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H0KRIB1.E Atrocitv.—It falls to our lot to relate the particulars of two o f the most brutal eases of
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imuaren to ' JDieo u t Glasgow on Tuesday last, April 21, mo, Adam Cameuon, aged 48 'viv* ha& leita wife and tlirea ni.it-1 . ...... -.»%. _»
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primed a _taaidbaidstoling their g neranoes , Smith got _iold of one of aese _/ ana " unm 8 diiteJy sent the printer anasecretaiy a _lawyersletter , threa tening eachivnih an action for libel . Henext got a disreputable fellow to take the place of one ofthe _tura-duto ; tbi % excited the men On Strike to go to the shop , where they merely u "hur » ahea . n Tor tills offence Smith procured summonses against * 8 of the men ; of these 7 . were _con-TJcted , one aent _toprhran for two months , and the other six for one month each . He subsequently attended a _meeting of the committee ofthe turn-outs , and by various insults tried to excite the men to resent his insolence , he bang provided with two policemen a t the door to take advantage of the poor fellows if they "had afforded him the chance . , This contemptible tyrant and hi- abettors and protectors must not play their fantastic tricks and expect to escape public exposure , we wHI at least bold them « p to the indignation of all
good men . -CbBBESFoNBuro Societies -UJD . _LeciBaE-sooHS . —« Mr . Thomas Duncombe ' s bill to amend tbe law 3 relating to corresponding societies and the licensing of lecture-TOoms _, which also bears the names of Sir Da Lacy Evans and Mr . Aglionby , was printed on Tuesday . There are five clauses in the measure , and their object is to repeal certain sections in various acts of Parliament no w in force—89 George III ., c , 2 -, 33 George III ,, c . 79 . s . 15 ; 57 George HI , c 19 , a . 25 . By the acts 39 George IIL . c 76 . and 57 George HI ,, c , 19 , certain offences are created , and certain penalties are attached to the commission thereof . It is declared that the
provisions of the recited acts have given occasion to vexations proceedings by common informers , and that after the passing of this Dill they shall only be com . menced by the law officers of th * Crown . The repeal of the several enactments is not to extend to other societies , whicli by tbe acts are declared to be unlawful _combinations arid confederacies . _Framia ' _^ _BcfBs bbe of the GtASSOW Qtarea . — Oa Tuesday the 2 lst alt , the adjourned case of Bryce alios Devines , _aliij Barney Devin , eiliaa D . Boyce , alias Bryce Devon , came on for hearing at the Justices of Peace Court , at 12 noon . * John Mc Bride , Sheriff ' s Officer , Saltcoats swore : " _Knawa Defender since » boy , his proper name is Barney Derinea } never knew him by Any other name . Knew aU his family very welL " William Munro , Police Officer , Saltcoats , sworn : j
"Knows the defender Barnard Serines , commonlyI called Dirfn for shortness , there is no other family of j that name in or about Saltcoats . Knew his brother i that was sent to Ayi Jail in 1844 . { Witness here pro- ' duced the extract from the prison register , to prove the name ); his name was Robert Devines . Knew him _alwaystoanswertothatname . " JamesLevens , Seaman , Glasgow , sworn : "Knows the defender for about 38 jean ; also tea parents and brothers in Saltcoats . Defender ' s name was then Barney Bevines ; since that time I have seen him some years after at Ayr , his name was then changed to If r . Bryce . Some sow call bim If r . Bryce , and some that knew him before , Derides or Divini . - Knows defender to go about the quays of { Hasgow shipping- seamen ; is tbe person alluded to On the sign , as Bryce . " Bobert Brown , Printer , Glasgow ,
sworn ; "Knows the defender ; he got work done at my shop , it was small shipping cards , tbe name on the -card was Bryce and Duncan ; tbis was about 18 months ago , "he took the work away from my shop _^ he was the person that ordered the work ; it was struck off from a plate he brought with Mm . " Daniel Song , Master Bigger , sworn : "Knows the defender about 16 years , he and his people then lived at Saltcoats , beside whom the _vritness then feed * . " tns . name is Barney Devines . Did not know him by any other name . '' Thomas Mc Gilvery , Sheriff Officer , Glasgow , sworn : " "Knows defender , charged bim with a small debt summons and decree with execution thereon ; he answered to the name of Bryca Divin . If ever knew him by any other name ( ihe execution was here handed , winch bore the aarae as above ) . " James Barclay , Polics Officer , sworn
" Knows the defender by the name of Bryce , bas often jpoken to him under that name the last two years ; never knew him by any other same . He is one of the firm of Boyd , Flott , and Bryce . Is emplojed shipping sailors . Mark Crombie , Clyde , Criminal Officer , sworn ; "Heldhis situation 15 years ; iasknown defender about 4 years , Ins name is Bryce Devon ( banded in a former charge against him to prove the name ) . Always saw liim . attending the shipping office in Dalestreet . Know him to be the person named on the sign IB Bryce . " Malcolm Lairi g Hett ; sworn _; Is a partner of the firm of Boyd , Flett , and Bryce , Knows defender . Sever knew him byany other name than Bryce Devon . On his oath never knewhim to sign by any other name . Wonld not show the books ofthe firm , unless an order wa 3 got from the Board of Trade to compel him to do
so ( whieh was ordered by the Court , who threatened him -with commitment if he refused , the books were then handed in by the witness . At this part of the proceedings , Mrs . Barney Devines , alia * Devon , alios Bryce , alias izc , in company with Mrs . Malcomb L . Flett , made their appearance in the witness room , and made a most furious Billingsgate attack on Hark Crombie , Criminal Officer , who if he had sot made a most determined resistance , would have lost his hair , if not his scalp , but the wrath of the ladies vanished when to . their mortification they found out that they had mistook Mr , Crombie for Mr . James Fifties , who had been instrumental in bringing- these crimps to justice , for _imposing on the seamen ) . Boyd and defender got licenses same time as himself . Knows "Wood , the Spanish seaman , shipped him for the Margaret Poynter .
"Snows _Finliy , Tavern keeper ; does not remember _whether he got any drink in the house ofPinlay , the Saturday before the ship sailed . Is in the practice of £ 0 ing to all the public and "boarding bouses daily . " After sitting five hours , the Court adjourned until Wednesday 29 th , when papers aad documents were to be produced from the Board of Trade , that will very likely open a mine of rascality and impositions practiced on the Board , for tbe purpose of obtaining licenses for these three fellows . "We understand that some ot the Magistrates who assisted this trio of honest men to cat it so fat , at the sailor's expense , will be hauled ? ver the coals at the next examination . Glasgow , Sard Aprilj I _84 C . " ' A . Looses O-V . Jons " rr _* j xiET , l ? EflrBiccw , is informed that the address he requires Is ' George Noode , No . 60 , Chatham-street ,
Leicester . _Vetebah Patriots' and Exiles' "Widows'asd Childrevs' Fcsd . —Receipts for the week : J . Pildes , _Glasgow , 5 s . ; W . Peplow , Stafford , 64 . ; Greenwich Chartists , per Mr . Brewerton , Is Id . ; Exeter Land Society , per Mr . Fred . Clark , 3 s . 3 d . ; Julian Harney , London , ls . ; and Mr . Livesey , London , 6 d ; total lis 4 d . Two pounds hare been disbursed as nsual , this week ; and _Ihavenowbutoneplainstatementtomake , name y , since there remains but 7 s . 3 _$ d . in hand , neither Mrs . Ellis and ber children , Mrs . Roberts and her children , Daddy Bichards , or the veterans Preston , Smart , and Davenport , can be relieved next week—unless help be promptly sent . Jean say so more . Thomas Cooper , secretary , 1 S 4 , BlaeMriars-rO £ d . Sales or Land . — -A great number ef adreriFseraents of
property to be sold , for which wa thank our correspon dents , and request that all will continue to send us such notices , bnt we do not engage to purchase ALL the estates io which they refer . Jaheb Gsabam , Dchd ' se . —When he next writes , we request that his communication may be at least respectful : not in courtesy to him , but from respect to onr general readers , we beg to answer the question referred to in his letter . ¦ We employ a gentleman whose sole duty it Is to arrange aud comment npon the parliamentary proceedings ; we more than once expressed to him our featanxietynpon tbe Dundee case , and directed Ms attention to the necessity of a fall report The debate came oa on Thursday the 2 nd of April , and did not make its appearance in any paper until our Scotch Edition was posted . It could not appear till Friday moruinr , aud
our Scoth Edition is posted many hours _before the ] morning papers are delivered , thereforeitconldnothave I appeared in the papers of that week ; the following week ! weleftforManchester , » ndthe gentleman whose business it is to arrange the Parliamentary news , left town with -tha other Members of the Hon ** - for the Easter recess . This we _thinli will account for the reason of the nonappearance of the debate , although by no means sarisfactory to _ooraelves . We do not conceive ourselves chargeable with the omission of Mr . Duncombe's reply in alt the papers . - We have not a parliamentary reporter , and Mr . Duncombe ' s Teply was not published in any paper . Mr . Buncombe has moved for some _importantretnrns connected with the masters' tyranny in "Dundee , for the purpose of aiding the aggrieved party in procuring justice . If they are to plead in / _onaapaupjru we shall aid in trying to procure justice for them , and if that privilege is denied , and should they be thrown upon their own resources of redress ,
we shall _cheerfolly aid them with our mite . When the documents moved for by Mr . Duncombe make . their appearance , we will more than make np to tbe poor sufferers any loss that they may have sustained from the omission of the publication of the debate ; meantime Mr . James Graham must have a very short memory , as he appiarg to have forgotten tbat we did Comment upon tbe Dundee case when all other papers were silent upon . it . Me has also forgotten that we published a . very excellent letter from a townsman of las , in which the whole proceeding was fully and clearly exposed . We offer this a * an explanation to our _^ Dundee friends , and . not at all as an apology to Mr . Graham . _"W . BBOOX , Leeds . —Mr . O'Connor will have great pleasure in complying with his request , _Jfoas Belt ., _Cabhsle . —There is no necessity for the agreement being upon a stamp . However it is much better to do the _thiagformally at once to put * n end to all
after cavils . T . S . Bonn , UusMocsE . —lSr . O'Connor "being _engased on Monday next , at the tea party in honour of Mr . Cooper ' s liberation , _will _' not be able to attend at _Limetuttse that evening , but will positively be there on Monday , the 11 th of May , at eight o ' clock . _RlCHAKD EUnroBD , _Habcbesteb . —We thank him for his very _useful communication , and by reference to tbe Star he will find that we have made important use of it . A' DissESXEB , BicKKASSWOSTH . —We think the Land Society is precisely the Association suited for him , as amongst its members he wUHlnd neither prejudice nor religous intolerance . " 8 . Bsows , Samoxd . — No . Thefundsof the two sections willnotinany way be mixed up ; they will be kept wholly separate and _apsrt , W . Hameb , Oidham , must know that it wouldbe _impwlblefor Mr . O'Connor to devote time to procuring the document that he refers to .
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Thosus _JawsiiHS , IitiHOtois .--. We know of no means by which he could purchase two , three , or four acres of * had as an individual , vrithoutgiriDg much more than the value for it . _Jossfh Goodt , Sddbu » y .- —The will of his father is explicit and positive . Creditors cannot dispose ofthe furniture in which Mrs . Goody has but a life interest , . nor can any mortgage given by her extend beyond the period of her own life , or militate against the interests of her children . Samuel HoacKurFB , _Heckmohdwiie . —The 12 postage stamps were acknowledged as received for the Poland Regeneration Society . Mr , O'Connor knows of no other letter to which he refers . Joseph Tdbneb , Lkedb . —No . It will not be permitted for any person who has drawn a preference to transfer it to another ; if he declines the option goes to the person who stands next in the list for choice .
The Land—We cannot find room for Mr . StaHwooua letter this week . Manchester Cabpsntem Stsiex . — A special meeting _^ of the Original Society of Carpenters ( Running Horse ) , will be held on Tuesday evening next , May 5 th at eight o ' clock , at Nutkins Assembly Booms , Great Titchfield-street , Marylebone , to grant further assistance to their brothers of Manchester in resisting the infernal" document . " '
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SECTION No . 1 . PEE JIB . O'CONNOR . _gaASEs . £ a . d . Lafce lock , per " vf . Humphrey .. .. 118 0 _Tavi-tock .. ..- ¦•• .. •• o 13 9 Podhn st _, Brown , Hinaiey , per J . Bowden .. 1 11 6 Sutton , inAshfidd , perCMeekin „ .. 1 5 U Stocfcport , perT . Wuodhouse .. .. 2 0 0 Norwich , per J . Hurry .. .. .. 2 0 0 Worcester , per JJ . Griffiths .. .. .. 4 10 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 19 3 City of _tendon district , per J . Dunn .. „ 5 2 0 Oldham , ner " W . Hamer 3 13 7
Ashton-under-Lyne , perB . Hobson .. „ 4 10 Leicester , per 6 . Noun .. .. „ 2 0 0 Carlisle , per J . Gilbertson .. .. .. 13 4 Carrington . per J . Ley .. .. .. 623 Leeds , per "W . Brook .. .. .. .. 5 0 0 Manchester , per J . 'Hurray .. .. .. 14 7 6 Arbroath , per 3 . Stephens .. .. .. 1 8 G Eiddenninster , per G . Holloway .. .. 15 8 Edward Hnghes , Lye Waste .. .. .. 2 7 4 Duroferline _. per J . Gordon ,. .. ,. 116 Ketterring ; perJI . _" Vv " aUis 112 Todmorden . per'J . MitcheU .. .. .. 2 0 0 Bradford , per J . Aider son .. .. „ 5 0 0 Hanley , per H . Poster .. „ .. 4 10 8 Bolton , per E . Hodgkinson .. .. .. 9 13 0 Ely , perB . M . Aunqier 2 0 0 Ovenden , per Halifax , per R . Buncroft .. 2 14 1 £ 90 0 0 - ¦ ¦ SECTION No . 2 . Lake Lock , per "V 7 . Humphrey 0 4 0 Tavistock .. .. .. .. .. o 6 ° D _.-dhorst Brown , Hindley , per J . Bowden .. 13 0 Leicester , per J . Adams .. .. .. 103 Oldham , per TV . Hamer ., .. .. 0 15 2 Leicester ; per 6 : Noon .. .. .. 10 0 Carlisle , per J . Gilbertson „ .. .. 0 16 8 Dumferline , par . J . Gordon .. .. .. 0 110 Kidderminster , per G . Holloway .. .. 17 8 Chepstow , per C Walters .. .. .. 10 2 , £ 7 11 9
PER GENERAL SECRETARY . SECTION NO , I . ; _sHAies . " £ a . d . ' £ _s . d . ffirran - - - 0 8 9 Derby . . . 360 Newton Ahhott - 5 0 0 _Burrowash . - .. 112 0 Henry Davis- - 0 7 0 . Mr . Allen , Rochester 0 2 0 James Smith- - 0 1 . 0 Loughborough Ske-Westminster- - 116 8 vington - - 0 6 4 Emanuel "Wright - 0 15 ' 2 - Do . " W . Shnpkin -061 Marylebone . . 10 0 Do , C . Clark- - 0 6 1 Dorking - . 200 Do . W . Brewer - 0 2 10 Monmouth - -, 110 . i Do . J . Taylor - 0 1 4 Do . - - - 0 18 4 Hanley o : _Skelton- 2 8 6 Bilston- - - 4 0 0 Ardsley- - -200 "Wellingborough - 1 7 7 £ 29 16 0 SECTIOU "NO . 2 . Falkirk- - - 0 8 6 GeorgeBorton -024 J . Pocock - - 0 5 4 Dorking- - - 0 1 4 William Davis - 0 1 4 Borrowast - . 020 John Davis . - 0 1 4 T : Ladd , Gillingham 0 2 6 Long Sutton- - 0 3 0 JonathanRudman , Joseph Lock . - 0 2 6 Gillingham- - 0 2 G Westminster- - 0 1 4 Hammersmith , per C . Carpenter- - 2 0 6 Stallwood- - 315 8 J . Carpenter- - 2 0 6 £ 9 10 10 TOTAL LA . SD FCND . Mr . O'Connor , Section 1 90 0 0 Mr . Wheeler „ „ .. ., ., 26 16 0 £ 11916 0 Mr . O'Connor , Section 2 .. .. 7 14 9 Mr . Wheeler „ „ .. .. .. 910 10 £ 17 5 7
wttt _^ t _^^ tatB 1 ETT FOS _DHECT 0 B 8 . Lark Lock .. 4 , .. hii 6 0 8 Worcester ,. — .. .. 0 10 Cityof London .. .. .. .. 0 10 Hanley .. .. .. .. 0 5 9 LEW FOX THE LAUD _CDMEEMNCE . City of London .. .. .. .. 0 2 0 Hanley .. _•> •¦ •< 0 13 Bolton .. .. 022 CABDS AND BCLES , Lake Lock .. ., ' .. .. 0 0 8 Tavistock .. .. .. .. .. 0 0 8 I NATIONAL ANTI-MILITIA _** UND . ' _Dodhvtrst Brown / Bindley .. .. . _; 0 10 Uotfingham , * per J . Sweet .. .. .. 023
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . EXECDTIVE . Paisley , per J . Ron-ill .. ¦• ., 010 0 POLAND ' S BEQENEBATIOtf FCND . PEE MB . O ' COKHOS . C . Meakiu . Taunton ta _Ash & eld ., „ 0 0 6 casus Ann rules Sutton , in Ashfield .. .. .. .. 0 0 4 Worcester .. .. .. .. .. 0 10 "Nottingham .. ., ,. .. 0 6 4 Hanley .. .. ,. ., „ 0 2 4 CABDS AND BOLES . _Rarosgate - . 006 Sunderland - 0 0 6 Mr . Overton . - 0 I 6 Horsley- - -014 Secretary - -024 Long Sutton- - 0 0 0 Dorking- - . 028 Loughborough . 004 Norwich- _. - 0 0 8 Hanley - - ¦ 0 2 4 Devizes . . . 020 Stockton - -004
LEVI FOB DIBECTOB 8 , Girvan - - - 0 0 6 Dorking- - -011 Norwich - - 0 1 1 Hanley - - . 059 LEW FOB CONFERENCE , Girvan - - - 0 0 9 Dorking- - - 0 0 3 Norwich - - 0 0 9 Hanley . - - 0 1 3
RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PEB QENEBAL SECBETABT . Marylebone _ -- - - 030 Whittington & Cat . ¦ . - - 0 6 0 Newport , Isle of Wight . " - - 0 4 0 Westminister - - . - « 030 Leicester ( profits on . Star ) - - . 0 10 EXILES BESrOBAUOIf COMMITTEE . Mr . Codwin ' _s Book - - . - 0 3 0 ¦ VICTIH FOND . Newport , Isle of Wight- - - - 0 2 4 WIDOWS AND OBPHAW _3 . Loughborough - - - - . 0 2 4
EXILES' WIDOWS' AND AGED PATBIOT 3 R . G . B - - . 0 2 0 Nones . —Conununications for Mr . Wheeler to be ad . dressed to the office of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , Si , Dean-street , Soho . Sab-secretaries are re * quested to copy the above address . - Thomas M . Whzeleb , Secretary .
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THE ENSUING LONDON CHARTIST CONVENTION . A public meeting was held at the Feathers Tavern , Warren-street , Tottenham-court-road , on Monday evening , April 27 , for the purpose ef Electing a delegate for the _Borough of - Marylebone to the ensuing Chartist Convention . Mr . John Arnott was unanimously called to the chair , and' having " stated the object of the meeting asked , had any person a pro position to make . Mr . Habbis proposed that this meeting proceed to the election of one delegate , to represent the borough in the ensuing National Chartist Convention which was seconded by Mr . Woriedge and carried .
Mr . Laboe rose and said , as they were about to elect a delegate , he thought it necessary in these eventful times , that they should be provided with _instructionson which their delegate should acti he had , therefore , prepared the following resolution which he would submit to the meeting * . — That in the opinion of this meeting it is the boundea duty of every true Chartist to stand firmly by the six points of political reform , laid down in the _People ' s Charter , believing , tbat through the adoption of those principles , rests the only hope of permanent relief to the
industrious classes ; and that any deviation from any one point would tend to destroy the movement aad enable onr oppressors to triumph over u » . With tha view of carrying out the foregoing , the meeting herebjf Instructs their delegate in tbe approaching Convention , to oppose any deviation from the Ballot , or any other point of the Charter , and that he shall _suppon the principle , of Universal Suffrage in tha election „ f tho Executive committee , believing that a _Convention clotting them is bad in principle , unjust to thoga not _represented therein , and not in accordance with _thfe _piiatiple of popular
government . lie said at a Convention some years since he had opposed the principle q / 4 Conventions electing the Executive Committee , / _, nd had not yet seen reason to alter his opinion . _Tilear , hear . ) lie thought the
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power should remain in the _^ _hands , of the people . ( Hear / hear . ) Surely , if the people were competent to elect the Convention , they were equally competent to elect the Executive . ( Cheers . ) He conceived that' it would be very wrong to give up any point of the Charter , antf alter struggling for eight years against any odds , and all opposition , he still said , let us have the whole Charter . ( Loud cheers . ) lie knew many at the present time who were virtually disfranchised for the want ofthe Ballot >_( hear , hear , )—he had , therefore , much pleasure in moving the resolution . Mr . Faoe . seconded the motion . Tlie Chairman said the Somers Town locality had come td a unanimous resolution , that the members at large should elect the Executive . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was unanimously adopted .
Mb . Feems , in a very neat speech , moved the following resolution : — .. . That our delegate be instructed not to move or support , but to oppose , any proposition that shall have a tendency to sever the Executive Committee of tho National Charter Association from the Birectory of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society . Mr . Page seconded the motion . Mr . Farrbb , in a speech of considerable length and force , moved as an amendment : — That our delegate be instructed to support a propo . _sitisn to the effect that an Executive Committee , consisting of one or two persons not connected with the Land Society be elected , to managa and direct the affaire of the National Charter Association .
Mr . George Godwin seconded the amendment . Mr . Patiknden could not agree with the amendment of Mr . Farrer , but would move a rider to tlie solution , as follows : — ' That our delegate be also instructed to move or sup « port a proposition to add two members to the present "Executive Committee , and tbat such increased Executive do govern the two societies , conjointly . Mr . Haia seconded the rider . After a long and interesting discussion , in which Messrs . Farrer , Page , G . Godwin , Hall , Pattenden , Woriedge , Stallwood , Hornby , and Johnson , took part , Mr . Ferris replied , when the resolution and _rideiwere amalgamated , and carried by a very large majority . Mr . Page then moved ,
. That the delegate be instructed to move for the . re-appointment af the Exiles' Restoration Committee . That he be also instructed to move the appointment of a National Tictim Committee , such committee to consist of the Executive and one member from each Metropolitan Locality . Mr . Worlsdob seconded the motion . Mr . _Siailwood suggested the propriety of the Con vention voting the funds now in hand , one half for the restoration of Frost , Williams ; and Jones ; and the other half for the purpose of bringing up witnesses from the Potteries , and thus getting Ellis ' s case reviewed by the Government , which he thought would effect his liberation . ( Hear , hear . ) As a member of the present National Victim Committee he could not conceive that there was at present a single -victim in existence , other than the above . ( Hear , hear . ) The motion waa carried unanimously .
Messrs . Pattenden and Large then nominated Mr , Woriedge , of Saint Marylebone— -Messrs . Hall and Page nominated Mr . John Hornby , of Somers Town —Messrs . Cooper and Rowland nominated Mr . Bird ' , who declined to stand . The votes were then taken , and ths choice of the meeting fell on Mr . John Hornby , who was declared the delegate . Avoteof thanks was awarded to Mr . Arnott , 'for his strict impartiality in the chair , and the meeting dissolved .
YORKSHIRE . Special Wksr Ridino Delegate Meeting . —This meeting was held on Sunday last , according ; to notice , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax , when the following resolutions were carried : — " That in the event of the Chartist Convention heing held in London , two delegates ba Immediately sleeted to represent this district in that Convention . " That each locality nominates proper _perBOUB as can . didates for election , to represent this district in Confer _, ence , and send those nominations to the secretary immediately , and the secretary will furnish each locality with & list of the candidates « o nominated . " That the secretary write to the localities unrepresented at this meeting , that they may hare the same privilege as the rest . '
" That the question of electing the executive body by the Conference , or by the body , be referred to tbe localities . " That we consider the _executive fully compatent to manage the affairs of both societies , and that interference with the ] present arrangements would be productive of irreparable injury . " That there be a camp meeting held at "Wibsey Slack , on Sunday the 10 th of May , to commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and the following gentlemen be invited to _attead—Messrs , Shaw aud Brook of Leeds ; G , 'White , J . Adderson , and J . Smith , of Bradford ; J . Hobson , of Huddersficld ; B . Rushton , J . Baldwin , R . Suttliff j . ndlt . "ffhcelrigllt , Halifax ; J . Firth , of Keighley ; F . W . _Sueksmith _, and other friends from Dewsbury , _Littletotrn on Llversedge , and that the election of delegates to Con . ference be confirmed at that meeting . "
BILSTON . A unanimous vote of thanks to , and confidence in , the directors has been passed by the members of the Land Society . We fully confide in the directors to buy land where it will best suit the members . BRADFORD . The Coercion Biil . —A petition containing 9844 signatures against the Irish Coercion Bill has been sent from this town to Mr . T . Duncombe for presentation . This is the work ofthe Bradford Chartist * .
BACUP . A public meeting of the shareholders of the Bacup Branch , of the Chartist Co-Operative Land Society was held on Sunday , April 26 th , in the Chartist room , Rochdale Road , when the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — That we , the members of the Land Society , hereby instruct the directors to purchase land in any county in England tbat will best _^ answer the objects of the society , either in an agricultural or manufacturing district _. That we meet in future at ten o'clock on Sunday morn _, ing , to transact business connected with the Land Society .
PLYMOUTH : The Coercion Bill . —At a meeting of the members of the National Chartist Association in this town , on Sunday , 26 th instant , Mr . J . Rogers in the chair , it was unanimously resolved , That a public meeting be held at the Mechanic '? Institute to take into coniideratioa the propriety ol petitioning _Parliament against the passing of the Irish Coercion Bill , and that Messrs . Rogers , Treinayne , and Robertson , be appointed te arrange for the same . ( We hope to hold the meeting early next week . ) It was proposed by'P . J . _O'Bi'ien , and seconded by Mr . Mosks Simmons , That Mr . E . Robertson be the delegate from this locality to the Convention , and that he be requested to be in readiness when called on .
The Leaguers , with all their protestations of sympathy for the Irish , fear to move lest their Corn Bill would be endangered thereby , another proof , if one was wanting , that the gaining of their own ends is more dear to them than the lives aud liberties of millions . From my very heart , I say , may every blessing fall on O'Connor for his noble conduct in aiding the Irish M . P . ' s in their struggle to strangle the "bloody bill ; " this will , and must convince , my hitherto misled countrymen , that the Chartists of England feel for them , and are ever ready to aid them against tyranny . P . J . _O'BbikKi
LAMBERIIEAl ) GREEN . At the usual weekly meeting of the shareholders of this branch of the Chartist Co-Operative Land Society , : in . the WorKing Man's Hall ; Mr . Henry Atherton , the oldest . democrat , in the chair , tlie business ofthe meeting commenced by the Secretary reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter to the audience , in which itwas observed that he . was waiting the decision of every locality , whether he was to be confined to a manufacturing district in the purchase of land ; we considered , and unanimously agreed , that it ought to be left to his own decision to purchase it wherever he thinks proper , so that he gets it cheap enough and soon enough .
SHEFFIELD . Th * Ihisk Cobrcios Bill . —A public meeting _wao held in the Town-hall , on Monday evening , April 27 th , to take into consideration the propriety of * petitioning Parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill : Mr . John Seaward was called to the chair , who read the hand-bill calling the meeting , and opened the business ofthe evening in an _appropriate address . Mr . W . Goodlad moved the following resolution ; That this meeting is of opinion that the Coercion Bill for Ireland is unjust in principle , most oppressive in its nature , aud an insult to that long misgoverned country ; and that we petition against tho enactment of tho measure .
Mr . EVinson seconded the motion , in a Bhort speech , after which Mr . T . CuBK _. oftlie Executive , wa & ealled upon to support it . On that gentleman riskig the cheering was immense—after it had subsided Mr . Clark commenced the unfolding of Irish grievances . His speech occupied an hour in delivery ,, and was enthu-Siastically applauded . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Atlii moved tho petition , which was seconded by Mr . Stocks , and carried _linanimousiy . Mr . Cavill moved the following resolution : — That H . 6 . Ward and John Parker , Esqrs ., the t ' . vo Members for the Borough _, be respectfully and _empfiati _. cally requested te oppose the Irish Coercion BU ' , now before the House of _Cunmons , andindoiug so , to . take advantage of every form ofthe Ilouse which will admit of that course , independent of the _consequences to the commercial measure proposed hy the Muu > , try , as we wonld scorn to take the supposed booa « _a _COnd ' ition that our Irish Brethren are coerced ,
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The resolution having been seconded by Mr . Jackbon was carried unanimously : ' An _Ihisu Fmend , who was in the body of the hall , mounted the seat and mbved the next resolution : — That the thanks of this meeting , and more particularly of the Irishmen resident in Sheffield ; ate _^ due and ! are hereby tendered to ' the Individuals who so promptly came forward topetition Parliament against the infernal Curfew law , intended to" be inflicted on the starving people of Ireland ; ! The motion was then put from the chair , and carried nem . con . Three Justy cheers was given for the opposition , and three for Frost , Williams ; and Jones . ; 'flunks haying been voted to the chairman , ihe meeting dissolved .
PAISLEY . GREAT MEETING AGAINST THE COERCION BILL . Sib , —I send you inclosed a report of a publie meeting from the Renfrewshire _Actoertiser , and I may say a more orderly , or better attended meeting has not been witnessed in Paisley for a number of years . The Exchange Rooms , which is the largest place oi public meeting in the town , was crowded to suffocation _, lt was truly gratifying to see the harmony that prevailed during the whole of the proceedings , which , with the _exueption of the chairman , was wholly conducted by working men , ; This , and meetings such as this , is in my opinion the best refutation that can be given to the oft-repeated assertion of certain panics , that the working classes of Scotland , and England , have no sympathy for the sufferings of their Irish brethren . We are busily canvassing for signatures to the petition , and I hope to be able by Monday night to send you an account ut * the number , — Correspondent . ,
IRISH COERCION BILL . On the evening of Tuesday , a crowded meeting of the inhabitants ot'l ' uisley took place iu the . Exchange . Rooms Moss-street , for the _puipose of . petitioning _Varlwrnent agai nBt the Irish Coercion Bill . On the motion of Mr . James Fleming , ' - Councillor Campbell was unanimously called to the chair . ... The Chairman having read the bill calling the meet _, ing , said it . would not be worth his while to trespass much on their time ai present . Hu might say , however , that he never saw mueh good result from comcion , either in a family or iu a government . Coercion bniy incensed the people agaiust the government , instead of pacifying them .
Mr . _Cocuuan said he would read the resolutions , ' and then make a few comments upon thein . Ue then read a series of resolutions , deploring the present unhappy state of Ireland , attributing it to the course of policy which had bean pursued _towards her , ami embodying a resolution to petition Parliament against the Irish Coercion Bill . He would not take up their time iu endeavouring to depict the miseries of the Irish' people . £ very body _reading the press must be _aciiuainted with it . In fact , the misery of Ireland had become proverbial , Persons who had Visited Italy , Polaud , and barbarous Russia , declaied that they had only to return to Ireland to witness the summit of human misery . This meeting was not only necessary to make known to tho legislature ot the couutry that they were aware ot the treatment ofthe
Irish people , but it would go far to conciliate the miuds of their brethren of the sister isle towards thu people of this country . Itwas not loug siuce it was declared by the aristocracy tbat the Irish were aliens in blood . It was the interest of the aristocracy to foster such prejudices as these in tbe minds of the people . — A petition had lately been presented at the toot of the throne from thc Corporation of Dublin , stating thero were four nnllions of Her Majesty ' s subjects whose ouly food was tho potato—whose only : drink was waterwhose houses were pervious ; to the rain—and to whom a bed or a blanket was a luxury unknown—who were in fa . it the most wretched people in . Europe . And this is a country which contained food of the bust kind , sufficient to supply three times its inhabitants . They exported the best kind of food , and allowed the producers of it . to
starve on the potato . ( Cheers . ) ¦ Miserable , however , as tbey were , in consequence of their hardships , the tyrant landlords were not satisfied , but they must drive ilium from their homes—that home to which , miserable as they are , they are deeply attached ; and this simply that they may accumulate more capital to spend abroad . It would be no difficult task to prove that those driven out have a better rijht to the laud than those who possess it . He held it was the bouuden duty Of the Legislature to interfere when they saw the poor Irish , driven off iu thousands . ( Cheers . ) They talked of psople being shot at midday . He admitted it . lie at the same time regretted it , but he was not surprised at it . It was a wonder thut the people did not rise in a mass and sweep their tyrants lrom God ' s fair earth . ( Loud cheers . ) After a few farther remarks he proposed tbe adoption of the resolutions .
Mr . James Fleming said , they were called to discharge a duty to Ireland . Surely there was some other rule Which might be applied than coercion . The very wildest animals could be tamed by kindness , and it was strange that this rule could not be applied to man , Was not the government rejoicing at the laurels obtained by one ' the sons of Ireland in India ! And what must he think when he hears of his countrymen being brought to tht verge of desperation 1 Would he not say to his couutryinen , " We ought to be in Ireland to relieve our brethren from the common enemy . " Sueh a stats of things could not last long . He seconded the resolutions , which were put to tbe vote and carried unanimously .
Mr . Duncan Robertson said , it might be regretted by some tbat there was a lack of talent ou the platform _, lie might say that they h : id exerted themselves to obtkill men accustomed to public speaking , but they had learned they must not rely too much on clerical gentlemen . Thty had learned that the people of Ireland were suffering , and that they were to be insulted by a measure , whieh , if not resisted by England aud Scotland , would bu a disgrace to them . The people , he believed , only required to be informed of the condition of Ireland iu order to extend their sympathy . When tiny looked to the state ot
Ireland , it was not astonishing that life and property was insecure . He read an extract from an Irish paper , descriptive of some ejectments which had lately taken place , and asked if they could be astonished that the Irish people ware goaded on to take vengeance on tliose oppressing them ? He had ne doubt but that the bill would meet with the hearty opposition of the people of England and Scotland . He moved the adoption of a petition to Parliament founded ou the resolutions , and concluded by hoping , that those pre * ent would use very endeavour to get it- as numerously signed as possible .
Mr . IValteb _AaracE cordially concurred in the expressions _reprehensive of the Coercion Bill Which was about to be imposed on the people of Ireland , What was deemed necessary for tho Irish , to-day might be their fate to-morrow . He conjured the working classes to unite together in seeking justice to the Irish . He seconded the adoption of the petition . Mr . ii'Ghee said , when he came to the meeting , he did not intend to say a single word on the subject , seeing that their Scoter friends had been willing to get up this meeting of themselves . He felt it an honour to live in a town where such good feeling was manifested
towards the Irish . He returned his best thanks to tho Committee for having taken up the subject . He hoped it would be a stimulus to other towns . If they tamely submitted to the tyranny of those in power tbey deserved to be called passive slaves indeed . He hoped th * time was uomimg when the men ol Britain would see what it was their interest to do . The Government , he thought , would find it a difficult matter to coerce hungry , men . For one that had been assassinated in Ire * land there had been a hundred killed by starvation . He had been in many places , but had seen no misery equal to what existed in Ireland .
After a little discussion , the petition was unanimously adopted . The Chairman said , he had not seen a meeting like the present for several years . It was a credit to the working classes . They were ulwaya first in hand , and then others came forward and took soma bit from thelU . They had seen this in the case of the Corn-laws . It was the working classes who advocated their abolition ten years ago , and now they found such men as Feel and Graham taking up the question . The day ,, he said , was
hot far distant , when they would see the middle cluaseB coming forward and advocating the _extension of" the suffrage . Mr . Buncombe was the only member they had in the House of Commons . They talked of rotten boroughs—was there ever-a mor rotten borough than ; Paisley ? Mr . Hastie knew well how to keep his sent _nosooner was a school of design talked of , than down came a hundred pounds . But was he as ready with the starving people ? The day would come when the working classes would be counted a & respectable as any paltry shopkeeper or petty manufacturer . ( . Cheers . 1
lt was _afcretd tbat tho petition , should " bu fbrwmcded for presentation to ilr . Duncombe , A Committee was then appointed for tho purpose of canvassing the town for _signatures , and , after a vote of thnks to the Chun-man , the meeting _baokeup .
_GREEIiOCK _. The Coerciok Bill . —A _pubik meeting of the inhabitants oi thiB tovm was held ia the Mechanics Institution , on the evening of Tuesday , April 21 , fer the purpose of considering the propriety of remonstrating _agwubt the Irish , Coercion Bill . Mr . John Neilson , an Electee , was unanimously called to the Chair , who opened the proceedings with a few appropriate remarks on the obnoxious measure . Mr . Robert Burrell proposed the first resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Kerr . Mr . _Peacock , and Mr . Alexander Campbell , supported the resolution , wliich was unanimously adopted . A petition was then proposed by Mr . lit . Dunlep , seconded by Mr . Peter Campbell , and unanimously adopted . The petition wiU . be signed by the public generally , and then _forwarded to Mr . Duncombe tor presentation . The raeeting waa -very numerously attended
Mertuyb Tydvil . —Mr . Morgan "Williams having kindly ohvred to deliver a series of lectures on different subjects interesting to the working classes , delivered his third lecture on Sunday the 26 th ult ., on the life and writings of Benjamin Franklin . Tho two first lectures were on' - the life and writings of that great man Thomas Paine . " Mr . Williams explained in a clear and concise manner the light Franklin had thrown on electricity and philosophy ; his reception at thc Court of Britain , and his _successful efforts to establish the liberty of his native land , s
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The Chartist Co-Operative Land Societyi ...
THE CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETYi Meetings for , tlie purpose of enrolling members , and transacting other business connected therewith are held every -week on the following days and places : — _SUHDAT EVENING . South , London Chartist Hall , 115 , Bfackfriars-road at half-past six o ' clock . —( % Chartist Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane : at six o ' clock . — _Westminster : at tho Parthenium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane- at _half-paat seven . —Sinners Town ; at Mr . Duddrege ' s , Bricklayers' Arms ,, Tonbridge-street , New-road , at _balj-pastseven . —Tower Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o ' clock precisely . —Emmett ' s Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , at eight o ' clock precisely _, —Maridebone _= I at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , " at half * past seven .
MOMUr _KVEKim . Camberwell : at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , at eight o'clock precisely . TUBSDAV EVENING . Greenwich : at Mr . Paris ' _s , Cold Bath , at eight o ' clock . Newcastle-upon-Tyne : This branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society meet in the house ot Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Side , every Monday evening , from seven until nine o ' clock , lor the purpose of receiving subscriptions aud enrolling members . Leicester : The members and committee of the Cooperative Land Society meet at 87 , Church-gate , every Sunday night , at six o ' clock _.
Armley : Ihe members of the Chartist co-operative Land Society meet at the house of M r . W illiam Gates , boot and shoemaker , Armley Town-gale , every Monday evening , at eight o ' clock .
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CnAniisT Hall , 1 , Turnagain lane , Farringdonstreet . —A meeting of the shareholders will be held in the Coffee-room , on Suuday moru . ng next , May 3 , at half-past ten precisely . In the evening ut seven , Mr . Shorter will deliver a publie lecture ; suhjeet" The influence of religious establishments on the progress of opinion . " . South Lo . vdon Chabtist Hall , 115 , _Blackfriarsroad . —Mr . John Shelton will lecture on Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) at half-past seven : subject— " The Philosophy of Society . " CAiiBERffKLL and Walworth . —A meeting will be held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , on Monday evening next , May i , at eight o clock precisely . Bilston . —A public supper will take place at Mr . Linney ' s , in celebration of the first colony by the Chnrtist Co-operative Land Society , on Monday evening , May 11 . Our friends are requested to nmke speedy application for tickets , aa the number will he limited . .
A Harmonic Meeting will be held at the Clock House , _Castle-street , Leicester-square , on Tuesday evening , May 12 , for the benefit of Mr . Llewellyn . A ball will conclude the evening ' s amusement . Tickets 6 d . each , tube obtained at the Parthenium , and oi" Mr . T . M . Wheeler , 83 , Dean-street , Soho . Camp _Mbew . so . —A Chartist camp meeting will be held at Wibsey Slack ( between Haiitnx and Bradford , on Sunday , May 10 , to commence at two o clock in the afternoon . Macclesfield . —A public meeting will be held in
the Chartist-room , Stanley-street , on Monday next . Messrs M'Grath and Clark will _attend and address the meeting . Subject— " The Land and the Irish Coercion Bill . " Chair to be taken at eight o ' clock in the evening . ; Bradford . — The . Chartist-room , Butterworth Buildings is open every Saturday and Sunday evening _. The Northern Star and several other publications are supplied for the use of the persons attending the room . A meeting of the members will take place on Sunday afternoon next , at two o'clock , to elect a new council . . .
The Chartist members of-the O'Connor Brigade will meet in their room ,. Butterworth Buildings , ou Sunday Afternoon , at two o ' clock . Nottingham . —The next meeting of the Land Society in this district will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o ' clock , at the New Inn , Carrington . . Bath . —The members of this branch of the Chartist Co-Operative Land Society are requested to attend at the house of the secretary , No . 11 , Clement Street , on Sunday , ( to morrow , ) at seven o'clock , on business ot * importance . A tea party , will be held at Mr , Beaven ' s , Batheaton , on Monday , May 11 th , to celebrate the tirat anniversary of tne above-named society ; tea on the , table at half-past six . Tickets may be had of the secretary ; of Mr . C . Cottle , No . 8 , Chelsea Buildings , and of Mr . Beaveu , Batheaton .
Stockport . —A meeting of the shareholders ot N . C . Land Association will be held in the Chartist Institution , Bamber ' _s Brow , on Monday next , to appoint two persons to audit the accounts . —[ Our correspondent does not specify the time of raeetiug . ] A South _Lancasuire Delegate _Meeting will be held in the Chartist Association-room , Mill-street , Rochdale , on Sunday next . May 3 rd , at ten o ' clooli in the forenoon . Stockport . —A Members' Meeting will be held on Sunday next , May 3 rd , at two o clock in the afternoon . Manchkster —Messrs . P . M'Grath and T . Clark , will address the * people of Manchester on Sumlay next , in the Carpenter ' s Hall . Chair to he taken at half-past six o ' clock .
Staffordshire Potteries . —A public meeting will be held in the Christian Brethren ' s Meeting Room , Market-street , Hanley , on Tuesday evening , tit 1 o ' clock , May 5 th , to Petition against the Irish Coercion Bill , * Mr . Thomas Clark will be in attendance . Tower Hamlets . —The committee men of the various localities for raising means to pay tbe delegate to the forthcoming Convention are requested to meet at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at seven o clock . The adjourned discussion will be resumed at eight o ' clock precisely . All parties holding tickets of the _lato supper in commemoration of the birthday of the late Henry Hunt , are requesed to attend on Sunday evening , at the Whittington aud Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green . .
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TO THE CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF GREAT BRITAIN . A brief outline ot * a Protective and Scientific Society of Carpenters nnd Joiners . On presenting this to the members of the above trade , a few words to justify the formation ofa new society mny be necessary . Several _experienced members of _nssocintcd bodies have thought that a more _useful class of iiistiUw tion might be established , for assisting , protecting and promoting the interests of the trade , and also for advancing and assisting each other , in extending a knowledge of the _scienses _, particularly those connected with the building _trude . The advantages resulting f _. om the present mode of holding meetings and conducting trades
busine « s at public houses is questionable at tbe _lenst , although sanctioned by many of the best intentloned of the trade , and without wishing to be hostile to our _IVllotvinembers , we think we perform nothing more than a necessary public duty iu _proposing the adoption of such means as will afford to all who desire to associate apart from public houses , an opportunity for so doing . We are of opinion that societies for the protection of labour should be removed from those exciting influences , which tend to depreciate the wovUing elai & _tw as tar as possible _, it must be self-evident to all reflecting ' minds that uny mentis used to caui . e reflective instead of those _exciting proceedings ( which are unfortunately to common in the present houses of cjIIJ must promote greater self-respect amongst us which is the first step towards nientul
improvement , moral elevation , and more extended protection . We also think we shall stand in a much more independent position MuMngst men by establishing Labour Protective _anJScientitic Societies at coffee-houses , private rooms , or building suitable premises to transact tbe business Of the society , securing the right and _atlvuntagus of such place of meoting , instead , as is now the practice , of soHeitine the favours of a landlord , whose only interest is . tb « amount of drink you consume . The progressive spirit of the timeB calls aloud tbat ne should avail _ouritlvea of the means at our disposal for the advancement of our class , which can be done much better apart from the influences pf those excitements which public houses afford . Tbis will not admit of contradiction , and when we consider tho constitutions , habits , and prejudices of many , whose dispositions will not render their attendance
at public houses comfortable , we loan much valuable _assistance , thereby weakening the power of the trade , and placing a weapon in the hands of our _ndversaries . We think by adopting the means we suggest , we can secure more attention to the many evils which afflict us as a class , and consolidate the protective _jvowtv we already possess , b y infusing a new spirit and opening up new channels of thought and action , which the literature of the day offers to the working millions , "Willi these few cursory remarks , we solicit the aid ' and advice of those of , ouv trade who wish to sec so desirable an object carried out , in order that the example may stimulate other trades to follow in the same path . Thnt the subject may bo taken into serious _consideration is the sincere wish of the provisional committee . ( Signed on their behalf ) "ff . J . _Youno , 33 , Park-street , Dorset-square .
( The following did not reach our office till this , { Wednesday ) morning . We cannot account for the delay . } to the editor of tub northern star . Dear Sir , —By your insetting in your valuable paper the following lines , you will much _obli _« e the Miners of South Stuiu'rd _. hire . TO THE CO A L MA S TERS B U TTIES & C OF
_STAFf-OltDSmitE . Gentlemen , — "We , the miners of South Staffordshire , hear it announced in several part * of our district , that some of our " musters " are about to give notice to drop
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tluir men ' s _waggs threepence ' ' per day ; we _therefoufoi desire to ask you a few questions , that we may be enligbigli ened as to hotr it comes to pass that you are oblige ft t " loner our wages al a time like the present . 1 st . Does not your present per ecntage on your _capitaitii sufficiently remunerate you ? » Jf'f , * nn"t . ' . _lcaUse y'H * c » "not afford to pay us the prawn sent amount of wages ? _wJSh ' i ! f » *??• _"'' "" to ™ *™ to perform tl . _reeponcaic Tod © V pei y th , in whatwehav _^ " _wo _, _lm _, 4 th . Is it because our labour is not as valuable now ir in 1816 as it _tras in 1830 , when coals were sold for 7 s _nene ton in the market , and we I _. mHs . per day , and our atintsTta < fcc \ , tras much less than _utpresent , although jou mo numm getting in the market , on an average , 10 s . Cd . per ton , il , ii not more , while tvo in many places have Cd ; per day less 5 s Sth . Is it because you have suffered much , in tiie ironon
stoue mines in c » useqnenee of some _suddt-n fall in theh « iron market , timt you _u-ish to reduce our wages , asas miners , threepence yer day ? b ' ch . I * it because our labour is bgcome a drug in thehe market , or do we produce too _murlifso that you ciinnotoll get your price ? We think we hear a voice answering fromm the Charlinton ivories "X _.- > . "J 7 th . I 9 it because we , as a body of miners , in _vnriouMS parts of our district , are organising ourselves in union » ! 8 tli . Is it because we , as a body of miners , have showed : d some symptoms of "mastership " against our musters _bjiy making some " unreasonable demand ?" _Dtli . Is it because we have been the means of _causing g our consume ! _s to kick against our produce , by allowing g you to drive us into the pits , late and soon , when ne have e wanted to stay at home , forcing us to work against the e interests of both the employer and the employoa ?
10 th . Is it because you have too many accidents occur- - ring in your _Bi-l-is , of whieh the causes are chiefly your P cheap woj of getting jour coal and irou stone , die ., and 1 caring nothing for the poor men ' s lives ? - ' . Lastly . If it Is nono of tilts * , we ask what ' s the reason l you wish to have threepence per day off our wages ? Wo ) think we hear some of our masters answerimr , Why , , because we are giving Cd . _*•«• day more than some of our . _ni-ighbouring masters are . " Yes , we at once admit it , , but then « e would ask such masters who are giving Cd- - per day mure limn their neighbours , does not the present t prico of our produce sufficiently remunerate jou _l We would as . k such gentlemen , because your neighbour r may cheat his men out of Oil . per day , is it well that , you i should follow his example . How much _mui-d would I you be liked , gentlemen , if you was trying ty prevail on i those , your nei ghbours , whom you so much _cumpl _.-iiu of , _, to give to their _tvoi-ltmen _* ometliiiig more .
Hoping , gentlemen , you will viciv ihe subject in the * light of right , We are , your obedient Servants , Tue Miners' Committee . Bilston , April 02 nd , 184 ( 5 . Close op TAr _Bium-oBD _CAnrEiraiis' Stmke . — Tkemasters of Bradford , - Yorkshire , have withdraw n lrom tbe Association of _Almic-lii-st ' . _-i- and Liverpool , and have called their men in , at an advance of 2 s . per week , with a promise of another shilling when the contracts in hand aro finished ,, nnd have done a nay with die document as they could find none busu enough to _sitfii it . OLDH 4 M CA 6 _FENT _1-RS _Stkike . —Upwards dl 100 Carpenters struck on the Gth of April for an advance of 2 s . per week , iher * is now CO out , u number of iheiu being employed finishing the work lor gentlemen , which the employers are unable todoin _consci-uencu oi th » strike .
Leeds Carpenters . —The masters , when they gave tha advance of 2 s per _iveut . n the _lie _^ innin _^ of April , refused to employ about 20 ofthe most _m-tivu men in conductiu ; tiie strike ; ttiese men have formed a joint stock company , and gone in business iu opposition to the musters , aud are likely to prove formidable rivals to . them in trade . Thk _Manciihsteb Turk-out . —John Bush , London Secretary of Carpenters , begs to acknowledge £ 261 from tlio Carpenters' Societies ot * London , independent of the amounts received b y _thei-ubscription lists . He also acknowled _ges 9 s . G _<) . from the silk hatters in the employ of Mr . Bennett , Winchester-place , Borough .
Masciiesteu Struck—A . public meeting will be held at the Victoria Tavern , Three . Colt Street , Limehouse , on Wednesday evening , May 6 , at _cA _^ Ut o ' clock , when delegates from Manchester and London will attend and explain the present position of the turnouts , and the coercive nu-asui e . _i adopted by the employers and police in _riisf-uisc in their endeavo urs to destroy tlw rights of tlw trades ,
H0krib1.E Atrocitv.—It Falls To Our Lot To Relate The Particulars Of Two O F The Most Brutal Eases Of
H 0 KRIB 1 . E Atrocitv . —It falls to our lot to relate the particulars of two o f the most brutal eases of
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rape that perhaps ever occurred in this country , which were perpetrated , on Sunday evening last , at a place called linipe ocar , a lone aiid extensive moor , lying between the village ot * _llacktlioi-pe and Bamptou Grange , in Westmoreland , on the persons of Miss Elizabeth Dover , aged thirty-two years , and her sister Jane , of the age of seventeen years , by four labourers , who were working on the Lancaster and _Carlisle Railway , near Strickland , named John Smith , William Smith , Jack Gloucester , and T . Gunner , who have made their escape , lt appears that the mother and brother of these ' unfortunate
women carry ou a large t » vm , called ' . be Scavside , near which tliero is not anutuer _dwelling for nearly a mile ; and the M isses Dover live with them . Uu Sunday last , another sister , whoiivesat llackihorpehall , was on a visit to her mother and family at Scarside-farm , aud on her return home in the evening , her _si'ters Elizabeth and Jane accompanied her over the _greater pare of tlw moor , and on their return , about a liall ' -a-mile from home , they were met ou the moor by'the two Smiths , Gloucester , and Gunner , who all four commenced most brutal assaults upon them , by kicking ami beating them in a most barbarous manner indeed , one of tho Smiths knocked a tooth out of the head of Jane , and their bonnets und clothes were all torn and tattered to pieces . done
Having so , they threw the two _defencelesssistera down on the ground , near the cart-tract , f » r there is no regular road en tlio moor , when each of the ruffians repeatedly violated their persons . At last , hon ever , their lust became satiated and they let Jane go , who , tor some time lay in a state of great exhaustion , and , on coming round , managed with great difficulty to reach home , leaving her sister in the hands ol ' the four villains . On getting home she presented a must frightful spectacle , and having told what had happened , her brother Matthew imnudiately mounted lijs horse and galloped oft' in search of his sister-Elizabeth , but the villains , no doubt , on hearing the clattering of the horse ' s feet , had decamped . On coming to that part of the moor where he expected .
to have found her he was disappointed in doing so , for he had galloped too far , and on retracing his steps he at last found her lying on the ground unable to get up , and presenting a most horrid and heartrending sight . With great difficulty he succeeded in getting her home , about ten u ' _olock ' at night ; it > _vas before eight o ' clock when the villains first attacked them . The four villains , on leaving their victims , proceeded to their lodgings at Little Suicklainl , where tliey remained some time , but early in tlio morning tliey absconded . The police are out iii uil directions in search of them , but up to this time ( Thursday evening ) they have not been apprehended . The respec tability of the Misses Dover and the _enormity of the crimes have given rise to muck
excitement and execration . ruinous _Uidisg . —At the Bow-street Police-oflice , on'Wednesday , Georgo Ellis , a messenger employed ap the _«?«¦« newspaper-office , appeared upon his recognizances , before Air . Henry , to answer a _compl-iint preferred against him by Air . Catcbpole , a silversmiili _, 120 . _llegent-strcet , for Imvitig on the 81 st of March , ridden over him and his wile in the Strand , whereby they sustained considerable injuries . The magistrate decided on sending the case before a jury .
_PuxiSiistEXT of Death . —Last evening a _puWie meeting was held at Exet _i-hall , to consider the subject of punishment of death , and to _petitioti _I'lu-litu ment for its , immediate abolition . The large hall was densely crowded long _belbre the hour appointed for the meeting . William _Ewart _, £ » q . M . i \ , was called to the chair , and tho resolutions were moved and seconded by Lord Nugent , Mr . Bright , M . P ., the llev . Br . Mortimer , Air . O'Connell , Al . I ' ., anil several otheis . The resolutions and petitions fbuu » ded on them were unanimously agreed to . A society was also i ' urmed , to bo called " The Society for the Abolition of Capital Punishments , " and a . eununittee waB formed to carry out its objects .
DREADFUL AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT . CASHEL . An accident of a truly painful and fatal _lis-un-a occurred here on Monday night . The _followin- _^ are the brief'particulars .. It appears that about , four hundred persons , who hud beeu employed au temparary work by the Relief Committee of the 3 town , had assembled in the evening at the Old To-mil Hall in order to be paid , when one end of the ream , g'ive way and precipitated the unfortunate _peopis-intd the room underneath . The confusion was s »*» ful . _smd the result is that two of the sufferers are since dcml , forty more in hospital—the majority of _-shorn are io a dangerous state—and about forty ara _eonlineil to their own houses , all more or lc _> s injuvad _^ _SexeroJ ; of the wretched creatures confined ta the hospital cannot long survive . The unfortunate _circuMisiancd has _cauartl the greatest sensation _lic «» . Th * Uouuiq Catholic Clergy and Town Comiui & _iiiniers have , uien doing all they can to relieve the sufferers and _tln-iv families . The town is quiet , a _& _kough-tue distress is awful .
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imuaren to ' _JDieo u t Glasgow on _Tuesday last , April 21 , mo , Adam Cameuon , aged 48 ' viv _* ha & _leita wife and tlirea ni . it-1 . ...... -. » _% . _»
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mourn their and bereavementMrCameron ' s loss is deeply _regrettMU a sterling and unnii _\ cuiiig mencement ' of the Agitation principles from his curliest man ofthe Glasgow Branch _liHttdSoeietj . Ms remains grave on Swutoy last , _tViimdsa _li \ ' . _Uv-i-, 'oei ! Ui : s »
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. . by all who . _knew'jri _^ _jvjje was _Cl-gttjsv-si-icB tho _ftrst _^ ow _^ , End upheld the de _* _n & crat . <|! o _yewi Vi *! 8 waa . _-. _thtt-tirsfcChi-ft _^ oH _^ e _'Chartis * _Co _^ _ra-iv _^ Were "; followed to ihb S / l _ntn by a _Jw-ge _, _conwurs _* opus o « _£ U " . V ¦ ' ' > Vby all _whaknew' _^' _u'S-jvhe was 111 " _Clffltt-jsv-sincB the _first _^ coui _^ : ion , End * upheld the 4 _« A « crM . _<[» ; st yeslsV . _ue wus . thatir "' _t-Chitfl'g itch _oH'ie'Chiirtis" CuiopBr _^ 'i _*^ ft _lins We ' _rd ; followed ¦ _td- . ihb ' ij'l _ntn » y a _JWg _" _^ c onwur »* ' o -. _i « o _« _l *** T - ¦ ¦' " _*'•' , " : - ' _.- •' . ' - J . \ ¦ y - < - _¦¦ - ! " _* " _y-- ' ' ' . i _Slfe-- ; *¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ _^ h _« V . /' .. _** "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 2, 1846, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02051846/page/5/
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