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      CHE NORTHERN STAR , December 2 Q . i » a

      Stesfce Intelligence;

      Stesfce Intelligence ;

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      ~ ~ Z CtU * GE OF if * JM > £ * BT POISOSIKO Y f 3 * | ^ 91 the wife of Richard Wiudsoi :, ' was _ J , W » jfeor IJ ^ ^^^ J ( J 5 epn TOWj ner barged ^ * | XgWd , intheJrorth Biding , onthelTth ^ rXf br ^^ Mma qaantityofarsenic . The ° - l « Sj- " - •< - < -, * - * * - *< - •< -- - *<•••«> asad-SSS 2 ! W * -i «» - ™ -. *" * r ^ g the case , stated that the > prisoner and her SSd -vere labonring people , and employed in the nei-hhonrhood where the alleged offence was committed . The deceased was the step-son of the prisoner , and at the time of bis death was about seven years of age . The hov ' s father and the prisoner hadbeen married in the year 1843 The poison was of a kind commonly known as "bn ' r-poison , '' and it was supposed that the child had been " killed by the administering of a substance of that kind , some of which had , just before his death , been used about the house inhabited by the prisoner ' s family . The trial occupied the attention of the court for twelve hours , and terminated in the acquittal ofthe prisoner .

      December 15 th . — Chaboe of Manslaugteb . —Thomas Vfheatley , a young man of about 25 years of age , who had hem an engine-driver upon the North Midland Rail , way , was inflicted for tbe crime of manslaughter in having , en the 28 th of October last , at Roystone , feloniously caused the death of 'William Puller Boteler , Esq ., by neglecting and unskilfully driving a pilot engine , of which the prisoner then had the management The circumstances attending the lamentable event will be in the recollection of everybody , from the great interest which was excited at the time of its occurrence . The trial lasted the whole of the day , and terminated in the jury finding the prisoner not guilty .: A verdict of acquittal was then entered upon a second indictment , in which the prisoner was charged with the manslaughter of John Stubbs , the police-officer , who died in consequence of in juries received upon the same occasion .

      Central Criminal Coujrt

      Central Criminal Coujrt

      The December Sessions At This Court Comm...

      The December sessions at this court commenced on Monday at ihe usual hour , before the Lord Mayor , the Recorder . Aldermen Wilson , Si Iney , the Sheriffs , Uuder-SherritSf . & c . KoBBEKV or Bank-notes . —William Harding was indicted for stealing from the person of Robert Vaugbain Williams , a pocket-hook containing money in hank notes , tothe amount of £ 2 , 750 . The prisoner , who nasvery flashily dr-Bsed , pleaded not guilty . Mr . Clarkson conducted the prosecution . From the learned counsel ' s openinig , and from the statement of the witness , it appeared that the prosecutor , who is a solicitor , was going from the city to the west-end , and as he was

      passing throajjli St . Paul ' s-churchyard , he felt his poekct touched . He turned round and felt his pocket , and suspecting aothing , as he did not perceive the loss of his pocket hook , he proceeded , but on arriving at his destination , he found the property mentioned in the indictment gone . About the same time the prisoner was observed hy a policeman , named John Coram , in St . Paul ' s-chnrehyard , running away as hard as he could . This induced him to follow , and whilst in pursuit he saw the priscne r take the pocket-hook out of his pocket . He was taken into custody , aud the pocket-book , with bank notes , was picked up by a little boy of the name of Bell , who proved seeing the prisoner throw it away from his person . The prisoner heing found guilty , the Recorder sentenced hisi to be transported for the term of ten

      years . Assahlt on tut High Seas . —Captain Alexander Gordon , th-. ' commander of the barque Jfatthesis , apparently lihout 33 years of age , and John Cummins , his chief man , were indicted for that thqr , on the 20 th day of June Isst ., on the high sea , within the jurisdiction of " the Admiraiy of England , did unlawfully make au assault apon one William Scott aa apprentice hoy . After a lengthy investigation the case terminated in the acquittal of Doth prisoners . Another indictment was theu preferred . After some discussion Captain Gordon renewed his recognizances , and departed tbe court in company of his friends .

      TuEsnii . —BnaotJET . —John white , aged 28 , and describe ! as a brewer , was found guilty of a burglary in the dweUing-ho--se of Frederick 'White , his brother , and stealing therefrom twenty-four cigars , value two shillings , and six shillings s » nd seven pence hahpenny in copper money his proper- ^ . The Recorder sentenced him to be imprisoned in the House of Correction for six calendar months , and to he kept to hard labour . Miaest asd CniME . —William Yeoman was charged with having' stolen a coat , value 8 s ., the property of John Moore . The case was quite clear against the prisoner . He was seen to take the coat from outside the prosecutor ' s shop , where it was hung up exposed for sale . Upon being apprehended , he pleaded want as his excuse for having committed the offence . In reply to the charge

      the prisoner stated that for a considerable timepisthe had been in a state of the greatest destitution . He had applied to die Greenwich Union for relief ; hut , instead of getting food , he was seut to break stones of one hundred weight each , and for breaking one hundred of these stones he received but three halfpence . By dint of great labour he was enabled to earn 61 tL the evening before committing ihe idhbery , and with " that he was obliged to provide himself with lodging for the night and food . Sir Peter Laurie remarked that it was no wonder there ¦ were so many thieves when the workhouses meted out such a starving allowance as that described b y the prisoner . The jury returned a verdict of guilty , coupled with a stroag recommendation to mercy . The Recorder sentenced ihe prisoner to be imprisoned iu Newgate for tu . space ot seven , da vs .

      Indecent Pjmxxs . — William Nunn surrendered in court , and pleaded guilty to a charge of selling indecent prints . The Recorder sentenced him to he imprisoned in the Westminster Bridewell fjr the space of six calendar months ; also that he should enter into his own recognisances in the amount of £ 50 , and also obtain two sureties in the aswuut of £ 25 each , to answer for his good conduct for the next tbreeyears , andto he further imprisoned until such sureties should he found . " An Ixcosbigible Gibl . —Eliza White , aged 17 , was indicted for stealing on the 2 nd hist , two dustpans , the property of P . Keeblc . A verdict of guilty having been recorded , the prisoner was again indicted , for that she , in Angus ; last , was convicted of felony at the Surrey sessions , aud sentenced to solitary connhemen tat Brixton forfonrteen days . Guilty . Common Sergeant : Tou are quite incorrigible . Tou were here only last session , and had then lately come out of prison . Government must take you ia hand ; the sentence , therefore , is seven years transportation .

      John Richards was , for the third time , convicted of felony in this court , and sentenced to be banished beyond the seas for seven years .

      The Murder At Westminster. Webnesdit.—Ma...

      THE MURDER AT WESTMINSTER . Webnesdit . —Martha Browning was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth Hundell , on the 1 st of December last : Mary Gaze , who stated that she was the wifeof Edward Gaze , and the daughter ofthe deceased . She resides in Little Rochester-street , Rochester-road , Westminster . She knew the prisoner at the bar , and has known her for about six months . She had lately lodged with her mother . She had lodged with her for three weeks , and they lived in the same room , and slept in the same bed . Her mother lived at No . 1 , Providence-place , Brewergreen , Westminster . On Monday , the 1 st of December , the prisoner called at witness ' s houseat about a quarter to eight o ' clock in the morning , and said that Mrs . Hundell was very ill , and had had a fit about seven o ' clock . She also said xhat witness was required to go there directly . She also said that Mrs . Mundell had calleed out" Murder , murder' What are you doing to me ! " On the way to

      the deceased's lodgings witness asked her why she did not admit the person who had knocked at her door , and the prisoner said that she was holding thedecoased ' shandsat the time . On arriving at the room witness looked towards the bed . There were three chairs on the bed . Witness was turning to go out of the room when she saw her mother lying on her back on a box . She was in her uight clothes . There was a cord round her neck - it was about" as thick as her little finger . ( The rope was produced . ) It was twisted twice round her neck , and knotted ax the side . The knot was the same as it is now Witness called out , and some other persons came into the room . A baker ' s boy cut the string . Witness went for a surgeon , but he could not come himself , and sent his assistant . There was an inquest held on the body of the deceased the same night . The prisoner -was th <* first witness called . After theinquest was over , the prisoner went with witness to the house of the . deceased . After

      they got home from tbe inquest , witness ' s husband said that he did not like the appearance of the bed , as it was wet The prisoner remained constantly with witness from Monday night to Wednesday morning . When witness sat up she sat up , and when she lay down the prisoaerlay down beside her . In consequence of something that she said on the Tuesday afternoon , witness went with her to Bedford-street . The prisoner said thai £ 15 which she had saved in service was there , and she offered to lend witness a sovereign . Witness did not g farther than the corner of the street as the prisoner requested her to wait there . She was about ten minutes gone . When she came back she said that she had a £ 5 note , and that if witness had enough money for the present , she would not change it until the next day . She said that her master had recommended her to place the money with the person in Bedford-street They then went to witness's house . On the morning of Wednesday ,

      the pnsoacr etased the body of the deceased , and , turning round to witness , said , "Oh , do you think she is happy ? " They then came out of the room . Herhus . band asked her if she had any money , and she replied that she lud not . That wasinthepresenceofthe prisoner . Witness then told the prisoner to . get the note changed . Mr . Gaze ufifcied to go , butshewould not allow him to do so . ' She wentinto the Blue-coat Boy public-house . On her coming out she said , " Oh ; they have played a trick on me ; they have given me a Bank of Elegance , instead of a Bank oiTngland ' nOle . She said thatit was the person Bedford-street who had cheated her . My husband * el her to let ! ¦¦ * " look , at it . She hesitated , and I - d , ' JOi , Martha , let us look at it . " She then ye my husband the ' note to look at He called ye lnmediatayW' -dne side aud showed me the note and 4 then returned it to her . He then asked her again to let him look at the note , and then said to her , linust know where you got the note from . Mymother

      The Murder At Westminster. Webnesdit.—Ma...

      had two . " "Oh , yes , " she answered , " she had , Mr Gaze , " A second time he returned the note . ,-1 had noticed it , however , and we went in doors . In knew the note had belonged to my mother , by its having two grease spots upon it At home I asked the prisoner to let me look at the note . She hesitated very much , but gave it me , and whilst I was looking at it she made a snatch at it ; I succeeded in keeping hold of it , however , and said to her , "Martha , I shall not let you have the note till I know where this has come from . " She went down stairs iato the yard , saying she was going into the water-closet , and she almost immediately came out into the passage . My mother used to keep the note in a housewife she had in her possession , and which was subsequently found in the bed of deceased .

      The evidence of the other witnesses , Mary Cheshire , Edward Gaze Mary Judkins Inspector Partridge , and Mr . Atkinson , surgeon , was but a repetition ofthe statements given in this paper of Saturday last . The evidence of the several witnesses left no doubt that the wretched woman had strangled the deceased for the purpose of depriving her of the two sham five pound notes , which she supposed to be genuine . Mr . Clarkson addressed the jury in a lengthy and forcible speech for the prisoner . Mr , Justice Pattesou summed up the evidence and—The jury , af ter twenty minutes'deliberation , returned a verdict of guilty . Mr : Justice Pattcson proceeded to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner in the following terms : —His lordship said that , after a very long , painful , and patient

      inquiry , the jury had come to thecenclusion that she was guilty of the eharge of murder for which she was accused . She had had the advantage of a learned counsel , who had urged every topic in her behalf that was likely either to induce the jury to believe that she was innocent , or that the evidence for the prosecution was insufficient , and the jury , after a full inquiry , had felt that the facts which had been disclosed were quite incompatible with her innocence . He , the learned Judge , entirely concurred in the verdict , and did not entertain the slightest doubt but that she was in fact guilty of this foul murderl It would appear-that , while residing with the deceased , she became impressed with the idea that she was possessed of money , aud it was very probable that , iu the first instance , her only intention was to possess herself of that money , and this had

      ultimately led to killing the deceased in a most cruel and deliberate manner . lie was induced to believe from her own statements that the weight of the crime had laid heavily upon her mind , and that she had already probably turned to the Almighty and sought forgiveness ; but if she had not done so , he entreated her to make the best use of the short time that remained to her on this earth for that purpose . Her life , by the law of the land , was forfeited , and the crime was of such a nature , and was committed under such circumstances , as percludcd him from holding out to her the slightest hope thatthe law would not be allowed to take its course . He , therefore , entreated her to make her peace with God , and obtain that mercy from him which would not be granted by an earthly tribunal . His lordship concluded by passing sentence in the usual form .

      Tho prisoner was then asked formally whether she had anything to urge in arrest of judgment , the object being for her to state whether she was in the family nay or not . Upon this being explained to her , she said , "I am not guilty . " One of the female turnkeys then explained the matter to her , aud as it appeared that there was no ground for an arrest of judgment , the sentence was recorded , and the prisoner was removed from the bar .

      Tiie Murder At Newington. Tnt'bsdat.—Sam...

      TIIE MURDER AT NEWINGTON . Tnt'BSDAT . —Samuel Quennell , aged 22 , was indicted for the wilful murder of Daniel Fitzgerald . Mr . Bodkin , with whom was Mr . Clarke , conducted the prosecution ; aud Mr . Clarkson aud Mr . Iluddlestone conducted the defence . Mr . Bodkin stated the case to the jury , briefly set . ting forth the leading points of the evidence . He then called Owen M'Carthy , who stated that he resided at No . 6 , Queen-street , Walworth . Has been in the employment of Mr . Wm . Quennell , a builder , iu Lower Kenniugtonlane . Was in his employment ou Thursday , the 27 th Of November . Had known the deceased Fitzgerald . Ho was also in Mr . Quennell' s employment , and was there on that day . He left work at about five o ' clock in tbe

      afternoon , and proceeded towards Kennington-lane . Deceased was in his ( witness ' s ) company . They crossed the Newington High-road , and then went into Peacockstreet . When they got there witness saw the prisoner coming towards them . Had known the prisoner about ten or eleven weeks before that time . He had been in the employment of Mr . Quennell , but bad been dismissed . There is no carriage-way in Peacock-street , it is quite a narrow lane . The prisoner came close to them , and immediately afterwards his ( witness ' s ) sight was taken away by a sudden flash ; he at the same time heard a report . As seou as he could see he saw deceased lying down , who said , "I am a dead man . " The prisoner then walked quietly away towards Newington . Witness followed Mm , and cried out after him . Witness saw him stopped .

      Mr . Henry Cutting was then examined by Mr . Bodkin . On Thursday , Nov . 27 th , was near the corner of Peacockstreet He turned down Kennington-lane , which almost faces the end of Peacock-street . When he got near the corner he heard the report of a pistol , and saw a man running down Kennington-lane . He was followed hy some others , who were calUng out to stop him . Witness stepped aside until the man who was pursued came up to him , and he then seized him by the collar . That man was the prisoner , Some of the pursuers came up , and one of them attempted to stile bis collar roughly . The prisoner said , " One is enough , " and then " Take me to the station-house . " Witness went with him to the station-house . He was then asked whether he had any knife or pistol with him . He said no ; but as they were about to search him he put his hand into his trousers pocket , when the constable seized his hand and took a pistol from it , The cock of the pistol was down , and a portion of an exploded cap upon it .

      Harriet Denyer stated she was m Peacock-strcet at five o ' clock on Thursday , the 27 th of November . She was in the narrow part ofthe street . She heard the report of a pistol , and saw a man fall . She afterwards went to the spot , and when a light was brought she saw that it was Fitzgerald . She had known him hy sight . On hearing the report a man passed rapidly by her , and almost knocked her down . That man went towards Newiugton-butts . Had seen the man before , and knew him by sight The prisoner is the man . Mr . Wm . Hope Popham stated that he is a surgeon , residing at Quecn ' s-row , Newington . He was near the Peacock public-house at about five in the afternoon on the 27 th of November . He heard an explosion of firearms . In consequence of Information he received he went into the Peacock tap-room . He there saw the deceased supported by two men . There was a wound on the left breast He was very much exhausted , aud died in less than a minute . Afterwards made a post mortem examination . Found that the wound passed through the heart and lungs .

      Thomas William Garter , inspector of police stated that on the 27 th of November , he was on duty at the policestation in Kennington-lane . The prisoner was brought in by Mr . Cutting . The remainder of this witness ' s evidence was merely a confirmation of that given by Mr . Cutting . William Quennell was then sworn—He stated that he knew the deceased . He worked for witness , aud had been in his employment seven or eight years . The prisoner is a half-brother of his . His age is about 22 . He had been employed by witness for about five months . He made himself generally useful . He had been to sea before coming to work with witness . He had told him to look out for work elsewhere as business would be slack ; that was three or four weeks before the commission of

      the act . The last day that he worked for witness was Wednesday , the 19 th . He came to witness on the Saturday before the murder and received 8 s . The prisoner had a conversation with witness's wife about his leaving off work . His wife said , " How came you to speak so unkindly against William after he has been so kind to you . " The prisoner appeared surprised , and wanted to know what it was that he had been saying . She told him that Daniel Fitzgerald had told her that he ( the prisoner ) intended to give William a knock on the h- ad , and also that the prisoner had said that if he got money he would set up an opposition business next door . His wife also remarked that she had not said all that Fitzgerald had told her . The prisoner said that Fitzgerald had urged him on to speak against witness , and that it was all Fitzgerald ' s fault . A gentleman then came in to pay a bill , and that put an end to the conversation . Could not say whether the conversation took place before or after the payment of the Ss . Witness told him that evening to look for work elsewhere . Fitzgerald aud the prisoner appeared to live on good

      terms . By Mr . Clarkson : The prisoner ' s father had becu subject to fits of insanity . The prisoner had a brother that died about two years since . Had a sister named Sarah , and saw her up to the time of her death , which occurred about twelve years since . She used to complain of her head , and used at times to he quite unconscious . Was present when his father imagined that there were devils in the drawers of his room . No representation made by Fitzgerald was the cause of his telling the prisoner to seek for work . -No such statement was made to the prisoner . Has heard that the prisoner had set the bed on which he was lying on fire .

      Julia Quennell stated that she is the wife of the last witness . Remembers the prisoner coming on the night of Saturday , the 22 nd of September , to be paid his wages . Had a conversation with the prisoner about something that he said . That was in the presence of her husband . On telling him something that Fitzgerald had said of him , he appeared very much "dejected and hurt . Fitzgerald ha'd made a statement to her the day before . By Mr . Clarkson —Tbe prisoner had appeared very much dejected for six months before the murder , but for three weeks before it , witness could not get a proper answer . Has noticed the prisoner to sit by himself with his eyes fixed on the ground apparently quite lost to himself . For the last three weeks bsfore the murder , he could not give a proper answer . Her husband was always very attentive to him . There had been no cause for his apparent dejection . Witness could not tell what to make of it , and spoke of it to her husband . Has heard her husband talk of his father , who was deranged during his lifetime .

      Tiie Murder At Newington. Tnt'bsdat.—Sam...

      James Parkas stated that he is a plane-maker , residing in Timoihy-strett , Newington . On Saturday , - > 2 nd of November , he was at the shop of a Mrs . Tubbs , iu the New-cut , Lambeth . It was about eight o ' clock .. The prisoner was there . He came up to the shop , and took a pistol which was hanging at the door , and examined it . He pulled the trigger , aud the cock broke . Witness heard that 5 s . Gd . was the price of the pistol . The prisoner paid 2 s . for the damage done . He came into the shop after breaking the pistol , and purchased another , for which he paid 5 s . The pistol produced is like the ouc that he purchased , William WcUing stated that he is an oilman , residing atNo . l , Amelia-place , Walworth . Knows the prisoner , whohas dealt with him for some time . On Thursday , the 27 th of November , at about four in the afternoon , the prisoner came to his shop . He purchased a pennyworth of gunpowder .

      John Marnc , a gunmaker , residing in the W . alworthroad—On Wednesday , the 26 th of November , he sold a quarter of a pound of . bullets to a person . Can't say whether the prisoner was the person . * Tho person was dressed in a different , manner to the prisoner . Saw him before the magistrate , and his dress was ' then like that of the man who bought the biulets . They were to fit a p istol exactly like the one produced . It was dusk when he came into the shop . The evidence of this witness closed the case for the prosecution . Mr . Clarkson then rose , and said that iu the observations he was about to make he would not attempt to deny that the prisoner was the person who fired the shot . Although the law leffit upon the prisoner to show that he was not fit to judge of his own actions , he ( Mr . Clarksou ) hoped that he would be able to show them , on his behalf , that such was actually the case . The Learned Counsel then proceeded te Comment at some length ou the evidence , which tended to raise a question as to the prisoner ' s sanity . At the conclusion of his address ,

      The Lord Chief Justice Tindal proceeded : to recapitulate the evidence in a general mauiier , commenting on the various facts as tending to prove the prisoner ' s insanity . The jury then consulted for a short time in the box , and then requested to be allowed to retire , After an absence of twenty miuutes the jury returned into thr court . On their names being called over , The foreman of the jury delivered a verdict of Guilty . The usual proclamation of silence having been , made , the Learned Judges put on their black caps . The Lord Chief Justice Tindal then addressed the prisoner as follows : — " Samuel Quennell , you have been found guilty , by the verdict of a jury of your countrymen , of the crime of murder—a crime which has always been , with the exception of the crime of treason , regarded as one of the very deepest dye by the laws of England , and against which the punishment

      of death has always been enforced . It is my duty to say that the jury have come to a proper conclusion ou this question . There are circumstances iu this case of great aggravation—as the crime was not com . mitted under the influence of sudden anger , or circumstances of provocation ; and unknown almost to the un . fortunate victim of your crime , you reserved to youvstlf the preparation of the instruments of death * , against which the deceased felt quite secure . Under these circumstances , it is my dnty to impress upon your mind the sentence of the law , which will assuredly be carried into effect . Exert yourself therefore to employ the little time allowed you to prepare for that great change wliich you assuredly will shortly undergo . It only remains for mc to pass upon you the sentence of the law . " His Lordship then passed sentence of death in the usual form ; and ordered the prisoner into the custody of the sheriff of the county of Surrey . The prisoner , who seemed quite unmoved during the passing of the sentence , was then removed .

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      Guildhall. Tuesday.—Chaboe Of Auson.—Mr....

      GUILDHALL . Tuesday . —Chaboe of Auson . —Mr . Ford , the printer , ofBraim ' s-buildings , Beech-street , Barbican , was brought before Mr . Alderman Hunter , for final examination , charged with wilfully setting fire to his printing-office , on the night of Sunday , the 7 th instant . The witnesses were again the same who had been examined before the coroner of London . Mr . Alderman Hunter said , in a eharge of this nature it was almost impossible to get direct evidence against a prisoner , but the magistrate had to see with what certainty he was implicated by cir . cumstantial evidence . In the present case he thought there was strong circumstantial evidence . The mere

      circumstance of a person talking about the insurance he had effected , or his advising others to take that means of protecting themselves would not of themselves make much impression on his mind ; but when he coupled such observations with the finding of the tarred shavings , and sack and books steeped in turpentine , all collected in a corner , aud that the corner where the fire began , he felt it to be his duty , for the protection of the public , to send the case for inquiry before a jury . No one would be more pleased than himself to find the prisoner able to clear himself before a jury ; but putting together all the suspicious circumstances elicited in this inquiry , he could not help sending the prisoner to trial .

      MARYLEBONE . Mondav . —The Late Case or Stabbing with a Bayonet ur a Soldieb . —William M'Carthy , a corporal in the Royal Marines , doing duty at Deptford , was brought up and placed at the bar for reexamination on the charge of having wilfully stabbed with his bayonet a young man named John Muggeridge , who , in consequence of the injury inflicted upon him , has been under surgical treatment , aud in all probability will be deprived of tbe sight of one of his eyes . The prisoner was fully committed for trial .

      CLERKENWELL . Monday . —A Ruffianly Policeman . —Ma . Greenwood ' s * " Justice . "—Mr . John Seawood Griffiths , of 14 , King ' s-road , who described himself as a constable of her Majesty ' s household , was charged with assaulting Policccdnstablc Nott , 99 G , in the execution of his duty , and attempting to rescue a prisoner from his custody . In the course of the proceedings Mr . Griffiths charged Nott , as will he seen , with brutally ill-treating his former prisoner , The case occupied a great part of the day ,-j—Nott deposed that on Saturday night he took a woman named Jenkins into custody , in Laystall-street , and was about removing her to the station , when the prisoner came over , collared him , and flourished a baton , surmounted

      by a crown , which he teok from his pocket , A . mob of eighty persons assembled , and the woman got away . The prisoner said ,. "Tou vagabond , do you dare take that woman % what do you want with her , you shan't take her , " and added , "I am a constable of the Queen's household . " Witness gave the prisoner into the custody of another constable . The prisoner was sober . He shook witness , and flourished the staff over his head . Mr . Greenwood inquired if Nott was drunk at the time , which the prisoner alleged , and still persevered iii stating . Inspector Penny and half a dozen of constables swore that N ott was perfectly sober at the time , and that he was a man of sober habits , who had been fourteen years in the force . The prisoner in defence said that Nott , who had

      taken a woman into custody , was ill-using her in a shameful manner , dragging her along the pavement . She was screaming and crying out that the constable would break her arm by which he was dragging her . Witness com . passionsting her , went up to the constable , who appeared to be tipsy , and said , " Don't ill-use this woman , she will go t « prison quietly . " The constable immediately released the woman , and seized him by the collar of the shirt , and squeezed aud dragged him with so much force , that had not his shirt collar given way , he would certainly have been strangled ; the mob was by this time very large , and in the struggle and bustle , both fell , Mrs , Smith , the wife of a tradesman residing in Portpool-lane , deposed that she saw the constable , Nott , ou duty , in Leather-lane , at seven o ' clock on the same evening . He

      was then evidently in liquor . He was talking to a young woman , and she , too , said he was tipsy . Nott said at the time he would take the girl into custody . Between eight and nine o ' clock she was going to market , when she saw the constable go up to a boy , who had a little muffin stall , and tell him to remove it . The policeman kicked the stall with his foot , and it fell , whereupon he said it had 1 ' allen on his feet , aud it must be removed . Mrs . Jenkins , who was passing at the time , said that could not have been the case , for he was not near enough to it . Thereupon , he seized her , aud dragged her along in . a-most brutal w ay . Iu the dragging her cloak and bonnet were torn off . The prisoner went up , and said it was a shame to see a lady used as she was . She could not say what further occurred , as the mob was very great aud

      surrounded them . —John Staine , living at 29 , Union-street , confirmed the last witness ' s account , as regarded the interference of the constable with the poor muffin-boy , in the first instance . The constable dragged the ' woman along in a shameful manner , She was crying out and screaming . She exclaimed that the constable was breaking her arm . The prisoner interfered in the manner described by the last witness . The constable seized him by the neck , although at the time tho prisoner had done nothing whatever to the officer . Could not say what further occurred . —Eliza Sims described the treatment of Mrs . Jenkins , the woman apprehended in the first instance , as very cruel . Her cloak , bonnet , and shawl were torn off by the

      constable . The woman was crying , and exclaimed , " lama decent married woman—I have done nothing . " She begged of the constable , who held her by the arm , to release her . When the prisoner came up be gave the woman a push , and told licr to go about her business . Several persons present told the woman not to do so , but to make the constable go before a magistrate , and say why be had so treated her . Mr . Greenwood decided upon sending the case for trial > T he prisoner sftid he was v cry glad of it , as he was determined to have the matter sifttid to the bottom , and have an example ninde of the eour stable . The prisoner was admitted to bail , iii two sureties of £ 30 each . Mrs . Jenkins , the woman alluded to in this case , was charged with obstructing the footway , but discharged .

      Tbesdvs . —The Sehuceb . and his " Victim , "—The Law ' s " Justice . "—Jane Gougli , a young woman , with a child in her arms , was charged with annoying Mr . John Atherly , a jeweller , residing at No . 3 , Lloyd-strcet , by ringing at his door bell . A solicitor , whose name did not transpire , appeared forthe complainant , who deposed , that on the previous night , at a quarter past ten o ' clock , the prisoner came tohis door , and rung his bell . Witness went to the door , and seeing her , said , « If you do not leave my premises , I will give you in charge . " He then

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      shut the door , but she rung the door-bell again nine or ten times . Witness ' s wife was ill , and waa alarmed at the noise . He gave her in charge . At the station house she said she would break every , window in bis house . She had rung his bell on last Thursday night , when he gave , her in charge , but she was then discharged , Mr . Combe ( to the prisoner ) : What have you to say to the charge ? The prisoner said that herself and her infant in her arms ( of which complainant was the father ) were starving , and she went to get a little money from him . She had made an application to a magistrate concerning the support of her child , and was told that she might summon him , but she had not the price < f a summons , whieh she could not get without it . Mr . Combe ( to the prisoner ) : You must pay a fine of £ 1 , or go to the House of Correction for fourteen days . The woman said she had no money , and was committed accordingly .

      Wednesdav . — " Vampees" and < ' Fi . ats . " — John Harold was charged with being an accomplice in robbing and assaulting Mr . John Webb , a gentleman residing at 18 , Goswell street . Tho pr isoner , who is a thick-set able fellow , was at once recognised by Inspector Thatcher as a distinguished member of a class of vagabonds called " vampers , " fellows who go about from one publu > hpuse to another inciting or challenging "_ flats" to fight , and when they fight robbing them . Mr . Webb had received a sum of money from the Treasury , and was at nine o ' clock on that morning driven to the Blue Coat Boy tavern , in the City-road , by a cabman named Dame . He was standing at the bar there taking some refreshment , when the prisoner came in ; the prosecutor , in a jocular mood , asked several present to toss with him , and did gamble a little . The prisoner

      perceiving Mr . Webb to be m a generous humour , made a very distressing statement , assuring him that his wife and two children were in great misery , that he lived by selling fowls , but had not now a penny to go to market with . The prosecutor compassionated his sad condition , and gave him 5 s . Soon after , the prisoner , perceiviugMr , Webb to bo very merry , proposed that they should adjourn to the tap-room and toss . The prosecutor went accordingly , and soon after a crowd ot the prisoner ' s associates , to tho number of about twenty , collected . It was then proposed by one of them that Mr . Webb should fight the best mania tho room for half a sovereign . Mr . Webb agreed , and a man named Mason accepted the challenge . The prosecutor had in his right , hand pocket £ 28 in gold , of which fact the pr isoner was aware , for Mr . Webb had pulled it out in paying the

      cabman , and in staking the bet , which was deposited in the hands oi one of ' the party , ' tho prisoner , who seemed so ready a few minutes before , staking the halfsovereign for Mason . The pugilists " set too , " Here sparring , when one of the party ( Mr . Webb could not say that it was the prisoner ) came behind him and dealt him such a blow . as felled him . He was no sooner down than the prisoner rushed upon him , and thrust his left hand into the prosecutor ' s pocket ; the prosecutor seized his hand ; one of tho party told the prisoner to " mug" him—beat him on the head ; and the prisoner pummelled him accordingly . Mr . Webb's right eye was invisible , and the parts about it greatly inflamed . Mr . Webb cried out , " Will you sec a man robbed V hut no help came . A poor painter , named Masscy , who was at

      the bar , hearing the prosecutor ' s cries , peeped in , saw what was going on , and ran for a constable . When the constable came , the door of the tap-room was fastened on the inside ; but having at length obtained admission , captured the prisoner , who exclaimed , " that it was all over . " Mr . Webb had been robbed of tin ee sovereigns , aud was suffering great pain from the contusion on the upper part of Ms head . —The prisoner cross-examined some of the witnesses with great coolness and adroitness . —Mr . Combe commended the poor painter highly for his conduct ; and , after giving the usual caution to the prisoner , said he would send him for trial . — The prisoner thereupon became very indecorous in his conduct , lolling about tho dock and jeering tho spectators in the body of the court . He was fully committed for trial .

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      LONDON . The Ckisis . —A public meeting was held at the South London Chartist Hall , US , Blackfriars-road , on Wednesday evening , December the 17 th inst ., to nominate and elect a delegate to sit on the Chartist convention , at Manchester , on Monday next , to consider what steps the Chartist body shall take at the present crisis . Mr . J . G . Dron was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Stallwood was also unanin . eusly elected secretary to the meeting . The chairman briefly opened the proceedings by requesting attention for all that might present themselves , and called on Mr . Stallwood to state the purpose for which they were assembled , and the reason they were called together . Mr . Stallwood then submitted the correspondence he had had with Mr . T . M . Wheeler on the

      subject , and the steps he had taken in consequence . Mr . Stallwood concluded by moving , that one delegate be appointed to represent the metropolis in the convention . After some discussion , the motion was carried , Messrs , Shaw , Knight , Cuffay , and Pcarcey were then severally nominated . Alter several divisions , by show of hands and ballot , the chairman decided that the election had fallen on Mr . Shaw , and wrote that gentleman ' s credentials accordingly . On the motion of Messrs . Sowter and Glover , jun ., it was reselved , " That the metropolitan localities be hereby requested to collect , or raise by means most suitable to the members , such sums of money as shall be necessary to defray the expense of sending the delegate , and that such monies , when collected , be forwarded to Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 7 , Crown-court , Deanstreet , Oxford-street ,.

      City Locality . —Mr . Thomas Cooper , author of the " Purgatory of Suicides , " delivered his promised lecture on the lives and genius of Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott , last Sunday evening . Mr . Walter Cooper , the instructive lecturer on Burns , of the preceding Sunday , was in the chair , —a circumstance that added much to the interest felt by the audience . The Chartist poet , after narrating some passages of the life of Barns , left untold by the chairman , and after relating the . singular and striking manner of the early death of Burns , recited his great masterpiece "Tam 0 ' Shantcr . " The recitation was received with enthusiastic and prolonged plaudits . Scott's life , evolving , as it docs , so much of lamentable sordidness ( in his desire to possess a large landed estate ) on the one hand , and of noble independence ( in his resolve to pay his creditois after his insolvency ) on the other , —

      afforded room for some highly useful remark . Mr . T . C . also briefly , but pointedly , characterised several of the novels , placing " Old Mortality " as the first , and " Waverly as the second : " Ivanhoe" as the first of the romances , and " Kenihvorth" as the second . In conclusion , the lecturer alluded to the progress of knowledge , and the peculiar point to which we were arrived . He said he could not conclude the lecture without some pointed statement of his own views as to the proper course to be pursued by Chartists , at the present juncture of affairs . The agitation for tbe repeal of the Corn Laws—gigantic as it had become , under the energetic and politic conduct of Richard Cohdcn , its leader—had been rendered trebly powerful by a blight iu the corn-harvest and potatoe-crop . Lord Finality had declared for free trade ; Sir Hobert Peel had broken up

      his Ministry because his colleagues refused their consent to his proposal to carry out free trade . Whether Lord John Russell , or Sir Robert , or whoever might be the future premier , he would be compelled to propose free trade in corn . No one could deny that . Now , it appeared to him ( the lecturer ) that the carrying of this question resembled a stone on the edge of a precipice , it was about to fall , perhaps next February , perhaps after a dissolution of Parliament , and a general election ; but the stone was on the edge . He had often proposed amendments at Leicester , at Anti-Corn Law meetings—once at the hazard of his life . Yet he had always been for a repeal of the Corn Laws ; the Leicester stockingers could testify to that . It was always the custom , at Leicester , to say , — " the Corn Laws are a curse ; but they are not the only bad law ; and the great euro for all bad laws is the

      repeal of 11 iss 1 . gislation , and the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " But now famine was threatening his fellowmen , he ( the lecturer ) could not think of attending any meeting to propose amendments of the old stamp , even if he were likely to meet support ; above all , now the question of the Corn Law repeal was evidently about to be carried by the popular voice , he would not consent to make his own party ridiculous by recommending steps that would place them in a contemptible minority . Still more , did he ( the lecturer ) look to What was to follow the carrying of this question ; first , it would open the people's eyes , generally ; they would see , when Corn Law repeal took place , they needed the Charter to acquire what would render them happy ; there would , therefore , be an overwhelming addition of force from the working classes , who were , at present , so apathetic . Secondly , a considerable portion of the middle class would feci' the want of a further reform as soon as this repeal took place , but it

      was vain to call on them before . Thirdly , and , above all , he looked to the conflict that would be entered into by all classes as soon as this question was decided . Aristocrats , landlords , tenants , parsons , tradesmen , working men , all would be placed in antagonism more or less ; and , from that state of change and jreneral dissolution of old later-, cstp , he augured good . What , then , did he recommend ? He wished to leave every man as free as he was resolved ever to be himself . For his own part he ^ could only say , he would never lift a finger to help the manufacturers ; he had witnessed too much of their unfeeling oppressions in Leicester ( where he knew but one firm that was exempt from the charge ); but he could not consent to oppose Corn Law repeal under existing circumstances ; and if he were » n elector , and an electio n were come , he would vote for a repealer in preference to a protectionist ; yet , if a general election arrived , he hoped to stand on tne mist ings in Leicester Market-place , and again champion " Universal Suffrage , and the rights of labour .

      Veteran Patriots' and Exii . es' Widows' and Clitt-Dinsu ' s Funds . —I beg to acknowledge the receipt of 7 s from the Marylcbone locality ( being a collection made for me while in Stafford gaol , but which I apply to the above purposes with leave of the donors ) , Of is . from Hamilton , in Scotland , and of Is . from my valued and incorruptible friend , George White , of Bradford Tuos Coopeb , , Blackfriar ' s-road . Somers Town . —At a meeting of this locality held on Sunday evening last at Mr . Duddridge ' s , Tonbridgestreet . Mr . George Humphries in the Chair . The following resolution was moved by Mr . John Arnott , seconded by Mr . Thomas Laurie , and unanimously agreed to :-« That we , the members of this locality , having for a long

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      period seen with " deep regret the mean / paltry , and inadequite amount forwarded by our brother members tothe Executive ) most earnestly call on those that were instrumental to . their appointment to come forward and render them that support they are justly entitled to . " ¦ - ,- BARNSLEY . At the Land Society meeting on Monday last , Mr . John Vallance explained to the members the alterations and amendments In theruleS , which gave great satisfaction to the shareholders , as demonstrated by the following resolution , moved by Mr . Peter Hoey , and seconded by Mr . Georgo Hargh : —" That the Uarnaley branch of the Chartist Co-operative hand Society return their best thanks to John Vallance , representative of Barnsley , Sheffield , and Rotherham , and to the whole conference , believing their deliberations have had for their object the best interests of the society . And that we most cordially sanction their every decision . ''

      BURNLEY . Meetino to Petition 1 ' arhament fob the Release or Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . — A very numerous meeting of the inhabitants of Burnley and Habergham-eaves , was held in the Temperance Hall , Hommorton-strcet , on the evening of Monday , December 15 th . At eight o ' clock , the time for commencing tusi . ness , the hall was densely crowded by an audience desirous of manifesting their sympathy for the unfortunate patriots . On the motion of Mr . Williams , seconded by Mr . Webster , Mr . John Gray was unanimously called tothe chair . The chairman opened the meeting by a few introductory remarks , aud by reading the placard announcing the meeting . Mr . Webster read and moved the petition for the release of Frost , Williams , and Jones , which was seconded by Mr . Taylor . Mr . Ambrose Hirst , of Oldham , supported the petition in a most able and eloquent speech , in the course of which he was repeatedly

      and enthusiastically applauded . The petition was then read by Mr . Holland , and unanimously adopted by the meeting . Mr . B . Southwort next rose to move the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons for the release of William Ellis . Mr . S . then read the petition and moved its adoption , which was seconded by Mr . . W . Williams , and supported by Mr . T . Tatter all , who made a touching appeal . The petition was unanimously adopted by the meeting . It was then moved by Mr . Holland , and seconded Mr . Ridehalgh , and unanimously carried , " That the petitions , now adopted at this meeting , be entrusted to Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . for Finsbury , for presentation to the House of Commons ; and that the members for North Lancashire , J . Talbot Clifton , ancL Wilson Patten , Esqrs ., be requested to suppoi t the prayer thereof . " A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , and to Messrs , Taylor , Hirst , and Tattersall , and tho meeting dissolved .

      STOCKPORT . The Crisis !—Important MEETiNa . —On Sunday evening last a meeting of the Chartists of this town was held in the Chartist Institute , Bomber ' s-brow , to hear a lecture from Mr . Thomas Clarke , of the Executive committee , who was accompanied by Mr . Cuffay , of London ; Mr . Poole , of Collumpion ; and Mr . Hewitt , private secretary to Mr . 0 ' Connor . Mr . Thomas Webb was unanimously chosen to preside , who introduced Mr . Clark to the meeting . Mr . C . briefly reviewed the state of the country , and pointed out , in a forcible manner , the absolute necessity for immediate action on the part of the Chartists , whohad at length an opportunity of forcing the factions to yield something . He stated that the Executive had

      that day agreed to convene a convention , to beheld in Manchester , on Monday , Dec . 22 nd , in order to decide upon the course of policy to be pursued by the democratic party , when the Executive would be prepared at all hazards to carry out whatever decision that body might arrive at . This announcement was received with great enthusiasm . Mr . Clark concluded , by calling upon the -meeting to raise the means to send a delegate to represent Stockport . Mr . Cuffay was next introduced , and commenced hy complimenting tho men of Stockport for the handsome manner in wliich they had always sustained the movement , and added , that if that meeting was to be taken as a specimen of what they were in the

      habit of doing , then indeed were they entitled to the host thanks of the Chartists of the whole country . Mr . Cuffay continued at length to urge the necessity of union and perseverance on the part of the Chartists , and wound up an effective speech by recommending the meeting to take care that in the coming contest their glorious Charter should not be sullied by any acts of folly or indiscretion . Mr . Poole also addressed the meeting , after wliich the sum of seven shillings and fivepence was collected for the Victim Fund , and a resolution carried , pledging the meeting to send a delegate to the Convention . Fifteen shillings was immediately subscribed to defray the delegate ' s expenses .

      LEEDS . Great Meeting . —On Sunday evening last , the Bazaar , Briggate , was densely crowded to hear an address from Mr . Christopher Doyle , member of the Executive Committee ofthe National Charter Association , on the best mode to be adopted by the democratic party in the present eventful crisis , to secure to the people such measures as would render the repeal of the Corn Laws ( should such an event take place ) serviceable to them . Mr . Farrcn occupied the chair , and after a few preparatory observations , called upon Mr . Doyle , who spoke for an hour and a half , in an eloquent and argumentative strain , pointing out what would be the effect if the working classes remained firm and united as a distinct and separate party , through tho approaching struggle . Mr . Doyle ' s address was enthusiastically received , and gave universal satisfaction .

      OLDHAM . On Sunday last Mr . W . Dixon delivered a very energetic address on tho present crisis of public affiiirs , in the course of which he gave a very interesting account of the proceedings of the Land Conference , which gave great satisfaction . After the lecture a members' meeting took place , when Mr . A . F . Taylor and Mr . S . Yardley were nominated as fit and proper persons to represent this locality in the forthcoming conference , to be held on Monday , the 29 th instant , A public meeting will take place on Sunday , the 21 st inst ., to elect a delegate to the above conference .

      MANCHESTER . On Sunday evening the news was read to the audience ofthe defeat of the magistrates by Mr . Roberts , after which Mr . John Shaw , of Leeds , commenced his lecture , which lasted one hour and a-half . When about finishing Mr . O'Connor arrived , "taking the audience by surprise , and spoke for an tour . Mr . Roberts , the miners' Attorney-General , next made his appearance , and spoke for half an hour . We had a treat not looked for , not expecting either of the above gentlemen .

      WIGAN . The members of the Land Society belonging tothe Wjgan branch held their meeting at the house of Mr . Silvester Booth , Burns-yard , Scholes , on Sunday evening last , at six o ' clock . Mr . Nicholas Canning , the delegate for the Wigan district to the Manchester Land Conference , gave an account of his stewardship , and a full report ofthe proceedings of that body , which gave general satisfaction . Mr . William Walmsley proposed , and Mr . Michael Segrave seconded , — "That the best thanks of this meeting bo given to Mr . Canning for the able manner in which ho represented us . " Carried unanimously . We enrolled five new members on last Sunday night , which makes in all eighty-five members in Wigan .

      ; PRESTON , At a meeting of the members of the Preston Branch of the Land Society , held on Sunday evening last , at Howarth ' s Temperance Hotel , to hear the report of Mr . J . Brown , delegate to the Manchester Land Conference , after Mr . Brown had given an account of the proceedings , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That we highly approve of the plans and resolutions come to by the Land Conference , and hereby beg to lender to the delegates our sincere thanks . " "That the thanks of this meeting bo given to W . V . Roberts , Esq . for his kindness m acting as treasurer to the Land Society , and hope he will continue as treasurer . " After the business of the Land Societ y had been concluded , the ease of the Welsh martyrs wag taken into consideration , when a subscription was entered into , and a coropitke appointed to get up a public meeting in behalf ot irost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis .

      WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . This meeting was held at Halifax , in the Working Man s Hall , on the 14 th inst ., when delegates appeared from the following places : —Dewsbury , Littletown , Bradford , Halifax , and Lower Warley . Mr . Richard Lawson was appointed to preside . After the monies had been paid in , the following resolutions were adopted j- Moved by T . Cole , seconded by Vt . F . Sucksmith " That no person be received as delegate ^ the West Riding Delegate Meetin g who is not delegated by the National Charter Association .

      ana navmg credentials to that effect from the locality he represents . ' Moved by Mr . Cole , seconded by Mr . Jackson "That Mr . Smith ' s name be withdrawn from the list of local lecturers until ho again becomes a member of the National Charter Associar ! T « , m . y by « c ** smith , seconded by Mr . Vj ° ? . ' , k * , P „ delegate meeting be held at Halifax the first Sunday in January , to take into consideration what steps ought to be taken by the Chartists of the West Riding in case of a general election . " That this meeting be adjourned to the second Sunday in February . "

      ROCHDALE . A glorious meeting was held here on Sunday the Mth inst ., which was addressed by Mr . Knight of London , who took a review of the agitation from its commencement to the present time . Aftpr wliirfi Mr . G . W . Wheeler the delegate W bLTS Reading , gave hM testimony , as coming from an agricultural district , oi the utility and practicability ot the Land Society Mr . M'Grath then very ably and fully entered mto thedetails of the Landscheme ; proving to the entire satisfaction of his auditors its safety and the manifold advantages to be derived from its adoption . Mr . T . M . Wheeler our eeneral affairs at the present momentous crisis , and the policy it behoved the Chartist body to pursue ?

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      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOmp """ Meetings for the purpose of enrolling memhl Tr - transacting other business connected W" » M held every week on the following & JJjJf-tt < S BUNDAY EVENING . " PaCei -: ^ bouth London Chartiet Hall , lis Bir . rl .-f ,. ; at half-past six o ' clock .- ^ o ^ mT ^ asaiuittuuat 10 1 tt

      - , SIX OCCK . — H'csfW ! W . .:. ' \ urU . t ^ ium 01 ub Room * » fSt . Martitf ^ S 1 P ^ pastseven . -. jW *< Town ; at Mr . DuddrA W layers' Arms , Tonbridge-stoeet , New-road at tir seven-Towcrllamlets : at the Whittu , » to . Lh ast Church-row , Bethaal-green , at six o ' clock nw ? - - -Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Sj f ^ - grove at eight o ' clock precisely-iw e 6 o " ' . X ?" Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at Vmf U e seven . ' u aai --pa $ t

      MONDAY' EVENING , . Camlerwell ; at the Montpclicr Tavern Woi . ,, at eight o ' clock precisely . * n Ww ° rth , Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch ofthe Chi r Co-operative Land Society meet in the hni « S Martin Jude , Sun Inn Side every Monday 2 , 5 from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose nf ceiving subscriptions and enrolling members t £ " TUESDAY EVENING . Greeiiwich : s . t the George and Dragon , BlackWi , hill , at eight o clock . ^ eatu .

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      St . Pancras . —An harmonic meeting will be hPu at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , TottenW court-road , on Monday evening , Dec . 29 th 184- ; , » eight o ' clock , for the benefit of the widow of dm Booker , of Sheffield , who fell a victim to illness oe casioned by an imprisonment , suffered in the cause of truth and justice . All tickets issued for the 8 tb inst . will be admissible on the above evening , Westminster . — -All persons whose names are on the books of this locality , are requested to attend at the 1 arthenium Rooms , St . Martin ' s-Iane , on Suadav evening , Dec , 21 st . J Marvleiione . —Mr . John Skelton will deliver a public lecture , subject , — " What advantages would the working classes derive from the repeal of the Corn Laws ? " at the . Coach Painters' Arms , Circus , street , on Sunday evening next , December 21 st , to commence at seven o ' clock precisely .

      SOUTHWARK AND LAMBETH . —A public ( lisCUSStOll will be held in the South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blaekfl'iars-road , on Sunday evening nest , December 21 st ; subject , — " Will a repeal of the Corn Lav ,- benefit the producing classes ? " To commence at half-past seven precisely . Tower Hamlets . —A public meeting will be held on Monday evening next , December 22 nd , on behalf of Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and other politica l exiles , at the Social Hall , Osborne-street , Wliitcchnpel , Thomas Cooper , author of the Purgatory of Suicides ' aud other advocates , will be present and address the meeting . Chair to be taken at eight o clock e ' ecisely . Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting will W held at the Montpelier Tavern , on Monday cvenin " next , December 22 nd , to commence at eight o ' cloc ? precisely .

      Hammersmith . —A publicdiscussion will be held at the Dun Cow , Brook-green-Iane , between some friends of the Anti-Corn-Law League and the Char , tistsof that locality , on Tuesday evening next , Docember 23 rd , to commence at eight o ' clock precisely Chartist Hall , 1 , Turkagain-lane , Fariujiodo :. ' ' strket . —The public discussion will be resumed al half-past ten precisely , on Sunday morning next Dec . 21 st . In tbe evening , at seven o ' clock precisely ' Mr . T . Cooper will deliver tho eighth of his second course of lectures , subject , " Life and genius of Handel ; music an essential instrument in real cirtiisation . "

      Cm * Locautv . —Themembers of the cit y locality of the National Charter Association , are urgently re " , quested to assemble to-morrow evening week , ( Sunday , December 28 th ) , in the Hall , Turnagain-lane , to take into consideration the most efficient meari to be adopted to ensure the return of Frost , Williams , Jones , Ellis , and other exiled patriots . Also to determine on the holding of an aggregate meeting g ( the metropolitan Chartists , in furtherance of the said object . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock precisely . Marylebone Locautv . —A lecture will be delivered by Mr . Skelton on Sunday evening next , at the poaebmakers' Arms , Circus-street , New-road . Subject , " What advantages would the working classes derive from the repeal of tbe corn-laws V To commence at half-past seven o'clock . Hebden Bridge . —A tea-party and ball will be held in the Democratic Chapel on the 25 th instant , Tea on the table at four o ' clock precisely .

      Olduam . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . A . F . Taylor will lecture in the school-room of the Working Man ' s Hall . Subject , " The Agrarian Justice , " Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the evening . Leeds . —Mr . James Leach will deliver a lecture to-morrow ( Sunday ) evening ; at halkpasfc six , in the Bazaar , Briggate . Halifax . —A public tea-party , and other entertainments , will take place in the Working Man ' s Hall on Thursday next . Tea on table at five o'clock . Tickets may be had on application at the room on Sunday evening next .

      Manchester . —Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., will lecture in the Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at half-past six in the evening . Subject , " The Charter , the Land , and the Ten Hours ' Bill . " A special members' meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at two o ' clock iii the afternoon , in the , large ante-room of Carpenter ' s Hall , lor the purpose of electing delegates to the Convention to be held on Monday , Dec . 22 . The shareholders' meeting of the Land Association will be held on Sunday , Dec . 28 , in tho large ante-room of the Carpenters ' Hall , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . The next meetikg- for the Miner ' s Victim Fund , will be held at Mr . Mason ' s , sign of the Swan-Inn , Wednesfield-heatli , on Sunday , the 21 st inst ., at four o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Rochdale . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lecture it the Chartist room Mill-street , on Sunday , the 21 at inst ., at six o ' clock in the evening . —A public meeting will take placein the Public-hall , Bailev-street , on Monday the 22 nd inst ., for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis . The fullowiaj persons will attend , F . O'Connor , Esq ., P . M'Grath " T . Clark , C . Doyle , and T . M . Wheeler . Hull . —The weekly meeting of the Hull branch of the Chartist , Co-operative Land Society , will , until further notice , be held at the house of John Welburn , sign of the Whitby Tavern , Salthousc-lane . The time of meeting as usual , on Sunday night , at six o clock , and Tuesday at eight . The former subsecretaries of all places comprising the Hull district , of 1841 , 1842 , and 1843 , are requested to write to J . H . Eastwood , No . 8 , Clappison-square Syke ' sstreet .

      Mr . John Vallance , of Barnslev , will address lib constituents at Sheffield and Rotherham , on Ite evenings of Sunday and Mondav next , the 21 st and 22 nd , on the amended laws of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Stockport Chartist IxaiiTfTios , Bombers Bro * - . —A tea party and festival will beheld in the room oi the above institution , on Christmas dav , Dec . 2-5 t ! i Tea to be on tbe table at half-past four o ' clock . Stockport . —Mr . Ambrose Hurst , of Oldham , « i 2 cpmmence the first of lour lectures here , in the Oii' - - tist Institution , Bombers Brow , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock , on "The geographical positio ? of Greece , with an inquiry into the origin of its primeval institutions . " Mottram . —A public meeting will take place in the lecture-room opposite the Bull ' s Head , on SatunlM evening , Dec . 20 th , for the purpose of electing a delegate to represent the district in tbe Manchester convention .

      t Halifax . —A meeting of the members ofthe - V tiotiai Chartist Association , in the Halifax di strict , will be held in the Chartist Association-room , i- *' --Warley , on Sunday next , the 21 st of Dec ., at t » f o ' clock in the afternoon , lor the purpose of electing a delegate to attend the conference to lie held at m-Chester , on Monday , Dec . 22 nd inst . Dewsbury . —A meeting of the memhers o . •*¦ Co-operative Land Society in this district will befte-a on Sunday next , December 21 st , at two o ' clock ffi the afternoon .

      Newcastle-upon-Tvse . — The members of tinbranch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Sw" £ are requested to attend a general meeting m ]'; house of Martin Judo , h ' un Inn , Side , on Alow" - evening , December 22 nd , at seven o clock , to n * n the report of the delegate from this district to w * Land Conference . Nottingham . —Mr . Saunders will report the P- * cccdings of conference , on Sunday evening « ext > . " ; * six o ' clock precisely , at the Seven Stars , Barker-ff" - ' Ihe chair will be taken at six o'clock . , . „ Lancashire . —The next general delegate roc « ' •' of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday . 20 th of December , at the house of Mr . Wm . Osgf Unicorn and Park Inn , Rovton , near Oldham . wm £ to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , tm will also be a public meeting , which will be adores * by W . P . Roberts . Esq ., and several of the w »* dited agents of the Miners' / ssociation . l' - e' - \ for the fortnight , including general contributions , la . per member . . ... Bacdp . —Mr . M'Grath will lecture hero on SUIKW . evening . ; i | Todmordeh . —Messrs . Doyle and Wheeler " » address the inhabitants of this place on » U 11 U - evening . - , Rochdale—Mr . Clark will lecture here on s >» day evening , Chair to be taken at six Q ' e *« ck-

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 20, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20121845/page/8/