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      ' To'the Wniunng Classes.

      ' to ' THE wniunNG CLASSES .

      Ml Bum Fbikds;— Circumstances Combine Ju...

      Ml Bum _Fbikds;— Circumstances combine just now to induce mc to return to the consideration of a subject from which I was div . cn by itniorance , assumption , an over zeal : 1 mean the subject of the Land . "A _faiu day ' s wage ? oa a pair _dat's woek" lias been the prize for the _att-ahmieut of which others mooted , and I _xerlved , the question of self-representation . When almost ever scribbler who can hold a pen , but who could not make a livelihood with any serviceable tool , makes abuse of me his daily work , I think I mav be

      permitted to speak of myself . I have revived , au \ _0-csted , and pushed the democratic principle with perseverance and success . I have succeeded iu cieatmg a party capable oi "ivithstanding-all the dangers of along and continuous calm—the greatest dangers that can threaten a politician . There is little trouble in navigating- a vessel going _iKl ' cre a breeze ia the open sea ; hut there I ? great anxiety about her management when becalmed aiiidrf skoals aud rocks . We have been for z & v nearly three _yeais iu the latter position . The varied interests of class , and the torturous application of ihe Jaw being so many obstacles in our course , ;

      whSetbe « dmcreated hy temporary " prosperity ' has left us scarcely a" breath to fill our canvas . Nothing that had not taken deep root in the minds of fee majority of the people could have withstood the _4-keree cirtumstanccsto whieh the democratic _principle has been subjected . The object sought to be attained _fh > m the accomplishment of democratic _principles Is " a fair day's _% vagc fur a fair day ' s work : " au object which never , never , never can be achieved , e . xcept through the application of the artificial ' _*' _sm--phs" of labour to the cultivation of the soil . 1 deiy any man on earth to point out to mc any- possible means of-correcting the evils of " surplus" labour , even -with the Charter , otherwise than by _*•*

      application to the land . I "willnpw tell you why 1 am UBboldea . cd . to _wsawwi the subject just now . Firstly , then , I hare been waitlas for Miro to come up to mc . I long laboured to make the LiSi' _QCESiiox familiar to yon , even when She ignorance of many threatened great damage to mv popularity . 1 ceased for a season to mention the _-libjett , lest the political fervour of a party , upon nh 03 e advocacy _Ii-elied for the accomplishment of

      m object , _should grow loo strong in foolish _rcsistaec 3 to justify the hope of success . I left yon to ' ¦ _tjuraelvos to think ; and the result has been , Ihat application on application is pouring in te mc day _aiier day , fi-om almost every section of labourers , exjresaing an anxious desire to co-operate with me , and _smengst _thciuselves , upon this subject . Numerous i . _«> eiatioii 9 lave been already fonncd , and many _s-sre are in process of formation ; and those from _whom 1 nave received deputations appear to have aftiaired a great deal of knowledge on the subject .

      Secondly , the report of the Irish Land Commission , « _adcrLorf _3 ) cvon , has so completely opened up the _sciele question as to make the present time the most _Sizing for its consideration . You will find as extensive a compendium of that report as can be given in -. weekly paper in this week ' s Star ; and I invite all who have read my letters to the Irish Landlords in 16 * 11 , -who have read my several letters upon the juste of Ireland in fhe Star , and that portion of my work upou Small Fassis which treats of the tenure of bad in Maud , to say whether 1 was not four years before the Devon Commission in making « i _« report . Yet at thai time 1 was laughed at : _Tmt now those

      _aho follow mc are considered wise men . There is not one single grievance set forth in the report ofthe _Devcn Commission that I have notpreviously written _so . In 1335 I proposed to Parliament the only _srsiedies by "which the evils of Ireland can be met , 3 Bd io wliich at least the _legislature must come . _Thiitfly , the question of agriculture is now assuming w importance , wliich , but fer Sir Robert Peel's _I ' _sriS , would not have been assigned to H for many ¦ _te-ira . I shallset forth the reasons why , as _Englishtuca , the Devon report is of considerable importance _iovoa _» 3 labouring men ; and I think I shall be

      _sn & med to shew you that the upholding of Irish abuses , is necessary to the ' * maintenanccof property " in fhat country _^ which , mark 3 in the astounding and insolent wonfc ofthe commissioners causes a loss to the English working classesgcnerally , of more than thirty _millions per annum J In fact , Ireland , from her bad a _*? ricmtujS » J _-system , and from the tyranny of her _ia _^ ndloidsTisthe nursery for that surplus of labour against which you seek in vain to defend yourselves . Sow keep AX those things in your mind , and don't _slSowyOUKelvfis to be led away by the fascinating _-carlyrdoni of "fiist principles / ' a martyrdom to which many fools have consigned themselves .

      Mr . O'Brien may be considered the ' grouper of this blind ? eelion of regenerators : and their _philobouay is so u-i-y peculiar and characteristic , that I _osnaot mast one short _obserration upon it . They _»? that it h horrible , damnable , anti-democratic , ¦ * nd unpatriotic to ask the people to _PUPiCHASE _xiatofrig _l ? is their oven . Sow this is a very high _ai _& uiphCto presume that men have a good title to God ' s gilts : and if we found the means of _rc-assumpfki _* _i _corresioadiag _wiii tvo noble a desire , we might

      set this set-rioa of politicians down as good , substan tial , honest madmen : bat , when wc & id this said Mr . O'Brien _recemmending pater _mosbt as the _Kirectivt- of all your evils ( touching which said ? _atxr mosey _^ c have no divine authority ); and when _hc know that Mr . O'Brien has denounced this very _system of _paj-bu moset through the whole of along political life , uutil just whs that he has hadja paper _abolished fo preach upPA ? £ _B -mosey as preferable to all other boons , then I must say , that the madness _Wks Ihat honesty which else would give it favour in

      my eyes . Now , from such men it is that I have received the _cte-rt virulent aud incessant opposition ; men whoknow " .- si ss much about the capabilities of the land as my huliSnch knows about the moon ' s age . Lord Devon ' s report infoiins you that a majority of the Irish _peaaauls arc in a worse condition than the people of any other country npon earth : and you will gather fen the report that this condition is imposed upon &? m bv the necessity to " maintain property" in that

      _eoantry . Potatoes to eat , and water for a beverage ; vac * a blanket , a luxury almost unknown to them Now that is what the report says : and take that sdnusion in connection with the fact that the Irish peasantry , above all other people upon the face of the e & rth , love iheir homes , their country , and their families ; aud that _they are io be found swarming iereTeady to perioral any , the hardest , description of labour at any rate of wage that employers think proper to offer them 1

      Sir James Graham has told you that one in every ten ofthe werking classes in this country is a pauper , receiving parish relief . Of couree , this calculation includes Irishmen . And let us suppose that there are 50 _S . G 00 Irish inEugl & nd earning ten shillings a week each , — there are a great many more . Their « _ages would amount to £ 13 , 000 , 000 a year ; while their labour being in the market , and regulating the rate of wage , even according to the Messrs . Chambers ' _a-dirussioB . must reduce the _Ent-lish standard to ihat price for whieh they are willing to work rather than live npon potatoes and water . Independently of the £ 13 , 000 , 000 a year paid to the Irish labonrere , they cause a reduction in the rate of English wages to an

      amount of more than - £ 30 , 000 , 060 per annum : that « . 3 contend that the tyranny " of the Irish landlords , and lhe _oonsequeul poTerty of the Irish people , is a positive loss of more than £ 43 , 000 , 000 per annum to the working classes of England . Now , there is the ¦ w hole question presented to you in its most large and extensive view—the whole social question : while we Scd its political bearing in the announcement in the «* ort . that - of late years the landlords are averse to _BUKin * leases f their land , or to granting any _«* we _is-yond that which is dependant on their own will "

      The report does not assign a reason for this ; bat I _*¦* " _« is because the population is Catholic , and inensnrpers Protestant : and the nsurpcrs will not J * . * lease lest it should confer a rote . They , _inereiore knock small farms into huge ones , that they may * hnut the _j _, _^ _^^^ . « _Sn £ _rtft " 7 ? _»*¦ insorc tlie _snb-S _KSBe _^ _sw _^ a _^ e _lathis vote flottW _^ _" - _^^ _lattemptedtoeolleet the _^ ItlST J hhm } *«* ' _^ something like _^ thtthsea orde r he men irho _' _spokeof a « fair _ZlZwl M i _^ tnwl ' ' _^ _* ° _aot _^ _Charter , or making it asecondary

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      eonsidcration : now I tell yon , as 1 have often told you before , that I never expect to see the principle fully carried out until the Charter becomes the law ofthe land , * but I did , and do hope , to see if so extensively acted on , as to convince the working classes that it is the means of obtaining a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . So fully convinced am I of this fact , that I am resolved on trying the experiment myself , but not for my own ' advantage : and I shall shortly promulgate a plan by -which , in less than twelve-months , I propose to locate one hundred men and then' families , in the first home colony . I do not mean iu _coimminitu ; hut as individual possessors " and willing co-operators , because they will see an interest hi co-operation . Tlie -Mliticcd test I mean to apply to membership , is ,

      that each shall be a paying member to the National Charter Association . I have taken much trouble in the concoction of my plan , and think I have made it so . simple that even the "first principle" men cannot object to it . 1 believe that the Chartist mbd of this country has now arrived at lhe reasoning point , and that it must have something " practical" to live on . The two most important questions in my mind are , the one ofa political , the other of a social character . Thconc the return of Ghsrtist members to aid Mr . Duncombe in the liouse of Commons : and the other the application of labour to the land , in order , by example , to inspirit the " working classes generally to a tremendous struggle , through their representatives hi Parliament , for the acquisition of land whereon to expend then' labour .

      When I liad written thus far , I was honoured , pleased , and delighted , with a letter from our friend and talented advocate , James Moir , of Glasgow , with a remittance of ten shilliugs for the Executive . With every word of Ms letter I entirely agree . Mr . Moir , in adverting to the superhuman exertions of Mr . Duncombe , argues the great necessity of strengthening his hands , and recommends the establishment of election clubs in each locality * and also that the fundsshallbelefttothe disposal of the locality . With this proposition I entirely agree . One of my great sins has been the attempt to limit the local funds to local purposes ; and in no ease could this principle be more justly applied tkau for electioneering purposes , where all the material facts are known anil

      understood . When wc bear in mind that an election must take place next year , it does in truth behove us to he up and doing ; and , as we shall have the co-operation of Mr . Duncombe on this subject " , I cannot entertain a single doubt of success . In the eommeneement of this letter I glanced at the adverse circumstances by whieh our cause was sm-roimded , while I may further be permitted to direct attention to popular apathy as the greatest of all our enemies . I believe , and am pleased in believing , that there is more real Chartism in the country now than ever there was before , yet I feel conscious that the conduct of the working classes is

      pre-cmincutly calculated to overthrow and destroy the principle of Chartism , if it were not too powerful to be overcome . I ask you to look at the weekly subscriptions for the support of men , who , any one of them , as itineniting lecturers , would receive double the aniouut of wage * that you have promised , but not paid them . Now I contend that there never were associated in any cause , four more noble—four _bettcis more able , more virtuous , more perseverins . efficient , zealous , and honest men

      than Philip iPGrath , Christopher Doyle , Thomas Clark , and Martin Wheeler ; and those who see 18 s . or iii as . per week coming in , to pay them £ 010 s ., must naturally feel a contempt for Chartists ; but , rhaiJc God , Chartism itself is above reach , or otherwise apathy would destroy it . Look to Ireland , and see the thousands that pom * in there to support " poor gentlemen , " while you rely on one •' poor gentleman" to sustain your whole cause , and pay your appointed servants their wages , I tell you that it is positively dishonest , and must be remedied . I am , your faithful friend and servant , _Feauous _O'Cohsob .

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      FRANCE . The Secret Service Bili .. — Paris , Friday , Half-past Eight , i \ m . —The adjourned discussion upon the Secret Service Bill commenced _to-iky by a speech from M , Jolly against the bill . He was replied te by M . _Liadieres , who was interrupted by AL Thiers , in a most extraordinary manner , the latter exclaiming that it was the King who was _tue'first to set the example of singing the Marseillaise . " M . Houdet then proposed that the sum demanded be reduced by 25 , 000 francs . The Count _d'llaussonville combated the amendment , whieh was supported by M . Billault , in a violent speech , who was met by M . Guizot , to whom O'Dilon Barrot replied . At seven o ' clock the close of tbe debate upon the amendment was ealled for , when the nominal appeal was made , when there appeared—For the amendment 205

      Against it 229 Majority for Ministers ....,.. „ 34 The Chamber then proceeded to vote upon the original proposition for a million of francs ; when there _appeared—-Tor _••¦¦•••••••••••••«*•••*•>•* , # _*»••*•¦•!*¦• ** x'i Against 41 Majority for Ministers 176 { [ The Opposition left after the vote on the amendment , as they did when beaten on the address . The Chamber rose at eight o'clock .

      SPAIN . Cmcbch I'nor eHrv . —Madrid papers of the 17 th announce thatthe finance Minister had presented the project of law for the i » storation ofthe unsold church property , when the President of the Council , in reply to a question from M . Carrasco . declared most solemnly that the bill did not contemplate to affect any property already sold , nor would such property ever be menaced . The bill , after a lone preamble contains but one clause in the following words : — " The propertyof the regular clergy remaining for sale , and ofwhich the sale had heen suspended bv roval

      _OrdonnailCG Ot the 27 th July , 1844 , shall return to the said clergy . " _^ The President of the Council teak that opportunity to say , that the Government was aware of the intrigues of foreign parties—that it had its eye upon them , and that the sword of the law would fall on the heads of any attempting sedition . _EsrABTunisi _CoxsriRACv . —Letters from Bayonne of the 19 th inst . announce that a conspiracy for the restoration of Espartero and the Constitution of 1837 had been diseovered at _Vjttoria , and that a number of sub-officers of the garrison and inhabitants ofthe town had been arrested .

      Cabiist _CoxspiKAC-i * . —The Madrid journals ofthe 19 th inst . mention that a Carlist conspiracy had been discovered at Burgos .

      PORTUGAL . Lbbox , Feb . IS . —The Queen was taken with the pains of labour at three p . m . yesf erday , and at halfpast ten last night gave birth to a _Princess . Both mother and child are doing verv well .

      SWITZERLAND . The Ami-Jesuit Exchkmext—We perceive by the Swiss journals that the occurrences at Lusanne have induced the different cantons of Switzerland to take measures for insuring their internal tranquillity . The Grand Couneil of the Valais has called out the landsturm , and voted a credit of 200 , 000 francs . The sentiments ofthe deputies of this canton are in conformity with those of the deputies of Lucerne . At Zurich the Vorort has embodied two battalions of infantiy , a squadron of cavalry , a company oi carabineers , and a company of artillery . The cantons of St . Gall , Thurgan , and Schaffhausen have been recommended to call out their contingents . These

      troops are assembled bv the Vorort to protect the Diet . At the same time the Vorort has delegated M . Zehnder and M . Sulzer to Arau and Berne , to watch the movements of the free corps . The deputies of Glaris have received instructions to demand the expulsion of the Jesuits , as well as those of Tessin . Bale Town has voted in an opposite sense . A report was spread at Berne that disturbances had broken out at Bale on the llth , but this _rumourhas not been confirmed . Friburg has voted that the affair ofthe Jesuits is purely cantonal , and not within the jurisdiction ofthe Diet . This canton has not acceded to the invitation made to Lucerne to send away the Jesuits .

      In onr Swiss journals appears the following : — "The Sardinian Envoy Count De Castiglione has protested against the revolution that took place in

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      the canton of v aud , and has quitted Lausanne . An extraordinary council of war held at .-Lucerne , has decreed the organisation of two new battalions of landwchrand the formation of five batteries of . artillery , to protect the Government from external attacks . Iheir present fear seems to be increased by the free corps . Nine cantons and two demi-eanton ' s have declared against the Jesuits in a sense more or less hostile ; to wit , Zurich , Berne , Soleure , Ghiris , Argovia , Schaffhausen , Tessin , Thiirgovia , Vaud , and _AppcnzeD , exterior with Bale Champagne . It requires but that the deputies of three more cantons should be instructed to vote at the extraordinary Diet against tiie Jesuits to cause that their expulsion be decreed .

      Tlie Swiss correspondent of the Debuts mentions , in addition to the announcement that an extraordinary envoy from Austria would assist at the Extraordinary Diet , that Prussia had appointed the Count WiUichlottum , ambassador extraordinary to Switzerland , while Bavaria has resolved upon raising her envoy to the distinction of ambassador . The correspondent of the Constitutionncl states that the Papal Nuncio had expressed to the French ambassador the desire ofthe Pope to see France undertake an armed uitervention in Switzerland , in conjunction with other great Powers ' . Swiss papers of the ISth , state that at Lucerne , the spring of the present disorders , _ a _Jesulsfc church had-been transformed into an arsenal by order of the Government , - and divine service suspended . New arrests had taken place , and a battalion ordered

      upon _Sursee . The Grand Council of Valais had agreed to take part with Lucerne . Geneva was perfectly tranquil , the militia keeping watch . Tiie Government was prepared to act in support ofthe Confederation . The Grand Council of St . Gall had instructed the deputies to vote at the Extraordinary Diet that Lucerne should be requested to revoke its decree for the recall of the Jesuits—that the free corps should be suppressed , and an amnesty accorded . The Gazette d' Angshoimj notices S 0111 C rumours of contemplated disturbances in Italy , of which Gibraltar will be the focus . The same journal states that M . Guizot had given instructions to the French Ambassador in Switzerland to pursue a conciliatory course , and that similar instructions had issued froni Vienna and Berlin .

      MOROCCO . Letters from Madrid announce ihat the differences between Sweden and Denmark with Morocco have been arranged , - under the joint mediation of France and England . The emperor has renounced the claim of tribute . The Danish and Swedish Consuls returned on the 14 th to Tangier ' s .

      UNITED STATES . The _Oiu-gox _Qubsiios . —Fuospecxs of War . — Liverpool , Monday Mouniso . —By the arrival ofthe packet ship Cambridge wc have New York papers one day later than b y the Cambria steamer . There had been further discussion in the American liouse of Representatives on the subject of the Oregon territory question , but there is not the least interest in the rigmarole speeches made on the subject . ' It was daily expected that the President would communicate a message to Congress with reference to the Oregon matter . Private persons are of opinion that the liouse of Representatives will pass the Occupation Bill , and that it will be left to ' tlie Senate to reject it . The Washington correspondent of the New

      York-Courier writes : — " Those who are not here in Washington can have but a faint idea of the war spirit that pervades the majority of tbe House of Representatives : for it is exhibited more in conversation than in those debates wliich go before the public . It is not confined to the young and to the Hotspurs of the west , but pervades the south , and has possession oi grey-headed democrats of , what should be , ihe peaceloving state of Pennsylvania . They are mad at the British lion , and of a desire for more _territoivthere is good land in Texas and Oregon , say they , and we must immediately possess it—there are rich mines and fertile fields iu Mexico , and they too must be brought within our dominion—and , warming with the subject , their appetite growing bv what it feeds on ,

      they exclaim , ' This whole continent must be ours ; our destiny is to carry our laws and OuV institutions throughout its whole extent . '"' The Editors of the Courier say— " We seem to be in imminent hazard of an immediate rupture with Great Britain . Congress manifests a disposition to take summary possession of the disputed territory known as Oregon , and maintain it by force of arms . Great Britain , all concede , will not relinquish her pretended title to it without a struggle . This country has awaited , with great impatience , the result ol pending _negotiations , and since it- is understood that these _negotiations arc likely to issue in no adjustment of the question , the disposition to seize and keep the territory has acquired fresh strength and restlessness . "

      The Mokauiy or Siavkky . —The New Orleans papers publish the following remarkable trial , and the still more . remarkable sentence passed upon tilt ' offender : —Pauline , a slave belonging to Peter Reppeneck , was tried at New Orleans , on the 21 st , on charge of having struck her mistress so as to cause the Shedding of blood . It was proved that about six weeks beforo , Mr . Iteppcneck went to St . Louis , leaving his wife , whom he represented to the neighbours as being crazy , and children , with 200 dols . in money , in charge of Pauline , who it _wjis proved war * his paramour . Immediately after his departure tinslave took possession of her mistress's rooms , and removed Mrs . Reppeneckandher three young children to a back cabin . Mrs . _Pteppeneck testified thai Pauline frequently came and beat her severely with a leather thong and her fist , and that her knowledge of her husband ' s _intercomse with the slave i .-ad frequently led him to strike her . Her testimony was

      corroborated by that of Dinah , another slave , who had witnessed thcbrutaltreatnientof'Mrs . Reppencch and her children on several occasions , and who finallj informed a gentleman of it , through whose interference it came to the knowledge of the police . The testimony was so direct and undoubted , that Pauline was convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 21 st of February , though the sentence was postponed until the 28 th of March , 1846 , in consequence of the fact thatshe is now pregnant , [ if there is to be hanging , why not hang the ruffianly slaveowner . —Ed . N . S . ] Later _Intelucskce . _—Livjerpooi , Wednesday . — The Patrick Henry arrived this day . The news brought by her is important . The Oregon Territory Bill has been carried in the House of Representatives , at Washington . The committee on foreign relations in the Senate have reported a resolution recommending that the joint resolution , carried a few days previously in the House of Representatives , for the annexation of Texas , be rejected .

      INDIA AND CHINA . Bloody Revolutiox at Lahore .. — -The Overland Mail brings dates from Calcutta of the 8 th January , Lahore ofthe 23 rd December , and China of November 26 th . The news received by this conveyance is of considerable interest , it records revolutionary movements at Lahore and Nepaul . The capital of the Punjaub , as indeed might have been expected , has again become a scene of confusion and bloodshed . A revolution broke out there on the 21 st November , the object of whieh appeal's to have been to get rid ofthe Jumboo Rajahs . It is said to have originated in the intrigues of the mother of Dhuleep Singh , the young Maharajah . The struggle whilst it lasted was a fierce one . _Ileera Singh , finding that

      the few troops on which he could rely would not enable him to resist the movement , fled towards the British frontier , but was overtaken , together with Jellah Pundit , Mean Lab Singh , and several other of his followers , and slain . The heads of Ileera Singh , the State Treasurer Pundit Jellah , and Mean Lab Singh , were brought to Lahore ; and after having been carried about in procession by the Sikhs , were suspended from one of the gates of the city for general inspection . They were subsequently exhibited before the house of Kurruck Singn , then occupied by the Sirdar Jewahir Singh , and destined to have been the scene of his own death eould the Rajah have compassed his intentions . Tlie result of the insurrection was the elevation onee more of Dhuleep

      Singh to the throne . Jowahir Singh , his uncle , had been placed at the head of the Government , but there appeared to be but a slender chance that these arrangements would be permanent . Further _Particu-oars . —The following , from the Delhi Gazette , is dated Lahore , Dai _^ 3 rd : —It is now certain the heads of Jella PundiflPu of Heera Singh were brought in the evening before last . That of Mean Sohun Singh was only brought -in yesterday by a Nahing , who was instantly rewarded by the gift ofa jagheer of 500 i _* s . These tliree heads were yesterday carried about in a great procession by the Sikhs , and were then suspended for general inspection , first before the Lahore-gate , and subseouentlv before the house

      of luirruck Singh , and a great fair washeld yesterday , and will be continued to-day . The reason forthe heads being exhibited before the house of Kurruck Singh is , that it is now occupied by Sirdar _Jtwahir Singh , aud was to hare been the scene of his own death had the Rajah been able to compass the event . The bodies of Rajah Heera Singh and Pundit Jella were left on the ground where they fell , and guards placed to prevent their being burnt . The bodies of Mccan Lab Singh andNicke DewanDewanund ( son of Delbagra ' s ) were brought into Lahore . This made up the five heads reported formerly , with the exception that the heads of the two last were allowed to remain hanging to the bodies , and that of Sohun

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      Singh , though hot actually received , was hourly expected . Tlie body of Meean Lab Singh has , I am told , been sent oft to the place where Gooro Bhac -Bheor Singh was killed at his instigation , to be exhibited there in the same manner as that of a highway robber and . murderer .- 'The- ' body-of the junior Moonshee Dewanund was burnt yestei'dav , and with ifc a young and handsome wife , fourteen -years of age , was sacrificed . He himself--was onlv eighteen years of age , and distinguished . himself in a signal manner when defending himself and ' his master for their lives . How many poor innocent women will be put to death with the garments of the unfortunates who fell m the battle , as a terrible offering at the shrine ofthe abominable practice of Suttee ! as it is still all

      powerfulin the hills , though here , thank God ! these horrible sacrifices arc becoming much less frequent . It is reported to mc , on credible authority , that Meean Lab Singh , seeing the turn affairs were taking In the battle , attempted to fly from the scene , but was instantly pursued .. Seeing no alternative , he took off his golden armlets , and threw fhem to his pursuers , praying for his lite ; but nothing would stop tliem . He then threw down his sword and shield , and begged for mercy . He was told that this was no time for mercy .. On which he gathered courage and defied them , so as to be put quicker to death , praying , however , that thoy would have pity on his remains , and have them decently burnt . This happened a koss beyond the spot where Rajah Heera Singh fell . The Pundit'Jella and the Dewan had got two Koss further ,

      not far from the Jemadar ' s second Baolee , to the small village of Kavanvala , when they were overtaken . On seeing them approach , the inhabitants ofthe village ran off , on which the fn _< ritives entered one of the houses . This was marked by the pursuers and instantlly set on fire , on wliich the Pundit and his companion came out . In their anxiety to possess themselves of the golden ornaments on the person of the Pundit and the Dewan , the Sikhs who wero-of the band cut off the ears of the former and the hands ofthe latter , and then cut them to pieces . The Dewan ' s young wife was also plundered of her ornaments by the attendant Sikhs , as she was being led out to be sacrificed on the pile of her husband's body . Who can say after this that any of Rajah Heera Singh ' s party were , allowed to escape ! The Sikhs would make mincemeat of all they could have caught .

      The NErAui , REvoi . uTios . ~ The revolution in Nepaul , although of a less sanguinary character , has led to the deposition ofthe Rajah , and the elevation of his son , a youth of eighteen years of age , in his place . It appears that the father had undertaken to abdicate in favour of his son , but having exhibited some reluctance so to do , / was compelled by force to redeem his word . It is not presumed that this ementr will call for any interposition on the part of the British authorities ; for an arrangement appears to have been entered into , that whilst the son is the de facto King of Nepaul , so far as his own subjects are concerned , the father will still be styled King , and will bo alone recognised as sueh by the British Government . Sir Henry Hardinge continued to reside at Calcutta , but had not been called upon as yet for any active military measures .

      The News fsom China ia of some importance , but does not extend beyond the 26 th of November . The Emperor still' lived , but no hope was entertained oi his ultimate recovery . The dispute between the Governor of Hong-Kong and the residents had been adjusted by concessions on both sides _.

      ADEN . Threateked Attack op the Arabs , —Aden , Jan . 10 th . —We arc threatened by an attack _frem the Arabs , amounting to upwards of 15 , 000 armed men , headed by the Slicriffc of Moeha ( who has repeatedly attempted to alarm tlie good folks out of Aden ) . They are , we are told , taking a circuitous route , and are now supposed to be some forty or fifty miles off . The heights are all manned extra , as also the Turish wall ; . and this morning , in _so"nje large packages , containing supplies , which are _brofrglit in daily from the interior , were found , carefully concealed , an assortment of fire-arms , evidently intended for the confederates here . The camelmen bringing them have

      been arrested , and a guard of forty men sent to the Turkish wall to escort them into camp . Should we be attacked , we have large odds' to contend against , as we hove only , 1500 fighting men , the major part native troops ( Indians ) . From what I saw of Aden last month , I should say , from its natural position , 1500 disciplined meii , well stationed on the heights and Turkish wall , would be more than a match for 30 , 000 Arabs , if they came in that number to attack them . If the attack takes place , which I very much doubt , the Arabs will learn a lesson which they will never forget , or I am greatly mistaken . The native troops now serving at Aden are a very soldier-like set of fellows .

      MONTEVIDEO . _Liveri'ool , _?* _lo _* M > Ar _NioHi . —It is stated here , on the authority of a letter fi-om Buenos Ayres , of the ¦ 14 th December , that news had reached there from Montevideo , giving intelligence that Riviera , in person , had defeated the firafc division of Oribe _' _s cavalry , under the immediate command of Urquiza , and that an early movement ofthe _Conrientes party was looked for as a probable _reault .

      MEXICO . Highly Important from Vera Cruz . — Tha New York papers of the 8 th ult ., brought by the Patrick Henry , publish the following important intelligence : — By the brig It . de Zaldo , Kingsbury , which left Vera Cruz on the 14 th of January , we learn that General Santa Anna , with his troops , had put himself at the _dif-pq ' _sal of the new Government - , and that , such being the fact , they considered the revolution to be at an end . 7 General Santa Anna , it appears , ' after having made-five different attacks on the city of Puebla , and . 'being repulsed on each attack , with some considerable . loss , was obliged to decamp with all his troop 3 , some 4 , 000 men , various reports are afloat aa to what were the views of Santa Anna . -He

      certainly was repulsed in five attacks on Puebla , and he retreated towards Vera Cruz with an intention to attack that place ; but others contend that his object was to get on board a -British frigate at Saeraficlos . He had lost the flower of his army , and was obliged te submit unless he escaped . Paredes was on his rear with a heavy force , and he could not carry Vera Cruz by siege . We translate the following from the Diario de Vera Cms of the 13 th ult . It is a proclamation signed by Ignacio do Maracy Tillamel , the military commander of the department of Vera Cruz : — " Vera Cruzans ! his Excellency General Don Lopez de Santa Anna has placed himself at the dkggsitioa of the Supremo National Government , with aii the troops which were in opposition to the constutional Government . This happy event , so grateful to those who possess the feelings of humanitv . is still more so

      to ah Mexicans , who have always been in favour of the cause consecrated by legitimate principles . The result of General Santa Anna ' s decision is the stopping of the effusion of blood in heroic Puebla . I nave directed , as was proper aud agreeable to the gratification I feel , that the happy result be _celebrated , and you will do the same ; but , in the transports of your lawful rejoicing , do not lose sight of the caution which we ought to observe . I beg that your vi gilance and precaution may be-redoubled now more than ever ; and I also command the troops ofthe garrison and in active service to exercise the same vigilance as heretofore . '' We translate the following from the Diario of the llth :-- " If a letter from Topic is to be believed , which was referred to yesterday in the Siglo , a North American frigate of sixtv _' guns has threatened to bombard San Carlos de Montcrev , in California . " .

      - Birmingham.—_A Child Choked With A Lem...

      - Birmingham . —_ A Child Choked with a Lemon _Dkop . —An inquest was held on Tuesday night last , on the body of a child five months old , named William Humphries , whose death was occasioned by the following singular accident - —George Humphries _, plumber and ghuier , of 1 Court , jNavigation-street , deposed as follows : —The deceased was my son , oh Sunda _* y morning last 1 took him over in my arms to my wiles mother , Mi's . Hills , in No . 2 Court ; she took the child from me , and held a lemon droj . between her thumb aud finger to hia mouth , _^ . he sucked it some time , until it had got quite thin , and it somehow alipt into his throat . Tho child then began to strain jmd gasp for breath , and went quite blue in the face . The drop , however , came awav in two or three minutes , but the child was dead . Tarn sure .. Airs . HUI could not hel p what occurred . A verdict , of—Accidental death from suffocation bv a lemon drop was recorded .

      _MTSiEpus Circumstance . —On Thursday se ' nnight ,. Mr . Fletcher , a farmer , residing at Little Stanney , went with a servant into a hay-loft , and there saw the remains of the body of a man , which must have been ' there a long while . The flesh was completely eaten off the bones by rats , and the clothes were quite rotten . There were no marks of violence visible , and the wholeaffair is a perfect mys-¦ _fvA ii _"teased had on a pair of fustian trousers and black hat , and measured upwards of six feet in height . An inquest was held on the following Saturday , at the Bunbury Anns , and a verdict of Found Dead was returned . It is supposed that the poor fellow died from starvation . —Chester Courant :

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      SATURDAY'S 1 "NEWS

      POLICE , LEGAL AND GENERAL . MANSION IIOtfSE . _Satpjidat . —Joseph _tTillianis was charged , at tlie instance of Mr . Webb , a master baker , of _Wliitecrosssti-eet , with publishing libels , calculated to cause a breacli of the peace . A solicitor- who apppearcd for tho prosecutor , said tliat the defendant had been brought up in that court on Thursday week , and committed to prison iu default of bail . On the day he came out of prison he met the prosecutor , anil asked liim had he seen the bills on the wall affecting his character ? Mr . Webb had reason for beiieviiiff that Williams was the cause of their being posted . The placards represented Mr , Webb's

      house as nothing better than a common brothel , and was otherwise calculated to cause a breach of tlio peace . Policeman ( 315 , produced some written placards that ho had taken down from the walls , in the vicinity of Mr . Webb ' s house . He never heard anything alleged against Mr . Webb ' s character , who he always believed to bo a respectable man . Policeman 015 , deposed that Williams had observed to him , that Mr . Webb ' s house was little better than a brothel . His Lordship dismissed the case . The solicitor for the plaintiff declared their dctennination to talie the case to the sessions ; and Williams declared his determination to institute an action against Mr . Webb ..

      IliOT i . v a _Woiikiiouse . —Eight ragged , wretched , dirty-looking : wretches of both sexes , were charged with creating a disturbance at the London Union , and with assaulting the oflicers and breaking a lamp . Policeman 112 , deposed to seeing one of the prisoners throw his shoe at tho lamp . —The officers of the workhouse deposed to their violence in the house , One of the Ms admitted _throwinghis shoeut the lamp . —The girls used strong and filthy language tothe Mayor . His lordship committed _thevaosti'ftVratttovy to take their trial for assault on the officers , and held the remainder to baij to keep the peace . CLERKENWELL ,

      Satobdav . —The Abominable Doings at the _SrAFiEtns BuRiAL-GaouND . —In another part of this paper will be found a report of proceedings of a most infamous nature in respect to the dead who are interred in the Spalields burial-ground , Clerkenwell .: Yesterday ( Friday ) there was another investigation into the subject at the Clerkenwell police-court , when facts of a most revolting nature were elicited . Mr . Bird , a _mathematival-instllW ment maker , residing in Fletclier ' s-vow , ClevkenweU , and who is " one of those in charge of the grave-yard , " admitted that the ground is not two acres in extent ; that it is considered to be capable of holding _ss . ooo bodies ; eight bodies are buried hi each grave , of about eight feet deep ; that the coffins of adults are placed lengthways , and those of children breadthways ; and tliat the coffins of the

      latter are always removed when tliey are -deea , je * . \ _, anu when tlie rod will penetrate through the mass I This frightful avowal produced an immense sensation in the Police-court . —Inspector Penny , a very intelligent officer , who has frequently visited the cemetery in various disguises , affirmed most positively that he had seen " sound aud fresh coffins burning in the bone-house , of every size ; and that the odour was intolerable . " A lady stated that " she lived in a house near the graveyard , but had been obliged to leave , as well as many other persons in the same neighbourhood , owing to the intolerable and unearthly stench proceeding from the honehouse . One frosty night the smell was still worse than usual , so she ' and her son ascended the top of the washhouse , which commands a view of the ground . Thick

      volumes of smoke and sparks were issuing from the chimney of the hone-house . She saw two men carrying something in a basket , which appeared very soft , and to shake . Took it for human flesh . Her tenants , who lived near the place , were constantly complaining of illness through the smell .. The weather became hot , and two of the children died from putrid fever . " Another female , named Mrs . Murphy , deposed as follows : — " She had seen tlie grave-diggers throw up parts ofa human hody , and then chop it up with their shovels . She once saw Smith , one of the grave-diggers , carrying the bottom and lid of a coffiii towards tlie bone-house . Had seen the grave-diggers throw up dark heavy lumps . Could not at first tell what it was , but afterwards knew it to be human tiesh . The mail in the grave tossed it up on the clay .

      He would then come' up . and pick the hair up . I saw very long hair atone time ou the clay . " Other witnesses corroborated all these statements . The conduct Of the lessees anil grave-diggers cannot he expressed in terms sufficiently reprehensible . Wc are delighted to see that Mr . Wakeling _. the vestry-clerk of St . James ' s , Clerkenwell , intends to indict Messrs . Bird , Green , and Smith _, who are entrusted with the management ofthe cemctry , at the next session . Mr . Wakeling , vestry-clerk of St . James ' s , Clerkenwell , who attended on behalf of that parish , announced it to he his intention to indiet Messrs . « ird , Green , and Smith at the next sessions . He had no doubt but the parish would pay the cost , but if not , he would pay-it out of his own pocket . The parties then retired .

      BOW-STREET . SArt _/ _RDAr . — Robbery of Silveb-plate . — Charles Page was charged with robbing his master , a surgeon , lhjn' ; in Great Kussel-street , of a aumber ot * silver spoons and forks , Of the value of £ 15 . The prisoner had absconded from his master ' s employment abouta mouth ago , at which time the property was missed . Somewhere about that time he had been seen with a parcel in his possession , which there was strong reason to believe contained tlie stolen property . He had eluded the police till the night previous , when he was taken . He was remanded for a week . ; ¦

      _QUEEl _* SQUARE . SATiraDAr—A Dangerous Family _DisoRr-EU . — Patrick Welch , an Irishman , was brought before Mr . Barrel , the sitting magistrate , charged with assaulting & 1 HJ breaking some furniture belonging to Margret Conucll , a woman with whom he had been cohabiting for some time . According to the evidence of the complainant she had lived for nearly seven years with the defendant , during Which period She had by him two children . Recently he had been in the practice of treating her in a very cruel manner . About a fortnight ago he had assaulted her very severely , giving her a pair of black eyes and cutting her head very bailly with his fists . This she would have forgiven hhn at the time , but since then he had been no better . Yesterday she had a visit from her mother , who lives at Bedtbrdbury ; on which occasion the whole party had some rum together . The consequence was , thatthe

      defendant got _intonica _. _-ted , awd while in that state he sought a cause of quarrel with her , aud in a fit of passion he broke several chairs and a table , and destroyed some pictures and crockery , The furniture was hers , as . she _hs'lfw _, ? 9 ro time supported tlie defendant . —The landlord of the house deposed to the breaking ofthe furniture , and estimated the damage done at about IGs . —The defendant in defence urged that he was drunk _, _ttud did not know What he was doing . He was apt to act ill the manner described whenever lie took drink , a circumstance which he ascribed to the fact of its being a " family disorder , " his father having been in the practice of doing so before him . If he was dealt leniently with that fimfe , he should jolu a teetotal society , and never < Jo so again . —The complainant was then fined 16 s ., being the amount of damage done , and ordered to find sureties for his future good behaviour . In default of bail he was locked up .

      . SOUTHWARK . _Satcsdat . — Stripping Childbbn of tuehi Clothes . —Elizabeth Denovau was charged with stripping cliildren of their clothes on several occasions , and pledging the articles so obtained at different pawnbrokers in the Borough , Evidence was adduced of at least six distinct robberies of this ktud . She had been once before charged with a similar offence , when she was leniently dealt with by the magistrate , under the impression that she was driven to do so from necessity . Kow , however , it appeared she was a regular adept in this species of pilfering , and bad formerly imposed by a false statement of her ease . —Mr . Cottenhara remanded her for a few days , so as tO _giVO time to gel the case properly up , in order to send it to the sessions .

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      The Hampstead Murder.—Adjourned Ixqubst....

      The _Hampstead Murder . —Adjourned _Ixqubst . — The adjourned inquest upon the body of James Delarue , the unfortunate man who * wasso barbarously murdered in the field near Haverstoek-hill , was resumed this morning ( Saturday ) , before Mr . Wakley * Mr . G . I . Mills , and a most respectable jury . The hour appointed for resuming the inquest was half-past nine o ' clock , but so eager were the inhabitants of Hanipstead to be present during the proceedings , that as early as eight o ' clock the inquest-room was crowded , many of the jury being there as early as half-past eight . Outside the station-house in Heathstreet , _jto . the Yorkshire Grey , the road was rendered impassable by the number of persons congregated

      to catch a glimpse of the prisoners , ' 1 nomas Henry Hocker , and James , his brother . At eight o ' clock a strong bodv of police of the S division , from the stations in Albany-street and _Somei-a-town , under Inspector Billars and Sergeant Davies , 15 S , were marched up to the station-house in Heath-street , for the purpose of assisting those stationed at Hampstead in escorting the prisoners from the stationhouse to the inquest room , and for the prevention of any violence being ' offered them . In addition to the a _' jove : * a strong force of police was stationed along the road from Chalk Farm-lane to Hampstead . Mr . "Wakley inquired if Inspector Grey was present , and being answered in the affirmative , inquired of him if he had attended to the directions he had given ,

      The Hampstead Murder.—Adjourned Ixqubst....

      Inspector Grcv said he had- gone ¦ io . . Clerkenwell prison , and saw Mr . Kilshy _, the governor , who said that "he could not give up the-prisoner without an order from the _cdniniitting'magistrate . - He ( _I'jf-nector Grey ) went to-Mr . _Hawlinsdn , and - he gave him a letter to Mr . Kibby , expressing a wish that the prisoner _should be taken bclore the coroner ; but he was not present *• " _•* _™ ° _« _^ _"T _^ - ' Waklev said , that he had applied to the Home Office upon tlie subject , and had received the following letter from the Secretary of State _: - '' Whitehall , ;* ck 28 , HH 8 , Sir ; I am directed by Secretary Sir James Graham to acknowledge the receipt of yonrtetter of this moraine , representing that you have adjourneft the inquest " on the body of James -Delarue , and that you trust there may be no impediment to the production of Thomas Hooker , who is now in custody charged with his murder , at tho adjourned inquest . Sir James Graham has no objootion to the governor Ot the iN ' cw Prison producing * the prisonerThomas

      , Ilocker , at the inquest , on receiving a requisition from you to that effect , and ho will direct that this information shall be given to the governor . Tliis course , Sir James Graham hopes , will prevent all difficulties . But it must be understood that the prisoner is to appear before the magistrate , ou his remand , with whicli the course proposed by you is not to interfere . I have the honour to be , ' sir , your obedient servant , S . M . Phillips . ' '—Mr . Wakley said , that on this morning , just before leaving home , he received a letter from Mr , Kilsby , the governor of the New Prison , stating that although it was the wish of Mr . Rawlinson , the committing magistrate , that the prisoner , Thomas Hocker , should be produced at the inquest , aud also that the Secretary of State for the Home Department had no objection , that did not sufficiently authorise liim ( Mr . Kilsby ) to allow the prisoner but of his custody until the day of his remand . He had a peremptory order fromithe visiting magistrates not to allow anv prisoner but of

      his custody without an order from the __ Secretary of State or the magistrates who committed him . Enclosed in the letter was an abstract from the regulations of the visiting magistrate to the above effect . Tlie Coroner hero at great length adverted to the obstacles that had been thrown in his way on many previous occasions . The utility of the Coroner ' s office was a subject of the greatest importance that could arise in this country . The oitice was calculated to ensure the greatest security to the liberties ofthe subject , and unless the Court liad the power to have before it the person accused of the minder , the very foundation of the office was gone . Let them suppose that a time of commotion might arise , Sucli had been , and such might be again , and that a pubhc

      meeting was called to complain of certain or general grievances . The people might entertain one opinion with regard to the right of public meeting , and the persons in power might entertain , _unbtnev and _a-vtay different opinion . He did not mean to refer to the present Government , but to whatever Government might be iii power at the time . The people , he said , might entertain one opinion and tlie Government another , and the latter might require that thp meeting should at once disperse . Supposing thafc tliey did however meet , and that human life was lost , that either the police or the soldiery in the discharge of what they conceived to be their duty might commit an assault on the people who had assembled , that lour or five , or ten , or seventy , or a

      hundred might be concerned in tliis slaughter , and it might bo that all this waste of fife might arise frOltt the violent conduct of persons in office . An inquest would be held on the bodies ; the jury would sit to sift the inquiries and to investigate the matter . A . B , WOllld bo Called , and he might say that he saw the police firo and kill aman , woman , or child as it might be . They might ask him the question , " Do you know the policeman ' s number ? " "I do not . " " His name ? " "I do not . " "Would you know him again If you saw him ? " " Yes . " " Where 13 he ? " " In the custody of the magistrate . " They wanted him at the inquest , but he was not present . Now would it not be impossible to identify the guilty party in sucli a case ? In Ireland several lives were

      lost in a somewhat similar manner . A number of the police were put into gaol , an inquest was held upon the persons killed , the policemen were not identified , and none of them wc put upon trial . Such a case might occur in England . Such was his opinion ; but if the jury did not consider with him , and if they wished the investigation to proceed , he was willing to go on with it . —Several of the jurymen : 0 , no ; not in the _abseho of the prisoner , Mr . Hazard ( a juror ) said they ( the jury ) were sworn to inquire into the cause of death of a party , and not into the innocence or guilt of another . Ho thought tliey could proceed . Tho rest of the jury being of a different opinion , the inquest was again adjourned _, until Monday mornins _* .

      . Latest Particulars . —The details m connection with tho murder of Mr . Delarue are hourly , through the the exertions of the officers of the detective force , being brought to li g ht ; and the discoveries stated . to have been made since the last adjournment of the coroner ' s inquest tend to throw great suspicion on , if if they are not found directly to implicate , another party , who , although not in custody , is under the surveillance of the police . During yesterday , the cesspools at the house of the accused ' s father , as also at his lodging in Victoria-terrace , were searched , , witk a view to ascertain if there were any other evidences of guilt secreted there . The poor father of the alleged murderer offered every facility to the police , and in assisting them in their search he

      himself discovered amongst some rubbish a diamond ring , of which he at once gave them information , and accompanied Inspector Furlong , of the S division , to Marylebone Police-court , where the ring was exhibited to the magistrate . It has been since shown to the deceased ' s brother , who at once identified it , On further search being made , the gold chain described by Mr . Daniel Delarue as being attached to his brotlier ' a watcli when he last saw _hinralive was discovered , and there arc here and there spots of blooct , clearly indicating that it was taken from the body after the murder was perpetrated . Another discovery which more clearly brings the murder home to the accused , and which proves the cold-blooded atrocity which actuated it , has been made . The public are already aware that a letter was found on tlie deceased person appointing to meet him at a certain place , and which bore t ! : e signature

      " Caroline . " Among the _fi papers at the supposed murderer ' s lodgings lias been discovered an exact copy of that letter , and on their being compared the handwritings ( which has been proved to be that of Thomas Henry Hocker ) in both are identical- The letter found on deceased ' s person had the envelope stained with blood , and the inference therefore is , that on tlio _ninrdGl-ei- discovering what It was , he returned it to the deceased ' s pocket , in order ( to allay suspicion . A third black kid glove , covered with blood , was found in the clothes ofthe deceased , and , on its being compared witli the one discovered by the police at Hooker ' s residence , it is found exactly to match . The accused ' s brother , James Hocker , still in custody at the Hampstead station , is exceedingly communicative , kit avoids all mention of the murder .

      Fire Near _Fitzroy-squark . —On Friday morning , shortly after twelve , a fire broke out in one of tne large housesin Carburton-street , Fitzroy-square , occupied conjointly by Mr . Salt , a stationer , and Mr . Dallow , a private gentleman . The fire had obtained such a strong hold of the building , that before the engines arrived the flames ku \ extended to almost every po"t . on of tlio premises , The firemen , after thl'CC hours' hard labour , at length succeeded in extinguishing the flames , but not before the house was nearly gutted and the adjoining building damaged ,

      CmiD Mukdeu . —On Friday forenoon , ahout ten o'clock , two men , named James Smith , of No . 6 , Warwick-road , Kensington , and Isaac Smith , of No . 12 , North-vow , Earl ' s-courfc , while engaged in clearing out a drain leading from the watereloset of the house No . 8 , Ladbroke-place , Notting-hul , discovered the body of a male infant child amongst the soil they had extracted . Informatiou was immediately forwarded to the police station-house . Dr . Frost , of Ladbroke-placo , and Mi-. Bartlett , surgeon , examined the body , whicli was minus the right hand - , tliey gave it as their opinion that it had been in the drain for some months .

      Latest From Spain.—Madrid Papers Of The ...

      Latest from Spain . —Madrid papers of the 21 st ult . have been received . A military commission . had been summoned to meet at Vittoria for the trial of the thirty-one officers and non-commissioned officers arrested fer a plot against the Government . Latest from Switzerland . —The accounts from Switzerland are on the whole satisfactory . _Nodistui'bancca ov collisions between the adverse _cantona had taken place , and hopes began to be entertained that the differences would be settled by peaceful negotiations . The Extraordinary Diet met at Zurich for the first time , on the 24 th ult ., Jnjt no buisiness was done .

      Bankrupts. (From Friday's Oaselte, Feb. ...

      BANKRUPTS . ( From Friday ' s Oaselte , Feb . 28 . J James Welch , lling-cross , Holloway , licensed victualler —J . and C . Green , _llorough-road , Southwark , corn-dealers—James ISrodio Gordon and Robert Gordon , Poplar , coopers—AVilliam and James Dees and James Hogg * , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , builders—Mary and Francis John Raw lings , Cheltenham , cahinet-makers—John Ralph , Bath , innkeeper—James Dalton , Salford , Lancashire , joiner-Edward Bayley , Cheswardine , Shropshire , apothecary .

      .. London.—Progress Or Toe Trades' Movement.

      .. London . —Progress or toe Trades' Movement .

      —The General Committee Lor Making The Ne...

      —The general committee lor making the necessary preparations forthe sitting of " COnfe _' rence at Easter , hold their weekly meeting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , February 26 th , Mr . Cox , Silk Hatter , in the chair , when the secretary reported that he was in communicatioa with forty-three trades in Lancashire , who were aU favourable to the Conference . He had also received _coramunicationsfi-om Ncwcastle-on-T yne on behalf of the Miners of Durham and Northumberland ; from the Iron Moulders and Tailors of London ; and from the Society of Bricklayers , who had undertaken to cor . respond with their various sections throughout the country on the subject /

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_01031845/page/1/