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      Jtadleen dream by the Honourable and Learned Member for Worcester himself " ( Sir Tbos . WildeJ >—( cheers from the nunisTerial benches ) , " The case is to be found in the 9 th volume of Carrington and Payne ' s Reports , and the name of it is- . The Qneen- against "Vincent , _ Fro 3 t , and Edwards , " sad if the Honourable and Learned Member would lie to know the page , I believe that I could lonuahhimwlthit . To . e count , as I said , was not taken from the work of tha reporters , who are apt , sometimes , to shorten an indictment , bat from a copy expressly furnished to me by Mr . Maule . the solicitor of the Treasury , aid . which aV this znomeat I have in my possession . —JThe Bight Honourable and Learned : Gentleman "here read the count , and then continued J 1 am " charged with straining the law , and on what i 3 the / charge founded ? Osthetaci

      IHAT IS THIS I 5 S 1 AXCE 1 FOLLOWED IHB TJSCALLT BAD ISACaCEOT ACH > G TITOS A PRECEDENT SET BY THE

      HONOURABLE AXD XSABXHD VWBRTt FOB TTOECESIEB —( loud cheers and laughter ) . He does not go the length of asserting that the whole of the indictment was ^ ad , because he might iheieby have place himsslf in rather an awkward predicament if he came to argue the . question before the judges ; therefore he was cautious , and only went the length of saying that the law had been strained— an expression that T do not very well understand —( cheers from the Opposition Benches ) , Ether what I hare done is according to law , or it is not j and what the Hon . and Learned Member terms straining the law amounts to this singular mode of straining it , that what he calls high treason we proceed againsJ only as a misdemeanour —( loud cheers ) . Tolessen the flagrancy of an offence seems to be the Whig notion of straining the law—( hear ,

      hear ) . Yes I the indictment drawn according to Whig PRECEDENT I Little did the English and Irish u Liberals 15 know what they were abont , when they hounded on the Whig- Attorxby and Soljcitob-Ges-K&AiS , ia their crusade against the Chartists . Even then . w « told them they were creating a rod which might be used to scourge themselves . It is even so . The indictment on- which the Irish traTersers hare been found " guilty" was formed on the Whig model ; even ihe very teords supplied frem the " Record . " " He that diggeth a pitfall for his neighbour fftaTt fall into it himself . "

      As far as the people both of England and Ireland are concerned , the present debate 13 wholly-unimportant , farther than the use to which faction may turn it ; and it is to that point , and to that alone , ihat . we direct our observations , If , then , the Whigs could add any , the smallest , amount of English popular sympathy to that undivided support which the promise of patbokagb is certain to secure for them in Ireland , there can exist but little doubt of their success . But that support never can be had from the working classes of England j and therefore the prospects of success are hopeless .

      A great more , a simultaneous moTe is to be made throughout the empire with a view to the restoration of the Whigs to power . To this end , and to effect &i 3 purpose , all factions are to forget their " minor differences , ' and to " unite" in one body in furtherance of the " coxxoTt desigs . " The League , disheartened by the little prospect of success , and threatened with a counter revolution of the "land sharks ; " the STtTRGms , "writhing under recent defeats and an

      exhausted Exchequer ; O'Conxell and the Irish B Ltbeeais , " gasping for tatbonagb j and the "Whigs , the finality " Whigs , ready to mount to jxateer by any ladder , are to enter into a " league and eoTenant ** to take Downing-street by Btorm , and to garrison it with the old officers of Whiggery , upon the condition , that the " Irish Liberals" shall have a iue share of fatbokacb , and a full share in all the corruptions now so bitterly complained of .

      Tbo ingredients , and only two , -are wanting to ensure ihe success of this jaw move . Those are popular confidence , and popular co-operation . The question then is , upon what terms can those Ixjdo necessary ingredients beprocured ? We answer ; upon one , and upon one condition only : that is , the securing to the people the protection of that measure , to which , ' and to which alone , they have been taught to look as the means for the correction of all their grievances . Without this , we tell the

      diferent , but united , " sections of Whigs "that they w 2 i want the two principal ingredients of strength , popular confidence aad popular support' , and without which they neither can nor will prosper . They are now fairly mad l and it may be truly said that ihe day . of auction has cvmmenced I The people hare only to demand their own price for those -commodities without which the Whigs must starve ! and for which they will , ere long , be prepared to give the required amount , —tttr People ' s Chxbxeb . ^

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      STOP THE SUPPLIES 1 Tra Leeds Meeting , where all " sections of Reformers" are to ** unite" to get " SOMETHIKG , " - though nobody knows what , —is convened for Tues day next . It is called ny the Matoe ; and is to b < nolden at the Court House , at twelve o ' clock a

      noon-On that occasion we expect to see some queer aghtsi Of course , ihe Tawies" will be there , to get 4 he Supplies stopped for " more Church . Of coarse , the Dissenters will be there , to get the Snpplies slopped till the Church h pat down , and the Church -Property divided among " all . ** Of Course , the Corn Law Repealers -mil bb there , to get thfrSuppEes stopped ' till they have triumphed over ihe Agriculturalists , and sttesed eyery order of Labour . Of course , the B knot-wuhout-a-name * will be there , to get -the

      Supplies stopped , ' till they ean , by M oily words * and " soft-soap , " induce the electors to become Chartist 3 , without Tamring it . Of « onrse , all the di&rent " sections" of Whiggery will be there , to " ¦ unite' * to stop the Supplies , till Lord John Rttsskll be made Premier ; and Palmebston , Howies , Macaelat , and the rest of the Whig tribe , have their noses -again inserted in the jTiss-zROUGH ! And , of course , the Chartists teffl be there , to see the " Union . " and to act

      accordingly . It ! may be that the latter will not be satisfied to ' hare the Supplies stopped , —the country betolutiosizkd , —for sueh a purpose , asthe restoration of the Whigs to cfBce ; and it may further be , that if such a step as stopping the Supplies h to be resorted to , they may feel disposed to make a sort of bargain with the " stoppers , " as to whaj the "SOMETHING" that is to flow from it , shall be . When folks undertake bevolctio ^ , they ought to know what they are after .

      To the working men of Leed 3 we s&y , be there . Go is tthe . Look abont you . Exercise jour thinking faculties upon what you hear . Judge of the cogency of the reasons adduced why betoltciob should be brought about ; and ask yourselves whether the exd be worth the cost . At aD events , — be there , and be ihere in time . Most likely an opportunity will be presented / for your having a sat in the matter . You ought to have on so important a matter as betolotioh . ¦

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      "W . Jacet , High Wycombe . — "We nave not room for his letter to Sir B . Peel , on the Window Tax : We manage to giveTris condrtdiDg remarks winch Sir R . Peel . would do well to attentively perase . "Yon must suppose that my present taxation is already exeessive , without paying for nine more winaows , to say nothing of air holes , when I inform yon that my louse con-Bista of eight rooms , shop j and two oellars , my business so small tfiatldo It without asiEtanee , and that my direct GoTerhment Taxeathis year amount to £ 12 I 2 s 6 di local taxes of rates' £ 8 16 s 4 & ; making a total of £ 21 8 s ' Ip 6 . ' 2 f or is flus aTL lam just in&nnea that we are ' to have anottier " shilliDg poor xata Wore Apifl ; if bo , It -wffl make the poor rate serai shUlingB in ^ tte pound for ihe present year . "From this , and toe fact that'out of about 530 rated inhabitants 240 are ioo voor to pay ihe raits , jrpn , as

      a statesman , may learn a most Important les « on . Ton may depend upon it . Si * Bobert , that It is not in tie palace of the sorerefgB , nor the mansions of tie Briktocracy , lhat you will learn " ^ he" pre » ent traly de- ' ploiable condition ' pf Bode ^ v ^ d ; " you sKouia . yiiit the darkened noises of tradesmen , the comforBsia d-wellings of the arUsari / sid " the miserrble ^ otta ^ is of the poor : you would then learn the necessity of an imme&iaiit mhictfm of ' I \ e'E * pendiiar « , andtheiepeal of iae ' erad aad unconsfitntional Poor Taw j for yon may rest assured , that In ^^ the -preBent state « I society th « endrmons ' Bum of neariy- ; * ndlHon pounds per vefckforreTeune , and" £ l 6 , » 0 Ofoi workhouses , wiil czase privatiqiis and sOSsnn ^ too great for endnrance ; as you are aware the cheaper articles become , fcy the operations of the Tariff , &c ^ the greater is the pressure of the same amount of taxation . " -

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      JOHJi Stktkks , Trowbridge . —Most c&rtajniy ; any nun can post kis own placard ? . If the town ' s crier acted as ne states , and if they are in a condition to prove it on oath , summon him before the magistrates for wilfuHy defacing a public aumouncemeHt . H . T >; Griffiths . —No room . A . T . B—Yes . Thk Victims . —The rep * rt of the Bilston Delegate Mteting , and an article we bad prepared on the cases of Limhbt , CoePBB , Kichabds , and Mrs . Ellis , we are compelled to -withhold till next week .

      Chartist Press hired » t thb Tobies . —under this head a paragraph is ' going the round" of the ultra " liberal" press ; i . e . those journals who are mo far Radicalized as to act as sink pipes for all the dirty water of the unprincipled , tbo mercenary , and the faithless , against th « Chartists and : against the Northern Star . It purports to be from a pamphlet published fcy ££ Thamason , { which by-the-bye we havexot yet seen , he not having had the fairness to send one ); and it sets forth that the Northern Star has been sold to the Tories , because , forsooth , a report of a meeting , holdea in Newcastle , against the foreign policy of the Government ,: was inserted In the Star , and aTe-bnndred copies or the paper taken by those who sent the lepoit , and asked for its

      insertion !! Curious bargain ; and curious sale I And more curious still for such a transaction to be made matter of charge against the Northern Star , by those who wgnlarly deal wfch the League in that Tery manner ! it being notorious , that wherever a Xeague meeting is reported , hundreds , and in many instances thousands , of \ he paper so reperting it , are taken by the League for gratuitous distribution . Yet curious as these matters are , the most curious portion is yet to come . Thomh the Northern Star " sold " itself to tho foreign Policy Tories fer the price of five-hundred copies of that Jonrnal , TET IT OPPOSED THAT SIOTEHBNT , AXD DEFEATED THI OBJECTS OP the movers , to whom it ttttt sold ! Strasge as it may appear , this is proclaimed in the very paragraph

      that sets forth the sale ! Aye ; and that i « the ofence that the Star committed against St . Thomaso * The Star spoiled his " trader" for to that movement S £ Thomason . had " sold" himself for a thumping price ; and the Star , by its exposure and opposition , made him -worthless to his employers ; and thereupon the " wages of prostitution" ceased . Is it lQcelf , therefore , that SL Thomason will ever forgive us t But about this sale . " SL Thtmason hardly states it a-riRht The facts are thtse . In 1840 , a Mr . Cargill of Keircastle , wrote a letter to the Editor « f the Sl * r inclosing slips of a report of a meeting holden in Newcastle , against the foreign policy of the Whig Government , and particularly against Lord Palmer-Bton . He asked for the insertion of that report in the

      Star , and offered , if it was insetted , to take 500 copies for distribution . Now It is within the exporience of all journalists that such an offer is not unnsuaL "It is common for parties sending communications to the press , to take quantities of the paper containing such communication ; and it iB the first time that such a transaction has been deemed a th « - I 5 G of Vie press . Of Mr . Cargfll the conductors of the Star then knew nothing ; not even his name ; much less what his political opinions were . The report had nothing on the face of it to excite suspicion . It -was an arraingmeiit of the Whig Government ; and , as such , was Dot distasteful to the conductors of the Star . At the meeting , parties -who , * till then , were kno-sn only as Chartists , bad acted and spoken ; and

      a resolution in favour of the Charter had even been carried . So that there was every " inducement to give the report publicity . Subsequently to Mr . Cargill ' s letter , St . Thomason himsrif wrote , as he states ; and if there had been any suspicion about the tffidr { which there -was not ) , St . Thomason would have allayed it He -was an be flinching , unpurchaseable Chartist : foil of " devotion" and disinterestedness : Aeeonld never be a party to any movement of the " Tauries * against the Chartists ; much less try to get the Star " SOLD" to the hateful faction ! No . St . Thomason would not do thai ! So HIS letter settled the business . The report was inserted ; tbe five hundred copies was tent to Mr . Cargill , as h had desired ; the money for them duly ; came to Band : and wa benrd no more of the matter , until -we heard of St . Thomason 1 Tory paid-for mission to destroy Chartism : and THEN tee put thedaaper on I

      The " ToryJtijed" Star—<" hired" through the ' . instrumentality of St . Thcmason himself J )—denounced the whole " move ; made It powerless , by indncing the working people to scout it from their presence the pay of the Saint stopped . His labours ceased to be worth the hire . He had to be discharged by his Tory hirers . His selling himself for filthy lucre drove him out of the Chartist ranks ; for be was justly despised and scorned by alL He has not been able to plant himself on the Chartist movement since . Hence his quarrel with the Northern Stir , and his attempt to make an " honest penny " by bis easdid confession that he did lend himself to the " Taurus" lot pay : that he tried to SELL the Northern Star to his Tory employers ; . that bs faited ; that the Star spoiled his Tors game ; and that he has been angry ever since . Addbess to the CcMBBRLAjm JiiuERs . —We have

      no room . James Chippesdale is thanked . The article was found . Dakikl Broith , Paisley . —His lines are respectfully declined . Tis too soon to " Hail Spring , returning Spring , " while the winter ' s bail is yet pelting about our lugs . John Thomson , Hamilton . —The letter is reserved and may be made use of some day . Delegate Meetisgs . —We wish our correspondents wonld ke more careful in sending their notices of Forthcoming Meetings . We have lately received inore than one complaint of wrong dates being published - in notices of . Delegate Meetings announced to be holden in Cheshire and North Lancashire . We beg

      to say that the fault is not with us . Two or three different parties send us notices of forthcoming delegate meetings , and thus different dates get published to the great annoyance and ineonvenienca of the localities . F . L-, Stockport . —The lines are respectfully declined . J . W . Pabrbb . —The Advertisement has not been received . Mb . Djxo > - s TorR . —We are compelled to withhold Mr . B * s . tour till our next He must send bis comrcumcations earlier in the week . ABSTRACT OP THE NEW FACTORIES * BILL . —We have been obliged to remove this document , to make room for the Par'iamentary debates , and other news

      that ame to hand on Friday evening . It shall be inserted through all the Editions next week . Waves at Mobiet . —At the end of the report of the anti-Corn law meeting at Morley , where Mr . Plint was hasten on his own midden , tie correspondent % ho furnished it made a statement , as to the wages paid by a firm in that village . That statement has brought us the following explanation , which we gladly insert It is sot our intention to vermg » ny body ; and when we nmrittingly do bo , we are glad to make all amends in our power . — Sib , —Knowing that you are % lover of fair-play , and are ever ready to correct any mia-statements which may obtain circulation through your columns , I take this early opportunity of disabudDg the

      pnblic mind in reference to an error communicated te you by the correspondent who furnished you with the report of the anti-Corn Law , or League meeting , held last week at Motley . I ackhowx ledge that the report is perfectly correct as far-as regards the proceedings at the meeting , and also , of the prevalence of the nefarious truck system ; yet youi correspondent departs from the truth in winding up his communication ; aad allow me to say , Sir , that this departure from the path of verity is a matter of some importance both to the employer and the employed , and a * such it demands immediate correction . Your correspondent saya that be is " creditably informed that tbo average wage * of Mr . S ml til's men are 7 a lOd per -week . " This , Sir , is a gross mis--statement . I know it to be bo from pecnliar circumstances ; and without entering into any prolix or tabular statement of the wages paid by Mr . Smith to bis weavers , I tX once declare them to be

      consider' ably more than the sum ¦ specified . Again , Sir , although I am opposed in politics to Mr . Smith , . nevertheless , as an act of justice , I must say that during every agitation , he has never onee interfered directly or indirectly with , the opinions of those en-. " gaged in his employ . In tfeia respect , and in all transactions between himself and his workmen , he haa acted tae part of an upright and honourable man , and merits as instant cleansing from the asperaion which tbe words of your correspondent is calculated to affix upon bis character : —Moses NiCHOLls . Mb- Neesok has the ear of the SentineL , He-ean try there . And perhaps : " fair-play" will suggest to-Mr . Neesom the propriety of getting Mr . O'Connor's contradiction inserted in that ( Jpurnil also , Ibej" statement" was made in a private snuggery meeting of the . Leeds Sturgites , to which they "had invited four Chartists , to insuU themj and Mr . NeeBom ' a name was given as ^ Uie authority . .

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      Sixeok ,. Bb . istol . —The order and cash ia not here in time . The mail they ought to go by has edwaya left Leeds , -when the letter arrives . FOBHRS . ELLIS . Prom J . Ml , Bradford ... 0 10 _ Dnndee , per J . Lowe „ . 0 10

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      . -SrsAiiyo Shoes . —It will be remembered that the shop of Mr . Bobert LawBon , Bhoemaker ^ in the Central Market , Leeds , bad be * n lobbed ofa large quantity of boots and shoes . ' Theuhlef remained TuidScdVerM until- Sunday laBt' ,-onivwhicb day he ttm apprehended at the village Jof Seaoioft / at ¦ which place , on the day after the robbery ^ he h ^ d disposed ofxbe Btolea property , to difarent villagers . He -was brought .-npvftt-.- the Court iouse , LeedB , on Monday , before : Messrs . Wiight and Bramley , and the property haviD £ * een . distinctly fdentinedj he was committed for . trial .- His name : is ; John Bird . Ho had aiad -with him at the time he sold the shoes , who it is ^ supposed was the party who was put int « shop to commit the robbery .

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      Stealing Clothes—On Monday last , a journeyman tailor , named Joseph Yickermah ,, was charged before Messrs . Bramley and Wright , at the Leeds Conrt House , ^ rith having sold two Bttlts Of elotheBf , ' which had been entrusted .-to . him to mako up . The clothes were the property of Mr . Taylor , in Jiirk ^ ate , who " , a few weeks back , in giving ^ rot some work to the prisoner , made a mistake , and instead of giving him materials for ten suits , gave him twelve jthje mistake was afterwards discovered , batnot until the prisoner had taken the opportunity of selling two for one half of thehrvalue . The name of the purchaser was Nathan "Walker , who also resides in Kirkgate . The prisoner was committed for trial .

      Sheep Stolen . —During the night of Thursday last , two sheep were slaughtered in a field near Seacroft Bar , on the Tadcaster and Leeds road , in the occupation of Mr . Richard Stead . The carcasaes were taken away ; the Bkins and entrails left behind . The sheep were the property of Mr . William Walker , OfWicmoorfarm ; by whom a reward of 410 has been offered for the discovery and conviotion of the offenders . Breaking the Public Lamm . —On Monday last , two young men , of " the Bon . Corps of Royal Mies , who gave their : names John Simpson Smith and Thos . Wm . Mapler , ( whether real or fictious we cannot say > were charged before the Sitting

      , Magistrates at the Leeds Court House , with disorderly conduct , on Sunday night , in Back Cobourgstreet ; Smith was farther charged with having wilfully broken one of the public lamps with his stick , and his companion endeavoured to rescue him from the guardian of the night who witnessed the '' smash , " and "who took the offender into custody . The damage of the lamp having been ascertained to be 5 s ., Smith was ordered to pay that amount , together with a penalty of 40 a . and cost ? . Mapler was fined 403 . and costs for the attempt at rescue . The fines were paid . The conviction for breaking the lamp was under the 269 th section of the Improvement Act .

      Lady Shopliftebs . —On Saturday afternoon , two 11 elegantly dressed" females were taken into custody , charged with stealing several articles of jewellery from the shop of Mrs . Rose , FarriDgdon-street , On searching their apartments the constables found clothing of the moBt coatly description , all of whioh , together with seven trunks and one carpet bag , were removed in a coach to the Fleet-street polioestation , where the boxes and carpet-bag on being opened were found to be literally crammed with silks and satins , fee , chiefly not made up . In one of the trunks was found a qantity of jewellery , consisting of gold watches , brooches , ringa , &o . One of the watches is stated to be worth £ 30 . This trunk oontained also twenty-five sovereigns . The whol e of the property found is estimated at between £ 300 and £ 400 .

      Stealing Books . —On Saturday last , a young man named Joseph Drnry , who has been for some time a servant to Messrs . T . Fenteman and Sons , booksellers and curiosity dealers , in the Central Market , was charged before Messrs . ; Wright and Bramley , at the Leeds Court House , with having stolen a number of volumes of books , the property of hiB employer . A great number of volumes were produced , which there is little doubt had been stolen by the prisoner , as he sold them at an under price , to a man named John Hartley , who has a stall in the Central Market , but Messrs . Fenteman were unable distinctly to identify them . The case against the prisoner , however , was made complete by his having taken to his lodgings two Bibles , whioh had been previously privately and which could be positively sworn to . The marked , magistrates severely censured Hartley for hisBhare in the transaction , and regretted that they had not sufficient evidence to send him to take his trial . Drury was committed .

      Sheffield . —Sir James Graham declines appointing magistrates for the borough of Sheffield , unless the town council are prepared to build a new gaol , and to hold quarter sessions . The Mubdeb at Plujistkad . —Confession of the MtTRDEKKB . —We understand that John Bodle , who was found guilty on Tuesday last , and sentenced to twenty years' transportation , for extorting money from Lord Abingdon ' s butler , under threat of making a diabolical charge , and who , about ten years ago , was tried at Maidstone for the murder of his grandfather , by poison , upon whioh occasion he was acquitted , has confessed , since his confinement , in Newgate , that he did commit that murder , and that no one but himself was concerned in the horrid transaction .

      ExTRjIOHDINAHY PECISION OF THE BaRNSLBT Magistrates , —On Wednesday , . two men on the railroad lino summoned their employer for £ 2 11 s . wages . The employer , when called on for an explanation , stated that he could not get money from those who employed him , and produced au account against tbe men for goods received from tlie stuff shop to the amount of £ 2 6 s . 8 d . The men complained of the robberies committed by the truck system , and demanded their money in full . The magistrates decided "that the railroad did not come within the meaning of the Aot , for they were not in existence when the Act was made for the truck system f they therefore dismissed the case . — Richard Leister , a weaver , was fined 53 . for working on the Sunday .

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      Deaths from Bubkinq . —About nine o ' clock on Sunday night , a man named Thomas Smith , labourer , living in Raven-street , Bridge-Street , Ardwiek , perceived a smell of fire , and saw smoke issuing from a cellar adjoining his house , occupied by a woman named Mary Williamson . On going down the steps of the cellar , he found her lying on her back in the doorway , with her clothes in a complete blaze . The fire was extinguished by throwing water upon her ; and she was conveyed as speedily as possible to the Infirmary , where she died

      about twelve o ' clock the same night . An inquest was held on Monday , at the Infirmary , before Mr . Chapman , on the body of James Parker Robinson , a child three years of ago , son of Henry Robinson , of Great Ancoats-street , fent . dealer . It appeared that , about noon on Friday last , the deceased ' s clothes caught fire , it was supposed , while lighting a piece of paper . He was severely burned before the names could be extinguished , and was afterwards taken to the Infirmary , where he died on Saturday night . A verdict of '' Accidental death " was returned .

      Sudden Deaths . —On Saturday last two inquests wore held at tbe Leeds . Court House , before John Black bnrn , Eso ^ , to enquire concerning the death of Jane Ann Waterhouse , a child fifteen months old , and Hugh Ripley , aged ^ sixty-eight . The little girl lived with her uncle in Cankerwelllane ; Ripley was servant to Mrs . Smith , the Robin Hood Inn , at the Bank . They were both found dead in bed without any marks Of violence , and the jury returned verdicts to that effect . Manchester —Singular Suicide of a Child . — On Monday , at" the Infirmary , an inquest was held before Mr . Chapman , on the body of a ohild seven years of age , named Henry Somerville , who committed suicide under the following circumstances :

      It appeared that the deceased was the son of Joseph Somerville , labourer , of William-street , Salforo , and was subject to extraordinary fits of passion ,- on the slightest occasions , and in which he usually threatened to burn himself . On Friday night last , he had been irritated ; and under the influence of passion placed his head upon the fire . His sister , a girl 11 years old , endeavoured to pull him away , when he pushed a part of his' clothes into the grate , and they caught fire .- Mrs . Wright , widow , with whom the deceased ' s parents lodged , bearing screams , went into the room immediately , and caught hold of him , in order to extinguish the flames ! He struggled to get ' away from her \ but , in about three minutes , she succeeded , in doing so , aod the deceased was taken

      to the Salford Dispensary , and thence to the Infirmary , where he died on the following day . It was stated , that ' he had ' frequently threatened to burn himself , when his schoolmaster had chastised him , or his-playfellows irritated him ; and the uupposition was / " that he was not of sound mind . The Jury returned a verdict to the effect— That the deceased destroyed himself , by burning , ' during' insanity . "Since writing the above , we find that our ingenious and enthusiastic townsman , Mr . Bally , having heard of the case , and thinking it a remarkable one in a phrenological point of view , went to the dwol * link of" the child ' s parents , and though he could not obtain their sanction to take a cast of the deceased : he saw the poor little fellow , and by his

      manipulations and inspection , arrived at the following conclusions : —The boy , he says , is a mulatto ; the father , a man of coloury has been a sailor j the mother is a native of-Lincashire . The boy had very large aniinkl propensities ; but the moat striking feature about " his head was the remarkably small development of the perceptive faculties . The reflective organ ? were full ; but the head-was rather narrow , and flat in the coronal regioff—that of the moral sentimental The child ha 4-self-esteem and firmness bothirery large } combativeness and des * truetiveneSB large , and love of life only moderatea combination ' of organs , which , considered in

      connection with ! hJBdefipient perceptibnj renders 1 nsfltrange act by ho means so unaccountable to' the phrenologist as at first isight it might appear . He had good attachment , and large philoprogen'uve ^ ness ; and this fact is corroborated byM& parents / who Bay that he was exceedingly fond , of the Society of * ther children j . and would play with ihein witn great ; glee , until some contradietjoo . aroused ma morbid irritabHIty of temper , and whens vexed . * nd exeited , he wouid bite his own hands and armB , m ; the most ferocidaB ; rnannar . The case is : altogether one of the most etrangtfthat it has ever fallen to our lot to notice . " ~ M « hetesfer Gnterdiam

      The Cuiis ' E'OP ^ tHE FAcrpaY ' SrsTEM . —At the power-loom mill Ut Wike , neax-Bradford , on Tuesday last , a married woman' dislocated her arm , through a fall on the stairs i occasioned by her being a few minutes " behind time . "

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      ^ f ?? JT ^^ S-r ? Monday , au inqueat was rSS'M&S- ^ W Mtfmttitmowo of Cbrreotion , V ^» a * lleldj ^ on the : | pdj ' of Thomas Hanscombe , who- died mthe priBraTiiir ^ FrM ^ irom . tbe . evidence ^ , thafe the deceased , w ho was Bon ^ pn the l ? th « f January fouoae ponth as a Hgrant , Wse he ha 4 lem found : sleeping M moutnouse . u-yimjOL ho , entered the prison hahad a severe oough , ; andstated to the officer that he wastolbe ^^^^ ^^ i ^ oAJbi ffrdet Ot the doctor * Vo tae ^ ui of January he became Unwell , and tf * a W& ^ oe ^^ riSMy , ; wherehe remained antU the 16 th of February when he expired ^ The motherl of

      , . ; the ; depeased ] Btated ; % t he was ;' an idiot , and had be n so from , lus b | rth * : He had been ^ before in the pnson as ^ vagrant . It was his . habit to sleep out at nigntsin any corner he / oould find—under hay-stapke ,. in privies , barns , and outhouses of every description , and he had frequently beeufora month without sleeping in a bod . Since he had ta jo this mode of life he had been constantly amicied wuh a severe cough , but he could not be induced to come home . His defioienoy of intellect was so apparent that he usedto befollowedby boya in the street . The medical flentleman who attended

      the deceasod during his illness , stated , that he was quUe imbecile . His death was caused by bronchitis , and also diseased lungs , brought on by repeated attacks of inflamniation , arfging from frequent exposure to the weather . Mr . Wakley , at the bonolusion of the evidence , remarked upon the folly of committing Buop an unfortunate creature as the deceased to prison , and also said that it was rather strange that , nearly all the deaths which occurred in that prison occurred from bronohial affections ( a fact also observable in the Milbank Penitentiary ) . The Jury , after some further conversation , returned a verdict of 11 Natural death . "

      Manchester . —Several inquests were held on fuesday . by the borough coroner . In one case , Catherine Ley den , a girl fire years of age , whose parents live in Lace-street , had ignited a piece of chip with a lucifer match , and in trying to extinguish the flame , her dress caught fire , and she was so severely burnt ; that she died in consequence . —A second inquest was held on the body of William Newton , 10 years of age . On Friday last , he went with his aunt , to take his father's dinner to the ropery in Lodge-lane , and whilst there he fell and hurt his temple . The wound was very small ; bat the surgeon no ^ soonerpaw him than he said that he did not expeot the boy would live . Death took

      place on the following morning , and the surgeon attributed it to extravasation of blood on tke brain , arising from-a fracture of the skull ; It ia supposed that _ when the boy fell , his head come in contact with a nail . —A third inquest was held an the body ot a labourer named John Riley . On Friday last , the deceased and another man , named John Hesketh , were engaged in laying down gas pipes in Barr&ckstreet , at the North endof Clarence dock . They had made a slanting cutting of the depth , of 6 ^ j feet , in made ground , when one side of ifc gave way and fell

      upon the men , almost entirely covering Riley . They were extricated as quickly as possible but Riley died whilst beingr conveyed to the Northern Hospital . The surgeon attributed death to tho laceration of the lesser brain , in the base of the skull . —A fourth inquest was held on Samuel Lythgoe , eight years of age . On Saturday morning last , ho was at the brewery of Mi . Wi'liam Lassell , in Milton-str « et , where his father worked , and in trying to stop a tap he fell into a tub of hot water , and bo severely scalded himself that he died in about two hour ? .

      Dsath by Drownin * . —On Motiday last , an inquest was held at the Court House , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq ., on view of the body of » man twenty-eight years of age , named Silus Woodcock . The deceased was a cloth dresser , in the employ of Messrs . Sherwood and Booth ; he has been confined at home by illness for about seven weeks during which time he exhibited great depression of spirits . No suspibion , however , was entertained , arid on Sunday night , abont ten o ' clock , he went out of his mother ' shouge , in Cross Hanover-street to the privy , he did not return , an a search being made , he was found drowned in a reservoir belonging to the works bf ^ Messrs . Chorley and Uppleby , which are in the neighbourhood . The jury returned a verdict of " Found Drowned "

      MuBbEH in Norwich . —Thursday an inquest was held at Norwioh before Mr . Wilde on view of the body of : John Seeley , aged 65 ^ who came by his death as ; was alleged , from a blow with a poker given bjr his wife , a woman apparently about 40 . The parties kept a low public house in that city . They had been in the Habit of quarrelling , and on the day named more than usual , and the deceased stated that hi $ wifo had struck him with a poker in the chest . He died the same afternoon . The coroner said it would be . necessary to have a post mortem examination , and further evidence ; the inquest was therefore adjourned , and the woman Seeley was sent to the city gaol .

      Highway Robbery . —On Sunday night last , as Mr . Obadiah Smith and bis wife , of Bradford , were returning home from Halifax , when between Clayton Heights and Horton Bank Top , they were surrounded by eight or ten men dressed in dark clothes , who took from them a muff , an umbrella , marked "A . Smith , " a silk bag containing si ' s or seven shillings in silver , a pocket handkerchief marked " M . Jennings , " and other articles . No traoe has been since beard of the robbers . RoBBEBY ; - ^ On Wednesday last , a carpet bag , containing a suit of clothes and other articles , was stolen from the North Midland Railway station , at Leeds . The property belonged to Mr . S . Parr , of Knaresborough .

      Death by Burning . —On Satarday last , an inquest wan held at the Court House , Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq ., coroner , on the body of a woman Eixty-four years of age , named Sarah Wilson , who resided in York Road , The deceased whilst reaching over a candle on the 9 th inst ., set her clothes on fire , by which she was so dreadfully burnt about the breast as to cause her death on Friday last . Verdict— " Accidental Death . " Fatal Accident . —On Sunday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , a man named Thomas Webb , and three others , after partaking somewhat freely of liquor at the Warren Bulkeley Arms , Brinksway , Stookport ,, were en their way borne across the " Banks , " when Webb and another fell down an unguarded part of the Banks , by which the former was so much injured as immediately to cause his death . The other individual was injured , though not seriously .

      Death from Drinkinq Tea too Hot . —On Saturday , an inquest was held beiore Mr . Hudson , at the Chapel House ; Dukinfield , on the body of Alice Butterworth , a child two years and a half old . On Monday week , the deceased , while in her parent's house , drank some hot tea from a , tea-pot , by which she was internally scalded to such an extont as to causo her death on the following Thursday . A verdict to that effect was returned .

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      Barnsley 'Weavers . —A meeting of the weavers was held on Monday night last , in John Pickering ' s large room . Frank Mirfieid moved a resolution to the effect that the Weavers of Barnsley shall pay threepence instead Of twopence per week per loom , for the support of tho present strike , which was carried unanimously . The , Colchester Tailors Protection Society . — On Thursday ovoaing , the 16 th inst ., a very numerous meeting was held of the above body , at the Grey Hound Inn , St . Botolph-street , for the purpose of laying tho objects of the society before the hordes of white slaves who efte out a miserable subsistence at slop work for tho " respectable" Messrs .

      Hyam , &o . I may as well just inform such of your readers as may not bo aware of the fact , that if Colchester ia not the Messrs . Hyama' prinoipal provincial depot , it is among the prinoipal here . He musters from ten to fifteen hundred on his book , who at the nearest calculation are supposed to take out work for as many more ; two-thirds Of whom are females , and in whose countenances and appearance one may too j readily trace the debasing influence of the ; fiheap-nextTto-nothing- system . The Chairman , of the meeting having read tho address of Mr . Tarrott from the Northern Star , went on to show that the prinoipal object wo had in view was the projection of the interests of both masters and men , against the rapid spread of that system of unprincipled competition which has been depreciating the . capital of the one class and the labour of the other for a-series of years , without producing any adequate advantage , but rather : auite the contrary to

      the publio at large . Numerous extracts from the London and provincial press wete road to the meeting , detailing the misery and destitution to which thoueauda of our class axe reduced , inasmuch M ,- % ? y - " ftre compelled , to work at slop work at prices that will aot procure a bare euffioieacy of the moBt ordinary necessaries of life . ' Nor is this all ^ in numerous instances , respectable masters who were in the habit of employing , "labour at a fair market value , were either become bankrupts or jpurneymen themselves , through theinstrumentality oi ' . the , system of puffing advcrtiaenienta , by which the public are led to believe thafc garments might , be had at prioes scarce adequate to , the payment of the -Jabour / employed on them in legitimatp shops . After » aerieg ; of Tegolutions for tho carrying out of the a > oVe named object had been agtoed to , a resolution toy the effec | that our future meetings bo held in the large room of i the Meohauics' Institute was adopted b ^ aco lamatfpn . ; ^ . o" " » - *

      Public Mfeting of Silk WeaVe * s at Leigh . —A public meeting of- the silk weavers of Leigh and its surrounding districts , was held in the ^ Primitive Methodistf chapel , ' Bradshawgate , Leigh , -on the 19 thinst ! , to take into consideration the propriety of petitioning both Honses of Parliament , praying for a Belect committee to inquire into the cau 363 of their depressed condition . The meeting

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      waa convened for half-past six , and by seven o ' clock the chapel was respectfully } filled . The chairman opened the meeting , by directing the attention of the ^ weavers to the nnparralelled distress whioh has for a number of years ; existed amongst the Bilk weavers . He thought that the time had arrived when something ought to be done to alleviate their sufferings . He shonld . not ! detain the meeting by any lengthened observations , but should call upon the Secretary to read ] important correspondence from . / various places , ] The Secretary then Qame forward and read to the meeting a copy of a memorial , that the Leigh silk weavers committee had presented to tha Secretary of State fer the Home Department , and his reply to the

      committee . Also letters from Lords Lilford and F Egerton , the Hon . R . B . Wjilbraham ^ and several others , The meeting was then addressed by several weavers , all agreeing that something ought to be done to prevent and check tho unjustifiable abatements of the masters , and that some remedy ought to be adopted for the cure of the evils which they complained of . In the course of the meeting the following resolutions were , put from the ohair and adopted : — " That great and unparalleled distress exists among the silk ! weavers of Leigh and its surrounding districts . " " Ttiat the distress which exists arise from the following causes , viz : low rato of wages , unjust abatements ! for tune , for supposed deficiency of shutes , want fif employment , home

      competition , and the direful Jeffeets of machinery . " " That in consequence of the great distress which now exist from the causes named in tho preceding resolution , it is absolutely necessary to appeal to the legislature , praying for a eelect committee to enquire into the cause of their grievances , with a view to adopt some remedial measure . " " That a petition be founded upon the foregoing resolutions , and signed by the body of weaver ^ and forwarded to both House of Parliament . ' ? That Lord Lilford be requested to present the petition to the House of Commons , and that Mr . Ferrand , M . P . be requested to support the prayer thereof . " The thanks of the meeting was then voted toj H . C . Lacy , E--q ., of

      Kenyon House , Lord F . Egertoa , M . P ., and to other friends who have contributed liberally to the Silk Weavers'Fund ; also , to thetChairman for his services . The meeting then broke up . —Correspondent . Bristol . —A meeting of delegates from various trades' lodges , &o . was held on Tuesday evening , at tho Crown and Dove , Bfldewell-street , for the purpose of devising the best means of effecting a Union of all trades for .. mutual protection ; Messrs . Hyde , Rooke , and Jacobs were deputed to visit tho lodges that had not sent delegates , requesting them to do so , and to explain the objects of the movement . The meetings , in future , will be held on every Wednesday evening till the business is concluded .

      The Denton Hatters strike still continues ; we hope the oppressed operatives will obtain that support from their fellow workmen they so well deserve . To Cordwainebs Societies—Secretaries of Cordwaiuers' Societies are requested to communicate their address , with the number of hands belonging to the men's and women's departments , connected with the societies , to James Smythe , secretary of the Western Division of Ladies Shoemakers , No . 35 , Union street , Middlesex Hospital . Woolcohbers' STniKE . —j-The whole of the wool combers ( about fifty in number ) in the employ of Measre . T . Marriott and Son , of Wakefield , struck for an equalisation of wages on Thursday last . It appears for some time they have been receiving lower wages than any other wooloombers in tho town . : '

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      The Bradford Minehs respectfully request the insertion of the following list of subscriptions , with their thanks to the friends ; who have so liberally contributed towards supporting them in their resistance to the unjust aggressions of their employers : — Clayton Colliery , £ 3 43- ; Ashton district , £ 3 ; Old Mess House , £ 5 ; Targe Lane , £ 1 ; Ridge Hill Pit , 17 s 6 d ; Britannia , 53 6 d ; Union Ground , 2 s 7 d ; Navigation Inn , 7 a 5 i ; ai few friends , 9 * ; Worthington ' s dyers , . 5 . 3 ; a friend , Is ; Thos . Kuowles , Is 61 ; a few gardeners , 3 s 2 d ; Thomas Abbott , 6 d ; a friend , 2 a ; Steel Worksi 183 ; a chemist , 2 s 6 A ; No . 2 Shop , 53 ; Mr . Rider's men , 6 ' 3 6 d ; No . 3 Shop , 53 ; No . 12 Shop , 5 s ; Gorton Potters , 53 6 d ; a good woman , 3 d ; Whyatt ' s dyers , 5 * 8 J ; Jainea Sharp , Is ; Beswick Brick Works , 2 s 9 ^ d ; Wood Park Pit , 13 i 4 d ; Devoguie ' s men , 7 s Hid ; James Hunter , 2 s 6 d ; small sums , £ 2 14 j 4 £ d .

      The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take plaoe at the Turf Tavern , Burnley . The chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . j SWarwick—A delegate meeting was held at the Steam Pucket , when the meeting was addressed by Messrs Myeroft , Clarfe , Druro , Vardy * &o ., and the following resolutions agreed to— " That we , tlte coal and ironstone miners of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire , do pledge ourselves to stand by and support all those whom the masters may victimize on account of their adherence to the Miners ABsooiatton . " — " That we pledge ourselves to beoome members of the Miners' Association , and to carry out the principles of that body . " " That a . vote of thanks be given to tho Editor and proprietor of the Northern Star .

      More tyranny of the ] Coal Kings and Magistrates in Derbyshire—Two" men were this morning , Wednesday 21 st , sent off by railway , and are on their way to Derby Gaol , for attending this delegate meeting ; being absent from work without leave . The men ' s names are Joseph Alsop and George Rodgers . They have been sent to Derby Goal for six Weeks . The master made a particular request that Alsop should have three months . The magistrates enquired what he had done in particular I They stated ho was the first man that commenced the Union at this p'ace . The magistrate seemed to think this was a little too much of a good thing :

      bethought if that was all they had against him , six weeks each was sufficient . What think you of a worthy magistrate ' s son telling these poor men when they are only asking for bread that they deserve a bit of cold lead , or a i few round of shot being sent among them ! What would be said it ' these poor Miners had' said the same of their tyrants f We have forwarded all the particulars of this case to Mr . Roberts , as we are determined , if the money can be raised , and wo do not fear that , Mr . Roberts shall see ( what he can do amongst these magistrates . It is about time they were told what law is , or what justice should be .

      Baunslet . —A publio meeting of the Miner 3 of this district was held on jShrove Tuesday , at Hood Hill , half-way between Barasleyand Sheffield , for the purpose of shortening the hours of labour . The Barnsley men , and those of the neighbourhood , marched off in procession , ' accompanied by a band of music . They were joinedi on the way by the men from Crane Moor , and thpBe of Silston , with a band of music . The Skeffield } procession , and those ot other places , also arrived with their bands of music . At the lowest estimate , there were fenr thousand persons present . A gentleman from Sheffield was called to the chair , who opened the basmess of the meeting in a short and appropriate speech . Mr . George Wood , from Barnsley , moved a resolution that a Viotim Fund be established . Carried . Mr . David Swallow supported this resolution in an eloquent and forcible Bpeeefc . Mr ? Matthew Linley moved a resolution for shortening the hours of labour , which waB carried . ;

      Rawmarsh . —Mr . Swallow lectured here on Thursday , tho 15 th inst . ; The master ' s agent has been practising every description of petty annoyance towards us , because we have joined the Associatfon . Bat we have given our tormentor a lesson back again , having taken out a summons for him under tho Truck Act . The Jacks in office at Roth ' erham refused to let ua have a summons At first . Bat wo foand a Star of the 13 th . of January , ill whioh is a copy of the Truck Act . Backed by this we made a second ! application , and this time procured the summons . The agent now wishes to make the matter up , Hefoffbrs to pay all expenses , and no longer to impose ; his candles and gunpowder upon us . We have balled a meeting to decide whether we will let him off or not .

      John Avn _ has held meetings at the following places : —February 14 th , ] at the Black Bull Inn , Hey wood ; 15 th , at the Fleece Inn , Small Bridge ; 16 th ; at the Odd Fellows' Arias , Middleton ; I 9 tb , at the White Swan Inn , Hey wood , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; and in the afternoon attended the Distriot Meeting at Rochdale , at the Amen Corner Inn . On Tuesday Mr . Auty addressed a meeting of Colliors at the Elephantmnd Castle Inn , Banpherd Row , near Rochdale . Tab ^ Hble of the above meetings have been , well attended , Mr .. Auty * apprises his Yorkshire friends that ho will be at home from f

      tbe 5 th 6 f March to the 12 th . Ifho ca * i beef any Bsrviiie to the Miners in # about the neighbourhood of Wake ; fie } d * he will bey ; e . ry happy to lender it . Mr . JoflN Toil has ' addressed meetings at ; the follo ^ irig . places :-Febraary 14 th , tharnhill TSdge I 5 th , Heckttdnd ^ ike ; retb , JJewsbtiry ; 17 ih , established a new sooietyat Halto ^ j , l 9 fh Carr Gate . Mr . John Toft ^ Ro qiB vo& Next Week : — Monday ^ February 26 th Beestoft ; 27 th . White Bear . Wednesday r 28 thi Mirfieid ; Thureday , 29 th , Ossett Streetwde ; and Friday , Marjoh ., 1 st , at W asenold . •¦ :. .,. '

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      •¦ Livbbpool . —A meeting of the members of -ihe National Charter Association of this locality will take place on SUnday evening next , - the - 25 th inst ., iujtherlttrgeroom , Preston-street . . LEE » Si- ^ Mr . David Rosa -willideliver two lectures on Sunday ( to-morrow ) t afternoon , at half-past two o ' oleok ; and in the evening at . fealf * paSt six , in the Bazaar ; Briggate . ; ¦ ' T ^ E Members meeting will take place on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , when important busir ness will be brought forward .

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      London . —Mr . A . Hannibal will deliver a lecture in the ' Working Man ' s Hal * , Mile End Road , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o'clock . Bbide-lanb , Fle £ T-stheet . ^— The Chartists of tho City of London Locality will meet oyTaesday next , at eight o ' clock , at the Dispatch Coffee House , to consider the best means of re-organizing this locality . Mabylebone . —Mr . Davop will deliver a lecture at the Mechanics' Institute , Circus-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven precisely . Tower Hamlets . —Mr . James Meo will deliver an address at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven . Lambeth and Socthwark . —Mr . Skelton will deliver a lecture at the South London Chartist Hall , Blackfriars-road , on Sunday evening next , at halfpast seven . - -

      Westminster . —Mr . Ruffy Ridley will deliver a lecture at the Golden Lion Tavern , Dean-street , Koho , on Sunday evening next , at > -half past seven . Cahberwell . —Mr . J . Sewell tfill delivers lecture at the Cock Tavern , Camberwell Green , on Tuesdaj evening next , at eight o ' clock . The Chaktisisoi Greenwich and Deffford are requested to meet at the Georg ? and Pragou , oiz Sunday evening . South London Chartist Hall . —Mr . Skolton will deliver a lecture at the above hall , on Sunday evening next . The Chartists of Clerkenwbll are to attend the British Coffee House , 8 , Clerkenwell Green , on Mondaynext .

      City of London Political and Scientific Institution . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , a special meeting of shareholders will take place at two o ' clock precisely . ' , On Sunday evening at seven o ' clock a leoture ^ vill be delivered in the above halt . A Public Meeting of Chartists will be he ! J ai the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith-road , on Tuesday evening next . A Public Meeting to form a branch of tha United Patriots Benefit Society , will be held at the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith-road , on Saturday evening , March 2 nd . Bury . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , vill deliver a leoture ia the Garden-street Lecture Room , on Sunday next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon , uud at six o ' clock in tho evening .

      Mb .. M'Gabth will lecture at the following places Nuneaton , Saturday , the 24 th ; Coventry 25 th and 26 th ; Kinilworth , 27 th ; Leamington , 28 th ; Warwick , 29 th ; Leamington , Maioh 1 st ; Kinilworth , 2 nd ; Coventry , 3 rd and 4 th . Rochdale . —Mr . Daniel Donovan , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures on Sunday next , in the Chartist Association Room . Hktwood . —Mr . Kydd , of Glasgow , will deliver tvro lectures on Sunday , the 25 th instant , ia the afternoon and evening . Ashton-under-Line . —Mr . William Scholefiold , from Salford , will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Bentick-street , on Sunday evening next , at six o'clock .

      Hyde . —On Sunday next , the members of the National Charter Association are requested to attend a meeting to be held in the meeting room , next doot to- Mr . Howard's , Pawnbroker , to take into consideration , the propriety of inviting Mr . Oastler to Hyde . —The room , is fitted up with a store , and several weekly papers are taken in for the ^ use of the public . Mr . Doyle ' s Route for next week : —On Sunday next , at the Carpenter ' s Hall , Manchester ; Monday 26 th , Warrington ; Tuesday , 27 th , Lambdhnd Green j Wednesday , 28 th , Prescot ; Thursday , 29 th , Birkeuhead ; Friday , 30 ih , at the City of Chester . Mr . West ' s Route . —On Sunday and Monday Bradford ; Tuesday , Leeds ; Wednesday . Wakefield ; Thursday , Barnsley ; Friday , Sheffield ; and Sunday and Monday Leeds .

      NpTTiKeHAM . —Mr . R . T . Morrison , ( at the conclusion of Mr . Harrison ' s lecture ) will address the audience in the Demoratio chapel , Rice-place , on Sunday evening next . Ashton- pnder-Lyne . —Mr . Thomas Clark will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Beutinckstreetj on Monday evening next . Birmingham . —Mjr . George White will address a meeting at the Chartist Hall , Peck-lane , on Sunday evening next . , Babnsley . —The , Chartists of Barnsley are requested to attend a meeting , which will be holdea in Mr . John Pickering's large room , at six o ' clock on Sunday evening . Oldham . —On Sunday , to-morrow , Mr . W . Bell , of Heywood , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Greaves-street .

      Working Mans' Hall AssociATiON . T-On Monday ; the 2 b ' tk inst ., a public meeting of the shareholders of the above 'Association will tike place ia tho Chartist Room , GreaveVstreet . Bradford . —The CJiartists of Little Horton , and the Central Locality , * will meet in their respective rooms ; on Sunday morning next , to appoint a delegate to the West Riding meeting . ' . Halifax . —A general meeting of the subscribers to the Local Land Association , will be held on Monday evening , Feb . 26 th , to deoide upon taking a farm , and other business of importance . It is earnestly requested that every shareholder will attend . Nottingham . —Mr . Harrison will preach in the Demooratio Chapel , Nottingham , on Sunday evening next .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS-Feb . 22 nd . The debate on Ireland was resumed by Mr Maurice O'Connell , who replied to some of the statements of the Irish Attorney-General , and endeavoured to show that the steps taken by the traversers had not been for the purpose of . delay but were necessary under . the circumstances . Ho repelled the insinuation thrown out against Mr . M'Grath , the Roman Catholic Clerk of the Peace ; and he denied that the verdict would have the effect of " putting down" the Repeal , After the speech of Mr . Matoice O'Connell ; Mr . Gregory , Mr . Liddell , Mr . Hume , Mr . Hamilton , Mr . Powvll , and Sir Howard Douglas addressed the House .

      Mr . Sheil alse spoke at very great length , in reply to the Attorney-General for Ireland . He defended himself from certain charges brought against him by that gentleman ; denounced the Clontarf proclamation ; reviewed the proceedings on the trial ; warmly replfed to Lord Stanley's abuse of the Catholics ; touched upon the foreign policy of this country ; and the likelihood of future European wars ; and implored of the House to do justice to Ireland , that thereby civil strife and" bloodshed might be averted . The Right Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst lond and prolonged cheering . The debate was then , ujnin ih ' e motion of the English Attorney-General , once . more adjourned .

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      Ou Monday last , at the Parish Church , Jjeed 3 f Mr . Snowden Thompson , collier , to Miss Elizabeth Speight , both of this town . Oa Sunday lasfc , the 18 th , inst ., t > y the Rev . J Jenkins , at the Parish Church , Batl ' ey , Mr . Thomas Hutton , of Leeds , to Rachel , eldest daughter of Mr . John Sharp , ot Honley-hall .

      DEATHS . John Oat La Mont , late of Edinbdgh , author of " The Grave of Genius , " Sen ., &o ., died on the 14 th inst , at his residence , London , f A . fuller ntjiSce of the deceased patriot shall , if possible , appear ia next Saturday ' s Star . } Died on Saturday last , at Nottingham , . aged four score , Benjamin Smith , an oldDemocratrwhjo was respected by all who knewhita ; in his titaietne was a member of the " cprrespioriding" and othef popular societies of the day ^ Fpr Bete ral ^ ear s immediately subsequent to the first French Rayolutiod ; he was called upon to endure his lull shaice of the' ducking and pumping so liberally bestowed by the jChurch and King" mobs upon the advocates of right against might . He had a large fatnily of « ons and daughters

      who ? e mincls he strongly imbued : ' with' hj ' & own opinions ; one of them , John ' Smith , waa otTactive agent for thesalejofRicflard Carlile ' s publfcaiiohs fa Nottingham , who bore ( his share in the Whig ' persecution of . 1835 , beinij »| jent for the Unstamped papers . He was prosecuted , and notwithstanding his weak state of health , hie refused togivfiip the sale of the obnoxious . papers , on wnich cpn 3 itjon he was offered his liberation . He emerged from his prison-house in a confirmed consumption , which speedily carried ^ him off . Three sons still ; survive , the eldest of whom has long been an active member of the Chartist body in Mancaester . '" ¦ [ . Died , recently , Mr . Benjamin Pyie , lecturer of

      the Miners * Association , a person of the most untiring zeal in the cause of liberty . He has laboured in the service of the above Association , until ( on the testimony of the doctor ) he brought on his death by too severe physical ; and ;^ men (^ lvexertion , added to the unfortunate oircumst ^ noe of sleeping in a damp bed when ia Scotland . Qn . the mission of the association . He has lefta diflConsolate and helpless widow , and it is to be hoped that aaBistance will be afforded her by the miners .. Donationafor the widow will be thankfully . received : by the Executive Committee of the MinerfaAeBOOiaiion of Great Britain and Ireland , Three T una * Manor Chatet Newcastle-npon-Tyne , , - , > ' , ¦

      ,.-On Friday weekvtialiondon , Mary , ' the wife of Mr . Benjamin Ri ( lerveAwyer f formerlyMiiolbeck , near Leeds . Her end , wa | cheered by consolations arising from faith , in : 0 e ^ Redeemer . Her remains ; we , ro interred in Beeston church-yard , on Wednes-, aaylast . ;''; , "'¦' , " . ~ , '" ¦ TJied , bh Thtttaday'ihornihg , February ^? 5 th , at Barnsley , Mr ^ Matthew- Garbutt , aged 51 , late of Leeds . Ho had been a Radical for a groat ( of years , and a member of the-Chartist A "; 0 from ita establishment . : ;' ;'; , 1

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 24, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1253/page/5/