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      GL 0 E 10 US A ^ D IRiUMPiiAlNT DEFEAT ' . OF ALL THE HuBBER FACTIONS BY , THE WHOLE 1303 CSAHTIST BRIGADE OF SUXDERLAXD . j On theraorahii ; of Friday , the 20 ft , large bilb appeared on riw ' trails of this town , announcing a tmfecmeeiis ^ far ihe purpose of taKing into con - jddexatioii ms charge nssde against Mr . James Williams by F « mms O'Connor , E ? q , in the Evesin" Slar of the 3 rd , and repeal pd in the A o-farra ¦ Star of " the 7 rh . of this ironth , Tae Des-m « wa * called with a penr = y admi-Tsion in the . Athei as am Lecture RoomBy the terms of ih « bill a vote of

      . censure was to have been paa « ed on Feareus 0 ura- , nor Esq , but , alar , f' -r ij » oncenanty of all haman , schemes , poor Mr . Wiffisms reckoned withouthis i host" the r - - -- « » n tbe first appearance of the bills met ' in " v . Vuiscil Booms , Robinson ' s Lane , to make a * - -esirDts for defendk-. heir brave leader . Ail thii ^? being settled to ir-er - .. itiiaal satisfaction , > they Eitruly airaitsd tne m-- vt war-os Monday Bight , and to their gr ^ at deiighs and satisfaction , ' two of thpir brother noes , Messrs . Con Murray and > Samuel Erfd , anwed from Newcastle at lour o ' clock in the afternoon . On their names being announced in the Geuncfl Room , all was joy and gladness , and it was sA once agreed that Mr . Kidd should appear

      against Mr . Wgliams , as the friend of O Coasor . We should also hare said that the Chartists sent a dejratadon to Mr . Williams , requesting bim to ailcw "the poor working men free admission , ^ s some thousands ha £ no penny to pay . They conduced 'that the public character of O'Connor was the pro-? perty of err&rj Csaiiist , and before , he sheald be put on trial , it would be only justice that ail were -allowed to bs present , Tfle deputation offered 'o pay "the half of tie expenses of the hall , if Mr . Williams TFonld pay the oiher half , this he would not recede to , -and hundreds of our best and bravest men , ibroush poverty , were kepi withoat the bsflding , a ^ d the hall filled wiih those only who could pay their pennies . Haying now sketched the previous proceedings in as short a . manner as posable , we proceed te -give a candid , fair , and impartial report of the tteefing'and discassios .

      Long beiore eigh : o ' -clock , the hall , whicn is capable of holding 506 , was densely filled in every

      comer . Mr . Wnmas arose and proposed tbat Mr . knot , a workiDg man , should lake the chair . ( Leud cheers ) . Mr . Hesketh Retlu proposed , -as an amendment , thai Mr . John Chalk , another working Eac , andonBofihs Council oi the whole h . 04 brigade , should take tbe t-hsir . This -ainer * hnent was received wiib treni'pndoE ? ibucders # : applauds and load cheering , which lastea for several minutes . Mr . Reilly then took a show of bait ' s lor Mr . Chalk , wiien , to obi judgment , two-ih : rds of tii « meeting i ot ed for h m . Mr . Williams next for Mr , Ktot , when about 150 supported him .

      Mr . Chalk , on toiing the chair , remarked trat it T ? as well known to the andierica thai he wa not a speech-maker , and would not therefore waste : heir time longer than by calirag ot every man is ihat loom , no matter what were his individual opinion- ; on tee subject sbem to be discussed , jo give a fair hearing 10 both speakers ; nothing elirissrd tru'h so well as a fair discussion . If they did not fc .-ar ail parries patiently , they could not Judge iiapcrua ' . j ; he would bow leave the matter in their own hai : u > , and trusted they w ^ -ald al ! ~ npport hia in keeping good order . After thanking hi-s brother Chartists for that mark of their confidence and respect , he sat down amidst loed cheers .

      Messrs . Williams asc Kid'i then entered icto the following arrangf-memr : —William ? to take fifteen minutes in opening ice ^ i-wnjsion , and procin « O'Connor ' s charges to be false- Kidd , firt-een minutes in defending O'Connor , and proving his charges a ^ ainsi Wiiiiams to r > e strictly in accordance "With trnih : each speaker thereafter to have ten Erinnfes alternately cntil ihe « lose of the debate All things being now settled , Mr . Williams came forward , loudly cheered by his friends , and said in snbstance as follows ^—

      Mr . Chairman and Genilrmen , 3 am ebarged in ihe leading article of the Northern Siar of tbturday the 7 ih , copied from the Evening S : sr of the 3 rd of this month , and from the pen of i ' eargns O'Connor , £ sq-, tviih hsTjxg made a base ccmproinis * of principle to the enemies of tbe Cnarter in the Birmingham Conference . Secondly , in having iinpadesi ? T and audaciously eEdeavciirtd to form a tbird j-ar : y in the said Coiifereccs ; and lastly , with behjg actuated by mercer-sry motives in the part 1 have taken to secure the six pounds a-week as a Complets ScSrsgelecrcrirr . These cLarges , couch'd ^ s they were in language of the moss insuning style , called upon him as a man to whom character tvas Taluable to defend himself , and that su -h d < fenc :

      shonld appear tbrcujh the same chancel . He < " u not stand there to deny the right on the part of s flee press to discuss the character of every rub ! c man , but while he WGul-i free 5 y admit this right , he ¦ would also maintain that if a man found that he " was ¦ DDJnsUy charged , thai same press ought to hear > irrr > jn reply . H = wcnld then take these -charges one by ote , and show to any unprejudiced and unbiassed " can that ihsy were each and all de-TOid of truth , lhat thsy were siantierou 3 and ungentlemanly . T : e first- charge was . that he had made a base compromise of principle to the euemie--of the Charter at the Birmingham Conference . Now , he denied ihst he had made a base compromise He denied that he had Tiolated any oae angle point of the Charter . He proceeded i © discuss the points of the Pfopls ' s Charier . seriatim , at each point turning to Ki < id , and aikiiig

      liim to prore to That assembly , which of thrr * e he had eoicpremised . H- ; admitted that he had differed iu opinion with ihe majority of tbe Conference , bui ho had doneso consraentionrlv , and he hoped hisiaJented ¦ opponent would not deny h : m the prmlege of thinking for himself , or exercising hi 3 judgment tvi * . hont being abused for so doing , or pinning his convictions to the skirts of any man liYing , If a man were to be denmmced in such a manner as he had been , by O'Connor , and such denunciation was called Chartism , then he ( Mi . Williams ) would cease to be a Chartist . If this were to be eaDed liberty , he wonld declare Wore God that he would cease to advoca . e Its principla . in conclusion , he called npon them in the most feeling manner to pause , ere they came to a decision tha . ^ evening , to banish ail pr > judioe , if they had any against him , and give his opponun the same impartial hearing they had given him . He sat < iown loudly cheered iv his friends .

      Mr . Kjdd came forward smidst the mosi deafening cheers . When silence had been restored , he said Mr . Chairman , ladies and fellow .-working m ; n of Snndcilaud , I must tag leave to correct an expr- 5-aon which Mr . Williams nsed to me individually . He has told yon that 1 am a Tery talented gentleman , now he believed Mr . Williams had not said k > disrespscifclly , but he had been in error , for the fact was , he tilr . Kidd ) was only jost a poor hard ¦ working man , who mest earn his bread by tbe sweat of his brow , and as to his talent , he could laj no pretensions to that , but he had truth and justice on hl 3 siue . He s ' . oodlhere on the sure founoaiion , on the glorious , on the pure and unsullied doctrine ^ of demoerscy , and on this solid rosk ho stood

      to proTe that Mr . James Williams had compromised , noianyoms particular point of the Charter , but that he had done the mischief by wholesale—that h « had basely violated all the Six Points—that he had grossly compromised the fundamental principle oa which the People's Charter was built —( dcafeniDt . cheers , clspping of hands , and waving of hats and handkerchiefs . ) And now fox the proofs . Thiy wonld all be awsre that the Conference at Birnung " - iam was elected by reversal Su&age , at least themajority—it was virtually a fair representation o ! the whole people of Great Britain ; its members Trere elected s t public meetings Jairiy called , unless in sneh cases as ma ; cf Paisley , Doncaster , and the second returns of such as Newcastle-uDcn-Tvne and

      Oldham , where me villany of ihe Sturgv-s interfered to S 2 ? pr <* 5 s the public voice . Tke address of the SiSrage Union called upon the country to tiect their delegates and send them to Birmingham for the purpose of conferring with ose another in framing a bill to be sent into the Hcu = s of Commons on the part of the people . ThL ? aitrcss did not say to tie people , yon must send delegates who , on their arrival in Birmingham , are to si : sileniiv and swallow evtrr nostrum we , the SaSrage Conncil , thiuk proper to propose , without consulting their own judgment , ot Ihe : instructions or opinions of their coi ^ utnents . -Lt it nad said so , tL « people wonld have treated -such a proposition with eoniempx , by not electing single and in

      one delegate , bis opinion very justly ° ? iL ! * £ e reTerse wa 3 the fa <> t- Tiey were called together on purely democratic principles : it was not pretended , by any party , thai thev would aU be of one opinion on any point ; but ' it was expected that , in accordance with these principles themmonty would give in and bs governed bv the inajon ^ , otnerwise there was no nse of their meetttg . _ Did the Complete Suffrage party act on this principle 1 XHear , hear , and lond crieaof no , no . ) JNo % he most strenuously maintained not . Their doctene was simply this , we will agree with all the ¦ world if all the world agrees with us—Uond cheers ) —they lost their dogmafical motion on their huge till ofrjghtB , and after being lefwn a miaoriiy , they tnen kick np their heels against the great majority nd off to b

      » got a room j themselves . In thus aciin £ jou will obserre they did not take , as I have * aid , any particular point of the Charter for viola- i non—tbej did not pick them—ihtj were so far rrbole hog men , for they swept the principles with one fell swoop—( lanehter and cheers )—Mr . Kidd i then rtrauig ta Mr . W ., you have asked me , Sir , to j show jC& which of these points yon have compro- j inlsed , ie . " ^ ^ icy answer—the whole of them inasmuch as you tso away with the minority —( continued cheering ) , li * Mr . W . could show him that the ma- j jority were to hs guided and governed by the mi- 1 tority , thenwonid be be prepared to admit that he had I not made a eempnTnise- In further iilnsuation of ' Bnch & libel on demi ^ cr&ey , he instanced the Corn- ! I * w Repealers . If tk" 4 r Ijipg great gun , Dickey \ ; : j 1 i ! j . J . ; ! i

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      Cobden , introduced a measure to the next Bsssion of Parliament for the repeal of the Corn and Provision Laws , and the majority were to divide against him , what wonld be thought of the eighty ct ninely repeal members , if , wi ' h Dickey at their head , they wer ?; to leave the House of Commons , meet in anoth' j place , and dtelare themselves 'h e Parliament ! — ( cheers ) . Now he held this was just the position in -which Mr . W . and his Siurgeite triends were pla ced . They had acted on tbe old Tory principles of the few dictating to the many . He would , before ? jtting dovm , call upon h ;^ opponent to an ^ Wt-r his q > jestion wiiboui *• ndeavourisj ; to hide himself uncer a ck-sk of sophistry , for he { Mr . Kidd ) was not to ce humbuggvd after iha ; fashion . Here is the qu estion , is the right of the minority to govern tbe tfiajority in accordance with the principles of the ' Jharter?—( grea-. cheering ) .

      Mr . w lLLiiSis , on rising the second 1 ime , showed by iis evasive and shbS ^ attejepts ? o aa-wer the question of his opponeni , that he was w rithiug under the firs : speech oi Mr . Sidd . He contended that , in some instances , the minrrity had a ri ^ ht to act independent oi the majority , in proof oi which , he referrea 10 ihe Protestant Reformtuon r ^ nd the persecutions 01 the first reforners , by the admission of every man . They were in the minority , and a very small micoriry at the conmencement of their career , aiid would Sir . K . idJ dare to hold that they should have givcii in to tr . e minerity ? yet , this be must do if he contraded for t-his > doctnne under all circunxstances . Hec-alled their tttentiou to America , where their Chtner principles were it full operation . In that

      ! eovatry , the majority of 17 . 000 , 000 white people ! kept the micesirv oi 2 , 006 ; OOU m bondage , on no other pretext than xhat of their skin beiug black . Here then was convincing evidence to prove thai there wes extreme cases in which vhe minority . T ? cre justified in opposing tbe iaa joruy , and acting independent ! of them . Ke held taat the case of tbe Conference was oi : e cfthtm ; he did not leave tbe i majority until be found there was no good to be fff-eted by remaining ltnger with them , until he found tbat the seceeding party were active business men , anc-niore likely to bring about the regeneration . of the cosntry . He tried to do some iinie good to

      the peopie ' s csnse , by moving the preamble of tbe Bill of Rights , Ln the Chartist Conference , as being preferable to the preamble of the Charter . When this was lost , he considered he was sn duty bound to go orer to the minority ; he mainitiued that this wasiully snswering the question oi his opponent . He th ^ n caued on Mr . K . dd to t . how what point of the Charter he bad cot . pro raised , as in hi » whole speech Le had never aiL-uapied toco so . He contended this was the whoitj foundatioa of the discus .-iou , and , as jet , he stood acquitted of the charge of compromise , and would in his next ten minuits take up the second charge . —( loud cheers . )

      Mr . Kidd would noi permit hia wily opponent to lead him from the real subject uad .-r tiiscu-sion to that of negro slavery ; he would sa . y , in reference io the poor slaves , that they were kepi , in bondage , noi as Mr . W . erroneously he ) d , under the full optration of the priunples of our Charter , it was under tbe damning influence of ciass-lesi ^ iation the poor blacks Were kep : in bondage ; as a proof , Mr . \ Y . wouid nov ? be informed thai , in the . Northern Hwaa of the Un-on , wnere universal sulfrage was the basis of t-esr S ; ate Assemblies , tlu-re \^ a- Fcar ^ -3 s vestige of .-iavery to be tounc ; while in > he Southern States , wh re there existed a forty doilar qualification , ihere were morr tlaves than frcenien —( ioud cheers)—i ; was the rascally midGie

      classes teat kept iho pour Iuc ; aos in c-huiiis—u was ihr rascaliy cla ?^ that fi > rmt-d the minority ai t ' . ie Cont ' crfcucr ; , and to whom Mr . W . had now become allied , lie wou ! d ask them what inttrtst the poor working American could have in keeping his poor cegro countryman a < -iave !— ( continued cheering ) Mr . Willihin : " wa- more unfortunate in his attempts to make the minority at the reformation serve h . s purpose , for there was no similarity between a minority on ihe question of religion and the question of politics . In tne question of religion he held the rule of majorities and minorities was uncalled for , and not unlv that—it was tyranny of the worst description io compel a niiiioriiy in religion to believe with the majority , when at the same time

      their holding different ttnets could not injure their majority , vrhile they paid their osvn clergy on the voluEtary principle , bu ; h was quite dinVrent as regarded politics ; for it Mr . W . ' s minontv had tho power of making laws aifocticg the lives and pr-jp < Tiie 3 of tee majority , it would be high Tory > -m , and not dens' -cracj . He would again cail thcattenti-n of Mr . \ V . to the simile in hia ia £ t spu-ch , vjz the Corn Law Repealers , as a minority in the House oi Commons , vruieh was quite to tbopoint , and whicL be had ni » t yei answerea . ( a gi r at uproar here ensued on the pan of Mr . W . 's irnnds , aud they continued to vhienupt Mr . K .. during the rtst of ihe evtiiiiig ) Mr . K ' - ^ d , sianimg umil the rc-pectebies became a little more quiet , coolly observed

      Geii-iemen , these arguments are nipping yt—your troubles are only beginning—you will get more of them— Iroars of laughter , and cheennts , and ruffing , whieh made the gallery shake ) . Mr . W . gave another rrason for ieaviiig the majority , and going with the minority , it was this , because the minority were men of business ; yes , ne ( N 3 r . Kidd ) could not c > i > y it ; they v ?« -re men of business , a . nd no mistake ; their hugo and ovcrgrowu b-ul of rights , that took five hours to read , was a practical proof that they ecaid do a dea . 1 of ba ^ intK 1 , but ii was no prooi thai they had done it well . He had been told by Mr . W . that the preamble of -he bill of rights was preferable to the preambis of the Charter ; this they would see was only an assertion ; he bad offered no proof . Now , in what consisted the superiority 0 : this preamble to outs ; why , because it was written

      by lawyers ; it was made uo of a whole bushel oi lr-gal phrases , such as wLereasce , a < ore ? aid- > , &c . Sec . &c , and in a very holy and revfremial styJe , audec to that of extreme loyalty . They addressed tne robbers of this nation , iuelnding tbo big-bellied bLrhop 3 , as the lords spiritual and temporal —( gr < at laug&ter and cheers . ) Be had been asked by Mr . W . what point he had violated ; why cia he ( Kidd ) not prove that he had violated the whole by destroying the principles , and until his oppoiveut met the question in its proper form , be would keep him a ? firmly nailed to it as a bad shilling to a grocer ' s counter—Laughter and cheers ); he would kiep him there till he answ « red openly as a man , and a pro-: « -: sing patriot , and from what they had heard , he was not likely to answer ii —( continued cheers aud disapprobation . )

      M . r . vv illiams now came to the consideration of the second charge , viz ., that he had imprudeniiy and audaciously endeavoured to create a third party in the Conference , by proposing the preamble ot the Bill of Rights . Why if this was a crime against ti : c ruajeity of Mr . O'Connor , he could prove that tha : Gentleman hold in 1830 that : he Charter was defic-cjent in its details , and not only did he . '• ay this but had almost damned the Char . er by decJaring its details to be nonsensical . He then read Mr . O'Connor ' s speech delivered in tbe Convention trom an . old Slar of that year , went on to say , " to ba dentunced for endeavouring to amend what O'Connor has told us was nonsensical , and a * t < -r being sa denounced in the columns of a Chariist journal , without bein <; allowed the instrtiouoi my defence ? "' He wished his opponent to note this well , a :. d as he undertook to defend Mr . O'Connor , show him how he could square this with Chartist principles .

      iir . K idd held it was in attempt , an impudent and audacious attempt , to create a third party bj Mr . W . introducing a document for discussion , wLe ^ on the day b 9 forc , it was rejected by a majority of S 9 . Was there any th ; ng more clear aud reasonable than this view of the question . ? His opponent finds fault at not felting free access to the columns of the Star : Did he take a proper method of defending hinrseifi H 3 denied it . A letter which would occupy three columns and made up of scurrilous abuse , was not hkeiy to find a pla ^ e ia any paper . Wtre lae poor workir-g men to pay 4 Ad . fcr such trash , to the exclusion of better matter ? " it was ouite common ty ith the enemies of Chartism in

      their disputes with the Star , to write such letters as wonlo disgrace a fish -wife in point of abuse , well knowing tha :. they would not be published , nay that in point of lact , tht . y were unfit for publication , and then cry out against the conduct of the editor m not giving them fair pby . Mr . W . bad told them that Mr . O'Connor cabled tbe details of the Charier nonsensical in 1839 ; well , for tbe sake of argument he would grant thi-510 be iru p , aud what did it amount to ? why , tha ; Fcargus O'Connor had not chained his mind in the Birmingham Conference , for he there spent the greater part of two days in assisting to amend these detail :. —( load and enthusiastic cheering . )

      Mr . Williams now rose to repel the lying insinuation that he was ingratiating himself with the Complete Suffrage party for the purpose of becoming their lecturer at five or six ponnds a week . He said this was done to injure him , for those who knew bim , and the physician who attended him , knew perfectly well that Irom tbe state or his healtfi he was quite unable to deliver a lecture for any party , ilr . W . by this time had got off his coat , and drawing himself up to his full height be made one of tbe most powerful appeals to the sympathy of the people we have ever heard . He asked them were they going to censure him after what ho had suffered in their cause ! were they going to send him : o h : s grave and leave his wife and family without a

      gaar-! dian ! were they now going to tell him who had so often stood their friend , James Williams we will never again allow yon to appear on our platforms as the advocate of oor principles I Sarely they wonld not ; he thought he knew them better ; but after all , if they did he coald not help it . Mr . W . here became much affected , and many of his friends . especially the females , shed tears ; indeed we frankly own that we ourselves began to think the whole hos men should relax their stern severity for his desertion of their canse . Mr . W . Bat down in a state of complete exhaustion , crying out don't blast my charadei" —( lond cheers from the friends of Mr . W ) Mr . Kidd , in rising for the last time , said , he felt himself rather awkwardly situated , not as regarded the strength cf his position , for he now stood master of the field —( loud cheery and cries of

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      yes , yes , " and "no , no , " from all parts of the ] fluase ) ; but he felt that he was now approaching the most delicate part of the dispute , viz ., the money matters in Mr . O'Connor ' s charges . Mr . W . was said to be on the look out for a Scurge ofBce . Well , even on this subject , he would boldly g've his opinions , —and here they were . All those lecturers who had be 6 n brought into-public life , who had been made valuable by the poor Chartists , and had since joined the ranks of our enemies , did not go away all at once . No ; they went bit by bit , just as Mr * W . was bow going . True , Mr . W . had told them , and referred to hia physician to bear him out in it , fiat the state of his health

      would not on any account permit hia giving a lecture s but was it not a fact that no man in these countiics was in the habit of giving such speeches and lectures , Mr . W . had made a strong , ami he would say , a very feeling appeal to their feelings and their sympathy . Ho asked them not to censure him . ( Cries of " It wont do ; " and great disapprobation aud hissing . ) He ( Kidd ) had no wish to see him censured , if he came forward and honosily acknowledged his errors , and faithfully promised to be a good boy in future . But why did Mr . W . cry so loudly against being censured , when he was using his every exertion to censure Ruch a brave and disinterested advocate of suffering humanity as that bold indomitable patriot Fi-argua O'Connor ? ( Loud and long-continued cheering . ) In conclusion he now

      called upon them to vote in accordance wiih their i honest convictions , regardless of the sympathetic j appeal of Mr . Williams , or the many and valuable i services of O'Connor . He held , and he was proud to say that he had by his humble abilities defended O'Connor , and confirmed tho charges preferred , against Mr . W . He had one word more to say , j belore sitting down , which was , that for the charac-; ter of his species he was sorry to be compelled to j admit that , all who now endeavoured to injure j O'Connor were creatures whom he made respectable , by his purse and his press . He would bid them , farewell , and sit down by again calling on them to I do their dary . T'ie ciiPenug which followed Mr . I Kidd's last speech , surpassed anything we have ever i heard .

      Mr . Williams immediately rose and without comment , moved tiie following motion . " That the principle of democracy and of natural justice requires tha . * a vtronc done to the humblest member of the Btate should be regarded as equally important as one inflicted on the most distinguished ; that it is one of the luost sacred and inalienable rights o ( man to b-- permitted freely to exercise tbe powers of bia uiiud and as freely to dtciare tind act on his honest cjuvictions . That this ni t * -. ing is , therefore , of opinion that th-i conductors of the p .-v-s have a rit ; bt to examine and coninif-nt upon tbe puMic conduct of all public men . * whiie tho laiter aro equally entitled to

      vindicate tbenjseivua thioueh the same median ) . Tbat as the character t-f a man is as sacred as his life , and as Mr . O Connor , as Editor "f the Evening Star , has brought charges aad niaCe iisinustions ajja-inst Mr . Williams , which , if true , would render bim unworthy of public tstetm and confidence ^ it was , therefore , tho -light of >! r . Wiriams to be pettnltted to r . p . y to the sama , and the riuty of tbe E . iitor of the Slar to insert such reply ; and this meeting fi ding that tbe reply of Mr . Wi'ii . inis to ibe said attack has betn wi ; hb < ld by the Eii » or « f the Star , ore of opinion that such condrct is at variance ¦ with tbe principles of dt-nn-cracy unrt wi'h the principle of doing unto others as v ? e would tboy should do unto

      us . " Mr . Kidd immediate ' y moved this amendment : — " That it is tbe opini-ja of this nieetinfi the conduct uf Ftargus O Connor , Esq , m exposing ihe dishonebt and treacherous tritktry and sbuftl u ^ of Mr . Jimes Williams , as one of lbe delcg . itts frcin Sunderland , to tbe Birmingham Confer i , ce , was unuly ! i » d btraiplit-, forward , and entitles that pcnt ' . eiuan to the tha ks , ' tratitude , and confidence cf the hard-workinjf , illused sons of toil throughout Great Britain and lielnud ; and it is also cf opinion tint tVrry word written on that subject in tbe Evening Slar of the 3 rd of this prtEent month , is Ftriclly in accorda- ce with truth , nnd justifies us in Withdrawing any confidence which we ir > pobed in Mr . James Williams , in the eiiily part of the Cnartist agitation . "

      The Chairman then put Kidd ' s amendment , cading upon all w . io supported hid as biiDg the rooiu-Uou of this met tint ; to hold up both hands . With one universal shout , up went a forest , of hands , < which , to our appearance left none down . Ho then , in tho s-ama worus , put Mr . Williams's r - otioii , iViwhich Me should think about 200 voted . Tug Chair- , man then dcelar-d tho amendment carried by a i lars ; e majority . Tois amendment was carried with evory d < monitratwn of applause and loud cries of " * Long live O'Connor , the people ' s champion . " Mr . Wi , liam . 5 ' s friends here mated a great confusion , denied the correctness of the Cnairmiu's decision , said called for the appointment of tellers . ,

      Mr . Kidd then appointed Mr Cou Murray , of Glasgow , as his teller ; Mr . Williams , another gemkman , whose name we could not learn . The votes were again taken , when the majority seemed even still larger . T * ie tellers consulted , when , strange to say , the gentleman chosen by Mr . Wilhams declared he could not say on which tne majority was . Mr . Williams then remarked . ' O , then , we will give it upon both sides , and stand as we beyan . "

      Mr . VirniRAV stopped him : " Not so fasi ivr , " he had an opinion in tho matter now , and ho would te ! J Mr . Wilhain 3 tkit he was prepared to prove to the best of his j- ; d ^ ment that there were at tho very least , bet-wren b"U and 100 of a majority for K'dd ' s amendment ; and this , with the L-hairman's dteifnon . and the fact that the Chartists had carried their fri-nd to the chair , completely knocked poor Jemn'V almost stupined . The meeting then separated in a very uprorious manner .

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      HULi—Defeat or the Complete suffragists —On 'Wednesday evening last , Mr J . Collins , of Birminsbani , deliver d a lecture in the Free Masons ' Lodge , Myton-gate , on the principles of Complete Suffrage . The m- etiug was but thinly nttcr . ded ; the great majority . however , being Chartists , as the result proved . At eight o ' clock Mr . Firth was called to the chair , who briefly opened the business by stating tbat as discussion was anticipated nt the close of the lecture , any person would be atlibeity to ask Mr . Collins any questions that might be to ttia point . Mr . ColJins then went through the Six Points of the Charter , defending them very Citveriy , a : d replying to tbe oljectii > nB raised by their opponents in a convincing maouer . He tbeu pointed out the utility of thv

      Corap ' . fcte Suffrage unioii in bringing the electoral body to act in concert with the non-electors , and concluded by requesting all panics to join wiih them . This w-a very coidly ^ received . Tke chairman tt'en asked if any person bad any qu * -fction to ask- Mr . West rose and . " . sted if he might be ailewed to m : ike a few observations in reference to the conduct of tho Sturgite ^ at tbe Birmingham Conference ? Tbe chairman slid that -was contrary to rule , as the questions put should be dn reference to Mr . Collins * lecture . Mr . West Etated tbat with the lecture he perfect ! j agreed , bnt he bad charges to mafee against tbe Complete Suffrage Ur . ion , and arainst Mr . Collins in particular . There was th ^ n an universal cry for Mr . West to get on the pialforni . which he did . Mr . Burns , or

      Mobcov Burns / ' as be is called , rose and said they weuld allow Mr . Wtst ten minutes to m ^ ke good his charges . Mr . West said be was in the bamis of the mtetine , and that when he wanted tbe permission of Mr . Burrs to address a meeting , he would apply to bim , but that at present it would 100 k much better for him to sit dewn until his services were needed . The Cb ;> irnnn tbou put it t »> tbe meeting , and Mr . West was allowed b-. ti an boor tc stnte the case . He commenced by referring to tbe Conference , a : id tbe shnmeful manner in which they h . d wealed the people ' s delegates after putting tUs country to an enonnoua expense , and then bee :-. use tbey cuu ! 4 not have . aH tMags alter ibeir own fushion , l ^ kick np their heels and run away . Mr . Collins here interrupt , d , saji-. ^ he was no t tbo representative oi

      the Complete Sj . firecitta , but as Mr . West tcM he had chaTgxs to make igiirst him he was sorry ih . it gent . did n < t do eo . Mr . West , then I chnr ^ ts you ¦ wiih being a renegade to your principles , and a traitor to t ^ e cause of the pp 'p i' ? . As a Chartist j"U suffered imprisonment with William Lovett , and yet in the Conference you voted against Wm . Lovett and tbe Chapter . You went through Scotland , miiyios ; tho people under tbe banner of the Chart . r , receiving the tribute of their honest gratitude ; yeiintbeXor . ffrf . ce you voted against their r . prosentatives ; snd , n « fc only that , but , like a sneaking coward , you ran aw . iy aud ltfc them , thus treating the People ' s representatives with scorn and contempt . Mr . Collins attempted to justify his conduct by saying he

      never deserted his principles , that they were the same now they ever had been , bufc , as a member of the Complete Suffrage Csuncil , he oentended tbe minority hoa no right to yieid their opinions to the majority— ' thst their -Bill was tuperior to the Charter ; and , therefore , more worthy the attention of the poop e . Mr . ' West replied , and exposed the hypocrisy of the doctrine , tbat the opinion of the majority should not rule . He defended tbe Charter for its simplicity and clearness , compared with the Sturge " MONSTER , " and cancZnded by moving tbe following resolution : " That , it is the opinion of this meeting that the best means of carrying out the principles- of Complete Suffrage iB ; in a steady perseverance in tbe advocacy of those j

      principle * , aa denned and laid down ia tha document < as amended ) called the People ' s Charter . '' I Tbe Chairman refused to £ put any resolution , when Mr . j West said , then be should be under the necessity of j moving another Chairman . The meeting responded , ' and this brought them to their senses , the Sturgit-es ' saying it ought to be put The Chairman , makiig a ; virtue of neceEsity , ptvt it to the meeting , and it "waai carried tjnanihously , Collins' own eommittee voting j against him , and thus by their vote stamping tbeir champion as the renegade which Mr . West " so successfully proved against him . The Sturgites looked blue , aini thetr boast that they would destroy Chartism in Hull , has met with a signal exposure .

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      Lectures . —Mr . West delivered three lectures on the influence of Chartism on tbe physical , moral , and intellectual condition of the people ; the first , on Saturday night , in Mr . Hill's room , which was well attended ; tbe second , on Snnday night , in tbe same pldctj , the room being crowded , numbers going away who were unable to obtain admission . -On Monday ni £ bt there was a public nueting in the Masons' Lodge , to adopt n petition to Parliament for a committee of enquiry into the conduct of Lord Abingtr . The spacious ball was crowded to suffocation , Mr . Hickuian

      was called to the chair , who opened the meeting in a few appropriate remarks , and calta 1 * on Mr . Barker Io move tho petition ; Mr . Barker , in a very sensible speech , pointed out the necessity of the people Bpeaking out on this subject He read extracts from Abinger's charge , which were highly unconstitutional , and proved the necessity of Lord Abinger being removed from the Bench to preserve it from impurity , or being bullied by political bias . Mr . B . Pinder seconded it . Mr . West supported it , aud it was carried unanimously . The Chairman then introduced Mr . West to deliver his

      third lecture , who commenced by contrasting the present state of society physically , morally , and intellectually , with what it would be under a system of Government responsible to tho people . These lectures have done much good in removing a deal ( f prejudice frt-m the minda of many who were misled by the misrepresentations of our enemies , as to the objects of the Chartists . At the conclusion , Mr . West invited discussion ; but no one appeared . Mr . WtBt then rose to set himself right as to Wednesday night's meeting , a false report of his resolution having appeared in the Hull papers : this brought out Mr . Burns , who , kfthe end substantiated the truth of Mr . West ' s statement . Dr . Richardson tben tried his hand with but little better success . He tbeu asked Mr . West how he

      would got tho Charter ? Mr . Westaswered satisfactorily . The Doctor then commenced an attack on the Chiirtista and Feargus O'Connor , aud said , we never could get the Charter without the purses of the middle c . ass ; that all our leaders could be bought , and tbat the intellectuals were leaving us ; that he had a conversation with a member of tfce government , and that he gave his opinion of all parties , and that the Chartists were tbe most insignificant because of their poverty . Ha then made a . n attack on Mr . Maloney , the honest delegate to the Conferance , for voting as his constituents instructed him . Mr . Maloney replied to the dei . list's insinuations in a manner the man " of teoth" will never forget . Mr . West gave him the

      finishing struke , te ling him to go and tell bn party they might keep their grid , for the Chartists preferred boue&t poverty an 1 principle to competency without principle ; that they might bay some of the leaders , bub the people were independent of them . H * wiahed them joy of tbvir " lumping pennyworth , " but they wftuld find out , in the end , it was not worth the purchase . Tho meeting gave three cheers for Feargua O'ConnoT , three for Mr . Hill , three for West , aod then sung " We'll rally around him , '' in grand style . The meeting wns a mo 3 t glorious one , and we think will be & ' Jiuislier to the petty faction of discontented " renegudis . who for same tiine have been trying all schemes in their power to destroy the Chartist movement .

      C'JLNS . —At the Council moating held on Sunday it was agreed that a delegate nite ' -iug should bo hi Id on Sunday , the 12 th of February , in the Chartist News Room , Windy Bank , at two o ' clock , p . m . T 9 DlVT . On . DEV . —Mr . Isaac Barrow preached two sermons on Sunday last to numerous and respectable audiences , aud gave great satisfaction . WORCf . 'STEB .-Mr . R . G Gammage , of Northampton , Vi .. ted this town on Satuiday , and delivered an able ua 1 argumentative lecture on the present state of society and the People's Charter , in the Chartist Association Room , bottom of Bank-street ; and another on Sunday , in the same pl . t ce .

      CAULISLS . —The Working Men ' s Mental Ijii'iiovKMEivr Society . —This society held thenusual weekly meeting at their room No . 6 , Jubn-street , Caltlewgate , on Sunday evening last . After some conversation on the sulject , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — " That the members of the Working Men ' s Menial Improvement Society , unxioua for tbo increase of tho general defence fund , more c . s cci . i'ly aa tbe Liverpool AssizsS are rapidly approaching , would respectfully recommend to the notice of the nienihf rs of the Council of the ' Carlisle Cha tist Associaiiun , ' a Irttrr , signed Ci > n Murray , which appeared in the Northern Slur of January lich , Ibl 3 , augmenting an excclli-ut plan for increasing the said fund ' , bting fully convinced if that plan be rigoroualy followed out , a considerable sutu of money might be raised in Carlisle , for that laudable purpose . "

      LEAB 1 INGTONT . —At the usual weekly meeting at the Prince of Wales Inn , on Sunday Lost , Mr . James Green in the chair , Mr . H ^ nry Sanstord delivered a very eloquent , am ! instructive lecture on tho evils of priestcraft—the different opinions they promulgate , the evil tendency those different opinions have on society , and concluded by proving that essential saving religion , or true Christianity , wholly consists in doing good to each other . IMAKCHESTER , —The Chartist mechmics held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , Brown i strtet , on Thursday evening last , when an instructive K-cture upon the position * of political parties in this country , was delivered . CARrENTiius" H all . —On Sunday last , two lectures were delivered in the above Hall by Mr . Dison and Mr . Little .

      Chopper-Street . —The Chartists of this part ef Manchester have opened a new room for the purpose of advocating the principles of democracy ; Mr . D . xun lecturtil upon the monetary system , aud the policy of Sir Robert Peel . The following resolution was carried unaniinuurfy : — " Tbat we the inhabitants of Miles Platting and ntighbourhood , consider the Evening Star to be the only daily paper tbat ever advooatcd the true principle of democracy , and we pledge ourselves to support tbiit paper to the utmost ot our abilities . " BURY . —On Monday evening , a lecture waa delivered in the Girden-street Working-man's Hall , by Wiliiam Dixon , from Manchester .

      3 SOTTX . JGHAM . —A meeting of delegates from the various localities in Nottingham , was held in the Diiui erotic Cuapel , whtn it was resolved that local lecturers be employed to agitate the surrounding villages , and twelve names were taken down for that purpose . The Chartists also met at the above place on Monday evening , when a resolution was passed that a quantity of the Bills containing Mr . O Connor ' s . challenge to the Corn Law League should be sent for , and five shillings was voted from ; h , U locality as tbeir share of the expence . Ten shillings was alao voted to tbe local victim fund . : Arnold , neah Nottingham . —Mr . Richards , from the Potteries has been lecturing here to good and attentive audiences , and has given great satisfaction .

      Cahiungton , near Nottingham . —The Chartists of'this locality met at their room , Mansfield Road , on Sunday evening last . The Tea Party Committee met on the same evening ; and , after transacting business , agreed t <» meet every Sunday evening , till the tea party takes place ; they will meet next Sunday evening at six o ' clock . BARITSLEY . —The Chartists held their weekly meeting in the schoolroom , under the Odd Fellows ' Hall . Mr . John Vallance was called to the chair . The Council laid before the meeting the plans they intended carrying out , iu the hope of giving new life and energy to the movement , such as reading , lecturing , and providing waiter for general discussion , by which they hopi ? to give a new impetus to the agitation here , Ten fhii'lings and fourpenee was voted for four hundred Circulars , in tho disposal of which they earnestly solicit tho support and assistance of all those who have the regeneration of their common country at heart .

      Those parties holding monies belonging to the DofenceFund , are particularly rtqaeated to attend with it next Monday night . SE 2 EFFIKEiQ . —Chartism . —A meeting was held in the Fig-trbe-lane Room , on Monday evening , Mr . Hairey read from Oastler ' s Fleet fapers a withering cistigation of the Freebooters , —tho " Old Kind's" unveiling of the infernal theme by which the late " strike " w . 18 brought about and his cutting exposure of the rascally objects of tho S ' . urgeites were warmly responded to by the meeting . Mr . Harney added some c'ltcments , and was followed by Mr . P-trkes who delivuied a brief address . Dlwcwortii —Messrs Harney and GUI visited this * ' highland viliaga" on Wednesday week , and in the evening addressed an excellent meeting .

      Home Colonization . —Mr . Lloyd Jones lectured on this important sutgect at the Hall of Science , on Sunday evening last , to a , crowded audience .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL .

      SALFORD . Mr . Peter Pollitt , Davis-street . Mr . Robert MacFatlane , Heath-street , Pendleton Mr . John Eccles , canal-yard , Windsor , do . Mr . James Sanders , Hope-street . Mr . James Wilkinson , Methvine-place . Mr . William Sunnier , Ford-street . Mr . Robert Hulme , Durham-street . Mr . Ralph Buckley , Market street . Mr . William Gillebrand , Bevsl-Btreet . Mr . George Roberts , Legeuder-street . Mr . James Sandiford , Corporation-street . > lr . John Millingtoa , 43 , Hope-street , sub-Trea surer . Mr , John Miller , I , Boundary-street , sub-Secre tary .

      TROWBRIDGE . Mr . Edward Payne , weaver . Mr . Israel Say , do . Mr . George Eames , cloth-dresser . Mr . James Harper , do . Mr . Alfred Marobant , do . Mr . John Johnson , shoemaker . Mr . Arthur Heath , grocer and baker , President . Mr . James Watts , do . sub-Treasurer . Mr . James Ames , marchant-spinner , Mortimer street , sab-Seoretary .

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      ; NOTTINGHAM . Mr . B . Humphries , framework-knit * ^ r , II , Lee ' s Yard , Narrow Marsh . Mr . J . Burkland , ditto , Colwic ' g-street , New Snenton . j Mr . Walter Smallwood , do . Cross laud-street , Narrow Marsh . ¦ Mr . Isaac Barton , do . 5 , Cherry-street . Mr . William ! Rice , needle-maker , " 21 , Wadestreat . Mr . Silvester ITruman , bobin and carriage maker , 4 Oat Yard . :

      , Mr . Samuel Richmond , shoemaker , 21 , Drakestreet . Mr . Henry Barker , framework-knitter , 8 , Commerce-street . ' Mr . Charles Roberts , tailor , Haokley . Mr . John . Baum , framework-knitter , 16 , Abingerstreet . Mr . William Farley , do . 21 , Tiler-street . Mr . John Haslem , gardener , York street , sub-Treasurer . : Mr . George Clarkstone , lace hand , Old Radford , sub-Seoretary .

      DERBY . Mr . Thomas jBriggs , millwright . City-road . Mr . EdwarrijDrewcot , weaver , Nun ' s-street . Mr . Stephen jHeather , petrifactioner , Kensington . Mr . Thomas [ Chester , smith , Castle-place . Mr . WilliamChandler , weaver , Leaper-street , sub Treasurer . ' Mr . Enos Ford , joiner , City-road , pub-Secretary . Mr Jt » hn Moss , cordwaiuer , Darby-lane , corres ponaing Secretary .

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      Captain Thomas Roberts , master of tho ship Ann Mundell , appeared at the Thames Police Office , on the charge of assaulting John Crouch , the carpenter of the vessel , on the 28 th of August last , on the high sras . The misdemeanor was of a serious order , and f . he : defendant , ' waB ordered to find bail , himself in £ 200 , and two sureties of £ 100 each , to auswer the charge at the sessions . Loss or the War-Steamer Ariadnr . —By a-priva e letter , received 011 Monday , we regret to announce the total loss of tbe splendid war-steamer Ariadne , in the ! service of the Hon . East Iudia Cnmpany . attended with melancholy cons ; quences , . which occurred at about eleven o'clock at night , on the 23 d

      of Jun <» liK-t . near the entrance of Chusan harbour . The \ riadnowas an iron-built steamer , about 400 tons burthen , wjth two powerful engines . She was constructed upon a new principle , tor the purpose , of mviffating the iCliinese rivers . The Ariadne was 130 fret in fX ' reme length , and about 50 feet from one paddle-b' > x to the other . She carried two swivel sruns of large calibre , one aft and the other before the mast * The British fleet in China dnring the late war , received the most valuable service from the Ariadno ari'd four other small steamers belonging to t . fi navy' of the Hon . East India Company . The officers and nrew were saved , but Shree Chinese who were on b < vard perished .

      Scandal . —Dublin , Jan . 28 . —A trifling incident occurred a the drawing-ro ^ m on Thursday evening , which has furnished a subject of much conversation , and of some dark mysterious paragraphs in the newspapers . The , Freeman ' s version of the affair is as follows : — " it is rumoured that a certain member of the legal profession—who , however , has recently figured in the court more frequently as a client than as an advocate—was in the act of ascending the Castle stairs , with the intention of mingling in the glittering throng st the drawing-room on Thursday evening last , when be was intercepted by an inspector of police , who disputed his right to enter . Mr . , who bad gone to the trouble and expence of attiring himself in a full Court costume , was

      highly incensed at this interft renco , and demanded to know how it was that he , who had attended the Courts of the Monarch , nnd had himself introduced debutants to thejhalls of St . James's , would not be permitted to corilfer th . p favour of his company upon the mero representa ive of royalty in Dublin . The inspector confessed that he was not fully prepared to assign iv true and veritable cause for this anomn , lou 8 : circumstance . So it was— ' But wherefore it was so ' twas not in him to say '—and all that he knew was , that if Mr . did not take himself away , he ( the inspector ) would have to discharge that (> fiic | efor him . Mr . looked unut'erable things at the in ? pRr or , but having the fear of the stretcher , a 3 ;\ Vt ! ll as his person before his eyes , ' pulled his bonnet over his brow , ' and , thru-itin »

      both h \ s hands de = perateiY into ids breecnes pockets , walked away evidently highly disconcerted . Some Galw&y gentlemen , who happened 10 be entering the saloon just Sat the moment that Mr . was ascending the stairs , and before the ill-ompned inspector had crossed his path , meanwhile epread ' report that Mr . . the barrister had been admitted , and wasjone of the company ; and this mischievous rumour having reached the ears of some of tbe Castle officials , two inspectors of police , * attired in ball jcosuime ! ' were introduced to tho ballroom for ti ] e purpose of ejecting tho intruder , in case he should be f ' ouni amouj ; th <» courtiers . " It , is needless to say , that owing to the interference of the officer on the stairs , their search was unavailing" — Globe . -

      Murderous Conspiracy to take a Convict Ship . —Intelligence has just been received of an intended massacre of tho officers and civilians on board the Elizi , Government transport , which sailed from her Majesty ' s Royal Arsenal , Woolwich , a few months since , with convicts for Sauth Australia . It appears , as the vessel neared the Lino , a murderous conspiracy existed among some of the convict ? , wh-. ch would have terminated , no doubt , in the c ^ rtnin destruction of those marked down as their victims . There were two hundred and fix ' yseven convicts ion board , amoi . g whom was a soldier , who had been transported for fourteen years for striking a sergeant . He priva ' ely sent a letter to tho surgeon , informing him of tho intended

      outoreak . on the morning of the 4 th March ; that the design was to put to death all the soldiers , officei-3 , passengers , and such of the erew as off » red the least resistance , and then lo st-er for the Braz i lian coast . I The man was prudently conveyed to the cabin , so as not to excite suspicion , where he was minutely examined by the surgeon and captain . He never varied ; in his statement , and so answered all the interrogatories put to him as left n >> doubt on the minds of his hearers of the intended horrors . Extra sentinels were immediately posted , and at 3 o ' clock on the eventful morning the passengers and crew were summoned on deck , when their situation was explained to them , and all then being well armed , were ordered to ! defend their lives to the last . The

      morning , our correspondent writes , was calm and beauteous—not a whimper was heard on the mighty deep , when t-uddenly eight bells announced tho hour when tho murderous conflict was to take place . The prisoners were \ yell organized , and armed with iron bolts and other yVeapons stolen from the ship ' s stores . The surgeon , with all tho gallantry of the navy , was unwilling to sacrifice the life of the sergeant whose duty it was to open the convicts' gate at four o ' clock —all was breathless anxiely , when the surgeon unhesitatingly himself advanced to the gate , desiring a couple of file of soldiers to advance and shoot the first prisoner who dared to pass except the one he

      named . Th « y at once perceived their plot was discovered , retired to their berths , and threw the bolts and all offensive weapons out of the ports into the sea . Had the collision taken place , the loss of life wonld have bee ^ n dreadful . The ringleader was a young man of the name of Dickenson , who had been an apothecary's assistant in Thavies' Inn , Holborn . He was a desperate opium eater . He leaped overboard immediately after the discovery , and notwithstanding every exertion 10 save him he was drowned . Every precaution was adapted lor the security of the convicts , and they weiv handed over to the civil power on arrival ;

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Jan . 27 BANKRUPTS . Alexander Hay , of Great Queen-street TJn ^ i rnn-fields , coachmaker , February 3 , at u , * twelve , and March 10 , at twelve , at the CcnT ** Bankruptcy , Londan . Mr . T . M . Alsajjar ^ R * assignee . 12 . Birchin-lane ; and Mr . J . B . Mav 'Jr " Queen-square . ' «^ 'Wtor , George Cole , of Bexley-beatb , Kent , grocer Fetm , 3 , at half-past ten , and March 10 , at eleven » rJP Court of Bankruptcy . London . Mr . T . M I ) 9 offldal assignee , 12 , Birchin-lane ; Mr . SadcroYp J ^ T ' tor , Mark-lane K e > 6 ° * John Sead Gowinjr , of Lowestoft , Suffo lk err * February 4 , at half-past ten , and March 3 , at d "' at the Court Bankruptcy , London . Mr p T 8 n » official assignee ; Mr . C . S . Oilman , sol icitor ' n * 11 ' wich ; and Mr . Storey , solicitor , 5 , Field-court ' fl « Inn-square . ura ?" 8

      Jeremiah Gillman , of Stewkley , Buckingbasn , ! , ! grocer , February 9 , and Mawli 13 , at twelve ^ the Court of Bankruptcy , London . Mr . Wii ^ Turquand , official assignee , 2 , Copthall- ' bnUdW and Mr . W . B . Buchannan , solicitor , Basinghall . js ?' Alexander Wiuton , David Winton , and jZ Webber , of Wood-street , Cheapside , warehoo * February 14 , at half-past twelve , and March 13 ? eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London . \ i William Turquand , official assignee , CopthaU-buildii 1 and Messrs . Keed and Shaw , solicitors , Fridav « t ^ Cheapside . ' "Wflreq , John Erason , jun ., of Sawbridgeworth , HertfoKhv veterinary surgeon , Februaty 4 , at half-partsjne aS March It , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . J don . Mr . Edward Edwards , official assi gnee . 7 p dtrick " s-place . Old Jewry ; Mr . Lewis Henry R ^ t , ' *" solicitor , 101 . Ciiancery-lane . ^* »

      Kichard Payne , of 20 , Hatton-walk , HaUon-guden brass-founder , Fobruary 10 , at two , and k&tchi 7 at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , London , y ' James Foster Groom , official assignee , 12 , Abehimh lane ; and Mr . Lswis Henry Braham , solicitor , im ' Caanc&ry-lane . ' ' John Orb . ll , of Brundon , Essex , miller , February \\ at two , and March 3 , at one , at the Court of Bankrupt ™' L > ndon . Mr . James Foster Groosn , official assignee * 12 . Abchurch-lane ; Mr . Thomas Marston , solicitor , 55 Torrington-square , London ; Messrs . Stedman solic'tnn ' Sudbury . Suffolk . ' Tuomas Brighton , of Spalding , Lincolnshire ' apothg . cury , February 8 , at half-past twelve , and March U j { half-past e ! ev « n , at the Court if Bankruptcy , Birmiiij . ham . Mr . R shard Valpy , official assignee , Birminoiujn Messrs . Charles Bonnor ana Son , solicitors , Sgaliini Lincolnshire . ^'

      John Bancroft , of Silford , Lancashire , grocer , pe& ruaiy 9 , and March 9 , at eleven , at the Coart of Bankruptcy , Manchtster . Mr . R chard Powdell , offi . cial assignee , Hob ^ n ; Messrs . Gregory a , d Co ., solidtors , B-dforJ-row , Londo . ; ; and Mr . Mafcinson , solicitor Manchester . ' Thomas Simpson , of 'Gateshead , Durham , painter February 6 , ut eleven , and March 10 , at one , at tha Court of Bankruptcy , Newcistle-upon-Tyne . 5 lj Thomas B . ksr , tmcial asaignea , Nswcastle-npin . Tjne ; Messrs . Crossby aud C . impton , soliciton , 3 , Church-ojurt , Old Jewry , London ; and Mr . John Theodore Hoyie , solicitor , N-awcastle-upon-Tyne .

      Cbark-s Mottram , of Liverpool , wool broker , February 6 and 28 , at eleven , at the Coart <» f Bankruptcy , Literpool . Mr . Jamt 8 Cbe nove , official assignee , Liverpool , Messrs . Curniawaite and Ariaui 3 , solicitors , 2 , Dan ' s * court , Djctor ' 3-comino : ; s , London ; Messrs . Fisfierand Co ., solicitors , L verpool . Samuel Highfield , formerly of Liverpool , but now of Birktuhead , Cheshire , merchant , February 13 , tt twelve , and March 7 , at eleven , at tbe Coart of Bankruptcy , Liverpool . Mr . Juhn Follett , official assignee , Liverpool ; Messrs . MaiSaby andTownseoi , solicitors , Livepool ; and Messrs , Chester and Toulmin , ' solicitors , Staple lun , London .

      DECLARATIONS OF INSOLVENCY . Joseph Morgan , Earl-street , Marylebone . boot maker . Nancy Wil iaras , Povrick , Worcestershire , puWian . William Hoptou , Waketield . out of business . Mary Ann Ogisthorpe , Walla-sea . Cheshire , out rf business . Joseph Tonge , Fen ., Manchester , dealer in nanare . James Lidgote , Upper Kosauioud-atreet , CleikenweH , journeymen carpenter . Stephen Traviss , jun ., Doncaster , builder . Alfred Harvey Bristol , licensed retailer of beer . William Bedford . Wick , Bedfordshire , victualler . Rev . James Day Heckford , Pidley , Huntingdonshire ,

      curite . Thomas Chaffey , Brighton , auctioneer . G . orge Snow , Kinnington-atreet , Kewington , compositor . Henry Brown , NichoH-square , Cripplegate , engraver , William Biddle , Cornbary-street , O' . d Kent-read , ont of business . William Mallinson , Mirfield , Yorkshire , farmer . John Hirrison , Sodberg , Yorkshire , hatter . Robert Whitaker , jun ., Ruchtiale . woolleu weaver . John Gerrard , Thelwall , Lancashire , publican . John Cattr , South Island-plase , Nerth Brixton , ota of Her Ms jfsfy ' s Customs . E'tward Fox . Liverpool , perfumer . Joim V ' atas Simpson , Union-court , Old Broad-street , corn operator . Jaraes Ptnnistone , alias James Pemstone , Sheffield ,

      wamer . John Warburton , Stockport , joiner . John Erumett , Bradford , Yorkshire , wool-Miter . William Gilbert , Bland-street , Daver-road , oat of employ . John Townsend , Great Barr , Staffordshire , farmer . Walter Armitage , Birstal , Yorkshire , fceerseller . James Hall , Oxford , journeyman plasterer . Henry Pittman , Patriot-row , Bethnal-green , bostpiaker . Anne Percival , Halkin-terrace . Cadogan-placa , milliner . David Boast , Phcenix-row , Great Surrey-street , di * count agent

      Robert French Laurence , Charlgrove , Oxfordshire , clerk in holy orders . Thomas Marshall , Sheffield , batcher . John Bayly , Woolwich , shopman . George Wilkins , St . Albaa ' s , coach-builder . Jaraes Jones Dranatield , Hales Owen , Worcester * 1118 ' accountant . John Rankiu , Manchester , biker . James Armitage , jun . Sheffield , fender-makei .

      partnerships dissolved . Andrew Birrell and George Wright , of Liverpool , vinegar manufacturers—John Kay and George Kjy . «' Y' . rk , boot aud shoemakers—Thomas Case , Jamffl Mort , and John Simpson , of Liverpool , and of St . Helens , manufacturers of earthenwaK—John WoolfaU and William Ryder , of Higher Grimsby , Lancashire . c * al getters—John Simpson , Joseph Simpnon , ana Robert Simpson , of Leeds , Tobacco manufacturers (» far as regards Joseph Simpson . } Joan Moore lvgv > &

      and Rachael Biines Ingham , of the Olive Branch »» Swinegate , Leeds , innkeepers— Jaraes Johastone ana Richard Aspinall , of Liverpool , timber merchants Arther Oughterson and Company , of Liverpool , b ™ £ j £ ( so far as regards Arthur Oughterson )—Cut&bert |« s ^ n . Christopher B ^ teson , John Bitesen , and « 'IU 3 ™ Bateson ,- of Cistleford . Yorkshire , potters ( so ia » r ^ sar . is John Bateson )—Charles John WadtWgww Robert Lewin Holt , David Ogden , and Joseph Oga «» > of Liverpool , aud of New York , America , mercbsn »

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      From On Gazette of Tuesday , January 31-BANKRUPTS . Francis Fenton , grocer , Little Peter-street , W minster , February 10 , at half-past twelve , ana 10 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , B ^ s street . Whitmore , official assignee , BJtfinsaall-nw ^ Lucas and Parkinson , solicitors , Argyle-s ?' 1316 ' * - » Sfree ^ A ioD . William Woods , sen ,, and William Woods , J ^ hardwarernen , Newgate-street , City , F ebr 0 Ky f tfi ' nkone and March 3 , at twelve , at the Court 0 : tuptcy , B * sinrhatl-street . Pennell , c&cial asa-8

      -Go'i ^ ard , King-street , Chaapside . _ ^ ar ? R . b « rt Ames , linen-draper , Margate , ^ ink . f 11 , and March 10 , at eleven , at tbe Coart 01 ^ . ^ ruptcy , BasicghaU-sUtet , LondoD . BeIcb ^ Brea d- j assign . 3 . CoXj Pinner ' s Eall , solicit or , UW o 1 street . Turner , 1 William Henry Turner aad Thomas Blooher x ^ cotton-spline-s , Blackbarn , Lancashire , D :, tr j 6 t I uml March 4 , at twelve , at tbo Manchester ^ I Court of Bankruptcy . Fraser , official assignee , ^ Chester . Grimsditcb , Macclesfleld ; Slater ana I Manchester , solicitors : Bail , Brodrick ana BW ,

      churchyard , London . fcmarv 18 . * Joseph Bradwell , ironmonger , York , reDra * 1 ^ and March 16 . at eleven , at the Leeds Distnc 6 % of Bankraptcy . Fearne , official esa ^ ' ^? rfc I Wood , solicitor , York ; Richaidsons and Goia , 1 ^ John Ridsdale , stuff merchant , Leeds , ? J ^ i of « and March 6 , at eleven , at the Leeds D '"^ Q ^ tp I Bank ruptcy . Freeman . 1 fficial assignee , Le «" ~ and Rawson , solicitors , Bradford . TWerpoolil John Jones , wine and spirit merchant , ^ L ^ colS February 8 , and March 7 , at twelve , at flw ^ L ^ M District Court of Bankruptcy . Turner , offieial a » 's ^ Liverpool ; Robinson , solicitor , Liverpool- 0 ) g David Robertson , merchant , Liverpool , ™ ° ^ ± < rfm at twelve , and March 14 , at eleven , »* ^ S * District Court of Bankruptcy , Bird , official as *§ j Liverpool ; Watson , solicitor , Liverpool . vebrn »*| I Rich&id Rymer , house painter , Man <* e 8 te ' j 5 ^ M 13 , and March 8 , at eleven , at the Manchester W j ^ m Court of Bankruptcy . Pott . ° ftci * l *?} & ™' Lum King-street , Manchester ; Lsfce and Waldron , soU < a ««»

      Basingbali-street , London . , r ^ g Thomas Cartwright , banker , Heaton Norris , , shire , February 13 . and March 8 , a » tweI * 5 d Manchester District Court of B-akroptcy . ^ ' ^ cial assignee ; I ingard , Vaugban , LlB « aI ^ e l cH * Vaughan , solicitor , Stcctport ; Bower and & **' cery-ktne , London .

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      MANAGEMENT OF RAILWAYS . The following v ? ry important railway circular , was issued on Friday by the Board of Trade : — "TO THE SECRETARY OF THE RAILWAY ; COMPANY . " Railway Department Board of Trade , Whitehall , Jan . 27 , 1843 " Sir . —In consequence of the late occurences on the North Midland Railway , the Lords of the Committee ivf Privy Council for Trade think it right to c * H tha attention of the d rectors of railway companies generally to the extreme importance of observing the utmost caution in making reductions in the'v establishments by which the public safety may lw affected . The experience of the last three years has fully satisfied their lordships that the comparative exemption which has been latterly enjoyed from the alarminir accidents which occurred so frequently in the infancy of railway travelling , is to be attributed mainly to the gradual formation of establishments of exprienced and trustworthy engine-drivers nnd other servants , upon all the leading passancrtr railways , and that it is only hy maintaining such establishments tuat a repetition of such accidents can be effectually prevented . This opinion has been-confirmed by the repent accident upon the North Midjand Railway , and tbe investigations which thfiir lor » ' 3 nips have directed , in conr-qui nee . have fulfy satisfied thrw . th : it sudden and svceepii g reductions in the branrcbrs of the establishment enrrsected with the public f » af > -ty can rarely ba attempted without occasioning great duncr-r .

      " Unri' : r these circumstances , although my Lortfs hive no wish to interfere with the discretion of the directors of railway companies , especially in cn ^ eg where pecu-iary considerations ae involved , they tb ' nk it thi'ir duty to remind them of the heavy responsibility which they will incur if they allow themselves to t > o influenced by a mistaken economy , so far as to attempt reduc ' ions , either in the number and efficiency . of the establishment which previous experience has led them to consider necessary for conducting the public traffic in Rafety . or in the accustomed wages of the class pf pervunts upon , whose intelligence , sobriety , a .-d habitual good conduct tho safely of the passengers depends . " I am , Sir , your obedient servant , " S Lainu . "

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      fi ' THE NORTHERN STAR . ^ _ , .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct921/page/6/