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      December 19, 1846. . , The Northern Star...

      _December 19 , 1846 . _. _, _THE _NORTHERN STAR . _ 5

      Cfar-Ius O'Connor, Es<R. Deputy Treasure...

      _cfAR-iUS O'CONNOR , _Es < r . DEPUTY _TREASURER OP-THE _OHARTIVl" * _( _J-j . Ui ' fi . _uAii-. Ei *¦ LAND COMPANY IN ACCOUNT WITH THE TREASURER * .

      U * . £ i . d . „ ¦ amount -received fiom Section So . i _ty F « S O'Connor , as _acknowipdced in the Star , Irom the formation of Company to Saturday , the 5 th cf _jtettmber ( inclusive ) ... ' SI 15 8 S Second Section ... 298 * 16 21 _niti _* * ** - __/ _j within the same period from _JvC _* _* _* _- _" * * _** fie _n _« ral - ?<• _*•"""•? _..- ... 4389 7 8 . eived from Treasurer for

      Herj _a _gs-aU- purchase ... ... 2000 0 0 & r Deposit on Carpender ' s . ... 500 0 0 _„* r fhecks for Deposit on Lowbands pitJOP _"'' B ' herV *" r P <** es — - 205 (> 0 0 _,- TedJr * omMr . Wells for sale of _Car-Sei * - * aeri , £ lS 50 , less £ 4 10 s . for Legal ¦ _T x _^ ecses — _•*— _•— 1 S 4 _* > . 9 . accocst of caors and tikbeb . _ToCifh received from William pat-nan fer Wheat ... 94 18 * 0

      _jKtto lTone forHay ... 80 0 j ) ino _to « for 0 at " » « _p _- _tjo Wild for Baric ... SO 5 0 Igres _, R 00 _- * * ana Fa Sg ots * as per Overseer ' s book ... 94 0 0 _„ , _f-om Gilbert for Old Iron 0 8 3 _V" - 3 W 11 2

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      / / / / j I {! i ' £ 23 , 799 12 6

      Cfar-Ius O'Connor, Es<R. Deputy Treasure...

      1845- _gj « . July 18-Bj Cash , paid to Treasurer ... 175 6 0 _aep . * . „ Lodged in Bank toTreaw - surei _^ _s acuount ... 748 12 0 me " Bo - Do * - m * - Jan . 31 . „ Do . Do . ... 1 G 69 4 9 Mar . 16 . „ Paid deposit on _Herriugs-« 1 e _^ 8 *** ••• - 3 " 2 0 0 " **¦ * " * ib . „ do . forlTerringsgate , crop and timber ... 1972 8 6 11 Expence on account of conveyance , title and stamps ... ... 72 4 4 „ Surveyor , as per receipt ... 15 2 3 » Piercy on account of ranges as per ditto ... 10 0 0 Advertisements in Times and £ unfor tenders for

      contracts , and estates in Herts and Beds ... 2 10 0 April 9 „ Lodged to Treasurer ' s account ... ... 1920 It 0 „ Returned , sent upon _conditions that could not be comjilied with ... 20 0 0 8 . „ For directors * salaries as per vote ... 7 0 June 15 : „ Deposit on Carpcnder ' s Farm ... ... 506 0 0 July 18 . „ Lodged to Treasurer ' s account ... ... 3 » 21 17 4 * J 5 . „ Do . Do . ... 500 0 0 Xov . 3 . „ Do . . Do . ... I 11 OO 0 0 26 . „ Do . Do . ... 12 O 0 0 O Dec . 5 . „ Du . l ) o . ... _255 C 18 8 „ Deposit on Lowbands and RcdMarley ... 810 0 0 „ Bspeiicesof Carpcnder ' s , as p .-r receipts ... 11 15 0

      „ Paid Counsel for consultation ou enrolment , as per _acknowledituiant — ' 2 2 0 „ Cullingham ' s expences to Dsbiidge and back for timber , as per receipt ... 15 0 „ Paid Payne , of Uxbridgc , as per receipt ... 10 0 „ Paid Wallwark ( occupant ) on his capital — 5 0 0 „ Paid Solicitor , _« n account of title to Lowbands and enrolment ... 157 10 7 „ Repaid Curdwaiucrs _, as per receipt ... 7 0 6 „ Inm Chest , as per receipt 7 7 „ Bent of office , as per do . 7 0 0 „ Squires for paint , do . 25 0 0 „ For Cow , as per do-... 16 0 0

      „ For Beer for men , do . ... 4 0 0 ., M'Grath aud Doyle , for salaries paid at Ilerringsgate _, from June to December ... " 23 5 II „ Paid Annuitants ... 31 11 8 „ Exhibited Post-Office orders irregularly scut aud not cashed ... 172 18 0 Do . do . signed by Treasurer _. notcashed 77 8 10 „ Half n _« tes ... JO O 0 „ Ifotes ... . ... 20 0 ( I

      „ Lodged in Bank to be drawn ... .-. 68 0 0 „ Postage Stamps exhi-„ bited ... ... 24 16 4 „ Post-Offieeorder , retained by London Branch ... 2 10 3 „ Left Mr . King to pay men 2 0 0 „ Paid Tithe , as per receipt 16 5 0 „ Expenses at Herringsgate , as per Overseer ' s weekly books , exhibited aud examined by the Committee ... ... 4 . 135 0 (• ,. Cash in hand ... 14 16 4 £ 22 , 709 12 6

      Cfar-Ius O'Connor, Es<R. Deputy Treasure...

      Tie above balance sheet sets forth tbe receipts and disbursements ofthe Company from its formation _tibe meeting of Conference . The _balance sheet of the deputy treasurer was presented in a more detailed frm than appears above , each week ' s receipts being t * et forth , distinguishing the sections , and each umber of tie _NortI , eru Star containing the weekly receipts being produced . The expenses at Herringsgate ere laid before the Committee in the overseer ' s account paid by Mr . O'Connor , and entered at the time of jjmMit to the labourers , or for sums paid for mate : ials , and for all of which stamped ree ipts were pro-¦ aeeu * . It will be seen that there is no item nnder the _compiehensive tenn " sundries" far postage , _staionary , clerks , or Air . O'Connor ' s travelling _expensts incurred in visiting and bidding for estates , while jmpts were produced for every item down to five shillings ; neither is there a single entry under the head sundries" in tbe overseers bock . . The members will understand tbat the balance sheet includes every far- ling received up to the last moment , and that the Committee , at Mr . O'Connor ** - request , appointed their ] "• airman to take an account ofthe several post-office orders , cash , and other securities exhibited .

      Resolved , —That we , tbe undersigned Delegates , having been appointed to scrutinize the accounts ol _rEincis O'Cosxoe . Esq ., as Sub-Treasurer to the " Chartist Co-operative Land Company , " have now to eport , _thst , upon the most minute examination of such Accounts , we find that every Farthing which has « en received by bim is duly accounted for . The Touchers have been produced for every item of _expending however trifling , and tbat from the Bank Book , which has been submitted to our inspection , it apear :, tbit the various sumo which he has received , have been faithfully deposited in the hands of the Comany s Banker , in conformity with rule , and that npon comparing the date of the Receipts with the Bank teposits ; they equally correspond with each other . " That in consequence of the infamous eaiuninies which have been circulated with the malicious inteni if iniuriugthe reputation of Mr . O'Connor , we hereby declare tbe unbounded _satisfaction which the _inspects *> f is accounts with tbe Company has afforded us and at the tame time to express , in the name of oui _flnie-ous constituents , the gratitude which is due to him for Ms long and faithful services in the cause o be working classes . ( Signed ) Jobs Shaw , William , Coxn , Jun . Ue . mh * Page , William Br « ok , Robert Buerux , Archibald _Walker , Bamel Donovan , Chairman .

      Iie Following Is A List Of Tfles Sashes ...

      IIE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF _TflEs SASHES OF THOSE WUO HAVE DRAWS i PRIZES IN TIIE FIRST AND _SECOND SECTIONS . SECOND SECTION BALLOT . FOUR ACRE PRIZES . I Thomas Houeychureh Newton Abbot 253—254 iR . ibert Howard Salford 961—862 -5 P « er Ashton Warrington 3217—121 S _llioss ffolf WheeIer ' sL 5 stG 17 a— 618 a THREE ACRES . _Uobn Gelder Bradford 181— 42 TWO ACRES . I _' ohnGagskill Wigan _llS _2 . _rtLar _3 Innson BrigbJim _* ea 398 I ' ¦ _

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      Vest Riding Delegate Meeting. Tiis Meeti...

      VEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . Tiis meeting was held according to notice , on Snntviast , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax . Mr . id * on in the chair . The minutes of the last meet's _vere read over and confirmed . After tbe mosey inter * had been settled , a long conversation ensued a tlie adoption of the National Petition , and tbe a means for obtaining signatures , and several ar--ligements wer « made for that purpose . A resolution was carried" That there be a levy of one half-penny per member to _fcv ihfc expenses of the meeting . *" After the transaction of other business , the meet-¦ g was adjourned to the second Sunday in Ja

      _CITF LOCALITY , At tlie usual weekly meeting of the members of _** " Ch y Locality held on Sunday evening last . Mr . II . Tucker in tlie chair . The address from the _HMtL-ts of Somers' Town was read , when tbefoilow"g » as moved by Mr . Tapp and seconded by Mr . nfltr : — "That we , the City Chartists , beg to call the attention fl _» executive to the raising a fund for registration id el ection purposes , and at all public meetings

      throueht lie country thc same be expressed , and _fursher , that ¦ " tractions to the same effect be given to all Chartist " hirers and sub-secretaries throughout the com . try . " It was then moved aud seconded that- three memffibe appointed to wait upon the executive on _edna-day evening next , at eight o ' clock , with _tyf-ettothe above resolution . After some other ¦ _sHminary business , the meeting adjourned to Sun-\ : evening next , to meet at tbe George Inn , "¦ _Wie-court , Snotr-hilL at six o ' clock .

      NORWICH . _^ tlie usual weekly meeting of the Chartists of _Nor'^ li , a subscription was commenced to assist in -Sing the debt due to Mr . O'Connor , and alsot «> - *« the Whig law made widow Mrs . Jones . The ¦ - cription will be kept open for three weela . BRISTOL . At a meeting ofthe members ofthe National _Char-^ _A- _^ ociation , residing here , the following cesoiu-* sw ere adopted : — Tiiat a subscription be entered into for "Mrs . JoneB , 'fee on the 3-st of this month . " * flat this meeting regret the necessity of individual j _^ tt Uhe Chartist bod } , being of opinion tbat If the _|* - * _iai f und was properly supported , i t would reuder _^* * tails unnecessary , therefore , we urge upon oor ¦ - *** - nenibers aud Chartist generally , to support the - ** i * ii fund or general _co u tribution .

      MANCHESTER . _^ Sunday evening last , Mr- William Dixon _lecf ™ in the People ' s Institute , on the Land aud _jjj-f-i py results of locating working men on the [ _T- It was a soul stirring and heart touching rare

      CITY LOCALITY . _^¦ _f-Uowing resolution was passed as the _meet-= l * Sun-lay evening last : — . _^'• ve , the City Chartists , beg to call the attention _** Execu tive to the raising a fund lor Registration v . _* _fe , i '' ** i' _* * rp <» ses , _andatallpublicmeefingsthro'agh-!* ¦ * ¦ * roni . try the same be expressed , aad further , that ,. ltti * * i * to the tame effeetbe given to all Chartist lecf'y _sukStcretaries throughout the land . _^ _" . ** -pasons be appointed to wait upon the ¦ con Wedn . Siiny evening next . } l BERMONDSEY . _^ Clfl « uhers in this locality are determined to . _. . _li ! the pr nciples of co- _« . _pcr-ition as far as _JJ * and a committee has been formed for the _t-jfo " _t ' " " rff < : ct * ° tlie _** determination . v _^ * T f contribuiion has also been entered into , _L _«; I ? _* weeklv , until the debt cue to Feargus l _- _^ rbe _antirelyiiouidated .

      Vest Riding Delegate Meeting. Tiis Meeti...

      METROPOLITAN COMMITTEE . This body met at tbe Reading and Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , on Monday evening last . Mr . Hornby , of Somers' Town presided . A letter from Mr . Edmund Stallwood was read , containing that gentleman ' s resignation as secretary of the Committee . Resignation accepted . Mr . P . M'Grath called tbe attention of the Committee to the _ststeoftlie finances , and reported that the sum of two pounds had been received from the Whittington and Cat locality . Certain monies were voted towards paying * _outstanding accounts . Mr . Paddir . gton reported the public meetid gin Marylebone , Mr . Clark consented to act as Secretary _pro-ttm , until someone was appointed in Mr . Stallwood _' s place . The Committee adjourned till Wednesday evening , December 30 th .

      CENTRAL REGISTRATION COMMITTEE . At a meetiBg held December 14 th , Mr , Godwin in the chair , correspondence was read from Preston , and from Mr . Roberts respecting the Borough of Carlisle , to ., when it was resolved , " That the secretary wr'te to Carlisle for further inforinatinu previous to again writing to Mr . Roberts . Mr . May tben brought forward several abstracts from the Reform Bill relative to the Rating and Rcgi-tration Clauses , when it was resolved , that the secretary summons the absent members of this committee to meet on the 22 nd hrtant , at eight o ' clock precisely , at the Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho , to take into consideration the _before-uamed information , with a view to its publication , the committee then adjourned .

      Printed Claims are ready , and can be had at 2 s . Gd . per hundred , on applying to tbe _secretary , 8 , Noah's Ark Court , Stangate , Lambeth , or , at the Land Office , 83 , Dean Street , Soho . Collecting Books are also ready , and can be had as above . J 111 E 5 _Grassbv , Secretary .

      BOLTON . At a general members meeting of thin branch ef the Land Company , held on Monday the 7 th ult ., in the Chartist Association R « om , Mr . Samuel Brooks in the chair , tbe _following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Tbat each member of this branch pay one penny per week towards the rent of the room , newspap er * , & c « fcc . And that the said penny clear one share from the Directors * monthly or annual share levy . That a person _hol-iing ab _' _-vc one share pay the other levy extra . And that if a member be above one month in arrears with the weekly levy , tbat the same be deducted from his share or shares . "

      At the monthly members meeting held on Sunday last , it was 3 greed that a tea party festival in honour of the . two conductors of the Labourer ' s Magazine , F . O'Connor and E . Jones , Esqrs ., be held on tbe lst of January , 1847 . Tickets to be had from any of the committee . Tea on the table at . six o ' clock in the evening . It was also agreed to get up a public _subscription _Vr _assist in liquidating the Defence debt .

      SOUTH LONDON CHARTIST HALL . Limbeth . —At a general meeting of the Shareholders of the district , on Sunday evening , it was unanimously agreed " that all members should pay their local and general levies within four weeks from tkat date . " It is therefore requested that all memhers do take means of settling those levies , namely , shilling upon each share for local ex-Jenses , three-pence for conference expenses , and _aifpenny per month per - > har «* from December , 1815 . for directors ' levy .

      PUBLIC MEETING IN MARYLEBONE . A public meeting was held in the Temperance Hall , Carlisle-street , _Portman-iuai ket _, Marylebone , on _Tuesday evening , December loth , to adopt the National Petition for the Peo _. le ' s Charter , aud to form a Local Rcgistiati » n Committee . Mr . George Qeartwell , a veteran democrat , was _unanimonsly called to the chair . Dr . Webb , in an excellent speech , which was much ap , landed , moved the adoption of the first resolution : —

      That this meeting is of opinion that the present state of the representation of tliis country i « both unjust in principle and bad in practice , and demands imuiediatr alteration ; and further _consider * that the only means by wliich permanent peace , prosperity , and happiness , can be secured to the whole community , is by acknowledging the right of every male adult ot saiie mind to a voice iu the making of those laws he is called upon to obey ; protected by the Ballot , Annual Parliaments , Payment of Mtrmhers , Ko Property Qualificution . and Equal Electoral Districts , as laid down and defined in the _document entitl * d the People ' s Charter .

      Mr . Pattenden seconded the ie > olution , which wa * - supp orted in able speeches by Mr . Packer , and Mr . Mr . O'Connor also spoke in support of the resolution in a speech of great power , which excited the _inont enthusiastic applause .

      Vest Riding Delegate Meeting. Tiis Meeti...

      i _' ne resolution was then put , and car . ea unan > mously . Mr . Edmund Stallwood read and moved the National petition . Mr . John Skelton seconded the motion . Tbe petition was unanimously _adopted . Mr . T . Clark moved the adoption of the following resolution : — That this meeting approves of tbe Local Registration and Election committee _bfJng' formed for tbis borough . and 10 co-operate with the Central Committee , and that the fol . owlng persons form the said committee with the power to add to the number : —Messrs Hartwell , Black , Aldons , V " . Pukes , Gueit , Munden , J . Pake , Hutoliim _., Packer , Luca g , Pattenden . Mr . M'Grath supported the motion in an elegant speech , which was loudly applauded . Seconded by Mr . Thomas and ; carried unanimously .

      Mr . O Connor moved a vote of thanks to thc chairman which was carried by acclamation . Three cheers were then given for thc Land and the Charter ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three for Duncombe , and three forthe Northern Star . and the meeting dissolved [ Our reporter supplied us with an account of the speeches which press of matter has compelled _ua to omit . ]

      Awful Explosion And Total Shipwreck Of A...

      AWFUL EXPLOSION AND TOTAL SHIPWRECK OF AN AMERICAN STEAMER . FORTY-TIIREE ~ L ! VES LOST . One of the most beautiful steamers in the United Stat s has been cast away in the Sound , about one hundred and fifty miles from New Tork . It is supposed that between thirty and forty lives have been lost by this disaster . Thirty-one budies were recovered . The mimes of forty-seven persons saved have been published , among which is Henry Van Wart , E _* _-q , of Birmingham . England . Among those lost were " , John Walton and his wife , and their children , John , James , and Eleanor Jane , and an infant , an English family . Only one of this family escaped . Jacob Walton , a boy 12 years old . The steamer Atlantic was •¦ regular packet on the

      Boston and New York line . She left New London on Thursday , 2 . 1 th November , at ten o ' clock , AM ., haviug on board the _passengers for New York from the Boston railroad train of the previous evening . As she entered the Long _Island Sound , she received the full force of a severe hurricane , which strained her machinery , and the bursting ofthe steam chimney , which immediately followed , disabled her engines . Anchors were got out , but she still drifted , and at halt-past four o ' clock next morning , ( Nov . 27 ) she struck the rocks on Fisher ' s Island , twenty or thirty miles south east of the point at which the first accident occurred . She went to pieces within > ive minutes after striking .

      There were between sevent y and eighty persons on board , in all , including passengers , officers , crew , and servants . The Atlantic got well under weigh , and was running along finely , when thc steam-chest exploded ; and nearly at the same momen _* . the wind shifted liom the north-east to the north-west , and blew almost a hurricane . The steamer was thrown into the midst of darkness and confusion , and the air resounded with the cries of the scalded . It was ' a frightful scene to behold . Captain Dustan instantly called ali hands to the

      fore-deck , and ordered them to heave over the anchors , but it was found almost impossible for a man to stand on deck , in consequence of the violence oi the gale , the sea continually making a breach over her bows . Owing to this , it took Hearly an hour to get out her three anchors . The steamer worked heavily , plungtd her bows under atevery lurch , and dragging her anchors . Between the time of anchor ing and daylight , it is thought that she dragged over the distaucc of about eleven miles . This was a terrible time to all on bnard .

      The fires were all put out by daylight on Thursday , and from that time to the period of going ashore , the passengers ami crew suffered from the intense cold- Tue only means of keeping warm was to wrap themselves iu War kets , and walk briskly _atuuud the steamer . All , av this time , began to look to their own _pergonal safety . All put on the life-preservers that tbe boat was bo plentifully supp lied with , and prepared themselves for any emergency . Some put on one , some two . and some four lite preservers .- Tbe doors , shutters , settees , & c , Ac , were detached and cut away for rafts to drift ashore upon whenever the steamer should st « ik <* . The gale increasing in violence , Captain Dustan , who preserved his self-possession throughout the perilous time , ordered about 40 tons of coals to be

      thrown overboard , in order to lighten the vessel . About noon , on Thursday , the smoke _pij-es , which were very large and heavy , were ordered to be thrown overboard . This was done , the captain assisting , and the steamer was eased for a short time . After this , less resistance wa < offered to the wind . The steamer continued to drift , however , and everything looked terribly hopeless . The danger increased so rapidly , that between two aud three o ' clock Captain _IJur- _' an ordered the decks tol-e cleared of ail _meichai _.-d-se , of everything that was in the way . Cases nt'bonis , shoes , barrels of flour , stoves , & c ., & e ., including one package said to contain 7 , 000 dollars worth of plate , were thronn overboard . There were sis to eight thousand dollars worth of lace on board , belonging to one of the passengers , who had

      previously said tbat he would give the whole to any one who would put him safely ashore . This lace was afterwards seen strewn along the beach . All these efforts , however , to save the steamer were unavailing . No person worked harder than Captain Dustan , and his passengers and crew . It was for life or death . After these repeated and united efforts had failed , all hopes of safety were over , and all felt desirous and anxious that the steamer should strike the beach . It was a irightful sight ; but the feelings of those on b- < ard had been wrought up to such a pitch , that a re-action came over them , and they were resigned to their fate . About midnight thc parted one of her cable .-, there being four out , one attached to thirty hundred-weight of furnace bar .-, and the others to anchors . After this the gale

      continued to increase , and now blew a pertect hurricane . She was driven still nearer tue ) shore , but passed a point that all expected she would strike upon . She then drifted about eleven miles more , making ia all twenty-two miles , which occupied about torty-eight hours ol terrible uncertainty and . -uffering . She then struck , stern first , on a ledge .. frocks on Fisher ' s Island , when a tremendous sea seemed to lift her up on to the very top of the led ge , so far up , indeed , as _almost to throw ber over on to the other side , 'i his was the crisis in the disaster ; it was terrible , and heartrend ing in the extreme . In five minutes after she struck she was in pieces . In these five _minutes , at least one-half of those on board the Atlantic were taken from time into eternity . Some were drowned , some crushed , and some frozen to death . The screams , the crash , the roar of tbe sea , were dreadful .

      Captain Hanna _. one of the survivors , has furnished the following memoranda of the disaster : — "The boat broke amidships ,-and her machinery w . nt through . her bottom . She was about 200 yards from the land . She struck at half-past four , about ten feet from thc reef . Captain Hanna thinks that ali who were in the saloon at the time the boat struck perished , ' with the exception of himself , as the sea stove her upper decks iu . " Captain Hanna lowered himself from the stern , and was thrown by the sea over the reef , and among the rocks on shore . He managed to scramble up on to the beach . He was considerabl y bruised , and suffered much irom cold . " It is not known with certainty how many live * were lost by this disaster- Among them , however , is Captaiu Dustan , thc commander of the boat . He was last seen by Mr . Stetson , when the latter received orders from him to go forward to Jet go the Mini ns .

      "Nothing remains of tlie boat but her machinery and wheels . The boat was broken into a dozen pieces . There were about seventy passeigers 011 board , and all that were saved have come into New-London , with perhaps one or two exceptions . " When the wreck was last seen , an upright beam with the bell remained , and the wind was tolling the bell .

      Curiosities Of Abvubtisiso. —Mary Ann F....

      Curiosities of _Abvubtisiso . —Mary Ann f ., of No . 10 , will leave her present residence before Christmas . She _wishc : * * , if possible , to SEE her friend TOM this week , having something important to communicate . —Morning Post , Doc . 16 th . _MtwciiiBS _, or White Ihdiass . _*—A work has been recently published , in which there is a full account of a race ot whites , called Munchies _* _. who are said to be acutally existing in a valley among the Sierra do los Minibros , upon one of the affluents ofthe Rio Gila , in the province of Simora , in Mexico . They numberabout 800 , are of a Circassian complexion , and graceful i ' orro they ave peaceable in _tht- _' n habits , honest and virtuous in their conduct , and

      have many of the comforts of lite . Iheir place of abode is _suir-unded by _inacccssnb . ' e mountains , in which their caves and " houses are built . There appears to be no doubt of the fact that this colony exists , and what _g'vus form to the opinion is the manuscript of early travellers in America , deposited in the Vatican in Rome , describing large numbers who have for centuries inlmbited the valleys of the Cordilleras . It is yet to be ascertained whether thete people are the _decendants of Spaniards who landed with Columbus , or descendants of those extraordinary people who built the ancient cities oi Mexico and Yucatan , the ruins of which are spread all over Mexico and Centra ! America .

      Thk Statu of the River . —The Thames already ( Wednesday ) exhibits vast floating mat * sesof ice , and a fail of _8-uow , followed up by the existing severe irost , will , in the opinions of old and experienced watermen , render the navigation of the river above bridge impossible . The Putney boat was obliged to lay up yesterday afternoon , not being able to v _* _^ through Putney-bridge . Above that structure the river is a field of les .

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      " ¦* - '•*¦• - ' ¦* •*¦* •¦ • -- _»—^ _vv-w _*» ' _** - _* _--v Shokeditch , — ¦ On Tuesday evening next , December 22 nd , a discussion on Trades' Unions will take place at Mr . Taylor ' s Railway Engino coffee-house , 122 , Brick-lane , near Church-street . Law Made Winow . —A harmonic meeting will be held at the Coach-paintera' Anns , Circus-street , Marylebone , for the benefit uf the wife of our expatriated friend Jones . Tickets , three-pence each . To commence at eight o ' clock precisely . Central Registration and Election Committer , —The next meeting of this body will be held at tht

      Assembly _Iteoms , 83 , ' Dean Street , Soho , on Tuesday evening next , December 22 , at eight o clock precisely , when a gentleman will attend to explain a plan which will obtain by registration alone the Charter in four years ; every member is expected to bepresent . _Democract in Scotland . —The Fraternal Democrats will assemble on Monda ) evening next , at eight o ' _clock , at tbe German Society ' s Ilall , Drurylaue , fliree doors from Holborn , when Mr . Christopher Doyle of the Chartist Executive will give an account of the state and prospects of democracy , in Scotland . '

      Lambeth . — A general meeting of shareholder ** will take place at the South London Chartist Ilall , 115 , Blackfriars read , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock , to hear the report from the delegates to the late Land Conference . Chartist _Asbbmblt and Reading Rooms , 83 , Dean Street , Soho square . —On Sunday evening . December 20 , Mr . Ernest Jones will lecture on tllv "Castle and Cottage of Feudal _AgCB . " To commence at half-past seven precisely . Assembly Rooms , S 3 , Dean-street , Soho . —Tbe Proprietory Committee are requested to meet at six o ' clock precisely , on business of urgent importance , on Sunday evening , December 20 th .

      CiiArtist _Debating Club . —This Club continues its meetings every Wednesday evening , at eigli ' o ' _cl-ck , at the South London Chartist Hall , lid , BJackfriars ' -road , when questions of the first importanee are discussed . The public are invited to . ittend .

      Receh'ts Of The Chautist Co-Operative La...

      RECEH'TS OF THE _CHAUTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAUD COMPANY . [ All complaints of mistakes ofthe entries of monies _received on account of the Laud Company , in the previous weekV _& ar _, will be communicated by letter , addressed to Mr . O'Connor , Northern Star Office , 16 , Great Windmill street , Haymarket , London _, and they will be corrected in the following number _wuilc it should be understood that all mistakes are consequent upon tbe negligence of district' secretaries . However , as we 00 not look for perfection , but for accuracy , we will correct them . _l

      PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . , 8 HABES . ' £ 1 , d , ' Leigh .. ~ .. 0 18 0 Worcester , psr M . Griffiths .. ... 0 10 0 Shrewsbury , per J . Powell ,. ¦ .. , 0 7 ( _i Nottingliain _, per J . Sweet ... .. 0 3 0 Asliton-uiidcr-Lyne , per E . Ilobson .. 6 12 10 Stockport , per 3 . _Wooilliouse •• 3 0 I . _liilstun _, per J . Linney .. „¦ 6 ' 0 0 Manchester , per J . . Man-ay .. .. 1 6 3 Camberwell .. .. 030 _Boulogne .. .. .. 0 3 0 Whittington and Cat ; .. ... 1 11 1 Nottingham .. ... '"" _.. 0 4 0 llucknol Torkard .. .. .. 1 5 ( I

      Halifax .. .. .. 700 _ltuchdala .. .. .. 2 lo u heeds .. .. .. 2 0 * 0 James Smith .. .. .. 003 Richard Sladden .. .. .. ' 020 John Morris , jun .. .. .. 1 0 Hul' .. .. .. 0 9 U Kidderminster .. .. .. 090 Greenwich .. .. .. 100 £ 35 12 0 SECTION No . 2 . 8 HABES . Denny , per D . Cram .. .. 2 11 lu heigh .. ... ; , 1 8 6 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. „ 5 8 i Shrewsbury , per J . l _' owell .. „ 0 5 0 orwicli , per A . " _" agslmw .. ' .. 116 Cheltenham , per W . Leach .. .. 2 0 1 . Devizes , per J . Stone ., 9 16 7 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. „ 511 u Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. 8 0 U Maidstone , per AV . Cogger .. .. 3 18

      Gosport , per J . Douglas .. .. 4 H 2 Ashtun-uuder-Lyne , per E . Hobson ., 0 7 6 Stockport , per . T . * _•» oodliouge .. .. 2 0 0 Clackmannan , per G . Peterson .. .. 18 1 vv * < ran , per Thos . Pyc . .. .. 2 12 0 Biistou _, per J . Limwy .. ,. 6 0 U C . Austm .. .. .. 2 7 ti Manchester , per J , Murray ¦« ... fl 3 6 Droylsden , per Du ... •¦ . ., 036 Mr . Dowling Helston .. ,. 050 Staley Bridge .. .. .. 500 W . Cain .. .. .. 0 2 O George Martin .. .. „ 0 1 C George Porter .. .. „ 1 0 0 Charles Tinhain .. ... .. 6 1 0 Westminster .. •• . 6 18 Hi George Bishop .. .. .. 0 1 0 George Barton .. .. 0 10 0 Marylebone .. .. .. 100 Cam her well .. 0 3 0 Square Buckley .. .. .. 0 12 6 Bradford , per Samuel Mail .. ,, 016 _lii-itltrewater , per J . Tweedy .. „ 2 0 6

      Lambeth .. .. .. 3 18 0 Boulogne .. .. .. 1 H 0 Whittington and Cat .. .. 229 Howsell .. .. „ 0 11 fc Staly Bridge .. .. ., 5 0 0 Finsbury .. ... ., 8 8 10 Bradford , per J . Fisher .. .. 3 13 C Do . Thos . Fisher .. .. 020 W . lister .. « .. 026 Nottingham .. - .. 16 9 « Per bore .. » 211 0 Halifax .. .. 4 8 6 Rochdale .. « .. 2 10 0 John Walker Cole .. .. 546 Fre erickYork .. » fl 0 S John Moni ., senr . .. ., 009 Bridgewater , per Fink .. .. 12 6 Hull .. .. 0 18 0 Kidderminster .. .. ... 2 8 8 Hindley , per Cook .. .. 2 0 0 _bi-amiiigton .. 1 11 0 Birmingham , per Pare .. .. 0 lu 0 Greenwich .. •• .. 2 0 0 _ £ U 3 14 0

      TOTAL LANO FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 35 12 5 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 143 14 0 £ 179 6 " 5

      National Charter Association. Pes Genera...

      _NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PES _GENERAl SECRETAR 1 . _Nottiiigham , per Sweet .. .. 0 4 G Mr . Cooper .. .. 0 1 G DEFENCE FOND DEBT . Nottingham , Byron ward .. .. 056 Do . Seven Stars .. .. 056 Ualston , per Jlr . Getting .. .. 0 1 II itosamuili Bcdwell ¦• '' _.. 0 I 0 Leamington .. .. .. 030 S . C . .. .. .. 026 W . Lister .. _« .. 026 It . T . 1 ) ., Limehouse ., ., 0 1 0 It . II . 11 . Do . .. .. .. 010 J . P . Murphy . Do . .. 0 1 0 Jeremiah Desmond Do .. .. 0 0 ( i Kiduerminster .. .. 0 16 0 _ £ 1 19 C

      FOB MRS . JONES , Mr . Cooper .. " _» .. 0 1 S . (' . .. .. .. 0 1 o Kidderminster .. .. .. Old Patrick O'Leary , one of the winners of the Ballot .. " .. .. 020 Itositimah Bedwell .. .. e 0 6 . VETEBANS _' , WIDOWS ' , AND OBrHAM ' s FUNDS . Mr . Bubb .. .. .. 020 Mr . Bcdwell , Stourbridge .. .. 006 TOUSU COMMITTEE , Mr . Smyth , Bradford „ .. 010

      The £0 Acknowledged From Bradford In The...

      The £ 0 acknowledged from Bradford in the " Star" of Dec . 5 th , should have been from Idle

      Repayments To Mr. O'Connor On Account Oi...

      REPAYMENTS TO MR . O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT Oi" DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Mr . Wilson , Loudon ,. ,. 006 Mr . II . Burr , Loudon .. .. 0 o o Mr . II . ltussel , Rotliiihitlic ., „ 0 2 0 Mr . W . Smith , Rothcrhitlw ., .. 0 1 ( I Dewsbury , per E . i *? ewson .. 0 10 0 Carlton , per J . Lowry ., .. 100 Cheltenham , per W . Leauh ., ,. 0 ( 5 o _Nottingham , per . I . Sweet .. ,. 047 Hulme , per R . Itiu . 'ford .. .. 200 Nottingham , per E . Fleinming .. .. 1 0 o A Democrat , Chepstow .. .. 0 0 0 _I'lymuurh , pur J . Rogers .. 1 u 0 Salford . per _tr . Stork .. 1 0 0 Vale of Le veil , per . 1 . _M'Intyre „ .. 100 Kirminghaui , per J . _NcwlioutiC ., .. 260 Westminster Chartist Assembly Rooms .. 10 0 Leith , per J . Cameron .. .. 056 llr . R . Turnbull , Durnside-place _, near Dairy Ayrshire .. » .. 050

      £ 12 2 1 FOR MRS . JONES . Loughborough , per J . _SUevington .. 0 5 3 l . oii _* 5 _Huclsley , per K . Cooper .. „ 0 4 G EXECUTIVE _, lluhne , per R . Radford .. .. 16 ft

      Pugilistic Contkst For Two Hundred Sove ...

      Pugilistic Contkst for Two Hundred Sove liHioxs Aside . —A trial ol ' Iistic skill between Johnny VValker , of London , aHd Samuel Simmonds . of Birmingham , was on Tuesday brought to issue ar Laltenham-hcath , on tlie borders of _Cambridgeshire , and thc vast levels of Suffolk and Norfolk . The contest _toutinued for " twelve rounds" whon Walker achieved tiie victory , hia opponent being " deaf tn time . " Walker was not hurt , but Simmonds was a good deal disfigured .

      Unlted Trades Association For Thk.Protec...

      UNLTED TRADES _ASSOCIATION FOR THK . _PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . f 7 » io » i / or the Million . " The Central Committee of the above Association held their usual weekly meeting at their office , 30 , Hyde-street , Bioomsbury , on Monday , December Uth , T . S . Duncombe , _lEsq . _M . P ., in the chair . A mass of correspondence was read , among which was a letter from the Block Printers of Mitcharn , stating that two of their members had been discharged in consequence ol their taking an active part in Trades' Union matters . Mr . Allen was requested to go to Mitcham to ascertain the facts of the case , and report to the committee .

      A member of the association from Rochdale was introduced to the committee * . he stated the whole of the Joiners of that town were out , in consequence oftlie employers attempting to enforce new rules and regulations into thc trade , which would have the effect of depriving the men of their breakfast and tea half-hours , and of otherwise bearing very _oppressively-upon them . Mr . Bush was requested to proceed to that town to mediate between the men and their employer-, to endeavour by mutual concession to settle the dispute now pending , without entering into an expensive , and probably protracted strike , injurious alike to both masters and men . After a large amount of the usual routine business had been gone through , the committee voted £ 250 , being their fourth instalment on the 500 shares held by them in the Association for the Employment of Labour . The committee then adjourned .

      National Association For, Tiie Employmen...

      NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR , TIIE EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR IN AGRICULTURE AND MANUFACTURES . . ; : The usual weekly board meeting of the above association was held at the office . 30 , Hyde-street , Bloomsbury , the president , T . S . Duucom . be , Esq . M _. P . _; in the . chair *! on Tuesday last . Mr . Webb , the secretary , reported that since the last meeting of the Board three ton of . nails had been received at the depot in Drury-lane , from the men employed b y ' the association at Cradley , Worcestershire * also hosiery from their men in . Nottingham , and a laree Quantity of silk cloves from the men

      employed at _Duffield , near Derby . A letter was read from the secretary to the Hundloom Weavers of Wilmalow , offering the association money at interest . The Board resolved , that Trades' Unions , Benefit Societies , or other bodies , wishing to invest their funds with thc Association for the Employment of Labour , should be allowed four per cent , per annum interest , on their deposits ; one month ' s notice of re-paj ment being required . The Board also resolved , that all paid up share ** should receive five per cent , interest from the date of such share being so paid up , unless , a larger dividend should be declared .

      Great complaints having from tune to time been received by the Board , to the effect that the Boot and Shoe Depot , in Drury-lane , had become much too small to carry oh the increased business of that establishment , they have much pleasure in announcing , they have purchased the lease oftlie extensive premises No . 11 , Tottehliam-court Road . As soon , _therefore , as the premises are properly fitted np , the whole business of the two associations will be carried on at tliat plfiee ihey therefore hope the working men will continue to support , and induce their friends to aid them in supporting the association in its laudable effort in protecting the working man from the tyranny of hearlless employers . The Board then adjourned .

      . _ga * r Trades ' Societies are reminded , that in consequence ofthe liberal offer of the Northern Star , " to devute a portion of its columns to the proceedings of the association , a full report will henceforward be found in each week ' s paper , therefore all Trades' Societies _belonging to the association , desirous of obtaining such reports , arc recommended ( to ensure punctuality ) to send iheir orders for papers to the Association ' s Office , in Hyde-street , which they ca : i pay for when tbey remit their levies .

      Any communication of importance that thc trades may have for insertion , must beat the office , 30 . Hyde Street , on Wednesday , to insure its appearance in the current number .

      Up The Hand*Loom Weavers Of Cheshire, La...

      up THE HAND * LOOM WEAVERS OF CHESHIRE , LANCASHIRE , & c . A numerous meeting of the hand-loom weavers ol Gatly , _Chtsivc , and its neighbourhood , took place at the Hare and Hounds , Gatley on Thursday evening , December 10 , at eight o clock . Mr .- Swift having been called to the chair , _addrt-M-ed- a few observations to the meeting , to thc _i-ffi-et that they had been called together to he » r the principles of the National Association for the protection of industry expounded by the tw _« friends who had been deputed by the Central Committee of London for that purpose . He called on tlie meeting to cive that attention to the subject which its importance merited , and he bad no doubt tbat either ofthe gentlemen would _answer any Questions which might

      be put to tbem aatUlactoi ily . He then called on Mr . Pkel , who addressed the meeting to the following effect—Friends , I am happy to meet so nian . i of the hand-loom weavers of this neighbourhood . Si . uic of you may be disappointed in your expectations of deriving great entertainment from this , meeting . Tou may come here expecting to hear two fine eloquent speeches ; for my own part I am no speechmaker , neither is it for such purpose I came here , but fir a purpose of a much more useful character . I have b . en deputed here to invite your attention to the principles and objects of the National Association for the protection of Industry and the employment of Labour , and if I can , by reason and argument , bring home to your convictions that , these associations are based upon principles , and offer

      advantages to the working man , superior to those offered by any other Association of the present day , or of any former period , then I shall be in a position to claim your co-operation . I shall then . think 1 have a right , to appeal to your common sense as rational men , tn join with us in that holy warfare , which , under onr able and truly patriotic chieftain Thomas Duncombe , we are now waging against thc / system which places labour under the iron heel of cap ital . My friends , I pay we are waging war against a system , because , be it always remembered , it ib not against individuals we war , except so far as through their acts , perhaps unavoidable coasequences , the worst features of a bad system are made manifest . 1 come not here to preach anarchy or sedition ; 1 come not here to sever the ties which bind the employed and his employer a- * far as those ties arc mutually beneficial , because if not mutually beneficial they are not ties like those of friendship , _whicL it were treason to sever , but bonds worse than

      thowof the West Inrfiaslare . Mr . Peel then wont at great length into explanation of tne laws of the association , ' proving its superior utility and ultimate consequence . He also took occasion to show tinevils which flow from , and the absolute inutility 0 ! strikes , aud drew attention to the far more _beneficing system of these associations of finding employment for the surplus labour , and by thc same means affording the only sure protection to _theoppressed . He urged those present to endeavour to win over ' _. hciv fellow-workmen , not by coercion or threats , which only created a spirit of antagonism , but by kindly pe _^ uasion , and brotherly remonstrance . He particularly urged on the necessity of the woiiieii-w _. _u'kei'S and the children , their little Infant bobbin-winder , joining in the monster confederacy , and closed a long argumentative address by thanking them for tbeir attention , retiring _araidBt the hearty greetings of tho audience .

      Mr . John Lenegau , ( hand-loom weaver of Wigan , and agent forthe Association ) , then came forward and _addressed the meeting : — _Hiiiid-loom Weavers of Gatly , and friends , —It is with feelings of great p leasure , I rise for the second time to address the inhabitants of Gatly . I am not a stranger to you , I have been for some years actively engaged in endeavours to promote tlie interest of your trade and mine . But however tho powerful influences of birth and education may have produced a bi : _» s in favour ofthe trade which from infanc ) 1 Lave been engaged in , yet the _progress of events and an en _largeii experience , brings-me now before _youasa Philanthropist and Cosmopolite . If there is one man in this meeting who has known and felt tht biltcr panes of hunger , there cannot be one who has

      tasted moro of misery and destitution than myself . Can it be _rij-ht that the man destined to live by the shuttle , shall be for over doomed to live in a state bordering on starvation and misery ? I boldly say No ! _sucli a proposition is a wicked blasphemy on nature ' s God , and a foul libel on nature ' s laws . My friends , my own capacity fur tho mission I am called to , may be questioned . At an early _aye 1 was compelled to leave my father ' s hearth and a loved family civcle _, yea ' . trio monster Destitution , drove me forth to save a father approaching seventy years of age , from the horrors of an union _bastile ; to strive with all my strength to fulfil the pious duty of alleviating the few remaining sorrowing years of a beloved and honoured parent . But 1 would hero ask what

      si ato of society is this when such facts as these exist ? I *; there a man who will say this is right ? that man ' s heart is stone . But tbe weavers of Gatly , compared to the unhappy denizens oftlie pestiferous towns , may bo said to live a life of rural felicity , _ilicy breathe an uiicnntamiinited atmosphere , they possess comparatively a decent amount of tho necessaries , though not one particle of the luxuries , of life they ought to have . Should the ox bo muzzled , who trcadeth 1 ut the corn ? Should tho man whose labour and skill produces all the good _things of this life , be robbed of bis share , while those who merely exchange , erect their sumptuous palaces , their luxurious carriage- !; , and secure for _themselves all that can administer to their _cniovment . Look on tbat picture , tben on

      Up The Hand*Loom Weavers Of Cheshire, La...

      this , behold that wan emaciated infant sit the bobbin _*** he .: l * that damnable machine , nailed there as 1 were from morn toevo , robbed of those hours which should be devoted to infantile enjorrnent and instruction . Lei Bt * all then with one determined _hsavt never withhold our exertions until these evils , these crying evils , be remedied . The Tlie last time I was here , I came as an advocate for union , now I am here to advocate union . The Railwa 5 ** _i and all those contrivances by which human labour is superseded , shew . the power of union . If . union is good even in a bad cause , how doubly good * in a good caus « bad men unite to . oppress , then come Jack and Bin , come-kt us unite to redeem .

      Loc . _-il unions are good , but totally inefficient—their inefficiency stands confessed before the world by tbe bist _.-ry of a thousand strikes . What real benefit hag the working man ever gained b y the old fashionedand now thank heaven fas * t exploding system , of strikes . In my native town of Wigan , £ 200 was spent in one strike , and the men were then compelled to go in worse than when they turned out . If they had then been in a National Trades Union , with the whole kingdom at its back , they would have said , " Hand-loom weavers , come and work for us , and we will protect , you . " Again . in 1823 , the Cotton Spinners struck for a rise , they spent £ 160 . 000 , and then went in for less wages than they had before . I _fii'tulv believe that strikes have dune more harm than

      all the bad laws on the _. _statute book . In . this race of competition between capital and labour , the master should not go too far , nor the working man . The employer from hia capital is entitled to live well , anil the working man by his labour should also live well ; he shou _\* i also have a - . _-ooJ coat to his baok , that he could go on Sunday to hear the word and to worship God , - but which of you have this—I fear not many . Mr . Lenegan then explained the objects of the National Ag gqciation ; it _sought to interfere with no man ' s politics , with no man ' s religion—it sought to embrace all « ood men , and to gather all into its fold as a mother would her children ; it sought to protect its members from the tyrant ' s oppression , to mediate between parties , that failing , to protect , not b y strikes , but by employment according to their several capacities and callings . Mr . Lenegan then entered into explanation , and concluded a very eloquent and lengthened address amidst the heart / plaudits of the _audiane *

      Mr . Wolstencroft then moved the following resolution : — ' ' "' " That this meeting having heard the objects of the National Associaiion of United Trades for the Protection . of Industry explained by Messrs . Peel and Lenegan , are of opinion that such an association , from its magnitude and unity , is better calculated to achieve the emanci pation of working men from their present poverty and degradation , than any merelocal union , and that it is consequently entitled to the confidence and support of the working classes ... And that we , the Hand-loom weavers of Gatley , who are already enrolled under its banner , do promise to remain true and faithful ourselves , and to endeavour , by kindly persuasion , to prevail on our fellow workmen to follow so good an example . " The resolution being seconded , was put from the chair , and carried without a dissenting voice . Three cheers were then given for Thomas S . Duncombe , Esq ., and three for Messrs , Peel and Lenegan ., and the meeting separated _.

      " I National Association Of United 2 Tra...

      " i NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED 2 TRADES . _BtusTfL , Tuesday _evening . —Mr . Jacobs delivered a lecture to the cabinet-makers of this City in their room , at the Cannons Cannon-street ,, on the grievances of the Trades , and the _advantage of National _Assoi-iation with groat success . On Monday evening last , Mr . Jacobs lectured to the curriers in their room of the "Crown on tbe Wear , " who expressed themselves thoroughly satislied of the superiority of the Association over all other _Tia'les * movements , aud ordered five dozen ol rules for the use ofthe society .

      , ¦ . ' • ' Operative Engineers. At The ...

      , ¦ . _' ' OPERATIVE _ENGINEERS . At the meeting on Saturday evening last from four to live hundred operatives were present , and the utmost enthusiasm prevailed . Mr . J . _Misto was appointed chairman . Mr . Thomas Lancaster , delegate from Manchester , gave a lueidfaccount of the Warrington conspiracy case . Mr .. > Newton read the article on the same subject frVgjjpthe Star of that day , v . _'UicU v _.-aa loudly cheered . Mr / N . then addressed the meeting , _strongly urging the necessity of union , to meet the present daring attack ' upon their . right- * . The very principle of Trades' Unions was now assailed , and must be met by close union and determined action . Mr . Bellamy strongly _uv-JiMi the men of London to support their Lancashire brethren , and enable them to procure the best lecal talent to be obtained .

      _M > _-. Hindley in a powerful and eloquent speech moved the _appointment of a committee to carry tut ibe views cf the meeting . The motion was _adapted , and _: he committee appointed . Mr . Newton proposed , That thc thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby (* iv « n to thc conductors of the Northern Star , for ihuir able advocacy of the rights of labour . . Mr . _Muni-o in seconding the motion , _contracted the _proceedint-a of that paper with others which pro . fesstd to advocate the interest of ' . he working classes , ami . called upon the engineers ol London tc follow the example of their employers , and only support those papers which supported their own interest . lie also congratulated the " conspirators" upon the _eircum-. stance of having entrusted their case to Mr . W . P . Roberts , the Miners' Attorney . General ; and he hoped , before _Jony , to hear him " called " The En _"incirs' Attorney-General .

      the chairman then put the question , which was unat . innusly carried , amidst great applause . A vote of thanks to the delegate from Manchester , nnd a similar vote to the chaii man , concluded the proceedings . _NO'iTINGHAM . _UxiiED Trades . *—At a very numerous meeting of

      , That such delegate meeting is hereby convened , and _shail be held on Monday th . * fourth day of . January neat _,, at ten o ' clock in thu forenoon , in the large room of the _lHii--k Horse Tavern , Sialic ; Street , Nottingham . Tnat this meeting- ln : ve full confidence JB Thomas SHngsby buncombe , Esq ,, M I' ,, and other gentlemen constituting the Central'Commitsee , and Board ofDi-. rectors of the _Association for tlie Protection of _Iadustry and the Employment of Labour , and hereby tender them its b

      Later News From Ib Eland. Dublin, Dec. 1...

      LATER NEWS FROM IB ELAND . Dublin , Dec . 16 . —The provincial papers and letters received this morning are filled with the most distressing accounts of the sufferings and privations of the people , who have now to contend against cold as well as hunger . Duiir . g tht * iast- eight days wc hare been visited by an intense fivsv . which has fearfully _aggravated the wretched condition of the destitute . The Tipperary Vindicator received this morning _SUJS , " We have not _liiiigiiage to describe the truly awful condition of the givat ma _^ s of the population . The worst horrors of famine threaten on every side . There is a universal outcry from friend and foe against the policy of the Government . Co ! d is now superadded

      to hunger , and the relief of the destitute is in a great measure thrown on the middle classes . The land appeal's abandoned in several districts . Itis impossible fin' the smaller famiers lo till it . They are reduced to a more pitiable condition tha :-, the labourer . Food is becoming scarcer every day _. and i t has reached an enormous price . Supplies are not coming _iuts the country . Tho stoutest are appalled at the prospect , whilst all unanimousl y declare with one voice , that dreadful as matter *; are now , they mu *« t be immeasurably worse in time to come unless an oft ' _-rt , a strong , an energetic , an earnest effort be made to have thc land tilled , and a wholesale : _famine _warded off . "

      _'IiiK R « pual _CoNFEhtj-CK _.- —The proposed conference between the Old and Young Irelanders has terminated just as we anticipated . Mr . O'Connell ' s proposition involved a mere question of law , namely , the legality of physical l ' oive ; while the views of the other party involved other , and to the sincere Repealers , more important considei ations , to wit , a revision of the constitution , and reformation of the executive body ofthe Repeal Association . On Wednesday a deputation consisting of Messrs . Houghton , Duffj , and O'Uernian , repotted the result of an infervfew with O'Connell , He would hear of no other question but '' legality , '' upon any conditions , or under any possible contingency , and the whole affair consequently fell to the ground .

      The Heroes Of The Pfi-Nissi/Ii/I.—It Has...

      The Heroes of the _Pfi-Nissi / _ii / i . —It has , at hist , been finally agreed upon by the Horse Guards , and Win-office , to confer an honorary medal of distinction upon the veteran officer . ' - of the Peninsular army who fought those signal battles , including sieges and storms , which led to the eventual overthrow of Napoleon . Accident os tub Manchestek aud Bolton _Rahwa y .-Oii Tuesday last a frightful accident occurred on this line . 'I he express forenoon train ran oft' the rails near the Clifton station . Tho engineer was killed , tbe stoker had his _ris-ht f ' ootcut off by a wheel _, and his left leg fractured it * two _phices . __ A great _numl-isr of passengers were moro or lens injured , and a third-class carriage . having been overturned th * passengers had to be taken out l » y the windows .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 19, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_19121846/page/5/