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      THE EXECUTIVE AKD THE EDITOR OF THE " NORTHERN STAB . ' TO THE CHARTIST PUBLia > $ t FsiEfis , —I presume tliat you are now ajl jgjnili&r -ffiih fte contents of my letter , reminding jou of "what I tbini to be yonr duty to yourselves and to your principles , in reference to yonr Qrganix&Mon and yomr officers appointed and paid nn ^ er that Organization . I presume you all inow that I jjive ikccepted the * challenge" of the Executiye & make good my charges against them jji public discussion ai Manchester ; though jjiej l » Te not ? ei fentnrea to make good « j ai challenge . Whether they eTer vnD

      do so remains to be seen . If the Committee , recommended by ihe Delegates at Birmingham , be ap pointed , and discharge its duty faithfully , It is probable thai the matter might be thus settled -with « mal satisfaction to the country , and with less trouble and expence to me . Be it remembered , iDTrerer . that I abide by eTery word of my letter . 1 -withdraw not a sentence of it ; but am prepared jo sustain it—eTerj lice . I again repeat , that they hare no right to expect me to meet them in discussion but that I am sereztheless prepared to do so ; and on the terms and conditions named in my letter , ioproTe ewry -charge therein enumerated ,

      It ms ffij intention to publish that letter , and also the letter demanding the proofs of the " consp iracy and planing" charges against me , week by Treek , xntil the partie 3 should either hare made good their moHthings" or hare been duly dealt with by fiie people . But Sir . O'Cossob . states that he has had manj letters complaining of the space thus occupied by ihe continual repetition of the same natter . At Ms request , therefore , I * frithhold the letters from further publication in the Star But thongh witaholden they are not withdrawn ; their operation remains in full force , and I trust

      that their conieats axe imprinted upon the memory of eTery Chartist ; and that if hereafter any one should at any Chartist meeting in my absence prate abont " dragging me before the public , " or about the plots and conspiracies" I have been concerned in , he will be reminded of these letters and made to hold his tongue until their requirements shall hare been answered . This is no more than justice : a

      justice which I haTe certainly a right to expect from the people ; and which 1 do expect from themv I haTe only further to say thai it Is high time the disgraceful bnanes 3 should be terminated , and ihat you ought in your seTeral localities , at once , ami without further delay , either to foDow out the recommendation of the delegates at Birmingham by

      ihe appointment of a Committee , and by requiring that the books and documents of the ExecntiTe be placed in their hands for irrestigaiion , and that all parties who can famish information to the Committee do so ; or to demand that they shall , at once and like men , maintain their own position , and meet me ia discussion ; and , failing this , that yon should mnirerBally Tote to them the name and character

      they merit . " WaiiAS ! Hill , Korthern Star Ofn . ce , Leeds , < January Sih , 1 S 43 .

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      THE LATE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . The Metropolitan Chartist Delegates met on Sunday , Ml the HaHaaai Charter Association Sail , Old Bailey thus eonunenerng the campaign fer 1 S-33 , -with the list day of the new year . The object of the meetiog was to receive a report from the delegates who had arrived in 2 / oadon , of the proceedings which had come under ibeir notice , in toe exo-dse of their delegation at Ihe great Birmingham Gonfere&es . Messrs . Dron , Maynaid , and Knight , were the members of Conference present 2 dr . SJndge , delegate frem Slaiylebone , was called to file

      rfrarrllr . Maynard opened the bnaness by a reference to the or-jecta for which the Conference had been convened , and after s general descripHen of the assem bling of the Conference , the appointment cf Mx . Jos Stnrge to the chsir , aud other matters , proceeded to St 2 te tha motion of Mr . Beggs , " That Mr . Stnrge ' s BiQ , Bnofir the name of 'The . Bill of Bights , ' should be the BID for discussion . " He then narrated the course taken fey Mr . I ^ Tett , whose amendment rub-Edited that « ihe People ' s Charter" be the Bili ; and the farther amendment of Mr . Somers , a Scotch delegate , " That both Bills be laid on the table for discussion . * ' That proposition had reduced the Chartists to s great dilemma ; bat 2 dz . I / jvett pressing his motion , brought the

      matter to an issne ; and when the question had thus come to a choke between principles , the Chartist delegates bad no other alternafive than to ¦* oteferthe " People ' s Charter , " and the resulS was , the glorious majority of ninety nine in fa-ronr of that document—{ applause ) Mi . Maynsxd then described the withdznral from the chair , aud from the Conference , of Mr . StnrgB , and the secession with Mm of Ms jarry . The Charter , was thea discussed , point after pemt , and among the alterations made in it was one in the danse relating to "felons . " Ia the original documemut was provided that no man convicted of felony Could be afterwards elegible for the enjoyment of the Keetrre Franchise ; but more mature consideration suggested a relaxation in this point , it appearing hard ,

      after a man had paid the penalty of his tff = nce , and satisfied thelsws of his country , still to pursue him with a vindictive spirit , and mark him as -a Tictim for perpetual cml disability and public punishment—Use laws , txril and religious , regarding » man as again clear'in the eye of the world , and restored to community with Jr » fcllow-citrzenS i after he had undergone the punishuea awarded to Mb transgression . Takirg t > ii » i -new Of t-ie matter , and reasoning further , that many , in thfcirwiM . and thoughtless periods of youth , commit offences , from which , in their sober and rtflective time of manhood , they would sfrrinfe a ^ d abstain from , it was considertd by those who bestowed attention on the subject , that it would be hard to brand and oiiqualiJy a man for life , for a

      misdeed so committed . And on that "new of the matter , the clause was relaxed ; aud the man who might unfortunately be fcand guilty of felony , wonid , should the Charter become the law of the laud , after paying the penalty of bis offence , and being thus purged , be deemed " once more a man , " and eligible for the franchise , and all other civil rights . Mr . Maynard then proceeded to fay , that on a motion made by Mm , to alter the clause regulating residence" from tfcre © months to one month , a diBeussiou followed , in wMch be urged that men Tery frequently find it desirable to change their residence -within three months ; and that in London , in particn-3 ar , men were continually changing it . The motion , after inH consideration , was , however , lost , and the origiEal clause of - " three months reddence , ** was therefore decreed to stand as part of the BilL Bavins

      alluded to s Tariety of other topics , Mx Maynard , who wsb ^ heard throughout with attention , condnded by stating that a resolution mored by Mr . Parry , led to au amicable close of the Conference . It was of a most conciliatory nature , proposing to give to every inan profesdzig lbs . same principles as themselves , but i djJering as to the mode of earryirg them out , Ihe I fairest opportunity to do so in the manner he might ' final best ; and that as the Sttugite party bad -seceded i Irom the Ctmleraux , and were still pnrsning the Bame I principle as the Chartists , they { the Chartists ) should j giro -to them the same bright of thinking and acting ¦ which they claimed for themselves , and allow them to goonwithont any obstruction / The motion , after an animated debate , w * s » however , lost ; bnt a somewhat grmilnr « ne , drawn up and proposed by Mr . Peargns O'Connor , was carried , and in five minutes a

      Tnnaa of good fellowship was effected between the parties—{ applause } . Hi . J >» n then pressJted himself , and entered into a , ^~ rty of additional details of his and his colleaguftV ^ ksum to the Conference—jome of them of a serious , a&a some of an amusing character , The Chartisto , he Tans * ed , acted nobly ; and isBtead of being lacked *>« of lie Conference , * as the Smday Times had said Kfjwonl ^ be , they came ofF Tictorious , carrying their P ° mt -frifli flyjsg coloura , ( "Bravo J" and cries *> f Hear , teax . ") They had every reason to fee satisfied with the result of the Conference . ( Renewed cries of Bat *) The matter ended amicably—it ended well fippianse . ) The Stargeite party went elsewhere to ^ cass their teil , but tie Chartists wisely kept their fToand , inowing that had they EpEt thtiastdves up , aaa opened csnrrmmieations with the others , they wonld , eva ? Eian O f themjliave rendered tkem&eSves ia » we uno . KU ^ jar Dxon to say * liable to transportation . -ne lliai gave an account of the ctnduct of Mr . FhSv ,

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      which be described as nothing abort of treason to the Chartist cause . Never , he said , did man cut a stranger figure . His worda were , that " he had always considered the Charter a most perfect document , until he had read the second bill ; and that be must now consider it as most defective . He had a duty to perform , and in making a choice he was bound , therefore , to give a preference to the Second Bill . " Now , continued Mr . D . the second bill was not read at all ; ik would have taken jirx . hours to read , and he { Mr . Dron ) was of opinion that Mr . Philp had never read it The preamble of the bill was absolute nonsense . Mr . Dron then

      complimented Mr P = my for his great exertions in his c :. aract 8 T of delegate , in support of the Chartist cause , and particularly for his efforte to effect a union between the two parties . The worthy delegate then entered injo the question or " the Executive , " wWch was brought under discussion at Birmingham , and communicated that % Committee of " Five" was recemmended to Ire appointed to investigate the matter in London . He went at length into the snbject ; bnt the particulars have already been so often before the public , that it is unnecessary for us here to report them . They have already led to much angry feeling , and we would rather «• throw oil upon troubled waters / ' than

      other-. _ Mr . Knight felt that it would give great satisfaction to many in that Hall , and to the Chartist public « nt of doors , to hear that Mr . O'Connor had pledged Mmself to interpose his friendly mediation to have the subject dropped in the Northern Star . He then went on to state bow much Mr . O'Connor had to pnt up with at the Conference—first bullied on one ride , then on the other , and eulogised that gentleman on his great forbearance—a forbearance , he added , which exalted him iMr . O'Connor ) in the mmds of most who witnessed it —( hear )—and which he ( Mr . Kaight ) wished all Chartists , for the Bake of . union , and the advancement of their cause , would -imitate—( applause , and renewed cries of " Hear . " )

      The reports having here closed , Mr . Coffay gave notice to all parties having collection books out , aud money to pay in , to attend on Tuesday ( to-morrow ) tve ing , at the Despatch Coffee House , Bride-lane , Fleet- Btreet

      ETENING MEETING . A densely crowded meeting was held in the Hall in tfee . evening , Mr . Overton in the chair , to which Mr . Stefton , who appeared as a substitute for Mr . Harris ( indisposed ) , delivered a very able and instructive lecture on " the laws of natnre , and the consHtutien of man . " At the conclusion of the lecture , which was heard tkreugbout wilh attention , Miss Snasannah Inge moved , aid Mr . Secretary Salmon seconded a vote of thanks to the lecturer .

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      ^^^ , ..- > K . r . - . TjJ . THE SUCKING PIGS AND THE " WHOLE HOGS . " The m-zch-wished-for , long-talked-of Conference has been held . The professed advocates of union have met the working classes in discussion , wherein the equality of man was to have been a recognized principle , whatever question should constitute the basis of discussion . The adoption by the Sucking Pjg Chaktjsts of the Six Points , for which the ** Whole Hog Chartists" contend , was an implied guarantee that the minority would be ruled by the majority . Snob , were our anticipations ; aad now we proceed to comment upon the proceedings as a whole , unwilling to nibble at them in their progress Perhaps there never has been in any country ,

      certainly not in England , a meeting of more importance than thai lo which we refer—not very important in its result , as it affects any political measure , bnt all-Imporia . nt in its developement of political character . Before we set forth the purposes for which this Conference waB called together , we mHEt make a passing observation upon the positionin which Mr . Stcrge has placed himself . So long as Mr . Stdkcb in his individual capacity , could be consistently separated from Mr . Stvbgs in his corporate ca parity , we stretched a point to shield his name from the odium attached to a party . We bad not , till now , any opportunity of testing the real character of Mr . Stbhge . We are of course understood to speak in political language . We are aware of the

      difficulties with which the leader of a party is STrcrotmded , and can make due allowances for acts of apparent inconsistency . Bnt when we find a leader himself complaining of the prejudices which his class and party entertain against those whose allianee they court , and yet being foremost in augmenting those prejudices , then must we in candour admit , that however his ostensible object might have been just and conciliatory ^ as advocated by him a 3 an individual , his real motive is only to be learned through the acts of his party and supported by . him . History , then , does not furnish aay two characters more at variance than the character of

      Mr . Joseph SxcEGKin quest of popularity , and Mr . Joseph STCBGKthe advocate of liberal principles . The legal maxim , " quern facit per aiiam , facit per se , " he who acts by his agent acts himself , is a very wholesome maxim , and one by which we shall henceforth test Mr . Stuhge ' s political valne . Before we recnr to the part performed by Mr . Stubse out of doors , we shall glance at the objects for which the Conference was called , and the materials of which the friends of pnriiy of election woald have constituted their Parliament . In order to aid us in th > investiga ion , we here insert the address of Mr-. Stcbge himself , setting forth the purposes for which the Conference was convened . It runs

      ttma : — [ Here follows the Stnrge councU ' s address , which as we have several times given , we omit to save space . — Ei N . S . J Now the Tery fiist paragraph of this address admits that the Conference was called to deliberate upon ihe essential details of a bill , and not to say aye to any measure that might be proposed by Mr . Stcbge and his friends . Next we come to the materials of "which the Council of the Complete Suffrage Union would ( if allowed ) have constituted this Conference . And here , let it be borne in mind , that Mr . Stchge is the President of this litter of " Sucking Fig Chartists ; " that not a move is made without his concurrence;—that he is not only the head-piece , but the pocket-piece , of this minor majority society of liberals . The mode resorted to , then , by the Couucil was this : —They held secret correspondence

      ¦ with their friends in those several towns in which delegates were returned ; and vrithoutother authority than the ex-parte and fabricated evidence of their friends , they proceeded to form the body into three classes . No 1 , containing all those to whom no objections were made by their otenparty ; No . 2 , containing from seventy to eighty delegates returnedby the people , and io Tvhom frivolous objections were made by the Slurge party ; and Ho . 3 , the condemned list , against whom graTe objections had been made . In the discussion upon this part of ihe subject , Mr , Abraham Duxcax , delegate for Arbroath , made the following pithy observation— Mr . Chairman , I shaH say but one word upon those lists . How , I want to knew , does it happen , that I find my name ; against whose election no objection has been made , in list No . 3 , while I find in list No . 1 , the names of parries admitted for the same town , who werenever returned at all V

      Surely , to enlarge upon this brief observation would be bnt to insult our readers . The good sense of the Conference overcame this glaring attempt of the Stubge party , and all -were admitted , subject to objections . Our next duty is , to consider the amount of population represented by the minor : majors . It not anfrequentlj happens , that the portion of a leading politician will attach an amount of importance to his acta , which may supersede that to which the combined acts of many , but lt-= F known , would be entitled . In the Conference , however , we recognize no such individuals on the

      minor side . Their party consists of the rejected or ihe di serters from all , and may be termed a refuge for tbe destitute . If we omit Paddy Bbettsteb , the world would have heard bnt little of the others . In looking over the list , however , we find that yillages with a population of 2 , 000 or 3 . 000 Bent four Sucking Pig Chartists , while the large populous townB and cities , without exception , returned Whole Bog Chartists . As we mean to devote a series of articles to this union Conference , we shall , for the present , merely touch upon the moEt glaring acts of the seceders .

      Three hundred and eighty-five delegates meet in Conference upen the invitation of Mr . fcrusGE to deliberate upon something to bb pboposed to ; hem . A division upon that something takes place , when it appears that for the Stukge object S 3 record their votes , _ not 94 , 93 was the nnmber ; 195 vote against Mr . Stcbgs , not 193 as recorded ; 73 are absent , about 50 of "which number were returned for a specific purpose , namely , to support the Charter . They were engaged very improperly in arranging a tea-party at another part of the town . Upon the announcement of this division , Mr . Stcbge and his friends retire from the Conference , and subsequently pass a resolution that they are the Conference . Now , we ask , if ever insolence or presumption like thiB was knowH ! it may , however , furnish a very excellent

      precedent ; and as , cur ious enough , the supporters of Mr . VmiEBs upon the Free Trade question in the House of CommonB , and the supporters of Mr . Stubgb upon the same question —( for , disguise it now as they may , Free Ijade was their object , )—out of the House of Commens , was 93 ; every lion has hiB jackall ,-and should Mr . Vjiukbs and Lord John JRussell adopt the precedent laid down by the " Sucking Pigs , " all they have to do , upon their next triumph , is to leave the House , and declare themselves the Parliament . We regret mnch that this precedeat was not established by Mr . Stuege upon the recent Nottingham election case ; inasmuch as 1891 would have constituted a majority « ver 1885 ; and Mr . Stukge might , upon the same principle , have declared that he only went there to he returned , and not to be defeated .

      We invite particular attention to the third paragraph m Mr . Stcbge ' s address , which says" - ¦ 3 . To endeavour to ascertain how far the friends of nurestricted and absolute freedom of trade will unite with us to obtain such an Act cf Parliament on their being satisfied that the newiy arq-aired franchise will be nfcd in favour of tuch freedom of trade . "

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      Now , Mr . Stphge was well aware of the hostile feeling that exists throughout the country to the Corn Law League ; and let us presume that a proposition had been made to assist that body , which would assuredly have been the case had the Sucking Pigs succeeded in their first prosition . Suppose , we say , that such a proposition had been made , and had failed , might not Mr . Stubge and his party have declared , with equal truth aad propriety , that the minority were the majority , and that the co-operation of the Conference was thereby pledged to the League . Suppose we take Mr . Cobdek ' s recent ; fishing for Chartist support at Manchester in connexiQn with this third paragraph , and the opportune time at which the bait

      was thrown out , was previous to the assembling of ibe delegates at Birmingham , and upon the eve of the great gathering tojbe held at Manchester and in London . Can , we ; ask , any man in his senses entertain a reasonable doubt that the whole thing was an impudent free-trade trick to remit forces for the restoration of the old Whig faction upon a pledge of free-trade 1 Suppose this third paragraph had been acted upon , how easy would it have been to stretch the point , and construe It to mean a pledge to support those in the first instance who advocate free-trade principles . The bubble has burst , however , and with it has vanished the hope of that

      , nnion , which was merely intended to make tbe strong Btronger , and the weak weaker . We trust that Mr . Joseph Stdege will have now learned , th&t if he mixes with sweepsjhemust expect to get seme of the soot . Hu must not longer hope to preserve one character as Joseph Stubge philanthropist , and another as Joseph Stukge member of the Suckin * Pig Association . He has made a most unfortunate political blunder , which in tho opinion of Talletbakd is worse than crime . He must now repair the blunder as best he can ; he has deprived the people of the power of assisting him , because , if a few censure , he is bound to consider them a majority .

      To-day -we have spoken of tbe leading character in the national drama ; to-morrow we may have a word upon the parts performed by the subordinate actors , as well as a few observations upon the " Bill of Rights" drawn up by Mr . Boothbt , ( we understand , ) whose presence as an expounder of its several clauses , was in our opinion indispensable ; and why such course was not adopted we are at a loss to know—especially as Mr . Spencer declared that the exposition of its merits by itsframer had quite captivated him , and it might have captivated the majority . —Evening Star .

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      had it not been for the generous support awarded to him by the poor people—a fellow , who mast have been ^ supposed to have made up his mind upon the principles before he hired himself to advocate them ¦—one who was elected to the high office of an Executive Councillor , to have ventured upon such a declaration before those with whose pence his every stitch was purchased ! This preaching , long-faced hypocrite , with " our glorious cause" on his lips , and treason to that caus £ ia his heart ! Again we ask , was any treachery equal to this ? We were prepared for the desertion of Harbt Vjncrnt . Wo knew that he could not long bide in the unclean ranks ; he , however , has deserted us with a bettor grace ; he has

      gone over to the enemy for money . Philp went over ia the hppe of getting pay . Vincent has the advantage of having first made his bargain ; while Philp has rendered himself valueless even to the humbugs , inasmuch as we feel assured that no body of honest working men would ever again allow this preaching pedJar t 6 address them upan " our glorious CJtfJgE . " Why did this weak-minded young man thus confirm every suspicion entertained of his honesty , a ^ d justify those who were chastised for suspecting ' him ? Perhaps the people will now see not only the justice but the necessity of keeping a watchful eye upon those whom they pay for doing their work , and will be more cautious in future how they heap those with reproach , who , seeing further

      than themselves , entail , upon them that odium whiok is sure to follow the slightest reflection upon favourites . We have felt it a duty thus to direct attention to * bose two gentlemen ; and if the wholesome chastisement which they will assuredly receive , were not likely to operate as a warning to sinners in a less degree , there are others , whose doubtful conduct while in the Conference we would aow comment upon . They have , however , we trust , learned a wholesome lesson . They p | ve discovered , that in an assemblage of from 300 to 400 honest working men , who , after their work of three or four days is done , are once more to return to their daily toil , faction cannot raise its head as in a Convention sitting for months , and consisting of from thirty to forty leaders ; many lookicg for jobs , and seeking for means to destroy all who are supposed to stand in their 'way . The delegates , that is , those

      who expect benefit from tho Charter , and who are honest in it 9 advocacy , took the full measure of every man at the late Conference . This was its great , its inestimable value ; and if ever tho peopie ; meet again through their representatives , we hope that it will be for a time so short that faction cannot mature its projects , and ia numbers of honest blister-handed working men so great , that designing knaves will not be allowed to serve their factious purposes , while receiving the people ' s money for doing the people ' s business . The working men have now had a taste of the manner iu which some would have done their business . Thank God , the honest fellows were there to do it for themselves , otherwise we should have been sold neck at d crop ; and some of our lecturers would have gladly embraced the golden opportunity afforded for establishing a union , of the terms of which we have had a fair specimen .

      We rejoice that our London representatives have borne honourable testimony to the forbearance of Mr- O'Connor , and that he has not furnished faction with a single charge against him during the whole of this trying struggle , while not a few complaints are communicated ot the disgraceful manner is which that gentleman was attacked by many professing friends of the Charter . Oue Chartist lecturer observed , upon rising to support Mr . Pakry's motion , and alluding to Mr . O'Connor , " Now , THEN , WE ' LL DRAW THE BADGER . " Upon the whole , we most cordially congratulate the people upon the opportunity afforded them of

      seeing , hearing , and judging for themselves ; and iu the results they will have discovered some justification for those , who seeing all , cry out mad dog , when their friends stand in danger of being bitten . Let the people now reflect upon the damage that their cause would have sustained had Mr . Philp been' one of the Executive Committee . We shall return to this subject again and again . We have not yet touched upon the speech of Mr , Lawrence Heyworth , of Liverpool , delegate for Reading , and in . which this self-styled philanthropist let the cat out of the bag , when he sai < i , " We don't objoct to jour principles or to your

      name '; WHAT WE WANT TO GET RID OF IS YOUR LEADERS , " pointing his finger at Mr . O'Connor . —Evening Stor .

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      MORE MIDDLE CLASS-SYMPATHY . TO THE EDITOR OF THB | NORTHERN STAR . SIR , —In some of the numbers of your paper , published last summe , you Kindly inserted the manner iu which I bad been persecuted ! by th <» influence of the Anti-Corn Law Plague in Newcastle-upon-Tyne . In your paper , from time to time , appeared various accounts of the exertions I h % d made to forward Chartism in the County of Northumberland . There I continued uutil dire necessity , and the influence of faction , compelled me to come to Scotland . There are , however , few of your readers , ( except those who know me in the places where I have laboured , that are aware I want my sight I have always been able , by ray own industry , to obtain support , and when elected aa a councillor of the National Charter Association , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , my name appeared in your columns as a mat trass-maker . i

      Now , Mr . Editor , I am about to relate a case , of disgraceful tyranny , such as ( has seldom appeared in your paper . I came down to Edinburgh in search of employment , but having found none , I was compelled to apply for work at the' Asylum for the Blind , an institution supported by the ; voluntary contributions of the public , and the majority of its directors are clergymen . They agreed to employ me on the 14 th of November last ; but on the day ] following , when I went to work , judge of my surprise , 1 when I was asked it I bad not lectured for the Chartists ? Upon answering that I had , I -was inform « d that I could not be employed until further' consideration ; aud on the 28 \ h of the same month , tbe former resolution was recalled , the committee declaring they would give work to no Chartist .

      Now , Sir , what will the public think of this ? and from what I have heard of your ! writings , I know what you will think of it , and that ylou will take the earliest opportunity of giving it insertion in the Peoples paper . I now conclude myself , Yours , ; A determined Chartist through life , John cockburn . Edinburgh . Jan . 2 nd , 1843 . :

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      It appears from a Madrid journal that tho officers who evacuated the fortj of Atarazanas , at the instigation of the French Consul , still remain at Perpignan , and refuse to returh to Spain . Messrs . Blofeld & Co . of ( London , Map Sellers to the Queen , have published a most splendid Geological Map of Great Britain . It is one of general utility to the private ! gentleman , the merchant , the manufacturer , and the agriculturist , and it would form a handsome ornament for the library , tho hall , or counting house . —See advertisement .

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      f HAVE great pleasure ( and no small share of pride ) J . in submitting the following : eacomiam upon my little Compilation , the POOR MAN'S COMPANION for 1843 , to the notice ofjthe public generally ; convinced that the lovers of hjoht and truth will be pleased , with me , that this three-petiny-w&rth of " Facts and Figures" is calculated to be of use in guiding the public mind to a correct appreciation of several political and social schemes of amelioration advocated by the advanced sections of tho Reformers . The letter , in which testimony to thia

      effect is borne by a gentleman whose good opinion I value more than that of any other man breathing , is , as will be perceived , a private one to myself . I take the liberty , however , to use it m this public manner ; satisfied that Mr . O'Connor will not object to my doing so , as its publication can only have the effect of accomplishing his own desire , —ensuring the iucreased circulation of what he deems a good and useful book ; useful , I hope , to the Poor Mau and to the Poor Man ' s cause . Jos . Hobson . Leeds , Nov . 21 st , 1842 .

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      Distance Tables of each County ia England , a 9 well as of Ireland , Scotland , and Wales , anda general one of Great Britain ; forming a . Koy by which tha ' Distance may be found between any two Market Towns in the United Kingdom . Also various Topographical and Statistical Information reepectiBg the United Kingdom , the English Counties individually , and the numbers of Square Miles , Statute Acres , &c . Tho Population of all the principal Market Towns , and the Total Amount iu each County . The Market Days , &c . Tho Rail Road 3 and Canals are laid down in most instances , from Plans in possession of the , varioua Companies ; and the Iron , Coal , Lead , Tin , Coppery and Salt Mines , as correctly as possible .

      Price , handsomely Coloured , Varnished , and Mounted on Mahogany Rollers , French Polished , or done up in a Case made to resemble a Book , £ 3 33 .. The above as a GEOLOGICAL MAP , Coloured so as to show the various Strata , &c- Half ! -a-Guinea in addition . Published by Blofeld and Co ., Map-sellers to the Queen , 2 . 9 , Thavies Inn , Holborn , . London ; and may be had at Mr . Hobson's , Publisher of the Northern Star .

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      Frightpui . Accident—On Thursday afternoon last , about two o ' clock , Mrs . Judd , the wife of Mr . Judd , ; haulier , of Pillgivenlly , having received a letter of importance for her husband , went out for the purpose of carrying it to him . She had proceeded but a few yaTds from her own house , in the direction of Pill , when , crossing the new tra ^ -road which leads to the dock , a locomotive engine came up at a moderate pace . Mrs . Judd appeared to those Who happened to be near at the moment , to be engsged in thought , a" she was looking on tha

      ground , and takiDg no notice whatever of the approaching engine , which at length struck her and knocked her down , and before the engineer could stop it , the wheels had passed over the upper part of both her thighs , crushing the bones to atoms in an instant . The unfortunate woman was immediately removed in this frightfully mutilated condition to her own house , which she had left in health and spirits but a few minutes before , and where death , released her from her sufferings in six or seven hours after . Mrs . Judd was about 35 years of ago . —Men . " mouthbhire Merlin .

      To Obtain Beer from Chalk . —This is an easy and common process , and may be put in practice as follows i— Go to a respectable public-house , having first taken a residence or lodging in the neighbourhood . When you wish for beer , resort freely te the chalk , and go ony getting as much as you nan upon this principle , until it becomes unproductive , when you may try it in another quarter . —Punch ' s Almanack . Sir Felix Booth . —Oa Wednesday last , the Magistrates heard , in their private room , an extraordinary charge against Sir Felix Booth , of a very revolting . ' . nature , preferred against him 6 y his nephew . The ex-Sheriff of London declaring that It is an attempt to extort money from him , has expressed his determination to have it probed to the bottom , and the case was adjourned to Tuesday . — Hull Jiocktngham of Saturday .

      TVBLIC EXCOMMtTNICATIdN FROM THE CHURCH . — A scene of rare occurrence in the present day , took place in the parish church of Messing , in this county , on Sunday , the 25 th ult . During Diviiie service the rector called from the congregation a young man and woman , and in the presence of all those assembled , expelled them at opposite doors from the sacred edifice . —Essex Herald . We regret to state that portions of a wreck were cast on the 6 hore of Killibegs , during this week , which leave no donbt but that a mealaucholy loss of life and property has occurred at sea . On the inside of one of the boards cast on shore , are the words " John Swain , " and on the outside of the same board are the words " Thomas Richardson . " Portions of thecabin , and cabin furniture , were also thrown on the beach , and some oars branded " T K " or " T . R ., " for the brand is not very legible . We cannot indulge in the most remote hope , that any of the crew escaped . —Sligo Champion .

      Richard Murphy , the steward of General Sir James Kearney , who was lately fired at by some assassin near his master ' s bouse , expired on Thursday night , from the effects of the wounds he received —Kilkenny Moderator . Ingenious Contrivance . —Wonders never cease . An engineer at Brussels , named Luppen , has invented , says a Brussels paper , a galvanic telegraph , which he ha * set up in his own house , No . 12 , Kue de la Paillo , and in that of M . Ledeguack , ia the same street , which , although the apparatus is comprised in a small case not more than four inches cube , and forms a very pretty chimney ornament , enables those gentlemen to interchange whole sentences , md in fact converse with each other for hours together .

      Worthv of Imitation , —John Hulings , Esq , of Presteigu , recently made the liberal reduction of ten per cent , on the rental of his Radnorshire estates , conceiving that from the heavy losses the farmers of that county experienced during the wet season of 1841 , ia the deficiency of crops , loss of sheep , and the low price of wool , the present depressed state of agriculture must be ebpecially felt by them . —Hereford Times .

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      THE " POLITICAL PEDLARS /' The agitation for a Repeal of the Corn Laws being ( as we had long anticipated ) at length reduced to a mere practical form of advertisement , as puffy as " Reform your Tailors' Bills , " or the celebrated " Holloway ' s Ointment , " and" not measuring more than a finger ' s length of handy Whig Lords , and Ex officials , we can spare time from its further exposure , to follow up the consideration of a much more important subject . We had thought it quite bad enough that the whole country should bo insulted by Mr . Joseph Sidbge and his party , without being further subjected to the taunts of the root from whence the faction sprung . The Mornina

      Chronicle , relyuig upon the success of that trick intended to be played off at Birmingham , maintained a very dignified silence pending the arrangements . As we before observed , St . Thomas's Day was a great day for Englaud ; and while the Chronicle devoted columns to the Ward elections of some free-trade fools , not a word did that paper contain about those elections which more interested the working classes—no , that would have been " infra dig . / " The Chronicle ' s place was that of a camp follower , and the time for action was after the battle . Our contemporary appears row to regret the result of the Birmingham Conference exceedingly ; and would saddle all the odium of the sudden irruption upon the deserted

      instead of upon the deserters . It is a difficult task , we admit , for the leading journal of such followers as the Whigs , to shape a course that would have the effect of pleasing that Mosaio piece of art . We did think , however , as the Chronicle had "ieft us alone in our glory , " while struggling for a fair representation of tbe whole people , that we should have been saved from its slovenly interference when the battle was over . We had imagined that the 8 th clause of the Ashburton Treaty was a bone to pick , which would have required our friend ' s every device , and all his spaie time and space . However , as the Chronicle merely shows its teeth and cannot bite , we pass the comment upon the defeat of faction over without further notice , and

      come to a consideration of the parts played by some of the subordinate actors . Old hands inform us that it is a good plan , when a house is infested with rats , to sinfefi one , and let him loose , and that the smell will drive the others out . We imagine , however that any less cruel plan , likely to be as tfficacions , would be a welcome substitute . We have tried this experiment and found it to succeed . At different times we found ourselves called upon to direct attention to the conduct of some professing Leader . When we find a working man abandoning labour altogether for politics , we are impressed with & belief , that he is either very honest and enthusiastic , or very lazy and treacherous . But when working men are paid a certain

      salary for agitating , then have we a right to look for their support , their full and undivided suppor t , of those principles , to advance which they hire their services . We must presum * that the Chartist ? , at all events , do not advocate Charti .-zn for mere gain , but from principie , that our lecturers , uulike the free-trade demagogues and tbe " suck-pig" squeakers , have selected their parts from admiration of the principles of democracy . In our endeavours to keep some of those gentlemen in the straight road , we have been more than once , or one hundred times , denounced as denouncers ; while , marvellous to say , the only two men whose political integrity we have questioned , and for doubting whom we ourselves have been abused , now stand before tho country self-convicted of one of the most flagrant acW of treachery ever yet committed against principle . The Chartist delegates hid gained a complete

      victory over their pretended friends , the question in dispute being apparently nominal , but really a trial of how far the opponents of the Charter could securely go , in destroying first the name , then the leaders , and then the principles . To have made our own union more perfect , when abandoned by the minority , should have been the object of every honest man ; and to keep out of sinht the " Bill of Rights , " the antagonist of the Charter , and upon which the separation took place , should have been the desire of every prudent man . Messrs . Williams and Philp , however , anxious for a very unenviable notoriety , took upon themselves to effect a change in the minds of men who had shown that they could not be seduced by sophistry . The dogged opposition evinced to the Charter by Mr . Stbhge and his party , had ihe effect of laliyiog those delegates who magnanimously consented to take both Bills into consideration at

      once . But Messrs . Williams and Philp could not endure the humiliation of serving in heaven , and therefore commenced their hellish design of forming a third party . But we Ehall proceed at once to comment uporf their conduct . Having by a vote decided upon the course to be pursued , we had no right to expect that the harmony of the Conference would be broken in upon by two delegates who had stood prominently forward in support of the very measure which they had been paid , and well paid , for supporting . Mr . Williams may tell us that he has not been paid 4 but we tell him that he has , and well paid too , by the support he has received in his business from those who placed confidence in him . However , we shall proceed .

      The preamble of the People ' s Charter is proposed , and Mr . Williams , in a most incomprehensible speech , places the preamble of the rejected Bill in opposition 10 it , and actually has the presumption and audacity to propose its substitution for that of the Charter . As Mr . Williams has expressed a desire to know " What a base compromise is / ' that was one , is our answer . For now more than three years the twistings of Mr . Williams have been matter of discussion among Chartists . The very puspick n attached to some of his movements should have made him more cautious , and he should have embraced the golden opportunity to set himgeli right and to place bis revilers in the WTODg ; but no —the recruiting party for lecturers was abroad , and

      some recommendation was necessary . If we have just reason to complain of the conduct of Mr . Williams , what . language must we use to stam p the treachery of Philp ? This man has branded himself as the veriest hypocrite that ever disgraced society . He has committed frequent breaches of faith , and has been pardoned . He received the people ' s money as a member of the Executive , as a lecturer , and as a journalist . He received that money for his advocacy of tbe Chartist principles . He is appointed one of five persons to carry out the principles of that BiUj for years he has lectured upon , and undertaken to show , its superiority over all other human concoctions ; when lo and behold , as if by magic , he sees tbe error of his way , and the light shines upon him through what to us was utter darkness . The preamble of the

      People ' s Charter was short , simple , plain , and explanatory of the principles contained in itB enacting clauses ; and what says this doable-ayed , this well-Bteeped advocate of Chartism ? ** Mr . Chairman , cub glorious Cause requires all our energy , and ouf object should be to heal those distracting aiffiixenceB that have crept into our ranks ( we omit the side-thrust at Mr . O'Connor . ) We should con-Eider the best means of preserving union , and should set an example of liberality . I confess that up to this lime I was the fiim advocate of the People's Charter ! but since 1 have read this dvcument , I am convinced of my error , and now I sec all the glaring imperfections of the People ' s Charter " Good God . ' Did ever treachery equal this I What I a fellow who would have starved

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      THE BIRMINGHAM CONFERENCE . IO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR , SIR , —In proportion bb the cause ot freedom progresses , and aa means are adopted which are calculated to improve tbe condition of the oppressed ; the enemies of truth and the hirelings of faction , exert themselves to destroy its influence , and under the pretence of giving information , deal out ' garbled statements ; and like a cunning adversary ; whose only object is to gain a paltry victory , or effect some mercenary purpose—they endeavour to confound circumstances aud persons , to throw odium on the characters of those who have partially mixed in the proceedings , aud thus create prejudice where they are conscious of inability to prove anything against them by facts .

      The 'Birmingham Conference , which was looked forward U with bo much anxiety by the most liberal and iutrlH ? it part of the community , to effect a union of all t ) a- ; , desirous of obtaining tbe principles contained in tht eople'a Churtfcr , has beeu thus Beized upon by nu r en ifea , who not only assert that it bas failed to do Uu fur which it was convened , but that it bas Btnni )» Jiagrace upon us by showing that we are Incuri'ii 'tx % with our principles . Whig and Tory are tilike *¦ . . icing over , and seeking to turn to their own

      accuuDt , what they term " the split" and the " explosion '' , and aa might be expected , the enemies of reform are niost Inveterate against the consistent and determined enemies of corruption , and attribute it to " tbe violence of the physical force Chartists " , and art rather " oily" in their remarks upon the suffragitesthey call it an " attempt to amalgamate the oil of the Complete Suffrage with tha vinegar of the Chartists ;" but these remarks ;> are perfectly consistent with the inconsistencies into which the opponents of democracy must fall .

      We cannot be surprised at the advocates of oligarchy assuming that one is more than two , or that one-third of a body is the whole , for this is in perfect accordance with their reasoning upon moral and political subjects , thongh it is doubtful whether they would apply the same species of logic upon other subjectsfor instance , if there was a mixture of gold , and when half a pound of gold was taken from it , there was a pound of gold left—would they assert that it was all dross , because It had consisted of one-third dro . sa . Bat we can appreciatejtheir motives in endeavouring to attach the practices of some of tbe professed friends of democracy , to the principles of the Charter , and understand why they are not able to distinguish betwixt those who opposed practices , inconsistent with its principles , aud those who resorted to such practices ; but how men who claim " priority ''* in the cause of democracy can furnish materials for , and then make use of such arguments , is only to be accounted for , by taking it in connexion with their other conduct .

      Tbe absurd aud anti-demooratio conduct of the Complete Suffrage party , cannot admit of palliation 01 defence ; for were we to admit that their intentions were perfectly honest , and th at in the fulness of egotistical vanity , they imagined that they alone were capable of " preparing a bill to be submitted to Parliament for securing the just representation ef the whole people , " yet even in that case their actions are entirely at variance with the ; principles of just legislation , and which must be the result either of bad motives or gross ignorance , and display such an utter want of ability in calculating the tendency of actions , as to make them contemptible as advocates , and dangerous as colleagues . The professed object for which the Birmingham Conference was summoned , was to secure just

      representation for the people , or , in other worda , to substitute power delegated from the people , for power assumed over the people , and yet the first act of the Complete Suffrage Council was to assume to themselves a power over the delegates of the people , and to exclude from , or include iu tbe Conference ' whom they thought proper—but they found it to be beyond their reach on account of the firm stand made by the practical democrats—and acts 1 , 2 . and 3 , were given up ; they next assume a light to dictate to the Conference a bill which had been only prepared aud seen by themselves , and which , from Us siz < i aud complex character , it was impossible to consider in a period ten times as long as that for which we were met , and because the Conference resisted this arbitrary conduct , they in defiance of a principle which forms the basis of

      democracy , refuse to comply with the decisions of a majority , though by submitting any subject to a vote , each by expecting that the minority will acquiese if the decision be favourable to him , likewise is bound to abide by the decision of the majority if the : decision is against him , and if this principle is not acted upon , then is democracy a farce , representation useless , and the ties which hold society together destroyed—yet this principle has been violated by those aspirants to " priority , " and they not only retire , but upon meeting by themselves , they , with all seriousness , set about proposing a resolution that they were the Conferenceto determine that ninety-four who agreed with them are superior to , aud a majority over , 193 who differed from them . And this is from the professed advocates of political equality , and aspirants to " priority in the

      cause . These facts must either prove that their intentions were dishonest , ( as Lawrence Hey worth informed us , ) or else that they are entirely ignorant of moral and political truths , and that wtiilst they profess to oppose men assuming authority they assume authority themselves , to serve their own purpose , in direct opposition to those general rules which they tell us they are exerting themselves to advance . I remain , sir , Youru truly , K . t . Morrison . Nottingham , Jan . 3 rd , 1843 . * The Rgv . E . Miall , ia Conference , December 28 th , 1842 .

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      CLASS-MADE LAWS HAVE MAPE ITS T 1 CTIMS , LET U 8 ENDEAVOUR TO RELEASE THEM . Fellow Working Men , When I sent the advertisement to be published , which has appeared for the last few weeks , and which states that I win give four shillings to ihe Executiye and one shilling to tbe Victim Fund out of every one | huniirefl pound weight of beverage ; I say , my friends , at that time it Btruofc me very forcibly that the Victim Fund eto « d much need of augmenting , and I think so still , as you may see by

      their letter ; and I also think if we may judge from appearance , that the country evinces but little disposition to support the cause of Chartism through the Executive , inasmuch aa neither myself nor Messrs . Crow and Tyrrel has had much to add to their funds for some weeks past I therefore propose that the whole of the five shillings per ; one hundred pounds be gWea to the Victims' Defence Fund , and it shall appear as before in Mr . Cleave ' s Subscription List weekly , until the assizes are over , when we can make fresh arrangements as the times may reqnire .

      Now , my friends , it remains with the people , whether those men who have been made victims for no other crime than that of demanding' justice at the bands of our oppressors be left to the clemancy of a merciless judge and a time-serving jury , or whether they shall have funds sufficiently supplied which will secure to them justice ; and we must remember that there is only a few weeks to raise this money in , and we should also remember that we that are at liberty are so only because the law has not got hold of us , but that we perhaps may have said and done more towards the downfall of tyrant * than those whom it is our duty to support .

      1 now \ eave the matter iu your hands , and only have to say , that I pledged myself in 1819 never to rest uutil we were free—I never hdve nor never will . Roger Pinder , Hull .

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      THE POLITICIAN'S I TEXT BOOK .

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      London , Nov . 19 , 1842 . MY DEAR HOBSON , —You will see by the Evening Star , that I nave made a good use of your invaluable little book ; the very best that ever appeared in the English Language , and one which { has taught me that I was a fool till now . Yon should have called it the " Whip Economist . " It ia splendid . The taxpayers on the platform started again , when I read the extracts from it . But I have not had time to do it justice . I forget the increased expence of sending Frost and others out of the country . That item is frightful . Your book should be in every house , from the palace to tbe cobbler ' s stall . It is the very best book ever published : and I beg of you . to accept iny thanks jfor it . What labour it must have cost 7011 in the compilation . Your ' s , very thankfully , Feargus O'Connor . P . S . —Our meeting waa glorious . The Shams are routed for ever 1 Nut a Chartist would nibble I ' . r

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      The following " Opinions of the Press" will bespeak / in some measure , the worth of the little ompilation : — i " We have here the most efficient mullum in parvt that we have ever seen . As a } " Poor Man's Companion' '— a book of ready reference upon many subjects in which he is vitally interested , and of information upon matters which he ought to know—it is the thing which every poor man needs ; i as a text book for political lecturers it ia invaluable .

      "TSwre U a , aaniuiti of information contained in it which we never before saw crammed into so smalt a compass . Facts , figures , tables , and calculations , all of them regarding matters of national importance , and all arranged and made ready for general and immediate use—affording at a glance almost whatever information can be wanted—stud tbe whole * [ book ; while a few happy and judicious comments afford a kind of guide to the uninitiated in statistics for their application and use iu the various matters of civil and social polity which may come under contemplation . ' — Northern Star . j

      " The excellence of the calendar section of this multum in parvo , is of the first order ; and it might put all the Francis Mcores that have existed { since the days of Noah into the shade on the score of utility : and yet we have in this bijou , for threepence ; , twenty times the information pretended to be given in the veritable " Francis" for double the money . ({ When will humbug and the Stationers' Company dissolve partnership ?) The statistical and argumentative portion of the " Poor Man ' s Companion , " presents claims to the attention of every man ; and the intellect : must , indeed , be obtuse , that canu ^ t derive useful information from it There has been much reading and deep reflection in the present compilation . " Week ' y Dispatch . i

      •• This is one of the many and cheap political almanacs published for 1843 ; and it contains so many particulars respecting the atnonnt and application of the taxes " raised from the industry [ of the producing classes , '' and such a quantity of valuable statistical information , that it may safely be contrasted with any similar publication . It is compiled from Parliamentary and other documents , bj Joshua Hobson , the printer and publisher , of Leeds , who seems to have spared no labour to bring together

      such details as bear upon the leading questions of the day . Curious particulars are j likewise given of the employment of the population , ' | the annual value of real property in England aud Wales , the trade of the United Kingdom , dec ., at the charge of threepence . The ' Poor Man' may thus obtain a f Companion' that he cannot fail to find full of information of a useful and interesting nature , and that renders this political Almanac well worthy of support from the classes for whom it is peculiarly prepared aud adapted . "—Af orning Advertiser . \

      * * * Parties residing at a distance from a bookseller may have a copy of the Poor Man ' s Companion * sent to their residence per post , by sending their address and five postage stamps tc { the publisher . The Poor Man's Companion may be had at the Publisher ' s Offices , 5 , Market Street , Leeds , and 3 , Market Walk , Huddersfield 5 of Jj Cleave , 1 , Shoe-Lane , Fleet Street , and J . Watson , Paul's Alley , Paternoster Row , London ; A . Hoywood , and J . Leach , Manchester : Paton and Love , Glasgow ; G . J . Harney , and W . Barraclougb , Sheffield ; and of ail Booksellers laud News Agtaio in Town and Coiuury .

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      DEATHS . On the 29 tb ult ., at Richmond ! in the 35 th year of his age , Ambrose Clement , Esq ., surgeon . On Saturday week , aged 37 years , of typhus fever , Mr . John Barker , relieving officer fur the township of Stansfeld , in the Todmorden Union , which office he had held from its formation in 1838 : his kindness endeared him to the poor , by whom he is greatly lamented j and his steady obliging demeanour acd integrity , had secured him the confidence and respect of the inhabitants of the township . On Wednesday , much lamented ^ paAU ) rrm ( o 01 Mr . John Jackson , bookseller , of gup tdtspkN ^^ On Wednesday last , aged twj £ 3 » aSJiJ !^ 3 ? sJjk months , William , son of Mr . Jj $ &j ^ 3 ft * j ^/ gegjOTV aud tea deafer , Kirkgate , in this ^ o ** % ? ^ p . * ^ SSJ « On the 27 th ull ., at Hull , a ^^ yf ^ yM ^ RTijiQ wife of Mr , William ^ ti ^^^ W ^^^^ % ^^ jJi ; &M 00 * $ f

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      MARRIAGES . On Saturday , at Bethel Independent Chapel , Wortley , by the Rev . R . L . Armstrong , Mr . Charles Hogg , clothier , to MiBs Martha Smith , b oth of Horsforth . This being the first marriage solemnized at the above place of worship , the parties were exempted from payment of fees . On December 30 th , at the Superintendent Re « gistrar ' s Office , Preston , Mr . John Joseph Berlenguier , of Birmingham , to Ann , eldest daughter of Mr . Thomas Coultherst , Bhoe-maker , of Friargate , Preston . ;

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      Registered , Elizabeth O'Connor Fox Newsome the daughter of Edward and Mary Ann Newsome , of Hanging Heaton . Oa Chrisimas Day was christened , at St . Thomas ' s Church , High-street , Dudley , by the Rev . Mr . U . Cartwright , Charlotte Erumutt Frost Wright , and Sarah Feargus O'Connor Wright , daughters of William and Hannah Wright .

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      " ' — - -- - ¦ . SS , Now publishing in Penny Numbers , and Fourpenny : Parts , VOLTAIRE'S PHILOSOPHICAL DICTIONARY , complete from the Original in Six Volnmes . Part 13 is published this day , and Part 15 will contain the title page to Vol . I ., and a most admirable likeness of the celebrated Author , engraved on steel . The Publisher , in order to keep his word to tho public , has doubled the quantity in the last two parts , without increasing the price so aa to bring the work within the price of Ten Shillings , at which the whole will be completed .

      Also , ' The DIEGESIS ; being a Discovery of the Origin , Evidences , and early History of Christianity , never yet before , or elsewhere , so fully and faithfully set forth . By the Rev . Robt . Taylor , A . B . in Penny Numbers , and in Parts price Fourpence THE DEVIL'S PULPIT , by the Rem-end Robebt Taylor . A Series of Astronomo-Theological Lectures delivered by this celebrated Orator . In 48 Numbers , Twopence each , or in two Volnmes , Cloth , pfiee Nine Shillings . W . Dugdalfl , Printer and Publisher , No . 16 , Molywell-street , Strand , London .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 7, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct463/page/5/