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      TO THE KDJTOB OP IBS 5 O 3 IHEBS STAB . Sib , —As it is gsaeraDy known in Bradford and jjeighbourhood that I intended to visit my brother in jJorth-Berton Hell daring Constants ; and , as all will g $ s __ doss to know how be is coming on , I take 1 Mb opportunity of informing tbeaytiirougb , the medium of jour Tamable journal . I . left ' K > me on Christmas Day morning , and rode on shank's mare to Borough Bridge , through Rnaresbro " , -when I sought out the leading Chartists of that town , and notified my intention of delivering a lecture to them , ' on my return from NerthftDerton , on 3 £ onday evening . After haring made arjiagemeats with them , I proceeded on my journey to ^ jaromsbbridge , at -which placs I stayed all night—a distance of nineteen miles from my journey ' s end . I

      roae early next morning , and pursued my journey to jf orthaUerton ; and , O , "what a scene for the philanthropist to contemplate ! The vast tracts of rich land , interspersed here and there with a solitary farm house , jnrrounded with a great numbti of hay and corn stacks , of every description , food for man and beast ; when I looked round , and saw all this , and reflected on our great Champion ' s excellent letters on the Cora Xswb and the land , I was forcibly strnck with the jrntti oihia assertions , that il the land was divided into five or six acres each farm , that every unwilling idler ja the manufacturing towns might speedily be pat in -xggtu&an of everything that would make Hfe happy ^^ totaWe . I made inquiry about the quantity of land which each farmer occupied , and found the tETision generally from 25 acres up to 500 ! bo that , in - __ ig district alone , a great sjany families might be of

      broughtfrom ^ e cootamiBating atmosphere s manufactaring town , where , instead of wretchedness and poverty , they might enjoy peace and plenty . I arrived _ $ Korthallerton at one o ' clock , and presented myself __ the priBon doors , and was told 'by one of the understo ppen that I was too late , the time of visiting being from twelve o ' clock to one . I was introduced to the < jovemor , Mr . Shepherd , -who , when I informed him that I was Win- Brook ' s brother , Bid I should see him . He was busy at the time admitting another prisoner ¦ within the walls of the prison , and I could sot , for my life tell whether the constable who brought the prisoner , or the culprit , was the person jrho would be left in durance vile , until the tsnstable "withdrew ; he ¦ was a most respectablo looking young man , a stonemason , and was committed three months to hard labour for vagrancy .

      My brother was then introduced to me in the governor ' s office , and , 0 < x * d , what a sight ! from being a stout athletic man , he was reduced to a mere skeleton . On taking his hand , a tear of affection gushed Into my eyes , when he said to me , dont thou come tiers to blabber and roar , it will make it bo better . Be seemed determined that tie Governor should not see fclm quail at his imprisonment . He wrote some time tgo , and said the Whigs had taken th * flesh off his bones , and left nothing "but the skeleton for the Tories to prey upon . I found it was true to the letter ; I enquired after his health ; he informed me that he was much better than be had been , having laboured under a severe bowel complaint for several months . After I had informed h'w of all the political movements that were going on , be said wk-en he gained his liberty , he iionlcl'be tea times woise after the Charter than he had been before he was imprisoned .

      The Governor told me that my brother had behaved -well since he came there , and had not received a single moment ' s pumshmert since he entered the establishment I took wiili me a large quantity of books which he could not receive tmta they had been inspected by the parsons . I gave the Governor a copy of the National Petition ; and a discussion took place between me and the Governor on various subjects on trade and politics , which would make this letter too losg for your ffllnTTITlg . My brother gave the Governor a jjood character for humanity , and said he would r&thei be there than at York . I am , Sir , yours , JOSH . BEOOK .

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      CHARTIST "MEDAL" AKD "BIBBOJJJ " TO THE EEHOB 0 ? THE SOSTHESJ * STAB . Sib , —On returning thanks for the O'Connor Medal , J would suggest a hint to the whole Chartist body ef subscribers who have been fortunate enough to obtain such a distinguished " order . " For myself , it is the only one I would condescend to wear , as the various " stars" and "garters , " &c , now in vogue , gracing the bosoms of aristocratic knaves and boobies , are but emblema of tyranny and corruption , or regarded by all intelligent persons as the playthings ef a baby , or the gewgawB of a tem-fooL Though but a feeble champion in the cause of ChartUm , I take some little pride in being one of its earliest supporters ; and the Medal which 1 have received , and wbieh I prize most highly , "will , by and by , be considered as a valuable heir-loom , and " sacred" as the "principal household god !"

      But , Mr . Editor , its virtues are not only prospecSve , but immediate : it must not be fhronded in dnrVnA ^ aj or laid in cotton ameng other jewels is a casket , but it must see the light , and be -worn by its possessors on all public occasions , meetings , aud soirees . I hare had a small hole drilled just above O'Connor ' s head / for I should consider it a species of sacrilege to suflvr a fr * iT of his head to be injured , either in the semblance or reality ) larre econgh to admit of a silver wire , farming s ring , to which a ribbon might be attached . I would further suggest th 3 t it Eiav be worn ronnd the ntck , and that an English Chartist should wear 3 navy-blne ribbon , an Irishman one of emerald green , and the Scotch a plaid .

      But way should not we Chartists have cur tricolour as Well as the French Republicans ? la there Bo patriotic ribbon manufacturer to be found capable of producing a Chartist tricolour ? like the Waterloo ribbon , it might very readily be formed in stripes , one o : bine , one of green , and the other of plaid . Attach the medal to the ChaniaJ tricolour , let it be -worn , in co _ ti _ aJstinctJDn , on the left breast , to that of Waterloo , oiall other Btar 3 and orders , and , my "life to a ducat " that ere long it will beat all the rest out of the field , nay more , it will because even fashionable ! Even as a speculation it would answer ; and the female Chartists might trim their bonnets with it , as it wvuld be " an out-B-ard sign of tfaa inward spirit beneath- ** I trust the hint 1 have just given "will be duly acted upon , as I am Well aware of the cfSeacy cf such symbols , snd the ecemy knows it well also . It cheers acd eniivcra the drooping hearts of many , and it fraternizes vi ; h _ iL - - _ A . lYOOZTTICB CsVET . Cfciehester , Jan . 3 , 1 S 42 .

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      T . 'EST RIDIKG DELEGATE MEETING . A delegate meeting of tie West Riding was held tlD'Vsbnry on Sunday test Delegates were preset fcoEi the loEoTRTjj plaets : — Bradford ... Mr . J . W . Smyth . EtjnSrth and Honley IJr . Ed . Clayton . Suwirty Mr . Girfcnroyd . Eicgley Mr . Ickermgiil . ¦ SuddeHikld Mr . J . Chapman . Mr . Clayton in the chair . ilovcd by ill . Suijth , End seconded by Mr . Ickuzingjil : —

      Tnat we request all the various towns who are in arrears to the West Bidisg . Missionary Fund ard to tie West Riulxjg E := ctioa Fnud , to immediately send id their arrears to the Secretary , so thai the balance jjfcett can be tsade , as the treseni Secretary is resigning his-situation . * ^ ortii by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Ciap-BU _ : * That each town ia the West Ridfcg do immediately tonish their quota of thtir expense for the- forthcoming Convention ; and , foxthermoie , would recommeBG thst , as eqral tureens break no becks , the West * MQiog furnish £ 15 ; and that the North and East Kmic £ s linclnding Leeds ' , famish £ 10 , to be levied Jmaediately , asd seat to the Secretary without faiL "

      ilored by ilr . Smjfh , and seconded by Mr . Chap rnr . Tt : — "That this E&eticg do recommend to the West ik ^ reg to form districts for tbe purprse of empl ojing leC-urtriTwi-jhoat iDeonTenience , andgive an ocporbinity oi agitating tie West Riding with more efficiency . " T ^ iIr ' Greem&Jd . anS Btconiei by Mr . " Tiat the nest West Riding delegate meeting be nui oa Scndav , January 30 th , ht ttn o ' clock in the ^? erssc-a , at Lewsbary . "

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      DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD , NEAR NOTTINGHAM . On Friday morning last , the peaceful little town of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of one of the most dreadful and cold-blooded mardera ever recorded . The hapless victim of this atrocion 3 deed was a young woman , in her 20 th j ear , pamed Mary HaJlanjj the daughter of a labourer , who has resided in Mansfield for many years , and who ha 9 saved a considerable sum ofrmoney by his industry . The tnnrderer is a youne ; man , named John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , shoemaker , a native of Market Bosworth . He has resided in Mansfield for four years , and had , until a few months ago , been considered the accepted suitor of the unfortunate deceased .

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

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

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

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

      throat . Ann Haliam , mother of the deceased , corroborated her husband ' s evidence , and said she believed the prisoner 'was of sound mind . Knew that deceased was acquainted with the prisoner , and considered that at one time he intended to maxry her , but he never asked witness about , it nor mentioned it at alL Had beard prisoner threaten to do her daughter harm . It was when witness and he disagreed about nine months ago , when witness told him she did not approve of his conduct towards her . Ee then said he would be the death of her daughter , he said he would be the death of her if » he went with any ene else . Believes they were fond of each other at one time . Witness used

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

      Priscilla Adcock was at wrak in the house of the deceased on the night in question , when Hhe said she would go ont and hear & little news . Witness then corroborated the former evidence . WilKam Metham , constable , Mansfield , was called up aboct twelve o ' clock on Thursday night by William Hallam . Ckt up immediately , and went down witk him to the prisouer ' s lodgings . Went to the front door and sent hLs-Deptew and William Haliam to the back door . Witness knocked , and a person ' s head protruded from the -srindow above ; it was Mrs . Wraga ' s bod . Witness asked if Samuel Moore was at home , and was inforraed he was . Witness said he wanted to see him , and was soon after let into the house by Wragg . Witness col'ared- Wrage , and asked him if he ra Moore ,

      he answered " Jfo , but Moore will 1 > e down directly . " Before they could jet a light , prisoner came dawn partly dressed in his coat and shors . Witness said he wanted him , and there was a troman at the door ftho said , " Oh , Ssm , what have you been doing ? " He answered , " I have been doing nothing . " Witness then told him be "wanted him on Euspicion of murdering William Hallam ' s daughter , and tLat he must accompany witness . He said he would , and felt abont for his shoes . He was very quiet , and made bo resistance . When they fca--J gone about 100 yards he said , " Mr . Metham , 1 am the murderer ; I intended to destroy myself , but my heart misgave me , and I am pleased I have not dose it , as I ongkt to suffer publicly as a warning to others . " Witness said " What was the

      reason you committed tbis crime ? ° And be answered , " Ee wanted to have the girl , and her mother was not willing , and as be could not have her , he was determined no one else Ehould . " When tfeey arrived at the lock-up he told witcess where he wcuid find the key of _ the workshop . He said , ' You'll fitd the key of the workshop on . the rabtit-cote , in the back premises , under a tile . " He also said , that he bad done it with a knifej auu Metham would find it nigh to her ; and so it was , in biood at her side . Went down to the premises , and found the key in the place he had described ; unloosed tlie shep-rioor , and Went up stairs wiih four other . ' , and there iaw the unfortunate girl lying nearly

      on her bsck , inclining tcward the right side . la going to the lock-up , the prisoner said that " she died almost imuieiiattiy , acd that he stayed with her for some time after she was dead . " Her throat was cut in four pi 2 K-s , and she Jay ce 5 r te a pool of blooi He fancied she had been dra ^ eed awa y from the pool of blood , by the marks en the floor . He productd the knife , which was a common shoeinaker ' 3 knife , with clots cf blood on both haft and Hade . The deceased ' s necklace lay in ore of tbs wounds ; her bands and gown were bloody , and the prisoners trousers were slight ] j spotted with VlooQ on the front part- He believed prisoner was of Bctnd mind .

      SamuerBurt , surgeon , of Mansfield , was called up abont ten minutes past twelve , on Thursday night , by William Haliam . Had made a post mortem examination . The external appearance of the body indicated good htaith . The arms were extended , the hands bloody , but sot cut . The bead lay under the window . Hex dr ^ ss cot more derunted than would result from the fail . Pound an inelsed wound , having been made at tinee or four difftrfcEt times , four inches ar . d a half in length , extending from a little below the left ear to the centre of the chin , stud separating a large flap of skin or inttguinciit from the angle of the jaw to ihe centre of the chin , and penttra ' . icg . to the jaw bone , which "vras expos * d to a coc&iwtrable extent ; another

      wound , extending from an inch below the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the therein cartilage , about four inches in length , one and a half in septh , and two wide , dividing some of the muscles and deep-seated blood vessels , particularly the carotid artery and internal jagalir vein , and being the iaimeciate cause cf death ; another ircised wound about tLs middle of the neck , six inches in length , and about two inches in width , buc not dividing the largest vessels . There was a great discharge of blood , and in adi-ition to the pjdl of blood on the fl > or , her clothes Trere -rery considerably saturated , lha knife now exhibited wonld be a very likely instrument to produce all the tfiks . s v ? liich ho had ceicribed .

      The prisoner , being cautioned , Wi 3 then asked if bt > bad anything to say . The prisoner rose from his seat and said , " I decline for the present , " and then resumed his sitting . In answer to the coroner , fco said , " My name is John Jones , and not Samuel ilcore . I live at ^ Iis . Wragg ' s , Xister-lane . 1 am a cord trainer , snd twenty-four " years of age . 1 have lived in Mansfield foiir years . " He then declined answering any mere questions . The room being cleared , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against John Jones , " trho was fully committed upon the coroner ' s warrant' to take bis trial-at the next Nottingham assizes . "

      The prisoner has sinca maintained a most unmoved demeanour , and has slated t oat btfore committing the fearful deed he asksd the deceased if sha would marry hini . She replied that her part-nta vrouM not consent . He then said , that he would take care , th&t no one else did , and se ' zed her . After he ha <\ inflicted the first -trcund , which it appears was not imruedistely fatal , she be ? ge < I for her life , but s £ e / . ng him resolved , then asked for time to pray before ha killed her -, haassvrered that be would ttdj fur both of them , and completed his dreaxijul purpose . He fnen prayed for " Gad to hare H : trcj tp-n two unfortunate lovers , " and stayed a considerable t ; me on his J . tees . The deceased vms avtr .- good-looking girl , and being tn onlv child , iras seffer ed by her parents to have too

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

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

      stream commencing from the neck of the deceased . I examined the body slightly , and saw that her throat was cut extensively and deeply . I felt with my haBd that she had had a blew on the top of her head . She could not have straggled at all , from the position of her body , which remained in the sam . 9 state till the coroner ' s inquest I saw one drop of blood inside the slanting lid of the bureau , not then dried . There was a mark of blood on the inside and outside of the keyhole of the kitchen door , opening into the garden There was no key in the door . For the coroner ' s inquest I made a post mortem examination on the following Monday . There were three wounds on the head , which had penetrated the skull They had been given at three separata blows , and were of different

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

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

      pieiced . Lord Dangannon asked if they had anything to say . They both made a long statement , denying that they knew anything of the murder . His Lordship then addressed the prisoner Williams as follows : — " John Williams , it is now my painful duty to tell you that you are fully committed to take your trial at the next Lent As 3 izss for the murder of Emma Evans , of Bronygaith , in the parish of St Martin , in this connty . " The prisoner Slawson was then addressed by his Lordship in the same terms .

      Mr . William Whalley , a nephew and executor of the deceased , was then bound over to prosecute , and each of the -witnesses was bound to apppear at the next assices .

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      MEETING OF THE DEDEGATES FROM THE

      LONDON MASONS AT DEV 0 NP 0 RT . On Wednesday evening last , a meeting cf the "working classes took place at the Public Rooms , to hear the circumstances respecting the London Masons * Strike , &c , Mr . Edwards in the chair . The Chaibmak havitg made seme prefatory observations respecting the object cf the metting , called on Mr . Williams , one of the delegates , to address the assembly . Mr . Williams on rising said , it tart been reported that he was a mason and had struck , which he assured them was the truth . It was not his intention to say

      much on the subject , as Mr . Wood "was present , and he should not wish to curb him in his intention of making a long speech . There had been much said of those who went forth to -war , taking the sword , and shield , and helmet , killing their scores , but much more had since been said of men , who by their tyranny , had burled them headlong into eternity . Heaven had been robbed , and hell filled , from the latter circumstance . Monuments had been erected to perpetuate the fame cf heroes , and much had been told of the triumphs of wax , but he hoped the day was not distant when every spear should be turned into ploughshares . But their battle was an intellectual and

      moral warfare ; the masons bad not struck against a reduction , of wages , or for an advance of wages , but against the tyranny of ths foreman of their work . A young man had asked of Mr . Ailen , the foreman , for liberty to go to some distance to buty bis mother . The speaker b . 6 re feeiing ' y and touchingly diew a picture of the close connection which existed bet ween a parent and a child , and concluded by giving the foreman ' s answer to the request of a weik or fcrtoight far / a young man to go axu 1 see hi 3 mother interred . "What , " eays the foreman , " why I wii ! not keep the job open for any man , " bnt he should kave ens day to go , and another to bury her , and another to comu back . And vfiien he toid his shcimiates . of the conduct of the foreman towards him , they said to him go , if-. you are discharged ,

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      they all would be . In the mean time , they hold a meeting to remonstrate with M' - Alien . When the young man retained , he ( the foreman ) said , "go to work ; " but the next Satnrday night discharged the Chairman , who presided at the meeting , and two or three other * , who distinguished ^ themselves on that occasion . He wrote to Mesars . GrisseU and Peto ; the proprietors , but to little purpose . The speaker then rehearsed two or three BimllaT instances of cruelty and tyranny exercised over them by the foreman ^ especially of the men , one of whom being ill . " was discharged at the same time afeusing bins in blasphemous language , telling him they did not want cripples theve . The otherwas » man-who went to bary Jiis wife and ; notwithsfcaflding the close relation yhlch existed between them , even that of ber-btfng fl « sli of ; his flesh , and bone of hia bone / was told , onhis retort , to go again and be damned , and be buried with her . TUe Bpeaker further exhibited the conduct of the foreman in

      the refusal of one of nature ' s gifts ( water ) . A man had been accustomed to bring beer Into the building toselLandin order that they should drink the manufactured beverage , rtopped np the pomps that they afloald not be able to obtain any other beverage ; ( Cries of shame . ) They appealed agaibst the proceedings of the foreman to Messrs . Grissell , and Peto , proprietors , but nothing would be heard respecting it , the proprietors replying , that they conld not substantiate their charge against Allen . Tbey continued thu& for three weeks , and getting no redress , two hundred nnd forty of the masons took up their tools and came out of the Houses of Parliament The proprietors , being brought acquainted with the circumstance , down they send to Cheltenham , where they engage thirty persons , pro-1

      mising to give them a two yearsjob ; but it was to be a country job . The men being thus employed , down goes Mr . Allen ; and it then tarns out that he is to be their foreman ; and being got into the railroad train , they find themselves- soon after at Padding ton , at the sign of the Nelson's Monument . The men closely watched their proceedings , and when th « y found it was the intention of the proprietor * to allow him ( Mr . Allen ) to remain as their foreman , they sent letters to Messrs . Orissell and Co ., that it their wishes were not complied with , they shonld not remain . The proprietors came and used much sophistry , saying , they thought it was cruel for so many tobe agninst one man ; but they did not think it cruel for one man to treat scores of men so barbarous and unnatural . ( Cheer ? . )

      Suppose , said they , Parliament was to take ft up , they would stop the work . He ( the ; speaker } would much rather they bad ' stopped the works . And at last he ( Mr . Grissell ) Baid rather than part with Mr . Allen , he would sacrifice his lire's blood ; The men thus perceiving that the word ef Mr . Grissell was , like the law of the Medes and Persians , unalterable , they , for the last time , again remonstrated with him , when he told them he would not have his mind pained about it , and of the two , he would rather believe Mr , Allen than they < the masons . ) They then proposed to put it to arbitration , the decision of which should be binding , but it was not complied with ; he ( Mr . G . ) had condescended so much , as to allow them a hearing The Trade's Union had been deprecated for this conduct

      by Lord Lincoln ; but how did Lord Lincoln assume his present situation bat by a union ? But ho would now give it a new name and call it combination to make it , if possible , look horrible . If this combination , then , is necessary for Lord Lincoln—for those who are the capitalists , how much more essentially n « cessary is it for the worfeingolasses when they are their only protection ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Wafcley , M . P ., t&eu iutetfered , saying what is the meaning of all this ? He thought it impossible that two hundred and seventy or three hundred and seventy men would so sarri flee domestic comfort for any length Of time , they could not do so by flinging themselves on their own resources , and thus endeavoured to persuade us to return ; but he ( the speaker ) considered that Che masons had thus

      played a manly spirit in striking against tyranny . All they asked was a more civil man , by whom they might retain liberty . ( Tremendous cheers' ) Mr . Woods was then called upen to address the meeting . Ee Baid they had just heard bat a very partial statement of the pause of the strike from his brother Williams . He had given them a partial history of the strike , and had partially developed the cause that had produced it . He ;\ tue " . » paaker ) rejoiced to advocate the cause of liberty —( hear , hear )>—and he . rejoiced at being identified with a set of inon who were struggling to obtain' what they never had eujoyed—their just , their righteous , and their invaluable rights . TUe masons ' strike was a strike for liberty ; it was a strike te > say whether they , as men , were to be oppressed and

      burdened ; it was a strike to say whether they , as Britons , were to be reduced to the condition of the veriest slave —( cheers );—it was a etrike to say whether their dignity , and their rationality and intelligence was to be trampled upon and abused and it was for them to say whether the statement that Mr . Williams had laid before the meeting was sufficient to warrant any number of men to resist snch cruel , such inhuman , and such unnatural treatment . ( Hear ; hear . ) What man of feeling was there who could see a fellow-beingdei * riv 8 d of paying the last tribute of respect to an affectionate parent or wife "unmoved ? How crtiel to be told that unless a man went the distance : of 300 rnilea in three days to bury his mother , he should be flung out of employment , and ori returning ^ to be told to go back

      again and be buried with his mother and be damned . Such bad been the conduct of Mr . Allen , their foreman . The speaker eloquently and very gravely commented ou the account which had bsea given by > Ir . Wiliams , which deeply impressed and affected all present He went on to say that the great cause of their striking was the extra demand for an extra quantity of labour . Tbi « was the great causa of the-s-trilw and . the all-pervading cause ot the ' -present struggle . They conceived they did a sufficiency of work . In fact , ' their employers had said , that they ¦ were perfectly satisfied with their work . ( Hear ) But , after all . they had been threatened by 31 r . A . ( the foreman ) , that if they did not work harder and do more , he would discharge two or three of them at a time , and to irritate the

      feelings of the men would serve them in the most insulting , manner . What was more insulting to a masons ' feelings than to have his job taken out of his hands : and sent to another part oi the building while another finished the job . There was adfc > ui : ; nd for an extra quantity of men for the work , for they were hot going to injure themselves by the exertion of their physical powera and to satisfy ; ind enrich Messrs . Grissell andPiito , and to satisfy their relentless tyrant of the industrious classta . ( Cheers . ) 1 But another cause of their strike was the domineering arid unfeeling , manner in "which he ( Mr . Allen ) continually assailed their ears . They were never loeked upan by him like men outht to be . And if a rhan- 'niatie the least trifling mistake , on accouat of the badneps of the stone ; and

      on account of its badness , if it was not finished perfectly and complete , like the stones in Solomon ' s temple , he was told , with a volley of oaths , to go about his business the ikxt morning . And he ( the speaker ) rejoiced to see men were so moral , so intellectujUy awakened , that they were determined they ¦ wou ; u not be Euaken to in sucb a manner , but would be addressed as men ought to . be , and they claim the common rights of men . ( Hear . ) They had a inieoting on the subject , and the subject was fully discussed , ' and 220 men , who wurked at the new Houses *> f Parliament , agreed to etrike .. They said that the conduct of Ihat individual ( Mr . A . ) was such that any man who valued his freedom ought to strike ; and ; therefore , they should c . ase from their employment , and they

      had done so now for fourteen weeks , and ¦ were deter ? mined to go forward . ( Hear , hear ) As soon as they stiuck , the hue and cry was raised in London against them , anil theprtES also , which has always identified itself on the side of wealth , corruption , and aristocracy and against proctedings of their conduct . But with all its tttnitridous Iks it has not baen able to . shake their confidence or retayd- their object . ( Cheers . ) The ' men who have been since employed havB been told by their new employers that oniy sixteen men had caused the strike aud not the majority ; it was only a fewChartists who had bsen the means ot it ( Hear , hear . ) They ( the employtiB ) sent Captain Kous , M P . for Westiainster , amongst them ; became and told them he was perfectly uninterested , and had no sinister motive iu view .

      They gava ihe Captain due credit for all . He said further it ) would not Up for working men to fall upon their own resources , but he was riot aware they had the pockets of the public at their command , and - ^ as thus promised aid to fight manfully their battle , The Captain sawit was of no use to remonstrate with them , and therefore left . - They next sent a Mr . Jackson , who . tried all his striilagtsnis to persuade them to go back to work , but ho found that he bad not ouly sixteen or seventeen to contend-vfit ' n . there were 200 or 300 who said they -would not go back till the monster was removed . ( Ckters . ) Last of all they eent a Doctor . ( A laugh . ) They told him if he bad brought a box of Morison ' s pills , and gave them a good dose , it would be equally as effectual as to peisuade thtm to go back .

      ( Hear , hear . ) It v ? aa ttua the , doctor came and brought his plaister , but the masons' -wound was too large , and on stretching the plaister be broke it in two , and retired . They had now struck fifteen -weeks , and they were determined to stand as vigorously as ever . Their employers had said it was only a lqcat strike , and they would boou come back , but their society took it up heartily , aiid placed us on their funds ; all the trades in London were visited , and they recommended them to sand delegates to their meeting in Drury-lane , Abeut 20 p or 300 assembled , and : the delegates said it was their own strike , not only the masouB , but of every man in England , and therefore they took up the subject actively and honourably ; they felt their cause , and their motives were such as they ought to be , and therefore became united to

      struggle on in the warfare . What Cave the public done ? What have the trades dene ? They have taken Tis off out own tesowces ! tHeaT , hear . ) They have enabled them to . commence the struggle * to contend with their foe , and are determined to help theni to repel the monstrous tyrant from the field ; arid they wero perfectly aj . tisfi . ecl a causu so npble and honourable ; 'would ensure them the victory . ( Cheers , j Hie ( tb « speaker ) ¦ svouki say , this waa a glorious strike , not . to resist a reduction , in wages , but they v ? ere purely arrayed against tyranny , 'ibis was a strike for Freedom audright —to eiush oppression and tyrnrmy . Soine have tlioughfc because they were 'working meii , they ought- to be trtated- as sokiiers j their late tmpidj'ev ^ had Lad the au-Jaeity to t-jll them , that unless they wei-p brought uiider sach a mode of regulation as soldiers were , 'it vsaa of no use to do anything with them , and they were determined to fre ^ thesoeelves fioin such tyra&

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      nical mer . He ( the speaker ) hoped , aud waa determined to persevere in preventing the tyranny , bondage , and cruelty that had continued to the year 1841 , should not proceed daring the year 1842 . The speaker proceeded to make a very long and eloquent speech , appealing to the hearts and feelings of the assembly to judge of the justness of their claims , and we regret that previoua engagements would not allow us to report the Whole of it Some observations having been made by Vae chairman , the ' meeting separated , we believe , perfectly satisfied with its proceedings . / .

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      NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ' .: - , ¦" . '' : ¦¦ : . '¦ ¦ ¦; : " ¦ ; . ; ,: Vr -c 6 vN 0 ii . V ; .- /; - ! : "¦ - ¦ -s ' r- ' ,-: : ' WOLVEBHAMPIOIC . Mr . Joseph Stewart , spectacle . maker , Brick-kiln street . ' ' - ¦ - ' ¦ .. . . ' ¦'¦¦ ¦ : '¦ '¦ ' ¦ - . ' : ¦ - ¦ ¦ . - , - : " ¦ ¦ ¦¦ .:. ' . . ¦¦ ¦ . ' : < -. Mr . John Stewart , do . do ., Crraisley street .: ¦¦¦ ' ¦ . ¦ : ¦ . '" . ; ¦' . ' . - . ¦;¦>; '' , ¦¦ ¦ ¦ \ ;• ¦ ¦• Mr . Joseph Cheshire , cabinet locksmith , Staff o r d street . ¦ - ¦• : ' ;' .. - . " ¦ ¦ ' " ¦' . - . "' ¦ ¦ ¦ .: ' .. ' ¦ "¦ ' - ' . '' ¦ ' : . '

      Mr . WiUiam Simma , key maker , Graisley-street . JV& . J , S . Farmer , aceouatant , Petit-street . ; ' . ' Mr . John Dunn , hinge maker , Falkland-street . Mr . M . Whittinghaw , locksraith , Bradmore . Mr . William Mace , hinge maker , MiII-3 treet . Mr . Williain Freeman , fbrgeman , Portland-place Mr . Joseph Green , toysmith , Meridale-3 treet . Mr . James Holland , chemist , North-streef . Mr . Job Hammond , sadlers' ironmonger , Hal lett ' sRow . -

      Mr . James M'Keaig , bookseller , Melbourneplace . ^ : . ' : ' - . / . ; . ¦ [' : ¦ ' ' .: . : . . .. ; ' ' .. '¦ ; ' ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' : , _ ' Mr . William Mogg , eoffee-house , Snow Hill , sub * Treasurer . .. ,-v-. ; . ¦ ; . ; .. ' .. ¦ :. - . ¦ ¦¦ . ¦ . , ¦ : ' . ¦'¦' Mr . John Wilcox , news agent , Worcester-street , sub-Secretary . .

      UFPEBWABLBY . ' ' . •¦" . ' ^ . "' Mr . James Brear , stonemason , Little Moors . Mr . Joseph Lilly , woolcoiaber , Shepherd House . Mr . George Uttiey ,: do . do ,: V Mr . Joseph Greenwood , weaver j Westfield . Mr . Joseph Fletcher , woolcomber , South CIpugh Headi - ;\ , v ) . / ' : . ¦' ,. . ' ' : ' .:. ' .. ¦ ¦ ; ' - ; . ; . ¦ ,... "¦ \ : . / Mr . William Mitchell , weaver * New Laith , Bub-Ireasurer . " ' ' ¦ .. ; .- . . ¦'¦ ' , \; ¦ . ' . . ' : '" . . ¦; . . ' .. ' ¦ ' Mr . William Sutcliffej shoa-maker , Haigh House ^ sub-Secretary . :

      HACCLESFIELD . Mr . Joseph Hibbert , joiner and carpenter , Sto tham-etreet . ' : ¦ Z ' .-. ¦¦ ¦ . . ¦ ¦; .. . ; . . . . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ; '' . -. " ... ' . Mr ^ Jame 3 Boulton , grocer . Great King-street . Mr . Samuel Bancroft , Bilk-throwster , W a ter street , r ' '¦ ' )¦ ¦ ' : ' - ~ : ¦ "¦'' . '¦ ¦ . ¦ . "¦ . ¦'¦ ' ¦ ' ¦¦ '¦ Mr * George Johnson , weaver , Chestergate . Mr . John WalkerV weaver , Dairy-bank . Mr . Emanuel Robinson , weaver , Common . Mr . John West , weaver , Union-street . Mr . Benjamin CKandley , weaver , Waters . Mr . Luke Ryley , weaverj Nixpn ' s-yard . Mr . William Frost , weaver , Newgate , Bub-Trea surer ; " . ¦ ¦ . ¦ '¦ : ' . . - ; .. - .. . ¦ ¦ •¦ .. ¦ ¦ . : . ¦ ' ¦¦;¦ . - .. ¦ -. ' Mr . Henry Swindells , labourer , sub-Secretary .

      . tElCESTEB . Mr . J . RVH . Bairstow , Chartist lecturer , ( Mr . Gboper ' s , ) 11 . Church Gate . Mr . T . R . Saiart , carpenter ^ 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . J « H . Bramwich , framework-knitter , Pinglcatreetr . ¦;/ ¦ " . " "¦ ' . ' ¦;¦ : ' - \ - \ ' ¦"¦ : ¦ ¦ ' - ¦ . ' . ¦ ; . ' ¦' -: ¦ Mr . John Markham , shoemaker , Belgrave Gate . Mr . Thoa . Winters , framework-knitter , 15 , Eatonstreet . . ¦ ¦ ¦ •¦¦ ' '¦¦ :: ¦ ; ' - . ¦ . ¦" : ' , - . . ' ¦¦ •" . r '; " ¦ ' . ; ¦ : ' ' ' " ¦ Mr . William Smith , hatter , Silver-street . Mr . Joseph Culley , tailor , 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . John Bowman , woolcomber , Pasture Lane . Mr . William Barsby , shoemaker , Jumor-Btreet . Mr . John Oldershaw , framework-knitter , 20 , South Church Gate ; X Mr . Daniel Toon , framework-knitter , 21 , Brookstreet . ¦ . ¦ - ¦ ' . ¦ ¦ ¦" . " . ¦ ¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' .. ' ' ' " ' ' " . '

      Mr . Thomas Becdham , c ar p enter , 67 , Barkby Lane , sub-Treasurer . . Mr . Thomas Cooper , Editor of the Commonwealths » jon , 11 , Church Gate , sub-Secretary .

      MILNROW . Mr . Charles MilneB , weaver , Back Lane . Mr . iEloborfc Clegg , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . James Milnes , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . - Henry Clough , ditto , Meadowhead . Mr . James Belfield , ditto , Lanesidie . Mr . Thomas Brier ] ey , ditto , Lanehead , President . Mr . William Shore , ditto , Stone-pit Field , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John Butterworth , ditto , No . 8 , Lanesido , subSeoretary .

      OLDHAJI . Mr . Isaac Nicholls . warchousman , Vineyard . Mr . Henry H . Wiutehead , - Btripper , Glodwicklane . ¦"¦ ' " . , ' ¦ '' -. ' ¦ ;• "' .. . . . ' : Mr . Edward Fitton , spinner . King-street . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , Fold . Mr . Iiobbrfc Ayeiton , warehouseman , Georgestreet . . .. " Mr . Joshua Kershaw , spinner , Union-street . Mr . Thomas Lessiie , tailor ,. Lord-street . Mr . Thomas Lavtless , basket maker , Vineyard . Mr . Elkariah Scholffield , spinner , Rhodesfield . Mr . Leonard Haslop , hatter , Manchester-street , sub-Treasurer . Mr . William Hanier , schoolmaster , Lower Moor , sub-Secretary .

      STO K E-Ur OS-TRENT . Mr . S . Robinson , china-painter , Oak-hill . Mr . J . Morley , china-presser , Elder-street . Mr . W . Garrett , bricklayer , Berry-street . Mr , J . Moss , common ware-presser , Qak-hill . Mr . T . Morley , china-painter , Hill-street . Mn T . Star key , coal-dealer , Vale-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . G . B . Mart , china-pa , inter , Boothen-ville , eub Secretary .

      LOWER HOOK , NEAR 0 LDHA 5 I . —TEETOTAL . Mr . Henry Rushton , warper , Lower-moor . Mr . Jarnes M ' arsland , spinner , Churchrfield . Mr . John Marsland , ditto , Lovvcv-niOur . Mr . John Ui ) svvor ! ih ,. twiner , Primrose-bank , sub Treasurer . Mr . Isaac Marsland , spinner , Losver-ajoor , sub Secretary . CHELJISFORP . Mr . Thomas Gilbert , cabinetmaker , Conduit street . Mr . Robert George Gamraago , coachtrimraer , Con duit-street . Mr . James Lawe , tailor , Springfield . Mr . George Brooke , chairmaker , Springfield , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Daniel Ludbrook , watchmaker , Waterloo lane , Bub-SiiCretary .

      READING , BERKSHIRE . Mr . George William Wheeler , Coley-street . Mr . Alfred Preston , shoemaker , 2 , Finch-court . Mr . James Gibscn , stonemason , Friar-ttreot , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Major , 4 , Whitley-street , sub Secretary .

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      STATE OF THE ^ OSIEjaX A ^ D tAXJE TRAJJE 3 . ITbe demand for plain bobbin : net by no means keeps pace with the sniiply , which is increasirigi it is said by persons who haye the ^ best means of knowing , to-n extent which is pregnant with ruinous consequences . The numbet of machines worSed by power are about equal in' the Western and Midland counties ; and we believe both we suffering from the want of demand . In thisi state at afiaira common prudence 63 ys , that to avoid an extensive stoppage , it would be wise for the factory ' owners to work only naif honrs . ; A ^ total

      stop-^ page wonid be fatal indeed to . tbe worfemen , especially in the ' Midlahd cototi ^ s , . who have in general no other employtnent to resort ; to ^ . . ' 'WeV ' baVe'heaid- . a 8 . . yet 1 > ttb of four power factories on the Continent , "T z ., one at St . Quentia , consisting of sixty-seven machines , one at Douay , employing ' tw ' ejaty-tbriee ^ ' machines , one at Hartha , in Saxony , '' employing eleven raachjnes , and one at Litterwitz , in Moravia , containing about 145 machines . These factories do not require English hands , only as setters-up , or overlooters , women being employed in many of them .

      v A considerable hosiery firm in this town , have , gives notice to their workmen th ? it they inteiid to reduce the prices for making full-wrought cotton ; hose from sixpence to two shillings per dozen , according to quality . This has caused a considerable sensation in the vil lages north of Nottingham . A meeting /' yma held at Arnold on Monday , which appointed a deputation to wait upon the house in question , as many of the hands , coDtrary to expectation , seemed determined to strike , and , according to the usual custom ' ¦ 'in that branch , bring in their frames to the wareheuse . ttpon bearing this , the hosier retrograded from bis original purpose , and proposed to only abaW one description of hose 3 d . per

      dozen , but the wary manufacturer artfully proposed that the workmen should increase theirhose in width half a jBiza , which is nearly equal to a shilling psEr dozen in fine stockings . Such is the state of excitement that a meeting of delegates from the numerous villages in which thJs manufacture Ja carried on , ia called to meet next Monday at noon , at the Cross . Keys , in Byard-lane . Another meeting , we understand , is called at the Nag ' s Head , Mansfield-road , &t the some time , of the hands who work for tae house pxopoaing the reductleu . So gTeathai been tha grathial . encroaching peculations of the hosiers in respect of the size and width , that three whole sizes have been imposed on . the workmen since 1821 .

      A report has reached us , of . the intention of eatablisUng a power lace manufactory in the United States , and we have heard that some parties have an intention of forming a joint stock lace mrauf actory at Patterson , where thera are already some considerable cotton factories , the capital to consist of 600 . 000 dollars , to be subscribed fa shares . The project is to build 200 power bobbin-net machines , a factory to contain them , and a spinning and doubling establishment , to supply the machines "with thread ; the whole ia to be propelled by water , Patterson being admirably situated , having a constant supply and fall of water for any purpose . The report , it is said , arose from the New York projectors applying to the manufacturers of Calais , to ascertain if they could supply them , with machinery and bands to

      establish ; the American factory , but this being found abortive , we are informed , they have applied to Nofctinghara . It la cett-ain , that a miaster smith in this town has stated that he has been offered £ 400 pet annum to superintend the erection of the lace machinery . We think if this Yankee agent will \ irtquiro what are the wages given in power factories in England , the cost of the material and other more unavoidable expenses * andthe sale price of nets , U will put a complete damper on the speculation ^ unless they can persuade Congress to follow the example of Franco and Austria , and substitute an absolute prohibition of lace for the present duty of 12 & per cant , which certainly is intended it the project ' isultiniafelyprdcee ^ ed with , as the manufacture of power-nets js now a losing concern in England , with all « ur advantages . ¦ " ¦ - '¦{¦

      It ia grievous to state , that there is no visible improvement in the drawer ^ glove , plain sUk hose , or knotted branches . It is as mysterious to know what has become of one part of the vf orkmen , as to cori jectufe how the others manaee to sabsikt- ^ -NotlingTiam Revietv .

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      From the London Gazette of Friday ; Bee . 31 . ¦ ¦• ' " . " ¦¦¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' ' . ¦/ : : ; ' . f BANKRUPTS . :.,: Ll- . ' . ¦' ., " ; ' . . ¦ - ...- . William : Biddle , ! Holbprn-hill , nshroonger , ' to surrender Jan 7 , Feb . 11 , at one , at , the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall -street ^ Solicitors , Messrs . Hillier , Lewis , and HUliet . KaymondBuilings , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr . 'Belcher . . John Newatead and Joseph Hextall . Regent-street , lacemen , Jan . 7 , Feb , 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy ; . ; Basinghall-street . ¦'¦ . . ¦ Solicitors , Messrs . Beed and Shaw , Friday-street i Cheapsida ; official : asaignee , Mr . Penne ^ L ' ' .. ¦ . ¦ " . .. •' . ' ' ¦ .- < - ' ¦ - ¦ ' ' ' . ¦"' ¦ ' ¦' - Thom * s Humfrey , jun ., Great Stanmore , bricklayer , Jan . ll . attwo , Feb . ^ 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , BasinghaU-street . Solicitor , Mr . VVil liiims , Alfred-place , Bedford-square ; official assignee , Mr .. Green ; - ¦ ' - ¦ ' .: ' . . ' : - - : . ' ' -...-:.:: . ¦

      John Stevens and Robert Horatio . William JJrum mond , iRh 6 aes-wcll-wharf , Mile-end , road-centractora , Jan . 14 , at two , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Qourtof Bankruptcy , Bas rDghall-sVreet . Solicitors , Messrs . M'Leod aud Sterining , Billiter-street , Fcnchurch-fctreet ; official assignee , Mr . Groom , ; , : : George CarpenteTf , Chelmsfprd , chyruist , Jan . 10 , at one , Feb . 11 , at elftven , at the Court of ; Baukruptcy , BasinghaU-strefet . SolicitorsVMessrs . PaiiiandHtttherley Great Marlborough-street ; official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basinghall-itreet . ¦ ' . William Elton Pohten , Lvidgate-hill , chymist , Jan . 13 , at half-past eleycu , Feb . 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy :, Bisiaghall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Tcmple-cliambers , Fleet-street ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-plice , Oid Jewry .

      John Thompson , Blackburn , Lancashire , power loom cloth manufacturer , Jan . 2 G , Feb . 11 , at oleren , at the Town Hall , Piestbn . -Soiicitors ,. ¦ ¦ Mr . Fiddy , Temple ; and . Mr . Ellingthorpe , Blackburn . ¦ : ¦ ¦ ' ¦ . \; Charles HiJtoa , ¦ Manchester , cotpou ruar . ufacturer , Jan . 18 , Feb . 11 , at . two , at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . : Solicitors ; . Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Cnar ' otte-street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , "Manchester .- . : . ' ¦ . ' : . ' . William Goodwin , Uronfleld , Parbyshire , maltster , Jan . 17 : Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Town . Kail , Sheffield . Solicjfara , Messrs . BickneJl , Roberts , Finch , ami Neate , Lincoln ' s Inri-flelds ; 2 nd Mr . Drabble , Chesterfield . , ; : ? : ¦ WilHam Swift , and Robert Crampton , 'Manchester , drapers , Jan . 19 , Feb : 11 , at eleven , at the Commisslsnera' Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Wiliis , Bower , and Willis , TokeBhouse-yard ; and Messrs . Barrett , Ridgway , and Ford , Manchester , ;'

      Samuel Shingler and Sylvan us Thonias James , Liverpooli 3 i )] en-Srapers , Jan . 14 , Feb . 11 , at qub , at the Clarendon Rooms , Liverpool . Solicitor , Mr . Booker , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Yeungj , New Inn . : ¦ ¦ ' -: ' . - ¦ . - " ¦ ; : ¦¦'¦ ¦ . ' . - .. ; ... ¦ - " ' : John Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher , Meghtill , Lancashire , ¦ wine-merchants , Jan . 11 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Clarendon-robras , ' . Liverpool . S ^ liciters , Mr . Carter , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Bedford-row . James i . ock , Nortliampton , taa-dealer , Jars . 8 , at ten , Feb . 11 , at . one , at the-Peacock Inn , Nottiugfaani . Solicitor , Mr . Cattlin , I ^ y-place , Holborn . .

      PAKTKEI 5 SHIPS DISSOLVED . J . Liversedge , T . Liversedge . and J . Liversecige , Heckniondwike , Yorkshire ,, hatters . M . Steinthal , C . Worms , and " . H . Sahlesinger , Bradford , Yorkshire , merchants , as far as regards ] ff . i Scleshinger . T . Holmes and T . Atkinson , Northowram , Yorkshire , silk-spinners . A . Kay and ; T . Kitta , Brdton-Ie-Moors , cottpnrspinners . J » Jones and H . Rowlands , Liverpool , joiners . M . Cornthwaite and J . Alston , Laccaster , saddlers . J . Booker . and A . Seignetfe . Liverpool , merchants . V . Potter ,, A . Potter , aud J . Potter , Mauchester , generalconiuiissionmerchants ; as far asresards j Potter . ¦ ' -. . - ¦ . ; . ' . ¦' " ¦ . •" . '" ¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ :. ¦¦

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      From the Gazette of Ttiesday , Jan . 4 . BANKRUPTS . Robert Collinson . and William Brown , upholstsrers , Oxford-street , ilarylebone , to surrender , Jan . j ' 4 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at-eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Whitmore , ofHcial assignee , Basicgball-street ; colicitTs , Allen ; . ^ Gylby , and Allen , Cariisle-street , Soho-Eqtiaro . x- " V ¦ . " : ' -. ' . ' . '¦ "• ' ' . '¦ . ¦ - : Juhn Lusconib 8 , maltster , Tlymonl'b , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , p . t the Hoyal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Baitrnm and Bon , BIshopsgate-Etretit-Within , London ; Were , Plymoirtb . : James Bisahoppi . tnarket gardener , Westburtcn , Sussex . Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Dolptiin Hotel , Chichester . Solicitors , Eackbura and Senior , New luri , London ; Ellis and Upton , Petwork , Sussex . : ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ' :. /' . ' ' '' : , ' ¦ .. - , ' , ' . ¦¦ - ¦ . •¦ ' - ' : ¦ ¦ . ' . ' ....

      Gsorge ; Gillsard , tea dealer , Plymouth ,, Devonshire , Jan . 17 , and Feb ; 15 , at eleven , at the Royal Hctel , Plymouth . Solicitor , Patten , Hatfcon-gardeii , London . . William Williams ; com dealer ^ Cowarhe , . Hererard-3 hire , Jan .. 13 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at iho Black Swan Inn , Hereford . Soiicitors . Clarke aad Medcalf , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London , Recce , Leadbury , Herefordshire ; ' : : . '' . ' . . ' . .. .- ¦ ¦' . ' ; ¦ ¦" -. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ; ,: . '• ,:- '¦ : '¦ V , ' - '¦ ¦" ' ¦ / - - ¦ ¦ ¦'¦ . William ^ Gibb , currier ,- Alnwick , Northttmberiandi Jan . 14 , and Feb . 15 , fit one , at the Star Inn , Alnwick . , Solicitors , " Bpours and Carr , Alnwick ; Dunn and Doble , Rajmpnd Buildings > Giay's Inn , London . : . - ' . : ^ \ '; - ¦ \ ' [ - ¦¦ ' .: / .:. ¦ ¦ ¦ _ ¦ ¦/; "¦¦ ' - ¦ . / WiUiam Swift , Tnr tcer , Manchester , Jan . 19 , and Feb . 15 , rt teB i at the Comniissloners ' -roonis , Mancheater . Splicitots , Baxter , Xincoln ' s Icn-flelJs , London ; Sale and Woithington , Manchester . - ,

      . Jofcn Jacob Schecck , rnercbant , '; Addle- ' itreetj City , Jan . 18 , at one , a » d Feb . 35 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . ; ; Gibson , official '¦ assignee , ' BasiagbaUBtreet ; solicitors ; Austen ' sBd Hobson , Raymond-buiidings , Gray ' s Inn . ; ' '' ; : '¦ ¦ ' ¦' . ¦ . . '¦ ¦ . ¦ . . ' ¦ ¦ . ''• . ' : ¦ : '¦/'¦ ¦ Themas Henry Ford , victuallerj Rbcbeford , Essex , Jan . 12 , and Feb . 15 ^ at tw elve , at the Court ot BaBkr rnpt-jy , ;; Lackington ,. ' official ji . 5 s . ignte , Cilcuian-sUeetbuildiDgs : SQlicitors , Wood and Wickham , Gracecliurch-streefc , for Wood , Rochford . ' ' / : '¦ - " George Delianson Clark , bookseller , Straad , ; / Jan . 12 , and Feb . 15 , at orio , j at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghalt-strect . Johnson , BasShgball-streot , '¦ " cfficial assigiiee I solicitor ) Waugh , Great JSnies-street , Bed .-ford ^ row ,

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      S ^ IEGATE MEETING FOR DURHAM A ^' D NCBTHFUBERLAND . A Delejate iletting of the Counties of yorthnrcber-•^ a acd DurEamj ^ 33 held on ^ 6 lrt of January , in e windl Boom , Bridge-street , Bisiop Weannoath . ^^^ - esates representing the following places were SeTFcastle , Oaseburn and Bjker , LesgHill , Crame ^ -ea , Foreican ' s-row , SherifT Hills " , Bedlington , ttTf ^ - Scutl 1 Shields , asd Sunderland , when *• & loacTriug resoJuUccs were passed : — ' Ifcat Sir . O'Brien be nominated to represent the Tu !?' ' ifc 5 of rfortbumberland and Daiham in the ¦ tstSca Convcuiios . "

      r - ^ t ould Sir . O'Brien decline reprteen ' ting the ^ fties before named , that Messrs . Sinclair and Chap-P * pe empG- ^ i-e a to call a Dsltgste 3 Ieit : cg to beheld ^ c -R- tastle , to nominate some other person . " ^ v , 1 ^ 1 ' C ^ FP 1 * 1 » appoiEtsd Gsceral Treasurer - ° tee Petition Convention Ddegate Fcad . " "_ That ccaadericg the disorganised and present ihf ^* ! resctrccs of the Coucdes , it is tte opinion of ^ £ Ddtgites presert , that tee ptrmaEent engagement « ^ ct-rers ie impracticable , but recc-mEiend that those ^ ces trho have lecturers , do as freq ^ itntiy as possible SQErce tiein . " - A Tore of thanks vras given to the Chairman and •* = tiry , and : &e ULefctiBg bioke -up .

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

      Ellen Nuttall , of Burnley , deposed to the following effect : —The deceased William Dugdale was a cripple , ¦ who resided in a cellar in Eastgate . About haif-past twelve o'clock on Sunday morning the witness , who lived in the adjoining cellar , "was a"wakened by a louil knocking at the door of the deceased . S . ie heard the door open , and the wife of the dectasc-d exclaimed that they were all about to ba murdered , and desired witness to get up . The -witness got up and vrent into the aiea , fronting Dugdale ' s dwelling . This area is entered by a flight of sUsne steps from the street . Witness saw at the top of the steps two young men , who cast ashes in her face , and then ran off . The decease 4 went up the steps and there met two lads , younger than the men witness had originally seen . The boys inquired , "Havo they broken your windows ? " Deceased replied .

      " You must go down and set . " Witness then re-sntt-red her celiar , and immediately after Sarah DugdrJe calltd out , " They are murdering my old man . " -Witness had previously heard a noise like tint of a person falling down the steps . She then went cut and found the deceased sitting at the bottom of the flight Tho young men who threw the ashe 3 were standing on ths steps . One of them wore a vrhite hat , the only article of his dress that was distinguishable ; tho other had a broadlappeiled coat and a black bat . The man in the white hat said to bis companion , " Run , run J" and "witness saw no more of them or the boys . She a- 'sisted the deceased to his cellar , "who appeared seriousiy injured . He got ¦ worse , and suffered much pain until eight in the morning , when he expired . Upon Isying cut the old man the witness noticed a black mark on the small of bis back , and a lump At the back of bi 3 head .

      Sarah Dugdale , ¦ widow of the deceased , stated that he was 68 years of age . Oa Sunday morning there was a violent knocking at lur door , and upon the deceased partially opening it it "was violently pushed by the young men before mentioned . After confirming the evidence of the previous witness , Mrs . Dugdale said that she returned into the cellar upon hearing Lei husband tell the boys fcey must come and see if his windows were broken . As soon as she had entered the deceased fell to the bottom of the steps , and she thought

      that he had been thrown down . With assistance ^ Iw removed her husband to the cellar , when he said he did cot thick he should last tili morning . The deceased teld her that one of the young men took him by the ¦ waist and another by tha legs , and threw him down the steps . Medical assistance was sent for , bu t none arrived while the deceased wiu living . The boys , wboso names were Benjamin Sagar and Thomas Scuttard , told ths -witness that they saw the young men lay hold of aEd throw her husl-and down the area , but declared tfceywere unacquainted with them .

      After otbtr confirmatory evidence as to the declaration made by the boys of their being present at the outrage , Mr . Cou ' itate , surgeon , stated , that upon a post mortem examination of the body , be found that the lungs had bem rupturtd in such a way as to cause death . Such a rupture might be cav . sed by a heavy fall , especially in " an individual -whose lungs bad been previously afiYcted as was 'J 13 case with tlie deceased . The Jury , after a long deliberation , found a verdict of " Wilful murder against divers persona unknown , and against the buys Sagar and Stattard , ns aiding and assisting . ' The Jury , no doubt , believed them te be acquainted -witii ihe guilty parties . The parties vere then committed , upon the Coroner ' s ¦ warrant to Lancaster Castle .

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      OZ . BHAET . —Oa Sunday evening the Chartist rooin , Oldham , was densely filled to hear Mr . Griffin , of ManchQster , lecMro . Ilia subject was to prove that it was the duty of every Teetotaller to b « corae a Chartist , and every Chartist a Teetotaller ; a working man was called to the chair . The lecturer went through his subject in an able , convincing , and argumentative manner , the audience paying strict attention ' , and whfn he concluded there wit ' s a pause for a few . ' moments , to see if ihore was any question to be asked , or any opposition to the position taken and supported b y the lecturer , . and no one coming forward the ' in ' e&iing dispersed highly gratified , many declaring that from that time they would abstain from all intoxicating drinks .

      SKAW .-r-On Sunday evening , Mr . Linney , of Manchester , aitended hero and ^ ave an excellent lecturo . On Mod tiayj a splendid tea party was held by tha Teetotallers . Chartism and sobriety are going hand in hand {'' nineteen signed the pledge . TAViSTOCK . — On Tuesday , the 28 th ulfc ., a democratic tea-party vfes held at the Market Chamber , Tavistock , when tho room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , and banners of liberty , &c . At -five . o ' clock / about two hundred sat down . A . t seven o ' clock , a ; pubUc meeting "was held in the same room , when Mr . Wonrjacott , builder , &c , took the chair , at which the National Petition was adopted , and a memorial in favour of Fiost , Willianis , and Jones .

      GREAT HAEWOOB .-A public meeting was held here on Monday night , Mi . Thps . Dsan in the cfiair . Mr . Wm . Beesley , of Accripgten , Member of the Convention for -North . Lancashire , addressed the meeting upwards of an hour and a half , exposing the fallacious arguments broughtViorward by the Com Law Repealers , and proved to the satisfaction of all present , tbat a repeal of the Com Laws ^ alone , "without other measures if reform , would not benefit the working classes ; at the conclusion seyeral new members joinedf the association ; we now number upwards of seventy members , and have only been . formedv a few weeks , haying Iiad : only about fite lectures ia the ¦ place . :: " ' ;¦ '" ' [ -K- ' ~ r " \ - ; ., . ¦' . . ' . ' . ¦ . '¦¦ ¦ :. ¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ' ¦

      WpLVER ^ ABO ^ TQii , —A Chartist ball took place hero oh Tuesday evening , Dec . 28 th , for the pnrpo 3 e of raising funds for : the support of the Petition Convention , Itwasnumerousiy attended , and lectures , danci ' n ' gj . - and singing ware kept up . till a Iato hcuri when tb ' e company Eeparatsd much delighted with too eveniugs Riuusenieuts . — -On the following Wednesday evoning , a , number of persons attended at iir . Mogg ' s Coffee House , Suow-hiil , to heap a lecturo from Mr . Slason , the lecturer fpi ^ the district , who , froui some uaforeeeen circuaistan . ee , Was prevented from attending . The Chairinan , afterapologUiB ^ ior bis absence , caliiid on Jlr . Mcgfr , who delivered & most excellent address . At tho conclusion fourteen members enrolled their names ; eleven of wborjaipaidltheir contributiona .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct875/page/7/