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      , a vo in-rsoi t ? the minds of our English * ^^ L £ r £ ?^ ow I shall the letter for ** ^ f tf ^ rate the mind * of their English and rStotWn- The honourable gentleman then read B : ^ , better and extract from the yorttmi Sfcw . jjufifl oWB * letter s ^ ^^^^ Mareh 9 th > mi > Yonr let ter came duly to hand , and , in " ^ SA orm yonthat the A ' ortte ™ Star net * P ^ fw aie CiJsrtirts , I doubt Tery much if the Enr hitf so zealous in the cause as the people in ^« rf lionshere * . I & « are you the Irish , at least * -JriM in this neighbourhood , were quite blind-* & « to the cause which the Chartists espoused ^ Trfreolated the Strtkem Star among tliem , and o * ^ V ^ e r b « e imbibed those principles , all the 5 * TT gBriaBd would not put them down . n& ™ * ' .. i am , Madam , " Tour obedient servant , 11 BERSABD M'DONALD . "

      Th » r = rood Chartists , is a present for you , better Jlfrelued onr paper with news of English and - ^* Qartate' triump hs . There ' s new ground , and iS \ teA * et ^ - Yes > ^ tiuit € Tery num JoTin S ^^ T rMnires to msie him a Chartist is a inow-^ Tof ia e ^ 1 J 115 * ' C ^ "" ' P ** ^ ' " ^ P ^ ^ ftff lading these extracts , the Hon . Gentleman JiLeiBi to s * y—There is no such town as Lougherea . S ^^ person tell ma -where the town o ! Loughcrea v i ]»« been looking orer the map , and I can no *•' ¦ jjjd oat the town of Longhcrea than I can find j ^^ rt am in Dublin . I want to know where tiere « rhsrdsm in Dublin ? " ^ fc s-ln Golden-lane . They meet there every i

      2 «* 1 *** J ^ _ ,, . ai- 1 J * jit O'CoxSELl- —They are Tery badly employed on »*» Ssteath siigflt , and I wish we could find out where iCr tre . Tne police will sooa find them out , for those ; Ss > £ j Unjs sell one another . This letter is dated j £ i loMherea , and Binned Bernard M'Donald . I j isi « eoold learn who Bernard M'Donald ia , and ] T 5 sEsl * lso iB 5 uire who the lady in Sunderland is— j J ^ jja a js Peargus himself . ( L ^ agkler . ) Golden- ; CT / wi Veen sp # ken of as the place -where the ; SSsS a ** -lt in there tb . ©^ emen usea to a jeeoni Voice—Perhaps he means the Repeal meetwf : hii tis idd yesterday in Galden-lane . \ ^! 7 voice- >" o ; I mean the Chartists . They meet ; j 2 e- ato-Use eTery Sunday night , but I do not know

      ^ r . o- CO 5 > -kli- —You dont know the home ! Per- \ w ^ jj jj onfflde a house they meet . If they do meet j tjlu , g Bvt be the poorest and most miserable dis- j rijTia the world . T ^ ere ii no honest tradesman iaV Q £ jbBt jnnst know there is a grea ; deal to be lost , « tad BOthinf to be gained , by associating with such ; na Tbe following iB the concluding paragraph in ; flTiraJie in tie Star : — " Glorious Ireland—she xs ; j » jia . At this hour of she day the Irish must be E-jjdDggird 8 if they are not awake . Glorious Ire- j ^ 2 , ibe ii awake . ' No more of our young , and bea ~ ; t 2-L icd Tirtuocs Qneen , and the fiaeat ministry that ireasd era saw ' . Humbug in Ireland is—glory be to I < ST « d th ™ fr % eternal thanks , to Tirtooos Father

      jteia *— irr&g of consumption . " There is the kind cfeadas wiih which the nnfortunaie English Charfcsa sKfcd by those men—by Feargus O'Connor and ej 3 of Oat kind—and thi = is the system they want to jj-K&see iato Ireland . But we will discoTer who EgS in Golden-lane . We shall take means ttat no Bbsr orboDest man will belong to the body . ( Htar . ) iitoXcTrj . ire &re bound to take some steps whh iavd to it , " for it ia an authenticated fact , that some C-tfim are endeaTouring to get together a meeting of the trades of >" ewry , for the purpose of establishing fyyam there . It is my duty t « warn tliem against isdi i eonnexion , and I now tell them that if they E 3 = riB : o sdt correspondeBce with the Chartisto of

      TT . rknA , thej are guilty of an offence punishable with tEiportation . iHear . ) In the next place , they inTolTe 5 ieas = lres in any guilt the English Chartist * incur . lorisstsEce , it is a matter of public notoriety , and of a ptbac trial , ttat tfce Chartists of Wales attacked t £ e fewa of yexport , with Frost at their head—and that Fxst & 2 d Williams were transported for the offence . SffT . if my man in Ireland were in correspondence at tis &m with the Chartisti of \ Tales , he would be nuty of the same treason that they were , and migkt be tasd ' here lot the offence committed by tbem , and execzjei . ll i * not neeeasary for a man to be present at a taacroni assemblage to constitute guilt—if he corres-TCKJi vnli those who are guilty of treason , he is an

      asasory—end in acts of treason , all accessories are cssaiered u guilty as the principals , and might be pu-Eished » eeordis ^ ly . ( Hear , bear . ) 1 liku to say little of ETgdf , l > ut it was impossible for any man to read tis miria in Feargaa O'Connor ' s paper btfore I went to Leedi , without haTing the impression made on his Kind that it was his wish that that Tisit should proT 6 e * t $ 3 \« j to me ; and I think I am not exaggerating thai I ay that his wish was , that they should put me to dai ; iond cries of " hear , hear . ") I am not exigtaSJng when I say that I wish the people saw those pipea , and they would haTe no duubt respecting his 6-ijaa . And then he fills his paper with the most hdisrou ! lies about himself , u well as about others .

      He is s man trio has a newspaper to enable him to paise imnself , and he does well , for nobody else will jois : him . . . Laughter . / He Ehonld haTe gone without paise otherwise . When the Ribbonmen were in the his of frequenting public-houses , and adopting the tnaii to be used amongst them , and taking their aiis of secrasy , I otbt and OTer again , in this txsl , cantjoned them against such illegal practices , and aid tka : some cf their own companions would soontr or li ^ r be tra y th em . My words haTe come to pass : tbfj h » Te beea betrayed , and have been punished for &ar -no&tion of the law . I now caution the people of Ixkad acanst forming any connexion with tie Char-Sra , for the moment they are guilty of a Tio ' ation of

      2 e liw they will be betrayed by them and punished , oS " iLai wretched wiTes and children will be left to te * s 3 tLe Eelancholy fate they will bring upon them-* & ?* . : Caters ., ! I trust it is not true that there is et body of Chartista in this country ; but tfcere are , I iii' » , ftrong efforts making to prevent the effect of Bs ffiOTonent in faTour of Irish manufacture . In the fat plate , workmen are coming from England to keep fcws the wages here . 2 Jy object in supporting the test manBf&eture moTement is , to increasfe the wages « f is opaatire , and those men are coming ftvin Engtodittstss we are adopting measures to enable U 3 to |« k their wiges . I hope , hoWeTer , that they will all pa ia discounteiancing interlopers . I trust , by-and-by ,

      Te will haTe employment for them ; bnt , until that appens , they ought not to be enconiage ^ to come over 3 * e to ran down the wages of our o « n operatiTeS . _ - «? -. ' The operates of one trade in England ( the ! K trade mace a sum of £ 59 and sent it OTer to procure * Krie of the workmen to preTect the manufacture tcrroBat from going on in this country , and to Obit them to keep the business in the bands < the English manufacturers . sHear , bear . ) ^ the Eaglisb . labourers want to get rid of Irish com-Jiia cE , let teem assist us in getting Repeal , and then »~ Irbi labourers will come home . I come back to ¦ aanim spun . There is no danger , I am sure , of the 5 ^ cf Chartism in Ireland , except the ProtesUnt take the for

      f ^^ it up on Orange plan . As the Jin&Lie , &ey will get good adTice from eTery quarter , "Kb lay aad clerical ; Md if they haTe been iniluc « d »> 3 in it , we will soon separate them from the filihi-» of physieal-force Chartism . What haTe the " •^ tuis u > oEer in sonport of their doctrines ? They * 7 tbey are for "Cnifersal SuSrage . They say that ^ 7 p enon of the age ef tweoty-one years should haTe TOA That is my opinion . The Chartists do not P Kjond ms in that . * Localise each man , aBd my fffioa i « » and I Mated it on oath btfore a Committee * . ' — — ^ «« 4 »¦¦* , " ^ a £ 4 w ^» ii w^— x \/> ** mm ^ & \ J I * fc b ^ - ^

      * ^ ^^ K i- ^ Hwise of Lords , that it tras my opinion , that f ^ J man should haTe a Tote who was localised . I am ~^ e Bi llot , as well as the Chartists . I am for elec-¦* *> istricti , u -well as the Caartists . I am not for r ? j ^ Parliaments , as the Chartists are , but 1 am for ^ SSial Parliaments ; and I woul d not q uarrel wi th yi S 3 ? 11 8 iK ) ut ^ di ffe re n ce ; and on getting Repeal .- ^^ ^ e Triennial Parliaments as the basis for ? - *« ttKction of the Irish Parliament ( Hear , and £ ??¦' ' J * ui for Household Suffrage as well as the wsras ti , and not rmiv « Sck , n tthsti rw >/ Tinifs 1 honss .

      ^ IT ?? ^ 6 lodg e * pennanenUy in a hous * , I think he ^^ text a Tot * . : Hear , hear ., So that in erery ^ fg ^ tnch ^ the Chartista adTocate for the extension &d i ^ ' &ea principles are in accordance with mine ««» = of this association : bat they go farther—* v u * for tit use of physical force and Tiolence , and »« opposed to that . ( Hear , hear . ) The Hon . p ~ ~™ aa concluded by moTing that an address be j jr ** to the people of >" ewry , cautioning them ^ t connecting themselTes witii Chartism . hlB ££ . . in seconding the resolution , said he : r *> aeer , Yt : lj under the impression that the death of ^/ rj * " " *** the object of Feargus O'Connor , U his ^« ant addrea . to the Chartists , and published in ad Vq ? ' ^ d fr om a conTersation which he ( Mr . Rj « Ji some Irish tradesmen resident at Leeds , that is . y Couiell was going into town in the eTening , ie rv t " 1140 Stansfeld 1 * botae to the public dinner , fcri » L e ) ^ ows ^ t it his dnty to pnt the Liberatw " ^ <> kis hands , as he had done at Belfast , ^• f tiie atrocious rabble of the Orangemen had ^" 7 saowoed stones into O'ConneU ' a drawingj ^ ^ for Chartism in Ireland I We don ' t think ^ j QeriTes ^ aea " amusement" from reading the ^^ of the Star . Nothing bui its increasing Wef ° ' " ^ e ^ T 6 & ^ of its doctrines , could fa . GICe < * eyen the mention of the poisonous * jJ ««> e , byM »« er DHL . | j * j ^* "e ill right . Chartism goes a-head in

      . ™ , tiiea , for ifc , O'ConneU' a satisfaction , we j p ^ Jj oar posseffiion , the letter of Bernard ^ T ^**^ of Longhrea ; we pat » C in the word , by JJ ^ fjad the old foo l thinks that the people will ^ 7 ^ by his artful folly of commenting upon a j ^^^ P ^ i eal error . If our " dear Ray , " at the ^ 6 cat « General , " Mr . Steel , will direct his Irish j - ** Leeds , to call at onr office , he shall C the ? , i £ tt ii jjf ^ y ' 8 naaie > which is not

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      T , Tt ^ i ^ ChartlSt 3 " W « Wa in Ireland by ^ hepobce ! Shame ! O'ConVell , shame upon you ! ' * iae We throw back the lie in your teeth , relating to the opposition of the English tradea to the sacciof Irish mannfactuers . Just one word to Mr . SteeL We bel ^ e he is a fightmg man , and we offer him a bet of a ten ponnd note that , if he says to O'Connor ' s face what he has coward-like , said behind his back , that Fearra 0 Connor will know what to « y , i 0 kim s JBrt * well as he knows what to say to those who would call the Irish Roman Catholic Clergy nicknames .

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      Mk . O'Cossoa has requested us to apologise for his apparent neglect in not replying to many Utters : the fact is , thai his sight has become so much impaired that it is painful to rente ; and fa has been ordered to abstain from both reading and icriting as much as possible . William Thom has sent us a sonnet , ichich tee are greatly desirous to admire , but cannot read it . Licisius Stolo . — He have not room this week . WlLLJA . il Pxrst . — We never see the Staffordshire Examiner . The man who talked of the Editor

      of the Northern Star being a Tory is a fool . Yeeitas . — We have no room this trcek . He shall hear from us by private letter . James Jack . — We are very sorry that the advertisement of the National Petition Committee teas some uay or other mislaid last week , instead of being inserted . He trill see it in our present number . Richabd Edwards thinks that " if the Charter was printed on a large sheet similar to that given with the London Dispatch ichen the Convention sat , and sold at a penny each , it would be of real utility to the national movement . Thousands of Chartists have never read or seen the Charter , and thousands of tur enemies kntw

      nothing of it . If it icas printed in this form , it trould be a family document in every Chartist ' s dwelling ; all would read , and , by being suitable for placing on the icali of an apartment , or in a frame by those tcho could afford it , thousands of our enemies by ignorance , would have an opportunity of reading our principles for themselves , and reflecting upon them . " We think so too ; the Charter cannot be leo well circulated , or in too many forms . West Bristol . —There is no such officer in the A ational Charter Association as Steward . Will Robekt Mayou , late of Coventry and Manchester , favour Edward Clayton , of Huddersfield , vlih his address .

      Co-qpebatio > " . —The address to the working men of the City of Durham ; and to the enslaved and overworked pitmen of the surrounding collieries , icas received too late for notice last tceek . It is much too long for our columns . If the parlies trill send a shorter tne it shall be attended to . ChaBTISM CaXTO . v is anxious to see a Chartist penny journal in Birmingham , with a circulation of two or three thousand a week . A "Wandering Chartist . —Our space is full . Bruits . — We have not room . D . W . —Our space is full . " The Patriot's Grate . "—Declined . Wm . Lotett . —His letter was intended for insertion , but shut out for lack of room . It shall appear

      tn our next . Eekattm . —In our last , the address of Mr . P . Sharrocks teas given " TO , Gin-street , " instead ofGanstreet . Cosmopolite— We see no good end to be ansteered try our inlerfermce in the matters to which he alludes . W . O . SrsEiTO—His letter was not received in time to be answered last week . A room may be opened in a private hours for a reading meeting on a Sunday evening , and the parlies may colled subscriptions for costs , candles , $ c without any license . It U perfecVy legal ) Mb . T . B Smith , newsagent , Leeds , a teetotaller of four years standing , and a stanch Reformer for nine pears ; Mr . Henry Jones , hatter ,

      Sallhouse-¦ lane , Hull , a teetotaller five years , and a Radical all his life ; Mr J . Bohnbroke , last-maker , Hull , a teetotaller four years , and a Radical nine years ; Mr . Joseph Scholy . tailor , Hull , a teetotaller three years , and a Radical of twenty tico years standing , desire their names to the Temperance Address . J . C . — We thank Mm for the "tract" but cannot notice it . He is not , of course , surprised at being refused admission to the ticket shoic—that is the use of the " ticket . " Don Jcan , Jcmor , —His poetry is a little too good for the devii ; " not good enough for the public :

      we have consigned ii to purgatory . H . Green . — We cannot interfere in any tavabbles . Daily Bread . — We have received a long letter Jrem ' the author of this pamphlet , a msmbrr of the anti-Corn Law League . We have not room for its insertion . Airn-ExTRATAGANCK either takes vs for a fool , or is that , or worse than thai , himself . William Beilbt will perceive that we have answered him elsewhere . W . II'Leop . —We have no room for Ms letter . John A . Lawsos . — We have not forgotten them . Edward Yiner . —Thanks . Gbacchcs . — We have not received his Chartist

      Catechism , that ire know of . James O'Hasa must stand oter . Bradford . — We do not think it expedient to comply with the request of a meeting extraordinary of delegates . There seems to be a good deal of personal feeling in the report sent to us for insertion , that we think should be repressed . Thomas Wood , Dublin . —Thanks for his letter : the facts contained in it shall not be lost sight of . A Constant Reader of the Star recommends , for the insuring of numerous signatures to the -iVfltitnal Petition , that every town should be provided trith its own Missionary , to be called a ' Home Missionary ; " very large ttums and cities should be provided icith two or three , as the extent of their labour might suggest . It should

      be the duty of these Missionaries to go from house it house , missing no rank or degree whatever , except such asjhey well know to be opposed to the People ' s cause . And let it be their duty to give a short , pointed , and emphatic description of the nature of the evils which afflict our country , and which will presently bring us all to utier ruin , if not prevented very speedily . Let them at the same time point out , and explain the People ' s Charter , as being a safe and effectual remedy for removing our present distress , mnd of establishing permanent prosperity . Now , lei this plan be carried out as H ought to be , in every city , town , village , and hamlet in the United Kingdom , and then I will venture to say that we shall have such a " national petition" as was never before presented to the British

      Government . Joseph Gerald Wagstaffe . — We have no room . Geosgb Styles writes u > that the Christian Chartist Church in Birmingham has received during the quarter £ 11 13 * . 9 ^ d . Of this sum £ 8 has been given to the families of the incarcerated , exiled , and deceased Chartists ; £ 7 7 * . to the delegation to Leeds ; £ 3 to the Missionary of the Church . A swn ( not calculated J has been devoted to the gratuitous education of 50 youths , in grammar and reading . The remainder { with - the exception o / £ 18 ttUl on hand , after clearing all expences , ) has been devoted to the spread ef " Christian Knowledge and Teetotal Chartism . ' ' He adds : — "Let us po on in the spirit of Cftrutian emulation ; let our motto be in the spirit of the Spartan ' s epitaph : ' He- wot noble , but Sparta had many a nobler son than he . '" Tie very cordially respond to Mr . Style's sentiment .

      GiuccHrs . —Yes . A Letter teas sent from this office last week to Morgan William , George Town , Merthyr . If it teas received , will thank him for an immediate answer .

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      Vt illiam Russell recommends every individual to g * every Monday morning to the Post-Office with a petition directed for some member of Parliament , taking care that both ends of the petition *»* y be open , that it may go free of postage ana _ to continue the practice of thus petitioning individuall y every week until the end of the present session . It would doubtless be one mode of ann » ying the enemy , but to make it effective it should be universal , and peruveringlp persisted in .

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      POLITICAL PRISONERS' AND CHASTER CONTENTION FUND . t ^ £ s . d , FromMilnrow 0 4 0 ~ the Aberdeen Charter Association ... 1 0 0 ~ a Leeds friend 0 18 ~ a few Chartists at Bury 0 3 0 - Edinburgh , per W . Rankin 10 0 - Whitbj , per G . Wilcox 0 3 0 -. the Working Men at Caird and Co ' s , Greenock 1 15 10 -. the Working Men &t Mr . M'MUlan ' a , carpenter , Greenock 0 14 0 _ the working Men at Mr . Steel ' s , carpenter , Greenoek 0 9 0 ~ Ihickinfield 0 2 i - Trowbridge National Charter Association , per J . Moore 0 It - Mr . Hipwood , near DdTJzes 0 1 0 ~ the O'Connor Radical Association , meeting at the Labour and Health , B&Kfax 10 0 A . Z ., of Hull . 0 4

      FOR MRS . CLATTON . From London , per Mr . CleaTe : — R- P 01 0 X , eft at the Office 0 17 t Proceeds o f Neesom "» lecture 0 10 0 1 8 FOB THB WITES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS , liuw « r . j . Morrnn , arwro . ... ... o

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      CASZflSXiE . —CumberlandEastkr Sessions . — These sessions took place on Tuesday last , atCotkermouth . The attendance of magistrates was numerous and the business pretty heaTy . Th « following were the principal eases : —Charles Brice , 21 , John Stubbs , 26 , and James O'Neil , 16 , were charged with haTing feloniously stolen seTeral pieces of printed calico from CKmmersdale print-field , the property of Hugh M'Alpine and Co . The older prisoners pleaded guilty , and were sentenced to seTen years' transportation . O'Neil was tried and acquitted . Elizabeth Milburn , aged 28 , was charged with stealing a quantity of prin ed cotton from the shop of Mr . Tyson , of Cockermouth . Not guilty . Edward Fiinn , aged 25 , was indicted for stealing a

      woocen box , containing B » mo mathematical instruments , &c . —Guilty . Sentence to six montha' imprisonment with hard labour . —Hugh BrittoD , aged 30 , was charged with haTiug stolen one piece of fustian , the property of William Black , of Cockermouth . It appeared that the prisoner had the fustian in question in his possession previous to the robbery . The Jury at once acquitted the prisoner . John Itonelly , aged 56 , was indicted for having in his possession eighty-one pieces of counterfeit coiu , resembling shillings , well knowing them to be base . Guilty ; iwcWe months' imprisonment with hard labour , six weekb' solitary confinement . —Thomas James , aged 48 , charged with haTing obtained , under false pretences , a piece of leather , the property

      of William Lawson , of Great Clifton . Pleaded guilty . The prisoner was also found guilty of a second charge . To be imprisoned eight calendar months , four weeks solitary confinement . —Allan Latinier , aged 14 , William Grant , 17 , Henry Gibson , 17 , and William Furness , 16 , charged witn haTing entered the dwelling-house of Henry Graham , at Low Durranhill , and stealing therefrom oue pair of leather shoes , a china pipe , one earthenware cup and jug , his property . The . prisoners all pleaded gniliy . Grant to be transported for ten years ; Latimer twelve months' imprisonment , with hard labour ; Gibson nine months , and Furness six months . —Michael Coulon , aged 22 , and Isabella Coulon , charged with having stolen from the shop of

      Henry Whiteiy , in Scotch-street , Carlisle , six silk and worsted handkerchiefs . Six months hard labour . Michael Hain , aged 40 , charged with having stolen one bed tick , the property of Daniel M'Mullan , Botchergate , Carlisle . Sentence , three months ' imprisonment with hard labour—two weeks' solitary confinement . John Huddart , aged 40 , charged with having stolen £ 5 12 s ., the property of Joseph Maypop , of Broughcon . Sentence , six calendar mouths —three weeks ' solitary confinement . John M'Phearson was placed in the dock , under two indictments , charged wiih Btealing a iustian jacket , and a quantity of oatmeal . Sentence , six month ' s imprisonment—four weeks' solitary confinement . Thia ended the criminal business .

      Anti-Corn Law Association . —This body has published a petition for a toial repeal of the Corn Laws , which is now iu the course of signature . We are noi aware whether the same expensive means are being adopted for getting signature : ! as was done on a former occasion ; but of one thing we are certain , that without Buch means the number of signatures will be very limited . BXKOXTHGrSAOT . —Tempkrance Procession . —A large body of respectably dressed men and

      women belonging to the various Temperance Societies of Birmingham and its vicinity , walked in procession through the main streets of the town on Easter Monday . They were accompanied' by several bands of music , in military uniform , and made an imposing appearance . The most striking part was a waggon decked with ev-rgreens , in which was placed a lamb and several children in representation of shepherds and shepherdesses . The procession ¦ waa closed by seTeral respectable carriages occupied by their respective owners .

      SUNDEBIiAND . Mechanics' Institute Concert . —On Tuesday evening , a popular concert was given in the Assembly Rooms , under the direction of tbe Committee of this really useful institution . The attendance was excellent , the terms of admission being such as to admit working men , their wives and sweethearts , and the performance wa 3 such as to show that the people have now the capacity to appreciate those splendid compositions which in times past formed one of the peculiar and exclusire

      enjoyments of the higher classes , as they are called . This institution is really entitled to be called a Mechanics' Institute ; unlike many that usurp the title , it contains in the library the most thoroughgoing political and social works , and in tho news room , the Sla ? , the Dundee Chronicle , Chartist Circular , New Moral World , &c . which in ninety . nine out of one hundred of these Mechanics' Institutes would , by middle class committees , bo rigidly excluded . But the times are changing—the " day is coming . "

      BrRXkfXTKGHABZ . —The People ' s Hall of Science . —A procession was got up on Easter Monday for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the People ' s Hall . Several trades and friendly societies wok part in the proceedings . Col . Thompson was selected to lay the fione ; a ? ter which , addresses were delivered by xMessrs . Collins , O'Neil , and others . A dinner was then given to the Gallant Colonel , which took place at the Golden Lion , Aston-Ptreet , at which about forty-five persons attended . The usual toasts and sentiments were proposed and responded to , and the company separated at eleven o'clock .

      Elsctio . v of CinjRcnwardens . —A meeting was held at the Town-hall ou Tuesday last , for the purpose of electing churchwardens for the ensuing year ; Mr . Alderman Weston was called to tbe chair . The meeting waa addressed by Mr . William Martin , Chartist missionary , in an energetic and eloquent manner . In the course of his speech , Mr . Martin showed up the villany of the Church establisbment ; for which he was hissed by the Tories and loudly cheered by the Chartists . The meeting was adjourned to the following day . TiMPEiuKCE Tea Party . —A numerous body of teetotallers took tea at the Town-hall on Monday evening . Addresses were delivered by Mr . Quin , from Kidderminster , and other friends of the

      Temperance cause . ROCHDALE . —Osdxr of Royal Artists . — On Easter Monday , the anniversary of one of the lodges belonging to the above order was held at the honse of Mr . James Butterworth . si /? n of the Tanner ' s Arms , James ' s-Btreet , Rochdale , when upwards of fifty members , together with their wives and sweethearts , Bat down to a most excellent dinner . Tea Party . —A tea party took place on Good Friday , in the Athecasum , which was got np by a number of tbe members of the Mechanics' Institute . The object was to discu ? s the propriety of haTing a polytechnic exhibition , made up of works of art . About 140 males and females took tea .

      HAWOBTH . —Ancient Forestry . —On Easter Monday , the members of the Mount Ararat Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters , celebrated their tenth anniversary , in their Court Room , West Lane , Hawortb , when nearly seventy of its members sat down to ft most excellent dinner , in the good old English style , consisting of roast beef and plum padding , which -was provided by a committee of management , and well cooked by their wives , which reflected on them the highest credit , and gave great satisfaction to the members . Amongst other things that passed at the meeting was , "That the Court Room be lent for lecturing in to all parties , whether religious , moral , scientific , political , or any other branch of usefulness . " The eTeniDg waa spent" in the greatest good humour till ten o ' clock , when supper was announced , and partaken of b nearly all the members , after which the company broke up in decorum and sobriety .

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      Coventry . —Mr . Martin will attend at Coventry on Monday next , the 19 th of April , and Tiait other towna in due order . Waterloo Town . —On Sunday next , Mr . Wall will lecture at the Bricklayers' Arms , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , on the funding system , to commence at seven o ' clock . East London Democratic Association . — -Mr . Edward Pickersgill gave notice of motion for next Sunday evening ' s discussion , on " the best and easiest means of obtaining the People ' s Charter . "

      JdEaTHYB TYD"m ( GLAMOBflANSHIREt . —A df « - cussion will take place at the Working Men ' s Association Koom . The question to be discussed—" What are the reasons that the middle classes will not join with the working classes in their desire forSeform ? " It is also proposed that a short explanation of the globe , in Welsh , be given for the benefit of the members . Belper . —Mr . Bairstow , the Chartist lecturer , will lecture at the following places in the ensuing week : — Holbrook , on Monday , April 10 th ; Alfreton , Tuesday , 20 th ; Swanwick , Wednesday , 2 lst ; Heage , Thursday , 22 nd . ; Belper , Friday , 23 rd ; and Milford , Saturday , 24 th . A delegate meeting will be held at Belper , on Sunday , 25 th April , at ten o ' clock in the morning , at the house of Mr . James .

      Lambeth . —A . dissuasion -will take place " on the merits of the new plan ef organisation , "at 54 , Welletrow , Duke-street , Waterloo-road . Leicester , —The 'Chartist discussion section * meets to-night ( Saturday ) , in the room at AH Saints' Open . Mr . Cooper preaches in the same rooms on Sunday evening . The general financial business of tne society will be transacted on Monday evening . The 'Chartist teetotal section' meets on Tuesday evening ; and tbe 'Chartist musical section' meets on Wednesday evening . Sukderlahd . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Binns Wilt lecture at the l * ir © -boat Boon , »» a , in the evening , Mr . Williams in the Co-operative Half . Durham . —Mr . Deegan will lecture here on Monday evening , at Mr . Bradford's .

      SOWERBY . —Mr . John Arran , the West-Riding Lecturer , will deliver a lecture in the Council-room , Sowerby , on Sunday week , at ten o ' clock in the morning , also at six o ' clock in the evening . Stroddwater . —Public meetings are to beholden in tbe Chartist-room , lately the Renter ' s Chapel , at half-past six in tbe eTening of Saturday the 24 th inst ., to petition Parliament for the release of political prisoners , and to elect a Delegate to the Petition Convention . Mr . Vincent lectures on the 25 th . Sildsed , near Keiohley . —A public . meeting is to be bolden here on the 2 Sth , to ad » pt the National Petition . Messrs . Rushton , of Halifax , and Kuowles , of Bradford , are expected to attend .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE WHITE CONDUIT LONDON AND SURREY MEETING FOR THE ELECTION OF DELEGATES TO THE CONVENT 10 N . RECEIVED . £ . s . d . Marylebone 0 16 8 City of London 0 14 0 Bermondsey 0 4 0 Walworth 0 6 0 Lambeth 0 10 0 Globe Fields ... 0 3 0 City of Westminster ... 0 5 0 Tower Hamleta 0 10 0 St . Pancras 0 11 0 BloomBbury 0 2 0 Kensington 0 11 6 Wandsworth 0 10 0 Finsbury 0 G 0 Westminster ... ... 0 8 0 ReceiTed by collection in room 2 4 6 8 1 8 EXPENDED . £ 3 . d . Rent of Room 3 3 0 Payment of 100 posters ... 0 15 0 500 demy bills 0 12 6 Advertisment in Star , post order , &o . 0 1 10 Six Boardmen , at 2 s . Cd . ... 0 15 0 Bill Sticker 0 5 0 5 12 4 Balance to be returned to mem * bers 2 9 4 8 1 8 Audited and found correct , H . G . Tver , ) A , i-, , T . Taylor . } Audttors .

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      THE WELSH VICTIMS . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —I beg through tho medium of the Star to inform the friends at Pontypool , Wales , that I have receiTed their petition , signed by 3 , 186 persons , on behalf of FroBt , Williams and Jones . It came too late for presentation , the House having adjourned . With their permission I will place it in the hands of the Petition Convention as soon as they assemble , or otherwise as they think proper . I am . Sir , yours , &o ., J . W . Parker . London , April 12 th , 1841 .

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      UNMITIGATED WHIG APATHY AND CRUELTY . " Children of the sun ! with whom revenge is virtue . " TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir ., —The following extract from a letter just received from Mr . Robert Peddie , will be read with painful Interest . His letter was delayed a few days behind the usual time , from some " scraps of poetry " which it contained , in praise of " the people's cause , " something similar to the Marselloise Hymn , not being palatable to his inspectors , which were accordingly obliterated before it was allowed to pass . I remain , respectfully , J . S . P .

      A WEEK . S DIARY ON THE TREADMILL . " On Monday , the 22 nd of February , afteT dinntr , I was examined by the surgeon , and reported fit for torture , and immediately put upen the wheel . My Bufferings were atill morn intense than before , which I find to be uniformly the case , whether from increased weakness or other causes I know not . That same night , after labour , I was so exhausted , that after several attempts , I ltft the greatest part Of my potridge untasted—bread I could eat none—passed a sleepless and painful night

      " Tuesday morning , so stiff and wearied , that it was with difficulty I got my clothes put on . At breakfast tried to e » t ; but could not succeed in getting one ounce of bread swallowed . At dinner could eat nothing . My suffering upon the mill intense . Having eat nothing all day , and being alarmed for fear of injury to my aynivni from want cf food , forced myself to swallow some porridge , and after repeated trials succeeded . The consequence was I sickened , and passed one of the most feverish and distressing nights that ever human being endured . " Wednesday morning , could eat nothing . At dinner the Bams . At night , after some hour ' s rust , managed to eat a small loaf of bread and some milk—passed a very restless and painful nigfet ; but slept about two hours . ,

      " Thursday morning , very weak . My suffering on the mill increased in intensity . At breakfast eat a few mouthsful of bread—at dinner the sight of food loathsome—aick—at supper could eat nothing—slept that night about an hour—extremely stiff and weak . " Friday , at breakfast could eat nothing . At dinner swallowed three or four spoonsful of soup , with a little bread , in the hope that my appetite was returning ; but very unwell , and Tery weak all the afternoon . At supper the very idea of eating sickening . Passed a very restless and unhappy night " Saturday , the same . No return of appetite . Find it difficult to keep my position upon the milL Suffering very severe . Weakness increasing fist " Sunday morning , very unwell . Bat no breakfast At dinner less exhausted . Eat a small portion of food . At supper still very unwell ; but with difficulty eat vaj porridge .

      " On Monday morning felt rather better from the Sunday ' s rest , he . Employed , with about a dozen other persons , in scraping the brick walls , and limewashing tna prison , which , although confessedly bard labour , yet I both eat and slept well after it , and find that I can do as much work , to tbe fall , as any of my follow slaves , from which fact one of two things i « cruelly evident , that either the treadmill is an instrument of punishment wo barbarous as to render its use disgraceful to a Christian country , or that my frame is so peculiarly constituted as to reader that a torture to me which is only hard labour to others .

      " It mast be obvious to all , who may learn the fact , that my apprehension of a fatal termination being put to my life by the operation of tho mill Ui anything but imaginary , as it is impossible for any human being to survive many weeks such torture as I have above but Tory faintly described ; nor would it have been likely that I could have been able to have kept hold on tne mill many days longer , a fall from which most likely would cause a fractured skull , or a broken limb ; and such is the suffering state of my mind and body when on the mill , that such an event tuts ceased to be a matter of apprehension or alarm . " Thanks to the printing press , and the rapid spread of knowledge amongst the masses , the operation of

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      the spy-system can no longer be kept secret ; our histories most one day be known , and when known c * nnot fail to produce in the public mind are-action unfavourable to our persecutors . Indeed , I am of opinion , that already a considerable portion of public notice and sympathy is obtained for us and oar sufferings , that , as time rolls on , will increase , and the Government itself has provided the means of all others the best adapted , of keeping the public mind once directed to our case to be agitated for years . Martin , a man Of talent and persenal bravery , with others , is now at liberty ; and it ia likely that he will exert himself to make the case of bis fellow sufferers known—in a few months more Vincent ( already ) and others , all

      men of talent , will be freed from bondage—the agitation , in the common course of things , will roll on , and , I doubt not , will , like ths snow-ball , increase as it goes . In six or seven months O'Connor , of himself a host , and a multitude of more will be added to the list ; and , if God in bis infinite mercy spares mo to see the expiry of this imprisonment , in two years another humble instrument will be added to the number . And thus has the Government provided for three years agitation , by the end of which I give them leave to reckon the profit , and by which time , I doubt not , every highland glen , lowland valley , hamlet , town , city , and village , in our native land , will ring with the story of our woes and wrongs . " Robert Peddje . " " Beverley House of Correction , 2 » fch of March , 1841 . "

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN MT Friends , —During a long protracted illness through the winter , it has afforded me peculiar pleasure to read In the columns of your own Journal—the Notthern Star , the records of your victories over the Household Suffrageiata at Leeds , and the Leaguers in London . I have also been highly gratified at the reports of the triumphal receptions which you have given to those champions of your cause who have Buffered in your service ; With respect to Martin , there is little donbt that an

      action would lie against the Governor of the prison for putting him on the treadmill , and for every hour be was confined in the dark hole for refusing to comply with this unjust demand , as though a particular Act of Parliament gave power to the magistrates te put certain prisoners to hard labour , though not sentenced to the same ; yet it is clear the intention of the Act contemplated only such hard labour aa would be of a remunerating character , which it would be incumbent on the Governor to shew that the labour of the treadmill was .

      I lejoice to learn that Carrier is at length off the treadmill . I trust , through your exertions , Peddie also will be soon delivered from this inhuman torture . Ik will be to the lasting disgrace of the present Ministry , that the future biographer of the " poet , Peddie , " will have to record that he suffered worse treatment at Beverloy , under a Whig Government , than the " poet , Montgomery , " did at Sheffield , or the " jpoet , Leigh Hunt , " in London , from a Tory Administration . It is moat gratifying to find that O'Brien is not forgotten by you , and that a fund is raising to purchase and present him with a printing press and type . This is as it should be and is due to him by the people , in grateful remembrance of the editor of the Poer Han ' s Guardian .

      And now , what in to be done for O'Connor f The position which he occupies , and his unwillingness to accept anything of a pecuniary character from the people , might render it difficult to mark your sense of his bervices in an especial manner . Might not , howevur , a fund be raised , to be called " The O'Connor Fund , " with a view to bear his expenses in getting into Parliament ? That is the place for him ; for while he is one who would never shrink from meeting you in your popular assemblies , his presence in Parliament would quell the enemies of the people , and in five years would , 1 have little doubt , moke the House too hot for some of tbe officials . Persevering ia purpose , and ready in mental resources , ha would know how to fight the forms of the House against its votes and , Fabiuslike , would even win the victory cunctando , by delaying all other business till tbe people ' s rights ore conceded .

      Such a fund would enable each of yon to mark the high sense you have of his past services and sufferings , and would do honour to him , while it would really benefit yourselves * I am , Dear fellow-countrymen . Your faithful friend , William Villieks Sanket .

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      CHARTIST PERSECUTION IN IRELAND . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Liverpool , April 12 th , 1841 . Sir , —I send you for insertion a verbatim copy of a letter which I received last week in answer to a communication from me , from my friend and fellow labourer in the cause of democracy , and which I conceive to be my duty to make public , having his consent to that effect , as showing , in true and nut ordrcbar ^ eti colours , the amount of assistance wh /' ch we , in our endeavours to procure the establishment of the principles of the People ' s Charter , may calculate upon from those who , by a system of legalised robbery , have contrived to attain a step higher in society than ourselves , and a junction with whom some parties whom I would still wish to believe honest , ore in a pains-taking-way thrusting upon us for our adoption .

      I can scarcely trust myself to speak on the conduct of him , who in bis capacity as a minister of Gad , and a pastor of that church to which I myself , ia common with my warm hearted and noble minded friend Mellon belong , has felt it to be bis duty to hurl his denunciations publicly from a spot which is held to be God ' s sanctuary , and dedicated to the worship of the Most High , against ene whose only crime was asserting that man stood equal with man in the presence of his Creator , as the common Father of the human family .

      Your readers can , I have no doubt , remember two letters which appeared in your paper last November , from Mr . Mellon , detailing tue conduct pursued toward his aged mother by the shopocrats of Antrim , at whose instigation Lord Ferrard withdrew the paltry pittance of two shillings per week , which she waB in the receipt of since the death of her husband in 1828 , who was killed in Lord Ferrard ' s service in that year . And in the Star of March the 21 th , a correspondent offers a suggestion to the managers of the Victim Fund with regard to the propriety of placing Mrs . Mellon on the list of recipients from that fund—say the payment to her of the two shillings weekly , of which sho was bereft , in consequence of her sun ' a disinterested advocacy of democracy , a suggestion which was fully in accordance with the feelings of all who had the pleasure of knowing him . Belfast , April 4 th , 1841 .

      My dear Friend , —Perhaps by the time you will have pronounced a verdict of ingratitude or neglect against me for not answering your letter before now ; tho fault was not mine , as the following will show . Your letter went to Antrim as directed ; after considerable delay , whether intentional I cannot say , but I received it unsealed , and very much soiled ; and , from the Chartist labels beiug attached outside , I have no hesitation in saying , waa read by every established tyrant from Dublin to Antrim . My dear Friend , —Since I last wrote to you , I have been harassed and persecuted beyond description ; the enemies of popular rights having employed all and every means to crush me ; having succeeded in their first attempt , and finding it far short of the accomplishment of their object , they set again to work . They prevailed upon Lord Ferrard to eject my mother

      from the house which she had occupied for twenty years , and they so arranged affairs , that she could not procure another in Antrim , enly on condition that I should leave the town . As matters stood , I chose the alternative ; and , O heaven , M'Cartney , can you believe it , I was denounced from the altar , yea , that same altar , at which , from my childhood , I bad worshipped my God . Yes , I was denounced , together with my principles , as being base and disastrous to the welfare of the state , and subversive of civil order . If the desire to see God ' s creation happy , be tinged with these qualities , then am I the offender . If the desire to see my beloved country rescued from the vultures who feed and fatten on the misery they create ; who riot in the blood-sweat of her toil-worn sons , be a crime , then am I a criminal ; but no , I glory in my principles ; in my position as an Irishman determined to be free .

      My dear Friend , —Since my country struck for her liberty , in 1798 , to the present moment , never was a man more relentlessly and determinedly persecuted , than I have been by tbe bloodsuckers of Antrim , and none , permit me to say , more respected by the intelligent of my own order . I ' ve a sigh for those that love me , A smile for those who hate , Whatever sways above me , I ' ve a heart for any fate . I have at present no settled residence , having left my home two months ago—aa exile , a wanderer , in the land of my birth , " my hopes and my home . " But all the tyrants have done , and all they can do , shall set prevent me struggling for my liberty , and that of my fellow man .

      In embarking in our good ship the Charter , I said , that amongst the craw I should , at least , do one man ' s duty , and that I shall do , alike regardless of lordly , lay , or clerical intolerance . My respect * to all the members of the Association , whilst I remain , Your Brother in the cause of the Oppressed against the Oppressor , Francis Mellon . To Mr . Bernard M'Cartney , 16 St . Jaines'B-sfcieet , LWerpooL

      Your insertion of tbe above will much oblige one who can with difficulty master his feelings whilst perusing a simple narration ot auch cold blooded atrocity . Yours , ia the cause of Democracy , Bernard M'Caktnit .

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      PROH OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . - Wednesday Evening , April Ulh . The Petition Committee held their weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-Iauo , Mr . Mills i » the chair . It waa moved and and carried , " That Mr . Duncombe , M . P . be instructed to move in the House of Commons for the returns Darned in the Northern Star of Saturday last . " The Secretary ( Mr . Balls ) read the following communicauon , handed in by Mr . Cleave , from Mr . Duncombe , in answer to the Memorial on behalf of Carrier , which the Committee had sent him for presentation to the Marquis of Normanby ' : — " The Albany , April 7 . " Dear Sir , —Immediately after the receipt of your Memorial I went to the Home Office , and said and did all I could in favour of William Carrier : but . I am sorry to find my intercession has been unavailing aa the enclosed will prove . I remain , yours faithfully , " Mr . John Ckava . " " T . S . Duncombk .

      REPLT . « Whitehall , &ih April , 1841-11 Sir , ~ With reference to the Petition whi « h you presented respecting tha treatment of William Carrier , who is confined in the gaol at Salisbury , under » sentence of two years * imprisonment for sedition , I am directed to acquaint you , that the Marquis of Normanby bas considered the petition , but does not think it advisable to giTe any directions as to the treatment of Ihe prisoner in that gaol . " I am , sir , your most obedient humble servant , "S . M . Phillips" T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . " Several petitions were received by the Commit&e © previous to adjournment . "

      Hobrible Death . —Yesterday afternoon , between five aud six o ' clock , a dreadful accident occurred to a young man named Hezekiah Gage , twenty-five years of age , in the employ of Messrs , Bicknell and Co ., sperm-oil manufacturers , NewinKton Butts . He was superintending a large cauldron of oil inj a boiling state , -when he fell into it . His screams attracted the attention of his fellow-workmen , and as soon as possible he was extricated ; but in such J * shocking state , ihat they were obliged to convey him to Guy ' s Hospital in a blanket . Upon being divested of his clothes , portions of his flesh came away with it , and his whole bodjr presented a most dreadful spectacle . He lingered in the most exoruciatiug agony till midnight , when he became totally insensible to pain , and early this morning the friendly haud of death relieved aim from further suffering .

      Violent Assault . —At the Brentford Sessions , yesterday , a young man , named Thomas Silvester , was brought up for re-examination ou a charge of having assaulted a policeman , named Beechey , T 182 , with intent t . o murder him . The prosecutor ' s head bore marks of violent beating , although the assault was committed more than a week ago j and he appeared altogether in a very weak state . Ho deposed that between one and two o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday * the 6 th instant , whilo on duty at Hounslow , he found the prisoner in the act of robbing a garden ; and on attempting to take him into custody , the prisoner assailed him with some heavy instrument , which rendered him insensible . When he came to his recollection , ho found himself upon the ground against some palings , his head and side

      being much injured , and blood flowing profusely from a cut at the back of his head . Assistance shortly arrived , and he was remoTed to a doctor ' s ; he had kept his bed ever since , and was still under the surgeon ' s care . The above evidence was corroborated by two other policemen , one of whom arrived just in time to capture the prisoner after the deadly assault had been committed , and the other found a neckerchief and horse ' s mane-comb in the garden whence the prisoner had emerged on being apprehended in the "first instance . These the prisoner acknowledged to be his , though he said nothing in his defence , beyond the statement that he was intoxicated ; and he was committed forthwith to New * gate , on the capital charge of assaulting , -with intent to kill , a peace-officer in the execution of his duty .

      Another " Lame Duck , "—Mr . James Clark , one of the official assignees of the Bankruptcy Court , upon being called upon to go through his accounts , has bolted . " His defalcation , however , is very small ; not more than £ 7 , 000 . He is not at present known to have been engaged in speculations ; and his defalcations have arisen from taking a little aud a little at a time , as any temporary emergency pressed . DEsmOTittt * and Death . —An " inquesb was yeBterday held before Mr . Wakiey , at Marylebone workliouse , on the body of Elizabeth Reed , aged £ 0 , a widow , who was iu expectation of coming to a great deal of property . On Tuesday ( yesterday se ' nnighi ) , she called ou a poor Irishwoman , named

      Martin , at 4 , Gray ' s Bmildinge , Duke-streec , Manchester-square , to whom she was known , but who had not seen her for six months previously , and asked her if she would let her stretch herself upon her bed , as 'she had pains in her head and stomach . The poor woman consented , and the deceased then added that she was half famished , that for two days she had only had one potato , and soyeral other days had gone entirely without breaking her fast . Mrs . Martin gave her some tea , and bread and butter , and allowed her to stop with her all night . In thomonr iDg she also gave her some breakfast in bed . shortly after which the deceased said she felt

      very bad , and , immediately clasping her hands , raised them above her head , aud screamed violently . The poor woman , conceiving her to be in a fit , raised an alarm , when a surgeon v ? as sent for , who , on his arrival , pronounced life to be extinct . The body was than removed to the workhouse . On searching the clothes of the deceased , only two halfpence were found . While the poor woman was making the tea , the deceased exclaimed , " I have not one friend upon earth . " The jury , after some discussion , in . the absence of further testimony , returned a verdict , "That the deceased died in a fit , wnich , whether produced by natural causes or otherwise , there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "

      On Fridat aftehnoon last , four children were sent out for a walk , when , finding the doors of Shoreditch church open , they walked in , and witnessed the ceremony of baptism , after which they sat themselves quietly in a pew , thinking to hear tKe afternoon service , when they were surprised at the shutting of the doors , for which they immediately made , but too late to make themselves heard . Finding themselves thus secured , they betook themselves to the vestry room , where they found a fire , and inspected the clergyman ' s wardrobe . They lulled the two youaeest to sleep , giving them some stick liquorice and some holy water , which they found in the sacred vessel that had recently been used . Thus they passed the whole of their time , not any way uncomfortable b y their night ' s adventure , until tliey were liberated , about nine o ' clock the fallowing morning , when they were immediately accompanied home to their anxious and inquiring parents .

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      Explosion op Gas at the House op the Rbv Huoh M'Neilb . —Some operations have recently been carried on at the house of the Rev . Hugh H'Neile , in Roscoovmon-street , with the view of draining off the stagnant water which was lodged beneath it . For some days previous to Saturday last , a very offensive odour of gas was perceived by the inmates « f the Reverend Gentleman ' s mansion . On Saturday morning , an individual who superintended the formation of the new sewer or drain , was , with his son , examining the direction of the old sewer . They had a candle with them , and had just opened a passage from one of the vaults into the sewer , when tbe pent-up gas , which bad accumulated in the place , exploded . Both individuals were slightly injured . The explosion blew up several large flags iu a Bmall front yard where a pump bad recently stood over a well of stagnant water , and broke three or four panes of glass in the scallory window . —Liverpool Paper . '

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      Since theabove waswritten , we have received the Duilm Monitor of Tuesday ; and we perceive that Chartism sticks to the stomach of the hoary old traitor like an emetic . It is a bitter pill for him But he has discovered an antidote most rich and kindly in the " new move . " At his « Royal Loyal " meeting of Tuesday . Mr . 0 'Con * ell would take the opportunity from that spot of calling upon his countrymen in England totally to avoid any connexion with the Chartists . Their advocacy of Repeal would tend most to impede it , and THE SUCCESS OF CHARTISM IN IRELAND , which waffmnof

      sible , WOULD ALONE M \ KE HIM ABANDON HIS PRESENT AGITATION . ( Hear hear . ) He understood that there was an Association about being fvrmtd , at the head of which were Messrs . Lovetl , Collins , and Cleave—three of as good men es were in the community—having for its objtct HOCSRHO 1 D SCTF HAG Band SHORTENING THEDCKATION OP PARLIAMENT , and PERFECTLY VNCOKHECTED WITH Feabgus and his wild associates ; aad instead of impeding reform in England , this Association might be made exceedingly uselid . EXDes proper manage--J 4 K > T , ana tue K ' lmfancd Ot tne meu vniuto muuea lie mentioned . ( Hear , hear . )

      Now , then , is the cat out out of the bag ? Are the " New Motb " men satisfied with their distinguished and consistent patron ? and what say the people to the connection ? ! fg- so tne people see for what and for whom the " Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty Pounds , " are to be raised ? 1 ' .

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      DEATHS . On Monday , the 12 th inst ., in St . John ' s Place , in York , after a lingering and severe illness , borne with great fortitude , Mr . John Bridgwater , shoemaker , aged 46 years . Samo day , at Healewood , the Dowager Lady Stourton , aged 89 years .

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      TO THE , EDIT » B . QF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —You will oblige me by stating , as a proof that the desire to have a Petition Convention is generM , that the appeal I recently made to tbe country dis > tricta in this part seems likely to be well answered . * VesV Auckland has sent its share , £ 1 ; Bishop Auckland , 15 s . ; Sunderiand has already raised its £ 2 ; HosweU has sent 4 s . 3 d ., Stockton , Cheater-lo-Street , and ether plttcea are now collecting , and there is no doubt that , with the additional time now afforded , ample funds will be raised-I hope that the other places named in my letter will successfully imitate their brethren of Auckland and Sunderlanc * . I am , respectfully yours , J . WILLIAMS .

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      On Monday , the 12 ih inst ., * t the church of St . Michael ' s , Spurriergate , in York , by the R . Sutton , Mr . James Lee , of Leeds , butoher , to Anne , the second daughter of Mr . William Cobb , of Cleaves Grange , Londesbro ' , and widow of the late Mr . Albany MaKerson , of Knaresbroogh . On Saturday last , at the parish church , Otley , by the Rev . J . Hart , vicar , the Rev . Timothy Brayshaw , of Keighley , to Miss Brown , of Weatgate , Otley .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct851/page/5/