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      Satotdat —ASs _iCLi _esFTHE Hioh _SiSAS . _^ Alexander Cordon arid * T _^ _CuWnuis > tlie captain and chief mate 01 _ttib _awaeMVtthMis ; were indicted for assaulting John _Scorton-theWfi _tsw _^ withiii the jurisdiction of the _Atoilralty ofEngland , in . the month of June last . Mr . Payne statedthe case tothe jury , and made some _reinarks _relativei to the ; casewhich was tried in the New Court during the weei , when , owing to some _technicalities , tte ' _prisbhers were acquitted , and theprosccutor and _witrieweserdereato go again before lie grand jury . John Scott deposed that he is apprentice to ' the owners ef the _Jfatthesis , and in thatvessel he > crossed the line on tbe 20 th of Jane last ]; ; He wasfekh ' _eaTorderedl _. froiabelijiv fev thei mate , ' who ordered him to go aloft , but as he _ was

      quite naked , excepting hisshirt ; he refused to go uptar-* uig the rigging _uatU ' he had '' rigged '' himself . He was forced to obey , but before he did so he received sereral _^ . tastes" ofthe rope ' s end'frbni Cummins . Ongoing up " inliis hurry to getfrdnv hini he ( the-boy ] " spilt some tar on one . of the lower sails . The mate after many threats , _^ _an ie aloft and rope ' s ended him ; Witness attempted to get away by descending a " back stay , " but be missed his hold and fell into the sea . The vessel was going at about -seven knots an hour , but she was "backed"in order to pick him up . He was hauled on board in an exhausted -state . After the lapse of an hour , Captain Gordon -ordered him to be tied to the " mizen , " and the mate ( Cnmmins ) then gave him "two dozen . " The captain then ordered him to be taken down , and then commanded

      witness to fall on his knees , and begins ( the captain ' s ) pardon . Witness did so and theii he was tied up to the mixen , and ordered two Avatn morefor his obedience and seeming contrition . The " mate wanted to " cat" him again , but the captain would not al . ow him , but he ( the captain ) ordered one of the apprentices ( a lighter hand ) to do it . The boy irks enconraged to "lay on , " and blood flowed f » ni the back of witness . In the evening of thesame day Captain Gordon _called him into the poop , and s _» t _* l to him , " Scott , I want to speak to you—take offyonrjacket , " The captain then took out a phial , and said "m blister this hoy's back assure as he has hurt my feelings . " He said it contained vitriol , andhe rubbed some on witness ' s back . The mate then took the phial , and emptied it on his hack , which made witness sore aud

      hot , and painful . Witness had to watch four hours the _samenight on thepoop , with a handspike on his shoulders , which was not the usual practice . "When the mate came round and sung out" all well , " he desired witness to tell the strings ofthe cat which he brought with him . Philip Mor _^ corroborated the above . Th & _boy ' s back was cut across , bruised , and bloody . Saw it after the vitriol was poured on , and it ( the back ) smokcdlike a cup of coffee . _^ It was in & fire state , red all over , and smoking —Mr . _Ballsfltme commenced * a long address to the jury on behalf of Captain Gordon and called their attention to the evidence ofthe- witness Morris , and the flippant _manner in which it was given , hut he should probably have to advert to his testimony again by and by . The gentlemen night probably he aware of the great danger incurred by

      vessels when hearthe _^ Equatorial line , in consequence of sudden _gosts , squalls ; and storms , whereby the utmost dilligence of everyperson _onaboard was required . Ithad been stated thatthe boy ( Scott ) was _foundasleep below , when probably he ought to have been on deck or aloft . If this was so , there was no harm if the mate drove him up with the rope ' s end . His conduct had provoked the mate to _fouWhim to _theyardsjfirom whence hecast himselfinto the sea , and what of that I . A good deal had been made of it , hat the boy could come to no harm , for he could ¦ wiailQceaduck . He ( Hr . Ballantine ) felt a little alarmed ¦ when he heard Mr . . Payne dilating on the great liberty -which he had exercised with the " cat , " nnd his terrible inflictions . The jury had seen the-Instrument of torture , and found it to consist ofnine pieces of thin twine , and used without a handle . It was a proper weapon to flog a lazy boy with , without inflicting serious injury . Much

      had been said about the vitriol , which one of them called simple cerate , which _« composed of spermaceti , aud is one ofthe most simple remedies . It bad not been proved that any corrosive _Idrug - had teen applied to the boy ' s back . He ( Mr .-Ballantiue ) should call witnesses to prove that Morris was not to be believed on his oath . Mr . Haddlestone then addressed the jury at some length on behalf of Cummins , and . then Mr . Robinson called several witnesses , who stated the captain to be a very humane gentleman , and to prove that the punishment under the circumstances was not foo severe . They all appeared to be of opinion that Morris was a person on -whose -wordlittlereliaBce wa « to be placed . After along consultation the jury returned a verd _' et of guilty against Captain Gordon on the second count ( for ordering the second dozen ) , and acquitted the mate Cummins . The judgment of the court on Gordon , was respited to Monday .

      Mosdat . —Jfdghest on Captain Gobdos . —At ten o ' clock , Alexander Gordon , the commander of tlie barque Hatthesis , was bronght into court to receive hisjudgment . Mr . Commissioner Bollock addressed him at some length , and observed that he had been tried for , and found guilty of an assault , after a patient hearing and due consideration . It appeared that the defendant had paid £ 10 into court , in order to meet part of the expenses consequent on this prosecution , therfore the fine about to be imposed would he reduced in its amount . The judgment of the court therefore was , that he do pay a fine of £ 10 , and then , and not till then , be _dissbarjjed .

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      GUILDHALL . Mohdat . —Window Breaking . — Eliza Jones , Mary Hayes , Eliza Montague , and Martha Pike , who had just been released from ten days' imprisonment ' at Brixton , for window breakta ? _-, were charged with wilfully breaking three panes of glass in tbe shop of Mr . Inglis , the biscuit hater ia St . Paul's Churchyard . The officer produced the stones with which the mischief was effected , They weighed nearly a pound each . Mr . Aid . Hughes Hughesinquirel the value of the glass . Mr . Inglis said the panes cost him about £ 14 , and he could get them _replaced for £ 12 . One af the girls came into the shop , and begged for a few stale

      buns before the attack -was commenced . He had no stale buns to give them . The prisoners ( who were vagrants ) said they had no home , no parish , and they were hungry . Mr . Alderman Hughes Hughes observed that they had wantonly inflicted a grievous loss on a tradesman , who _ contributing largely in rates to the support ofthe floor ; and if their object was to be in gaol on Christmasday , and to make sure of being committed , he would take care that they should be disappointed . - He would give orders that they should be strictly excluded from partaking of the Christmas fare , and that they should be kept to ¦ _faard labour for two months .

      Assaults ok -tub Pomce . —George Mackay , John Murray , Edward Joyce , James Lawler , and'John _Howley , were severally committed to Bridewell for a month , without the option of paying a fine , for committing assaults upon the police . .

      BOW STREET . Moss at . _—Robbb & t . —Richard Steele , aged twentyeight years , was placed at the bar before Mr . Hall , charged on Ids own confession with stealing six letters , one of which contained a £ 19 Bank of England note , and another a bill of exchange for £ 252 , the property of Messrs . law--reace , Spencer , and Co ., cotton merchants , near Preston , in Lancashire , his employers . The prisoner was remanded . Tuesday . —Bobbeet bt a Letter Cabbier . —Thomas Bennett , an assistant letter carrier in the Camberwell district , was placed at the bar before Mr . Jardine , charged with stealing two letters containing money , which came into his possession for delivery , the property of the Postjnaster-General . After the evidence of several witnesses had been taken , the prisoner , who declined making any defence , was fully committed for trial _.

      _WORSHIP STREET ! Monday . —A Misckeakt . —Thomas Goodwin , a young man of rather smart appearance , described as a stonemason , was placed at the bar before Mr . Broughton , charged with having assaulted and cruelly ill-treated a joung woman named Anne Harris , under the following aggravated circumstances : —The complainant ' s face was greatly disfigured with recent marks of violence , and she had an infant in her arms , whose forehead and the front of its dress were also covered with congealed blood . It appeared from the poor creature ' s statement that she was the daughter ofa respectrble tradesman residiug at Chelsea , hut that-her father had utterly discarded and turned her out of doors in consequence of her having formed an unhappy connection with the prisoner , who had effected her ruin , and afterwards deserted her . Since the birth

      of her child she had made repeated endeavours to induce the prisoner to contribute a trifling sum towards its support , but he treated all her importunities with derision and defiance , and finding that her incessant labour .- * , at the needle were insufficient to procure them the bare means of subsistence , she was at length obliged , a few days since , to apply at this court for a summons to compel him to make some permanent provision for its maintenance . Feeling reluctant , howevtr , to enforce inch harsh measures if they could possibly be avoided , she resolved to try the effect ofalast appeal to his feelings , and for that purpose repaired with her child on Saturday evening to a public-house in Shoreditch , where she found him , drinking with several of his low associates , and having described the starving condition to which his child and herself were reduced , implored some assistance .

      The prisoner answered her application with a burst of laughter , and pulling out a handful of silver from his pocket , told her in a tantalizing manner that she might take what she pleased of the money , and he wonld instantly call in a policeman and give her iu charge for felony . After abusing her with the foulest language for venturing to take out a summons against him , and stating that he would be four hundred miles away on the day appointed for its hearing , he commenced an ' unmerciful attack upon her , and continued beating her about the face until his own companions remonstrated with him npon his brutal behaviour , and compelled him to desist . The prisoner afterwards approached her with an _a-r of affected contrition , and _requastiug that She ¦ would _"Xiss and be fr iends , " _suddenlv fixed his- teeth

      xa her _un-Jer lip and bit it nearl y through , lie then nunher violently from him , and she immediately hastened into ths street and obtained the assistance ofa policeman _, who took him into custody . On being called upon for his defence , the prisoner said that he certainly struck the woman several timifs _, but that he acted under strong provocation , as she was always following him about and pestering him for tnov . ey . —Mr ; Broughton said that a more cruel and cowardly outrage than the prisoner had couiantted had seldom been brought under his notice and it was only oat of consideration for the _feelings of the unfortunate womau , whom he had involved in _dis . grace and ruin , thathe should abstain from commit-in ** 5 _^ " He shouW order Wm > bowever , to pay the fall _penalty of £ 5 , or commit him , in default , for two _« onai 3 to the House of Correction ; and he should re-

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      quire him further , at the expiration ot his imprison ; ment , to find bail for his , good behaviour f _ir _. the next three months . ., _, . __/ . CLEBKENWELL . t _. " _ _UTuESDAT . _'i-Bi'riNo x Child . —Anne Lincoln , a young woman , with an infant iu her arms , was charged with _stwilrog ' a great coat , pocket-book , and other articles , the property of Mr . Baniel Williams , a copper-plate printer , residing at No . 00 , Cheapside , under the folloning sin- . gularcircumsUuces : —Mr . Williams , -an elderly gcntleman , deposed that on tbe previous night he was returning home through Saffron-hill , when he met the prisoner , who asked him if he would buy , her child . Haying no child of bis own he was anxiona . to make , the _purchase , and , as the night was cold , they went into ' a public-hbuse to have some refreshment .-. The prisoner told him that the child was in bed _arhefftfdgings , in Stanley ' s-court , and thither both of them proceeded _., Mr . Combe inquired witness ' s occupation , and hehahnedinhis card , on

      which was printed the aboveaddressand trade . r . Witness then proceeded to say that the prisoner asked one shilling for her child . Mr . _Comber-Are you a child dealer % -Mr . Mould ( the clerk)—He is not so described on his card Witness—I never bought a child before . , Mr . Combe— . _They- . seem to be down in the market just now . . ( Laugh-, ter . ) . ' . Witness added , that he went into tlie room in whichthe child slept with the prisoner , and , after exa ; mining the child , gave her the shilling . She then asked another ; he gave it her . She demanded another—he gave her that too , and then wrapt the babe up in his great coat , for the purpose of taking it home and adopting it . The mother asked him togive it her , that she might wrap it up properly ; but had no sooner got it in her arms . than she ran out with the child , coat , and money , slamming the door in hie face . He called in a policeman , and gave the prisoner , into custody . The coat was found and given up to him . - He did not wish to prosecute . Mr . Combe advised Mr . Williams to confine his dealings to the ordinary articles of commerce , and discharged the woman .

      MARYLEBONE . Monday . —Extensive System or Swindliso . —An unusual degree of interest was , excited at this court , in consequence of it having been the day appointed for the _reexamination of Frederick William Kelly , alias Captain Kelly , who % on Tuesday last was brought up on the charge of having obtained fraudulently a sum of money from Mrs . Oakeley , a dressmaker , residing at _Uo . 76 , Lisson-grove north . The prisoner is , it is supposed , one of the most expert swindlers who for some time , past have infested tbe metropolis and various parts ofthe country . He has several times figured at this and other police courts , and information has continually been forwarded to the several station-houses with regard to his nefarious practices . . From what transpired oh the first inquiry 'a . few particulars connected . with * which

      have been given ) it appeared that iu July last the prisoner occupied ready-furnished apartments , at'Mrs . Oakdey ' s house , and that he had not been therejinany . days before he induced her to cash for hiin . a bill for £ 13 on the London and Westminister , 'Bank " ; she gave-him £ ' ; l , reserring the other £ 1 for . the " accommodation . Thesaid bill was signed "W . F . ' . C . Kelly , " and in order , as he stated , that she should be satifised that she might consider herself perfectly free from loss , lie gave into her hands also a bill purporting to be drawn by him upon Robert Glenister , Esq ., Marine Villa , Marino-parade , Brighton ; the amountof it was £ 100 . ' The , naine "fi . _Glenister , " was written across"it / and it was made payable at Jones Loyd and Co . ' s . ' The two hills upon being presented turned out to he ' entirely worthless , and as she had thus been swindled out of her money by the prisoner ,

      who suddenly abscouded from her house soon after the advance was made to him , she gave a description of his person to the police , by whom he was at length apprehended on the morning of the lCth instant at a house in Boyle-street , Regent-street , where he was living with a young female who there passed as his wife , as she did at her ( Mrs . _Oakeley ' s ) dwelling . Mrs . Oakeley was with the officers when they captured him , and she accused him of having stolen a razor . of hers , but he denied that he had cone' anything of the sort . The razor was found in the apartment , and also , twenty-four duplicates relating to plate and other valuable articles of different descriptions . Mi's . Curridge , 55 , Brook-street , Lambeth , said tbat about three mouths ago the prisoner took a furnished room of her upon the first floor , and that after remaining a week he went away , saying thathe was obliged to so off

      by the railroad to see an aunt who was very ill . He paid her for his lodgings , and directly after his departure she missed a silver caddy spoon . —Feodore Shaw , a very genteel looking gill , 17 years of age ( the companion of Kelly while pursuing the system of victimising ) , said that she was now living with her aunt and uncle at Kennington . She first became acquainted with the prisoner about six months ago , and they had since been together as man and wife . After leaving Brook-street , they went to an hotel near the Great Western Railway , where they stayed two days ; while therehe ( prisoner ) gave to her a silver spoon , which he desired her to pledge at Neati / _d , Duke-street * , Manchester-square , and she did so . He told her that he had brought the spoon from his former lodging by mistake . The spoon was produced and identified by Mrs . _Curridge as having _bsen

      stolen from her house : it had been pledged- by the prisoner in the name of Anne King . Mr . Kawlin-• son ( to the prisoner)—I am about to remand you ; if you wish to say anything I am ready to hear you . Prisoner —I did not steal the spoon , nor did I give any authority to the woman to pawn it ; and if you will call her back she will do ine the justice to say so . Mr . Rawlinson —• What ! debauch a young girllikc this , and then talk about the questioning her again . with the , view of doing you justice ? She has sworn that you told her to pledge the spoon .. Several respectable persons who had been listening to the evidence adduced , here pressed forward eagerly , at the same time expressing , a desire to state what they knew ofthe prisoner and his practices , some of them having been , sufferers to a considerable extent . Mr . Cazotte , of 10 , Mount-street , _Grosvenor-square , said ,

      that about eight months ago the prisoner - engaged of him a furnished first-floor , at one hundred guineas per annum , at the same time stating , when called upon for a reference , that application with respect to him . might be made at _Eustone-park , Oxford , and that-he had a great deal of property in that neighbourhood ; he ( Mr . Cazotte ) being unable to go down immediately , repaired thither as soon as he was able , and on his arrival he found that the representations made to him were false ; ou his return home he turned out the prisoner at the early hour of five in the morning . Another person here , stepped up in the witness-box , and said that about two months ago the prisoner , while living with his lady at Vine Cottage , Babbicombe _, Devonshire , succeeded in obtaining from Mr . Hodge , a draper in an extensive way of business at Torquay , silks , satins , table

      linen , < tc . & c , to the amount of between £ 39 and £ 10 . Mr . Hodge subsequently received information from a solicitor . that the prisoner was a well-known swindler , and acting npon that information ¦ he ( Mr . Hodge repaired to the prisoner ' s dwelling , when he brought away a portion of the articles which hadbeen sent in . Mr . Patterson , landlord of the Green Man and Still , Oxford-street , stated that the prisoner had lodged at his house , and ran up a debt amounting to £ 3 . He offered to deposit with liim some wine in payment thereof ; but he refused to receive it , imagining that he ( prisoner ) was engaged in swindling transactions . He h : id since understood thatthe wine was obtained

      fraudulently from Messrs . Fortnum and Mason , Piccadilly . The prisoner , who seemed completely astounded at finding so strong an array of evidence against him , aud who merely repeated his denial of having authorised the girl Shaw to pawn the spoon , was remanded till Monday next . Tradesmen and ethers from Devonshire and Kent , and also many more in London , will , no doubt , appear against him on that day . It may he well to state that the prisoner is a man apparently sixty years of age , of sallow complexion , and about five lest eight inches high ; be wears a brown great coat and black trowsers . This brief description of him may cause other parties to prefer charges .

      LAMBETH . Tuesday . —Gross Outrage _ahd Impudent Robbery . Thomas Smith , a notorious thief and desperate character , and Ann Jones , a middle-aged female , were placed at the bar before Mr . Henry , the former on a charge of stealing a £ 10 note under a threat of assassination , and the latter receiving the note , well knowing it to have been stolen . Mrs . Frances Gallehue , a widow lady , deposed that on the evening of _Sund ? y week she was at the house of Mr . Ilambliu , of 3 , Crayford-road , Coldblow-lane , Camberwell , and at about ten minutes to eight o ' clock , hearing a double knock at the door , she weut to answer it . Upon opening the door , a man instantly slipped into the hall and handed her a letter , which he requested she would give to the mistress of the house . She asked him where he had come from , and he replied , "It ' s all right . " She

      told him she did not think so , and that he must have come to the wrong place , but his only reply was as before . Sho again asked him who he had brought it from , upon Which he got up close fo her , and in a menacing and commanding tone said , " Bo you choose to take it to the lady of the house ? If you don't , I'll shoot you . " The man at the same instant put his hand towards his trousers pocket , and drew out something which she believed to be a pistol , and which she subsequently saw to be one . At this time Mrs . Hamblin came into the hall , and witness handed her tbe letter , with which she retired into the drawing-room , leaving witness still standing at the bottom of the stairs with the man . While she was thus situated she ( witness ) saw that the man held a pistol in one hand and a dirk or dagger in the other . Soon after Mrs . Hamblin had entered the drawing-room , Mr , Phillips , her

      brother , came to the hall , aud addressing the man , said , " We live in a free country , and what right have you to come and demand money ! " The prisoner made some answer to this which she ( witness ) did not recollect , but she heard him say to Mr . Phillips , "If I have £ 10 I'll leave quietly . " Mr . Phillips told Mrs . Hamblin what the man had said about the £ 10 , and the latter replied that she did not know she had £ 10 . Mrs . Hamblin went up stairs , and Mr . Phillips immediately after gave the man a £ 10 note . Mr . Phillips was following the man to the door , when the latter told him that if he attempted to foUow him , he would blow his brains out . Mrs . Hamblin corroborated the above evidence , nnd on being questioned as to the contents of the letter ( which was in the bands of the police ) , siiid it was in the following words , or as near so as possible , and addressed " to the lady of the house

      ;"—" Me lfidy , Fm sent by a gentleman to demand your moaey . whieh if you don't deliver immediately , I have twelve men outside who will plunder the house , aud your lifr be put in great danger . " Mrs . _Tlaniblin then proceeded to " say , that upon taking

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      the letter she went into a room in which her husband has beehJying _' for several months from an attack of paralysis , and calling her brother , Mr . Phillips , ' on one side , read to him the contents of .. the letter , and Mr . Phillips went 'down to the rnaii . " Witness at this " time got out at the back way / and requested the servant oflier _nevt-door neighbour to go at once and , bring a policeman . On returning mto the house , her brother told her that the man had oft ' ued to go out quietly , provided £ 10 was given to him . She replied she did not Know whether she had £ 10 , but she should go and see , and if she had she should gir & it . She nas then about to go out by the back door , when the man placed his liand upon it ands ' aid , ' " Tpu don't pass here . " She then ' wentihtothedrawihgroom , and waf _^ . about to get out ofthe window the back way _. ' wheu the muu who was

      then outside presented a pistol at her . and slie _^ desisted _. Immediately afterwards she heard the man exclaim . " Is . that lady coming ? two minutes more is the utmost I can give . " Mr . Phillips then came to lier , said he had a £ 10 note in his pocket , and asked if he should give it to * the nian . She gave her immediate consent . Mr . Phillips gave the note tothe man and he left the house . The female prisoner said she got the £ 10 note from her husband on the night of Saturday week , . arid changed it at the pawnbroker ' s on the- Monday . Her husband was a bricklayer , and worked at Uxb ' ridge , but whom for she did not know . The male _prisoni-r contented himself by saying that he knew nothing about what he was charge _^ with . Mr . H _*; nry , in remanding both , for a week , remarked that the robbery was one of the most daring and impudent he had heard of for some considerable time .

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      GREAT BANQUET ¦ _£ IN FAVOUR OFA TEN HOUKS'BILL , On Saturday evoning , the operative spinners had a public dinner in the'Hall of Science , Gamp Field , as a demonstration in . t ' _avourofaTenlloura' Bill . There were upwards of 600 persons bresent , and amongst the invited guests were Mr . John Fiolden _^ M . P . for . Oldham , Sir . Feargus O'Connor , and Dr ; John Watts . The room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , and hung round with placards ; on which were printed , in large characters , tho following , amonsst other mottos and sentiments : — " Live and

      let live ;" .. " Lord Ashley ' s three majorities against Ministers in 1844 ;" . " More time for rest , mental improvement , and religious exercise " ¦ " Manufacturers ; lessen the-. hours of labour , and thus add to the domestic comfort of your workpeople ;" . _- " The clergy of-all denominations who support the Ten Hours ' Bill . " A _band of musicians were stationed in the gallery , opposite the _ proscenium , oh whicli the chairuiah's table was placed . The chair was occupied by Edward Woraley , an operative spinner . . After the dinner .

      The Chairman rose and said , the present meeting had been got up that they might express their sentiments on the great Object . they had _ixt view , namely , the Ten Hour ' s Bill . The question had been agitated for the last twenty-five or twenty-six years , but therehad never before been so bright a prospect before them—never such a prospect of obtaining the measure . ( Hear , hear . ) Successive governments had often been asked to passa Ten Hours' Bill , but instead of , doing so , they had enacted that no child under thirteen , years of age should work above six hours and a half per day , and this was an enactment which neither masters nor operatives desired to sec passed . This relay system , as it was termed , had been the cause of loss to both employer and employed , because mills had frequently been compelled to stop through want of hands most essential to spinners ,

      that was , hands , under thirteen years of age .- Both masters and operatives were convinced of the disadvantages of this system , and he believed that nias ters would not on that account oppose the > Ten Hours' Bill at the present time , though he had no authority from them to say so . In his opinion an efficient Ten Hours' Bill , with aresfcrictior upon the moving power , would be beneficial for both masters and operatives . ( Cheers . ) Since tlie relay system had commenced , some manufacturers had commenced working eleven hours a day , with-benefit both to themselves and their workpeople , and that was a powerful argument in favour of this cause . Then a considerable body of persons in Manchester had got a half-holiday , and the press had assisted them to obtain it ; and certainly , if it was essential for them to work a less number of hours in

      tbe week , it was essential for the lactory operatives to do the same . ( Hear , hear , and loud cheers . ) Then manufacturers had subscribed , and government had granted money , for public parks and walks for the benefit of health ; the press assisted in accomplishing that object also ; and that led him to think that there was a growing feeling in favour of shortening the hours of labour ; lor , if factory operatives were to continue to work twelve hours a day , those parks and walks would be of no benefit to them , and their having been asked to subscribe would be a mere mockery . ( Hear , hear . ) If the press would only do as much for the factory operatives as it had done for other parties , he had no doubt they should attain their object . ( Applause . ) After requesting that the different speakers would confine themselves to the question on which they were met , he concluded by proposing "The health of the Queen . "

      Some other loyal toasts were then given , after which— . ¦ -. _- . _ . . William . Arrowsmith , secretary to _iho Spinners ' Union , read letters which had been received from Mr . Thomas Duncombe , M . JP ., Mr . llichard Oastler , Mr . ¦ W . B . Ferrand , M . P ., and Mr . Sbarman Crawford , M . F ., te whom invitations had been sent , but who were unable to be present . The Chairman then proposed the following senti ment , "May the factory workers be united in one firm bond of union , and never relax their exertions until the Ten Hours' Bill becomes the law of the land . " ( Applause . )

      Mr . Mosley _, spinner , said : —Mr . Chairman _. —It is with feelings of great pleasure I rise to respond to the toast announced from the chair , because it appears to contain a principle vitally interesting to the factory workers .. Being one myself , it is a sentiment peculiarly gratifying to my feelings . It is a well known fact , that the working classes have be _^ n often taunted with being ignorant ; so much so that-they are said to be totally unfit to exercise the least" control over those who make the laws by which this country is governed ; and if the working classes generally are so ignorant , how can the factory workers be expected to be etherwise , who have to work longer , and have , in consequence , less time for instruction ? It is our bounden duty , then , to use every exertion to obtain the Ten Hours' Bill , in order that we may have time to enlighten our minds , so that we may understand and perform our duties as good husbands and fathers , and set an example to our children worthy of

      imitation . When we have become enlightened , we shall probably ask how it is , notwithstanding the vast increase in the powers of production , that , according to the statement of Sir James Graham , one-tenth of the population are in a state of pauperism ? We shall mostlikely ask ourselves the reason of our continuing to work long hours , when it has been admitted thatthe wants of the country can be supplied with six or eight hours' labour a-day . We shall then begin to inquire what is meant by the law oi primogeniture and entail , by which the land of this country is monopolized by a few aristocratic families . We shall then make ourselves acquainted with the laws and institutions of our country , so that we may respect all good laws ; and , on the other hand , be able to bring the whole moral power of an enlightened public opinion to bear upon all bad laws , and remove them from the statute book for ever . I heartily respond to the sentiment proposed from the chair .

      The Chairman said : Now , gentlemen , I have the pleasure of introducing to your notice one of the most able and consistent advocates of cur cause out of the House of Commons , Feargus O'Connor , Esq . The instant the Chairman made the announcement every individual in the body of the hall rose at once , and the cheering and waving of hats lasted for a considerable time , while the handkerchiefs of the fair sex in the galleries waved gracefully , and bore testimony of the affection entertained in that quarter for Mr . O'Connor . As soon as the applause had subsided , he said : —

      Mr . Chairman and kind friends , —To what am I to attribute this cordial , this flattering , this more than enthusiastic reception ? Is it that you know me better than when you despised my co-operation , or that you stand more in need of my assistance now ? or is it because you have ever found me brave , consistent , and zealous as labour ' s advocate ? ( Cheers . ) It was not with you I commenced labour ' s battle ; it was with the "fustian jackets , the blistered hands , and the unshorn chins . " ( Cheers . ) And have you at length discovered that the sword that pierced the sides of the handloom-weavers has reached your bodies ? ( Cheers . ) But , sir , whatever has elicited this boundless applause , I am happy , most happy , to meet the champions of labour of all classes , creeds ,

      and politics upon this neutval ground , where " domestic comfort , " that motto upon one of your placards , is to be the subject of discussion . ( Cheers . ) What but that have I been contending for , and struggling for , all my life ? ( Cheers . ) I agree with tho last respectable speaker as to the uses to which the profits upon increased machinery should be applied . I object to all that should be national going into one protected channel . ( Cheers . ) But , sir , I have more honourable cause of quarrel with the system than even the excessive toil it imposes . I quarrel witli the effects of that toil made manifest in you , sir . ( Loud cheers . ) Yes , sir , when I see you , with a freeman ' s head and a slave ' s body —( loud cheers )—

      when I feel that nature intended you lor a philosopher , and find that you are made a cripple —( great sensation)—then , sir , I must be pardoned if my feelings carry me beyond the boundsof mere argument . ( Cheers . ) I further object to a system which stops the current of humanity in the hearts of philanthropists . We have now upon the platform a gentleman whom nature sent as a picture of her proudest work , as an honest man , into the world ; but whom the system has compelled to be a thief amongst thieves . We have "Mr . Fielden , with his venerable grey hairs and venerated old principles . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) Yes , sir , he is not a mere theorist ; lie was ready , not only to preach , but to

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      practice ; he , tried ten hours' labour , and society drove him from this moral position ; as he could not Jive and compete against the abominations of system ( cheers)—but he is here to-night , standing out boldly Irom his order to proclaim the workman ' s title to his share of national . wealth —( great cheering)—and , while he is here , I may , take the opportunity ol charging him as tho author of „ all my misfortunes . When I came from my own country , fresh . caught from the mountains —( cheers and laughter)—I could not be supposed to understand much of an English operative ' s lite , while I was strongly imbued with national prejudices ag . iinst England and everything English . I had not learned how to . discriminate between the English people and their oppressors then , but I have _xow-r-tcheers)—and who farst opened my eyes to the sufferings of' the English people ? Why , John Fielden . ( Cheering ;) In his celebrated

      speech in the House 6 f : Commons , wherein , while Malthusians were boasting of your independence , he proved your slavery and poverty from documentary and statistical evidence which statesmen denied , but never have . yet refuted —( cheers)—he set me thinking , thought set me acting :-1 came to the manufacturih g _districts ; I saw that he had not exaggerated the picture of your _sufi-erinus , and 1 vowed that , eternal hostility to the whole system whichhas since cost me so niaiiy pounds of money , and so many trials and hours of suffering and anguish ; but I look upon this night ' s balm as more than recompense for all ., ( Tremendous applause . ) I have had many ditterences with Mr _^ Fieldcn , but I have never altered my opir nion as to his- humanity . ( Cheers . ) In 1839 , when we hoped that labour ' s cause was . strong , I attached paramount importance _< to lessening the hours of labour , ' and Fielden , being then , as he is now , the champion , I said of him , that he found you poor till

      "Greatly rising in his country ' s right Her'hero , her deliverer , spruug to light : ¦ A race oi' hardy northern' sons he led , . - Guiltloss of-courts untainted and unfed , Whose inborn spirit spurned the ignoble fee ¦;'• Their hearts scorned bondage for their hands were free . " ( Loud cheers . ) Why did I entcrtain . this opinion ' of him ? Because I heard him in . that house , where aristocratic blood is the best recommendation , pleading ' the cause of ¦ the infant from , " what , as an infant , factory worker , lie had - experienced himself—( great applause)—and , aristocratic as I was , I honoured him who was the arc _hitect of his own fortune , and _ who had the pride and manliness to admit it , amid titled fools . more than my Lord ' Stanley and his class , who

      , are born with golden spoons in their mouths . ( Loud cheers . ) I was sorry to hear your respected Chairman enter upon the question of infant labour as a mere abstract question , ( Hear , hear . ) I protest against infants under thirteen years of age working at- ill —( loud cheers)—at ali events at such labour as is calculated to twist tlieir grissel into deformities , and deprive their young . mihds of those early impressions which they ought to receive , and which ought to be the foundation of that knowledge to make them pass respectably through life . ( Cheers . ) Would Peel , would Russell , w ' ould any who could prevent it , allow their children under thirteen years of age to work six and a half hours a day at factory labsur ? ( Cheers and no . ) Then why should you ? ( Renewed

      cheering . ) Are not your children as dear to you—( cheers ) —aye and dearer ? if you were allowed the legitimate training and management of . . thein in youth , and their dutiful support and comfort in old age , ( Cheers . ) But they ' ll work you , and exercise you , and give you mental recreation . ( Laughter . ) 1 have no confidence in the theorists who would give you '' parks to expose your crippled limbs in —( _choers)—but they are right to keep you from the light of day . I have no respect for _thoie who would toil you all the week and wash you on Saturday night . ( Great cheers and laughter . ) I have no . confidence in th osc who would fain improve your minds , but so weaken your bodies as to Impair your intellects . ( Cheers . ) Working men , 1 am for every man having his own

      park to walk in —( tremendous applause );—lam for every man being his own washer-woman —( cheers and laughter )—I am for every man having booksof his own , and time to read them —( cheers)—and that ' s the reason why I agree with Mr . Mosley when he says , " That , if you are ignorant now , your ignorance is a charge upon those who deprive you of the means of instruction . *'' ' ( Cheers . ) You don't know yourselves what it is that is fighting labour's battle . It is their gas , steam navigation , railroads , the printing press , the penny stamp upon newspapers , the penny postage , and all those improvements which are national property , but which by bad _legislation —( tremendous cheering)—have been converted to mere class gain . ( Hissing . ) If political economists will measure

      then- philanthropy and your condition by landlord tyranny and agricultural wages , they must consent to hear argument on both sides of the question . You are to the agricultural labourers precisely what the race-horse is to the slow and sleek waggon-horse . ( Cheers , and hear , hear . ) Your life is one continuous _"HLooD-nuif , " and you ought to be remunerated accordingly . ( Cheers . ) Who ever heard of a race horse being sound and supple , at ten years of age , or able to run well at seven ? ( Cheers . ) No one . He has been " iised up "— worked out in youth . But how often willyou see a steady old plough-horse , or a waggon-horse , in . spirits , heart , and flesh , at twenty-five or thirty . ( Cheers . ) Then what I contend for is , that if , like the race-horse , you give your

      whole lite s blood ma few years , that , during those few i ears , you should not only have as much as the dull husbandman can earn through the whole of life , but that you shall also have wherewithal to make the remainder of your- days happy , without labour , upon a better provision than the tender mercies ofa "Poor Law" bastile . ( Great cheering . ) Who ever saw a cotton spinner of eighty-four working ? while I have now working for me men of that age , who are the ninth generation ; that have worked for nine generations of my family . ( Cheers . ) Their life is more calm—theirdeath will be mureeasy—thau that of the artificial slave . ( Cheers . ) I tell you what 1 recognise as the two great elements that you should contend for—kesibiction and distmbution . ( Cheers ,

      and "that ' s it ! " ); Reducing the hours of labour is the only legitimate mode of restriction . ( Cheers . ) It is neither legitimate , just , nor humane , that you should be compelled to give your heart ' s blood to _system , and then , out of jour poor pittance , to ward off competition by supporting system-made idlers . ( Great cheering . ) 000 men are to 500 precisely what twelve hours arc to tch—( checrs )—and , by the Ten Hours' Bill , there would be employment for 000 , where there is now only employment for 500 . ( Cheers . ) And is this not necessary , nay indispensible , when the hell-born Secretary of State told us that one in every ten of your order were receiving parish _relief and living a pauper ' s life in merry England . ( Cheers and laughter . ) In Sheffield ,

      many trades had reduced their hours of labour to eight . ( Cheers . ) Aye , and quite _enotiL'h , too . ( Cheers . ) He was for good King Alfred ' s division : eight hours for work , eight for rest , and eight for recreation . ( Loud cheering . ) The Sheffield men soon brought the Home Secretary ' s paupers into requisition , and there was no fall of wages ; they literally got more for eight hours than for twelve . ( Cheers . ) Oh , he wanted these two hours for study and thought , very much ; it would soon lead to philosophy and knowledge , and good government would be the result . ( Loud and long-continued cheering . )

      He objected to any man being called upon to pay a farthing to ward oil ' the abuses and blows of system ; it was actually a tax upon industry and kindly feeling . ( Cheers . ) He had no respect for the drones that would preach food and starve tho bees in the midst of their own honey . ( Cheers . ) He had no respect for those who would create misery , and then sympathise with the unfortunates . ( Cheers . ) Sympathy was , no doubt , a ve y good thing in it & way ; but liberty was better . ( Cheers . ) TfioBe who had assembled there were fighting labour's battle most gloriously , and let him . remind them , that labour's battle was freedom's battle —( great cheers)—and

      " Labours' battle once begun , Uequeathed from bleeding sire to son , Though baiUed oft is ever won . " ( Tremendous applause . ) He would now explain what he meant by distribution . He would suppose a master cotton-spinner to commence business with £ 100 , 000 , and to realize £ l , 000 , 000 'in any number of years . What he considered equitable distribution of the proceeds , and , to which no master could well object , was this , "That if tlie master had augmented his £ 100 , 000 to half a million , and made £ 400 , 000 profit , those whose labour had realized it should havo the other half million . ( Great cheering . ) . Then , if 100 men had been engaged in amassing this fortune , the master would have £ 500 ,

      000—a very nice retiring salary —( cheers)—and the bees would have £ 5 , 000 each ; if 200 were engaged , they would have _£ 2 , 500 each ; if 400 , they would have £ 1 , 250 ; a fair , but not an over , remuneration , and a better retiring salary than a kick and " I have done with you ; go , slave , and make another tyrant ' s fortune , or take shelter in the bastile . " ( Uproarious applause . ) That ' s what I call not equitable distribution , as the bees would not have their share ; but it is better than labour share at present . Now 1 only ask comparative improvement for your order . 1 ask , that if the Queen is not satisfied with the palace her ancestors lived in ; if the master is not satisfied with the cottage his forefathers occupied ; if the banker is not satisfied with the mansion his sires lived and amassed wealth in , that you , who have produced all that has led to those aspirations , should

      not be removed from the cottage to the cellar ; but that you , too , should be elevated by the same graduated . sliding scale . ( Great applause . ) See what a- struggle labour is now making for the acquisition of its just share of national wealth , and see what advocates it has got . I was delighted , to hear the response you gave to the letter of your champion , King Richard . ( Loud cheers . ) He is a man who , I believe , would die on the floor of the House rather than abandon the position hehad gained for labour ; and if you are sincere in your professions , and moan to be true to yourselves , one ol your principle objects should be to place Richard Oastler in Parliament to fight vour battle . ( Great cheering and waving of hats . ) 1 will now call your attention to some of those anomalies which put society out of joint . More is produced , but

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      tewer hands -are req . uirel in the _production , therefore more profit is _picketed by the employer oi the fewer number , of hand * . For instance , one man upon the platform _ww-ked oh * wheel ten years ago , now he works four , and _receiver ten , shilling 8 a-week less for the . fourfold labour . ( Cheers , and "Its true . " ) Another person on the pktlorm worked two wheels six years ago , and now works _jsix , but receives no more wages . (* . _* ¦ True . " ) WeJl , then , who pocketed the additional profit f or is" this not the most dangerous and injurious competition ?—( cheers ) —far more dangerous than the cows alar off with long horns . ( Great cheering . ) He asked this question _. and one day it must . be answered . How happens it that those with political power have _—^^ - . ( . - , * I . .

      amassed fortunes , while those who make the fortunes for them are not able to bear one week ' s idleness , or to stand one season's scarcity ? ( Cheers . ) I ask Iiow it happens that a system . is tolerated which enables some to live a life of idleness , A _longlife upon tho profits of the three last years roaring trade , while others are compelled to petition for the means of preserving a mere existence . ( Cheers . ) He would say of Lord Ashley , that he was glad to find his name so honoured ; andhe only trusted that he would reap his reward in the blessings of the future he was endeavouring to create . ( Cheers . ' ) Of the glorious champion , King Richard—( loud cheers for Oastler)—he would say that he was delighted to hear the way his letter was received , and

      if the committee took his ( Mr . O'Connors ) advice , ho would recommend them to strain every nerve to piit their cock in that fit where he could best fight labour's battle—in the'House of Commons . ( Tremendous applause . ) He asserted , without fear of contradiction , that Oastler would die upon the floor of the House rather than yield an inch of the position labour had achieved to labour ' s oppressors . ( Loud cheers . ) He had now shown them that they were race horses , and as such they should put on speed to win the race . Russell was pledged to a Ten Hours' Bill , but then lie was on the promise side of the house —( laughter and cheers)—now he was for a bit at the performance side , ' and let them test his promise . ( Cheers . ) Where is the hale and healthy spinner , who has worked for seventy years , as ybii find agricultural labourers , ah ?

      . < _. Rari apparent nantes m gurgite vasto . : 'Few-appear swimming onthe vast deep . ( Cheers ) . He looked u pon the shortening of the hours of la . bour as the right arm and best leg of the thing he nad spent his best days in working for , but which just how should be nameless .. ( A . tremendous burst of applause . ) Mr . O'Connor thin drew a brief picture of the difference between the slave who worked for another , and the freeman who works for himself . The one , hesaid , works , according to his strength ; the other , according to liis wants ; which the largest amount of labour cannot more than cover . The one has something ; of Jiis own tolove _, the other has everything to hate . Tlie one lies down , if sick , in liis own bed . surrounded by his own family , the other takes

      shelter in a Poor-Law bastile , and is thrown upon the tender mercies of one who considers the labour ol attendance a task of labour , not the labour oi love . ( Loud cheers . ) The one pockets every farthing of his own earnings , the other humbly takes what the lion pleases to offisr . ( Loud cheers . ) The one enjoys life ; while the other prolongs a wretched existence , through a' life of misery . ( Cheers . ) Mind , if you have £ 2 a-week , and if fiction raises the price of every article of life , you are , after all , but comparatively less miserable than your less fortunate neighbours , while I seek and demand positive , not comparative comfort , for those who live by the sweat of tlieir own brow . ( Loud cheers . ) I have no confidence in those who would starve you , and then

      preach the blessings of abundance . ( Great cheering . ) I have no respect for those who create misery , and then sympathise with the uufortunate . ( Cheers . ) I have no repect for those whose theory is justice , but whose practise is tyranny . ( Loud cheers . ) But , in conclusion , 1 have confidence in what I now see around me ; I have confidence in the rising genius of liberty —( cheers)—and in the growing aspirations for liberty . ( Loud cheers . ) I have confidence in that self-esteem and that self-reliance of which I see so strong an illustration before me . I have reliance upon your own order , and I feel convinced and assured , that the attainment of that knowledge which

      two hours' additional time for education would give , would finally realise all my fondest' hopes of protection for the benefit you had achieved . ( Great cheering . ) Wheii you have time to think , you will love me better —( great cheering)—because you will _in _* s » UKDKItSTASD MV MOTIVK 3 BKTTKE . ( Ckeei _* S . ) But I must be social on this neutral ground , and , therefore , conclude by tendering you a continuation of ray best exertions on behalf of your just and noble principle , observing that—there has been a dark cloud o ' er the destinies of your country , but in the distant horizon I see the d . m shadow of liberty , and my heart

      gladdens—In my ecstaoy , I exclaim , " Can it be ?" And a voice responds , " union and _libebty !" It would be utterly impossible to give the faintest notion of the manner in which Mr . O'Connor ' s address was received _throughout , or of the applause evinced at the close . The Chairman proposed the "Hoalth and long life to Lord Ashley and his illustrious family . " WiUiam Arrowsmith , as an instance of the devotedness of Lord Ashley in the cause he had espoused , mentioned his refusal of office when the Conversatives cameinto power , whereby hehad sacrificed emoluments four or five times greater than his own ineorae . Mr . John Teer responded , and said , I regret very much tbat I have not the ability to do full justice to

      his lordship ' s character . The conspicuous part which that amiable nobleman has taken in furtherance ofthe Ten Hours' Bill reflected the highest credit upon him . He was ever foremost in advocating every measure which had for its object the amelioration of the lot of the toiling millions . In the Commons House of Parliament he stands the brilliant and powerful advocate of the rights of the factory children , and his mode of advocacy was always successful . I am glad to find that so great a number have attended here this evening . It is by meetings like this that public opinion will become concentrated relative to a reduction in the hours of your labour . I am happy to find that there is amongst the working classes an evident augmentation of

      intelligence ; that there are many amongst them who , notwithstanding their long hours of labour , havo found a liUle time to acquire solid knowledge . I hope that this disposition for mental improvement will go on progressing until the working classes shall have acquired that amount of _enlightenment which will be the best weapon they can wield for improving their moral , social , and physical condition . I am glad to find such men amongst you as the first speaker , Thos . Mosley ; he is an ornament to your body—he has nobly advocated the cause this evening . I hope , however , that no undue advantage will be taken of him for having honestly and energetically expressed his sentiments here . I say this , - because I hear that some men have been sacrificed for having

      pleaded the cause of the factory children at a meeting on this question , which was held a fortnight ago , at the Corn Exchange . Three men , who were zealous in this cause , and bold enough to stand on the platform and avow their sentiments on that occasion , have , since that meeting been sacrificed ; they have been discharged , they are now destitute of employment , and I fear that their discharge has arisen from their connexion with the Ten Hours' Bill question . This shows with what alacrity we should aid and assist such noble minded men as Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., John Fielden , Esq ., M . P ., and ail the other talented advocates of this important measure . There is nothing can prevent you from obtaining a legislative

      enactment for a curtailment in the hours of your labour , except your own apathy . The mill owners may tell us that they could not competo with foreigners if this measure were carried into operation , but this is a false argument , they could do . They may tell us that we should not work less hours than the workmen in America , but I believe we work longer hours than the Americans , and even if we did not , we aro justified in setting the example of work ? ing short , hours to all other nations . I hope , in conclusion , that Lord Ashley and the friends of the Ten Hours' Bill will soon have the happiness of congratulating each other on the passing of this humane aud benevolent measure .

      The Chairman next gave , " Tlie health of John Fielden , Esq ., M . P . ; Charles Ilindley , Esq ., M . P . and all our friends in parliament . " ' " ' Mr . Fielden , on rising to respond , was received with repeated cheers . He said lie should have preferred the meeting without the dinner , because the imposing of a tax of Is . Cd . per head upon everv individual coming there had made the meeting , in his opinion , less numerous than it otherwise would have been . ( "Hear , hear , " and "True . " ) There wcre very many persons who worked in factories , and who felt a deep interest in the passing of a Ten Hours ' Bill , who were unable to pay Is . Od . in order to attend a meeting like the present , and it was but right that they should have an opportunity of _showinir that th « v

      were in favour of such a measure . In 1844 this cause was so important , that Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham declared that if Parliament passed the bill of Lord Ashley they would retire into private life . Ilear . ) Why , they were gone into private life—( _'hew , hear , " and laughter ) , —and the Ten Hours ' bill would be obtained if the factory operatives would only persevere . He had said in the House of Commons , and he repeated it now , that to labour ten hours a day was too long ; and he regretted , _execedingly , to hear the chairman say thathe wanted a . Ten Hours' Bill for both children and adults . He ( Mr Fielden ) did not want it . ( Hear , hear . ) Thev bad

      got a six hours bill lor children , and he did not want to go back to ten , because he believed that six hours a day in a factory was labour enough for an adult . ( "Hear hear " andapplause . ) _Hew _* 3 quite satistied that , with the increased power of production which this country had accomplished within the last _, forty years , and with our capabilities of increasing it to an almost indefinite extent , as much could be produced by working three hours a day as would be necessary tc supply the wants of the world . ( Hear . ) Why then should they want to bring children back from six _flours a day ? . Tlie object should be to reduce the hours of labour of adults from twelve to six .

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      ( Hear hear . ) He should be charged tt ith _^ _uVnTT that which was impossible , but he , _JJS . Pi V which was right ; and succeed or not _itL r , lut to sowthe 5 e ° _ed and let it take roX 7 aud t * _^ doubt that it they _poisevored they „ ou ° a ? f no _jears , not only get a reduction to ten , h " t to »! 11 * hours a day . Butthey were _asking tor a Tcn ° n _f BiU , and he nas glad that they » e * e deteull " . _" ? have it ; but let it be a Ten Houis' Bfli _w m , t 0 above thirteen yeai _, of age . Do not bring SIS ife tliii een years up to ten hours a d . » . fifij S _* Coud any man who . « u _worthy tiie ait"j Englishman , declare , in the lace of his S _., ! that human beings ought to work more t | _,, ' ten hours a day m a factory ? He knevv -in _. i ' meeting knew also , that twelve hours of acti _' ial ! , „ in a factory was destructive of life and Jimb t |» ! _teetion of which ought to be the first considemi ,, the legislature . lie advised the meetin _' to s _, ? _"' Lord John Russell ' s return to office , for he -i' & _' ?•' colleagues , from the part they took in opn 03 in , r «•? Robert Peel ' s government on the queS _L _, pledged to a Ten H _. ui * ' Bill . ( Hear , hear . ' Aft *

      reaaiugsotue extracts from a speech by Lord Job Russell , iu . order to convince the meetin « - that tin ' r was ground for hope that a liberal government wmiil carry the measure , Mr . Fielden said the questim , „ wished to put to the meeting was , —Were thev sin cerely desirous that the legislature should pass i To Hours' Bill , regardless of the effect it nii « ltt In ™ upon wages ? ( "Yes , yes , " ) He might state tint "'as being the sentiment of the mule _soituiers and sol acting minders of Manchester ? ( "i es . " ) _'iVn i . _» would do so . ( Applause . ) elle < Mr . Johnson was called upon to speak to this sen timent . He said—Mr . Chairman , the regret ex " pressed by this meeting , on hearing the letter re-id from our eloved- Oastler , stating that it would be

      impossible tor him to be v , ith us tins evening , is not more sincerely felt by any one present than by myself There was another regret expressed by Mr . " Fielden ' thatthishall was not more crowded than it was . Allow me to tell Mr . Fielden , that this is not a public meeting , but a private trade festival . As one of the preceding speakers said , we want the Ten _llour-j ' Bill in order to make certain inquiries , which llQ enumerated . There are others of not Jess importance _wb'jh will engage our attention . Mr . Cobden has told us that the Duke of Richmond is a man of average intellect , and afairsampieofhisorder , and tbat this duke is , in every respect , as respectable a man as he w _» uld give _SOs . per week to , leaving liis hearers to infer that he wan not a very wise man .

      rube wou d not oppose the repeal of the Corn Laws Mr . Fielden tells us that , in the years 1826 and IS ?/ tlie Americans , with , the proeeeds of _SOOlbs . ol cotton , could purchase only Sii yards of domestic or stout cloth . But , in 1835 , they could purchase , for the same cotton , 504 yards , being an advance of sixty / our per cent . . Now , for our manufacturers to do this , we know that we must either work harder or work for less wages ; and we want the Ten Hours ' Bill to give us time to inquire into the wisdom of such proceedings , and whether the extension of trade is for our benefit or no . Therefore , it is that the best thanks are due to Messrs . Oastler and Wood , of Bradford , from the operative factory -workers , ' for their exertions in endeavouring to obtain an efficient Ten Hours'Bill .

      ihe Chairman proposed , "May commerce flourish and manufactures prosper , and labour meet its reward , " Dr . J . Watts being called upon to respond said Mr , Chairman , ladies and gentlemen , 1 / ejoico to see such meetings as this , they alio , d an opportunity tor advocating tue cause of humanity , and the object , which this meeting is seeking to attain is purely ; _J humane object all parties can join iu promoting , i have often been amused , in going through a cottonmill , iu viewing and examining the complicated ma . chinery , and how every crank , lever , and pulley works harmoniously together . 1 observed that great care was taken in protecting that machinery ; that it was not over-worked ; that nothing was done to impair

      it ; that the machines did not do too much work , whether they were self-actors , double deckers , or anv other sort of machines . If the iron or wood of whicli they were made goes wrong , or suffers deterioration , the loss falls upon the" _employer , and , therefore , he has a direct interest in preserving them . If a thread breaks it is immediately pieced . The inanimate part is strictly attended to ; . but , I regret to add , that it is not so with the live part . If an arm or a leg getsinjured , ; or destroyed , it can readily be dispensed with , for there are plenty of others waiting to supply thoir place . There was every protection forthe iron and wood , but none for the flush and bones of the factory operatives . The speaker here enteral into the disadvantages under whicli mill-hands laboured ,

      who worked twelve hours a-day , and showed tho impossibility of their moral and physical advancement under the present system . The men who were most forward in promoting the half-day holiday , were unwilling to co-operate for a reduction in the hours of labour , yet the factory-workers required this reduction more than they . Some ol those who advocate a repeal of the Corn Laws are against tlio Ten flours ' Bill . I consider both measuresgood , and both parties might consistently join to obtain them . I am a member ef the Mechanics' Institution , and also ol the Atheneum ; but I have not had a book out ot either places during the last six mouths . 1 have but little time for reading-, and if this be the case witli

      mc , how much more so must it be with those employed in cotton-mills . The speaker hero forcibly described the influence of the factory system upon the female character , and especially upon those who had children , and , alter a few more appropriate observations , concluded amidst great cheering . Several other toasts ware proposed and responded to , when the room was prepared for dancing , whicli was kept up , under excellent arrangement , until it was time for the mirthful group once more to don the slave ' s apparel , to spin , that others may make the rule , what , with them , was but the exception , a night festivity . __ Nothing could give greater satisfaction , or go off better , than the whole proceedings .

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      CHARTIST CO-OPERATIVE LAND SOCIETY . Meetings for the purpose of enrolling numbers and transacting other business connected therewith ara held _ovory week on the following davs and places :-

      _HUSDAT 12 _VEKISG . South London Chartist Hall , 115 , Blackfriars-road , at half-past six o ' clock . —City Chartist Hall , 1 , Tim :-again-lane , at six o ' clock . — Westminster : at the _Paithenium CJub Rooms , 72 , St . Martin ' s-lane , at haltpast seven . —Somers Toivn : at Mr . _Duddrcge ' _s , Bricklayers' _Arms _. _Tonbridge-street , New-road , at half-past seven—Toiver Hamlets : at the Whittington and Cat , Church-row , Bethnal-green , at six o'clock precisely . — _-Eimifciu ' ii Brigade : at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove , at eight o ' clock precisely—J / _ciri / _Miw-tf : at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , at halt-i » ast seven . _MONDAT "KVEXIXC . Camberwell : at tho Montpelier Tavern , Waln'ortl * ' at eight o ' clock precisely .

      _TIJESDAT KVBXIXO . Greenwich : at the George and Dragon , _BLiokhaafhhill , at eight o ' clock .

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      Pimlico . —Mr . Gimblott will attend the King s Arms , Upper Ebury-street , for a similar purpose at the same hour . IlAMMBRSMini . —A Meeting will be held at tl' « Dunn Cow , Brook Green-lane , on Tuesday evening next , at eight precisely . ,. Charti 8 T Hall , 1 , ' TuR . VA « Ai . v-UNE . -The pub « discussion will be resumed , at halt-past ten o ' _clock precisely , on Sunday _mornin _** ' next , December 2 jp In the afternoon , at three precisel y , the _Mt'iropolitM District Council will meet for the dispatch of business . A full attendance of delegates is requested at the present crisis . In the evening , at seven o ' cloek precisely , Mr . Thomas Cooper ( the Chartist poet ) « _'iu deliver the ninth and last of his second course ot lectures . Subject— "Discoveries , life , and character , ot Sir Isaac Newton . "

      _Mabtmbosb . —On Sunday evening next , Dcysafiber 28 th , at seven o ' clock , Mr . Alfred llumubell win deliver a public lecture ' _* On tho advantages _arfS from National Trades' Unions , " at the Coach Paint " Arms , Circus-street . f , „ Cm ©* _Loxdox . —Mr . Robson will attend atuu . Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Sunday _oveningnwti i ; e ' cember the 28 th , at seven o'clock , to explain _h" _- objects and enrol members in the National _un' * - _* Trades Association for the Employment of Labour . Nouth West of London . —Mr . John Storey * , attend at the King am > Queen , corner of 0 _cveiai' _^ street , _Fiuroy-sqnare , at the same hour tor a liw purpose . Westminister The secretaries will , for tlie future , be ready to enrol members in the Chartist- Co-upef _* "

      tive Land Society , or in the National Charter a * suciation , at the Parthenium , 72 , St . AtartinsJMJ ; every Sunday evening from seven until nine o ci _*** _- precisely . # _fe Camberwell and Walworth . —A meeting W _*" held at the Montpelier Tavern , Walworth , oil /™ " ' day evening next , December 29 th , at eight o clotprecisely . . _ Marylebone Locality * . — An ha rmonic nicctujj . will take place on Mondav evening , December 2 _W at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus-street , road , to commence at eight o ' clock precisely . , A Democratic Surpeb , in honour of the _birtli-iW Thomas _Taine , will be held at the George a '' 1 ) r _' _* L Inn , Blackheath-hill , on Monday , January 2 6 th , « ' Tickets to he had of the following persoiis--lIr . _Wlicc '' ¦< 7 , _Crown-court , Dean-street , Oxford-street ; Mr . Harney , Northern Star office , 10 ,-Great WindmUl-stf _<* ; Haymarket ; Mr . Morgan , 311 , Butcher-row , DcptW and ai the George aim Dragon , _'Bliickheatli-hilh ___^ .

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      _^ street , Haymarket , in the City of . _West-min m _h _^ Office in the same Streot and Parish , form' - wietor , FEAIi & US O'CONNOR , Esq . _ittiidpubhslie "' WiLLtASt Hewitt , of No . 18 , Charles-street , Bran" _„_ Btreet , Walworth , in the Parish of St . Mary , _JS _*" _^ ton , in the County of Surre y , at tlie OtScs , _"O- - ' Strand , in the Parish Of Sti Mary-le-Swand , » City or Westminster Saturday Decern' * - <* ? _T _Wtf .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 27, 1845, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns4_27121845/page/8/