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NEWTON MESTING. 1839i
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HoaTiccLTtrait , and Eioxal Society . — In the Be * AsssablT Stoxs , flarrisoa Road , ia tiii « tovrn , 03 Tuesday week , the firs : show for the vre . 'izi jtir was ex ' fiibi : ei of fiovars , fruit * , a ; 3 regesablu , &c . It promises fair to become one of the first exhibitions of the kind in this £ ousrr . Considering the lateness af the sea 503 , as respects the waathfer , ths saraples -produced of vegt-i-sblM was conquered to be ren ' S ;?; and a * to " soi , > e of the p : sats of the floral . description kr ^ usbt ih ' . ve , bu : b « for prizes , it was thought tiej " could uot be excelled .
ACCIDZXT . —Oa Tharsdav Hiorainsr week , as Mr . Eartbara , along . with asorher gentleman was abont _ to tmn for Bradford marier " wits his horie * ad gU , frora bis residence is Harmon Lan ? , near t ' zii town , the horre set eff , aca proceeding on Pe-ilon Lane at fall spied , it . cam- in contact with a cart , a short distance from the Primitive Meiaoiist Chapel , and upset the driver , fcnt fertuaately it ia expected ke wiil no : be aueh worse . Hbs-boost Bobbery . —Seres hem and a eoci w ^ -e stole out * f the hsn-roo . n belonging to Mr . Batch ? -, atCoates . High- roAd TV el's , " near Halifax , on Fridaj evening or eariv on Sarardav more-1 = 2 last . '
Sttddex Death . —On Sunday morning last , a ms . n ws * found oead near the- road-side in Pelioa Lsse , H ^ a : ax . Oa the day previous he had complained to the person wi : h whom he lived that he felt ninvei : poorly , after whieh he toot a walk into the market , and on the morning in question he was a = ked to fetch a pitcher of water ? roin the well , which was not far distant ,- and on hi * road back he died , vrith the pitcher of water standing bts . de lisx . Hs has resided in this pin for some time back , bn : for reasons not explained to any one he appears to ha-re been reiuttant to give any * aecasEt of himself or his family , or where he came from at the first . His proper name or tindred seems not to be Its own .
Sabbath schools . —The "R ev . J . M . Ohery , M . A ., Minister of the Earrissn Eoad Chapel , in this town , prer . ec . ed two serrnons oa Sunday last , on behalf of the schools connected with th « vt place , at whieh apwards of 4-00 scholars are taught . Eailttay Accidents . —In the course of one wees several aecidens hare tai-n place on the Manchester and L ; ed * Railway . On Monday week a lad Earned Sidney Harvey , ased 13 , was in the act of oil-. cg the wae- ? ons as they passed on the road , when cse of the wheels raa OTer his head and neck , a = d injured him so nrach that he died the nrxt 6 ay . On "Wednesday , a man named Thomas Bsmsden , was engaged in blasting on the railway sear Sowirby Bridge , when it went off rather ucfxpesrediy . and scattered the poor man's head dreadfelly . ^ He lingered till Friday , and then died . On Thursday another of the workmen ecga ^ d on the road near Eilaed , named Eiward Ac-kroyd , of
r = n OTer by ope the waggons , ¦ w hich eaiscd hi ? death the following morain- / . On Friday afternoon , a yonng in in , named "William Cocker , employed en the « ime line of road near Sterne Mill ' , wa < kno :: iea down and ran over , fey a waggon which passed over his thigh and breast , crushing him dreadfolly . He was taken to the Halifax Infirmary , t , uz expired soon after he reached , there . Tbe deceased was a EatiTe of Hamserimith , near London . Many remaris have . been mida respecting theie accidents , which are , 01 irrqsent occurrence on this lise of road ; and it is stated , By a little exercise ef jneeoaiiicai skill to some part of the tracing connected with these wagaon =, to which the men haTe Co attend whilst the waggons are in morion , and wh : sh resders their occupations dangerous , might be aroiaed , 2 nd ib ^ a TDany lives be scared . Xi tiiis eia oe dose , f-srelj the above list of accidents wiu "b-e deemed cf Kifneient importanea to suggest that improvement . N 3 ^ COJTSTEXTOK " OF M 2 TH 0 BI 5 T 5 ' SABBATH Schkois . —Messrs . C . Doialo , B . xirth , of Wyke , and "W . Trotter , preached three semens in Hanaysr Srreet Chapel , in this tows , on Sasday last , being tha anniversary of the aboTe schools . Tssioes CorRTSHiP . —Married , 03 S-atnrciay las : , By special license , at the O ' : d Church , Halifax " , Mr . "William Midgley , sta captain , to Mis ? Eiien Taylor , daaghter of llr . "V \" : iiiata Tajior , deceased , la . ie inner and brazier , of Halifax . The gallant oriitrrcoia is a young msn abont 22 years of age . who has b » en in this tewn a fortnight , sailor-like , ¦ 8-eTodcg a eonsicerable portion of his tini 2 to the Qriights of the j jlly go-5 . Bacc-hs : , ha \ -i-r : 2 received a snaii legacy , j tft iim by a di > tant relirion . He ¦ wished rot to impoverish i&s zovtt : by tasiiij it away wii him ; and , being : tired of single bi ! r > 55 dsesj , C Jp : 3 ' s cnarms seem to have laid hoid of hiai , and by earnest eitreaty he ^ as gained the hand of : h = " cio-jrjiiDg maid of forty sfier fourteen days of tedious eocrahip . DEWSBT 7 SY . TK 2 FLOOBIXG 0 ? THE "? TiriGS . — On Friday erenhsg wrci , pursuant to the loiiowisg handbill , ameenci wt 3 held hy the Whigs , in the Wellington Tavern large room , for the purposes therein stated : "" Ar . r . -Chareh Raw Meeting . —The chureb . w 2 . 7 drn of Diw » b ^ ry , Mr . Samuel Beckitt baviDg obtainci SUJ 4 MOX 5 ES a ^ ai as : ? evt ; rai iahsbitant ? for ion -payment of a CHrr . CE . SAT 2 , which there is Tlj dj ' uL : : s dS ; -ec : ii / co ' uir-irv to law , bet which HE ok his uiih dselares io De 'jusity dee' fr&ni the parr . es , a sseedsg will be hoiden at the "¦ Vei-ingtan Xtvtrra zh . U evenine , ( Fr iday , May 31 ? , ) at * -e- = n o ' -i . ock , to er > 2 * . 3 « T the best means of resUting so u .-Just : i ~ id HiCgal a claim , when ertTj p-rsot ; in : ? r- ^ tei in ins presirvaicn of pence , Uw , and to at
waer . : ? rcQ 2 r ^ : e-l : ena . j . ne amount received by ta = churchwarden for theto ? rn < hip of Dewsbury , L ? only £ 21 15 * . 4 d .- , but the rate auemp : td to b ? e- ? -: " -jrced vri . i amount to ceariy £ 100 . "What uns " . ^* sirgrnrontery and i"jnstiee thrn to demand from es-tb iaai-rld ^ al a prop ^ riion of £ iS 9 , instead of a p .-osorric-n of £ -21 Jo- ; . 4 i ., and to sicear tO 3 that Tl : s cUiim is 'justly die . ' " — In accordance with tie notice of the above placard , Bearly all thi ? AVnigs in Dswsbury , ard a . very few Radical * a :: ndcd . After the enief-eonsable , Mr . "William Zfevt-ssme , had been ccaEinsstwiy c-3 . i ] ed to the chair , the rVfios ^ .-sresoHrian was mo-red b ? Mr . Matthew
Hiii , of Poor Law - Anditsry notoriety , a-Ea stc-Drded by Mr . "William Ilhode * , of ^ Toode Liaie notDriety , ' taat Mr . Greaves , solicitor , be e :- ; i- ! Trd to atipear at the Ms ^ i » trites' Rosaa , toir . Drrow , on behalf of the pirnes that are snrc-E 3 i =-a for the non-payment ofCbnreh Sate ; " when tse cbiirsin was i / jjut to " put the moiioa , Mr . S . Eei . ev tb'in stepped forward , and asied the chair-Eiii ' s leife to uadress tss meeting , which was jrriStci , to ihe great marriiicarion of the Y > higs t 3 en issrmbled . Aictr hf-ii ' sn . ; np the "Wh : as as tie sr ; ates : iypaeritrs ai : d tyrants that ever existed , a-1 = ' - . 9 - * : 2 i their itiC- " -s- iitehoy and , aawonhiEeai cf brin ^ iii : ed tn a . BT : rart ^ ' ¦ Drofe ^ siiiS to pioniulg ^ itc
tr-UL i : 2 J 5-nee , ar . n naiis ^ - jr . eni to hang ti !« r . i .= ii = like c-riia . ini . 1 ^ asbam rf of Vncir own scs , and "crori ^ g that if the pssple 2 el relieved from Church litres and other oypre . oive measures , that if they had -ot ths power w pre ~ sst sueh tyrannical measures in future being evicted—tnat is by "Universal Sui ? r- " . ge and notbin j " less—th ? y wbcid bqc be bene-Srred at all by st : c-h like in-mbugism . Mr- H . then moved the followisg a-mersdmeat : — " That this 111 = ^ 11112 is decidtiiy opposed to the cujast and obnoxin ^ s principle of Cacrch Hates and all other ratss -which are levied npon the people , unless they are Levied By the consent of a majority of the people : nevertheless , ihey are determined net to support ' the "Whi g faction in thtir oppo-ition to Church Sites , seeing taat they do notpre .-s so heavy upon
tas la . b-3-aring classes , as jaany otner oppressive "VThig measures do , reeh as the New Poor Law , Ponce Buls , &e ., & ¦ :-, which the "WhigB will not come forward Co assist the working classes in jetting riiof ; aid tha : we are resolved not to sepport either the "Whig or Tory faeaon—the law cbareh de . ' w-y , or the " dissenting priests , until they can ? f : > r >< " 2 . rd to aid tu in the pstablwhme ^ r o * oargovern-Ei ^ ton the bi « s of Universal Suffrage , and the wboi ^ of oar in ^ timtions tipon tka t golden rule set forth ay the Founder of CSrirnanity , " "Whatsoever ye woc ' ia that men « noald do Trnto you , do ye even so u = to thera . " The motion was ably sesondtd by Hr . Sarsati Ailott , a woriing mAn . Mr . Brooke then most ea . m& 3 ilY entreated" the Radical * te
abandon t ' ae ameadjnent anidi > t loud criea of "Xo , bo , " w Nrvtr , neye ' P' Mr . Brooie said he fully agreed ¦ w ith Mr . Heaiey , with regard to the yillany of the "Whigs , aad the necessity of Universal Suffrage , hut he did entreat of tfe » a to abandon the amendment . (¦* 2 se * er , cever , " was t ' ae reply . '" ) After several ¦ wo rking men i » d addressed t ' ne meeting en the "rillinv of tie " Wbigs and in sapport of the atnendatir , the division was loudly called for—when the S 3 > - -Ednsent was carried t ' sro to one amid load appiij * i . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , s . n-3 three most " norrifyiBggroaBsfor theba--e , >) lood y , p . si bratai Whigs , tie meeting separated—the lU-Vieais to their homes highly gratified , and the VV ' si ^ s into a hole -e . c-1 corner to transact the b i : 2 es ! of a public is ^ eting for a pr i ^ fcatt p-urpese , Sresitiv mormii ^ .
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Radical Association . -A very numerous meeting of the members of the Dewsbury Radical Association wu held on Monday evening in the d 7 T > ^ ^ ' i ^^ Haiwworth ' s , bottom of DewW B « £ The foUo ^ ing resolution . .. were ^ . , » ¦ - " That Mr . Heaiey awend at the ^« t RidingD j legate Meeting to be held at Heckmond-« -i . e o n Monday next , as onr representative " "Tha * " aTJSjhKoS ? . estabU 5 hedj for DewsW Ik ?« = ndext Order op Odd Fzllows .-t . " " ^ nayveek , a Hew lodge of the Indepeu-Jenr O : d , r of Odd Fellows of the Manchester um . y , was opened at the hoase of Mr . Edward Arriirr , the Cock and Bottle Inn , Ossett , iD the vcvtizTj District , under the name of "The Good : !^_\ ° Lo ^ e > No- 1793 . " The lodge was opined about two
o ' clock in the afternoon ; aproces-- ¦ ¦ on wbi-h was yery nnmeronsl y attended , headed hy an excellent brasn bund walked from the "Wwt A .-aiug Lodge , in Os-ett , to the above place . The looge vra-opened with the regular furmalitiw of the order by Broier "ffilijam "Walker , G . ii ., and other officers of the district and the neishbonriDg losge * wco kinily Imt their ass ' L-tance " on the occasion . Lpwarcs of serenty member ? were initiated into the -Lodge , and about twenty mere were proposed for initiation the lodge night following . Afrer the busi-EeS ! of tke Jo ° g = ^ as over , the ro-jtn was thrown open for the admission of the public , when tho greatest harmony and good will seemed to exist among them . The conviviality and amusement of the evening were kept up till a very late hour , when allpanies separated apparently highly delighted wita the proceedings of the d = v .
3 ASNSLEY . . Northern Union .-A yery crowded meeting of the Lmon was hi-ld at Mr . Hoey ' s , on Mondav she room being crammed to ssfFotition . The character and spirit af the meetis ? gave the perfect lie to the assertions of tte Mercury and its allies aooat the » fcllbg-off" of the Radicals . After spirited addresses from Messrs . Hoey , Lingard , Asnran , Colons , acd otDem , it was tmanimonsly resolved that Mr . John Widdop be delegated to the meet-. ug at Hecktnondwike , on Monday next for lormiug a V ^ est Riding Agitation -Committee . Politics and Religion . —" We understand tnat Mr . George Hepworth purpose * to preach a sermon to-morrow evening , at Ardsley , on the present state of politics and relision
Fatal _ Accident . —On "Wednesday in last wets , as loar workmen in the employ of the Park L alhery _ Company , wen- being drawn up the shaft ctf tae ^ . t , in the bucket , haying ascended about na . i way , the pit beiug 128 jards in depth , the rope sundered , and they wtre precipitated to the bottom ana of eoarse all killed . The following are the names of the unfortunate persons : —John Jageer ased -13 ; his two sons , George and Joseph , aged 1 / and 30 ; asd John Eobkuon , aged 18 . The eorpses were interred at "Worsboruugb , on Friday , attended by a large concourse of persoDs , the father and two sons bring bnried in one grave . Then : seems ts be a singularly lamentable fs-talitv attendant upon these pits . They have not yet been wreught five year ? , and during tha * sho ' rt period imeea lives have been lost .
HD S ^ u Emigration . —Emigration in Germany seems to be on the inerease , for the lalt two voyages of the Tiger steara shit ) , from Hamburgh , has brought a considerable nninBrr of ic ^ ividBals from yarious parts of lower Germany , principally Bohemia , on their way to the United States of America . They appear eaiefly to consist of mechanics , aad labourers 01 the lowest class of society . Fir . 2 . —On Saturdy night last , about twelve o clock , a fire was discovered on the premises ef Messrs . Tucker and Salt , pawnbrokers , Postern Sate . B \ the assistance of the neighbours and the police , i : was soon got under , but not before most of the property in the lower part of the premises was destroyed , which consisted cf gold and silver watches , wearies apparel , to the amount of from one to two thousand poundg , chitflv belonging to ( be lower classes , which will be yery severely felt by them .
Police Cotjrt . —On Friday , George "Wood was charged by Mr . James Gleadovr , tiafl surveyor , with Emaggliog from the Sea Hone steam thip a quantity of tobacco , and spirits , wine , &c . The tobacco being ucder six pounds , and spirits under one gallon , they avoided the heavy penalty , which Mr . Gieadow complained was becoming a diilv practice , to the great injury of the revenue , which , he thought , was cot sufli-.-iently protected in such cases . The defendant wa 3 fiaed twenty skilliutrs and costs . Illeg al Pawning . —On Monday last , Susan Farrow w < is charged by Mary Walker , a country jrirl , from Thornton , Lincolnshire , with stealing her umbrella . It bavins ; been proved that she gave th- > prisoner it to take care of , the magistrates convicted her in the penalty of twenty-five ' shillings and costs , -under the Licensed Pawnbroker ' s Act , for IlK-gally Pawning ; and , in default of payment , committed to hard labour for one month .
Gathering of Teetotallers . —On Friday week , at a public meeting ot the Teetotallers of Hull and Barton , about 2 , 000 walked in procession through the principal parts of the towa ; after which about o » e thousand took tea together , in a 1-rgs tent erected foT that purpose . After the members had regaled themselves wi : h good tea and sake , Mr . -Thompson , a gentleman , from Hoivden , was called to take the chair , who , after a lirely address , introduced Messrs . Me ? 5 er , of Pontefract , Addieswaw of Brig ? , and the Rev . Mr . Townshentl , and M . r . Firih , o ; Hull , who severally addressed the meeting on she principles of total abstinence , after which the iLe-er . sg broke up , highly gratified wi : h the festivities of the day . SiD ? e this important Hieetirg , nsvrarda of 150 individuals in Barton and the ceighboarhooa have signed the pledge .
"Working Men ' s Association . At the weekly meeting of the Y >" orking Men ' s Association , on Mondr . y evening , Mr . Paw . son was called to the c ' aair . After the weskly business of the Association had been gene through , Mr . Lundy delivered a long add .-e < s on the nectsrity of the working classes sfandjng firm in support of the Convention , ia the present struggle for Universal Suffrage . After tviie ' a Mr . Paws on gave Botice that he " would deliver a lecture en the present position and prospects Oi the Chartists , to the members of the Association , aad others who choose to attend , in the Society xtoom « , Salthouse . on Tuesday evening next .
A Queer Pl . 4 ce fob Devotions . — A man , apparently insane , but who proved that lie was not deficient ia Milesian wit , and cunning enough of fence , was charged with begeins . It was stated that he hid been up beforehand , on referring , his name was fonnd to be EJward Doyle . Police-constable , No 47 , said , that last nirh :, prisoner was in Waterworks-street , obstructing the causeway . When told to go away " as said ha intended to stay there all nigh :, for he iiad conie into the streets to pray . Policeman did not see hinibeg , but thought ao cat £ e cat vita tbat iaieci . Prisoner—Sure an' I w& , s paying me prayer * as a man osglit to say ' era , so ilon ' t you be aither liu-iiibT 2 ggiL ; g the jontlemin . The Mayor asked him if he wonld leave the town . Why , ho replied , I do live in the town—bad lack to it . The question was repeated . —Lave the towa is it yep mane ? Oca , thin , I will lave it , bat not if I can git employment . But what is it I ' done to
bring us here to make a wild hare of iae ? Mr . Parker said he did not think he would get any employment in HulL Doyle—Glory be to God , a man can't exuect to get employment in ivery iowd . I get my living by working andluking far it—one can ' t live npon air ; I have nothing to maintain me bnt the blessing of God . And 1 tell you what , if ye hav'at employment for me , ye uhouid'nt be axing me questions ' abont it at all at all . Mr . Parker—Oh , but wo have work w . » caa give yon , bnt we . don't like to set yon at it , for we can send yon to the trearimi'li . Prisoner—What for ? 1 was saying me prayers ; if 1 struck a man , that Tfonld be some ' casiop to send me to the threadmill ; but yon've the laws in your own hands . The Mayor—The flags were made to walk on , not to pray on . Prisoner—Och bother , the road was made for everybodysara I can ' t fly . This -was a poser for the worthy Mayor , and Doyle was get at liberty , with arecommandatioc not to let Hs face be sto ' wa there again .
BUST . The REy . J . B . Stephens . —The insertion of the following items in your paper of thi » week will nicch oblige your friends hero : —Pveeeired by th Bury Committee from TottingtoD , for Stephens ' * Defence Pund , £ 114 s . 9 % d ; Bent from the Female Association , 16 j . STOCKTOK . Chartists . —The Chartist Association of Stockten having snpplied themselves vrirh a few books and newspapers , have been in the htbit of meeting for the purpose of exchanging these books and papers one with tke other , and nightly diseasing in an orderly and peaceable manner , the information which they had g leaned throughout the day , in the brief intervals from labour which ths hard let of
British artizan * allow . An intimation has hett , given to Mr . Farthing , ths landlord of the Turf Hotel , at wLsse house these meetings were held , that if he ssffsred them to continue tb . 9 worship . in ! magistrates were determined to deprive him of ^ hi s license .
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COX . W 2-. Sympt oms of the Breaking tjP of ths SYSTEM . —We have this day rerouted to fhp Treasurers of Stephen ' s Defence Fund , the saitf . ^ f seventeen shillings from a few friends at Skiptoff . Far some weeks past the minions and upholders of things a 3 they are , have manifested the strongest synsptoms of approaching dissolution . In the first instance we had our walla graced vrith large placards , wilh the Royal Arma at the top ; and underneath , beseeching ? and invitations to the peaceable and well-disposed inhabitacta to come forward as volunteers and be sworn in as special constables , most likely for the purpose of terrifying the loyai and warm-hearted suppor : ers of the Queen and the ancient constitution of this once free aud happy , but
now degraded , insulted , aati-Christian , priestndden , distressed , and oppressed country , into base and servile submission to those daspeticr and selfish powers s-ho are arrogating to themselves the ri ght of enacting laws in opposition to the decrees of Heaven . The first movement was a complete failure with the exception of two or three bullies , who are reported to be not quite complete ia their maint > psaiL The men of all work bnt that which i * respectable nud praiseworth y , were next commissioned to go round and no ' . ice the middle classes , ami the seeocd best in rotation to attend at such times and places to be sworn in as special constables . This secoiid ste p had not the desired ei&et . The system of impressment or compulsion was asxt resorted to , in order to complete this voluntary and patriotic farce ; accordingl y a great number of summonses v-ere iu > uedout to bringnon-attenderfft&thescratcb . Like all other efforts to bo-lster np trraanr and
corruption , this suicidal act is stamped with coercion and failure on its very front . The friend * of equal rights and laws , and lovers of their country ' s welfare amoagst tbiB voluntary phalanx , hav&g&t np an address to their brother specials ia the ehapelry , and hope their brethren all over the country will take the hint ; and they are going to sign aad send up a petition to Parliament in favour of the People ' s Charter . The address is now in the-oress ; may the example be generally adopted throughout the country , so that the Queen ' s Ministers maybe undeceived before it be too late . The members of the Radical Association here have given np their rocmone night in the week to accommodate the female ? , who are coming forward in great number * to encourage and co- » perat& with their brethren aad sisters all over the empire , ia the emaneipatioa of themselves and their rising generation from the fAUga of tyranny and deapotisa ; we trust the exaEiple will not be lost sight of .
HEaHoa . Fatal Accident . —On Monday week , as Mr John Wale , a most respectable and talented working man , Secretary to the "Working Men ' s Association , at Heanor , in Derbyshire , was bathing in a iish pond belonging to John Ray , E * q ., of Heanor Hali . he unfortunatel y got out of his dtpth , aud was drowned . The alarm having been given , eight or nine good swimmers were on the spot a few minutes after he had gone down , who made every effort to save him at the hazard of their own lives , but ineffectually . It vtas mor e than two hours before the body coald be found . Hi * remains were interred at Heanor on the 29 th nit ., with a degree of solemnity
and respectful attention which evinced the high standing of the deceased in the good opiaion of his neighbours , and was calculated Jo teach a valuable lesson to his asd their political enemies . Twelve beautiful young females , attired in white , attended the procession , six walking in pairs before the corpse , and six bearing the pall . The eouples in deep mourning followed after , bis mother and brother being chief mourners . The whole procession consisted of more than 1 , 008 persons , of whom hundreds were unaUe to repress the tears which gave evidence of their emotioa . The deceased was a native of Shespshead , in Leicestershire , and was twenty-one years of age .
STOOSPOST . Female Association . —Efforts arenow making in this town to establish Female Radical Associations in different parts of the Borough , and if we may judge from the preliminary meetings which have already taken place , the women promise to exceed in point of numbers and decision in favour of the People ' s Charter , the sterner sex , to whom we wou ' . d say , " go and do thou likewise . " Saccesa to the Female Radical District Association . Ttjrk-otjt Colliers . —The colliers emplojed in the Poynton and Worth Collieries , to the number of between three and four hundred , had , within the last month , been thrown out of employment , in consequence of the agent for Lord Vernon , Mr . Ashwortb , having attempted a reduction in their
wages , equal in amount to 9 d . and Is . a day , and to resist which , the men had turned out . The whole proceedings of the Quarter-Steward seems to be one continuous ac-: of oppression and selfishness towards tke poor and hard working miners , piece he took the coutro ! of the collieries some two years ago . The Tillage has good reason to regret his Dame , and he hijns&W nisi yet be brought , it is hoped , to a sent-e of right and justice . In order to place the real facts of tae dispute before the eyes of the public , and for the instruction of the miners at large , we will give an extract from the statements put forth by the tarn-outs ' , or rather " turned-outs , none of the material facts of which have been contradicted . It appears that the Steward of the Poynton and Worth Collieries has of late been abridging tbe workmen's
wages , under prettnee that he could not sell his co 3 ls 10 advantage , and , in addition to this , on Saturday , May 11 , he stopped four pits without giving fair and proper notice , thus at a moisent throwing a great nusnber of hanis out of emplo y , which was a violation of the agreement then existing between them , to tbe effect that fourteen diys' notice will be required from either the employer or empleyed before any alteration in that agreement can legally take place . When wme of the men who had large families dependent upan them for support , requested to go to work again , they were told tbat they mi 3 , 0 . 1 do to under a reduction " of 9 d . a day per man ; yet this Ashworth , this oppressor of tha poor , has had the effrontery to declare that he has never reduced , or attempted to reduce , the
colliers' wages ! . Having stopped part of the men from working without legal notice , others , to resist tbi « breach of faith and act of oppression , left their work without giving Mr . Ashworth notice , and , not liking this quid pro quo , he has threatened them with imprisonment ; but , unless there be one law for tbe rich , and another for the poor , it must be judged that he is as deserving of imprisonment as the pcor man , perhaps more so , because be was the aggressor . Mr . A-hworth urges that he cannot afford to pay as good wages as his neighbours . To show the fallacy of such a reason , it is only necessary to state that those neighbours have quarteraga to pay , to which Air . Asivrorth , as agent to tht owner , is exempt ; and further , tbat the Poyntor and Worth Collieries are paving from lOd . to 2 s . 3 d ,
per pit quarter less than their nei ghbours forgetting and drawing , and from 8 d . to Is . 6 d . less per yard for driving , and yet Mr . Ashworrb , tbe agent uver those Oallieries , urges that he eannot compete with his neig&boura ja the market !—A large open air meeting of the workmen employed at the neighbouring collieries , took place on Monday evening last , at six o ' clock , on Half Green , opposite the bouse of Mr . J . Pritchard , the Crown Inn , Hear Marple , " for the purpose of devising the best means of keeping up the price of their labour . " Aboui 500 miners ( together with 200 of the turnouts , ) were present , from Hyde , Middle Kale , ( Lyne ) Newton , Furniss Cloagn , Red Acre , ( Lyme ) Wocdley , Swansea , ( near Macelesfield ) Pott Shri gley , and other mining districts , -whose names we could _ not gather , all of whom are in full work . Mr . Joseph Allford presided , and opened the businefs in a suitable manner ; and alluded to a placard
headed " Poyaton and Wort « Collieries , " and dated June , 1 S 39 , which Mr . Ashworth had caused to be eiiculated in Stockport , and the other populous towns , in order to injure the characters of the miners in the opinion of tae tradesmen ; but the whole statement was false from beginning to end—it was a mere fabrication—and the colliers Bright rely upon every support from not only tbe shopkeeper * , but gentlemen worth their thousands , if they would enly be firm and united in resisting the undue advantage which an oppressor wished to take of them . It was a deeply-laid scheme of his own ; but bis deceit and treachery will find its Uvel . Let the men be determined to have their rights , and succour will come in from unknown hands . ( Hear . ) Mr . Robert Lean hoped the colliers were deter- ^ mined to have a living for working for ; or else die a round death in the attempt , rather than continue to toil in misery . "Was it to be borne tbat one
tyrant was to subdue hundreds of men by a scheme of his ewn ? (" Never . " ) L « t the colliers be once decided , and there was not a power on earth that eould stop them , all trades being dependant npon the exertions of the miners ; and without the products ef whose labour even a pin manufactory could not proceed . ( Hear . ) He thought the condition of the "black slaves at heme ( tbe colliers ) ought to have met with the sympathy of the legislature , before they gave away their millions for the treedoa of the black elaves in the west , whose labour compared to the miner's was not slavery at all , ( Hear . ) Mr . Charles Bradley
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detailed the hardships and imminent dangers of tke collier s life ; and contended that ia . for eight hours ' wotk was \ ut \ e enough , without submitting to reduction * . Mr . A&bworth wished to curtail tkeir earnings and bring them , dowa to poverty , pain , and vra . it , that they might become his slaves ; and if AH > rd v ernon countenanced all this tyranny , let his nscie be blotted out of every paper and buried in th . ' grave of his fathers and mothers . He hopsd , that the colliers would , like the bundle of hazle sticks , be united , snd then tbey wonld be strong to victory , but if once separated , their cause would , lite those singlestick- !) , bs broken in twain . Mr . James "Wellington said , if Mr . Ashworth succeeded , the same fate of reduced wages would soon extend to the workers at other collieries ; and therefore their own interests ought to induce them to sapport the turn - outs might and main ; . else the colliers would in the
end be brought to live for a weaver's wager of 8 s and 10 s . a-wec-k . ( Hear . ; The miners richly deserved 5 s . a-day . He would support them with his la . « t penny . Mr . George B amsey followed , and instanced some of the most degrading acts of tyraany exercised by Mr . Asfeworth towards some of the parties actively engaged in the colliers' rights at tbe last turn out , ever heard of . JSTone of them have Wen able to get work « nce / whieb is eighteen monifc " , Mr . Ashworth navii ? g sent their characters to the different colliers before them . The Chairman again addressed tbe meeting with some further illustrates of Mr . Ashvrortb ' s tyranny towards tbe poor collrers ; after which a general vive voce motion was put to- the meeting to support the turn outslrberty or death—which was asseated to by aeciamation . The- meeting then broke \ tp » about half-past seven o'clock , acd dispersed peaceably to their respective homes .
BSBB 3 IKTGHAM , Fes'Aie Powikai Union . —The usnal weekly meeting sus keid on Monday evening last . Mn Toll having bs en called to -the chair , said that she had been requested to speak * a few words-rtspecting what was called thtt " Children ' s Friend Society , " but its ppopcr same she thought would be , " the Children ' a- Kidnapping Society . " She wan not prepared to say-much about it , but she understood that it was established for shipping the children ofpanper parents , at a certain age to the Cape of Good Hope , there for evsr to be separated from their friends . ( Shame , shame ;) She then adverted to tha- enormous salaries- which some' of the nobility received and moie particularly tho Duke of Wellingtonj-for no real seivice whatever ;; bnt merely for supporting ft system of wholesale butchery , which ev ^ led them to live luxuriantly , , while the Door&rnnniT'tfcmn
were in the greatest starvation and distress . Knowing those thingSj as-they well did , it ought to aree them ou to increased exertions , that some provision might be made for the poor and destitute . ( Hear , and cheers . ) Mr . Collins said that he intended to havnaddre , ssd them tUat evening , at considerabln length , but as he was going to- set off for Scotland the next day , ( uponamagitation tour ) and as he bad otlier business to transact ,- he could not do so . As he-was thinking on what subject to address them , the vast amountof misery endured by the peopleof this-country as usual presented itself to his mind , but the sources of that misery were so numerous that the difficulty lay in making a selection of which to speak upon .. The- President said Mr . Colling , kad called their attention to tha proceedings of the "Children's Friend Society , " and nerhaos
they might recollect hi * having mentioned it to them same time ago , when he read an-account of a poor woman : who ' went ta the workhouse expecting , to see her child , when she found that it had been shipped off to the Cape of Good Hope ,, without her knowledge or consent . She made application to the parochial authorities about the circumstance , when she was referred to the " Children ' s Friend Society , " aad so the poor woinau was- referred about from one to another , and mocked and jeered by those cold unfeeling monsters , for they deserve no better name . In consecyieoce of the publicity- vf hieh had btfen given to their proceedings , eircum ^ Siinces had been brought before the public , from whieh it appeared that the children of the poor in many instances , without the-consent of their parents , were sent to the Cape of Good Hope , under the promise and expectation that when they-were there they should
oe nappy and comiortable ; but from the testimony of some one or two , who had made their escape and returned to England , it was the custom to * ell tUera for abont £ 10 a head , ( according to their health and condition ) , to Dutchmen , ( Loud cries of " tihame , shame . " ) Now , that was a moat astounding thing to think of , that in a land , profeisedly a Christian land—professedly a land of liberty—a land of benevolence , there should be such practices continued , and that the authorities should take no steps to biing to justice the perpetrators of such deeds . ( Hear , hear . ) . The scriptures stated , at least so he understood them , that whoso stealeth a man should be put to death ,, and throughout th * whole of the Mosaic law the most heavy judgments were denouaced against those who cruelly used their slaves ; and surely in this land of Bibles and
Christianity , acts ought not to be committed which the Scriptures unhesitatingly condemned . An attempt had been made to throw dust in the eye 3 of the British public with regard to the proceedings of that society by bringing forward a yoang maawho had been sent out , and who having come back to his friends , expressed a wish to go back again . Bnt in his evidence before a magistrate , he stated that he had never heard of any complaints against the society ; that he never heard of anybody being ill used by them , orot' any body being sold by them , which was impossible to hava beun . tho case , as his atteEtion must have been directed tethe statements in the newspapers from week to week . So in the gr ^ at desire of some individuals to prove their point , they had carried it too far , and had defeated theobject which tbey hadiu view . ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Collins
then referred to the condition of the factory children , whom Dr . Fletcher had tracked ia the snow by the blood from their feet , and soine ~ of the children . were carried to the miils by their parents in a most delicate state of bealth , and there left to work . He ( Mr . C . ) recollected mentioning the circumstance to an individual professing to be a lover of liberty and a friend of tbe people , when it was met by , " Oh ! but you spinet extremes c ^ es , such are not by any means universal . " Wh y , good heaven ? , what a sensation crossed his- au ' nd , when he heard that- assertion . Were they to be told because they had not brought every child to that state , that they were to say nothing at all abont it ? Could there bd anything more monitroua ? Could thare be anything inoro p-reposteroas ? The very fact ol there bviug a necessity for a bill to be
passed b y the legislature , restricting the hours in which children a certain ago should work , covered with infamy the whole of the masters and overseers of such works , and it showed them to be monsters , as inhuman as they wore regardless of the laws oi God . Tho people bad been called '' the swinish multitude . " Biily Pitt gave them thename of beasts of burden . Beasts of burden they were , aud it was to be regn tted tbat they were such willing beasts of bnrden ; however , there was one species to which they had been repeatedly compared . They had been called asses . For his own part he did not mind the epithet j for the a « was a patient beast , and endured his load as long a 3 he could endure it . In the Sacred Volume , there was a beautiful exnmple given of an ass who was made use of bj a wicked man , as hi * beast to carry him to a
particular place , in or . ' er to get a quantity of gold by , cur .-ing the people , whom God had . tliGHght prcpsr to bless . The desira of that man to cursu the people was so gveat , that lie could not see tha destruction before him , but the ass could ; and . on t \ i « occasion the . ass was endowed with the power of speech , sad at last finding no other means of averting the danger , crushed its master ' * foot against the wall , and so it was with their ( the people ' s ) masters . ( Hear . ) They laid heavy burdens on their backs , and cried peace when there was no peace , and could not see the danger which awaited them ; , and if the people could not avert that danger any other way , they should be obliged to crush tliem against the wall . ( Applause . ) He then noticed the sermon of the Rev . Mr . Stephens , which wbs preached at Ashton , of which ne spoke in the highest terms of
commendation j but with refereace _ to tae advioo contained in it respecting not holding pablic but private meetings , to talk and pray together , he ( Mr . C . ) considered it impolitic to do so , though at the name time he would give Mr . Stephens all credit and goiod mp'ive * for his recommendation . For if they did so , it would enable the Government to send spies among theuo , as they did in " 1 819 ,. and it would furnish them , if they met privately , with a pretext for suspending thi' Habeas Corpus . Aet , and for passing any laws wbatcvei to suppress tbe people-Mr . C « llinx next referred to the ljette * of O'Conneli to the people of Birmingham , and observed that although no man could have a stronger objection to him than he ( Mr . Collins ) had ^ yei it contained some excellem advice respesting unioa and perseverance , and that tbey ought to act upflfl * That letter he considered as a feehtr , thrown oat by Government , and therefore they ought all to go forward while
there was the least chance cf success . ( Cheers . ) He would announce thut Mr . Salt had been waited npon by Miss Gjove , and he would be with them to speak to them , on Monday next . ( Lood cries of ' " We don ' t want him . " "We won ' t have kira , " « fcc . ) The President said , inasmuch as M * . Salt was tho founder of their society , he was e&tided to their renpect . She believed him to be a geod man ; true it was he might be a weak man , aad a timid man , and tbej all knew that he had beea placed in very peculiar circumstances in his family , T > nt still he was entitled to their respect , and also to their compassion . Mis * Grove , coniadonng that Mr . Collins bad not reaeived any money from the 9 tk of May to tbat time , moved that th& balance ia Mr . Salt a hands ( about £ & ) be paid over to hvsafor his services . Th « resolution waa seconded Vy Miss Poller , and unanimously carried . The meeting theu adjourned .
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Radical Cause . —The cm *) in this town is massag rapid strides daily . Instead of the one meeting which used formerly to be held in the Bull i . " u V " 6 are noir fonr " helli e ? ery evening , at which large numbers of honest and industrious artizans assemble , where they are addressed in souns common sense upeechc * by speakers from among themselves . Although the meetings are held in the open air , and ona of them in the very csntre of th » town , no interruption has been offered to their proceeding * at present , nor is it probable that tbere will ba , so long as they abide in their present determination of acting peaceably and legally in defence of their constitutional privileges .
ADPRESS TO F . O'CONNOR , ESQ . The following address of the cofifidene ? of the inhabitants of Birmingham in Peargus O'Connor . E « j .,-is in conrss of signature throughout the town , and although , at the tiase our correspondent writes , it bad not been ont raany hours , it has already obtained the names of hundreds of persons : — Address froin Ike Vndertigned Inhabitants of Bfrfring / iam , t » Feargits O'Cvnnor Esq . Sir , —In consequence of the supercilious sneer on you which was inserted ia the Birmingham Journal , of Saturday ., May 2 » , as ona of the people ' s best and real friends , we address you . Ycwr manly and unflinching exertk > ns on be ' half of y&or misgoverned aud oppressed fellow-snbjecte , hay called forth our highest admiration ,-and we beg to- assure you that we place the nsost imp-Hcit coendeace in
you as a leadey ,-and that we view -with the rcSmost contempt all those foolish and scurrilous insinuations which those would-be- thought-patrifefej are so fond &f promulgating against yon . We entreat yon to favour us with yaar presense as ofcsn a » you csai make it convenient : VVe regret to inform you that we have no press ia Birmingham to' advocate our righteous cause , ead feeling , as we do , the importance of obtainiag a channel thrbugi which the truth can find its wnj- 'to the public . we furthermore entreat you to render us what assistance may lay in your power , in obtaining so desirable an object . We moat fervently impiore tbat great Bding who reigna King of kings and Lerd of lords , that He may grant you health aad strength to persevere in the g-lorions casjse , and tfcat you mafliva t » see the day - when tyranny and oppression snail cease-in this our native land .
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WEDNESDAVy JONE 5 . The TRiAi- Stakes of lOsovs . saehj with 2 S-sovb .- aSlei for all ages . One mile- and a quarter . Sir J . BcsweB nanifs b . g . The Potentate J Mr . Ogden ' atr . c . Harpurhey ... w ... ; 2 S " ^ w 8 iltart ' 8 k-f- by Sandbeci „ % Mr . T . Walters names ch . c Tcia .. . ,.. 4 LordStaolaj'ibr . 1 . Velocity 5 . Two paid . SWEEPSTAKS& of 15 sovs . « ach , 10 ' sovs . ft ., wit !* 20 sova addad . One mile and n'qu&rter . Mr . Clarke's-Unogene „ , ' . „ .. 1 =, Mr . baiith rt . Mu . rgurct ^ ,, < „ % Gen . tharpe's Vaeillation _ . „_ . »;
lour paid . SWEEPSTAKES- cf JObovs . each , h . ft . Qfta mile and a-half ; Sir T . Stanley ' s-b , f . byjoceline , w . o . A-GOLD CUP , valne 100 soys ., the gift ef the Lord of the j ulanor , added to a Handicap Stakes cf 15 B » v * . tach , 10 ' Bova . ft . and ft- only it' declared &c . Two miles arid a distance . M . of Wotminster'a Cardinal Puff 1 Mr . Price ' s Zillah . „ g Mr . G . Ogden'a St : Iiennard " ... " 3 Sir T . Stanley's Covrtioy „ 0 Mir . Kowler ' s Gilbert Gurney 0 Mr . Ramsay ' s Fairy Queen _ 0 Mr . Child na . Auuela „ . .... 0 Cap . Houston's Sil'JBua „ 0 21 paid 10 soy 8 v each , and 6 , 5 sots each . A PLATE of 6 l ) g » . for horses , < t « . that never woff J" 30 . —Tivo
mile heats . Mi . Scott ' s X > . c . by Ungar 'Wb . itehous * 6 11 Air . Worthingt on ' s ch : f . by Recovery 13 2 General Sharpa ' a ch . f . Vacillation . S 5 3 Sir W . SRott ' s b . c . by Beajile 4 2 d Mr . Tempest ' s tr . c . John Doe 2 6 d 2 fc Moatyn ' s b . c . Papinean I i' &
THunsttii , June 6 . The S ¥ - Leger Stakes of 25 sovs . each , with 25 swa . added . One mile and three quarters . The owner of tho second to save his stake . Lord Eclinton ' s br . c . M&lw > lio „„ ., 1 Lord Westminster'rch . e-: The Recorder „ ... 2 Sir T . Stanley ' sb . c . Apothecary .. _ . 3 Lenr Stanley's br . f . Velacity 0 Mr . Clark ' s ch . 1 . Imogene 0 Two paid . The Golborne Stakes of 20 sovs . ea « h . Mr . Fdwlcr'aLallahRoofcii : 1
Mr . MriMam ' s Tbe Mole .. 2 Mr . Pace ' s The Tolip ' . " . ' . ' . ' .. I . 2 Mr . Whitwwrth ' s b f by Liverpool 0 Mr . Patten ' s b f by Voltaire " . " 0 Mr - Ktng ' aThe iMoriaau ... 0 Mr . Copeland names The Rose . 0 Lord Stanley ' s ch . f by Velrcipode , 0 Three paid . The BOROUGH Cl'P , value lOSaova . added to a Sweepstakes of 10 sova . each . Mile and a-half . Mr . Denham ' s Comppnsation 1 Mr . Ramsay ' s The Doctor „ 3 Lord Westminster ' s Cardiaal Puff ... " .. ' " 3
Nine paid . A PLATE of 60 gs . Heats , one mile and a-half .. Mr . Ogdea ' s St . Leonard 1
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HOSE AND CROWN INN COACH-OFFICE , BRIGGATE , LEEDS .
LEEDS AND ILKLEY . rPHE Inhabitants of Leeds , Ilklsy , and the X Visitors to Ilkley , are most respectfully informed that the BRITISH QUEEN , carrying Four In 8 i ( 3 es oaly , will commence leaving the abov « Iun ,. for the Season , on SuNrAY ,, June Nintb , and will continue to leave svery Monday , "Wednesday , and Friday Morning ^ , at Ten a'Clock , and on Sunday MoruiDgs , at Seven , on the New Line of Road , through Kirkatall , Horaforth , Rawden , Yeadon ,. Gaiseley , Mcr . stoa ^ B ' urley , and arrivesat the Roge and Crown Inn , l \ klcy . on Monday "W ednesday , aad Friday Mornings , at Twelve © "Clock , and on Sunday Mornings at Nine .
The BRITISH Q ^ EEN -will return from the above- Inn , Ilkley , every Monday , "Wednesday , Friday , and Sunday Eyenings , at FiveVClock > Y > y tbe same Koute , sad arrive at the Bcee and Crown In » , LeedB , by S » vcn o'clock .
SUNDAY COACH TO HABEOGATE . The DEFENCE , every Sunday Morning , at Eight o'Clock , through Harewood , and arrives at tho "Welliagtoa Inn , Low Harrogate , by Ten o'clock . Returns from Harrogate at Six o'Clock , and arrives in Leeds by Eight in tke Evening . Performed by the Public '* most Obedient Servants , T . COATES , x E . BOYNE and Co ., "Who flatter themselves the above Arrangements will meet the Approbation of the Public , Leeds , June 7 th , 1839 .
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TO THE .. RET . WILLIAM HILL , EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAR . My JOear Hill , —I wish you particularl y te > correct a mis-report of my speech at Kereal Moor , which appears us well in the Star as in the Manchester papers . It is relative to the trade * of Newcastle . What I said vr&i , that the trade of Manchester and Newcastle were a credit to the country , because they had boldly joined their brethren in demanding their rights . I am hmoVj te cast a censure upon the trades of Newcastle , » body which I have taken every opportunity of praising as they deserve . Faithfully yours , FEARGUS 0 'CONNOBL
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( From the Manchester Guardiati , of Wednesday ^ At a very late hour last night , a messenger boat Bury arrived m-tbu town , with a rapariSon . from tke magutttates of that town fora military force I the trumpet at the Cavalry Barracks sounded ** to noree abouS two o ' closk in th ^ mornina- and a troc-p of the 6 jh Dragoons ( Carabineers ) proceeded to J 3 ury about 4 hree . Of course these circumitances gave me to a great variety ef ruraoura in town this memisg . The earrent reports were , that a faclorr had bean burned Sown ; taat one of thema « i . « nue » had been'shot ; asd that seven of the rioters had lost thai ? hves . \ V * are glad , to state * ho weveiy tbat ail tne . se rumours « a » grossiy exaggerated , as- the tollowing account , \? hich v * e iavejo « tiecfi \ 'ed fre » our reporter , will sufficiently show : — List evening arioS of a disgraceful descriptioa occurred in Smy . Tfce circumstances usder which * » t originate * are ,-so f * r as we have beea able to ¦ ascertain , as follow : —Ia conscqaence of the" dig- < tu * bKd state of the district , ten of the A dhiajon of metropolitan po } ice un ( ier the superintendence- of M * . Woodhouw , a sarjeaat of tbe M division , were sent down to Bury , to assJet in preserving the peaee , at which place &ey arrived on Friday evening last lbo * - arrival 80 * a bftcamer generally known : On , Monday evening » great iMmber of persons con-STegated round their qnartera a house wJioining tbe " Red £ «> a Inn , in the VVynd , near the Old Chnrct : but no- disturbance then occu . -red . Last eveninjr » similar , erowd collated , and a Utde beforel&ht o clock three of the pafceemen , -who had been talr ^ t a walte round the t&wn , werfr attacked as ther passed trough the euowd on tb « ir return rby th » mob , some ef .. whon > pushed = frsm behind and th » otner * ja > front kicked them . % he policemen eadeavoured to persuadsthem to bs-tjoiet , whanona of them Sicked poiiccsaan JonaAau Ravenocroft ,-and the mab surrounded them all . The ftrea policemen then took ont their staves and eadeavourefi to make tfceir way thiough . laid too * one 3 » oh prisoner ; iferut he was-iaanediatelr rescued . In the EDfantbse tho other policemon who were »> the-house , sosiag-the disturbance , rau | cut to rescEehiscompanioas . - They socceeded ia reaching R&veaecroft and Q&arles \ Vils © n , bnt th » other , John Garwa , wan obliged to take Bhelter ia the shop of Mr . SntcJiffe , ohemist and ? drnggirt , whence he made bis escape-two hours afterwards , during all vrfaichtime his eoaapanions ware apme-. bensive that h » -was killed . 'Bha mob collected and
closed round them j and the pciwe ,-with their staves ^ drovo them aff three or four tsines . and took two ¦ prisoners , who-were conveyedj into '¦ the house ia which the polic ^ wew-themsehes . svantHall jFobliged to take shelter : . Tfce mob used . stenes , . whiiih wer » thrown about very » thkkly , and several of the policemen were severely ,- bnt we aro happy to say ast dangerously bxsto When the police got into tha hause , _ they fastebed the door ; , bat a number » f man tried to push it opes , and < feadiogtheyconli noo succeed in th&fratiwnpt , they Omyf stoue » at it , some of them of grpat size and weight , au 4 nearly gsmed admittance : Eoorof the policemen stationed themselves at the- doori- « nd each fired a pistol over the heads of the peop > , which apjeaied to produce no-effect whatever in checking the rioters . They then wea * up stairs , t ^ ifig . apprehensive- that the dcor woald be forced in ,. Siii-of them iisad again over the heads of the peop ]* ,, bn& it effected noti . ing , and tha
stoned tame , if possible , faster than aver . The polie * then ; fired amongst the people , acd a « ry-was raised that a young man was-shot ; upoa . which the a » - sembl y began to disperse ,-and shortly afterwanlanea % all had left the gfouind- ' ¥ he youn ? man who ' U wounded , A < J « m . Wrials , is- a ^ mechanie ia theesaployof Messrs .-Richard Wa ] ier , M . P ., anl Brother , iron founiarsj-engineers , &x . Rochdale Road v Bary ; .-he is abt > ufetwenty years of age . The ball passed clear thsoogh-thecaif of his hgy entering Bt KT 8 ide » and con ^ &oit at the oth * n H » walked to Mr . Banks'e , tko surgeon , who liven near tbe place ,., and who dressed the wound . His ewn account of himself is , that he was nols pr ^ nt atth » be ^ iuaing of the a&ay ; .. and had been there only about five minutes ,, and : was looking ^ on-wben he was shot . The top , , windows of the house- ia which the policemen live , are nearly all shattered to pieces , end there are heepj of stone * about it .
The magistrates , though all seenMd . pe-nc&able a few hsurs afterwards ^ JnuiJEg been iniormed . that there was some intention , on the pirtof the oeopla to assemble at am early hour this- ( tVednt-dday ) moruisg , dispatched a messenger to'Manchester for the militirx , as-already stated .. Dnrjajr this morEing ^ up to ten o'clock , when onr report left , all-remained tfcuiet , and Sh&exaraiaatioa of Thomas Burkitt and Thomas Bfierley , mechanics , and fello'iT » workmeD , v / ho had both bean apprehended by the London police ,, was abont ta commence before the magistrates .
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DREADFUL . EIRE . AT NEWCASTLE . ( From the Newcastle Chronicle ^ . We regret to » tato- that about one o ' clock this morning ( Friday weefek a aaoit dtcadfiii fire broke out in the ' extenslv * coach riany . ' actory ef Mr . Atkinson , situate-in ragrim-stjee ^ . Neifsastle . It broke out in the baok part oi the factor / next Ericltstreet . Two eagines > were soaat . ia . roadiuess , bnt owing to the length of time that elapsed befora water could be obtained , and the .-8 troug-. wind prevailing at tbe time , the flaraes- spread with most alarming rapuHty , and befora- two .. o ' clock nearlT the whola of the ^ factory was * envelopsd in flames , which raged with such iury aa ^ to cause apprehension that not any . part of the-buildings , nor any of the valuable aad extensive stock they coutaiued , would be savedi Ev ;» ry exoitioii w . 3 s made to- draw the carriages iato- the stree-ijajcd a great maay were saved , bnt th&groat delay which look pluce befcra the engines jsere brought- to ., play in tha front , created fearsv-th-at the fire-wcald extend to tho houses in Pilnyim . street .
Several of the house- ia ; E > ick-street and tbe yards on tie- south of tfca-manufactory wer& frequently onfi * e , bnt werecsoon extinyuiskei , Flakes , of fire were-carried to a- =. gr » at distaace , . and Uia greatest alarm and confusion , prevailed ia tha neigh .-bDUrhood ,. many persons-evaa atacoiaiderable 6 xatance pergiatingia remowag their furniture and property . ' Fortunately , however ,, tbe engine * at length succeeded ia preventing , the flames astsndmg to th » show-roam , which contained the fifiijlied carriages , and by three o ' clock it wa- > iD a great measure subdued . How the fee-originated ia . aat known , bat it app ? nj » d-to have comme-nced in She-forge , adjoining thejeiner ' s workshop , aad paintiiigrrooaQ 8 , which . sooa tookfuv , and from . the combnilibla nature of their contents the "flames , raged with , 'incontrollable fury . But . though the principal part efith © stock of flushed
carriages was saved ,, we understoad fourteen railway carriages , which were nearly completed ,, for tha-Nawcastle and ISorih Shislds ^ svnd Brandling Jane-, tion Railways ^ were entire ^ destroyed , besides , of ' coarse a greafc _ qjisaitity of sth&r carriages , an-I tha large stock of materials , bjK-fl . ess , < fes . T-he whole qf the manuStetoEy , comprising three laigebuildings ^ with their , satire contents ^ were totally consumed ,. : and it may ailbrd gome id » & of the ragirf progrexa of " the flames-to , state , that two . men , who were astually atwork immedialeiy ab «*» where tie-fire broke ont ^ . had great digkalty in s » a 3 g . their lives ,, and in theshort spaoe-a £ hall an ^ ourfrom . ths commencement .
it waa fftadent that no jart of these buildings could be » av « wk One of Sttse buildings , had beeii-bnk recenUy completed at an ex ^ snso of £ 2 , 000 » and ; tho © fcners were aJso new buildings * Besides tha log * e » above-mentioned the desitruetion of all tha valuable modeK patterns , and seaeioufd thaberg % wiE be gerionsly felt » au . 4 we may also add tha great loss whicK the workssen wi ! l sustain from tho destruction of t&eir tool ^ which alone ,, we understand , were worth Hearij £ a , C ( M ) , besides throwinft nearly two hundred men out of wnuloyment What the -value of property destroyed may be it ia difficult to form acj correct idea of , but vra hav » beard it estimated as high as £ 30 , ( 100 .
The Mayor , and several of the magwtratea were early in attendance directing the police , and a party of soldiers from the barracks , with their eegiiie ^ rendered great awistasce . So great a fire baa not taken place in thi » town since tke deatrootiou of Messrs . Augas ' t ooach .- * manufactory on the 28 th of January , 1830 , which we think was more terrific , though the descriptionof property ia much greater in the present oaae .
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OnWeaDeefovUst , st hi » seat , Clifle Honas , bckWiIofield , Sir John Lemaa , bart ., a < ed 58 yearn . On Wednesday last , ill his 37 th year , after » sdvctb SUM ** ,, greatly respected , Edward , third ton of the laU J . B . Oiwl «« --worth , Esq ., and banker of thj » town . . Oa the 2 nd iaat ., Willism Harvey , of Banuloy , ui biaSUft . ye » r .
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GRETNA GKEEN . TO THE EDITORS OF THB NORTHERN ST&TCl Springfield , 20 ih May , 1839 ; --Gentlemen , —The Radical Union orthi ^ village seB&ty tbe bearer the sum of 20 a . towards the National Rent , w ' aiah you will please to hand orer to Mr . A . Pnncan , delegate for Dumfries , b y him to be presented to the National Convention , now in Birmingham ; likewise 5 a Id . ta the Stppheas Defence Fund , to be paid over by you to the treanurer ,, as direcited by a full meeting of members this evening , wnen- th » following resolution was put and unanimously carried : — "That the General Convention « f the working claia morita pur warmest praisn , and so loo « a » they conduct themselwsin the same wise , firm , and doierininod manner , we will assist them in any measure- they may tV-nk rcquUit-j toseccte the adoption of the PcBpla' 6 Charter aa the law o £ the land ;" We remain , Youra , truly , P : CARLYLE , Treasurer . THG 3 . JOHNSTON , Secretary . I have received the above sums , ar . d will remit them-to tha treasurers of tie respective hinds as soon as possible . ABRAM DUNCAN .
HOUSE OF hOnm .-tVednesdct !/ , June 5 i The Lordg did not meet . HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Wednesday , June 5 . A grant of £ 70 , 000 out of the Crown Lands- Revenue for rebuilding the Stables at Windsor was agreed to .
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WILLIAM HARTLEY , Auctioneer , Appraiser , aud General Broker , at 20 , SAINT PETER's-St > uARE ,. Leeds . Always on Sale a large quantity of New and Second-Hand Furniture . To parties leaving the Town having Furniture to dispose of a liberal Price will be allowed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1839, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1060/page/5/
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