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      TO THX EBITOB . 0 ? THK 2 TORTHEBM STA * . gii , —I wrote a letter to Feugu O'Ckmnor . Esq ., i-jed 8 tb of August , whieh unexpectedly appeared in Jwe ^ fetr of Slat of August , and it preceded by a uoall ^ grtph . in wikb you ay we hare great pleasure Cpnykhinf the following letter to Mi ; O'Connor , ^ jdt simply states In whatmanner the Chartist * -were jested by Sir H . Fteetwood , and the manner in which vg «* their support" I have often keen interrogated j , the subject , ** " * ff ™ blamed by some for having -ia gomething -which caased jou to the come to the pzdmon above stated . I am at a loss myaelf to think totr rocfe an inference could be drawn from my letter , v the whole of it appeared , ft Just simply tote * the -uner Sir Hesketh gained oar support , lint not a dls-^

      hist about being cheated . Indeed , I severing rijied that ¦« "were cheated jff that geatleman , and hia j&bA vote Dn Sharman Crawford ' s Amendment proves ^ fo fs ; honest I am inclined to think that the ksmbug of pron" « p « the people certain things at tleej ^ aa , and performiBg contrary , will not be bo frequent . Ike Chartists bare learned the Whigs a lesson at the jjje contests thai the d&yt of humbug with them are at an jad . The working etetei of thiscosntiy stand in a . dif-{ aeut position than ever they did in the history of this fXizirT , thanks to the noble and persevering Bpirit of Hr . O'Connor and the Northern Star for this position , rbici if maintained mart secure to us , and that soon , gar just asd inalienable rights ; but this must entirely dfpeud upon the people acting according to the adTiee

      of our brave thampion now released from his dungeon .- — u Above all , and before all , mj dear friends , preserre onion . " How important this advice , how necessary , md indeed how ungrateful must we be that do not use gBX utmost exertions to preter > e this union , when we look » 4 fee unp&reHef&d sal which this good roan is joir displaying in oar oanse and entirely for our welfare , jj oaght to arouse the energies aad stimulate eTery good 91 a with renewed vigour to support him , and cheer bini on in the God-like coarse he is now pursuing jjowever some may alight demonstrations , nothing ippean more likely to arouee the people at the present criiii ; our principles are carried home to thousands ifao would neTer hare an opportunity of hearing them \ j small in-cosr meetings , and though they stay be jKtnded with some inconvenience and a little « MctSce , so food was ever , or erer caa be accomplished , without

      jjcriicea being mada . The Chartists of Presto * are steadily progressing ; our meetings are well attended , and cor numbers are increasing ; we shall have Mr . O'Brien with us on the 26 th , when we hope that a fresh impulse will again be given to our cause . We alio expect to see the uwaged lion , and to hear his Toice osce more encouraging tiie Prestonians iajthe cause ef liberty . It is to be hoped that the Lovetites , Hethering Von ' s , or any other may not divert the attention of the Chartists from the real objects in view ; we must rally round O'Connor aad our brave leaders . Let peace and pod order attend all our future movements , but still jhotf a determined front , then whatever faction be in power , they are safe ; 20 dungeon will again entomb them , the iron grasp of tyranny and oppression -will lose its hold , they may then fearlessly brave every term , and pat to silence any opposition . you will nuch oblige me by the insertion of the ibcre , to show the people that I had no intention of conrering an idea that we were cheated by Sir H . Fleetvood ) as time alone can only determine that point I remain . Sir , Tour most bumble and persevering fritod in the cause of liberty , G . STVIS 6 L 5 HVH 5 S . Preston , 20 th SepS ^ 1 S 11 .

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      MAGISTERIAL INJUSTICE . T * THE SDITOB OJ T&E KOXTHEBX STAl . Si 3 ^ —I hope that you will give insertion in your taper to the following statement of facts , in a case tiieh came before Messrs . Tottie and Grace , Magisfciies for the borough of Leeds , in which I was not only 21-BJed but robbed . I am an Irishman , and therefore , 1 think , that justice has not been awarded to me . lbs facts are as follow ;— < lias hatter , and rent a house in St . Petert-square , h Leeds , " under ilr . Darcy , for which I pay £ 10 a year ,

      ad all taxes , and I take in lodgers ; but reserve one roors for myself snd family , to which the lodgers have so right of acces , except by my esnsent On Wednesday , the Sth of September instant , fifteen police-Bat , about eight o ' cloek . in the morning , came to my bouse to search for three persons who had been beggiag for money to get to JfewZaaland . They not onJy took fr ™ , but all the other lodgers in my house , amounting to nise , ail of whom , except the three , ; of whom I koev nothing , ) were , after being detained in gaol two nktis and dragged through the streets , through the aierference of my attorney , discharged .

      1 eazmot be asrwer&ble f « r the acts of any persons Tfco come to my lodgings ; but the cfilcers , not content with taking them , came into my own private room . I tm forcibly knocked down , my trousers loosed , and a ; belt taken off my waist , and then handcuffed to a yaliceman , and during which time they were searching sbe ap&rtmeBts up stairs , and robbed my house of a lx &ad two silk handkerchiefs . I was then dragged to prison as a common felon , and fined for an assault on &s pelioem&n ( although I nevei struck him at all ) £ 2 , sad costs 5 s ., whieh I was obliged to pay . 02 my return home , I missed a new hat , and an old < &g was left in its place .

      On the following day , I went to the Court House , and fooid the policeman , Robert Hartley , with my hat on lit head , which I immediately challenged . He left the fcffirt House , and I , my wife , and brother followed him down to the steps , when I gave him in obarge ; ad Hartley got into another room , left the hat there , isd came out with a different one , as I can prove by lapect&ble witnesses . Oa the following day I applied again to the Magistrates , who said I must produce the hat , which I could sot do , as the policeman had stolen it from me . On a subsequent day , I made another application , Qd brought witnesses to prove that they saw the policeman Hartley go into the gaoler ' s room with my bit on Ms head , and come out with a different one ; and 1 was then told by the Magistrate's Clerk that they bid no jurisdiction , but I must go to the Court of Eesnests .

      lies stands the case : —I was seizsd by a policeman » ithont a ¦ warrant ; my honae was searched witbost a ¦ warrant , and nothing found ; I was dragged as a felon ibroBgh the streets ; and although I did not resist the search of the policeman , I was fined £ 2 Ss . for an assault ¦ w hich I never committed . Three of my lodgers were c « nined , one of them fei « e night , aad two for two nights in Leeds prison , on » charge of obtaining money under false proteeces . 'Whin the cases came on , an attorney attended on fi >« r behalf , and not one tittle of evidence was prooated against them , cor anything to impeach tteii efciraeter .

      I have now kept a respectable lodging-house for tone years , and my landlord , Mr . Darcy , who lives ten door , will vouch for the truth of this statement I wish to know whether this be either law or justice , Ed vrhether , becacse I am an Irishman , I am not entifisd to the same justice as aa Englishman ? 1 as . Sir , Yotu very obedient servant , JOHX DtXUTET . S- Piter ' s Square , Leeis , ^ rpt 17 , 1 S 41 .

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      TO TH 2 EDIT 03 0 ? THE SGSTBEB . S STAfi . ; I ^—P « Eit use to contradict some statements » hica appeared in the Star of last week , from your ksigow correspoodent . In ins report of Bridgeton Be&iiEg , he there makes me to say , that the ropportra of Mr . 0 Coaneil were nothing better than sea gulls , eoy ; , &E £ j sea meWi >* ow , I nevei used these terras when speaking of * zj m&n 01 party , much less my countrymen . I did S 7 when alluding to the heavy purse Mr . O'Counell Kultcts of the starring people of Ireland , that there my QUirtusate couatrymen were many of them compelled « n eat sea weed by the ocean ' s ride , compaaiow to the « ea gulls aad cranes . Tour correspondent ' s resolution Bid jo be moved by me and seconded by himself , is at ^ ely out of joint , the real resolution is as follow : —

      ' That this meeting do sympathise with the people of JTEaB'i in their distres sed situation , and we pledge rorselTeE to assist them in repealing the legislative act « hdiob , accompanied by the People ' s Charter . " There is nothing of republics , whattTer may be my news of a repaliean fcrm of soTernment . I think it proper in the mean time to wafre them . Tha people ' s Qiar « and Repeal of the rnira m the oE ] y snbjeeto SSto 4 r datfr £ Ka - ^ ting you wUl ' give I will subscribe myself , Tcsr triend and brother Chartist , Co > " . MrsaAT .

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      10 THE MEN" OF ROCHDALE . DITES AND LAZAKUS . sfv- ^ C ° rXTETHE - , A > "D STABTI > -G , RA 6 GED , > £ „ ^ m PAr ? mi SED W 0 BKI . VG JIE . V OP E « GSwT . ? 6 " direct yoni attention to a practical ^ wr auon of the parxbl * of Divea and Laanu , as it is k wus moment presented to the coimtry from the palace * the sovereign . Behold here the luxury , for the acqni-S' *^ you and your familiee are starved ; fchold the fiDjoymeate to which bowed

      , procure you are ~ tae earta with privation and misery ; and while your ^ es nm down the delicious list of danties and deUS if ^ a mom « 1 t the flavour of the savoury w ££ ew * d the table of royalty , and then look at £ L ° ^ ^ ' f 0 I » a * k crust ; fancy the racy 2 " , toe exquisite fruits , the sumptuous extravagan-Sh VT ? Ppl 7 of ^^^ J " *» taxed *<> t& « Ter ? ma , w « va 4 o ! your fair earnings , stinted of your food ^ qium ed , despised aad trampled upon by the £ PJ ** taat eacircla Vour SOTereiirn . and mnn vonr that toe

      ItoJf ^ ¦ S ° ^ selfishness of your rulers to . w ? its just "" ^ anJ- In the statement I S fe ^; " ^ tt ¦ honid te ^ o ™ m ^ that not ^ T ^ f ° t « Peaditaw i , occasioned by weai-^?^ - 6 err « it g > - » rages , or liveries , horses , or felte ?! JL ¦ SD 7 c > b J eeU Ul * " » caldEOt » n «« nsion « « assed witb thefiKwr man ' s neoeasaries , namely ,

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      food , firing , and washing ; and new , considering the famishing state of thousands , and tens of thousands of her Majesty ' s subjects , let us see how her majesty sympathises with their distresses , and to what extent their privations are shared by the ceurt aad its parasites . - The items of the expenditure of ths Queen ' s Household for 2840 , are stated as follows : — Bread , £ 2340 i batter , bacon , cheese , and eggs , £ 5 , 150 ; milk and cream , £ 1 , 500 ; butcher meat , £ 10 , 0 » 0 ; poultry , £ 4 , 259 ; fish , £ 2 , 180 ; grocery , £ 5 , 000 ; cilery , £ l , 8 bt ; fruit and confectionary , £ 1 , 98 ©; vegetables , £ . 520 ; wine , £ 5 , 250 ; liqours , 4 c , £ 2 , 008 ; ale aad bear , £ 8 , 001 ; wax candles , £ 2 , 159 ; tallow candles , £ 750 ; lamps , £ 4 , 850 ; fuel , £ 6 , 980 ; stationary , £ 870 ; turnery , £ 100 ; braiaery , £ 950 ; china ,

      glass , fee ., £ 1 , 576 ; linen , £ 2 , 501 ; washing of table and other 4 isen , £ 3 , 250 ; plate , £ 3 S 5 ! The ram total f these several item * amounts for the entire year ' s eating , drinking , and carousing , only to the sum of £ 69 , 765 ! or , if we divide the same by 53 , for the number « f weeks , we shall find that our most gracious Sovereign , and the self-denying creatures abeut her have actually been starving themselves upon the pitiful allowance of only £ l , SU Its . 7 | d a-week , and this daring a whole twelvemonth I Why , they mast le all living skeletons by this time ! Now , as we have Been the sad destitution of the Sovereign and her friends—as we have incontestable proof th&t the sufferings of the starving millions * ie sympathised with at the r&te of oaly thirteen hundred and forty pound's worth of eating , drinking , and digesting , per weeklet us see how -a portion of those millions respond to the maternal example . Why , I find that in one district of this ' highly favoured land , the insensible , selfwilied , " brute folk , " as old Bess called her Commons ,

      have actually , during the very time their kind-hearted and considerate Sovereign has been suffering with her whole court , all the horrors of starvation , upon a miserable allowance of only thirteen hundred and forty pound ' s worth of food , ic ., a week : —the people , 1 jay , instead of following her magnanimous example of self-denial have , in the district of Rochdale , for instance , been feasting and jollifying themselves to repletion upon sums enormously extravagant , and reaching to the incredible amount of even lico shillings and twopence per head per week . ' . ' The profligacy of the people is surely enough to call down a visitation of wrath upon their self-devoted and considerate rulers . However , we will expose crime in all its deformity , and show up the thoughtless extravagance of the revellers of Rochdale till we make the whole country bluih for them , and induce their friends , the Tories , to give the screw another turn , that possibly they may find out where the boot pinches , and learn to be moderate in their enjoyments .

      A certain great man , who , of course , would not have Lazirded an assertion without grounds , declared a Tery short time back , that there was " no distress in the country . " Toat is , in all that extensive tract of it that lies between Apsley House and Buckingham Palace ! His Grace of Wellington was mistaken ; or perhaps he had not recently been familiar with the destitution of the Royal Household . Bat , however that may have been , he volunteered the assertion , and made us almost believe th&t the eaters and drinkers about the palace were as happy as princes and u well off as the people who support them ; so , of course , there was no distress in ehe country—n » t anybut what says the country ? Let us take one instance out of the thousands that crowd upon us in answer : — Upon the publication of the Duke of Wellington ' s

      sentiments , a few public spirited individuals set about to ascertain the facts upon which they were grounded , and to inspect the actual condition of the people in their respective neighbourhoods . They accompanied the enumerator * for the census ; and the statement as to the coQdition and means of the people visited may be depended upon , and taken aa an exact specimen of the over-f # d , over-clsthed , over-happy labouring part of the community . The individual cases being fairly taken froa door to door in the township of Rochdale , the number of families visited consisted of 6 , 880 individuals , whos * avenge income for rent , taxes , clothes , and provisions was ( whisper it not in the palace ) one naming and eleven pence and a fraction a head per week ! On an analysis of tke particulars it was found that about 140 individuals were without any means of subsistence at all . ' That of the rest there were

      s . d . 1 S 6 individuals living upon » 6 a head per week . 291 da da 0 10 J da 5 » 3 do . do . 10 do . 1855 do . do . 16 do . 1500 d " o . do . 19 do . S 12 do . do . 2 2 do . Notwithstanding this extrav&gant scale of income , it appears that the poverty displayed to the visitors baffled description . Five-sixths of the whole number had scarcely a blanket to cover them ; eighty-five of the families were without any ; forty-seven others had nothing but bags of chaff or bundles of shavings for thdr beds ; and the haggard looks of all denoted that they too well knew the pangs of hunger and the inroads of disease . Of a truth , my Lord Duke , there cannot be any distress in the conatry . ' ^

      Now let us see what might be done for the people If , instead of £ 1341 143 . 7 ^ d . being absorbed w eekly in the gozsling and gnttling of the Royal Household , it was distributed in healthful streams , as tbe reward of labour , among the people . Well , then , we shall perceive tkat , divided into weekly portions , Of 20 * . each it would suffiie for 1 S 41 persoas At ISs . it would maintain 1490 15 s . ... ... 1795 123 . ... ... 2236 . 10 B . 26 ^ 3 Ss . ... ... 29 S 1 7 s , ... ... 3 is 33 At os . it would keep frem starving ... 5367 3 s . Gd . itwouldaffordacrusUo 7 «« 7 And at 2 s . 2 d . tbe maximum of

      in-| - ccice among the la-! bouricg poor of Roch-I dale , it would eke out ! tie existence of . 123 S 5 ef her Ma-! jesty ' a faithful subjects I Twelve thousand , three hundred and eighty five ; beings , then might have life kept in them by the mere j sum spent in the Palace of Queen Victoriafor one week's i stBffiEg ? and so on through the year ! Good heaven : how can people say there is distress in tbe country ? ' But two shillings and twopence , or threepence

      threei farthings a-day is not » fair point to start from , because | it Ls next door to starvation point tone of the peculiar I enjoyments of the people , according to the Duke . ) Let 1 us go liberally to work and calculate upon 6 d . a-day as I fee minimum , and then we find , as above , that the ' Queen and her courtiers , her grooms and her lacquays , ; consume as much of the good things of providence in f the shape of food , in one wee £ , as would snfiiee for i seven thousand six hundred and sixty seven gluttons , t at sixpence a head per day ! and

      f Truth is not always acceptable in high places , i the-House of Commons did well the other night to 1 reject Mr . Fielden ' s amendment , upon the motion for j going into committee of supply . Why should the poor , 1 self-denying sovereign , be plagued with riiiicuions i addresses about the Bufferings of her people , when her \ hands are so full of eating and drinking ? Tnirteen i hundred pounds wottb . of fceef and beer , is no j jke to ! swailow in a week . '—and why should tfee Ministry be ! annoyed , just as they step over the threshold of office , with ' a parcel of lachrymose tales abonfc a starving popuj lation ' : The business c { tbe Ministry is to get money ' for the purposes of the Court , and to dine at the I Palace as often as invited—• there are some good pick-! in £ s at the ' royal table , you gormandisers of Rochdale . ' . > 1 What have the representatives of the people to do with ! the consideration cf thy ' state of the country ? Are

      ' they net " Members of this Hen&urable House ' : "—they ' have done their duty to the country , by j" taking the oaths and their seats , " and what ¦ can the country require of th

      sevenpence farthing a ¦ week , to keep herself from starving also . [ But there is no distress in the country—the "Hero . of Waterloo" who altogether , in pay , pensions , anil j gratuities , has only received about one million two f hundred and thirteen thonaaEd three hnndred and sixtyj five ponnds , " out of the taxes ¦ nrung from the produci tive labour of tke the country , says there is bo dis-| tress , and we are bound to brlieve there is none , in his j Awtse at least J and yst , when we conaider that the I " illustrious Duke" has had , through the whole of hi * j slaughtering career , little more to live upon than a year and a halfs allowance to her Majesty the Qa » en . He I certainly must be quite competent to know what the i word " distress" means whea it comes before him at

      Apsley House . Thauks to the misgovezmnent of the past , and the comfortable hope we have of the future ; 1 dare say we shall spend a very pleasant winter ; our fire will born brightly—our tables ( mahogany or loo-tables ) will creak with the weight of the provisions that will pour upon us from all sides . In February , ot some other monta , our national government will take our case into its consideration , and then , such of us as hsve not died of starvation in -tbe mesa time , may 2 if If up cot hands and wonder how we have contrived to cheat the grave-digger bo long !

      Should the period really arrive when the state of the country is ever tasen into consideration by Parliament , I devoutly hepe the first tning it may do will be to double , triple , quadruple , tbe allowance for the guttling department of the royal hoasebold , for had the mtnjof England been true to their owu interests , the labouring millions , would this 4 » y have bad full bellies and ' eonfcentedhomes . Fact , London , 21 st Sept . 1841 .

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      A F £ LiciTOUS Hint . —Corpulent persons desirous of regaining their shape should apply to Bome newspaper establishment for the office of collector . They will run their fat off long before their station becomeB a sinecure . —^ me rican Paper .

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      THE MINISTRY . The House of Commons has assembled after its a * joorament t « allow time for the re-elections , and Sir Robert Peel has re-entered it in tbe character of Prime Minister . Sir George Clerk promised for him , that as soon as ke retained he would make a statement aa to the course whieh be should pursue ; and Six Robert certainly made a speech on Thursday Bight , the one probably to which Sir George alluded . It coincides with the promise in point of time , aad Sir Robert did set announce any further communication for the present ; so that it is only fair to assume , though oae w « old not suppose it , that he * has actually made his statement

      The eaocie haw . spoken , and it hath said—nothing The impression which the conqueror ot Waterloo made upen a Parisian dame is said to have been , that be displayed "a great talent for silence . " Sir Robert exhibit a higker talent than his illustrious colleague , for he contrives to mske speech perform the ofiloe- of silente , aid to utter plenty of words which tell nothing . H « fulfilled the promise which be made vicariously through Sir George Clerk , in characteristic style . He first introduced his statement a-prepot of ohimnies for the new Parliament building ; and upon that subject he was remarkably explicit Then he said that he should adopt the Whig Miscellaneous Estimates , which ware to come on last night Next he explained the coarse which be

      should take with election petitions—do nothing , and trust to the Election Committees to help him in doing so for the present Then with respect to the laws about to txpire , he should continue them for the nonce ; and especially with respect to tbe Peor Law—upon that he was very distinct—the House might prolong it by a general continuance Bill , 'or by an express enactment , so long as it gave him time to make up his mind . Then Le came to the deficiency in the revenue : he was careful to explain tk&t there would be two classes of remedies ; one temporary—Mr . Goolburn would explain that ; and one permanent—he Would explain that himself , next session . And , lastly , with respect to other permanent measures of importance , those too he would explain—next session .

      So the sum of all that Sir Robert told the House was , what he should do with certain small Estimates on tbe very next evening , and that he should make arrangements to enable him to tell them nothing more . Now there is nothing in this procedure but what might have been expected ; for it is precisely in accordance with what Sir Robert Peel said that he should do os taking o&ce , so long ago as tbe debate in May ; he said that he should claim the confidence of the House , and ask for time to consider the measures to be adopted . There is therefore . no new cause of complatat ; only tbe longer time Sir Robert takes for

      consideration , fee better prepared must we expect him to be in February , when a strict account will be required of his progress in cogitation . If there was any disappointment at Sir Robert's silence on Thursday , it was occasioned by Six George Clerk , who had been instructed to make an announcement of Sir Robert whick caused those who forgot the very peculiar nature of his explicitness to be disappointed ; and Sir Robert himself enhanced that disappointment by making a show as if he really were about to tell something . Lord John Russell was so tantaliaed that he could not bear it , and he threatened to make a speech on the posture of public affairs and Sir Robert's backwardness in dealing with them . :

      There is one hint lurking among the Premier ' s words , too vague as yet to found any opinion upon , which is siill m » t unwelcome . Tbe Whigs , in dealing with "the deficiency , '' admitted that they had so scheme for reducing the expenditure—th « ir only plan was to increase the revenue . Sir Robert Peel seems to perceive the possibility of doing both . Is a Tory Government going to begin the work of economy ? It Woks like it : Colonel Peel plainly told his constituent * at Huntingdon , that Lord Aberdeen is about to reduce tbe war expenditure , which Lord Palmerston did so much to augm * at . Josspa Hume will turn " Tory !"—Spectator .

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      THE RECENT STRIKE OF MASOJfS AT THE NEW HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT . In the daily journals of last week there appeared paragraphs , the substance of wnich was , that the masons employed on the works of the new Houses of Parliament had struck in consequence ( as stated in the reports alluded to ) of the arbitrary conduct of their foreman , Mr . Allen , and that they had resolved not again to resume their labour until the cause of their grievance was removed . The fact of works of so great an importance as those of the new Houses of Legislature being suspended , naturally caused a very considerable sensation , and as it is a matter of importance to tbe public that it should be properly informed of the real nature of the case , our reporter waited yesterday upon

      the- contractors , Messrs . Grissell and Peto , and the former gestltman very kindly furnished him with facts , the detail of which will put this affair in its proper light Tbe masons employed up to Saturday night week numbered 222 , and the whole of them , principally provincial , belone to the " Birmingham Union of Masons . " This union was established for the purpose of protecting the labourer against the master . So far so good ; but union being strength , may be turned to other purposes than those it originally professes , and may , as in this instance , become a powerful instrument of intimidation . The men in a body have no fault whatever to find with the ! " foreman , and s » , we are informed , they have expressed themselves ; but a few , sixteen or seventeen , have considered themselves

      ill-used , and , to redress their wrongs , all mmst act up to the spirit of their compact , and strike . Two months since the contractors received a letter from the masons , requesting them to receivo a deputation . The contractors consented and met tbe deputation , when a number of grievances were related . They , the deputation , prefaced their complaints by stating that Mr . Allen was an arbitrary man ; and , aB an instance , he had refused to allow a mason to leave his work to bury his mother . This certainly was a very severe accusation to make against a man , and the contractors sifted it to the bottom . They had the foreman confronted with the men , and he then stated that a man did apply to him for permission to leave his work for a time that be might go down into

      the country to bury his mother . The foreman was willing to grant him his request , but when be asked for three weeks' absence , tho foreman said he could not keep his bench empty that time , and , if he went , he must take his chance of being employed on his return . This statement satisfied tbe deputation , and they agreed that the foreman had not been harsh . Another grievance , however , was raised ; and that was , the men could not have their beer where they liked—they were confined to two houses of the contractors' choosing , The contractors Baid they had chosen the houses nearest the works ; but to conciliate the men they would strike one oft ' , and allow beer to come from the one at which they held their meetings , the Pavior's Arms , Millbank . Tfce deputation expressed themselves satisfied , and

      nothing again occurred to disturb the harmony that existed until a fortnight since . It is the custom in all public buildings to give portions of work to masons that eccnpy a csrtain time in completing , and if one man , from being a better or quicker workman , completes his job before the fine , he is called a " chaser , " and the united exertions of the men are put in force to expel him from the work , unless he consents to work at the speed laid down by the committee of masons . A mason finished a " headway" two days before he should have done according to his fellow-workmen's rule , and a meeting was held , at which he was fined five shillings . The roan appealed to hia foreman , Mr . Allen , and the latter mentioned the circumstance to the contractors , who desired the foreman to

      encourage the man , and support him against the body that oppressed him . Another meeting of the union was held , and it was resolved , that unless this man , who had only faithfully discharged his duty , was dismissed , they would strike . Upon a re-consideration , they thought that too weak & ground , and got up a charge against the foreman , which was to the effect that be ¦ wished them to do more work in one day than they were inclined to think a fair day ' s work ; and that , when they did not do this , be made use of intimidating language towards them , and after alluding to many what we consider childish annoyances that they had suffered , the letter concluded by stating that , unless Mr . Allen was discharged , they would cease to work

      from Saturday week . The contractors , having no fault to find with their foreman , determined not to be influenced by this spirit of insubordination , and to maintain him in his place—the result of which was the masons fetched away their tools on Tuesday last . The contractors having seen a paragraph in the papers , in which it was stated that Lord Ashley had consented to present a petition to the Commissioners of Woods and Forests on behalf of the masons , Mr . Grissell waited upon the Hoc . the Commissioners , and ascertained that the statement was totally false , the Comniia&ioners assuring Mr . Grissell that , had such a complaint been made , they should either have referred the matter to him , or at the least , solicited his presence .

      Yesterday the Commissioners of Woods aad Forests sent a letter to the contractors , stating that whatever they , the contractors , might suggest , they , the Commissioners , would assist them in carrying out , as far as lay in their power . Thus the affair remains at present—Observer , ( a Whig official print )

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      Taxation asd Representation . —Previous to his descent upon England , William the Conqueror assembled a council of his nearest friends , to demand their advice and assistance . They all approved of the expedition , and promised to Berr « "W illiam with their persons and goods . " But , " Baid they , thia is not all—you must ask assistance of the great body of the people of the country ; for it is but right that those who pay the expense should be called to consent to it . " Then William , say the chroniclers , convoked a great assembly of men of all classes in Normandy , laid before chem his project , and solicited their assistance—then left them that they might deliberate freely . We perceive by this that « ven so early as the days of the Conqueror , people had hold of the notion that * taxation and representation should g < r together ;" or , to express it in the language of those days , that " it is but right those why pay the expense should be called to consent to it .

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      NEWPORT . —M 0 RH 0 OTH 8 HIBB , —The committee for getting op and conducting * demonstration to welcome that noble « f nature Feargus O'Connor , Esq . into the town of Newport , on hii way from Merthyr , are acting with great energy ; they are working well , and will leave nothing undone on their part . From tk « favourable manner in whieh it has been taken up by the working classes it ifi expected to be . on « otibe greatest digplaji ever witaessedm the Wfltf-nddea . tomi of Newport . The greatest enthusiasm and joy perodes almost every breast at the thettghta of seeing the man they priie and lore . ; Thareaw * gowlmany books out receiTinjfBubBcriptiOBa . Mr . Benjamin Francismerchant

      , , is one of the committee , and likewise treasurer . The committee hope that deputations and delegates will attend from various places , particularly from Poniypool , Caerieon , Cardiff , Blaokwood , Aber « a ? gavenny , Usk , aad other districts ; if they can muster a few flags or banners they will be wanted for the occasion . Now , M « nmouthab . ire , do you daty . Chartiemis not dead , aerfllumbering . Come in yoar thousands to see tha man who is destined t » crush the tyrant and tbe oppressor . Dae notice will be given in the Star , when Mr . O'Connor can attend . All communications tobe addressed to W . H . Cronin , street

      Gewge- Cottage , Newport , Monmouthshire . CUMNOCK .-O 11 Thursday night , Sept . 16 , in Mr . Kobert Cuchton ' s School-room , under the auspices of tbe Democratic Association , a social entertainment was given , of a purely intellectual character ; comprising politioal speeches , recitations , and eiaging , designed for promoting the moral , social , and political improvement of the people . . A good deal of exoitement has taken place in consequence of Mr . O'Connor ' s notice of visiting this place in his tour through Scotland ; and it is to be hoped that the friends of the people will give him a reception worthy of his services .

      New CxmifocK . —On Mbnday , tho 13 th instant , a meeting was held at Mansfield Collery , near this lace , in the School-room , at which Mr . Duncan Robertson explained the principles of the Charter to an attentive audience . He concluded his address by moving the propriety of joining in anion for advancing the cause . Mr . O'Connor ' s visit to Old Cumnock , whioh is dbout five or six , miles distant , will stir up men ' s minds a good deal-to see the propriety of doing something to free tne masses from this worse than Egyptian bondage . COUME . —On Monday evening , the 13 th inst ., Mr . Charles Connor delivered a very interesting lecture in the Chartist Lecture Room , to a crowded and attentive audicnoe ; and on Wednesday evening , the 15 th , Mr . James Leach , from Manchester , delivered an excellent lecture in the same place , to a v « ry full and attentive auditory .

      LEICESTER . —The exoitement goes on steadily and bravely . We have added fifteen to-day ( Monday ) and Saturday , in addition to forty-two last week , and sixty-two the w « ek preceding . Mr . Bairstow and his blooming bride were entertained at a merry Ua-party on Thursday last ; and at the cIom Mr . B . delivered a very pleasing address . Last Sunday , Mr . Bairstow preached in the afternoon , and Mr . Cooper , in the ' evening . Tha Marketplace , on each occasion , presented an interesting

      appearance : the audience , at night , amounted to upwards of three thousand . Collections were made in aid of the fund for O'Brien ' s printing press ; and £ 1 were sent off to the treasurer , Mr . Ogden , Leeds , the next day : at tbe same time , a money order for £ 2 was iiBpatched to Mr . Campbell , the Secretary of the Executive . On . Monday evening , Mr . Cooper delivered his concluding lecture on Geography , in the Guildhall , the audience being a orowded one , aa before .

      CHESTBBFIELD AMD BRAMPTOr * . —At the weekly ' meeting of the Chartists on Monday evening last , it was unanimously resolved that a general meeting of the members do take place at the house of Mr . John Williams , Brick-house yard , Brampton , ( which the Chartists have taken for their future meetings ) for the purpose of electing three members to serve on the general counoil , in the room of three resigned . KNARESBRO ' . —On Monday last , the Chartists here held their weekly meeting . The cause ia going on prosperously ; numbers of new members w « re enroled . We aad a very f ull room to hear Mr . Dooker give a public lecture on the necessity of agitating for nothing short of the Charter . WANDSWORTH . SuaRET . —Mr . Stall wood , lectured on Sunday evening , in the Chartist Association-rooms , on tbe Charter .

      BIiACSBURN . —We hod a glorious meeting on Friday evening , when Mr . Leacn delivered aa able lecture on Chartism . The lecturer gave general satisfaction . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Leach , with three rounds of applause . " Three cheers were also given for our undaunted patriot , Feargus O'Connor ; after which the meeting separated , highly delighted with the proceedings of the « v « ning . RUDDLESBRO ' . —The cause of Chartism goes bravely on here ; since the liberation of our true and triad friend O'Connor , the cause has assumed a different aspect . The news of the-people ' s instructor being let at liberty has acted like magic , and caused

      all our old lukewarm members to be up and doing . Our meetings are now w « ll attended , and all seem anxious to take a part in ; he great struggle for political freedom . We have had a very important discussion upon the Corn Laws . Several shopkeepers have joined us , and expressed their belief that the Charter is the only remedy for the evils we labour under . We are to have a delegate meeting hero next Sunday , on this subject , when delegates are expected from Yarm , Stockton , Darlington , Hartlepool , and various other places , when we shall be able to state to the various places the result of our delegations .

      O 0 SEBURN . —The Chartists of this place met as usual on Suaday morning last , in the Association Room , near Byker Bar . It was resolved , " That there be a lecture delivered in this room every Tuesday evening , to commence at seven o ' clock ; subject ' for the first lecture , " The American and French Revolutions : the cause that produced the success of the former , and the defeat of the latter . " Tne subscriptions are coming in well here to defray the expences of the demonstration to O'Connor and O'Brien . We would suggest the propriety ef having a delegate meeting for Northumberland and Durham , in some central part between the two countries , that we may know the wants and feelings of our brother Chartists in the villages round about Newcastle .

      SCOTLAND . —Dalkeith . —Mr . Lowery delivered a lecture in the Masons' Hall here , last Monday evening . The lecture gave great satisfaction . Chartism is in a healthy state here . Gore Bridge . —A meeting was held here in the open air on Tuesday last , to hear a lecture from the county lecturer , Mr . Lowery . The meeting was well attended , and has done much good . After the lecture a Charter Association was formed . Roslin . —Mr . Lowery lectured here on Wednesday last , in the open air . Lasswade . —Fecits of the System . —An extensive failure has taken place here during the last week , by which a great number of persons iave been thrown out of employment ; it is Mr . Brooks , paper manufacturer . It is said he has failed in at least £ 20 , 000 , and that there are not assets enough to pay Is . in the pound .

      Loanhead . —Ah Association is about to be formed here . Montrose . —At the last week ' s meeting of the Montrose Chartists , a vote of thanks was moved and carried unanimously to the Rev . Fatk « r Ryan and Messrs . O'Higgins and Brophy , for their patriotic exertions in dofence of the rights of the suffering millions , and defending the Charter against that arck traitor to bis country , Dan O'Conaell . We have also invited the tried friend of the »« ople , Mr . Fear ^ ug O'Conaor , to pay us a visit while •* hii tour through Seotland , knowing that he will dpsmh good ia this quarter .

      KIDDERMINSTER . —Mr . Mason delivered a lecture here at the White Horse Inn , on Wednesday last , on the rights of labour . The lecture occupied an hour and a half in the delivery . A few more such lectures in this Tory ridden place , will put the extinguisher over Toryism . At the close of the lecture , it was unanimously resolved , " That a deputati « be appointed to assist at the demonstration at Birmingham , in honour of the release of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., from the fangs of a dastard Whig Government . NOTTINGHAM . —The Chartists held their usual weekly meeting ia the Democratic Chapel on Monday evening : letters were read from Mr . D . Blair , of Belfast , Mr . Summitt , of Newark , and Mr . O'Connor ' s speech at the meeting of stonemasons , London . Several new members joined the Association .

      WISBEACH , Cambridgeshire . —Some few weeks since , a meeting of the working classes was held in this town for the purpose of forming an Association ; the executive was applied to for cards , < &c . and a subsequent meeting was called , and an Association regularly organized . We are , it is true , but thirteen ia number , out we are about getting up an address to the working men of Wisbeach aid its neighbourhood , and training ourselves for a regular systematic agitation . We deem it our duty to make this brief statement , through the medium of the Northern St * r , in order that our brethren throughout the country may know that even in aristocratic Cambridgeshire the spirit of freedom lives and has its earnest breathings .

      WASHINGTON . —The Chartists here celebrated the release of Mr . O'Connor , on Monday evening , by a splendid tea party . The room was crowded to excess . After tea , Mr . J . Savory was called to the chair , and the evening was spent with the greatest hilarity . The toasts , of which several were given , were responded to in an excellent style-and with great effect . The recitations of Mr . Lawless were admirable , but what crowned the entertainment were the recitations and songs of Mr . Y&tes .

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      NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . BOITOK . Mr . William Btird . Mr . Joan Sullivaa . Mr . Henry Oilmore . Mr . William Booth . Mr . Tbema * Entwiatlo . Mr . Peter Ryan . Mr . Jamea Whltehead . Mr . Joha Hutly , tab-Secretary . Mr . John Thornton , Corresponding Secretary . HOTTIMGHAM . . Mr . Wm . RuaselL , Mr . Joseph Santer . Mr . W » . Castor . Mr . John Walt Mr . Thomas Hawsoa . Mr . John Wright . Mr . Charlea Oates . Mr . Thomas Stanford , sub-Secretary . Mr . James Sweet , aab-Treararer . HV X . ENTOH . Mr . Alexander Byard . Mr . Thomas Smith . Mr . Jahn Williamson . Mt . Henry Hetherington . Mr . Wm . Brown . Mr . J . Q . Hanney . Mr . Georgs Groves . M * . Jacob Bostock , sub-Secretary . Mr . Tho * . Smith , sub-Treasurer . RICHHONB . Mr . George Abbott Mr William Clarkson . Mr . George Swintoa . Mr . Jonas Mattaon . Mr . Thomas Fryer . Mr . Robert Lawaou . Mr . Thomaa Heathooato . Mr . John Emmison , sub-Treasurer . Mr . George Allison , sub-Secretary .

      «^ r . 2 OACCLESriEXJ > . —On Sunday evening Mr . Chaudloy lectured on the factory system , and in a very interesting and effective address , laid bare the horrible enormities of the life-destroying system . BRIDGETON . —Another great meeting was held in the Chartist Hall there , on Wednesday night , Mr . Black in the cbair , when Con . Murray was again called upon , who entered with feeling and spirit into the wrongs of Ireland , and the unprincipled conduct of her paid patriots . He was followed by another countryman of m ' 8 , who made a very sensible speech . Mr . Skufflebottom followed , and delivered a very excellent address , in which he showed the propriety of casting to tke winds all petty animosities or eeetarian prejudices , and explained the principles of the Charter , point by point . Dennis M'Millan defended

      tbe principle of the Charter , and showed that it was impossible for his countrymen to obtain a Repeal of the Union without joining with the British people for the Charter . He was followed by Mr . Camer » n , who , in hie usual eloquent style , went over a number of the topics alluded to by the previous speakers , approving here and condemning there , according to his views of the subjects alluded to . Mr . Nimmo , who was lately a Whig , but now appears , from th « sentiments which he delivered , to have joined the Chartist movement , congratulated the Chartists upon the strong position which they bad taken np , and advised them to stand by the Charter , the whole Charter , and nothing else . The meeting dissolved at a late hour , after giving the usual round of cheering . Committee meetings in the various districts are being held almost every night , making the necessary arrangements for the coming demonstration .

      8 SLBY . —A North and East Riding delegate meeting was held at Selby on Sunday last , to take into consideration the practicability of forming a North and East Biding Distriot of the National Charter Association , and for the purpose of electing a fit and proper person to become lecturer for the district . The following delegates handed in their credentials : —Mr . Edward Burley , York ; Mr . Padget , Hull ; Mr . Moody , Howden ; Mr . Sutherby , Selby ; and Mr . Jones , Leeds . Letters were also received from Scarborough , Market Weighton , and Koaresborough , approving of the objects of the meeting . Mr . Padget was called to to * chair , aad Mr . Burley acted as Secretary . Mr ? Burley briefly stated the objects of the meeting , when , after some

      discussion , in which several frirnds took part , it was resolved that a North and East Biding District be immediately formed , and a lecturer engaged to agitate the same , to be paid 35 s . per week , he paying his own expences . it was also resolved that Mr . Skeviugton , of Loughborough , be engaged as lecturer for one month , to commence on Monday , the 27 th of September . Mr . William Croft , of wrk , was appointed Treasurer , and Mr . ' Burley tbe torresponding Secretary , for the district . Mr . Burley and Mr . Padget were appointed to draw up an addr « es to the working classes of the North and East Riding , which was unanimously adopted . The following resolution was then agreed to : — " That we , the delegates assembled in Selby , representing the Chartists of York , Leeds , Selby , and various localities in the East Biding of the county of York , deem it our duty to impress upon the several

      lecturers throughput the country the great necessity of their using their utmost exertions in raising funds for the support of the Executive Council , and thereby enable that body to carry out those great measures for which they were elected . " It was resolved that the next delegate meeting for the East and North Ridings flhomld be held at York , on Sunday , October the 31 st . A vote of thanks having been passed to the Chairman and Secretary , the meeting broke up , each delegate determined to use every exertion to cement firmly that union which he had been a party in forming . The room was crowded the whole of the day with highly respectable persons , who seemed to take great interest in the proceedings . Much benefit may accrue to our cause by spreading the principles in this district of aristocratic pomp . The Bpirit of inquiry is abroad ; let them stop its progress if they can . The following is the addressagreed to by the delegates : —

      To the Working Classes of the East and North Wctingt of the County of York , Fbilow Covntrtken , —We , the delegates from the various towns in the East and North Riding of the County of York , assembled in Selby , to deliberate upon the beat means of enlightening our fellow-nien to a sense of those rights to which they are so justly entitled , deem it our duty to lay before you our views and objects upon this occasion , ia order to rebit the baaa and scandalous assertions which have been made againBt our principles , by ignorant and designing men , and by a hireling press , whose interest it is to iesp yon in ignorance , that they may the more easily oppress and enslave you , taking from you those means which yon ought to possess , to support and keep in comfort and contentment your wiv « s and families , in order that they may revel in luxtry and extravagance .

      Fellow Countrymen , —The present state of our country requires your most serious consideration ; we address you in the plain and simple language of truth , which is the most powerful of alL We wish to convince you that we aie not the vile characters which oar opponents represent as to be , but that we are men who have felt the yoke of oppression , and are determined to inquire into the cause . Our oppressors tell you there is no oppression—no distress , any further than what divina providence has inflicted ; that God intended that there should be rich and poor , and that it is infidelity to attempt to alter that which he has ordained . This vre deny .

      Fellow Countrymen , —If we look on the one hand we see men , women , and children , starving for want of food , wMlst , on the other hand , we see a pampered aristocracy , rolling in the midst of luxury and splendour . Did God ordain that one portion of society should be the slaves of another portion ? No . Qod ordained that man should eat bread by the sweat of hia brow t yet we find those who toll , sweat , and produce all ; who erect the stately manaion , who cultivate the sail , who sow the seed , and reap the harvest in proper

      time , —in fact , the men who produce every thing which is alculated to make man happy ia this world , are actually hungering and starving to death for the want ef a sufficiency of those necessaries which , through their intelligence and industry , they have in abundance provided ; whilst we find those who toil not , monopolising and enjoying those blessings which God has so benntoously provided for all his creatures . This is infidelity ; and this system the Chartists of this country are determined to put down by all moral and constitutional means in their power .

      W « seek not to take another man ' s property , nor to dtstroyit ; but we seek to destroy the system that takes from as our only property—our labour ; that system we find to emanate from class-legislation , and to destroy it , we are convinced that nothing will be m effectual as the establishing of the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . To afford yo « an opportunity of judging of the merits of those great and glorious principles , we have determined upon sending a lecturer amongst you , to * cplain them . It will be for you to decide whea you have heard them , which we do « bt not but you will do , in favour of them , with a determination to do your utmost to assist in carrying them omt , by forming yourselves in bodies , and joining the National Charter Association .

      The cause of liberty , your distressed countrymen who are now pent up in the cold hostile , and the noble leaders of the people who are now suffering in the cheerless dungeen and on the foreign shore , separated from all they hold dear to them , demand your assistance to raise up your fallen country to that station amongst die nations of the earth , which the intelligence and industry of her people deserve . That yen may see the justness of our cause , and join with your fellow countrymen , in their cry for freedom , Is the earnest prayer of ' : Your Brothera in political bondage , Signed on behalf of the Delegates , Edwabd Burley , Secretary . Wm . Padget , Chairman .

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      GLASGOW . —A lecture was delivered in St . Ann ' a Church , on Monday night , on the « vils of Monarchy , by Mr- Jack , to a crowded amdienoe ; the lecturer did great justice to Hia mbjeeteiM traeed monarchy from its origin , downwards ^ abowing the amount of misery winch mankind ui . all ages , countries , and climes , have Bmff ered , from Us banefnl effects , and proving that iiresfonsible powerwai the prolifio source of almost erery evil which the great human family b « d to opmplarn 1 of , and the absolute necessity of every civilised nation throwing

      off tbe unhallowed incubuB before they could eitner be happy , prosperous , or independent . Mr . *<* was much cheered thrdughoat . J Mr \ Roy and Mr . Malcolm followed , and contended that itr was not the monarchy but the people that were to blame , aa monarchy was a monster of ^ heir own creation . Mr . Freudfovt read frdni the Bible Samuel ' s denunciation of Bines , and proved from past history , how true his words had come to pass . A vote of thanka was then given to the lecturer , when the meeting dissolved .

      A MxarriHc ob thr Cokmittib for conducting the soiree to Fearpis O'Connor was held on Tuesdar evening , when the various speakers were appointed , and the different sentiments they were to tpeak upon agreed to . Mr . Cullen was appointed Chairman , and Mr . Moir , vice-chairman of the soiree . The splendid Hall where this soiree is to beheld will be finished in a few days ; the view from the galleries at each end of the Hall is the most magnificent we ever beheld ; the ^ eyea daazle , and the mind is enraptured with the spacious Hall , the splendid building , and beautifulworkmanship performed by workmen whom the base factions sneeringly tell us are unfit for the franchise . . The tickets , which are one shilling and threepence each , are being rapidly purchased up .

      Demonstration Committed . —The Demonstration Committee met on Thursday night , Mr . Con Murray in the chair . The Gommittee entered into the necessary arrangements . Mr . Moir was appointed chairman for the Green ; Messrs . Brown , Colquhoun , and M'Kay were appointed a committee to draw np an address to O'Connor , and the resolutions for the meeting on the . Green . It was also suggested that they should hire a Bteam boat , and have it decorated out with flags and other insicnia , with a band of

      music , and proceed early on Monday morning from the Broomilaw down the Clyde to Greenock , and bring up Mr . O'Connor in triumph to Glasgow . The Secretary was ordered to write to Mr . O'Connor requiring him , when he came to Greenock on the Sfiaday afternoon with the Belfast steamer , to go ashore and stop there all night , when he would be brought up next morning in the manner above described . After some other minor business had beea transacted , a vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved .

      ROTH £ RHAM .-The Rptherham Chartists held their usual weekly meeting in the Association room , on Monday evening , when the following persona were added to the Council : Thomas Lee , brick-Maker , Thomas Goodlinston , labourer . Two new members were enrolled . It is particularly requested that all members will attend next Monday evening , as there is business of importance to transact .

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      Thh Recent Stbikb at thb Hocsb ob Commons . —On Tuesday night a publio meeting of the stonemasons , lately employed at the House of Commons , was held at the Craven ' s Head , Drury Lane , for the purpose of fully explaining the cause of their recent strike . Mr . Worthington was uBanimeusIv called to the chair . Several persons addressed tbe meeting ; oae of whom stated that Allen had actually looked up a pump in Palace Yard , to prevent the labourers from getting a can of water ; and it was subsequently moved , seoonded , and carried unanimously , "That tbe masons recently employed at the House of Commons felt themselves , justified in the steps they had taken relative to the strike . " A resolution was also carried to the effect that the masons of London not employed at the works acquiesced in the strike . Thanks were then siven to the Chairmau , and the meeting , consisting of upwards of 200 persons , separated *

      EePOBTED I 5 TEIXI 0 ENCH IN RELATION TO THE LOSt o » thb Steamer Pbhsidknt . —( From the Boston Atlas of Aug . 3 O . >—We lay before our readers the following reported account of tho loss of this illfeted vessel , as we receive it bj our express . Our readers are as capable as we are of judging of its aocuracy , and will make all proper allowances for its improbability : — " The Loss of the President Steamer . —The Philadelphia National Gazette of Saturday furnishes an extract from the St . Thomas ' * Times , rewired from their Barbadoes correspondent , giving a letter said to have been found in a bottle picked up in lat . 53 SO , long . 47 33 , as follows : —* On Ioeberg , March 17 , 1841 . —To whomsoever these presents shall come , these are addressed , not ia the

      hope of obtaining aid , but to apprise our friends of our awful and inevitable fate . We , unhappy passengers and company of the President steamer , had rough weather from the hour of our departure from New York . On . the night of the 14 th instant it blew a hurricane , with hail and snow , and the look-out was unable to see a cable ' s length from the ship . At about seven pjn ., being then under close-reefed topsails , the fillip encountered an island of ice ; bo rapidly did she 811 that we had barely time to escape to the ice before she went down . Many of the passengers barely saved their garments , among whom was the unfortunate Norris , who , being in delicate health , died on tho second day , of cold and hunger . This is the only case of mortality aa yet , but as the ice is breaking up fast , we nope of us expect to survive more than two or three days longer , unless it should please the Lord extraordinarily to

      have mercy . We have no fault to find with any one . The ship was strong and well found—the captain and crew skilful , prudent , and courageous . I should have mentioned before that our boats , with the exception of tbe Jong boat , were all washed away the day preceding the disaster , and the long-boat was stove by the concussion . Even had this not been the case , no boat could have lived in such sea . Our hearts are dead within us . Captain Roberts and the Rev . Mr . Cookman are the only ones that endeavour to keep up the courage of tbe rest . I fear that the tone in . w ) uch . we join this gentleman in prayer indicates more the courage of despair than any other feeling . Nevertheless , God ' s will , not ours , be done . xesterday we were so fortunate as to pick up the carcase of a small shark , which was dashed against our standing prison , by the violence of the waves . This , and a few bottles of wine , have been our only sustenance . My handfreezes , and I can write no more . "

      Depending on One ' s Wits . —We have heard that a journeyman tailor , who left the neighbourhood of Derby on tramp a short time ago , played off the following noV vory creditable trick . Being " hard up , " as the phrase goes , and rather fatigued , ho rested his arms upon a gate JeadiDg to a cora-field , aad wag ruminating , when a body of Irishmen eame up . Fancying from the tailor ' s manner , that he was the owner of the field , and ia the act of looking at the croptosfte if ifcwera ready for the hook , they at once asked for " 'the-job . " The tailor hesitated for a moment , as if in de « p thought , and then gave a half negative . The hesitation , of the tailor caused the poor Irishmen to renew their entreaties , and at last

      the tailor said he had an objection to Irishmen , having employed some last year that did not do their work properly . The reapers assured "his honour " that they would behave " dacently , " and do the work as it ought to be : but his honour was cot disposed to trust them , unless they would deposit a certain sum in his hands . The " poor fellows raised several pounds , the fruits of their industry , which they placed in his : honour ' s hands , received in return orders to commence cutting the wheat on the following morning . We are sorry to add , the tailor who practised the deception gotclearaway with his booty before the * ' mistake" was discovered . He may yet reoeive his deserts .

      Failure op the Rural Police—We have this week good news to communicate . Our readers will remember that the question of a rural police in the West Riding was some time ago placed in abeyance until the experiment of its introduction in Lancashire had been fairly tried . It has been tried now for a longer time than was necessary to ascertain its effect , and it has utterly failed . On Thursday week , at the adjourned annual session of the peace for the county of Lancaster , held at the Court-house , Preston , when upwards of one hundred magistrates were present in conrt , a resolution was adopted by a majority of seventy-two to twenty-eight , to the effect that it was inexpedient to continue for any longer period than was compulsory , tbe existing

      establishment of county police . This unconstitutional force will therefore be disbanded as soon as possible . The reasons which iaduced such a large majority to vote for the dissolution 1 of this pet force are worthy of attentive consideration , since they furnish us with a complete refutation of the "Whig arguments in Yorkshire . Its grievous expence , and its notorious inefficiency , coupled with the unpopularity which it continued to experience , were the causes assigned by the Lancashire magistrates for their votes against the continuanco of the force . Between three hundred and fonr hundred petitions were presented against the force , signed by all classes of ratepayers , and coming from all parts of the county , all bearing testimony to its enormous expence and its ridiculous

      inefficiency . As a preventive service ( in which light th » Whigs would force it on this riding ) , we have it on the authority of several magistrates that the Lancashire police was of no benefit whatsoever . " In Blackburn Hundred , " said Mr . Greene , the force as a preventive service was quite useless Y whilst Mr . P . Ainsworth said ° the prevailing opinion in Boltoh was , that the foroe was quite inoperative . The charges now levied on four townships were £ 300 , whereas before they did not amount to £ 50 ; and he felt quite convinced thaHhe detection of crime was not at all greater than before the force was established . " From another quarter we learn that the expence of maintaining thro fpree in the rural districts has been of so serious » natd ? e , that the cost to the farmers , in many instances , has operated equal to a tax of 5 a , an acr « .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 25, 1841, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct568/page/7/