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      ( Concluded Jrom our sirth page . ) TriTAam * , the Broughams , &nd the Bainese ? , to produce anarchy and civil war . by " refusing to pay any more taxes , " by - threatening to decipitate ^ the monarch , " ¦ and "by groaning at the Queen . " 1 leave it U > the "bloody" Whig ' Howick to trntie the tnot wliich binds . society togetier , by exciting the looted people , before he will deign to listen to their petitions , "to kill and to burn . " " I leave it to tie -brat : d"' deaTh ' s-head-aJid-cross-bone ? Whig OCoi > neli to unnationaliie the subjects of her Mnjesrv . by heading a horde of Irishmen , landing them in England , and . as he hid threatened to do , at their bead , 4 i cry havoc , and let slip the dogs of war . " M ^ - friends , I am for " peace , law , and order , " bnt 1 am not for leavin ? you at the mercy of your "base , bloody , and brntaT' foes . 1 urge you . men , by the love wl . icu joa bear for these your wives , and these your little oi : e = —1 tiree yon , a < you love your domestic peace , and ai vou honour ite memory ot tout

      forefathersby yocr lovalty to the throne , by your veneration for tie " altar , by yonr love of constitutional liberty , ] once more urge you to arm and be reaiy—mh to arrack , but to defend t ! ose rights and prhilejres ¦ which God , and natnre . and law , have all intrusted to yonr keeping . Let your arms be your next pride to " your -wives and children ; and , ye wives and daughters , prove your loyalty to your Queen , -yo ur lords and sires , by keep . Eg those arms bright ' and ready . Remember always , that life without liberty as more to be dreaded than a freeman ' s death . If it be treason to say so , then am I a traitor . Gh ! my friends , 1 would that the great m « n and the rich men would deserve and secure tneir own tides and estate * , by takir-g care not to plunder the poor . 1

      would that the independent prv- ^ could rra'iy understand the que > tions . betwee-n the Government and the people at the present moment . They think that I am mad , that 1 am lea-ing the people to destroy the institutions of the country , or that I am a base traitor to myliege lady the Queen . The truth is , ocr iradncera are the verv men who live by treason , and delight in tire and blooi ' . I ">* d I ever teach you to rob your- neighbours of their property ? Not I , indtvd . I leave it to the " ba > e , bloody , and brutal Whig" Morning Chronicle to teach you thut tr * ue ; read the following atrocious paragraph , which appeared there in a leading ardcle of last

      Tuesv > The labourers have nothing to do "with making the Inws , the laws are made by the landlords ; but th-y have something to do with obeying the law . * , and they will consider their ability * to be subsisted by their labour as the condiriou on which they are to give fueir obedience . It is i . mgerous to drive men to extremities . The landowners may rest assured that they inav force up the price of corn by iiionopoj v , bnt when the price exceeds the measure of the ability of the people to pay , the com wili be tak < -n without payment . There is no reasoning with hon-ier ; and this is the mischief in drying the people to Tiolate the la ^ s , that the habit remains wheu the necessity ceases . "

      Now , 1 ask you . friends , dil 1 ever authorize you to t : ke ^ corawirhout payment ? You know that 1 never ' -id . 'He tell > you that *• there is np reasoning with Hunger . " whilst I have been endeavourin ? to reason wi ; h hunger : " or many years . 1 have been scriviii ? to obtain letter laws , " and teaching von to h-V- that at la .-t the Government will relent ; " whilst tils wrelch , who n . v . v learhes you to steal ci-rn , ' if Ti'ti ta ^ e not the money u > buy it with , has t >? en supp-.-rting those vrry laws which" deprive you of the means , anl now , instead of *• reasoning with yon , " he is urging the liovt-rnment to till vour empty stoms-r-s w ; ui bullets , swords , and bayonets ; ana to hang ir . ose friends who lain would- teach the GoTernm-.-nt to ! W > J von bv the fruit of . vour own

      ioiiret Iaoou ' r . This wrt-t : hsays , that" the labourers iuve notLiig lo co with making the laws . " 1 am backed &y the constitution uf England when I sav . that th-y ought to have something ' to do with making them ; a : ; i 1 am borne out by fact when 1 declare . tha : l . ri \ !••• the delusive Reform Bill they had something ro do with making the laws . He would lead yon to beli-ve that the ~ landlord . * "' axe altogether to be bumpd for the bad laws which are made . You will believe me to be lincere when I teli you th .-. i 1 have no reason ; o spttak favourably of ** landlord ; '" bnt I beg to remind you . that the capitalist ? an ¦; : Li , i ; ow : iPTs ,-who hare go : into Parliament since the R r ' . rm Bill , have instructed the " landlords"' to be 12 re criei than thev knew how to be b * l ' on >

      Bu : * - ^! it in acknowledgment for this Whig scribe- ! Alter eitht years of pure Whig rule , this Ministerial or ^ : u : i » absolutely obliged to confess . tiiar the Ia > j "> irers . of Enefiand are so poor that they cannot buy corn , a :. d y = t so hungry that they will take it wit . tin : payrAsnt ! If the Devil himself were Prime Minister . > e could not make matters much worse . Tie sapient ass concludes his remarks by whining ( - ¦ tit . * - And there is this mischief in -driving tue y ? op ' . e zo violate the Jaws , that the habit remains wleu the necessity ceases . " Yes , Mr . Government Hick , you are quite right there , and you may teil To- ^ r masters from me , if you choose , that then * i > this miscuief in reisoning wiUx hunger by bullets

      and s * ords , t&a ; the habit oi arming and redialing may re . nain when the necessity ceases ' . So much , ilr . Mur / ii / ig L'trrenicie . upon vour encouragiug the peupL ? ~ 10 take com without paying for it . "' . Mr . Oa » uer thanked them for the attention with which they had listened to him , and concluded by hopinp the time would shortly arrive when he shoula Crave the pleasure- of merting them to celebrate ihe triumph , o : the truths of religion over every species of tUi . r- ^ lLU ? ou » ness and lie which had w ^ ged war aginst " them . The foundation was the Rock of Ages , and ere long the t . > pstone would be put on are in the thankful songs of the myriads who would find shelter beneath iu spreading roof , shouting ** grace , erace unto it . " '

      M r . Stephens , afrer a few introductorT observations , in which he eulogized the character and public conduct of Oistier , said—A few more monxhs or weeks—nay , even now , yon may bid defiance to the rebels who are waging war against the Queen ' s subjects in the Qaeen " s name ; to the traituis , whu are n > ine the Queen ' s authority to ensbive the Queen ' s tru » ry and right loyal liegemen ; to the aUiei ^ t usurpers of God ' s most fioiy prerogative , who iive dared . : n other part * of the kingdom , unlawfully to put asunder those whom GoJ himself had joined together . The Poor Law Amendment Act of Parliament is rot the law of Ashton , and never can be—never shall be . so help us God , and th ? right arms of Christian men . Let them try it when they vlea > e . I know what must follow if they dare \ o mike thai trial . I thank . God . the whole of

      Ashton parish coes not contain live men who are so dead to self-interest , if to no other motive , as to come forward and proclaim themselves the willing tovls A the three traitor Devil King 3 at , Somersethouse . There may be , as I know there are , more than five , or three times five . who . by night , and tm . er a promise of secrecy and concealment , have dene whit they could to swear my life away —« pies . informers , and as > as » ins . At this . very mom' -D : this secret commission is at work with ciosei doors magistrates and Government emissaries conducting it , sending for the vilest of the vile to appear before them , with all the formality of a legal summons as a covering , thin and flimsy enough , for and with led

      their conspiracy , but in secret , a pge th :-. t their names should not be divulged . But they are known . I know them , and yon stall know them by a : id by , not now . I must first settle with the prime movers of this dark plot . Little does England dream of what has been going onin Ashton the ia ? t lew week * . Base-, brutal , and bloody as I knew the Whigs to be , 1 did not think them capable of this . But 1 bide my tune . TAat time cannot nwc be jar auray . ff he ? i it does come , 1 shall be ready for it . Will the , assassins who have sought my life , who have panted after my blood , be ready for it ? We shhii We . Bun these assassins are well aware that as vxir i&w guardians they cannot wear the mask of > tfcrecv ; they cannot imprison , separate , gtarve ,

      and murd-r the poor by ballot . They mnrt be nominated , consent to b ' e elected , and stand forth "wituuut disguise at the wilful slayers of-their poor town . men and neighbour * . The men of Ashton are up to the tric £ of liberal guardians , humane aid charirible guardians . Neither Mott nor-his master , the iJenl , can catch them in this trap ^ or take them with the guile of dispensations -and indclsences , relatxtions and adaptations of the law—its matchless elasticity—that poison of asps which is under the Hps of these sons of Satan , whose fee : are swift to shed the blood of their ¦ cnwa . rr victims . ( Hear . ) No wonder Ashton ha * been held up as the hot-bed of agitation , sedition , pr ivacv , conspiracy , and rebellion . * ?« o wonder head

      I have been hunted , and a price put trpon my . >' o wonder afactory has been fired—yon guess by whom and for whatl No wonder yonr magistrates , ax the bidding of Chadwick asd Phillipp-s and Manle and Roe . the staff of Somerset House , Downing-iu-eet , the Treasury , and Scotland-jard , should hav- toiled so dilisently to get up a case , aided by a * "lying valet , " a " ' drunken barber , " and a " strolling jack-pudding . " No wonder there should be , within two miles of mv humble cottage , not fewer than 1 , 00 V special constables . No wonder gangs of runners should speed from Manchester to Ashton , and from Ashton to Manchester , at all hours of the night a > well as the day . The murder will out , by and bye , 3 By friends . I am not afraid : time will tell it all . You , however , can say whether , at any former

      period , for the space of any seven years together , the people of this , district have ' ever been so peaceable , so orderly , so virtuous , so moral , as they have been cLaring the seven ydar 3 of my residence amongst you ; "whe rher there ever was as much respect shown to the persons of the rich , as much security to their property , as there is at this very moment . All is peace * nd good-will towards all ; but , by the God who E £ ie ~ us , and gave us our wives and children , we " wul fear him , and love him , and love them , though c&Hed upon to shed our blood in their defence , ancL iayjiown our lives for His name ' s sake . We wiH nofliavc the New Poor Law . "We have sworn it , and God has written down the vow , and will vouchsafe ns strength to keep it . Until the instincts of our being be destroyed , the laws of our nature be re-

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      versed , the Word of the living God burnt to ashes , and blown away by black winds trom bell—until the goodness and power , and awful oath of Jehovah be annihilated from the universe he created , and hitherto has governed , that law of devils c ; inuoi be the law for men made in his image , and renewed after his lovely likeness . This is the whole mystery of the outlawry of Ashton coDslubks , nmgistruU'S , military , neighbouring spies , informers , runners , all emanating from , all concentratin g in , the focus fire ut heh ' s hottest seat—Somerset House , the Pandemonium of Great Britain . Mr . Oastler has given you a rapid sketch of the doctrines we have taught , the principles we have acted upon , the successive steps we have taken , and the course we have found it right , and have deemed it most fitting , at times to pur > ue , and to recommend to von . We have advised

      you to arm , because we found it to have been always your ^ right , and now , above all things , your boundi ? U Giity , so to do . Our arguments , reasons , aud authorities , irom the law books , « nd from God ' s book , have been laid before you , feliow-countryinen , fel ! owchristiaus . Who has refuted those arguments ? "who has > et aside those reasons ? who hus contradicted those authorities : who has denied the right ? who has diisuaied from the patriotic and most religious duty : None but deMgniug knaves , or abject , crouching , willing slaves . Can you trust the former ? Will you confederate-with the latter : No , for you are men , brethren , and Jellow-subjects ; conscious of your own inherent dignity , convinced of the value of your rights and privileges , and determined to die asst-rung and defending them , rather than live d * - « racied by the surrender or the sale of what ought , to a man . to be dearer , far dearer , than We itself . 1

      nave nothing now to say to you to-night , nor at any oiht-r time , until I find onr recommendation generally adopttd . On the adoption c > f that recommendation depends the freedom or the bondage of my fellowcountrymen . If you slumber , or sleep , or dream , but for a short time now . all will be over witliyou , it may be for ever . The plot thickens ; all is prepared for your complete and perpetual sla \ ery . it you submu to th » . " t damnable New Poor Law , Imd refuse or neglect to arm , us men and &s Britons , for *• your wives , your children , and your houses . " The . revolution in England has long since begun . The consti - tution h . i . x been violated ; is not that revolution ? The treat charter has been brokm ; is not that revolution ? Tne laws have been violated : is not that revolution '

      The socialsystem has Leen derauged ; is not that revolution ? The principles of the law . the instincts of an n .-. ture . the precepts of all religion have been subverted ; is not that revolution ? " What fixeater revolution can there be than this ? We have n government , no legislation , do execution ; all is str fe , mistrust , hatred , discord , chaos , and confu .-ion . And who can tell where it is to end ? We do not know whence , it has arisen . From the forjretfnlnesg and abandonment of that holy law , -which bias us " do unto others as we would others should do unto us ; _ " which bids us give unto all their due ; "' and which , above all . bids us " be merciful after our powvr . e \ en as our Father in heaven is merciful to ail : the weak have been borne down , the poor have

      been robbed , the workman h ; : s not had his wages , the widow and t ^ tii' -ne . vs have been forsaken , and le't to pine and ]> ensh ; and our very laws have been made lo uphoij nun carry ou this > -mem <> t plunder , ovpreasii-u , ; ir : d bnu > .:. Yet a liule while , and all w ; ii so back p moral chaos . If not checked nuw . it will m . 's : likely be impossible to check it aherward < . Wh .-s Then , are the reai incendiaries—those who , likf Oiutler and myself , art- doinjr all w »* cmi to awake the ? leepers of d Po < r Law pp . radiM .-. with policemen kep ] iiig guard at its gntes , or thos ^ who themselves have prepared the poison , and given it wan unsuspei : UiiB nation to swallow ? Well . then , whit is to be done ? The Rev . tienti . 'mau again aadverted to the state of Ashion . and tbe neeessirv

      the magistrates were under in swearing special constables , to srlect what are called . " Stephens * * boys , '' being the t . u ' iy persons ; h .-y could trust . Alter denouncing the uppre-sors of the poor , in the emphatic iunEuaue of H > 4 y Writ , he oWrwd thp . t aUhou ^ h they might bind Oii > tier and Stephens , thev couid not bind the Word of ( Jol . lie then prjcet-ded—" Brethren , betake yourselves more tnau ever to that word . It is the only people ' s Charter in the world . Re . id it . understand it . hp . ve it written on yosr mind , graven vn the tit-shy tablets of vour heart . —love it—live it—set it forth—and tke Gou of Jacob will lead you up out of thelauu ol Egypt , out of the house of bondage—the God o ! NehenYia :. wi : l brinj , ' you in si'Ienm a ~ seinblv , a . * he broo ^ 'iit tV

      Jews ai that time , and set you free . BuTl mu . > i nut detam you louder in this crowded hall . God bk'ss you , dear friends ail—a nuTry Chri .-rma 5 t » you—and a happy new year to England . May she date tie n-sloranon of her ancient liberties—the restitution of her ancient in > titut .,, i , s—ihe e .-t . ibli * htnent of her ancient altar—the ; religion of her pious Christian fore&ohers , who loved the . poor , and one another , even as Cnrist lov d them all . and guve him > eli ' for them . 1 hen shnil her sons be ( re f , hei daughters gay , her homes happy ; ; hen shall hei va .. ies ring and lu-r hills re-ecirj with the sweet soup of peace—per . ee under the shadow oi tbe law —p > enty on the ample tauie which the bountiful Goc of peace provides for all his thoughtful Children May God tend it so , and send it soon . "

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      —^ BE . IEP ilEilOlS OF MR . STEPHENS . [ "We give the following frrm the Observer of Sunday , with a few trifling alterations . It may ser \ e to show several -points in his iiid ' nidual and public character with which the public generally are unacquainted . ] Mr . Stephens is a yobng man , being in only about hi- 32 nd year . He i . « married and has had several children . Hi 3 manners in private are exceedingly pleas-. ng and unE == nmiDg . He was for some years a preacher in the "Wesieyan conuexinn , among whom ne was highly rejected both for his talents and piety . He was admitted on all hands to be the most promising man amongst the ministers belonging to that body . About five or « ix years ago he became deeply impressed with the evils which have resulted

      to religion from the coanexion between church and state , asd what he thus felt he availed himself of everv opportunity which presented itself to express in the hearing of others . This gave olfence to the Wesley an body , the great majority of their number being friendly to the church o ! " England . What agcravated his delinquency in this respect , in their estimation , was the circumstance of his allowing the occasional use of his chapel , for lectures and other purposes , to person * who were liberal in their politics , and , in some instances , loose in their notions on religious topics . His conduct was brought before the conference , meetiDg at the rime , if we remember riirht , at Leeds , and he , refusing to acknowledge that he had acted wrong , was excoinmunicdttsi from the "VVeslevan connexion .

      He was thus all at once deprived of his chapel , bat still he continued to preach to vast multitudesfor he was at the time exceedingly popular as a preacher—from his own window ; new friends daily rallied round him , until they became so numerous and so attached as to build a very large and handsome chapel for him ; in this chapel , which is in Ashton-under-Lyce , be has continued to preach two or three times every Sunday , up to the present time . The manufacturers in the town and neighbourhood were exceedingly indignant when tbe chapel was opened , and they taw such crowd ? of persons in their employ becoming Mr . Stephens ' ^ regular hearers , for by this time he had taken a warm interest in the

      cause of the factory children , and at length manv of them determined , and gave due notice to that effect , that the consequence of entering his chapel , under any circumstances , on the Sunday , should be the immediate dismissal of the parties from the factories . Notwithstanding this threat , his hearers , in the great majority of cases , continued to attend his ministrations . In hundreds of instances the proprietors of the factories carried their threats into execution , ami at once dismissed the parties from tbeir employ . In various cases the individuals so dismissed did not for a long time after receive employment from any other person , and were consequently reduced to a state of tbe utmost destitution . Mr .

      Stephen ? , feelingly acutely far them—the more acutely , perhaps , becanse their pr ivations were the penalties of their attachment to himself personally , and partiality for his ministration—came at onc-e to the resolution of not any longer , while they were enduring want in its worfet forms , receiving a farthing of the salary to which he was entitled for preaching the gospel , but that it should be all * pent in administering to the necessities of those who had been turned out of their employment because of their attachment to him . It is unnecessary to say , that this self-denial on the part of Mr . Stephens had the effect of deepening the affectionate rpgard in which be was held by the poor workmen in the factories . } &r . Stephens , previous to tke passing of the New Poor Law , confined himself entirely , in bis addresses

      at public meetings , to the advocacy of the cauge of the factory children , and to aa uncompromising denunciation of tbeir employers . But no sooner had the New Poor Law measure come into operation , than he offered it every resistance in his power , holding it up as an act of most monstrous oppression of the poor , which was neither sanctioned by revelation , nor the constitution of the country , nor the dictates of humanity , but was equally an outrage on all three . From , that time up to the present Mr . Stephens has been the unremitting and untiring foe of the New Poor Law Bill ; and it is worthy of remark , that , in consequence of his vehement denunciations of it , and the resistance he has got up to it in Ashton-under-Lyne , the Poor Law Commissioner ? have not yet been able to get the measure introduced there .

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      At the last general election Mr . Stephens startid as candidate for the representation of Asbton-und' r Lyne , in opposition to the present member , Mr . Charles Hindley . In taking this extraordinary step , he never for a moment either expected or intended that he should be returned . His only object « ai to tmiil himself of the opportunity which bis nomination would afford him of addressing the manufacturers . After he" had been duly proposed and seconded , as a fit and proper person to represent the town of Ashton-under-Lyne , in Parliament , he proceeded to address the congregated thousands from

      the hustiDgsi . On that occasion , as usual , he was most vehement in his denunciations of the manufacturers and of the authors of the New Poor Law . His upeech was the longest by far ever delivered on a similar occasion—ever , indeed , delivered in the open air on any occasion ; for he spoke for five hours and a-ha ; lf without one moment ' s intermission . He made a form of going to the poll , and 20 voted for him . The 20 persons who polled for Mr . Stephens were persons who were independent of thj ) manufacturers . Care was taken to caution those iS the employ of the latter against unnecessarily becoming martyrs on Mr . Ste phens ' s account .

      Up to the present time Mr . Stephens ' a chapel has continued to be crowded in every p : \ rt while preaching on Sunday ? . It is one of the largest provincial congregations in Englaud . It is computed that the numbers who statedl y hear him cannot be under 2 , 500 . He is a preacher of great talent . All who have heard him speak in public concur in saying that his acquirements as a public speaker are of a very superior order . His delivery is fluent , his voice pleasant , and his elocution is in every respect in good taste .

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      ^ l . ^_ STATE OF THE COUNTRY . MANCHESTER . As Mr . Stephens was passing through the town in cu . tody ot Messrs . Goddnrd and Shackle , and Mr . 0 * en , the party stopped at the York Hotel 1 br refreshment . The report of his arrest spread like wildfire through tke town . Some of the leading members of the Political I ' niou took a chaise and rep . dred to the York Hotel ; and , on finding him gone , followed him straight to Wor .-ley , whither it was repented the officers i . ad conveyed him . A meeting of tne Manchester Political ' Council was called to take the matter into consideration , at which

      resolutions were passed that the whole county should be roused by a circular to each and all of the Unions , intorming them that Mr . Stephens was arrested , iiud exhorting them to convene , m etings immediately to consider what was best to be done that letters should be sent to the Xurthern Star , ( / tampion , and tbe Operative . That a public meet . ing of tiu > inhabitants of Manchester should be called the lollowing evening , to take up the defence ui Mr . Stephen . * . On the following morning the wads were covered by placards announcing as follows : —

      " Ai-. rf . st of Mn . S-rrriiENS . —Radicals of Manchester , be at the CarpunU-rs ' -Ilal ) . Gnrrat Road , ilas evening ( Friday ) , at eight o ' clock , W the whole particulars will be kid before vou .

      liy order of the Polit ' ical Council , ( Signed ) R . J . Hichaudson . " Long before the hour appointed , the wide street befoiv the Hull was densely crowded , and almost lmuieuiiiieiv alter the doors were opened , the liir ^ e Hj . U . ca- ^ iL -le ol holding 0000 persons , was rilledlo suiiocbtion , whilst the numbers ontside feeiued not to have diminished . The Hall , Gallery , and staircase , being tilled , the door was closed , and at least as lnniiy remained outside as were shut in . Mr . Archil / aid Prentice was cull .-d to the chair . Mr . Edward NighungaW , Mr . Elijah Dixon , Mr . "htiii-r , Mr . Jackson , and Mr . Richardson , detai ! . 'O . as far as they knew , the whole of the affair , liie merting entered into tin ; spirit of the whole proccediiii . ' , by expressing their approbation or di . « - app .- obiitiou ui what fell from tkr different speakers , and eunced thrir determinaiion to support Mr . M .-phfus- . | , y pass-in * the following resolutions : —

      f 'I hut this inei-tinsf , entertaining the highest respect . •; r Joseph Rayner Stephens , pi .-dges itself to stand t > y anJ . > u , « pi rt him whilst contending against tbe iiv . iwcd i-iH-niies of the poor . That a subscription be i : iimt * diatel y entered into to ^ defray the expenses of his defence , and Thru the Manchester Political Union Council be autiuiriii .-d to receive the same from town and country for that purpose . The meeting then dissolved , aftor giving three cheers for . Mr . Stephens , three clu-ers for O'Connor and Oastler , and three groans for the MunvLesttr ( ju ardtan .

      ASHTON . In consequence of the arrest of the Rev . J , R . Stephens , a public meetinir was called at the Great Meeting Room , Charlestowu , Asbton-undtr-Lyne , by the bellman , on Thursday night , December * 27 ; and in twenty minutcn after tVir . first notice wan R iven the room , which wili hold 1 G 00 pi-rsons- , was tilled ., and immense crowds ha . d to return home disappointed . It w . w with the grea-. est difficulty the various speaker * were enabled to restrain the " people , sucL was their impatience at this tyrannical \ ishation . Ibe following resolutions were , passed unanimou . slv : —

      Moved by . Mr . John Wilde , seconded bv Mr . Robert Cunningham , " That this meeting has learned with the deepest indignation , that " their minister , Joseph Kayner Stephens , has been torn from bis tinroe by an arbitrary order of Government and that they pledge themselves to support him under any circumstances that may transpire . " " 2- —Moved by Mr . Timothy Higgins , and seconded by Mr . J . Broadbent , sen ., " That it is a notorious fact that fourteen men of Ashton and the nei ghbourhood , have gi-en evidence against Mr . Stephens with a view to have him persecuted for his political opinions ; and we s-trongly recommend to all our friends and neighbours to have no dealings whatever withaDV such worthless characters . "

      3 . —Moved by Mr . "William Fenton , and seconded by Mr . George Johnson , " That an immediate . subscription be entered into , and that a committee be appointed to manage the same ; and we publicly pledge ourselves to follow the line of conduct he ( Mr . Stephens ) has pointed out for las , whether he be in pr ison dr out . " The meeting separated about half-past ten o ' clock , without any accident , or breach of the peace ; but one and all vowed to have early Katis-faction for all their wrongs . An address is in progress to present to Mrs . Stephens , sympathizing with her under existing circumstances ; and to inform her she will receive as much support as when Mr . Stephens was here . Signed on behalf of the Meeting , John Duhham , Chairman .

      DEPARTURE OF THE MILITARY FROM LANCASTER . On "Wednesday , the inhabitants of this town were thrown into a state of alarm , by intelligence that the tir . op of horse had rectived marching orders in the course of the preceding night , and had taken their departure for Yorkshire . It is only due to those fiDe soldiers to say that their conduct has been most exemplary during the short time they have been stationed hire , and their departure was felt like the departure of friends . We know Dot whether the magistrates can now rely npon the efficacy of the civil power , but presume they will adopt timely and efficient measures to prevent a recurrence ot the disgraceful riots , which caused so much alarm to the town and neighbourhood a few months ago . - Lancaster Guardian .

      { From the Correspondent of the "Sun" of Monday . ) The excitement created is frightful ; produced , no doubt , after reading in the Manchester Journals of Saturday the examination on the previous dav . There are not two opinions of any party , whether Tory , Whig , or torch-light , as to the special bungling displayed on the investigation , and a CMnmittal on such evidence would , it is thought , fan the mouldering embers into a flame . Last night and this morning , up to this hour , nas brought letters and delegates from every town and village in South Lancashire , announcing tbe determination of the Unions is those piace « , as Oldham , Stoc-kport , Bolton , L . igb , Tyldexiy , Eecles , Ashton , Stalybridge , Rochdale ,

      Roystoa , Middleton , Chadderton , Bacup , Todmorden , Barnley , Padiham , , Bury , Totiinaton , Hey wood , PUkington , &c . Sec , by which it appears that on Monday evening meetings will be held . The most alarming part of the matter is , that the writers of the letters' and delegates' objects appears principally to be the asking for advice as to whether the Chartists should come in bodies on the day of examination , in order to show that they consider the arre » t of Stephens as aimed at the working-classes and as a determination to frustrate them in their designs and to show also , that they are resolved on resenting it as such . The letters breathe only one spirit , and the following is selected as a fair sample of many : — ,

      " SIR , —We hare received your letter announcing the arre-tof Mr . Stcpheng , and a meeting was held in consequence last nigKt . There is only one teeliug—one opinion one determination—cue npirit , which animate * us . We are determined t » support Mr . Stephens , because he is the able advocate of the Chartist * , with oar money—with o \ ir ioxes with our tinvies—ut / t , tcilh our ti / ievs , if necessary . We will notbe «« . Tificed by either Whigs or Tories , hor bj both

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      uniud . L ' ni e , nnit . * . wt- » uy tvi mU u » oii Ra . ik-Ms . P .-rsevere Persevere ! Persevere ! Be firm , and of good coilrage ! Such are the letters in substance . The delegates are still more fierce . ? . — —— t Fvom the Correspondent of the " Sim " of Tuesday . # Monday Night , Dec . 31 . I promised in my ln . « t to write at least each post . have little to to

      I say' -night , arising out of the waut of time to put together , in a connected manner , some remarks on ft sermon ' delivered "by Mr . Stephens last evening at Anhtorj . I will do it iu a day or two ; but I may say thus much , that some parts of it will electrify the public on its publication . There are 700 special constables sworn in at Ash ton and it . * vicinity . The excitement is extreme in thar neighbourhood . There were at . least 5 , 000 persons to ht > ar him . The chapel in Charlestown was stowed more completely than was the BlacVHole at Calcutta ; the only difference was , that in the chapel we had a free circulation of air . An adjournment , however , took place , in consequence of numbers besieging the doors ; and eventuall y the congregation adjourned to the market-place , whftre he spoke fwith astonishing effect for nearly two hours . All was quiet .

      P . S . —Hp said not a word about the proceedings nt the New Bailey , except this , that h « was aware many had come to hear something on that subject but , whilst ponding , . he would uot say one word about the matter .

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      ¦ THE CONTRAST . " The people , " Lord Johnny declared at L ' pool , " . iMi ^ ht im ; ct « ir they likud , their wrongs t « unfold ; For by meiMiiig they'll find that O'Connor ' s a tool , And lo MephenH ' a speeches they'll quickly grow cold . " • • • • • They met in their strength , and they met in thtir might ; I ' uiitined nil the duy , they met in the niqkt : Deprived ol tho sun , they raised th « torch-li ght , * And O'Connor and Stephens th <; y cheered left and right . Whnn little Lord John found this was the case , A new light came over his noddle ; and all In a hurry he sends , for preserving the "pace , "t LuU or men , machines , bayonets , powder , and ball . But let little Lord Jnhn and hfe minionH beware , Nor to play with edg « d toobjletthem hastily dare . If they darn breuk the pence , let the penpl . i prepare To teach them good mannwra , by curling thuir hair . T . Z . Y . * It is a vpry singular thing that tord John Russell should loruid th . ! t . tfeh-hght meetings alt « r titty are all over . t liy associating with O'Connell , the Ministry have nc duubt gamed some knowledge of tl \ e Irish idioms .

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      Th . PHILOSOPHY OF ACQUISITIVENESS ; second edition ; by D . G . Govnmt , author of a Phrenological Chart ; an Epitome of Phrenology ; &e . Glasgow : John Me . Leod ; London : Simpkin and Co . V * e are heartily glad to perceive that this eloquent and lieautiful essay b : « already reached a second edition . We know few works moro eminently worthy of perusal , not only by the phrenologist , but by the general reader .

      HARE , ON SPINAL DISEASES . Simpkin and Marshall , London . This is a work calculated to be exceedingly serviceable to an who labour under any of the mala-( tie * of which it treats . It is the production of a gentleman who is evidently thoroughly conversant with the matter on which he writes , prac ; iea % as well as in theory . The illustrative ulaie . sare highly in-tre . siing , as displaying the effect of the treatment recommended—they are also beautifully executed . The work ia essentially popular in stylefree from technicalities and capabl * of conveying all the requisite instruction , as writ to the un ' learned as to the medical reader—an advantage too of'en wanting in works of tins kind ; on the whole it is a work which we can with be .-t feeling recommend both to the medical practitioner and to the afflicted

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      A Special Commission is to be sent into TippM-ary , to try the persoas charged with the recent murders in that county . Fires . —There have been two more incendiary tires near Dray ton , in Shropshire . The ¦ 'M ' inisterial papers contradict " from authority "; a rumour that Lord Miuto is about to retire from the Admiralty . Admiral Fleming is expected to " relieve " Sir Philip Durham of the Portsmouth command . The Admiral has had an eye to this appointment lor some time . War . —Tbe expense of a single campaign would be sufficient to enduvr a school in every parish in England and Ireland for ever .

      The Keudal Mercury mentions an attempt , on Sunday week , to destroy a woollen manufactory , belonging to Messrs . Boi and Harrison , Peat Lane ; which was discovered in time to prevent much damage . Though the exportation of Hill Coolies has prohibited under the English flag , the trade will . still be carried on to a considerable txtent : numbers of them had been shipped to Bourbon , under the French flag . ¦ ¦ .-. ¦ ACCOUXTS FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE mention , that the emigrant farmery have had another conflict with the Zoolas ; and' the 'Government has at length resolved to repress this vagabond feel * nig on the part of the frontier settlera .

      Frightful Attempt to Commit Suicidr . On Saturday morning , between the hours of 12 and one o ' clock , a journeyman mechanic threw himself 1 rom the second-floor window of a house , No . ¦ 28 , Great Wyld-street , Lincoln ' s Inn field ' s , and fell with great violence on the pavement , which was covered with blood . He was dreadfully injured and com eyed on a stretcher , to Charing-eross Hospital without the slightest hopes of recovery . The reporter could not learn his name . A quarrel with his wife is a ^ sign « d as the cause of his committing the rash act .

      Russian Treatment of a British Seaman . —We have been informed , but we do not touch for th . ' truth oi the story , that a young man , a sailor , a native of Montrose , has been condemned in Russia , for having tilled a Russian subject in a fray , to the following punishment :. —To be chained night and day , for six weeks , to a sort of pillory , and to receive a certain number of lashes ( given with . the knout , we presume ) every day , after which to be sent to Siberia . If the first part of the punishment i < fairly inflicted , the second may be safely remitted , as it seems quite impossible that he can survive for six weeks the constant exposure to the cold of a Russian winter , to say nothing of the lacerations of the nierciles * knout . The story is currently . rumoured among the sailors here , and , we have no doubt , is founded in tru , th , though we may be wrong in some of the particulars . —Montrose Paper .

      Incendiary Ftres . " —The destruction of the property of Mr . Bioekley , as narrated in our last , has been followed by two other conflagrations in the same neighbourhood , both of them unquestionabl y the wilful acts of some insane or malicious wretches , who can reap enjoyment from the calamities of their neighbours . On Sunday morning early two wheat ricks on the farm of Mr , Meakin , of the Lunts , a few miles from Dray ton , were discovered in flames , and though all around lent their willing assistance , yet every effort to extinguish the fire wa 9 in vain ;

      the grain was almost entirely consumed . On the ensuing Tuesday morning , while the workmen on the same farm were enjoying their lunch , two other stacks in the farm-yard were discovered to be burning ; and these al . « o were totally destroyed , in spite of every exertion to save them . These events following each otber wjth such rapidity have excited great consternation in the neighbourhood , and a good deal of sympathy , " for Mr . Meakin was no . t , insured , and is not a man of wealth . All efforts to discover the incendiaries are yet without any satisfactory result . —Shrewsbury Chronicle .

      Prematwre Interment . —A frightful case of premature interment occurred not long since at Tonneins , in the Lot-et-Garoune . The victim , a man in the prime of life , had only a few shovels full of earth thrown into his grave , when an indistinct noise was heard to proceed from his coffin . The grave-digger , terrified beyond expression , instantly fled to seek assistance , and some time elap ? ed before his return , when the crowd , who had by this time collected in considerable numbers round the grave ,

      insisted on the coffin being opened . As soon as the first boards had been removed , it was ascertained beyond a doubt that the occupant of the grave had been interred alive . His countenance was frightfully contracted with the agony he had undergone ; and in hi * struggles the unhappy man forced his arms completely out of the winding-sheet , in which they had been securely enveloped . A physician who was on the spot opened a vein , but no blood followed . The sufferer was beyond the reach of medical skill .

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      LEEDS CORN MARKET , January 1 . There i * a good suppl y of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market . In the pnee ot th . ' bt-st dry Wheat th . ; re has be . n no alteration , but other descriptiuua have b > un Is per or lower , and not much business duing . South Burley and the * finest Lincolnshire has been Is per qr higher , in other . lesc-iutions little alteration . Oats have leun lull as well sold . ' Jn Shelling and Bi-una little alteration . WHEAT perQuarteroi"Ei ghtBu 8 hels , 601 b 8 . 8 Norfolk , Suffolk , Essex , new red , 79 , 82 , line 83 s . wht . SSs 90 Lincolnshire and Cambridge do T 8 s , 81 , do 84 b do SS * h 9 Yorkshire do 78 . i , bis do 83 s , do 64 a HS Old do 78 s , 80 s , do 8 is , d' - 84 * 89 foreign do 76 s , 80 a , do 82 s , do 84 s 90 °

      BARLEY per Quarter of Eight Imperial Bushels . Norfolk , and Suffolk new , 42 s , extra fine 44 s 45 ? Lincolnshire , do 39 a , do 4 ! s 4 { s Yorkshire , Wold & Boroughbridge , do 37 » , do 40 s 45 a Peas , White do —s —8 Do Grey do .. „ _„ BEANS per Quarter of < 531 bs per Bushel . ricks .................. . new , 42 s , 44 s , old 4 ffs 46 * Harrow and Pigeon , do 42 s , 45 s , do 46 s 4 8 * OATS , per Quarter of Eight Imperial Bushels . Potato , new , 258 , 26 s , old 27 Poland ,.. do 25 s , 26 * , do 27 « Small and Friezland do 24 s , 25 s , do 26-Mealing ....... new 14 d . to I 6 d . per Stoneof 14 lbs . SHKLLING , perLoadof 261 lbs ,.... old 36 s 38 s new —r to —s M A LT , per Load of 6 Bushels , 44 s . 48 a to 47 a RAi'ESEED , per LastolIOQuartern , ^ 3 010 ^ 32—8

      ARRIVALS DURING THE WEEK . Wheat .... 10739 "Mult _ Oats 1312 Shelling iM Bailey ................ 4748 KIout .... 272 Beans .. ' 2165 Rapeseed 890 Peas Linseed Tares THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK , ENDING DEC . 24 th , 1838 . Wheat . Oats . Barley . Beana . Rye . Peas . 2245 725 2873 450 — 71 82 s . lid . 28 s . lid . 41 s . 8 d . 46 s . 9 d . —s . Od . 51 s . 7 d

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      LIVERPOOL COTTON MARKET .. Saturday Evening , December 29 , 1838 . The drmand has again been rery extensive , partieulary from gptivnliitoris , and the operations on Monday were onail larger » cale than on any single day on record , thj sales being estimated at 27 . 000 bags ; yesterday , however , less anxiety to purchase was evinced , and the market closed quietly , aa advance having been established of full y Jd per lb « a American , % d on Brazil , and ^ d on Sura t , upon . the quotations of last week ; Sea Island has also been in request , and has advanced Id to 2 d per lb . Speculators have taken 35 , 000 American , . 1 , 000 I'ernan ) buco , 250 Bahia , 400 Maranham , 2 oO Peruvian , a . nd 3 , 000 Surat . Tbe sales amount t » 70 , 370 bags , and comprise— da a , a 250 Sea Island 18 to 36 2070 Bahia & Mac . 8 to 9 | 70 Stained do 7 to 15 30 Deinerara , < fec . .. 9 to 13 U 940 Bowed Geor . . 7 to 9 370 Egyptian .... 11 J to 17 lOOot , » e ...... 7 to 9 } — Barbadoe * .... Hi to 9 f .. . . , \ , * biim * ' * 6 5 " 450 Peruvian ...... 8 to 8 * d 45 uuNew Orleans .. 7 to 11 500 Laguayra 7 to 8 } Z 22 CI ronambuco , _ West India .. 7 to 9 j Paraiba , < fec . 9 } to 10 $ 1 5430 Snrat ; . 5 j to 6 f 9 M ) Maranham . I 83 to 10 30 Madras 5 J to 6 * S Wginned .. 7 | to 8 ^ | - Bengal ; ....... 5 * to 6 The Imports for tho week are 12 , 627 bagg .

      Comparative view of the Imports and Exports of Cotton into and from the whole kuigdoru , from the 1 st of Januarr to . the 22 nd inst . and of the Imports and Exports for thi sanitf period last year . Into the kingdom this year : American bags 1 , 107 , 6 . 15 South American .. 155 , 700 -West Indies , Demerara &e 6 , 422 East Indies .. 104 020 Egypt , &c ... .. .. .. ,. .. 35 ^ 79 Tstal of all descriptions .. .. .. 1 , 408 , 685 Same period last year : American .. .. .. bags 812 , 010 South American 131 , 295 West Indies , Demerara , &c . 5 , 598 East Indies .. 143 , 4 ft 9 E gyp '» *« 42 , 738 1 , 135 , 140 Increase of imports anoompared . with samepenodlast year , bags 273 , 545 EXPORTS JN 1838 . American 49 , 952 Brazil , 7786 E »» t Indie * , 50 , 152 West India , 00 Other kinds , 35 Total in 1838 .... .. 107 , 925 bajrs . Same period in 1837 . . „ ] 28 , 185

      Monday , December 31 , 18381 ' About 400 Surats have been sold to-doy on speculation , but o AnA 1 atket h ^ been du l 1 ' the 8 ales onl > ' amounting to about 2 , 000 bag * . 1 he prices are k"d per lb lower than the highest point last week . On Saturday , 2 , 500 bag * were hoW .

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      NEWGATE AND LEADENHaLL MARKETS , AIonpat A considerable foiling off has been expsrieneed sinfce our last 111 the receipts of slaughtered meat , both from Scotland » nd various distant parts of . England ; but the supply of all lands of meat killed in the metropolis has been very . 'xiensive . On each market day during the past week the attendance of buyers lias proved extensrv ^ wiilst the primest Berf , Mutton , and Pork hur .. sold readily , at full prices ; but the inferior kinua , as also Veal , have gone off ' slowl y , at barely late rate * Nearly the whole or the . meat received from the West of Enjrland has arrived up the Great Western Railway . Owing to the high prices of Pigs in Ireland , no shipments have been received hither from that quarter for some time past .

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      - BANKRUPTS . GEORGE GLADWYN , Billericay , Essex , grocer , to sUrreuM Jan . 15 , ,, t twelve o ' clock , at the Bankrupts' Oburt holicitorH ,. Messrs RBon and Son , Jewry-streM , "Aldgate j official aswijnife , Mr . Whitmore , Basinirhafl . street ' ELIZABETH BURCHATT , kdwardtsqu ^^ Kensm gton , Wjiing-liouse keeper , Jan , 4 and Feb . 8 ? at eleven o ' cW o ^ lh g ^^^ Se ^ Gi ^ B ^ ghSet' 3 ^' oiS ji'Tnirff ^ S - « Y C » t «*» y . coal-merchant , Jan . 3 and l < eb . 8 , at twelve o'clock , at the Guildhall . Canle £ Ja » ffii vW ^' i * REE , » Brighton , victualler , Jan . 5 and 1-eh . 8 , at eleven o'clock , " at the Town Hall ' Bnghton . Solicitor , Mr . Faithftdl , King ' a-road ,

      Bedford-KvW "H , LES T 9 ' , ° W » gl > an ,, builder , Jan . 10 a n * \ t , l \ i r ? cl 0 < * ' at the Geor £ the Kmnh Inn , bom K ^ licitor , Mr . Wolson , Kurnival ' s inn , Hoi-° PHIL 1 P ROGER ATCHERLEY , Whitchurch , Shropshire , mercer , Jan 14 and Feb . 8 , at " eleven o ' clock , at th ? Shire H » U hhrtwsbury . Solicitors , Messrs . Vincent and Sherwood , King ' s Bench-v » alk vTemple , . ^ JAMEri THRKLF ^ LL and WILLIAM OLIVER , Man-Chester ,, tailorx , Jan . 16 and Feb .-S , at eleven o ' clock , at the lomruLssioner * ' Kooins , Manchester . Solicitor , Mr . StilL Lincoln ' s Inn . .. ¦*

      CERTIFICATES—JAN . 13 . T . Etough , Blackburn , Lancashire , provision dealer . E . lay lor , Liverpool , colour manufacturer . PARTNERSHIPS DI 8 S 0 LVED . ' « 5 n ? ' tV r . r " ^? fidi' ° L ' *»" . Lancashire , bleachers . Smith , letler , and Co .. Bradford , Yorkshire , iwrnted-iuia . nen ; as far a » rxpard * D . Abercromhie . G . Broughton and Co ., Burnley , Lancashire , cotton-spinners ; as far Is regard ¦ -

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      THE ENGLISH RADICALS AiND THE PRECURSOR SOCIETY . At an adjourned meeting of the Precursor Society , held on Saturday , for liie purpose pt" receiving tlirt-e reports , prepared by . sub-eommittres ; one on the Registry que * u « i\— , v secmnl embodying ifa-address to the English RmJiedl . —and the third eontaiuin " an exposition ot" tlie Tiihe Bill , > Mr . O'CoiNNEti . made nouie observations on the necessity for the Irish . Members being in their place at the opening of Pnrliament , ' and stated that he Would be there himself , though he would not neglect the Precursor Society , for he would be in that room once a . fortnight tor some time to come . ( Loud cheers . ) He would pair off for a day , even if it were with thi- Recorder , as often as it was necessary .

      Mr . O'Connell , theu , after some appropriaieobservations , read the report of the Committee on Registry , stating that several sums ( which were mentioned in derail ) were xent to different localities , to enable the people to effect a registry of all Liberal claimant !) . The Learned Gentleman then proceeded to say he was about , he trusted for the last time , to read a document addressed to the English . Kadicals . He did it with inorn satisfaction , because since the Committee had taken up the question , Mr . Lovett , the Secretary of tho \\ orking Men's Association , hud conducted himself iu a manner worthy of the thanks and praise of every friend of rational liberty . At a meeting in London , Mr . Lovett had appealed to 1-Vnrgus O'Connor—now known a . s blood-thirsty

      rearg _ us—to postpone the time of violence , which he had fixed lor September next , and impressed on the meeting the benefit of relying on moral power , and the effects of education . His observations to this effect wt-re received with hisses , and Feargus , in rep ! y , dui not deny that he had recommended the dagger and the torch . O'Connor had praised the report in the Sun , and indeed , he ratght conscientiously ^ do so ; and ic appenred from it thai Mr . Lovett ' s direct charge against him , ot . having recommended violence , wasuncontraoicted . ( Hear , hear . ) He had been guilty ot a clear overt act of high treason , and this was a leader of the people ! ( Cheers . ) Mr . O'Connell then read the lollowing address : —

      REPORT of the COMMITTEE , to whom was reienvd the REPLY of the WORKING MEN'S ASSOCIATION of LONDON , to the ADDRESS voted by this SuClETY on the 29 th day of November , 1838 , to the persons styling t ' ueniselvvs the RADICAL REFORMERS OF ENGLAND . Your Committee have rend , paragraph by paragraph , and deliberately consiueied the document addressed to the Irish people , and signed by Henry

      Mitchell and others , on behalf ot the Working Men's Association of London , and they regret to say that there ia nothing in it to which they could feel themselves authorised to recommend to the Precursor Society to make any answer . This regret , however , is mucb diminished by the nature and style of the Address of the Working Mfiis' Association . The style is miserably bad , inflated j and vapid . The matter iseither personally calumnious , equivocating , or suggesting topics which render the Association -lronr which it

      eiuauiited objectionable , and even criminal , in the highest degree ; because , as a reason to avoid disclaiming the simguiunry thrt-ats , instigations , incendiarism , and treasonable proposals ot the leading Tory-Radicals—Stephens , Oastler , and Feargus O'Connor—the Working Men ' s Association state that such a disclaimer would cause a division between them and the Radicals of the north-urn parts of England—thus avowing an identity between the two bodies which they refuse to dissolve , and thereby create the necessary division between themsulyes and the incendiaries , blood-thirsty declaimers , and traitorous agitators of the Northern Tory-Radicals .

      And moreover they state as a ' reason for refusing to disclaim the blood-thirsty Feargus O'Connor that " they are unwilling to lessen his ~ usefuhje * $ "—aye , " his usefulness "—that u the very word they use ; so that according to them a m in may suggest the burning of factories and honu \ sf « nd . s , the resorting to armed violence and sanguinary insurrection , and the commission of high treiuson itself , and utill be considered ' useful" to tin- purposes of the London Working Men ' s Association . .

      Your Committee further beg leave to report their great anxiety to be upon teruis of kindness , and as tar as individual upiuions of the members of the Precursor Society may admit , to cooperate with all such honest Reformers aud general Radicals of England , ns make " Peace , Law , uud Order " the guides ot their pursuit , aud . the limits of their exertions to ameliorate , peacefully and constitutionally , the existing politiuul in .-. litutioui of the country , d ^ preca iug , as we do , upon a . U occasions , all violent and turbulent proceedings . ¦ ¦

      The Committee most anxiously deaire to draw the line ot distinction so broauly as to . be incapable of mistake between honest and sincere Reformers , and those who assume the character with , other and pernicious designs . Your Committee wish to inspire the people with a desire fur practical bent tils , and not lor dangerous theorit- *; and above all , they will boldly repudiate all h ; llowsliip and communion with those who » e councils and actions are not only fr ' aughtwith danger to the peace of xbeiety , but to the well-being even of those whose exclusive ink-rests they proless to maintain .

      In conclusion , yonr Committee beg leave to express their deep and conscientious conviction that the Stephenses , the Oastlers , the Feargus O'Connors , and all those who either actively join thwse mischievous and misguiding men , or refuse under any pretext to repudiate , and , totally reject such men , and m . re especially those who" deem incendiaries ot tsucli description useful for their purposes , must be co . sidored as the most formidable enemies of all peaceful , legal , practital , and Constitutional Reform ^; and as the nw .-t" efficient allies of the bigotry , monopoly , and selfish tyranny ' of the odious Tory faction ol Great Britain and Ireland . Signed on behalf of the Committee , DANIEL O'CONN ELL , Chairman .

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      SMITHFIELD CATTLE MARKET , Dec . 28 . [ Whenever the word stone occumn these prices throughout this paper , it is to be considered as the imperial stone of H \\>» and 8 uchonly , nootherbehiglawful . ] ^ In our market of to-day there was a very limited supply o Beasts on sale , nearly the whole of which were eT but middling and inferior quality , the almost only good Beasts pffrring , being about 100 Devons , from DeTonshire : 200 Hereforde , from HcrcfordHhire ; and 20 Scots , from Scotland . The few prime Bi-aats were resiily taken oft hy the tmtchers , who were in numerous attendance , at an adrance on Friday ' s quotations of from 2 d to < d per 81 bn , thereby establishing a rise of from 6 d to BJ per 81 bs on thiise noted on this day se nnight . The present high prices which » ie being obtained for long-woolled Sheep cant >> id such deacripttuns to sell for nearly the ralue of the Suuthdowns . Although a few very superior Downs produced 5 a 6 d per 81 bs , we have not deemed it proper to enhance the price * olMutton hi gher than 3 a 4 d per 81 b 8 , as the above fignre w »» ieldoru obtained . Th » Mutton trade w » s brisk at the above enhancement , owing chiefly to the short supply . Calves were in moderate supply andsluggish sale , at somewhat a ^ yauced rates .- Prime mall poTkera sold readily at an advance of 2 d per 81 bi , with a fair time of year supply offering . At the close of tha market nearly , or quite the whole of the supply h » d fonud purchasers ' The fresh arrivals of Beasts up to onr market to-day , comprised 400 short-horns from our northern grating districts-300 Scot * . Devons and runts from onr midland dutricU- 300 Devons and Herefordsfrom DeroBshire ana Hwefordahire- JO Scots , by sea , fir « m Scotlaud ; 130 from Kent , Snsiiex , anj Surrey . The remainder from » he neighbourhood or Londan Tbe supply of Sheep was chiefl y composed of S « uttdow «« Leiceitu * , Lincoln * , and Kent * .

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      LONDON CORN EXCHANGE . Mark-Lane , 'Friday , December 28 . There was a limited quantity of Whea t Irom Essex , Kent and SuBolk lor thw day ' s market , but a lair supply of Barley-Beans , and Peaa , from these counties , with a good fresh arrival ol foreign Wheat and Irish Oats . There was a aood dninand for fine English Wheat this morning , at an advance of / s per qr , and the best samples of new foreign commanded a sum ar improvement in price , but no advance enn be queted on middling and inferior parcels . Flour was without changa m value . Malt was 2 s per qr dearer . Barley met a free sale , and all sort * realised full 2 s per qrover last Monday ' s currency . I nme new , and all old Beans were Is pt-r qr dflarer , and in . good request ; there was no alteration in the value of soft new .-Feaa were much the same as last week , and only taken slowly . There was fair sale for Oars , and fine Horse Corn must be quoted Is per qr higher , with an advance of 6 d per qr on light and ' inferior - parcels . The late high prices girrn for thi » article have brought forward many small lots from farmers ia K . sex and Kent , otherwise the supply of English woulJ ha ve f j erp most trifling . Linseed andiiapesped were fully as dear . 1 here has been scarcely any English Cluverseed offering ret ; the price * ot -. foreign are fnlly as dear . Several cargoes of foreign Oats have arrived , which are held an high terms .

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      CURRENT PRICES OF GRAIN per Imperial Quarter n £ E , NT 1 TIBS and AVE RA GE PRICES of BRITISH IiRAIN , per Imperial Quarter , sold in the London Market dunrig thfi WKielt , ending Dec . 25 : —Wheat , 3 , 634 ore . SO * . » d . BarW 10823 qrs . 398 . 64 . Oats , 19 , 965 qr « . ' ° 6 s . li Beans . . Mf 6 « ti . 40 a . 10 a . Pcaa , 1506 . qrs . 45 s . lOd . Rye , IA qrs . 4 os . od . :

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      UYERPOOL WOOL MARKET , Dec . 29 . ~~ * t ? * » 7 ^ 0 J" ) 7 * 7 ery nioderate bttsiness tratigacved in foreign Wool this week , still the sales were to a fair extent for thu , pened of the year . In prices we have no alteration to notic « , and the week has closed very firmly . Arr ived this week , 298 bales ; previously this year , 46 , 833 bales ; total , 47 , 181 . ¦ .-.- ¦ -. .. / ' ' ¦ ' .

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      LIVERPOOL CATTLE MARKET , Dec . 31 . The supply of beasts at market to-day has been very lafsa for the season « f the year , but the demands have been lufly equal to the supplies , there being mvay country buyers present , consequeutly there has been a rery selling nn . rket and at rather advanced prices , especially for Beef of good uuality , and nearly all was sold up at an unusual early hour in the afternoon . The iromber of Sheep has been somewhat smaller than that of last week , but we cauot note any material silteration in prices , saving on Wethers ot larp < e siz / which were a little in advance from our last quotation ! Theh ^« t Ueef was readily sola at-6 d , middling 5 Sd ordinary 5 J £ d per . lb , and very few" at that price . Goofl ^ Vether Mutton may be uot ,-d at 7 d , middling 6 ^ d , ordinary and Ewes 6 d ber lb . The market for both Beef and Mutton may b * cotfcidestea a brwk one , as bnth . have been sold up . Number of Cattle at Market : —Beasts , 1 , 363 ; Sheep , 2 . 819 ; * IKSj it } * '

      CATTLE IMPORTED INTO UVERP 0 OI * From the 24 th to the 31 st Dec ; ¦ Cows . Calvea Sheep . Lambs . Pi gs . Horses 676 , 27 1 , 792 » : . -228 T ' 46

      From Friday Night's Gazette , Dec.28

      FROM FRIDAY NIGHT'S GAZETTE , Dec . 28

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      , . m — - , . - FRbM THE LONDON GAZETTE , Jan . 1 . BANKRUPTS . SSgREasa t ^^ m ^ m oi A ^ S F WARREN DAVIS , draper , ttfm , Jan 9 , at UckinjL ^ i ' 8 t ele V ' *• Court of B ^ kroptcy . S ?* ofo [ jewS OnmOng C ' offldal « Ml 8 '"* - ; Tfllearrfand H ^ torf ^ H ri ^^ i ~ pw&r , W * ol . ' -Wkla , im ) F « k U , at twelve ,, at the Commercial Rooms , Bristol . Adlimton BrTol ' Faulkner ' Iuld FoUett , Bedford : r . wTLonao ^! £ 2 * i 2 -S ??? Ki ^ ? « *» ttle-a « 1 « - . ^ verToroVest , Jan ££ S £ S& $ Sr * * ttbe CMtle . ^ ^^ J . n ^ H A'Wi&i ?* Bishop ' . W » l » iam ' , H » r op 8 hi , e , W » U 1 m t l '*? , ?" ' ^ the Crown lBn . Bu . hop ' . | . i ?^ ^ n ^ KSrift ^ J £ te ^ 14 ^ viH 9 BA » RTLEY ' , ? ° »? 7- ««} ' «« r , Liverpool , J « 14 , andPeb 12 ,. atone , » t the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Taylor Sh » rpe , F- wld , » nd J . ctton , KSfofd-TOW , LonSw ; Laces , Clay , rod Myers , Liverpool , i ¦ JAMBS THORP , eurrier , StMkport , J . n 15 , and F * fc 12 , t ten , » t the ; Commttnoner * ' RoomsaSt . Jame »'»* qui . re , MancWtar .. ^ dppoclt , CTeTeland-row , It J * m 9 * % London Coppock and Woollam , Stoekport . ^ DANIEL MADDOCK , victualler , Lirerr ^ ol , Jan IB » nd F « b 12 , atone , at the Clarendon Roam * , Liverpool . Vi » - ejmt and Sherwood , Inner-temple . Lond « n ; UtUedal . and BnrdOTrell , Water-atrwt , LirerpaoL ,

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 5, 1839, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1039/page/7/