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Monday , June 5, House Op Lords .—Al-Sib...
geatleman went _thraurh the corMipc _ denee which took pke . between _LordPalmSMtOn B <*« SirB . _Bolwer and co-tended that tha tone of the letters as regarded the government of Spain was _escalated to _excitesteely of irritation on the partof the _gorernment of that _conn-^ Hr _^ _fS _^ Lord _Fri-Onto * interference , _exZhewe * that Lord Aberdeen had , daring the ast _fdmSstra-on , warned theSpanLh government agams _SSSS _ o _« t . f an attempt to slight the Queen of _Srnin He lauded the noble Secretary for _forefcn At . _*_ _rt _ eneral policy , and declared his conviction that , tskizs him fer aU and all , his _qnalificstions as Foreign _ r . in c-. sr-fere unexceptionable . Lore " - ' -son regretted that this case had been brought _befor ; the _housa until the negociation hid heen _eonclniej " .
_L-aZ J . B . C 5 SELL defended the _coudect of Sir H . Bulwer . ind Baid that the government were prepared to tike the responsibility of the whole _preeeediegs on themselves . Ha thonght Lord _Tilmerstoa had acted proprrly in aot involving the nation in a serious quarrel en _aecoant o ! this affront , and that the bon . member who _brcucht the motion forward gheuld have _chos : n a timo Wfctn _neeociations were not penaing between the _repreiest-tires oi Spain in this country , and h « _Majesty ' s s ° - Ternnient . "_ r _Disbaeli complained thst after the perpetration of 80 violent and unjustifiable an outrage on Sir H . Bulwer , the government shoald enter into _negotiations with Sp 3 _! 3 . If there was aBy man who , more than another , was competent to _ctrry out those matters in a _baeiaeislike way , it was Lord Palmerston ; but the noble lord
took _Ju p ihe dangerous principle of liberalism—a principle which he carried throughout all states , from Athens to Madrid , and which ere-ted confusion in every country . Sir K , I : " gli 5 considered that this was - proceeding __ _pars _ - £ d in the hlitery of nation ! . H ? _stverelj commented on the policy of Lord _Pdlmerstoa . Whatever might he said as to the matter of the interference , he { Sir H . Inglis ) believed that for tbe first time in _diploma tic affairs the noble lord had not _confinedhis confidential communication to the minister of the court of Spain , but hid authorised its _' cemmunication to aa individual , who of all htr sex had obtained the most notoriety , and who was of all persons the lesst calculated _torecaiva the confidence of this couatry . ( Hear . ) Why timid that oonSdential letter _h-ve- _'beta directed to be _cominOTicated to the Qacen I _ otrer . He ( Sir B . Inglis ) _beg-jed fo ask whst tho coble lord wonld think if the Spsnish . minister at th ; court should be authorised not merely to appeal to
him es the minister of the crown , or to th _3 gracious save _, reig- oi these realms , but to the Queen _Dowager cr the Duchess of Kent ? ( 'Hear ' and a laagh . ) _Thsrs was bo inconsistency in the analogy he f Sir B . Inglis ) had drawn ; and he contended that the proceeding was not only _irregslar in itself , but was still more _irrrgular in the mode in which it had been carried into effect . Hs held that the note efthe 16 th March was wholly unciiled for acd unnecessary , because on that very day Sir H . Baiwer intimated that all the noble lsrd desired would be eccomp _lished by leaving the Spanish government to the exercise of their own discretion . But after tbe note had been thrown hack in the face of the j , oble lord ' s agent , the noble lord wrote that her mfjesty ' s government were not at all offended . The first note might have been written by a ' Bob-dil , ' _wcils the last was worthy of ancient' Pistol ; ' and indeed the noble lord , like' Pistol , ' had s walloHe-l the leek _.
Sir K . Peel thonght that no felame attached to the noble lord fur theadriee he had tendered to the Spanish government , but that tbe mode and manner in which that sdvica had heen tendered was unfortunate . But ts _!__ aVi the circumstances of tte transaction into con-£ _idet " . tios , it would he impolitic to visit this offence—ir _ofTenee it wss considered—with so _oearya penalty- as the censure oi the British _Heusc of Commons . Lord _Palh—rstok adopted the act of Sir Henry _Bai-W £ r , en _^ . " . oa- upon himself the responsibility of hi 3 cemm- _si-ationto ths Spanish gorernment , _although at the s . _iise time he stated scat his note was intended as a text tor the sentiments which Sir Henry _Balwcrwasto _express , and not for communication to the Duke of Sotomayor . U . _BiSKES then consented to withdraw his motion , fe _ _ti - = respat from the chair and negatived _withost a division .
TUESDAY , Jn . vs 6 . TIS HOUSE OF LORDS sat for twe hours , but the _basir . ¦ _:= » was of no public importance . H _JUSE OF COMMONS . —Jcvekile _PoPBLiTiox oJ tee V _? r _ o ? a _» . —Lord Asslet brought under the notir : i t ' r . e house the lamentable s ' ate of a portion of the _juvenile population of the metropolis , f * r the purpos ? : inducing the government to provide annually for the -. i . _- . itary emigration to some one of her Majesty ' s ColOi ' -: = cf a certain number of young persons of both _sexet who _ 3 vebsen _eSucated in the schools ordinarily calle J ' ragged schools' in and about the metr . 'oolis . He breath ; th- _^ surjectforwErd at present principally with a view ; " -citing the general interest on a matter that _ _rsr ' .- ; .. _meoneof _themostetiningquestionsicatcould OtCUj ; , ' _^ o Et _teaMcn of parliament , ( Hear . ) _ eb ; lieved
he i- ' ( it assume that tbe evil was acknowledged , thouc . - _'it was not fully estimated . The evil was peculiar ia c _^ ry respect , and it must be met by peculiar means . T _ et- litf generally entert & _iaed on the su ' rject was , that •' : ¦ _"vandering vagabonds in their streets were _n few i- ¦' . _; ted persons , who conld he easily extinguished by a : . " - o exertion on the part oftho police , or at lesst reformed . A little inquiry , however , showed that these - _ - - _sons formed a totally distinct class , with habits , parse : ' _-- snd callings peculiarly their own : they _frequer- " -A ths E 3 me retreat , acd _dvrelt in ths seme _localities— * _. T though they were ever shifting as individuals , they - _~ ere stationary as a class — where tieyperpetur _' . ed and multiplied their disorderly and filthy life . The fi-. _-t consideration that arose was , as to the _probst-ie umber of this particular class . It _wai not an
easy r . _at' . er to arnve at a correct estimate 63 to their _nuSEbt" ? , but from all the inquiries he wss able to make _ e sic ..: * , _^ _y that the _cliw of _ ak . td , filthy , _deserted , _rorisp . ' _iviliS 3 persons , the very seEdplot tf t ' ce crime of the metropolis , was not less tban 30 , 000 . He meant thb _pixiicBlar _cIefs as distinct from tfce ordinary poor , ani he _l-alieyea thit 30 , 000 waB below the real numbers . He wc ' - ? . now state whst the peculiar habits and _pursnitj ef 'cis class were—the nature of their dwellings —he _t _ : g _ t say in a word , their natural history . Upon 8 n f _ifif'isation of fifteen schools the number ofpersoss in tre :: cks _omoHnted to 2 , 315 , whose ages ranged _fcetwees Sro and seventeen years . The _averageattecdance _, _feowev-. r , was not more than 1 , 000 . Of these , 162 , or _onet : ; : _b , confessed that they were in prison _stvert . 1 ti _ l 55-, 115 ha _ run away team , home ; 170 slept ia
_lodgirg . _bouses , which were the neEts of everything _abominaWe thst the mind ef man could conceiv ; ; 253 _confesttj -oil they lived altogether by begging ; 216 had no _shoEi cr stockings ; _ S 0 h _ d no caps , hats , or bonnets ; 101 hsc no linen ; 249 nevir slept in a bed . Ha could ssy gs -is own knowledge that many of the children _oonid r . ot recollect that they ever slept in bed . 93 were the _children of convicts ; 125 had stepmothers , to whom nigh ' - a traced much ef tha miiery thai dreve the chiHrcu vf the poor to the _cojni-issio- of crime ; 306 had lot : oae or hoik of thiir parents , ths \ trgn propor . tion _hav-nglost both . The average _ottendaEce in all the schools last year was ahout 4 , 300 . Ot these 400 _confeisii they had been in prisoB , GG 0 lived by begging , 173— = _n -he children of convicts , and S 30 had lost one orbotl ¦ - ? their parents . With _respect to thb employ .
ment o" -his _clasi , they might fee distributed into street sweeper ; . , venders of lucifers , sellers of _oracgos _, cakes , aad _* _r-risers fer merine stores , which—hon . _members might not be - _were of _thefact—» was the euphonous term for tho r ; _celvEts of stolen _geoas . ( Hear . ) The house wonld _-e to kcow how these _perions passed their _livet _, a - _\ how they found shelter against ths wind and weath _? —under _crches , bridges , _via-Jucts , porticoes , _aheds , _i "te , and outhouses ; eome slept in the open air , and _sM-.-: in iodging houses . Ho recollected a bay who told hi ; that last year , during the inclement part of the winter . . ' : ¦ _passsd a great poriioa of his time ia tbe iron roller in theReg * nt ' s-park . ( Laughter . ) And to show the 6 y _ :: atby and good feeling which may exist , even _amonas' this class , he told a _ccmDJnion " . net he would
let him u for a good thing , and _comr-unicsted to him _thesic- ; ofthe roller , and for the remainder of the _winier > tb of them passed night _a'ter tight in tbe iron roller . ( Hear . ) He would now read to the house a _de-• " _*_' _«> - . ¦ " of the lodging-houses , those ahomiaable sinks . Cf all ' ii _vanity , where many of these _perssne sl-pt . It wa 3 the ' _escrlption of a Citj _nussio _ sr ? , ard it pr _. is by no mea-: r _-apgerahd . He _sajs ' the parlour '—for be it observt _.-5 '' .: cy always speak incup _' Qr n ' . _uslaTi-uage—' _inea-SUTfi -:: '; : teea feet hy ten ; beds are raa _? _e 3 on each side , c .-posed of straw , rags and shavings . litre , intLU : . om , are _twenty-seven males sn 3 _ftmaics , and thirty . oae children— fifty-eight human being , in tbis _coni"c 'd _spsce , from which light ? xd air arc systematical '; ' crcluded . It Id impossible to _^ _ive _ _jost idea of the _siito of the place . Ths quantity of _vermin k _ 5 tOEiil .. a _' . In a few moments I felt thera _dropping on
ay ha : : ' - oa the ceiling ; they may fee gathered in handful ? . Of water there is nothing ef the sort ; and oat Of tie _--oiates kroke a lamp in order to be sert to pri son , _-Ji ' _- ' _-c-ha ksew would paocure bin a _clcansicg . ' ( He-. v . ' ; Many ei these _lodEiEg-hou'ej were exclusively rec _? _tt-v :. ' _c-s for boys and girls of a ten _.-ltr ag :-. He need aet _sti < - te tha house what was the rctn ' . t of such a 6 taU- c ; " hings , and what a variety of circun _^ tincrs _BtObZ ¦'; the way of _sny = oral _improvcmeiit . He believed h _ c seven-tenths of the crime of the metropolis was _1 _' _^ _strated by persons living in _rhefe lod _^ . ng--on seV The _msgistrates of Warwick r . nd lhe authorities ci" 'righion nude reports to tSo same _rfr _.-ct It _yras " _aloueir-, the lodging-houses that _lamptaiions to viCE- ' _- : ed . Even in the _out-. r air ho ; . _a vrere oipofe :
to inn' : _iccs wh ich were so deleteuout to their rr . or . Is as to 'C -r any _esesps hopeless . Ho ft < . u ! d read a de-Ecri ' - . tf a ceurtw ' _-lchhe _savf _bimstlf-, it was only a sew-. - out of _hundreds of others . In one _tbire w-re onH : i . -. 3 privies to 300 houses ; two to 5100 m _bnothir . In V , ... _-, iaCc 5 scenes of the most chocking _charecUr rr d _^ _jiy occurrence , so that all _se & se of _modestj was ' _; re ! yIost . ( Hear , _hsar . ) In £ 0 _ i :.-pljris SC _vtr _, ; - - . ilies lived ia _c-no room , zni where on _^ _iamilj we r-- _ortunsteestohsvea room to _Ukjif . selves _thadu' d : he _chiidreo lav together , so that _cleanliness _m -.- _-MfifclP , nnd scenes of filth , miaery _, and _v . cc we- _-qn- _^ t . ( Hear , hear . ) This cc .= cr ' puc _ v . oulu give : li , _jee some idea of tho pieces where _thess _childrer . _T'U r . _ecauss tbis peculiar race w = s _t-.-und in _almcE' & _inVsrce-E ia the most filthy , destitute , and _unknev ; _, p _ rt _« o : _Ac _metropolis-f _fcccs « - _«»»** _- ° _** pasci : of aspect naWtl . _fHcuir _, tear . ) These locali-
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ties were mostly in the neighbourhood of _uncoverei sewers , stagnant ditches , and _nightmsn'a yardl , from whioh the soil was seldom or never removed . It was not _posiibla for any language to convey an odequate Idea of the poisonous condition of these places , occasioned by the _maBB of pntrtfyiog matter . These _slatements wera by no means sn exaggeration of the facta . ( Hear , hear . ) He would not assert them If be wai not able to do so on hig own personal authority ; for after l 03 hig his election in 1846 , he devoted a portioi of his time to see what the poor were doing in those haunts which weie nntrod by any decent person . That evil was pecnli » r , required a peculiar remedy , asd could not be dealt with by the ordinary ggencies . Hi » proposl . tion , therefore , was that the government _ihould agree to take from the ragged schools 1 . 000 children annually , —500 boys and 500 girls , —ard transphnt tbem at the public expense to her Majesty ' s colonies in South Austra-. . . ,
lia . He mentioned South Australia because it was the colony in which there wbb st present the greatest do . mand for labour . He proposed that this _traniplantatlcn should bo the reward given to the children for good con . duct in the ragged schools ; hut he left it to the government to provide a test for the amount of education which each child must receive before he was qualified to be transplanted . The advantages of such , a scheme would be indescribable , forit weuld give atonce _antrik ing and permanent stimulus to the lower class of tho population in these islands ; it would enable the children thus rescued from vice nnd degradation to as . game the rank of honest men and women and of religious Christians ; and it would tend to equalise tha frightful disparity between tho two oexes which existed at present in the Australian colonies , He concluded by moving a resolution in conformity with the statements in bis speech .
Sir H . _Teeket _seconded the notion , and expressed a hope that the proposition of Lord Ashley wonld not be limited to London , bnt wonld ba extended to the large towns an I rural districts . Sir G . _Gair observed , that it was impossible to lis . ten without deep feeling of emotion to tho very interesting narrative just delivered by Lord Ashley . He was sorry that he could not controvert the _statementa wh _' ch his lordship had made of the wretches condition ofa large portioa of the youthful population of the metropolis and Other large towns , in which many children , though living in a Cartst _' _aa country , were sprlaglngup to maturity without Christian principles and Christian motives , and were daily entering upon a new career d misery and crime . He admitted the great benefit
_atwady conferred oa tbe public by those ragged schools , and had no doubt the system might be gfollowed up with great advantage . To the principle of tho proposltion of his noble friend he had no objection , and should not opDoie any reasonable expense for removing to tho colom / s cases selected on tho gronna of good conduct , ' aHd prior to their being actually convicted of crime . Ho heped , however , that his noble friend would withdraw his motion , and not seek to pledge Parliament to the _expenditare of an annual sum of money without having before them any detailed plan of operations , resting satisfied with the assurance that the _government sere of opinion that some such plan would not only be beneficial to the parties , but te those colonies also to which tbey might be transmitted _. After tome discussion ,
Hr Hawes said , it was the intention of the govern _, meat to apply a small portion of the £ 10 , 000 intended to be applied -nith a view to promote a free _emigrat'on to Van _Dlsmeu ' s Lsnd , to transfer some ofthe parties roferred to by tbe noble lord to the colonies . He hoped , ? _hei-p _' ore , the noble lord would give time to the govern-— . . . n * " > consider of soma plan for carrying out tha Y _1 .. _-1 VS oi the noblo lord in the most efficient manner _. Lord _Asblet said he should , after what had fallen from Sir G . Grey , withdraw his motion . Themotion was accordingly withdrawn . The house adjourned at a quarter to one o ' clock . WEDNESDAY . JoHE 7 . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —The house wag occupied with the _Kilting of Hares Bdl , the Church Sites Bill , and Similar matters , in the courso of _thesittlsg the _follawwiag _conversation took place on
The Case of Ma Mitchel . —Sir "W . Vebmeb wished to put a _question to the right hon . baronet the Secretary for the Home department . He wished to know whether he hsd heard , or if there was any truth in the report , that John Mitchel , when put on board the Shearwater steam . _vessel to be conveyed to Spike Island , had been entertained by the officers of the veesel , plac _« d at their table , and partook of their _mtss , and had been treated on board not as a conFicled felon , bnt as a passenger He ( Sir W . Yeraer ) shoald ba sorry to stand in the way of proper attention being paid to a person in Mitchel ' s position , but he could not understand why he , in the situation of a convicted felon , Bhould he placed at the table of officers in her Majesty ' s service . ( Hear , hear . )
Sir G . GaET W 23 afraid he could not give the hon . _member any specific information on the subject ; All he knew was , tbat Mitchel was placed on board the Shear _, water by order efthe _Lord-Lieutenant , to be conveyed to Spike Island , whieh was a convict depot , and that lhe Shearwater made her passage there in one night , ani after leaving Mitchel there immediately returned to Dublin . He hed no formal or official information on the matter to which the question referred , bnt certainly a _report hed reached him that one ofthe officers of tha Shearwater had invited Mitchel to _hreakfast on tha morning the vessel was on her passage ; hut he was also informed this officer was not the commander of the vessel ( who was only a lieutenant ) , but was , ko believed , the assistant surgeon . Ha had called the Ottan . tion ofthe First Lord oftho Admiralty to the statement of ths occurrence as he had received it , and he had no doubt _; s noble _friend had taken those measures which he thought were fit to be pnr 6 usd in the matter . ( Hear , hear . )
A question haviDg teen put _Q 3 to when the Borough Elections Bill would be proceeded witb , Lord John Rcsseli . expressed his atriety for the _progms ef the measure , but coul 3 not consent to giving np a day for that purpose nntil tht question of tbo _Sovigation Laws had been _disposed of . Colonel Sibthobp intimated -midst much laughter , that heshould propose that the Ciiy of London should be included in the bill ; after which the house sojourned . THURSDAY , June 8 . In tha HOUSE OF LORDS , the Earl of Hab _ _3 W _ y moved the _eecoed reading of a bill for extending over the wfeole of the country generally the provisions Ol the Act compelling Licensed Tictuallers in London to close their houseB during the hours of divine service on Sundays . The bill which was supported by Lords Beodohah , _CAMTBtivL _, _KjksaiBd , and 'Wha _!« ci , ifee , was read a second time . The _fconsc then adjourned .
HOUSE OF COMM . QNS . —The Conduct or _Tau Police ih Bishop Boxneb ' s Fields . —Mr Geoboe THOHTioN wished to pat a question to the right honourable _b-ronelr , of whieh he had given him notb'o . He prayed the attention of the hoase for one or two moments , in order that he might be enabled distinctly to state the _rc-abens which bed iaduced him to ask the question which _ e should presently propound to the right hon . baronet . The Speakee intimated to the hon . member that he must confine himself entirely to the question which he intended to put _.
Mr G . _Tno-rsoN . —The naturo of the question was this -. he had to _Mk the tight hon , baronet whether he wa _? in possession , from any quarter , of information alleging that en _Suniay last , the 4 th isstant , certain outrages had been ir . fiicted by the police upon peaceablo , loyal , snd well-conditioned individuals living in the _neighbourhcod of tho Tower Hamlets , ( Hear , hear , and _prirtiallaughter . ) Ho put the question because he held fee testimony la his hand of sixty witnesses , all of whom he had reason to believe were respectable per-. ons , following decent occupations—many of tbem are _expectable inhabitants , and shopkeepers in tho Tower Hamlets . Their testimony was consistent and concurrem and agreed in this , that the most brutal outrages were committed by the police , cot only ia BiBbop Bonner's Fields , but oven moro thaa a mila from the
sceno where tho _Cmirtist outrages took place ; and they _stated , that unlt 63 the government instituted a searching inquiry into _a'J the _faets of the case , and adopt means t _3 prevent the recurrence of _eimllir outrageB for the fniure , that great dissatisfaction would continue to exist iu that _Diigbbinrhood , In putting tbis question to the hoa . baro-.. et , b . 3 begged to assure him and tha house that he had no _sympathy _wi'h violent language and disaffection . He simjly ofckel tbe question , ot the requeft of his constituents , wbo hsd _placed an amount of evidence ia hU _h-.: iid 3 _, wMch tl : served the serious consideration of tho corernraont , snd lie was sure the government would bo of his opinion _irfcen rhey _^ wcre in possession of the facts which stated that _, li his opinion , but one feeling wns entertained In tho neighbourhood—namely , that the _cocSuct of tht _police was most brutal , and as barbarous as ever beheld . ( Hear , hear . )
Sir G . _Geey said , he had certainly received several letters complaining cf the conduct of the polico on tho occasion _citadel to . Some of th-: writers described tbat c-. nducl as brutal and barbarous . He had received other _communiciti & _sB to the samo iffoct Ho had oIeo _reciived two other letters , oae signed James Fox and the other Arthur Mathew , which contained a olmilar statement to that which he hed already read lo ths bouse , That wa 3 tbo subst ? ncc oftho complaint he bad _received in ref . - re-nee to the alleged brutal conduct ofthe police , tut it would be an act of injusiice lo tbat body if he Cii not state that ho had also _received of a erjntrarv nr . _turr , to that which ho had just rend Lad which _shwcfi e ' early what wero tho naturo of tho meetings held iu Victoria-park and other _ilaces in the _neu-htourhooc . ( Cbeers . ) Mcetingsof thia nature had t- ; en held previously to last Sunday , which had given
_nsetopreat disturbances and to _tVe stoppage of trade in various dis ' . lets ; and information having como to tbeir knowled ge that e _' mi ' _ar meetings were to be held _lastSu _. day in the neighbourhood of tbe Tower Hamlet ? ¦ ¦ the Comnv . Brie . uer 8 tf IV . ice _, under hi 3 directions , ... a io . ua as - _^ _diaonnl force in the vicinity of the places _fiSJ _' k _ir- - " - _- _* ueiioU 9 8 iven to the polico were ua , . Ley _ , d Dp ; re-par , d to act immediately , tut that t . rywtrenotto i « erfe „ wlththe meeting so long as t ,, cy remained orderly , snd so long a 9 their proceedings w . _re _conduct „ pSaceaMe manner i _^ - „ _£££ _nonera had previously issued a notice that these meetlogs wero illegal if they were continued after dark , and the pelice bad _mttructions to disperse them if that rule was violated . He now heldiu his hand the report ofthe inspector under _rrhose immediate ) charge the police acted , and from this report it would _appear that a meet-
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ing of the Irish Confederates at th ? ee a ' clock _onSundsy , and another meeting of the ChartUtB was held at five o ' clock on the aame day . Inspector Waller was stationed with -body of men out of the public vlow , in tfce St James ' s Church district . An inspector who made tbe report was in attendance atthe different _pointa where the meetings were collected throughout tbe entire day . The inspector stated that at the latter meeting no less than 3 . 008 persons of all descriptions had assembled , who were orderly nntrl twenty-five minutes past seven o ' clock , when the _meetinp broke up , and then between 400 and 580 proceeded to the church , and broke nearly all the windows , and when tha inspector passed he was received with the Shouts and execrations of the moh , many of them pelting hira with stone ?; the people were nailed upon to _disperf e quietly , and the intimation was answered by another shower ofstones , and the police were therefore _compelled . _ _. _.,.-. _ _..., _. w _^ nt .. , ... ,. „ _ .., „ .,
to interfere . One sergeant and seven _pollce-constabies were severely injured , and several had been rendered unfit for duty . _Theinspector stated , inaddition , that several persona who witnessed the proceedings were ready to corroborate the statement in his report . He ( Sir G . Grey ) had received a letter from a Mr Houghton , complaining , not of the interference of the police , but showing the gre _» t dauger 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 wbich these meetings were calculated to bring about . He ( Sir George Grey held In his hand eighty . one letters from different ; inhabitants of tiiis district , concurring in the statement with respect to tha _inconvenienca of those meetings , and as to the forbearance with which the police
had acted ; and he was assured that there was but one opinion on the subject throughout the whole district in which the meeting had heen held , and that tiie police were entitled to the greatest praise . fHear , and cheers . ( Several persons had been committed to the Cen . tral 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 the scenes that had lately taken place in the metropolis , and assuring her of their loyal determination to uphold the Crown , the government , and the law ; He had also read a memorial from the inhabitants of the neighbourhood of Vietoria . park , stating the _ocaurrenee thnt had taken place in the neighbourhood on Sunday last , and expressing their hope that the government would immediately adopt some course to suppress such meetingand thereby remove the alarm and danger that
ex-, isted . He could only say with respoct to the statements which the hon . member had made against the police , thatthe partiesraakhiff them had the same means of proving their truth as tbe police had of justifying their conduct . ( Cries of ' Hear , hear . ' ) A tribunal had been sitting to hear any complaints nn either side , but he was not aware that any had been made _ag-ainst tbe police . ( Hear , hear . ) He coHld assure the hon . member tbat there was no _disposition on the part of tha government to interfere with meetings ofa legitimate character —( hear , hear)—but he thought all would admit that thc meetings that had lately taken place in the metropolis were anything but of such a description . The police had orders from the gorernment to afford every protection to per _. ons and property , and to put down such illegal and improper meetings , and he was sure , from the course thoy had hitherto adopted , they would not hesitate to do that which the safely to the property aud life of her Majesty's subjects imperatively demanded . ( Hear , hear . )
The remainder of the evening was occupied in thc discussion on the Navigation Laws , the adjournment of which waB moved hy Mr _Dissaeli , but Lord John Russell would only agree to the adjournment on the understanding that the house would consent to the bill going into crmmittee on Friday ovening , otherwise he Bhould mova that the debate he adjourned to Whit . Monday . The debate was then adjourned . The Chancellor of tbe E * ch £ 0 . ceh mado his state _, ment of the objects of the two resolutions on which itwas proposed to found a bill , affecting the Excise laws , and which he then moved . FRIDAY , June 9 . HOUSE OF LOEDS —The R _^ yal Asseut was given by commioiion to various public and private bills . After a debate the Registering of Births , < jbc . ( Sootland , ) and the Marriages ( Scotland ) Bill were read a second time and ordered to be referred to a select committee , their ierdships adjourning until Thursday DCXt _,
HOUSE OF COMMONS . _~ - _Navisatiow Lawb . —Tbe adjourned debate on the _Navigation Laws was opened by Lord G . Behtisck _, who was followed by Admiral B _* wlis and Mr Disbaili , in opposition to the government ; the speakers in favour of tho alteration being Mr Hu _ e , Ur Cobden , Sir R . Feel , and Lord J . Russell , who concluded the debate . On a division , th « amendment of Mr Hebbies , 'That It ig essential to the natienal interests of this country to maintain the fundamental principles of the existing Navigation Laws , subject to such modifications as may be best calculated to obviate any proved Inconvenienca to tha _omtnerca of the United _Kingdom and Its dependencies , without danger to our maritime strength , ' wai tug * _. t ' ved ; the numbers
being—For the amendment ... ... 177 Againstit ... ... ... 2 U Majority ... 117 The houie then went into committee . The resolutions wero _agreed to , and reported -to the house , which adjourned to Thursday next .
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Norihumbeklasd and Durham Distriot . —Berry Edge Branch . —Camp Meeting . —On Sunday week , May 28 th , a camo meeting of this locality wa 3 held in a field adjoining Berry Edge . At one o ' clock , 1 , 000 persona were present , which number was momentarily being augmented by arrivals from Blackhil ) , _Shotley-biidge , Leadgate _. _snd adjoining villages . Mr James IWid ( painter ) , having been called to the chair , Mr James Watson , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne _, moved the following resolution : — 'Th . it it is the opinion of this meeting , that tha Six Points of the People ' d Charter are just , right , and reasonable . That the present ia a favourable time for _pressing
that measure on the attention of the publio andthe government . It is , theref ire , 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 this 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 peopio 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 .
Northumberland and Durham . —A district delegate meeting was held on Sunday week last , at tbe house of Mr James Reid ( painter ) , Berry Edge . The following delegates were present : —Messrs J . Watson , of Newcastle ; Robert Wightman , South Shields ; Benjamin Radley , WeBt-street ; Joseph Simpson , Berry Ed _^ e ; and Thomas Dickenson , of Sunderland . Mr James Reid having been elected to preside , and Mr Thomas Carr , m the absence of Mr Neabitt , to aot as secretary , it waa reportud that tho 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 tha remainder in a fair way of becoming 80 . —Mr DickenBon suggested the propriety
oi the meeting proceeding to arrange a code of Jaws for the government of the district , and moved : — ' That the object for which delegate district meetings should be held , was the attainment of tiie People's Chatter * , ' which wai seconded by Mv James Watson , and carried unanimously . Mr Dickenson moved : — That the meeting of the district bo monthly , or oftener , if necessary . ' Seconded by Mr Wightman . Carried—Mr Dickenson proposed : — ' That every motien for discussion by the delegate meeting hive at least one month's notice . ' Seconded by _Joteph Simpson . —Mr Radley proposed : — ' That thc _confederation of this motion stand over until the next delegate meetins . ' The motion was carried unanimously . —Mr Dickenson moved , and Mr _Wichtman
seconded : — ' That every _delegati bs furnished with credentials from his locality to district meetings . ' Carried —Mr Watson stated that his locality had not as yet acted upon the new system of organisation , but that hid constituents were of opinion that some of the members ofthe Provisional Executive should be removed , and others , _m-ire fit for the situation , be appointed in thtir stead . —Mr Simpson observed tbat his locality intended to adhere to the present district , — Mr Wightman said , his locality had held an _out-door meeting , and had _agreed to support the present Executive and Commi' 8 _ioiierp . —Mr Dickenson moved , ' That every member of the district pay one ponDy monthly towards t _ _3 expenses of the district .
'—Secosded by Mr Simpson and carried unnnirno ; isly . —It was moved by Mr Dickeiifon and seconded ' by Mr Watson , 'That the district , treasurer p : ; y no money from the district fund without the previous _consent of a delegate meeting . * Agreed to . A _discussion arose as to tho propriety of holdiim great _a-rerWe meetings , when Mr Wightman P ' reposed and Mr Dickenson seconded 'That meetings be held in each of the localities on Whit- Monday , f or the _pivn-ao ol giving the lie to his ' little' lordship , Jjbn RuAclI - that the workmp . classes of thia country did not require any reform in their institutions —Messra Simpand Watson in favour
son spoke of . _' _osafgall-eri' - ' _-s—Unanimously agreed to . —Mr Watson moved and " Mr Dickenson sooon led , ' That this meeting recommend to each locality the propriety of providing local _lecturers , to ie pi iced upon a plan , for the _purpose of agitatiDg the district ; ar . d that the names of such local lecturers be furnished to the next de _' _or-ite meeting ; and that each locality which has Vot . adelegate present , be apprised of thia motion by tho secretary . Carried _unanimously . —Mr Dickenson moved that the following address bo printed , ar . d circulated _throushout the district : ' Brethren an _ fellow-countrymen ; If ever thero _wai a time
when your exertions were moat needed , that timo is the present . If ever thero w » 3 a timo when by courage and prudence your activa exertions could secure your long-sought tor claims—now ia that time . If ever your appeal- for jimin . n _ y ur reasons for r _. ght—your _claimsfor _cttzsMhip nnd human brotherhood—stood in a favourable position to gain tb ' j consideration and sympathy ofyour follow- _countrymen —now is the day and now is the hour . Public oni mon , trumpet-tongued , ia loudly proiiiaiining your Charter is right , reasonable , and _Peeossarv Tii imbecile Whig ministry are _painfull- , „ i '' / ' , { political decease ; but we have _n- > _ocoSm _S _iSn . you that their rule and reign w ° _*» J _« _J _spread of political know ! e _<^_ tn 8 JX mind-
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tho concentration of popular opinion in various forms , and the pressing exigencies of this great empire—all point to a great and Bweeping change in the history of our oountry . These and many more reasons nrge ns to ask you—men of _Northumberlaud and Durham—to do your utmost now to win the en _« franobisement of _yonraelveB and your children . We confidently appeal to your patriotism , knowing that the spirit of liberty whioh animated your foretathers to oppose the Norman invader , la still as strong in the hearts of the North Britons as it wm in tho days of yore . Brethren , it is desirable tbat we should not wait for other countries to maroh first ; it is _suffioient that we know that whieh we claim to be just ; and that we oan gain our rights by the moral power of right , reason , and united _Bentiment . We therefore call npon you tosecond our efforts to gain the Charter —the whole Charter , without abatement—by all 7 i ™ _nMi _ _mti _ titm « r , milar orinion _Tarjon _.
fair and honourable means . To second the exertions of ouv 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 , which passed unanimously . —Mr Watson moved ond Mr Simpson seconded , That this meeting recommend to tho locality the psoprioty of immediately empowering a lecturer to go round the district for at least one month , to arouse a proper Chartist feeling in _eaoh 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 _Easingtoa-Ia _*_ 8 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 tho meeting terminated . All localities are earnestly requested to send a delegate ta the next meeting .
Lead Gate . —On Sunday week last , Mr Radly _, of Sunderland , delivered an address on the principles of the People ' s Charter , to about six hundred _individualn , who seemed highly delighted with the speaker ' s discourse , _Rukcorm . —On Monday evening , the 29 th nit , a Chartist meeting was held in the Foresters' Ilall . The meeting waa addressed by Mr Janes , of Liverpool ; Mr Norman , of Pres _' onbrook ; and Mr Taylor , of Runcorn ; all of whom were loudly cheered during tha delivery of their speeches . Several new members were added to the association . BsrrtEdoe . —A . special meoting of this looality was summoned on Monday week last , when a resolution expressing abhorrence against the jury that convicted the patriot John Mitchel , was carried _unwimously .
_Yokksiiir- and Durham . —A delegate meeting waa beld at Stockton on Sunday , June 4 , when the following localities were represented : _—Darlington , _Middlesborough , Hartlepool , and Stcckton . The following resolutions were agreed to : — ' That a public Chartist meeting ba beld in Stookton on Whit-Monday , June 12 . ' ' That Mr Joseph Barker of Leeds , and Mr William Byrne of _Newcastle , be invited to attend . ' North Lancashire _Dklkq ate Meeting , held at the house of Mr Nurton _' _s , Temperance Hotel , Black _, burn , on Sunday , June i . The following delegates were present : —Accrington , Henry Hunt Thorn ; Clitheroe , Isaac _Isherwood ; Preston , Michael Ward ; Blackburn . Richard Walsh : Burnley , James
Helm . The following resolutions were passed : — ' That the localities send in to the district secretary the five shillings levied at the laBt delegaet meeting , that Mr Plaoe may be paid for his services in the National Assembly . ' ' That John Place and Richard Marsden bo summoned by the seoretary to appear at the next delegate meeting , and give an account of their stewardship atthe late National As . sembly . ' * That we adopt the Plan of Organisation as laid down by the late National Assembly . ' ' That Isaac _Isherwood be the secretary for the North _Lancashire district , and Mr James Heaton be the treasurer till the next delegate meeting . ' ' That Mr Joseph Barker be solicited to bo missionary for the North Lancashire district . ' 'That a protest be
drawn up at Blackburn and sent to the dlstr-cb secretary for signature , on behalf of the delegate meeting , the protest to be sent to Sir George Strickland , M . P ., for presentation to the _Houbs of _Commens . ' Afte ? votes of thanks to the chairman and secretary , the meeting was adjourned to Sunday , July 2 , to the Odd Fellows' Hall , Padiham . Bedworth — On Monday , May 29 h , a publio meeting was held in Maraton-lane , near Bedworth . W . Bedder in the ohair . The meeting wis 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 , tho Hearty Good Fellow , Bedworth , on Whit Wednesday , June llth . Tea on the table at four o ' clock . Dancing to commence at seven .
Kilmarnock —A _large public meeting wan held on Saturday evening , the 3 rd inst ., to petition the House of _Com-mena to inquire into the trial and conviction of that _nsble Irish patriot , John Mitchel . The ch < iir was occupied by Mr Peter Gorm , Mr James Henderson proposed . - — 'That in the opinion of this meeting , the law lately passed by the preBent government , entitled 'An act for the better Security of the Crown and Government of the United Kingdom , ' is unjust and unconsututioiv . il , and that those who may bo made its victims are entitled to and ought to secure the countenance and sympathy of all who _valuo libatrr , and wish to defead the institutions of the country against the tyrannical usurpations of either the foreign or domestic despot . ' Mr _Jiirues Simpson seconded the resolution , when Mr
Peter Lees then moved a petition founded on the resolution . Mr Thomas Thomson seconded the adop . tion ofthe petition , which was carried unanimously . _AtRsniRn . —We have received the following letter from an old friend and _estetmrd brother dem & orat . As the letter was private we have omitted some portion = > , aa also the 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 your 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 , wo have undergone terrible hardships , and we see no end to them , but in tbe obtaining of the Charter whole and entire . No half measures will do for ui who live in the Land of the Poet who said , and eaid truly , that
Man ' s inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn ; and I speak the truth when I tell you that no Joe Humes , _Cobdens and Co . willdivert ua frora the right path . We must and shall have the whole hog . We have b _? en too often humbugged by him and hia old greasy po . _'ches , to any longer believe anything that may come from him . Would to God tbat all the men of Britain were like the men that came from Halifax to the Bradford _meeting , old Joe and hia 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 tho Star every week ; we send for it express to Kilmarnock every Saturday , for if we were to wait the regular post , it would be Sunday morning and of course that would not do . We get the
Northern Star , the United Irishman , the Freeman ' s Journal , and a host of _othero , but tbe Star and Irishman we ; _pvin moat . I _tnus-t tell you that Mr O'Connor is very popular here . I see by this day ' s papers that thoy have got a packed jury for poor Mitchel , but I hope , and every other good man has the same hope , that he will come off _glorious , or Now , my dear triend , I must conoluda by saying , thai I hope you will enjoy good health to edit tho Star , aa you havo hitherto done . Continue to rap the knaves across the knuckles . I hope the day ia not fur distant when you will see your country free and happy , which may God grant soon . * * With best wishes I remain , my dear friend , yours truly , —— . _Newmilns , Ayrshire , May 28 . [ Wo reciprocate our friend ' s good wishes and hope for better times . ]
The West Riding Yorkshire Deleoatb Meeting was held on Sunday last , June _4 _' . _ , Delegatea present : Wakefield , Isaac Wood ; Leeds , Samuel Lister ; Elland , J . B , Taylor ; _Quetmhead , C . Shackleton nnd Thomas Holt ; Keiirhlov , W . Eramott ; _Brndfovd , Jjbn Turner , W . Clark . John Smith , and Join _Parrotts _Daivsbury , J . uno ' Canning ; Iloltn . firth , J : imns L'ickwood : _lliiddcrslield _, David _Gledhiil ; Halifax , Ge-r _^ o Webbor . Mr Clark iu the chair . It was re 3 olvcd : — ' That no person shall in _fuaii-e tit in tho _meetings as delegate , unless his lo _eality pay- ' an _equal portion of tho Riding expenses . ' ' That a West Riding demonstration bo held on Toftshaw Moor , near Bradford on Whit Monday . ' ' That Ernesi Jones Esq ., having promised to attend , invitations be sent to Mcxsrs W . Brook , Rushton , and
Shaw , ' ' That Mr Rushton be solicited to tnko the chniv . ' ' That the members of tho Chartist Association at Bradford bo the Committee of Management for the utoove nice ! ing . ' ' Tint no person _shsll be al lowed to _ii-i'ivo , si'cond _. or support any Chartist resolution , _vvh'i is not a . member ofthe Association , ' ' That it is the opinion of this meeting , that all her . _Vnjesfy's subjects have a right by law to be io _possfssion of arms for tho protection of life and property . ' ' That thia meeting declares the right of the _Oii-i'tist Council to govern tiro district according to _i ho Pi in of _Organisation , aud it is tLeir duty to take c . _'imuzince of all movements of its member . - " ' ' Thut tho next West Riding meeting bo held on the lirp _. t Sunday in July , at Halifax . ' Signed William Lact , Vv . R . S .
KicwoiiTn .--A Chartist _meeting wai hold at this p . 'aco on Afonday evening , May 29 , in tha open air , wlnn Mr G Buckby delivered a mist eWnt _adv-ess to about 500 individuals , arao „ 4 Whom _ww several farmers and tradesmen i B ' . * _" _- -On Saturday last the Chartists o ; this ier to Si hi _i- _S- V _^ h ! ch w ; i 3 _6 iven _^ D - _Lightowtttougu wero in the _moit helpless state of destitution . „ . _' . „" faii _ M .--The distriet council will meet at Uicooc ' oek on Sunday next , at tho King of the i rench . —A . public meoting will ba hold in the M _. _vr-Kftt-iilrtce , on Whit Monday , at ten o ' clock in the torenoon . Mr Kydd , of tho E _^ cutiYO , wili _address _* ho meeting !
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Friends , —If there is one principle dearer to the working classes of this country 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 union 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 elasses , is well known ; and thc stronger our union is , the more effective will be our operation . A union of a ( ew tyrants will despise , but a union of the many would make them tremble ; hence it is , that many of our t ask-masters have no objection ai eur 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 not to be tolerated , and which must by all means ( foul or / air ) 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 toiling millions—to facilitate and effect which , they are _stretehiag their perverted ingenuity to the utmost , to devise some efficient plans for that object .
The end they have in view by endeavouring to destroy this association , is obvious , fa is a well known and a lamentable fact that we have been passing 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 reductions , 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 hoiizon is bright , and Ml 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 blood , and bone , and sinew , and pay us less for it . Thus will they increase the power of production , —diminish the quantity of consumption , —and tbe 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 hold and resolute front , they will trepan and undo you for ever ; already tbey 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 meu , acd if we are to be deprived of our right of Association , let it not he 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 ever 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-Joined , 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 frora the letters of our correspondents on the spot : — Ripponden , May 3 rd , 1813 . Mt _Dea _ Sib , —Tho following will give you a pretty specimen of Whig libarty , and an account of one of the most infamous and , I may say , detestable actlous _performed bstwlzt man and man .
Tou are already aware tbat there are four men in tbis neighbourhood upon strike pay , and who are sympathised on all hands , and are looked upon witb esteem and respect . These mea receiving support from thu Association , enables them to stand iffectually against the tyranny of a corrupt and vicious employer . The maiteri are not abU to overcome the men , and have of course resorted to other me & Burea , of which the following is a sample : —¦ On Thurou & y last , the 27 th inst , the employers of the mills in the Dale , went to their men and demanded their collecting booke , ( a penny memorandum book , the men have for each mill to collect their monies ) who delivered them up to tbem , as well as a copy of our rules at the samo time , They overhauled tbe books but coald Bud nothing hut every man ' s name inserted therein , and their penie as well . The day ofttr the books were
returned to the parties at the different mills ( three in number ) but nothing further said , only that they wtre all members , But on Monday morning , May 1 st , at six o ' clock , the men at all the mills wero refused entrance _uaUss they signed a document to hava nothing further to do with tbe union , and to ceaoo subscribing thereto forthwith . The men were taken by _aurpriza and did not know what to do , However , a number of tho mon , in the heat of excitement and fear , signed the _document , while some wulked away , but were ultimately prevailed upon by others to sign it ; they did so , and _twa were at last left to themselves to fight the straggle . In tbe course of the day , or towards evening , they Wero sent for to know what they would do , nnd before tbey returned _fro- _ thoir masters , they also signed , and have urged aa a reason , that it would not do for thtm to see their children starve , whoa all the other men fell off . * * »
The nam ber of men are about twenty-live from _thrao mills . _+ * * They thick , ' by taking this mean step , to break up our union , and consequently defeat tho tour men out on Btrka allowance . Hoping ic . I am Sir , yoar Victimized _Fhiehd _, Since the above , we bave received the _following dated May 10 th : — ° Two of tha men employed in tho mills alluded to in my List , whoro tho moa wero fercod to _Bign tho _document not to be connected with any union or secret _confederacy , had to beg and pray btforo their tyrannical mastirs to be allowed to return to their work ou their _ttrins , while one of the _J-astors kept walking ruund thu men cracking a whip during tho time they wero saying it .
Could anything be more outrageous , more revolting , and more degrading , than the above scene ? Surely not , and such gross acts of inhumanity and t yranny should be visited with their just retribution ! Besides all this , these masters have their ' Tommy shops , ' snd indirectly compel the men to take a portion of their wages iu ' truck , ' aud charge more for such goods than any shopkeeper in the place . Thus is the Truck Act invaded , the shop _, keepers of Ripponden greatly injured in then * business , and the claims of labour _despisedandt-ramplei upon , by these worthless , cruel men The following account of the document is fron Blaekbitvn _, dated May 25 th , 1818 * _—
Sib , — -We , the self-acting mindm of Messrs Fielden , and Oo ., feel oxtremrly sorry that we daro not send « dolegate to tho forthcoming Conforonco according to law , In consequence of our masters compelling us to promise tint w « would withdraw from the union , and have
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nothing whatever to do with It again , and now " !—" offering us a _redaction of wages . ' U We hop * Mr Humphries will do us the klndne _., our case befcre tha Conference , and see If __«• _, - J be done for us , for we want to be as other 0 , ** ° * ° to act , ' and if wa _cnooie to pay to the National " ! fret > elation of Uulted Trades ; for to remaia as w * present will be to keep ut in great misery and _i _"'* *' increase and perpetuate our » nfftflngi . ' Oar J" "" ' ° haye posted a notice paper on eac _ room door _g _^ in ' that if , at any time , any oae Is known to pal \ % National UnlOD , or any other union , he will be diet , " , ila Immediately . ' 18 ob «' g « _4 I am sir , yours truly , Mr Barratt . , __ __^ _^ We suppress the correspondents' names to n ™ _, any personal suffering . _v ent " _£ *}__ _' . ! ! T .. _*? _f _«»¦ . in , and no _» T _^
Such , friends , is a specimen of the gross acts tyranny practised by some of our humane eninlr . J ? of 1818 . But will the men of Ri pponden , of JS dersfield , of Blackburn , of Preston , of Lancashh of Yorkshire , of England , Scotland , and Wales suh ' mit to such unbearable insults , and tamel y stand h and see their right of union attacked and destroved —their fellow raan robbed , and then treated with unmeasured contempt ? Will they allow tbe capr _' cious and callous capitalist to caper ahout their vie " tims with a' horse whip / cracking it in their ears ' and terrifying them with the dread of utter asd hopeless starvation ? Surel y you will not . Such perfidious , blackhearted , and unpardonable ' m 3 uit 3
you will repel with just indignation , and , despite their hellish plots and traitorous designs , you will to a trade—to a man-rise , and express , fearlessly * your determination to resist them to the last . H _„ a remark in the political world—that , when one member of the state is treated with injustice , the whole are sufferers , and have an interest in defend _, ing that one ; and shall we be less so in our social relationship } It 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 de . termined by the nature of your present action . Do not forget that , during the long dreary winter of _depressijii . you have suffered some of the most severe and unjustifiable reductions in your wa _^ es . 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 so 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 ia spring , A wintor 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 vour rights , you will obtain thera without any opposition ; This then is the time for reaction , for increased _exertion , 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 heen receifed from stll parts of the country ' ; also the following reports , to which we invite parti cular 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 thialy 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 ; 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 She Association , which appeared to give great' satisfaction , tor at the close cf the meeting about 108 took out copies of the rules , and cards of membership . There is every _ff / pearanee of a large _socieiy being raised hi Stafford . Birmingham . —Mr Spoonerreported , thatonthe 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 of the 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 sk \ nner 3 , to whom a reduction of wages had been offered by one of the _emplovers , Mr Legget ; to this gentlemen Mr Claughan addressed a letter on the subject of the reduction , which has ultimately succeeded in inducing him to withdraw the same , and not only that , but he bas also given an advance to the men ( one man excepted . ) It is but just to acknowledge the gentlemanly conduct of Mr _Legjet in the above affair . He has nobly acted the part of a generous-hearted _emplpyer , which we feel confident his hands will duly appreciate . We most heartily wish that this praiseworthy example set by Mr Legget , may beestensively followed by every other employer .
Sunderland . —Mr Britton reported , tbat 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 in . roads 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 aud wretchedness may be banished from among us , and happiness and plenty be the lot of all .
Croydon.—An Open-Air Meeting Will Be Hel...
Croydon . —An open-air meeting will be held on Duppa ' _s-hill , near this town , on Whit Monday . Tbe chair will be taken at six o'clock in the evening-Several advocates of the People ' s Charter _willaddresa the meeting .
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( From the Gazette oi Tuesday , Juco _^ O . ) BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED . Henry Jowett , Birmingham , tailor . BANKRUPTS . _Noi-iimn Bruce , 81 , _Parringion-street . printer—T homas Blcukara , 19 , _Chancei-y . lane , law bookseller—Catherine Elton , _Vli , whitechapel . Ironmonger—Jacob _Fieiler , late ef 6 , _Devonshire street . City , but 110 W of 1 _^ , St GJlW 5 " street , East , tailor—Nathaniel Bowdler , Cotti > n _. _> ivc « i Poplar , licensed victualler—Frederick _Sniook- 'i' and William Smooker _, Bittern and Andovcr , lime burners—Richard Lane , _Lisson-grove North , corn dealer—J < i > hi » Harrison , Nottingham , stove grate manufacturer—Joseph _Goive _, Lenton , lilce ma „ er—Frederick i ' urWs , _l . _i'it _. minster , cattle dealer—John Uevau , BriJestowe _, tanner — William Prytherch , Ty Maui-, Anglesey , cattle dealer- ; Samuel Williamson , Liverpool , joiuei—Thomas Metcal _' i Xorth Shields , banker .
_LNSOLYBUT _PETITIONER ,, Richard _Ho-va d Iloskins , Chester , publican—John Oliver , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , journeyman blac _ksinhh—Andrew Robson , _H-weastle-upon-Tyue _, slater— Th- : u _- Unsworth , Little Le . v-. u-, beey seller—Joseph _WalWi Bishop ' s Oleeve , Gloucestershire , farmer—Joseph 1 * ' _^' r . ette Grimsey , _Cu-y St Edmund ' s , clovk—Henry _Harvey Uallist . ii , Buniray , innkeeper—John l'liiiip _JOr mviifi Bury St _Edmnnd ' s , _eoseh nuker—James Chand ler , _ukeUhall , _farming bailiff—V _, _* ilUam _Geui'i _* e _Chap-i : " . Brandon , corn merchant— . _Tolm Wood , _OUltieUl , t ' . _in'K' _- --Wlllium Williams , _Jicdwoltr , groCer-Jollll _GooM ' ' Reading ; , carpecter ,
SCOTCH SEQUESTRATIONS James Ca _iipbell , nc „ . Cumnock , Ayrshire , carrier- * _Agnos Highs-no , ' _. uliYinning _, m _crdmnt-Davui vn- _« _- O _lasj-ow , _UMiifui iiider-John Marshall li _= irr , Ula _-go » _- baker—William Tcinpleiiian , Dunfermline , _mamitiwuiH -Alexander l ' lilC l Edinburgh , straw bonnet _mamctaetun —William ? . _' uue , st Andrew ' s , tailor-John _ilQr- ' _™' _Elinbv . _i's' ' _., wholesale warehouseman .
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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/ns3_10061848/page/8/
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