... STOCMPOI. a STATE OF TwE WccsnrsoPaa.-The condition, of ite: 5> the ]abourin .population of this town, whiel'is wholly glot t of a manutaoturing character, is very distioseful, nor isobt t does any prospect of i-proremnt presengt itsel. ings ?? failuresi, of the proprieters of some of; the ox- hns tteonsive cotton mills inc the town have occasioned a mius e very considerable srduwing amongst ...

... of new construction e thing they ehbould look for should be the true cO& t h' i hat it mijght. He did not mean to hor.fon ith hV. chrster and learning of Mr. Jute er, bat he lored their Lordh sould -esponad ta'l law as laid down in the act, and as fol- lwed es to which he had been able to * r~l. witlat considering what Mr. Justice Foster's hprol or disapproval was of what constituted the ' Th. ...

... SATURDAY, JANUARY 4, 1840. BEING attached to old English customs, and lovihg their spirit still more than their forms, we tl~~ heartily svish our friends a Haoppy New Year. S IT must be acknowledged that in the present state of at the political and commercial horizon, this wish cannot be attended with very conflident hope. It is like wishing your friend I a pleasant journey,' when he is ...

... LEEDS MEETING FOR THE REPEAL OF THE ' CORN LAWS. THE CHJARTISTS ROUTED. thi ext Tuesday last was the day appoi itedl 'by the DIayor, in wo compliance with the requisition presented to him last week, pta for holding the mueeting of the inhabitants of this borough co to consider the propriety of petitioning Parliament for the res repeal of the Bread Tax. The occasion was looked forward for to ...

... THE TIME TO TRY YOUR 'FRIE NDS. . ,. Tnz following correspondence has been handed to usi for insertion, by Mr. Aksa HSTWoOD, of Manchester To THiE SDITOlR OF THE NORTHEIDE STAR. Manchester, Jan. 1, 1840. Snc,-Please to insert the following letter from F. O'Connor, Esq. and its accompanying explanation, And you will oblige yours respectfully, A.. HIywooD, London, Monday Morning. MY DSASn I1E ...

... I LEEDS AD WEST-RIDING NEWS. I D~EEDS. 6 DS DEFuAtDING AN EfPLovLst.-On Monday, six S mnwho'se names are Joseph Hudson, John younmity io Kiteleny^, Ribhard Toplis, Wm. Hirst, and ratthew Hollingsvrorth, all late in the employ of Mr. Hoiard, carpet-manufacturer, were charged o with having def~rauded their employer out of various sums of money, by having overdrawn their wages at various time, to ...

... J',,LATEST t8stw Wrora LoNDOx. WEDNESDAY EVENING, JAN. 1, HALF-PAST SIX, P.M. : (From our own Correspondent.) In all iircles, high and low, the trials under the Special Commission absorb every other topic of conversation; adil the interest among all parties is intense, One only feeling predominates, namely, disgust at the struggles made by the crown lawyers to pack the jury; and but one ...

... DISTRESS OF THE FANCY WEAVERS TO THE EDITOR OJI THlE NORTHERN STARS. SIR,-This is the last evening of the present year. I sit down to write, and trouble younwitb, a very brief notice of the state in which the old year is leaviug, and the new year is finding, those in the branch of trade to which I belong, namely, the fancy weaving trade. Sir, the fancy weavers engaged in weaving fancy waist. ...

... REPEAL OF TH1lt COtN LAWS. (Airidyed from 11c ScoUish Patriot.) From the report 0' the prcoeedings at last Satur- dav'-s public meeting in the Town Hall [given at lang-I ill last week's Star,] ouir Chartist friends will perceive that the Whigs, alias the Corn Laiw Repealers, were most signally defeated in s their attempt to raise a new agitation in opposi ion to the Charter Movement. which, if ...

... SPECIAL COMMISSION AT MONMOUTH, MoNHoUT3, Sunday Night. This place is already beginning to present some of the bustle and excitement of an assize town. There were, for instance, yesterday not less than 114 of the Rifles, who are now satsned at the school-rooms adjoining the church b lonmouth, and within a short distance of the goal ; there were next the counsel for the prisoners, who came in ...

... oRV0 . ant, gbontcfti 3E Aln extraordinary sensation provailed in tho diplo- Dmatic circels of, Coltntnp in conlseqtlticfl Of a revelation moad by lbi. Avedicl, tho mean I interpreter of the Capitall Pachl, who, hating i escapeti froml Alexa~ndria, ?? a fewv days pre- viomlyl at Pera. 'II. AveiIc ilinformeli the Divan and the AlbaCsadors tha tlae Coentale at ins btraying the Ttlatisve toct to ...

... LONDON NEWS OF THURSDAY EVENING. Co!1N Du Tx IES.-The duty on Wheat has risen to 20s. 8d. per qr. TnE AMERICAN PRESIDENT'S Message has not yet reached this, country. Its delivery appears to have Ta been delayed by long disputes in Congress on the right of certain members to take their seats. The stormy weather has also retarded vessels from the west. COLONIZATION BoARD.-The members of titis ...