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      •^* Bd toinreor-ts the min da of our English i » ^ "Sfbret&ren . -- * ow I shall read the letter for *** HtU to iavi gar&te the minds of their English Sad ^! LSfhfethren . The honourable gentleman then read ^^^ i ^^ r letter and extract from the Northern Star : fcB& Itow ** " * ,, j ^ nghcrea , March 9 th , 1841 . vwiMn —Your letter came duly to hand , and , in J ! Jvtox to informy » n that the northern Star news-^' Ljaes to me regularly every Saturday . With Ffltto the Chartists , I doubt very much if the En-T e hslf so i 3 » l ou 8 in the cause as the people in * ** ws of Loughcrea . I assure you the Irish , at least VTinr in thU neighbourhood , were quite blind-^ i « to the cause which the Chartists espoused ^ ir dren&ted the Nartbern Starzmong them , and *** Jit they bate imbibed those principles , all the S ^^ Eneland -wou ld not put them down . ^ jjpior ^ ,. Iam # Madam , ^ _^

      Yonr obedient servant , « ' BBBXARD JTDO . SALD . " -There good Chartists , is a present for you , better w , iTsrl fiBed oar paper with news of English and Si * Char tists' triumphs . There ' s new ground , and ¦ ed set in it Yes , all that every man lo-ring I * T j L nires to m&ie him a Chartist is a know-^ Trf ia equal , just , Christian , peaceful , and pure * After reading t hese extract * , the Hon . Gtntleman -iLaedto ay —There is no such town as Loughciea . £ ™ Tny person tell me where the town of Loughcr * a » Ifcsve been looking oTer the map , and I can no B fed oat the towa of Loughcre * than I can find * S ? Ctoit ism in Dublin . I want to know where tlieae 5 . Ch artism k D ^ 1131 ' _ . t tv M ise _ In Golden-lane . They meet there evary are Tery badly employed

      vTo ' Co ^ sSLL—Th * y oa thfsiobstii nigfct , and I wish we could find out where « rr ire . Tie police will soon find them , out , for those ~« Lsalvars sell one another . This letter is dated C m Inheres , «> d signtd Bernard M'Donald . I m , « eould l earn who Bernard JTDonald is , and Ifmstilso inquire who the lady in Sunderland isn » bn » it is Feargus hunself . \ Laug&ter . ) Goldun-CTbM been sp * ien of as the place where tile Qsatijy meet—it is there the Orangemen used to -ujV jHer- ! 1 Kcond T oies—Perhaps he means the Repeal meeti « r thtt « s ield yesterday in Golden-lane . y ^ ss Voice—Xo ; I mean the Chartists . They meet b Goltes-l ^ sTery Sunday night , but J do not know ' ^ 0-00 ** 21 . 1 . —You dont know the house ! Pervjts jj jj au' ^ de a bouse they meet If they do meet thai is mutt be the poorest and most miserable dis-S y"JB ae voiia . Tnere ia no honest tradesman in jjjlSa bat must know there is a great deal to be lost , Ed aoSung to be gained , by associating with such JB 3 . The foUowirg is the concluding paragraph in th * article in the Star : — " Giorious Ireland—she is rtike . At this hour of she day the Irish must be cat « tcg » rdB if they are cot a-srike . Glorious Ireksi ihfiu lwiie ! >* o more of our young , and bea-HftL « cd Tirtuous Queen , and the finest ministry that IreSjEd era saw I Humbug in Ireland is—glory be to R-jiisi thanks , eternal thanks , to virtuous Fathti

      , jc ^ t—dying of consumption . " There is the kind ot Btjelaswiih which the unfortunate English CbaitaS are fed by those men—by Feargus O'Connor and bb of that kind—and this is the system they want to tos 4 w * iato Ireland . But we "will discover -waa jeel is toldes-laae . We shall take means ttat no jober or honest man will belong to the body . ( Htar . ) Ai iySevrj , we are bound to take some steps with jepsa so it , for It ia » n aotienticated fact , that some Carists are endeaTouriBg to get together a meeting of ibe trida of Xewry , for ths purpose of establishing Qartisa there . It is my duty te warn them againit jkS t eonnexioii , and I now tell them that if they ester Mo any correspondence with the Chartists of

      Saiaad , thsy are guilty of an offence punishable With tasjporiaiian . iBear . j In the next place , they inTolTe thaaselTes in any guflt the English Chartista ^ incur . Pcrinstoce , it is a matter of public notoriety , apt ! of a psHk trial , that the Chartists of Wales attadt ' ed the tews of Newport , -with Frost * . t their head—and that Froa icd WiEams were transported for the offsnee . 5 rr , if say tti ^ ti ia Ireland were in correspondence at fis tine with the Chartisti of Wales , he would be pHij d the same treason tkat they were , and migkt be toad here for the offence committed by them , and execzec . li it not necessary for a man to be present at a ttzsrosx \ y *< n <™* m > to coBstittiie gtalt—if he correapoodl with those wko an guilty of treason , be ia an

      Mttsarj —» nd is acts of treason , all accessories are ecB&dered as guilty as the principals , and might be pu-Eis ! wJ teeoidisglj . { Mar , haz . \ I like to say little of cvself , but it was impossible for any man to read Uj » irikia in Feargnj O'Conaoi * * paper before I went to Leedi , wjfcout hating the impression made on hia s&adUtkS it tu his wish that that risit should prove disprons to me ; ud I think I am not exaggerating wba I ay that his wish was , that they should put me to de * 2 i . ( Loud cries of " hear , heat" ) I am not exagfa&g when I ay that I wish the people saw those japen , sod they would b » Ye no doubt respecting his cs ^ ec . And then he fills his paper with the most Iboctoss lie * about himself , u well && about others .

      He it a mm « ho has a newspaper to enable him to poise himself , and he does well , for nobody else will jniaekia . ( Laughter . ) He should hafe gone without poise otherwise . When the Ribbonmen were in the fcliit of frtqufectiag pnblic-iioases , and adopting the Kf alj > o be uied amongst them , and taking their « 2 a of secresy , I crer and oral again , in this rasa , anUoned them against such illegal practices , and Bid xhii some of tt&ir own companions would sooner a toa betray fh ^ -m iij -words hare come to pass : i > sr iare been betrayed , and hare been punished for fesr TidaaoD of the law . I no w caution the people ol Irsiusd sgiiiist forming any connexion with the Charfei , for the moment they are guilty of a "riolation of

      Ss \ iw they will be betrayed by them and punished , ai ibeir wretched wives and children will be left to bcwiH tLe Bfciaseholy fate they will bring upon them-* 5 re * . 'Cheers . ; I trust it is not true that there is * 7 body of Ciaatists in this country ; bat there are , 1 k » T , craflg effjrts rp ^ Vj ^ g to prerent the effect of & £ mcTtment in fsTonr of Irish manufacture . In the Sn » p ^ ate , workmen are coming from England to keep fcro ihi wages here . My object in supporting the Jab ff . SJmfcftcie moTtment is , to incresae the wages tf as openttre , aad ihoae men ate coming frw » Engfadjasi&swt ire adopting measures to enable us to aaejhdr wages . I hope , howler , that they will all Jeb bdiscottttecancing interlopers . I trust , by-and-by , ** ^ J biTft employmeat for them ; butuntil that

      , fcjpais , they ought tot to be encouraged to come over ass to ran down the -wages of our own operatives . £ **¦< The operatives of one trade in England ( the cs trade " , made s sum of £ 50 ani sent it oTar to procure * erie of the workmen to preTent the manufacture Ssrsaeit from going on in this country , and to ^ m . them to keep the business in the hands * ya English manufacturer * . ( Hear , he 3 J . ) ^ vt Eaglish labourers -vrant to get rid of Irish comg £ aa . let them assist us in getting Repeal , and then S * T ?*~ Wwurers wili come home . I come back to ^* taBn a gain . There is no danger , I am sure , of the JWW rf Qartian in Ireland , except the Protestant gj *?^ take it up on the Orangs plan . As fur the >* - » ta , they - » iy r&- Ofl adrice from eTerr Quarter .

      " « ay and clerical ; and U they h » Te been induced " jonit , We will sooQ Kparate them from the filOii-*• « Pbyskat-fece Chartism . What hare the ^^ to o 5 a ia inpport of their doctrines ? They ¦^ 7 ae for rnirersal Snfi ^ age . They say that ^ 7 person of the age ef t-wentj-one years snouid hsre tt ^ i * " my opinion . The ChartisU do not ^™ W nw in that Localise each man , and my J ^* a , sad I stated it on oath before a Committee ** House of Lordjs , that it was my opinion , that hi ^ ^ oald ^^ * Tote who wm localised . J am * e ttSni , is » eU as the Chartists . I am foi elec-^^^ K * . u well as the Cnanists . I am not for rT *! f ^ amenti , as the Chartists are . but 1 am for

      ^~* Pwliameate ; and I would not q uarrel with ** l * n sv borlt the differeoee ; and on getting Repeal Cz !~~* Triennial PaxliMnenta as the basis for gj ^ ation of the Irish Parliament ( Hear , and qS ^ , 1 am for Household Suffrage as well as the k = * te » v ^ Ofl J } r irlJere * ocrapiea a house , ^ TT b e lodgei permanently in a hoaise , I think he sUzr ? . »™ te . . Hear , hear ., So that in every g ^^* cieh the Chartists adTocate for the extension ^ fcow'J ^ P ^^ P * i * i ° accordance with mine ' ^ mT' thi * SLSS <> ci «> tion : but they go farther—V » f aiecse ° f physical force and vioknes , and ^^ posed to that . | Hear , hear . ) The Hon .

      iftw to tbe people of Kewry , cantioiiiDg them ¦ ^ wtaeeUng themselTes with Chartism . •** * : . ' ^ seconding the resolution , said he trCj T ^ STely under tie impression tbattbe death of ^^ » " the object of Feargus O'Connor , is bis ^• f ' Wdress to the ChartisU , and published in j ^^ , and . from conversation which he ( Mr . So li ^ TJ * 1 * 1 * 1 *^ trad esmen resident at Leeds , that ^ Al ^ ^ ™ S ^ S i ^ to town in the evening , It xTZ ? Stansfeld ' s house to the public dinner , icnZ ° * fi thoagot it his duty to put the Libera-M * rS . Ulto Viands , m he had done at Belfast , * 5 » t , u ltroeiot 18 rabble of the Orangemen had 1 ^ / stowered stones into O'Connell'a drawingftr

      D ^^ Cisrtism in Ireland ! We don't think ^ ^ if e aaca « amusement" from reading the fet <> rtlie Star . Nothing boi its increwing 1 * UfereeV tDd the Spread of its doctriBe 8 ' co ^ d ^ . * eTen the nation of the poisonous T * *^ . ^ iW Dan . j ^ e » re tH right . Chartism goes a-head ia W ' « i , ibr Mr . ( yConneU ' s attisfaction , we ifji ® ° » posBesao a , the letter of Bernard j ^ T ^ « Longhrea ; we put * C in the word , by ^^ Wl ? e old to ° l thiakB **** & * P ^ P * & t ^ T ^ J Ji » * rtful folly of commenting upon * 'C ™ ««* . Hour "dear Ray ? or the b ^^ er *! , " Mr . Steel , will direct bis Irish $ fel k ^ T * * * ° ° * ^ Office » he " hlU C ^ ^ WmSJ ^^ »» "i « i ^^^ » no *

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      So thea the poor Chartists are to be put dowa in Ireland by tbe police ! Shame ! O'Connell , Bhame nponjoul We throw back the li « in yonr teeth , relating to the opposition of the English trades to the success of Irish manufactners . Just one word to Mr . Steel . We believe he is a fighting man , and we offer him a bet of a tea pouad note that , if he says to O'Couaor ' s face what he has , coward-like , said behind his back , that Feargus O'Connor will know what to say to him , just as well as he knowa-what to say to those who wonld ^ all the Irish Roman Catholic Clergy nicknames .

      Since the abore was writtea , we havereeeiYed the Dublin Monitor of Tuesday ; and we perceiTe that Chartism sticks to the stoma « h of the hoary old traitor like an emetic . It is a bitter pill for him ! But he has discoTered an antidote most rich sad kindly in the * new moYe . " At his " Royal Loyal '' meeting of Tnesday . ' Mr . O'Coskell would take the opportunity froin that spot of calling upon his countrymen in England totally to avoid any connexion with the Chartists . Their ady&cacy of Repeal would tend most to impede it , and THE SUCCESS OF

      CHARTISM IN IRELAND , which was impossible , WOULD ALONE MAKE HIM ABANDON HIS PRESENT AGITATION . ( Hear , hear . ) He underttood that there was an Association about being formed , at the head of which were Me&srs . Lovett , Collins , and Cleave—three of as good men as were in the community—having for its object HOUSEHOLD SUFFRAGE and SHORTENING THK DURATION OF PA . &L 1 A . MEXT , and PSRFECTLT TJHCONNECTED WITH Fkabgus and hi 3 wild associates ; and instead of impeding reform in England , this Association might be made exceeding l y useful cndeh propkb masa ' gkmknT j and the guidance of the men whose names he mentioned . ( Hear , hear . )

      Now , then , is the cat out out of the bag ? Are the " New More " men satisfied with their distinguished and consistent patron ? and what say the people to the connection 1 1 $ g > Do the people * ee for what and for whom the " Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Four Hundred and Eighty Pounds , " are to be raised ? 11

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      Mk . O'COJWOS has requested us to apologise for his apparent neglect in not replying to many letters : tfie fact is , thai his sight has become to much tmpabed that it is painful to write ; and he has been ordered to abstain from both reading and tcriiing as mxich as possible . Wixijam Thom has sent us a sonnet , which tee are ' greatly desirous to admire , but cannot read it . Licimcs Stcjlo . — We h * ve not room ( his week . Wilua-M Pa * bt . — We never see the Staffordshire Examiner . The man who talked of the Editor

      of the Northern Star being a Tory is a foot . Tkritas . — We have no room this week . He shall hear from us by private tetter . James Jack . — We are very sorry that the advertisement of the National Petition Committee was Some nay or other mhlaid last week , instead of beinp inserted . He will see it in our present number . RiCHiBD EdwartjS thinks that " if the Charter was printed on a large sheet similar to that given with the London Diipatch when the Convention sat , and sold at a penny each , it would be of real niUiiy to the national movement . Thousands of Chartists have never read or seen the Charter , and thousands of » ur enemies knew

      nothing of it . If it was printed in this form , it would be a family document in every Chartist ' s dwelling ; all would read , and , by being suitable for placing on the wall of an apartment , or in a frame by those vht could afford it , thousands if our enemies by ignorance , would have an opportunity of reading our principles for themselves , and reflecting upon them . " We think so too ; the Charier cannot be too well circulated , or in too many forms . West Beisiol . —There is no such officer in the A otional Charter Association as Stewaid . Wilt Robert Mayou , late of Coventry and Manchester , favour Edveard Clayton , of Huddenfield , viih his addreis .

      Co-operation . —The address to the working men of the Cily of Durham ; and to the enslaved and overworked pitmen of the surrounding collieries , was received too late for notice last week . It is much too long for our columns . If the parties will send a shorter vne it shall be attended to . Chartism Caxto . v is anxious to see a Chartist penny journal in Birmingham , with a circulation of tico or three thousand a treek . A Wa > dkbi > g CHAKTJSi . —Our space is full . Bexttts . —We have not room . D . Vf . —Our space is full . w The Patriot ' s Grate . "— Declined . Wb , Lovett . —His letter was intended for insertion , but shut out for lack of room . It ihsll appear

      m our next . Eesatxts . —In our last * the address of Mr . P . Sharrocks was given " "O , Gin-s / rfef , " instead o / Gunstreet . CoSMOPOhUB — We set no good end to be ansxoered by our interference in the matters to which he alludes . W . O . Nc > £ a . to > - — Bis letter xoas not received in time io-bt annctred last week . A room may be opened in a private houes for a reading meeting on a Sunday evening , and the parties may colfect subscriptions for costs , candles , 4 "c without any license . It is perftcVy legal ) 11 s . T . B . Smith , nevx-agent , Leeds , a teetotaller , of four years standing , and a stanch Reformer for nine years ; Mr . Henry Jones , halter , Satthouselane , Hull , a teetotaller five years , and a Radical

      all his life ; Mr J . Bohnbroke , last-maker , Hull , a teetotaller four years , and a Radical nine years ; Mr . Joseph Schnlt / . tailor , Hull , a teetotaller three years , and a Radical of twenty two years standing , desire their names to the Temperance Address . J . C . ~ We thank him for the " tract" but cannot nttice it . He is not , 0 / course , surprised at being refused admission to the ticket show—that is the us ? of the " ticket . " Dosi Juan , Junior . —His poetry is a little too good for * the devu ' ,- " not good enough for the public : we have consigned it to purgatory . H . Grbes . — We cannot interfere in any squabbles . Dailt Bread . — We have received a long fetter Jrvm ' the author of this pamphlet , a member of the anti-Corn Law League . We have not room for

      its tnrertion . AJm-ExTRATAGANCB either lakes nsfor a fool , or is that , or worse than that , himself . Wiixum Beilbt will perceive that we have answered Mm clsewhe .-e . W . M'Ljeod . — We have no room for his letter . John A . Lawson . — We have not forgotten them . EDWARD Vinbb . —Thanks . Gracchus . — We have not received his Chartist Catechism , that we know of . Jakes 0 'Has . a must stand over . Bradfokd . — We do not think it expedient to comp l y with the request of a meeting extraordinary of delegates . There seems to be a good deal of personal fteling in the report sent to us for

      insertion , that we think should be repressed . Thomas Wood , Dublix—Th auks for his letter : the facts contained in it shall not be lost sight of . A . Co * sTAirr Reader of the Star recommends , for the insuring of numerous signatures to the Natitnal Petition , that every town should be provided with its own Missionary , to be called a ^ Home Missionary ; " very large ttwns and cities should be provided with two or three , as the extent of their labour might suggest . It should be the duty of these Missionaries to go from house te house , missing no rank or degree whatever , except such as they well know to be opposed to the People ' s cause . And let it be their duty to

      give a short , pointed , and emphatic description of the nature of the evils which afflict our country , and tehich tctil presently bring us all to utter ruin , if not prevented very speedily . Let them at the same time point out , and explain the People ' s Charter , as being a safe and effectual remedy for removing our present distress , and of establishing permanent prosperity . Now , let this plan be carried out as it ought to be , in every city , town , village , and hamlet in the Vnited Kingdom , and then I will venture to say that we shall have such a " national petition" as was never before presented to the British Government . Joseph Gerald Wagstafte—We have no room .

      Gsobgs Sttles writes % u that the Christian Chartist Church in Birmingham ha * received during the quarter £ " 1 13 * . 9 ^ d . Of this sum £ 8 has been given to the faaulie * of the incarcerated , exiled , and deceased Chartists ; £ 7 Is . to the delegation to Leeds ; £ 3 to the Missionary of the Church . A turn ( not calculatedJ hat been devoted to the gratuitous education of 50 youths in grammar and reading . The remainder ( with the exception of £ 18 still on hand , after clearing all expences , " ) has been devoted to the spread if " Christian Knowledge and Teetotal Chartism . " He add * : — Let us go on in the spirit oj Christian emulation ; let our motto be tn the spirit of the Spartan ' s epitaph .- ' He was noble , but Spprta had many a nobler son than he * " We very cordially respond to Mr . Style ' s stniiment

      Gbaccbes . —Yes . A Letter was sent from this office last week to Morgan William , George Town , Merthyr . If it was received , xdll thank him for an immediate anneer .

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      Whluh Russell recommends every individual to g * every Monday morning to the Post-Office with a petition directed for some member of Parliament , taking care that both ends of the petition map be open , that it may go free of ptstage ; and to continue the practice of thus petitioning individually every week until the end of the present session . II would doubtless be one mode of annoying the enemy , but to make it effective it should be universal , and perseveringly persisted in .

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      ? POLITICAL PBI 80 HERS' AND CHARTER COKTJSNTION FVND . £ S . d . PromMiinrow 0 4 0 ~ the Aberdeen Charter Association ... 1 0 0 ~ a Leeds friend 0 10 ~ a few Chartists at Bury 0 3 0 - Edinburgh , per W . Rankin 1 0 - Whitby , per Q . Wilcox 0 3 0 - the Working Men at Caird and Co ' a , Greenock l 15 10 -. the Working Men at Mr . M'Mlllajrt , carpenter , Greenock 0 14 0 ~ the working Men at Mr . Steel's , carpenter , Greenock » 0 0 -. Dackinfield 0 2 J -. Trowbridge National Charter Association , per J . Moore If „ Mr . Hipwood , near Devizes 0 10 - the O'Connor Radical Atsodatfon , meeting at the Labour and Health , Halifax 16 0 A . Z ., o / HaU 4 FOa MRS . CLAYTOK . From London , per Mr . Cleave : — R . P . 0 10 Left at the Office 0 17 Proceeds of Keesom'a lecture 0 10 0 1 8 FOB THK WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THK INCARCERATED CHARTISTS . From Mr . J . Morgan , Br ectn 0 9

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      CARLISLE . —Cumberland Easter Sessions . — These sessions took place on Tuesday last , at Coakermouth . The attendance of magistrates was numerous and the business pretty heavy . The following were the principal cases .- —Charles Brice , 21 , John Stubbs , 26 , and Jimea O'Neil , 16 , were charged with hsring feloniously stolen several pieces of printed calico from Cammcrsdale print-field , the property of Hugh M * Alpine and Co . The older prisoners pleaded guilty , and were sentenced to seren years' transportation . O'Neil was tried and acquitted . Elizabeth Milburn , aged 28 , was charged with stealing a quantity of prin # d cotton from the shop of Mr . Tyson , of Cockermouth . Not guilty . Edward Fiinn , aged 25 , was indicted for stealing a

      wooden box , containing seme mathematical instruments , &c . —Guilty . Seutenoe to six months' imprisonmeuc with bard labour . —Hugh Britton , aged 30 , was charged with having stolen one piece of fustian , the property of William Black , of Cockermouth . It appeared that the prisoner had the fustian in question in his possession previous to the robbery . The Jnry at once acquitted the prisoner . John Donelly , aged 56 , was iudicted for having in tins possession eighty-one pieces of counterfeit coin , resembling shillings , well knowing them to be base . Guilty ; twelve months' imprisonment with hard labour , six weeks' solitary confinement . —Thomas James , aged 48 , charged with having obtained , under false pretences , a piece of leather , the property

      of William Lawson , of Great Clifton . Pleaded guilty . The prisoner was also found guilty of a second charge . To be imprisoned eight calendar months , four weeks solitary confinement . —Allan Latiiner , aged 14 , William Grant , 17 , Henry Gibson , 17 , aud William Furness , 16 , charged with having entered the dwelling-house of Henry Graham , at Lo . v Durranhiil , and stealing therefrom one pair of leather shoes , a ehina pipe , one eartuenware cup and jug , his property . The prisoners all pleaded guiky . Grant to be transported for ten years ; Latiiner twelve months" imprisonment , with hard labour ; Gibson nine mouths , and Furness six months . —Michael Coulon , aged 22 , and Isabella Coulon , charged with having btolen from tho shop of

      Henry Whitely , in Scotch-street , Carlisle , six silk and worsted handkerchiefs . Six months hard labour . Michael Hain , aged 40 , charged with having Btolen one bed tick , the property of Daniel M'Mullan , fioichergate , Carlisle . Sentence , three months ' imprisonmeat with hard labour—two weeks' solitary confinement . John Huddarl , agod 40 , charged with having stolen £ 5 12 s ., the property of Joseph Maypop , of Bronghtou . Sentence , six calendar months —three weeks' solitary confinement . John M'Phearson was placed in the dock , uuder two indictments , charged wiih stealing a fustian jacket , and a quantity of oa' . meal . Sentence , six mouth ' s imprisonment—four weeks ' solitary confinemeut . This ended the criminal business .

      Anti-Cobs Law Association . —This body has published a petition for a toutl repeal of the Corn Lwvs , which is now in the course of signature . We aro not aware whether the same expensive means are being adopted forgetting signatures as was done on a former occasion ; but of oue thin ^ we are certain , that without such means the number of signatures will be very limited-BI ^ WIXNCtHAM . —Temperance Procession . —A large body of respectably dressed men and

      women belonging to the various Temperance Societies of Birmingham and its vicinity , walked in procession through the main streets of the town on Easter Monday . They were accompanied by several bands of music , in military uuiform , and made an imposing appearance . The most btriking part was a waggon decked with evergreens , in which was placed a lamb and several children in representation of shepherds and shepherdesses . Theproccs sion was closed by Beveral respectable carriages occupied by their respective owners .

      SUNDEBXtAND . Mechanics' Institute Coxcebt . —On Tuesday evening , a popular concert was givan in the Assembly Rooms , under the direction of cbe Committee of this really useful institution . The attendance was excellent , ( he terms of admission being such as to admit working men , their wives and sweethearts , and the performance was such as to show that the people have now the capacity to appreciate those splendid compositions which in times past formed one of the peculiar and exclusive

      enjoyments of the higher classes , as they are called . This iuatiiution is really entitled to be called a Mechanics' Institute ; unlike many that usurp the title , it contains in the library the most thoroughgoing poliuc&l and soctal woTkB , anu in the news rnom , the Slat , the Dundee Chronicle , Chartist Circular , Kew Moral World , &c . which in ninety-nine out of one hundred of these Mechanics' Institutes would , by middle class committees , be rigidly excluded . But the times are changing—the " day is coming . "

      BIRMINGHAM .-The People ' s Hall of Sciej . ce . —A procession was got up on E&ster Monday for the purpose of laying the foundation stone of the People ' s Hall . Several trades and friendly societies took part in the proceedings . Col . Thompson was selected to lay the stone ; ai ter which , addresses were delivered by Messrs . Collins , O'Neil , and others . A dinner was then given to the Gallant Colonel , which took place at the Goldeu Lion , Aston-street , at which about forty-five persons attended . The usual toasts and sentiments were proposed and responded to , and the company separated at eleven o ' clock .

      Elfctjoj .- op Chdechwabdsns . —A meeting was held at the Town-hall on Tuesday last , for the purpose of electing churchwardens for the ensuing year ; Mr . Alderman Weston was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . William Martin , Chartist missionary , in an energetic and eloquent manner . In the course of his speech , Mr . Martin showed np the villany of the Church establishment ; for which he was hissed by the Tories and loudly cheered by tho Chartists . The meeting was adjeurned to the following day . Temperance Tea Partt . —A numerous body of teetotallers took tea at the Town-hall on Monday eTenine . Addresses were delivered by Mr . Quifl , from Kidderminster , and other friends of the Temperance cause .

      ROCHDALE . —Order of Royal Artists . — On Easter Monday , the anniversary of one of the lodges belonging to the above order was held at the honse of Mr . James Butterworth . sign of the Tanner ' s Arms , James ' s-street , Rochdale , when upwards of fifty members , together with their wives and sweethearts , sat aown to a most excellent dinner . Tea Pabty . —A tea party took place on Good Friday , in the Athenaeum , which was got up by a number of tbe members of the Mechanics' Institute . The object was to discuss the propriety of having a polytechnic exhibition , made up of works of art . About 140 males and females took tea .

      HAWORTH . —Ancient Forestry . —On Easter Monday , the members of the Mount Ararat Court of the Ancient Order of Foresters , celebrated their tenth anniversary , is their Court Room , West Lane , Hawortb , when nearly seventy of its members sat down to a most excellent dinner , in the good old English style , consisting of roast beef and plum pudding , which was provided by a committee of management , and well cooked by their wives , which reflected oa them the highest credit , and save great satisfaction to the members . Amongst other thingB that passed at the meeting was , " That the Court Room be lent for lecturing in to all parties , whether religious , moral , scientific , political , or any other branch of usefulness . " The evening was spent in the greatest good humour tiU ten o ' clock , when supper was * nnouDced , and partaken of by nearly ail the members , after which the company broke up m decorum and sobriety .

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      COYEWTEY . —Mr . Martin will attend at Coventry on Monday next , the 19 th of April , and . * Uit other towns in due order . . ' Waterloo Town . —On Sunday next , Mr . Wall will lecture at the Bricklayers Anns , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town , 00 the funding system , to commence at Beven o ' clock . East London Democratic Assoctation . —Mr Edward Pickersgill gave notice of motion for next Sunday evening ' s discussion , on " . the beet and easiest means 0 ! obtaining the People's Charter . "

      MERTHYE TTDVIL ( GtAMOaGANSHIBEU—A dlsenssion will take place at the Working Men ' s Association Room . The question to be discussed— " What are tbe reasons that the middle classes will not join with the working elasses in their desire fbt-Befonh- ? " It is also proposed that a , short explanation of the globe , in Welsh , be given fo ? the benefit of the memfcera . Bblpbk . —Mr . Bairstow , tbe Chartist lecturer , will lecture at the following places in the ensuing week : — Holbrook , on Monday , April 19 th ; Alfreton , Tuesday , 20 th i Swanwick , Wednesday , 21 at ; Heage , Thursday , 22 nd ; Belper , Friday , 23 rd ; and Milford , Saturday , 24 th . A delegate meeting will be beld . at Belpet , on Sunday , 25 th April , at ten o ' clock in the morning , at the house of Mr . James .

      Lambeth . —A dissuasion will take place " on the merits of the new plan ef organisation , " at 54 , Wellerrow , Duke-street , Waterloo-road . Leicesteb—The 'Chartist discussion section' meets to-night ( Saturday ) , in the room at All Saints' Open . Mr . Cooper preaches in the same rooms on Sunday evening . The genera ) financial business of the society will be transacted on Monday evening . The'Chartist teetotal section' meets on Tuesday evening ; and the 'Chartist musical section' meets on Wednesday evening . Sundbrxand . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Blnns will lecture at the Life-boat House ; and , In the evening , Air . Williams la the Co-operative Hail . Durham . —Mr . Deegan mil lecture here on Monday evening , at Mr . Bradford's .

      ¦ » Sowebby—Mr . John Arran , the West-Riding Lecturer , will deliver a lecture in the Council-room , Sowerby , on Sunday week , at ten o ' clock in tbe morning , also at six o ' clock in the evening . Stroudwater . —Publio meetings are to be holden in the Chartist-room , lately the Renter ' s Chapel , at half-past six ia the evening of Saturday the 24 th inat ., to petition Parliament for the release of political prisoners , and to elect a Delegate to the Petition Convention . Mr . Vincent lectures on the 25 th . Sildsed , near Keighlet . —A public meeting is to be holden here on tbe 2 € th , to ad » pt the National Petition . Messrs . Rushton , of Halifax , and Kaowies , of Bradford , are expected to attend .

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      ^ ^ r ^^ r ^ ^^^ r ^ r ^^^ v ^^^^^^^^^^^ ™^ ~^ ^^ ^ ^ - ^ ^^ ™^ ^^ BA . LA . NCE SHEET OF THE WHITE CONDUn LONDON AND SUKREY MEETING FOR THE ELECTION Of DELEGATES TO THE CON VENTION . RECEIVED . £ . s . d . Marylebone ... ' 0 16 * 8 City of London 0 14 0 Bermondsey 0 4 0 Walworth 0 6 0 Lambeth ' 0 10 0 Globe Fields ... © 3 0 City of Westminster ... 0 5 0 Tower Hamlets 0 10 0 St . Pascras 0 11 0 Bloomsbury 0 2 0 Kensington ... 0 11 6 Wandsworth 0 10 0 Finsbury 0 6 0 Westminster 0 8 0 Received by colleotion in room 2 4 6 8 1 8 EXPENDED . £ 3 . d . Rent of Room 3 3 0 Payment of 1 G 0 posters ... 0 15 0 500 demy bills 0 12 6 Advertisment in Star , post order , &c . 0 1 10 Six Boardmen , at 2 s . Gd . ... 0 IS 0 Bill Sticker 0 5 0 5 12 4 Balance to be returned to members 2 9 4 8 1 8 Audited and found correct , H . G . Tver , ) AuditorB T . Tavlor , f -Auditors . ^_^ ^ 1 « n . i- - ¦ - - -

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      •¦ " - " - " — "" ¦ " " ^ THE WELSH VICTIMS . TO THK EDITOR OP THE NORTHEUN STAR . Sir , —I beg through the medium of the Star to inform the friends at Poutypool , Wales , that 1 have received thoir petition , signed by 3 , 18 S persons , on behalf of Frost , Williams and Jones . It oame too late for presentation , the House having adjourned . With their permission I will place it in the hands of the Petition Convention as boob as they assemble , or Otherwise as they think proper . I am . Sir , yours , &c , J . W . Parker . London , April 12 th , 1841 .

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      UNMITIGATED WHIG APATHY AND CRUELTY . " Children of the snn ! with whom revenge is virtue / TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir , —The following extract from a letter just received from Mr . Robert Peddie , will be read with painful Interest . Hia letter was delayed a few days behind the usual time , from some " scraps of poetry " which it contained , in praiae of " the people ' s cause , " something similar to the Slarselloise Hymn , not being palatable to his inspectors , which ¦ were accordingly obliterated before it was allowed to pass . I remain , respectfully , J . S . P .

      A WEEK ' S DIARY ON THE TREADHILL . " On Monday , the 22 nd of February , after dinner . I was examined by the surgeon , and reported fit for torture , and immediately put upon the wheel . My sufferings were still more intense than before , which I find to be uniformly the case , whether from increased weakness or other causes I know not That eataa night , after labour , I waa so exhausted , that after several attempts , I loft the greatest part of my porridge uutasted—bread I could eat none—passed a sleepless and painful night

      " Tuesday morning , so stiff and wearied , that it was with difficulty I got my clothes put on . At breakfast tried to eat ; but could not succeed in getting one OUHC 8 of bread swallowed . At dinner could eat nothing . My Buffering upon the mill intense . Having eat nothing ail day , and being alarmed for fear of injury to my system from want of food , forced myself to swallow some porridge , and after repeated trials succeeded . The consequence was I sickened , and passed , one of the most feverish and distressing nignta that ever human bfcing endured . " Wednesday morning , could eat nothing . At dinner the same . At night , after some hour ' s rest , managed to eat a small Joaf of bread and some milk—passed a very restless and painful night ; but slept about two hours .

      " Thursday morning , very weak . My suffering on the mill increased in intensity . At breakfast eat a few mouthaful of bread—at dinner the sight of food loathsome—sick—at supper could eat nothing—slept that night about an hour—extremely stiff and weak . " Friday , at breakfast could eat nothing . At dinner swallowed three or four spoonsful of soap , with a little bread , in the hope that my appetite was returning ; bat very unwell , and Tery weak all the afternoon . At supper the very idea of eating sickening . Passed a very restless and unhappy night " Saturday , the same . No return of appetite . Find it difficult to keep my position upon the milL Suffering very severe . Weakness increasing fut . " Sunday morning , very unwell . Eat no breakfast At dinner less exhausted . Eat a small portion of food . At supper still very unwell ; but with difficulty eat my porridge .

      " On Monday morning felt rather better from the Sunday ' s rest , < fcc . Employed , with about a dozen other persons , ia scraping the brick wails , and lbnowashing the prison , which , although confessedly ^ bard labour , yet I both eat and slept well after it , and find that I can do as much work , to the full , as any of niy fellow stoves , from which fact one of two things is cruelly evident , that either the treadmill is an instrument of punishment so barbarous as to render its US « disgraceful to a Christian country , or that my frame ia so peculiarly constituted as to reader that a torture to me which ia only bard labour to others .

      " It must be obvious to all , who may learn the fact , that my apprehension of a fatal termination being put to my life by the operation of the mill ia anything but imaginary , as it ia Impossible for any human being to survive many weeks such torture as I have above but very faintly described ; no * would it have been likely that 1 could have been able to have kept hold on the mill many days longer , a fall from which most likely would cause a fractured skull , 01 a broken limb ; and such is the suffering state of my mind and body when on the mill , that such an event has ceased to be a matter of apprehension or alarm . " Thanks to the printing press , and the rapid spread of knowledge amongst tbe masses , tbe operation of

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      the spy-system can ' , no longer' be kept secret ; our histories must one day be known , and when known cannot faiTto produce , in the publio mind a re-action unfavourable to our persecutors . Indeed , I am of opinion , that already a considerable portion of publio notice and sympathy is obtained for us and our sufferings , that , as time rolls on , will increase , and the Government itself has provided the means of all others the best adapted , of keeping the public mind once directed to out case to be agitated for years . Martin , a man of talent and persenal bravery , with others , is

      now at liberty ; and it is likely that he will exert himself to make the case of his fellow sufferers known—in a few months more Vincent ( already ) and others , all men of talent , will be £ re « d : from bondage—tbe agitation , in the common course of things , will roll on , and , I doubt not , will , like the « now-ba ! l , increase as it goes . In six or seven months O'Connor , of himself a host , and a multitude of more will be added to tbe list ; and , if God in his infinite mercy spares nw to see the expiry of this imprisonment , in two years another humble Instrument -will be added to the number . And

      thus has the Government provided for three years agitation , by the end of which I give them leave to reckon the profit , and by which time , I doubt not , every highland glen , lowland valley , hamlet , town , city , and village , in our native land , will ring with , the story of our woes and ; wrongs . , " Robert Peddie . " " Beverley Honse of Correction , 2 « th of March , 1841 . "

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      TO THE WORKING MEN OF GREAT BRITAIN Mt Friends , —During a long protracted illness through the winter , it has afforded me peculiar pleasure to read in the columns of your own Journal—the Northern Star , the records of your victories over the Household Suffrageists at Leeds , and the Leaguers in London . I have also been highly gratified at the reports of the triumphal receptions which you have given to those champions of your cause who have suffered in your service , * With respect to Martin , there Is little doubt that an action would lie against the Governor of the prison for putting him on the treadmill , and tor every hour he was confined in tho dark hole for refusing to comply with this unjust demand , as though a particular Act of Parliament gave power to the magistrates te put certain prisoners to hard labour , though not sentenced to the same ; yet it is clear the intention of the Act contemplated only such bard labour as would be of a remunerating character , which it would be incumbent on the Governor to Bhew that the labour of tbe treadmill was .

      I lejoice to learn that Carrier is at length off the treadmill . I trust , through your exertions , Peddie also will be soon delivered fiom this inhuman torture . It will be to the lasting disgrace of the present Ministry , that the future biographer of the " poet , Peddie , " will have to record that he suffered worse treatment at Beverley , under a Whig Government , than the " poet , Montgomery , " did at Sheffield , or the " poet , Leigh Hunt , " in London , from a Tory Administration . It is most gratifying to find that O'Brien is not forgotten by you , and that a fund is raising to purchase and present him with a printing press and type . This is as it should bo and is duo to him by the people , in grateful remembrance of the editor of tb . 8 Poor Man ' s Guardian . ¦

      And now , what w to be done for O'Connor ? The position which he occupies , and his unwillingness to accept anything of a pecuniary character from the people , might render it difficult to mark your sense of his bervices in an especial manner . Might not , however , a- ' fund be raised , to be called "The O'Connor Fund , " with a view to bear his expenses in getting into Parliament ? That is the place for bim ; for while he is one who would never shrink from meeting you in your popular assemblies , his presence in Parliament would quell the enemies of the people , and ia five years would , 1 nave little doubt , make the House too hot for some of the officials . Persevering in purpose , and ready in mental resources , he would know how to right the forms of the House against its votes ; and , Fabiualike , would even win the victory cunetando , by delaying all other business till the people's rights are conceded .

      Snob a fund would enable each of you to mark the high sense you have of his past services and sufferings , and would do honour to him , while it would really benefit yourselves . I am , Dear fellow-countrymen , Your faithful friend , WILLIAM VlLUERS SANKEI .

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      CHARTIST PERSECUTION IN IRELAND . TO TUX EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Liverpool , April 12 th , 1841 . Si a , —I send you for insertion a verbatim copy of a letter which 1 received last week in answer to a communication from me , from my friend and fellow labourer in the cause of democracy , and which I conceive to be my duty to make public , having his Consent to that effect , as showing , in true and not overcharged colours , the amount of assistance which we , in out endeavours , to procure tha establishment of the principles of the People ' s Charter , may calculate upon from those who , by a system of legalised robbery , have contrived to attain a step higher in society than ourselves , and a junction with whom some parties whom I would BtiU v » i 8 U to believe honest , are in a pains-taking-way thrusting upon us for our adoption .

      I can scarcely trust myself to speak on the conduct of him , who in hia capacity as a minister of God , and a pastor of that church to which I myseif , in common with my warm hearted and noble minded friend Mellon belong , has felt it to be his duty to hurl nis denunciations publicly from a spot which ia held to be God's sanctuary , and dedicated to the worship of the Most High , agaiust ens whose only crime was asserting that man stood equal with man in the presence of his Creator , as tbe common Father of the human family .

      Your readers can , I have no doubt , remember two letters which appeared in your paper last November , from Mr . Mellon , detailing the conduct pursued toward his aged mother by the shopocrats of Antrim , at whose instigation Lord Ferrard withdrew the paltry pittance of two shillings pec week , which she was in the receipt of since the death of her husband in 1828 , who was killed io Lord Ferrard ' s service in that year . And iu the Star of March the 2 » th , a correspondent offers a suggestion to the managers of the Victim Fund with regard to the propriety of placing Mrs . Mellon on the list of recipients from that fund—say the payment to her ef the two shillings weekly , of which she was bereft , in consequence of her sun ' s disinterested advocacy of democracy , a suggestion which was fully in accordance with the feelings of all who had the pleasure of knowing him . Belfast , April 4 th , 1841 .

      My dea . r Friesd , —Perhaps by the time you will have pronounced a verdict of ingratitude or neglect against me for not answering your letter before now ; the fault was not mine , as the following will show . Your letter went to Antrim as directed ; after considerable delay , whether intentional I cannot say , but I received it unsealed , and very much soiled ; and , from the Chartist labels being attached outside , I have no hesitation in saying , was read by every established tyrant from Dublin to Antrim . Aly dear Friend , —Since I lost wrote to you , I have been harassed and persecuted beyond description ; the enemies of popular rights having employed all and every means to crush me ; having succeeded ia their first attempt , and finding it far short of the accomplishment of their object , they set again to work . They prevailed upon Lord Ferrard to eject my mother

      from the house which she had occupied for twenty years , and they so arranged affuirs , that she could not procure another in Antrim , only on condition that I should leave the towa As matters stood , I chose the alternative ; and , O heaven , M'Cartney , can you believe it , I was denounce * from the altar , yea , that same altar , at which , from my childhood , I had worshipped my God . Yea , I was denounced , together with my principles , as being base and disastrous to the welfare of the state , and subversive of civil order . If the desire to see God ' s creation happy , be tinged with these qualities , then aw I the offender . If the desire to see my beloved country rescued from the vultures who feed and fatten on the misery they create ; who riot in the blood-sweat of her toll-worn sons , be a crime , then am I a criminal ; but no , I glory in my principles ; in my position as an Irishman determined to be free .

      My dear Friend ,- —Since my country struck for her liberty , in 1798 , to the present moment , never was a man more relentlessly and determinedly persecuted than I have been by the bloodsuckers of Antrim , and none , permit me to say , more respected by the intelligent of my own order . I ' ve a sigh tor thom that love me , A smile for those who hate , Whatever Bways above me , I ' ve a heart for any fate , I have at present no settled residence , having left my home two months ago—an exile , a wanderer , in the land of my birth , " my hopes and my borne . " * But all the tyrants have done , and all they can do , shall net prevent me struggling lot my liberty , and tbat of my fellow man . < ¦ ¦'¦'¦

      In embarking in our good ship the Charter , I said , that amongBt the crew I should , at least , do oue man s duty , and that I shall do , alike regardless of lordly , lay ; or clerical fntolerasoe . My respects to all the members of the Association , whilst I remain , Your Brother In the cause of the . Oppressed Against the Oppressor , Francis Mellon . To Mr . Bernard M'Cartney , 1 C , St . Jamea ' s-street , LiverpooL

      Your insertion of the above will mnch oblige one who -can with difficulty master his feelings whilst perusing a simple narration of such cold blooded atrocity . Yours , in the cause of Democracy , Bernard M'Camnet .

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      v FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Wednesday Evening , April lilh . The Petition Committee held their weekly meeting on Tuesday evening , at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Mr . Mills ia the chair . It . was moved and arid carried , " That Mr . Dancombe , Jl . P . be instructed to move in the House of Commons for the returns named in the Northern Star of Saturday last . " The Secretary ( Mr . Bails ) read the following communication , handed iu by Mr . Cleave , from Mr . Duncombe , in answer to the Memorial on bahalf of Carrier , which tbe Committee had sent him for presentation to the Marquis of Normanby : — " The Albany , April 7 . M Dear Sir ,- ^ Immediatoly after tho receipt of your Memorial I . went to ihe Home < iffice , aud said and did all I could in favour of William Carrier ; but I am sorry to find my intercession has been unavailing , as the enciosed wili prove . " I remain , yours faithfully , " Mr . John Cl « av » . " " T . S Duncombb .

      BLEPLT . Whitehall , 5 th April , ' 1841 . " Sir , — With reference to the Petition which you presented respecting the treatment of William Carrier , who is confined in tbe gaol at Salisbury , under a sentence of two years' imprisonment for sedition , I am directed to acquaint you , that the Marquis of Normanby has considered the petition , but does not think it advisable to give any directions as to the treatment of Iho prisoner in that gaol . " I am , sir , your most obedient humble servant , "S . M . Phillips . " T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . " Several petitions were received by the Committee previous to adjournment . "

      Horrible Death . —Yesterday afternoon , between five and aix o ' clock , a dreadful accident occurred to a young man named Hezekiah Gage , twenty-five years of age , in tbe employ of Messrs . Bickneli and Co ., sperm-oil manufacturers , Newinuton Bults . He was superintending a large cauldron of oil m < a boiling state , when he fell into it . His ssreamB attracted the attention of his fellow-workmen , and as soon as possibie he was extricated ; but in such * a shocking state , that they were obliged to convey him to Guy ' s Hospital in a blanket . ¥ pon being divested of his clothes , portions of his flesh came away -with it , and his whole body presented a , most dreadful spectacle . He lingered in the most excru-( , 'ia . tiuK a K ony * M midnight , when he became totally insensible to paia , and early this morning the friendly hand of death relieved bim from further suffering .

      Violent Assault . —At the Brentford Sessions * yesterday , a ' young man , named Thomas Silves : er , was brought up for re-examination on a charge of having assaulted a policeman , named Beechey , T 182 , with intent toinurder him . The prosecutor ' s head bore marks of violent beating , although the assault was committed more than a iveek ago ; and lie appeared altogether in a very weak state . He deposed that between one and two o ' clock on the morning of Tuesday , the 6 th iustant , while on du ? y at Hounslow , ho found the prisoner in the act ot robbing a garden ; and on attempting to take bim into custody , ( he prisoner assailed him with eome heavy instrument , winch rendered him insensible . When he came to his recollection , he found himself upon the ground agaiust some palings , his head and side

      being much injured , and blood Bowing profusely from a cut at the back of his bead . Assistance shortly arrived , and he was removed to a doctor ' s ; he had kept his bed ever since , and was still under the surgeon ' s care . The above evidence was corroborated by two other policemen , one of whom arrived just iu time to capture the prisoner after the deadly assault had been committed , and the other found a neckerchief and horse ' s mane-comb ia tbe garden whence the prisoner had emerged on being apprehended in the first instance . These the prisoner acknowledged to be his , though he said nothing in his defence , beyond the statement that he was intoxicated ; and he was committed forthwith to Newgate , on the . capital charge of assaulting , with intent to kill , a peace-officer in the executioH of his duty .

      Another " Lame Duck . "—Mr . James Oark , one of the official assignees of the Bankruptcy Court , upon being called upon to go through his accounts , has "bolted . " His defalcation , however , is very small ; not more than ^ £ 7 , 000 . He is not at present known to have been engaged in speculations ; and his defalcations have arisen from taking a little and a little at a time , as any temporary emergency pressed . ¦ . *• ¦' Destitution and Death . —An inquest was yesterday hcOd before-Mr . WakJey , at Marylebone workhouse , on { . he body of Elizabeth Reed , aged £ 0 , a widow , who was in expectation of coming to a great deal of property . On Tuesday ( yesterday se ' nnight ) , she called on a poor Irishwoman , named Martin , at 4 , ' Gray ' s Buildings , Duke-street ,

      Manchester-square , to whom she was known , but who had not seen her for six months previously , and asked her if she would let her stretch herself upon her bed , as she had pains iu her head and stomach The poor woman consented , and the deceased then added that she was-half famished , that for two days she had only had one potato , and several other days had gone entirely without breaking her fast Mrs . Martin gave her some tea , and bread and butter , and allowed her to stop with her alt night Iu the morning she also gave her some breakfast ia bed , shortly after which the deceased 8 &id she felt verv bad . and . immediately clasping her hands

      raised thom above her head , and screamed violently . The poor woman , conceiving her to be ia a fit , raised an alarm , when , a surgeon was sent for , who , on his arrival , pronounced life to be extinct . The body was then removed to the workhouse . On searching the clothes of the deceased , only two halfpence were found . While the poor woman was making the tea , the deceased exclaimed , " I have not one friend upon earth . " The jury , after some discussion , in the absence of further testimony , returned a verdict , " That the deceased died in a fit , which , whether produced by natural causes or otherwise , there was not sufficient evidence to prove . "

      On Fridat afternoon last , four children were sent out for a walk , when , finding tho doors of Shoreditch church open , they walked in , and witnessed the ceremony of baptism , after -which they eat themselves quietly in a pew , thinking to hear tke afternoon service , when they were surprised at the shutting of the doors , for which they immediately made , but too late to make themselves heard . Finding themselves thus secured , they betook themselves to the vestry room , where they found a , fire , and inspected the clergyman ' s wardrobe . They luJled the two youngest to sleep , giving them some stick liquorice and-some holy water , which they found in the sacred vessel that had recently been used . Thus they passed the whole of their time , not any way uncomfortable by their night'a adventure , until tfiey were liberated , about nino o ' clock the following morning , . when they were immediately accompanied homo to their anxious and inquiring parents . •

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      Explosion of Gas at the House op the Rev Hugh M \ Neile . —Some operations have recently jeen carried oa at the house of the Rev . Hugh M'Neile , in Roscommon-Btreet , with the view of draining off the stagnant water which was lodged beneath it . For some days previous to Saturday last , a very offensive odour of gas was perceived by the inmates ef the Re wend Gentleman ' s mansion On Saturday morning , an individual who

      superintended the formation of the new sewer or drain , was with hi 3 sou , examining the direction of the old sewer . They had a candle with them , and had just opened a passage from one of the vaults into the sewer , when the pent-up gas , which had accumulated in the plaoe , exploded . Both individuals were slighdy injured . The explosion blew up several large flags in a small front yard where a pump had recently stood over a well of stagnant water , and broke three or four panes of glass in tbe scullery window .- —Liver pool Paper .

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      Sib , —You will oblige me by stating , as &-proof . that the desire to have a Petition Convention ia general , that the appeal I recently made to the country districts in this part seems likely to be well answered . West Auckland has sent its share , £ l ; Bishop Auckland , . 15 s . ; Sunderiand has already raised its £ 2 ; Hiswell has sent' 4 s . - 3 d . Stockton , Chester-lo-Street , and ethe * places are now collecting , and there is no doubt that , witU the additional time now afforded , ample ftir . da will be raised I hope that the other places named la my letter will snccetefully imitate their brethren of Auckland and . Sunderland , I am , respectfully yours , j , Williams .

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      On Monday , tbe 12 th inst ., at the church of St . Michael's , Sparriergate , in York , by the R . Sutton , Mr . James Lee , of Leeds , butcher , to Anne , the second daughter of Mr . William Cobb , of Cleaven Grange , Londesbro ' , and widow of the late Mr . Albany Matterson , of Knaresbrongn . ; . ¦ " / : On Saturday last , ' at the pariah church , Otlej , by the Rev . J . Hart , vicar , the Rev . Timothy Bray-Bhaw , of Keighley , to Misa Brown , of Westgate , Otley . ; ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦

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      • . . - ; . ¦ DEATHS . .. v ; : ; " On Monday , the 12 th inst ., in St . John ' s Place , in York , after a lingering and severe illness , borne with great fortitude , Mr . John Bridgwater , shoemaker , aged 46 years . Same day , at Heslewood , the Dowager Lady Stoorton , aged 83 years .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), April 17, 1841, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct375/page/5/