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      BOROUGH OF LEEDS IMPROVEMENT ACT . NOTICE is hereby given , that the following Acts are OFFENCES against the LEEDS NEW IMPROYEMENT ACT , and are Punishable by Penalties attached thereto , viz , Persons laying out New Streets without giv ' ng Two Months' Notice to the Surveyor . Persons altering the Pavements without the consent of the Council or the Surveyors of the Highway ?/ Persons building Houses before the . Site is Drained . Persons making Drains into the Public Sewers without Police to the Surveyor . Persons covering the Roof of any Building partially or entirely with combustible Materials .

      Persons building Hcnses below- the level of the Ground without areas . Persons Lening any Cellar as a dwelling which has not a Window and Fireplace . Persons building Houses in close Alleys without consent . Persons bniiding Houses withont Regulating the height of she Room 3 in conformity with the Law , and without strict attendonas to the construction of Chimneys in particular . Persons building or takiDg down Buildings withont seuicg up Hoards to protect the Publio from daDi'er and auccyance , and -without lighting the Places where the Materials or Rubbish are hid . Per ? on = not sweeting the Footpaths in front of their

      Houift- ? every corucg , Sundays excepted , before Nine o'CIock-Persons not abating Nuisances , whether so ordered by iha Council or not . Persons eon veyiug offensive matter through . ihe streets at improper times . Persons being found drunk . Persons guilty of rictous or indecent behavionr . Persons hoisting goods into Warehouses withont proper Tackie . Persons exposing go ;> d * for rile on the Footway . PersoiiS liigligcnily or furiously driving . Persons Langic ^ clothes to dry in the S 5 reets . Females loitering ! or the purpose of Prostitution .

      Persons using abusive Lasgcageoue to another . Persons ^ hating Carpets ' . Sac , in the Streets ( excep : door Mats . ) b ' efura eight o'CIock in the Mcrnirg . Persons Gaming within the said Borough . Persons keeping Pigs in any Dwelling-House . Persons wilfully destroying . or injuring Lamps . Persons obstructing the Collector of the Market Tolls . Persons refusing to weigh Articles sold in the barker . Persons committing Frauds in Weighing or Measuring . Persons having false Weights or Measures . Persons exposing nnwholesome' Provisions for sale .

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      DEWSBray . —Two lectures will be delivered on Monday the 24 : h , in the LargeTloom , over the Cooperative Stores , by Messrs . Brook and Bray , of Hnddersfield , on the benefits arising from co-operation . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock precisely . N . B . —Owing to the numerous applications for shares belonging to the Stores , the directors will at from eight to eleven every Saturday night , to receive contributions . Shares £ 1 each , taken as low as threepence per week . Dewsbcbt Distbict . —A counsel meeting will be held on Sunday , Oct . 30 ih , in the Large Room , over the Stores , at two o ' clock in ihe afternoon ; delegates are requested to attend from all parts of the district .

      Hollingwobth . —The residents ' n Hollingworth , Llottram , and the surrounding neighbourhood , are requeued to attend at their rooms , on Sunday next , at one o ' clock , on business of great importance . Iszv ? castle . —Mr . K . Rnbson , will preach Mr . Russell ' s funeral sermon in the Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn , Cioth Market , on Sunday evening , at seven o ' clock . Mr . Wm . Ctxxisgham will lecture at Almondbury 02 Saturday , ( to-day ) , a : half-past-six . Mr . Lisi £ H ¦ n iJl visit Thurstonland en Sunday , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon ; Honley , Sunday , the 30 th ; and Tew Green , on Sunday , November the 6 ; h . Mr . Edwabd Clayton , will lecture at Kirkheaton on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock ; Thurstouland , Sunday 30 tb , at half-pa .-1 two in the afternoon ; and a : Almpn&bury Town Hall , on Monday , Nor . 7 th , at halt-pas ; seven o ' clock .

      Mcckpobt . —Mr . James Mitchell will lecture at the Association rcom , Bsmbtr ' s- £ row , at six o'clock to-morrow uveising ( Sunday ) . Notice . —The Evening Star is read daily at the Association room , Bombers Brow . The Friemjs at Helton Norrisare informed that fhe Northern Star , Ev : ning Star , Chartist Orcu ' , and all other ou : aid out democratic journals , together with the London Times , frill be read every niyht at the house of Mr . James Mitchell , Heatunlane . T . nis arraE ft ement has been made to aceomo date those who live a great distance from the Association room . Bristol . —Mi . F . W . Simeon will deliver a lecture on Sunday ev « . mug next , in Bear-lane Cnaptl , at half-pun six . A i / f . ctxee vriU be delivered on Sunday next , at Manning-ham , at two o ' clock m the afteruocu .

      selbt . —A camp meeting will be held here on Sunday next . Fig-tree-lane . —On Sunday ' evening , Mr . George Julian Harney will give an account of hi 3 college studies while at Kirkdale , commencing at half past seven o ' clock . Mr . Samuel Pa . bk . es will deliver an address on Monday evening , to commence at half past eight o ' clock . A members' meeting will be held on Tuesday Evening , at eight o ' clock . BmsuxGHAM . —On Snnday " morning next , at ten o ' clock , the room in Aston-street will be open , when the papers will be read . A baffle will take place at the Ship , sixpence a member , for a portrait of Feargu 3 O'Connor , Esq . splendidly framed ; the proceeds to be given to the defence fund .

      The South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held in the Brown-street Chartist Room , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) when it is particularly requested that each locality will send a delegate . St ; nderiam > . —On Sunday afternoon Mr . Williams will lecture on the Town Moor , at half-past two o ' clock . A collection will be made for the General Defence Fund . On Monday evening a public meeting will be held in the Arcade Room , Messrs . Williams , Taylor and Chappie will address Leeds . —Mr . Dean Taylor will preach two sermons to-morrow afternoon , at half-past two , ai , d in the evening at six o ' clock , in the room , Cheapside . Ashley . —Mr . Baron wiil lecture here on Monday night , at half-past seven o'clock . Holbeck . —A sermon will be preached by Mr . Sheridan Nussey , on Sunday evening , at half-past six o'clock .

      Reighxey District . —The next delegate meeting of this district will be held in the Working Man ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , October the 30 tn , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Ms . Wjl , Cukmngha * will lecture this evening in the Town Hail , Aldmonbury . A Lectcbe will be delivered in the Association Room , Thurstonland , by Mr . Lister , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) at half-past two o ' clock . Ma . F . Vickebkak , one of the Honley local lecturers , will visit the following places during the week : —Newark , Monday October the 24 th ; Work-Bop , the 2 ith ; Chesterfield , the 26 th : Mansfield , the 27 th ; Mauock , the 28 th . ¦

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      Dxaxh o » M * . Obdk ov NcmrrxiBx . —We regret to state that this respected gentleman suddenly expired at Morpeth , on Sunday last , Mr . Orde was well known in the Sporting world as the proprietor « f Tomboy , Bee ' 6-Wing , and other celebrated racers . He was respected for his private lirtnes , and he was honoured not only in Great Britain but on the continent for a character which few has acquired—an honest and an honourable sportsman . He was at the great fete at Rayensworth on the previous Wednesday , and promenaded a considerable time on the lawn . He appeared in good spirits and conversed freely with all around . Mr . Orde would be cowards of seventy years of age .

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      THE LATE ARRESTS . " We train the public that the pi-esent prosecutions at the special ooBunistions trill be made ihe groundwork of future adiofPartiamenL " Bat what is it that we find passing aroond as ! Is it not the realizstion of that , which we long aince prophesied , as the inevitable consequence of Toryism being triumphant ? The re-appearance of political spies—the harsh treatment of political offenders , We do not , of coarse , refer to tke sentences passed upon those convicted of having Tielated the law—and that a jury of their countrymen have determined on their oaths , are liable for their miseonduet to the animadversion of the legally constituted tribunals . What we refer to , is the treatment of persons arrested on a partioulur charge—that charge being for a political crime , and when all that is required is their safe keeping by the police , until they are brought before a magistrate , for the purpose of either betag b ^ led , or

      of being identified as the persons against whom certain proceeding at law , are about to bs taken . When , as in the case of Mr . Feargus OConnur , or the Rev . Wrn . Hill , the charge against them was solely of a political description , It might be expected with " regard to the ojb , that directions shonld have been ^ iven by Sir Robert Peel or Sir James Graham , that he who had been a member of Parliament , and their equal , should have been treated , considering his health and his habits , and the courtesy due to a sentltman , and as respects the other , that he from bis situation , the editor of a newspaper—and by profession a Christian minister , night have met with tome courtesy , some tenderness , some delicacy . Has this been done with regard to either ? 2 To . Instead of that it is sickening to go through the details of the treatment experienced by Mr . O Connor ; and as to the Rev . Wm . Hill we find that he was manacled

      as if he were a common felon . ' ! ! What ! any man , no matter what hia situation or condition in life , to have the haEdeuffa of a criminal placed upon him , upon the mere charge of a misdemeanour , would be disgraceful to those who hail sanctioned such a proceeding ; but thus to treat a gentlemau and a clergyman is , we have no hesitation in saying it , most infamous —it is the pure Toryism of cruelty—it is the very brutaiitj of cowardice . If we are not greatiy mistaken the instructions to the police constables were grossly violated in the case of the Rev . Wm . Hill , for those instructions as well as we recollect , are to this effect : —

      "' Prisoners Bhoold be handcuffed , if they b ^ charged with any serious offence , or if they be persons of noiorious ' y bod or suspicious character , or ifihere be any reasonable doubts to apprehend an escape , or rescue Females , or old , or infirm prisoners , are not to bo handcuffed . " " " In what respect did the Rev . Mr . Hiil come within the category of the individuals who might be handenfied . The charge against him was not a felony , which ib , T 7 e suppose , in the mind of the constable tantamount to a serious offence . He could not be said to be an individual of a notoriously bad , or suspicious character , and there were no grounds to apprehend an escape or rescue . E ? en supposing the charge against him to amount to high treason , we do not see , in the preliminary stage , the necessity for placing

      handcuffs upon him , unless there was the apprehension of a rescue . We admit the policeman ' s first duty is , to secure the saf * custody of the prisoner . That it was in the power of the Leeds constabulatory to have effected , without placing a manacle upon that hand , which must be so often uplifted in prayer . We know nothing of the Rev . Mr . Hill personally , — we have never seen him—and as to bis political opinions , we think them moBt mischievous , and have sedulously epposed them ; but still we cannot avoid faying , that we read with feelings of the deepest indignation the treatment that he experienced from those who were the mere instruments of Tory power . By such conduct as this Toryism his not degraded Him ; but it has laid in store for itself a deep and growing accumniation of the public s ; orn and detestation . Tnat base miscreant , Lonis Philippe , thought he cculd lower

      the character of the press by sending his victims , the editors of the Toulouse papers , chained by the neck together through France . Never did we expect that English Tories wonld have copied the vile example of Louis Philippe . They have done so—and wbile Louis Philippe sits but upon a tottering throne , we tell Sir Robert Peel that the British Press will never forget , will never forgive the indignity to journalism , which he has sanctioned in tha treatment of the Rev . Mr . Hill . That editor ' s manacle shall yet be dashed against the frail and corrupt materials of which his political strength is composed , and crumble them to pieces . By that one aet , he and his myrmidons have violated all the rules of society , and all the courtisies of political ¦ warfare , and henceforth war is declared between them—he must put down the press , or the press will put him down . "—Planet .

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      STKANQK PROCEEDINGS AT A MEETING FOR THE GHOICE OF CONSTABLE FOR THE TOWNSHIP OF LIVERSEDGE , AND CHARGE EXTRAORDINARY OF GEORGE BROOKE ^ NELSON , STEWARD OF THE COURT LEET , AT BRADFORD . It has been seldom onr lot , as publio journalists , to report more singular proceedings than the following ; and certainly never any which more showed the necessity of the working men having every officer , over whom they have controul in tho choosing , or

      who can in any way affect their interests , of their own appointing . If they do not look to their own interests , and choose men in whom they have the most implicit confidence , they are sure to have foul play if their interests or wishes come across those of the other class . From this time let there ba no mincing the matter about respectability ; let them appoint the humblest individual in the township , if of sufficient capacity to be chairman of their meetings , or they are certain to have any thing bnt fair play , as the following report will fully demonstrate .

      A meeting was held in the vestry of Liversedge Church on Thursday , the 13 : h inst , for the purpose of appointing proper persons as constables for the ensuing year , Mr . Joseph Oates in the chair . Previous to the meeting , a certain number of the ratepayers , ' all honourable men , ' finding out that their Dogberry would not be reinstated in his office , if the full senseof the rate-payers were taken , resorted to : he follawing trick , to ~ appear to give notice of the meeting according to the letter of the law , but at thB same time to keep the ; townspeople in ignorance of the meeting being to take place . The constables , whose duty it was to give notice of * the meeting , sent one of the deputies with the notice to post at the church doors , at such a time that it was ' after the service had commenced when the notico was

      put np , ' and he pulled it down before the service had closed in the thus preventing anybody but one boy , who chanced to be loitering in the churchyard , from knowing anything about the meeting . The boy told what he had seen , which spread the alarm , and caused a considerable number to muster , to the great ; chagrin of the concoctors of the plot . After the Chairman had opened the business in the usual way , some questions were asked the constables , for the purpose of censuring their conduct , for the insult offered to the rats-payers by their manner of posting the votice , when one of tho deputies , with all the modesty imaginable , told tho meeting to its teeth that he had posted the notice after the service had commenced , and pulled it aovon before it closed ; and that he was not going to come down after dinner to take it down to please them . The Chairman , finding how things wem likely to run , here took exception to the legality of the meeting , owing , as he said , to the insufficiency of the notice , and

      actually entered a resolution in the minute book , stating that the ratepayers had deoided that the meeting was illegal , without the resolution having been put to them ! This , of course , was objected to , and the Chairman was asked to take the sense of the meeting upon the resolution , which he POSITIVELY REFUSED to do , and declared that he would dissolve the meeting upon his own responsibility . He was begged of to either take the sense of the meeting upon the resolution , or to allow the meeting to proceed , as the Court Leet would swear in constables whether that meeting appointed any or not . But no , nothing would do ; the chairman clearly saw that the meeting would not appoint them a Dogberry , and so he was determined to throw the thing upon the chapter of accidents . This is almost the first time we ever saw Mr . Joseph Oates sacrifice the man to the altar of the pabtizan ; and we sincerely hope for his own peace of mind , that it wiil be the last .

      Upon the chairman vacatingthe chair , the constable was proposed to take it , but he refused . It was then proposed that James Penny take the chair , which was acceded to , and a resolutiou wis passed and entered in the minute book , recommending persons to the Court Leet as constables . The following persons were then proposed : — Joseph Goodall , the old ' constable . Joseph Milnes , as his successor . Mr . Joseph Milnes had twenty-seven votes , and the old Constable had only five votes . The old Constable went to the Court Leet at Bradford , and with all the nonchalance imaginable returned himself as constable .

      Mr . Penny was there and objected to him on account of his not having been returned by a town ' s meeting . The Constable then commenced a furious tirade against the Chartists . " It was all a Chartist plot ! The deputy was in league with the Chartists to set fire to the Thames some fine afternoon we suppose . The Deputy and the Chartists had concocted the plot on purpose to make the meeting illegal . " When at the moment he was saying it the truth-telling Constable knew that it was a plot of hi 3 own and his colleagues to prevent the ratepayers ousting him from his office .

      Mr . Penny here stepped forward , and after adverting to the facts already detailed , said that they were not come there to discuss politics ; this was no qnestion about Whig , Tory , or Chartist , but whether the voice of theassembly of ratepayersshould be taken on the recommendation of a constable , or the voice of an individual ; and that of course the court wculd dismiss all rach considerations from their minds . When Mr . George Brook Nelson , the president of the court , observed , in all the manner and spirit of my Lord Abinger , " I grant you , sir , that so far as Whig and Tory goes , it would be quite proper for the jury to dismiss from their minds all political considerations , but that if we advanced a step farther , if you went to Chartism , a broad line of distinction must be drawn . " There ! " a Daniel come to judgment ! " " yea , a Daniel ! " This is the boasted impartiality of British law ! This is one of the proofs

      that rich and poor are all equal in the eye of the law ! Good God , is it come to this , that we are to be told from the judgment seat that the man who holds opin-ons varying from those of tho judge , is to be deprired of all his rights of citizenship , notwithstanding all law and all usage is in his favour If Mr . George Brooke Nelson never before used an argument in favour of Chartism , he did now , and that too in a place and manner which must have told with fearful energy . What , " Master Brooke , " did it tend to mako us contented to insult us by telling , in so . many words , that we were only to pay rates , and be satisfied with the mockery of voting our own officers ? Did you think this , " Master Brook" ? If you did , you are a " most wise young judge ! " We are informed that ho used nearly the same words , and fully the same nonsense , in charging tho jury after the parties had withdrawn . This cannot be true . But supposing it to be true , ought he ever again to be permitted to sit in a court of any Rind 1

      We are informed , too , that one of the " Dogberries" on the jury , not only reiterated the above sentim-nt , but added , "that they ( the Chartists ) ought to be hunted from society ! " We dare not think this true . But if it be we should feel much obliged to any one who would furnish us with the name and place of abode of the wretch . There is another hero , too , who figured pro minently upon the scene ; and , though last not least , he came to speak in favour of the wishes of the rate-payers being set aside for the dictum of an individual . This was no less a personage than the " respectable and liberal" Mr . George Scott , of Heckmondwike . This worthy pretends to belong to that faction which the Lord Mayor of Dublin designated the " base , bloody , and brutal Whigs ;"

      but he acts in the double capacity both of mother Cole and man-midwife in assisting to give birth to the incestuous issue of both the factions . When " Master Brooke" had given birth to the aforesaid sentiment , Mother Cole stepped forward , and , with the self-sufficiency which is usually assumed by a man-midwife , paid , " He quite agreed with that which had fallen from the Chairman , that there ought te be a broad line of distinction drawn when a Chartist came in question" ! Say you so , Mother Cole ? And what onght to he the conduct of the rate-payers of Heckmondwike and Liversedge if , after this , you should ever again insult them by yonr presence at any of their meetings 1 What kind of stuff are they made of if you be even tolerated after this 1

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      NOTTINGHAM QUARTER SESSIONS , OCTOBER 18 th . ( FROM OtTE OWN REPORTER . ) ( Before Col . Rolleston , M . P ., Chairman , Thomas Nixon , Esq ., W . Sherwin , E ? q ., Rev . R . Lowe , W . H . Barrow , Esq ., W . F . Norton , Esq ., and Capt . Salmond . ) The prisoners , charged with riotously and tunmltuously assembling , were arraigned this morning ; for though a memorial had been forwarded to Sir James Graham , to allow them to be tried at the assizes , on account of Colonel Rolleston having been actively engaged in their apprehension ; and also , at the time of their committal , said that" they ( meaning himself and brother magistrates ) were determined to make a severe example of some of them , " and it was evident he had prejudged their case—but

      in these days of impartiality ii was not attended to . He appears to bethought quite efficient to be policeman , judge , and jury . The foHowing sentences were passed : —William Stevenson , Edward Joynes , Jonathan Brown , Richard Donbleday , John Tibbs , James Garless Hannay , Joseph Leggett , Josiah Holt , William Anthony , and John Wall , to be imprisoned six months in Southwell Honse of Correction , and kept to hard labour ; at the end of which time to find two sureties in £ 10 each , and themselves in £ 20 , to keep the peace for two years . Isaiah Learey , James Forest , Samuel Pomfrey , Henry Hancock , Frederick Meaken , John Sharp , George Moor , John Hallam , John Pinkett , Levi Burton , and Robert Wood , to be imprisoned four months in Southwell House of Correction , and kept to hard labour , and then to find two sureties of £ 10

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      each , and themselves in £ 20 each , to keep the peace for two years . Thomas Jaokson , Samuel Pendleton , Benjamin Holmes , William Stapleton , Doctor William Hemmingway , to be imprisoned two months in Southwell House of Correction , to bo kept to hard labour , and find sureties to kejp the peace for twelve months , themselves in £ 20 eaeh , and two sureties of £ 10 each . The Jury was challenged after the first indictment , bat as it could not be legally demanded , the court refused . Application for traverse was also made for John Wall and William Lee . The osurt closed a little after one o ' clock .

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      LONDON . —A great public meeting was held on Tuesdayevening at the Hall of Science ( iate Rotunda ) Blackfriars-road ; admission Id ., the proceeds to go to the benefit of the victims . Notwithstanding the extreme inclemency of the evening , the attendance was very respectable . Mr . Dron was called to the chair . Mr . Blackmore moved the following resolution!— "That this meeting , regarding the proceedings connected with the Speoial Commission , feel themselves called upon to express their conviction , that the general apprehension of our prominent Chartist friends , is tantamount to a crusade against the liberty of all classes which demands universal sympathy with the persecuted victims . " Mr .

      Rainsley seconded the resolution , which was supported by Mr . Ruffy Ridley and Mr . Fussell , and carried unanimously . Mr . Maynard moved the following resolution : — " That this meeting dospite of Whig » nd Tory despotism pledges itself to exercise increased zeal and devotion in the cause of the starving millions , and never to relax its exertion until the People ' s Charter shall become the constitutional law of the land " Mr . Pedley seconded the resolution which was carried unanimously . Mr . Ridley moved , Mr . Maynard seconded , and Mr . Ross supported a resolution in favour of the Evening Star , which was carried without a dissentient . Mr . Brown made an eloouent appeal on behalf of the victims , and the meeting separated .

      Mr . M'Grath lectured on Sunday evening at the Gold Beaters' Arms , Somerstown , to a very crowded audience . The sum of 2 s . 6 d . were subscribed for theviotims . Long Bbckbt , Northamptonshire . —John Geo . Dron of London , is nominated from this place as a member of the ensuing Executive Committee . Birmingham . —Mr . Watkins of London , has boen nominated by the Aston-street locality to the ensuing Executive . Tailors , Three Doves , Berwick-street , Soho . —William Cuffay has been nominated as a fit and proper person to sit on the ensuing Executive Committee . Brompton . —A raffle took place at the Eagle , Exeter-street , on Monday evening , and upwards of £ 3 was netted for the benefit ,. of tbe political victims .

      Bermond 3 Ey . —At a meeting of the Council on Wednesday last , 18 s . 7 d . was received from the various members towards the victim fund , and 5 $ . 7 d . weekly contributions . One pound , four shillings was transmitted to Mr . Cleave ; 53 . for tho Executive ; and 4 s . to Mr . Love , the landlord , in part payment of the banner fund . Britannia Locality , Upp er Chapman-street , St . George ' s , East . —Mr . lllingwbrth lectured here on Sunday , and Mr . Fraser lectured after on the Six Points of the Charter . Five members were enrolled . Martlebone . —Mr . Shelton lectured to a crowded audienceon Sunday evening ; 12 s . Id . was collected for the general defence fund . Mr . Packer gave tho profits arising from the sale of the Chartist Circular , which amounted to 4 d ., and Us . 7 d . that was in the hands of the treasurer , amounting in all to £ 1 4 s . has been paid over to Mr . Pardon , at the Evening Star .

      Croydkn , Surrey . —At a meeting held at the Bald Faoed Stag , on Monday evening , the following resolution was passed : — " That the whole nation , and more especially the Chartist body , are under an eternal debt of gratitude to Lord Abinger , for his candid address to the Grand Jury at Liverpool , as it is the opinion of thi- < meeting , that such principles as adopted and made public by his Lordship , from the throne of what should have been justice , will accelerate that holy principle of equal political liberty , which is embraced in the People ' s Charter ;

      and it " is the opinion of this assembly that it will cause the hitherto lukewarm and wavering , to unite with those who are pledged to its cause , while it will tend to make them act with redoubled energy by opposing the unconstitutional principles mooted by his lordship , which this meeting believes to be the introduction of a military government ^ for the exposure of which this meeting tender to his lordship an unqualified vote of thanks . " Four shillings was received for the Defence Fund , and two members were enrolled .

      At a Meeting of the Bloomsbury Chartists , held at the Bell , Brunswick Colonade , the sum of 6 s . Ihd . was gathered for the victims . RECEIPrS OF THE EXFCUT 1 VE FROM OCTOBER 12 th TO OCIOBEE 19 th . £ s d Horn of Plenty , Bloomsbury ... ... 0 2 6 Shoreditch , per Crowther 0 3 0 Marylebono , per Hitchings ... ... ... 0 8 4 Aston-street , Birmingham ... ... ... 0 lo 4 Ship , Long-lane , Bermondsey 0 5 0 Kettering , Northamptonshire ... ... 1 0 0 Hammersmith ... ... 0 5 6 From Dunkley , Stagsden-gate , Bedfordshire ... ... ... 0 2 0 Tavistock Cards ... ... 0 3 10 Ditto Subscriptions ... 0 6 4

      --.., ¦ £ 3 6 4 Mexbro ' . —A delegate meeting was held here on Sunday ,, at which it was resolved that the services of a lecturer be dispensed with at present . : Bradford . —The Chartists of Bradford met in the room Butterworth-buildings , to discuss the principle of co-operation . Messrs . Hodgson , Smyth , Hurley Alderson , and several others took part in the discussion . The meetiDg adjourned to Monday evening , at eight o ' olock . The Members of the Council held their Weekly meeting , when the following sums were paid in for the derence fund : —Apperley bridge , 4 s 4 d : Mr . J .

      Greenou » h , Is ; Mr . Pale , 2 .- ; 6 d ; Mr . B . B . Lane , 3 < 6 d ; Mr . Page , 6 d ; W . 3 d ; R . 31 ; a few friends , 3 s 6 d ; White Abbey , Cs 8 ^ d . The discussion on co-operation was renewed , and it was resolved that £ 100 be the capital , only one share to each person ; the amount of the shares , 10 s ., to be paid by instalments . The meeting adjourned to Monday next , when the first deposit will bo made . Little Horton . —The Chartists of this locality met in their Association Room , on Sunday evening last , when 2 s . 6 d . which had been collected for the defence fund , was ordered to be paid into the hands of the Council .

      Mr . Huhley lectured in the Large Room , Butterworth's-buildings , on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Lee » s . —Mr . Dean Taylor preached two sermons on Sunday afternoon and evening ; the room at the latter time was crowded to excess , and many more vere outsido who could not get in . Chartism is progressing wonderfully in this town , not a meeting but what is crowded , and many additions made to tie Association ; this , too , at a time when the general cry among the Whig-Radicals has been that the Chartists would die away in consequence of the arresting and persecuting the devoted leaders of tho people . Chartism is , however , too strong to be blown away by such pigmy attempts . The Chartists of Leeds have exerted themselves more than ever they did in procuring means to enable their suffering leaders to get up their defence ; if all other places do the same there will be no lack of funds .

      Holbeck . —At the weekly meeting of the Chartists of Holbeck , on Wednesday evening last , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — " That the cordul thanks of the Chartists of Holbeck be most respectfully tendered to Mr . Cooper and the Chartists of Manchester , for the kindness they evinced in ministering to the temporal wants of the people ' s friends during their incarceration in the New Bailey .

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      HUDDERSFIELD . Free Masobry . —On Friday , the 14 th , several hundreds of the above order assembled in the Masonic Hall , South Parade , from winch place they walked in procession to the Philosophical Hall , where an excellent dinner was provided ; unfortunately , however , the influx of Masons was so great that many were nnable to procure any dinner at all . It was also understood that ladies should be admitted to the orchestra and gallery without distinction , for the purpose of witnessing the very interesting presentation of the massive Chandleabrum to the Noble Earl of Mexbro , P . G . M ., which was done in the usual form .

      Lectures . —On Snnday . 'last , Robert Owen , Esq . delivered two lectures in the Hall of Science , to crowded audiences . Subject— " National Distress , and its remedy . " His delivery and method were good , and his matter perspicuous . Every one appeared pleased . In the evening the greater portion of his time was occupied in answering questions , which he accomplished in so easy and apparently satisfactory a manner , that won for him the admiration of nearly all present . BBA 3 > FOSX > .. —Fatal Coalpit Accident . — On Monday last , a boy named Nicholl , sixteen years sf age , was in the act of bringing a corve of coal from the miner , and had to come down a steep hill , called a Gall Hill , when he was run over by the horse , and killed on the spot . The pit belonged to the Low Moor Company .

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      LEEDS . —Charge of Assault—On Saturday last , Mr . l&obert Perring , late proprietor of the Conservative Journal , appeared before Griffith Wright and J . R . Atkiason , Esqrs ., at the Court House , ou a warrant charging him with having committed an / assault upon Mr . Griffith Cullingworth , bookseller , Briggate . According to the statement of the complainant , he , accompanied by the clerk of Mr . Naylor , solicitor , went to the shop of Mr . Perring , in Commercial-street , to demand the payment of the rent due to Mr . Cullingworth , the former tenant of the premises , who had sublet them . to Mr . Perring . Having stated the errand on which they had visited him , Mr . Perring commenced a volloy of abuse , and reaching over the counter , seized hold of complainant's nose , like a monkey , and exhibited

      in its pulling , all the ferocity of the tiger . In answer to an enquiry from the bench , Mr . Culli / igwonh stated that the premises belonged to Mr . Luke Marsh , but , at the close of bis tenantcy , he had sublet them to Mr . Perring ; consequently , the rent was due to fcim , and not to Mr . Marsh . Mr . Perring , in reply to the charge , denied that he had pulled complainant ' s nose ; he had done nothing beyond attempting to get hold of it ; but had he done so , or given him ten times as much as he had done , Mr . Cullingworth was aware that he deserved it all . He ( hen went into a statement of the cause of tho quarrel , which he attributed to the fact that Mr . Ciillingworth had made statements to the rate collectors which had caused him to be summoned to that court for rates . He had applied to Mr . Marsh on the subject of the rent in dispute , and offered him the amount , but he refused to take it ; and for fixtures , which he had paid Mr . Cullin « worth £ 42

      for , he had offered to let him have back again for £ 20 , and now would let him have them for £ 15 , a proof that Mr . Cullingworth had imposed upon him . He had been told by Mr . Marsh that Mr . Cullingworth had gone about sneaking with these tales , and telling every body he came near that he was going toleave tho town and cheat the pubiic . He denied emphatically that he was going away without paying everything due from him , and let those who could come there and say what they wanted of him , and he would pay them . Mr . C . had gone sneaking about the premises in all sorts of ways , and had done all that he couid to injure him . This was the provocation he had received , and this led to the attemptand it was no more than an attempt he had made to pull Mr . Cullingworth's nose , a punishment which he richly deserved . The Bench having consulted together , fined Mr . Perring 10 s . and coats , and the parties left the court .

      The Difficulties of Poverty overcome by the Toluntary Principle . —On Sunday laat , sermons were preached in the Primitive Methodist Rehoboth Chapel , St . Peter ' s Hill , Park-lane , Leeds ; in the morning and evening by the Rev . J . Fiesher , from Scarborough ; and in the afternoon , and on the Monday evening following , by the Rev . T . Holliday , of Leeds ; when the liberal sum of upwards of £ 166 was collected in aid of the funds of the Chapel , it being about £ 112 more than the anniversary collections of the previous year . Stealing a Watch . — -On Tuesday last , a man named John Hartley , was committed for trial at the sessions , on a charge of having stolen a silver wa ' . cb , on the 20 th of June last , the property of Admiral Crew , a brickmaker , in Woodhouse-lane .

      Animal Politics . —What sort of politics these may be we acknowledge ourselves unable to determine . We perceive , however , that the good people of Leeds are to be edified upon this subject ,: in connection with the Natural History of Scripture , on Monday and Wednesday evenings next , at the Chartist Room , Cheapside , by Mr . VV . D . Taylor . We have no doubt that the lecturer will succeed in making his discourses amusing and interesting , as well as edifying . Municipal Movements . — West Ward . — The Whigs , and the " Extension of Commerce , " and the Sturge Suffrage men seem at their wit ' s end in this ward . They have tried all the soft sawder they are so wftll masters of , and yet they cannot find a genuine Whig who will lead their forlorn hope , nor can

      they persuade" the lads" to be gammoned with anything less than straight-forward men who doolare their sentiments without disguise , aud who speak so plainly that there can be no mistaking what they mean from what they say . They have in the field Dr . Craven , of Holbeck , and Mr . George Morton , paper staii ^ er . As a third man they firs t tried Mr . T . T . Luccock , of course a respectable gentleman , and proposed by Mr . E . Bainef , jun . Mr . Luccock , however , did not like his company : he remembered the old adage , " Tell me who are your companions , and I will tell you what you are . " Well , Mr . Luccock having refused , another meeting was held on Monday night last , at which Mr . Darnton Lupton , a Russell justice , was the great gun , and he , yes he , had a candidate of the right sort ,

      but one who would only stand on condition that the Reformers were united ; he could not act if questions were to be ask , ed , and if he were to be called upon to announce his pecu'iar views of the requisite qualifications for 'the-office , . of a Town Councillor . The candidate he proposed was Mr . Waddingham . But at this meeting another candidate was proposed , for the " Lads" had determined to have some say in the matter , and they at once brought out Mr . Joshua Hobson .. Here was a bomb shell thrown into the midst of the camp ; and , faith , it fairly blew-the wind out of them . Scouts at 0 D 03 wf re out in all directions , to draw up their forces , while those left in the meeting kept up a noisy war of words , talking , or rather shouting , against time , until reinforcements arrived , and they were enabled to carry their man by some fevv votes . Of coursr , however , Mr . Waddingham will not stand , because the meeting was not unanimous . This , we bflieve , his friends know , at least it was

      understood that they had so satisfied themselves at a subsequent meeting on Thursday evening , at which he ought to have been present , to have addressed his constituents elect . This latter meeting was very fully attended ; Mr . Hobson was present , and . his wish to address the meeting threw " the respectables" again into hysterics : their behaviour was anything but respectable , but the majority of the meeting being in favour of Mr . Hobson , he spoke for about two hours , and administered 10 these very respectable gentlemen—these gentlemen , who arrogata to themselves " all the talents , " , = uch a dressing as they will not soon forget . The other two candidates also spoke , and Mr . Hobson , after answering all the questions which the meeting chose to put to him , declared his intention of polling to the last man , an announcement which was received with thunders of applause by a vast majority of the very crowded meeting . The Tory candidates for this ward are Mr . Richard Bramley , Mr . John Patrick , and Mr . Newsam , land surveyor .

      Hunslet Ward . —The Tories havo brought out Mr . Beckett , surgeon , to oppose Mr . Arthin ^ ton , the brewer , in this ward . Mr . Hobsou is the people ' s favourite , at ten to one . South Ward . —Mr . France , wharfinger , has been brought out by the Radicals in this ward , in opposition to Mr . Mitchell . Explosign of Fireworks—On Saturday evening , between eight and nine o ' clock , sonic alarm was occasioned in Gower street by an explosion of gunpowder and fireworks , at a house occupied by a widow named Booth , at the lower end of that street , next to Regent-street . It appears that Mrs . Booth hasi a daughter ( also a widow ) named Scholefi ^ ld , residing with her ; a son of the latter , Lawrence Soholefield , eighteen years of age ; and two younfe

      men as lodgers . The house is cdlared underneath , but this cellar is let off as a separate dwelling , and has no connexion with the house ; but a small cellar extends under a house in another street p , t the back of Gower-street , called Rose-street . In this smail cellar , young Scholefield has been for some time preparing fireworks , and was so employed on Saturday night . He had , it is supposed , about four pounds of gunpowder , besides prepared fire-works in the cellars when by some means , not yet explained , an explosion took placo which it is providentially did not result more seriously . Scholefield , it would appear , was on his way up stairs , whin the explosion happened ; whether he had put his candle out , or still had it ii : his hand , we have not learnt . He was struck by the shock , and has received very serious injuries . The floor of the house in Rosestreet , occupied by James Robinson , a cloth-dresser , was torn completely up , and the flags composing it

      were heaped in a contused mass against the door ; the wife oi Robinson , with an infant on her knee , was sat by the fire , aud most providentially escaped unhurt , She was obliged to be got out of the window The door and frame of Mrs . Booth ' s house , in Gower-street , were blown completely out into the street , all the windows were broken , and the front wail is so fractured as to render it necessary to take it down ; some of the bricks , indeed , are broken completely in two , and a large fissure presents itself extending nearly from the ground to the roof . Young Scholefield was removed to the Infirmary . On inquiry there , we Jearn , that though dreadfully burnt about the face , neck , breast , and arms , he is noing on favourably , and hopes are entertained , of his ultimate recovery . We ought to have mentioned that his mother , in extinguishing the flames in which he was enveloped , wa 3 also much burnt about the hands and arms .

      Sudden Death . —On Saturday last , an inquest was held at the Court House , before E . C . Hopps , Esq ., deputy coroner , on the body of Henry Worfolk , twenty-two years of age , a cropper , residing . whe ^ aliv e , in Wood-street , Briggate . The deceased left his home on Friday evening about seven o clock , and having met with a female in the street , he went with her to a public-house , and they were drinking together until eleven , after which he aocompaniedher to a hoHEe in Jubilee-court , Kirkgate , where they were to paBa the night . Between five and sir o'clock on Saturday morning , he was taken so ill that Mr . Hiddlestone , the house surgeon to the House of Recovery , was sent for , but before his arrival , which was as eoon as possible , the man had expired . Mr . Hiddlestone afterwards made a post mortem examination of the body , which exhibited only natural appearances , and the Jury returned a verdict of " Died by the visitation of ( lOttf

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      HUNSIiET . —A public meeting of the burgesa « j of Huuslet was held on Thursday last , attwelv ,, o ' clock at noon , near the church , at winch ther were about five hundred persons present . The meet ing was called for the purpose of testing the views and principles of the different municipal candidates , on local and general government . On the motion o [ Mr . John Lynd , seconded by Mr . Francis Jackson , Mr . Thomas Beaumont was unanimously called upon to preside . Tho chairman opened the business of the meeting by calling upon Mr . John Lynd to read the report of the deputation that had been appointed to wait upon the candidates to request their attendance , and which was as follows : — " Ths deputation having waited up « n Mr . Arthington , and having asked that gentleman if he . would attend ¦

      the above meeting , his answer was , No , I have no intention to be present at any publio meeting f and he further stated that he considered it unnecessary to appear before the burgesses at a publio meeting . Having told him we considered it necessary that every candidate should appear before the burgesses , in order that a perfect understanding should exist between them , and that the burgesses mi ght become acquainted with the views of the candidates , and principles on local and general government ; he'replied , that he would not pledge himself what he would do , but he would act according to his own discretion . Seeing the indifference he mini , fested to the questions we put to him , we thought it our duty to ask him if he had consented to stand aa a Whig candidate at the ensuing election 1 He

      answered , 'No ; they have placed my name npoa the orange bills without my consent , in doing which I consider they have acted very foolish . 1 belong to lio party of politicians ; in fact , I never bother my head with politics , nor do I consider it a political question at all . ' We then told him our interests as working men were at stake in the choice we made , but that , of course , the most essential qualiication for a member of the Town Council was a love of economy . He replied there were different kinds of economy . It was economy some times to soend a little , and some times a large sum of money . We then told him of Whig economy , and referred to the extravagant sum Of £ 300 per year , which had been given to Mr . Whitehead and another gentleman for performing the same

      duties Mr . Whitehead himself offered to do for £ 150 a year . ' Perhaps , ' said he , 'the Town Council knew that he could not efficiently discharge the duties of the office for so email a sum as £ 150 per year . * We told him we considered Mr . Whitehead sufficiently qualified to judge of the duties he would have to perform , and to state what he could discharge those duties for . His answer was , ' I know nothing at all of the affair . ' We then left the gentleman , fully convinced that if the burgesses of Hunslet returned him to the Town Council , they would only have themselves to blame , if the rates were treble the amount they are before this day twelvemonth . The deputation then waited upon Mr . Beckett , the Tory candidate , and haviag

      requested him to attend , ho told them he had no individual objections , but that he was entirely in the hands of his committee ; the deputation having seen Mr . Heaton , the chairman of his committee , he told them that the committee would not sit till the evening after the meeting would take place , so that we could receive no further information either from Mr . Beokettor his committee . " The Chairman , after a few observations , theu introduced Mr . Jo 3 hua Hobson to the meeting , who oooupied one hour and a half in a most eloquent , lucid , and energetic speech ; after which , a few questions were asked him by several parties present , to whioh he gave the most satisfactory answers . The meeting then broke upall going away fully convinced that Mr . Hobson was the only man for them .

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      Thirty-Fite Pkbsons Killed and Wounded ai BOLCKROW AND VaUGHAN ' S IRON FOUNDRY , MlDdlesbro ' . —On Tuesday morning , about niue o ' clock , a most alarming and awfal occurrence took place here . The Jarge boiler belonging to the above parties , owing , it is stated , to more pressure being put upon it than it was calculated to bear , burst , and hurried five human' beings to a premature grave . Thirty more are maimed and wounded ; the most oi them are very severely hurt . One part of the buili ing was blown into tho river Tees , a distance oi between one and two hundred yards , and the end ol the boiler was completely blown out . Medical aid went , via special train from Stockton , as soon asthii awful affair was known ; and every possible assistance was rendered to the unfortunate sufferers . Our correspondent ' s letter , received yesterday morning , says : —Other four of the sufferers are dead , and four or five more cannot survive many hours , The engineer was killed on the spot .

      Third outbreak of the Liverpool Great Fire , ^ Liverpool , Wednesday Morning . —Last evening , about half-past six o ' clock , the inhabitants of this town were again much alarmed at the repjrt thai the property saved from the late great fire in the Waterloo-road had again ignited , and was burning with great fury . Shortly afterwards that part ol the town was illuminated , the fire bells were rung , and the engines immediately proceeded to the spot . On arriving at the scene of tho disaster the report was found to be true , the interior ol Reyuer ' s cottonshed , in the cellars ofwhich were largo quantitiesof turpentine and cotton , having agaui taken fire , the flcmes ascending in immense volumes . Many thousands of spectators were speedily congregated , and notwithstanding the lamentable loss of lifo which

      took place on the first outbreak it was with much difficulty they could be kept back from the tottering walls of the shod . It appears that the ; property which had ignited had been , ever sincf the great fire , covered with the bricks and timbers of the late siirroundingbuildings , ai ! ddurin « thelastfortni « ht workmen have been actively employed in clearing away the rubbish , and excavating the barrels of turpentine and the cotton buried underneath . They had just finished their day's work last evening , and left the premises when the property took fire . The wiud was rather high at the time , blowing in a south westerly direction , and the only fears . entertained for the ' safety of the neighbouring properly

      was lest the sparks , which wero carried to a considerable distance , should be the means of furthering the progress of the devastating clement . All the buildings which surrounded the scene of this conflagration having been previously destroyed n further damage but that of the destruction of the salvage property could be sustained excepting bj the sparks ; and this firemen playing wi tbe mini had ouly to observe the fury of tho fire expend itself in the open space , and > n tho course of a . few hours , under the able direction of Mr . Whitty , the chief constable , it was got under . A large quantity of the turpentine and cotton , however , was destroyed . On the first ouibreak some hundreds of barrda of turpentine in the shed , ready to be carted away , were saved .

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      Leeds Corn Ma . rk . et , October 18 th . —The "apply of Grain to this day ' s market is much the satnfl as last week . The demaad continues very limited f jr Wheat ; and all descriptions are 2 h per quarter lower . Barley has been very dull , and Is to 2 * p « r qiarter lower : Oats have varied but little in price ; tieans rather lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCT . 18 , Iii 42 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . I'M * Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qrd . «« . 1715 416 607 153 52 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ > . ¦< !• 2 9 6 i 1 9 81 0 18 61 0 0 0 1 14 G 1 11 Oi

      Leeds Woollen Markets . —There is no change for the better observable in the staple transactions of this district . The cloth halls on Saturday , presented some animation , and some little demand existed for fine cloths , bat on Tuesday the market was dull as need be desired . Heavy goods continue to be most enquired after , but as the season fot these is now nearly at a close , they only go off very slowly . The Wool market is without variation . HUDDERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET TUESDAY , OCT . 18 . —Our market this day was thinly stocked w th buyers yet low goods met with a ready sale and in very fair quantities . It is generally thouj-ht there are more operatives employed at the present tiian there was a short time ago . Wools &c . rem *" unsteady .

      Bedale Fortnight Fair , Oct . 18 . —Our show of fat Beasts this morning was not very Janje . but quite equal to 'he demand ; the market « as afjain vtry heavy . The show of Sheep was good , with dull sale , many went out unsold . Beef 5 j . Od . to 6 s . per stone ; Mutton 5 d . to 5 id . per lb .

      "WAKEF 1 ELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Oct . 21 . —Our market today is fairly supplied with Wheat . The trade continues dull , and though there is Ies 3 pressure as to quantity , still the buyers were enabled to purchase on quite as easy terms as on this day se ' nnight . Barley is Is . Pj quarter lower . Oats , Shelling , and Beans are uteaoy in value .

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . at hi * Pri » ing Offices , N « a . 13 and 13 , Market-street , Brig gate ; and Publlahed by the said Joshua Hobson ( for the said Feargu 8 O'Connor , ) at hi * D ** ' ling-house , No . 6 , Market-street . Briggate j ™ internal Communication exlatlng between the saM No . 5 , Markst-street , and the Bald No& 12 an * 13 , Market-Btreet , Briggate , thus constituting tfc » whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offl " one Premises . ill Communications must be addressed , iPoet-paidi W Hobson , Northern Star Office Leed * , Saturday . October 22 , I 34 & .

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      The Council of the Borouah of Leeds have s ? lected these OStcccs from the others which the Act contains , for the purpose of giving them prominence bs ' ore the Public , and with the especial desire of directing the attention of Architects and Builders to the Proyisions of the Act which relate to iheir Occupations , and in order that no excuse for want of due warning may hereafter be admitted ia any Prosecution . The Council recommend Gentlemen following the Professions of -Architects and Surveyors to provide themselves with a Copy of the Leeds New Improvement Act , as the sanitary Clauses therein contained will be strictly enforced ; and the Householders are recommended to apply at the Board of Works in Park-row for a Copy of aH Abstract thereof , which will be given on application on or after Tnesday , the 1 st of November . By Order , EDWIN EDDISON , Clerk of the Council . Leeds , October 14 : h , 1842 .

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      Metallic Corpses . —A paper was read at the late meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences , containing the extraordinary proposition from a M . Carney , to employ the galvanoplastic proctss , after embalmment , fnr the preservation of the human bod y after death ! The idea , however extraordinary it my appear , is said not to be new , and that beautiful specimens are to be seen of small auimals , birds , insects , &c . whJch have been thus preserved . The Murder , of Mr . Broomhfad . —Evidence fcas now been obtained which throws strong light on the fate of this gentleman . Our readers will recollect that he left Brill , on his way for Bicestcr , which place he did sot reach , as expected , about the 1 st of October , 1841 . He represented the house of Broumhead , bickle and reaping-hook manufacturer , he

      Ri ^ way . near Sheffield . Several days after left Brill information was given by a young man of the name of Penn , that the body had been found in the river Ray nearr Blackthorn . It was remived to Arncott , a coroners' inquisition was held , and a verdict of "Found drowned" returned . Only five sovereigns , with some silver , and his books of account were found on him . His watch and monies , amounting to between £ 300 and £ 400 , were missing Evidence was obtained , aud three persons , Ezekiel Savage sdq two brothers of the name of Penu ( one of whom gave the report of the finding of tho body ) were ajsprereiided . The P < . nns were sons-in-law of Savage . That Mr . Broomhead had come to an un : imely end no doubt was enter : a ; aed—that he had been murdered was the general belief . The parties were

      to barest , aken their trials for the robbery at the March A = > zes , at Oxford , in 1842 . One oi the most material witnesses for tbe prosecution at the time of the trial was ill , a certificate to that effect waV produced , and the bill against the parties was thrown out . Snbsiqnent circumstances tended Btill more strongly o lead to the supposition that Mr . William Broomiiead had been a murdered man . Of course , ou the biii being throwu out , Savage and the two Peiins were released . On Saturday last , Inspector J . Melton , of the city of Oxford police , received information in Oxford of the most valuable description . T .-e witaes 3 was taken before the magistrates , and privately examined at the County Hall : from

      his evidence warrants were granted against Thomas Coliiss , of Aston , near Bampton , Oxon , and Ezekiel Savage ( who had been before in custody on the charge ) . Savage was apprehended at Blackthorn , by Gobie , one of the Bicester constabulary . Coliiss was apprehended by Inspector Melton , at Aston . On S'inday the prisoners were examined at Merton College , before Dr . Marsham , and remanded till last Monday morning . A warrant was also issued for the apprehension of a third party . On Monday the men were again remanded till Saturday ( this cay . ) The evidence already obtained leaves no doubt as to Mr . Broomhead ' s fate : that evidence it would not be prudent to give in the present state of the proceedings .

      Capture of an Outlaw . —Ingenious Concealing Place . —An individual of the name of Forbes who was outlawed sometime ago , and whom we mentioued some weeks since as being suspected of various thefts in Strathspey , was apprehended the other day by Mr . Macbean . He was found at his father ' s , in Lymereach of Dalraddy , parish' of Alvie , concealed in a most ingenious manner . A large peat stack , at the end of the house , apparently solid and substantial , had a chamber formed in its centre , in which the outlaw had his residence . There was

      no visible opening , but the means of entrance was a matter of too much importance to be disclosed to every casual gazer . In the back of the prisoner ' s bed was a board , capable of being drawn ont at pleasure , and , behind it , an aperture made in the wall gave admission to the fugutive into hiB subterranean residence , whither he escaped ont ^ e slightest warning . He was suspected , however , of being in ihe neighbourhood , and at length the suspicion lighted on the proper place , and led to his apprehension . —Rossshire Advertiser .

      English Newspapers in China . —An English newspaper has been lately established in Hongkong ; called the Hongkong Gazette , and conducted by a gentleman until recently residing in London . It is intended soon to commence one va the Chinese language ^ Indeed , the Gazette sometimes contains extracts in that strange and extraordinary language . The Chinese are represented as very anxious and persevering in their efforts to learn English , as well as to learn all relating to this conntry . The Rtjral Police . —At the General Qnarter Sessions held on Tuesday at Lewes , fifty-seven petitions from Tarions parishes in East Sussex were presented to the magistrates for the abolition of the rural police force . Several of them referred to the inefficieney of the system , and the enormous expence entailed upon the oonnty . The petitioners also urged that the Parish Constables ' Aet , just oome into operation , was amply sufficient for the protection of the rural district .

      Rather TJmcowkhj . —Two females hare been committed to the Ruthin gaol dining the present week upon charges somewhat unusual , at least , against the softer sex , viz ., Amelia House , charged on the oath of John Roberts with feloniously firing a pistol at him , at Wrexham , fr ith intent to do him some grievous bodily harm . Also Jane Williams , committed on the oath of Robert Owen , for having stolen a mare in the parish of Lantisilio , on the 7 th instant , the property of the said Robert Owen . — Carnarvon Herald .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct621/page/8/