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    • DEATH OF CLAYT0K.
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      a ^^^^ i ru jiYTos , the Chartist , has died in Nor tbdierton madhouse ! Whiggery I where is At ' sting ? " Justice ! " behold thy vic-^] We can scarcely trust ourselves Tritb " c omment upon the fate of a poor but honest man . For six weeks he bad been dyinsr , and not ta ) Thursday did his dis consolate family receive intimation even of " his illness . He died , they gay , on Saturday morning , a few hours after the sad intellisence had reached his family ; and when " it was too late for the wife or chili to close the husband and the parent ' s eTe —to look upon the Whig victim—Ae departed Chartist—the triumph of the law ! Clayton went to the madhouse a yle ' ro&c ; ' he leaves it a corpse ! We I -ynst that every bunal society will at once Lad us some * small donation ; that we Jmay bury our dead at home ; and not jflOTF our ' first victim to lie in the precincts of the madhouse in which he expired . Yes I poor fellow ! he is gone ! peace be with him ! The last kind office that tre can do forn ™ * have ^ remains removed , upon some Sunday , to his native town , Sheffield , where his mourning friends pju pav th « T last tribute of affection to the dead body of a Chartist who died " a natural death " I ' . I

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      tjbbM . —National IChabtsb Association . —This _ J ^ VaIl eonanne 3 to improre , and the number of Z ^ m is weeklv increasing . So sreat has the influx ^ U BRnbers been , that the Council hare been •! " tfee necessity of looking out for a more commuBou plwe of meeting ; the one they now hare E £ i too small to contain the meetings of the memvf « C We ire happy to state that they bare ebc-« eded in s » curin * * Tery suitable building , with a i ood aD » ry , formerly nsed as a chapel , situate at KToomer of Cheipade , Shambles , whieh will be wened to-morrow ( Sunday ) when Mr . John Arran , ^ Brxdford , will preach in the forenoon at haJfms t « - and Mr . BeDJwnin Rushton , of Halifax , in fte xRernwD at half-past two . Mr . John Arran ill lecture in the evening ; at half-six ; Mr . Ru .-hton

      • 2 m also leetnre on Monday evening at eight o ' clock , isn collections will be mada after each meeting , iowirds fining dd the room , and on Tuesday evenine x wneral meeting of the membe .-s of the assoluioB will Uke place , when members of every Txrd Association are urgently requested to attend , as boiines 3 of the gTtatest importance will be tameht before them . . , BEPDITCH . — On Wednesday evening , tae 28 th «] i _ Messrs . Collins and O'Neil visited this place , ind spoke in the Association Room , at considerable length , to a crowded audience . Cneers were given % i the conclusion for the return of Frost , Williams , » nd Joaes ; O'Connor and the other victims of Whiggerr ; and Messrs . Collins and O'N ' eil , who were enthusiastically applauded .

      DEVOHPORT . —On Tuesday , the first Chartist Eeering ever held in this town , was held in Mr . ^ renown ' s large school rooms , Spiller's Ope , to me-» sri » 3 ixe the Q , aeen , and petition the Commons for she pardon and restoration of the Welch martyrs , » cd other victims of Whig tyranny . The room confined about between three and four hundred perisas , and was well fiUed : Mr . Andrew Cnnisungs in the chair . The Chiiraia , after reading the plaord far calling the meeting , introduced Mr . E . P . M » d , of Birmingham , as the mover of the first isolation : — Thit this meeting i 3 of opinion tha . john IrO 3 t , Zephviia-b . WiU \ ams , and William Joses , were illegally tried and banished from their jarive land ; and it hereby pledges itself to use all legal Kid constitutional means in its power to efftct their restoration to their country and sorrowing friends and distressed families . " My fellow slaves , for bj that appellation can the working class be

      designated , and this is exclusively a womng class meeting ; we neither expect nor ask the assis -ance of ikher fictions , Whig or Tory , nor of either the irir » ocr » iic or shopocraric classes . We working men haye happily tak ^ n our affairs into our own hands at last , we rely solely upon our own united efforts . F&itv&n jackets aad hard hands , are the best p hysical workmen , and they will prove Dr . Franklin ' s maxim to be correct : "If yon want your work done , ask Bome one to do it , but , if yon want it well done , do it for yourselves . " We have trusted fine eats , and titles , and what the world ca \ is respec-¦ toMSty , " too long—we now see opr errorj we have determined to shew those , who think themselves exelusively wise , prudent , eloquent , and respectable , thit we have tact , talent , ability , and nerve suffieatt for oar own purposes . We inow the power of timbers , the strength of unity , tbe effect of per-HTerisee . We have not read oar New Testaments

      and forgotten the importunate widow and the unjust judge ; the degrading epithets of swinish multitude , brutal rabble , rebellious torch and dagger-men , we throw back is their teeth , and point them to their own menagerie at St . Stephen ' s , and their bouse of hereditary numbskulls , who are bora but to legislate ladmle . As our brother Smith , of Plymouth , is better prepared to enter into details of the trial of the Wefek iUrtyr 3 than I am , and is to second the resolution , I shall confiae myself to the eonsSirn tJoaal right of petitioning ; but before I enter upon flat pin of my subject , I would Bi&te to this meetnig oy perfect coimetion thai these men were selected ricam ? , condemned and doomed before they wsre entrapped , by tbe cursed spies of Whig tyranny ,

      * aa * s mucii bo , as were Guido , Faux , Tfiistlewood , Dejard , Muir , the Scotch martyrs , and others , las Tiefens of Tory spite . What is high treason A thing our forty waggon loads of penal acts cannot os&e . English law is like the Chinese alphabetssver to be learned . Even big Dan O'Connell , great hs hoa . asd great political humbug as be is , aimits tiis , &ad acknowledges his ignorance . At ail events , there is one point in our law that Blackstone makes pe ' eetlj plain—viz ^ when a legal donbt arises upon rial , the prisoner bas a clear title to the benefit of ^ at doubt , and an acquittal in conseqnence . But ^ 13 his been denied fo the Welcb victims . Mr . Had continued in a strain of vehement elojasace for some time , and was succeeded by

      m . JoanSmith , agent , at Plymouth , for the Star , who "a » second the resolution , and , in a clever and ** n ted speech showed , to the perfect satisfaction of ae meeting , the perfect innocence of tbe Welch ^ ii ^ vrs , as to any treasonable intentions , and ex-? && . with , mnca logical skill , the trickery and Kianery of the Attorney-General , and tbe cruel Tiaaictiveness of the spy-employing , liberty-hating , Sod-reforming Whig-humanity-mongera . Mr . Beer m jsi the second resolution , ** Th « the memorial * aa petition , which be read , and which are those "opted by the Plymouth friends , be also adopted by fca meeting . " Mr . Gin seconded the resolution in » ae « tnd very pithy little speech . Mr . Hor ^ will ^ sd the third resolution" That distress and

      , r ^ y > . resulting from misgoverDment and class-^ iiiation , would never be remedied until the £ » p ! e ' s Charter became the law of tbe land , " Mr . fj Sns seconded the resolution , and , in a speech of ^ derable lengtn , went into many of the existing j £ & . shewing the law of primogeniture to be the £ caU parent of all » risti » cra , tic abuses . Messrs . ** ys and ^ Smith then snng & duet , " Down , down , to * anst . " Three cheers were given for tbe Charter , ¦**« for the patriot Martyrs and Feargus O'Connor , ^ amacil honours ; three groans for the Whig 7 ™ Jory tyrants , ajkd tremendous , ones too , were •^ given ; a Vote of t hank s to the Chairman was ^ fied unaaiaoualy , and thus ended our first Char-5 » mp&ign in Devonport . The following evening .

      r ^ Msid , of Birmingham , delivered an instructive ***< & upon the Corn * nd Importation Laws . » ^ SSow . —A meeting was held on tbe night of i ** d * y week , in St . Ann's Church , to hear an ^ ffig addre&E from Mr . M'Farlane , introductory *» coarse of lectures to be delivered weekly in that ¦ ftfea by qualified persons ; and after each lecture r ^ Pponnnity will be given for individuals to ~* Bg for « vaxd for discussion any plan or proposal B * n *? I * considered likely to aid or accelerate J *« artist cause . On the present occasion , tbe f ~ srer delivered an eloquent * nd interesting * dr *» which waa repeatedly cheered bj tbeaudiencej Sr " ^ M < i female , who had mustered pretty k ?* 8 on the occasion . At the conclusion of tbe 2 *?* s » gentleman rose and proposed that a school ^« be opened for tbe children of Chartists , and " *• P * r » ns might be fouad among themselves who

      *» W volaateer \ b « r ¦ eirieea w teacher * . This S 2 S ? 111011 ' tn * seeooded by Mr . Malcolm , in a . ?^ of considerable length . Mr . Gardner eon - r « M that a qualified teacher sboald be prorided ^ P « d for , Mid- tb * t a kind of politicalc * teebism , j ^^ ti ^ uujiaer of tbe religious or shorter ettf-^^^ orawB up by tlie Aasembly of Divines in a * " * umer , ahonld be drawn up , and printed tor 2 »* of Qiar tist school * . - Several other indi-* 7 ~ took part in the dueoaaion , during which SmZ . ** «« * t * t ** l » school of the defcription £ *« pl * ted h * d been e * Ubliabed in the Vale of itjrj * * here from seventy to eighty children JJ ^ W , » nd were instructed ia true repnblicjm ( Tuples . They were Ungit to call their teacher £ * £ ei" instead of the old Blayish term * master , " jT ^ t they were not to pull off fheir hats or g ^ B to jny aj ^ or ^ jiyggg - Uj other terms ^ f ?' ' brother , any individual , however Zr" « aaght be bis station in soaety . Another tSfiL ; w ^^ kind ^^ been established for a j ^ T ™ £ » e in the village of Patrick . A * ° " » from Bridgevon mentioned that they had

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      »« reed to open one there also . A Committee was then appointed to enter into the necessary arrangements for carrying into operation so excellent an objeefc . Mr . Pattison then rose , and in an . eloquent appeal to the meeting shewed the power of the press ; and concluded by bringing forward a plan which has been some time under consideration by vhe Central Committee for Scotland , for establishing a Joint Stock Printing Establishment , to be divided in one thousand shares at £ 1 per share . The speaker concluded by shewing the great usefulness of such an establishment in forwarding the movement , by tbe printing of political tracts , and other works , in a cheap form , &c Mr . Putieson delivered an address on the same subject , on the following evening , in the Infant School Room , Calton , to the Chartists there , and w * a well received . — Correspondent .

      WATifl Mil * . —Morality and Pubitt of the Middle Class Electors . —During Monday afternoon , this borough was in a state of great excitement . Mr . Wilkins , the barrister , Mr . Bassett Smith , Mi . Charles Brookes , Mr . Bache ( of Dudlay ) and several other gentlemen , addressed the electorB on tbe Tory side , and some 50 delegates , with "Slippery Jemmy" at their head , and Mr . "Jaw Bone Smith , " at their tail , harangued their friends . The speech of Mr . Wilkins produced an extraordinary effect . The learned gentleman ' s reply to tbe popular candidate s twaddle on the mighty subject of Corn Law Repeal , caused Mr . Acland and his coadjutors to look somewhat foolish . In addition to Mr . Wilkins ' s eloquence , Acland had to contend against Mr . Nightingale , ot Manchester , a Chartist of great talent , who compl etely exposed the humbug of the Anti-Corn Law agitation and the execrable accompaniments of " Slippery Jemmy ' s" character . At three o ' clock on Tuesday morning , a party of drunken ruffians , of the lowest description , assembled in front of the New Inn , ailing oat , u Turn out our voters , and that Tory orator , Wilkins . " Their requests were , of course , not attended to ; whereupon they commenced breaking the windows of the inn , and endeavoured to force the front gates . The Conservatives inside the house , about 20 in number , armed themselves with weapons of various descriptions , and placed themselves in tbe gateway ready to give the scoundrels a warm reception .

      Scarcely had they assembled when the large gates were forced , ana a most terrific encounter took place . Acland ' s ruffians , although five times the number , and all armed with bludgeons , were driven back into , the street , and the gates were again closed . Another struggle to force the gates succeeded , and another tremendous fight took place , when Acland ' s party were again defeated , and the gates closed . A third attempt immediately commenced , and an additional number oi the respect able "moral force men" having again assembled , the gates were again forced and broken down . To describe the scene * t this time is impossible- The Conservatives were partly driven into the bouse and into tbe yard . In consequence of a cry of " Hear

      Acland , " tbe ruffians retired , and listened to an harangue . Soms person then mounted Mr . Marlow ' s step ? , whether Aclaod or one of his hirelings deponent knoweth not . Soon after the speaker had informed tbe physical-force gentlemen that he should go home , they returned io the New Inn , and commenced groaning . This midnight howling was continued for some time , when they were pleased to depart , threatening to return . They did not fulfil , however , their promise . The landlord and several of his guests were severely injured . Two of them were carried into the house covered with blood and wounds , and almost senseless . It is certain that many of the other gsng were a ! so severely injured , as the Tones freely used the weapons with which

      they armed themselves , consisting of pokers , tongs , fire-shovels , brooms , mop-sticks , Sec , There were three ladles in the house , besides the wife of the landlord , who were , as might be expected , in a state of distres-ing excitement . A gentleman who visited the town on business from Birmingham on Monday morning , gives the following statement of the m » ans resorted to by the " league" to carry the election : — "On arriving in the town , at ten o ' clock in the morning , I was accosted by the wife of & small manufacturer , with whom I had some dealings , and who begged -of me to assist in releasing her husband , who she said had been 'kidnapped' by the Acl&ud party , and had been in custody at the Dragon Inn since the Saturday night previous . Being a stranger

      in the town , and lesa liable on this account , as I imagined , to insult and violence , I proceeded to tbe head-quarters of the 'league , ' at the 'Dragon , ' where I witnessed a scene which I shall not soon forgot . I passed unchallenged through the kitchen , and five or six rooms , up stairs ; the whole of which were crowded with men and women , most of whom were in a- beastly state of intoxication , and all were indulging in the grossest excesses . There seemed not the slightest restraint on the morals or decency of the party . Many of the men , and the women too , boasted openly of the money they had received from the ' Manchester gentlemen , ' which I learned had

      been freely distributed amongst them , on the pi e * of recompensing them for the injury which they would sustain in voting for Mr . Smuh . Being unsuccessful in my efforts to find the person of whom I went in search , 1 lost no time in leaving a place which resembled a pandemonium more than the habitation of rational human beings . " The system of " kidnapping , " appears to have been extensively carried on , and it is now pretty well ascertained , that a number of agents in tbe employment of the " leaguers , " scoured tbe town on Saturday and Sunday nights , fur the purpose of captaring all doubtful voters and keeping them in custody till the hour for polling arrived .

      GATB 5 HEAI ) . —The members of the National Charter Association met on Sunday , January 31 st , at their place of meeting , Oakwellgate , Mr . Murray in the chair ; when Mr . Cross delivered a lectnre , which gave general satisfaction . Messr 3 . Williams and Binns are expected here to-morroW j to a tea meeting . This Association is going on in a very healthy manner at present . We enrol four or Bix every week . The members met at six o ' clock in the evening , when some resolutions were passed , to the effect that the present Council remain in office till the usual period of three months expire , when a general election shall take place . Members are requested to attend the weekly meetings as regularly as possible . The Committee appointed to enquire after a- room , have not met with one convenient , as yet .

      BIRMINGHAM . — Public Meeting . — ( From our oicn correspondent J—According to previeus announcement , a numerous and spirited meeting was btld at tbe Hall of Science , Lawrence-street , for tbe purpose of hearing an address from Mr . George White , of Leeds , who baa ' been appointed the correspondent for tbe Northern Star for this district At the hour appointed for the commencement of the business , Mr . White appeared in tbe Hall , and . was loudly cheered by tbe assembly . Mr . Dean was called to the chair , and openeditbe proceedings in a neat and effective address , in the course of -which he passed a high ealogium on Mr . White , for his political consistency and sufferings in the Gbartirt cause . He would not trespass furthpr on their time , bnt would at once introducfi him to the

      meeting . 3 dr . White then stepped forward , and -was cordially greeted by the meeting . He addressed them to the following effect : —Men , women , and fellow snfferers of Birmingham , we have met here this evening for the purpose of considering the best and speediest means of removing from the industrious classes of this country , tbe enormous load of misery and angering by which they are pressed to the earth , and endeavouring to emancipate ourselves from the trammels of Whig and Tory oppression . He said th \ t Chartism with him was a " principle whioh he had imbibed with what might be justly deeaed Ms first thoughts—it was the result o . f conviction arising from calm and deliberate investigation . When he looked at the thousands of naked and starving creatures who might be hourly

      met with in our large towns , and considered at the same time that those very miserable * were they who crested all the wealth enjoyed by the voluptuens and profligate idler , be could not avoid examining into the causes which had produced such an unjust and unreasonable state of things . Thousands of hand-loom weavers in this country and Scotland were obliged to Rzbcist os irom mx to seven shillings weekly , and some of them had even to support ^"" Moq on that paltry pittance . "Ah ! bnt this is the result of our artificial and commercial arrangements , " says the political economist He for one would maintain that every man who was willing to work should be amply provided for , or el « be wa * robbed of that to which he was entitled . There « u no necessity for him to tell the pe « ple « f

      Birmingham tbe wrongs and privations tb « y were subjected to . This town bad been the arena for political discussion for the last ten yean . He thought they would agree with him , that they had been ill-used by the aristocracy , and deceived by the middle classes ; it w « , therefore , quite dear , that if anything was effected for the benefit of society , it must be done by tbe working men themselves . It appeared to him that some men were extremely desirous of making tbe working classes believe that they eonld not conduct their a&irs without the assistance of the middle classes Now , if they wanted any pr « of on that point , it was abnndantJ / furnished by the late meeting at Leeds , where the representatives of the working men proved themselves infinitely superior in talent and intellect to the aristocr&tie and middle-class speakers ; bat although

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      he objected to allowing the middle classes to reaame their former position as leaden , he should feel glad if the well disposed amongst them would assist th » people in struggling for "tbe whole Charter and nothing less . " From the spirit which had been manifested that evening , he hadifto doubt but that the men and women of Birmingham would , ere long , eccupy a prouder position than they ever yet held ; a new spirit was now abroad , namely , tbe spirit of investigation and enquiry . Men were not now respected because they wore fine coats , big wigs , or gowns ; and the knowledge of the people would ultimately remove the barriers that had been erected through ages of rainrule and superstition , between the people and the enjoyment of those comforts which the enlarged means of the country would

      admit of . He then proceeded to show up the various villanies practised on the people , exhorted them to union , energy , and perseverance ; and stated that as some important business bad to be transacted , and that he should have other opportunities of addressing them , he would conclude by thanking them for tbe attention with which they had listened to his address , & tbe kind reception they had given him , and sat down amidst the applause of the ineeeting . Tbe Chairman then rose , and stated that Berenl resolutions which bad been agreed to at the late Council Meeting would be submitted for their approval . He would therefore call upon Mr . T . P . Green , to move tbe first resolution . ( The resolutions will be found in the report of the Council Meeting . ) Mr . Green want through an account

      of the various means which had been resorted to in order to place the Chartist principles in s good position in tbe district , and stated many reasons why Mr . Geo . Binns , of Sunderland , should be invited to Birmingham , as lecturer for the district Mr . Rouse seconded th » resolution . He thought Mr . Binns a rerf proper person to fill the important office . The Chairman then put the motion , which was carried unanimously ; he then called upon Mr . Candy to move the second resololution . Mr . Candy , who has been lately lecturing through -the Potteries , and other parts of Staffordshire , stood forward , and was loudly cheered . He said that the bare mention of the person's name in whose behalf he stood before them , would be sufficient to produce the hearty concurrence of the meeting . He meant " Fearcns

      O'Connor . " This announcement was received with enthusiastic and long-continued cheers , and clapping of h&tkd » . When the chefcrin ? had subsided , Mr . Candy proceeded to point out the enormous sacrifice which Mr . O'Connor had made on behalf of tbe people . He had travelled thousands ot miles in their behalf , sacrificed bis money , his health , and ultimately that which is dearer than life , his liberty . ' Jt appeared from the Northern Star that their noble friend was subjected to all manner of indignity and insult , and he considered it the imperative doty of all honest men to insist that such proceedings should be put a stop to ; he felt great pleasure in informing them that throughout Staffordshire and other places that he had visited , tbe same feeling had been

      evinced as that displayed this evening , namely , the greatest indignation for the contemptible scoundrels who were th > n persecuting their friends ; and a lively sense of gratitude to iir . O'Connor , for the many and great sacrifices he bad made on their behalf—he would thtrefore most cordially propose the resolution . —Mr . Henry Green seconded the resolution . He considered Mr . O'Connor the father of the present movement ; he had aroused the energies of the people , and bad imparted information to them which would remain through all ages—and was entile . 1 to the gratitude of the working classes of this country . The resolution was then put and carried amidst loud and repeated cheering . Mr . Srnallwoort proposed the next resolution . He considered it to be the duty of all true Chartists to do

      honour to those who had suffered in their cause . Messrs . Vinoent , White , and Binns had suffered in the Whig dungeons , and he bad no doubt that , instead of their imprisonment damping their ardour , it would be found that , if possible , they were more determined than ever ; indeed , they had a proof of it that evening . He went on at great length to denounce the hypocrisy of the parsons , and showed the necessity of the people uniting for the attainment of their just rigkts . The resolution was seconded by Mr . Southwell , of London , who made a very clever and humourous speech , in tbe course of which he dealt some heavy blows on tbe present corrupt system—he exhorted them to think fortbemselves , and defended the principles of the Charter as being founded in truth , ana defied all the sophistries of its enemies to shake their position . The resolution was then pat by the Chairman and carried

      unanimously . Three enthusiastic cheers were then given for the Charter ; Feargus O'Connor ; and Frost , Williams , and Jones ; after which the meeting separated . A large number of females were in attendance , and several of tbe most influential members of the former Political Union , and it was generally remarked that the meeting was a specimen of tbe good and kind feeling which formerly prevailed . The Chartists of Birmingham are now taking the field in good earnest Meetings will be held ererj Tuesday evening , at the Hall ot Science , Lawrenoe-street , and it is confidently expected that Birmingham will be itself again . Arrangements have been entered into , for providing lecturers for every meeting ; Mr . Dean of Warwick , will deliver a lecture on Tuesday evening next , and Mr . White , of Leeds , on the Tuesday following . Tickets for the soiree in honour of 3 Ies » rs . Vincent , White , and Binns , may be had at any of the booksellers in Birmingham .

      CoKHtrrEE FOR THE RESTORATION OF FROST , WlLliams , ano Jones . —Tbe above Committed held their usual weekly meeting at the Hall of Science , at six o ' clock on Tuesday evening , Mr . H . Green in the chair . The minutes of tbe last weekly meeting were read by Mr . Thompson , one of the Secretaries , and confirmed . Mr . T . P . Green , as Corresponding Secretary , read the correspondence for the past week , which was very cheering and satisfactory . He stated that memorials had been received from Stafford , Worcester , Norwich , Middlesbro ' , Newport , Stroud , & . c . It was then resolved , "That 1 , 000

      adhesive stickers be obtained from Mr . James Cartledge , 34 , Lomas-street , Manchester , with the following inscriptions : — ' Remember Frost- Williams , and Jones , ' and The Charter , and No Surrender . '' The Committee recommend all persons favourable to the cause to purchase them and ubo them generally . The Committees , Associations , and other bodies , who have held public meetings in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones , or who may hereafter do 80 , are requested to get their memorials or addresses engrossed , and remit them to > ir . Guest , bookseller , Steelhouse-lane , and also to assist in raising funds to carry out the objects in view .

      Notice . —The Council of the Birmingham Charter Association request the Committees of the various Associations in tha district to forward to them , at their earliest convenience , an account of the particular day on which they would wish to hold their meetings , in order that a proper arrangement may be made f ' tr the regular and punctual attendance of the missionary for the district . Address to " J . Barratt , Whitehall-street , Birmingham . " ROCHDALE—On Sunday last , Mr . Tillman lectured here in the afternoon , and Mr . Bairstow in the evening , as well as on the following day . Mr . Batterworth will lecture on the 7 th .

      WESTBURT . —At the usual meeting of the body on Monday last , the Association here resolved that a memorial should be forwarded to Lord Normanby , to try to prevent further prosecution against Henry Vincent ; that a demonstration be got up to welcome him , and that the delegates recommend that the said demonstration be got up by the county of Wilts , and the Managing Committee of Trowbridge ; and that Henry Vincent shall proceed through Westbury , that being the first place of persecution of the Chartists . The requisite arrangements were entered into , to carry out the demonstration .

      LOUBHBRO ' -Thb Natiojul Chabtbb Association met on Monday , when Messrs . Pratt , Reynolds , and Jones , were chosen to represent this town in the District Council . After other business had been transacted , the wish of Mr . Slee to meet Mr . Skevington in the Chartist ' s room , on the Bobject of the Corn Law again , was agreed to . Mr . Sloe was then introduced , who stated that his friends considered it would not be well to meet there , as we were not in repate with the middle-class . Mr . Skevington then stated that , if Mr . Slee ' s friends would rive him as many tiekets for the poor u he needed , he would meet him any where . So the matter rests » t present .

      Njews pob thjs Ukheprmehted . —An M . P . on * visit to one of his poor tenants , in the neighbourhood of Loughborough , said Tbtt out of 7 s . per week , a , man with a family might live well , * nd oat of « s . they ought to save sufficient for illness , Ac . " Need the people wonder they are so wretched wh « they are mis-represented by neb characters ! ASHTON .-Mr . Jame , Caxtledge , of Manchester , delivered a > -very interesting leotnre on the moral evils of the standing war . in which he related a

      number of facts to show the prostitution and misery produced b y these oonservera of the peace , and destroyers of the morals of the people ; after which a vote of thanks was carried unanimously to the lecturer . The ChartiBts of Ashton are beginning to Btir themselves ; they hare removed to a commodiouB room in Wood-stYeet , where they have leotores every Sunday evening . It was given out that a recital woaW take place on Saturday evening , when " John Fxos * » nd bis Gaoler" would be recited ; alBO , " The C&Mtkt Prisoner ' s Wife and Daughter . "

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      a ^ UDDERSFIKLD . —At the weekly meeting of the National Charter Association , it was agreed to hold a social tea party , for the benefit of the wives and famitioe of the imprisoned Chartists . As Boon as a room and other arrangements are competed , the public will have timely notice . All the members who have not yet received their cards , may have them by * applying to ¦ tbe secretary , on Tuesday evening next , at the meeting room , Upperfceadrow . i OU 9 KABK . —Mr . Leechthe Chartist missionary

      , lectured in the Chartist Association Room , Greavesstreet , to a numerous audience , on Wednesday week , la the course of which he showed the utter impossibility of stopping the inroads the usurers ware making in the value of labour , unless Universal Suffrage became the law ; of the land . —On Sunday last , Mr . Charles Connor , of Manchester , l ectured in the same place . The room was crowded to excess , and a great number could not get admittance . —On Sunday next , a friend from Ashton-under-Lyne , will preach in the afternoon , and in the evening a lecture will be delivered by Mr . Lewie , of Oldham .

      Turnout of Colliers . —The colliers still refuse to resume their work , at the masters' prices . Throughout the neighbourhood of Oidbam the inc mvenience is already great , and must speedily become very serious . We hope a speedy reconciliation will be effected , or the consequences will be most disastrous , should any stoppage of the factories be occasioned thereby . 8 RA 0 P 0 B 0 , —On Tuesday evening last , a discussion was held at the Hope and Anchor , Marketstreet , between the Chartists and the members of

      the Parliamentary Reform Association . The subject for debate was— "Whether or no it is good policy on the part of the Chartists opposing every measure of reform proposed short of the principles contained is the People ' s Charter . " Mesgrn . Arran , Hodgson , and Martin , contended for the affirmative ; and Messrs . Jackson , Farrar , Wilkinson , and Johnson , for the negative of thia proposition . The diBcussion was continued until eleveu o ' clock , and it was unanimously agreed that it should be adjourned to Tuesday evening next , to be held in the same place , ana commence precisely at flight o ' clock . All parties are admitted gratis .

      XiONDON . —Westminstbb Natiokai Cbabteb Association . —At a meeting held at the Marlborough Coffee House , Great Marlborough-etreet , Golden Square , on Sunday evening last , it was resolved" That any member of the Association , who shall bring up seven members in one quarter , shall receive an enamelled card of the same kind as those got up for the benefit of the victims . " Mr . Wall lectured here , according to promise , to the great gratification of a numerous and respectable audience , by whom he was rapturously applauded : after

      which , Mr . Peat addressed the meeting , when eight new members were enrolled . It was then resolved — " That the thanks of this meeting be given to Messrs . Wall and Peat . " Mr . Wall will give another lecture on Sunday night , at eight o ' clock , subject— " What should the system of education ot the working classes embrace J'' it was also reaolred "That 2 s . 6 d . bo takou from the funds to defray the expences ot a meeting on behalf of that much injured and undaunted friend of tbe working classes , Feargus O'Connor , and to hear the deputation to whom the Home Secretary refused an interview . "

      Thk Ijvcarcebated Victims . —The St . Marylebone and Paddington Victim Committee intend having a concert and ball at Mr . Savage ' s Mechauics' Institution , Circus-street , New Road , on Thursday , Feb . 18 th , for the benefit of the wives and families of the political victims . The concert , in which Messrs . Summers , Baker , Thomas , Brown , Mrs . Joy , Miss Norton , and other vocalists will perform , to be in two parts ; the celebrated overture , " Tancredi , " by Mr . Ambrose , and a comic medley dance by Mr . Thomas , between the parts . Tickets to the ball or

      the concert , sixpence each , to be had at the following places : —Dispatch Coffee House , Bride-lane ; Magnet Coffee House , Drury-lane ; Wright ' s Coffee House , 117 , Charlotte-atreet , Somers Town ; Hill ' s Coffee House , 17 , Homer-street , Crawford-street ; Mr . Murray , 18 , Fitiroy Place , New Road ; Mr . Barrett , 15 , Market-street , Fitzroy Market ; Mr . Hornby , 16 , Northam ' s Buildings , Somers Town ; Mr . Thomas , 13 , Hertford-street , Fitzroy-square ; Mr . Ford , High-row , Knightsbrtdge ; and at the bar of the above tavern . The concert and ball to commence at eight o ' clock precisely .

      HALIFAX . —National Charter Association . — This Association h « ld a council meeting in the afternoon of Sunday last , in their Council Room , Brunswick-court , Hayley-hill , Northowram . After the money matters had been settled , a resolution was passed , that Mr . Vincent be invited to pay a visit to Halifax . O'Connell's visit to Leeds seems to have given fresh vigour to the movement , as the Association has added considerably to their numbers since that event , showing , that while Dan says one word in favour of the suffrage , the working classes , who axe to carry it , will confirm it by their actions , in supporting the Association .

      BARKSLEY . —Charter Association . —There was a large meeting of this body on Monday night , at Peter Hoey ' a ; after the receiving » f contributions , and the enrolment of members , the following resolutions were passed unanimously ;— " That it behoves us , as Chartists , to express our determination never , under any circumstances , to recede from the proud position we occupy as a political body ; moreover , we shall never suffer ourselves to be led away to agitate for anything less than the People ' s Charter ; at the same time , we would be glad to see the middle classes come forward and save themselves from inevitable ruin , by co-operating with us for the attainment of the political rights of all classes of

      the community . " " That the thanks of this association are justly due and hereby given to the Leeds Committee for their preparations to welcome that profligate trickster , Dan , and likewise to the Chartist Delegates , for the able manner in which they defended the rights and privileges of the industrious classes , before some Of the present lawmakers , in Marshall ' s Mill . " It is earnestly hoped that all the associations throughout the kingdom will rally once more , knock at tbe portals of the nick-named constitution , and pour in their , petitions from every town , village , and hamlet in the nation , so as to disturb that false security which they now enjoy , and which they think they have gained by the profligate persecution of poor Chartists .

      SHEFFIELD . —The Chartists had a meeting here , on Monday night , in the room in Porter-street , when tbe sum of 18 j . was collected for the widow oi the late John Clayton , who died from the treatment he endured in Northallerton gaol . Arrangements are made for holding a discussion class on Friday evenings , audit wasagreedto discontinue the Sunday evening meetings . HALIFAX . —The council of the National Charter Association met here on Sunday afternoon , tor the transaction of business , when it was agreed to invite Mr . Vincent t # Halifax . The cause is rallying here , as members who were lately flagging , now come forward with increased energy , since the Leeds Demonstration . SOWERBY" . —The Chartists here have taken a part of the old workhouse to meet in .

      BTOC&POkVT . —On Sunday ttvening , Mr . Butterworth delivered a lecture in the Association-room , to as crowded an assembly as we have had since Mr . O'Connor visited us . Mr . B . gave great satisfaction to all present , excepting the police , whom he never consulted about what would meet with a welcome reception . Mr . S— , of this order , who has embraced as many names , and been connected with as manyparties as there were colours in "Joseph ' s coat , requested that Mr . B . would please to stay at home , and not come to Stookport , tormenting his delicate and most immaculate conscience 1

      Cokckrt . —On Tuesday evening , a grand concert was held , for the benefit of Mitchell , Davis , and Wright , and for the purpose of getting up a demonstration to welcome these worthy patriots from the Whig dungeon , on their entering atockport , on the 13 th of thia month . The attendance was such as did honour to the people of Stockport . A full band was engaged for the occasion , and a number of professional singers , all of whom acquitted themselves well . The evening ' s diversion consisted of comic aonga , recitations , and patriotic addressee : Mr . Bauntow , Mr . Tillman , and Mr . Doyle rendered every assistance possible . The room was crammed to suffocation . The tickets of admission were fourpenoe each ; and the proceedings were such as to exceed the most sanguine expectations of the industrious and indefatigable liberty-loving men of the committee . It was conduoUd entirely n ] the Total Abstinence principle .

      RATCUFFE BRIDGE . —On Sunday , afternoon and evening , Mr . Leech , of Manchester , delivered two lectures in the Association Roem of thin place . At the close of the evening lecture , a vote of thanks was tendered for his valuable services . A good collection was nade on behalf of the incarcerated patriots ; and a great number of the Chartist Circular were sold . This place , one * so diligent and forward , will , ere long , take the same stand in the struggle fox political existence aa ever .

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      BXiACSKBUBN . —A National Charter Association has bees formed here ; at present the meetings are held every Sunday night , at six o ' clock , in a School Room , in Salford . MANCHB £ T £ R . ——On Sunday evening , Mr . Smithurst , of Oldham , preached a most excellent sermon in the Radical Association Room . A gentleman from Burnley also addressed the meeting , strongly urging the adoption of total abstinence . There had been a lea party at that town ; after which , although there -were 400 present , and held at a public-house , only one gill of ale was drunk during the evening . Mr . TtMm&u at thia time arrived from Rochdale , aad Wished just to inform the audience of the great triumph achieved at Heywood . He said there was a good report in the Star , but still it did not , nor could not , Bay everything . Mr . T . gave a most cheering account .

      . Mb . Peter Shorrock 3 has received from Perth five shillings each for Mrs . O'Brien and Mrs . Vincent . Mb . Abkz . HsrwooD exhibited a number of figures of jtbe phantasmagoria , in the room , Tib-street , on Tutpfoy last . The charge of admission was a penay * -tne receipts to be devoted to the Victim JjjtqTBBB nx Mr . Leech on Trades' Unions . — O £ 'lMond » y evening , a public meeting was conv * t » p 4 jn the Carp # ntere' Hall , for the purpose of bjaaMns our talented friend , Mr . Leech , on this subleg l ^ mtch his caused great excitement among the CbarafJat , Trades' Unions , and the working men geaefilly . The town was numerously placarded , in opfcrftb give due publicity of the time aud place of mftrtwg ; and , although 2 d . for tbe gallery , 31 . for the platform , and Id . for the body of the hall was charged for admission , the capacious room was tieawy filled by eight o ' clock . Mr . Butterworth « an * Ai feVin ntnitan frVid ¥ . A / It * Tlnola Io ¥ o , \ ir likavo + *\ A

      Jib take the chair ; seconded by Mr . Whitaker . Mr . Doyle took the situation of Chairman , amidst the . repeated acclamations of the large assembly . Mr . Leech , who was most voci ' eroualy cheered for several , minuteB roBe and said , it would be perhaps thought necessary to explain to this meeting hi * motives for bringing before the public the subject " of this lecture . They were as follows : he felt deeply convinced that the Trades' Unions did not in themselves possess sufficient Bpirlt to shew the aggressive power of capital over the rights of industry ; he would examine the causes which had brought Trades' Unions into operation . 1 st . The grasping avarice of the employers over the property of the employed . 2 nd . Not only the desire , but the

      necessity of protecting their only property , viz . their wages , against the power of capital . 3 rd . Because the property of the working man , the wages of industry , is not protected by law , whilst all other property arising out of the same labour is pro'ecJed oy law . Dr . Adam Smith , in his Wealth of Nations says , That there is no valuable property but that whioh has been made valuable by labour—for instance , the stone that lies useless in the barren roofc is not valuable property , but when the industrious skill of the stone getter has brought it from the bed of nature , it then becomes valuable property , because the industry and skill of the man has imparted to it a value whioh it did not originally possess , which goes to prove that the labour and

      skill of the man were the property , and not the stone upon whioh the skill and labour were expended . Now , said Mr . Ltech , 1 would have you fouow this till now useless stone , through all its various stages , as it passes through the hands of skilful and industrious artisans , till it arrives at its resting-place , when it forms an ornamental and useful part of a beautiful structure , calculated to hand down to posterity a lasting monument of the skill and enterprise of the age in which such structure was reared and perfected ' ; and that at each stage in its progress it acquired an additional value , according to the labour and skill bestowed upon it , by the able but ill-used artisan . Thia proves to demonstration that there is no real value in question but that which labour alone hath given . Why , then , should

      this labour be despised and trampled upon , whilst all other property arising from it is rendered sacred in the eye of the law ! Why should the only propert ; upon which the subsistence of the labouring man depends , be left open to the avaricious and grasping power of the unprincipled capitalist , whilst even the cold and inanimate stone upon which the intelligence and industry have been exercised , is amply protected by law , that would subject the artisan , who has made it what it is , to fine or imprisonment , should he dare to damage the produce of his own industry , which has now become the property of the rich ; whilst the rich man has the power , and is supported by the myrmidons of the law of his own creating , in taking away the wages

      of the poor man , without assigning even a pretext ? These were the causes which had brought Trades ' Unions into existence ; let ua now see how far they have accomplished the objects for which they were established , namely , the protection of labour . In 1810 , the spinners of Manchester turned out against a reduction of wages , and , after struggling against the aggressive powers of their employers four long months , were compelled to return to work on the terms of their tyrants , at the enormous sacrifice of £ 224 , 000 . They again turned out in 1819 , which ended in similar results to that of 1810 ; another turn out of the same body in 1826 ended also in the triumph « f the masters , and a loss to the working people of £ 200060 . The total losa to the work

      , prople by these strikes , amounted to no less than J « 00 , 000 ; note , a sum that would have purchased 10 , 000 acres of goodcultivatedlands , and left £ 200 , 000 to have purchased implements of husbandry , cattle , poultry , or lire stock ; or , if it had been expended in the furtherance of their political rights , they might at the present hour have been amongst the most potent people of the earth , instead of being as they are , despised and trampled upon ; the most degraded of tbe human race . The cotton spinners of Preston , in a strike that will long bo remembered , in consequence of the misery it entailed on them and their families , ended in a losa to the working men of £ 70 , 013 , to which must be added the sum of £ 40 , 290 , inven from the funds of the union , making a total of

      £ 74 , 343 , whilst the total losa to the town at large amounted to £ 107 , 196 . Numbers of the spinners were not allowed again to resume their employment , even on the masters terms , but were compelled to travel the country as walking monuments of the fiendish power of capital oter those whose sweat and toil had brought it into existence . Others of their fellow meH were immured in prisons , for that which was called conspiracy and intimidation , whilst numbers of the female sex were driven to prostitution , to save thembelves from famishing in the land of their birth ; a land teeming and abounding with ev « ry thing that is calculated to inspire joy and happiness , because of its fertility , and the proverbial industry of its inhabitants . Working men , look at these facts ,

      learn wisdom from the past , and so shape your conduct for the future , as not only to deserve , but immediately to obtain those r / ghts which can alone secure to you the full rewards of your industry , and so break the binding trammels of monopoly , avarice , and injustice , which have rendered you dependent on the caprice of callous-hearted usurers , and degraded you below the meanest of God ' s created creatures . The Glasgow turn-out of the cotton spinners which lasted seventeen weeks and five days , and which , like all the others , ended not only in a loss to the town of Glasgow of £ 200 , 000 , but also in the transportation of five of its most worthy citizens , for having stood forth in the front of the battle , cheering on the producers of wealth in the arduous

      struggle of virtuous right against the fiendish might of their tyrannical oppressors . The total loss to tne county of Lanark from strikes which were all unsuccessful , amounted to £ 500 , 000 . The workmen of the Potteries resisted a reduction on a lat » ioccasion , whioh ended in a defeat , and cost them £ 150 , 000 . The strike of the Leeds mechanics , after being protracted twelve mouths , aud at a loss to the working men of £ 187 , 000 , concluded by the men being compelled to surrender to the terms of their employers . A turn-out , which took p lace at Bradford and its neighbourhood , and which continued ten months , ended also in the triumph of capital over industry , with a cost of £ 400 , 000 , ^ besides large sums of money , which were subscribed to support them , from 152 different places . The next strike he would refer them to , was that now pending , between the colliers and the masters , which hadalreadv cost , at the least calculation , £ 50 , 000 .

      How this strike might end he knew not , but most eincerely wished in the triumph of thoBe meritorious and useful men , who , though they laboured through life in the regions of death and darkness , received little more than one halfpenny for getting 1 cwt . of coals , whilst the poor people of Manchester , who consumed the coal , pay 8 d . per cwt .. for the same ; nearly the whole amount going into the pockets of the speculators in profit . Mr . Leach went on raising question upon question , closely reasoning upon each question in a style that seemed to rivet and fix the attention of the congregated thxroands ; showing m a masterly manner the flagraiit inpustic * of the monopoliaer and capitalist ; tho inefficiency of the ^ radefr uaioas , as at present constituted , to shield successfuly labour against the usurious , and unrighteous inroads «| eapital ; the necessity of the working men of this and other towns , and indeed of the whole country , nailing for the purpose of procuring for labour tne

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      protection of the law—a protection they could ntrer ensure till labour was fairly represented in tbe People ' s House of Commons , upon the principle * eon <* tain « d in the People's Charter . Mr . Leach tnen ut down , amidst the most deafening cheers imagiBibloV having made an impression which can never be obliterated . The Chairman then rose and requested , that whoever might have anything to state , in opposition to what the lecturer Had advanced , would come

      to the platform , when Beveral gentlemen addressed the meeting , confirming the position Mr . Leach had taken . Mr . Tinman then rose , and said he should not detain the meeting many minutes , but he thought it was useless to attend lectures unless the objectof the lecture was kept in view ; he should therefore submit , with the permission of the chairman , the following resolution : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting , that a Delegate meeting should be held on Wednesday , the 10 th of February , at the National Charter Association Room , Tib-street , Manchester ; for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of carrying out the object of the lectBre . " Tl » is resolution being seconded bj Mr . Butterworth , in »

      concise speech , was carried without a dissentient voice . A question was then put to Mr . Leach , as to whether he would advise the preset * Trades' Union 3 to dissolve , a * d jon the Charter Associations , for the acconpIishaK * of political power . Mr . Leech , in answer , said—Wo , he would not advise them to break , but , if possible , to strengthen themselves fifty-fold . He illustrated his idea by the following figure : —Suppeehig there war a tiger in a cage , of which the wires were half broken , bat still sufficiently strong f » retain him within its Knits ; for the Trades' Cnious to abandos their present organisation , would be as foolish as

      going to break the wires of the cage and allow the monster to pounee upon the surrounding multitude . But , instead of doing so , he would advise the Trades * Unions to maintain their present position ; at the same time join the . Chartists , and assist in obtaining that power which would enable them- to- furnish th » cage with nevr wires , and keep the tiger ( capital ) within its own bounds . —Mr . Littler saved three times three cheers for ail the incarcerated Chartists ( done effectually ); three cheers for Frost , Williams , and Jones ; three for Feargus O'Connor and the Northern Star ; and three for Leech . Every one was carried with enthusiastic cheering . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman .

      KEWPOB . T . —Monmouthshib * . ——The eatue goes on bravely in this town . There waa a spirited meeting on Monday night , at the Llanarth Inft , when Mr . William ? addressed the aest-mbl ; at some length . A committee ( consisting of Messrs . Meaker , Greenland , White , and Daviet- ) fa formed here to prosecute the scoundrel spy Fewin , who perjured himself last Monmouth sessions , as was noticed in the Star at the time . Evidence can be adduce 1 that will implicate some of ihe " heads" of the county , and lay bare one of the basest conspiracies that has been known for so ma time past . AU communications mu-st be directed " J . Hitching , care of Mr . James Horner , Newport , Monmouthshire . "

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      NORTHERN CIRCUIT . The days appointed for holding the Assizes for the Northern Circuit ; before the Hon . William Hburt Majjle , Knight , one of her Majesty ' s Justices of the Court of Common Pleas , at Westminster , and David Francis Atchkrij . ev , Esq ., one of her Majesty ' s Sergeants- ax- Law , ' and others , justices assigned to hold the Assizes pursuant to the statute . Westmoreland—Thursday , Feb . 18 , at Appleby Cumberland . —Saturday , Feb . 20 , at Carlisle . Northumbebland . —Wednesday , Feb . 24 , at Newcastle-on-Tyne . . Nbwcastle-on-Tyne . —The same day , at the Guildhall , Newcaat \ e-on-Tyne . Durham —Tuesday , March 2 , at Durham . York . —Saturday , March 6 , at the Castle of York . CiTir of York- —The Bame day , at the Guildhall , York .

      Lancashire , North Division . —Saturday , March 20 , at Lancaster . Lancashire , South Division . —Thursday , March 5 , at Liverpool .

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      Walsaix Election . —Great excitement has prevailed at Walsall during tha progress of the election , which has iu . st now concluded ; and many are the tales in circulation as to the honourable conduct pursued by both parties towards the independent electors . An agent from WaJsall , on the part of the Tory party , attended on Monday night at the Fox Inn , Freeman-street , Birmingham , and there hired thirty men , at 15 a . and \ £ 1 each , to proceed to Walsall at five o ' clock the next morning , of course to kick up a row if required . There appears to have been no damage done up to the close of the poll . The election was strongly contested . The following was the state of . the poll at its final close . Gladstone , 365 ; Smith , 327 ; majority for the Tory , 38 .

      Canterbubt , Tuesday Evenikg . —The poll opened at eight o ' clock this morning , in seven different polling booths , and the first hour gave Mr . Smythe a majority of 16 ; on the next hour ' s poll Mr . Wilson gained 3 , which reduced Mr . Smythe ' s majority to 13 . From ten o ' clock to eleven there was a tremendous struggle , both parties polling as quickly as possible ; as many aa 661 voters were polled in the course of that hour , of which Mr . Wilson had a majority of one , thus reducing Mr . Smythe's majority to 12 . From eleven to twelve there were 150 voters polled , and the result of the total poll at that hour placed Mr . Smythe in a majority of 84 . To this return the greatest interest was attached , because a large majority at that hour , it was thought , would prove a decisive one . Every effort was then used by the Blues te reduce the majority , but without avail . Mr . Smythe ' s ( the Tory ) preponderance on the poll increased each successive hour to 106 , 120 , 130 , and finally to 163 .

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      [ FROM THE LONDON PAPERS OF PRIDAT . J In the House of Lords , last night , the Earl of Minto mov « d the thanks of their Lordships to Sir Robert Stopford , Commododore Napier , Admiral Bandeira , and the officers and men comprising the land and sea forces serving under their command , during the recent transactions in Syria . Lord Colchester suggested that , in addition to the thanks of the Hoase , some essential mark ot his Sovereign's favour , should be presented to Sir R . Stopford . The Duke of Wellington , tbeEarl of Hardwickb and Lord Hill , severally bore testimony to the gallantry of the recein achievements in the Levant ; after which the motion was unanimously agreed to .

      Lord Brougham presented a petition from Leicester , praying for the abolition of Church Rates ; and asked if it was the intention of . Government to introduce a measure upon the subject this session ? Lord Melbourne said that it was not in his power to make any such announcement . Lord Brougham aiked if his Noble and Learned Friend on the Woolsack intended to bring in any bill for the improyenwnt of the ecclesiastical The Lord Chancellor replied in the affirmative Their Lordships then adjourned .

      In the House of Commons , last night , Lord J . Russell moved for leave to briag mi a bill for the registration of parliamentary electors , which in no essential respect / differed from that of last jear . He proposed that fifteen revising barristers should be appointed by the Speaker , from forty-five barristers nominated by the judges , and that when once appointed they should hole their offices independently , being removable only upon an address from both Houses of Parliament . He also proposed a court of appeal , consisting of three barristers ; and instead of an aunual revision he should propose that the first

      revision should establish the right for life , under the same circumstances as those under which it baa been originally conferred . . Mr . Liddell hoped there would be some clause m the Bill to prevent the personation of voters . At the late Walsall election three deceased Conservatives were personated by three persons who voted in their names for the Liberal candidate . .. Leave waa then given to bring in the Bill . Lord John Russell moved for a select committee on Acts relating to South Australia , which was agreed to . Shortly after the House adjourned .

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      Rather Ominous . —The following circular h * been issued to the supporters of Her Majesty s Ministers : — " Lord J . Russell presents his compliments to — , and particularly requestsi hia attendance at the House of Commons every Monday and Friday , at a quarter before four v clock precisely , to put the Speaker in the chatr ! Secrets of GovEiuiHENT .-There « . - Tumour that ageneral election is not improbable to ** f ? P »« f shortly . Ad emissary of Government w » s atWindsor , on Friday moraing Boundmg certain P « rUesju » in the town , known to be the rery obedient aervaati of the castle .

      Trial op thb Earl . of Cabbiga * . —Orders hare been iusuedfrom the office of Woods and Forests te > m » ke preparations in the House of Lords for the trial of the Earl of Cardigan , and on Thursday morning workmen were busily engaged in takinf the necessary measurements . Additional galleries are to be erected on each side of the House for the use of Peers , and another gallery is to be built under the Strangers' Gallery , for the accommodation ef those who may be fortunate enough to obtain tiekets of admission from the Lord Great Chamberlain , the applications for which , it is said , are extremely numerous . The estimate of the probable cost of fitting up the House for the approaching trial it £ 2 , 000 . [ There is one law for the poor , and another for the rich—at least , bo far as preparation , / with its intended cost , is concerned . ]

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct535/page/1/