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      rn HE desirable FREEHOLD ESTATE of the lata X Mr . CHRISTOPHER OWSTON , situate in the Parish of Thorpe Bassett , near Malion , consisting of Two Farm Houses , with Homestead , Cottages , and nearly Three Hundred Acres of rich Land , will be offered for Sale bt Auction , in the Month of February next . Further particulars , which will be given in a future advertisement , may be obtained in the interim , and a Plan of the Estate seen at the Office of Mr . CHARLES SM 1 THSON , Solicitor , Malton . Malton , 26 th October , 1841 .

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      la the Press , and speedily will be published , Price 3 d . THE POOR M&NS COMPANIONS OR POLITICAL ALMANACK FOR 1842 , CONTAINING , in addition to the usual Almanack \ J Matter in the Calendar , the Epochs of the Chartist Agitation , the Dates of the Spy Outbreaks at Newport , Dewsbury , Bradford , aad Sheffield ; the trial , conviction , sentence , and transportation , of Frost , Williams , and Jones ; the trials , sentence , incarceration , and liberation , of F . O'Connor , Esq ., for libel ; and the trials and imprisonments of J . B . O'Brien , and other Chartist Leaders . ) In addition to this is given , in a tabular form , valuable information as to the quantity of Land in the United Kingdom , cultivated , uncultivated but capable of improvement , and unprofitable waste ; capabilities of tbe Soil of Great Britain to support three or four times its present population ; summary of the rM 0 UT 08 « ot Great Britain ; summary of tne Members of both Houses of Parliament ; habitable surface and population of the earth ; population , per square mile , of each country in Europe ; comparison of the number and income of the productive and unproductive , classes of society ; nutritious matter in food ; tbe number of the religious denominations of the world ; and an abstract of the Report of the Registrar-General of England , Showing the vast superiority , in point of health and longevity of the rural over the manufacturing districts , aad tbe deplorable state of ignorance ot a vast proportion of the couples married during tbe year ending June 30 , 1840 . These Statistics are followed by the official statement ef the Amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of tbe People during the years 1838 , 1839 , and 1840 , shewing in each year the excess of Expenditure over Income ; also the amount of Taxes raised during the year endlngOct 16 th , 1841 , and tbe official statement of their general expenditure The Application of ihe Truces is shown by detailed statements of the cost of ?• Royalty" per day ; the amount and annual cost of the " National Debt ; " the cost of the " Queen ' s Ministers -, " cost of "Law , " in the annual salaries of the Judges ; cost of " Standing : Army , " and amount of " D ^ ad Weight , " with the pickings by the Parsons oat of the Army Estimates ; cost of " Navy ; cost of " Police ; " cost of •• Crime } » cost of " Education ; " cost of " Church ; " and tho cost of " Espionage and Spyism . "

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      In addition to tke above is also given TBS BLACK LIST OP STATE PABPEnS , Classified and analyzed , setting forth the sum each one receives annually from the Taxes ground out of the bones and sinews of the Poor , ( who are " thrown npon their owu recourses" ); and the total amount each one has received from tho date of grant up to the year 1841 . Next follows We Condition of the People who pay th * Taxes ( so heartlessly and infamously squandered on parasites and w , ) as depicted by official personages and those who deny tbe poor political power . The whole , compiled from Parliamentary and other documents , Br JOSHUA HOBSON , Publisher of the Northern Star . * * One of the beat classified and most complete an& cheap Political Almanacks ever offered to the notice of the public : Price only Three-pence ! Sixty-four pages of beautiful Letter-press , stitched in a Cover ! to Advertisements received for stitching up with the Book . Iu the Press also , and speedily will be published , price One Penny , a Second Edition of No . 1 of THE LABOURER'S LIBRARY . Containing Cobbett ' s famous Article on the "Bight of the Poor to the Suffrage of the People's Charter . " In the Press also , a Second Edition of Mr . O'Cannor ' a excellent pamphlet on the QUESTION OF THE LANB ; Foming Nos . 2 and 3 of Labourer ' s Library , and sold for 3 d . Lkkds : Printed by J . Hobson , Northern Star Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; in Manchester by A . Heywood , Oldham-street ; and in Glasgow by Patoa and Love , Nelson-atraet .

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      London 1 , 200 unemployed compositors and pressman ; many of them , with large families , are in a state of obsolute starvation . Such is the depressed condition of their trade , that several of its honest and industrious members have been compelled , in despair , to enter the union workhouses . The majority , however , of the unemployed suffer all the pangs of hnnger rather than seek relief from those sources . Their present condition ia cauBed by the depressed state of the bookselling and publishing trade , by the little business done bf Parliament , and by the substitution of mechanical power for human , labour . '

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      Thb Armstrong Liver Fills are recommended as an Anti-bilious medicine , to every sufferer from bilious complaints and iadirastioB , or from an inactive liver , and are procurable at all Druggists , and at the Northern Star office . It is only necessary to see that the stamp has " Dr . John Armstrong ' s Liver Pills" engraved on it in white letters * and to let no one pat you off with any other pills . N . B . — -The Pilla in the boxes enclosed , in marbled paper , and marked B ., are a very mild aperient , and are particularly aud universally praised . They are admirably adapted for sportsmen , agriculturists , men of business , nttval and military men ; as they contain no mercury or calomel , and require neither confinement to the house , nor restraint in diet .

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      I Pbwhiest , BeaDFOIld , has sent us a long letter , in ' reference to the lecture of the Rev . Mr . Stephens at that place , <""* &lhe PV &fc conduct 0 / Mr . 8 . on several occasion * . He complains of not having teen allotted to question the Reverend GentlemaR afterhis lecture . We . have no room for his letter * - Gracchus . —We shall be glad to receive the papers he speaks of ; and t ^ l-seiuJhivf . the Sixstn , return . Hit letter shall appear next week-Us . Black ao tl thb Shepfeblp Chartists . -- We have receivfS a letter / rom the Council « f Sheffield thanking us for our comment upon Mr . Bla ck ' s speech , *» the last Star , and stating that { he Co uncil being occupied in making arrangetnents for the reception of Mr . O'Brien did not

      Jisar the speech : but disclaiming , on the part of ihe Sheffield Chartists , any general participation in the cheering of the imprudent passages . 5 ) 51 Tree of TjTBKRTT trill scarcely do . Jajces Cabxledgb . —His letter to the teachers of Sunday schools shall appear , but must stand over at present . £ zui . —The Lines to Erin shaU appear . "WltL AST IbishxaJ ! residing at Sligo , Enniskillen , Armagh , and Dundalk , who may wish to receive Chartist papers from England , send their parti cular addresses to the Star f , A Labourer , Bochdalb . —Will he give as his name and address ? We received from him an article , if we mistake not , a week or two ago , for which toe thank him , as for his present one . We shall seek his permission to appropriate and use both of

      { JSfEBAl Covxcn * . —A number of communications have been received which press of matter obliges us to omit till next week . gri-RR to Ib . elasd .-B . M Donald , of Loughrea , is desirous of having more S'ara sent to him . He says he has not half svfficient . They may be directed to him at the post-office . Seme parlies send papers addressed to Mr . Brophy , at Loughrea . There is no such person ; and the papers lay idly at the qffice . Mr . Brophy is note in Dublin . EdwjlRD P . J&bad , of Birmingham , would be happy

      is receive any communication from any of his old friends in Birmingham , or elsewhere . Let-. ters addressed to him at Mr . E . Fox ' s , Goldsithne $ , near Marizion , West Cornwall , will be duly ellcnded to , and answered immediately . His stay at Goldsiihney will be about a month longer from the present date , October 21 , 1841 . D . Caisb , Lo ?« t > O 3 . —We shall be glad if he trill atttnd to our request , of writing on one side of his paper . PoEtaT . —About a dozen poetical contributions are declined . GbObse Jobdat ? must excuse us . We have not

      . "W * . Marie ? . —His letter was omitted last week for lack of space . It was in type before his present one arrived . Jls . CBsies bids us say that he accepts the invitation of the men of Huddersfield , and trill be uith them as early as possible on Sunday , ( to-morroie . ) Jfe . C ^ Bbie » will be in Halifax on Wednesday and in Todmorden on Thursday , en route to Manchester . Jakes Wiiiel—Must stand over . Hatobth . — The coBuxaaucation about the removal of their Foresters" Lodge , would render us liable to proseasSon for libsi

      National Chaexeb Associatiox . —A correspondent writes ' . —Allow one of the blistered hands , and a constant reader of your invaluable paper for these last three years , to recommend one thing to be done by Mr . Feargus O'Connor , and that is , that he trill nake it a point , at the close of all and every meeting , to call upon the whole assembly te come forward , and join the National Charter Association , and that he will stay andhelp the Secretary to take down the names of all those who wish to join . I was very glad to read that Mr . O'Connor had done so in one place , and I think that if he was to adopt the same pltm at all the meetings which he may attend , it would add thousands , and tens of thousands , to ournriks ; and I hope that Mr . O'Connor will call upon every leader and lecturer in the kingdom to do the same . '' C V ? IST . —His communication is too long for iw sertion .

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      Ws have received a post-office order from Auchierorder , and the person sending has not written a word to say what he intends ' us to do with it . Will the person who has sent it say the amount , and tchai ii is for ? H . COOSXB . —Jm & * & any earlier this week ! WjL Cx 2 SSXLL , Putney Common . —At many plates of JBmmett as there are subscribers in London were forwarded ; and if not delivered to the agent who supplies you let Mm apply to Mr . J . Cieave , 1 , Shoe lane , Fleet-street .

      J , W . Haltos . —The stamps were distributed , as you desired , thus : —You will find ihifor the Victim Fund , noiieed in the Star ' September 2 plh ; Aid was taken for a Star , sent to N . B . school : and is . 2 d . was handed to Mr . Hobson , for 100 Chartist Circulars , No . 25 , to be sent to Mr . OPHiggins—making in all the fifty-nine stamps . Persons ought to be careful how they order such parcels to be tent : it is probable Mr . O"Biggins will have five or six shillings to pay for the one hundred Circulars .

      CPBBiEt ' s Pbess Feto , —Received by the Manchester Town Council for O'Brien ' s Press Fund , Mr . Smith , Plymouth , 6 s ., Mr . Thomas , Salford , Is . JOB TBZ WIVES ASD FAKILIES OP THE I 5 CABCEBATKD CHAETISTS . £ « . < L Frsm Dunkeld , by C . C . T .. 0 2 0 « . a Solicitor at Leicester ... 0 5 0 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From & Repealer ,,, ... ... 0 1 1

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      IOAKCHE 5 TER . Mr . C . Doyle delivered a uetnre is TiV-street Room , on Sunday evening , to a crowded audience . Mr . Murray , an Irish . Chartist , delivered a l ecture on the miseries of Ireland , the sine evening , in the Brown-street Room , and Mr . C&nledge lectured to a numerous and respectable assembly in the Chartists Room , Bomber ' s Brow , Swckpori . Cobs Law Fin-trass , —The Whig press have written Chartist failure when two thousand or more OATe been present , but they very sagaciously omit to notice the two meetings called by the Corn Law i > eague Ian week . On the first evening there were counted to be only 150 oresent . in a room eaDable

      of holding 3000 , and on the second evening the-doors were not opened . Mr . Hill , Corn Law lecturer , had S j J 0 form 3 &nd * « hts Mr Beardsall piaearoed tee town last wetk , announcing that he would deliver a lecture on the Corn Laws . There were about eighty present , most of them boy ? , and * motion was made and carried for the Chartersareiy if ours were failures these were doubly so . SALFOBD .-Pcblic Mectisg . —According to announcement by placard , a numerous meetiug was new m the spacious room in the Town Hall , on aionoay evening . Mr . Littler was un&niiaouslycaued to the chair . Mr . James Leech was first Urtroonced amidst loud cheers . He commenced « aljang the statements made by Mr . Acland at ~ Tv ^ Law meeting . The repealers wished to nake tiie public believe that h % d thsv m » r thev

      ZJz *\ . « . m&cili nei 7 . The working classes were uie nrst in Bhewmgthe eviis which theimprovette&i or naetiiaery would bring npon them ; when fa ? f *™* ' ^ " wer e first invented , the worker ri ^ f s \ w tfle consequences . They turned out w aesiroy that machinery , and for which many were sent to prison , others suffered tMnsporUiion , * aa teany were hung . Because such was the case SL i time ' demies to Chartism infer that S 5 * f " ^ ed W > break machinery . The poor ™ -n aid not complain of the machinery taking their inii . i ??* beciDse it took along with it their food wo . tio taing . The speaker then referred bis hearers wfctTt ^ ffien foldin g public situations , in AB ^ iv " 167 Dad been enabled to amass fortunes ; ~« wflen arrangements were made to nreclnde the of

      Jf ^ ssy them , they demanded compensation , and iL jT ^ ? 111611 ^ io numerous instance ? , granted ai / . 5 wnen tiie working man was superseded by ~*~™« y , there was no compensation for him , wep ; to stam in the Btreet , or leave the land ta » ^ binL M * - L&ch then Pr « Perly ™ ered the assertion which was made by £ " > AeJand , relative to the foreign manur ?™** 3 . withdrawing their capital from their present investments in order to grow com , if the j-oni Laws were taiea off . He next thowed the tte onsiBtency of Mr , Dyer , & member of the League ttelaaaericg for & repeal of the Corn Laws , to "Mole them to compete with foreigners , whilst he was mmself sending machinery to the foreigners Zjr ** tne English oat of tb * market . The speaker f" **** * c * se of a manufacturer who made tuch TOormons abatements , that the weavers summoned ™ ai pefore the maeistraiea . who . s&einir the unastiee .

      «« tted m favonr of the workmen ; after which , the ¦ w ere had a notice printed and posted in the ware-«» se , whkh S * d jbii no stated prica would be given iLjS * tliere - ^ e government who granted *^ , WO , 000 for the emancipation of black slaves « M « 2 id allow something to build cottages , and the P » pie would produce for themselves , destroy the wiapetiuon in the labour market , enable them to srow their own food , keep them from the poorhouse waSndaaexoellentmarketforrfiein * nufAtured goods « showed ihe wisdom of Irvine Providence , in pro-™ £ a g & variety . The people were very fond of ¦ u * ! batter , and cheese . In six of the continental aa boos wages were hat * bont 4 s . 9 d ., -whilst an Rllfih ODftrarrr * mnci t »»» Si fn-r s . Knuee In tha

      ** eaB 8 i © . i the other evening , at die Mechanic ' s In-^« won , one of the gentlemen said ^ that if they w W"d repeal the Cora Iawb , they would enforce the

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      cultivation of the land ot this country . If such would be the result , what wouliTbeconie of the argument &bont the exchange of goods for corn ! Mr . Leach continued to answer point after point to the edification of his audience , who listened with marked attention , only interrupted by appplause , and glanoed at the pTogres 3 of the cause . He was highly pleased to near their chairman read that d »> ai article from the Nonconformity encouraging ftnd defending the Chartists—* journal which Was read by the middle class . The press had been id variably against them . The Manchester Guardi an had , en all occasions , misrepresented them , and -was of ho manner of service to the working man . Bat ihere was one thine which gave consolation , they had tht > Northern

      8 tart which amid all the storms and advene elements , had bees , the people ' s friend . It had never bent neither in the battle nor the breexe . The speaker drew a picture of the 5 , 000 , 000 of half-fed and half-starved people of Ireland , and their benerolent cotton masters were going thousands of miles , to see if they could find people who wanted a shift or a shirt . The speaker glanced at the Teport of the Enumeration Society , at Leeds , and called upon the people to unite to break down the tottering corrupt and unjust system . Mr . Littler rose and asked whether any one objected to what the speakers >» dvaneed , if so , he would ensure them a hearing . A gentleman , at the end of the room , who said he was of the same opinion as themselros , relative to the

      Charter and Corn Laws , asked two questions , irbieh Leach answered to his entire satisfaction and the meeting generally . Ne other questions being pat , Mr . Bell rose and moved , That the best method of repealing the Corn Laws and benefiting the country was to make the People ' s Charter a legislative enactment . " Mr . Rankfn seconded the motion . The Chairman enquired if any one had an amendment , and none appearing , the resolution was . unanimously carried amidst loud cheers . Mr . Griffin then moredt" That though this meeting condemns in the highest degree the conduct of those deluded parties who have allowed themselves to be made the tools of designing men , by going to meetings with

      sticks instead of arguments . Yet we beg to be understand that we make no allusion to the intelligent members of the Repeal of the Union Association , hearing th&t they themselves nave denounced it , and believing as we do , that they are as sorry as we are to witness such disgraceful proceedings ; and we hereby offer the right hand of fellowship to every Irishman , whether he agrees with ns in opinion or not , so long as he does not infringe npon our liberties . " Mr . Murray seconded it , and it was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was tendered the Chairman and the lecturer , and three cheers were given for the Charter , Mr . O'Connor , the Northern Star , and the Welsh Patriots , and the meeting broke up .

      bzrssxn « baxs . —A tea party and ball will be held at the Social Institution , Lawrenoe-street , on Tuesday evening , Nov . 16 ; h , for the benefit of Mrs . Roberts , tickets Is . each , when I hope to realise the greater portion that will be wanted to place this poor widow in a way to get her own living . In the mean time , any subscription , however small , will be thankfully received by Mr . Jamea Guest , 93 , Steelhouse-lan * , Birmingham . Tickets may be had of Guest , Steelhou 3 e-lane j Taylor , Smallbrook-street ; Plastans , Dale-end ; "Watts , Snowhill ; and Mr . Woodward , at the Social Institution , Lawrencestreet . As the number is limited , early application is necessary . Any person having a good secondhand patent mangle to dispose of will please address as above , stating price , &c .

      BIiACKBUBJT . —Mr . Duffy lectured here on Monday last , to a crowded aadienoe . Mr . Beesley was nominated fox North Lancashire in the ensuing invention . X > ABXiASTO 2 T The Chartists held their weekly meeting on Tuesday last , when Mr . Styran was called to the chair . The Bilston delegate was empowered to act for them at the delegate meeting at Stafford . Money for thirty cards was ordered to be sent , and the subscriptions to the Executive . Numbers of members are added every meeting night .

      DARLINGTON . —We held our weekly meeting on Monday night , at eight o ' clock , when several members were enrol ] ed , and some very interesting speeches were made . At the conclusion of the meeting , we came to the resolution to commence our labours immediately , by ordering petition sheets . The petitions will lay at ibe following places : — Mr . John Reid's , Church-street ; Mr . Wm . Carlton , head of Band Gate ; Mr . Charles Foster , Post , house Wynd ; and Mr . Nicholas Bragg ' s shop , Priestgate .

      To thb Chaktists of Lbicbstkbshibk . —Gentle * men , I am directed by the general Council of the National Charter Association in the Northern Division of Lancashire , to inform you that they are desirous to exchange , for a short time , their Lecturer for Mr . Bairstow , who , they understand , u engaged to you . If you are desirous also of making an exchange , for a short time , you can , and by doing so you will much oblige the members of the Association in North Laneashire .--WM . Bkesley , Abbey-street , Aecrington . WAXWORTH . —Mr . Martin lectured here on Wednesday , on the present distressed state of the country . Alier the lecture Mr . Rose stated the fact of his having lately visited a convict ship a Woolwich , and finding the transported convicts to fare much better than working men usually do .

      DURBAK . —Delegate Meeting . —There , was a County Delegate Meeting at Mr . Bradford ' s Temperance Hotel , Darham , on Monday , the 23 th inst ., to take into consideration the better organization of the county . Mr . Embleton was unanimously elected chairman , and Mr . ilowbray secretary . A letter was then read from the Chartists of West Auckland , Btating that they thought it best not to send a delegate , on account of the expenoe ; they were favourable to joining the National Charter Association , and were willing to bear their share , in tcie expenses of a lecturer . Also one from

      Gateshead , Btatmg their in&bimy to send a delegate ; they are in a bad state of organization , in consequence of not having a place to meet in . After which the delegates present gave a very nattering account of the progress of Chartism in their respective localities . The following resolution was proposed by Mr . Plaits , seconded by Mr . Carr , and carried unanimously : — " That , in order to effect the better organization of the Couuty of Durham , it is necessary tc divide it into districts , for the purpose of keeping up a system of local agitation ; and that this meeting are of opinion that the undermentioned places are best situated for forming dUtricts : —

      Durham Barnard Castle Sunderland Darlington Gateshead Bishop Auckland Sou-h Shields Wingate . Stockton It wa 3 also resolved— " That the abovenanjed places bs recommended to hold public meetings of their localities , for the purpose of forming their respective dis : rici » , it being the opinion of the delegates pressiit that the plan already proposed is best adapted for carrying out the objects of the Chartists of this county . " "That this meeting are of opinion that the plan proposed would not interfere with any arrangements entered upon , nor of having the services of paid lecturers , if thought necessary . " After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated .

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      Sofal ant * Cfeneral ZnteUi&ente . NEWCASTLE . —On Monday evening last , a public meeting was called by placard , to take into consideration the case of the masons on stride at the new Houses of Parliament . The meeting was held in the Joiner ' s Hail , and was numerously attended . Mr George Tamer , operative mason , was called to the ehai ? . Mr . Alexander WilsoU i a delegate m&SOn , from London , in eloquent terms , pleaded the cause of the masons , and explained the numerous and heavy grievances which they had borne from the lickspittle Allen . The resolutions wero similar to those adopted at Sunderiand , and will be found in the report of that meeting . Subscription lists lie at Messrs . Byrne and Co . ' s , Cloth Market ; Messrs . T > . France and Co . ' s , Side ; Mr . Pace ' s , White Swan , Golcar , Nun-street ; and at the Provision Stores , Side , and Clayton-street .

      SHIELDS . —Meeting po £ the Masoks . —On Friday evening , a public meeting was held in the Durham Arms , Market-place ,. South Shields , to consider the case of the masons now on strike at the Parliament works , London . There was an excellent meeting . Mr . Young , a mason , was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Alexander Wilson , delegate , from London , in a speech replete with humour , feeling , and good sense , addressed the assembly npon the merits of the strike , and , there is no doubt , convinced the working classes of its importance aad claims upon their support . The resolutions were the same in spirit as those inserted in the Sunderiand report . A vote of censure on the Weekly Dispatch was also carried .

      SUNSEBZiAlTD . —Masoks' Stbixs . —A subscription to aid the masons now on strike at the Parliament Works , London , is on foot in &mderland , Newcastle , North and South Shields . This has been started , not because the funds of the masons are exhausted , or likely to bs , for thanks to their excellent organisation , this is not likely to be the case , but it is felt that the strike of the masons involves principles and considerations of the deepest importance to the whole working community . We have no donbt of their complete and speedy triumph .

      J > 7 SHAXn . —Asciskt Fohkstet . —The third anniversary of Court St . Nicholas , No . 806 , of the Ancient and Honourable Order was celebrated on Monday , the 25 th inst ., at the house of Brother Wm . Ward , Hat and Feather Inn , in this city , when upwards of 100 of the brethren aud friends sat down to a sumptuous dinner , which refleoted the greatest credit on the worthy host aad hostess .

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      OREENOOK .-A meeting of the inhabHans of this towa vr&s held in ' the Hall of the Mechanics ' Institute ^ on the evening of Monday ee ' nnigbt , for tne purpose of memorialising the local authorities against their then intended augmentation of ^ salaries to the Manager ot our Gas Works , ihe town's Taxgather , and town ' s Architect . By whom the thin /? was suggested , or what tta conooetera' reai . object wse , we have not been abl « satisfactorily to discover , nor does it matter moon , as it is the report of the proceedings of the meeting'as given by the Greenock Advertiser tint is mainly to be spoken of in this paragraph . The base hostility of this journal to the extension ef the elective franchise , for the last past three yean , has most effectually promoted the

      cause or Chartism in this town and neighbourhood The late extraordinary demonstration in honour of the Champion of the Charter was characterised bf the Greenotk Advertiser , id a notice of some naff dozen lines , as a foolish affair , attended by 600 men and boys , whil * it is notorious enough to all that Greenock contains upwards of 6 , 000 adult Chartists , all first-rate artisans , and stern advocates of political justice , and that there were at least 12 , 000 persons walked through Greenock on that oeeasion . However , as has been already said , it is the report of the proceedings of the above meeting we have in view . The placard that announced the meeting was headed " Extravagance of the Local Authorities , " and of coarse those who attended expected to

      hear the voice of the Committee respecting the affair complained \> f , viz . the reckless squandering of the town's funds ; nor were they disappointed . The chairman , Mr . John MaUiston , an elector , and one of the most intelligent and independent men in the country , having read the bill calling the meeting , stated , in a dear and manly manner , his opinion of the question submitted to the meeting , and was decidedly against the proposed augmentation of salaries , to the public servants . The most of the speakers ( nearly a dozen of whom were electors ) held the same sentiments ; bat Mr . John Neilson took the lead , and made it very evident , as their conduct has since proved , that our local authorities eared not a straw for the remonstrances of the

      meeting , and that till such time as the great body of the people hare the power of appointing their represen tatives in the House of Commons , as well as at the council board , their grievances would be unredressed , and their complaints laughed at . On the Friday after the meeting , what was said to be a report of its proceedings appeared in the Greenock Advertiser , and a more shameless attempt to oonoeal and suppress public opinion , it was never our lot to witness . It certainly stated that a resolution , condemnatory of the intended augmentation of salaries to the public servants had been agreed to at the meeting , and laid before the local authorities , but , at the same time , it so misrepresented the speakers , and what they said , as must have excited in the minds of

      its readers nothing but indignation and disgust . Such a one a Baker , such a one a Naihr , and such a one a [ Joiner , at the same time each and all are represented as speaking absolute nonsense . Excellent conduct this certainly , in a would-be public teacher of morality , and a great stickler for endless misery in the world to come . But the real fact is , that the principal objects of all the Whig and Tory newspapers in the empire are not only to misrepresent and falsify , but to repress and smother truth , in whatever way or form she dare hold up her head . Let any working man , or any one in fact , dare to open his mouth , or otherwipe move , is behalf of the labouring classes , or point out a grievance under which the community

      suffers through class legislation , and the instant he does so he is marked by the Whig aud Tory newsmongers as deserving of the moat rancorous persecution . - If be be a mechanic , his occupation is invariably annexed to his name , that he may be dismissed from his employment , and deprived of his daily bread . But there is no town in Britain where the working man has been made to suffer so severely and so often for the advocacy of truth as he has in Greenock , nor is there a journal in existence that has disgraced itself so frequently in this way as the nefarious print in question . The local authorities here , and everywhere else , should bo ashamed of such alliances . They may be wealthy individuals , and look big when Krmed respectable ,

      but they can lay no fair claim to honesty or honour while they countenance such abominable work . The courteous reports which a regular Whig or Tory newsmonger is in the habit of giving of the proceedings of the magistrates and Town Councillors , would lead the casual observer to imagine that these bodies can do no wrong ; whereas , were many of their deeds laid before the public in their true colours , how very differently indeed would their Conduct appear t How many cruel acts of petty tyranny never heard ot , are prostrated against toe poor and friendless , by those clothed with brief authority ? The strong arm of the law is only known to the unfortunate when wielded against them , and the wrongs of the

      blistered hearts as well as those of the blistered hands , are passed over as matters unworthy of notice , by an unprincipled press . On the other hand , when the crimes of the privileged classes require concealment , with what alacrity and ingenuity do the Whig and Tory journals whitewash and proteot them 1 Has some evangelical pillar of orthodoxy been detected committing an unnatural crime 1 or an elder caught squandering the Kirk plate on the Sabbath 1 or a hundred respectable grocers found with light weights in their possession ! " Hush hush ! " cry the Whig and Tory newsmongers , " like good children , and you will all get whistles to-morrow . " Nor is there a biped among them superiour at that game , to the linsey-woolsey weaver

      who patches up the Greenock Advertiser . It has beea often thought , as well as said , that a list of the wretches ( with their original occupations , ) who conduct the Whig and Tory papers in Scotland , would be highly amusing if not edifying to tho se who read and support those same Whig and Tory newspaper . Commencing with the Metropolis , we would find slicked miuisters , penny writers , tinkers , drystone dyke builders , and lazy weavers , and in the provinces , broken spirit merchants , earthenwaremen , bawdy-house bullies , and such a group of nondescripts as the devil himself coold not enumerate . A beauteous and valiant band , truly , for enlightening and guiding the most philosophical and devout people under Heaven ; and all led on , too , by

      the hen-toed turnspit of the Greenock Advertiser —the aon-intrusion oracle of the West , aud speeohmakar-general for the local authorities of the first sea-port in Scotland . In conclusion , then , we would say , that as the Mechanics' Hall is an excellent substitute for an honest journal , it should be used as suca by the working people of Greenook . The Hall is , to all ends and purposes , their own ; there they can meet six uights in the week , if they choose , and , a 3 tax-payers and men , who will be compelled to fight when war come ? , they should rigorously dissect the whole of the conduct of the local authorities ,

      as well as that of the vile , disreputable local newspaper . A public vote of censure it most certainly deserves , for its late rascally impudence . Let another meeting , then , we say , be got up instantly , openly and avowedly for the purpose of remonstrating against the local authorities' extravagance at this calamitous juncture . They had more need to reduce the salaries of the public servants , and provide for the perishing poor during the approaching gloomy winter , more especially as one , at least , of those public servants is highly obnoxious to the great body of the community , and well known to be a petty tyrant . — Correspondent .

      SHEFFIELD-The Theatre re-opened for the season on Monday night , under the management of Mr . Lacy . Sheep Slaughtered . —A fow nights ago a fat sheep , the property of Mr . George Walker , of Conisbro ' , was slaughtered in a field near that place , and two shoulders and one leg taken away . Suicide . —On Tuesday week , an inqueRt was held before Thomaa Badger , Esq , at the Sheffield Poorhouse , on view ot the bod y of John Kirk , of Water Lane , aged 21 years . The deceased was a man of weak intellect , aud on the previous forenoon was found suspended by the neck and quite dead in a p rivy adjoining the house in which he lived . The jury found a verdict that the deceased hung himself , being at the time of unsound mind .

      P . obbebies , —On the morning of Tuesday week , about four o ' clock , the hen-roost of Mr . Croseland , of Hanover-street , was broken into and three fowls stolen . On Thursday week , Mr . Frost , draper , in Fargate , had about thirty yards of striped linen stolen from his shop door . On Friday evening , ( the 22 nd , ) a brown top-coat was stolen from the shopdoor of Mr . George Foster , in High-sireet . BIB . MINGHAXtt .-DEnroBS' PuisoN .-The justice of our beautiful laws is fiuely exemplified iu the treatment of rich and poor debtor ? . In the High-Street Of this town \ 8 & dilapidated building in which the debtors are confined . The upper rooms are used as sleeping apartments for the accommodation of those who are sufficiently respectable to pay for them , and also for the use of the Governor . The poor debtors' apartment is a miserable cellar , badly ventilated , in which there are now twenty-threo poor fellows confined For various p « .-iods . The stench

      which proceeds from this their day apartment is really suffocating . But it appears that their dormitory is still worse . Their bed consists of a parcel of straw , shook down" in the same manner as littering horses , the debtors lying heads and points by as many as twelve , which , according to the statements of the inmates , causes them to be overrun with vermin . No provision whatever is made for their support , and application has often to be made to the parish to keep them from dying of hunger . At the same time that the working men are compelled to submit to all this filth and misery for a Few shillings of debt , perhapB contracted through sickness or want of employment , the " respectables ' live in clover , for the few -weeks they are ia , and although they might owe £ 2 , 000 , they get whitewashed , and perhaps start trade stronger than ever . What excellent laws t » d how justly administered , t

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      BOL * O ! f < -. The Good Samaritan Lodge , No . 540 of the United Order of Odd FeUowB , held their first anniversary afr' Brother Kay ' s , sign of the Fonr OPaetories , Little Bolton , on Saturday last . An exceHeaidinner was provided , and an agreeable evening was spent . ' ^ TODOTORDEN .-TcBJf Oiri . —Mr . Ba * ker , prtt'Went of the Corn Law League ^ has repijatedly attempted t » reduce hia workpeople ' s wages , bar has w ® * ^ 9 » een eompellM to ^ gire np thei attempt . About three weeks 8 inoe he reduced the weavers as follow , those that were getting Is . 24 . W M . and those tnat got lg . per cot to lOdf ., and of coorse a turnout was the consequence . The mill has been standing ^ fortnight .

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      TRICKS OF THE "PLAGUE . " Some weeks ago , one Mr . LiddeH , ; ' » "plague " maiuwas hired to enlighten the darkness of the Newcastle lads on the Cora Law question . After sundry flourishes ot the Gateshead Peimr Whistle , Mr . Wm . Parker , a working man , took the trouble , of extinguishing this rushlight of plajtuory , by silencing him and all his friends at the doseof his own lecture . A correspondence between , them followed , in which the lecturer , referring to , tha arguments of hia Chartist friend , says : " Tbow who wiab . to dtaum aneb matteis with me would do -wall to engage a room , and give me an opportnntty of meeting witb them ; because , when I apply to tarmtw for the uw of a chapel , I apply to them fox the loan of it to a particular pupoM—to the delivery of a lecture ; and if I took n *> n myaelf the power of appropriating it to a discussion without their consent , it would be a breach of agreement with them . I trust yon tee the force of this statement . " To this Mr . Parker said , in his reply : —

      •• You know Sir , I am poor , very poor , and cannot command chapela , &o ., but the working men have & reading-room near Byte Bar , this I am offered . I have therefore to request you will name any evening which will be most convenient to you On these terms I lev 11 you : —You shall be free of expence , —you and your friends shall be protected with every respect If you are the only , epeaker , I nlone will answer you . 1 / one or more of / your friends join in the discussion , then an equal number , of mine to be allowed to reply ; or , if you like It better , I will take you alL I , on my part , engaging to print and post round the Oiueborn and Newcastle , 300 bills announcing the dlflcuasion . "

      This was jist the sort of convenience that Mr . Lecturer Liddell did not want ; and Mr . Parker heard no more of him , .

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      PoiTPONEHKNT OF O'CoNNOa ' s ViSIT TO DUMFRIES , Carlisle , Newcastle , and Sundebland . —In consequence of Mr . O'Connor being determined not to leave his work half done , he has resolved upon meeting the defunct parson Brewster again , on Thursday the 4 th , iu the large Hall in Glasgow Mr . Brewster has challenged Mr . O'Connor , and dared him to come there , and Mr . O'Connor has determined upon giving him the finishing stroke ; and therefore he has been compelled to write to

      Dumfries , Carlisle , Newcastle , and Sunderiand , to postpone his visit to a future day ; and in truth the advanced season makes us rejoice at this change , as it is now too late for holding out-door meetings . We trust that the woekino mss of Glasgow , mmd , the working men , will attend , in their working drees 38 , on Thursday next , the 4 th of November , at the large Hall . We have long had & misgiving about some of onr Glasgow pbikwcs , but we assure them that Feargus O'Connor is not just the man to be duped by soft words and dark deeds .

      Chartist Leciures will be delivered in the following places : —Beestou , Monday evening , November the 1 st . ; Lancaster , Tuesday , the 2 nd . ; Clitheroe , Wednesday , the 3 rd . ; Sabden , Thursday , the 4 th . ; Barnoldswiok , Friday , the 5 th . ; Colne , Saturday , the 6 th . i Aecrington , Monday , the 8 th . ; Backup , Tuesday , the 9 th . ; Burnley , Wednesday , tho 10 th . ; Harwood , Thursday , the 11 th .: Blackburn , Friday , the 12 th . ; Chorley , Saturday , the 13 th . Glasgow . —The committee of the stone masons in

      Glasgow begs leave to state to the readers of tho Star in Glasgow , that they will have a concert in the Lyceum Rooms , for the benefit of their Reading Room , on the night of November the 8 th . Ms . Doyle will leoture in Stockport on Sunday , the 31 st of Ootober ; in Mottram , on Monday , the 1 st of November ; in Hazlegrove , on Tuesday ; in MaAcWfkld , on Wednesday ; in Congleton , on Thursday ; and in Hauley on Friday . Mr . Doyle begs leave to inform his friends in Lancashire that he can no longer fulfil bis engagements in that district .

      Stroud . —The Chartists of Stroad met , as usua , on Monday night , when i t was unanimousl y agreed that the county delegate meeting which was to be held the first Sunday in November will be held in their room , on Sunday , Ootober 31 st , at half-past ten o ' clock in the morning . The delegates are particularly requested to be in attendance , as Mr . Millsom will deliver an address in the evening of Sunday , at five o ' clock , in the Stroud Charter ABBOciation room . Seghill and Cbamlingtok . —On Sunday afternoon , at two o ' clock , Mr . Williams , of Sunderiand , will address the people of this place , at Seghill Bridge , should the weather permit . Life Boat House , Sundeeland . —Mr . Binns will lecture here , weather permitting , at half-past two o'clock on Sunday afternoon .

      Akcadb . —The usual weekly meeting will be held on Tuesday evening . Hanlby , Staffordshire . —The delegate meeting notio * d by a resolution inserted in the Star of the 16 th inst ., calling upon the various districts in the Counties of Stafford and Salop will take place on Sunday , the 31 st of October , for the purpose of adopting the best means of electing a delegate for the forthcoming Convention to sit in London , and

      for collective funds for the same—the postponement of the meeting from the 24 th to the 31 st is unavoidable . The delegates will bear in mind that the meeting will take place at Stafford , at the house of Mr . Wm . Peplow , boot and shoemaker , Friarstreet , at ten in the morning ; aud it is desired that the Chartists of W olverhampfcon , Bilston , Wednesbury , Darlaston , Newport , Stafford , &c . &c ., w ill endeavour to send delegates , as business of importance will have to be done .

      Mr . Leech will lecture in Stalybridge . on Monday , tho lsi of November , at eight o clock ; at Hyde , on Tuesday , the 2 nd ; at Mossly , on Wednesday , the 3 rd ; afc Leigh , oa Thuradav , the 4 th . He will bo in Ripponden on Monday , the 8 th ; in Hudd -r .-field , Tuesday tho 9 th ; in Leeds , Wednesday , tho 10 th ; in Selby , Thursday , the 1 lth ; in Hull , Friday , the 12 ^ h ; and will sail per packet from Hull , and be in London on the 14 th ; and will me « t tho other members cf the Executive on th 15 th . London . —A concert will take plase on Monday evening next , at eight o ' olook , at Mr . Webster ' s , Black Eagle , Parish-street , for tho benefit of a poor Chartist , who has been unfortunate . Tickets , 3 d . each , can be had of Mr . Jeanee , of the Bermondsey Charter Association , and of Mr . Wise , 55 , Ola Bailey .

      Ashton-under-Lyne . —On Sunday next , Mr . J . Richards , of Pendleton , will deliver a lecture in the Association-room , Catherine Street . Sheffield . —Mr . Skevington will lecture in the room , Fig Tree Lane , on Sunday evening , October 31 st . Chartists attend , and welcome an old and tried friend . Eccxesfield . —Mr . Julian Harney will address a public meeting of the inhabitants Of Ecolesfiold , at two o ' clock in the afternoon of Monday , the 1 st of November . Finsbort . —Lectures and discussion next Monday evening , at Lunt ' a Coffee House , ClerkenweU Green . Westminster . —Mr . Wheeler will lecture at the Charter Coffee-hope , Stretton-ground , on Sunday evening next , at eight o ' clock .

      St . Pancrass . —Mr . Stallwood will lecture at the association rooms , Feathers , Warren-street , on Sunday . Subject— " Necessity of a change . " Walworth . —Mr . Ridley will lecture attheMontpelier Tavern , on Monday . Hackneyi . —Mr . Ridley will lecture to the Chartists assembling at Wilson ' s Temperance Hotel , on Tuesday . Chelsea . —Mr . Dallibar will lecture at the United Coffee-house , George-street , on Sunday evening .

      The North and East Riding Delegate Meeting will be held at York , on Sunday , the Slat inst ., at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , in the Charter Association-room , Ebor Tavern , Striker's Passage , Fos ? gate , when it is requested that delegates from as many towns in the above Ridings as possibly can will be present , as business of importance wi ll be brought forward , and a lecturer appointed . Four candidates are already v . p for the office . City of London . —Mr . Watkins will preach in the Institute , 55 , Old Bailey , on Sunday .

      Mr . Rswnaley will , lecture at the Joan of Arc , Corner of Park-pWce , East-street , Wai worth , on Wednesday , NovePAber 3 rd . Mb . Dkan Ta ^ loe ' s Route . —Mr . Taylor will preach in Man sfield Market Place , on Sunday , October 31 st ., a , t two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the Chartist-room , at Sutton-in-Ashfield , at , six o ' clock in the evening ; on Monday , at one o ' clock , at Eastfield Si ^ e fat Shegby , at five o ' clock : Tuesday , at Fiucknall-under-Luth waite ; Wednesday , at Work * jop ; and on Thursday , at Mansfield Woodhor ae .

      FissaoRT . The Bhareholdeni of the Co-ope » ture Store * ' Society , are requested to meet at Lunt ' s Conee feouw ,, Clerkenwell-Green , on Friday evenln g . Net . ifib , 1841 , « t eight o ' clock .

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      Bradford and Neighborhood . —Mr . Jeanings will leoture in the large room of the North Tavern , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . On Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , Mr . Alderson and Mr . Flysn will lecture at Delf Hole ; Mr . Dewhirst will lecture at Bradford Moor on Monday , at eight o ' clock in . -th * erealng . Mr . Smyth aad Mr . Bodgings will ldotare at Idle , on Monday , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Mr . George Flynn will lecture at Clayton , on Wednesday , at seven o ' clock in the evening . The Chartists of Claytoa and Thornton are requested to attend this lecture . Free admission . Discussion invited . -

      New Leeds . —The Female Chartists of New Leeds will meet at their usual pl&ee of meeting , on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock . The ; Chartiste resident in Manchester Road , are requested to attend on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , at the house of Mr . White , West Gate * on business of importance . Stanmngley . —On Sunday next , Mr . Dewhirst will deliver a lecture in Stanninglcy , at six o clock in the evening , on the evils of class legislation . After the lecture , the enrolment of members will take place , and cards of membership will be delivered oat . Rochdalb . —Mr . Edward Clarke , of Manchester , will lecture in the Charter Association-room , School Lane , on Sunday , at half-past two .

      Walwoeth—A public lecture will be delivered on Monday- evening , bf Mr Ruffy Ridley , at the Montpelier Tavern , Wai worth , at eight o ' clock and it is particularly requested that the members wi ll punctually attend at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of eleotiog a delegate to the General Council . Ecc lkston . —Mr . Alderson and Mr . Ibbetson will lecture here on Monday evening , Nov . 1 st ., at seven o ' clock in tho evening . ' NoTiiKaHAic . —Mr . Joseph Burbage will lecture next Monday night , in the Chapel , Bice Place , at eight o ' clock .

      TO THE tDITOR OP THB NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —In the Star ot Saturday , iu u letter signed " Mark Crabtree , " I am vory unceremoniously dragged in as a principal I will briefly state some of the facts connected with the letter published in the Star of Oct . 2 , and signed " G . J . Harney . " Mark Crabtree , and , 1 believe-, a relative of bis , came into the room and atked me , if Lord Ashley should come to Dewsbury , and a meeting be got up in favour of a Ten Hours' BUI , would I support a resolution ? I said I would ; when he naked me if I would pledge myself not to introduce any other subject at the meeting , and engage to prevent any other party from bringing

      otheir measures forward . My answer was , I should be happy to assist in bettering the condition of the factory children ; yet if I saw that the measures brought forward by Lord Ashley would not ultimately benefit the factory children , I should feel myself at liberty to advise such a line of proceeding as would really be for the benefit of the poor man ' s child . Oh , « ay » Mr . C . you would introduce your Universal Suffrage system ; and if that was the case , Lord Ashley should not come to be insulted by the mean and shabby humbugs » f Dewsbury . He said he knew Mr . O'Connor would join Lord Ashley in an agitation for a Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . Thomas Wan said he knew Mr . O'Connor ¦ would not under the present system of legislation .

      Mr . Crabtree said he had been told by Mr . Hobson and Mr . Hick , of Leeds , Martin , of Bradford , and Q . J . Harney , they had nothing but trouble with the leading Chartists of Dawabury . Says he , you are paying poor Harney a paltry 30 a . per week , while I have paid him 45 a . per week during the late West Riding election This in his letter he flatly denies ; bnt forgets to have it corroborated by bis valiant friend who several times threatened to draw Mr . Wasa from his chair , and turn him out of the room if he interrupted Mr . C . any

      more . Now , dear Sir , I will not accept his compliment of villain , which he throws at me and Co ., except it be villanj to advocate for equal rights and equal justice to all ; If It be villany to endeavour to raNe my fellowman from a state of abject slavery to political freedom , I accept the term villain freely . We know that 30 s . per week la too little for a lecturer to travel with ; but Tory misrule and extravagance , together with class legislation , has brought the working man to such a state of wretchedness that he cannot support , as he could wish , those who plead his cause ; and thengh Mr . Harney may have found it difficult to make his salary suffice , I have that confidence in him that I know he would rather plead the people ' s cause on those terms , than prostitute bia talents to the npholding Of a system Which hua been a means ot reducing the working millions to their present deplorable situation .

      Mr . Crabtree wishes Mr . Harney to come to Dewsbury , and give us a lecture on political honesty . I think Mr . Crabtree might as well attend at the same time , m he would then be able to state how many points there are contained in the People ' s Chatter . Hoping you will please to insert the above in your next Star , I remain , Youtb , respectfully , John haigh . Ossett Street Side , Oct 25 th , 1841 .

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      IMiil ¦ | iVlW ^ fc ^ W ^» l « W » . *«»> lMiW TYRANNY 1 TYRANNY ! TO THB EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Mr . Editor , —Since my arrival here , I have been under the necessity of hearing the most abominable tales of oppression and injustice perpetrated on the working classes . Talk of " one law for the rich , and another for the poor , " it would be au abuse of words to Hay so in several instances which have come to my knowledge of lato , a sketch of which will , I think , do more to convince any working map Of tho abject stato of slavery to which his class has been reduced than a dozen speeches , and will show to the world the abominations which are practised by parsons and magistrates iu the southern counties of "happy England . " I will now relate a case or two which cannot be outdone in all the annals of rascality ; and as there is likely to be au investigation into the matter hereafter , I shall suppress the names , although I have the whole particulars before me in " block and white . "

      The first case is that of a hawker of cotton goods , who was obliged to send his wife for a short time to live with her friends about seven years ago—he not being able to provide for her and his children . Her friends refused to be bnrtbened with her , she was consequently forced to apply to her parish at Rugby , whore she was admitted to the workhouse . Whilst there she happened to take the fancy of a Reverend teacher in the aristocratic Rugby School , who marked her out as a victim to his amorous desires . The hawker ' s circumstances having taken a favourable turn , he sent money and clothing to his wife and family , with instructions to go to him : not hearing from his wife , he became very uneasy , and

      sent a friend to bring her and the children to him ; but they would > not be allowed to go to him . He then wrote to the Guardians , requesting them to discharge his wife and family , as he was capable of supporting them ; ehe was discharged . But instead of going to her husband she was inveigled to the house of the abovementioned parson as a servant . The man threatened to enter an action against him if he did not deliver him his wife , when the holy man dismissed her from his service , and took a house for her close by his own . On hearing this , the poor man proceeded to Rugby , and was not a minute in his wife ' s house , when the parson made his appearance , and told him that the parish officers would not allow

      her to live with him until he paid £ 12 13 s . lid . The man not being able to pay the money , left the town , as the parson told him he would be imprisoned , if he did not go . He then remained away for upwards of a yeac ; and , on his return to Rugby , found that his wife had a child by his reverence . The poor man felt sorely grieved at this circumstance , and signified his intention of instituting legal proceedings against the destroyer of his happiness . The parson offered him any money if he would again live With his wife , and told him that he could not find money to go to law with him . The man refused his money and left the house , declaring that he could not again think of living with his wife , but that he

      was determined to have justice for the villany of the parson . The parson afterwards seat two of his servants for tbe woman and went with her to a magistrate to make her swear the child was her husband's . The magistrate refused to hear her . The man then tried to take his children away with him , when a quarrel arose between him and his wife , for which he was sen * to Warwick House of Correction for two menths . After his liberation he again tried to get his children , when another charge was tramped up against him and he was sent to Warwick Gaol , for twelve months . After his release , he applied to several magistrates , to the Lord Lieutenant of the countv . and wrote to the Home-office , but received

      no satifactory answer . Hems tow to enter an action against the Parson , but has not the means and the reason why I happened to became acquainted with these facts was , that the poor man appbed to me to know whether Mr . O'Connor would take up the matter . The Parson , who has thus been the cause of all this poor man ' s suffenngBvis still a Head Teacher in the aristocratic School of Rugby , and the poor man a houseless wanderer . It will thus be seen that not only is there " one law for the rich and another for the poor , " but that the law is used by

      the rich as a means to protect them in their infernal practices , and give them power to blast for ever the lopea and prospects of any person who shall attempt to hinder them from the gratification of their beastly appetites . I have got a whole budget of facts of this description , which I shall make use of from time to time ; but considering the crowded state of your columns , on account of the glorious Scottish demonstrations , I shall reserve the rest for Borne future number , and in the meantime . Subscribe myself , Mr . Editor , A Hater of Oppression . Geobob Wujxs . 3 d , Bromsgrove-street , Birmingham .

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      TO tHE CHABTIST 3 Ofc GBEAT BRITAIN" . Brother Democrats . —TIi * meeting of the Exe cutive is unavoidably postponed until Monday , the 15 th day of November , on which day tbfe Executive will meet without fail , when it is expected that all the members of the Executive will be present From the time I addressed you last , until n » w , several fresh places have enrolled themselves in the association . The association now extends to two hundred and nineteen places . There is not the least doubt bat that before six months will go over our beads , it will extend to five hundred cities , boroughs , town * hamlets , and villages . ; There is one thing I wish the country to pay parti cular attention , via the names of the persons who am to be put in nomination as candidate * for the different districts ; to avoid conttuloB , this ought to bo dona immediately . There is pleity of time before the 15 th day of November to do so .

      Lot the Bub-Becretsriea pay the most partteolar attention to the following instructions : —That all letters , after the 12 th day of November , must be directed to John Campbell , care of Mr . T . Wheeler , 1 , King-street , Kensington , London , and alt money for the Executive most W sent to London during the thus of the Executive ' s sittings in the Metropolis . These two things must bejaost particularly attended to . John Cam prell . Secretary . P . S . I also req&ert that the sub-Secretariei of the following places "will immediately give me their

      addresses and send for their cards , namely , Gloucester , Dalston , TJnsworth , Pilkington . Booden Lane , FJrertwich , Chowbent , Scarborough , Qoeenshead , Badford , Stapleford , Ruddington , Monckton 7 > eveiU , ll wrote to Stephen Tadgey , but the letter has been returned ; , Stockton , Yarm , Hartlepool . Stokesley , Holbrook , Dufflald , Milford , Percy-main , Seghill , Cramlington , Hunalet , Heckmondwike , Beverl « y > BaHey , Birstal , ( Newport , Isle of Wight ) , ChuTchwell , Market Welghton , Pocklington , Eoaresborough , and such other places as are desirous of joining .

      Unemployed Priktkes.—There Are At Present In

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      On Monday hut , aged 52 years , of cancer in the face , Ann , the wife « f Mr . Charles Johnson , of the Hope and Anchor Inn , Dewsbury . On Saturday , the 16 th inst ., at Waggon-hill , Washington , Durham . aged 24 , Mr . Stephen Taters , ma ., joiner , met a long and severe affliction .

      Thorpe Bassett

      THORPE BASSETT

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      . DEATHS .

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      10 THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STaB . Sir , —In a uotioe to correspondents last week , I Bad that a parcel of newspapers , dee ., has beea received by Mr . P . M . Brophy , for which , ha was charged the ram of 6 s . 9 a \ tor the carriage of the same . Now . Bis , as it is supposed to be a parcel forwarded bj me , I trust you will allow me to state that my parcal was fortyeight pounds , not sixty pounds , at stated , and , farther that I paid to Piokford and Co , '« oneahUllng aiut aix « pence for carriage to Liverpool , and aJse enclosed ona shilling in the parcel to defray the carriage from Liverpool to Dublin . : . I am , Sir , yours , Ac . . . James Walks * . Leeds , Oct . S 7 th , 1841 .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 30, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1133/page/5/