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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , BRIGQATE , LEEDS , AND MARKET PLACE , DARLINGTON . TU" H . DAVIS respectfully invites the attention of the Public to hia VALUABLE aud EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOLLEN CLOTHS , Which he has purchased for Cash , and is determined to seU for a very small amount of profit . The Goods are of first-rate Manufacture , and not made-for sale only , bat will hive the good properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . The Stock consists of DOUBLE-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS . PILOTS KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS WOOLLEN and : COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &o . &o . Waistooatings from ls . 6 d . upwards , in endless Tariety . M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him r inoe he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Culungworth , and begs to assure them thas no House in the Trade shall undersell him in any one Article , The Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the above Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , than encourage the "Ready Made . Clothes Selling Monopolists , " who get rich at the expenee of the Working Man , by paying him onb halp for a Garment that other Masters give .
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Mt pBiEfus , —Yon will see the addre 33 of the Executive in this week ' spaper , and you will use jour own jndgmeni in arriving * t » conclusion , -whether or n ot the means whioh they propose , are calculated to serve our cause ; and if so , whether or not those duties , the performance of "which they require at your bauds , are more thin they have & tight to expect . I need not again direct yoor attention to the manner in which the impoTerished Irish respond to the call of their leaders , nor aeed I do more than impress upon 30 \ ii mindB a belief that a -ri ^ ourons effort for ibe next three months will place oar cause upon a footing wMch may defy all the assaults of faction ; bnV in ^ rder to « nable us to arrive at that state , your co-operation and support is indispensable . Poor though yon be let Christmas week be the appointed time for the collection of a national
tribute ; and let eTery town , Tie with Carlisle , the poorest and yet always the foremost , in such undertakings . We can only pledge ourselves that a satisfactory account shall be rendered of eTery farthing subscribed . Do you do your duty , and we shall » ot fail in the performance of ours . I belieTe that this appeal will not be made in Tain , a » d after hiving enrolled nearly 10 , 000 members at my own expense , I do not think that you will consider me presumptuous in making the appeal in my individual capacity . Spite of friend and foe , we are going on not only prosperously Tsut gloriouslyf and "while I tins appeal to you for new exertion , I cannot feel surprise at your lukewsrmne ? & when I think of the manner in which jon hare been deceived by many in whom you hare placed confidence . However , the ranks have been pretty well weeded , and those who hare remained are more united than ever .
Jhciering , squabbling , denunciation , and strife are now limited to the Kttfe minds of the little knot , by whom ^ hey hare been fomented and kept alive . r I look to the forthcoming Convention as an important crisis in the history of this country—one which , if properly managed and directed , will ensure for us that position from which , I believe , the disunion in our own ranks *»?>¦» hithhrto "withheld us . Henceforth let ns -work together for the rights of labour , and tie rights of all . Do you your duty , and again I say we will not fail in the performance of ours . Your faithful friend , " . FxABGUS O'CoXSOB .
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^ ¦ j n . w ^^ r- * w w ¦* ^* ^ * "a ^^^ M ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^* ^ ¦ * ¦ m » . ^~ * ^ ™ ~ TO THE CHARTISTS . Fbiests , —Anxious that the short period for widen -we have been appointed for the management of your afiairs should be devoted to the practical carrying out of our principles , and to the advancement of onr eanse , we have now to lay before you the eonrse which , with your co-operation , we axe resolved upon pursuing . We haTe come to the conclusion , that it is our duty to use all the available means at our disposal , in order to insure a full , free , wd complete representation of the Chartist iK > dj in the forthcoming Convention . To ensnre 4 ha $ end we know of no means more likely to be successful than the extensive dissemination of our principles . We have before announced to yon our intention of employing all the available talent in
our ranks for this purpose . Since then we haTe received commnnicauoDS from sereral of our ablest lecturers , which have enabled us to make the following arrangements , to commence on the firs ; week after New Year ' s Day . Mr . James ieaeh will be appointed as lecturer for South Lancashire . Mr . JJairstow for North Lancashire . Mr . Wm . JoneB Jot the Staffordshire Potteries . Mr . David Ross for Leicestershire and Derbyshire . Mr . Bell , of Hey-¦ wooiL , to Newcastle and district . Mr . M'Gralh for iiotlinshftm distriftL Mi . Clark for Northampton Jlr . Dovlefor Liverpool , a portion of North Lancashire , and Cheshire . Mr . West to the "West-Biding of Yorkshire ; leavmg Mr . G&mmage , Mr . Mason , and Mr . Dorman , and others , from whom we have not as yethad communications , for districts to -which we also propose sending lecturers .
"We have not heard from oar Scotch brethren , ¦ whom we shall be happy to include in our agitation arrangements . The several lecturers will be employed for three months , when we presume the general election for delegates to the Convention wDl take place ; and thelectnrers will be exchanged moBxhly , in order that as much fresh vigour as pteable may De thrown into the agitation . He-BolTed upon not in any wise either exceeding our doty , or being instrumental in fostering dissension in our ranks , we beg to announce that all written complaints forwarded against any lecturer will be instantly transmitted to the lecturer complained of ; and that all discussions and decisions relative to any Each complaint must be submitted to and decided by
the proper parties in the several localities from whence the complaint comes . Furthermore , we are determined not to encourage , or ourselves , to keep , up any private correspondence upon an ; account ; and that all complaints , whether public - or private , shall be instantly transmitted to the parties complained pt -As our tenure of office is short , we have deemed it more prudent to re-organize the old and fai&ful corps of Chartists than to attempt the opening of new districts for ihe present , upon which oar slight revenue would Jbnt prodnee a comparatively slender effect ; while , should the funds placed at our disposal enable us to extend our arrangeffienis , we shall most gladly so apply them . There are many matters , such as the Land Question , ilunicpal Election Question , Parliamentary Question , Etdusive Dealing , Co-operative Stores , and others , which should interest the Chartist body , with which at present we do not feel ourselves further justified
is interfering , ' than merely to state them as sub-Juts upon which the several constituencies should be informed by the lecturers ; that it is our intention to submit recoils upon those several subjects ,- cars Ally ^ rawn up from statistical information to the Convention . In short , friends , again we have to impress upon you the fact , that we will neither eutpass lbs powers vested Id ns , nor relax aught in our endeavours to enable the country to set the question of Organization for ever at rest , by ensuring the cooperation of the best men in our ranks in perfecting that good work at our next gathering ; and when the time for surrendering our trust arrives , we have the pride and confidence to hope that onr errors—Rich as they may be—will appear as errors of Judgment rather than of the heart ; and we shall be able to show an amount of service rendered , fully commensurate with the means placed at our disposal
As we find that the subject of a National Tribute , to enable U 3 to prosecnte the good work , has been pepnlarly received , we beg , in compliance with nu-CieiOtlS communications , to say , that we deem Christmas week the most favourable for such purpose ; and therefore chee 2 fully respond to several applications by inviting all who are favourable to the project soto contribute iotheFand as that we may be enabled to go on and prosper . We beg farther to announce that a -supply of cards , together with a quantity of enammelled cards for framing , have been deposited with Mr . Leach , news-agent , Oak-street , Tib-street , Manchester , of whom they may be had , free of the coat of carriage , by the several surrounding districts .
P . M'Gsath , F . O'Coxsob , H . Boss , T . M . Whseleb . T . Ci . ATtTt , London , December 13 th . 1843 . '
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IBOBS 3 JET COIXIEBT—MOST IMPOBTJLST CASE . Dvkr ± x , JkloyDiT , Dec 22 . —The town of -Ihrrham iraa on IfcuisfiBy and riitlBj last disturbed from iU 1311131 lfethaijy , by a scene -trhich tbose T » bo WitiffiBSfrd It will not soon forget I > 9 iig before sunrise of the day first named crowds of pitmen were observed thronging towards the town ; and as no previous notice , had been given , the astonishment was very great . Absnt tight o ' clock Mr . Roberta and Mr . Beedey arrived , and the mystery soon abated . The cause of the sodden Inundation is soon told . 3 > oaas Mi . Roberta ' s absence in Xondoh , the ownen of Thomley Colliery had taken three of tbeir pitmen to tiie magistrates to be sent to the prison for six weeks lor leavins their work on the 24 th of November last i
irequkstwith which the magistrates immediately complied . Such things are common and easily managed in the coal districts . Warrants had also been granted against some Kxty or seventy more ; and Ttarsday , the ? th insi . -was appointed for toe magistrates * ° sen i freeh lot to Durham gaol . Eleven o ' clock ma the hour appointed . As soon as the Court was opened , it was discovered that it wonld tot cold & tenth part of those suironuding the build-3 ng ; the basinEs -was ttiKef ore acjourned to the large Court where the Assizes are held , and every nook ana eomer was immediately filled . Eundreeb wefts nnable
to obtain admission : the only persons indeed , who had $ lenty * f room , -were $ ne magistrates and the prisoners , and it is really difficult to say which wore ihe most cheerful looks . Ihe Justices chuckled audibly ; they Were abont to do a good thing—to " assert the majesty of the law , " sad "Jo repress the spirit of lawless outrage , ana so forth i thai intended TictimB had the ^^ F ^ t ^ eonsoana innocence , They looked Upon toe Thole flang m a hMriMe farce-but etffl a jocular one . -Aixne in the gallery were a thousand hearty £ ^^ 1 out' ^ " " ^ ' " * " I > rior tothetaasbdag tilled upon , IfaBobxkts
. rose and said , before the ease mi « nea on kebegged to » pply to the tench on a sabjeet whuii i * d beea pietiondy ^ brought brfore th « a , IBfl on "WfiicnliB beheTed some contaaiiety of opinion lad been expressed . He applied on the part of two ollierswho complained ihat they had been aemriTed of their wages ; and in making that appUcaUon he might say that he acted under the advice of Mr . Addi-* on , the tamster , who had told him that he -would not be so strong in Conifc at tte Abbjzsb , TOotfl i . e liad made every exertion in his powtr btfore the magisbrates . He begged , tfcertfore . for a summons against Mx . Aimstronx , fte Tiewer ci T 5 "ingate Grange Colliery , on the part of LuktShou aid oxoflier , to answer why he had not yiid those men the earn t , f 26 s . a
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fortnight , to which they were entitled under the bond ; because they had refused to work upon a rope -which they considered to be unsafe . "The clerk , doubtless lor sufficient reasons , had refused to grant a summons ; and he was instructed to apply again for a summons in order that additional evidence might ba heard . These persons had not before applied for a Bummons , and the evidence wonld be different from that In tbe esses previously heard , and as every case waa to be decided on its own merits , ho thought he was perfectly entitled to the summons for which he applied . In making this application he had thought it his duty to apply to the full court .
The Chaibman said the meeting had been called for a particular purpose , and they must go on with it An application of that sort could be made to any individual magistrate , and it -would be rest to have it taken before a magistrate acting in the district At any rate before they could proceed to any other business they must have done -with that tor which they bad specially met that day . Mr . Marshall , for the owners , opened the proceed ings . Bis speech was quiet and argumentative , and totally devoid of that vindictive Bpirit -which it was evident bis employers wished him to exhibit : They " jogged" him repeatedly , but he took little notice of tbem . The ease -was , that tbe defendant * , being bound servants to the owners of tbe colliery from April , 1843 ,
to April , 1844 , had , on the 24 th ox November last , "s truck , " and , together with the whole of the other pitmen , refused to work ; in consequence of which the pit had eTer since been laid idle . He admitted that this conduct of tbe men bad arisen from difference ! between them and the owner *; but tbis , he submitted , was so justification of that violation of tht law which was then under trial : most of the differences were , in fact , in conrsB o ! adjustment . Be iMr . Marshall ) understood that the defence would resolve itself into several heads : one , that the bond under which the men -worked -was so bard that it -was impossible to earn a living xmder it , if it -were strictly enforced . This waa no reason . The men had signed the bond -with tbeir eyes open ; and the fact of its being more strictly
enforced during the last fortnight than previously , was not the act of the owners , but the men , who , fancying themselves cheated , had required to have their "fool coal" measured , aad then discovered that a compliance ¦ with tbeir -wishes -was injurious to their Interests . Another portion of the defence -was , he believed , that the -weighing-machine had not been " stamped , " in accordance with the Act of Parliament . He contended that tbe Act in question merely applied to " goods sold , " and not to the present case . After some farther remarks on the overpowering kindness of the masters , and tbe base ingratitude of tbe men , and the necessity of making an example of a good few , bo that they might know how to conduct themselves , the speech concluded . Tbe bond -was then pnt in , and taken as read .
Mr . Roberts submitted that . as opened by Mr . Marsbail , there -was so case for tbe consideration of tbe Bench . If he aadentood Mr . Hanball rightly , be admitted that this machine was not stamped in accordance with tbe proTisiens of tbe Act of Parliament . Mr . Marshall had not admitted anything of the kind . The chairman said tbe defendants appeared to cemplain of their masters . They must go into evidence on that point . There was nothing to found an argument on that there was no case made out iu tbe opening to go into .
Mr . Roberts said bis argument was , that tbe contract was an illegal one , inasmuch as tbe bond was not stamped , fie should like to have it down on the motes of tbe court that thiB agreement was not stamped , in order that be might be able to make use of that fact if he shonld have occasion to go into tbe Court of Queen ' s Bench . Tbe note having been taken , Mr . Marshall called , — Hecclea—I am viewer for the Thornley Coal Company . The partners are Sir Win . Cbaytor , John Wood , Thomas Wood , Richard Webster , John Gully , and John BurrelL Since the day when the complaint was alleged Mr . John Wood has died . Be died on the 25 th of November . 1 am tbe attesting witness to this bond . It was executed by Mt . Thomas Wood in my
presence . The bond was previously read over to tQO men . That was on the 28 th of March . It bears tbe names of Lawrences Smith , John Singlewood , and George Harewood . They signed it in my presence . Tbe words "tbe mark ef ** are in my writing . 1 received a letter from tbe workmen on tbe 13 tb of November , dated on the 11 th . I received the letter from Bartholomew B&inbriflge and James Craig . It is tee writing of James Bagley , who , I understand , is secretary to the pitmen at Thornley . It is signed " for tbe pitmen of Tbomley colliery . " Tbe answer I made was , that I wondered they did not get a person who could write a plain letter bo that it might be understood . On tbe 14 th , I received a letter from my Bervant It is James Brsley ' s writing and signed by him . I sent
a person that night with a letter to Bagley , a copy of which I now produce . ( The letter was then read . ) On the evening of tbe following day perhaps 150 men waited upon me . I should think half of them spoke . A person named Dinning was chief speaker . They demanded that a new weighing machine should be erected , asd that every man should be paid for bis own average weight of coals , to which I conceded . As to the machine , I said we might erect a new weighing machine , but it -would not be in compliance with their request ; for a new machine was on tbe colliery before they made tbe application . They also requested that boxes should be placed upon the pit ' s heap to see what coals were laid out . That was also granted them . That was made on tbe 15 th Nov .
and boxes were placed tbere before tbe 17 th November . Oa Saturday , tbe men struck work . There was no further request made by tbe men at that time . I thick none of tbe hewers worked on that day—none that I am aware of . The pits were also off work on Monday , tbe 20 th , on which day 1 bad an interview with Mr . Rot 2 rts . They resumed work on tbe following day , and worked Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , and struck again on Friday , for which these warrants had fc ? en obtained . Tbe overman bad reckoned with tbe men on tbe Thursday night to take off the fines for not working on tbe previous Saturday .
On tbe evening of Thursday , tbe 23 rd of November , after tbe men , no doubt , bad reckoned with tbe overmas , they cane ap to me in a body ,. and asked me why the half-crown was taken off . I told them they were asking tbe road they knew well—it was for not going to work on tbe previous Saturday . They made no answer but went away . I said to tbe men that we wonld likely offer work to them on the pay Saturday , to make up the Saturday they had lost , and those who did a fair day ' s work on that day would bare tbeir fines remitted . Se-reial shouted it -was not likely that they would beg for their pay when they had worked for it .
Mr . Roberts objected to tbereeeptlon of this evidence as be was instructed that not one of tbe prisoners was present The Chairman Bald tbe bench would take tbe evidence fer as much as it went for—namely , as a proof that tbe Hien had an opportunity of having a knowledge of aJl the case . Examination resumed—Nothing more then took place . Tbe pits have been off work since . If those three men had gone to tbe pit any one morning since , except on Sunday , tbere would have been work for them . I produce an account of wages paid to these men . I learn that Liwrence Smith has earned from tbe 22 cd of April to tbe nth or Not . inclusive , £ 22 4 s 4 d . On that sum taking into
account—Mr . Roberts objected to tfee witness reading these statements from written memoranda , and contended that though they might be accurate copies from the books , yst they were not admissible , but that the books themselves ought to be produced . Examination resumed . —Tbe fines fox tbe laid-out ncreased very considerably in amount after the boxes were adopted . I cannot say to what extent . Tbere are persons employed for waling the coals when they are turned over tbe screen . The foul coal was pushed out by them , and put into those boxes . Many of tbe men ' s tubs were so far free from foul coal or splint as not to render tbe men liable to fine , Those came from tbe same district of tbe pit as the foul tubs . Tbere is a great similarity in tbe pit . Tbe seams were sot
more fonl on the three days when the splint had Increased . Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts—I b&Te not examined tbe machines so minutely as to say whether they are stamped as required by Act of Parliament They bare not been stamped daring the five yean that 2 kave been on the colliery . They "were brought during tbe time I -was there—I think in August oi October , 1841 . I did not see them -when they were bein g put up . Since tbey bare been put np I dont know taat they b » Te been several times incorrect . I have never said tbey were , bat I b&ve thought so 1 took the meanajto put them correct , and « Bggeated to Hi . Wood the propriety of erecting new machines , I should think it is six months since I first themgbt them
incorrect . I "wBl not * w «* it is not nime moaths . I thought tbe mKbints weigbed incorrect igftiast the masters . Since then tiiere ba » bew a new macnlBe fitted up . Tbe men who were employed on it said it wonH be finished last night 1 expect it would be finished . By Mr . Elliott—I thought tbe machines were incorrect from the produce of coals in score not yielding tbe weight which tbey used to do . By the Cbairnin-l 4 STperSy of opinion that tbe machines were incorrect gainst tbe masters and in favour of the men . By Mr . Roberts—Toe seam where these men work is covered with stone . I shonld Bay there was no stone in the five-qnarter seam . I cannot say how far the msn could work without . a quart of stone . Jt ts
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almost invariably tbe cm that tbe stone does fail down from the roof in that seam . If there is above a quart in a tub ( containing six cwt ) of foul coals , splint oi stone , the fine is inflicted . I am not particularly acquainted with the bonds of other collieries . I am not acquainted with any bond which refers to a seam of Bucb a nature es tie five-quarter seam . By the Chairman—There we ? no mere liability for tbe stone falling no w than tbere was last year or tbe previous year . By Mr . Roberts—The boxes were not introduced for the purpose of measuring , but for the men each to see their own coals . To my knowledge the coals were net measured before the introduction of the boxes . The quantity was ascertained by tbe judgment of the parties set tbere for that purpose . The men were employed
by Ihe owners . I swear they bad no measure , but that tbey went by tbeir own judgment One or two men in the pit have suggested chat they shonld have boxea . To the best of my recollection it may be ten weeks or three months since I first heard a suggestion of hexes . That was froTn the prisoner Harewood ; bat not until tbe night when tbe boxes were promised to be erected was tbere any request to have them made . After going down tbe pit I met Harewood coming out on tbe hone-way , and he asked me if it would not be right for the men to have boxes . I cannot recollect the exact words . I did not at that time understand that there was a general complaint amongst the men about being badly used by the mode of measuring . Since this bond has been executed it has not been enforced strictly
with regard to the laying out—not very strictly . If tbe men wished to have these boxes , I said I would procure them , and would-have them measured strictly . I should think it has been moreBtrictly enforced and more accurately since last November . The over-mtm will tell better than myself the largest amount of fines inflicted on any two days since the 20 th of November . I do not know that any man has been fined £ l 2 s . 6 d . for two d&jB , but I don't doubt it- I believe men have been fiDed something like 8 s . 7 s . 6 j . 5 s . 4 s . and 3 s . for a day . That declaration has not been made yet , though it is intended to be . By the Chairman—That has not been the ordinary amount of fines . I am sore that a workman with ordinary prudence would not subject himself to such fines . I have not paid the workmen
close up to the day on which the payment were mode . That would not bs in accordance with tbe agreement The men are paid on the Friday up to the previous Saturday . This is the universal practice in eur colliery and in every colliery with which I am acquainted . We make tbe deductions only when tbe wages become doe , when the fines were increased . I think some of these men here have been fined , but I cannotspeak positively . I think tbey nave 13 en fined for being absent on the day laid in tbe warrant We have not fined them for that absence . Tbey were brought up on tbe 24 th of November , and they were not fined for that day . Tbe payments for that day are not due till to-morrow . No one bas \ xn fined for the offence for which they are brought here . Since this band web entered into , the
men have been paid in clubs in tbe greater part , but therfl may have t 3 en exceptions . If tbe bond be put into full operation , it is possible for average men to make a . living out of it , provided tbe men do tbeir duty / I can not say in what part of tbe pit the men worked when tbere was no layingsonL The broken is the pL » se where there is the greatest liability . Tbe five-quarter Beam is the worst for the men . According to my opinion tbere was more foul from tbe five-quarter than tbe other pit- Singlewood bas worked in all part ^; and tbe other two in the main Beam , the most favourable part of the pit If a man bas been fined £ 1 fe ., they could not have got in in tbe ordinary way © f work—neither could the other fines mentioned , unless a blind man waa working . On tbe
20 ib of last month tbe men were standing out . T »> ey went to work on the following day , from wb it cause I know not I was told that day that the men wanted a correct I Jam and scV . es for their work . I said I would put a beam an * scales , but not immediately , as I bad other things to do . I also said that tbey should have a beam and scales , but not because tbe men bad applied for them . By tbe bend tbey could only claim to have the machines adjusted , which they have not dose till now . I am not aware that tbey have gone to the cffic ? r of tbe district to have them adjusted . My object in getting tbe scales was to get a greater quantity of coal fox tbe money paid . I did not say that I was determined to enforce the bond , even if the men eould not get a living . I did not say that tbe men could not make a living under the bond . Mr .
Thomas Wood is my employer , and be sanctions these proceedings . [ Mr . Wood was present , and admitted that tbe whole of the owners sanctioned tbe proceedings . Mr . Roberts exclaimed— " Aye , you ' re all in a boat , " upon which the court interfered requesting Mr . Roberts to be more guarded in bis language , and the Learned Gentleman replied with great warmth that be was tbere to show that tbe condnct of tbe owners was cruel and fraudulent , and it was bis duty as an advocate to do so . After some further altercation the examination was continued . 3 I was asked to give the men a clearance and I refused . I refuse now to do so . I know Mr . Scott tbe surgeon . One Andrew Hope iB a prisoner nnw . I don't know that he hasten fined £ l 2 s . I don't know that be hi ! bad two attacks of cholera and one of dysentery .
Re-examined—My opinion 1 b tbat tbe cause of the coals being more foul tbe last three days than formerly , is that the parties were to be brought bere . The men had been less carefuL Previous to tbe boxes taing adopted it was left altogether to tbe discretion of tbe walers , who were men employed in the colliery . The men made an application to have men to overlook tbe walers . I thought it a reasonable request and it was immediately granted , and two men were sent by the
workmen . They had instructions at all times from the mtsters in the first plane and above all things to tbe safety of the men , and to do justice to them . I never bad instructions tbat tbe bend was to be exercised harshly . Tbe increase of the lsyinga-out was ascertained altogether by tbe request of the men and not of the masters . The increase of foul coal and stone during these three days was confined to a few men . Men were not stationed on the part of tbe workmen during the whole ,, but during the chief part of tbe time .
Tee letters of the llth and 14 th of November were then put in to be read , but Mr . Roberts objected that tbey were not evidence . Mr . Marshall did not press their admission . [ The cross-examination of the wretched tool , Heckles , was most amusing . As fact after fact was extracted , and lie after lie was compelled to be swallowed , the suppressed laughter of the jolly fellows in the gallery bnrst forth . The Bench—Worthy men—looked grave , held pens in their hands , with which they sometimes appeared to be , writing something—and whispered to each other , as if they did not like it , but" were determined to do their duty , " that they were . " Property must be respeoted —else what should we do . " } The next two witnesses proved that the three men under trial bad been " called" on the morning of the 24 th Nor ,, and that they did not attend at the pit .
" That is my ease , " said Mr . Marshall . Mr . Roberts then rose to reply . It sow became his high privilege to advance to the Court the arguments and the evidence on whioh he demanded for his clients a verdict of ho&ourable acaaittal . On that bench justice had been often administered by the wisest and most learned Judges of the landmen whose impartial bearing and just judgment ensured respect even from those to whom they conveyed admonition and punishment ; and most fervently did he pray that the Almighty searcher of hearts might guide their decision , in the present
aoBt important ease , to justice and troth . It was his , the speaker ' s , firm conviction , that , if strict justice could be awarded , the persons who sat beside him in the garb of gentlemen—the owners of the Colliery—the prosecutors—men so bitter in their vengeance that their eager appetite was not ^ atisned by the three whom they had already sent to the gloomy cell ; those men would themselves be in tho dock , with their intended viotims as accusers . Gracious God ! of what nature most that thirst be that M three in gaol" would not satisfy ! Were the whole sixty-eight whom they had arrested to bo { immolated within ttw prison walls After , this
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three were another " three" to be w had up " Was the vindictive line to extend till— - [ Here a hurries intimation from the prosecutors was made to Mr . 'Boberts that " the present three for bjx weeks" would satisfy those amiable men—who " subscribe a guinea a year to the hospital , "kneel on morroco hassocks , and call themselves " miserable sinners . " ]
Mr . Roberts continaed—It had been written by our text writers through all history that the greatest safeguard of British liberty was "the trial by jury . " O . I that right we were taught from our childhood , no subject of a British Sovereign could be deprived . How hollow the boast ! His clients were not to have that privilege . It was to be given to the thief , the felon , aud tbe murderer ; while men like those whom he represented—men , against whose fair fame the tongue of slander had never been raised—against whom even the witnesses for the prosecution could not invent a calumny—were to be debarred from its protection . They were be tried , not by their Peers , not by those who had known them in their toil and could judge of their motives ; but by men—gentlemen he meant—pampered in all
the pomp of power , who knew nothing of poverty , save as a picture for a book , and who were taught from their baby-clothes to regard the labouring man , asking for his rights—for liberty to lire , as a rude excrescence on society ; as a " nasty thing" that must be "kept down , " or it" would become intolerable . " Already they had three victims lingering in the gaol which adjoined that Court ; one of them , as appeared by the certificate of that skilful and respectable surgeon , Mr . Soott , had twice , during the short period of six weeks , been attacked with cholera , and once during the same period had suffered from that depressing and often fatal disease—emphatically : called the gaol disease—the dysentery ; his life had been despaired of ; his wife had told him ( Mr . R . ) that she hardly dare indulge the hope of ever seeing him again .
The Chairman here interrupred Mr . Roberts with considerable warmth ; he had heard the allegation before , and had found , on enquiry , that there was no foundation for it . The surgeon of the gaol had stated that one of the men had certainly been attaoked With a . " bowel complaint , " but that he was now quite recovered . Mr . Roberts cared little for the letter of the gaol surgeon . Let them pause ere they added another victim to the black catalogue of judicial crime : let
them recollect , if they had forgotten , the Northleaoh case . Csrcificates and letters , were there plentiful enough . All the officials in that case—in the opinion of each other —were all honourable and amiable men ; and the prisoners were only too healthy ; but the victims died—murdered according to law . Read Mr . Scott ' s certificate ; was not his skill and his honour unimpeached , and unimpeachable . Mr . Marshall here looked at the certificate , and observed that the illness was " within six weeks . "
Mr . Roberts—Within six weeks . In the name of the great God of Justice , I ask you how much disease is to justify an appeal for mercy t M X tell these hard-hearted men "—addressing the prosecutors , who grinned horribly— " I tell them that if this man dies in gaol * the guilt of his murder will be heavy ou their souls . " Interruption from the Bench , which Mr . Roberts checked and proceeded—Why was tho trials of those men so cruelly hurried I In the same day taken from their home and conveyed to dungeons . Was it not known throughout these counties , nay throughout the whole country , that he was engaged as the legal defender of all the pitmen . Why could not the case have been postponed as the present one bad been ?
Another interruption . The- Chairman observed that tho men had never complained of illness , nor applied for postponement . He thought Mr . R . was deficient in courtesy in pressing this liue of argument * Mr . R . disclaimed all feeling of " courtesy" in the matter ; the man's life Was in danger—the straw he was lying upon was probably his death-bed . O , tbe Northleach magistrates ware " courteous" ! After killing their victim , they " buried him with decency 1 "
Several ineffectual attempts were made to stop Mr . R . in these recapitulations—the magistrates did not like it . One poor thin old man rolled about on his seat in agony , throwing his arms up and down , and squeaking out "he would ' nt , " and "he shoutd ' ut , " " well I never , " and" 01 Lord . " Throughout it all , however , Mr . R . proceeded , raising higher and higher , and never stopping till he had thoroughly made himself understood , Mr . Roberts proceeded— What were the simple facts of the present case 2 An agreement had , about the 5 ; h of April last , been signed by the men , which it was impossible for them to fulfil . It never was intended that they should fulfil it ; and they never
had been required to do so till the last fortnight . The agreement provided that for every " quart" of foul coal , stone , &c . found in any one tub ( the tub , it would be recollected , contained six hundred weight of coal ) , the hewer should be fined threepence : this clause , however , had never been enforced till the last fortnight . There were , however , several grounds of complaint which the men had against the owners ; the principal of these waa the fact of a fraudulent weighing-machine having been used , by which tho men were cheated of a large portion of their earnings . Of this they repeatedly complained , but never could obtain any redres 3 . The fraud continued unabated , although promises were made from
time to time that the machine should be adjusted . At last the men determined to stop work , unless their desire for a " beam and soatos" was complied with . Heccles , the viewer , finding that the men were determined , consented to this ; but at the same time told them that he would enforce the " quart " fine . The inoa , however , on the advice of himself and Mr . Beesley , still went to work . At the same time jhey sent one of their body to a magistrate for a summons against the owners for wages—some fines that had been unjustly inflicted , in order to bring their whole grievances before the magistrates for their decision : the man had . been sent . The magistrate was applied to ; the summons was refused :
by one of the very magistrates who now adorned the Bench ; sitting there to administer impartial justice . Still the men worked on—justice had been dented to them , but they still worked on . They had lost all confidence in the magistrates , but their confidence in tbemBelyes , in the power of truth and the justice of Heaveni grew stronger . They worked on then ; and what followed ? Let them listen , and think of the three martyrs in gaol . The " quart" fine waa enforced : twenty two shillings were robbed from one mant for fines for two days—the man who was in gaol—the very man who was dying there . A burst of horror from the body of the Court , stopped Mr . R . for a few moments , as he shrieked out the last part of his speech .
Mr . R . continued—That man ' s earnings for the two days had not been five shillings . Another had been fined eight shillings—another fire shillings : scores had been fined more than they earned . He would prove every tittle of the monstrous fraud ; and for disobeying this agreement—for refusing to work under these terms—flixty-eight persons had been taken into custody . Mr . Marshall ' s assertion that because the men had signed the bond , they were bound to abide by it , might be true so far as a civil action was concerned , bnt no person in his senses could contend that a
man committed a crime who declined attempting what waa impossible . He would prove that above the good coal in the pit , and immediately connected with it , were strata averaging more than twenty inches of grey stone and foul coat , the whole of which came down into the tubs as the hewer was filling them : besides this there was what was called " black brass , " which being the colour of tho coal , it was next to impossible tor the workman to avoid putting into the tubs .: He would produce a witness who would prove a declaration by me of the owner ' s' agents that moro than half of the tubs would be "laid out" if the " quart" fine wore enforced . Then as to tho weighing maohine : testimony
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i would be adduced that , time after time , the men had complained of it . Mr . Heooles had himself admitted his opinion that it was incorrect ! and he ( Mr . R . ) would prove that one of the agents had said that " it would vary nine pounds either way . " Were these the standards by whioh labour was to be paid ! It had been said by the advocate on the other side that the Acts of Parliament ) requiring weighing machines to be examined and stamped by an inspector , did not apply to the present instance , but merely to cases where " goodsV were " sold . " What a wretched quibble was this ! The Legislature , knowing the frauds that were committed by false weights and measures ! , passed an Act for their prevention and punishment : and now we were told
that though ali the articles ] which gave comfort to affluence—all the articles which rich men bought and sold , were to be subjected to the protection of this law , yet that labour , which was the source of them all—the foundation of wealth—was to be deprived of it : labour , without which they who were there to doom would be even pooror than their viotims . If men were to be sent to prison for refusing to work by a machine , was it not reasonable that the machine should be perfect t The > men bad been taunted with their ignorance —taunted by the very tyrants who profited by it : they wereshrew | d enough , however , to know when they wove cheated . But if they were ignorant , on whom ought the blame to fall ? What had the clergy been doing in this ,
the richest Ecclesiastical county in the kingdom 1 The clergy were ready ( enough to act as magistrates ; why not do something to remove that ignooranoe which they professed so grievously to deplore ? Time would show that the pitmen were not the ignorant creatures they had been represented . He ( Mr . R . ) had now been in constant , in hourly , intercourse with them for more than four months ; and he declared that in the whole time he had not met a single instance of a desire , on the part of the workmen , to take an unfair advantage of the owHor . All the fraud and extortion and tyranny had been ou the other side . The next point on which he ( Mr . R . ) relied was the fact , that , in no one single instance , had the bond been fulfilled with regard to the time
of payment of wages ; in every case a week s wages had been kept in hand' by the owners . , The men would have submitted to this ; practioally , the effect might be trifling ; but when a master sought strictly to enforce a bond against a servant , it behoved him , in the first plaoe , to shew that he had strictly complied with it himself . The master who had not paid his workmen to the latest moment , and to Che uttermost farthing , had no right to send that servant to gaol . Mr . Roberts then went into several other clauses of the bond , to shew their injustice . Rather than return to work on that bond , the whole of the men , not merely the ; three under trial—not merely tho sixty-eight in the warrants , bat the whole of them—every hewer in the colliery , were ready to go to prison . iThey avowed it openly . He was there to avow it for them . Could there
possibly be a more solemn iassurance of their innocence than that ! In conclusion he called upon them to recollect that the prosperity of the coal trade was at stake ; the very safety of the Colliers might depend upon their important decision . If the Magistrates would not do justica to the pitmen , the latter had come , to a solemn determination to do justice to themselves . Prisons would not deter them . It was the test of virture that torture could not swerve it . He would now ' call his witnesses—they would prove all that he had advanced—and though he did not professa to rely on a favourable decision by the Magistrates—they were too intimately dependant on the coal trade for hint to indulge much hopeyet he knew the eventual result would be beneficial to the mighty cause he advocated , and a homage to justice and to virtue . 1
The above is but an outline of Mr . Roberts '? speech : much of it we have be en compelled to omit by want of space . It jwas listened to throughout with breathless attention , except when interrupted by tho magistrates . These gentry evidently did not know what to do . Once or twice they m * de a sort of a move to leave the ; Court ; but just aa they got tojthe door it Beemed to strike them all on a heap , ( particularly the thin Old man with a squeaking voice ) , that that would not do : then they ran back again . One of them held up a pen , and said" he should Btop and do his duty . * ' Altogether the thing beggared description . The jolly fellows in the gallery thought it was all " splendid . " There was no restraining their enthusiasm . We must give the continuation of the proceedings next week . Suffice it for the present , that after darkness had set iu and Mr . Roberts , in reply to the Magistrates , as to whether he had any other
evidence " of a different complexion , " had avowed that he intended to essnmine the whole of the hewers on tbe colliery ; after this startling announcement—for the number of hewers is between three and four hundred—aad some farther discussion , in which some warmth was shown , and angry expressions exchanged between the Bench and Mr . Roberts , and propositions of adjournment and of agreement between the masters and men were made , the case was ultimately adjourned till Friday , at ten o ' olock , in order to . give time for the parties to come to some ( arrangement , or to proceed with the case , th « Chairman at the same time declaring that in acaie like this , where large bodies of men were banded together in open defiance of the law , and of the peace of the district , and after what had come out in the case , the magistrates would fitill not bold themselves bound by any compromise which the parties might come to .
Tuesday passed in a [ similar manner , but more stormily than before ; and the further consideration of the case was adjourned till the following Wednesday . What the result will be no one can tell or speculate upon . The caae is looked upon aa allimportant throughout the coal countries . We will give the conclusion next ) Saturday ,
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Leeds . —Mr . David Biosa will deliver two lectures to-morrow ( Sunday ) afternoon , at half-past two o'clock , and in the evening , at half-past six , at the Bazaar , Briggate . j Bradford . —On Sunday evening , the members of the Chartist council will meet in the large room , Butterworth-buildings , at half-past five o'clock .. The Chartists of Bowling Back-lane , will meet in the Association Room , at ten o ' clock in the mowing , and two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Little Horton , will meet in the school-room , Park-place , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , aud at two iu the afternoon , when a writing class will be formed , j The Chartists of New Leeds will meet in their room on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and at two in the afternoon . 1
The Chartists of the Central Locality will meet in their room , on Sunday morning at ten o ' clock . j The Chartists of Manninghatn , will meet in the Association Room , on j Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and at two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Thompson's Houses will meet in their room , on Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock . The Chartists of George's-street , will meet on Sunday morning , [ at ten o ' clock , on business of importance . !
Leeds Free Trade Demonstration In Aid Of The Great League Fund Of £100,000. J
LEEDS FREE TRADE DEMONSTRATION IN AID OF THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND OF £ 100 , 000 . j
AT a very numerous and most enthusiastic MEETING of the FRIENDS of FREE TRADE , held in the Music Hall , on Wednesday , the 13 th December Instant , ;
THE WORSHIPFUL THE MAYOR IN THE CHAIR : — It was unanimously resolved , Moved by J . G . Mabshall , Esq ., Seconded by Mr . Alderman Lupton , Supported by Hr . Ashwobth , Esq ., of Bolton . That , in the deliberate opinion of this Meeting , the Corn Laws have produced the most ruinous effects on tho manufactures and trade of this country—have restricted international exchange , engendered hostile commercial legislation on the part of ether countries , and fostered rival manufactures—have mocked the hopes of the farmer ] in years of abundance , and in periods of scarcity have injuriously affected all classes—and at the same time only afford a delusive
protection to the landowner . That whilst , by these means , the physical condition of the people has been deteriorated , a far more serious evil has been created , by alienating tbe operative from the wealthy and governing classes , by impeding social improvement , and loosening the bonds of sooial order . That regarding Free Trade as tbe most powerful means of promoting mutual dependance and good will among nations , —this Meeting holds the Corn Laws aa obstructive to the diffusion of peace and happiness throughout the world ; it therefore feels called on to record its unqualified condemnation of the Corn Lftws , —its solemn deprecation of all participation in their injustice , and its earnest determination to seek , 'by all legitimate means , to remove from the statute booktb's foct stain on Us .
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honour and purity , —this fatal precedent of vicious legislation . . Moved by Mr . Councillor : Cahbdtt . Seconded by Geoboe Wise , Esq . Supported by Richaud Cobdbn , E ? q ., M . P , That viewing all dutie 3 on the import of food , whether fixed or sliding , as a common wrong , looking at the imminent danger of a more stringent retaliatory policy , on the park of foreign states , and holding aa unfounded the feara expressed , that tree trade will raiDOusly depress the priee of . agricultural produce , this meeting considers the total and immeaiateabolition of the Corn Laws as the only safe and just measure , whether it regards the rights of tbe consumer , the prosperity of manufactarci and commerce , or the vindication of those righteaOB principles of commercial policy which thesa laws have so long outraged .
Moved by Fbedbjuck Bainbs . Esq . ijoonded by Johk Wilkinson , Esq . Supported fey Johh Bright , Esq ., M . P . On the motion of Alderman Lupton , seconded by Alderman Goodjmpj , the thanks of the meeting were given by acclamation to John Marshall * Esq ., for his manifioienfc subscription . That entirely approving the conduct of the Council of the League in the ose of the £ 50 , 000 fund plac i at its disposal last year , by the Anti-Corn Law Associations of Great Britain ; and lecognising in its past condnct most ample and satisfactory guarantees for tho wise and just appropriation of the fund of £ 100 , 000 , which it now solicits , this meeting reselves forthwith to originate & subscription in aid at that fund , and appoints the following gentlemen a committee , to take suoh steps asarencreasaty ; with power to add to their number .
Moved by H . H . Stansfeib , Esq . Seconded by Mr . Cjuncillor Barrett . That the cordial thanks of this meeting are hereby respectfully tendered to the Deputation of the Anti-Corn Law Leagae for their presence and valuable services on this occasion ; and whilst it offers to r . Jl its tribute of gratHnde and admiration for the zeal and ability witn which they haveadvocated the principles of Free Trade , it would present them with marked emphasis to Richard- CSbden , Esq ., M . P . and John Bright , Esf , M . P ., for the moral courage and the consummate tact and talent with wb > oh they have met the advocates of monopoly in their strongholds , surrounded by their tenants and dependants ; thus proving their firm and conscientious reliance oa the truth of their principles , and by the eminent success which has attended their efforts , justifying their position as the exponents of the nation ' s opinion and will on the vital question of Free Trade .
HAMER STANSFELD , Chairman . The Mayor having left the chair , it was taken bj J . G . Mabshaix , Esq ., and On the motion of John Bright , Esq ., M . P ., Resolved by acclamation , That the best thanks of this meeting be presented to his Worship , the Mayor , for presiding on this occasion ; and for the very efficient manner in which he has conducted the proceedings .
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The Subscription List will remain open for a short time longer , so as to afford every one an opportunity of subscribing ; and for the convenience of such Persons , and also of those who have not yet paid their Subscriptions , the Secretary will attend daily at No . 20 , Commercial Buildings , to receive the same . Subscriptions may also be paid to Mr . S . Birchall , the treasurer , No . 4 , Albion-Street . Every Subscrber of £ 1 and upwards , or any number unitedly subscribing the same sum , will , after payment , have forwarded to them weekly , for a twelvemonth , a copy of '' The League" Newspaper . Parties Who have subscribed anonymously are requested to send their Name 3 and Address to Mr . Biogley , at 20 , Commercial Buildings , in order that " The League" may be forwarded to them . The following is a List of Subscriptions received at and since the Meeting : — DONATIONS TO THE GREAT LEAGUE FUND OF £ 100 , 000 . £ s d Messrs Marshall and Co £ 00 0 0 John Marshall , E ? q 300 0 0 £ 100 each—Stansfeld , Brown and Co-, Park Row ; Win . Lupton and Co . ; Wilkinson and Co ; P . Fair , bairn , Wellington-street . £ 50 each—Beverley and Simpson ; Win . Pawson ; E . Baines and Sons , Mercury Office ; Jao . Waddingham ; Benj . Walker . £ 30—Geo . Goodman , Pottetnewton ; Robert Walker ; Luccock , Lupton and Co .
£ 25—Robt . Jowett and Sons , W . B . Holdsworth . and C > . ; Joseph and Wb , Walker ; S . J , Birohall and Co . i Newman Cash . £ 20—H . H . Stansfeld , Headingly ; John Shepard , Park-square ; C . G . Maclea , 17 , Blenheim-terrace ; David Crowther , Churweil ; Francis Carbutt ; Buckten and Sous . j SIO 10 s . —A . and D * Webster , Wellington-street J John . Dickinson and Son , Water-lane ; J . and T . Roffitt , Kirkstall-road ; Croysdale Brothers , Leeds ; Wm . Hornby , Leeds .
£ 10 . —Anonymous , 21 , Park-lane ; Anonymous , 42 , MilWiill ; G . Peitch , 168 ; Wellington-street ; Christopher Heaps , Woodhouse Cliff ; A Friend , per J . Wilkinson , Flax Spinner ; Matthew Gaunt , Solicitor , Leeds ; Misses Stansfelds , Headingley ; Isaiah Dizon and Sons , Bond-street ; Thos . George and Sons , Spring-gardens ; Joseph Gil ) , Headingley ; J . N ,, Birstai ; James Hotbsm , Bridge-end ; P . Wolff , Woolstaplor ; Joseph Hirst , Eldon-terrace ; James Ogle , Lady-lane ; Thomas Haigh , Newlay . £ 6 63 . —W . and T . Kettlewell , Briggate .
£ 5 5 s . —J . L ., 3 , Park-place ; F . Hobson , Leeds Times Office . £ 6 . —An Advocate of Free Trade in Corn Hydeterrace ; John Wales Smith , York-place ; Joseph Shackleton , Wortley ; Joseph Riper , Holbeok Thomas Nunueley , East-parade ; Mrs . A . Titley , juU ., 25 , York-place ; -A . Titley , sen ., ditto ; John Kenworthy , 7 , South-parade ; R . B . Watson , 7 , Bond-Btreet ; Richard Bayldon , Hunslet ; Henry Robinson , Chapel town ; Joseph Bates , Albion-street ; Mrs . H . R . Stansfeld ; A Friend ; JohnBrownbridge , Mann ' s Field , Holbeck ; John Greaves , Brunswickstreet ; John Varley , Folley , Hunslet ; R . and B . Wilson , Bramley ; Boyle , Gill , and Co .,
Meadowlane ; Rev . Charles Wicksteed , Blenheim-square ; Rev . Josh . Fox , Brunswick-place , 2 nd sub . j W Hewitson , Hunslet ; Jonathan Shackleton , Holbeck . £ 4—Arthur Lupton , Jan ., Headingly ;; Thomas Laycock , 1 , St . Jamea ' s-atreat , £ 3—Anonymous , 8 , Albion-street ; John Maude , 14 , Greek-screet ; P . Kettlewell , 12 , Briggate ; Robert Bewley , Woodhouse Lane ; A Friend , 17 , Bank-street . £ 2 10 a . —John Wilson , Bramley . ' £ 2 2 s . —Thomas Dawson , 12 , Warwick-place j William Lupton , 24 , Bedford-place ; William Dennison , West-street ; John Wilkinson , Springfieldplace ; R . andJ . Harrison , 46 , Hunslet-lano ; F . B .,
28 , Springfield-place ; Richard Gardner , Bridge End ; G . B . Pearson , Holbeok ; T . and W ., 47 , Basinghall-street ; Alfred Biibrougn , Gildersoms ; Isaac Thompson , Knostrop ; Samuel Carr , Dewsbury Road j Matthew Hep worth , Vicar-lane ; C . L ., 2 . Park-place . £ 2—Wm . Simpson , 2 , Trinity-street ; H . Marcos , Basinghall-street ; A . Naylor , Basinghall-street ; John Bilborough , Gildersome ; A Friend , 9 , Brunswiok-place ; Wm . Kemp , Wortley-lane ; Thomas Stephens , Sussex Tavern ; Thomas S . Dickinson , Guildford-street ; W . Holroyd , Park-lane ; James Bilbrough ^ Gildersome ; M . Jarvis , Basinghall-street ; W . Avens , Lisbon-street .
£ 1 10 s—Thomas Chadwick , 13 , Bridge-street ; Edward Atkinson , Trafalgar-street . £ 1 1—John Harrison , 6 , Meadow-lane ; George Mason , Wellington-street ; Joseph Shackleton , Wortley ; William Wade , Pndsey ; J . Gilpin , Burmantofta ; S . G ., 19 , Rockingham-street ; George Brook , 75 , East-street ; W . W . F ., 6 , South-parade ; George Edward Taylor , Oatlands Mill ; C . M . Brow a , 12 , Kirkgate ; John Topbam , Calllane ; Thomas W . Stansfeld , Headingley ; John Land , Briggate ; William BiJltngton , Newlay ; Thomas Harvey , Briggate ; George G . Cnmjningg , Craven Cottage , near Bow , London : John Darby , Trafalgar-street ; J . B . Robinson , 173 , Briggate ; H . Higgins , 38 , Albion-street ; Jonathan Haigb . 3 .
Park-buildings ; Matthew Glew , Foundry Inn , Holbeck ; D . G . B ., 19 , Oxford-street ; John Carr , Hunslet ; Charles Marston , 20 , Duncan-street ; Samuel Rowley , Headingley ; Jos . Wood , Bramley ; George Broadbent , Vicar-lane ; Josiah Carr , 18 , Brunswick-street ; John Kirk , Meadow-lane ; RobL CampbeU , 27 , Caroline-strcat ; S . H . Spence , Kirkgate : W . Robinson , School Close ; Richard Heaps , 1 Wslst ; John G . Thornton , 35 , Boar-lane ; Joseph Hopton , dyer , Skinner-lane ; X . Y . Z ., drysalter . Bilham-eourt ; R . Pollock , Bishopgate-street ; Wm . Illingworth , Crown Point ; Samuel Stead , Holbesklane ; Joseph Broadbent , Knostrop ; Jeremiah , Sowry , 29 , Commercial-street : S . Warbartsn , Hunslet ; John Hudson . Lisbon-street ; T . Eotherby 18 , Lowerbead-row ; Tnos . Fotherby , 9 , Bank-8 teeetjWm , Jagger , Wortley : B . Bradshaw , BramIey ,
War * Thompson , Paradise , Hunslet ; H . W . Walker , 26 , Briggate ; Samuel Croft , Wafer-lane ; T , Stenson , Riohmond-street ; T . Gamble , Kirkstall-road ; John Watson , Holbeck ; Richard Bissington ; Briggate ; William Thisilewalte , 12 , Swinegste ; J . Annlstead . Bridge End ; Joseph Bray , 40 . Sf . PauJ ' B-rtreet s rViUiam Hinningsf Pudsey ; William A . Oatea , butcher . Dyer-street . ¦ . ' £ 1-Mr . Shaen , Solicitor , Park Row ; Mrs . Bewley , St . Mark ' s Cottage ; J . K ., 120 . Northstreet ; William Hall , Victoria Road ; John Nayler , Low Road , Hunslet ; Matthew Lawton , Wortiey ; Miss Bewley ; W . E . Hepper , Wortley \ J . B ., Hunslet Mill ; Roger Shackleton , Wortley ; Joseph Lupton , Armley ; William Haworth , 39 , Albion-street j '—< ,.. No . 2 » St . Peter ' s-bill ; Henry Oxley , 9 , Elmwooderove ; R > Richardson , 83 , Briggate ; Wm . Shaokletan , Mill-green , Holbeok ; William . Storey , Hunslet ; James Combe , 8 , Beech-grove .
The Colliers.
THE COLLIERS .
To The Working People.
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TOL- VII- NO . 318 . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 16 / 1843 . PRIC % ™ 'S ^ ^ SI * "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1843, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct959/page/1/
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