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NOTICE TO EMIGRANTS . The following splendid Ships , ( and many others which will be named in future advertisements , ) will be dispatched in June , 1842 . FOR NEW YORK , The SYLVAN US JENKINS , Captain Seymour , 1000 tons burthen , 1 st June . The Black Ball Line of Packet Ship NEW YORK , Captain Cropper , 1 , 300 tons burthen . To sail on her regular day , 7 th June , and carries an experienced Surgeon . And will be succeeded by the well known and deservedly favourite Packer Ships Captain Tons Burthen MEMPHIS E . Knight , ... 1400 10 th . June , ME'fOKA M'Lauren , ... J 300 15 th . ONDIAKA Childs ... 13 J 0 19 th , FOR BOSTON . MONMOUTH Patten , ... 1200 1 st . MILO Thompson ... 1000 Tth . ONECO Drew , ... 1200 12 th . DAMASCUS Bliss .. 1300 20 ih .
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NOTICE ! EVERY CHARTIST IN LONDON TO HIS POST . ROYAL VLCTOKIA THEATRE . A BENEFIT will take Place , at the Royal Vicix xokia Theatbe , on Wednesday , Jvne 8 : h , 1842 , hi aid cf the Funds to liquidate the Debt incurred by the PETITION DEMONSTRATION . The Performance © f the Evening will commence with tho Popular Drama , entitled THE WRECK OF THE HEART . Agnes Primrose Miss Vincent ; After which Mr . Horger will dance the ¦ " Highland Fling , " in national costume . To be followed by the Patriotic Historical Drama entitled , ANDREAS HOFER , THE TELL OF ThE TYROL .
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_ ArA-Rjii > -G Pike is Ca >' al-stueet . —On Saturday night , abont twenty minutes pist ten o ' clock , the premises of Mr . HadSeld , pawnbroker , CaEal-street , Ancoats , Manchester , were discovered to be on fire . On the arrival of the engines , they found that the roof of Mr . Hadfield ' s house bad been consumed , and that the fire had communicated ¦ with the roof of an adjoining beer-shop , occupied by Mr . Morris ,
and also with the roof of the shop of ilr . William ! , a drusgisi . A ping opposite the building was opened , bnt there was no water in it , and the firemen were obliged to open another plug in Bradfordstreet , at a distance of about 100 yards from the fire . This caused a delay of about fifteen minutes , during which time the flames had reached the roof of a provision warehouse in Bradford-street , occupied by Mr . Goodwin . The second plug having been opened , an abundant supply of water was obtained . The houses , which belonged to Mr . Ha-dfield , were insurec In the West of England Fire Office for about £ 220 , which , it is supposed , will nearly cover the
loss . Mr . Hadfield's stock was insured in the same ofice for £ 400 , which , we are told , 13 considerably less than the amouitt of the damage , which may be estiniitvd at about £ 700 . The stock and furniture ef Mr . Williams were injured in the County Fire Office for £ 250 , which , it 13 said , will not cover his loss . The damage done to Mr . Morris ' s property amounts to about £ 100 . He was not insured . The loss sns > ained by Mr . Goodwin , who was not insured , was inconsiderable , and consisted chiefly in the injury done to his furniture and other property , in removing them . The total loss is supposed to be from £ l , " 200 to £ 1 , 400 .
l ? S 72 . UilZXT FOB BRAXDLNG D . ESEHTEKS . —A CI > Cnlar has been issued from the Horse Guards , recommending that the marking of deserters shall hereafter be condncted on an uniform system throughout the army , and directing attention to an irstrument recently invented . This instrument , which is of brass , is shaped at the end into the form of the letter D , from the ontline of which is protraced , by means of a spring , a series of needle pois ; s , which are regulated by a screw at the end and by Turning -which their Isngth may be increased w diminished . By pulling back this nut , alter the
PMBfc > are regulated , they recede into the box , when tie insirument may be considered charged . A slight pressure on a small brass lever delivers the needle poiats , inflicting a puncture on the skin , the exact shape of the instrument . Thesa punctures , on being rubbed with a marking fluid , composed of a quamrofaponnd of pulverised indigo , two sticks Of . Indian Ink , and enough water to render it liquid , leaTe an indelible D npon the arm or hand of the dssener . This punishment is ooly te be administered on parade , in the presence of the men ; in the cavalry by the trumpet-major , and in the infantry » y the bngle-major , who are to be instructed by the ttedical officer how to atrolv the instrument . It is
ttareover , only to be inflicted in the presence of the ssrgeon . If marking deserters is considered indis-Peasibie . there is no possible means by which it can be accomplished with less pain and more certainty . —United Service Journal . ^ PiruKGBOEorGH . —On Saturday , Mr . Bairstow QwiTered an address to a very attentive audience . On Sunday he preached a sermon in the Market-^ are j to a large congregation . On Monday he delivered a lecture on iiroad Green , to a large and attentive coneourse of people .
associati on Boom , V ^ PEssziD-soTr . —On Tuesday night last , we had a very numerous attendance , and a vote of thanks was unanimously given to £ obsr . Kemp Philp for his able services on Sunday set .
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BOLBECK .. —A Chartist sermon was delivered inrthe Association Room . Holbeck Bridge , on Sunday evening last , by Mr .: « L Hall , to a numerous and respectable audience . —On Wednesday evening a Chartist lecture was delivered in the same room by Mr . John Smith . The room was well-attended , and the lecturer gave great satisfaction . A spirit of Chartism prevails here . Political . Institute . —On Monday the deputation appointed to wait on the Fig Tree-lane Chartists , with a view to the effecting of a junction , reported that there was no probability of this being effected . Thanks were voted to the deputation . A
resolution was passed strongly condemning the corrupt practices so notorious in the constitution of our ^ execHtive bodies , and fraternising with the men of Nottingham in their patriotic determination- to effect the pnrity of election in returning Mr . Sturge , upon 4 he principles avowed by that gentlemen . A memorial to the Archbishop of Canterbury was adopted , praying his Grace to use his influence for the obtaining of justice , in civil and religious matters , for the people , instead of promoting begging , under the spurious appellation of charity . Excellent speeches were made by Messrs . iGill , Otley , and others . Several new members were enrolled , and the best spirit was manifested .
I Holmfibth . —Two sermons will be preached in I the Association Room , June 5 th , at two o'clock p . m . [ by Mr . G . Brook ; and at sis o ' clock in the evening , i * by Mr . J . Bray , on behalf of Mr . Christopher Wood , ' who is suffering in Rothwell gaol , in consequence of I having proposed one of the Chartist candidates at ! the last West Riding election . For so doing he was dismissed from his employment ; and the consequent embarrassment has ended in his being lodged in gaol .
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High Life below Sta ibs . —A gentleman of fortune , residing in the neighbourhood of Hampstead , and who for some time past has been sojourning at a distant part ef the country , returned unexpectedly to his house at Hampstead on TnuTsday evening last , and on arriving at his residence was surprised at perceiving lights issuing from the windows of his best apartments , whilst shouts of merriment , mixed with the musical sounds of a harp and other iustrument 3 , broke from the interior of the mansion . Mr . at first conjectured that he must have made a mistake , and that he bad in a temporary absence of niind wandered to the residence of a" neighbour . But no ; to relieve his doubts , Sancho , the yard dog came bounding towards him . He was at home , and
reeling curious as to the cause of all this revelry , the house having been left solely to the care of the servants , he cautiously made his way into the premises through a back entrance , and succeeded in gaining a balcony extending round the windows of the first floor , whence he could command a view of the interior of the drawing-room , when , to his surprise , he beheld a scene that completely bewildered him . A numerous party was assembled , dressed in every variety of costume , representing a motley crowd of Jews , Gipsies , Turks , sultanas , sailors , soldiers , &o ., all commingled together in chaotic confusion , and playing- off the most practical jokes imaginable on each , other . On perceiving these strange visitors located within his habitation , the gentleman conceived
that some friend or neighbour had " borrowed " his room ' s on an emergency for a fancy dress ball ; and he was on the point of retiring from the spot to make inquiries of the servants , when , lo , could he believe his eyesight ; bedecked in the costume of a grand Turk , with a luxuriant display of beard , that might have excited the envy of a bonafidt bashaw , forth stalked from amongst the crowd in the back drawing room , no less a personage than Sam , his under footman , leading daintily , by the " blushing finger ? , " Sally and Snsannah , the belle de cuisine and fe ' mme de mansion of hi 3 establishment , both ladies attired after a fashion that would have puzzled the united conclave of antiquarian dames throughout the entire kingdom to have defined . The appearance of Sam and his smirking "handmaid " at once elucidated the mystery . Mr . sprang through the open window into the room , when a
scene ensued that beggars description . The magic word " master .. '" never produced greater consternation among a set of urchins engaged in the revel of a school-room riot , than did that exclamation from the united voices of Sam , Sally , and Susannah produce on the motley set assembled in tha drawing room aforesaid . Sauve qui pent was the order of the night . A rash was made for the door ? . The crowd , in-their eagerness to escape , blocked up the head of the staircase , and the efforts of those in the rear threw the foremost off their Ieg 3 . The mass gave way , and Jews , Gipsie 3 , and Turks , sultanas , sailors , soldiers , cum mullis aliis , rolled head long down the stairs , . amidst the scream 3 of the women and the frantic struggles of the men . The in traders were bundled out of the house sans ceremonie , to seek their respective domiciles as best they might , and : he servants employed in the establishment received notice to quit forthwith .
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ADDRESS OF THE FEMALE CHARTISTS OF ABERDEEN , TO THEIR FELLOW COUNTRYWOMEN . " God and our Rights . " " llethmfcs I bear a little bird that sings The people by and by will b « the stronger . "—Byron . _ Fellow CorxxsiwoMEX , —If ever there was a time when it behoved the industrious classes of this country to bestir themselves , it is at present , when they see their brothers and friends around them unemployed and starving , without knowing how soon ttis fate may be their own . It has been said that women should not meddle with politics ; then they must make np their minds to be marred by them . If politics did not meddle with them the prohibition might be just—but the woman who values her home will endeavour to drire everything from it that threatens to do injury to its welfare . It is because your homes are in danger that we now address you . It is because your friends are perishing around you and you yourselves are suffering , that we call on you for exertion in yonr own and your country ' s cause . It is because tyrant misrule is making these homes
which ought to be tbe abode of happiness and peace , scenes of want , misery , and wretchedness , that we call on you to throw aside your apathy , and join us in the present glorious struggle for our just rights . If you knew how much your own happiness , and the happiness of those you love , depends on your possessing these rigbt 3 , which are essential to the wellbeing , of every human creature , we are sure that there beats not a female heart so callous to human suffering as to refuse to join with heart and soul in this holy cause , which alone can drive want and woe from the poor man ' s home , raise him from his degraded position , and improve him mentally and morally ; for until the physical condition of man is improved the progress of his moral condition will be slow . At present they have to toil from earliest morn till latest night , when both body and soul ara exhausted , and what do they receive in return as the reward of their labour ? why , barely as much as will sustain a miserable existence .
Sisters , what becomes of the fruits of your labour . Leok around you and see how many there are who live in splendid mansions , and are dressed in the gayest attire . Mark them well : they toil not , neither do they spin , but frhter away their Iive 3 in idleness and Juxury , while your lives are one continued round of toil and ~ woe . No time is allowed you but to eat and sleep , and scarcely so much of that as the body requires to keep it in health . Now , knowing , as you must do , that everything is produced by labour , it follows , as a necessary consequence , that those who labour not must live on the labour of others . Those splendid mansions , then , in which they live , and the fine robes in which thev are
clad , are the produce of your toil . This is the cause why you have to rise so early and work so late , and receive so . little for your labours ; for these idlers make the laws ; and tbey have made them bo as to enable themselves to live in luxuriance on the produce of your excessive toil . It might be well for tvey one to inquire whence comes this fearful want and suffering at present endured by the working classes . Is it because the Creator has not seen meet to provide plenty for the wants of all his creatures 1 If bo , it is our duty to submit with resignation ; bnt if he ha 3 provided plenty for the wants of all , and we can trace the cause to man , it is our duty , as Christians and members of society , to exert ourselves to the utmost of our power to remove the cause ; for
we are told to use all lawful endeavours to preserve our own life and the lives of others , especially when we Eee so many of our friends starving , and our acquaintances hurried into an untimely grave , aed many among whom , had they lived in other circumstances , would have been among society's bright ornaments . There are many even within the limited circle of our friends ; but when our gaze is extended to our country , the amount is appalling ; for it is calculated that there are one hundred thousand emigrants obliged to leave this their native land in a year ; that one hundred thousand perish unable to quit-the country ; besides the fearful amount of disease and suffering produced from the want of food
sufficient to keep the body ia health , which renders life , to many , only a living death in tortures , fearful as the rack , or any of the other various modes of torments to which the priesthood of former times treated their victims in days when human sacrifices were offered up to satisfy the manes of supposed angry deities . It may be said those days are past . Woeful delusion ! There are more human victims daily offered up at the demon shrines of Whiggism and Toryism , or , in other words , class legislation , than ever were offered at the shrine of Odin in this country , or that of Juggernaut in the East . Gold is now the god that is worshipped . Gold ! gold ! shrieks the hearties master . More work , or starve , is the cry of the white slavedriver ! How many are the victims of unhallowed
avarice ? Thus , unceasing toil and poverty are our doom , although our country can produce more than the amount of food her cnildxen can consume . But you
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see it is the will of the rich , who have more than all they can wish for , to prevent the poor from having the least of all they want . The harder we toil , the less we receive in . return . Wefsbake the bush , while they gather the berries . Our Government , the would-be fathers of the people , must have eightpence out of every shilling we earn , and leave us to the tender mercies of other parties with the rest , and then look on in mockery of our miseries ; and smile to see us fleeced of the part that remains by others , till between them they have fleeced us of our last croat , and left us nothing .
The other day , while we passed along Union Bridge , we saw a female seated , and at her feet lay a paper , on which was written— " My husband is out of employment , and 1 have no other means left but this to keep myself and two children from starving . " She was young , and decently clad . One child lay asleep in her arms , the other stood at her knee , gazing in her face . The blush of shame covered her cheek , and tho tear stood in her eye . It was evident that love for her little ones could alone have brought her there ; for what will woman not do for her own offspring . She , doubtless , entered life with hopes as high , as hearty , and as light as any of us ; and who can say that Euch will not be our fate ? How many of our friends have
entered life with light hearts and high hopes which have ended in blighted prospects and squalid misery ? And why ?—because the impress of slavery is on our class , and must be removed ere peace can visit the labourer ' s heart , or plenty hia dwelling . We would call on all mothers by the love they bear to their children , if they would not b 8 the mothers of more slaves , to be made into tools for others to profit by ; if they would not spend their lives in toil , anxiety , and care , without a ray of hope to cheer the gloomy prospects of starvation in their old age , with the bitter reflection that with all their labours they had only reared another race doomed to pass a life of drudgery , such as they have themselves suffered , and all this , because we
stood tamely by and allowed a few men to make laws by means of which they rob them , and not them only but their children ; if you would not have your children curse you for having reared them only to be sacrificed amid fearful tortures at the shrine of Mammon ; respond to the trumpet-call of liberty , now borne on every breeze . See , the Charter of your liberties is raised on high , as Moses raised the serpent in the wilderness . You have only to rally round it , and it will set you free , j Learn your children to love it—let them learn to J lisp its name in their first accents of speech—teach them to know liberty , and they will sweep tyranny
from the earth . Join , then , the present movement , the glorious Btruggle in which we are engaged , and it will enable you to leave liberty as a legacy to your families , and your declining year 3 will be passed in peace amid your children ; and you , who with young hearts filled with foud hopes of happiness , look around yon and see how many such have been blasted—how many bright eyes havo been dimmed before their time by the accursed system under which we live , —if you would not , like them , have the cup of happiness dashed from your lips when scarcely tasted , join in the cause which will enable you to realise your hopes , and show to the world that hearts as brave still beat in the
bosoms of Scottish maidens , as when they were wont to buckle on the armour of their country ' s warriors , ere they went to the battlefield . The man who can live a willing serf i 3 unworthy of a woman ' s love . And is there a woman who would not be ashamed of the coward and spurn from her the crouching slave who will not dare to be free ! Better die iu single blessedness than live the wife of a willing serf , aad rear for him a band of little crying slaves . And ye fair dames and bravo youths of once merry England , join for your Charter , which only can make England merry again . And ye sons and daughters of the green Isle , we conjure you by the wrongs you hava suffered , by the blood of your patriots shed in the field and on the scaffold , by wrongs you have endured for centuries , unite for your rights , for if you are ever to be free ' tis " yourselves must strike the blow . "
See , the flag of Chartism waves ! Tyrants are beginning to tremble ! Rally round it ! Dime , unite in your millions , and soon the shout of freedom will be heard from isle to isle , and from strath to glen ; the day-star of peace will then arise , when , instead of pale-eyed want , peace , and plenty will everywhere be found . Signed on behalf of the Association , Maky Angus , Chairwoman . John Brown , Secretary .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , May 31 . The first business of importance in bothHouseaof Parliament was the agreeing td :: an address to her Majeaty , congratulating her on her escape from the " atrocious and cowardly" attempt on her life , and expressing the feelings of loyalty and devotion which actuated the legislature ; The address was proposed in the House of Lorda by the Dake of Wellington ; and a message was sent down to the Coinniona , asking their concurrence in it . A committee to manage the conference was accordingly appointed ; and onits return , Sir R . Peel proposed the adoption of the address , or rather the concurrence of the House in it , expressing , with considerable emotion , his feelings on the occasion . . : i-
Lord John Russell seconded the motion , giving utterance to similar sehtiment 3 ; and the . concurrence of the Housa was expressed by an unanimous shout of assent . ¦ - ¦ ' .- ... ' .: ' : . ¦ . ' :. . - ¦ ¦ ' : ¦ ¦ . " . ¦ -. ¦ ¦ ' ¦ It was intimated by Sir R . Peel that her Majesty would receive the address on Wednesday . It was ultimately agreed that the House should meet at a quarter-past two for the purpose of joining their Lordships in going up with the address . On the motion for the resuming of the adjourned debate on tho third reading of the Income Tax Bill , Mr . Laboucuere asked a question relative to the rumoured intention of the French Government to raise the duties on linen-yarn imported .
Sir Robert Peel replied that some such information had reached them , but that the British Governmenthad promptly given an expression of its regret at the adopfcien of this intention , should it be so determined on by the French Governmenti We -were vow engaged in such communications with other winegrowing countries , as might make the people of the South of France deeply regret the suspension of their intercourse with this country . . Several other questions were asked ;¦ - ¦ one by Mr . Disraeli , addressed '' -to Sir John Hobhouse , respecting the suppression of some of the documents connected
with tba occupation of Afghanistan ; and a question from Mr . Vernon Smith , addressed to Sir James Graham , respecting what he considered to be " the theatrical parade , " and unseemly proceedings , on the occasion of the preaching of the " condemned sernon " on the Sunday before Good ' s-execution . Sir James Graham concurred in opinion with Mr . V . Smith as to the impropriety of the proceedings , but said that the Secretary of State fer the Home Department had no direct control over the civic authorities , though * he . had no doubt that they would attend to any representiona which might be made to them .
Mr . Hume then took occasion , on the third teading of the Income Tax Bill , to give expression to his sentiments on the commercial situation and prospsct 3 of the country , and the commercial moasures of the present government . He regarded Lord Palmerston as the evil genius of the late Government , leading this country on from war to war , till it wasplunged in the mire of the financial difficulties in which the present Government found it . Sir It . Peel should deal with public affairs as be would with his own , and not permit any wasteful and unnecessiry expenditure of the public money , in keeping up naval and military establishments far beyond tho exigencies of the public service . The country wa 3 now less able to bear the preaBure of additional taxation than when its commercial affairs were in a prosperous condition ; and on these and other grounds , which he stated at some length , he opposed the bill .
Sir Charles Napier expressed his strong disapprobation of any proposition for reducing our naval sand military establishments , but , at the same time , deprecated additional taxation bo long as the monopolies in corn and sugar were maintained . After some observations from"Colonel . Wyudham and Mr . Curteia , Mr . F . ' T . Baring asked if this were a bill which apportioned the burden of taxation fairly and equally on the public ? There was no allowance to be made for losses under different schedules ; and a merchant might have to pay hia income tax on a given amount of
stock , while Ms losses in trade might be double the amount of his dividends , and thu ? the actual result leave him without any income at all . Passing in review the different arguments against the bill . He pointed out the breach of faith in taxing the stack belonging to foreigners , not resident in this country ; and ixprassed his fears for the result of the application of a tax on industrial eapital , leading probably to its abstraction from the trade of this country , Tho moral influence of this tax was also to be taken into account , as its tendency , from its inquisitorial nature , would be disastrous to the character of the country .
The Chancellor of the Exchequer re-adduced the former arguments in support of un income tax , contending th ^ t there now existed that exigenoy in the public finances which called for its imposition . The collection of the tax is to be placed under the Commissioners of Assessed Taxes , who will be enabled to do bo at an additional cost of about £ 30 , 000 to their present establishment -, and the entire txpence of collection , including establishment , salaries , travelling expences , &c . it , will not be above one-haif of the expehce of the collection of the former income tax , which , in 1815 , was about £ 300 , 000 . Mr . Mangles entered into a review of the condition of our Indian finances , with a view of shewiiigthat they were not in the embarrassed state asserted by Sir Robert Peel when he proposed the income tax .
Sir R . H ., lNGLis expressed his regret that his suggestion bad not been acloptad by the Government , of only taxing income above £ 150 , which would hare been a great boon to a large class of people of small incomes , varying from £ 150 to £ 200 . Mr . V 1 LLIER 3 contended that the income-tax was politically unwisej and , practically ^ atrociously unjust . Its necessity had arisen from bad legislation , interfering with trade , limiting the home market , diminishing expenditute , and deteriorating the . condition of the people . I Mr . D'Israeli replied to some of the statements of Mr . Mangles on the subject of our Indian finances . Mr . BROtherton argued that the income-tax must necessarily fallon the working classes , inasmuch as any tax on trade diminishes profits , and reduces wageB . On a division , there appeared For the third reading of tbe Bill ... 255
Against it 149 -106 Certain amendments were then proposed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to one of which an exception was taken by Mr . George William Wood , and another division took place , when there appeared 191 ) to !) 6 in support of the Government Tbe Bill then passed its final stage in the House of Commons , and the ! House shortly after adjourned .
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Singular Will . —Mr . William Falkous , late of Gateshead , draper , who died in July last , by his will , proved at Durham oh the 2 l 3 t ., bequeaths £ 7 , 410 in legacies , varying ; from £ 10-to £ 300 , to "industrious and upright professional men , tradesmen , and others" ( in all 101 ); some of whom , he remarks , he had observed contending with difficulties , awd yet preserving their integrity . To one legatee he bequeaths £ 50 as a token of his esteem for him in closing his shop on the Sa-bbath , which shop had been kept open by the previous occupier . —Durham Advertiser .
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The Proprietors have great pleasure in announcing that Mr . J . HOBSOJN ' , Publisher oi the Northern Slur , has become General Wholesale Agent for the Chartist : Breakfast Powder , tor the District of Yorkshire . Ho has now ft large quantity in Stock , both at Leeds and at Huddercitieid ; irom which he is authorised to supply the Associations and other Eotail Vendors at the samo Prices as the Proprietors themselves . Orders addressed to him will meet with prompt Attention .
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Oa WiiitrMonday , the infant son of William and Mary Butler was christened William O'Connor Butler . - - ¦ ¦ ¦ - ¦ * ¦ : ' ¦¦ ; V : - * - . ¦¦ ¦ ¦* ¦ * - ; Christened * at the parish church , Blackburn , Fearjius O'Connor , son of Peter and Mary Cronfchaw ; also Jane Frost , daughter of Aaron and Mary Croushaw . The infant daughter of Robert and Sarah Warner was chri-tenad , on the 3 rd ult ,, by tho Rev . - — - Lj ttan , at Sfc . Ebba ' s Church , Oxford , by the name of Ann O'Connor Warner . ¦ Tho son of Mr . John Warburton , of Black Hill , Cliytoo , near Bradford , has been registered Feargus O'Connor Warburton .
Baptized , at St . John ' s Church , Hampstead , by the iiov , Wm . Collins , the son of Joseph and Sarah VVallis , by the name of Altred Frost Emmetfc Bronterr « . ~ -
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HTJDDESSFIELD . —Cohhjssebatios of a "VVhjg Factobt Lord . —A well-known millowner has been manifesting his usual sympathy to the poor . A widow had her hnsband killed in the iniiL alluded to , at which time they were in arrears for rent three pounds nineteen shillings , to the said jaillowner , whose extreme benevolence prevented him from exacting the same . Since that time glie has been snpported by her son , on whom she golelv depended . Unfortunately , however , the son met the same fate as his father in a manufactory belonging to a Blue Lord , a short time ago ; the proprietors of which gave orders that the poor widow Ihonld be removed into their neighbourhood , where thev would support her . This desire to protect the widow having reached the ears of the former very pious % ad humane millowner , he immediately ordered the furniture to be stopped until he received his three pounds nineteen shillings !! We understand the widow offered what little she had , which was refused .
BICHBXOND . —Thomas Helmsley , of Richmond , labourer , was committed last week , to the House of Correction at Nonhallerton , to take M 3 trial at the next sessions , for feloniously stealing and taking away one leather strap and a number of eggs from the premises belonging to Mr . William Corner , of Brompton-upon-Swale , farmer . SHEFFIELD . —Atrocious Outkage bt a Soldier . —A most brutal outrage was perpetrated l ? j s corporal of the Queen ' s Bays ( quartered at the bsrracks in this town ) , on Friday last , May 27 . It appears that on the afternoon of that day , a yonagmannamed Ashberry , respectabl y connected , with two or three companions and their dogs were passing the barracks , when one of the dogs ran into
the yard , and was struck by one of the soldiers , upon which oixe of the young men said , " Come , yon will let that dog alone ; you'll get marked for that ; I shall know yon again . " The soldier replied" Yes , you b r , I shall know you again ; I shall mark you out . " The four young men then passed on . Corporal John M'Kinnon , who was in command of the gnard , took the sentinel ' s carbine from him and saying , ""Come , let ' s walk into the b rs , " pursued the party fifty or sixty yards up the lane ; he first struck at a young man named Dale , but missed him ; he then struck at Ashberry , and felled him to the ground by a two-handed bJowwith the butt-end of the carbine on the back part of the head . Ashberry was immediately conveyed to the but fears
Infirmary and received every attention , were entertained at first that the blow was a fatal one . M'Kinnon . was taken into custody , and on Saturday was examined before Wilson Overend and W . J . Bagshaw , Esquires . Several witnesses deposed to "the foregoing facts ; and it was given in evidence that on . returning to the barrack-gites M'Kinnon remarked that " he had served the b r right , " adding that " he would have served him right if he had killed him . " It seems that the stock of the carbine was broken with the force of the blow . On the oiher hand , three soldiers of the Queen ' Bays , who appeared as Tvitnessts fer the prisoner , stated that much abusive language was nsed by the voung men in the first place . The case
was then remanded till Tuesday . On Tuesday , the prisoner ( who in the meantime had been allowed to remain at the barracks ) was again brought before Wilson OTertnd , W . J . Bagshaw , and Hugh Parker , EsaTs . Mr . Palfreyinan , who , as on Saturday , appeared for the prosecuting parties , nrged that the prisoner had been guilty of wounding Ashbtrry with intent to do him some grievous bodily harm , and should be committed for trial oa ihe capital charge . The Magistrates could not see that the charge of wounding with intent &c , was proven Ultimately , the prisoner was liberated on bail , two sureties of £ 20 each , to answer the charge of assanlt at the sessions . We understand that , on Tuesday , Ashberry was pronounced to be likely to recover , though not yet absolutely out of danger .
SHADFOBD . A ^ siveesabt . — "Upwards of 100 members ef No . 1 Lodge , " Royal Jason" of the Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , Bradford Unity , sat down to a sumptuous dinner , provided by the worthy host and hostess , Mr . and Mrs . Smith , Shoulder of Mutton Inn , Bradford ; afcer having done ample justice to the good things on the table , the Secretary read over the state of their finances , which was very flattering and prosperous . It was agreed that £ 103 should be deposited in the hands of their bankers . After the cloth wa 3 withdrawn , a band of music , in military dresses , was ushered into tbe room , to enliven the company , which was very Isr 2 e ; Hinging and dancing commenced , and was kept up until a late hour of the evening , when the eempany separated , highly delighted with the prosperity of the lodge , and the harmony and brotherly fere that existed amongst them .
Hobton . —Fukebai Procession . —On Sunday last the members of the Independent Order of the Golden Fleece , B . U . attended the funeral of brother George Bowie ; , of No . 14 , Good Intent Lodge , held at the house of Mr . John Reid , Kings Arms Inn . The company was very numerous and respectable ; the processionjsvas headed by the president and ^ the vicepresident of the Lodge , with their insignia of ofBee— - a silver star . The members each wore a black silk scarf , and -white gloves . P . G . M . Gattenby , after the inierment of the deceased , read the funeral oration of the Order , in a very solemn manner . The members then formed in procession again , two abreast , and went over the grave one on each side , and deposited every one a piece of ever- ^ reen therein .
Little Homos Teetotal Ba >~ d . About five months ago , a band of music , bearing the above title , was formed in thi 3 village , consisting of twenty-one members , each pledged to the principles of total abstinence . Some of the parties have since broken the pledge , and . wished the band in consequence to be exiled me " * Moderation Band . " A division took place , when there appeared for the original name , twelve : against it , eight . One of the parties remained neutral . The teetotal party offered the others the drum for their share ; they were dissatisfied ; and aeeorciDgly on Thnrsday morning , in the absence of the landlord of the Temperance Hotel , where they met , they entered the house , and took forcible possession of the drum , box , books and money which it contained , and decamped therewith .
TYLDEBLET . —On Monday evening a public meeting determined , by resolution , to buy no more fresh milk , butter , or buttermilk , till the prices of those articles ba reduced to three-halfpence a quart for new milk , a halfpenny a quart for buttermilk , and cightptnee a pound for butter . ___ . i ^^ h .
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K . K . PHILP . TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —I have yet to complvln cf the disposition you evince in the Star of each week , to create an unfavourable impression in the Hiinds of tbe Chartist body respecting my acts . In your paper of the 28 th of May , a note purporting to be from ' the Bath Chartists , " asserts that Messrs . Vincent and Philp nave created division , and formed another Sodely . I have denied this emphatically before , and regret again to ba called upon to reiterate the denial . Tbe division in Bitti ilittle thousjh it be ) -was not created by Vincent and Philp , but through tho conduct of your reporter , -which has already been amply commented on iu the Star and
/ indicator , and condemned by resolutions passed at meetings in Bath , by large majorities of the ChartistB . " I deny that any society has been formed in Bath by either Vincent or Philp , or any persons with whom we h % ve connexion . Nor has any political society , that I know of , been recently formed , the origin of which may either directly or indirectly be attributed to us . We have opened a large and comfortable room , capable of accommodating 1 , 500 persona—it is lit with ga 3 , and situated in the heart of the city , and this is applied to the purposes of the Nutionu Charier Association , has a general council for its management , and is under tho guidance of the English Executive—and I have the greatest reason to expect that , ere long , it will rendtr most essential service to cur good cause . "
I regret that you permit your reporters to write their own prejudices or feelings , ratheT than important facts , and that thus many good and confiding Chartists are misled . I hope yon will make the Star that which it ought to be—a faithful mirror of the Chartist movement , and use its influence to promote union and extend organisation . I take this opportunity of expressing my heartfelt satisfaction at the -welcome reception I have niut with in all the towns I have passed through since leuviug London . I have had most excellent meetings , and enrolled upwards of two hundred and fifty members in our Association . Everywhere \ when nsked ) I have explained my views on the Sturge system , respecting -which , I , with others , waa so hastily condemned ; and my explanations havu j j-iven the utmost satisfaction , and won forme ( I hesitate not to asser , ) the love and esteem of all who listened to them .
In Sheffield , after explaining myself to a party of f ieuds , a councillor of our association , of Fig-tveu-lane , siid , " Ah . ' in what a different light I see and uuderstand it now—how are the people misled . ' " In Bradford , after my lecture , a working man came forward and seized my hand , and pressing it warmiy , said , " I belong to the Manninghain Association , and when I saw the report of the Northern Slur , I moved : i vote of censure on you , and it was carried unanimously . I have watched you very close ever ein . ee , and am convinced of my error ; and I feel it my duty to ask your pardon for having thus injured you . " I thanked him for his honourable conduct , and told him I wanted not my pardon asked , but a mere expression of confidence . I could hardly part from my friend , he
seemed so hurt at what he bad done . At Queenshead , I was questioned on my conduct , gave an explanation , and received a unanimous vote of confidence . At Halifax , the good old veteran in cur cause , Mr . B . RushtoD , questioned me on the subject . He said he had sanctioned a vote of censure which had been passed by the Halifax Chartists , and had moved an addition to it whieh had made it stronger ; but he now begun to view my motives in a very different light He , therefore , put tbe questions to rne , in the best of feeling , that I might have an opportuaity of explaining myself . The vote of censure had been passed upon me in this place unanimously , and on this occasion the prime movers in it were present . I entered on a plain and unequivocal explanation . I sought not to coax
my audience into approbation . I condemned them for having censured without an investigation of the case , and concluded by saying that I rejoiced in what I had done , because , although it had raised prejudico against me , it bad materially benefited the Chartist movement , and I . declared that , when a siiflilar opportunity occurred , I should act iu the same manner , with the same motives . A Chartist brother moved a 7 ote of confidence . It was seconded ; and an amendment was moved that the expression of confidence be accompanied with thanks . The original motion was withdrawn , and the decision was unanimous and enthusiastic . In several ether places I have also received votts of confidence and thanks ; and thus am amply compensated for all the ills I have endured through misrepresentation .
I'trust you will , in fairness , allow this letter to appear in yeur next ; and if I may presume to tender a few words of advice to you , they shall be to thiB effect : —Let all the reports in the Star be founded oa truth and impartiality ; let ita influence be directed against the people ' s enemies everywhere , and do not every week mate deadly direct and indirect thrusts at tbe people ' s friends and advocates . Look to men ' s actions , and allow these to speak for themselves ; but do not impute motives to men you do not know , and whose hearts and minds you cannot read . Let your sole endeavour be , to gather up the scattered strength of our body—to illumine their minds , and warm their hearts and cheer them on in the struggle , until liberty is enjoyed by alL Thus , like the Star of Bethleliem , you will conduct the " good and wise" men to their Saviour .
I make these remarks in friendship , fully bearing in mind the resolution of the Convention , on which I am determined to act . And in conclusion , 1 desire all who have presumed to judge hastily of my . motives , to ¦ watch narrowly and unceasingly the actions of -r obebx Kem ? Phil ? .
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Shootikg at SovERisiGNSr—In the month of May ( the 15 ih ultimo ) , forty-two years ago , it waa . ihal an attempt was made to assassinate the Sovereign of Eng ! a , nd , simiiarto that made en Monday against our beloved Queen . On the evening of that day the
atcempt was made by 0110 James Hatfield , a lunatic , iu the Theatre Royal , Brury Lane . At the moment King George 111 . eutered his box , and vyaa advancing forwards , the audience rose as usual from respect , and at the same instant a horse-pistol , loaded with shift s , was fired from the pit , and one of the slugs was afterwards found to have struck the pilaster about fourteen inchos above the head oi' the King . Immediately the greatest confusion ensued , and Hatfiold , who had been seen , to leyel the pibtol , was seized . It was afterwards proved that he had been tiie Duke of York ' s orderly , and that he had received eight eabi'Q wounds upon the head , which produced insanity , He was declared Not Guilty on his trial on that account , and he was detained in
custody for life . Oatuc 5 ih of January , 181 / , when George IV ., as Prince Hegcue , went to opou Parliament , he was shot at , on his return through the Park , on his way to tho Palace . Two balls perforated the glass of tho carriage in which he was riding . This occurrjuce , and the generally excited state of the couutry at large , led to the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act . Tne outrage was thi same day reported to Parliament ( as was also the case last evening ) , and the two houses ioined in an address suitable to the occasion . A rewavdof £ 1 , 000 was offared , but in vain , for the discovery of the criminal . Our late Sovereign , William IV ., was likewise exposed to an attempt , fortunately unsuccessful , at violence , while His Majebty was attending Ascot races ; and our beloyed Queen has , as is still well remembered , been before placed in peril through the insanity of the man
named Oxford , who is still detained in custody in j Bethlehem Hospital on account of his lunacy . 0 n .. the occasion of the last-mentioned attempt , it was at ; first rumoured that the unfortunate m | in was only . the tool of a regularly organised body ,, whose object j it was to assassinate the Queen , and that he had chanced to-be the oneamongKtita members on whom tho lot fell to make the atrocious attempt . However , it was afterwards clearJy proved that fie had no accomplices , and that he had committed the act while in a state of insanity . It is sincerely to be hoped that the man who was guilty of the abominable and -j cowardly attempt at assassination yesterday will likewise prove to be a lunatic . If that fact be i established , though her Majesty ' s subjects will aym- 1 pathise not one jot less with their Queen on the occasion , they will feel relieved from those apprehensions and fears they might otherwise entertain * —Globe . ' ¦" .. " . ' -V .. ..:.:: ; ¦ ¦ ' ' : . ¦ . '" - . ¦ ¦ - .
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CHARTIST BEVERAGE . MFSSRS . CROW and T t'RELL beg to call the attention of the Chartist Public to the BEVERAGE prepared by them , as a Cheap and Wholesome substitute for Taxed Coffeo . Its nutritious qualities are equalled by none in the Market ; while its mode of Preparation renders it vastly superior to the Trash offered for Sale by those who regard not the health of the Consumer . As a Means of supporting the ¦ ¦ '" Executive Committee of" the National Charter Association , " and as a Means of crippling the Governmental Exchequer , it may bo made a ready and powerful-weapon in the bauds of the Son 3 of Toil . A single Trial will prove its superiority over other Preparations of liac pretensions .
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On Saturday , May 28 th , at the Baptist Chapel , Horsforth , Mr . John Hardaker , of Rawdon , to Miss Elizabeth Lancaster , of Horsforth . This was the first marriage solemniisd at the above chapel . Ai St . Peter ' s Church , Derby , on tho 24 th of May , Mr , T . Gadd , of Siddal ' s Lane ^ to Mary , eldest daughter of Mr . Robert Coultas , slater , of the same place . ¦ . - ¦ .. " : ' . ' ¦' . ' ¦ . ' ; - . . ¦ ' . '¦ . /¦'" ; ' ¦ On Saturday last , at the parish church , "Wakefield , by the" Rev . Samuel Sharp , vicar , Walter Shepherd , Efq ., to Eliza , eldest daughter of the late Charles Greaves , Esq ., of St . George ' s Place , all of Barhsley . . ' ' . ' ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦';¦ ' . ¦¦' . ' ¦ ¦ . '' ¦ ¦ .-Same day , at the Superintendant Registrar ' s Ofiiee , WestgatD , Otley , Mr . John Norfolk , to Miss Mary Dickinson , both of Siaiuburn , near Otley .
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¦ ¦ ¦" . ' DEATHS ! . '¦ - ' ¦ ,. ' :. V . V ' . : / ; . On Wednesday week , in London , iu the 79 ih year of his age > Christopher Wilson , Esq ., of Qxtoa House , near Tadcaster , the father of the Turf . On Sunday , May the 24 th , at tho residence of his parents at Sheffield , Thomas Armitage , aged 18 , after a few week ' s illness . The deceased was a member of the Sheffield Youths'Charter AssooiationV and was warmly esteemed by his youthful friends and brother patriots , who have now to deplore his untimely loss ; .-. ; , . . : ¦ ¦ -.
^ . v _ On Wednesday , at F'Uford , after a long illness , much respected , aged 72 , W . fl . Hearon , EsfjL , one of the magistrates of York . He served the office of Lord Mayor of York in the years 1815 and 1827 . On Monday last , at Ripont aged 75 , Mra . Ellen Gftarman , of the King ' s Arms Inn , York . Same day , after a few hours' illness , of inflammatioa of tho bowels , aged 21 , William Sugden * printer , Bradford . On Sunday , last , at Manningham Old Hail * aged . 67 , MrB . Elizabeth Aglin , ^ mother of Mr . G . W . and J . Aglinof Bradford . -
, Ou Saturday last , in "bis 79 th year , Mr . Richard Gage , gentleman , of Old Malton . . Same day , at Ripon , at a very advanced aga , Mr . tfnwini eifor many years nurseryman at the grounds of Mrs . Lawrence , : ' : : \
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PHESTCN . —At a special meeting of the Preston CbartiBtB , held this evening , the following resolutions were adopted > , — " That it is the opinion of thi 8 meeting that we should have a delegate meeting of Noith Lancashire , to consider the best way to give effect to Mr . Marsden ' s address to cauee the people ' s Charter to become the law of tbt > land . We hereby call upon all the organised bodies of Nertb Lancashire to send delegates to Blackburn on Sunday , the i 2 th of June . ' ' That Mr . Richard Marsden be gut in nomination for the Executive Committee . "
HuDDERspiELD . —On Sunday last , two eloqv . ent and powerful lectures were delivered in th ? H ' xll of Science , by Robert Kemp Philp , member of the Executive Council ; after which thirty-three , persons vrere enrolled as members ,
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Now Publishing, By W. Dugdale, No. 6, Holyiceu Street, Strand. .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 4, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct891/page/5/
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