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      and rart 60 , completing the Work , will be issued next Saturday . With the last Number and Part will be given an excellent full-length Likeness oi Voltaire in his 70 th year , with a Critical Memoir ol his Life and Writings ; This is the cheapest boos ever offered to the liberal public . For neatness and correctness it is unrivalled . May be had bound in Volumes 5 s , 6 d . each . > Also , VOLTAIRE'S ROMANCES , commencing with Candid , Zidig , & « ., will be proceeded with more rapidly now the Dictionary is Completed . Part I v now ready . Part II next week .

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      SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MBv CLEAVE . FOB VICTIMS . Lon ? Buckley , nearDaTentry Oil 0 * J . F . ( Tower Hamlets ) 0 0 6 A Friend 0 0 6 Stroudwater . 0 9 0 A Chartist , Nailsworth ... 0 0 6 Proceeds of a Raffle , by Jno . Andrew , Limehouse ... 0 8 6 Sutton-in-Asbfield 0 5 0 A . B . C . ( per Ridley ) 0 2 6 Mr . J . George , ( Do ) 0 2 6 Mr . Chatwm ... 0 10 Mr . Daacon . 006

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      WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . WAKEFIELD ADJOURNED SESSIONS NO TICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , That the Midsummer General Quarter Sessions of the Peace , for tbe West Riding of the County of York , will be held by adjournment in the Committee-Room , at . the House of Correction , at Wakefield , on Thursday , the Fourteenth day of September next , afc Eleven 0 clock in the Forenoon , for the purpose of inspecting the Riding Prison , ( the said House of Correction ) and for examining the Accounts of tho Keeper of the said House of Correction , making Enquiry into the conduct of the Officers and Servants belonging the same ; and also into the behaviour ' of the Prisoners , and their Earnings . C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace's Office , Wakefield , August 30 th , 1843 .

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      Now on Sale , Price Sixpence , No . III . of a PRACTICAL WORK . ON THE MANAGEMENT OF SMALL FARMS ; Giving full Instructions respecting Rotation of Crops , Management of Cattle , Culture , &o . BY FEAHGUS O'COHNOE , ESQ .,

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      Nowr publishing in Weekly Numbers , Price Oaa Penny , TT \ HE POLITICAL SCOURGE ; a Journal de-J . voted to the Interests of the Masses . We'll put a scourge in every honest hand , To whip the scoundrels naked through the land . In the Press , SIX LETTERS TO THE NATION " ON THE PROSPECTS OF REVOLUTION . " London : F . G . Southy , 3 , Holywell-street , Strand ; Mr . Joshua HoDson , Leeds ; and all Booksellers .

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      TEMPERANCE HOTEL . DRURY-HILL , NOTTINGHAM . W SWANN . gratefully acknowledges the kind * Support he has already received , and respectfully informs his Friends and the Public generally , that in future the Business will be carried on entirely on his own account , and he hopes to be able , with very Moderate Charges , to afford every attention and comfort to all those who may visit his Establishment . W . Swanaaas great pleasure in announcing that Discussions , on all Popular Questions , will take place every Wednesday Evening , as usual , in the Large Room belonging to the Establishment , when the Attendance of all Parties is respectfully invited . N B . —Well Aired Beds , &c . &c .

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      CITY OF LOVDON POLITICAL AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION , I , TURNAGAINLANE , SKINNER-STREET . ON SUNDAY morning , September 3 rd , the following question will be discussed : " Has tha Protestant Reformation improved the mental , political , and moral condition of the working class V To commence at eleven o ' clock . Admission free . — In the evening , at seven o ' clock , the Rev . E . Mantz will lecture on tho following subject : " Human Progression . " And on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clook , the City Chartists will meet as usual for tha 4 ran 3 j , cr . ion of their local business , namely , for reading tho minutes of their former weekly meeting , receiving contributions and reports , and for the enrolment of members in the National Charter Association , &c . on which occasion Mr . J-. Watkins will deliver a lecture , admission free . On Wednesday

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      - Leeds Woollen Markets . —There has been considerable business done at both Cloth Halls , durir . g Both the market daya , and this coupled with t ha fact that there is more doing both in wool and oil , is proof that trade in this district is much b ' jtter than it has been for gome time back . More \ jjoods ara being sent off , and in the warehouses er iployment is now plentiful . Bradford Markets , Thursday , August 31 . — Wool— We cannot report anything bette ? / in tbia branch ; the market keeps well supplied , r , nd prices about the same . —Yarns . —There is no variation since our last , either in demand O" c prices . — Piece . —There is nothing new since our last ; goods suitable for the approaching season fin 1 i . ready salea without alteration in prices .

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      To AGE 5 TS- — -All agents who fail to transmit the amount of tfceir accounts -with their next -week ' s ordsx must not expect their papers , as in no instance inTL t ^ fj be sent ; therefore subscribers and readers will kioi » , Ehoold disappointment take place , at ¦ whose door to place it . SLeeiln g of the CO 5 TEKESCZ—As we rejoice to lesr-j iliat the country generally has done its duty in tha fcl&ctiBn of delegates for the Conference / to be fcolden on Tuesday next , the 5 th inBt , it "behoves the BVmir-sjbam Chartists to provide a fit and proper phis for their reception , all information as to which 8 fcoal 3 bs > applied for " by strangers at the jjsw room tikrii by the Chartists , No . 37 , Pack lane , Birmingham , where some person should be appointed to give the necegrarj information . Tfee delegates should as » ut » e at ien o ' clock on Tuesday morning . f $ y * Sinc ^ the above -went to press -we hare infonnatisD frons B nnirighfiTn that all the necessary arrangements

      hare htea made for the reception of the delegates . JiUts Fox , Dewsbury . —No , the notice is not leg ** * .. ufE-ieofc , unless there be a special agreement to £ t > ^ Ed receive six months notice , given at the bagiasiiu ; cf say ialf-year of the tenancy . If the lsu < . -a i rhoosfcs to accept the notice , "well and good : fcc ; i - - ? cly keepicf it , and saying nothing , is not prr ^ f 5 acceptance . We fear , jadging from the case as he 133 put it , that the premises musi 1 > b holden until M- » y again ; and to fet ont even then , rotice mcf 1 ' ¦> r ^ iven btfore the rent day in November . J . G-. a ' - oskesposd £ st sejlR Manchester , -writes as '• : ¦ : « ws : —

      Six—Hs-ring seen an article in onr psper of the 41 h of ila / i i last , en the Land , and on the means how to get it , 1 \ sis tte liberty of sending yon these few linta to ir-q ^ r : if yen « oalfl give me the direction of the Sscrttwry r f any of ttosa clubs who have = tmtarked their ai >! ral on tbe Lied , as I am anxious to tooow mere _ J ?? ut- it ; for the trade or business to "which I balon ^ has a great sum of money in the banfca and- I « ish v- - 3 it better engaged tiian in the hands of pur oppret ^ ii . It if-piaa , from the article referred to , that the Iambi j men have been wise ia looking to their own intsR .-ts , for , instead of only receiving three and a half f = J ctnL , tb&y are rtceLvI-ng cent per cent , with their . ¦? - labour . I ¦ want to know by "what "machinery Hie l&sa ' jlej men work their Land ; whether the profits arisLD ^ Jri-mitisa joint interest , or if every man lias his pi -j of land laid outsshe wishes , and gete the profit of Ms o"wn labour .

      I am tlriirous of seeing it more fully carried out ; and « I ir . itr . d io bring the sahject before our bouy nt-xt meetlEir , 1 wish you to ans-s-er me as soon as possible in your £ i > iic = a xo correspondents . We csc-ct give him the information he teefe for ; but ha ^ r pri nted'theletter here , that it may be seen both by U ' -t Lambley men , trad others , "who have empk—» u ' . heir trades' monies , and their club monies , in tbv Teiiral and occupation of land ; and they will , no deiibt . be happy to communicate the psif ^ uteis T £ g « JTt-2 . that others may •¦ go and do likeirise . " We shali r-a happy to hear from them . 1 LR . Jaiies Beaton , Ciithebo . — "We cannot remeru ^ T asytiiiEg of the- report he speaks o £ We tave no recsliection of it at all ; and thititc it aust haTa iiiiscarrifid .

      James Bagulet . —Yes , hB can have any , or all , # f the ^ , ' cies he eaiumerates , by sending Is . each for tfetEi , E ^ d price of postage . Joshta TTaisos , CorsE , complains of the conduct of trs Uum 2 ey and Padiham fricEds , in not supportive the decision of the district meeting , to seed Six . Slarsden to the Conference , as representative of the district . Ee S 3 yB : — At H , i 2 \ ort ! a Ta-nwHJhiTB delegate meeting held in Tacil ^ si on Sunday , the 13 : h of Augost , a delegate from osmley attended ; asd thensh their members had th' -ee weeks' node * before , he positivtly stated fiiat the qaestioij of a fit person to represent them ia the Eira-lisgTvani Csnference had never been fcrcught before tiiir Asssocl&tion , and thai be hsd come ivith full p = 3 Wcid to vote as he thought proper . I need KHerfj ^ 3 « 3 that lie represented himBclf and the land ffnest ^ -Ji . Ifot being satlsSed with the decision of a

      jnajcr : v c-f the delegates then assembled , we have good . scasc-i-- jut asserting that a one-sided sanvas was set on looi , to render the former decision abortive , at the deleesjg meeHng , held at Ackrin ^ tcn and Eiifield , on Snncsy . the 20 th 5 nst j for tte 3 umley delegate poaitiTely stated on the road , before tha meeting took plao ? . that if the delegates meant to abirfe by the former decision , thers would be a split in the district ; ssd b ? p < sitively stated , whsn the question was before the £ > Jeg&te 3 , that , if he Eteod alone , he would net submit to their -decision , nor give any support to the Tn » Ti cf their choice : a fine specimen of democratic prindrles ! And these are the prudent and wise men , Trhoa yoa contend hflTe a right to ' special representation , though it be in opposition to ttree-fonrths of the district delegates , as wtil as the majority of the members of their different constituents . We do not term tt ^» i : oE ?* ose , but call it no seas at alL

      We have given insertion t © thl 3 explanation , or rather complaint ; though title spirit in which it is couched S-i isTr from being commendable , and Is in striking COEtraK with that evinced by the Burnley and Padifcam fKends in thfir resolution inserted in onr last . There , the whole point of diffrience ia sfct forth in a business-like manner ; sad all attempts to make a mountain ont of a mole-hiil deprecated . What are the &-. ts cf the case ? That tfee district selected a man for s r * i-T > E = ntative , who notorious "]/ held opinions , xm a viiai quedicm , -totally opposed to the opinions oi two

      IE of- Tn . portant localises ia tiw district , Burnley and P&dit&zn . That the Bamlty and Padlham friends therec > on said : "if that m ^ n goes to represent us , he -wiii not be the bear = j of our wants and wishes ; but will act quite cotitEry to tkem . We , therefore , cannot be parties to sending him ; but will send one of our own . " Now was rot this right ? Win Joshua ¥ » uon contend that the Burnley and Padiham men ought to pay for the sending of a man to oppose that ¦ which they deem to ba essential to the success of the movement ? Is thai in accordance with "

      democratic principle" ? District Representation was only proposed vchtrs it could oe agreedtHy acted on : L e . where the district wus so united , in feeling and purpose , as to render it possible for one man to represent the entire feeling . But surely Joshua WaUon » ould not desire to force oistrict representation where it is sot agreeable ? In his district there seems to be a dlff-renee of feeling on a measure of policy . Will Joshua Watsoa insist that these who disagree with his viswE ahaU st&pBit . both by votes and pay , those views to wMch they are wholly opposed ? Te \ t > "B is what Jushua Watson dees . And because this £ jgTiint act of injnstice Is zot arquiesced in , he gets ungry , and writes in a fcad Bjsrit respfecting those "who only claim Vial xchich they have accardtd him . —

      lull representation . Thers are several districts Bmflarly sitnatea to the Korth Lancashire " one . Portions of the district are sending special lepreseatatxre ; and the remaining are sending' others to represent them generally .. la the "West Riding of Teri tbis ia the case . 2-teds , for instance , send two of itse ' J- Halifax sendB one or two ; and thB resi of t-as iOcailUcs in the Siding conjoined send two to represent them . Tfce ouly difF = rence between this case aasl the Korfh Lincaihire one is , that Tiere it is dans wi thout qnsrrel , or even faalt-fijoding . And is Dot this much better than trying to- force a man down the throats of otiier people who object to swaUo ^ r him ? It is the only se nsible course to i ~ ie , when there are differences of opinion 'upon

      matters of policy . "Which make It impossible for one man to represent both sides of the question . Mr . Watson further ssys : — Ab ~ jo our Burnley friends maligning the public character of Mr . Stlarsden , -pre have every reason to think that the charge is well founded . Bat enough of that . Mark the glaring iscoDEistency of their pmdent lesoln ion ; far "while it placts implicit confidence in 2 Ir . Siirsden as a public man , they at the same time C : nsii 3 tr "M-m unfit to represent the district in ttje forthcomiEg Cosference , forsooth , because his views on ons psxtit , lar subject does not accord with those of a few in Btirales and Padih&m . Bere 13 anothei evidence of tha spirit possessing Mr . Watson and his frienua . Toe Bnmley friends

      declare , by resolution , that the only objection they have to 2 Ii . Jlaxaden for a rtpresentative , is the BotoriouB fact that hg totally and wholly disagrees with them in opinion on a matter they dean essential ; and they repudiate the charge of maligning his public character ; ana-Mr . Jasbaa Watson rejoins that ha does not believe them * " He has every reason to think the charge is well lonndeti , " though he does not condescend to give any reason at alL ilr . Watson must leaxnbisles&an rather better . It is this " crabfc ^ d" and motive-lmpi'Jug -practice , ¦ whentvtr we can-UDt have our own tbv . that has worked much irjnry to our cause . Is it likely to do anything else ? How would Joshua Watson have felt , had the motives and conduct cf his frieaiig beea imuuzned

      in the rough and uncsrviBoiaons manntr he has pui- 1 BUPQ towards lioee of his brethreD , who are every " T ? hit as honest as himself ana as desrrens to advance the good cause ? I ^ t him apply this test to -what he writes respectirg tbens in future , and he will not agate evince fuch a spirit as runs threngh the whole of his present communication . We trast that the Bnmley and Padiham friends will manifest more good Bense and light feeling than to allow this exhibition of fcefing , on the part of Mr . Wataon , to divert ibem from their resolve . That resolve was , not to gaffer the matter to interfere with the general duties of Hie district Cease not to act iritk yonr brethren

      You have taken the only "wise eoun * to avoid the ill eoxaetMnow of * " « pat , " by leaving thoM "who Bflnk Mi . M « r » den " * f to repreaeaat themrtliberty to send him ; while yon send , ft mso to represent yp » which Mr . Msxsden could not do . That done , % tfh psraea otght to be satisfied . Both are repre-» entedV Both opinions "will " 'be presentratthe Council table- and "when they are duly deliberated oo , that which appears to have most -weight with it , on the fonn ^ a of ieasoa in dpracfioe , wiBbecome embodied £ a plan of action . More , than this , er less than this , no man , or set of men , could either deare or Ml to accord , if they iroald be xrae to *¦ democratic pfinfipla . " "

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      The TnccK Systkjl—It was to fcave been hoped that th 9 result of the exposures made by Mr . Ferrand ' s Truck Committee would have led to an abatement of the practice . It Beans , however , that this is far from being the case . It abounds in th » collieries in Wales , and in the mineral work ? . The correspondent of The Times leporta that the "workmen at the Tin Works , at Cym Avon , hava struck work , not on account of a reduction in wages , but that they refusB to work any longer without being paid in money , and not in goods -from the shop . This truck system is most oppressive . Numberless are the cases where the earnings of the workers are reduced fall 20 per cent by Its operations alone . Bad food , at the highest price , is almost the

      invariable consequence . Nor is tha practice confined to Wales . It has extended almost all over the kingdom ; particularly in the small out-of-the-way places ; where it « an he pursued almost unheard-of by the world . We have a communication from a friend , alleging that it is openly and unblushingly in vegue at Battersea , just in London , where some builders there insist on their hands spending at their shop at least tvpo-thirds of their week ' s earnings * or they cannot have employment . It also exists in Sheffield , amongst those who mak © cast-ircn razors . There it is in such extensive practice amongst the " Free Traders , " that the Cutlers' Company have felt themselves bennd to take up the question , -and issue a public caution , containing a summary of somo of the

      clauses of the Act prohibiting tho payment of wages in goods- That caution we shall here insert . It will be found to be or great use to all engaged in labour , where tho truck system is in vogup , as it will show them the remedy they may have at any moment they please . Here is the caution : — Notice as to the law prohibiting the paying of wageB to workmen otherwise than in pjoney . It having been represented to the Cutlers' Company that the practice of payiog wages in goods ia now very common , the attention of the public is partroularly called to the Act of the 1 st and Sad William IV ., cap . 37 , intituled " An Act to prohibit the ¦ payment in certain trades of wages in goods or

      otherwise than rn the current coin of the realm , '' in which A « t all our cutlery trades are inclnded . The 4 th , 7 th , and 9 th Sections of the Act are particularly worthy of notice . The ith Section enables workmen to recover wages in money notwithstanding payments having bBen previonsly made in goods . By the 7 th section . If n workman who may have received his wages in goods , or any of his family sbtll become chargeable to the parish , power is giVv-n to the overseers to recover such "wages frost the man's employer , for which goods only shall have been bo jpven within three calendar months . Aid by the 9 th Section , any employer " * bo shall by

      himself or others , directly or indirectly have agreed with any contractors , or made any payment thereby illegal , that is substituting goods for money ) , he shall for Ihe first offence , forfeit a sum not exceeding £ 10 nor less than £ 5 ; for the second offence , double the same penalty ; and fsr the third offence , be guUty of a inisdsmeanonr , and liable to be iiaed £ 100 . These penalties are recoverable id a summary way before the Magistrates , who may award out * f the penalties any sum not exceeding £ 20 to an informer . The several members of the Cutler ' s Company are resolved to aid as much as possible the carrying into effeet of the above salutary law . W 11 . Brcudhcbst . Master Cutler .

      The workmen especially are informed , that the Cutlers Company have appointed a Committee , who will sit every Monday evening , at the Cutltrs' Hall , from seven to nine o'clock , for the pnrpose of r eceiving information and giving assistance to forward prosecutions under the above-mentioned Act Now this Act affords ample protection , if the men will but avwl themselves of it . L-t the tin-men of Cym Avon , for instance , seek for their wages , instead of striking . Let each one of them prepare an account of the shies he has earned for the last tares mouths , . and let him set against that the money he has received ; and also the goods he has been forced to teke , every item being cKarly set forth . Then let

      each one summon his employer before the Justices , for the waees due , over and above the money paid him . The master teill 6 e bound io pay ; and may have to pay a heavy fine into the bargain . He cannot set off the " geods" he has supplied ; nor can he maintain an action to recover for their va'ine . This course would be much more sensible than striking work . By it yon may T ^ cover bade asMn seme of the wages of which you have bten defrauded As a matter of course these hints will apply to every case of truck ; and we strongly advise that they be generally acted on . If the action be general , it will be rjFeciual . But if only one or two take up the qnes- * tion , they will be victimised . ' Let all ro to the Magistrate together ; and the truck system will soon

      eease . F . FelthaIL , London , strongly calls upon the London Chartists of the Mile-End locality , to attend a special general meeting on Tuesday evening , Sept 5 th , to devise means to retain possession of their valuable place of meeting , tha Working Men ' s HalL He represents the case as most urgeDt , and presses it upon the attention of ~ hia brethren . A Fopb-teib Olb Chabtist , Easi > gton . —It depends irhat instrument y < u havo len ; the money upan ¦ whether you can recover the arrears or not . If you have a promissory note , payable on demand , of course you can recover . Mb . Geobge Maksden , of Manchester , wishes to acknowledge Use receipt of 10 s . 2 d . fur the National Victim Fund , from a fow of the Manchester Chartists ,

      JIBS Detfy , the wife of the Nsrthalerton " victim , " desires to gratefully acfasowledse the kindness of the Manchester Cbarttts to her husband during hia pre-Bent very Revere sffl-xtion . Poor Duffy is labouring under a severe itflimmatory attack on the liver and boweis , ¦ which hia physicians have declared will terminate in death , his consiitut'on having been emaciated by the sufferings he endured while impriioned . B . RrssEiL , a Beemo > dset Chartist , pertinently asks : — " Will the Bermoidsey Chartists bave the kindness to attend to their duty , by taking part in the discussion of the Corn Law question , at the King of Prussia , Tooley-street , next Tuesday evening ? One of the Cobdenites has bad the impudence to say that Chartism ia almost extinct , Step cp ; and tell

      him he is wrong . " LO 5 DD > COKRESPONDENBE- —Daring his temporary absence from London to tbe Conference , T . MWheeler requests that all communications intended for tbe Northern Star may be sent to Mr . Cowan , 19 , Ayltsbury-street , ClfrkenwtlL Alfred Asdhew , Sovthwarh .. —We have but one delivery of , London lertera in-a day . Tha mail starts from Euston-square at nine o ' clock in the evening , and we have them next morning at a little after seven Lsttera posted in London in the morning reach us no sooner than if posted before " general post time" in the eiening . A Torse Chartist , Portsmouth , writes in a very indignant strain , about the fuss exhibited in that port aud tow . n relative to the Queen's sportive visit . He says that the smiths , shipwrights , and painters

      have been working uigbt * nd day to get the new Eteam-bhip . th * Victoria and Albert , and tbe accompanying Vessels ready for her Majesty ' s use . Kay , he av « s that THEY HAD TO WOBK ON SUNDAT ! Pretty cramp e this , to be set by " the head of our iPoBeyite ) Church " ! She wants to go a-pleasuring ; and to accomplish thiB , scores , per&aps hundred ? , have to " break the Sabbath "! that ; day wfeich they were commanded to ~ keep holy , by RBSTi > ' 0 from their labours ! Rve keeping of the commandments this ! If tbe "bead of the Church " causes ifce " Sabbath thus to be broken " , to minister to her pleasure , how can tbe Church expect the poor to keep holy that day by Roing to listen to denunciations cf vengeance poured ont on their heads , whfle net one word of reproof is administered to tbe great offender ?

      The Cokfejlescb . —Several communications , respecting points for deliberation at the Conference , have been Bent to us for publication . These we cannot 2 nd room for , but shall , if the writers f-lease , hand them to the chairman , when the Conference assembles . The Colliers' Strike . —Anxious to place the present position of the coUi 6 rs fairly before their own body and the country , we are preparing some statistics which , when completed , will be worthy of consideration . We are the more auxious upon this point , in consequence of the machinations now very generally at work io drive the men into a premature strike . This is the Wcrk of masters with large stocks of coalB on band ; and which , as a matter of course ,

      ¦ would be considerably raised in value by a cessatio of labour . The colliers of the north won BE THE GREATEST SDFPERSRS FROM A STKIK AT THE PRESENT MOliEST ; aS in all tho ! districts most immediately in communication wit the Metropolis , there are large slocks on haw as we shall show , quite sufficient to make tl masters independent of their " hands" uu 1 the present funds ara exhausted , or the " Unior rendered abortive by a competition among the collie themselves in districts not yet organized , to workf any trapes rather than siatve . It net nnfrequent happens that parties engaged in a general unde

      taking make their own position the standard 0 universal -opinion , Nothing can be more dangerou tha :- such a course ; and no means can so effectuall ; prevent the success of tbe general object . It is bu a few weeks since the great mass of colliers began t Tasks their first move ; and ardently to desire-unioi of thought t » ensure a union of action . But mo soone have they taken the first wise step , thansoaeovei isalona poititns of the body thtut " uw are ready ! looliah men , yon are " wady" to sacrifice tbe pain the troubles and expenca that you bave incurred , t gratify your employers . STB 1 KE NOT if you at t « w . ' "If you strike , younelvea muflt bear th blow .

      Goodwin Barhbt , Lo > dox . —We cannot find * cc this week . Will try what the next will do . Hamilton Grat . —stia no room . And we h-rd like the manner in which he presents Mr Svris It might be mteuaderstood , ana lead to miachitf . *

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      Paupkk , Leeds—The measure does evince muoh kind consideration and forethought To box them neatly up , and speedily , when dead , is very desirable . Less inquiry there is into the ocmse of death , the better . Nejhing like having the " wooden suit ready . No time is then lost We fully accord with him in opinion , as to the propriety of a public thanks * giving for the care and attention evinced ; and have pleasure in allowing Urn to state U for himself : — " Sir , —Our parochial authorities have always labeared to be in advance of their neighbours ia every good work , particularly "when the intrinsic interests of the indigent constitutes the work of their clean hands or sagacious heads . For " piofundity of thought they dtand unrivalled . In fact , they can see through the thick veil of futurity as clearly as you

      could see a candle in a lanthorn ; hence , they " take time by the forelock , " and prepare for every coming event My mind , Sir , ia too obtuse to penetrate through the mist ; yet I feel thankful that the functionaries , to whose kind care and keeping I am committed , have sounded the alarm . They either perceive starvation or Cholera Morbns making advances upon as ; and in the plenitude of their goodness , have prepared , and are preparing , a large quantity of csfflns of all sorte and sizas , and , like the pedlar ' s barnacles , to " suit all ages . " The comfortable wrappers are piled up in a room in " Pauper Hall" to be ready when called for . Now , sir , I want to ask you if we ought not to present our considerate guardians with some token of onr gratitude for thus preparing to pat us . to bed with tbe shovel ? Such superlative kindness in condescending to speculate on oar death , is certainly beyond ail

      praise Jony Smart , Aberdeen . —Tho resolution he has sent would assuredly subject us to prosecution for " seditions libel , * ' if inserted . It is a " fearful thing" to talk of "falsehood , slander , and absurdity " in a Queen ' s speech ! The Dublin Report did not reach ub till Thursday afternoon . We fear room cannot be found for it , James Laird , Blairgowrie , writes : — " Having seen in last week ' s Star , an able article on the Growth

      and culture of potatoes , there is one think that I am anxious to know , that is the distance betwixt each plant in the row . " We really cannot tell him . But he does not say whose potatoes be is inquiring after . Are they the Leeds Mercury's ? If so , he shonld address his query there . Are they Mr . Linton ' a ? If so a letter , addressed to that gentleman , inclosing a postage stamp for answer , will receive due attention . John Boardman , Warrington . —The announcement that he has commenced the news-agency business , would he an advertisement

      John Lowert , of Erriss , near French Park , Connty Mayo . Ireland , would be thankful to any of his brother Chartists if they would forward him Stars when done with . John Newhowse , 11 , Court , Upper Tower-street , Birmingbcm , will feel much obliged to the Secretary of the Star Coffee Houso Locality of Chartists , London , for hia address . W . B . Burroughs , Bethnal Green —{ Thanks for his attention . The matter shall be used . Will be be kind enough to famish particulars of the interview ?

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      Jefferson , York . —We have not a cop ' y for July 22 cd . S . Bookham , Nottingham . —Send six shillinga and sixpence . VICTIM FUND . £ . B . d . From Astley , Mr . Leigh , per J . Unswortb ,... 0 8 6 From J . Turner , Leeds , 0 10

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      "Tit for tat . " On Tuesday last Mr . O'Connor , accompanied by Mr . Holladay , arrived at the Oldham station at a few minutes after five , to be present at a tea-party in the Town Hall ; the forbidden ground . On hia arrival , Mr . O'Connor was met by a large procession , with band aud banners , and a number of thoe gentlemen who constituted his committee in 1835 . The party proceeded to the place of meeting , and were joined ia their march by an immense concourse of persons , who , upon Mr . O'Connor entering " holy land " , made the

      air ring again with shouts of triumph , accompanied with cries of" He's in the Hall in spile of the devils . " Every ticket was disposed of at an early hour ; and after tea was over , Mr . J . Holladay was unanimously called to the chair . This excellent and loved gentleman opened the proceedings at considerable length ; inviting the people to union and further exertion , as the only means of salvation ; and deduced all the sufferings and oppressions of the people , even down to the refnsal of their own Hall , from the hour they had allowed classes imperceptibly to achieve triumphs over them , without making a struggle for their rights .

      " The People" wks the first sentiment ; and was responded to in a truly e ! oqu < mt speech by Mr . Quarmby ; ind to which Mr . Kuott , hat manufacturer , also ? poke , in his usual forcible style , fully illustrating tbefact , that the people themselves , and ! not their opponents . were chargeable with every grievance of which they complain . He lashed the " political traffickers" and *' pedlars "; those who live upon the people ' s credulity , lie concluded au admirable speech amid general applause . Tho health of ' Mr . O'Connor aud the other just patriots who aro now struggling fox the ri ^ iits of the people , " was the next toast ; and was responded to by Mr . O'Connor , who was received with loud and deafening cheers . Ho spoko at great length , and gave general

      satisfaction . Tho next sentiment was " Mr . Robert Pedcie , and those patriots who had suffered in the people ' s cause . " ¦ Mr . Feddie spoke at considerable length , showhig the manner in which the minions of authority had laid tftcir snare to entrap him and others in tho general commotion of 1839 He literally astounded the audience with the many facts which he adduced , and which he said repeatedly did not reet upon his naked assertion ; but could be corroborated by a Bradford magistrate and a Government enquirer . Bnt the most astounding announcement made by Mr . Peddie was the following : —He said , that having arrived in Leeds in pursuance of his commercial business , he was requested by the Chartists of Bradford ( who had read a speech of his , delivered at Newcastle on the hardships endured by Frost , Williams , and Jones ) to deliver a lecture on the same subject in that town ;

      that in pursuance with their request , he proceeded to Bradford , and was instantly ushered into a room , where Harrison and Smith , the spies , along with some other twenty-four or twenty-ux armed men , instantly proposed marching to the Market Place , to take possession of the town . He wa 3 forced out without any previous notice ; and saved the town from being burned . Subsequently he returned to Leeds , and in a few days was requested by the Whig officials to take the command oi a large spy force , the object of which was to entrap tho leaders . Having refused this office , he still remained at Leeds , and was told by the same parties that fortune and forgiveness of the past should be his reward if he would brcomean approver for Government , with the intimation that in the event of his refusal , they had sufficient evidence to convict him of the Bradford treason . Here we will give Mr . Peddie ' s own words : —

      " 1 COULD , " SAID HE , " HAVE HAD FORTUNE AND frel-dom had i consented to put the rope abound o ' co . nkor ' s keck ; for' aithough the miniohs of tthiggert were not so foolfsh as to say so in terms , yet a child must have understood ther * offer to jieam noth 1 kg mork nor less than that . ' Mr . Peddie , however , reiused ; and upon the very threshold of trial , as he stated , a similar offer was made to saye him from a certain conviction for High Treason . The light which Mr . Peddie has at length thrown upon this hitherto obscure plot , will , no doubt , lead to some important result . After the tea party had concluded , the spacious Hall was prepared for dancing , which was kept up with spirit until a lale hour . Upon the whole , the proceedings have given the greatest satisfaction .

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      BIRMINGHAM . ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO SERVE IN

      THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE . On Tuesday evening , a great public meeting was holden in the Hall of Science , for the above" purpose . Nothing could surpass the enthusiasm which pervaded the vast assembly from the opening to the closing of the proceeding ? . At eight o'clock Mr . Fu 3 sefl was called to the chair , on the motion of Mr . Welsford . The Chairman * on rising to introduce the object of the meeting , said that he felt more than ordinary pleasure on that occasion , especially when he

      reflected on the important nature of the business for which they had met , and when he beheld the decornm which pervaded tho meeting aad tho enthusiasm that seemed to animate every one present . What could be more gratifying to a sincere lover of his country—( cheers ) 1 T-lie Chairman then read the placard calling the meeting , and said that he felt confident the meeting would preserve tbe strictest order during tho time the business weuld be submitted for their consideration —( hear , hoar , and cheers ) . He would now introduee Mr . Mason , to move the first resolution .

      Mr . Mason immediately came forward , and was received with the most enthusiastic cheering , which lasted several minutes . When the applause had subsided , he said , Mr . Chairman , ladies , and enslaved fellow oountrymen . 1 . consider tbe object for which we have assembled on this occasion , as involving results which must soon terminate "either in the advancement and success of our country ' s freedom , or the defeat of our former exertions , the abandonment of this struggle by all the most able and dovoted advocates of democracy , a& ^ the ultimate despair of the enslaved and suffering millions —( hear , hear)—at least for a series of years . Your unbounded enthusiasm , your numbers , the marked attention with which you this evening listen to what the speakers advise , assure me that you aro prepared for that n 6 w struggle , if wisdom , prudence , and eneij ^ y are seated m its directing councils , and actuate those who may be entrusted with the promulgation of ita objects—( hear , and cheer *) , We have no

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      longer any reason to fear the power of the Government . Its immoral and superstitious influence over the public mind is gone , and its only reliance to maintain cruel dominion is in the increased military force which session . after session it provides , to resist the progress of democratic reformation . We have no longer reason to fear the intrigues of faction , or the designs of rich political enterprizers ; for now we have an intelligent public opinion , with advocates of sufficient capability , to direot and apply that opinion , on any and every occasion , from the village to tbe metropolis itself .. What , then , is necessary to give legal force to this immense moral power ? What have we now to fear that can obstruct the sucoftS 8 of our undertaking , since our enemies have neither power to resist , nor cunning to betray us 1 Even our oppressors dread the calamities which their own tyranny has inflicted on British society * and urge Commercial Reform , to correct

      Constitutional and Radical evils ; though , were their demands conceded their condition , would be rendered more precarious and unfortunate—( hear , hear ) . Never , in tho history of any country , were tho prospects of the enlightened Reformer more auspicious . No nation or people , of which we possess a reoord , were ever presented with more favourable and adventitious circumstances to establish real and substantial justice —( loud cheers ) . We have nothing to fear but from the ambition or imprudence of ourselves . Let the stern yet generous-minded leader but do his duty—let the noblest spirits of this glorious struggle combine their energies , their minds , their feelings , and before twelve months we shall have an Organization , before which the oppressors of onr country , in re-pectful submission to a power they will fear to persecute , will yield from necessitythat sovereign converter of tyrants , —our just aud lawful demands ^ - ( loud cheers ) . Mr . Mason theurea d tho following resolution : —

      " Resolved , —That we , the people of Birmingham , in public meeting assembled , deem it our solemn duty , both to our country and our families , to adopt some great measure of national Organization in the present : fearfu ] juncture of social derangement , oppression , and misery , whereby we may legally force upon the consideration of the existing Government the just and moral necessity of restoring to every working man in these realms those electoral civil rights , of which , in violation of religion , morality , and justice , he has been so unjustly deprived ; and approvo of the National Conference , to assemble here on the Sth inst . " Mr . M resumed his speech , after proposing the resolution , and spoke at great length , during which be was loudly applaudod and retired amid general cheering .

      Mr . Welsfokp seconded it in a brief but excellent speech , and retired amid loud cheering . The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . Mr . Cooper was called upon to propose Mr . Eames as a fit and proper person to represent Birmingham in the National Conference . Having doUO 60 , Mr . Mavitty seconded tho nomination . Mr . Eamea wits put and carried un&uimouly . Mr . Murless then stood forward and proposed Mr . Mason as a fit and proper person to represent Birmingham in the Conference . Mr . Davies seconded the nomination , which was carried unanimously .

      Mr . Mason , after the cheering had subsided which followed the declaration of the election , rose and said—My friends , I have doue my duty in preparing a public feeling , to welcome the coming Conference ; and thank God , whatever have been the obstacles , 1 have had to combat , there is now enthusiasm , Organization , and respectable preparation , awaiting tnoso who are to constitute that important assembly —( hear , hear ) . I can only return you my most sincere thanks for the honour you have done me . I will do my utmost to deserve it . Our success is certain , if judicious in our movements . —( Loud cheers ) . . A vote of thanks having been given to the chairman , this most orderly aud enthusiastic meeting broke up .

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      DUBLIN . —Tha Irish Universal Suffrage Association mot at one o'clock on Sunday last , at No . 14 , North Anne-street , Mr . Henry Clark in the chair , Mr . W . H . Dyott , secretary . Mr . Dyott read the rules and objects of the Association , and also tht printed list of legal and other opinions of Chartism , This meeting was very well attended , both by members and strangers , in consequence of a placard having been posted all over the city , announcing that a lecture on tho principles of self government , otherwise domestic legislation , would be delivered by the author of the Black Book , Rights of Women , &c . &c , and statiug that this was the lecture which was

      prevented by a gang of drunken ruffians in August , 1839 , led on by Tom Ray , Tom Reynolds , Tom Steele , Tom Atkins , C . Cogne , Ralph Lawrence , J . J . Murphy , aud other place-hunting patriots ; that the object of the lecture was , then , to tender the aid and co-operation of two millions of truebearted Englishmen to obtain for Ireland her just rights ; the Repeal of the Union , abolition of tithes , or any other mtasuro which should tend to the advancement of public liberty . The placard attracted a very great crowd ; and not , as heretofore , a very attentive and well-behaved audience . Tho lecture , which took up two hours in its delivery , was listepea to with the utmost " attention , and waa repeatedly and heartily cheered . At the conclusion Mr . O'Higgins said , that ia August 1839 , he had had

      several interviews with Mr . John O'Brien , Kerry Mr . Keatinge , and other members of the Trades Political Union , with a view to hayo a lecture similar to that which they * had just heard delivered in the Corn Exchange . He had good reason since , to know that some of the parties with whom he . was negotiating were then in the pay of the Whig Government , and that their object was to endeavour to entrap him ( Mr . O'Higgins ) into Bome seditious expression , in order that they might make an honest penny of him —( hear , hear ) . But they were grievously disappointed ; there he was to tho good , safe and sound , and wholly regardless of the smiles or frowns , envy or disapprobation " of either Whig or Tory- ^ hetrs ) . Not so with those who sought to deliver him over to their gentle Mends , the Lbr . ngtons , the Russells . tho Morpeths , and others ; they had obtained places for their servioeTto their

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      Whig patrons , and ( now they must do the Tory bidding with as much alacrity as the veriest Orange slave in the kingdom—( hear , hear , hear ) . It can never be too of ten repeated ; in faot , « very Chartist in Great Britain vhd Ireland shonld copy it and keep it , and look to it as an example to show how far some men will I depart from every principle of political integrity in order to promote their own interest . In August , 1839 , when it was mentioned at a meeting of the National Trades' Political Union , that an English gentleman was then in Dublin—that he was anxious to address the meeting upon the principles of self-government , otherwise domestic legislation , and that he should tender the co-operation of two millions of his countrymen

      to promote every measure in which tho peoploof Ireland took an interest—the Repeal of the Union , Abolition of Tithes , and Radical Reform—Mr . Thomas Reynolds , now City Marshal , rose and said : " That no Englishman should presume to address that meeting , unless ! he would first produce a certi . ficate to show that he was an accredited agent , that is to say his credentials ; and the moment be should do so , he would be taken into custody by policemen who were there present for the purpose ; and that he sbonld be lodged in the gaol of Newgate , where he might rot before any good Irishman would visit him . " ( Shame , shame . ) Tuis base , atrocious , and truculent sentiment was cheered by the meeting , and Tom Arkins , the Whig sword-bearer , who must neoessari ' y be & Tory slave as well as a Whig , cheered so loud and ( clapped his hands so hard that he could never write a sentence , English or any

      other language , since , nor can he , in fact , spell words of one syllable . ( Hear , hear , arid "That is true , at any rate ") . ] Yet this man is sword-bearer and gentleman ushur to the Corporation , and olerk of the Corn table , and must swear to the accuracy of raturns which he does not understand . Davy M'Cleary was a friend to this fellow ; but poor Davy did not receive tho marked thanks of a Whig Lord Lieutenant for having torn a Chartist missionary ' s coat —( hear , hear . ) Oh , he wanted a job . You know he keeps a slop-shop on Ormond quay . He has a right to keep a slop-shop or any other shop ; but it is neither right or just to foist him on the Corn-factors of Dublin as a fit and proper person to fill the { onerous office of clerk of the Corn-table . I A ( gentleman said , " Mr . Arkins can write , for here is a note which a friend of his got from him , an invitation to dinner . "

      " Sir , don't be two" lait , cum sea me ait , some pratiea an mait at five o ' clock on Sunday nixt . ! " Your * , ' ¦ Thos . Arkins . " Mr . O'Higgins . —This fellow had the privilege of " private entre" at the castle during the halcyon days of Mu ' grave and Ebrin ^ ton . No wonder poor Jones was transported . But neither Arkins nor his son got the £ 300 reward for that piece of service . Who got it ? Mr . Bryan . Well , this is a great day i At tho end of four years here we are , safe ana sound . It is not a transportable offence to be a Chartist in Ireland how . We are not denounced

      as Tory Chartists now . The Whig spies of the Corn Exchange , are not now swearing that we are in the pay of the Tories . Truth and justice must prevail at last ! Several other speakers addressed tho chair , all expressing their firm jptfolve to stand by the principles of the Charter till they should become the law of the laud , and congratulating each other upon the glorious triumph of truth over falsehood and misrepresentation , even at ( the end of four years . What a difference between August 1833 and August 1843 . A vote of thanks , with three cheers , was given to the lecturer , after which Mr . John Kcegan was called to tho chair , and the usual thanks having been given to the chairman , the meeting separated .

      JUEEDS— New plan of Obganization . —Au adjourned Council Meeting , for the consideration of the new plan of Organization , was held on Thursday night , Mr . Squiro Farrer in the chair ; after he had made a few opening ; remarks , Mr . Brook said , he had read the plan carefully over , and taking it as a whole , and the situation which the movement was placed in at the present time , be thought that when one single alteration was made , it would be the most efficient plan that could be produced . The alteration he meant was the election of the Executive Committee . By the plan the Executive was to be elected by the annual Convention , and no district could send a delegate unless it numbered 300 members . The nominations , however , for tbe Executive rested

      with the members ; but a difficulty would arise with those districts ; which did not contain tbe number of three hundred ; and again , with those that contained more } than 300 , and less than 600 or 900 members , those votes could not bo recorded upon this question .- He therefore , thought that tbe election of this Executive ought to be vested entirely with the members ; that the votes should be taken in a similar manner to that under the old plan . If this alteration was made , it would prevent anything like bad feeling or disunion taking place . As to the Land , it did not exactly meet his views . He was averse to creating another aristocracy ;

      but he believed itconld not be mended under the present Htato of things : it would be a great means of getting theCharter , and therefore he supported it . He moved " That we perfectly agree with tho Plan of Organization which appeared in the Star of last Satnrday , with the exception of that part referring to the oleotion of the Executive Committee ; that in the opinion of this Council it would much more tend to promote that spirit of union which is so essential to tbe prosperity of the Society ] by taking the votes of each member of the Association instead of leaving it to the Convention . " Mx , James Thornton seconded vt , and when put by the { Chairman , was unanimously carried . !

      SHEFFIELD . —Fig-Tree-Lank . —At a . public meeting holden in the Fig-Tree-Lane Room , on Wednesday evening , announced by placard , the following resolutions were unanimously carried : — Moved by Mr . Evinson , seconded by Mr . E . Gill , " That this meeting of the Chartists of Sneffield , publicly assembled in the Fig-Tre 6-Lane Room , for the purpose of sending a representative to tho Conference about to be holden in Birmingham , on the Sth of September instant , do hereby proceed to tbe election of a delegate to the said Conference . " On the motion of Mr . Royston , seconded by Mr .

      Goodlad , Mr . George : Julian Harney was unanimously elected as a delegate to represent the Chartists of Sheffield . Mrj Tankard moved , " That this meeting publicly assembled in the Fig-tree-lane room , having elected a delegate to represent it in the forthcoming Conference , to be holden in Birmingham , on the 5 thj of September , 1843 , hereby instruct the said delegate to pay particular attention * to the question of tho Land , Benefit Societies , and all other subjects that may bave for their tendency the furtherance of the : Chartist cause . " A vote of thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting dissolved .

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      BIRMINGHAM . —Aston-Street . Mr . W . Chilton gave another lecture on "The Corn Laws and Free Trade , " onj Sunday evening last ; and proved , by statistical accounts , that as trade bad increased , so wages bad deoreased in proportion , " until the workies wero ground down to the starvation point . He took a rapid view of the " Free Trade nostrums" of the last two years , and concluded by exhorting his hearers to stick to the whole Charter , as the only means to raise them from their present degraded condition . After the lecture , letters wore road from Mr . George White on the Organization , and the duties of tho ensuing Conference , which gave general satisfaction .

      Mm White . —The Committee for Mr . White ' s support have determined to take a large building , and to solicit Mr . O'Connor to give a lec ' ure some evening next week , to endeavour to raise funds towards the support of that much-neglected victim of class-made laws . The Chartists of Birmingham , usually meeting in Aston-street , have taken a more comfortable and commodious room , situated in No . 37 , Peck Lane , which will be opened ! to the public , with a lecture , on Monday next , the ; 4 th inst ., on the state of the nation ; the lecture to commence at eight o'clock . A lecture will be delivered in the above room every evening during the Confereece .

      CXiITHEBOE . —A ' public meeting was holden here , on August 29 ; h , to elect a representative to the forthcoming Conference . Mr . Heaton moved , aud Mr . Barker seconded , " Mr . Richard Marsden as a fit and proper person to represent them in the Birmingham Conference , ; for the re-organization of the Chartist movement . " jCarried unanimously .

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      O'CONNOB , Esq . of Hammersmith , "County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hia Printing Offices , N 08 . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggatei and Published by the said Joshua . Hobson , ( for the said Peargds O'Conkoe , ) at hia Dwel ling-bouse , No . 6 , Market-street , Briggatei an internal Cemmunication existing between the said No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed . Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Lee ( Saturday , September 3 , I 8 i 3 . ! i

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      THE ENGLISH QUEEN'S VISIT TO FRANCE AND NARROW ESCAPE OF LOUIS AND THE ROYAL FAMILY . Ville D'Eu , Aug 29 . —The announcement of the intended visit of our gracious Sovereign to the King of the French , has come fully as muoh as a surprise on the peoplo of this country as it did upon those of Great Britain . But I have to announce a circumstance which has here , for the time , superseded even the interest excited by the expected arrival of Queen Victoria ; an event which , in fact , might have plunged France into the deepest' distress , and have deeply affected the interests > of the who Jo of Europe . Yesterday the King and the whole of the Royal Family of France

      bad the narrowest escape from destruction ; indeed , so narrow , that I have been told by one who witnessed it , that their escape may be considered miraculous . The story , as I have been able to learn it , is this : —It appears that the King , the Queen , the Count of Paris , the Prince and Princess of Joinville . the Duke d'Aumalo , and , in fact , all the members of the lioyal Family now here , yesterday afternoon took one of their usual drives in the neighbourhood of the chateau . Tho carriage occupied by the Roy al Family was a large open one , nuug round with curtains , with , seats across it , and capable of carrying a great number of persons . It 13 called , I believe , a " char-au-bano , " and is notiunlike the pleasure vans bo common in our own metropolis . To ehow its great size , I need only

      mention that tho carriage I speak of contained , upon this occasion , no less than ten members of the Royal Family , including Louis Phibppe , the Queen , and the Count of Paris . Tne carriage was drawn by four very spirited horses . The party , it appears , happened , in the course of their drive , to pass through Treport , a small fishing village , Bituated about two miles from this place , and it happening to be the first time the Count of Paris visited that place , tho loyal inhabitants considered it their duty to do their future Sovereign especial honour on the occasion , and they accordingly saluted his Royal Highness with a feu de joie Tbe guns wertf tired just as the carriage was approaching the neighbourhood of a bridge which spaca the Brezlo , a small river , at the mouth of which the village of Treport is situated . Nothing could be

      tnero unexpected than the result . The horses , startled by the noise , commenced plunging furiously . The postilions lost all command of them , and they darted forward towards the bridge , tho parapet of which the leaders cleared at a bound . The third horse was dragged after its companions , and for a moment the destruction of the wholo party seemed inevitable ; but fortunately the postilion was enabled to acquire some command over the fourth horse , and he did not follow . Had ho done to , there could be no doubt of the result . Assistance , however , was happily at hand , and the whole party were released from their perilous position ; not , however , before the traces had been with great difficulty cut , and the horses left to their fate . The three horses , of course , foil into the stream belmv , and were injured , but both the postilions , I believe , escaped .

      I need hardly say that the alarm of the whole party in such fearful circumstances must have been very great . Tho Qacen was much affected , and wept bitterly after the danger was , over . The King himself acted with great presence of mind . He held the young Count of Paris in hia arms , and refused to leave tho carriage till every member of his family was placed on terra firma . You will not wonder , after this detail , that an event so interesting to France and Europe in general should fora time have superseded even the interest of an expected Royal visit . But I am warned that it is time I Bhould close my letter . —Correspondent of the Chronicle .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 2, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct817/page/8/