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      HOUSE OF LORDS ,- . Fbidat , Jab . 29 ih . Lord WatE 5 CLl ? PE asked three questiona relative to tbe treatment of Frost , William * , and Jones , at New-Sooth Wales . First , -whether it vu true that they were better treated than other cozmcrs ; aeeondly , whether specific instrnctioaa of an ; kind were sent out with them ; and , lastly , whether any despatches h&d been reeeived from Sir J . Fnmklinj » nveying information upon the subject . He was anxious for an explanation on this matter , for it was not right that an impression should go through the country that persona who hid been guilty of such crimes were nevertheless better treated than other con-ricts .

      The MarquU of ?* 0 R 3 Ia > "BY replied , that no special infraction had been sent out with Frost and his associates . The governor , bowerer , bad sent home a letter from Frost complaining that while o ' n board the Mandarin they were not allowed to wear their own clothes , and that they were in fact treated in every respect like the other c * nriet& Sir J . Franklin had inspected the convicts on their arrival , and the only difference in their treatment was that he immediately sent Frost and bis associates to Taxman ' s Peninsula , , the penal settlement of the colony , whereas the others were sent to

      probationary employments . So far as the GoTernment and Sir J . Franklin were concerned they felt obliged to the noble Lord for affording them the oppgrtunity of giving this explanation . He had heard nothing farther on the subject , but he would say , with respect to the occupation of these parties , that it was not unusual to employ persons in tfee sort of labour to ¦ which they irere preTiously accustomed , and doubtless in conformity with this usage , and not a ? a special favour ; for , if done as a special faTour , Sir J . Franklin must baf e reported it .

      TT .. j . » J # m . Z ?_ ZL O Tuesday . Feb . 2 . The Eirl of Cardigan surrendered . himself into the custody of Sir Augustus Clifford , the usher of the black rod , and was subsequently admitted to bail , himself in tht sum of £ 10 , 000 , and two sureties to the ' amount of £ 5 . 000 . each . The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was read & second time , and the house adjourned .

      Thursaay , February 4 . "We can only giro from the second edition of the Sun , which leaves their Lordships in the middle of a long Uk about the war in Syria .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Fkidat , Jajt . 29 . Captain PoiHiLL asked if a paragraph which he had Been in the papers , to the tffect thit Prince Albert had returned an answer to an address from the Loyal Repeal Association of Ireland , was true . Lord Johx RrssELL knew nothing of any such document , and , at all events , it was a . matter for which Ministers did not hold themselves responsible . The only responsible party was Mr . Anaon , the secretary to his Boyal Highness . jlr . Sergeant TaLFOCBD moved for leave to bring in a Bill for the extension of copyright , which Bill was in subbt&nce the same as that of las ; session . ilr . WAKBraios opposed the Bill . On a division , the Hon . and Learned Sergeant succeeded by a majority of 142 to 30 .

      Lord Johs Russell then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to renew the po-wers of the Poor Lasr ComuiiERonera , and to make further amendment * in the laws relating to the poor of England . ilr . Gbimsditch objected to the principle of governing by Union * . ilr . Waklet expected that the Noble Lord would have brought in two distinct bills upon these two distinct subjects . In every stage he would oppose the Bill for extending the powers of the Commissioners for ten years . He was qnite amazed that a Minister of a Liberal Whig Gsvernment , calling itself a Reform Ministry , and relying upon the people for their support , should propose a law of this nature after the experience which they had had of its previous" working

      and most pernicious tendency— ( hean— - a law which took from the people the administration of their own affairs and deprived them of the means of applying their own moDey to the wants of those destitute poor who came under their observation in their own respective localities . Was the ?» oble Lord prepared . to show the necessity f » r the continuance of this commission ? He was anxious to know , was the law to be such as tho will of the Commissioners might please to interpret it , ¦ at was it to be found in the Statute Books of the realm ? ( Hear , hear . ) If the Poor Law was to be recogn'srf and well understood as a positive law of the taw , assuredly those who administered such a law should be obliged to abide by its provis . ons , an 4 be expected to consult and examine the particular statutes upon the

      subject , instead of being influenced as they at present were by an appeal from the heartless and tyrannical rtpresetitations of the Board of Guardians . If * this were a constitutional mode of governing the country , the sooner such a constitution was got rid of the * better . He held in his hand a small book , which he obtained at Somerset House ; it was entitled" Amended Work house Rules . " HeaYen only knows what the original rules were , which it appeared had been amended , t" Hear , bear" and l aughter . ) But what did he find under the "head of " discipline and diet of paupers ?" It stated that all paupers in the workhouse , except those who were sick , should , at certain specified hours , rise from their beds , go to work , have off wurk , and go to bed , and should be allowed such intervals for meals as shall be notified to them by the ringing of the bells ; but that during the meals the mast perfect silence must

      be maintained . He ( Mr . Wakley ) observed , that they were to be kept to work throughout the day , . except \ when they were at their meals ; but even in , the workhouse at their meal times they were not permitted to \ break the silence that reigned around by the utterance ef a single word . This was a privation that ^ was even ' by criminals deemed the niest dangerMis and severe . This was measuring out the same kind of punishment ¦ to those unfortunate beings who stretch out their : hands towards them in the supplicating tone of hanger ' and destitution , and the hardened felon condemned to ' suffer for his crimes and offences against society and the laws . Was it to enforce regulations of this kind ; that the Poor Law Commissioners were to be continued in their present situation * If not , why should the ! eountry be burdened by the heavy expense which they > dtailed upon it ? !

      Some further discussion took place , after which ; Lord Jobs Russell said that the whole principle f the bill was involved in the continuance of the Com- > missioners ; but whether the period was to be for one i year or for ten was not involved in the qnestion then before the House . ¦ I Leave was then given to bring in the bill , aud the House adjourned . Monday , Feb . 1 . » i There ¦ was no business in the Lords of any pnblic interest , and the Commous could not muster " a House . " Tuesday , Feb . 2 . Lori J 0 H 5 Russell gave notice that on Friday next he would move the thanks of the house to Admiral Sir B . Stopford and those who were engaged at the capture - # f Acre .

      Mr . Hcme gave notice that in the first week of \ March he would move for leave to bring in a bill to ' amend the Reform Bi ll , by extending the suffrage to lodgers . ; Captain Polhill renewed his question as to whe- '¦ ther a letter addressed by Mr . Anson , ( the private ¦ ecTetary of Prince Albert ) to Mr . Ray , the secretary to ¦ the Loyal National Repeal Association , conveying to that body the thanks of his royal highness for their ' address to his royal highness on the birth of a princess , was genuine ? Lord Johx Russell said he had Been the letter in the newspapers , but he had not thought it necessary to make any inquiry on the subject . . In reply to a question from Mr . Hume , :

      Lord Johi * Russell stated that the treaty entered into by Admiral Napier was not approved of by Sir R . Stopford , but in consequence of steps taken by : Admiral Stopford , the submission of Mebemet Ali had been accepted by the Sultan , and a commander had ¦ been sent from the Porte to Alexandria , with the . view ' i of conferring on Mehemet Ali the hereditary Pachalic f Egypt , and to enter into arrangements for the craniauon of Syria . In the meantime , Mehemet Ali had consented to give up the Turkish flett , which it was expected would be soon ready to proceed to Constantinople . Sir Robert Peel asked the Noble Lord whether he \ was prepared to lay on the table of the House all recent I despatches from Canada , in order to bring them down to the present moment .

      Lord J Russell said he was not aware whether ; there were any despatches which he could lay on the table of the House . He was not , however , prepared at that moment to give a positive answer . j Sir R . Peel asked if any day had been fixed to give ; affect to the Act of Union . , ; Lord John Russell said it to the intention of the Government to have proclaimed the Union at ; the end of January , or the beginning of the present ; month . ) Mr . EL Hixde gave notice that , on Thursday , he j would move for a modification of the standing orders I which required that ten per cent on the capital ahould be deposited in all cases of Railway Bills . Ee would move , instead of ten , that five per cent abould be sufficient .

      The Attobxby-Gbhbral moved for leave to bring fa a Bill to facilitate the administration of justice . In j rder to correct the present delays in the courts , of efuity , it would be necessary to appoint two additional Judge * , and to create two additional courts of equity , and to abolish the jurisdiction of the equity aide of the Sreheqoer . This would , he « aid , lead to no great additional expenditure , as there were sufficient fund * already ccisting in the courts of chancery and exchequer to provide compensation to those wno might be ¦ offerers by the change .

      Sir E . SCGDES was of opinion that they should | preceed more gradually than was proposed to be done I by tins BflL He thought that one additional Court ! Would be sufficient , and that at all events it should be j aacertslned by experience that one was unequal to the j business before they burdened the country with two . I Zbe Right Han . Gentleman went at length into his I

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      views of the alteration * which he deemed requisite . He proposed that there ahould be two assistant * to the Lord Chancellor in the Home of Lords , tad that when not sitting in the House of Lerda they should tit In the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . In accordance with those views , he would move for leave to br ing in a Bill to facilitate the Administration of justice in the House of Lords and the Privy Council . Mr . Lynch contended strongly for the immediate necessity for two additional Judges , and gave a decided preference to the Bill of the Attorney-General over that of the Right Hon . Member for Ripon . Leave was immediately given that the two Bills should be brought in .

      Mr . Labouchebe then brought forward his proposition for t qualising the duties on Hast and West India rum . The subject , be admitted , was one of such importance that he would not seek to bind the House by calling for a vote before proper time should have been given for consideration . He would , therefore , conclude by moving that the House ahould on Monday next resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House , to consider the propriety of equalising the duties on East and West India rums . As the law already admitted the sugars of the East and West Indies at equal rates of duty , his object now was to place rum upon the same footing . The proposal was so just and reasonable , that our possessions in the East Indies should be placed at

      no disadvantage as compared with our possessions elsewhere , that the whole burden of proof should , in his opinion , rest with those who would resist « o just a proposition . The Bight Hon . Gentleman then argued at great length that this alteration would not , when carried into operation , prove to be so injurious to tile West Indies or the distillers at home , as had been se strongly insisted ipon by the parties interested , while it would give the greatest satisfaction to our Bast India possessions . He would also observe that it was the intention of Government to place East India manufactures , exported to Ceylon and Australia , on the same footing as the manufactures of Great Britain exported to those colonies , by the abolition of discriminating duties .

      Mr . Goulburh referred to the great importance of the subject as a reason for net embarking in the discussion UDtil the question ahould come on for consideration on Monday night Mr . Hume was disappointed that a measure of justice * o very limited and paltry should have been proposed by the Government , Mr . Hogg said that this measure , though , perhaps , not so extensive as it ought to be , would be hailed with the great-st gratification in India . Sir J . a Hobhodsb thought it would be Imprudent to attempt to do more tb . * " it was probable they could successfully accomplish .

      Mr . O Con nell gave notice that on Monday , when the question again came before the House , he should move tkat measures be taken to prevent the importation of rum , the produce of slave labour , into this country by excluding such rum from the equalised duties ; and he should , at the same time , call attention to the gross neglect of the East India Company in not making rules and regulations for carrying the Slave Act into effect Sir S . Lushikgton quite agreed in the course suggested by the Hon Member for Publin as regarded rum , the produce of slave labour . The motion was agreed to .

      Lord Stanley moved for leave to bring in a Bill to amend the laws relating to the registration of voters in Ireland . The main provisions ef his Bill were the same as those of last year , and its object was to remedy abuses whick all parties admitted to exist He proposed , in the first place , to abolish certificates as evidence of the right of voting , and to transfer to Ireland the system of annual registration which prevailed in England , the registry to be made up by public officers , and revised , as in Engl and , by barristers . He proposed also that , as in English counties , so in Ireland , persons seeking to obtain the franchise should give public notice of such intention , in order that objectors might have the opportunity of opposing their claims , if improperly advanced . He proposed also that there should be a

      right of appeal , as well for the objector as for the claimant , and that such appeal should be to the Judge of Assize . By way of protection , however , against frivolous appeals , he would &ire power to the Judge of Ass e ss t 9 visit the defeated party with costs , if he deemed his claim or objection , u the case might be , to be frivolous or vexatious ; except the party appealing bid obtained the previous decision of the revising barrister in his favour . He had looked over the forms of notice in his Bill , and had rendered them leas onerous to the claimant ; and , as an additional security to the latter , he had introduced a clause , compelling the objector , when giving notice ot objection , to give notice of the grounds also upon which his objection was founded , so that the claimant might know the nature of

      the objection he had to meet The Noble Lord alluded in most respectful terms to the Liberal Association of Ulster , for many of the members of which be had the greatest esteem and respect This Association was formed with a view to search out grounds for the rejection of this Bill , and they proftssed themselves supporters of the present Government , while they deprecated repeal . Yet that Association had put forth its plan of registration , and , strange to say , upon all the leading principles of his Bill he had the sanctien of the Liberal Association of the province of Ulster . The Noble Lord , finally , declared that he had no intention to introduce into his Bill any clause to define the franohise , for he was not prepared to mix up that difficult question with one sufficiently complicated ia itself .

      Lord Mobpeth remarked that the Noble Lord s Bill had met with so much success last year , that he had become enamoured of it , and could not resist the temptation of bringing it forward , although her Majesty ' s Government had given notice of a measure on the same subject He complimented the Noble Lord on the temperate manner in which he bad brought bis motion forward , and should offer no opposition to it He would remark , however , that the Ulster Association did not approve of the double appeal , unless the franchise was defined . In the Bill which it was the intention of the Government to introduce , it was proposed to amend the laws for the qualification , as well as for the registration of voters .

      Mr . O'COJiNELL said he was not bound by any compromise between the Noble Lords . They ought to have the Government Bill before the House in the first instance , and he therefore moved that the debate should be adjourned until after the 4 th inst Mr Hume seconded the amendment After some few observations from Mr . W . S . O'Brie . n , Lord J . Russell entered at some length into an analysis of the Noble Lord ' s Bill , to which he said his objections were but little diminished by the alterations , and in the wake of which would follow the same calamities as would , in bis opinion , have followed the Bill of last year . He thought , however , that the Noble Lord was perfectly justified in the course he had pursued in bringing in the Bill , and he should therefore vote for its introduction , and against any delay that might be offered .

      After some observations from Mr . Lucas and Colonel Rawdon , The House divided , and the motion of the Noble Lord was carried by a majority of 261 to 71 . Tiie House then adjourned .

      Wednesday , February 3 . Mr . Bai . ves moved , pursuant to notice , for an Account of the quantity of Sheep and Lambs' Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 —specifying th » countries from which it came , the quantity that p&id a duty of one penny per pound , and the quantity that paid a duty of one half-penny per pound ; of the quantity of Foreign Wool re-exported during the same period , and the ctuntries to which it , was sent , and the quantity remaining warehoused under bond on the 5 th day of January , 184 L Account of the quantity of British Sheep and Lambs' Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom in the year IS 40 , specifying the countries to which they were sent Account of the quantity of British manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1849 specifying the countries to which they were sent

      Lord J . Kussell rose to propose the following resolution : — " That this House entertain ! a jost and high sense of the distinguished and exemplary manner in which John Rickman , Esq . late Clerk Assistant of this House , uniformly discharged the duties of his situation during his long attendance at ths table of this House , " Several members spoke of Mr . Rickman in eulogistic terms , and the resolution was adopted . ilr . Bes > al brought up the Rep at of the Committee of Supply . The resolutions were agreed to , and ordered to be further considered on Friday next The House then adjourned .

      Thursday , February 4 . Mr . Gladstone took the oaths and his seat Mr . H . Hi SDK moved that the Standing Order , respecting Railway Bills , which requires that a sum equal to one-tenth part of the amount subscribed be deposited in the Court of Exchequer , be modified by substituting ene-twentieth for one-tenth . After a good deal of talk , the House divided , and the motion was negatived by a large majority . There was then some talk about certain usages connected with the religious dogma * of India , about Juvenile Offenders , about Quarter Sessions , Courts , and about Capital Punishment , bnt all these talks ended in talk . The collective wisdom then began to talk abont Irish Regis tration , and in the midst of this talk the Sun leaves them .

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      Wbavees op evkky District , and more bspkciaxi . v to ths Wbjltess ot Boltojj . —Mr . Christy , of Drojlsden , has offered a redaction to hia weavers , and they have struck work against it . in consequence of the price he offers not being equal to the price given by other masters . He has given ihe persons notice to quit the houses they hold under him as tenants ; and it is very probable he may apply to Boltoa , or other districts , for hands , as it has been the case aforetime . I hope the people of Bolton , and other districts , will not attempt to take our situations , as we are contending for their rights as well as our own . William Hibbekt .

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      Jm » . == ~~ Dublin , January 31 . DR . COOKE-S ACCEPTANCE OF DANIEL O'CONNELL'S CHALmir&E TO TWBNTY-8 IX HOURS DJWJU 88 ION OP CITIL AND BELIGIOUS'XIBERTY .

      TO DANIEL O ' COKNELL , ESQ ., H . P . Sir , —This is probably the last letter with which I shall trouble you . I beg yon , therefore , do not burn i t as you did my first . Rather treat it lik » my second , and read it twice—as I trait it contains BOme matters important to yonrself and your country . ' \ Bnt , before proceeding farther ; 'I most set myself right with the public In the Dublin Monitor ' s report of the speech in which alone you attempted a reply to my challenge to a discussion of repeal , I find these words : —* " He invites me to a conference , and the mode he takes of conveying that invitation is by writing me the most insulting

      letter he could possibly pen . I had read abont five lines when I flung it into the fire . I am sorry for it ; for had I thought it was of value , I would have kept it as a cariosity . " I am happy I can gratify you with a copy—nat that I believe you either like it , or care for it—but that the public may judge of the nature and extent of the " insults" I was guilty of penning . For the accuracy of the copy—indeed it i * rather the original—I pledge my word ; and I am grateful to that Providence by which such an unimportant document has been preserved—that from the charge of offering an unmannerly insult I may stand exonerated before the public . " Belfast . Jan , 5 , 1841 .

      " Sir , —As you have determined to carry the repeal agitation into Ulster—and as I hold it to be the duty of every loyal subject to give it all the legal opposition la his power—I beg to inform you that I purpose to challenge yoa to a public discussion of the question in all its bearings , political and religious . "The challenge I intend to appear ( God willing ) in the Belfast Chronicle of to-morrow , and I send you this notice that you may have the earliest knowledge of niy design . " 1 have the honour to be , your obedient servant , "H , COOKB . " 11 To Daniel O"Connell , Esq . "

      Now , there ' s the wondrous " curiosity" yon wish you h&d preserved ; there ' s " the most insulting letter I could pen . " Let the public judge of my insult and your veracity ; but , no matter , " the gulls shouted , " and on the faith of your testimony , I was written down " unmannerly , " while you were echoed the very " pink of politeness . " Perhaps you will gay you referred not to my private , but to ray first public letter . If so , I shall submit the point of etiquette to any tribunal of gentlemen that even you may appoint ; and if you find three gentlemen in the kingdom who will say that , in that letter , I " insulted" yoa , I pledge myself to the most publio retraction and the most humiliating apology . I'll do more . Now that the affair is n » t before "the gulls" for a " shout , " but before the public for decision , point out in my challenge what you denounce as " most insulting , " and I shall explain , retract , or apologise , as the nature of the case may require . But to come to a more important point

      I have always , Mr . O'Connell , suspected you mistook your profession . Nature intended you for the army . Never was the " cedant arma toga" more unhappily verified than in you . Why do I think so ? I'll tell it you in a story , for the truth of which there are living vouchers . A little before the year ' 98 , a respected ceuutry gentleman received a commission to raise a corps of yeomanry for the defence of the country against the Impending rebellion . On applying to a worthy farmer to join his company , the reply was a question , " Will it be foot or cavalry ? " The captain answered—foot " Ah . ' " replied the farmer , " I would join you if you were cavalry . " " And why , my good fellow , would you prefer the cavalry ? " Ah ! " rejoined the farmer ,

      theyr ' e best for a retreat like . " Now , it is on your powers at a " retreat like" that I found my opinion that nature intended you for a great general . For , as one of the thief qualifications of a good general is always to secure the means of retreat , I will venture to affirm that , since the dayB of Nirarod , in the retreating department , you stand fairly without a rival . But let me warn you , Mr . O'Connell , that though you foiled me once , though you utterly baffled the whole array of protests thrown in your rear by the Bel / ait News Letterstill I don't despair of making you my prisoner . A tall events , of one thing I am certain—that I will cut off your retreat upon every way but one—a road you know right well , and by which , if again yon retire , I leave you " alone in your glory . "

      Bnt to exhibit your retreating powers to the pnblic You threatened te invade Ulster to argue repeal . You threatened to appear on its military frontier with an agreeable cortege of 50 , 000 men—the most of them notorious sans culottes—the men who bad a few years ago been shut out of the same town' Ne wry ) by the turning of a pivot bridge , and the muzzle of the cannon . You did not tell as how nmny might accompany you to Belfast , but you gave tolerably plain indication ot the will , that with so many is law , when you told "the gulls" in Dublin that yoa could , or wished' you could , " fill a pocket-handkerchief' with the consol idated

      shouts that would greet you at the Linen Hall—a vaticination of yours that may hereafter rank you with that brother prophet , who , for the love of the Moabitish rent , came to curse Israel , but whom Providence overruled , in spite of his covetousness , to bless them . And though you ahould , in your usual style , call me by the name of the animal that rebuked his " madness , " I ¦ will not be deterred from administering that castigation , so long as your gigantic talents are perverted to disturb the peace of this province , undermine the integrity of the empire , and threaten the stability of the Protestant religion .

      Now , it was to arrest your mad career of mobbing , and speeching and shouting , that I challenged you to a deliberate discussion of the repeal question , before an impartial and orderly assembly . For doing so , you said I " insulted" you , and of my insult the public can judge . You called me every ill name you could invent or recollect , and , because I dreaded you would accuse me ef wishing to convert a political question into a polemical controversy , and therefore promised to exclode religion ; as a consummate tactician , you turn my flank , and effect your retreat with a skill that would have made Xecophon Btare , at the head of ton

      thousand—and the " gulls shouted . " Well , sonieonebas said of a great general—he has beaten us so often , that , at last , he will teach as to beat him—and to comr pare the small with the great—so thought I in my simplicity . I took you at your word . I offered te discuss religion , by asserting in the newspapers , as you wished , the errors and heresies of the Roman apostacy . I stand to my word still , and on the same condition—viz ., that you obtain for me one column , or two , or more , weekly or less frequently , in one or two southern Romanist papers ; and I now odd to my proposal , that , for every Romanist southern paper you furnish me , I secure to you three northern Protestant

      papers . " Now , my dear Roman Catholic countrymen—and though I denounce the traditions and heresies whereby crafty men have deluded you , you are dear to meconsider , I pray you , for you are admirers of courage , whether physical or mental—consider , I pray you , the cowardice of that man who dares neither to meet me fairly aud openly on politics or religion . Let your priests aud a hireling press say what they will , there is something within yoa that tells yoa my proposal is fair ; and , if Mr . O'Connell again retreat , not merely from me , but from bis own word , what can you conclude but that he dreads my exposure of the rottenness ot his cause ? And what , Mr . O'Conneii , is your next retreat ? Why , in Belfast , there is not a word

      whispered absut my cutting off your retreat into religion , bnt you are ready , you say , at any time , and I must presume at any place , to discuss with me the questions of civil and religious liberty for twenty-six hours ! And at this second edition of your challenge , " the gulls shouted . " Now bear witness , ye 30 , 000 i . ' repealers , who , for the greater convenience of hearing , were so miraculously squeezed by the patent Vindicator press into a space that never heretofore did , and never again will , contain 1 , 300 men , women , and childrenbear witness to Mr . O'Connell ' s challenge and pledge , and to my third , and , I trust , successful attempt to cut off his retreat Mr O'Connell , with joy do I accept your challenge , and I undertake to demonstrate , from your councils , balls , extravagants , decretals , theological

      and mom lusUtuU-s , aud biblical notes , as well as from history—binding myself to quote only from Romish authorities—that the religion of Rome has ever been , and still i s , not only adverse to , but absolutely destructive of , civil and religious liberty . I take up your Romish gauntlet—there lies my Protestant glove . Won't you lift it , Mr . O'Connell ? What . ' gone again ? —another retreav?—and why not ? Dr . Cooke , you ' re " a loathsome theologue ; " 1 hate your " insulting p # n ;" I abhor your " Ulster brogue ; " I'll have none of your " cookery ; " don't think to "bally" me into keeping my word : don't think on your own dunghill to crow over me , you Ueepless "Cock of the Nerth . " Patience , patience , Mr . O'Connell—a trace to all bis genteel talent at nomenclature—I th »" k yon

      heartily for the sublime pun with which yoa have illustrated year own wit , and for every scholarly and gentlemanlike name with which you have not insulted , bat honoured me ; and especially I thank yoa for the hut " Cock of the North . " 'Yes , 1 accept the sobriquet as an omen for good , though , like your vaticinating brother , you meant it for eviL It was a cock that reminded Peter how thriee he had hovered on the very threshhold of apostacy and rain , and thus warned he went oat and wept bitterly . And while the work of the bag-carrying Judas was going on , the salvation of the penitent was ensured . And I , Mi . O'Connell , contemptible as yon affect to believe me

      have been privileged to utter a warning that even not a few of the vacciUting " liberals" hare heard , while our sleeping Protestantism has been aroused to a sense of danger , and the defence of those liberties and institutions which the Judas hand of Repeal would sell to oar enemies for a " shout of the gulls , " or another bag of the " rent" Yes , Mr . O'Connell , I thank yoa for all the " insulting" epithets yea have applied to me for yoa honour me , when yoa treat my humble name with the same civility with which yon treat a Stanley . Bat especially for the hist attempted insult I thank yoa , for it not only reminds me of the salutary warning of the " bird of dawn , " bat also of the poetic p # wer

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      with which the gnat Ma « tbb ot Nature has Invested it ; and when I think how God was pleased to own my humble labours in concentrating the might of Ulster , and terrifying the wizards of Repeal , it reminds me of the sulphurous exit of the ghost in Hantfel , which" Faded at the crowing of the cock ; For then ( yon know ) no spirits dare walk abroad ; No planets strike , no witch hath power to charm—Be wholesome and to gracious are the times . " But year pitiable partisans here , taking their cue from their leader's talk of my " crowing on my own dunghill" —I pardon them the uncomeliness of the figurebut even of that I will net leave them the possession . No , Mr . O'Connell ; it is not in Belfast I desire to meet yon . And though I shrink not from Dublin , the Rotunda , or the Corn Exchange—London and Exeter

      Hall 8 . hbntd be our ground of meeting . You'll retreat Upon ! business , I know . You shall not ., I'm behind you again . There are the Easter recess , and the days of ( I think ) Ascot races -, on either of these occasions I efter to meet you—and , that no obstacle may be pleaded , I shall depend upon the very few friends I can muster in London to bear the whele expence of the meeting . You know , and I feel your every advantage over me ; but you know , and I feel the boundless advantage of my cause ; and , by the blessing of God upon my feeble arm , I trait to tear away the cloak of hypocritical and mercenary patriotism in which you are enveloped , and to expose , to the horror of the nation , that horrible system of studied falsehood and mental slavery , of which you are the pensioned missionary .

      Yes , Mr . O'Connell , there is nothing I more cordially desire than to expose that system of " enormous lying " by which Romanism and repeal are supported . Yet , at the same time , I am thankful to God that your party are serving the cause of Protestantism by every additional volley . The chief of our " Liberals" are getting their eyes opened , when they read the transcendental falsehoods which the priests' organists here are every day playing ; and yet absolutely continuing , without a blush , to walk the streets in open day . Thirty thousand repealers ! —the " immense pavilion" erected for the dinner !!—your graceful entry and triumphant exit ;;/ Tut , these are all but trifles to what I might gather , and , indeed , they are but trifles to the " out and out" capacity of your own son , Charles O'Connell—at

      least , from the name , so 1 take him to be . He says , in a late oration in Dublin—and which , from the peculiar raciness of " genteel invention , " he must , as I take it , have learned from yourself—be says you had to be protected by an army from the " Orange mob , the bloody blackguards , " of Sandy-row I "Oh , where was Roderick then ? " Where was Tom Steele with the 30 , 000 repealers ? 1 ! Terrified by the millions of Sandyrow—a little street , of a few houses , to a considerable degree occupied by Roman Catholics , and the whole about as extensive as a back lane in Brentford . But , then , this eloquent son of yours affirms you had to be " guarded through" this redoubtable—this most warlike Sandy-row , at an early hour in the morning I'll tell Charles a secret—neither you nor he had a foot in Sandy-row—neither « f you ever saw it , during your

      whole sojourn . Should this eloquent eulogy , which Mr . Charles O'Connell has pronounced on the more than Grecian prowess of our modern Marathon , ever be read by any citizen of London , and should this , I hope my last letter to you , ever be read there as the commentary , what will he think when informed that when Mr . O'Connell and Co . stood to enact the repeal pantomime in Belfast , they were somewhat about as near Sandy-row , as a man at Char ing-cross is to the White Horse in Piccadilly ; and what will he think of the necessity of a mighty guard throughout Sandy-row , when told that he ( O'Connell ) in his triumphant exit from Belfast , went as much towards Sandy-row as a . man > goes towards Piccadilly when be gallops from Cbaring-cross directly over Westminster-bridge ? Charles , Charles , you are your father ' s son ; but I suppose " the gulls shouted . "

      You were " guarded through Sandy-row , " . says the veracious Charles O'Connell . I will tell you through what you were guarded—Sandy-row lies to the wet , t of " our village , " and you spanked away utterly unheeded , with only the loud laugh of one single Belfast merchant , and at whom the exalted Thomas Steele most valiantly shook his clenched fist , by way of conciliation , and you passed by the corner of Cramac and May-stieets , where your " cherishing" friends had demolished the windows of one Protestant dwelling , and , by the visit of a twopound brick bat , had nearly killed a female of my own congregation in another . Believe me , Mr . O'Connell , I do not state this by any way of excuse for the stone thrown into the Music Hall , and , which is said to have injured one of " the lovely and the good ; " but I do it to put an end to your tragical bluster , and to remind the nation , and especially our English brethren , that the life of a Protestant female is still as precious as that of a Romanist .

      Mr . O'Connell ! Mr . O'Connell ! I must speak to yon in indignant seriousness . If there be one thing that more than another should harrow up the conscience now , or that more than another will burn in it hereafter , it is , and it will be , the fearful thought and recollection of having poisoned principle at the fountain-head , and , by neglect , example , or encouragement , contributed to the ruin of your own children . See with what reckless audacity you have taught your son to practice your own art of invention ! Kepent , ere it be too late . Retread the mare of imposture into which you have not only run yourself , but in which you are

      inextricably involving your beloved offspring ! I have called you a " great bad man ! " Beware , or you will Boon become a little one . The towns of Kilworth and Annan have aff > rded you two ominous warnings . I am not superstitious ; but I will tell you again to beware—the hand of Providence , and not of accident , prostrated the animals before you—and , be sure , these events are but the " precursors " of the prostration of your character and your influence , if yoa return not by repentance to the utterance of truth and the practices of peace . I remain , an inveterate enemy to your principles and practices , but a sincere friend to your immortal souL H . Cooke .

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      IVdKvS . —Town Council Meeting . —The second quarterly meeting of toe members of the Leeds Town Council was held in the Council Room , on Wednesday last . The minutes of the preceding meeting were read by the Town Clerk , after which Mr . Councillor Hay ward ( as usual ) had a question to put . He begged to ask if the arrearj of the borough-rate had been paid up , particularly by the townships of Armley and Bramley . The Mayor said the total amount from those places had not been received ; a guarantee had been given for the amount , and the time for the last payment was not till the 25 th of March . Mr . Alderman Tottie presented the report of the Finance Committee ; he read over the different branches of expenditure , after which the Council

      went into Committee , Mr . Alderman George Goodman in the chair , when the items were discussed seriatim , and the total amouut , £ 1 , 326 2 s . 7 d ., was ordered to be forthwith paid . It was stated by Mr . Tottie that the sum was less by £ 632 than in the corresponding quarter of last year , arising in a groat measure from there not being a charge for printing the burgess roll . On the motion that the report be received being put , Mr . Richardson , who has sat for the Mill Hill Ward , held up his hand , upon which Mr . Councillor Atkinson rose , and said as Mr . Richardsoa was aware , the mandamua against the Mayor , to admit Mr . Potts , had been made absolute , and therefore he was nowiiab ' e to a penalty of £ 50 for every vote he gave . Mr .

      Richardson shortly afterwards withdrew . A conversation arose on a question as to what bad been done with regard to the printing for the corporation , ic having been carried , on the 9 th of January , that estimates for the work should be advertised for . It was explained that the Finance Committee had only met once , and then it was by them agreed that a private circular should be sent to all the master priuters , which , it was the opinion of the Committee , would answer the purpose better than an advertisement . This purely Whig job was exposed , and , on reference to the minutes , it was found that the Council had ordered the Committee to advertise , and , therefore , as that had not been done , the Committee had not done its duty :

      advertisements were ordered to be directly published . On the motion of Mr . Councillor Buttrey , it was then resolved that the Mayor , as chairman of the Council , do sign his approbation to the accounts of the Treasurer of the Borough , for the expences of prosecutions at the last Midsummer and Michaelmas Sessions , and the Midsummer Assizes , and of conveying transport convicts , in order to obtain the proper return ( being one-half of the expeuces ) from the Lords of the Treasury . —The Suestion of a new gaol and house of correction for le Borough , was next taken into consideration , and , after some discussion , in which all parties seemed pretty well agreed , it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . Ald . Tottie . « eoonded by Mr . Aid . Holdforth .

      that the presentment of the justices and the certificate of the recorder be received and filed ; that an extended or new gaol and house of correction are necessary ; and that the requisite notices be given for taking into consideration the presentment and certificate at the next quarterly meeting in May . The committee appointed to prepare petitions to Parliament , to amend the Municipal Act , presented their report ; the draft of a petition was read , which was adopted , ordered to be engrossed , and signed by th « Mayor on behalf of the Council ; it was further agreed to be sent to the Earl of Harewood , for presentation to the Lords , and to Mr . Bainea , for

      presentation to the Commons . The fifth notice , "to consider how far the Act of 3 and 4 Victoria , cap . 90 , entitled 'An Act for the care and education of Infants who may be convicted of Felony , ' is applicable to this Borough , and by what means the Council can most effectually promote the formation of an Institution for the moral improvement and employof Juvenile Offenders , " was placed on the notice paper , by Dr . Williamson , and in consequence of his absence from home , was for the present withdrawn . Mr . Hayward then rose to ask the Town Clerk to whom he will look for the payment of the expences of opposing the isuing of a Writ of Man-

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      damus for the admission of Mr . Radford Potts , fta ft Councillor of the Mill-Hill Ward . The Town Clerk at once replied , to the Mayor , Aldermen , and burgesses , aha Mr . Hayward , after being heartily laughed at , sat down chagrined . The next motion , however , was bis , and he was again apon his feet to more for a return of the expences of the attendance of the police and special constables at Messrs . Marshall ' s mill , in Holbeok , on Friday the 22 nd of January last . The Mayor answered the question at ono « , by saying , that the special constables had cost , £ 20 9 s . 6 d ., and for the borough police there had been no expenee incurred . Again Mr . Hayward looked "daggers . " Mr . Marfcland then rose to put his question , whether a

      communication bad been made by the Mayor to the Marquis of Normanby , her Majesty's Secretary of State tor the Home Department , of the dangerous and republican language used at the Radical and Chartist meeting at Messrs . Marshall ' s Mill , on Thursday the 21 at Jan . The Mayor replied that he had doubts as to whether he ought not to remain silent : he thought the notice never ought to have been placed on the paper . But be bad determined to answer Mr . Marklahd , and in doing bo , he denied the power and propriety of the Council to interfere . In bia official capacity he had adopted such measures as he thought Bate and judicious to preserve the publio peace , -and and he was happy that the peace had not been disturbed . He bad made no communication to the Secretary of State on the speeches delivered . ' Mr . Markland waa then proceeding to address the

      Council on the awful fact that two of the borough justices had been present , listening to "democratical and revolutionary" speeches ; and , to prove his position , read extracts from the speeches of Collins , Moir , and Deegan , and was horror-struck at finding they could sit and bear them without , at least , instantly submitting the speakers to all the horroraof solitarjoonfinement , breadandwater , andotheretcetera . After hearing this , Mr . Alderman Gaunt rose to order ; and the Mayor having decided that Mr . Markland was on ground on which he had no business to be , he sat down . The Mayor , however , told him he would waive his objection , but poor Markland turned stupid , and , on Dr . Baker rising to request him to proceed , the whole Council rose , and at once out the " Doctor . " The business terminated at half-past two o ' clock .

      Masonic Mystebies . —On Saturday morning last , the sitting magistrates at the Court-House , Aldermen Tottie and Brown , were occupied with a case of assault , preferred by one Mason against a brother of the craft—arcades atnbo . The fact of the assault was admitted ; but it was alleged by the defendant that previous provocation had been given , the nature of which be was not at liberty to divulge , because it had been given " in Lodge , " and was , of course , too sacred for the ears of the uninitiated . The worthy magistrates , therefore , with a laudable anxiety to avoid the necessity of trenching upon mysteries so awful , considerately tried to bring about a compromise between the mystic parties , by the suggestion of a mutual concession of error . But in vain : mere drossy , mundane spite got so far the better of masonic , brotherly beatitude , that , the complainant , with the pertinacity and perversity of " The Jew

      That Shakapeare drew , " insisted upon the "bond , "the " pound of flesh "which , by the bye , the defendant , although young looked as ir he £ ould veTy well have spared without personal inconvenience . Hence it became necessary to go . into the case , and it appeared that the defendant had made phee with the complainant ' s nose , by the operation of wringing , and that the latter , moreover , had accepted from the former a most material and unmystical slap on the chops . Here the uninitiated got a small insight into the character of a free and accepted Mason . " So far the case was clear enough ; for the assault had been committed in a public room , in the presence of several witnesses , who deposed to the amount of indignity perpetrated upon the nose and chops . The complainant , after the adventure of the nose , bad put himself into an attitude offensive

      and defensive , which brought on the catastrophe of the chops , whereupon defendant made him the fraternal offer of a kick down-stairs , and a further proof of affection in the street . "Striking marks of brotherly love , these , " as Alderman-Justice , Tottie remarked . But the alleged provocation had been given in the Sanctum Sanctorum—the Lodge of Fidelity—where "brother" defendant , sitting in official character , had , in bis own estimation , been vilely maligned by complainant , who needed only the alteration of the last syllable of his name to become by name what he was already by nature —a BukCit-gvard ; that after such treatment , he , defendant , could not have done less ** as a gentleman" than burn for satisfaction ; and that he had , accordingly , taken the first opportunity to propose an apology , or the fistic , unmystic alternative . We all know

      that" When Greek meets Greek , Then comes the tug of war ;" and so much might almost have been predicated of a couple of bellicose Masons , without reference to the magistrates ; but in this case the war seems to have been monopolised by the defendant , whilst the punishment was monopolised by the complainant . However , their Worships consented to bear what the attendant witness brethren on each side could say as to the gravity of the provocation committed

      " in Lodge , although they might not hear the detail , and the case was finally dismissed upon payment , by the defendant of a sovereign to the Dispensary , without costs . Hence a most important statistical and moral fact is to be deduced : tho price of a pull at a " free and accepted" Mason ' s nose , is twenty shillings , and the action has a decidedly charitable tendency . The peculiar satisfaction thus administered to masonic honour is another thing , into the mysterious and delicate nature of which the uninitiated may not dare to pry .

      A Suspicious Character . —On Saturday night , a man who gave his name George Southam , about twenty-one years of age , was received into custody at Leeds Gaol under suspicious circumstances . He was dressed in a woman s gown , apron , and cloak , with a black beaver bonnet and cap . It seems that the prisoner had come down by the railway train as far as Oakenshaw , when he got out aud went into the gentlemen ' s retiring-room instead of the ladies ' room . On reseating himself he was told that he had got upon the train for York instead of that for Leeds , and in changing his seat he demeaned himself so unseemly that his sex and disguise were suspected ; and one of the policemen , on eying him

      closely , observed his trousers and heavy boots below the skirts of his gown . He was accordingly escorted to Leeds , and given into custody . We understand he has since confessed that he belongs to -Killingworth , Warwickshire , and that he had been in custody at Rugby on several charges of horse-stealing , and that he had been committed for trial at the Warwickshire Assizes , but that before his removal he effected his escape and ran home , where be arrived even before his father and mother , who had been attending his final examination , and immediately put on his mother ' s apparel , and set off to see a relative near Hunslet ; but on his way was apprehended . He stands remanded until his identity be established .

      Meeting ok the Leeds Improvement Commissioners . —On Monday last , a Special General Meeting of the Leeds Improvement Commissioners was held at the Court House , for the election of a law clerk . The Comroisioners present were William Smith , Esq .. mayor , chairman ; Edward Grace , Esq . ; Darnton Lupton , Efq . ; D . W . Nell , Esq . ; T . W . Tottie , Esq . ; Thomas Hebden , Esq . ; John Clapham , Esq . ; William Cadman , Esq ; Hamer Stansfeld , Esq . ; and James Holdforth , Esq ., Justices . Mr . Burrows ; Mr . John Wuitehead ; Mr . Bewley ; Mr . Hornby ; Mr . Emmott ; Mr . A . Lnpton ; Mr . Woodhead ; Mr . Wm . Brooke ; Mr . Wm . Binns ; Mr . Joseph Raper ; Mr . Wm . Sellers ; Mr . Edward King ; Mr . Horatio Wood ; Mr . Cummins :

      Mr . Gresham ; Mr . John Heaps ; Mr . J . Wales Smith ; Mr . Joseph Wilkinson ; and Mr . Robert Cadman , elected Commissioners . Those Commissioners who bad not qualified at the last meeting , having subscribed the requisite declarations , and the Mayor having been called to the chair , some discussion arose upon an entry of the last meeting , stating that it was adjourned to the 3 d of February , which was not consistent with the fact . A formal resolution to correct that mis-statement being adopted , the Mayor read the applications from , and the testimonials of , the several candidates for the office of Clerk to the Commissioners . The candidates were Mr . Charles Naylor , solicitor ; Mr . James William Hamilton Richardson , solicitor ; Mr . Samuel Shaen , junr ., solicitor ; and Mr . James Stott , solicitor . After considerable discussion , the CommiBsieners proceeded to ballot for the several candidates . On

      the first division , the numbers were—Mr . Naylor , 9 Mr . Richardson , 7 ; Mr . Shaen , 6 ; and Mr . Stott , 5 . The lowest candidate was then struck off , and on the second ballot the numbers were—Mr . Naylor , 12-Mr . Richardson , 8 ; and Mr . Shaen , 7 . Mr . Shaen was then struck off the list , and at the third and final , ballot , the numbers were— For Mr . Naylor 16-for Mr . H . Richardson , 12 . Mr . Naylor was therefore declared duly elected Clerk to the Commissioners , and the Board was forthwith adjourned . Young Womak Burnt . — -On Saturday , an inquest was held at the Court House , in Leeds , before John Blackburn , Esq ., Coroner , on view of the body of Harriet Asquith , a young woman of weak intellect , who' died at the Infirmary on that day , in consequence of having been severely burnt by her clothes taking fire in her father ' s house , in Cross SomerBetstreet , York-street , about a fortnight previously Verdict- " Accidental death . " 3

      Invest . —On Monday evening , an inquisition was token before John Blackburn , Esq ., Coroner of the Borough of Leeds , at thei Court House , on the body of Eleanor Denny , a child about eighteen months old , whoie parents reside in Cleveland-atreet , and who died on Saturday , in consequence of having been severely burnt on Friday , by her clothes taking fire whilst her mother had gone up stairs , Verdict — ' Accidental death . "

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      House of Rbcotkrt . —On Monday Iait , tk , election of a Physician to the House of RecovenZ Fever Hospital at Leeds , in the place of Dr . Wlfc liamson , resigned , took place at the Philoso phicy Hall , by adjournment from the board room of tS Institution . William Becket , Esq ., the treasureeji the institution , was called to the chair , and barC made a formal announcement of the adjournmeatau object of the meeting , he called npon the frienaVr f the several candidates to read their testimonial ? The testimonials were read in alphabetical or W Mr . RobertWhite , jon ., 8 olicitor , readthete 6 timoni 2 of Dr . Chad wick . The Rev . Edward Brown , rey those of Dr . Hopper . Mr . John Diacke read Df Thomas Smith ' s recommendations . The testimonial * of each were excellent , and the whole occupied neatj T an hour and a half in the reading . Before tb voting commenced , thanks were given to Dr . Wfl . liamson for his past services as physician to the InsiL

      tution , and to the president and members of the Phi ]* , sophical and Literary Society , for allowing the usetf their hall on this occasion , which had been found mn « fc more convenient than the House of Recovery would be , The votes were then taken by ballot , and when ton had been counted by the scrutators , the Chains ^ announced the number of votes for each canaidatt as follows : — For Dr . Chadwick , 158 present , 44 proxies . 202 total ; For Dr . Hopper , 110 ditto , " jj ditto , 158 total ; for Dr . T . Smith , present and prort votes together , 24 ; giving a majority of 44 votes jj favour of Dr . Chadwick . ( Cheers from the friend of the successful candidate . ) Dr . Chadwick v ^ then introduced amidst the plaudits of his friends , and the Chairman announced to him the fact of ^ election . Dr . Chadwick made a brief and euitasit reply . The Chairman then vacated the chair , whiefc was taken by Mr . Hall , and thanks were voted to the Chairman . The business terminated about 3 o ' clock

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      FROM OUR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . Thursday Evening , Feb . i , Thf Monet Market , the Corn Laws , uj Commercial Prospects , &c—Anxious to ascertain the effect which the recent Ministerial exposition ^ affairs might have produced , upon that index of mercantile feeling , the " . long heads upon 'Change , " we this morning paid a long-deferred visit to ths vicinity of the Old Lady ' s mansion , in Threadneedk street ; and the " notes" we picked up , are hereby presented for circulation . In the first place , tin Meaguo , " and its semi-Ministerial countenance , hat operated in a remarkable manner upon one section ef investment-makers , ( that is , men who " invest" otbtf people ' s money in the various stocks , composing &t

      national debt ; taking the profit themselves , if the transaction prove lucky , and leaving all losses to fall upon the dolts who entrust their cash to the keeping of these "investers , " )—these , believing that the repeal of the Corn Laws would totally destroy the landed interest , and subvert the whole condition of British property , by rendering the produce of the land actually valueless , have refrained froa any " operations" of consequence , until tht cabinet weathercock should have been tho * roughly stationary on that point . A second party , relying confidently on the strength of the landed and Conservative party , to resist the " repeal , " even should Ministers " come out" on that subject with all their strength , have taken advantage of the uawonted supineness of their brother jobbers , to "do a little flimsy" on ths strength of it . The result is , that what is termed

      " money "—1 . * ., bank ragB and bullion—has neva been remembered so " easy" as at the present tint ; as , notwithstanding that tho rate of discount hai fallen even as low as four per cent ., the banker and capitalists find some difficulty in procuring their usual supply of " stiff . " Consequently , the former class prefer holding their money , to making investments for fixed period . A chango ^ of this state of things , mud . ( the knowing ones say , ) take place before long ; tad a renewal of activity , on the commencement of the spring tiade , is expected to create such an increased demand for capita ) , as to cause a total re-action a xhe value of money after its present state of relax * tion . It is clear , therefore , from thia state of tbisa . that trade at present is dull , and that the" medium " is going a-begging ; and when trade becomes brisk , the jugglers will take care to have their own price for the temporary use of some of their rag aud droa " counters .

      Fire at the Standahd Office . —Last night , just as my letter was posted , ( i . e . half-past seven ) , afire broke out in the engine department of the Standard newspaper , which was providentially disco vered by a female servant belonging to the dwellinghouse ; the machinists , having quitted the premises for the night . An alarm was immediately raised , abundant aid was speedily at hand , ( the Norwich Union Office being nearly next door , all the apparatus for extinguishing fire were promptly appliei )

      a . nd the element was subdued after doing some com ' paratively inconsiderable damage . It isaremarkaM * circumstance , that fires have broken out in tweln different London newspaper offices , within a period of as many months ; in consequence of which , tht offices have unanimously raised the premiums on such policies from double to treble hazardous . There were , as we heard , several other fires raging last night , in various parts of the metropolis ; bat our informant was- unable to direct us to the precise localitiAfl .

      Mr . Henry Vincent arrived in London on Mondav last ; and has publiahed an address " To the Chartists of Great Britain" in the English Cftarfut Circular of this week , in which he exhorts his brother Chartists not to allow their societies to degenerate into mere "talking clubs , " but to render them " Normal Schools for the education of political teachers . "

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      Another Tory Triumph . —Lord Eastnor 2 uu been returned for Reigate without opposition . A Dr . Bedford , ta Whig ) was proposed , but met with no seconder . Lord Henley died at his residence Whitehallplace , on Tuesday .

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , Febrbvry 5 th . —TheTe is a large arm * of Graia ; the reduced stocks have caused a fair sale for all descriptions . Wheat sells at Is . per qr over last week's prices . Fine Barley maintains its value , bat for inferior it is difficult to obtain former rates . Oats and Shelling fully as dear . Beans and other articles without alteration . Leeds Cloth Markets . —The state of the weather since our last has prevented any fresh assortment 0 ! goods from being brought to market , and consequently the sales in the Halls have been more limited ; but the general state of the woollen trade remains without material alteration , aud the tone of both merchants and manufacturers is evidently improving .

      Leeds Corn Market , February 2 nd . —The sopplies of ail kinds of Grain to this day ' s market aw larger . There has been a fair demand for Wheat , and last Week ' s prices fully supported . Barley has been dull sale , and Is . per quarter lower . Oats and Shelling have been dull sale . Beans little alteration . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOB THE WBBK ENDING February 2 d , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pe «> Qrs . Qxs . © rs . Qrs . Qrs . Q » .

      6102 2206 933 — 358 - £ s . d . £ a . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ » . d . 3 3 6 \ 1 J 3 1 £ 13 4 $ — 2 3 0 £ — - HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , TUESDAY , Feb . 2 * —Our report of this day ' s market varies , very httte from our report of last week . New good of ft ** patterns were cleared at prices much as usual . The Fancy trade continues to be the best , although the manufacturers complain of low prices . Favourable opinions are entertained of a good spring traw Some of the large establishments were never doing more still the email manufacturers are only partially employed . The Wool market remains in ma « n the same state as for some weeks past , and prices

      ma ; be quoted as stationary . Bradford Market , Thursday , Feb . 4 . —W ^ Market . —The stock of common shafty Combing sorts is comparativel y light , as the demand is chiefly directed to this class of Wool , and our last quotation is supported . A fair amount of business is doing " } the lightest qualities of English as well as ColomH Combing Wool : prices stationary . Yarn Matket- ~ There is a very steady demand for Yams , and . m » very small stocks in the hands of the Spinners , wW are still unwilling to sell , except at advanced r * W « Piece Market .- —The merchants at our market to-a » J appear to bny with great caution , yet we m « observed during the week more animation , andff > would hope a turn for the better . Prices are Terj

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      O'CONNOB , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Couwl Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , athUPri **' ing Offices , Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-itnet , Brit gate ; and Publiahed by the « aid Joshua Hobso »» ( for the said FEARQU 8 O'Connor , ) at bi » D" * ling-house . No , 6 , Market-street , BriggsteJ * Internal Communication acting between the ¦>" No . 5 , Market-atreet , and the « aid Nob . IS " * 13 , Market-atreet , Briggate , thus conatitnting " * whole of the said Printing and Publishing Off * one Premise * . All Communications must be addressed , ( Post-pai'l * J . tiOBSON , Northern Star Office , Leeds . ( Saturday , February , 6 , 1841 )

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct535/page/8/