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      gjs , Jgjs , Wednesdays , and Thursdays , Mr . O'Connor is blip obliged to work nine-hours every week , " and thirteen { # n hoars a day some weeks ; nor do we think that men itio 1 ffbo have learned to do their own work , should impose ueh such a tax upon one who has never flinched from more ban toan bis share . : oXi xhoius Morgan , Lljjjdiloes . —He can recover in uon money all that has been paid in goods fcy his master , ¦ ud -od the magistrate is bound to grant a summons . & " i . H- > Bbisstos—We wiU answer bis queries when we iav ( have time about the field-garden UilL He is not en-Atle titled to the vote . G ., C . C , BATB . —So , heisnot . xe ! Jijjes Caibd . —A morning and evening mail leaves London don each day for the north , at Wnxux Spesseb , Shiftoh . —TFe really cannot interfer . fere between him and persons who advertise in onr . ftfs , Wednesdays , and Thursdays , Mr . O'Connor is

      col columns , we have no other notion than that bis leti letters to Mr . Wilson must have failed . E 5 i VCest Riokg of Yorkshire . —Resolved , "That it is of ot rital importance that the Chartists of the West Riding of of Yorkshire should be prepared to put in nomination a a Chartist candidate at the forthcoming election , to ad advocate the principles contained in the People ' s CI Charter ; and we suggest the propriety of the secretary of of the West Riding to call a delegate meeting as soon at a * convenient , to take into consideration the above ol object . " . 0 , 1 . 0 WEK . —We fear the charge for a spinning jenny does ti not come nnder the provisions of the Truck Act . m smiBOTTiE . —Correspondents who request answers s' should always sign their names ; however , we will a answer his question this time . lie is liable to be

      t baUoted , as aUmen are , hut having two children is a < l ground of exemption sufficient to exonerate him from s serving . a tsoxjks SitvESTEK most have seen that the arguments i in his letter would go to enforcing the necessity of puri ciasins land in all cases in the southern districts , which would at once nullify the advantages to be derived from having divided the country into districts . Kor do we think the Birmingham people , to whom his letter is addressed , would he induced by his arguments to prefer Falmouth to Warwickshire or Worcestershire . If the south has its advantages , it also has its draw hacks . The country is to be divided into five districts , and in the equalisation and selection of those , the trustees and directors , with a proper solicitude for the interest of the shareholders , must be the best judges .

      i YiTsais Patriots' asd Exiles' Widows * asd Childses ' s Fdsd . —At the committee-meeting , last Monday night , £ 51 Ss . was disbursed among the suffering objects of these funds . 1 beg to acknowledge the receipt ( per Hr . Roger O'Connor ) of 7 s . 6 d ., collected by Mr . Robertson , of Plymouth ; of 3 s . 6 d ., collected by Mr . Pearce , ; and of Is ., collected by Mr . Bradley , of Leicester . In answer to two inquiries , I can only reply that I have not received , from Mr . Thomas Martin Wheeler , any sum purporting to he from Brighton . I am also requested , hy the committee , to desire « H subscribers , in future , to state explicitly , to which of the two funds they wish their contributions to he applied . 1 trust that , in conclusion , I may be allowed moatnrgentlj to entreat aU real Chartists to make an effort for the relief of the sufferers , who , at this season , especially , need their help . —Thomas Cooper , secretary . 134 . Blackfriars' -road .

      Sheffield . — Mr . Geo . Cavill informs us , that the Sheffield Chartists having got up a requisition to the mayor , requesting him to call a rues ting for the purpose of petitioning Parliament in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , that worthy refused to call a meeting . The reqaisitionists then applied to the town-regent for the use of the Town HaU , in which to hold a meeting called by themselves . He , too , refused the hall , at the same time telling the persons who applied to him , that Prost and his fellow sufferers "had got no more than they deserved . " The denotation remindad him that the hall was the people ' s property , and had been let on former occasions for the same purpoie . Still he refused . Why did not Mr . Cavill send ns the names of these Whig scoundrels ? J . . Robissox , JUxcaxsrEB . —Tour "lanes" are not poetry . SoniHGHAJipBAMEWoaK-KsiXTEBS . —Unavoidabl y withheld till next week .

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      1 January 10 , 1846 . * Af- ^ " , ., : . ^ — " — _ , THE NORTHERN . SI , AIL ' ' „ . } ' " i ¦ '

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      1 EGSIPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . SBABE 8 . PES KB . O ' COJfSOB . £ s . d . Uulder 5 field , perJ . Steaa .. .. . 856 Bolton , per E . flodgkinson .. .. .. 614 6 Vsrshore , per William Conn „ .. .. 11 4 8 Wallace Busseli Bitterne ~ .. .. 540 3 . Kendall , Bradford , Wilts .. .. .. 2 12 o Cu ! lompton , perC . Pannell .. .. .. 800 Leicester , per 6 . Noon .. m .. .. 2 o 0 Sunderland , per TV . Dobbin .. .. ~ 9 15 7 TV * . Baddiffe . Liverpool 0 2 6 W . Wales , ditto ~ ~ 0 2 6 Wnrcester , per M . Griffith 5 0 0 Exeter , perP . Clarke .. - - .. 10 12 0 Samuel Bradford and a Friend , from Melbourne ,

      Derbyshire , two share * , per J . Sweet .. .. 540 Nottingham , per ditto .. ~ .. 439 SowerbyLongroyd , per J . Wilson .. .. H 5 0 Leeds , per W . Brook .. .. .. .. 500 Urci'dale , per 3 . 3 Sid « elx ~ .. ~ .. 500 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. .. 1316 6 Idle , per J . Alderson .. .. .. .. 336 J . Ponde , Monmouth „ .. .. .. 100 3 . Griffith , Sewton Town 1 0 0 Arbroath , per 3 . Stephen ~ .. .. 200 Staleyhridge , per J . Lawson .. .. .. 500 Asht « a-under-Lyne , perE . Hobson .. .. 276 Kei ' Moy . per J . Vicars .. ~ .. .. 500 Manchester , per 3 . Murray 28 0 0 SHAKES .

      ? EB GESSSAI . SECSET 1 ST . £ s . d . £ s . d . Kew ^ " 3 .. .. 0 6 S Mr . Clarke , Mary-Baccp 5 0 0 lehon ? .. .. 014 Mr . George , Clewer Mr . Hutchins , do .. 0 14 Green , Windsor 16 4 Somers Town .. 600 Sal & rd .. .. 1 17 1 Oxford .. .. 1 13 0 Kewark .. .. 0 a 0 Todmorden .. 0 - 0 Bacuo .. .. . COO M . l «" . 0 2 4 Beshote . . 200 Rachel Eowall .. 0 lM Carlisle - ; . 414 0 Westminster . 19 2 Loughhoronsh , Mr . Elderslie .. .. 014

      Cooper . . 0 01 Charles Fox .. .. 2 12 4 Leicester .. . 200 City of London , Dudler ~ - 310 6 Mr . G . Fox .. 220 Hull . " Dec . 13 , per Sudbury .. .. 500 Mr . Eastwood „ 117 6 LamherheadGreen 4 8 8 Flat Head , Rip . Hull , per P . T . .. 210 0 ponden .. . 400 Stratford , Essex . 0 S 0 Harder .. .. 5 0 0 Mr . Elliot , Clapham 2 12 0 Westminster . 300 Mr . Whitmore .. 048 Laasfcefh .. . 16 0 0 Macclesfield .. .. 610 0 fclenhyr Tydvfl . 200 Birmingham .. .. a 15 5 CAKDS ASD BCtES .

      A ' otiSogbam .. 104 Dudley .. - 0 0 8 Bacup „ .. .. 033 Hull - .. .. 0 2 G Iluddersfield . 044 Ipswich .. .. 004 LEVT FOE THE liNO COSFEBEHCE . HrUl , perEastwooa 0 2 6 Card , G . Fox .. 0 ft 6 Bipponden , Flat LamherheadGreen 0 0 6 Head . . 009 Hull . perF . T . .. 0 1 0 fiochdale .. .. 0 0 3 Sunderland .. . 026 Wheelers list . 053

      NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECUTIVE . PES XX . o ' cossos . From a Friend » lo approves of tlie Chartist po'Jcv . 10 0 0 W . Davidson , Kenton Ayr . .. .. 0 0 £ » J . Gregorv , Ironville - .- - . 056 CbartistmettinH . Ship Inn , Birmingham .. 0 lo 8 G . O ., ditto , per D . Fort ° * 1 SowerbyLongrojd , per J . Wilson .. .. 055 Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith .. . , . 10 0 J . IVwell , Monmouth .. .. .. .. 0 1 0 3 . Cloud , Monmouth .. . .. . 010 Collected at Manchester " after Mr . CCoanot ' *

      lecture .. .. .. .. . . 38 5 A . Lonsdale . .. .. .. . 050 Shareholders of the Leicester Land Society .. 0 2 la Kei ? hley , perJ . Garratt 0 12 0 Southampton , per G . Gouk ,. .. .. 040 J . Murray , Manchester .. .. . 01 0 Kotice—We have to request that the treasurer at Rochdale will remit the £ 1 collected after Mr . O'Connor ' s lecture fur the Executive .

      pes gexeral sxcretabt . Bradford „ .. 060 Brighton .. . 030 Dewsbury „ . 050 Mr . T . Salmon . 006 Lktlttoini .. . 03 o Mr . W . Salmon -. 0 * 0 6 Ditto . J . Whitehead 0 0 7 Mandeboue .. . 030 Halifax . . 0 2 101 Whittington & Cat Lower Warley . 01 lo | ( cards ) .. . 030 Di to , donation . 050 Wcstininster .. 030 Carpenters' HaU , Do ., cards & rules 0 2 C Manchester . 110 0 R . Wells , London .. 0 10 Ditto , ditto .. „ 114 4 EOa TBS CHASTIST COXVE 5 TIOS . Oxford . . 0 2 0 Hull , P . T 0 10 Mr . Livesav , City .. 0 1 0 Ipswich , Mr . GairodO 1 0 31 r . Alloutiv West- Someis Town .. 0 7 0 minster . . 010 Ashton , per Mr . Mr . Roberts , do ... 0 1 0 PUKng „ « 1 0 0 5 Tr . Buckley , do . . 0 1 0 Heywood .. .. 0 9 « Mr . Whitfield . 006 Xomich . .. 010 0 Mr . Ford . . 0 0 6 Sudbury . . 026 Mr . Wheeler . 006 Reading .. .. 020 Smaller sums , do . 0 1 61

      AGED PATSI 0 T 3 . Lower Warley . 0 5 0 Mr . George , Clewer Brighton . . 0 3 6 Green , Windsor 0 0 85 R . Welle , London .. 0 16 VETERAN PATRIOTS' ASD EXILES' FBND . Lower Warlev . 050 Green , Windsor 036 Bri ; hton . * . 0 3 6 R . Wells , London .. 0 1 6 Mr . George , Clewer DDCOX FUSD . PES XS . o'COSSOB . Manchester , proceeds of meeting « « 110 0 Ditto , bv Mr . O'Connor ' s lt * ture . .. 1 H 0 FEB CESEBAL SECEETABT . Lower Warley 0 5 0 All parties havmg-money to remit on account of tlie Executive or the Convention , are requested to forward it as soon as possible , as a balance-sheet of both funds is in the course of preparation .

      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAXD SOCIETY . Fbikkus , —In accordance with resolutions parsed at the late Conference , it is now my duty to call -upon jou to carry into effect the decisions of that body in reference , firefly , to the monthly levy fyr tfie payment of salark-s , iroiilthe whole of tlie members in the section shall lw located ; and , secondly , for the linuidafion of the balance due on account of the Confereuee . The amount to be lev . ed Air the payment of salaries is on-i halfpenny per month on one s ' nai e , three farthings on a share and a half , and one penny on two shares . The sab-semtarifcs are particularly requested to see that this muney shall be duly raised , and pusctually forwarded on the first Monday in each month . All sums for this pur-!„ ..= . ; to 1 « sent in me by Post-nffics order , piuahk loM > : OY yiHio ,- . On Monday , Feb . 2 nd , two mouths' U-vy «« H i * due . The expense of the Conference , including wases aud

      tmellinzextomsts of th . i i travelling ttpenses of de ] esate 3 d & d ni ' l ^ ° $ \ u ?\ f ™ > * c ., arnoSntod to -iil 8 s . 4 d ., and the total snm receired on account of the ttreepenny levyis £ 42 . 2 a . 4 o % leawg ^ UW le of & . u 16 s ., which must be discharged hr its inuSteW went on the part of such members as ^ Hot ££$ ; done so . AU persons who niay hereaftei Become ™^ m ^ i ^^ lw i ^^ to' ^' ltoS ^ ^ , ^ the burthen may faU equally npon alffor whose benefit the Conference was heW . Persons who may £ m ^ this datetake one andahalf or two shares , vault taS twn cards , as it wiU save much confusion in the accounts Z peciaUy in the transfer of shares . accounts , es-As all are anxious to know how we are nroceedin- in reference to the enrolment , I beg to state . A « ° fh %£ are now before Tidd Pratt , revhing hanger CoSlel having given an opinion that no obstaclecanE « ffi ?! rite the enrolment , the new rules willbeiLued if ™ as Uusis accomplished . I am in daily rSfofS cations from aU parts of Hie country , with nLesTaew shares . The work goes bravely on . l "" P ' yi " a Thomas Mabtin 'Wheeieb , Secretary .

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      no , , MANCHESTER . Uu bunday last Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read to the audience , after which the chairman , Mr . Sutton , called on Mr . John Shaw , of London , to address the meeting . Mr . Shaw briefly addressed the meeting , and was followed by Mr . John West , who commenced his lecture by saying , Ladies and gentlemen , I am glad in having the pleasure of addressing you , for it was in this town I received my political principles , and it delights me , knowing that Manchester men , aye and women too , are always at their posts . When last addressing you it was on the subject of the land . The land ought to be national property , and belong to the whole people ; pauperism ought not to exist , none being poor but the lame , blind , and maimedand

      , they oug ht to be provided for ; God ' s blessing was given to all ; He being no respecter of persons . In the Bible it is stated , " Man shall live by the sweat of his brow . " I will relate . on anecdote : —A bishop in Chester calling at a poor cobbler ' s house told him to be contented , and not to growl , for if God had thoug ht proper to give him ten children , that God never sent mouths without sending meat to fill them . Nay , nay , said the cobbler , the months are sent to my house , and all the meat to yours . ( Great cheering . ) The lecturer next treated upon the wrongs of the Irish people . . The lecture occupied an hour and a half in the delivery . A rote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman was given , and the meeting retired to their homes .

      BRADFORD . The Fobthcomixo Elections . —A public meeting was held in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall on Monday last , for the purpose of securing the election of Colonel Thompson as the Chartist candidate for this burougb . Mr . Wm . Clark was called to the chair , and after explaining the object of the meeting and reading the placard , he introduced Mr . George White to propose the first resolution . Mr . White dwelt at some length on the necessity of the people having nothing " to do with either Whigs or Tories , except so far as theyconld secure the election of a man who would vote for the People ' s Charter . The Whigs were not able to electa member without the assistance of the Chartists ; they had that day assembled to assist in returning Colonel Thompson and W . Bit-field , Esq ., on condition that the friends of Mr . Busfield would split their votes fairlwith

      y Colonel Thompson . He concluded by proposing the following resolution : —Resolved— "That this meeting pledges itself to support the election of Colonel Thompson and W . Busfield , Esq . as representatives for the borough of Bradford , and we call on the working classes throughout the country to exert themselves in returning a member who will vote for the People ' s Charter . " Mr . Thomas Wilcock seconded the resolution , which was carried unanimously . Mr . J . Smith moved— " That a committee be now formed to carry out the previous resolution . " Mr . Thomas Cole , Chartist treasurer , seconded the resolution . Seven persons were then elected , after which petitions for the return of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis were unanimously adopted , and the meeting separated . Eight hundred electors have signed the requisitun \ to Colonel Thompson , and there is no doubt of his return . Hurrah for the Charter !

      BATH . On Sunday night last a meeting of the Chartists of Walcot was held at Mr . Cottle ' s , No . 8 , Chelseabuildings , Mr . Phillips in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . C . Bolwell , who dwelt largely upon the necessity of getting up a public meeting to petition Parliament for the restoration of Froat , Williams , and Jones to their native land . A committee , with power to add to their number , were chosen to carry out the above purpose ; the following are the names of the committee : —Charles Cottle , George Winstow , Charles Bolwell , James Trotman , Mr . Mellet , William Vitkery , Henry Mallard , Robert Junning , Mr . Phillips , and John Nodd .

      CARLISLE . MEETEfG OF THE CoGSCtt OF THE CHARTIST AsSOciatios . —On Sunday last , the 4 th instant , the above body met at ten o clock , a . m . in their room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldergate , when , after pecuniary matters had been disposed of , Mr . Joseph Richardson was called to the chair , and a resolution to the following effect was agreed to : — " That a reclassification of the members be made , with a view to obtain the subscriptions better for the future . " Mr . O'Connor s letter was then read from the Star , and it was agreed to , that the council adjourn until five o ' clock , p-it . to take the contests of the letter into consideration . At five o ' clock the letter was again read to a good number of strangers who made their appearance ,

      and it seemed to be the opinion of every one present , that a public meeting should be held immediately to petition Parliament tor the restoration of the individuals spoken of in the letter . The town was then divided into districts , and persons appointed to collect them to obtain the necessary funds . A requisition was then drawn out , and signed by upwards of fifty inhabitant householders of the borough , to be presented to the Mayor to grant tha use of the Town Hall on the occasion , and we are happy to state that he has kindly granted them their request , and a public meeting will be held on Wednesday evening , the 14 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , which we are sure will be a bumper , A deputation , consisting of four

      individuals , was then appointed to wait upon Messrs . Cobden and Bright , who will be here on the evening of Tuesday , the 6 th inst ., to harangue our natives at a " ticketed meeting . " The deputation was instructed to present to these gentlemen the following resolution : — "That Richard Cobden , Esq ., M . P ., and John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., be respectfully requested by this meeting to give their support to a petition about to be presented to Parliament for the restoration of John Frost , Zepbaniah Williams , William Jones , and William Ellis . " The committee appointed to get up the meeting then adjourned until Wednesday evening , the Tthinst ., to make the necessary arrangements .

      The Lasd SeciEir . — We are happy to state this society is progressing rapidly in Carlisle , its members are now upwards of ninety , and more joining weekly . The quarterly meeting was held on Sunday , and the following persons were appointed for the ensuing quarter . - - ^ -Joseph Hall , Wm . M'GUI , James Graham , Daniel O'Neil , and John Gilbertson , secretary . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Gilbertson for his attending the conference , and also their approval of the re-election of the old Executive .

      MERTUYR TYDVIL . The members of branch No . 1 , of the Land Society , met in their reading room on Sunday morning , the 4 th instant . After reading the Star , the case of Frost , Williams , Jones , aud Ellis , was taken into consideration , when it was resolved to get up a public meeting in a few days , to adopt a petition to the House of Common j for the restoration of the above patriots . We request the Executive to draw up rules foraJJational Benefit Society , to be enrolled with the rules of the Land Society .

      BIRMINGHAM . At a meeting of the Chartists of Birmingham on Sunday evening , Mr . A . Russell in the chair , a long discussion took place respecting the best way to carry out the resolutions come to at the Chartist Convention , when it appeared to be the unanimous opinion that the obwinraent of the sinews of war ought to be the first step . A resolution was passed that a subscription be now entered into , and £ 1 being subscribed , it was ordered to be sent forthwith to the Executive Committee . It was also agreed to hold a meeting for therestoration of all political exiles , and that-this meeting stand adjourned to next Sunday evening . Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock .

      OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . A . F . Taylor lectured in the school-room of the Working Man s Hall . Subject , " Agrarianisni . " The lecturer commenced his first address with an inquiry into the present distribution of theland of this country . His discourses arc listened to with great satisfaction . STOCKPORT . Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , gave a very interesting lecture on Sunday evening , on " Ancient Greece , " to a respectable audience , for which they rendered him a vote of thanks . BLACKBURN . The members of this branch of the Chartist Cooperative Land Society held their tea party on New Year s Day , at Air . G . Nurton ' s Temperance Hotel , Whalicy Banks , when about 140 persons sat down to tea "

      , WIGTON . At a meeting of the members of the Land Society , held on the 25 th of December , resolutions of confidence in , and thanks to , the land directors , ana W . P . Roberts , Esq ., were unanimously adopted . HULL . At the wceklv meeting , on Sunday last , Mr . Cmv rie moved , and Mr . Anderson seconded , "That on the 2 Cth of the month a supper be provided in honour of the birth of Thomas Paine , to be held at the Granby Inn , Wellington-street . " Carried unanimously .

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      MONDAY . ; Cootessiox or Chartist Sibescth . —In another column will be found an article from the Auaslmrg Gazette , entitled , "State . oFParties in England , " and which will be read withine- small exultation by the Chartist body , and with no small dismay by those who flattered themselves that Chartism was dead Repeal or the Cobs Laws . —The protectionists . ' as we predicted , are coming out like good ' ims , and as we assured our readers , are determined not to allow their properties to be divided amongst the Leaders without a shy for it . ° State of Trade—The promised buoyancy anticipated from a repeal of the Corn Laws has made the Manchester papers frightened at the immensity of speculation , and actually recommend " short time " as the only means of checking the overproduction which is likel y to constitute a " drag . " We arc boldly told that the markets of India anil China are

      already overstocked . The wool trade of Bradford and elsewhere is in a drooping condition , and the holders are speculating upon the " great fact" as the means of existence . The Leeds people are taking stock at Christmas , which , together with the boisterous state ° 1 S & ZF & S'J ? assi -l lled as a "ason for long faces at the Cloth-Hall . \ ° The Cons Tkade . —From all parts of the country we have fearful intimation of the effect produced bv the shadow of the repeal of the Corn Laws , in the decline of prices , and the poor fanners are beginning m the eleventh hour to make up for lost time .

      MOSEI Market . —The jobbers are again , looking blue : every thing having a tendency downward , and confidence cannot be restored in the share market until the fate of the several lines to be submitted to Parliament is decided . Bobbebt . —On Saturday last her Majesty received deputations from the Corporations of the Cities of London and Dublin , praying for food for the poor , lhe deputations were received in grand style , and after the bobbery was completed , the following mummery commenced , and we give it precisely as we find it in the Court Circular , as we could not by possibility present it in more ridiculous or laughableterms : —

      The Queen afterwards held an investiture of the Most lion . Military Order of the Bath . The Knights Grand Crosses having been robed by Mr . Hunter and Mr . Ede in their mantles , and wearing their collars , passed into the Chapter-room . There were present , his Royal Highaess Prince Albert , Acting Great Master of the Order , Field-Marshal the Duke of Wellington , Admiral Sir George Cockburn , Admiral Sir Edward Codrington , Admiral Sir Thomas Byam Martin , and General Lord Ayhner . Her Majesty wore the mantle and collar of the Order . Theofficersof the Order wore their mantles and earned their respective badges . There were present Algernon Greville , Esq ., Bath King of Arms , and Albert William Woods , Esq . ( Lancaster Herald ) , Gentleman Usher .

      The Earl of Liverpool was introduced between Sir Thomas B . Martin and Lord Aylmer , the two Junior Kniglits Grand Crosses present , preceded by Bath King of Anns and the Gentleman Usher , the former carrying the ensigns of the Bath on a crimson velvet cushion . His Lordship was conducted to the Sovereign . The Earl of Liverpool knelt near the Queen , and the Sword of State , borne by Sir William Martins , Gentleman Usher , being handed to her Majesty by . the Vice-Chamberlain , the Queen was molt graciously pleased to confer the honour of knighthood upon the noble earl therewith . Bath King of Arms , on his knee , presented to the Queen the riband and badge of the order , and her Majesty , assisted by Prince Albert , Acting Gre & t Master of the Order , were graciously pleased to place the same over the right shoulder of his lordship . The Queen also presented the noble earl with the Star of a ( Civil ) Knight Grand Cross of the Bath .

      The Earl of Liverpool , rising , had the honour to kiss her Majesty ' s hand . The Knights Grand Crosses and Officers of the Order then retired from the presence of the Sovereign . Previous to the Court , the Hon . Mr . Forbes was presented to the Queen by the Vice-Chamberlain , on his appointment as one of her Majesty ' s-Pages of Honour . The Court was attended by Lord Rivers , Lord , in Waiting ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond , Groom in Waiting ; Major-General Wemyss , Equerry in Waiting ; Colonel Bouverie , Equerry to Prince Albert ; the Groom of the Robes , and Mr . James Bunce Curling , Adjutant of the Corps of Gentleme ' u-at-Arms . The Yeoman of the Guard in tlie Coronation costume lined tbc grand staircase and ante-room . Sir Samuel Hancock , the Eson in Waiting , aud Mr . Ellerthorp , the Adjutant , attended .

      A Guard of Honour of the Grenadier Guards , with the hand of the regiment , was on duty in the Grand Quadrangle of the Castle . After the Court the Duke of Wellington left the Castle in his travelling carriage . Sir Robert Peel , the Duke of Buccleugb , Sir James Graham , the Right Hon . W . E . Gladstone , Lord Granville Somerset , the Earl of Lincoln , the Ri ^ ht Hon . Sidney Herbert , and the Earl of Dalhousie left the Castle at twenty minutes before four o ' clock for the Slough station of the Great Western Railway , and { returned totoira by a spscial train . Murder . —This day two unfortunate creatures , a man and woman , were sacrificed to that system which makes thieves and murderers . An account of their melancholy exit will be read in our columns , and we hope that the time is not far distant when the chronicling of such barbarous exhibitions will cease to be matter of speculation to the newspaper press .

      IRELAND . - The only news from Ireland of importance is the fact that the Liberator has succeeded in having Patrick O'lliggins held to bail to stand his trial for sedition , and the Freeman ' s Journal , and the other liberal papeks refusing to publish the document upon which the charge is grounded , for no earthly reason but its simplicity . If it was published , the whole sting would be taken out of the charge , and nothing but the gall of the Conciliation patriots would remain .

      Oh , Dan , Dan , Dan , you began your career as a spy and end it as an informer . Don't you think the honest Irish people , who hate an informer as they hate the devil himself , will learn to hate you , and don't you think that the honest Irishmen , when you come to England , will holloa Faddy O'lliggins instead of Paddy M'Cue in your ear . Ah , in sober sadness , Dan , and all bantering apart , it was a mean , rascally , paltry trick to accuse the detective force of the authorship of a placard , knowing in your heart that your object was to saddle it upon O'lliggins , first having stamped it with an atrocious character . Dan , why don't you indict the proprietor of the Nort / iern Star , as it was published twice in that paper . Our friend , O'lliggins , need fear nothing from the burking of the Irish Liberal press , as , if necessary , we will give a supplement or a double supplement with the Star , containing every tittle of the trial .

      TUESDAY . The Cons Laws . —The Times and the bull-frogs are nobly vieing for the fool ' s cap , the protectionists talking rabid nonsense , and the Times writing unniitiptedrubbish ; in fact , since our friend ' s engagement with his new master he reminds us of aU servants in the same situation , making up for want of knowledge by omciousness , over activity and splash . Wc could really wish to . make a hash for our contemporary out of his own cold meat , but the stock in the larder is so immense that we know not where to begin . _ Suffice it to say that the Times , for the twentieth time , has been sold f or a job , and is doing its work

      With all the fervency of a renegade . The manner in which Homer , Virgil , the godfj goddesses , angels , monsters , hell and vultures , are introduced into free trade " stuff , " is very amusing , while the wholesale dealing with the Quarterly , the lliehmonds , the Worsleys , and the whole stock ef farmers , is chaste , classical , and refined ; in short , just such a grunt as we should expect from such a pig—and the adage says , " what can you expect from a pig but a grunt . The Revesue . — The prosperous state of the revenue has had the effect of creating confidence on 'Change , securities are looking up a bit . and money is expected to be more easy . WE HOPE to find ft so , for we have [ found it tarnation hard to catch it at aU of late . We do not , however , see quite so much to congratulate the country upon , as the mere money scribblers do . fa every department whore such an increase appears as smothers the horror of the general

      decrease , we see fiction , at the bottom of which is the big fiction , railway gambling . We see an increase of nearly two hundred thousand pounds in the stamp department alone , within the last quarter , and forty thousand in the Post-office department ; and if we could take stock of legal expenses , plunder of servants , and other railway pickings and dividings for thenext quarter , we might estimate it lowly at live millions of money ; but Government only takes notice of its own share , leaving the POOR * lawyers , directors , engineers , surveyors , and others to state their own grievances . The principal rise then for the quarter is in the Excise , Stamps , Taxes , and Post-office , everyone , and all , fictions based npen the great fiction , railways . But the misfortune is , that if we had a windfall of ten millions in this or any other quarter , wc should have the young birds from the aristocratic nest gaping and squalling for twelve millions , and insisting upon some means being devised for maldag it permanent instead of casual .

      The " Times '" Commissionera > t > theLuxnAion . —The mission of Mr . Foster to Ireland , from which we anticipated so much good , has resultdd in what we now believe to have been the real object—a personal squabble between the Times newspaper and Mr . O'Connell . It is the misfortune of Ireland that every profession on her behalf ends in plunder one way or the other . Mr . Poster , an . English special pleader , caves just as much about "ircland as the devil cares about holy water . However , with all that indifference he might have ms > xlo his visit benelicial , had not the cloven foot of party , and the linger of personal animosity . » cepe » i through the guise of affection for Ireland . No do ; abt can now remain that the whole of Mr . Foster ' s tour till he arrived at Cahirciveen was a mere preparatory reconnoitre for the grand attack , and as utst arbitrators and disinterested umpires between the belligerents , aud having read the

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      long and paltry stuff printed and spoken on both ades , we uuhesitatingly give itas our judgment that Foster has eternally damned "himself as a commissioner , and Kashealed where he intended . to . wound , n hen he generalized we . backed him from ourowh knowledge , but as a special pleader , having failed in ms proofs , he has really shaken the authority upon which we based our opinions . It is a very melancholy thing that the press cannot be virtuous—that it eannot even attempt a public service without descending to personal controversy . Foster has . done more for the Liberator in a mouth , than the Liberator conld have done for himself in the whole of his life . We think the sooner" our own commissioner" cuts his lncky , and returns to his fatherland the better . He has tarnished the laurels he gained . He went out a great man , and comes back a great fool .

      I he Murders . —The morning papers have a lengthy account of the two murders committed by Mr . Calcraft yesterday . We regret that the base fashion of the newspaper press compels us to chronicle them as matter interesting to the reader , and , therefore , they will be found at full length in another part of our paper . Court Circular . —His Royal Highness Prince Albert had capital sport yesterday on the Flemish farm , which owes £ 230 to the landlord in fee-the poor ol Windsor . By a mistake , in one of the morning papers he is reported as having shot so ' many p easants , we presume it was a mistake for pheasants , but perhaps not , as the oldadaee says , "You may

      as well Kin a man as frighten his life out , " and there is no better way of frightening his life out than starving him to death . The little deaus took their accustomed airings yesterday , and we are credibly informed that her Majesty has given directions for the erection oi a small cotton mill , under the superintendence of the Poor Law Commissioners , where the royal infants will , at the proper age of ten , be allowed to work six and a half hours a-day . We understand that the royal waiting-maids , grooms , and scullions had all their traps packed up for a start , and were thrown into ecstacies of delight when they heard that her Majesty had declared that little John , who had offered himself as steward to the household , was not stron g enough tor tub place .

      Pmrcn . —At the commencement of the New Tear we have again to recommend our inestimable cotemporary and unrivalled artist to public favour . Every print in Punch is an essay which a word would spoil , a sentence damn . Every man , woman , and child should sse Punch . It is reading made easy , and the only alteration that we could possibly suggest to the conductors of this unrivalled journal is , the necessity of assuming a higher position in the menagerie than toadv to the Times , echo of the Thunderer . It is really a pity that such a giant print should mar its greatness by fiddling to the Times . It has quite character and talent enough to stand alone .

      ICELAND . COBDEiV ASD THE BeWAST FltEK TjUDERS . —It appears that Cobden is to be invited to a grand free-trade entertainment at Belfast . Quere—the Northern Whig , that announces the intelligence , has omitted all mention of the fiddle . Won't Cobden take friend Bright with him ? Mon Fun . —Thursday last the inauguration of the new Mayor of Limerick took place , and the old official , Dr . William Geary , went out , and the boys gave him a taste of their quality as described in the following pithy paragraph , which we transcribe at full length for the amusement of our readers : —

      " On entering the council-chamber , " says tho Limerick Chronicle . " tho outgoing mayor was saluted with groans and hisses , while Alderman Ryan , his successor , was loudly cheered . The excited crowd kept yelling and shouting without cessation , applyingthe mostopprobrious epithets to the outgoing mayor , designating him a traitor , an Orange Catholic , a sleeveen , a pill-box , a betrayer . We would not insult our readers by particularising some of tlie scandalous language indulged in by the rabble assembly that packed the room . There were loud cries of ' Turn out Geary ; take the chain off him and give it to the new Mayor ;* beside threatening expressions , which were drowned in the uproar and confusion that prevailed . In this state of disgraceful disorder Mr . Raleigh , townclerk , announced that * the floor was giving way under the

      rioters , the rafters having nearly separated from the main wall . He requested that they would clear out , else the lives of all present were in danger ; but , regardless ol the consequences , tliey remained , and positively refused to leave the apartment . The Bev . Mr . Quin , having inspected the ceiling underneath , also represented the danger to which they were exposed , but in vain did he exhort them to withdraw . In this state of consternation , the out-going mayor proclaimed an adjournment to the Court-house , upon which the rush down stairs was frightful , several persons having been hurled from top to bottom . The outer gate of the court was forced open by the crowd , who took possession of every available position within . With great difficulty the old and new mayors , Mr . W , Roche , justice of the peuce , the town-clerk , treasurer ,

      and a few members of the council obtained a place on the bench . Here the scene baffled description—both galleries being crowded to excess , there was a cry of ' They are giving way , ' which warning was not unfounded , as they were really projecting from the walls . Some clung to the window frames , while others leaped over the gallery , and injured those in the body of the court beneath . Thus circumstanced , the town-clcrk produced the official declaration , which was signed by Alderman Ryan , and the oath of office was administered by Mr . Roche , when the old Mayor took the gold chain from his neck , placed it around that of his successor , handed him the wand , and shook hira warmly by the hand amidst deafering applause . Mr . William Roche rose to make a few observations , but it was impossible to catch what he

      said . The new Mayor also addressed the assemblage , acknowledging the high honour conferred upon him , auO promising to leave nothing undone to promote the happiness and comfort of his fellow-citizens . Tho ceremony having concluded , the court was soon cleared , but the mob , not content with their gross affronts to the old Mayor , again assailed him with shouts of disapprobation on passing on to the Exchange , whither he was followed , and they even attempted personal violence to him . Shortly after Alderman Geary , surrounded by a few friends , proceeded home , a mob yelling at him all the way in the streets . The new Mayor was escorted to his residence by the Temperance bands and a crowd of Repealers . " The Corporation op Dublin . —In our yesterday ' s

      summary we announced the fact of the Dublin Corporation having presented an address to the Queen on Saturday , but we were not then aware of the best of the joke . It appears that a grand entertainment was provided in the Waterloo Banqueting Boom , for the two corporations , but the Londoners being rather late were summoned to the Throne Room just as they got a glimpseof the " goodies . " The Paddies were a little late in consequence of the restiveness of one of the omnibus horses , on the box of which was seated the Lord Mayor of Dublin and his swordbearer Tom Arkins . The consequence was that the Dublin " coves" remained tucking iu while the Londoners , after performing their loyalty , were ushered out at another entrance . We have received various

      reports of this banquet , some informing us that Tom Arkins and Reynolds asked the servants in waiting wh . lt those round things ( potatoes ) were ? and upon being told , replied that it was a damned shame to take their jackets off this cold weather—the mayor said they were Jerusalem artichokes . After the gorge our correspondent says that he heard the Lord Mayor ' s chaplain asking one of the servants slyly , if Ije had ' nt such a thing as some " puttcen" and hot water . Reynolds , to be more English , asked boldly for some POTTEEN , when , to the great amusement of the Paddies , the servant , mistaking the order and not knowing what potteen meant , actually brought in a certaia UTENSIL , asking , " Is this what you called for , sir ? " Our correspondent proceeds to say that

      the whole corporation walked any thing but straightforward to the throne , her Majesty observing to Prince Albert , "What frisky fellows these Irish arc !" The word potatoe appearing in several parts of the address , there was a long discussion in the Banquet Room , as to whether it should be pronounced " Potatoe , " " Tato , " Tatie , " or " Pratie "—some expressing a wish that the word should be omitted altogether , and the words "THAT ROOT UPON WHICH THE IRISH PRINCIPALLY LIVE" substituted . Report says that the Mayor of Dublin bit the Queen ' s hand when presented to him to kiss . Foreign . —There is little of interest from abroad beyond what we publish in the proper place , except the demand of the French Minister of Marine for a

      grant of four millions sterling to be applied to the increase of the steam navy of France , and the great delight of the Ministerialists , in the hope of being ' able to preserve their places through the session . The Oregon , however , or , rather , the non-intervention declaration of President Polk , has acted like a bombshell in the camp of European crowned heads , and , after all , we expect that American affairs , will constitute a more important item in the royal speech than the state of " Kino Pijatib " himself . We arc curious to learn the terms in which her Majesty will announce the kindly assurances of that greatest of all . MONABCus . If we were inclined for a spec , wo would back ms roitkj majesty at long odds against all their majesties .

      WEDNESDAY . Tub Corn La \ vs . —The Times is still doir . g the work of the new broom for its masters , although , it is this morning obliged to descend from even tj io semblance of argument , to a bit of high-flown svrapathy . Meetings of a handful of poor agricultural labourers are magnified into the gatherings of thou 9 rjo \ ds . They arc furnished with poetry , eloquence , aiul enthusj . asm , but argument being a thing not at the commvu of the Thunderer , there is a great lack of that com modity . A meeting which took place iu W i ltshire of agricultural labourers , by moon and . " core ^ iiirht i

      honoured with a thrce-column notice , ^ pr yrtj 0 g f is actually chronicled in leader typ & ar \ e crs fascinatinuly fabricated in provinci ' ., ! ^ . - lect d to the chairman by the League p- t \ , e y / w , Q , signed " your atlictcd andhur - ei ' servcnt . ' , ) otJl ! "ALaborer . " lipon the / , h 0 i 0 it j s disgusting reflect upon the mean an- mm use totyhicli tl hms newspaper wo ' jW . now turn the an-icultur labourers . It wouM r iaue them more mr ' chinerv : earn its own base , \ lWc Jrom the League ; but ' tl agriculturallabo ^ . ] & B the friends of the T <

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      Hours' Bill , will soon lose the countenance of tho Thunderer , when the Times shall have discovered their intention to have a utile thunder ok their owm account . . The . Times , would make all its agricultural protegees politicians and philosophers , while the sayings of six hundred shrewd philosophers , reel at Manchester to advocate the Ten Hours' Bill IN THEIR OWN WAY , was not worthy of passing comment . When will the people cease being used as tools by vagabonds ? Lord Morpeth and the Ten Hours' Bin . —On its being knovm that Lord Morpeth was once more likely to constitute the GoSth part of the British Empire , the members of the Short Time Committees of the West . Riding of Yorkshire waited upon his lordship to canvass his support in Parliament , in . favour of their objects , and we give his lordship ' s replv iu Ml , as a political gem - . —

      10 HD JfOBPETH ' S KF . Ptr . Castle Howard , Jan . 3 , 1818 . Gentlemen—I have been favoured with tho memorial of the delegates of the Short Time Committees of the West-Kiding of Yorkshire . I willingly promise to them the s ympathy they request with so much propriety and forbearance of language , for the whole body which they represent , and for their condition iu life . If I now re-enter Parliament , after the long interval ^ of absence from its deliberations , and without having had the many important questions connected with factory labour specially brought under my notice , I must reserve to myself entire freedom to deal with the propositions which may be submitted for adoption ; but I shall briugto their consideration a keen feeling for the wants

      aud wishes of the working classes , and . a resolute determination to do my whole duty towards them . I have the honour to be , Gentlamen , Your most faithful servant , Moepeth . The Delegates of the Short Time Committees ofthe Wcst-lUdinj . This gracious tender of his lordship ' s sympathy , coupled with his cautious reserve with respect to his vote , reminds us of two Irish anecdotes which we will now relate . A poor Irish labourer who had been ejected by a tyrant landlord , resolved upon trying liis fortune in America , and having scraped together within one pound of the passage monev , he

      made application to the priest of the pariah to make up the deficiency . " Yur rov ' reuco , I ' m going to cross the water , I ' m for Americy . " " Well , good luck to you , Paddy . Well , but yur rev ' rence , I ' m thirty years in your parish now , and I hope yur revrence will give me a cracter . " " Oh , then indeed I'll do that , Paddy , for you were always an honest man . " " Then I thank yur rev ' rence , but I always expected that from you , but sure I ' m a pound short , and I hope yur rev ' rence will lind it to me V "Indeed then , Paddy , I haven't a pound . " " Wisha' then , God bless us , the times is hard to be sure , but what'll I do at all at all ? But may be yur rev ' rence will have tin shillings to spare ?"

      "Indeed then I haven't , nor five , nor three , nor two . " Wisha , God be praised , but that ' s a hard thing , but I must try the neighbours , but may be yur rev ' - rence would give me a shilling to drink your health on the road ?" " Paddy , I don't like drinking , its a bad thing . " " Oh' . wisha , Ood help us ; it ' s a bad world for the poor . May be your rev ' rence would give me a penny for a smoke ?" " Indeed , then , I haven't a penny . "

      " Wisha , but that ' s a queer thing entirely . Well , I'll be going , anyhow , and may be your rev ' rence would give me your blessing ?" " Oh , I'll do that for you , Paddy . " " No , nor the devil a bit of it I'll have , now ; if it was worth a penny you wouldn't give it me , so you may keep that with the rest . " That ' s one story ; now for the next . The Honourable Carew O'Grady , brother of the late Lord Giflamore , was very anxious to represent the County of Cork in Parliament , and just before the . election of 1834 , he called upon Mr . O'Connor , at the Imperial Hotel , and said : " O'Connor , I ' ve been thinking that the County of Cork is represented by a nightingale and a cuckoo ; and I think this great county should have two nightingales . You can take me ' in with you as you did little Barry . " Mr . O'Connor replied : " My dear fellow , nothing would give me greater pleasure than to hear your sweet notes in the

      big cage ; but really I never asked for a vote tor myself , and you must excuse me exercising any influence for others ; but there ' s my friend , Mr . O'Reardon , the man of the people , the most popular orator in the county , sitting at the fire—I'll introduce you to him , and canvas him for yourself . " Upon being introduced , Mr . O'Grady said : " Well , Mr . O'Reardon , I ' m delighted to make your acquaintance . I ' ve been just telling our friend O'Connor , that the County ofCorkoughttohavetwonightingales . andiflcanhave your vote and interest at the next election , I'll stand for the County . " " I declare to God , Mr . O'Grady , " said the man of the people , " my heart and soul is with you , but I promised my vote to Mr . Barry . " " Oh ! D—n your heart and soul ; give them to Mr . Barry , and give me your vote . " Now . wo would recommend the Short Time Committee , when they next see his lordship , to say , " Oh ! D—n your sympathy , keep that FOR THE POOR , and give us

      YOUR VOTE . " Mone y Market . —Notwithstanding the flattering prospect presented by the revenue the funds are looking down , and tbc share market is even flatter than it was , so that in point of fact thk thing looks blue on all hands . Prince Albert and the Paupers of Windsor . — By a report which will be found elsewhere of a communication that has taken place between Prince Albert ' s secretary and the authorities of Windsor , it will be seen that Sir Frederick Thcsiger , Prince Albert's Attorney-General , and Sir Thomas Wilde ,

      Prince Albert ' s first cousin by marriage , have given it as their opinion , that the paupers of Windsor have no claim upon Flemish Farm , held by his Royal Highness , because his Royal Highness holds it under the Cuown , and has not a beneficial interest in it . Now we will back our opinion against Prince Albert ' s cousin and his Attorney-General , and we assert that the Crown holds the land under the paupers who are landlords in chief , and that Prince Albert holds it under the Crown as lessee of the paupers , and we warn his Royal Highness how he raises tho question of title , because we tell him that no

      STATUTE 01 ' LIMITATION THAT THE LAW CAN AFFIX will operate against the right of the people . As to tho beneficial interest , if his Royal Highness thinks proper to devote the farm to the feeding of game for his amusement , he has a beneficial interest in it , and if not , he had better surrender it to the paupers , who will soon find a beneficial interest and a better tenant . The worst of the case is , that not only will the paupers lose their £ 230 , but the cormorants of the law will swallow up the remainder of the rates in looking for it . Prince Albert had better go back to Germany if he is not satisfied with the fat of the land , and about £ 50 , 000 a year in salaries and pickings . He really was a well-conditioned , unintefering young gentleman , a kind of chip in porridge , and we regret that he should have lost this valuable negative distinction by relying upon dear law as a means oi despoiling the poor of tl'eir rights .

      Court Circular . — Noble Candlestick . — The Queen and Prince Albert inspected this morning , at the Castle , an elatovately executed candelabrum and plateau for Mr . Matthew Uzielli , of the Orleans and Vierzon Railway , which were submitted by Messrs . Mortimer and Hunt . Her Majesty and the Prince were pleased to express their approbation .

      IRELAND .. Mr . Duffy , proprietor of tho Nation newspaper , is himself about to have a taste of the Attorncy-General ' s quality for what is . « al ! ed a seditious libel published in the Nation , newspaper . We hate political prosecutions of all sorts , and yet we are not sorry that the press ef Ireland , that has lent itself to the hunting down , of O'Hi ggins ,. should have its share of the fun . Wa are curious to see whether the Liberator will densunce Duffy as he denounced O'lliggins , and we are curious to learn whether the goose will cackle for himself now that the Attorney-General has iiim m : the . tail . The silence of the Xation upon O'Hivgins' case was more criminal than the prosecution erf- 'It by the Attorney-Go / ieral . Of

      course we shall have a grand flare-up among the worthies of the Liberal press when one of their own bundle of sticl \ -g is cracked , but when our Chartist cudgel was to be broken all cordially lent an ' cc . Go it , Smith , pr osecute away , and at last you may compel the lr ^ sh press to do from necessity what it has refuseA to justice . Co . vciJjUtion Hall . —Dan spun a tarnation long yarn at . the last gathering of the patriots , and he concluded by warning the Eng lish government that the connexion between the countries would never be severed till his death . Wc believe you , Dan , as long as ikcre is more profit in tho basest connexion than ii \ an honourable severance so long will you be the

      connecting link . Dan ' s speech was copiously interlarded with "Hurrahs for the repeal ! and this , this , mis , is positively to be the repeal year . Dan regrets that that excellent gentleman , Sir William Somemlle , must be kicked out of the representation ofDrogheda , and this sorrowing over departed Incnds is kjoked upon by fools as patriotism , whereas tha fac t lies here : —Dan sold the forty-three repeal memboi-s that were returned in ISiE , and now he wants a r ^ ew stock or beasts for the English market . Now this is Dan ' s whole dodge : —A pliant member oi Parliament is the best commodity a merchant can traffic in , and Dan is determined to have as large a stock as possible .

      THURSDAY . Free Trade . —The Tims of this morning adds another laurel to the wreath in process of manufacture for the agricultural labourers . How stupid we have been all our lives to have supposed that Cloupoles were ignorant-why , they are all philosophers in their own little way , and instead of requiring any tuition it would appear that they are fully able to instruct Mr . Cobden and all the free trade professors , they are , indeed , made to speak , and write , and ohcer , and sigh , and groan , and laugh , sympathise , philosophise , and economise in chorus . Wc never met so well drilled a band , and in commenting upon the gathering at Goatacrc , ( jhc Times lias actually capped

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      climax by desijnatintf free trade as patriotism . All that we shall say is , " From such patriotism Good liOrd deliver us . " . -L prd jSt . Germans was inaugurated as chief , suy to Sir James Graham , under the title bf Postmaster-General , on Saturday last , and upon being ushered through the several offices , crannies , and privacies , tho noble lord , on seeing a tremendous bundle of papers m a certain niche , started , exclaiming , " Good God , what are all those ! " and upon being told that toeywereAWicmawnewspa pera . heobserved / 'Docs bir James Graham know of this ? and does ho allow the post office to be made the medium of conveying such a paper ? " lie had scarcely spoken the word ' when , as we learn from the morning papers , a shower ol Stars came flying through the window and nearly buried the official . Tins fact may be relied Moras we have it from the Times . v '

      Most Horrible !—Two infants , one fifteen and the other eightyears of age , that is ninety-six months old—sixty months younger than even the slave drivers think his blood fit for use , were yesterday sentenced to SEVEN YEARS TRANSPORTATION for stealing money and other things . The law that sanctions this should be burned by the common hangman , and the ruin of the system that tolerates it would be cheaply purchased by a national earthquake that would swallow up altogether and leave no trace of such damnability behind . There is a qualification for the workhouse—it is utter

      destitution , and the sale or loss of every bit of the paupers ' property ; and there is also a qualification for Lord John Russell ' s Isle of Wight Seminary . fuftjthe % r . e"r clamation of youth , unless a child is sentenced to transportation he is not qualified for the Whig refuge . It will scarcely be believed that those two infants have been before twice convicted of similar offences and no means resorted to for their reclamation . We wonder what one of our law makers would say if one of their children of ninety-six months of age was sentenced to transportation ' for any offence that could be committed .

      iiiE Militia . —By an analysis that we give elsewhere , ot the several militia regiments , it will r-e seen that England has sixty-one regiments , and Ireland thirty-eight . We think , like the poor sailor , that if Ireland has her share of the bullets , she should have her share of representation also . She furnishes more than half the militia , but has not a sixth of the representation in tho House of Commons . When Nelson sihi p , the Victory , was upon one occasion brought into action , a sailor knelt at one of the puns , and began to pray most ferventlv .. The first lieutenant gave him a kick , with a " D-n your eveswhat ore you praying about ? " when Jack answered , " An' please yer honour , I ' m praying that the shots may be divided like the prize monev to-dnv , and that the officers may have their share of it . " * Prince Albert Again !—We learn , this morning , that in addition to the opinion of his Attorney-Generaland h

      , is cozen his Royal Highness has also received the opinion of HIS Solicitor-General , Mr . Fitzroy Kelly , stating that the poor have no claim upon his Royal Uighness ' s farm , but there is this curious fact connected with tlie case which we forgot to state yesterday . His Royal Ili ghness ' s advisers have refused to shew the case submitted for counsel ' s opinion to the authorities of Windsor . This looks suspicious ; as we would wager a trifle to get any opinion we wished from counsel learned in the law , it we were to draw up an eai ^ ar fc case . When Lord Mansfield ' s son was studying the law , he met his «& f , ° ? ° , mornin £ " « he came out of his study . " Well , John , my boy , " says the learned lord , " what have you been doing this morning ? " " Whv , father , I have beer , learning to make right right , and wrong wrong . * "Pooh , pooh , " was the reoly of his lordship , " go back , and learn to make right wrens , and wiong right , and THEN YOU'LL BE A LAWYER "

      The Late Eveotiox at Wznsdor— Durin" the Christmas week , Col . Rcid and Mr . Walter were vieing as to the best means of securing the puritv of election at the next contest ; both HONOURABLE GENTLEMEN were engaged in clothing the naked and feeding the hungry , but our correspondent announces the curious fact , that NONE BUT ELECTORS were thought worthy of charitv . Whowouldn't be an elector at Christmas ? This is the new mode of getting over the stringent laws against bribery . Mone y Market . —Notwithstanding the flattering state of the revenue , the jobbers find it impossible to keep the thing up , while there is woe in every house ; the answer to tradesmen ' s bills invariably being , " 1 have really been such a sufferer from the Railway Panic that you must excuse me for the present . " Trade . —Again we see that the twisters and spinners and cotton lords of all sorts are building upon a

      roaring iree trade , and manufacturing upon speculation . As the poor , who are our client- ? , are sure to suffer most from the disappointment , we give this early caution to the speculators . We tell them that Sir Robert Peel will no more propose the repeal of the Corn Laws than he will propose to make a man of the Queen ; and that he will propose a fixed duty that will astonish them , to be annually diminished until it comes to the most fascinating revenue point , and there to remain just as long as we pleaso to allow it , and not a minute longer . By the time Parliament meets we hope to be in a situation to send six of our very ablest lecturers into the agricultural districts to recruit for the noble army of Chartists , and we will back our enlistment against Protectionists and ANTI-MONOPOLISTS . What a funny name for fellows that have monopolised everything , and can raise a quarter of a million to establish a money cen « stituency ?

      IRELAND . Moll y Maouire . —It appears thr . t her ladyship has prolonged her visit to the Irish metropolis beyond her original intention , and we make no doubt that the government informer and his Conciliation detective torce will attempt to connect her ladyship with the placard to which we this day affix our name . But all won't do , for we have no more doubt upon our mindsthan we have of our existence , that the supposed Molly Maguire—that is the metropolitan lady —is one of the O'Connell gang , hired for the purpose of damning O'Higgins ; and let it be understood that we do not offer the insult to THE MOLLY MAGUIRE by connecting her in any way with the metropolitan rascals .

      Foreion . —Ever since M . Gnizot and the Morning Herald concocted a counter conspiracy against Lieutenant Waghorn , the Times , and the Trieste route , the Times is outrageous with France and every thing French , and we should not beat all astonished if the Thunderer should meditate a little squabble between the two countries in revenge . The French budget , which appears highly satisfacto'y to us , is very distasteful to our contemporary . In fact , until Lieutenant Waghorn and the Times can beat M . Guizot and the Herald in the raco for early news , wc shall have no peace in Europe .

      Distressed State Of The Operatives. In N...

      DISTRESSED STATE OF THE OPERATIVES . IN NOTTINGHAM . Nottingham , Tubsdat Afternoon . —A msetinj was held this fore noon at the ( ruitdlinll lathis town ( allowed to be used on thid occasion by the -mayor ) , to devise means to relieve the distress of the unemployed workmen , amounting to upwards of J 000 , in the twist and warp ' branches of trade , aiisingfrom the depression which now generally exists to an alarmiiig . extent . At a quarter past eleven oJclock ,. the hall being crowded , Mr . Cheetham { of the firm of Cheetham ami lijjjitfoot ^ lace manufacturers ) , wns-ciUltsd to She chair , and having stated the abject for which the meeting had been con-¦ yened , he expressed a * a 'mavmJaeSOTcr his deep . r . egret to find the town in such a deplorable state , hot he hoped , on the caseof the unemployed being made known ,. fhat tho wealthy and influential would alleviate tlmr . sufferings . Ho was quite ready fco . hear , any statement * that parties might be willing to make , and he invited & fair hearing for every speaker .

      After several persons had spoken generally upon the distress extant , and also amongst upwasds of 1 , 000 > workmen in the above branches oi trade , Mr . Sanders , a workmaa , s » id , that throughout the whole of the town of Nottingham neasft all the shops and factories ave shut up . He worked at Jlr . Aulton ' s oti Mansfield-read , a largo factory , and so business was doing there . Mr . Hill ' s , of Leaton , Mr . Keek's , Mr . Thornton ' s and , in short , ho should have to enumerate all the names if lie went through the list where the men were out of employ . Ho cited two or three snses of extreme distress as a sample of the state of Ms class of operatives . It was well known that many workmen , had to go weekly on

      trust for their food , a » d on the shopkeooer hearing of tha factory being stopped , when the workrsan ' s wife had paid all his earnings within one shiUing ( ot theprevious week ' s food , she was told she coulfihave nc-snore soods , as rhero was no prospect of her paying for them . Theresult was , that the family ( a man , his wife , and four children , ) wero literally starving for food ; He know for fact that one day they had only a few potatoes to subsist upon , and another day , a neighbour gave them a boiling of greens , aud the poor man earned a halfpenny by carrying a basket for a lady a short dhuance , with which he bought a halfpenny worth of suet , and after boiling the greens , they were fried in suet , and the whole family eked wit one whole day upon this miserable food ( hear ) .

      Mr . Wright related other instances , as did Mr . Baggely , and a poor man of the name ofllearyLowo ; the latter declared , that he ( himself ) had boon out of employ nine weeks , and that he had been as long as two days together without tasting human food . He had applied to tha parish , but uo relief was to be given , except he would go into the workhouse , a place he had no intention to enter alive . He had come , with hundreds arouud him , to the meeting , hoping something would be done , however small , to assist them , and prevent the poor being starred to death . lie could not proceed further for tears flowing from his eyes . . Mr . Huff , a town missionary , spoke of the very general state of business in the town .

      -Mr . Sanders moved that a subscription be entered mto to alleviate the distress 04 ' the workpeople . The resolution was oarried unanimously . A letter , enclosing a subscription of £ 0 , from tho KeV 4 W . Brooke , vicar of St . Mary ' s , was then read . The Ciiaim » i > . n presented a dona tion oi'illU ; which on being annouaced , was warmly app lauded . After a vote of thanks to the ltcv ., 1 . V »\ Brooks , the mayor , and the chairman , the meeting broke up .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 10, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10011846/page/5/