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      HOUSE OF LORDS .-F * idat , Jah . 29 ; h . Lord Whjlb . > 'cliffe asked three questitni relative to the treatment of Frost , Williuni , and Jones , at Kev Sooth Walea . First , irbether it tu true that they irere better treated than other convict *; secondly , "Whether specific initmctioru of any kind ¦ were sent oat with them ; and , lastly , whether any despatches had been receired from Sir J . Franklin conveying information upon the subject . He in * anxious for an expla-B&Uon on this matter , for it was sot right that an impression should go through the conntrv that persons ¦ who had been guilty of such crimes were nevertheless better treated than other convicts .

      The Marquis of Normasbt replied , that no special instruction had been sent out with Frost and his associates . The goTemor , however , had sent home a letter from Frost complaining that while on . board the ilandarin they were not allowed to wear their own clothes , and that they were in fact treated in . eTery respect like the other convicts . Sir J . Franklin had inspected the convicts on their arrival , and the only difference in their treatment was that he-immediately sent Frost and hia associates to Tasman ' s Perdniala , the penal settlement of the c * lony , whereas the other * were sent to

      probationary employment * . So fax as the GoTernment and Sir J . Franklin were concerned tbey felt oWiged to the noble Lord for affording them " the opportunity of giving this explanation . He had heard nothing farther on the subject , but he would ay , with respect to the occupation of these parties , that it was not unusual to employ persons in tke sort of labour , to which they were previously accustomed , and doubtless in coaformity with this usage , and not as a special favour - , for , if done as a special favour , Sir J . Franklin must hare reported it .

      Tuesday . Feb . 2 . The E&rl of Cardigan surrendered himself into the enstody of Sir Augustus Clifford , the usher of the black rod , and -was subsequently admitted to bail , himself in tit sum of , £ 10 , 000 , and two sureties to the amount of £ 5 , 060 . each . The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was read a second time , and the house adjourned . Thursday , February 4 . "We can only give from the second edition of the Stm , which leaves their Lordships in the middle of a long talk about the war in Syria .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fridat , Ja * . 25 . Captain Polhill asked if a paragraph which he had ¦ een in the papers , to the tried that Prince Albert had returned an answer to an address from the Loyal Repeal Association of Ireland , was true . Lord Joss Bussell knew nothing of any such document , and , at all events , it was a-matter for which Ministers did not hold themselves responsible . The only responsible party was Mr . Anson , the secretary to his Royal Highness . Mr . Sergeant Talfochd moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the extension of copyright , which Bill was in substance the same as that of last session . Mr . Warburtos opposed the Bill On a division , the Hon . and Learned Sergeant succeeded by a majority of 142 Vo SO .

      Lord John Russell then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to renew the powers of the Poor Law Commissioners , and to make further amendments in the laws relating to the poor of England . Mr . Grimsditch objected to the principle of govtru-Ing by Union * . Mr . Waklet expected that the Noble Lord would have brought in two distinct bills upon these two distinct subjects . In » verv stage he would oppose the Bill for extending the powers of the ¦ Commissioners for ten years . He was quite amazed that a Minister of a Liberal Whig Gsvemment , calling itself a Reform Hintstry , and relying upon the people for their

      support , afeould propose a law of this nature after the experience which they had had of its previous working * ad most pernicious tendency—( hear ; —a law which took from the people tie administration of their own affairs and deprived them of the means of applying their own money to the wants of those destitute poor ¦ who came under their observation in their own respective localities . Was the Xoble Lord prepared to show the necessity f » r the continuance of this commission » He was anxious to know , was the law to be such as the will of the Commissioners might please to -interpret it , or was it to be found in the Statute Books of the realm ? ( Hear , tear . ) If the Poor Law was to be recognised sad well understood as a positive law of the law , asguredly those who administered saeb a law should be obliged to abide by its provisions , and be expected to « onsnlt and examine the particular statutes upon the srabjeet , instead of being influenced as they at present ¦ were by an appeal from the heartless and tyrannical representations of the Board of Gaardians . If this were & constitutional mode of governing the counter , the sooner sach a constitution was get rid . of the better . Ee held in Ids hand a small book , which , he obtained at Somerset House ; it was eatrtted" Amended Workhouse Rules . " Heaven only knows'wiisji ^ ieorijb ttlrulea -were , which it appeared had been sasntfeS . '' f , " He& , bear" and laughter . ) Bat -what did be fina ^ Btie the bead of "discipline art 4 tel of paupers ?" It stated that all paupers in the wi . Vhiin-k . except those whe were sick , should , at certsda specified hours , rise from their beds , go to work , leave off work , and go to bed , and should be allowed such intervals-for meals as ¦ hall b « notified to them by the ringing of the bells ; but that dering the meals the meet perfect silence must be maintained . He ' Mr . Wakley ? observed , that they 'were to fee kept to work thromghout the day , ereept whea they were at their meals ; but even in the workhouse at their meal times they were not permitted to ¦ break the silence that reigned around by the utterance of a single word . This was a privation that was even

      by Crispin fin deemed the most daugereu * and severe . This was "measuring out the same kiod of punishmenJ to tb « se unfortunate beimgs who stretch out their hands towards them in the supplicating tone of hunger and destitution , and the hardened felon condemned to suffer for his crimes and offences against society and tbe laws . Was it to enforce regaUaons of this kind that the Poor Law Commissioners were to be continued In their present situation ? If aot , why should the eocntry be burdened by the h « avy expense which they entailed upon it ?

      Soffl . 6 farther discussion took place , after which Lord ios *\ Russeil said that the whole principle « f the bill was involved in the continuance of the Commissioners . ; feut whether the period was to be for one year or far ten was Dot involved ia the question then before the House . Leave was tfcen given to bring in the bill , and the Ho&se adjourned .

      Monday , Fei . 1 . Tbere -waetno business in the Lords of any public interest , and the Commons cbul 4 i » t muster "a Howe . "

      Tuesday , Feb . 2 . Lori Joejt Jir-SSELL gave notice that on Friday next he -would move the thanks of the howe to Admiral Sir R . St * pford and those -who "were engaged at the capture cf Acre . Mr . Hoie gave notice that in tfcs first wetk of March lie would move for leave to being in a bill to amead tiie Befonn Bill , by extending ike suffrage to fedam . Captain PoLHiii renewed his quesdoa as to whether a letter addressed by Mr . Ansou , (" the private secretary-of Prince -Albert ) to Mr . Ray , tie secretary to the Loyal ^ National fiepeal Association conveying to that body the thanks of his royal higheess for their addreai to his royal highness on the birti ef a princess , was genciae i

      Lord Joss RrssBIJ . raid he had Been ibe letter in the newspapers , but he had not thought it aecessar ^ to make aay io ^ iiiry on the subject . In reply to a qa&stion from Mr . Hrng , Lord Joa > " Jtcss £ i , i stated that the tresty entered into by Admiral Xapier -was not approved of by Sir 3 . Stopford , but in consequence of step * taisn by Admiral Stopford , the scfcnission of Mehemet A . H had ¦ been accepted fer the Saban , and a comma-aicr had keen sent from tiie Porte to Alexandria , with the view Of conferring on Jiehcmet Ali the hereditary Pachalic < & Egypt , and to enter into arrangements for the evacuation of Syria . In tbe meantime , Meheraet Ali had consented U > give up the Turkish flett . -which it was expected wo * id be -saon ready \> proceed lo Constantinople .

      Sir Robert Peel asked ibe Xoble Lord irhetiierhe "was prepared to lay on the taiie of the House all recent despatches from Canada , in osier to bring them dow » to the present moment Lord J . Rvssell said he was not a-ware -whether there were any despatches which he could lay on the table of the House . He was not , however , prepared at that moment to give a positive Answer . Sir R . Peel asked if any day fry ) been fixed to give fiffect to the Act of . Union . Lord Joh . \ Russell said it was the intention of ¦ the Government to have proclaimed the Union at the end of January , or the begiacicg of the present month .

      ilr . H . HI 5 D 2 gave notice that , ou Thursday , he wodd move for a modification of the standing orders which required that ten per cent , on the capita ] shoold be deposited in . all cases of Railway Bills . Ee would move , instead of ten , that five per cent Jhould be sufficient The Attobset-Gekeeal moved for leave to bring in & Bill to facilitate the administration of justice . In rder to correct the present delays in the courts of equity , it would be necessary to appoint two additional Judges , and to create two additional courts of equity , Mid to abolish the jurisdiction of the equity side of the Exchequer . This would , he said , lead to no great Additional expenditure , as there were sufficient funds already existing in the courts of chancery and exchequer to provide compensation to those who might be sufferers by the change .

      Sir E . Scgdes -was of opinion that they shonld prsceed more gradually than was proposed , to be done by this Bill . He thought that one additional Court ¦ would be sufficient , and that at all events it should be ascertained by experience that one vras unequal to the business before they burdened the country with two . E » Right Hon . Gentleman went at length , into his

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      views of the alterations which he deemed requisite . He proposed that there should be two assistants U the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords , and that when not sitting in the House of Lsrds they saould sit in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . In . accordance with those views , he would move for leave to bring in a Bill to facilitate the Administration of Justice in the House of Lords and the Privy Council . Mr . Lr > 'CH contended strongly for the immediate necessity for two additional Judges , and gave a decided preference to the Bill of the Attorney-General over that of the Right Hon . Member tor Ripon . Leave was immediately given that the two Bills Bhould be brought in .

      Mr . Labouchere then brought forward his proposition for equalising the duties on East and West India rum . The subject , he admitted , was one of such importance that he would not seek to bind the House by calling for a vote before proper time should have been given for consideration . He would , therefore , conclude by moving that the House should on Monday next resolve itsrif into a Committee of the whole House , to consider the propriety of equalising the duties on East and West India rums . As the law already admitted the sugars of the East and West Indies at equal rates of duty , his object now was to place rum upon the same footing . The proposal w * s so just and reasonable , that our possessions in the East Indies should be placed at

      no disadvantage as compared with our poiseaiions else- ; where , that the -whole burden of proof should , in his ! opinion , rtst with those who would resist so just a , proposition . The Right Hon . Gentleman then argued [ at great length that this alteration would not , when carried into operation , prove to be so injurious to the West Indies or the distillers at home , as bad been se strongly insisted upon by the parties interested , while ' . it would give the greatest satisfaction to our East India possessions . He -would also observe that it -was , the intention of Government to place East India ma- '¦ nufactures , exported to Ceylon and Australia , on the same footing as the m&nufjKures of Great Britain j txported to those colonies , by the abolition of discri- j ruinating duties .

      Mr . Goulbur > " referred to the great importance of j the subject as a reason for not embarking in the dis- ; cussion until the question should come on for consider- j ation on Monday night Mr . Hi . me was disappointed that a measure of justice I so very limited and paltry should have been proposed ; by the Government Mr . Hogg said that this measure , though , peThaps , not so ex' . eabive as it ooght to be , would be hailed with tile sre&test ratification in India . Sir J . C . HoBHOVSE thought it would be imprudent ' to attempt to do more than it was probable they could successfully accomplish .

      Mr . O Con . nell gave notice that on Monday , when , the qnestion again caxne before the House , he should move that measures be taken to prevent the iaportation of mm , the produce of slave labour , into this country by excluding such rum from the equalised t duties ; and ha should , at the same time , call atten- j tion to the gross neglect of the East India Company in j not making rules and regulations for carrying the Slave [ Act into effect 1 Sir S . Lushixgto * quite agreed in the course rag- j gested by the Hon Member for Dublin as regarded ! rum , the produce of slave labour . The morion -was agreed to . 1 Lord Stanley moved for leave to bring in a Bill to I an . end the laws relating to the registration of voters in

      Ireland . The main provisions of his Bill were the same as those of last year , and its object was to remedy I abuses -whic * all parties admitted to exist Ho proposed , in the firs : place , to abolish certificates as evidence of the right of voting , and to transfer to Ireland j the system of annual registration -which prevailed in j England , the registry to be made up by public officers , and revised , as in England , by barristers . He proposed . also that , as in English counties , so in Ireland , persons ; seeking to obtain the franchise should give public notice i of « nch intention , in order that objectors might have j the opportunity of opposing their claims , if improperly [ advanced . He proposed also that there should be a j right of appeal , as well for the objector as for th » claimant , and that such appeal should be t » the Judge ] of Assize . By way of protection , however , against i

      frivolous appeals , he would fcive power to the Jndfe of i Assist te visit the defeated party with costs , if he i deemed his claim or objection , as the case might be , to ' . be frivolous or vexatious ; except the party appealing : had obtained the previous decision of the revising bar- j lister in bis favour . He had looked over the forms of i notice in his Bill , and had rendered them less onerous ) to the claimant : and , as an additional security to the j latter , he had introduced a clause , compelling the ob- j jector , -when giving notice of objection , to give notice j of the grounds a ; so upon which his objection was j fonnded , so that the claimant might know the nature of j the objection be had to meet The Xoble Lord alluded ! in mast respectful terms to the Liberal Association of ' , -Ulster , for many of the members of -which he had the j greatest esteem and respect . Tois Association was j formed with a view to search out grounds for the rejec- ; tion of this Bill , and they -professed themselves supporters of the present Government , while they depre- : cated repeal . Yet that Association had put forth its i plan of registration , and , strange to say , upon all the Jea&Bg principles of bis Bill be bad the sanction of the -iibeni * - — - * - » " - ""'^ 'TWtXB ^ . jfrffir ¦• » * SrtAe Lord , finally , 6 « c » Me *^ i £ S 3 B « 'ttPtt&edF tion to introduce into hi * Bill > ny oli njjji 4 o detiaa , the franchise , for he was not prepared to mix up that difficult question with one sufficiently complicated in itself . Lord Morpith remarked that the Noble Lord's BUI had met with go much success last year , that he had become enamoured of it , and could not resist th » temptation of bringing it forward , although her Majesty ' s Government had given notice of a measure on the same subject He complimented the Noble Lord on the temperate manner in -which he bad brought his motion forward , and should offer do opposition to it . He would remark , however , that tlaa Ulster Association did not approve of the double appeal , unless the franchise was defined . In the BUI which it was the intention of the Government to introduce , it was proposed to amend the laws for the qualification , as well as for the registration of voters .

      Mr . O Con > "ell said he "was not bound by any compromise between the Noble Lords . They ought to have the Government Bill before the House in the first instance , and he therefore moved tint the debate should be adjourned until after the 4 th inst Mr- Hviie seconded the amendment . After some few observations from Mr . W . S O'Bjuen , Lord J . Russell entered at some length into an analysis of the Noble Lord ' s Bill , to -which he said his objections -wtre but little diminished by the alterations and in the wake of which -would follow the same calamities as -would , in his opinion , have followed the Bill of la&t year . He thought , however , that the Noble Lord was perfectly justified in the course he had pursued in bringing in the Bill , and he should therefore vote for its introduction , and against aBy delay that might be offered . After some observations from Mr . Lucas and Colonel Rawdon , The House divided , and the motion of the Noble Lord was carried by a majority of 1 'Gl to 71 . Tub House then adjourned . Wednesday , February 3 . Mr . Bjli > es moved , pursuant to notice , for an Ac count of the quantity of Sneep and Lambs' Wool im ported into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 —specifying the countries from which it came , the quantity that paid a duty of one penny per pound , and the quantity Um paid a duty of one half-penny per pound -, of the quantity of Foreign Wool re-exported daring the same period , and the countries to -which it , w as sent , and the quantity remaining warehoused under bond on the oth day of January , 1841 . Account of the quantity of British Sbeep and Lambs' Wool and Woollen Tarn exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1840 , specifying the countries to which they were sent Account of the -gmantitv of British manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the year lb 40 specifying the countries to which they were seat . Lord J . Ktssell rose to propose the Tallowing resolution : — " That this House entertains a just and tigh sense of the distinijuiehed an ( j exemplary manner in which John Rickman . E « q . late Clerk Assistant of tfeis House , uniformly discharged the duties of his situation during his long attendance at th « table of this House . " Several members rpoke of Mr . Rickman in eulogistic term * , and the resolution was adapted . sir . Bern al brought up the Beport of the Committee of Supply . Tie resolutions were agreed to , and ordered to be further considered on Friday next The House then adjourned .

      Thursday , February 4 . Mr . Gladstone took the oaths and his seat Mr . H . Hikde moved that the Standing L > rder , respecting Railway Bills , which requires that a « w » equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed' be deposited in the Court of Exchequer , be modified fey substituting ene- twentieth for- one-tenth . After a good deal of talk , the House divided and ' the motion was negatived by a large majority . There , was then some talk about certain usages connected with ' the religious dogmas of India , about Juvenile Offenders , I about Quarter Sessions , Courts , and about Capital Punishment , but all these talks ended in talk . The ' collective -wisdom then began to talk about Irish Regis- 1 tration , and in the midst of this talk the Sim leaves I them .

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      IREXtAKD . -mi T-t mm * | Dublin , Jftrituiy 31 . DR . COOKES ACCEPTANCE OP DANIEL O'CONNELL ' S CHALLENGE TO TWENTY-81 X HOURS' DISCUSSION OF CITIL AND RELIGIOU 8 LIBERTY . TO DA 5 IEL O ' COKJCELL , ESQ ., M . P . I Sir , —This is probably the last letter with which I thall trouble you . I beg you , therefore , do not burn it as you did my first Bather treat it lik « my second , and read it twice—as I tnut it contains some matters important to yourself and your country . But , before proceeding farther , I must set myself right with the public — -- ¦¦¦ - —

      In the Dublin Monitor ' s report of the speech in which alone you attempted a reply to my challenge to a discussion of repeal , I find these words : — " He invitss me to a conference , and th « mode he takes of conveying that invitation , is by writing me the most insulting letter he could possibly pen . I had read about five lines when I flung it into the fire . I am sorry tor it ; for had I thought it was of value , I would have kept it as a curiosity . " I am happy I can gratify you with a copy—nat that I believe you either like it , or care for it—but that the public may judge of the nature and extent of the " insults" I was guilty of penning . For the accuracy of the copy—indeed it is rather the original—I pledge my word ; and I am grateful to that Providence by which such an unimportant document has been preserved—that from the charge of offering an unmannerly insult I may stand exonerated before the public " Belfast , Jan . 5 , 1841 .

      " Sib , —As yon have determined to carry the repeal agitation into Ulster—and as I hold it to be the duty ef every loyal subject to give it all the legal opposition in his power—I beg to inform you that I purpose to challenge you to a public discussion of the question in all its bearings , political and religious . ¦ ' The challenge I intend to appear ( God willing ) in the Belfast Chronicle of to-morrow , and I send yoa this notice that you may have the earliest knowledge of my design . " I have the honour to be , your obedient servaai , "H . COOKK . " " T » Daniel O'Connell , Esq . "

      Now , there ' s the wondrous " curiosity" you wjsh you had preserved ; there ' s "the most insulting letter I could pen . " Let the public judge of my insult and your veracity ; but , no matter , " the gulla shouted , " and on the faith of your testimony , I was written down " unmannerly , " while you were echoed the very " pink of politeness . " Perhaps you will say you referred not to my private , but to my first public letter . If so , I shall submit the point of etiquette to any tribunal of gentlemen that even you may appoint ; and if you find three gentlemen in the kingdom who will say that , in that letter , I " insulted" you , I pledge myself to the most public retraction and the most humiliating apology . I'll do more . Now that the aflair is net before " the gulls" for a '' shout , " but before the public for decision , point out in my challenge what you denounce as " most insulting , " and I shall explain , retract , or apologise , as the nature of the case may require . But to come to a more important point .

      I have always , Mr . O'Connell , suspected you mistook your profession . Nature intended you for the army . Never was the " cedant arma io < j < B" more unhappily verified than in you . Why do I think so ? I'll tell it you in a story , for the truth of which there are living vouchers . A little before the year ' 98 , a respected country gentleman received a commission to raise a corps of yeomanry for the defence of the country against the impending rebellion . On applying to a worthy farmer to join his company , the reply was a question , " Will it be foot or cavalry ? " The captain answered—foot . " Ah ! " replied the farmer , " I would join you if you were cavalry . " " And why , my good fellow , would you prefer the cavalry ? " "Ah J " rejoined the fanner ,

      theyr ' e best for a retreat like . " Now , it is on your powers at a " retreat like" that I found my opinion that nature intended yon for a great general . For , as one . ot the chief qualifications of a good general is always to secure the meats of retreat , I will venture to affirm that , since the days of Nimrod , in the retreating department , you stand fairly without a rival . But let me warn you , Mr . O'Connell , that though you foiled me once , though you utterly baffled the whole army of protests thrown in your rear by the Belfast * News Letterstill 1 don't despair of making you ray prisoner . At all events , of one thing I am certain—that I will cut off your retreat upon every way but one—a road you know right well , and by which , if again you retire , I leave you " alone in your glory . " But to exhibit your retreating powers to the public . You threatened te invade Ulster to argue repeal . You threatened to appear on its military frontier with an agreeable cortege of 50 , 000 men—the most of them notorious sans culottes—the men who had a few yean ago been sfaut out of the same town 'Newry ) by the turning of a pivot bridge , and the muczte of the cannon . You did not tell us how many might accompany you to Belfast , but you gave tolerably plain indication of the will , that with so many 1 b law , when you told * ' the gulls" in Dublin that you could , or wished you could , " alL ^ a ^ poftkBt-baDdkerchief' with the consolidated liiS&ifrHWJffosMgreetyo * AVtheLlnfto Hall —• v ^ ftci . uation . ' uC y « u » ifta&JgqgaraSBiibtt ^ njr . jyft . m that brother prophet , who , for the love ottlffjna tlsh rent , came to curse Israel , bnt whom Providence overruled , in spite of his covetousnes * , te bless them . And though you should , in your usual style , call me by the name of the animal that rebuked his " madness , " I will not be deterred from administering that ca&tdgatkm , so long as your gigantic talents are perverted to disturb the" peace of this province , undermine the integrity of the empire , and threaten the stability of the Protestant religion . Now , it was to arrest your mad career of mobbing , and speeching and shouting , that I challenged you to a deliberate discussion of the repeal question , before an impartial and orderly assembly . For doing so , you said I " insulted" you , and of my insult the public can judge . You called me every ill name you could invent or recollect , and , because I dreaded you would accuse me of wishing to convert a political question into a

      . , ' I ptteniical controversy , and therefore promised to * x' j elude religion ; as a consummate tactician , you turn ^ j my ftank , and effect your retreat with a skill that 1 i would have made Xenophon stare , at the head of ten i thousand—and the " gulls shouted . " Well , someone has j said of a great general—he has beaten us so often , .: that , at last , he will teach us to beat him—and to comi pare the small with the great—so thought I in my j ; simplicity . 1 took you at your word . I offered to 9 discuss religion , by asserting in the newspapers , as , ' you wished , the errors and heresies of the Roman : apostasy . 1 stand to my word still , and on the same i ' c indition—vis ., that you obtain for me one- column , or s : two , or more , weekly or less frequently , in one or two I southern Romanist papers ; and I now add to my proi' posal , tbat , for every Romanist southern paper you t furnish me , I secure to you three northern Protestant

      - - papers . 1 ' " Now , my dear Roman Catholic countrymen—and though I denounce the traditions and heresies whereby s crafty men have deluded you , you are dear to meconsider , I pray you , for yon are admirers of courage , i whether physical or mental—consider , I pray you , the I cowardice of that man who dares neither to meet me I tairiy and openly on politics or religion . Let your . ; priests and a hireling press say what they will , there . ' is something within you that tells you my proposal ia ) ; fair ; and , if Mr . O'Uonnell again retreat , not merely 2 , from me , but from his own word , what can you conj elude but that he dreads my exposure of the rottenness t of his cause ? And -what , Mr . O'Connell , is your next \ retreat ? Why , in Belfast , there is not a word whispered absut my cutting off your retreat into

      religion , but you are ready , you say , at any time , and I mnst presume at any place , to discuss with me th « questions of civil and religious liberty for twenty-sii iionrs ! And at this second edition of your challenge , " the gulls shouted . " Now bear witness , ye 30 , 000 !! repeal t-rs , who , for the greater convenience of hearing , were so ndraeulously squeezed by the patent Vindioalcr press into sr space tbat never heretofore did , and nevtr « g * io wjlh . $ Qf $ i&n . 1 , 300 men , women , and childrenbear witness to Mr . O ' ConireH ' B challenge-and pkdg ? , and to my third , and , I trust , successful attempt W cat off his retreat Mr O'Connell , with Joy do I accent your challenge , and I undertake to demonstrate , fnjn your councils , bulls , extravagant * , decretals , theologfakl and moral institutes , and biblical notes , as well as frin history—binding myself to quote only from Romih

      | authorities—that the religion of Rome has ever be © , ' and ttill is , not only adverse to , bnt absolutely < e-| structive of , civil and religious liberty . I take up ydir i Romish gauntlet—there lies ray Protestant glofe . i Won't you lift it , lit . O'Connell ? What ! gone agaii ? j —another retreai?—and why not ? Dr . Cooke , youjre | " a loathsome theologue ; " I hate your " insulting pea ;" i I abbor your " Ulster brogue ; " I'll have none of yd « ' " cookery ; " dont think to "bully" me into keeping I my-word : don't think on your own dunghill to crqw over me , you topless "Cock of the North ^' Patience , patience , Mr . O'Connell—a truce to til 1 his genteel talent at nomenclature—I thank yfu ; heartily for the sublime pun with which y » u j have illustrated yeur own wit , and for every i scholarly and gentlemanlike name with which y « u have not insulted , but honoured me ; and especially I , \ hank yon for the last " Cock of the North . " Yes , I a tcept the sobriquet as an omen for good , though , like

      Tl ur vaticinating brother , you meant it for evil . It \ ra . ' > cock that reminded Peter how tkrice he had Qov > red on the very toreshhold of apostacy and ruin , and i ^ "s warned he went out and wept bitterly . And while Ike work of the bag-carrying Judas was going on , the sal nation of the penitent was ensured . And I , Mir O'Conni ^ 1 » contemptible as you affect to believe m « , have bee V privileged to utter a warning that even not a few oft Ue vaccilating " liberals" have heard , whifc our sleepiL ' £ Protestantism has been aroused to a sens of danger , i « d the defence of those liberties and institutions whit b tbe Judas hand of Repeal would sell W our enemies 1 * <* " » bout of $ » gulls , " or another ba { of the " rent" ' Ye » . Mr . O'Cbnnell , I thank you fof all the " insult " « " epithets yen have applied to me- ^ for you honour me , when , you treat my humble nanw with the same c tolity "ftth which you treat a Stanley But especially f . wthe last attemp ted insult I Uaan 4 you , for it not onl V reminds me of the salutary warning of the " bird of da " *»» " bat alw of the poetic p » we »

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      with which the great Master of Nature has invested it ; and when I think bow Goo was pleased to own my humble labours in concentrating the might of Ulster , and terrifying the wizards of Repeal , it reminds me of the sulphurous exit of the ghost in Hamlet , which" Faded at the crowing of the cock ; For then ( you know ) no spirits dare walk abroad ; No planets strike , no witch hath power to charm—8 e wholesome and bo gracious are the times . " But yeur pitiable partisans here , taking their cue from their leader ' s talk of my " crowing on my own dunghill "—I pardon them the uncomeliness of the figure—, but even of that I will not leave them the possession . No , Mr . O'Connell ; it is not in Belfast I desire to meet you . And though I shrink not from Dublin , the Rotunda , or Ihe Corn Exchange—London and Exeter " ' .

      Hall should be our ground of meeting . You'll retreat upon business , I know . You shall not I ' m behind you again . There ate the Easter recess , and the days of ( I think ; Ascot races ; on either of these occasions I « ffer to meet you—and , tbat no obstacle may be pleaded , I shall depend upon the very few friends I can muster in London to bear the while expence of the meeting . You know , and I feel your every advantage over me ; but you know , and I feel the boundless advantage of my causa ; and , by the blessing of God upon my feeble arm , I trust to tear away the « cloak of hypocritical and mercenary patriotism in which you are enveloped , and to expose , to the horror of the nation , that horrible system of studied falsehood and mental slavery , of which you are the pensioned missionary .

      Yes , Mr . O'Connell , there is nothing I more cordially desire than to expose that system of " enormous lying " by which Romanism and repeal are supported . Yet , at the same time , I am thankful to God that your party are serving the cause of Protestantism by every additional volley . The chief of our " Liberals" are getting their eyes opened , when they read the transcendental falsehoods which the priests' organists here are every day playing ; and yet absolutely continuing , without a blush , to walk the | freets in open day . Thirty thousand repealers !—Va # " immense pavilion" erected for the dinner!!—your graceful entry and triumphant exit !!! Tut , these are all but trifles to what I might father , and , indeed , they are but trifles to the " out and out" capacity of your own son , Charles O'Connell—at

      least , from the name , sol take him to be . He says , in a late oration in Dublin—and which , from the peculiar raciness of " genteel invention , " he must , as I take it , have learned from yourself—he says you bad to be protected by an army from the " Orange mob , the bloody blackguards , " of Sandy-row J "Oh , where was Roderick then ? " Where was Tom Steele with the 30 , 000 repealers ?! . ' Terrified by the millions of Sandyrow—a little street , of a few houses , to a considerable degree occupied by Roman Catholics , and the Whole about a * extensive as a back lane in Brentford . ^ But , then , this eloquent son of yours affirms you had to be " guarded through" this redoubtablo— this most warlike Sandy-row , at an early hour in the morning . I'll tell Charles a secret—neither you nor he had a foot in Sandy-row—neither « f you ever saw it , during your

      whole sojourn . Should this eloquent eulogy , which Mr . Charles O'Connell has pronounced ori the more than Grecian prowess of our modern Marathon , ever be read by any citizen of London , and should this , I hope my last letter to you , ever be read there as the commentary , what will he think when informed that when Mr . O'Connell and Co . stood to enact the repeal pantomime in Belfast , they were somewhat about as near Sandy-row , as a man at Charing-cross is to the White Horse in Piccadilly ; and what will he think of the necessity of a mighty guard throughout Sandy-row , when told that he ( O'Connell ) in his triumphant exit from Belfast , went as much towards Sandy-row as a man goes towards Piccadilly when he gallops from Charingcross directly over Westminster-bridge ? Charles , Charles , you are your father ' s son ; but I suppose " the gulls shouted . "

      You were " guarded through Sandy-row , " bbjb th « veracious Charles O'Connell . I . will tell you through what you were guarded—Sandy-row lies to the weit of " our village , " and you spanktdaway utterly unheeded , with only the loud laugh of one single Belfast merchant , and at -whom the exalted Thomas Steele most valiantly shook his clenched fist , by way of conciliation , and you passed by the « orn « r of Cremac and May-streets , where your " cherishing" friends had demolished the windows of one Protestant dwelling , and , by the visit of atwepound brick bat , hod nearly killed a female of my own congregation in another . Believe me , Mr . O'Connell , I do notstatetbJs by any way of excuse for the stone thrown into the Music Hall , and , which Is said to have injured one of " the lovely and the good ; " but I do it to put an end to your tragical bluster , and to remind the nation , and especially our English brethren , that the life of a Protestant female is still as precious as that of a Romanist

      Mr . O'Connell ! Mi . O'Connell ' . 1 irrast speak to you in indignant seriousness . If there be one thing tbat more than another should harrow up the conscience now , or that more than another will burn in it hereafter , it is , and it will be , the fearful thought and recollection of having poisoned principle at the fountain-head , and , by neglect , example , or encouragement , contributed to the ruin of your own children . See with what reckless audacity you have taught your son to practice your own art of invention . ' Repent , ere it ^>«^ Jw - ; ae »^^* . a * , of ^ afosture into wbioh you havlrnot ra ^^ fMm ^^^ Mtfeli mm

      inextricably involving your beloved offspring ! I have called you a " great bad man ! " Beware , or you will soon become a little one . The towns of KUworth and Annan have afforded you two ominous warnings . I am not superstitious ; but I will tell you again to beware—the band of Providence , and not of accident , prostrated the animals before you—and , be sure , these events are but the " precursors " of the prostration of your character and your influence , if you return not by repentance to the utterance of truth and the practices ef peace . I remain , an inveterate enemy to your principles and practices , but a sincere friend to your immortal soul . H . Cooke .

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      XJ 3 KDS . —Town Council Meeting . —The second quarterly meeting of tbe members of the Leeds Town Council wa « held in the Council Room , on Wednesday last . The minutes of the preceding meeting were read by the Town Clerk , after which Mr . Councillor Hayward ( as usual ) had a question to put . He begged to ask if the arrears ot" the borough-rate had been paid up , particularly by the townships of Armley and Bramley . The &layor sa d the total amount from thoso places had not been received ; a guarantee had been given for the amount , and the time for the last payment was not till the 2 » th of March . Mr . Alderman Tottie presented the report of the Finance Committee ; he read over the different branches of expenditure , after which the Council went into Committee , JMr . Alderman George

      Goodman in the chair , when the items were discussed seriatim , and the total amount , £ 1 . 320 " 2 s . 7 d ., was ordered to bo forthwith paid . It was stated by Mr . Totfcie that the sum was less by £ 632 than in the corresponding quarter of laat year , arising in a great measure from there not being a charge for printing the burgess roll . On the motion that the report be received being put , Mr . Richardson , who has sat for the Mill Hill Ward , held up his hand , upon which Mr . Councillor Atkinson rose , and said as Mr . Richardson was aware , the mar - damus against the Mayor , to admit Mr . J ? otts , had been made absolute , and therefore he was now liable to a penalty of £ 50 for every vote he gave . Mr . Richardson shortly afterwards withdrew . A

      conversation arose on a qnestion as to what had been done with regard to the printing for the corporation , it having been carried , on the 9 th of January , that estimates for the work should bo advertised for . It was explained that the Financo Committee had only met once , and then it was by them agreed that a private circular should be sent to all tbejaaster printers , which , it was the opinion of the Coafinitied , would answer the vnvpose better than ad a , « k * ertisetn . etit . This purely Whig job was exposed , a * f ^ i . on ' reference to the minutesj it was found that tfi& Council had ordered the Committee to adyerafe £ . « nd , therefore , as that had hot been done , the Ow ^ mittee had not done its duty ; adverti 8 ements wace ordered to be directly

      published . Un tne motion of Mr . Councillor Buttrey , it was then resolved that the MayoT , as chairman of the Council , da . vsigh his approbation to tho accounts of the Treasurer of the Borough , for the expencea of prosecutions at the last Midsummer and Michaelmas . ^ essions , and tho Midsummer Assizes , and of confeying transport convicts , in order to obtain the proper return ( being one-half of the expeiices ) from . t . b « Lords of tho Treasury ' .- —The question of a new gaol and house of correction for the Borough , was next takeja into consideration , and , after some discussion , in which all parties seemed pretty well agreed , it was rosoived , on tho motion of Mr . Aid . Tottie , seconded by Mr . Aid . Holdforth , that the presentment of the justices and the

      certificate of the recorder be received and hied ; that an extended or new * aol and house of correction are necessary ; and that the requisite notices be given for taking into consideration the presentment and certificate at the next quarterly meeting in May . The committee appointed to preparo petitions to Parliament , to amend the Municipal Act , presented their report ; the draft of a petition was read , which jwas adopted , ordered to be engrossed , and signed by tho Mayor on behalf of the Council ; it was further igreed to be sent to the Earl of Hare wood , for presentation to the' Lords , and to Mr . Baines , for

      presentation to the Commons . The fifth notice , " to 5 » nsider bow far the Act of 3 and 4 Victoria , cap . ) 0 , entitled 'An Act for the care and education of nfants who maybe convicted of Felony , ' is applicable to this Borough , and by what means the Council aa most ' effectually promote the formation of an . lstitutioh for the moral improvement and employr Juvenile Offenders , " was placed on the notice j iper , by Dr . Williamson , and in consequence of his aaence frcm home , was for the present withdrawn 1 r . Hayward then rose to ask the Town Clerk to v 10 m he will look for the payment of tho expencc * o opposing the isuiDg of a Writ of Man-

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      damus for the admission of Mr . ItaHbrd Potts , as a Councillor of the Mill-Hill Ward . The Town Clerk at once replied , to the ' Mayor , Aldermen , and burgesses , and Mr . Hayward , after being heartily laughed at , sat down chagrined . The next motion , however , was his , and he was again upon his feet to move for a return of the expences of the attendance of the police and special constables at Messrs . Marshall ' s mill , in Holbeck , on Friday the 22 nd of January last . The Mayor answered the question at once , by saying , that the special constables had cost j £ 20 9 s . 6 d ., and for the borough police there had been no expence incurred . Again Mr . Hayward looked " daggers . " Mr . Markland then rose to put his question , whether a communica-— ¦ - ¦ ' '

      tion had been made by the Mayor to the Marquis of Normanby , her Majesty ' s Secretary of State tor the Home Department , of the dangerous and republican language used at the Radical and Chartist meeting at Messrs . Marshall ' s Mill . on Thursday the 21 st Jan . The Mayor replied that he had doubts as to whether he ought not to remain silent : he thought the notice never ought to have been placed on the paper . But he had determined to answer Mr . Markland , and in doing so , he denied the power and propriety of the Council to interfere . In his official capacity he had adopted such measures as he thought safe and judicious to preserve the public peace , and and he was happy that the peace had not been disturbed . He had made no communication to the Secretary of State on the speeches delivered . Mr . Markland was then proceeding to address the

      Council on the awful fact that two of the borongh justices had been present , listening to "democratical and revolutionary" speeches ; and , to prove his position , read extracts from the speeches of Collins , Moir , and Deegan , and was horror-struck at finding they could ait and hear th em without , at least , instantly submitting the speakers to all the horrorsof solitary confinement . bread and water , and other etcetera . After hearing this , Mr . Alderman Gaunt rose to order ; and the Mayor having decided that Mr . Markland was on ground on which he had no business to be , he sat down . The Mayor , however , told him he would wai re his objection , but poor Markland turned stupid , and , on Dr . Baker rising to request him to proceed , tho whole Council rose , and at once cut the " Doctor . " The business terminated at half-past two o ' clock . ;

      M asonic Mysteries . —On Saturday morning last , the sitting magistrates at the Court-House / Aldermen Tottie and Brown , were occupied with a case of assault , preferred by one Mason against a brother of the draft—arcades ambo . The fact of the assault was admitted ; but it was alleged by the defendant that previous provocation had been given , the nature of which he was not at liberty to divulge , because it had been given "in Lodge , " and waB , of course , too sacred for the ears of the uninitiated . The worthy magistrates , therefore , with a laudable anxiety to avoid the necessity of trenching upon mysteries so awful , considerately tried to . bring about a compromise between the mystic parties , by the suggestion of a mutual concession of error . But in vain : mere drossy , mundane spite got ' so far the better of masonic , brotherly beatitude , that the complainant , with the pertinacity and perversity of " The Jew

      That Shakspeare drew , " insisted upon the " bond , "the " pound of flesh "which , by the bye , the defendant , although young , looked as if he could very well have spared without personal inconvenience . Hence it became necessary to go into the case , and it appeared that the defendant had made free with the complainant ' s nose , by the operation of wringing , and that the latter , moreover , had accepted from the former a most material and unmystical Blap on the chops . Here the uninitiated got a small insight into the character of a " free and acceptkd Mason . " So fax the case was clear enough ; for the assault'had been committed in a public room , in the presence of several witnesses , who deposed to the amount of indignity perpetrated upon the nose and chops . The complainant , after the adventure of the nose , had put himself into an attitude offensive

      and defensive , which brought on the catastrophe of the chops , whereupon defendant made him" the fraternal offer of a kick down-stairs , and a further proof of affection in the street . " Striking marks of brotherly love , these , " as Alderman-Justice Tottie remarked . But tho alleged provocation had been given in the Sanctum Sanctorum—the Lodge of Fidelity—where "brother" defendant , sitting in official character , had , in his own estimation , been vilely maligned by complainant , who needed only the alteration of the last syllable of his name to become by name what he was already by nature —a JiLi . CK-guard ; that after such treatment , he , defendant , could not have done less " as a gentleman" than burn for satisfaction ; and that he had , accordingly , taken tho first opportunity to propose an apology , or the fistic , unmystic alternative . We all know

      that" When Greek meets Greek , Then comes the tug of war ;" and so much might almost have been predicated of a couple of bellicose Masons , without reference to the magistrates ; but in this case the war seems to have been monopolised by the defendant , whilst the puwhmcntwa ^ jowi opoHaed by the complainant . Howev ^ jtlfej ? TV&ip # hip » consented to hear what the attendant witness brethren on each side could say as to the gravity of the provocation committed

      "in Lodge , " although they might not hear the detail , and the case was finally dismissed upon payment by the defendant of a sovereign to the Dispensary , without costs . Hence a most important statistical and moral fact is to be deduced : the price of a pull at a " free and accepted" Mason ' s nose , is twenty shillings , and the action has a decidedly charitable tendency . Th » peculiar satisfaction thus administered to masonic honour is another thing , into the mysterious and delicate nature of which the uninitiated may not dare to pry .

      A Suspicious Character —On Saturday night , a man who gave his name George Southam , about twenty-one years of age , was received into custody at Leeds Gaol under suspicious circumstances . Ho was dressed in a woman's gown , apron , and cloak , with a black beaver bonnet and cap . It seems that the prisoner had come down by the railway train a 3 far as Oakenshaw , when he got out and went into the gentlemen ' s retiring-room instead of the ladies ' room . On reseating himseif he was told that he had got upon the train for York instead of that for Leeds , and in changing his seat he demeaned himself so unseemly that his sex and disguise were suspected ; and one of the policemen , on eying him closely , observed his trousers and heavy boots below tho skirts of his gown . He was accordingly escorted to Leeds , and given into custody . We understand he has since confessed that he belongs to Killingworth , Warwickshire , and that he had been in custody at Rugby on several charges of horse-stealing , and that he had been committed for trial at the Warwickshire Assizes , but that before his removal he effected his escape and ran home , where he arrived even before his father and mother , who had been attending his final examination , and immediately put on his mother's apparel , and set off to see a relative near Hunslet ; but on his way was apprehended . He stands remandtd until his i ientity be established .

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      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . The days appointed for holding the Assizes for the Northern Circuit , before the Hon . William Henrt Maule , Knight , one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Court of Common Pleas , at Westminster , and David Francis Atchrrley , Esq ., one of her Majesty ' s Sergeants-at-L-iw , and others , justices assigned to hold the Assizea pursuant to the statute . Westmoreland . —Thursday , Feb . la , at Appleby . Cumberland . —Saturday , Feb . 20 , at Carlisle . Northumberland . —Wednesday , Feb . 24 , at Newcastleon-Tyne . Newcastle-on-Tyne . —The sama day , at the Guildhall , Newcastle-on-Tyne . Durham —Tuesday , March 2 , at Durham . York . —Saturday , March 6 , at the Castle of York . City ov York . —The same day , at the Guildhall , York .

      Lancashire , North Division . —Saturday , March 20 , at Lancaster . Lancashire , South Division . —Thursday , March 25 , at Liverpool .

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      Wa lsall Election . —Great , excitement has prevailed at Walsall during the progress of the election , which has just now concluded ; and many are the tales in circulation as to the honourable conduct pursued by both parties towards the independent electors . An agent from Walsall , en tho part of the Tory party , attended on Monday night at the Fox Inn , Freeman-street , Birmingham , and there hired thirty men , at 15 a . and £ 1 each , to proceed to Walsall at five o ' clock the next morning , of course to kick up a row if required . There appears to have been no damage done up to the close of the poll . The election was strongly contested . The following was the state of the poll at its final tlose . Gladstone , 365 ; Smith , 327 ; majority for the Tory , 38 .

      Canterbury , Tuesday Evening . —The poll opened at eight o ' clock this morning , in seven different polling booths , and the first hour gave Mr . Smythe a majority of 16 ; on the next hour's poll Mr . Wilson gained 3 , which reduced Mr . Smythe ' s majority to . 13 . From ten o ' clock to eleven there was a , tremeudous struggle , both parties polling as quickly as possible ; as many as G < 31 voters were polled in the course of that hour , of which Mr . Wilson had a majority of one , thus reducing Mr . Smythe ' s majority to 12 . From eleven to twelve there were 150 voters polled , and the result of the total poll at that hour placed Mr . Smythe in a majority of 84 . To this return the greatest interest was attached , because a large majority at that hour , it was thought , would prove a decisive one . Every effort was then used by the Blues to reduce the majority , but without avail . Mr . Smythe ' s ( the Tory ) preponderance on the poll increased each successive hour to 106 , 120 , 130 , and finally to 1 G 3 .

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      FROM OffR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , Fei , Thr Monet Market , thb Corn L aws iJ Commercial Pbospects , &c—Anxious coum / i the effect which the recent Ministerial expogiVj affairs might hare produced , upon that unW 3 mercantile feeling , the " long heads upon 'ChS . 1 we this morning paid a long-deferred visit % vicinity of the Old Lady ' s mansion , in Threadni ? street ; and the " notes" we picked up , areUS * presented for circulation . In the first plac « 2 "leaRUO , " and its semi-Ministerial countenance i * operated in a remarkable manner upon one &f * kl

      investment-makers , ( that is , men who " invest " * !* people's money in the various stocks , com posistvS national debt ; taking the profit themselves If ? transaction prove lucky , and leaving all Io 8 » jfall upon the dolts who entrust their cash w keeping of these "investors / . ^—these , believin »( C the repeal of the Corn Laws would totally dta ?} the landed interest , and subvert the whole S ? tion of British property , by rendering tho prjjT of the land actually valueless , have refrained fo ? any " operations" of consequence , until i ? cabinet weathercock should have been ^ roughly stationary on that point . A ( JS party , relying confidently on the tlt * $ of the landed and Conservative party , to resist ? " repeal , " even should Ministers " come obji * that subject with all their strength , have \ a advantage of the unwonted supineness of ( S brother jobbers , to " do a little' flimsv" n » i ?

      strength of it . The result is , that what is tgJ / j " money" — i . e ., bank rags and bullion—hat iu ? been remembered so " easy" as at the present tiJ ! as , notwithstanding tbat tho rate of discount ^ fallen even as low as four per cent ., the btafe ! and capitalists find 6 ome difficulty in ^? curing tbeir usual supply ot ¦•* Stiff . " ^ quently , the former class prefer bfc their money , to making investments foj fixed period . A change of this state of thingB . aJ ( the knowing ones say , ) take place before long ; 2 a renewal of activity , on the commencement of a ! spring trade , is expected to create such an incta *} demand for capital , a 3 to cause a total re-acti ^? the value of money after its present state of rw tion . It is clear , therefore , from this state of thathat trade at present is dull , and that the " medittf is going a-begging ; and when trade becomes W the jugglers will take care to have their ownprj £ for the temporary use of some of their rag and d ^ " counters . "

      Firb at the Standard Office . —Last mdt just as my letter was posted , ( i . e . half-past « S afire broke out in the engine department of th Standard newspaper , which wasprovidentfallydijco . vered by a female servant belonging to the dweUiw house ; the machinists , having quitted the pr ^ for the night . An alarm was immediately nisei abundant aid was speedily at hand , ( the NonriS Union Office being nearly next door , all the app ^ tua for extinguishing fire were promptly appli « h and the element subdued after

      was doing sometom paratively inconsiderable damage . It i 8 aremwhil ( circumstance , that fires have broken out in tweln different London newspaper offices , within a pai ^ of as many months ; in consequence of which , da offices have unanimously raised the premium oi such policies from double to treble hazudtci There were , as we heard , several other fires npji last night , in various parts of the metropolisj ba our informant was usable to direct us to thepndg localities .

      Mr . Henry Vincent arrived in London on Mot-j day last ; and has published an address "TotkI Chartists of Great Britain" in the English Cftjrftfj Circular of this week , in which he exhorts lij brother Chartists not to allow their societies til degenerate into mere " talking clubs , " but to reads them " Normal Schools for the education of politicals teachers . ' i

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      Akother Tory Triumph . —Lord Eastnor laj been returned for Reigate without Opposition . A Dr . Bedford , ( a Whig ) was proposed , but met mti no seconder . Lord Henley died at his residence Whitdjplace , on Tuesday .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( by express . ) Friday , February 5 th . —There is a large arrin of Grain ; the reduced stocks have caused a fair as for all descriptions . Wheat sells at Is . perqi ora last week's prices . Fine Barley maintains itsrala ^ but for inferior it is difficult to obtain former rate Oats and Shelling fully as dear . Beans and otha articles Without alteration . Leeds Cloth Markets . —The state of theweaiba since our Jast has prevented any fresh assortment ^ goods from being brought to market , at 4 conse quently the sales in the Halls have been more limited ; but the general state of the woollen tnrfe remains without material alteration , and the tone o both merchants and manufacturers is evidently improving .

      Leeds Corn Market , February 2 nd . —Thempplies of all kinds of Grain to this day ' d market W larger . There has been a . fair demand for WIbh , and last Week's prices fully supported , Barley iu been dull sale , and Is . per quarter lower . Oitssci Shelling have been dull sale . Beans little alteiatirai .

      THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEES ENDING February 2 d , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pin , Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Q » 6102 220 G 933 — 358 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ U 3 3 6 } 1 13 1 & 1 3 4 $ — 2 3 04 HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , TUESDAY , FEE . i —Our report of this day's market varies very little from our report of last week . New good of fresh patterns were cleared at prices much as usual . Tie Fancy trade continues to be the best , althoug h ^ manufacturers complain of low prices . Favourable opinions ave entertained of a good spring trails Some of the large establishments were never Join ? more , still the small manufacturers are oaiy pw tially employed . The Wool market remains in much tke same state as for some weeks past , and pric # may be quoted as stationary .

      - Bradford Market , Thursday , Feb . 4 . —WW Market . —The stock of common shafty Combip ^ sorts is comparatively light , as the demand is chiefly directed to this class of Wool , and our last quotation is supported . A fair amount of business is doing to the lightest qualities of English as well as ColonW Combing Wool : prices stationary . Yarn Market , * There is a very steady demand for Yarns , and ma very small stocks in the hands of the Spinners , wl » are still unwilling to sell , except at advanced laws-Piece Market . — -The merchants at our market to-dtf appear to buy with great caution , yet we h « 8 observed during the week more animation , ana ' would hope a turn for the better . Prices are very firm .

      State of Trade . —During the whole of the past week the market has presented the same appearance of dulness and want of animation that was-apparent for two or three weeks previously ; the general '' ' hiclinafcioa to do an extensive business being , jester * day , 6 omewhat increased by tho unfavourable accounts of the condition of the United Slates' BMSf which have reached this country through the niedrao of a passenger landed at Cork , from the Newi OI » packet , Cambridge . The demand bo'h for goo ® and yarn was very limited , and it was difiW ""* make sales except at a trilling reduction from iit 9 prices of the preceding week . Holders , however , were generally firm , and the businessdoue was , con * sequently , trifling . —Manchester Guardian of Wed *

      Manchester Corn Market , Saturday ^ . ^ ~ During the week tho expected supplies of Fl " " from the interior have come forward , and ff '' . * more plentiful show of samples a lively demand iw the article hasbeeu experienced ; consequently , boa ' ness to a fair extent has been transacted in g ^ middling , and choice qualities of English mannlMture , without much variation from the preview current ratee , and stocks in first hands move off »«>

      consumption as they arrive . Oats have been in Te ^ moderate request ; and for Oatmeal prices wew barely supported . ; There was much firmness exiu * bited at our market this morniDg , and holdere o Wheat demanded full rates for all description * Flour was likewise in bettor request ^ and a moo ^ rate extent of business was done at the annexea quotations . Oatmeal was a ' so rather more iijqoirw for ? but no improvement in value can be now * There was not much passing in Oats or other ai "' cles , and prices were unaltered .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersniitk , Co" - *> Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , ^ t i *^ ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , BW gate ; andPubiished by the said JesBUA So !^ Cforthe said Fea . rgus O'Connor , ) at bis B ** ¦ ling-house , No , 5 , Market-street , Brigg » te ; « jj internal Communication existing between the * No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 £ 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus c ODBtitntin * Jl whole of the said Printing and Publishing OS * one Premises . . All Communications most be addressed , ( Post-paid )" J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , February , C , 1841 . . J

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      DEOYLSDEN . To the Power-Loom j Weavers op evert District , asd more especiaxly i to the Weatuis of Bolto . n . —Air . Chmty , of Droylsden , has offered a reduction to his weavers , ¦ and they have struck work against it , in consequence I of the price he offers not being equal to the price i given by other masters . He haa given ihe persons j notice to quit the houses they hold under him as f tenants ; and it is very probable he may apply to ! Boltou , or other districts , for bands , as it has been , the case aforetime . I hope the people of Boltorj , and other districts , will not attempt to take our : situations , as we are contending for their rights as well as our own . Wixlum Hibbebt .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1095/page/8/