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      NEW YEAR'S DAY . ¥ b B : o 3 t earnestly request that all the Associations ¦ R-il send us coadeas&d reports of the New Yc- ^ r ' a Day meetings early ia the week , and so erm-ct that even friend Alport shall bare no taoie for fault finding .

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      gf ^ filP MB . ^ Qa . Ja fraiKy , fhe o ^^ L > _ ^¦ Bay ^^^^ ypited Order of udd Fe-io ^ v .-& £ ^¦^ rirri ! ^ 'iy rerry wi : l 1 Ra eltpraat silver P \ JaSrS * . **¦****»• appropriate inseiipnon , as : , -g& » b ; e aaa dsmietts ^ d . Baric * as Disirk-JtreSe iT ' . r . -&cun = T Fi ^ iTAi .-The Socialists h , ] d one of . ' 2 S ^ sUai esterraaijnept .. on the erenin < of Cfirlst-.- tt ^ s dar , in ihe Mi * iC aal-.-on , Scurh Parade , which " * J ^ * wafcd . *<>«*« , a ^ -rcat mu ,, having to go . ^ - « sr a ^ throngn want of rooo . jT ^ S ^ ^^ ^ st . — -In the panieraD-, & - ^ oS ? *"** " aLd ^ wera * e" for ^ 'iM

      ^ COURT HOTfSE , Satthdat , Dec . OS . Magistrates presort : —Aldermen Goodman and Becy .- a . Bjectm-. vt Casz . ~ Ail application was made for &n order ofei-ctmcc : asainst j , j iln . - RichniA . andHeatr Moa .. of W ^ duause-lane . Mr . Bv-nd appeared for ihJ defeats , who v-. re act pr ^ nt It tm * stat ** in behalf of :-b » tifcfen . inua thai ttey h * d a lease of the turase for twtnty-oae veers , -which iris not yei expired ; and also argued by ifce opposing parties , that th-v "Wtre nc more thtn » et *! y tenants . It was , however vima ^ - ., mat thersni tt&s p ^ d -w eekly far theaecohi XB . oaat . yn 01 tie owntr . Af : « r a conversation between the al .-5 istrate . vi : » as . iefrfTtd for tie present , to give an cpj-.-rKimty to bwd , pariies o : preparing infScient eridt -e on a fornr »> d . v .

      > V Poos LAW . —The Overseer of C ^ apeltown tooo § i up a yonng jr . an fcrjtfasu ^ - to maintain an fllep- _ i . ate chiij . Ihsrouog piin-was accompanist by hii laiiisr , who iUie-I that li » was bis apr ,. ~ : rice that he re ^ divrd no w ^ - ^ d ti-at he was cGt capsbl ? Ox earning &L 7 uaore thin a rare luiiDieraacs . OrJere-i to pay I s . 6 i . w « i 3 T . A y . nag woTnsn , accoinraried by her fr ^ Ler pr * - sect-ed ; -rself before the M ^ -rratcs for the rnrpose vi affiii ^ . ir , ' . T _ e Or : rserr . j : ' her porlsii w ^ =. hk--vris = 5 . stteDd- ? r , aa .- _ onjccttu 10 it , laying she ini h : go ttae T \ < ithoBsa .

      . V-- Eer fa — -sr complained of the hardships and injustice - ^ y ^ - wlJdx he -was Fnbiec : ed—he lmvin ? to it ^ p hi i ^^ ia ght € r for tfee las t seTtntec-a wrtiu-ind although ^^ ftlA iid ' s Mter was wcU 3 ble to ma . inuin it , he re' " ^^^ fe- ^ S ^ s ^ - ^^ bs tr - power to interfere . ^^ Pfo ^ pCCTia nicst go t-j tile workho use , to wLi-b ^ .-gg ^ jfeg ^ , reiaarkfng •• Tisat althongh she did no : - " ^^ fc tjij- idea ^ f going : o lie Wurkhor ^ s . stiiJ ebe -rcu : a 3- go rathfr thsu be bcr ^ eiisc ^ ne to her iVtb = r , as he w ^ ' - " Tery in cff . - A Gi - vL-EP . ' s HimaSitt . —The Msyor ea ^ red thg ^ 4 Co * rt St tiis tiise , and ia ^ airtu . / whether a ntai named ^ I fftchasl M---JTS -. tjsordered to t * commuted 10 Wiiei / -rfi ^ d , or p : y dii « «> ? 'Ir . Liicaaicr , praon keeper . f * - replitrd ia : h * L £ -inr ;» ; Ts . Tiifa Mayor , then , stat-d L that h ^ ' aad sftn : fcs p ^ -r nua ' 3 vriis , who b « ged him _ - to pref-nt her tQ : barid r ^ iig sent to " VVaitfieiu . ; . n-: . . . that slje ¦ wcni-. i r-ay the required arnennt when she-re-¦ eeived hisva ^ s . Lar . i- ^ £ ' . ^ r eri < 3 eaToure < J : o hiye

      thaian sent t > tne House of . CoTTrctifTi , br stilting tha : . Bach promL--3 Were freitiom pcrfvrmed ; br ' . t \ r »« ordered to retain Siia at Letds vhile ilonday , th" .: ^ is iriftr might baTt i chance of paying . The hu-aane Lancaster stained mnch chogiinei at IMt beir . g allowed to L . ' iTe his own way in this matter ; bn ; it is a . fa-. r ss .: i ; p ' . e of his well known -. V , iirutairty to tbose who hire the miacrfjEe to get iato ' ids filthy d ^ a . , ' C-0 J 1 HITIAL 5 . —Ss-Ttral yonn ^ men , chargedvWihja

      petty rubbery , were committed to Wasviil ^ ,- ^ pitake their tria' at ths ensaiug sessions . Or . e of-. tfceirr ^ skrJ the il - glsn-terwhtUjfei Le roulc notrajSs ^ food i ' r-:-rn his friends—that Jie was Tsry hgi ^ w- ^ " One of the ¦ poSee « a ( Eed- ^* t h 6 might rrcam ' ifoDd , -waen lanessterSsw at . Hit : j > rls » jaer iike ^ a . ^ j ^/ seiztd l . im by the collar , and thrust hiia do ^^ ihe stairs that laul ' s to the prisyit , at t 2 ia same ^ J $ & £ $£ aring , that b = wns the master in those cases , -sgjciTwonid tate care that , he fead , noMirng , ' 'piM ' - - i . ' - MOKoi ' T " . IiXC 2 STH .

      , CHASGE OF B 03 BTSRT . —John Hay wa ; ch-r ^ -d Vith robbing a man named Xevis , of ill 10 s . The complainant , statfed that the prisoner happenei to be in his omp 3 Hi 5 « fc » pnblic-aouse , from whecce he decanted . ^ tj ^ stta niuiiey in question , jlr . P ^ nl defB aj ^ d tS » ' ? 'risoEer , and cross-examiced ytr ' n . TJie ^ a ^ flier wfa remanded to Tnssday . ^^^^ h ' or the Imphoteme ^ t Act . —Frr . ncb £ ^^ SEer « O rth . serrant to Joseph Bickers , farmer , of jf ^ S ^ S 'oi ,- ^!^ -charged by a policeraaa with Ter . iiMng ^ ju ght :- 'il . ia- yortL-street , at half-T < ast one in tht ¦ SlSeeB' > 3 a- The ueftnnar . t , a simple-looking country k lad , pleaded ignontnee o ? the 2 iiw , in consideration oi trhich- lie was tned ia the irnr . gE . ted penalty of on flhttliTin aad cosis , wiiich aniuanttd to other ten I JhlUJTWB . £

      GAiiuLiNo . —Joseph Cart « T , and Chailes Tbevles . were-cii-rg' -vi by a watchman with playing at " pitch Kid toss , " at SLfKBtrop . oa Smj'iay morning . Ir appeared from tha efidrc ^ e ' . bat & r . tunbeT of dissoVav characiisrs are in the habit of assembling at Knostrup for tbc pnrpose ul psniKir . ? . Several co . "sUb ]^ s were ordered to keep a k » ok ont for them , 2 nd sTicceeded in jspprehaiui i ~; Cir * er and Thewles . They Trere ordne-3 ' to pay a See o £ thiee £ h 2 lings and fourpence eacls , and 1 > ftj )' -ictd m tha ^ tocks . "~' f 2 & £ EXR . 'Z ¦ — "V ; "Ii : am Shaw was chareed with stealing *( w"Volnaqfes of *• The His : ory of Tom Jones ' fr om a euvolstiiig library in the Central Mirket 7 and ¦ TOBiomTriittei t > tats Lis trial at the sessions .

      AssiCLTS .- George Oakley , an ^ Teoteis Bill , were charged ¦ with as :-auitiug AYiiliani WUcox . It appeared from th £ ^ BWtierse that "VTiJcox was at ths Grove Inn , TFtco theiiefen < sits cornsieaced abusing him , -with a viqw , jaaiw jniud ) to make him fieht , ana fin ! - ^; that ftfljjifcey . "tontk him - sereral times ,, Mr . Benyon adTised them toretire and settle it amongst ^ liemsslTts as tbey appeared to be thopmates . They jypeed to pay 5 a . to the Infirmly , and the cost of the warrant , at ¦ which the complainant s ^ intd satisfied . —Rtishton Bo ' ji was charged Vixh assaul-ing his wife . The parties blamed each othei ^ and it appeared that it was not 4 he fiist tin * they ha 4 quarrelled . The raagistrateo adrised them to separate i ^ . they could upt lire peaceibly together ; they zgne $ W do so , the husband consenting that his wifts shuuld keep possession of the fam : tore .

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      I ^ UGUB- ? ROC&H . —TMsrlown aud neighbiiiir hood m ill attend , Iritii their brethren throughput tie connrj , ro rhe iiportaai bueiaes 3 o ^ Eiosi , WilliiaKJand J ^ nei" r « calL . ; They are goipg to iaeei on Monday , the . Jkb , MX thjw purpose , oa ^ fereh occasion therare to ha *^ a _ pgreesaon m honour-of that fc . Vble pariot , Mr . Jftbn GoQins , who is to attend and adciets the mee&ng . the Council hare been au-nciiig to this business for the . lasi iortaijght . They hopno s * &on that ^ dg , allfrieads of the ' cause of right a ^ iEsfc' might ^\^ io cumber " of members keeps increasing . ^ ' * . XJEIGHjpoii—On ilo ^ aj mornirg last , the adjourned discuaean of " a repeal of the Corn Laws onderpresrnt c ^ Lostwice 3 / Va 3 again resumed * t the W © ol I *» caln * ) Deigiton . Ah animated - $ a highiy-spirited Qjicusaon took place , which lasted BOS < leTeo o ' clock . - Ob Moxsat # sei 4 * & 6 sani ® E ^ ^ ' ineQue 5 " fern for dscassioB . } gV ?» " eaaihe Chartists obtain & Quner , vitioat ^ e aS | rf'fte middle classes /'

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      KEIQHLBY .- ^—CoitHOs I . vforhees . On Saturday last , » dfitti ^^ il attempt to fine the besrsellers , by nK * S . eF % & spy-system , took place at the Skipton Petty ? - ' Sesflons , which fortanately « aded in the defeat In the spies and their employers , thn old publicans . The parties employed in this low affair were John Smith , of Little Hortou , John Wade , of Bramley , and Wm . Wade , of Pudsey being i& portion of a company of miscreants under lhe command of the notorious Harrison . SHEFFIELD . —A Social Tea Party was held ia this town , on the 28 : h . Tho room vras tastefully

      decorated , and after appointing a zealous young chairman , the following toasts was given : —Sovereignty of the People ; O'Connor , Frost , Williams , and Jones , the company sitting in death-like sik-nce for two minutes . Whig Victims , Lovett , Collins , and O'Brien ; Chartist Pre-s ; the People ' s Leaders . The evening was ? p ? nt in the greatest harmony , several excellent Fongs , and recitations ¦ were given by Messrs . Buxton , Holmshaw , Frown , & . <• .. At theconclu ? ion three times thrte wa = f givon !'>> r O'Connor , three for O'Brien , and three for the YV'iug Victims . The meeting broke up at a late ho- ^ r , highly gratified with the evc-nin ^ s proceedinirs .

      HULL . —Catholic Guild and Total Absti . nenck Scc 1 r . 1 T . —The members . of these two important and iio :: ri-liin ^ societies walked in procession from the C 2 . ii . 0 Iic Sihool-ioom , Canning-street , to the Catholic CLipei , Jarrat-strfLt , on Chrismas Day , in order : o cricbrate , in a bceooiing manner , the religious ritts coiiLiecied wiih that solamnity . Hi ^ h ilass was . cdebraic-d by the R-. v . J . Cannaty , and an exuciieut . discourse " ~ as delivered , af ? er the reading of ; i . e Srss Gojpti , by vhe Kev . J . Kcnder . The text ' - " £ ¦ froti the Lnkt ii , 13 and 14 . After the sermon . iLt ia .- j r . bers of the pri > ca ? 5 ioi } , and several others parwok of t ' . ie Holy Sacrament , and at the conclusion of High Mass , the Rev . J . > .-eph Render , KandiEji in front of ihe altai , addressed a iViV words

      t-o iUe candidates for admission into the Total Abstinence Soeiety ; exhorting them to consider rhe obli £ a ; ion into which thev were about to enter , as a sacrifice to ihe honour and ^ lory of Almij ; h : y God , aod charging them to keep it inviolate an ' j unspotted . He then , in the moit solemn manner , administered the pledge 10 such persons as had come prepared to take it . The appearance of the procession was well calculated to do credit to those who" composed it . Tiie members of the Gut ^ - ' - head ^ i by Mr . T . Marshall , the w . * rdeii , &ad Mjs Terouy , the bur ^ r , were arravei in black < 3 oak ~ s , with crimson capes . The mtmoers of the Temperance Society wore whiie coilar ? and mfeaals . The whole formed a

      strik-» nu ; piciure of the benefits re .-ukiDj { from habii < of temperance and economy . As the recent form . ' . rion of ihe Giiiid ha 3 caiied public attviiP . on to those a ' uci « nt institutions , perhaps the following notice , copied from a document in the Trinity House , which b ? o b-. en handed to us by a young lady , may po .-soss iiae degree of interest : —** Ia the name of God , Arcen . On the 4 th day of the month of June , in 'he year of our L rd 13 C 9 , bemg the Grd of Edwd . III ., ivas bescua a cerjain frattrnity called the Guild oi 11 jly Tr ? niiy of K . ngiton-u ; x > n-Hul ) . The members to pay V ' . to shUlin ^ s in silver a-year , by four equal payments , and if any person be irreligious or defruuc the said fraternity , we will that two pounds of wax be * : ake" of h'm in aid of the said Guild . We order and _ stru-t " y enjoin that all of us be present at the church

      of Holy Trinity , as well as to carry the candle of our Guila ( as the custom is ) , not absenting or excusing ourselves under the penalty of one ptuud of wax , to be paid , &c . When any of the brothers or sisiers of the said Guild shall die , all the brothe r * and sister * shall be present at the dir ^ e , and at Mts making o 3 er : ngs then for the soul of the deceased , at lea * c within ; he first week . If any member becomes 4 nSriu and not able to support him . -eif or herself , he or she ^ hall receive of tho good ^ of the Guild every week eii ; hteenp * EC € , a 2 da ; thefea ^ t of St . Martin , one tan : 3 and a liule cap . " " In 1456 , a priest was supported in Trinity Church to say Mass daily and \ early for eTer , and a requiem , as the mariners cnnld rarely attend reh ^ ious duiie =. " To the ordinals , in tha Tr ; u ; ty House , the names of the founders are appended . — Correspondent .

      Inhepkndevt Oei > eb of Odd Fellows , iork-! shirk Umty . —On Sunday , December 2 > th , 1 V , V > . i •;; sv ^ rvis oi two hnndreJ oi' ihe brt-ti . ren relarji , - ' :. ^ ' " ' . he above ruity , r . »? emhl : 'd at the Lodge hcid at H : : Levees , Paul P y Tavern , vrhen a , -olemn ida .- ? - * -nas oeiivereQ by G . M . Hanby , i-o ihe bre ;) ire ; . ' , I " on - "he u -Cii : ^ n of ihe « eatn of Bro ; n .-r NichoKon , of the Ljy . il Kingston Lodye , Xo . 4 , Hull D : strict ; aftcT vrhicii , they proceeded to ihe hou ? e of their deceased br-. thcr , 10 pay the last tribute of rt .-pect , bj fol-^ iqt .-iz : ^ his mortal reuiair . s , acc-ompriiiied byeoJeran a-sd appropriate mu .-ic , to iheburiuiyronnd belonging . j th- Holy l'nnity Cnurch . After ih * - funf-ral rites were performed by the worchy V : car , the usual eere--n > nv vras resd by D . G . M . ' "VVebsier . duriuji wUkli h ¦ ^ reitest ¦ rder and decorum was observed , alter . vrJefc they walked in procession to the ubove-naiccj oci ^ e , and then departed to their respective home ? .

      ADJorRNTj } Inqu £ St oy the Bodv of Sarah Ja >" e Tuisiletos . —On Situraay morniug th- adjourned inquest on the body of Sarah Jane ^ TMs letos , who was killed by the accidem at tte UHJijck Br ; -ii ; e , HuJ ] , on Monday week , was held at tiu-. M i !;<;'"> n House . The jury , auer deliberat n . i , ' for sbove ha ' . f an hour , returnrd a verdict of ' 'Manslautih-:

      parsing of . carriages over the said bridge for from three t ^ 'fifje . nSntiies after it has been lowered ., so long a ^ ifrj&nains in its presen ; iaefticienc state . arnti urit Afe . c ^ Erriages should be compelled 10 pasgiMer in-line , a :, d in : hc ord ' . r in whicn they arriveisf - ;** feASJfSXiEy«—On Sa'nrday last , according to a-. m- unc- 'ment , Frank M ; i 5 eid ' s dinner came off at Mr . Pickering's Union inn . There were a gom ! L . u-ter 0 : "friends , and the dinner reflected thehii : ! :- " . creait on the worthy hos' . ess . After the cloth waremovctl . Frank MirficiJ arose , britfly thanking ti .--meeting for he ; rkina frien jJud , and ddirereu a rnoit im ^ rff ^ slve lecture on the brutal and tyrannical irtaime ::: " -vhicb natives of Britain receive in these wrrtebed i . 'jands . We do hope : hat the Exe < -u ; ve vr . ll take poor Mirfieid ' s ca ^ e in hand , and have his J ^ cture printed , so a ^ to enable him , after his t ^ n years of toil and suffering , to procure himself a livelihood .

      . Seb _ ioc 3 Accide ^ and Loss Life . —On Monday uizlit , a boy eight years of age , son of Mr . C . OstKirne , coachman to Mr . Jo = eph Woodruff , fiarnsley . went oui for a shovel full of coals , and fell into a well , which was clo ; e to the door , and wes drowned . EIBMISTGHAM . —rne National Charter Association held their weekly meeting in the Socialist Ha . il , Lawrence-street , on Tuesday , the 28 ' , h nit ., Mr . Rouse in the chair . The m . uutes of the last meeting beini , ' raad and confirmed , Mr . Candy delivered an able and talented lec ; ure on the Charter , and the necessity of uniting in the cause of freedom .

      He spoke m ^ re than an hour and a half , and sat down with much applause . Mr . Southwell , of Lonuon , the ^> c ; ahs : le ^ iiirer , addressed the meeting . A lefer b-.: \ £ read from our tried and uniVu-c ' uing champion , the caged lion of York , Feargus O'Connor , . t ! -q .. it vras moved and seconded " That a vote o ; tV . a-. ik * should be given to that noHle of nature , for { he encouraging letter just read . " It was then moved and seconded , That a vote of thanks be £ . iv n to the two lecturers ; " which were given with grejfcspplMise . After the lecture , many persons cizne forward and enrolled themselves , and took their cards of membership .

      Fhost , WiiiixKS and Jo . \ es . —The general committee of Birmingham held its usual weekly meeting at the Jerusalem Chapel School Room , . Newliall S ; ref t , on Tuesday evening last . Mr . H . Green in the chair . Mr . Frank Mirfieid was duly elected an honorary member of this committee . Mr . Roper was duly elected a member of the committee . Communications were reeeited from a number of places . The Demonstration . Committee has closed tts labours , aud the assemblingon New Year ' s Day , at Holloway Head , will , for arrangement , be equal to any held there . The town is well placarded ; no useless expe ; : ce has been gone into ; and the committee trust ihe whole country will remit their surplus fund ? forthwiih , to the treasnrer , J . Gnest , bookseller , S ' . eelhouse Lane , and all communications . Tne committees' balance-sheet is deferred on account of the £ xc « ssivelabonr of the secretaries .

      Mes . Roberts . —Cash received by James Quest , i < 3 , Steelhonse Line , Birmingham , for Mrs . Roberts : £ s . d . Acknowledged in Star , Dec . 19 4 2 8 B . Smith 0 2 6 Alloa , centre of districts 0 13 0 . Manchester , per Shorrocks ... 0 19 9 £ 5 17 11 MANSFIELD . —On Christmas morning , be tween two and three o ' clock , one of Messrs . Hollins and Co . ' f millswas discovered to be on fire , reducing the whole to a mass of smoking ruins in a few hours , and it was with difficulty that the book in the counting house was snatcflSd from the devouring flame . On Tnesday evening , Mr . Mason , the Midland Counties' Lecturer , delivered an address in the Charlist meeting house , at the top » f Bock Valley . Mr . Jameson informed the audience that a public meeting would be held on New Year ' s Day , on behalf of Frost , Williams and Jones . Thanks being voted to the lecturer and ch&iraau , the meeting separated . On Monday evening , the members of the Teetotal Society held a social meeting at Mr . Fenton ' s Temperance Hotel , Stockwell Gate . Eighty sat down to ui excellent tea .

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      TODBXOBDEK . — Ancient FobhstebsI—Cfo Friday , December , 25 , the members and brothers of the Court Goaaen , No . 520 , of the Ancient Order of Foresters , held their anniversary at ( heir Coun house , tho York T&Tera Inn , Todmorden , when abont 2 # 0 individuals sat down to an excellent and substantial dinner . BDCHDATiE . —Sunday Lectures . —In the afternoon , Mr . Smethurst , of Oldham , lectured on the position , prospects , and claims of the working classes

      to enfranchisement , and in the evening , Mr . Tillman , of Manchester , on organisation , the duties of the Executive and Local Councils . The lectures were attended by numerous and respectable audiences , who seemed deeply i * . itere 6 ted io-rvh » masterly exposition e : * ch-subject underwent . Sfitioh the adoption of weekly lectures , Chartism has made gigantic strides r . ere , fresh members are enrolled each week , and the Association is now stronger than at auy former period- ivlr . Greaves lectures on Sunday next , iu the afternoon .

      Accident . About five o clock on Tuesday morning ia-st , as a boy named Win . Mort , a ^ ed ton wears , wus proceeding to fetch his father ' s jacket iroiaan inner apartment witn a lighted candJe , he accidentally dropped the candle into a barrel containing 3 Gibs . of gunpowder ; the whole instantly exploded and blow the roof off the house , besides damaging the adjoining buildings . The boy was found amongst the ruins in an adjoining garden , dreadfully burned and inutilated , and died in great a ^ ony a '* nine o'clock on the following morning .

      HUDDERSFXELD . —On Tuesday evening , at the meeting of the National Charter Association , held in their room , Manchester Street , after the subscriptions were received , and the enrolment of a number of new members from the out , districts , arrangements were made for the meeting on | New Year ' s Day , and the missions of Mr . Leecn into this oUtriot , j » was agreed that he should vi « t and lecleie at Sin ii by Place , to give an opportunity 10 ali the district ar . jiind Honley , and otiier places in the lioif ' ibuurhood .

      O l : ; t House , Dr . c . 22 nd . —This day , a case of bast : ; - ' ,, of raiher a novel nature , came before the Bfcnc . _ . A young woman , named Sarah Steel Brook , of Loni , vov . d , was delivered 01 an illegitimate child in July lasc , lo Sninuel Brooke , son of Thomas liruoke , listing i ! . ik _ r and cloth manufacturer , of the same placi . FJ ' . 'jJ appeared for the female , and MivBarker tor Suuiu- ! Brooke . It may not he out -of place herfl to r < - -m : irk that there was very visible signs oj £$ " Consiiirai-y to prevent the youug woman affiliating , ; and that after Her examination , ( the order being signed by a number of Guardians ) one of their number tounu thiit he had dono eo inadvertently , and rei-rtst-meil tliu youn < j ivjinan iu an odious light to u

      few Guardians , ami i ; , furnu , l them that the youni ; man's father was a Very rcspi-ttable man ; that hu t ^ lU his eo n if he ¦ wo uld teii him whether the chllil wc 3 his or nut , he should tiu ' nk no worse of htm ; and ih it ; he youth told him it was not , whicb was quit * 1-r ^ uf enough that it woa not his ; by thi « and other s ' . ateiU'nta he induced two Guardians , along wii ! . himself , to scratch out the signatures they had just Hiaiie , thus spoiling the order . Another order wai prepared . The following werfe , after some explanati , n why the other waa so indecently spoiled , and after the Chainuan haii declared that he hoped that such cjaanct would not be repeattd while he rvas there , it w . ia stated that the real cause was that the Guardian

      alludeii to had a daugiiier mamert to the uncle of the youth , that both families worship at Saludine Nook Ci . aj-el , and were alarmed Jest a stain should be inflicted on oue of their members , and , through him , on the boay of Baptists . All means were tried to influence those in the employment of any of the families , and to restrain them from giving evidence in favour of the young woman . The doings are so extensive that it would require a volume to explain it ; therefore , suffice it to say , that af . er an hour of contention before the Bimch , ami much special plrading , false swearing , and indecent queitiouiag , aud consequent mirth , the inigi » tr . s . U-3 liechlet * tha : Samuel Walker should p . ' . y five shillings per week for the month , and two shillings Per % vet ) k after .

      Inquest . — A . n inquest was held on Monday last , on tne bj ' . iy of Mary Gai'flide , of Linthwaite , a pauper , who ; , ctnal : y Uie-i from wan :. The deceased was recei' -uiij l .- \ 6 d . v ¦ - i" wcrlc . EAWOETH .-Lfcture . —On Monday eveni . i ^ - Djueuiber 'Joth , Mr . William Holmes , of this plue-., dtiivoT . J a ! vjn ! ic lectare on " Geojijrsphy , ' . n it « i i 5 ap"i ~ t Sc ! : ocl Ilonui , We .-t Lane , in the cou ^ e of whi c h , ho m . » de some s ; Uy remarks about the Chartists .

      West Riding Council Meeting . —The We 3 t-Ricin ^ Council lit id 'hi-ir meeting on Sunday last , D ' .-c . 27 ih , : a tha A ' aiional Charter Association Room , over « ae co-optrdtive saore , L ) dW 3 bury , vrhen it wjj resolved , " T . a a requi-ition be got up , and pr ~ : ;> : ed jo iho Lurii-Lieutejiauc of the county of i -iv , r-ij . ipstini ; him to call a public meeting , for ¦ .:: - ¦ ; -:: rpo = t . 0 ? siieujoriali- ^ ing her Mujesty to dismiss iit-r iiieient JV / : n ; sicrs ( Uie peoplo having no conliiie : ; :-. iu thei : ) , and call to hur council men who w : ii uiaku tne People ' s Charter the Jaw of the . lrfW . i'hat we form aconiaiiitee of managementeMjd , t ^ t the following persons compose the sa ^ QMni ^^ : — Rev . W ' m . Hui , iMessrs . Hotisflo ^ 3 X&rmer , Iliin ^ -

      wonh . Jours , >\ hitb , Garn « ti , ' M >' eTB , and Knowles . Mr . Oeo . White to act a 3 secretary , and Mr . J . . iub .-. n , Northern Star office , to be the treasurer . Thuc u is i \ m ( i ^ iuii ) U of tlii s mtjetinj ; that no person o . ' h : t . j sit jii-tht ; Executive Council who is not a mciuburof the jSut ' gnal Charter Association . That me lioxi Council m « 'ftt . iu {; be held on Sunday , the 17 th oi Jiimury , Ili 4 l , in the National Charter Association , Fiali . Snambles , Leeds , at ten o ' clock in the morning . " Alter a vote of thanks was fjivsn to the C : ia : rnidn , the meeting separated .

      DETVsBiitY Disteict . —Mr . Leech , from Manchester , the West Riding missionary , visited this district Jast week . On Wednesday evening , Dec . 23 rd , bfr lectured at Gawthyrpe ; on Thursday evening , at Wukefield ; on Friday ( Cnristmaa Pay ) , at Dewstjury , in the xVatiunal Charter Association Room , wheu the room was crowded to suffocation ; oa Saturday , at Balky ; on Sunday evening again at Dewsbcry ; and on i \ Jon < iay evening , at Cnickenltiy . Mr . Leecli has given great satisfaction iu this di .-tr ' cr

      BEADFOED ,-VVo understand the admirers -f inputs FiiiiL wiil me ; -t at the house of Mr . 1 ; ol . -borouj ; h , G ^ oJman&eiid , 011 Saturday evening , tJie J , ; d : n ^ i J : lt , a : e : gh : o ' clock , for the purpose vt makm ^ arrangerncnis for having a dinner on the 2 ' Jih of January , in commemoration of the birth-day of that nob ] . ' of nature . — Correspondent .

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      On Saturday , the 19 th ult ., between eight and nine , as M . Vincent ^ lil ' . iou , a merchant of Lyons and deputy uiavor of Li Gaillut ' tre , was ret ' . iniicg home with his son , a lad of ten years of age . v ^ hom he had been to fetch , and was not far from hia residence , he was suddenly accosted on the Quai de Retz hy three men , one of whom , looking him plump in the face , exclaimed , " Here ' s our bankrupt . " M . Million instantly observed that there must be some misUke , as he had never been

      a bankrupt , but his obwrraxion yr&s unheeoed , and the other replied , " >' o , na ^^ we are not mistaken ; we will make you pay your debts . " These words were n « sooner said than one of the ruBLiE 3 knocked down younjj ; Millioa , while " a comrade treated his father in a similar manner . W&fin ii . Million was down the thrae villains caugfit hold of him and carried him off to the river , and placed him , in spite oi his resistance and cries , oa board a small boat , which had been lying there for the six daya previous , and rowed down the stream as fast as they coald go .

      The-victim " s shouts , " help , murder , " soon apresid alarm along the b-uiks of theriver , and the sentinel on duty at ihe Pont du Concert , ordered the men to land , if they did noi wish to be fired &t » The men merely said that they were going to scop at L » Guillotiere , and , heedless of the threat which the sentinel had made-, and which he could not execute , his musket not being loaded , continued to row on . The stifled cries of M . Million were still heard opposite the Customhouse , bnt that was the last time The Lyons journals , aud private accounts of the 23 rd , afi ' jnl us ihe following t ' . etails of the treatment of M . . Million after he . vas carried off : —

      " The boat in which he was placed , on reaching Ternay , was run on shore . He was made to land , and taken into a vineyard , where he was compelled to write to his wife , desiring her net to send the police in search of him , as his life depended on her remaining quiet . Foot liiarks in the snow an < l a candle end were left , and indicated that a halt hail been made at this spot , hat no further traces could be discovered . Between eleven anJ twelve o ' clock the same night , the four confederates arrived at a public-house , in a lonely situation near Ternay , much frequented by smugglers and other persons of bad repute . Here M . Million was taken down into the cellar , and bound to a stake , while the chief of the band , a dealer in wood at Yaise , named Poncet , stood over him with a hatchet , another being near him , while the remaining two kept watch upon the master of the house , who was not in the secret . It was in this cellar , and under threats of instant death , tnat M . Million wrote a letter to his

      wife , desiriijg her to send 10 , 000 f . for his ransom . This was to be transmitted by a man belonging to Yaise , who was described , and who was to wait near the Pont de Givors , when the obscurity of the night would admit of the exchange of the prisoner for the money without discovery . In the mean time the master of the public-house , having beard of the disappearance of M . Million , and suspecting Ida guests , became alarmed , and contrived to gi ? e information to a garde- champetre , wno immediately : conveyed it to the gendarmerie at Givors . The ¦ qoartlirznaster immediately hastened with his meal 'to the house , and , having completely surrounded it , broke open the door of the cellar , and found Poncet still standing over bis prisoner with the hatchet . He was quickly disarmed and secured . M . Million , who was bound hand and foot on a miserable bed , was of course released . Unfortunately the three accomplices of Poneet contrived to effect their escape . Madame Million wu i « the utmost anxiety as to the means of trans

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      mitting the ransom , the man who brought the letter h * vlBg refused to undertake the charge , when a gendarme arrived in full speed from Givors , with the news of the delivery of her husband . At nine in the evening , M . Million was in the arras of his family /* The Reparateur ef Lyons states that Poncet arrived there in the morning of the 20 th , and was immediately forwarded to prison at Roanne . Poncet is the nun against whom M . Million , as judge of the Tribunal of Commerce , delivered a decree , and for which he bore him a grudge .

      The master of the public-house to which M . Million was carried , accustomed to receive suspicions characters , seemed to take no notice of the victim , but assisted in conveying him down into the cellar , and fastening him to a girder it * the w » H . Poncet here made himself for the first time known to M . Million , btood over him with his hatchet , and , ia the most opprobrious and gross terms , threatened to murder him , and throw ' him into tho Rhone , or bury him iu the cellar , if he did not secure to him 50 , 000 francsone half the sum which , aa Poncet pretended , he had

      been robbed of by unjust judgment M . Million , however , firmly resisted , and fifteen heurs after . his capture , that is in the middle of the next day . ^ ie was removed into an upper chamber , and offer « J aoinu nourishment , but he declined taking anything but a glass of wine . . Poncet then allowed him to lie down on a bed , still remaining by his side armed with the hatchet . Notwithstanding all the horrors of his situation , M . Million , exhausted by bodily and mental fatigue , slept for a short time . Poncet afterwards reduced his demand to the 10 , 000 francs , ^ r wtvleh M . Million consented to sent the order to his Wife . 7 i £

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      DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN RATCLIFF- ' 5 ¦ HIGHWAY . total Destruction of aUlarge sugar-house--skvehal of the fire bjugade sekiovslt UNJUIIED . ' : ' On Saturday morning , about eight o ' clock , a most , dreadful aud destructive fir& $ irokfl out in the immensflf pile of builriiDgs formiDg ttw $ jrogar-bou 8 e of MessrtiJ Goodhart and Son in Rttteiltf-highway . Thoy were eight or nine stories in height , and overlooked the emire neighbourhood . It appears that at six o ' clock in the morning the workpeople came to work , and at half-past seven o ' clock left the premises to go to breakfust , at -which time the place seemed perfectly safe , All of them left except one , who had his breakfast brought to him , and while he Ays partaking of it in some adjoining premises , he dnBbVered smoke issuing tromond of the third floor wiujRwa pf that part of the and the

      sugar-house facing Peuning ^ a-iatireet London Docks . He instantly ran td a public-house iu the neighbourhood , wltere * fciB ; - fellow-workmen were at breakfast , i-. nd told them o ^ 'the cironmstance , adding , he feared that the place vras on fire . They at first considered it as impossible , but proceeded to tho spot , and , to their astonishment , found the whole of the third floor of the building in flames . They attempted to get on to the floor , but they munti it entirely impracticable , and they were compelled to run out of the premises for their lives . The alann was immediately raised in the neighbourhood , and the scene that followed amongst the inhabitants and the people living : near the spot ia beyond description .

      Hundreds rushed to render assistance , but so tierce were the fliines , that it was out of all human powtr to arrest their progress . They extended from story to story with aniaaing rapidity , and within 20 minuteu the whole of the upper portion of the building presented one entire blaze . The ruofeent that the alaria was given , information was carried by one of the inhabitants to the fire brigade station inWeU-close-square , woioh is aitoato within 200 yards of the fire . The englues were turned out , and immediately proceeded to the spot . i'h * y were as Boon as possible got into opera *' tion , but the , firemen had considerable dlfflcuHy < ih » obtaining a position to play into the fire , in oousetitrenc of the loftiness of the ouilding and its confined situation . In a fevf ininutes after the anrivnl of < the abov « - namad engida , a powerful body , ^ the H tttvision of police came up ,, headed by their sopei-intendent , Mr .

      Pearco , and numerous inspectors of the division . They cleared the streets , adjacent to the spot , and blockaded them up , for the purpose of allowing ample room- for the operation oi the firemen . Shortly after th ^ engjnt ) and brigade men frot ^ itbe station : ^ in JefTnjy ! - ^ qn 9 it , arrived , and other akl jfrpm Watflng-street , Bahobit Ugage-lane , WhiteoroM-stteet , F ; irrins > don-str © et , Holborn . fc ' outhwark-bridge-road , and MoTig : n-laufl stations , ruftflhed the . scene of destruction . very shortly after Numerous other engines belonging , ** - the parish oi' St . Cteorge-iii-the-Eust , and the London ancl . St . Kathi : vi » e ' a Dtaks , arrivej } « b the spot lu the- inebqtinie , and were brottght to pl&y ba t ^ 0 b ^ rnins property ; ; , Long before nine . O' cJiwJkthB jsugarrnou-e , from the basei ' nent-to the roof , w ^ af . Mlim ; aud altnou ^ h by that Varl ( H \ nof « wer thau twelve large engines vrerW ^ teW * ing thbir utmost power ? into the biij ^ g ^^ Mmi to have n . < it tho slightest effect > A ** t «|| lfeMao it > aS discovero 4 that the 4 «^ . iil <^ e ^< iWdeSfethe < lweUijig-Iiimioo nf Ma r * ± < 61 lLm ~ t ' , i / f )! , « ' in »• . (' jl ) iff" l . i . rh . roxt unit the

      also to thjfe ^§ t ^ iTO-h « 030 aa < i dweiling of foreman gf ^ &tprlmlaes adjoining . These premises were three ijEtaHef ^ high , ' and in Itas than a quarter or an fmijr j@Ky were burned to the grouDd . The appearanct ^ jf the tire by ten o ' clock was most alarming , and tbrtaiteued the neighbourhood with destruction ; but in h&Jf an hour after , the fir-iiiien got the better of the terribli ! element , and prevented it occasioning further destruction than above stated . The engines , however , continued to throw torreuts of watur ou the iia \ ues during ihe day . A frightful accident occurred at about ten minutes past nine o ' clock , by the eastern wall of the sugar-house giving way , and falling on several flvenwn ,

      who were beneath . Tho poor felloip , four ^ in uuiiiner , * namqj 2 y , Robert Loailtr ^ btsiougin ™ to Watling-street atttti ^ p ; lUchardllarrjb , Joseph Arxholo , and auother ihhteqigiagw vV * eJ 5-clos 9 « Qu ; ii-e , ^? ere st anding uii'ier an eStnsiye , 8 ned , twlonging to . Mr . Branton , ginger-beermakcr , ailjoining Mr . Gooiihart ' s premises , directing "the , stream from the engine branches into tho sugarhouse , through thu lowtr windows of the premises . They were warned that the wall was falling , and they were endeavouring to escape , when the whole wail came down and buried them under tho roof of the

      ihed . It was nearly u quarter of an hour before the poor fellows could tra dug out of the ruins « ving to the intense heat . Loader was dreadfully crushed aud burned , and one of hia legs broken in several-glace *' . Tho others were also grc-atly injured and uurnml , iand they were all immediately token to Guy ' s Hospital , where they stiil remain . Loader has had the broken leg amputated . He is a young mun , and but recently married . Siuce the above was written un inquiry has been gone into by the insurance offices as to the cadse of tho fire . It appears that thare has been no fire in the sugar-house for several days past , nor hav ^ s there been any lights whatever in tho building . Suspicions are entertained that the fire has not be « a an accident . The lois ia very great ; it is estimated at £ 25 , 001 ) . The property is insured to the extent of £ 10 ' , 000 in the Scottish Union and Imperial tire offices ,

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      IRELAND . Appalling Catastrophe and Outrage in Dublin . —A circumstance of a most fatal and horrifying nature ' took plaoe on the morning of Christmas Da ) , iu the > Catholic Church of St . Nicholas Without , Francis-street , Dublin . At the first mass , which was celebrated , according to custom on that festival , at six o ' clock in the * morning , an alarm was given by some ruffian or ruffians that the gallery was falling ; and the inhuman miscreant who originated the cry at the same instant broke a , stick , which

      he had concealed about him , to make it appear that one of the beams had cracked . This took place at the most solemn period of ' ihe sacrifice—the church bainj { as the time densely crowded—and in a moment a , seen * of indescribable confusion ensued . Some unfortunate people jumped from tho gallery , and at dreadful rush was made by all towards-tho doors ; a great number wore trampled under foot , and severely injured ; and we hear with pain that five or six persons have actually been killed on the spot , or have since died of their bruises .

      Tempxjuncb in thb ii . oa . iH . —The temperance movement is gradually spreading in Ulster . A con-Biderable number of persons adapted tho pledge last week in the counties of Dovn ^ and Gavan . Q'Connell ' s Popularity . —Nat fiv , e Liberal merchants " of standing in Belfast will meet Mr . O'Cohuelt at a repeal dinner . The Catholic primate has refused to attend such a dinnor , and the va .-t majority of the Catholic clergy and gentlemen of Ulster will follow the example . —Belfast Chronicle .

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      ¦ : » a v , Bli > dness . —We ^ are rather sttrprised to foam that Mr . Baxter , the o ^ nlisti | haa not met ivith that encouragement here & » wm indue ©; him to remain much longer in-Liverpo <» J |; , > A 9 'we have taken the trouble to inquire into tjMJ raer ^ s of several cases raantioned in his advertiseiaent , and as wo have as ' oerfcained that the Btai'enients put forth are all perfectly true , we can with confidence recommend him to the notice of thoso afflicted with blindness . We h ^ ye conversed with several of his patients , and from ( alb we nave learnt that they have recovered , or atis gradually recovering their sight , by means of the remedies he

      applies . These are so simple , so easily applied , and attended with bo little pain , that we should think that it amounts almost to a duty , in those who have foiepd 9 ) who are deploring the loss of sight , to place them under his care . One man he has now under his care , jwhom we have seen , has been blind for many years , and can now just discern ^ * piece of money at a faw feet distance . We are quite confident that if Mr . Baxter were to be taken by the hand by a few influential persons * it would be found that he is able to fulfil whatever he professes . He is a plain kind of man , but his system isj we think , foundijd upon truth , and truth cannut tnjt-liverpwl Staii . Christmas Chbeb to 1 M PooS . —Xto itttoates in the WorkJrouse belongjdupo the ^ iehm oM Uniaii were on Chrktma « -dfty ^|[ Stt ^ Uf stipplied . according to tha old English onstom , yjnth roast beef and plum pud ^ ing ^ i ^ at tte' $ xperiee of the Union , but by a subsciiphgawijBvMew of the benevolajt inhabitants of -Wlljpj ^ '* VV \ J . '*; , ¦ " ' ' *? ^ - V ' " " ' - .-' - - * ' . ¦"' ¦ ¦ '* - ' ' ^ ¦ " - ; 'Wi -T . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ '" ¦ '

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      I Murder of one Child , and am Attempt oir Another . —Thirteen weeks ago , a child of George Simpson , a respectable inhabitant f > f this town ( Dunfennline ) took ill ' one afternoon and died before tvro o ' clock . The child was a girl of six years of age , and had always been very healthy , and although cut off so suddenly , no suspicion seems to have entered the minds of any , that there bad been foal play , until the beginning of last week , when a young girl , the siBter of the deceased , aged ten years , having been most brutally beaten and abuHed by Brtty—— , a woman who has acted as servant maid to George Simpson foe two years , his wife being dead , went and complained to a neighbour , and finally , by peraua-~ iou , threats , and promises , disclosed the following

      piece of monstrous cruelty and barbarism : —Thirteen weeks ago she was sent by Betty ' to a dyer ' s , ' named Wilson , for a quantity of x > lue vitriol , professedly to dye a shawl ; she aftorwardg , on the day her sister died , saw the wretch put some of it intoher brother ' * and sister's porridge . The boy tqot ; one spoonful and spat it out on his clothes , aud it burned a hole in his apron ; the little giri ata more of the poisoned food , but not sufficient as the monster had thought , for about half an hour after , when'tbe girl reque&teU a drink , she mixed more of the poison , in water , and held her mouth until she gwallowed it . The consequence was , that she died in a short time .- The woman , or demon rather , u ? ed fearful and awful

      language to the other girl that if ever she told what she had seen , her \ armv . eyes ,-and . lo ^ s would rot off . The ; £ o , pi > equence of this threat upon so young a mind mSjf bi imagined . She has been haunted by strange faitdio ^ since about her k-gs and arms rotting off , and fv ^ as with diiScnlty she would reveal what she &W . So fa ^ th ^ kirl ' d story is correct , for the body QfJne murdeijfl ^ liild w ^ s disinterred on Saturday last , and wasreXpnined by the faculty . The same poison was / jrojfiind in the stomach carrying on its destructive War * fc upon the putrid mass . The dyer , Wilson , ajQifcnpwledges having given the poison , and a small j ^ rjIfconUiiniitf part of it was found iu the house . ^ i ^ The woman id in gaol , and has undergone an examination betoro the sheriff , . and , we believe , will be tulfycomiDitted for trial . —Stir / ing Observer .

      Extbnsive Fire at Chatham—Threb Thousand Pounds' worth o ? 'Property Deitroyed —Chatham , Sunday Night . —This morning , about two o ' clock , the inhabitants of Chatham were aroused from their beds by ah alarm yf "fire , " which was raised by the watchmen patrohng the High-street . A number of the townspeople proceeded iu the direction of Hammond . rplace , and it was discovered that an immense body of smoke was ripin ^ from the extensive ost ^ blisljui int of Air . Daniel West , a linen a » d woollen , ( dr 4 t » er , who carried on a very large and lucrative business in the High-street . The clouds of smoke appeared to ^ scena from the lower part of the premiiies , and jp Very short time the names burst forthfroia 4 . be nlrot tho e-itablishiaent

      with terrific fury , threaten ™ devastation to alwke surrouDding property .- A ^^ fabor of wooden &&-mehts abutted iipou ih ^ ion ^ Kand for some tiioV u was thought that thdy moB « have inevitably been engulpbacb . in the d 6 woavJnu « enient . It ivas with the utmost difficult * ., that -raw inmates of $ he house could be aw ^ kene * to a sense o [ their impending danger , and the $ rSt who presented her .- ^ t was a female servant r who ; tpame down stairs in * state of nuany , and was carried by a man into MryLncasV , the Cross Keys public-house , which is uirectly opposite and sue was so dreadfully agitated with frignt'that it required strong restoratives to bring her tj 6 i- '' -. Tvro yonng men in the service of Mr . West made their escape bytbtfstairzase , which fortunately

      ran up . by the Hide ortho building : and had it not . beeji |^) r this easy mo ' db of egress , the destruction of hujp ^ t lifo must lutve ensued . The fire hail been ragiisijjfcneatly three quarters of an bpilr when the ongiuflS belonging to the Sun Fir « fto 1 nlfle ; . and the ' Ke %£ waty--Fir 4 -Establishment ; s » nd xh $ 6 the oue iirbm ' GoJ ' onel-. , B . ^ 8 t ^ brewery , arrived ; , » nd , after sotafi d ^ ffiifulty ia . oofauniug water . In c . oi ^ quence of the ^ vJpJty o $ ; wkI Trbi ^ t , > they co * fiimeue | d fl laylug ' mp&i efffectiiafljp ^ ion the burning pile ^ i ' The"water was supplied inr : barrels brought by » fi | number of drays from . ColonelB «^ brewe % , anjplrg . Hulk ' s ^ the proprietress o ^ Ae , Ciathanj || RBWMy . : 'i ! iie progress of the flame ^ Wj 2 : reaHy-p ^ g | 4 by the p ^ - caution of keBpi ^' ti ^ d ^ p door aHfotoer inletsio were

      tho biiildiagoloac ^ f + m as soofl 4 fl ^ y thrown open for th « p « rp ^/ o ^ adni itfiiafWie hosef . of the engines , the shop a ^ fi lower wm oi the premises presented one mass / of flame . ^ Ke military from , the garrison were , soon after 'htf" ©*) was discovered on the spot , and rendered m . QK-iemcient service under the able and excellent ^ rangemohts ' ot' Adjutant iihok .- The taojily j ^ flP " . West were spending the holiday 3 at the hojuig&j ^ r . Cruiidall , at Maidstone , and it 13 w $ W * 2 SMHwffi $ tQ 1 originated , from-a-self . consumiD ^ jgra ^ f ¦ $$ M ^ p becoming . 0 wr-h . eat . edi S& ! 0 mj $ W ™* "" «* : ¦ & # & o ' cloek to be nearly red | WBg ^*(? xpreaB was isent yesterdaf morning to Tflrdgiiauit Mr . West of tae ; . calamity .-: ; , The : viijiiftble rtnek-in-trade ,. it is uudersiood , is insured in the

      phoenix Fire-omee , to the amount of * 3 ^ p ,. bH £ the destruction of . property is saidf to far exceed that amount . Abortion of the property and stock wae roiaored to the 0 hest Arms Ta , v 6 rn , inthaiieij ^ aoitri hood . Thb Jftfiise belongs to » geutleman j'eaiding in Cheapside , Xbndoti , and it i ^ nijt known tyfothe r ; or not it j ? iusured . At one period of the jnoinina fears were eutertuiried that the wrioleof the hons « * i coutiguoua to that of Mr . West would be destroyed , an they are chiefly composed of wood . The premises of Mr . West present a tearful instance of the devastating results of -casualties by ftre .- ^ &cit&ty Night , eight o'efooi . —The lire ha 3 been completely jjot under , and the neighbourhood has assumed its ' wonted quiet .

      Destructive Fire at Woolwick . —About a quarter before one o ' clock , yesterday morning ( Christmas-day ) , a fire broke out in one of the bedrooms of tho houso No . 2 , Clarence'terracev Waolwich Common , belonging to Sir , Willianv Cox , and occupied-at tho time by Airs . Stratfield . It is said the fire originated by the curtain ' s of the bed igniting by coining in contact with the candle of one of the inmates about to -retire ' to feat . On the alarm being giveDj Inspector Coliins and constable 207 R were promptly on tho spot , and endeavoured to

      extinguish it , but were unable to do eo from the want ol water , on acconnt of the intense frost . The fire continuing to -spread , the drums of the ftoyal Ar cillery annonuced to the garrison , that the assistance of the men was required ; and , in a very short time , the fire-engines were brought to the spot , ably manned by those appropriated for that purpose in case of danger . The want of water was , however , so severely felt , that it was impossible to arrest the progress of the flames ; and the utmost exertions were then made 16 secure the

      property , which was removed to the common , and a strong guard of the 61 sc regiment placed to guard it . In addition to the engines belonging to the garrison , others arrived from London ; and a plentiful supply of water having by that time been obtained , the fire was checked , but not before it had totally destroyed four houses , and damaged two others . The sufferers by this event are Lady Maclean , No . 1 ; Mrs . Stratfield ,, ^ ISif ^ Nfhere the--fire broke out ; Major ChaigrSrs , ' No . 8 ; M | s- PaCerson . No . 4 ; MissWj jjffiir , No . 5 ; and MrsiwEwan , No . 6 . The greaij ^ w cr odit is due to all for their exertions on this occasion . exertions on tniSj occasion .

      The Largest Steamer Yet . —The Great Western Steam Ship Company are now bui . ldiag , at Bristol , England , ato iron steamer , for the New York trader tvhi ^ h it is said will be - the largest ship ever built . We find the following particulars in relation to her iu our English papers : —She will register abaut 3 , 000 tons , brit heractual tonnage will exceed 3 , 600 * An immense favj ^ in stowaga will be gained in eonsequenee ^ . ' ^ OTyrthe adoption of iron ior her hull . wlnlsfWber draught of water will be compara ' tiveiT '' small , owing to the great buoyancy posses ^ a by iron vessels . Sha will consequentlybe . able to carry coals sufficient ' , for her outward aud homewalrd passages . She is " , to bepropelled b ' y Smith ' s screw propeller , instead of . the common paddle ^ wheels . Her engines are to be " of 1 , 000 horse power , and it Is confidently expected that the average voyage across the Atlantic will be reduced to ten days . She will carry a vast spread of canvass , so that m all probability the engines will frequently be at rest ; The restiMf # f : tbisgigailtic experiment will be looked for with much interest . If its success equals the fanguine expectation of its projectors , other steamers will undoubtedly be immediately constructed on the samo plan . —American paper .

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      This duy ^ £ alurday , Jan . 2 nd , 1841 , is Published " $$ ¦* Price Sixpence , , r ¦ ¦ - ¦ t- No . I . of ^ THfcEOPLE'S Ml ^ AZINE V •/• ' ^ rW ^ 'i MON 1 HLY JOUltNAt OF RELIG ]^ te > OLITICS , / ANI ) LITERA . TURE . I T v §* , EDITED BY . - >~ ir " : ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ •¦

      JOSEPH BAYNER STEPHENS . " CONTENTS : —Thoughts < ffx the Times—Homely \ J ReadingB from the Holf Book—The Old English Yeotaan ( Poeuy )—The Mdnki a Tale from the Swedish of Karl Aug . ¦ Nicander—The Crumb Basket ; or , Scraps ftonv * my Letter Drawer—Present State of the Peoples-Intolerance Rebuked —Feelings betweeua the '• Rich and the Poor—Owenisffl—The Papiirte ^ SlownesB of National Reforn—The People ehould be Amused—The New Poor Law ( Poetry)—" What are we to do !"—He always went to Church 1 ( Poetry)—Tiding * and Tokens—Moiftth by Month . ^ . / iejKls : PriOte 4 > nd Published by J . Hob 3 on , at S ^ Generftl Printing and polishing ^^ ffioefl , ITMarket Street , Briggate , * t > udon ^ 4 ) - 4 . i . Cieaye , f m ^^^ xeet ^ Ma ^ hMUtft ^ Hey wood / 6 O ^ h * m- «^ et . Soid » l 6 oby » UBooka < jlle ra , ¦ ]'' - %$$ 0 te £ . . " ¦ ' .. * , _;

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      PRICE TWOPENCE . n RE AD the FLEET PAPERS , br Ricauuv Oistlee . Published every Saturday byiPavev Holywell Street , London , and to be had « f « U Booit ' sellers and New 8 vende » . \^ v"" " . V ' ' - - ; - : - ¦ . - ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' v- ^ -. v - - ¦ ¦> . ; ¦ :

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      BUN 23 NESS . TlvTR . BAXTER , Oculist , may be consulted daily JLYL-.-at iio , 37 , Warren Street , Copperas Hill , Liverpool , upon all cases of OPHTHALMIA , or Inflammatiftns , Specks , &c , Am " aurosis , ; or Dimness of Sight , without Blisters , Bleeding , VSeton , Issues , or any restraint . of Diet , or Busiuess . ?¦ -, ; . ¦ T ESixwxnus : .. . ¦ : 1 . »^ Mtiu . BAXTgB .- -F , or the good of the Public , I - here | hserL thiS I feftl great pleasure in informing yon , that ' 'infA $ j $ , of which I was bliDid , is quite . ' 8 touti * ndVafrf < 6 ^ « aaMUim 0 , of returning you my grateful aokuowledgjntats for your kind alteatioD , andihe high state , of , j ^ fection to Which you have , ; , brought it in so short a period . —Giv ^ n in my own , hatift-vrtitfnc 4 his ^ fet day of December , 1840 . ¦¦

      " "' > " "STEPHEN M'DONALD , ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦ " tr Blake-street , Liverpool . " 2 . " - ^ SiHy-i-Boing blind three years previous to thft time 6 £ placing , myself under your care * I feel myself happy in being able to return you my best thanks for the satisfactory <; ure you have performed on mj . eyes iii the course of three mouths , and , I Say arfd , with scarce any pain . —Given in my eyfp handwriting this 2 ist day of Deceinberj 1840 . ^ JOSEPH M'DONAEp , " Blake-street , Copperas-hill ; LivarpooL "

      3-. "Sir , —Bein ? afflicted with the Ophthalmia-for TweHe Year n s , and at intervahj blind for Six .- . and 'iSi ^ Lt'Mpaihs . together , previous to placing jpyself jindfer your care , and I feel it my ^ duty , for the good of dthers t ( that is bfind ) to / return my eiricere an 4 hearty thanks for the perfect care you have tt # derf atyyEye ^ in ^ o . Bhort a time after b ^ n usdqr advice ' ftrr so ttiSMy ; years , ' Gben in my hand-writing this 23 rd day of December , 1840 . "JOHNfiTOBIN , . . ' ¦ ' ^ o . < I < Mill LaneV"Hnnter Street , 'Liverpool . ' ?

      N . NJ—Mr . B . can give a number of perfectly Satisfactory References in Liverpool , ' and his Terms unSBto ^ frr this Winter * vrillrfae iOs . and £ 1 , with every pirec'ioris for use to any part . No Lettera answered without one of those Remittances , and he will Challenge the World to prepare bo safe a Medioine . ' Early application is necessary . Mr . B ' s . Home Residence ia Bridgeman'a Place , Bolton , Lancashire . - /

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      Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , December 29 , The b ' . ippliea of all kinds of Grain to this day ' s market are small on account , of the contrary wind keeping the vessels from the south from making their passage . Mew cWbteat has been in good demand , and Is . per quarter higher ;• also afaic demand for Old . The best Barley -bag . supported ^ last week ' s prices , but no improvement in , other descriptions . OatB , Shelling , and Beans , very little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING December 29 th , 1840 . Wheat . ; Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peas . Qrs . : Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qr 8 »^ Qrs , 4428 . 1413 996 0 - „ 226 ^; ilOO £ s . d . £ : s . d . £ ^ . d . £ a . d . £ s .. d . £ 8 . d . 3 3 31 1 14 ' ^ fS ' -S 0 0 0 -2 3 l ( ft 1 17 GT

      Lekds Cloth Markets . r- Oa Tuesday , the . last market in the year , there was wliat may be called a fair share of business done , thdii ^ h not many of the principal bnyers were present ; there was not bf any means a large quantity of goods taken into the Cloth Halls , and the stocks are not large . In the Warehouses , there is a fair business doing to order , though Very trifling on speculation . HupDERSFiELD . Cloth Market , Dfie . , 29 . — Our Cloth Market to-day has presented an knusual appearance of briskness in the Hall at this season iChristmas week ) ,: many 8 a ^ 8 , h « wi ng . been effected both in the faucy and plain , cloth trade . Many

      orders have been given , and the warehouses l ) Pgia to assume , an appearance of ' briskness / Prices remoin much as usual . The Wool market remains firm , aud prices have a tendency upwards . - ' Salfoed Cattle Market , Wednesday , Dec . 30 . —There was a better show of good beef and muttoa to-day than on the previous market dayj and though thie . was the case ,. and with some quantity uiasoldat the close of the day , still both prim& beef and mutr tori werera little dearer , nevertheless we do not alter " our quotationsft ^ yu thosft of last w eek . ; Bes t beef , 6 Ad . to 7 d . ; inferjor , . ^ d . to 6 id . Prime mutton , 6 ? , d . to 7 £ dr . ; ewes and inferior , " 5 § d . to 9 $ d . per lb . sinking the offal .

      Richmond Corn Market , Dec . 26 . —W « had ft ; very thj& eupBJy . of . Chrain in our market to-day * Wheat sold-from 7 s . 3 di to & » . ; Oats , 2 s . 8 d . to 4 at- . 3 d . ; Barley 4 s . to 4 s . 3 d . ; Beans , 5 s . 6 d . to 6 ag&-per bifshel . Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Dec . 28 . —Tiie supply of Cattle at market to-day haa been moderately large for the season of the year , and the quality , on the average , middling . The number of Sheepjwas somewhat about the same as last week . Therewaaa good attendance of buyers and dealers ,

      and Beef in brisk demand at about last week ' s prices . Good wether Sheep were in fair request , but the middling and ordinary qualities were not so much sought after . The very best Beef was sold at near 7 d . varying from thet down to 6 d . with some of inferior qualities at a little less . Good wether Mutton may be . quoted at 7 d . middling 6 . } d . ordinary and Ewes 6 d . The market , upon the whole , may be considered a selling one , as the greater part of the Beef was sold up , but there were some ordinary Sheep . "left unsold at the close . Number of Cattle 1033 ; Sheep 4721 .

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      * £ OX OTTR LOXDOS CaKELBSfOjiSBK ? . Thurxiay 'Evening , December 51 , Quarter past Seven . . ifOTHOK } Astir . ' —This , the last day of ihe year 1340 , i £ dropping iito the aby .-s of - time gone by , " raj pla * * iij 5 indeed , everybody seems to be « ixk > C 5 ] y- ' ^ 2 i . cb : ng for ! : ? exh , for such is the debve ?? of business prevalent for the last few days in the -metropolis , tnat , in the Irishman's pb . rps ^ , ** ta «* is noihiJg stirring bnt stagnation ; " while , as regards the ou ' . dnuncs' ocenpation , there are no * drt ^/ feil marders , " " alarming fires , " nor even ** darn 4- Tobieries , " tcorth speatsin ^ of ; bnt both of SO iufcgE ^ ficin : a calibre , "_ na ; the business of the

      ^** d ^ kdrol acciden ;" -m ^ A -er , who must live . re 3 &jtles , jast now , the ocenpruion of a spi-it-r , — spiaSSEg- lines out of iiimst-::, to procure rood : Djtwrfei's 502 g , "How hard i : is to vfrite ; ' bu : he never ka ' ew what i ; was to fefl called upon to-irHfc , "wKen Central Listlessness had laid Eic- . -js upon tat tows , &ad placed an smoiT ^ o 0 : 1 a ]] topics "bar can he wiiUea uboui . Zs ' est w- ^ -i , h-jwt-vtr . th . ^ rii " . e of tSa ' fs must change ; - -o . iery wHi ' mike xce " ifDfTf' ihe amende hor . oi : "ci / t ; ; .: ;¦ _ DrWf |> ape ? wryttf , wil have pieuty ! o co ; n uitwiy of" tik : n ^ note ~ . ( sot those 01 : he old lidv of Threadr . tedie

      SJreaf " . whils new 5 yjpeT rtad ^ rs will ttcU employs ; . sa convert ^ ibose bo : c-s 13 : 0 spe- ' it . FraB-rOn Chrisimasni ^ hi , ssr- that inrca : / r . eu ^^;*| Brtfer % J 4 e . de 6 » uction of property br .- > ke out in iJ ^ P > V % jifrsrot , Qerkenvr-::, a ; * ihe b . ck y thu ^ liliiB ) aa 5 rtesttisea in Si . John-.--tree ; roiu , am : op-ujp ^ a ^ We ! 3 » - - » e ^^ M . L ^ origin or the urc Tli MWrT" <^ sa ff « 7 g fcfl' « ti 01 a case-maker ? ^ SK ^^ 'W i ^^^^ atton ? . a : iavi ^ ^ SP" «* » fiiH ) m ^^ : j : o UTfiw flS ? r 8 |^ O ' i '""""

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      Mysterious And Alakming- Outrage.

      MYSTERIOUS AND ALAKMING- OUTRAGE .

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      BROTHER JONAtHAJJyrOUOHN BULL , PETER BUSS ^ lV th ftito his Friefids , who hati ^ visaed New p »^ for their . fsfeonage , and begs to inform tbj ^ n that he is now bole Proprietor * of the HouBe )^ fc % Front ? Street ^ New York , whew his Friebdaoan be AcoonuaodataoConifortatiiy , and . on the moat Reasonable Terms . '

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      . Citizens save t ! he RjEPUBLier I NDEPENDENT WEST MIDDLESEX - ^ I SURANCE COMPANY , opposite the Baza » , Baker ^ reet , Portxnau Square' , London ; South Sfc David ' s Street , Edinburgh ; In « ram Street ,:-Glaa- ' gow ; and Sackvitie Street , Dublin . Empovreied \ under the several Acts of Parliament of 14 th George 3 rd , c . 48 ; . 22 nd . George 3 rd ; 53 rd George 3 rd , c . 14 J ¦*¦ 3 rd , George 4 kh , e . 92 ; and 1 st Victoria , c . 10 . v ' : ¦ £ » : ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ -., MANAGERS . . :- - > i Jamss . Alexander , Esq . H . R . Perkins , Esq . Samuel Eyre , Esq . William E . Taylor ^ Eaq . Robert Ferguson , Esq . John Wilson , Esq . Thomas Hope , Esq . Wm . Whittaker , Esq . '" I . D . Hustler , Esq . George Williams , Esq . Thomas Kuowles , Esq . IMMEDIATE BENEFITS offered to the Public . life ; and : fire insurance rates reduced thiutv . per cent , per annum lower than any other office . Life Annuity ^ Rates calculated on Equitable ' Principles \ 1 IHFor Example—for every £ 100 de * posited , this " Association will grant the Annuilj - placed opposite the Age of the party depositing ; from £ & 0 and upwards in proportion . Age 30 to 40 to 45 to 50 to 55 to 60 to 65 ~ t ~ p ~~ 7 Q- | # ' 9 f' V . f . is . d . £ . s . £ . s . . £ . b . £ . s . £ . * ' ¦ £ . * . ' : " 8 , 0 0 8 10 9 0 9 10 10 1 . 0 12 10 15 10 percent ., p . ct p . ct . p . ct . p . ct . p . ct . pr . ct . ¦ 75 to 80 ~ ~ 7 ~ a . a . £ . a . " " 20 0 25 6 . . p . ct . p . ct ] LIKE ASSURANCE RATES . ~~" A . ? : e 20 to 25 to 30 to . 15 to 38 to 40 to 45 to 50 Prem . fr II I £ 1 Id I £ -J I iC 2 6 | £ 2 10 | £ 2 1 H | £ 3 5 ' Tula Company make no Cliar ^ es for intermediate A # es under 50 Years . : F ! RE INSURANCE RATES . - Comjion iNstrRANca . —Private Houses and Shops , X&t lia'sarc ' oup ) Is . per cent . ; hazardous , 2 s . ; double iazardous , 3 i . <) d . ; Farming Stock , Is . 6 d . THOMAS KNOWLES , Resident Manager . AGENTS . Beyerley—Nr . W . Dalton . harnsley—Mr . Bvlioigh . Doncaster— ' b / li : Atk . lnso . n-, Chemi 6 t . Driffie / d-Ur . A . Hoi-XBY . . Vfiddle Street . llqiifujr—ltir . Thomas Hei . nswohth . Huddersfield—Mv . W . Riudlkt . Lieeds—W . Wormald , Esq ., Solicitor . Marftet Wei ( jhiou—y \ r . J . Mosey . Rlpon ^ i . Shields , Esq ., Solicitor . Stokesley-r-llt . Taylor . ^

      Local Markets.

      LOCAL MARKETS .

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      iT ^ r -S ^ ikcis . ¦ ¦ - . THE NORTHERN STAR . - ^ ¦ : ' . ' ' v K ; ¦ / - . ; - "" ^ ¦ ¦^¦ W <^ - - ^ &' £ *

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at hisPrint-- Ing Offices , Noa . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Brig . , gate ; and Publianed by the said Joshua Hobson , ¦ - ( fox the Bald Fea ^ bous O'Co ^ wob , )'" * i hls ' Dwel * lingrlidu » e , No , 5 , Market-street , Brlggate ; an internal Coinniunication eilating between the said No . 5 , Mariet-street , and the mid Nc * 12 asd 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thns constitothig the , -vbele of the said Printing and Publishing OfflM ¦ one Ptemi « e « . ^ All Communidatftmi must be addrettetl , | Poit-pai ^ f * o ^ j . Hoa&OKi Northern Staf'Offloa ^ Letda . r - c > < < 6 * turd » r , Jftfltt « rk » , 18 ^ " "" *

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1090/page/8/