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      THE COMMITTEE sppointed to manage the FUND collected for tne Defence of Mr . Joan Duncan , have to announce that the period during whicn he was held bound to appear to answer for charges preferred » gains * him bavin /; expired on the 16 th current , a Meeting of said Committee was held in South Cha ' pel , Lindsay Street , on tbe 17 s . b . when it was unanimously agreed to convene a General Meeting of t ^ e Suosoribers , to be held in tbo same place , on Monday evening , 7 th of August , at eight o ' olock , fpr the purpose of dispoBing of the surplus fond , which amouma to about one-third of tbo money subscribed .

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      LETTER FROM MR . WM . HICK , NOR-

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      Just Published , price 2 s . 6 d ., and sent free , " enclosed in a sealed envelope , ' on receipt of a Post-office Order for 39 . 6 d . MANLY VIGOUR : a Popular Inquiry into the CONCEALED CAUSES of its PREMATURE DECLINE ; with Instructions for its COMPLETE RESTORATION , addressed to thOBO suffering from the Destructive Consequences 6 t Excessive Indulgence in Solitary and Delusive Habits , Youthful Imprudence , or Infection ; including a comprehensive ; Dissertation on Marriage , with directions for the { removal of Disqualifications , and Remarks on the { Treatment of Ghonorrhce , Gleet , Stricturo and Syphilis . Illustrated with Cases , &o .

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      STATE GHUKCHISM-A FAILURE . | T " PTe mate uo ap-logy far at ow » directing the attention of cm reader * to the evils xesuitmg from an establish ^ ebuwii ; they are so manifest—they c ome so p&Tpsb ^ 3 n onr ^ y smd arrest onr notice , that -we feel tbatiiot to speak of them ironld . argue that -we bad other cuds la view than-the advancement of the cause of jnstiee and of irath . The thingItself appears to sb « o monstrottfl , productive of snclnuimixed HI to man and dJBhcmonr to © od , that -sre -mroder bow it can find fsvotrf in ihB e > B 9 of any one -who professes to Inve canchl the * rArlfc of the leHeion ef Jesus of Wasareth .

      IthMWcrkedBobanlv—ifchaBBO seimen against each other—^ ilua oiled bo much bitter feeling into play , that "wet * a have no difficulty in tracing it * fatherhood and origin ^ it came ~ n % * from abova ' lmt torn , below ; andlt ^ tianly bear * onlt the staajp ^ f the wisdom tfl » t 3 » earthly , sensual , and devilish . To be . briar , at the present SfcnB -we vraivsaO tmneceeary discussion , and jtt » t look atthethiug asit is now—Bsifcnow * Uims onr support , M It now ^ i » lnB cm pocket ^ m it bow seek * to bind bb in its iftmBB , -as It b »» nnblusHngly jrofssse * to embody In Itself whatever is "fair and lore !; , and of good report . *

      Hix -ve do fere intend to inquire "Jrbat relationship the state church maintains "to "the primitive ' church , Tr&ich -was planted and -watered with the " blood of jEsrtyxs , and -prophets , and suets , tad Ifiioss oaly ternporalifies -were hnugex and diBteesa , the scorn and hate of all classes of society , and not nnfrequently , ultimately , j&e dungeon and the stake . If o doubt there Is a close analogy , but -what that 1 b we cannot now step to determine , necessarily , also , -we must forbear to draw the parallel between the lives of Sib apostles and tbeir EQDKSson . -which undoubtedly strikes ait once * vary

      lifiecarenand—nnless , as some may possibly insagioe , IhstjonineyiBgB , —notto fashionable watering places , — tfesimprisoEmeDts , the stripes , the perila , and the fasta of onr modem apostles , far exceed those endnred by P ^ ter and PanL These matters -we mnat consider at some future time . Moreover , fox the present we most deny cnrselrcs the pleasure which -wonld result from as exsmlnaiian of the purity , the . virtues , the Christian jraces , "which jo fminenOy < jjgtlnggga those illustrious ffitn who adorn the . episcopal J bench > and , "which sre , tidal so rate in this irieked world .

      " Well , thep , we hare an immense machinery kept np at a tremendena price , and to which everything has teen-made sabserTient . Money leftto support the poer , for eduration , and other pHrpbsea , lias all b&en absorbed and tamed into one stream . Along the length and Ijrsadtlm ! the land costly edifices are built , and set apartfor the worship of one religions sect alone .. Of the pecoSsx excellence , or ethennse , of tbat sect wb say nothing . To each church i » attached a man who is some places has fee authority almost of a king ; the lamificataoEs « f the system extend everywhere ; it leaTesi the whole lump of aooety ; ' the highest and the lowest &nxs bend to it and own Its power .

      Whatlias it doaet with thesa resources " seemingly ittinite ; thispo-BiiTBseniingJy omnipotent : -what lias it done toWeas and evangelise the-world ? In every good ¦» ora" and "work it has aver been the last . ' It may hare done something occasionally oat of opposition , bat it ias dose bat little from a sense of principle and duty . "When Its bishops and priests folded their" arms and slept , they-were OTiy nosed from their apathy by the untiring Exer&oos or despised Dissent Balative to acbieriBganyaiing great and good it has doneJBoEhing and weanst now draw the conclusion , that powerlees jiess for good is identical with its Tery being . It has kad a long trial , and now we nmst abandon it as a

      fcHnre . Ifchss no victories ovsr jdarkness to sing of ; no trophies to bo&sti Seaides , it has groat <^ cfl < yipn fftr J tbeaiaeiicebrwljkiiiioaiDgcansnpply . It wants the -ft \ » BTtg »^»^ T » j jniifj f of genuine Christianity—that ca&olis spirit that would incline it" cheerfully to co-operate with all who belieTe in a common head . It proudly isolates itself . It pats itself in an attitude of deflaiies toaH other sects . It sot only wia net meet thtm as equals , but it expects that they should own and reverence its sapTeraacy . It axxogs&t 3 y Atmn-nA * that theyshoald © beyand make-wavier it , sadisever ready , in a spirit the entire leTBrse of ChriiUan , to defend-its exactions with the magistrate ' s power and the soldier ' s steeL

      And this adulterated , nongrel thing , propped by wretebsa artifice sod system , they would pass off to men as an Blnstiafion of the spirit , bright and beantifml , of a gennins and healthy Cbristaanity : and not cob tent Tn £ h attemptiiig to decfeiTe men , ttfiy must fain mock Godhimselfj as if He oonld look down upon a ' State Ofcurchi with its seculsrlty and aTarice , ambition and pries ; "withits bitter -wordsj and its st 31 more bitter deeds ; its oppression , itsfettets , for the man who cannot « 0 E 6 cientioasly submit to its extortion , 2 nd read Ma IjpiTf ti fK ** " * - "

      Most unan 3 Bsay , t £ en , for all i > M 6 lj religious intents and pnrpoaes , Mie thing does not exist . WhsteTe ? nay besaidjt&atisiiotthe Teslslra ; that is aTsry different a&ir . State Churches is Bather more nar less than to find conTenient modes of giving pensions and sinecures to tke joanger members of fits aristocracy . 2 he elder son taies Mho isHuly estate , and the other must enter the army or tha church- Should lie be of an indolent torn of min * , probably Tie will choose the latter . A state ehurcii neTer was , and nerer can be a spiritnal concern . It is simply a secular establiEhment ; and , by this lime , men hSTO lesmed to consider It in this , its tme lisbt .

      As a matter 01 coarse the family litingls looked upon as competent proTision for one of the sons , even though , like a -worthy clergyman of whom we know only tooTaiuch , he has been beard to declare that he flisbelisTes , not merely the authority ef the Bible , but also the eristenceofiaanthor—God ! The gj eat man's son -ff *^*'"' - ^ vt cbufeb , cot because he feels himself eaHed by the St > 5 y Spirii . bui merely ^ because lie lisa no other means of obtaiiiinf a li ^ n ? -Bitkont -wcrk . He eannotdig , and to DegOfiis ashamed ; tbon ^ b beia -not ashamed to do what many a starring beggei dare not do Jos in fee faca of heaTen ! The orject professed , and the object sought , are * ' wide as the poles csunder . "

      Whatorer ancha man says , beis-seeldnga zespeetable ¦ ompetencylar life . It is the lifing He wishes to obtain ; and hiktory baa taught us that priests are not the last to perjure thsmselres , if the end be one worth having and not a mere paltry consideration . Gold , like sharity , hides a multitude of sins . Accursed be the lyEtem which can thus flpftflpTi menls consciences » nf ^ destroy men ' s souls ] We ha-re not jet exhausted the csialoyne of IBs : a State Church teems with them . Its foandatios principle is irjuEtiC 8 to man , End mockery to God ; aaif Hetsa TK > t ihepower to maintalD a rellfioii , which , aa it « omea sampiy and ondefiled from- Hw- ¦ writtsn word , is

      gmtngngy adapted to promote man ' s happiness and to ' win mso > love . Beginning badly , we , of necessity bare wrong in its thousand forms inflicted by the system- Jts pensioned priests hare erar been the sworn foes of iumanity ; and so greater curse ess blight a land than" tiia * snch men should fill its rfflcpg and ^ rield its powez . Prom their fonl and tabuing touch true religion baa ever ned back , to seek refuge and peaca , to her bxrae In heaTen , and her Father there . Wherever priestism has set her mark , spirituality has languishes andxILd ; whatever could bless and gladden earth ham been expelled ; and xnan lias feUen from Sis Ugh . estate , and become tu > better Utao the beast of the Idd . I

      A State Chnreb has done something else : a hirsling prjesthooci is but one cl the many blessings aha scatters -with such a liberal hand . -She has sown dragon ' s teeth , and armed men have sprang up is abundance , willing % o fight nndar her banners and to obey her laws . She Jja » read amiis her diiine eommisslon ; and Ijer Btrategj jas beenaltogetliei that of a carnal warfare . Her logic lias been of -& somewhat ; Ttfngn 1 » character . Gold iat Itibose who will giTe up their principles and imprisonment , loss of property , and death for men who will Boi : just the way , we should imagine ., to win men

      OTri ; such arguments of lore he most lave a hard heart Who can withstand . T 3 jb passing topics of the day supply ua with instances in point . The supporters of a S jate Crunch iserer seem to Think that men have consciencsi or principles of any kind ; this is as idea that wrer enters into their conception . ITbe BeT- Erskine £ tad consdeniiously bel : eres thecharch cateehism contains Tmscriptural statements , and how do his ecclesias tical jsuperlors . behaTe J Do Say . reason -with him—-eocfitm their -position by menptxre t Jfo xrush thinjf TLey depriTB ilm < jI il « c £ 5 oe for three jearB . Hz Pc-er T » irin »« Tw traniabstanUstion to be tfeexiscuine of

      fin * church of Tgt » g 7 * nrt . A conciaTe assemble ; sit in jniiKineiit ob him ; they haTe not the honesty to meet and Tt&son withhim ; and , unheard , he is suspended ham preaching for two jesrs . What answer is that to Dr " Puscy ' s opinions ? These men "blunder about whateTer 1 btj lake In nana ; they bare so more idea of integrity an ' . i bonvsty , than they naye of any ottier qna- 'ity , the possession of -which turns a Bias into » martyr and s saint . ^ Persecution baa been the common ^ nd in-rariable aztewer of s > State Cburch . A man belitves the whole sjrtem to be bad , and that h » ought sot to-sspport it ; ¦ nd iha Katei Church says to him , "YooiargumMit sasy be good , bat 1 must pnt joaln jail , sad for an that I cure , there yoBmay lie and rots '" And this is nothing

      to what she has donet ha violent temper is medifitd fcy tbe times , her teeth have been filed , and { sags extracted . Bead the tJBiory of the part , and see how ttit gospel of pace antl love has ieen proTsned , and has beeu made the "watchword fox oppression and persecusioa to the dealh . BeJ : gioua wan , the bitterest that can Kkht and destroy , have been the production * f her beliUh taachinattoDS The put paints itex araictt carriage and { ore , nnsaiiated , panfiug for blood and TEDieaBce , wiih file heD-hounda of war baying around b » j and this demon they would present to ja as the ¦ nl-odinjent and substance of that religion whose iieaed results have ever been glory to God and peace tou . an . , -

      3 Uia » could fisey cave known of the spirit and tha so » tr of nritalitligiwi , who could imagine that such a 0 UTS 9 was iha best adapted to advance her tromphs and secure beudgn . God's vrajs are net man ' s ; \ ai Ute relltion that be ~ bas called into being is perfectly sfrle to maintain herself . From his bosom « f bouBdless lovt she cane down to dwell on earth to alleviate soixow . and { to jCframpe iroia lunsan sin . Sent on so divine s mission , « be has tatorascled here , -serece and jniiisf jocldst the stmmi and angry elements ths * encompass her and that -would : x&dely drive her away , Wiih her--inflnEBces » o lich in blessing and in joy , Coming inJhfir ^ God-giviEn iean ty and power into man ' s Wt , ahe expels iis'Ialsa idols , and erects it into a temple sacred to tbiHigbest ^ yar _ ± rom her , as daxk-Ks from 3 jgl *> OTap 5 eHiroi ^? is * f . » n « athly origin , ihe ^ oveftTO d ^^ j ^^ aw ^^ i " 3 ** 8 *^*?^ S 10 tet foi p&i sai Tfiyt& ^ yiliw&'i ?*** CTer o & *

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      predominant chsracteristles or a State Church , am which have ever made it a fruitful source of eBmlty and atrife . Witb ttiese see has nettling ^ hateve * to do : perpetual love sits on her brow , beams : from her eye , animates her heart . A StateiJhurcaimplIesaa element in which she can " beamo Bfe . " Herilsjnguage to its advocatwis , " Teknownofwhatspiiityeweof . ' Lei not government insult , God by legislating for his religion . They cannot make men ChristUM , thongh -nadonbtedly they will make them hypocrites . Oaths are easily sworn , and sacraments willingly taken , when the reward is a comfortable establishment for life . The real prompted and sustained by gold 1 b somewhat

      ojieatLOB&ble , and it were -well thatit ! made "way for something better . That heart of thine , my brother , bnming -with Christain zaoi and love—the ^ Highest overshBdowing thee , the inspkaHon ofjthe Almighty giving thee understanding—fell voice speaking to thee in the clear blue of day , in tie dark hoars of night , in ssHtades old as creations dawn , in « iUe ? teeming " witk thy fellows , urging thee onwsrdB to do anfl to dare , — Invests thee with An office , a ministry , ! a priesthood , which thon canst onlylsy down with life itself ; and to thee , thus called , an Establishment and an Episcopal Ordination are empty as a dream of the night . J 7 a PAUaidkrtipist ; a Monthly Journal devoted io Social , PelUical , and Moral Reform .

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      XOKSOK . —Miss Inge lectured on Sunday evening , at the Working Man ' s Sail , Mile Sad BokJ , to a crowded audience , and Tras highly applauded . The chair was filled by Mr . Sherrard , who iaddressed the meeting in confirmation of the views or the fair lecturer , in an eloquent and able , manner . The -evening ' s proceedings gave great satisfaction . ' Cut op iosBON Imstitittion . —On Sunday morn * ing , an highly interesting discussion took place on the question— " Would a Repeal of the legislative Union fesieflt the working classes ? "' MX . O ? etfon wns called to the chwr , and briefly introdnced the robjtct Messrs . Cowan , Dw&ine . and others , in animated speeobes , supported ihe affltmaUve . Messrs . Pollard and Spurr

      admitted the right of the Irish nation to demand the Repeal , bat denied the benefits attributed as ^ resulting from it After a prolonged discussion , the subject was adjourned until the following Sunday morning . On Sunday evening , Mr . Davoc lectured at the same place , to a good audience ; and , in an energetic manner , developed the evils of the present system , | and pointed to the land as the great object worthy of the attention of the working classes . Messrs . Mee , Cuffay , Spurr , and Rathbone , entered Into a discussion on the merits of the land , and th& question of American liberty . Mr . Bolwell , as chairman , -wound up the proceedings ; and-the evening closed by the choir singing the Chartist National Anthem . i

      mbtbofolitait Delegate MEETifca , Sunday afternoon , Mi . il'Gratfc in the chair . Bspotts were received from the Bloomsbnry , Golden Lion , Golden lane , Tower Hamlets , and other localities ! A deputa tion attended from the Directors , stating the monetary affairs of the Institution . Mr . Wheeler reported relative to an . interview -with Mr . O'Connor . A long discussion arose , after which the lollowlog resolution was unanimously agreed to , and ordered to be immediately transmifcted to Mr . O'Connor : — lt That this Delegate meeting , seeing the great necessity of immediate unanimity in reference to the date of the proposed ; Conference , and the 21 st of August having met -with the approba tion -of the South . Lancashire Delegates sad other in-Saotial bodies , the ; entreat Hz . O'Connor ; in the ensuing number of the Star , to give his support to that

      date , instead of lecommendiag any other , which would only serve to distract the attention of the Chartist pnblio" . Mr . Wheeler moved , and Mr . Mills seconded , "That each Delegate lay before his locality the propriety of a public meeting being called on Monday , August i 7 tit , to elect delegates to the Conference ; and each losallty is requested to send in the name of their candidate to Mr . Salmon , J an ., 24 , Dean street , Fetterlane , previous to the above date " . Carried onanimonsly . Mr . Page moved , and Mr . Simpson seconded , " That the localities be recommended to raise funds for the above object , by laying a levy of Sd . | upon their members " . Carried unanimously . The meeting then adjourned , the Secretary being authorised to write to all the unrepresented localities . 2 s . 6 d . -was received from I ^ b Golden lion . ;

      Chaetists of Bloomsbtjbt . —The above locality met at their room on Tuesday evening . After the usual business was gone into , Mr . B . Brown moved , and Mr . Robertson seconded , " That a vote ot thanks be given to Mr . Peargus O'Connor for the able manner in which be managed t 2 > e Defence Fund anriDg the late trials . " WOTT 1 NGHA 1 H . —At the weekly general meeting balden in tho Democratic Chapel , on Sondsvlast , the following resolutions were unanimously pasted : "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the contemplated Conference should assemble on Tuesday , ; September 5 th . " " Thai it appears to us that Nottingham would be the best place of meeting , being the most central . "

      ** That any town containing less tkan 50 , 000 inhabitants aheuld be allowed to send one delegate ; containing £ 0 , 000 and less than 100 , 000 , two delegate *; and if 100 , 000 and upwards , four delegates , excepting London , which might be allowed to send sis . " It tras considered that this last arrangement would give to the Conference greater advantages than confining large towns who might wish to send more than one delegate ; and that , whilst it would keep the Conference within the limits of a deliberative assembly , it would give as near as possible equal representation . It was also re-SOlved that the resolutions might stand as propositions to be Toted Hpon according to the plan suggested by R . T . Morrison , in ike Star of the 15 th Ingt

      ' The Chautists' weekly delegate meeting took place in the Democratic Chapel , Rioe-place , on Sunday morning , the 23 rd instant , Mr . L . Boonhan in the chair ; when the following resolution was passed : — " That a lecture be given for the benefit of Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester ;* which Mr . H . Dorman kindiy ! consented to deliver in the Market-place , on Sunday evening , July 30 th . It is is contemplation to get up the play of the trial of Robert Emmett ; the proceeds to go to the Local Tictims * Fond . ; PRESCOT . —On Wednesday evening , Mr . Gammage delivered an excellent leetarson ** The Land and

      the People ' s Charter . " He pointed ont the absurdity of Whig and Tory measures of relief for the starving minions , and dearly showed that nothing short of the People's Charter would benefit the working classes . The cotton lords , the shopocracy , and manufacturers came in for their share of exposure , and in like manner the priesthood . He also handled the subject of tbe Corn Laws in a masterly style . At the close of Us lecture be invited discussion , and although some ot the Whig tools were present , none of them had ; anything Xo say . The people listened patiently to his long and able address . -

      BXLSTON . —The state of onr organisation ia not a little embarrassed through the poverty-stricken elreamstsaces » f < nu members . The truck-system is carried on to an alarming extent . F « r seven , eight , nine , and ten weeks at a time , the labourer is compelled to go without money . The miners are now at work for two shDOr-gs s-dsy ; and another deduction is about io take place / . ' Lectures are delivered here , by Hi . Thomason , eVt-ry Thursday evening , on a large pieeejof gronnd In the centre of the town , In the open air . 1 This has beea tbe means of buttoning up the Lasene ' s meetings . No one has attended their two last meetings , but their secretary . The only reason he eould give was , that they could not get speakers . We are determined to Teorgainsa ourselves ; and delegates will be appointed to attend the next delegate meeting , to be holden at Wedncsbury , on the 7 th of August next .

      BOIrTON—Od Sands / evening last , Mr . Davies , from Scotland , delivered a lecture in the Chartist room , Cheapsii e , to a very respectable assembly , the subject beics " the weakness of a divided , and tbe strength of a united people . ' Tbe lecturer , in a forcible and eloquent manner , showed the necessity of a ] firm and consolidated onion of both heart and . hand ; without whlfb tbe ioifiog millions can never expect to be relieved from their present degraded and miserable condition . In pointing attention to the present state of Ireland , it was clearly demonstrated that tbe high and moral majesty of the people , set forth by their snity of sentiment and action , alone deters die " strong Government" from finding a j > b for the Attorney-GonewL The lecturer gave great satisfaction , as he appeared to bs more in love with the principle bB was advocating for the principled sake than in love with himself fox his ability in advocating it .

      Delegate Mektiso —Accordingto announcement the delegates from the different localities met last Sunday , at the house of Mr . James Haslam , Seven Stars Inn . Previous to commencing business , a delegate from Blackburn , arrived -with information that a camp meeting -would be holden on Sunday , July 30 ; h , on Bnll Hill , when the delegates from Bolton district agreed to xelii q < nah the design ef holding their contetnplated samp meeting , but would join that to take placb on Bull Hill . Tbe people of Bolton district are therefore requested to attend . Mr . Dixon is expected to aCdrets the men ot Bolton , at the Glebe Inn ; Turton , at eleven o ' clock , and from tkence to proceed in a feodj Io Use place of metting . '

      A 1 . WONDBUBT . —At the nsnal weekly { meeting held on Monday evening July 24 th , tbe following reflation was carried unanimously : —1 st ; ** That the thanks OS this meeting are due , and are hereby given to Mr . O'Connor for the able and jsdio'ous manner in which he baa disbursed the defence fund ; and to Mr . Mr . Kob ^ m , lor his able exertions daring ihe Chartist trials , " It is particularly requested that as many of tbe members as can possibly attend frill do so on Monday j-Tenins next , as . bnBiness of importance vnll be breughi forward demanding imicedLne consitieiitiDn .

      tEA 2 mM 6 TOK % _ 0 , deliyered t } , ree 1 "s £ uyi ? m * e » W chapeJ , < 3 lementB-Btreet , 6 n Moncaj , iaesdsy , and Wednesday evening , la « t week ; tt&roum , cap&blo of helping from 600 to 700 , vras crsmmtd to mSbcation each night . On Monday night , the Enbjtct was " ihe Sacredness of Human LSc . The other two lectures were en " iha Aiatsmy of tfce finmaa Frame , " illustrated with magic lantern plaieB .

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      coGGissBALii .- ^ At the weekly meeting of the Charlists of this placa , held on Monday erening last , vote of thanks to Feargua O'Connor , Esq ., was earned onsiumonsly for his able management of the Defence Fund , Five shillings waajrcollected for the DefenoeFund . and one shilling and sixpence from two friends at Halstead . The Chartists of Coggleshall also rejoice at tbe prospect of a speedy reorganization , and hope it will be of a legal and permanent kind . They also hope that a Victim Few ) for the relief of all real CnartiBt victims , will be fonhwuh established , when tao Chartists of Coggleshall will do themselyes the honour of adding their mite to that of othars , and thereby mitigate the sufferings of some of the best friends of onr cause .

      CABXIBfcE . —Meeting op the Council op the Cakeislb XJhab , tist Association . —A meeting of the above-named body took place at tbeir room , No . 6 , St . John-Btreet , Caldereate i on Sanday last , Mr . James O'Niel in the chair . Tha minutes of last meeting were read over and confimod , after which , the Secretary read over an account of the Income and Expenditure during the quarter , which was examined and found correct .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , July 20 . BANKRUPTS . Henry Andrews and Charles Twining , Peckham , Surrey , brewers , to surrender July ^ 28 , at two , August 29 , at half-past one , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Boberts , Bride-court , Blackfriars ; official assignee , Mr . Wbitmore , Basinghall-street . William White , Jan ., Aldersgate-street , chemist , July 28 , at eleven , August 29 , at half-past eleven , at the Court ef Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Messrs . Watson and Bronghton ,. Falcon-square : official assignee , Mr . Wbitmore , Basinghall-Btrett . Thomas Idoyd Jones , Wlmbome Minster . Dorsetshire , surgeon , August 5 , at half-past eleven , at the Coart of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . Daan , GaiMford-street ; and Mr . Bryant , Wimborne ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place , Old Jewry .

      Henry Ellis ; Norwich , draper , July 28 , at half-past eleven , September 16 , at 12 , at the Ceurt of Bankruptcy . Solicitors , Mr . Asharst , Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr . Groem , Abchurch- ) sne . Joseph Starling , Southampton , hatter , July 29 , at half-past two , September 15 , at half-past eleven , at the Coori of Bankruptcy . Solicitor , Mr . Smith , Bridgesireet , Southwark ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abychurch-lane . j ' John Gray , Jarrow , Durham , timber-merchant , August 1 , at . one , September 5 , at one , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Newesstie-upon-Tyne . Solicitors , Mr . Ingiedew , Newcastle-upon-Tyne ; and Messrs Wil > liamson and Hall , Gray' » -inn ; official assignee , Mr . Baker , Newcastle-upon-Tyna

      John Oram , Chard , Somersetshire , lace-manufacturer , August 3 . 29 ^ at two , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Church , Bedford-row ; Mr . Dommett , Chard ; and Mr . TytreU , Exeter ; offieiol assignee , Mr . Hernaman , Exeter . Gsorge Hewitt and George Hewlett , Manchester , woollen drapers , August 3 and 30 , at twelve , at the District Court of Bankruptcy , Manchester . Solicitors Messrs . Makinspn and Sanders , Middle Temple ; and Messrs . Atkinson and Saunders , Manchester , official nttMi ^ naai Mr . Port , Manchester . William Hendenon and James Hanry Veysey . Mooffieldi , Oloncestersbire , r aannfacturing chemists , JaJy 31 , at two , Augnst 31 , at eleven , at the District Court ef Bankruptcy , Bristol Solicitor , Mr . Manning , Syer ' a-bnUdingBj Holborn ; official assignee , Mr . Acraman , BristoL "

      Edward Eardley , Exeter , china-dealer , July 26 August 29 . at eleven , at the District Court of Bank rnptcy , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . CHpperton , Bedford row ; and Mr . Brotton , Exeter ; official assignee , Mr Hirtzel , Exeter .

      PAETNEHSHIPS DISSOtVED . Marshall and Dickinson , Leeds , stuff merchants . —J . Martin and Co , Liverpool , sail-makers . —Ha worth and Whitehead , Forest of Rossendale , Lauosahire , cottonspinners ; as fir as regards J . Haworjh . —M ., G . O ., J . D ., and J . H . Greenwood , Bradford , Yorkshire , and Wellington , Nevr Zealand , stuff manafacturers .

      DIVIDENPS . Aug . 11 , W . T . Wren , Chlchester , brewer . —Ang . 11 , G . Tattenall , Noble-street , hosier- —Aug . 11 . H . Brown and J . Coombs , Windsor , bankers . Aug . 14 , J . WhitfleW , Toolej-atreat , grocer . —Aug . 1 i , E . Tormalne . Canterbury , porter-brewer . —Aug . 14 , J . Richmond , Limestrett , merchant—Aug . 17 , H . Sldebotham and T . Lewis , Haughton and Manchester , cotton-manufactures . —Aug . 15 , J . T . and W . Bradley , Leads , ironmongers . Aug . lfi , H . Lonsdale , Shtffisld , grocer . —Aug . 15 , E . White and E . Leith , Worksop , machl : ie-makets . —Aug . IS , P . T . B . HembTough , Wakcfiald , wonted-manufacturer . —Aug . 15 , T . Walker , Laeds , brewer . —Aug . 16 , H . Pearson , Torki attorney-at-law . —Aug . 16 , J Breasley , Leeds , victualler .- !—Aug . 15 R Manden , Halifax , woollen cloth-manufacturer . —Aug . 18 , C H . Webb . Forebrldge , Staffordshire , corn-dealer . —Aug . 3 , T . Carter , Stafford , builder .

      Ceetificates to be granted , unless-cause be shewn to the contrary on the day of meeting . Ang . 11 , G . TattersaU , Noble-street , hosier . Aug . 11 . G- Ke « eh . Bardwell , Suffolk , miller . —Ang . 11 , J . B . Cooper , Harleston , Suffolk , « oal-mewjhani . ^ Atig . ie , T . StrlplIng , Colchester , coschmaker—Aug . 15 , V . Wanosteocht , LiTerpool , merchant—Aug . II , T . Lampen , Davonport , linendraper . certificates to be granted by the Coart of Review , unless cause be shown to the contrary on ot before August 11 .

      J . Foolly , Maldstone , timber merchant—J . Stubbs , Worthing and Brighton , coachmaker . —N . Dickenson , Manchester , dyer . —W . Peon , Canterbury , cabinetmakers . —H . Sirnmouds , Leamington Priors , dealer . — M . Pearson , Workington , Cumberland , chemist—A Nield , Oldham , ; cotton-spinner . —G . Forater , Sanderland , iron mannfacturer . —A Stockton and W . Utton , Halkin-street , Belgrave-sqnsre , coachmaker * . —H . J . Watklnson , Birstall , Yorkshire , card maker > -J . Blake . Sanderland and ' Singaton-upon « Hull , tinner . H . Johnstone , Sheffield , coachmaker . —W . Peate , Shrewsbury , grooer .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , July 25 . BANKRUPTS . Enderby Laughton , brewer , Wisbech , St . Peter's , Cambridgeshire , to surrender , August 3 , at two , and Sept 4 at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Wbitmore , efficial assignee , Basingholl-street ; solicitors , MesBrs . ; Abbott , Jenkins , and Abbott . ^ New Inn . . Jaoksou BarwiBQ , h « use-decorator . Pall-mall , Aug . 3 , at twelve , and Sept 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Alsager , official assignee , Birchinlane ; solicitor , Mir . Surr , Lombard-street . FrederickPryorEverett , draper , Reading , Berkshire , Aug . 3 , athalf-past ten , and Aug . 31 , at eleven , at the Ceurt of Bankruptcy . Mr . Belcher , official assignee ; aelicitois , Messrs . Tilleam awX Sou . Old Jewry ,

      George Frederick Widurtl , stationer , E'lgware-road , Aujj . l , at elevea , at Aug 31 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . PennelJ , official assignee ; solicitor , Mr . Sbackell , Tokenbouse-yurd . John Buuell Spencer , tanner , Halsfead , Essex . Aujf . 1 , at twelve , and Aug . 31 , at ono . at the Court of Bankruptcy . Mr . Pennell , official assignee ; solicitor , Mr . Dodd , New Broad-streBt Edward Hopkins , coal dealer , Egremont , Cheshire , Aug . 11 , at half-past twelve , and Aug . 31 , at eleven , at the Liverpool District Court . Mr . Bird , official assignee ; solicitors j Mvebib Bridger and Blake , Finsbury-cireus , London ; and Mtssta . Francis aud Dodge , Liverpool . Jobs Cowherd , miller , Hueill , Westmoreland , Aug . 1 , at half-put two . at tie Ne wcastie-upon-Tyne District Comt Mr . Biker , < ffiuial assignee , Newcastlenpon-Tyne ; solicitors , Mr . Harrisoi , Kendal ; and Messrs . Addison : and Harrison , Meclenburg-square ,

      LoBucn . William Pollen . Heenaed victualler , Gloucester , Ang . 9 . at twelve , and Sept . 6 . ateleyen , at the Bristol District Court Mr . Morgan , official assignee , Bristol ; solicitors , Messrs . Jones and Blaxlasd , Crosby-square , and Messrs . Mant and Harvey . Bath . John Hedderly ,: drugeist . Nuttingham , Aug . ft . and Sept . 9 , at half-past eleven , nt the Birmingham District Court Mr . Bittleaum , official assignee , Birmingham ; solicitor , Mr . Brewster , Nuttingham . William Broomheod , » i « rchsnt , Birmisgham , Aug . 3 . atone , and 8 pt fi . at ; wblve , at the Birmingham District Court Mr . Whitmort ) , official assignee , Birmingham , solicitor , Mr . Janes , Birmingham .

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      t THE NORTHERN STAR 1 ___ L :

      Defence Of Mr. John Duncan

      DEFENCE OF MR . JOHN DUNCAN

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), July 29, 1843, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct812/page/2/