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      IHE PRESS . BT JAMES MOSTGOHEKT , ES < i ., OP SHEFFIELD , The Press ! what ia the Press ? I cried ; When thus a wondrous voice replied : — In me all human knowledge dwells ; The oracle of oracles , Past , present , future , I reveal , Or in oblivious alienee seal : What I preserve can perish nerer—What I forego is lost for ever . I speak ail languages—by me The deaf may hear , the blind may see , The dumb converse , the dead of old Communion with tbe living hold . All lands are one beneath my rule , All nations learners in my school ; Men of all ages , e v erywhere . Become contemporaries there .

      What is the Press ? 'Tis what the tongue Was to the -world when Time was young , When , by tradition , sire to son Cunvey'd whate v er was known or done ; But fact and fiction so were mix'd , That boundaries never could be fix'd . What is the Press ? Tis that which taught , B y hierog lyphic forms of thought , L ore , from the vulgar prondly hid , Like treasures in a pyramid ; For knowledge then was mystery , A captive under lvck and key , Bs Piitsts and Prine&s held in thrall . Of little nse , or none at all ; Till the redoubted alphabet Free their own great deliverer set , At whose command , by simplest spells , They work their mental miracles .

      What is the Press ? Tia what the pen Was thrice ten centuries to men , When sjbil leaves lend winds to words , Or , caged in books , they sang like birds , But slow the pen , and frail tbe page—To write twelve folios aek'd an age ; And a pet bab e , in spo r t , might spoil The fruits of twenty authors' toiL A power was wanting to insure Life to works worthy to endure—A power the race to muluply Of intellectual poljpi ;—It csme , all hardships to redress : And Truth and Yirtue hail'd the Press !

      What am I , then ? I am a power Years cannot waste , nor flames devour , Jfor waters drown , nor tyrants bind ; 1 am the mirror of man ' s mind , In whose serene , impassive face , What cannot die on earth you trace—Not phantom shapes that come and fly , But like the concave of the sky , In which the stars , by night and day , Seen or unseen , hold on their way . Myself withdrawn from mortal sight , I am invisible as light—L : ght whish , revealing all beside ,

      Itself within itstlf can hide ; The tbints of darkness I make bare , And . no where seen , I ' m every where . All that philosophy has sought , Scierce discover' ^ , genius wrought ; All that reflective memory stores , Or rich imagination pours ; All that the wit of man conceives ; All that he wishes , hopes , believes ; All that he loves , or fears , or hates ; All that to heaven and earth relates ; These are the lessons that I teach By speaking alienee—silent speech .

      Ah ! who like me can bless or curse ? What can be better , what be worse , Than language framed for Paradise , Or sold to infamy and vice ? Blest be tie man by whom I bless ; Accursed he who wrongs the Press ; The rtprobate in prose or son * , Whe wields the power of right for wrong—Wronj ; to out-last his laurell'd tomb , And haunt the earth till crack of doom !

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      EXTRAORDINARY DISPATCH FROM CHINA RECAPTURE OF CATJBTJL .

      TREATY OF PEACE WITH CHINA . ' The following important intelligence was brought to Malta on the 13 : h rastaat , from Alexandria , and forwarded to Marseilles by the Locust steamer . Caubul has bc-en again taken , and General Pollock * nd General Isort have , with their troops , met in the capital of Affjjhanistau . Some severe fighting took place on both routes , but the British fcrce 3 maintained their high character , and defeated the enemy with comparatively little loss in every encounter . A number of the prisoners detained by Akbar dan were found in safety at Caubul , and strong hopes existed that Lady Sale and the rest would speedily be set at liberty . Akbar Shan had fled to the moan tains .

      In China ihe success has been equally complete . The city of Nankin has been captured , and the treaty of peace between Great Britain and China was signed on tbe 29 th of August , on board the CornwalliB , a ship of the line , anchored in the river Yang-zse-kiang , under the walls of the great emporium of trade and commerce in China . The Tartar troops made great resistance . Their leader fought ie the last , and on finding every hope of success or retreat vain , he shut himself up in his chamber , ordered hi 3 servant to set fire to the house , and perished in the flames .

      OFFICIAL DISPATCHES . ( From the Friend of China , Sepien . ber , 10 . J CIRCULAR . 10 HER BBIIASSIC ILiJESTl ' s SUBJECTS IS CHI 5 A . Her Britannic Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary , &c . in China has extreme gratification in announcing to her Majesty ' s subjects in China , that be has this day conclnded and signed with tbe Chinese High Commissioners , deputed to negotiate with him , a treaty , of which the following are the most important provisions : — 1 . Lasting peace and friendship between the two empires . 2 . China to pay twenty-one millions of dollars in the course of the present and three succeeding jeara _ _ _ _ _ _

      3 . The ports of Canton , Amoy , Foo-choo-foo , Ningpo , and Shanghai , to be thrown open to British merchants , Consular officers to be appointed to reside at them , and Tegular and just tariffs of import aid export ( as well as inland iransitj duties to be established and published . 4 . Tbe island of Hong-Kon ? to be ceded in perpeinity to her Britannic Majesty , her heirs and successors . 5 . All subjects of her Britannic Majesty ( whether natives of Europe or India ) who may be confined in any part of the Chinese empire to be unconditionally released .

      6 . An act of fuU and entire amnesty to be published by the Emperor under his Imperial Eign jnaLual and seal to all Chinese subjects , on account of their having held services or intercourse with , or resided under the British Government or its officers . 7 . Correspond erjee to be conducted on terms of perfect equality amongst the officers of both Governments . 8 . On the Emperor ' s assent being received to thi 3 treaty , and the payment of : he first 6 , 000 , 000 dollars , her Britannie Majesty ' : = Forces to retire from Nankisg and the GranciCanal , and the military posts ax Chi :-hai to be also withdrawn , bin the islands of Chusan and Kular . gsoo are to he held until the money payments and tbe arrangements for opening the ports be completed .

      In promulgating this highly satisfactory intelligence , her Majesty ' s Plernpoieiitiary , & . c , purposely refrains from any detailed expression of his own sentiments as to the surpassing skill , energy , devotion , and valour , which hare distinguished the various trades , from the hStjiwcfc to the lowest of all arms of her Majesty ' s combined forces , during the contest that has led to these momeDtens results . The claims which have been thus established , wiilbe doubtless acknowledged by the highest authorities . In the meantime , her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary congratulates her Majesty ' s subjects in China on the occasion of a peace , wnich he trusts and believes will , in due time , be equally beneficial to the subjects and interests of both England and China . —God save tie Queen . _ _ . .

      Dated on board the strain frigate Queen , in the Yangtze Keang river , off JEasking , this 59 th , day of Augmst , 1842 . ( Signed ) HENRY POTTINGER , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary ( True Copy ) G . A . MALCOLM , Secretary of Legation .

      cibculab . to her beiiajtmc hi jestr ' s subjects ik ch 1 >\ 1 . Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary , &c . &c , in Chin * has high satisfaction in promulgating for the infold mation of her Majesty ' s subjects in China , the important prop-ess snd Enccets of the expedition , since the date of the last circular on the 24 th of Jane . The expedition was detained by bad weather and other circumstances at Woosung until the 6 th July , on which day it advanced up the river Yangtsekiang , aad on the 14 th reached a military position , built on a range of bills ccrmnianriing the stream ,

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      where two small recentlyeTi-ctri hrtteries , mnnnting thirteen guiis , opened the first tire siuca having Woosnag , on the leading ships , but Were instantly silenced , and the jmfcs . batteries , aud military buildings connected with them destroyed ts sooa as men could bu put on shore . At this point the main body of the fl = et was retarded by adverse winds for nearly a week , during which period some of the ships of war , assisted by the steamers , got up to " Kin-ton'' or " Golden Island , " where the whole armament , amounting to ' seventy sail of vessels , assembled on the 20 th instant , and anchored abreast of the city of Chin-keang-foo .

      A reconnaisance having been obtained the same evening , the troopa was disembarked a / i early as possible the next mon-ing . It wnsat this time believed , that the majority of the Chinese troops , which had been variously reported at from fifteen hundred to three thousand men , were in a camp , which was visible from hills overhanging the river , at a distance of about three miles . Against this camp thp right brigade moved under M 8 Jor-Gencral Lord Saltoun . Tne centre brigaae . led by Major-General Hartley , was directed in the first instance to co-operate with the ri ^ ht one , in cutting off the anticipated retreat , of the fugitives from the camp in the direction of the city , and the left brigade , headed by Major-General Scheodde , lauded on the r > ver face of the ciiy opposite the fleet , where it was instructed to escalade the northern wall , which the centre brigade was likewise appointed to do on the southern side , after it had performed the other duty assigned to it .

      The Chinese troops in the camp did not venture to stand ttie near approach of our men , but after firing three or four disiaut volleys from t ^ eir jinj-Jils And matchlocks , broke and dispersed a . 11 over the country , which was hilly and covered with the jungle . By this timo the left brgade had irot on shore , when it became obyious that the Tartar garrison intended to defend the city , from the walls of which they opened a heavy and incei-sans fire of cannon , jin j alls , rockets , and matchlocks . As the left brigade moved from the landing place .

      the Auckland ( steam frigate ) , which had been placed in position for the purpose , threw . some shells amongst the enemy on the works with admirable precision , but was obliged to cease firing , owing to the rapid advance of the brigade to the bottom of the wall which was most'gallantly escalarfed under a heavy fire from the Tartar troops , who behaved with great spirit , and disputed every inch of the ramparts , availing themselves with great tact , of their knowledge of the localities , to gall our , and screen their own troops .

      Tfce centre brigade got into their city ( after some delay in finding a bridge to cross the Grand Canal , which runs along the we .-tern side oi Chin-keangfoo , and separates the walled city from very extensive suburbs ) by blowing open one of the gates ; but even after the left brigade had received this large reinforcement , besides parties of marines and seamen who were landed the moment the opposition promised to be so stubborn , the Tartars manfully prolonged the contest for some hours , and it was late in the afternoon before they entirely disappeared , which it is surmised the snrnvors did , by throwing away their arms and uniform , and either hiding themselves till night enabled cbpzn to escape , or else mingling with the other inhabitants . The city of Chin-keang-foo is rather more than four miles in circumference , the works are in excel lent repair , and the parapet , which is so thick and solid that nothing but canon shot could havo made

      any impression on it , is pierced with narrow embrasures , and loopholes , ana flanked at a variety oi spots with transverse walls . It has bilheito been impossible to obtain anything like a precise return of the strength of the garrison , but from calculations made with reference to the extent of the works , and the Tartar troops seen on them at the same moment , it is thought there could not have been less than three thousand men . Of these it is said , that forty Mandarin ' s officers , and one thousand men , were killed and wounded . The Tartar-General CommandiDg-5 n-Chief , retired to his house when ha saw that all was lost , made his servants set it on fire , and sat in his chair till he was burned to death . His private secretary was found the day after the assiult , hidden in a garden , aud on being carried to the spot recognised the halfconsumed remains of his master , who was worthy of En eh deith .

      It will D 8 readily understood , that & brilliant Bervice , of which the preceding detail gives but a very feeble outline , could not be performed without loss on our side , and her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary is sure that all her Majesty ' s snbjeotB in China will participate in his feelings of sincere regret at the annexed returns of casualties in killed and wounded in her Majesty's combintd forces . Arrangements are in progress for placing a strong British garrison at ChinK-keang-foo ( which

      commands the entrance to the Grand Canal , and is therefore of vaBt importance ) , and the remainder of the expedition will shortly move up thig maje-tic river , headed by the Admiral ' s flag-ship Cornwailis , to the neighbourhood of Nanking ( which ancient capital of the empire is aboi : t forty miles distant , and is situated about three milt-s from the Yang-tse--kiang , with which it is connected by a variety of canals } , it having already been ascertained by actual survey that there is ample depth of water , and no natural impediments .

      GOD SAVE THE QUEEN . Dated on board the steam-frgate " Qjefn , " Yangtse-kiang river at Chin-keaux-foo this 24 : h day of July , 1842 .

      HENRY POTTINGER , Her Majesty ' s Plenipotentiary . The following is the official return of casual ties : —

      LAJfD FORCE . Killed . —Col . Driver , Gh M . N . I ., Capt . Collinson , 89 th R . I . Lieut . Gibbons , H . M . 49 ih ; Wocndbd . —Lieut . Bernard , 18 th R . I . ( slight ) , Lieut . Badeley , H . M . iiih ( dangerously ) Lieut . Grant , same regiment ( slight ) . Major Warren , 55 th regiment ( severely ) , Lieut . Cuddy , same regiment ( severely ) , Capt . Samson , Rifles ( severely ) , Ensign Travers , 2 d E . N . I . ( slight ) , Waddle , Madras , Artillery ( severely ) , Jamedar , 2 d M . N . I . ( teferely ) . NAVY . Kidlid . —Major UBi ' acke , Royal Marines . Woc . idid . —Lieut . Crouch , Midshipman .

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      TO THE SHAKSPERIAN CHARTISTS OF LEICESTER . _ Fellow-Counthtmen , —I am glad for your own sakes , that you have deemed what I , in conjunction with others still mere worthy , have done for Mr . John West to be deserving of your thanks . May he and you and all of us act ever worthy of the great cause ! May we never for one moment forget that our efforts to comprise all within the constitution of our country , ought to be constitutional and legal ; and that , while we profesB to ainj at the complotinR of the constitution , by perfecting the demooravioal part t h ereof , common hon f sty requires of us to be faithful to the just and rightful interests of the other two parts —the monarchical , and the aristocraticalorBaroniai

      parrs . I myself am a true constitutionalist . I have long been induced by reading and observation , to think that the British constitution when duly balanced , will be more suitable to the situation and feelings of Britons generally , than any other sort of constitution . But , let us have this contention duly balanced , so that the monarchical and the aristocratical parts thereof , may be duly checked , as well as cherir-hed , by the no less important democratic part . Let every one who pays to the support of the s ' . ate . and who is liable to be called upon to defend the state , have his fair share of influence in the management of the state . Let him have the Suffrage . Let his vote be secure to him—his own vote , good or bad .

      To make every man ' s vote good , is in the power of God only ; but to secure the man his vote , and to counteract its tendency if bad—is within the povyvr of man and may be greatly promoted by the passing into a law of the document called " The People ' s Charter , " a document in perfect accordance with the purest principles of the British constitution . 1 remain , Fellow-Countrymen , with every good wish , sincerely yours , H . Phick . Needwood Parsonage , near Burton-upon-Trent , November 12 th , 1842

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      v "" - ' ¦ —**«« - NOMINATIONS FOR THE GENERAL COUNCIL . 6 TOCKPORT . Mr . Thomas Clark , uewa-agont , Heaton-lane . Mr . Joseph Caicer , weaver , Water-street , Port wood , Mr . Thos . Davies , weaver , Portwood . Mr . John Glenn , weaver , Millgate . Mr . James Mitchell , spinner , Heaton-lane . Mr . John Ashcroft , cordwainer , Heaton-lane . Mr . John Follows , dresser , New Zealand . Mr . James Johnstune , weaver , Heaton-lane , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Johnstone , spinner , Hillgate , sub Secretary .

      GREENWICH AND DEPTFOBD . Mr . G . Offord . engineer , Hughes Field , Deptford . Mr . James Wiltshire , wire-worker , Mount Tabor Cottages , Lewisham . Mr . James Caroll , shoemaker , Regency-street , Greenwich . Mr . G ^ o . Floyd , baker , Cannon-street , Deptford . Mr . William Beunington , gardener , Regcuty-Bt ., Greenwich . Mr . William Heywood , gardener , David's-place , Greenwich , sub-Treasurer . Mr . Tiioma Parrs , blacksmith , Cold Bath , Greenwich , sub-Secretary .

      BETHNAL GHEEN , ( SILKWEAVERS . ) Mr . Edward Mantz , printer , 2 , Thomas-street Mr . Hfnry Gale , weaver , 8 , Wellington-row . Mr . John Hillier , ditto , 6 , Wells-street . Mr . Thomas Jones , ditto , 6 , Pelham-street Mr . Robert Watson , 11 , George-street . Mr . John Clarke , ditto , 8 , Wolverley-street . Mr . Jarnus Sheffield , ditto , 4 , New King-street . Mr . James Farley , bookseller , 1 , Satchwoll Rauts , sub-Treasurer . Mr . John S . 5 herrard , hatter , 2 , Tyrell-street , sub-Secretary .

      HOLHFIRTH . Mr . William Cunningham , clothier , Boothouse . Mr . Thomis Haddock , ditto , Underbank . Mr . James Johnson , clothier , Underbank Top . Mr . Abraham Gill , basket-maker , Underbank Top Mr . Thomas Wilkinsor , clothier , South-lane . Mr . James Hoyle , clothier , Cliff . Mr . James Lnckwood , clothier , Lane-end . Mr . Joseph Clegg , shoe-maker , South-lane . Mr . John Liitlewood , clothier , Arranden . Mr . Joseph Haigh , clothier , Fearnought , sub Treasurer . Mr . Win . Cuttell , clothier , Kippax-row , Under bank , sab-Secretary .

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      BALANCE-SHEET OF PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE . RECEIPTS . £ S . d . Borrowed from localities ... ... 30 19 11 ^ Ditto from Mr . Ridley ... ... 1 0 0 Ditto Convention ... ... " ... 10 0 0 Ditto a friend ... ... ... 5 0 0 Given by localities ... ... ... 0 15 6 Receipts of Theatre ... ... ... 75 12 0 Donations ... ... ... ... . 0 12 0 Received for scarfs ... ... ... 2 12 3 Returned Mr . Oabaldiston ... ... 5 0 0

      Total receipts ... ... £ 131 U U EXPENDITURE . Expences of Demonstration ... ... 38 3 3 Returned to ConveutioH ... " ... 10 0 0 Ditto to a Friend ... ... ... 5 0 0 Ditto to Mr . Ridley ... ... ... 10 0 Ditto for Scarfs ... ... ... 2 6 9 Mr . Ridley , for services ... ... 10 0 Mr . Lucas , for ditto ... ... ... 10 0 Rent oi Room ... ... ... 0 3 0 Expencts of Theatre ... ... ... 47 15 0

      Total Expenditure ... £ 106 8 4 Total receipts ... ... ... 131 11 8 J Total Expenditure ... ... ... 1 U 6 8 4 Balance ... ... ... £ 25 3 4 J Due by Mr . Nagle ... ... ... 14 2 8 ^ Due by Mr . Luca 3 ... ... ... 8 2 2 Due by Mr . Maynard ... ... 2 11 9 Total Debt £ 24 16 7 £ Money in Treasurer ' s hand ... 0 16 9 Balance ... ... ... £ 25 13 41 Mr . Ridley overpaid ... ... 0 10 0

      DUE TO MR . LUCAS . Per Mr . Nagle ... ... ... 2 14 6 Somers'Town , per Hornby ... ... 0 8 6 Wisedale , per Cater ... ... ... 0 4 0 Mr . Pearce ... ... ... ... 15 0 Clock House ... ... ... 10 0 Mr . Parker ... ... ... ... 2 6 6 Limehouee , per Re ^ an ... ... 070 Globe Fields , ptr Granshaw ... ... 0 13 6 Due to Mr-Lucas ... ... £ 8 19 0 DUE TO MR . MAYNARD . Per Mr . Stand ^ room ... ... 1 18 6 Per Mr . Fairchiid ... ... ... 0 14 0 Mr . Skippee ... ... ... ... 0 2 0 Due to Mr . Maynard ... ... £ 2 14 6

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      Chartist Beverage . —Proceeds due to the Executive i ' rom the sale of Messrs . Crow and Tyrrell ' u Chaitisl Beverage , from October 25 ' . h to November 19 th : — £ s d Mr . James Leach , No . 40 , Oak-street , Manchester , and wholesale agent for Lancashire 3 0 Mr . Hob ? on , Northern Star Office , Leeds , wholesale agent for Yorkshire ... 0 4 6 Mr . Roddis , Kettering 0 16 Mrs . Ya'es , Hauley , Staffordshire Potteries 0 16 Mr . Foster , Exeter ... ... 030 Mr . Wiicox , Wolverbampton 0 3 9 Mr . Thomson , Stockport 0 3 0 Mr . Sweet , Nottingham 0 3 0

      Mr . Spencer , Northampton 0 16 Mr . Padget , Hull 0 1 6 Mr . Robinson , Derby ... 0 0 9 Mr . Chappell , Bath 0 3 0 Mr . Ashwell , Daventry 0 0 9 Mr . Pan ; er , Kettering ... 0 1 6 Mr . Hibbard , MaDofield 0 16 Mr . W . Leaeh , Cheltenham 0 3 0 Mr . Horffield , Accrington 0 3 0 Mr . Jones , Northampton 0 16 Mr . Bairstow , York OS 0 Mr . Barraclou < h , Nuneaton 0 0 * Mr . Griffiths , Worcester 0 0 9 Mr . White , Birmingham 0 3 0 Mr . Abel , Gloucester 0 3 0 Mr . Brook , Leeds ... 0 3 0 Mr . Driffield , Spilsby 03 0 £ 5 14 9

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      ARNOLD , near Nottingham—On Monday evening , Mr . Beggs , of Nottingham , delivered a lecture on the general evils that tffl'ct society , arising from c !; -ss legislation , and most ably shewed that the People ' s Charter was the only remedy for those evils , and that not any thing ehort of that measure of justice will place man in that position in society which nature and natu r e ' s God intended he should enjoy . Ho gave general eatisfacticn to a good and attentive audience .

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      MANCHESTER . ——Defence Fund .- ^ Subscriptions for the ( jknetal D <; fencn Fund at ; Cari : eUtw ' B . Hall , Nuvenjbsr the 13 tb , £ 2 Ss . Ki ^ i . SUBSCiUPTlONS FOR Mr . Ellis . —Collected amongst shopkeepers , and others iu Huime and Chorlton , by Messrs Marsden . Johnston , and another friend , on Saturday and Sunday , November the 12 th and 13 th , £ 1 4 a . 8 d . Chaetism Tbiumphajvt . —A public meeting of the inhabitant * , of Manchester was held in the Carpenter ' s Hall , on Monday , to take into consideration the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons to institute an inquiry into the conduct of lord Abinger , Caief Baton of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , one of the judges appointed to pitaide at the late Special Commissions .

      The meeting was called for twelve ©• clock , bat long before that time the hall was crowded in every part notwithstanding a charge of one penny was made at tlM door for the body of the hall , and sixpence to the platform to defray expences . Soon after twelve o ' clock , on the motion of Mr . Douavr . n , Mr . J . R . Cooper was called to tho chair , who opened the meeting by apolo « gising for the absence of Messrs . Duncombe and O ' Connor , who were expected to be present upon the occasion , bat from a letter which he held in hia hand , he found that on account of important business Mr . Duneombe could not be in Manchester until late in the afternoon , and he ( Mr . Copper ) thought the same reasons had prevented their friend Mr . O Connor from being present But although they were not present new , they were sure

      of their company in the eves . ing . ( Loud cheeM . ) Mr . Cowper concluded by reading the placard calling the meeting , and introduced Mr . Thomaa Clark , of Stockport , to move the first resolution . Mr . Ciark was received with repeated ronri ' . ia of applausu . He aaid that the resolution , which had juut . been put into his band , was one thafe he nrmly believed ; and , he was sure that the workiDg luen of England generally believed in the resolution which he was about to propose for their adoption . But he ( Mr . Clark ) Biw by their countenances that they were disappointed by their friends , Messrs . Diinuoruba and O'Connor , not being present , lie was sure that there was no person there who felt that disappointment more than himsolf . He had walked seven mileB that morning , not for the purpose ef speaking , but te hear the principles of truth from the men who had done bo much for the People ' s

      cause . He ( Mr . Clatk ) hoped that this small disappointment would not damp their ardour in the eause of suffering humanity . Most assuredly not . If Duncombe and O'Connor were in the silent tomb , the people would still advocate for the principles of justice and truth . Mr . C . concluded by rinding the ri-soiution . Resolved— "That it is the opinion of this meeting that class legislation is a barrier t » all political and social improvement ; that it is fust bringing our country to ruin and ought not any longer to be tolerated by those who havd the least love of country , of justice , or of freedom . " Mr . Clark retired amid loud cheers . Mr . Littler seconded the resolution in a brief speech . The resolution was carried by acclamation .. Mr . Ltaeh , in risiug to move the second resolution , was received with rapturous applause , which continued for several ininutta . When ortter was

      restored , Mr . Leach conimynced by reading ; . the resolution , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the extension of political powdrto wll houest omit ) members of British society by the enactment of the People's Charter , can alone introduce harmony amongst ihe inhabitants of tbe UiiitPd Qvieendoni , and rtinova thosu evils which have i . fflictcd . them with poveity , misery , and oppression , and which threaten ere long to destroy us as a nation . " Sir . Leach then delivered a v « i-y powerful and argumentative speech , which occupied upwards of an hour in the d-.-ilTery , and was list . ne < t to -with the rairfeed attention of the assembled thousands , aud sat down amid loud » ud continued cheats . Mr . J . Large seconded the motion , which was put and carried unanimously . Mr . C . Dojle proposed the fjllowing petition : —

      " That James Scarlett . ( Lord AWngor ) , Cuiof Baron of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , one of theJudges appointed to preside on tiie late Special Commissioners did deliver certain charges which as your petitioners would represent , wete improper as proceeding from a Judge . up » n the Bench , btlng of an unfair , unjust , and political tendency ; calculated to prejudice , mislead , and exasperate the Blinds of the juries to whom such charges were addressed , and by whom the individuals indicted , as participating in the late disturbances , were to be tried . " . . ¦ . " ¦ . ' ,: . ; ¦• ¦ ¦ ¦"¦¦ ¦; ., ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦• Your petitioners , therefore , most earnestly , but respectfully , pray your Honourable House to institute such an inquiry , by the appointment of a committee or otherwise , into tbe proceedings of the late Special Commission , as your Honourable House in wisdom and justice may se « m fit .

      And your petitioners further pray your Honourable Hcnsa to address her Majesty , that she may be pleased to visit the before-mentioned James Lord Chief Baron Abiu «« jr , with such a mark of her Royal displeasure as may induce other judges hereafter to preserve tho pnntyof the judicial functions unsnllied by political rancour or party epiris . Aud your petitioners will ever pray , fee . Mr . Doyle went into an examination of the conduct of Lord Abinger at the late Commission , both at Chester and Liverpool , and depicted in a forcible manner the grosn injustice of hia Lordship towards the prisoners that were trutd at the above named places . Mr . Ellinson seconded the petition . On the resolution being put from the chair , it was carried by acclamation . The thanks of the meeting were giveu to the Chairman aud the people then separated .

      IiASSWAOS . —Chartism is going a-head here . At a general meeting of tbe Chartsr Aa SDcibtion , it waa resolved to join the National Association recently started for Scotland , and to make a most determined < ffirt to increase the number of the Association , and to spread the principles of the Charter . It was also agreed to invite Mr . Lowery to deliver a lecture in Bonnyrign : School Room . BO * NYRIGG—A handbill has been circulated from house to house here , during the past week , of which tho following ia a copy : —• 'Notice . The Inhabitants of Bonnyrigg are informed that a meeting will be held in the School Room on ——— ( No date or time fixed !) to < lef « nd the principles of the Constitution , and oppose modern Chartists . " The appearance

      of this bill of cdnr . se caused some sensation , and a good deal of speculation as to who the parties were who had issued it . It had no name or date , neither tbe printer's or otherwise appended to it , aud as if ashamed of thei r w o r k , and fearing the open day , the thing was circulated after dark . The Chartists were soon on the qui vive , and two hastened down to Lasswade to inform their brethren there , and to secure the services of Messrs . Daniells and Stewart , who willingly undertook the invitation to meet these friends of the Constitution , in case they showed ; but , alas ! poor things , their courage , like' B ? b Acres / had evaporated ! They never appeared 1 Were they frightened at the magnitude of their own work , or did they fear to meet the' ignorant' Cliartista ? The Chartists watched

      the School lt ) uin tbrd night and the next , to see if a meeting would be h < = ld , but none appeared / Tbe people consuitrs-d the thing as a complete hoax , and never left thoir houses ; but aa they could not got up a meeting , we beg to inform these Const ' ttutib al friends that we will gtt up amettiirg for them , if they ' will only screw up their courage to the acting point , and meet ua . Mr . Liwery will shortly lecture in Bjnnyrigg School Koo ' . u ; then wo shall bs glad of their company , and it shall go hard if we da not find a Roland , for their Oliver . Stand forward ! , yo defamers of tiie working men , if ye have one particle of honour , or manly courage-, come forth ! Do let us have the benefit of your great knowledge . Let us see how well you can defend tho ' Constitution , aud defame the Chottkts come out , ye calumniators t—Correspondent .

      B 1 LSTOK— Toe Chartists held their usual weekly muetir . g on Thursday evening , Mr . J . Caftley in the chair . > The Chairman called the attention of the meeting to the state of several parties , who at this time were endeavouring to seduce the working classes into au alliance with them , under . ' tiie mask of liberality , cbcnp bread , plenty of work , extension of suffrage , &o . Of middle-class Hympathy they bad sufficient proof . The people must rely on their own energies alone if they hope to obtain the emancipation of themselves and their posterity .. Mr . Thomason delivered an excellent lecture on the beat mea ; a of obtaining the People ' s Charter , i The Lecturer took occasion to point out the numerous < nlu : unies that the enemies of liberty ettJeavoui ' cd to heap , on Chartists . the misrepresentations of tbeir des ! gr . 3—tha old aud threadbare accusation « f physical force . Mr . T ., on conclusiou , was enthusiastically applauded by the audience .

      Sunday . —Mr . Thomason lectured m the afternoon . The eveuing was spent in diBCUHsion , on the means to be pursued relative to the election of delegates to the forthcoming conference . The debate was adjourned-Tbe formation of a tract society was next brought uuc ! ei consideration , and seemed to meet the approval of the u . eetin ^ . Mr . J . Evans delivered his report of tbe proceedings of tLe dtlegjites that had assembled that day at WedncBbuvy . The following resolution was handed in to the secretary : —At a meeting of delegates , held in tho association room , Wednesbury , it was resolved—• That a meeting of delegates from the following places , viz ., Wa ! sall , vVo ! verhampton , Dudley , Wedne ^ bury , BHston , Coseley , Darlaston , and Birmingham be held in the Association Room , Biiston , on Sunday , the 4 th of Diceiuber , at three o'clock in the iifcernocn , for the final uettibnient of Mr . Mason ' s defeucefund , and to devise the beBt mtj&na of . agitating the district ,. ' Jlr . Cook , of Dudley , is expected to ultend .

      BIUMIKG 2 ATO . —CHAimsT Meeting . —A meeting was held at the Chartist Room , Aston-streot , on Sunday evening last , Mr . John Barr&tt , of Whittallstrect , in . tue chair . The meeting was addressed fey Mr . Parks in a very clever and humourous style , in which he lashed the tyrants of mankind , and was warmly applauded . Mr . Qeotge White afterwards addressed the meeting and pointed out the futility of working men expecting the middle classes to assist them honestly in the establishment of real liberty . He congratulated them on thtiir nolle conduct at the Complete Suffrage meeting , aud after alluding to the treatment he bad received from the authorities of Birmingham , he concluded by assuricg them that lie was still determined to persevere in the advocacy of ;•• whole hog Chartism , " and retired nraic ' st warm applause , Mr . Walter Thorn brought forward the case of Mason ' s wife and family , upon which a collection was made for them , aud the meeting separated .

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      Mason ' s Committee . —Thu members of Mr . Mason ' s Committee met on Tbursd'iy t- ^ ninc last and came to tue determination of getting up a tea party , -concertand b . ill , for his benefit , on his ' -ralKwe from Stafford gaol , and on Sunday evening it was finally arranged that the party should be held at tho Hall of Science , Lnw > rence-street , on Wednesday , D .: ceiaher the 28 tb , at five o ' clock in the evening . Tickets one shilling each , to be had of Mr . George White , 38 . Bromsgrove-atrest ; Mr . J . Follows , hairdresser , Moamouth-street ; Mr . A . FoBsell . 30 , BordPley-street ; Mr . Taylor , 29 , Smaltbrook- street ; Mr . Marsh , Britaunia Inn , Peek-lane ' Mr . Wright , printer , Lfchneld ^ street ; Mr . Carter , 18 , Dute-street ; and at the Chartist Uoom , Aston-atreet , and Ship Inn , Stteihouse-lana As the party will take place durinif the sitting of the Conference , Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and a number of leading Chartists from all parts of the kingdom are expectad to attei / d . An early application for tickets i 3 therefore neceBsary , as the number will be limited .

      O TPSH WARKT-Mr ... Walhce , of Halifax , preached a sermon here on Sunday las ; , in behalf uf the Wife of an incarcerated brother . Ho made a powerful and pathetic appeal to the feolin ^ s of the assembly ; at the conclusion of which tho sum " of 4 s . was collected . In the evening of the t-r . i ' . ti day we had eloquent addresses from Mr . Juseph Greenwood , of Wostfleld , Warley , and Mr , James Clayton , of Midgley ; at the close of which the meinbers a-ua visitors left the room , highly delighted .

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      AYRSHIRE COLLIERS' STRIKE . ( From the Ayr Adieriiset of Thursday ) ONE MAN STABBED AND TEN OTHERS SIVEULY BEATEN . A further outrage hs « takon piaee , attended with the most lamentable results . Last night , - about seven o ' clock , an attack was made on a :. umber of the new workers in ft house in Foundry-lane , » r . d the whole of them have been severely maltreated , and one of them has been stabbed in the left thi > h , besides having his arro broken , and other severo lacerated wounds on the head . It appears from what we couid glean upon the spot , from the information of one of the w . itchrnen usually stationed there , that about sove » o ' cloi-k , Crawford , the watchman , came from Wliitletts , as au escort to the men above alluded to , some of whom were

      strange r s , and bad not commenced wotk . They were shows into one of the empty houses , and Crawford proceeded to proeure them firing ; but the instant ho Ii-ft- ' . the bouse , be was surrounded by a body oi men who had t&eir fcataBlouched over their faces , their coata fcuttoned up to their throats , and were otherwise disguiseJ . They numbered two hundred , and had managed to elude the vigilence of . a guard armed with guns , "by concealing tbemEelves in Loekhatt's field adjacent , till the moment of the general assault . Thpy campelled Crawford to stand , and ene of the party presented a pistol at him , threatening at the same time that "if he did not stand still it would be worse for him . " This man then took his station beside the adjacent wall , and kept tiie pistol presented at him ;

      meantime about 20 proceeded immediately towards the house in which the . strangers had been placed , the others taking their station round it . In about a minute or so afterwiirds , Crawford heard a cry of murder from tho house , and made an instinctive motion to run forward , when his guard instantly advanced , and again presenting his weapon , threatened him to stir at the peril of his life . K e was thus kept at bay while the bloody assault was being cominitleti , tnd several times heard cries of murder from the assailed , and shouts , oaths , and execrations from the assailants . He also heard wh «* 6 e * uppo 8 ed a pistol fired off . After being kept in this manner for a few minutes , ; ' a rush was made into the fleldB by the party who xemaVned ontside the house as a guard , and Crawford , taking advantage of the commotion , made off , and effected his

      eacape . Before teaching the highway , which to about four hundred yards from , the houses , he met a boy running towards him , -who h » a been attracted by the ehrieka of murder , whom h « Bent back to alarm the yeomaniy , while he ran with all speed to Whltletta to apprise the manager of the ¦ works , and others , of the outrage . Meanwhile the yeomany eent out by Colonel Crawford appeared on the ground , but all was quiet Subjoined Is the substance of a statement made to us latt night by two of the men who were assaulted , and who , on the departure of their assailants , ran across the fields towards the Ayr road-fllong which they came , under the pretence of being traveHerS--te geti il doctor for the poor feUowa whom they bad Jeft . as tbey supposed , murdered . These men , on ^ escaping across tbe bridge , were taken to Ayr Police-office , and after having

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      . .. JBTT-BT-. T-rni TJgT ° "T » -. >¦¦»¦» " »¦ - —• ^ --hadtheir biuiseadressed , were furnlahtdwitlibads ! iy > he Magistrates . They statad that' irnmediat'siy aft"r lining into the house , about a ( ioz-in tuen entered , variously armed , eome bearing heavy blurigeons , others b ^ ar / ng bars of irou , and such other ' lethal weapons , with which , without saying anything but , " Now , you , we'll have at ye now , " they commenced an indiscriminate attack on the strangers , whom they belaboured so severely ' oh the heads and bodies , that the blood literally spouted from them in streams . By the time medical assistance arrived , some time had elapsed , Drs Whiteside , Gibson , Sloan , and Craig , were in attendanco , and gave the necessary assistance . We wmt to the spot as soon as the rumuur reached us , and l \ y the ^^' . T . T ' , " — " - »»» r-. ««»» -- - ~— : ^«» - » » . s— ~ m .

      tinia ' . wa- arrived—half-past tea o ' clock—the medical geutlemen had nearly finished dressins ; the woumieA One man , whom we saw in the hands of the doctors , had hi . 9 head cut across in several directions ^ -tho wound appearing to be deep , and sonia cf them exfending . acroaa the scalp . Another , Dj / wfion , was dr ^ . s ^ d , aad was lying among some straw in a f . tinticijsUih '—at intervals groaning heavily . The two inxiiviuuaitf " ' -ost Sbverely injured are P . Burns , who , ' "besides bruiw - "Mas a stab in his thigh , about two inches deep , suppose 1 to be by a bayonet , pitchfork , or such weapon , ans { is in a ddheiTous state ; and John Da . woon , who is also K ' ntly wjun <) td . The others who have su £ - \ - > n ; ed cats , bl - * Bt aud bruises , are Robert Liddel ! .- WiHiiinr ' C / aik , Cliarlea Dontlly . Michael Bradley , Bernard B . ijle , "Wi ' . iUni Blair , James Wallace , and Thomas Reid . The only

      one of the unfortunate party -who altogether esc-iped was Jarues Divine , whe happened to have goae out for a drink of water . Throughont the night and this morning , the yeumanry and police were diliy . f . ^ in attempting to discover the guilty » arU « s . Lieurt-nimt Bos- ^ ell iimia ri etaebcaent of Shrt Ye .- > ii ) anry last ' ¦ i- ^ ijt pursued to May bole five suspected nun , who wi v reported to have takeu that roatl shortly after tVj . out-. raco ... but-were not successful in capturing then . In all . six individuals have been apprehended and lcaged in priiton this morning ; , and farther arrays are b- mg niivia . The Yeomaury have received rtiuforcdui mmth'i additional officers ' being Captain Hunter , o ? H i :. ; ersttine , and Lieutenan t Warner , of Ar < ieer . The- are about 140 men at present engnx ^ d at work ia ^ lr . Gordon ' s pita , the most of whom are new hand *; and ;» s men continue to pour in daily , the prospetts of the success of the " strike" diminish .

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      From ihe London Gazette of Friday , Nov . n . BANKRUPTS . Timothy Fisher , Randolph-street , Camden-town , victualler , to surrender Nov . 30 , at ten , and Dec . " » , at twelye , at the Bankrupt's Court Solicitor . ' Mr ..-6 rove 9 , Charlotte-street , Bedford-square . Official assignee , Mr . Wnitmore , Basingbali-street John Jay , London-wall , builder , Nov . 25 , at one . and Dec . ' SO . at eleven , at the Bankrupt ' s Court . Solic'tora , Messrs . Richiirds ^ n , Smith , and Jones . Gsiden- ^ ii ) » re Official assignee , Mr . Whitmorft , Basinghaii-straet . Oeor ^ e Savacre , Winchester , Hampshire , d * -a ; er in glass . Nov . 22 , at one , aud Dec . 27 , at two , at tho Bankrupts' Court . Solicitor , Mr Parker . St . Paul's Churchyard . Official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Bauir ^ hall street .

      Stephen \ vaters . Euenbndge , Kbnt , draper , Nu » , 29 , at one , and Dec- 28 . at eleven , at the Bankrupts' C-v . rfc . Solicitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely- place . H *! borh . Oflici ^ I assicnea , Mr . Lackinj-ton , Coleman-streftt-buildinf h , Bsnjimin Laurence , Crown Court , Old Browl-street and Z . nfce , merchant , Dec 2 and 30 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitors , Mesais . Gatty and Garth , Angel-court . Official assignee , Mr . Gibson , B ^ ainkhallstreet . ' -... . '' . Thomas Qilson , Bucklersriury , coffeehousa keeper , November 29 , at one , and Dec 30 , at eleverf , at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Sale , Aidermanbury : Official assignee , I . Ir . Green , Aldermanbury .

      John Alpm , Bicester , Oxfordohire , scrivener , Deo . 1 and 30 , at eleven ; at the Bankrupts' Court . Solicitors , Messrs . Risley and . Chappell Quality-court , Cnaticarylane . Official assignee , Mr . Tor ^ uand . 'Copthall-c ^ urt . Charles Bailey , Berkhamphtead St . Peter , By-ttf < rdshire , plumber , Nov . 28 at twelve , and Dec . 30 , at ; 9 n , at the Bankrupts' Court Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Lincoin ' s-inn . Official assignee , Mr . Graham , Basingb&U . street ¦ Thomas Bianell , Chatham , linendraper , Nov . 23 . and Dm . 27 ,-at one , at the Bankrupts' court . Solljitof , Mr . Reynolds , Adam-street , Adelphi . Robert Pinfcerton , Mark-lane , merchant , Nov . 2 : ; and Dec . 27 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' Court . Soiiciiors , Messrs . M'c Leod and Stcnning . Billiter-stoeet Official assignee , Mr . Johnson , Basinghall st .-eet '

      George Ds » ne , Upper Tooting , livery 8 table-k *« par , Dec . 3 , at half-past one , and Dec . 24 , at twelve , at tne Bankrupts'court Solicitor , Mr . Theobaldi ^ StoplBinn . Official assignee , Mr . Groom , Abehurch-lane . ' ¦ ' W illia m Bayle y , Hastings , wholesale grocer , Dae 3 and 20 , at half-past tw » , at the Bankrupts' court . Soliciters , Messrs . Rixon snd Son , Jewry-street / Aidgate . Official assignee , Mr . Edwards , irieacriu . ' o in « o , Old Jewry .. George Beale Brown , Liverpool , commisaion merchant , Deo . 1 and Jan . 6 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts ' District Court , Liverpool . Solicitors , Messrs . Willis , Bewer , and Willis , Tokenhouse-yard ; and Mr . Mason , Liverpool . Official assignee , Mr . TurneT , Duke-strtht . William Muson , Bo » ton , Yorkshire , coTn-dealer , Nov . 29 and Dae . 30 , at twelve , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Leeds . Solicitors , M e ssrs . Watmsley and Co ., Chancery-lane ; and Mr . Kirby , Knaresboroughv

      William Bull and Francis Turner , Birmingham , printers , Nov . 26 , at twelve , and Dec . 22 , at ha f-iiast eleven , at the Waterloo rooms . Birmingham . Solicitors , Messrs . Ciavk and Modcalfe . Lincoln ' s-inn-fields ; and Messrs . Willis and Oliver , Birmingham . Official a £ ? ig « nee , Mr . Wbitmore . : . Thomas Bell , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , tea-dealor , Nor . 29 and Dec 30 , at eleven , at the Bankrupts' District Court , Newcastle-upoi -Tyne . Solicitors , Messrs . Hill and Matthews , St Mary-Axe ; and Mr . Hewlson , Newcastle-upon-Tyne . Official assignee , Mr . Miller . Samuel , William , and James Butler , Birmingham , ironfonuders , Nov . 23 and Dec . 20 , at twelve , at the Waterloo ooms , Birmingham . Solicitor , Mr . James , Birmingham . Official assignee , Mr . Bittleson , Birmingham .

      Richard Lindon , Marlborougb , Davonshire , corn-faotor , Nov . 24 an < i Dec 23 , at eleven , at the Bankrupt ** District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Messrs . Weyni ^ utti and Green , Cateaton-street : and Mr . Hurrell , Kingsbridge . William Ceilings , Davonport , Baker , Not . 29 and Dec . 27 , a t eleve n , a t t he Bank r upts ' District Court , Exeter . Solicitors , Mr . Turner , Exeter ; and Mr . Chap , man , Devonporfc . Official assignee , Mr . Hirtzel , Exeter . . . V

      PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED . Clarke , Tayleur , and Co ., Sheyington and Standish , Lancashire ; an < l . Tayleur , Walmsfey . and Co ., Liverpool , coal proprietors , as for as regards B . Clarke .-- Goldthorp , Brothers , Birstal , Yorkshire , lax and tow cardrcakers , as far as regards J . Goldthorp . —J . Rayner and . 5 on , Pudaey , Yorkshire , drysalters . —T . and J . Sohole » , Manchester , manufacturers of plain and fancy muslins . —Bolton , Ogden , and Co ., Liverpool , and OgdenrFerguson , and Co ,: New York , merchants . —B . Wood and Son . Leeds , wine-merchante . —Proprietors of the " Hull Advertiser , Kiugston-upon-Huli , pricters , as far as regards W . Kennedy . —J . England , G . L . Shackles , and W . Popplewell , jun ., South Cave , Yorkshire , attorneys . —j . and J . Thompson , Manchester , cotton-spinners . — T . Binks and Co ., Manchester , Steam-englne . maket 3 .

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      From the Gazette of Tuesday , Nov . 22 . BANKRUPTS . John Peabar , grocer , Sohum , Cambridge , to surrender , jyaa . 2 , at ele v e n , and Jan . 3 , at twalvc , at the Coutt of Bankruptcy , Basingha Irstreet , London . Grah ' ata . BisiDghall-atreet , official assignee , Isaacson , Norfolk-street , Strand , solicitor . John Lawley , cooper , Stafford , Nov . 29 and Jan . 10 , at one , iu the Waterloo rooms , Birmingham . Valpy - official assignee , Birmingham . John Sewell , money scriveuer , Chatterls , Cambridge , Dec . 1 , at half-past ten , and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at tte C ^ urt of Bankruptcy , Lonfion . Wflitmore , official M » tighee , Basinghaii street , London . Day and Swallom , solicitors , St . Ives , Huntiqgdonsbire j Smithson and Mitton , solicitors , Southampton-buildings , London .

      William Rayner and John Rayner , seed-cruaheri , TJxbridge , Nov . 30 and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghaii-street Graham , official as-8 i )? ree , Basinghali-street . P ^ ole and Gamlin , eonc ; tars Gray ' s Ino .-Joaeph Phillips , tavern-keeper , Hercules-poErojje , Threadneedla-streot , Nov . 30 , at twelve , and Dec . 25 , at one , at tho Court of Bankruptcy . Lacking ' on , Coleman-street-buildings , official assignee . Fry . Loxley , and Fry , folicitow , Poultry . _ . Charles Fish , butcher , Lincoln , Dec . 6 and Jan . 3 , aC twelve , at the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy . Hope , official assignee , Leeds . Moore , solicitor , Lincoln ; Scott , solicitor , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London . Joseph Mooro , grocer , Phfieid-street , Horton , Middleser . Dae . 2 . at one , and Jan . 4 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy . Basin ^ hall-street . Johnson , Ba-BinuhaU-Btreet . official assignee . Wood and Wickmam , solicitors , Corbet-court , Greccchnrch-steeet ..

      Thomas Millington , sail manufacturer , Nottingham , Nov . 29 and Jan . 10 , at twelve , at the Birmingham District Court of Bankruptcy . V ^ lpy , official assicnea , Birmingham . Lses , soUcitor , Nottingha m ; Taylor , solicitor , Featherstone-buildings * Holbom , London . John Parker , cooch builder , M » ncbest « r , ^ . Manchester . « David Bennett Finn , tailor , Birmtagfaftnv JTot . 28 , at half-past twelve , at the : District Court , Birmingham , and Jan . i , at twelve , at the Waterloo-rooms , Birmingham . Bittleston , official assignee , Birmingham . SheU ton , solicitor , Nottinghum . ..--, - .-. ' ^ - -v . ¦ . . Alfred Wolford , commission agent , Manchester , DeCi 8 and Jan . 3 , at eleven , at the M ? . nchest « r District Court of Bankruptcy . Fraser , official a « ri $ nee , Manchester . Cooper , solicitor * . Maacnasterj ^ Gregory , Faulkner , Gregory , and Bourdillou , spiiclton , Bedfordrow , London . . '¦; . ¦ . ; ,. ;¦' ..

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      Mcp Law . —A servant girl named Mary Morgan , was recently brought before the magistrate for running away from service . She had been hired at Cireccester ' mop '" for a year certain on the 17 th of October , and went away two days after . Her excn ? e was , that she "did not like the ways of the house . " " Why ! " said the magistrate ' s clerk . After some coyneps , and " because 1 don ' t like such ways , " came ont , " because I had to go through the man ' s bedroom to my room ? ' * Mr . Ballingar Faid , ' this ia a common thing in farm-houses , " and the girl ¦ was sent to NoriiJeacli g& 61 tor fourteen days . — Worcester Journal .

      Wholesale Infanticide in the Forest 6 f Dian . —The inquiry into this extraordinary case terminated on Thurfiday . The adjourned inquest having been held at Ruardtan on Wednesday , be'forc Mr . John Cooke , the coroner of tho district , Eevtral magistrates and other gentlemen of the county attended the proceeding ? , and the room in which the inquest was held was densely crowded . Several additional witnesses were examined , who gave similar testimony to that which has been already published , and tue only difficulty experienced waa the connecting the man Thomas Yapp with a knowledge of the crime , it being a rule of law that ia no cx = e can the confession of a criminal be made available ataii ^ t an accomplice , unless corroborated by

      oibtr evidence . This , however , has been supplied by the evidence of a man of the name of Watkins . wiiich shows Yapp , in addition to the circumstances O ? his having cohabited with the female prisoner during the last ten or twelve years , during which period the murders have been committed , and the fiodicg of the bodies of five out of the six infants bnric-d under the kitchen floor , the spot where the female pri ? cner £ &ys she bur . ed them with Yapp ' s assistanc ? , to have had a knowledge of the situation of the female prisoaer at the time she gave bir ; h to her la ^ -t child . Watkins states that about last Chritimas , ho being acquainted with Yapp , was in the neighbourhood of Kuardean , and having met Yapp , was invited bv him to stay and sleep that

      night at the house occupied by him and the female prisoner ; he accepted the invitation , and slept in the same bed with Yapp in one room while the prisoner Frances Bennett slept , in a bed in the adjoiniDg room ; that at about twelve o'clock at night , and from that time until between two and three in the morning , he beard a suppressed moaning as of a person in great pain in the room wher 6 the female " prisoner was sleeping ; that the roise kept him awake till between two and three o ' clo c k i n t h e morning , after which ha dropped off to sleep , aud did not wake again until fivo o ' clock , when the male prisoner , Thomas Yapp , got up and went down stairs to get a light , where he appeard to be searching lor some matches , but said he could not

      2 nd any . Yapp then returned upstairs , ana went into Frances Bennett ' s room , but how long he remained there witness could not tell , 83 he agtin fell asleep and heard no more . Witness never thought anything more of the circumstance , but happening to be in the neighbourhood on Saturday kst-, he saw the female prisoner , Francis Bennett , who , in conversation , asked him if he remembered sleeping there last Christmas , V He replied that he did , upon which she added ' I deceived jcu nicely that eight , for thai w « B the very time when my last child was born . " This closed the irquiry , and the Coroner haviDg snmmed up the evidence in a most lumincu- manner The Jury returned a veidict of > k Wilful Murder " itgaintt both the prisoners , wbo were fully coamiued for triai at the next assizes .

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      FATAL CONFLICT NEAR &KIBBEREEN—CALLING OUT OF THE MILITARY —GREAT EXCITEMENT . Dublin , Sukdat , Quarter to Five . pm . I have just received the Cork Southern Reporter q { yesterday evening , from which I copy the following it&icbing details ;— ¦ ' . ' - . We received , at mid day yesterday , letters from correspondents at Sftiboereen , givinj ? an account of a moat lamentable transaction , of which the ntLjhbourhoood of that place was the scane , on the preceding ' . ' day , and in which one man was lulled and two badiy wounded .

      It appears there hns been considerable opposition by the country people in that district to the collection of the poor-rate , and that it was deemed necessary to seud out a large police force , at the head of which Mr . Gore-Jones , sti pendinry magistrate , and a Mr . Ayluusr , the nephew ami agent of Lord CaTbuty , who resides in that county , placed themselves in order to enforco the < ollectien . It is impossible to accompany nny statement'wbicti has been yet iwc-jived of this affair with an assurance of its acauracy . and we therefore wait lot farther accounts friun the place , which \ re may receive in the courseof this day . The letter which we sul > j <> iu is from a most respectable gentleman , and was written with a full reliance that what is stated in it was faithfully true ; nor is thera anything in it to lead > o any doubt or distrust of its accuracy . Siill we wait for further information : —

      Skibbsreen , November 17 , 1842 . Our town to-day presents all tho appearance of warfare . Ou getting into the streets this morniup nothing was to bo s « en but magistrate's , amongst whom was Mr . Gore Jones , ti- M-, police , foot aud mounted , commanded by tub-Inspectors , making preparations to proceed to the parish ' -s of Creagh and Tuiluqh , to assist iu distraining for poor-rate * ( which th « farmer / 3 are determined not to pay ) . Tfm moment my attention is arrested by the marchinir of this force past my window . I have counted seventy foot police , feur horse , aud two sub-inspectors , unrter the command of Mr . ' Gore Jones and Mr . Ayliner , Lord Carbery ^ aeent , vy ' no , I umlerstand , goesuut to use his influence with the people ( the greater part of whom are that nobleman * tenantry ) to induce them to pay . Should any unfortunate occurrence take place I will inform you . From the bonfires Which were last evening lit on all the surroundlns hills I fear large masses < h the people will show iu the direction of the destination of the police .

      TiiuRSDA . ? , Four o'clock . Since I wrote the foivgoing three hours have only elapsed , and the town is in a ferment Intelligence has . this moment reached that a most wanton flvintr has taken place on the people , and that one man has been shot dead , and three dangerously , if not mortally , woundod . I trust in God this may be untrue , or at all events exaggerated ; but if nut , the tnagistratea of the district should bo askamed to have permitted strangera to displace them and tire upon tbeir neighbours , and , perhaps , their temoitry , I will endeavour to procure accurate information before I close this , and give you the particulars . Five o'clock .

      I have this moment got ; particulars from a gentlemen who was at the scene , and upon his statement you may rely . One man , named Bawn , a widow's only . 6 on , was shot through the b ick in the act of running away , forty yards in the rear of the police , tbe ball passing through his heart . Two others were shot—the thipS of one dreadfully fractured , and another through- tbe , calf of the let ; . This took place at almost the chupel dnnn- of tne parish of Kha . Tbe particulars are stated to be these : — As soon as the pollco arrived at a place called Old

      Court , they were joined by a iarge number of country peop l e , who shouted as they passed along , and who , as they proceeded , were juined by cTowda , until the concourse numbered about 2 . 000 ; and aa they reached Rhn , Mr . Aylmer attem- ted to arrest a man who had a stick in his hand , and who resisted ; upon which a mounted policeman rode up and inane a cut with his sword at him , wZien two or three boys threw stones , ond thereupon orders were given to are , without a word of expostulation , adviee , or caution , upon which the police obeyed , and a Bring was kept up until the face of a being was not to be seen .

      I cannctpo into further patticulars at present , but as an inquest will take place , you will have them all . Reporter Office , One o'Glock . At this haur the coach which left Skibbsreen at a very early hour tais morning has arrived , but we have received no further account from any correspondent there . AJ sergeant of police , however , who came up by this conveyance , and was the bearer of letters for the police department here , states that up to that night the ascertained number of persons who had suffered iu the melancholy fray was two killed and four severely ¦ wounded . Two troops of huasars , from Ba ' . lincollig , passed through Bandon last evanlng , en rotUe for Skihbereen , and further reioforceruents aro required from Cork . TheCoronnr , Franklin Baldwin , E ^ q , has gone di > wn this morning , t ^ make arrangemen ts for the inquest on Monday Tiie scene of the fatal affair was about five-and-a-half miles from Skibbereen , in the direction of Baltimore . Haxf-past One o ' Clock .

      A despatch has just ber . n received by the police authorities here , directing the immediate transmission of an officer and thirty men of the East Riding constabulary force , to Skibbereen . The messenjjer states that the country for miles rouud continues to be greatly exoited . A report reache-i Skibbereen last night of the death of a second of the ui . fortuuate country people . There were Bixty-three of the police , under the command of two sub-inspectors , all directed by Mr . Gore Jones , engaged in the ' coiiflict ou Thursday .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 26, 1842, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct914/page/3/