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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT, 57 , BR1GGATE, I.EEDS, ANJ> MA11KET PiACE, DARIJStfGTOU. Tl /T H. DAVIS respectfully invites the attention of the Public to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE
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STOCK OF WOOLLEN CLOTHS , Which he has purchased for Cash , and is determined to FeU for a very small amount of prof ?; . The Goods are of first-rate Manufacture , and not made for Bale only , but will havu the gt > od properties of wearing well , and ensuring future orders . The Stock consists of DOUBLE-MILLED WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BFWERS , PILOTS KERSEYS , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS WOOLLEN and . COTTON CORDS , FUSTIANS , &o . &o . Waistcoanngs frora Is . ( id . upwards , in mdlesa variety . M . H . D . takes this opportunity to thank the numerous body of TAILORS , who hx-fe pa * roniz ^ d hm eince he dissolved Partnership with Mr . Cullinowobth , and be ^ B to assure thua th . i ' , uo House iu the Trade shall undersell him in any one Article . Tbe Working Classes are invited to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the abt > 7 e Establishment ; they will find it more advantageous to do so , and employ their own Tailors , thun oneourjge the "Ready Made Clothes Selling Monopolists , " who get rich at tho expeuco of the Working Mau , by paying him one half for a Garment that other Masters give .
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Srs , —I Tra ? Biinrallj very anxious that the discussion to wlucb joa challenged me cpan the Repeal ofibe Cora Laws should haTe taken place . I was jiiuoas , becanas I fell convinced th 3 t oat of that discussion much good would arise . > lj acceptance of jour challenge was not couched in offensive or forbidding terms ; and therefore I had at least a jigkt to expect an answer , giving me your own reasons for haying changed your mind . Such methinks woald haTeibeea a more erediiable course , ih&n the secondary aid that you have received from what is called the " liberal" section of the press ; & snppori , which while it professes to lustily your
refusal , musi have the inevitable Tendency of lessening your itflueiice . However , Sir , as my anxiety for the discussion wa 3 really founded upon the desire to h » ve s popular verdict npon the great question , I do not esteem my triumph at your refusal to meet me of that importance attached to it by BOffie of mj own party . In fact , those unsubstantial advantages occasionally gained by' leaders ^ particular parties , have been magnified into an undue importance . I would much rather have had the disrusaoa ; butas I learn from y « nr speech at Aberdeen , thai youhave declined the controversy , I think I shall best serve my purpose by urging upon yon some of toy principal reasons for opposing that agitation in yrhith tou haTe been singularly aoiive .
Had we met in discussion , I take it for granted that arrangements would have been made to confine the speakers to those topics upon which the two parties w * re most at variance ; » Bd out of what I shall suppose would have bees the prescribed limits , 1 shall not now travel . There is one other subject howcver , of so entirely a personal nature , that 1
cancoti upon any account , allow yon to shrink from the promised exposure ,, I mean your unequivocal assertion that I w * s in the p * y of tae ^ TorieSj . and |
jueoLiroTertibly establish that charge- I therefore bow -call upcn you eitbeT to adop * . means for establishing this ^ charge , or to retract it . Believe me * Sir , yoa will have to do either one or tie other ; and » 5 I Sud thai the " liberal" pre ~ -s has made probable injary to health , by attending open-air meetings at this inclement season of tie year , and personal inconvenience , an excuse for yon , I shall ' * s far as possible , remoie those obj-. etions in the case in which I am personally concerned . I only conformed to the term ? of vour own challenge by
reqairiEg an open-air meeting for our discussion upon the Corn Laws , because 1 thought tfcat so lirge a question dtmanded a veiy extrusive audi ence . Bdi as 1 iold ii impossible lo pick a jury oi inslishmen npon 3 point of hoaonr and matter of far t , 1 am ready io relieTg you of danger , trouble , and inconvenience , by offtnng to suMnn the Inter question to the decision ef an in-cioor meeting , either iii jour Free Trade Hali , at Manchester , or m the Crown and . Anchor , in London , curing yonT artendacce upon yonr Parliamentary duties , or ai ywhere else . All thai I stipulate for is * ' free admission . "
1 believe you win admit that it is the dnty of a party to turn all questions of great pubi . e interest lo the arraiieemeut of their own principles ; indeeti ia : ais respec ; you have been most unscrupulous ; and le . us then see how that object could ba achieved by the workirg clashes , by eiihf-r of your modes o ' scconipHshing your purpose , that is by squeezing a Repeal of the Corn Laws ou-. of the Tories—or bj Eqaazjig the "W higs into tfice 10 carry it . As you " tschtw all politics" in youi society , i wiil presume jcsT object acnieved by the first mode : what then whai efStEtial bectsi beyond the mere Rrpesi of the
law tvili that confer upon the peopl ? ? and ihai even yon are of opinion that the people do not imagine th&t Repeal would confer much benefit , Ls c ^ ear led manifest from your refusal to meet me before ihose parries whose advantage you j > rx > ltss to seek , aud over a large portion of whom your party ha » such nnlinsiied controul . I aver , then , thai the enforcement of the measure from the Tories would be cf so pracv . cal DeneSt ; wiule , was it possible for year party to forte the Whigs once more into cS ^ e , upon tha single pledge of r-pf-alicg the Cora Laws , 1 would reccgn ze tbe multiplication of such dificalties ihroira in the wav of the achievement
of the triumph of labour a = would make its boldest advocates pause , if not retreat from the struggle . Yes . yes ; get a House of Commoas with my consent ¦ whose bu ^ ess i : would be to snpply details Jor the practical carrying out the ¦ prinEiple of . Free Trade , and the ri < ht of buying labour in the cheapest market , first having drugged i ; by uncontrouled machinery wiih nnpited beggars and b ^^ ins slave ? , ssd then the right to ? ell their produce in the dearest market , which means to make it so cheap that it will establish ihrooghont the world a slave labour standard , where tbe representative of English taxed labour mast siand side by sioe in the competitive maTket with the untaxed labour of other
countries . "With tie ilovEHEST Patitt in tbis country , there must ever be ; wo considerations : the one , tbe alteration of ihe system , which should alone be the object of the industrious classes ; the other , the improvement of the system , which should be the work of the Teaisiiig governing force . ^> ow , as between the parties for a l teration and correcticu , ttcse for alteration having no positive political relation to , or sympathy with , any other political body . Tiey are enlisted ic a kicd of double wariare ; tbe one 2 ii : 3 goi . istic , tbe other deliberative . They
are m aazaioaL-zn to the system , while they wisely acd jostly deliberate upon the various modes of correction proposed by the two accredited political parties . I have always given it as my opinion thai tte existence of three political parties in the state is ircompaiibls with the existence of peace , law , and order ; and tha Movement Party not having any inssrest in common ¦ wsth either of tbe other parties ^ their duty btcomes manifest . They musi not only strengthen timir own hands , bat they are further bosiid to consider all means by which they can weaken those of bo ; h opposing paTties . The time
has arrived when open and unblushing practical tyraiiEy wiil fail to derive protec ion from the Et > rt fascinating theories , 1 trust that in the very E : dsi of the hurricane of abuse , 1 have firmness eK-ngh io give impartial jadgment between the t ^ o parties , called Whig ? and Toriss ; aiid while 1 go no further than to declare myseli a Whig accord-Jig to the improved theory of that parry as propounded in the Reform Bill , or rather by Reformers ia their Epeeches in suppon of that measure , 1 very msec , as a whole , prefer the practice of their political opponents . Hence , while I continue my
antaeomj-Ei tobo : h , 1 am bound to deliberate upon , and jedge between , the several modes proposed by each for the correction of the evils under the system . I feel a thorough conviction , as well from natural causes , as from probable results , of the d : fficul : y of overthrowing the Tory party wiihont the help of the TViigs ; while I feel as strongly the difficulty of filh-tiEg the services of the latter party for the Complete overthrow of Toryism , nnless their cooperation is based npou self-interest ; an interest winch they imagine is at variance wiib the interest C-f the working classes , snd ? herefore cot likely to
be the inediam of a fair ulioh . I have long ceased to attach any importasct to a transfer of power under the present system from the hands of one party to those of another . It is that game that tas ruined England . If , then , we judge between tie two in our deliberative capacity , J would ask jou , after ten years' trial of tbe Whig party , the three following questions : —Firstly , had the Whigs , W had they not , the power to carry all those measures upon the pledge to accomplish which ftey would now establish their claim to restoration i It will not do to answer me with " the
opposition of the Honse of Lords . " They were profcse in thelegitimate mode , as it is called , of creattt > g a majority in the Upper House ; while their own * oherents to their own principles , backed by their GTt rwheiming majorities might have changed what koni Whig imbecility , the House of Peers deaig-Es . ied as a right properly nsed into a factious resist-* sce to the piinciples of Befonn . Secondly , did the " Sigs , Lile in t-fice , ever carry , m propose , any fe&sure of Free Trade ; or rather any measure * Ppro x ? nia ! i ££ fo Free' " frade , of equal importance ^ a tbe Tarzin Tbir ly , whether do you imagine T ^ a House of Commons representing the landed ^ resjjor a House of Commons xeprestcting ths
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monied interest , —money wholly made by speculation in labour , —wonld be most likely under the prestnt system , to do justice , or rather abstain from doing great wrong , to the labouring classes ! We are to look for a sqeezible commodity ! The Tories in oppo- ' sition will not only not assist us in our resistance to j Mahhusian Whiggery , but , as aforetime , they would ' strengthen Whig hands in order to increase popular t odium aeainst them ; while the Whigs m opposition will at all events make a Jeinl of " liberality , " andi contend against oppressions of which , while in office , ;
they were tbe most uncompromising supporters . ; There still exists some lurking sympathy and affinity between the unrepresented and the represented classes of society , as apparent in the com- ! plete overthrow of the Whig pany at the last < general election—an event in the accDmplishment of whieh the whole of the working classes joined with a large section of the "liberal" constituent body . The dislike of Whiggery was merely mani- , fested by the people ; their overthrow was accom- j phshed by their own reformed constituencies . From I this circumstance , yen must come to one or other i
of the following conclusions : —Either that the Ro-1 form Bill had wholly failed in creating & " liberal" j © aastivaeat ixdy , ex ibftt ii ^ . cLcreMed & oonsti . j ( 'feMey iaofe" fit > eral than the ' Whigs had
anticipatea , and of which Whiggery has failed to be a faithful representation . In short , 1 think we may ; come to the conclusion , thai Tory ascendancy has j been the " finality" of Whig Reform . Although ; you profess to eschew politics altogether , you must pardon this political exordium . I admit it has become a very general practice for the most wily and &Tifo . l politicians to renounce all political bias in i their several agitations . Common sense , however teaches us that questions of very minor importance arc , in the absence of any of great magnitude , madetbe test of political principle . Hence the Ballot , which was a mere question of convenience to the electoral body was for some time made the test of " li-
berafrty . " How , then , can a question of such magnitude as that of Free Trade , in which you admit every description of initrest in the state is involved , be divested of a political character Do we not see wha-t may be termed the heads of all " liberal" sections as they are called , join ' mg in this non-political move ? 1 lay it down then as an incontrovertible fact that ninety -nine in every hnndred of the free trade community look to the restoration of the Whig party , as the only means by which their object can be accomplished : aDd , further , that a very large majority of that party would uot consider rt a boon if not accomplished by their political parrizans : in short , that henceforth we are to look io Land as the r .-presentation of Toryism , and to Machin « ry as the representation of Waiggery .
1 snail now proceed to argue the question of Free Trade under the following heads . Mi . m Land . Moset . Self I . vtehest . and National Interest . Firstly . 3 ii > D . " Thai the people are seldom wrong , and never tang wron ^ , " is a truism to which I presume you will subscribe . Yonr association has been in existence for nearly five years , during nearly four of which h has been in active operation , u ^ icg its manifold influences upon th e mind of those who were most immediately under its controuL One of the strongest grounds for hope of success consisted in the fact of you appealing
to those hoards of centrai ' zad paupers , whose cooperation vtj 3 likely to be thoughtlessly yielded , and whose anger , when roused by i&flimmatory harangues , was calculated to strike terror into the hearts cf your opponents . Tne powerful support that you received from the whole of the " liberal" press , with the very slight opposition off ; red by the Tory press , added to the eternal eruptions of Free Trade lava from your own volcano ; the immense power of your confederates over the very lives of tbe people as employers ; their power over their liberties as magistrates , and over the expression of opinion as judge ?;
tbe coiift-deratiun of weaitb to compel the silence , if not -the approval—the non-interference , if not the opposition , of pauperism subject to its controul ; the unscrupulous use , the unaccuuuted-for use , of undefined sums expended in the first years of agitationiT 5 U , W ) 0 squandered during last year , and the threat of £ 100 , 0110 this year ; these were all powerful auxiliaries to a powerful pariy . Throughout the empire , the whole emi-ire , there has been but one newspaper bold enough to resist these powerful influences ; whiie a portion of the tactics of every other newspaper , of every periodical , of every pamphleteer
and of every hired scribbler , has been to weaken the power and to lessen the influence of that one organ Agents have been bribed ; itinerating " pedlars" have beeji liberally paid ; falsehoods have been most liberally circulated for the purpose of destroying that one paper . It is the source at which the wind of laboHr drinks ; the source from whence it draws its hopes . The fact that the party known a 3 Chartists were your principal , indeed your only avowed , opponents , and every other political section being more hostilely arrayed against Chartism than even against Free Trade , had the natural tendency of
weakening the opposing force of Chartism . Hence then we find the influence of capital ; the power of the law ; the power of the press ; the power of concentrated falsehood : in fact , the power over life and liberty , failing to convince the mind of the very pariy upon whose support you relied , of the efficacy of the nostrums that yon proposed . What could offer " greater fascinations to the already desolate and starving , than the prospect of a short respite in suffering , with even the prospect of a certain retnrn to that suffering 1 As a drowning man will ca ; ch at a straw , io will the hungry man catch at a loaf . Yon showed him the loaf . You would have
fascinated him with the prospect of high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do . " You showed him the certainty of a scramble , wherein he had more than a chance of a share . You opened to hiB view the distribution of all the spare capital of the country recklessly squandered in the first expenmt-nt of a great innovation . You preseated to his hind , thirsting for vengeance , the whole property of that c ! as 3 which you taught him to hate , and depicted as his natural and most bloody enemy , as national plunder , of which he was entitled to a share . You fabricated
falsehoods , and repeated them , until th # uncontradict&d reiteration struck upon the ear as truth , and burned npon the heart as grievance . You opened a perfect paradise to the imagination of the starving , and said , " Behold the prospect presented to your "view , the reward placed within your grasp" ! and yet you have not convinced the mimj 11 Were not all these influences sufficient to have ensured you a triumph over the sophistries , the casuistry , and ignorance of one man : and that man the "hired
prostftute of the people ' s enemies" ! And yet , with such fearJul odds , Tor , the champion of labouT , tbe asserter of the natural rights of man ; the defender of the poor ; tbe advocate of the widow and the orphan : you , with untold gold at your back ; with hands that dreaded not exposure at your command ; with the law to protect you with society to smile npon you ; with possessors of millions to cheer you on , darb sot hket that MIND which reason and reflection had created , and of which I should only have been the representative .
You mistook paswon , prejudice , and selfinterest for deliberation , conviction , and justice-Ton received the squall of the expectant gambler as the cheer of the approving hikd . And though not deluded yourself , you would have deluded your followers into the belief that the howl of faction was the expression of national will . I say we was not deluded ; and hence your greatest crime . Your disinclination to eel me proves that you were not deluded ; for had . ou anticipated that support which you sought to convince your hearers was generally accorded thxou ghout the country ,
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you would hare met me- The " inclemency of the season , " the " inconvenience , " the " better employment , " would all have been minor considerations , when compared with the importance of a triumph in Yorkshire , in Lancashire , and in Nottinghamshire . If the mind was with you , how does it happen that you have not dared , with all the influences supporting you , to call one single public meeting throughout your busiest , most expensive , and most important campaign ! Are you so blind as not to be aware that your own followers , notwithstanding their temporary bravado to cover your retreat , will marvel at your refusal to meet him whom you challenged to discussion ?
Sir , I am perfectly aware of the danger of those who dare to stand up for the prostrate working classes of thiB country , in opposition to the greedy , the wily , and the all-powerful middle classes ; but I thank you for lessening that danger by affording proof that the national misd is with me . By the wholesome reproof that you have been the moans of having administered to yourself , you will learn the following wholesome lesson : that jour country has now a kind that cannot be purchased ; and that gold and boasting , coercion and persecution , speeching and writing , will fail in tho eudeavoar to establish any principle of which that mind does not approve . " To win men ' s hearts von must win tbtir minds . "
Yon have lost their hearts and you have therefore lost their minds . The only importance , then « that I shall attach to your refusal to meet me upon the terms of your own challenge is , that England has now a xi . tD ; and that you knov . it ! I am , Sir , your obedient Servant , Feaugus O'Connor . P . S . I shall continue my subject in succeeding letters .
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The Rothwell Haigh and R bin Hood Csl-LJEK 1 ES . —The men at these collieries are atill "out , " tbe proposition that they made to tho owners , tbBt tb > y ithe men ) should engage a practical colliery viewer , to judge of tbe safety of the wotks , which the men assert are nnfafe , and by whose opinion they would bind themselves to abide , not having being acceded to . We regret this , on the part of the Messrs . CharJeswortb ' s , very much . Tbe question ib one which ought nol to bu decided on tho strength of feeling , or uf inclination . It is one off ltd ; and on fact alone ought both parties to setk to abj . le . The men firmly believe thit tho works are unsafe ; they allege tbat thf-ir lives are in imminent danger if they work in the pits under the arrangements recently introduced ; thi-y assign reasons
for that belief and that alleRement ; and they expi ess themselves ready to abide by the judgment of a practical man ; one competent to judge of tbe fac r s of the case , and understand the reasons they adduce . We must confess that , as far as we are able to judjje , the conduct and rrqnests of the men are reasonab'e : \ n < l just . True , the Messrs . Cbarleswerth are said to have proenred the opinions of three gentlemen , whose names have been given to the world , ( but who , we are told , are not known as colliery viewerBi , who testify , nfter personal examination , that the danger is lessened under the new system of ventilation of which the men complain . But the men answer , tbat no opportunity was afforded them to explain to these gentlemen tbe reasons they have for apprehending increased danger ; and they
state tbat without such explanation , no man would be able to give an opinion worth , one « traw ; for it would be an opinion founded on deceptive appearances , and not on facts . The men complain , tor , that they were not permitted to descend the mines with these " viewers , '" and point out to them the cause of their fears . They applied to the managers of the Messrs . Cbarlesworth to allow this to be ; but were peremptorily refused . Under these circumstances , then , it is no wonder that the mtu can have no covjidence id " opinions" so obtained . They are free to confess that tbe new system t&kes tbe inflammable gaa ( from which their danger arisesj , pretty clearly away "from those who are working at the coal surface" ; more so than the old system did .- but this does not lessen their
dang , r ; for the £ 39 j s forced upon ihe boys engaged in " hurrjing , " who have lights with them , and ctnmt be expected to bave tbe care or knowledge that a man possesses , to guard a » ainst tX }>) osii > n » Tbi-fn ioys work in what is culled the " return air " —thit is , the air brought from thu tutface , drauchted through the works ; tbuB mixing with all tht hydrogen tbat may be librrat < "l at the time ; and , of course , the nioBt ivjlumifibie of any in tbe whule workings ; and yet in thin : iir , so mixed , and so dangerous , bave the boys to hujry tbe coals , at the imminent and momentary risk of their own lives and tbe lives of tvery one in tbe pits . Tbe men allege tbat tbe mines at Rothwell and Rubin Hoed are Vt-ry peculiar : tbst oftentimes the dicarburet of hydrogen , or
itiflanmahle gas , is suddenly disengaged in great quantities They Bay that the coal itself does nut contain much ; that the coal " makes" very little ; Lut that it abounds both above and below ; snd oftentimes forces itself through the superincumbent mass with astonishing force . Many times the " seal , " or bottom rt tbe mine is lifted -up by the force of tbe gas , which pours out from tbe apertures it thus opens so tremendously as to fiil tbe workings in a few motuents . open all the " trap doors" fixed to direct the current of Ventilating air , and drive back tbe current itself up the " descending ' pit . They compare it to tbe issuing of steam fruin an engine-boiler , at a high pressure . At othrr times the roof of the old workings give way , and " falls Jn ; " and then the death-de . iling gaa is li *) t'rat < -d
in a similar manner . In any of these circunistancrs , were the lights not instantly extinguished , even the safety-lamp would afford no safety at all ; for the strong current thus produced would force the lijiht through tbe wire gauzs by which it is surrounded , and ' ignition of the iiiflammablu mass w . < uld follow ; and I nuder all circumstaDct-s , whether tbe gas liberated be ' small or large in quantity , the return air is most impregnated with it ; and in that return air does the new : system introduced at these pits requires the boys to work constantly with lights . It 18 bere tbat the men Bee great dagger , 'which danger is increased from another circumstance . Tbe old system of posts , or pillars of coal , allowed a free course for the ventilating air to circuate , there being openings , or slits , " left for that purpose ; and thus tke old workings were kept tolerably
clear . Tbe new sjst- ni cf continuous walls confines tbe current *> f air between them ; and tbe gas can thus accumulate untii sufficient to force itself through tbe ' interstices of tbe wall uyon the passin * lights , and explosion follows . Tne very fuct of lousing ana procuring tbe stone from the ol . l workings wherewith to build the walls , is also highly dangerous ; as , from ' : jhe facts we have above act forth , the gaB may be ' thereby liberated , and tbe most awful consequences ' ensue . For these reasons , then , and many others , the ' men detm it unsafe to worJr in tbe pits , as they are at present arranged . Now , their reasonable fears are en- ¦ titled to some consideration . No prepossession i ; i favour of a scheme or theory ought to decide in a case like this , wbere human life is tbe stake played for ; i and those wbo have the dangers to run , ought to be ! hpurrt Fvpn r > tfi > Te those whose own carcasses are not
exposed . Again we say tne Messrs . Charleswotui ouubt to accede to the proposition of the men . Tfai y have i ffjrt-d to procure the services of one most eminent for bis practical knowledge of Colliery ventilation—a Fellow of tbe Society of ArLs—one wbo has had awarded to him tbat honourable distinction , and a prize of one buudred guineas , besides tbfcix large sold medal , for his t-fforts to render Colliers' life safe from explosions of fire-damp . Tae men have ofFored to bring this man from a distant part of the Kingdom , to " view" ttie wines in question ; and by his decision they aru pre > pared to abide , provided that the Messrs . Cbarlesworth do tbe same , and allow some ot tbe men on behalf of the rest , to accompany him and tbe managers of the pit in his survey , that each party may point out what
they object to and complain of , and give oil necessary information . Tbey also desire the owners , if they wisn ii , to procure another " viewer" on their own parts , to act with the one the men , procure . This , we repeat , is a reasonable proposition ; and the Messrs Cbarlesworths are bound to comply with it , if it be ' only to quiet the fears of those who are willing to risk life for their advantage , provided there is a reasonable prospect of comparative safety . It has been well said that one fact is worth a sackful ot theory . One lamentable fact we are but too able to give . The M . r . Qoodiwn , who has introduced the new system Into
the Roth-well and Robin Hoed mines , nUo persuaded tkfc Stanley Cosapmy to adopt bis scheme . Since it was introduced an explosion of the liberated carburratted hydrogen , mixed with the common air , has taken place , ¦ when several were severely burnt ; two of them to death : aud one man at present lies with very Bmall hopes of recovery . The Stanley Company are so satisfied with , the scheme , that tbey bave determined to discard it ; and men are at work for that purpose night and day . Surely this ougnt to make tbe Messrs Gharltssworth ' s pause , and not determine to endeavour to force a new Bystem on those -who see dangkh in it , and oty ' ect to sell their lives for a mere 'shim ,
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Osseit-Stheet Side . —On Wednesday last , a pub-He meeting of the colliuts of Gawthorp , &c , was held . . T ^ je meeting was addressed by D . Swallow , and several " txames were added to tbe list of tbe Union .
Heckswsdwike . —A meeting of the colliers of thij neighbourhood was held on Thursday last , tbe 25 th inst ., in Dobson'a School-room , A ¦ working collier was called to the chair The meeting was addressed by D . Swallow , at great length , on the necessity of general union . Churwell . —On Saturday , the 27 th , a meeting of the colliers was held at the Commercial Inn , at seven o ' clock , Mr . Kushforth in the chair . Mr . Swallow addressed tbe meeting . Several new members were enrolled . HEYWOOD AND MlDDLETON DISTRICT . —The COaliuinero of Captain-fold are tit present ou strike . Joseph Gott , tbe undeilooker of that colliery , is sending men and letters into Yorkshire , to get men to supply tbe places of those on strike . S > me few men bave been inveigled bere , but bave determined to return home again .
BaUNSLET —The Miners of Barnsley beld their wet-kly meeting on Saturday evening last , in Mr . John Pickering ' s large ' room . The attendance was very numerous . A deputation from the men on strike at Blacker Hill came to consult with their fellow-workmen . Mr . James Winterbottom stated that tbey had been sent for by their employers to know what their grievances were ; and , if possible , to remove them . Tho men all assembled , aud made known their wrongs . Tbe masters seemed to be astonished at their statements : they offered to tbe men that , if they would go
to work , they should be paid the same as the other men in tbe other works round about ; that their other grievances should be redressed , and tbat tbey would stand between them and the oppressions of their banksmen . The meeting was subsequently addressed by Messrs . J ^ cob Rindle , O Woul , H . Thomson , O Birdtop , K . Day , and others ; und resolutions were passed tbat thb men should not go to work until tbe baukvtnen be turned ot and that parties be appointed to collect at the vari-us pita on their pay-days , for the support of tbe men ou strike .
Strike . —The men at Mr . Jackson ' s pit struck work in the beginning of last week for an advance of wages . Their employer sent fur them on Saturday , and agreed to give them the advance sought for , which will be as much as three or four shilling !) a week to some , and average two shillings to all . The men Went to work on Munday morning . Public Meeting . —A public meeting of the Miners will lie bulilen on Shrove-Tuesday , at Hood Hill , half wiy but ween Barnsley and Stuffitfli ! , for tho purpose of tquulising tbe hours of labour .
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recent advance , in the average receipt of from 3 * id to 3 s 9 d per day , and tbe advance lately made is 1 * per day in addition to the above . " O i the- > a fataebootis we will make no comment ; but , from tbe bills now iu oat poueaaion , an-1 given to us by oar employers- and their clerks , we will lay before the public what h : > ve been the aotnal ratio of our earnings for a considerable time back , viz .: — : : Biil Ac / . l s Sunkcy Ilroyk Colliery . '¦ ^ s d Total for one mouth for two men ' . 3 7 2 Dadnct , one drawer £ i , powder £ l , tools 4 a J 4 0 £ i 3 - i BUI No . 2 , Sankeu lirook Colliery . Total for tiv . in . u " .. 22 l y Deduct , dravvtrs M . V 1 , powvUr £ 2 , to-jls \\ a . 11 10 v ¦ £ ; ii y Hill So . 3 , ltarcnheud Colliery . Total for one in in for three wtcks 3 2 0 Daduot , drawtr £ 1 1 'Jj ., c . uuilbs 2-. lid ., tools ls , 2 2 I I £ o ly 1 Get of two men for three wti-ks at Coney Hill Co . liery , ( these Wfcic pliiil without bills ) 0 13 4 Deduct , tlFuwers £ o ¦>* ,, candles , -li 4 1 ., tools 3 s 3 12 4
£ 2 7 0 Dill No . 4 i two men for a Fortnight at lliack Iirook Colliery .: Total for twu tnen i 1 7 Deduct , two drawers £ : ( , caudles tia . ' . i . '( 1 . tools 5 J ' ... J , 7 2 . j £ 1 14 ii Bill A ' . ; , o . <) lI limhhy J ' ui k Colliery . To six meii'o fctt for a f orini ^ bi 4 ij 4 10 Deduct , flvi- itruwers £$ , cr . uilva b < t . ldd ., tools 6 i ; S 11 10 £ ( i 13 0
BUI Xo . , Stanley Cullicry . To two men f . r one month ... 7 3 5 Deduct , drawer £ l I 2 i . p . > Wi ! . jr aiul candles £ 1 6 < ., sLiar ^ tiiing toold is . ; : i 1 0 i - Helper olio £ ¦! f J Hill \ o . 7 , Hinl in hund Colliery-Three men ' s « ut for a furtnii ; ht i 5 119 Dddnct , tbretj drawers £ . ' llj ., c ^ ud ^ ea is . 10 % I , tools , &c , j ' . 3 . 3 10 .
£ 2 7 U . J In conclusion , we beg to state ; th it we are prepared to meet our t inplojors where or whi-n they iu : vy think proper to discuss this question ; or if this dots not mt * t their views , we arc willing by deputation or otherwise , to make ouch arrangements as will lunrt to an amicable adjustment « f thu v'iff « rencK 8 txislini ; between us , as all we want is a fair remonernUou for our Uhuur . Signed mi behaif of the . Miners of tku Su Helen ' s District , W . » i . Grocott , Secretary . Jan . 30 th , InJI .
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Mr . Clark ' s Tour . —On Monday morning I took coach from Kxtter to Tiverton ; on my arrival at the latter place , 1 found the friends in a fit of disappointment owing to tbe bumpkin Mayor having refused tbe use of the Town II M , for my lecture ; he told the deputation , who w .-titeil upon him , that if Mr . Clark had anything to
he durst not let us have the room , ; vs ruin would be tho consequence , no that I wus forced to leave the place without having an opportunity of preaching the gospel of Chartism . On Wednesday night 1 lectured at CollUEipton . Tim meeting wus a good one . I spoke an hour and a Imlf ; : it the close , Several pers'ns joined the Association . On Thursday , I-started for Bath , bat on my arrival a ' . Bristol , I was so completely knocked up with a cold th ? U I eouM not procted further . On Sunday evening , ( lectured at Bristol to a large and attentive audience . At the conclusion , several joined our ranks . On Monday l .-ist , I left Bris ' . ol for Wells . Thomas Clark , Mertbyr Tyilvil , Tuesday .
MEHTHYR—Death or a Patriot—David John , Editor ef the Trumpet of Wales , died on Tuesday , the 22 nd iDPt . Hia body was attended to the grave by the Chartists ami tbe Odd Fellow's Lodge , of whoir . he was a inein ' ur . Djvid Ellis addressed tho multitude present on tbe occasion . Tbis good and patriotic man died at the ag « of tbirty-two . He lived and died cbe za&tonfi advocate of th « People ' s Charter . THE Birth-Pay of the immortal patriot , Thomas Paine , was duly celebrated , at which the following toasts were given unii spoken to : — " Tbe Charts ? , " by John Bower . " Tbe immortal ; Thomas Pains , " legponded to by William Taylor . Mr . Clark sibsequently arrived , and wus greeted with the nios ' . Oeafeninc applause .
PAISLEY . —A public dinnor waa g' ^ ea Mr . Wallace , M . P ., oa Monday kbt , by tho " own Council of Paisley , who had agreed some tirce since to present that gentleman with' the freedom of the Burgh , as a testimony of their approval of his conduct as a statesman . After the regular round of toasts had been givtm and responded to , Councillor Campbell , presuming that tiie business of the meeting was about over , would crave the liberty of a toast . The toast which 1 am about to propose , said he , is one which I have no doubt but will bo responded to with as great enthusiasm as any toast that h » a been given this evenintc , beinc ; as you nil know the only member of the Town Council who represents a certain class of socitt" ^ . who is not
represented here ( hear , hear ) ; and bei ; ig nppointed by them for this purpose , I haye much pleasure in proposing tho health of Thomas D incombc , Emjw M . P ., coupled with that of our much respected guest , Mr . Wallace . of Kelly . ( Urtat cheering . ) I need scarce ! y tell you Uiat Mr . Diuicooibe has , in all cases , a ^ islt'l tho people ( baelij . t i > y Mr . Wallaoe ) in the House of Parliament with their petitions for the Peopled Charter . ( Cheers ; , And had these gentlemou been properly assisted in the House of Commons , and gos thoir petitions jarried , the people would ere this tinaa have been . fcr more benefiued than by all other questions which have as yet com& before that House . ( . Cheers . ^ 1 have , therefore , much pleasure iu craving a Ira ) bumper to t ' ae health
of Thomas Duaeorabe , coupUd with Mr . Wallace , for their able services in behalf of the Peoples Charter ; whieh toast was ^ bponded to with th * ee hearty cheers . Mr . Wallace— -Gentlemeu , you are quite awara of tho injunefciona laid d-mn by , our worthy chairman at tho eoainieneeEient o £ ' our meeting , that there was not to be any yarty p-jlitics introduced here ; but the speaker , ia the present case , has waited with itfifcieiiceitill aU our business waa over ; and I can assure you , it gives tan great pleasure to hear with what effect he has brought forward this toast . Thomas Duncombe is beyond all
doubt truly and honestly , the friend of the people , and their representative . ( Cheers . ) , H& bas lost the good will of his friends and relations ., in many instances , and steered his bark through many tumults of opposition in a manly and 3 traighfcrbmard way . It will give mo a > nch pleasure : in telling him wnh what respect the drinking of his health was recei « ed by thia moat respectable meeting ; and I now beg ieave to return you again my ' sincere and heartfelt thanks for the honour you have just now done mo , by oonpling my name wuh so great and so good a man a ? Mr . Thomas Duncombe . Mr . Wallace sat dowu aaidBt gr « at applau . se .
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THE TURN-OUT AT ST . HELEN'S . We take the following from the Liverpool Times of Tuesday : — Smce out l&at , there has been a good dea \ ot fove ?\ Bh dissatisfaction manifested amongst the turn-out Goal Miners of Ht . Helen ' s and the neighbourhood , and at times there have been strong symptoms of an approaching outbreak ; but -we are happy to say that nitburto no serioua disturbance of tbe public peace has occurred . It appears that there are some forty or fifty men who still cunimuB their work , wbeo tbuy can safely make their -way to the pits ; and nearly the whole ot the available policy force uf the t ' . istrict is employed in escorting partU-s of these men to und from th « ir respective homtJB arul places of employment . These men , who
are ilenomin iU-d " nob-sticks" by the tuin-outa , are of course tht' objects of general dislike amongst the Colliers ; and , though the unemployed m < n bave refrained from interfering with them , they have nut a very pleasant time of it . The Colliers' wives , children , and female frienrts almost regularly assemble , und follow the " nobsticks" to and from tke pits , beating drums , fryingpans , pots , and kettles , hooting , shouting , and making ^ be must hideous noises imaginable . These and other symptoms indicative of a probable resort to riotous acts bave induced the magistrates to apply for an increase of the county constabulary force- The application has been granted ; and an extra number of men arrived in tbo town on Saturday , and are now employed in watching the collieries , and protecting the working hands .
This state of things has naturally produced a wish , on the part of many of the respectable inhabitants , for an amicable Btsttltnit nt uf the differences between the wasters and men ; and at the solicitation of a number of the latter , Peter Greenall , Esq ., M . P ., consented to a conference with them , for the purpose of hearing a detailed statement of their grievance . " . After a most patient investigation , however , Air . GrecnalJ came to the conclusion that any interfeience on bis part , at tbe present moitii nt , would be almost , if not entirely
useless ; but he at the same time promised that his 8 Bivkt'B should ulwaya bo at their command , and , after b < stowing < . < n them a little balutary advice , he induced tbe men to pay another visit to their respective masters , to see whether the dispute could not still be adjusted . The visit , we believe , was not attended with much success . Too much praise cannot bo given to tbe worthy magistrate for his exertions throughout the whole of this unpleasant business , and it is yet hoped that his tS ' j rts mayf | very shortly be crowned wiih success .
We have received the following communication on this subject from a friend : — " It is much to be regretted tbat those men who earn good wages , say from 218 . to 26 s per week , ( and there ¦ are some hundreds of them ) , cannot see their own interest , und return to their work ; bufc , being in the Union , we tujipose their laws will not allow them to rekunie labour till others in the same" neighbourhood , wbo are di-satisflVd get their grievances adjusted . To such an txtt-nt do those in work carry their resistance , that they will not allow their employers to serve the customers of those collieries which are standing still , nnd to this is attributed the general turn-out of St . Helens . A Mr . Evans sent bis son-in-law , ( wbo is a glass-maker ) , a
few waggons of coals , and because tbe glasa-manufucturtr was a customer of a collieTy where the men were out , all Mr . Evans ' s men , who were well contented with their wages , struck immediately ou having the intelligence brought to them . Now this caunot be justified . Sunly every master has a right to take his goods to any market where there && legitimate demand for them ; and we are sorry to find tbat all tbe colliers in the neighbourhoods excepting about two , have struck from a similar cause , throwing out of employment at least 5000 fc : iml 8 . This , of course , has brought forward other grievances , which the men think have justified them in the course tfeeyare taking , —such us being ; compelled to purchase powder , candles , spades , riddles , &c , from the
overlookers , and for which tbey complain that exherbitnnt charges are made ; but how far this is correct we , of course , cannot judge . But as we know tbis has been a complaint of long standing , we are ( surprised the masters do not prohibit all uuderlookera or agents from dealing in these articles , even if they consented to serve the men at cost price . We bave heard it said that agents in some districts make at least £ 100 a year by this sort of trading , over and above their regular salary . Wi throw these bints out , knowing , as we do , tbat it is tbe opinion of some coal masters that tbis sort of trading is highly censurable , and liable to great abuse
and suspicion . We should suppose tbat men will not at all times submit to purchase their materials- from the overlookers ; and if it should so happen that tbey bave to work in a straight or wet piace , they may complain to their friends that the cause of this is their not having purchased their candles or implement * at tbe colliery , which may , or may not , be the fact . If this one grievance could be finally put a stop to , we believe it would do as much towards restoring harmony as aay one act that the masters could perform . No master gets one penny from these transactions , therefore why should they be continued V—Liverpool Times .
The men have issued the following statement , for which we request the attention of our readers : — Truth against Falsehood ; or , the Misrepresentations of the Coal Musters fully rejuted . We , the Coal Miners of the bt . Helen ' s District , wish to put the public on their guard against the inisstattjinenls put forth by our empioyeis in a placard published by them , and posted on the Walls at St . F . elen ' s and the neighbourhood . That placard distinctly states , that " the Operative Miners were , prior to tbe
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6 z . DKACVI .-0 u Sjn ^ ay iast , Mr . F . A . T : iylor . of iT- >} ton , lecturvd in the Cha ? tist Room , Graves street . Su' j « " : t—'• C . 'Uiuisrse . A , rieu'tnre , and Niviijatiori . " GuASGOW . —Tin- nsuil weekly meeting of those friendly to a national system of organisation was ho ' . d'ui on Monday ( wcniiitc . Hi th * Vouiiij Men ' s Academy , CoHege-s'rcet , . Mr . A . M'Domid in the chair , A CHiiidcriblo number of , \ c \ v uitinbera Wvre cnrollrd , and .-txfy cards * were sent off to Paisley . Mr . BurreH * » o reported that a hnaiber more would be-rtq'iirofl for the village of ( ioran . Much praise is due to Mr Barrdl , for th : > no . ' / h" 2 kfiy state of who ' . e-hoj ; Chart win in *! -. <> once priest and Wh i < -rrdden viliigo of Go ? sn . The or -. Unary business being disposed of , Mr . > iurphy said he
understood thai a preliminary meeting wag io he held on Friday evening , for the pur ;* H 0 of considering what jfteps should be taken wi'h rr ^ : > rd to Mr . S-Harmaw Crawford ' s plan of stopp : njj tho supphus . Hbhad been told that both Charti . rfcj and Complete Suffragists were co-operating in < - ; eUii ) £ it up . Whatever others might fee } inclined * to do in rite-/ dice t <» tbJa matter , ho ( Mr . Murph ?) was deternfined to st-nid by the Charier , ilx krav 7 tha " . many aJJ'rnptd bc ? d h . itri made to make the people ' s m ^ Terapnt Pute * rvienS to party burnoses : ; . nd should tho people of Glasgow lead iijtni > cive .-. ' i (> Sharman ' Cnrrfohi ' s prcposmofi , they rni ^ lit , with squsl propriety , ltnd thea ^ cK-es $ . theanr-i-Corn Ls . . ' /•¦ Loa « uo .
lie fr . i not wis . Vto cp ? estioii tho honest / - of Mr . Crawr > i < l , but hi * plan -was too general ; it wa « not fonfin : dto any pavUculai unevance ; itwa 3 "oj > en io 's very taotion in rhe coirauy to take adva ;'« a ^ . of whatever countcnaace tli ^ people might s ' ^ -9 i £ ' - in one vrorM if Air . CVawferd w& .-. in eari- 'x . ; ri hi 3 profCfHiona of hia dosiro to lerure ihe es ablrrhment uf the » rircip ) 68 of "he People ' * Charter a ,- ; £ : ii < ( aw oi thu land , why did he not znako common jause wiiti Mr , Dimeomb ? , who is backed by ! the srci ' . mass of th wtrking elapses ] He hop-. d all wlio might hoar of it , and have an opportunity of atr . endiiii :, weuld be at the meeting oa Friday tveninn . Mr . Cdquhoun said' he was of opi : r . ou they should tabo i ; ilo their most s « rious coii ? idrirKtion
"h at fell from i * fr . Murj > by > He was not inclintd to impute bad motive .-, to any man , but , ho was not ono who would shrink frosj' stating what he knevr to be trutli , hovrever unpalatable , ile knew tbat a .-strong desirv esfeted in some ( jaarters to deatroy th-j ! usefulness of certain influential Chartists . J . S > yrKa , when first in Glasgow , ta , id to the Rev . Patrick Brewver , that " Fe&rgus O'Connor and vmie others must be got rid of ;; therefore , they must change tho name . ' * ' This statement wus made by Mr . Brewster to Mr . Matthew &Cullen in his ( Mr Co ! quhoun ' s ) pre . ience . But , apart from all these persuti&l matters ho disapproved of Crawford ' s plan . Ho woeld , therefore , m « ve the following resolution , which h" 3 hoped woald be a ^ rued to , and also steps taken to carry the sume into
etf . c . t , in the evnt of crrcumsianses requiring ; it : — " Tiiat in the event of a public meeting being called to consider the plan 9 u » g * -sted by VVm . Crawford , E-q ., M . P ., for the stopping the supplies till such time as tht- grievances of the people arc redressed , this meeting in of opinion thit any petition emanating from ihe people of Glasgow should be eonfiiivjd to to an appeal for the establishing of the people ' s Charter as the law of the land , being ihe only means by which ihce grievances can be removed . " Bi-ssrs . Smith , Barreil , Docherty , and others . ' ¦ poke m support or " , the motion , which on bring pm to the vote , was carried by acclamation . Mr . Burrell moved that " Mr . T . S . Buncombe b& written to , upon the subjec * . " Agreed to . After a voie of thank ? to the Chairman , the meeting quietly broke up .
DUBLIN . — -The Irish Uuireraal Suffrage Association having adjourned during ihe Christmas holidays , met agim on Sunday , the 14 th January . At this meeting preparations were made to get up a petition in favour of a lUpcal of the Legislative Union , and another petition in favour of the People ' s Charter . On the following Sunday , tbe 21 ? t iii-ian ' -, these petitions were laid beforo the meeting , when a niotijn was made to ri . 'ftr them to the standing committee for revision . ( Jn Su ? iday last , tho Association met at enp , o ' clock , pursuant to advertisement . PHcards were ported , announcing tint the meeting would bo held at one o ' clock , at No . 4 , North Ann street ; that the chair wouid be taken at half-past one
preri--e ) y ; that admittance to tha public was free ; and tii ; it , two petitions , ono for the Keycal of the Union , th'i other for ihe People's Charter , would be submitted to the met-ting . Th «> re was a very full attendance— strangers tiaving a considerable majority ovur the memherr-. This meeting v / ould have been lartj > r , had not the well-paid sei nmts of the public , thi" oitcc . palled dowu every placard within their reach . Piueards wero posted on the li ' ge gates leading to the placo of meeting . Tbe polic > nian on the " beat" having observed CFowds of people proceeding in that direction , followed them to the gute f where , he stopped to pull down-ihe placard . But , having been rold to touch it at , hia peril , he desisted , and went , off for the Inspector , who soon arrived
accompanitd by two policemen , nil of whom stopped to read the placard , and take a note of it . Tliey were invited to come into the meeting , a&d to > make , a report of all tbty sjmv and heard there , and to lay it before tho government ; but at the same time wero cautioned' against coinmufing any further fraud upon the association , by pulling down and destroying the placards . They were informed that they might have got placards at the printers , Mr . Dyo . ts , had they appli .-d for them ; and to sav « tho . m trouble hereafter ,, whenever the as-ociatioii . should print , placards one should be sent to every station house in Dublin ; . rior to their being ported ; upon this announcement- th » inspector and his men bowed and roiirud , leaving the placard alono
in it * iil ° ry . At half-past one o ' etook precise ' y , Mr . Patrick M'jran w . is called to tho chair . The Chairman , in an admirable speech , \ vbich was repeatedly cheered ; explained the nature and objects of Chartism . He-requested , of those who heard hira to bear in mind that all Chaitists were Repealers . But ho felt , sorry : ' or the ante of Kepea , ' for the sake of tho land of his forefathers , whom history proved had lived in Ireland long bef ' orn the introduction of Christianity ; for the sake of hia native laud , which he loved , h-i regretted that all Repealers were not Chartists— ( ht ar , ht-ar ) Sjth i ovil genius had got possession of the minds , the s .- ) . \? e , the understanding of a certain cla .-s o ? Repealers , whom he s ' . - . uuid , he hoped wish jus'ife-, de ~ i ^ nate by fair own i ' avwuiite
appellation , " UToniuHite Repeaters . lh > > e w . gll m' -aniug men have done incalculable mjiry to pubin-. liberty ; they have retarded its onward , march by their refti .-al to co-operate with 3 oOO . OOU of their fellow subjects ; men who , iu the sincerity of their souls , held out the right hand oi goodfellow > hip to them . Yet th : s ofror of friendship , assistance , and co-orpcratiou was n-jeet ^ d wiih contumely and scorn . But the Whi ^ s wo re then ia power . And any movement which had the > li ^ htest tendency , towards the promotion of public Hbnrty was treated . as an attempt to oust the Whig ? . The whoie policy of the Whigs from 1837 to liill was to f < ive pla ^ e to Repeal leadors , and emuty promises to millions of their hungry followers . And
lest they m . ight be forced to concede somuthiug to the pi-ople , or expose themselves as the slv and deceitful enemies of Reform , tho bii-by-bit policy wa 3 adopted ; the foolish , absurd and ridiculous instalment system of Legislation was advocated ; that is to say , the people were advised to i ^ ray Parliament for a small portion of what th- y were justly entitled to , as if , forsooth . Puvliaaient would give , or ever did give , half of winat was prayed for , be it over so small . And when ilia honest s'raigiitforward Chartists declared op < A . iy ; and manfully that it would be a compromise of principle lo petition for leas than their rights , a tset ot 'isiscrupulous Whig knaves then madd tkoir dupu * believe that the Chartists would take nothing ualess they gor , the
whole . Now what ignorant dolts they raiiv bi that bt-lieved tales of this 3 i > rt . W-fsat a stupid duuee he mJisi be who does not know - ^ ha-J the people- must Just take whatever She Parliasazal Is pleased . o give them . " . The man is a natmal . slave or a fool who will go forward valatttatjly- au-o pray tor le .-s than he is entitled to— 'bear , hear . )? He has no alternative but to take thit which is % \ wn by Pa iament ; but ho should nev 3 r degra < ia-hiimself by pr-A-f . ue for let > 6 than the whole , not an aota —( ureat cheering ) . He had occupied iheir ti ; ae too long -. ( no , no ) . Before he sat dowa ha should mention that tho committee had prepareci 'two petitions—z » e for the Repeal of the Uiiion , ihe other ( or the People ' s Charter—both oi which would be snbrsiited to the
meeting . He ' lop . 'd thai there would be but little trouble in prftservittg . or . tkY ., Every dub , whether aot-mbers of ti «\ \ sso . ciatvju or not . . vould have a fair hearing . Let fchero be no intfrvruptioiis , and each person nhj has any desire to iDeak , shall be heard in his turn . 1 'he Chairman usumed his seat amidst loud ph ud ; Ss .. —Mr . W . H . U ' yot . tntf secretary , read chf . rules and objects of the Association , and the oiiir tcs of tno last m ^ ,. ini { , which were confirmed . —Mr . iVll'ggins rose » and said that he should ocjur . y bfcb little of the iiiape of th ^ meetiug . They we ' - ^ e all t . wsra of tho wibjcc , in faci every subject csiii itcievi with the petilion which ho should read to tbe nvi » i . iiig , and theiv movu its adoptioa . He hoped it wsuM pass without a single dissentient . The petition which he held in his hand was for a Repeal of t-a « - Union—( choer ^ and "Mor ^ power ta you ";> T ' m Association , as well as all tlu Ciiartit-ta
in Gj-eat Ib-itain , had petitioned for the People ' s Charter ; , this the Isish . people wc-38 ignorant of ; . for that petition was so loug , and embraced bo many topics * that Ihe Irish newspapers . refused to publish it . Ths petition having bften read , aud every paragraph cheered * Mr . O'Higgjna aumtS its adoption . Mr . Rafter seconded the motion , which p ^ sed unauimouvly . Mr . Dyott rose va . nd ia aneloqug ^ t speech of ' iKurly au hour ' s durxt ; ion v and which , was loudly cbctred tiiroughoat , moved the adoption of the p-tition for the Pfop ) o ' 3 Charter . Mr . 'William V / o-jdward in his usual sensible and humourous style , Siicnnded the motica , « hioh passed unanimously . Mr . I ' rierly , Mr . B ^ r ^ in , Mr . Wriljb , and others aJ ir . i 5 .-t 4 the Tneet . ing . Mx \ Woodward was called to the n > air , and the hearty thajtks of the meeting wero given to Mr . Moran , after which the meeting & <) & W >
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