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      TO THE KDITOB OF IHB HOBTKEBH STii . Sib , —Ab it is generally known in Bradford and Baghboarhood that 1 intended to Tirit my brother in yorlhallertan Hell timing Christmas ; sad , as all tpQ ] i » anxious to know bow he is coming on , I take tbii opportunity of informing theatdtfirongh the medium of your ^ valuable journal . I . left » me o& Cbristmas Day morning , sod rode on . shank ' s maze to Borough Bridge , through Xnaresbro" , when I Bought ont the leading Chartists of that town , and notified my intention of delivering a lecture to them , on my return from Nerth « Berioa , on Monday craning . After having xt&desr ungements with them , I proceeded on iny journey to BoronghbrMge , at which place I stayed all night—a distance of nineteen miles from my journey * * end . ]

      rose early next morning ' , and pursued my journey to fforthallerton ; and , O , what a scene for ihe philanthropist to contemplate ! The Tast tract * of rich land , interspersed here and there with a solitary farm house , BorKmnaed with a great number . of hay and corn riacks , of every description , food for man and beast ; when I looked ronrd , anil saw all this , and reflected on our greet Champion ' s excellent letters on the Corn Laws and tie" land , I was forcibly struck with the tmt& of his assertions , that if the land was divided into £ re at six acres each farm , that , erery unwilling idler in the manufacturing towns might speedily be put in possession of everything that would make life happy and comfortable . I made inquiry about the quantity of land which each farmer occupied , and found the division generally from 25 acres up to 500 . ' so that , in this district alone , a great many families might be

      brought from the contaminating atmosphere of a xnanu < fectsring town , where , instead of wretchedness and poTerty , they might enjoy peace and plenty . I arrived at XorthaUerton at one o ' clock , and presented myself at the prison doors , and was told by one of the understrappera-that I was too late , the time of visiting being from twelve o ' clock to one . I was introduced to the Governor , Mr . Shepherd , who , whan I informed him that I was Wm . Brook ' s brother , said I should see him . He was busy at the time admitting another prisoner within the walls of the prison , and I could sot , for my life tell whether the constable who brought the prisoner , or the culprit , was the person who would be left in durance vile , until the constable withdrew ; he was a ' moKt respectabla looking yonng man , a stonemason , and was committed three month * to hard labour for vagrancy .

      My brother was then introduced to me in the Governor ! office , and , O Gad , what a sight ! from being a stout athletic man , he was reduced to a mere skeleton . On taking bis hand , a tear of affection gushed into my eyes , when he laid to me , don't thou come beie to blubber sod roar , it will make it no better . He seemed determined that the Governor should not see him quail at his imprisonment He wrote some time ago , and said the Whigs had taken th * flesh off his bones , snd left nothing but the skeleton fox the Tories to prey upon . I found it was true to the tetter ; I enquired after his health- he informed me that he was mush better than he had been , having laboured under a severe bowel complaint for several months . After I had informed him erf all the political movements that were going on , he said when he gamed his liberty , he j&onklbe ten fime » worse after the Charter than he had been before he was imprisoned .

      The Governor told me that my brother had behaved well since he came there , and had not received a single moment ' s punishment since he entered the establishment . I took with me a large quantity of books which be cooldnot receive unta they had been inspected by the parsons . I gave the Governor a copy of the National Petition ; and a discussion took place between me and the Governor on various subjects on trade and politics , which would make this letter too long for your fninmna . 2 Jy brother gave the Governor a good character for humanity , and said he would father be there than at Tort I aa , Six , yours , Josh . Bbook .

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      WEST BIDING DELEGATE MEETING . A delegate meeting of the West Riding was held it Dswsbnry on Sunday last Delegates were present from the following places : — Bradford ... Mr . J . W . Smyth-Hormfirth and Honley Hi . Ed . Clayton . Sowerby Mr . G-reenroyd . Bisgley Mr . IckeringilL Hndders 5 eld Mr . J . Chapman . Mr . Clayton in the chair . } IoT 6 d by Mr . Srsyth , and seconded by Mr . Ickerajdj l : —

      " That we request all the various towns who are in * Seaz 3 to the West Riding Missionary Fund and to ?» "West Biding Election Pnnd , to immediately send a their arrears to the Secretary , so that the balance am cm be made , as the present Secretary is rcsigno * his atuation . " iJovea by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Chap-Csa : — * I £ at each town in the West Ridirg do immediately ^ niish their quota of their expense for the forthcoming Convention-, and , furthermore , would recomnad Oat , as eqii&l Vnrdens break no backs , the West £ ^ g furnish £ 15 ; and that the North and East fumngB ( inclndiag Leeds ) , famish £ 10 , to be levied fflmiediately , and sent to the Secretary without fail . " Jlored by ilr . Smyth , and seconded by-ill .

      Chap-¦ & : ; . fc this meeting do recommend to the West Kznrg to form 4 istriets for the purpose of employing * SireiSTrithont inconvenience , andgive an opportunity « agU&ting th « Wet Riding with more efficiency . " ilDTad by sir . Greenroyd , and seconded by Mr . iKeriiijIIl : t " B ** the next West Riding delegate meeting be ^ i 0 B Sncday , January SOth , at ten o ' clock in the a ^ ernoon , at rewsbury . "

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      DELEGATE MEETING FOR DURHAM AND NORTHUMBERLAND . hM 3 ^ 6 ^ 8 ^^ foS of ^ e Counties of yortbumbera and Durham , was held on the 1 st of January , in *¦ " - U > Bncil Eoom , Bridge-street , Bishop Wearmouth . 5 ' ^ ates representing the . following places were , ¦ ^ ewea safi i Ooseburn and Byker , Legg HOI , Cram-^ stoa , PoremanVrow , Sheriff Hills , Bedlington , a ^ n-T ™ ^ Sonth Shields , aad Sunderland , when « -MQowmg resolutions were passed : — " That Mi . O'Brien be nominated to represent the £ " ™ Qes of Noithumberland and Durham in the r&Um Convention . "

      r ^ ^ kouldMr . O'Brien decline representing the J ? T ™ before named , that Messrs . Sinclair and Chap-*« be empowered to call a Deleeate Meeting to beheld ^ ewcastle , to nominate some other person . " ' That Mr . Chappie be appointed General Treasurer " * i * ettfaon Convention Delegate Fund , " ' That cotadericg the disorganised and present £ - ^ ea resources of the Counties , it is tte opinion of tTifr ^ PreseEt , that the permanent engagement lecturers is impracticable , but recommend that those * £ « 3-Ba . oLaTel&ctcrers , do as frequently as possible ^ - ^ saige Item . " « f Tote of thanks was given to the Chairman and " * rttary , ana the mating broke up .

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      DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD , NEAR ; NOTTINGHAM . On Friday jnonnng last , the peaceful little town of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of one vt the Biost dreadful and cold-blooded marders ^ ever reoorded . Th e hapless victim of { hisatrocions deed "wasa young woman , in her 20 th je&r , named-Mary-Hallanj , the daughter of a labourer , " wha has resided in Mansfield for many years , and who has saved *; considerable sum ofomonsy by his industry . The murderer is a young man , named John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , shoemaker , a native . of . Market Bosworth . He has resided in Mansfield for four years , and had , until a few months ago been eonsidered the accepted smtor of the unfortunate deceased .

      Moore rented ' two rooms at the bottom of a yard in Lister-lane , Mansfield , and the deceased lived with her parents in a iwase at the top of ihe yard . A year ago the murderer lodged in the same house with the deceased , but about nine months since he became rather unsteady , and took to drinking , iu consequence of -which the parents of the deceased , thinking that his bad habits would not promote their daughter ' s happiness , declared against his suit . He then left their house , and went to lodge in the same yard , at the hoose-df a widow named Wragg . At that time he made use of threatening language , bntit would imply a degree of malignity nnparalleled to suppose that he formed a resolution , in consequence of what then passed , to perpetrate so savage and diabolical a crime . He visited at Hallam ' s as a neighbour , and occasionally went out with the

      deceased . At Whitsuntide , whilst walking m Mansfield Forest , he committed a violent assault upon her , and frequently gave evidence of being a most passionate feUow . On Thursday sight , the deceased , who had been out on a visit , called at his shop on going ont of the yard , and from the evidence there appears not ihe Elightest doubt but that he fell upon and murdered her by catting her throat in the most dreadful manner . He stayed in the workshop , the scene of this dreadful tragedy , with the body of his victim for some time , and at length locked up the shop , and went to a public-house . He there drank several glasses of ale , and sang a song at the request of the company , after which he went home to bed . We extract the following from the evidence i—

      William TTnii ^ Tp , the father of the deceased , deposed , that he last aaw her alive . &t one o'clock on Thursday She bad just returned from a journey to Woxksop , where she had gone on a visit on Christmas-day . Witness returned from his work about nine at night , and found t * " ^ the deceased had just gone out without bonnet or shawl « n . When the deceased did not return home , he became alarmed for hex lafety , and searched the whole town , foe her . At eleven he took % lantern and went to the mill dam , but without finding her . Witness then thought that he would go to the pri-Boner ' s shop , and put « table against the wall and look

      through themindow , which wm high up . By the light of a lantern he saw the deceased lying on the floor weltering in her blood . He did sot attempt to get in at the window , but stood and looked for signs of life , but could not perceive any . She lay on her right tide , and her clothes were down within an inch or two of her shoes . Witnes then took the table and chair away , and , after telling hi * wife that she was dead , went and fetched Metham , the constable . Witness and Metbam with the nephew of the latter , went down to his lodgings and called up the prisoner , who was apprehended and taken to the lock-up . Witness then described the wounds on the body to be several large cats on the

      throat . - . Ann Hallam , mother of the deceased , corroborated her husband ' s evidence , and said she believed the prisoner was of sound mind . Knew that deceased was acquainted with the prisoner , and considered that at one . time be intended to marry her , but he never asked witness about it nor mentioned it at alL Had hoard prisoner threaten to do her daughter harm . It was when witness ' and be disagreed about nine months ago , when witness told him she did not approve of his conduct towards her . He then said be would be the death of her-daughter , he said he would be the death of her if she went with any cne else . Believes they were fond of each other at one time . Witness used

      to drink , neglect his werk , and use abusive language to witness . She never knew him strike her daughter , but on Easter Wednesday sbe came running into the house almost fainting , with him after her , and said , " Oh , mother , here is Sam running after me . Yesterday he wanted to take my life . Ha kneeled upon my stomach and almost throttled me . " He came into the souse , and witness told him if he did not go out she would split his head ' with the poker . Kever thougnt the prisoner was mad . Has no reason to think he had taken improper liberties with her daughter . ( Here the witness caught sight of the prisoner , whom she had not not before perceived , and called out , " O , he ' s there , let me go ; I did not know he was there , " and was supported fainting from the room . )

      Priscilla Adcock was at work in the house of the deceased on the night in question , when she said she wonld go out and hear a little news . Witness then corroborated the former evidence . Williatu Metham , constable , Mansfield , was called up abont twelve o ' clock on Thursday night by William Hnllam . Gt-t np immediately , and went down witk him to the ¦ prisoner ' s lodgings . Went to the front door and sect his nephew and William Hallam to the back door .- Witness knocked , and a person's head protruded from the window above ; it was Mrs . Wrags's son . Witness asked if Samuel Moore was at home , and was informed he was . Witness said he wanted to see him , and was soon after let into the house by Wragg . Witness col 5 ared Wragg , and asked him if he was Moore ;

      he answered " No , but Moore will be down directly . " Uef ^ re they -could get a light , prisoner came down psxtly dressed " in his coat and shoes . Witness said he wanted him , and there was a woman at the door who said , " 6 a , Sam , what have you been doing ? " He answered , " I Lave been doing nothing . " Witness then told him he wanted him on suspicion of murdering William HaHsm ' a daughter , and tbat he must accompany witofessi Besaid he wonld , and felt aboDt for his shoes . He was very quiet , and made no resistance . When they had ' gone about 100 yards he said , " Mr . Metham , I am the murderer ; I intended to destroy myself , but my heart misgave me , and I am pleased I have not done it , as I ougkt to suffer publicly as a warning to others . " Witness said " What was the

      reason you committed this crime ? " And be answered , " He wanted to have the girl , and her mother was not willing , and as , he could not have her , he was determined no one " else should . " When tkey arrived z . % tee lock-up he told witness where he wonld find the key of the workshop . He said , " You'll find the key of the workshop on the _ rabbit-cote , in the back premises , under a tile . " He also said , that he bad done it with a knife , and Metham would find it nigh to her ; and so it was . in blood at her side . Went down to the premises , and found -the key in the place he had described ; unlocked the shep-door , and went up stairs "with four others , and there saw the unfortunats girl lying nearly

      on her back , inclining toward the right side . In going to the lock-up , the prisoner said that " she died almost immediately , and that he stayed with her for some time after sbe was dead . " Her throat was cot in four places , and she lay near te a pool of bloo *! . He fancied she had been dragged away from the pool of blood , by the marks on the -floor . He produced the knife , which was a common shoemaker ' s knife , with clots of blood on both haft and blade . The deceased's necklace lay in ore of the wounds ; her bands and gown were bloody , and the prisoner ' s tronsers were slightlj spotted with blood op the front part He believed prisoner was of sound mind .

      Samuel ^ Hurt , surgeon , of Mansfield , was called up about tenTnkmtts past twelve , on Thursday night , by William HaBam , Bad made a post mortem examination . The external appearance of the body indicated good health . The arms were extended , the bands bloody , "but not cut . The head lay under the window . Her dress not more deranged than would result from the fall . Found an incised wound , haviDg been made at three or four different times , four inches and a half in length , extending from a little below the left tar to the centre of the . chin , and separating a la ~ ge flap of skin or integument from the angle of the jaw to ibe centre Lf the chin , and penetniling to the jaw bone , which ¦ sv ° s * exposed to s considerable extent ; another

      wound , extenaiiJg . from an inch below the masioid process of the temporal bone to the thyroin cartilage , about four Inches in length , one and a half in tteptb , and two wide , dividing some of the muscles and deep-seattd bload vessels , particularly the carotid artery and internal jugnlar . vein , ' and being the immediate catise of death ; another incised wound afeGut the middle cf the neck , six inches in length , and about two inefces in ¦ width , bui not dividing the largest vessels . There "was a great discharge of blood , and in addition to the pool of blood on the floor , her clothes were very considerably saturated . Th 3 knife now exhibited would be a very likely instrument to produce all the effects which he had d escribed .

      The prisoner , being cautioned , was then asked if ha bad anjtMng to E 3 y . The prisoner rose from his seat and said , " I decline for the present , " and then resumed , bis sitting . In answer ~ to the coroner , he said , " My nama is John Jones , and not Samuel Moore I live at-Mrs . Wragg ' s , Lister-lane . 1 am a cordwainer , and twenty-four years of age . I have lived in Mansfield four years . " He then declined answering any mere questions . The room being cleared , the jory almost immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Jones , " who was folly committed upon the coroner ' s ¦ srarrant to .- ' take . -Tiis trial at the next Nottingham assiZiS .

      The prisoner has since maintained 2 most unmoved demeanour , and has stated that before committing tee fearful deed he asked the deceased if sbe would marry him . She replied that her parents would not consent . He then said , that he would take care that , no one else did , ard st zid her . After lie had inflicted the fir 3 t wound , -which it appears was not immediately fital , the begged for her ' life , but seeing him resolved , then aiicd ior time to pray before he killed her ; he answered that he would oray for both of them , and completed his uieauiul pilose . He then prayed for " God to have ii . crcy tspt n two unfortunate lovers , " and stayed a conslderatle time on bis knees . TL- ; deeuased yrz 3 a very good-looking cir ! , and befog an only child , was suffered by her parents to tare too

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      much of her own way . She was very fond of visiting and partying . The prisoner iB also very good-looking He worked for Mr . Benten , a . respectable shoemaker residing in Church-street , Mansfield . The sensation produced by this tmfortuaate event in Mansfield may be better imagined than described Thir ancient town contains about li . 000 inhabitanta , and its annals hare never before been , stained with a crime so deadly . '

      The Murder Near Oswestry.—Com

      THE MURDER NEAR OSWESTRY . —COM

      MITTAL OF THE PRISONERS . ( Abridged from , iht Shrewsbury Hews . ) The prisoners Williams and Slawson , who have been several times examined on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Emma Evans , at Brosygartfa , underwent another examination on Friday . The following evidence was given as to the state in which the deceased was found . Mr . Perkins , surgeon , residing at Chirk , said , I went to the house of the deceased on Thursday evening . I found a great many persons about the house . I went in , and found the body on the kitchen floor . The body lay on its right side—the legs crossed , and the arms in the natural position . There was an arm-chair near the body . I knew the deceased and her habits . There

      was a considerable quantity of blood on the floor—the stream commencing from the neck of the deceased . I examined the body slightly , and raw that her throat was cut extensively and deeply . I felt with my hand that she ha « L had a bl » w on the tap of her head . She conld not have struggled at all , from the position of her body , which remained in the same state till the coro ner ' s inquest I saw one drop of blood inside the slanting lid of the bureau , not then dried . There was a mark of Mood on the inside and outside of the keyhole of the kitchen door , opening into the garden . There was no key in the door . For the coroner ' s inquest I made a post mortem examination on the following Monday . There were three . wounds oh the head , which had penetrated the skulL They bad been

      given at three separate blows , and were of different lengths—the longest being about an inch and » half , the second about an ineh , and the third rather more than half an inch . I think they were done by the same instrument . There was very little contusion on the side of the wounds of the deceased . I do not think the instrument could be very sharp , but heavy . There had been another blow at the top of the head which did not produce a wound . The effect of such' blows would suspend animation , but probably wonld not cause instant death . She had raised her hands at the time her throat was cut I then examined

      the throat , and found a weund five inches long and two inches deep , dividing the windpipe and toe carotid artery . Upon her right thumb I found two wounds which appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp instrument I also found a wound upon her right wrist , which appeared to be caused by the point of a gharp instrument . I found the back of her left fingers entirely covered with blood ; and on the back of her hand was wet dirt , as if from a man ' * trousers . I also found a wound through her top lip , commencing inside , as if caused by a tobacco pipe . I found , also , dirt upon her chin , and the impression of the bars of corduroy trousers . The loss of blood was alone sufficient to cause death . The

      half of the cap strings were forced into the throat , and were rather jagged , as if from repeated strokes of a knife , A woollen neckerchief on her neck was likewise pierced . Loid Bungannon asked if they bad anything to say . They both made a long statement , denying that they knew anything of the murder . His Lordship then addressed the prisoner William 9 as foliews : — " John Williams , it is now my painful duty to tell you that you are fully committed to take your trial at the next Lent Assisas for the murder of Emma Evans , of Bronygarta , in the parish of St Martin , in this connty . " The prisoner Slawson was then addressed by his Lordship in the same terms . Mr . William Whaliey , a nephew and executor of the deceased , was then bound over to prosecute , and each of the witnesses was bound to apppear at the next BJuny . ftfl .

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      ANOTHER MURDER AT BURNLEY . Burnley , so lately the scene of the frightful catastrophe already recorded in the columns of The Slur , has again been thrown into a state of considerable excitement , by a cruel outrage perpetrated upon a disabled old man , and from which his death resulted . William Dugdale , the deceased , was nearly seventy years of age , and very infirm . On Friday on inquest was held at the Turf Inn , Burnley , upon the body of the deceased , before Mr . Joan Hargreaves , one of the coroners for the northern division of the county of Lancaster . Several witnesses were examined , and below we give that portion of their evidence which throws light upon this unhappy transaction-.

      —Ellen Nuttall , of Burnley , deposed to the following effect : —The deceased William Dugdale was a cripple ; who resided in a cellar in Eastgate . About half-past twelve o ' clock on Sunday morning the witness , who lived in the adjoining cellar , was awakened by a loud knocking at the door of the deceased . She heard the door open , and the wife of the deceased exclaimed tbat they were all about to be murdered , and desired witness to get up . The -witness got up and went into the aiea fronting Dugdale ' s dwelling . This area ia entered by a flight of stone steps from the itrett . Witness saw at the top of the steps two young men , who cast ashes in ber face , and then ran off . The deceased went up the steps and there met two lads , younger than the men witness had originally seen . The boys inquired , "Have they broken your windows ? " Deceased replied ,

      " You must go down and see . " Witness then re-entered her cellar , and immediately after Sarah Dugdale calltd out , " They are murdering my old man . " Witneas had previously heard a noise like tb > t of a person fallim * down the steps . She then went out and found the deceased sitting at the bottom of the flight The young men who threw the asheB were standing on the steps . One of them wore a white hat , the only article of his dres 3 that was distinguishable ; the other bad a broadlappelled coat and a black bat The man in the white hat said to his companion , " Run , run ! " and witness saw no more of them or the bojs . She assisted the deceased to his cellar , who appeared seriously injured . He got worse , and suffered much pain until eight in the morning , when he expired . Upon laying out the old man the witness noticed a black mark on the small of his back , and a lump at the back of his head .

      Sarah Dagdale , widow of the deceased , stated that he was 68 years of age , Oa Snnday morning there was a violent knocking at htr door , and upon the deceased partially opening it it was violently pushed by the young men before mentioned . After confirming the evidence of the previous witness , Mrs . Dagdale said that she returned into the cellar upon hearing her husband tell the boys they must come and see if his windows were broken . As soon as she had entered the deceased fell to the bottom of the steps , and she thought

      that he had been thrown down . With assistance she removed her husband to the cellar , when he said he did not think he should last till morning . Tlie deceased teld her that one of the young men took him by the waist and another bj the legs , and threw him down the steps . Medical assistance was sent for , bu t none arrived while the deceased was living . The boys , whose names were Benjamin Sagar and Thomas Stuttard , told the witness that they saw the yonng men lay hold of aad throw her husband down the area , but declared they were unacquainted with them .

      After other confirmatory evidence as to the declaration made by the boys of their being present at the outrage , Mr . Coultate , surgeon , stated , that upon a post mortem examination of the body , he found that the lungs had be « n ruptured in such a way as to cause death . Such a rupture might be caused by a heavy fall ,. especially in an individual whose lungs had been previously affected ' as was the case with the deceased . The Jury , alter a long deliberation , feund a verdict of ' Wilful murder against divers persons unknown , and against the boys Sagar and Stuttard , na aiding and assisting . " The Jury , no donbt , believed them to be aiquainted with the guilty parties . The parties -were then committed , upon the Coroner's warrant to Lancaster Castle ,

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      they all would be . la th « mean iMei they held a meeting to remonstrate with Mr . Allen . When the young man returned ,-he ( the ^ foreman ) toid , " go to work ; " btttithe next ^ SatanJay ; night discharged ihe Chairman , Who presided at the meeting , and two or three otheMv-who distingniahed thenufelr < w ^ on that occasion . He wrote to Messrs . Grissell and Petb , th 6 proprietors , but to uttlepnrposei The sp ^ erti&en rehearsed two or three similar instances of crtolty ^^ and tyranny exercised over them by the foreman ; especially of the men , one of whom befog ill , was discharged at the tame time abusing him in blasphemous- ' Ifm . guage , telling him ^^ they did not want csipplea ^ hete The other wm » maa who went to bury hja wife ; and , notwithstanding the close relation which existed

      betweenthem , even that of her being fisah of his flesh , and boneof his bone , was told , on hia retnra , to go again , and be damned , and be buried with her . The speaker farther exhibited the conduct of the foreman in the reftwal of one of nature ' s , gifts' ( Water ) . ¦ A man bad been accustomed to bring beer into the bWding to sell , and in order that they should drink the manofactured beverage , stopped up ^ the pumps that they should not be able to obtain } any other beverage ; ( Cries p ! shame . ) They appealed against the proceedings of the foreman to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , uroprietonl . but nothings would be heard respecting it , the proprietora replying , that they could not substantiate their charge against Allen . They continued thus for thiree weeks ; and getting no redress , two hundred and forty of the

      masons took up their tools and came out of the Houses of Parliamentr ' The proprietors , being brought acquainted , with the circumstance , down they Bend to Cheltenham , where they engage thirty persons , promising to give them a two years' job ; but it was to be a country job . The men being thus employed , down goes Mr . Allen ; and it then turns out that be is to be their foreman ; and being got into the railroad ttain , they find themselves soon after at P&ddington , at the « ign of the Nelson ' s Monument The men closely watched their proceedings , and when th « y found it was the intention of the proprietors to allow him ( Mr . Alien ) to remain as their foreman , the ; sent letters to Messrs . Grissell and Co ., that if their wishes were not complied with , they should not remain ; The

      proprietors came and used much sophistry , saying , they thought it was cruel for so many to be against one man ; but they did not think it cruel for one man to treat scores of men so barbarous and unnatural . ( Cheers . ) Suppose , mid they , Parliament was to take It up , they would stop the work . He ( the speaker ) would much rather they had Btopped the works . And at last he ( Mr . Grissell ) said rather than part with Mr . Allen , he would sacrifice his life ' s blood . The men thus perceiving that the word © f Mr . Grissell was , like the law of the Medes and Persians , unalterable , they , foi the last time , again remonstrated with him . when he told lbem he would not have his mind pained about it , and - of the two , he would rather believe Mr . Alton than they ( the masons . ) They then-proposed to put it

      to arbitration , the decision of which should be binding , but it was not complied with ; he ( Mr . G . ) had condescended so much , as to allow them a bearing . The Trade's Union had been deprecated for tbia conduct by Lord Lincoln ; but how did Lord Lincoln assume his present situation but by a union ? But ho would now give it a new name and call it combination to make it , if possible , look horrible . If this combination , then , is necessary for Lord Lincoln— -for those who are the capitalists , how much more essentially necessary is it for the working classes when they ate their only protection ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Waklcy , M-P ., then interfered , saying what isth « meaning of all this ? He thought it impossible that two hundred and seventy or three hundred and seventy men would so sarrifice

      domestic comfort tor any length of time , they could not do so by flinging themselves on their own resources , and thus endeavoured to persuade us to return ; but he ( the speaker ) considered that the masons ; had thus played a mauly spirit in striking against tyranny . All they asked was a more civil man , by whom they might retain liberty . ( Tremendous cheers- ) Mr . Woods was then called upen to address the meeting . He said they had just heard but a very partial statement of the cause of the strike from his brother Williams . He had given them a partial history of the strike , and had partially developed the cause that had produced it . He ( the speaker ) rejoiced to advocate the cause of liberty—( hear , hear ) - —and he rejoiced at being identified with a set of men who were struggling

      to obtain what they never had enjoyed—their just , their righteous , and their invaluable rights . The masons ' strike was a strike for liberty ; it was a strike to say whether they , as men , were to be oppressed and burdened ; it was a strike to say whether they , as . Britdns , were to be reduced to the condition of the veriest slave—( cheers );—it was a strike to say whether their dignity , and their rationality and intelligence was to be trampled upon and abused ; and it was for them to say whether the statement that Mr . Williams had laid before the meeting was sufficient to -warrant any number of men to resist such cruel , such inhuman , and such unnatural treatment ( Hear , hear . ) What man of feeling was there who could see a fellow-befog deprived of paying the last tribute of respect to an affectionate

      parent or wife unmoved ? How cruel to be told tbat unless a man went the distance of 300 . miles in three days to bury his mother , he-should be flung out of employment , and on returning , to be told to go back agaii and be buried withhia mother arid be damned . Such hud been the conduct of Mr . Allen , their foreman . The speaker eloquently and very gravely commented ou the account which had been giveu by Mr . Willams , which deeply impressed and affected all present He went on to say that the great cause of their striking was the extra demand for an extra quantity of labour . This was the great cause of the strike and the all-pervading cause of the present struggle . They conceived they did a sufficiency of work . In fact , their employers had said , that they were perfectly satisfied

      with their work . ( Hear- ) But , after all , they had been threatened by Mr . A . ( the foreman ) , that if they did not work harder and do more , he ¦ would discharge two or three of them at a time , and to irritate the feelings of the men would serve tbeia in the most insultin& . juanner . What was more insulting to a masons ' feelings than to have his job taken out of bis hands and sent to another part of the building while another finished the job . Tflere was a demand for an extra quantity of men for the work > for they were not going to injure themselves by the exertion of their physical powers and to satisfy and enrich Messrs . Grissell andPeto , and to satisfy their relentless tyrant of the industrious classts . ( Cheers . ) But another cause of their strike was the domineering and nnfeelJDg manner

      in which he ( Mr . Allen ) continually assailed their ears . They were never looked upon by him like men outht to be . And if a man ' made the least trifling mistake , on account of the badness df the stone , and on account of its badness , if it was not finished perfectly and complete , like the stones in Solomon's temple , he was told , with a volley of oaths ,. to go about his business the next morning . And . he ( the speaker ) rejoiced to see men were so moral , so intellectual ly awakened , that they were determined . ¦ . they would not be spoken to in such a manner , but would be addressed as men ought to be , and they claim the common rights of men . ( Hear . ) They had a meeting on the subject , and the subject was fully discussed , " and 220 men , who worked at the new Houses » f

      Parliament , agreed to . strike . They said that the conduct of that individual ( Mr . A . ) was such that any man who valued his freedom ought to strike ; and , therefore , they should cease from their employment , arid they had done bo now for fourteen weeks , ' and were determined to go forward . ; ( Hear , hears ); As soon as they struck , the hue and cry was raised in London against them , and the press also , which has always identified itself on the side of wealth , corruption , arid aristocracy and against proceedings of . their conduct . But ¦ with all its tremendous lies it bos not been able , to shake tbeir confidence or retard their object ( Cheers . ) The men whohavo been since employed have been told by their new employers that only sixteen men had caused the strike and not the majority ; it-was only a few Chartists

      who had been the means of it ; . ( Hear , hear . ) They ( the employers ) sent Captain Roiis , M . P . for Westminster , amongst them ; hecame and told them he was perfectly ¦ uninterested , and had no sinister motive in view . They gave the Captain due credit for all ; He . said further it would not do for working men to fall upon tbeir own resources , but he was not aware they had the pockets of the public at tbeir command , aad was thus promised aid to fight manfully their battle . The Captain sawit was of no use to remonstrate with them , and therefore left They next sent a ¦ Mr . Jackson , who tried aU his Etratagems to persuade them to go back to work , but ; he found tbat he had not only sixteen or seventeen to contend with , there were 200 or 300 who said they would not go back till the monster

      was removed . ( Cfceers . ) Last of all they sent a Doctor . ( A laugh- ) They told him if he had brought a box of Morison ' s pills , and gave them a good dose ; it would be equally as effectual as to persuade them to go back . ( Hear , hear . ) It was true ; tbe doctor came and brought bis plaister , but the masons' wound was too large , and on stretching the plaister he broke it in two , ao d retired . They had now'struck , fifteen weeks ; and they were determined to stand as vigorously as ever . Their employers had said . it was only a local BtriJie , and they would sooii come back , but their soMety took it up heartily , and placed us on their f r . mds ; all the trades in London were visited , and they recommended them to send delegates to their meeting in Drury-lane , About 200 or 300 assembled , and the delegates said it was their own strike , not only the masons , but of every man in England , and therefore they took up the subject actively and honourably ;

      they felt their cause , and their motives were such as they ought to be , and therefore became united to struggle on in . the warfare ^ What have the public done ? What bare the trades dene ? They have taken as off our own resources ! ( Hear , hear-l They hive enabled them to commence the struggle , to contend with their foe , and ate determined to help them to repel the monstrous tyrant frota . the field ; and they were perfectly satisfied a cause so noble and . honourable would ensure them the victory . ( Cheers . ) He ( th # speaker ) would Bay , tniB was a glorious strike ^ not , to resist a reduction in wages , bnt they ; were purely arrayed against tyranny . This was a strike for freedom and tight —to crush oppression and tyranny . Some have thought because they were working men , they ought to be treated as soldiers ; their late employers : bad had the audacity to tell them , that unless they / wtre brought ucdersuch a mode of regulation as soldiers were , it was of no use to do anything with them , and they were determined to free themselves from such tyran-

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      nical ineo . He ( the speaker ) hoped , and was determined to persevere in preventing the tyranny , bondage , and cruelty that had continued > i > the ; y should not proceed during the year 1842 . The speaker proce « dea to make a yery long and eloquent speech , appealing to the hearts and feelings of the assembly to judge of' th ^ : j a 8 tne ^ 9 \ of their claims , and we regret that previous engageme ' nti ^^ would noli allow us to report the whole of it . Soine observations having been made bjr : tfee * chairman , the meeting separated , we believe j perfectly saViafled with ita proceedings .. . :

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ¦; . ;; :- ; ¦ ¦ . . /¦ ¦ :: ;> :: " ; : . y COUNCIL ., ' ¦ VrV- - ¦ : : ; . \ - -- ' . ' -v '¦ . -: ¦•• : ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ : ' "; -wpMr ] Eau ^ AMi l 0 N . i' ; ' - // ¦¦ .. . ;;; ¦¦ : ¦ : , > . ' Mr > Joseph Stewart , ' Bpectoele ^ maker , Brick-iiln Street ; '' ' . ¦ . ; " . ' ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' '¦ ' ¦ ' ^ ' - .: ' ¦ ¦' ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ - ¦ ' . ¦ : ' -. ¦¦ - . ' ' •'" Mr . JohnS ^ wart , do . do ., Graisley street , - ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦ . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ .- '¦ - .. ' . '¦'¦ ' :: ¦ " : ¦¦ ''¦ ' , . - ¦ ¦; ¦ .: ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . - ¦ / : ¦ Mr . Joseph Cheshire , cabinet locksmith , Stafford street . ' ¦ ¦• - . ''' - . : ¦ ¦]¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ ¦" ¦ . ,,. ¦ '¦ ' .: ¦ , ' ¦ ¦ ' , . " : ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . r :- .- - ¦ ' Mr . William Simms , key maker , Graisley-street . Mr . J . S . Farmer , accountant , Petit-street . Mr . John Dunn , hinge maker , Falkland-street . Mr . M . Whittingham , locksmith , Bradmore . ¦ ¦ Mr . William Mace , hinge maker , Mill-street . Mr . William Freeman , forgeman , Portland-place Mr . Joseph Green , toysmith , Meridala-street . Mr . James Holland , chemist , North-street . Mr . Job Hammond , sadlers' ironmonger , Hal lett ' allow . -: - : ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ - ¦ " : ¦ ' ? ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ..- "¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ : ' ¦ - - ' - - ¦ ¦

      Mr . James M'Keaig , bookseller , Melbourneplace . :: ;;\ - : \ : ";¦[ - ' : /¦; . .. . . ' ¦}' ' :, ; .:-V / .-v Mr . William Mogg , coffee-house , Snow Hill , sub-Treasurer . ¦ ' ¦'¦' ¦ : ... i -. i' ' ;' :- ¦¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦ - . ¦; - \ - .- \ - '¦ '"¦ ¦ ¦ .. - . Mr . John Wilcox , news agent , Worcester-street , sub-Secretary . .. ¦/¦ ¦ . ¦" ;• ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦;; ¦' ; ¦ : . - " :- . ¦ ,- : ¦ ¦ ..

      ¦ : .. . ;• .. ;• . - / . y . vrPEEwabley . . ¦ ¦ .,. .. . Mr . James Brear , stonemason , Little Moors . Mr . Joseph Lilly , woqlcpiaber , Shepherd House . Mr . George trttley , do . do , Mr . Joseph Greenwood , weaver , Westfield . Mr . Joseph Fletcher , woolcomber , South Clough Head .: v ' : ¦ ¦^¦¦ . ¦ - '' . . ;" ¦; - ¦ ¦ ¦¦ . . V' :-- . - . - . ; . ;¦ ¦¦' . - .. ' -.. Mr . William Mitchell , weaver , New Laith , sub-Treasurer , ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦' :. "¦ . '•¦ ¦ ' . '¦¦¦ . "• " ¦ " - ; : : •¦ ' Mr . William Sutoliffe , shoe-maker , Haigh House , sub-Secretary ,

      MACCLBSFIELD . V Mr . Joseph Hibbert , joiner and carpenter , Sto tham-Btreet . ; .- ' . ; :-.. ' .. ¦ :: '¦ . "" - . Mr . James Boulton , grocer , Great King-street . Mr . Samuel Bancroft , silk-throwster , Water street . "¦¦> . ¦ ¦ ¦/ :-: ¦ ¦ " . ' ¦ '¦¦ ; ¦¦ ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ - ¦ r ^ : : ; r . ¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ " - ; Mr . George Johnson , weaver , Chestergate . Mr , John Walker , weaver , Pairy-bank . Mr . Emanuel Robinson , weaver , Common . Mr . John West , weaver , Union-street . Mr ^ Benjamin Chandley , weaver , Waters . Mr . Luke Ryley , weaver , Nixon ' s-yard . Mr . WiUlam Frost , weaver , Newgate , rab-Trea

      surer . . ; ¦¦ . . . - . . - . - . . - . - ¦ • . - ¦¦ . ;• .: . . - •¦ . ¦ ¦ Mr . Henry Swindells , labourer , sub-Secretary

      -, -. ; - ¦ -. ; ¦ - ¦• ¦ .-: ¦; .. ^ - ^ eicestbr . ¦;¦¦• ; Mr . J . Ri H . Bairstow , Chartist lecturer , ( Mr , Cooper ' s , ) 11 , Church Gate . Mr . T . R . Smart , carpenter , 47 , Red Cross-8 treet . Mr . J , H . Bramwich , framework-knitter , Pinglestreet . ¦"• ¦ ¦¦ :- : . ' : '" ¦ ' , ' ¦¦ : /¦ ¦¦ ' _ . . - ¦ ' . ; " . ¦ . ' .. " ¦ " ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . ¦• ,. ¦ Mr . John Markham , shoemaker , Belgrave Gate . Mr . Thos . WinterB , framework-knitter . lS , Eatonstreet . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ r ; - ' v . ; y ' :. . V . v . ¦ ; . . . . ¦ i Mr . William Smith , hatter , Silver-street . Mr . Joseph Culley , tailor , 47 , lied Cross-street . Mr . John Bowman , woolcomber , Pasture Lane . Mr . William Barsby , shoemaker , Junior-street . Mr . John Oldershaw , framework-knitter , 20 , South Church Gate . Mr . Daniel Toon , framework-knitter , 21 , Brookstreet . - ¦' '¦ : : ' : ¦' ¦'¦ ¦¦ ' . . ¦;¦ .. . ; . ¦ . . ¦

      Mr . Thomas Becdham , carpenter , 67 , Barkby Lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr , Thomas Cooper , Editor of the Commonwealths ' man , 11 , Church Gate , sub-Secretary .

      MI 1 NR 0 W . Mr . Charles Milnes , weaver . Back Lane . Mr . RobortClegg , ditto , Milnrpw . . Mr , James Milnes , ditto , Milnrbw . Mr . Henry Clbugh , ditto , Meadowhsad . Mr . James Belfield , ditto , Laheside . Mr . Thomas Brierley , ditto , Lanehead , President . Mr . William Shore , ditto , Stone-pit Field , ^ subr Treasurer .:-:- '' . : ' .: "' . ' ; :- ' . ' ¦ ¦ ' : '¦ .- " ¦ Mr . John Butterworth , ditto , No , 8 , Laneside , sub-Secretary . ?¦ '"¦¦ . : ¦ ¦ OLDHASI .

      Mr . Isaac NEcholls . warehousman , Vineyard . Mr . Henry H . Whitehead , stripper , Glodwicklane . " . ¦ ' ¦ : ¦¦"¦ : . ... ¦ . ' . . ' . ' ¦ . ' ¦ . ' . . .. ¦ - ' ¦ . " Mr . Edward Fitton , -spinner . King-street . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , Fold . Mr . Robert Ayerton , warehouseman , Georgestreet .. . - ' -. - ' ' ; ¦ '" .. ' / . '¦ ¦ ¦¦ . '' )' . '" ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ¦ "¦ Mr . Joshua Kershaw , spinner , Union-street . Mr . Thomas Lesslie , tailor , Lord-street . Mr . Thomas Lawless , basket maker . Vineyard . Mr . Elkanah Scholefield , spinner , Rhodesfield . Mr . Leonard Haslop , hatter , Manchester-street , sub-Treasurer . . Mr . William Hamer , schoolmaster , Lower Moorj sub-Secretary . STOKE-UrON-THENT .

      Mr . S . Robinson , china-painter , Oak-hill . Mr , J . Morley , china ^ presser . Elder-street . Mr . W . Garrett , bricklayer , Berry-streeti . Mr . J . Moss , common ware-presser , Oak-hill . Mr . T . Morley , china-painter , Hill-street . Mr . T . Starkey , coal-dealer , yale-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . G . B . Mart , china-painter , Boothen-ville , sub Secretary .

      LOWER MOOR , NEAR pLDHAM . —TEETOTAL . Mr . Henry Rushton , warper , Lower-moor . Mr . James Maraland , spinner , Church-field . Mr . John MarsJaHd , ditto , Lower-moor . Mr . John Unsworth , twiner . Primrose-bank , suh Treasurer . Mr . Isaac Marsland , spinner , Lower-moor , sub Secretary .

      CHELMSFORD . Mr . Thomas Gilbert , cabinetmaker , Conduit Btreet . Mr . Robert George Gammage , coachtrimmer , Con duit-street . . . Mr . James Lawe , tailor , Springfield . Mr , George Brooks , chairmaker , Springfield , sub , TxG 3 ; SurGr ¦ Mr . Daniel Ludbrook , watchmaker , Waterloo lane , sub-Secretary . READING , BERKSHIRE , Mr . George William Wheeler , Coley-street . Mr . Alfred Preston , shoemaker , 2 , Finch-court . Mr . James Gibson , stonemason , Friar-street , sub T ^ i * fiji miFPi * ' ¦ ¦ ' Mr . Thomas Major , 4 , Whitley-street , sub Secretary .

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      O 1 DHA 1 H , -On Sunday evening the Chartist room . Oldham , was densely filled to hear Mr . Grifan , of Manchester , lecture . His subject was toprove that it was the duty of every Teetotaller to become a Chartist , arid every Chartist a Teetotaller ; a working man was called to the chair . The lecturer went through his subject in an able , convincing , and argumentative manner , the audience paying strict attention ; and when he concluded there Was a pause for a few moments , to see if there was any question to be asked , or any opposition to the position taken and supported by the leoturer , and no one coming forward the meeting dispersed highly gratified , many declaring that from that time they would abstain from all intoxicating drinks .

      BHAV ? . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Linney , of Manchester , attended here and gave an excellent lecture . Oa Monday , a splendid tea party was held by the Teetotallers . Chartism and sobriety are going hand in hand ; nineteen signed the pledge . TAVJSTOCK . — On Tuesday , the 28 th ult , a democratic tea-party was held at the : Market Chamber , Tavistock , when tho room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , and banners of liberty , < fcc . At five o'clock , about two hundred sat down . At seven o ' clock , a publio meeting was held in the same room , when Mr , Wonnacptt , - builder , &c , took the chair , at which the National Petition was adopted , and a memorial in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones . V ¦

      CrHEAT HARWOOD . —A public meeting was held here on Monday night , Mr . Thos . Dean in the chair . Mr . Wm , Beealey , of Accringtsn , Member of the Convention for North Lancashire , addressed the meeting upwards o ! an hour and a half , exposing the fallacious' , arguments brought forward by the Corn Law Repealers , and proved to the Batisfaction of all present , that a repeal of the Corn I . aws alone , without other measures of reform , would not 'benefit . the * working classes ; at the conclusion aeveral new members joined the association ; we now number upwards of seventy membeis , and Mve only been formed a few weets , having had only about five lectures in the place .. ¦ ' : '¦ ' : ¦ ¦¦¦ : " - "" . " / . '¦¦ ' . ¦ -.: . - ¦ . . "; . ' . . * . -. .-. . "

      WOLVEKHAMPTONi—A Chartist ball took place here on Tuesday evening , Dec : 28 th , for the purpose of raising funds for the support of the Petition Convene tioo . It was numerously attended , and lectures , dancing , arid singing were kept / up till a late hour , when the company separated much delighted with the evenings amusements . —On the following Wednesday evening , a number of persons attended at Mr . Mogg ^ s Coffee House / Snow-hill , to hear a lecture from Mr . Mason , the lecturer for the district , who , from souie unforeseen circunistance ; was prevented . ironvattending . The Chairninn , af terapologiaingfor his absence , called on Mr . Mogg , ¦ who : ( leliyered a most excellent address . At the conclusion fourteen members enrolled their names , eleven of ¦ whorh paid | their contributions .

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      STATE 6 ? THE HOSIEBY AND ! LACE TRADER The demand for plain bobbin n 8 * 1 by no mean » . keep » pace Withi the supply , which is increasing , i $ i * » id by persona who have the best * means of knowing , torn extent * WCli fef / pregaant with rainous oonaeqaences . The 'An ^ y d (* . ' madUo ^| - ' '' W PEfced' bj power are abonft equal ' to ^ tte lyeatem and Midland , countieai « nd ; wo believe' twlh : 'i ^^^ g--Yr <> . ^; -the . ! ran't " Af ! demand . In this state of : aSairs common prudence says , that to avoid an extensive atoppige , it wonld . be wise , for the factory owners to -work only half hours . A total

      BtoppagewoBldbefatalindeed to the workmen , eapec'aUy in the Midland counties , who have in general no other employment to * tesort to . We haveheaiid as yet ; but of four power"fccitorteir ^^ on ^ the' Continent , . tTz ,, - one at St . Quentin , consisting of sixty-seven machines , one at Douay , employing twenty-three machines , one at Hartha , fn Saxony , employing eleven machines , and one at Litterwitz , in . Moravia , containing about 145 ' ¦ in ^ ine ' 8 i ' - ' - ^ . - ; Tli «»; - & ' ctprie 8 '* ' do not require English hands , only as settere-up ,, or overlookers , women being employed to many ; of jthem . ¦; . i-. ' ~ .. ' : ; :-., . , - ;•; '¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦¦' : •¦ ,- ¦;¦

      A considerable hosiery firm in Ibis town , have given notice to their workmen that they intend to reduce the prices tor making fuU-wrongbt cotton ; hose from sixpence to two shillings per dozen , according to quality . This has caused a considerable sensation in the vjl lagea north of Nottingham .: A meeting 'was held at Arnold on Monday , which appointed . a deputation to wait upon the house in question , as many of the hands , contrary to expectation , seemed determined to strike , and , according to the usual custom in that branch , bring in their frames to the warehouse . Upon hearing thin , the hosier retrograded from his anginal purpose , and proposed to only abate one description of hose 3 d . per

      dozen , bnt the wary in&nufactorer artfully proposed that the workmen should increase their hose in width half a ifze , ¦ which is neatly equal to a shilling per dozen in fine stockings . Such ia the state of excitement that a meeting of delegates from the numerous villages in -which this manufacture is carried on , is called to meet next Monday at noon , at the Cross Keys , in Byard-lane . Anothet meeting , we understand , is called at the Nag ' a Head , Mansfleld-road , &t the same time , of the hands who work for the house proposing the reduction . So great ha « been the gradual encroaching peculations of the . hosiers in respect of the size and width , that three whole sizes have been Imposed on the workmen aince 1821 . "

      A report has reached us , of the intention of establishing a power lace manufactory in the United States , and \ re have heard that some parties have an intention of forming a joint stock lace manufactory at Patterson , where there are already some considerable cotton factoriea , the capital to consist of 600 , » 00 dollars , to be subscribed in shares . The project is to build 200 power bobbin-net machines , a factory to contain them , and a spinning and doubling establishment , to supply the machines with thread ; the whole is to be propelled by water , Patterson being admirablr situated , having a constant supply and fall of water for any purpose . The report , It is said , ajrose from the New : York projectors applying to the manufacturers of Calais , to ascertain if they could supply them with machinery and hands to

      establish the American factory , but this being found abortive , we ate informed , they have applied to Nottingham . It is certain , that a master smith in this town haa stated , that ha has been offered £ 400 per annum to superintend the erection of the lace machinery . We think if tfcisTankee agent will inquire what are the wages given , in power factories in England , the cost of the material and other more unavoidable expenses , and the sale price of nets , it will put a complete d « n > per on the speculation , unless they can persuade Con * gress to folio w the example of France and Austria , and substitute an absolute prohibition of lace fortbe present duty of 12 J per cent , which certainly ia intendedif the project is ultimately proceeded with , as the manufacture of power-nets is now a losing concern in England , with all our advantages . -.. ¦ ' ¦* ;

      It is grievous to state , that there is no visible improvement in the drawer , glove , plain silk hose , or knotted branches . It is as . mysterious to know what has become of one part of the workmen , as to conjecture how tho others manage to subsist— -Nottingham Review .

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      Front Iht London Gazelle of Friday , Dec . 31 .

      : -. . ; B-ANKRBPIS . . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ : ¦ - ' .. .- ' , William Biddle ,. Holbprn-hill , fishmonger , to ¦ urrender Jan 7 , FeKll ( . ' at < me i at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall . 8 treet . Solicitors , Messrs . Hillier , Lewis , and Hillier , Raymond Builing 3 , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr .. Belcher . : : \ : : John Newstead- and ' Joseph HextaU , Regentstroet , lacemeri , Jan . 7 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street Solicitora , Messrsv Reed and Shaw , Friday-street ; Cheapside ; official assignee , Mr .. Pennel ) . ¦ . ¦ Thom » 8 Humfrey , jun ., Great Stanmbre , bricklayer , Jan . ll , at two , Feb . 11 . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-streei . , . Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Alfred-place , Bedford-square ; official assignee , Mrv Green . . " - ' : ''¦' . ¦ ¦' .: ' " . ' .- ¦ ' . '¦¦ ., ¦ ¦ . ' . "'"¦•• ' . '' .-

      John Stevens and Robert Horatio William Drumnvond , Rho ^ es-weH-wharf , Mile-end , road-contractors , Jan . 14 , at two , ' . Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy ^ BasingbaH-street Solicitors , Messrs . M'Leoci and Stenning , Billiter-street , Fenchurch-fitreeti official assignee , Mr . Groom . . '¦' . " ¦ . - ; George Garpenter , Chelmsford , chymist , Jan . 10 , at one , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaJl-street . Solicitors , Messrs , Pain and Hatherlejr , Great Marlborough-ptreet ; official assignee ^ Mr . Graham , Basiughall-fctreet . . :: ^ William Elton Ponten , Ludgatehill , cbymiat , Jan . 13 , at half-past eleven , Feb . 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , "Pasirighall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Teniple-charhbers , Fleet-street ; . ' . ' . official assignee , Mr . " Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry .

      John Thompson ,-Blackbutn , Lancashire , power loom cloth inauufacturer , Jan . 26 , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddy , Temple ; and Mr . Ellingthorpe , Blackburn . : Charles Hilton , Manchester , cotton manufacturer , Jan . 18 , Feb . 11 , at two , at the Cominissiohera' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitorsi Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , Marichester . - ' " - ' ¦ ¦; ' ' . ''¦ - . ; ¦ - ; ' ¦ . . ¦ . . •' ¦' . . ' . '' .. ¦ .. ¦¦; ¦ :. ; ¦ - William Goodwin , Dronfleld , Derbyshire , maltster , Jan . 17 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Messrs . Bicknell , Roberts , Finch , and Neate , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields ; and Mr . Drabble , Chesterfield . ; ¦ . ' . . Y / \ . \ ;¦ . •;¦ William Swift , and Robert Crampton , afarichester , drapers , Jan . J 9 , Feb . 11 , at eleven ., . at the CoxumiBsieriers' . Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Willis , Bower , and Willis , y Tokenhouse-yard ; and Messrs . Barrett , Ridsway , and Ford , Manchester .

      Samuel Shingler anil Sylvapus Thomas James , Liverpool , linen-drapers , Jan . 14 , Feb ; 11 , at one , at the Clarendon Rooms / Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Booker , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Yonng New Inn . . '¦ ' - . -.- . '¦ . . ¦ . ' " ¦ : . ' .. . - . . - ; ; ¦; :. John Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher , Meghtill , Lancashire , wine-merchants , Jan . 11 , Feb . il , at twelve , at the Clarendan-rooms , Liverpool . Soliciters , Mr . Carter , Liverpool ; and Messra . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row . : : . James Lock , Northampton , taa-dealer , Jan . 8 , at ten , Feb . 11 , at one , at the Peacock Inn , Nottingham , So * licitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely-place , Holborn .

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED ^ . J . Liversedge , T . Xiversedge , and J . Liversedge , Heckmoridwike , Yorkshire , hatters . M . Steinttnil , : C . Worms , $ id . ; H . Schlesingeri Bradford , Yorkshire , merchants ; as far as regards H . rScleahinger . T . Holmes and T . Atkinson , Nortbowrdmj Yorkshire , silk-spinners ; A . Kay and . T . Kitts , Bolton-le-Moors , cotton-spinners . J . Jones and H . Rowlands , Liverpool , joineis . M . Cornthwaite and' J . Alston , Lancaster , saddlers . J . Booker arid A . Seignette , Liverpool , merchants . V . Potter ^ A . Potter , and J . Potter , Manchester , general commission merchants ; as far as regaida J . Potter . ; ' ' ¦ ¦ -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦• - ¦ : ' ¦¦;• . . - " - - - . - . ' ¦ ¦ "

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . 4 . BANKRGPTS . Robert Collinson arid William Brown , upholsterers , Oxford-street , Marylebonej . jto surrender , Jan . 14 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at eleven ,, at . the Court of Bankruptcy . Whitmore , official assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitors , Allen , Gylby , and Allen , Cariisle-street , Soho-sqtiarei ¦ ' ¦'¦" .., . '' . ' / . ! - John Lusconibe , imaltster , Plymouth , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Bartrum arid Son , Bishopsgate-street-Within , London ; Were , Plymouth .. JamesBisshopp , niarketgardener , Westburton , Sussex , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Dolphin Hotel , Chichester . - . ¦"¦ Solicitors ' , Blackburn - and : Senior , New Inn ; London ;; Ellis and Upton , Petwork , Sussex .: ' . ¦" . ¦ ' ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' " •" : ' . ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ' . '" ' ' . ' ¦ ' } , " ¦" ' ' ;; . - . - - ' ¦ ¦ . . ¦' . ''

      GeorgeJGiHiard , tea dealer , Plymouth , Devonshire , JTan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the . JLoyal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitor , Patten , Hattqn-gatdej ^ London . William Williams , corn dealer , Cowarrie , Herefordshire , Jan . 13 , arid Feb . 15 , at eleven , at tno Black Swan Inni Hereford . Solicitors , C ^ rke aud i ^ dcalf ^ Lincoln ' s Inn fields , London , Reece , Leadbury , Herefordshire . ¦ . ¦ -. ; / : •' , - . ¦¦"'' . . " . ¦ ¦ "¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ ' \ Y ¦' ; ' : ' : ¦/ . . .:. .: i . ' . v ; William Gibb , currier , Alnwick , NorthumberlandV Jan . 14 , and Feb . 15 , at one , at th © Star Inn , Alriyrick . Solicitors , Spours arid Carr , Alnwick ; Dunn and Dobie , Raymond Buildings , Gray ' s Inn , jondori . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ .: : . : ¦ ; •¦¦ ¦¦¦¦ . ¦• ' ¦¦ ,. ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ . . ¦¦' . ¦¦ ¦¦ . ¦ ¦"¦ ¦' .. - . - .:, ¦ . ¦¦ : ¦ .-Willkm Swift , mercer , Manchester , Jan ; 19 , and Feb . 15 , at . tea , ait . the Commissioners ' -rooms ,: Manchester . Solicitors , Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-flelds , London ; Sale and Worthingtori , Manchester .

      Jfthn Jacob Schenck , meichant , Addle-Etreet , City , Jatu 18 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Gibson , official assignee , Basinghallstreet ; solicitors , Austen and Hobsbn , Raymond-buildings , Gray ' s Inn . '• " . ' ¦ "' ¦ " ¦ ¦'" ' ; - y :. : ¦ - .- ; •;'¦ . ¦'¦ :- ¦¦ .-, ;• - .- >• ¦ . ' Theinas Henry Ford , victualler , Rocheford , Essex , Jan . 12 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , at thelJQUftiot . Bankruptey . Lackingtbn i official assignee , C&leman-atreetbuildings ; solicitors , ' - Wood and Wicfcham , Grace * church-street , for Wood , Rochford . ¦; ¦ "¦ : * GeoTge pdianson Clatk , bookselier ^ Strand , Jan . 12 > and Feb . 15 , at one , ' ¦' ¦ at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basirighall-street . Johnson , Basingbail-street , official as-Bignee ; solicitor , Waugh , Great Jauiea'Stree ^^ Bed ford-row . ' *; ¦'" . ¦ •¦ ' ¦ : ¦ ''¦ ' ¦ : ¦¦ - '' : ¦ ¦' .

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      CHARTIST "MEDAL" AND "RIBBON !" IO THE JSDITOB O ? THE KOBTHEBS STAB . Sib , —On returning Vh » . wv « for the O'Connor Medal , I would suggest a hint to the whole Chartist body ef subscribers who have been fortunate enough to obtain Each a distinguished " order , * ' For myself , it is the only one I would condescend to wear , as the various f ? stars" and " garters , " 4 c ., now in vogue , gr&cing the bosoms of aristocratic knaves and boobies , are bnt emblems of tyranny and corruption , or regarded by ail intelligent persons as the playthings ef a baby , or the gB-wgym of a tern-fool . Though but a feeble champion in the cause of Chaxtiim , I take some little pride in being one of its earliest supporters ; and the Medal which 1 have received , and trhich I prize most highly , will , by and by , be considered as a valuable heir-loom , and " sacred" as the " principal household god J" "

      But , Mr . Editor , its virtues are not only prospective , but immediate : it must not be shrouded in flwknww , or laid in cotton ameng other jewels is . a casket , but it must see the light , and be worn by ita possessors on all public occasions , meetings , and soirees . I have had a small hole drilled just above O'Conccr ' s head ( for I should consider i ; a species of sacrilege to suffer a hair of his head to be iojured , either in the semblance or reality ) larre enough to admit of a silver wire , Iarming a riag , to which a ribbon might be attached . I would farther suggest that it may be worn round the neck , ana that an English Chartist should wear a navy-blue ribbon , an Irishman one of emerald green , and the Scotch a plaid .

      But why should not we Chartists have our tricolour as well as the Frencb Republicans ? Is there Bo patriotic ribbon manufacturer to be found capable of producing a Chartist tricolour ? Xike the Waterloo ribbon , it might very readily be formed in stripes , one o : bine , one of green , and the other of plaid . Attach the medal to the Chartist tricolour , let it be worn , in contradistinction , on the left breast , to that of Waterloo , or * 11 other stars and orders , and , my " life to a dncat " that ere long it will beat all the rest out of the field , nsy more , it will become even fashionable I Even as a Epicolation it wonld answer ; and the female Chartists might trim their bonnets with it , as it would be " an outward sign of the inwaid spirit beneath . " I trust the hint I have just given will be duly acted "upon , as 1 am well aware of the efficacy of snch symbols , and the enemy knows it ireH also . It cheers and euliveits the drooping hearts of many , and it fraternizes frith alL A Woolwich Cadet . CMebester , Jan . 3 , IS 42 ,

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      MEETING OF THE DEDEGATES FROM THE LONDON MASONS AT DEVONPORT . On Wednesday evening last , a meeting of the working classes took place at the Pnblic Rooms , to hear the circumstances respecting the London Masons' Strike , Jtc , Mr . Edward 3 in the chair . The Chaiemajv having made some prefatory observations respecting the object of the meeting , called on Mr . Williams , one of the delegates , to address the assembly .

      Mr . Williams on rising said , it had been reported that he was a mason and had struck , which he assured them was the truth . It was not his intention to say much on the subject , as Mr . Wood was present , and he should not wish to curb him in his intention of making a long speech . There had been much said of those who went forth to war , taking the sword , and shield , and helmet , killing their scores , but much more had since been said of men , who by their ty . ranny , had hurled them headlong into eternity . Heav _ > n had been robbed , and hell filled , from the latter circumstance . Monumenta had been erected to perpetuate the fame of heroes , and much had been > . old of the triumphs of war , but he hoped the day v not distant when every spear should be turned intc

      ploughshares .- But their battle was an intelle * , tual and moral warfare ; - the masons had not struc ? ^ against a reduction of wages , or for an advance of wages , bnt against the tyranny of the foreman of th' ^ ir work . A young man had asked of Sir . Allen , thf , foreman , for liberty to go to some distance to bury h * . 3 mother . The ( speaker here feelingly and touchingly drew a picture of the c ' lOse connection "which existed ' oetween a parent and a child ; and concluded by gr fing the foreman ' s answer to the request of a wet > . or fortnight for a young man to go and see his moth' _ interred . "What , " says the foreman , " why I will ' ^ ot keep the , job opsn for any man , " but he should k ' Ave ene day to go , and anoriier to bury her , and anc ther to come back . And when he told Lis shopmates cf ti ^ conduct of the foreman towards him , they said to b' \ m go , if you are discharged ,

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      __ THE NOBTHERy STAR . . , ' .. 7

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct581/page/7/