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      THE ROYAL LOYAL * , „ AND GOOSE ! CLUB AGAIS . vvw * If we had failed in oar endeavour » . e ^ ge the fcirds and beasts , that which we hare leK ^ done has been amply supplied by the organ of the « iiu ^ 8-Kow , readers , hear the boast of last week : " Th \ Morning Chronicle , The Sun , and The Morning Advertiser are upon our side" . ' Is this of itself gufficient condemnation ! if lot , tike this , " The Scottish Pilot , the organ tf the Dissenters , is with us , and the Dumfries Timts ! " Now we defy mortal to name five journals nr » re half so ^^

      opposed to the interests of the - « - orkiLg classes , jad more dependent upon sectioas of tht middle dases , tie Government , and the Dissenters , who , as a bwiy , hate civil rights e * cn more than the gorged Law-Church . They a » the lean rats watriijug for the ousting of the fat cnes , to pop in themselves . Jast think of the people being asked to join jjj uy plan to which Old Grnnticle , the Governjtscs bellows , the Morning Advertiser , the licensed Tictnallers' Lord Chancellor , the royal pimping Sen , with its bere-I-an and there-I-am , everybody's man and nobody ' s man , witfeoat any fixed principle to support , « r talent to support it , if it ¦

      had ! And the other two " things" are favour- * able ! Thick yea , 'Mother Goose , for the information- But one word in defence of a friend . Mother G * ose sajs , " And even the Scottish Patriot , tbe Chartist Journal of Glasgow , attempts to stir up the middle classes of that important city to ocraidand encouragement . " This is not true ; and the proof we offer is , that the ScottLh Patriot still lives , and we hope flourishes , and will live 1 ob 2 { , and we wish our friend many happy 2 \ ew Years ; but if that sentence were true , the Patriot might number its days , by dividing its circulation into the stock of Stamps on hand , and then calculate upon giving up the ghost .

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      ' ^— . THE MAYOR OF LEEDS AND HIS DOINGS . Fkom a paragraph in another column it will be seen that the members of the iNatioua ] Charter Association of this town purpose holding a public meeting on behalf of Feost , Williams , and Jones . on Tuesday next , the ^ fifth day of this month . A deputation "waited ^ upon bis Worship , the Mayor , with a numerously rigned requisition , requesting the said Worshipfnl the Mayor to convene the meeting . This he dec ] ined doing in what he terms a " respectful" manner , but the poor fellows ' s notions of respect are of a very novel character , and deserve to be chronicled as a choice specimen of corporate etiquette .

      Elated with the dignity of Ms office , he sits like some Eastern potentate issuing his will and pleasnre , with the pronoun / at the commencement of his every sentence , as though all power in heaven and on earth was vested in " his Y > * orah ) p . J > li I , " says his mightiness , " respectfully decline to call the meeting , as the object thereof is not in accordance with my individual sentiments oa the subject . " Tery well , Mr . Msyorj no doubt the reqnisitionists knew all that ; they were not such fools as to imagine that yon could evince any sympathy for the exiled patriots ; but yon might have spared a little of the insult spluttered

      forth in yonr second reason : — " I , continues this precious lump of authority , " must likewise decline allowirg the use of the Conn House for tbe purpose . At a public meeting held thereabout twelve month ' s since , oEe of the Chartists uttered sentiments , which were enrourased by others of the body then present , tending to the subversion of all order and law , human and divine . At meetings in other places similar expressions have been used , and acts resorted to contrary to all order and good government ; and from pass occurrences , I ean have do security that the same will not be repeated in Leeds . "

      Sow , this bit ef " the powers that be"knows very well that the persons to whom he alludes neither " brought with them the executioner , nor the bloody axe ; they neither called upon the people to stop the tap , nor to insult royalty ; bus being driven by starvation to the brink of the grave , they declared they eould cot , * nd wonld not submit to their degraded condition—5 ee cg tha : the Creator had , in his bouniy , provides sufficient for tbe sustenance of all hl 3 creatures—but , rather than perish with hunger ,

      they wocld " take and eat . " And this the fellow has the impudence to describe as being subversive of all order and law , human and divine . It may be contrary Jo the hellish 3 aw 3 of the Whigs , and repugnant to the divinity of Parson Malthts ; but we defy this newly-fiedged Bashaw and expositor of the laws , to show that the expressions he alludes to were not in smet accordance with the first law of nature , self-preservation , and in strict conformity frith the emanations of the divine will .

      Who , we would ask , have done deeds more calculated to subvert all ord-r , than tbe factions of which our local authorities form a component part ? They continually war against , and labour to abrogate , every law , having a tendency to protect and secure the well-being of the masses . If such worthless creatures as the present affrighted old w » man , yclep'd ' the Mayor of Leeds , be thus to insult their betters with impunity , it is high time to subvert the present order of local despotc and close the Corporation shop .

      What barefaced impudence must be amalgamated with this lump of vanity , to thus insul ; men far his superiors in both mind and usefulness ! The requisition was signed by flO inhabitant householders of tie town , equalled , in point of number and real respectability , by no previous requisiiion ; there being in the list one Dissenting Minister , three members of the Town Council , two candidates for the oSice of Town Councillors at the recent Municipaelection , and a great number of shopkeepers who wourd blash to stand before the world in the position of his Worstipfnl the Mavorof Leeds .

      We have been very sparing of our stripes ; but , fhould the viper again spit his venom upon his more respectable townsmen , we shall feel it our duty to give iiim a flagellation no ; soon to be forgot ! eD . Our advice to him now is , to show a little more good Ireeding when vrai : ed upon by those who erected ;" ne Court House , and contribute to all the expecces of the Borough . Let him remember that the Court House is not his private property ; the materials were purchased by the inhabitants , the expences of its erection &c , were defrayed by the inhabitants ; and the inhabitants have » right to its use for their public purposes ; and they are not necessitated to submit to the insults of an ignorant official , though he be dubbed " The Worshipful the Mavor . "

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      attention of our rpac ^ r ? specially requested to a letter from Mr . J . Bbotekbe O'Brien to Mr . M Crae , published in our fir h page . The observations on the lamentable dJftreucts which sometimes exist between the different leaders and the acting bocies , together wi : h his excellent and judicious advice t » the Chart : s : s in general , are wsll-tiaed and Worthy ot attention and adopiion .

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      T . B . Smaet . —His sonq shall appear . Henbj Moule . —Mri . ' Frost and family reside at Newport . Edwald Clattos . — We see no good end to be an-_ sxrered by ih ' . insertion of his que tion . lsvEsnGATOR . —The Northern 5 : ar rigidly exclude * all discussions merely polemical . His qvettim , therefore , cannot be amvered . A Christian Chartist ' s Addres * ro his Rrb-THEE 5 IS B 0 . MU 8 S VOn ' I do . Llves to Mb . O'Consob won ' t do . Likes 05 the Actumjjal Season won't do .

      * i £ S . r ODzx . —It is eery natural for her husband to write as he does to her . We cannot publish the Utter : it has been potted to her . bakcel Fosd . —We know nothing of it ; but ice have sent hU letter to Mr . O'Connor . Joseph EowjEli aJes . —Is ihe brave O'Connor a single or a married man f — We decline answering . Bas he any lands in Ireland ?—Yes . How long has he to remain in confinement 1 . —Till neat November . - Is it solitary ?— Yes . Has he the free use of books ?— Yes . What newspapers is he allowed }—All .

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      Johs Miller asks : —Can ihe Star Newspaper be contracted for for four weeks at a time , provided always that the money be sent in advance 1—Yes . Wowd payment in the shape of posla / je stamps answer your purpose the same as money ?— Fes . And tcould the subscriber , by taking the paper as above , be entitled to the portraits I—Yes . T . M . complains that the men ofBartvard Castle o » e sluggish in the good cause . « Joh * i » ATgRsoN . —His sono won ' t do . AKTBr * <>> Neill is mistaken as to the * first Chartist Church mi England . " There are many . The Star has n ^ / aid all the provisions # / the Gagging BUI di stinctly before the people . Tlie mailer u not lost U oht . He wish friends

      would be a Mile less hot beaded . Ma . J . A . Hogg desires to correct an error in the taJance-sheet < vf the National Victim Fund Committee . It is there stated that ( he sum of £ \ had been received from the ^ Hoicick NationalCharter Association ^ instead of Hawick . Hotcick is a small village in Northumberland ; and Hawick w a toic ' n m Roxburghshire , Scotland . He also adds , that they have no claim to the National Charter As&ociatitn , tl > e money being mostly raised by v > ay of raffle . Mebihts Tidvil . — We are sorry to be obliged to de / v theSTissrtion of lteir report till our next . As Old Correspondent . —Let the fanatic race , it is too macfk to ttircnide his ratings in the . Northern

      &Lar . Several Cob ^ espondexts mint stand over lo our rif ^ L

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      Sir Walter Scott has < taid < f Napoleon , that he iras too often lucky to be only iucky . Now ice suspect thtt accidents too often occur to our corrrspondeiu-e' to be only accident . We have a sus ^ icinn that many letters are said U > be forward * d which have not been forwarded ; and here ice particularly refer to the Birmingham Petition to the House of Commons , said to have been pasted for us ioitireek . It never came to hand ; arid , as the occurrence is recent , and can be easilv traced , we require from the person who posted h immediate and severe examination into the cause oj non-delivery . We will give every facility in our power . But the matter must be lifted . This we require for our oirn satisfaction , as well at for ihe public ; therefore , let inquiry be instantly made . Mrs . -Fsoit . — The letter forwarded to us in A vgust last has never come to hand : if it had , it should . have been duly noticed .

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      The Shareholders at Hcdder .= field will receive their dH ' xdends by applying to John Leech ; and . tho ± e at Ha'ifxz by applying to R . Wilkinson . J . Millab can have Feergus and Arthur O'Cunnor ' s Plates at the same price as the S : ar ; but cannot hare the Convention . Mr . Oliver ' s letter was not post-paid . J . Speeding . —Received . To Agents . —If those Agents who have received their accounts do not settle them immediately their Papers will be stopped . J . Walton , Tqdmokden . —The Specimen was sent to A- Heytcood . Xeal , DiiRBt . — The ' 2 s . 2 d . charred is the extra

      halfpence for Mrs . Frost on November ~ ih . Evelijgh , Loc » hborot : gh . — We know nothing of the order to pay £ l , and ca > mot give credit for it . Alexander Frazer . — We cannot interfere in the matter : we supplied every At / eut with as many Portraits as he was entitled to for his Subscribers . J . Seal , —Received . T . Smith , Plymouth . —Can they be left at Mr . John Cleave r s , 1 , Shoe-lane , London 1 Mb . Lowest , Xewcastle . —His fetter was not postpaid . Mr . H ., of Rtceoft should pay postage for his letter .

      FOB TUB WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . £ S . d . From Ilkestone , Derbyshire ... 9 5 0 Given at tbe Christening of Sirah Fesrgus Dixon Lumb 1 0 From Harltston , Norfolk , as a Christmas Box , from " Win . Mason 2 6 From two readers of Sorthern Star 0 9 3 3 Postage ... 0 1 FOR MRS , FROST AKD OTHERS . From Cliftoa , near HaJiiax 0 3 8 FOB J . B . O * BRI £ N . From King Crois 0 10 0 IOR MRS . VINCENT . From Dunfennline 1 Postage ... 0 2 0 0 10

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      Subscribers nsmes f * r the Portrait of O'Coacor will be received by tie several Agents till Saturday , the Oth of January ; and nona but subscribers fruin that date will he entitled to it The five following Pictures , from Steel Plates , -vrill b-.-presented to the subscribers of the Xvrtitern Star , within ten months , at the rate of one every two months ; O'Connor , full length ; Kobert Emmett , full length ; William Lorett , full length ; tho

      ilonmouth Court-Houso , as it appeared u ;> oa thr occasion of the trial of Frost , Williams , and Jonea . with correct likenesses of the Judges , the Prisoners , and their Counsel ; and the " Royal lying-in , " presenting lik-. uessea uf the Archbishop of Canter-Dcry , the Cabinet Ministers , Prince Albert , Nurse Lilly , anrt tbe Dear Ba ' jbv . O'Connor ' s Portrait is now being printed , and "sriii be presented as soon as the required number is perfected .

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      OASTLER' 5 FLEET PAPERS . The first number has bwn handed to us , and we have glanced cursorily through i ; . The style i « Oastler's own—respectful even to exef-ss , though aadressfd to his bitterest enemy—^ enrvolent aiic kindly , ev ^ n in its keenness—but " yet keen as wprd eau "be . We can fancy , but we cannot envy the * Squire ' s feelings -while reading it . There is a P . S ., 33 usual , containing the following announcement : — " It is my intention that the first volume of " The Fleet Papers , " shall contain a ¦ weil-executed view of Fisby Hall , my residence for about nineteen years , ¦ when I was your Steward ; also , a view of tne Fiuet Prison , my residence while your Captive ; as well as a likeness of ynnrstlf aid your Prisoner . " Whither I cad ifford those plates ¦ without any extra charge , ¦ n = ill dspend upon the circulation of thta * Papers . —R . O . "

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      " - •^** " ' ^^^— ¦ ^¦> ^*^^^^ , MR OASTLER'S " FLEET PAPERS . " A few words addressed by the aathor of "Humour and Pathos , " "Bon Junn Junior , " " Poor Law Papers , " it , to the peop ; e of Yorkshire and Lancashire , exporting them lo buy the Old King ' s " Book . " Flowers are lovely ; love is flower-liie ; Friendship is a sliMering tree ; O ! the j"ys , that come down shower-like , Of friendship , lore , and liberty . "

      Coleridge . Men of Yorkshire and La > cashire . —This day jour captive "King , " from tbe gloom of hh prison-house , casts forth on the waters of public favour his littie literary venture , freighted with a fresh and precious car ^ o of his benevolent ideas , and

      " Goodliest plans of happines on earth , And peace and liberty . " Yes ; this day the first number of your own Oastler ' e ' Fleet Papert" Ciukes its appearance , and you , 1 trust , my Iriends , -snll vindicate yoarjelTes from th » - opprobriiiu of being called one great plnrality of worldliness and icgratitui ' . e , by going , in hundreds , and in thoutands , and in tens of thousands , to the bookseliera' shops in ycur respective neighbourhoods , and possess yourselves of tie treasure of your " King ' s" printed patriotism , and soul-animating thought * — a treasure which you could keep in remem brance of him—ft treasure which will become you to leave as a legacy to v » ur children—s treasure which ht tyour King ) now places within the reach of all of you at » o cheap a rate—aa itropenee .

      Men cf Yorkshire and Lancashire , you must do this * ervice for your King "—the King ot your ill-used factory children—tbe friend of the late lamented Idichiel Sadler ; and you must do it , Dot individually , but collectively ; not in one city , town , or Tillage , en ) y , tmt in every city , town , and Tillage , throughout Yorkshire and Lancashire . You must do it , and , with your pretty wjvts and daughters ( for tbeir gloriotu bright eyes must light you up with enthusiasm ) present youraelvej in troop *—troops of Oatilers frUnds : yea , id regular standing armies of book buyers , besiege the bibliopolists , and each arming himstlf and herself with

      the mental weapons of Oastler's warrior scriptures , for the right and against the wrong , exhibit to the admiring country the grand moral spectacle of a gtnural and gen ' erouB people , knowirg and « ucconring , by their spontaneous encouragement , a just and upright man , who stands in native dignity of worth , keeping art Terse foes and fate at bay—unsubdued , though deprived of liberty , and inmin ! You must do this : and , as yon and your wives and daughters return homewards , in glbry and in gratitude , with such a purchased copy of the Fleet Papeis in hand , it will by a fine sight , and a long-remembered instructive lesson to public and

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      private tyrants . Your -wives and daughters , believe me , in thns exhibiting their sympathy and attachment to their imprisoned benefactor , and each with his book carrying in her band , will look infinitely more noble than England ' s Queen did , when , in her nuptual robes , flashing with jewellery , splendour-like , the moonbeams when they fall Through some cathedral window , she gvre that " pretty , foolUh thing , " her royal person , and £ 37 , 000 a year ol the starving people ' s money , to a gilt gioger-bread German stranger ! While you , my boW fustain jackets , as you hold Oastler ' s " bit o' writin" in your blistered palms , will stand confessed , much more deserving and worthy objects , than Prince Albert

      equipped , for a review day , in all tbe fashionable milfinery of his Field Marshal ' s harness , richly endowed though he be with the proceeds of his English robberies and rojideux—both of which are loo bad— and with the erey parrot , to boot , on his fist , which recently cost the country fifty pounds sterling ! Then , what a severe blow and signal discouragement will be your enthusiastic support ef Oastler ' B periodical to the " dirty , damned rogues of Somerset House , who , ever since his incarceration , have been fatting themselves with a pitiful , paltry triumph at his undoing . ' The very mere turning over by you of the leaTes of Oistler ' s book , will dash all the coarse sweets of their contentment with bitterness , and cause each commissioned slaughterer , from Edwin Chadwick downwards , to rage and tear , as

      " Mad as tbe priestess of the Delphic God I " The local debility , toa , 0 ' Downing-street , will incontinently wax wiaker anu more miserable at the reception of the knowledge thereof ; and , hereafter , by fuch sympathetic demonstrations on your part , persecution would lose its sting , and persecutors their victory . Besides , now that every department of the business of blarney and quaci-qucck is so generally flourishing in this monarchy , and the upper classes are continually , with exceeding ill-judgment , pensioning , placing , pettinz , and praising the wretched charlatans who uesin-ibe , in three volumes , for prompt payment , their

      vain and vicious vagabondage and adventures—and c . using the sickly sorrow ? and sickening sentimentalities of scribbltr lords am ; ladies—who possess every honourable luxury in the world—and only require a good s ::: up birch for the one , and a good hard day ' s labour for the other , to run , like ditch-water , through several rdiiiane . Xow sucii tLings jtre , I repeat , ii would be well en your parts to show tbat you , as a body , can discriminate and appreciate better than they—that you , too , have the power to patronise , and the will to bestow , your patronage , Trhe'i injured iu « it , patriotic worth , natural nobility , and persecuted benevolencs , are the candidate for your support and approval .

      Twaddle is not always a book-seller ; and , in the present initance , by too much gossip I miy , perchance , mar ihe welfare ot the work , whu&e tuccefcS 1 wish to promote . Therefore , I dtem it better to conclude ; but , btfore I do go , I must emphatically give you one cheer more , and that is— buy the great and good man'a book ! I am , men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , Your sincere friend and well-wisher , G . R . Wytuen- Baxter . P . S . Although the above is addressed especially to

      the men of Yorkshire and Lancashire , who know Oastler best , and tuust love him most ; yet the inhabitants of all England , 1 trust , will universally obey my exhortation , and " buy the great and good man ' s book . " The sons ami daughters , too , of ' ¦ bonnie Scotland , " I hope , will do so ; and greeu Erin's people , iu spite of that man of brass and bronze , O'Connell , will likewise . Nor ' will , I hope , my own native Cymru—both the Wale-s , North und South , bo b . ickward , but , from Plimlimmon ' s top to the Yale of Neath , enthusiastically re-echo back—We will buy the great and good man ' s book . ' G . R . W . B . Hereford , Easton-place , Dec 27 , 1840 .

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      GREAT NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION . TO THE CHARTISTS OF GREAT BRITAIN . Brothers ixBondage , andFellow-Labouhers 15 the Cavse or Freedom , —Another attempt is to be made at Loeds , on the Coth of January , to seduce the working man and bind him to tbe chariot wheels of the base aad treacherous Whigs . Whigsery has now assumed a new face—and' under the specious pretence of seeking Household Suffr . ige , 4 c , seek to divide and bewilder tht working men . They have given publia notice that a Great Reform Festival will be held a Leeds , on the 20 th of January next , at which tbe old auxiliary of corruption— " money "'—will not be spared , to which they have invited the arch-traitor , D-iniel OConnall , and © thereof his stamp . In consequence of snch arrangement , it hns been determined by the assembled Delegates of the West-Riding , that a Great National Demonstration be held on that day .

      Arouse , then , men of England ! prepare for another attack on the temple of corruption ; let every town , village , and hamlet , contribute to the fund for defraying the expenee ; let not a moment be lost ; let your town * and villages pour out thoir population on all sides , and kt the foxes see that there are other animals in the world besides geese , " Up tit once , and about it . " Mr . Joshua Hobson , of the Star Office , has been appointed Treasurer . Money is needed instantly—send it in , that the Committee be not crippled in junking their arrangements . At it , end the factions fall before you—Hesitate , and you decide your own fate . It will now be seen what worth there is in Yorkbhirerr . en . Bj Order of the Leeds Central Committee , George White , Secretary .

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      XjEEDS . —Richard Oastllr . —A meeting of the Leeds Sauri Timy Committee , and other friencs of Mr . Oastler , was held at Mr . AinleyV , Crown and Fk-ece Inn , on Saturday last , at eight o ' clock in the evening . Mr . John Hutton was unanimously called io the chair . He opened the business by dwelling on : h-. ' . private virtue :- aud publicservicesof Mr . Oastier , stating that the Uj > Iv . ns 'hid struug ' ed hard fov '¦ he working cia ^ es <; f this country , aiid hoped thai he would not b ^ e repaid by the ingratitude of that cla-h .-, through whose cause he was then iu his preseut uneomfonable situation . After explaining the object of tne meeting , the Cha i rman caiied upon Mr . ( i or ^' White to move th >; firs ; i-v-o ! u : ioii . Mr . Whitt ; , atter a few appropriate remavks on the humane ami

      beuevoi' -iit di .-pjsiuon manifested by Mr . Ozzilcr . Ma : ed that it would be an everlus ^ nt ; disgrace to the wonting classes , did they suffer Oaftler , the " poor niau s friend , " to lie neulected in his prison . He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " Tnis mtetinir , dec ; Jy spn ; pathihiug with that friend of iiumanity , R ; chu . i \ i Ua . ai . ler , and viewing with uisgus ; and abhorrence the unchristian and vindictive spirit dirpla- ; ed towards him by Mr . Thorrihili , do heieby retoive to form tlienuelves iuto a coin miuee for the pnrpo .-e vf procuring sub * cripuo » . s 10 aid him in his pre ~ eiit d . m-. ; ui ; ies , and we . call upon ihe friends of Mr . Oa-. tkr to g ; ve ; is their assistance ou this important occasion . " Mr . Wq . Hick seconded ihe motion with his usual ability . The

      resolution was th * n put and carried unanimously . Mr . John Tunstail moved the next resolution : — " That Eiib > cripiion books bo provided and spoiled i- j the various incivriv-i and workshops that iuav apply fur them , ar . d that ! hey bo aho left at the Leeds Intriiigenccr and No them Star offices . " It wa *> seconded by Mr . Tnomas Clarke , and agreed to . It was also agreed taat the , resolutions should be adverted in tke above-Hamed newspapers , a : id ins : the Coannitteu w . ouid im ; e ^ . at , the Crown and Fkect ; Inii , Crown-street , every'Saturday evenirg , a : eight o ' clock . Thanks having been voted to the Chainu&n , the meeting separated , expressing a wibh iha-: ovher towns in the West Kitiing would follow their example .

      HTJBDEESFIEIiU . —Sudden Death . On Christinas Day , us Johu Jagger , of Honley , was partaking of" some bftf steaks , &c , at the Coach and Hurses public-house , was taken suddenly ill , and retired to the door for a few minutes , be was afterwards assisted back , and placed in a chair , and instantly expired without a struggle . Ho was in iho sixty-sixth year of his age . The Leeds Independent Order of the Ark . — The New Creation Lo < jj ; e , No . 58 , in the Hudderafield District , held their anmver .-ary on Christinas Day , at Mr . Brieriey's , the Victoria Tavern , Huddersfield , when the members sat down , ac two o ' clock D . m ., to a sumptuouB dinner , which did groat credit to the worthy host and hostess . After the cloth was drawn , the lodge was opened , and transacted the usual business of tho day , with singing , recitations , toasts , &c . The evening was spent in ihe greatest harmony .

      On Saturday last , the Triumphant Lodge , No . 79 , of the above order , held their anniversary at Mr . Win . Bottomleys , the King ' s Arms , Lowerhead-row , Hudcier-neld , w :: en the members sat duwn to a good snb&tantial dinner , which did great credit to the worthy host and hostefcs ; after the cloth was withdrawn , singing , recita-ione , and tua .-ts were the order of the evening , and the company retired highly delighted with the eveuiDg ' s entertainments . STOCKPOBT . —Kmshts T * mplahs . — - The members of the Hero Grand Lodge of Knights Templars , No . 1 , held their anniversary at the house of Host Wright , Angel Iud , Market Place , Stockport , on ChriFtmas Day , when upwards of fifty m » m-Ders eat down to a roost , excellent dinner .

      Co-operation . —On Christinas Day , a portion of the shareholders , their wive ? , and many of their friends , met at ihe house of Mr . Peler C ^ jsppell , the ksepcr of the Co-opt-rativ ,, Stores , Park-street , and fcriiied themselves imo a tea party , where , after partaking of the ** cap which refreshes , but uot inebriates , " they proceeded to the discussion and consideration of matters appertaining to that estabhs-liaent , Mr . Abrahara Docker in ihe chair . Several speeches were made in recommendation and support of co-operative institutions , proving their

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      advantages to the working classes generally , and the benefits derivable from them even to shopkeepers . A . statement of the finances was read ; the establishment appears in a most fiourishiig condition , whilst the prospeots of the shareholders are even more flattering . After which , a vote of confidence was passed to Mr . Chappell , the store-keeper , thanking him for his attention and general good conduct in his office . The meeting thanked Mrs . Chappell for the comfortable tea furnished them , and then broke up . On Tuesday night , Mr . Peter Chappell delivered a lecture on the great advantages of co-operative societies to the labouring people , at the house of Mrs . Mitchell , the wife of the incarcerated Chartist , in Heatou-laue . The attendance was good , and the information highly interesting and important .

      The Tyrannical Poor Laws . —A few d ^ ago , the Poor Law Guardians of the Stock port Union passed areso . utionto enforce the payment of all poorrates at one and the first payment—a measure which , although an action is pending against the Tory paper for enlarging upon the tyranny of such a resolution , the Association for the Redress of Local Grievances has token in hand ; and , as the Guardians are in general shopkeepers , they are about to try what expostulation will do with them , so as to avert the inevitable pauperization of

      vast number of the more indigent householders at this inclement season of the year . A meeting was held on Christmas Day , in the Association-roonis , where the matter was warmly but maturely discussed ; tho result of which was that a deputation , consisting of Messrs . Thomas Jopson , James Hitchens , Joseph Anson , and Peter Chappell , were appointed to wait upon the Guardians at their next meeting ( Thursday ) , and endeavour to convince them of the juatioe , propriety , and safety of rescinding so an wise , mischievous , and unfeeling a resolution .

      DARLINaTON .-0 n Saturday last ; , Darlington was enhvBiied by a , procession of tho Independent Odd Fellows , accompanied by a band of music , which preceded thorn to the Nmv Church , the various lodges , both of the United and Independent Orders , having their flagn hanging from the different inns where they were dining . Altogether the day wore a oneerful and animated appearance . WHITFIEUD . —Tha Royal Independent Foresters , Lodge No . 1 , held at Church Inn , Whitfield , have connected an extensive , cheap , and instructive library with their Lodge , on the following terms : —

      All fines goes for the use of the library . Any member bringing a book or books of their own property , will receive a ^ d . per month , for every book that goes out belonging to him ; and members that hava no book in the library and takes one out , pays a Jd . per month , which is a very trifling amount compared with other libraries , which are too tar distant to give their members the advantage of their manifold benefits . People are beginning to find out that their education is too limited , which gives advantage to their oppressors , and it is very rare that they fail taking advantage of a good library .

      RICHMOND . —Child Burnt to Death . —An inquest was held at Richmond , on the 25 th ultimo , before Ambrose Clement , Esq ., Coroner , on tho body of a boy four yeaTB of age , son of Joseph Brown , of that place , who was burnt to death tho day previous . It appeared that the deceased was sitting in front of the fire , when a cinder flew out , which set his clothes on fire , and before it could be extinguished , he was so dreadfully burnt that he died shortly afterwards . Verdict accordingly . LONDON . —At the weekly meeting of the National Charter 1 Association , held at the Hit or Miss Inn , 79 , West-street , Globe Fields , it waa resolved , that three shillings be forwarded to the county council " towards defraying tho expences of printing band-bills , calling the men of London to join the National Charter Association , and that we . the members of this Association , < io purchase a flag for the forthcoming demonstration . After the enrolment of four members , the meeting separated .

      WAXiSAXtXi . —In consequence of the resignation of Mr . Finch , late Member for this Borough , Mr . Spencer Littleton has offered himself on tho Liberal interest , and J . N . Gladstone for tho Conservative . On Monday last , Mr . Littleton addressed the electors at the Guildhall . Mr , Auckland , of Manchester , asked him whether he would vote for a repeal of tho Corn Laws . He refused to do go . An Elector aeked him whether he would vote for tho restoration of Frost . Williams , and Jones , to which he answered " No I" " Then you shan ' t have my support , " was the reply .

      NEWCASTfcE-UPON-TYNE— Our Council are busy making preparation for New Year ' s Day Meeting . We do expect a ulorious turn-out on behalf of those victims of Whiggery . The Council having met according to appointment ; , tho secretary read the the minutes of the former meeting ; Mr . Fairclough moved and Mr . Sinclair seconded , — " That tne following gentlemen be requested to address the meeting on New Year's Day , and tba : the secretary be instructed to give them notice of the same : Thomas Doublcday , E ? q ., Mr . Robt . Lowery , Mr . Thomas Hepburn , Mr . Win . Byrne , Mr . Win . Cooke , Mr . John Turnbull , and Mr . Michael Armstrong . " Mowd by Mr . Fairclough , seconded by Mr .

      Maughan , " Tnat a deputation be appointed to vrait upon ihe trades for their co-operation on that occasion . " The Secretary was ordered to prepare a copy of the memorial from tho Slar of the 19 t . li , and also to write to the R'storation Committee , at Birmingham . At a general meeting of the members , the following gentlemen were appointed members of the Council : —Messrs . Maughan , Frankland , Burns , Wishart , Moffat , Hogg , Sinclair , M'Whinnie , and Rubson . The secretary was also requested to correspond with Dr . M'Douall , to know when he may bo expected at Newcastle . All those who have not accounted for the soiree and dinner cards , arc requeued to do so immediately , as tho Council wish to balance their accounts before leaving office .

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      MR . BAIRSTOW'S TOUR THROUGH SOUTH LANCASHIRE . Mr . Bairstow will deliver lectures in the following 11 laces : —On Sunday , January the 3 rd , at Tib-street , Manchester ; on Monday , at Newton Heath ; on Tuesday ; iml Wedm-suay , at Sheffield , on the demonstration on belialf of Frost , William ' s , and Jonea ; on Thursday , * t Staiybridge ; on Friday , at Stock port -, on Sunday , the 10 th , Newton Heath and Fails worth ; on Monday , at Hunsworth ; Ion the 11 th , at Bolton ; on Tuesday , the l'Jtii , at Preston ; ou Wednesday , the 13 th , at Wigun ; on Thursday , the 14 th , at Liverpool ; on Friday , the 15 t ! i , anrt Monday , the 18 th , at Warringtun ; on TutsfUy , the 19 th , at Afihon ; on Wednesday , the 2 titb , at Brown-street , Manchester ; on Thursday , the 21 st , nt Salford ; on Thursday , tha 22 nd , Batcliffe Bridge ; on Sunday , the 24 tl ) , Rochdale ; on Mondny , toe 25 th , fit Oktham ; ou Tuesday , tbe 26 th , atDroylsdwi ; « n Wednesday , the 27 lb , at Middleton ; on Thursday , the 28 th , at Mottraui .

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      MR . BARTLETT'S VISIT TO WALES . I was invited last week to attend a public meeting at Merthyr Tytlvil , in South Wales , convened tor the purpose of addressing this Queen , and petitioning Parliament for the recall of Frost , Williams , and Jones . I started hither per paLket on Wednesday last . I had rather a rough voyage , the weather being intensely cold , and the wind very boisterous . We were obliged to lie « tt unchor for nearly three hours in ' Cardiff B » y , to wait for tho tide , during which time the wind blew tremendoufcly , and we ha 4 no five below deck . I arrived in Cardiff at aboutfuur o ' clock , where I met with Master Henry Hunt Frost , who accompanied me to Merthyr . We arrived there at half-past eight o ' clock in the evening , and were warmly received by the principal members of Frost , Williams , and Jones ' s Restoration Committee .

      After taking iupper , which was provided for us by the landlord of the Three Horse Shoes , a sound Chartist , I and Master Frost , retired to bed , being somewhat fatigued . Next morning , Mr David John , the secretary of th « committee , conducted us ovtr the extensive iron works situate in the immediate neighbourhood of th * town . I was struck with surprise at tho power and magnitude of the machinery , but I was horrified to witness the health-destroyiiig work performed in the foundries . The blast furnaces send out such an intense sulphurous heat , that one would suppose it impossible for any human being to endure it ; yet there are men who will , and who do go within a yard of the furnaces . They pull off their shirts when they go to open the furnace , and put on an old ctarse frock , in order that the heat may not scorch their flesh . Their faces and hands arc burnt dreadfully , and their frames

      are reduced to in « re ikeletons . I thall never forget the impression the scene made on my mind . I told my guide that I thought it sufficient to make any feeling man a . physical-force Chartist . I can't think how the men Jure put ap with such slavery so long . Oh ! how I wish that Lord John Finality had seen what I saw at the foundries , and that all tho&e Editors had seen it too , who sit down in their comfortable parlours to write about the comfort of the Welsh , and the enormity of their seeking to better their condition . These Editors , since the unfortunate Welsh affair , have done their utmost to misrepresent the nature of things in Wales . They h » Ye published , from ( as they would persuade us ) authentic sources , the average Wages earned , but have forgotten or neglected to give the prices of provision , and to cUte the nature of the work performed in that country .

      The Welsh work hard ; they require good food , and wear and tear much at their laborious work . In a few respecU , the Wekh are better off than the English " workies . " There is not bo much competition in Wales , nor bo much oppression on the part of the masters , from the simple fact that the latter con get but a certain class ef men to do such laborious work . But for these reasons , the . Welsh would he as bsuily off as wo are . If they be weli off , it is by haii work , and at the expence of their physical energies The Welsh are a simple people , very hospitable and attentive to strangers ; they treated me and my companion with every mark of respect . They are sincere ChartiaU , fully np to the mark . Frost u the contiau *

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      theme of their conversation , so much is he belovtd by them . They would do any thing to have him back again . The belief is general among them that Frost was a " sold man . " I am convinced , by what I heard and witnessed while in Wales , that no power on earth can suppress the feeling which exists there in his favour , and that until the Government have restored him and the other two to their families and to the land of their birth , there will be no pacifying of the

      Welsh . Notwithstanding the weather was so intensely cold , and it was a festival time , there were from •* , Out ) to 5 , 000 at the meeting In the afternoon . The people were very enthusiastic ; Beveral addressed them in Welsh , and I and Mr . Black , from Nottingham , addressed them in English . I have no time to givu you even an outline of the speeches . The weather prevented my speaking longer than about twenty minutes . After David ' John had read the address to

      the Queen , which appeared in the Slar , praying for the restoration of the exiles , Mr . Morgan Williams read a petition to Parliament , for the same purpose . The address and petition were unanimously agreed to . Three cheers were given for Frost , Williams , and Jones , three for the Charter , three each for O'Connor and Vincent , and three for the Chairman . The meeting then quietly separated , much to the mortification of the Whigs anrt Tories , who had done evciy thing to prevent its being held , and intimidate their workmen .

      The magistrates , with Guest , the member for the place , were staying at an inn near the place of meeting . They ordered the soldiers to hold themselves in readiness , lest any disturbance should take place . I was informed that this Guest sent for the soldiers stationed at a place twenty miles from Merth r . On every petty occasion are the soldiers thus called out , and thus it is that so much excitement is kept up in WaleB . f In the evening I took tea with Mr . Morgan Williams , roni whom 1 had some excellent information respecting the position of things in Wales . We held , at eight o'clock , a spirited meeting at Lewellen ' s . Several spoke in Welsh ; Mr . Morgan Williams delivered a very excellent address in English . After him I addressed the meeting , respecting the present state ot parties , our future prospeots , on the fallacies of the Corn Law League , against the repeal of the Corn Lavs , till the National Debt has been liquidated by means of an

      equitable adjustment , till the tithe system has been abolished , and taxation has been reduced . I pointed out the meaning of Corn Laws ; I proved that at one time they were necessary in order to force the worst quality of land into cultivation ; that this country ' s prosperityand nationality depended upon Corn Laws , and that it would be iujnrious to the best interests of society to repeal oven the present laws under fxistiog circumstances . I next spoke iu reference to Frost ' s case ; to the cause of revolutions , and referred to many other things whioh time will not allow me to mention . The health of myself , and Messrs . Frost and Black , was drunk upstanding . I returned thanka . Mr . Block , iu returning thanks , made a capital speech , full of energy and sympathy ; it was an honour to his heartand head . Thin meeting will long be remembered . I have forgotten to state that young Master Frost returned thanks at the great out-door meeting , for the good feeling manifested on behalf of his father . He was loudly applauded . Next day , Master Frost and I went per steamer to Cardiff . We staid there on Saturday night . On Sunday we started for Newport . I am glad to state that the Chartists of that town are hot dead . I was hospitably entertained by them . I learnt a deal while in Newport . It shall bti a subject for another letter . A meeting will be held there on New Year ' s Day , to address the Queen for the restoration of Frost , Williams , and Jones , aud tha release of all political prisoners . Hurra for the men aud women of Wales ! Hurrah for the Charter 1 I write in baste . Q . M . Bartlett .

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      PUBLIC MEETING OF THE RATE-PAYERS AT STOCKPORT . GLORIOUS TRIUMPH OF THE CHARTISTS . On Monday night , the adjourned meeting of the rate-payers of the Borough took place in the Court Room , on the subject of the contemplated improvement of Cheapside and Red Lion Corner . Tht . re was a very throng attendance , and the Corporation , or Coppock party , had beat up their numbers considerably . The Chartists , on the other hand , stung with the cheat and injustice practised upon them at the former meeting , had immensely swelled their ranks .

      The Mayor was in the chair . He opened the meeting by reading the notice convening the meeting , and informing them that if tha improvements were not then agreed upon , it would require another Act of Parliament , at a cost of between two and three hundred pounds , to compel parties to dispose of their property . Mr . Coppock was the first iu the order of debate to address the meeting , which he did at considerable length , and in similar terms as on the former occasion . He assured them that the improvements would not cost the rate-payers a single farthing . Mr . Coppock next alluded to the frequent accidents which had happened during the year at the places sought to be improved ; and brought forward a young urchin to give riva wee evidence that he was not killed , but that a certain pili veixler ( whose property would be benefitted by the Red Lion Corner « Iteration ) hud brought him to life

      again J This exhibition , for the purpose of creating an impression , occasioned much merriment . One of the Chartists said that the driver of the vehicle -which knocked the lad down ought to have been fined , uh Wakley does negligent persons in London . Mr . Coppock disavowed all interest in this matter , except that it lay in the defeat of the motion , in which case he should , in 1842 , pocket some £ 200 by procuring another Act of Parliament This was not a question ot party , of Whig , Tory , Radical , or Chartist , any one of whom may be killed at these corners—or of spite for what he ( Mr . C . ) may have formerly done—( hear)—but of improvement and public safety . If any thing of the kind happened to the po ^ r man , where must he be sent to ? |"' To Cheater Caslle . " ) To the Infirmary , when , by improving , they might avert it . Re , therefore , hoped the meeting would support the improvements .

      Mr . Haiikk hoped there would be no lll-faeling in the matter . He trusted they came with the olive branch of peace and good will . He would bear testimony of tht ) danger of tho Cheapside , his broUisr-iulaw having been killed there . He cautioned them aguinst being led awuy by tho Tories or any other party , it having been agroed at the Bomber ' s Brow meeting that , after hearing the arguments on boih sides , each person should vote according to his own feelings , and not as « hody . Mr . Kknyon said we ought to pay off tbe interest of the £ : m , ovo already borrowed under the Act of the Gas Works . Mr . Hajikk replied that the gas consumers , afid not tho rate-payers , were alone concerned in the gas question . ( Cries of " Let us have some street lamps for our rates , " and " Hear , hear . " )

      Mr . Docker enquired , if they were out of debt respecting the Gas Works , whether we should have the same Iinprovesnent Rate to pay as at present . Mr . Haheranswered in the affirmative , but if they would see and put proper men in the Council , and regulate their servants as Joe Rnyner did , by " bating" their wages , we should have fewer rates altogether . ( Hear . ) Mr . Coppock spoke in continuation of the answer to Mr . Docker , that the town was cheaper governed . Mr . Hamek . exhorted the Radicals to keep out of office like Daniel O'Conneil , in order that they might be better able to flog their i < neinies .

      Mr . Camiipell commenced by enlarging upon the necessity of improving their street * , and bye-ways ; und expressed hit satisfaction at learning that these improvements could be done without one farthing of cost to the rats-payers . He was u friend to improvement i : t all sorts ; and he appealed to the aristocracy of Steckport , the mill-owners , anA middle clajss , whether it would not be more to tbeir comfort and satisfaction to try to improve the condition of the people , rather than treating teem as aliens— ( bent)—and extend to them the rights and privileges and similar advantages as were already enjoyed by their brethren . I Loud cheers . ) The resolution before the meeting waa

      too vague—he wished it to be more definite—he desired to limit the expence of these improvements , and although it was stated that they may be ilone for £ 1 , 700 or i £ l , 80 » , yet if you give tho Council the power of contracting , they mey increase the expenee to as many thousands . ( Hear . ) They bad been told that they would have £ 2 , 600 in haad to be laid out in any way the rate-payers might determine . He would , therefore , not say £ 2 , 000 , but would propose an amendment limiting the whole cost to £ 2 , 500 . After advocating the advantages of public baths for the working people , he submitted a proposition to the above effect

      Mr . Chappell submitted that if there were really any surplus funds it ought to be applied to the lighting of streets where parties are obliged to pay for lights without having any immediate advantage from them . He would either biud them to do this , or to liquidate some of our debts . The Whfg « say that this debt of £ 30 , 1 ) 00 mutt remain against us for two or three hundred years . They thus tax our children by legislating for tbe present tense . tHeax , and shame . ) He intended to move the adjournmeut of the meeting for six months , to see the report oi the gas directors published , when the ratepayers would aleue be able to convince themselves whether there really was any truth in Mr . Coppock's statement , via ., that there was nearly £ 2 , 000 unappropriated money inthe bank . iHear , hear . ) Mr . George Oldfield , who was himself a gas director , had told the

      Aldermen at the last meeting , that ho had not been able to discover any such like profits as those spoken of by Mr . Coppock . They were gulling the people . ( Hear . ) Wait and see the directors' repor t , and convince themselves . < " We ' ve been gulled enough , " and laughter . ) The last repatt that was printed showed the bor « ugh in debt , under the Improvement Act , of £ 1 , 900 ; and if they were in that condition , how could there be a surplus ? It was bythose mis-statements that the people would bo deceived . Therefore it will be time enough to agree to the motion when the report was printed . Their boasted economy would sink the borough down in debt . It was all humbug they had been telling the meeting . ( Hear . ) H « moved the adjournment of the meeting to that day six months , and see whether we have the money to spare or not ( Great cheering . )

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      > Ir . Robert Ho&sefieldl seconded the amendment at some length , cautioning the meeting against b&vag tricked by the Town Clerk . He ( Mr . H . ) was .: es ; rooa of seeing a Court-house built , in which the working people could hold their meetings—( hear)—and where QnarUr Sessions could be held , and thus effect a saving of time and cost to those who are obliged to go down to Knutsford ; but Mr . Copp # ck knew if we had » separate Court of Quarter Sessions , neither he nor bis partner could practice here , aud thus w « uld he , for once be strictly tied to his salary . ( Loud cheering . ) He desired to see the market tolls in the bands of the Corporation ; . and likewise the Water

      Works , which would so much add to the personal con * venience and comfort of the labouring class . ( Cueen . ) At present the Town-Council were of no service bat for evil . ( Cheers . ) As for Hamer , he was surprised that he , with all his experience , should give way to Coppock , and endeavour to entice the meeting into a sort of vote of confidence in him . | Hear . and " No . " He seemed as if he was satisfied with Coppock's promise , but his opinion was , that his word was not worth the flirt of his finger . ( Cheers . ) If he only got the sanction of tbe rate-payers to these alterations , he had got a road into their pockets whether or not He eventually seconded tho amendment .

      Mr . Campbell reminded the meeting that the amendment was one of the tricks practised in th » House of Commons to def . at a motion . Mr . CH . ' . i'PELL denied the insinuation of Campbell , that there was any party at tbat meeting connected with him in the matter , tho preparatory meeting having decided that each rate-payer should votu as ho thought proper . ( Hear . ) Mr . Samuel Lee cautioned the meeting iujainsfc being deceived by Mr . Coppock . They remembered the gas question , wlit-a ho and . Alder . 'uen ( now Messrs . ) Brown and Steel , said that the old Gas Works -were only fit to be tumbled in the river—that new works could be erected for- £ 12 . 000 ; and then they " -jumped Jim Crow , " and gave £ 25 , 000 for the old works . ( Hear , and shBme . ) Mr . Coppock said he only read the statement . ( Oh , and laughter . )

      Mr . Samuel Lee observed tbat Hamer himself had staffd that there was not an honest nun in the ConnciL . The Ma you -was about to put the amendment , when Mr . James Bradshaw said he feared that Mr . C&mpbell laboured under some misapprehension upon the subject . There was not the sum of £ 2 , 000 actually in tbe Bank , unless it was voted last year , when he was in the Council , for the purpose of paying off tho debts then due and owing . A tremendous yeil of disapprobation of Mr . Coppuck ' s statement took place , and the utmost confusion proceeded . Mr . Coppock , howo ' ver , was heard to say that Mr Bradshaw had stated what was untrue . ( Cheers and hisses . ) Mr . Campbell said if it is true , I shall withdraw my support of the resolution . ( Htar , and cheering . )

      Mr . Coppock assured the meeting there was noi a word of truth in Air . B . ' s statement ( Hisses , cheers , and " Another Whig trick . ") Mr . Bradshaw was prevailed npon by tbe meeting to get upon the form , which he did , amidst a mixture of clapping of hands and hisses from the platform . AP violent attack having been made upon his veracity by the Town Clerk , he claimed tha protection of ' tha Bench . Silence having been partially obtained , he repeated Ilia former impression . In June last year , a vote of £ 4 . 5 » 0 was carried , for th « purpose of j'ayiiyf all the debts and obligations then duu from tho Borough , and only so much was grant d as would just , pay their

      debts , which wtra . calculated at the time by Mr . Winter / bottom . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Whatever may have been the wording of the resolution subsequently entered by the Town Clerk —( hear)—he welt knew what he ( Mr . B . ) voted for . ( A voice , " It ' s true , for I was there at the time . " Cheers . | Mr . Coppock had called him a liar ; . but ho could assure him that he would as soon have bis bad word aa his good one ; because- his character could receive less injury from his bad word than benefit from his good w <> rd . ( Hear . ) Since there was this dispute , he begged that the Mayor would call for the Minute Book of tha Council . ( Hear , hear . )

      Mr . Coppock promised to prove that Mr . B . ' s statements were untrue from beginning to end . ( Hisses , and cheers . ) ¦ . One of Mr . Coppock ' s clerks was then despatched for the book in question . On his return he said ha could not find it . Some person jocularly observed that it was burnt or tbrotra into the river . Mr . Councillor Nelsirap said that Mr . Bradshaw was in error . ; One of the Chartists charged Mr . N . with inconsistency , which he denied . Mr . BRADshaw was certain he was right He cared not for what Mr . Nelstrop chose to deny ; and , as for Mr . Coppock , he had just as much confidence in him as the meeting appeared to have . ( Cheers . ) He had , since coming into the roera , asked Mr . Barrington , tbe Clerk on the subject ; and ho hod accorded with hia view of the resolution .

      Mr . Barrington was then brought up by Mr Coppock ' s partner , and , after considerable confusion , managed to burk the conversation . < Mr . Bradshaw was about to put some questions to him , but he was suddenly removed . Mr . Coppock said he would publish tlie resolution of Council , and convict Mr . Bradshaw of an untruth before the public . . After the disorder hatl subsided , the question was being put to the vote , when Mr . S . Leo hinted to tha meeting that a certain Whig Town Clork went up to London to get their fellow-townsmen indicted fox treason ; aud that ho ( Lee ) would , therefore , sooner vote for the d—1 than support him . Mr . Joseph Carter observed that Mr . Coppock had stated that he would tell a lie any time to gain his point ! ( Hear . ) - Mr . Coppock—I hand that over to Mr . Bradshaw ( Cheers . )

      A show of hands-being taken , the amendment was declared to be carried by a great majority . Three cheers were then given f « r Frost , Williams , and Jones , and three groans for Mr . Coppock . The meeting separated about eleven o ' clock .

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      At Carlisle the following registrations took place : — . Richard Feargus O Connor Kenyon , sou of Margaret and Francis Kenyon . John Frost Gibbons , son of Morgaret and Thomas Gibbons . . . On Christmas Day , David Black had a child christened George Washington Hoey Black , at the Old Church , BarnsJey . On the name being given in , die man of God looked wonders ; and asked if George would not do . However , finding himself at bay by the parents , the child was christened . Ralph and Mary Ann Albison , of Stalybridge , had a ( laughter born , April 3 , 1827 , and baptized Dec . 25 , 1840 , Ann Frost Albison .

      Registered last week , in Nantwich , Joseph M'Douall Taylor , infant son of Charles Taylor , cordwainer . Thomas and Ann Roberts , of Merihyr Tydvil , had a daughter born and christened Jane Frost Vincent Roberts . Christened lately , at Monkwearmouth church , by rhe Rev . Mr . Kennicot , Thon : a 3 M'Douall Namma / je , son of Hugh and Sarah Nammage , of Monkwearmouth . Christened" lately , at Monckwearmouth church , by the Rev . Mr . Kennicot , Thomas M'Donal Rammage , son of Hugh and Sarah Rammage , of Monckwearmouth .

      Jesse and Betty Mitchell , of Gawthorp , had » daughter born the 30 th November , and christened Ruth Feargus O'Connor Mitchell .

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      On Monday , the 28 th in 6 t ., at the parish church , ( St . John ' 6 ) by the Rev . G . Elmhurst , Mr . Joseph Field , professor of music , to Ann , the second daughter of Mr . James Wilson , cloth drawer , all of Little London , in this town . On Monday last , at our parish church , Mr . John Jackson , manager , to Miss Mary Holliday , the third daughter of the late Mr . Wm . Holliday , dyer , all of this town . On Sunday last , at the parish church , Halifax , William Moorhouse , fancy weaver , aged 29 , to Sarah N » rth , a " blooming bride , " of the samo place * aged 58 . ¦

      On Christmas Day , at Almondbury , Mr . Alha Horsfall , to Emma , the second daughter of Mr Isaac Cornice , of the same place . Ou Sunday last , at the pariah church ( St . John ' s } by the Rev . F . T . Cookson , M . A ., Mr . George H » - grave , wholesale and retail grocer and tea-dealer , Ilipon , to Eliza Harriet , only daughter of the late Mr . Wm . Wilcock , of this town . On Saturday last , at Knaresbro ' , Mr . Francis Peurose , butcher , to Miss Annakin , both of thai town . , . - Sam day , at Hawnby , by the Rev . H . Lowe , M . A ., vicar , Mr . John Fairwtather , farmer , to Miss Ann Wood , eldest daughter of Mr . John Wood , farmer ,. Bilsdale . '

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      DEATHS . On the 2 ith inst ., aged 32 years , Sarah , the wiffr of Mr . George . Skilbeck , and eldest daughter of Mrs . Mann , bookseller , of this town . On the 27 th ult ., at Riohmond , Mies Margaret Wright , aged 75 . On the 23 d ult ., at Horbury , Hannah "Wilson , ia the 94 th year . Shis has been a member of the Methodist Society upwards of 70 years . Same day , at Horbury , after a long and tedioaa illness ( upwards of twelve 'months ) , Mr . George Childe , in his 25 th year . He was a member of the Loyal Foresters , and his remains ? wero interred on Sunday last , attended by all the members of that Lodge . - On Sunday last , aged 36 , Mr . Emanuel Walton , music preceptor , Upper Albion-street , Leeds , and formerly proprietor of the Music Saloon , in SooJb Parade .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 2, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct360/page/5/