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      PfilCg ONB PEMNY . CONTENTS Of Part EJRht , Price sixpence : — O'Connor ' s Letters on the Land—Sketches of the French Revolution by Pro Chartist—Speech of Pat Henry , the Orator of American Independence-Horrors of Transportation—Spy System and Blood Money—Lecture , by W . Jones . ( lately confined in Leicester Gaol ) - —What is Blasphemy H- An Address from the Poles—The Movement , by J . C . La Mont —Italy and the Operative Classes—Life of WashinjEjton—Letters , B y T . B . Smith—Several Charti 3 t Addresses , including those of tho Executive-Poetry , &o ., &c .

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      vTHil SPINAL COMPLAINT . rp HERE is hardly a single complaint amongst the J . Hundreds to which tho Humau Frame is liable so distressing and so prostrating as Affection of the Spine ; aud there is hardly another complaint so difficult of cure . The discoverer of an almost unfailing Remedy may therefore safely be said to confer a boon upon his species ; and this Remedial Boon is proved by extensive experience to have been discovered by the Proprietor of

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      TO DOCTOR PETER MURRAY M'DOUALL AND TO JAMES I ^ ACH . la a letter written by you Dr . M'Douall , and pablsihed in ike Evening SUrol Thursday , Dec . 1 st 4842 , I find these words : — ^ * The Executive received Tetter ? from various parts , informing us that a conrpiraey was being formed against them , and particularly a letter from Xeeds , which stated that Mr . Hill and others agreed there in a certain boose , to © nrsue a certain coarse « f conduct against the Executive , the basis of which was—dia * the character of the Executive teas to be svfficUntty shaken first in private , and then by a aavUanafiafy pvbtic assauit . . *

      _ . - " Wcereare toe men ! oh ! Mth men and letters « 3 a easQy be forthcomir ^ . _ ud my respected colleagues can have no tilli- ^ r . y is producing tbe : u if they are wanted , an event which certain parties will not demand to be realised . ** This letter was written for publication in the Northern StSr and was published m the Northern Star , of December 10 , in which paper I defended the jfctiWteatien &o « feWer * . They nave not yet teen published . At ih . 6 South Lancashire delegate ' -seeiing , on Sunday , Nov . 27 th , yen , James Le * oh , « re reported to have made & similar siateasnt , and also to n& *~ e said thai

      ?"In the month-of Jnly last , the Hall Chartists were about to pass the Balanee ISfceet , when Mr . Hill entered "the room and put a-stop to'it , and * frieed that was present at that Keeling wrote tc Mr . Campbell stating tha ; there ¦ was a plot hatehis * against the members-of the Exeeofcive , of whiefa'fce vreold receiTe the first attack in a-short time . " . In iba Northern Ster of the SOih of DewsAer , the Hail Councillors , of whom & am one , demanded

      the publication of tfeat letter , aad the name of the writer . It has n » t yet bees published . * I now Niteraiethe deaaad that these letters , and til of them , be published , together with the writers ' names—that the writers say substantiate their statements if "they can . I after you the free use of the Northern Star for their publication . -I deny the truth of these statements , so far as lam concerned . A&D USTH . T "" g ^ T . Twrppg WHICH TOTJ -EAT COSTi 3 S xsiy . co ! iFVBX THBSE-STATZXEXTS ( and-which yon hare been required to publish , but have not done 80 } : be pobushbd , together with „ the "writers '

      K iVBl j IO « 1 VE XS AJtOPeO&TCJUTY OF KEETXK * THE CHAB 6 BS smiblt , I BRAND YOU , Doctor Peter Murray M'DonaB , and YOU , JameB Leach , each XS © BETEBAXLT , . BEFOKS ALL THE Pfi&PLE , AS A UAB AND A SCOUNDREL 3 3 At the same Delegate Meeting on the 27 th November , yon Jailbs Leach are reported to bare said?—u When I was at Leeds I had some -conversation With Mr . Hill-concerning a man in , the movement , wbese wife lives not far from this place , and be is leading a common prostitute about the country with him . Mr . Hill Acked me what was tQ be done ! I said dme-him from the ranks . Mr . Kill thought it

      weald not be advisable to do so , as in a short time a great number of the advocates would be in prison , and the movement would want all the assistance that could be got . I thought that was the verj reason thai we should drive such scamps as him from amongst na . Wh * n the honest friends of the people ¦ were looked np—the greater the necessity , of the few that remained at large being BDHopeachable in their moral character . But Mr . HiU thought if it oonld be kept-quiet it would be better . I said that that was impossible , as six different districts had already exposed him—and yet at the very time that lie was talking to me thus he had an article wrote to damn four of « s . "

      Yon , Jake Lsach , know this to be a wicked perversion of thai conversation . Yob know that it is nothing like what was said on that occasion . I will not place my assertion against yoare ; because there were witnesses to that conversation , who heard what was said , and who can -confirm your statement if it be true . I dare yon to call those witnesses and to ask them to publish a correct statement « f what really was said . And until j » n have done this , I FURTHER BRAND YOU , JAMES LEACH , BEFORE THE WHOLE

      PEOPLE AS A BASE AND WICKED CALUMNIATOR . > I shall publish this letter in the Northern Star every week , till these statementa are either proved or retracted , as far as they concern me . ¦ Yours , A true man , and a la-rex of Fair Play , WILLIAM HILL . Northern Star , Leads , Dec 24 , 1842 .

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      It may do good to relate the reasons why Chartism does not progress so fast in London as it does in the country—why London , that should ¦ be foremost , is behind hand . When we know the reason we may seek the remedy . The Londoner * have this excuse—that they are corrupted by the immediate presence of the Courtdazzled by the constant glitter ' of the aristocracy Everything tends to dissipate thought and reflection . There is a whirl of action that makes London a iwelstroom within whose vortex all are drawn and sunk . Strong-minded the nan must be that can stem the stream—that does not suffer himself to be earned away with it—yea , carried williBKly . In the eoofitry virtue can meditate in the green fields with nataie , or on the barren mountain-top with liberty .

      " To be great , and wise , and good , Are effects of solitude ;" Sat in London the world is concentred . There is the essence of selfishness . Competition is a Blatter of life and death . Self-interest is carried to an extreme . Every device to gain patronage , to decoy profit , is resorted to . The very bog-destroyers Taunt themselves " bug destroyers to her Majesty . " Yon everywhere Bee emblems of the most servile adulation to the powers that be—the pocket powers ; the system

      reigns in full perfection in London . Every body is striving io make an appearance above his means , aawyjadge by appearances . It is not bo much the intrinsic quality of goods that recommends them , as the manner in which they are exhibited for salethe show they make—the grand -shop they are inthe novelty or the puff , Business is regarded as the first thing ; pleasure next . Now Chartism is a disinterested thing—a Belf-denying ordinance ; and the wonder is that it Bhould ever have found . footing at all in such a deluge of all that is great and good .

      How often have i been disgusted , on looking into a print-shop , to see the Dnke staring . me in the face ! it is almost enough to make one smash the window in spite . The heads of the nation , taor in loving contact together , smirk and smile at yon ; and well they may ! There is always a crowd of stupid Suets at such tilings . In some shops yon will see naced together the btnsts of Shakespeare , Milton , and—who do yon think 1—who but Prince Albert ! Are not the ooeknejB a little-minded people ! if this oonld be doubted , the fact that thev chose Lord Jean Russell to represent them at the last . election Wonld prove it .

      _ The workmg-jRen in London have more temptations to withstand than their brethren m the eosniry . True!—there is the ^ ernieVous gin-shop ; aad . hard working is often made an excuse forharddrinking— "more work , more beer . " they eeme ont of the gin-shop less able to withstand the allurements of harlote who next waylay them . Tfcsn epMafdisease ; and satanydienot of the disease butof the doctor . There are others who do not spend their kard-earningB thus , but who are tempted by follies , shows , and vicious pleasures on every hand . The majority of the coeknevB hoard np their weekly earnings to spend on the Sunday , with the pinfand the pipe—up or down the river , at in van-excursions . These are not so much to blame ; for * breath of fresh air is very desirable , and at any xate such a JBOde of spending the Sabbath is preferable to the

      support which numbers of working men « ven , untbfniin&ly give to state-ehnrebes and chapels , and other such abominations in the land . Bujt selfish amajBent , generally at the expense of anotbers wans , seems to be the ordttRtfthe day in Losdon . PeoTkorses have a hard time of it here . The zeal cocknay tews to drive hard ; aad such xwawoocar arSokeathe sxht . In the country , when a horse kOTBBotded and cannot rise a hiJJ , sea wiJJraa irom eaeh side of the road and give U a lift—help it J 9 > -to in London they stand ttaxatg at « aeh things as though they felt an intenst in Ae struggles of tbe sofbring ampai . Bwe&jw sarer sign of a eoatraoted heart than « 8 * y . The horses that drop and die is the streets ^ gw ^ gj jijlgwws than their drivera . Such things V « WlMMCM ^ irfEarednnder a better syatesa . Bat MJiwM $ ^ at there is snch indifettaee to tbe snf-MtBmrM MttUtVbaL « en , woaeB . and children the bnasL

      fltf ^ Mwtp ^ decrepid age , crippled Mmtotaadi >» saost worol wantaweeenmthe ^^^ ae ^ Mk ^ s ^ hoBwl ^ withtftitrsliaf J ^ mHSdSij y M worn out in London , < Qd fMn \\\ nmi mm Bm men boa tbe eomtiy--MjalsM tke tow »* red wfco art-aecnstosMHi to ) :--&- - ' - "¦¦ " •" ¦ . ' : .

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      in getting—most thonghtless i" a spending . No one loves fate joke better than the 7 jomtoner . / Cockneys jjet" chaffing" one another , 43 it is called . Ludicrous mishaps are what del' ight them most . They are a great singing people , - And Sir Robert Peel calculated very wiBely when' ^ please them and divert their minds from politics , ' jn patronised tbe " tdnginc millions" to ennnchizB t 1 jo nation , and make us all "fallrl . la" folks . The wjre nonsensical a song the more popular it beco uk& . There i ^ a succession every season . It was , ** All round my hat 1 " then "Jump Jim Crow ! " then " Nix my Doily 1 " and

      now it is " Albert's / ot the fidoie I " Sing on and be f Javes—gase at shows and have yonr pockets picV * d ! Tbe captive Israelites hung np their harps ai jd would not , could net , sing 3 Tbemistocleswhf a asked to sing , said he « on ! d not sing bat be coal i raise a small town in a great city . Let us iben havt < : Bo singing except it be of " patriotic Bongs —« hymr ^ B of freedom—let us despise the tinsel ebewa of a jaby Monarchy , and resolve not to danoetOl we danee on the grave of oppression , and eobs 43 » triuntjphant song of victorious liberty . J . W .

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      TO THS EDITOR OF THE MOKTHEEN STAH , Bra , —If tbe following observations should meet yonr approval , your inserting them in the Star , would oblige , Yours , truly in the cause , JKO . T . fiOLDER .

      It as been my lot within this last week or so , to witness with sorrow a revival in trade , which when I explain the why acd tbe wherefore , I shall not be surprised if yon and the numerous readers of the Star do sorrow likewise . I have , as I said , within the last week helped ( in tbe « oorse of my occupation ) to pat the finishing stroke upon forty-five iron bedsteads , nunely , five for Caistor , twenty for Sleaford , five for Brigg , and twenty-five for Lincoln onions ? Yes , my friends , and while I pondered upon the system that is fast forcing our once bold English peasantry and artisans into these hell holes , I shuddered at tbe idea j for I conld not help feeling that the extern of class legislation , from which all onz evils , moral and political , fijw , and with which we are at present encumbered is suffered , to remain ; if we jstill bow down to this modern Jaggemaoght inevitably the same mast be oar common Jot .

      What will yon say to this , you free traders ? What will yon say to tins , you who jsry out that there is s revival of trade I What will yon , who fatten on tbe system say to tills ? Fangh , tbe very sentence isa perversion of the troth unless applied to tbe revival of which I sorrow over , and wMch no comment ef mine can possibly strengthen . To you , Shopkeepers of tbe Agricultural Districts , to you I would have a word ; to you I would direct especial attention to yoar own interests , and say that the present system which , you uphold is fast robbing yon of your customers , for , by indirect taxation , which presses heavily upon the labourer , and the low rate of

      wages which he receives not being snftrient to satisfy bis physical wants , ( andparticularly if he has a family , } obliges him to part with his household goods , unt il he Jaws nothing whereon to lay bis bead . He way . juently applies to his parish , and , much against his r A , is admitted a pauper , and at one and the as- j time , you are . charged with his and his family's yn ^ Titevnruyp , and lose a customer . This , you know , is a net . Your tills tAlIfxrasoof the one , your ft » i »« f » sheet in tha item ef jaWs rates of the other . Then why not stretch ont a Jbelping hand , for you can yet save not only younetaes , but your brother sufierers , bom that gulph of ruin ofakh yawns to receive both you and him .

      » on mff give us " free trade in corn {" then the labourer will have " plenty to do and higa wages , " for the facets markets , from which we are shut out by the restrictions opon our imports , would take our goods in retain just at though we exported nothing . And all this ia tbe > oe of the official returns , which £ tos * us for last year 4 i 02 . ooo . ooo woctb of «~ iTifofh twsd goods exported , Cram which we got only two mfliioes store profit than w * did tor little mora than one ttdrd tbe aaout exported ia 1815 . This last proves that with regard to " plenty to do , " ttu * ecan

      be bo mistakftj as the tefeani show tint last ymr the sports wnagnater tbsa fa aay ptevtou year , while at the same ttme yonr own organi t * U job t ^ t tbe poor ia the sunB&etorinf distrkta have eaten thdi beds , whkhiia proof thatfiigh wages are not a sequence toplentytodo , and wsy iii itnotso ? Beewse icon , wood and steam areempbyed . instead of bones , amewa , and flesh , Indeed I would point to the inereand poort rate and tbe oflbisl return of mansfafitBns exported , at a xeMsfien of all the above sftpblnu And eareertly would X woowwend you sbopkeepen to pC ^ w orw ttM above Ma sad be glided 17 joav

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      feelings of reason and justKse , / or then , yon will feel and see that your interests are identified with those of the labourers , and that while yon through yonr representatives impoverish tbe'Ji , in the same ratio do yon cemmlt Buidde , pottttca \ ly , npon yourselves . ¦ _ ¦¦¦ Come forward , then ; help us to save our common country ; jofa o » r National Charter Association . Be not frightened by * e " buggaboo" that we want an eqoalftttfoa of proferty , which those few who fatten on those abines have so prominently kept in the foreground , doing that by appealing to the pagalons which they conld not soooaapliah by appealing to yonr reason .

      To you , Chartists , I would say , do away with all bickerings from amongst yourselves ; form yourselves into one mighty and irresistible phalanx ; march forward , swerving neither to the right hand or to the left ; and then , and not till then , will you make this country what she ought to be , by giving to all and to every one an opportunity of enjoying the abundance sent by a benevolent God ; then , and not ti ll then , ehall we be worthy of being called " The envy of surrounding nations and the admiration of the world . " 7 m tt Hnll , Dac . 27 th , 1 S 42 . , ^^^^^ 1 1 1 . '

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE U 0 ETHEB . N STaB . s Sib , —In your report of the Marylebone meeting for the election of delegates to too Conference , you say that the Committee that decided upon recommending at the public meeting , Messrs . Parry , Buchannan , Lucas , and Fairer , used every exertion both fair and foul , te ensure success . This , Sir , is a most unjustifiable falsehood , and one that I cannot in justice to myself and brother committee men , alluw to go forth to the public , without giving it the most unqualified denial . And the following brief statement of facts , will I think , convince every one of the malignity of the aspersions thus thrown upon them . The Borough Committee ( which was formed for conducting the election and

      raising funds for the payment of the delegates elected ) was open to any person who thought proper to join them ; and indeed every portion of the Chartist body residing in the borough were apprised of the intention of forming such a Committee , and solicited to join in their individual capacity , as were every shade of Reformers in the borough who were desirous of forming a union on principle . The committee-men sat for three weeks with open doors , still earnestly soliciting the co-operation of all Reformers . It was well understood , as a great number of candidates seemed likely" to b « brought forward , that that the committee to prevent disunion at the public meeting , would take a vote upon who were , in their opinion , the most fit and proper

      persons to be recommended to the borough , for the important trust of supporting our glorious principles m the forthcoming Conference , and any person was eligible to propose a candidate in the committee . Their decision was postponed until lateen the Friday night before the meeting , for the purpose of giving every opportunity iof bringing forward candidates , awhen the following persons were nominated , and a vote of the committee was taken , namely , for Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , Spur , Gammage , Hornby , Humpkeres , Ceok , and Farrer ; and the choice of the Committee fell upon Messrs . Parry , Lucas , Buchanan , and Farrer . I

      most positively assert , that no further means were taken by the committee to secure the election . Then , sir , I think if disunion existed among the " whole hog" men , the fault did nut rest with the Committee , but with those who ncglocted their duties in not coming forward and taking a more active part on the Committee . I remain , Sir , With great respect , Yours in the cause of Truth and Justice , - . Thomas FARnsn . 22 . Grape-street , Rathbone-Place , Deo . 27 , 1842 .

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      Marylebone . —Mr . Watkins will lecture at the Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o ' clock . A public meeting will be held at the Chartist Hall , 2 b , biar-street , Commercial Road East , on Sunday , when it is earnestly requested that every member will be in attendance . Halifax . —On Monday there will be a ball in the large room , Swan Coppice , to commence at seven o ' clock , the proceeds to be appropriated towards the furtherance of the Chartist Cause . Keighlkt . —The next delegate meeting of this district will be holden in the Working Men's Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , January 8 th , at 10 o'clock in the forenoon . Each Locality is requested to send a delegate .

      Mr . Dickinson will lecture on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at Preston ; Blackburn , Monday and Tuesday ; Liverpool , on Wednesday ; Warrington , Thursday ; Colne , on Friday ; Burnley , Sunday , tho 8 th Jan . ; and Rochdale , on Tuesday , the 10 th . Holltnwood . —A public tea party will be held in the Ralph Green Chartist Room , Hollinwood , on Monday . Tea on tbe table at six o ' clock . Tickets , men eightpenoe ; women , sixpence each , may be had of Messrs . Athton Ashton , Joseph Brierly , John Bootft , and Edwin Clongb .

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      SDNPEBtAND , —Oa Menday last , a splendid concert was held in the Philosophical Hall , Atbaaeuni , far the purpose of defraying tbe expenses of the delegates to the National Conference , at Birmingham . Tbe Cornetta and Quadrille Bands , and the young gentlemen of the glee club generously offered their services on the occasion . The orchestra consist *! of about thirty performers ; the mturfo was of the first-rate description and elicited the highest applause . The room and galleries were crowded in every part . WXGAN . —Mr . Dickinson lectured on Sunday afternoon and evening , at the Association Room . Four new members were enrolled . BACUF . —Mr . Dickinson lectured at Baoup on Tnesday evening to a pretty fair audience .

      OUSBBTJRN . —Mr . John Hall , treasurer for the Northumberland and Durham Lecturers' Fund , has received from Sunderland 5 s . colne . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson delivered a lecture on Saturday evening last , to a crowded and attentive audience , in the Chartist News-room , Windy Bank . Colkb . —The League had a meeting here on Monday , at which Moore , of Manchester , and Piint , of Leeds , attended . The lads" sent for the Rev . W .

      Y . Jackson ; and at the close of Plint ' s speech , which he concluded by moving a free trade resolution , they proposed an amendment for the Charter . This was too maoh for the M respectables , " who kicked np a row ; and though the amendment was twice carried by tremendous majorities , the chairman , ( Mr . Walton , ) declared the "Plague" had it , and then dissolved the meeting . Mr . Jackson challenged them to two riight ' a discussion , but this they declined , and the Chartists , after giving cheers for their principles and leaders , retired .

      Holmfibth . —Mr . Peter Rigby , Chartist Lecturer delivered two sermons , on Sunday last , in the Wortley-hill School , to respectable audiences . The sermons gave general satisfaction , and at the close three new members were enrolled in the National Charter Association . MANCHESTER . —The Chartist Mechanics held their weekly meeting ia the Charter Association Room , Brown-street , on Thursday evening week , when Mr . T . M . Bropby delivered an instructive and interesting lecture to a large and respectable audience . At the close of the lecture a collection was made towards defraying the expenses of the Delegates to the Birmingham Conference .

      Carpenters' Hall . —Two lectures were delivered in the above Hall on Sunday last . One in the afternoon by Mr . P . M . Brophy , a&d the other in the evening by Mr . Starkey , from Coveatry . STJTTON-IN-ASHFIHXD . —On Monday a concert was held at Mr . Edward Parks , Eaatfield-side , Sutton , and on Tuesday , there was another at Mr . George Marriott ' s . The rooms were crammed ( o suffocation on both nights . The proceeds were appropriated to the Political Victim Fund .

      London . —At the general meeting of the Somers-Town locality , the resignation of the General Secretary was considered , and it was resolved , " that Mr . Cooper , of Leicester , is the most fitting person to take charge of the property of-the-Association , at present in the hands of tbe laXb General Secretary , from the interest he has taken in the movement , and his knowledge of the organisation , and his business habits . " He was also nominated to fill the office of Executive Councillor , in the place of liit Campbell resigned . :

      HBB 9 BM bkxdgb . —A tea-party and ball was held in the Democratic Chapel , at tht above place , on Monday , when . upwards of two hundred sat down to tea . The company separated at a late hour , highly delighted with the evening's entertainmentSi - ~ ^ - ; ~ : . . .. . . JLOMDOIT . —Daiadful Murder in White * CRass-STRBST . —At half-past ten o ' clock on Wednesday morning , an inquest was held before Mr .

      Baker and a bigbij respeotable jory , at the Two Brewers , Wbitecross-street , on view of the body of Thomas Leary , who was found dead , having been stabbed with a shoemaker ' a knife , on the night of Sunday last . The jury-room was crowded almost to gnffocation , and tha greatest ereitwneatprevaOed m the naighbonrhood . After the itaamuiation of two witnesses ihe enquiry was adjourned till half-psst ten the foUowmg morning , when it vm resomed , and after ueveral hours investiation a verdict of ** wilful murder - was returned against Michael MeagM , the dead man ' * master . ^^ ^*

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      ' HbtiipnvrH ^ WBa- Catte ll has become agaat fo r the Northern Star , and hopes , by strict attention to all orders committed to his oare , to receive that support whie ' n his labours may duly merit . Persons ordering the Star of him may receive the same at their own residence . Reports of Chartist meetings committed to his care will be duly attended to . ;; Ibish Poor Law . * -It is stated that the Government have a bill prepared to fix the payment of th ? pbor-rate altogether on the landlords , in the satrfe manner as the tithe-rent charge . —Dublin Mercantile Advertiser * : '

      Jessie Phillips , A Tale of the New Poor Law . —The celebrated Mrs . Trollope is bringing but a new work under the above title , to be completed in . 12 Mouthly Shilling Parts , with Ulnatrations by Leech , the firet Part of which appears with the commencement of the New Year . It cannot be doubted , that .-through the medium of " a work of fiction many truths may be made known to the public , which would never attract the same degree of attention if developed In works of higher pretensions ^ M xb . Trollope is deserving of high commendation for bringing the aid of her powerful pen to the illustration of the Poor Law System . — , London Paper . , ;

      Ctmious Astronimicai . Fact . —There is no new moon in tbe month of February , 1843 , but there are two new moons in the month of Maroh following . It is a new moon on the 30 th of January , again on ' the 1 st of March , and also on the 30 th of March . ' Christmas * Gift . —On Christmas day , upwardB of 130 paupers in Spotland workhouse were treated with an excellent dinner of roast beef and plum pudding . They had also half a . load of malt brewed into , ale . In the morning , most of them attended divine service at Spotland charch . ¦ :

      The "Bwde Lights in Oldham Chubch . —Oldham Church is one of the first places -of worship in the kingdom which has been lighted by taeans of the bude light . Eight of these powerful and brilliant burnera have been fitted up in Oldham Church , and were first lighted on Sunday last , at an expence of about £ 180 . The chandelierB are very effective and pleasing in their appearance . " Scarcity of Fuel . —Firewood is said to be so scarce iu Borne parts of the Middle States , that a man with a wooden leg is afraid to venture out after dftrk , for fear of being xobbed of it . —New York Paper * ¦

      An Example for Tenants . —The tenants of the Earl of Clohmellj on his estate in the county of Monaghan , hive convened a meeting " for the purpose , "as they state , " of taking into consideration the most effectual means of laying before his lordphip the distressed condition of his tenantry , and of imploring' him to take the state of their affairs into his serious consideration , by a reduction of TentB * 'Sco . ^ /? ¦ '* ¦ ¦ . * ¦ ¦'•• ¦ - ¦¦ ¦ . ;¦ ' . " . : v , y .: " iNFANTicipE . —Shocking Circumstance—OniVedhesdav eTeuine . about four o'clock , as a woman

      named Smith , residing on the new line of road outside thp Military-walk , near Balliuacurraj . was turning pigs out of her field she discovered dogs in tho act of eating something , which , on approaching , she was horrified to find , was tho body of an infant which they had torn from the earth , and which appeared to have been buried about ten days . There was no coffin ; but a quantity of old raga was placed about the body , and it was scarcely covered with earth . An inquest was held on Thursday at the Exchange , before the mayor , and a verdict accordingly returned .- —Limerick Reporter .

      v Fatal Excess . —On Christmas Day a shocking Occurrence took place at Mr . Dennison ' s greengrocer , in Lambeth-walk . A lad named Thomas Powell , not sixteen years of age , with others in the employ of Mr . Dennison , were by their master liberally regaled , and , as an adjunct , spirits were also provided , with which all the party became merry , and the deceased among the rest , — the ' latter , in the evening , taking advantage while the rest of the party were engaged , seized a jug containing gin , of which he took a hearty

      draught or two ; he afterwards became muoh intoxicated and fell down on the shop floor , where he lay for some time ; as he did not recover , surgeons were sent for , and Mr . Bendall and Mr . Wagstaffe attended , and deceased was conveyed home to his residence in the immediate neighbourhood , where his feet were bathed in warm water , and other remedies were administered , but without effect , as the deceased sank and expired at two o ' clock on Monday morning from the effects of the ardent spirits .

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      Recently , in Bethel Church , by the Rev . William HiU , the infant son of William and Hannah Walker , was baptired under the name of Thomas Slingaby- Dnncombe . On Christmas day , was christened at St . Thomas ' s Churchy High-street , Dudley , by the Rev . W . H . Cartwright , the infant son of William and Hannah Wright , by the name of Edward Ellis Mason M'Douall Wright .

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      At the Parish Church , Leeds , on Monday last , Mr James Holroyd to Miss Ann Robinson . On Sunday , at the Parish Church , Whitkirk , James , eldest son of Mr . John Croswaite , of Colton , near this town , to Hannah , eldest daugter of Mr . William Pawson , hay dealer and innkeeper , of Halton . / . - ¦ .: :- .- ¦ ¦ : ' ' ¦ - . . •¦ : ' ¦ - . •¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦'¦ ¦''¦ . ¦ . On Saturday , the 24 th inat ., at theParish Church , Leeds , Mr . Joseph Backhouse , of Leeds , to Miss Barber , eldest daughter ot the late Mr . Thomas Barber , farmer , of Crofton .

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Dec . 27 . —The supply of Grain to thiB day ' s market , is smaller than last week . Fine dry Wheat supports last week ' s price , but all other descriptions are difficult to quit ; the damp qualities were unsaleable . There has been rather a better enquiry for Barley , prices much the same . Oats dull sale and rather lower . Hard new Beans little alteration ; damp and old are dou sale .: ' . ¦' - . •¦ - . ' : ' ¦¦ ' ¦• ' ¦ ' , ¦ ¦ .... ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ' ' ¦'¦ . "V-.

      . ; lWAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Dec . 30 . —The Wheat trade has been very heavy to-day : for the . finest samples last week ' s prices have been fully supported ; but the secondary which have come to hand in poor cendition , must be noted rather lower . The demand for Barley has been limited , And although the supplies are but small prices have given way Is . per quarter . Oats and Shelling meet a heavy sale at a reduction . Bradford Markets , Thursday , Dec . 29 th . — Wool . —During the past week bat little business has been done , and the dullness applies to all kinds of

      Long Wool . In Broke and Noils the demand continues steady , and late prices fully maintained . — Tarn . —There is not anv marked alteration in the demand fer Yarns , and the continued short time working keeps the stocks low , and prices very firm . —Piece . —This being the hut Thursday , wasformerly not an acknowledged market for Piebes , but' that custom was abandoned a few years ago , and to-dsf fully an average business has been done vntn former seasons , and the manufacturers are not without considerable hope that at the commeno »» ment of the year an improved demand will be apparent and acceptable .

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      IRELAND . IlWFTTL CATASTROPHE—LOSS OF UPWARDS OF THIRTY LIVES . The particulars of the following melancholy catastrophe are communicated by correspondents of tbe ^ Dublin Evening U *\ L " Galway , Dec . 25 , 1842 . —A melancholy accident ; occurred in this town this morning . At early masa , in the parish chapel , there was an immense concourse of I people ; the gallery , as is usual ou Christmas mornings . I was crowded to excess . One of tbe rails of tbe staircase , by tbe pressure of tbe multitude , was broken , and Bomo persons in the vicinity having beard the crackliDg noise , gave tho alarm , and cried ont th&t the gallery was giving way . An indescribable but tremendous rush was made by the dense mass to escape . The catastrophe was awful ; thirty persons , np to the time { I am going to post , have been made the victims of tbe j r ashness of the assemblage . The gallery did not give way .

      ( From another Correspondent . ) " I think it but right to tell you , that a most tragical occurrence took place here , at six o ' clock this morning , at the parish chapel , similar to what occurred in Dublin two years ago . Previous to the celebration of mats , the chapel was crowded to suffocation , and some person gave the alarm that the gallery was giving wbj . The consequence was , that a tremendous rush was made towards the stairs—numbers were thrown down the stain , and trampled to death by others getting into the street At this moment ( two o ' clock )

      thirty-five persons are dead , and it is supposed that from ten t » fifteen more are also numbered among the dead . There are a great many , besides , maimed ; they are all of the lower class , each as poor tradesmen , labourers , and servants . There was no danger at all of the gallery giving way ; it is very strongly built , and wonld bear fonr times the weight that waa on it at the time . There must have been between 4 . 100 and 5 , 000 people in it at the time . I ~ never witnessed a mord heartrending scene . 1 saw myself twenty-five dead bodies . "

      ( From another torrespondeni ) ** I have just seen Dr . Gray , who informed me that he has ascertained tweaty-eigbt individuals to be dead , "but he thinks there are a great many more , carried to different parts of the town by their relatives , they have not yet come under bis observation . The town is in a frightfully agitated state . The sufferers are all of tbe working classes . I went through tbe chapel an hour ago , and found tbe gallery to be very strong , so that if the foolish people had but thought for an instant , they might have been tinder no apprehension ¦ whatever of its giving way , and tbe lives of tbe poor creatures might nave beea spared . Two of our servants were in tbe chapel at the time , but escaped—they do net know how . This has been a scene very like that which took place at Kirkcaldy , and which I never can forget . "

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      Chartism In London.

      CHARTISM IN LONDON .

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      JONATHAN AND JOHN . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NOBTHEB . N STAB . Sir , —Having read the Message of the President of the United States to the Congress , I was struck with the manly and statesman-like tone breathed thonghoct that important document What a contrast it exhibits to the puerile stuff read from the throne of this enlightened country , which is an olio of perfect nonsense —a string of hackneyed phrases twisted together by a set of noodles , tent £ own , or up , to her * Majesty for rehearsal , and then dubbed the " Queen ' s Speech . " The Message of the President is , throughout , of the most sheering character , and calculated to giTe an increased impetus to Columbia ' s enterprising sons . But what , may we anticipate , will be the character of what is miscalled " Her Majesty's speech ? " Why one of the old stamp . Not a word of camfort for a starving people , nor any foundation given whereon to build even an expectation of a better state of things .

      Under the salutary system which obtains in America such sentiments as those with which the President's speech is fraught may be expected ; but under the accursed system which prevails in this country we need expect nothing from tbe throne bat -what smacks of misrule , oppression and insult . Who . Sir , are te blame for the evils of our legislation and all tbe ilia emanating therefrom ? Why ourselves , the people . We are the fools who support " the courts' costly splendour , " that feed the vultures who gnaw our vitals , —that purchase bayonets to pierce us to the heart and bludgeons to break our heads . We

      clothe and feed the ermined Judges , euch as Abinger , to in&ultandpuniBbus , &ndthesaTpUc&dwolveato Q « vouTthe nock ; and then we , idiot-like , sit down and cry " God help us , " instead of shewing that we have learned that "God only helps those who help themselves . " We ought to set our shoulders to the wheel , and cease moling and puling about the want of extraneous aid . Some are " np and doing , " but many , too many , sit silently and supinely at borne , thinking that good will come without their help . It is a personal , an individual dfiir , and eaeh and all ought to buckle on their armour and advance to the fight against tbe Hydra of tyranny . Then the work will be both facilitated and expedited .

      We pay ten times more to support general and state GoTernment than do the wbole of tbe United States . Ten times more for bad Government than tbey do for good . Are we not fools ? For God ' s sake let us learn wisdom . Yours truly , Wm . Bidbb . Leeds , December 28 th , 1842 .

      Local Markets.

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      Marriages.

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 31, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct917/page/8/