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THE "REBECCA" MOVEMENT : south- wales.
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AKRITAL OF HER MAJESTY IN FBAKCE . Tilts d * Ed , Sept . 2—This place daring the "week has presented a scene o / fcnstle and incitement to -which it Lss jseTer since the first moment of id existence been wju : 3 M , and probably refer will again . Tbe principal fcs . the . Siran , is crowded with visitors Tom Paris , fft-m Dieppe , fromAbbaville , from Havre , snd , 'n short , frtita all parts of France- A great number of the apartjntsta are occapitd by emp ' oyes from the Chateau , sod bj the military "w&o saaa ^ t be aecoroniodsted at ibe I » rr-. < i 8 , tfce various civil aothoriuus . functionaries , acs : mtE in cSoe : the smaller inns , of ¦ which , by the
IBs t . there are bat Iff * , * nd the private lodgnss are alrt . Sllt-3 . Tbs charges are , ef course , s ^ mewbit txerfcrt « Bt , bet the cnpifiity cf raany of Uxe more nrtortii ^^ te has ovsrrfioi its mark , and consequent re-action of , rices bas tefcen place . At the Chateau « very room It .- been flliffi np for the accommodation of-ths unusual Je&ux of Tisttors , and even persons of the higher ranks si ? glad to get a lodging in places never before con-TtJtt-d into sleeping rooms . The Chateau 13 not large , Isv it is a buildisg very characteristic of French taste , wiv . gable ends , a lofcy roof . the "windows modernized , at- the ¦ srhole es comniodloDS as the original arrangerar- s -win anruit It is situate close to the town , in
Sf it cf pari , and commanding from one fend a view cf lie Ka . TheiarrackB and the town are crowded with soldiers , ar-i ; he sound of firuEis and bnmp&ts is heard with lit-= e interval almost all day long . Frcm every -window t £ r tri-colonrwl & 2 g float * in ibe « r . Taismcm ' -iig , tbortly before eight o ' clock , the aonnd of ' . r-a gtras a * : ihe battery o ? Treport jut tier > body on tbt- quivhx In s fe ^? minutes ereitbody and ev ery Q ? i % -were in motion ; tie roll of the drums rattling thr ugh the stretta ealled the infantry to arms , " whilst tfcr cavalry "were assrmbling at the sound of the trt ; -3 pet . It is said that nearly 4 600 troops are in the tdv n and in Trepori . so that the bustle of the scene ir- ^? be eoncsived . Tho » e Trio bad Dot cone to Treport
bef- re the firnsg of tie puna -were now o >> l » i « i to go on 'oct , or on horseback , for tbe oznnibcst * wer « all en ^ sjea , and many-who bad overslept taem » elvea had to tmdf e thrcuch the our . as "wt-U as thev could . AH ¦ R trt-so aiixJous tosee tht landing of the Queen of Ecrg-3 aiM . that every cne who csnld walk , or procure a aad -ie horse , took bis lea-re of Eu , and hurried away to Ti ^ f *'« rt . Mexnvrhile those "who had bean fortnuate escnigh to obtain tickets or orders of admission to tbs jerk and eonrtiyaTu ( coursii Tunmeur ) cf the Cfaatean Tz ~ i'i t "_ elr way there as qnitkly as they con ^ d , and ty » quarter to nine o'clock divisions tfthe 24 th B-ghnenU of Uie i 6 ih BeginieEt , End of the laj BeguueBt of Lisht ltf > atiy of tr . e line , -were drawn ttp in the great conrt of r ie Chttes . li c ^ der arms , ccmriera were riding tack-TFirrds and forwards , bogicsplsyingi and -drnnia beating . "Wiiiat groonis with led horses , Botiib of them with
spi-adid honsingg ard trappings , mubt bt- tt * n Tiding izu .-1 £ & conrt-yara , and tikSlBg tbeir place ? as if the B- ; al party Iiom the cbatesTi were about , to depsrt Icnhwith . A very splendid carrisge , emVivz ^ n ^ d with ft 3 Royal arms of Prases , painted yeaow , and con-* tn ; .-ied to bold a large party , being bnin lit a phsa-* o =. with fonr sesra , or sep&rste bodiesi npon the same "wbe ^ ls , and called a char-a Ixtnc , sunnounvd with t sd-let ^ aicpj , and drawn by sis remaitaWy fixe horses , al * t- entered the conrt-yard , and was driTsn np the lb- grt&t EEtracce oi the Ghatean . In this carriage , it ¦ Was nnderBtood , the King of the Fr = nch ar . d the meml > tr-- of his family were to proceed to Tiepcrt . Tbere ¦ Wrf a five other cawisge * , with six borst * ' each , of a c >~ - ^ e-wfeit cinTiaT conatinsUoT > , aart a"baronch tf a dirk ckr ^ t colc-nr , bnilt after tLa Eatiish plan ^ ith four te ^» j , and one or two inferior carriages antl fenr .
iuxpcctifcson was now on tepioe , and all eye * were diluted to th ^ door-Tray of the Ghitean to see the depsrrure of the iUnstrions host . , 41 ] wej « , however , flc- ^ nsed tobs for a t ' : nje disappoint £ d , for jnst as th « Car . je clock strnok a qairter-pasi nine a Garabin 5 ei rede in'o the eonrt-yard ii ? d delivered either & icerasfe or sot : - kind of comnmmestton to the Gommtn' avit , alter ¦ wl' -di , in a few minnt ?* , the orser * £ 3 given for the troffrs to inarch ont of tlit conrt-yard , ard tfet carriages to Tflre . Tbe ordtr wsa 5 mnifrdis » tly acttd-npon , ard by i qoirter to ten o'cleck iLe conrt-yard was compls ? tly empty , -only a ft - ^ of the BotsI servants beln ^
to b ? seen passing ba = kw » r < is ai > d / orwa : iJa at intf-rvais Ii " ^ s * then discoverec that tbe firing cf the guns a > tbs bat > try at Treport ha < 3 not be * n to announce the arrival in a : _ hiof the harboarof : hf B jjsJ steam squadron from E ; -5 ? and , bnt either the « onstqnence cf some mistake as to -a steamer which was in sight , or toanEonitce the arrival of some effictr o rani . Moet of those who bad linrr : ed to Treport were rcturnirg . and the 2 darket Piic ^ of tho YS ! e c * Ea ^ y ten o ' clock-was again for up-¦ war is of an honr crowded with txpectacts , soidien , Eu . rket people , and others . At ihe Cfeatean it was said that ' = hn troops were under crdfers to assemble agsin at two o ' clock .
The omnibuses and nondescript vehicles with which ih ;« plawibonnd , were arsininmouoa , and by half past j eleT ^ n o ' eloci the nnnieronji gronps Were again e » route 1 for Treport . Shortly after tfcat honr guns were agi . m j hesrd in theT 23 e dEa , aad igain Siose whohsd the ! prlviiege of the enlree z ths psik . and coortr 5 aid of the ; Cii £ ' . ssn . vreie admittea to it . j Jive O ' CLOCK . P-X- —The sound of the guns at the ' fcstrry at Trepan hs- « just £ ^ n nr . c&i the arrival of the B- s ? -i sguadroa off it- - j . crt 2 id * ht cxrri>s , amongst , wLIdi is a yay stpirb char a bane , - painted Orle-iBS bit--, and tmblsz-ir- 'l Ts-irb : hs xujal trms oi France ,, dri : = m by eithi icriis ia st ; a-s cim = ss of Bo-aialestbtr ,.
h&" »^ entered th = coins dhoajmr , to ta £ e np the Jv-yal ; pai ' . y . Tncj hsf & i ^ j « v- ^^ sxiy minuU 3 part ivt ) de-. ' parked . In . thf ; fir *; carri-gs were tbe E .: i . g of the i Frcrch , fee Q-it a of tLs Frs&ch . th * Qu en of the Be ' pans , Its Pr . nw s CltiHeniine , th ^ Diiccess of Or ' rsna , th » Prii-c-jL * &f Joinville , and Madame Ade- ( lauie In ire s ^ ti- ^ a carriage , II . Goizoi , Marshal Seb ^ stiaEi , Acmlrai i : ^ ctan . sad oiher ^ iinist ^ rs ; Sid ; in tfc' ? other carrt . -jrs t-Le p- t—» cEc ^ ra cf the PaHce , SC '* other foi-cti- rtvi The Duke d'Anniile and Pnace Augusts « -f S ^ xe Cobarg were on horseback , , accompanied by a isuu . erua * « avs i ea- » e . Lord Cowjey . ; trhu . hu been h ^ rc for aevtral days , is at this moment % \ Treport . * ;
T . REP 0 XT , Six o Ci-i-GK- —At five o'clock , a tq-3-. flreE of the Is * . K »^ ii ^ tjit of Carabineers arrived fruai ' 2 n ~ . i Trepoit , jrtcet < ra by its band , and drew op ca the quay opposite to tbe place fixed for tha lin-liuit of thb Qaeen . A fl-. giit « . f * tftps , covered with a Persian ; carpel , and th « fcsiu * itrra of which were lined with crinison TelTet , led ft . « u tfee ^ n ? y to the deci of tb& : pltamre- ^ eat of tha li > -ysl Famiiy , La Bsine dts Bilges : trLi ^ h w » s sconsed uie most tastcfnl manner . Krat i to it lay the Btyal o-nra . ro-sred by twenty-wur picked i EKE . dressed in wkiic . with an awning of crinuon siik j &t Xio Etem , fiTi the tccoramodation oi the Byyal party . Sh- 'j-Jyaf ' ^ enraidi . a 5 ij , = n = ! was macs that three sail cf v-- « Be 5 s were in sight , bnj as the sky was ii'Z } towards the hor t . n , it was not yet ceiiohi tb ^ t , ii xa the Bay- ) flit ; 'Is , and ths ^ s& ulerte of the iDcr ^ jng Te ndcTir-i i ^ tropie cannous . In ibe conrse merging ~ rendcr = T-i pcopie cannous . in ibe conrse
of a few miaot ^ s . hosejez , all doubts vrer ^ TeIl ^^ ved , and thr == canton shots Were fire-1 fr ^ m $ bt ^ ttery on tha left jetty , ^ nncunciug tisut -Q' ^ . n Tit :--riR -was ca th « et ^ t . A diar a-barx . in WBicb Vrr- ibe King ' s grix-ti ^ iii Jr ^ -n , the Cc-ant qc Pstvs , tie 3 > i '<» de Cfcarrres . jt ^ th » Ccant d " Ea , < 1 to ^ b inu Trey- abont the sara ^ xiviu , and the jotjer Piiccea ti > ok tb-.- seats at thv » b :-. - ¦ = . * b-miiit vb « lafiits to wbort ch > : ; 5 they wtTe corn - * J und annmber of ifibers in V&'ng . Tbe B- > al l-ir . BEr was in the m ^ sniint ' fcer , - ^ d at the extr t . n'T uf the batl « ry . A' alx > ut ^ qa ittr to bi o ' civci 'ts Bsyal family arrived in a zj '" - ^ did state rsrris , u . i 2 « b by eighi horses msgni-£ c -idy eapariiOEsd , trc aiighttd nnder tfce pjvii : oo pr » r-ired for the recast ? a of the ftaeen . Tb < - Doit fiVi ^ sials , and the P-i . ce dt Co ^ -earg redt on h « re&-feu . ? foUowed fey a > 'r- , ) isni elat major . H ^ xl canot fiv& ^ ar o-Zascs 2 Iud irith lsriiea and 6 ffioers of the
Court . Whtn ths iu . ast psity had all aiigetsd , tbe E ' .. j . Ms sorjij snd s vr » -al of the ilimsters dtsefcrde ' int- the bsr ^ e aTi-Iilr-t rt . y ^ ariug of artiilcTy Iron ; tht p<eTit 3 t for ^ % , -. tit shius in the road . " Tb ° f < -a * s ? as smooth as _ - sss . Qasen Amelia , lUaosro *? Ao' -Irdde , the Pace * - » -- ¦ - cf OOeans and Cobnr » , cuo thr Princess tie Jc- ; i »> ii ! e proceedtsQ with their Jsdie * - of i- 'Htar to the end - > f tbe left pier . In t&cir sni ' . e vre remarked X ' an ^ i Sebasnani , " Gcaersi C--n ? . r Sei : r CoBnt de I ^ c J- -ne . M- Titont , &c , and -h ^ eiv-1 . military , an . 1 - i ^ sastical author * - * * of E ; ai > a Treport . Thr K .: har ^ e had no so . uei cUar «;
tbe harboni thtn ai . -r rt-amer , Le G ' inrri . r « o Ea-re , followed ai a ' * ; : ce , an-1 tbe laiter pi ^ c « -. j It ^ ; -: in a lir . e-= » itii v- -aeia . which were env .-lo }> t «> for baM an hour is i ;• mnai dosd of smvke . Jn less than twenty uri . * -btj King ' s boat was by tbr » c-- ^ the steamer i . .. ;• of which were tfct Qu-m »» fi Prince Alber * . :: ~ -z ~ rzl voGey was fl : ea fnm tbt ^ ampartBan-i s > - - * - - ^ hi Maj « = ty went on bi-arn !? ^^ 1 ^^ ^ * ^ J «»» Sescen ^ ed into ibe lQJ--i Tae lati ,-. . r ^^ i ^^ t ? le line ,, s- ^ taer a and ccsit .. _ -, . fluted by tLe ctb « vs , airf cos after enter * . : i . ¦ . „ amidsi ^ aeaMaaMoB , f tie mdtlttili 5 V _ r
O ; . : -.. M ^ H «— _ . v . * . ta ?' - mg her M » j « . J . .. T-. ctoria as she passed m * r . ^ T ^^ " ' - ¦ ¦ ^ Pdn «««« , Md tniie . Tep ^ =. ed to the I- ^ u , * ra , ^ ht re the Qoeen of Ensfen ^ oon mad * t . " = ,. - .-race . Jeaiuag TO th « arm of S ^» ° ^^ % " ^ ^^ ttetwo Sov « . - ? %$ ? ^ ' ' ' 'W ^ e air resonndsd with ^"' / i ^ , " '" " TaTe '«» ^^^ - ' " «« tbe ban ^ of ae CajLia ^ ra .- . reck np the air « God save the Qc «^ iu ** Th ^ E ug thsn yres = BJrd tsr ilsje-ty to hia Qoe ^ n * bo conancted t « r to a e parilion , © n which waved the
fi « ra rfBsglana and P aca The King foUowed tbem St ^ we distance , with P-rr . jw Albert , and thB Prince anaPrineettBSofibeli .. Family . Her Majesiy . afte , Testing a while sttb- Pj viUon , received the felicitations of tl e anthoritiEs , isdnouK tbs jaaish priwta ot En And Treport After tLia ceremo : ^ was over , tbe Ka ? , fciir-a Qaeen Yictoria by the band , retired witbrher to the extremity of the Psviii » n and the whole Court and jmth-ritaes dtfiled tefcre thrtu , bo » ing respectfully as * hey psaad . The tasd of the CsrbMesra play « d agam ** < j- ? d » T 6 iheQasen , " and the sqnadron iben galloped off in the direclien of tbe Chateao .
! Tbe dght-hors&d Siste carriage next advanced to ibe enlraneerfaJfiPaviiieii . Tb = Xing handed in Queen T 3 cha 3 s ~ a& 34 » = Een Amelia , who sat by her side , and fisen seated Hmsclf opposite to her Jktcjes ' y . with Pi nee Albert on blB right- Tha Princes de Joinviik :. nd Cobtrrg , acd / &e Dake d'Atm-Je , hsTing moniited theii Itorsee ; the Beyal party s ± t ont , i ^ ilfited cvtry-hcre on -ttieirpjtassg » with the Ic-33 ist ch&sr& Tire suites of
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fecth Sovereigns got into the « ther carriages , and drove off to theChatean . Lord Adolphos F . tzclarence having Been her Majesty safely landtkU returned to his ship . Her Mbjasty Queen Victoria wore a black satin dress , with a pelerine cardinale , and a white bonnet and ribands . Eu , Exlyvast 7 o ' clock—I have great pleurae In annonncing the arrival of her Majesty the Qieen at the Chateau of En . At twenty micntes to * even o * cl ^ -ck this evening one of the Bayal carriages drove into the ereaS court-yard of the Palace . The troops lnBtant = y presented arms , but tt proved to be only tbe arrival of the Count de Paris and bAs bjother and cousin , who had 'been oui
for an airing at Treport The troops again stood at ease , bnt in a few minutes afterwards the notes of the enperb band of tbe Carbineers were heard , and in another moment a troop of that regiment galloped in , taking up s position ia front of the grand entrance . A battalion of the First B- >« iment of Light Infantry formed the right slae of the square , and opposite to it was pasted a similar force of the 24 th Regiment , In fine , tbts square was closed at the top , tleaving only » n interval for the entrance of the King and his illustrious sruesta after they should have descended from tbe carriages . ) Tho National G-nards and Artillery and two Fqiatironsmoie of Caxabinieers ntXt arrived , and foimed the base of the sqnare .
" God save tte Queen , " played admirably by the bauds of the repinients assembled , announced the near approach of tho Boyal cortege , and at half a minute after seven o ' clock the Boyal carriage , with their Majesties Que ^ n Victoria , the King and Qisren of tbe Frencb , and the Queen of the Belgians , Prince Albert , &c , drove into the court-yard Tbe Boyal party were received with deafening cheers , those of tke whole of the troops drown-3 E * tbs voires of some dczen Enxli .-h geDtlemt-n , who , by favour cf the gallant Commandant , Baron Boerio , were present
Their Majesties and Prince Albert , having descended , enttred tbe Chateau , her Majesty Qittn Victoria cun ducted by tbe K-. p ? of the Frmch , her Majesty the Qsrni of the French by the King of tbe Belgiana The rest was rendered indistinct by the increasing darkness , and th * j rnsh from the other carriages of the noble and d sti ! gcished persons who formed their suite . A minute Kore had not elapr-ed when their M ? jestits appeared in the balcony over the grand entrance Our beloved Qneen bowed and kissed hands repeatedly , and KiDg Louis Philippe flourished and waved bis bat ^ with a vigour and cheered with a power , which the youngest man present could net have txceedeii . This over , the B = yal party retired , and in a few minutes the troops of all arms defiled before the grand balcony , and marched to their quarters .
I had occasion yesterday to visit that portion of tbe Chateau called tbe Pavilion des Biias . and found by the ticket * on tha doors in tbe corridor that it is reserved for some of the principal persons of her Majerfy ' s suite , itbe Earl of Aberdeen , tht E « l of Liver , pool , * " Sir" Anson , ic . ] The comforts of the more bnnibl ? followers of the Queen have also been attended to by that extraordinary personage who presides over sad dirtcta alL Will you believe that ihe King has bad the bonhommie ard condcsct-DsSon to bava some Baglish workmen souaht for who speak French , and who . habited in the Boyal livery , will act , no : as domestics , but as interpreters for those of her Majesty ' s hoos < hold attendants who may have forgotten that language ?
In evtry detail and department it is the same . Good taste , good nature , and good feeling ( if I may be peiniitted to asrribe these comparatively homely qualities to tbe French SovtrtigB ) , are marked in every the most trifliBg preparation for this important event . It is not porsib'e at this late hour to do justice to the splendour or the interest of tbe recurs witusused in Ea and at Treport this day . I : i ? ouJd be equtlly impossible ( and perhaps supeiflaous . if p *» ible ) to refer to the feelings and r « fi-tUobs 5 u * .: erted by lhe * e most important and stirrio ^ eveDts . I niay , prohably . tomorrow have to communicate incidents which hnrry and Tfsct of time eomptl Ee to
oruit->* IXE O'CLOCK . —I : < n . enabled to add some particulars of tte closing scsne of this auspicious day , for such I trust it w . U prov * to have been . A gra : ; d banquet was served in U : e grand salle a manger of the Palace , at which at obont ei ^ ht o ' clcck sat down the K'Qg and Queen of tl e French , their illostrions guests , her Majesty Q-ictn Victoria and Prince Albert , the Qaeen of the BeJgisns , her Royal Highness tbe Princess Adelaide , their Roynl Highnesses the Duchess of Cohnre ( the Princtss CifmenliDe ) , and the Princess de Joinvnie . Lady Cotrley ^ and other ladies of distinclion , tfce Prince de JjinviUe , tha Duke d'Auirale , MM . Guizot , Lacavo Laplagne , Mackan ( Minister of Marine ) , &c
Her Majesty Qieen Victoria s * t between the King of the French and the Prince de JobiVille , and appeared in the very highest health and spirits , and necessarily showing wh 3 t ray French informant ttrms " une superbe rangee des dents- " Her Majesty wore , according to tte same authority , a dress of crimson ( cramoifce ) velvet . The Lair braided only , but with a profusion cf diamonds . Prince Albert eeems to have divided the popularity with the Queen , for he is everywhere spoken of with admiration . His Boyal Highness wis seated between the Qneen aiid the Princes Adcif . do . 1 have only time to add , that the party ia described as havtesg been extreineiy cay . At nijht the town of Eu was Illuminated—Times . Ville D zv , Sunday . Sept 3 .
THB GR 4 . UD BANQUET . Last evernng 1 obtTiined , througa the attentions of a friend , admission into the palate , and tbe rare oppor-> ai ity of ? fcein # the royal hoBt and hostess , with tbeii -ahistrious gnpsts , at dinner . The scene . 1 need hardly say . "was & vpry spleirfiii one . Whtn a King of France sErertains s Qoeen ot England , whatever of costly ot £ ot ?« -oub c * n be obtaint ^ l , will not be spared , an < t certiirly upon this occa-i » n the magnificent stores of Louia Pbiiipoe were pnt in requisition . The apartment in which the banquet took place is , a large and vtry ricbly decorat « 1 one , looking on tbe garden terrace . It ia bare rcund with portraits , set in handsome framoB , and and
tbe ic-ol if j-srcellto " , rtbly ^ : lt . psu . wish ^ > j-ct « taken from the history of France . The pl ^ tr , wh'ch "wm all gold or Bilver gilt , wsj of the mo /» t « p ! -r . < lid description , and in the centre was a most magnificent plateau of gold , -with large vases of the &ame cosi ' y material , filled with flowers . Tbe number of tbe party -was nbout forty , and , besides tho King an-J Qaern of Vie French , consisted of the Queen of England and P .- " u ? ee Albert , the Qaeen of the Belgians , Prince Anrostus of Sr , x * Coburg , and the Princess Clemertii *? , Piirc « and Princess de Joinville , the Duke d'Aumale , the D ike de Montpenaier . Lord anrt Lady Ccsipy . the Earl of Aberdeen , the E-irl Dclawarr , ii Gn z : t , G = ner » 1 Sebastiani , M . Lacave Liblagne . and a great unmber of others , whose names I did not learn . Tbis beins Snnd » y , the town of Eu is comparatively quis-t , anrt none of the members of the royal families , eir tx-r of England or nf France , h&ve left tbe precincts of the palace . Qaeen Victoria , nel being provided with a chapfain . hart prayers read in a private apartment by on > - of * be menjhers of the suita The King and Qaeen of th * French and tbe r « yal family attended prayers at th > rar <> n cbnrch , to which there is a privste way from the pa'sca . In ! he evening there will be no sroustmtnt of aDy kind . This is in compliment to tbe English pir-. y . as you are aware that the French are not so hXrxt en Sunday evani lgs . Ths Qieen and Pr > nce , accon » -niitd by King Lonis Philippe and the Q-ieen or The Frt-rich , walksd and drove in tbe park to-day , and visUwi tbe royal farm .
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Newcastle . —A National Conference of the Miners ' 45 . ' .. t ; it : un of Grpat Britain and Ireland was held in ¦ ltr-T ^ -. Tcs Tuns' Lanje Boom , Manor Chare , Neweastleuj . ^ t' -Tjne , on Friday last . Soon after nine o clock , Mr . J « jhn Armstrong , ths President of the Executive , w = e cnar-. iujously elected to the chair , and Mr . Wakin-> hi * to the vice-chair . The Chairman briefly opened r- p < x-eedjngs , by stating the objects for whiefc they »» --r n-rt-mbled . expressing a hope that each delegate v i w ctit address the meeting would get a fair hearing , « :. » t . v » -r his opinions might be respecting the subjects •; i 2 sr « i «* r ^ J ; a nd that he would pledge himstlf , so long .-. h < - . ^ -cupied the chair , to procure a fair hearing for * -. cfc -iM-aker in due farm- He then called upon each d « r--jj . t > - present to produce their credentials , and a
doorfc- ~ . yv * as appointed to Teceive the credenticls of sue- i ^ ir-jeat es as might afterwards arrive . Amongst tr . » i-.- riates present at the time the cfcair was taken ti . nu , r-nnc , we believe , upwards of loflj . we observed »^ vrf J fit-legates from dififereni parts of Cumberland , Wairf Lancashire , Suffjrishire , Sbropsliire , Worctstw * cii- Ac ia Tbe Gpnerul Spcrttoiy read the mJnutt-s i-f the last general meeting of delegates , which w < -ri- cou&rBih . jL Ha then read several letters from Scotland au-tj froRa Yorkshire , and different other diBtr-cts it E :- « i-ii » d and Wid-es , all of WLiich bad been a- ^ rt ^ ? et pnbiic meetings of tbe Sciety . declaring tLe ^ cttichmeiit to the principles of U ) 6 Union , a d thrir K-rriigneis to carry out such mfc&Enrts as the Conffcitsre njigbt » ee mett to adept The names of all tbr i » i ) - « -r < - s in tbe Society in the countiec of Northnrab ^ ri 3 i , o and Durham were then called over , when each
tieiejrate gave an account of the number of members id hia colliery , and paid in their share of law-fond kvy . Th * T tot-.: number of members m Northumberland and Duihwo ia s-ated to be 20 . e 00 ; and we understand tLe-Tt wtT * £ 500 and some o ? d shillings paid in that < i 3 > ti > the law fund , besides about £ 150 to the general fuj . d . Tbe 8 i « rfctary read an address fnin the coal n . ii- r > t = f Cuu . b « land . Several delegates from Cumberl ^ i '* &c corroborated tbe statements made in the adorta * proving , to tbe satisfaction of all present , that the c «; -o-m-ner 8 in Cumberland , "with the exception of al-. Cu « en , ^ fli not aUow the men to worfe ^ jg ^ tbey «« p a writu-n agreement , that tbey wUl not be mem-Dt-n or io : y Association for the protectien of labour so long a » thej work in their colliery . A delegate proposca tKj the address of the Cumberland men ba teat 1 ° ^ * ° ? * Stor . and that tbe Editor be requeued x » in ^ nnux that journal . Canied tmanimouily . The de ^ a u :. then adjonmtd fcr an hour , tnSJ ?
PKiDA-J AFIEKSOO * SITTIXG . At baJf-j ^ t one o ' clock Mr . Armstrong KMuued tie chair , atd Mr . V \ akicBhaw the vice cbair . Tr ., aairn-is ot tut iLCfiicg tittisg wtre Raa ^ co . nrmtd . A
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delegate moved , '' That no delegate be allowed to speak often « r than once on one subject ; the mover of a resolutio ; -only to be allowed to reply . " Carried . A delegate moved That tho wages of the lecturers reinatn as usual , v ? z . 21 s . per week in a strange district , and 18 s . a week at home ; any farther advance to be flist submitted to the men on the collieries , minea , &c" Carried . " That the native lecturers ia Lancashire be an exception to the above resolution , bat that they receive 21 % . per week until the opinions of tbe members can be ascertained npon the subject . " Carried . Dalegates then gave an account of the progress of the society ,
which waa very fl itterinj ? indeed , in Staffordshire , Shropshire , Worcestershire , the different mining districts in Lancashire . Cheshire , South and North Walas , Yorkshire , the different mining districts of Cumberland , the mining districts of Scotland , Durham , Northumberland , < fec . A delegate moved " That Mr . Wm . Clareham continue as lecturer for this society until his election be submitted to the localities according to the rule . ' Carried . A letter was read from Cassop , urging the necessity of a general strike , which , it waa agreed to consider on the following day , and the delegates adjourned tin til nine o'clock on Saturday morning .
SATUB . DAT MORWIJiGS SITTING . Soon after nine o'clock , Mr . Arnwtrong was again elected to tho chair and Mr . Wakinshaw to the vice chair . There might be 200 delegates present this morning . The minutes of the previous Bittinga were read and confirmed . Several delegates gave the meeting to nnderrtand that they had monies to pay in to tbe law fund , when a resolution waB agreed to , " Tha > all monies be received in another room by a committee appointed for that purpoBe . " It was agreed : " That each lecturer for the society be required to s&nd a report of his labours to the Northern Star weekly . '' " That each delegate ' s vote on a ' . l matters of great importance be weighed according to the number of his constituents , so that all important business may in reality be in
accordance with the wishes of the majority of the members . " Cirried . Mr . Benjamin Watson ( one of th « delegates from North Wales ) gave an outline of the progTess of the miners' society in that district , and of the disgraceful conduct of the masters to the miners there . Had it not been that the fctatement "was attested by several delegates , do man could believe that the slava drivers , either there or in any place else , could use human beings as the miners in Noitb Wales are used . Many of the miners there have never received a coin for their labour for the last two yoars . When the agents of the society went to North Wales , and began to irquire for some of the colliers , the other inhabitants expressed their surprise that any man should inquire for a collier , stating that if they were seen in
cumpany with them , that decent people would avoid tbeir company . These are the means reaerted to by the coal kings and their minions to perpetuate tbeir brutality towards their worse than slave colliers . They excite this p : ejudico in the minds of tha inhabitants against the mining clashes , fearing that if they had any familiar intercourse with them they might be apt to sympathise with theru , und assist them in procuring human usage instead of the worse than brutal treatment ixercistsd towards them ai present Tbe truck system is carried on there to a disgraceful extent ; they gbt nothing el . « e for Uieir labour ; they are forced to take in kind , and give it in exchange for any clothing , shoes , or anything else they may want , and the kind they receive is , in many instances , inferior in quality to what might be procured for cash , and always higher in
price , and when they are forced to barter they must give it twenty-five per cent , cheaper thau they pay for it . A delegate moved " That the report of Mr . Watson be received and attended to . " Carried . " That the necessary txpsnees of Mr . Watson , and his colleacue delegate from North Wales , be liquidated out of the general fund . " Carried . " That the delegates do fully concur with tbe vote of thinks of the men of Woodnouso Close to Mr . Bobtrts , for the able manner is which that gentleman conducted tbeir case at Bishop Auckland , and procured tbeir wages for them , and that we Lender W . P . Roberts , E < q . cur best thanks for the abl « manner in which he has conducted all the pitmen ' s cases be has had in hand since his arrival In this district . Carried unanimously . Tae delegates then adjourned for dinner . *
SA 1 URDAT AFTERNOON SITTING . On reassembling at one , Mr . Armstrong in the chair , Mr . Wakinshaw in tbe vice chair , the minutes of tbe previous sitting were read and confirmed . A lengthy debate took place respecting a general strike , to secure something in the shape of justice from their employers . Several lettvrs were read from Scotland against adopting a ccasatiou from labour until the whole of the mining districts were properly organ ' zed . Similar arguments Were used by delegates from Lancashire and the Midland Counties . It was contended that although there were ; thousands added to tbeir numbers weekly ye-t they bad not mure than fifty thousand paying members in the society altogether , whereas tbey would require to Lave a great many more before they would be organized to give proper efftct to tbe strike , and it only nqnired a little patience , a few more week ' s seitatiou at the samo ratio as the last six months , to
bring every honest miner in Great Britain and Ireland into the socitly . Tbat once obtained ( and ne man who has watched tbeir progress lately could doubt its practicability ) they might , if they saw it necessary , strike , acd with pii <) iiriy call it a general one . After being ably discUEsett on both sides for a long time , the arguments brought forward in a friendly and t < mperate sp : rit , it was ultimately deeded by the ununimoua a-ioptiun of tbu following resolution : —B « sohred , "Tha , * . in tte opinion of the deltgatea now prestnt , a atrike , uctier < x < stiDg circumstances , would only be partial and inimical to the t > est interests of the society ; and that it would be ipjudicieus to adopt such a measure until the country is properly orgftTr ^ d . " Previous to tbe adoption of ibis rtsolution Mr . Bobtrts ad '' resstd tbe delegates on tbe impropriety of attempting a strike , and was ri cfcived with deafening cbeers . Aftbr disposing of sonio local business the delegates adjc . urned at five o clock , until nine o ' clock on Monday morning .
MOJ 5 DAT MORNING ' S SITTING . Mr . Wakenshaw was unanimously elected to the chair , and Mr . Christopher Hnswell 10 the vice chair The minutes of ihe previous siUiuRS having beeu read and confirmed , a delegate proposed " That iho new bond prepared by tbe Executive of the Association be now read , bo tbat the opinion of the delegates may : be ascertained previous t > its being sent to tbe press . " Several delegates explained some of tbe innumerable griev . inces of which they had to complain ; amongst I many o < bers , tbe West Auckland delegate said tne L first munetrons grievance of which his constituents bad i to conTena whh is tbe " Separation , " by which tbe | master can rob the men to any extent he please *; for if mote than two quarts ol " small "' can be found in a
tub , { which it is utterly impossible to avoid ) , the rula is , that tr . e pricfc of hewing the whole tub ia forfeited , aiihouzh th « pature of the seam is such as renders it I imposfcible to draw them , perhaps , three quarters of a mile , without leaving more crumbles than two quarts , ! notwithstanding thb utmost possible care being taken in filling and drawing ; antl , in bis opinion , no man should be requited to fulfil a task which no man upon i eanh , under ibe same circumstances , could perform . TLe man which be represents receive no pay tot \ " ramble , " but should any be found in the tub , they are fined sixpence , or double the price of the hewing , and they have nothing for hewing " double , " ] As to " score" price , it is a matter f f indifference what it is to long as the separation ean ' . inues , as the masters .
through the instrumentality of the keeper ( tha Jackal ! of the Coal-pit Kins ) can t ring it down as far as his conscience pleases . At tho binding before last , the i " Bcore ' ' price waa reduced 6 d . ; last binding 6 i 3 . more , : and in many cases 9 d , more , besides a great reduction i in the yard prices , in mr . ny inetancf s exceeding twentyfive per cent . Tb « C < xlouge delegate gave a statement of the reductions on thsir colliery . Last year they had i for working hi the Wnole districts 5 s . 6 d . per Bcore ; 4 ; 1 . per score for ' Wet , ' " double , "' aud " ramble , " for tweuty-peck corves : tbis year they have 5 s . 3 d . and 5 ¦ . 6 a ., in the wbclt-, for tbe twenty-four peck tubs , i and nothing fcr " wet , " " double , " and " ramble , " making a reduction of Is . 9 I . and 1 * . 6 d . per score . Last year they ha < i for working the blue stone pilials ,
4 s . 6 d . per score of twenty-peek corves ? tbe prestnt jear ibey have 4 s . 3 d . per tcuTe of twenty-four peck tubs , making a reduction of It . Ij . 1 . per score . For working the free t . U > nt- pillars tbe ut . ua ] price was 3 s 9 : per score for t ^ ecty-peck corves ; tbe pres ent price is 3 a . 6 d . per score for twenty-four peck tubs , making a reduction of Is . per score . Bed actions of the yard work through the Whole Pit Wails under the top 2 J . per yard less ; by the stone 31 . per yard less ; narrow boards 4 1 . per j at u less ; Wur > . ing the narrow boards in the pillars they tmvt ) taken sU the yard price off ; for working shift ¦ vri-rk tbey have taken 3 d per shift off . The next , is tbe rwJuctiun in the Putters' department . For putting with the twvntj . peck curve they had Is . 3 'I . ter score -, they have iiow just the same Jor the
twentyfcur peck tub , mining a reduction of 31 . per score . The Kol / ey Drivers had 1 * 3 d . per day ; but they bave a penny taken iff All coals thai come to bank without a " token ' ( wh : ch < iftei ; happens by accident ) are IosV to both Hewer and Putter . Several otbur delegates had * jn > -Jar gritvusccs to complain of The delegate from St ffordbhire in particular would make any heart relent , unless it was made of stone ( as many of tbe Coal Kings' hearts are ) . The bond or agreement was then read , and discussed in a very masterly style , clause by clause , when it was cgreed that the clause in tbe new agreement respecting the weights remain as they are ; that the arbitration clause be left to tbe decision of tfro viewers aDd two cca hewers , or else legal proceedings will be commenced ; tbat ten hours woikiug in
the mines is quito mfficient , for a day ' s work for boyn ; that tho agreement of the Miners Astociation be printed as soon as possible , and that a b-ank be left for the boms of labour ; that the tugge&uon ol the Miners of Sitffordihue be adopted by the jncmbers of this Confaience , viz ., four sfciurga per day for eight hour * labour in ihe mines ; that more lecturers be called into tbe field ; that Matthew Bolliday btcoa a , lecturer j that Hfcjiry Barrel and Geurge Williams Ik comes lecturers for Waits ; that the lecturers at present in North Wales be fimpowere-Jto seieet a lecturer or two for that district as tfct = y may s-e uieet , upon acquaint eg the General B ; ard of the tarne ; ibat Ricbard Buttle become a lectun r f > r Staffordshire . The dtleg&Us then adjourned for ainner . AFTEIO > 00 ?< SITTING . Sir . Waki ; shaw in tbe chtir , Mr . Haswell iu the fics unaii . The mh . utvs cf ice pkv ' oue aittiug were
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read and confirmed , and it was agreed that Joseph Armstrong be appointed a lecturer for Cumberland ; that Job Cain be appointed a lecturer - that Benjamin Erableton and Thomas Pringle be appointed as a committee to investigate the Blaydon Main case . That James Smith become a lecturer as soon as the Blaydon Main case can be amicably settled ; tbat lecturers as well as others be required to pay their weekly contributions to the society ; that John Hunter be appointed a lecturer for the county of Durham for the forthcoming fortnight , and tbat his route be appointed him by tbe Executive . The Conference then adjourned until nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning .
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Tub following sums have beed received at Wincate for th « men on strike : —Maswell £ 6 I&V 3 J ; Shetton , £ 3 6 * 9 d ; Coxhoo , £ d 12- « 7 d ; Ramton , £ 6 . 12 , Gu ; LumWy , SO 19 " 11 U ; Bellmont , 16 d 6 d ; Mow Durham , £ 1 16 s 3 ^ ; Hoppcl , Is lOd ; Shiocl , ff , £ 1 17- 7 d ; Fiumgtoa x £ S 6 s Gd ; riherburnhill , £ 5 5 a 6 d ; rvorrh Hoitou , £ 3 18 s 10 J ; Shineyrow , 14 s K » d ; Kewbottle , £ 1 Us «« i ; South Wihgate , £ 1 12 s 0 J ; Saciston , £ 3 19 s 4 d ; EdrnoiisKy , £ 2 0 s Od ; Lesingthonn , £ 1 2 s Id ; Westertoh , £ l 14 a 4 ^( 1 : Sheldon Bank , £ l . l 0 s Od ; Euonwood £ 1 4 i 41 ; Elidon
£ 1 ; Darncrook , 193 ; Pelton Full , £ 1 14 a . 6 d ; Hebron , £ 3 ; Gares . fi . eM , £ 1 6 i . 6 d ; Hewonh , £ 1 19 . 6 .. ; Backworth , £ 2 ; Sian'ry . £ 1 9 s . 6 d ; GreenerofY , 9 < . 6 d ; Oakwel ^ ft'e , 19 < . 6 J ; U--peth , £ 1 11 * . 6 i : Kaveimworth , £ 3 ; K •¦ n'on , £ 2 11 s ; Walker , £ 2 17 s ; Washington , £ 1 18 « . 6 i . We return our best thanks to tho friends tflat have supported us in our strike , iind this 13 to lot . them know tbat the above nioii » y ia ?? har . canso the week ending August 26 th ; as we cannot get all the accounts in time ior tho pruss , we are compelled to be a week later in sending it oflf .
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< from our own Correspondent . J Any man who sets down the small farmers of South Wflles as a parcel of ignornnt clod-hoppers , for once in bis life is wioe of tbe mark . Since I wrote you my huTiert note of last week , I have been taking a tour through " the disturbed districts ; " and generally speaking . I found the farmer possessed of information far excen'HDi ? that exhibited by the Bame clns * of persons in En < s'a n < i . They are , however , rather chiry in display inn ih * ir qualifications before strangers ! as they vtry justly cousi . ti- tbat the &overnment will , in thesu ticklish tiniHB , be irjundatin ^ the Principslity with iia i » MW ! n » ry tools , by -wbose machinations innocence is so ofttn nrouiiht an 4 inst an individual . is guilt . One a ! tbe farmers , with whom I scraped an acquaintance , and who bud beard me addressing tbe maeting on tbe Sanrts , promised to introduce me to tbe followers of Rebecca ' 1 ' on my promise to o ? ree to certain conditions . I am , certainl > fond of my nights rest , but , curiosity in this matter vanquihlifd my love of ease , and I agreed to accompany my friend to the meeting . The " conditions " of co ' tirstf . preclude my giving your readers any notion of the whereabouts ; but I may venture to say . without breach of confidence , ihat it io » k place at a farm house anionc the hills , about four miles from tha main road . On appvoaohintt the plsca I fancied more than once that I couKi st e a bat peering over the hedge , accompanied by a something which looked for all the world
like the bane , of a gun , Of coarse , I am un&ble to say wbetbff these appearances were rfal or imaginary , aa no words or perceptible signals passed betwnen them and my companion , and in the darkness of night appearances are very deceptive . Upon entering the barn wbera tho meeting was held , my cotnranion upoke a single word in WelBh to tbe two men who stood at tha door , whpn wa were immediately allowed to pass . It was now tsltven o ' clock at niiiht , yet the busintss of the meetirj ? had not begun . There were present , ai this hour , from seventy to a hundred persons , most of whom were in possession of a firelock , and almost every minute brought wjth it fresh arrivals . About half an bonr elapsed after my arrival before anything transpired
in the way of business , and during the iuteival I had ample opportunities afforded me of surveying the building , and tbe strange groups assembled therein . The tarn bad been obviously prepared for the meeting ; the slils oi windows bod bfcen carefully blocked up , lest the iigbt might attract tbe notice of any nocturnal wanderer on the hilla ; behind each door a thick screen of » atting was hong np for tbe eame purpose ; and tbe comfort of tb . 6 inmates was further attended to , by seats formed of piar > fcs eli-vated 00 iods and stones , ranging acroas the buiJciipR from one tnd to the other . I have attendetJ ttaiy « Duarti"t meetings , and have oftimes been pleased with tie z al and determination ^ hich were manifested by tho ' ptople to work out their own political salvation ; but I never , in the whole course of my life , was a wit-
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ness of such a degree of determination and energy as that mat if- « tsd by the individuals who were present at this midniitrtlscene . Tbe plac 8 and the time of meeting mo * t forcibly recalled to mind the timss of whicb we read , when the sor . s of covenant , persecuted by it despotic government and a despot king , were- forced ta take refuge amid the rugged recesses of our nuconqusred Caledonia ; wjiea our Scottish forefathers—refusing to bow the Jcneejto Baal—were compelled to hold their assemblies , at the dreary hour of midnight , far from the busy bannts of men , and in places too where * tbe satellites of power did not venture to follow , where the minions of royalty dared not to intrude . No chairman was appointed , but each Bpeaker in turn addressed the meeting : andlthe low but stern murmurs of
approbation which at times pervaded the assemblage , shewed that the varions speakers gave utterance tu sentiments whicb found a ready response in the bosom of every hearer . As the addresses were wholly in Welsh , and delivered with a fluency aud a fervour of which you can have no idea , being compelled moreover to use the services of my friend as interpreters , I onlv took few notes , but these will enable me to lay before your readers , a general outline of the grievances of which they complain , and the spirit which they manifested to obtain their redress . If bhv of your readers j entertain tke opinion that t « Ubars are the only or even the chief grievance ,, which the Kebecc&itee are resolved to redress , I beg that they will at oaca discard the idea . Tbe first speaker , in
allusion to tbe great meeting on the Myuidd Selem , held a few days previously , remarked , " Tbat " was a grand display !; The great men are wanting us to hold no more midnight meetings , bnt to meet openly in the eye of day . We will meet by day , and by night also 1 They are fearing for their rents , when they want us to give up our meetings at night . Tbey feel our force , and they fear ii »; but they shall fear us yet more before our bond is dissolved . What are we striving for ? we wish only to live . We cannot live as things are at present . When we improve our little farms , a captious landlord orders us to pay more rent , or to leave tbe bouse in which we were born . This is grievous- ; but is it not the case ? ( Here many a voice exclaimed—• True ; it is , it' is . ' ) Yts ! but it shall not be so much longer ; for there is a giant spirit gone forth to set the
nations free—a spirit upon which old Father Time is afraid to look- | -a spirit which demands , in a voice of thunder , that equal justice shall be performed to all tbe people , THosei who think toll-bars the only sore which we in Wales have to suffer , are much mistaken ; bat we will convince them that not only toll-bars are a RTiev&nce , and a grievance which ' Becca' will speedily remove , but there are others , and among them that of wbicb I am speaking , turning ub adrift when we improve our farms . We do not want to take the farms from tbe landlords , but we want them at a rent which will enable ns to live , and we are resolved to have them on tern > 3 by which we may ba enabled to resist the whim or capriee of any one , and each of us to worship under our own vine , cone daring to make us afraid . These things wq will have , or woe be to them who stand between us and ! our rights . "
The second speaker took np the subject of tythes , explained their origin , the purposes to wbicb they were devoted in bye-gone times , and ths mode « f their transfer to their present holders . He spoke keenly against the establishment , which be justly contended bad swallowed up both the share « f the poor , the allotment for church purposes , as well as the share which had been originally set aside for the parson . He maintained that no usurpation could justly entitle tho clergyman to any such sums ,: aud he called upon the people to resist such injustice even to the death . " Let the rnonty , " he added , " be spent as formerly ; let our children be educated , and our poor be fed ; let the tenth of our produce no longer be given to a la * y and indolent priest or prelate ; iet us ourselves chooae our referees and magistrates , &nd Wales ^ ill again become what she once was , tbe quietest portion of tbe dominions of our queen . But if these our just demands are refused , she shall never know peace or quietness again . ''
A third speaker spoke at considerable length upon . the poor laws , and after he had finished , the meeting broke up . The numbers present were about 150 , and of these about two-thirds w « re armed . A . tter breaking up , not tho slightest noise could be heard , to indicate that such a numerous body of men were in the neighbourhood ; for » n leaving the building the oDly human being in sight was tbe friendly farmer who bad accompanied me in my ramble , ji spent the rest of tbe night under his hospitable roof , j The meeting was obviously composed of that class of small farmers who bave to labour for their daily bread at other employment than the management of their own land ; for it is here no uncommon occurrence for the husband to be digging in the bowels of the earth while tbe wife is doing the same on its
surface ; and on eleven harvest fields , which on Friday last ( passed in succession , not one man was to be seen , bat the whole of tho work had to be performed by women . As my report of the foregoing meeting must take up a considerable portion of your space , I ahaii be brief in my notice of the events of tbe week . I mentioned in ray last the appointment of twenty-one additional police—some of tha number have since resigned , and others bave got a good ducking in the rivtr , one of them narrowly escaping with his life . I also mentioned the ntt ; iflk upon ; the premises of Mr . Edwards , the tithe collector , and a resvard of £ 50 * has since been effored by Government to induce some of the children ef Uebseca " toisplit . " Tho bait , however , h ; ia not luefi taken , ami thwe is not the slightest probability that it will . A hay stack , the property of Mr . Tbomaa , a clergyman and msgistntte has been consumed to ashes . The enclosures which bave been erected on
Ll 3 ni ; 8 bie Common , by which tbo poer were deprived of tbe right of ipasturage , have been levelled to tba ground . And sobie row or other has taken plaae at Carmarthen , for on Friday I met a detachment of tbe 76 lb , posting down by forced marches , and broiling under a burning bub , like parboiled turnips , but what waa tbe r ? aaou of their hurried miwch , I cannot ascertain . Neither have Rebecca and her black footman been idle , for they have , in defiance of bastardy clauses , and Poor Law Amendment Bills , restored three illegitimate children to their disconsolate fathers , and promised a visit to about a d < zen uiora , which has caused some of the farmers' wives to take their husbands tightly to task , as to their doings in the amatory line ; for one of the three who got such an unexpected addition to his family Las been married about a year and a half , and the little one who was brought to his lady by Kubecca is a thumping daughter about two years old . ;
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The following Is tbe address from Cumberland alluded to in tbe early part of the report : To the Inhabitants of Whitehaven Harrington , Work-) ington Mafj / port and of Cumberland generally and to the Miners of Great Britain and Ireland
Friends , Brethren , and Fellow Countrt-MEN , —A most unwarrantable and malicious atu-ropt having been made by our employers and tbeir agents , to prevent us from exercising the privilege which tbe Legislature of the country gives to every man , namely , the right to combine to reduce the hours of labour , —we think it right to Inform yon , that in the first place , we sought no adva co of wages , nor did we intend a " strike , " our object being simply to form a general union of our trade , and by such union to put a period to the manifold grievances under which we- labour , and Of which the following is a tru » statement . For many years a union of our employers has exUtert ; of this we are assured , by the fact , tbat if a dispute arose between an employer or bis agent , and tbe workman , and the
latter left the former , and sought employment at any other colliery in the West of Cumberland , he was asked where he worked last , and when be told , he was immediately answered by the party to whom he applied , " thero was no work for him . he was a troublesome man in his last employ . * ' Under th « so circumstances , the poor miner was obliged to leave his home , his family , and seek in a distant part that employment whiehhe was denied at home . His wife and family , in tbe mean time , were forced to tak « refuge in a Union Workhouse , and become a burthen to tbe public , who , wa are assured , feel equal pressure with ourselves . We have endured the moat cruel treatment and privations , such as no other class have suffered . Our w-igea have been reduced by means unknown to other tradesmen ; nor have the public received the benefit of such reductions . And such is the cupidity of our employers , and such is their wish to perpetuate
the present unjust and tyrannical system , tbat they have forced us from our honest labour , for uniting with our brethren to lessen the { hours of labour , which we may now average from fifteen to eighteen hours , for the paltry sum « f from Is . 9 d . to 2 s . 3 d . And tbis is not all ; our labour for such wages is ever on the increase , and reductions are made for our baskets being short of measure , or a little splint or stone being in ; although such eoal is actually Sold at the same proportionate price as those baskets that are full , or tbat have not any splint er stone lu them . This system prevails at all the Collieries in Cumberland—at Whitehaven , Greengill , O ' ughtersttle , De&rhaiu , G ^ ciux , and other places . We are asked to sign an article we have had no part in drawing up . Many signed a similar one at Whitehaven in 1831 , and what has it produced—Poverty , and its consequent crime and disease , —tbis has come upon them , and necessity compels us to resist it now .
And now , we would ask our employers , if they are honest , why prevent us from protecting our labour ? and we may add , from protecting their property , and giving to it greater security and value than it at present has 1 Do employers think to force us into compliance by starvation ? Yes , ftllowrslaves , tbey do I nnd we ask you , aro yeu content to secure to you and your children , greater wretchedness than that which already exists ? Are they not starved for want of food and clothing ? And ought you to labour incessantly for 16 or 18 hours , and only have what barely gives life tu the body ? To Shipowners , and those who work iu ships , wo say , do you wish to better the price of freight and wages ? If you do , you will support us , or at least you will sympathise with us in our present struggle ; for if we are to be left to tha tender mercies of our employers , greater reductions will be made in our wages aud your
gain . Shopkeepers and Tradesmen I you who live upon our labour , you who pay direct taxation , and who are , by reason of tbe many reductions we have met with in pur wa ^ es , fast approaching to our pitiable condition , will you shield uh from th * tyranny to which we must bo subject , if we are not to be onzted ? We ask no advance of price , we seek no reduction in measure ; all we seek for is , the right to unite to protect ourselves from more excessive toil than that to which we are now Subject Ministers of the Go ^ pell you , wboBe business it is to preach peace and goodwill towards men ; you , wbose duty it is to shield and defend the poor , when their cause is just ; you , whose further duty it is to preach against oppression , put on the armour of righteousness , and be to us a shield of defence . Come to us—hear our talcs of woe and of- misery—and when you learn that we are deprived of the rights which tho Gjspel of the Lord Jesus Christ declares we are entitled
toat . end un , or we perish ! Brethren , who are now suffering , we cor > jure you to keep thi peace ; give the eaemy no pretext , to bring in the army of hired assassins , to buitheu the poor shopkeeptr and tradesman more than he is . Lot peace , law , and order , be your motto . Let the virtuous inotLers of Whitt haven and of Cumberland eh-iw that they aid oppressed ! Let them pa-ade their naked children throus ' u tbe stivtts , and tell those unfeeling fcuols of oppression that while they are Attempting to prop up the present rottun system of competition and robbery , Hrnry Curwen , Eiq .. the proprietor of Workington and Harrington colieriea , has not made any suck base attempt upon his workmen ; but , on the contrary , he tolerates the liberty of bis men , and we are assured , encour 1 pes them to carry into effect the object of the Miners * Association . The consequence is , that all hiameo are in the Union , and are at , work . We ask for work , —our money ia but scant ; Those that will work , 'tis pity they should want By order of the Committee .
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MILITARY OUTRAGE at KNIGHTSBRIDGE . The neighbourhood of Knightsbridge was on Friday night , about ten o ' clock , thrown into a state of the greatest confusion and alarm by tke violent and highly improper conduct of a number of tha privates of the R © yal Horse Guards ( . Blue ) , which regiment is quartered at the Horse Barracks on the Kensington-road . The disturbance commenced ^ at one of the numerous pubHc-honsos ia that locality , at . which there are nightly concerts and balls , where persons of both sexes are admitted , to the ruin of numbers , especially women . The particnlars are as follow : —Shortly after ten o ' clock , which is the naual hour for the soldiers to be in barracks , some wordi occurred between one of the Bines and a woman in
the coccert-room on the first floor of the Old King's Head , kept by John Ncate , directly opposite the barrack gates , in the course of which the soldier struck her . A civilian sitting near them , observed that he considered such conduct was very unmanly in any one , bnt particularly in a soldier . That gave rise to a quarrel , which the landlord tried all in his power to prevent , bnt there were several of the soldier ' s comrades in the room , and in other parts of thehouse . who declared they would not be interfered with by civilians , and b . tan a general attack upon tbe whole of the company . The screama of the women were most dreadful , as the soldiers attacked men , women , and children indiscriminately , without mercyforcing them out of the concert-room , and
, dragging them down tbe staircase and along the passage , which by that time was lined by other soldiers , by whom they were struck , buffeted , and kicked until they were expelled into the high-road , most of them bleeding from the blows and contusions they had received , and with their c ' othes torn off their backs . Having cleared the concert room , the soldiers proceeded to clear the rooms on the ground floor , into which some of the company had retreated for safotv , at which juncture a guard turned out at the barracks for the purpose of quelling the disturbance , but their efforts to do so were ineffectual until the soldiers had cleared the tap-room , the windows of which are on the high-road , and the upper parts
of which being open , several women in their alarm threw themselves out into the arms of persons outside , in doing whioh some of them were much cut by the broken glass . So violent were the soldiers , evea in their passage to the barracks , that several respectable persons accidentally passing along ( he road were knocked down by them . At that moment , the writer of this account saw a woman , who had escaped by a window , with her arm laid open from her elbow to the hand , which a young man was wrapping round with a shawl to stop the effusion of blood , and two sailors who appeared to have been dreadfully punished , were leading another , woman , with her hair dishevelled , and her ~ head bleeding , towards Sloanestreet .
Within a few minutes after the commencement of the disturbance , a large number of persons were drawn by the screams and noise to the spot , who called loudly for tho police , but only two could be seen , who on being spoken to , said they could not interfere with the soldiers , but the miJjtary authorities must be applied to . Some of the inhabitants accordingly spoke to a gentleman in plain clothes , who was standing in front of th « barrack-gate and who stated that he was an officer of the regiment , and complained that the military authorities had not been active enough in suppressing the riot . This the gentleman said was insulting hirn , and . he threatened to give them in charge of the police , who were ready to take them , but ac that juncture it was discovered that about thirty or forty of tbe privates , stripped to their troupers , with their heads bare , and in every
way fully prepared for mischief , bad escaped from the barracks by climbing tho wall at the east end , next to the Brown Bear public-house , and were advancing on the other side of the way , declaring they would clear all the public-houses of civilians . The confusion which instantly prevailed is beyond description . The doors of the public-houses were immediately closed and barricaded . On the soldiers reaching the Rising Sun public-houae , and finding they could get ua entrance , th « y turned round and attacked the crowd , several of whom were knocked down . The most timid of the spectators immediately took to their heels , but several persons were pursued by the soldiers some distance , one of whom informed the writer that he had been struck on the back with the flat side of a sword , and another stated that a eword had been thrown at him by one of the soldiers who pursued him but could not overtake him .
The guard was on that occasion , however , tnrned out most promptly , and the soldiers were driven within the barracks , the windows of which were filled by their comrades , who called out to the crowd ( who hissed them ) that they would be revenged on them yet . A large number of porsons remained congregated in front of the barracks until nearly midnight , but there being then a better attendance of police , no further disturbance took place . It is understood that the inhabitants of the district intend applying to the proper authorities for a searching investigation into the affair , with a view to prevent the recurrence of such outrages in future .
ANOTHER ACCOUNT . On Saturday last a preliminary investigation took place at Kiiightfbridge Barracks , respecting to a riot and other outrages , in whioh some private soldiers of the R ' . yil Horse Guards ( Blue ) were alleged to have beeu ihe chief aggressors . The inquiry was a secret one , bat through another channel the following particulars have been gleaned : —It appears that between eleven and twelve o ' clock on Friday Dight , a party of young men and women , residents of Knightsbridge or its vicinity , went to the King's Head public-house , which is in the High street , and direciiy opposite the barrack gateway . The party were shown into the public room , where they were served with liquor . Whilst thus enjoying them-jelves ,
some of the Bluea entered the . raom and called for something to drink . The waiter ^ perceiving that the soluiers were intoxicated , told them that his master would draw nothing more that night , and advised them to go to barracks , as tbe Grand Rounds Picket looked in every night after stragglers . This exasperated the soldiers , who refused to quit tbe house until tbey were served with whatever they wanted , and insisted ihey had as much right to be accommodated as any coloured-coat customers or their w—a . 'f rus unproTOKed insult , acting upon feelings already excited by ovur-indulgence in gin and beer , raised ihe civiliaus' choler . Either party abused the other , and ultimately blows were exchanged , which produced * geueral tumult in the house . The arrivd of
adherents to the respective combatants from other rooms rendered the conflict pretty equal . Fortunately the soldiers had not their swords with them , but by breaking off the legs of some of the tabiea and chairs they maintained for some minutes a reboiute stand agamst a superior force . However , with the aid of iwi > police constables who werecalied in , the soldier * were turned out into the street , and the uoors of the house immediately closed . Had the aflVay ended here it would probably pass wff unheeded & * a drunken brawl , in which both parlies ( tbe military being the first traasgressora ) were deservedly pu . iidhea ; but the soldiers finding they could not get back hi co the house , rau a , \ iious 10 their barracks , where they speedily obtained a strong reinforcement , several of tlieir comrades Ballying forth only
partially dressud , having nstn from their beds , but all oi them armed with swords or other weapons . It waa mated that some brought out their pistols , but mat rumour is believed to hare no foundation , at least there were uo siiot 3 fired . Tae soldiers proceeded directly to the King's Head , iridistitig either up > n being admitted , or mat . tho townsmen should be turaed out . Tney were assured that tho house had be ^ n cleared ot all but its regular inmates , which was strictly iru , tur the party eugaged m the original quarrel had ^ oue out soon after the soldiers were ejected . Tins was treated as a pretext to screen the culuured-coai men , and the soldiers attempted to tt . rce the door wtiicti resisted their iassaults ; they ih » n bruke several of the windows , whioh collected an immense mob ot persons , upon whom tho infuriated bOldiers comm > -uccd an attack with their
tmurdts , &e . L ' ne nor . uoiv assumed a most formidable aspeoo , and there appearing reason to apprehend that it would lead to loss of life if not promptly subdued , some of the byataaders went over to the barracks aud demanded , that the soldiers should be * called in . Tim nuu-commissis < nea officer on duty turned out a picnet , and several of the police having by that time been collected , the soldiers were forced back into ttieir barracks , and the crowd ia the street quickly dispersed . Two ot the soldiers are said to oe severely beaten . The moat serious injury , however , wa- Misnamed on the other side . A yjuug inarrieu wouiau , named Gowers , received a sabre-cut on the head , and wh « n picked up Was apparently
lifeless , bhe has been conveyed to tho St . George's Hospital , where me wound was dressed , but tba medical vfSoers of that iuaiitution considered it an exceedingly critical case . The outbreak of the trooper » w&a communicated by the sergeant in command of tne Barrack-guard to Lieutenaut Bryant , wno is at present acting-adjutant in the place of Lieutenant itfonro , aud ihe result of the inrestigauou ( an ex purte one at piesenD ) will be submitted 10 the colenel of the regiment , who will probably direct » court-m&riial for the triai of the offenders . Should tne casu ot the wounded woman , now in ibe . hospital , terminate fatally , tke luquiry must be betore the civil authorities , and of a far more serious character .
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REBECCA AVOWING HERSELF . ( From the Welshman \ We bave received a communication from " Rebecca , " of vhich the follo | w ; ug is a copy . V / e shall abstain fro . n all com iu tut of this singular production of that rustic queen ' s pen , and , observing that the original bears about it , in abundance , internal as well as external evidence of its authenticity , we leave it in our readers ' bands : — j " Mr . Welshman , sure you will be surprised at seeing my signature to this letter—I " am not ashamed of my n : iin <\ Sir , I glory in it . The world doea me injustice , and evea my own ( country men desp ^ tefully entreat me ; but my trust is in tfee goutintss of Rebecca's cause , and in the . might of tha Lord of Hosts . I am strong-r-in courtge—in determination—and in numbers . R ; Oecca will obtain h » r rights . Iu vain you strive to save a gate .
By threatening blood and slaughter ; Your swords shall ne ' er intimidate Rebecca and her daughter . l Tbe cheating toll trusts may complain , The Mayor may roar his " riot , " Till Becca de her rights obtain She li&ver will be quiet . " Rebecca ' s rights once obtained , we shall be a 8 quiet as mice ; there will then be no further strife bo ^ wejn the slaves ( slaves ntf longer ) and the slave-drivers . It is in vain to employ special constables ; the rural police will be of no use , and as to tb ? . soldiers , I should think , Sir , that English gentlemen au < t brave dragoons might sure be more suitably employed than by being turned into p ke and tollmen ; they are . however , of no use . in
the world , and toUheir long sworns , saddles , bridles . Rebecca wiil bIor , urtncfc tel < le rid < Ue ro ? . Rebecca bids defiance to all of thiem : we don't e ; ire a straw for all too soldiers , rural police , er special coustables . for RabtCca can bring into the fMd a better force , and a muoh mor « - numerous one . Rtbecca is more than one hundred thousand strong . The people , the masses , to a man , throughout the three covraues of Carmarthen , Cardigan and Pembroke , are with me . Ob yes , they are all my children : ¦ when I { meet the lime-men on the road covered with sweat ] and dust . I know these are Rebecciites ; when I see the coalmen coming to town clothed In ragfl , bard worked at . d hard fed , I know these arts mine , these are Rebecca ' s children ; when I Bee the f « mer 8 ' wives carrying loaded baskets to the market ,
bending under the ^ weight . I know well that these we my daughters . If I turn into a farmer ' s bouse , and see them eating barleyj bivail and drinking vrhey , sjireiy . say I , these are merabtra of my family , these are the oppressed sons and | dau $ ; l ; ter 8 of Rebecca . When I see ( the manuscipt here , for several sentences together , a illegible , tbe words blood and oppression , loyalty and Rebecca , being the ! only ones that can be deciphered . ) I blush for my countrymen , and resolve to regenerate them . My children are simple , without information and politics . Theyjsbel ! not always be thus . If God spare the life of Rebecca she will work out their redemption , and if she dies , Miss Cromwell and a band of brave mountaineers can cut their way through every obstaale . We must be free . I eay it . I wlio command , I the Rebecca and Regenerator . Ffarwelwcb ,
ffarwelwcb . Mr . Jffelshman , they aay you are a Saxon born , be sure you are t 7 ue , and belie not tba bright and glorious reputation j of the great , the governing , the brave and wise Britons . The Government Commission sent dewn to listen ' to and redress our grievances is En | , Hsh—Rebecca and her children rejoice . For we know tbat England Will do more for oppressed Welshmen thau Wales itself , with its jobbers and degenerate gentry , would ever have done . But it was Rebecca , who gave the word of command . It was she wfeo brought down tbe enjvoy from the seat of the Imperial Legis ' ature . Once more , Sir , fiurwelwch—Rsbtuca ' s heart bleeds for her countrymen—ahe hath com pass in on her ceuntrymeri— contempt for cowardice—natrtd for oprr ^ ssicn—and flove for ail Honest Independence . By Tfc'fld Presents 1 st All Men Know I " REBECCA . "
The "Rebecca" Movement : South- Wales.
THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT : south- wales .
&)T Ctlforg' Ffirtfoemtnt.
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• " - - « - ™ ¦ ^^ = Extbaordinakt Egg . —On Friday last , as Samuel Bunon , a stainer , iu the employ of Mr . Groves , of N « w street , lnihisoity , was engaged in breaking duck t-gg * , there came out of the white of one of them a perfect egg , of a iight blue colour , about the size of those laiu by a thrush . This is not altogether without a parallel , a small egg having been discovered under 6 imilar circumstttneea some years ago , but as many millions of eggs am broken in this city in ihe course of a year , the iaot whioh we have stated may be considered very extraordinary . — Worcestershire Guardian ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1229/page/6/
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