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      Death of Mb . Obde of Ncxxtkibs .. —We regret to state that this re ; pected gentleman suddenly expired at Morpeth , on Sunday last , Mr . Orde was well known in the Sporting world as the proprietor of Tomboy , Bee ' s-Wing , and other celebrated racers . He was respected for his private virtues , and he was honoured not only in Great Britain bst on the continent for a character which few has acquired—an honest asd an hononrable sportsman . He was at the great fete at Ravensworth on the previous "Wednesday , and promenaded a considerable time on the lawn . He appeared in good spirits and conrersed freely with all aronnd . Mr . Orde would be upwards of seventy yeais of age .

      Metau . k : Corpses . —A paper was read at the late meeting of the Paris Academy of Sciences , containing the extraordinary proposition from a M . Carney , to employ the galvanoplastic process , after embalmment , for the preservation of the human body after death ! The idea , however extraordinary it my appear , is said not to be new , and that beautiful specimens are to be seen of Email animals , birds , insects , & . c . which have-been thus preserved . Ekgltsh Newspapsbs is China . —An English newspaper has been lately established in Hongkong ; called the Hongkong Gazette , and conducted by a gentleman until recently residing in London . It is intended soon to commence ono in ihe Chinese language . Indeed , the Gazette sometimes contains extracts in that strange and extraordinary language . The Chinese are represented as very anxious and persevering in their efforts to learn English , as well as to learn all relating to this conntry .

      The RtiRAi , Police . —At the General Quarter Sessions held on Tuesday at Lewes , fifty-seven petitions from varions parishes in East Sussex were presented to the magistrates for the abolition of the rural police force . Several of them referred to the inefficiency of the system , and the enormous expence entailed npon the county . The petitioners also urged that the Parish Constables' Act , just come into operation , was amply sufficient for the protection of the rural district . " Rather TJ . fcoHMOif . —Two females have been committed to the Huthin gaol during the present week upon charges somewhat unusual , at least , against the softer sex , viz ., Amelia House , charged on the oath of John Roberts , with feloniously firing a pistol at him , at Wrcxham , with intent to do him eome grievous bodily harm . Also Jane Williams , committed on the oath of Robert Owen , for having stolen a mare in the parish of Lantisih' o , on the 7 th instant , the property of the said Robert Owen . — Carnarvon Herald .

      Escapx of a Cosvicr . —On the removal of ths prisoners from the Town HaH at the close of the sessions on Friday evening , a consict , Wm . Harrison on whom sentence of transportation for seven years ' had just been pronouneed , contrived to elude the vigilance of his keepers and make his escape . The priEOn van , it appears , drew np at the rear of the Town Hall for the purpose of carrying back the prisoners to the borough gaol . The custom on fuch occasions is to have all the prisoners handenffed . Harrison , when within a few feet of the van , slipped his handcuff , and , mixing with the crowd which pressed round the prisoners , got clew off . A

      bystander , who observed his motions , told ihe circumstance to some of the officials , who told the busy body to mind his own business . The van moved off towards the borough gaol , nor was Harrison mis ? ed until it arrived at ths place . Then , on counting the heads , the most interesting of the group was found to be absent without leave . Ths alarm was given , and the borough and county constabulary scoured the country in all directions . A person answering his description wastraeed on Saturday to Melton . He was seen in an exhaasted state , loitering on the road without a cap . All efforts for his apprehension as jet have proved unavailing . —Ipswieb Express .

      Child Mubdkb . —Some sensation has been created at Croydon within the last few days on account of the discovery of the body of a fine male infant in the water closet of a houss in the Addiseombe-road , nearly opposite the police-station . It appears that a joung woman named Ann * Cooper , who was servant to the lady occupying the house , had for some time past appeared , to be in a bad state of health , but no suspicion was entertained that she was in tfce family way , and she left her place about three weeks ago to ep home to her friends , who live at Bromley . On Thursday evening , in consequence of information that he received , Inspector Collier , of the P difision , accompanied by Sergeant Prendetgast , went to the house in the Addisoombe-road , and there discovered the body in the situation described . Mr . Neville , a medical gentleman of Croydon , was called in to examine the child , but in consequence of its

      decomposed state it was impossible to ascertain whether there were any external marks of violence . — Upon the body being opened , however , it was found that the liver was ruptured , and it was covered with * large clot of coagulated blood , and these appearances were attributed by Mr , Neville to some external violence , such as a Ml or a kick indicted while the child wm alive . 1 "ba girl Cooper was then taken into custody , when she admitted that she had had a child , and said it was " a bad job , and she did not know how she eame to throw it down the privy . Fhe coroner ' s jury returned a verdict to the effecti that tiie ehfld was found dead with marks of violence upon its person , bat that there was not sufficient evidence to Bafiafr them that it had been bom alive ; and on Saturday the prisoner was taken before Mry Reidrfbr examination npon the charge of « on « aling the birth , when , after a full inquiry into all the cmostslanees , she was committed to the eoai ^ asl te take b « trial ai ^ epxinj * Bsi «« for

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      The Murder of Mil . Bboomhead . —Evidence bas now been obtained which th » jiws '* tr ong . liRht , <» n . the . fate of this f ^ tktW > O « rtvAtr ^ mW ** oHee * that he left Britt , onJiis way ft * Bieeater , whk h place he did im reach , as exgieetel ^ abeat t ne 1 st of October , i 84 L , > yKe 3 tepr « B « ated the kouse of Broomhead , sickle aadreapin £ r-hopkmanarraetu / er , Bigwty , neaar Sheffield . Several days filer he left Brill information waa given by a youn / v nan of the name of Peon , that the body had beeyfcan 4 ia the rivet Ray near Blackthorn . It w as £ em « Ted to Aracott , a coroners * inquisitiou was held , and a toS dies -of" Found drowned" retarae / .. Gnly firesoTcreigfls , with pome silver , and ; h / . s bo&s of account were fcmad on hi * . ' His watoh ajjd . inenies , amountiHffto ^ tweenJeJOO and iett ^ were ' miEsine

      Evidence wa 3 obtained , and tkree jwrsons , JSseSiel Sarageand two toothers of -Ska name of Penn lone or whom < gave the-report of iheSnding of the body ) were apprehended . The Penns were sona ^ m- law of bavage . That Mr . Breombead h * d come to an nnlimely end * o doubt was entertained—tkat he had been murdered was the genetaihelieA She par ti 3 S were to kavest abeu their . trial * for , the robberyat the March Assizes , at Oxford , j n 1842 . One of the most maierial ^ witaesses fortfhe nrosecution at Jhe time ox tb * trial was ill , a certificate -to that effect was produced , and the bill tgainst the : partiesiwaB thrown ¦ oet . , Subssquent ciBcumstances tenced still more -strongly to lead to the supposition that Mr . William Broomhead had . been a murdered man . Of course , ¦ on the bill being thrown out , Savage and the two Penns ware released . Oa Saturday last , Inspector

      J . Helton , of the -city of Oxford police , received information in Oxford of the most valuable description . The witness was iaken&efore the magistrates , and privately examined at the County Hall : from his evidence warrants were granted against Thomas Collies , of Aston , near Bampton , Oxon , and Ezekiel Savage < who had been before in custody on tha charge ) . Savage was apprehended at Blackthorn , by Gobie , one of the Bicester constabulary . Colliss was apprehended by Inspector Melton , at Aston . ¦ On Siudav the prisoners were examined at Merton College , before Dr . Marsham , and remanded till last Monciay morning . A warrant w » s also issued for the apprehension of a third party . On Monday the men were again remanded till Saturday ( this day . ) The evidence already obtained leaves no doubt as to Mr . Broomhead ' s fate : that evidence it would net be prudent to give in the present state of the

      proceedings . CAPTuaE of an Outlaw . —Ikqenious Concealing Place . —An individual of ihe name of Forbes who was outlawed sometime ago , and whom we mentioued some weeks since as being suspected of various thefts in Strathspey , was apprehended the other day by Mr . Macbean . He was found at his father ' s , in Lymereach of Dalraddy , parish of Alvie , concealed in a most ingenious manner . A large peat stack , % t the end of the house , apparently solid and substantial , V . ad a chamber fonned in its centre ,

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

      Dbeadful Disaster at Sea . —Intelligence of the following disaster , attended , there is somo reason to fear , with the loss of the crew of the vessel run down , with the exception of one man , the writer of the subjoined statement , reached this city on Saturday . It appears that the brig Dundonald , of Troon , D . M'Nicol , master , which sailed from this port on Tuesday evening for Troon , laden with ballast , came , shortly after her departure , in contact with the schooner Kirby , laden with slates from Dndden , a small seaport on theborder 3 of Lancashire and Cnmberiand . The only particulars that we have yet learned are contained in the letter at foot , written by one of the crew of the Kirby , which letter he handed to thepilot authorities at Passage of Waterford , when he arrived in tho Msid of Mostyn : it

      is to be remarked that the letter is not signed with the writer ' s name . The Dnndonald took her departure from Hook Tower at eight o'clock on Tuesday evening , and her collision with the Kirby occurred about three hours after , and about sixteen miles from the Hook . We learn that the night was rather cloudy , but that the sea was smooth , with a light breeze . While _ we anxiously await some further intelligence , and in particnlar the version of the occurrence to be given by the Dundonald , we should think that it appears at least somewhat probable , from the Mlowicg letter , that the Kirby and the remainder of the crew went down : — " This is to certify that the schooner Kirby , of Dudden , waa bound on her passage from Dudden to Yonghal , with a cargo of slates , and on Tuesday , tho llih of October , betwixt

      the hourB of ten and twelve p . m ., the brig Dundonald , of Troon , and the said schooner , goc entangled , with one another about a mile to the southward of the Connibegs Light-ship , when the master of the schooner called out to the brig , 'You will run us down ; ' they said , * Pat your helm down , ' and immediately the vessels struck , when our master called out , * She is going down—run , save yourselves if you can . ' With that I left the helm , and ran forward and got hold of the brig ' s bobstay along with my shipmate , but I do not know whether he went overboard or not . There were none got aboard of the brig but myself , There was one of the brig ' s crew assisted me in getting over the bows . When I got on deck I heard my master say , ' Oh dear Captain , stand by us , ' and he gave him no answer ,

      but was giving orders to his men abont his jib boom , for it was carried away . I kept looking towards the schooner , and as near as I can caleulate I saw her about 20 minutes , and the last words I heard my captain say , were ' Oh my dear wife . ' went to the captain of the brig , and said , * You would better Btand towards her , ' and he said , 'What , good can I do ? Let us get our own jib-boom in . ' I wanted him to put me on board the Lightship but he would not do it . and I remained on board of her till Thursday , the 13 th . when I saw a schooner standing in for the Tuskar light . I a ? ked the captain if he would allow his men to pull me aboard of the sehooner . and he said it was a day ' s work , she was so far off , and two of the men said they would

      go , and he said , ' Very well , call the hands up . ' So we lowered the boat and pulled towards the schooner , and made signal to her , and she hove to until we came up to her , which we found to be the Maid of Mostyn , Captain Edwards , bound to Ross , and I asked a passage from him , and he told me to come aboard . It was 3 p . m . then . She was about seven miles to the E . N . E of Tuskar Light . " We have not learned the name of ths writer of this statement . It appears . that he was a north of England man , and has gone to Yougbal , in the expectation tsf finding the schooner was able to prosecute her voyage . We trust that the expectation will be realized . Her crew consisted of the master and three men , and it appears that the master ' s wife was also on board . — Waterford Mirror .

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      United States and Canada . —By the Great Western , Lieutenant Hosken , R . N ., which vessel arrived at Kingroad , Bristol , on Wednesday night , at half-Dast eleven o ' clock , we have received New York papers to the 29 ; h ult ., being fourteen days later than previous advices . The Great Western brought thirty-seven passengers , amongst whom was Lord Morpeth , who returns to his own country in good heaUh and spirits . The news from the UEited States is of a very inanimate character . The newspapers are chiefly occupied in discussing the prospects of the contending parties for the next Presidential election . Mr . Clay is to be the Whig candidate , and Mr . Tyler will have the

      support of the Democratic party . The Americans appear perfectly satisfied with the Ashburton treaty , and congratulate themselves on the prospect now of improvement in their monetary and _ mercantile affairs , though at present there is but little sign of change , the markets being in much the same state as by the advices of the Columbia . There is , nowever , very important news from Canada ; Sir Charles B » gshot has made an almost entire change in the members of the executive government . Mr . Lafontaine has been appointed Attorney-General for the East , and Mr . Baldwin for the West districts . Other changes have been made .

      The Quakteklt account of the revenue has just been issued , and the aspect is not very cheermj :. Far otherwise indeed . The total income for the year ending October 10 , 1842 , is £ 45 , 269 , 927 , showing an increase of £ 355 , 581 upon the parallel year in 1841 . So far so good ; but in the comparison of the quarters in . the two years ending in October , a aecrease in the present year of £ 67 , 473 , appears to exist . There is &a increase on the last quarter , ending Jnly 5 , 1842 , of £ 447 , 730 , but of this £ 313 , 844 consists of the property lax .

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      ~ m AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE LEEDS MUNICIPAL ELECTORS . On Thursday at noon , a public meeting , attended by large numbers of the Municipal electors and ethers was held in the Vicar ' s Croft ; Mr . William Brook in the ehair . The Cntawq announced the business of the meeting by reading the placard convening it , and then observed that it behoved all classes of Municipal Hectors , and ths working men in Bartieolar , to do all they could to stop the extravagance which was going on in the Town CouneiL Indeed if the working classes wished to make » ny impression npon the government it must be through the medium of the Town Councils . The chairman called attention to the triumph gained by the Chartists in the election of churchwardens , asd exhorted the work * ing men of Leeds to stand forward upon principle only , looking neither to Whig nor Tory- but 4 o fight oat in their own persons the battle which they had so nobly begun in the election to which he bad alladed . Mr . Tbojus Bkaehwtc moved the first resolution , in effect , as follows : —

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      That the meeting viewed with feelings of diegast nd indignation , the manner in which the Town Council hadso ^ flhamefttlly squandered away ihe people ' s money ^ without regard to the object for which it wa » granted . They also entertained the same opinions respecting the despotic nanoer in which the Watch . Committee had held its meetings in secret , and also to the great expence of an unconstitutional and unnecessary day police , as well as of the proposition of tho cVmnoil to purchase the tolls of the bridges . The resolution conolnded by recommending the meeting to vote for none but honest and independent men , pledged to the Charter , and to carry out the principles of true economy to the very letter . "

      Mr . Bhiggs seconded the motion , and rated Mr . Stansfeld , Mr . George Goodman , and others , for their apathy and iudifferenoe , in not carrying out their previously expressed opinions . Mr . Joshua Hobson then addressed the burgesses at some length , stating that they had been called upon to express their opinions respecting the good government of the town , through the means of the Town Council ; and that they had been convened on that occasion because the time drew nigh when the burgesses would be called upon to exercise that privilege " with which the law invested them , viz . to elect their representatives in the Town Conncil . There could be no doubt that upon the character of the men who represented them in the Council would mainly depend the good or bad government of the

      town ; and as the burgesses had the election of such men in their own hands , they could blame no one but themselves if the local government waa not a good one . ( Hear , hear . ) Municipal government waa good , because it was self government . It was purely a responsible one ; for though it possessed the power to tax the inhabitants and also to spend the money afterwards , yet the burgesses had a corrective in their own hands : for in the month of November in each year they had the power to elect : and if one set of men had betrayed their trust or abused their power , the burgesses could choose another and a better set . Mr . Hobson then entered into a comparative statement of expenses under the old regime and the new . The expenses of constabulary in the year

      1836 amounting to the sum of £ 4 , 368 8 s ., while in the last year it was £ 8 , 455 12 s . 10 d . —( hear , and shame !) He then alluded to the wilful extravagance of the Council in giving Mr . Eddison £ 500 a year , when it had been proposed that ano ' her gentleman should perform the same duties for £ 100 ; and besides this , it had been proposed to give Mr . Eddison £ 300 a year more , as Law Clerk under the Improvement Aot . Another fact worth notice was that of the Councils' having given Mr . Whitehead and another person £ 300 a-year for duties which Mr . Whitehead himself had offered to undertake for £ 150 , thereby carrying out a principle so different

      from that whinh would guide them m private transactions ; for it would be just as reasonable for any individual member of the Ceuncil to say to a clerk who offered himself fcr a pound a week , " no , I will not give you one pound , but you shall have two "—( loud cheerB and laughter)—Mr . Hobson then alluded to the old reason for requiring a reform in the corporation , viz . a desire that their proceedings should be open" and noi secret , and after exposing many of the absurdities of the Town Council , concluded by observing that the object of the burgesses should henceforth be good Government and not party ascendancy . ( The resolution was then put and carried . ) Mr . Bakeon proposed the next resolution , —

      " That this meeting cannot too highly commend the noble stand the men of Hunslet have taken in bringing forward aa their candidate , at the election on the 1 st of November next , Mr . Joshua Hobson . This meeting would call upon them to use every exertion to carry him triumphantly , and would express its opinion that he is the only candidate before the people whom they can recognise as their candidate ; and that he is highly qualified toefivct an alteration in the Council Chamber , both on account of the general knowledge he possesses , and his firmness and determination to withstand the enemies of tho people . This meeting cannot but denounce the unprincipled and hypooritial conduct of the Whigs in bringing forward a candidate to oppose Mr . Hobson , and would call upon every honest man to scout it as it deserves ,

      and then their paltry endeavours will end in infamy snd disgrace . That it is the opinion of this meeting hat the Chartist body ought to take a determined ttand upon the present occasion , and ¦ s e _ t that the only man in whom they can place any confidence be returned , and that it be expressed to the different Whig Committees that unless they will cause their candidate to be withdrawn at Hunslet , and support Mr . Hobson , they will not assist them either directly or indirectly , but will start candidates of their own principles in every ward and poll them to the last man . " He supported it with appropriate remarks , which we have not room for . Mr . John Hargraves seconded the motion , which vras carried on a show of hands . Mr . Hobson returned thanks .

      A deputation , consisting of Mr . Brooks , Mr . Thomas Beaumont , Mr . Wm . Barron , Mr . Francis Jackson , and Mr . John Briggs was then appointed to wait upon the Whig Committees in every ward , with the previous resolutions ; and a vote of thanks to the Chsirman having been carried by acclamation , the meeting dispersed . Since the above meeting was holden , the deputation have waited upon tome of the Whig Committees , in accordance wjth the instruction ? of the meeting . Amongst the rest , they have waited upon the Hunslet Whig Committee , and communicated to them the resolutions come to at the aggregate meeting of Burgesses . The result was , after a few minutes' consideration of the matter , the passing of the following resolution by the Committee : —

      "That this Committee , having pledged itself to Mr . Arthiugton , cannot consistently withdraw him as a candidate in favour of Mr . Hobson , a non-resident and stranger in the Ward ; and are of opinion that Mr . Arthington , from his known high character and long residence in this township , has far stronger claims upon the burgesses of Hunslet . " During the conversation which took place between the Deputation and tho Committee , it was broadly stated by a member of the Whig Committee , in answer to an observation that a continuance in their opposition and determination to divide the ranks of the Reformers , would end in the return of a Tory , that the Whigs would much sooner seeTories inthe Council than Chartists 1 The people , then , have but one course before them : to start candidates in every Ward in the borough , and poll for them every vote they can muster . They

      must Ehow that the power they possess can be used for other and better purposes than tho return of Whigs , who would sooner see Tories returned than Chartis' . s J They must make a beginning for themselves ! Hitherto they have only beeu chained to the car of Whiggery , and dragged through the mire at election times to swell a Whig majority . They have consented to this under the idea that it was the duty of all Reformers to " merge their minor differences , " and " unite" to " keep the Tories out : " and now they see the honesty of the Whigs in raising that cry : for the very first time the people ask to have one of their own men returned , the Whigs turn round upon them , and declare to their teeth , that they would sooner see the Council Chamber filled with Tories than see one out-and-out Chartist there . It' the people submit to this insult without resenting it , they deserve to be spit upon for ever !

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      " Priaonera should be handenffed , if they be charged with any serious offence , of'if'they ' be persons o / notoriously bad , or suspUiom character , or if there be arty reasonable doubts to apprehend an esoape , or rescue . Females , or old , or infirm prisoners , are not to be handcuffed . " In what respect did the Rev . Mr . Hill eome withia the category of the individual * who might be handcuffed . The charge against him was not a felony , ¦ which ia , we suppose , in the mind of the constable tantamount to a serious offence . He could not be said to be an individual of a . notoriously bad , or suspicious character , and there were no grounds to apprehend

      an escape or rescue . Even supposing the charge against him to amount to high treason , we do not see , in the preliminary stage , the necessity for placing handcuffs npon him , noless there was the apprehension of a rescue . We admit the policeman's first duty is , to secure tins safe ens tody of the prisoner . That it was in the power of the Leeds constabulatory to have effected , without placing a manacle npon that hand , which must be so often uplifted in prayer . We know nothing of the Rev . Mr . Hill personally , — we have never seen him—and as to his political opinions , we think them most mischievous , and have sedulously opposed them ; but still we cannot avoid

      eaying , that we read with feelings of the deepest indignation the treatment that he experienced from those who were the mere instruments of Tory power . By sach conduot as this Toryism has not degraded him ; but it has laid in store for itself a dees and growing accumulation of the publio scorn and detestation . That base miscreant , Louis Philippe , thought he could lower the character of the press by sending his victims , the editors of the Toulouse papers , chained by the neck together through France . Never did we expect that English Tories would have copied the vile example of Louis Philippe . They have done so—and while Louis

      Philippe sits but upon a tottering throne , we tell Sir Robert Peel that the Britinh Press will never forget , will never forgive the indignity to journalism , which he has sanctioned in ths treatment of the Rev . Mr . HUL That editor's manacle shall yet be dashed against the frail and corrupt materials of which his political strength is composed , and crumble them to pieces . By that one act , he and his myrmidonB have violated all the rules of society , and all the courtisies of political warfare , and henceforth war is declared between them—he must put down the press , or the press will put him down . " — Planet .

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      MANCHESTER . —The Chartist Mechanics held their weekly meeting in the Large Room , Brownstreet , on Thursday evening last , to hear a lecture upon the present state of the Chartist movement , by Mr . William Dixon . The lecture was well attended by a respectable audience , in fact , notwithstanding the persecution that is raging at present in this part of the country , the room was crowded to suffocation , and all were determined to stick to the Charter in defiance of persecutions , prosecutions , or intimidation . At the conclusion of the lecture , several gentlemen came forward and took tho books to receive subscriptions for the General Defence Fund .

      Carpentebs' Hall . —Mr . W . Jones , of Liverpool , delivered two powerful and soul-stirring addresses , the one in the afternoon upon the present prosecutions , and the other in the evening on praotical Chartism . Ten individuals were added to the ranks of the calumniated and despised Chartists . The collections in support of the Hall amounted to £ A 0 s . 6 d ., exclusive of a very liberal Bum for the General Defence Fu&d . At the close of the lecture , Mr . James Leach came forward , and was received with loud cheera , mingled with expressions of sympathy for himself and his numerous family , in unmerited perseputions . After the cheering had subsided , Mr . Leach Addressed the meeting for a short time , exhorting them to perseverance in the good cause , and

      expressing his willingness to bear with fortitude whatever punishment his and their oppressors might think proper to infliot upon him , for his advooacy of the immutable principles of justice to every man . He then administered a severe castigation upon the base and traitorous scoundrel wha rejoices in the name of Griffin , and who , by the bye , has made the fabulous monster of . the ancients into a modern reality ; and concluded by bidding his hearers farewell , at the same time reiterating his oft-declared determination never to relax in his exertions till the people were restored to their long-lost rights . No conception can be formed of the enthusiasm which prevailed throughout the immense mass of living beings who occupied the Hal ] .

      STOCKPORT . —Youths . —Mr . Matthew Depledge delivered a very instructive lecture on the evils of class legislation , on Sunday afternoon , in the room Bomber ' s-row , to a very attentive audience , for which he received a unanimous vote of thanks . Ten shillings was voted and sent to the Evening Star office for the general defence fund . Income of the Executive from the commencement of the quarter , October 1 st , to Wednesday . October the 12 th . 8 . d . Star , Golden-lane ... ... 5 6

      Rock , Lisson-Grove ... ... 2 1 Finsbury ... ... ... ... 4 0 Bromptonand Knightsbridge ... 3 4 . J Carrington ... ... ... 4 0 Wilton , per Darlow ... ... 3 0 Nottingham , Nag ' s Head ... ... 5 0 SomeiBtowa ... ... ... 2 0 Islington ... ... ... ... 2 0 Salisbury ... ... ... 2 1 Yeovil ... ... ... ... 6 0 Democratic Chapel , Nottingham ... 10 0 Love Clongh , near Burnley , per Mr .

      Holland ... 8 4 Bath ... .... ... ... 4 6 Shaw , enamelled cards ... ... 3 0

      £ 3 4 10 J BIRMINGHAM .- —Aston-Street . — There was a good assemblage at this place on Sunday night , with the expectation of hearing a lecture from M * . Farren , but that gentleman not making his appearance , his place was admirably filled by that talented young man , Mr . Gammage , of Northampton . He began by observing that the Government was strong through the apathy of the people . The Chartists had the power to put down Whiggery , and surely they had the power to put down Toryism . We have not forgotten the time when the people of Ireland voted according to their conscience . The bloody massacres of Peterloo and Rathcormac were still fresh in our memories . What have they now dene with the standing armies

      of military and police ! They have indiscriminately butchered men , women , and children iu the public streets . They have made a decisive effort to destroy our press . Will they crush the Star 1 No . If they do , ten Stars , brighter , if possible , will arise . It will be chargeable upon the people , if they permit so flagrant an outrage upon the people to be perpetrated . The enemies ef the suffrage deolared the working men were too ignorant to exercise so important a trust with propriety and with benefit to themselves . Admitting this to be a fact , the charge came with bad grace from parties receiving twenty millions yearly with the ostensible object of educating the people . It was evident from the indifference with which they looked upon the brutality and

      ignorance which surrounded them on all sides , that they cared more , a vast deal , for the pence than the people . He concluded by a powerful appeal on behalf of the imprisoned victims to Whig and Tory villany , and trusted they would not permit them to be sacrificed for want of necessary support . He was received throughout with marks of the warmest approbation . On Monday , Mr . Murliss in the chair . Mr . Talbeifc read an address from Mr . G . White to the Chartists of Birmingham . Mr . Thorpe read the leading article ? of the Star—after which a discussion took place upon the propriety of supporting Mr ., White , in preference to those who have shown themselves to be enemies to the numerous and oppressed c'ass from whom they received suoh efficient assistance . Tha balance sheet of the Association was then read , and auditors appointed .

      Notice . —The Northern and Evening Stars will be read on every Sunday morning , at ten o ' clook , at the Aston-street room ; admission free . The Council of Aston-street have resolved that any parties wishing to lecture there must give the Secretary , William Selbut , 98 , Woodcock-street , a week ' s notice to that effect . . Received feom thb Chaktists of Redditch , from Mr . Per . field , for the Defence of Mr . G . White , tea shillings ; From Mr . Startin , thirteen shillings and Ki xnence . collected at the White Swan . New

      Johnstreet . The latter gentleman says , M I have fifty or more Stars , and would be glad to send them to Ireland or asy where else where they are most wanted , if certain they will arrive at their destination , numbers which I have previously sent having been lost . Should any directions appear in the Star , I shall see them , at No . 12 , Baggott-street , Birmingham . " The committee for G . White's Defence , meet at 38 , Bromsgrove-street , on Tuesday evenings , at seven o ' clock , until further notice .

      A delegate meeting will be held at the Shovel , Prince ' s-end , on Sunday , Oct . 16 th , when delegates from the following places are expected to attend : — Wolverhampton , Bilston , Walsall , Wednesbury Great Bridge , Darleston , Coseley , West Bromwich , Tipton , Dudley , and Pensnett . Business of importance will be brought forward . The CBABT 18 T 3 of Leamington and Warwick have forwarded to Mr . O'Connor , for the National Defence Fund , the sum of ten shillings and sixpence , being the Jirst fruits of the sale of tickets in a raffle for a painting presented by Mr . Donaldson .

      Defehcb Fowd . —Previons to his arrest , Mr . Harney , of Sheffield , remitted four pounds from that town to the treasurer of the d < 3 *< nee fund , namely , £ 3 . 15 a . from Fietree-lane , aud 6 s , from Wood-

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      Stockton-on-Tees . —After the regular routine of business was gone through , ¦ ¦ oik- Wednesday evening , » t the Chartist meeting room * Albion-street , a discussion took place as to what are the best meanB of obtaining the Charter in the most speedy manner ? It waa then unanimously resolved that Mr . P . M . Brophy speak at Thornaby Green , at half-past ten o'clock on Sunday morning , weather permitting . Should the morning be unfavourable for an out-door meeting , Mr . B . will lecture in the Reading Room , Albion-street , where he will also leoture at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon , and at half-past six o'clock in the evening . ¦

      London . —A general meeting of the West End Ladies' Shoemakers was held on Wednesday evening , at the Temperance Hall , 50 , Tottenham Court Road , to xeoeive delegates from the Trades ' ^ Delegates Committee , and to consider—the propriety of forming themselves into a portion of the Chartist body , Mr . Shute was called to the chair . Mr . Armstrong Walton , delegate from the Trades' Committee , in a long and eloquent address , explained tho benefits which Trades' Unions would derive from the attainment of political power , and was received with great applause . Mr . Skelton moved a very lengthy resolution , pledging the trade to join the Chartist body , and send delegates to the Chartist Trades ' Committee . Mr . Andrews briefly seconded the resolution . Mr . Burden moved , and Mr . Smithers

      seconded an amendment " That as a trade they should not join the Chartist body . " They approved of the principles of the Charter , but were fearful that it would cause the present Tory Government to again bring the combination laws into operation . Mr . Fascoe reasoned in a similar manner . Mr . Christopher ably supported the resolution , and after a long and animated discussion a motion for adjournment was put and negatived . Some time was then spent in ascertaining whether those members whose subscriptions were not paid up should be entitled to vote , which being disposed of , the Chairman put the resolution to the show of hands , but the meeting was so equally divided , that tellers were appointed , and after a considerable lapse of time it was ascertained that a majority of fifteen were unfavourable to the resolution . A resolution waa then moved , seconded , and carried

      unanimously , approving of the principles of the People ' s Charter , and pledging them to assist in carrying them nut , but at the same time making the Chartist body distinct from the trade association . This b ^ dy . of shoemakers is the most aristocratic in the kingdom , and the result of this meeting iaoonsidered an important triumph , no individual in the meeting having the hardihood to oppose one single principle of the Charter . Chartist Haitees , Brown Bear , Soutuwakk Bridge-Road . —This flourishing looality held its usual weekly meeting on Wednesday evening last , when four new members were enrolled ; £ 1 10 s . 3 d . was collected for the Victim and Defenco Fund . This is the fifth weekly subscription from this looality , making an average of fifteen shillings and sixpence per week . They have also manufactured a splendid hat for Dr . M'Douall , which is to . be sent out to New York to him at the earliest opportunity .

      Reading . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this town , held on Monday last , Mr . Preston in the chair , the following resolution was unanimously passed : — " That we , the Chartists of Reading , having taken into our consideration the peculiar circumstances in which our society is at present placed , fully approve of the conduct of tho Metropolitan delegate meeting in appointing an Executive Committee pro tern ., and are further of opinion that the pro tern . Executive Committee are entitled to , and do hereby receive , our hearty thanks for the patriotic and disinterested manner in which they have come forward , and issued their manly and spirited address . " Mr . T . M . Wheeler , of London , was nominated as a fit and proper person to sit on the Executive Committee . Other local business was transacted , and the meeting adjourned . Defence Fund—Subscriptions received by Mr . Cook , Dudley , since Sept . 23 : —

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      STAFFORD SPECIAL COMMISSION . ( by express . ) Stafford , Friday Morning . ( From eur own Correspondent . J Wm . Arthur O'Neil was liberated at ten o'clock last night , Mr . Page and Mr . Turner becoming bail for his appearance at the next assizss . He would have been liberated at an early hoar in the morning , had Mr . Hibbert , the Birmingham attorney for the prosecution , been in attendance according to previous arrangement between him and Mr . O'Neil ' s attorney . But for some reason best known to Mr . Hibbert , he neglected his promise , and left Mr . O'Neil in Stafford gaol to the hour mentioned . Upon the opening of the Courts this morning , a strong proof of " the turning the tables" showed

      itself m the discharge of five prisoners . The fact is , there is a break down of the witnesses for the prosecution . One fellow , who has been eighteen times examined as a witness , has completely tripped up . This follow , with his face concealed with a crape , followed the turnouts from place to place , and while he seemingly took a part in their proceedings , was marking out his viotims . Another dealer in human blood has been heard to declare that he calculated making £ 1 , 500 by the affair . Another wretch who has offered his services to do the needful , has actually been a ringleader in an attack by the mob on a police office . This fellow was a witness in seven cases . It must , however , be admitted that the Crown prosecutors do not shew any great willingness to encourage such wretches .

      It was dreadful to hear the cries of the families of tho men sentenced to transportation in the Chief Justice ' s Court op Wednesday . Yesterday , Elijah Simpson and William Turner were sentenced to twenty-one , and Edward Williams and Silston to ten years' transportation , for the destruction of Mr . W . Parker ' s house . At half-past nine o ' clock at night the following prisoners were convicted for a riot at Thomas Allin ' s house , namely—James Oldhim , Joseph Brook , Thos . Farrell , Moses Dean , Eli Smith , and George Nixon-, all of whom were sentenced to eighteen months' imprisonment and hard labour each . William Bamford and John Feal , who p leaded guilly to the same offence , were sentenced to 12 months each and hard labour .

      Before Mr . Baron ParJce . Philip Hanson , and W . Mellor , were convicted of a burglary , in Mr . Billing ' s house , attBurslem , and sentenced to five years transportation . The following sentences were also passed : — Joseph Wardle , three months imprisonment and hard labour ; Hannah Boon , two months and hard labour ; Henry Hilliard , six months and hard labour ; Samuel Mugh , three months and hard labour ; John Steel , nine months and hard labour ; Edwin Wilkinson , six months and hard labour ; Andrew Clewes , and Thomas Hughes , six months and hard labour .

      ( Before Mr . Barm Rolfe . ) Absolam Nixon was sentenced to eighteen months ' imprisonment and hard labour ; Anne Lewis to eight months and hard labour ; Saundereon and Page to three months and hard labour ; Foster to two months and hard labour ; and several women to two months' imprisonment aud hard labour . Poor Taylor , the old man mentioned in another column , as having complained to Mr . Baron Psrke , against a fellow named Masser , who under pretext of defending his daughter obtained from him £ 2 5 a ., appeared before the court yesterday evening , aud stated that Masser did not refund the money-as ordered . His Lordship , Mr . Godson , Q , C , and Mr . Sergeaut Ludlow , consulted together to ascertain if he could be indicted , but it having appeared

      that Masser did not represent himself as an attorney , but merely as a person who would defend the pri-. soner , they could not act as they wished . ' Another case , of a similar kind , occurred before Lord Chief Justice Tindal ; two prisoners gave a fellow £ 2 5 s . to defend them ; but he neglected so to do . The Chief Justice directed that the fellow should be prosecuted by the Crown unless he proved that he did not act as it was repressnted he did . A third scoundrel got £ 8 , and actually advised his dupe to plead guilty . It is impossible to find language sufficiently strong to express the heartless rascality of those worse than scoundrels . It is to be hoped that the law will reach them , and that their names will not be allowed to disgrace the roll . Report states that Mr . Ellis and his

      twentvfour fellow convicts will be brought up this day to receive sentence . If it be so he is resolved , when called' upon to say why judgment should not be passed npon him , to make an able defence in favour of Christian Chartism and his own conduct . It is dubious whether Mr . Cooper and Mr . Linney will be tried for sedition this Commission . It is supposed that Mr . Cooper , at least , will traverse till next assizes . Mr . Linney has been convicted of addressing an unlawful assembly . Perhaps his persecutors will be satisfied with this one conviction , and not press another indictment against him . Several heavy cases come on this day ; and the Jndges are making such arrangements that it is expected that the Special Commission will terminate on Monday .

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      • Dangerous Congbevb Matches . —Too great eara cannot be used in the selection of taese matches , whioh are very extensively Jthe cause of mischief whioh is never made puolib . I-A few . 'days . since the window curtains in the pirlpuxof apublichouse , in London-wall , were observjed suddenly to break into aflame , which was ascertained to have been produced from a portion of the phosphorus thrown off a congreve match by a person when lighting a pipe . When phosphorous adheres to the bottom of a box , however small the quantity , it haa often been known to burn a hole , or char deeply the mantel-piece or shelf on which it has been placed . Of all . descriptions those of Dutch manufacture

      which are hawked so plentifully and cheap abont tho streets , are the worst and the most . to be guarded against , as , from the careless mode of their manufacture , there is always an exoees of phosphorus ,, which , -not being properly amalgamated with the mucilage , is very easily displaced . As the manufacture , which is very dangerous , can be carried on even on a large scale with a capital of £ 3 or £ i , and there are individuals who advertise to teach the process for one guinea , the number of manufactures of this article in the metropolis is very considerable ; and , as the trade may be carried on in any part of the building , there is no doubt but that many neigh * bourhopds are very insecure from danger from this cause .

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      Leeds Corn Market , October 18 th . —The supply of Grain to this day ' s market is much the same as last week . The demand continues very limited fir Wheat ; and all descriptions are 2 s per quarter lower . Barley has been very dull , and Is to 2 s per quarter lower : Oats have varied but little in price ; Beans rather lower . THE AVERAGE PRICES OV WHEAT FOR THE WEEK . ENDING OCT . 18 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Pea % Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qr& 1715 416 607 153 52

      £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ b . d . £ b . d . 2 9 6 £ 1 9 8 | 0 18 6 A 0 0 0 1 14 6 1 11 0 £ Leeds Woollen Markets . —There is no change for the better observable in the staple transactions of this district . The cloth halls on Saturday , presented some animation , and some little demand exfsted for fine cloths , bat on Tuesday tie market was dull as need be desired . Heavy goods continue to be most enquired after , but as the season for these ia now nes-rly at a oloso , they only go off very slowly . The Wool market is without variation .

      HUDDERSFIELD ClOTH MARKET TUESDAY , OcT » 18 . —Our market this day was thinly stocked with buyers yet low goods met with a ready sale and in very fair quantities . It is generally thought there are more operatives employed at the present than there was a short time ago . Wools &c . remain unsteady . Richmond Cohn Marker Saturday , Oct . 15 . — We had a very thin supply of Grain in our market to-day . Wheat 5 s 6 d to 6 s 9 d . Oats 2 a to 3 s 6 d . Barley 4 s to 5 s . Beans 5 s to 5 s 6 d per bushel . Thirsk Corn Market , Monday , October 17 . — An abundant supply of Grain of all kinds , which met with vt ry heavy sale at reduced rates , a great deal remaining unsold . Wheat 5 a . 3 d . to 6 s . ; Ryo , 33 . 9 d . to 4 a . 4 d . ; Beans , 4 * . 6 d . to 53 . per bushel . Oats , 18 s . to 22 s . ; Barley , 253 . to S 2 s . per quarter .

      York Corn Market . Oct . 15 . —We have a better supplyof Wheat to-day , aud the trade in a very stagnated state , and prices must bo quoted Is to 2 s , lower . Barley has also suffered a similar decline , but Oats are unaltered in value . Our farmers are very loth to quit their Grain at present prices , and the business acme , on the whole , is but trifling . Bedale Fortnight Fair , Oct . 18 . —Our show of fat Bsasts this morning was not rery large , but quite equal to 'he demand ; the market was again very heavy . The show of Sheep was good , with dull sale , many went out unsold . Beef 5 s . Od . to 6 s . per stone : Mutton 5 d . to 5 Id . per lb .

      Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Oct . 17 . — The supply at market to-day has been much the same as last w 3 ek , both with respeot to price and quality , the greater portion of which was second rate . Beef 5 ^ d to 6 d , Mutton 5 { d to 6 d per lb . Number of Cattle at market : — 'Beasts 1712 , Sheep 6230 . Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , Oct . 17 . — Since this day se'nnight there have arrived to this port 1698 qrs- of Wheat , and 2694 qrs . Barley , coastwise ; 2730 qrs . of Wheat , 5991 qrs . of Oats , 5731 loads of Oatmeal , and 1180 sacks of Flour / rom

      Ireland ; the imports from abroad consist chiefly of 7610 qrs . of Wheat , which are of course entered under bond . There is no change in the duties this week . The trade during the same period has been dull , with somewhat receding prices generally . All descriptions of foreign Wheat are Id to 2 d and Irish new 3 d per bushel cheaper ; fine runs of the latter have beea sold at 6 s 4 d to 6 s 6 d per 70 iba . New Oata must also be noted 2 d per 45 lbs lower ; very good meah ' Dg have been bought at 2 d 4 d to 2 s od per 4 otb ? . New meal at 21 s to 21 s 6 d per load , or 6 d below tho rateH ohtainahla at the close of last week . No

      change is raado in the quotations for Flour . Some parcels of English new Barley have appeared , tba quality very fine ; they have brought 34 s to 35 s pet qr . Beans and Peas have excited little notice , and have barely maintained previous rates . Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , Oct . 15 . —There has been very little passing in any article during the week , and , in the absence of demand , prices have had a downward tendency . The imports from Ireland to Liverpool and Runcorn form the chief object of interest ; those coastwise are unimportant ; and the arrivals from abroad are all entered in bond : the supplies from the interior are

      only to a moderate amount , but fully equal to the demand . The inquiry for either English or Irish Wheat at our market ; this morning was on a very limited scalo , and we note a decline ot ' 2 d . to 3 d . per 70 lbs . on all descriptions . Flour was likewise in a very moderate request , and 40 i . to 41 s . per sack were extreme rates for superfine qualities ; whilst on middling and secondary parcels a reduotion of fully Is . was submitted to , in order to effect sales . Oa . t 3 were also dull sale , at a decline of Id . per 451 bs . ; and 22 s . 6 d . to 28 s . per load were the utmost rates obtainable for choice cuts of Oatmeal , at which a fair extent of business was done .

      London Corn Exchange , Monday , Oct . 17 th . — From EsBex and Suffolk there was a limited supply of Wheat , but a fair quantity of this artiole from Kent , with a moderate ehow of Barley , Beans , and Peas , from all these counties , and the fresh , arrival of Oats was trifling , having only two vessels from Ireland since Friday , and lew from our own coast or Scotland . Tb . 9 importations of foreign grain have been very small since this day se ' nnight . The weather continues to be very dry , bo mnch so as to stop Wheat sowing on many heavy soils . Notwithstanding the moderate quantity of English Wheat at the above market this morning , the trado for such was dull , but the best qualities were not offered lower , and those from Essex although taken so slowly were ultimately nearly all sold , whilst the Kentish hung on hand , and from this county the secondary sorts were quotod la per quarter cheaper . Free foreign Wheat met a limited inquiry , and the

      business transacted in this description was , to a trifling extent , at irregular prices , bat generally h to 2 s per quarter below the currency of last Monday . Flour was much tho same as latt week , ship m rks being in low request . Choice malting Barley realised former rates , and met a fair demand , but the secondary samples were in limited demand , and rather lower . Fine new Malt was inquired for , and such brought full prices , and there was a fair retail sale for prime brisk old , whilbt slack and inferior parcels were very difficult to quit at any reasonable figure , from so much of this sort offering . Beans and Peas realised quite as much money , and go od samples taken freely . The Oat buyers hold off , un . d , as many vessels from Ireland are reported to be in the river , the transactions were more restricted than last week , and mostly confined to the consumers , who secured small quantities at 6 d to Is per oj under last Monday ' s currency .

      London Smithfield Market , Monda y , Oct . 17 . —There were exhibited for tale here , to-day , twelve beasts from Holstein , which were decidedly the very best foreign supplies we have as yet seen . Theseanimala , the symmetry of which was good , resemble as nearly as possible our Scots , and were extTemely good handlers . One of them was slaughterd for our ins pection and we must pay we were much surprised at the ri pe condition in which they were found . Their weight was about twenty stone per quarter , while that of the fat yielded by the one killed to-day was nearly thirteen stone of 81 b . The rates obtained were , we understand , about £ 18 per head , at which sum we consider them cheap . The number of beasts on sale from Germany , this morning , was thirty » and from Spain twenty , in the quality of which no material improvement on former receipts was apparent .

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      O'CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , Co unty Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bia Printing Offices , Nes . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate ; and Pnbliahed by the aatd Joshua HobsO !*» { lot the said Feargds O'Connor , ) at bit Dwel ling-house , No . 5 , Market-street , Brlggate i BB Internal Communication existing between the laid No . 6 , Market-street , and the said Noa . IS and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thtu constituting the ' whole of the said Printing and Publishing Offltf one Premises . All Communications must be addressed , ( Port-paid ) to Hobson , Northern Star Office LeedV Saturday , October 22 , 18 < 2 .

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      Lokdon . —MAiTLEBOKE . — -M * . Wheeler wifi leeture at the Working Men ^ B Hall , on Sunday -erenj Dg- ' ' Old BAitsr . —On Snnday next , Mr . ' BoIwetL , of Bath , will deliver a lecture at £ 5 , " Old BwJey , at seven o ' clocfc in . the evebiHjj . On Tuesday evening a lecture , will be -delivered at the fame place , at eiftkt o ' clock . Oa WEDjfKDir eroring the Teetotal TZfeartists meet as eight o ' clock . - Thb City of Lormw Local Vrcme © etna Committee meet every wtaday mormng , and Tuesday evcr . i'jgs . at 55 , Oki HaSey . Tee Paviluox ^ jeatre has been taken for the fcencfh of the politfeai victims , by the Tower Hamlet Cbartists , and 6 € v < aral excellent piecestoIIJm produced on Wedoes € » y , Oct . 26

      th-A Gra 5 d Concert , with other aarosenents , will be beld at 55 , Old Bailey , on Tuesday eveiing , OcU 27 . 'SDickets sixpence « ach . The lottery will be conducted on the principle of all priz ^ a-aed no blanks ; ^ the proceeds to be devoted to ihe -feenent of tfee political victims . Many of tie articles to be disposed of are of considerable valoe . Buck ' s Hb « o Localixi . —A few .- ^ f , the members of the late Back ' s Head locally , iaisad opening a new locxiity-ea Sunday next , at sev « a o'clock in the evening , attae Norfolk Asms beerhouse . Cheshirestreet , corner of Wbite-st * eet , near the Woodman , Waterloo-town . Blacs Bull Iks , Haxjiehsmite-IIoad . —A public meeting'Wiil be _ held on Monday-evening next , to consider tbc propriety of ownveniug- - * district public meeting , * ad to take suoh other step 3 as may be deemed -necessary at this important crisis . All the members-residing in this locality are requested t « attend .

      Defsbbt . —Two leetores will be delivered or Monday the 24 : h , in the Large Room , over the Cooperative Stores , by Messrs . Brook and Bray , of Hudderafield , on the benefits . arising from co-operation . -Ghair to be taken at half-p&st seven o ' clock precisely . N . B . —Owing to the numerous applications for shares ^ belonging to the Stores , 'tfee directors will sit from eight to eleven every Saturday night , to receive contributions . Shares £ 1 -each , taken as low as threepence per week . ItewsBiTBY District . —A « onnsel meeting will be lield on Sunday , Oct . 30 ih , in the-Large Room , over the Stores , at two o'clock in the afternoon ; delegates are requested to attend from all paxts of the district . HoiiiKGwoRTH . —The residents in Hollingworth , Mottram , and the surrounding neighbourhood , are requested to attend at their rooms , on Sunday next , at one o'clock , on business of great importance .

      Kswcastle . —Mr . H . RoBson , will preach Mr . Russell's funeral sermon in the ¦ Chartists' Hall , Goat Inn . 'Cloth Market , on Sunday ' evening , at seven o ' clock . Mr . Wu . CtrsM . \ GHAH will lecture at Almondbury on Saturday , Uo-day ) , at half-paet-six . Mr . Listeb will visit Thuretonlaad on Sunday , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon ; Honley , Sunday , the 30 th ; and Yew Green , on Sunday , Isovember the 6 th . Mr . Edwaed Clayton wilileeture at Kirkheaton -on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , at six o ' clock ; Tharstonland , Sunday 30 th , at half-past two in the afternoon ; and at Almond bury Town Hall , en Monday , Nov . 7 th , at half-past seven o ' clock . Stgckpoet . —Mr . James Mitehell will lecture at the Association room , Bamber ' Brow , at six o'clock to- "iorrow evening ( Sunday ) .-Notice . —The Evening Star is read daily at the Association room , Bamber ' s Brow .

      The Friekbs at Heaton Isorris are informed that the Northern Star , Evening Star , Chartist Circu ' , and all other out aid out democratic journaLi , together with the London Times , will be read every night at the house of Mr . James Mitchell , Heatonlane . Tflis arrangement has been made to accomodate those who live a great distance from the Association room . Bristol . —Mr . F . W . Simeon will deliver a lecture on Sunday evening next , in Bear-laoe Chapel , at half-past E * ix .

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      THE LATE ARRESTS . " We warn the public that the present prosecutions at ihe special commissions will be made ihe groundwork of future acts of Parliament . " But what is it that we find passing aronnd us f Is it not tie realization of that , which we long since prophesied , as the inevitable consequence of Toryism being triumphant ? The re-appearance ot political spies—the harsh treatment of political offenders . We do not , of cocrse , refer to the sentences passed npon thoss convicted of having violated the law—and that a jury of their countrymen have determined on their oaths , are liable for their misconduct to the animadversion of the legally constituted tribunals . What we refer to , is the treatment of persons arrested on a particular charge—that charge being for a political

      crime , end when ail that is required is their safe keeping by the police , until they are brought before a magistrate , for the purpose of either being bailed , or of being identified as the persons against whom certain proceedings at law , are about to be taken . When , as in the case of Mr . Feargns OConnur , oi the Rev . Wm . Hill , the charge against them waa solely of a political description , it might be expected with regard to the one , that directions should have been given by Sir Robert Peel or Sir James Graham , that he who had been a member of Parliament , and their equal , should have been treated , consideriug his health and bia habits , and the courtesy due to a gentleman , and as respects the other , that he from bis situation , the editor of a newspaper—and by profession a Christian minister ,, might hare met with some courtesy , some tenderness , some delicacy . this been done

      Baa with regard to either ? No . Instead of that it is sickening to go through the details ot tha treatment experienced by Mr . O Connor ; and aa to the Bev . Wm . Hill we find that he waa manacled aa if be were a common felon 11 ; What ! any man , no matter what bis situation or condition in life , to have the handimfli of a ' criminal placed npon him , upon the mere charge of a misdemeanour , would be disgraceful to those who had sanctioned sneh a proceeding ; but thua to treat a gentleman and a clergyman it , wa nave no fleaitation in saying it , moat infamous —it is--tba pare Toryism of cruelty—it la the very brutality of cowardice . If we are not greatly mistaken the instructions to toe police constables were grossly violated in Um case of the Rev . Wm . HiU , for those instructions as well aa we recollect , are to this effect . —

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 22, 1842, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct776/page/8/