brought much of it on your own head . You will , no doubt , call this letter of mine an attempt to assassinate you politicall y ; but there are too many Jiving witnesses to prove that my aim has ever been to assist you in every possible way I oould , ' so long aa you would permit me . oat to the more immediate contents of Hwkvvvf vvi

      your . .- ^ . « r . vuvo VI JUU 1 letter . As usual you exhibit your own disappointed ambition , by attacking F . O'Connor . Your eternal talk of perfidious demagogues only proves that your regret is , that you are not the demogogue . As usual O uonnor is fathered with an eatraordinary docu mtnt ; that is juat as correct as that he drew ap the National Petition ; but a bad man niu 8 fc always resort , as you have done , either to surmise falsehoods or else to invent and fabricate the most palpable lies . However , as I am neither O'Connor ' s tool , as you insinuate , nor am I his apologist for what you may , in your wisdom , consider criminal in him , any more than J am yours ] I leave you in his hands , satisfied as I am that he will deal with you far beyond your satisfaction .

      I come now more immediately to that part of your letter that refers to myself , and I can assure you that I will not " set ought down in malice . " The following are your own words :- ~ " No association will ever make progress that either is , or is supposed to be , under the influence of suob men . No Association will ever flourish , or ripen into notional importance , whfch has for its suppose ! chiefs or leaders men who will not openly avow their own acts , and stand by the consequences of their own public documents . No association will ever become tha Aaron's rod that is to swallow up all the rest , unless its office-bearers are men who will devote thems ? lve 3 honestly to the interests of their constituents , instead of trying to make their own fortunes by pandering for tiie patronage of demagogues , and London publishers , at the expence of truth and honour . No association

      will ever camruand the respect of the iiiillions , whose office-bearers are men that will run away from the contequencas of their own deliberate acts ; or who will publicly flitter and cry up , a * patriots of the first order , perfidious demagogues , of whoso treason to tlie people they private !]/ talk of bavin ? in their possession written proofs and documentary evidence . No Chartist association will ever flourish in England , one of whose principal officers is a man who can discover the Weekly Dispatch , and Cfedve ' s Circular , to be par excellence entitled to the gratitude of the Chartist body , while he would have that body look with dlattUBt and enmity on this , the only paper in the empire that is at this moment honourably defending their interest against all their enemies , open and secret ; but , above all , from the

      traitors and jobbing rascals in our own camp , who are making merchandise of them for their own base ends . The National Charter Association—National , forsooth . ' !! It never will be « National Association until it either ejects from its bosom , or reduces to their proper dimensions , the perfidious demagogues , poltroons , and jobbers that are fattening on the pence of the honest members , and bringing disgrace on the whole Chartist body by their charlatanism , their blundering incapacity , their egotistical puffing ( of themselves and of others ) , and their conspiracies to caflhkr every man that will not be a party to their dirty , mercenary , treacherous sacrificing of the people to their own cupidity , ambition , and cowardice . " James Bbontbrbe O'Bbien .

      " P . S . —Some of these fellows threaten to put down the Statesman . We shall see . It is possible enough they may put it down ; bnt we tell them for their comfort , we wonhi see five hundred Statemans go down sooner than be a party to their villanous practices . " Now , sir , I will put it to any man who is a lover of fair-play , whether such an ungentlomanly attack as that ought to be made on me ? Aye , on me , who has stood by you , who assisted you , who did all that a poor man could do to forward your interests . This I should never have mentioned but that your conduct is such that I am forced to do it in d-fence of my own character . I had foolishly imagined you had poured the last drop of the vial of your vindictivenes 3 on me by your famous "Old

      Chartist" letter , when you put the Government on the scent to avrest Mr . Douall , whom you have branded as a traitor , and Leach , of whom you have said he would politically assassinate you ; of myself , against whom you have written the foregoing tirade . Ic is magnanimity in the extreme of you to attack the Doctor who is not at hand to defend himself ; but by the God that made mo , I will neither allow you or any other man to attack such a man as M'Douall with impunity . If there is one patriot more than another that ought to live for ever in the people ' s memory , it is M'Douall . What has he not done for the cause I What sacrifices has he not made ? His all is gone for the people ! You talk of the inconsistency of a principal officer cf the National Charter

      Association , speaking well of the Dispatch and Chartist Circular . Now , you did not mention my name—why did you not ! were you afraid I It was the act of a coward who raised his arm but had not courage to strike the blow . You , forsooth , eschew denunciation ! why , what else have you done since tho meeting of the last Convention but denounce , until this denunciation— " has sunk you below the depth of your deep , in a deeper gulf still . " You ? ay I am making a ' fortune by pandering to London publishers ; that , Sir , you know to be a deliberate falsehood . You knotv I was too independent to pander to you by believing you to be the " I am" of the movement ; and , if so with you , why not With others aa well J

      Now for the very great crime of speaking of the D ' : spulch . What is the actual fact \ Why , tViat I simply thanked its Editor for exposing th « intolerance of Lord Abinger . I thanked him simply for that ; I am not sorry that I did bo ; but the crime of recommending the Chartist Circular , how horrible .- ! Now , I ask you were you in youv wits when you sneered at the Chartist Circular ? Yes , I have recommended ihe Chartist Circular ; I am proud I did bo ; I do so now , and will continue to do so until it deviates from the advocacy of . Chartism . You say I am making a fortune out of the ponce of the people ; 1 suppo 3 e you allude to my wages . Let rne for a moment or two glance at this worse than Abinger insinuation . I was elected to the Executive three times

      and appointed secretary . I have faithfully served tho association since . I have done a man ' s part in propagating democracy . I have never lent myself to faction , and I never will . During the time I lived in Manchester after my appointment to the secretaryship , hundreds of our party can witness that my hand was never closed , nor my door shut against the needy before my arrest . In my shop I relieved thirty-six fugitives out of my own pocket in the course of three weekd ; some of those are now in prison , some out . Your sneer at my making a for tune is too lame and contemptible to make any impression on the public Contrast my conduct to you in 1839 40-1-2 with your conduct to me at the present . When you were under the talons of the

      government in 1839 I sympathized with you , and when you were sentenced to imprisonment I did all I could * to raise funds for your family in Manchester and Salford ; every pla . o I went to , or meeting I attended . I encouraged them tp support you and your family . I did my best to raise funds for your press , and wrote to many friends in your behalf . I hclpad to get you overflowing meetings in Manchester , after your release from Lancaster ; what more could a poor man do ? What " do you do in tho last throes of the Statesman ? You know that I have a family , aud that to enable that family to obtain an honourable living when I may be in prison , or dead , I have opened a book and news shop in Holborn ; you use all the strength the consumptive creature

      ha , sleft to spit jour venom on a man who has so eminently served you , and thus deprive him and his family of even a maintenance when 1 may be in gaol ; but your trick will not succeed . I ask you , sir , will it not bo more honourable that my family can obtain an honest and honourable living in business when I may bo incarcerated , than they should be s burden on the Chartist Association ! I will not pursue the subject any further , but in conclusion I assure you , you may rail at me until you are weary ; and I regret exceedingly that the man whom I once esteemed , I can only now hold him in the most thorough contempt , satisfied , as I am , in the rectitude of my conduct . I remain , Sir ,

      A lover of liberty , and a hater of disoord , J . Campbell . P . S . Nothing shall induce &e to say another word on this subject . t ^^ - ^^/^^^^^^^ WV ^^^^ j ^^/ j Mildness of the Season . —An apple tree in the garden of the Castle Hotel , Bangor , having in due season matured Up fruit , i 8 now again putiing forth blosBom , bo that fruit and blossom may be seen on the same branch . A pear tree , in tho garden of Mr . R . Pierce , in this town , having boi-ne an average crop of fruit , is now'for tUe , second time iu blossom . —Carnarvon Herald

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      TODMOHP . W .-The Rev . William Hill preached two sernons here last Sunday , one of which was Holberty ' s funeral sermon . At the time of commencing , two o ' clock , thelaise room of the Oddfellow ' s Hall was filled to suffocation , and hundreds had to go away who could not gain admifaion . Mr . Hill ' s manner of delivery had a great effect upon his hearer * . In the evening the room was again crowded to excess ; the room is very lofty and yet notwithstanding such was the state of the place that a many had to leave on account of tbe heat , and numbers had to go away without gaining admittance at all .

      LIVERPOOL . —An anti-corn law lecture wa « delivered here , by Mr . Fitzgerald , on Monday evening last . Diacnsaion being invited , at the conclusion of the lectnre , which lpsted abont an hour and a half , Mr . B . M'Cartney , In a long and able address , refuted the arguments put forth by the lecturer for a repeal of tbe Corn Laws without a previous extension of the suffrage . He contende d , that class-legislation was the source of all bad laws , and until that was removed , it was useless either to repeal the Corn Laws , or any othar of the numerous bad enactments which were on the statute

      book . Mr . M'Cattoey also detailed the Six Points of the People ' s Charter , which being carried , the people themselves would then return to the House of Commons such men as would carry out to their fullest exsent the benefits of free trade . Mr . Fitzgerald replied to Mr . M'Cartney , and admitted that bis political theory was excellent , but denied that it was practicable . The meeting broke up at half past eleven o ' clock ., highly gratified at the able and vigorous manner in which the causa of democracy had been maintained by Mr . M'Cartney .

      STOCKPORT . —On Sunday evening last , our largo room was crowded to suffocation to hear & lecture from Mr . C . Doyle . Mr . J . Cartar '' was unanimously called to preside , and introduced Mr , Dojle , who entered into a lengthy and elaborate exposition of the origin , rise , and progress of all aristocracies . He dwelt most forcibly on the conduct of the priesthood of the present day , and contended that they were the greatest enemies of the people ; and concluded a most eloquent and powerful appeal in favour of all parties

      joining the National Charter Association . Mr . Clark then moved the following resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Mitchell , and carried by acclamation , — " That the best thanks of the working men of Stockport are pre-eminently due , and are hereby tendered , to Mr . Doyle for bis eloquent address this evening , and also for his truly noble and patriotic conduct upon all occasions where the cause of the millions required an advocate ; and that we feel inexpressible pleasure in bearing testimony of his sterling worth and honesty . " The meeting then broke up .

      YORK . —On Sunday evening last , a sermon was preached in the . Democratic Cbapel in this place by Mr . J . H . B . Balrstow . Mr . B Airs tow ' s address has been the means of doing much good by removing a great amount of prejudice . Many of the middle classes were present . HOLBECK . —The Rev . William Hill has received the following sums for the National Defence Fund : — a . d . T . Western ... ... 0 6 K . Thompson . „ ... 0 6 Wm . Barlow ... ... 0 6 J . Davies ... ... ... 0 6 W . Kidaon ... ... 0 3 J . Ball ... ... ... 03 J . Fawntt ... ... 0 2 S . Holland ... ... 62 2 10

      Huddersfisld . —The anniversary of the Hall of S cience took place on Sunday last , when lectures were delivered to a very numerous and attentive audience . Oa Monday night a Social Festival waa held ; great numbers attended , and it went off with the greatest eclat .

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      TREMENDOUS EXPLOSION AT A GRINDING WHEEL , BY A BARREL OF GUNPOWDER . ( From the Sheffield Ins of this day , Nov . 12 th ) About two o ' clock on Monday morning , the inhabitants of Abbey Dale , near Sheffield , were suddenly awoke by a load noise and violent shock , sufficiently strong to shako the houses adjoining Mr . Dyson's grinding wheel , the building containing which wa 3 shortly discovered to have been literally blown up with gunpowder . One of the workmen , named William Pieroe , lives in a cottage , only separated from tha grinding wheel by a workshop , aud a doorway standing at right angles to it , aud to the building which was blown , up . Mr . Dvson is a scythe manufacturer , carrying on

      an extensive busiuess at Abbey Dale , and residing about 300 yards from the premises before mentioned . Upon Price , the forgtman , hearing the noise , he and his wife immediately jumped out of bed , and fetched Mr . Dy&on to see what was the matter ; and upon examining the grinding wheel , it presented a scene that is rarely witnessed in a country not at war . The building is about eighteen yards in length , by eight or nine ia width , with gable enJs , and the roof , which was covered with stone slating , being supported by four strong beams . The whole of the walla were built of solid stone , and the window casements were made of iron , glazed with small pauea of glass , Along tho south side of tho building runs a lorg bench , called the

      buffing bench , about four feet wide , and the same heigh ; from the ground , and under this bench , about seven yards from the Weat End of the place , were discovered the remnants of an exploded barrel of gunpowder . This position seems to have been chosen by the incendiaries on account of its close proximity to tbe great wheel , which is turned by a water-fall , and which wheel puts into motion all the machinery used in carrying on . tho business . Immediately above the spot , on the outside of the wall , were tha turning and boring chamber , and the joiner ' s chamber—and , therefore , the spot selected was one . from which an explosion would be

      fully felt in each of the three departments of the premises , and fully indeed it was felt . The door bad evidently been forced open with a crow-bar . The whole of the stone slating on the roof was completely blown to atoms—each of the gable ends of the building blown outwards from top to bottom—and the stones composing the west wall lying in almo 3 t the same regular order , as when first laid by the builder . Part of the skylight was blown about twenty yards off into the Abbey Dale dam , a fine piece of water contiguous to the building . That part of the buffing bench under which the explosion took place , was , of course , non est inventns . The six windows on ihe north side of the

      building were so shattered that not a single pane of glass was to be found in any one of them . The wall which separated the great room from the two chambers before named , was very much shakeB , and bulged towards the great wa ' . er wheel with a threatening a ? pect . The floors , roof , and windows of the turner ' s chamber , aud joiner ' s chamber , shared the same fate as those of the large room in which the gunpowder was placed—many portions of the roof and window casements being picked up at distancfta from fifty to one hundred yards off . The object of the explosion was to destroy most effectually the grinding-wheel and its attendant machinery , with anything else that might happen to be within reach of the explosion .

      In the cottage occupied by Price , the forgeman , the cupboard was shaken , aud a pane of glass out of one of the windows . Part of the iron casement wa 3 picked up about thirty yards from the building . Mr . Dyson , it seems , had not insured tho premises , nor have we yet hoard the amount at which the damage is estimated ; although it will probably not exceed j £ 400 or £ 500 . Amongst the grinders there exists a union , and if . any master employ men who are not members of this tiniou , a decree is forthwith issued that such master " is to be served out , " i . e ., he is to have either his dwelling-house , or place of business , blown up with gunpowder , or some other matter of a combustible nature . In this

      case , Mr . Dyson had two men ia his service who , though industrious and efficient workmen , did wot belong to the nnion , and therefore Mr . Dyson came under the displeasure of the men who compose the committee appoiated by this union . From some circumstances which have not yet transpired before the public , three men were apprehended on Monday and Tuesday , viz William Thorpe , George Thorpe , and Thomas Richardson . They were taken before the sitting magistrates , Mr . Overend and Mr . Bagshawe , on Tuesday , at the Town Hall , and were remanded until Friday ( yesterday ) , on the application of Palfreyman , solicitor for tbe prosecution . Mr . Broomhead defended tbe prisoners , who were advised to hold their peace .

      The explosion has caused an immense sensation in the neighbourhood ; and it is even stated on good an thorny that JoOlbs . of gunpowder were fired at once , to effect the diabolical object of which wo hare given a description .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 12, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct779/page/5/