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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND . TTTg COTEKTBT SXABTIKG . Ix onr sixth page oar readers will find some most appalling details of the wretchedness into which thousands in this " free and enlightened eonntrj" are plunged bj class legislation ' and olass-DppreosioiL . To the report of the grievances and abominable treatment ©? the Metropolitan tailors yre also re < jnest the attention of all , begging of them to mark the refined villany vhich enables a fete to aid the spiead of Pro" -
ieslantism by plundering his Christian workmen . Let the reader also w read , mark , learn aad inwardly digest" the horrid disclosures respecting the M Sweating Machines" made before Sir Ptteb Laurie , at the Guildhall . It shall be no fault of onra if J&is * Condition-of-England gnestion" be Dot fnlly undereloodJby the whole civilized world . We promise to rafc ^ ogether such amass of tyranny and viflainny onihe one hand , and slavery and miBery en thelwner , as shall rouse the Btitish Lion from his too-long continned slnmbers , and make
* The Tery stones to risB against earth ' s tyrants ' s . " A few words on the atrocioas case of pinafion " in the CoTentry House of Industry . As stated in our last , a meeting of Guardians was held to consider the conrse that shonld be pnrsned with r « ~ ference to this " painful and melancholy affair . ' Ihis week we hare seen a report of the proceedings in the Coventry Herald , according to which the bnrihen of each speech was the "humanity" (!) and "kindly disposition" (!) of the " Directors . " One Mr . England remarking that : —
B Asto the Terdict at Leicester , he contended that such a verdict teas not justified by the evidence , and Bone but a Tery intemperate Jury would have given such a verdict . Indeed , it was evident that it was a most intsmperate Jury , or else the members of it would sot have been jumping up one after another before the evidence was near closed , and crying out about manslaughter and starvation" I i Precious Gusurdians of the poor these ) We will Hoi Vntmit Jthe public by replying to the above mas of stolid falsehood , all who read the proceedings of the inquest will he able to pass a very proper p Terdict" upon Ww . At this meeting it was finally resolved ( as stated in our " Notices" last week ) that
ihe Directors shonld be requested to jSve the officers Of the "Boase" "implicated by the verdict" an opportunity of rebutting the charges of ihe Leicester 3 ury . From the comments of the Coventry Bera Q which appears to be a regular Malthusian journal , we learn that the deputation from the above meet was met by the following resolution of the "Board "; ** That the Directors cannot reeognizs any depa-^ ataon appointed at a nocturnal meeting called at a public-house , anonymously and without ' legal authority ; imt if the gentlemen wish to make any communication to the Directors , it must he aide In writing . "
In the same paper we find that Bjckxezx , the gnrgeon , stnng by the verdict of the Leicester Jury , has resigned the situation of surgeon to the w House . " In reply to his letter of resignation , ins "Directors 51 have passed resolutions jfisliltg thai they " consider the verdict ihe result of prejudice and excitement ; and not the deliberate judgment of an impartial Jury upon the evidence , " And that ft The Directors feel it incumbent on them to testify to Mr . Bickoell's care , attention , ability , -and humanity , during the time he has been Surgeon to the House" ! 11
God forbid thai we should libel Mr . BlCX >* ELL , but we eay to our readers go hack again to the evidence of the widow Roisos , and that of the old Irish nurse , who avowed that- she feared to tell all the horrid truth lest she should lose her situation 1 and then let our readers judge for themselves as to the care , attention , ability , and humanity of Mr . Bickkell ! More we cannot find space to fay now : but let the people treasure up these wrongs , and learn to know that such will continue to he their doom , untO they assert their rights , and refuse to be longer lorded trrer by suoh hatefnl oppressors as these grinding , starring , and unblushing destroyers of their fellowmen . Political equality will alone enable them to put an end to social wrong .
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Ths Oidhjlx Wbg Lie . —We have received a letter from Mr . Philip Knight , brother of the late revered John Knight , of Ol&ham , in which he says , As to Mr . O'Connor owing anything to my brother , it 13 entirely without foundatioa . " What despicable shifts the Oldham Whig 3 are put to , to have to fabricate such a lie , as the one thus thrown in their teeth . AssociATios Cjlrbs . —It i 3 requested that all localities ie pairing ^ Cards maj transmit their money to the General Secretary , as by that xaeaaB riiere "Will be no delay in transmitting them . Again we "have to notice the non-payment of the weekly subscriptions of enrolled members . David Skeij .-highly approves of Mr . O'Connor ' s
suggestion for a " National Tribute , " and wishes his brother Chartists to take up the question "rigorously and universally . We are glad that our correspondent stand 3 manfully by the " good old cause , " despite the petty persecution by which he is annoyed . Ebiuxd Geoocock sends U 3 a case of a Methodist class-leader robbing a poor woman of lid ., -under the plea of "class-money . " The remedy is for " poor -women" "to have nothing to do with such earning fcouDdrels . If the sheep would retain its wool , it must keep out of the reach of the " teecer . " OtsTos , stab Newcastle . —We . have not room . Thomas Bathsos . —Wereallvhave not time to look
through bur file for an answer to his query . Any of our read ? r 3 in Sis neighbourhood who may keep the Star by them -would , no donor , afford himtfoe opportunity of looking for himself . The Cotestet Chabtists wish to hear from the Chartists of the following places : —Leamington , Warwick , Kenilworth , Felshill , Bedworth , Nnneaton , Hinchley , sad Hugley . Letters te be addressed , Mr . George Freeman , Bradbury ' s-street , J&hn ' s-street , Coventry . A Haieb os Ttraxst . —In depends on the" rales " of the milL The milowner has the power if any such rules are hung up in the workiDg room , stating that such are the terms on which those whom he employe mast be content to labour .
Ma . Ma 5 os , or Bibmisghaii , has sent us a letter in reference to certain alleged exrora in the report of Mr . M'Grath ' a "risit to Birminuham , in the Star of last week . The errors complained of are of so little moment , that we are sure Mz . Mason will excuse the non-insertion of his communication , ihe purport of which is , that he did not express himself as being fully satisfied with Mr , 23 'Grath ' s answers to his questions . We join with Mr . M . in hoping . hat differences of opinion as to modes of action , may no longer retard onr progress . All have the right to advise , or to object , as they may see fit ; and honest differences of opinion shonld be respected instead of eenFnred . It is too often the case that ( as Mr . M . says } " -sre
generally judge with severity what we disapprove , ¦ when we have not the means of investigating fully the entire circumstances of the ease . " But this error we shall mend of . ¦ Johs JoHysos , Librarian at the Carpenters'Hall , Manchester , wishes 10 know where he can-obtain a copy of " The first slepin the ladder to Political Xnoidedge ? reviewed in onr paper of Sept . 9 zh last 1 We presume our correspondent has applied to Leach and Heywood . If eo , it most be that copies have not reached the London publishers . Perhaps this will meet the eye of the author of the pamphlet . Bath Totts Corscn- —We have so room for our correspondent ' s communication , but thank him for it and the pampMet .
The Poets . — " Vermont Cot" "Liberty , " and "Lines to a Non-Producer , " declined . Other favours are under consideration . Jomf Pecfield . —We have not room . Co-OPE&Aiios . —Our correspondent who when answering what appeared on the 18 th ult . under thia head , we hade to " try again , " las sent ns some Blight alterations of his plan , the principal of Which IB , that ^ shares" shonld be Sto shillings . to > eraiBed by instalments of sixpence per week . With respect to his offer to supply coals at wholesale charges , to his friends in Deptford , and withiH ten miles of that town , we have not room for the particulars , which he had best lay before the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists . H . Moui £ . —Yes .
Cctbs : sla * cd Coixiebs . —John Madine writes ns that instead of ihe Fum total pnblished nnder thiB head in ^ ur last being £ 34 , it should have been £ 59 . Mr . M . Faxes ihat it was his own mistake . Qcrp ' s Besch P : bik > : *\—Mr . George White wishes to inform his friends in London , that through an alteration in the rules of the above prison , visitors are now admitted until seTen o ' clock in the evening .
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NOTTINGHAM . CONCILIATION . " Where there ' s a will there ' s a way . " Notwithrtandiag the endeavour of many parties wishing well to the cause of Chartism , either to suppress or explain away the unhappy differences -which appeared to exist between the Executive and a portion of the Nottingham CImtists , yet as in all such cases , tricksters , eavesdroppers , and meddlers , who had nothing whatever to do is the affair , and "who wen is 20 -wise connected with Nottingham , have sought , with characteristic industry , to light a general flame from the Nottingham spark of misunderstanding ; and thus all the endeavours to prevent a spread ot the disease have been frustrated : -while , hoirever , the good sense ol tke people ' s friends has had the effect of baffling the machinations of the wily . As it is notorious that a misunderstanding bad taken place , I shall now proceed to commnnicatB the happy terminatien of the existing dispute . Communications were sent from Nottingham -
to Mr . O'Connor relative to our position here ; and in reply to them he appointed the very earliest day after announcement could be made in the Stir for his visit to Nottingham ; and according to arrangement arrived here on Monday evening . When the Chartists or Nottingham Deard of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit , they made application for the Exchange Rooms , which , however , had been pre-engaged by some musical parties . They then applied fer the Town Hall , but that also -was engaged by the Chairman of the Court of Req nests . There was then so other alternative but tceCdartirt Chapel ; and thither the people repaired an flour before the time of meeting , when it was literally chocked fall , large numbers having also repaired to the Town Hall , where it was expected the meeting would be held . Shortly before eight o ' clock Mr . O'Connor entered the Chapel amid the cheers of those outside , accompanied by the Rev . Mr . Linwood , Messrs . Borman , Sweet , Morrison , Barber , Roberts , and other leading Chartists of Nottingham .
When Mr . O'Connor entered the pulpit he was received with a universal burst of acclamation , which -was canght by the assemblage outside , and sent ringing throngh the streets . After a few momenta , Mr . ' Sweet was proposed to the chair , and upon being seconded , Mr . ilORUisOK presented himself to set the meeting right , by informing them that a chairman bad been previously agieed upon ; but after a few very temperate observations he said , that he was sure their cause would be as safe tinder the presidency of Mr . Sweet , as under Mr . Barber ; and tbat his reason fo » interposing » t that stage , "was for the purpose of preventing democrats violating their own rules , and if Mr . Sweet was to be chairman , let them go regularly to work by voting him there .
Mr . Sweet was then appointed to the chair , and having briefly opened the business , and having stated that he -would much rather Mr . Baiber had been allowed to preside , as their cauBB would be equally safe in his hands ; he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who upon presenting himself , was received -with several rounds of cheers . Prior to his commencing his lecture Mi . HoYiivya iDlormeQ nim , ihat as Beveral questions would be put to Mm , he ( Mr . Morrison ) wished to know whether Mr . O'C would answer them before or after his lecture ?
Mr . O'Cossob—Whichever the meeting wishes . I shall neither demur , put in a plea in abatement , apply for a postponement , or refuse to join issue , although I ought to have been furnished with a copy of ihe indictment , as well as -with a list of the witnesses . ( Laughter . ) Bat if Mr . Morrison has no choice , perhaps it -would be as well to allow me to proceed with my lecture , as , in the course of it , I may be able to to put the meeting impartially in possession of some of the facts , and then allow Mr . Morriaon te take his ewn course . This arrangement being agreed upon , Mr . O'Connor was about to proceed , when another interruption took place , by the arrival of a deputation from the Town Hall , annonnciog that the Chairman of the Court of Heqnests tMr . Wildman , Q . C- ) had , in the kindest manner , adjourned his Court to the Magistrates Room , in order that the people should not be disappointed ; and that the Town Hall was literally crammed .
Upon this announcement , Mr . Linwood , the eloquent and patriotic Unitarian Minister of Mansfield , voluntesred his services at the Town Hall , to speak there till ten , when Mr . O'Gonnor would arrive and address them . Silence being once mosre restored , JIB . O'CosSOS , commenced , and in a speech of great length he reviewed the several changes and vicissitudes which the Chartist cause had undergone , and dwelt with peculiar force and energy upon the Beveral causes which had led to the several ruptures amongst the Chartist body ; clearly demonstrating to bis hearers that ia so single instance had the Chartists of themselves originated one single dispute : while the principal portion of their business for the last four years was the healing of those differences which had been created in tke
Chartist ranks by sections who professed the principles , but who did so merely for the purposes of qualifying themselves as disturbers . He explained the amount of labour that it had cost him to watch and expose their machinations ; and that sow they had not only thrown out their feelers trader different democratlo pretensions ; but they were rejoictog la ttw idea that they would be enabled to carry the fire into our own camp , and to make Chartists like the Kilkenny cats , eat each other to the tails— ( laughter ) . But , be continued , I am come here to heal the wound , and not to rub the sore—( loud cheers and waving of hats ) . Aye , and if there are any here who have come in the hope of
carrying the glad-tidings of our disunion to their section meeting holes , they shall rbtum dismayed , and tell their confederates that man and wife have shaken hands—( loud cheers )—that though they know when to dispute , they know how to dispute , and how to be reconciled ; and that whoever interferes -win have to bear the blows , if r . O'Connor then proceeded at some length to address the audience in a strain of argumentative and impassioned eloquence upon several interesting subjects , in the course of which he showed bow the several factions had continued the power of the minority by fomenting strife smengst the majority ; aDd concluded a splendid appeal amidst the most entbuaiastit applause .
It was then announced that those assembled in the Town Hall were anxiously expecting Mi . O'Connor , ¦ when Mr . MORB . ISOS rose , amid cheers , and Bpoke aearly as follows : —Sir , I now rise for the purpose ef performing a sacred duty—that of ascertaining the truth , and of standing upon that ; and although I hold union to be indispensable to our yerj existence as a party , yet Sir , that union t » be stable , solid , and lasting must be based upon trnth and the democratic principles . And , Sir , -when we who have endeavoured humbly and zealously to do our duty to our brother Chartists shall have ascertained either that we -were wrong ourselves , or had misconceived the acts of others , we shall be as willing , after a proper and honourable understanding , to bury all the causes of disunion , as Mr . O'Connor can be . The conrse that "we have pursued is known to many , and would have been known to more had onr views been
inserted in the Ao- flem Star ; aid what I have to complain of is this , Sir , not of the Executive , hnt of a majerity of the Enrolment Committee acting "without ray concurrence in the important matter , -whether out plan should be enrolled without onr principles ; and I shall now proceed , Sir , to read portions of correspondence to establish my position , and I shall then put some questions to Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Morrison then proceeded to raad extracts from letters from Mr . Hobson , stating that if the meeting preferred it he -would rathtr read all ; but if not , he would merely give them such extracts as would not require any portion of the text to explain them . When itli . Morrison had read these extracts he said , I shall now put some questions to Mr . O'Connor . First , Mr . O'Connor was it with your sanction that your name was affixed to the Executive address that appeared in the S&ir of the lllb of November ? TeB . I put it there TPiih my own hand .
Secondly . Did you call for the correspondence that had paased between tke Enrolment Committee before you signed that address ? Certainly not ; thevr ' s - were powers above mine , independent of mine . I ntver asked for it , nor never shall . Thirdly . Do you think that the Nottingham Committee merited the term " tricksters" applied te them in that address ? Mr . MoBBissox having concluded , Mr . O'Cosnob rose and saia , I shall commence with he last , and beg to assure Mr . Morrison that the "Word " tricfeter . 8 " "Was applied to a knot -who have been
prowrojg through London , aided by parties in the coHntry , for the purpose of destroying the New Executive as they destroyed the Old Executive—( cheers ) . I answer Mr . Morrison as a gentleman , as well as a Chartist ; and I tell him that some of the Executive , especially Mr . iki - Grath , objected to the term , lest it should be misunderstood ; and anxious as I am for reconciliation , yet I -would not purchase it by a falsehood : and while I won't retract it , as required by ilr . Morrison , I explain it thus , and I hope to his satisfaction .- on my bonenr as a gentleman , the term " tricksters" was not applied to Mr . Morrison or the Nottingham Committee .
Mr . MOBBisos—YeB , Sir , but look to results and not to motives ; and however good the motive may be , the result has been that £ very man who read it has come to the conclusion that we -were meant . Mr . O'CO > 'SOB—Well , thal ' s the value of this explanation—tb . ear , hear ) . Now they'll be set right . And then , again , I am happy to have Mr . Morrison ' s admission that he looks te results and not to motives . Now that ' s the very thing ; and I shall look to feeth ; and I shall canvas Mr- Hobson ' s motive for the coarse that fee recommended , and tie result of hii recommendation . Ab for bi » motives , I nave known him well for eight years : and I never knew him influenced
except by the best of motives . HiB motive In drawing op the plan -was good , and has not been impugned . No one imputes motives to prevent men from taking all the trouble ; and it -was natural that Mr . Hobson should have a very tender solicitude about a plan that cost him so much trouble . But see what's the fact , as wa take it from the extract of Mi . Hebson ' s letter as read by Mr . Morrison . Mr . Hobson sajB that he oommuni-jated his opinions ; and that the Executive were so stnick with them , that they proceeded to do -what ? To bvve tbeplan enrolled withontthem ? No such thing . For '< bat would have been the " result ; " but to lay them before Tidd Pratt , in jnxta-position with a plan that he had before enrolled , and in -which there were no prin-
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ciples ; and so far from the Executive making a case out for judicial inquiry upon the opinion and recommendation of Mr . Hobson , they never attempted it ; as I am the person who transmitted the case for the opinion of counsel , te furnish grounds for any proceedings that might be taken ; and I did it without the alteration of a sentence , line , word , or letter : u » that Mr . HobBon " B motive was good , unless indeed he is not allowed to give us . an opinion , for that 1 b all he did : while the " result" is that the plan has nut been certified ; and upon behalf of every member of the Executive I tell this meeting that we have not tho inclination any more than the power , to accept of the plan without the principles , and that we would not do it to-morrow—( load cheers ) . -And now as to the general question of the -
non-insertion of Nottingham reports in the Star , in reference to which Mr . Hebsonsays— " I am not aware of one word from Nottingham having been omitted , or treated with contempt by me . Every word coming from there has been inserted as far as I know , with the exception of matter that bad reference to the dispute ; and if the Notfiern Star is to ha" » e any position at all , I bold that Chartist will think me justified in withholding matter -which would only tend to widen the breach . " Besides Mr . Hobson and Mr . Wheeler were ratherawfcwardly circumstanced . Here is a letter from Mr . W . which he requested me to read , in which he states , that when placed in the dilemma , he instantly wrete to Messrs . Hobson and Morrison , bis colleagues ; that he received an instant reply from Mr . Hobson : but no answer whatever from Mr . Morrison .
Mr . MoBRisoN—1 beg youi pardon , Mr . O'Connor ; I have copies of all tue correspondence here—Hi . Wheeler ' s letters to me , and my letters to him . Mr . O'CONNOR—Yes : I admit subsequent letters ; but Mr . Wheeler is speaking of the one required for his immediate guidance , and to that he received no reply . And now , my friends , having shown that the charge is against an opinion of Mr . Hobson ' s honestly expressed , with the best ] of motives ; that no evil result has followed ; that no insult was intended to be offered to the Nottingham men ; and that I , upon the part of the Executive and Mr . Hobson , have given a full , fair , and unequivocal explanation , admitting not only the right , bnt the propritsty , the prudence , and necessity of exercising a vigilaBt control over the people ' s servants ; and further admitting that there were grounds which ' in part justified the suspicion and raised the
honourable indignation of the Nottingham Committee , who , not being "tricksters , " felt sore at being called so ; after all , taking motives , acts , and results into consideration , have motives , base enough , acts bad enough ) and . re-BUlts injurious enough been established as legitimate grounds for the continnauce of this unfortunate misunderstanding —( long-continued cheers , and no , no ) ? No , my friends ; and while I satisfy you as to the danger arising from disunion it is Dot a less pleasing portion of my duty to tell those gentlemen , whom I fhall not call opponents , that I trust I have g ven political satisfaction as a politician—and gentlemanly satisfaction as a gentleman—( cheers ) . And believing in their unshaken integrity , I now tender them the right band , of conciliation and co-operation as a means of strengthening our bands and weakening the power ot our enemies—( loud cheers ) .
Here a working man rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution ^ - whereupon , Mr . O'Connor said , I trust our excellent friend will not propose anything wnich would be in the slightest degree calculated to give the Bhado-w of a triumph to any one . No party wants a triumph . We were both a little wrong—we are now greatly right ; and , therefore , again trusting that my explanation is satisfactory , I leave it in your hands . Mr . Morrison then rose and said , that bo far from regretting the course he and his friends had pursued , the meeting would now see bow necessary it was , as it
had elicited a thorough explanation from Mr . O'Connor , which he believed could not otherwise have been had . That having devoted much valuable time to the eause of Chartism , he had entitled himself to a perfect right to scrutinies the acts of the people ' s servants— - ( bear ) . And while he would be ever found to discharge that duty fearlessly , those with whom he had been in the habit of working , wonld never consider him capable of doing it capriciously—( hear , bear . ) Mr . O Connor himself has admitted the necessity of the Investigation , and , therefore , he admits the propriety of onr course . Mr . O'CoskOB—Certainly , certainly ; watch us well , it is the only way to keep us honest—( laughter ) .
And now , continued Mr . JIoheiso . v , to prove my devotion to the cause , I have only to say , that I am perfectly satisfied with the explanation given by Mr O'Connor , and that I shall now proceed to co-operate with him in making the Plan of Organization as effective as we possibly can nnder all the adverse circumstances by which wo are surrounded—( bravo , and " that's the right -way to beat the enemy" ) . Mr . Morrison retired amid loud cheers , -when Mr . Dobman presented himself and said , my friends , it was no wonder that we who are against giving up the name shonld fee alike startled at the idea that the principles were all going to fly away , and that we were to have nothing at all but the name . But now to shew
you that it waa fer the principles that I contended , aad also that I am perfectly satisfied with Mr . O Connor ' s explanation , what I propose , as the best means of proving it is , that every member of the committee who felt themselves called upon to remonstrate , should be the first to set the example of union , by being the first to take out their cards , and give me mice to begin with : —( loud and long continued cheering , which was followed by every member of the committee taking out his card ) . After which Mr . O" 0 onnor proposed a vote of thanks to Mr . Sweet , tho chairman , which was seconded by acclamation ' and carried unanimously ; and Mr . O'Connor remained until he bad disposed of 376 cards of membership ; thus giving the best practical proof of the
saying" Where there ' s a will there ' s a way . " It was not more the thing that was done , than the mods in "which it was dene , that gave the Chartists of Nottingham pleasure and satisfaction . The inquiring parties did not seek to entrap each other , to commit each other , or to outwit each other : well knowing that a triumph over truth -would have been a tilumph over the whole Chartist body . So far from nice watching to insure a turn of fortune by mistake or chance , it appeared to be the only wish of Mr . Morrison and his friends to arrive at the truth , while Mr . O'Connor ' s object appeared to be its undisguised disclosure .
The hour at which the proceedings closed , did not admit of Mr . O'Connor addressing the people in the Town Hall . However , they lost nothing by the substitution of Mr . Linwood , as , although not there , we understand that he delivered so powerful and eloquent a lecture on the . occasion that the Chartists laid violent bauds upon him , and kept aim per force to address them again upon the following night . As soon as the meeting at the Town Hall had closed , the assembly repaired to the chapel , and remained outside in the street , until the business was concluded , when they accompanied their reunited friends to the Peacock Inn , once more arousing the sleeping inhabitants of Nottingham in the dead hoar of the night , or rather early in the morning , with the sound of " We'll rally . around him again and again . " " Spread the Charter , ' and other democratic songs ; nnd whArs Mr . O'Connor remained until three o ' clock
in the morning , side by side with those who , equally with himself , rejoiced in the reunion that has betn established between the people's friends . And thus terminated one of the most glorious triumphs that ever was achieved by the Chartists—a triumph the benefit of which will be felt throughout the country , and the result of which will be the downfall of " tricksters , " who build their hope upon confusion arising out of the differences of honest men .
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South Staffordshire . —On Nov . 20 h , Mr . S . Wilde addressed the Miners of Ettincall Lane with good success . —On Nov . 21 st , a meeting of Miners was held at Hartshill . Messrs . Wilde and Butler addressed tho meeting , at the close of which many took oat cards ef membership . —On Nov . 23 rd , Messrs . Scott and Wilde held a meeting at Rowley . — On Nov . 24 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at the house of Mr . Martin , Dudley Port , Mr . B . Pyle in the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting by shewing the important objects of
the Miners' Association . MessrB . Scott , Wilde , and Butler severally addressed the meeting at considerable length . The speakers seemed to give universal satisfaction . —On Nov . 25 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at Delph , Mr . Wood in the chair , who opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Scott to address them , which he did , by explaining the rules and objects of the Association . Mr . Wilde was next called on , who addressed them at great length on the necessity of the MiDera of this place joining thej Association . A good many took out cards of membership .
North Staffordshire . —On Wednesday , a public meeting was holden at Chesterton , which was addressed by Mr . Swallow and others . Several new members were enrolled . — On Friday , a public meeting was holden at Cheadle , which was addressed by Mr . Swallow . Another meeting was holden at tke same place on Saturday evening . A most enthusiastic gathering assembled , and a large number took out cards . Mr . Lomax baa held some excellent meetings at Audley and Lougton . notice to the membkjb op the mikers' assccia-: TION .
Owing to the New Year ' s Day being a general holiday , I have been unable to procure any place where the delegates to the forthcoming Conference can assemble ^ but the large spacious building called Carpenter ' s Hall ,-will be ready for their reception on . the following morning , and each successive day till the business is completed . There will also be pnblio meetings every night during the sittings of Conference , w ^ en the nature aod olj ^ cts of the Miners' Aseo / jiation will be fully explained . 1 am also using a ' 4 my exertionB to procure accommodation fox tb ' parties who may attend . I reman , Gentlemen , Your obedient servant , William Gkocott , Secretary of the Miners of Lancashire . Manchester , November 28 th , 1843 .
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Fit ™^ inn ^ f 1 ™ of Miners will be holden at the JtTS i ? £ ° n . on Monday next , December fh 7 ft «^ 1 I ? oIock to the forenoon . Several of SLnT i J age ?^ of the association will be in mS « i- ^ ii A ^ S 8 meeting . A delegate meet ng will take place immediately after , at the same place . * ' A Pdbuc Meeting of Miners will be holden the t £ i&n the Horse Sboe , Bardsley , near Oldham . The meeting will be addressed by Wo . Dixon , ef Snn e t 8 er '» and he gentlemen ! Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . » fc ? i *" rV ? of the Coal Miners of tho Rochdale District was holden on Monday last , on Cronkey Shaw neat Rochdale , and bv adjournment . ' . _ .
on account of the extreme wetness of the day , to the Charter Association Room , which was kindly lent to them by that body . The meeting wag addressed K iCi' , ne '' of Cumberland , one of the agents to the Miners Association , and Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester . The meeting was well attended ; and the following resoluUons were passed unanimously - , Th . at we , the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District , m public meeting assembled , do hereby declare that the wageg that we at present receive for our labour are not sufficient to supply us and our families with the common necessaries of life . " "That we hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and con-Btitutienal means ( and such only ) in our power to S ^™ - - ? y > wa « es for a fair day ' s work . "
xaas u is We opinion of this meeting that it is our duty ^ to immediately join the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , as the only means of securing to us that protection for our labour which it so : imperatively demands ; and hereby call upon the Mmers of this district to do so without delay . " I hat we , the Coal Miners of the Roohdale District , in public meeting assembled , do hereby return our heartfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for their kindness in giving publicity to oHr proceedings . " Bishop Auckland , —Mr . Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the anthorised agent of the Miners' Association , lectured at the following places last week : ~ - bnildon Bank , Leasingthorn , St . Helens , Evenwood , Cookfiold , Etherly , Hunwick , and Bransheth ; at all the above places excellent meetings have been held .
The Miners op Padihxm are hereby informed that the amount of money paid in for them at the last delegate meeting waa £ 1 Is ., and thOBO Of Patricroft . 13 * . 5 ^ d . ; John Auiv has been , lecturing in the following places with general success : —Duckworth , Moorohurch , Kirk AUham , Darwen Over , Broadfield and Bell Thorn . Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on the 20 th and 21 st ; at Radoliffe Bridge on the 22 nd ; Heywood on th © 23 rd ; Middleton on the 24 , h ; ana . on Saturday night opened a new Lodge at Bunker ' s Hill , near Heywood . On Monday , the 27 th , lectured at Bank-lane ; at Walmsley on the 28 th . Mr . P . also opened a new Lodge at Bayslate , near Heywood , where twenty-eight enrolled themselves members of the Miners' Association .
More Coal Kino Ty-ramy . —One of the Coal Kings in the neighbourhood of Chorley discharged two men named James Key and Robert Fisher ] from their employment , for attending a meeting of their brother Miners . The other men engaged in the concern , to their honour be it said , struck to a man , and declared that they would work no more till the men were reinstated in their former situation . This brought the proud tyrant to his senses ; he took them ; back » and the men returned to their work accordingly .
Coatbridge . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part af the Coatbridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crookstbne ' s hall , which was addressed byiMessrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at the ClOB 6 Of the meetlBg about 100 new members joined the Minors' Association of Great Britain and Iraland . On Tuesday , the 21 at , a meeting of another part of that district was held in Burt's Hall , Coatbridge , when a good good number were enrolled as members of the Union . On Wednesday , the 22 nd , met in the Comet , in Coatbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson and Embleton . On Thusday , the 23 rd , another meeting of another part of the said district
was held in Mr . John Haliday ' s hall . Wester Mennislou , when those present elected Mr . John Young for chairman ; Messrs . D . Thompson and B . Embelton addressed the meeting at great length , and a fevr were added to ® ur number . On Friday , the 25 th , a delegate meeting of this district was held in Burt ' s hall Coatbridge , Mr . D . Brown in the chair ; the different delegatea gave in their reports , the following sums were paid : in : —Dundyvan , No . 6 , 4 s . Aid , ; Ditto , No . 10 , 1 s . 3 d . '; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 s . 6 a . ; Dumpelliers , No . 8 , 3 d ; Coats pit , Gartshenie , Is . 3 d . ; Curlincroft , Gartshenie , 6 i . 10 . Jd . ; Gartaell , 7 s . 94 .. ; Sommerlee , 2 s . 7 id '; Dumpellier , No . 7 , 7 id ; Gartgell , 7 ^ d . ; Nuthehouse , la . 3 . } d .: Barton ' s-hill , 7 Ad . ; Dundyvan , No . 3 , 5 s r 7 $ d . ; Dundyvan , No . 10 , 7 | d . s Ditto , No . 9 , 7 ] d . ; Coats pit , Gartahenie , 7 . } d . ; Carllncroft , 7 U . ; and Kippa , 7 Jd .
THE WINTER CIRCUITS . The necessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of the gaols ia the respective counties throughout England , by one of the Learned Judge ? , having been admitted , their Lordships have , we find , made the following arrangements , with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable an object . It must , however , b ' e borne in mind , that these assizes will be held for the trial of prisoners only . The trial of causes at Nisi Prius will be disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer assizes .
OXFORD . Oxfordshire—Saturday , Doc . 9—Oxford . Gjoucesterthire—Wednesday , Deo . 13—Gloucester Worcestershire—Monday , Dec . 18—Worcester . Shropshire—Thursday , Dec . 21—Shrewsbury . Staffordshire -Tuesday , Deo . 26—Stafford . Before the Hon . Baron lielfe .
WE 6 TERN . Southampton—Wednesday . Dec . 20—Winchester . Devon—Wednesday , Dec . 27—Exeter . Before Sir J . T . Coleridge , Knight , and the Hon Sir C . Cresawell , Knight . MIDLAND . Warwickshire—Monday , Dec . 11—Warwick . Leicester—Thursday , Deo . 14—Leicester . Nottinghamshire—Monday , Dec . 18— Nottingham . Derbyshire— Wednesday , Dec . 20—Derby . Before the Right Hon . Sir J . Parke , Knight , one of the Barons of her Majesty ' s Exchequer , HOME . Essex—Saturday , Deo . 9—Chelmsford . Kent—Wednesday , Deo . 13—Maidstone . Sussex—Saturday , Deo . 16—Lewes . Before the Hon . Sir C . Cresswell .
: NORTHERN . Yorkshire and South Lancashire—Mr . JuRtice Wightman—Date of Asme not yet published .
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Mr . M'Grath's Tour . —On Wednesday , the 22 d instant , I proceeded from Birmingham to Bilston . The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a prostrate position ; nevertheless , I soon found a few determined spirits whose ptern devotion to the sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could ehake . The meeting was good and spirited . Mr . Candley , as chairman , commenced the proceedings in a sensible speech . Mr . Mogg , of Lawley-Bauk , and I spoke after , when fprty-six cards of membership were taken out . Many others wouid ha ^ e taken cards , but were prevonted by the pauperizing operation of the infernal truck system . Here the tyranny and injustice
of the coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all their execrable iniquity . The truck system \ 3 in full operation ; there is scarcely a coal or iron master in this district who does not keep what is called a " Tommy Shop , ' from which the workmen are constrained to take goods at prices considerably higher than they can toe purchased at the regular shops in the neighbourhood . The cupidity of the coal and iron masters are not satisfied with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and grasps the greater portion of those wages in the shape of exorbitant profits . It ia no uncommon occurrence for the men to go ten weeks together without a settlement ; aud upon the reckoning day , should the balance be in favour of the workman , it is discounted
at five per cent . Twelve months ago the Miners here were paid three shillings a day ; at present they are paid brft two shillings and threepence , although tho price of iron is higher now than when wages were three shillings a day . I could fill a half dozen columns of the Star with accounts of the fraudalent and nefarious practices of these Corn Law Repealing and church an J chapel-going saints . One more of these and 1 shall have done . An occurrence frequently takes place here which is designated a Bildus , the meaning of which is this . - —the hands decend into the pit , work some four or five hours ; in excuse is then made for not proceeding further , with the work for the day ; the men are called up and are not allowed a farthiDg for their labour ; thus , ihe working-man is degraded , ea-Blaved , and plundered to maintain in luxury aad
splendour , bis heartless , godless , pityless oppressors . Asa proof that the Chartists of Bilston are determined on strenuous exertion in furtherance of the j movement , I may mention that they are about taking \ a Hall which will hold upwards of a thousand per- ' Bons . I waB urgently requested to visit Bilston * Wolverbampton and Lowfey Bank , on ay return . On Thursday I proceeded from Bilston to Hanky in the Potteries . We had an excellent meeting . Mr . Seal , delegate to the late Conference , occupied the chair . I addressed them ou the causes of , and the remedy for , national distress ; shewing fup the insufficiency of the nostrums with which political quacks are endeavouring to drug the public mind ; argaing that political power was the only medium through which the people could secure those social rights Which the God of creation destined for mat ' s
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enjoyment . Sixty ^ two cards of memberaaip were taken out . I was : invited to revisit them on my return . The men of Longton , four miles from Hauley , are about te commence the erection of a Chartist Hall , thirty-six feet square ; they calculate npon its completion in time-to entertain the veteran Richards oa his liberation [ from prison , which will be in May next . Energy , intelligence , and enthusiasm are the characteristics of Chartism in this district . On Sunday evening , we had a splendid meeting in Stockport : the room in the occupation of the Chartists here will holdj upwards of one thousand persons . My audience on the occasion amounted to about seven hundred , among which wore two policemen of the town , whom I did not fail to congratulate on the pretid position which they occupied at our meeting . Onej of them is known here by the cognomen of " MrJ . Memory , " he being the same individual who swore at the Lancaster trial that he
oould give from memory a verbatim report of a speech of an hour ' s duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman . I addressed them for upwards of an hour , on the evils resulting from ciass-maae laws and institutions , and the efficiency of the Charter , as the means of redressing national grievances ; The unanimous thanks of the meeting having been swarded tome , we commenced the work ? f enrolling , when 117 cards of membership were taken out , fifty of which were taken by those ardent and enthusiastic young votaries of freedom—the Chartist youth 8 of Stockport . Prom S : ockport I went to Northwioh ; there were no arrangements made for a meetioft we , however , got one up , by sending out the crier . Several members were enrolled , and I was promised that upon revisiting them a meeting would be got up worthy of the sacred cause which wo are struggling to advance . . Philip M'Grath .
BRIGHTON . —A public meeting was holden on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . Lashford itTthe ohair . It was proposed by Mr . Giies , seoonded by Mr . Mitchell , "That Ireland consisting as it does of a population of 8 , 000 , 000 of people , is entitled to a domestic legislature ; We therefore pledge ourselves to assist the people of Ireland by all peaceable and constitutional means to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Pago , seconded by Mr . Virgo : "That while this meeting deprecates all idea of violence , we feel bound in justice to condemn the Irish Executive for dismissing from the magisterial benches men of the highest character and station , and inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary
military force to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , and blockading her coasts with her Majes-ty ' s navy . " parried unanimously Proposed by Mr . Flower , seoonded by Mr . Williams , "That while we readily aidmit the inequality of Ireland ' s political aud municipal franchies , the base and shameful conduct ( of her alien landlords to their impoverished tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and ! local patronage , tho unchristianlike exaction of her Established Church , together with the manifold grie \ ancea under which Ireland has suffered for centuries ; yet at the same time we express it as our decided opinion that neither England , Ireland , ] Scotland , nor Wales can obtain political justice until that greatest of monopoly , class-legislation , is ( destroyed by the adoption of the People ' s Charter as the law of tfiese realms . "
BARN 3 LEY . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this townj was convened by the bell on Monday night , in I John Pickering's large room , for the purpose of again forming a Chartist Association , in tne hope ! of once more placing Barnsley in its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mirfield , E . Daly , and others . A good spirit was manifested , and many entered their names . A provisional committee was appointed to get the Association into a working state , when a regular committee will bo ( appointed . The meeting was adjourned until Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , when it is hoped , that all the old friends of the cause will enter once more heart and hand to give effect to the cause by impressing on the more younger friends of j democracy the necessity of reponding to the call of the Executive , and the urgent Boul-stirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Fearjjus O'Connor , i Esq .
BURY . —Mr . C . jDoyle delivered two lectures ou Sunday last , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Gardenstreet , Bury . The lectures were well attended . Ashxon-under-Lyne . —On Sunday last , the Chartists of this town opened a new and splendid room with two lectures ; jthat in the afternoon by Mr . J . T . Lund , from Lancaster , who gained the hearty applause of all present . At the olose of the address a vote of thanks waB given to the lecturer and chairman , and the assembly broke up . In the ' evening the room was well filled with a highly respectable audience , Mr . Storor was called to . the chair , and after reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and briefly addressing the meeting , called upon Mr . Wm . Bell , of Heywood , who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to hear for some time ; ha was listened to with great attention , and concluded amidst great applause . After a vote of thanks being given to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .
The Wife op a Patriot . —Died at Dundee , on the 13 sa ult ., May Thorn , relict of the late George Mealmaker , member , and sometime president , of the British National Convention which met at Edinburgh , and of which Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirving , and Margarot were members . He wrote the hand-bill for which Palmer waa transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence" (!); but his geaerosity did not j save his brother patriot . . He afterwards wrote a pamphlet for which he was tried before the High Court of Justiciary , and sentenced to fourteen years transportation , in January , 1798 . He died in 1808 j ithis widow , consequently , survived her persecuted husband tliirty-fivie years . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and bors a . n excellent character . She lived to nurse . her great-grand children . —From a Correspondent . - !— - •»
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . { CLEAVE . FOR MR . M ' DOOALL . i £ b . d Mr . J . Pavey , Kingston , ... ... 0 10 Keighley ... i 0 10 6 Sutton , near Do . ! ... ... 0 7 0 FOR VICTIMS . Sutton , near Keighley ... .. ; - ... 0 6 6 FOB . EXECUTIVE . Lockwood ... ... ... ... 0 8 0
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOR EXECUTIVE . i £ s . d , Mr . Heath ( late of Chelsea ) ... ... 0 1 6 From Hebden Bridge ... 0 10 0 N . B . Bristol ... 0 10 Tiverton , W . Rowcliffe , Esq . ... .-100 W . Rowcliffe . jun ., E ? q . ... # ... 0 2 6 Mr . Open am , at Leith , omitted in Mr . O'Connor ' s former list 0 3 0
FOR CABDS . From Hebden Bridge ... 0 16 8 Southampton ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Alnwick ... : 0 11 0 Mile End Road i 0 4 2 Golden Lion , Dean-street ... ... 0 2 0 Salisbury ... i 0 1 . 2 Lambeth ... 0 2 0 Thorn , near Halifax ; 0 8 4 SUBSCRIPTIONS . From Brick-lane , Standard of liberty ... 0 2 2 j FOR THE V 1 CTJM FBM > , Stephen O'Connor , Sutton , Salisbury ... 0 1 0 Somora Town Committee , per J . Horn ... 0 5 0 Rochester and Stroud , per Charles Willis 0 6 0 Mr . Heath , late of Chelsea ... ... 0 1 -6 Thomas Frost , Suftoh , Salisbury ... 0 1 0
BAHNSLET- The weavers of Messrs . Hexworth and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can be got ready for them , and there is no doubt but that the whole of them wiil shortly be employed as usual . There seems to be aj very kindly feeling existing between them and their employers ; and it is hoped that no advantage will be taken of any individual in consequence ot tho late strike , as has been vmhappily the case by one firm in this town , some of who ? e weavers turned out aj few months age to prevent a reduction of their wages , and who , since the termination of the strike , have been turned out of employ . The regular weekly meeting of the weavers was held on Monday night , and was numerously attended .
The sympathy of the weavers towards their unemployed brethren was strikingly manifested by the ' expression of their willingness and determination to support them uatil i they get work , aad | in a way to provide for themselves . One or twoj t ' other firms have attempted both directly and indirectly to reduce the wages of their workmen , in order to enrich themselves at their expense , and to make them still more miBerablei It is hoped , however , that they will retrace tho | stepa they bava taken in this matter , and consider ; that "The labourer is worthy of his hire . " As they are professing Christiaas they should remember the goldea rale , "That all things whatsoever ye wouid that men should do unto you , do ye also unto them . "
Swins m Baruslfy—The iahabitaBts of this town were alarmed by the ringing of the fir © - bells , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , when it turned out that a hay . -6 taok belonging W , Crawshaw and J . Oxley ^ batchers . The staek waB . on fire nearly two hours before the town ' s engines came , as the engine men would not faLoh out the engines until they were sure who was . ta -pay them . The fire was got out ; by one o'clock * but what the devouring element has not destroyed , is entirely unfit for use . ' ¦ <
Extraordinary Produce . —Oa three acres and a quarter of land ou Chatraoss , near Manchester , and only reclaimed some three or four years ago , there has been dug up this season 595 loads of potatoes of 252 lbs . per load , equalto 671 tons and worth fully fifty-four shilling per ton . The land is under the superintendence of the Guaxdiaua e ? tbe M » ncbe 8 ter . Union , ?
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Horrible !—Thames Police . —A most distressing case was yesterday brought under the notice of the magistrate . A poor woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , and applied to the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , for advice and assistance under the following circumstances;—Sha said that a woman next door to her , who was in very great destitution , had a boy killed by accident twelve days ago . After the inquest had been held on the body , the corpse wa 3 sent last Thursday to the mother , and , owing to
some parochial dispute respecting the interment , the body had now been above ground for twelve days , and the stench emitted was most dangerous . Added to this , oue of the deceased ' s brothers was in a high state of typhus fever , and altogether their misery and destitution were beyond description . Complainant called upon his worship as well on her own behalf as ou the behalf of the poor woman who suffered under the affliction , as she feared that the infection arising from the putrid body would extend to her own family .
Mr . Broderip , who was evidently much shocked at hearing the case , directed that ; instant inquiry should be made into it , and Barber , oue of the warrant officers , was promptly despatched for the purpose . On his return , in about an hour afterwards , Barber stated that he never witnessed a scene of greater wretchedness . Oa inquiry he found that the poor woman , whose name was Oliver , together with her family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which was miserably poor , and rendered quite intolerable in consequence of the steneh emitted from the dead body , which was perfectly black . He learned that the boy , who was fourteen years old , had fallen into the hold of tho
Rosslin Castle , aud died from an injury which he received ou the temple . The coroner ' s jury had pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been sent home ou Thursday , and had remained uninterred in consequence of some parochial dispute . He found a brother of the deceased in high fever , and so exceedingly ill that he was not expected to live . Mr . Ross , the parish doctor , attended him . He ( Barber ) called upon Mr . Ross , who was out , but the assistant assured him that the boy ' s case was well attended to . One of the most horrible parts of Barber ' s . melancholy narrative was , that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than that in which the remains of their deceased relative was poisoning the air around them . The smell was utterly intolerable .
Mr . Broderip—How could it be otherwise when a corpse is left tbere uuiuterred for twelve daysi It there is any dispute about the ground , let a place be purchased at once and the body interred . The publio health requires that this should be dons instantly . I must at the same time say it should not be left to the magistrates of this Court to perform a duty which the proper authorities ought to have executed . It is not for me to say where the blame lies , but to call it by its mildest name there is gross neglect somewhere . Ellis , the second usher , here stated that the poor famjjy was in great distress , and most proper objects of relief . Mr ; Broderip—Well , see at once that all their wants are sufficiently provided for , and that the body be promptly interred , even though the expences should be paid by myself . — Times—Wednesday .
Iu the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second ushor , reported to the magistrate the coarse which . he pursued on the previous evening , according to his Worship ' s instructions . Oa arriviag at the place , which presented a sad spectacle , he at once had the decaying body removed to the bone-house , and paid for the opening of a grave in the burial-ground , which waa promised to be prepared by three o ' clock yesterday evening . Haviug had the body removed , he took care to see that the place was well purified , and he was glad to be able to report , that the boy who was suffering from typhus was now out Ol danger . —Times , Thursday .
Coronbr's Inquest . —Frightful Destitution . — Melancholy Death from Want and Privation . —On Wednesday afternoon , a respectable jury was impanelled belbre Mr . Baker , at the City of Norwicb , Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of John Sidgrore , aged two years , which was accelerated by want and privation . The body of the deceased , who was a twin child , was viewed by the jury . It was in a coffin , and was reduced almost to a skeleton . The other twin child was in the room , and appeared to be in a still more emaciated condition . The room was the pioture of extreme destitution . The particulars of the misery of this family will be found ID our sixth page , uuder the head of " Appalling case of destitution . " After the unhappy mother had been examined , Mr . Hart said that deceased died most probably from teething * sinking uuder the attack from its debilitated
state . The other child ia ia a very precarious Btate . Mr . Byles , the parish surgeon , ' who waa ia the room , observed that the father was ia a very bad state of health , and possibly would never be able to work again . The father was now brought in * and was so feeble that he was provided with a chair He said that out of the five shillings which he understood was to be his final relief , he paid one shilling and foarpenoe rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles ia pawn ( with threepence interest ) . He did not know what to do , as he was not able to work . He asked for some coals , which he was refused . His native place ia Preston , in Lancashire . Verdict , "Natural deatbj accelerated by want and privation . [ Most sage jurors ! " Natural death" —" accelerated by want and privation" ! What has Nature to do with " want and privation" ! What stuff is this . The verdict should have been , Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man ' s brutality to man . "
- Labour Struggle . —Great Tubn-Out at Ashtonundeb-L"sne . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike of the factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has been manifested by the hands working in those mills which have been paying under ihe list price . At length , a general meeting was called , when it was stated that the firm of Messrs . Reyner were paying the lowest prices in the town , and those gentlemen having latterly contributed to the League Fund , the meeting was of opinion , that if the masters could give their hundreds of pounds to the anti-Corn Law League , they could well afford to raise the wages of the work-hands . It was therefore
agreed , that the hands in Messrs . Reyuer ' s employe ment should give a fortnight ' s notice , that unless they obtained an advance , ' they would strike work . On this notice being given a fortnight ago , the masters representing sixteen firms , a great proportion of which are leaders iu the Corn Law movement , assembled and entered into a bond—that should the weavers in the employ of Messrs , Reyner persist in turning out , they would each stop their weaving departments on the 25 sh of November , in order that Messrs . Rsyner might succeed in getting their mills filled with workpeople . The operatives , however , determined on carrying out the scribe , the consequence of which is , that nearly the whole of the weavers in the town and neighbourhood were thrown
on the streets on Saturday evening last . JuilS morning the turnout 3 , and hands turned out bf the masters , designated lock-outs , assembled , when it was proposed to hold the first day as a holiday , in consequence of Mr . Van Amburgh coming in procession to the town , and not enter into any business in connexion with the conduct of the masters . This motion having been agreed to , tne meeting adjourned until to-morrow-morning at ten o ' clock , excitement prevails in the town , and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen find great fault with the course pursued by the millowuers . Several shop meetings have been held during the day arranging what stem should be adopted at the morning meeting . All at present remains quiet . —Times * Wednesday .
The following additional particulars arc from the-Manekjester Guardian , the wvil ka <> vrn League advocate and organ of the millocrasy :- -On Tuesday morning the weavers assembled at ten , o ' clock , "when , a person named Conker was called to the chair . J . Miiligan said , he had been to various shop meetings thai morning ,, and had addressed ti tem . He soggestei the propriety of a deputation being appointed to wait upou the various miristej s of the gospel throughout the towu aad neighbor . rhood , and adopt the same steps as the hand-lcoca weavers of Rochdale had done . He thought th » t , if the ministers would intercede between the ' employers and employed , much good would beeffir . cted . A person in the meeting rose and said , feel ? egged to move that this coarse should be adopr ed . This , being seconded , was put by the Cb airman , and carried . — An optative then moved " '^ hat the appointment of the deputations should b ? left with tho weavers '
committee . " A female hw ving seconded the motion , it was put and carried , / filling said he had to inform them , ihat Ia 9 t wer' & there were 105 persons at work in Messrs . ReyneVs mill , but this week there were only 30 . He ou »' ieratood that the masters were complaining that tl » London press did not do its duty towards them ; he was glad that some of those papers were advocf ^ ting their cause . After denouncing those maste fS who were connected with the Anti-Cgrn-Law League , he dwelt at some length on the advantages of union , and concluded b y advising those who ht / ^ been locked out by the masters , to go to the paris ) -, for relief . The secretary for the committee re » d the receipts and disbursements , from when it . appeared that £ 24 15 s 3 d . had been collected , on Saturday last , for My SprajRoner ' a hands . The meeting then-ai ^ Ced ^ JySrfe ; day rr . orning . Several me « ifesh 8 ^ e ?|^ e ^^ eJ * At Hyd e , Sialybridge , DaUrfP ^« 4 fM ^ m w ^ ich have beenaddrcsBQflbS-jrihSa&rg ^ ffiS & « 6 Sk
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1241/page/5/
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