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    • THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY, JANUARY i, 1845. -
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      Leeds Town Council Sncial Mekitxg, Wkdne...

      LEEDS TOWN COUNCIL SnciAL _Mekitxg , Wkdnesdat , Jan . 1 , 1 S 45 . — Thii body held & meeting for special purposes , this day , assembling at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon Thercwasa good attendance of members ; and among them Mr . Joshua Hobson , who still retains his qualification and seat in the borough . The " notice naper * exhibited more noficei than the usual number , of business to be transacted ; and but a portion of them was gone through . The first motion was the ap-? Dinting of four trustees of the advowson of St . ohn _' s church . Three Whigs and a Tory were proposed by a Whig alderman : Mr . Hobson proposed two Whigs , one Tory , and one Chartist , that all the parties _intheCouncilmighthavetheirfingerin the Churchpie , " in proportion to the amount of representation each had achieved for itself . He pressed his motion _inere

      to a division , having tho votes recorded , werc sevendmembers in the room who declined voting ; so many as to make it doubtful whether the original motion was carried , the law requiring that every resolve should receive the assent of a majority of the members of Council present : and although the record of attendance proved that the neutrals were present ; and althoug h the record of votes itself proved that they were present , but neutral , the mayor ruled that those who declined to vote when a question was put , were absent , and could not be _treatedasjirMcnt . ' and this too when the very men thus held to be absent were sitting around and looking the wise Mayor , who so ruled , straight on the face . The appointing of Whig Trustees being so settled , Mr . Councillor Ileywood moved for the appointment of a select Committee to inquire

      into certain alleged acts of malversation on tiie part of the chief police-officers of the _bnrough _. whohad _. if his information wcrecorree t , « htained money both from the County-rate , the Leeds Borough-fund , and from the parties on whose premises robberies had bDcn committed , for alleged seviccs and expense in seareliing after and apprehending the offenders ; and this too in cases where not a single farthing of expense had been incurred . Mr . Alderman Luccock moved , as an amendment , that the charges be referred to the Watch Committee ; and the supporters of the original motion offered to acquiesce m the amendment , if Mr . Heywood was added to the Watch Committee , and be thus placed in a position where he coidd prosecute the inquiry he proposed , and adduce the evidence bv which tie allegations were sustained . On

      a division the amendment was agreed to ; and Mr . Hobson immediately moved that Mr . Heywood should be constituted a member of the inquiring body , in accordance with the all-hut universal practice of all deliberative bodies . This was refused by the " tyrant majority "; and Mr . Ileywood immediately announced his intention not to go with his cases before the Watch Committee , but to produce tliem , one by one , in open Council , having his " evidence" ready to be examined by a Committee of the whole house . Several other matters were then disposed of , and Mr . Councillor Jackson moved , "That a memorial from the Council be transmitted to her Majesty , praying for the liberation of John Frost , Zephaniah Williami , and William Jonc 3 , now banished from the eountrv . " In introducing the

      motion , he grounded his claim for the interference of the Council on humanity and mercy . He was not sufficiently aware of the facts of the case to be able to say what was the extent of crime with which the parties suffering were really chargeable ; but when he reflected on the undue haste with whieh the prisoners had been hurried to trial ; the strong excitement and fears that existed at the time to operate on the jury class ; the fact that Frost had provided for a Bill of Exchange , falling due the very day of the alleged revolt ; the different result of tho legal objections taken in their case to those taken in a recent case in Dublin , ho thought that there were 80 many citenuating circumstances about the case , and such a suspicion of injustice having been committed , as would justify the Council in

      taking the step he asked it to take . He also read letters from Mr . Frost to his familly , and from Mrs . Frost to her beloved husband , to show that he was not the blood-thirsty , ferocious " miscreant ? ' Biatinterest ed parties had represented him to be . Mr . Councillor Brook seconded the motion , which was opposed by Mr . Aid . Shaw , on the plea that he could not conceive there existed any public grounds on which such a request could be made . He went into a history of the _alledgad facts attendant on the case : argued that the punishment under the circumstances was not severe , for tho parties concerned might think themselves for tunate that their lives had not been sacrificed to the vengeance of the law by the hand of the public executioner . He was replied to by Mr . Hobson , who detailed a number of facts relative to the ramified

      system of S / _iyism that existed at the period , accounted for the entrapping of Frost into the appearance of being engaged in transactions which his soul loathed and abhorred ; showed that justice had not been done to the prisoners , in hurrying on the trial before a jury of ignorant prejudiced Welsh fanners , frightened to death by the fear that their property were to be taken from them ; and showed that the reasoning of Alderman Shaw respecting the legal objections , their nature , and force , was wholly invalid ; and that if equal justice had been meted out to the persecuted Chartists , as to other parties , they would never have been sent out of the country at all . We regret our inability this week

      to give the facts relied on by both parties to this important discussion ; but shall take care to shortly bring them before the public in some shape or other . At the conclusion of Mr . Hobson's address the motion wont to tho vote ; when claim voted for it ; twenty-nine _asainst , and three were neutral . One of the . neutrals had pledged himself to Ids constituents to vote for the liberation of the martyrs ; and when reminded of this fact in open council by Mr . Heywood , he made use of an expression which Mr . Hobson made into " a peg" on which to explain a gross misrepresentation affecting himself by the Zcoh _Ikrcvry . The facts of the ease arc set forth in the following letter : —

      To tie Editor of the Leeds Mercury , G £ 3 _nxEMEJf , —As yon have lately turned the Leeds Mer _curyinkrt a _rteord of g _& oa or bid breeding—particularly registering the " vulgarities" of tho members of the Leeds Town Council ; and as you lately deemed an imputed " vulgarity '' of mine sufficiently important to form the subject of a leading article ; and as I have just now discovered a fit companion , whose "breedraeut , behavement , and broughting-np-ment"is every whit as " vulgar" my own , in the person of Mr . Jonathan Shackleton , who met a statement of a brother councillor yesterday , that he had violated a pledge given in th _» presence of hundreds of his constituents , with the elegant phrase , "Ktalie , " I beg to apprise you of the fact , fearing that your reporter , who is remarkably deaf at times , may not have * ' noted" it . I am , gentlemen , Tour "ill-bred " servant to command , Leeds , Jan . 2 , 1845 . Joshua Hobsox .

      p . S . —On the whole , I think that " mend" Jonathan rather beats me in the matter of " vulgarity . " LTt did give "the lie direct , "in plain , nnmistakeable language : I only pointed out the tact that Air . Tewdall had also done *> , when he charged Mr . Martin Cawood with " using language which he kxew to be untrue . " I did this , because our " very strict" and " orderly" Major allowed Mr . Tewdall to so " give the lie ' without reproof or observation : and my baring done so , was twisted by you into having given "the lie" myself . However , of this I do not much complain . I can afford to sit under a good deal of misrepresentation : and in this case am quite content to be in no worse position than "friend" Jonathan . " J . n .

      Before The Motion For Adjournment Was Ca...

      Before the motion for adjournment was carried , Mr . Hobson gave notice of his intention to move a stahdihg okdes that those members _i \ ho were " present '' should not ho reckoned as " absent . " The meeting then adjourned to Monday nest .

      Snriied Conduct Of The Ruxxrxo ^ Horse S...

      Snriied Conduct of the Ruxxrxo Horse Socieit of Carpenters . —On Monday evening , December 30 th , 1 S 14 , the quarterly meeting of the above society was held at the Running Horse , Duke-street , _Grosvenor-square . Mr . J . W . Young , President of the society , occupied the chair . Messrs . Stallwood and Dowling were introduced as a deputation from the "Duncombe Testimonial" Central Committee , and were most courteously received . The deputation having briefly addressed the meeting , withdrew ; after whieh Mr . James Grassby , in an eloquent speech , detailed the many virtues of the patriotic Duncombe , and concluded by moving that the sum of £ 10 be voted from the funds of the society to the " _Duncombe"Testimonial . " The motion having been

      duly seconded , Mr . Heath said the Running Horse Society of Carpenters liad achieved fame for taking the lead in good and patriotic works ( cheers ); and lie was sure they would not be backward in exhibiting to the world their gratitude for the great services rendered them by T . S . Duncombe , M . P . ( Cheers . ) He would therefore move , as an amendment , that the sum of £ 20 be given as their quota to the Duncombe TestMohial . The amendment having been duly seconded , the President put the questions to the Tote , when the amendment of Mr . Heath for £ 20 Avas unanimously adopted amid loud cheers . The deputation was then called in , and the President having stated to them the resolution come to by the society , Messrs . Dowling and StaUwood , in the name of the Central Committee , returned their thanks and

      re-DrofcosffiE Testimonial . —The central committee mil meet for the dispatch of business , at Saville House , Leicester-square , on Wednesday evening next , January the Sth , at half-past eight precisely . Bradford Woolcombebs , —On Monday , a meeting f the wooleombers in the employ ol Mr . Willett , was held in the larse room , Butterworth-buildhigs , to take into consideration the propriety of sending a deputation to their employer , to make an arrangement , if possible , to prevent the serious reduction intended to take place in the various sorts of wool , amounting to 7 s ., and in some instances , Ss . in a week' s work . A deputation was appointed , whose labours we regret to say were useless , and a general meeting of the Wooleombers will be held on Monday evening , in the Odd Fellows' Hall , at six o ' clock . Several employers having announced their intention of following the steps of Mr . Willett , the prospects of the workmen are gloomy in the extreme .

      Snriied Conduct Of The Ruxxrxo ^ Horse S...

      Bradford Shobhakbri . — On Wednesday evening a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held in the Boy and Barrel Inn , _Westgate , to hear the report of Mr . Smyth , who had visited the Committee of Mana gement in London , The decision of tho Executive with respect to the strike was stated by Mr . Smyth ; when the meeting resolved " That the eonduct _' of the Executive was partial and unjust , and that that body was not worthy of the confidence of the trade . Secondly , that thcBradford Strike Committee deserved the * thanks of this meeting for the able manner in which they had conducted the strike . "

      Manchester.—A Womax Stabbed Bv Her Husas...

      Manchester . —A Womax Stabbed bv her Husasd . —On Monday , a man named John Roberts , a packer , living in Great Mount-street , who had been remanded from a previous day , was brought up at the Borough Court , on a charge of stabbing his wife . — Mr . Sawley , superintendent of police , produced a surgeon ' s certificate to the effect that the female was lying in the Royal Infirmary in a dangerous state ; and , in consequence , ' the prisoner was further remanded .

      Duncombe Testimonial , Central Committee ol Trades , < fcc ., Saville-house , Leicester-square , Wednesday Evening , January 1 st , 18 _io ; All ' . J . Grassby in the cliair . —Mr . J . Whetstone , steward to the Running-horse Society of Carpenters , attended , and handed in the £ 20 voted by that Society on Monday evening . A letter was read from Mr . Drury , secretary to the Trades of Sheffield , to Mi-. Duncombe ; and also one from Mr . Duncombe , in reply . This correspondence was deemed of such importance that it was resolved that the offer of Feargus O'Connor , Esq .. be accented : and that ten thousand copies be

      printed for circulation amongst the Trades . A letter was read from R . Norman , Esq ., the treasurer , apologising for non-attendance , and acknowledging the receipt of the £ 20 from the Corkcutters' Society . A letter was read from Mr . lubbey , Tiverton , announcing £ 5 5 s . from two other gentlemen in that borough ; and that all sums collected would be forwarded to the treasurer in a few days . A letter was read announcing that the Associated Trades of Dublin had taken up the Testimonial with spirit . A letter was also received from Mr . ' C . Pavitt , Bootcloser , enclosing £ 1 4 s . 8 d ., the subscription of a few Shoemakers in the city of Oxford .

      Chambers' Philosophy Refuted.

      CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED .

      In The Press, And Will He Published On F...

      In the Press , and will he published on Friday next , the 10 th inst ., Price Fourpence , ( forming a Pamphlet of iS pages demy 8 vo . ) A FULL and COMPLETE REFUTATION of the PHILOSOPHY contained in a TRACT recently published by the MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled the "Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work will contain the most complete defence of the demands of the Working Classes for their fair share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions ; and will be prefaced by a short Dialogue between a Factory Infant Female Operative , her Mother , and Grandmother ; the latter of whom remembers the days of yore , before Machinery had supplanted Manual Labour .

      The numerous appeals that have been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , In pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be tho almost unanimous wish of the Labouring Classes . Heywood , 58 , Oldham-strcet , Manchester ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham ; at the Northern Star Office , 340 , Strand , London ; and may be had of aU BookseUers and News Agents in Town and Country . All News Agents in Lancashire and Yorkshire will save carriage by ordering of Mr . Heywood , from whom they will receive the Pamphlet upon the same terms as if supplied from the _Northern Star Office .

      The Northern Star Saturday, January I, 1845. -

      THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , JANUARY i , 1845 . -

      Duncombe And The Trades. " There Is A Ti...

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

      of 1844 and 1845 have passed away , without much to distinguish them from those of former years beyond the lamentable catalogue of crime , and consequent destruction of human life , developed at tho recent winter assize ; a corresponding increase of the London fogs , and the more than usual amount o _^ laughter produced by the Christmas pantomimes . From the commencement of the new _yoar to the opening of Parliament is to the Minister , and indeed to all political parties , a period of anxiety and suspense . There is doubt and hope ; doubt as to the allegiance of friends , and hope in the weakness of

      enemies . The new year presents us with the opening of the French Chambers—with one of those senseless royal speeches , "made to order for the occasion ; " with the opening of the Canadian Assembly , prefaced by auother semi-royal prologue ; and the opening of the American Congress , with an excessively long , though not unimportant , yarn from Mr . President Tiler . The French Monarch appears to attach paramount importance to his personal intimacy with the Queen of England , and the many acts of kindness that he received from the people uf that

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

      Our readers will sec in Mr . _Duncoubr ' s reply to Mr . Drurt , matter of more importance to the work ing classes of England than the opening of all tho Representative Assemblies in the world . It is true that Mr . Duncombe dislodges us from our own hobby , the grand "Duncombe Denionstration , "but then we are too good soldiers to be guilty of a single act of disobedience , and too well understand the importance of following the instructions of our leader to utter a single murmur of complaint at our own disappointment . In passing , however , we may say that we did contemplate an object , and a very important one too ,

      to be served by the proposed demonstration ; our object was to give Mr . Duncombe that strength , without which , to use his own words , he is deficient in that power whereby his exertions may be successful . He says— " I am only strong when I _represent the ORGANISED _STRBNOTH OF TOUR ORDER . " Now in the above admission we fully concur ; and the object of the proposed demonstration was to convince our assembled representatives , who could not close their eyes against the importance of such an exhibition , that Mr . Duncombe did represent the organised

      strength of Mr . _Drcbt _' _s order , which ii the order of Labour . It may be urged that Mr . Dcncombe ' s popularity , and his influence over the working classes , are admitted facts . They are facta ; but then neither the press nor the different leaders of political sections will admit them as truth . However , upon the whole we have not much to complain of , as the proposition of Mr . _DdScoiiBB is but the postponement of the grand object whieh we anticipated would result from the demonstration—namely , the Trades' Delegate Conference to be held in London .

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

      Duncombe And The Trades. " There Is A Ti...

      importance , Mr . _Deurt _' s is not deficient in significance . _' Mr . Drobt says that he speaks as tho organ of the Trades of Sheffield ; his words are— " As the Trades of Sheffield ( in common with the working classes of the country ) regard you as tho veritable representative of the working millions , I feel emboldened on their behalf to request your opinion and advice upon the following subjects . " Then follows the subject upon which Mr . Duncombe ' s advice is sought . Hence we have the Trades of Sheffield

      craving Mr . Duncoube ' s opinion through their legitimate organ ; we have that opinion clearly , explicitly , manfully , thoughtfully , and ably given ; and now the only question to be considered is , whether tho Trades will follow the advice of their friend . His opinion is asked as to how the Trades can be relieved from their present hopeless condition . He tells them how ; and should they fail to act upon that opinion , they cannot blame us if we shall henceforth call them by tho name of their own adoption- " WILLING SLAVES . "

      Again , Mr . Drurt asks for a plan by which the Trades shall not only be prepared , and enabled to meet any legislative assault , but he very wisely asks for a plan by which they may be enabled to meet and withstand the still more active aggressions of "THE CAPITALISTS WITH WHOM THEY ARE MORE IMMEDIATELY AND INDIVIDUALLY CONNECTED . " The above passage in Mi' . Drurt ' s letter , taken in connection with the following passage in Mr . Duncombe ' s reply , is incontrovertible evidence on the necessity of a Trades ' Conference , apart from any assault that Government

      may meditate against the interests of then" order . We have always contended that the active power of capital is a more deadly and pernicious enemy to the working classes than the most stringent legal enactment ; and , therefore , we are happy to find our opinions confirmed by the good sense of a practical working man , as well as by the sound judgment of a legislator . The following is Mr . Duncombe ' s opinion as to the necessity of a Trades' Conference , apart from any consideration of legal enactment . He says ,

      " you may rest assured that thought in the right direction , and acted upon wisely , is all that the Trades and industrious classes require to obtain for them , not only political emancipation , but some of those practical remedies which the men of Sheffield have so sagaciously adopted . I allude principallv _^ to their plan of restriction , to which my attention was more immediately directed during the discussions of last session upon the " Factory" and " Masters and Servants" Bills .

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

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

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

      thousands to visit the metropolis , and thereby considerably imitthe expense consequent upon the delegation . We trust that the letters of Mi . Drury and Mr . Duncombe will he read at every public meeting of the Trades and working classes ; and that by next week we shall have the pleasing duty of recording the hearty thanks and cheerful response of the millions to their chief . We have been knocked off our high horse , but , determined to have a ride , we will see if tho " workies " of London cannot , without a procession , be gratified with the company of their leader at a tea

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

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

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

      people , who are to pay those taxes , might _yeryjiaturally expect such a bill of fare as would satisfy them that the banquet to be paid for was one in which those who were to discharge the bill were to have some share . Indeed , we have always thought that every measure , ' such as Coercion , Starvation , Masters' and Servants' Bills , Anns Bills , and the like , should be re ferred to in the royal speech , in order that the people might have an opportunity of knowing tho extent and value of those measures which they are called upon to support .

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

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

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

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

      of the nation ; and thus triumphantly refutes the m absurd and ridiculous objections urged by the Tory press of England against the principlo of Universal Suffrage . The Pope , tho Devil , and the Pretender could not have presented greater horrors to the imagination of our contemporary the Times , than Polk , the Oregon , and Texas . Nor could the great Wizard of the North , or any of our Christinas harlequins , have more magically dissolved the hobgoblinism of the affrighted journalist , than has Mr . President Tyler

      dissolved this triple bugabooism . The increase of commerco , the prosperity of trade , the additional value given to Government securities , the termination Of hostilities with the India tribes , the preservation of universal peace , the ability to cope with the Queen of the Ocean , the increased facilities for tho transmission of American produce , as well as for more extensive intercourse with all the other nations of the earth ; the certainty of annexing Texas to the United States without the dread of war ; the probability of

      settling the Oregon question without a recourse to arms , together with a _' prospoct of completing such Other measures as shall insure peace and prosperity to the New World—Mr . President Tyler ascribes the hope of being able to effect one and all of those things to the Republican institutions by which the United States are governed . Mr . Tyler ' s very statesmanlike method of administeringthe retort courteous to the Tory press of England is dignified , masterly , and unique . Of course it would be beneath the dignity of the chief magistrate of a great people to make direct allusion to _thoacmouthing royalists , but mark how the critic lashes the hirelings . In speaking of the principles by which the manufactures and commerce of a country should be governed , Mr . _Ttleb

      says—Commerce and manufactures , which had suffered in common with every other interest , have once more revived and the whole country exhibits an aspect of prosperity and happiness . Trade and barter , no longer governed by a _wUd and speculative jmania _^ _rest upon a solid aud subs tantial footing . No doubt Mr . Tyler had England in view when he penned the following admirable strictures upon tho duties of Government . He says—The cardinal objects which should ever be held in view by those entrusted with the administration of public affairs are rigidly , and without favour or affection , so to interpret

      the national will , expressed in the laws , as that injustice should bo dono to nono—justice to all . This has been tho rule upon which they have acted ; and thus , it is believed , that few cases , if any , exist , wherein our fellow-citizens , who , from time to time , have been drawn to the seat of government for the settlement of their transactions with tho government , have gone away dissatisfied . Where the testimony has been perfected , aud was esteemed satisfactory , their claims have been promptly audited ; and this in the absence of all favouritism or partiality . The go . vernment which is not just to its own people can neither claim their affection nor the respect of tho world .

      Mr . Tyler says , "the Government _xvhich _isnotjus to its ownpcople , can neither claim their affection , nor therespect of the ivorld . " How true and how applicable to onr rulers is the above biting sarcasm ! And who can entertain a doubt that it was intended as a retort to the slavish English press , that preaches up the freedom of the people and daily lends its columns to the destruction of their every right ? And may it not bo justly concluded , that the want of this fostering care , and the disregard of popular rights , has led to that fraternisation of kings and princes , by which tyrants hope to hold free thought in trammels , and to subjugate the rising genius of liberty by the sword

      and the cannon . Again , what a full-length picture of our system and its consequences the President pourtrays in the following trite and undeniable paragraph . He Bays—The dangers to he guarded against are greatly augmented by too large a surplus of revenue . When that surplus greatly exceeds in amount what shall be required by a wise and prudent forecast to meet unforeseen contingencies , the legislature itself may come to he seized with a disposition to indulge in extvavagant appropriations to objects , many of which may—and , most probably , wouldbe found to conflict with the constitution . A fancied expediency is elevated above constitutional authority ; and

      a reckless and wasteful extravagance but too certainly follows . The Important power of taxation , which , when exercised in its most restricted form , is a burden on labour aud production , is resorted to , under various pretexts , for purposes having no affinity to the motives which dictated its grant ; and the extra vaganco of government stimulates Individual extravagance , until tho spirit of a wild and ill _ regulated speculation involves one and all in its unfortu nate results . In view of such fatal consequences , it may be laid down as an axiom , founded in moral and political truth , that no greater taxcB should be imposed than arc necessary for an economical administration of the government ; and that whatever exists beyond should be reduced or modified .

      Those who have read our recent article upon Sir Robert Peel ' s Surplus , will have seen the striking similarity of thought that exists between ourselves and Mr . President Tyler upon this subject , while the concluding portion of the paragraph assigns good and sufficient causes for the debasement of the English character , the immorality and debauchery of the aristocracy , the cupidity and avarice of tho mid die classes , and the consequent poverty and degradation of the poor , because

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

      Wo long to receive the " Utile go" of her Britannic Majesty upon tho opening of tho approaching Session ; and however war-ships , the cannon and the sword , her assurances of the amicable disposition of foreign princes towards her crown and person , and her tender solicitudo about her subjects to be taxed , may tickle the cars and dazzle the eyes of hereditary legislators , and the nominees of landed proprietors and capitalists , yet will tho national demand for

      golfrepresentation break through all the tinselled and fascinating barriers that oppose it , and enable us ere long , under a Chartist Parliament , to demand from the Executive the devolopement of those measures , for the support of which the people are to ho taxed , in the enactment of which the whole people shall have an equal share , and from the administration of which the blessings upon which Mr . Tyleb congratulates his countrymen , may bo conferred upon our own .

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      Mb. Alexandeb Campbell, Dundee. —We Have...

      Mb . Alexandeb Campbell , Dundee . —We have received a letter from Mr . Campbell , containing a copy of a letter addressed by him to Mr . Clark , of tho Executive , rather deprecatory of the interference of the English Chartists with tho question 0 f the Repeal of the Union ; and according to Mr . Campbell ' s desire , Ave should certainly have published his letter , had not recent circumstances determined us to take no further notice of the subject until we discovered some such change iu the conduct of the leaders , as would inspire us with confidence in their sincerity , and a belief that the agitation was designed to serve « omo better purpose than the feeding of a set of poor idle gentlemen upon the gullibility of their enthusiastic and confiding dupes . Wo arc willing to atone for the error into which we fell last summer in coufiding in the extravagant declarations of Mr . O'Con nell , while wo think we stand justified in the plea that

      we thought it impossible that so much heartless and cold-blooded treachery could be practised b y any mortal towards the brave Irish people ; however , if they prefer juggle and amusement to nationality aud freedom we have no right to complain . While , at the same time we should have been guilty of gross _deduction of duty ' had we omitted to record our deep censure of the Government prosecution of O ' Connell and others and Mr . Campbell himself must have sufficient judgment to understand that nothing would have so much pleased Mr . 0 Connell as the indifference of the English peopL . upon a subject involving great constitutional principles an omission of which Mr . O'Connell would W made a famous hand e for the perpetration of hostilities _between the people of both countries . We trust , then our promise not to be again juggled ourselves , will furnish apology sufficient to satisf y our correspondent

      H Josuo _* . Wl _.,, tailor , who lived at _Ashton-uuder-Lyic m 1 S 4 : > , and went from thence to Carlisle & c and who 1 S supposed at present to be i „ the neighbour ' hood of _^ _wcastle-upon-Tyne _, would communicate with James lleuton Pawnbroker , _Clitheroe , he would let ot something to his advanta ge .

      Mb. Alexandeb Campbell, Dundee. —We Have...

      T « ouai Coomb , Bradford . —Mr . George White collected on Christmas Bay 6 s . l _^ d . from the mechanics , 2 s . 6 d . from Mr . George Bishop , and various other 6 ums at Mr W . Gouldsborough's ; J . Alderson ' s , Hope and Anchor ; and other places , for Mr . Cooper , now confined in Stafford Gaol . He despatched 13 s . 6 d . to him on Dec 26 th , and will forward the list to the Northern Star when complete . Further subscriptions received by G . ' White , J . Alderson , and W . Qouldsborough . Mr . John Clabk , district secretary of the Durham and Northumberland Mines , desireB us to say that he has received 5 s ., collected at the Ship , Stcelhousc-lanc , Birmingham . Mb . _Blacksdaw . —It is impossible for us to post any other paper than the Star . Some postman changes it . Let Ford write to the General Fost Office if it occurs He _^ Collinson , late of HulL-The letter of December 3 rd docs not contain the address . Send it , and

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

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

      Mr . Smith states that his letter , not being intended for publication , might have been writte . n unguardedly , but that the essential facts of the correspondence are correct . He also states , that on the 16 th of Dcccmbor , he wrote another , letter to Mr . Clark , mentioning circumstances which partly altered the opinions contained in his first . We have also received a letter from Glasgow , bearing the signatures _« f Duncan Sherrington , Robert Burrell , and James Livingstone , all of whom state that they were present at the conversation , when Mr . Kidd defended a national organization , and upon a full explanation , the difference of opinion between the Doctor and the others was not very material . They state that Mr . Smith is a man of superior character , and that there is not one in Glasgow who exerted himself more

      to further and assist the mission of Dr . M'Douall . We have also a letter from Thomas Whilton , chairman of the Dundee Association , in which he states that the Doctor ' s lectures at Dundeo had done much good , and regrets the publication of Smith ' s letter . All these letters shall appear in our next , and with them the matter , as far as the Star is concerned , shall terminate . This courso wc consider tho wisest , while , if the Executive had withheld the communioution , even from a private source , perhaps wo might have been dragged into a long controversy between parties amongst whom there appears to exist but a trifling difference of opinion . Communications Withueld . —Owing to press of matter wo are compelled to withhold the following communications till next week : —Mr . O'Connor ' s letter on Mr .

      Duncombe ' s intended motion in the House of Commons for the Repeal of the Rate-paying clauses iu the Reform Bill ; Mr . Clark ' s letter to tho Chartists of Scotland ; tho Address of tho North Lancashire Delegates ; and tho Address to tlie Journeymen Tailors . Ma . Elms . —The address of the committee of the friends of Mrs . Ellis came to hand too late for notice in our present number . The committee will meet again on Thursday evening next at eight o ' clock , at Mr . Wheeler ' s , Temple-bar . Localities not hitherto represented are requested to send delegates .

      The Wax to Core me Messes . Chambers . —A correspondent writes as follows : —Would it not be strict justice to the Messrs . Chambers to try to convince them that there is some virtue in Labour Unions , by some party or person undertaking to supply the masses with literary food from another source than the Edinburgh manufactory ? Some 20 , 000 or 30 , 000 journals sold less weekly , would , you may depend on it , sir , do much towards restoring the Messrs . Chambers to their senses . Hoping this will meet with the attention of my " Order , " I beg to subscribe myself , one who used to tako in " Chambers . "

      Wk . _Stcbbinos , Tonbbidoe Wells . —Inadmissible . Captain _Fbancisco _Maboabit . —In the Star of tho 7 th of December appeared a paragraph , setting forth that Captain Magarit was about to proceed to Spain , and soliciting assistance from the lovers of freedom for that gentleman . The paragraph was in several particulars incorrect . Captain Margarit had intended to return to his own country , but unfavourable circumstances prevented the fulfilment of his intentions . He has not left England , nor does he intend doing so while Englishmen will afford him a ; . refuge against the deadly persecution of the tyrants who at present trample upon Spain . Captain Margarit takes this opportunity of

      returning his heartfelt thanks to his London friends for their sympathetic aid , and gratefully acknowledges the following donations subscribed by them : —Received from Mr . Wheeler , 7 s . 6 d . ; Somers Town Chartists , 2 s . Cd . ; collected at tho Northern Star Soiree , £ 1 7 s . ; from other London Chartists ( locality not remembered ) , per Mr . Wheeler , 7 s . All letters for Captaiu Margarit to be addressed to the care of Mr . Julian Harney , 17 , Great Windmill-street . Haymarkct , London . Wm . Paine , Stratford-on-Avon . —Mr Julian Harney knows nothing of tho letter he speaks of . The account of Crowley ' s arrest has already appeared in the Star .

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

      Examplb _woktut oi Imitation . — Joseph Morgan , Deptford , writes > _ua that the three localities , Deptford , Greenwich , and Lewisham , have commenced tho good work of " getting on to the land . " Our correspondent says , " Although we are not so fluent in speech as some men are , yet we have brains enough to understand that we have beon accumulating wealth for Others , and that if we can do that , we can also create wealth for ourselves . " In answer to those who object to buy the land , and who contend that the people must get the Charter before they think about getting on to

      the land , Mr . Morgan replies— " They might as well tell us that we ought not to buy food and clothing , because both areheavily taxed , and that we had better wait for the Charter , when we shall get them free of taxation . " Mr . Morgan adds , that it is not poverty that makes him a Chartist , and such a resolute stickler for the land ; for his wages are £ 114 s . weekly , aud he has a vote for the Borough . May his example be followed , and may there be many such as he by the next election , is our wish . Z . P . —No .

      Monies Received By Mr. O'Connor. For Exe...

      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOR EXECUTIVE . From a few female friends , Dundee .. .. n _* From the Chartists of _Penzauce , per J . P . O'Brien 0 10 0 TnoMAS coorEB _. From G . C , Sheffield , per Mr . West ¦ .. .. 0 10 DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . r roni a few Chartist friends at Stokesley , per William _Hebdou * n 0 10 0 RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETAUT . subscbiptions . " s . d . _b d Stratford ( six weeks ) 1 C _Camberwoll 1 C Alva ( three months in Longton 0 0 advance ) n c

      _ . „ . , OABD 3 . _™ Va COnltl'y 3 ° Colsnaughton _., .. .. 3 0 t i _n-j _„ DONATIONS . John Gideon , Barnard ' John WrathaU .. .. in Castle 10 Todmorden .. .. .. o All localities who arc indebted fur cards or _subsct-roth , _™ _SsSjSSSsSSS SS _outlaymproeuiingtiiemtobeprinted . lWOTS - THOMAS M . WHEELER .

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      Destructive Fire At Cnordow-On Wodnwdnv ...

      Destructive Fire at _CnorDOW-On _Wodnwdnv morning , between tho hours of two and tl , ™ _S f fi y broke out in the premises of Mr R W _! i a fi u _° S Mr Mint '" ff _^^^ _tSA _, _^ _oKTeff _^ tn ' _, t t , bcCam 1 e _VtitoA , and in spite down _7 1 Ct lcm ' th _° y _wre speedily burnt and _s ' _toTO ZtTS ° ( ° T is _« _s follows .-Malt-kiln ! _£ _?« f b _/ J' d 0 WB : the t ™ malt-floors 300 _Snl _« nt i t 8 _fd roofe < _lestl' ° y < _"i ; and about , 2 ' ™ ot barley aro extensively damaged bv hre ami water . Coach-house and stable , belonging to S ; , h ! f _- ' C ° _^ mcA 'A * lire originated from tho overheating ot the kiln .

      Destructive Fire At Cnordow-On Wodnwdnv ...

      Extensive Bank Robbbry nc Paris . _—Nabb o _* _Escaph of an Innocent Man . —Ihe cashier of one of the public companies in Paris has just been arrested on a charge of robbing his employers of 30 , 000 f . The cas is rather a remarkable one _^ showing the narrow escape of an innocent man . 'r deskoftho cashier had been broken open , and the above sum , out of 50 , 000 f . that it contained , was aK . stracted . The cashier made his declaration to t _] 10 police , and the porter of the establishment , having a key of the room , was suspected , lie was arrested his lodging was searched , and in it was found a chisel corresponding exactly with the marks on tho desk where it had been forced . The poor fellow , however , protested his innocence energetically , and entreated

      the police to visit the lodging ot the cashier before they committed him to prison . Although no suspi . cion was entertained of the cashier , this was done but nothing was found to criminate him . Subso . quently the police , having ascertained that his niod of living was beyond his means , he was interrogated and then confessed that he had stolen the money , a , had adopted the means resorted to in the act in order to cause it to be believed that the robbery had been effected bv some Other person . He stated that lie _Jtad taken the " money to Maisons Lafitte , and there buried it but on going to the spot with the police no money was found . The prisoner persisted in asserting that he had buried it there , and said he must have been seen doing so by some person , who had since

      removed it . Extensive and Destructive Fiiie in Dumfries . —Oil the morning of Wednesday last , 25 th of Decern _, her , the extensive premises occupied by Messrs . Beck and Son , coachbuilders here , with their dwelling _, house , were entirely consumed by fire . It maybe stated that the premises front English-street , in which the dwelling-hous e was situated , and run back a considerable way towards New Market-street ; they consisted of workshops , storehouses , where varnish , turpentine , paints , and other inflammable materials were kept , and several large roonis , both on the ground floor and in the upper stories , filled with carriages and gigs of various descriptions , both new and old . When the alarm was given , and an

      entrance was effected to the premises , it was found that the fire was raging in a part of the building on the west side , near New Market-street , lately occupied by Mr . Greig as a riding-school . The engines were soon on the spot , and a supply of water procured in carts , while numbers of persons soon collected , able and anxious to assist in putting down tbe fire . It was accordingly proposed to cut off the part of the building on fire from the other promises , if possible , and thus prevent it spreading farther ; but before any measures could be taken to effect tlu 3 desirable object , it was discovered that the centre part of tho buildings , iu which various combustible materials were kept , was also on fire ; and soon afterwards t \ _m fire was seen proceeding from the garrets of the

      dwelling-house . The destructive element , proceed ing from so many different points , spread with such rapidity , that it soon became evident that the Messrs . Beck ' s premises could not be saved ; and the attention of those present was directed towards tho preservation of the adjoining houses , as well as to the stock and furniture in the burning buildings . In both of these objects the efforts made were successful , for although one small house adjoining was actually on fire , the flames were got under without much damage , while nearly the whole of the Messrs . Beck ' s furniture and a number of vehicles on the ground floors were saved . There are strong reasons for !> elieving that the fire waa not accidental , but wilfully produced . It broke out in several different places at

      or about the same time ; and a wood shed on the cast sido of the premises , which was not burnt down , contained strong evidence that the hand of an incendiary had been there at work . Among the building ! consumed is the large show-room , in which Mr . O'Connor lectured the last time he was in Dumfries , when Parson Mackenzie , the Non-Intrusionist , so shamefully withheld the key of the Assembly Roonis , Assembly-street , after they had been engaged by the Chartist committee , and in defiance of his own manager , who had let the place for the occasion . Execution op Maiiy Gallop , the Parricide . — Chester , Saturday . —The anxiety of all classes to ascertain the fate of this woman was , until a late hour last night , great in the extreme ; for though ,

      in the estimation of those capable of judging in such a matter , the petitions forwarded from this city for a mitigation of punishment were calculated to enforce the necessity of carrying the utmost rigour of the law into effect , rather than call for the exercise of that mercy to which they professed to appeal , yet it was considered that , under all the circumstances of the case , a respite , at least , might have been expected . The document miscalled a " confession" of the miserable girl had no claim to that character ; it was , as Mr . Rowe , a Dissenting minister , who assisted in " getting it up , " has admitted , composed from a series ot " leading" questions , to which the culprit merely replied by the monosyllables "Yes" and "No , " whilo the questions themselves were inserted

      as her spontaneous avowals . Such serious matters should be superintended by better qualified persons than those whose zeal prompted interference on this occasion . But though suspense in the humane hope that capital punishment would not be inflicted thus prevailed , the authorities at the _Castlo were relieved of all doubt on the subject by a communication received from Sir J . Graham on Thursday last , stating , that after due investigation of all ' the points urged in favour of the prisoner , together with the evidenco adduced at the trial , it was deemed inconsistent with the duty of Government to arrest tho course of law in this case , and the necessary preparations for exe cution were accordingly made . " The shock produced by the appalling intelligence was at the moment

      distressingly great , but she soon rallied , and resumed the same calmness , almost amounting to indifferenco and reservedness of manner , for which she had previousl y been so remarkably distinguished . As , in accordance with custom , the prisoner had to be removed to the city gaol , on the walls of which the dismal apparatus of death was erected , a short time after midnight Mr . Hill , the superintendent of police , proceeded to the Castle and produced an order for the delivery of the prisoner into his custody , and the wretched girl soon appeared , kindlv supported by Mrs . Benmon , the matron , to whom she clung as if dreading the moment of separation . The matron , having placed a thick veil over the head and shoulders of her unfortunate charge , resigned her

      to those Who werotoiorm her escort , and she was lifted into a small chaise cart . Mr . Rowo , the Dissenting minister , took his seat on her left-hand , at her especial request , and police-sergeant Dohcrty sat on her right ; and thus , with a number of policemen on each side , Mr . Haswell , the governor of the city gaol and Mr . Hill , walking behind , she proceeded slowly onward through the silent streets . On arriving before the city gaol the gibbet suddenly mother view , and all her fortitude seemed to forsako her . It was with difficulty that she waa saved from falling iorward , and when the cart stopped sho was so utterly helpless that Mr . Hill took her in his amis and carried her up stairs . She was taken to a room , in which the matron and the wife of the governor awaited her , and immediately paid her the kindest attentions . At about half-past eleven o ' clock this morning the prisoner was led between her two female attendants to the chapel , where prayers were offered up , after which tho sacrament was administered by the Rev . Mr . Eaton , the chaplain of the gaol ; during the wholo of which the unhappv prisoner seemed

      overwhelmed by the sense of her ' dreadful situation . She was soon afterwards re-conducted to tho apartment _bIio had left , where a short time was _aaain devoted to prayer . But the awful moment was then fast approaching ; the executioner entered and pinioned her arms as she sate , and , finding her quite incapable of standing , sho was carried in a chair and placed under the fatal beam . The cord was quickly adjusted ; her spiritual teachers uttered their parting words of consolation ; the executioner asked and obtained her pardon ; shook her hand with all the kindness ho could assume , and left her alone upon the scaffold . The next instant the bolt was drawn , and then the awful plunge—the mortal struggle ( which , in consequence of the little fall afforded by her sitting posture , was of frightful duration)— -the equally appalling stillness that succeeded , when the convulsion of the countenance and the quivering of the limb announced that suffering was at an end — and all was over . '

      . i . « _rW _™ _v A MuRDEI JER—During the last few days William Ivendrew , the murderer of Mr . W . lnchbald , of Low Dunsforth , near Boroughbrid _« c . undcrthemstructonoftho Rev . Thom . _? Su " to ° u nWnS -1 * _* Ca 8 tte . has _exhibited grcate iEi \ f _» F S enCG tha , & ht have b « _* _^ _pected c _^ _nvinrfn T fferCnC 0 _K _* manifested since bis SpS _' i _^* T _? k h ° . oauMd a letter to be _SSnf ° Jf Vi fne ds . » i which he stated that he was _\ v _« rh . ? l „ f he _? T' J ?* Thursday last he made lowii - C ? i ° S 910 nt 0 _m - Sutt _™> » _f _which the _fol-KfnS ? Ji e ur : stated that a'fortnight _hS v the ' i Mr . Inchbald h _* d threatened to ««« ™?' ran 8 P orted tor poaching before the expiration ot three monthsin of whichlie

      , consequence , ( Kendrew ) on the 28 th of September , lay iii wait for Mr lnchbald , and having arrived at the place described at the trial fired and hit him in tho back . Mr . lnchbald then turned round , when Kendr ew aischarged the second barrel , and wounded him in the left arm . Not being satisfied with this , he went up to the unfortunate man whilst he was lying on the ground , and struck him with the butt end of the gun . Mr . lnchbald then , although so seriously wounded , got up and followed Kcudrew , who innucdiatelv went into the fields and saw no more of the deceased . Ihe culprit asserted that he had no intention of robbing Mr . lnchbald , but that he had committed the ( Iced entirely out of revenge for tho threat whieh he had used towards him . —1 _' orA Herald .

      Settli ; . —Tub Axti-Tobacco Society . —The abovenamed society held their first anniversarv on Christmas-day , when the whole of the member * sat down to an excellent dinner provided for the occasion . At the close of the dinner the meeting was addressed by several speakers , after which several new members were enrolled . Dk . vtii of _Majok-Gexeral Sir William Norr , u . < j . B . __ Carmarthen , Jan . 1 st . —General Sir W . Nott , one of Hie "heroes" of Affghajiistan , died this any , at a quarter before two , a . m .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 4, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_04011845/page/4/