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l WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . ADJOURNMENT OP THE MIDSUMMER SESSIONS FOR THE TRIAX OF FELONS , &c NOTIC E IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Midsummer Genebu , Quabtbb Sessions of * e Peace , for the West Riding © f the County of York , -will be holden by Adjournment , at Wakb-FIKI . D , on Monday , the Fourth day of Sbptbubkb next , at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon , and by further Adjournment from thence will be-holden at Sheffield , on Thdbsday , the Seventh Day of the same Month of ^ SKRriiiBEB , at Half ^ asfe Ten o ^ Clock in ^^ renoo ^ fw tbft TRIAjt OF FELONS AND PS $ SpNS INDICTED FORMISpjBMEANpRS , wbeuAU Jurors ; Suitors , Persons who stand- upon Recognizance , and others hating business at the said Sessions , are required to attend the Court . Prosecutorsi aief Witnesses in oases of Felony and Miwlemetnor from tho WapontakjB * ipf Staincliffe andEwoj ^ aarotthlAinsty . AgbriggaadMorley , Skjraok and Barkatonaah , must attcnTtbe Sessions ' at WikEpm , b ; tahd'Otiose from the Wapontakea of Straffortb , jmd TJokhiU , O ^ ldoroaa and Stainoross , biBing ; the remainderof theWest Riding , must attend at the Sessions at Sheffield . A" Second Court will be appointed which will proceed with the Trial of Felons , as soon as a sufficient number of Indictments hove been , brought into Conrt . ¦ ¦ - . ¦ - . , C . H . ELSLEY , Clerk of the Peace . Clerk of the Peace's Office . Wakefield , 17 th August , 1843 .
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SOTBTH "WALES . Swassxju— -The mutton : 1 s up a penny a poundJ and wdl it may ; for treriavB this mooing I > eaB Javoored jritfe-aBottHt impartaHori ^ 200 red-eoaU , { bringing % iihtiieffl 18 bawelssrfamiinitaon }; and aniore himjrv-I » e - ? ot yOT ' TjerBT ^ tr ^ " . 3 B ^ looi ^ M ttw ^^ ey vtmfii devonr * rp ' every ; green thing ,: - . fRuTtoxxxtir of Egypt ,-wers -eTOB ^^ BMMqingi >» t vBfifpfr- ««» * ftrsmfid land in lidng only tfflietea with , toccata of One lied ; tert 3 nSwiMBB » ti » w « ili * BP 7 ia » perfectly awsranug . ana a * TOied * 3 n Hteap ' ^ wm 5 aBrT ^ nto ^ an fc . CTe&sTB iboVlocutt'iril&SHI » JoeraSa- ^ orasto inlSne coata » a ioeosta in «^ Hpa&olBng locusts and ^ icQ « sangT- «» lloe 6 rt 8 a ^ iirijan ^ i ^ npiKihited » a maint ^» a ' te ; ll » « xp « a » pnrpewe Of Nanjing terror totbeTery souls of Coppennen , CbartiBtg ^ tebecca , ibe
and ier dan ^ zteM . ^ 3 n * Goppermen are * tn oborn . Shey >» ai ieUberheai w » fcteafc . Tbey ' sro daHy holding ibeir ineotingH in quietoea and peace . On IxMay la ^ tfcey ^ lieia a "very nnmerona * gathering at lam&amM , where they again ' agreed to stand 2 rr o , and aflerraidB -walked in procewicai , to the uran-!< 3 r ^ T . ooo ,-ajrod | D : ai 8 to * n of Heath . The report to-day is . that Mr . Benson has given in , and that thB jner . in his employment i- £ turn to their < weik at Iheold jprvxs . I cannot roodi for the troth of this , hut shall g ^ Te you further partlculari in my next If it be tme , it only confirms the prediction 1 made in your columns lan-srEtk , thatinconaeqnencsoI ^ heaerioQs lejnry done to « pp& ^ oda by a stoppage , the masters \» onldeome off ~ second be * t ^ m tb&jj&uggle . A paeon of tte
name of G . B-IPoynion , following In the train of John Jenkins , M . A . addressed a second manifesto to the Copper-Twofcas , * vin ^ he-uame of the lara" Jesus Christ , " chsxghig them -with a breach of eontract in sot appointing & deputation to trait Hpon Inm acoorSing to promise . Sb invited them to a Conference In the Bsebabite Boom , and thither . your correspondent repairta , but only flro persons responded to Hi invitation ; sad these -were completely disgusted with the twaddls to -vrhidi he gave utterance . 1 give yen a sample and from thai yon may judge of the sstS : — " You . have done vrrong in ceasing to vroik ; for the Ixrtl hath aaM that yon are to be diligent is l « iRnesa sad ferrent in * ptet , and He -will pnnish yon
la disobeying his commands 1 " Here one of the men xonsx&sd that ke thought- it -would be more in aeeordsnee with the Dlvioe character to pnnish the masters for lowering their -wages . ThlB -was a poser 3 ao « ff ^ Mi . O . B .: Poyntoiu 8 et » on another tack ;— "Iam ae&t by the Lord Jesus Christ to command you to letarn to you -work ; 3 am-not employed by lire mas"ten , so telp me Ck > d ! hut the means of redress is in yomr <* n hands , and that means of redress is prayer . 3 * ray trithent ffwutfng . - If yon pray asd-pi ^ y aright , yon twH cTen be able to pray the queen fr # m the throne , " Ac He hasTsnied a pamphlet in the same ipeohere&t sixain , a copy of which I enclose . Is there so -way of getting ttia gentleman taken case ol by his Hfinds " ? " : " ¦ % - " - -
Ifca Chartists iere , good men -sndtrae , ttaTB neither -CODCtrfion with Sebeeea W her ^ daughters , bat an -sasolT&d that our own agitation ahaS sot go to tie 'Win . They conseqnfinay Qetennined thit thB present Cpportnmty should uot pasa -without the Peopled Charter being held forth as -lbs -only remedy for 3 rttaui'a -wrong * . For that purpose a deputation -waited « 33 Tth& person who hsa the letting of tbe Trades * Hall , in order to proeoe that place of meeting for tbepropsed lecture . He agreed at once ; the bargain -was atznckj and the bills -were issued . Bat ' he is a Sfcurgeite , I * agn «* , aoa anythin ^ - »^ an ; and « onse-5 BSitly so iailh is to he Jcept -with Chartists- ¦ Accordingly , on -Edday eTBning , wb leeeivsd a sole , stating that a majority of the proprietors -wonld not allow the HaH to * e used for such an unholy purpose . The postponement of the lectors -was eonsegnently anxttmirxd . TBot-ChartiBni Jsaiardyplant ; itthriTes in Bjoteof ^ plolssnd ^ oanterploto ; ao a thinllumabiU has tsen asreed to , of ¦ which the following is a copy : —
** OUB . JSTGHI 31 A 3 O > 'WB ^ WIEL BATE THSK!—"Wb *^ feTJ ^ d * Hi > T ) crdmTig < m'bfaspnginy , summonses liB ihe people together , to inculcate the doctrines of Sn UEEonditiDnsl submission to ararice and injustice , fi » toncus of authority is silent ; but -B-hen the Tpice rf trath demands toJbe heard , prodaiming the - wrongs of BU opprtased people ,-theai tbe iron aun jof faction is xaisefi , in Ihe Tain hope of oushing principlesTrhiob abexerer can , winch she nerar » hall , robdne . True , M > e may o-rerawe ths timid , a > that , In isgrant tiola&an ol their pfighted word , they may break through rery engagement they 2 » tb formed , and Tefnse the
T&euSa of fteedoai a place -wherein to assemble ; but abecaciwither depriTB them of the earttifor a plat iMm , nor of the Tanlt of hea-ren for a canopy . 3 ! hWe--£ se > vurlung zcen , show by yonr . Bombers and yonr firm , bnt paacefnl dsmeaaoar , yonr » rr ? ent ntfarhrnent to Jbe cause tf liberty ; and 3 et Mm who ' -would counsel sesrecy or Tioienoa , 1 » forthwith branied as a foe to yoarcanse . A puHie meeting win be held « n Tuesday srening across the ^ ar / for the purpose of considering the -rtob ? s of Jhe working classes , and the mains tow ibese -wrongs Tiay , be riihted . * The place' of mee&ng to fe mxrfad odi by the "Dnlon Jack , and the fists half-past ; sir precisely . * . *
There is great exdlement among the people in eons »> 5 OEEC 8 of being " diddled" ' cat of tha Hall , and it is BEpectadihat . a ™ riwgTftii »» v > m 70 > pf > ^ ni wftB ^^ f qq
Xoesday eTemng , under •" : ' "Tte flag that ba-fed , a thousand yean , Ths battle and th&breae , - in oraer to bear the -words of truth and soberness . BebescshaaberataJuag a ^ ap thia week . She is JoaJy-engaged 5 n seenring "her hayj and « onseqnently fbB " pikemen enjoy a litlle breathing-time . ' The truth ikj Ciets are ^ ioS a great immbffl of gataleft to remoTe Sntooeortwo ia-re been ^ taian Sown ; and that , tog ^ her -with shooting at a Magistratt ^ -aye , and hitting ffai—som . 'up bra iBXploltstMa week . * > Aa J am ths only person -who bii lately figured in your colnanslrom this quarter of the "world ,, a -word trom ma . iaysferenes to tbe xttaek ^ sn Mt O'Connor is ( Ad - -H . 3 b . er Gnmtesr ^ may perhaps 1 » excused . The Tha&TepofisxxDLBA certainly hare beenlabottrlng mode the " abertatic ^ i of inteH 6 Ct " : "which aeems of late to ka-re afflicted the -whole establishment ,- in conjuring up ^ sotHy -rioona of ja ^ ee , TetDbution , and O'Connor .
I * Batters nofwliare Walter or his aatellites may be located . Ihe eoamplon of the people seems to haunt ¦ them in their -very dreams ; and they gire Tent to their ^ mmberiEg phan ^ ades with as gra-re a grace ar if they » btb indeed zeaHSea , Xta -my own ^ part , aliboagii I aanacoaespondent of thB 5 ior , I am tio correspondent rfMr . O"GonniioT > . In common with tboosinds more 2 admire his taitnts , his consistency , and bis noble ^ eroaon to fee cause of the people . Bat if I am the roiiy to -whom the zepooter albsdes , I beg most ymrtirny toassnre "Hm ee UKSl for 1 ha-re mnch too great a iBgard for my ; nigiirB rest to allow it to be abrid ? eii by attending any liebeccamustei ; and ecerysigfti CKrf J fewf ^ ees 4 * Fide , ^ hare keen auugly enseanced Jn the sheets , at any . preseBt address , somewhere shout ten or eleren o'clock . But maniacs' xatings are » ouiid jsenas , -when wmpared * ith the Mating which daily emanatesfcomTrJnSngHouae-sgnare ; and the only ¦ wondar is that parties are fooliah enough to pay for th « Xnbbiah
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fiin . itKKR OF "WIELUM SMITH , X 3 F COLNE , PBOil WAKBFIELD GAOL . The Chartists-of ColnB and Tit 3 nity hafe not » litfle jihaten the nerves of the middle class tyrants by the splendid leoepaon "which they haTe giTen to thiB bonest and lmflimWi ^ rfifl ^ mnmt m ^ "Hs return from frwelre months eapariiy , under a » tender mercies of fits health-destroying and brutal ailent system . Be was releaaea on &teroay morning , at nine o ' clock , and receiTBd by ! MTr A ^ ra b » T" Greenwood , who -Was delegated to escort him iome . They arrived by fii © aSeren o ' clock trainatTodmorden , and from thence lode to Bnmley , "whert th ^ ,, "woe met by old Commodore Mead , of Birmingham , " and Mr . J . B . H . B ^ ir-» toKi and others . - They proceeded onward to the Kelson Inn , Maraden , -where they were met by a magnifijesnt " btass band and splendid "white burner from Bmrowfanl w 5 tti a inmerous body of people from the -s-i l s ut r ^ w illilirltrtff ¦ ^ ¦ - .
As aoon . aa the , musicians had bean refreshed , the nnnerbas prooeision formed . The WatersidB Band and three banners ureeed ^ d the car in which were seated : this ^ ticfim o ! niddle-class . oppression , Mr . James TSMg ^ ft rf ColnE ^ Idr . Bairstow , Mr . Mead , and two of Mr- Smitli >» ona - another "baud and ¦ eTeral banners isinginjjTnpthejeat ~ 3 Qlb ibad was liteally crowded ^ tbe aa ^ nbledjatoBsaaas , -who ^ rinoedthe . 'waimBSt regard to ihsirlionssifellow-toTnsuian , and the undying principles for-srhichtshas Mfered , Cbarfism is *?*_ aeaai 2 To , uo tteannpt . 'wfil viena Cis i it is ajanhieaTa a » « l » art of hearts" of the ^ fflingrreiiBonB .. It "was a cheerlnB siriuVtotbs patriot rf
5 ° ?^ w ^* ^ ^ aa % . dsspondaney to the ^» ue akfag ^ o ^^ Mktta ., _ lt ^» , S et ^ wA Jhis -was * « Es | aaiabl 6 f barrier io ; tt » ^ tog / amdl a » g" *^^^^ - " *^ Menu was -wtil wwaided bj Jha rathmfeaafrira ^ : of lmnuwds of Tamdly' hands . » ttfce a ^ htrf ^ unoasas ofamiling l * cei , lorthetem ! jorary delay . ? - > _ - - ^ , - J Shei procession at length reached ths Oartist Boom » i Windy Baik , and the people iren % aefi 7 « adreaed 1 ^ -Mi- Sami- jwbo-Js msch debmtated and ^« aiwi rw Holgite , Mead , and BMTBtow , ^ iften t hty yetirrf Joj P *^*® : ^^^* * «»^* a gM « , aad-Owtoil * of Jhe "wwk , in tha bosom of "S r'd BsUtttfs swe ^ jBrtprer , bahnyatesp . " There -were upwards of £ . o « o TM CUW KBXTD ^ j X 3 U . -JUSTT , Ajr » SOiail .
On Sunday , a camp jneetiBg wasij&ld apoB-Grindl © atone Hurst Th »; ip ( i » ttTtg , wai -a larg * oa »; tfe d » y » q * A ; t ^ ftobearlBg : Wha ; : tbii « pot- a perbet amphitheatre . ^ Mean » . 'Holgxte , Mbos » y , Ibboion , & Bradford , Me » d / B » teto » , aadSnUa each addrewed ftty Mi » WTnKl »^ t ^ pTTTfi ^* . ' ¦ * > ^ 'TtlBTTit Btten ^ oO " tf
Tfftftjn *^ -, - ? Tfeti ' -- gfflf ^ j *^ l * <* ' 1 IBj an 4- * * TmtE * rfc ' -fhrMiTarfT *" " ° f -imrit tf- ^*^ - ^^ j ^> ' - »>»»• ^«~~* oppo aente- ^ Chur tiaa ^ ^ t » iaperbtohle -nature of our j ^ Mi pl » Afcertbi in « fing ,. » hont * hun < lr © d «« dowhtatea inaieCijarastro omi "which was tastef oily ^ eeorated te th ^ occasion . The Tiands were exeaUen a ^ the sr raBgemeato admirable , In the evening a Kfireetook plase , -wbesiMc , Sonata-was again called tb tt » chftlr ; the following wenHmento Trereireapoaled to
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in a strain of ittirt-ebeerlng eloquence ,, such as has aeldom been witnessed InjmejeHngsof tbanatttra . 3 . « A speedy dissolution of the Ctwaxh from the Safe . * '"'' ... ' . ? -= —! , ¦ -. f --. . ' - ' - * ' " ' " ¦; - ¦ > , -. Besponded to by Mr . Mbai > , "who gate the clergy a wellnierlte ^ an 5 » e ^ e » ea 8 ^ gMipn . J „ .. " 3 . «' " The 1 ^ ti « f woaianVV ; * ;; 1 . - . * 3 te » pon « Bi to * y ? Ir .. M 6 o » T , who ga ^ e a iatioiaal ind spirited exMbMoa of the abstract right : of wosaan toprotecUon . ^ " '' i " \ - - "' ' { ' 3 . « - ^ , I » bUi » lj lOTe ^<> h ^ iua'f Bresponded Jht ^ y ittrXllBBOisoii , of Bradford , in a mannej > hich did credit jfc 6 Kb head and heart . 4 . "A ' -ipeedxtdowafin ^ to class leglalation , and snecess to the People ' s Charter . " \ Besporded to bj'Mti Buaztovr . in a lenrihy and splei ^ dsmeclx . f
JtOMDAY , ETBMIKG ' S SOIB . BE . Mr . James Holgate In the chair . 1 The band of vocal aua instarumental performerB , who had kindly yoltuteeredtheliaenioesfor Che occasion , commenced the entertainment by a piece from the Oratorio of Judas Maccabee * . *«« oond tt » Alarm , " in ^ flne st yle . The CHAiaitiM then rose to propose the firet senti ment , *< The People , the only . sovereign power . * Responded to by Mx . Jakes Mqoney , in a neat but short addreaa . j Second sentiment : —'' The immortal memory of the patriot dead ; th * honour of thej living entonbed martyrs ef liberty In this and aU countries . " Responded to by Commodore Mead in an engergetib speech . j ¦ After -which , the chorus of " Oar Father , " by the profeadonala . Third sentiment : — " The health of our respected , honest , patriotic townsman , Mt Willam Smith . "
Responded to by Mr . Joshua Watson ; jrho spoke to the long established , consistent , and honourable conduct of Mr . William Smith , and appealed to the -universal testimony , which the public had borne to his character on the two previous ( Jays , as a proof of his assertions . \ Mr . Smith rose to thank his fellow democrats , and f are a touching and soul-harrowing narrative of his mental and bodily sufferings ( made ten times more affecting by the tremulous , enervated , and shortbrestbed confHHon of the speaker ) . FHia expression of rigid determination to pursue the same line ~ of conduct that heiad ever pursued ^ had an elttctric effect upon the meeting . M ? . Smith sit down utterly exhausted , and -was shortly afterwards obliged to retire . Chorus—" Arm ye brave , " performed In glorious stylo by the vocal and instrumental performers .
Mr . HOL 6 ATB then said , Friends , I rise to propose the last sentiment—* ' The democratic press , " and called upon Mr . J . H . Bslrstow to respond . 1 Mr . BiiBSTbw -went j > ret * y fully , and -with his usual energy into the ^ subject , and elicited reiterateel rounds of enthusiastic applause . r Chorus by the professionals— " We -with redoubled rag * - " ' ' ¦¦ " " -j . The room-was cleared for dandnajA eleven o ' clock Songs , recitations , and tripping ttoffths light fantastic toe-was carried on with the utmort spirit and hiliarity
until two o'dook next morning . Commodore Head gave us bis ' own songs , " Loud roared the people's thunder , " ana ¦• ' The fidiith the carro ^ ' poll j" and he convulsed the audience with laughter by his recitations of * ' Job and the barrel of beer * T «? The Vicar and Moses , " i&MtSeary Soya sang "The Ocean Chil * , " and "The scarlet flower of Bonnie BUerstte" in a soulthrilling and masterly ™ ftn " T > pr . Other jsongs . and amusements filled up the intervals . TJponf the whole such a spirit of reaction is excited which wef hope will have a glorious effect upon the public mind , j
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6 am Sxot ahx > Loss <» Ia « iif Caiudjl , upok xaB ABmvzBsjtKT cm tb * BiriLsior tb * Boths . ^ Km ^^^^^ -iiittdidM ' w ^ -- ^ p # ' afliK ^ at ^ Kingston , Canada ; ta the 12 th - ttltimo , on iho ' ooca-« oh jrf ^ siaa » Mai ^ rof ; ihe ? Boji »? DoHnTthe ^ j / ffi ng 8 feMiallJ 3 re »^ etv \ A | jSaVBine = ia wio ereningi fileoutbreak eommeoeed ; f 3 The milil *»» jr were called upon the er 6 un ± { Three persons SSaSS ^ ¦ ¦ ¦? v ^ rf itofeeliB ^ oriiMiaitf H ^ hJ ^ f * » bMdoned all puMio - -p ^ essidii r \ Ct y ^ ? md " ^^ y eonJned tteiuselvea S ^ J ^^ S ^®?* they Wined Aether lie atadaof thewpealerewere pnacipallroonfined to ibese loema . Some fourteen « t ffirS noieta were amstod , and now » wait ttS ^ iSk
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XO | IHB EDIXOB O ? IHKNOETHBEN STAB . sra ^ -jrhe &te :: of . Z ? 0 uiiiiali ^ yini&mt saiuiot fall to •*» te .-ffl » wBL > aJgh from erery breart , especially where ^ P ^? P [^^!^^ W * L hes * njl £ ts compatriota had | denttfie | tte ^ lTeaarekapwa . ; . - ; , W ^ tdlr ^ ul in ^ er ^ Vmust tha ^ pro dace Buch a reckless disregard of life as evinced In hteun-^ 2 ? ^» ^ # » ?* MJm * << : he » teoi ahoald it be Inflicted 3 px endured ? Over and over again , these tales of mtaeftjimuDhjnu r ears—ttma after time the algh of snfl ^^ ijgjbpriejacroes the ; Axtended ocean : no one
dam to deny the amount of wretchedness therein con-¦ re yedjand yet nothing is done io rescue botnaa beings - ^ our ^ feUoiir : craiture 8--out co untrymen—from its horrors f v Why was tender compassion and fellow feeling implanted in our aature , if not on occasions like these to manifest themselves ? No pestilential scourge prp ^ uc » i ) th& > uffiiring . ^" nor lack of returning seasons ¦ with their ; fruits . The cause of tho evil man may remove i ^ ortehinaelt gare birth thereto , and whit he creates he ican destroy . . .. . Hear what an eye witness says of the snSeribgs endoredatPort Arthur
andMarquarrieHarbour—• 'The Inquidtlona in Spain-were uothing in atrocity and diabolical sacrifice of human life to these earthly hells . The prayers and groans of the dying creatures are drowned in the bustle of renewed tortures , and the rattling of ; cbains attached to their unfortunate companions . . Some wreak their vengeance on the instruments of hell , » o a » to be executed in Hpbart town , hoping then to have an opportunity of disclosing the sickening erielties { practised towards them . This is , however , denied j them ; . the clergyman frequently putting his hand to the , month of the dying man to prevent the assembled multitude from hearing his last words ; and making the signal to the executioner many seconds before the appointed time , lest one-word should escape from the lips of the mnrdered victim . "
A writer in the Colonial Macaztne , after detailing the sufferings of eight rou-a-way convicts , -who , baying betaken themselves to the bush , had been forced to e » t each f other , in order to sustain life , till only one remained ; exclaims , "Can mortal Bufferings—mortal debasement—be presented in more abject , more heartrending colours ? . A run-a-way convict—a felon murderer—forced to support life by cannibalism—hopelesB topreserveit by ^ flight ^ -nay , even unable to ofifir it in atonement of an uncontemplatedI offence . Such was the awful position of Pearae ! the man who alone out of the eight « malned I The ' writer goes on to state that Pear » &"waa afterwards taken by some busb-iangera , to whom his melancholy adventures being unknown , he was merely sent back to Marquarrie Harbour : from
which , notwithstanding all tbat he had endured , sudh was the horrors of his situation , he again fled ; urged thereto by a person of the name of Cox , and induced by the powerful apprehension of corporal ponisBUieut for the loss of a shirt which had been stolen from him ; the . horrors of the feuah being less thau his dread of remaining where be was . The same dreadful hnnger was again , endured , to which Cox fell a victim , and Pearse was shortly after wsrds arrested , sent toHobart Town , and . executed . Murder , we are informed , in the above-named publication , is of frequent occurrence at the penal settlements ; and the perpetrators have almost invariably declared that " they commuted the deed , in order that they might be rid of a hopeless life . " t
Countrymen , is it not enough to banish a man for ever from } his home without following him to the distant land ^ which he is exUed , there to persecute and render life thus unbearably wretched ? Would a wise and good ! parent thus treat his ofcpring , however wayward and abandoned they had shown themselves ? But do out rulers ever act- like just and wise parents , either at hoioe or abroad 7 Few , were they to do this , would ever stand in need of banishment for their crimes ! . and how different would be their conduct towards these who were so driven ! " We have , "
they would say . " exiled you for your crimes ; with your banishment the law is eatitrfled ; this strange toad is now before you , make the most which nature will afford yon here ; cultivate it ; erect your own dwellings ; be honest land industrious , and we will protect you from rapine and plunder l But instead of such coble bearing towards unfortunate beings sent , see oar rulers dividing the land ent of which every necessary and comfort of life hath to be made amongst their own profligate tribe j and dooming , all who ace banished , or forced ij -poverty to emigrate , to a life of slavery and unreqnited heartitrickening toil 1
Bestir yourselves , then , fellow workmen ; remember that it is your own elass which thus suffer—thus endure these grievancaa , aoul-bebasing -wrong *—and swear by all that ' s sacred , that they shall be known and felt no lenger . Yours , dec ., Richard Marsden .
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^ THE NATIONAL BENEFIT SOCIETY THE NECESSITY , ADVANTAGES . FAULTS . AND 1 NEFFICIENCIKS OF TRADE SOCIETIES . TO THE CHARTIST PUBLIC . Struggling Brothers fob the Rights of Labolb ., —When the master mechanic and mere employer of labourers , arose among our class , the divided interest of -the two classes became ao apparent as to suggest the necessity of establishing a society of each trade , to check encroachments on our daily bread ; and to take advantage of a rise in prices of manufactuies and provisions , to obtain for the prodncsr a fair share of toe increase ; and , as these Trade Establishments became larger , the increasing encroachments rendered the prevflotative societies more necessary , and their duties the more arduous .
Among the struggles against the wealthier and ¦ wealth-seeking class , those of trade societies have been the most important . Often bave they attempted to increase ] the wages of labour j oftener have they struggled ; with the over-reaching employer , whose avarice led ; him to seek riches by " withholding the hire of the labonre * ; in other -words , cut down wages . Often have they , in their endeavours to obtain and maintain ai"fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work , " been obliged to strike work , with a view to induce the oppressor to forego his wicked purpose ; and bat too often have they , for the want of some substantial property to fall back upon , been obliged to return to their laborious occupations worse slaves than they came out ! i
These were , however , only the more prominent attempts of Trades Unions . They have many and equally praiseworthy functions . Their ** 1 »* + nttf have been one continued struggle against the numerous attempts of the employer to reduce prices . In all trades have they often saved their respective members or particular shops , from suffering redactions , by taking out the individual on whom reduction waa attempted , and allowing him weekly payments according to the sin of his family till be could get employment elsewhere . This indeed is one of thek chief benefits ; the chief object * for -which they are associated . When a member is ) obliged to leave a town through want of employment , be is furnished with a travelling card , on which he is relieved in all towns where there is such a
society , except London . They also award a certain sum at the death of a member or wife to decently inter them ; and in some bodies they insure their members' tools against loss by fire , which they can do at a much cheaper rate than f the members could do it individually . All these advantages accrued to members and trades under the old plan of local bodies ; but as the local bodies were frequently unable to maintain strikes without appealing to other local bodies for pecuniary aid , the idea suggested itself of consolidating all the local bodies of a trade int « one national body . Several trades attended this , in various ways ; but the nearest approach to a perfect system of national trade society , I think , is the Manchester Union of Operative Cabinet Makers ; the plan of which was drawn up by a meeting of delegates from various townB . and amended by a
second delegate meeting . These have made great improvement * on ordinary trade societies , to wit , the establishing of a universal system of relief for their tramps of one penny per mile , and the equalizing all the expenees according to the number of members . But this body , through faults that have beeu removed and faults that still exist , has been mnch reduced . And it is to be lamented that when their rules set forth the simple way in -which all faults may be ratified , many lodges should have withdrawn without taking advantage of the rules and . their own right to seek amendment However , several lodges still remain in Union ; and others are gradually Calling in . being , by dear exper ience , brought to see that "i / w Vtaon , " with all its faults , confers greater benefits than any local body can do . ' f ;
Some of the most prominent faults of these bodies axe the fines for non-attendance on certain lodge nights and committees '; fines fox refusing to serve on committees , and other . ^ offices ; fines for neglecting to clear the books on certain nights ; fines for being in arrears ; fines . to go to the secretary for summoning to pay arrears . ! thereby increasing a peor man ' ti arrears , instead of devising some means to prevent arrears ^ or some cheap and easy method te get them in ; and lastly , when you leave them and wish to return , fines for re-entering . " The primary fault of these bodies has . Twenj that ! they bjh ^ not ^ been suffidenUy brotherly ; * lfchodgb ' iiimeeUny , •/ brottier' * baa been continually on tfieir Hpa . Although they had great and good objecia In View , their plans were not sufficiently extenaive to effect Uielr desires . .-.
The tradesrthen , have established local bodies , and proved them Inefficient ; seeing that they conli not get " sufficient manlwr ^ ttliair ^ biotnej operaayea Into them to make Viuwutaftil stand against , encroachment They have Wed'i ^ ona ! bodies ; and thw gh they bavefmpiovedoa tooldplans , they ar ^ stQl inefiadent i swdng thsy ' are : * ot snffidenUy adapted to the wants , wiahes ^ and feelingsdt' ^ % v 0 s ^ a-. u ^ : ^ HsikiMi tioniln their rMp 4 H ^ lvetoades . \ They aU n ^ ameh ' dAaous . * and to'irach amendatlonslet us faurn OM
atttentt ^ and * prc « e ^ . te aheWj Bfratgi ^ ttttjRmjiotiBd premises ; ir ^ iat alterations anaiwlditioiuf are neeesMry . - That these jp ^ defif ^ haVe dow : a gteat amoant of good , la thai the ( 7 have prevented scTrapid a iednctfon of the prioe of labour , as the employers sougkt to effiwt ; and in that they have relieved a great many « f their fellows from the heavy sebnrge of tyranny and pbver ^ , is a pleasing : fict ; and goas to shew the ! much greater amount of good that could be done by . an extensive AModatiou and a . larger sphere of action . Most members ot trade societies argue ; " if every man knew bis own
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interest ; if all of the tiade would unite with us , -we Bbould be able to maintain the price of labour . " Tais ' observation is tine , yet those who thai aigue seem not to have the inclination or ability to investigatei and aBcertaln whetber the real fault is hot more In ' the cdnstitu' tton of their own Borfety than . in the individuals who Seep out of It v Fof' instance ; -i ^ e * e ^ ^ e " entarauea fee . " I know it for oe ^^ even a five shUlings ^ entrance fee' teya beeii UieJonly thlDg that has : kept » me" men pat of a society they desired to join . OUief menVi ^ f . ' itof ^ i ^ t ^ sjoclr ' iiiwi would be no good in any society . I havehad good opportunity of knowing to the contrary . I have known poor members who ' could sot save a shilling frem their families ; yet the beat members of societies to
Which they and I have belonged . They have worked hard for it ; stinted themseives of pMce , and subscribed freely and willingly ; but sbiUings they could not g ive . . •¦ : . " . - . ¦ ¦ - : ""' :- ' { ¦ - ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ¦" - " -: ¦ :. - } It is almost surprising that with such noble , generous precepts as we have before us continually , and with such apparent desire to form Associations for the benefit of the Working' olasies ; -with Bncb , professions ol f' Brotherhood" on our ¦ Ifjps ^ ' aod invitation to onion ; living amongst eur order , and witnessing their privations , and feeling occasionally the pinch of poverty ourselves , we should eo fair forget all these things as to enact such restrictions as the teraas of Association . | Come , Brotber Operatives , let a new light dawn upon us . Let these " old things pass away . " Lotus begin the Work anew . Away with all restrictions , except those that are necessary to the maintenance of order .
Depend on't if an " entrance fee" or " fines" keeps a good brother from your Association , you lose the amount of his Weekly subscriptions ; and if the removal of the " entrance fee" will admit more members , you will gain the amount of their weekly or monthly subscriptions , and the services and brotherly bonds ef the men . Depend on it , too , that he who needs a " fine " to be held as a rod over him to keep him to his duty , will never make a good , servant ; neither will he whois forced Into office to avoid a fine . ' Every man is not fit for office ; and it 1 bjthe height of folly to force men into offices for which they are ttbnfc . ' No wonder your business is sometimes ill done or neglected , when ye set 'f pressed" men to do it In future let it be our rule to p pick" our officers , not" $ * $ ** " them . 1 Brother ChartiJta ahd operatives , in conclusion , I would draw yonr attention to the following fact * : —
| If the Trade Societies , with all their faults , have benefitted to so great an extent the working class ; if , in their narrowed spheres , they have done bo great an amount of good , or stayed so much evil ; how greatly may their benefits be extended by larger associations , and more extensive spheres of action . If local tirade bodies have done ; good , to their trades and members ; if a " union" of several localities under on ? elected , head exteads and increases the benefits ; what an incalculable amount ! of advantage would be derived from a consolidation of all trades and occupations , with their separate committees to arrange their own particular business ; with one elected council at the head , to execute the general business ; What immense advantage would , accrue from tbe consolidation of their fdads , to make purchase of property , and employ the
bands that may . be called out on strike , or thrown ont of employ from any other cause . Thus Would be saved to the members the vast sums of money that now annaally go for strikes and tramps ; Consider too , that the turnout and tramp would be placed in immediate comfort and independence . In time , we could gradually raise wages and prices to an equal remuneration with what w « could get in our own establiBhments , Our practical knowledge in -oov several bualneaaes , would produce ultimately a general preference to our productions , and ensure to us a large share of the home market ; and if we felt inclined to seek it , of the foreign market also . And have we not a right to all these things ? Shall we not seek by such a union a part of the advantages I have enumerated ? Is it not worth our while to attempt Such a union ?
5 What we want now is a plan embracing all these points . We could not bring the whole into operation immediately , but we may by " little and by little , " the society increases and the funds admit . . We should , however , have the whole road marked oat clear tbat we may commence the journey knowing the end thereof . In anxious longing , I remain your devoted Gracchus .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . ) CLEAVE . FOR VICTIMS . £ . e . d . Greenwich and Deptford ... 0 10 0 Mr . T . llammeraley , Bilston 0 0 6 Mr . Bigrare , Watford ... 0 0 6 Sutton-in-Athfield 0 5 0
FOB M * » 0 UALL . Proceeds of a Concert , Golden Lion Locality 0 12 6 Proceeds of a Ball at the Political Institute , Sheffield 1 12 0 A Friend , Brington ... 0 1 0 Mr . George Ashwell , Daventry 0 1 e Mr . Harris , do ! 0 1 6 Mr . Webb , doi 0 0 6 Mr . Lawaon do' 0 0 6 Mr . Wilson , Northampton 0 0 6 ^ m * ^ ^ f r , f r fi r 1 * 1 i- fi ¦ ¦ . ^ i ^^^^^ S ^ S ^^^ a ^^ j i < im ^>* f \ & \*\ Jj >^ *> j *^ Fi m
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The Akmt . —Ccrioos Circumstance—On Monday week , the last [ division of the o" 4 th depot marched from the barracka of this town- ( Traiee ) en route for Manchester . The excellent temperance band of the CaStle-street rooms mardhed at their head , playing them out of tovm as far as BaUyseedy , a distance of about three miles and a half . As the band * passed along the column on their return home , the soldiers took off their caps and heartily cheered the musical civilians . This' looks like "something in the wind " —don ' t it f On the division entering KilJarney their band struck np M Patrick ' s Day" amidst a vast assemblage of the , people which accompanied them into town . —Kerry Examiner .
Dbeadfcl End . —Caution to Drinkebs . —On Sunday last , James Holt , a fanner of Longfield , near Todmorden , was drinking nearly all the day . In the evening , ! he was at the Spinners' Arms , a beerhouse at Knowlwood ; he went into the back yard , and therelfell from a wall , a distance of some twelve or foun . een feet ; and then rolled forward , and fell down " a soar , " a perpendicular descent of some fifty or sixty feet . His back was broken , and his skull fractured . It is needless to say he died immediately . It is said that at the time he had a quart of gin in him , a quantity of other spirits , and lots of ale !
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mm DERBT . —The Chartists of this town heldthei usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening , the 14 th . instant Tae subject of the Conference was brought forward . It was agreed that the 5 th of September would be the most proper time , and Birmingham the most convenient ! place .
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Leeds Woollen Markets . —Though there has not been quite eo great a demand in the Coloured rialls this week as the last , there have yet been two pretty fair markets . In the White Hall there ia much more doing . In wool and oil , also , there is more firmness , and trade , altogether , ia better than it has been for some time . It must be understood , however , that the business done in both cloths and wools , consists of goods of low price , and of inferior quality . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Acg . " 15 . —The supply of Wheat to this day ' s market is considerably smaller than last week , other kinds of grain moderate . The lower accounts from Mark Lane haTe caused the millers to parchase ; Wheat Very sparingly at a decline of 2 s per qr . Oats and Beans continue in very limited demand and are rather lower . Last Wednesday was very wet , since very fine , till early this morning , we have rain , with an appearance of it coatiiaing .
Newcastle Corn Market , Saturdat , Adg . 12 . —The weather during the week has been very favourable for the crops , which are improving progress sively . To-day it is bright and hot . Wehadagood supply of wheat from the country to-day , which sold haaviiy at a decline of fall 4 a per ttr , wiA some portion remaining unsold at the close of the market . In foreign wheat we did nothear of any transactions taking place- Flour is dull sale , and even the best marks are offered Is per sack lower , middling marks are proonreable at an abatement of 2 s ; whites have declined in the Bame proportion . "Rye , barley , be » n 3 , and peas upon a very limited demand , have a tendency downwards . Being ! sh ^ ttly supplied { with , oats , fine fresh corn about supported last week ' srates * but all other deecriptions were easier to-day .
York Corn Market , Saturday , Aug . ; 1 &—W& are well supplied with Wheat to-day , and the trade rules doll at . a decline of 2 s dbt qr . Of Oats , the quantity offdring is : not great , bat - sellers are forced to submit io lower prices . In Beans bnt little alteration ; Barley nominal , Piour 4 a per sack lower With the exception of Wednesday , when we had * heavy rain , the weather has been fins , especially yesterday and to-day . . ; •¦ ¦ ¦ :. - Malton Corn Market , Satdbday , Adq . 12 . — There was a very-limited quantity of grain offering at this day ' s market . —Wheat , 60 s to 64 s per qr . Barley 32 s to 33 s per qr . Oats , 12 d per stone .
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THE SHEFFIELD CAST UtON KNIVES . Who sonld have tbongct that the exposure made oy ibe Trades of SheSeld , relative { to the extensive practice of foisting iipon the world east-metal knives and other cast metal hardware as gennine steel , wonld have leoTto snch important practical results ! Yet so it is . - 3 % e authorities have found ont , as set forth by the Trades , that the practice of making cast-metal entlery with the marks of genuine cotlery , ib expressly epntrary to an Act of Parliament ; and they have had two manufactwers before them , and convicted them , one in the penalty of £ 1 , 395 and another in the penalty of £ i \ 7 IQs ^ besides the forfeiture of the goods seized . j
Now this is rather ft strange proceeding in these "Tree 'Trade " limes ! If there be any tenth in "Free Trade " , these convictions fare manifestly unjust ! Free trade means free trade ; not a trade hampered with pains and penalties . The , Act of Parliament under which these convictions have taken place , was passed for the PROTECTION of the trade of Sheffield . A protected [ trade cannot be afreet one ; therefore these convictions are glaringly unjust ! Tme , there was fraud . True , there was cheatery . True , there was roguery . Bat what of that ! What has these things to do with the question \ Is there more irand than in the nse of shoddy and DeviPs Dost 1 And are not our manufacturers
*• free" to use those materials , and sell them as good wool ? Is there more fraud in Belling cast-metal knives than in daubing calico with piste , and finishing it so as to look like , and sell for , ; Irish linen" ? And are not oar cotton lords u free" to do that Monstrous interference frith " freedom" of trade , for the Sheffield magistrates to fine a man £ 1 , 395 for mrrely cheating a-bit 1 And more ? monstrous still that there should be an Act of Parliment to enable them to do so ! By all mejanB let Joe . Home look to this . If he peraits ' lhis act to remain on the statute book « ne boor after this decision , withont strenuous exertions to get it repealed , he is « traitor to his principles 11 \
The east-metal knives bave sot only been seized , bnt destroyed . The following is the account furnished by our own correspondent of the destruction : —Early on Saturday morning the following placard was extensively posted upon the walls of the town : — a Destruction op Cot&ert . —Seized under the 59 . Geo . lll , c 7 , entitled an act to regulate the Cutlery Trade in England . f " The Magistrates having requested me to cause ihe spnrioua cutlery forfeited by their order on Tuesday laBt to be destroyed , ! hereby give notice that the same will be publicly broken up in Paradisesquare , on Monday next , the 14 th instant , at twelve o ' clock . , " I
" W . BsoAi > HtmsT , Master Cutler . « Westfield Terrace , August 12 ih , ! 1843 . " The interest excited on thiB occasion amongst the "blistered hands * ' was immense ; and within half an hour of the time of •* destruction , " thousands of the workies were to be seen wending iheir way to the destined spot with smiling countenances . At twelve o ' clock a body of the police appeared , and after iaving cleared the steps , » eart drew np containing the forfeited goods . A number of men withhammers and anvils were in attendance . The Master Cutler then ascended the pl&ifora . and silence being obtained , proceeded as follows : — " Gentlemen , ' I now appear on a painful occasion to declare in the presence of this multitude , that sparious marked articles have
been stamped in this town . Such < proceedings as these are destined to ruin the trade of the best town in the world . Sheffield stood pre-eminent for its cutlery ; but if such goods as you will see destroyed this da ; in the presence of thousands are suffered to he exported , -we cannot expect to support ourselves at home , or sustain our trade abroad . England has always been famed for its commercial pursuits ; but if Sheffield persists in the manufacture of * Sow metal , * the world at large will bo longer give that celebrated town credit for its manufactures . " Cheers followed this address of the Master Cutler ; and on the appearance of the baskets containing the spurious articles , the cheering was immense . The hammers wentto work . An Immense quantity of carving knives
were broken to pieces : one man snapping them with his bands as ihongh the blades were glass , whilst a number of men were employed in the cart breaking up pen and pocket blades . i . The work of demolition being completed Mr . Edwin Gill and » few Chartist friends ascended the steps , when Mr . Joseph Cartledge , "was unanimously called to the chair . ' The chairman opened ihe business of the meeting by Borne very appropriate remarks , and was followed bj Mr . George GUIamore and Mr . J . Sowell , the latter moving a vote of thanks to the Master Cutler and the Cutlers Company tot the justice done that day to the artizMxa of Sheffleld . Mr . Edwin Gill followed , and laid the depression of the trade of Sheffield - to ite manufacturers , ( the advocates of free-trade . ) who by their swindling
propenBitles had destroyed the markets abroad , by gnlling fts foreignejB ; -l « nd jaa | hey had seen dieir goods were " of-no iraiu ' B at home . " Jle then alluded ^ 6 theredncdon of " Mr . Cpbd en 85 rorkmen 8 wases at CL ' thero ; to the strike at Aehton f and the coppermiakerein'WiJes . ) Heiea ^ oitddthe mee ting to Tyxai : i £ erflBeTres iwgetber la * : one man for ; the destractMHfef all monopolies , the first of which was class legislation ^ In conclusion , be moved the folio wing resoludon sr- That it is the jDpinipQ of this meetmg that the present depressionof ^ trade can sevCT ^^^ evla ^> var ^ flabo \ tf " -i 8 ] AOIJ ^ dJRwl xepresentftd in the Commons House of Parliaxnentr Tnis was seoonded by Mr . Bichaid Branch ' , an < carried nnanimoBaiyr Thanks lwirig Toted io the chairman , the meeting dispersed , fit is estimated that there were e % ht thousand persons present .
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THE ASHTON TURN-OUT . From the Manchester Guardian of Wednesday we give the following particulars of the Ashton turn-out . Of course the reader will bear in miud the source from which the information is derived , and know how to interpreti the bias so very perceptible in it : — 'The turn-out in thfe town and neighbourhood still continues , contrary to the expectation of many persons . It was generally believed that Monday morning would have seen , most of the operatives at their usual employment ; but , in consequence of the determined spirit manifested by the turn-out committee , tblis was prevented . The following is a summary of the proceedings since our last : —On Saturday , various shop-meetings were held for the purpose of
talking over the course that should be adopted to compel the masters to pay the wages which ware due to those of the . turn-oats who had left any work in the warehouse , previously to turning out . It was arranged that the hands of tbo various mills should go in a body to their masterB and endeavour to obtain payment . For this purpose , several of the mills were visited , and in one or two instances the hands succeeded in qbfainiDg their wages . Some little disturbance waa created on Saturday afternoon by tha workpeople in the employ of Mr . Rayner , in oonsequence of thargehtleman telling them , that he would not pay their wages until they returned to their employment . On receiving this ; answer , the hands , to the number of about 200 , surrounded the
gates of the mill , and expressed their determination to follow him home ; he consequently sent for the police , who on arriving at the mill , drove the people back , and prevented them following him through the streets ; they afterwards quietly dispersed . On Saturday evening , about seven o ' clock , the turH-outs assembled at the usual place of meeting , when " General Lee" was called upon to preside . He introduced Pilling to the meeting , who said , that he Wished them to pay attention while ho read over the names of those masters who had acted like stein by paying the wages of those who were in their employ . He said that some of the masters were endeavouring to drive I them into work by keeping their wages from them—Ccries of " They shan't" ) , —
» ut he trusted they , would be disappointed . He begged to call their attention to a statement which had been put forth to the world by the London Times . That paper , in giving a report of the turnput had said , that the magistrates were preparing for the worst , and it was expected that 200 or 300 special constables were t about to be sworn in ; that two troops of soldiers were coming into the town , &c . He hoped they would pay no attention to such lying reports , but aofc peaocabiy together . He concluded by correcting a statement which he had made in some former speech . Wolfenden next spoke , and eulogised the press fox the assistance it had rendered them , and he closed the business by saying that he should preach a sermon on that ground on
Sunday evening at six o ' clock , and he trusted they would bring their hymn ; books , and that there would beta good meeting . ; On Sunday morning , the trains from Manchester brought an influx of visitors into the town , consist ing principally of factory operatives , who , during the day , urght be seen strolling through the streets , anxiously waiting for the evening ' s meeting . In the evening , about six o ' clock , the place of meeting was crowded with' parsons from various parts of jthe county , in addition to the turn-outs . At the time appointed for ! the meeting to commence * Lee got into a cart j and gave out four verses ot the hymn commencing "O for a thousand tongues to jsing , " which was sung . Fie afterwards offered up ) a prayer , in which ! he implored the Almighty
to jbless their undertakings , and destroy all tyrants , &o . He then asked for a Biblo ; on one being handed to him , he directed their attention to the third chapter of Malachij and the fifth verse—•* And I Will come near to you to judgment ; and I will beta swift witness * ' * against those that oppress the hireling in his wages . " He dwelt at length on the passage , and called upon his hearers to consider well what had been said to them . On closing the book , he began to enumerate those millownera who , he said , oppressed the hireling in bis wages , and concluded by repeating some scraps of I poetry denouncing the factory system . —Wolfenden moved the adjournment of the meeting to Monday morning , at five o ' clock ; after which they separated . I
On Monday morning , between four and five * the little piecers met and formed in procession , near to the usual place of meeting ; about twelve or fourteen were provided with penny whistles ; and a few with fifes- ; these headed the procession , an ^ went p laymgthrough the streefe j &ey rehirned in about half an hour to the nfy equare , where the turn-outs were assembled . A considerable number of police were in attendance to watch , the proceeduigs . The speakers not thinking it prudent to address them in that place , they returned ' $ b , : *' ¦ Thacker * a ground , where . Pilling , I ^ e , ^ # W' ^| eudeiir&fatf , the cart . Lee commeHcedtbe proceedings by expresBinc his unbounded- satiBfiwtion at- the manner in v ? hioh they had acted that morning , \ i He eadeavoured to ebeer tfaem on to their purpose , and extollftd « , «
ik ^ manner in which thejihad , oonduetod their- movements that morau ^ . ; Wplfenden addreesed tha maeting ^) n ; , iUie i Princaple ofc nidtjt ;* afieiwwliiohi PilJiiiKwaswdleUupoa ^ vrho . oapreeeBtinghirageif : ^^ ' ? lWw » : ! R iiie * W ; tl * eT had acted wisely that morning by keeping away , from the mills : he saida igreat many masters had started their engines that m ^ r nfcg , ^ n t to ^ bapprto lay they ^ Cbeen afca was JJenton ^ altes , to go tiuat , and ehjeV theowelves dnnngthe day . ^ He said Stockport il other pUces bad met and they were determined H \ $ - * SH- «^ : Nir ibti as soonaTtney had obtained , what the , asked foV in Ashton , the X& ^ &igt&t * g& » $ sexsss *?** « s ? s .
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In oonsequ « noe of a ramonr that several of Mr . Abel Buckley ' s hands had : gone in to work during the d » y , the Committee , s . itHng on behalf of the turnouts , sent the bellman round to call another meeting at six o ' olock in the evening . At this meeting Mullig was appointed Chairman ; and , in opening the meeting , awd that a deputation had waited upon Mel Raynerjdurin ^ the da y , to ask him if he would paythe wagda to his hands , when he replied , that if they weul < f be led by such a man as Pilling ^ they must goto him for their wages . The deputation replied , thai if the men were satisfied , neither Pilling nor any one else could brjng them from their work . Pilling , in addressing the meeting , said that
several of jibe masters bad agreed that day to give the list price ; He exhorted them to unity of action . Lee and Wolfenden afterwards , spoke ia the same strain * and said , that the report about Buckley ' s hands was untrue after which the meeting separated . . . f . . ' . ' - /" ' ' -, ' . ¦ On Tuesday morning the meeting , which consisted of 1 , 500 persons , assembled about , fifteen minutes past four , when a cotton spinner , named ! Samuel Wolstencrofti was called to the chair , and be introduced Lee to the meeting aa the first speaker . Lee , on coming forward , was received with cheers / He said , he had to inform them , that several of the masters had sent in to the committee to say , that
they were quite willing to give the list price ; and the total number jof masters who bad agreed to it was twenty . He wished to impress upon them , that they did not wane an advance , but an equalization of wages ; for ifj some masters were allowed to pay something like ton per cent , under others , they would never do any good . He then read the names of several parties to the meeting , who , it was said , had gone id iojwork , Wolfenden said , that the Stockport hands had met upon that question , and were looking up to them for something decisive . Ho hoped they would be true one towards another , until they had settled their grievances . Pilling next spoke , and said , that the hands in the employ of Mr . Abel Buckley and Messrs . Meilor had agreed , although paidjthe best in the town , that they would
not go to work until aU the others went . He then read some calculations , which ne said that he had made , relative to the factory system . He referred them to the mill of Messrs . Whitakers' , of Hirst , and said , thatjthe amount of cloth produced at that establishment ! daily , would , if stitched together , reach twenty-six miles ia length . He begged of them to support a bill for shortening the hours of labour , saymgithat it was working such longhqurs in the factories that bad ruined this country . He said , that if they were determined to stand by each other , they had better hold up their hands . —( A great many hands were held up amidst cheers ) . He was glad to see that feeling amongst them ; it told him that they would be victorious . The meeting was then adjourned till five in the evening .
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From our Manchester correpondent , or rather from the kind jfriend who officiates for Mr . Dixon during his illness , we have received the following : — I Tuesday , Aag . 15 . The turn-oufr at Ashton-under-Lyne still continues . The operatives ; keep assembling in great numbers , and all evince jthe utmost determination to remain out till their demands are complied wi ' . h . A large meeting was held yesterday morning ( Monday ) at which upwards of 20 , 000 persons were present . Not the slightest breach of the peace has yet occurred . There are scores of police men in disguise perambulating the town and neighbourhood .
j Wednesday , Aug . 16 . Nothing of importance has transpired relative to the Ashton turn-outs since I last wrote . The same determination jis evinced by the operatives that has characterised them from he commencement of the strike . I had } a conversation last night with two very intelligent females from Dukenfield , and they told me that thirty-six mills are entirely at a stand . Neither masters nor operatives seem disposed to give way ; so that it is impossible to foretell what will be the result . At present all is peaceable . The strike has not yet extended to Sta 1 ey-bridge , but it is likely to do so ; as great dissatisfaction exists amongst the factory tiperatiyes in that town .
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Novel Scene at Clithehoe . —A CpttOBEoxraoit Deskbting a CHAPKt . ~ Ndti ( W Wa 8 givenV that Mr M'Pihail , r > would preach ^ ttvp ^ B ^ daaJin'tfieP ' rimr' tive Methodist Chapelj LowergateV on Sunday after noon and evenirig ^ - At tlw ^ pl ^ n ^^ iimejia ^ iie afternoon , Mr . M'Phail , accompanied iyhia friends , entered the ehapel raad 1 & 6 k ; * B ^ fcne ^ r !^^ pit , Imme ^ iatel y . oneMr . D-- —nithetMveUing minJster for that body , entered the chapel , and went straightway into the pulpit , and conmenced to give odt a hymn . A member of the congregation inen moved that Mr . M'Phail ehonld adjourn over Shaw
Bridge . The congregation took up their hate , and left the place . Only four persons remained in the chapel . The congregation proceeded to an open space of ground singing a hymn ; and on their arrival * their numbers were considerably augmented . Mr . M'Phail selected the 22 ad verse of the eightk chapter of the Romans , as his text . He exposedr at considerable length , the apostacy and delinquency of the ministers of the present day , from the true gospel , as laid down by Jesus Christ ; in the New Testament ; and he gave our oppressors their ** due meed" for the injustice and cruelty that they praotice upon mankind .
Sdicidb at Bhistoi ,. —On Tuesdayi about fire o ' olock in the afternoon , Mr . Heynes , residing at James ' s-parade , James ' s Church-yard , committed fielf-destraotisn by falling on a chisel which he had fixed upright . He had first attempted to cut his throat , bnt did not do it effectually . The deceased was about fifty years of age f had been a master tailor , and accumulated a considerable property . Lately he has lost the chief of bis substance m Jaw . This is supposed to have been the cause of his commuting the fash act .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 19, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1226/page/8/
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