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      TO THE SDITOB OF Tffli SOSXSESS STAB . Sib , —As it Is gsnendly known in Bradford and pej ^ hbonriiood that I intended to visit my brother in 5 orthaUerton Hell daring Christmas ; and , as all mil bs anxions to know how he is coming on , I take this opportunity of informing tbeqr ^ brongh the medium of yosr valuable journal I left Some on Christmas Day meaning , and rode on shank ' s man to Borough Bridge , jhrtragfa Knareebro' , when I sought ont the leading Chartists of that town , and notified my intention of dafivering a lecture to them , on my return from NerthaHerton , on Monday evening . After having made arrangements with them , I proceeded oa my journey to Boronghbridge , at which place I stayed all night—a distance of nineteen miles from my journey ' s end . I rose early next morning , and pursued my journey to

      yorthaUerton ; and , O , what a aeeae for the philanthropist to contemplate . ' The vast tracts of rich land , interspersed here and there with a solitary farm house , surrounded with * great number of hay and corn gtacks , of every description , food for man and beast ; when I looked round , and saw all this , and reflected on cm great Champion ' s excellent letters on the Corn lawssnd the land , I wa « forcibly struck with the truth of his assertions , that if the land was divided into fi ? e or six *<*» raca &rm » **» ' eT # rT unwilling idler in the m * na&ctarin £ r towns might speedily be pat in possession of everything that wenld make life happy £ nd comfortable . I made inquiry about the quantity of laud which each farmer occupied , and found the division generally from 25 acres up to 500 > so that , in this district alone , a great many families might be

      brought from the contaminating atmosphere of a manufcctnnng town , where , instead of wretchedness and poverty , they might enjoy peace and plenty . I arrived 5 t NorthallerUm at one o ' clock , and presented myself at fl » prison doors , and was told by one of the understrappers that I was too late , the time of visiting being from twelve o " clock to one . I was introduced to the Governor , Mr . Shepherd , who , when I informed him that I was Wm . Brook' s brother , said I should see him . He was busy at the time admitting another prisoner Tithin the walls of the prison , and I could not , for my life tell whether the constable who brought the prisoner , or the culprit , was the person srho would be left in durance vile , until the excitable withdrew ; he was a most respectable looking young man , a stonemason , and was committed three months to hard labour for vagrancy .

      My brother was then introduced to me in the Governor ' s cfSce , and , O G » d , what a sight ! from being a stout athletic m&n , be was reduced to a mere Eieleion . On taking Ms hand , a tear of affection gushed into my eyes , when he said to me , dont thou come here to blubber and roar , it will make it no better . He seemed determined that the Governor should not see him quail at his imprisonment He wrote some time Bgo , and said the Whigs had taken tht flesh off his bones , and left nothing but the skeleton for the Tories to prey upon . I found it was true to the letter ; I enquired after his health ; he informed me that he was much better than he had been , having laboured under a severe bowel complaint for several months . After I had informed frim of all the political movements that were going on , he said wken he gained his liberty , he should be ten times worse after the Charter than he had been before he was imprisoned .

      The Governor told me that my brother had sebsved well since he came there , and had not received a single moment ' s punishment since he entered the establishment I took with me a large quantity of books which he could not receive until they had been inspected by the parsons . I gave the Governor a copy of the National Petition ; and a discussion took place between me and the Governor on various subjects on trade and politics , which would make this letter too long for your columns . My broths gave the Governor a good character for himumity , and said he would rather be there than at Tort I am , Sir , yours , Josh- Bbook .

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      "WEST HIDING DELEGATE MEETING . A delegate meeting of the "West Riding was held it De-B-Bbury on Sunday last . Delegates were present from the following plaees : — Bradford ... Mr . J . W . Smyth . HolmSrih and Honley Mr . Ed . Clayton . Sowerby Mr . Greenroyd . B ^ gl ey Mr . IcteringilL Mu&dasMd Mr . J . Chapman .

      Mr . Clayton in the chair . Moved by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Icker-EgQl : — " That we request all the various towns who art in EreaM to the West Riding Missionary Fund and to p « West Riding Election Fund , to immediately send n their arrears to the Secretary , so that the balance ^• eet ean be made , as the present Secretary is resigna his situation . " ^ DTed by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr .

      Chap-Hat each town in the "West Riding do immediately tcaidi their quota of their expense for the forthtram 2 ? Convention ; and , fartheraore , would recomffiQ d that , as equal iurdens break no backs , the West « 2 mg furnish £ i 5 . aua ^ t the North and East f JOffiEs . . including Leeds ) , furnish £ 10 , to be levied ffiacediately , aad sent to the Secretary without faiL " 3 loTed by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Chapjj . ' . ' . ^ fais meeting do recommend to the West £ ~ Jag to form districts for the purpose of employing ^ urerawithout inconvenience , andgive an opportunity * § 3 * aSB the West Riding with more efficiency . - fcSSrin b 7 Mr ' Gr £ enr ° y » a ^ seconded by Mr .

      Urn the next West Biding delegate meeting be ^ a oii Sunday , January 30 th , at ten o ' clock in the ^ -saoon , at Lewsbury . "

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      ¦ DELEGATE MEETING FOR DURHAM A ^ D NORTHUMBERLAND . A Dfelftgate Meeting of the Counties of Xorthumber-«*« _ snd 3 > urham , was held on the 1 st of January , in m * Umscil Room , Bridge-street , Bishop Wearmouth . ^^ S&tes representing the following places were Newcastle , Ouseburn and Byker , Legg Hill , Cram-^« Q , Foreman ' s-row , Sheriff Hills , Bedlington , ma Shields South Shields , and Sunderland , when * " > louowmg resolutions were passed : — " That Mr . O'Brien be nominated to represent the iS ^ nes of Noithumberland and Durham in the ¦^ eanon Conrention .-

      That should Mr . O'Brien decline representing the ^« : ea before named , that Messrs . Sinclair and Cbap-£ * «* empowered to call a Delegate Met ting to beheld ^ fctrc&Etle , to nominate some other person . " tntt . 1 ^* Mr- ChaPPle be appointed General Treasurer ««* Petition Convention Delegate Fund . " " That conaderiug the disorganised and present jfiUM issonrees of the Counties , it is the opinion of tf 1 ^ i eSatfes ? TtB £ Xt > && the permanent engagement tfc ectnT € re 5 s impracticable , but recommend that those £ «< 3 who } . aYe lecturers , do as fxtqmently as possible Q < £ aiige them . " A Tcte of t ' razks was given to the Chairman and *« etary , aid ths mtetiDg broke up .

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      DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD NEAR NOTTINGHAM . On Friday morning last , the peaceful little { own of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of one of the most dreadful and cold-blooded murders ever recorded . The hapless victim of this atroctons deed was a young "woman , in her 20 th jear , named Mary Hallam , the daughter of a labourer , who has resided in Mansfield for many years , and who has saved a considerable sum oftmoney by his industry . The murderer is a young man , named John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , shoemaker , a native ofMarket Bosworth . He has resided in Mansfield for four years , and had , until a few months ago , been considered the accepted suitor of the unfortunate deceased .

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

      neighbour , and occasionally went out with the deceased . At Whitsuntide , whilst walking in Maasfield Forest , lie committed a violent assault upon her , and frequently gave evidence of being a most passionate fellow . On Thursday night , the deceased , who had been out on a visit , called at his shop on going out of the yard , and from the evidence there appears' not the slightest doubt but that he fell upon aid murdered her by cutting her throat in ihe most dreadful manner . He stayed in the workshop , the scene of this dreadful tragedy , with the body of his victimfor some time , and at length locked up the shop , and went to a public-house . He there drank several glasses of ale , and sane a song at the request of the company , after which ne went home to bed . We extract the following from the evidence : —

      William Hallam , the father of the deceased , deposed , that he last saw her alive at one o ' clock on Thursday-She had just returned from a journey to Worksop , where she had gone on a visit on Christmas-day . Witness returned from his work about nine at night , and found that the deceased had just gone out without bonnet or shawl en . When the deceased did not return home , he became alarmed for her safety , and searched the whole town for her . At eleven he took a lantern and went to the mill dam , but without finding her . Witness then thought that he would go to the prisoner ' s shop , and put a table against the wall and look through the window / which was high up . By the light

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

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

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

      Fnscilla Adcock was at work in the bouse of the deceased on the night in question , when she said she would go out . and hear a little news . Witness then corroborated the former evidence . William Metham , constable , Mansfield , was called up about twelve o ' clock on Thursday night by William Hallam . Got up immediately , and went down witb . him to the prisoner ' s lodgings . Went to the front door and sent his nephew and William Hallam to the back door . Witness knocked , and a person's head protmded from the window above ; it was Mrs . Wragg'a sou . Witness asked if Samuel Moore was at home , and was informed he was . Witness said he wanted to see him , and was soon after let into the house by Wragg . Witness collared Wragg , and asked him if he was Moore ;

      he answered " ' , but Moore will be down directly . " Befere they could get a light , prisoner came down partly dressed in his coat and shews . Witness said he wanted him , and there was a woman at the door who said , " Oh , Sam , what have you betn doing ? " He answered , " J have been doing nothing . " Witness then told him he wanted him on suspicion of murdering William Hallam ' g daughter , and tLat he must accompany witness . He said he would , and felt about for his shoes . He was very quiet , and made no resistance . When they had gone about 100 yards he said , " Mr . Metham , I am the murderer ; I intended-to destroy myself , bat my heart misgave me , and I am pleased I have not done it , as I ought to suffer publicly as a warning to others . " Witness said " What was the

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

      on her back , inclining taward the right side . In going to the lock-up , the prisoner said that " she died almost immediately , and that he stayed with her for some time after she was dead . " Her throat was cut in four places , and she lay near to a pool of blooeL He fancied she had been dragged away from the pool of blood , by the marks on the floor . He produced the knife , which was a common shoemaker ' s knife , with clots cf blood on both haft and blade . The deceased ' s necklace lay in one of the wounds ; her hands and gown were bloody , and the prisoner ' s trousers were slight ]} spotted with Wood on the front part He believed prisoner was of sound , mind .

      Samuel Hurt , surgeon , of Mansfield , was called up about ten minutes past twelve , on Thursday night , by William Hallam . Had made a post mortem examination . The external appearance of the body indicated good health- The arms were extended , the hands bloody , but not cut . The head lay under the window . Ser dress not more deranged than wonld result from the falL Found an incised wound , havirig been made at tliree or four different times , four inches and a half in length , extending Irom a little below the left ear to the centre of the chin , and separating a large flap of skin , or integument -from the angle of the jaw to the centre of the chin , and penetrating to the jaw bone , which was- exposed to a considerable extent ; another

      wound , extending from an inch below the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the thyroin cartilage , about four inches in length , one and a half in depth , and two wide , dividing some of the muscles and deep-seated blood vessels , particularly the carotid artery and internal jugular vein , and being the immediate cause of death ; another incised wound about the middle of the neck , six inches in length , and about two inches in width , but not dividing the largest vessels . There was a great discharge of blood , and in addition to the pool of blood on the floor , her clothes were very considerably saturated . The knife now exhibited would be a very likely instrument to produce all the effects which be had descr ibed .

      The prisoner , being cautioned , was then asked if he had anj thing to say . The prisoner roBe from his seat and said , " I decline for the present , " and then resumed his * sitting . In answer to the coroner , he said , "My name is John Jones , and notSamnel Moore . I live at Mrs ; Wtagg's , Lister-lane . I am &cordwainer , and twenty-four years of age . I have lived in Mansfield four years . " He then declined answering any more questions . , The room being cleared , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Jones , " who was fully committed upon the coroner ' s warrant to take lis trial at the next Nottingham assizes .

      The prisoner has since maintained a most unmoved demeanour , and has stated that before committing the fearful deed he asked the deceased if she would marry him . She replied that her parents would not consent He then said , that he "would take care that no one else did , and seizid her . After he had inflicted the first ¦ wound , -which it appears -was not immediately fatal , she becged for her life , but seeing him resolved , then asked for time to pray before he killed her ; he answered that he would orey for both of them , and completed his dreadful pnrpese . He then prayed for " God to have mercy npen two unfortunate lovers , " and stayed a considerable time on his inees . The deceased was a very good-looking gill , and bfcisg an only child , was suffered by her parents to have loo

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      much of her own way . She waa very fond of visiting and partying . The prisoner is also very good-looking . He worked for Mr . Bcmten , a respectable shoemaker , residing in Church-street , Mansfield . The sensation produced by this unfortunate event in Mansfield may be better Imagined than described . This ancient town contains about 11 , 000 inhabitants , and its annals have never before been stained witb a crime so deadly . ¦

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

      body . I knew the deceased and her habits . There was a considerable quantity of blood on the floor the stream commencing from the neck of the deceased . I examined the body slightly , and saw that aer throat was cut extensively and deeply . I felt with my hand that she had had a blew on the top of her head . She could not have struggled at ail , from the position ot her body , which remained in the same state till tbe coroner ' s inqaest . I saw one drop of blood inside the slanting lid of the bureau , not then dried . There was a mark of blood on the inside and outside of the key * hole of the kitchen door , opening into the garden . There was no key in the door . For the coroner ' s inquest I made a pent mortem examination ou the following Monday . There were three wounds on the

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

      artery . Upon her right thumb I found two wounds which appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp instrument . I also found a wound upon her right wrist , which appeared to be caused by the point of a sharp instrument I found the back of her left fingers entirely covered with blood ; and on the back of her hand was wet diit , as if from a man ' s trousers . I also found a wound through her top lip , commencing inside , as if caused by a tobacco pipe . I found , also , dirt upon her chin , and the impression of the bars of corduroy trousers . The loss of blood was alone sufficient to cause death . The half of the cap strings were forced into the thtoat , and were rather jagged , as if from repeated strokes of a knife . A woollen neckerchief on her neck was likewise pierced .

      Lord Dungannon asked if they bad anything to say . They both made a long statement , denying that they knew anything of the murder . His Lordship then Addressed the prisoner William * as follows : — " John Williams , it is now my painful duty to tell you that you are fully committed to take your trial at the next Lent A&aima for the murder of Emma Evans , of Bronygaitn , in the parish of St . Martin , in this county . " The prisoner Slawson was then addressed by his Lordship in the same terms .

      Mr . William Wb&iley , a nephew and executor of the deceased , was then bound over to prosecute , and each of the witnesses was bound to apppear at the next assizes .

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      MEETING OF THE DEDEGATES FROM THE LONDON MASONS AT DEVONPORT . On Wednesday evening last , a meeting of the working classes took place at the Public Booms , to hear the circumstances respecting the London Masons' Strike , &c , Mr . Edwaids in the chair . The CHAiKiiAS having made some prefatory observations respecting the object of tae meeting , called on Mr . Williams , one of the delegates , to address the assembly .

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

      ploughshares . But their battle was an intellectual and moral warfare ; the masonB had not struck against a reduction of wages , or for an advance of wages , but against the tyranny of the foreman of their wotk . A young man had asked of Mr . Allen , the foreman , for liberty to . go to some distance to bury bis mother . The speaker here feelingly and touchingly drew a picture of the close connection which existed between a parent and a child , and concluded by giving the foreman ' s answer to the request of a week or fortnight for a young man to go and see his mother interred . «| What , " says the foreman , " why I will not keep the job open for any man , " bat he should have ene day to go , and anoiher to bury her , and another to come back . And when be told his shopmates of the conducs of the foreman tusards him , tLey slid to bim go , if jou are discharged ,

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      they all would be . itt toe mean time , they held a meeting to remonstrate with Mr . Allen . When the young man returned , he ( ther foreman ) said , " go to work ; " but toe next Saturday night discharged the Chatanani who presided at ; the meeting , and two or three others , who distinguished themselves on that occasion . He wrote to Messrs . Grissell and Peto , ti » proprietors , but to little purpose . The speaker then rehearsed two or three similar instances of cruelty and tyranny exercised over them by the foreman , especially of the men , one of whom being 111 , was discharged at the same time abusing bim In blasphemous language , telling him they did not want cripples there . The other was a man who -went to bary his ^ rife j and , notwithstanding the dose wlation which existed

      between them , even that of her being flesh of bis flesh , and boneof his bone , was told , on his tttura , t 6 go again and be damned , and be buried with her . The speaker further exhibited the conduct of the foreman in the refasal of one of nature ' s gifts ( water ) . A man had been accustomed to bring beer into the building to sell , and in order that they should drink the manufactured beverage , stopped up the pumps that they should not be able to obtain any other beverage . ( Cries of shame . ) They appealed against the proceedings of the foreman to Messrs . ^ Qrissell aind Peto , proprietors / but nothing would be heard respecting it , the proprietors replying , that they could not substantiate their charge against Allen . They continued thus for three weeks , and getting no redress ,: two hundred and forty of the

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

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

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

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

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

      parent or wifa unmoved ? How cruel to be told that unless a man went the distance of 300 miles in three days to bury his mother , he should be flung out of employment , and on returning , to be told to go back again and be buried with his mother and be dajhnod . Such had been the conduct of Mr . Allen , their foreman . The speaker eloquently and very gravely commented on the account which had been given by Mr . Wiliains , whioh deeply impressed and affected all present He went on to say that the great cause of their striking was the extra demand for ah extra < iuantity of labour . This was the great cause of the strik « and the all-pervading cause of the present struggla They coneeived they did a sufficiency of work . In fact , their employers had said , that they were perfectly satisfied

      with their work . ( Hear- ) But , after all , they had been threatened by Mr . A . ( the foreman ) , that If they did not work harder and do more , ho would discharge two or three of them at a time , and to irritate the feelings of the men would serve them in the most insultingrmanner . What was more insulting to a masons ' feelings than to have his job taken out of his hands and sent to another part of the building while another finished the job . There was a demand for : an extra quantity of men for the work , for they were not going to injure themselves by the exertlen of their physical powers and to satisfy and enrich Messrs . Grissell and Peto , and to satisfy their relentless tyrant of the industrious classte . ( Cueers . ) But another cause of their strike was the domineering and unfeeling manner

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

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

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

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

      they ought to be , and therefore became united to struggle on in the warfare . What have the public done ? What have the trades dene ? They have taken us off out own resources 1 ( Hear , hear . ) They Ime enabled them to commence the struggle , to contend with their foe , and aredetermined to help them to repel the monstrouB tyrant from the field s and they were perfectly satisfied a cause so noble and honourable would ensure them the victory . ( Cheers . ) Ho ( tbV speaker ) would say , this was a glorious strike , not to resist a reduction in wages , bnt they were purely arrayed against tyranny . This was a strike for freedom and right —to crash oppression and tyranny ; Some have thought because they were working men , they ought to be treated as soldiers ; tfceu * late employers had had the audacity to tell them , that unless they were brought under such a mode of legulation as soldiers were , it was of no use to do ar . ythiHg ^ ith them , and they were determined to free ttem selves from such tyran-

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      nical men . He ( the speaker ) hoped , and waa determined to persevere In preventing the tyranny , bondage , and cruelty that had continued to the year 1841 , should not proceed during the year 1842 . The speaker proceeded to make a very long and eloquent speech , appealing to the hearts and feelings of the assembly to judge of the justness of their claims , and we regret that previous engagements wonld not allow us to report the whole of it . Some observations having been made by the chairman , the meeting separated , we b « lieve , perfectly satisfied with its proceedinga ;

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ; ¦ ;¦ ¦ : . " . ¦; : ¦' ¦ . ' - ..: ' ^ . COUNCIL . WOLVJSEHAMPrON ; Mr . Joseph Stewart , fepectaole maker , Brick-kiln Bfcreet . -r ' .- ¦ " ¦ ¦ - ; . ' . ' - ' :: " . ' - . ; " ; '" - . -, Mn John Stewart , do , do . ; Graisley street .: . : V . ¦ ¦ - \ . "; v ' :- ; ¦ . ¦ ¦; v i . -. ' :. ¦ " ¦/ ' . ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ; - / . ¦ Mr . Joseph Cheshire , cabinet locksmith , Stafford street ! ;' - - ' -:- - ' -: : ¦ ¦ P ;; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . */ i : " :.- ¦'¦)'¦ ¦ ¦ . ' .: •/ ' -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦ r -i

      , Mr . WilKatn Simms , key maker , Gratsley street . Mr . J . S . Farmer , accountant , Petit-street . .... ¦¦ Mr . John Dunn , hinge maker ; Falkland-street . Mr . M . Whittingham , locksmith , Bradmore . Mr . William Mace , hinge maker , Mill-street . Mr . William Freeman , forgeman , Portland-place Mr . Joseph Green , toysmith , Meridaie-street . Mr . James Holland , chemist , North-streej . Mr . Job Hammond , sadlers' ironmonger , Hal lett ' sltow . ¦ : • ¦' .:.: " - : ¦ ¦ - ¦ = ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : -- " = ^? ' . ¦ > ' ..

      Mr . James M * Keaig , bookseller , Melbourneplace . ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ¦ ; ¦ ; ¦ ¦ - ' ¦; - .. ¦ . - ¦ . . . ¦ , ' . . ¦ .. - ¦¦ : ¦ : Mr . William Mogg , coffee-house , Snow Hill , sub-Treaaurer . "¦ : ¦ ¦ . - ~ ¦ ¦ ; ¦' ¦ - " ¦ _ ¦ ' '¦ ' .:.,.. " : ' . ¦ : : : ~; '' . Mr . John Wilcox , news agent , Worcester-street , Bub-Secretary .

      UFPEB W . ARLEY . Mr . James Brear , stonemason , Little Moors . Mr . Joseph Lilly , woolcomber , Shepherd House . Mr . George Uttley , do . do . Mr .: Joseph Greenwood , weaver , Westfield . Mr . Joseph Fletcher , woolcomber , South Clough Head . - - ¦ ¦• ¦ . ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ ¦ : '" ; " : :: - . ' ¦ " : ' \ ' . - . " " V Mr . William Mitphell , weaver , New Laith , sub-Treasurer . ' ¦ ' . ¦ , ¦' V- - . : : , ¦ ; ¦ '¦ " ¦ Mr . William Sutoliffe , shoe-maker , Haigh House , sub-Secretary .

      lUCCIiKSFIELD . Mr . Joseph Hibbert , joiner and carpenter , Sto tham-Btreet . Mr . James Boulton , grocer , Great King-street . Mr . Samuel Bancroft , silk-throwster , Water street . / " . ¦ ;¦ •¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ; . ' -.- "' . : v . ' '¦• ' '• - ' -.- ' . '¦ Mr . George Johnson , weaver , Chestergate . Mr . JolurWalker , weaver . Dairy-bank . Mr . Emanuel Robinson , weaver , Common . Mr . Johi West , weaver , Union-street . Mr . Benjamin Chandley , weaver , Waters . Mr . Luke Ryley , weaver , Nixon ' s-yard . Mr . William Frost , weaver , Newgate , sub-Trea

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

      LEICESTER . Mr . J . R . H . Bairstpw , Chartist lecturer , ( Mr . Cooper's , ) 11 , Church Gate . Mr . T . R . Smartj carpenter , 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . J . H . Bramwicn , framework-knitter , Pinglestreet . - :: ' .- ' -: ¦¦ ¦' •• " i ¦ . ¦'¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ : . •¦¦•' :. ; : ' ¦ - : " "¦'' ' : ¦¦ Mr . John Markham , shoemaker , BeJffrave Gate . Mr . Thos . Winters , framework-knitter , 15 , Eatonstreet .: : ¦¦ ¦ •'¦ ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦;¦ ¦ - ¦ : ' . ¦ ¦ ¦•¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ ' . ¦ . : . ; - ¦'¦ ' : ¦ Mr . William Smith , hatter , Silver-street . Mr . Joseph Cullej , tailor , 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . John Bowman , woolcomber , Pasture Lane . Mr . William Barsby , shoemaker , Junior-street . Mr . John Oldershaw , framework-knitter , 20 , South Church GaJLe . : ' Mr . Daniel Toon , framework-knitter , 21 , Brookstreet . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦' ¦ ' ¦ . ¦' - ¦ ¦¦ : ' . - ' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ '

      Mn Thomas Beedham , carpenter , 67 , Bar kby Lane , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Cooper , Editor of the \ Commonu > ealihs ~ man , 11 , Church Gate , sub-Secretary .

      MILNEOW . Mr . Charles Milnes , weaver , Back Lane . Mr . Robert Glegg , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . James Milnes , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . Henry Clough , ditto , Meadowhead . Mr . James Belfield , ditto , Laneside . Mr . Thomas Brierley , ditto , Lanehead , President . Mr ; William Shore , ditto , Stone-pit Field , sub-Treasurer . ' - ' . "¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦ / - '•; . : ' •• ¦ ¦• ¦ ¦• ¦ ' ¦¦ ' . ¦ ¦ . •; ' ¦ ¦ ' . : ' Mr . John Butterworth , ditto , No . 8 , Laneside , sub-Secretary .

      OLDHAM , Mr . Isaac Nicholls . warehousman , Vineyard . Mr . Henry H . Whitehead , stripper , Glodwick-Iane . ¦ ¦ , ' ¦ ' :. - . ' ¦'! ¦>¦ : ¦ '¦'¦ Mr , Edward Fitton , spinner , King-Etreet . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , Fold . Mr . Robert 'Ayer ' ton , warehonseman , Georgestreet / , ' ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦¦;¦ ' ''¦' ¦¦ . ' ¦;¦¦ . ' ;' ' . ' ¦ Mr . Joshua Kershaw , spinner , Unionrstreet . Mr . Thomas Lesslie , tailor , Lord-street . Mr . Thttmas " Lawless , basket maker , Vineyard . Mr . Elkanah Scholefield , spinner , Rhodesfield . Mr . Leonard Haslop , hatter , Manchester-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Hamer , schoolmaster , Lower Moor , Bub-Secretary . STOKE-TjrONrTHENT .

      Mr . S . Robinson , china-painter , Oak-hill . Mr . J . Morley , chiua-presser , Elder-street . Mr . W . Garrett , bricklayer , Berry-street . Mr . J . Moss , common waro-presser , Oak-hill . Mr . T . Morley , china-painter , Hill-street . Mr . T . Starkey , coal-dealer , Vale-street , sub Treasurer . M >\ G . B . Mart , china-painter , Bodthen-ville , sub Secretary .

      LOWER MOOR , NKAR OLDHAM . —TBETOTAL . Mr . Henry Rushtori , warper , Lower-moor , Mr . James Marsland , Bpinner , Church-field . Mr . John Marsland , ditto , Lower-moor . Mr . John pnsworth , twiner , Primrpse-bank , sub Treasurer . Mr . Isaac Marsland , spinner , Lower-moor , sub Secretary . CHELMSFORD . Mr . Thomas Gilbert , cabinetmaker , Conduit street . Mr . Robert George Gammage , coachtrimmer , Con duit-street . ; Mr . James Lawe , tailor , Springfield . Mr . George Brooks , chairmaker , Springfield , sub Treasurer ¦ ¦ ¦ Mr . Daniel Ludbrook , watchmaker , Waterloo lane , sub-Secretary .

      READING , BERKSHIRE . Mr . George William Wheeler ^ Coleyrstreet . Mr . Alfred Preston , shoemaker , 2 , Finch-court . Mr . James Gibson , stonemason , Friar-etreet , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Major , 4 , Whitley-street , sub Secretary ,

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

      8 HAW . —On Sunday evening , - Mr . Linneyv of Mahchestery attended here and gave an .-excellent lecture . On Monday , a splendid tea party was held by the Teetotallers , phartis . ni and sobriety are going hand in hand ; nineteen signed the pledge . TAVISTOCK . —On Tuesday , the 28 th ult , a democratic tea-patty was held at the Market Chamber , Tavistocki when the room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , ' . portraits , and banners of liberty , < tc ; At five o'clock , about two hundred sat down . At seveii o ' clock , a public meeting was held in the same roomj when Mr . Wonnacott , builder , &c , took the chair , at which the National Petition was adopted , and a memorial in favour of Frost , Wil ' lia'ins , and Jones . ¦ . . .. '¦¦ ' \

      GREAT HARWOOD .-A public meeting waa held here on Monday night , Mr ; Thos . Dean in the chair . Mr . Wm . Beesley , of Accringt « n , Member of the Convention for North Lancashire , addressed the meeting upwards of an hour and a half , exposing the fallacious arguments brought forward by the Com Law Repealers , and proved to the satisfaction of jall " . ' pre-¦ ent , ttiat a repeal of ttie ^ ^ Corn Laws alone , without other measures of reform , would not benefit the working classes ; at the conclusion several new members joined the association ; we now number npwards of seventy membera , and have only been formed ; a few weeks , having had only about five lectarea in the place . ¦ ¦ . . . " ' ¦ ' ¦ . " . , ¦ ., " ...- ' . ' .- ¦ ¦ ¦ , . ¦ ; . . ' . - " ' ¦ . .. ¦ - . - . ; ¦

      WOLVERHAMPTON—A Chartist ball took place here on Tuesday evening , Dec . 28 th , for the purpose of raising funds for the support of the Petition Convention . ¦ It was numerously attended , . and lectures , dancing , and singing were kept up till a late hour , when the company separatad much delighted with the evenr ings amusements . —Oa the following Wednesday evening , a number of persons attended at Mr . Hogg ' s Coffee House , Snow-hill , to hear a lecture from Mr . Mason , the lecturer for the district ^ who , from some unforeseen circumstance , was prevented from attending . The . Chairman , afterapologisingfor bis absence , called on Mr . Mogg , who delivered a most € « c 6 llent address . At the conclusion fourteen members enrolled their names , eleven of -wiicm paiil . tlieir . contrituUcns . .

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      STATE OF THE HOSIERY AND LACE TRADES . The demand for plain bobbin net : by no means keeps pace with the supply , which is increasing , it is said by persona who have the best means of knowing , to an extent which is pregnant with ruinous consequences . The number of machines worked by power are about equal in ttie Western and Midland counties ; and we believe beta are Buffering from the want of demand . In this state of aflairs common prudence says , that to avoid an extensive stoppage , It would be wise for the factory owners to work only half hours . A total

      stoppage would be fatal indeed to the workmen , especially in the Midland counties , who have in general no other employment to resort to . We have heard as yet but of four power factories on the Continent , viz ., one at St . Quentin , consisting of sixty-seven machines , one at Dooay , employing twenty-three machines , one at Hartha , in Saxony , employing eleven machines , and one at Litterwitz , in Moravia , containing : about 145 machines . These factories do not require English hands , only aa setters-up , or overlookers , women being employed in many of them .

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

      4 o 5 Mn , but the wary manufactorer artfully proposed that the workmen should increase their hose in width half a size , which is nearly equal to a shilling per dozen in fine stockings . Such isthe state of excitement that a meeting of delegates from the numerous villages in which this manufacture la carried on , is called to meet next Monday at noon , at the Qtobb Keys , in Byard-lane . Another meeting , we understand , is called at the Nag ' s Head , Mansfield-road , at the same time , of the hands who work for tbe house proposing the reduction . So great ; has been the gradual encroaching peculations of the hosiers in respect of the size and width , that three whole sizes have been imposed on the workmen since 1821 . . - - : ; :

      A report has reached us , of the intantton of establishing a power lace manufactory in the United States , and we have heard that some parties have an intention of forming " a joint stock lace manufactory at Patterson , where there are already some considerable cotton factories , the capital to consist of 600 , 800 dollars , to be subscribed in shares . The project is to build 200 . - power bobbin-net machines , a , factory to contain them , and a spinning and doubling establishment , to supply the machines with thread ; the whole is to be propelled by water , Patterson being admirably situated , having a constant supply and fall of water for any purjpose . The report , it is said , arose from the New York projectors applying to the manufacturers of CalaiB , to ascertain if they could supply them with machinery and hands to

      establish the American factory , but this being found abortive , we ate informed , they have applied to Notttogham . It is certain , that a master smith in this town has Stated that he has been offered ^ £ 400 per annum to superintend the erection of the lace machinery . We think if this Yankee agent will inquire what are the wages given in power factories in England , the cost of the material and other more unavoidable expenses , and the sale price of nets , it will put a complete damper en the : speculation , unless they can persuade Congress to follow the example of France and Austria , and substitute an absolute prohibition of lace for the present duty of 12 J per cent j which certainly is intended if the project ' is ultimately proceeded with , as the manufacture of power-nets is now a losing concern in England , with all our advantages . : '¦

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

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      From the London Gazette of Friday , Dec . SI . ¦ ; ... ¦¦ ' . . ¦ -: ¦ BANKRtpas ., *' . "¦ . ¦; : '¦ - ¦;;> . . ¦¦ : . ¦ William Bi 4 dle , Holbotn-hill , fishmonger , to but * render Jan 7 , Feb . II , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basingball-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Hillier , Lewis , and Hillier , Raymond Builings , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr . Belcher .. John Newstead and Joseph Hextall , Kegent-struet , lacemen , Jan . Y , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stxeet . Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shawi Friday-street , Cheapslde ; official assignee , Mr . Pennell . r Thomas Humfrey , jun . ; Great Stanmore , bricklayer , Jan . 11 , attw . o , Feb . Ill ,- at eleven , at the ' -Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Alfred-place , Bedford-Equare ; oflScial assignee , Mr . Green . . v ' - ¦' = . ' - . ' ¦"¦ ¦ . " ¦ - " ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ;; ' ' -: "¦ ' ~ ¦ ¦ ¦

      John Stevens and Robert Horatio William Drummond , Rhodes-well- 'wharf , Mile-end , road-contractors , Jan . 14 , at two , Feb . ¦ ¦ '• 11 , ; at eleven , at the-Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-stfeet . : Solicitors , Messrs . M'Leod and StenniDg , Billiter-street , Fenchurch-street ; ofllolal assignee , Mr . Groom . George CarpenterjChelmsfordi chymiefc . Jan . 10 , at one , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Court , of Bankruptcyy Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Pain and Hatherley , Great Marlborough-street ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall-street . y William Elton Ponten , Ludgate-hill , chymist , Jan . 13 , at half-past eleven ; Feb . 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baslnghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Temple-chambers , Fleet-street ;; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick's-place , Old Jewry .

      John Thompson , Blackburn , Lancashire , power loom cloth manufacturer , Jan . 26 , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddy , Temple ; and Mr . EUingthorpe , Blackburn . Charles Hilton , Manchester , cotton manufacturer , Jan . 18 , Feb .. 11 , at two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , ; Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , Manchester . '¦ ¦ : - ;' , : ¦¦ ¦¦ : ' -y ,-: - ' ' . ¦' . ; . ¦ ¦' William Goodwin-, Dropfleld , D « rbyshire , nialtster , Jan . 17 , Feb ; 11 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Messrs ; . Bicknell , Roberts , Finch , and Neate , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields ; and Mr . Drabble , Chesterfield . - ; \ - . ^ . ; • , ¦ ¦ . ¦ • - 'V-- .. '; f ¦¦ ' ' William Swift , and . Robert Crarhpton , jManchester , drapers , Jan . 39 , Feb . 11 , at eleven , afc the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Willis , Bower , and ¦ Willis , ' Tokenhouse-yard ; and Messrs . Barrett , Ridgway , and Ford , Manchester . '

      Samuel Shirigler and Sylvanus Thomas Jam 8 s , Liverpool , linen-drapers , Jan . 14 , Feb . ll 4 at one , at the Clarendon . - ' . Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Booker , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Holme , Loftus , " and Young , New Inn .. - : ; - ; ¦ ¦' .. '¦¦ . . - ; :: . . ' - " ¦ : ' John Fisher and Elizabeth FiBher , Meghtill , Lancashire , -wine-merchants , " . Jan . 11 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Clarendon-rooms , Liverpool . . . Solicitors , Mr . Carter , Liverpool ; : and Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Badford-rbw . James Lock , ' . Northampton , . tea-dealer ,. Jim . 8 , at ten , Feb . 11 , at one . at the Peacock Inn , / Nottingham . Solicitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely-place , Holborn .

      PARTNERSHIPS piSSOtVED . J . Liversedge , T . Liversedge , and J . Liversedge , Hecknaondwike , Yorkshire , hatters . . M ; Steinthal , C . Worms , and H . ScblesiDger , Bradford , Yorkshire , mercbiants ; as far as regards H . Scleshinger . T . Holmes and T . Atkinson , Northowram , Yorkshire , fiilk-spinners . A . Kay and T . Kitts , Bolton-Ie-Moors , cotton-spinhera Ji Jones and H . Rewlands , Liverpool , joiners . M . Cornthwaite and J . Alston , Lancaster , saddlers . J . Booker and A . Seignette , Liverpool , merchijnta . V . Potter , A . Potter , and J . Potter , Manchester , general commission merchants ; as far as regards J . Potter . ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ '¦ . " ¦ ' . . .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . ' i . BANKRUPTS . Robert Collinson and William Brown , upholsterers , Oxford-street , Marylebone , to surrender ^ Jan . . 14 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bahkruptcy . Whitmore , ofiicial assignee , Basinghali-street ; solicitors , Allen , Gylby , and Allen , Carlisle-street , Soho-sqnare . ' .. : - : : ¦ . ' ¦ ; '¦ '¦ . ' ' John Luscombe ,. maltster , Plymouth , Jan . ; 17 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Bartrum and Son , Bishopsgate-street-Withiu , London ; Were , Plymouth . James Bisshopp i marketgardener , Westburton , Sussex , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Dolphin Hotel , Chichester . Solicitors , Blackburn and Senior , New Inn , London ; Ellis and tfpton , Petwork , Sussex . ; • '¦ ' . ' ¦ " ' . ' ' ¦ ¦ : "" . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ : - .:- ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦ ' ¦ ' -

      George Gilliard , tea dealer , Plymouth , Devonshire , Jan ; 17 , and Feb . 15 ,, at eleven , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitor , Patten , Hattqn-garden , London . William Williams , corn dealer , Cowame , Herefordshire , Jan . 13 , and Feb ; 15 , at eleven , -at the Black . Swan Inn , Hereford . Solicitors , Clarke and Medcalf , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London , Reece , Leadbury , Herefordshire . ' ..- - ¦ ¦ - . •; . . '; .- ';;¦' . ' ¦' ¦ ' . ¦ '""¦ ¦ • ¦ ¦ .. ' . . y- ^ :-, . ¦ : ''¦ William Gibb , currier , Alnwick , Northumberland ; Jan . 14 , ; and Feb .-15 , at one , at the Star Inn , Alnwick . Solicitors , VSpours and Carr , Alnwick ; Dunn and Dobie , Raymond Buildings , Gray ' s Inn , London . ; . ' , . -: " '¦ ;; . . . . ' - : ' [¦¦ .- ¦¦¦ : ¦ ¦ . " ' ¦ ' ¦•>• . . : ' : '' ) ¦ - . William Swift , mercer , Manchester , Jan . 19 , and Feb . 15 , at tea , at the Commissioners ' -rooma , Manchester . SolicitpiB , Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London ; Sale and W ortbineton , Manchester . ¦ ' '¦ ¦ :

      John Jacob Schenck * merchant , AddlestTeet , City , Jan , 18 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Gibson , official assignee , Baalnghall-Etreet ; solicitors , Austen and Hobsou , Raymond-build ings , Gray ' s Inn . ' /• . '¦; : . V : : . ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ , " . " . ¦ . - ¦ ¦ . - ¦ :. :, "• ¦¦ ' * ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '; . Thomas Henry Ford > victualler , Kocheford , Essex , Jan . 12 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , attue Court of Bankruptcy . L ^ ckiugton , prncial assignee , Coleman-streetbuUdings ; soliQitors , Wood and Wickhamj , Gracechnrch-street , for Wood , Rochford . George Delianson Ciarfc , bookseller , Strand , Jan . 12 , and Feb . is , at one , at the Court of Bankmptcy , Basingball-street . Johnson .. Baslnghall-street . efficiai assignee ; solicitor , Waughy Great James-itrefct , Bedford-raw .

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      CHARTIST "MEDAL" AND "RIBBON !" TO THE EDITOR OJ THE K 0 RTHKB . 5 gTAB . Sib , —On returning thanks for the O'Connor Medal , I would EUfgest a hint to the whole CharUrt body ef subscribers who have been fortunate enough to obtain such a distinguished " order . '' For myself , it is the only one I would condescend to wear , as the various " Kara" and " garters , " it , now in vogue , gracing the bosoms of aristocratic knaves and boobies , are but emblems of tyranny and corruption , or regarded by all intelligent persons as the playthings ef a baby , or the gewgaws of a tem-fooL Though bat a feeble champion in the cause of Char-Enn , I take some little pride in being one of its earliest xapporters ; and the Medal which I have received , and Trhieh I prize most highly , win , by and by , be con-E&ered as a valuable heir-loom , and " sacred" as the " principal household god 1 "

      But , Mr . Editor , its virtues are not only prospective , bat immediate : it must not be shrouded in darkness , or laid in cotton am sag other Jewels is a casket , but it must see the light , and be worn by its possessors on ail public occasions , meetings , and soirees . I have had a snail hole drilled just above © 'Conner ' s head ( for I should consider it a species of sacrilege to suffer a hair of his head to be injured , either in the semblance or reality } large enough to admit of a silver wire , forming a ring , to which a ribbon might be attached . I would farther suggest that it may be worn round the neck , and that an £ nglish Chartist should wear a navy-blue ribbon , an Triahnum one of emerald green , and the Scotch a plaid .

      Bat why should not we Chartists have our tricolour as well as the French Republicans ? Is there co patriotic ribbon manufacturer to be found capable of producing a Chartist tricolour ? Like the Waterloo ribbon , it might very readily be formed in stripes , one o ! bme , one of green , and the other of plaid . Attach Use medal to the Chartist tricolour , let it be worn , in contradistinction , on the left breast , to that of Waterloo , crsfl other stars and orders , and , my "life to a ducat " that ere long it will beat all the rest out of the field , csy more , it win become even fashionable ! Even as a speculation it would answer ; and the female Chartists night trim their bonnets with it , as it would be " an oatward sign of the inward spirit beneath . " I trust the hint I have just given will be duly acted upon , as I am weU aware of the efficacy of such symbols , and the enemy knows it well also . It cheers and enliTCns the drooping hearts of many , and it fraternizes * i&alL A Woolwich Cadet . Chitbester . Jan . 3 . 1 S 4-2 .

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

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

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

      Sarah Dugdale , widow of the deceased , stated tfeat he was 68 years of age . Oa Sunday morning there was a violent knocking at her door , and upon the deceased partially opening it it was violently pushed bv the young men before mentioned . After confirming tbe evidence of the previous witness , Mrs . Dugdale said that she returned into the cellar upon heariDg her husband teU tb 8 boys they must come and see if his windows were broken . As soon as she had entered tbe deceased fell to the bottom of the steps , and she thought

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

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

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct736/page/7/