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      " Tin projector of tie Coneordium idea having obijhsa theJose . furniture , &e ., of the premises formerly bs'ss is its Alcott House Educational Establishment , iiEiH ^ GoiEmon , Surrey , to be used solely for the unitssI Eocxi , has , in association with other friends of ponss , comarenced the practical operations of it ; and ij fla and the farmer Prespectns enaeavonrB to Eet Isrththepresestst » te of progress and its future prospais , fcgeher * ith its basis , principles , and objects , jad tbeBiinsEr and mams by which it is designed to BCT it into execution .

      " Tfcs Ccceorahaais in the delightfnl neighbourhood oIBictamid , ten miles from Byde Park Comer . 3 be Extent rf tbs grouuda is about three acres , of most Etedlent boH , for » B lands of horticultural purposes Abssi £ n hmfiied Excellent fruit trees and bashes tare baa adtfed to the garden , -which in a few years , 122 beams ajawhictiva orchard , and supply , to a tssX extent aimpte and pure food for the family , at £ * bib £ fcneiDsressiBg the beauty of the ground * . "Eb camber of associates at present is about twelve . Sspemisesare capable of accommodating abont eighty iw ^ inchiSing children . " BASIS .

      • laiasis of the Concordinm is love , as manifested s embss , Trisdum , power . This spirit is that -which jEsia , that inspires and that sustains the Concur dist . JasiSaaybe termed the Goncord-spirir , or Tmitrng imiosL *' P 2 X 5 CIPrES iM ) OBJECTS . "Its society , recognizing tha spirit lair , and EubmTt" ajtoii , endeavours to supply the conditions best Jipted to its requirements . "iHsetoDditaonBaretfee kiudtst and most enduring jfeaco , ae -wisest and most trne judgment , and the BSBtina ^ sSgabla industry . "Da Tnaiing out of these xnPaEs , in harmony -with & Tatrrassl la-sra , -will be the constant aim of the feeUn » ad members .

      "Hence if . ia their duty and delight to exercise an iSKaal anderisticg sympathy -with all creatniKB who raa Eater their notice , -without respect to class , bboj , or other contingent drcnmstances . "B « principles and general plan of the Establish-Dei fcjTB been stated in tbe first prospectus ; but we « 5 B rtpsit , list the object of this Institution is to sfer AcrantsKGEB means for the evolution of moral

      fffr-Tirare , clear intelligence , and vizonrous bodily laaih and strength , in which the tbeosopber . tbe philowpha , a « man ol science , the poet , the artist , and SteirSaa ; may find an agreeable field of action comtesl iritk a primitive home , -where , free from all care s > 3 jExiey about the future , each siay elaborate bis OTsieat ideal in pr&eiJeal social life , nnacnojed by the fapent ofc&rrnctioia -which so generally prevail in the KffiPKiirFe "B-arid .

      * Freedom of feeling , thonght , speech ., and action , * 3 at all fenfig bs encouraged ; while the taccezses of " 2 "Will be presented , and the -almost endeavour J * 3 to omlope a taste for the good , the true , and the *** 8 afal inail UiiBgB . " MEANS . ¦"" Hiea fairly estabHsht-d , it is presumed that the ¦ fail Knirces of income which are proposed will be * k ?< ai * to its healthy support and extension . They s * loo , - viz ., the entrance fees ; tbe receipts of the * " sesaTe department ; the produce of the lab&ur of the Bffiben ; the donations of its patrons .

      •• Shoitd thess means eTer exceed tbe expenditure , ja nnplcs to be devoted for eTer to the extension of « J «« SU here proposed to mankind in other dis-«* 5 ns consaisa . GOT £ ; r > -m £ >? . "The f ^ rm cf government is patriarchal . It consists "SsJaUar , ana the lExrcntrre Council appointed by f * ' ^ 6 'WiIl , as much as passible , direct all its affairs » W sard -with tbe whole t > f the family , as the daQy *^* a nay deinand . " admission of membebs .

      3 la Pster \ s ^ ovr prepared to receire propesals r ^ 1 * BJ ota ^ atra , male * «¦ femaJe , for probationary z ? ™ * " t « cbaldren for tbe schooL The former ""^^ TipoD probation for three months , -when if ^^ iSRidjthey -willbe taken into full memberj J " -J ^** E 3 -srho a re actual producers , by skill cr rj ^ f * ' * their txpencitnre , will not be required to ^ £ ™^ aLriJEg to the fDEds beyond their pasonal H ^ e iho do sot produce mere than the eonsainp-^^ laj about ten pounds admission fee when re-Svr ameiLbers . E ^ r after this thty "will be pro-^ J ^^^ M food , clothing , lodging , washing , " PBOTESTT . ¦^ q ^^ ^ fnruitnre , 4 c , brcnght in by a member todi ^ vS OT llEr ProPfcrty . ^ their own possession , ^^ aj is taken sway if he 0 I ^ e leaTes the

      lustitagjj ^? lidnal Trhaterer will at any time haTe a : jj ^ . S >« i me CoDcordium property ; it is erer tof -j ,, ^^ . a ^ not indrnduaL *?* v * 5 lto ! SL lEmEDera ^ ' wllsteTel' " grTe * o y j ^^^ wn from and for Iotb , without any cen- j ^*«?* Bnkry leward- j « . jj ^ . " itTIES Oy atEKBERS . - ^ i ^ jj ^^ CHJcardinEi trD be ^ eneraDy dirided j fe ge- ^? P ^ ts : eight hours for active labonr l Je » aaj S ? t **^ of the so ciety ; eight hours for j JefcBjl h Z- w » ttfii of the society ; eight hours for j BMiii hours for ; S ¦ ! 1 I ) I ! !

      * 4 U S' ; ^ na eight sleep . ] ^ * 6 onTi m ? OT o ^ aising the clearest know- ; J& 7 ^ r * f « 'incs , ahcald be iadustrioualy nsed by ' , * IW ^ ' ' ^ piy ^^^ ffin £ t also be gfren to erery Tariety ] tttta a ^ T ^ ' ^ ts fnll derelopment of the body , ] ^ isamiS . ^ tbai " Pro ^ MtiTe , useful , good , * "n ^^ iSTiGXS TO 3 tEMBEESfeed as ^ I ^ f ^* rr -pcBsd in the Concordium are , ^*» t onr ^ T * ^^ S anxieties of trade , coffipt-^^^ rSl * * - ^ ^ ^^ a ^ is ti- ^ ln cf iils " -taty WHioii * t crj iacJiTiouii in its -sr aiks i

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      of ordinary soctetyj exemption from the fears of poTerty , from rent and taxes , from debts and debtors . "Security ct fine healthy air and exercise , baths , bookB , lectures , and lessona in - -various subjects in science , art , and philosophy . "By * concentxative union of affection , judgment , and industry , -will be secured a moral , intellectual , and physical prosperity ; and , so far as concord can be actaalised , will adversity be unknown , and all means applied to tbe ohb great end—man's highest destiny . " Every member is , as fai as possible , emancipated from the cares and anxiflties of riches and poverty , having all needful supplies of food , lodging , clotbiog , and education abundantly provided . *• Every member has an eqaal tight to all the privileges of ths Institution whilst subject to its laws .

      " Single beds are provided tor all , and every en . seaTonr made to promote domestic comfort .

      11 DIFFUSION OF KXOWXEDGE . «• Occasional missionary tours will be taken by those best qualified for the work , in order to diffuse the knowledge of the principles and progress of the Society , reports of which will be published , at least annually Tracts and b » oks will also fee circulated .

      " education . " The school consists of children of both sexes , and all a ? es , who will be under the constant supervision of suitable teachers , according to their age and requirements . " The usual course of instruction will be given to all as they are able to receive it , which will consist of reading , writing , mathematics , grammar , and elocution , S ° z raphy , geometry , and drawing , and any other useful knowledge which may be found practicable , the ohjict bting to-develope all the powers of the triune organization , a nd to render them as perfect and complete as they are capable of , in the best conditions the directors are able to provide for the purpoBB . " The terms are from four to six pounds a quarter , paid in advance , which includes tuition , clothes , washing , board , lodging , and UBe of books . No vacations are given , except at the request of parents .

      " Each member may be alternately a pupil and a teacher , according to the nature of the lesson given and their several qualifications . " The great variEty of snhjects taught , and the variety of teachers employed in the work , will pive an expansion to the conditions for developefflent that cannot be had in ordinary schools . " Ssveral handicraft woTks will be carried on in the Coccordium , and , as far as practicable , taught to the pupils

      " APPEAL TO THE PUBLIC . " As a general principle , the Institution is a selfsupporting one . At the entset , however , funds from cstraneons sources will be needful ; therefore , thB friends of beneficence are respectfully appealed to for their kindly help in this Iotb labour , either in tbe shape of advice , money , books , implements , fruits , apparstus , of any useful or ornamental kind , that benevolence may suggest . " Tbe friends of virtnous liberty have now an opportunity of placing orphan and destitute children in the happiest circumstances , for their progress as universal beings , at a very moderate expence ; or may here secure constant provision for the honourable and industrious of either sex , a ; jd of any age , provided only that they conform to the simple rules of the Society .

      " Arrasggments may be made with parents to enter the Establishment with their children . » ' Ptrsors of limited independent income , would find great advantages by entering Eucb a house . " Any further particulars that may be required will be cheerfully given , upon applying , either personally or by letter , to tbe Pater , at the College . " Wsl Oldhaii , Pater . " Concerdium , Jan . 1 , 1843 . °

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      ^ T 1 EWS OF TBE PABJSH CEVRCE . TO THE EDITOR OF TH * NOKTHERS STAB . Sir , —It is now abont fifteen months since I finished a series of drawings of the Parish Church , which were submitted to th ' e xasp- cfcion of a lady named Sharp ( who seems to be in the empley of the Yicar and Church people ) , who , at the time , expressed her admiration of them and left my house . She came again about six o ' clock the same evening , and requested that my wife would go to the Bank School , a 3 it was her intention to introdnce the . drawings to Dr . Hook and other clergymen i there being several at tbe presentation of a pieee cf pl 3 te to one of tbe Bev . Gentlemen connected with the Parish Church who was retiring from ill health ) at the conclusion of the service , < fec Miss Sharpe , agreeable to promise , introduced the drawings to the notice of the Yjcar and others present . After

      criticism of abont twenty minutes , Dr . Hoek handed to my wife the portfolio containing the draw gs , with the injunction that sbe was to stnd her husband to the Vicarage in the morning with them , and be sure to keep them clean . When morning arrived , I went , as was my custom , to see if 1 could find employment at my trade , bejng then , as I am now , dubbed " a cropper out of employment '' On my return from my useless m i ssion about nine o ' clock , Miss Sharp had been at my house , and Tead a-note , which she said she brought at the command of the Vicar , and which stated that the drawings were to be taken to Mr . Cbantrell , the architect of the Parish Church , for his opinion as to their correctness , &c and also for valuation , as the "Vicar intended to give what he ( Mr . C ) would reasonably value them at , hoping the man might be paid for his labour . I accordingly went to Mr . C ., at Oatland ' s

      Cettage , bnt did not see him . I left tbe note and drawings , and want again the next morning , when Mr C . was pleased to say that my drawings were by far the best he bad Been of tie Church , and not like the advertised caricatures-of the pretended artists , who were unworthy the name . In fact , so pltased was Mr . C with my production , that he put in the gates , that were in course of erection , himself , and said that he would tell , in confidence , the value which he intended to attach to them , and that I might TnnVn use of his name wherever the churches were mentioned in my presence . The worth of the picture * , says he , in my opinion , is more than I will -set xrpon them , as yon may get a number to do . I therefore say to you , in confidence , that I value tfeem at two pounds each , at which price I hope you will dispose of many , as they mnst have t = iken you a great length of time , ( about a quarter of a year . )

      After leaving Mr , C's . I took them to the Intelligencer an-i other newspaper offices , but unfortunately , I mtt none of the editors but yourself , after which I delivered thtm zX the Vicarage The same day that I left tbe drawings at the Vicarage , I was waited upon by Miss Sharp , who stated that Dr . Hook had made a present of one of the pictures { the Consecration procession , S . W View ) and that I mnst see him . I therefore went to the Vicarage and was informed that the Doctor was at Church , and that 1 might see him at the close of the Eervice . At the conclufios ol the sermon the Doctor said that he had presented Mr . « , with one of the views , and that I mnBt furniih another , in order to make good his lot All this took place in the chnrch whilst the Doctor was in his robes . I finished another according to his order , and left it at the Vicarage .

      , In a few days after , I met tbe Doctor in company f with another gentleman in Kirkgate , when the Docter ! gave me a sovereigs , saying that there were fonr views , s and that would bs at the rate of five shillings each for ; them , sad that be would give me some more when he I saw me& ^ ain , as that might be useful at present , I being outcf employment . ! Tbe following week , I saw the Doctor at the Vicarage , when he gave me another pound , saying , that that would be at tie rate of ten shillings each , that he had not seen Mr . ChantrelL In tbe course of a few days , I called again , and was informed that he had seen Mr . . Chantrell aud that "he had expressed hia approbation of the views , but no conversation took plus , relative to tbe price of them . He further stated that he bad ' . shewn them to Mr . Headen , tbe celebrated Historical painter , who , he also stated , was so pleased with my productions , that jf th 6 y were sent to London for the purpose of lithographing , that he would superintend the work gratuitously , there being Dtt ' . e minutiffl that wonld have to be attended to in case of their being so

      printed . On my next yisit to the Vicarage , I received : from the Doctor hal / -a-crown , with orders to wait upon Mr . Chantrell , Mr . Burrows , or others , to know what the expence of lithographing would be , and who : was tbe most proper ptrson to perform the woik , as he would bead a subscription for tbe purpose . I -waited upon Mr . Chantrell , who stated that he did not exactly know what the cost of lithographing would be , but he thought that Mt . Masser -would be a likely person to execute the work , Mr . Burrows was of opinion that the work would be best ex * cnted in London , bnt was afraid that it would ' be a bad speculation , as a treat many of Mr . Green ' s

      ! ' and Mi . Masser ' s * views had been disposed of , and that : I might put my friends to a great expence without the ¦ hopes of any remuneration for myselL All this I told ' the Doctor , -whea he told me that 1 might make nse of his name whenever I thought it might be advantageous to me relative to the drawings . 2 £ was months after ere I saw the Vicar ( though I often called at hia resi dence ) bnt being pressed for rent , and very ill at the time , I sent my wife one morning to the vicarage , when the Doctor told her that he had no "tickets for soup , " and sbe mnst apply to Mr . Hills- My -wife said that she did not want any tickets , bnt -wanted a settlement forthe drawings of the Parish Chnreh ; when he gave her a shilling , saying that he had settled for them . She told him that -we did not think so , and that it was not s gentleman ' s actien ; whereupon he

      left her immediately . . I waited upon him myself the next morning , being then a more fitting person to be waited upon by a surgeon ¦ tbe Doctor gave me a shilling , and said he had not seen Sir . Chan&eU , aBd that he thought he

      | had paid sufficient for my drawings . I then sent a note stating that Mr . C had valued the drawings to me at two pounds each , and that being pressed for my rent , and winter approaching , a speedy settlemtnt would isnca oblige . Bj theadvke of a fc- * fritscs , I -K-ent to i air . Ci-atr < - "' s tiLce in order to Efct a no . s i " r * w tim to In . Hook , ( Mr . C . havirg ststtd at my visit to

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      Oatland ' s Cottage that he would tell the Doctor verbally the value of the picture , ) in order that there might be no mistake about the price , and as evidence for me afterwards . On inquiring for Mr . C . I was told by one of the yenng men , that be was in London , Bnd that Dr . Hook had addressed a letter to him relative to my drawings , and if I would only wait a few days that they would be Bet tied for . After waiting about sixteen days , I called again , waen I wasinformed thattbeyhad heard nothing ; I was , therefore , under the disagreeable necessity of sending his Reverence a Pontofract Court summons . Tha case carae on for hearing on the second of January , when neariy the whole or the above was adduced in evidencs on my par t , without the least contradiction The Vicar was defended by a solicitor , who used his endeavours to make it appear to the Court that there were only three drawings ; in this he completely broke down . The most singular feature in the case of Mr . Chantrell , was

      that he stated he could not tax his memory with what took place so losg ago ; but admiUed in his cross-examination by me , that all I stated was correct , nnd that they were a great deal better than the adverted drawings , in fact they were the only good drawings of tbe church bo bad seen , and that they wera worth between two and tbree pounds each , as works of art , " ( a sentence which he never used in my hearing before . ) Three of the drawings were now produced in Court , at the request of Mr . Marshall , when Mr . C . renewed his former praise of the pictures , but left tie place be occupied in Court , and coming closet * Mr . Marshal } he said that they were certainly worth tbe money , as works of art , but Mr . O'Rouke was not a professional man , but a journeyman cropper out of employment , and had never received a lesson in drawing in his life , consf-qnently they were not bo much worth as if done by a professional man . Tbe case at once assumed a new term , as Mr . Marshall said that he thought a sale was not proTed .

      2 dr . Cbantrill was all charity , as -was also Mr . Marshall , together with all professional , and would-beprofessional , gentlemen in court ; I stoutly maintaining that it was not charity I wanted but payment for my labour . The vicar b « ing in Court , and he saying that he had no particular use for them , the verdict was , that I must have the drawings back , pay the expenses , tfifteen shillings and ten-pence , including summons ) and keep tbe two pounds four shillings and sixpence received . The Vicar , evidently ashamed of the jobj eaid as Mr . O'Renke was a poor man and out of employment , he would pay the expences ( and he put his hand in his pocket for the purpose , ; when 3 » lr . Marshall , with a waive of his hand , ( I suppose a professional one ; said , " he would not allow it . " John O'Rouke . Wheeler-street , Jan . 11 , 1843 .

      P . S . —I have sent twice to the Vicarage for the pictures , and the messenger was told to call on Thursday for an answer ; however , &t tbe conclusion of my long letter , a young man from the Vicar's attorney called with three of the drawings , which are in a sad damaged state , being dirtied and tern to such a degree that they were threa pounds worse than when delivered . Here is an end of the history of the Parish Caurcb . es , as drawn by Your humble servant , J . OR .

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      - - TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Upon the necessity of the establishment of a national benefit society as part and parcel of our political organization for the purpose of ameliorating the present distressed condition of the working class , the assistance of political victims , or ruarkod men , and thereby to help forward , our mighty cause .

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Al . ' ow me , most respected Sir , through the medium of your Star of liberty , te call the attention of my fellowB to the above-named all-important ohjecta Brother philanthropists and struggling slaves , beholding in the misery and abj-ct wretchedness , that hath overtaken thousands of our fellow mortals , tbroujjh the closing of their rescources by the legislation of the master class , the awful jmlf into which it appears but too evident that the great mass of the toiling class will be plunged , except we arrest the progress of this golden scourge , this Wealthy plague , with its iron Juggernauts , its numerous monopolies , and its monster monopoly—class legislation—to tff : ct which it is necessary that our Organization should be most perfect ,

      that all its weight may be brought to bear upon the barriers of the dominant faction . To perfect our Organization it is necessary that we should pay as much attention to tbe physical wants of our members as to their mental cultivation ; in more homeiy phrase , we must add to onr lectures on moral power and union , a weighty edition of Bacon ; our ranks are poor , and are still becoming poorer ; indeed , many have sacrificed their ail in the cause ; many have been driven from house and home by prejudiced employers for advocating our catm to perish in the streets and laDes , with their wives and httle ones , and thousands have been engulfed in that ruin which we prophesied would overtake us , and had united by all our energies to prevent , —bad tbe middle class been Christians , they would have joined us , and together we should have accomplished our truly Christian object ; bnt they have stood aloof

      and many of them are now suflVring far their shocking and evil deeds ; but let us make up for their lack through our own extra exertions . Hat ! we begun tbe work in the few yeBrs of apparent prosperity that preceded this crisis , we should have effected our purpose years since . But remember the old adage , Better late than never . ' Let us endeavour to repair the errors of the past by improving the present time . And seeing that the propriety of a Convention or Conference is urged to alter and amend the Plan of Organization , I desire to lay before the people a Pian for a National Benefit Society , -which I have , after much pains and study from time to time , drawn np with a view to meet the various circumstances of the working class , that , they may be amalgamated into one great Union , for the assistance of each other through the manifold trials of our present system .

      If tbe Editor of this paper will allow me space therein to lay the plan I have prepared before the country , I would gladly avail myself thereof , as I think it shonld be laid before tbe country previous to themeeting of the Conference to amend the Rules , that the people may instruct their delegates thereon , in order tb&t both subjects may be considered and a plan adapted to the wishes and wants of the people be set in a fair way for accomplishment . Some may object , that this is too much to attempt at once . But let me remind them of our industry and energy ; -what fortunes thereby we have made for

      others . ' Let us therewith make one mighty effort for ourselves , and we sha'l find all obstacles crumble before "us . Forget not that all are not reduced to wretchedness ; that many have yet a penny to spare for this saving purpose , and will give it , and more , to save themselves from that wide gaping maw of horrors wheiein so many of their fellows are enduring a more than bell upon this fruitful earth . Hoping you will pay some attention to this subject , I remain , Yours , in truth , Gracchus .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN S 1 AR . SIB , —With yonr permission , I beg to call pnbJio attention to an article upon the Noith Midland Railway in tbe Lteds Mercury of last week . Tour contemporary in the fulness of his joy and happiness at what he terms " the present working of the Bailway , " forgets to stale tbe causes which led to the " lamentable event" of sending a spirit unbidden into the presence of its Maker . Be tbat task mine . But first , I must state for the public sati' fiction , that I have made a searching inquiry into the slanderous charges which the Mercury baa bolstered up ( for what purpose you may readily guess ) against the old and

      really experienced enginemen , and flDd that there is not the slightest shadow of foundation for tu : h charges . Had they been tine , the Mercury -wonld not have failed to trumpet to the world tie names of the slandered individuals . I now defy him . With " anonymous'' and " alarming" writers the public have nothing to do ; it iB the fads written by them to which the Mercury and the public most turn their attention . Truth is truth , thoagh the writer or speaker of it should be the Arch-Fiend himself ; and it really would be more respectable and becoming on the part of the Mercury to grapple with facts than to have recourse to tbe mean subterfnze ol aspersion and slander .

      To resume , the causes of the late lamentable ' man-Blanghter" of poor Mr . Harvty , and the consequent bsreavement of his broken-hearted widow , left as abe is in a delicate state , and wh : ch must render her grief , her desolation , and her loss more poignant are—First , the resignation of the old Directors , because , as they said in their report , they could not , nor would not consent to the reduction then proposed , and now earried out by the ( then ) Committee ( row Directors ) of this Railway . Second , Because , as the old Directors Baid , " thai reduction was about to be carried beyond the point of efficiency and safety . " Third , Because reduction has been carried out , and its first fruits are the loss of from £ 3000 to £ 6000 in the Company ' s property alone , not to speak of the immense loss to -the Company arising from the terror-stricken public taking other conveyances rather than risk being maaslanghtered , as poor Mr . Harvey has been .

      My last letter of facts was written and copies of it m London a week before the manslaughter took place , and how dreadfully have my predictions been realized , and what an awful responsibility must rest on the shoulders of those directors who planned , and executed those reckless deeds in defiance of tbe warnings of the press , the experience of the old and practical directors , and the publicly expressed opinion of every servant upon the line . Allow me to ask yon , Mr . Hudson , as the prim 9 mover of this railway revolution , whether or not I have proved in the columns of the Railway Magazine . that yon are , asd have been , participating in an UDjuBt profit of from £ 2 , 000 to £ G , C 00 yearly , which ought to belong to the shareholders , and which would more than cover your proposed reduction of tbe wages of this deserving body of engisemen !

      $ o-x , if you waa to § ive up this £ 18 . 000 to the s-hsruhi'd ^ rs the tfrta ^ fu } ' . xp ^ rijiicnt nf ci * - fiditg tb- ~ Jives of htsTidreds if bn'ssn beingR : o tbo e-r « - of un > xlerieDct'J , end JEtfScL vt men , wr oM Dtvtr have been

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      taed , nor would Mrs . Harvey have had to bewail tht dea ^ ofher affectionatehusband , oor would the railroad have been bestrewed with the blood and brains of poor Mr . Harvey , the carriages doubled up like paper , and the company 8 property and reputatien ruined and made a &ger . po 8 t of , aatherbad to ruin , and as the bye-word of scorn , and execration to the world . I would ask those Directors whether they have not broken their Act of Parliament , granted to them conditionally that public accommodation and public safety ahouldbe the grand desideratum iot their consideration ? Knowing , as they must have done , the inexperience and unfUness of Jenkins , for his situation , 1 have no hesitation m saying that they are morally guilty of the manslaughter , if , they are not legally guilty

      I put the question to any rational being , iB it for a moment likely , that the man , Jenkins , would wilfully run hia engine into another train , when he well knew that the chances were a thousand to one against his own life being saved ? If I understand Backstone and Cooke aright , death from self-defence or negligence , constitutes manslaughter ; now the evidence does not prove either one or the other of those thiDgs ; incompeleucy was tbe sole cause of the manslaughter , ami it Jankinabe oonvicted , and : he directors pass unscathed , than I say that trial by jury is a force , and a complete libel on the laws of England . Jenkins never was a "fitter" " mechanic ;" he bla

      was a cksmith ' s striker at Greenhead , for three yeais with Matthew Tindal , ke was jobbing upon Hie Newcastle and Carlisle railway for four years , but was a fireman only a few days . He had been a fireman uprni the North Midland about one year . Alas , Messrs . Mercury for your veracity , the " trnth" of your articles is seen upon the face of them . According to you , Jenkins must have baen a mechanic in embryo , or have had a very precocious genius for mechanism ; he is now only turned twenty-one years of age , yet you bave made him a " mechanic ' a" or ' fitter's" apprentice , soven years old when bound an apprentice ; it m ? eht be true , but I must say that I , for one , cannot believe it .

      I now quote from my last letter why engine-men should have seven shillings a day : First—Because the safety of the lives and limbs of her Majesty's subjects , and , indeed , of her Majesty ' s person , are dependant upon their " skill" ' and " expe * rience . ' i Sscond—Because their constitutions are early ¦ wrecked by their employment , and they aro prematurely superannuated . T . jird—Because they are subjected to double expeuces by being the greater part of their time miles from their home , which brings their wages to a level with the mechanic , or stationary engineer , with this difference , tbat the last-mentioned enjoy health , safety , and comfort , while the locomotive engine-man has his health sacrificed , safety endangered , and comfort annihilated .

      I might say much of the doings of the Fox Cibery , and of tbo simplicity of the Goose Marshall , for standing tbe brunt of bis mishapo , together with the intimidation ftn- ! coercion used by certain parties to " make " incompetent men take upon themselves the part of engine-drivers ; but tny letter ia already too Ioug , and , 1 am not " anonymous , '' though lam Publico . PS . I have learned , since the closing of my letter , that petitions are at all the hotels and coffee houses in tbe town , praying the Directors to reinstate the experienced engine-men . Djus not this speak volumes ? Publico .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF TUB J . ORTHERN STAR . Silt—Yon will perhaps allow me to eorrect a false impression , relative to the course I pursued at the late Conference , conveyed by one of the leading articles in your paper of the 21 st instant . In the article alluded to there occurs the following passage : — " And to what conclusion Bhall -we come respecting the honesty and sincerity of the party ( the Complete Suffragists ) who haying rejected that proposition -Mr . LoveU ' si yet brought forward , through Mr . Somers , an additional amo . dment , embodying thai same proposition ^ , in the mere hopa of dividing their opponents' ranks by catching np a few " fiats" in the " rt-juoted" net In this passage you unhesitatingly make me the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , bringing forward an amendment at their dictation and for the furtherance of their party bnds .

      Now , sir , what predicament would you be placed in were I request you to produce the evidence which justifies you in bringing such a gr . ivo charge against me ? Where would be your pro f ? Would it not fritter down to a mere suspicion , founded on no fact , but lurking only in your own mind ' And yet upon tbe strength of such suspicion you publicly and unceremoniously degrade into a mere party back one who can say without vanity , that in all bis public acts he Las bean influenced by no stronger motives than the freedom of his country and the welfare of his fellow men . Come , come , Mr . E . litor , this won't do . This is not democracy . Allow me , in vindication of aijself , to declare , that so far from being influenced by any party to bring forward my

      amendment , I did not so much as hint my intention of proposing such an amendment to a single human being until I proposed it publicly in the Confoiwace ; and aa to'tbe object I wished to serve by the amendment , I also solemnly declare that my solo object was to remove an obstacle which the silly prejudice of the parties bad raised to the progress of the business for which the Conference was called . The amendment eecurred to me while sitting in the Conference during the spt-ecbes of Mr . Lovefct , Mr . O ' Connor , Dr . Ritchie , and others , who spoke before me . The speeches on both sides convinced me tbat the point of dispute was tho most paltry and insignificant that could possibly be imagined , but yet one which -was calculated to

      provoke the pride and sectarianism of both parties ; and that therefore it was the duty of every friend of union to propose such a course as would give a triumph to neither party , but conciliate and do justice to both , and so prevent tbo disruption of the Conference . It was with these views that I felt it to be tny duty to propose that both tbe Charter and tbe Bill of Rights be taken equally and conjointly as the basis of discussion . The more I consider and examine this proposal , tbe more am I convinced of its soundness , of its entire freedom from sectarianism , and that bad it been adopted , it would have smoothed the proceedings of the Conference , and done much to secure tbat unity of aim and action which is so essential to the success of

      our common cause . You bave fallen into anotfcer error , Mr . Editor , when ycu i .. sinuate tbat Mr . Lovett proposed to lay both bills on tbe table before my amendment was moved . Tbe fact is , that my amendment waB moved at the commencement of the discussion , and Mr . Lovetfs proposition was not made until tbe closa This is important ; because what higher eulogium could be passed on my amendment than for Mr . Lovett to rise after a long and protracted discussion , anil in the name , and as the representative of tbe whule Chartist party , propose to withdraw his own amendment , and adopt mine , providing that the Complete Suffragists would make a similar concession . :

      Was not this an open acknowledgement that my amendment was wise , prudent , conciliatory , and weil calculated to aeUle the point in dispute ? By Mr . Lovett ' s proposition the Chartists have stamped tha seal of their approbation on my amendment , aud I cannot but believe that the great bsdy of the Complete Suffragists would have done the same had there not bee i an apparent predetermination on tbe part of some of their leaders to stand or fall by their motion , I regret that any of the Complete Suffrage leaders should have beeu so dogge ^ . I have ever condemned , and still continue to condemn their conduet in this rt sped . I bave condemned it in private , and I condemned it in public so far as I could , by remaining with the majority of the Conference , after the Complete Suffragists seceded .

      But what > a there in all these circumstances to justify your charge that I acted as the puppet of a patty ? I bring forward my amendment candidly , without consulting privately the opinions of any man , or any party whatever . Moderate men on both sides approve of it ; one party offers to agree to it , the other refuses ; the votes are taken ; I stand by my amendment , I vote for it and for it only ; and yet the organ of the party who offered to agree to my proposal turns round and charges me with beini ? tbe tool of the pwty who rejected it . He must be blind indeed who does not see the utter groundlessness of such a charge . And why am I thus anxious to remove this charyc ? Because I bate to be thought the tool of the Complete Suffrage party , and wish to court tbe favour of the Chartist ? Not But because I bate to be thought tbe tool of any party . I went to tbe Conference as free from party spirit as 1

      could possibly divest mysslf . I went not as a ' Chartist or as a Complete Suffragist , but as a lover of my coun- ' try . I he }< 3 no irfUted opinions of the superiority of j either party , but believed tbat there were Rood antl benest men in both parties . On tbe one side I saw the j active spirits of tho working millions , and on the other the noble minds of the middle class ; the indispensable i energy of unenfranchised masses , and tbe equally valu- j able power of eleetorial privileges . My determination , i therefore , was to consider , not what would best pro-1 mote the triumph of either party , but what would best j promote the unien of both and the triumph of the ' common good . And now I have tbe inward satiafaction of believing that I sustained tbis determination ; throughout the wbole proceedings of tbe Conference , and proved tbat while I could dp justice to both parties , I would bend to the prejudices of neither .

      It is no donbt agreeible to see the triumph of tbe party to which we belong , and there may be some who would prefer disunion rather than sacrifice party feeling ; bat when such selfish gratifications involve the freedom of a ceuntry and the interests of oppressed millions , it would be baseness not to relinquish them . It would have been well had parties in tbe Conference kept this maxim constantly in their remembrance . I fear , however , that they bave displayed more anxiety to gratify their party feelings than to relieve the oppressions of the multitude . Instead of uniting they bave divided—instead of giving one bill to the country , they have given twe—instead of forming the people into oue firm and united pbalanx , they have broken them up into sections , agreeing in principles and even in dttnils , and ftiffsriiJij oniy ii Lame Bnd leadership , jet hostile to each otutr , cuutc .- 'di n ^ with each ofc'aer , and teiiiiug tad ruiJ-g U » c-cuiUiy

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      with strife , as if it were not t ^ rn and rent enougb already by the tyranny of tbe oppressor . It is impossible not to see tbe effects of such division ; It will throw back tbe cause of freedom , how long I canno ! & 9 ll— bu 6 if pressed for an answer I wonld say untii m en agreeing on principles have the sense ) to unite . No donbt such union will come at last . In the meantime , however , I must enter my so ' emn protest against 8 ucii folly , and hold parties responsible for eyery hour wbLih their factiousness adds to the term of the ptop 4 e ' s slavery . I am . Sir , ; Yours in tbe cause of freedom , Newton Stewart , Robert SOMers . 27 th Jan ., 1843 ,

      [ We give tbis letter with Much pleasure . The fnct that Mr . Sotaers remained with the C mferonce after the secession of the Storgemen was not known to us , an 4 wu wiote under the impression that ha had gone with them ; which we think would hte . re justified tbe inference we drew . That fact establishes Mr . Somera ' s esemptiou free * any unfair p ^ rty bi as , and his claim to the title cf a : i honourable independent man . We think Mr . Somers is in error about the proposal of Mr . Lovett . We believe Mr . Lovett'a proposal was made to the C mncil of the Completa Suffragists before tbe resumption of tbe debate on the morning of th « Becond day , though the announcement of it to the Confaremw ; waa not made till the close of the debate . —Ed . N . S . }

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF LANCASHIRE . It has been suggested to ma by some of our Manchester friends , to offer a f « w remarks in tua Star , calling on tbe " good men ami true" of ynur district to assist tha Association at Manchester in ths ; erection of a Hall that -will be tbe bona fide property of Chartists , where " they m : wy sit uudti' their own roof , none daring to make ' em afraid . " I shall do so very briefly , and I hope effectually . I can just recollect very faintly the Blanket Men , as they were called , in 1817 ; and , to the best of my recollection and knowledge , tbe Radicals used to meet in publio bouses , having no place of their own , and

      renting no room . In 1819 , I was only eight years of nj ; e , but I remember it as a thing of yesterday ; and although tbe Radical Association was protty strong , I am not nware of them having any places to hold their meetings to transact thuir IocjI business but public houses—some met at each other ' s houses in small parties —1 ut there was no place rented or possessed by tbe Radicals , for the express purpose of teaching j political knowledge . In 1829 , and all through tbe agifation for the Reform Bill , in Manchester , I only knew two privute rooms , and think there was at least one hundred places of meeting in public houses .

      I shall nut attempt to show tbat our principles and tippling bouses oujjbt never to be associated together ; but I will say that had tho Radicals of 1819 , ior 132 D , been in possession of a place for meetings of their uwn , we skould bave been very much in advance of our present position ; for , soon as persecution came , the magistrates threatened the landlords with the loss of t ' jeir licencea , and then the rooms were denied tbe use of to tho Radicals ; and tbus , being without pluses to meet in , ( three times to my knowledge ) , has tbe cans *? retrograded , and the sheep been scattered ; but I don't mean to say that all the fault lay in the meetings btiaa , held at public houses , but in tbe Radicals not being

      tbo masters of their meeting room . I know nuny localities who have held their meetings in private rooms , chapels , school-rooms , < Stc , who huve been denied the use of those places binca last August ; and the effect has been tbat the Association in those places havo dwindled into a very small compass . Now , my friends , we are stronger and capable of doing more than any part of the Kingdom ; Lancashire , is tbe parent of Chartism ; it bas always ranked A 1 in the good cause , so I beg of you to let it keep its place in setting an example to the Country , by erecting places of your own , and tbus avoid the rock on which you have split before .

      The Chartists of this Kingdom are not a contemptible body , for by the strenuous efforts of somebody that I could name , and the spread of sound political knowledge by tbe Norttiern Star , and by tUe disinterested and persevering exertions of those who dared to sp « ak truth , tbe Chartists are now somebody in the empire , nay , I think I shall not be saying too much , if 1 say we are tbe most powc . tul body in the nation . If tbis be true , let us give permeance and stability to our movement , by getting places of our own where we can meet in times of persecution as weU : is toleration , and be able to bid defiance to prejudice or tyranny .

      I know this is easier said than dor . e . I know this difficulties you are battling with ; I know what you have done , aod 1 know that you can do a little more , but most especially for such a glorious object- Our ladsat Manchester intend to have a Hall of their own , to be built by shares at ten shillings per share . More than twenty shares were taken up last Sunday , and they will be happy to receive the assistnnce of any of our friends who can spare a , llttie . Thu subscriptions are sixpence per week . I would advise our country friends who wish to assist in this glorious worK to bring or send their subscriptions at once , and not delay , for thu good work is gotag on rapidly in Manchester , and I think out friends intend to knock up a wooden chapel , as a temporary rallying point , until the H&ll ( which it is suggested , wili be called the Dunoaibe Hall , ) is buiJt . Yours truly , T . Dickinson .

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      —— . iii « ii # inwiM ,. M ,, .. „ ¦ SBBB ^—JLi , ^ fc » repeat the experiment—and who can deny the solicita " tion ? Tbe " interesting situation" of the Monarch , ia a tale for every ear , a theme for every toDgue j two et tbo consorts of the patriots , have the same ordeal to pass more qukfcly , and will you suffer to be added to " nature's surra *' " the grief of solitude and want ? Let a miV'ion generous hearts reverberate the consolation , " NO !" The Getwal Fund is requisite ; let it be long 3 nd well supplied ; but tb « claims of tbe Potteries are immediate and urgent- A committee is appointed , find them some work ; stimulate their exertion , asd let tha dear wives and children of tbe captives be cheered and nourished in their absence . Air . H . Forsttr , Ejraris , Potteries , will receive and duly account for all remittances . *

      Scotia , one of your servants , who has laboured extensively among you , asks your sympathy , —jostify his confidence , and let yoar mites mitigate your brother Southern ' s wronga Cordially and faithfully , Thqs . Djlvies , Delegate to Conference from HawicJc Macclesfield , Jan . 24 tb , 1843 .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir—On behalf of the committee I am appointtd to request you , if possible , to kindly spare as much room in your valuable paper , as would give the enclosed insertion ; by doing so you will greatly oblige Yours , he , Charles Taylor . Painter . Sub-Secretary to tho National Charter Association . TO THE CHARTISTS OF MANCHESTER AND THE SURROUNDING DISTRICTS .

      Brother Chartists . —Tbe time approaches when those friends of freedom , who stand foremost in tha democratic ranks , advocating the rights and liberties of the poverty-stricken and enslaved victims of Class Legislation , 'will be pi a cud upon thsir trials ; our duty then , as men and Chattists , being by all means in our power , to aid and assist in raising fur . da for their defence , a committee has been formed in Manchester to get up a clothes Raffle ( the approbation of the Qaneral Council of Manchester having been given to the plan laid before them for such object ) the profits arising ; from which will realize a sum of five pounds , for tbe benefit of the General Defence Fund , and which at . the same time will furnish ths winners with good and

      substantial wearing apparel . The committee earnestly cuil upon you in your various localities to rendar them your support and co-operation in carrying the same into effect . VLAX OF TUB EAFFLE . £ 8 d 300 Members at one shilling each 15 0 0 15 Prizes , as under ;—5 Suits of CiTl , or Moleskin . 25 s . per Suit 6 5 0 5 Pair do Trowsera at 9 a . p . pair 2 5 0 3 Waistcoats do . do . at 6 s . each 0 18 0 Uacket , do . do at 11 s ... 0 11 0 1 Waistcoat-piece , a giit .

      £ i > 19 0 9 19 0 £ 5 10 The R ffla will take place on Tuesday February 28 th , 1843 , at eight o ' clock , in the Cbartist Room , Brown-street . Tickets are now on Bile at Mr . Leach's , Oak street , Mr . Jacques" , OJdham-road , Mr . Brown's Temperance Hotel , New Cross , Mr . Leach's , hair dresser , New Islington , and at tho various meetings of the Association .

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      POLAND . We have received a copy of a Polish newspaper , the While Eagle , in which tbe addiesa of our Sheffield friends is translated . The following , our Correspondent gives us as the translation of the Editorial comments by which it is introduced to the Polish readers of tha White Eagle : — " The following extract from a Sheffield paper , the Northern Star , will be perused with great pleasure by our readers . It is the first popular manifestation in England made in favour of the Polish cause without any previous Poliah exertions to that effdet ; and as its views

      on the subject are incomparably purer and more correct than those of all the speeches ever pronounced in the British senate , or at all tbe meetings of the so called Literary Association of the Friends of Poland , ' it will prove to every one that even in England it is not through diplomatic duplicity , but through sincere exposition of our principles , in all their ex ' ent , that we can gain the sympathy of the people ut large , to ¦ whom , and to whom oniy , we bave tbe mission ol addiessint ; ourselves in the name of our nation as it , is the destiny of the people ; it large to pronounce ultimately in ail auch questions as that of Poland . "

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . SIR . —In your paper of the 24 th of December last , is repotted tbe particulars of an inquest held before Mr . George Dyson , coroner for Halifax , and a Jury at Waterhead Mill , in Saddleworth , on the body of Lucy Milligan . Tbe Jury , in their verdict , found that she died by tbe visitation of God , accelerated by the want of earlier medical attendance and proper attention ami sufficient nourishment , and that they strongly censured tbe conduct of the overseers and officers of tbe township of Spotland , in not ascertaining the situation of the deceased , after repeated representations .

      Toe overseers and vestrymen of Spot laud are desirous to remove the stigma that ia cast upon them and to fix the blame , if any , upon those who ought to bear it . Tbe township of Spotland iB distant many miles from Saddleworth , and the Jury seem to have been ignorant tbat it is the duty of the parish officers of tbe township in which paupers are resident to administer to their wants , and communicate with the overseers ef the township in which they are settled ; if this were not so tbe overseers would be obliged to travel a number of miles aad neglect ibeir own poor .

      No official communication was made to the overseers of Spotlaud of the real situation of the cteceased , aB appears by tbe evidence before tbe Coroner and Jury , until the 13 th of December last , when assistance was promptly rendered by them . An illegitimate child of the deceased was affiliated by magistrates in petty sessions at Rochdale , on Monday , when tbe cireamstaccesrelatimi to tbe death of the deceased came before them , and it was their opinion that the deceased had been treated by the overseers of Spotland with every attention , ; aud no blame attached to them , and that if the deceased was neglected , the parish officers where she resided and died , were the culpable parties .

      The ovevseera and vestrymen of Spotiand feel , deeply the stigma improperly cast upon them , and are wishful that the above statement should appear in your next Saturday ' s paper , and they are willing to pay any charge you may make for ita insertion . I am , Sir , Your obedient Servant , Samuel Stott , Assistant-Overseer , Rochdale , 12 th January , 1313 . [ This letter should bave baen inserted in accordance with ita date ; but was accidentally mislaid and forgotten . —Ed . N . S . ]

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      THE VICTIMS . AN APPEAL TO PATRIOTISM AND HUMANITY . The exile , Ellis , has deservedly found a powerful advocate in the indomitable Cooper . John Cleave bas disinterestedly and nobly appealed on behalfj of the General Victim Fund—rwbo accepts the patriotic offer ? Ten shillings from any locality will secure its value in Circulars from him , and yet be devoted to the prisoners aiid their families , while tbe former may be refunded by sale of the latter . What an opportunity to " spread the Charter , ' and also to save its victims . ' ' What Briton ' s heart was ever yet callous to tha call of destitution , to the cry of distress ? Five families in the neighbourhood of Hnuley are deprived cf their protectors , tbe providers of their bread—for crime j ? No ; but for principle , energy , and kindness . Silall they be consigned to the tender mercies of parochial eare , of union hospitality ? Some of them are . Forbid it Chartism , prevent it humanity . Cooper and ! South Staffordshire have undertaken for the widowed wife

      and orphans of Ellis , but where is the advocate of his compatriots' claims , where ? Who had pleaded for the amiable , the energetic , the interesting Ann Yatea , her competitor , Oldham ? the unfortunate Cunliffe , the needy family of the zealous Neesam ? A sum { not exceediug four pounds , of public contribution , divided among the whole , from the time of tbe special commission till the present Inhabitants of the Pqtteries , wipe away tbe reproach—Chartists of tbe united kingdom , discbarge the . obligatioB—subjects of the British empire , aid in the work of mercy . Dry up the widow ' s tears , check the orphan ' s sigh , " feed the hungry , clothe the naked , visit the prisoners . " " Remember them that are in bonds , and them that suffer adversity . " They struggled zealously , they fell gloriously j aid them nobly . Let it not be said " the good and the true" are sacrificed , and they fell unheeded ? If so , who can be expected to follow in their course , how shall any of them resume their labour when released from prisen and from bonds ? I

      Brother Chartists , let us arouse from our apathylet us shake off our sluggishness—let us banish unmanly diffidence— -let ns sacrifice a pot and a pipe , a meal , a few bout ' a labour . If we cannot givo , wo canibeg , or sell , aa Mr . Cleave proposes . Tbe writer , on his own responsibility , urte * l thu case a few evenings asp , upon a s < i ailainiieuce ,

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      BRITISH PATRIOTS IN FRANCE . We have received , along with a contribution to the Victim Fund , the following from a few English operatives resident at Bologne-sur-Mer : — Sir , —Tbough far from our native land and the men we love , we feel deeply interested in the mighty ^ truggla for the rightful liberty of the iudustrioua classes ; and glory in" the sure and steady progress of the principles of the People ' s Charter . We feel highly satisfied with the decisive stani which our Chartist brethren made in favour of the Charter at the late Conference in Birmiaghara . We are very much pleased with the bold and uncompromising conduct of « ur esteemud friend Mr . O Connor , in defenc 3 of his

      moral character , ( which some of his enemies of tbe Cora Law League have tried to injure , ) ami the great principles which he has so worthily , faithfully , and successfully ailvocatfld . We hear&iiy sympathise with our suffering brethren , and wish tbat those who are engaged in the cause'of Chartism , which ia emphatically the poor man's cause , tbe causa of humanity , justice , and truth , may be strengthened and encouraged by all who love their country and desire that corrupt and oppressive systems may be swept at once and foe ever from tbe society of men , and laws and commerce based upon the sacred and inviolable rights of the

      people . Though circumstances arising from classlegislation and u equal fights bave driven us to seek bread for out wives and children in a foreign laud , we feel united with our brethren in tbe good cause , and if we cannot be with them personally in the field of contest , and certain victory , they bave our hearts , our wishes , our prayers , and as far as we are able , our pecuniary assistance . Onr hearts say success to tbe Charter and to all who are fichtiiig for it May the Chatter soon become the law of the land , and every working man be free ; and then the emancipated slaves of Britain will mean what they say , when they sing : — " Britons never shall be slaves . "

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      David Pollock has received tbe appointment of Commissioner of tho Court for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors , vacant by the decease of tho lamented Mr . Bowen . Malta . —On board tbe Lowther , merchant-vessel now discharging at the Victualling-yard , is a toy for Mehemet Al-i , in the shape of a cannon weighing no less than eighteen tons and measuring fifteen feet six inches , with shot for tha same , each weighing 4451 b . " Non parvix componere magna solebam , " but we should think that tins exceeds Queen Elizabeth ' s pocket-pistol .

      The Mourning Bbide . —Much compassion waa excited at the E ? a < x quarter sessions © n Wednesday for s poor woman , who was thrown into an agony of griof and weeping on her husband being sentenced to transportation . " Oh ! " exclaimed the almost frantic creature , " what will become of me and my poor children ? And there , toot he ' s got hia best clothes on , why would not the old ones have done just as weil V The consciousness of this additional loss was too much for her nerves , and the poor womaa was taken out of court in a fainting fit . —Ipswich Express .

      A Conscientious Dissenter . —An amusing scene occurred at our late session ? . A witness was called into the box , and took hold of the Testament with becoming gravity , as it was thought , to be sworn . But when told , aa usual , to kiss the book , he demurred , on the ground of " conscientious" objections , when the following colloquy occurred : —Clerk : Are you a Quaker \—Witness : No : 1 am a Baptist . — Clerk : You must kiss the book , Sir . —Witness : This book tells me I am to swear not at all . Clerk : You must kiss the book , or you will not be allowed your expenses . These words acted like magic on the " conscientious" Dissenter , his Bcrupks immediately vanished , and he hastily raised the book to his lips , amidst roars of laughter from tbe whole Court . —Durham Advertiser .

      Fatal kailwat Accident . —Oa Saturday morning , at abeut half-past 4 o ' clock , the following dreadful accident occurred on th « London and Brighton Railway . —it appears that a ballast engine , called the Venus , Job Smith , engine-driver , was proceeding towardB Brighton , when on arriving near the Red-Hill station , one of the company ' s servants , named Tullett , came oat of his cottage by the side of the railway , and held up his lamp to stop the engine , to give instructions to the driver . The steam wafl shut off and the break put on , b » S Tullett , it ia supposed

      got by mistake on tae same line as the engine . Smith , the driver , saw the unfortunate man ' s lantern knocked down the embankment , and immediately exclaimed to the fireman , * " We have run over Tullett . " Every exertion was made to stop the engine , but the whole train passed over him . Tullett was picked up and carried to his own cottage . He presented a frightful spectacle ; ihe to ? and back part of h ? s bead were literally cut eff , leaving his face uninjured . Although the whole , traia had passed ovev h ' . ni , none of hia i aib 3 were broker , the decease ! feting knocked down be ween the metals .

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      "KOsKCITS SO . 2 , OP THE TISST COSCOKDirH . 02 I 5 DE 5 IMA 1 HAB 3105 T COLLEGE , HA 2 IGJSS 05 , SrKBET , » B ! £ Bstni requires Leve conditions , light condigBJ , s ^ f I ^ fe conditions . B JtsJ > sm ^ &c circle furnishes the Love conditions -Ssse fisoBgh -srnicb and by -which the Spirit can jejEaie tbs deepest- sympathies . " "The School , -or social circle , furnishes the light ^ eSjians—aiosa through -which the Spirit can geneaiiBteffigeBCe and the delights thereof . "Us Iabonr cirde furnishes tbe Life conditions—2 n « throagb "which the Spirit can generate nseB and gg plBsars ihereoL " Gbxaves .

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      " Sam Common , " 27 th Jan ., 1 S 43-^ - ^ O-S Gf our family having introduced * * Ls Us SPP ^ to the Public in the Nortiiem **** tyiatf of * ibe vndoTOd Mrs . EHia , 1 reflected *** "LtsW ^ ** done iy M for her beaefit ' aad Jt " 2 ^ S to © B that by some extra industry on our part , cccsa& ^ j V jTice on the part of cur friends , -we -f—Lrvifitbi ! board , lodging , Trashing , clothing ^ » « nn rfWo oui of her four children at about 25 j { . jacsaoa v . pounds a year for each can be secured

      "irilwaii ^ > tset isspoBsi 016 Prison ° r persons , and paid ^^ Sb tfnwe , I will willingly take two , either ^^ wieJj . or one of each , and place them on the foodM m sH the other children in the school . fwfis , yroridott they are of go * d organizition and *^ " gay tioots to remain in the Institution after aw are sixteen jesrs of age a free provision -will be mj | t for them tor life , or if they prefer it , a poaition te&safo : item elsewhere . I aidose S'Prospsetna , and am , icacw . ' D-uSii , " Tours , respectfully . " TfK . OrDHAM . *'

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      ^" $$ 5 . ZLXIS ATO HEB FAMILY . ,-flsiTed in reference to this sufferer -under # * ^^ vrTBVstesn the folio -wing conunnnieatians , o pP ^^ i- A othin justice toibe fsnerons parties S ^^ SS 'Sanrti and « & *« if Mk Ellis be # *•??„ aeSpl fl » > her frieads m& 7 ^^ ^ ose 4 -- ^ fS ^ 3 ^ the arrangements :-$ ^^^ " Alcott Bouse , Ham Common , " 26 th Jan . 1843 . , 3 £ B- HrLL—On reading tha SorDxm * jj T !« £ * tbe jjj , m 0 Ted me almost to tears " ^ ' *" ^ enr brother Ellis and his forlorn family i * ^ ride reflsciing on vrhat could be done to P * """" A-ldio cf the esratrMea patriot from the * " noncea of their nnsent position , I -was moved ^ es ^ tr ' jecommeijd their case to the attention »¦** tSS * and sn ^ est that Tre might tate OXE of d ^ -. iTinto our Cancordinm , to receive its main-5 *^ t idnotioD as an adopted child . Mr OMJ * " * « ts suzirested that an offer might be made * " * ihsn oae of the children . His proposition jou

      ^ ^ rers nmch -pleased to read jour remarks in * J -soer ea the present position of the Rational ^ ^ rB * nnOTy HaJ ; as "Sftll as yonr advice to " ^' . rsad Soci ^ ts never to oppose each other . £ yrB r \ . Th 3 Ts the same end in vie ^ , namely , th-s * i 3 e - ' 4 m d ma *> from the influence of the evil S 5 % !^ Ucms , ard social conditions in -which they P iBi " »^ Wi * nth r 3 llea . I have been an advocate »«* j ^ j sodaiiit for the last twenty-five years , " f ~ L soES urging the princrp ' es and practice fl fiTwS rence to all other modes of reform , &eM liZ -Driserples have induced me always to give a ^ lana toaD 7 i 3 diTidn 31 or P ** " * the extent l ^^ T ^ ciiDed to move ;— -waiting patiently tiD & 3 ™~ » coB-nEKd to go further . Go on , my Dear 2 * T " *~ L jji psrtigs to cry aloud for the people to be ^ * i £ e land , that they may thereby -wort out l ^ T J ^ jo ] independence . i ^^ Z ^ fi to 2 &i- Hobson and yourself , " " *• Tours ,

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 4, 1843, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct921/page/7/