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      1 •^** Mmmf*R _ To The Ex.Rbpeal Warden ...

      """""""""""""""""""" = ' ' - _¦*¦* - _¦*¦*¦*¦*¦*¦*¦*¦*¦* _»* T / _aramountto every o . her _cacuideratiou . The excitement of the time , the enthusiasm that was enlisted in ths cane , and tht confidence _pkced in the man , all canspired to carry us also- tha stream , as we thought , to national regeneration . However reluctant many of us were to act upon that arbitrary order , we had no other ¦ ltiraative , but to carry it into effect , or be classed amongst the enemies of OHr conntry . Tho unfortunate occurrences in Wales and elsewhere furnishing an argument to those who desired to raise a barrier between ui _Mdtfca Chartist-. Ton know that tefore the name ot ' Young -eland' was known , we » _pnrnea the despotic orders of that Hill , in the case of . 'Roaehs , ' and flung ear wardetuh _' _BS in their feces . But , thank God , better days are coming _und-r tho system of tha Irish _ConfedemtieBS . We can hare all men who agree in tho * enft thing necessary , —the Repeal of the Union , an * the means to obtain it ; ' no connection with tha Tory , or tbe B . B . sad B . Whigs , and no place-hanting crawlers .

      lam much obliged to yeu for calling my attention to this subject , we have no sectarian test ; all good men shall he welcome , and only required to conform to the tales ofour club . Though Chartitti , my brothers shall be welcome , to far « t I am concerned ; and I think I hall not be saying too much , when I say tbat my brother _Confederates will bs happy to receive them . Let us , as individuals , be Confederates for the Repeal ofthe Union , and as _citizens of this kingdom , join together ftr the noble principles of the Charter . What yoa have said of the goed Feargus O'Connor , I folly agree with . Indeed , I may say , with the exception efSmith O'Brien alone , there was no one ' s return tbat gave as more phasare , and what enhanced its value , was beating a Whig _Miniitir . O'Gorman Hahon I am proud of also , bt is one of tboss spirits that we now want , bat be mast be _a'boldioTer no more , hs must lire in Ireland , and werk for her . ' I am also proud of Ansty , _theHJ . _fsrToughall . I hope that O'Gorman

      Hahon and Feargus 0 Conn-r will follow bis example , and join ns ; I shonld be proud to have the _boaonr of _propssine that man tbat has raised such a favourable opinion _^ of his country _amjrajst . t _^ _f"Mifi- $ Jo 1 _nti * e * IuW ** ~ f ei » "Z _vsxfUefeUh ta , ' for he has done more to break down that prejudice that existed in the minds of the working people ofthis country than any either man could possibly dt > . He loves them well , bat he tells _thess plainly that he loves Ireland better , He will be one of those _disttsgnlihed Irishmen that wa and our posterity shall claim as onr own , and whom Englishmen will bare Occasion to revere as their benefactor and friend . He i * n » w like the mouse in the fable , * the British lion is io the net of corruption , his strength is chained down , and he _eannotbarst the cords ; the mouse is gnawing them in several places , ( Land asd Bank Company , ) the work is tedious , but it is tke only means to set ths lion free ; giving the people power to choose tkeir representatives by means of their own property . ' May be and they prosper .

      In conclusion , I have only to add , that I am glad yon have nude the Star the _mediam of your communication with me . It shall have all ths support that we ean give it through the clubs . As the advocate of tha working elasses cf both countries , it well deservu to be more exteasivdj circulated amongst em * conntry psople . Thanking yon for yonr favourable opinion of my exertions for poor Ireland , I hope after this explanation that we shall bave those valuable services which you can reader to onr cause , as you were want to do on former occasions . We want the assistance of all good men , then , with God ' s Messing , — * That chain shall again ha riven that tyranny flung round ns then _. It will not be in man , nor in Heaven to let tyranny bind

      I beg to remain , very faithfully yours , Tut . _O'ifAHOi-r . P . S . —I have referred to the ease of Patrick Roache , who was politically strangled ; I ought to hare mentioned Messrs Dona snd 0 * Jfalley , who were _gibbetted for _defiwirlrn-r that a man should be tried before he was condemned . Also , Thomas Say , who was barked for daring to bs secretary toa public meeting called to remonstrate with those 'lovers cf liberty . ' Should we lire to agitate seven years longer , I hope the Charter and Bepeal will be something more than terms of ridicule for thoughtless blockheads , that do sot reckon on the mighty power of the people when rightly directed . T . _O'M .

      - „ •-» %* Cm.D Octojek 16, 1817 The Nor...

      - „ - » % * _cm . D OCTOJEK 16 , 1817 THE NORTHERN STAR . _

      Ccbraif Club-—The Usual Weekly Meeting O...

      CcBRAif Club- —The usual weekly meeting of the Curran Club was held at tbe Charter Coffee Honse , Strattoa Ground , Westminster ; Mr _M'Sweeney in the chair . In the course of the evening , a party of Old Irelanders , wbo had obtained admission , conducted themselves more like madmen than rational beings . That they bad been engaged for the purpose was evident , having been well plied with' Barclay and Perkins . " Messrs Reading , Reynolds , and Baissey , offered to meet tbem at any time , and at any place , to discuss the principles of Old and Young Ireland , which offer they refused ; and they went so far 33 ta state that their instructions were not to listen to anything that was said . If tbe Repeal _Associatienlsts think to put down ihe Confederate Clubs in Loncbra tbey will find themselves mistaken ,

      for the regulations just issued by the council ofthe Confederates in Dublin , ' recommends tbat all meetings in England and Scotland be held in private rooms instead of public houses . ' If this advice be adopted , it will at once remove all annoyance that may be offered by those ignorant and deluded men , who are led away by those who are ashamed themselves to be seen connected with such meetings . At the meeting of tbe Chelsea Coxfbdzbaiks on Sunday evening , held at the King ' s Arms , Chelsea , the scene was beyond all description . The Old Ireland party jumped over the tables , wielding quart pots , fee , and the Confederates were compelled to adjourn to another place , tbeir lives being in jeopardy . Such conduct reflects tbe greatest disgrace on the part of the Repeal Association . ]

      Threkchudbih Bubst Iodsath.—A Horrible A...

      ThrekChudbih Bubst _ioDsath . —A horrible an d fatal accident ocourred on Wednesday night last , at tiie Blacklaw Hots , on the Caledonian Railway , above Beattock , by wbich three children were destroyed , and two women seriously injured , oae of whom is sot expected to recover . It appears that a man named Roberts and his wife had possession of two hats , in which lodgers were kept and ale sold . In these hovels , besides Roberts and his wife , there lived two ledgers , the wife of one of them , two children of Roberts , both girls , one two years and a half , and the other a year eld , and a young girl betwixt ten and eleven , who acted as a servant . The three children slept in aloft , and they , along with the other inmates , had all eone to sleep on Wednesday nisht . excent

      Roberts ' s wife , the husband having been from home , _whosat np later . In going to bed , or at least into tbe bedroom , her candle had come in contact , it is supposed , with some of the bed-clothes , and before the alarm was given , and the lodgers roused , the whole of the loft was in flames . They had barely time to e cape , bearing tbe unfortunate woman along with them , when tbe roof of the hut fell in , bringing down the bodies of the poor children , which were almost burnt to ashes . Tbe lire spread with great rapidity , and spsadily _consumed RoberU ' sother hut , and an adjoining one belonging ta James Wright . Tbe whole of Roberto's furniture and _clothing _. as well as several barr els of ale , were destroyed . His wife was so severely burnt , tbat there is Yery little hope

      entertained of her recovery , and the other woman was severely burnt on the left arm and shoulder . They have both been removed to _thebospital at flowcleugb . _Elofbhbst . —Last week , an elopement of a rather unusual character occurred not far f rom the Castlehill , Edinburgh . The wife of a respectable tradesman was missing one forenoon , and it was Boon ascertained that she had decamped to Glasgow , in company * with a married man who lodged in the house , taking with her a considerable sum ef money and other property belonging to her husband . He Instantaneously set ont for Glasgow in pursuit , traced them ta a tavern , and pounced npon them whilst in the midst oftheir enjoyment . He bestowed a sound flagellation on the gay Lothario , and sent for a constable , fo whom he gave both in charge , while he proceeded in search of a warrant to compel the restitution of his property . On hia return the

      birds were Sawn , and be learned , after some inquiry , that elading the constable on some pretence they had gone straig ht to tbe Broomielaw , and embarked on board a vessel bound for New York , which had foiled . He harried anay . procured an Admiralty warrant , hired a steamboat , and set off in pursuit of the fugitives . By this considerable time had elapsed , and they had so much the start of Mm that it was only opposite Dumbarton that he overtook them . By virtue of the Admiralty warrant , be boarded the ves sel , seized the fugitives , wbo , on the spot , gave up , it is understood , all the money , & c „ belonging to him . He then wished them a happy voyage across the Atlantic , and returned homo in high spirits and happy temper at having turned tbe tables so neatly on an HDgratefal friend and a faithless wife . The lady has heen married abont 22 years , and is about double the age of her paramour . Fortunately she hasnochildien .

      Pubiic _Rigws asd No Surhbsder !—The magistrates in Quarter Sessions assembled , at the Sessions House , Clerkenwell Green , having refused tbeir sanction to _Lord Holland ' s application to deprive the public of flat lovely walk in front of Holland Honse , Kensington , which has existed for centuries ! ( a walk for which no equivalent (?) can , in reality , be given ; because , for convenience and extensive views , it has not its equal in any thoroughfare in the neighboarhooi , ) bnt as it is the intention of Lord Holland to , recommence proceedings with a view of effecting his purpose , all who

      are for maintaining the loot way in question , are earnestly entreated fo attend the pub ic meeting of tbe West London Central Anti-Enclo 3 _ore Association , which will be held on Monday , October 18 th , at seven for eight o ' c ' oek , at Clark ' s Rooms , 141 , Edgeware-road , _Paddington , ( a few doors from the Harrow-road , ) with a view of taking _snoh steps in tte matter as will secure to the pnblic their just rights ! _Hesht Powell _Gbiffjtii _? , secretary . The Carlist bands in Catalonia have lately kidnapped so many persons in order to extort a ransom , that no man of property dares venture more than half a league from the large towns .

      The Present State Of Great Britain Chapt...

      THE PRESENT STATE OF GREAT BRITAIN CHAPTER IT . The system of corruption , its vast expense , and the general disaffection it has created . The next object by wbich we can judge of the stability of the system of Britain , is the principle npon which the whole of her government turns . From the first formation of the representative body , from which we must date the commencement of her constitutioB . to the revolution of 1688 , the history of England presents a steady , uniform , uninterrupted progress towards the establishment ot liberty and law . By the wise employment which the reprc _sentatives made of their omnipotence over the national purse , they were often oppressed , fined , and

      imprisoned by the arbitrary acts of despotic princes , but never corrupted : they held fast by the power of the purse , and constantly repaired the breaches made at unfavourable moments , and even strengthened the out-works when they found an occasion . It was a constant struggle between representation on tbe side of liberty and Law , and despotism against them ; until at length , in the reign of the last of the Stuarts , the contest was brought to a happy conclusion between the certainty of law and the uncertainty of will . By this victory the great principle was established , that no man should obey a law , or pay a tax , that was not ordained by his representative .

      Read tbe history of England , and yon will find with what admirable pertinacity the representatives guarded the national purse throughout tbis long and glorious struggle ; ia no instance abandoning the right of the people through fear or menace , did they grant the P » bHc nmney , _ bnt with _$ _** _$£ , nS _* d _SSPSffluV s _$ ng by which the liberties of the people and the movements of the government were to be regulated ; hence taxes were few , and debts there were none ; the crown preferred menace and force to corruption . From the revolution of 1688 all has been reversed : violence bas been abandoned towards the

      representatives , and influence bas been substituted ; th s is the great point I would seize , for here is the source of that endless expense _which-has increased , is increasing , and cannot be diminished . What an Herculean work I What an endless expense flows from the change . In order to render the crown independent of tbe control of tbe parliament , it must influence , not only the representatives , but it naturally seeks to bave a majority ofthe electors throughout the nation ; to add to the power of the government , yon must angment the burdens ofthe people .

      In proportion as the people show a disposition to oppose the measures of the ministry , the ministry feel a necessity to load the people , whea there is an overwhelming patronage and an imperfect representation . In proportion as the representatives bave some remnant of freedom , in proportion will the people be loaded with an expense to corrupt them . Every excess in expense for the purpose of corruption , naturally creates the discontent and opposition of tbe people , while this increased discontent and opposition calls for an additional expense to allay them .

      Crown against people , and people against crown , expense accumulates in geometrical measure , whereby the enormous augmentation of the influence of the crown by the receipt and expenditure of fifty millions * in peace time , and near 100 millionsf in war time , are insufficient ; the immense patronage of England , Ireland , Wales , and Scotland , in church , in law , in army , in navy , in diplomacy , and in revenue , is insufficient ; the pillage and plunder of the East Indies , with five times the population of Britain , to satiate the adventurers who pass in succession , are insufficient , for this plain reason , the increase of influence leads to an increase of opposition , and tbe increase of opposition leads to an increase _' of influence , and acting and reacting , the system is constructed to go forward in expense upon a principle of increased velocity .

      In vain the parliament has declared , ' that the influence of the crown bad increased , was increasing , and ought to be diminished ; ' yet how insignificant , when this declaration was made by the British Parliament , compared with what it is now ; but effects will follow their causes , nor is it in words or declarations to change them . J * In 1783 this system of influence had accumulated a heap of patronage , of debt , and of taxes , which alarmed the nation , at a time when despondency ,

      whicb always attends the termination of war , had seized on the people of England . Before tbe doc * trine of inexhaustibility was preached and believed , Mr Pitt _dselated himself the apostleof parliamentary reforr , as the only remedy against the enormous and y .-wing extravagance of the system of influence ; upoit the principle , that without a controlling parliament , really emanating from the choice of the nation , no security could be relied on from the virtues or professions of ministers .

      These principles ' recommended him to the ministry , and bis conduct bas been tbe confirmation of bis own doctrine , of the little dependence to ie placed in the virtue of ministers ; but although he has abandoned his principle , a majority of the people still think that a controlling parliament is the enly security against the system of influence , here is tbe point at issne which divides the nation at present . The one side maintains , that a controlling parliament is the foundation , the essence of the old English constitution , the genuine principle by wbich it was founded , and by whicb alone it can be supported ; while the other contends for the system of influence , with all its accumulations , its patronage , and its endless expenses .

      This is the constitution which in several reports of the committees of parliament it is asserted , there is a plot to destroy , upon such proof as leaves no donbt of' the _nature , § extent , and malignity of the extravagant designs which have been formed , of the regularity of the system with which these designs have been pursued , of the rapid progress of the measures which have been taken to attempt to carry them speedily into execution ¦ ' The people of Scotland , if we can believe these

      reports , are even still more discontented and disaffected to this system of influence ; and in Ireland , discontent and disaffection have become even still more general . As that country furnishes more than half the sailors , and a vast portion of tbe soldiers of England ; as from Us position it has become one of the most interesting countries in Europe ; and as itis peculiarly connected with the stability of Great Britain , a brief sketch of the policy she has pursued in Ireland , and the effects tbat have followed is indispensable .

      * The Government Taxes At Thirty-Four An...

      * The government taxes at thirty-four and a half millions , the poor rates at six millions , the clergy and public instruction six millions , besides the taxes for the repairs of the highways , bridges , publio buildings , the lighting , paving , and polioe ofthe towns , & c ., & o „ & c ., shaw tbat fifty millions is a very moderate estimate of a peace establishment , without taking into consideration ths effect of the present war . * - In 1797 the loam amounted to sixty-seven millions . X The drowsy apathy which thia wide diffusion of corruption has created in a considerable part of the nation , is thereaion why we have seen the _sesret cabinet , and almost all the ostensible administrations , during this reign , undermine or utterly destroy all tbe great

      main pillars upon which the constitution was placed at the revolution of 1688 . Let no man imagine , tbat in a question of stability or industry , the state of immortal liberty is not an essential consideration . To her liberty Great Britain owed the flourishing state to which her industry has been carried , liberty and industry mast destroy corruption , or corruption will destroy them , § See the report on ths king ' s message on the 12 th of May , 1791 , page 1 . These parliamentary reports are many and voluminous . It is impossible to paint the disaffection which ministers created in the minds of the people of ( treat Britain and Ireland more forcibly than it has been described in those reports . In what part of history shall we find malignant disaffection the fruit of even tolerable government %

      "Thk Lbadbb.'—Peter Carroll, In His Penn...

      "Thk Lbadbb . _'—Peter Carroll , in his penny Dublin Register , shows , that out of 2 , 282 of tbe secular clergy , enly 403 have declared for Mr Jobn O'Connell ; ont of twenty-three suffragan bishops , only _sevea ; and ont of fonr _archbishops , only one . He observes , that from tha time ofthe news of tbe death ofthe late Mr O'Connell reached thb country , up to the 4 th of last month , when the member for Limerick and Kilkenny declared himself duly elected ; the polling and the eleotion were vigorously carried on . 403 Catholic clergymen voted once , and abont ten twice ; seven bishops voted twice , thrice , and one or two five times ; and one archbishop gave three votes , —altogether about C 00 persons have voted , including men , women , and children , out of a population ef eight millions I so tbat he is elected the leader' by one out of every 13 . 333 of the Irish people .

      An officer of the law sent down to effect an entrance into Stowe , found an opportunity ot climbing into a window , and stripped off his eoat that he might the more easily perform the feat . The siege was unsuccessful , and he boldly confronted a posse of servants by whom he was called to account ; but , his warrant being called for , he conld not produce it—it was in his coat pocket . The _'Jonnj' and tbe ' Marys * ejected Wm _im-tantert

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      AN ADDRESS OF A COMMITTEE CHOSEN BY THE DELLGATES THAT MET AT NE WO ASTLE-UPON-TYNE , ON THE 26 th OF SEPTEMBER . TO THB MEN 0 " ? DURHAM AK » _NOBTHDMBERUWD . . Friends , — A new era inthe history of this country is dawningnpon us , and it behoves the men of these counties , in cennection with the people of every other portion ©! these realms , to awake , arise , and _orenare for coming events ; to unite and assist their brethren to break in twain the oppressor ' s rod . This great and mighty task is yeurs to perform , and will ve shrink from it ? . Brother Chartists ! Arouse from your slumbers , and stand erect , like men who are determined to be freeSee what bas been done at the late elections ,

      . and consider what may be done at the next , if we are prepared . Do not let us appeal to you m vain , but unite with us in demanding your rights . _S _»« gn , and also getothers to sign , the National _Cnattist Petition , that is to be presented tothe next House of Commons by our indefatigable chiefs , _Dancombe and O'Connor . Class legislation has ever been the bane and curse of this country , it is . indeed , the abomination that maketh desolate . Has it not reduced the industrious millions to the conditions of serfs and slaves ? Has it not clouded the face of eur country with huge pauper prisons , enlarged and multiplied our gaols , penitentiaries , and transport ships' trustive . by such means , to keep the people in perpetual

      bondage . Vain delusion ; as well might it be attempted to stay the tide of the mighty ocean , wbich , notwithstanding such puny efforts , will continue to roll on , and on , overwhelming every obstacle opposed toils progress . It is only by the adoption of tbe People ' s Charter , tbat the toiling millions can hope to attain that proud pre-eminence whioh is the cha * - _. — ¦« . _»! _,. « r wuv _^ _-vrtv _•* .- e — _ . _^ nni f « _Weshall continue to agitate for the People s unari « -, »•» whole . Charter , and nothing less than the Charter . On you , therefore , fellowmen , depends the issue . Come , then , and let us reason together ; allow no petty considerations to deter you frem joining na ; remain no longer silent , but let your honest oonvictionsspeak out .

      We , the committee , believe tbere are in Northumberland and Durham many ardent friends of the Charter , and we trust you will not let this . opportunity _pass by , but take advantage-of the present tone of public feeling , and you may'swell the numbers , and add still greater strength tothe people's . canse . May our most sincere wish , and heartfelt desire , to see our country restored to prosperity and happiness , be responded to by you . In the meantime we remain the friends of freedom , and _advocates of the People ' s Charter . By order of the committee . Jarrow _, Joseph Mitchell , Peter Nicholson ; South Shields , William GilfiJIan , Thomas Mitchell ; Neweastle _* _npon-Tyne . James Watson , Stephen Baines North Shields , John Pratt , John _Rawlings . Martin Jddb , distriot treasurer . Jambs _Nbbbtt , district secretary .

      Persons desirous of becoming members of the National Charter Association , may do so at the Mowing times , and places of meeting : — _Nkwcastletpo-c-Ttoe . —Every Sunday evening _, at six o'clock , at the house of Martin Jude , Cock Inn . Head of the Side . North Shiilds . —Every Monday evening , at eight o ' elock . at the house of Mr John Pratt , Magnesiabank , Union _* _street . South _Shieids . — Every Monday evening , at halfpast seven o ' clock , at Mr Dryden _' s _sohool-room , Mill-dam . Jarrow . —Every Monday eveninf * , at six o ' clock , at the house of Mr Joseph Mitchell , Dretvit _' splace . Bishopwbarmouth . —Every Sunday evening , al seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr Edward Irwin , Hopper-street , New Town . Sunderland . —Every Sunday evening , at seven o'clock , at No . 5 , Nomber * _s _> gartb .

      The committee have also resolved upon getting 1 , 000 copies of Mr O'Connor ' s pamphlet on the capabilities of three acres of land , for sale in the district , to assist the expenses ofthe district agitation ; and persons wanting copieB may apply to the several parties , at the above places of meetmsr . THE CHARTIST METROPOLITAN DELEGATE

      COMMITTEE , TO THE MEN OP LONDON . Bbetbbek , —The past few years have revealed toman the varied and changeful state of human society , the years 1830 to 1810 were an eventful era in ths page of British history , and laid the foundation for tbat ultimatum so ardently and devotedly sought for , Fhrensled declamation no longer sways its precarious influence over tho agitated feeliagg ef society , since reason first dawned and widely diffused her incalculable blessings on the minds of Britain ' s toiling industrious sons . The late general election of members to serve in the British parliament , not onl y spoke volumes in favour of ths mind ' s progress , hut so purified the political horizon , that we beheld the bright morning star of Hope , shining brilliantly in all its refulgent splendour , to cheer the

      _disconsolate , strengthen the weary , direct the watchful , and awaken tbe dormant feelings of those whose political apathy osnnet henceforth be considered otherwise than criminal . Already we behold the dawn of a happier day —the precursor of the glorious Sun of Freedom , wbo will arise in all his majestic grandeur , and dispel the lowering clouds of injustice and wrong ; that the nation may behold Him in all his _transoendant beauties , shedding his benign influence over a pure , industrious , and ill-governed people ; diffusing his genial warmth oh all mankind , and his soul-stirring rays peaetrating the innermost recesses of society . 'Jfan having once felt its generous flame / would burst the chains of evil and of wrong , that bound , enslaved , and degraded him , Illgotten wealth could no longer rule witb _terrcr the unfortunate law-made poor . _Squalid poverty and wretched * ness would never moro be bereft of a home in society .

      Neither would stunted , starving children , with tearful eyes , hunger knawing bosoms , piteous and distorted faces , supplicate for food , aHd in vain . Nor society again be shocked to its very centre in the beholding of an affectionate parent writhing in the extreme of agony from his inability by _hoaest industry to proeure the necessaries of life for his famishing children ; his stomach irritated by hunger , producing feverish excitement , his brain inflamed , bereft of all hope , nature unable any longer to endure such excruciating sufferings * , he sinks beneath theaccammulatloaofwoe , _andmadnessreigns triumphant and the once industrious ill-requited hand is stained with tbe blood of his _ianoceut _, _uaoffending children . Oh , nature , forbid ! Forbid it , kind Heaven !! That such an amouat of misery , destitution , and woe , should ever again exist in this , the greatest , the richest , and bravest nation in the world .

      Brethren , —The source from whence flows those monster evils , which produce snch an accumu ation of wee , is mi-government , arising from _class _. _leglslation . That _class-legltlation which makes class laws , upholds oligarchy , monopoly , and alt Its concomitants , tramples on the rights of man , the privileges of society , the freedom of action , and tbe feelings of millions of our unfortunate ' eonntrjmen . Ia the House ef _Lords _. monarchy and its concomitants , privileged rank and its evils , landocracy and _itscurses , are assembled , and diligently guldedby the _stite church and the lawn sleeve descendants of the hely apostles , those humble followers of the meek and lowly Jesus . In the House of Commons , are to be found

      the representatives of commerce , landlordism , stockjobbers , and money-changers . ABd also banking , canal , dock , embankment , bridge , railway , steamboat , turnpike , market , East India , West India , South Seas , Australian , New Zealand , Hudson Bay , Peninsula Mail , West India Mail , and a host ef other companies . All and every description ef interest finds a resting place on the floor of the British senate , save and except the industrious artisan , the agricultural serf , and the factory doomed slave . So great an anomaly cannot , and must not , longer he endured . Men of London , and of Britain , —be ye just as you are generous , and allow the truths of Christianity to he happily realised , iu peace on earth and good will towards man .

      ' Now ' s the day and now ' s the hour . ' Let your hands be joined together in the bond of inseparable friendship , and your hearts be cemented _togeUj-xin the bond of universal brotherhood , and register in heaven your vow 9 , never to cease tn your united and indefatigable endeavours to be free , until justice wields her undivided away over the destinies of this mighty empire . Wiixiah Tafp , Secretary . Ashton . —At a meeting of tbe members of the Chartist Association , held on Sunday evening last , it was resolved that a meeting should be held every fortnight at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Bbthnamjrebn . —Mr Edmund _StallwootTleotured to an overflowing audience at the Whittington and Cat , _Church-row , on Sunday evening , October 10 th . Mr Lawrance ably filled the chair : So anxious and determined are the people of the Hamlets in favour of the' Charter and the Land , ' that tbe great room , and the staircase and passages leading thereto , was densely crowded before the commencement of the lecture . Mr Stallwood maintained the superiority of these t < vo great principles as remedies for the grievances and distresses of the people overall others ; refuted the various objections put forth by ' The Whistler' and others , evidently to the great satisfaction of his intelligent and highly respectable audience , and resumed bis seat amidst great applause , A vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and the chairman .

      Barnsley—At the weekly meeting of the members of the Land Company on Monday night , the following resolution was agreed to : —¦ That a free public meeting of the inhabitants of this Uwn be convened as early aB possible , to take into consideration the motives that must actuate the base and foul-mouthed slanderers of our friend and advocate , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and to take an unbiasedvote of the people , upon the conduct of those lying ruf . nans . All paid-up shareholders are requested to pay their local and general levies , by tbe 25 th of this month , or they will not be entitled to the ensuing ballot .

      Brighton . —A crowded meeting of the . Chartists and Land members was held at the Artichoke Inn , on _Tuesday evening , October 12 th , Mr Q . Simmock In thu chair . _« n the proposition of Mr John Page , seconded by Mr 6 . Giles , the sum of 3 s . was _unioimomly voted to the Executive , Mr . _Cootes proposed , and III

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      T M CapeU _,- . seconded tho following resolution , which ff as unanimously adopted - ' « Resolved , . Tbat _eTcbm mittee of five persona be appointed te raise subscriptions tewardi defraying the _expenies of a publfo town meeting , at which Mr O'Connor shall be invited to atlend , and expound the principles of the Land Company and Land and Labour Bank . ' Mr O , Giles next read the balance sheet of the Land Company for the last quarter , to the _tatisfaotion of the members present . Mr John Page in an address , in which he exposed the raioality of the Dispatch , proposed the following resolution , which , being seconded by Mr Flower , In a very able manner , and supported by many others , was carried unanimously . ' That we the Cbartists , aod members of tbe National Land Company residing in Brighton and its neighbourhood , having read the articles In the Dispatch

      attacking the _cenduet of Feargus O'Connor Esq , M . P ., deem such remarks utterly unfounded and beneath contempt . We also express our unshaken confidence in Mr O'Connor , and his plan of ameliorating the con . dicion of the working classes , and we give it aa our opinion , that the day is not far distant when the thinking portion of the community will eease to support tbe Dispatch and all other such venal and time serving journals . ' Mr Sewell , one ot tbe trustees of tbe Land Company , addressed the meeting , and promised to do so again on Thursday evening . Mr Sewell was loudlycheered on resuming bis seat . A copy of the Dispatch was then burnt to ashes in tbe room amidst an immense clapping of hands , and tbe landlord expressed bis determination to take in that paper no more , although he had done so for a long time . Enclosed are a few of tbe embers in proof ofthe' flare up . '

      Cwr and _Fissnonv _Localitt . —A crowded meeting of this locality , waa held at the Good Intent Coffee-house , Hatton Garden , on Monday evening last , Mr W . Almutt in the chair , _MrMshaNobbs moved , and Mr J . Coleman seconded , the following resolution : — The resolution was ably _supporMV m . «»<» w . Salmon . Gower . T . Salmon- --J ca rried . That we , tne membera of this locality , view with feelings of deep regret the conduct of tbe' Whistler ' and his employers , in respect to the character of Mr O'Connor , believing that such parties were actuated by no good feeling towards the working classes , but on the contrary with a view to injure their exertions in emancipating themsetves from slavery _, 'Mr O'Connor ' s character being such asto warrant us in giving him our unlimited confidence , and we farther recommend the members bf the Land Company in all localities , to By to ihe rescue ef Ur O'Connor , and not let the expenses of the action fall upon hi . n .

      It was moved by Mr w . Salmon , seconded by Mr Weghorn : — That the thanks of this meeting he given to Mr Weerth for the very praiseworthy manner in whioh he advocated the interests of the working classes at tha Free Trade Congress at Brussels , Tbat this meeting consider the Congress held in _Brus . sell under the designation of Free Trade—was an insult to the common sense , honesty , and Intelligence of the nineteenth century , being in fact an assembling of men met rather to serve the interest oftheir own ordtr , than to benefit the human family , and we regard with feelings of distrust every man or body of _msn _, whe aim not at universality of principle , for wbich we bave as Cbartists contended , and are prepared to defend to the last .

      After wbicb , Mr H . Black , of Manchester , delivered an interesting address descriptive of his visit to Lowbands and O'Connorville , which gave much satisfaction ; At the conclusion , a discussion took place , in which Messrs Skelton , J . Coleman , Allnutt , _Nobbs _, and W . Salmon , took part . Votes of thanks having been passed to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting adjourned to Sunday evening next . Halifax . —On _Tuesdajr evening , October Sth , a large meeting was held in the Odd Fellow ' s Hall , about 2 , 000 persons were present , to adopt the National Petition . Mr _Barraclough was called to the chair . The following were the resolutions adopted : — Proposed by Jonathan Gaukrodger , seconded by Mr _Clisset -.

      —That as men are naturally equal , being physically governed by tbe universal laws of nature , tbe beings of one author , who has declared himself to be no respector of persons , thus eternally establishing man equality , any laws passed for the aggrandisement of any particular class , at the expense of , or to the disadvantage of , tha whole , is a manifest violation of the principles of Christianity _, by which our present legislative assemblies ostensibly profess tobe governed . Moved by Mr _Tomlinson , seconded by Mr Thomas : — That as the present House of Commons is appointed by a mere fractional portion of the people , lt does not and cannot represent the interests of the great majority of the nation while so constituted . Moved by Mr Boden _, seconded by Mr Sutcliffe : —

      That the physical and moral condition of the people can never be thoroughly improved , until the principles embodUd in tbe People ' s Charter , become the law ef tbe land , Moved by Mr Rushton , seconded by Mr Htwarth : — That a petition in favour of the People ' s Charter , be adopted by tbe meeting . It was then resolved : — That the present membera of theborocgh he requested to support the prayer of the petition adopted by this meeting . The meeting broke up at about ten o ' clock . A district delegate meeting was held in the Working Man ' s Hall , _Bullclose-Iane , on Sunday , October 10 th . Delegates present : —John Bates , C . Shackleton , D . Lawson , J . _Clissett , S . Widdop , G . Webber , Mr D . Lawson in the chair . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —

      That we form ourselves into a district , to be called the Halifax district _. That the district be agitated by means of local lecturers _. That we approve of the following persons as local lecturers for this district : —Benjamin Rushton , Isaac Clisset , James Bowden , Oeorga Webber , David T ° mpest , Edward Horson , Joseph Wilson , David Howarth , Christopher Shackleton , That any association in this district requiring the services ofthe lecturers , are requested to send a delegate to tbe next _moetinj-, or correspond with the secretary , George Webber , 7 , Range Bank , Halifax , That the next delegate meeting be held in the Working Man's Hall , _Butlcose-lane , Halifax , on Sunday , October 24 th , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .

      A meeting ef non-electors was held in the Working Man ' s Hall , on Monday October llth , which was addressed in _speeohes of great length , by Messrs Clisset and Webber , who ably contended against- the tyranny ind despotism of onr government , and exhorted the people to rally round the banners of Chartism , Nottingham—The Cbartists and members of the Land Company iu this locality , held their weekly meeting on Sunday evening , October 10 th , at Mr Wright ' s , Eagle Tavern , Garner ' _shill . The large room was crowded to excess . Mr Skerritt was _unanimously called to the chair . The' Whistler ' s' letter , and Mr O'Connor's answer thereto , were read from the Star . Afterwards a vote of thanks to the citizens of

      Philadelphia , for their spirited address to the electors and nen-electors of Nottingham , for electing Mr O'Connor as their representative in Parliament , was proposed in a very neat and judicious speech by Mr G . Hannah , seconded by Mr Charles Roberts , and adopted . The Chairman then informed the meeting , that a public tea party and ball would be held in the course of three or four weeks , in honour of the return of Mr O'Connor to Parliament , at which Mr O'Connor bad promised to attend ; This announcement was received with loud applause . Oldham . —On Sunday last two spirited meetings took place in the sohool room of the Working Man ' s Hall , to hear addresses from Mr T . Tattersali on the Land and the Charter . At the conclusion of the lecture , a number of persons enrolled themselves

      members of the National Charter Association . Votes of thanks were passed to the lecturer and chairman . Stockport . —At a crowded meeting in the hall of the Lyceum , on Sunday evening , tbe following , resolution was passed— ' That the thanks of this meeting are hereby given to George Weerth for hia able defence of the English working classes , at the Free Trade Congress held at Brussels ; and this meeting denounces the assertion of Dr Bowring , that he and his fellow Free Traders represented , and had received the suffrages , of tho working people of England , as a gross falsehood . And this meeting further expresses its opinion tbat the working men of England would elect , not Dr Bowring , but George Weerth as the representative ef their interests , and the faithful exponent of their sentiments .

      The Metropolitan Dblboatk Committhb reques that all persons having any claim on them will send in the same _| forsettlement ; also all persons who have had raffle or play tickets whioh hare not been accounted for , are requested to attend to the settlement of the same , as the committee will shortly close its proceedings , prior to a general committee election . All communications to be addressed to the committee on Thursday evenings , at the Dispatch coffee house Fleet-street , or to the treasurer , Mr M'Grath 144 High Holborn , or the secretary , Mr Tapp ' ol Skinner-street . Bishopsgate , City . ' _Tivbuton—The monthly meeting of ihe Chartist Association was held on Friday evamV , at the Worth Arms Inn . The ohair was takea by Mr Beck , 14 new members were enrolled , Mr W . Rowcliffe was congratulated on the victory achieved by his election to the Council

      Town . Mr-Rowcliffe , in a very lergthy speech , returned _thaioks to the Burgesses lor their kind Bupport , aad told them they should not be deceived in him ,. fo « he would carry out the principles he had always advocated — i . e equal rights and equal laws . A Vote of thanks was given to the lady , the _authwess of the 'Utters on Grammar . A vote of thanks , was given to the chairman , and the meetine separated _WAKEFiBLD _.-Mr j ' _oija Shaw 0 f Leeds , delivered a leoture here on Friday evening the Sth iik Subfii . _w < S , _i ter > _?• ° _™ called to the chaa . Mr Shafr speke for upwards of an hour and a half ma clear and forcible manner . He _broueht £ _™ , rgUm _- V Tmt C 0 u _™^ 8 . toTrove tha Sn A „ _WJ ? lea whioh M 0 calculated to perma . ttently benefit the great mm of the _prodding class , are the _pviaotples , _« t forth by tho _pJoA ' a Ker

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      Mr W . J . Lamb , in obedience to & call _fironi the _chairmanr-nade a' few _remaA « r- _>^ « _"P 0 . _*?' meeting the propriety _^ keeping up an agitation in f avour ef tbe Ohitter . Voteaoftbdidis _. weTe _^ aei to Mr Shaw for his able lecture , and the chairman for his services , when the meeting separated . _W" -STMii-STEB .--At _Dean-street , on Sunday « _e _*? 1 D e * last , Mr ffilHam Dixon one of the dfrectors ot the flati _* onal Land Company , delivered a lecture to a very crowded and highly respectable audience upon the _subject : - ¦ ' England as It is . ' Mr Cuffay was unanimously called upon to preside . Mr Dixon waa _receded witk the most marked respeet j he entered into a dear , lucid , and lengthy exposition ofthe wrongs asd privations which tbe working classes under the present

      system of class misrule are obligated to endure . Mr Dixon proved that the condition ofthe working elasses of England a century ago was much better than tbeir pre . sent oondttion , whioh he contended had become deteriorated In consequence ofthe misapplication of machinery . He did not wish to be misunderstood , he was no enemy t » the use of machinery , he cared not if machinery was Invented and brought into me to supersede manual labour entirely , provided the labourer * reaped the advantages _accruis _* from Its use ; but so long a . machinery waa exclusively in the power ofthe capltt . li » t and directed exelmively for his benefit , tothe detriment of the working Classen , so long would the operatives of this _degraded and class ridden country > emam in their

      present deplorable condition . Mr Dixon entered into a long and truly harrowing description of the fines imposed by the tyrant millocrats of the north upon their slaves , and showed that the laws in these manufaoturing Bella are equally as despotic •» * he law 8 of - _* ' _"" * or _Auslrii He showed the audience that the miliocrat constitutes judge , jury and executioner . After ae eoturer concluded a vote of thanks _waspaBied to both eoturer and charman and tho n _*^ n » _*********' yoBKsniRB .-The West-Riding delegate _meetuM tnnlr r . _lnr . _0 at Bradford , on Sunday but . Bradford , Halifax , _WakeBeld , Littletown , Dewsbury , -leigh ley , and Q , ueenshead were represented by delegates . The following places sent letters : —Leeds , Sheffield , Holmforth , Sowerby , and Hebden-bridge .

      The business transacted was not very important . After Mr Donovan ' s route bad been made out , the meeting adjourned till the 21 st of November .

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      FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . _Cirr ' _AMD Finbborv _LocAtiir . —On Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock , Mr Skelton will lecture , Subject : — ' Superstitions , Priestcraft . ' Greenwich awd Dbptfobd—The Chartists of the above locality will meet in future at seven o ' elock on every Sunday evening , at Mr J , Morgan's , 39 , Butcher-row . _Deptford . A general meeting will be held on Sunday next , forthe purpose of opening the rooms , and choosing a new council , and other business connected with the association . Mr E . Stallwood and other friends have been invited , and are expected to attend : The members of tbe Land Company will meet as usual , on every Tuesday evening , at Mr Paris ' _s , Coldbath , Greenwich ,, from seven till nine o'olock .

      Grbenwich and Dbptfobd . —The Chartist weekly meetings will in future be held at the house of Mr Morgan , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford ; on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock . A political placard is at present circulating in the borough , from which we give the following extract : — ' A word to the men in the Dock-yard and Victualling Office , nd also to those employed in the Steam Navigation Company : Can you , who have not a vote , consider yourselves otherwise than slaveB ? Do you not allow others to think and aot for you ? But , remember , you have to pay . Indeed , you are placed on a level with the brute . And you , who have a vote , and do not exercise your own judgment , and act from principle , and not for men . are minions ! inasmuch aa you have

      sold your minds , and have become the unprincipled tools in tbe hands ef tyrants and despots ; merely because they have your toil ; and from which they ( your oppressors ) accumulate immense fortunes . Surely there is nothing honourable either in being a slave or a minion ! but there is something truly noble in being free and independent men I where the spirit exists aa well as the form . ' South London . —Mr O'Brien will lecture in the South London Chartist Hall , Webber-street , Blackfriars-road , on Sunday evening next , at eighto ' clock , upon the followine subject : ' Rights of Property and Representative Government . ' A ballot will take place on Monday evening next , for a capital clock and a coloured and mounted portrait of Patrick _O'Higeins , for the benefit ofthe above ball .

      South London . —An adjourned meeting of the Metropolitan Observational Committee will be held on Sunday , 17 th Ootober , at six o'clock in the evening , at the South London Hall , corner of Webberstreet , Blackfriars-road . All districts not yet represented are requested to send deleeates . W . H . _Parkb , secretary . Somers Town . —On Sunday evening next Mr Fussell will lecture on the Evils of a State Charch , at the _Bricklayers' Arms , _Tonbridee-street , New . road . The chair to be taken at eighto'clock . An Harmonic Meeting will be held on Tuesday evening next , October 19 th , at MrDuddridge ' s , Bricklayers ' Arms , Tonbridge-street , _New-road : the proceeds to be given to the widow of the late Wm . Dodson , of Sleaford : to commence at eight o ' clock .

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      Assembly Rooms , 83 , Deanstrebt . —On Sunday evening , Ootober the 17 th , at half-past seven o'clock precisely , Mr William Dixen , will deliver his second public lecture . At seven o ' clock precisely , the same evening , tbe Westminster branch of the Land Company , and locality of the Charter Association , will meet for despatch of business . Mr T . _Pickersgill will also be in attendance to enrol members in the National Co-operative Benefit Society . On Monday evening , Ootober 18 th , the Irish Confederates meet for discussion , reading , Ac . On Tuesday evening , October 19 th , the National _Registration and Central Election Committee meet at eight o'clock precisely . The same evening , the National Victim Committee also meet fer tbe transaction of important business . Tbe members of the Charter Association are requested to meet on Sunday evening next , Ootober 17 th , at seven o ' clock preoisely , to elect a secretary , treasurer , and other oflicers .

      Bbthnal Green , Whittington and Cat . —A general meeting of the members of the above braneh will be held on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock precisely . All members in arrears of general and local _levieB if not paid , will be excluded from the ballot . The committee on Mr Tapps ease meet atthe above place at three o ' clock on Sunday . afternoon . Bbthnal Gbbbn . —On Wednesday evening next , a publie discussion will take place at the Railway Engine Coffee-house , Brick-lane , Subject : Ought the people to have the Charter , unless preceded by national education V Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock .

      Cambbrweia a »» Waiavorth —A publie meeting on behalf of the Charter and Land will be held in the _spacions Assembly Rooms , East-street , Walworth , en Wednesday evening , _Oltober 20 th , ateigut o'clock precisely , at which Ernest Jones , Esq ., _Barrister-at _* Law , will attend and address the meeting . Chklsba . —The shareholders are requested to at tend at Mr Herbert ' s Coffee-house , Exeter-street New-road , Chelsea , on Tuesday eveninenext , at eight o ' clock , to audit accounts , choose officers , < fco . Cut op London . —The members of this branch who have paid up their shares , and who have certifi . cates

      , are requested to produce them , or send the names and numbers , stating the number of acres to the secretary , T- Salmon , at their meeting house _, the Good Intent Coffee-house , _Back-hill , Hatton Garden , on Sunday next , or as early alter as possible . And all members are required to pay up their general expenses , where due , previous to the ballot taking place on the 8 th of November next , or thev will not be eligible . J _Finsburt . —A general meeting of the Finsbury branch will take place , on Tuesday next , October 19 th , at ihe Mechanics Institute , Frederick ' _s-place Goswell-read _, on important business . '

      _Martlbbonb . —The shareholders will meet on Sunday , Ootober 17 th , at three o ' elock . at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , New-road . Leamington . — The members © f this branchstrongly appeal to all membersof the Land Company and friends to democracy to become members of the National Charter Association . MrD . Donovan ' s Route forthe next ' fortnight > - Sunday , Oot . 17 th . Leeds ; Monday , 18 th , Dewsbury _; Tuesday , 1 . 9 th , Wakefield - Wednesdav , 2 ftth , Huddersfield ; Thursday , 21 st , Holmfirth ; Friday , 22 nd , Elland ; Sunday , 24 th . _Qjueenshead ; Monday , 25 th , Bradford ; Tuesday , 26 tb , Wednesday * 27 th , Thursday , 28 th . Halifax ; Friday , 29 th , Littletown ; Sunday , 31 st , Keighley .

      Macclbsfibld—A meeting of the committee of this branch of the Land Company will be hsl < 2 in the Chartist room , Stanley-streak , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at six o ' clock in tbe evening . The- _quarterly meeting ofthe shareholders will be held m the above room , on Tuesday evening next , at _eighicAjlock . _Mascbestbr . —The _ratsithly meeting oi share * holders will take place next Sunday _motnine Oot l > _jth , in the People ' s Institute , wh et * _busmeBS _fjj importance will be _brought beW the _mSJ Chair to be taken _pmisely at ninft o _' clock in & morning . N . B _.-Parties wishing io be furn she ? with rules of the Naiienal Land _Cwnpany _™ Jo 8 ° r ? _^ Wm ' Fo 8 ter * _secrete m No 12 _Ahce-street , _Devoashire-street , Bulme _& _SJi * _OLDHAM .-On Saturday _( _tb » _dajfffi SKi ' Settement _oftkNational _Lwd _CoUaSvSlk _forsignatures ai the sohool Mom oT \ Jlt Man ' s Hall , _uhen the memWs residing in the fof _lowingplacw _arcrequested to attend ? andf sign the deed _viz-oidham , Failsworth . Hoi id Rov-Banking System , and show the mar _* _Vdvantases which ti » Ud arj d _Ubour Bank ofi SJ S

      oft _? _S _^ _' _^?! W _« dne _^ a _Wning , Ootober 20 , a meeting will take place at the Uailway . _Eneine _; 1 . JTm La d _CMnpany and Charter Association , at half-past eight o ' olock . . _Shorediioh .- On Sunday evening last thedisous _* aiou _ta ' - _veeji Mi ; Warren and Mr King took place

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      at the Green Gate , Hackney-road ; subject : —' The conduct of tbe directors to tbe allottees at O'Con . norville . ' The discussion was kept up till a J _* tg hour , and adjourned until Sunday evening next , _Oct _* 17 th , at _seveB o ' clock . ' . _Shefpibld . —Mr J . West will lecture in the Town hall on Tuesday evening , October 19 th , at half past seven o ' clock . ' Wakk _** ibld' —Meetings are held in the large reom , George and Crown Yard , every Friday evening , and addresses will be delivered every alternate Friday evening by several advocates of the people ' s cause . . MANCHESTER '—Mr R . S . Chadwick will deliver a lecture in the People ' s Institute , _neyrod-atreet , Ancoats , on Sunday , Oct . 17 . Chair to be taken at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . of Leedswill lecture

      Stockport—Mr Shaw , , at the Hall of Lyceum , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock . Subject : Labour ' s Wrongs and Labour's Remedy . ' Bradford . —A public meeting ofthe shareholders will be held in the large room , Butterworth Buildings , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at two o ' clock in the afternoon . _BARNiLBT .-Delegates from _Wi-Mbro' Common , Dodwnrth , _Ardsley . and No . 2 branch are requested to attend at Mr Utley's , on Sunday night , at six o ' clock , to advise when and _I-. ow the f «« meeting will bo held . All persons wishing to join the National Co-operative Benefit Society , are also desired to meet at the same time and place . _LouoHBORocon . — The members of tbe Chartist Association , meet every Sunday evening , at their room , _Wheatsheaflnn , Ward ' s End , at half past six o'clock .

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      THB FRATERNAL DEMOCRAT S , A meeting of tbe Committee of tbis society took place on Monday last , when a lengthy conver _» ation took place on certain propositions for the better government ; and progreision of the society , brought forward by T . Frost of Croydon , Subsequently the following resolution was adopted : — _< That it having been determined , at a recent meeting of this society , that the contributions pa-able by mem . bers should be changed from one halfpenny weekly , to one sbillinr annually , auch annual subscription to be paid by a I members ( in town and country ) , every 22 nd of September , or as near thereto as possible ; tbe mem . bera are hereby reminded of tbe said resolution , and are requested to forward their contributions forthwith to G . Julian Harney , 16 , Great _Windmill-atreet , Haymarket '

      The affairs of Switzerland occupied the serious attention of the Committee , which will m * et again on Friday evening . Oct . 22 nd , at the society ' s place of meetiBg , White Hart , Drury-lane .

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      CORN , & e . Mabk .-i . ai-e , Monday . —During last week the arrivals of all kinds of grain , as well as flour , up to our market coastwise were on a very limited scale ; rom Ireland and Scotland the receipts were very small . From abroad the imports were on a comparatively trifling scale , tbey principally consisting of 1 _» , 930 qrs . ef wheat , 19 , 199 qrs . of oats , and 7 , 321 barrels of flour , chiefly from Russia and the United States . Fresh up this morning the supply of wheat of homeproduce is on the increase , and considerably larger than on Monday last . The quality , however , owing to the prevailing damp weather , was by no means first-rate . Tho how of samples of both red and _wh'te being tolerably Rood , and the attendance of both town and country buyers by no means good , the demand for all kinds of English _wheatwas less active than on Friday : nevertheless a large portion ofthe supply was cleared off at prices about equal to those obtained on Monday last . On tho whole the trade mav be considered steady .

      With foreign wheat we were tolerably well , but not to say heavily supplied . The best qualities of both red and white were in fair request , at fully last week ' s currencies ; but tbe middling and inferior kinds commanded very little attention at late rates . The actual amount of business concluded in any description was by no means large . The show of malting barley was exceeding small . Tbat article was , in most instances , beld for more money , but which was not generally paid . Grinding and distilling sorts moved off at late rates . Superfine malt ready for delivery was in good request , at a little more money , and the value of all other kinds was supported in every instance . At the close ofthe mar . ket a good clearance of all samples , which were few in number , was effected .

      The arrivals of oats from all quarters , especially from our coast and from Ireland , being on a very moderate scale , the oat trade may be considered steady for the best parcels ; bnt in prices we have no improvement to notice . There was a fair sale for beans nt extreme currencies . In peas a full average amount of business was transacted at very full prices-Indian corn and meal were quite as dear , with a good business doing in those articles Flour was in moderate request at fully late rates . Bbitish . —Wheat : Kent , Essex , and Suffolk , old red 54 s to 58 s , new red 52 s to 56 s , old white Cls to 65 s , new white 59 s to 638 , Norfolk and Lincoln , old red Sis to 55 s , oWwhite —sto—s »—Rjea « to 38 s . —Barley , grinding 35 s to 30 s , distilling 25 s to 30 s , malting 33 s to 33 s , Chevalier 37 s to 38 s . —Malt : Brown 60 s to 6 is , pale 63 s to

      65 s , Stimuli and _JSorfolk 63 s to 67 s , new pale Ware 61 s to 66 s , old—sto—s , Chevalier 67 s to fi 8 s . —Beans : Tick 37 a to 46 s , pigeon 36 s to ' 45 s , Harrow new — s to —s , old —s to —s . —Peas : white 49 s to 53 s , grey and maple 44 s to 47 s . —Oats : English feed 22 s to 24 s , Poland 23 s to 25 s , Scotch feed 22 s to 24 s ,. —Potato 27 s to 29 s . Irish : limerick ; and Ncwry 24 s to 27 s , Cork and Tonghal —s to — s , Cork white —sto—sper qr . —Flour : Town made 44 s to 49 s , Essex and Kent SSs to 43 s . Norfolk and Stockton 38 s to 12 s , Suffolk -s to —s per 2801 hs . Foreign . —Free Wheat : Dantilc and Konigshurg 52 » to 58 s , Mecklenburg 52 s to 56 s , Russian 48 s to 51 s . — Barley : grinding 23 s to 25 s , malting 25 s to 3 is . —Beans , Egyptian 27 s to 28 s , Mediterranean 30 s to 36 s . —Peas : White—sto—a . —Oats : Russian 20 s to 23 s , Mecklenburg 258 to 28 s per qr . —American flour 25 a to 29 a per 19 Slbs .

      _Richmond { Yorkshire ) Oct / 2 . —We had a thinner supply of grain to-day ; and prices were in consequence a shade higher . —Wheat sold from 6 s 9 d to 8 s ; oats 2 s 9 d to Ss ; barley , 4 s 6 d to 5 s ; beans 4 s 9 d to 6 s Gd per bushel . Wak » fiei , d , Oct . 8 . —We have a good supply of wheat ; yet a great part of it being disposed of last week , causes only a moderate show of samples , and having a fair demand , an improvement of 2 s to 3 » per quarter is effected . Barley is ready sale at Is to 2 s advan ce . Oats- and shelling in slow request on rather lower terms . Beans Is per qr . dearer . 3 * o change in ether articles . Manchester , Oct . 9 . —This morning holders oS wheat required an advance ef 2 d _pt-r 7 » lbs ., which , however , was not freely paid by buyers . Flour was in steady , but not extensive demand , atlsper sack and _bantnl over the currency of this day se ' nnight . Oats remained

      unchanged m value , but oatmeal must be noted 18 per load cheaper . Livebpooi _, Monday , Oct . 11 . —The supplies- of grain and flour arc on a very moderate sale this weak , either from abroad or onr own coast . There has been a good business passing in our grain market since lasfe Tuesday . The better qualities of wheat have obtained aro advance of 2 d to 3 d per bushel , and choice fresh basrel flourthe stock of which is now in a narrow compass—fully ls per barrel . The best Western Canal flour commands 28 s per barrel . Barley , beans , and peas , arseach ratherdearer . Good now oats find steady sale as they arrive , at fully late rates . The Irish denand for Indian corn has somewhat fallen oft * , and the superior descriptions have declined ls to 2 s per _qjiarter , while _the-inferior feeding quality nearly _maintalos late rates .

      CATTLE , & c . SMITHPHELD , Oct . ll . Coarse and inferior beasts 3 s to 3 s . Gd , second quality ditto 3 s 8 d to- 3 s 10 d _, primo large jxen 4 s to 4 s 2 d . prime Scots & e . 4 s 4 d _tolsGd , coarse and inferior sheep 3 s 8 d to 4 s , second , quality do 4 s 2 d to- 4 s 4 d , prime coarse woolled sheep 4 s 6 d to 4 s 8 d , prime south down do . 4 s _10 d to 5 s 2 d , large coarse calves 3 s fid to 4 s 2 d , small do 4 s 4 d _, to 4 s fid , large hogs 4 s to 4 s 6 d neat small _porkers-4 s 8 d to 5 s per Slbs to sinit the offal j suckling calves 18 s to . 28 s , and quarter old store pigs 16 s to 19 s each . Beast * 4 , 219 , eows— , sheep and lambs 25 , 590 ,. calves 140 , pigs-OlOa .

      NEWGATE AND LEADENHAhL , Oct . II . Inferior beef 2 s 6 d to 2 s' 8 d , Middling , ditto 2 s _lod to 3 s 2 _dj . prime largo ditto 3 s 2 < ito 8 s 4 d , prime small ditto 3 s 6 _dto-3 s 8 d , inferior mutton 3 s 6 d to 3 s 8 d , middling ditto 3 s 10 di to 4 s 2 d , prime ditis 4 s 4 d to 4 s 8 dj veal 3 s 6 dto 4 s 6 _dj . large pork 4 s Od to 4 s 8 d , small _poris 4 s lOd to 5 s 4 d , per 8 ! l ) s by the carcase .

      COTTON . In the early part ofthe week . th « unfavourable circumstances alluued to . ii * the three last airculars , acted upon ; tbis market with increased severity ,, and _priees were very Irregular ; in many instances forced sales of American were made tor immediate cash payment , at fully _Jd'per St ) , decline j the tsade , however , have shown more confidence , and throughout the week , have bought fairly ; : on j Monday and Tuesday less cotton , had been offered ) and > an improved tone is perceptible in the market ; nesenth _* _. ; less all _descriptisns ( excepting Sarat , which is -Jd to id ) arc id to gd lower than Hie _lasbojuotiitions . Speculators have taken 3200 American andi 300 Surat , and _Exporters 950 American and 200 Surat .. The sales of the week , which amount to 32 , 370 bales . The imports of / the week are 5 , 934 .

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      ' ' (From The Gazette Of Tuesday, Oct,. ...

      ' ' ( From the Gazette of Tuesday , Oct ,. TS . ) William , Bate , _Bridgnorth , Shropshire , millwright-James Burt , James Burbjlun _., and William Tottie "Vat- _, son , Manchester and Leeds , commission aaents—Thomas _^ Cooper , ; Tork , stockbroker-Roger Dewhurst and Evan , _""SM" _* _* Blackburn ,, " iancashire , timber merchauts- _^ . William . HurstForcV Barford , Oxfordshire , _innkeeper-Georgs William Jonas , Castelnau , Svirey , shoe manufaeturerer-Richard iGoleman _Klngsfojidand Henry Lows ? b : 5 Bflwell , Strttton ,. Kent , nnd _Catbeuine-couit , City _. _aiitier 3—William . Hen » y Lewis , _Ludgejie-stveot , City , straw fcannet maHf _; r- "") _aomas Lyon and Edward Lyon , Bwchiulaae , City , stockVokers—Henry Qwcn , _1 _'leet-streei , City , jwromon _carrieir-Whitfiold _Pnlupr , _Uxbriiige , _MiWlesex , [ _ieweiter—William Pitliey _, _PhUvM . _lane , City , _nwehant-EdTvard . _Sanders , _Stamford-terrace , Old Rent-road , builder- -William Henry Stray , _Lambeth-walk , hat _manufnctuwr-HM iry _Toyne , _Shweditch , linendvaper-Wm . walker , . \ ondon-wiill , C % _, paper staiuer— John W il _> haw * , Cb , 4 \ . _eiihain , mcroey ,

      Deaths. Died At Richmond, On The 12th In...

      DEATHS . Died at Richmond , on the 12 th inst ., Matthew , eldest son _oJ Christopher Bowes , Esq . Died suddenly , » S New Kadford , on Sunday night last , Mr J . Simons , one ofthe most activo democrats here , His loss is universally regretted .

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      Printed fcy DOUGAL M'COWAN , of 16 , Great _WmihrjU--_ . . *» 1 .... !— . 1 .. r . ; . _ . _ . r -nr __ . ; ..- _ . t _ l tne Birvei _uinriciiu _iuc ui i _vsiiuiusvo »¦

      , Xiay -, Vuj , , Oilico, In The Same St...

      , xiay _-, vuj , , Oilico , in the same Street and Parish , for the _Prtprleter , FEA . KGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and publishe d by Wiuiam Hewitt , of Ko . 18 , Charles-street , _Brandon-struct , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mary , he *' _ngfon , in the County of Surrey , at tha Office , No . « Great _WindroW-street , Haymarket , in thc _CityofWS * * - _mJnster , _Saturduy _, October 16 th , til _.

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 16, 1847, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_16101847/page/8/