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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT,:,
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THE COLLIERS. TB0X5XET COLLIHRT—HOST IMPOBTXST CASE.
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37 , BSICr « a . TE , LUEDS , AND OTAB . KET PIPAGE , DARLINGTON . "VT H . DAVIS respectfully invites the attention of t ^ e Public to hisi VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOLLEIf CLOTHS , Whioh he has purchased for Cash , and iB determined to se * l tor a very small amount of profit . The Goods aro of first-rate Manufacture , and not made for sale only , but will'have tbe good properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . The Stock consists of DOUBLE-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS , PILOTS , KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS , WOOLLEN and COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , & 0 . & 6 . WaiBtcOatings from Is . 6 d . upwards , in tndless variety . * : ' M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who have patronized him since he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cullingworth , and begs to asaUre them that no House in the Trade shall undersell him in any one Artiole . » , The Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the abovo Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , than encourage the " Ready Made Clothes Selling Monopolists" who get Tioh at tha OXpenoe of the Working Man , by paying him one half for a Garment that other Masters give .
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TO THE CHAHTISTS . Fsiexds , —Anxious that tlie short period for which we have been appointed for tie management of jour affairs should be devoted to the practical carrying out of our principles , and to the advancement of our cause , \» e have now to lay before you the course vrhich , Trilb . yonr co-operation , we . are resolved upon pursuing . We have come to-tbe conclusion , that it is our doty to nse ail the available Beans at onr disposal , in order to insure a fall , free , and complete representation of the Chartist body in the forthcoming Contention . To ensnre Jhat end "we know of no means more likely to be successful than the ^ xsensive dissemination of ocr principles . " We baTe before announced , to you our
intention of employing all the available talent in onr rankB for this purpose . Since then we have received communications from seTeral of onr ablest lecturers , which have enabled us to make the following xrrsD ^ emenis , io commence on the first week after New Year ' s Day . Mi . James Leach will be appointed as lecturer for South Lancashire . Mr . JJairstow for North Lancashire . Mr . ¥ a . Jones for the SisffvTtfsMre Potteries . Mr . David Ross for Leicestershire and Derbyshire . Mr . Bell , of Hey-Trood , to Newcastle and district . Mr . M'Grath for UottJngbam district . Mr . dark for JTorthanipton ill . Doyle for Liverpool , a portion of North Lancashire , and Cheshire , ilr . West to the West-Hiding of Yorkshire ; leaving Mr . Gammage , Mr .
Mason , ana Mr . Dorman , and others , from whom we baTe not as yet had communications , for districts to -which -htc al ° j > propose sending lecturers . We have not heard from our Scotch brethren , ¦ whom we shall be happy to inclnde in onr agitation arrangecjeEis . The several lecturers will be employed for three months , when we presume the general election for delegates to the Convention will take place- and the lecturers will be exchanged monthly , in order that as much fresh vigour as possible may be thrown into the agitation . Resolved upon not in any wise either exceeding our dniy , or being instrumental in fostering dissension in our ranks , we beg to announce that all written -Complaints forwarded against any lecturer will be
instantly transmitted to The lecturer complained of j and that all discussions and decisions relative to any EHth complaint must be submitted to and decided by file proper parties in the several localities from wbenee the complaint comes . Furthermore , we are determined noi to ec courage , or ourselves , to keep np any private correspondence upon any account ; and that all complaints , whether public or private , shall be instantly transmitted to the parties -complained of . As our tenure of tiSee is short , we have deemed it more prudent to re-organize tbe . old and faithful eorps of C ! k * rfitds' ^ Ttnm- ««> . - . ^ prnpf ffon opening of new districts for ihe * prepent , upon which Our sli f'bt leTeuiS- wonld bat prodnee & comparatively slender effect : while , should the funds placed
it oar disposal enable us to exUnd onr arrangementSj we diail mort gladly so apply them . There are many matter ? , such as tbe Land Qaestion . Muniopal Election Qnesiion , Parliamentary Question , Erchiave Defiling . Co-oparstire Stores , and others , which should interest the Chartist lody , with which as present we do not feel onrselTcs further justified in interfering , ii-sn merely to state them as subjects npoii which tbe several constituencies Ehonld be informed by the lecturers ; thai it is our intention to submit reports upon those several subjects , care fully drawn up fron . statistical information to fire Convention . In short , friends , again we hate to
impress upon yen the fact , that we will neither surpass its powers Tested in us . nor relax aught in our eideavours to tnacle lie country to set the question of Organization for ever at rest , by ensuring the cooperation of the best men m onr ranks in perfecting that good work at onr aesx gathering ; asd . when the inDe fcr surrendering onr trnst arrives , we have ihe pride and confidence to hope that our errors—Rich -as they may be—will sppe&r as errors of judgment rather than of the heart ; and we stall be able io show an amount of service rendered , fnlly ccnuDLEiurate with the means placed at obt dispcsaL
As we find that the snbject of a National Tribnte , to ecsble us io prosecute the good work , has be ^ n j ^ pularJy received , we beg , in compliance with numerous commuBications , to say , that we deem Chriftmas wttk the mo ? t favourable for 5 uch purpose r 2 nd therefore cheeifnlly respond to seTeral applications by i&Tniog all who 8 Te f&TOQTahle to lie project to to contribute to the Fend as that we may be enabled to go on and prosper . "We beg fnrih ^ r to announce that a supply of cares , 7 O £ eihf-r -nrith a quantity of enammelled cards for framing , have been deposited with Mr . Leach , * ews-3 EeDt , Oak-erreet , Tib-Eireet , Manchester , of shorn ibtj may be had , free of ihe cost of carriage , by the several surrounding districts .
P . M'Gbath , F . O'Corcox , H . Bos ? , T . M . Whszleb . T . Ciabx , London , December 13 sh , 1843 .
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DtTEHjJI , VoxDaT . Ixc . 12 . —The to-sro of Ita--hsm -ttiii on Ti ir . soay snd FridBy last disturbed from 3 ta BJnal lefts riy . - ^ y a rctne which those who wit-EQEtd it wiil not soon forget , lisrz before sunrise ol the day first nuced crowds of pitmen were observed JhroEgiEgtoTraidsthfitoirn ; and as no preriens DoJiee tad been given , the BEtotiiLment was very great . Ab = ns eight o ' clock Mr . Roberts ard ilr . Beesley arrives , and the mystery soon -abated . Tfce cause of the sudden inundation ii soon lold . Dnring 3 Ir . Hofceris ' s absence in London , tbe otr aers oi Tfcoxulej Colliery hid tates three of their pitmen to ihe n .-2 £ istT 2 tts to te sett io the prison for aij weekf for iraviDE their work on the 24 th of November laBi ;
a request with which the magistrates immediately complied . Such things sre cemmon and easily managed ii tbe coal Ai&zietF . "Wtrreits cad also been granted agaitst some sxty or seventy more ; and Thursday , the ? ih iE « t was scpoiiitfed for the magistrates-to send ofl " » frtiblot toDnrh&m jjqoL Eleven o ' clork vj-es the tenr appointed . Ajb soon at ibe Ccnrt -w = £ opvoed , it - * a& disscoTEred that it would not hold a teath pan of ttose Furrounoiug tlie tuilfi " ing ; the buskess was therefore acjcsnied to ths large Ccurt where tbe A « E 2 ri tre teldj find every nook and comer waa inmedisrely fi-kd . Hundreds were unable
to obtein admission : tbe only persons indeed , who bad plenty tf iooa , were tfce magitirates and the prisoners , Bnd it is really difficcit to sty -whJ < Ji wore the most cheerful locks . The Justices thutkled aadibly ; they * 6 re Voout to do a good thing—to " assert the majesty of theJsTp , - ami " to repress tie spirit of lawless ont-» ge , " and so fo rth ; their interaed victims had the qaiet smile of censdous innocence , They locked upon the whole thing as a horrible farce—but still a jocular one . Above in the gallery -trece a thonssnd Bearty wns of toil regaiding the affidr a » capital ran , aai aeteEoned to " fl gfct it Oat fnor to the case being called cpon ,
« Bobzets rose and said , before tte ease m wed on he l * £ cea to apply to the bench on a tubjer t -wfaeh i ^ jjegj , ^ g ^ f ^ ij fcrccght before them , « M on -which he belieTed somo contraries of opinion ^ . iwi ^ apresei He applied on the part of two « OJiiett- » lio ccaplaiBed toat they cad teeo . depriTed Tf ^ S » 5 and in making that application he aught ay that he acted under the advice of Mr . Addi-Km , the larrater , -who had told him that fce would «* de - ttrCEc in Ckurt at fee Arizes , 4 intS fce had icaca 6 Toy txtition in his povrer before the magistrates . He itgred , tfceitfoie , far a namnois » s = 5 Est ^ x . ^ iriEatrcER , the vhver of Winsale QrMjge Coltoy , ca the part of i % ie si ( lU , j aftoUier ^ to axawer Wiy he tHe ttt i * ia jhwe men tbe sum . ti 26 i a
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fortnignt , to -whleh they were entitled under the bond ; because they bad refased to work upon a ropa which they considered to be unsafe . The clerk , doubtless for safflcient reasons , had refused to grant a summons ; and he was instructed to apply again for a anmmona ia order that additional evidence might be heard These persons had not before applied for a summons , and the evidence would be different from that in the esses previously heard , and as every case was to be decided on ita own merits , be thought be was perfectly entitled to the summons for which he applied . In making this application ne bad thought it hU duty to apply to ihe f nil « ourfc
The Chaikkan said the meeting had been called for a particular purpose , and they , must go on with it An application of that sort conld ba made to any individual magistrate , and it would be best to have it taten before a magistrate acting in the district At any rate before they could proceed to any other business they must have done with that for which they had specially met that day . Mr . Marshall , for the owners , opened the proceedings . His speech was quiet and argumentative , and totally devoid of that vindictive spirit which it v * as evident his employers wished Mm to exhibit . Thby " jogged" him repeatedly , but . he took little notice of them . The case was , that the defendants , being bound servants to the owners of the colliery from April , 1843 ,
to April , 2844 , had , on the 24 th ol November last , " strnck , " , together -with the -whole of tbe other pitmen , refased to work ; in consequence of which the pit had ever since been laid idle . Ha admitted that this conduct of the men bad arisen from differences between them and ihe owners ; but this , he submitted , was no justification of that violation of tht law which was then under trial - most of the differences were , in fact , in course of adjustment . He ( Mi . Marshall ) understood that the defence would resolve itself into several heads : one , that the boDd nnder which tbe men worked was so hard that it -was impossible to earn a living under it , if it were strictly enforced ; This was uo reason . The men bad signed the bond with their eyes open ; and the fact of its being more strictly
enforced daring the last fortnight than previously , was not tbe act of the owners , bat the men , who , fancying themselves cheated , had required to have their " foul coal" measured , and then discovered that a compliance with their wishes was injorioos to their interests . Another portion of tee defence was , he believed , that the "weighing-machine had not been "stamped , " in accordance vrith the Act of Parliament He contended that the Act in question merely applied to " goods sold , " and not to the present case , Alter some further remarks on the overpowering kindness of the masters , and tbe base ingratitude of tbe men , and the necessity of making an exampl e of a good few , so that they might know how to conduct themselves , the speech conclnded .
The bond was then put in , and taken as read . Mr . Roberts submitted that , as opened by Mr . Marshall , there Vas no ease for the consideration of tbe Bench . If he understood Mr . Marshall rightly , ha admitted that this machine waB not stamped in accordance with the provisions of tbe Act cf Parliament . Mr . Marshall had not admitted anything of the kind . Toe Chairman said the defendants appeared to e » mplain of their masters . They must go into evidence on that point . There was nothing to found an argument on that there was no case made out in the opening to go into .
Mr . Roberts said his argument iras , that the contract ¦ was an illegal one , inasmuch ss tbe bond was not stamped . He should like to have it down on tbe n&tes of the court that this agreement was not stamped , in order that he might be able to make use of that fact if he EbMrtd have occasion to go into the Court of Qaren ' s Bench . Tbe note having been taken , Mr . Marshall called , — ¦ Heedes—I am viewer for tbe Thornley Coal Company . The partners are Sir We Cbaytor , John Wood , Thomas Wood , Richard Webster , John Gully , and John BorrelL Since the day when the complaint was alleged Mr . John Wood has died . He died on the 25 th of November . I am the attesting witntss to this bond . It was executed by Mr . Tbomaa Wood in my presence . The bond was previously read over to tbe men . That was on the 28 th of March . It bears the
names of Lawreneee Smith , John Singlewood , and George Hare-wood . Tbey signed it in my presence . Tiie words "the msxk © f " are in my writing . I reeeivBir - « r leime ~ a ^ m ~ tB"anrdr&m " ea ~ &a ~ tag igto —«>« November , dated on tbe lltb . I received tbe letter from Bartholomew Bainhridpe and James Craig . It is the writing of James Bsdey , who , I understand , is secretary to ihe pitmen at Thorntey . It is sisned " for the pitmen of Tbornley colliery . " Tbe answer I made was , that I wondered they did not get a person « bo conld 'write a plain letter so that it might be understood . On the 14 th , I received a letter from my servant . It is James Bagley ' s vrritiDg and eigD&d by him . I sent a jerson that night with a letter to Bagley , a copy of which I now produce . ( The letter was then
read . ) On the evening of the following day perhaps 250 men waited upon me . I should thitk > i « if of them spoke . A person named Sionirg was cbifcf Bpeaker . They demanded that a new wtighicg machine should be erected , and that every man should be paid for his own average weight of coals , to which I conceded . As to tfee machine , I said we might erect a new weighing machine , but it would not he in compliance with their request ; for a new machine was on the colliery before tbey made tbe-application . Thby also requested that bolts sbonld be placed npon tbe pit's beap to see what coals were laid out . That was also granted them . That was made on the 15 th Nov . and boxes were placed there before the 17 th November . On Saturday , the men struck work . There was no further request made by the men at that time . I tbink none of the hewers -worked on that day—none that I am aware of . The pits were also vS work on Monday , the 20 th , on -which day-I had an interview with Mr .
Roberts . Tbey resumed work on the following day , and worked Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , and struck again oh Friday , for -which these warrants bad been obtained . The overman had reckoned with tbe men on the Thursday night to take off tbe fin « for cot working on the previous Saturday . On tbe evening of Thursday , tbe 23 rd of November , after the men , no donbt , had reckoned with the overman , they came up to me in a body , and asked me "why the half-crown was taken off . I told them they were asking tbe road tbey knew -well—it was for net going to work on th » previous Saturday . Tbey made no answer but went away . I said to the men that -we would likely offer work to them on tbe pay Saturday , to make up the Saturday tbey had lost , and those -who did a fair day ' s work on that day wonld have their fines remitted . Several shouted it was not likely that they would beg for their pay when they had worked for it
. EOr 11 . ! ilr . Roberts objected to thereceptton of this evidence . as be was instructed that not one of the prisoners was J present . The Chairman said tbe bench would take the evidence f 6 » as much as it went for—namely , as a proof that the men bad an opportunity of haviDg a knowledge of all j I be case . i Examination resumed—Nothing more then took ¦ place . The pits have been off work since . If those ; three men bad gone to the pit any one morning since , j except on Sunday , there would have been work for ! tbem . I produce an account of wages paid to these Ken . I learn that ia-wrence Smith bas earEe < i from tbe : 22 ad of April to the lltb of Nov . Inclusive , £ 22 4 s id . j On that rum taking into
account—Mr . Roberts otjtcted to tfee witness reading these statements from -written memoranda , and contended that though they might be accurate copies from the books , yet they -were not admissible , but that the books themselves ougat to be produced . Examination resumed . —The fines for tbe laid-out ncreas = d very considerably in amount after tbe boxes ¦ were adopted . 1 cennot say to what extent There are perecr-s employ- ' d for -waling the ccals when they are turned over tbe screeD . The foul coal -was pushed out by tbtni , and put into those boxes . Many of the men"s tufas -were so far free from foul coal or splint as not tfe iir 6 tr the men liable to fine . Those came from the same district of the pit as the foul tubs . Tfaere is 3 great similarity in the pit The seams were not
more foul on the three days when the splint had increased . CTOES-examined by Jlr . Roberts—I have not examined tie mscbiEes so minutely as to say -wbetber they are stamped as required by Act of Parliament Tcev Jiave not been stamped during tbe five years that I feave been on the colliery . Tney were brought during the time I was there—I think in Angus * or October , 1841 . I did not see them when they were being put up- Since they have been put up I dont know that ttiey nave been several times incorrect . I have never said they were , but I have thought bo I took the meansito put them correet , and suggested to Mr . Wood tbe propriety of erectiig new m « c 6 lues . I should tbink it is six . months lince I first thought them
incorrect I wfll not swewr It it not nine moath * . I thought the stacbiaei weighed incorrect against the master * . Sinee then there liai bee * a new madfoe fitted op . The men who -were employed on it said ik ¦ would be finished lart ulght T expect it would be finished . By Mr . Elliott—I thought the machines were incorrect from the produce of coals in score not yielding the -weight which they nsed to do . 3 y the Chairman—I was j > erfectly of opinion that themscciue vrere ircorrect gainst the masters and in favour of the men . By Sir . Roberts—The seam -where these mtn ¦ work is coTered frith stone . I sbonld say there wno stone in the five-quartet eeatn . 1 cannot say how far the m » n could work without a quart of stone . It is
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almost invariably the case that the stone does fall down from tbe roof in that seam . If there Is above s quart in a tub iconta&ing six cwt ) of foul coals , splint or stone , tbe fine is inflicted . I am not particularly acquainted with the bonds of other collieries . I am not acquainted with any bond which refers to a seam of such a nature as the five-quarter seam . By the Chairman—Tnere was no mere liability for the stone falling now than there -was last year or the previous year . By Mr . Robetta—The box&a mte not introduced for the purpose of measuring , bat for tbe men each to see their own coals . To my knowledge the coals were oat measured before tbe introduction of tbe boxes . The quantity was ascertained by the judgment of the parties set there for that purpose . The men were employed
by Ihe owners . I swear they had no measure , but that they went by their own judgment . One or two men in the pit have suggested that they should have boxes . To the best of my recollection it may be ten weeks oi three months since I first beard a sa / gestion of bexes . That was from the prisoner Harewood ; but not until the night when the boxes were promised to be erected was there any request to have them made . After going down tbe pit I met Harewood coming out on tbe horse-way , and he asked me if it would not be right for the men to have boxes . I cannot recollect the exact words . I did not at that time understand that there w& 8 a general complaint amongst the men about being badly used by the mode of measuring . Since this bond has been executed it has not been enforced strictly
with regard to tbe laying out—not very strictly . If the men wished to have these boxes , I said I would procare them , and would bave tbem measured strictly . I should think it has been more strictly enforced and more accurately since last November . The over-man will tell better than myself the largest amount of fines inflicted on any two days since tbe 20 th of November . I do not know that any man has been fined £ l 2 ? . 61 . for two days , but I don't doubt it I believe men have been fined something like 8 b . 7 s . 6 s . bs . 48 . and 3 a . for a day . Tbat declaration has not be « n made yet , though it is intended to be . By the Chairman—That has not been the ordinary amount of fines . I am sure that a -workman -with ordinary prudence would not subject himself to such fines . I bave not paid the workmen
close up to the day on which the payment were wade . That would not be in accordai . ee with the agreement . The men are paid on tbe Friday up to the previous Saturday . This is tbe universal practice in ear colliery and in every colliery with which I am acquainted . We make the deductions only when tbe w ; iges become due , when the fines vrere increased . I think some of these men htre hate been fined , but I cannot tpeak poai ively . I tbink they have been fined for being absent on tbe day laid in the warrant We have not fined tbem for that absence . They were brought up on the 24 th of November , and they were not fined for that day . The payments for that day are not due till to-morrow . No one has been fined for the offence for which they are brought here . Since this bond was entered into , the men have been paid in clubs in the greater part , but there may have been exceptions . If the bond be
put into full operation , it is possible for average men to make a living out of it , provided the men - " *** ** 1 " * litV * - ^ S ¦ * " *** " **** - »*» - .. *» . » l- ^ - s >~ 4 » of tbe pit tbe men worked when there was no J&yinga oat . The broken is tbe place where theft iB tbe greatest liability . The five-quarter seam is the worst for the men . According to my opinion there was more foul from the five-quarter than the other pit Singlewood has worked in all parts ; and the other two in the main seam , tbe most favourable part of the pit . If a man has been fined £ l 2 a ., tbey could not nave got in in the ordinary way ef work—neither could the other fines mentioned , unless a blind man was working . On tbe 20 . h of last month the men were standing out . T' ^ ey went to work on the following day , from whit cause I know not I was told that day that the men wanted a correct beam and scales for their work . I said I would
put a beam am ) scales , but not immediately , as I had other things to do . I also said that they should have a beam and scales , but sot because the men had applied for them . By the bond they could only claim to have the machines adjusted , which they have not done till now . I am not aware tbat they have gone to the officer of tbe district to bave them adjusted . My object in getting tbe scales was to get a greater quantity of coal for tbe money paid . I did not say that I was determined to enforce the bond , even if the men eould not get' a living . I did not say tbat the men could sol make a living under the bond . Mr . Xbomas Weod is-my employer , and be sanctions these
proceedings . [ Mr . Wood was present , and admitted that the whole of the owners sectioned the proceedings Mr . Roberta exclaimed— " Aye , you ' re all in a boat , " upon which tbe court interfered requesting Mr . Roberts to be more guarded in hie language , and tbe Learned Gentleman replied with great warmth that he waa there to show that the conduct of the oMeners ^ aa exuel and fraoduJeiJt , and it web his duty as an advocate to do so . After some further altercation tbe examination was continued . 3 I was asked to giro the men a clearance and I refused . I refuse now to do bo . I know Mr . Scott the surgeon . One Andrew Hope is a prisoner now . I don ' t know that be has been fined £ l 2 s . I don't know that he has had two alUitfc * of chotani and
one of dysentery . Re-txamined—> Iy opinion is that the cause of tbe coals being more foul tbe last three days than formerly , is that the parties were to be brought here . The men bad been less careful . Previous to the boxes being adopted it was left altogether to the discretion of the -waleTS , who "were men employed in the colliery . The men made an application to have men to overlook tho walers . I thenght it a reasonable request and it was immediately granted , and two men were sent by tbe
workmen . Tbey had instructions at all times from tbe musters in the first place and above all things to tbe saitty of the men , and io do justice to them . I never had instructions that the band was to be exercised harshly . The increase of the layings-out was ascertained altogether by the request of the men and not of tbe masters . Tbe increase of foul coal and stone during these three days waa confined to a few men . Men were not stationed on the part of the workmen during the whole , but during the chief part ot tut ) time .
Tbe letters of the 11 th and 14 th of November were then put in to be read , but Mr . Roberts objected that they were not evidence . Mr . Marshall did not press their admission . [ The croBs-examfnation of the wretched tool , Heckles , was most amusing . As Fact after fact was extracted , and lie after lie was compelled to be swallowed , tbe suppressed laughter of the joily fellows in the gallery burst forth . The Benchworthy men—looked grave , held pens in their hands , with which they sometimes appeared to be writing something—and whispered to each other , as if they did not like it , but" were determined to do their duty , " that they vrere . " Property must be respected —else what should we do . ' ]
The next two : witnesses proved that the three men under trial had been " called" on the morning of the 24 th Nov ., and that they did not attend at the pit , " That is my case , " Baid Mr . Marshall . Mr . Roberts then rose to reply . It now became his higa privilege to advance to the Court the arguments and tbe evidence on whioh he demanded for his clients & verdict of honourable acquittal . On that bench justice had been often administered by the wisest and most learned Judges of the landmen whose impartial bearing and just judgment ensured respect even from those to whom they conveyed admonition and punishment ; and most
fervently did he pray that the Almighty eearoher of hearts might guide their decision , in the present most important rase , to jostiet and truth . It was bis , the speaker ' s , firm conviction , that , if strict justice could be awarded , the persons who fiat beside him in the garb of gentlemen—the owners of the Colliery—the prosecutors—men bo bitter in their vengeance that their eager appetite was not satisfied by the three whom they had already eent to the gloomy cell j those men would themselves be in tbe dock , with their intended victims as accusers . Gracious God ! of what naiuf e mutt that thirst be thai " three in gaol" would not satisfy ? Were the -whole sixty eigbt whom they had arrested to be . immolated within the prison walls ! After ; his
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three wera another "three" to be "had up " \ Vas _ the vindictive line to extend till ^ -fJHere a hurried intimation from the prosecutors waa made to Mr , Robert * that " the present three for 8 ix weeks ' . would satisfy those amiable men—who " subscribe a guinea a year to the hospital , " kneol on morroco hassocks , and call themselves " miserable sinners . " ]
Mr , Roberts continued—It had been written by our text writers through all history that the greatest safeguard Of British liberty was " tho trial by jury . " . Of that right we were tanght from our childhood , no subject of a British Sovereign could be deprived . How hollow' the boast ! His clients were not to have that privilege . It was to be given to the thief , the felon , and the murderer ; while men like ' those whom he represented—men , against whose fair fame the tongue of slander had never been raised—against whom even the witnesses for the prosecution could not invent a calumny—were to bo debarred from ita protection . They were be tried , not by their Peers , not by those who had known them in their toil and could judge of their motives ; but by men—gentlemen he meant—pampered in all
the pomp of power , who knew nothing of poverty , save as a p icture for a book , and who were taught from their baby-clothes to regard the labouring man , asking for his rights—for Liberty to live , as a rude excrescenoe on society ; as a " nasty thing" that must be "kept down , " or it " would beoome intolerable . " Already they had three victims lingering in the gaol which adjoined that Court ; ene of them , na appeared by tho certificate of that skilful and respectable , surgeon , Mr . Scott , had twice , during the short period of six weeks , been attacked with cholera , and once during the same period had suffered from that depressing and often fatal disease—emphatically called the gaol disease—the dysentery ; his life had been despaired of : his wife had told him ( Mr . R . ) that she hardly dare indulge the hope of ever seeing him again .
The Chairman here iuterruprcd Mr . Roberts with considerable warmth ; he had heard the allegation before , and had found , on enquiry , that there was no foundation for it . Tho surgeon of the gaol had stated that one of the men had certainly been attacked with a " bowel complaint , " but that he was now quite recovered . Mr . Roberts cared little for the letter of the gaol surgeon : Let them pause ere they added another victim to the black catalogue of judicial crime ; let tht m recollect , if they had forgotten , the Northleach case . Certificates and letters were there plentiful enough . All the officials in that case—in the opinion of each other—were all honourable and amiable men ; and the prisoners were only too healthy ; but the victims died—murdered according to law . Read Mr . Scott ' s certificate ; was not his skill and his honour un impeached , and unimpeachable . .
Mr , Marshall here looked at the certificate , and observed that the illness was " within six weeks . " Mr . Roberts—Within six weeks . In the name of the great God of Justice , I ask you how much " ™~ ot * o- 4 w- * . rjr . v !» ii o . pt > ekL for mocoy , 1 , •« . J tell these hard-hearted finen "—addressing the prosecutors , who grinned horribly ^ - ** I toll them that if this man dies in gaol ; the guilt of his murder will be heavy on their souls . " Interruption from the Bench , whioh Mr . Roberts checked and proceeded—Why was the trialB of those men so cruelly hurried i la the Bame day taken from their home and conveyed to dungeons . Waa it riot known throughout these counties , nay throughout the whole country , that he was engaged as tbe legal defender of all the pitmen . Why could not the case have been postponed as the present one had been ?
Another interruption . The- Chairman observed that tho men had never complained of illness , nor applied for postponement . ' He thought Mr . R . was deficient in courtesy in pressing this line of argument . Mr . R . disclaimed all feeling of" courtesy" in the matter ; the man ' s 1 ifo was in danger—Ihe straw he was lyiug upon waa probably his death-bed . 0 , the- Nortbleach magistrates were " courteous" I After killiug their victim , they "buried him with decency 1 " ' ¦¦ _ ..
Several ineffectual attempts were made to stop Mr . R . in these recapitulations—the magistrates did not like it . One poor thin old man rolled about on his seat in agony , throwing His arras up and down , and squeaking out "he would ' nt , and "he ehould'ut , " " well I never , " and" 01 Lord . " Throughout it all , however , Mr . R . proceeded , raising higher and higher , and never stopping till he had thoroughly made himself understood , Mr . kobem proceeded—What were tha simple f icts ol the present case ! An agreement had , about the 5 th of April last , beensignod by the men , which it was impossible for them to fulfil . It never was intended tkat they should fulfil it ; and they never had been required to do so till the last fortnight .
The agreement provided that for overy " quart" of foul coal , stone , &c . found in any one tub ( the tub , it would be recollected , oontaiaed six . hundred weight of coal ) , the hewer should be fiued threepence : this clause , however , had never been enforced till the last fortnight . There were , however , several grounds , of complaint whioh the men had against the owners ; the principal of fckese was the fact of a fraudulent weighiug-maohine having been used , by which the men wore cheated of a lurgo portion of their earnings . Of this they . repeatedly complained , but never could obtain any redress . Tho fraud continued unabated , although promises were made from
time to time that the machine should be adjusted . At last the men determined to stop work , unless their desire for a beam and soales" was complied with , tieceies , the viewer , finding tbat the men were determined , consented to this ; but attho same time told them that he would enforce the " quart " Hue . The men , however , on the advice of himself and Mr ; Beesley , still went to work . At the same time they sent one of their body to a magistrate for a summons against the owners for wages—some fines that had been unjustly inflicted , in order to bring their wholo grievances before the magistrates lor their deoiaion : the man had been sent . The
magisirate was applied to ; the summons was refined ; by one of the very magistrates who now adorned the Lteuch ; sifting there to administer impartial justice . Still the men worked on—justice had been denied to them , but they still worked on . They had lost all conudeuce iu ti . e magistrates , but th' -ir coufidence in tin meejves , in the power of truth and the justice oi Heaven , grew stronger . They worked ou then ; aud what fallowed ? Let them listen , and think of : he three martyrs in gaol . The " quart" fine was enforced : twenty two shillings were robbed from one man , for fiues for two days- > -tho man who was iu gaoi—the very man who was dying there . , „ A burst of horror from tho body of thePCourt , stopped Mr . R . for a few moments , as he shrieked out the last part of his speech .
Mr . R . continued—That man ' s earnings for the two days had not been five shillings . Another had been fined ei ^ ht shillings—another five shillings : scores had been fined more than they earned . He would prove every tittle of the monstrous fraud ; and for disobeying this agreement—for refusing to work under these terms—sixty-eight persons had been taken into custody . Mr . Marshall ' s assertion that because the men bad signed the bond , they were bound to abide by it , might be true bo far as a civil action was concerned , bat no person in his senses could contend that a man committed a crime who declined attempting
what -was impossible . He would prove that above the good coal iu the pit , aud immediately connected with it , wera strata averaging more than twenty inches of grey stone 1 and foul coal , tho whole of which came down into the tubs as the hewer was filling them : besides this there was what was called " black brass , " which being the colour of rhe coal , h was next to impossible for the workman to avoid putting into the tubs . He would produce a witness who would prove a . declaration by one of the'owner ' s agents that more thau half of the tube would bo' -laid out" if the " quart" fine were enforced . Then as to the weighing machine : testimony
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would be adduced that , time after time , the mon had complained of it . Mr . Heccles had himself admitted his opinion that it ; was incorrect ! and he ( Mr . R . ) would prove that one of the agent 3 had said tbat ' * it would vary ninq pounds either way . " Were these the standards by which labour was to be paid ? It had been said by the advocate on the other side that the Acts of Parliament requiring weighing machines to be examined and stamped by an inspector , dm not apply to the present instance , but merely to cases where " goods" were " sold . " What a wretched quibble | was this ! The Legislature , knowing the frauds that were committed by false weights aud measures , passed an Act for their prevention and punishment : and now we were told
that though all the ' articles , which gave comfort to affluence—all the artioles which rich men bought and sold , were to be subjected to the protection of this law , yot that labour , which was the source of them all—the found ' ation of wealth—was to bo deprived of it : labour , without which they who were there to doom would be even pooror thau thoir iotim 3 . If men we ' re to be sent to prison for refusing to work by a machine , was it not reasonable that the machine sHould be perfect 1 The men had been taunted with their ignorance—taunted by the very tyrants who profited by it : they were shrew , d enough , however , to know when they wex'e cheated . But if they were ignorant , on whom ought tho blame to fail ? What had the ckrgy been doing in this ,
the richest Eeolesiastical county in the kingdom The clergy were reatdy enough to act as magistrates ; why not do something to remove that ii ; noranc'i which they professed so grievously to deplore f Tiuie Would show that Hie pitmen were not ( he ignorant creatures they hau been represented . He ( fe R . ) had now been in constant , in hourly , intercourse with them for morel than four months ; and he declared that in the whole time ha had not met a single instance of a desire , on the pari of the workmen , to take an unfair advantage 9 f the owner . Ail the fraud aud extortjon and tyranny had been ou the other side . The next point on which he ( Mr . R . ) relied was the fact , ) that , in no one single instance , had the bond been fulfilled with regard to the time
of payment of wages ; in every case a week ' s wages had been kept in hand by the owners . The men would have submitted to this : practically , the effect might ba trifling ; but when a master sought strictly to enforce a bond against a servant , it behoved him 4 in tho first place , tojshew that he had strictly complied with it himself ; The master who had not paid his workmen to the latest moment , and to the uttermost farthing , had no right to send that servant to gaol . Mr . Roberts } then went into several other clauses of the bond , to shew their injustice . Rather than return to work ; on that bond , the whole of the men , not merely tho three under trial—not merely the sixty-eight in the warrants , but the whole of them—every hewer iu the colliery , were ready to go to prison . They avowed it opaaly . He was there to avow it for them . Could there
pOssibly be a more solemn assurance of their innocence than that ! In conclusion he called upon them to recollect that the prosperity of the coal trade was-at stake ; the very safety of tbe Colliers might depend upon their important deoision . If the Magistrates would not do justioa to the pitmen , the latter had come to a solemn determination to do justice to themselves . Prisonsjwould not deter them . It was the test of virture that torture could not swerve it . He would now ' call his witnesses—they would prove all that he had advanced—aud though he did not professs to rely on a favourable decision by the Magistrates—they Were too intimately dependant on tbe coal trade for him to indulge touch hopeyet he knew the eventual result would be beneficial to the mighty cause he advocated , and a homage to justice and to virtue . '
The above is but { an outline of Mr . Roberts's speech : much of it we have been compelled to omit by want of space . It was listened to throughout with breathless attention , except when interrupted by the magistrates . jTfieae gentry evidently did not . kuow what to do . Once or twice they m % de a sort of a move to leave the Court ; but just as they got tojthe door it seemed to strike them all on a heap , ( particularly the thin old man with a squeaking voice ) , that that would not do : then they rap back again . One of thorn held up a pen , and said" he should stop and do _ his duty . " Altogether the thing beggared description : The jolly fellows iu tho gal-W »~ . A ^ 5 > iaHjat H > was all . ' ^ plondid- 'J , There waa no restraining , fnelr eii ^ aBta 9 ro ^"""" vy « "mnsir-griro- * T ** continuation of the proceedings next week . Suffice it for the present ' , that after darkness had set in and Mr . Roberts , in reply to the Magistrates , as to I whether he had any Other
evidence " of a different complexion , " had avowed that he intended to eznmine the whole of the hewers on the' colliery ; after this startling announcement—for the number of hewers is be ? tween three aud four huudred—and some further discussion , in which Isomo warmth was shown , and angry expressions exchanged between the Bench and Mr . Roberts , and proportions of adjournment and of agreement between the masters and men were made , the easel was ultimately adjourned till Friday , at ten o ' olock , in order to give time for the parties to come to some arrangement , or to proceed with the case , the Chairman at the same time deolaring that in a ca « e litee this , where large bodies of men were banded toother in open defiance of the law , and of the peace of the district , and after what had como out in the ca ? e , the magistrates would btill not hold themselves bound by any compromise which the parties might ooiae to . .
Tuesday passed in ; a similar manner , but more Stormily than before ; and the further consideration of the case was adjourned till tho following Wednesday . What the result will be no one can tell or speculate upon . Tho case is looked upon aa allimportant throughout the coal countries . Wa will give the conclusion next Saturday ,
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London . —On Sunday evening , the 17 th inst ., B . Wall , Esq ., professor of languages , will lecturo on " the oratory of the bar and senate , " at seven precisely , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution . A politioal discussion every Sunday morning . ! On Wednesday evening , the 20 th inst . a lecture on Mesmerism will be delivered by Messrs . Taylor and Barley , in the above place , to commence at eight o ' clock . i A Festival and Ball , ia aid of the Institution , will be hold in tho above Hall , on Tuesday evening , ( Boxing Day ) . Tea ( on table at five o ' clock ; ball to commence at eight . Double tickets , 2 s . 6 d . ; single , do ., Is . 6 d . ; { to ball only , double Is . 6 d . ; Binele , do ., Is . \ . .
On Sunday evening nfcxr , tho 17 th inst ., at half-past seven preoisely , Mr . J . M « e will deliver a lecture , at the Briokiayors' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Cromer street . 1 On Monday evening , tho 18 th inst ., Mr . W . Gardner , will address the friends , at the Teetotal and Repeal brigade i Coffoo House , Little Saffron Hill . I Mr . E . Mantz will lectura at Harvay ' s Temperance Assembly Row , Bow , on Thursday next , the 21 st inst . The friends from Stratford and the vicinities surrounding I are trquested to attend . Marylebone—On j Sunday evening next , the 17 th iust ., Mr . J . Sewell will deliver a lecture , at hall-past seven precisely , at the Mechanics' Institute , Circus-street , i
Emmett ' s Brigade ^—A pu bli c meeting , in favour of < Ehe People ' s Charter , will bo held at the Bricklayers' Arms , Hbon r-street , New Road , Marylebone , on Monday eveui » £ j next , tho 18 th inst ., at ei ^ ht o ' clock preoisely . MessrB Mantz and Davoo will attend . I Mr Skelton will deliver a lecture at the Standard of Liberty ! , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening next , the 17 tn inst ., at half-past seven precisely . I Somebs * Town Locality . —On Sunday eveniBg next , Mr . Mee will i lecture at Mr . Duddridges , Bricklayers' Arnw , T 6 no . rid . ge-atreet , New Road . Mr . Hunniball , of iStaffoid , will deliver alecture on Sunday , the 17 th iust ., at the Golden Lion , Deaustreet , Soho , on the j causes of the Revolutions of Greece and Rome . 1
London District Council . —This Council will meet at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , Turuagairi Lane , on Sunday afternoon next , the 17 th inst ., a | three o ' olook precisely . Camberwkm .. —A public meeting will be held at the Cock Tavern , Camberwell Green , * on Tuesday next , the 19 th inst ., at eight precisely . Hammukbmith , Nottinghill , and thsib Vicinities . —The Chartis s aud their friends of the above places ace most ! respectfully requested to at *
tend a meeting at the Black Bull Inn , Hammersmith Road , on Tuesday ovening next , the 19 $ h inst ., at eight preoitoly , on business of groat importance . I Preston . —A meeting will bo held in the Chartist Association Room , Park-road , on Sunday eveniug next , to take into consideration the propriety of taking immediate steps to ensure the return of men favourable to Chartist principles , at all futuro Munioiple Elections , f Chair io be taken at seven o clock . All friends j of democracy are earnestly requested to attend , j
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Hebrew Bhidor—Mr . James Leach will ectnra twice in the Democratic Chapel , Hebdeu Bridgelane ? , on Sunday , Deo . 17 th ; in the afternoon at two o ' clock , and six in the evening . A Public Discussion will take place on Sunday , the 17 th ins $ ., in the Working Man ' s Institution , Hyde , beiw ^ n Mr . Samuel Sidebottom ^ aathor of a pamphlet , entitled the " Local and General Reformer , " and Mr . J . M . Leaoh , an adv <> cat 9 of Charsist principles . The discussion will commence at two o ' clock in the afternoon , and continue until four o ' clock ; after which time it will be adjeuraed until six o'clock the same evening . Htde . —The Chartists who took out cards of
membership , after Mr . O'Connors lecture , at Hyde , are requested to attend & meeting in the Working Man's Institution , on Sunday , the 17 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the ground floor of the hall . Mea of Hyde , fail not to attend . Bring your card ' s with you . Bury . —Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , will deliver a lecture on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) , in tke Garden-s reef Room , at six o ' clock in the evening , A Chartist tea party will be holden on Christmas Day , when Messrs , Isaac Barrow , of Bolton , John West , of Sheffield ; and William Dixcn , of Manchester ; have promised to attend . Tea to be on the table at five o'clock in the evening . Tickets formai 6 s one shilling each ; for females ninepence each .
Royton , Chartist Room . —Mr . James Leach , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures in thy above room , on Sunday , the 24 tli of December : one in tba afternoon , at two o ' clock ; the other in the evening at six . A colkotion will be made after each , lecture . Sheffield—On Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered ia the Room , Fig Tree-lane , to commence at half-past six o'clock . On Wednesday a . meeting of the members . An harmonic meeting eyeiy Saturday evening , for the benefit of the Association . Salfjrd—Mr . Doyle will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Great George-street , Salford , on Sunday evening ' next at half-past six o ' clock .
Mr . John West will visit the following plaoe 3 during the week—Manchester , on Sunday 17 th ; Stockport . on Monday 18 ih ; Bolton , on Tuesday 19 uh ; Ashton , on Wednesday 20 th ; Mossley , on . Thursday 2 Ur , ; Dunkenfield , on Friday 22 nd ; and Bury on Sunday and Monday 24 th and 25 th . Selston—The members are requested to meet at Mr . J . Pepper ' s , near the Crown Inn , at ten o ' clock iu the forenoon , on Sunday , Deo . 24 th , to take oat their cards . Failsworth—A leoture will be delivered here on Monday , the 18 ; n inst ., by Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester . Subject— " The Charter and Repeal ; " to commence at eight o ' clock in the < eveaing . Rochdale—Mr . A . Haigh , of Whitworth , will deliver two lectures ou Sunday next ( to-morrow ) in the Chartist Association Room , ia the afternoon , at half pa ^ t two o ' clock , and ia the evening at six .
Mr . Kidd , of Newcastle , will deliver & lecture ia this town , on tho Repeal of the Corn Laws , on Monday evening next . Ashton-dnder-Lyne—Mr . G . P . Mead will lecture in tlie Chartist Association Room , Bentick * streef , on Sunday next , 17 tii inst . Chair to be taken at six o ' clock in the evening-On Wednesday evening , Dec . 20 th , Mr . J ) ha West , of Sheffield , will lecture in the same place . Chair to be takan precisely at eight o ' clock ia the evening .
Hanley—A general meeting of the members and friends of the National Charter Association , Wiil be holden on Sundoy evening , the 17 « vh iust ., at seven o'clock , at the hoaso of Mr . J . Yates , Temperance Coffee House , Miles-bank , Shelton , to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to arrange a plan for the erection of a Working Man ' s Hall in this district . All the old subscribers and shareholder a , re particularly requested to attend , that the above objecs may be brought to a successful
issje . Stockport—Oa Sunday afternoon next an adjourned diaoussiou will take place in the youth ' s anti-room , Garnett street , Lower Hiilgate . bubjecfc : Has maohmery been a blessing or a curse V Chair to be taken at two o ' clock . There will also be a tea party on Christmas day , in the large room belonging to tha Youths . Bacup . —A tea-party will be held in the National Charter Association Room , Rochdale Road , Bacup , on Christmas Diy , Dec . 25 th , for tho benefit of the Association . Tea on the table at five o'clock , after which ad resses will be delivered by a few friends from a distance . Mossley—On Thursday evening , Deo . 21 st , Mr . Oohn West , of Sheffield , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist meeting room , Brooks' Bottom , to commence at eight o ' clock .
Halifax—Mr . Hurley will lecture in the Chartist Assoojation Room , Pellon-lane , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o ' clock . On Monday evening , Dec . 13 , a general meeting will be holden in the above room , for the purpose , of taking imo consideration the propriety of . estab " H&hing ai local fund for a practical experiment on . fclke Ijktid .- . - ¦ ¦ ' < -. ¦ ^ "Bi ^ rrieMw ^^ tjflN ^ ba a public meeting at one o ' clock , and » grand tea party aud ball will take place in the Saloon , at the Mechanics' Institnfce , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , to commemorate the release of Mr . Gaorge White from the Queen ' s Benoh Prison . Tickets one shilling eacb ; tea on the table at five o ' clock .
The Mechanics' Institdte has been engaged for Mr . iVI'Gra-ih , the President of the Executive , to lecture in on Monday evening next , Dec . 28 . h . The doors will be . open at seven , chair to be taken at half-past . The friends of liberty are earnestly requested to attend . Coventry— Mr . M'Grath , President of the National Charter Association of Great Britain , will deliver a lecture on the principles of the People's Charter , in Mary ' s Hall , on Tuesday , Dec . 19 iih , at seven o ' clock in the evening . Oldham — On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) a lecture will be delivered in the Chartist Room , Greave ' s-streot , at six o ' oiook in the evening , by s friend .
Hollinwood . —Mr . John Crowther , of Oldham , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Room . Pevr Nook , Hollinwood , oa Sunday , the 17 th inst ., at six . ©' clock in the evening , Mb . Kydd ' s Route . —Mr . Kydd purposes lecturing at the following places : —Rochdale , Monday , the 18 th inss . ; Heywood , Tuesday , the 19 th ; Bury , Wednesday , the 20 ih ; Todmorden , Thursday , the 21 st ; Hebden Bridge , Friday , the 22 md ; Halfax , Sunday , 24 th . Stockport . —Mr . James Mitchell will lecture in the Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , on Sunday next , the 17 ib inss . On Monday , the 18 th , Mr . John West , of Sheffield , will lecture at the same pla « e . Admission tree to both lectures .
Nottingham . —A tea party and ball will be held at Mr . Swann ' s Temperance Hotel , Drury H ill , oa Tuesday , tho 26 th inst . Tickets 9 d . each . Radford . —A democratic sermon will be preached by Miss Biatherwick , in the Independent Chapel , New Radford , near Nottingham , on the 17 th inst ., at six o ' clock . Bolton . —Mr . John West will deliver a lecture on Tuesday , the 19 ih inst ., in the Chartist Room , Cheapsidcr . A Tea Party will take place in the above room , oa New Year ' s Day , under the superintendence of the School Committee . Gentlemens' tickets , Is . } Laidies ' , 9 d . ; Children of the First Class , 4 d . ; Children of the Second Class , 2 d . Tea on the table an five o ' clock .
Manchester .-Mr . West , from Sheffield , will deliver a lecture in the Carpeuter's Hall , ou Sunday , ( to-morrow , ) at half-past six o ' clock in the evening . Bradford .- ^ Oh Sunday evening , the members of the Chariisd council will meet in the Iairge room . Butter worth-buildings , at half-past five o'clock . The Chartists ot Bowling Back-lane , will meet in the Association Room , at ten o'clock in the morning , and two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Little Horton , will meet in tha school-room , Park-place , on Sunday morning , at tea , o ' clock , and at two in tbe afteraoon . when a writing cI&sb will ba formed . The Chartists of New Leeds will meet in their room oa Sunday morning , at ten o ' clock , and at two in the afternooii .
A Delegate Meeting of the Miners of Lancashire will be hoideu at the Black Horse , Blackrod , OH Monday next , December 18 th . Chair to be taken at nine o'clock in the morning . A public meeting will also be holden in the same village , at four o ' clock in the afternoon of the same day . : Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , will address the Miners of Collyhurst , Bradford , and Clayton , on Wednesday evening next , Deo . 20 th at the Forester ' s Arms , Murray-street , Oldham Road , Mancfiester . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock in the evening .
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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT ,:,
The Colliers. Tb0x5xet Collihrt—Host Impobtxst Case.
THE COLLIERS . TB 0 X 5 XET COLLIHRT—HOST IMPOBTXST CASE .
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My Pekkks , —You wiil see the address of-the Execnrive in this week ' s paper , and yon will nse your own judgment in arriving at a conclusion , whether ox not the means which they propose , are calculated to gerre onr can ? &j and if so , whether or not those da-Jies , the performance of which thej ^ Ttquire at jour hands , are more : than they have a right to expect I need sot again direct your attention to the manner jnTfhich the impoverished Irish respond to the call pf their leaders , nor need I do more than impress upon your minds a belief that a vigouroas effort for Ihe next three months will place onr cause npon a footing which maj defy all thesssaults of faction ; ' bnt in order to enable us to arrive at that
state , your -co-operation and support is indispensable . Poor though you be let Christmas week be the appointed time for ihe collection of a national tribute ; and let every town , vie with Carlisle , the poorest and yet always the foremost , in such undertakings . We can only pledge ourselves that a satisfactory aceount shall be rendered of every farthing Subscribed . Do jon do yon * dnly ,. aad we shall not fail in the performance of ours . 1 Relieve that this appeaLwiil not be made in vain , and after having enrolled ueariy 10 , 000 members at my own expense , I do not think that you wDl consider me presumpfcnous in making the appeal in my individual capacity . Spite cf friend and foe , we are going on not only prosperously Irat jjloriopslyj and while I &us appeal to you for new exertion , I cannot feel
Bnrpnse at jour luiewarmness , when I think of the manner in which yon liave been deceived by many in whom yon have placed confidence . However , ibe ranks have been pretty well weeded , and those Who have remained are more nnitcd than ever . Bickering , squabbling , denunciation , and strife are now limited to ihe little minds of the little knot , by whom they have been fomented and kept alive . I look to the forthcoming Convention as an important crisis in the history of this country—one which , if properly managed and directed , will ensure for us that position from which , I believe , the disunion in our own ranks has hithhrto withheld us . Henceforth let us work togetherfor the rights of labonr , aiid the rights of alL Do you your duty , and again I Bay we will not fail in the performance of ours . Your faithful friend , Eeabgus O'Coxsob .
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Stockport . —On Wednesday the 6 th , Mr . Kydd , of Newcastle , lectured in this town . On Sunday last , we were again viBUed by Mr M'Grath , of the Executive , who delivered a very animated discourse . Hollinwood ;—Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a leoture in the Chartist room , Hollinwood , en Sunday last , to a very respectable audience . Ho thkoham . —At theusnalweekly meeting of the
Byron Ward Locality several new memoexa were enrolled . The members of the above ward , are about getting up a tea p ^ y / oj the benefit orthe Local Victim Fund , on Tuesday , Deoember 26 th , Tickets 9 i . each ; can be obtained of the Secretary until Saturday the 23 d inst ,.:, «¦ , MosstET—Mr . C . Doyle delivered a lecture in the Association Room , Brook Bottom , pa Tuesday last ; on the Land and its capabilities , which gave general satisfaction . At the close of the lecture a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer , and the meeting brokeup .
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