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      O'CONNOR DEMONSTRATION . rp HE SHAKSPEREAN ASSOCIATION OP J . LEICESTEB CHARTISTS respectfully inform the Chartists of the Midlands , that the brave and upright Champion of the Righta of Working Men , ¦ " : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ '' ¦¦ " ' .. '• ¦ Vv . ¦¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦; : •"¦ '' . ' ¦ FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Will make a Public Entry iato Leicester , on Monday next , January 24 th . Mr . O'Connob will be escorted into the tawn , in an opbn carriage and b ' ix , "attended by members of the National Charter Association , bearing classdevices , &c , and wearing green and white favours , and by bands of mnsje . Notts

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      GEORGE BLACK , OF NOTTINGHAM . . ' , ; . ., . ' : . " . /; ¦ Jani . 15 th , ;} 842 . SIR ,--If yon wiJI have the kindness ie insert the following ini your valuable and widely circulated Journal , you will m « oh oblige the unfortunato and distressed George Black , of Nottingham . In the Nor / hern Star , a week or two agoj it was stated that I had been at Newport , and that I would be there agaia . the following Sunday j if possible . It is a truth When I say I had to put myself about 'very much to do so . But ever willingi as far as my abilities will allow , to do aft I can to advance the cause , I oame to Newport , and on Monday morning I left and went for pontypool , and at seven o ' clock oh Tuesday morniag , feeling For my parse , which I

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      SMU on sale at all the Publishers , Pricfe ^ Thbekpenck OMJ . T , THE POOB MAN'S COMPANION : A POLITieAl ALMANACK FOR 18 i 2 , QETTING forth , at one view , the enormous amount of O Taxes wrung ftoni the industry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure . Also containing tables of useful reference on almost all subject connected with general policy . ,

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      JeBX Hotee , Edward Morris , Samuel Walker Gaokrodger , William Cooke , James Wytham , Fisher aad Co , Peter Stenson , David Wilkinson , T . Hanson , Nottingham ; H Byrne and Co ., Newcastle ; W . Willis , Jan ., Ruffy Eidley , and William Whrfcehouse are referred to an article elsewhere , headed " Wats xst > Mxaks , " from which they will perceive that their respective ^ communications icili be inserted on our receiving the advertisement duty . Of course , those of them icho have omitted- to say what check they propose , whereby the Executive and the public shall know that their

      premises are realised , must wrtte again making that correctionior their \ advertisementsjviU not be inserted without the fall charge . Psteb Rigbt . —His present mode _ of writing is not $ o bad as if written on both sides ; but the com ' positors would like it stUl better if the half-sheet of letter paper teas folded in two , and then only mitten on one side . Ax om-A > T > -0 ET Chaktist . — nenave no room . ft " W l > srm . —Thanks for his note . Go on , 3 Tis Just the way . The tables by all means . tjbtdpobt Ch ^ etists . —Members are admitted into the Bridport Association at twtn ' y-one . Apply for nzrds to Mr . Campbell , 11 , Adderley-street , Shaw ' s

      Brow , Manchester , Their list of Council is omitted because the residences of the members are not given . " Will Mrs . Zephaniah Williams and William Jenes , the Whiz-made widows , or any of their friends favovr , as soon as possible , Edward Clayton , West Parade , Hudder ^ fidd , with their respective addresses ?

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      „ ^ JOBS Gimblett , BIRMINGHAM , does not give his residence : we cannot do anything without U . LA . 3 . B . T Tool , the Xeswick . Chartist . Dr . M'I > ouaU ' s address is 1 , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street , London . J . J ) . Leggetx . —Ko letter enclosing 10 s for Mrs . Frost , from Landpart , Portsea , has reached this office : it would have been noticed if it had . t J . B . Mexry . — The parcel he esquires about was sen per Mr . Cleaves pared on January 21 .. WnxLiM Liddle . —Yes . FOB THE WIVES A > "D FAMIilES OP THE IXCASCEKATED CHARTISTS . £ . S . d . From Mi . Merry , Woolwich ... 0 1 3 FOR THE EXECUTIVE . From J . B . M ., Mill Town , Sheerness ... ... 0 2 6 JOB XBS . FBO 5 T—THE " 1 THIG-XAD 5 "WIDOW . " From the Chartists of Preston ., per J . Halton 0 10 0 From J . L . Hosa ... 0 11 ^ id . * From the Chartists at Be&ding , per Q . W . Wheeler , 2 0 From I . J ., Beading ... ... 1 0

      0-3 From Islington , per Gr . West —A Friend 2 6 Son of ditto ... ... 1 0 From a few Wedeyan Chsrtkta ... 3 6 0 7 0

      JOB THE 0 * BRIE 5 S PBBSS FUXD . From theChartastAsssociatioiL , Glasgow , per E . Stallwood , HammErsnith ... 0 5 6 POS 3 CRS . JQXES AX 3 > MBS . ZIPHA > 'IAH "WTLLJAXS . From the Woodhe ^ Be Chsnists , per Benjamin Appleyard ... ... 0 3 0

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      SJiip . CapL Register . Burthen . To saiL Tons . Tons . INDEPENDENCE , E . Lye , 490 1200 25 th Jan . EEWYORK T . B . Cropper . lOOO 1600 7 th Feb . rriHESE Two Splendid and Past Sailing Ships J . are of the regular Line of Packet Ships , and ¦ will Sail punctually on their appointed days . The Accommodations onB ^ ard , for Steerage and Second Cabin Passengers , are Tery superior . Apply to C . GRIMSHAW & Co . No . 10 , Goree Piazzas .

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      GXiASGO W . —The Corn Law ferce long talked of by the Whigs , is now passed , and a sorrowful exhibiton it has been . It began in Edinburgh by a meeting of clergymen and other delegates sent by whosoever choose to pay their expences , and so guarded were those champions of the poor man ' s interest , least any of these for whom so much sympathy is expressed by those—in the words of the immortal Paine— " cowards , knaves , or fools ; " that they made the admission to the public by ticket , price five shillings , and very politely marked on the ticket , " the purchaser of thi 3 ticket ia not to take any part in the proceedings f and to ensure this being carried into effect , about twenty policemen were in readiness to seize any one who might have

      the temerity to offend against the rules , those mles being specially framed to prevent the Chartist 3 from attending the meeting ; thi 3 I have from one of the deputies who was present , but not a Whig . The first meeting of the humanity-mongers took place hsre on Friday , the 14 th , at noon , in the Tradea-haB , a fitting place to hold a meeting calculated to compell the Tamworth Boronet to repeal the Corn Laws , or give up Downing-street . This hall is capable of holding 800 or 900 . I counted the meeting , there were no more than 300 present , more than one-half of which were working men ( Chartists ) who attended partly from curiosity , aye , to watch these professors of justice . The whole three hours spent in hearing reports , from what they called deputies , was a

      miserable exhibition , a repetition of a tale a thousand times told , the miseries endured by the working £ &se 3 ; with one exception , not one of the speakers referred to'the cause of all these evils . The delegate from Aberdeen , forms * oi 3 single exception . In the Tary outset of his remarks , he denounced all monopolies , and in particular the monopoly of legislation . Tth was loudly responded to by the meeting ; the worthy Chairman did not find room here to interfere . After going over various tables , shewing the rise sad prospect of the trade of Aberdeen , the speaker Rierredto the great increase of pauperism in the Parish of Si . Nicholas , Aberdeen ; which he said i 3 caused by the poor being driven from the cocntry into the tjwn , and that chiefly

      OKmg to the working of the Rural Police . A ; the mention of the " rurals , " the great body of & ° se present cheered the speaker , on which the Chairman politely told him his ten minutes was up . ine speaker retired amidst loud crie 3 of " Go on . " A rale was laid down by their Committee that each oepaiy Ehoald be allowed ten minutes to give his report ; some of them spoke for twenty-five minutes w near half an hour , bat not in a single instance aid ice Chairman interfere , the above case exempted . -Cflis shews how the wind blows ; anything but expose the Waigs , or give the people their naiural E&flts . The people laughed at their mockery , and Pasi for another opportunity of telling them they We mere jugglers . The meeting was aajonraed at

      "ueeo'doek till twelve on Saturday . ' A . banquet fas held in the City Hall on Friday night , and if ^ e can judge from appearances , those who attended ° a Friday night were made to pay for the creatures * ao were treated to free tickets to the soiree on oa&rday evening . Every effort has been made » ttake both evenings bumpers , particularly Satura a , which wa 3 to be chiefly composed of working ^^ tt . Finding that class was not responding to the «* 3 of " cheap bread , " the ticket 3 were sent to all mksb works where tools could be had to do the ^ isiers diriy work , and the tickets pressed for ** k , or ra : hfcr presented ; for whenever the workers Qeciiaed baying on the score of inconvenience , they r ^ ekffidly ' told , * Just take them , and you can pay w -lhem at vonr own convenience . " Such is the

      ™* te of getting ap national demonstrations by the " tegs of Glasgow , and I believe throughout the ^ gdom . The adjourned meeting , to hear reports JWQ deputies , took place on Saturday at noon , Mr . waaame , of Lancefi eld , in the chair . After hearing ^ e r&i delegates , Mr . Joseph Sturge , of Biming-^ jjrlto was on the platform , rose by request _ of We Chairman , and spoke for a few minutes , shewing « ae 8 s . fixed dnty to be < f § rse than th * : sliding ^ ale . After ome good hifiP ^ t the Whigs , he Eaid * eel s majority was not the only opposition to the People ' s interest . There was a large faction ^ ong the party on the o : hei side of the House * 3 -much opposed to the people as even the -Longs irere . The Whig Comnr . ttce could stand "UB . no longer . Sinrge was reminded by the Chairman that it was through mere courtesy he was uowed

      * to speakr-that he hoped Mr . Sturge would ^ fins his remra » to the object of the meeting , and as would be allowed fire or t-en minutes to close his £ pffiarks . Sturge expressed his regret at the short cffie allowed . He spoke for five or eight minutes « ter he had been interrupted . He spoke in all **» ut fifteen minutes . He then retired from the ttiu evidently much disappointed- I felt much gmificQ at the treatment he met with at the hands £ oar Glasgow Whigs . Had Mr . S . bten a little "lore detided -with , the Whigs , the worthy Chairgan-smuld have been taught that Sturge was in the « ffids of the meeting , and not in that of the Com-° uttee . Teg meeLing closed at three o ' clock—the * hies never daring io step a single jot beyond the ^ atisacal reports of the deputies . About three « ffiared were present , two thirds of whom wera composed of working men , the greater pari of whom

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      sat m solemn silence both days , and retired on Saturday much disappointed at not haviug an opportunity of teaching those mock philanthropists , that the Charter is the only cure for all oar grievances The people here thought the Whig bubble below contempt ; and , with the exception of the small number I have mentioned , did not pay the least attention to the farce ; consequently , those who did attend , did so merely to see what they knew the organs of the faction would represent as a great and influential meeting . I have only to add that the party ( League ) has lowered themselves fifty degrees by their wretched exhibition . The soiree on Saturday evening , notwithstanding the efforts made , was a total failure . The Argus says L 600 wera oresent .

      Let it beso . l tell Mr . Argus there were only from _ three to four huDdred of these working men . So much for the great and influential meetings , banquets , and soirees , with free tickets , of our League here ! Mr . Sturge is said to be endeavouring to get up an Association among the middle classes here .. He says some of the Chartist leaders must be got rid of . I am much mistaken if the people here will meet Sturge or any other party with any new fangled propoaifon ; and , as to getting rid of leaders we have had sufiiciency of that doctrine . They would like to get Sampson deprived of his hair , and then put out his eyes . Let the people be deprived of those friends , who are resolved to

      abandon the people only in death , and the Whigs flatter themselves the people will become an easy prey in their hands . Let Mr . S . try his influence among the aristocracy . The people know their duty equally as well as Mr . S . ; and not even the fortune of Mr . Joseph Sturge will blind the people of this part of the country . We are not to be told by the Whigs who is to return oar confidence , and who is not . Wi-fhave had sufiiciency of aristocratic leadership ; we are determined to lead ourselves . Talent and virtue will . have its influence , and Mr . Sturge will learn that when ( if ever ) he meets ns in public , I believe he is a very benevolent man , but he is not to come and tell us who to *• get quit" of . — Correspondent .

      ABESPEBK . —State op the Poor . —With regard to the destitution which now pervades the great body of the working classes throughout the empire , Aberdeen has its share of the general wretchednesss , and Ehares the miseries endured by othtr towns . There are about 500 men out of employ ment , with 750 persons dependant on them for support ; upwards of 200 females , with aged parents , depending on their pittance . About two weeks ago , Lord Kiutare . gave the handsome sum of £ 300 to distribute among the unemployed . It was given to our Whig Provost to dole out among those requiring relief ; but that worthy dignitary thinking it might be better appropriated in making railroads and breaking stones , has set the poor fellows to work at those public works , giving per week to married men

      no matter how many or how weak his family , the sum of Is . 8 d . in money , ten stones of coals , and one stone of meal ; to unmarried , the . sum of Is . 4 d . and the same quantity ef meal and coals . And even after star ding the biting blast and the nipping frost working , it is called charity . Those labourers who are constantly employed , and they are few , receive curing winter , 93 . on an average , deducting inclement weather , this to a man , his wife , and one , two , or three children , is barely sufficient to support existence : at the present high price of victuals , none of them ever tastes a bit of animal food during the year ; potatoes and herrings and porridge are the common diet . How wretched then must be the condition , of those who toil for an equivalant of five shillings , and do net receive that in money . The meal too is a penny per stone dearer than the market

      price . - USEDS . —Child Lost . —A poor woman came to our office on Thursday morning , of the name of Bridget Wallis , who states that abont twenty weeks ago & boy of hers , named James "Wallis , aged ten years , left his home , and she has never been able to hear of him since , although she has travelled all the neighbourhood for thirty miles round , and in consequence of which she is in great distress of mind . The boy is a fine chubby lad , with light hair and

      grey eyes . He had on when he left home—narrow cord trouserB , * _ ahd brown cloth jacket , a good deal decayed : he was barefooted * He has a mark under his right eye , which he received by a fall when learning to walk , and by which he may be easily known . The mother is a widow , and very poor : she thinks it is likely that he may have gone off , or been tak ^ n np by a party cf beggars . Any information sent to this office will be " thankfully received , and handed to the afflicted parent .

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      TO THE CHARTISTS OF YORKSHIRE . Bkotheb . Democrats , —You are aware that for many weeks past my name has stood in ths list of nominations to represent your county in the forthcoming Convention . I -write this to annsuEce my withdrawal from the election , for the following reasons ;—With every desire to serve my country , I have no factious ambition to fill tee post which an abler man might be found to occupy . At the time I was put in nomination by the men of Deis-sbury , I told my friends tbst if elected to represent them , I would , no matter tee labonr or the hazard , do my utmost to serve them

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      bnt , it others could be found more fitted than myself for the office , I would cheerfully make to / tor them , rejoicing that Yorkshire had abler men than myself to represent her in the People's Parliament Sines that time a number of persons have been nominated , and ameng them aw patriots whom I highly esteem for theix sterling honesty and unpurchaseable worth . I deem it of great importance that r * many as possible of our talented and pro red-honest leaders should sit in the next Convention , and sorry should I be to stand in the way of a single vote \ : ing given for such men as Pitkethly , Binns , West , and others who stand on the list ; as such , I have determined to withdraw , heping that in my own locality I may be in the future , aa I flatter myself I have been in the past , of some little Bervice to the cause .

      I most return my thanks , which I do most heartily , to the gallent men of Dewsbury , for the honour they did me in putting me in nomination . I assure them I feel deeply their kindness , the more especially as to have the confidence of such men—men who never betrayed the cause—men always in the van of the movement—is indeed to be honoured ! To my friends of Sheffield who have rtood by me , despite the roar of faction , and the machinations of my enemies , I tender my Bincere tbankB ; as I do to the men of Hebden Bridge , and other places where I have been nominated .

      Let it not be supposed that I fear the toil , or shrink from the danger of a seat in the Convention ; my past career will testify that I heed not toil when duty calls . As to danger , I confess I do not see any immediate pro « p » ct of that ; if I saw more of danger than 1 do see at the present moment , I should be the more eager to serve the people , for . in proportion to the threatened danger would be my hopes of a speedy reckoning between the oppressed and the oppressor . I am , brother Democrats , Faithfully and devotedly yours , Geobgb Julian Habnet . Sheffield , Jan . 19 th , 1842 . fe

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      CARLISLE . PUBLIC MEETING TO * PETITION PARLIAMENT ON THE GKEAT DISTRESS WHICH AT PRESENT EXISTS . On Monday last , a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , G . G . Motmsey , Esquire , Mayor , in the chair . He opened the business of the meeting by reading the requisition , and stated that there was now no doubt that very great distress existed at present . He congratulated the people on their right of petitioning Parliament ; and he hoped , so long as they made a proper use of that privilege , they would still retain it He trusted they would hear the various speakers with patience and forbearance , and discuss any subjects tha t might come before them , in a temperate manner .

      Mr . Railton , solicitor , then came forward and in a neat and appropriate speech , moved the following resolution , and also the adoption of the Petition , which had been prepared by the Committee , which were seconded by Mr . Stephens , and carried unanimously : — 1 st " Seeing the great amount of misery and desti tution , which at present prevail among the working portion of society in this town and neighbourhood , this meeting is of opinion that it is highly necessa ry to lay the same before Parliament , calling for inquiry , with a view to apply , during the present Session , a prompt and effectual remedy , and that a petition be adopted by the meeting for this purpose . " Mr . J . B . Hanson moved , and Mr . Halstead seconded , the following resolution , which was unani mously carried : —

      " That the Members of Parliament for this borough , P . H . Howard , Esq . and William Marshall , Esq ., be respectfully requested to present the petition to Parliament ; and that H . A . Aglionby , Esq ., M . P . for Cockermouth , be kindly requested to support its prayer . " Mr . Aglionby , who was present , came forward and stated that the forms of the House would not allow him to support the petition , except a motion was made on the subject He then went on to regret the great distress that existed at present amongst the working classes , and trusted that some efficient remedy would be applied : at the Eame time , he had not great hopes of Parliament being able to effect much under present

      circumstances . Georse H . Head , Esq ., banker , then came forward , and spofcb in very feeling terms as to the appalling amount of misery that existed , yet it was what he was fully acquainted with . He attributed a great portion of the distress to over production , which bad been caused by too great an amount of money being placed in the hands of those who bad not made a proper use of I t This opinion , advanced by Mr . Head , brought out Mr . Ross , draper , who in a very animated manner repudiated the doctrine propounded by Mr . Head . He then went into numerous speculative notions of his own on the subject , and finally appealed to the people—to oppose Sir R . Peel and the present Government—if they did not bring forward measures to improve the condition of the people .

      Mr . H BowsiaK then moved a vots of thanks to G . G . Mounsey , Esq , Mayor , for the prompt and courteous manner he had received the deputation that had waited upon him , which , being seconded by Mr . James Arthur , was carried with three hearty cheers . A vote of tnankB was then passed to Messrs . Aglionby , Head , and Ross , for the part they had taken in the present meeting . The above ia scarcely an outline of the proceedings , which lasted upwards of three hours , amidst the most intense anxiety oa the part of the meeting , which was very numerous . Various remedies were propounded by the different speakers , such as the adoption of the People ' s Charter , locating the poor on the waste lands by a system of home colonization , increasing the productive powers of the country by a repeal of the Corn Laws , and other

      measures . Mr . Agliokbi facetiously replied that there had been several Doctors propoundiug remedies , all of whom differed so , that he was afraid they would find it a very difficult teak to agree in the legislature , however , he would do all in his power to improve the condition of the peopla He was friendly to a reduction of the expenditure at all times , and he thought that means should be adopted to increase the powers of production . He then explained his views on machinery and other subjects , when the meeting quietly dispersed .

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      INQUEST ON A PAUPER—EXTRAORDINARY PROCEEDINGS . On Friday last , an inquest was held before Mr , Wnkley , in the board-roc > m of the Hendon Union Workhouse , on view of the body of John Catlin , upwards of eighty years of age , an inmate of that workhouse . The death , it appears , took place suddenly , and under circumstances which induced the relatives to apply to the coroner for an inquiry , the body being found by the Eons of the deceased at the workhouse in a state of the most perfect emaciation , with a

      superficial wound on the forehead , and a bruise on the arm . The Coronor having also received notice of the death from the constable of Hendon , sent an order to Mr . Foote , surgeon , of Edgjvare , to make a post mortem examination of the body , and issued his warrant for the summoning a jury to meet at the workhouse , which was done ; and oar reporter has learned that the following circumstances occurred to the coroner on his arrival at the gates of that building , at twelve o'clock on Friday , to hold the inquest : —

      In the high road , when about to alight from his carriage , Mr . Wakley found ilr . Tootell , the solicitor , of Edgware , and clerk to the Board of Guardians of the Hendon Union , waiting in his gig , to announce to him that he must proceed to an inn on the London Road , some distance from the Workhouse , to hold the inquiry , as the Jury had been directed that morning to assemble there instead of at the Workhouse , and that the coroner would there alsoiind the constable . The Coroner expressed his astonishment at this proceeding , and inquired the cause . Mr . TooteU replied , that the Guardians refused to allow any more inquests to be held in the Workhouse . The Coroner asked Mr . TooteU if that bad been done by iiis advice ? Mr . TooteU begged not to be pressed to answer that question . ..-. ¦ ¦ .

      The Coroner said that surely Mr . TooteU , as a lawyer , must be aware the Coroner was bound to hold his inquest super visum corporis , and that be could enforce his power of entering ' any place where the body might lie , in order to fuifii tho demands of the law . Mr . TooteU replied that that might be quite true , as regarded the Coroner and Jury being admitted to seethe body , bui that they must then immediately depart and hold the inquest somewhere else . Such were the directions of the Board of Guardians , and any attempt on the part of the Coroner to enter the building , there tdwftld the inquest , would be resisted , and the doors barred against him . But perhaps ( he added ) the Coroner would not hold the inquest at all , if he previously eaw Mr . Foote , and heard what he had found on opening the body .

      The Coroner again expressed his amazement at what he had heard . Not a syllable of this proceeding , on the part of the Guardians , had been communicated to him before , and he was first destined to hear of it in a parley in the high road . Putting aside all other considerations , the rery want of courtesy to him was remarkable . He should be extremely sorry to resort to force , but he was determined that the power of his office and the interests of the poor should not suffer in his person , and that if the entry of the Coroner and the Jury were opposed , he should at once call in the aid of the police , and , with the assistance of a sledge-hammer from Edgware , he doubted not he should speedily obtain the required admission . Mr . TooteU , apparent ' y much surprised , eaid , —Assuredly you will not resort to violent means ! The Coroner , — "Upon my honour I will . Mr . TooteU , —No , no ; certainly you don't mean that .

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      The Coroner , —Upon my honour I will . You Bee , Mr . Tootell , if the Guardians have the power to enforce euch a resolution as yon say they have passed , they might be enabled to conceal the body of a person who had been murdered from the view of an inquest jury , and thus reduce the office of coroner to a complete nuUity . Nothing shall prevent me from holding the inquest in the workhouse . The coroner then alighted from his carriage , and having requested Mr . Mills , his secretary , to proceed to the inn and obtain the immediate attendance of the jury at the -workhouse * ; went through the gates to the front door , whew he was admitted . Two of the jurymen had at that ^ juncture just

      arrived at the workhouse , and pointed out to the porter that they had been summoned for that place by direction of the cproner v and complained with much vexation at their being expected to go on such a day , or at any other time , from a buildiDg that belonged to the rate-payera to a distant house , when the body was in the workhouse . In a short time sixteen jurymen were in attendance in the hall , the remainder having arrived from the inn with the constable , who placed now for the first time before the coroner the copy of the resolution of the board of Guardians , whiohhad been given the constable on the previous evening , with an order from the Guardiaus that he should alter his summonses to the jurymen , and assemble them at the inn , imtead of at the workhouse . ¦;;¦

      The jury , one and all , expressed their gratification at the intention of the coroner , and agreed that they had never heard of a more scandalous proceeding than the attempt to exclude them , from their own building on suoh an occasion . ' Mr . Tootell here sent for the Rev . Mr . Mutter , one of the guardians , on whose arrival the party were still remaining in the hall and lodge below . The Coroner , addressing Mr . Mutter , pointed out to the reverend gentleman the extraordinary posU tion in whioh he had been placed , and concluded by saying to him , " I have now obtained admission into the premise ? , and here I shall remain to hold my inquest , and if you or your officers cannot find a suitable place for the jury to assemble in , I will see what I can do myself . "

      No steps being taken to find such a room , the coroner left the hall , followed by the jury , and pro-. oeeded upstairs to the door of the board-room , which he found looked . The Rev ; Mr . Matter having also followed him , wished to know whether he was quite resolved to find a room on the premises for the inquest , and on the coroner once more repeating that he certainly was , the key of the board-room was produced , and the coroner and jury admitted . The Coroner then asked if any of those who had received summonses to attend as jurymen were connected with the union , as persons m any way depending on the pleasure of the guardian 1 ) or as officers of the parish ! Three proved themselves , by

      acknowledgment , to be so circumstanced . One of the overseers , the maker of coffins for the paupers , and the baker . The Coroner said that it would be better , therefore ; that they should sit apart , and then the remaining thirteen were sworn in the usual manner , and proceeded to view the body , which was a perfect Bkeleton , and looked starred . A long discussion took place as to what occurred on a former occasion , and the inquiry was proceeded with , but presented no features of public interest .. ' - ¦ ¦ '• .- '¦ - ' : .. ¦ - : -: ¦ ¦ ¦ ' : . '" ¦¦¦ . ' . , '' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' The Jury returned a verdict that" John Catiin died from effuBion of serum on the brain , produced by a natural cause . ' * ¦

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE- GENERAL COUNCIL . CITY OF LONDON . Mr . Joseph Matthews , 8 , Robin-hood-court , Shoelane . ' ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ -. ¦ : . ¦ '' .. ¦ . : ' ' . ' ¦ " ' ; : Mr . John Matthews , 20 , Poppin'fc-oourt , Fleetstreet . . ¦ . ; ¦ - . ¦' .. ' " : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• . ' ; ¦ - ' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ' : . ¦ . ' Mr . Henry Sumner , 7 , Chapel-street , Milton-street . Mr . John Wisedall , 21 , Cow-cross-Btreet , Smiihfield . Mr . John Gonlding , 8 , Broadway , Ludgate-hill . Mr . George Wyatt , 18 , Water-lane , Fleet-street , sub . Treasurer . Mr . Theophilus Salmon , 15 , Harp-alley , Farringdon-street , sub-Secretary .

      eptford . Mr . Wm . Heywood , Greenwich . Mr . Stephen Smith , do . Mr . Thomas Paris , do . Mr , James Bos well , Deptford . Mr . James Mizen , do . : Mr . Wm . Slade Delegate to Surrey Council , do . Mr . Joseph Morgan , Butcher-row , Deptford , Bub-Treasurer . Mr . James Wiltshire , 3 , Orchard-hill , Greenwich , sub-Secretary .

      NOTTINGHAM . Mr . Joshua Carrington , Banoliffe-street . Mr . John Goodson , Castle-street . Mr . John Wall , Currant-street . Mr . George Pickering , Union-street . Mr . Thomas Smith , Carrington-street , sub-Trea surer . Mr . John S ^ errett , Currant-street , sub-Secre tary .

      DEMOCRATIC CHAPEL . Mr . John Brammer , Kidd-street . Mr . Wm . Cropper , Snenton Elements . Mr . John Wright , Baker ' s-yard , Wood-street . Mr . Henry Shaw , Pipe-atreet . Mr . Joseph Leggitt , Mill-stone-lane . Mr . Cornelius Fawkes , Pierpoint-street . Mr . Job Atterbury , York- street . Mr . Nathan Longmire , Shakespear Alley . Mr . Wm . Russell , Brewery-atreet , ( C . S . ) Mr . James Sweet , Goosegate , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Tliooaaa Stanford , Bromley-street , sub-Secre tary .

      WADEBR 1 DGE , Mr . Henry Buchanan , painter . Mr . Samuel Collins , mason . Mr . Thomas Ham , saddler . Mr . Richard Veall , cordwainer , sub-Treasurer Mr . John Blake , cordwainer , sub-Secretary .

      MANSFIELD . Mr . Mark Learesly , framework-knitter , Wood street . . Mr . John Hamilton , framework-knitter , Meeting house-lane . Mr . James Gilbert , framework-knitter , Little worth . Mr . James Tattcraall , needle-maker , StockweU gate . ¦ '¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ :.. ¦ Mr . William Hibbard , Stockwell-gate . Mr . John Adams , carter , Bull's-head-lane , sub Treasurer . i Mr . Thomas Gilbert Hibbard , news-agent , Cross Key ' s-yard , sub-Secretary . ROTTON . Mr . William Bardsley , overlooker , Downing street . . Mr . Isaao Hoyle , engineer , Police-square . Mr . John Jackson , piecer , Royton-Jane . Mr . Thomas Ogden , spinner , Chapel-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . William B ^ oth , spinner , Chapel-lane , sub Secretary . STOCKPORT YOUTH ' S . . Mr . William Bradburn , Duokinfield-plaoe . Mr . George Devoiiport , Old Gardens . Mr . Wright Royle , Barn-street , Portwood . Mr . Peter Taylor , Cross-street , Hillgate . Mr . Andrew M'Manj Haward-8 treet . Mr . Thomas Hunter , Rock-row . Mr . Michael RusseU , Low-street . Mr . Aaron Bentley , Ki&g-street , Portwood * sub-Treasurer . . v Mr . Matthew Depledge , Qaeon-sireet West , sub-Secretary . ; :

      DURHAM . Mr . Wm . Liddle , tailor , Gile ' s-gate . Mr . Benjamin Hill , labourer , Fr » mwellgate . Mr . John Longstaff , bread-baker , Framwellgate . Mr . Wm . Craig , shoemaker , Millburngate . Mr . John Dreghora , carpet-weaver , Crossgate . Mr . John Watson , cartwright , Churoh-street , siib Treasurer . ¦ - . '¦ . . ' . ¦•' ¦ : ';' ; -v ¦ . ¦ . ' : O \ - ' \ Mr . Thomas Clark , currier , Framwellgate , sub Secretary .

      LEICESTER . Mr . Themaa Raynor Smart , Red-cross-street . Mr . John Bowman , Pasture-lane . Mr . Thomas Cooke , Duke-street . ' Mr . Jabez Weston , Abbey-gate . Mr . Thomas Sootton , London-road . Mr . Wm . Hartopp , Fleet'Sreet , Mr . George Wray , Sarah-street . Mr . John OlderBhaw , South ChuTehgate . Mr . Jonathan Jephcott , Grafton-street . Mr . Henry Green , Charles-street . ; Mr . Joseph Mansfield , Thames-street . Mr . William Bareby , Junior-street , eub-Ttea < surer . : • . ' . ; - ' ¦ - . . _ ¦ , '¦ : ' ' -, ' / " . : ' - ¦ . 'V- ¦ ' Mr . John Markham , Belgrave-gate , Bub-Seore ; tary . - : ~ : . ¦ : ' ¦¦ - .. " , ¦ ¦' ¦ : " ¦ ' ; . : " ¦ . ¦ .. ¦; ' WBDNESBURYv ';•• Mr . Benjamin Danks , Union-street , whitesmith . Mr . Titus Longmore , King ' s-hil ! -field , Mr . Wm . Longmore , KinR ' s-hilUfield . Mr . Thomas Baker , Church-street , cordwainer . Mr . Willyuri Thomlinson , King ' s-hill-field , lock filer . . ¦¦ - - ¦¦ . -: ¦ ¦ - '¦ ¦¦ " - v v , .. ¦ - ., - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ •' .. - , ¦ :: ¦• :, ..- ¦ Mr . William Robinson , Church-hill , cordwainer . Mr . William Fairbarn , High-street , hair-dresser Mr . George Alfred Browning , Toll Eud , o&rd wainer . ' Mr . James Finch , Toll Eud , cordwainer . Mr . Daniel Hodgetts , Old-meeting-street , Look filer , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Michael Curti 3 , Bedlam , cordwainer , sub ' Secretary .

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      -- ¦ - - ^^ r" DOINGS OF THE PLAGUE . Mr . Editor , —It may not be amiss , in the absence of more important matter , to give your numerous readers another instance of the di ? ty work practised by the plenty-to-do clique . The muck-splutters are at present hawking sheets through the factories in this neighbourhood ; unto which they obtain signatures iu the following manner : — A pair of fellows enter the yard , and inquire for the overlooker , who , as if by instinct , knows theix errand andhisduty . The trio enter the place with a busy air , unfolding their scraps , the whipper-in looks round with an inviting expression of his usually strap-threatening countenance ; the poor system-made slaves , ever glad to snatch a moment on any pretence , fioon crowd round , when the following colloquy takes place : —

      Loafy—What is your name ? D : ck , said a young urchin , who is able and old enough to toil for his machinery-superseded-father ; because he got a certificate . ¦ ¦ ¦ .. ¦ ¦ ., ' . - .- ¦¦¦ .. - .. •;¦¦ ' .- '¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ - . ¦¦' . . ' ' ¦' . -. ' Lo&ty ( interraptingl Richard what ?—Bothamle , was the answer . Richard Bottomtey iai appended ; another name ia mentioned , down it goes , andso on fKU every person ' s name is put on the list ; in many casea without even their sanction . This proceeding I was eye-witness to , and upon remonstrating on this shameful manner of getting up a petition , I was told Dick possessed intelligence Btt&dent if b « cowldL tell -when he was hungry ! And this will be paraded aa containing the wishes of a large portion of intelligent working men ; out upon suchvillany ; when a party comes to this , they must boon their last pins . A Subscriber to the Star from the Commencement . HaddersSeld , Jan . 15 th , 1842 .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE EXECUTIVE FROM THE 1 st OF JANUARY TO THE 15 th , 2842 . £ . s . d . London , per Cleave' 0 7 2 Salisbury ... ... . ... 0 11 0 Chowbent ... ... ... 0 8 6 Todmorden ... 0 14 6 Huhslet ; ,. 0 , 11 ) 0 Rochdale ... ... ... 1 4 0 Oldhatn females 0 3 0 Leicester ... ... ... 2 0 0 . Staffed ... 0 11 8 Acringtoja ... ... . 0 S 4 Stalybrid ^ e ... ... ... 0 1 0 Delph ... ... 0 9 0 Openshaw ... 0 2 0 Arnold ... ... ... . " .. 0 6 0 Manchester , Redfern-street ... 0 12

      Greenwich ... ... ... 0 5 0 Sittingbourns ... ... ... 0 1 . 3 Thornton ... ... ... 0 1 ? 0 Brighton ... 0 15 0 Daventry ... ... ... 0 i" 0 Manchester Youths ... 0 2 6 Wallingboro' 0 4 2 Long Buckley 0 3 0 Bristol Youths 0 10 0 West Auckland OS 0 Stoke-upon-Trcnt ... ... 0 7 6 Per Griffin ... ... 0 0 6 Ripponden ... 1 5 0 Hanley ... 0 10 0 Bath ... ... ... . . 1 0 0 Durham ... 0 7 0 Chartist Tailors , London , per

      Cameron :... 0 15 6 Kendal ... ... ... 0 5 0 Hanley Females 0 6 0 Boston , Lincolnshire ... 1 0 0 A . L . „ . ... 0 5 0 Stockport , per Griffin ... 0 10 0 Bingley ... ..... ... 0 8 4 N . B . Bingleyhas sent 10 s . for the funds for the Couvention .

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      A LIST OF DOMINATIONS TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , EOR MARCH , 1842 . Northumberland and Durham . Cumberland and Westmorland , Bronterre O'Brien . Yorkshire , Feargus O'Connor , George Julian Harney , Edward Clayton , Lawrence Pitkethly George Binns , Thomas Veevers , James B . O'Brien , John West , and Francis Moofield . Lancashire , James Leach , * Dr . M'Douall , and William ¦ ' . Dixori ; .. ; , " ¦ . ' - . ¦ ' ¦ - - . - - . . ¦ . ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ Cheshire , Christopher Doyle . Norfolk , Suffolk , Cambridge , John Campbell , * Secretary to the Executive . Derbyshire , Leicester , Nottingham , Thomas Raynor Smart , Dean Taylor , George Harrison Farmer , Jonathan Bairstow . Staffordshire , G : B . Mart , John MAson , John Bichards .

      Warwick and Worcester , George White . ; Northampton and Oxfordshire . Monmouthand Herefordshire , Morgan Williams . * Devon , Cornwall ; and Dorset , Thomas Smith and Mr Powell . Gloucester , Somerset , and W il ts , Wm . Prowting Roberts , Robert Kempt Philp , * George Mersa Bartlett , Felix Wm . Simeon , John Capp ; , Hants / Sussex , and Isle of Wight , Nathaniel Morling , Wm . Woodward . Essex . '' Middlesex ; Surrey , and Kent , P . . S 1 V M'Donall ;* Wm . Carrier , Wm . Prowling Roberts , Wm . Benbow , Goodwin Barhiby , J . \ v * . Parker , John Fusseli , Edmund Stallwood , Ruffy Ridley , Philip M ^ Grath ; Win . Fox , John Watkina , —— Kainsley , —— Rubson , —— Balls , John Knight , and John Maynard . * Those marked thus ? are membera of the Executive .

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      On the 14 th insfc ^ , Mr . William Layton , aged 76 years , of Darlington . Same day , at Darling ! on , Mra . Mary Dinsdala , wife of "the late John Dinsdale , waiter for many years at the King ' s Head , aged 65 years . On the 15 th inst ., at Darlington , Mr . Surtees Lee , wine and spirit merchant , aged 36 years . On the"l 6 tb inst . j at Darlington , Mr . John Sparks , aged 65 yeare . . ' ' : - \ ¦¦ - ¦' ; \ ¦ . \ -: ' ¦ r C ¦ ' ' - .. ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ . : . ¦ " . ¦ ¦/ On Sunday Jast , at IHiddletdn Tyas , in the fourth year of her agp , Margaret , daughter of the late Wm . Ward , Esq ., of CheBter . On the 17 th inst ., at Richmond , in the 76 th year

      of his age , Mr . John ureenwoodi - ; On the 13 th inst ., Darid Feargus O'Conndr Haines , infant son of David Haines , sub-Secretary to the National Charter Associatioii , Coventry . On Tuesday last , ( at the house of his brother-inlaw , Mr . WUliam Bichardson , of York , ) John Hustler , Esq , of Bradford , in this ? county , aged 73 ^ He : was a man of distinguished integrit ' y ^' ' iina 8 sum « ing : piety , and great benevolence . 6 f ^^ charaoter ; and a member of ^ heBoeiety of friends . ¦ ';¦ ¦ ¦ ''¦ : ' ¦ Sami day , after a long illness , Mr . Joseiph Rougier , of Tanner-rovr , in York , comb manufacturer . :. '• ¦ . -.- . '¦ : ¦¦ : - .. ' ¦ . ¦; .- " . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ :: ¦ ¦¦¦ . . ¦¦ .. : ¦ ¦ :,. ;¦ . • > : -

      Oil Monday night last , in hi ? 80 th year , Mr * WHliain Horaley , chemist and druggist , New Malton . ¦' .., ' ¦ . ¦• V , .: \ / : r ; --y .: ' . ' - ' ; ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ . : ¦ ¦' . ¦ V . ¦ ¦"' .. •" . ¦ . ¦ " . On Sunday morBing last , in PrecentorsV Court , aged -42 ' year ' s , ' Mr . Thomas P . Walker , eldest eon of Mr . Walker , wholesale confectioner , Gillygate , York . - ,. ¦ ¦ : " ¦ - ¦ ;¦ , ' - ' ^ - ' i ¦ ; . ' , ¦¦; - ¦;' - . - ;¦ : ' ¦ : ¦' v ¦;; : 'V . r : . ' ¦ : On the 6 th ingt . } at Caistor , after tho briaf interval of one week ' s sicknesB , aged 48 , Mr . William Hannath .- ; ¦ . '• " ¦ " " ¦ : ¦' ' , ' . ' . ' ¦"" : ' /¦ ¦' . ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ , : ¦ ' ¦ - •" ; ' ' . ¦"

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      Thb jjlts Railway Accidett . —As several of the late railway suffererers are readers of the Star , we insert the following statement to save them from disappointment : — To the Editor of the Times . —Sir , having seen it stated in several newspapers , and in yours amonj ? the rest , that the deodand lately awarded against the Great Western Railway Company is about to be paid to me , as Lord of the Manor of Sonning , and moreover , that it is my intention to divide it in certain portions among the sufferers , by the late calmanity , or their relatives , may I beg the favour of your contradicting such statements , which are only calculated to create disappointment among

      those who may think themselves entitled to consideration in consequence of their misfortune , from several of whose friends I have already received applications setting forth their particular claims to my attention-. Whether the deodand belongs to me , as Lord of the Manor , may be questionable ; but knowing that it is the intention of the Compasy to resist the payment , it is , at all events , premature to state that it is about to be paid to me , and Btill worse to specify the manner in which it is to be appropriated . I beg to say that any statements which you may have heard relative to this subject , are altogether unauthorised by me . 1 remain your obedient servant , Robert Pauiek . Holme Park , January 9 th , 1842 .

      Mb . Editor , —Here is a receipt which one of your readers has given me , requesting me to get it in the Star , if possible , because of its usefulness : —A receipt for a Cough , or Asthmatic Cough , or Consumptive Cough . —Tincture of Tiller , Friar's Balsam , Paregoric , Syrup of Poppy , Syrup of Squills , Syrup of Coltsfoot , of- each half an ounce . To be mixed together , and to t&ke one table spoonful night and morning , or when tbe cough is most troublesome . May be had of all druggist " , and will cost about 8 . $ d . Losdos . The O'Bbiex Press Fund . The O'Brien Press Fund Committee are earnestly requested to assemble at the Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet-street , on Monday evening next , at ei ^ ht o ' clock , business of importance demanding their particblar attention .

      Geobge Black , op ^ Nottingham . —From an advertisement elsewhere , it seems this individual has experienced a heavy Ios 3 , and is in great need of aid . We commend him to the consideration of our Chartist friends . Pi > "deb's Blacking . —The following is the money due this week to the Executive , from the sale of Finder's blacking : — s . d . Mr . Harney , Sheffield ... ... 0 7 Mr . Wilking , Belper 0 10 Mr . Brook , Todmorden 1 11 Mr . Chapman , St . Pancras Chartist

      Association , London 1 10 Mr . Willis , jun ., Canterbury ... 1 ] 0 Mr . Atkinson , Carlisle 1 10 Mr . Leech , Huddersfield ... ... 3 3 ^ Mrs . Smithj Nottingham ... ... 1 10 13 Hi Pbogbes of Repeal . — Well , Repealers , great and small , at the Corn Exchange ! how prospers tbe cause ? Indifferently , we know you must reply , and should you say anything else , we would not take your word . The rent is down to fifty-seven pounds , while you are aware it requires one hundred pounds a-week to , keep the doors open—and has it come to this ? after the marchings and counter-marchings

      of the indefatigable Tom Reynolds , who was sent through the country to get up the steam . Wa 3 it for this you have been wandering , provident Tom Mooney ^ through America , —and though all connexion with you was disclaimed , still kept picking up the Yankee dollars , and . after , we presume , deducting a decent commis 3 on , sent the remnant over to assist us in procuring a domestic legislature ! What is Tom Steel about ! we trust he is whipping up the lazy Wardens in the Provinces—yet his silence looks ominous . We fear that Repeal will soon be a bad word with which to conjure . Should there be any

      who wish to ascertain the cause of this decline in popular ardour , let them read the confession of Mr . kzloT . He declared the « ther day what we have so often stated , that there are thousands of Repealers in the land who would shrink from associating themselves with the majority of the patriots who flock to the Corn Exchange . There yon will neither meet with consistency iaor sincerity . One day the champions of domestic legislation unfurl the Repeal standard , and promise never to rest satisfied until the cause be triumphant ; while upon another we discover them baaily employed in endeavouring to secure the election of an anti-Repealer . —World .

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      10 THE EDITOK OP tHB , HOUTHEEN STAP SlK , r ^ We '; haye learned with much regret the resolution at ; the Convention regarding the petition promulgated by thei English Executive . That they ought to have consulted t * ie Central Committee , no one on this side of the T weed can for a moment doubt ; there was a want of courtesy and : consideration in their conduct on this occasion . ' . " '" ' ..-: ; V ¦' . -.- ""' . . ' " . > :- v . ' Yet much may be Said in defence of " the petitien itself ; in the agricultural districts , scores of thousands of the Scotch do not know the meaning of the Charter , and the introduction of : the clause about the Poor Laws is in a language they must all feel . . The Bame inay be said of the Irish , and the fact of the people ; of Great Britain petitioning for'a ' : Repeal of the Union , will go far to shake their confidence ia thd lying assertions ol the " Modern Makanna , " :

      I have to state in the name of the Leith Chatter Association , that the National Petition was adopted here by a numerous public meeting duly called to consider it . — That more recently in . public mesting a resolution was passed , appointing ; Mr . ; Robert Xowery our delegate , and recommending the unanimous adoption of the petition by the people of Scotland . We have been actively engaged in getting signatures for the petition , and we cannot with any consistency rescind our former resolutions : and commence the work anew . We are truly sorry that this scbjsm should have occurred— the two factions , equally our mortal enemieB ,

      must rejoice at it . The Convention new Bitting ought to have been called immediately aftsr the promulgation of the petition , before any steps had been taken on our part , or the part of others , to give it effect by our signatures ; had this been done the case would have been greatly different ; V - We are aware that the Charter can stand on its own foundation ; but , however much we may regret the extraneous matter contained in the petition , we cannot consent , at the mandate of a small majority , to adopt another at a period so sear the meeting of the middleclass Parliament

      I remain , Yours , very truly , Jas . Pjstrie , Secretary , Local Charter Association Mr J . Duncan , Chairman of the Scottish Convention . Leitb , 15 th January , 1842 .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct414/page/5/