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      1 TA PUBLIC MEETING of the Inhabitants XL of Leeds , convened under the auspices of the "Society for the Extinction of the Slave Trade ; President and Patbon , His Rotal H ighness

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      TO SICK CLUBS , SECRET SOCIETIES ; AND INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE MONEY TO LEND , UPON GOOD SECURITY . rp HE TRUSTEES of the HYDE WORKING JL MEN'S INSTITUTION are ready to receive £ 600 as a Mortgage on the above building , at 5 per cent , interest , The Institution is built of good stone , and contains two splendid rooms , capable of holding 1500 persons each , comfortably . The lecture room has a fine Gallery , which will hold three hundred . The annual rent is £ 60 ; chief rent £ 4 1 Oa . 9 d . Early application must be made to John Bradley Clothier , Hyde , or to any of the Trustees , who will furniah every information required . Institution Vestry Room , Dec . 28 , 1841 .

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      Still on sale at all the Publishers , Price Threepence only , THE POOR MAN'S COMPANION : A POIltlCAi ALMANACK FOB 1842 , SJETTING forth , at one view , the enormous amount of Taxes wrung from the industry of a starving people , and their extravagant and shameful expenditure ,.. ' ...-A ' Jap containing tables of useful reference on almost all subject ** connected with general policy .

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      Just Published , price One Penny , No . 4 , of THE LABOURER'S LIBHAHY . CONTAINING GOVEItNIVIENT AND SOCIETV CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO FIRST PRINCIPLES . I ) T JOHN FRANCIS BHAV . Reprinted from "Labour ' s Wrongs and Labour ' s Remedy . " LEEDS : Printed by J . Hobson , Nortliern Star Office ; Published in London by J . Cleave , Shoe-lane , Fleet-street ; in Manchester by A . Hey wood . Oldbam-street ; in Newcastle , by D . France and Co ., Side ; and in Glasgow , by Paton and Love , Nelson-street . '

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      VALUABLE WORKS . Just published , price 2 s . 12 mo . bound in cloth > FIFTEEN LESSONS ON THE ANALOGY AND SYNTAX OF THE ENGLISH LANGU AGE , for the use of adult persons who have neglected the study Of Grammar . BY WILLIAM HILL . Also , Price One Shilling , bound in Cloth , PROGRESSIVE EXERCISES , Selected from the best English Authors , and so arranged as to accord with the Progressive Lessons in the foregoing Work .

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      joss SKEZBxn . —The official report sent is an advertisement . Bobkbi Watsok , Lwth . —Notice qf the two meetings on the 20 & of December last it a leetle too late . ya . Szephet Bisks , Hacking manufacturer , and member of the General Council of the National Charier Association , Nun-street , Newcastle , trill supply any seaport town in Great Britain arid Ireland , carriage free , tnlh first-rate Chartist Blacking as low as any in the trade , and tnll give one twelfth of the proceeds to the Executive Council in Manchester . P . S . The blacking cannot be surpassed in quality ; and any quantity can be procured in penny packets , or otherwise

      packed in neat bares . prfDKs ' s Chartist Blacking . —Thomas Hanson , 24 , Currant-street , Sussex-street , Nottingham , has become retail agent for Finder s Chartist blacking ; and he tcUi allow one penny per shilling out cf his profits to the Executive . £ jU 2 O Chabtists complain that their reports are not given at greater length . We received from them a report of a meeting held on Tuesday , the 28 th of December , on Thursday , the 6 th of January , ten days after the meeting had been held , and only a fev hours before tee are obliged to go to press aith the Cornwall papers . Me . N MoBUKQ trill feel obhged if any Chartists o Sve . Battle , Winchetseo , Chichester , <§ -c « will

      report to htm , by letter , the state of the cause in their respective neighbourhoods . His address is Ao . 22 , Albion-street , Brighten . Ja tb-r iASt Balance-sheet , instead of 5 s . being placed opposite Woberhampton , it should be Wigton . JL SlOXBBOUSE A 5 D IHS LEEDS C&AKHSTS . —The list of nominations for the Convention teas sent to us officially by the Secretary for the Executive : if any mistake have occurred it must be corrected through Mm—tee cannot do it . ¦ jjIil . Edtfabd Clattdb and the Chasge op Dbtjitk-EJJXESS AGA 1 KST MlU O'BbIEH AGAIN . — We received by this day ' s ( Thursday ) post a letter signed John Chapman , Joseph Bray ,

      Joseph Rushworth , William sellers , Robert Peel , Andrew Emmerson , and Junes Gledhill . These persons , of course , knew when they sent their letter that f coming at that period of the week ) it would not appear this week . It is such a letter as they have no right to expect any newspaper to insert at alt ; but we shall not deviate from our usual course of allowing persons to abuse us in our own columns . The conductor of the Northern Star , whom these persons please to speak of as " establishing a dictator little short of that assumed by the Conqueror of old" has made a constant practice of endeavouring to show "fair play" to every one but himself . His anxiety on this head has caused him to open the

      columns of the paper to so many communications abusing its conductor and misrepresenting his statements , under colour of some petty complaint or other , that many such persons as Messrs Chapnan and Co . seem to have taken up the notion that every body has a right to abuse the Editor of the Northern Star as much as they please ; and that it is a very serious crime in him to give any explanation of whatever misrepresentations may be made , or any contradiction to whatever false hoods may be asserted respecting him . We shall give this letter of Messrs . Chapman and Co . in our next weeWs Notices to Correspondents ; * ee

      shall answer Us falsehoods by simply stating facts ; we shall leave its abuse to answer itself ; and shall have no more of these " capers" from either Mr . Clayton or his friends . Mb . Pkxjtt . —We are reluctantly compelled to withhold his excellent letter to Hamer Stansfeld , Esg . for this week . TSTiLtiAM Cook . —We think his communication better not inserted . Let the " lads" go on—let them not be daunted . Truth must prevail . Ebtabd M' £ "wa 5 . —We only received the paper from him containing the report of the saintly brawl in the Relief Church by the last post before going to press . We shall make use of it for our

      next . 3 && 3 ASD ITCAEEfET . —His letter in reference to CoL Thompson arrived too late for this week : it shall appear in our next . Pisdkh ' s Blacking . —Suppobt fob the Executive , axdthk Cacsb gkskraixt . —In our last we noticed the patriotic offer of Mr . Robert Lundy , of Mylongate , Hull , to give threepence out of every shilling of his receipts for Finder ' s blacking to the Executive . Since then we have received the following letter from Mr . Lundy , to which we have great pleasure in drawing attention : —

      * ' SrR , —When I "wrote yon last week , I was not aware that Mr- Pinder allowed more profit on bis blacking * h * T » 4 d- to the shilling ; bat I find the profit to be 100 per cent I shall then give 3 d . per shHling , aa 1 stated , to the Executive , and 10 per cent , additional , oat of my receipts , to the funds of the Hull Chartists . I hope other agents 'will follow the example . " KOBEBX lUKDT . " We hope so too . Let the thing be set about at once and in good earnest . Surely there is in every place some good Chartist as patriotic as Mr . Lundy ! About it at once ! Let every locality have its agent—let not an ounce of any other blacking come into a Chartist ' s house—Jet the sale of it be pushed among other parties as much as possible and the "rent roll of the Executive will soon be worth something .

      Chaeles Datibsox is dissatisfied with the reason we assign for the non-publication of his letter ; that reason being no room . " He threatens te cease reading the paper unless we assign a more satisfactory reason . We should certainly deprecate so heavy a calamity , as the loss of Mr . Davidson ' s patronage as seriously as we shall deplore it , if compelled to bear up against it ; but what can we do in so perplexing a dilemma ? if we assign any other reason , ' tis ten to one but it might be less a satisfactory" instead of being more to . Vpon the whole , therefore , we see nothing for it , but to leave the matter as it is ; trusting that second thoughts may awaken our friend's commisseralion

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      JdH >* Bbtiekwobth , Milxbow . —We charge b \ d . for the paper and viedal to ihe agents—Viey sell them aiZid . R . B . ToDMOiDES . —It 7 m been forwarded to A . Heytfo&d . B-BrA field The pared of Plaits , Medals , and Al-Eijcarh * was sent to T . Ingram , Neville-street , Jterpurewzy . A ^ Old Scbschibeb . Deyonport . —Send 2 s . lid . to ihis Oficc , naming the Plate wanted . He tcUI receive Vtt Plate ty return , and the papers weekiy till the six nrcks end . If Ae could send 5 s . lvd ., for Ure , it vroidd save twopence in ihe postage , and hro wiUpass njer Uion & ; . £ . He will then get iicdve ivecks " t-I-ers . fSZ THE -WIVES AND FAMILIES OF THE ISCAlt-CEHATED CHABTISTS . £ . S . & Prom 3 Ir . TV . CoJtman ,

      pi&nofortetnaer , Lejcestfcr ... 0 3 6 From Jases George , Bristol ... 0 1 0 FOB THE EXECUTIVE . From James George , Bristol ... 0 2 6 From the Woodncuse National Charier Association 0 5 0 From the Chartists of WakeSeld , per Mra . Lancaster 0 10 0 From Roger Pinder , Hull 0 5 11 ^ TOa THE O ' BBXES PRESS FUND . Fr om Lsmbley , Nottinghamshire ... 0 5 3 From Merton , Snrrey , per J . Dale ... 0 8 0 From London , Id . per week subscription , by H . M .... 4 9 M . C ., byH . 31 .... 0 3 0 5 0 FOE sas . F 3 OST—THE " TVHIG-HADE WIDOW , From J . S . wett ' s shop , Nottingham 0 6 6 ~ the Chartists of Swan-green , near Bradford 0 4 0 - the Chartists of

      Bradford--ucor .. 010 James G-orge , Bristol ... 0 2 G the " >'~ w Town Class" of Ciartists in Bishnp'wearmouth 0 15 0 the Chartists of Skegby , per J . Bardstop „„ ¦ ... ... 0 2 0 tie National Charter Association , "W oodhonsB 0 2 6

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      THE SilALL PORTRAITS . To i £ « rt fhe -wishes of many -who desire to have the Sniill Portraits formerly ' issued -with the Star , asd Tho say that 4 M- is an awkward price to remit , * e have determined to cfi'er them at id . each . The list comprises Portraits of—£ O'Connor , H . Hunt , R- Oastler , Andre-w Marvel , J . B . Stephens , Arthur O'Connor , Sir W . Moles-fforth Thos . Attwood , and "Wo . Cobbett , Bronterre O'Brien . AS these-Bill be allowed to the Agents and Booksellers , ^ as to retail &t 4 d . each . Any one experiencing difficulty in procuring them has but to inclose six Postage Stamps , either ts the office , or t » oar principal agents , Mi . Cleave , of London , Mr . Gnest , of Birmingham , and Mt Heywood , of Manchestar , and he can have any one on the lis returned to him by the cext post .

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      • P-E-ISSUE OF THE LARGE PORTRAITS . "' are constantly receiving applications from new KibEcribers , or from friends , -wishing to know upon ¦ fhat terms they can be supplied with the LabgE Posteaits that have bten , at different times , ianed to the subscribers to the Siar ; to these : applications our invariable ansver has hitherto ttea , " not at any price . " The calls upon ns , how-: ever , Lavs now btcoine so numerous and so nrgtnt , that we rare d ^ Unained to issue them again on j the following terms : — I

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      A person wishing to sabeeribe tor any one of the lanre Plates , most enter his name with his News-agent and Subscribe regularly for the paper for gix ¦ weeks , -specifying at the time he eaters his name the Plate he -wants . At the end of his six "weeks' subscription he -will receive the Plate along -with- hi * Paper for that ¦ we ek , for both of which he will be charged Is . by the Agent , and no more . The Afeat-wm be charged for Paper and Plate for that -week 9 d . ; so that he -will h » Te 85-per- cent , profit for Ma trouble . The Papers will oosthim nothing Sot carriage , as they go by post ; and we -will contrive to get the Plates to him for as little cost as possible . Any subscriber -who receives his paper direct from the office , can haTe the plates on the same terms as from an agent .

      Here , then , is an easy manner by which all who desire can hava any of the nnder-mentioned plates : — The Convention . John Collins . John Erost Dr . M'DooalL J ; K . Stephens . KEmmett , and Bichard Outler . P . O'Connor . The agents had better open their subscription lists immediately , and apprise u » of the number they will require of each . * *? In answer to several applications respecting the tims to commence the Six Weeks' Subscriptions ¦ we have to say as soon as the next plate , " Monmouth Court House , " shall have been distributed . When one Portrait , or Plate has been obtained in accordance "with this plan , the Snbscriber may enter his name for another ; and so on till he receive all he may desire to have . Every person can have jost those -which he pleases to subscribe f or ; and is not expected or desired to take others he may not need . -

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      IirisDS . —Distressed Pbistebs of London . — We beg to call attention to an advertisement elsewhere , of a subscription by the printers of this town , for . the purpose of alleviating the distresses of 1560 of their unemployed fellows in the Metropolis . The object is laudably benevolent . We are happy to hear that in other towns considerable sums have been contributed by the -wealthier classes of the public , whom this deserving class of operatives have done so nmch to serve and to instruct . We trutt LeedB will not be backward . Last Sat ^ trday night Mr . J . Smith lectured on the benefits of teetotalism , to a crowded audience ; he delivered a ' powerful address , which gave great satisfaction to his audience .

      DEWSBUBY . —Poob Law Meecies . —At a meeting of the Guardians , a vote of censure on Mr . Bradbury , the parish doctor for Mirfield , for neglecting the child of Thomas Robinson that was dangerously ill , was agreed to . It appeared from the evidence ! that the father delivered the order , in writing , from the relieving officer , to Mr . B ., between ten and eleven o'clock on Wednesday morning , Nov . 24 th , when he described the illness of the child , and requested him to attend as soon as possible . Mr . Bradbury promised to call either on that day or the day after . He did not attend until twenty-ax hours had elapsed , and in sixteen hours after that the child died I

      STAtiYBRIDGE . The members of the Noah ' s Ark Lodge , No . 18 of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds , assembled on the 31 st of Dec ., to celebrate their twelfth anniversary , at the Royal Oak Inn , when upwards of 100 members sat down to an excellent dinner provided by the -worthy host and hostess , Mr . and Mis . Allen . OLDHAM .-On Saturday evening last , the members « f the Mechanics' Institution , Side of Moor , Oldham , had a tea party in their large and commodious room , and about one hundred and fifty persons sad down to a most excellent tea . After which , Mr . Joseph Brooks was called to the chair . A selection of sacred masic was performed by Mr . Josh . Winterbpttom and a number of his pupils , from the works of Handel , Haydn , and other composers .

      Pkee Boks Exglishmen . —A correspondent writes U 8 that , on Christmas Day , the colliers , in the employ of Messers . Uns worth walked in procession through the Btreets of Oldbam , dressed in new suits of flannel , bought fer them by their masters , and which they were forced to have or be turned out of employ ; and for which they have to pay the fall value . HALIFAX .- Sacrilege . —On Sunday nujht last , some villains broke into the church at Coley , near Halifax , and took away books , cushions , &c . BtRGLAHY . —On Thursday night last , the house of Mr . David Parkinson , stone ^ merchant , Northowram , near Halifax , was brokea into by means of taking the cellar window ost , and nineteen stones of bacon , which was laid in salt , wa 3 taken away . Mr . D . Parkinson , has had his house broken into five times during the last eighteen months .

      BOCHDALE-A meeting to consider the propriety pf petitioning Parliament for a Ten Hours ' Bill took place in the Social Institution on Tuesday evening . The room was not half filled ; showing that the working classes wanted something more . Mr . James Bailey was called to the chair . Mr . Doherty spoke for upward ^ of an hour , pointing out the evil ^ deeds of the Whigs . He coacluded bis address by . giving an account of the interview a deputation from the Short Time Committee had with Sir Robert Peel , Sir Jame 3 Graham , and others , when the Cnairman read the petition to be

      adopted . A resolution was here moved and seconded for the adoption , of the Ten Hours' Bill , when Mr . John Leach moved an amendment and was seconded by Mr . James Ashley , to the following effect , — " That while this meetiDg consider the operatives of this country are overworked and cannot obtain the common necessaries of life by their labour , they are of opinion that the people will never be permanently benefitted until the Charter becomes the law of the land . " After some desultory conversation , both the amendment and motion were put from the chair , when the Chairman declared the amendment carried .

      THOBNTON .-The second degree of Ancient Forebters held their usual anniversary , on New Year ' s Day , when upwards of forty members sat down to an excellent dinner , provided by the worthy host and hostes ? , Mr . and Mrs . Driver . HUDDEB-SFIEIjuD . —On Friday night last , a most melancholy and fatal accident happened to Mx . George Robinson , fancy woollen manufacturer , of this town , as he was returning home from Wakefield , on the road betwixt the Black Bull , Mirfield , and tie Three liuus . When found he was quite insensible , . and died shortly after wards . He was riding a very spirited horse , from which he fell , either from the effect of a fit or some ether cause unknown . There were no particular wounds found upon his body , except what had been inflicted by the feet of the horse . He haa left a widow and two children to mourn his loss . An inquest has been held , and a verdict of " accidental death" given .

      BIRMINGHAM Theatre Rotal . This theatre has been crowded during the week past to witness a new pantomime called w Sinbad the Sailor , " composed by Mr . De Hayes , who enacts the clown . It is got up in a mast splendid manner , and gaie the holiday folks * Teat satisfaction . It abounds with iiuvel and clever tricks . A series of the best sice * , pieces of the drama , have also been performed , thereby forming a double attraction . The principal characters , ilacbeth , Brutus , &c , have been performed by a iir . Woolgar , of the Theatres Royal York anu-Hull , who bids fair to become a favourite here . . Mr . Woigar , Mr . Nantz , and Mis 3 Saker were called for at the conclusion of their

      performances . BRADFORD—Fire Damp Accide > t . —OnFriday morning last , twe men and two boys were dreadfully burnt by an explosion of fire damp , in the pit called the Junction , on Low Moor , belonging to the Low Moor Company . The two men are so severely burnt it i 3 thought they cannot possibly recover . These make twelve persons ttat have been burnt thi 3 week within the space of a mile . KENSINGTON . —Dissolution of the Poob Lav ? Umo . n . —A public meeting of the rate-payers was heia in the spacious rooms of the Civet Cat Inn , High-street , * Kensington , on Monday evening , at seven o'cioci . John Percival , Esq ., was called to the chair , and opened the business in a mo 3 t masterly manner .. Mr W . S . Hanson moved the first resolution . Mr . Hanson then submitted to the meeting

      many cases oi cruelty perpetrated under the provisions and through the agency of the Poor Law Amendment Bill . He concluded by moving the resolution as follows : — " That an association of the ratepayers of the parish of Kensington , be formed to aid the parochial authorities in breaking up the Kensington Union , and placing the poor under our own controul , " which on being seconded by Mr . Long , waB carried unanimously , amid the loudest applause . Mr . Preece , in a speech replete tvith good sense , in which he laid bare the sophistry of the Malthusians , and cut uproot and branch their infernal principles , moved "That-a committee be fermed in furtherance of ihe above views , " which being seconded , was carried nnanimously . A large number of members -were enrolled . Thanks were then voted to the Chairman : and the meeting adjourned .

      MANCHESTER . —Teetotausji . —Mr . John Hockrags , the Birmingham blacksmith , has delivered recently twenty-five lectures on total abstinence and the evils of drunkenness , and has had crowded audiences every night , and done much good . t ) n Sunday evening he lectnred at Blakeleystreet ; on Monday at Ashton ; and on TueEday at the Mechanics' - Institute , Manchester . IjONDON . —Thsee Ceo-wxs , Richmond-street . I'he tailors of the above Association held their usual meeting on- Sunday last , when Messrs . Cuffey and Parker addressed the meeting , in the absence of Mr . M'Grath .

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      TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . BROTHERS , —I find it announced by the Northern Star of Saturday , the 1 st of January , 1842 , that my fellow-members of the Executive are unable te assemble at the appointed time in Bristol , f « r want of food * . i beg earnestly to submit that uniess the Executive , " immediately assembles , ovb . cause WILL BE SERIOUSLY RETARDED . Reflect for a moment on the movement in the Midland Counties , and the prooeedin ? s of tha Corn Law League , and I am sure you will at once see the necessity of our immediately meeting , and completing the arrangements for the election of tke National Convention .

      In the present peculiar position of the several move ment parties , 1 will not enter upon a statement of my opinion regarding the policy of our body . But I entreat our members immediately to place in the hands of the Treasurer the funds requisite to enable the Executive to assemble forthwith . I beg to urge my Executive colleagues , Leach , M'Douall , Campbell , and Williams , to be in Bristol with all possible haste . The pesple of this part anxiously await their coming ; and I have good authority for stating that Bath , Bristol , and Trow bridge will jointly contribute £ & or £ 10 towards the expenses of thoir sitting . Respectfully , Xa the good cause , R . K . PHiiP . Bath , Jan . 6 th , 1812 .

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      Bbadfoed , Nobth Tavkrn . —The Chartists who meet at this place , are requested to attend at six o'clock , on particular business . Mr . Ifebotson will lecture in the Council Room , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in the evening ; also , at Mr . Holt'a , Thompson ' s House , at ten o'clock in the forenoon . Jennings aad Raspens will lecture at Mr . White ' s , Manchester Road , on Sunday evening , at five o ' clock . Mr . Hodgson will lecture at Bowling Back-lane , oa Sunday evening , at five o ' clock . Middieton Fields : Mr . Brook will lecture at the the Three Pigeons , on Sunday evening , at eight o ' olock . London . —Mr . Matthews will lecture at the Albion Coffee House , Church-ateftet , Shorediteb , on Sunday next , at seven o ' clock precisely .

      Old Bailey . —Mr . Stallwood will lecture at the Political and Scientific Institute , on Sunday next , at seven e ' clock precisely , on the necessity of a change . Golden-lawe . —Mr . Stallwood will lecture to the shoemakers , in the Large Room , Star Coffee House , on Sunday evening next , at nine o'clock , on the principles of the People ' s Charter , and the means of obtaining the Bamo . Limehousb . —A lecture will be delivered in the Limehou 8 e School Room , on Tuesday next , at eight o ' clock , in furtherance of the Chartist cause . Hammersmith . —Thomas Paine's Birthdav . — A public dinner will be held on Monday the 31 st instant , to celebrate the birthday of Thomas Paine , at t \ e Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith Road . —Communications to be addressed to Mr . E . Stallwood , 6 , Little Vale-place , Hammersmith-road .

      Hammessfield . —Mr . L . H . Leighs will deliver a lecture , at the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith-road , on Tuesday next , at half-past seven precisely . Sloane-square . —A public meeting will be held on Monday next , in the Temperance Hall , Lower George-street , at eight o ' clock precisely—The attendance of the members and their friends is particularly requested . Lecture . —Mr . Fairer will lecture on the repeal of the Corn Laws , on Sunday , at the Three Crowns , Richmond-street . Lecture . —Mr . Stallwood will lecture on thej > rinciples of the Charter , on Sunday , at the Three Crowns , Richmond-street .

      Mabylebmjb . —Mr . Win . Benbow will lecture , in the Working Men ' s Hall , Circus-street , New Road , on Sunday evening next , at half-past seven o'clock . Crottdon . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Croydon , and its vicinity , will take place at the Rising Sun Tavern , on Monday next , to take into consideration the present unparalleled distressed state of the country ; to address her Majesty , and to petition Parliament thereon . Sheffield . —The council will meet , on Sunday , at two o ' clock precisely . Lecture . —Mr . Julian Harney will lecture in the Association Room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday evening , —Subject : the New Poor Law .

      A Public Meetiss will be held in the Large Room , Fig Tree-lane , on Monday evening next , to nominate fit and proper persons to serve in the Convention for the West Riding . Halifax . —Mr . Bairstow , of Leicester , will deliver a lecture in the Charter Institution , this evening , ( Saturday , ) at seven o ' clock . Macclesfield . —Mr . West will lecture in the Chartist Association Rooms , on Sunday next . Mr . Doyle ' s Route for the ensuing Week . —On Saturday , ( to-day , ) in Middlewich ; Sunday next , inCongleton ; Monday , the 10 th , Tuesday llih , and Wednesday 12 th , in the Potteries ; Saturday 15 th , in New Mills . Dukinfield . —Mr . Thos . Storor , of Ashton , will lecture to the Chartists bfDackinfield , iuHall Green , on Sunday next , at six o ' clock in the evening .

      Hokbury . — -Two sermons will be preached on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock in the aflernoon , and at half-past six o ' clock in the evening , by Mr . John Arran , of Bradford . Upp er Wortley . —Mr . John Smith , of Pottery Field , will deliver a lecture in this , place , on Wednesday evening , the 12 th instant , at eight o ' clock . — Subject : Tad nature and importance of truth . Newcastle . —Mr . Bronterre O'Brien will deliver three lectures , in the New Lecture Room , Nelsonstreet , on the evenings of Monday , the 10 th , Tuesday , the 11 th , and Wednesday , the 12 th . The latter © pea for discussion . SiXGLEHURST . —Mr . Henry Hunt will deliver a lecture , on Monday evening , the 10 th instant , on the Anomalies of Class Legislation , and its inefficiency to harmonise Society .

      Sachisto . n . —Mr . Mowbray will lecture here on Saturday , the loin inst . Bolton . —Mr . Bairstow will be in Bolton on Wednesday , Jan . 12 , and Mr . Leech on the Sunday following , at the Association rooms , in Howel-croft . Mr . Leach will lectHreiu Openshaw , on Sunday evening , the 9 th , at six o ' clock . Mr . Campbell will lecture in the room of the National Charter Association , York-street , Cnorlton-upon-Medlock , ou Sunday evening , at six o'clock . Barxsley . —A public meeting o f the inhabitants of Barnsley will be held in the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . Mr . T . B . Smith , of Leeds , will address the meeting .

      Mb .. Joneb , the East and North Riding lecturer , will visit ihe following places during the next week , viz .: —Malton , on Monday and Tuesday , the 10 th and 11 th inst . ; at Scarbro ' , on the 12 th and 13 th ; at Bridlington , on the 14 th . and 15 th . Huddehsfield . —Mr . B . Rushton will gire three Chartist lectures in the Chartist Room , Upperhead Row , Hnddersfield , on Sunday next . viz .: —At halfpast ten in the morning , half-past two in the afternoon , and six o ' clock in the evening . There will bn a collection made in , the afternoon aud evening to defray the espences . Newark . —Mr . W . D . Taylor will visit Newark on Sunday aud Monday nest ; Iladford on Tuesday ; Sutton on Wednesday j and Mansfield on Thursday .

      Lef-DS . —Mr . Charlesworth will preach in the Association Room , as half-past two o'clock in the afternoon ; and Mr . Brook at half past six in the evening . Todmorden . —The Rev . W . V . Jackson , of Manchester , will preach three sermons , in the Mechanics ' Institute , on Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at half-past ten o ' clock iu the foreHoon ; in the afternoon at halfpast two ; and in tha evening at six o ' clock . Collections will be made after each sermon towards erecting a chapel for the minister aud his congregation . . Rochdale . —Mr . Bairstow -will preach two sermons on Sunday next , at half-past two and six , in the Association Room , Yorkshire-street .

      Belper . —A delegate meeting is to be holden on the 27 ch of February . Each neighbouring town and village is requested to send a delegate . Darlington . —J . B . O'Brien is expected to deliver two lectures , in the long-room at Mr . Bray ' s , on Thursday and Friday evening , this week . Holbecr . —On Sunday evening , Jan . 9 "h , Mr . Frazer , will deliver a lecture , in the Association Rooms , Holbeck Bridge—to cummeace at half-past six o ' clock . On Wednesday evening , Jan . 12 th , Mr . T . B . Smith will lecture at the same place—to commence at half-past seven o ' clock . Halifax . —Mr . Bairstow will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Lecture Room , Swan Coppice , on Saturday ( this day ) , to commence at seven o ' clock in the evening .

      Birmingham . —Mr . J . Mason , Chartist Lecturer , will lecture in the Chartist Room , feeeman-street , on Sunday evening next , at half-past six o ' clock , in aid of Mr . White's defence fund . Delegate Meeting . —Notice to Birmingham District . —A delegate meeting will be held at the Chartist Room , Freeman-street , on Sunday next , January 9 ih , 1842 , when a delegate will be expected from each locality , without Jail , as business connected with tbe forthcoming Convention , National Petition , and Lecturers' Fund will be brought forward .

      Mr . Candy , from Wolverhampton , vriEhes to announce that he is goiDg through the West Riding of Yorkshire , next wetk , aid will call yn his way and address the Chartists of Bradford , Dewsbury , Todmorden , and Halifax .

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      Cask of Rbkvb . —Mr . Walking has reeeiyed this week , from a poor man , Bristol , second subscription , Sixpence . ; ' ; ¦ :. . ' ; - . ; ; / . ' : . \ - ¦' , .-: ' .:.: An unprincipled character , Reeve says , wrote to Sir William Molesworth , oil bis behalf , and received a donation of £ 10 , which he pocketed , giving Reeve only 103 6 o > of it . T Finder ' s BiAckiwo . —The following suma are due to the Executive from Mr . Roger Pinder : — Mr . Ford j Knightsbridge , London , ... 0 6 Mr . Green , Kidderminster , ... ... 1 10 Mr . Mawson , Nottingham , ... ... 0 10 Mr . Rushin , Salford , Manchester ... 1 10 Mr . Halton , Preston ,... ... ... 1 0

      Tricks of thb Plague . "—A correspondent writes iis : — " There has been lately employed a maa ^ ho ia stationed under the Colonade of Drurylane Theatre with a table and other requisites , for the purpose of getting signatures to the Anti-Cbrn-Law Petition ; and even boys of eleven or twelve years of age are allowed to sign it . I saw the signature of one boy whom I knew very well , and he assured me he had signed twice . ' ? Testimonial to Mr . Oastler . —We learn from a paper which has been forwarded to us , and which is about to be advertised , that the friends of this gentleman , whose advocacy of the rights of the poor has endeared him to avery large portion of our working classes , are about to raiBe a mibscripfcion in

      his - behalf , the purpose of which will be best explained by the following short extract from the paper alluded to : —** , The great efforts which Mr . Oastler has made for his country have , however , dost him much . No considerations of private interest have ever restrained him in his endeavours to fulfil that whioh he conceived to be his public duty . This great , benevolent , and patriotic man is now the inmate of a debtor's prison ; debarred the full exercise of those admirable faculties of mind and body which are so well adapted to : procure an ample provision for himself and family . A most earnest appeal is made to those who are attached to the cause of British constitutional government to contribute towards raising a fund for the purpose of

      placing Mr . Oastler , his wife , and their adopted daughter , in comfortable circumstances . The money which is raised will be under the control of the trustees whose names are before mentioned , who will decide on the best method : of fulfilling the object intended . " Among the names of the trustees we observe those of Lord Feveraham , Sir George Sinclair , Bart ., &e . There is little doubt , taking into consideration the exertions of Mr . Oastler to benefit the condition of the factory children , the disinterestedness of those exertions , and the many affluent and zealous admirers he has among all classes of politicians / that the subscription will realise the expectations of the most sanguine of his friends . —¦ Morning Herald .

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      A LIST OF NOMINATIONS TO THE NATIONAL CONVENTION , FOR MARCH , 1842 . Northumberland and Durham . Cumberland and Westmorland , Bronterre O'Brien . Yorkshire , Feargua O'Connor , George Julian Harney , Edward Clayton , John West , George Binna , Thoa . Vevera . J . B . O'Brien , James Penny , Win . Otley , John West , and Jobs Campbell , * Secretary to the Executive . . ' ¦' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . '¦ - : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . - -. ' -- ' - /¦ '¦ ¦ ¦ . - ' Lancashire , James Leech , * John Beealey . Cheshire , W . Griffin , John Campbell , * and Christopher . ^ Doyle . . " . ; , ' . : ' : :- ¦ , ¦ . : "; - . '¦; ' ; ¦;¦ : ' '¦'¦ ' . ¦ ¦ . ¦¦' ¦] Derbyshire , Leicester , Nottingham , Thomas Raynor

      Smart , Dean Taylor , George Harrison Farmer , Jonathan Biirstow . j i Staffordshire , G . B . Mart , John Mason , John Richards Warwick and Worcestershire , George White . Northampton and Oxfordshire . Monmouth and Herefordshire , Morgan Williams . * Devon , Cornwall , and Dorset , Thomas Smith . Gloucester , Somerset , and Wilts , Wm . Prowtlng Roberts , Robert Kempt Philp , * George Merse Bartlett , Felix Wm . Simeon , John Copp . Hants , Sussex , and Isle of Wight , Nathaniel Moriing , Wm . Woodward .

      Essex , Middlesex , Surrey , and Kent , P . M . M'DouaU , * Wm . Carrier , Wm . Prowting Roberts , Win . Benbow , Goodwin Barmby , J . W . Parker , John Fussell , Edmund Stallwood , Ruffy Ridley , Wm . Robson French , Philip M'Gratb , Wm . Foxi John

      Watkins , - — - Rainsley , ——~ Robson , —— Balls , John Knight , aDd John Maynard . London , John Knight , John Maynaxd . Norfolk , Suffolk , and Cambridge , i ' It will be seen that in the above list there are no nominations for several of the Electoral Districts . We believe there are candidates for each District , but their names , residences , &c . have not yet been forwarded to the General Secretary , without which it is impossible for them to be taken cognizance of . The nominations not yet forwarded mutt be immediately sent in , when the complete list will be issued , and a day for the Ballot fixed . Those -who desire Information on this snbject should consult the instructions issued after the sitting of the Executive in Birmingham . * Those marked thus * are members of the Executive .

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      BIRMINGHAM —Chabtist Meetis 08 . ~ A meeting was held at the Chartist Association Room , Fceeman-etreet , on Sunday evening last , Mr . Welaford in the chain The Chairman , who is an active member of the lately formed discussion class , displayed in his person the asefulness of such societies . He opened the business id a neat and effective address , and conoluded by introducing Mr . George White , to address the meeting . Mr . White entered at great length into the attempts which were made to split up the Chartist body , under various pretences . He maintained that the Corn Law repealers , the Rational Chartist , ' said other parties which were endeavouring to force themselves into existence , were no other than their old and

      bitter enemies , the Whiga under a mask He next adverted to a paper published by Hetherington : 6 f London ; purporting to ; :. ' be the organ of a National Association , the first number of which contauaed an attack on Mr . O'Connor , for the statement which he made whilst in Scotland relative to the ** Naw JWove" plotter *? . That document called on Mr . O'Connor for proofs of that which was as clear as the sun at noonday . He could give proof sufficient of the paltry intrigues of Hetherington , Brewster , Lovett , and Co ., for there was hardly a town in England or Scotland , where there was not a few empty-headed , paltry shop-boyB , who were so puffed up with their own importance , and so full of conceit , as to suppose that everything which was

      done by the working classes ought nrst to receive tbeirsanction . When those parties were exposed , they declared they were wronged , and called for proofs , but they were like moles—they worked underground Their secret workings could hardly be traced , were it not for the heaps of dirt which they continually turned up , as an evidence of their industry . He denounced the party as a cheat on the public , for when he was m London there wa 3 not above thirty of the new move " , inen ( or rather shop lads ) to maintaini the cause of humbug . He thought thtf real originators of these doings vrere Hume , Warb urton , Molesworth , Place and Co ., who supplied the money to the clique in London and elsewhere for the purpose of doing all in their power to the

      present organisation , which was constructed m such a manner as to preclude the possibility of any person holding office of any descripdon against the will of the Chartiat body . Some of them had expressed a wish to see local organisations , instead of the present national one , under a supposition that it would be more silo , but a momeni ' o consideration would satisfy any reasonable being on that score , for under a local organization they could not possibly employ lecturers as they did ; besides a fewmen in any town might , under ihe local system , do 6 erious injury to the cause . He went on at great length to sbew the superiority of the National Charter Association over any other plan which had been

      previously in existence , and informed the meeting that they were about receiving some help from an um xpeoted quarter , which would enable the National Charter Association in Birmingham , to raise its head higher than ever . He next adverted to a speech made by Mr . Joseph Scurge ,-at a late meeting in Birmingham , in which he rejoiced at the decline of the physical-force party , and after exposing the sophistry of Sturge and other eham-Chattiste , he concluded amidst general applause . The chairman and others , afterwards addressed the meeting , after which notice was given that a new council would be nominated on the following evening ; after which t ie meeting separated .

      Monday EvKNiNG .- ^ The usual meeting members of the National Charter Association was held at their room , Freeman-street , on Monday evening , Mr . Charles Ashton in the chair . The Chairman , after a bhort address , introduced Mr . George White to address the meeting . Mr . White addressed the assembly on the poverty which pervaded the country , and exposed the rottenness of our glorious Constitution . He showed up the fallacy of the proposed emigration plan , and ' pointed out the People ' s Charter aa the only paneeea for the manifold evilB under which the nation laboured . He traced the conduct of Whfgar and Tories , and showed that a middle-class Government was one of the most intolerable curses that could afflict a nation ; as & proof of which , he compared the extreme wretched *

      ness of the labouriog population of Great Britain with the inhabitants of those countrie 3 who were living , under what was termed a despotic Governr ment , and fctited his conviction that thepeopleof Great Britain would , ere long , have real liberty , or an open and undisguised oespotism . He appealed to their love of justice and liumanity , and hoped that all who were determined to obtain freedom would enrol their , names in the National Charter Association .. The Secretary tMri Creawell ) then read the minutes pf . the last Council meeting ; after which , about sixteen persons were nominated as members of the next Council , and a ballot appointed to take place on Monday evening next , at wh ' -ch time every member ia . requested to atteiid . After the transaction of other business ihe meeting separated .

      Steeluouse LANE . ^ -The usual weekly meeting of this energetic body was held at tho h ^/ use of Mr . Smith , Ship Inn , Stcelhouse Lane , on Tuesday evening last , Mr . Horsley , cabinet-uiaker , in the chair . The Chairman opened the business in his usual straightforward and manly way , and called on the Secretary to read the miuutes of the last meeting ; after which the Various members handed in their subsenptions . Tho meeting then proceeded to arrange lor procuring signatures to the National Petition ; after whiclv five shillings was handed over to the lecturers' fund , aa the fortnight ' s payment agreed to by the members . It would be well it other Associations were as punctual . Several cards were afterwards distributed to new members ; after which a letter from the members meeting at

      Freeman-street was read , calling on the members at SteelhouEe Lane to- elect delegates to the meeting to be held in Kroeman-street , oa Sunday next . Mr . Porter , of Moor-streetj and Mr , Follows , of Mbnnumth-street , were then unaHimously appointed a deputation from "Mn White ' s Defence Fund" Committee , consisting of Mr . Alfred Fussell and Mr » Walter Thorne , who then addressed the meeting requesting their assistance , when twelve shillings was immediately subscribed to the fund ; and after the transaction of various other matters , Mr . Richards , Secretary to the Association , and Mr . Follows were appointed , in CoDJunction with Mr . George White , to see afier a piece of land which had been promised by a lady , for the purposeof erecting a Chartist Hall ; alter which the meeting separated . ' ; .

      JBlRMINGHAM PETITION COMMITTEE—A Strong comuiiitee has been tornjed hero for the purpose oi facilitating signatures to the National Petition Upwards of eight thousand signatures are already obtained aud it is confidently expected , through the exertionsof the comiiiittee , who meet every Wednesday evening in Freeman-street , that the number will be increased tenfold . The committee solicit the friendly co-operation of all friends of tho Peoplo ' s Charter .

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      On the 31 st ult ., Mr . James Wilson , to miss Ann Blackbiirn , of Darlington . On the 1 st inst ., Mr . Thomas Wilson , of Darlington , to Miss Ann Fell , of Bishop Auckland . On Monday , the 3 rd inst ., Mjt . John Kipling , to Miss Ann Spencer , eldest daughter of Mr . G . Spencer , cabinet-maker , Darlington . On the 25 th ult ., Mr . John Bedford , miner , of Garforth , fifth soil to Mr . James . Bedford ^ carpenter , of Barhsiey , to Miss Ann HoyJo ^ milliner and dressmaker , eldest daughter of Mr . John Hoyle , plumber and glazier , of Whitkitk . . _ . _ . . , v Oa Saturday last , at St . Mary ' s , Bridhngton , by

      the Rev . Mr . Eldridge , Mr , Samuel beller , draper , to Jane , eldest daughter of Mr . George Danby , all ofthat plac / . ., , ; ' . ; . ';( A On Thursday , at the parish church , Kirkneaton , by the Rev . J . R . Oldham , incumbent of St . Paul ' s , Huddersfield , Wm . Dawsoa , son of Mr . Wm , Grubb , gentleman , of . Southwppd Lodge , Cheltenham ^ to Marriane , eldest daughter of Mr . Joseph Beaumont , of Mold Green , Hudderffield . . Same da ^ y , at the parish church , Skipton , by the Rev . William Cartman , Mr James Kawson , third master of Skipton Grammar School , to Jane , eldest daughter of Mr . John Watson , cordwainer , of that pla . Ce . .- ¦ . ' ' •¦ ¦ " ' I - ¦' . ' : ' . . ¦' - ' ¦ ' : ' . ' . ¦

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      • ;¦ / DEATHS . ; ; . - ' .., On Monday , the 2 ? thinsi , Mr . William Backhouse , aged 81 years , much respected by a large circle of friends . '• -- . , On Friday , Dec . 3 l £ t , Mr . Thomas . Stor . cs , aged 33 , letter-press printer , and landlsrd of the Green Dragon iniij Westgate , Wakefield . He was highly respected by his fellow-workmen , ancl by all who knew him . '¦ ¦ " '¦' •¦ : ¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦ - ¦'¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ' ¦•' . ¦ . '¦'¦ ' . '• ¦ « On the 28 ; h Dec . last , aged 74 , Efizibeth ^ wife o * Mr . Mirfieid Holroyd , joiner , of Meadow-lane , m this town ; . ' On Friday , the 31 st ultimo , at Woodhouse , Mr . James BinkSj . aged 55 , late landlord of the Trafalgar Inn , Meadow-lane , in this town . On the 5 ; h inst . * in Tanner-row , in York , aged 48 , after a painful illness , borne with great patience , Mrs ; Ellison ^ relict of the late Mr , Ellison , coroner for York ; - , ; V- " : > ' . \^ .. ¦ ¦ ¦^ v . ; , : ' .. ¦ . . ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ •;;¦ ¦ ¦ ;¦ ;/; : ¦ : .-

      On Tuesday morning , ike 4 th mst ., after a long and painful illness ^ at the house of his grandfather , at Scruton , near Bedale , in the 23 d year of his age , Thomas , eldest son of Mr . Cundall , of Ocibaldwick , near York . : ;•• -. ¦ ;¦ '¦ . " ¦ ., ^ . v ;¦' ..: ; - ; .- ' .- ' ^' . - . ; ¦ ¦ ¦¦• ¦ '• ¦'¦ "¦ : " On Monday last , very suddenly ,- in . tho 80 th year of his age , Mr , Abraham Hobson , of Oxford Terrace , Leeds . ;¦ ¦ ' . ¦'' : ¦" ' ' ' \ ¦ ] ] - : ¦' . ¦ ' : ¦ '¦ ' •¦ . ' ¦ " ; " . ¦ '' : ¦ '¦¦ .. •¦ ¦ "¦ :. "¦ ¦¦ ¦ On Sunday last , aged 36 , Mary , relict of Mr . Hazeltine Crabtree ShaTpin , of Mount Pleasant , near Ripon . < . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ; . - ' ¦ ¦ „ /¦ ' "' ¦ - . ' . ¦ . , . ' ¦ : ¦ . ; ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• , ' -- ¦/¦ .. - . ¦ :-:.- ; V - On Saturday last , in Jarratt-sfreet , Hul 3 ,: agcd 24 , Robert , the oldest son of Wm ; Tpdd , Ei q ., of i'urmer Hallv I' : . .: ¦ - . ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ¦ . ¦ / .: ' - -, - . -:

      ---Orithe 20 tli ultimo , at Newt' on-Stewarf , Mr . A . M'Douall , well known in Galloway as " Will . Wandcr , " the poet of Cree , father of Dr . P . M . M'Djual ) , the advocate of the People ' s Cbaiter .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct875/page/5/