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      "' Thomas Cooreb, Vt^Vtom. -Zv. George W...

      January 4 , I 845 THE NORTHERN _STABr ¦ — " '

      Leeds Town Council. Speciai. Meeting, We...

      LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL . _Speciai . Meeting , Wednesday , Jan . 1 , 1845 . — This body held a meetine for special purposes , this day , assem b ling at eleven o ' eloek in tbe forenoon . _Tiierewasa good attendance of members ; and among tbem Mr . Joshua Hobson , who still retains his qualification and seat in tbe borough . Thc " notice paper " exhibited more notices than the usual number , ot business to be transacted ; and but a portion of them was cone _throuah . Thc first motion was the appointing of four trustees of the advowson ot st . John ' s church . Three Whigs and a Tory were , F _° - _posed bv a Whig alderman : Mr . Ilobson _nrop osed _, _!? Whigs , ' one Tor _? , and one Chartist , that all thei parties intheCouncil n _^ _bthavctheirfingermtho Churchp ie , " in proportion to the amount of representation _eacli had achieved for itself . Be pressed bis motion

      to a division , havinc thc votes recorded , lherewere several members in the room who declined voting ; so manv as to make it doubtful whether the original motion was carried , thc law requiring that every resolve should receive thc assent of a majority of tbe members of Council present : and although the record of attendance proved that the neutrals were present ; and although the record of votes itself proved that they were present , _hntmntral , the mayor _buled that those who declined to vote when a question was put , were absent , and could not lie treated aspresenl ! and this too when the very men thus held to be absent were sitting around and lookin g the wise Mayor , -who so ruled , strai ght on thc face . The appointing of Whi g Trustees being so settled , Mr . Councillor Ileywood moved for the appointment of a select Committee to inquire

      into certain alleged acts of malversation on the part ofthe chief police-officers of thc borough , whohad _, if his _infonuatioiisvereeorrect _. obtaincdmoney both from the County-rate , the Leeds Borough-fund , and from the parties on whose premises robberies had been _commits ted , for alleged scvices and expense in searching after and apprehending the offenders ; and tliistoo in cases ¦ wh ere not a single farthing of expense had been incurred . Mr . Alderman Luccock moved , as an amendment , tliat thc charges be referred to the Watch Committee ; and the supporters of the original motion offered to acquiesce m the amendment , if Mr . Ileywood was added to the Watch Committee , and be thus p laced in a position where he could

      prosecute thc inquiry hc proposed , and adduce the evidence by which tbe allegations were sustained . On a division ihe amendment ivas agreed to ; and Mr . Hobson immediately moved that Mr . Heywood should be constituted a member of thc inquiring bod y , in accordance with the ail-but universal E ractice of all deliberative bodies . Thb was refused y the "tyrant majority "; and Mr . Heywood immediately announced his " intention not to go with liis cases before the Watch Committee , but to produce theni , one by one , In open Council , having liis " evidence " read y-to be examined by a Committee of tlie whole liouse . -Several other matters were then dis p os e d of , and Mr . Councillor Jackson moved , "That a memorial from the Council be transmitted

      to her majesty , praying for -the liberation of John Frost , Zcp haniali Williami , and William Jones , now banished from the country : " In introduemg the motion , he grounded his claim for the interference of the Council on humanity and mercy . He was not sufficiently aware of the facts of the case to lie able to say what was the extent of crime with wbich thc parties suffering were really chargeable ; butjwhen be reflected on the undue haste with which tlie prisoners bad been hurried to trial ; the strong excitement and fears that existed at the time to operate on thejury class ; the fact that Frost had provided for a Bill ofExolmnge , falling due the ¦ very day ofthe alleged revolt ; thedifferentresultof the legal objections taken in their case to those taken in a r e c e n t c a se in Dublin , hc thouirht that there were

      _soujasiy extenuating circumstances about the case , and such a suspicion of injustice having been committed , as would justify the Council in taking thc step lie asked it to take . He also read _lettoirs from Mr . Frost to his familly , and from Mrs . Frost folier _lieioved husband , to show thathe was not tbe _blood-tiursty , ferocious " miscreant" tbat interested parties Iiad represented him to be . Mr . Councillor Ereok seconded themotion / which was opposed by Mr . Aid . Sh aw , o n the p lea that he could not conceive iherc existed any pubiie grounds on which sueh a request eeuld be made . He went into a . history of thc _aUcdc-od facts _attendent on flic case : _signed that the punishment under the circumstances was not severe , for the parties « mecnied might think themselves fortunate tliat their lives had not been sacrificed to

      the vengeauw of tbe law by the band of the public executioner . Hc was replied to by Mr . Hobson , who detailed a number of facts relative to thc ramified boon done to the prisoners , in lurrying on the trial system of _Sjiyism that existed at the period , accounted for the entrapping of Frost into the appearance of being engaged in ta _* _ansactions whieh his sold loathed and abhorred ; showed tbat justice had not before a jury of _ignorantprejudiced Welsh farmers , _irigl-tened to death by the fear that then- property were to be taken from tbem ; and Bbowed that * thc reasoning of Alderman Shaw respecting the legal objections , then- nature , and force , was wh o lly invallid ; and that if equal justice had been meefced out to thc persecuted Chartist , as to other

      parties , they would never heve been sent out of the country at all . We regret our inability this week to give the facts relied on by both parties to this important discussion ; but shall take care to shortly bring them before the public in some shape or other . At the conclusion of Mr . Hobson ' s address the motion went to the vote ; when eleven voted for it ; _tivcnty-ninc against , and three were neutral . One of the . neutrals had pledged himself to liis constituents to -rote for the liberation of the martyrs ; and when reminded of this fact in opeu council by Mr . Heywood , he made use of an expression which Mr . Ilobson made into " a peg " on which to explain a gros 3 misrepresentation affecting himself by thc Deeds Mercury . Tlie facts of the case are set forth in the following letter : —

      To the _BlitoT oftULtedt _Xtrtwry , _Gestlemej . _- , —As you have lately turned the LeedsMer ear _^ into a record of good or had breeding—particularly registering the " _vulgarities" of the members ofthe Leeds Town Council ; and as you lately deemed an imputed " vulgarity' * of mine sufficiently important to form the snhjcci of a leading article ; and as I hare just now discovered a fit companion , whose "broednient , hehavement , and broughrjiig-uji-inent" is every whit as " vulgar" as my own , in the person of Mr . Jonathan Shackleton , who met a statement of a brother councillor yesterday , tliat he had violated a pledge given in th * presence of hundreds of his constituents , with the elegant phrase , "Ifsalie . " —1 beg to apprise you of the fact , fearing that your reporter , who is remarkably deaf at times , may not have " noted" it . I am , gentlemen _. Tour "ill-bred " servant to command , Leeds . Jan . 2 . 1 S 45 . Joshua Hobson .

      P . S . —On the whole , I think that "friend" Jonathan rather beats me in-tke matter of " vulgarity . " U » did give " the lie direct , " in plain , unmistakable language : I only pointed out the fact that Mr . YewdaU had also done so , when hc charged Mr . Martin Cawood with " using language wliich he ksew to he untrue . " I did this , be-• causc our " very strict" and " orderly" Mayor allowed JHr . Tewdall to so " g ive the lie " without reproof or observation : and my having done so , was twisted by you into having given "thc lie" myself . However , of this I do-not much complain . I can afford to sit under a good dea'l of misrepresentation : aud in this case am quite content" to be in no worse position than "friend" Jonathan . 3 . H .

      Ue Fere The Motion For Adjournment Was C...

      Ue fere the motion for adjournment was canned , Mr . Hobst to _l- _ave notice of his intention to move a staxdikg oeder that thoie members who were " pr «« _i » t" should not be reckoned as " absent . " The meeting then adjourned to Monday next .

      Attem "Pteb Mnnner Axd Suicide.—On Satur...

      Attem _"pteb MnnnER axd Suicide . —On Saturday "week lhc neighbourhood of Cripplegate "was thrown into a pah " » nu" state of excitement , in consequence of the discou uy of a father having tried to murder his own _onsp rii _ig—a little girl , and afterwards attempted totakeawa v his * gwii life . The particulars connected with this dis tressing affair are as follow : It appears that between eleven and twelve o ' cloek thc attention of some of tin * _neighbours residing in Lower "VYllitccross-street * w "as attracted to _? Co . 50 , occupied by a bookseller an d newsvender of the name of Flood , _through heariu" * : l violent screaming proceeding from the upper _parlf _. _» f tic house . One of the parties iminediatelv wen . * aBd knocked at the door , but _rceeiviuir no answer , it was doomed advisable to force the door whicli be . _wr done , a n o ther man ofthe name

      ef D a lfihin , an I f "a * " warehouseman , rushed up stairs , and upon op . ming one of the room _dooi-s , a mo * t _distressins : spec taelc presented itself . Upon the floor was found hrin _^ -M _f-, Flood , apparently dying-, ami his daughter , a lit \ e little girL close by , screaming with all his mifflit , am i sufFernig the most _excruciating a _^ onv . lt was at o nee apparent that both father aiid dau _ghter were sufli * ring irom the effect of some deadlv poison . Mcssenge ts were therefore despatched for medical assistance . . _~ ba a very brief period two _surgeons arrived , and j _tdnunistered thc stomach pump , and the usual ant idotes . They were , however unable to eradicate tb * i whole ot the poison from tbe ' man ' s stom a ch it ha v ing such a strong hold

      , of the whole ofthe system , and , as the last resource to « ave his life he was removi _^ d to St . Bartholomew ' s Hospital , where , at seven o * ' clock last evening , the reporter , upon calling , ascert _ained that there was little hopes ofthe unfortunate- uiansreeovery . The remedies administered to the _gtrl had a better effect , and it is hoped that she may idtLUiately recover , lhc wobable cause of the unfortunat e man making such a desperate attempt to destroy his own life and that ofhisdau « rhter , is the following : •—A few days since his wife died , whichsopreyedupoiilusmindthat ever since he has been noticed tobe in an exceedingly low and desponding state , and he lias more than once been heard lo sav . that he feared he should one day die by

      \ sownh . iud . Manchester—A Woxux Stabbed bt her _llrs-^ - _^ _Qii Monday , a man named John Roberts , a " _*; vin « in Great Mount-street , wbo bad been - - *» a previous day , was brought up at the - diargeof stabbing his wife . — > udent of police , produced a " _--dect that tlie female was " dangerous state ; "as further re-

      Attem "Pteb Mnnner Axd Suicide.—On Satur...

      Death nr Bubniso . —On Ihureday week a police-constable , n a med A y liffe , on his beat in Greenman-lane Poplar , heard thc screams of a woman , and cries ' of "Murder , '' " Fire , " proceed from the house , No . 3 , inhabited by a person named Ellen Walsh . He endeavoured to obtain admission , but was unable to do so until be broke open the door , when the unfortunate creature ( Walsh ) fell into his arms with her garments blazing around her . Ay liff e , w ith great presence of mind , threw his gie . it coat about her person , flung her on the ground , a nd rolled her over and over until he extinguished the flames . She was removed to the London hospital , and death has since relieved her of her sufferings . The woman was of the class called " unfortunate , " and went home intoxicated on Christmas-nig ht , leaving a candle burning on a chair by her bed-side , and the light communicated to her clotbe 3 .

      _Ma-vciiesteh . _—Detekmixeu SnicinE . —On luesday week Mr . Charles Swengley , landlord of the Waterloo Tavern , Cock pit-hill / putancndto his existence by shooting himself through the head . It appears that on Monday evening he went to the shop of Mr . Conway , gunmaker , Blackfriars , to purchase a pistol , saying it was for a little boy to shoot sparroivs . He procured one , wliich he afterwards thought too small , and came back for a larger one . Thc next morning he was found by the servants lying near thofire-nlace ofthe bed-room with his head blown

      to pieces , it is conjectured that hc placed himself before a large glass , which stood over the cbimneyp icce , and discharged the pistol into liis mouth . The p istol was found laying by his side . Some powder and shot were on the table , together with a piece of paper on which the unfortunate man had written a few lines , in a rather trembling hand , declaring himself to be "broken , " and wishing to be pardoned for all his faults . An inquest was held on the body on Tuesday , when thejury returned a verdict of—Suicide under temporary insanity .

      TnE Late _Mcroerous Attack os _the Eakl op Covextrt ' s Keepers , at Croome . —Yesterday week Superintendent Harris , ofthe Pershore station , accompanied by Superintendent Petford , apprehended three men in Pershore , suspected of having been concerned in fhe latal fatal affray . They are severally named Francis Dingley , Samuel Turvey , and Willi a m B r imfi e'd . We understand that Turvey and the three other prisoners have already been convicted . of poaching , and strong suspicion exists that all partici pated in the deplorable outrage . The inquest on Staite was commenced yesterday , and after the examination of several witnesses , was adjourned to the 7 tb of January . —Worcester Herald of Saturday .

      Chambers' Philosophy Refuted. In Tlie Pr...

      CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . In tlie Press , and will he puhlished on Friday next , the 10 th inst , Price Fourpeuce , ( forming a Pamphlet of 48 pages demy Svo . ) A _* FU _* L _* L and COMPLETE -REFUTATION ofthe PHILOSOPHY contained in a TRACT recently published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled the " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work will contain the most complete defence ofthe demands of tlie Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions ; and will be prefaced by a short Dialogue between a Factory Infaut Female Operative , her Mother , and Grandmother ; the latter of whom remembers the days of yore , before Machinery had supplanted Manual Labour .

      The numerous appeals that have been made lo Mr , O'Connor from nearly every part ofthe Kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the . Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be the almost unanimous wish of the Xabouring Classes . rieyuood , 5 S , Oldham-street , Manchester ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , Londou ; Guest , Hull-street , Ih ' riningliain ; at thc Northern Star Office , 310 , Strand , London ; and may be had of all Booksellers and News Agents in Town and Country . All News Agents in Lancashire and Yorkshire will save carriage by ordering of Sir . Ileywood , from whom tliey will receive the Pamphlet upon the same terms as if supplied from the Northern Star Office .

      Tfie Northern Star. Saturdayjanuary 41815.

      TFIE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAYJANUARY 41815 .

      Dujn'combe And The Trades. " There Is A ...

      _DUjN'COMBE AND THE TRADES . " There is a time to build up and a time to pull down , " saith thc proverb , There is also a time for activity and a time for slumber . There is a philosoph y in idleness , and wisdom in doing nothing . From thc time that thc busy bustle of the Parliamentary session is over , until the law-makers again meet , there is little to disturb the monotony of life , except th e summer and winter assizes , tbe November fogs and consequent suicides , and the Christmas pantomimes . All these interludes between the sessions

      of 1 _BH nnd ISio have passed away , without much to distinguish them from those of former years beyond the lamentable catalogue of crime , and consequent destruction of human life , developed at tho recent winter assize ; a corresponding increase ofthe London fogs , and the more than usual amount o _^ laughter produced by tho Christmas pantomimes . From the commencement of the new year to the opening of Parliament is to the Minister , and indeed to all political parties , a period of anxiety and suspense . There is doubt and hope ; doubt as to the alleg iance of friends , and hope in thc weakness of enemies .

      The new year presents us with the opening of tho French Chambei _* s—with one of those senseless royal speeches , " made to order for the occasion ; " with the opening of the Canadian Assembly , prefaced by another semi-royal prologue ; and the opening of the American Congress , with an excessivel y long , though not unimportant , yarn from Mr . _President Ttler . The French Monarch appears to attach paramount importance to his personal intimacy with the Queen of England , and the many acts of kindness that ho received from the peoplo of that

      country , meaning , we presume , thereby , tho attention exhibited towards him by the lacqueys who attended him at the Royal table : while the Governor-General of Canada attaches surpassing interest to tho birth of a Royal Prince . Li all theso now year ' s gifts for royalty , aristocracy , and the middle classes , we do not recognise one single sentence , line , or word , to the advantage ofthe working classes ; and waa it not for the " message" of Du . vco . ube to the people of England , which will be found in our seventh page , we should have found it difficult to select a single incident cheering to the heart of Labour .

      Our readers will see in Mr . _Duxcombe ' s repl y to Mr . Duchy , matter of more importance to the work ing classes of England than tho opening of all the Representative Assemblies in the world . It is true that Mr . Duscombe dislodges lis from our own hobby , the grand "Duncombe Demonstration , "but then we are too good soldiers to be guilty of a single act of disobedience , and too well -understand the importance of Mowing the instructions of our leader to utter a

      single murmur of complaint at our own disappointment . In passing , however , we may say that we did contemplate an object , and a very important one too , to be served by the proposed demonstration ; our object was te give Mr . Docombe that strength , without which , to use his own words , he is deficient in that power whereby his exertions may be successful . He says— " I am oslv stooxg when I represent the _ORGANISED STRENGIH OF TOUR ORnEE . " Sow ill the abovo admission we fully concur ; and the object of the proposed demonstration was to convince our assembled representatives , who could not close their

      eyes asamst the importance of sueh an exhibition , that Mi * . _Dcxcohbe did represent the organised strength of Mr . Drury ' s order , which is the order of Labour . It may be urged that Mr . _Duxcombe _' s popularity , and his influence over the working classes , are admitted facts . They are facts ; but then neither the press nor the different leaders of political sections will admit them as truth . However , upon the whole we have not much to complain of , as the proposition of Mr . Duscombe is but thc postponement of the grand object which we anticipated would result from the demonstration—namely , the Trades ' Delegate Conference to be held in London .

      To this project we have for now nearly two years endeavoured to direct the attention of tho Trades ; nor hate wo altogether failed in preparing the pubiie mind for the adoption of the scheme , coming , as it now does , with the full force of recommendation , from one who has never flinched , and who pledges himself never to flinch , from the advocacy of Labour ' s cause . One of two results must now occur : either the Trades must meet and devise plans for the protection of Labour , or all classes of Labour must tamely submit to every infliction the present system imposes upon them , " and must henceforth transfer their abuse of irresponsible Government and uncontrolled power of capitid , to the apathy , subserviency , and cowardice of the Trades . If Mr . Dcxcombe ' s letter is of paramount

      Dujn'combe And The Trades. " There Is A ...

      importance , Mr . Dbubt _' b is not deficient m significance . Mi-. Dubby says that he speaks as the organ ofthe Trades of Sheffield : his words are- " As the Trades of Sheffield ( in common with the working classes ofthe country ) regard you as the veritable rep r es entative of the workin g millions , I feel emboldened on their behalf to request your opinion and advice upon the following subjects . " Then follows the subject upon which Mr . Duscombe ' b advice is sought . Hence we have tho Trades of Sheffield

      craving Mr . _Duxcombe ' s o p inion throu gh then * legitimate organ we havo that opinion clearly , explicitly , manfully , thoughtfully , and ably given ; and now tho only question to be considered is , whether tho Trades will follow the advice of their friend . His op inion is asked as to how the Trades can be relieved fi-om their present hopeless condition . Ho tells them how ; and should they fail to act upon that op inion , they cannot blame us if we shall henceforth call them by the name of their own adoption- " WILLING SLAVES . "

      Again , Mr . _Dmnrrasks for a plan by which the Trades shall not only be prepared , and enabled to meet any legislative assault , but he very wisely asks for a plan by which they may be enabled to meet and withstand the still more active aggressions of

      " THE CAPITALISTS WITH WHOM THEY ARE MORE IMMEDIATELY AND INDIVIDUALLY CONNECTED . " The above passage in Mr . Dkurt ' s letter , taken in connection with the following passage in Mr . Duncombe _' _s rep ly , is incontrovertible evidence on the necessity of a Trades ' Conference , apart from any assault that Government may meditate against tho interests of their order . We have always contended that the active power of capital is a more deadly and pernicious enemy to the working classes than tlie most stringent legal enactment ; and , therefore , wo are happy to find our opmions confirmed b y the good sens of a p ractic a l

      working man , as well as by the sound jud gment ot a leg islator . The following is Mr . Duxcombe ' s opinion as to the necessit y of a Trades ' Conference , apart from any consideration of legal enactment . He says , ' * you may rest assured that thought in-tho right direction , and acted upon wisely , is all that the Trades and industrious classes require to obtain for them , not only political emancipation , but some of those practical remedies whieh the men of Sheffield have so sagaciousl y adopted . I allude principally to their plan of ratriettoft , to which my attention was more immediately directed during the discussions of last session upon the " Factory" and " Masters and Servants" Bills .

      In order to arouse the Trades and tho working classes to a sense of their duty , the herald thus sounds thc warning note . He says , "As to tho tactics likely tobe pursued in Parliament by the representatives of wealth , from certain speeches , letters , and publications that have recently appeared , and which leave little doubt in my mind , no time should be lost by the working classes to prepare for a bold and vigorous stand . " Now this is a timely forewarning , and , no doubt , Mi * . Duncombe sees in thc recent brutal speech of Earl _FnzTfiiiiiOi , tho cringing letter of Mi * . Ward , and thc damnable philosop hy of the Chambers ' , thc flash that but precedes thc law ' s thunder . Again Mr . Duncombe says , "I know of

      no course ( excluded as thc working classes are from the Parliamentary franchise ) better calculated to give effect to that object , than that which you suggest , viz ., that the wise and virtuous from all parts of tho empire should meet by delegation at a conference in London , where , co-operating with the Metropolitan Trades , they shall endeavour to devise such means as shall not only obtain protection to the sons of toil from that oppression and persecution , of which they have so long and so justly comp lained , but shall also tend to disabuse the public mind of those prejudices , which I regret to see are now so industriously encouraged against every combination but that of capital and of power . "

      Here , then , we have reasons cogent , strong , and all-sufficient to justify us in the belief and hope that tb e d ull , the sluggish , and slothful armour of selfimportance will be east from the body of Labour , and that the active dress of agitation will be assumed in its stead . With these extracts wc conclude our comment upon these two admirable documents : much higher iu importance than all the Itoyal speeches that bave been delivered for tho last ten years . We do not regret the time being changed from February to Easter , a period when , apart from essential business of their own , tbo cheap trips may induce

      thousands to Visit the metropolis , and thereby considerably imit the expense consequent upon tho delegation . We trust that the letters of Mr . _Dkury and Mr . Duncombe will be read at every public meeting of tho Trades and working classes ; and that by next week we _skankavetho _ploasing duty of recording the hearty thanks and cheerful response of the millions to their chief . We havo been knocked off our lugh horse , but , deteimined to haye a ride , we will see if tho " workies " of London c a nnot , without a procession , bo gratified with the company of then' leader at a tea

      party at the Crown and Anchor , on Monday the 3 rd of February , the ni ght previous to the opening of Parliament . AVe candidly confess that wo had attached much importance to tho proposed demonstration , but wo attach much more to tho necessity of following the advice of the acknowledged _ieauerof the people ; and therefore , in our disappointment at the blow , we shall merely say with the Irishman , — " By Shasus , your honour , but I'd rather you'd knock me down , than that another should laugh in my face !"

      Mr. President Tyler's Message. The Pract...

      MR . PRESIDENT TYLER'S MESSAGE . The practice of saying less than nothing In those royal speeches by wliich our Houses of Parliament are annually opened , has been variously commented upon . The old maxim " Vir s apit qui poiuca- loquitur "— " the man is wise who speaks but little "—bas , we presume , given rise to those very meagre royal prologues with which thc national farce of legislation is annually preceded . In a country liko Eng land , where taxation upon the many for the benefit of the few surpasses all other nations upon earth , her

      people , wbo ar © to pay those taxes , might _veryJnaturaUy expect sueh a bill of fare as would satisfy them that tbe banquet io be paid for was one in which those who were to discharge the bill wcre to havo some share . Indeed , we have always thoug ht that every measure ' suoh as Coercion , Starvation , Masters' and Servants' BiEs , Aiins Bills , and the like , should be referred to in the royal speech , in order that the people mi ght have an opportunity of knowing tho extent and value of those measures which thoy are called upon to support .

      lhe perusal of Mr . President Tyur ' _s Message to the American Congress may give us some notion of the reasons whymonarchsare in general so very brief upon political topics ; and any one who reads the admirable Message of tho American President , will discover the great advantages that a Republican form of Government possesses over all others , True , it is long , but the various matters therein discussed are one and all of national iniportanco , and such as should not be withheld from the knowledge of those whose interests are mainl y involved in the several questions . Instead of devoting the first portion of his Message to tho gratifying intelligence that "he

      continues to receive the most friendly assurances from all foreign powers , " the Chief Magistrate of a free people commences by directing public attention to thoie free institutions by wliich all forei gn powers are compelled to pay respect and homage to the united voice of a people who are all equal in tho eye of thelaw , and all equally represented in the constitution . It is that portion of thc President ' s Message to which wc would direct the especial attention of our readers , because , from its perusal , they will receive the best answer to the many charges and lamentations ofthe Tory press of England , against the means resorted to to procure a fair representation of the national will in the person of Mr . Polk .

      When Mr . President _Tvum speaks of one of tbe most important questions submitted to Congress—the annexation of Texas—he boldly defends his own poliey upon the subject , by reminding Congress that he has appealed from the decision of the Senate to the voice

      ofthe nation ; and thus triumphantly refutes the man } absurd and ridiculous objections urged by the lory press Of England _« Sainst the prindple of Universal Suffrage . The Pope , the Devil , and the Pretender oould not have presented greater horrors te line imagination of our contemporary thc Time s , thanPoIk , the Oregon , and Texas . Nor could the great Wizard of the North , or any of our Christmas harleqiuns _. lmve more magically dissolved the _hobgoblinism of the affrighted journalist , than has Mr . President _Prum dissolved tbis triple bugabooism . The increase of commerce , the prosperity of trade , thc additional value given to Government securities , the termination

      of hostilities with ; tbo India tribes , the preservation of universal peace , tbo ability to copo with the Queen of thc Ocean , tho increased facilities for the transmission of American produce , as well as for more oxtensive intercourse with all the other nationa of the earth ; the certaint y of annexing Texas tothe United States without the dread of war ; the probability of _sottihig the Oregon question without a recourse to arms , together with a prospect of _completing such other measures as shall insure -peace and prosperity to thc New World—Mr . President Tiler ascribes the hope of being able to effect one and ail of those things to the Re publican institutions by which tho United

      States are governed . Mr . Tyler's very statesmanlike method of administeringtho retort courteous to the Tory press of England is dignified , masterly , and unique . Of course it would be beneath the dignity of the chief magistrate of a groat people to make direct allusion to those mouthing royalists , but mark how the critic lashes thc hirelings . In speaking of the principles by which the manufactures and commerco . of a countiy should be governed , Mr . _Ttler says-Commerce and manufactures , which had suffered in common witli every other interest , have once more revived and the wholo country exhibits an aspect of prosperity and happiness . Trade and barter , no longer governed by a wild and speculative _Jmania _^ rest upon a solid and sub-• tantial footing .

      No doubt Mr . Tyler had England in view whenhc penned the following admirable strictures upon the duties of Government . He says—Thc cardinal objects which should ever be held in view hy those entrusted with the administration of puhlic affair _^ are rigidly , and without favour or affection , ' so to _intorpi-et the national will , expressed in the laws , as that injustice should bo done to none—justico to all . This has been the rule upon which they have acted ; and thus , it is believed ,

      tliat few cases , if any , exist , wherein our leJJow-citizens , who , from time to time , have heen drawn to the seat of government . for tho settlement of their transactions with t h e g o vernment , have gone away dissatisfied . "Where tlie testimony has been perfected , and was esteemed satisfactory , their claims have been promptly audited ; and this in the _absence of all favouritism or partiality , Tho go . vernment wliich is not just to its own people can neither claim their affection nor the respect ofthe world .

      Mr . _TvLEnsays , " the Government which _t _» _notjus to its ownpeople , can neither claim their affection , nor therespect of the world . " How true and how applicable to our rulers is the above biting sarcasm ! And who can entertain a doubt that it was intended as a retort to the slavish English press , that preaches up tbo freedom ofthe people and daily lends its columns to thc destruction of their every right ? And may it not be justly _concluded , that the want of this fostering care , and the disregard of popular rights , has led to that fraternisation of kings and princes , b y which tyrants hope to hold free thought in trammels , and to subjugate tho rising genius of liberty by tho sword and the cannon .

      Again , what a full-length picturo of our system and its consequences the President pourtrays in the following trite and undeniable paragraph . lie

      says—The dangors to be guarded against are greatly augmented by too large a surplus of revenue . When that surplus greatly exceeds in amount what shall be required by a wise and prudent forecast to meet unforeseen contingencies , tho legislature itself may come to be seized with a disposition to indulge in extravagant appropriations to objects , miany of which may—and , most probably , wouldbe found to conflict witli the constitution . A fancied expediency . is elevated above constitutional authority ; and a rocklcss and wasteful extravagance hut too certainly follows . The important power of taxation , which , when

      exercised in its most restricted form , is a burden on labour and production , is resorted to , under various pretexts , for purposes having no affinity to the motives which dictated its grant ; and tho extravagance of government stimulates individual extravagance , until the spirit of a wild and ill regulated speculation involves one and all in its unfortu nate results . In view of such fatal consequences , it may be laid down as an axiom , founded in moral aud political truth , that no greater taxes should ho imposed tlian are necessary for an economical administration of tho government ; and that whatever exists beyond should bs reduced or modified .

      Those who have read our recent article upon Sir Robert Peel ' s Surplus , will have seen the strikin g similarity of thought that oxiats between ourselves and Mr . President Tvler . upon this subject , while the concluding portion of tho paragrap h assi gns good and sufficient causes for the debasement of tbe English character , thc immorality and debauchery of tho aristocracy , the cupidity and avarice of tho mid die classes , and the consequent poverty and degradation of the poor , because

      unenfranchised , people . Upon the whole we find much to congratulate the English people , who so nobly persevere in tho struggle for their political rights , in the clear and comprehensive Message of the first magistrate of America . Tho manner in which the value of the Suffrage is laid down as the means of ensuring national prosperity , l oca l happiness , and foreign respect and esteem , must convey to tho mind of the most apathetic , the value to bo attached to the inestimable blossings of self-representation .

      We long to receive the " little go" of ber Britannic Majesty upon tho opening of the _approaching Session ; and however war-shi ps , the cannon and thc sword , her assurances ofthe amicable disposition of foreign princes towards her crown and person , and her tender solicitude about her subjects to be taxed , may tickle the cars and dazzle tho _eyes ' of hereditary legisl a to r s and the nominees of landed proprietors and capitalists , yet will the national demand for

      selfrepresentation break throug h all the tinselled and fascinating barriers that oppose it , and enablo us ere long , under a Chartist Parliament , to demand from the Executive the developcmeut of thoso measures , for the support of whieh the people are to lie taxed , in thc enactment of which the _^ whole people shall havo an equal share , and from thc administration of which thc blessings upon which Mr . TrLER congratulates his countrymen , may be conferred upon our own .

      So Meatms Ano Earmpemtmtta

      So _Meatms _ano _earmpemtmtta

      Mb. Aiexandeii Campbell, Dundee.—We Havo...

      Mb . Aiexandeii Campbell , Dundee . —We havo received & letter from Mr . Campbell , containing a copy of a letter addressed by him to Mr . Clark , of the Executive , rather deprecatory of the interference ofthe English Chartists with the question of the Repeal of the Union ; and according ' to Mr . Campbell ' s desire , we should certainly have puhlished hi 5 letter , had not recent circumstances determined us to take no further notice of the subject until we discovered somo such change in the conduct of the leaders , ns would inspire us with confidence in their sincerity , and a belief that the agitation was designed to serve somo better purpose _thanKh c feeding of a set of poor idle gentlemen upon the gullibility of their enthusiastic and confidin g dupes . Wo are willing to atone for the error into which we fell last summer in confiding in the extravagant declarations of Mr . O'ConneU , _TrhUe we think ive stand justified in the pica that

      we thought it impossible that so much heartless and cold-blooded treachery could be practised by any mortal towards tho brave Irish people ; however , if they prefer juggle and amusement to nationality and freedom we have no right to complain . "While , at the samo time wo should have been guilty of gross dereliction of duty ' had we omitted to record our deep censure of the Government prosecution of O'Connell and others ; and Mr . Campbell himself must have sufficient judgment to understand that nothing would have so much pleased Mr . 0 Connell as the indifference of tho English people upon a subject involving great constitutional principles an omission of which Mr . O'Connell would have ma _* a famous handle forthe perpetration of hostilities between the people of both countries . We trust , _tkr-n , our promise not to he again juggled ourselves , will furnish apology sufficient to satisf y our correspondent .

      If _Josiioa Stowell , tailor , who lived at Ashton-undcr-Lyne iu 1842 , and went from thence to Carlisle , Ac , and who is supposed at presont to be in tho neighbourhood of Xcwcastle-upou-Tyne , would communicate with James Ileaton , Pawnbroker , Clitheroe , he would hear of something to his advantage . '

      Mb. Aiexandeii Campbell, Dundee.—We Havo...

      Thomas CoorEB , Vt _^ _vTom . -Zv . George White collected on Christmas Day Cs . l _* d . from the mechanics , 2 s . Cd . from Mr . George Bishop , and various other sums at Mr W . Gouldsboroug h ' s ; J . Alderson's , Hope and Anchor ; and other places , for Mr . Cooper , now confined in Stafford Gaol . Ue despatched 13 s . 6 _* d . to him on Dec 26 th , aud will forward thc list to tho Aorthern Star when complete . Further subscriptions received hy G . White , J . Alderson , and W . Gouldsborougb . Mr John Ciabk , district secretary of tho Durham and Northumberland Mines , desires us to say that he has received 5 b .. collected at the Ship , Steelhouse-lane , Birmingham . Mb Blackshaw . —It is impossible for us to post any othev paper than the Star . Some postman changes it . let Ford write to the General Post Office if it occurs again . Henb . t _Co-llikson _, late of Hull . —The letter of December 3 rd docs not contain the address . Send it , and

      you will have an answer . Db . M'Douall aud the GlasgowCuabtists . —On Thursday morning we received several letters upon tho subject of a conversation referred to in the address of thc Executive of last week betweeu Dr . M'Douall and one of the Glasgow Chartists . Our correspondents are aware that communications from individuals should he sent to the office at the latest on Wednesday . Wo should willingly give insertion to the correspondence referred to this week , was it in our power to do so . For the present , however , we must content ourselves with an abstract of the points contained in each , allowing them to speak for themselves fully next week , when wc shall publish them at length . Dr . M'Douall thinks the right course would have heen to have

      transmitted the private letter written to Mr . Clark to him ior reply . He denies the accuracy of the information given to the Executive , He states that all attempts to fraternise England and Scotland having _faUcd , that he looks to the fraternisation of all nations as the best mode of securing Chartist princip les . We beg to keep the essential reason assigned by the Executive for the publication of the document in question clearly in view —namely , thc desire to make it so public , as that Dr . M'Douall should have tho opportunity of explaining , not to an individual , but to tbe pubiie . A course which , in our judgment , is pre-eminently calculated to guide all parties to right conclusions . Mr . Smith , the secretary ofthe Glasgow Chartists , has also written UDonthe subject ; his letter shall appear in our next .

      Mi * . Smith states that his letter , not being intended for publication , might have been written unguardedly , but that the essential facts of the correspondence are correct . He also states , that on the ICth of December , he wrote another , letter to Mr . Clark , mentioning circumstances which partly altered the opinions contained in his first . We have also received a letter from Glasgow , hearing the signatures et Duncan Sherrington , Robert Burrell , and James Livingstone , all of whom state that they were present at the conversation , when Mr . Kidd defended a national organization , and upon a full explanation , the difference of opinion between the Doctor and the others was not very material . They state that Mr . Smith is a man of superior character , and that there is uot one in Glasgow who esurted himself more

      to further and assist the mission of Dr . M'Douall . We have also a letter from Thomas Whilton , chairman of the Dundee Association , in which he states that the Doctor ' s lectures at Dundco had done much good , and regrets the publication of Smith ' s letter . All these letters shall appear in our next , and with them the matter , as far as the Star is concerned , shall terminate . This course wc consider the wisest , while , if the Executive had withheld the communicution , even from a private source , perhaps wo might have been dragged into a long controversy between parties amongst whom there appears to exist but a trifling difference of opinion . _Commuxicatioks _WiTHnEtD . —Owing to press of matter we are compeUed to withhold the following communications till next week : —Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on Mr . Duncombe ' s intended motion in the House of Commons for the Repeal of the Rate-paying clauses in- the Reform Bill : Mr . Clark's letter to thc Chartists of Scotland ;

      the Address ot tho Sorth Lancashire Delegates ; and the Address to thu Journeymen Tailors . Oeouce Bout , Glasgow . —With every wish to publish the favours of our friend , wo must decline inserting his present communication . It contains too much of blood and murder , and is too like the preceding year ' s " retrospect , " to be suitable . Try again . The Wa y to Cube the _Mesirs . _Cuahbeks . —A cor . respondent writes as follows : —Would it not be strict justiee to the Messrs . Chambers to try to convince them tliat there is somo virtue in Labour- Unions , by some party or person undertaking to supply the masses with literary food from another source than the Edinburgh manufactory 1 Some 20 , 000 or 30 , 000 journals sold loss weekly , would , you may depend on it , sir , do much towards restoring the Messrs . Chamhers to their senses . Hoping this will meet with the attention of my " Order , " I beg to subscribe myself , one who used to take in " Chambers . "

      W « . _STCBBisas , TONEB . 1 DGE Wells . —Inadmissible . Captain Fka . _vcisco MargaRit . —In the Star of the 7 th of December appeared a paragraph , setting forth that Captain _Magai-it was " about to proceed to Spain , and Solicitiii ( r assistance from the lovers of freedom for that gentleman . The paragraph was in several particulars incorrect . Captain Margarit had intended to return to his own country , but unfavourable circumstances prevented the fulfilment of his intentions . He has not left England , nor does he intend doing so while Englishmen will afford him a refuge against thc deadly persecution of the tyrants who at present trample upon Spain . Captain Margarit takes this opportunity of

      returning his heartfelt thanks to his London friends for their sympathetic aid , and gratefully acknowledges the following donations subscribed by them : —Received from Mr . Wheeler , 7 s , cd . ; Somers Town Chartists , 2 s . 6 d . ; collected at the Northern Star Soiree , £ 1 7 s . ; from other London Chartists ( locality not remembered ) , per Mr . Wheeler , 7 s . All letters for Captain Margarit to be addressed to the care of Mr . Julian Harney , 17 , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket , London . WM . _TAIKE , _SlSATroan-OK-AvON . —Ml * Julian Harney knows nothing of the letter ho speaks of . The account of Crowley ' s arrest has already appeared in the Star .

      LivebpooIi . —Mr . Paine , news agent , of Stratford-on-Avon , Warwickshire , writes us that two Chartist friends of his , emigrating to Indianna _, U . S ., wcre shipped on board the Ashburton at Liverpool , which port they left on the 21 st of October last . Not having heard from his friends , and doubtful of their safety , he wishes to know from any Liverpool friend , who will take the trouble to inquire whether the Ashburton reached her destination safely , with all her passengers Bafe also . The names of tho emigrants were Brandiss _RTul _lilKKful .

      Example wobtht oj Imitation . — Joseph Morgan , Deptford , wr ites ) to us thatthe three localities , Deptford , Greenwich , and Lewisham , have commenced the good work of " getting on to the land , " Our corres . poudent says , " Although we are not so fluent in . speech as some men are , yet wc have brains enough to understand that we have been accumulating wealth for others , and that if we can do that , . we can also create wealth for ourselves . " In answer to those who object to buy the land , and who contend that the people must get the Charter before they think , about getting on to

      . the land , Mr . Morgan replies— " They might as well tell us that we ought not to buy food and clothing , because both are heavily taxed , and that wo had better wait for the Charter ,, when we shall get them free of taxation . " Mr . Morgan adds , that it is not poverty that makes him a Chartist , and such a resolute stickler for the land ; for his wages are . € 1 Ms . weekly , and h e has a vote for thc Borough . May his example be followed , and may there be many such as hc by the next election , is our wish . Z . P . —No .

      Monies Received By Mr. O'Connor. Toil Ea...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . _TOIl EA'ECPriVB , £ s . d . From a few female friends , Dundee .. .. 0 3 6 From Uie Chartists of Penzance , per J . P . O'Brien 0 10 0 THOMAS COOPBtt . Prom G . C , Sheffield , per Hr . "West .. .. 0 10 BUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . From a few Chartist friends at Stokesley , per William Ilebdon 0 10 0 RECEIPTS PEll _GEXEKAL SECRETAlt-i . SCBSCBiri'lOXS , s . d . s . d . Stratford ( six weeks ; 1 C _Camhei-wcll 1 ( 5 Alva ( three months in tongtou GO advance ) . ' 9 C CARDS . Tillicoultry .. .. .. 8 0 _Colsnaughton ., .. ,, 3 0 Alva 4 0 DONATIONS . John Gideon , Barnard Jolm Wrathall 10 Castle 10 Todmorden 9 0 All localities who are iudebtcd ' for cards or subscriptions are requested immediately to transmit the same , as the Treasurer has a heavy hill for printing , which must be immediately discharged It is also requested that the localities furmsh themselves with the Registration aud Account Book ( pace four shillings ) , ordered by the late Convention , as the Executive have experienced a heavy outlay m procuring them to be printed . THOMAS M . WHEELER .

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      Destructive Fire At Croydon. —On Wednesd...

      Destructive Fire at Croydon . —On Wednesday morning , between tho _ioui-s of two and three , afire broke out m tbe premises of Mr . R . S . M'Leod , maltster , at Thornton ' s Heath , Croydon . Wben first discovered , thc flames were raging in the kiln and stoveroom . From tbat portion of the premises the flames extended to two malt-floors , well stored with grain ; the length of one waa 110 feet by about 30 wide , tbe other was upwards of 60 feet long by 32 wide . A spacious coach-house and a two-stall stable , belonging to Mr . Maud , next became i gnited , and , inspito of every effort to save them , they were speedily burnt down . Tho damage clone is as follows : —Malt-kiln and stove-room burned down ; tbo two malt-floors had their contents and roofs destroyed ; and about 300 quarters of barley are extensivel y damaged by fire and water . Coach-house and stable , belonging to Mr . Maud , consumed . Tbe fire originated from the overheating of the kiln . ;

      Destructive Fire At Croydon. —On Wednesd...

      Extensive Bank Robbery ra _Tahis — \ Escape of ax Innocen t Man . —The cashier _n ? n 0 ! t of the pubiie companies in Paris has just heZ « rested on a charge of robbing his _ciiinlm- _^ _" * 30 , 000 f . The ease is rather a remarkable J ? * showing the narrow escape ofan innocent man V desk oftbe cashier had been broken open , and )] above sum , out of 50 _, 000 f . that it _contauiou Wa . % stracted . The cashier made his declaration _^ jr poUce , and thc porter of tbe _establislmicnt ]| n ' a key of tbo room , was suspected . Ho was arrest 1 bis lod ging was searched , and in it was found _Jfi corresponding exactly with the marks on the Tf where it bad been forced . The poor fellow , liow e _^ protested his innocence energeticall y , and _eiitrci t _* ! tbe police to visit the lodging of tbe cashier W they committed bim to prison . Although no * . _?

      , cion was entertained ot the cashier , this was dJ bet nothing was found to criminate him . su o quently the police , having ascertained that his _^ of Jiving was beyond liis means , be was intcrroL _' , % ] and then confessed that he bad stolen thc money ' _„ bad adopted the means resorted to in tbe act in ord to cause it to be believed that the robbery had lJe ! effected by some other person . Ho stated that he y taken tbe money to Maisons Lafitte , and there ijurik ] it , but on going to the spot with the police no nio J ! was found . The prisoner persisted in asserting that be iiad buried ii there , and said hc must Iiavc ' _iKj _,. seen doing so b y some person , who bad suicc re ! moved it .

      Extensive asd Destructive _Fiue in Du . v , —On the morning of Wednesday last , 25 th of Deccuj _! ber , tbe extensive premises occupied by Messrs . l _^ _C and Son , coachbuilders hero , with their divouV . bouse , were entirely consumed by fire . It msyfj ! stated that the premises front English-street , ' i „ which the dwelling-house was situated , and run l _« ck a considerable way towards " New Market-street - thcy consisted of workshops , storehouses , where varnish , turpentine , paints , and other infliuiHnal )] materials were kept , and several large rooms hot ) , on the ground floor and in the upper stories , fillel ] with carriages and gigs of various descri ptions , both new and old . When the alarm was given , and an entranco was effected to the premisesit was found tliat

      , tbe fire waa raging in a part of tbe building on the west side , near _A ew Market-street , lately occupied by Mr . Greig as a riding-school . The engines were goon ou tlio spot , and a supply of water procured in carts , while numbers ef persons soon collected , able and anxious to assist in putting down the fire . It was accordingl y proposed to cut off the part of the building on fire from the other premises , if possible and thus prevent it spreading farther ; but before any _nieasui-cs could be taken to effect tin ' s ( iesi falile object , it was discovered that thc centre part of the buildings , in whieh various combustible materials were kept , was also on fire ; and soon afterwards the fire was seen proceeding from the garrets of the dwelling-house . The destructive element ,

      proceeding from so many different points , spread with such rapidity , that it soon became evident that the Messrs . Beck ' s premises could not be saved ; and the attention of those present was directed towards the pre servation of the adjoining houses , as well as to the stock and furniture in the burning buildings . In both of these objects the efforts made wore successful for although one small house adjoining was actually on fire , the flames were got under without much damage , while nearl y the whole ofthe Messrs . Beck ' s furniture and a number of vehicles on the '' round floors were saved . There are strong reasons tor be lieving tbat tbe fire was not accidental , but wilfullv produced . It broke out in several different p lace s at or about the same time ; and a wood shed on tlie cast side of the premises , which was not burnt down

      , contained strong evidence that the band of an incendiary had been there at work . Among the _Imiluina consumed is tbo large show-room , in which Jfi . O'Connor lectured tbo last time he was in Dumfries , when Parson Mackenzie , the Non-lnlrusiomst . so shamefully withheld the key of tbo Assembly Uooins _, Assembl y-street , after tiiey had been _eimajred hy the Chartist committee , and in defiance of his owu manager , who had let the place for the occasion . Execution 01 * Maky Gallop , thk I _' akricide . — Chester , Saturday . —Thc anxiety of all classes to ascertain tho fate of this woman was , until a Iuto bom * last nig ht , great in the extreme ; for though , ill tllC estimation of those capable of judging in such a matter , the petitions forwarded from this citv for a

      mitigation of punishment were calculated to enforce the necessity of carrying tbe utmost rigour of the law into effect , rather than call for the exercise of that mercy to whicli they professed to appeal , yet it was considered that , under all tho circumstances of the ease a resp ite , at least , might bave been expected . The document miscal l ed a " confession " ofthe miserable girl bad no claun to that character ; it was , as Mr . Rowe , a Dissenting minister , who assisted in " getting it up , " has admitted , composed from a series of " leading" questions , to which the culprit merely rep li e d by the monosyllables "Yes " and "No , " while tbe questions themselves were inserted as her spontaneous avowals . Such serious matters should be superintended by better Qualified _neraona

      than thoso whoso zeal prompted intcrt ' ercuca on this occasion . But though suspense in tlio humane hope tbat cap ital punishment would not be inflicted thus prevailed , the authorities at the Castlo wero relieved of all doubt on the subject by a communication re ceived from Sir J . Graham on Thursday last , stating , that after due investigation of all the points urged iu favour of the prisoner , together with tbe evidence adduced at the trial , it was deemed inconsistent with the duty of Government to arrest the course of law in this oase , and the necessary preparations for execution were accordingly made . ' The shock produced by the appalling intelligence was at the moment distressing l y great , but she soon rallied , and resumed tbe same calmness , almost amounting to indifference and reservedness

      of manner , for wbich sho bad previousl y been so remarkably distinguished . As , in accordance with custom , the prisoner had _toboromoved to the city gaol , on the walls of which the dismal apparatus of death was erected , a short tunc after midnight Mr . Hill , the superintendent of police , proceeded to tbe Castle and produced an order for the delivery of the prisoner into bis custody , and tho wretched g irl soon appeared , kindly supported by Mrs . Bennion , tbo matron , to whom sho clung as if dreading the moment of separation . The matron , having p laced a thick veil over the head and shoulders of her unfortunate charge , resigned her to tbose who were to form her escort , and she was lifted into a small chaise cart . Mr . Rowe . the

      Dissenting minister , took his seat on hor left-band , nt her especial request , and police-sergeant Dohcvty sat on her ri ght ; and thus , with a number of policemen on each side , Mr . Haswell , the governor of the c ity g aol , and Mi * . Hill , walking behind , sho proceeded slowly onward through the silent streots . On arriving bofovo the eity gaol tbe gibbet suddenly met her view , and all her fortitude Beerned to forsako her . It was with difficulty that she was saved from falling forward , and when tho cart stopped sho was so utterly hel pless that Mr . Hill took her in bis arms and carried her up stairs . She was taken to a room , in which the matron and the wife of the governor awaited her , and immediately paid her tho kindest attentions . At about half-past eleven o ' clock this

      morning the prisoner was led between her two female attendants to the chapel , where prayers were offered up , after which the sacrament was administered by the Rev . Mr . Eaton , the chaplain ofthe gaol ; during the wholo of whieh tho unhappy prisoner seemed ovenvholmed by the sense of her dreadful situation . She was soon afterwards re-conducted to the apartment sho had left , where a short time was aeaia devoted to prayer . But the awful moment was then fast approaching ; thc executioner entered and pinioned her arms as she sate , and , finding her quite incapable ot standing , she was carried in a chair and

      placed under the fatal beam . Thc cord was quickly adjusted ; her spiritual teachers uttered tbeir parting words of consolation ; tlio executioner asked and obtained hor pardon- ; shook her band with all the kindness hc eould assume , and left her alone upon the scaffold . The next instant the bolt was drawn , and then tho awful plunge—the mortal straggle ( which , in consequence oftbe little fall afforded by her sitting posture , was of frightful duration )— -tho equally appalling stillness that succeeded , when tlio convulsion of the countenance and the quivering of the limb announced tliat sult ' _ei'ing was at an end , — and all was over .

      Confession op a Murderer . —During tho last few days William Kendrew , the murderer of Mr . W Inchbald _, of Lo _* w Dunstbrth _, near Boroughbridge , under tbo instruction of the Rev . Thomas Sutton , the chaplain at the Castle , has exhibited a greater degree ot penitence than might have been expected atter the indifference he bas manifested since his conviction . Last week he caused a letter to be written to his friends , in whieh he stated that he was innocent of the crime , but on Thursday bust hc mado a verbal confession to Mr . Sutton , of which tbe following is the nurnort _*—He stated that a fortnight

      betore the murder , Mr . Inchbald had threatened to have bim transported for poaching before tho c . tpiration of three months , inconsequence of which , lie ( Kendrew ) on the 2 Sth of September , lay in wait for Mr . Inchbald , and having arrived at the place described at tho trial fired and hit him in the 5 ack . Mr . Inchbald then turned round , wben Ker . drew discharged the second barrel , and wounded him in the left arm . Not 'being satisfied with this , he went up to the unfortunate man whilst be was lying on thc ground , and struck him with the butt end of tha sun .

      Air . Inchbald then , a lthoug h so seriously woinded , got up and followed Kendrew , wbo immediately went into the fields and saw no more of thc deceased . The cul prit asserted that ho had no intention of robbing Mr . Inchbald , -but that he had committed the deed entirely out of revenge for the threat which he had used towards liim . —Tori Herald . Settle . —The Anti-Tobacco Societv . —Thc abovenamed society held tbeir first anniversary on Christmas-day , wben thc whole of tbe membera sat down to an excellent dinner provided for tbe occasion . At the close of the dinner tbe meeting was addressed bj several speakers , after which several new members were _cvnvn led .

      Death of Major-General Sir "William Nott , v _?* ¦ B , _~^ f , _i TIIE _\ , jA _2- _^ - -General Sir W . Nott , one ofthe "heroes" ot Aff _ghaniMan . died this day , at a quarter before two , a . m .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_04011845/page/4/