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resources to EappreBS it , surely , mutatis mutandis , and fcy a parity of reasoning , we have now a justifiable deniaid upon the Freach Exchequer , for the purpose of suppressing the same-spirit in England ^ ¦ pilch if not Mleneed wonld set a iad example to Jranee and to the "world . All the bic&erings and jealeusy " as to the right of search , hostile tariife Spanish marriages , insulting gasconade , murdering pj a mere fisherman , Portuguese commercial treaty , and such like trffies , are bnt matters of mitor detail Trhen compared witn the roaring thunder of the popular voice , now universally directed against ¦ Kingcraft , Priestcraft , and Class Legislation , and
by which Kingcraft and Priestcraft have been so long upheld . Is is well known that for the last fifty jea » England has been in a state of Bankruptcy , brought about by her over-kind interference in the policy of other natioia ; and ail with a Tiew of hoi sling America in subjection , and upholding the Bourbon title to the throne of Fr&ace ; whereas , if the gums squandered "in those two fruitless endeavours tad bsen expended upon the culiivaiion of our domestic 7 esonrees , we should now have been independent of Locis Philippe and the Chelsea Pen-Eoners ; of Americaa TariSs and Portuguese Commercial Treaiies : of French restrictions and Spanish
revolutions 5 of Russian pride , Chinese markets , and the Gates of Somnauth : in fact , wa should have been in a position to have given battle to all who dared to invade our shores , onr liberties ,- or our rights ; instead of , as now , our weakness making us a prey to all who choose to insnlt us , and our dependency placing us at the * aerey of all who will condecend to fcrsinc -with us . Who will venture to assert that the invasion of Ireland b y ^ aa army of Frenchmen , may not be at the present moment matter of diplomatic consideratiflu \ Sir Robeet Peel has very wisely aad very
prudently abstained from the use of physical force for the suppression of the Bepeal agitation . We have said it before , and vreTepsat . it here , that Sir Bobsst Peel is very far from being a cruel or a bloodthirsty man , but , cm lono , if his temperance and forbearance can be overawed by the cunning of Lock Philippe , and the pliant subserviency . Gthzoi , who in all things is ready to obey the injunctions of his wily master . Gtjiiot is a Tory of the oldeL school ; professing much liberality , of which , however , he and his party mnst be the dispensers . "With "him and them it is notiwhat shall be done , bnt who shall do it i And the question with both will be , how O'Cossell caa be snbdaed , and how
Ireland ean be preserved as the drair farm of England , upon condition that Spain should become the Poland of France \ As we stated last week , if the visit of her Majesty and her Ministers to Lons Peilupk : and his Ministers should take any political lurn , Loins will take care to play Spain against Ireland ; and , as if our Ministers were determined to be ready to cover the stake without hesitation , they nave , since we last wrote , recognised the legitimacy of the present ruffian Government of Spain , whose policy it is to proclaim a little creature of thirteen years ^ f age as Qasen of aconntry whose Government has , for scores of years , baffled the ssgaeitv of the wisest statesmen .
The abandonment of the anti-Itepe&l demonstration by the Orange usurpers of Ireland , in " compliance with the mandate of Loxdo . ydebbt , the brother of the memorable CiSTLi ^ EAaH , must have been a consequence of some Cabinet secrets , communicated by the Noble Marquis to the Earl of fioi > 25 , head of the Orange faction . We jean well understand the effect which something like the following note wculd have : —
2 dT DBAS Bodbs , —In my former communication I hinted to you that the Dnke had s grand stroke of policy in contemplation . Ton are aware that "with Mm , although alow to speak , yst it is ever a word ana a blow , execution rapidly following design . Should yon still persevere in holding the contemplated meeting on the 7 th , you will ann the enemy , and disarm onr'friends Though I felt rather sore abont Durham , yet these are not times to stick at tiiflsa ; and when I wtrald abstain from embarrassing Peel ' s administration , -yon may gauss that it i * for a wise purpose . There are cirenmsfcmces now in flotation , -which I dare not even hint at , bnt of which yon will be shortly pat in possession ; and nothing could more tend 60 frustrate what I am sure yon
anxiously desire than a perseverance in the determination to hold the Anti-Repeal meeting upon the ~ th . As however , yon may probably reqaira some feasible pretext tit its postponement , I have written a letter concocted by , and which has received the concurrence of the whole cabinet , taking the responsibility njxra myself , and which you are at perfect liberty to pnMub- Boden , remember how -we won our estates ; let U 3 be cautions how we run the chance of losing them . ! Erusting that yon will see the wisdom of the course suggested in my letter , 1 » in , deal Boden , Ever yenrs , Take Lo > "d 3 xdebht .
2 iow , whether the Koble Marquis did or did not write any such letter as the above we cannot come to other conclusion than thai his published leiter to Bodes wa 3 a stroke of Cabinet policy ; nor can we think otherwise than thai Bx > de 3 would have required some stroziger inducement than any contained in that letter to prevail upon him to abandon his long-talked of project . Meantime , however , we cannot for the life of us see how they are to reach O'CoKreu . by sword or statute . He 13 too strong for the former , and too sage for the latter . How , ihen , we cannot help aEkiDg , is ih ? Bepeal Agitation to be suppressed ; or wherein are we to have the
first evidence that her Majesty , notTdthstandins her express determination , is more powerful than 0 'Co > - xell ! Indeed we never have been able to discover that royalty gives strength ; and therefore her Majesty ' s Ministers should have thought twice before they made her Majes-y say , that she would do , what in all probability , she- may not be able to cS ^ ct O'Cossell laughs at them the while ; and instead of relaxing , actually hurla defiance ; and in the very teeth of the annihilation speech he literally proposes fhe very strongest measure ever yet propounded for weakening the Qaeen ' s prerogative . We mean the election of Arbitrators who shall henceforth
constitute the Executive of the country . We , who nave always conrended for the right of the people to appoint their own magistrates , " who have always desired to destroy the trade of fleecing attornies , hail this new more with pleasure and delight ; because it is a step in advance ; a measure -with which tbe public mind will be familiarlzsd , by tbe time that the People ' s Charter will render it perfectly legal to adopt it . If the Rode > s and the Lom » io > esb . t 5 , the WxLLiSGKMre and the
€ ui 3 ots had been wise , they would have tried tbe self-consuming system , in the hope that the Bepeal agitation wonld have exhausted itself ; while they may rest assured that the very first act of tyranny against Ireland or O'Coxsell , will rally around him an amount of sympathy , strength , Mi determination which all the crowned heads in Europe would attempt to resist in vain . There are many , very many , who now look upon the struggle without takingpari in it , bat who nevertheless , although slow in joining , will be sure to take the right side . There is something so truly ludicrons in our mode of government that we cannot avoid being forcibly struck with the contrast which
the Irish Arms Bill and the thundering reception of her Britannic Majesty furnishes . In Ireland the possession of a pocket pistol 1 b prima facie proof of treason against the ^ possessor ; while monarchs cannot meet to indulge in the common courtesies of life - without being enveloped in clouds of smoke , and Kwmed by the noise of those arguments by which &ej hold their rule . We cannot avoid directing * he special attention of the starving operatives of « e Keith to the load aad faltering reception which « ° * Qaeen has met at the hands of the King of the - ^ rwadea ; nor can we refrain from thinking that t ^ ose operatiTea will contract their present condition \ Tith what « might be nader a system of cheap Ei ^ ernaent .
Mjijci In Ti Hs Sheswzid Chakekk—All The Formalities * Tten Oant Upon The Grant Of The Charier Having Been Eoapl ^Ed , It Has This Week Been Transmitted To
mjijci in Ti hs Sheswzid Chakekk—All the formalities * tten oant upon the grant of the Charier having been eoapl ^ ed , It has this week been transmitted to
~ — accuruonoe wiin we oflarter , tee Durgesa list aas been prepared , and will be pnblif bed on the ii o » September . The list eoBiain 3 about 5 300 aames . —¦ £ nsjield Independent .
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^ FO 3 . HB . B . 1 CHARD S , WHO IS IS STAFFORD GJOL . s . d . From London , per J . Rouse ... ... 4 0 VICTIM FUSD . From 4 persons at Knaresbro , per Dooker 0 4 From the Chartists of Kensington , London 10 0 Mr . Roberts , D £ RBi . —Should have sent Mb order sooner . TVa . Bclloch Biggar—Send Is . for each large plate and postage ; and 6 d . for each small one . Ralph Darxixg . —Post stamps-will do .
To The People.
TO THE PEOPLE .
Mt dear Fbienbs , —Once more landed on the shores of " Merry England , " you will be looking to me fer some notice of my " journeyings" in u the land o'cakes . " Yon will be wanting to know " what tha land looks like "—what is the aspect of our cause —what the people ' s opinion of our prospects—and what my own opinion of the people where 1 have been . We have " held chat together" so long that many of job have identified \ oureelve 3 with me in a kind of personal friendship ; you get interested in all that appertains to me , and wait anxiously for my detail of * ' adventures , " " incidents of travel , " and all the etceteras of a friend ' s ramble among friends ; and a still greater number of you , debarred from all chanca of travelling yourselves , like to leam Bomething , from parties whom you can trust , about places which you cannot see . All this is a very proper and a reasonable feeling , and I devote this letter to its gratification .
My tonr was to have been one of combined ** agkation' * and recreatioa ; in the hope of serving to some extent the cause , and of reinvigorating , to some little extent , my shattered constitution . The latter end has been serred , far beyond my most sanguine expectations ; 1 am worth more by half for the field now iban when 1 started ; and 1 hope that the cause ha 3 received no damage from my tour . Bat the labour pretty effectually absorbed all the " recreation" , and convened my rapid gaDop through the country into what , jf my heart bad not been in the work , might have well passed for " a toil of a pleasure " . Posting from place to place as fast as four horses , a Eteam-boat , or a railway carriage could rattle along , seldom stopping btyond a
night or so in a place , lecturing somewhere almost every evening , and two or three times on Sundays , together with the " long chats" of scores of friends who in every place crowded to my lodgings , left me precious little time for " eight seeing " . I can tell you very little , therefore , about the " lions" of the different places which" 1 visited : I had no time to look at them . But 1 can tell you of that in which you will , 1 am persuaded , feel at least an equal interesf ; of the state , a ? pect , and prospect ol Charn ? m ; and something of tbe condition of tbe people . The general complaint , -which mei me in almost every town , -. vas * ' The agitation is dead " . The enthnsiasm of the people seems to have greatly gone down , every where . Great demonstrations ,
expensive and nnmerons processions , and itejjs , banners , music , and hurraing noises are by no mean 8 so plentiful ; it is even difficult to get the people ont to bear lectures . All this has , to some parties , a discouraging aspect . Thf-y interpret it as evidence of apaiby , and of declension in our canse . To my mind , it conveys altogether different information : 1 rejoice 10 see it . It is evidence to me of onward progress of the only character likely to be lasting , and therefore worth anything . It shows me that the people have ceased to be the creatures of passion ; thai they are less ea ?; ly bfFiscted by sudden gusts of feeling , and more addicted to habitudes of thought . The best evidence that thi-- is eo ; and that tbe quiet , sober demeanour of the people is not from apathy is
the fact , that however '" dead" Chartism may be in any iowd , I always find , upon inquiry , that nothing else can live . Let but the factions , euher , or aDy of them , take the field fairly ; let them but venture to give room for the expression of opinion , and they soon find out whether Chartism be " dead . " This was the universal cry throughout all Scotland . In almost every place I came to , my first question was—' Well , how stands Chartism ? ' And the answer was—¦* Why , we are all dead here . We can get a meeting upon any great occasion . If the enemy take the field , tbe people will turn out . If an anti-Cora Law meeting was to be held to-morrow , with but slight nonce , ana ai-cussion allowed , tuey would muster
strocg , and carry all before them . Any other party never thinks of it . Neither Turks nor Whigs , merely a > sacb , would dare to hazard any appeal ; o the public voice . They will turn out , too , upon exiraorainary occasions to onr own meeting . If a strainer , who is much respected , come ; or one from whom they exptsct to learn some thing ; we shall have a good meeting for instance , to hear you ; but , gMierally speaking , there is a great slackness about the people . They require some excitement to stir ihrm up . They seem tutd of leetK rin ^ . snd tired of the agita'ion altogether . " $ uw , I am well pleased with this . 1 rejoice to see the " aoua ' . lon" giving plice 10 a " determination , " cool , noiseless , and uuu-i-ii . aatious , but r ^ acy , whenever wanted , to
shew mat principle sinks deeply into honest hearts . It is 10 me the mosi pk-asin" feature of the times ; ¦ worth aii the " j > Teat demonstrations , " ail the procesiiunr , a ]] ihe flags , b&imers , and music , aud expensive iaie pageautry which erstwhile made our " agitation" as puerile as it was conspicuous and imposing- These things werw useful then , and they were necessary then ; they bad their work to do ; and thi re are districts of ike country in which there are still Jike uses for them . When the public mind is but indifferently informed , and when its jndgment is to a great eztrnt unrormed , it is necessary
io enlist the senses , and to ciaiin attention by external oisp ay , tnat you may form that very character whicu is now la proctss of de-sel pment . The people ao not ** agitate" now , brcause they have learm the value of * agitation" ; they have discovered it to be the iroth upon the EurftCtt of the good liquor , and they now blow the iroth aside and dnnk lhe liquor . They do not , in the old cuitiva'ed Chaitbt districts , come oat t-o hear lecture *; just because they kcow all that the lecturers can teii them . They gave heard tbe old story over and over again till they 2 X 0 tired of it . Tney are quite aware that 1 God aiitl namre did not male one man with a
sadole on his back and another wjih a pair of spur * , ou bis bee ' s "; that " no man was born wim a pen behind ids ear and an k'khorn at tbe lip of his nose "; they know that all the points of theCharter are points of righitousness aud truth ; thai every man has a right to the vote , and that no mzn has a right to more voies than one ; that each has a right to be represented , and that all should be represented equally ; that no man has a right to coerce or control anoihtr in the txercise of his vole ; that intelligence and hones ! j should qualify a man to represent his fellows whether he have " property"' or not ; thai " short reckonings make lopg friendships" , and tnat " the labourer is worthy of Ma hire " : they know ull about tbe ? e things ; they know that they are all true and that no good argument can b& brongh ; against them ;
they have heard them stated , proved , and argued by ali sorts of lecturers in all sorts of ways ; they find that , though each man may have a different way of telling it , tney all 60 tell the same story ; and , as they know the story off by heart , they don't care to bear it told any more : and hence the appearance of apathy and carelessness which bo dispirits unreikcting minds . It does not dispirit me in ihe least degree . On the contrary , I rejoice in it . Bui there is one feature connected with it which is not so pkasiag to me , aod which 1 hope to see instantly corrected . Tne same feeling of coasciou ? intelligence which induces the people to cease ** agitating ' , and 10 "he on their oars" waiting till succcsave caHs for energy maf come , baa
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mdnced them also to become careless , to a great extent , about organizing . In the absence of any effective National Organization , the several local Organizations , having been identified with the " agitation " , have been neglected ; aad thus in many of the very best Chartist districts there is no Association—no Committee—no " public body" of any kind although , individually , there are more Chartists than there ever were . I have many letters by me stating the anxiety of scores of Chartists in different places for me to visit them , but stating that they cannot" invite" me in the terms which I require ; because I had publicly declared that I
would not accept individual invitations , and there was no public body from whom , aa a body , the invitation could come . This I do regard as matter of regret . Without Organization of some kind , the people , however intelligent , are powerless . And no National Organization can exist , save as the aggregate of local bodies . The people must see to this ; and at once . They must keep together . This is not more necessary for tho concentrating of their powers than for their increase . They have a formidable enemy to cope with ; and they need the moral energies of all their brethren combining with their own .
A large mass of society is yet uninformed ^ and can never be informed , upon Chartist snbjects , until they , who do know them , send out missionaries , whici they can never do individually : they must , for this purpose , act together . I have endeavoured to point the attention of the people where I have come to this snbject ; and to flhew them the difference between the uses of Organization , and those of " agitation . " Each has its uses . Those of Organization are permanent j while those of " agitation cease when the people become enlightened and their opinion fixed .
I trust that I have not handled thig subject vainly ; that the plan of Organization which ia beiDg adopted by the Conference at Birmingham , while I am writing , will receive , when it appears , all due and careful attention ; and , if simple , efficient , and legal , as I hope it will be , that it will be at once universally adopted , and acted on . Scotland has uo delegates at Birmingham ; but the Scotch are not therefore " apathetic" as to tbe labours of the CoufereHce . They are looking to them withijreat anxiety , and will , I believe , heartily co-operate in any plan which may , ia their opinion , have these three characteristics . Whether they do so or not I . do trust that they will at once see that Chartism shall have in every place not merely " life " but have
** A local habitation and a name , " a formal front and bearing which shall make them known , not merely to the friends of faction round them , but all over . I never saw Chartism more prosperoua in any place than I think it to fee just now in Edinburgh and Leith . They are choice spirits ; the Chartists there ; and though comparatively few of them hold together ; though they havs no regular place of meeting publicly in Edinburgh ; and though they are the subjects of foul vituperation and petty annoyance by quondam " leaders , " they are , almost to a man , intelligent , deep thinking , sober-keaded , far-seeing , honest men . They are sound at tin core . They look to principle and to that only . They wiLl flatter no man ' s vanity , aor fiufftsr themselves to be hoodwinked . They walk on their own feet and borrow no stilts . They are a sound , healthy , hearty , set of fellows , to whose warmest affections the best and only passport is honesty and truth .
To any Chartist friends who may visit Edinburgh I commend the Coffee House of Mr . Cranstoun , 1 * 20 , High-street , as an abiding place . It is the resort of the Chartist friends . They will find there the elite of Chartism for companionship ; and accommodations as comfortable , and charges as reasonable , as any man can wish ! And , while upon this subject , I may say as much , and with great propriety , for the Odd Fellows * Arms , Queen-street , Aberdeen , kept by Mr . Bain ^ and the Temperance Coffee House , at . Hamilton . I forget the Landlord's name , at Hamilton—he is a bookseller ; but at both these houses I found everything in the way of comfort , civility , and kindness that any man could wish ; aud 1 think it due to my English friends to tell them where they are to be had .
In Aberdeen the movement stands high . There are here two distinoibotiies ; the Church of which Mr . Lowery is pastor ; . and the Democratic or Chartist Association , meeting in their own Hall . They both muster pretty well for strength , and thev work cordially together , There has been less of bickering" in Aberdeen than in most other towns . A beautiful spirit of friendly fellow feeling seems to be now prevalent among them ; and , I pray God it may long continue . In Mcntrose a few gallant Iad 3 have detorminedly made head against the storm , and under many difficulties still " man the ship" aud keep her afloat .
In Dnudee the Church has kept Charti ? m alive . It has been long the only prominent form in which it could be recognized . The Democratic Coancil — a few choice spirits — kept themselves together ; they kept up "life'" in the thing , to be sure ; but it was a disembodied spirit ; while the Church supplied to it flesh and bones , and sinews . Such is their condition now ; and I have great hope that this united spirit and body of Chartism will derive new strength from tbe pastor who has just gone from England to reside among them . The Vale of Leven is like situate . The spirit of Chartism is diffused throughout the whole population ; the Church is the foTm in which it appears , and the school iB the means of ensuring its continuance and
progress . The pulpit and tbe school desk are ably occupied by Mr . Roberts . Of Glasgow , I may tell about the same story as of Dundee and of tho Valo . There are a few fine fellows ; Moir , Colquhoun , and a few others , who may perhaps be called non-Church Chartists ; not that they oppose the Church , or that they place themselves in conflict with its leaders , and vituperate them for being " Church Chartis ; e , " or " Bible Chartists , " or " Temperance Chartists" ; they bave more sense . But they do not identify themselves with the Churoh ; they advocate Chartism separately and distinctly from it . But though these excellent men are " in themselves a host , " the strength and power of Chartism at Glasgow is in the three Chartist congregations of the City , Gorbals , and Ander&ton . The O'Connellite Repealers muster ^ ery strong in Glasgow . It was
thought exceedingly desirable , if possible , to effect a junction between them and the Chartists : an effort was made for it at ; the end of my lecture , as I told you in my laet letter . It failed ; and I advise that no more such efforts be made . Leave the O'Coknellites alonR . Let them go their own way . At public meetings , wheu " the Repeal" is the matter of discussion , give them your assistance by the assertion of your opinion on that question abstractedly and ou its own merits , and independent of any oiher consideration . , If they have tbe manly honesty 10 act similarly by us , let us at public meetings receive their assistance cheerfully ; if they do not ; if they join with the "League" and whh tbe enemies of freedom to suppress us , let us pity them ; let our warfare be merely defensive—ri ever offensive—against men who are struggling lor liberty .
In no part of Scotland did 1 find Chartism more pleasipg in its aspect than at Hamilton . Here in the midst of a very poor population—chiefly handloom weavers—I had a Church full of as intelligent and honest looking facts as I ever saw . Temperance , intelligence , and industry—all the best quali'ies of individual character combine to give the Chartists of this place the stamp of superiority . I was delighted with thtm . Campsie is a spirited little place , aud iheie are some good men in it . Of the other places which i visited , I have not much to particularize ; I was well received by a . llof them ; and the general description above given of the " dead agitation" but the living principle of freedom may well enough describe all of them .
The thing most gratifying to my mind in ( he Scottish Chartists is the cool-bearing and discretion of the pec-ple . They have very little of the blind trast * fulness of the Irish or of the hotheaded , unreasoning enthusiasm which characterizes many of " the English ; and hence , Vhongh ibey have enough of dissension among " leaders , " the .-people do not let the cause be damaged ; they coolly kick the brawlers overboard . I have no doubt thai when the news came of my separation from tbe Star , and of my difference with O'Connor , which induced it , the scamps who live , and feast upon disunion were in high glee . In fact , I kuow they were . They thought " Now , we shall have a feast ! ' The jackals of faction were in like expectation ; and socje of them attended my soirees
to ** lo--. -k out . " At Glasgow , one oX these eavesdroppers came big with expectation ; pencils , notebook , and ail prepared , to make the most of the " expose " / Well , the " expose" came ; and the scamps touad that they had miscalculated ; they bad mistaken their man ; they had nothing to feed oa ; and the poor feilow gathered up his " traps "—pocketed his pencils and his books , and went away grumbJmg , " D- d cautious speech ; that 1 " No ; no ! The rogues will get no quarrelling from me . I am not in the habit of making the peoples' cause to bear every blow aimed only at my own bead . Let my head take care of itself ; and if I caunot keep it above water , I : will not ask the knaves who are disappointed at my " D d cautiousspeech" to help me ,
After I had left Edinburgh , on my first going there to the soiree , a gentleman of some sort , who described his self aa " a defegate to the late Conference at Birmingham , " put out great bills , announcing a lecture on "the ibeachehy of the late conductor of the Northern Star , to / ' and invited ' disc » ssion . Someof my friendB attended aud civilly told him that they thought him no gentleman at all . Another gentleman , a friend of the first gentleman , spoke somewhat largely about some mighty matters of accusation which be had in pickle , but which he would tell to nobody till he should have me at a public meeting to answer thera . Soae of my warmest friends advised me very strongly not to uotiee ibe matter at all ; the more especially as no rommunicanon had been mode to mo by tbe parties , and I liad no means but common rumour of kaowiug that my name was
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being thus " , taken in vain . " However , I determined to set my foot upon the thing . I think no man stands so high as to justify him in despising any _ other man as an enemy . I am desirous not to make , enemies , but to remove causes of enmity ; and * i ° i ? Wroto to the Party , and I suppose the result ° * w correspondence is to be a public meeting in * w-u I ln a few weeks time—when 1 can return trntner , tor tho purpose of calling me to account for C u » r n ° / my sa y ' « 8 and doings while Editor of the Northern Star . And , though I do not think that any of th . 6 matters of complaint are at all fit subjects tor public discussion , or isuch as any man has any right to require public answers to , beyond those which have _ already been given . I have no doubt
man tne explanation I shall give will remove much misunderstanding : , and therefore do ^ ood ; aad it h on thiB account solely , that I submit them ; and not merely for tho purpose of gratifying the gentleman's pa j ° J a dia P lay of giadiatorship ; though I do not like to inflict disappointment upon any man ii 1 can help it . I like , as far as I can , to " give to every one that asks . " I " shall t « tura therefore to bsotland very shortly , when this gentleman shall be gratified , aud , I hope , satisfied , with my public explanations . At the samo time I shall take an opportunity of visiting several places to which I was mvitod while thera , but whieh I could not go to ; my routes being previously fixed , and my engagements at Hull compelling ma to keop to tho
time . * I have already written more than I purposed , and perhaps as much as space caa be afforded for ; I must therefore here conclude , -and subscribe myself .
Your faithful friend and servant , William Hill . Leeds , Thursday , Sept . 7 , 1843 . P . S . I will be thankful to as many of the genuine good men and true as choose to write to me now and then from any and every place , telling me "how things go . " I have not now tho means of information which I fqrmorly had from the correspondence of the Star ; but I should still like to know " how matters go . " Let each mau who writes to me isend his address , so that I may write ; again , if necessary . Any letter addressed for me at Hull will find me . Will Mitchell , of Stockporfc , sead me his address ? W . H .
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Dreadful Death by Burning . —Yesterday forenoon , a poor woman , eighty years of age , named Clarke , ft ; widow , residing in Bean-street , York Road , was unfortunately burnt to death . Sho has had , it appears , sufficient to live upon , but had a woman residing with her who is in . tha receipt of relief from the parish , which , yoatorday morning , she had gone to tho workhouse to receive , leaving Mrs . Clarke in the house by herself . Oa this woman ' s return , or on some of : tho neighbours going into the hoase , the horrible spectacle presented it 6 elf
of tho poor creature resting with her arms on the mantel-piece , her body literally burnt to a cinder , and one o'f her arms laying at her feet . I * , would appear that she had been standing by the fire , when her clothes caught the flamos , and she thus met with a dreadful and torturing death , for she was quite dead when found . None of the neighbours had heard any noise to alarm them , so that it would appear that so sudden had been the operation of the tire that she bad been completely overcome at once , and had not had the power to make the slightest resistance to the attack of the devouring element .
Committal of a Notorious Prostitute On Monday last , a noted prostitute , named Amelia Kay , who has been on the town ever since she was about twelve years of ago , was committed for trial by the magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having robbed a man named James Carline , of two half-crowna . The prosecutor said he was going along Eist-street , on Sunday night , when he met the prisoner , who seized him round the waist ; he distinctly felt her hand ia his pocket , and immediately missed his money , upon which he gave her into custody . She denied having any money at all about her , but on searching her two half-crowns were fuand in her bosom .
Juvenile Delinquency . —On Tuesday last ,-a precocious youth named James Smvth , 14 years of age , was brought before Henry Hall , and Griffith Wright , Esars ., at the Leeds Court House , charged with a criminal assault on two little girls of the respective ages of eight and six years . The little rasoal was oaught with the children in a field , and the offence was so clearly proved that the magistrates fined him £ 5 , and in default of payment seat him for two months to Wakefileld . Odd Fellows Funeral- —The members of the Earl of Durham Lodge , No . 405 . of the Grand United
Order of Odd-Fellows , held at the house of Mr . Broughton , Bay Horse Inn , Briggate , Leeds , accompanied by the District Officers , and other visitors amounting to nearly 5 U 0 members , walked in procession on Sunday last to the Cemetery , the officers of the Lodge carrying splendid gold and silver regalia ., for the purpose of paying their last tribute of respect to the mortal remains of their lamented Brother , P . V . G . Robert Hunt , who has been many years a sincere advocate of the cau « o of Odd-Fellowship , and in whom the membcraof his Lodge placed the most , unbounded confidence for honesty and integrity
RoBBEim—On Saturday night last , a man of the name oflsiac Bradshaw , residing at Now Wortley , near Leedf , who procured a livelihood by hawking blacking , and other articles , was returning home about eleven o ' clock ; when about hah-way brtwixt Newton Bar , and the Smith ' s Arm ? , on the Gelderd Road , he was stopped by four men , and robbed of his watch and 18 < . in money . The villains so iiltrcated the poor man , by beating him , that he lies in a very precarious stato . Fatal Accident from Machinerv . —On Friday , an accident , in which two persons lost their lives , occurred at Holling ' s Mill , near Sowerby Bridge . A woman was in a room employed sorting rags , and an upright shaft , which connected the machinery in
the rooms below and above , passed through it . A little girl of the name of Bates was sent an errand into the mill , aud she , from curiosity , went to see the woman sort rags . No one being in tho room but the two parties , what transpired afterwards mu 9 t of course bo conjecture , but from the position iu which they were found , the probability is that the girl ' s clothes had > by somo moans or other , got entangled by the ahai ' t , and that the woman , in endeavourirg to release her , got entangled also , and wheu they were round both of ; them Were quite dead , the girl folded fast ia the woman ' s arms . An inqaest was held on ihe bodieu at the Friendly Inn , on Monday , and a verdict of " Accidental Death" returned , with a deodaiid of £ 5 upon the shaft . We understand that this is the fir .-t fatal
accident at Hoiling s Mill , whieh , until June last , has been run more than half a century by Messrs . S . and J . Waterhouse . and tliat the parties who have taken the mill had a box making for the shaft which has hurried two fellow creatures so tuddealy into the presence of their Maker . Fire . —About six o ' clock on Sunday evening a fire broke out in a small room in a mill situate at Chapel Hill , Huddersfitld , oceupiod by Mr . Bannister , and formerly occupied as a wood turner ' s shop" It was speedily extinguished by tho populace , who assembled iu great numbers , and lent every assistance in their power . Tlie fire originated in consequence of the diversion of the old flue into a new one which had just been built , and tho flue being loft open on Saturday night ignited the boards immediately above it . The damage done is very trifling , but had th « fire happened a low hours later , in ali probability tho whulo mill would havo been destroyed .
Suicide—On Saturday night or early on Sunday morning last , a man named Francis Mason , by trade a batcher , add well known i « Bradford , committed suicide in a cell at the Coart House , by strangling himself . He i ad been found in tho street , drunk . and was locki . 'd > up by tho polico . The Coroner '* Jury considering that he was insane at t , he time , returned a verdict of " Strangled himself while temporarily deraugvd . " He was sixty years of age . SjeiauRE of , Meat . —On Saturday morn n ^ the
, constables 01 Bradford got inrbrmafcioa that some bad meat was in tho town , and irr consequence Mr . lngh&m wont to the shop of Mr . Thomas Jackson , in the market , and there seized a .: qu 5 rter of a carcass . He then proceeded to a house in Now Leeds , and in a chamber there found a quantity more . On their return tiny searched Jackson ' s house , in George strett . and there lound nearly anothf r quarter , in an upstairs room . All trw meat was handed over to a jury of butchers , whs condemned it , and it was sent to the Gas-house to be consumed .
An Expert Thief—A man named John Ibbetson , was taken before the Hali / ax magistrates , last week , upon numerous charges of robbery . The prisoner has been iu the habit , as appeared from the evidence adduced , of frequenting public houses in the neighbourhood of Halifax , for several weeks past , and when opportunity tfftred , of making off with whatever he could lay hold oh , such as copper kettles , brass pans , irons , wearing apparel , spoons , &c . Though many cases mi ^ ht iuivo been proved against him , it was deemed sufficient to take two of the more recent ones , on both of which ho wad committed for trial at the ensuing sessions .
Advance of Waoks . —On Saturday last Messrs Craven and Harrop , manufacturers , Thornton , advanced thte wa # es of their hand-loom weavers 6 d . per cut on somo sorts , and 3 d . on others . Many of their weavers reside in Clayton , and as soon as the workmen received the advance , they made the case known in their locality . It soon got to the ears of Mr . J . Tempest , manufacturer , Claytoa Heights , and he advanced 5 i . per cut . Arrival op tub Queen at Brighton . —Tho Queen arrived at Brighton , from France , on Thursday afternoon , at about a quarter past three o ' clock , having left the French coass at soon after nine in tho morning . The good folks of Brighton seem to haie gene half mad ca the owjasion ; tha town in tho evening was illuminated . '
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Wages . —Two meetings have been holdea ia Barnsley within the last fortnight relative to a dispute concerning wages with a newly established firm , Messrs . Norria , j Brady , and Co . The first meeting was held oa . Tuesday , the 29 ; h ult ., F . Mvrfield in the chair , wlien the following resolutions were unanimously approved of : — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that , in a town like Barnslay , depending entirely on linen manufacturers , it is the truo interest of both masters and workmen that a uniform rate of wages ) should be paid by all manufacturers engaged in making that fabric ; and this meeting pledges itself to use its atmost endeavours to maintain the present rate of wages , as contained in the manufacturers'i arranged list . " — " That this
meeting having learned with regret that Messrs . Norris , Brady , and Co . have paid a less rate of wages for certain kinds of work than the rest of the manufacturers iu ! Bavnsloy are at this time paying , this meeting is oi ' opinion that it is an unjust and cruel attack upoa iho wages of the poor weaver , and ought to be resisted by every lawful and available means . "— ' That every weaver employed by the above firm do give up their work as their pieces are fiuished , and withhold jtheir labours until such time as they will pay according to the printed list . '' Tho meeting then adjourned to Monday the 4 th inst , at which time they again assembled on . Mayday Green as before . Mr . Mirfiold opened the business of of tho mooting intimating that there was a
probability of some men employed by the firm iu question refusing to give up their work , and he , along with , the committee , was afraid to an extent which might prove injurious to arriving at a successful issue , in the result of the strike . } J . Shaw , J . Grimshaw , and others followed on in the sama strain , and recommendedI the meeting toi reconsider , and only strike the men who were under-paid . To this the meeting seemed unwilling , fearing that it would at no remote period lead to greater encroachments . The meeting was then addressed by R . Garbutt and John Harper , whfl areiied at some length the
necessity ef more strenuous exertions , and the moro especially as some respectable houses had already declared a reduction ] of wages would be of no benefit to tho trade ; but that should Messrs . Norris be allowed to pay under the general list , they should bo compelled to lower in the same ratio , and trms the list of prices would be virtually destroyed ; a circumstance that would prove perplexing to the masters and injurious ; to the men . It was then agreed to increase the nymber of the committee from five to twelve , and grant them additional powers in order that all may be done that is pos 3 ibie to secure justice to one and to all .
Boy Drowned . —On Sunday afternoon last , as two boys were playing in some empty boats lying at the coal wharf on tho Rocbjdalo Canal , Manchester , one of them observed something floating on the water , which was soon recognised to be the body of a boy . Information was given $ 0 some boatmen who were near , and after a short time the body was taken out ; and , from the decomposed state in which it was found , it could not have been iu tha water less than three or four days . Thfe same afternoon it was identified as the body of ajboy named James Hibbcrt , aged six years , who had left home a day or two previous : the last time hejwas eeen alive was near the aqueduct on the canal . \ An inquest was held on the body on Monday , betbre | Mr . Chapman , borough coroner ; and , after hearing the above statement , the Jury returned a verdict of " Found drowned . "
A ' Child ' s Eab Bit off av a Pi « . —Matthew Brady , ]! and his wife Catherine , two genuine specimens of the rougher portion of the Irish peasantry , were brought up at the borough court , Boltoo , on Saturday last , for an assault upon Elizabeth Clayton , It appeared that the Bradys live at Newtown , and , after the fashion of their country , keep a pig " to help them a bit in the winter time . " At night , the animal is accommodated with lodging under the same roof as its roaster , and in the day time it is turned out to ramble in the neighbourhood * Now , it appears that this pig had acquired a peculiar antipathy to children , and had bitten nearly every child in the street ; and when any of their parents
complained , Pat very coolly told them to keep their children in the house ! Thus matters stood , the Bradys and their pig being the terror of the neighbourhood , when Mrs . Clayton ' s child was seized by the animal and thrown into the channel , and the savage brute bit off part of its ear before it coald be extricated . The mother , alarmed for tbe safety of her child , ran out with a hammer , and threatened to kill the pig ; when Brady came up , snatohed the hammer from her , aud knocked her down . —Mr . Harris said , he had had several complaints from parties whose children had been bitten ) by this pig . —The defendants made a terrible uproar ia the court ; and Mrs . Clayton being afraid of further annoyance , they were required to iiud sureties to keep the peace aud
pay expences . Deficient Weights and Scales . —At the Bury petty sessions , on Friday ; last , Mr John Warburton , inspector of weights and measures , summoned the following persons , who were convicted in the sums named : —John Wood , Rock-street , Bury , a pair of small scales for weighing miuar , a qaarter of an ounce deficient , caused by having a piece of lead hung on one of the scales ; George Moscrop , grocer , Old Market Place , Bury , small sugar scales a quarter of aa ounce against the buyer , caused by having paper concealed under oae end of the scales . Mr . Thomas GrumJy , solicitor , appeared for the defendants , on the groonds that' tho profits on sugar were so small that the grocci'd were obliged to use the
above , or similar means , ] to recompense them for tne paper which they used to wrap the sugar in ; and that an inspector had nojright to seize any scales on any pretence whatever , not even if he found them deficient . He then called Mr . Andrews , the late deputy-constable , who stated , that it had been common for the last twenty years for grocers to wei ^ h the paper with sugar , or to have the paper under the scales . —Mr . Warburton , the inspector , contende / l , that if persons must be allowed to put their scales out of balance , oither with paper or lead , thero would be no safety ; and , according to the 28 ± section of the 5 th ( and 6 th William JV . the parties so doing were liable to a penalty of £ 5 — The magistrates said , tb ! ey could not sanotion the parties having tho scales wrong on any grounds whatever : and , if the profits on sugar were so small
that the grooers could not deal honestly , they had the same power to raise the price of the article as they had to reduce it . Mr . Wood was convicted in the penalty of 20 i ., and Mr . Moscrop 5 a . and costs . —Henry Barnes , Pits-o-th ' -. Moor , for having scales similar to the above , Was-ffined 5- > . and casts . Alice Yates , green-grocer , Huntlcy Brook , for one illegal lead weight , a quarter of an ounce deficient , dismissed with a caution . ! to mind better in future . Lamber Walkden , greeuj grocer , Free Town , for a four-pound weight three jquarters of an ounce , and a one pound a quarter of an ounce deficient ; ordered to pay costs . William Barnes , beer-seller and gteeu grocer , for one four-pound weight half an ounce deficient , and two half-pound weights nearly a quarter of an ounce each deficient ; dismissed ou forfeiting the weights . '
SEiai / BB op Apples , IOnions , &c . in Bolton Market . —On Saturday last , complaint having been made to Mr . Fogg , inspector , by a party who had bought two baskets of apples considerably under weight , he went round the market and weighed all the apples , pears , onions ^ &c . that were put up for sale , and a considerable quantity wasseiz d as under weight . Two or three of the parties appeared before the Mayor , at the Borough Court , with various excusi ^ , but the property was declared forfeited . Leaving Work without Notice . —James Rudd
wag charged before the magistrates of Wigan , on Friday la ^ t , with leaving tho employment of Messrs . Johnson and Ainewroth , without giving the DOtice required in his agreement . This was the second charge of tho above nature preferred by the complainants in the coarse ofltheweek . They said , in consequence of a number of hands having absented them-elvea without a moment ' 8 notice , they were constrained to make an oxample . The bench discharged the defendant , on opndition that he returned to his work , aud ordered him to pay the expences .
Serious Assault . —At the Boroagh Court , Stockport , on Saturday , si young man , named Joseph iiibby , was charged with having committed a most serious assault upon Arthur Sheridan , by striking him on the head with a hammer , and thereby fracturing his skull , and placing his life in jeopardy . Mr . Hudson , solicitor , appeared for tho prosecution , and Mr . W . Vaughan for the defence . It appeared from the statement of Mr . Hudson , and the evidence of a number of witnesses , that on Friday , the 18 . h August , the prosecutor and ] prisoner were engaged in repairing the mill formerly occupied by Mr . Cephud Howard , near Portwood Bridge , which has for some years been uutenanted . At the end of the day ' s work , several of the ; men assembled in the
warehouse , and began to dispute about a clock which had . been clandestinely taken from the engine-house ; and the prosecutor stating that he had seen the case in a room of which the prisoner had the charge , the prisoner called him a liar , and said if he repeated the assertion , he would knock his bloody Irish brains outf . Prosecutor repeated the statement , when the prisoner struck him on the face with his left hand , and immediately afterwards struok him a violent blow onj the left temple with a hammer 2 ib . 3 jz . in weight y The blow inflicted a contused wouno . an inch long , causing a depression of the skull , and the displacement of the temporal bone so much as to allow a little finger to pass within the skall . The prosecutor hag been an inmate of the Stockport Infirmary since the occur rence , and i ? not yet considered' out of danger Prisoner was apprehended the night of the occurrenoe ; and , after being kept in custody a week , was admitted to bail to appear when called Hpon . — The magistrates , having hearjd the facts of the case , committed the . prisoner to taka his trial on the cuargtt at the next Chester' assizes . —Application waa made for his liberation oa bail , till tke assizes , but it was refused . i Olico Printers , Kilmahnock—The briskness still continues , and every manufacturer io tcwa is fully employed .-KUmarnock'fournal .
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Coach Accidents—On Wednesday afternoon , ag one of the Leeds coaches was on its way to Bradford , when opposite the San Inn , at Scacnirudy , it ran into a phaeton , in which wa 3 Mr . Hai . gh ., of the Bottoms , Halifax , and another feentlemrci , and injured it so severely that ft will require extensive repairs before it can be travelled in again . The coach was also nearly upset , and tho hordes taking fright at the time , ail things seemed unpropi'ionsr , but , fortunately , wifh the a « sstan ^ c of th ° : nbahitantsof the town , farther roi- ^ " > f wa > prevented . Several of the pas ? on £ ors got off , and refused tc proceed further on the coach , and waited until anoi ' Kr coach came up . The coachman allied that Mr . H . was on the wrong side tho road , while Tihat
gentleman blamed the coachman , and said he was driving so fust that it was impossible So got out of the way . —Last Tuesday , as one of the coaches was goinsf past Nofthowram , a boy of the nama of Barrett Kt > t up behind to ride , and when getting down ha troweers caught hold of some part of tfce coach , and in stretching out his leg ' 0 get it ] oot « e , it became entangled in the wheel , and wasirolcu . Hn might have been killed had not one off ( he passengers seen his perilous situation , and called oufc to the coachman to stop ; ho pulled np ^ 'mmu ^ iately , and no further injury was donv \ Tha boy ia recovering . Suoh an accident , and so nurrow an e ? capa from death , ought to be a warnioff Hth to himself and others , against the practice of riding
behind coaches . Illegal Appropriation of Upwards of £ 9 0 .- ~ A good-looking voulh , about seventeen years ot ag « , named George Highfield Morton , was , on Saturday last , placed before Mr . Rushton , at the Police Cottrt , Liverpool , on a charge of having gone off with j £ . 9 O 9 7 s . of his employers' money . Police con » stable Kehoe stated , that , from information whiok he had received , he proceeded , on Thursday afref noon , to Chester , in search of the prisoner ; and ., Friday morning found him at tho shop of Mr * . De 8 , ilva , in Watergate-street , in that town , who keepg a genteel lod » ing-house . In the handbills , the prisoner had been described aa having the initials of his name marked in Iudian ink on the left hand .
be . ween the joints of his finger and thumb ; and the witness , on . apprehending him , found his hand . bleeding , from an attempt to obliterate she fi-.-6 letter . He brought him back to Liverpool . The prisoner was remanded . - On Monday he wa-s 3 k ia brought up ; and Constable Kehoe further dflp ' -vd , that , on Saturday afternoon , he was informed . iij . t he was wanted at the bridewell . He went t ! i < ro , and saw the prisoner , who said , " I am go ; ni , ' to Chester with you , to show yon where the rawy is . We shall have to go beyond tbe bridge , to thu 0 her side of the Dee , and the money will-be jouod u a hedge . Witness said , that they accordingly wvifc together to Chester that day ; and , after passing 'he bridge , the prisoner , ai-ont six o'clock in tha eveir . iiK ,
pointed out to htm , at the bottom of a hedf ; , or fence , a hole ; and , on searching in it , witness found a bag , in which there was a pocket-book , In the book he found eight j £ 100 notes , one £ 50 note , seven ^ 10 notes , three £ 20 notes , and five sovereigns ; making in all £ 905 . The prisoner , who wore a naw suit of clothes , similar to those of a genteel apprentice in the merchant seaman ' s service , told winiess , that ho had purchased them in Oldhall-street , Pjradise-street , and other things at other places ia tha town , which accounts for the residue of the tnor . ry . The prisoner , on being asked for his . defence , with the usual caution , declined to say any thing . He ' . vas committed for trial . The prisoner was in the service of . Messrs . Musgrave aiid Vance , cotton-brokers , Exchange Buildings . —Liverpool paper .
The Force op Conscience—On Monday mormng last , a man , who stated his name to bo Mo ^ es Wood surrendered himself to the police , at Manchester , stating that he was a deserter from the 29 ; h Regiment . He was brought before the magistrates oa Tuesday , at the Town Hall , and still persisted in the statement , and said that about twelve months ago ho had been apprehended for being a deserter , but there being no proof of his desertion in the depot whither he was tak ' n , he had been discharged . Mr . Maude then told him the serious consequences of any one , without cause , giving himself up as a deserter ; to whieh the prisoner replied , " I wish I could say I was free . " It was his conscience , he said that made him uneasy , and give himsrIf up . Orders were given for inquiries to be made into the tru ' . h of the above statement , and a communication to be addressed to the War office .
Ireland—Anm-Rent War . — " On Sunday last , " says the Carlow Sentinel , " about 200 persons , men and women , principally strangers , from the county of Wexford , assembled on the farm of Patriok Murphy , of B&Uylean , near Ballon , in this county , and cut down and carried away upwards often acres of oats . The crop was not under seizure , and tha obj&qt of cutting down and carrying away the com on Sunday ' is supposed to be for the purpose of evading a distress for Tent , which it is said Murphy expected on the following day . The Ballon police were present and identified some of the parties , but could not interfere Murphy ' s daughter having stated that it was cut ! down with her father ' s consent . "
Mdrber of an Infant » y its Mother . —It appears by a report of a ooroner ' s inquest in the Cork papers , that Mary Hill , an unmarried woman , was delivered of an infant last week , and that fhe threw it immediately after it waa born into a deep well at the rere of the premises of tho houvo in which she was at service . This inhuman parent confessed that the child was bora alive , and that she threw it into the well to prevent exposure and detection . Tha coroner ' s jury returned a verdict of Wilful Murder . Two Men Suffocated . —On Tuursday week , as two men , of the names of John Davvson , of Hampsthwaite , plumber , &c ., and Wm . Habishaw ,
mechanic , were employed by J . Greenwood , E ^ q ., of Wreaks , near Ripley , Yorkshire , in descending a yvoll for the purposo of putting down a pump , they incautiously descended without adopting the usual method of testiug the purity of the air , and consequently both foil victims to their imprudence . Dawson first commenced the descent , and was soon followed by Habishaw , and they had not gone more than five or six yards before they were unable to return , by inhaling the carbonic acid gas , when they both fell suddenly to the bottom , a distance of fourteen or fifteen yards , and were takeu out quite dead .
Important Discovery . —Imperishable Bread . — Wednesday we were present in the Mayor ' s private room , at the Town Hall , Lirerpuol , durtugtho opening of a box of bread which was packed at Rio de Janeiro , nearly two years ago , and which proved as sound , sweot , and in all respects as good as on th . 9 day when it was enclosed . It appears thaf , asrogards ' thestsff of life , at least that sort thereof required for ship or otfier stores which it is desirable to keep a long time , we shall have no reason in-future to speak of " the bread that perisheth , " seeing that Mr . Gilbert Claude A laird , a Frenchman , has discovered a moda of making biscuits , on which time
effects no deterioration . This bread is manufactured of a mixture , in certain proportions , of rice , meal , and wheat flour , and it has other important advantages in addition to that very material one already named . For instance , the coarsest quality of fljur may be used , and will produce bread not . inferior to that made of the finest description of flour by the ordinary method . It is also , we are informed , extremely nutritious , very beneficial to the system , and a certain , antiscorbutic . It is asserted by M . Alzard , that the br ^ ad woul d keep-two centuries wi thout the slightest alteration . Tha discoverer of the process ; has secured the right to manufacture it in thi = country by patent . —Gore ' s Advertiser .
Liverpool , Tuesda ? Evenjng . —Tho steam-ship Caledonia , which sailed this evening , shortly after six o ' clock , carries ont eighty-five passengers , amongst them Mr . Macrea «? y , the actor , Mr . Edward Gibbon Wakefield , an American manager , and others connected with the theatrical profession . The arrivals to-day have been confined to a few vessels from Dintzic aad Smyrna . No arrivals { torn the United States . The incoming packet of the 19 th is anxiously looked for , though nothing has transpired respecting her whereabout * . The winds have been favourable for her of late , bat light , and , as she has n » w been out upwards of seventeen days , she may be looked for daily . The present state of the cotton market , which is still very firm though the sales haye only reached 6 , 000 bales to-day ! Jaone of the primary causes why intelligence from the other 81 de of tne Atlantic excites , at the present moment , so much interest .
The Queen ' s' Visit to France —Amon ? the numberless questions to wtich her Majesty's visit to the Continent haa given rise , not a f ^ w h'ive been mooted reBpecting the supposed incapacity of the Qasen to leave he - B-itish dominions without the aancti ^ n of an espresa act of Parliament . Some persons ( upon what grounds it is difficult to conjecture ) have maintained tnat the Prince of Wales , and not her Majesty , is the person affected by this restriction . In order , therefore , to remote ail doubt upon the subject , it is right to mention that the third clause in the Ast « i Settlement , which enacted " that no person who shall hereafter come to the possession of this Crown shall go oat of tbe dominions of England , Scotland , or Inland , without consent of Parliament , " wa 3 repeated very soon afterwards , In the first year of Gdorjfe I . ( 1 st George I . c . 31 ) , " whose frequent journeys to . ilanoVer , '' says Mr . Hallam , " were an abuse of tho graciousnesa with whtch the Parliament consented to annul the restriction . " .
Reduction op Bext ik Wales . —The Earl of Cawdor has announced that he vjili duduot 20 per ce » t oat of his last Lady Day's rants , to those tenants who pay full rents , but not to the valuableJ ^ jifcwWflra . His lordship , we are informed , desij&iliifrftra £ &g& \ the Golden Grove estate to come to *(/ , B ^ Jtegt'SW ^ \ attention to all that -was said fey the&J w ^ gT ^^^ fe / ,. told them that a redootiou to the am&nf ^^ W ^^ rt W be made . Voder similar cUcumstanc ^ fcjjra ^ rftWgKjjjjfc : most bo adapted bjr others . Mr . Ch ^ o etBii ^^^ ipyi ! i | i !| - ^ intends to return to the agrioalto > y » : 1 $ 8 | B | Wwr ) fea ^ cent o « t of their rent * at his BWW jJ ^ fflifta Ltoyd , Brynog , Cardiganshire , at Bb jgfrafflftUrefrPBL ^ allowed all his tenants and I eaaehritf ^ t ^^ jjVWyWiyv cud 5 per ceut . —Welshman , j ^ . - ^ y * -g * . T . rlAryJ
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E . SlLET , ( Sty Shoemakers , has sent us notices of two meetings , and has neglected to say on -what evenings they were to be held . Ant Local 7 TT ¦ wishing to engage the Old Commodore , may communicate their Trishes to him by letter , ( pre-paid , ) addressed—Mr . E . P . Mead , Mr . Frankl&Ed"s , Printer , How Street , Burnley , Lancashire . All . Commuaicatioss intended for David Boss , late of Manchester , must , for the futnre , be addressed to him , at his residence , Victoria-street , Hnnslet-lane , I * eds , Yorkshire . " William Johxson , cooper , Marktt-plsce ,
Gainsbro ' , wishes to correspond with W . West , if that srenUemau will favour him with his address . The Aodbess of the Wbiteha-ven Colliers - was received too late for the current publication . The Mule Twistebs op Bradford h&Te sact us a letter in "which they return thanks to Mr Banister for having adyanced their wages 3-Bth ' B of a penny per lb ., or about 3 * . per -week . Mr . Turner , of Brigbouse , they say , haa followed his example . The Editor's Absence from his desk , during the present "week , mnst be an excuse for the nonacknowledgment of a variety of correspondence . Kebecca is the Cor / My ot Durham . —A correspondent informs us that Rtbf cca made her appearance in Kellae on the 28 th ulL She appears , he
says , to be a lady of principle , for no soo . er had 8 he made her appearance than she ferretted out some nnprineipled blacklegs to the colliers' society , and wreaked her vengeance on ther treacherous heads . It would appear that she -was not well acquainted in the locality , for instead of avenging herself on the old known blacklegs , she discovered some new ones , ¦ whom she has punished . Me . Stephen ' s was tried at Chester , before Mr Justice Pattison and a Special Jary , on Thursday , the 15 th of Angust , 1839 . Oxe or thb Working Classes . —We shall not loss sight of the object of his letter ; we do not see , however , that he advances anything new . V . Mac C . —His letter was received .
W . Djlxiells . —Write to Mr . Moir , of Glasgow , who will either procure you tbe ccts you want , or put you in the way of obtaining them .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1229/page/5/
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