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      TO TSS EDITOB OP THB 50 BTHEW * STAB . Warwick Cowaij Gaol , Oct 23 rd . , 1842 . Deax Mb . Hill , —I an * happy to bear that yon are ¦ gain at that port which is bo essential to us at the ttt _ eat time , and a » you , or your readers , might not haw heard of the change which has taken place in my _ oirs , I take the first opportune of forwarding the TM «*> gMaT information . I was informed , en tfee 15 th , that my case had been rmend , by certtorari , to the Queen ' s Bench , on the wplfcation of my prosecutors ; I shall , therefore , be tried at the ensuing Assizes , and as I thought that the r

      county magistrates might be entrusted with power to take bail , I applied to Sir Eardly Wilmot , Chairman of the Sessions , to favour me with an interriew , as I wished to make an application to the bench ; I ^ u accordingly brought before the coirt , which adjoins this prison , en the second day of the County Sessions , ¦ whe n I -was informed , by the County Clerk , that my ease was removed , by writ of etriiorari , to the Queen ' s Bench . I then applied to the Chairman t » be admitted to bail , &ad was informed by him that the magistrates bad no power in the matter , that the application WCUld have to be made to the Judges , I shall , therefore , have to apply to the Judges .

      I have been scandalously treated by the Birmingham Magistrates , Upwards of twelve respectable shopkeepers and men of business , whose qualifications were beyocd doubt , hare been tendered as bail on my behalf , and were refuted . A true bill was found against me by the Grand Jury , for the Warwick County Sessions , on Wednesday last , and two true bills were fonnd by the Grand Jury of the Birmingham Quarter Sessions , on Saturday . I shall therefore , hare to face three indictments at the forthcoming assizes ; the evidence for which , as you will already hare seen , are of the most abominable character , but I bare no donbt of being able to procure sufficient evidence to proTe the falsehood of their statements , as I hare not made use of the language imputed to me by them .

      I am still confined in & room by myself , and am well attended to by my Birmingham friends , and also by the Chartists of Leamington and Warwick , especially Mr . and Mrs . French , and Mr . Donaldson of the latter place . I haTe been visited three times last week by Mr . Charles Thorpe , "who was sent here by my Birmingham friends to mallet every assistance deemed necessary daring the sessions ; I hare , therefore , no reason to « onrp . » in of neglect , and am Tery thankful to all my friends in the district for their kindness ; I bare also to thank Mr . O'Connor , who has liberally forwarded £$ to my Defence Committee . I am in good health and spirits , and remain , Tonrs truly , Geobsb White .

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      INCARCERATION OF MR . JOHN WEST . We give the following letter of Mr . West from the Evtning Star of Saturday : — Derby , County Gaol , Oct 14 . I write to apprise you of my arrest , on a charge of sedition . I was arrested on Monday in Leicester , and conveyed in custody of the officers to Asbby-le-la-Zouch , where I was lodged in the lock-up , and in the morning brought before Sir John Cave , at the Red Lion Inn , in Appleby . The first evidence against me , was Mr . George Outram , manager of Lord GranTille ' s coal works , who deposed that before the 18 th of September , his men turned out , and by persuasion , he got them back again ; that after the 18 th some of them refused to go to work again ; that there had been some Chartist meetings before at Grisley ; on cross-examination , he said he neTer saw me before , nor did not know that I 6 T@r attended any meetings in that neighbourhood . The next witness was — Charlton , a

      special constable ; he swore , that on Sunday , the 18 th of September , be saw me elevated above the people on a form , that there might be 150 people present We commenced with prayer and singing , then I took a text from the first chapter of the second epistle of Peter , fourth and following verses ; that I said man ; good things , but that at last I hunched into politics , and said the aristocracy axe our greatest enemies , that we must unite to get rid of bad laws and class legislation ; and that we must break open the locks of the prison doors , and let our incarcerated brethren free . On his crosE- € xunination , he could not remember any of the good things I had said , sad in tee quotation from Twinfr , respecting opening the prison doors , ( which is strictly figurative ) he -would not say that the imprfessioa on his mind was , that I advised the people to acts of violence , but ignorant people might think so ; there was no cheering or disturbance , aad the people dispersed quietly—another " special * confirmed what Chariton said as to taking notes .

      Sir John Cave « aid be did not know whether I wai a Chartist or not I immediately said , I was . Well , said Sir John , you have not disprove * what has been sworn , and I have no other course left but to commit yon . I said . I bad sot time to produce my witnesses , asd even from the testun « ny of the witnesses against me , there wax so disturbance , and the whole tenour of m / discourse was anything but of a seditious character . But it was no use , to trial I must go , and I then said I hoped he would not impose a greater amount of bsil titan a man in my situation eoold procure . He fixed it

      at myself in £ 300 , and two sureties in £ 100 each , or four at £ 50 . I hope my friends will exert themselves to procure it fer me , as it is a long time to lie in prison till the March assizes . The constable Charltan wished the magistrate to prevent me from taking out the copy of the depositions , fox said he , " he trill get people to contradict what I have ttcorn . " The magistrate very properly refused him , saying , I should have every facility of defending myself . I am allowed to write two days a week . In my next I will give you an account of the prison . Johs West .

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      TO THE EDITOB OP THE K 0 BTHEE 5 STAR . In the Slar of October 1 st , a letter appeared with the initials W . P ., on the propriety of the working classes joining the Con law Bep _ lers , as a means of obtaining the Charter . In the discuwion of this preposMon , W . P . does not argue for the nnion of these i—sses , m hopes ef any permanent good being the efect of a Btpeal of the Corn Laws ; but , on the contrary , after depicting the present condition ef the working classes in regard to the two great factions which at present rule the destinies of this country , he ¦ aya that a repeal « f these laws would bring immediate * ad inevitable ruin on the middle classes , ( to use his

      f ™ " »» & , } u they ( the Com Law Repealers ) expect Jf « it to have prosperity for ages , as they hope from " t ° g « their fa * v ^ oB onr necks , and as it will ( I am * J certain of uM fire burns ) assuredly tmndletbem into tee streets , let us by all means assist them to obtain it . Here it fa at 0 Bce observable . We are to join the Com law Bepetlen , as it means , to rain the middle classes ; _?» by granting them their pet measure , we would "ing than to the Charter . This is the basis of W . P . ' * Jfsn ment , vfe . the middle dsaea will not join the iroik-™* classes tOl they become lianned at their own sita-**«»• But to give the writer ' s argument it * full * Stt , what does it prove ? Just this—that the

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      middle classes will not go for the Charter an hour sooner than necessity forces them to it No ; our foreign trade ia already damned —the power of competition has forced the manufacturer to reduce his prices to the lowest farthing , in order to effect a sale , and in this be is uusuccssful . Warehouses are filled with the product of our labour , and the operative is starving for want of employment . Now , I contend the interest of the labourer and retail merchant are the sam * . If the labourer receives no wages , the retailer receives no profits ; if small wages , the retailer small profits . Thus their interests are co-extensive . I believe W . P . will agree with m » that the labouring classes were sever in a more miserable condition than they now are ; and this , according to his own showing , necessity being the basis of this union , it was never so likely m now . But suppose another portion of the middle classes were trundled into the streets , as a matter of course , their works

      would slop and a universal stagnation ( vi * the employers ) would foliow . W . P . cannot be ignorant that in all stages of the social condition of this country , the poor labourer comes in for the worst share . The eaptoyara for some time would procure food from the wreck of their capital ; and what , in the name of common sense , are the poor workiea to do , whose eating cesses with their employment ? It weuld be but poor gratification to me to assist in bringing about a state of things , reducing mysdf and family to starvation , merely for the parpoie of starving my former master , even supposing we were to start this hungry race together . Bat , savs W . P ., by that coarse we should obtain one of two good things , either the thing would be set at rest , or , what is _« re probable , ( as in my opinion ) the repealers are not sincere , they knowing too well wh&t would be the result , they would give up the agitation at once , terrified at their own success . This would pat thun to the test

      Here W . P . doubts the Biscerity of the League . I do know who tola Mr . O'Connor the mills would be all stopt on one day . Mr . Acland , the avowed advocate and paid agitator of the repealers , and for . what purpose ? Why to repeal the corn laws . ( But in this they reckoned without their host . ) Who refused to mix the question of the suffrage with the question of tiie corn laws 1—the League . Yes , they are in earnest , in right good earnest . To this fact the dungeons of England bear testimony . W . P . adds : —But let us not give up eur agitationlet us persevere with that , in order that we may farm a public opinion , that we may also be ready when the day of trial conies , in order that we may be able to take advantage of every , circumstance which offers in oar favour . .

      how , sir , I frankly « wn that I cannot , for the life of me , see my way through this strange plan of agitating for the Charter Suffrage ; either it is my ignorance ( being on illiterate working man ) or the quotation is void of common sense ; for if we assist in obtaining a measure which we believe to be fraught with mischief to every class , we shall certainly come up to the picture drawn of us by every Whig and Tory aciibe in the land . No , no , W . P . if we are to cultivate a powerful publics opinion in onr favour , in bo far as we divide that opinion with our opponents in the same proportion we weaken ourselves . Nothing is plainer than this ;

      to aid in repealing tke Corn Laws , is to lend ourselves into thejiands of our oppressors , enabling the capitalist to east labour prostrate at the feet of capital , and rivet the chains of middle-class despotism more firmly roand the ceck of the people , and then begin an agitation for the Charter . After sacrificing to much time , moaey , and patriotism , this is a most monstrous monstrosity . No , no ; W . P . it ¦ will not da In your second paragraph , in regard to the two great factions that rule our unhappy country , yon say , " Ltt them disagree about what else they may , they always agree about insulting and trampling upon that class which produces all the wealth iu which they waliew . "

      Now , here you are right ; the premises are true as existence itself , and the conflict is between a powerful public-opinion and the dominant influence of gold . If this ia true , your whole reasoning is false j the success of the people depends on their singleness of purpose , the strength of public opinion , and the power ol their organization . The two former we have ; the latter we want In your last paragraph , you pledge yourself to the Charter , even the very came . Bold there and heed not the factions . Convince the middle class of their interest by argument , and thu day is our own . True , we suffer at present by the iron grasp of tyrant power ; but this is no proof that we shall not succeed .

      I own it is sickening to bear of something called a constitution co-existing with a desire to murder those who have been foremost in tbe combat of right against might ; but so it has ever been . The tyrant ' s right to rule has ever been written in the blood of its victims . Its heraldic emblazonments should be s > dagger , a Bword , prison , rack , stake , and scaffold ; spon it a gold and crimson ground , with the motto , " Blood and gold . " Life without liberty is naught Let even martyrdom come while struggling for its achievment , it will be welcomed by the patriot , for he

      knows" They never tail who die in a great cause : The block may soak their gore ; Their heads may sodden in the sun ; Theii limbs be strung to city gate and castle walls—But still their spirit walks abroad . Though years Elapse , and others share as dark a doom , They but augment the deep and sweeping thoughts Which over-tower all others , and conduct The world at last to freedom !" S . K . Glasgow , October 10 th , 1842 .

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      TO THE PEOPLE OF TODMORDEN . My dear Friends , —I am bow at liberty again , breathing the fresh air of heaven I have been in the boarding school twelve days , and as a whole , I have nothing to complain of on my own accooBt , bat I do complain of Mr . Beswick's conduct towards my companions , Doyle , Campbell , aad others . - I am anxious to return my sincere thanks for the very liberal manner in which you have contributed towards my Defence Fund . The committee will israe a balancesheet before long to your satisfaction . The charge that was laid -at Todmorden is given up , for what reason I do sot know ; but I can say this much , and I tbiuk you will bear me out in it , that I used my influence to get

      the people to keep tbe peace , as did all connected with me ; asd how far we were successful is known . Yen are all aware that there was no property destroyed , or any breach of the peace ; and I think when I say that the peace of the town may be attributed to the advice we gave , I shall not be exaggerating . I bow wish to say a few-words to my most intimate friends the Chartists . Some of you appear to be alarmed at the present crisis . Lord Abinger ' s charge to the Grand Jury seems to have had an effeet . npon a few of yen ; but I am glad that it is only a few . Remember what Lord Abinger ssys is not law . If you have read the summing up of Tindal and Abinger , you will see a great difference . Oae savs that it is not his business to know anything about the political opinions of the prisoner , and tbe other

      makes the opinions part of the charge . My Lord Abinger , in his address to the Grand Jury , dwells at great length upon what he pleases to call the doctrine of the Chartists , and in that address he makes use of the following : —That they , the Chartist lecturers , used lanrjiage tfeat was highly dangerous ; and they strove to make it appear that the Queen lived out of the earnings of tbe labouring class , which was an j thing bet the truth ; and in tbe very next breath he admits that her Majesty lives cut of the taxes , and that sbe has a right to her salary . Now , I do not dispute the right her Majesty has to a living ; but I do dispute tbe right to tax individuals , UBless they are recognised by the Constitution , i . e . having a voice in the making and enforcing the laws , and the distributing the funds of

      the state . It is dangerous to let such a man preside upon the judgment-seat , who is too old and too great a party-man to do justice . A man named Knowles , who was tried fer breaking wood upon the Bolton Railway , was as innocent as a child unborn of the charge laid against him ; not that I say the jury was aware of it , but tbe very man that did the mischief was in the same yard that I was in , ai > d be has got two years' imprisonment and bard labour . He told me that Knowles , who has got transported for seven years , wss not there at alL This shows what sort of evidence has been raked up . Now , are you ashamed of the principles of the Charter ? I know that there is a great number will say , No , And if the question were asked , are yon ready to risk everything for them , the answer wonld be favourable . Well then , set to work

      boldly and determinedly , and do y « ur duty . I do not wish jou to understand from what I say , that yon are to do any violence , but to make use of every favourable opportunity for the furtherance of the good cause , and above all things try to make as many friends ss possible , and as few enemies ; remember that there must be mauy Chartists before there can be any expectation of tbe Charter becoming law . Since the commencement of the Evening Slar , you have opened five news rooms , or rather reading rooms , for I perceive that other besides political information , is being attended to . This is cheering . let but the labouring class get information , and I defy all the power of the most infernal tyrants to keep you in bondage for any . length of time . I see that there are a

      many in prison for want of baiL The localities to which Ihey belong ought to attend to them without delay , and sot leave a stone unturned to liberate them . Mr . Mooney was brought through Todmorden on Tuesday night , on his way to Manchester . It behoves every one to use his influence for tbe support of the victims . I am confident that my brave companions , who hare traversed , will do so , and I am sure that a great nnmber of my Todmorden friends will do their duty j and I hope all will , as heretofore , atte » d the Leetures , and enrol their names under our banner . The tyrant ' s watchword is divide and conquer ; let ours be union , and good feeling one towards ano-** H . B .

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      Tisit cv Loed Staklkt to Ibelakp . — Lord Stanley , who is now at Knoweley Park , is shortlj expected in Ireland , * n a viBit to his estates in the county of llpperary , —Pretton Chronicle .

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      ESSAY GN THE PRESENT SYSTEM , INTENDED AS A COMPANION TO DR . CHANNING'S ESSAY , ENTITLED "THE PRESENT AGE . " Great Britain possesses one advantage which Greece , which Rome , in all the plenitude of their power , sighed for in vain . Great Britain is detached and defended from the continent—we are surrounded by tbe sea . No wall , no mountain can equal this , our natural moat Tbe Alps , the Pyrenees , the Apennines were as nothing —they could not check the invading career of a Hanibal or a Bonapartfl , nor until she had a navy , could Britain repel the incursions of the Romans , the Saxons , the Danes , and the Normans , —but with a navy , a little navy , the Spanish Armada , styled the Invincible , -was defeated , and tbe Imperial Bonaparte kept at bay . And now what continental power will dare to cross our moat , to scale our cliffs , to penetrate into the bowels of our land ?

      The sense of security which onr insular position Iraparts to as , aa it renders life and property more valuable in England should make them be moru enjoyed , and indeed it is owing to this sense of security that our national character is more domestic than that of foreigners—that we are more independent We have been acenstomed to boost of ourGovernment as the best —of our social institutions as the most excellent—we are proud of regarding ourselves as a peculiar people . Trade , commerce , and manufactures have made us the wealthiest of nations—the sun never sets on our equatorial empire , and England we say is the glory and admiration of the whole civilized world ! True it is that she aeemB set apart a favourite Bpot in the globe—temperate is her climate

      —fertile her soil—corn , cattle , and all that is fit for tbe life and happiness of man is produced here in overflowing abundance 1 and , aa if it were not so , the treasures of other climes , of other soils , from the four quarters of the globe , are poured in our lap as from tbe cornucopia of plenty itself . Should not such a country—a country so advantageously situated by Providence—so richly endowed by nature—comparatively free from pestilential airs , earthquakes , or inundations —with a people the bravest the most skilful , tbe most industrious—should not Great Britain , esteeming herself tbe wisest , tbe best , the most powerful , not only be happy in herself , but capable of rendering all other countries happy—should not we Britons be able to Bet an example to all nations , and kindreds , and tenguea ?

      But what is the fact ? In spite of all that God and nature have done for us—In spite of all that we ourselves have done—in spite of the past experience of all ages laid as in a chart before us—the people of England are now , in the nineteenth century , the most degraded , the most miserable on the £ ice of the earththey are more miserable and degraded now than ever they were—nothing in nature is sunk so low . The Arab , tbe Hottentot and Negro , may all bless God that they are not Englishmen , Scotsmen , or Irishmen . But this is owing to the system ; let us trace that system to its cause—let us follow it through its effects . Government is in its own nature democratic ; if not of the people it is not true ; but we in Eogland exist under a mixed Government of conquest and usurpation .

      What is bad in our Constitution was imposed upon us by foreign fraud , toree , or innovation ; what is good was of native growth . The Norman bastard , who conquered our Saxon ancestors , and reigned ever them under the title of a Conqueror , strove to root out all that was English in tbe soil , and to plant foreign customs in its stead . His successors trod in his steps , and deepened the footprints of conquest and usurpation on English grennd . They were as arbitrary as the Grand Turk , whose will is law , whose word is death ; they oppressed even the lords , but oppression made the lords Chartists ! The lords united , and being prepared to take their rights—their rights were granted them—ths king signed the Charter . But the lords did but divide ki&gly power to share it among themselves ; it was not their purpose to free the people . The

      people , however , in course of time , freed themselves , and , under Cromwell , asserted their own sovereignty . But scarcely ripe for freedom , they suffered their leader to usurp a military despotism over them , so that , after his death , a re-action took place . Legitimacy came in again , and monarchy was restored in the person of Charles II . Grown wiser by experience , our kings no longer regarded the people as mere serfs born for their use , as a kind of personal property , goods and chattels or live stock transferred with the estate , the beir-looms of the crown—they no longer strove to rule by force— : fraud came into fashion—tbe senate was bought by tbe king , and the senate sold the people . Factions arose—the parties of Whig and Tory , who did not drive , but led tbe people as sheep to tbe shearers . Feudal slavery won abolished , but political slavery rose in its stead .

      Government determining to act in defiance of the people ' s will and in spite of their wants—the aristocracy with the king at their head , resolving to enslave the men of England , and to crush them so that they should be rendered fer ever unable to riEe again and re-assert their rights—saw that the first thing to be done was to disarm and disfranchise thorn—to deprive them of all means of offence and defence—of their sword , shield , aad Buffiiige . Accordingly an act was passed to maintain a standing army , which though not wanted to

      repel foreign invasion , was found very useful to keep down the people at home—and subsequently acts were passed limiting the franchise and extending tbe sittings of that body , which sits like a night-mare on tbe great body of the people . By these measures the men of property have been banded against the men of labour—the rich make all tbe laws and enforce them—what wonder that the idle eDJoy all , that tbe industrious suffer all , and that those who enj&y are heedless of those that suffer . The teeth of the British lion have been extracted —his daws torn out—he is chained and muzzled and

      given to a girl to be led about and plundered , provoked , tasked or knocked on the head just as the oligarchy please . Such is the origin of the system—let as look into its character . ( To le continued . )

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      „ v — GREAT FESTIVAL TO T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P . A Tea Festival was on Monday night given , at the National Association Hall , in High Holborn , to Thos . Slingsby Duncombe , Eiq ., M . P ., by a number of tbe liberal electors of Finstury and other admirers of that gentleman ' s political career , to testify to him their admiration and approbation of his ztal in supporting the people ' s cause in the Commons House of Parliament . The whole of the arrangements were excellent ; the tea , coffee , and . accompaniments were good and plentiful ; and to add to the amusements of the evening , an excellent instrumental band was engaged , who performed a variety of appropriate airs at the close of every sentiment , and at various periods of tbe evening .

      About 200 ladies and gentlemen partook of tea , but many more were present at the meeting after tea . Colonel Thompson was in the ehair , supported on the right by T . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., Mr . Thomas , the barrister ; and on the left by Mr . Norman , Jttr . T . O . E . Thompson , Dr . Black , Dr . Epps , Mr . Hodgkin , dec ., he The cloth having been removed , and tbe speakers adjourned from the body of the Hall to the platform , — The Chairman said that they were met on no ordinary occasion , and in no ordinary times ; many were looking upon them with good will , many with ill-feelings , but they would still persevere in their conduct , featiug nothing , intending no ill , but determined not to give up one atom of those principles which they felt it to be their duty to the community to agitate for ; they were

      as men set upon an hill , not by themselves , but by their opponents , and because they nobly Btood by their name and principles , they were persecuted . He was not going to apologise for many acts which had been committed ; their sentences had been awarded to them , and whether justly or not , would be settled by future times and ages . He was persecuted because he was a friend to the People ' s Charter . ( Cheers . ) No disgrace was attached to those eight members of Parliament who drew up the Charter ; they were skill honoured and prosperous ; but it was only when Chartism was taken up by the poor and humble that it was disgraceful to be a Chartist . Ev * ry cause was sure to prosper the more for being subjected to unjust persecution ; they were met that evening as good , honest citizens , to take into consideration the wretched state of their

      fellow-countrymen . Many of them were acquainted with tbe distress which existed ; but they bad not experienced it in its direst form—in tbe want of bread for their families ; though doubtless they had in want of employment The Colonel then made some very appropriate remarks regarding the refusal of a licence for music and dancing to the Ball , and stated that if they were driven to think of the more serious business of life than singing and dancing , they would eventually have cause to repent it There never was any prosperity in a community where the lower orders were insulted and oppressed . The Colonel concluded by proposing the following toast : " Tbe people , may they speedily possess their political rights , in order to remedy th&ir social wrongs . " He then sat down loudly cheered . Band— " The Marseilles Hymn . "

      Dr . Epps proposed the following toast : " May the Queen remove from her councils and the offices of state all those who restrict and misapply our country 1 b resources , and call to her aid those only who will extend to the people the full measure of their rights . " Dr . Epps in a long address supported the toast , and warmly advocated the cause of Complete Suffrage , which raised many voices in different parts of the room for the Charter . He spoke favourably of some of tbe acts of the Government as compared with those of their Whig predecessors , but denounced in plain terms the conduct of the Government in the Chinese and Indian wars . Mr . HOBGK . IN 8 briefly spok * to the toast , and also in high terms of those who by establishing similar balls to that in which they were met assisted so largely to gire a sound political education to the people .

      The Csaieman then stated that he had tbe honour to propose the next toast ; one which was expressive of their approbation of the- honoured goe « t whom they now had tbe pleasure of meeting—s man who had faithfully represented them , and through them , the whole community . in the Commons House of Parliament Other constituencies often met to congratulate their representative upon some private or local benefit which he bad conferred upon them ; bat they were met to shew they delighted to do honour to a nan because he had faithfully served the whole people—a man who had joined them from no motive of necessity . He bad not been driven from other scenes to By to them as a test resource ; nor yet to indulge in a natural desire fer fame or popularity . There

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      was .. no . scene of graatoeas to which he might not . aspire , and in which , perhaps , he had not indulged . But he had sacrificed all to the honest , the noble feeling , of faithfally serving bis country . When was the popular cause onserved when Thomas Doneombe was present ? where was there a man oppressed and h « did not assist bim to the utmost of his pewer ? If a political Judge had violated the Integrity of the bench by party prejudices , where was then a man so fitted to > brinj it before the conntry through , the medium of Parliament as the man then before them t—a man sprang from the aristocracy ; but In all ages and countries , aoma few of the privileged orders had ever been found battling In the ranks of the people . Many had been sacrificed , many had died in

      the cause . They most remember that good blood was sometimes concealed under a mustacbied lip , and the aristocracy most reflect that iaany of the ornaments of human nature sprung from the ranks of the people . He concluded , by proposing the following toast , to which he called upon them to do honour : — " Our Invited guest , T . s . Boneombe , a legislator , regardless of party or faction , who having espoused just principles has henestty stood forward In Parliament , the advocate of his oppressed and suffering country men ; may he continue to pursue the same manly , prudent course , till tbe rights of the millions are won , and their wrongs redressed . " This was received with loud and enthusiastic cheering , waving of hats , handkerchiefs , &s ., amidst which Mr . Dancombe rose , which was the signal for reiterated applause .

      Mr . Duncombe then expressed himself in the following wanner aad was loudly and repeatedly applauded : — The high and distinguished compliment which you have this evening been pleased to pay to the humble Parliamentary services or the individual who has now the honour of addressing you . calls for the utterance of grateful sentiments which I very much fear I am not able to express , at all events in that strength of language which your kindness demands , and my own feelings make me long to acknowledge . ( Cheers . ) I have often beard it said that popular favour and public esteem are , after all , but transitory and capricious , and tbat those whom it pleaseth the people to honour today , they often turn their backs on to-morrow ; I

      believe it will be invariably found that , whenever the people have withdrawn their csnndenca from a public man , such conduct baa been justified , and the desertion has been merited by tbe man having , for his own private Interest , and for personal objects , betrayed tbe interests and canse of the people . ( Cheers . ) At all events , I can say , that since I have bad the honour of a seat in Parliament , public confidence and popular esteem have uniformly been my lot ; and I believe that so long as I do persevere in tbat course which I marked out for myself on my first entrance Into public life , tbat esteem and that confidence will not be denied me . ( Hear , hear . ) And I now confess that I am proud to stand here beholden to no minister for bis protectionindebted to no court for its favour—( cheers )—conscious

      that though I have not merited the kindness you have extended to me this evening ; at all events I have not done anything to forfeit your confidence and esteem—( cheers ) . It is impossible for any one to look at the present state of political feeling in this country , and of political parties in this country , without some feeling of shame and of regret I know that muoh of it is to be attributed to the disappointment whioh has been occasioned to the people by the imfSdency of the measure of reform , carried in 1832—an inefficiency which has been proved by the facility with which the present Tory administration toiced itself into a power which they seem to glory in exercising over the few remaining righto and privileges of the people —( bear ) . And now , gentlemen , are we not reaping the fruits of that

      chance of Government ? Much blame is attributable , and justly so , to the Whigs for their conduct They were told , over and over again , when in the zenith of their power , that they were not then making the best of their time—that the reform which bad been effected was incomplete , and tbat it was their duty to the people to render it at once a complete and useful measure . They heeded not the warning which was given to them , but they talked of finality , and hung to the skirts ef the court , instead of relying on the strong arm of the people —( loud cheers . ) > And what has been tbe consequence ? The danger , aa we told them , was at their doors , and at the eleventh hour they brought forward measures which were good , perhaps , but which came too late . They called upon the people for aid—upon tbe

      people whom they had neglected ; but amidst the universal corruption and intimidation used at the last general election , their cries were unheeded in the hour of need . They fell , I am almost compelled to say , aa they deserved to fall , unpitied aud despised by all—( cheers . ) Well , then , I say , we are now bitterly reaping the fruits of their mismanagement of the popular ctuae . ( cheers . ) I ask you te lock at the last session of Parliament—take it with regard to auy party . Tliero never was a session so discreditable to tus Tories , so ia glorious to the Whigs , and I may say so unsatisfactory to tbe people . I was looking this morning at the return of the number of hours during which Parliament sat in the course of last session , and I find that , from February to August , they sat 1 , 008 hours , and 125 of these bouis

      were after midnight Now I would ask any rational man what did we do during those hours ? They were passed in crimination and recrimination between this agriculturist and that manufacturer—between the high church and low churchman—between ray Lord John This and Sir Robert That—( cheers)—my Lord John reproaching Sir Robert , and saying , " You are not satisfied with turning us out of our places but yon absolutely take our measures . '— ( cheers . ) And what are those measures , now they have taken them ? < Hear , hear . ) We have got a trumpery com bill , a delusive tariff , and we have got au inquisitorial income tax . ( cheers . ) Now these great measures are those which Sir Robert Peel required five months te ponder upon , before he proclaimed them to the world . ( Hear , bear , hear . ) But

      then , what was done with regard to tbe people ? Did we not , night after night , make representations to the Government , and to that House which calls itself the representative of the people , that the people of this country were starving—were dying by hundreds in the manufacturing districts , and that it was necessary to afford them some relief , or at all events to institute some inquiry into their condition , and the causes of tbat condition ? But every one of these inquiries was resisted . We told them tbat if they persisted in this course , they would drive the people to desperation ; that the working , loyal , and industrioas people of this country were not prepared to starve and to die in tbe ditches ; that they ought not , and would not , submit so to terminate their existence . They heeded not those

      warnings—they prorogued the Parliament , and tbe moment the Queen bad closed its doors , she waa obliged te go home and sign a proclamation , calling on the magistracy , calling on the military to put down the people , because as Parliament would not help them , they threatened to help themselves— ( cheers ) . These people said , " We had better die at the point of the bayonet , or on the scaffold , than see ourselves and our families starring in the ditches ' —( cheers ) . They Bald , " Thousands of us are out of employment , aud those who are in employ work from sunrise to suneet ; they are over worked , but they are under puid , and they cannot get that which the working classes are quite right to demand—a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour . "—( cheers . ) AU tbe outbreaks and insurrection

      which occurred hove been attributed to various causes . Every one tries to shift the odium from bis own shoulders unto the shoulders of another . One day it iB tbe result of Chartism ; another it is produced by the Anti-Corn Law L aaue . I believe , however , that neither was to biame . Distress is net tbe offspring of Chartism or of tbe Anti-Corn Law League ; but Chartism is the offspring of the oppression of the poor —( loud cheers );—and the Anti-Corn League is tbe offspring of a base and sordid monopoly ; but as Chartism is the offspring of the oppression of the poor , the poor are in the right to demand tbat they should have tbat voice and that power in the legislature which might enable them to obtain some re lief—( bear , hear ) . Well , then , what is the result ?

      What is the conduct of tbe Government with regard to this insurrection ? Tbe police were put in motion , and the military were let loose . The magistrates whom Sir James Graham—the retegade . Graham—( the cat was out of the bag)—fead been so " active in appointing during the past winter , were to be let loose for the purpose of committing these unfortunate individuals . I do not mean to say ibat there were not many of them guilty of criminal acts , bat when you look at their condition—their impoverished and starving condition— -some allowance ocght to be made for the misdeeds in which , perhaps , they were unfortunately engaged—( hear , hear , ) To be sure we have had a judge , who was sent down to try tUese men , stating publicly from tbe jndementseat that tbe distresses of

      tbe people were vastly exaggerated—( cries of ' shame . ' } I wast to know how they can possibly be exaggerated—( cheers . ) It shows either great ignorance or great indifference on the pact of the Learned Judge to have made that assertion—< hear . ) How , I ask , could their distresses be exaggerated , when we see thousands and hundreds of thousands of human beings inhabiting the maaufacturing districts were glad to appropriate even carrion , if they could find it ;—that many of them were glad to evil the nettles from the ditches and the fields , and to put them into hot water to make something like broth . Many were without furniture in their houses , fael in their fire-plaees , or raiment on their bodies ; and yet these are the persons with reference to whom my Lord Abinger—( hisses , and cries of » shame" ) thought proper to say from the judgment seat , at Liverpool , that so far aa he was a judge—and a pretty judge be is—{ cheers )—their distresses were

      greatly exaggerated . ( Hear , bear . ) Men not mixing with society , or with tbe people , might , it is just possible , nuke such a blunder ; bat Lord Abinger appeared not only as a judge , bat he assumed the characters of a pelitician and a legislator , and as a politician and a legislator , it was his duty , and it was impossible that be could be ignorant of the sad and lamentable dis tresses of the poor Ia the manufacturing distticto . ( Hear , bear , hear , and cheers . ) Not satisfied however , with thus Insulting the distress of the peeple , he makes a most indecent and unconBtitotional charge to the grand jury . He describes those of whom be speaks as " a kind of men called Chattists "—( cheen . hisses , and cries of " He was a Jacobin" ) aad be says that this kind of men want tbe working classes of this country , not possessing auy property , to have the power of voting at the elections for Members of Parliament and , in point of fact , that they should have a voice to legislate for those who bate property . ( Cheers , and

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      cries of "Most monstrona . " ) Now , tbat is the charge which he makes . From what I have seen of the Chartists In England , I believe that tbe body is far more numerous tban either Lord Abingei , or the Government , or many members of the upper classes really imagine—( hear , bear . ) I believe that the opinion in favour of the document called the Charter is daily gaining strength in the public mind—tcheers ) . Every patty Is calling for reform in some particular branch of the law , and aa each finds tile impracticability of carrying out its views , they become convinced of the necessity of a change , by the effect of which the House of Commons shall be entirely remodelled—( cheen ) . Lord Abinger , however , though he may not have possessed tbe same personal acquaintance witk the extent

      of the powers of the Chartists which J possess , must have recollected the petitions which have been presented to Parliament in the course of last year , and the present year . He must have recollected the petition of last year , signed by 1 , 300 , 000 persons and that of the present year bearing the Bignatnres of three and a half millions of the industrious classes ; and yet he has the assurance , and , I will say , the insolence , to insult the industrious classes by saying that they are " a set of men called Chartists , " who wish to subvert the aristocracy , to divide property , and to overthrow tbe monarchy —( cheers ) . I have looked at tbe Charter again and again ; but I can find nothing in it whioh would sanction an interference with the rights ot tbe aristocracy —( cheers )—nor could I find a line which Indicates a

      desire to overthrow the monarchy —( cheers ) . Quite the contrary . All the people ask , if I understand it right is , not that they should have the exclusive right of legislating , bat an equal share in the legislation of the country—that labour—their property—should be equally protected with that of my Lord Abinger;—( cheers ) , —and that the Government of the oonntry should be placed , as it ought to be , upon a broad , popular , and secure basis . ( Hear , hear . ) Well , indeed , may my Lord Aiiinger wish that the peqple should have no greater power in the House of Commons tban they now possess , for I venture to say , if they had possessed that power which they claim , and which they ought to have , the House as it wonld then have been constituted , would not have sanctioned , as it did , that which is

      commonly called tbe " Scarlett job , " and the House of Commons thus constituted would have no hesitation in addressing the Crown fer the removal from the judgment seat et any judge who so disgraced that high position as Lord Abinger bus done by his charge to the Grand Jury at Liverpool . ( Loud cheers . ) I have no doubt that the aharge delivered by him is well received ; that it is greatly admired and highly approved of by his brother renegade , Sir James Graham—( hear , bear , and cheers ); but whev Parliament does meet , it is totally impossible that this charge , if made—and I am , of course , presuming that the charge in correctly reported in the newspapers , and I have not beard the accuracy of the report doubted—I say it is impossible this charge , whether in the words or in the spirit in

      which it is reported , can pass unnoticed in tbe House of Commons . It is impossible that tbe House of Commons , such even as it is , can allow tbat charge , dangerous to the liberties of the people , to pass uncensured and unnoticed—( cheers ) , —and I can only Bay , that if no other individual calls tbe attention of the House to the subject on its meeting , I feel that I should basely betray the interests of niy constituency , and of the working classes of this country , if I did not call the attention of the House to it—( cries of < bravo , ' and loud cheers ) Such , gentlemen , at all events , is the lamentable position in which public affiiirsnow standin which that question , which is the question of questions , I mean the franchise , stands before tbe public . It stands before the public thus—that if a man calls

      hioiBolf a Cliariiat , he is to be condemned from the judgment-seat ;[ but it still rests with the people how long this state of things shall continue . Much will depend now on the energy , tbe prudence , and the forbearance , but , above all , the cordial nnion of all classes . Let us have no more quarrelling and quibbling about trifles—( hear , hear . ) Let us meet the foe openly I say tbat the question of the day is the franchise , and until that is settled , it is in vain , constituted as the House of Commons is , to look for any other reform—( loud cheers . ) I know the working classes have much to bear—they have much to exasperate them , but still with union and energy , they must not despair . I am well aware that it is possible for the Government , behind the back of Parliament , to strain the lav—to

      confer upon their police new powtrs—to uppi > int an innumerable host of magistrates to commit—to hire traitors to betray , and spies to deceive the unwary ( cries of ' hear , hear , andgroanfl . ) " They may also fiud pliant juries to convict , and they may also re tun corrupt political partisans aa judges to condemn ; but nevertheless , if the people are true to themselves— : f they will but stand within tho four comers of the law -Sir James Graham and the whole of bis renegade crew may yet find a united people who are too strong ror them —( cheers ) . It ia stated that the daxkeut heur is nearest tbe dawn . " And bo it is ; tbete ia that elasticity about British freedom that on all pait

      occasions , when darkness has most prevailed , it has always emerged from it with increased splendour and renuwu . —( cheers ) . I know tbat I am speaking to men who will n-t surrender one iota of tkese privileges which belong to them , and which the Government seek to take away . If there is anything to which , above all other things , you are ectit-ed , it is the right to hold public meetings ; when that is taken away be ante despotism iB in the ascendant . Bat I know there are kundreds and thousands—I believe there are millions who—in the words of Sir R . Walpole , " would prefer to die the last of British freemen , than bear to live the first of British slaves . '

      ( Cheers . ) I fear tbBt , amidst the wrongs nnder which this country is suffering , I have wandered too far from the compliment which you have honoured me hy paying me —( cheers . ) Believe me that your kindr . cBa thin evening will be remembered to the last hour of my existence ; and if any reliance can be placed on the word of man , as you have been pleased te apjirove of the course which I have taken , and as by continuing in that coarse I shall meet your approbation , I beg to assure yon that so long as it shall please God to give me health and strength , I will never swerve from that course—( cheering ) . Honoured with your approbation , encouraged by your honest and disinterested chenrs . no exertion « ball be spared on my part until , in thy voros of the first resolution , read from the chair , " the ymt rights of the millions are won , and their nut . ' . fold wrongs redressed . " Mr . Duncombe resumed his strat amidst the most deafening applause , which lasted a considerable time .

      Mr . Hetherington proposed the next top . fet , " May Reformers of all shades of opinion speedily verteive the necessity for cordiality and union in favour of the People ' s Charter , a measure framed to comer equal political rights , without which there are no hope * of ever obtaining equal political justice . " Mr . Thomson , Jun . responded to the toast in a b icf and suitable manner . Mr . Cleave stated that tbe principal object of hip rising was to shew them the positive necessity , rot of talking about union , but of making eoine solid rffurtt * towards promoting it . While his friend Mr . Hethering was in such * happy mood , he had h < p > d that hm would have concluded what he begun , and shown the triflirg causes which prevented a cordial ' union botwaen

      all classeB of Chartlhts . If , instead of tfceir acting enthtly by themselves they had consulted the other sections of the CUartisU , instead of being such ft limited attendance on the present occasion , the bail wouW have been too small to bold them . There was the National Association , the Complete Suffras !« bony , and beyond both the National Charter Association , from whom Mr . Duaccmhehas presented a petition sipnod by three and a half millions of individuals . As that large bedy of men had sufficient confidence to entruft their petition in the hands of that gentleman this festival would have been common ground on -which all could have united to express their approbation and gratitude to him for his manly conduct . He regretted that he had not endeavoured to influence hiB old friends

      to adopt that line of conduct , but aa regrets were useleas , he trusted some other occasion wnuld speedily arise , where they could unite together , heart and band , in pursuit of their common object ; -when they once were united , the oligarchy of this country would tremble in their scats ; but he was convinced , that whilo eaeh were pursuing their separate course , they would go down to the grave without achieving their object . It had been his fate to sit two days under Lord Abinger , at Liverpool , during the recent trials , and he was proud to hear Mr . Duncombe , with a conr&ge and a daring almost his o-ivn , assert that he would do that which many were panting to know , but hardly < iare to ask him , the knowledge that he would do so when communicated by the press , wonld gladden the he&rta

      of milliopB , and they will truly say that be was their own Duncombe . Mr . Cleave then , ir a Btyle tf forcible and natural eloquence which created a thrill of horror in the minds of bis auditors , described the fierce , the almost demoniac conduct , of L-rd Abinger towards the prisoners at Liverpool , and stated that , in his opinion , the bench of justice would never be pure whilst he was allowed to retain his seat on it He himself , and other friends of the people , bad hnng their heads like bulrushes , and felt ashamed tbat they were men , while witnessing the manner in which humanity was disgraced Mr . Cleave then dilated upon the monstrous iniquities practised in our gaols asd workhouses , more especially those at North Leach , Northallerton , Cirenceater , fcc ., and gave » correct but terrific piatnre of the torture in store for the working classes at the model prison , Copenhagen Fields , London . He was astonished at the comparative silence of the press upon that horrible reinstltation of tbe faastile . It appeared as though for some

      inscrutable purpose an infatuation of apathy was decreed upon that subject standing before them as an unrepresented man , he would never cease to raiw bis voice against having such bells erected for hla fellow men , and hi would contend to tbe death for that Charter to which these infernal prisons and their ¦ dietary : tables were monumental beacons to direct their course in pursuit of representation for the whole people . If the Chartists ¦ were determined to effect a solid union of all sections of tbeix tody , be knew of no man who could so well serve to promote that object , to bring about a feeling of friendship and zealous co-operation among them as their friend , Mr . Duncombe . Mr . Cleave then in a feeling manner detailed the distress , misery , and expenditure of funds , which had been caused by the result of tbe spedal commissions , stated that a fund waa opened for the defence of the victims , and the support of their families 8 and tbat the first solid intentioa that could be gwen towards creating a union was by patting their

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      hands In their pockets and liberally supporting that fuml . He concluded by stating that he had done bit duty , and now left them to &r theirs , and sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Parr * , in a manly and eloquent manner , proposed the following toast : — " May Inq'iiry , in pareatt of truth , be freed from all legal trammels—may the press be nnsbackled from its lesteiettona—may despotic Judges be deposed , and UDJust magistrates be & . prived of their arbitrary power—and may every obstacle to the purifying influence of knowledge be speedily removed . " Mr . Parry , during tbe whole of his attdreis , was loudly and deservedly applauded . Mr . Thomas , In a neat speech , supported tpe toast Mr . Moobe moved a vote of thanks to the Chairman , and stated that if ever a vacancy occurred in F ^ ebury , he trusted Colonel Thompson would be called upon to fill it .

      Colonel . Thompson briefly acknowledged tbe com * pliment , and was proud to connect ; his name with their cause . He told them to go ' on as they had hitherto done , and Government would eoon find that tbe kind of men called Chartists , and Chartesses , too , tf-rbe was glad to see se many ladies present , ) were quite aa good as their neighbours . He trusted to meet tbemtbn other occasions . The meeting separated at a lat « hour . -

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      THE EXECUTIVE . TO THE EDITOB OF THB N 0 UIBBB . N STAR . Dear Sib , —Allow me , through the medinm of the Star , to express my thanks to my Chartist brethren , la Birmingham , for the honour they have done rue in nominating me to the Executive , and the reasons why I must decline standing . In tbe first place I am not one of tbe General Conncil , and I believe the constitution of CLtTtfsm requires that a candidate for toe Executive should be one of that Council . Secondly . —I perfectly agree with the eentrnenta expressed in the resolution of our York brethren , -n this subject . I remain , Dear Sir , - Youtb respectfully , John Watki . ns . Batteraea , Oct 25 , 1812 .

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      Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway . —On Thursday afternoon , about four o ' clock , a sensation was produced along Prince ' s-street by the appeara . ee of a train of six carts linked together , laden with tbe immense rope manufactured by Messrs . Haa ^ i * , of Gateside , for the tunnel near the Glasgow tonmnos of the railway . The rope was laid in longitudinal coils along the range of carts ; it seemed to be a boat two inches in diameter , and ef very strong texiure . The rope is upwards of three miles long , and woJghf fifteen tons j being five tons heavier than any line : ever manufactured before . On the way ap to Lekh-walk and Leith-sireet nine horses were required to drag this ponderous load ; but oil reaching the level ground of Prince ' 8-street , three of these were dispensed with and the remaining six proceeded at a brisk paoe with thoir burden to the terminus of the railway .- — Caledonian Mercury .

      Mubder . —A young man named Marcus Doran wai killed at Monafodda , in the King ' s County ( near Roscrea ) , on tbe evening of Friday , the 14 th inst ., by a blow of a stone which he received from a man named John Hennecy , who waa lying in wait , for him , in consequence of some dispute they bud sboat a young girl in the neighbourhood . Owing to the active exertions of Constable Murphy , stationed near Monafodda , Hsnneey was soon afterwards arrested . On the 19 ' . h inst . a coroner ' s inquest was held on the body , and a verdict of wilful murdc- was returned against Hsnneoy , who was tran 6 miu--d to Tullsmoro gaol for trial at the next assizes . —Leins ' . er Express .

      Highway Robbery between Chestebfielt > and Birmington . —Oii Friday evening last , be&weeu six and seven o ' clock , a person of the name of Klrefc , a clerk in the employment of G . H . Barrow , Esq n of Stavely Ironworks , was returning from Chesterfield to Briraington , and when within a £ hort distance of the latter place , was attacked by three mea , one of whom placed his hands over his K > ofltta while the other picked hie pockets of t ' jree sovereigns , a quantity of silver , a gold seal , a silver pencil-case , aud other articles . They then proceeded to beat ana abuse him in a shocking manner , and ho doeB not know how far they might bava proceeded , but as theWovksop mail happened to be coining up , the villains made off . On Saturday Cotterell , tb > - constable , succeeded in apprehending thrvo . suspicions looking characters , and on Monday they underwent a long examination before Mr . G . Crompion and £ . G . Mayrard , Esqrs ., who fuliy committed theai for trial . —Derby Reporter .

      How to Cube a Sulky Wife . —Take her , wrap her in a linen oJoth well tied at both ends ; whtn she sings ; out you may be pretty well certain thai she requires air ; then take a good sized pair of kitchen t >! Hows , and work them till the cloth is well itfiated , and the contents pretty well blown ; now call her " Dear , " accompanying the adjective with a whistle , gradually dying into a whew , whew ; iusiuuate a bunch of nettles ( holly will do as well ) , witu which keep her well stirred up for ten minutes . Should she give tongue under the operation , immediately open the covering , and add eighteen lively humble bees ( apex cestuans )' f or the Pake of their honey , which should bo quite fresh . She will new speedily simmer down to a proper consiutency . Leave her for three hours to come to her senses ; go to your dinner ; ad * minister three leaves of Mrs . Fry ' s Powers of Persuasion ; when cool take her out .. If dry , offer her a glass of Hodgson's bitter ale . —Maryland Observer ,

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Oct . 21 . BANKRUPTS . William Starkie , carpenter , Cutler-streat , Hounsditoh , to t-un-ender October 27 , at twelve , aud December 2 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Pennell , official assignee ; Buck , Mincinglane . Stephen Sirason , watebvnaker , Shirley , November 2 , . " . t four , and December 2 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Sjuthampton . Pocock and Wilkin , Bartholomewclose , London ; Clement and Newman , Southampton . William Eaut , builder , Spalding , Liucoinshire , November 10 , and December 2 , at three , at tie White Hurt lun . Spalding . Caiter and Son , Spalding ; WiU \' . n , Bowtr , and Willis , Tokenbouse-yard , Lothoury , Low ' toa . Htnry Barton , jun ., merchant , Liverpool , October 31 , and December 2 , at eleven , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . Cotterill , Throgmorton-atrcet , LoiKJon ; Fietcher and Hull , Liverpool .

      Charles O Neil , Robert Salkeld , and G « orge Somerville DJgby , ironfounders , Brinder Works , near Marg « m , Glamorganshire , November 1 , at one , and December 2 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Gibbon , official assignee , Baainghall-stTeet ; Tilson , Sqaonee , and Tilaon , Coleman-atreet , Locton . David Brandon , shoe-manufacturer , Beech-strefit > Barbican , October 29 , at two , and December 2 , at fcieven , at tbe Court of Bankruptcy . Johnson , official assignee , BaBinghall-street ; Hall , Moorgate-fttrei-t . John Cooper , provlBion-dealtr , Liverpool , October 31 ; and December 2 , at one , at the Ciarendon-vouina , Liverpool . Vincent and Sherwood , Temple , Lonuon ; Littifcdale and Bardswell , Liverpool . Marcus Harris and Solomon Abraham V . art . merchants , CuUum-Btreet , Fenchnrch-sfcreet , October 29 , at one , aud December 2 , at twelve , at the Ccutt of Bankruptcy . Penneil , official assignee ; Reynolds , Adamstreet . Adelphi .

      William Boworth , confectioner , Wellincborc ngb , Northamptonshire , November 7 , and December 2 , at eleven , at tbe George Hotel , Northampton . Church , Bedford-row , London ; Mnrphy , Weltingborvngh .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . G . S . Rutherford , E . West , and E . Stacey , Britannia metal manufacturers , Sheffield . I . O . Jones and J . B . Williams , attorneys , . Liverpool . W . May and H . C . Thompson , wine merchants , Liverpool . W . Muilia , J . Sedtion , jun ., and R . Seddon , manufacturing chtrnieta , Ince , Lancashire . A . Tod , J . Fatie , and T . Jaifray , metchantB , Liverpool . J . Turner and C . Cruinnjuck , lihendrapers , York . J . Johnson and 9 . Yates . grocers , Macchc&ter .. R . Jones , jun ., and J . Miller , sbip-Rrmthe , Liverpool . W . Sibley and W . Tozer , coal merefnnta , Liverpool .- Jn , Djson , W . Dyson , and Js . Dyson , linendrapers , Huddereneld , Yorkshire .

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      The following was received from Mr . West , on Sunday , 22 nd , though dated Thursday , ISth : — Derby County Gaol , Thursday , Oct 18 th . Deas Sis ., —I embrace this first opportunity « f letting yen know tbat I am in good health , and in as good spirits as can be expected , considering my situation . You sre aware tbat I am to find baQ in two sureties ot £ 200 e&eh , or four of £ 50 , oi be in till the March Assfes . I am in total ignorance as to what my friends ue doinj , as I have not received a letter since I came hen . In my own town , the only persons who could or would give bail for me belong to the anti-Corn Law

      League ; and I would sooner rot in gaol than receive a isvour from them that might be considered an obligation , and therefore might have a tendency to cripple my exertions against them , which I promise you shall be a * teen be ever when I get my liberty . I know they are glad that I , for one , am out of tbe way ; but though I am laid by the heels , I have tbe consolation of knowing that I helped to strip tbe tree-trade question of ita nsuk of delusion , and tbat the people now understand it so well that they will never be able to succeed in sedncmg them , though they should spend £ 4 , 000 weekly .

      I find my situation very lonely , locked up by myself aD day Itng , and the cell is so small that I cannot take that necessary eierdje that would keep me warm : and , as winter approaches , if I have to lie till March , I fear I will engender some grievously bodily ailment . My braces were taken from me , and my trousers bang so loosely about my hips that I begin to feel pains in my back already , although tbe Governor was kind enough to let me wear my belt . I am allowed to take an airing—and indeed it is not wrongfully named—with the other prisonera for twenty mimtes , three times a day ; but it is racb a solemn , slow march that it makes ae colder than wbfen I waa in the cell . There ia no distinction made between me asd the greatest felon . I Km not allowed pen , ink , and paper , except two i » js in the week .

      When I have to go into the cage in the yard , the same as another prisoner , I am not allowed any books bat what tbe chaplain gives , and that kind gentleman has but very few , and those only school books . He is Tery kind to me . I am completely under the silent system , and I have nothing to sit on in my cell but the iron frame of my bedstead . I have plenty of good food , tfaanks to my friends in Derby . There is one thing , when I get Hiy liberty that I will direct public attention to , that is , tbe necessity cf having an elective

      magistracy ; there are no men so ill qualified te perform their duties as the preheat " great unpaid , " as Cobbett called them ; they know little of justice , and less of law . Their clerks seem to be their Sir Oracles , and they having an eje to fees think it their duty to convict a man right or wrong ; thus , in my own ease , when cross-examining the principal witness , and getting bim to admit the peaceable tenour of my whole speech , Sir John Cave interrupting se said , be could net see whit good I wm doing by that line of conduct . But I must eendude . Hoping yeu will , if possible , procure the necessary bail , I remain , Yours faithfully , Johs West .

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      < m From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct . 25 . BANKBOTTS . James Wyatt , of Plymouth , Devonshire , uphoisterer , November 4 and December 6 , at the Royal Hotel , Plymonth . Badham and Houghten , Verulam-buildirigs , Gray ' B-inn , London ; Barber , Bridnorth ; El worthy , Plymouth . John Davison , farmer , Marton , and eartsenwaremanufacturer , Middlesbrough , Yorkshire , November 2 and December 6 , at two , at the Black Lion Inn , Stockton-upon-Tees ., Garbutt and Co ., Yarm , Yorkshire . Thomas Allen , silk-man , November 8 and December 6 , at one , at the Angel Ion , Macclesfield . Binndrett and Co ., Inner Temple , London ; E . W . Thompson , Giomop . -

      John Alexander and Henry Gibbons , ehemfsta , Wol < verbampton , November 9 and December 6 , at ten , at the Swan Inn , Wolverhsmpton , Clarke and . Medcalf , LincoJn's-inn-fieldn , London : Edward Bunnatt , Wolverhampton . Henry Hedger and James Hedger , watch-manufactttrera , Corentry , November 4 , at half-past nine , and December 8 , at eleren , at the Craven Arms Inn , Coventry . Weeks , Crook'f-court , Lincoln's-inn , London ) Dawea and Son , Coventry .

      PAB . THBBSHIP 3 DISSOLVED , William Hill and Thomas Cook , of Leeds , flax- « pinnen . John Leaning , William Blase Learning , EdWMd Leeming , Miles Edward Learning , and Jameg Leemfsgt of Manchester , wonted-spinnerr fso far as regawJs John Leeming ) . Joshua Platt and Charles White , of Aahtonunder-Lyne , manufacturers of cotton rovinga . V _( - i ¦ ' ¦ ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 29, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct911/page/7/