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** Almest every Tsnety of argument has been enployed ; bat the subject ig not yet exhausted . Indeed ihe most important question involved in it , ¦ waits for that diepawiunate investigation which it eoold not receive from the newspapers : "and after all this parade « f promise , gives us-nothing Irat a dull recital of the most stnpid of ti * Btapiditiw , the reference * to precedent , and tie " blarney" about committing her Majesty a prisoner to the Toriei , which ha * e appeared in every "Whig penny trumpet in the kingdom . We liave alao a long yarn on " The Expediency of a Soral Police , " in which , with an equally laudable desire to live his readers such novel and interesting xtatter as they could net have in the newspapers , the Chronicle qsote * fcom the reports of the Commissioners the very identical storits that have gone the round of the wholt newspaper pres * .
( Continued from our tecenth page- ) MONTHLY CHRONICLE .-Juke , 1839 . The Monthly Chronicle , which was for some time a respectable liwrary magazire , carrying oniy the dead weight of a few Whig craditiM , as a foil to its many beanties , and a drawback on its excellence , is now deg » neratiag into a mere pirty hack . The present number opens with a tiresome article on thtthrite told tale of the " Household' question , " in ¦ which the writer , with enough of self-importance . informs as that : —
Of the literary articlei , the oaly one bearable is the following SONXBT . TaREWELL ! it U a eonraon word , ud day Bj A- » y b uttered by the multitude ; Sat wh-a in cue tb&t buemtli doth p&ss % . w-m . j The vital hope that had our life en due i With lore of Uf » , filling trick noble thought And clnriota action , that which else had teen X dream obaeare;—when from that word is wrou ght An apony that , to the world tm « e * n , Within thr core of tk « bereaved htirt , Like fire ioth quiver , and like ice congeal;—'Whe * to racrive in thnr own sphere * apart , It tund / rs two betrothed seals , the seal Of Tawnzht for bo n * e farther maTk * it , « are To syLaile tweet lor ? into the grave ! OUR BIGHTS ; or , the JUST CLAIMS of the WORKING CLASSES , slated in a Letter to the Rev . T . H . Madge ; by the Kettering Radical Association . K « ttering , Folley ; London , Hetherington and Cleave . A cool , rational , and temperate justifieatios of all lie recognised principles of Radicalism . Tfeis little publicatioH , without the slightest preietiswi , evince ?" ft eombination of talent and eloquence , with bonesrv « ad simpliciry , which the prendest aristocrat aaight eavy , but can never equal , ARGUMENT for the GENERAL RELIEF of the COUNTRY from TAXATION , and EVENTUALY from the CORN LAWS , bv an ASSESSMENT on PROPERTY . London , Limbird .
In thi * well-writteH pamphlet , the author proves , ¥ y arKumentauve dedactions , as conclusive as thev are concise , the doctrine which , en the subject of taxation , we have again and again laid down , that the whole taxes of the country are paid a&d home by tbe working classes ; tiers beina " an ine **? ant ttrusrgle ob the part of those who first pay themthe merehanf , dealer , and manufacturer—to recover the amount so paid , together with the utmost addition they can obtain as a crmpecgatioa for the Bse of tb « r capital , arjd the risk of its loss . " The tract is weH deserving of attentive consideration . It gives evidence of having been written by one ¦ who knows hi * subject .
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EADTCAL MEETING FOR THE FORMATION OF A NATIONAL DEFENCE FUND COMMITTEE . "W e noticed in the Star of Saturday last , that Mr . O'Connor would address the people of Newcastle upon the following Moflday , aaci the" result of this short anrooEcement filled tbe new spacious Masic Hill to overflawiig , and masy hundreds ¦ were disappointed for want of room . It is admitted by all wh 9 attended , to be the most enthusiast . c , tie mo ? t determined , and the rno * t attentive meeting ever held at Newcastle , Some frien * to the good ca . nse -waited a distance of 24 miles , and took PQBe « aon of seats early in the evenine . The large Building is capable of aeeommodatiEgS , 000 persons , ue \ was eramm d cearlv to suffocation .
At half-past seven , Mr . O'Connor arrived , accompanied by tbe committee , and wa 3 received with long and deafening applause , the audience rising simultaneousl y , and . cheering , and waving their bate . Whea the cheering bad subsided , Mr . Hepbnrn , * working maa , well known amd highly appreciated , ke ? aHse consistent and holiest , « ru appointed to tbe chair , with the marked approval of the vast assembly . Tbe Chairman merely announced Mr . O'Conmor , who , upon his rising , was again greeted with the most overpowering aptlan » e .
Mr . Harney , who has been giving unmixed satisfaction to hii constituent * , and other vast assemblages tbat be has beec most activ « in addres * - ing , gat beside Mr . O'Connor up « n the platform , and was loudly cheered upon entering . It i ^ bat jartjee to this yoong man ( whose overze&l ha * done lew mischief than ttas ever-c&ution at his acre discreet friends ) to nay that his mission has been productive of incalculable good , and tbat he hat very much improved in public speaking . Mr . O'Cokhor spoke nearly as follows : —Mr . C ' ojnniu and brother Radicals of Newcastle . I
am , as is my custom , sorroucded by working-men , with a working-man in the chair . This is as it oagbt to be ; ior all , save the working men , haTe protection and law and comfort brought home to their own doors , aod are consequently spared this trouble and expense . ( Cheers . ) t am now , thank God , xaore able to address you , thaa whea last at Newcastle . ( Loud cheers ' . ) Yes , I hare gained health and strength in proportion to the progress j » ur cause has mad «—( cheers)—and indeed such hae been its growth , that ay presence weuld be nnneeessary , was it not that ' my mission is moral .
I eome Jjow to test yonr sincerity , and pro-re your love of justice . For myself I never have begged , but for comrades in distress 1 am not ashamed to "beg . ( Loud cheers . ) "We are not yet raffieiently J » wer / ul te meet the law ' s injustice , otherwise than by counter-quibble and eonnter-Hiygtery , — ( cheer ?) —and , therefore , we must have the raeanj of parchase . ( Hear , hear . ) You have conferred an office of honourable danger upon your representatives , wl my appeal is whether or no , having braved the danger and having fallen within the artifice net , within the spirit of the la * , you will desert them ? ( Cheer * and " No nev ^ r ! " ) I wil l
row prove the advance of your cense . The arrest of your friends protes it ;—( cheen;)—for if they bad not been dangerous to corruption , they would tave past unheeded by cerrupriouisU . ( Loud cheers . ) The fact that the wholesale de-ertion of faise leaders tends to increase yonr ardour , rather than iamp your z-al , proves the advance of the holy army . ( Renewed ciders . ) The fact chat no jealon « ies exist among your leaden , raore proves the improved jaa ^ ment of yonr people , tb . au the increased morality of their leAae . r * . ( Loud cheer ? . ) Often deceived by the sembl * _« of patriotism , your combiaed strength , a coiseqnence of frequent betrayal , las taught you how , while you are virtuous
your-« lves . to make others also virtnous , or at least o » creet . ( Cheers ) Again , to prove your power , where i « the party in the state , however recognized by themselves , ean now move ih that course in which their intention , if not checked by your union , would direct them ? ( Great cheering . ) Then I ^ cemptled to prove your strength , tu yet , negatively , while m consequence of that strength , no ffi * ^ *? Wn att * iBed */*« * ° "A not H ^^ ^""^ -bose behalf I plead . Their language , if strong , fell far rtort of a IS- ? L £ r lhe * »» to **<* l " ° are !??! ff * Bot h 0 * « J ° * « Peet that tbe desertion 11 olte « to do (
?« "T , ^ ynm ^ - their dutt ? » No " " » , » « we don ' t . ") Your Convention has i , aeqmred a power greater than that ConTention W 8 , t 7 ? J ^ J , ^ BgUDd ' IreUnd > Md Sco < - n a ^ A v for & ? otato « 8 » 4 « - ( Loni cheers , and laaghter . ) To the existence of thai Convention , you are to attribute the tiifferenca v n ' ^ " f lati 0 D > » d any evolution wbch has h « therte taken place a ^ ong nations . ( Cbeere . ) Look to the several French revolutions They failed of producing tk-e promised result because »« attacked abuses , and fought for a shadow without being prepared with & substitute . ( Cheers j Yoor case is bow different , for , upon an emergency job have a Parliament which would act , and ods
whoi « orders you would be bosnd to obty or to appoiBt nutanter anotker , whose orders you could » ore cbetrfuily ob ^ . ( Lond cheerc . ) Herein theD Iee all the difference : you cannot be takes by sorprt » , neither etn yon rcrprise others . Yob cannot
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move without the consent of all . Yoacanast miDve partially , because you are an one link in the great chain . ( Cheers . ) There i * an end to sectiwal agitation ; yom are each aagvrerable to the other for the manner iq which you shall handle this" cauge . ( Cheers . ) Society is as a great chain . On one end is a rotten link which represents the Whi g * , and on the other a rotten link which represents tbe Tories , ( cheers , and laughter ) ; while you , the people , form the bulk of the chain , wbich is made stroeger by theloss of the rotten links . ( Cheers . ) This fund which I am now about raising shall not be frittered away ataoegst barristers and attornies . ( Cheers . ) I never have accepted office , but I will be treasurer move without the con , eBt of aU . YraeanattnaTfl
to this fund myself . ( Load cheers . ) I will also be Attorney General and law adviser to the Radicals ( renewed cheering ) , and the whole plan , when organised under local committees , district committees , and county committees , shall be as complete as machinery and attention can make it . ( Cheers . ) The rights of the poorest , though overzealons , shall be equally protected as those of the rich and discreet—( loud cheers)—atui this is the only practical opposition which I can offer to the law ' s iDjunction till we are strong enough to tread upon the corns , or the bunions , or the heels of the law . ( Repeated cheers . ) I have long seen the necessity of this funs , butyon have been intimidated
bj the foolish and la * i «» h expenditure of such provisions . Witness the Glasgow Spinners . ( Hear , bear . ) I must briefly explain tbe mal-application of that immense fund which did no good . ( Hear , bsar . ) When I went to Scotland 1 saw the folly of the course which was pursued , and I implored of the parties to allow the men to go to trial upon the bid imdictment , upon which the prisoners were charged . But no ! that would ' nt powder the wijj er tarn the spit . ( Laughter . ) That is not t > eway tbat legal gentlemen dispoee of their goods ; aad what did tbeyde ? Why , they gave the crown an opportunity of making assurance doubly sure , by amending the indictment , go as to insure conviction .
( " Aye , " and " Shame . ") The men were acquitted upon the several counts contained in the objectional indictment , and they were found guilty upon some of the count * in the unexceptionable indictment . Now let no man suppose that gentlemen of my professioB are either such fo * ls as not to have known this , or such geese as to drive good customers from their counter . ( Cheers , and h-ughter . ) Iknow that I have to contend against those frequent abuses how , bu ; you will trust me . ( Cheers and " We will . " ) Yes ! when I promise that the cau * e and not the fraternity shall have tbe benefit of the whole fund . ( Cheers . ) "My brethren , my friends , and companions are now working io Scotland for me , and I
am working here for them . ( Cheers ) Thus we mutually assist each other ; we labour tegether , we rejoice together , we sorrow together , we are moral force-men together , and we are ready , when occasion requires , to be physical force-meu together . ( Cbeers , which sheok the building followed this sentence . ) Yes , continued Mr . O'Connor , I know , tbe va . 'ue of . it ; and it is notin parade ( loud cheers ) ; but should it ever be forced upon us , it will show respectable men 6 troog , aud more dreaded by beiDg preceded by moral organization —( loud cheery)—and great forbearance . ( Immense cheering . ) In one or two inxtsmces osly will the people now be forced into an aggressive physical position . The
one would be a consequence of the desertion of moral-foree leader * , and their neglect of pu-iing moral means to the utmost extremity . ( Cheers . ) The other would be in consequence of aggressive violence upon the part of the Government , which should be promptly met by as firm a resistance upon tbe part of the ConveBtion and the people . ( Repeated cheers . ) If , then , the Convention shall take two step * in advance , we have a right to expect that yeu will take ob < j long oae in the rear , not to cover our retreat , but to defend our position . ( Repeated cheers . ) As to Universal Suffrage , we must have it —( che-ers ) ;—and they begin to suspect it , as they are now tendering us substitutes to take m
off the scent . ( " Aye , but we won ' t ba ^ e it . ") No , yoa will not ; and mark how , in the agitation of tbi . « queytioa , I bare cut all retreat from un 4 er my feet . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) I have not prepared my « elf for desertion upon any , even the mo * t flattering , compromise ; for I now tell you th » t I wouid not accept of a repeal of the New Poor Law Act—of the total abolrjon of taxation—of the expasging of tbe National D « br , anc disbanding of the army , as a substitute for Universal Suffrage—( loud cheer *);—and for this reason , that what has been may be , and tfco ? e who have engendered such abuses would soon propose others as degtructiT * of the poor man ' s rights . ( Cheers . ) I am not poLng
to enter into detail * of wbat Universal Suffrage ¦ would do , that would be presumpiuous ; but judge for yourselves by what the pos ^ sion of the Suffrage has done " for others . ( Hear , hear . ) It will make the rich man secure , and the poor rich . It will harmonise society , and silence complaint . It will make every man ' s hou < e his castle and his Bentrybox , as a soldier , to dtfend his inheritance . ( Loud cheers . ) I mtu > t now , my friends , point out to you that ail laws are a fiction , because they have been made for the protection of fictitious money , which represents nothing but the produce of your wealth while in a state of transition from ene pack of moncymongers to another pack of speculators .
( Cheers . ) All sight has beea Jost of tbe reality , which is the land— ( cheern )—and now , as allowed to be the best , the very best practical agriculturist in my own county , I have no hesitation in stating that if your inheritance was no : locked np , that your national and natural industry would make you independent of all foreign States . ( Cheers . ) When tins vast appropriation of land was made b y the nobles , we had & better suffrage , but the thinness of the populatioa left the suffrage a drag , and mere caput mortuum . Then population did not press upon tbe means of production—then land was valueless for want of people . Now land is valuable by
aa increase of people . ( Loud cheers . ) But to rectify this we neither want to rob or to plunder—( cheer ?)—but 1 am prepared to prove that the landed property of thi * country , by the proper application of her tons' labour , might be increased to the amount of over two hundred millions annually . ( Loud cheers . ) But no ; they prefer a storehouse from foreign countries , in which they can speculate and dabble in human food— ( cheers ;)—and as soon as the landlords find that machinery , tk-i substitute of man , caanot consume the produc of hii soil , then be will begin to value you a * consumers . ( Lsud cheers . ) I am one of those who think it hard that
yon , a Fuperior description of insect or animal , should be so marrelloasly transposed from a H&tUral to an artificial state . ( Cheers . ) The ant only works in summer—the bee only works iD summer ; and I have no hesitation in saying that , during tbe summer , you should be husbandmen and rational labourers , and during the winter you shoaJd only work enough at machinery to produce your own required supply , and an overplus sufficient to exchange for luxuries or necessaries , ef which neither yoar soil nor your climate favour the growth . ( Loud cheering , and " Bravo . " ) Give me a committee of three landlords , three tenants , three labourers , three » en of each trade , three bperativex , and three mechanics , and I will prove this to the world , provided they do not force upon my
committee three bankers , three parsons , three barristers , three attorneys , three rattle-box manufacturers , or three of any class whose trad * it is to buy cheap and sell dear ( loud cheer *) . I am one of those who think tbat there is enough for all and to ypare with proper distribution ( hear , heir ) . My friend *! yon can only a . CComi ) lUb this by Universal Suffrage , to which the press will not assist you , and therefore jcu muss assist younelveB ( hear ) . I cannot pas * over the villany of the pre «» . Its inveteracy and Iving has been a great damage to you ; and had it not been for your own orgaa the ' Nwrthern Star , ( loud cheer * , ) the mis-representations of the prew weuld long since have driven you into physical outbreaks ( eheera and u True ") . I have a right to be proud and ta speak boastingly of that paper ( cheers ) , because it has done more than I and ail the leaders
of England and Scotlaad could do ( cheers and " It has" ) . It has pat yoa in possef « i « a of the exact opinion and gtrength of your party ( eheers ) , and you find them irresistible . I must also speak ia terms of high commendation of your own paper , the Northern Liberator ( loud cheers ) , which hat laboured iB tbe vineyard with the Star ( ehrers ) . The Star circulates more than all their publications put together ( cheers and " Aye" ) and while that lives jour cause can never die ( loud cheer . ' ) . The pres * can con-riot without trial , hang without guilt , and ientenee without jary . See what an exhibition yon have here ! An unfortunate man declares that the prejudices created by the press makes it impossible
for him to have an unprejudiced jury , and I believe it ( shime , shame . ) Aye that man is already convicted - , and no matter what may be the ingenuity of bis ceuneel , the healing elaajes of the law , or the want of legal quibbles , ytt will bin jury retain a rerdicl upon their long-cherished prejudiced created by the preas ; and when the man is dead and gone , men they may penderupon tke defence ( hear , hear , and ihame ) . Yon would h . ng kirn if guilty , but you would not declare him guilty first and try him after . (<• No . " ) Now ay friesd . pond . r w « U over < rhal I have Wen telling yon ; take example from the past , and profit by experience . You had strengtk enough in 1832 to carrj Universal Suffrage , you
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bavu enough now ; but waste it , and it never will come again ( cheers and u We wont" ) . You are offered what the Sun calls an administrative improvement—the remission of the post-office tax ; that is , if tbe revenue ii lessened by a saving to bankprs , merchant ? , and traders , your muscles and sinews must make np tbe deficiency , for writing once a yew at a penny a head to let your mother know you ' re out . " ( Loud laughter and cheers . ) You will , upon reflection , observe the rapid strides which our cause has made . Universal Suffrage u not a new question , but it is one which has had a new birth onto righteousness . I an not the founder of Universal Suffrage , but I have revived it . ( Hear bavu enough how ; but waste it , and it nerer will
hear . ) The immortal Hunt , when it was before drooping , resuscitated it , but then poverty was not sufficiently g « neTal to convince that it was caused by the want of the vote —( bear , hear)—and , therefore , Universal Suffrage was not universally sought at the remedy . When the plains of PeterJoo were crimsoned with the bloodbf the innocent , the groans of the wounded , and the moans of the widow and tbe orphan resounded through the North , but were lulled by the flow of the Tweed , for they were not heard beyond the Border . It is not yet three years since I planted the Universal Suffrage standard in Scotia ' s land , and mark iU growth ! ( Cheers ) The Broughams , the O'Connells , aed the Durhams
had planted their pernicious principle * , which sprung up like the Upas in the desert , destroying all that carae within their pestiferous influence—( loud cheers)—but now the sprig « f liberty flourishes , and is throwing those branches beneath whose foliage the human family may ere long take refuge . ( Loud cheers . ) There are men ( continued Mr . O'Connor ) at your head as honest , ax zealous , and more able than myself . ( No , no . ) Yes , there are ; and it is my pride to know that I am remaining idle and in confidence , while they are apun the holy mission . ( Cheers . ) I have now more power tban any crowned head in Europe . ( Great cheeriHg , and cries of " You have . " ) But the difference
in our power is , tbat abuse supports theirs , while abuse would destroy mine . ( Cheers , and " True . " ) If it was not for tnat power , they would hang me to-morrow . ( Here the whole meeting rose , and vociferated "Never ! we'd hang every man ef them after . " ) Aye , so you prove it ; for , was it not from a firm conviction of such a result , they would spare bo pains to stretch my neck by any stretch of the law . You are my protectors ; you are my life and body guard ; beyond you I have none . ( Cheer * , and " We ' ll kill every man of them first " ) My friends , I am not going to desert you , I never have . ( Hear , hear . ) I would not , as some say , put my head upon the block to carry this question ,
Because it would but prove the cowardice of other * , and not my own bravery . ( Cheers . ) No ! I never will make others luke warm by professing tee much myself ; but I tell you what—when you nhall all bs ready , if necescary , I am ready to put my neck in equal risk with yours , but no mire . ( Great cheering . ) If the sacrifice of my hand was necessary , I would not make it , unless I thought you were prepared to d « likewise , and the lot merely fell upon me ; and then you might snip i » ff finger after finger , and amputate the hand . ( Loud cheers . ) You see Harney by my side , on » who . » e indiicrttiou , the moral philosophers said , would do much harm . Well ! here be is , and his presence either proves that he is a goed hedge lawyer , or that tbe Government is afraid of him . ( Lood cheere , and " Bravo ,
Julian . ') Mr . O'Connor then passed a high eulogium upon the Convention , and upon the leaders . He cautioned the people how they gave ear to the slander of the press , whose interest it was to magnify their honest differences of opinion into & deadly hostility , and to look upon the dis putes of thi » delegates as family quarrel * between man and wife , ia which , if the factions interfered , they would soon join against both . ( Cheers . ) They bad beaten the Whigs single handed , and the Tories single-handed , and now all they panted for was one field-day against the united faction * . ( Loud and long . continued cheers . ) My Lord John Ru « sell ( continued Mr . O'Connor ) has invited you to arra . [ Cheers ] He is a bad lawyer , and a worse statesman—[ laughter]—and having said that yon had the right , surely if the demands
are more numerous than he expected and the coffers can yield , he will not plead that you have no right to do at your own expense what the law sanctions , but the finances cannot so extensivel y furnish . ( Loud cheering and waving of hats . ) I ' am t « be at Carlisle to-morrow night—in Edinburgh on Wednesday—South Shields on Friday—Sunderland on Saturday—Bradford on Monday—Leeds on Toenday—Sheffield on Thursday—Nottingham on Friday—Lnughborough on Saturday —and ready for the Convention on Monday morning following , ( EnthuBiaatie cheering . ) And now I cannot conclude without paying that just tribute to honour which it deserves . You are aware that the
National Petition has been presented by Mr . Attwood , and by no possibility could the duty be more faithfully and honourably discharged . He told the crew to their teeth , that he approved of all the principles , and hoped and trusted that the united strength of tbe people would be able to force them from the Houre . ( Here the whole assembly rose , and cheered for several minutes for Attwood and Fielden . ) Now , then , bowe » er he might have squabbled with Attwood about other matters , he had proved himself worthy of our lov * , our confidence , and our respect . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . O'Connor th * n passed a high eulogium upon the sincerity , integrity , and judgment of Mr . Fielden ; and after advertiBg to a variety of interesting topics , he sat down amid tbe most deafening applause .
Mr . Harmey said , they had juit heard an addTe *» trom a man whose name was associated with the Tell * , the Washiagtons , and all the patriot * of this earth— " Whote n » me » « h » ll be A wstehword till the future » h * ll be free . " A gentleman who bears the same of a . man , who in the dark hour of his country ' s danger , hand to hand , and foot to foot , battled tbe enemies of his country—the same of O'Connor , the exile of forty years , and the first act of a Democratic Parliament would be to restore Arthur O'Connor to hi * country and his home . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . H . alluded to the murder of Robert Emmet , and appropriately recited the lines of Moore : —
" The nations hava fallen , but thou art still young , Thy « nn Li but rising whe » otheru have tut , And thonrh slavery ' b gloomround thy memory hath hang , The fim noon of freedom shall bUze round thee yet . " It was to bring about such a state of thing * that they must protect O'Connor , and , backed by the people , he would go on conquering and to conquer . ( Loud cbeer » . ) Mr . O'Connor told them how to get Universal Suffrage , and they were to get it only by » upporting the Convention ; there was no quarrelliDg is that body now ; they had the enemy in
the front and tbe people on their rear , and they were determined to do their du ' y . If this movement should fail before another half century , England would cease to be a first-rate nation . She would bo lost in the long night of obscurity , like others which bad gone before her . The foreigner would come upoa her , and the people , reasoning like the jackass in the faWe , would refuse to defend a land in which they had no share . [ Loud cheers . ] Where now was Carthage?—its very site was not to be found ? Tyre P sunk under the waters ; and Venice
?"Behold her lost ana won . Her thirteen hundred yeaxa of freedom d « tte f' * . snnk like a sea-weed from whence uhe rose . So it would be with England if they did not pull down the fabric of corruption , and erush its ruias in the dust . ( Load cheers . ) The government was now trying the game of persecution—let them pay the ransom of their friends in gold ; but if too many games of the kind should be tried—if the people were to be insulted as the barbarian insulted the Romans—they must tell the insolent tyrants that Englishmen were not used to pay ranscms with gold but with cold steel . [ Immense cheers . ] Mr . Harney eoacluded by proposing a resolution to tbe effect that the meeting , adopting the view * asd principles of Mr . O'CoBDor , would never ceage to contend for them till they became the law of the land .
Mr . Thompson seconded the resolution . He said that if anything could add to his devotion to the principles of Universal Suffrage it would be the spirit and enthusiasm evinced by the people . Before now , to advocate Universal Suffrage would be little less than taking the highway to the scaffold ; and if the Government did not proceed to nnoh extremes now , it was attributable , not to any humanity on the pirt of Lord John Russell , bat to the extensive , oowerful , and formidable union of the people .
( Load cheers ) . Some would fain propheey that tbe efforts of the people would not succeed , but he told them they must succeed if the agitation were followed up with spirit . Would they ever flag in their tSorts whilst a New Poor Law disgraced and desolated the land ? ( Never . ) -Would they ever flag in their efforts , whilst a Children ' s Friend Society transported the children of the poor . ( " Never , never . " ) Would they ever flag in their efforts whilst an accursed Corn Law famished the people , in order to double the rental of the bloated and
accursed landlord P ( " Never ! never ! 1 never ! I ! " ) However a bar * , lying , and profligate press might vilify tbe men who stood forward in this contest for equal rights aid liberties , the page of the historian
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should do them justice , and hand their n&rnes down to the admiration of sueceeding age * V They had naw proceeded too far to recede ; they had elected a Convention ; they had got up a petition never before equalled in England ; they had carried « d an agitation the most active and soul-stirring . would tbeygiveup the fruits of this their labour ? No ; and would they now sit down and say we will give up . The dreamers who thought they would awaken to find themselves in a wonderful mistake . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . T . made some concluding observations in rapport of the resolution , which wag put from the chair , and carried by acclamation . ' . . Mr . O'Connor then moved a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was seconded by Mr . HABNKY , and passed amid loud cheers . The Chairman returned thanks in brief and abouti do them ja , tic ., and hand their ' numdown
appropriate terms , and giving three cheers for O Connor , Stephens , Oastler , and the persecuted patriots , the immense assemblage broke up .
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THE POYNTON AND WORTH COLLIERS . AH the exertions to procure an adjustment of the dispute at present unfortunately existing between Mr . Ashworth , of Poynton , and tbe miners employed ander him , to the number of 500 , have hitherto been unavailing , the master insisting upon his position of a reduction , to the injury and injustice of hundred * of innweent men , women , and their children . The turn-outs have obtained the general sympathy of all classes , and although the aggregate amount of the contributions may appear large , yet when apportioned amongst the reoipients , the receipts are barel y commensurate with an efficient relief , since many of the poor tsirn-outs have been compelled to subsist upon 2 . i . 8 d . and 3 s . » fortnight , out of which six aud eight guiltless children have to be maintained .
Under these circumstances , a demonstration was necessary to induce a union of interests amongBt the neighbouring colliers , and also to engender an extended feeling of sympathy amongst the shopkeepers and tradesmen generally ia their cause . On Monday , a further meeting was called by placards , to be held at Newton Moor , near Hyde , to which place the turn-outs , headed and flanked by bands of music , marched in procession through Poynton , Hazle Grove , Bredbury , Gee Cross , and Hyde , and reached Newton Moor , in the course of tbe afternaon . The Colliers Arms , painted upon a large flag , together with a Union Jack , waved in the procession .
Soon after five o ' clock , the meeting , consisting of upward * of 1000 people , commenced by Galling Mr . George Ramsey to preside , who opened the proceedings by reading the band-bill , and addressing the multitude from a cart which had been drawn out in a large field . He described the dinpute in terms very similar to those which appeared in our previous report of the coWier * ' meeting , beid at Half GreeD , near Marple , oa the 3 rd instant , nor does the question appear to have altered any of \ tn features . The turn-out took place against a reduction of 9 d . per man , threatened by Mr . Ashworth . Other oolliers had struck work , because the above individual suddenly closed four pits , and thereby threw a large number of workmen out of
employment , without any notice , and would not allow them to resume their occupation , without yielding to the &l > ove extraordinary and uBJustifiable abatement . The Chairman al * o repeated Mr . Ashworth ' s manifold acts of oppression against the people of Poj nton ; and concluded by saying that no cotton lord , iu either Lancashire or Cheshire , could equal the tyranny of this man . He ( Mr . A . ) had used all his policy and deceit to prevail upon the colliers to return to bis works ; but unhss they could obtain a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s labour , they wou'd die before they weuld submit . ( Cheers . ) That was ill that the Radicals wanted , and they weuld have it ; and because they had demanded so reasonable a right , they had been called firebrands .
Mr . Robert Lkah followed . He assimilated this dispute to an attack upon a hee-hive , and a robbery of the honey by a povrer that never made it . The working man had an undoubted right to a fair remuneration for his labour , and to resist to the death any effort to deprive him of the just fruits of that labour . It was a moral right which the Creator had given them ; and the person who sought to curtail those right * , was a fool and a roguo . The absence of unanimity and determination had brought
upon tbem their present calamity—had they been governed by itme systematic union amongst themselves , aa a sort of self-protection , where would Ashworth have been ? ( Hear . ) He exhorted the colliera at large to support the turn-outs , or the reduction would toon reach them ; and by supporting the Poyntan and Worth collier ? , they were defending their own rights . ( " We will "— " that ' s true . "J They wanted a fair price for their labour , and by means of honest union , they would soon d « away with black oppression and slavery .
Mr . Joseph Allfokd spoke to the same effect . The turn-outs must be supported , or woe to other colliers ; and he wan glad to learn that Hyde and DukinfieU were determined to have a fair remuneration , or perish in the attempt . Mr . Joseph Dunn saw plainly that if the turnouts were beat in the contest , that the same fate awaited him and other colliers in the district . He saw it coming now ; the way to cure all this was to have a general strike ; the u ratde-boxes" would then stop , and every other kind of machinery , and then the colliers could get what they Hked . ( Hear . ) Lord John Russell and the d—d parsons were paid
to tell Hex , but things were coming round now , with brave Stephens at their head . Stephens told the people the truth without any salary ; and the time was doming when folks would have a fair day ' s pay for a fair day ' s work . ( Hear . ) He wat tired of working for nothing and find himself . ( Laughter . ) Let them all unite together , and they would soon get plenty to eat aud plenty to drink . In conclusion , he informed the meeting that the Rev . Mr . Stephens would address the colliers at Hyde Working Men ' s Institution , on Monday afternoon next , at 4 o ' clock ; but it was necessary that they should meet together at the Wbite Hart Inn , at twelve , to form a procession .
Mr . Royse , of Hyde , next addressed the people en the necessity of union amongst the colliers ; for , in a struggle like the present against oppression , "United you stand ; divided you fall "—and the equal necessity of support . Those who had not read Mr . Benbow ' spamphlet on the "National Holiday , " be advised them to do so without delay , and they would there find not only how to obtain plenty of food , hut how ts improve their condition . Mr . Mitchell , a member of the Radical Association ef Stock port , dwelt upon the physical condition of the human race at some length , and in the
course of his speech introduced the question of the People ' s Charter , and the urgency of their adhesion to those principles , to procure an effectual and permanent rectification of their grievances . Let the men of Hyde , Ashton , Dukinfield , and neighbouring colliery districts , rally round the men of Poynton and Worth , and victory would crown their tffforts . And , above all , let there be a union ainoDgst thfim . Would to God that they had followed the advice given by Mr . Stephens in his first celebrated termon which he delivered in Ashton , then weuld there have been no need of calling for support in this cause .
Mr . Joseph Shaw , of Hyde , having said a few words in defence of th * workmen ' s capital—their labour , Mr . Jambs Lbah , of Stockport , briefly addressed the meeting in support « f a collier ' s union , and furnishing instances where , by inch mutual cooperation , the spinners had recently achieved a signal victory over a base tyrant , at Hazle Grove , Mr . Moseley , a cotton-manufacturer . Mr . Charles Davi « s , the President of the Working Men ' s Association , at Stockport , said a few words . He trusted that every person who warn an advocate of a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , would devote a portion of his weekly income towards the support of the Poynton and Worth colliers .
Mr . Lbam intimated that Mr . Jesse Howard , of Bredhnry , had given notice of an abatement of his colliers of 3 d . in the Is . 6 d ., and those workmen wished to know whether they must submit . The meeting , on a show of hands , decided in favour of a resistance ; and it was moreover resolved , at the conclusion , to have a general strike forthwith of all the colliers , unless every miner was offered the foil rate of prices , » nd fall and constant work throughout this diarrlpt The Poynton and Worth colliers also agreed to tand out ( till ; and after a Managing Directory had been elected , the meeting broke up . i r . 1 - - ¦ lliln . ^^ BSSB— in ¦ - ¦ ¦ 11 r ¦ -
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Jelinquncy * o loudly demanded . The nanicw of these monsters in human shape were Charlea Kioaaister , Willi » m Hawkins , James Perry , Edward Foley , June * Catei , JahnRtMMli , and John Johnson , all of whom were euBvicti , and had been transported from this country . I hey htA been assigned u stockmen or shepherds to « om « of the Mttttts in the interior . In the menth of Jane last , these ruffians set oat on horwbaok in pursuit of their helpless vie-• ims , They were traced in th # ir progress inquiring after bUcka , and at lMt arrived at a hut near the big river , baj-end Liverpool plains , occupied by the first-named wretch , KinaaUUr . Here they discovered that a little trite of about thirty natives , m * n , women , and children , including babe * at their mothers' breasts , were cebgregsted in tbe bosh , onjaspiciomof danger and oncotucwu * of offence . This wa * on th » Sunday . They immediately approached their victim * , who , terrified at their manner , ran into KinnaUtar ' g hut for protection , crying for mercy ; Lut thev eUn « u « cy *> loudly demanded . The name * of thaw
appealed to hearts of stone , who having thus caught them , as it were , in a trap , dismounted , follgwed them into the hut , and , despite of their entreaties tied them together with a rope , with the eseeptioa of one woman . This wan done withont a word being uttered , and with » cool and b loody determination . W hen all wore thus secured , one end « f the rope was tied round the body » f the fereraont of the murderers , who , having mounted his horse , led the way , dragging lhe terrified group after him , while hi * infamous companions guarded them on all sides . In vain , however , did the aged and youthful ef both sexe * appeal for compassion . Their doom wascaat . Onward they were dragged till it fitting place in the bush was reached , when th ^ work of slaughter commenced , and , unresisting , were these haplegg wretches , one after the other , brutally bntchered . Katkers . and mother * , and children , fell before the previously-sharpened word * of th « se self-appointed eiecationern , till all lay a lifeless mas * , in death chneinr t « each other with the throe * of natural
affection . But one shot wbh fired , so it was presumed one only oerUhed byflre- » rtn « . The precise number thus immolated has not been accurately ascertained , but it is computed that not let * than thirty lay stretched on the ensanguined earth . The demon butcher * then placed the bodies in a neap , kindled an immense fire over them , and thus endeavoured to destroy the eridence of thoir unheard-of brutality . Fragmen t * of the unconaumed bones , however ; still remained ; bat even these were collected , and attempted to be hidden from human eye . Bird * of prey were seen hovering aboat the « pot where the unconnum « d remains yet existed . Stockmen in search of their strayed tattle were attracted to the locality , iuppoDitig they should liod thoir carcase * . In this way it was thai ths ribs , 3 * w-bones , half-burnt skulls , and other portions of hu i an skeleton * were fonud , while symptons of the contlagration in _ the vicinity , were likewias detected . This lad to inquiry , end ultimately , to the discovery of > he horrible truth . The place waa fifty mile * from tbe
neareHt police-station . The whole of th « villains were apprehended , and their own admissions and conduct previeng to , » nd subsequent to , tbe bloody work , adried to n chain of circumatanmlevidence , Veit no doubt of their guilt , ltchanced , tooi that en the night previous to the murder * a heavy ruin had fallen—and traced were thus duicttvered of horses' feet , as well ai « f the naked feet « f the wretched native * on ths way to the field of death . Every possible pain * were taken to save these monsters from condign punishment—subscriptions were made lor their defence , and counsel retained , but m vain . Their gnilt wa * established beyond a doubt , and Sir John Gippssuffered the law to tak « its course to thrsatis aelion ol every properly thinking person in the Colonyalthough we shudder to ( in 4 that there were those who endeavoured to palliate the crime , and inveigh against the hardship of mcrincing ( he Iire 8 of •? th « whites" far the
more destruction of ' a few black Cannibal * , " a * th «* e poor inoffensive and helpless Aborigine * were pronounced . Some even went a * far a * to declare that in future thia . wretched cIshs should be « ut off by other and not less certain mean *—namely , by p < Uon—by arsenic mixed with , the wheaten cakes , of which the poor creatures are so fond . Four of the murderers still rein in to be tried—a black child who escaped death having been discovered in addition to the former testimony . The seven men found guilty v » ete ex . 'cvited on'the 14 th of December last * The pretence for this diabolical sff . ir was the supposed » ajtre »« ion of the black * in killing and » p « anng cattle . Whether the assassins acted under the direction , or at tlw instigation , of their rnastm , has not been distinctly ascertained ; but it is stated thkt many of the stockholders , souia af them MaputTates , Juined in the contributions to defend their servants—a fact from whieha conclusion the moat aonallina U drawn .
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YESTERDAY ' S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Our supply of Wheat is again considerable , but there is less English th » n for some weeks past All qnalitieB are in request , and fetch rather more money : the trade generally firm . Barley as before . No variation in Oats or Shelling . Beans rally aa dear . Other articles steady . Lbeus Corn Market . —The arrival of wheat to this day * market is large ; other kinds of grain moderate . Wheat of all descriptions has been Is per quarter lower , with rather more demand than the last few weeks . Barley , oats , shelling , and beaDs have varied but little ia price .
Lbsds Cloth Markets . — There has been very little if any alteration in the quantity of busiaess transacted at beth cloth halla during the last two market days , from those that preceded them a demand still exists for cloths of low quality , and about an average amonat has been takea off . In the warehouses trade may be called steady . Leeds Fortnight Fair , Junk 19 . — "We have only a thin supply of beast * , and not near the
quantity of sheep as last fair . At market this morning : buyers are numerous , but the demand is rather limited , and mutton has receded in pricebeef , however , maintains former quotations . Beef fa . 6 d . to 8 s . 6 i . per stone ; ' mutton , 6 J . to G %£ per lb . ; lambs , I 7 e . to 21 s . each . Number of beasts , 225 ; sheep , 3 , 500 ; lambs , 300 ; pigs , 160 Pnce of hay , 6 d . to 7 d . ; straw , 4 d . to 4 ^ d . per
Huddkrsfibld Cloth Mabket . - — This market has experienced no alteration in the demand purchasers being cautious , only taking articles fer orders . Prices appear stationary . Although the stocks are light , nothing being taken but good » of new patterns . Th « fancy trade appear * to be on the decline ; broads and cassimeres is according to appearance becoming the article most enquired after The wool market is nominally as last week . J ° * ? £ Mabket , June 15 .-The » tow of Wheat ^ at this day ' s market w larger than usual . The sale is exceedingly dull , and late prices are barely . upported . Oats meet with a free sale at ar t week s prices . In other articles there it verv little pawing . J
Hull Corn Mark rt , June 18 .-The factors having had repeated loss b y sales effected in Wheat va the leading markets in the interior , show less dwpesition to purchase , except on lower terms , and the millers generally limit themselves to what is necessary for their weekly demand ; consequently the trad . « as languid as possible . The sellers ' however , appear too sanguine to safcmit to any ' reduction ; and ^ there is no material alteration in the value of either English or Foreign-Wheat , and but fewsale . effected in either article ? Bea ^ Pe ^ £ f » in * » COme » P « iD 8 ly to hand , each article itfuHy ropporting l « wt currency . Rapped vt £ r * * tion 9 « -Linieea unaltered in
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" ' - ' . - v ¦ : " - - i ^^^^ SS ^? . ¦ Statr of TKAD « .-We scarcely remembe , to ha ™ witnessed , except in periods of decided panio a more gloomy and spiritless market than that of yesterday . The demand for yarn was extremely limited , and the price * which were readil y and freelr offered last week , could , in very few inrtaness be obtained . In most descriptions of goods , too ' the business done wa * very small , and , generally at lower prices . In consequence of this unpromising state of the market , the working of abort time is again rapidly extending . The spinners and » aim . s ™ t « « . t- *« . " <*^ 1 J ¦' r : ! ¦ —
facturers in Ashton , Stalynndge , Hyde , and the neighbourhood , who , aa we stated last week had resumed fall time , have again resolved to restrict their time of labour to a time not exceeding four days per week ; and an agreement to that effect was yesterday signed by 47 of the principal firm * in that neighbourhood . It is expected that this example will be followed by the principal spinners and manufacturers in Stockport and the neighbourhood . In this town , too , the workiHg of ihort time is extending ; and the extensive works of Messrs . Birleys aad Co . have been this week , we beliere , for the first time since their establish , ment , ^ reduced to three days per week . Other mill * have been reduced from four days to three or from three to two day *; and several have heen stopped entirely . —Manchester Guardian of Wed . nesday . J
Newcastle Corn Market , June 15 . —Our market was moderately supplied to-day with farmer ' s Wheat , but a very great proportion being of inferior quality , really good and fresh samples sold at nearly the same prices as last Saturday . The duty havine advanced 4 a per qr to-day , there was no anxiety tl pres « sales , and former prices were firmly supported except m some instances where ships had to be cleared , a reduction of Is per qr was submitted to The sales to-day and during the week have been to a fair extent , having a good country and local demand , and aa the same is not only pretty- sure ta
continue , but will most likely increase , the stock •( free Wheat at this place will be considerably reduced . Sweet Barley for grinding is in good demand , ax well at fine fresh Rye . Peas must be quoted at 2 s per qr lower . Oats are fully as dear aa last w « ek . Arrivals during the week , coastwise , 676 qrs Wheat , 130 qrs Malt , 1030 qrs Oats , 20 qra Beans , and 1162 Hacks of Flour ; foreign , 3300 qr » Wheat , 1350 qrs Rye , and 20 qra Peas . Malton Corn Market , June 15 . —The supphl of all kinds of Grain still continues to be very limited , and but few samples were offering at oaii market on Saturday la « t . This is likel y to be the case until after harvest , till which time the weatheil will rule tbe prices , which are withont any alteration j and the same as last week ' s quotation * . '
Manchester Corn Market , Satukda * June IS . —At our market this morning but few transactions were reported in any description « J wheat , holders however were firm in demanding thfl currency of this < Jay se ' onight , and little alteratiott can be mode in the quotations . For superfine quality and approved marks of English flour there was a steady demand , fully equal to the supply , at the rates lately obtainable : inferior and middling sorts were difficult to dispose of although offered at a decline of 1 » . per sack . In tbe value of Foreign flour there was no 'variation . The inquiry for eats and oatmeal was only in retail for present consumption and prices remain neminally as last noted . The caleamace in Malt were at prices equal to tho * e ol last week , and beans likewise supported the previous currency .
LlTERPOQL CATTLR MARKET , MONDAT * June 17 . —The number of beasts to-day has been exceedingly limited , and the quality generally mia-i dhng ; tbe demand for beef has been very brisk ati advanced prices from our last quotations . The sup-j jily of sheep and lambs has also been semewhati smaller than that of the preceding week ; good wether mutton has been pretty much in demand , and sold quickly at an advance in price ; good Iambi has also been in great demand , and sold up readily ) at large prices ; those of inferior quality were negj lected . The best beef was eagerly bought at 7 VA i second quality 7 d ., and inferior 6 | d . per lb . Good wether mutton realised 7 d . varying from that down to 6 d . per lb . agreeable to size and quality . The i best lamb was readily sold at 8 a " . with seme ef an ordinary description at a shad e less . Number of eattleat market : —beasts 744 sheep and lamb » —
, 7896 . . r , * m L ? Pool r CoUN Mab * bt , Monday , Jub * 17 . — ± nu » week the imports are extremely small oi nil gram , but the release of the Foreign , whieh . since the firet inet . amount * to 61 , 187 quarters of wheat and 16 , 10 » barrels of flour , has kept the market abundantl y supplied . The in proved demandj neted last Tuesday has continued throughout theweek , and an extensive business been transacted in ' both wheat and flourthe prices of which have been
, fully sustained . The best English and Foreien white wheats have brought from 10 a . to 10 s . M . and red 93 . 3 d . to 9 * . 10 d . per 701 bs . The ordinary runs ef Mediterranean 8 s . to Ss . Gi . and hard 6 * . 10 d . to / s . 2 d . American flour has sold readily at 35 s . \ to 37 * . per barrel of 196 ibs . The sales on Friday and Saturday were from 12 to 15 , 600 barrel * . Oai and oatmeal have been rather less inquired for ; 3 s . lOd . to 4 ,. 3 d . per 451 bs . are current rates feri the former , and the be « t oatmeal is held 37 * . to 3 S « J
per 240103 . There has been an active demand fo ? jjnndmg barWy at 5 s . to 5 * . 3 d . per 601 bs . and some lots of English have sold at 38 * . to 4 . U . per imp . quarter . Beans are rather cheaper , —the best are selling at 46 i . per imp . quarter . No change in the value of peas . ° London Corn Exchange , Monday . —There kE . * 7 a % ™ f , ? . PP y of wheat from Essex , Kent and Suffolk for this day ' * market , and a verl limitedquantity of every other description of grain from these counties ; but since this day se ' nnieht there has been a good supply of earJi from Ireland , with a fair quantity from our own coastand the
; imports of foreign wheat , barley , and oats , during the past week have been tolerabl y good . There was a good stead y demand for fine English wheat at the prices of this day se ' nnight , and no material variation in the value of secondary sorts . Prime foreign commanded quite as much money , with a fair sale to our own millers , and a few country buyers were up this morning who took good conditioned parcels at last week ' s currency : inferior qualities were offered wmewh . t cheaper . Flour was without alteration in value . Prime barley met a fair sale , at quite as much money . Malt was fally an dear . Beans and peas wer « r » tr « n nffn .. ^
steadily and at fully fast week ' s curacy / T ^ demand for oats was mostl y eonfined to the consumers ^ who ^ gave aboat the rates of last Monday rer the best heavy corn , in some instances for really choice samples , a trifling ^ advance was established . IteZZT T * ' ** ? ™ of b « ° ded oats , but a , the duty on this article moves so slowly down , bo advance could be established generall y , [ few choice ? k ! Wnaa * n 4 heaty Datcb - com brought a sl ig ht improvement . Linseed and rapeseed as last NnrS ?* ? . ? « I 'i > Market , Monday .-ihtS ™ » £ * «« wpjply of beasts in our market « n » S g f " ' 1 0 BPared with that exhibited here « J * . 8 e n ° 1 « ht > *> n » e «* at on the increase , was , the time of year considered , , limited , ' it consisuog f nearly 800 less than thatThewn at W 3 " 3 > ng market ^ ay last year . The general quality of the beasts howtrer wm snnerior .
narticnrn £ V * tr ? * T" ***** by steanVpacket * En ^ ? 4 ' 0 those from Norfolk and Devonshire . -Having a large attendance of both metropolitan and provincial dealers , all kinds of beef commanded a brisk inquiry at an advance on tSr . " o ie 8 8 f from 2 d . to 4 d . per 81 b , } ? UK f l 8 Dper u ° r ScotS ^ Wng 4 s . 10 d . per 8 lb . ttw , T ^* eHhanced Ae highest quotations £ tJ ? ' er 8 lb - *« figure waV only ob SfSSL *^ t . . " ? ? rdimH T P rime Southdowm ., the number of which did not excied 200 whilst the So ^ f' e ^ ^ " * . ' mmatS , » t SI a **'* " * * <*• P « r » " » The lub trade to-day waa iteady , at an iBnr < . » m «» « f f , nm 2
V \ T K r 8 lb - Ti " « ^ Sh £ gold at from 5 s . 6 d . to 6 sf 4 d . ; tl «>> efroi ? o £ rp « li from 5 s . 2 d . to 5 a . 4 d . per 8 . 1 b .
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O CONNOR , Esq ., of Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , » t fci » " Printing Office * , Not . 12 and 13 . Mar *?* Street , Briggate ; and Published by the »> JbtHWA HoBtON , ( for tb . * said Fb »» O'CoNNOB ^ at hii DwelKag-house , No . * « Market-street , Briggate ; an internal C < unn » ' nication existing between the said No . V Market Street , and the said Nos . 12 , . » i & Market Street , Briggate tha » eonstituunS th » whole of the said Printing and Pabluhiflf Office ene Premises . AU Commanicationa mart b « addressed , ( Po * P * i < i , ) to J . HOB 3 QN , fforthirn S » r 0 $ * Leeds . ( Satwday , June 22 nd , 1839 . )
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NEW SOUTH WALES . MASSACRE OF NATIVES . { Abridged frem the Observer . ) Letters * na (» pm wkleh h « ve just r * Mhe « us trom 8 idnej , Mevr South WiJm , h « ve furnis ! « d «• wiih . ccountao ) innesef m cold blooded ui he » rtl « w murder * w over steinr t ths mhsJi f ' eriawia any country . Tk » whol * ol the miacretnta were discovers * , arrMtoa , in 4 tlretdy hmvt savan of them eiputed thtir offtnee oa th « paUom : not-• rithstonaing , we regret to ssy , rery strong efforts on th » part of some or the Sydney newspaper * to prHa < H « tt »« public mind is their ( avoir , ana to lUy the retribution which Ouut
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THE PERSECUTED LONDON BOOKBINDERS . TO THE KDITOHS OF THE NORTHERN 6 TAR . Gentlemen , —It hssbeen truly observed by a wise and good man that monopoly and injustice are weeds of the same dunghill , add flourish beat together . Thia sajing is peculiarly applicable to that unpriucipli .-d faction of money-mongers in London , who are now peMrcuting the j . utnejnjen bookbiRders . _ Thia baso clique , or as they call thcma ^ lvra this A « so « iaticm of Masters , are continoaUy changing their po * iti » u , that is , they are continuall y devising new achrmes whereby to oppress and etarve into slavery , thoue brare men , upon the produce of whose labour they riot in luxury .. You are aware that above tire months since , they indictvd sixteen of the bookbinders for connpiracy , and have net as yet , either from fear of defeat , or fr » m a mure daatardlr and inhuman nature brought them t- trial . Thev have now as a
Thisqu xtruggle for the just right * of the working man to belong to a trade society , ia now agitating the mindi of thousands of working artiRaaa in tbi » kin gdom . It has already coat nearly i' 4 , ^ 00 , and the trial which is now on the » ve ef beinr brought to an is » ue will cost upwards of ^ 7 u 0 more . The trades societies have most of them liberall y subscribed , and we doubt not will continue to subscribe until the termination of this momentous atruggle . 8 orae portion of the liberal press , especiall y The Northern Star , The Operative , and The Charter , have generously advocated the canso of the industrious aons of labour , and the bookbinders of London have under all their sufferings and privations proved themselves worthy of the support o ! every working man , for out of 2 S 0 men who were twentythree weeks sinue turned out of their einpteyinent , for maintaining the grrat principle of trades unions , only four have been bane enough to sell their birthri ght for » mesa of pottage . Only fu « r out of 250 , are content to be Hlaves in buff . We therefore , kincwly hepe that their fellow op * rativt g of every trade never will foreake them , norallow them to be sacrificed at the unholy shriunef Mammon . With every « on 6 dence in the working men in this kingdom , I remain , GentUmen , Yours in true sincerity , AN ENEMY TO OPPRESSION . Manchester , June 16 th , 1839 .
estion of the bookbinders last resource , traverned the trial to the Court of Qneen ' g Bench , and , as a climax to tkeir injustice , they have so man ag « d th « affAir that the meu are to t > e tried bra "Special Jury . " It would thus appear that a tyrannical determination has taken possession of their rainda to wreak their ivjustico upo » t !* e HifleriHg men and thm families , either by imprisonment er transportation under one of the worst of the many bad laws , which are the curae of thi « great nation . Let ua again foqviir » what crime have thene men committed ? They have refused to discontinue to unite for theprofc-etioii of their labour , and for this , which none but a law made for slaves and serfs , would evi-r designate a crime , they would drives them to herd with felon * . Surely it is enough that two of thein hare already fallen victims to thia unjast persecution —or will the vindictive and cruel spirit of this ansociatiou be satiitud with nothing leas than the complete rain of th . » e honest men and their families—are they go dead to tho foe ) - ingd of common humanity , an to fill the enp of misery t » the brim ? Let us h » pe for the Hake of Him whom some of th * m prefess to worship and « bey tbat they will comply with hia Messed words , and " C * aan to oppress tho poor and needy . "
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Southwick . —Messn » . Binnsand O'Neil visited this place on Wednesday last , and succeeded in forming an Association . The peopl « here are Radicals to the back bone , but they want orfraniziniy .
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» THE NORTHERN STAR . ____^__ J ™ k 22 , 1839 ~
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 22, 1839, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1062/page/8/
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