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      HOUSE OP LORDS . —Friday , Jak . 29 th . Laid Whxskci-iffs asked three question * relative to the treatment of Frost , Williams , and Jones , at Ne-w South Wales . Fixrt , whether it ni true that the ; vets better treated than other convict *; secondly "whether specific instrncBonj of say kind 'were sent oat with them ; and , la stly , -whether any despatches had been received from Sir J . Franklin conveying information upon the subject . He tras anxious for an explanation on this matter , for it was not right that an impression ahoeld go through the country that persons who bad been guilty of such crime * were nevertheless better treated than other convkta .

      The Marquis of Noxhaxby replied , that no special instruction had been sent out with Frost and his asso ciates . The goTernor , howeTer , had sent home a letter from Frost complaining that while on board the Mandarin they were not allowed to wear their own clothes , and that they were in fact treated in every respect like the other eenvicts . Sir J . Franklin had inspected the eon ^ iets on their arrival , and the-only difference in their treatment waa that he immediately sent Frost and his associates to Tasman ' s Peninrala , the penal settlement of the colony , whereas the others were sent to

      probationary employments . So far as the Government and Sir J . Franklin were concerned they felt obliged to the noble Lord for affording them the opportunity of giving this explanation . He bad heard nothing further on the subject , but be would say , with respect to the occupation of these parties , that it was not unusual to employ persons in tbe sort of labour " to which they were previously accustomed , and doubtless in conformity with this usage , and not as a special favour ; for , if done as a special favour , Sir J . Franklin must have reported it

      Tuesday . Feb . 2 . The Earl of Cabjjigas surrendered himself into the custody of Six Augustus Clifford , the usher of the black rod , and was subsequently admitted to bail , himself in the sum of £ 10 , 000 , and two sureties to the amount of £ 5 , 000 . each . The Copyhold Enfranchisement Bill was read a second time , and the house adjourned .

      Thursday , February 4 .. We can only give from the second edition ot tbe Sun , which leaves their Lordships in the middle of a long talk about the war in Syria .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Friday , Jah . 29 . Captain Folbill asked if a paragraph which he had Been in the paptra , to the effect that Prince Albert had returned an answer to an address from the Loyal Repeal Association of Ireland , was true . Lord Johk Russell knew nothing of any such document , and , a t all e r ects , it was a matter for which Ministers did not hold themselves responsible . The only responsible party was Mr . Anson , the secretary to his Royal Highness . Mr . Sergeant Tauocsd moved for leave to bring in a BUI for tbe extension of copyright , wtdch Bill was in substance the same as that of last session . Mr . Wabbubto > " opposed the BilL On a division , the Hon . and Learned Sergeant succeeded by a majority of 142 to 30 .

      Lord Job > ' RrssELL then moved for leave to bring in a Bill to renew the powers of the Poor Law ComxnisEioners , and to make further amendments in the laws relating to tbe poor of England . Mr . Geimsditch objected to the principle of governing by Uniont . Mr . WaKLET expected that the Noble Lord would bare brought in two distinct bills upon these two distinct subjects . In every stage he would oppose the Bill for extending the powers of the Commissioners tor ten years . He was quite amazed that a Minister of « Liberal Whig Gsvemment , calling itself a Reform Ministry , and relying upon the people for their support , should propose a law of this nature after the experience -which they bad had of its previous working

      and most pernicious tendency—( heart—a law which took from the people the administration of their own affairs and deprived them of the means of applying their own money to the wants of those destitute poor ¦ who came under their observation in their -own respective localities . Was the Noble Lord prepared to show the necessity fer tbe continuance of this commission ? He was anxious to know , was tbe law to besneh as the wiQ of the Commissioners might please to interpret it , or was it to be found in the Statute Books of the realm ? ( Hear , hear . ) If the Poor Law was to be recognised and well understood as a positive law of tbe law , assuredly those who administered such a law shonld be obliged to abide by its provisions , and be expected to consult and examine tbe particular statutes upon the

      subject , instead of being influenced as they at present were by an appeal from the heartless and tyrannical representations of the Board of Guardians . If this were a constitutional mode of governing the country , tbe sooner such a constitution was got rid of- the better . He held in his hand a small book , which he obtained at Somerset House ; it was entitled " Amended Workhouse Rules . " Heaven only knows what the original rules were , whieh it appeared had been amended . ( " Hear , hear" and laughter . ) Bat what did he find under the head of "discipline and diet of- paupers ?" It stated that all paupers in the workhouse , except th ose w ho we r e sick , sho u ld , at certain specified hours , rise from their beds , go to work , leave xff work , and go to bed , and should be allowed such intervals fpr meals as shall be notified to them by the ringing of the bells ; but that during the meals the most perfect silence must

      be maintained . He ( Mr . Waklty ) observed , that they were to be kept to work throughout tbe day , except when they were at their meals ; but even in tbe workhouse at their meal times they were not-permitted to break the silence that reigned around by tbe utterance of a single word . This was a privation that was even by criminals deemed the meet dangertus and severe . This was measuring out the same kind of punishment to those unfortunate beings who stretch out their hands towards them in the supplicating tone of hunger and destitution , and the hardened felon condemned to suffer for his crimes and offences against society and the laws . Was it to enforce regulations of this kind that the Poor Law Commissioners were to be continued in their present situation ? It not , why should the country be burdened by tbe heavy expense which they entailed upon it ? .

      Some further discussion took pUee , after which Lord Johs RrssBlL said thatr the whole principle •! the bill was involved in the continuance of tbe Commissioners ; but whether tbe period was to be for one year or lot ten was Dot iarolred in the question then before the House . Leave was then given to bring in the bill , and the House adjourned . Monday ¦ , Feb . 1 . There was no business in the Lords of any public interest , and the Commons could not muster " a House . " Tuesday , Feb . 2 . Lord JOBS RrssELL gave notice that on Friday next he would move tbe thanks of the house to Admiral Sir R . Stopford and those who were engaged at the capture « f Acre .

      Mr . HtME gave notice that in the first week of Hareh he would more for leave to bring in a bill to amend the Reform BilL by extending the suffrage to lodgers . Captain Polhill renewed his question as to whether a letter addressed by Mr . Anaon , | the private secretary of Prince Albert ) to Mr . Ray , the secretary to toe Loyal ^ fationai Repeal Association , conveying to that body the thanks cf his royal highness for their address to his royal highness on the birth of a princess , was ' genuine ? Lord John Russell said he had seen the letter in the newspapers , bat he had not thought it necessary to stake any inquiry on the sulject . In reply to a question from Mr . HUME ,

      Lord J 0 H 5 Russell stated that the treaty entered into by Admiral Napier was not approved of by Sir R . Stopford , but in consequence of steps t&k « n by Ad m i r al S t op ford , the submission of Mehemet Ali bad b ee n accepted by the Sulta n , and a commander V > M been sent from the Porte to Alexandria , with tbe view of conferring on Mehemet Ali tbe hereditary Pachalic f Egypt , and to enter into arrangements for the evacuation of Syria . In the meantime , iiehemet Ali had consented to give up the Turkish flett , which it ¦ was expected would be soon ready to proceed to Constantinople . Sir Robert Peel asked the >~ oble Lord -whether he was prepared to lay on the table of the House all recent 4 espatcb . es from Canada , in order to bring them down to the present

      moment-Lord J . Rcsselx said he was not aware whether there were any despatches which he conld lay on the table of the House . He was not , however , prepared at that moment to give a positive answer . Sir R . Peel asked if any day had been fixed to give effect to the Act of Union . Lord Johx Russell said it was the intention of the Government to have proclaimed the' Union at the end of January , or the beginning of the present tnnritf ) . Mr . H . Hi . vce gave notice that , on Thursday , he would more far a modification of the standing orders which required that ten per cent on tbe capital xhould be deposited in all cases of Railway Bills . Be would move , instead of ten , that five per cent should be sufficient

      The ATTOEXBT-GEiTEEAt moved for leave to bring in a BUI to faedliiais the administration of jostles . In « der to correct tbe present delays in the courts of -ef aity , it would be neoesiary to appoint two additional Judges , and to create tw « additional courts of equity , * Bd to abolish the jurisdiction of tbe equity side of the Stcbequer . This would , he said , lead to so great additional expenditure , as there were sufficient' funds already existing in tbe courts of chancery and exchequer Jo provide compensation to those who might be jofierers by the change .

      Sir E . Scgdejc was of opinion that they . should preceed more gradually than was proposed to be done by this BilL He thought that one additional Court would be sufficient , and that at all events it should be ascertained by experience that one was unequal to the business before they burdened the country with two . 2 be Right Bon . Geetlfcffi&n went at length into bis

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      views of the alterations whieh be deemed requisite . He proposed that there shosld be two assistants to the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords , aad that when not sitting in the House of Lerds they should sit in the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council . In accordance with those -views , he would more for lea-re to bring in a BUI to facilitate the Administration of Justice in the House of Lords and the Privy Council . Mr . Lynch contended strongly for the immediate necessity for two additional Judges , and gave a decided preference to the Bill of the Attorney-General over that of the Right Hon . Member for Ripon . Leave was immediately given that the two Bills should be brought in .

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

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

      Mr . Goulbdrk referred to the great importance ot the subject as a reason for net embarking in the discussion until the question should come on for consideration on Monday night Mr . Hume was disappointed that a measure of justice so very limited and paltry should have been proposed by the Government Mr . Hogg said that this measure , though , perhaps , not so extensive as it ought to be , would be hailed with the greatest gratification in India . Sir J . C . Hobhouse thought it would be imprudent to attempt to do more than it was probable they could successfully accomplish .

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

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

      right of appeal , as well for the objector as for the claimant , and that such appeal should be te the Judge of A&sise . By way ot protection , however , agai n st frivolous appeals , he would give po-wer to the Judge of Assize te visit the defeated party with costs , if he deemed his claim or objection , as the case might be , to be frivolous or vexatious ; except tbe party appealing had obtained the previous decision of the revising barrister in his favour . He had looked over the forms of notice in his Bill , and had rendered them less onerous to the claimant ; and , as an additional security to the latter , he had introduced a clause , compelling the objector , when giving notice of objection , to give notice of the grounds a ' : so upon which his objection was founded , so that the claimant might know tbe nature of

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

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

      Mr . O Coshell said he was not bound by any compromise between the Noble Lords . They ought to have the Government Bill before the House in the first instance , and be therefore moved thit the debate should be adjourned until after the 4 th inst Mr Huue seconded the amendment After some few observations from Mr . W . S O'Brien , Lord J . Rcssell entered at some length into an analysis of the Noble Lord ' B Bill , to wh ich be sai d h is objections were but little diminished by tbe alterations , and in the wake of which would follow the same calamities as would , in his opinion , bave followed tbe Bill of last year . He thought , h owe v er , that the Noble Lord was perfectly justified in the course he had pursued in bringing in tbe Bill , and he should therefore vote for its introduction , and against any delay that might be offered .

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

      Wednesday , February 3 . Mr . Baines moved , pursuant to notice , for an Account of the quantity of Sheep and Lambs' Wool imported into the United Kingdom in the year 1840 —specifying the countries from which it came , the quantity that paid a duty of one penny per pound , and the quantity that paid a duty of one half-penny per pound ; of the quantity of Foreign Wool re-exported during the same period , and the ceuntries to which it , was sent , acd the quantity remaining warehoused under bond on the 5 th day of January , 1841 . Account of the quantity of British Sheep and Lambs' Wool and Woollen Yarn exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1840 , specifying the countries to which they were sent Account of the quantity of British manufactures exported from the United Kingdom in the year 1846 specifying the countries to -which they were sent

      Lord J . Rcssell rose to propose the following resolution : — " That this House entertains a just and high sense of the distinguished and exemplary manner in -which John Rickman , Esq . late Clerk Assistant of this House , uniformly discharged the duties of his situation during his- long attendance at th « table of this House . " Several members spoke of Mr . Rickman in eulogistic terms , and the resolution was adopted . Blr . BEB . X al brought up tbe Report of the Committee o f Supply . The resalutions were agreed to , and ordered to be further considered on Friday next The House then adjourned .

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

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      DBrOTLSDEH : To the Powke-Loom Weavsbs of eveky . District , akd hobs especially to thb Wkavsrs op Bolk > n . —Mr . Christy , of Drojladen , has offered a redaction to bis weavers , and they have struck work agaiost it , in consequence of the price he offers not being equal to the price given by other masters . He has given the persons notice to quit the houses they h « ld uniter him as tenants ; and it is very probable he may » pply to Boltoa , or other districts , for basis , as it h ^ s been the case aforetime . I hope the people of rtolton , and other districts , will not attempt to tak * our situations , as we are contending for their righ . ' a aa well as our own . Wiiau * Highest-

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      XBSLAin >> Dublin , January 31 . DR . COOKB-S ACCEPTANCE Otf DANIEL O'CONNELL'S CHALLENGE TO TWENTY-SIX HOURS' DISCUSSION OF CITIL AND RELIGIOUS LIBERTY . TO DAMEL O ' COHJIELL , ESQ ., U . t . Sib , —This is probably tbe last letter with which I shall trouble you . I beg you , therefore , do not burn it as you did my first . Rattier treat it like my second , and read it twice—as I tract it contains some matters important to yourself and your country . But , before proceeding farther , I most set myself right with the public . ' of

      In the Dublin Mbniiori « port , the speech in which alone yon attempted a reply * 'to injM&alleiige to a discussion of repeal , I find these words ;— " He invites m * to a conference , andfch * mode he takes of conveying that invitation is hy writing me the most insulting letter he could possibly pen . I had read about five lines when I flung it into tbe fire . I am sorry for it ; for had I thought it was of value , I would have kept it as a curiosity . " I am happy I can gratify you with a copy—net that I believe yon either like it , or care f or it—but that the public may judge of the nature and extent of tbe " insults ** I was guilty of penning . For the accuracy of the copy—indeed it is rather the original—I pledge my word ; and I am grateful to that Providence by which such an unimportant document has been preserved—that from the charge of offering an unmannerly insult I may stand exonerated before the public . " Belfast , Jan . 5 , 1841 .

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

      "H . Cooks . " " To Daniel O'Connell , Esq . " Now , there ' s the wondrous " cariosity" yon wish yon had preserved ; there ' s " the most insulting letter I could pen . " Let the public judge of my insult and your veracity ; but , no matter , " the gulls shouted , " and on the faith of your testimony , I was written down " unmannerly , " while you were echoed the very " pink of politeness . " Perhaps you will say you referred not to my private , but to my first public letter . If so , I shall submit tbe

      point of etiquette to any tribunal of gentlemen that even you may appoint ; and if you find three gentlemen in tbe kingdom who will say that , in that letter , I " insulted" you , I pledge myself to the most public retraction and the most humiliating apology . I'll do more . Now that the affair is net before " the gulls" fer a " shout , " but before the public for decision , point out in my challenge what you denounce as " most insulting , " and I shall explain , retract , or apologise , as the nature of the case may require . But to come to a more important point

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

      theyr'e best for a retreat like . " Now , it is on your powers at a " retreat like" that I found my opinion that nature intended you for a great general . For , a s o n e of the chief qualifications of a good general is always to Becure the means of retreat , I will venture to affirm that , since tbe days of Nimrod , in the retreating department , you stand fairly without a rival . Bat let me warn you , Mr . O'Connell , that though you foiled me once , though you utterly baffled the whole army of protesta thrown in your rear by the Belfast News Letterstill I dont despair of making you my prisoner . At all events , of one thing I am certain—that 1 will cut off your retreat upon every way but one—a road you know right well , and by which , if again yon retire , I leave you " alone in your glory . "

      But to exhibit your retreating powers to the public . You threatened te invade Ulster to argue repeal . You threatened to appear on its military frontier with an agreeable cor t ege of 50 , 000 men—the most of them notorious sans culottes—tbe men who had a few yearn ago been shut out of tbe same town 'Newry ) by the turning of a pivot bridge , aud the muzzle of the cannon . You did not tell us how many might accompany you to Bel f ast , but you gave tolerably plain indication ot the w ill , that with so many is law , when you told " the gulls" in Dublin that you could , or wished y o u coul d " fill a pocket-handkerchief with tbe consolidated

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

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

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

      papers . " No w , my dear Roman Catholic countrymen—r . nd though . I denounce the traditions and heresies whereby crafty men bave deluded you , yon are dear to meconsider , I pray you , for you are admirers of courage , whether physical or mental—consider , I pray you , the cowardice of that man who dares neither to meet me fairly and openly on politics or religion . Let your priests and a hireling press say what they will , there is something within you that tells you my proposal is fair ; and , if Me O'Connell again retreat , not merely from me , but from his own word , what can you conclude but that he dreads my exposure of the rottenness of bis cause ? And what , Mr . O'Connell , ia your next retreat ? Why , in Belfast , there is not a word

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

      and moral institutes , aud biblical notes , as well as from history—binding myself to quote only from Romish authorities—that the religion of Rome has over been , and ttill is , not only adverse to , but absolutely destructi v e o f , civil and religious liberty . I take up your Romish gauntltt—there lies my Protestant glove . Won't you lift it , Jlr . O'Connell ? What . ' gone again ? —another retreat ?—and why not ? Dr . Cooke , you ' re " a loathsome theologue ; " I hate your ?• insulting pen ;" I abhor your " Ulster brogue ; " I'll have none of your " cookery ; " dont think to "bully" me into keeping my word : don't think on your own dunghill to crow over me , you tleepless "Cock of the Nerth . " Patience , patience , Mr . O'Connell—a truce to all his genteel talent at nomenclature—I thank you

      heartily for the sublime pun with which you bave illustrated your own wit , and for every scholarly and gentlemanlike name with which you have not insulted , but honoured me ; and especially I thank you for the last " Cock of the North . " Yes , I accept the sobriquet as . an omen for good , though , like your vaticinating brother , . you unjetpt it for eviL-It was a cock that Nmindect Peter , bow thrice he had hovered on the Very tbresbhold of apostacy and ruin , and thus warned he west out and wept bitterly . And while the work of the bag-carrying Judas was going on , the salvation of the penitent wan ensured . And I , Mr . O'Connell , contemptible as you affect to believe me ,

      have been privileged to ntter a warning that even not a few of the vaccilating " liberals" have heard , while our sleeping Protestantism has been aronsed to a sense of danger , aad the defence of those liberties and institutions which the Judas hand of Repeal would sell to our enemies for a " shout of the gulls , " or another bag of the " rent" Yes , Mr . O'Connell , I thank you for all the " insulting" epithets yen have applied to mefor yoa honour me , when you treat my humble name with the same civility with which you treat a Stanley . But especially fer the last attempted insnlt I thank you , for it not only reminds me of the salutary warning of the " bird of dawn , " but also of the poetic pewer

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      with which til * great MASTER of Nature has invested it ; and when I think how God was pleased to own my humble labours in concentrating the might of Ulster , and terrifying the wieards of Repeal , it reminds me of the sulphurous exit of the ghost In Hamlet , ¦ which" Faded at the crowing of the cock ; For then ( you know ) no Spirits dare walk abroad ; No planets strike , no witch bath power to charm—Se wholesome and to graeioos are the times . " Butyeur pitiable partisans here , taking their cue from their leader's talk of my " crowing on my own dunghill" —I pardon them the uncomeliness of the figurebut even of that I will net leave them the possession No , Mr . O'Connell ; it is not in Belfast I desire to meet you . And though I shrink not from Dublin , the iRotnnda , or the Com Exchange—London and Exeter

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

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

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

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

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

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

      inextricably involving your beloved offspring ! I have called you a " great bad man ! " Beware , or you will soon become a little one . The towns of Kilworth and Annan have afforded you two ominous warnings . I am not superstitious ; but I will tell you again to beware—the hand of Providence , and not of accident , prostrated the animals before you—and , be sure , thes e events are but the " r ecursors " ot t h e p r ost r atio n ot your character and your influence , if you return not by repentance to the utterance of truth and the practices of peace . I remain , an inveterate enemy to your principles and practices , but a sincere friend to your immortal soul . H . Cooke .

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

      Goodman in the chair , when the items were discussed seriatim , and the total amount , £ 1 , 326 2 a . 7 d ., wa 3 ordered to be forthwith paid . It was stated by Mr . Tottie that the sum was less by £ 632 than in the corresponding quarter of last year , arising in a great measure from there not being a charge for printing the burgess roll . On the motion that the report be received being put , Mr . Richardson , who has sat for the Mill Hill Ward , held up his hand , upon which Mr . Councillor Atkinson rose , and said as Mr . Richardson was aware , the maidamus against the Mayor , to admit Mr . Potts , had been made absolute , and therefore he was now liab ! e to a penalty of £ 50 for every vote he gave . Mr . Richardson shortly afterwards withdrew . A conversation arose on a question as to what had been

      done with regard to the printing for the corporation , it having been carried , on the 9 ih of January , that estimates for the work should be advertised for . It was explained that the Finance Committee had only met once , and then it was by them agreed that a private circular should be sent to all the master printers , which , it was the opinion of the Committee , would answer the purpose better than an advertisement . This purely Whiyjob waa exposed , and , oa reference to the minutes , it was found that the Council had ordered the Committee to advertise , and , therefore , as that had not been done , the Committee had not done its duty ; advertisements were ordered to be directly published . On the motion of Mr . Councillor Buttrey , it wa ? then resolved that the Mayor , as chairman

      of the Council , do sign his approbation to the accounts of the Treasurer of the Borough , for the expences of prosecutions at the last Midsummer and Michaelmas Sessions , and the Midsummer Assizes , and of conveying transport convicts , in order to obtain the proper return ( being one-half of the expeuees ) from the Lords of the Treasury . —The question of a new gaol and house of correction for the Borough , was next taken into consideration , and , after some discussion , in which all parties seemed pretty well agreed , it was resolved , on the motion of Mr . Aid . Tottie , seconded by Mr . Aid . Holdiorth , that the presentment of the justices and the certificate of the recorder be received and filed ; that an extended or new gaol and house of correction are necessary ; and that the requisite notices be given for taking into consideration the presentment and certificate at the next quarterly meeting in May . The committee appointed to prepare petitions to

      Parliament , to amend the Municipal Act , presented their report ; the draft of a petition was read , which was adopted , ordered to be engrossed , and signed by the Mayor on behalf of the Council ; it was further agreed to be sent to the Earl of Harewood , for presentation to the Lords , and to Mr . Baines , for presentation to the Commons . The fifth notice , " to consider how far the Act of 3 and 4 Viotoria , cap . 90 , entitled * An Act f or the care and education of Infants who maybe convicted of Felony , 'is applicable to this Borough , and by what means the Council can most effectually promote the formation of an Institution for the moral improvement and employof Juvenile Offenders , " waa placed on the notice paper , by Dr . Williamson , and in consequence of his absence frcm home , was for the present withdrawn . Mr . Hay ward then rose to ask the Town Clerk to whom he will look for the payment of the expences of opposing the isuing of a Writ of Man-

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      damus for the admission of Mr . Radford Potts , as a Councillor of the Mill-Hill Ward . The Town Clerk at once replied , to the Mayor , Aldermen , and burgesses , and Mr . Hayward , after being heartily laughed at , sat down chagrined . The next motion , however , was his , and he was again upon his feet to move for a return of the expencea of the attendance of the police and special constables at Messrs . Marshall ' s mill , in Holbeck , on Triday the 22 nd of January last . The Mayor answered the question at once , by saying , that the special constables bad cost £ 20 9 a . & ., and for the borough police there had been no exptinoe incurred . Again Mr . Hayward looked "dagger * . " Mr . Markland then rose to pat his question , whether a

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

      closely , observed his trousers and heavy boots below the 6 kirts of his gown . He was accordingly escorted to Leeds , and given into custody . We understand he has since confessed that he belongs to Killingworth , Warwickshire , and that he had been in custody at Rugby on several charges of horse-stealing , and that he had been committed for trial at the Warwickshire Assizes , but that before his removal he effected his escape and ran home , whore he arrived even before his father and mother , who had been attending his final examination , and immediately put on his mother ' s apparel , and set off . to see a relative near Hunslet ; but on his way was apprehended . He stands remanded until his identity be established .

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

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

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

      Inquest . —On Monday evenin ? , an inquisition was taken before John tlackburn , Esq ., Coronar of the Borough of Leeds , at the Court House , oa the body of Eleanor Denny , a child about eighteen montha old , whose parents reside ia Cleveland-street , and who died on Saturday , in consequence of having been severely burnt on Friday , by her clothes taking fire whilst her mother had gone up Btaira . Verdict —* ' Accidental death . "

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      House of Recovery . —On Monday 1 ml £ election of a Physician to the House of ReeoveJ Fever Hospital at Leeds , in the place of Dr »? liamsoB , resigned , took place at the PhilosoakS Hall , by adjournment from the board room 5 ? £ Institution . William Becket , Esq ., the treasons the institution , was called to the chair , and hjuL ! . made a formal announcement of the adjournn » e ii 3 object of the meeting , he called upon the frieafcS the several candidates to read their testimjS The testimonials were read in alphabetical « 3 » Mr . RobertWbite , jun ., solicitor , read the teatimSfcL of Dr . Chadwick . The Rev . Edward Brown / Sl those of Dr . Hopper . Mr . John Diacke reaifif Thomas Smith's recommendations . The testin ^ ot each were excellent , and the whole occupied iSJ an hour and a half in the reading . BeforVffiL voting commenced , thanks were given to Dr Wa

      liamson for his past services as physician to the BuS * tution , and to the president and members of the ftS " : sophioal and Literary Society , for allowing the «| j their hall on this occaaion , which hadbeenfound taA moreconvenient than the HouBeof Recovery wobmcfhe votes were then taken by ballot , and wnen jkW ' had been counted by the scrutators , the ChafeS announced the number of votes for each caniliS as follows : —For Dr . Chadwick , 158 present !!? proxies . 202 total ; For Dr . Hopper , 110 di ttfcS ditto , 158 total ; for Dr . T . Smith , present and tawvotes together , 24 ; giving a majority of U to ( m £ favour of Dr . Chadwick . ( Cheers from the fn » £ - of the successful candidate . ) Dr . ChadwitiS then introduced amidst the plaudits of his frita ? and the Chairman announced to him the fact # 2 , election . Dr . Chadwick made a brief and sui ^ ff reply . The Chairman then vacated the chair , ^ 3 > ' was taken by Mr . Hall , and thanks were voted wS Chairman . The business terminated about 3 o ' efa ?

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      FROM OBR LONDON CORRESPONDENT . \> . Thursday Evening , Ftl . ^ y Thf Monet Market , the Corh Laws , ad Commercial Prospects , &c—Anxious to aseq ^ the effect which the recent Ministerial exposi % 2 affairs might have produced , upon that index 3 mercantile feeling , the " long heads upon 'Cnaja * we this morning paid a long-deferred visit tta » vicinity of the Old Lady ' s mansion , in Threadn ^ Z : street ; and the " notes" we picked up , are h ©^ presented for circulation . In the first place , & " leaxuo , " and its semi-Ministerial countenance , W operated in a remarkable manner upon one pecUoBrf investment-makers , ( that is , men who" invest" «( U people ' s money in the various stocks , composiuTS

      national aeDt , ; taxing tne profit themselves , if t £ transaction prove lucky , and leaving all losatt fall upon the dolts who entrust their cash Utk keeping of these "investers , " )—these , believing thu the repeal of the Corn Laws would totally d « stror the landed interest , and subvert the whole cogjj . tion of British property , by rendering the pr&W of the land actually valueless , have refrained fr « any " operations" of consequence , until § cabinet weathercock should have been % j roughly stationary on that point . A Kent party , relying confidently on the strata of the landed and Conservative party , to res ^| " repeal , " even should Ministers " come oot ' ttf that subject with all their strength , have tska advantage of the unwonted supineness of their brother jobbers , to "do a little flimsy" cm tto

      strength of it . The result is , that what is tout "money "—t . e ., bank rags and bullion—has tn % been remembered so " easy" as at the present tiui as , notwithstanding that thu rate of disconnt hn fallen even as low as four per cent ., the bubij and capitalists find some difficulty in p * curing their usual supply of " stiff . " Ceug . quently , the f ormer class prefer ioldiu their money , to making investments ftj fixed period . A change of this state of th ' mg 3 , muL ( the knowing ones say , ) take place before longfuj a renewal of activity , on the commencement of & spring tiade , is expected to create such anincreuei demand for capital , & 3 to cause a total re-action ii the value of money after * 2 sent state of . nlax ^

      tion . It is clear , therefor m this state oftMna , that trade at prcsent i 3 dt . ad that the " medina * is going a-begging ; and wiieu trade becomes btii , the jugglers will take care to have their owsnitf for the temporary use of some of their rag and dnt ; " counters . " ' , Fire at the Standard Office . -- Last algjU : just as my letter was posted , ( i . e . half-past sen ) afire broke out in the engine department of tty Standard newspaper , which wasprovidentiaUvdian * vered by a female servant belonging to the dwe )! ii { - house ; the machinists , having quitted the premise for the night . An alarm was immediately ndsei abundant aid was speedily at hand , ( the ftonria

      Union Office being nearly next door , all the appuv tus for extinguishing fire were promptly applied , ) and the element was subdued after doing someconparati vely inconsiderable damage . It is a remubbli circumstance , that fires have broken out in Ueljs different London newspaper offices , within a period of as many months ; in consequence of which , tin offi ces have unanimously raised the premiums m such policies from double to treble hazudopt There were , as we heard , several other firesnaij last night , in various parts of the metropolis ; let our informant was unable to direct us to thepreoa localities .

      Mr . Henry Vincent arrived in London on Monday last ; and has published an address "To to Chartists of Great Britain" in the English Outfit Circular of this week , in which he exhoita ti » brother Chartists not to allow their societies to degenerate into mere "talking clubs , " but to render them " Normal Schools for the education of polities teachera . "

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      Another Toby Triumph . —Lord Eastnor btf been returned for Reigate without opposition . A . Dr . Bedford , ( a Whig ) was proposed , but met vita no seconder . Lobd Henley died at his residence WhKeUB * place , on Tuesday . <

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      WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . ( BY EXPRESS . ) Friday , February 5 th . —There is a large tm ' »| of Grain ; the reduced stocks have caused a fair »» for all descriptions . Wheat sells at Is . perqronf last week ' s prices . Fine Barley maintains itsnlttey but for inferior it is difficult to obtain former ntej . Oats and Shelling fuliy as dear . Beans and ott « r articles without alteration . Leeds Cloth Markets . —The state of the weatwr since our last has prevented any fresh assortm *^* goods from being brought to market , and consequently the sales in the Halls have been monasir ted ; but the general state of the woollen trade remains without material alteration , and the tint » both merchants and manufacturers is evidently m ' proving .

      Leeds Corn Market , Febroary 2 nd . — Th « 8 » P ' plies of all kinds o f Grain to this day ' s maws ;«» larger . There has been a fair demand for Wnwi and last Week ' s prices fully supported . Barlej n » been dull sale , and Is . per quarter lower . Oatt * " Shelling have been dull sale . Beans little tiW ation . THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WEEK ENDING February 2 d , 1811 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Bye . Beans . P ** .. Qrs . Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . ft * ¦

      6102 2206 933 — 358 " . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ * . «¦ 3 3 6 | 1 13 1 £ 1 3 4 i — 2 3 Oi HUDRERSFIELD CLOTH MARKET , TUESDAY , F « B . —Our report of this day ' s market varies very WW from our report of last week . New good of & *» patterns were cleared at prices much as usual . ¦ _ lj » Fancy trade continues to be the best , aUhoognitM manufacturers complain of low prices . FaTourao * opinions are entertained of a good spring . WJ * Some of the large establishments were never ooiPj more , still the email manufacturers are only P **' tiaily employed . The Woolmatket remains ino ?*" tkesame state as for some weeks past , and pric * may be quoted as stationary .

      Bradford Market , Thursday , Feb . 4 . —f < £ Market . —The stock of common shafty CombiB £ «> r » is comparatively light , as the demand is 'hiefij ^ reoted to this olass of Wool , and our last quot » t »* is supported . A fair amount of business is doagj * the lightest qualities of English as well as Col « n * Combing Wool : prices stationary . Yarn Ma ™" : ^ There is a very steady demand for Yams , * D « * " * Very small stocks in the hands of the Spinn ers , w are still unwilling to sell , except at advanced r * w » Piece Market . —The merchants at our market to-w appear to buy with great caution , yet we n »™ observed during the week more animation , a "' " ! would hope a turn for the better . Prices aww

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      auqaiesex , Dy JOSHUA HUBBun , M "" 'rj . Ing Offices , Nos . 12 and 18 , MarkeUtreetr *? gate ; and Published by the said Joshua H 0 j * f ™ ( tot the said Fka&gus O'Commoe , ) at hi * ' ** . ling-house . No , 5 , Market-street , BriggaUS internal Communication existing between tb * ** j No . 5 , Market-street , and the said No * * H 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus conatiWtWf ^ . whole of the said Printing and Publiihinl ^ one Premises , J AUCommnnicatlonsmu « tbe addressed , ( Poatf « w . - » J . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Xeeda . j ( Saturday , February , 6 , 1841 $ I

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 6, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct693/page/8/