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Monday , Juhe 5, House Of Lords .—Austei...
Sentleaian went thrown the corresp ^ noe ^ Meh « £ * pltn b « W « a Lord W- ^ - 'S t « S * tke eoEt » M that tha " ™ ° j ^^ S a feeling government of Spate wm ^ "J ^ -t oI tuatcounof Irritation on the partoi iae governs try toiwrdi En gland . p-taeMton . interfarence , fsS S-SSdesn had , during the last ^ . L tiott warned the Spanish government agaiait ZT S out ™ au attempt to slight the Queen of ? . ! o He lauded the noble Secretary to foreign Af-&? W e « l PoU = f . *** declared his conviction that , ^ ng htm for all and all , his qualifications as Foreign Minis ter were unexceptionable . LordMAHOH regretted that this case had been brought before the boats until the negotiation had bsea conrinded
. , „ . „ _ _ , Lard J , Russell defended the conduct of Sir H . Bolder aad said tbat the government were prepared to take the responsibility of the whole proceedings on themgelvef . He thoug ht L ^ rd Fd merstoa had acted properly in aot involving the natioa in a serious quarrel on ae . cosntof thle affront , and that the hon . number who brought the motion forward should have chosen a time when negociatioas were not pending between tbe representatives of Spain in this country , andbsr Msjestj s go-Tenncent . . Mr BlESAitl complained that after the perpetration of 60 Violent and unjust'fiible an outrage ou Sir H . Bulwtr , tke government should enter into negociations with Spain . If there was aay man who , more than another , was competent te carry out those matters in a businesslike way , it was tard Palmerston ; but the noble lord
took ' up the dangerous principle of liberalism—a principle which he carried throughout all states , from Athens to Madrid , aad which created confusion in every country . Sir R . Ikglis eonsidered that this was a proceeding Sn pSJBlleled In the histsiy of nations . He severely commented on the policy of Lord Palmerston . "Whatever might be said as to the matter of the Interference , he ( Sir R . Inglis ) believed that for the first time in diplomatie affairs the noble lord had not confined his confidential communication to fee minister of tke court of Spain , but bad authorised Its ' cemmuuicatioa to an individual , who of all htr sex had obtained the rsost notoriety , and who was of ell persons the least calculated toreceivs the confidence of this country . ( Sear . ) Why should that COnfldeatWl Utter have ^ beca directed to be commauicated to the Qieeu-Hottier . He ( Sir R . Inglis ) begged to ask what the noble lord would think if the Spanish minister at the court should be authorised not merely to appeal to
him as the minister of the crown , or to the gracious savereign Of these realms , but to the Queen Dowager or the Dacheif Of Kent f ( 'Sear ' and a . Isngh . ) There was no inconsistency in the analogy he ( Sir R . Ingils ) had drawn ; and ha contended that the proceeding was hot only irrsgalar in itself , bat was still more irregular in the mode In which it had been carried into tfiect . He Seld that the note ef the 16 th March was wholly uncalled for and uauEcessary , because on that very day Sir H . Bolwer intimated that all the noble lerd desired would be accomplished by leaving the Spanish government to the exercise of their own discretion . But after the nota had been thrown back in the face of the noble lord ' s agent , tke noble lerd wrote that her majesty ' s govern , meat were not at all offended . The first note might have been wr itten by a * BobadU , ' while the last was worthy of ancient' Pistol ; ' and indeed the noble lord , like Pistol , ' had ( wallowed the leek .
Sir R . Peel thought that no blame attached to the nobis lord fortheadviea he had tendered to the Spanish tOTernmrnt . but that the mods and meaner in -which that advice had been tendered was unfortunate . But taking all the circumstances of the transaction Into consideration , it would ba impriitic to visit this offence—if o 5 enes it was coasia ' ered—with so heavy a penalty as the Censure of the British Huose of Commons . Jiord Pabskstok adopted tho act of Sir Henry Balwer , end took upon himself the responsibility of his commuaicationto the Spanish government , although at the sanse time he stated that his note was intended as a test for the sentiments which Sir Henry Bulwer was to express , and not for communication to the Soke of
Sotomayor . Mr Baskss then consented to withdraw his motion , but it was put from the chair and negatived without a division .
TUESDAY , JcsiE 6 . THE HOUSE OF LORDS sat for twe hours , but the business wa * of no public Importance . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Jdvekiie Popdlatiok or the Hstbofolis . —Lord Ashlbt brought under the notice of tie house the lamentable state of a portion of the juvenile population of the metropolis , fsr the purpose ef inducing the government to provide annually for the voluntary emigration to some oaa of her Majesty ' s colonies of s certain number of young persons of both texes who have been educated in the schools ordinarily called ' ragged schools' in and about the metropolis . He brought thejsubjectforivard atpreseatprincipally with a view of exciting the general interest ou a matter that most become one of the most stirring questions tha tcould occupy the atteation of parliament , ( Hear . ) He believed
be might assume that the evil was acknowledged , though It was not fully estimated . The evil was peculiar in every respect , aud it must be met by peculiar means . The belief generally entertained on the subject was , that the wandering vagabonds in their streets were a few isolated persons , who could ba easily extinguished by a little exertion ou the part of the police , or at least reformed . A little isquiry , however , showed that thus persons formed a totally distinct class , with habits , pursuits , and callings peculiarly their own : they fre . qusntedthe game retreat , and dwelt in the same localities—for though they were ever shifting as individuals , th $ y w & ie stationary u a class — where they per . pstuated and multiplied their disorderly and filthy life ; The first consideration that arose was , ss to the pro . bscle number of this particular class . It was sot aa
easy matter to arrive at a correct estimate as to their cumbers , but from ell the Inquiries he was able to make he should say that the class of naked , filthy , deserted , roving , UvbUm persons , the very seed plot of the crime of the metropolis , was not less than 30 , 000 . He meant tills particular class as diitinct from the ordinary poor , snd he believed that 30 , 000 was below the real numbers . He would now state what the peculiar habits and pursuits ef this class were—tbe nature of their dwellings — -be might say ia a word , their natural history . Upon ta examination of fifteen schools the number of persons in the books amounted to 2 , 345 , whose ages ranged be . twees five and seventeen years . The average attendance , to » ever , was not more than 1 , 600 . Of theie , 162 , or one-tenth , confessed that they were in prison several times ; 116 had run away from home ; 170 slept ia
lodging-houses , which were the nests of everything abo-Billable that the mind ef man could conceive ; 25 S confessed that they lived altogether by begging ; 216 had no ahoei or stockings : 280 hid no caps , hits , cr bonnets ; 101 hid no linen ; 2 i 9 newr slept in abed . He could say ef his owa knowledge that many of the children could not recollect that they ever slept in bed . 98 were the children of convicts ; 125 had stepmothers , to whom Slight be traced much ef the misery that drove the children of the poor to the commission of crime ; 38 S bad lost one or both of their parents , the larger proportion having lost both . The average attendaaee in ail tha schools last year was about 4 , 800 . Of these 400 confessed they had been in prison , G 60 lived by brggtng , 278 were the children of convicts , aad 800 had lost one or both of their parents . With respect to the employ .
meet of this class , they might ba distributed into street awetpars , venders of lucifers , sellers of oranges , cakes , and providers for marine stores , which—hon . members might not ba a * are of the fact—was the euphonous term for tbe receivers of stolen geods . ( Hear . ) The house would like to know how these persona passed their lives , aad how they found shelter against tha wind and weather—under arches , bridges , viaducts , porticoes , tbeds , arts , and outhouses ; some slept in the open air , and some ia lodging houses . He recollected ahoy who told him that last year , during the inclement part of the winter , ha panad a great portion of Mi time is the iron roller in theRegent ' g . park . ( Laughter . ) And to show the sympathy and good feeling which may exist , even amongst this class , he told a companion that he would let him in for a good thing , and communicated to him
the secret of the roller , and for the remainder of the winter both of them passed ni ght after might in the iron roller , ( Hear . ) He would now read to tbe house a description of the lodging-houses , those abominable sinks of all iniquity , where many of these persons slept . It vas the description of a City missionary , end it was by no means exaggerated . Heasys ' thepartour —for be it observed they always speak in euphonouB language ' measures eighteen feet by tea ; beds are ranged on each aide , composed of straw , rags and shavings . Here , ia this room , are twenty-seven males and females , and tiirty . one children— fifty . etght human beings in this contracted space , from which light and air are systematically excluded . It is impossible to give a just idea of the state of the place . The quantity of vermin is astonishing . Ia a few momenta I felt them dropping on
ayhatfromtheceOlng ; they may be gathered in handfols . Of water there is nefhing ef the sort ; and one of the inmate * broke a lamp in order to be sent to prison , which he knew would paocure him a cleansing . ' ( Hear . ) Many ef these lodgiag-ionses were exclusively receptacles for boys and girls of a tender age . He need a » t state te tha house what was the result of such a gtate of things , and what a variety of circumstances itood in the way of any aoral improvement . He be-Beved that seven-tenths of the crime of the metropolis was perpetrated by persons living In these lodgingbouse * . The magistrates of Warwick and the authorities of Brighton made reports to the same effect . It vrai not alone ia the lodging-houses that temptations to ¦ vice existed . Even in the outer air boys were exposed to Influences whieh were so deleterious to their morals as
to reader aay escape hopeless . He would read a description of a ceart which he saw himself ; it was only a sample out of hundreds of others . In one there were enly three privies to 300 houses ; two to 200 in another , n those places scenes of the most shocking character trtra of daily occurrence , so that all sense of modest ; was entirely lost . ( Hear , hear . ) In soma places Bereral families lived ia one room , aad where one family were to fortunate aa to hare a room to themselves the adalu and the children lay together , so that cleanliness was impossible , and scenes of filth , misery , and vice ware frequent . ( Hear , hear . ) This description would give the house some idea of the places where these children dwelt , because thia peculiar race was found in al . eost all instances in tha most filthy , destitute , and unknown parts of the metropolis—places seldom trod by a per « n of decent habits . LHear , hear . ) Thsss locali-
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ties were mostly In the neighbourhood of uncovered sewers , stagnant ditches , and nightman ' s yards , froaa whioh tbe soil was seldom or never removed . It was aot possible for any language to convey an adequate Idea of the poisonous condition of these places , oecasloaed by the mass of putrlfyiug matter . These statements were by no mesas an exaggeration of tho facts , ( Hear , hear . ) He would not assert them if he was not able to do so on Us owa pMioa & l authority ; for after losing his electloa la 1846 , he devoted a portioa of his time to see what the poor were doing la those hauats ( vhich were untrod by any decent person . That evil was peculiar , required a peculiar remedy , and coaldaot bo dealt with by the ordinary sgeaeies . His propoaition , therefore , was that the government should agree to take from the ragged schools 1 . 000 children annually , —590 boys and 500 girls , —and transplant them at tha public expensa to her Majesty ' s colonies in South Austrat the
lia . He mentioned South Australia because Iwas colony in which there was at present the greatest de . mand for labour . He proposed that this transplantation should be the reward giveu to the childrea for good conduct ia the ragged schools ; but he left it to the government to provide a test for the amount of education which each child must receive before ha was qualified to be transplanted . The advantagss of such > scheme would be Indescribable , for It would give atoaee a strik ing and permanent stimulus to tha lower class of the population in these islands ; it would enable the chlldren thus rescued from vice and degradation to assame the rank of honest men and women and of religious Christians ; and it would tend to equalise the frightful disparity between the two sexes which existed at present in the Australian colonies . He concluded by movin * a resolution in conformity with the statements iu his speech .
Sir H . Vehhei seconded the motion , and expressed a hope that the proposition of Lord Ashley would not be limited to London , but would be extended to ths large towns ani rural districts . Sir G . Gasy observed , that It waa impossible to lieten without deep feeling of emotion to the very iateresting narrative jast delivered by Lord Ashley . He was sorry that he could not controvert the statements which his lordship had made of the wretches condition of a largo portion of the youthful population of the metropolis and other large towns , in which many , ehildren , though living in a Christian country , were springing up to maturity withont Christian principle * and Christian motives , and were daily entering upon a new sareer ot miiery and crime . He admitted the great beneHt
already conferred oa the public by those ragged schools , and had no daubt the system might be 'followed up with great advantage . To the principle of the propoel . tion of hi « noble friend he had no objection , aad should not oppose any reasoaable expense for removing to the colonies cases selected on the grouud of good conduct , aad prior to their being actuaUy convicted of crime . He hoped , however , that his noble friend would withdraw his motion , and not seek to pledge Parliament to the expenditure of an annual sum of money without haviag' before them any detailed plan of operations , resting satisfied with the assurance that the government srere of opinion that some such plan would not only be beneficial to the parties , but te those colonies also to which they might be transmitted . After some discussion .
Mr Hawes said , it was the intentioa of the government to apply a small portion of the £ 10 , 000 intended to be applied v . lth a view to promote a free emigration to Van Diemen'i Land , to transfer some of the parties referred to by the noble lord to the colonies . He hoped , therefore , the noole lord would give time to the government to consider of some plan for carrying oat the views of the noble lord in the most efficient manner . Lord Ashlkt said he should , after what had fallen from Sir G . Grey , withdraw bis motion . Themoilon was accordingly withdrawn . The house adjournsd at & quarter to one o ' clock ; , WEDNESDAY , Joke 7 . HOUSE OP COMMONS . —The house was occupied with the Killing of Hares Bill , the Chnreh Sites BUI , and similar matters , in tho course of the sittbg the folUwwlag conversatlan took place on
The Case of Mb Mitchei . — Sir W . Vmws wished to put a qaestlen to the right hon . baronet the Secretary for the Home department , He wished to know whether he had heard , or if there was any truth in the report , that John Mitchei , when pat onboard" the Shearwater steam-vessel to be conveyed to Spike Island , had been entertained by the officers ef the veesel , placad at their table , and partook of their mess , and had besn treated on board not as a convicted felon , but as a passenger ? He ( Sir W Yerner ) shoald be sorry to stand in the way of proper attention being paid to a person ia Mltchel ' s position , but be could not understand why he , in the situation of a convicted felos , should be placed at the table of officers in her Majesty's service . ( Hear , hear . )
Sir G . Gbet was afraid be could not give the hon . membsr any specific information oa the subject ; All he knew was , tbat Mitchei was placed on board the Shear , water by order ef the Lord-Lieutenant , to be conveyed ta Spike island , which was a convict depot , and that the Shearwater made her passage there in ono night , and after leaving Mitchei there immediately returned to Dublin . He had no formal or official information on the matter to which the question referred , but certainly a report had reached him that one of the officer * of the Shearwater bad invited Mitchei to breakfast on the morning the vessel wag on her passage ; but he was also informed this officer was aot the commander of the vetsel ( who was only a lieutenant ) , but was , he believed , the assistant surgeon . He had called the atteation of the First Lord of the Admiralty to the statement of the occurrence as he had received it , and he had no doubt Ms noble friend had taken those measures which he thought were fit to be pursued in the matter . ( Hear , hear . )
A question having been put as towhea theBerough Elections BUI would be proceeded with , Lord Joes Rcseelt , expressed his anxiety for the progress of the measure , but could net consent to giving np a day for that purpose uatil the question of the Navigation Laws had been dispssed of . Colonel Sibthobp Intimated amidst much laughter , that he should propose that the City of London should be included ia the bill ; after which the house adjeuraed . THURSDAY Joke 8 . In tha HOUSE OF LORDS , the Earl of EAaaawar moved the seeoad reading of a bill for extending over the whole of the country generally the provisions oithe Act compelling Licensed Victuallers in London to close their houses during the hours of divine service on Sundays . The bill which was supported byLordsBaouonAH , Campbell , £ iknaisd , and Whabiccliff £ , was read a second time . The house then adjourned .
HO ¥ SE OF COMMONS . — The Conduct op tub Police im Bishop Bonhtb / b Fuing . —Mr Geosqe Thompson wished to put a question to the right honourable baronet , of which he had given him notice . He prajed the atteation of the house for one or two moments , In order that he might be enabled distinctly to state the reasons which had iadaced him to ask tho question which he shoald presently propound to the right hon . baronet . The Sfsazes intimated to the hon . member that he most eonfiae himself entirely to ths question which he { steaded to put .
Mr G Thohpson . —The nature of the question was this : he had to ask the right hon . baronet whether he was in possession , from any quarter , of information alleging that on Sunday last , the 4 th instant , certain oatrages had been inflicted by tbe police upon peaceable , loyal , and well-coaditioaed iadividuals living iu the neighbourhood of the Tower Hamlets . ( Hear , hear , and partial laughter . ) He put the question because he held the testimony ia his hand of sixty witnesses , all of whom ha had reason to believe were respectable persons following decent occupations—maay of them are respectable inhabitants , and shopkeepers ia the Tower Hamlets . Their testimony was consistent and concurrent , aad agreed la this , that the most brutal outrages were committed by the police , not only la Bishop Bonner ' s Fields , bat even mora thaa a mile from the
scene where the Chartist outrages took place ; and they stated , tbat unless the government instituted a searching inquiry into all tha fiscti of the case , and adopt meant ta prevent the recirrence of similar outrages for the future , that great dissatisfaction would continue to exist in that neighbourhood . In putting this question to the hon . haroaet , he begged te assure him and the house that he had no sympathy with violent language and disaffection , He simply asked the question , at the request of his constituents , who had placed an amount of evidenee ia his hands , which deserved the serious consideration of the government , and he was sure the government would be of his opinion when they were ia possession of the facts which stated that , t a his opinion , but one feeling was entertained in the neighbourhood—namel y , that the conduct of the police wesmost brutal , and as barbarous as ever beheld . ( Hear , hear . )
Sir G , Gbet said , he had certainly received several letters complaining of the conduct of the police on the occasion alladed to . Some of the writers described that conduct as brutal and barbarous . He had received other commuaicatioas to the same effect- He had also received two other letters , oae eigaed James Fox and the other Arthur Mathew , which contained a similar statement to that which be had already read to the house . That was the substance of the complaint he had received iu reference to the alleged brutal conduct of the police , but it wonld be an act ef injustice to that body if he did not state that he had also received of a centrary nature , to that which he bad just read , aad which showed clearly what were the nature of the meetings held in Yictoria . park and other places in the neighbourhood . ( Cheers . ) Meetings of this natura had been held previously to last Sunday , which had given
rise to great disturbances and to the stoppage of trade in varioas districts ; and information having come te their knowled ge that similar meetings were to be held w . v n inthenei 8 hhonrhoodofthe Tower Hamlets , ptae Commissioners of Police , under his directions , stationed an addi tional force in the vicinity of the places of meeting . The Instructions given to the police were hat they must be prepared to act immediatel y , but that they wero not ; to interfere with the meeting s 0 long as they remained orderly , and so long as their proceedings were conducted ia a peaceable manner . The Commis . sioaershad previously isiued a notice that these meetings were illegal if they were continued after dark and the police had instructions to Sispersethem If that rule was violated . He nowheld in his hand the report ofthe inspector under whose immediate charge tho police acted , and from this report it would appear that a meet .
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» g « f the Irish Confederatea at three o ' clock oa Sunday , and another mcetlag of the Chartists was held at five o ' clock on tho same day . Inspector Waller was stationed with a hod ; of men oat of tht public view , in tho St James ' s Church district . An inspector who made the report was in attendance at the different points where the meetings were collected throughout the entire day . The inspector stated that at the latter meeting no less than 3 , 008 persons of all descriptions had assembled , who were orderly untH twenty-five minutes past seven o ' clock , when the meeting broke up , and then between 400 and BeO proceeded to the church , and broke nearly all tho windows , and when tha inspector passed he was received with the shouts and execrations of the mob , many of them pelting him with stones ; the people were called upon to disperse quietly , and the intimation was answered by another shower of stones , and the police were therefore compelled
to interfere . One sergeant and seven police-constables were severely Injured , and several had beea rendered unfit for duty . Thelnspector stated , inaddltion , that several persons who witnessed the proceedings were read } to corroborato the statement in his report . He ( Sir G . Grey ) had received a letter from a Mr Houghton , complaining , not ofthe interference of thepolice , but showing the great danger which might have resulted from their not interfering earlier , and therefore more effectually . That letter concluded by the writer complaining that the ratepayers of the parish should be subjected to the annoyance , insult , and injury to life and property which these meetings were calculated to bring about . He ( Sir George Grey held in his hand eighty-one letters from different inhabitants of this district , concurring in the statement with respect to the inconvenience of those meetings , and as to the forbearance with whioh the police
had acted ; and he was assured that there was but one opinion oa tho subject throughout the whole district in which the meeting had been held , and that the police were entitled to the greatest praise . fHear , aad cheers . ( Several persons had beea committed to the Central Criminal Court for having been parties to the disturbances . He had that very day received a deputation of gentlemen from the neighbourhood of Bethnal Green , to request him to present for them a loyal address to her Majesty assuring her that they viewed with abhorrence tbe scenes that had lately taken place in the metropolis , and assuring her of their loyal determination to uphold the Crown , the government , and the lawi He had also read a memorial from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Victoria-park , stating the occurrence that had taken place in the neighbourhood oa Sunday last , and expressing their hope that the government would
immediately adopt some course to suppress such meetlag , and thereby remove the alarm and danger that existed . Ho could only say with respect to the statements which the hon . member had mado against the police , that the parties making them had the same means of proving their truth as the police had of justifying their conduct . ( Cries of * Hear , hear . ' ) A tribunal had been sitting to hear any complaints ou either Side , hut he was aot aware that any had been made against the police . ( Hear , hear . ) He could assure the hon . member that there was no disposlt ' on on the part of tho government to interfere with meetings of a legitimate character —( hear , bear )—but he thought all would admit that the meetings that had lately taken place in the metropolis
wero anything but of such a description . The police had orders from the government to afford every protection to persons and property , and to put down such illegal and improper meetings , and he waa sure , from the course they had hitherto adopted , they would not hesitate to do that which the safely to the property and life of her Majesty ' s subjects imperatively demanded . ( Hoar , hear . ) The remainder of the evening was occupied in the discussion on the Navigation Laws , the adjournment of which was moved by Mr Disbazli , but Lord John Bussell would only agree to the adjournment on the understanding that the house would consent to the bill going into crmmittee on Friday evening , otherwise he should move that the debate be adjourned to Whit-Monday . The debate was then adjourned .
The Chakcei . lob of the Bxcheqoeb made his statement ofthe objects of tha two resolutions on whioh it was proposed to found a bill , affecting the Excise laws , aud which he then moved . FRIDAY , Jmrc 3 . HOUSE OF LORDS , —The Royal Assent was given by commission to variant public and private bills . After a debate tht Registering of Births , Ac , ( Sootland , ) and the Marriages ( Scotland ) Bill wero read a second time and ordered to be referred to a select committee , their lerdibips adjourning until Thursday next . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —NAYiiATioa - Laws . —The adjouraed debate oa the navigation Laws was opened by Lord G . Bemtinck , who was follawed by Admiral BewLSB aad Mr Dusaeli , in opposition to the govern . ntsnt ; the speakers in favour of the alteration being Mr Hoke , Hr Cobbeh , Sir R . Peel , and Lord J . Russell , who concluded the debate .
On a division , the ameadmect of Mr HsaaiES , ' That it Is eneatlal to the natleaal interests of this country to maintain the fundamental principles of the eslstlng Navigation Laws , subject to snob modifications as may be best calculated to obviate any proved inconvenience to the oommerce of the United Kingdom and its dependencies , without danger to our maritime strength , ' was n « gat ' ved ; the numbers being ™ For the amendment ... ... 177 Against it ... ... ... 29 i Majority ... -117 The house then went Into committee . The resolutions were egraed to , and reported to the house , which adjourned to Thursday aext .
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Northumberland and Dobhah Distaicr . —Berrj Edge Branch . —Camp Meeting . —On Sunday week , May 28 th , a camo meeting of this locality was held in a field adjoining Berry Edge . At one o ' clock , 1 , 000 persons were present , which number was mo * mentarily being augmented by arrivals from Blackhill , Shotley-biidge , Leadgate , and adjoining villages . Mr James Reid ( painter ) , having been called to the chair . Mr James Watson , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , moved tbe following resolution : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting , that the Six Points of ihe People ' s Charter aro jast , right , and reasonable . That the present is a favourable time for pressing
that measure on the attention of the public and the government . It is , therefore , the duty of the working classes of this country to use every means , consistent with reason , to make that measure , whole and entire , become a statute law of thia realm . '—Mr Robert Wightman , of South Shields , seconded , and Mr Radley , of Sunderland , supported the resolution , stating that , if the after part of the day were favourable , ( the rain at this time falling in torrents ) he should deliver an address to the people at Leadgate , at seven o ' clock in the evening . —Mr Dickenson , of Sunderland , better known as the 'Manchester Packer , ' also spoke in favour of the resolution The resolution was carried unanimously .
NoMHUMBBRLANn and DURHAM . —A district delegate meeting waa held on Sunday week last , at the house of Mr James Reid ( painter ) , Berry Edge . The following delegates were present : —Messrs J . Watson , of Newcastle ; Robert Wightman , South Shields ; Benjamin Radley , West-street ; Joseph Simpson , Berry Edge ; and Thomas Dickenson , of Sunderland . Mr James Reid having bean elected to preside , and Mr Thomas Carr , in the absence of Mr Neabitt , to act as secretary , it waa reported that the Berry Edge branch had adopted the new system of organisation , and that , since the previous Sunday , eighteen classes had been formed , twelve of which were filled up , and the remainder in a fair wa ; © f becoming so . —Mr Dickenson suggested the propriety
of ths meeting proceeding to arrange a code of laws for the government of the district , and moved : — ' That the object for whioh delegate district meetings should be held , was the attainment of the People ' s Charter ; ' which was seconded by Mr James Wateon , and carried unanimously . Mr Dickenson moved : — 'That the meeting of tke district be monthly , or oftener , if necessary ; ' Seconded by Mr Wightman . Carried . —Mr Dickenson proposed : — 'That every motien for discussion by the delegate meeting have at least one month ' s notice . ' Seconded by Joseph Sirapgon . —Mr Radley proposed : —• ' That the consideration of this motion stand over until the next delegate meeting . ' The motion waa carried unanimously . —Mr Dickenson moved , and Mr Wiahtman
seconded : — That every delegate be famished with credentials from his locality to district meetinea . ' Carried—Mr Watson stated that his locality had not as yet acted upon the new system organisation , but that his constituents were of opinion that some of the members of the Provisional Executive should ba removed , and others , more fit for the situation , he appointed in their stead . —Mr Simpson observed that his locality intended to adhere to the present district . —Mr Wightman said , his locality had held aa out-door meeting and had agreed to _ support the present Executive and . Commissioners . —Mr Dickenson moved . That every member of the district navonn ™
monthly towards tho expenses of the district —Seconded by Mr Simpson and carried unanimously —It was moved by Mr Dickenson and seconded bv Mr Watson , 'That the district treasurer pay no monev from the district fund without the previous consent at £ ? W meet , . ? - Agreed to . A disouTsion arose as to the propriety of holding great agareeata meetings , when Mr Wightman proposed lid £ offfi ^ iT nde , WJ fS »«* fow * e held ? n each of the localities on Whit-Monday , for the purnose of giving the he to his little' lordship , John Eell ,-that the working classes of thia country did not re quire an , reform in their institutions .-MessrJs \ ZMn and Watson spokeln favour of local gatherS--UnanimouBly agreed to—Mr Watson moved and Mr Dickenson seconded , « T hat thia mt . pt . in .. » - » l ° -J
n ^ t le i ality , the Pr 0 priety of P'ovidfng oTariec turers , tobe placed upon a plan , for the nnrnnonnf agitating the district ; and tha ? the JamS Sob local lecturers be famished to the next deleS meeting ; and that each locality which hn 8 not a B d ete 8 £ Pre ffiii aPPri ? < molio » Mho moTed ^ thafc £ ¦ ^ J , ° raon » j 7 .-Mr Dickenson 3 V * , *? following address be printed , and circulated throughout the district :- ' BrSen } fellow-countrymen : If ever there wa 7 a time " ttf nSf ° SI . 7 «? moatn ( * ded , that time tne present . If ever there was a time when bv courage and prudence your active iffi . SB £ cure your long-sought for claims-now iB that time . If ever your appeal * for justioe-your reasons for ? 5 «!!? t 00 d " ? « vourable position to gain the con-Mdwauon and sympathy of your feUowTuntrymen . new is the day and now is the hour . Public opinion trumpet-tongued , is loudly proclaimimr vour
y" » ner is right , reasonable , and necessary . The imbec , ie Whig ministry are painfull y prolonging their political decease ; but we have no occasion to remind you that their rule and reign will be very brief . The spread of political knowledge—the march of mind—
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the concentration of popular opinion in variouo forms , and the pressing exigencies of thia great em-Sire—all point to a great and sweeping change in the history of our country . These and many more reasons urge us to ask you—SBen of Northumberlaud and Durham—to do your utmost now to win the enfranchisement of yourselves and your children . We confidently appeal to your patriotism , knowing that the spirit of liberty whioh animated your forelathors to oppose the Norman invader , ia etill as strong in the hearts of the North Britons as it was in tho days of yore . Brethren , it ia desirable that we should not wait for other countries to march first ; it is sufficient that we know that which we claim to be just ; and that we can Rain our rights by the moral power of III of nonnla * oninion in variono
right , reason , and united sentiment . We therefore call upon you tosecond our efforts to gain the Charter —the whole Charter , without abatement—by _ all fair and honourable means . To second the exertions of our provisional executive to rally , are our principles , as you have done before ; and rest assured that victory shall be the reward of your active exertions . ' —Mr Wightman seconded the adoption of the above address , whjch passed unanimously . —Mr Watson moved and Mr Simpson seconded , ' That this meet * ing recommend to the locality the propriety of immediately empowering a lecturer to go round the district for at least one month , to arouse a proper
Chartist feeling in suoh places as at present have not any local agitation . Carried , —It was proposed by Mr Dickenson , seconded by Mr Watson , ' That a special delegate meeting be held at Easiogton-lsne , in the house of Mr John Hunter , on Whit-Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . ' Carried . Thanks having been voted to the Chairman , the business of the meeting terminated . All localities are earnestly requested to send a delegate t 9 the next meeting . Lead Gatk . —On Sunday week last . Mr Radly , of Sunderland , delivered an address on the principles of the People ' s Charter , to about six hundred individuals , who seemed highly delighted with the speaker *!) discourse .
Rukcorn . —On Monday evening , the 29 th ult , a Chartist meeting waa held in the Foresters * Hall . The meeting was addressed by Mr Jenea , of Liverpool ; Mr Norman , of Prestonbrook ; and Mr Taylor , of Runcorn ; all of whom were loudly cheered during the delivery of their speeches . Several new members were added to the association . BEnaY Edqe . « = A . special meeting of this locality was summoned on Monday week lasti when a resolution expressing abhorrence against the jury that convicted the patriot John Mitchei , was carried unanimously .
Yorkshire and Durham . —A delegate meeting was held at Stockton on Sunday , June 4 , when the following localities were represented : —Darlington , Middlesborough , Hartlepool , and Stockton . The following resolutions were agreed to : — That a public Chartist meeting be held in Stockton on Whit-Monday , Juno 12 . ' * That Mr Joseph Barker of Leeds , and Mr William Byrne of Newcastle , be invited to attend . ' North Lancashire Delegate Mbeiino , held at the house of Mr Nurtoh ' a , Temperance Hotel , Blwk « barn , on Sunday , June I . The following delegates were present : —Accrington , Henry Hant Thorn ; Clitheroe , Isaao Iuherwood : Preston , Michael Ward ; Blackburn . Richard Walsh ; Burnley , James
Helm . Tho following resolutions wero passed : — ' That the localities send in to the district secretary the five shillings levied at the last delegaet meetine , that Mr Place may be paid for hia services in the National Assembly . ' ' Tunt John Place and Richard Marsden be summoned by the secretary to appear at the next delegate meeting , and give an account of their stewardship at ihe late National Assembly . ' ' That we adopt the Plan of Organisation as laid down by the late National Assembly . ' ' That Isaac Iaherwood be the secretary for the North Lancashire district , and Mr James Heaton ba the treasurer till the next delegate meeting . ' ' That Mr Joseph Barker be solicited to be missionary for the North Lancashire district / 'That a protest be drawn up at Blackburn and sent to the district
secretary for signature , on behalf of the delegate meeting , the protest to be sent to Sir George Strickland , M . P ., for presentation to the House of Commons . ' After votes of thanks to the chairman and secretary , the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , July 2 , to the Odd Fellows' Hall , Padiham . Bboworth . — On Monday , May 29 ih , a public meeting was held in Maraton-lane , near Bedworth . W . Bedder in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs R . Hartop and Candy , of Coventry , and Mr Shaw , of Coton , and a resolution passed in favour ofthe People ' s Charter . A tea party will be held at Mr Trigger ' s ) the Hearty Good Fellow , Bedworth , on Whit Wednesday , June 11 th . Tea on the table at four o ' olock . Dancing to commence at seven .
Kilmabnock . —A large public meeting was held on Saturday evening , the 3 rd inst , to petition the House of Commons to inquire into the trial and conviction of that noble Irish patriot , John Mitchei . The chair was occupied by Mr Peter Goran Mr James Henderson proposed : — 'That in the opinion of this meeting , the law lately passed by the present government , entitled 'An aot for the better Security of the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom , ' is unjust and unconstitutional , and that those who may be made its victims are entitled to and ought to secure the countenance and sympathy of all who value libetry , and wish to defend the institutions of the country against the tyrannical usurpations of either the foreign or domestic despot . ' Mr James Simpson seconded the resolution , when Mr
Peter Lees then moved a petition founded on the resolution . Mr Thomas Thomson seconded the adoption ofthe petition , which was carried unanimously . Atrshibk . —We have received the following letter from an old friend and esteemed brother democrat . As the letter was private we have omitted some portions , as also tho writer ' s name—not knowing if the publication of the latter would be agreeable . ' My dear friend : You will no doubt wonder at getting a letter from me , one of yonr old friends in the land of Burns . My dear sir , allow me to tell you , that since I and a few of your friends parted with you at the well on the Mauchline road , we have undergone terrible hardships , and wo see no end to them , but in the obtaining of the Charter whole and entire . No half measures will do for us who live in the Land of the Poet who said , and said truly , that
Man ' s inhumanity to man Hakes countless thousands mourn ; and I speak the truth when I tell you that no Jee Humes , Cobdens and Co . willdivert us from the right path . We must and shall have the whole hog . We nave been too often humbugged by him and hia old greasy pouches , to any longer believe anything that may come from him . Would to God that all the men of Britain were like the men that came from Halifax to the Bradford meeting , old Joe and his men would soon be glad to succumb , and give us what we want and what we have a right to . We are very anxious for the Star every week ; we send for it express to Kilmarnock every Saturday , for if we were to wait tho regular post , it would bo Sunday morning and of coarse that would not do . We get the
Northern Stab , the United Irishman , the Fbbbman ' s Joubkal , and a host of others , but the Star and Irishman we ; prize most . I must tell yoa that Mr O'Connor is very popular here . I aee by this day ' a papers that they have got a packed jury for poor Mitchei , but I hope , and every other good man has the same hope , that ho will come off glorious , or— - Now , my dear friend , I must conclude by saying , that I hope you will enjoy good health to edit the Star , as you have hitherto done . Continue to rap the knaves across the knuckles . I hepe the day is not far distant when you will see your country free and happy , whioh may God grant soon . * » With best wishes I remain , my dear friend , youre truly , . Newmilns , Ayrshire , May 28 . [ We reciprocate our friend ' s good wishes and hope for better times . ]
The West RidihgYobkshibe Delegate Meetin g was held on Sunday last , June 4 th . Delegates present : Wakefield , Iaaao Wood ; Leeds , Samuel Lis . ter ; Elland , J . B , Taylor ; Queenshead , 0 . Shackleton and Thomas Holt ; ( Keighley , W , Emmott ; Bradford , John Turner , W . Clark , John Smith , and John Parrott ; Dawabury , James Canning ; Jiolmfirth , James Loekwood ; Huddersfield , David Gledhill ; Halifax , George Webber . Mr Clark in the chair . It was resolved : — ' That no person shall in future sit in the meetings as delegate , unless his locality pays an equal portion of the Riding expenses . ' ' That a West Riding demonstration be held oa Toftshaw Moor , near Bradford on Whit Monday . ' That Ernesi Jones Esq ., havingpromiaed to attend , invitations be sent to Measrs VV . Brook , Rushtonand
, Shaw . ' ' That Mr Rushton be solicited to take the chair . ' ' That tbe members of the Ciartist Association at Bradford ba the Committee of Management for the above meeting . ' * That no person shall be allowed to move , second , or support any Chartist resolution , who is not a member of the Association , ' * That it is the opinion of this meeting , that all her Majesty ' s subjects have a right by law to be in possession of arms for the protection of life and property . ' ' That thia meeting declares the right of the Chartist Council to govern the district according to the Plan of Organisation , and it is their duty to take cognizance of all movements of its members . ' < That the next West Riding : xaeeting be held on the first Sunday m July , at Halifax . ' Signed William Lacy , W . R . S .
Kibwomh . —A Chartist meeting was held at this place on Monday evening , May 29 , in the open air , whtn Mr G . Buokby . delivered a most eloquent address to about 500 individuals , amongst whom were several farmers and tradesmen BinsTALL -On Saturday last the Chartists of this looBhty held a meeting ? n Chandler ' s Hill ; the pri * ojpalspeakerwaaD . Ligbtowler , of Bradford P At the close a collection was mado for the benefits « V ttt starving operatives of Bradford ™ h « £ M f c £ 1 63 . OJdcollectcd , which waSrif ? r ? S ° ler , to be by him distributed tothJ-i- , L il ghtow - thought were in tlw mSt h 5 » L » tt 5 w om he thrlS ^^
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• Union for the UlHtW . ' Feienbs , —If there is one principle dearer to the working classes of this ceuntry than another that principle is our right of association—association for the mutual protection of our property—our labourfrom the heartless aggression of unprincipled , grasping capitalists . The right of union has long been regarded as sacred , and maintained inviolable , and is now universally looked upon as the principal
element of all social emancipation . By our union we have retarded the progress of oppression—paralysed the arm of despotism , and conserved , at least , a few privileges , which without anion would long since have been wrenched from us by a merciless hand . Trades' unions have therefore become an essential part almost of our very existence . They have been ennobled by the many victories we have achieved , and consecrated by many sacrifices and much suffering on our part for their preservation ; hence our admiration of , and devotedness to them , and our increasing determination to preserve them in all their purity , their fullness , and their power .
The power for good embodied in trades' unions of the working classes , is well known ; and the stronger our union is , the more effective will be our operation . A union of a few tyrants will despise , but a union of the many would make them tremble ; hence it is , that many of our task-masters have no objection at our being united , providing our union be confined within the sphere of our own trade , but to think Of a National Association is monstrous , —a combination net to be tolerated , and which must by all means ( foul or fair ) be put down . To overthrow this national movement is the avowed determination of some employers , well knowing that should they succeed they would then the more effectually and permanently ride roughshod over the toilintc millions—to facilitate and effect which , they are stretching their perverted ingenuity to the utmost , to device some efficient plans for that object .
The end they have m view by endeavourmg to destroy this association , is obvious , fa is a well known and a lamentable fact that we have been pasting through a severe and unparalleled depression in trade , during which the capitalist has taken every advantage of the unprotected labourer to reduce his wages . With a single reduction many of them have not been content they have made frequent reduc tions , every one of which has been more extensive , more severe , more arbitrary , and more despotic than its predecessor ; until now , men with full employment would be unable to procure a competency to maintain themselves and families , even with the most assiduous and unremitting toil . These masters
know this . They know , also , that trade is wearing a more pleasing aspect ; they see the commercial horizon is bright , and full of hopeful prospects of a brisk and prosperous trade ; and to prevent the working man from participating in the sweets of prosperity , they are resolved to crush our union , — paralyse our strength , —divide our energies , —and thus effectually retain us in our degraded position , and prevent us from recovering that which they have so basely and cruelly robbed us of during our weakness , through the recent commercial difficulties .
And should they succeed in their project , —should they effect the overthrow of our well-established association , they will cut us off from every privilege , — extract more labour from our Mood , and bone , and sinew , and pay us less for it . Thus will they increase the power of production , —diminish the quantity of consumption , —and the more speedily stock their warehouses , glut our markets , and discharge a larger amount of surplus labour than ever thronged our streets to compete with hungry , starving men for a morsel of bread .
But we trust that all such dastardly attempts to break up your union will be foiled , that you will treat these infernal and contemptible documents with the utmost disdain . Let them see , that as Englishmen , you value your independence , that your integrity to each other and your dignity as men , is above all suspicion , and all such revolting and despicable trickery to compromise your interests , and to induce you to abandon your union , is absolute folly and futile in the extreme . Let them know that you are more than ever determined to be united , and prepared to defend to the last penny your unquestionable right of association . If you do not put on a bold and resolute front , they will trepan and undo you for ever ; already they have effected
the transportation of four of Sheffield's bravest men , for the prominent and active part they took in trades matters . Three or four of the Inverness shoemakers have also been convicted and confined to prison , for ably defending the right of working men to unite together , for each others protection ; and if such palpable acts of tyranny and injustice are allowed to proceed unchecked , there is not a secretary , a treasurer , a president , or an officer of any kind in our respective local bodies , who can calculate upon their safety and liberty " a single day . Up , then , and do your duty like men , and if we are to be deprived of our right of Association , let it not be so , without a grand and powerful struggle on our part .
Besides the above cases of prosecution , take the following cases of persecution as samples of what we may anticipate , unless we at once and for evei put a stop to all such baseness and tyranny , for should they succeed , others will adopt the same course . Read , mark , and inwardly digest the sub-J oined , and if one drop of Britons' blood still flows in your veins , it would kindle into a mighty flame , at the rehearsal of the atrocious and vindictive acts of some employers . We copy from the letters of our correspondents on the spot : — Ripponden , May 8 rd , 1848 . Ml OlAK Sis , —The following will five you a pretty specimen of Whig liberty , and an acoouat of one of the most Infamous and , I may say , detestable actions per . formed betwixt man and man .
You are already aware tbat there are four men In this neighbourhood upon strike pay , and who are sympathised on all hands , and are looked upon with esteem and respect . These mea receiviag support from the association , enables them to stand effectually against the tyranny of a corrupt and vicious employer , Ihe masters are not able to overcome tho men , and have of course resorted to other measures , of which the following Is a sample : — Oa Thursday last , the 27 th inst , tha omplojere of the mills in the Sale , went to their men aad demanded their collecting books , ( a penny memorandum book , tke men bare for each mill to collect their monies ) who delivered them up to them , as well as a copy of our rules at the same time . They overhauled the books but could find nothing but every maa'a name inserted therein , and their pence as well . The day after the books w « re
returned to the parties at the different mills ( threo in number ) but nothing further said , only that they were all members . But on Monday morning , May 1 st , at sis o clock , the men at all tho mills were refuses entrance unless they signed a document to have nothing further to do with tbe union , and to cease subscribing thereto forthwith , Tho men wero taken by inrpriza and did not know what te do . However , a number of the men , in the heat of excitement and fear , signed the document , while some walked away , but were ultimately prevailed upon by others to sign it ; they did so , and two were at last left to themselves to fight the struggle . In the course of the day , or towards even . lug , they were sent fer to know what they would do , and before tbey returned from their masters , they aleo signed , aad have urged aa a reason , that It would not do for them to see their childrea starve , when all the other men fell off . * * .
The number of men are about twenty-five from three mills . * * * They think' by taking this mean step , to break up our union , aad consequently defeat the four men out on strke allowance . Hoping < fcc . lam , Sir your Victimized Fbiknd . Since the above , we have received the following , dated May 10 th : — ° Two of the wen employed ia the milts alluded to In my last , whore tha mea wore faro & d to algn . tha docu - ment not to be connected with any union or secret con . foderacy , had to beg and pray before their tyrannical masters to ba allowed to return to their work on their terms , while one of the masters kept walking rouad the men , cracking a whip during ths time they were say . Ing it .
Could anything be more outrageous , more revolting , and more degrading , than the above scene ? Surely not , and such gross acts of inhumanity and tyranny should be visited with their just retribution ! Besides all this , these masters have their ' Tommy shops , ' and indirectly compel the men to take a portion of their wages in' truck , ' and charge more for such goods than any shopkeeper in the plac 3 . Thus is the Truck Act invaded , the shopkeepers of Ripponden greatly injured in their business , and the claims of labour despise and trampled upon , by these worthless , cruel men The following account of the document is from Blackburn , dated May 25 th , 1848 : —
Sia ,- » We , the Self-acting mindera of Messrs Fielden , and Co ., feel estremely sorry that we daro not send e dolegato to the forthcoming Conference according to law in consequence of our masters compelling ua to promise that we would withdraw from the union , and have
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nothing whatever to do with It again , aad no » tT " offering us a reduction ef wages . ' ' «' We hepe Mr Humphrias will do us tht kindness tn our case before tha Conference , and ssslf anytbi a ?? be done for us , for we want to be as other msnwf * aa to act , ' and if we choose to pay to the National " ^ ° elation of United Trades ; for to remain as w 8 * * present will be to keep us in great misery , ond tens ** increase and perpetuate onr sufifurlngs . Our a have posted a notice paper on each room door ststl " ' ' that if , at any time , any one in known to C * % i National Union , oranyother uaion , he will bedi « ch = ** ' immediately . ' " wgei | I am sir , yours trul y , Mr Barratt . We suppress the correspondents' names to prevenf any personal suffering . ent ' Such , friends , is a specimen of the gross acts nf tyranny practised by some of our humane crapW , ! ™ , ? " "f _ £ *> wiihltagilii , ftad
or 1848 . cut win tne men of Kipponden , of huh dersfield , of Blackburn , of Preston , of Lancas hire of Yorkshire , of England , Scotland , and Wales , sub mit to such unbearable insults , and tamely stand b " and see their right of union attacked and ' destroved I —their fellow man robbed , and then treated with unmeasured contempt ? Will they allow the capti ' cious and callous capitalist to caper about their vicT ' , tims with a' horse whip , ' cracking it in their ears and terrifying them with the dread of utter aHdi hopeless starvation ? Surely you will not . Suchi perfld / ous , blackhearted , and unpardonable insults you will repel with just indignation , and , despite . their hellish lots and
p traitorous designs , you will to a trade—to a man-rise , and express , fearlessly '' yonr determination to resist them to the last . It ig ! a remark in the political world—that , when onei member of the state is treated with injustice , the ' whole are sufferers , and have an interest in defend , i ing that one ; and shall we be less so in our social relationship ? If one trade is treated with cruelty - and inhumanity , the whole are equally involved ,, and , therefore , one strong , vigorous , national effort ; should be made to testify our utter abhorrence of all such atrocities , and our determination to put a , stop to them at once and for ever .
Friends , do not allow the present opportunity to pass unimproved . Your future condition will be determined by tbe nature of your present action . Do not forget that , during the long dreary winter of depression , you have suffered some of the most severe and unjustifiable reductions in your wages , and that as the spring and summer of commercial prosperity is slowly bursting upon us , let us be prepared to recover that which has been eo ruthlessly extorted from us . If we do not make this effort now—if we do not manfully and faithfully unite to aid each other—depend upon it
' We shall find ta spring , A winter dull for us . ' Let the cause of justice , of humanity , of brotherly respect , and manly intercourse , incite you to your duty , and whenever you stir , and boldly assert your rights , you will obtain them without any opposition ; This then is the time for reaction , for increased erertion , as' England expects that every man will do his duty . ' The Central Committee of the above Association met on Monday and following days , for the transaction of general business . A mass of correspondence has been received from all parts of the country ' ; also the following reports , to which we invite particular attention .
Stone . —Mr Maitland reported , that according to instructions he attended a public meeting at Stone , principally composed of shoemakers , but in consequence of another meeting of that body in the town at the same time , the meeting was but thinly attended . The other meeting alluded to was called in consequence of a strike . Mr Maitland therefore took the opportunity of getting an interview with the men , in order to set forth the objects of the Association - , j he did so , during which , the masters sent for a deputation of the men , and settled the strike .
Stafford . —On the 23 rd Mr Maitland proceeded to Stafford , and there addressed a large meeting of shoemakers , on the principles of the Association , which appeared to give great ; satisfaction , for at the close of the meeting about 108 took out copies of the rules , and cards of membership . There is every eppearanee of a large society being raised ia Stafford . Birmingham . —Mr Spooner renorted , that on the
25 th of May , a very unpleasant and unexpected circumstance occurred in their ( the iron-tin spoon makers ) trade , which resulted in a strike , involving twenty-one men . A general meeting was called , and Mr Pare , member ofthe district committee , was appointed as a deputation to wait upon the employers . He did so , and the dispute was brought to an amicable arrangement , and the men returned to their work .
Edinburgh . —Mr Claughan reports , that according to instructions , he attended to investigate the case of the Edinburgh skinners , to whom a reduction of wages had been offered by one of the em . ployers , Mr Legget ; to this gentlemen Mr Claughan addressed a letter on the subject ef the reduction , which has ultimately succeeded in inducing him to withdraw the same , and not only that , but he has also given an advance to the men ( one man excepted- ) It is but just to acknowledge the gentlemanly conduct of Mr Legget in the above affair . He has nobly acted the part of a generous-hearted employer , which we feel confident his hands will duly appreciate . We most heartily wish that thi & praiseworthy example set by Mr Legget , may be extensively followed by every other employer .
buNDERLAND . —Mr Britton reported , that a reduction of wages had been offered to the ship sawyers and carpenters , which they constantly resisted , the result of which was , the masters withdrew the reduction , and the men returned to their work . We trust after the repeated attack made upon the wages of these men , that they will see the necessity more than ever of re-uniting . It is by being united in one national union , that they will be able effectually to resist all future aggressions upon their rights . But should union discontinue , they will inevitably fall victims to oppression .
From the foregoing reports , it will be seen that the Association is still making head against the inroads of capitalists upon the rights of industry ; and we will only add , that if the trades of the country are wise , they will yet be able by a firm and well-directed National Association , to regain that proud position our fathers occupied : misery and wretchedness may be banished from among us , and happiness and plenty be the lot of all .
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Croydon . —An open-air meeting will bo held on Duppa'a-hill , near this town , on Whit Monday . The chair will be taken at six o ' clock in the evening . Several advocates of the People ' s Charter will address tbe meeting .
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( From the Qazelte of Tuesday , Jone ' 6 . ) BANKRUPTCt" ANNULLED . Henry Jowett , Birmingham , tailor . BANKRUPTS . Norman Bruco , 84 , Farringdon-street . printer—Thomas Blenkarn , 19 , Chaucery-lane , law bookseller— Catherine Elton , 122 , Whitechapel , Ironmonger—Jacob Fieller , late ef 6 , Devonshire-street , City , but now of 12 , St George ' 8-stroet , East , tailor—Nathaniel Dowdier , Cotton-strett , Poplar , licensed victualler—Frederick Smooker ana WiUiam Smookar , Bittern and Andover , lime burners-Richard Lane , Lisson-grove North , corn dealer—Joshua Harrison , Nottingham , stove grate manufacturer—Jo * seph Lowe , Lenton , lace maker—Frederick Harris , Leominster , cattle dealer—John Bevan , Bridestotve , tanner —William Prytherch , Ty Maur , Anglesey , cxttlo dealer-Samuel Williamson , Liverpool , joiner—Thomas Metcalf ; North Shields , banker .
INSOLVENT PETITIONERS , Richard Howard Hoskins , Chester , publican—Joho Oliver , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , journeyman blacksmi th—Andrew Robson , Newcustle-upon-Tyne , slater—Thorass Unswortli , Little Lever , beer seller—Joseph Walkefi Bishop's Cleeve , Gloucestershire , farmer—Joseph DuS ' nette Grimsey , Bu'j St Edmund's , clerk-Henry iia rvey DalliBten , Bungay , Innkeeper— John Philip Browi ^ Bury St Edmund's , coach maker—James Chandler , Hketshall , farming bailiff—William George Chap-nan , Brandon , corn merchant—John Wood , Oldneld , farmer-William Williams , Bcdwelty , grocer—John GoodcBiW . Reading , carpecter ,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS James Campbell , New Cumnock , Ayrshire , carrisr- ^ Agnes Hlghgate , Kilwinning , merchant—David N « pie >'> Qlasgow , iroufounder—John Marshall Barr , Glasgow . baker—William Temploman , Dunfermline , mamtfaeture ^ —Alexander Rae , Edinburgh , straw bonnet manufac turer —WUliam Sime , St Andrew ' s , tailor-John M' ^ ueen , Edinburgh , wholesale warehouseman .
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FEARGUS O'CONNOR , Esq ., M . P ., and puwi »«« - by Wiiliaji Hewitt , of K 0 . 18 , Charles-street , brS" ' doa-strcet , Walworth , in the parish of St . Mury , N ^ J * ington , in tho County of Surrey , at tho Office , No . Vl Great Windralll-street , Ilaytnnrket , in tue . Cit yofW **' minster . —Saturday Juae loth . lSlg , ;
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 10, 1848, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_10061848/page/8/
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