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      My Bbloteb Fbikkds , —I make no doubt that I shall save a good dinner nppn Christmas Day bat the best sanca thai coold be served op with it would be the assurance that the families of my brother Chartists who are now suffering Imprisonment for Jheir principles , were also sere of a good dinner . I hare appealed to jon frequently on behalf of the principles , and how can I at this season of the year Tefrainfrom beggin * of you on beialf of those who are soSerwg from the advocacy of their principles That the national tribute will be a bnmperlhave every reason to belieTe , because eyery man who subscribes his mite will feel . assured that he will hare more ihaita corresponding retnrn presented in the

      advance or ma principles . J 3 at tbenjt » n we be said to lore the principles if we neglect those whose families are Etraenng from devotion to © nr caase ? Or can our 3 , 500 , 000 signatures to the Narionai Petition be considered genuine , if not one in fifty of that anmber is prepared to back Ihb signatnre with a penny to add to the comforts , o * rather to the mere -necessaries of their fellow creatures ! I receive , dafly , heartrending Appeal from the Victim Fand Commttee on * ehalf of the sufferers . Let ns then , xny friends , whileive work for lhe principle , haTe a rare of those who hare suffered for it . There -was » iamewhenl yraa able-to stand paymaster to the

      "Whole regiment of Chartists , and then I did the work myself ; but oppression , persecution , and your neglect of your own business , has nearly dried the © Id cow np , ~ and now I-am compelled to appeal to yourselves to do your own business . Yon will find by the address of the Exeentive , thai -we are about to set to work in earnest , and to commence the year J 844 ,-with -rigour and resolution , WhSe I feel convinced that onr exertions fox the three months previous to the meeting of the Convention , wSl , if hacked hy you , go far to realise our hopes , and at-all events present snch » front to COrruptaon a as Will convince our antagonist * thai , npon the next General Election , labonr num

      cave at least twenty undenled and unpurchasable representatives of its own body to speak for it in the House of Commons . It is all important that the next Convention should settle the qnestaon of Chartism , by so nneqnivocal an expression / of OHI principles &s will eat all chance of co-operation save npon those principles from ihe middle classes . Mr . Sturge may . advocate his nameless project . Attwood may blnster about his t > ne Pound Notes -. « nd Sharman Crawford , may talk of the still greater folly of withholding the supplies from Governments , whose very existence depends npon majorities to vote those supplies to themselves . -The League may talk of

      cheap bread : but I tell you that SturgeiEm , Attwoodism , Crawfordism , and . Leaguism , are one and all bnt sections of Capitalism , Free Tradeism , and Whiggism ; and therefore I , for one , shall hold myself altogether aloof from the agitation songht to be got np by those crotchet-mongers . It is no nse for men to wrfteto me about the practicability of Crawford ' s scheme , and _ other schemes , as a means of giving increased vigour and freshness to Chartism . I look with pity , if not with suspicion and contempt , upon old . birds who can be ea&ent with snch chaff . I tell you that there are not 100 men in all England possessng £ 5 , 080 « aeh who woald not lather fight np to their knees in blood than see the Charter the law of the land .

      x * ow , take that from me , and believe it , for this reason , that their whole traffic is in your labour ; and they will preserve that traffic to their own nse , Behoof , and benefit , as long as they can . At one time they would ' nt join na because we were physical-force Chartists—now they won ' t joinnsbecaose we are not intellectual Chartists ; and let me tell yon , that they will never join ns until they see that we are bo organised that ¦ we can beat them morally or physically ; and then they will join ns . It is all nonsense , moonshine , and Warney to talk of labour ever gaining any advantage from ihe advocacy of those who plnnder the labourer . TirTiy just think , all the agitation of those fellows now arises out of the complaint that they can ' t make enocgh of profit npon labour , while ^ constant

      ende&Ycvr b * a been , and ifi , to take their knuckles ont . of the poor man ' s throat . Just read the manner hi which the Coal JOng ' s of Durham have treated their slaves , and ask yourselves what law compels them to do eo . See the admissions that landlord's and parsoas are obliged to make relative to the condition of lhe agricultural labourers , to which no argument bnt those bnraisg vrords of Mr . Swing conld have aroused them . See the fact of improved trade and diminished wages , and here yon have the whole of yonr grfevanses set before you at a simple i lew , and 1 ask which of the master classes will join you in any attempt to redress those grievances , and which of them is there that has sot a direct interest in their preservation 1 Again , then , I tell

      yon—As well may the lamb with the tiger unite , The mouse with the cat , or the Irrk with the kite . lEfce Irish repealers have the same interest in the Jabomr-^ pR ^ ii . — -vi Hi , ' TV i ; - ^ f ^^ Scta h *™ They xre fast gaming wisdom and joiniDg oar rank % ana to their co-operation we are to look as the invigorating power by which Jabonr shall achieve a triumph over all its oppressors . Ever yonr faithful friend , Tex&gvs O'Coknok .

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      THE EXECUTIVE TO THE CHARTIST BODY . In compliance with the desire very generally expressed that the whole expence of the lecturing staff sbonla be paid oat of ihe General Fond tre eooreij oncnr ^ sad should ihe amount of" the National Tribute enable ns to give effect to the popular will , in this respect , we shall most cheerfully , comply : while it must be borne in mind that the lecturers will "be engaged for three months , and that the Executive wonld be placed in an awkward position ey the non-fulfilment of their pecuniary engagements . Prom ihe communications which we have received from numerous localities , we are lead

      to the anticipation that we shall be enabled-- lo carry our lecturing arrangements even to -a greater extent than we originally anticipated . Being most anxious to incorporate our Scotch brethren iborocghlj - within the union , we beg to remind them that they have amongst them snch men as Mr . John M'Crae , Mr . Andrew Wardrop , and others whose services might be enlisted and engaged , by exchanging their services for those of their English brethren . We therefore invite the Chartisis of Glasgow and district , of Aberdeen and district , and of Edinburgh and district to take the matter into their consideration and to communicate -who the General Secretary , whose address is 243 J , Temple ^ Bar , London , upon the EubjecU

      Those towns having cards which they have not ilisposed of during the present quarter can by application io the Secretary , as above , staling the number required , be snpplied . with printed slips rendering them available for the present quarter .

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      YORKSHIRE GAOL DELIVERY . C Continued from our third Page . j Mr . "Wilkdts then addressed the jury for the prisoner in an excellent speech . He stated that great credit was dae to his learned friend Mr . Hall for the temperate and judicious manner in which , as on all other occasions , he had opened this case to the jury . But notwithstanding the kindness of his learned friend , and notwithstanding his laudable attempt to keep ont of his ( Mr . Wilkins's ) way every difficulty he could remove , the jnry would be of opionipn that the poor wretch , whose intests had been placed in his hands , laboured under extreme disadvantages , and had , as in the language of Mr . Hall , to meet one of tie most formidable charges that can be brought

      against any man . Had it not been for the kindness of his Lordship , who handed to him the depositions , he would not have been acquainted with the facts of this case , and it was not until early that morning that he received any intimation from the poor fellow himself , as a guide for him in conducting this case . He ( Mr . WilkinB ) asked for no sympathy at the handB of the jury , he was there in the discharge of his duty , sad ne could only be expected to discharge that duty according to the means which had been furnished to him by his client , but he did ask for every indulgence and for every sympathy to this poor prisoner , whose situation had rendered him friendless , pennyless , despised , and rejected by ah who had heard of this ease , fie stood there to

      meet the most dreadful charge that flan be brought againBt any man—that of having destroyed his own father . And Barely when they heard tnat charge , respect for their common humanity would prompt them to look about for some extenuating circumstances in the case . He should be able to show , at any rate , that the prisoner was much entitled to xheir pity , and that althongb his father might have unfortunately fallen from his hand , the orime itself did not appear without some extenuating circumstances , and seme circumstances which would Bteal their way to the hearts of the jury , and elicit from them a desire that mercy should be extended towards the prisoner . It appeared , from the simple history which the

      prisoner had laid before him , that at five years of age his mother died , leaving him and two other children to the care of his father . And surely if he might believe the story which the prisoner had told—Vand there were circumstances in the case which justified him in so doing)—it would ap iear thai he had experienced nothing from the bands of his father , but the most unmitig&ted and the most nnceasing crnflty , and had experienced nothing from him but that which was calculated to provoke and irritate him , and not that affection which ought to characterise the conduct of a fa » her towards his child . For years the prisoner worked hard , and gained more then was sufficient for his own wants .

      Ois father abused hiB earning ? , and at times reduced him almost to starvation . When the prisoner was sixteen years of age he earned 18 i per week , and on one occasion not having tasted anything but water porridge for several weeks , be received his own wages and determined , if possible , to get some meat for himself . When the prisoner got home , the father took a large wooden rolling pin and beat him within an inch of his life , took from him his money , and then went out , lock ing the door after him . The neighbours having heard a noise went to the house to ascertain -what was the matter , but the poor fellow could not answer but with his groans . The father dragged him out of bed , ill as he was , and

      compelled him to work far beyond the bonr of midnight . On the following morning he escaped from his father and went to Wakefield , where he obtained employment and worked there for nearly three years , and then it was , as they wonld already gather from the questions he had put to the witnesses , that it was thought the father had murdered him . The neighbours having heard the father beating Mm in a very cruel way , and he having subsequently disappeared , then it was that the neighbours , being prompted by humanity , caused the father to be apprehended , and to be taken before the magistrates . He declared his innocence of the crime , and by some means the hoy was found at Wakefield . But such

      were the proofs of the father ' s cruelty that the magistrates bound him over to keep the peace to his own child . Shortly after this time , the prisoner , still wishing if possible to gain the affections of his J * & £ x- ^ B £ BJ * - £ S&Ajr 8 l } iJ } B wept to Wakefield , and got flis father some worKin tb ¥ BBOp"where-fco was employed . On five different occasions the father spoiled his pieces * and on every occasion the son was called npon to make ^ ood the loss caused by his parent ' s intemperance and carelessness . At last tha prisoner conld bear it no louger , and he enlisted into the 20 ih regiment . Even there the father could not allow him to rest , and he wrote letters to his Bon tempting him to desert , and at the instigation of the father he did desert . Prom that very moment the father used this circumstance as a cause for terror and extortion , compelling the son to work and toil for him , and

      Whenever he cam plained the father invariably held this desertion in terrorem over his head , and told him that if he did not give him money he would inform against him . The prisoner got married , his wife produced children , and she could not bear to see her children robbed to support the old man in his idleness ; and hence arose that nnnsual litigation and strife between the parties , which had been alluded to . On the day in question the father went to the house , and the Jnry would remember that the prisoner ' s wife went into a neighbour ' s house , the father having threatened to take her life . The neighbonr went into the bouse , and there he found the old man in a perfect state of fury , cursing and

      Bwearing , and using the most vituperative language . In the midst of that in came the husband , and what was the statement the wife made to him Why , she tells him that the father had beep threatening to take her life . The Ftory the prisoner had told him ( Mr . Wilkins ) was this . He said that the wife lad so repeatedly complained of the old man ' s idleneBB , and his laving to support him in that idleness , and had bo uften resented bis extortion , that the father had tempted the prisoner more than once to take her life . He had even carried it further , for he nimself threatened to take

      her life , and he told the prisoner that fee had got a razor for that purpose . The Learned Counsel made some remarks npon the evidence which had been adduced on the part of the prosecution , arguing that there was no premeditation on the part of the prisoner , and that the jury would be justified , under all the circumstances of the case , to reduce the crime of murder to that of manslaughter . He disclaimed any intention of justifying the offence , and concluded by saviDg , that if he succeeded in saving this nnbappy man ' B life , he Bhonld think , at any ratethat he had not lived in vain .

      , The Learned Jitdgk then minutely Bummed np , fully stating the law as regards the crimes of murder and manslaughter , and showing that the using of mere words were not a sufficient provocation to reduce the crime of murder to manslaughter . - The Jnry then retired , and after a quarter of an hour , returned into Court with a verdict of Gmlij . The prisoner said that many » person had been tried there who were innocent of such crimes as his . and condemned to deathand the guilty parties been hf

      , allowed to escape . He . ceuld not say ^ t was not guilty of doing this , but he was not guilty of murder . He once had a mother , three brothers , and a sister , who had all come to their deathfrom the punishment his father had inflicted upon them , it was a hard thing for him to undergo punishment on acconnt of Ms fether . He was a poor man , and he had a wife and two children , whom he was now about to leave to the wide world , and no home to go t /» . Some other of the family , if they had been hb

      living , might ha * e come to the same end . » o € sm »« £ LtS « SlumikonL behalf , M it . was out jKSr ^ yjss ?^

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      and this is one of those circumstances whteh must be a great enhancement of the mental sufferings which the prospect of fatal punishment most have produced already . It is one of the greatest miseries which attend criminal conduct , and one of those things which will assist in making your case a warning to others . I can do no more than pass npon you the sentence which the law prescribes , and cannot encourage you to any hope of mercy in this world . The sentence of the Court therefore is , that you be taken to the place from whence you came , and from thence to the place of execution , and that you be there hanged by the neck until you be dead , and that your body be buried within the precincts of the prison in which yon have been confined , and may God . have mercy on yonr soul .

      The prisoner then made another statement , in which he contradicted the evidence for the prosecution in a few particulars , and then retired from the dock . His conduct during the trial was distinguished by considerable composure , and with the exception of a few sighs , he manifested very little disquietude .

      HOB 8 EBBEAH 1 NG . James Morion , 26 , John George Deverdeus , 22 , and Michael Child t 30 , were charged with having on the 28 th of August last , at Leeds , broken into the dwelling-house of Esther Hinds and Charlotte ¦ Taylor , and stolen therefrom a silver watch , two Silver table spoons , a pair of silver sugar tongs , tWG gold rings , and other articles . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Ham , were for the prosecution ; the prisoners were undefended . The prosecutrixes are cap makers , living in St . John-Btreei , Leeds . About half-past nine o ' clock on the night in question , Mrs . Hinds retired to rest , having made all the doors and windows secure . Not long afterwards Bhe heard some one open a drawer in the room beneath the one in which she was sleep - ing , which caused her to get up . She went to the staircase , and saw the figures of three men in the front room . She listened some time , when the men

      came out of the room , and were proceeding up Btairs , when Mrs . Hinds Baid " Whatever are you doing , there ? " She saw the face of Deverdeus , who went by the name of "Jim Crow , " and when she spoke he blew a candle out which he was carrying . Mrs . HindB called for assistance , and the men ran away . The boxes in the house were found to have been broken open , and the property mentioned in the indictment was missing . Miss Taylor had been at her sister ' s , who is married to a person named John Child , who , at that time , kept the Masons' Arms beer house in Lady-lane , and in which house the whole of the prisoners had been in the course of the afternoon and evening . Child called a witnees to prove an alibi . Both the Other prisoners said in defence that they were in bed at the time of the robbery . The jury found Morton and Child Not Guilty , and Deveideus Guilty . — Sentence deferred .

      James Whallep , 23 , and John Dennison , 24 , were charged with having , on the 6 th of August , at Leeds , robbed John Wood , of a steel tobacco box and a half crown . Mr . Ellis and Mr . Hill appeared for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended the prisoners . After the evidence had been gone through , the Jury did not require Mr . Wilkins to offer auy remarks on behalf of the prisoners , who were found Not Guilty . The prisoner Dennison was farther charged with having assaulted William By water , with intent to rob him .

      Mr . Ems and Mr . Hall were for the prosecution . Mr . Wilkiws defended the prisoner . The prosecutor is a cloth weaver , and resides at Hoi beck , near Leeds . On the 20 th of May last , he was working at Bailey , and about half-past nine o ' olock , whilst he w as on the Leeds and Churwell road on his return home , and abont' 200 yards past the Drysaltera'Arms publio-house , the prisoner came up to him , having in kis left hand a small pistol , and in his right a rod of iron about : three quarters of a yard in length . The prisoner presented the pistol in his face and said , "Deliver up your money , or you will die in a moment / ' Prosecutor turned sharply round to avoid him , and the prisoner then struck him with the iron over the hat , which was cut .

      Mr . WiLXins addreB&ed the jury for the prisoner , contending that there was not sufficient proof of the prisoner ' s identity , and that this must be looked npon ?*™ '" *\?' ^ t v >* ** " ^ intention to commit aiobbery . —Not Guilty . -. .. William Champion , 44 , was charged with having , on the 5 th of October last , at Laughton-en-le-Morthen , stolen a mare , the property of Charles Hibberd . The prisoner pleaded Guilty , and handed in a document to the Judge , which was read by the Clerk . The production was of the most bombastic description , and excited the laughter of the Court . The prisoner was sentenced to be imprisoned for one year to hard labour . The Court rose about half-past five o ' clock . Wednesday , Dec . 20 . His Lordship took his seat this morning at about a quarter past nine .

      MAIMIN * A COW AT DICKERING , Wm . Cordukes , 26 , was indicted for . that he , on the 12 th of July last , at Pickering , in the North Riding , did feloniously cut and maim a cow , the property of Thos . Bird . Mr . Bliss was \ for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The prosecutor is a dyer and coal merchant , at Pickering ; he bad five cows turned into a pasture on the morning of the 12 ih of July , at which time they were all right ; in the evening it was found that one of them had its tail cut off . The prisoner was seen in the field were the cows were , on the same day , and the tail was afterwards found in his house . The Jury found the prisoner guilty . The same prisoner was further charged with having feloniously broken into and entered the dwellinghouse of Thomas Swales , at Pickering , on the 16 th of Jnly last , with intent to steal therein .

      Mr . Blanshabd was for the prosecution ; the prisoner was undefended . The case failed , and the prisoner was acquitted . There was a third indictment against the prisoner , far having , on the last Monday in March last , attempted to shoot Philip Heseltine , of Pickering . On this charge he waBfound Guilty . The Judge sentenced him to be imprisoned for twelve months . BOBBEBT AT BARNARD CASTLE . John Thompson , 23 , Daniel Thompson , 18 , and Maria Thompson , 29 , were charged , for that they , on the 19 th of April last , did steal from the person of Margaret Wigham , in the parish of Barnard Castle , fourteen promissory notes , of the value of £ 5 eBchthe property of William Wigham .

      , Mr . Gbainger and Mr . Travis were counsel for the prosecution ; Mr . Wilkins defended John Thompson , and Mr . Bliss the two other prisoners After a very long trial , John Thompson was found guilty , and sentenced to be transported lor ten years The other two were acquitted .

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      IRELAND . THE ARMS' ACT—EXTRAORDINARY AND D 1 S

      GRACEFUL PROCEEDINGS . We give the following Bpecimeas of the " workings" of the above " boon , " taken from the Cork papers . We regret that we cannot find room . tor the whole . Macboom Skesions—Fbidat , Dec . 151 b . At eleven o ' clock ( says the report ) the Chairman took up the registry of arms . There were 840 claimants , but it was determined previously . only to take up the applications of parties living m East and West Muskerry , which amounted to a hundred and twenty-eight , and adjourn over the others to Skib-E ? Sons on the 22 ad , and the Bandon Sessions

      on the 29 ih mst . ,. . After some nnimportani cases had been disposea of , the name of James Callanan , Caranamadra . West Mnaierry , who noticed for the registration of one ^ MV ^ Wa ^ en-I object to him upon what I Kit ^ ecause 1 don't want to set the people Sit me-Uoud laughter and great clamour ) . •^ EfoSKoll ( to applicant ) -Ho * . do you 8 up-.. » . f __ fOwat clamour on the benoh ) . ,.

      ^ MTwamn-Well , then , I will state my ODjeo-HHHV fM 'Mm ^ s

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      ( Renewed clamour--eonghingVtalkingi and scraping o ££ m ^ ooq t& « i bench ) . I say that yon nave no right whatever to-put such questions , and they are by . no means a test by which to judge of a man ' s fitness or unfitness to keep arms —( Uproar on the bench ) . This gentleman was supported by another magistrate , Mr . Jones , who rose to address the meeting , when the following exhibition took . place : — Mr . Jones-- ! say that every man in the community haa an undoubted right to express his political opinions in a fair and legitimate manner —( Cries of " Question , " " Nojspeeches , " and great clamour on the beuoh ) . I say further , that every man should be presumed innocent until he iB found guilty—{ . Renewed interruptions and cries of "Question , " &c . )

      But it is not just to visit any man with an indirect punishment for a presumed offence —( clamour ) . When this Aot was passing through the Legislature , it was grounded upon—( loud cries of " Question , question , " and " We want no speeches" ) . I have an undoubted right as a magistrate sitting here to speak my sentiments , and I contend for it that I am keeping to the question—( riotous clamour amongst the magistrates ) . Mr . Nettles ( amidst a din of the most riotoaa uproar )— Imove that we adjourn —( " Hear j hear , " from the ether magistrates , mingled with cries of "No , no , " and " Hear Mr * Jones" ) .. Mr , Jones appealed to the Chairman , who decided ( hat be was in order , and had a right to speak . He again essayed to do so ; but was again vooiferously interrupted . . '

      W . 'G > Browne—O , we want no speechinghere , we haven't time to listen to them . Mr : Nettles—Take the votes , Mr . Chairman , and announce the decision—( cries of " Poll , poll , " and awful uproar ) . The Barrister—You are perfectly in order , Mr . Jones—( uproar ) . Mr . Nettles ( again interrupting Mr . Jones ) . —Take the idtes , take the vote ? . The Barrister—Every magistrate haa a right to state his opinions , and to be heard . —( clamour ) .

      Mr . Jones again essayed to speak amidst deafening , intermittent clamour . Mr . Warren / ose a second time , declaring with much fervour , that this man ' s ( Callanan ' s ) gun should be taken from him , when the commission of the peace was taken fronmoblemen and gentlemen for attending peaceable meetings . The report states that the speaker became much excited ) his face scarlet , and his language and gesticulation most vehement . After some further noise and gesticulation , the application was rejected , only three magistrates having voted for it . The next case was disposed of with less tumult and equal reason . The claimant having been sworn , was interrogated by

      Captain O'DriBcoll—Are you a Repealer ! Have you taken any active part in the movement \ The claimant , by thVadvioe of his agent , remaining silent—Mr . O'Leary—I move that he be admitted . Mr . ft ; "Warren—¦•! move that he be rejected . Mr . Hedges—I seooud the amendment . Claim rrjeoted . We pass over a number of equally disgraceful scenes , for which we cannot find room , and conolude our extract with the following : — John M'Auliffe , Mill-street . Captain Wallis—I object here . Are you a Repeal Wartfen ! Claimant—I am . Mr . R . Warren—Reiect him . Mr . M . O'Leary—He haa an exoellont

      character . Claimant—Hear my character before you reject me . Mr . R . Warren—Others were rejected on the same grounds , and we cannot admit you . Captain Wallis—I have no objection to hiB charftoter further than what I have stated . Mr . R . Warren—We cannot admit him . The certificate was refuged . The claims that were admitted , were so after a very strong opposition , not to the characters of the applicants , but to their political opinions 1

      REPEAL ASSOCIATION , The UBual weekly meeting was held on Monday in- the Conciliation Hall . The meeting was but thinly attended . A long letter from Mr . O'Connell was read by the secretary , and speeches wore delivered by Dr . Nagle , ( chairman ) Sir Yalentine Blake , Messrs . John O'Connell , G'Niel Daunt , Tom Steele , and others . The tent for the week amounted to £ 548 14 B . 2 d .

      TUB STATE TRIALS . The friends of the traversers are circulating a report that a large building or barrack , as they say , in the neighbourhood of Dublin , has been hired for the purpose of affording temporary accommodation to upwards of 400 witnesses who are to be scraped together from all parts of the country to sustain the evidence for the defence .

      THB LANDLORD AND TENANT COMMISSION . In addition to several assistant-barristers , besides those already enumerated , some of the professional land agents have been examined this week before the Commissioners . Horrible Octrage and Murdeb . —A murder of a most shocking character , we lament to say , has taken place within our county . A young woman named M'Donagh , servant girl in a family named Bell , in Lowtherstown , was missing from Friday night last , the fair of that town , till Sunday morning ,

      when her body was found in a field ditch near the end of the town . It is certain she was first violated , and her body presents marks of savage brutality . Suspicion almost instantly led to a man in the locality , who was forthwith arrested , and , we believe , a Becond since . The inquest commenced on Sunday before Mr . Trotter , one of the county coroners , and has not yet terminated . Other persons are supposed to be implicated , and we understand there is much exoiiement in the place . The poor girl deceased is reported to have bore an unexceptionable character . —Erne Packet .

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      with Mr . WiUiam Garrat's case , that all may be enabled to form , an . opinion -apon the administration of justice ( eo called } in this

      " enlfghtened"aad "Christian *^ country " ( ft I hare known Mr . Garrat a number of years : he was a native of Derbyshire , but latterly resided at Stokeupon-Trenfc ; by trade a bricklayer , and the follow ing character of him I have received from his employer , who says that "Garrat was a good workman , and a steady , honest , and upright man . " I can with confidence say that he was a real democrat , and of a mild and amiable disposition . It is true he was convicted and sentenced as stated above ; but upon what evidence 1 Why , upon the oath of a soldier , who swore that " Garrat threw a halfbrick , which hit his ( the witness's ) helmet . " Now for the facts . <

      We all remember the memorable outbreak of 1842 . On the 16 th of August , 1842 , ifc was reported here that a body ; of men was coming to the Potteries from Leek , j Mr . Garrat went with a friend ( who now sits by me while I am writing ) to Burslem , one of the Pottery towns , to see the Leek men come in , he having ] a walking stick in one hand , and his friend hold of the other ; Garrat being very short-sighted , and very hard of hearing . When they arrived at the turn of the road in Burslem , they found themselves surrounded by the Leek men , who were running away , the dragoons following and firing at them , when a bullet from a carbine , discharged by a dragoon , entered the back of poor

      Garrat , just below the left shoulder blade , passed through bis body , and came out just above the left breast . His friend having hold of his hand " , all tho while , solemnly declares that no " half brick" was thrown b y Garrat , who fell , and the poor fellow , in a short time , was conveyed to the North Staffordshire Infirmary . } Any body would have naturally supposed , that even if Garrat did throw the " balf-briok , " having a bullet passed through his body would have been sufficient punishment . But no , in this class-ridden country a bullet passed through a man ' s body is a mere trifle , if the man is opposed to the powers that be . A more lingering , a more dreadful death -is

      neoessary , as was the case with poor Garrat , for he was watched by a harpy of the law , who on Garrat's partial restoration to health , had him before the Magistrates , who , \ as a matter of course , committed the still bleeding victim to the Stafford County Gaol , for trial . I saw him . in the dock at hist trial , with his arm in a sling , and heard his sentence . Little did I then think that I should never see him again , for I knew his heart was in the right place , and besides he was a big powerful mani O , the cursed system ! I now conclude , being convinced that class legislation , like the Vampire , will be satisfied with nothing less than the death of its victim .

      Hoping you will ; be p leased to find room for this letter in next Saturday ' s Star , I remain , dear Sir , Yours truly , In the holy cause of Chartism , L G . B . Mabt . Stoke-apon-Trent . Dec . 18 , 1843 .

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      THE TYRANT MILLOCRATS . Tus continuation of the proceedings arising out of the atrocious Belfield Factory Case , will be read with much interest ! by our numerous readers . A press of matter prevents us giving a comment this week . i The Hard Case Again . —At the Rochdale Sessions , on Monday last , the Rev . Richard Durnford , rector of Middleton , held a long consultation with the Rochdale magistrates , Messrs . Wm . Chadwick , Henry Kelsall , and the Rev . Mr . Cotton , relative to the liberation of Joseph Taylor , weaver ,

      Middleton , who was committed by theHaslingden magistrates for a month , on the 1 st inst ., for not returning in his work in due time . We understand the whole of the circumstances of this strange affair have been laid before the Haslingden bench , requesting the magistrates to concur in an application to liberate Taylor , in order that a fair and impartial hearing may take place ; but that request having been refused , we understand that a memorial to the Secretary of State has been prepared , at the request of the Rector of Middleton and the Rochdale bench , praying for his instant liberation . — - { Manchester Guardian — Wednesday .

      The following additional particulars are from our correspondent to whom we are mainly indebted for the astounding ; exposures contained in oar last : — \ This week the Rev . Richard Durnford , Rector of Middleton , has received a letter from Messrs . Benecke and Co ., Belfield , stating that their manager , or the inspector of worsted , has beeen the means of Taylor ' s imprisonment ; the letter also requested that the Rev . Gentleman would see to the wants of the unfortunate man's family , and when Taylor was released from prison they would repay the Rector . On Tuesday last , Mr . Dnrnford visited Taylor in the New Bailey Prison , and stated to him the above offer , but Taylor , knowing his family was attended to , replied that he should commence legal proceedings against his persecutors as soon as he had served his time . i

      The hearing of the case is expected to come before the Rochdale Magistrates as early as possible after the release of Taylor , whose time of imprisonment will be up on the 29 th of this month . The memorialising the Secretary of State ( as stated in the Guardian of Wednesday ) has been abandoned . It is probable that the inhabitants of Middleton will call a public meeting on the subjeofc as soon aa the unfortunate and j persecuted man arrives at home . i One of the Roohdalej rural police , it is said , had a hand in the plotting of Taylor ' s case , and that it was done at Belfield . ] Probably the Inspector of Worsted , Mr . Booth , will tell who the police officer alluded to is , if not , it will perhaps come oat before the Rochdale bench , i

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      PRESTOH . —The shopkeepers and authorities are at loggerheads here . Meetings have been held , subscriptions are on foot , and the whole shopooracy are in a state of commotion ; and for what ? Because the men of their oiwn choice , the Tory administrators of the Law , have decreed that in future they must not expose articles for sale at their shop doors 1 Poor ignorant j dupes ! . They could see the working men crushed into submission by the iron tread of the millocracy , and the neble spirit which

      animated them in the days of the immortal Hunt broken . Nay , they hav ^ laid the flattering unction to their sonls that all was right , tiUevery ofnoe and place has been filled with rampant Tories . But they now find to their cost that they have cherished a viper tha * yrUUting them to death ' . Tha vroikvnR classes have had to submit to the most degrading insults ; the bellman haa even refused to post bills announcing lectures ; acid a few months since , two Chartists were taken to the lock-up , for doing it themselves . All , however , at © now awaking from their lethargy . i

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      London Corporation ^— a meeting the Common Council on Tuesday , a motion for Corporation Reform was rejected by a majority of 113 to 54 . Indians . —A party of nine O-gibbe-way Indians from the wilds of America * have just arrived in London . Th ^ y are from ! the north-eastern shores of Lake Huron , in the vicinity of the Miohipocoton or Georgian Bay . The group consists of two aged chiefs , four warriors , two women , and a little girl ten years old , , and all of them her Majesty ' s subjects , said to be fair and interesting specimens-of the wild iudians oi the forests of America ,

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      Longevity—To the numerous deaths at advanced ages of laje rftfOttfed in our obituary , wo this day add that of Mrs ' . Margaret Jollass , of Great Waltham , spinster , in her 92 ud year , having for three years survived het sister , Mrs . Faiielpth , who attained the age of ninety-five , and whose husband d ? ed in the previous year $ aged 3 muety-two . —Essex Herald . Important to v ^ RDj ^ ENDBiwi—It is sal * luat p roceedings have been instituted by tho Govern * ment against parties for sottia % playing cards fa packs , having a blank card substituted for the ace of spades , and one of the corners of each card cat . For the last six years these have been an article of commerce , sold largely , geMrstlly , and paiblicly ; and supposed , by traders ta them , to be sanctioned under the character of card-makers' wastes .

      MATHiMo » r . —On Taesday , a wedding pariy in two chaises drove op to Si . Lake ' siGnarbhy Hey wood , when , on presenting themselves at the altar , they foand to their great dismay , that the intended bride had been left , behind . Whether the fault lay with the bridegroom , his man , or the fair lady herself , we donot know , but we have heard an anecdote of John Kembie , as like this as one pillbox is to another That worthy hero of the buakiu , married his wife ia . the morning , played the same evening at Drury-lane , and then wended his way to his lodgings in which be had lingered through his period of single-blessedness , forgetful of his now-made spouse , and all th . 9 requirements whieh his change of condition involved .

      The lwb Erdwion op Motjnt Etna . —Palermo , Nov . 27 . —On the 17 th of November , the mass otf lava opened itself aa outlet , breaking through on the north aide below the crater of 1842 , and foaming out of the new crater with great force a fresh stream , which , in a northerly direction and with great rapidity , flowed towards the village of Bronte The inhabitants of this place , very much frightened by the fiery mass fast running towards them , packed dpi their moveables in order to leave their homes'the next day . Bnt on the 15 th , the lava stream divided itself into two branches , and spared the alarmed iababitants , who , a few hoars before thought their former dwellings buried * arider a stream of fire , ^ he eruption did , however , not pass over without damage the lava reached many vineyards and fields , which have been changed into barren black heaps of Rtone . On the 23 rd of Norember the lava Was flowing quite Blow .

      Lieutenant MuNRO . —It is stated in some of th papers that Lieutenant Munro , who has recovered From his late indisposition , will surrender to take his trial at the next sessions of the Central Criminal Court . This is the best eoorse he could adopt ; but every circumstance relative to the fatal duel which has transpired would lead to a different conclusion . He has kept out of the way for three or four sessions . When his case was called on at the Old Bailey at the last sessions , attorneys , barristers , and witnesses , seemed surprised that he was absent from illness , and that no doctor ' s certificate was produced to prove that he was ill . His household furniture , too , was announced for sale , and some other circumstances have occurred which lead to the belief that he will not face an Old Bailey jury .

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      Bristol . —The Chartists at Baar-Iane have re * moved their seats in the chapel , erected a stove , and made other arrangements at a great expence , in order to have some amuaements for the Christmas holidays . A tea meeting , ball , and concert ; , has been announced to take place on Tuesday evening , Dec . 26 th , to which Mr . Bairstow will be invited . Mr . Clarke , member of the'Executive , will attend . Monkweabhouth—Mr . Diokensou will lecture at this locality , next Sunday , at two o ' clock .

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      MORE BLOOD-WHEN WILL THE DAY OF RETRIBUTION COME ? We request the attention of our readers to an eloquently pathetic letter from the pen of Richabd Mabsden , in our 6 : h page , detailing the murders committed by the property men in the name of law . This week we have received the following letter from another true Chartist commenting upon another prison murder committed it that abominable hell , the'Milbank Penitentiary .

      The victim , as will be seen , was a Staffordshire Chartist . Our correspondent does not state Whether he has left a family ; if so , their case is one demanding the immediate and hearty sympathy of thedembcratio party . We had intended to have commented at some length upon the subject matter of both letters ; press of labour , land want of room have prevented us so doing . The omission is , however , amply made ap by tho contents of the letters themselves . ilife :

      TO THB EDITOR 0 ' TBS KOHTHEBN STAB , Dear Sie , —I copy the following from the Sun newspaper of last Saturday evening : — " An inquest was held on the 15 th inst ., in the Penitenttary , on the body of William Garrat , aged 61 , a Chartist , who was convicted at the Stafford Special Commission , of riofc , and sentenced to two years imprisonment ; he died on Thursday , of inflammation in the bowels , and the jury returned a verdict accordingly . " , Now , Sir , as many of your readers may see the above , I think it nothing but right that they should bo put in possession of the facts conueoted

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 23, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct833/page/1/