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      MR . COOPER , 11 , Cimrch-Gate , Letces&er , b ? gg to state that the above publication , com : ; ; nj 6 C au-- . assortment - of Choice C } mpo : idons , chitH . , by Messrs . Bram ' wi ' ch . ' and Jones , of Luk- 'stet , uiay be had . wholesale , at Two Shillings and Thre < . O ; iii J per Doz u of Thirtcau , either of himself or of -Mr . John Cleave , London .

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      royal victoria theatre . A BENEFIT for an ORPHAN CHILD . Three Year * old , will take place at the above Tlu-.. re on Wednesday , December 7 , 1842 . The Oi ~ t u , ive Masons' Society appeal to rhti humane and Ik-m ' -volent in behalt ' of an Orphan , of tho Name o . "Aioxantler Thoma 9 , whoso > lo : her , Ann Tho : £ i ;> - ; . v «< j found dea . d | n Bed , by his Side , Vfhen abon- ;• Year old , and whose Father , William Thomas , !»' . s :- number of the above Sociiiy , was killed on liiu ' o . oat Western Railway , while going to visit hiui od ChristniuA Ere last . The Child has bern supposed , sirce that 1 ' . ' . od , principai / y by tbc voluntary Aid of the a bo v . V . ied Iiisiitution , the Obj « r . t of which now is , iu cv .: ; i'nctioirwith the ; kind . SnL > pf ) ri ; oi ' ti'e Public , ami v . ' --. ! ch for / this Chantablo Purpose , is with much C . 'uii ¦ see iojicitcd , tolay the-Foundation of a Fuud bj w ' .-. 'ch this ORPHAN may be secured against e . \ i me Poverty , aud its concomitant Miseries , in be ** ¦ . ¦ "ro « vided with the Means of Sustenance and 'fnvon , until arrived at a proper Ago to be aretolcu to * Trade . , ' To stretch forth the Hand of Charity and lici-v . YO *' lenco to the motherless aud fatherless Or } "ian , of Parents , Kindred . and Home berett , is oloavlv the noblest Attribute of a feelin ' ,: aud beueficent l \ " uple . May our Pleading theu in bvshalf of tbis-h--wue . l Child not bo . made in vain , for He has lost his Mother and His Father t ^ v . May . lie find the want of both supplied by y-u . Pieces of sterling . Morit will be producr-rf - ¦? , tho . Occasion . The Characters tbay embraoe be : u .-, sus-( tained by a Choice of Talent . Thus for yoyr" c-.-..-ari-| biition to one of the best and most worthy o : i ' nri poses—the support of a fatlierless Orphau—is- . ';' : r * d a plea £ unt , ' and , at the same Time , it is hope ; > n ini structive Evunina ' s Amusement in a warm , » -.. 1 ia every respect a comfortable Theatre . The Names of the Pieces to be represented will bo advertised in the Evening Star , the Weekly £ > ..- / . rich , &c . Tickets may be had any Evening at ihe Us aven I Head , Di-tiry Lano ; or of Thomas Short , 6 , A ^ ue . 1 street , Waterjoo-Road .

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      PINDER'S- CHAR CIST BEVERAG S . "D PlNt ) ER has commenced the Mannf ^ 'U ^ e of **• the above named atnclo , on the pr' -. niaci occupied by him for the last twelvo mon'hs , in Edwards-place , Pottery , Hull , whore he hc . > p ' . > s by strict attention to bu&inesa , and the ma . nuf ; u-.- . uring of an article equaLJf not superior , to . all otlors , ho will bo patronizsd and supported in the goud work by his brother Chartists . He will give Four shillings to tha Funds oftlie Executive , and One Shuli : iK to tho Victim Fun ^ l , ( until March Assizes is over . ) for every 1 OOlbs . Boi . d . A weekly statement will -i ppeai in Mr . Cleavo ' s Subscription List . The price is 8 d . per lb . ; and it is made up in packets ot , 'ilbs . and ilbs . Wnll , November 30 , 1842 . .

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      LONDON JOURNEYMEN TRADES' HALL . A SPEOTAL MEETING of the Shareho'df rs ia the abovo undertaking , will be held on Mo . sday , D . cembcr 12 rh , 1842 , at the Hall of Science , City Road , to take into consideration tho present ^ tato of the Company's Affairs . Chair -Will be taken at Half-past Seven o'clock precisely . .. * JAS . BURTON , Jun ., Hon . Gen . Sec . Temporary-Office , 16 , Old Bailey , Nov . 11542 .

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      object ! How this defeat is to happen the Noncon formist does Dot condescend to enlighten us . The absence of such explanation , however , forces upon us certain corjecrares and suppositions , to account for the anticipated defeat . We cannot , for the life of ns , discover how ** the main object" of the Coxfebs > ce can be defeated , by the return of well-known and severely-tried TJmvebsju . Scffsag if advocates , IT that " main object" be the advancement of the principle cf Uxivessxl Scffeage . If , however , the " main object" of the promoters of that Co > - rzsEXCE be not their avowed one ; if they have , o = teB ^ b ] y , put Uxttebsai Scffeage npon their banners , -while they have kept their real a main

      otjeci" in the rack ground ; if it should happen that their " main object" is not the Suffrage at all bat Fbes Tsaee ; if it should turn . out that this is the case , why , then , we can easily imagine hmr THAT " main object" may be defeated by the flections generally terminating " as the Birmingham one has done I We ca * imagine such a de eat , and rich a calamity , " as the Nonconformist calls it , as t'ni ^ : but ire sannoi possibly imagine hous the Sr » .-VSjlOE " main object / 1 is to be defeated by sveh means . The anticipation of defeat , therefore , by the Nonconformist , under these circumsiances , raises » suspicion , to give it the mildest term , that the 9 main object" of the Cos * ER £ > " « E-caller 5 is not the ostensible one ! - '

      The Nonconformist next discusses -the possible results to the uneducated masses of this anticipated defeat , and then falls foul of Mr . O'Coxnoe in " a Style and msnner that but too plainly show that his object and the object of his emp-0 } ers , is to '' get rid of F £ jl 26 C 3 . Wo will have his own word ? , however , and comment on them afterward ? . Addressing himself to the working classes , he ssys : — " lie time is fully come fc-r holding cp their idol to the steady view cf their owe plain and strong common

      sense—for dragging him forth from the iSm licht of L ' h own own sanctuary , from m < l 6 t his own ^ prefessions and self-JandstioBB , and exhibiting the map in bis o ^ n coIoutb and firtrs . "We Eb ' ill not isiitata him in the use of scnrrilons epithets—nor month , in the tons ' ridiculous grandiloquence , the language of bnffonery and insult These w « apons we leave to him vrbein they beit beseem . But we aik the attention cf -working men to a few facts , calmly stated , and thereupon we cheerfully commend them to the " own sot ^ r cen-Cnsions .

      " It can hardly be forgoVten by the labouring classes , that the principles embedded in the People ' s Charter , were enounced long sinc 3 , by . midal cl&n patriots ; and thst , equated by -srhatcver motive , several leading men , now figuring in pnblic . life , assis'd in the production of tb » t < -: iebrated dfcumai * ^ oiseleesly , bat not unsuccessfully , tbtse principles were justing their appeal to the Ju ^ yment of tociety , when ill . Fesrpis O ' Connor appeared upon th » itase .- Ltrt ns do him justice .. He brought to the r ; ure Indomihble energy , considerable skill , nnwrjried activityand , in an ill-fated day , the doctrine of physical force . He orc&nk : d what he found nnshspen and incoherent—he created a machinery which was poweiiul

      both for good and evil—and he employed it for the latter . By biUti denunciations , by fomentir-j the worst passions of human nature , by dogmatism the most into ' erable , snd insolence which no spnit having a spark of manhood could bioeik , be drove from tba people ' s ranis every nv . ddle-clsss leader , seemingly unable to rest until the stage was Mt clear for himself alone . The fruits of his violent : ! speedily ripened—myriads of Trcrtinc men were goadc d into open confcet with the government—and the man . who had ( laid the train , and kindled the match , slunk away to Ireland beyond reach of danger . Thoroughly defeated in this his own scheme of policy , he returned to 1 :-ein anew his pernicious course . As tfeongh " secret

      conspiracy , incendiarism , and bloodshed , trere not enough to destroy any restig&s < A tympsSbj -which ? he middle clr ^ sea might feel for the working men , he c-.-untelleu annoyance in a scarcely less offensive shape , * od harked on bis followers to a disturbance of every public njcetini ? , and denonnnd as " humbn ? " every effort for administrative reform . He saccee < ied but too well in gaining the only end which will fairly account for his proceedings . He rendered the ' breach tuiween tie two class ; s all but irreparable . By associating with toa urinciples of the Charter his own

      ferocity , he made them stink in the nestrHs of respectable men , and then availing himrelf of the disgust hia-own work had excited , he turned to the labouring class' ~ ,, and stasinlated , by producing before tiiem the evidences of thin disgust , their already hot resentment against all above them . He was now without -a rival in the leadership of the masses ; and aa , one by one , roencf cooler heads , of stsrner integrity , of more disinterested hearts . , rose into estimation with the unenfranchised , he denounced thtm with virulence the most inc « ssant , rnd affixed to them the badge of infamy . "

      Now , labouring people , yon have had Mr . O'Cosros . amongst you , associating and forking amongst you . for now eight years . Toat intercourse has given yon opportunities of judging of his real character and worth . Yonx " otto plain and strong common sense " would enable yon to make obsei rations , and correct ones too , respecting any man who mixed amon ^ -you as Mr . 0 C «< 50 Bhas done , in a much . less time than eight years . The Nonconformist says-tbat the . above picture *¦ exhibits the man in his own colours and dress . " What say youi Remember , that it is painted by a man who knows nothing of Air . O'Coxttor but what he has learned from his class

      associations . He never worked with Mr . O Connor , as yon have done . He never mixed witii him , either in public or private ; and you have done both . We qnestion whether ever he was in the same room with ilr . O'Connor , ot would even' bo able to point him out personally , if he was reqarred to do so : and yes this man , with Xh ' . t degree of knowledge , presumes to paint ; FOR YOU , a portrait of a " man in his own" colours and dress" whom yon have known so well and ' so iPBg J j There never was a more glaring instance of class ignorance and prejudice than this same u portrait ' by the Nonconformist ! We shall pass over the garnish with-which the rz ~ o-nry mess is served up , and come at once to the "few facts , calmly stated . "

      B It can hardly be for ^ onen , by : he labouring classes , " say ^ the Nonconformist , " that the -principles of the People ' s Charter were enounced . iong cince by middle-class parriois / ' Ihe working people certainly have not forgotten that it is i-jc ^ since they Srs : enonnced ths principles c ^ n'a ined in the People ' s Charier ; nor have they forgotten the persecution and suffering thai have accrued io tnem for such ertunemion ! As for the nhd . dlecb ? s patriots of " long since , " the -l ? ss that is said on that head the better " for the Noitccnformlit and his middle-class friends T .-e grea-. es ! enemies that the working people , the " erosreers of the principles embodied ia lie People ' s Charter , " have had to contend with , have beea the middle closes . It was the midd ' e

      clas ?;? who hounded on ihe Government in iSiO , 17 , ; C , and If . It was isie middle classes who Ofj-r ^ -ed of the suspension of ihe Malms Carpus ac :, and the passing of the ever-to-be-ex' : crated SIX ACTS . It was the middle clas&es who raised thi ? Jell of exultation whea the prisons were . filled wirl : haaireds of ncn ' ms who were era ^ ged hundreds of miles from iheir homes , and msd-e to endure toriures so excruciating as io cause some of them to commit suicide to procure ' happy release' ! It was the middle classes , who called upon-the Government to pass STRONG MEASURES to put the enouncers of the principles embodied in the People ' s Char : er" down ' It was the middle ciir ^ cs

      who aj-pUudcd the apprehending of hundreds c ; * enormcers , " the coopisg them up in dungeons for n-onihs together , and then mrning them cu : again , wiihont bringing ihe shadow of a charge stains : them , or even telling them irhy they had been incarcerated ! It was the middle classes who raised the loud peal of " laughter" at Canning's brutal jest about the sufferings of " the revered and ruptured O « DEN ' , ' * when ihe bowels had been shaken out of his body bythedepriversof his personal liberty : I ; was the middle classes who approved of tae lndia ^ ~ d-. j-Bi ' d bda < paired , to screen the auihoK of liis & ± \ a similsr atrocities , from the legal con = ecuescts of their brutal acts . It was the middlecla = ic- w io formed the lodv of the Yeomanry Corps

      and the Vu tSttci r Associations , under the command cf son : e ie ^ sprig 5 of a spurious aristocracy . " It Has the midu'is classes tvho weot wiih . Eew ' ysharpened ssbres , SJS ^ courage inspired by drink , to spill the blood of & number of / unarmed and u ^ fmiizg " ecoimcer . ' ° ' lIie F ^ - ^ cipics embodied in tie Pec-pic ' s Charter , ' ' en the field of Tztzzlco , on the i ' .-ih of Ai-gus :, ^ S-8- It was the middle classes who went into the j -try-beXcS . and conv : c : cd llr :-x srd C ^ siypight of I 8 K = S " enounced the principles -ii ^ locitd in ihe Peo . ^ e ' i Charier J ' Ah i lo I the middle classes never yet il enosiiCcd" ih-jse ^ pi : nc . pies : . .

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      It Us true that Er . vr , and Cobbett , and Cart- ! waiGHT belonged to the middle classes at the time \ they laboured with , and for , the people ; and it is j equally true , that for so labouring ; for identifying ' themselves with the people ; for " enouncing the principles embodied in the People ' s Charter , " they ( vrere persecuted beyond measure by their own j order ! They were represented in exactly the same j light as the Nonconformist , the organ of the middle j classes of our day , represents Mr . O'Cohsob ! I They were denounced on every hand . Consult the ! venal prints of the day ; and yon will find exactly parallel " portraits'' to the one we have just given , ; professing to " exhibit the men in their own colours i and dress . " It is a very old middle class game that the Nonconformist is now playing !

      " Noiselessly , bnt no : unsuccessfully , these principles were making their appeal io ihe judgement of society , when Mr . 0 Connor appeared upon the stage . " This sentence exhibits the writer ' s total ignorance of what he pretends to write about . It is untrue , in whatever sense it is taken . If it is made to refer to the " long since" the writer had just spoken of , the facts we have mrrattd respecting the persecution of the a enonncers" of " these principles" show thai the " appeal'' was any thing but a u noiseless " one ! If it is made to refer to the ciasi time of Mr . O'Connor ' s appearance on the political rt-ige in England , it is equally untrue : for

      • ' these principles " were then certainly not " suecavfuily " making their appeal to the judgment of society . " At , the period of Mr . O'Connor ' s entree upon political 3 ife amongst as , society was drunk , and unable to exercise any judgment at all I It was when we had obtained the Bill , the zshole bill , and notSt ** but the Bill ! It was when the working people had been cajoled and betrayed by ihe middle classes into the denunciation cf those very principles which this writer tells us were " noiselessly , but not unsuccessfuliT making iheir appeal to the judgment

      of society 1 " It was when the middle-classes had succeeded in the procurement of the denunciation of the patriot Hint by ? f ctions of the working people , for his firm " enunciation ' "' of " those principles , ' aad his exposure of the Reform Bill fraud ! It was at this period that Mr . O'Conn » b came amongst us ; and it was his " ( enunciation" of " those principles , " when the nation had got a little sobered , that caused their " appeal to the judgment of society " to be listened to ; aad has eventually caused the P 3 iroas of ihe Nonconformist to ostensibly espouse ihem y

      Good God ! Look at the position of the Move- j ment at the period of Mr . O'CoNKoa ' s coming I amongst us , and then compare it with our position i n # T . ' The agitation for the principle of Unitersal I Sttftiuge all but dead . The people split up into j liltle sections , nader sectional leaders , venting forsh . j their grierances in a discordant and unconnected : manner . 2 so concert ; no oneness of purpose ; no * organization ; no knowledge eren of each other ' s ' doings ! Hunt dead ! Coj » i . tt , soon after , also j removed from the stage of the living . No leader ; no rallying point ; no a ^ itiiion ! The people a prey i to contending factions ; Teady to give their " svreet i voices" almost to every humbug who ask ^ d for them : '

      and afraid to offend their leaders amongst i tke middle clarses , by asking for the full measure of justice . It wa 3 when the Movement j was in this sorry condition , that Mr . O'Connor was made a present fof to the English Radicals . They accepted him ! He came amongst them . He , at first , inscribed upon his banners , ' TJniteksai . SrFtra « e and No Surrender ; " and from that day to this has gone on from conquering to conquer on behalf of that principle , until he has made the party ¦ who espouse it the only powerful party , as far as

      pnobc opinion is concerned , in the state ! Right well do we know the opening of his mission ia Leeds to re-plant the banner of Universal Suffkage amongst us , and establish the Radical Association . The invitation to him , on that occasion , was given by iwo working men He attended to their call . At that , period the Leeds Times had passed into the hands of a new conductor . 3 ef ireiime it had cot ranged itself uuder any baaner , but had professed to be a wo-paity advocate ; taking care always , however , to advocate the return of Whigs , when an election was at hand . It was judged prudent on the part of the new Editor to

      make it more decided in its tone . He proposed to join in the project of bringing O'Connob to Leeds ; and his offer of help was accepted . Se reral meetings of the Committee were held ia the Editor ' s room ; and . the large msatlng place in the Com mercial Buildings was engaged partly at the risk of the publisher of the limes and partly at the risk of the friends who had first invited Mr . O'Connor . It was soon found , however , by these working men , that with their new allies , Unitehsal Suffrage was a great luglear . ' * Could not Mr . O'Connor be ic-iuced to subsihuie Household for U . MTErcSAL . "

      " He will drive all respectable peoplo away . " " Ilviseheid Suffrage is as much a 3 can be reaiozuith- agitated for , with any chance of public support or success . " The answers were , by the working men , that " they could listen to no compromise . " " If the respectable people were scared away by the bugbear of U > "rrERSAi . Suffrage , they mnst be used to it , and then perhaps they would not deem ii so very frightful . - "' On ihe day of the public meeting , Iilr . U'Coknor met the Committee in tha Editor ' s Room . There he -was set upon , and implored to abandon Universal Suffrage . Counsellor Wales , iLcn accounted a Radic . il , was present , and pleaded , as if for life , that Mr .

      O'Connor would give way , and consent to advocate Uousehoid , instead of Universal . The answer was ciguiSed , decisive , and plain : — "I come here on a m : s = ' . i > ii . I an ? sent bv the working men of Lonron to p ; an £ the standard of Lniterial Scf->\ ju « £ amongst ihe working people of Leeds . If there are bu ! thr ^ eis Leeds -who will join wirh me , we will jfir . : but to no compromise or surrender of the Aadow of a shade of the full measure of j'istics will I lister :. " After this he weDt to the pub ! : c meeting . He explained his mission . He , spoke home to the hearii of the tvurkiu ^ p ^ opbl He enlisted their sympathies oa the side of right and justice ; and from tlrt day may be dated the political redemption of Leeds from the hands of faction !

      From Leeds he proceeded a ; l orer the cou :: rry . He al < o viiited Scotland . He roused the dormant energ i es of the people . He innised into them a new spirit . He imparted to them a portion of his own " unwearied activity .- ' He organized them . He directed their attention to one point . He made thtm acquainted w ;; h each oth-r , and secured amongst them co-operation fqr an undivided purpose . He made the agitation really ftrmidublc [ sad is w *? , therefore , deiernnaed by those who Lia iiiLh = rti lived on tno people ' s divisions , and who had been creat mea in their little spheres , to se : " rid of FEAScrs . " And now we come to esnlain the reason why the

      public have seen the Latching snd blowiDg-up of so v- ; i :. y plots and schemes to accomplish ihis purpose . Maay people have wondered to find professing Radicals and Caanist ? engaged ia the accomplishment of these schemes . They have wondered how it could possibly come to pass , tba : men who were bound to cci .: es 5 that Mr . O'Connor > vor 5 cd ; 0 , as hardly ever man worked ; that he "ha-i brought to the cause indomii-ble eaergy , considerable skill , aad unwearied activity ; " they have wondered how it could happen that such a man should be conspired against , and plots laid to accomplish his riddance , by professing friends : when we have given them our explanation they will wonder no longer .

      Mr . O'Connor ' s great crime , all along , from the fir .-: hour of his iBtroducuoa amongst as to the present , has beea , that he wa-, and is , an anxj-MAi . TUi" » iAN ; that ho was the friend of la » ocb , and an opponent of the dominant influence and power of capital . This is the head and front of his oiFending . Had he been a Mslthusian ; had he bren r . supporter cf the hellish principle upon which ihe . \ cw Poor Law is based , and a Repeal of the

      Corn Laiv ; now advocated ; had he been inclined to amzise the people vrr . h the question of the Suffrage , while he was aiding in filing on the chains of slavery so tightiy as to leave the poor victims eo libertv a : all ; had he only hc-lden his tongue on tie in ^ ary qnesricn of Lj J ? rs's rights ; hsd hv onsen ted co : : o expose lie infernal prcjteis t f >~ ev > - Pcc-j- Lj . ~ 7 c . ^ c . civT * 3 . J 2 csu . reeis ; had he July dour ihis , he w-.-ulu Lave bc ^ n hailed by ihc-r ? ttL-o LaTc c- ?^ ii--allT conspired io " gel r » d "" irf aia ? ,

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      as the best tool thai coald hava been put into their hands ! But he was too honest . He saw who the real enslavers of the working classes were . He saw the projects that had been formed for their complete and effectual debasement . He knew the worthlessness of that pretended philosophy , which countenances the extirpation of a portion of the human race , Because of a surplusage ! He gave utterance to his sentiments . He spoke hrme to the hearts and understandings of his auditors . He laid naked and bare , the schemes of the Malthusians He ranged himself on the side of Labour , and taught the Labourer how to know and how to

      i I ! estimate his friend . He helped to turn the tide of ! public opinon on this question ; and it is because of 1 this ; it is because he has been a stumbling-block in ! the way of the Free-trading New-Poor-Lawing j Maithu-ians ; it is because he has nnveiled their ! hideous visages . and exposed their horrible deformity ; I it is because of these things , and these alune , that j one section of pretended advocates of Universal Suffrage have plotted and conspired to ** get riG of ; Feargus . " This conduct on the part of Mr . O'Conkob has I earned for him the unextinguishable hatred of the ; Places , the Hints , the Roebucks , the Wabburtons , and every disciple of the school of

      MaL-. thus . It is this conduct which has caused the ! employing of every engine by this school , to procure the political destruction of this " indomitable " \ opponent . This conduct caused the establishment j of the Working Han ' s Association , where the i working mtn were to do without leaders ; and where : none but working men were to take part . This : conduct caused the employment of emissaries . from this same Working Man ' s Association ' to go through the country to form branch | Associations , on this same principle of no ¦ leadership ; the emissaries living all the timo they ; were so employed on money furnished by their ! leaders , Joe Hu * z and Franky Pla * e !!! It was j this conduct on the part of Air . O'Connor , \ that caused the numerous slights and insults to be heaped upon him by the rump of the London

      Maltnusians ; and the numerous plans and concoctions to prevent him from having the privilege to address the public audiences . It was the reasons arising from thi 3 conduct on Mr . O'Connor ' s part that prompted the Fox and Gcrose scheme , to " get rid of Feargus ; " and we need no better evidence than this " portrait" of the Nonconformist ' s to shew us that tbose reasons hare had somie weight in the formation and developcment of the Complete Suffrage scheme itself .

      Time warns us that we must now close this somewhat lengthy article . We have not yet finished . The course we had chalked out is far from being gone over . We have yet to detail other and minor reasons for the desire to " get rid of Feargus r" but which are necessary to be known in order to a full consideration and understanding of the subject . Wo have also to fling back the foul and deliberate lie of the Nonconformist , ih&t Mr . O'Coxkor " brought to the cause , the doctrine of Physical Force . " We have

      also to expose the cowardly miscreant where he charges the outbreaks of 1839 to the effects of Mr . O'Cohnor ' s violence , and the horrible imputation contained in the . assertion , that " the man who laid tho train and kindied the match , slunk away to Ireland beyond reach of danger . " We intend to give a full history of those transactions , and cause the blame of them to fall on the right hea . s . We have also to meet his assertion , that Mr . O'Connor caused the defection of the middle-class-leaders . We have to meet him thoroughly and completely ; aud purpose to do it .

      This , however , must rest till another weak . We have neither time nor space for more of it at present . We cannot conclude without calling on the working people to complete the good work they have so well began . Follow the example of Birmingham I Elect to this Conference men whom you kuow as advocates of Unitersal Sofpraqe ; men who have proved their devotion to the principle ; men who will not temporize , or turn to the right hand or to the left ; men who will not make the advocacy of the Suffrage a stepping-stone for the realization of the schemes and projects of the Free Traders . We implore you to send men in whom

      you can place implicit confidence ; to listen to no proposals about two delegates from one association , and two from the other ; to hearken to no compromises , no arrangements , no bargaining ; for you may depend on it that where such is the case , a sale is to be effected , let whoever may receive the price ! To the work , then , working-men ! Look about you ! Choose men with cool heads and honest hearts . Give them your instructions in full . Tell them what you want them to do . Bid thtm go do it ; and this Conference , respecting which there 13 so much ALARM in some quarters , shall tend to the consolidation of our ranks , the augmentation of our power , and the advancement of our principles . Ia your bands we l * ave the issue ! 1 God speed you !

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      THE EXECUTIVE , MR . BAIRSTOW , AND THE BRISTOL CHARTISTS . We regret much that the letter of the Bristol Councillors was not received in time for the first Edition . It is important to be read in connection with Mr . Eairstow ' s explanatory letters .

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      D . E . Lever . Long Buckbv . — We know nothing nf the communication to which he alludes . We claim the riyht to uze our own judgment in publishing verbatim , or otherwise , or not at all , whatever communications and reports we may receive . TIU tlireat of bringing forward , at thz next meeltny , " a motion that ore copu Only of the Northern atar be taken for the reading room , and thai all the other subscribers do give vp their pupers , " is an impudent attempt to dragoon us , which he must despise us if ice were capable of heeding . We have no more reason of excluding the reports from Long livckby than any other place Our object is to chronich fairly and

      usefully the Chartist movement . We have sometimr , more mailer sent us than we can possib . ' y make room for , and in that case are necessitated to select according to our best judgment . We nave no other course , even thout-h this bhould expose us to the wrath oj D . E . Lever . D . Swallow . — We must know something of him before we can insert his address . H . B ,, Oltram must stand over . W . H . Ci . ifto . > - has always been a welcome contributor , and is so still . He will see that we have noticed his report , but it was of loo little cor . seqvenee te occupy the space it would have filled ij inserted in Ju U . Isidore Brown . — We have no room .

      The Old Commodore . — We shall be glad to insert his letter if he will permit us to take some necessary liberties to sav : us fiom the libel law . We wait to hear from him . Steam King shall appear . The Bradford Councillors . —Their requests and admnhi : io . / s will of course always have our respectful attention . Tluy seem to labour under tome misapprehension . The columns of the Star have never been closed to M'Dvuall . We never had but one communication from him which we did not insert , and that we omitted at his own r < quest . We perceive that letters are occasionally published uhich are attributed io him : whether they be his htters or not we hjee no means of kitcwlng . All of them should have been published if he had thought proper to send them here . The Address op Mb . George White , is 38 , Bromsgrove-street , Birmingham .

      Mytholmroyd Ciiaktists icilt be glad to have a visit from Mr . Rigby on his route home . It is halfway betwixt Halifax and Todmorden . Jk . Friend i » Ireland . —The address of Mr . Charles Lane is 12 , \ Furnivai ' s Inn Court , Holborn , London . ' Thomas Mills . — We have no recollection of his " Chartist Song . " Were we to notice every piece of poetry we receive , we should require nothing else to do . W . H . Drorr continues to receive ( he Northern Srars . He thauks ihelpent ' eman who sent the three parcel ? : ail hive been distributed . Mtsiicus Secretis — We have no relish for a libel prosecul . en ; without reaping any benefit to the cause from it . This vm > t eap ' ain our rwn-inscrtivn oj his expo : i oj the ' just-ass" candidate for coroner . Siu- - ^ a Lciuo as he describes Una jcilvc to be icould dick at nothing . Besides he is realty too conlcmpulie for notice .

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      Hoass Tavesh Chartists , London , must excuse our inserting thsir denunciatory resolution , inere are means enough of making the matter Known m their own localities without our interjerence . These things should be always kept from the public if possible . Ma . Johw Campbell . — We received from this pcr-S n , last week , f « r publication , a very long eputle . We received by the same post along with a prwaJe Utter from him requesting us not to publish U . We did not publish it ; and tee hear that hu "honesty" has since " denounced" us

      soundly for not publishing it ! The "honest ?' man prepared for this stroke of policy by sending a second private letter , " instructing" us to publish the long one ; but uhich he knew that toe should not receive till Friday , after most of the papers were printed . A South Lancashire Delegate . —The version given at the meeting on Su ? iday of an alleged conversation with Mr . Hill respecting a late C / Mrlist lecturer is a wilful and wicked perverswn of the truth . ' *¦ 5 " GlaRKB . —He is there sure enough .

      L . T . Clancy must excuse us for the presents we are fall . J The Sincerity and Sympathy of the Complete Suffragists —Wponthis subject . Duncan Robinson calls attention to the following facts . — " A meeting of delegates from the various ttades , shops , and fa ; tories , in and around Glasgow , calk d by plae-. td , to discuss the propriety of sending delegates to the Conference which is to 1 i held at Birmingham , on the 2 ^ tb of December , and that of advising means to raisei the funds necetsary for effecting such an object , was held in the Chartist Church ou the 15 th of November . There were present on that occasion forty-three delegates . They appointed a deputation to wait on the

      Directors of the Chr ^ r Association , and also that of the Complete Suffrage Association , respectfully soliciting the co ^ opsratidn of those partin with them in their undertaking . This was done with the view that , if successful , it might be the means of leading to a' bettsr understanding between tho middle and working classes , —such as would ultimately tsrid to effect that union , without which Bonj 4 are disposed . to think neither will obtain their ; object The deput-. tion accordingly waited on the directors of the Complete Suffrage Association , who were inet that evening at Graham ' s Coffee " Room , Trongate , when they ( the directors ) said they could give no answer until they should

      call a meeting of their Association , when they would inform ihe deputation , if they chose to call , at the close of their , meeting , what decision they might come to on the subject .. Well , on Tuesday Ja » t , the directors of the Chart : r Association met for the purpose of considering the matter , and unanimously agreed to co-operate with such of their fellow-citizens r . i might choose to join them ifl the raising of funds for the support of snch delegates as a public meeting of their' fellow-. oitijreris would elect , whether Complete SuffrrsiBts , or not . The Complete Suffragists reply was , ' We wilt support no -delegate . ' -neither with ; Miniaty nor other mewas who may uot be pledged to the principles of the Complete Suffrage . ""' J . M'Farlane , Northampton . —We cannot interfere : :-.- ¦ . .- - .. . ' . ¦ -. ¦ ' .-. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . "; ' ¦¦ ¦ ¦ An O'Connorite , Strqud . t-We . have no room .

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      T . HOLBRQek .- —Yes . John Hudson . —Yes . E .. CLA 1 ton . —Call at 3 ; Market-walk , tho four PlateB are lying there for biro . " Adam Marshali ,. —The Paper w < js duly sent Marizion . —^ The signature ta the letter from Marfzion , desiring another copy of the Star , is illegible . For the life of uaweciinnpt decipher i * If this should meet the eye of the gentleman who wrote , he must write again . .. The 5 p . from the Masons of Orlingbury , noticed in our last , should have I ; en 6 9 d . i-

      FOR THE NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND . . , ; ¦ ¦¦ ¦; .: ' ¦;;•• : . ¦ . . . - . - ¦ ¦ : .... £ . s . d . FromW , Noble , FiJtnlingham ... ... 0 0 7 j „ the Chartists of Pa ' isley ... ... 1 0 0 „ theLadies ' ' . Shittmakerftj Manchester OH 8 „ a few friends to Chartism , in Spilsby 1 10 0 .. Messrs ; Brown ' s FlaX Mill , MarshaHstrcat ,. Hoi' 3 k , near Leeds ... 0 6 2 ^ a poor wom ^ n ... . ; . ... ... 0 © 1 . , » Thomas Davidson , Stockton ... ... 0 0 6 „ W . Young , Witney ¦ -, ;¦ . ... ... 0 1 0 ~ J . M JCenzie . Afcsrdeen ... ... 0 2 0 ^ a frierid Leeds ... ... ... ... 0 0 « « , Hunslet , per J . Longbottom ,. i ... 0 6 6 „ Bristol , collected by ^ Hiri K . Williams ... ^ ... ... ... ... 0 10 0 m . CaatJe Deng'rt , fcstrig procseds of a ijfflefbrastu ) ff-box ...... ... 0 4 6 ^ Ovenden ChaTtista ... ... ... 0 2 2 „ Rippenden ditto ... .... ... 0 12 9

      ' FOR StR .. EILIS . From the Ladies' Shoemakers / Manchester 0 10 0 „ Birmingham , per . CAshton ... . ... 0 10 0 . ' . « . " Wingate Grange Colliery , collected after a- sermon preached by Mr . Btgby , ¦ of Ghprley , in the Primitiyd Methsrtist Cbapel . —for the use of which chapel the Chartists feel obliged ... ... ... ... 0 8 6 TOR MRS . HOLBERRT . From the Chartists of Northampton , per C . Spencer ; . v ... 0 10 8

      fQR . THE EXECUTIVE . From Halifax ... ... .. ... — ° 4 2 „' , ftipponden : ... ... ... ... 0 4 10 ¦ „ Lower Warley ... i ... ... ... 0 2 2 J ¦ « . Ovenden ... ... 0 3 loj « . Upper Warley ( for cards ) ... ... 0 4 0

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      TO TPE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , — The Bristol Councillors of the National Charier Aecociation having seen in the Star of Saturday last , your remarks upon the letter of Mr . Bairstow , iu countxiouwith . his fcxpences as oue of the Executive , deem it their duty to , make a few observations thereon , ina&mucb as their locality is one with others refeived to by you . What we wish to show you iB , that Bristol hn had no desire to engage lecturers to be paid by the country at large ; but nas always , although at times di

      with soi ^ e considerable mculr . y , depended upon her own leavjurces . In the raomh of June , in the prc :: nt year , tho Bristol Councillors entered into an engajeraent with Mr . Bairstow as a lecturer for tbree months , at the weekly salary of 35 s . per wi ? k . Just upon this Mr . Bairatow was ekcted on the Executive : he reached Bristol ou the 27 th of June , and left on the 2 d of July , the first sitting of the present Executive -having been appointed to take place on the 4 th at Manchester . You will thus perceive that Mr . B . ' s first visit to us ( unconnected wit . li the Executive ) wu 3 just one week '• for whicll we paid him , as .

      Salary for one-wees , £ 1 ISj . Travelling expences , £ . 2 10 s . Before Mr . B , left us to attend to his . duties on the Executive , he informed us , that his election would prevent his fulfilling the engagement-he had entered into with us ; but that no doufet he would visit us under the auspices of the Executive . We told him tbut we should b ~ happy to engr ^ e him for six wetka , subject to the-general terms of the -Executive . On the 31 st of July , Mr . B . again visited us , but not upon the terms of agreement . He Visited ChUtenbani , Strcud , Gloucester , Bath ,, Trowbridge , arid Bristol . ' We always paid him the sum he demanded of us ; and , ia addition to this , BJtih and Trowbridge having given him nothing , upon ihis return to Bristol we ; paid him iul' bilf of tLe expericea incurred by him in visiting these two towns . ^

      You will thus sea , Sir , that the old locality of Bristol has not been engaging talent at the expe ^ ce of the Associatiou ; in fact , it never has done so .. To prove tuis , ¦ We m . cd oniy state that upon the visit of the Executive to Bristol in Fooruary of the present year , the Bristol nifen paid the whole of their txpences of board and loiigini f during ; btir stay , one Wtek ; their wagea going on at tht ) same tinie . Signed , By order and ou bshalf . of'tuts Bristol Councillors . H . OKiOx , Sub-Scs . Bristol , Nov . 29 th , 1842 .

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      IO THEFHITOR OP THE NORTHERK STAR . Dear Gir—You will greatly oblice the Snnderland Coundi by inserting the following letter to Mr . John Campbell , Gantral Secretaiy of the National Chrter Agsoeution . |( Yours respectfully , George Esplin , aub-Sccretary . TO KB . JOHN CAMPBELL , 3 ECRETART OF THE NATIONAL CUAB . TER ASSOCIAIIO ^ . Sir , —I am dirctrd by the Caancillors of tie National Charter Association resident , in Sanderiand , to ¦ write to you resptcting the sixty cards , for which I have your letter dated September 29 th , in which you acknowledge the payment . , but which have

      not yet come to hand . I wrote a Iett 3 r to you , dated Oetnl ; r- 31 at , to which I received no reply . The lata secretary , Mr . Young , then undertook to write to you , and did so , to which you made no reply ; so that we have no resourca left us now , se 2 ing that you have them cards . inserted in your quarterly return , b \ i % to ask you through the columns of the Star , by what conyeyacce you sent them , and when and to whom ? ' Yours respectfully . George esplin , Sub-Secr 4 tary . P . S . An early reply to tLis , throagh the Star , will oblige . , ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ G . E . Sunder ' aud , Nov . 2 d , 1 S 32 .

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      EVACUATION OF AFFGHANISTAN . GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY-( PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITT . ) PROCLAMATION . : Secret Department , Simla , Oct 1 , 1841 . The Government of India directtd Its army to pr-is the Indus , in oider to expel from Afghanistan a Cfr . ef believed to be hostile to British interests , and to repiai' > upon his throne a Sovereign represented to l ^ iritntilj ' to those iitsreste , and popular with his former subjects . . ; ' . ; ¦ ; ¦ ; * . •¦' ¦¦ . . The Chief believed to ^ o hostile became a piisoner , and the Sovereign represented to he popular wt replf-: ed upon his threne ; but , after events which brought into question his fidelity to the GoveTnn ^ 'ii : by which he was rrstored , he lost by the hands of an r-. sassin the thione be had only held amidst insurrections , and bis death was prtcded and followed by still existing anarchy . . ;

      '' Disasters unparalleled in their extent , unless by the errors in which they originated , » nd by the treashery by which they were completed , have , in one short campaign t in avenged upon e- » ery scene of past misfortune ; and repsaied victories in tha field , and the capture of the cities and citadels of Ghuenea and Cabui , have again attached the opinion of invincibility to the British arms . ; . The Biitish army in possesaian of Affghanistan will now bs withd ;^ wn to the Sutlej . The Gbveraor-Ganera . will leave it to the Affuhans themselves to create a government amidst the anarchy which is the const ^ nence of their crimes . To forco a Sovereign upon a reluctant people wou'd be ei inconsistent with the policy ri ituwithtbo principles of the British Government , tending to pIjd the aims and resources of that people at the disposal of the first invader , and to impose the burden of hupporting a Sovereign without the prospect of benefit from his alliance . :

      The Governor-General will willingly recognise any government approved ; by the Affghans themtelvHs , which shall appear desirous and cip . tbie of muin ^ iiig friendly relations with neigbouring States . Content with the limits nature appears to have resigned to its empire , the , Govemment of India will ( tevote all its tMjtH to the establishment and maintenanjpa of general peh ¦ -., to the prot : ition ef the Sovereign aud Chiefs , its allies , and to the prosperity and happiness of its own faithful subject ! . The rivers of the Panjaub and the Indus , and the moun «" . inoui passes and the barbourous tribes of Affghanishin , will b 3 placed between tha British army ami an enemy approaching from the West , if , indeed , cuch an enemy tbere can be , aud no longer between the army and it supplier '

      The enormous expenditure reqmred for the support of a large force , in a false military position , at a distance from i i own frontier and its own resoure 33 , will no longer arrest every mor ure for the improvement of the country and of the people . The combined army of England and of India , superior In equipment , in discipline , in valour , and io the officers by whom it is commended , to any force which can 11 opposed to it in Asia , will stand ia unassailable strength upon its owu soil , and for ever , under the blessings of Providence , prererve the glorion empire it has won , in eecurity and in honour . ' The Governor-General cannot fear the misconstruction of his niotivn in thus frankly announcing to surrounding states the pacific and conservative policy of his government . Afghanistan and China have seen at once the forcrs at his disporil , and the effect with which they can Io applied .

      Sinc 3 rely attached to p ' ecse Tor the sake of tbel refits it confers upon the f : ople , the Governor-General is resolved that peace shall be observed , and will put forth ihe whole power of the British Government ' ) coerce the stato by which it shall 1 ) infringed . By order ef The Right Hon . the Governor-General of Innh T . H . Haddock , Scsretary to the Govetamunt of India -with the Governor-General .

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      As to worldly means , the murderers were comfort able . Indeed it is 'alleged that the only ind ' - ' . v to their brutal conduct is to be lornd in tho c' ¦• itastauce that Bennett ' s husband settled his pr :. > rty upon her , but with the restriction that shouiu she marry a ^ aia the property W 9 S to >{ O to his i-. h 'dren . It wt the de ^ irfi to retain , the pr . ' ¦ v- ^ ty which probabty prevenud her raarriase with Y op , and every body knows how one crime lesvvs to another .: ¦ : ' ¦ ¦ .

      The Chartist Hymn Book, ¦ Price Threepence.

      THE CHARTIST HYMN BOOK , ¦ Price Threepence .

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      The son and daughter of Thomas and t abclla Forster , o f ' . Cargo , near Carlisle , have h > \ i registered as follows : —Ami Frost Foster , and 'Thomei Watkins . Foster . The infant son of William and Ann ¦ BiK'sloy , of Accringtp ' n , has been registered John Emmott Hu . ui Tell Beesley . ; Mrs . ' -Heminings , the wife of Mr . George Hemmin ^ s , has eiveii birth to a E » c boy , wh <> is duly registered . Feargu . s O'Connor llemmingy . &v . d wifl be folly . baptised , on Tuesday next , in th ; parish church of the Holy Trinity , Ooventry .

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      ¦ ' : / .: BSAXiRIAGES . C * Tuesday , tho 29 lh nit , at Overtd .- ; , ly tho Rsv . J . Gateuhy ,-Mr . John Styan , of " iunningbrougb , ' . farmer , to Miss Jane Leadloy . . i «/ -woofl , « 5 auj < nur of Mr . Robert Sherwood , Com : House , Newton-on-Ouse . Oa Mouday , at the superintendent r-ii'strar ' s office , Westca-te , Otley , Mr . Samuel Bah--on , inakeepor , pf Guiseley , near Otley , to Airs , Ja ,. & Ayr" 3 « cou ^ ii , of ' tho f . ame place . Same day , at ( lift : parish church , O : Icy , '¦ ir . Wm Claphiini , farmer , Duiiton , to Miss Jano Newsome , of Cliitcii , near O : lcy . Ou Sunday , the 27 th ult ., ai , Dowsbury . ^ : r . James Rhodes , ' vessel owner , to Sarah , dauf , 'lil . r of . 'Air . John Hottom , all of Alirfield . On Saturday , the 26 th ult ., at St . I ^ ary '; church , Scarborough , Mr ' . Geor ^ o Lees , of N-uin . ^ hum ,. to ¦ Mr ? . ' Ann Baker , Azunhui of John Woot ^ fi / J , Mer « cm . t ' a H- ! W ,.. t 3 oarborongh .

      Same dayjat Dewsbury , by the' Roy . T .. Allbutt , M . A , vicar , after a tedious courtship el ci .-. ivt hours , Mr . John . Walker , pain'tr and gildor , to . ^ irah , secand daughter of the late Mr . Jeremiah ivlarriott f bia ! : kei nrerehant , all of Dewnbuiy . On Fno ' a ' y , the 2 Sth ult ., at St . Stophrn ' s chuj'i-. h , Kitk 8 tall , 'by the Rov . J . Wnrt-, ?* . A ., Mr . J . E . Andsle ' y , tanner , of Mtianwot-d , : o Sarah , > ccond ' daughter-ot' the late Mr . JoLn EJdison , of the form-r piace . On ' Thursday , at the parish church , Halifax , by tho R « v . W . Smith , Mr . John M'D > n ! . lrf , uraper , to Miss Ann Caroline Laweon , both of that p ! nce . ¦ . Same day ,, at-tiie fJoiy Trinfry churcf . Hull , by tho U'V . J : H . Brniaby , Mr . Martin Mui . rne , jun ., of Lel ) ej ' :, in HoltiiTness , farmer , to M ry Ann , only ¦ tfaughttjrlbi tho late Mr .. David Shaman , of Hull . -. ' .

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      BEftTKS . On the 23-h ult ., at Murkey Hill , near Richmond , Mr . Ge ' urge Spencv , tsmor , in the ua ' . ii y .. ' ar of-hia a ^ e . . ' ¦ ¦/ .. - ¦ ' ¦ .. - ' ¦ . ¦; - . . ¦ On Monday , the 28 : h ult ., Mr . Georgo Mudie Yoong , a ^ tid 38 . years , comptroller of customs , Scarborough . On Friday the : ' 2 ; V . h ult ., at . Whitcliffe , new Ripon , aged 82 , Mr . Edward Parker , farr ., er , njuch respected ; and on the bame day , aged 72 , Mr . Parker , farmer , of Hewick , brother of ice above Mr . E .. Parker .

      Same day , at Ripoa , aged 31 yearsi Mrs . Alary Carmichacl , wife of Mr . Carmicuael , of Wtst ^ ate , Ripon , veterinary surgeon . , Same day , Sarsh Shores , wife of Mr . Henry Boshei ,. cabiuet makeiv of Leeds , and daughter of the-late Mr . Joshua Firth , of Low Moor . C ' n T | lur&day , the 24 'h ult ., a ? cd 23 years , Mary , vfife of . Mr . " Ephraini Kbodes , joiner , Wortlcy . Sum& . day , a « ed 25 , highly respected by nis brother officers' and tho regiment , and well known in tha scientific world s Dauiel Coopsr , E > q ., agsistant-snrgeon , 17 th Lancers , eon of D . Cooper , Esq ., th « celebrated experimeiual chemist . He had only lately joined his regiment , but his talents and manners had gained him the highest esteem . _ Ha was previously <^ ne of the curatoro of the British

      'Museum , and botanical lecturer at the Webb-street School of Anatomy and Medicine . He was tha originator and editor ot the Microscopic Journal , is which h 0 had bceu kteiy joined , by Mr . Buske , of the Dreannci ( i * ht hospital ship . Hb loss is' ona which will be " felt by the service and science at larte . The dfnsascri was = ¦ interred on Mot ; day , with n-litary " . honours , at . Quarry Kiii r ' vrcb , Leeds . Th /? wholo of ! h « ofR ' . ' : Tt > aid men Were present , aa W £ . H as the effi .-ers of the Arti ' Uery , and 32 nd Inf ' u n ; ry . ; Tiie proueSiicn attracted a iarg . i crowd to Wi ? l !' . ; r :. it . «/ . . ¦¦'" .. ¦ : '¦ ' - ' ' On sa- urday last , at Haddersfeld , deeply re « ^¦ retted by ' -. a larue-circle . ot' friends , in tt 3 66 $ ll t ear of h ^' age . Mr . Jsmes O . 'R-jiiikt , fa' . licr of f . O'Kourke , cabiactrmakcr .

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      The Executive,--Mr. Bairstow, And The ¦ Bristol Chartists.

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      SPAIN . Perpignan , Nov . 26 . —Olot , and tb . 9 environs , have re 6 Ogttized the Junta . Barcelona , Nov . 2-t . —The bombardment , which wa 3 to commence at mid-day , has been ; susp-Mided . The Junta wa 3 in parley with Van Halen , who domauded the captive regiments . The French and other foreigners were on board of the French vessels . The consuls of all the powers had protested . Tho e of France and England were still on shore ; the others had embarked on board the Meleager . Nov . 25 — Barcelona remains under the menace of bombar . lment : The National Guard has consented that tho captive troops should rejoin Van Halen without arms , according to their capitulation . Foreigners remain still on board of ship . Camprcdor ha * recogn ' sed the Junta . The repiibiican chief , Abon Terrada s has failed in the Lampurdan .

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      THE LATE WHOLESALE INFANTICIDE IN THE FOREST OF DEAN . DEA . TH OF FRANCES BENNETT , THE MURDERER OF HER CHILDREN . Gloucester , Saturday . —Few occurrences have excited a more painful interest in this quarter than the investigation which terminated in the committal of Frances Bennett from Ruardean , in the Forest of Dean , to the county gaol in this city , to await her trial at the assizes . The circumstances have been stated , and are shortly these : —Frances Bennet , after the death of her husband , by whom she had several children , lived with a man named Yapp , a haulier , the children by marriage having gone elsewhere . About a month ago , Bennett , under the apprehension that she was about to die , made a disclosure to a clergyman , i « i the presence of several persons , to the effect that she had six children by Yapp , but noue of them had been allowed to live , she having suffocated them immediately after birth . She told where the

      remains of the bodies would be found . The latest murder , according to tho confession of the woman , was perpetrated about Christmas last year , and the spot which she indicated as containing the remains was found da examination to conceal the most perfect skeleton of any . Tho truth of this horrid confession having in this way been placed- beyond a doubt , information wasEent to John Cooke , Esq ., one of the county coroners , who instantly proceeded from Gloucester to Ruardean to institute an investigation . The witnesses examined on the inquest con&i ^ ti'd chiefly oi ' thepertons to whom the woman had made the confession , including the clergyman who had communicated with the magistrate on the subject , aud the persons who had found the remains oi the bodies . In course of the examination of the clergyman by the coroner , it came out that he had had a second interview with the wretched woman , none being preaent but themselves , and that she'ha a made some additional disclosures . The rev . Gentle

      man , however , on the ground that what he wa'i Told upon this occasion was mixed up with his " spiritual " duties , refused to communicate any particulars , although pressed to d « 60 by the coroner . The woman , moreover , began to deny that she had made any such confession as that sworn to by the witnesses , but enough had been proved to justify the jury in returning a verdict of wilful murder against Bennett and her paramour , Yapp . The latter was ins-tantiy removed to Gloucc Her , but tho state of Bennett ' s health was such as to induce the coroner to delay the order for her removal tiil it could be effected without danger .

      On the afternoon of Thursday , the 17 ih instant , the miserable woman arrived at the county gaol in a fly , attended , by Mr . Bird , a medical men . Sbo was carried up stairs to the hospital , and on being placed on the bi'd , she said , " Now I will die happy . " She died early on the Friday morning . This day an inquest was held on the body , before John Cook * , Esn ., tho coroner , who conducted the investigation atiXuardean . Disease had reduced the body io a perfect skeleton , biit the appearance of the features was more pleading than otherwise . Mr . Cooke , who saw -the- - deceased alive about three weeks ago , remarked that her fc ¦; ¦ bad undergone litde change . The first witnes ? examined was Eliza Gansmore , one of the nurses attached to the gaol , who stated that she wsn directed to wait upon the deceased shortly after her arrival . DecesFed ofren thanked God that she had been removed , and taid that she was much happier in gaol than at home .

      The Coroner here stated that a rumour was abroad that the deceased was in the family way , and he asked the witnezs if she could speak to the point ? The witness stated that she asked the question of deceased , and . ehe stated that she " was not . Deceased said that she was only thirty-eight years of age . Maria Nuttal , another nurse , was next examined . She said that she was present when the deceased died on Friday morning , aud was with her some days previous . She a"ked witness to read and pray to her . Sometimes when she wss reading the deceased would

      say '' Stop ; wait till I ' m better , " and when she recovered Ehe would ask her to go on . As her death approached the seemed to feel contested . She was sensible to . the last . She said that she had been ; ill for about twelve months . ¦ ; ' j Mr . Hick » J 6 , the Eurgeon , stated that the complaint of which the deceased died was pulmonary con . u 2 ? ption , and , in his ' opinion , the removal fromRuarGeau had neither ii'jured nor benefitted her . Sht- s-. enicd to be aware . tlias Ebe could survive only for ' a fo . vr days . She mentioned to him and others that she had been sent to gaol , charged with tiie murder c * her children .

      The jury returned a verdict of Died ficui natural causes . " Yapp , on being told of the death of Bennett wepi bitterly . Tho body Was buri . d by tie riJa'ivcs oi the deceased .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 3, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1189/page/5/