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      Novel Way Op Cineuxatino News.—The Figar...

      L _ttjnBRWW V ** : * thc _atm _Faae . \ —quite the reverse—to their gaining their objects by strikes , combinatic . * _os , ant ? the pressure of force on reluctant mast _^ s . Mr . _IIuMs _« -The "Noble ttord bad entirely mistook liim . _J . _& fcad asserted nothing ofthe kind . Loci J .. Af AsxEES _=-Well , if the hon . member did not say this . 1 of course-retract the words . But itiscleav to this-end we shall come at last , when the govern _ment has finally -and formally abdicated all its paternal _fuuotiOHa uf interference aud protection . The power of -wealth is increasing everyday . The State is daily "contracting its governing and guiding « perations- ; until now , when labour comes , and prays * fc > be _protected by law _against the tyranny of wealth , _t \ _ieSMe ' gaswer 3 , _* 5 _? o : tuc & o _* veraivigpow cr 3 haYere _Jievcdtfcaaselvesofall thepaternal functioBsthey once

      fulfillcd =-they cannot interfere . Do your best , suner your _srerst ; so long as you pay taxes , and give us , tbe gods-fef Epienrus , notrouble , _itisamatterotsupretae indifference to us whether you are overworked or _eot _, ¦ whether you have time to enjoy this life and prepare SbPsnother or not-we take no concern m _yompjy-¦ Bibal comfort or moral improvement , the strength ol -Mar bodv , the growth of your soul , the direction of " ¦ Jwir intellect . That is your affair * rVe « re _taxiatbercrs and _poUcenicn-sce in ns for the future _Sotiiing more / ' Wcli , that is your theory of govern _ment , which vou call upon us tbis day to sanction . J , for my part , protestagainstso grovelling , so money grabbing , so ignominious a system . I say , with Mr . Darkle , that a government ofthe underclasses by the upper , on a principle of " let alone , " is no longer

      possible in England in these days . 1 saw with lum , "the working classes cannot any longer go on without government—without being exactly guided and governed . England cannoi subsist in peace till , by some _racaus or other , guidam-e aud government for ihem is found . " I accept this Bill as an earnest of good , paternal , patriarchal government for the future . 1 hail it as common standard , under whieh all wh o are impressed with the great truth so eloquently a ? _i-¦ nouneeil by Mr . Gariyle _, be they Tories like rays- if , Whigslike Lord Grey , or Chartists , like Mr . O'Conr jor and the hon . member for Finsbury , may cordially and _Garnesay unite , and I look forward with joyful t mticlpatioa ' to the time when the working men < ff . ' this wealtli-ridden country shall be able to _regan ? . with just feelings of pride and _gratitucce _, _aliouse-tfi

      Commons "that thought its highest duty audits dearest " _privilege" was to -minister to tie wants , direct the --wishes , listen to the prayers , increase t " he « oniforts , _-dfeainish the toil , and _elerat-e the character of the loug-sufferinc , industrious , and gallant _people of "England . ( Great cheering . " ) Mr . Tkel & _tszy contended that - * 8 $ e working _passes did not foresee thc _ultimate consequences of * this measure- and that it-was as necessary to resist * £ heir demands for its concession as it "Pas when they _demanded other foolish end absurd panaceas for their -sufferings . They might as well *» cpS & minimum price for kbour as _z-trJnimum for kbour itself . If ' ¦ they limited the hosrs of labour da our manufactories _, wfcy should they not limit them in the rural _•^ districts during the harvest seasos : ; and in London when tte attraction ? of the fashionable world pressed -so heavily on the rest and comforts of 15 , 300

      _niil-< linere . He believed this measare would be deeply injurious to the interests of masters and men . lt " "was an attempt at out-of-door relief in disguise ; at _* best its effects _eoeld only be _illcsory , and might pro-: bably be niGst mischievous . Holding these views , he _'mustgivethebitlhismostdecidedopposition . ( Hear . Sir R . Ixgis asserted thai the government had _•*] ong ago conceded the principle of interference with -labour , nnd tbat the point no " . *? at issue was , whether " * wc had arrived at the point beyond which interfer-• ence ought not to go . He contended that we had ? not , and was therefore prepared to support this bill , " which was not the offspring of an enthusiast of the last or present _generatiou , but of a master manufacturer , _Tvho had at onetime worked up one-hundredth part of all the cotton imported into the country _, lie then called Sir- ' ? . Graham to account for having stated that the _hcoise had never sanctioned by its vote a" ten hours * bill .

      Sir-J . Graham , _inreelsy , contended that in 1 S 44 the- ten hours' proposition had only been raised once substantially , and that then it had been rejected by the house . Mr . S . _Ckawfokd supported the bill , on the ground that the prolonged hours of labour interferca with the education , morality , and all the social relations of the community . -They were also producing a physical deterioration in the race of men who inhabited the manufacturing districts , as was proved by the constant complaints of the recruiting ofiieers , who formerly got our best soldiers from them , and who . now stated thatcthe difficulty of obtaining tall and able-bodied menihere was daily increasing . Mr . Doxcjx -was convinced that tins measure would prove ruinous to trade , and consequently ta the interests bf those for whose benefit it wa 3 intended .

      SirG . _Gret trimmed for some time between the argumtnts in favour oi ani against this bill , and rendered it doubtful during the greater pari of his speech on which-side he would vote . At last he declared his intention of supporting thc second reading , but at the same time guarded himself -against -the idea of being supposed to acquiesce in the details of the bill . He should be prepared to vote against- the third clause , and to support the first clause , fixing the _baurs of labour at 11 . Mr . _Brotheri-ok supported a reduction to eleven hours . It was , _he-eaid , vain to talk about providing public parks , and improving the moral and social condition of thc people , unless the house extended its protection to thenian a manner to preserve them from over toil , and its-demoralising and unhealthy results . The hon . member-concluded by declaring his intention of supporting-ihe bill .

      At this period of the debate , a quarter past five 6 'eloek , the hoHse-was unusually thronged , and loud and repeated cries of "Divide" sufficiently denoted the anxiety and general expectation ofa division on this important _^ isstion . It was evident , likewise , that the members in favour of the second reading of the Bill greatly preponderated , and that , should a division take place , the government would most certainly be defeated . No member rose for a few seconds after Mr . ; £ rotherton resumed his seat , and the cry of "clear the gallery , " was repeated by a

      hundred -voices , "he _government were in a dilemma —ihe whippers-In koked abashed—inextricable confusion reigned on the Treasury benches—another and an inevitable defeat seemed fast approaching ; but Mr . _Gaudweu _. rushed to the rescue . With a bundle of documents snatelisdup at random , he sprang to the table , and amidst the ironical cheers , continued interruptions , . and indignation of the house , talked against time for upwards of three-quarters of an hour , and did not sit down nntil ten minutes before six o ' clock , and until _theigovernment were saved from being left in a minority .

      Mr . JIiskes immediately rose , and , "being in possession of thc House , " offered to forego the privilege of speaking , and alio *? a division to be taken , for which there yet _remaiuad sufficient time . This offer was declined , and Me . -Ward attempted to move an adjournment . Mr . 13 ask . es refused-to yield his right . lie denounced iu befitting terms the unworthy manoeuvre -of the Government , who , bavins left unanswered Mr . Colquhoun's and Lord J . Manners' powerful speeches , as the hour approached when by the standing order the house should adjourn , put up the _Secretary of tlie Treasury to speak against time , and thus _s-ive themselves from the ignominy of a sure defeat : nnd he moved the adjournment of thc debate -to Mosday night . Sir il . _i'Eti . objected t * have the debate adjourned to Monday , as lie eould not give it precedence over the Tariff , which he intended to go on with that day .

      Mr . _UiMiEs then declared that he would make use of all the forms of tlie house to compel the _resumption of the debate on Monday , and tliat he would divide the house on the question " that the -debate he adjourned € o Monday . _Seeing that , sh _.-uid-adivision take place in the then -excited stete of the house , he weuld _nusfc likely be left in a minority , even on the question of adjournment , the Premier proposed a _comfd-omise . lie _consented to have the debi & e adjourned to Monday , with -the understanding that lie would theE arrange tohave it resumed on an early day . Mr . _JiiXKEs' _meilon was _consequently agreed to ; . and the minute band of the clock at that moment pointing to six , the clerk commenced reading the standing orders for thc adjournment of the house amidst shouts of laugfetcr . HOUSE OF _LOEDS- _'fcuRSDAT , Mat 14 .

      The royal asseat was given , _tj * commission , to the 3 Insolvent Debtors Act Continuaucc Bill , and several < official and private bills . lord Stax _& _et moved for a retain of tbe amount _0 of grain imported from Ireland isto Great Britain ii in the month of February last , also for a return to _sallow the number of ships cleared out , laden with e _^ orn , from all tke ports in the different countries of i Europe and America during the last year . —Ordered . _.,., ° _n the motion ofthe Marquis of Claxmcaude _, tithe Polling Place 3 { Irelaad } Bill was read a second titimc . _1 HOUSE OF _COMMONS-Thubsuy , May li . In the House of Commons . _ColonelWood _having •¦ amoved the second reading ofthe Metropolitan Sewage JMManure Bill , Sir De Lacy * Evans moved as an amend-[ imjncnt , that it be read a second time that day six _Dtnunonths . . Afcersome discussion , thc further consideration of ' iihehe question was postponed to 'Thursday next .

      j Mr . P . _Pxcmttre gave notice of his intention to rawing : in a bill to repeal the Sth and Oth Victoria , _lahalled tho Maynooth Act . 3 Sir . SroosEE brought forward his motion for £ Zie iippnpomtment of a Committee of Inquiry into tht * illkllegatums contained in a petition presented from _illnlr . Toulmin Smith , barrister-at-law , whose house _was-as entered last December by two policemen and an " . _Jiatecise officer _. on a warraut _. founded upon an insinua-« orion contained in an anonymous letter , to the effect _iliauan an illicit still was concealed iii the learned _jenentlsman ' s dwelling . , A An animated debate then ensued , Mr . _Cakdweij , '

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      and the _ATTOEKBY-GissftAi . opposing the _'f olution . which , on a division , was lost by a majority of 134 to Lord GErmEl _^ mcK _^^^ _^ _£ _- dress to her _Majesty , praying her to direct that _„™ _* n 0 ho _Ki . _l _hnfm-ethe house of certain documents The motion was seconded by Mr . Robbuck , and agreed to . FACT 0 R y BILL . On ihe order of tbe day for further proceeding on ihe _ouestion that the debate on the amendment to the-second reading ofthe Factory Bill be adjourned ! till Monday next , being read , ' . ' I Mr . Bankes said the debate was adjourned under peculiar circumstances ; the adjournment of the dei bate was eatried ; te ( Mr . Bankes ") then proposed that I it should be adjourned till Monday next , * before the j house could decide that question , the hour arrived at I wliich it was-necessary the Speaker should _kave the I chair . He * ow moved tbat the debate be adjourned ! till this day ( Friday ) week . ! Tbe S _3-3 aker said the _question wssput to the i housea . u " 3 it waa declared that the " Ayes" had it .

      , Sir R . Peel thought it desirable there should be no misunderstanding , the debate had already been _adjoumi-ed twice , bnt considering t > . at many members engage d on committees had expressed a wish to take part i ' a it , he was ready to assign a government day for the _c-antinuance of the debate , and to allow it to take _precedence of all utber bHsiness , with the exception of tfje Corn Bill and the . Tariff . He had wished to taV . e one discussion on the Settlement Bill , but he wf is not disposed to insist upon that . It " , therefore , tfiey should have concluded the discussion on the < " Jorn Bill and the Tariff on Friday , he was ready to 50 into the discussion on the Factory Bill . " The debate was then adjourned till Friday next . The house adjourned at half-past 1 o ' clock .

      HOUSE OF LORDS—Friday , May 15 . On the motion to go into Committee on the Religions Oninions'Bill , The Bishop of Exeter _movc-l as an amendment that the Biil be read a second time that day six months . Thc Bishop of St . Davids heartily _^ supported the Bill , declaring that he approved of every clause in it , though he thought it ought to have gone further . The Bishop of _Oxponn , and Lords _i-BROUGHAM , Campbell , and _Siaslet , having addressed the house the amendment was rejected without a division , and the house went into committee . - - The unopposed clauses were agreed to , and those objected to were postponed for thc purpose of bein g amended and having the amendments printed . Some Bilk ? _on'their'Lordships * table were advanced a sta ge , aud the house adjourned . HOUSE OF COMMONS . — Friday . May 15 .

      CORN IMPORTATION BILL-ADJOURNED DEBATE . The adjourned debate on the third reading of the Corn Importation Bill and the Marquis of Granby ' s amendment thereto , was resumed by Mr . Colquhoun , who opposed the Bill in an able speech . He was followed by Mr . C . Wood on the other side . Mr . P . Besxet , Mr . Hudsoh , the Marquis of Worcester , and Mr . Lawson , gave their decided opposition to the Free-trade measure ofthe government . Mr . Montague Gore and Mr . Vernon Smith spoke in favour of the Ministerial measure .

      Mr . _D'Israeli delivered one of his telling invectives against the Premier , which are so heartily enjoyed by all tbe Anti-Peelites . The right hon . baronet was accused Of entirely changing , but of that he ( Mr . D'lsraeli ) acquitted him , because from the days of Horner to those of Cobden , the right hon . baronet had traded in the ideas and intelligence of others . His life bad been one great appropriation clause . He was the burglar of others' intellects , a committer of petty larcenies on others' brains . Tho right

      honourable baronet told the house ho did not feel humiliated ; but humiliation depended on the organisation of the animal ; and though he might not feel humiliation for himself , the country ought to feel it for Wm . The great comprehensive plan of his was not his at all . It was the plan of Popkins ; and was the country to be convulsed for Popkins' plan ? Away with this political pedlar , who had bought his party in the cheapest and sold it in the dearest market . Mr . D'lsraeli ' s speech waa enthusiastically applauded by the Protectionists .

      Lord John Russell supported the Ministerial

      measure . Sir R . Peel considered he would insult the house and the country should he condescend _fcs bandy personalities when this great question was under discussion . He had foreseen the serious responsibilities his course on this question would subject him to—that it would interrupt political friendships and party ties ; but the smallest annoyance he had anticipated as its true result was thc continued venomous attacks of tho hon . member for Shrewsbury . All he should say was , that if the hon . member believed in 1 S 41 that be ( Sir " R . Peel ) had been guilty of those petty larcenies spoken of , it was strange the hon . member should have consented to unite his fortunes in office with one whose conduct he thought so contemptible .

      Mr . D'Israeli completely denied the insinuation cast by the Premier that he had solicited office . The hon . member pledged his honour that he had never applied to the government for any appointment , although such rumours had been propagated by persons about the Minister . bir R . Peel insisted that Mr . D'lsraeli had intimated to him in 1841 that he was willing to co-operate in office with the Government . Lord G . Bentinck opposed the Bill , which Mr . Villiers supported . The House then divided : — For the reading 327 Against 22 $

      Majority 98 The Bill was then read a third time , and passed , and the house adjourned at a quarter-past four .

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      Limehouse. Mr. Feakgus O'Conson Attended...

      LIMEHOUSE . Mr . Feakgus _O'CoNson attended " at the Branswick Hall , Roperoakers' Fields , on Monday , May 11 th , to deliver a lecture on the People ' s Charter and the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . The Hall was well filled . Mr . Fletcher was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . O'Connor said the working classes produced food , clothes , houses , & c , < fcc ., for all , and yet they did not enjoy a fair share of what they produced . Learning that theirisocial happiness depended on the application of their labour to the land—( bear , hear )—masters never cared about a mere political society , but when they saw it had a great social end in view , and that it must benefit the condition ofthe workmen , they took the alarm , and tried all means to thwart its progress . At Newton ,

      Lancashire , on Thursday last , the masters entered into an illegal combination , forming themselves into a central masters' union , for the purpose of putting down the national association of the United Trades for the protection of industry , established by working men , and we are told that they do this for the purpose of preventing the workmen cutting their own throats —( loud laughter)—and soft was when Mr . Fielden brought in the ten hour bill to prevent children working in factories more than ten hours ' a day . Sir James Gtaham , filled with philanthropy , resisted it , lest forsooth it might have the effect ol reducing wages as well as time , when it was a wellknown fact that restriction of time always tended to increase wages . ( _Qear , hear . ) His ( Mr . O'Connor ' s ) desire was to prepare the mind of the people

      for any change that may take place , [ in order that they may not be found in the predicament of the people of France at the time of her revolution , or even as the people of this country were at thc time of the Reform Bill . There was ample land to employ the whole people here at home , it was the want of restriction and the proper application of tlieir labour that caused misery and distress . Just suppose a district profitably employing 10 , 000 persons , that is to say that the 10 , 000 is just enough to do the work of the district , the consequence would be that they weuld get good wages ; well , but let 2 , 000 additional persons come into that district , and the result wonld fee strong competition , a bidding against each other for the work , and a general reduction of wageslmusybllow throughout that district . How , then , shall we restrict the bands to tho requisite number ? What shall we do with the surplus ? Why send them on the Land , yes , Land of their own , not for twenty-one years , but for ever , on which

      every delve of the spade produces for themselves , ( loud cheers ) , and this would whet the general appetite for the Land . ( Hear , hear . ) No Act of Parliament would ever show a man the value of his labour , but the Chartist Co-operative Land Society would . ( Hear , hear . ) Much had been written about Ireland , her Small Farm System , & c , but those writers knew as much about the Land as an Irish pig knew about Geometry . ( Loud laughter . ) They talked of the Small Farms in that country , when its great curse was Large Farms . ( Hear , hear . ) Tiie reason the master class would not support the Land plan , was , because they well knew if the working men once went to work on the Land , their love of independence would be so great they would never work for the masters again . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connor next entered into a lucid explanation of the working ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Plan , and showed that it was utterly impossible to obtain Laud retail but that it was easy to effect that object by co-operation . Since thi ; establishment of the Chartist

      CoI operative Land bocicty , many men had given up the Public House in order to invest their little earnings in their own Land Bank . ( Loud cheers . ) lie would 110 W turn his attention to the political portion of the subject—the . Charter , and he really thought the . Lund scheme a great aid to the Chartist cause . Suppose that 20 , 000 ' were located , and that in each cottage they had a musket over their mantle shelf to protect their cottage , do you not think it would be a great step towards obtaining the Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) He . knew first principle men said the Land was already _theJrs ; yes , that was yery true , but un-

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      fortunately tbey had-lost possession , and they must regain it again as well as they could , hence he _savd purchase it . ( Cheers . ) The Americans possessed the Franchise to a considerable extent , ' but they found the franchise was of small use without the Land , and they now echoed cur cry , andi we ' re shouting most lustily— " No Land , no Rifle ! " ( Cheers . ) He was not ona of those who would tell them to be idle—no . he told them that if they did not exert themselves they deserved all they suffered . ( Cheers . ) When the time arrived it would be seen that Chartism , was It

      tbe only ism that could live through the storm . would not be the thunder of Russell , or of Co bden , but the thunder of the masses of Chartism , that would be heard successfully pealing . ( Loud cheers- ) In conclusion , Mr . O'Connor said : —Should lj _^ e _™ see only 15 , 000 persons located on the Land with tne efforts I have made for mankind , I shall lay my bead on mv pillow with the proud reflection and conviction that I leave the world better than 1 found _" ( Greatapplause . ) ., „ ' . \ Mr . O'Connor then left the Hall amid three hearty cheers .

      Several questions were put and satisfactorily answered by . Mr . Stallwood , respecting the Chartist Co-operative * Land Society ; after whicli Mr . Garbutt moved the following resolution : — ¦ - That this meeting is of opinion that it is oi great importance to this district that this Hall be occasio nally opened for the mutual instruction and improvement of its members , by Public Lectures , Conversation , _FreeDiseussions , and by the formation ofa Library of Boobs , Public Journals , Periodicals , & c , . Mr . Barnard seconded the motion , in a neat and impressive speech . ., „ ¦•¦ the in

      Mr . Stallwood having been called on , said , - tention ofthe motion was to obtain useful information , the bodies would consist of such excellent vvprKs as ' _Cobbett's Cottage Economy , ' ' 0 ' Connor ' s Small Farms , ' ' _Pctrie's Equality , ' 'Paine ' s Political Works , ' & c , & c , which be thought of great importance to the people here—he gave the motion his cordial support . ( Loud cheers . ) The motion was carried unanimously . _, i u . , A considerable number of signatures were obtaineu to a petition against thc Irish Coercion Bill ; a vote of thanks was given to Mr . Fletcher for his services in ths chair , and the meeting was dissolved .

      YORKSHIRE . Public Meeting to Elect Delegates to ' ths _FoaincoMran _CosvEsiios . —On Sunday ' a public Meeting was held on Wibsey Common , near Bradford , called for the purpose of electing Delegates to represent the West Riding in the ensuing Conference to be held in London , the candidates proposed were Mr . Titus Brook , of Dewsbury ; Mr . Hobson , of Huddersfield ; and Mr . Shaw , of Leeds . Mr . Brook was unanimously elected . A show of hands was taken for Messrs . Hobson and Shaw , when Mr . Hobson was declared elected . A second show ot hands was demanded when the majority was larger than before , A division was then tried , when the majority increased ; and it was declared that Mr . Hobson and Mr . Brook were the two Delegates then elected . JosEPn Albekson , Chairman .

      We have received the following and widely different account of the above meeting , from another correspondent . — En . N . S , _< , Chartist Meeting . —A meeting was held at Wibsey Slack , near Bradford , on Sunday last , for the purpose of spreading Chartist doctrines , promulgating the benefit of the "" Land system , and electing two members to the forthcoming Chartist Convention . —Mr . J . Alderson , of Bradford , was called to the chair . . ¦ . .. ..... Mr . _Sueksmlth of Bivstal delivered a long , ; eloquent , and energetic address , in whieh he pointed out the duties of the working classes , and severely censured them for their apathy to their true interests . " Benjamin Rushton , of Halifax , the . beloved old veteran in the people ' s cause followed , with his

      sterling and warm-hearted good feeling , and again exhorted his hearers to join the natriot band . Notwithstanding his age , to judge from his strong lungs and manly energy , he was equal to the best on the moor . Then followed Jackson of Bradford , who explained the benefits to be derived by joining the Chartist Co-operative Land Society ; he delivered a very excellent speech , and was warmly applauded . Mr . G . " White then addressed the meeting at some length , and ridiculed the mode in which the business ofthe - so-called' House of Commons is transacted . He urged on the assembly the necessity of union , described the Chartist estate lately purchased , pointed out the value of human labour , showed the necessity of co-operation , and concluded by proposing a subser iption to defray the expenses of two delegates to the Chartist Convention .

      "As the members ofthe Chartist body were preparing for the collection , Mr . J . Smyth , of Bradford , asked whether the meeting intended to elect members for the whole of the Riding , or only a part . He understood that several localities had already elected members to the Convention . After a long controversy , it was stated that the West Riding delegates thought two members sufficient . Mr . James Rawden , of Halifax , then moved—That two delegates be elected for tke West Biding of Yorkshire , to attend the forthcoming Convention . Mr , Crossland ( the West Ridingsecretary ) seconded the motion , whieh was unanimously agreed to . Mr . Benjamin Rushton then moved—That Titus Brook of Dewsbury and Mr . Shaw of Leeds , are fit and proper persons to represent this Riding in the forthcoming Convention . The motion was seconded by several voices .

      Mr . J . Smyth . proposed Mr . Joshua Hobson of Huddersfield , as a proper person , and expressed a wish that the names might be put separately . This was also seconded , and thc Chairman proceeded to take a show of hands . Mr . Titus Brook was unanimously elected , and Mr . Hobson was put next , when about forty or fifty hands were held up . On a show of hands being demanded for Mr . Shaw , the number was still greater . A doubt being raised , another show of hands was _taken-with a still greater majority in favour of Mr . Shaw . Mr , Smyth insisted that Mr . Hobson was elected , in consequence of which the meeting called for a division . The friends of Mr . Shaw were ordered to go to the right of the Chairman , the friends of Mr . Hobson to

      the left . A number of men , comprising the councillors and the active Chartists from the surrounding towns ; immediately filed off in favour of Shaw ; but Mr . Smyth refused to comply with the order , and requested the friends of Mr . Hobson to stand still . This so disgusted the main body of the meeting , that numbers immediately , moved off , but the organized Chartists being resolved to have it fairly tested remained where they were . Old veteran Rushton then proposed , that Mr . Smyth should go to one part of the Moor , and that all who were in favonr of Hobson should follow him and " be fairly counted , whilst he on the part of Shaw would do the same . This met the approbation of the meeting ,

      and Rushton led off folio wed by 82 members of the various Chartist localities in the neighbourhood , including Councilmen from Bradford , Halifax , Littletown , and Dewsbury , besides the West Riding Secretary , Mr . Crossland , and every known Chartist on the ground except Mr . Smyth , who was again invited to produce his men , but refused . The chairman seemed lost in the confusion , and , judging from appearances , did not know how to act , and the final result of the matter was that no decision was come to ; but , lest there should be any mistake , 3 _f members of the National Chartist Association went to the White Swan Inn , Wibsey , at the close of the meeting , and appointed Mr . Rushton to take the chair , when the following protest was unanimously agreed to : —

      We , the undersigned Chartists , assembled at the White Swan Inn , " Wibsey , hereby enttr our protest against the conduct of Mr . J . Alderson , chairman of the meeting held this day on Wibsey Slack , We also solemnly declare , that Mr , Joshua Hobson was not elected at the aforesaid meeting , but that on a division being called , 83 bona fide Chartist vote * were given for Mr . Shaw , of Leeds , _whereas Mr . Smyth , ths proposer of Mr . Hobson , refused to abide by that test . This protest was duly signed by the various Councilmen and members of the Chartist Association from various towns . The worst part ofthe affair is that the meeting was broken up , and the good which the Chartist body intended to do , completely frustrated . '

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFORD . _lirf' _^ _r- _^ 0 _' _' 11 6 Chartists of tlie above ocahty a Mr . Pam ' si room . Cold Bath , Mr . Sweet love in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : _<; That we ? the _ChaSsto of Greenwich and Depttord in publicmeeting assembled , do hereby tender our sincere thanks to Messrs Hargreaves , Nuttall , and Nixon , for their _M & _ifen ot the protectionists , and _lurthcr do wish that John Leach will cease all connection with J . B O'Brien and Co .

      TODMORDEN . Tub _PATiuoric Female Chartists , —A petition against the Irish Coercion Bill has been got up it this place , which has already received between three and four thousand signatures . Tlie expence of getting np the petition has been defrayed by the female Chartists . MANCHESTER , The following resolution was passed at the meeting of the shareholders of the Co-operative Land Association : — " That we request the board of directors to adhere as strictly aa tliey possibly can , to the 23 rd rule ; but it thoy cannot , then'to uso their best judgment in the purchaso of land wherever it can be got . '

      NORTHAMPTON . On Thursday a Public Meeting was held-in this town to petition Parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill . The meeting took place in the Market Square , and was very numerously attended . Mr . John Barker , a working man , presided , and excellent speeches were delivered by Messrs . Munday , Hollewell , Kerns , llenly , and Mr . T . Clark of the Executive . It is expected that at least ten thousand

      Limehouse. Mr. Feakgus O'Conson Attended...

      ' CITY OFLONDON LOC ALITY . 10 THB EMTOR OS THE NORTHERN STAB . Sta ,-At a meeting ofthe City of . _LondoriW of the National Charter Association ; ' - _^* the mil , Turtiagain-lane , on Sunday evening , the _lOthinsv , Mr . Bagley in the chair , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the Somcrs-towh . Chartists was read to the meeting and a discussion ensued theveon _, which terminated in the adoption of the ' following resolutions : — - 1 st . —That we deeply regret the use of such language by Mr . O'Connor as , "that a very nasty and very mean feeling has been attempted to be _crsatedinLondonof late ;" it being Our conviction that the , London localities have done no more than speak their honest sentiments as Democrats , and if there have been "bickerings" anywhere , Mr . O'Connor , has himself been , the cause of them , by advocating a departure from the rules Of the National Charter Association ,

      2 nd , —That in the present reduced state ofthe Association , we feel assured that a Convention is much needed to devise means for the spread of our principles and the formation of Chartist localities ; while we think that the calling of an ** Extraordinary Convention , " with a view to opposition to political parties at elections ' would only render us ridiculous by exposing our numerical

      weakness . 3 rd ' —That we donot advise , _butdemawl , lliatthe rules be kept and adhered to as far as it is now possible , toy the ass embling of the Annual Convention in LEEBS oh as early a day as can be fixed ; this is to say on some day in the week following the appearance of the Star of Saturday the IC th inst , I have to request that the above will be inserted in the Star throughout the various editions—Town , Country , and Scotch —/" or which purpose it has been sent in good tinje . Yours , «& c , May 11 th , 1846 . J " . Dunn .

      Fovtmomim Meetings;

      fovtmomim _meetings ;

      The Chartist Co-Operative Land. Society....

      THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND . SOCIETY . , , . ,.. _" Meetings for the purpose of enrolling members , and-transacting other business connected therewith are held every week on the following days and places * . — ¦ ' - " _.- ' ¦ ¦ SUNDAY EVENING . - .. . South London Chartist HaU , 115 , Blackfriars-road : at half-past six o ' clock . —City Cluxrtist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o'clock . — Westminster : at the Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St ; Martin ' s-lane- at half-past seven . —Somers Town : at Mr . Duddrege's , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington aud Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green j-at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : ¦ at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely . —Marylebone ! at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at half * pastseven .

      MOBDAT EVEH 1 KG . Camberwcll : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o ' clock precisely .

      TUESDAY EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris _' s , Cold Bath , at eighto ' clock . , ' .. . ] Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch . of the Chartist ; Co-operative Land Society meet in the house of : Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday even- ' ing , from seven until nine o ' clock , for the purpose of receiving subscriptions and enrolling meinbera . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock . Armley : The members of the _Chavtist Co-operative Land Society meet at the house of Mr . William Oates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gate , every Monday evening , at eight o'clock . ' WEDNESDAY EVENING . Hammersmith , at the Temperance Hall , Bridge Road , at eight o ' clock precisely . _rUOVlHCUl _HEfcTlKOS OI the CHARTIST CO-OVEEA . _TIVE

      LAND BOCIETr . Leicester , every Monday evening , at No . 17 , Archdeden Lane , at seven o ' clock . LoKghboro ' , every Monday evening at the Talbot Inn , Mill Street , at eight o ' clock . Chepstow , every Monday evening , at the Temperance , Hotel , Bank Avenue , at ' eight o ' clock . Aberdeen . The office-beavers meet every Wednesday evening at half-past seven , at No . 1 , Flour Mill Lane Hall .

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      LiMEnousB . — Mr . Frazer will deliver a lecture at the Brunswick hall , _Ropemakei- _' _s Fields , on Monday , May 18 th , at _eigMo ' clock , on " The works of Thomas Cooper . " A Meetin g of the Land Society is held at the Brunswick-hall , Ropemaker ' s Fields , every Monday evening at eight o'clock . A Special South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will take place at Ileywood on Sunday next / May lith , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when it is hoped that all , localities which have received summonses will net fail to be present by their representatives . ' Salford . — A meeting of the members of the Chartist Association will be held on Sunday next , Bank-street , Great George-street , May 17 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      Poland's Martyrs.

      POLAND'S MARTYRS .

      Our Readers Will Observe In Another Colu...

      Our readers will observe in another column nn announcement of a Public Meeting to bo holden in the National llall , Holborn , on Wednesday evening next , at 8 o'clock . The Democratic Committee for "Poland's Regeneration assembled on Tuesday evening last , te further the arrangements for the intended meeting , Mr . Cuffay was called to the chair . Mr . Julian Harney , who was Si crctary of the ibimcr Committee ofthe "Friendsof Poland , " was unanimously appointed Secretary to tlie present Committee . A resolution to the effect that no particular individuals be invited to attend the forthcoming meeting , but that the public generally be called upon to come forward , and give to Poland that sympathy whicli every suffering nation demands . A sub-committee was appointed to give thc meeting every publicity : the Committee then adjeurncd till Monday evening next .

      Our Readers Will Observe In Another Colu...

      : ;;; - _;; the _muiiders- at battersea . CENTRAL CRIMINAL' COURT : —May 16

      ( Before Mr ; Baron Alderson arid Mr . Justice '"'"' ' " ' _"'"' ' ' ' Coltmari . ) ' _;; ' - Eliza Clark , U , was indicted fer the wilful murder of Jane Clark , by throwing her into thewaters ofa certain r _, iver _, in' which she was drowned andsuffoeated . """ ¦ ' - ¦ ¦¦ . ; ¦ y- ¦ -. ¦ . ¦ ¦ '• • - : i - . _- _. ¦ ¦ ¦ - _.-.-Mr ., _Ciarksoii was retained to defend the prisoner . Mr . _Rylaind held the depositions by direction of the Court , and stated the ease for the prosecution . " : " The prisoner seemed hardly conscious of her situation , and exhibited a most wild and haggard apr pearance . She was allowed to be seated during tne trial . '¦ ;' : _* ' " ¦¦ - ' - : - :

      As the circumstances of this most distressing case haye been so repeatedly before the public in the course of the last few days , it will be quite unnecessary to detail the evidence on the present occasion . The prisoner , who appeared to have received the most brutal ill-treatment from her husband , in a fit of desperation and madness thus occasioned , was proved to have thrown her three children from Battersea bridge into the river , and was in the act of jumping into the water herself , when she was apprehended . It was proved that the wretched woman had . always exhibited the utmost kindness for her children , and that the day before the melancholy occurrence she had pawned a portion of her scanty clothing to get food for tiiom . 'Dr . Wansbrough , the medical gentleman who was called in upon the occasion , described the state of tho prisoner shortly after the occurrence , when it appeared her pulse was at ISO , and she exhibited every appearance of a person bereft of her senses . '

      Mr . Clarkson made a most eloquent and _^ feeling appeal to the jurv on behalf of his wretched client , contending that the evidence clearly made out that the prisoner was not criminally accountable lor tho act she had committed . Mr , Baron Alderson having summed up , The Jury retired . They were absent rather more than an hour , when they again came into Court , and returned their verdict , finding the prisonerNo fc Guilty , on the ground that at the time she committed the act she was not in snch a state of mind as to render her respensible for the consequences : ' ¦ ' ¦ ' : ; The prisoner was , in the usual form , ordered to be detained during her Majesty ' s pleasure . ; . Outrageon a .. _Cuimk—Thomas Lee , 64 , gardener , ¦ was indicted for a felonious assault upon Mary Anne Meads , a girl nine years old . The particulars ofthe case are unfit for publication The jury returned a verdict of Guilty , and the prisoner was sentenced to be transported for life .

      Louis Philippe Has An Immense Private Fortune;

      Louis Philippe has an immense private fortune ;

      The Nation Allows Him £500,000 Per Annum...

      the nation allows him £ 500 , 000 per annum , _besidei £ 40 , 000 for the little Comte do Paris , and a large allowance for the Duchess _d'Orleans . He has thirteen orr , fourteen magnificent palaces at his disposal , besides Neuilly and the Chateau d'Eu , which are his own private property . He is also entitled to all the , firewood and timber cut in the royal forests , which , you are aware , are of immense extent . Since his accession to the throne , he has derived , it is stated , upwards of £ 5 , 000 , 000 sterling from this source alone . It is a very fine thing indeed to be a 'Citizen King '—far better in fact , than to be the King of Great Britain and Ireland , the Indies , great part of America , and hundreds of colonies in every clime . ' - ' :..

      ' . ' _. Electric Telegraph—The posts and fittings for this wonderful medium of communication have been set up from Norwich to _Thetfovd , and will 8001 be continued to Brandon . The telegraph is at work between London and Cambridge , so that we may expect , in a short time , to receive a message from the metropolis in a few minutes ' . There will be fifteen wire communications between Norwich station and the various stations to Brandon , so that messages may be sent to and from each bf the principle stations . Farmers all along the line will be able to ascertain tbe prices of grain at London market in a few seconds lof time . "A division in the House of Commons , after any important debate , may be communicated at all the stations from London to Yarmouth in a few minutes . ' .- ¦' '" " . _ ' . _ „

      Spa-fields BtmiAL _Gkound . — Mr . Bramwell , barrister to whom this matter was referred , has just made his award . He was attended on several occasions by Mr . Wakeling , attorney , and parish clerk of Clerkenwell , on the part of the prosecution , and by'Messrs . Leins arid Lewis , on the part of several , defendants . The indictment was for an alleged , nuisance , and at the trial , on the 19 th of June last , it was ordered by the Court of Queen ' s Bench , by and with the consent ofthe parties , that the Jury should find a verdict of guilty on the sixth count , and of not guilty on the rest of the indictment , subject to the award of Mr . Bramwell to direct in what manner the burial ground should be conducted in future . The arbitrator has apportioned a part of the ground for burials for a period of ten yearsand has ordered that in the other part the

      , soil shall not be disturbed for the time stated . After giving a full description of the places where burials may take place , the arbitrator has made certain regulations which now come into operation . "No coffin of five feet or upwards in length shall be buried in any grave not deep enough to leave over the upper part of such coffin a depth or thickness of soil of five leet , calculated from the general level of the soil there , and no coffin of less length shall be buried in any grave not deep enough to leave over the upper part thereof a depth or thickness of soil of four feet calculated as aforesaid . " It is further ordered that ' where any coffin has been buried for one year , no burials are to be allowed over such coffin , nor the ground to be disturbed , but otherwise burials may take place without disturbing the coffins in the ground ; there is to be at least a foot between bburied

      the coffins . No coffin or body , buried or te . e , shall be disturbed for the space of ten years from the time ef burial . In the other parts of the ground not comprised in thc plan , burials may take place therein , subject to the rules and regulations above mentioned . An Impostor . — At the Clerkenwell Police Office on Tuesday , Evan Griffen , a notorious impostor , was charged with the following infamous impositions on the publie : —The prisoner was in the habit of pretending fits , and causing froth to issue from his mouth by having soap in it . Yesterday he was observed by the officers pursuing these practices in John-street , Bedford-row , and other parts , when he was relieved munificently by passengers , until he was taken into custody . The prisoner has been repeatedly in custody and is a strong , healthy young man . He was committed to the House of Correction for one mouth , with hard labour .

      Robbery of 30 , 000 _t . —On Saturday last , a merchant ' s box , containing bills of exchange and railway scrip to the amount of 30 , 000 *? ., was stolen from the counter of the Royal Bank , Liverpool . It was brought in for the purpose of being deposited there for the night . There was only All . in cash in the box * , 2002 . reward has been offered for the recovery Of it . A Frightful Catastrophe occurred this morning ( Saturday * ) . A young woman fell or threw herself from the third story window ofthe Red Lion publichouse , Great Windmill-street , Haymarket . About Seven o ' clock , the waiter at the above house was proceeding to open the doors when" he was alarmed by the sound of fearful groans proceeding from the back yard attached to the premises . On opening the back

      door he found a woman more dead than alive lying on the flags , covered with her own blood and groaning bitterly . The unfortunate woman had fallen from a window situated three stories high , and in the rear of the premises . The yard is extreme !? small , and is mainly occupied by the water-closet , ' on the roof of which the poor creature had fallen with so great force ns to break j n the roof , smashing- several of the heavy sharp-edged tiles to pieces . When discovered the poor creature was found half naked ; her head and body frightfully mutilated , and her __ blood covering herself and the flags . Assistance was immediately obtained , and the woman

      was removed to the hospital , but died on her way there . The deceased , whose name wc could not learn , was thirty-two years of age , had been a servant , but was out of place , and was staying with her aunt , who occupies the back room on the third floor of tlie Red IAon . Whether this shocking- eatastrophe was an accident or suieido at the time we write this report there is no evidence to show . There is no cause known why the deceased should havo attempted suicide , but on the other hand the window is so constructed as to render it extremely unlikely that she could have accidentally fallen therefrom . Of course an inquest on the body will beholden , when probably further facts will be elicited .

      Extraordinary Birtu . —Towards the evening of Tuesday last , Mr . A . Lambden , surgeon , delivered the wife of William Corrington , ofConingsby , carrier , of one of the strangest malformations of nature it has ever fallen to our lot either to see or read of . This was no less than a double child , or two children connected together in the most singular manner . They are joined from the head down nearly to the bottom of thc body . The head represents one face entirely round , and every way perfect , but with the form of two heads in one , while on the opposite side ot the head there is a single eye between the two ears . that arc very near together . The bodies are connected by the side , or rather the left side of the breast of one to the right side of the breast of the other all the limbs being perfect . It has therefore , . four ears , three eyes , four avms and hands , two bodies , and four legs and feet . The nurse informed us it lived two hours . —Boston Herald

      Manchester Turnout . - Mektixg- oi ? _Lokdctk Joiners -Apublic mcetingof theship joinerson the Manchester _oxp amed the nature of 4 e strike after which the _lollowing sums were handed to 1 m ' -the a _* _BsraB 3 ± - _^ _^

      Police Knttuigrtttti

      police _KnttUigrtttti

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      _; .: ; . i , _4 . _vV _^ --. ' . _vr 6 _RsiriPi § ¥ fifi _8 ?; r . _uyrsj _bESPERATE Ruffians . —On Monday John Conway ' was charged withranoutrage , - and Jo . sephConway and James Man were charged with ; attempting to , rescue , the first named prisoner , and violently assaulting .. several-police _, metii It ' appeare ' d _ft-oih the evidence , that at ' tivelve o ' clock on Saturday night , the prisoners -forced' their way into the Crown , Church-streeti fShoreditcb , and demanded tobeserved , but in consequence , of . the lateness of the hour , the banvoman refused , to eomply with , tlieir orders , on which John Conway seized a large tumbler from the counter , and smashing it to pieces , Sung the fragments at her head . On hearing the uproar , Joseph Drew , - the potman , hastened to her assistance , and was remoristrat . ing with the elder Conway , when the . latter seized kimby the hair , forcing him against tbe wall ,- attempted'to gouge ont Ins eye with his thumb , ' and although thwarted , in Ms intention , inflicted a . severe laceration on ' the upper ' part

      of his cheek . Mtcr heating him unmercifully about the head , the elder Conway was at length taken into custody by Sergeant Price and another constable , when the two other prisoners made a determined attempt to rescue him from custody , and it required the united efforts of six officers to , overpower and convey them to the station . house . Mr . Bingham said he was son- ? to find that the horrible practice of gouging , which had been imported from the most barbarous part of the back settlements of America , was rapidly gaining ground in this country ; and as he was determined , in every ease of thc kind that came before him , to make a si gnal example of the offender , ho should order the elder Conway to pay a penalty of £ i for his attack upon Drew , or be imprisoned six weeks in . the House of Correction ; in addition to which he " should commithim for the further term of one month , for assaulting the police ; and the other two prisoners ; whose conduct had beenless violent , must undergo twenty-one days ? imprisonment ,

      Attempted _Mcbpeh asd Suicide , —On Tuesday , a woman named Ellen 1 _' ord , was charged before _Jtr . Broughton . with attempting to destroy herself and child _. The , prisoner was : frightfully contused about the faee , but that _u-as explained to have been occasioiiBd by some means ' or other in tlie streets on Saturday night , and she was then apprehended by the police in Spitalfields , on _^ charge of being drunk and riotous . She was discharged however , when _brought before the magistrate on . Monday ' From the evidence u ' oiv given , it appeared that she lived in Gun-street-Spitalfields , with her husband and several Children . Her husband , who is a bricklayer ' s- labourer , went out to his work , as usual , at four o ' clock yesterday morning , and some time afterwards she left her own room with two of her children , and made her way into the

      bedroom of . Mrs . Hamilton , her landlady , to whom she said that the devijwas in every other part of the house , and she would bring him into that room also . She then began to smash the windows , and broke no less than twelve squares ' of glass , after which she exclaimed that she WOAlld throw her children and then herself out . She did put her youngest child out ofthe window , and had partly got out herself ; but the landlady who had jumped out of bed , got hold of them , and succeeded in holding them fast until a man , whomhcrscreamsbrouglittoher assistance , came in and secured the p risoner . When questioned by the magistrate , the unfortunate creatu re talked incoherently , and appeared to be deranged . Mr . Broug hton remanded her for the present , and gave directions for the children to be taken care of . '

      WESTMINSTER . Robbery by a Pawnbkoker ' s _Sebyamt . —Oii Monday Samuel Seymour Cumbers , a youth , aged fifteen ,-warehouse- boy in the service of Mr . George Itavenor , of 18 , Queen ' s . buildings , Brompton , pawnbroker , was charged with plundering his employer of property te a very considerable amount . The accused had been in prosecutor's service fifteen months , and had had great trust reposed in lum . Prom circumstances that came to Mr . llayenor s knowledge , however , he had reason to believe that he was robbing him , and on Sunday morning he called the lad into the parlour and acquainted lum with his suspicions , and informed him that he . must suffer luraselt to be searched' On examination of a carpet bag winch he was about to take home with him , eight shirts were tound _" , some of which were marked with difierent initials , and which prosecutor had every reason to believe belonged to his stock . Prisoner was then asked where he kept liis _thillKS below , and having pointed to liis drawer , it was examined , when the " following articles . . were found :-. A . chain and sealfour

      silver guard-Chain , a gold brequet , towels , the duplicate of which was torn up ; a prayer book and lessons , - a telescope , three pairs of trowsers , four silk handkerchiefs , and other minor articles . His boxes were then searched , and two books , pledged on the 2 nd of April last , with tne duplicate upon them , and also . on a handkerchief , out of which three boolis had been takeu , were discovered , together with two volumes of " Ivauhoe , " two of Scott's " Minstrel , " two of " Tales of my Grandfather , " three of " Spirit of Anecdote , " and other articles . During the search , some double tickets were found ( the one originally given to the customer , tlie other retained by the pawnbroker ) , and prisoner not only admitted that he had taken them and their amount out of the till , but , as the articles were severally found , acknowledged , with one or two exceptions , that he had purloined them from the prosecutor ' s warehouse . When first accused of dishonesty , prisoner declared that he had only a penny in his possession to pay the toll at Putney-bridge on his way home , but on searching him , £ 2 9 s . was found on his person . He was committed .

      • _Extbaordisaky Charge . — On Tuesday , Mr . James _Cogill , described in the police-sheet as of 3 , _Xewinanstreet , Oxford-street , gentleman , was charged with the following extraordinary behaviour . From the statement of the complainant and witnesses , it appeared that at about five on the previous afternoon , the hull door of Messrs . Gaskill , consulting surgeons , No . 1 , Markhamsquare , Brompton , wasleftopen , with the _propi'ifcto-r ' _tSearriage in waiting , when the defendant walked in , with a cigar in his mouth , and meeting Mr . Gaskill , jun ,, in | the passage , he asked for a bottle ofsoda-water . Mr . Gaskill informed him that he was in the house of consulting surgeons , and that he could not have soda-water there . But defendant declared it was an hotel , and insisted upon being supplied . Air . Gaskill , sen ., came down stairs and went to his earriage , when defendant came up , and listentd at the door of the carriage to a conversation between Mr . Gaskill and his son He was desired by the gentlemen to walk on . He then applied very offensive language to Mr . Gaskill , sen ., inquiring whether he was not the proprietor

      ofthe inn , and his son the butler . Defendant then , puffing tho smoke ofthe _cigar towards his face , declared himself to be a gentleman , and handing bis card at the same time demanding theirs . Mr . Gaskill , sen ., declined receiving his card , and it fell to the ground . The defendant then lifted his hand to strike him , but the latter being on his guard , lie desisted , but immediately turned round and inflicted a severe blow upon Mr , Gaskill _jtmior's face , wh ch he followed up with others before the object of his attack had time to defend himself , when a scuffle ensued , and they both fell , A large crowd of persons assembled round the house and the defendant was given into custody . —Defendant _: Did I not apologise to you for tiie mistake I laboured under with reference to your house ?—Mr . Gaskill , sen . ; : It was an odd way of apologiaing . You said you had taken my son to be the butler , and I the _innkeeper . Then you puffed your tobacco smoke into my face . A policeman proved that the defendant was under the influence of liquor , although not to any very consider * able extent . Mr . Bond fined the prisoner £ 5 .

      MARYLEBOSE . Furious Dbiviko , — On Tuesday Mr . Charles Langham , a surgeon , Trafalgar-terrace , Kiugslaiid , was chnrgeuwith furiously driving , thereby doing damage to a cart and seriously injuring a man named Henry Meade , —William _Wifliam deposed , that on the previous _evening between eight and nine o ' clock , as he was proceeding along the Bayswater-road in his master ' s cart , accompanied by another person , and being at the time on his proper side , defendant , who was _coniini ; in a . contrary <& reetion at a very furious rate with his phaeton , drove violently against tho said cart , thereby upsetting it , and throwing complainant and his Mend out : a quantity of German yeast , which was iu the vehicle at the period of the upset , was completely spoiled , and the curt was also greatly damaged . —The case was decided bv defendant toeing ; ordered to pay 10 s . for furiously driving , together with £ ti 7 s , 2 d . for damages ,

      _BO-W ST . 11 EET . The Assassinatio _** is _Dsvjiiy-lase . —On Wednesday , John Graham , the youth who stands charged with causing the death of Thomas Blewitt , a lithographic printer , by shooting him with a loaded pistol , was brought up tor final examination . —The magistrate was informed that the principal witness , Louisa Cook , who gave evidence on the former examinations , was seriously ill in if t . Giles ' s workhouse , and iu the course ofthe day , Mr . [ largess , the surgeon , proved that the young woman was sutturiiig froill dysentery , which would prevent her leaving the hospital to give evidence at the present sessions should the prisoner be committed . —Mr . Henry said , iu that cast ' , ho would order the prisoner to be remanded for a fortnight .

      WESTMINSTER . The Late Outrage . —On Thursday _Willium I . uff , alias Muml ' ord , who stands charged with brutally _annulling and throwing a female , with whom he lived , out of tho window , was _' yestei'day iigaiu brought before the _nias-istrate . It had beeu supposed by the * prisoner ' s acquaintances that the extraordinary exculpatorv statement made by the injured fetnalo at the hospital " on Tuesday , and winch was opposed to the evidence of the whole oi ' rhe witnesses who had been examined , would have the effect of procuring his liberation ; but they had , however , fallen into error , for when the prisoner entered the dock , Mr . _Ihirrell informed him that he was further remanded for » fortnight—Prisimer : Mayn't 1 havo bail , vour worship ? —Mr . Burrell : I shall not take bail . —Hi was thenrc moved .

      Fires In Los-Doit. —The Number Of Fires ...

      Fires in Los-doit . —The number of fires that have taken plaee in the metropolis and its suburbs since Mb commencement of the year , _nMonluig to tho rc-5 ?™ ? J tlie brigade authorities , amount to more tlian _o-oo . Ihe loss of life is happily not so great as formerly , which is attributable to the judicious course pursued by the superintendent of the force , in providing every constable of tho metropolitan police with printed instructions for his guidance on discovering five . The most important iniunction ia that _of-keeping all doors and windows closed until the arrival of the brigademen and engines . Tiubuxal of CoMJisncE at Tunis . - —The Bey of Tunis has by a recent edict established a tribunal of commerce hi his regency . It is composed of live _inetKlsTr _^

      Bankrupts. [From He Gatette Of Friday, M...

      _BANKRUPTS . [ From He Gatette of Friday , May 13 . ] . no _^ i 1 el _" , 1 _Tl " w , e ! l , Le ,, _i , " ' _^ _"' _-end . Croydon . Iron . Si ft 1 i ? ' f ' oult 1 _** * _* ' y _> _l-nUdcY-Robert .,. 7 iC _£ , _USsex-st ? 'i ' Tottenhuui . _L'uurt . rond , cabinet _maker-nioinas Sliowoll , Ludgate-stroet , LinWt " 1 ill _K-SSX ' _^ ° _* - «* ut _tw- « trcet , City , _jobmuster-Willam Abureow , Liverpool , druggist- Ilk-hard Mills ami WS ! n ' . * ? . _-i uthw ! »* . ho _^ _fectoM-CbavU _. Mu « _aJ _"'" ¦ . ii . * , _Reik-Urt-sti-eet , Bristol , _ironmoiwvr - I'll ilin _leotl \ n _^ ' _fTener - Samuel II i _lf Ilolto 52

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      Air "" . , The Oitv Of Westmitislm' 'It ...

      air "" , the Oitv of _Westmitislm' 'it tue _Ulnee , m the same Street and Parish , tor ths Pro . Vvwtoy _, l * EAlU ; i _) S O'CO . NXOK , 13 s . ; .. and _publishcl by Yi ileum _Ih-. _win-, of Xo . IS , Charlw-street , Bran _, _don-sireet . W alworth , in the ravish of St . Murv , New " ' ngton , in the County of Surrey , at the Office , K 0 . 16 * ' Great Windmill-street , Ifaymnrket , in the Oitv o ' _Westminster , Saturday , May IC , _IS 1 C ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 16, 1846, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16051846/page/8/