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      JNeighbournooa that tney have made arrangements to occupy THE HALL OF SCIENCE , ; BATH-BUILDING 3 , As a regular place of Meeting for the Chartists of the District , for the Delivery of Lfctures on the Evils of Society , and the Remedies proposed ; for Publio Meetings , to gather and express Public Opiuion ; and for Friendly Discussions and Examinations on Political aud Social Projects . For this purpose it will be used every Alternate Sunday ; and occasionally on Week-Days . It will be Opeued for the advocacy of Chartism on Sunday , February ith , 1844 , on whioh occasion FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., Will Lecture in the Afternoon , at Half-past Two o'Clock , on the " Right of Labour to Prqteotion ;" and in the Evening , at Half-past Six , on the " Means to Secure that Protection , and place Labour in it&iRiKhtful Position . " At the close of tho Afternoon ' s Lecture , Tea will be Provided for Friends from a distance : Tickets , Sixpence eaoh . N . B . —To the Lectures no charge will be made ; but as the Rent of the place and other expences must be defrayed , Voluntary Collections will be made at the Entrance on eaoh occasion , to whioh each individual wUi ba expected to contribute One PeoDj ,

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      TWO SUPPLEMENTS GRATIS WITH THE DISPATCH . GREAT NATIONAL TRIA . L AT DUBLIN . T HE immense size of THE WEEKLY DISPATCH has hitherto enabled its Proprietors on all occasions to present a copious , and , at the same time , interesting account of the events of each week . It is , however , now found impossible to give anything Tffer a faithful report of the Trial of Mr . O'Connell and his Repeal Associates , without excluding a great mass of interesting domestic and foreign intelligence . Tiie Proprietors therefore feel that their Journal , whioh has been for years , and is now , honoured with more patronage than any other in existence , should ba , in all respects , complete ; and , with that view , they intend to insert a summary of the proceedings daring the progress of the trial in their usual columns , and present to their friends and subscribers TWO SUPPLEMENTS , GRATIS . One of these Supplements will be Published on the Sunday succeeding the delivery of the Verdidl , aud will contain the SPEECHES Of Mr . O'Connell , Mr . Shiel , Sir C . O'Loghlin , tht Attorney-General , and other Leading Counsel . Together with the Summing up of the Judge , tht Verdict of the Jury , and other matters of importance that may arise up to the latest hour , for which the services of several Short-hand Writers of Eminence have been Engaged , Tbe second Supplement ( also of the full size of The Weekly Dispatch , ) will , in fact , form the earlj portion of the Trial , and embrace the proceedings from the commencement to that state at whioh the other begins ; so that every subscriber to Thi Weekly Dispatch will be in possession of a complete and faithful report of this great national Trial—I Tria ! which must become a matter of history , and be regarded as an eveut of no ordinary important ) in after Mme . A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF MR . O'CONNELL Will precede the account of the Trial , which will ba written by a Gentleman intimately acquainted wili the " Great Agitator , " and consequently one wild ha 3 treasured up many reminiscences that will rendff the Biography a paper of general and absorbing in . erest . The Two Supplements , forming NINETY-SIX COLUMNS , will be printed uniformly with Th Dispatch , and contain a quantity of matter equal to at le . is ' , an Octavo Volume of FIVE HUNDRED PAGES . Orders received by every Bookseller in Town id Country , and by Mr . Wood , Dispatch Office , 139 , Fleet-street , London .

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      CHAMBERS' JOURNAL .-NEW SERIES . On the 6 th January , 1844 , price Three Halfpence , No . I . of CHAMBERS' EDINBURGH JOURNAL . TO be continued Weekly , each Number contain , ing sixteen pages of Amusing Literature , in the form of Moral and Familiar Essays , Notices of Inventions and Discoveries , Tale 3 , Sketches of Remarkable or -Exemplary Characters , and other Papers of an Entertaining or Instructive kind . * * * The First Series , complete in 12 vols ., will continue on Sale , either in sets , price £ 5 8 s ., cloth , lettered , or separate numbers , or parts , as heretofore . London : Wm . S . Orr and Co . ; and sold by all Booksellers and Newsvendersm Town and Country ,

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      THE MYSTERIES OF PARIS , Part 8 , and No . 32 , price Fourpenoe , published . This most extraordinary Romance is exciting the greatest interest at the present moment . . Profound in itg knowledge of human nature , it may be read with profit by all . Its plot is wonderfd , ite characters well supported , and form the finest pict « e of Parig ever presented to the Publio . This Edition will be Published in 16 Penny Numbers , or 15 Fourpenny Parts , and will be illustrated by numeroas Woofr cuts , and Lithographic Engravings . Each Number contains 16 pages , so that the Volume will contain nearly 1 , 000 pages . It is printed on Crown 8 ? o ., oa good Paper , and new Type , uniform with VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY . Two Vola ., Portraits , 12 s , or 15 " parts , Foorpence each , or 120 Numbers , One Penny each . VOLTAIRE'S TALES , ROMANCES , AND NOVELS , Comprising , Candid , Zadig , the Huron , Microme gas &c , and being the first complete and uniform Edition in the English language . Parts Three and Four are now ready . DIEGESIS , AND THE DEVIL'S PULPIT , By the Rev . R . Taylor , are now Publishing . PaVta Seven and Eight of the former are now Ready , and the latter may be had in Two Volnmes , price 5 _ . or ia 43 Nos ., at One Penny Eaoh . The MIRROR OF ROMANCE , No . 25 , is now Ready , and contains the continuance of the Manual of Freemusonry , which will be completed in our next Number . The former part comprises Leone Leoni , by the celebrated George Sand . The Cap of Liberty , from the French , and various other works , chit fly from the French . May be had , in Parts or Numbers , from all Booksellers . W . Dugdale , Printer , 16 , Holywell Street , Strand .

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      THE IRISH TRIAL . AND THE LONDON OVERTHROW OF HTJMBUGQERY . AGiw ire are enabled to lay before ihe readers of ti--t main portion of car Fir = t Edition ( printed on Tnr . sday evening ) , the report of the proceedings in T > ablin up to the closing of the Conrt on Wednt-day ; and also toe report of the Crown and A- jf ' aor Meeting in London on the evening of "Wednesday . j n iater Editions we shall give the fur borprocesdin ^ B respecting the Tri al ; p ubli sh ins one in Leeds on Saturday evening , with ( in all probability ) , 1 IR . O * CONNELL * S SPEECH IN DEFENCE , in t ^ me for the first Mail on Sunday morning . We BEs : 1 also give the Delate on the Address .

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      f Continued from our Seventh p&ge . j

      FOURTEENTH DAY . Sitting of ihe Coitbt , Tdesdat , Jan . 30 . At ihe opening of the Cjurt this morning , Mr . Fi'ZiJbbon commenced hia address , as Counsel for Dr . Jj ray . He said that the doctrine of conspiracy , as Is d down by the Attorney-General , was , that ii Was j » - ^ ombinaiioa of two or more persons to do tn IT % -d acs , or to do a lawful * ct by unlawful , means . He dtnied the eorrectnesss of the doctrine . That pro } " > kion had been laid dC"n hv Lord Denman , in a csss which occ-curred in 1832 , and had been restated by the sanse Learned Lord in a case in 1834 Pa ; it was a mere die : urn and noi a decision ; ana iii 2835 when it was tited before Lord Denman

      i > im _* if , ins Lordship said he did not think it a correct proper lion , lu the cases of the King v . Forbes , better known asuheboitlerioi case , Chief Justice Bushe had laid -down a similar doctrine to that of Lord Denman , lad it was to be found in East s Pleas of -the down . But however good a text writer East was , he d-nied thai bo was to be considered a good legal auifcwriiy . They Lad looted in Coke aiid all the old anthorhies on t no -nbject , without being able to discover any 5 uch docnne . With respect to the two cases cited by the Aitorpey-General in support of the doctrine above quoted—viz . 1 he King p . Watson , H ; wel * s State Trials , to ! . 22 , and the ease of the King v . Murphy , 8 ih Carrington and Payne , in which : latter Ca > c Mr . Justice Co ' eridge had laid down the

      doctrine vt' couspu-aey aaoped by the Attoraiy-Geneii > 3 , he submitied thai they did not apply in the presfui instance at alL The former case was one of h :. 4 h treason , and conld not bt cited as similar to Ihe pW sent ,-wh : cb was one of misdemeanour , and thei-ivre Mr . Justice B 3 Jley ' s decision on ii must Box b considered TaKd . In the case of the Kin * r . Mnr .- > . y , though ihe doctrine laid down by ihe Attorn . y-General was applicable to the fact ^ there , it -sraf ; . v 1 , 0 m ^ acs so to the facts in the present case . The L-axneri Gentleman dei __ rd * ihai there was any ca e oi conspiracy established . The people were pescahle , aud orderly . Tney were not drilled , and ordered to advance and reiire , " as thej were in Eujfbnd . The people mei in large' ncinbers , but

      it wa- by sacn means tba ; redress of grievances was 8 lw ; ys obtained . The Learned Gentleman then referx . - _ o ihe means adopted by the mailed Barons of Enti&nd ivlien the jjieai Charier of Eng land ' s 7 'Hrrrit-s ws ? wre ? Jed from King John , and to the aiti - iiJa asc ^ umed by the people at the time of the Clareeieeiion . The Learned Gentleman then referrtd , iu Tciy ftroag language , to ' . he condnet of the ActDrnsj-Gcaeral , with rt ^ so-l" to the proseentious- He did not objec ; to hi .- ccing his duty , but he eu ^ hc Jo do so in a manly and straightforward msux . r , and no . kaTe s . ated the 1 st ? - incorrectly to

      © b-j _ . n the cenvlcuon of a brother barri > ttr , and who ial' -r-jo an ornament to his profession for maby year ... B -i ¦ ioircured wuh the Arton > ry-Gti _ er-tl that ibis was A m =--m- nrt-us case—momentous . 0 the Attorney- Genelal aiiU : hii party with which he was connected . It wwiid Jifijrd that party a Econrge 10 repress the peoi-i " , fronj giving expression to their feelings and opii- !' - 'a « , but he iru > ied Cue Court and jury would inieipcse to prevent them from obtaining t .- _ at power . Tht juries of England had always saved the liberties of tbr people when ihey were songht to be emshed I > y cburges like the present . Tlic las ; cas ° . of ihis idnfl was ibe charge of the constrn ' ctive treason

      bronchi -aaainsj Tooke and Hardy , but an English jury three times bronghi in a verdict of not gnili ; .. He contended thai : . he definition of conspiraVy giren by the Attorney-General was not legs " ., y correct . Tne Attorney-General had S 3 id th » a combination to co an illegal aci , or a legal act by uula ^ rfal aiisn ? , c- n . ^ tituted a conspiracy ; and i-c aad referred to tstiuus authorities in suppoi * » fthat dfcfliihion ; but he had cot stated that BOiiif Ving more w ^ s necessary—a previous consnlta > : <> :. Dttween the parties ch ^ rgvd with a conspiracy — 3 Ai ^ s titm Tnthiii tbe chaTge . Why Tfas the l !"» ot fairly asc cancidij siat-ed ! Surely , if there w 1 ^ i .-. y case in which it ousht to be done , it ¦

      wa . ' - Slice pioircuuon , esptrally theprestsen when a b-. ri ? ur of eminence , uae who had been tbe orcaiLem of that Couri for nearly half aoetntury , ¦ was -Uinuing at the bar , char ^ ' d with a conspiracy . "WcT'' it his lot to be prosecuted by the Attorney-GeDrral , he would « -ay te h ; m , "Strike boldly , bnt strike fairly . ' He tiien commented . on the evident-, snd BSiiSazcstTu d on the nos proonction of Hoibrook , th 6 priiii ' -r of theHepeal ca ^ ds . whom he C- -iign&ted ^ s ir * -- creatnre of the Government , Jinci baa been ia "? d of th ? flemonstration of physical force . Was it hjI by sinrh demonstrations that gresi r-ociaJ amejiorations had been obtained in Joxidt r times ? Was not Alsgna Charta itself obtaist- ^ Ly these means 1

      T- r C-juri litre adjonrned . While the Judges wer < ibseut , I ' - Attorcy-G- ^ neral had a note conveyed across the ' -sale to Mr . Fvi ^ ibhon , who , after looking at it , Tew' - ^ d frou ! his place and went orer beside the S } li ^ :- <> r-General , and showed it to him . The Learn d Grr . tkman shen showed it to Sergeant ¥ a ;~ a , and was handing ii back to tbe Attorney-Gen- -ai , who declined to look at it . . 3 Ir . Fi ; z ? ibbon , after ^ cme eoaTer ~ a , tion with the Solicitor-General and Scrjr-siii Wsjren , threw the note over before the A Vjtl y- G-iural , who took it up and looked at it tv < m : a-iering a word . Tfaepurport , or contents ofti- d . ruiDe-. 'i , wa . ? , of course , unknown except to the * . - - .: & ¦ already mentioced . During this strange Ecer- he Aturn- y-General seemed to labour under

      txiT- j : » i nerrcri 3 lrntaxion . I : b-ui half an honr the Judges returned , when y . F ; : z _; 5 bbon addressed the Court , saying : —A uoit * 3 been i > nt into my hands * my Lords , r iirned by f Auomey-General , ststmg that 1 ha ^ e ijiven k'la ; -- vsonal tiffcuee , and thai if I do not apologize , 3 m - - * same a iriesd . I will ask him whether , cone : q- g our respective pobirions , such a course is cui - ? 1 \ i * Attorney-GeneTal—If Mr . Frzgibbon has any ^ ppbes-tion to make , i mnst be upon affidavit . He > 33 aitrit ? uted to me an improper feeling in this pro ? - --lutioE . 1 eutir ^ ly di-claim being influenced by any private or personal feeling whatever . I h ^ vt bete actuated only by my sense of publio duty .

      ~ bii . Friiibioii—1 could understand the propriety of c-ii . 'ng my att < ntit > n to anything offensive 1 mur ' n ! hare tiid , bm when h&-Cumes with a pi-tol in b - "and , it will no ; draw an apology from me . Sir Moore , as the friend of both the Learntd Gtntlein u , EUg 2 e-tid an aojournment for a short fme , to &-iow teem to arrange the matter by esplana-T ' je Lord Chief Justice said the Conrt felt much embarrassed by what had eccnrred . They thought the Attorney-General was the last man who ought to have allowed himself to be betrayed i" : o such eipre ^ Mons a ^ had bevn stated to the Conrt . his Learned Friends

      Tne Auorney-General said around hlai i . ad idld him , that in bis note there was en ofs-rvainr he ou ^ ht not to have made . He wrote it wi'h exci'ed feeling ? , acd would witharaw it . He would , however , impose no terms , and would leave the gentleman on the other side to adopt such co'use 25 hi » character entitled him to expect . Tne Lord Chief Justice must say they considered what had taken place during tbe absence of the Jueges was tke same as if it had occurred in their presence , 2 Hr . Fitzsibbon said he was unconscions of having ever saW or done anything with the base intention of wounding the feelings of another , and entirely disclaimed aEy such intention in this case .

      J ' r . Moore suggested , ihat after the explanation that bad been given , the whoie matter should be allowed to drop . The Court heartily cencarred in the suggestion and the Auorney-General and Mr . FnzGiBCQK having also expieiscc their concuirence , it iTa 3 allowed to do so . This pleasant lfcde episode over , Mr . Fit 2 gibbo * reamed his addrc ^ . He again impressed onm jnry that they were the exclusive judges of in , Sinality of the traverseT ? , and then awed for fee legalirr of the Tarions meetings , and of the a ,-Sd 2 En S ^ bich the ^ w ^^ ssft ?* f ; the fame time avowing himself a Repealer . It would be necessary , he said , to comment at . ome length on several of the speeches madefy the tn .-Vtt £ rs ! Ld , as it was then late in theday , he mnst request the favour of an adjournment .

      The Court yery reluctantly complied , wheKHpoa Dr . Gray , one of the Travelers , rose , and asked permission to esj a few word * . Th « r Lorddups , however , refuied , as anything he wished to address to the Conrt might be stated by his counsel ( Mr . Ktzgibboc ) . The extraordinary proceedings of the day then terminated .

      FIFTEENTH DAY . ¦ ¦ - - - * SrmsG or the Cottbt , Thuksdat , Jjl >\ 31 . -f&R&n z > ni > byn rfsomed lis address . He com-^^ d * y " stating th « be appeared for only one of ^ fejverKT 3 , technically Epeaking . Dr . Gray , who ^" i ¦ young man , part proprietor of a new-paper S pShai the oldest -Standing of any m DubJm . iTctolFitexibbon ) had to defend him for haying teitakfla wUh the eloqoenoo-the abxlity-wd

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      what he believed to be the true and honest patriotism of a man whose tongue scarcely ever failed to adduce to htB opinion any one thai would only give -hcmsclves the patience to hear him ; and , in defending him from the imputation of crime—from having been led or misled , it became essentially neoeoessary to bring before the jury the passag' s of the eloquence of the gentleman who bid seduced his client into this Association , and which were eminently calculated , in his humble opinion , not only to exonerate his client from guilt , but to exonerate every other man belonging to this Association , including the first of the traversers , Mr . O'Connell himself . Mr . Fitz ; jibbon then proceeded to read over again the extracts from

      . Mr . O'Conneli ' s speech at Mallow , which the Attorney General had previously read to the Jury . He commented on these passages as be proceeded , and attempted toshew that they bore a very different nterpretation to that put upon them by the Attorney-Gr neraL In support of this view of the speech , Mr . FiJZiibbcn read those passages which the Attorney-General had omitted to read . In speaking of Mr . O'Connell ' s denunciation of " the Saxons , " he quoted the following passage from the Mallow speech : — " All that is delightful—all that the enthusiasm of romance can fling round the human heart , is centered in my love of Ireland . She never has been a nation ; for her own children had her split , and rent asunder , and divided , ' when the

      Saxon first polluted her verdant soil with his accursed ioot . " And is not that true ! asked Mr . Fi'zgibbon , is it not literally true ! Have we not the authority of history for saying it is true ! Can these prosecutions wipe facts from off the face of history ! Preposterous idea 1 Is it not true in reference to England herself as well as to Ireland ] Did not the Saxon with his accursed foot invade the land of the ancient Britons , banishing peace and happiness from their shores ? What nonsense it is to talk to twelve men upon their oaths about subverting the evidence of historical records—what monstrous absurdity to expect that by a prosecution of this kind you can change and falsify the history of the human race ! For my part , I know not who the

      descendant of the Saxon is—neither does Mr . O'Connell . I know not where to look for the man—¦ nor does Mr . O'Conntll , —upon whose shoulder I can put forth my hand and Fay , " You are of the murderous Saxons who invaded this cc-nntry in tbe tims of the Britons . " No ; it is morally and physically impossible that any man could do so , for the blood of tho conquerors , and of the oocquered , have long since intermingled , and the races are no longer distinct . Mr . O'Connell was aliudicg to the men and scenes of bye gone days ; and that this was the fact is dearly to be seen by a perusal of subsequent passages of his speech . He then goes on to say— " From that day to this dissensions and divisions , together with a

      false confidence in the honour of the enemy and penal laws , all , all , have contributed to keep her in P' - ril and degradation ;—but the hour is come when her people can be a nation , and if they follow the counsel that they get , their country will be their own . I feel it now to be my dnty to warn you against these Saxons . " But who were the men whom Mr . O'Connell designated by the apptllation of " Saxgds T" Surely be must have meant to refer to men who , like the Saxvns , would invade this Cruntry with arms in thtir hands—men who would d . cido arguments not by reason nor by justice , but by the sword and the bayonet . ' * Perhaps a few days will tell us what they mean . " There again , says the Attorney-General , is deep sedition . What , allew me to ask

      yon , gentlemen , could he have expected 1 Where was the military organization—where was the training—where were the arms—where were the officers ! Will it bo for a moment argued that he at any time contemplated a physical-force contest between the Repealers and th 6 army ? Do yon suppose that he would ever have Jet thtm know that he entertained those ideas if he really did , or that they could eo understand him ? Gentlemen , tbey did not so unstand him ; but they want you , hoping that , perhaps , yo * may be politically opposed to him , to fasten upon this construction ol hid language , and to give it a false interpretation in order to put down Repeal . Mr . F itz ^ ibbon then read lengthy extracts from Mr . O'Conneli ' s speeches denouncing the Chartists ,

      oarticularly for their sympathy with the Welsh Martyrs . ' observing , "_ dow . don't forget the imputation upon Mr . O'Connell , that he had his eye fixed on an iusurrtction—a physical force contest with the constituted authorities ot the country . Observe how he deals with the party—the powerful party , the unanimous party , the insurrectionary party in England . Was not the movtraent in Eunland the fsry thing of all others , that he would hare been glad to avail of , if his intentions were such as they have been represented I Ho calls the Chartists the Fcrgusites—he absolutely mcki . ames them ; he showtr 3 contemp : upon them . If he hoped to avail himself of th < . m , or to make any use of their insurrectionary movement , is that the language he wou ; d

      have htld towards them \ See , Gtiitlemsn , what UL-qualified abuse he heaps upon them , what scorn , and contumely , and coiitempi he pours out 011 tbe phiical-force men , the torch and dagg » -r men . Does he utter one woTd of approbation of their proceedings , of show any piiy or countenance for them . Side by side with his ofnanciaiions of the Chariists , Mr . FitZiibbon plsc d thu " expressions of loyalty" ! to be found so plentifully in Mr . O'Connell's speeches . From one delivered on ibt 27 » h ef September , 1841 , h quoted as follow ? : — She { the Queen ) 13 not ihe Queen who .-d hea-: h ha 3 been rccuired with mtje times round , and rounds of the Kentish fire , by the Orange As .= ociation . No ; but a Queen wno 13 , the first of her race who has shown a aisvo ^ twn to

      do perfect justice and fairness to Ireland—tht Qipen who has evinced , in a ptculiar degree , some of ibose , qaalities which distinguish her race , without their obstinacy , in her blessed perseverance to rtign lor ihe benefit of her entire people . " I 3 that ( said Mr . Fiizgibbon ) tbe language of a traitor 1 Must not every loyal man be grateful for the application and exercise of that ekquence which Providence gave him in thus pour ; raying this beautiful picture from the beautiful , tbe good , and the benignant original , in lauguage calculated to enlarge the noblest ideas of the most loyal subject—calculated to enhance loyalty and endear ihe Queen to every h * art ! Must not every British subj-ct that lotes tbe benignantthe popularly benignant Sovereign—the popularly

      innocriit and amiable Sovtrign—roust not every man who would wi ^ h to see such a Sovereign truiy be- j loved , truly esteemed , and truly revered , have a fechug of gratitnde to the orator "who has us < -d his j eloquence ior tnis magnificent—this glorious oi j e . t . And are you by your verdict to tell the people ot this country—tbe sufftj-ing millions of this countrythat the man who preaci . ed admiration , love , and reverence to the Sovereign , id yet a traitor to that Sotreeijjn—is a conspirator against the j peace of the Throne of that Sovereign ? Gentlemen , I < ion ' t apprehend you vrill do anything sn absurd , j Mr . Fnz ^ ibbon next quoted from Mr . O'Ojunell'B ; speeches , wherein he denounced all Secret Societies , - warning the Iri ^ peopje to have nothing to do wiih ' siyn * or passwords , and entreating them to regard

      as their worst enemies those who might teek to -ntrap » hem into any rach organ 2 idon . Ti . e greater portion of Mr . Fxz >{ ibboij's address was occup .-ed with reading extracts from the above , and a number of other speeches , the tendency of which he attempted to show was directly the reverse of 1 sat imputed to Mr . O'C . by the Attorney-General . He contended that Mr . O'Connell had unceasingly denounced any recourse to pbjsical force , and that " Mr . O'Connell expected to < . ff « ct the regeneration , as he conceived it to be , oi his native land—not by the pike or the gun—not by the bayonet , but by the gigantic and electric force of public opinion in favour of justice . By the a : d of public opinion , now more gigantic than it ever has been since the creation of the world

      —pnblic opinion that now means not the opinion of any sect or any party , or aiiy county , or any province , or ai > y kingdom , or any empire , or of any quarter of the globe—public opiinon , that , now means the opinion of all mankind that can think justly . " Mr . Fitz ^ ibbon continued to address the Court at very considerable additional length , and defended the Arbitration Courts on principles of legality , law , and analogy . The Learned and eloquent Gentleman concluded with an explanatory statement in reference tothe / rccajofyest' rday . Sergeant Warren attempted to stop tbe Ltarned Gentleman when entering on this subject , but Mr . Fitzxibbon proceeded . His remarks produced a deep sensation in Court . The Attorney-General made no reply . It beitg within a few minutes of five o ' clock , the Court adjourned till to-morrow .

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      TENTH DAY . Sittin g op the Cottrt , Tbubsdat , Jan . 25 . The Lord Chief Justice , Mr . Justice Cxampton , and Mr . Justice Perrin , took their seats upon the bench at ten o ' clock precisely . The Jurors and Traversers having answered punctually to their names , Mr . M'Evoy Gartlan ( agent for Mr . Duffy ) app lied to the Court to grant his client permission to retire until two o ' clock . Tbe application was made on the groundB of Mr . Duffy ' s illness . Tbe Chief Justice ? aid it waa not in the power of the Court to make any order upon the Bubjeot ; but it was for the Attorney-General to say whether he had any objection to such a course , and whether he would inBist on having Mr . Duffy called upon bis recognizance .

      „ ,.,.,,.,... Tae Attorney -General intimated that it was not his intention so to do . He would not take any notice of Mr . Duffy ' s absence from Court . Mr . O'Hagan called upon the Clerk of the Crown to read from the Nation of August 12 , page G 91 , a lett-r addressed by the Irish Members of Parliament to the People of Great Britain . The Clerk of tbe Crown complied , and read the Mr . Smylv then handed Mr , Vernon the Nation

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      of the 26 ih of August , which he identified as haviDg been lodged in his office , and which purported to be printed and published by Charles Gavan Duffy , at No . 12 , Trinity-street . The Clerk of the Crown having been banded tho paper read from it an articlo entitled " The Crisis is upon us , " and in the same number of the paper an article headed " The Irish Congress . " When he had concluded the articles he asked if they required arylhing further read from that paper . Mr . Smyly—No more from that paper . Mr . O'Hagan—Read page 726 , in the third column of that caper .

      The Attorney-General said he wished to interpose . On the preceding day he felt disinclined to object to the reading of certain passages at that stage of he proceedings by the traversers , but in consequence of the course adopted in the reading of Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s letter , and the resolution of the Members of Parliament , aud other matters which had no bearing on tho documents read by the Crown , he wished the case should take the ordinary course . The Crown wished to close within a reasonable time , and would bo enabled to do so by being permitted to read the important parts for tho prosecution , aud wkeu the traversers came to make their case they could offer such evidence as they would consider bearing on the issue .

      Mr . Hatchell , Q . C ., eaid , on the part of his client , and indeed he might say on the part of the other traversers , in consequence of what had taken place the day before , and fully acquiesced in by the erown , they were certainly extremely surprised that there Bhould be any departure from what they considered the fixed arrangement respecting the reading of the papers . The counsel for the trayersers had made their arrangements under the impression that that would be the courso acted upon . If the objection was to have been taken at all , it ought to have been taken when Mr . Whiteside called for the reading of the letter of Mr . Sharman Crawford . The traversers' counsel considered that the matter had been sufficiently discussed , and that the opinion of

      tho court , acquiesced 111 by the Attorney-General , was that the most convenient way for all parties , and particularly the Court , to take the evidence oh that part of the case , was that each of those newspapers should bo read on the part of the Crownthat then the port'ons which the travelers deemed ncctssary for their ca ^ e should be read , and thus tho Court and Jury would derive information relative to each publication , so that the matter would not be forgotten by them when it was takeu up on a future occasion . He did not mean to say that the Attorney-General intended to depart from his arrangement , but certainly it would embarrass the course to be taken by the traversers , and be unfair and unjust towards them in the conduct of their case hereafter .

      The Chief Justice said tho court did conceive that an arrangement of the nature mentioned by Mr . Hatchell bad been en ; ered into by both parties . He believed that arrangements had be . n entered into on tho day beforo , and it was considered at that time tbai it would be the most convenient way to have documents for tho crown and travereers disposed of on the sama occasion . At the time probably that arrangement was agreed upou , it was not anticipated that readings to the length , and of the uuoonnected nature and quality they had heard , would have beeu resorted to by the travelers The court did not see any great inconvenience iu continuing the p | an that had been entered iuto , and it was to be hoped no unnecessary advantage would be taken . The SoJicii ^ r-Geueral taid the strict rule was certainly with the crown , and if it were necessary he would show that they were not bound by any undertaking , but , of course , they would adopt the Bug gestiou thrown out by the Court .

      Mr . Justice Crampum had no doubt that the Btrict rule was with the Crown , at the same time it certainly was suggested by the Court , and he remembered he stated that the most convenient course would be to dispose of each paper in the order in which it wa 5 given in evidence . He did not anticipate , not would he now anticipate , that thai suggestion , winch was acq-n ' e ^ ced in by tho Counsel for the Crown , would be abused by reading matters that were not relevant to the issue laid between the parlies . It was an indulgence givon tbe traversers , and he was sure , in the hands of the Learned Counsel , it would not be abused .

      [ The whole day was occupied after this , by tho ofhcfTs of the Court reading from the copies of the Nation , Pilot , aud Freeman , th * b articles called for by the Crown , and the articles called for by the Counsel for the Travelers . The matter " put in" by the Crown consisted mainly of leading articles , and speeches of the several Travelers at the several meetings ; while the Traversers ** called for" the speeches " left out" by the Crown , and some addresses and correspondence , with the replies of the Association . lhis day ' s proceedings as far as the public were concerned , were very uniniere ^ tinir : scarcely anything occurring , after the legal argument above given , to break in upon the almust pamful monotony that prevailed . On one occasion , however , wh-n the Clerk of the Crown was reading the Bakinglass meeting from the Freeman , at which thf olt-quoted and oftcner-alluded to speech concerning the sergeants of the British army was made by Mr . O'Conneil , ]

      Mr . Smyly told the witness to turn to the report of tho dinner , and stc if Mr . Steele was present . Air . Whitesiiie said that the paper could be do evidence as to whether Mr . Steele waa present or not . The Clerk of the Crown said that Mr . SteJe was mentioned in the report as having replied . The Attorney G-neral rose to reply to what he undiT ^ toed was tht objection , when Mr . Whiteside Baid he did not make any objection ; be merely made the remark . He was not counsel for Mr . Steele . The Attorney-General was not going to enter into the argument . All he wished was to be distinctly understood as not acquiescing in the objection . After this ,

      Mr . Smyly called on the Clerk of the Crown to read a descriptive article on the Tara Repeal demonstration , which appeared in the Pilot of August 16 . The Clerk of the Crown read the article in question . Mr . Smyly- Now , read the report of Mr . 0 Conntll's spev ' eh at the Tara meeting . Mr . smyly requested the officer to read the names of im- company . — I have them here . Do yea see the name of John U'Counell , M . P ., amongst them ?—I do . ( Mr . Fitz ^ ibbon— If you read any of the names read them all . The officer proceeded to comply with tho request of the Learned Counsel , when Mr . M'Donough said— I do not require this , my Lords . Mr . Smyly—But Mr . Fhzijibbon does .

      Mr . Fi zgibbon— . Not particularly ; but if one name be read all should be read . The officer , in reply to Mr . Smyly , said he saw the name of Mr . O'Connell , Mr . Barrett , and Dr . Gray there . [ The effect of the reading of the names by the 1 fhcer , in compliance with the request of Mr . Fiiz gibbon , which wa 9 so well stopped by Mr . M'Donough , would have been that the Traversers had furnished evidence themselves that some of them were present at . the meeting in question . Tnis was , however , but just prevented . Mr . Fiizgibbon desired the Clerk of the Crown to read tbe speech of Count Nugent , the Chairman ot the meeting at Mulhnghar , and it being theu halfpast five o ' clock , the Court sojourned .

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      BoLTOir—Mr . Leach delivered a lecture to the inhabitants of Bohon , on tbe 23 rd inst ., in the Chartist x \ ssociation Room . At seven o ' clock , the doors of the large room were beset with anxious expectants . The room was crowded to excess , and scores went away unable to obtain admittance . Mr . Leach delivered an argumentative and unanswerable speech of nearly two hours , and pat down amidst enthusiastic applause . After tbe lecture , Joseph Cook , Esq ., a very large manufacturer , rose and endeavoured to answer Mr . Leach's arguments ; but , alas ! alas ! how short he came . He was replied to by Mr . Leach iu a most triumphant manner . After a vote of thanks to Mr . Leach , tho meeting separated . Rochdale—Mr . M'Cabe , of Oldham , delivered two lectures on Sunday last , in the CharttBt Assooia tit / n Room , which gave general satisfaction to his bearers .

      On Monday evening last Mr . Wm . Miller , of Oldham , delivered his fir ^ t lecture on Phrenology , for the benefit of the Chartist prisoners in Kirkdale . Manchestbr . —Cabpbmebs Hall . — —A lecture was delivered in the above Hall on Sunday evening last by Mr . Wm . Dixon . Salford—The towa waa placarded last week announcing a lecture to be delivered by Mr . James Leach in the ChartiBt Association Room , Great George ' 8-street , and challenging the Corn Law Repealers to come forward and defend their infamoas placard that had been posted on the walls of Manchester and surrounding districts on the week previous . Before the time annonnced for the lecture , the room was crammed almost to suffocation .

      Mr . James Craig was called to the chair and introduced Mr . Leach to the meeting amidst great applause . Mr . Leaoh proceeded to address the meeting in hiB plain and argumentative style . When about the middle of his lecture an alarm waa given that the floor was giving way . This turned out to be correot , but the usual evil consequences were averted by the coolness of Mr . Leach and other friends ; the people departing quietly , no one was injured , though the lecture was , of course put a stop to . The Irish Repealers room is underneath the Chartist room , and had the floor wholly given way , the consequences would Lave bocn frightful , oh accouat of tho Repealers room , as well as ours , being crammed to suffocation .

      Stqckpobt . —Mr . Donovan lectured here on Sun day last , to a numerous and attentive audience . His discourse gave general satisfaction .

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      "Doing what he likes with his own . "—On Monday it ^ t , a man uumed Joshua Byron , who residua at Nowtown , w » b charged before the Magistrates , at the Leeds Court Houxe , with an assault upoH his wife A policeman sta ; ed that between tea and eleven o ' clock on Saturday night , be heard a disturbance in the street , and on proceeding to the place ho found the prisoner beating his wife . He desired him to desist , when ha refused , and said hho was his own wife , and he had a right to do as he liked with her . The wife , on being called ,

      said bhe had gone to a beerhouse to fetch him home , and found him and three others playing at cards ; she refused to leave him , and he then pushed her into thv street and s . ruok at her . She was very sorry that he Bhould have done so , and she hoped tho Magistrates would Icok over his fault thia time ; she had no wish to punish him further . Tho Magistrates told tho prisoner he had evidently & better wife than he deserved ; he ought to treat her well for the future on account of her lenity towards him . He was discharged .

      Assavlt $ ox the Police—On Mondaylast , a decont looking mechanic , named William Jucksoo , was charged boforo tho sitting mauistrattu at the Court lluubc , Leeds , wiih haviujj committed au a ^ ault upon Policeman Storey . The officer s-tated that he was sent for on Saturday night , to the Oak Trie Inn , in West-slicet , where he found the prisoner , who was drunk , and abusing tho landlady ; he had somu difficulty in getting him out of the house , aud when he had doao so , he seized him by ihe breast and toie his coat to pieces . He was so violent that he was oblitjt d to look him up . The prisoner received an

      excellent chatacter ; and it was stated that while a youth he had received a hurt on his bead , from the iffects of which he always seemed to suffer when ho got a little beer , on which occasions he was more like a madman than any ihing else . The magistrate s advised him to avoid driuk in iumre , aud fined him forty shillings and costs . After the above case had been disposed'of William Broadbent was charged with having been found laid drunk in tho street , and with having assaulted a policeman for wishing him to go home . He was fined thirty shillings ^ and ousts , or iwt nty-one days imprisonment .

      Promised Reformation . —On Monday last , a young man , named David Hoiroyd , who resides with bia parents in Beckett-street , Burmanloi ' ts , was charged before the magistrates at the Leeds Cuurt House , with having broken open the door of his father ' s house , by whioh he had dono damage to tho amount of 3 i . The youth , it appeared , had been drinking with some companions until about three o ' clock , on Sunday morning , ut which time he went home , and his father waa gii'lty of the very questionable policy of refusing him admittance , upon which

      he broke opeu the baok door , when his tu , her ^ ave him iu custody . The youth stated that his father was a teetotaller , and ho liked a pint of ale , and that he supposed wrh tho reason of his being refused admittance into the house . I *' , however , tho magistrates and his father would forgive him , ho would sign teetotal directly . He was ordered to pay the amount of the damage , and to enter into his own recognizances to be of good behaviour . On leaving the dock , Mr . Lupton toid him he hoped he would not forgot the promise he had made .

      Stealing Cvats . —Oh Monday last , three known thieves , named John t ' arrall , Garnett Moore , and James Rymer , ( who had been remanded from Saturday ) were brought up at the Leeds Court House , for final examination on a charge of having stolen three coats , from the passage of a house in Grove Terrace , the property of Mr . Parrissius and Mr . Reunert , two foreign gentlemen who lodged at tho house . Elizabeth , the wiloof Eiward Lengihorn , beerhousekeeper , Kirknato , was in custody on a charge of having received the coats kaowmg them 10 have been stolen , but her evidence was taken against the prisoners , and she was discharged . The coats were stolen on Friday evening , and it was shown that the prisoners went in company to Lengthorn ' s between seven and eight o ' clock the same night , having then the coats in their possession , whioh they depobited with Mrs . Lengthorn , as she said , until

      morning , aud she let them have seven quarts of ale , holding the coats as security for the payment . A lad named Stones , who is a companion of' the prisoners , and who was with them at Lengthoru ' s , was also a witness against them . They were committed for trial . John Rourke , a young lad , and companion to the above , was brought up on a charge of having stolen a pilot coat , the property of Rowland Brunton , sou of Mrs . Brunton , of the Horse and Jockey Inn , in Hunslet-lane . The coat was stolen , along with three others , from a rouin at the academy of Mr . Wood , in Rockin ^ ham-street , a few days previous , and it was found in the prisoner ' ** possession on Monday morning . He was committed for trial . On Tuesday , a young man named Benjamin Bapty , was committed for trial on a charge of having stolen two coats , the property of Mr . Hyam , in Briggate , and Mr . Perry , iu Boar-lane , from thedoor of vvnose shops respectively they had been stolen .

      Death of a Child . —On Tuesday morning an inquest was held at the Court House , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq ., Borough Coroner , ou the body of an infant four months old , named Ana Whitaker . The father of the deceased is a post ov at the Royal Hotel , and resides in the Turk ' s / lead Yard , Briggate ; the child went to bed with its mother on Saturday night , soon after twelve o ' clock , and on awakening the following morning , Mrs . Whitaker found her infant dead in her arms . Vcrdiot , " Died by the visitation of God . "

      Burnings at Kettebing . —On the 23 rd of Feb ., 1839 , two fires oocurred in this town , supposed to be the work of an incetidiary . On the 23 rd Deo . last , an individual gave himself into custody , and confessed to being the perpetrator of the offence . This person had been a member of the Radical Association , but his name was erased from the boob , in consequence of a dishonourable act ou his part . Caring nothing about this , certain parties have been writing in the Northampton Herald charging the Kottering Radicals with being the instigators of the fires . To repel this charge a public meeting was held on Monday evening , the 22 nd , when resolutions strongly denunciatory of the infamous calumnies ot the Northampton Herald , aud challenging tho fullest investigation into tke acts of the Association , and the conduct of its members were adopted unanimously . Another subject was taken into consideration at the meeting : a matter which shews that there is a

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      villainous conspiracy set on foot 10 damage , and , if possible , destroy Chartism in this quarter . On the 15 th instant ; a fire broke out at Dunethorpe . The same day , Mr » Cooper , of Welilon , was arrested and brought to this town , and evidence given that foot-Steps from the scene of the fire were to be traced in the direction of his house , and that a pair of his shoes fitted the marks . On this charge he was remanded till Thursday , and again to Saturday . The evidence was most contradictory and contemptible , —but Cooper is a Chartist . He was ordered to find bail , himself , in £ 60 and two sureties ia £ 30 each . The Kottering Chartists believing him to be innocent procured bail , viz .: Mr . Hyslop , tea-dealer , and Mr . Feary , publican . The Magistrates refused to accept them as sureties , they being Chartists ! and to gaol poor Cooper was sent . Tho meeting passed strong resolutions denunciatory of the conduct of the Magistrates , and of their determination to do their utmost to procure poor Cooper justice .

      Strange Proceeding at Colne . —On Friday , tbe 12 ih , two men named Pickard and Hartley , were arraigned before the magistrates on a charge of embczz emcnt . i The ease was hrard with closed doors , persons applying for admission being refused an entrance . A constable of the town hearing of the case , was present through feelings of curiosity . On his entrance the case of Pickard was iu course of investigation , { against whom the magistrates fouud the charge to bo not proved . On Hartley ' s case being brought on , four manufacturers , who were present , were called ! on by the magistrates to examine the worsted weft ( the article said to be embezzled ) .

      Whiie the examination of the weft was goiug on , the constable saw two ut tha examiners take tome weft from another bundle ( belonging to tke man Hckard ) , aud mix it wiih that belonging to Hartley ; this was also witnessed by another constable who was present ; and it was done , our correspondent states , for tho purpose of obtaining Hartley ' s conviction . The case proceeded , aud one of the manufacturers , who examined the weft , stating that 11 was his opinion that ii had been embtzzled ! Tne constable who had witnessed the infamous conduct above detailed , informed the magistrates of it , upon which Hartley was instantly acquitted .

      Stabbing . '?—On Wednesday laet , a young lad , named John Lupton , in the employ of Messrs . Tidey , Tatham , and Walker , flax spinners , Leeds , was brought before the sitting magistrates , at the Court House , on a charge of having stabbed John Hawkhead , also in the same employ . The lads woi ¦ <* ia the same room , and on Tuesday evening some scuffle arose between them , when Lupton struck Hawkhead with a knife , and inflicted a dangerous wound in the left side of the abaoiuen . He was removed to the Infirmary , wh < re ho remains in a precarious state . Lupton was remanded until Monday . Cruelty to a Parish Apprentice . —On Saturday last , Mrt . France , the wife of Mr . Councillor France , appeared before the pitting magistrates at the Leeds

      Court House , to answer a complaint preferred against her by the officers at the workhouse , ot excessive cruelty to a parish apprentice named Hannah Townend , who had been bound for about two years , it aopearea that the acts of violence on the part of M , rb . France had been numerous and of shocking barbarity ; the appearance of the poor tiirl being such as to draw forth strong ; feelings of disgust from all who saw her . Tho immediate charge against Mrs Franoe , however , arose out of what occurred on Thursday lasf , when , for some trifling fault , she not only struck the girl violently over the head with a large stick , by which a Bovere wound was inflicted , but actually turned her out of doors . She took r . luge in the bouse of » person named Coe , by whom she wa 3 taken to the

      workhouse , und the authorities there promptly took the mailer up . and on Friday a warrant was obtained for Mrs . France , whose excuse for her conduet , when before the magistrates , was , that the girl was- guilty of very filthy habits—a statuinent wh'ch was . ops- ' t by counter-evid' -noe . Mr . Lupton , who was ou the bench , characterised tho case a ^ one of the worst which had ever come under his cognizance , and Mrs . Franco was ! fined in the penalty of 40 j and cot-is . The magistrates also cancelled the indentures , and made an order ou Mrs . l'r&uce for £ 10 , ike usual parish apprentice fine . It is due to Mr . France to . Mate that na was from home when this occurred , aud that he has always done all in his power to prevent the violence of his wife .

      More PrOskcutions fob "Blasphemy " —Cask of Miss Roalfb . —On Tuesday , January 23 rd , Miss Roalfe was placed at the bar of the Sheriff Court , Edinburgh , charged with vending profane and blasphemous works , at her shop , 103 , Nicojson-street . She pleaded uot guilty . Evidence having been given to prove the purchase of the works referred to in her shop , Mr . Brown , advocate , was heard on the part of the prosecution . Miss Roalfe , who conducted heT own defence , made a long statement to the court , iu whioh she admitted the sale of the

      works libolled , knowing perfectly that they contained a denial of the truth of the Christian re * iigton , an << vfere calculated to bring it into contempt ; but denied that she told them wickedly and feloniously . Indeed , bo little did she consider her con duct criminal , that so soon as she should beat liberty , she intended to resume the fame practice . Mr . Tai % the presiding sheriff , the Jury having found the charge proven , sentenoed her to sixty days' imprisonment . —Scotsman .

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      ROBBKRIES IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HuDDERS field . —Our readers are awara lifitt for a length of timo a great many burglaries and ^ robberi . es have been com mi ted in and near Hudoersfieid . Little clue has been got ef the parties , but : at length th ^ r € is every appearance of their being broken iuto . At the last Waktfieid Sessions , a tuan named Benjamin Rushforth . was indicttd for robbing a cloth warehouse in Huddersfiold , aud sentenced to ten years ' transportation . Since Rushforth ' s sentence he has given information which has led to the apprehension of Job Sperjce , George Bradley , and Sarah Heaton , who underwent a lengthened examination on Wednesday last ; before the Huddersfield Magistrates , which ended in the committal of Spence to York Castle . ;

      Burglary . —A burglary of a somewhat extensive nature oocurred on Sunday afternoon last , at Common Lnd , near Milnes Bridge , in the neighbourhood of Hqdderefield . So far as has bean ascertained , the { facts are theso : — On the afternoon in question , Mr John Irtdale and family locked up tneir house , and proceeded to Chapel , and during 'heir absence , the premises were entered by picking the lock of the back door . The villains , on . getting in , completely ransacked the house , aod carried off with tnem a large quantity of plate , a large sum of money , part of which was in old spade guineas , and other articles . During the afternoon , Job Spencer , a notorious character , was observed with two other men , lurking about the vicinity , and it was reported on Tuesday , that he was in custody , oh suspicion of the robbery .

      Drowniko at Leeds . —On Wednesday last , a lad , six years of age , named Joseph Byron , who lived with his grandfather , Mr . J . Byron , milkman , Holbeck Lane , whilst filling a can with water at the dam of ( Mr . Roberta ' s Mill , Holbeck , fell into tho dam , aud waa drowned . Au inquest was held on tho body of tho deceased on the following dav , before Mr . J . Blackburn , Coroner , and a verdiot of " Accidentally drowned '" was returned . ¦

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      Leeds Woollen Markets . —There is a good amount of business doing at both the Cloth Halb ) nearly every market day , and the demand fortweeda aud similar goods seems to be increasing . In fc ' goods little or nothing is doing . Numerous buytn have been in the town , on home account , and a & ? trade is doing in the warehouses . Skipton Cattle Market , Jan . 29 . —We had aa excellent supply of fat stock , and although there fftf no want of buyers , yet the beef market was bearj . Tn 9 demand for mutton was good , and prices rather higher . Beef from 4 £ d to 5 d ; mutton , 4 . } d to 5 j » per Ib .

      Leeos Corn Market , Tuesday , Jan . 30 . —^* are fairly supplied with all articles for this day ' s market . The sales of Wheat are to a moderate el * teub ; ia prices we quote no variation from last weefc There is little or no improvement in the demand &l Barley , and its value remains as last noted . Oits and Beans being in short supply , are rather bettel sold ; the same may be said of Shelling . Otb « arcicles steady . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THE HTSS ENDING JAN . 30 , 1844 .

      Wheat . Barley . Oats . Hye . Beans . Pt n Qrs . Qra . Qra . Qra . Qrs . Q » 3287 1706 368 — 326 35 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ b . d . £ e . & > 2 13 8 ^ 1 14 7 \ 0 19 2 \ 0 0 0 1 11 1 \ i U 3 Malton Corn Market , Jan . 27 . —We have * good supply of all kinds of grain to this day ' s off ket . The sellers demand higher rates for Whe » ti but buyers would not comply with any advance . $ l note no alteration in the price of any kind of grain . "* Wheat , red , 54 s to 59 s ; white 56 s to 643 per quarWof 40 stones . Barley , 303 to 33 s 6 i per qr . of » stones . Oats , 8 d to 9 d per stone .

      Newcastle Corn Market , Jan . 27 . —Our farmeS brought a good supply of Wheat to this day's nitf ket , but we had very few samples offering from «» coast , and a fair extent of business was trantac ^ at last Saturday ' s rates . For Barley the trx » ruled dull , and prices mast be quoted Is . per ' fly cheaper for all except the choicest qualities . 0 »» were in fair supply , and ruled a shade higher- J » Malt we had not much doing . Rye was in « £ demand , at late rates . Beans and Peas were t » e » off on similar terms as last week . Flour met * limited sale .

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      Mr . O'Connor will address { the Chartists of Huddersfield twice on Sunday next , in their new Hall , as announced in the Star of last week . On Monday , be will address the Chartists of Sheffield , at eight o ' clock in tbe evening ; and on Thursday , he will address the Chartists of Leeds , in their own Hall . London . —Hall , Turnagain-lane . —Mr . Gall will deliver a publio address in the above Hall , on Tuesday evening next . Fob the Benefit of the Victim , Samuel Lee , of Glossop . —An Harmonic meeting will be held at the Bricklayers Arms , Homer-street , New Road , Paddington , on Monday evening next , at eight o'clock . For the Bj-NBFIT of Thomas Preston . —A secoud Harmonic Meeting will be held at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Fiizroy-square , on Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock .

      Mabylebone ;—Mr . J . Mee will deliver a publio lecture at the Mechanics' Iastitute Circus-street , on Sunday evening next . Somerstown . —Mr . Illingworth will deliver a leotnro at the Brioelayer ' s Arms , Tonbridge-street , Cromer-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven . Westminster . —Mr . Grover will deliver an address at the Golden Lion , Dean-street , Soho , on Sunday evening next , at half-pant seven . Bath . — Mr C . Bolwell will lecture at the Rooms of the Association on Monday evening next . Kiddebminsteh . —Mr . G « or « e White will lecture at the Albion Rooms , Mill-streot , on . V '« nday , even- "j ing next , at eight o'clock . Subject—The Evils ofi Class Legislation . —All communications to the Kidderminster Chartists must be addrs ^ ed , ( post-paid , ) to Mr . Henry Crouch , DudJey-street , Kiddermins . er-WorecBterHhirp .

      Nottingham . —The p / ay of John Frost will be performed in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , on i the evening of Shrove Tuesday . The proceeds to be ' applied to the liquidating of' tke debt contracted in defending the Mappcrly Hill victims . Mr . DoHman will lecture in the Democratic Chapel to-morrow , ( Sunday evening , ) at six o ' clock , ' on the " Life and Character of William Tell . " A collection will be made in behalf of Mr . Cooper and Others , at present confined in Stafford Gaol . Arnold . '—Mr . M'Garth will lecture to-morrow , ( Sunday evening ) in the Large Room , at thu Flying : Horse , at six o ' clock . ' Buoomsgslove . —A Publio Supper will take place at the White Horse Inn , High-street , on Tuesday , the € ih instant , in honour of the liberation of Mr . George White . A public meeting will also be htld in front of the Market hall : Mr . White will address the meeting .

      Manchester . —The Subscribers to the old Radical Association Building Futd ( of 1886 ) will hold their adjourned meeting iu the aute-room of the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday evening next , immediately after the close of the lecture . Ashton . —Mr . Donavan , of Manchester , will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Bentiok-8 trct , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Htdk . —A Uoturo will be delivered in tho Chartist Association Room , opposite Mr . R . Ashion ' s factory , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in the evening . Bolton . —A Bolton friend will deliver a lecture in the Cnartist Association Room , N « w Port Street , Bolton , at half-past fix o ' clock in the evening .

      The Bolton Delegate Meeting will take place on Sunday , the 4 th of February , when delegates from the following places arc expected to attend : —Bury , Ratoliffo Bridge , Halshaw Moor , TyldsJey , Chowbent , Astley , Bradshaw , Turto . i , and the surrounding districts .

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      TO THE LINEN WEAVERS OF BARNSLEYStruggling Brothers for the iiights of La boi > n . —Tha time has arrived when you must ; either make an extra sxertion to prevent your scanty wa ? es becoming still scantier , or your condition in life wilt ba most deplorable . You are now at starvation point ; hut still your masters aro unwilling to relinquish their avaricious grasp ; and nothing but a union amongst yourselves , being denied protection by the legislature of your country , will better your situation . Strike may follow strike , but still your masters will overreach and grind you down with a most unmerciful band , unless you become prepared , as a union would prepare yon , with funds to resist them successfully .

      Fellew-workmen , I would advise you . whilst the present strike is pending , to become enrolled . members of the Trades Union , now held at tbe house of John Pickering , Union Inn , Sheffield Road . The- entrance money is one shilling , which may be paid either at tbe time of enrolment or by installments ; and the contributions one penny par week . This small sum , if every weaver in the town would become a contributor , would prevent the necessity of strikes , and thus save you all the unpleasantness invariably attendant upon them . Yours , faithfully . John Grimshaw

      Chaktism!!! The Chartist Central Committee Respectfully Apprise The Public Of Huddersfield And Its M___&Gt;H M ' W H _ _. _

      CHAKTISM !!! THE Chartist Central Committee respectfully apprise the Public of Huddersfield and its m ___> h m ' w H _ _ . _

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 3, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1250/page/8/