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  ^/ TZ ' DJiJ ^ ETOlt .- ^ C osT o * thsBcrai . Police . .-AmfetiB" wajbelfi in the Old Boi ^ s Head Aasenfl > iy Boom Long-stoeW iiifidlBttm , tailed by . Mr . S . Ktsnsden , assistant o veneer , f « tte purpose of memojklisiagthe magistrate * of Laaeaabire , praying them to take saebBtep * m Trill tend to abolish the Rural p # liee from the township of Middlefcon . The meeting w ceiled for the tetb instant , and the ehab wm to be * » ken « ax o ' cJock in the evening . At the time of v wnencema& , the roam was ooWded to exces » , and jjoodredB were BMble to gain admittance . The meeting coated ehifefly of working men , with b sxulQ sprinkling of the aliopocracy . Mr . William Tboraley , weaver , ttm cabled to preside . Mr . S . Ratudea , assistant erersaer , then read over an account of the demands ,
  
  ssoe the year 1 E 26 , of the county , in the shape of eoastv rates , which had been leried o& Middleton , and vhicb was as follow * : — Tears . AssuLcati Overseen . Comfy Rain £ b . d . ^ gng 7 John Lancashire 269 15 S 2 go ; s John and Jos&h I ^ nctthire ... 209 2 ; 9 1825— Samuel PiUangton ... ... ... 98 18 ? js . ng—SO Ditto ... 181 2 8 1 S 30-1 DU * o . . .. . . S 91 2 4 1 * 31— 2 «• • - 218 15 0 2 S 32-3 - - ¦ ~ - 251 1 11 1 S 33—4 ISO 7 10 2 B 3 i-s 21 S 12 S
  
  1 S 35— G S . Pilkington and J . Hughes ... 194 5 & 1 $$$ — 7 Samuel Ram » den 106 2 3 IS 37—S - . ^ T 202 « 0 153 S-9 2 G 7 18 o 2 S 33—* 0 SOI 16 1 lgio—1 & Ramaden .. ... 554 8 3 lie last item being read , groans of indignation c&me from all parti of the room , at the increase which had jjeen occas on © d by ihe police force . The overseer wa * asked if he was able to point oat the difference between the expenditure of the old constables and the police . The answer wag , that before the new police were put in force the expenditure of the old consfciblea was aboat £ 15 annually ; and the last year , namely , 2 B 40 to March 5 th , 1 S 41 , the new police cost the town
  
  of iliddleton Qie sum . of £ 193 9 s . Id . ( Groans of indignation . ) At this part of the proceedings , some disturbance took place on account of its being blown to the meeting that a reporter to some of the Manchester papers was in a secluded place . Some cries of "Put faim out" were raised ; but he vas ultimately requested to send a faithful account of the meeting , u it was ¦ aid tf" ^ - many most false asd ridiculous reports appeared in those papers -which this reporter writes for . Mr . R . Ward rose , and said he felt sorry that we had to myntMti a force which were walking up and down the town , doing that which was worse to the people than nothing . We had armed at a pretty pitch of things , when we must be guarded by a number of men destitute of eTery feeling of benevolence , and whose interest was diametrically opposed to the peace of the township of Middleton . It had been said that the
  
  middle classes had induced the assistant orerse&r to call that meeting to-night . Who sent for the police ? The middle class . Who got up that meeting but the jaiddle class ? and there were Tery few icdeed in attendance . The middle class chose the men who concocted and passed the law , empowering the police to become in society nothing but outlaws , and men who could do anything with impunity . 3 alk ab-ut a poor rate ! why , it was absolnte nonsense Tie rate called a poor rate was now collected for the rich . These things eoald not be altered by the magistrates . Tie franchise must be extended before they could abolish the tad Jaws of this country . ( Cheers . ) Mr . John TTri s lej said , a poet in this town had oaee written a TSK ? b « -woalci repeat to them : — " Conscience can neTerbe bought , Courage can never be sold ; The coward may die as he ought ,
  
  But the good nan may ever be bold . * He rose conscientioas ' j- assured that to abolish the new tsree was a good cause , and with courage , because no coe ought to be afraid of detesting that idle , useless , naeosstitctional , and most corrupt new police force . If things were to be as they were at present ; if the j people's condition must never be bettered , if the working class were still to remain the slaves , the oppressed , tat trampled on , until the middle class , or the magis- tsta , thought St to relieve them , they must hare its j police it theii heels a long time . He most say his rate < w * 5 double the amount it formerly was ; he had , there- i fore , cause to complain of grievances . Everybody , I toih the middle class and the -working class were ; ding oa ; against the burden , part of which was created
  
  tj & 2 new police . He did not wish the police to : jtop is this town , bat the people must set properly ' abort the abolition of them . Were the police of the i Je « t chsneter ? Be did not ray they were thieves- i 2 \ o ; so help him God , to his knowledge , they had nfrsr stolen anything from his house . But he must saj tbat it -was more than gentlemen could do to pro- < tect thttr sErranU frem the amorous propensities of ' thesipoiiie . -. Laughter . ) He would not detain them ' TBah long !' , bit ha hoped they would not be duped ' fcy this or that set of men , bat keep to their Charter . ( Bos .- He wooid read a proposition which he inieudid to i&OTe : — " That it is tb . 9 opinion of this aeetfne tist Bcal PoEce are an unconstitutional and
  
  CEcIes force . Established against the will of a great ; 2 os ; cEfiy of the people , to coerce the industrious class ; at the expetce of the whole nation ,- bnt to memorialise j its Magistrate ij a . foolish and ignorant attempt at re- i dressing oar grisTinces ; that there will be no good dose far this ccdtry while the men remain in office , * ho coBcoded the Irish Coercion Bill , the Poor Law ' AEsndEsat Bin , transpened the Dorchester L > [ b 3 cras , jth 8 Glasgow Cotton Spinners , Frost , Williams , cd Jobs , s £ -j imprisoEsd all the btsi men in the kmgdon ! , grinted twenty miiiions of mocey to the Vt& Indian slaTs-owners , engaged in some of the Woodiest and mest useHe 33 wars ever known , to pat
  
  irra liberty abroad & : our eipence , ruin our trade , ttfcsJ nistrr and slavery in all the Bricish dominions , J ^ , to cr-..- ? 3 all , asd keep us in subjection at home , on esublished the Rural Polks . Tnerefore , to , fEtridGfcnrgrigTssfes , we must hire the H . use oil CaEssvEi oa the ^ priadplss of the People ' s ChsrU ;? , ^• _ C = rrers 2 l Sauna , Assu&l Parliamtnu , Yute by . &- > :, : ¦>"« Property Quaiiication , and Payment of ¦ * r ? . - P ^^ Maest . " Mr . Robert Pearion v- nld . j K ^ -a Lir . " ^' riglej- s niotion . A qugit-on was asked | & C _ iin ^ ia if lie maeiitrates had the povrer t j dis- ' I ? as = wit > tis P 5 i ; ce ? j he chairman said he did ; ;
  
  " 1 " ^ r -- -a ? i .--2 ^ il = s a povrer to diip-.-nse wilt ^ Y-tbs Lrjm this district ; but if -sre had them dme »* S ; ^ itL , in a Tery shori time we aiight bars teem ocjaafona , leTifcd enurelr on the labouring class . fc-Rotwrt WDdaid hb thwashi what had b « n saia ^ s ccs : useless ; he should , therefore , propose that a - ? E-r ^ : c > e presented to the n : agi = trates . Seconded * 7 * TiaL Mi . John Smithirs ssid , it had b * en asked «* k " ^ as there were no more of the middle cia . a F ^« - He Ciold say tor one that the room was too f ~ ; , uf / C 0 lllda ' -80 £ 1 7 > fl 0 ' " - « peri « c 3 , that thi ^• 3 : ; ty there was in eeilectins the rate ¦ seas a snScient the
  
  ^^ -j ; ararast police force . Tis « Ctairraii ! then i f tne resolution and the amendment to the m ^" i Cf v hi 2 ds ' ' *' ljen il app-artd for a iust --i- t . ere was a Tery smail majority . The - ^ - -ranj orsrsfeir then read a memorial , -which JJUionedsiEg sinular to those of Butterworth , Cas-^¦ - ¦ 2 . -re . This was asre-d on trjthoat alteration . It ^ ' - ^ ma that the sssL-tr-nt overseer should present ** asna 5 isaates of Lar , caih : re , at their noting , ^ _ -i . ta of April ntxt , at Preston . A Tote of ^^ J-i given to the Chairman asd the meeting
  
  ? - ^ ° ?* - ~ A 5 lEETI >' ' to abolish the Police fcfwC" ^ -Ji abitants of ToDge held a meeting on I fcr" * XK . in the psrish school-room , for the I £ * L ? ^ * ' ¦ bI * Th 0 Kas "Wngley , cburchwarden , I l- »^ £ C " " , ¦ I ? lere vas a ? °° meeting , and the folv , l " : r-so-u ^ ens wer e unaniirio-jsly agreed to : — I K 5 " - ' V 7 XL Wh ' - ^ > ^ J shaded by ilr , I 6 g ^ l - "' " Tiat " ' - ^ meeting views with alarm I j-J ^ ^ eiprnct iEcnrred fcy the constabulary i * Jv ^ ^ " ^ " unnteessary . " iicTed hy Mr . I fcj { i : s 2 ? -. and seconded by Mr . Joseph Par-^ " ^ - " TzzX - a s-&-2 ; orial be presented to the wor-»^ P ~ ^ - ^ es of the county , at their adjourned Isrl ' . 10 f fcoK - Prwten . on the 17 th cay of I k' ^~^ C 5 tait " ^ sttps M s ** m rnosi advisable fe f ^ f ' & 3 nstabulary force . " Jlored by *^~? ~ u ^ seconded by Mr . Joseph Butterjj ^ " ^ - a' » memorial be got up and signed by the I aS ^" Gf ~ ' - '" as ^ iP of Toaee . " A spirit of - ^ T / ' ^^ ar . - g the establiihmrat of the new t ^ , V ^'' - selilib : - ' 5 : > ytIieT-r : onsspea ) : tr 3 . The » r !/\ - C 31 TI&d cn in good spirit , and separated in H > i' ' " - of "b " r ' - ^ ht . i tSWCASTi . E ' - TTPOW - Tvwr m ,
  
  C ^ r ! v r ° -V ^ csEn .-T 7 o . v . -It is intended , in I ^ " :: f we . cnsuin s ^ eek , ( we nnderstand on ^ X f »^ eT < "nJpg ) to hold a public meeticg in i I feT- ' -tv " ^ - - ' con ^ er the propriety of M h . v ~'~ Z rar - ^ anient , to recommend the release of ' ^ v , " ;^ ^ - ' now confined for that unde- I * &K ? ^ ** of sedition , called blasphemy , i « c q ~^ * = 8 » we » e infomed , wiU ai ^ o he I i& lZi T" UKI ) ' -5 HOCKISG A 3 TD FiTAL Aca- Jks : ^ , ^' v > t' « p-ainfniduijioiecord cue of the ^ ir ' ^ accents which has come \ o out coriee I ^^ ZTtT ^ T * ' The nnfonnaateindiTiduai ; I JW . Au Vp a ;; ff ; . Acfa-0 J / 8 factory , ThornWi I % *** * ^^ f ^ f Cldent happened , the an-1 r ^ WafL , ^ ? «« of mendiDif a ball , f ^^^ bafts , or rearing . An ahS ; ' w ^ tsd be « ?; ba . ' ^ fc" the engine cculd j ? SK ^ l ™* * tnpped of every artickof wear- ' 0
  
  ^ - 0 ^! . wir"wpaon of his shirt wrist-I ? ' ^ i 4 ^ l <» mF e ' fc ] y torn from his body , I L ** ^ dfnl L i ! S Jaab 3 and bod 7 wangled in fc » iof ! lrM " - A H bein « eitncated , I S ^ J ' -din - -5 ^ T ^^ > tur ° f no avail ! £ ?" tf ^ Ae-c ° "V tXcnic ! a »^ « onj for npft ^^ a ' t « l : - * - Sime ; iai q' ^ e sensible } T-- ' 'iu- ' t tt h ^ " 3 SS were of Ench a nature , &ff « i ? ™^ £ i ^ - ^ s K ^ H ^ V ^ 'T tdtVS : |^ - ? S 4 ^^^ ^ rtrtis p ^^ oow- and the fathtPiess chii"" ^ ^ a some time to come .
  
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  Shewing . Aittho&i ^ t . —On Tuesday moruing , Darld i 3 reari & pstfr' -bm indostriods nan , who resides at Bukfcnsbfcw , - but is employed'in Bradford , apd was coming to bj » Tfork , with his scanty provisions for tbe day in a bag , was seized by one ot the jackalls , no doubt thinking he would be prey for tne ik ) DS ; but lo his mortificatioo , he found nothing but wh « we hare stated above . The man , whose character we believe is uxtainted , wished to know the reason of this uncalled for attack ; bnt rras silenced by the jackall , who Faid he would east him into the den if ne said another word . What will the rural * do when wb erperience each treatment as this from the good old system \
  
  Mskzixg of Bzzbszllk&s . —A meeting of the beersellers of this town and neighbourhood was held on Wtdnesday last , at she house of Mr . Gornall , the Major Cartwright Inn , when it waa agreed that they , as & body , should exert themselves for the purpose of breaking the trammels by which they have , for a length of time , been beset . The plocs of the common informer are of themselves sufficiently annojing to every individual who is derirons of conducting his house on fair asd honourable principles ; but no man can guard against the continual and perseveringly organised plans of a host of those base villains . The beersellcrs are therefore only acting a prudent part , determiningthat under every circumstance , where the common informer is at irork , the information shall be met by coacsel , and , for that pnrpose , they are about to retain one for their special protection .
  
  XiOKSOK . —Ttha ^ kt op the Middle classocbact . —A correspondent writes us an account of the doings of oce of the tyrannical middlemen , who , it apyears , from no given cause , thought proper to discharge a poor man from his employ . The fellow not only refused to give a reason for the discharge of the- man , but at the time he also refused the payment of wages then due . The poor man , subsequently , made application for his wages , but , he not happening to uncuver in presence of ihe bashaw , he was sent empij away until he learned belter manners . We bavo the names , &c , and shall publish ihem if we hear that the purse-proud scoundrel repeats his insolence .
  
  CARLISLE . —Dr . M'Douall gave his second lecture on Monday evening ; embracing the horrors and enormities of ihe factory system . There would not be fewer than from 900 to 1 , 001 persons preseat . The Doctor 6 poke for upwards of two hours , taking a clear and comprehensive view of a '; l the horrors practised , and enormities and miseries entailed , npjn those engaged in the work of factories by that Belnsh and aver-reaching crew , the master cotwu-spinners . He laid bare , and exposed , in a masterly style , ihe various systems of plunder which they have recourse to , and concluded a long and interesting lecture by calling on the people to unite for the purpose of obtaining ; L < s Charter , which would be ihe only safe means of securing good jrovfrDment and
  
  protecting the industry of the working man . The tallowing resolutions were pissed unanimously ;—• " That while we condemn the horrors and enormities of the factory system , so ably exposed by Dr . M'Douall this evening , we cannot but revert to the inhuman and cold-blooded attempt on the part of Lord Johu Russell to prolong the pewers of the three Somerset Kings , alias the Poor Law Commissioners , to inflict misery and degradation on the people , and destroy that good feeling which ought to exist between the higher and industrious classes ot this country , and which system , if continned , will entail misery sufficient to create a spirit of
  
  discontent and disafu-cion , which would render life and properiy alike insecure , and might be the meaus of creating riot and bloodshed , such as every good member of society must shudder at contemplating . " " 'Ihat whilst we are av ? are of the horrors created by tbe factory system , and enormities committed by the aid of the enraed New Poor Law , m » feel convinced that they cannot possibly be removed until the people are placed ia fall possession of the Charter . " A Tote of thanks to the Doctor was then proposed , which was carried amidst loud cheering . About 20 s . were collected at the door during the two nights , for" the sufferers at Castle Douglas .
  
  SmTOEBXtaJrD .-MASTERs' Tyranst—MagistEates' Justice . —For a few weeks pasi , there has been a Etnke amongst the journeymen tailors of tab vsyra , or rather a difference between them and three ' of the masters , respecting wages , the latter ( though all the other masters have refused to sanction ; neir conduct ) , seeking to reduce the wages of the workmen s , few pence upon several garment 3 , deductions so petty on each , that they were never intended to beuefit the public , even if called for , but proposed for the purpose of filching from the earnings of . each of their workmen tbe sum of two or three shillings per vretk , to be transferred to their own weli-Slied pockets . In consequence of the refusal of the men to consent to this proposal ,
  
  those znas : ers , ( but particularly a certain stickler for cheap bread , and declaimer against low wages , ) haTc Barrowjy watched the opportunity of pouncing upon sone- of the men , aiid bringing thea under the iash of the law . In pursuance of this object , two workmen , named Redymarsh and Lovrthian , were , on Tuesday last , arrested by warrant , and conveyed to the station-house , where they were detained until tbe Sundcrland worsaips vrere ready to administer law and jnstice to ihcai . At eleven o ' clock , they were brought up to the Mayor's Chamber , -when a Master Henry Bell appeared against Lowthian , for an assault , which
  
  Bell said was committed while working for his employer . He charged Lowthian with pulling hi 3 nose , ai ; d striking at him , because he was working at the reduced wsges . In support of the charge , Lard , another workman in the same shop , was called , and he proved that he did no : see Lowthian commit any jissaali , and that he never heard him use the bad laD # ua # e attribated to him by Bell . Pa ; t : son and Liifib , workmen in tbe same shop , also gave similar scrong evidence against the statement of Bell . All said tr . at they were sitting around the shop-board with Bii ! , and thai it would have been impossible for the as-ialt to have be
  ¦ knoTr . ecl ^ e , so that the evidenea for the assault was ihe statement of Mister Beii ; and on the other siiie nearly ali hi 3 fellow-workmen . Tne ca ^ e would , therefore , have broken down , had it not been for tbe timely aid rendered by > ir . Fo-tcr ^ the * 3 reman of the workshop , who came forrs-axd and acquainted the bench tea : tiie accGsed was a union . mai >; that the journeymen tailors had combined against tlieir icasiers ; that the latter could not get ' m ? n ; and tbat tbe class which they got as substij tutes must be protected . Tixis opeceo a new view , of ihe case . Lowihion was a union man , and , therefore , the assault must have been committed , there could be no'doubi of it . The magistrates said they = sw ihron ^ b it all —i t rras a csiubinatjoa , and be-• cause it was a combination thev found Lowtbiun
  
  ffniiiy ine assault , fiat-d him 10 s ., and ordered : hum to pay costs in addition , amounting to 19 s . 6 d . ; They aiso bouad him over to keep the peace . Kidy-• marsh v > as then charged by the veritable iia ^ rer Beli , with threatening him . One witness , Lard , vi'a ? caj . ' ed in support of : hc cbar # e , and corroborated by his evidence the charge of Beli . Kidymarsh was then asked , if he couid call any evidence in his favour , when the latter informed them that he proposed calling the whAe shop ' s crew , although , they were all likely to be interested against him . Lamb ' and Pattison were then called , who positively contradicted the charge ; yet , notwithstanding this , Kidymarsh was feouud over to ke ? p the peace for ¦ six mouths , ¦ to find two sweutaof £ " 20 each , and 1 to give S 3 curiiy himself in rhe sum of' £ 4 0 .
  
  , ! S Another Specimen of Jrs-ncE . —On Thursday ; last , three working tailors were EummoBed by Mas-; ter Harry Bell , charged vrith using threatening ; language to him . Mr . Wright , a great law orator , ' appeared as prosecutor on behalf of Mr . H ' -bson , and iir . Rayton conducted , with great ability , the case of the accused . Bell swore that he was threatened , ¦ bn : admitted that none but a person earned Wilson had threatened ; the other two persons had cot i threatened him , ^ nd he did not know what they had > doue , except that they looked at him . He called a R-iiuess in support of his charges , rrho , as soon as he was put in the box , completely contradiced Bell ,
  
  , ! ! ; ! I by saying that > v llson never spoke , it was a person ¦ named Lambert ; he never . saw Wilson or tho other party say or do ' anything threatening . The witness , as well as Bell , was subjected to a searching cress-• examination by Hr . Baytoa ; in the course of which they involved " themselves in so many contradictions , that it would have been impossible for the magistrates to hare done anght , had they not previously known that all the accused % vere union men ; but the Jast case bo thoroughly broke down , that no more than one'surety of £ 5 was demanded , asd the men ' s security for the sum of £ 10 was taken for their eood behaviour .
  
  ¦ LOUCrBBOBOUGH .-THE Poob Law . Monday , February 15 : b , in consequence of the overse » . rs declining to comp y with the request tpade to them to call a meeting of rate-payt r 5 , a meeting was held at the Charter Hotel , }> lr . Onions , iu tbe chair ; the depution reported the result of iheir application to the overseers ., Mr . Parsons then stated that on seeing tbe letter in ' . he last week ' s Star , giving an account of the treatment of the poor , he shewed it to oiie of the c&cers of the union , who sxud it was only a sketch of what they bad to suffer . The meeting then appointed a deputation to wait on the guardians at their-meeting on the following day , w
  
  request an investigation mto tha reports respecting tbe treatment of the poor ; also that they would petition against the present biil of Lord J . Russell's , thai is- in . the House , and call meetings in . various parishes , for the same purpose . On Tuesday tbe deputation went to the Uniou House , and sent in a respectful request for an intcrr ' nw , which their high miijbiiEesses sect back in a blank envelope , not deigning to make a . reply , evidently considering that all the rate-payers have ' to do , is to pay their money and no * , trouble thunsekes with how the poor are behaved to . I ; remains to be seen whether the rate-payers vrili tamely submit to so gross an insult .
  
  £ J"E"V 7 AEJS-UPOSJ ' -TREJTT . —A petition to the Cominouo was prepared here , on Saturday ev-en-5 d £ last , at'a in - * t the iniquitous bill , entitled " The >" ew Foor Law Amendment Act , "—verbitim as re-
  
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  comtDended in theNbWfiefnStar . It wasfprwarded on Tuesday to Mf . Fielden for presentation , agreeable to the decision of the Committee of Management , after recefvixfgt daring that short interval , the sigDatnres of . 139 # of the inhabitants of this town Letters have also been addressed respectively to the Solicitor-General and W . E . Gladstone , who now fill tbe soats fox Newark , and to F . Thesiger , our recent candidate , requiring the two former , and reqnestmgthe latter to rapport its prayer . This is a petition truly , as the head of it describes , a petition of tbe industrious classes , Inasmuch as a considerable number of the would-be-called middle dast , aad wtwld-also-be-called liberals , held back , solely because it emanated from that body who earn their daily bread by the sweat of their brow . ' LEEDS . —Borough Sessions . —It ia expected that the Easter Quarter Sessions for this Borough , wiU be held on tbe 12 th of April next . ' .:. =
  
  Pjleochiax Lyikg-in Chabitt . —At a recent meeting of the committee , Mr . George Wilson , St . Peter ' s Square , was appointed surgeon to this excellent institution . Lsezw Ikprovemekt Couuissioksrs . —Wednes ' d / ty , February 17 . —Present : Mefisrs . W . Sellers , Edward King , Charles Cumminga , J . Barrows , Horatio Wood , Hutchinson Graham , J . Woodhead , W . BinnB , J . Whitehead , J . Emmott , John Heaps , and Arthur Lnpton ; D . W . Nell , Esq . in the chair The cleric , Mr . Naylor , read a letter in answer to a memorial to the Privy Council , respecting the drainage and sewerage of the streets of large towns , whioh had been forwarded by the last Board of Commissionon . Tho letter stated that the
  
  subject of the memorial was not in the jurisdiction of the Privy Council , and that , therefore , th ? ir Lordships could not interfere in . the matter . The Clerk suggested that the memorial be altered in its fjim , and forwarded to the House of Cords as a petition ; but , aftdr consideration , it was resolved , that the clerk should write to Mr . Baines , M . P . for a copy of the Bill now before Parliament ; and that the Board should make . themselves acquainted with its provisions before petitioning , and that a special meeting be held to take the subject into consideration . The Chairman objected to any interferesue with property , unless good grounds were shown to justify such interference , which might be made in the proposed measnre . The next resolution agreed to was , that a committee , consisting of Messrs . Nell . King , and Binns , be appointed , along
  
  with the Jaw clerk , to wait upon Messrs . Barr , Lofthonse , and Nelson , the late clerks , for the books and documents of the Commissioners , and compare them with the schedule . A desultory conversation ensued upon the mode of making the payments , Mr . Burrows advocating the necessity of making them monthly . ; bat it was finally agreed tbe subject be left over until next meeting . Mr . Sharp's report respecting certain improvements in Swinegate wad referred to the Improvement Committee . A number of bills were read over and passed ; and Marsden ' s salary of £ 20 ( £ ) 0 for collecting the Lamp Rate , and £ 10 for the Improvement Rate ) was ordered to be paid : after whioh , and other trifling business had been transacted , the Board broke up .
  
  OXiSHAM . —Suicide . —On Saturday morning } &st , WilJiam Whitehead , of Sett , Dear Lees , committed suicide , by cutting the jugular vein of his neck , which caused immediate death . Death troh Wristling . —On Saturday night , Joseph Nichols and William Buckley were wrestling at tbe Bull's Head public-house , bottom of Greenacre ' s Moor . The latter received suah internal injuries as to cause his death the following day ; he has left a widow and large family to lament their loss .
  
  CrJZiZtDfGrWOSTB . Landlord against Tena . m . —A curious conieot took place at Cullinicworth , near Bradford , at a place called Blue Milk Row , on Tuesday , "between a wealthy landlord and one of his poor tenants . This gentleman is a strange animal . At an election , he figures as a leading Tory in this neighbourhood , and is outrageous whoa anything of a Chartist nature is mentioned to him . The subject of dispute between him a * id his tenant wa 3 . the rijsht of possessing the ashes produced by tbe fixe of the latter . As the tenant refused to give up his claim , this gentleman took him by the throat
  
  and placed him in such a position that his face appeared to have saluted the ground ; but while he was held there , he put his hand into a certain kind of dung , and besmeared the lower parts of his antagonist ' s apparel , which procured him his liberty . After this , poor John proceeded to ill-treat the abdominal parts of ; ho landlord , whioh completely routed him ; but before the war was concluded , the whole neighbourhood was put in motion , to get a p « ep at ibis ludicrous affair . It may aii' ord a lesson to poor men , to beware how they appropriate their manure , especially if they dwell in collages .
  
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  SALFORD—Salford never occupied a prouder position than at present . All is life and spirit . Mr . Leech lectured on Monday . The room was filled to suffocation and all were delighted . An animated d scns ? ion ensued , in which Messrs . Cassidy , Brown and others took part . The Committee have divided the town into districts , and the districts into classes , so that our numbers may at any time be called together in half an hour . Mr . Campbell was appointed to represent Saiford in the Dele ^ ate meeting on the 20 : h inst . BAUKSLET . —The Association held its weekly me « un # at Mr . Peter Hoey ' s ; nothing of import took piaoe .
  
  Wakefield Pruon . —The country was put in possession of the death ot' the unfortunate Clayton , ihe Chartist martyr , through the columns of the Star . The next victim anticipated is the unfortunate Hoey , in WakuHeld bell . This poor man , who never was guilty ot' ctinii )—a mail whom his veriest enemie 3 Wcre compelled to praise , is now in tha lowest state he can be , with a dropsy in his legs , which is moving rapidly towards liis body , and which -was brought on by prison treatment . WiU
  
  the Wrjigs sutfer him to a . e a second martyr on their hands , or will the Committing Magistrates bo tacit , and not u . sc the-r influence with tho Judge , to snatch him t ' rom the snares of d < ath , and save themselves from the public odiumi which will ever attach itself to their names should he die in prison . We hope , tor tke .-axe of humanity , that their ire is quenched in for ^ etfuluess ot' what , at most , was but a trivial Dreacb of Ihe peace , and that they wiii now , at the eleventh hoar , protect the man from a miserable and untimely death .
  
  NANTW 3 CH . —I told you last week that we were piiiitiug " the Manchester Cordwaiuera' Addrt :-- ; , '' & ¦ *'¦ ' ] we applied to the bellman to post them , tnt lie declined the humur , lor fear of seeing the magistrates ; :-owever , he promised not to destroy them if we pelted tiu-in ; so , in the evening , we took a luuder and posted them pr « ny freely ; but by day-1 jx ; h , next monuug , they were ncatiy all torn off . We suspect thai iho watchmen destroyed many of them , i'oi- un > .- of the worthies , named John Suiton , was very Lu-y with a besom and a bucket of water the next morning , scrubbing one poor thing off that happened to be a good height , however wo
  
  have plenty iui ' ti and w : ll teazo them for tome time to conic . 1 t-uppoae the scamps consider ic perfectly ] egal to destroy our property in this manner . I am told , that the High Sheriff , I . Tolemache , Esq ., sat on his hor ^ e reading one iu the town ; when he had finished , " O , " says he , "I suppose they want people ' s property without working for it . " He rhi-Ji dismounted , to call at the architects . A pooi ffci ' -ow went up to him to-hold his horse , " Are you a Chartist ! " says the would-be M . P . "No , Sir , " hiiid the man . "O , " saiuhe , looking suspiciously at him , aud gave him the bridle to hold . —Correspondcut .
  
  l * O 2 > fD 0 r . ' . —The Citt of Westminster National Charter Association htld their weekly meeting on Wednesday , the 10 th of February , at the Paviours ' Arai 5 , Johnson-street . After the usual business had b ' .-eu gone through , ic was resolved , " That any member bringing up seven members in one quarter , ^ liall be entitled to an enamelled card ; also , ihat we hold discussions every Wednesday evening . " BOROCGH OF MaRYLEBONE NATIONAL CHARTER Association met on Sunday lsst , at their room , Circus-street , Marylebone , Mr . Tipper in the chair . The secretary reported : — £ . * . d . Amount of Monthly Subscriptions - 2 li 5 Balance of last month .-.--1 10 Enrolment of members 0 5 0
  
  i 0 7 Paid-Expences 2 8 11 Money in hand for Manchester - - 1 7 2 Balance ia hand 0 46 ~ 0 7 A long discussion as to the propriety of sending a del egate to Manchester then took place , which ended by a decision in the affirmative . A motion was then made , " That the funds in hand be reserved for some lime , instead of being sent to Manchester . " This branch is increasing each day iu numbers .
  
  Chartism r * Lokdon . —Having come to London to publish a work for the benefit of the widow and children of & deceased friend , my time has necessarily been much occupied ; but not so much so as to cause me to neglect any opportunity of witnessing the progress of the cause dearest to my heart , and dearer to roe because I have been a sufferer for it—the cause of Chartism . With Mr . Cleave for my puide , I one da ; paid a visit to Oastler in tho Fieet , where I heard thai " old man eloquent" speak his free mir . d in bodily confinement . Ail whoha 7 e seen Oastlcr ' s porirait will have no difficulty in recoguising the " Old-King , " though he is not fo stout , nor so yonDg-boking . Probably persecution may have wasted him . One of his eyes has a sightless aspectj
  
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  andljis cheek is Woodless . -He i § a tall , spare man , and brought to toy mind Flavius , the , foithful steward of Tfmon , ' 6 f Athens . Had Squire Thornhill fallen into similar pdyerty , 1 cap conceiye that Oastier woold have acted towards him with similar fidelity : bat tbe Squire" b ' iti wealth , and ,. therewithal , power , - * nd imprisons Oastler because he could not narrow to one > ¦' : . : J ¦ '" ' : M '¦ ¦ " : ' ; «« A mind ' ' , : Which God and nature meant for all mankind . " ¦ ¦ ¦ Outier professea to be a Tory—he voluntarily gives himself one of the wont nicknames on earth . Yet be i » not a Tory—h » in ft eonstitutionaliaVOr & * t anomaly—& democratic monarchist . He ) acknowledges Universal Suffrage to be due ! but he fern
  
  that the people would revenge their wrongs , instead of redressing them * He forget ^ that by the Charter the people wonld tie np their own htvnda from revenge , and their oppressors * from inflicting further iDjury . Hetherihjjton ^ ho has been imprisoned for blasphemy , by thoaechief of blasphemer * , the bishops , I have BOt visited ; bat intend doing so . I called on Vincent , who was not at borne ; bat a very intelli * Kent and kindly little « if J , his sister , entertained me with Chartigt ebat until he eame in . Vincent looks remarkably well after bis long imprisonment—he is plump and liorid . He seems a very amiable youn * man , and is very popular among the Londoners . 1 have always felt , a strong sympathy with Vincent , and our meeting was that of congenial friends , who hare known
  
  long « aeh other , although we never saw each other before . I have now see * and beard most of the leading Chartists in Londosi . I attended a meeting the other Bight , on the subject of the illtreatment of FearguB O'Connor , and was delighted with the truly eloquent , the forcible , I may say the irresistible addresses of above a dozen speakers , and the stern spirit of the people . The chairman , an intellectual looking young man , named Peat , conducted himself most ably , and with true dignity . But what pleased me most was an amendment , woved and seconded by two of O'Connor ' s "fustian jaokets , blistered hands ' , and unshorn chin ? , " to the . effect , that the words " mitigation of punishment " should be altered to ! " release of himself "—these
  
  men earned the meeting without a division . Not one of the speakers bat might shame our M . P . ' u . Lord Normanby was played with like a toy , arid , bad he been present , he must hare felt himself no man indeed . Lovett was there ; but , like myself , only as a spectator . Poor man ! he is a ghastly spectacle of tbe eifects of Whig persecution . His thin face , like a'waning moon , shows how his bodily frame hae been wasted ; but his eyes , the index to his soul , are still bright , and seem to declare that that is not diminished . Lovett is not yet equal to agitation , Bave with his shrewd and sensible pen . I could not help thiukmg that most of the parsons present at thfl meeting must bare come from the country ; for the cockneys are for the most part capable of nothing but dumb shows . But London will soon take her proper position at the bead of the movement—as soon , at least , as Feargus
  
  O'Connor is liberated—and then loryiBin and Whiggism will flee away like hideous shadows of the night . There can be no greater enemies of the people than those who persecute the friends of the people ; and does Lord Normanby think that the people who pay for his support , will ever forget his abuse of power , or forgive it f No ; they would be enemies to themselves if they did . Lord Normanby has sought to degrade O'Connor , not only jn the esteem of the public , but in his own esteem . His efforts , however , have only tended to disgrace biiose ] f and to make more honoured and beloved , and likewise more powerful , the man of the people . The poor , ephemeral lord will shrink like an insect in the patriotic breeze which will shortly , Boreas-like , be blown by tho mouth of the great giant of Chartism . J . W . London , Feb . 16 th , 1841 .
  
  BRADFORD . —National Charter Association Coukcil Meeting . —The members of the Council met , aa usual , on Saturday evening last , at tho chapel , in Long Croft place ; Mr . Hird in tbe chair . The business commenced by the Secretary reading over . the correspondence be bad received during tho week . A letter waa read from Mr . Brepty , Dublin , stating the progress of the Charter Association in that city , and their , intentions of holding a public meeting . The following Council-men paid in the
  
  contributions of their members : —Mr . Qeorgo J . EUis , landlord of the Temperance House , Goodmansend , and leader of Ko . 2 , class , Is . ( id . ; Mr . Robinipa , Horton , 2 s . Ud . ; Mr . Wood , Smiddles , 6 « . 0 ^ d . ; Mr . Broadbent , Soutbfield-lane , 6 s . ; Mr . Eastwood , Bradford Moor , 7 s . £ d . The case ot O'Connor and Peddie was next taken into consideration , it waa unanimously agreed that a letter should be Written to Mr . Martin , to ascertain when he would bo liberated , and could be in Bradford . The meeting tot Adopting memorials was deterred until that period .
  
  BRISTOL . —Progress of CHARriSH . —At a large nictstiug of the West Eud Chartiato , on Tuesday evening , the 16 th instant , duly convesed at ¦ member ' s house , who had kindly tendered the free use of a room to the body , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —1 . "We , the associated Chartists of the West End , now assembled to consider it necessary for tho perfect union of our fellows in tho cause , that the city should be divided Into two or more central districts , each having its council , meeting room , and the entire controul of its remnant of the funds , to support the same , and otherwise further tbe progress of Chartism , united by the General Executive iu the national body ; we do therefore designate this the West Bristol and Clifton Division , extending from the lino
  
  of High-street , along tbe outer line of the Float , to Cumberland Basin , thenco along the river , to the extremes of Clifton and St Michael ' s Hill suburbs , to be extended , if desirable , at any future time ; and do therefore now form oarselvea into an Association for the above-named division , which shall be called tho West Bristol and Cliftou Charter Temperance and Teetotal Association . "—2 . " That the following be the pieces of membership : —I do hereby ple < lgo myself to use every moral and constitutional nieans to cause the People ' s Charter to become the law of the land , it being the only means of ensuring a true representation of the people in the House of Commons , by no measure short of which can the ¦ working classes be permanently benefitted . Temperance pledge : — -I do hereby pledge myself to tcinperauce in the use of intoxicating drinks . TeeUtal pleJge : —I do hereby pledco myself to abstain from the use of all intoxicating
  
  drinks , except in religious ordinances , or for nieiUclnul purposes . "—3 . " That oneovening shall be appropriated to political discussions or addresses , and one to temperance and teetotal addresses or discussions , alttrnatc-ly , " — 4 . " Tiiat in addresses , the speaker * may freely enter ink * the principles of the Association , but no member shall be allowed to impugn any of them . "—5 . " Kules of discussion must be agreed on between tbe disputing parties , previous to tha commencement of debate . "—6 . " That the recommendation of Feargus O'Connor , to petition against the New Poor Law , be approvad of ; that his petition be adopted , and the secretary prepare the petition copies . "—7 . " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to that undaunted patriot ; and our highest commendation for the noble and brave manner in -which he hss withstood his base , fienuish persecutors ; togf tber with our sympathy for his sufferings , which we long to see terminated . "—Correspondent .
  
  HAWORTH , —The good people of this town and neighbourhood are favoured , to their no small amusement , with the trial of a Monday evening ' s lecture , not every week , but once every two or three weeks ; a thing greatly to be wondered at , it being almost the first attempt that has ever been made by any of the scholastic gentlemen residents of the place . The more wealthy and more talented inhabitants of this town have , heretofore , considered it quite beneath their cloth to thus treat their uncultivated aud ignorant , but toil-worn neighbours with a lecture . Wht-n tiny of those learned scholastics have been unable to contain within their bosoms any longer their studied lessens , they have been sure to quit their homes , in order to lecture to , and surprise the inhabitants of some other
  
  town miles distant . But , happily , the time has now arrived for the poor of this town to be considered something more than mere uptight walking animals , for two resident geut ) em en , wJio are no ' smatterers in the sciences , ' are now ctmdeseeniUng to favour the workies , ' free of coinpuleory charge , with the fruits of their studies One of the gentlemen lectures on geography , and , strange to say , h » has discovered by his exquisite knowledge of the terrestrial globe , and his microscopic tracings of old and new maps , that the People ' s Charter is not to be found neither on the mountains of the earth , in its valleys , nor even in the remotest corners , either of sea or land ; and in the delivery of his last lecturo , he fell into a downright abuse , of both the Charter and the Chartists . The other gentleman is giving a definition of the aun ,
  
  tbe moon , and motions of the planets , in order to prove that Socialism is a false , atheistical , and infidel-like doctrine ; but his powerful glass has not pointed out Socialism , neither on the dark spots of the planet earth , nor any other of the planetary bodies . The good results that are likely to arise from the delivery of these lectures are very great ; as people who hear them are , by this means having sounded in their ears the words Charter , Chartist , Socialism , and iSocialist ! words which they haveneveryet seen in . their old dictionaries j and now a days when people get a scent ofsomething new , they generally trace on , and on , till they ultimately arrive at the truth pt the matter . 'How natural it is for tbe enemies of trujth . liberty , and jnstice , to be instrumental in furthering the cause they are endeavouring to suppress !
  
  LOTJGEBOIiCroGH . —On Sunday , the 14 th of February , tho members of tho Council met at tho Association Room , when it was agreed , first , " That a district council be chosen in the following manner : —LouKhborough , four ; Hatbern , two ; Mountsorrol , two ; Sheepshcad , two ; Long Whatton , one ; Sutton , one ; Leake , one ; Woodhouse , one . " Second , "That t > : e council meet once a fortnight , on a . Sunday evening at six o ' clock . " Third , " That at tho next nic tin ^ of the council , thu various class leaders are requested to bring their books for inspection . " Fourth , " That the council meet on Sunday , tho : 8 : h of February , at six o ' clock ia the ovening , in the loom at the Charter Hotel . "
  
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  OtOHAXW . —In . the afternoon , of Sunday last , a lecture was delivered by Mr . James Greaves , of Austeriandsj in the National Charter Association Room , Greaves-street , to a respectable audience , and in the , evening , a sermon was preaehed by Mr . Abel Swan , of Ashton-under-Lyn < 3 . The room was orowded to excesa . SB ' tbaETON .--The cause of Radicalism still flovmsheB in this district , and Chartist ' s / principles seem to bare taken deep root , and are beginning to exhibit signs of vitality , which are cot likejy to deorease until we have ushered in the full harvest bf
  
  tbe people's political and social redemption . A social meeting wm held in the Public School , which wan crowded to excess , and such ia the encouragement given to the committee oa all occasions on which they have appealed , to the public , that they have resolved to hold a similar meeting every month besides which , they intend to open a school , for the purpose of teaching poor children to read , on the moat liberal principles , so that , Protestant and Catholic , Unitarian , and Calvinist , may hVro no conscientious scruples in sending their children to this Radical seminary .
  
  HA WICK . — The Hawick Total Abstinence Chartists held their first social meeting on Monday evening . The magistrates very willingly granted the u « e of the Town Hall , for the occasion ; a token of returning good feeling , which ought to be cultivated in every community , when it can be done without a sacrifice of principle . The hall was crowded to excesa ; in fact hundreds had to go away disappointed for want of room . The amusements of tbe evening consisted of songs , recitations , and original addresses ; with ail of which the numerous and respectable audience , appeared to bo bigbly
  
  delighted ; and though tbe thing was entirely new to almost » 11 who contributed to the happiness and instruction of the meeting , still the manner ia whioh tbey _ performed ¦ their several parts , was highly creditable to them , and deserving of much praise . The Hawick instrumental band kindly offered their services gratis , and by their very effective performance , of many of our national , and other airs , contributed in no small degree to tbe evening ' s entertainments . The whole was conducted with the utmost propriety , and a more harmonious and agreeablo meeting , it is scarcely possible to conceive .
  
  MANCHESTER . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Butterworth delivered a lecture in the Tib-sireet Association-room , to a numerous assembly . Ho proved to the satisfaction of . : » ll present , that the labouring people , who were unprotected , were , in every sense © f the word , slaves . Mr . Tilman gave a lecture in Brown-street , East-Manchester , and our talented friend , Leech , lectured in Salford , in this district . The cause is very rapidly advancing . TOWER-HATttL ^ TS . —At a meeting of tbe National Charter Association , held at tho Bricklayer ' s Arms , Waterloo Town , on the 9 th insfc , after the appointment of officers for the county council , &c , a vote ' of thanks was unanimously given to Messrs . Seal and Markham , for their mauly and noble conduct in refusing , to demean themselves by
  
  holding any conference with the cowardly tratturr , Dan O Connell . On the 14 th , another meeting was held in consequence of Mr . Joseph Hume having sent the association three supplements to the Spectator , tor 2 nd January , 1841 , and a copy of bis intended Household aud Room Suffrage , when Mr . John Hover moved the following resolution , which was ably seconded by Mr . H . Wilkina : — ' That it is the opinion of the Tower Hamlets National Charter Association , that we will not support the Household , Room , or Lodging Suffrage , as proposed by Joseph Hume , but the Charter , the whole Charter , and no surrender ; and that we , the members , are determined to keep aloof from any agitation that has for its object ; anything short of the principles contained in the People ' s Charter , "
  
  CHESTERFIELT > AND BIUVYIPTON . —National C ' HA . Ritft Association . —A general meeting of the above association waa convened oa Monday evening last , when the following resolution was unanimously paused : —That as this association nominated Mr . George White , of Leeds , on the 7 th of December last , to represent Chesterfield and Brampten in the forthcoming executive meeting , this meeting is of opinion that it would be premature to elect any one else on the present occasion , aud regret so little notice should be « iven in calling the delegates together . Tehpehance , —Mr . John Williams , Mr . Allen Beresford , Mr . John Elliss , and Air . firery Broomhead , wish to have their names appended to the Chartist abstinence pledge .
  
  STOCKPOR . T . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Bair-. stow delivered a lecturo in tho Association Room , to a crowded audienco , composed of both male , and a large number of feinalr . a . The speaker produced a lasting impression ; and at the conclusion , a number of females came forward and enrolled their names as members ot thy National Association . A vote of thanks was given for his services , and a collection made toward * the support of tho cause , LIVERPOOL . —Opposition op the Town Council to the Chartists . —This town had been placarded , giving publicity that Mr * Bairstow would lecture in the Hall of Sek-nce , on Sunday morning . A number of the rabid Tory gang in the Town Council expressed their determination to put a stop
  
  to the delivery of the intended lecture . Mr . Rathbone , the ex-mayor , waited upon Mr . Finch , one of the principal trustees of the Hail , to apprise him of the foregoing conclusion , and statiiip that the proceedings might endanger the trust of the building , and wished him to acquaint the Council of the Liverpool Charter Association that , ' unless they withdrew tho delivery of the lecture , serious consequences might bo expected , stating , at the same time , his unwiliingnebs to interfere in tbe matter , and requested tha . t an answer should be given him previous to the next sitting of the Council , containing a withdrawal of the leoture , as he thought such a . step would best promote our cause . Accordingly Mr . Finch waited upon Mr . Bairstow ,
  
  and laid the circumstances before him , he himself coincided with tho opinion of Mr . Rathbone that it would be best to stop the Sabbath morning ' s lecture . ? dir . Bairstow then wrote a letter to tho ex-Mayor , who is a couiuy magistrate , stating that having ascertained that a perseverance in the annouueed lecture for Sunday ^ would bring them and tho Chartists into unnecessary and fruitless collision with the town authorities , that he understood there would bo forcible interference with the proceedings , and being wishful-to conduct all their movements within the limits prescribed by unjust laws , he consented to withdraw the lecture . Mr . B . in his lotti r to this gentleman , enclosed a copy of tho People ' s Charier : and , in return , he received
  
  frum the above gentleman , Mr . Rathbone , a courteous lettor , expressing hia grauiude to Mr . Bairstow , lor his gentlemauly conduot and consideration , in not persisting , and ho likewise expressed his approval » f the object of the lecturer , though he differed , perhaps , as to the means of obtaining it . Though the Chartists had consented , a couple of blue boitlea were stationed at the door of the Hall of Science , to prevent the people from entering . No one seemed disposed to enter into the vicinity of their precious eweases , but left them shivering from the effects of the cold , biting their Hpa , and writhing under disappointment at not finding prey for their malignity and uncalled for interference .
  
  Hall of Science . —On Thursday evening , Mr . Bairstow delivered an argumentative and eloquent lecture , in which he gave an exposition of the principles of the Charter , and defended them , seriatim , by arguments and reasoning in a lucid , masterly , and dispassionate manner , and laid open , in a 8 » yle of unbroken and majestic declamation , the present accursed system ; after the close of which he invited discussion , and challenged opposition , but no one seemed wishfui of entering the lists against this champion of the poor man ' s Charier . Tiie peaceable and crowded auditory dispersed highly gratified ,
  
  after passing a vote of thanks to the eloquent lecturer . Again , on Saturday evening , in the Hall of Science , which was very well attended , Mr . Bairstow gave a most splendid lecture on the benefits of the attainment of ihe People's Charter , on which he descanted vriih initiciable felicity , and of variety of illustration , and in a style of chaste , classic eloquence , and clear , profound reasoning , which reached every heart and convinced every judgment . Oa this occasion , several former opponents gave in their adhesion to our principles . A vote of thanks was suveu . to tbe lecturer before the assembly separated .
  
  SHEFFIELD . —We had onr meeting , on Monday night , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of forming rules and paying the firs ' ; deposit for the intended building ; but not having time , as we bad to close at sight , we agreed to adjourn until Monday next at seven o ' clock . We then commenced the business of the Association , and elected a committee to superintend the removal of the body of Clayton , to be interred at Sheffield . Names for our intended local organ , to the number of 360 , were then enrolled ; we shall see how many we get next Monday night , and then go to work . We admitted several new members . The Charter is becoming more fashionable in Sheffield . We return our sincere thanks to the different towns that have come forward so handsomely towards removing our departed brother , John Clayton , to Sheffield .
  
  BUSSAGE . —The Working Men ' s Association , formerly subsisting at this place , has been dissolved , and re-organized upon the national plan . Bussage is but a very small village , situate on the border of a large common ; tne extent of its population not amounting to two hundred , one half of which attended our meeting , being the first public Chartist meeting that was ever called within four miles of the spot . A few of the members from the S ' , rond National Charter Association attended , and the meeting went off with much spirit . Wo hava a licence , and a public lecture is delivered every Sunday evening .
  
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  ( PfiOM XHB LONDON PAPERS OF FRIDAY . ) HdUSE OF COMMONS , Thpesday . Mr . O'CoNNfcii . gave notice that , on Thursday the 4 th of March , he would move for a Committee to inquire into tije frauds practised in the number of stamps purported to be iBsued to newspapers in England and Wales . ; In reply to Sit H . Feel , Lord Johjj Rbssell said that the promulgation of the Union- between tbe Canadaa had not taken place up to the time of the departure of tbe last despatches , but Lord Sydanham confidently expected that it would bo promulgated oa the 8 th or 9 th of February ^
  
  Lord Eliot drew the attention of the House to tho report of a eomioissioB appointed in 183 d by the Lords Commissioners of tbe Admiralty to inquire into the plan of Mr . William Snow Harris for the protection of ships from the effects of lightning . The . Noble Lord concluded by moving an address to her Majesty to obtain information as to what measures had been taken on the subject . Mr , M . O'Fjjbrall conceded very considerable merit to the plan of Mr . Harris , and e ight vessels had been fitted with his apparatus by way of espe-Timent . He had no objection to the motion of the Noble Lord .
  
  Lord Ingesteie , read a letter from the Secretary to the Admiralty to Mr . Harris , declining to . give him compensatien for his invention , in which letter its utility was admitted . He feared there was some under current at work , to prevent Mr . Harris . from reaping the reward of the important service he had rendered to the havy , Mr . Wakburton said that after such a strong report from the Commissioners tbe plan of Mr . Harris should bo generally adopted in the navy , and fair compensation should be given to that gentleman for the invention . Sir R . Pkel quoted the opinion of Captain Fitzroy , of the Beagle , whieh ship was fitted with the apparatus of Mr . Harris , strongly approving of the principle , and bearing testimony to its practical utility in that vessel . Ha was of opinion that Mr Harris was entitled to receive a fair and reasonable compensation .
  
  Sir T . Cochhajje bad no doubt but that many of these vessels which bad never been heard of were lost for want of Such an apparatus as that of Mr . Harris . Tin ' s was the more likely when it waa recollected that a ship of war when at sea waa a magazine offering a point of attraction to the lightning . Sir R . Inolis supported the adoption of the plan of Mr . Harris . Sir C . Lemon said that , in addition to the value of the invention , Mr . Harris was between £ 1 , 000 and £ 2 , 000 out of pocket on account of the Gfovernoient . '
  
  Captain A'Coi / KT thought the plan should be at once adopted in . every ship in her Majesty ' s service . Admiral Sir C Adam admitted that the most perfect system of protection was that which ought w > be adopted , without reference to economy . Lord Eliot asked if the Noble Lord would state what sum the Board of Admiralty would consider to be a fair remuneration . This question . was not answered , and the motion , on . being put by the Speaker , waa agreed to . Mr . Pakinoton obtained leave to brinif in a Bill
  
  to alter the mode of electing coroners . The principal alterations he proposed were to shorten the period for taking the votes , and to have the light of voting the same as that which conferred tbe franchise for parliamentary elections . Upon tho second reading of the bill for conferring a pension on Lord Keane , Lord Seymour ,, in reply to a question from Mr . Hume , said there was no objection to lay upon the table a record of the services of Lord Keane . The other orders of tho day were then disposed of and the House adjourned .
  
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  Preparations for Wak in Fbance . — -The Paris papers of Weanesday , are principally ocoupied with . the fortification of Paris , which seems to liave become more than ever an object of solicitude with the Kiug . Connected with this question is the general armament of France , which those journals show to bo carried on with surprising energy by the pacific Soult-Guizot Cabinet , Our private letters repeat , that" tho extent of the preparations for war in progress in France wa , 3 evcu lass alarming than the unremitting activity , or indeed breathless haste and rigour , with which the training and exercising of the troops were carried on . A friend , just arrived from StTasburg , states ' -that there , at Mentz , and every other city or place in which 6 oldiers were to be found , perpetual drilling was observable , and that " already the troops began to sink under it . " Among tbe conscripts this was peculiarly the case In some district ? , one-eighth of the men were in hospital . —Times . >
  
  Austria akd Italy *—Our private letters from Marseilles stace , under date " Frontiers of Italy , the 8 th inst ., " that ' the preparations of Austria and the Italian Governments for war were complete , and everywhere on a large scale . " Spain . —The armed force concentrated round the capital would amount towards the close of the month to upwards of 25 flOQ men . The municipality viewed with distrust so large a concentration of troops , and some angry words bad passed en the subject between that body and the 2 > uke of Tiotory . The latter was Said to have replied to hia aides-de-camp , who urged him to strike a blow" The moment is sot yet come to have recourse to force . "
  
  The New Poor Law Bill . —A special general meeting of the guardians of the poor was held a Birmingham on Wednesday last , to receive a report from the Law Committee on the subjecl of the bill in Parliament for the further amendment of the laws relating to the reliefof the poor , and to determine upon the adoption of such measures as might be deemed expedient , A strong feeling against tbe biil was manifested , and a resolution appointing a committee to oppose the introduction of the new system into Birmingham was unanimously adopted . In almost all the metropolitan parishes meetiDgshave been he'd with the same object in tho course of tbe last week . _
  
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  CHARTIST INTELLIGENCE OMITTED LAST WEEK . BARNSZrSY . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists , held at Mr . Peter Hoey's , it was resolved —• " That we deeply deplore the premature and untimely death of poor Clayton , our brother Chartist , who has fallen a sacrifice to the malice and vindictiveness of the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ; and , to demonstrate our love of justice and sympathy with tho friends of the deceased , we earnestly request that all lovers of freeaom will testify thoir disapprobation of the bloody system exercised in the Northallerton slaughter-house , by entering into a subscription to convoy the mortal remains ol' the unfortunate Clayton to his native town—ShefBeld . " A subscription , in unison with the above resolution , was set on foot in the room , and 3 d . lOd . collected on the spot , with books open , in the room .
  
  WANTWICH . —At a meeting of the members of the Nantwich Chartist 3 ,. held on Sunday , the 7 th inst ., it was unanimously agreed that the address of the cordwainera and tailors of Manchester , to their fellow operatives of tho united kingdom , which was publiaied in the Star of the 6 r . h . of Jan ., bo printed , and the town and neighbourhood placarded therewith ; the . address to be headed in large letters , " National 'Charter Association , " and the rear to be brought up with the following : —
  
  " Tne members of the Nantwich Charter Association earnestly solicit their fellow operatives to come forward and enrol their names as members of the above association . " Cards of membership , and every information respecting the objects of the association , may be obtained by applying to the following persons ;— -John Tilsley , shoemaker , secretary . Hospital-street ; ' Thomas Allicock , shoema ker . Hospital-street ; Thomas Dunning * News and Periodical Agent , Oat Market ; Charles Hobson , shoemaker , Beam Bridge .
  
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  On Wednesday , tbe 17 th inst ., at the parish church , Eokingtoii , in Derbyshire , by the vicar , Mr . Stephen Ibotson , of CUevet Moor House , sear Wakefield , farmer and grazier , to Miss Oxspring , aaughter of William . Oxspring , Esq ., of the tormer place . On Sunday last , at the Collegiate church , Manchester , Mr . John Robertson , cloth-drawer , to Misa Elizabeth Mellor , both of Greenfield , Saddle worth .
  
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  DEATHS . On Monday , the 15 th instant , &g « d eighteen months and twelve days , Feargus O'Connor Foden , son of Mr . Peter Foden , of Sheffield , to the inexpressible grief of his father , who was prevented ; rom paying the - last tribute of respect to hia remains , by being locked up in York Castle , waiting to take his trial on a charge of sedition , conspiracy , and riot . On Saturday last , Fcargus O'Connor , sou of
  
  William and Amelia Wynn , of Kaistrick , near Huddersfield . On Sunday last , at nn advanced age , Miss Place , Skellbank Terrace , Ripon .-On Saturday last , at . Darrington , near Pontefract , where ahe had gone for the benefit of her health ; aj » cd 35 years , Rachel , the- beloved wife of Mr . Charles Child , architect , of Eastwood , near Halifax . She was univwsaUy respected by all who knew her . Same day , Mary , the wife of Mr . JonaB Lawson , leather-dresser , Otley . Same day , at Cnkehall , near Bedale , aged 76 , Sarah Davis . '
  
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- Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 20, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct844/page/5/

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