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      Hr . Councillor Jackson iad given good reasons that evening "wij they should have everything brought forward -without reserve ; for is declared that two persons who had been Tery conspicuous in the Mi 5-Corn Law agitation , and professors of Complete Suffrage , were nnprineipled political characters . 2 Joir , he would not pot his faith in these men ; and therr were others of "which the Bame might be said . Hethen allnded to an article in . the Leeds Times of last Saturday , "where it -was - said that an opposition was organised amongst the O'Connorite section of - - _^^_ . - — - *• , _ ^^^ n * - ^ fc-- - ^ 9 V A

      the Chartists toiipset the meeting . This "was a libel on the Chartist body . There was not a -word of iruth in it . The -writer of it . "was an enemy , and not a friend , to the -working classes . He conclude ? fey moving the following addition to the resolution ^ and if the Complete Suffrage party were really sincere in their desire for union , heionld not see how they oonld refuse to adopt it . He left the resolution just as they had worded it ( as above given ) , and merely added the words— " the six points , as evibo died in the People ' s Charter .

      Mr . Besxlst ( a suffragist ) said he should second Mr . Brooke ' s amendment , if that gentleman would consent to add also the words , and the Bill of Eights . " Loud cries of No , no , "from all parts of the Hall , followed this announcement ; and for some time considerable confusion prevailed . Several different parties rose to order , but nothing could be heard . The Suffragists kept up a clamour by calling for Mr . Bentley , who seemed as if he wished to say something , and who several time 3 monnted a chair , bat was as frequently pulled down by . his friends , by whom he was surrounded . Mr . Boss also mounted a chair , and his appearance was the Signal for a burst of most enthusiastic cheering . At length when silence was in some degree restores , Mr . Joseph Akdrew said the amendment not having been seconded , Mr . Bentley was clearly out order .

      Mr . Ross was then called on , when the Suffragist clamour again commenced with renewed vigour , and was met with tremendous cheering from the great body of the meeting . Mr . Hojsojt rose to order . He wished Mr . Bentley to be allowed to explain . The Chairman was also on his feet , and there were lond cries of" chair , chair , " ** Boss , Hess , ' which continued for same time . Order was at length restored , and Mr . Boss was allowed to proceed . Mr . Boss commenced by saying that he would not follow the example afforded him by previous speakers , who had stated that they had come to the meeting wholly unprepared to take any part in the proceeding . He ( Mr . Boss ) came ther einily determined to take Ms

      stand upon principle , and to speak out fully and freely the sentiments of his mind . He was proud to stow himself a Chartist , and ~ he gloried in the name . A previous speaker had made allusion to Irelandin the nope of enlisting the sympathies of the Irish people on behalf of Mr . Crawford ' s proposition—but he would ask who liad given most proof of their friendly disposition towards the Irish people , the Suffragists , or the Chartists ! Have not the Chartists on many occasions addressed the Parliament for tie purpose of obtaining for the Irish people a Parliament of their owni ! Have the Snffragists ever followed an example so truly meritorious I He asked the question , and awaited the reply . Was it not the policy of the Whig party to speak of

      ** Justice to Ireland f bnt how hollow must be their jjretensions , or cunning their subterfuge , when they dare not avow themselves fiiendly even , or favourable to Bepe&L Same months ago , Daniel O'Connell addressed a letter to Mr . Sharman Crawford , M . P . for Rochdale , inviting Urn , nay , imploring him , to give the weight of his influence to the cause of BepeaL At that time Daniel O'Connell was menaced by England . Peel and Wellington had co-operated with De Grey , in order to ensure bia destruction . How did Sharman Crawford reply to the request of his countrymen J Did he rush to the rescue of O'Connell ! Did he lend his name as a shield , in order to preserve the Repeal agitation from the ruin which threatened it ? No . He refused

      his co-operation ; and the sequel is well known . Irishmen I the Chartists are your real friends . The Whigs are covert and dangerous foes . The Chartists will give you BepeaL The Whigs have before honoured you with a Coercion BilL Judge , then , between us . We wish to make Ireland , to speak in the language of the poet" Great , glorious , ana free , First flower of the earth , first gem of the sea . *' In the next place we are told that for the' sake of unanimity we had better dispense with names in

      order to accommodate the peculiar opinions of peculiar parties . There may be those present who would wish to be nameless ; but I ask of those gentlemen what will the country think of such a proposal I What will- Shaman Crawford say when asked by Peel , what are your friends doing without 2 Meihintp > I bear Sh » Trn » n ATni ^ yp j They are holding a meeting in the Court-house , at Leeds ; a meeting convened by the Mayor . " ** A meeting ; bnt for wh&t purpose ! What axe your friends doing 1 " In the language of Macbeth he may

      replyv X DEED WITHOUT A SAJtE . " So much for the " nameless" proposition . ( Cheers . With rapturous ecstacy I drank in the pansgerie passed by Mr . Andrews upon the Chartist -body , I fesl proud of the honour that the speech of that gentleman conferred upon us . Yes , there was honesty in his declaration . There was justice in the avowal—( hear ) . He can rightly appreciate the services of men whose labours have been Instrumental in bringing us together this day . A 3 Chartists , we have never yet had just cause to be ashamed of . our name , more than our principles . They who once opposed ns have adopted the latter . To-night our conduct must compel them to revere and respect tae former . There are those in

      connection with the opposing party who once stood with ns in the van of democracy—men whom private pique or personal ambition lured too far ; and they fainted by the way . They have apostatised , and abandoned the name . "Would these gentlemen have us copy such a dishonourable example ! Would they hand us over to the tender embraces of their new allies ! If so , they are wrong ; they must bid again .. Oar price 13 the Charter , whole and entire ; and , mark me—weigh well the sentence—name , asd all ! Such men may call ns "Tory tools "; bat there is no dishonour in any application coming from them- They would make , tools of us— Whig tools , ibr Whig purposes j and failing in this , would , if possible , annihilate our very name .

      "Alas ! that men mould strive , of mean estate , To envy those they dare not imitate . " Remember- the price we have paid for our name . Rivers of tears have been -shed by Whig-made widows during the persecutions of 183 d . Ho 57 many bra-re hearts have drooped asd expired within the chilling embrace of the terror-robed dungeon ! Shall I remind youof the massacres of 18421 of tbe never-to-be-forgottai plug-war , of Whig invention , when the prosecuted Chartist was thrown npoD the weltering billows of persecution 1 Even then he bore aloft his standard , and straggled for the Charter . Shall we relinquish it now ? Never , my conntrymen , never I The pilot of the Anti-Corn Law League may put w sliip about , " and sail on another tack ; the yards shall never be manned by our mariners . We know them , and despise their cunning . Will they , dare they , to . be honest towards

      you J Will they take forty-six millions from off the back of tho English , lion , and then Bay : Stand erect Old Jloarer ; bid defiance to the American and the Gaulic eagle ? Not so ! Self is their idol , ambition their god . One cireaniBtance I must allude to previous to retiring . Some twelve days ago , I and three of our party were invited by circular to attend a meeting to be held in the Rotunda , near the Cloth Hall . We went . And will if be believed , when I tell you , that these gentlemen first insulted ns , and , through us , the whole Chartist body , and would not permit us even to reply 1 1 told them I would Fettle accounts with them for it . And I do it now . I always like to be punctual in these payments , and sometimes I give them a trifle of interest as well . To-night I expect a vietory . Stand firm I Make no concession , and tho day will be our own .

      Mr . Johb West supported the resolution in an excellent speech , which caused mnch laughter and elicited the warm applause of the meeting . He told the Sturgites that they had brought the question forward as a trial of strength between themselves and tho Chartists , and in-that light it was viewed there . The Chartists , however , were the parents of the Suffragists—Chartism was the parent , Complete Suffrage was the child . The parent would not give np his name—the child must adopt it . The whole stop-tbe-supply question resolved itself to just this : ** turn the Tories © nt and put the Whigs in . " That was the policy of the Starge party , who were in the position of what Mr . Cobbett very happily denominated ** 5 hoy Hoys "—men who were . continually prating bat never acting—sever advancing a step lest it might embaxrasB their parly . They were great sticklers for principle . Why did they boggle at the

      name ! They were just in the situation of a respectable old lady of whom he remembered reading , who can * eeived an idea thatshs had swallowed a mouse . The ide- haunted her imagination night and day ; and at last she consulted her physician , and would not rest satisfied until he prescribed for her relief . The only condition he exacted was , that she should fully obey his prescription And take whatever he ordered This she agreed to ; and then he very , solemnly teld her that there was so other remedy , as she had swallowed the moose , bat in swallowing a eat after it to catch it —( great laughter ) . The "Shoyhoys " were just in inch a position . They were squeamish ; had persuaded themselves-thai they too had swallowed a mouse ( a distaste for the name of the Charter , because of imputed physical-force doctrines ); aad before they could get out of the dilemma in which they had placed themselves , they mxist steal-»» the caf—( loud laughter and cheers ) .

      Tae question of Mr . Brook's ' additions" was then pa t to the meeting , when it was carried by an overwhelming majority , amidst tremendous cheering * « y few hands were ield up against it . . Hr . EoBSos—The first vote had the numbers ;" we lecond , the » xnUTlixnce "—daughter ) .

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      The resolution , as amended , was next put , and was confirmed nnanimouslyj which fact the Chairman duly declared . -Mr . Hobson—The cat is swallowed !—( laughter asd tremendous cheering ) . Mr . Davis Giles ( Suffragist ) moved the second resolution . It was as follows : — " That this meeting believing that a majority of the House of Commons have obtained their Beats by bribery , intimidation , and other corrupt and criminal means , and that that House in so -wise represents the ^ H ^^ - m - ^ _ _

      opinions of the people , or sympathises with their distresses , decidedly approves of the adoption of all legitimate and peaceful means for securing a reform in the representation and a redress of grievances : and firmly believing that tho business of -the country , is now carried on for the pecuniary benefit and aggrandizement of a few , to the manifest injury © f the great mass of the people , entirely concurs In the propriety of putting a stop to the publie business by withholding or postponing a grant of the supplies till the grievances of the people , especially in the matter of representation , are searohingly inquired into , and hone&tly and promptly

      redressed . " Mr . Chambers seconded the resolution ; but made no speech . Mr . G . J . Harnby moved an amendment to leave out the words at the latter part of the resolution , frem " the grievances of the people , " and to insert instead the words " the necessary power for the redress of the people ' s grievances is conferred on the people by the enactment of the People ' s Charter . " In moving this , Mr . Harney traced the effects which had resulted from stopping the supplies in the reign of Charles the First , historically fixing the major parf of the grievances of the people of the present day to the unwise policy then adopted . Mr . Johh Shaw seconded . the amendment in a few pertinent and well delivered remarks .

      Mr . Hartley , said he did not conceive there could be any objection to the motion as it originally stood . The amendment to the first resolution had been carried , and surely that was enough . Wbat did they want with the name of the Charter in the resolution then before them 1 Were it to be placed in every one submitted to the meeting ! However , he had no objection to it . He did not dislike the name , nor had he ever done so . Mr . Hobsos said he could not permit snob , an observation as the last one made by Mr . Hartley to pass unnoticed . It was all very well for the gentleman

      note to say ; now , when he but too plainly saw the temper of the meeting ; it was all very well for him now to say that he had no objection to the name . But he had a great objection only the other day . At the ** snuggery" meeting in the Rotunda , to which / our Chartists had been invited to meet one hundred and seventy of their opponents , Mr . Hartley was the very man to propose the open indefinite requisition that had been presented to the Mayor ; and he refused to accede to one in which the Charter was named as the oljeet for which the movement was to be made .

      Mr . Hartley rose with great warmth and denied that sneb was the f * ct . He jeferred to the Reporter of the Leeds Times , who was present , whether he did so or not . The amendment was never moved . Mr . Hoesos . —1 ? 0 , not moved ; bnt it was suggested * Mr . Habzlct , with increased warmth ; I deny it —I refer to the reporter . He ' s there ; he ' s there—( laughter , and cries of" knock him down , " alluding to hi 3 profession of an auctioneer ) . Mr . HOB 3 OS would jog Mr . Hartley ' s dull memory . Had not Mr . Brook read a requisition which he had with him at that meeting , signed by many names , in which the Charter was set forth as the object ; and had not the whole discussion at that

      meeting turned on the question as to whether the requisition should be open , bo as to allow all parties to f unite" on it , or definite , that the people might know what it was they were about ! Had not Mr . Hartley ' s proposal been defended on the ground that under it , even Tauries eoald "join" to get their grievances redressed ? It was true the Chartists had not proposed the Charter at that meeting : for they were not such fools as to seek certain defeat . They well knew that they were only four in 170 \ invited there to have insult heaped on them ; and they therefore , left the matter with the meeting ; and the meettng did then , on the motion of Mr . Hartley , refused to set forth the Charter as the measure for which the supplies were to be stopped . Now ,

      however , they had no objection . No ; hot even to the name . How efficacious a little "pressure from without" could be made to be ! What a triumphant proof of the wisdom of the Chartist policy was that very night ' s proceedings . They now had no objection to the name . When they found that they could not wheeile the working people to themselves , they could manage to ** swallow the cat "—( lond cheers ) . And , indeed , that very meeting , got up by tbe parties it had been , and called by eonsiitnted authority , was wholly attributable lo the Chartist policy—( hear , hear ) . Had not the Chartists firmly maintained their Bland , on their own principles , for the benefit of all , and not for a class , would they have seen the fierce contest they

      had that night witnessed , as to who wtre the best Chartists , \ he ** Complete !* * or the working men ? Look , too , at the measures proposed by their new adherents , for the accomplishment of the suffrage . They wanted to stop tbe supplies . What was stopping the supplies , supposing , for a moment , that a scheme for that end could be effectual f Stopping the supplies was to stop the Government . As Mr . Baines had told them at the " snuggery" meeting , it was to leave the Queen without a crust ; the army without pay ; the navy without a shot in the locker ; the national creditor without dividend ; the pensioner without pension : it was , in short , nothing more nor less than pure revolciion . Could any man , but an absolute idiot , not see

      that to stop the supplies would be to break up tbe Government , and even society itself ; and inevitably produce anarchy and confusion ! And who was it thai had proposed a measure which , if at all successful , must produce a revolution ! Who was it 1 The Chartists ! No ! An offshoot of Whiggery I O tbe blessings of having the Whigs , on the bleak side of the Treasury Bench ! Before that' detestable faction was driven from office the working people had been told that if once their noses were taken ont of the govermental messteofgh , they would do any thing and everything to get back again ; perpetrate even r&yoltjtioh itself . Did not this stop-the-snpply movement prove that teaching to have been true ! Here they were .

      called together by the instrumentality of men who but the other day boasted of the name of Whig ; called together directly too by the Mayor of the Borough : for what 1 In support of a step which , if successful , must be bevoltttios ! And why ? Becanse the Whigs were out . That meeting wonld not have been tolerated had the Whigs been in . Did they doubt that 1 Let them call to mind the events of 1839 . They wonld remember that wh » n Tom Atuwood proposed the National Petition for the Charter at Birmingham , he had said that if the people only backed him in it , and it was refused , he would only have to stamp with his foot , and an universal cessation of labour would be the oonseqnenee . The working people caught at the idea thus given them . They improved upon the hint thu 3 dropped . They

      determined to have a holiday . A holiday was not £ EvoLonc « . It would not have " stopped" the Government . It would not have necessarily led to anarchy . It would but have been a ceasing to labour fora time ; and then a return to it again , society going on in the meantime . And bow was this determination to have a holiday received by tbe Whigs then in . office—and the Whigs not in' office 1 By persecution ; by imprisonment ; five hundred Chartists were thrust into dnngeons , —not for stopping the supplies , —but for stopping their own "hands" from labour ! And there were men on that Bench vrho had gloried in the persecutions meeted ont to the Chartists then ; and who now proposed and supported a pure measure of hetoltjtion V Had net they gained by turning the Whigs

      ont 1 Did not the great march towards right principles , and proper measures , consequent on that turning-out , tell them that the best course was to '" keep them out" until they bid something worth having ? Keep them out a little longer ; and they would advance on the bids they had made . Teach them that they can only gain popular support by acceeding to popular demand ? , and they will be very complying . To get back to the mess they will give apy price ; even the Charter itself , if nothing less will satisfy . The Chartists have the game in their own hands . They have only to continue to act as they have done ; and very soon the day will be theirs . Those who propose bevoluiioh to get themselves back to place , will not withhold tbe Charter , if that be the price insisted on . Mr . -Hobson continued hiB address for a considerable period , in a similar strain .

      . The Chaibiiah then put the amendment to the meeting , and it was carried amidst great cheering , by * still larger majority than the former one . Mr . Haeilet next proposed that a Committee of five should be appointed to draw up a petition or memorial to the House of Commons , founded on the preceding resolutions . This was seconded by Mr . Wa . Bhooke . A long discussion ensued on this proposition , in which all parties joined . Ultimately , the following resolution , drawn np and moved by Mr . HobEon , was carried nearly unanimously : —

      That T . S . Duneombe , Eiq ., M . P ., the Parliamentary leader of the Chartists , and the bearer to the House of Commons , of the -Irishes of 3 , 500 , 000 Englishmen for tbe enactment of the People ' s Charter , be requested to remind the House that the prayer of that petition Is sot jet complied with ; and to ask if the time is not now come when the prayer of that petition rbould be granted , if the House wish to preserve the country from revolution ; and that he be famished , as a warrant for such representation , with an account ol the proceedings of this evening , "

      2 > ir . Samuel Hjsalet then moved a resolution , to the effect , that , in tho opinion of the meeting , it was as necessary to attempt to obtain the redress of local * s national grievances , and for this purpose to stop all farther supplies to the Town Council , until

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      that body was differently constituted , and the people were in a better condition to meet their demands . The resolution was seconded by a person in the body of the meeting , and was supported by Mr . Hetwqob , after which it was put and carried unanimously . Mr . Pibth moved , and Mr . Brooks Beconded , tho following resolation s— - - That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given , to Thomas - a . ^ . » - __ _

      b . Duneombe , Esq ., M . P ., for hiB manly conduct at the Crown and . Anchor Tavern ; and to the noble majority who supported him on that occasion . " The resolution was adopted amidst enthusiastic cheering . Mr . Beaumont , of Hunslefc , who sat in the gallery , said he thought after that it was necessary to move a resolution of a different tendency . He begged to move that a vote of censure be passed upon the Editor of the Leeds Times , for his most unmanly attack : on the numbers , intelligence , and influenoe of the Chartists . " '

      The resolation was seconded and carried by acclamation . Thanks , were then voted to the Chairman , who acknowledged ; and three cheers having been given for Feargns O'Connor , three for Thos . S . Duneombe , and three for the Northern Star , the ' meeting broke up a little after twelve o ' clock , having oontinued crowded to the end .

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      Shipwreck—Loss op Life—Charge of Negleci oj Duty on the Coast-guard ' s Men at the Don Station . —Aberdeen , Feb . 15 . —Upon tbe morning . of Friday last , there came on to blow a heavy storm of wind and snow from the S . E . Daring the day fearful apprehensions were entertained for the safety of numerous vessels which were known to be on their passage from the Southward to this harbour . As evening drew near , the storm , although extraordinary , only appeared to be gathering , far by midnight , it blew a complete hurricane , accompanied with thick snow showers and a heavy sea , which rendered it an entire impossibility for any vessel to approach the harbeur with the least hope of safely . So early In the evening as seven o ' clock , the sloop Mary Ann , of Stirling , of

      about seventy tons border ) , laden with flour , came on shore opposite the Broad HilL As soon as the luckless vessel grounded , the crew , consisting of tbe master and two men , made signals of distress , by dipping their shirts and trousers among tar and oil , and burning them , for between the succeeding showers they could easily discern Girdle Ness Light , and those of the city , which were not half a mile distant . In this frightful situation they continued for a considerable time to exert every means to make their perilous case known , but all to no purpose , for no eye appears to have been directed to the luckless barque ; and as the raging storm grew apace , while the sea washed over the ship , and swept her deck , as a last and only resource they fcotook themselves to the rigging . At three o'clock , as tbe

      survivor supposes , one of his companions disappeared . At six o ' clock the master lost his hold and also fell into the sea . By this time daylight had begun to make its appearance , and with it a faint hope that some friend would approach the vessel , when fortunately the ship was observed , and an alarm given at tbe harbour . Immediately a few spirited young men , ship carpenters , launched a salmon coble , which they carried along the beach , with which they boarded the vessel , and removed the only survivor from the wreck , in an almost lifeless condition . Having seen tbe young man , I am happy to state that he is In a fair way of recovery , fee body of the master was washed on shore and will be bnried tomorrow . The body of the other has not been found , although diligently searched

      for along tbe beach . Tbe vessel , although considerably damaged , is expected to be got off , and the cargo will not be a total loss . May It now be asked , what became of tbe coast-guard crew all tbe while ? I know it is a particular part of their instructions from the Lords of the Admiralty , to traverse the sea-beach in stormy weather , in order to render instant assistance to the crews of vessels who may have the misfortune to be cast on shore ; and there is , at the Don Station , Captain Manbya Life Preserving Apparatus , in good order , In tbe boathouse , which , if it had been applied in this instano , there is eiery probability that the lives of the whole of the crew of this -vessel might have taen saved . Tbe entire distance from the coast-guard houses ,

      beyond the river Don to where the Mary Ana was stranded , does not exceed a mile in a direct line , and as a boat is kept in readiness to ferry the crew across the river , the coast-guard ' s men might have been soon on the spot , and removed tho unfortunate sufferers before tbe sea had become so dangerous ; as when the carpenters launched the coble next morning , at seven o ' clock , and who while approaching tbe wreck had several of the crew washed ont of her , bat « ao could swim , and were afterwards picked up . Great reflections generally exist concerning the conduct and want ot watchfnlnea of tbe eoast-gaard , and it is in contemplation to memorialise the Lords of the Admiralty oh the subject , requesting an inquiry why the coastguard were not on duty ; and begging that they be

      henceforth on the sea-beaeh to render assistance if such ahall be fonnd needfuL While I write the storm still continues , and reports have been widely circulated that two vessels are on shore at Stonohaven . The Clippen schooner , the New Castle of this port , lies at anchor In the bay , with loss of masts . Tbe crew and passengers were taken on chore last night by tho Dorothy , tug steam-boat . Tbe Dorothy sustained considerable damage while crossing the bar ; she was literally covered with sea , and bad some of the crew washed from the bridge into the stern , while the breakers carried away the greater part of her paddle boxes . Ths crew was composed of ship masters , all of whom , to their honour be it said , behaved most heroically . N . B . I have re-opened my letter to state that the schooner has gone down . —Correspondent .

      Accident on the Preston and Bolion Railway . —Yesterday afternoon , about half-put three o ' clock , as the train which leaves the Preston station at twenty-five minutes past two , was earning to the Bolton station , it ran np against a train laden with cattle , -which was left npon the line , we believe without engine . The shook was very severe , and several of the passengers were mnch hnrt , bnt not seriously . The engine and tender were considerably damaged , and the front of the carriage , in which our informant came , was raised at least six inches from the ground . The engineer of the moving train blew his whistle at the proper place , bnt in consequence of the enrve into Bolton , he could not see the stationary train . The passengers were soon forwarded to Manchester by another engine and carriages , but we believe they will not soon forget the occurrence .

      Accidental Death op a Child bv Hanging . —On Tuesday last , a fine girl , four years old , a daughter of James Hamer , of jTurners' Mill , near Hsslingden , -was left by her mother playing with a neighbour ' s child , abont tbe same age , whilst she went up stairs cleaning the bedrooms . On coming down , after a lapse of little mere than five minutes , to her great horror , she found her child hanging , with its head in a handkerchief , by the handle of the door at the foot of the stain , with its back against the door . In her fright she ran ont for a neighbour , who immediately came in ,

      and removing the poor child from its position , fonnd it to be quite dead . The child was heard playing on the stairs , and had by some means fixed the handkerchief in the handle of the doer , which was on the side towards the steps . The door , which opened outwards , was closed , but not fastened ; and it In supposed that the child was amusing itself with swinging by the handkerchief , when , getting its head into tbe noose , and the door flying back , it was unable to reach the floor , the door bottom closing upon the second step of the flight of stain , and remained thus suspended till discovered as we have stated above .

      Fall of part op an Ieow warehouse . —Two Lives Lost . —We regret to have to record a serious accident , attended with fatal consequences to two unfortunate men , which occurred on Monday afternoon last , at the iron warehouse occupied by Messrs . Horton , Simms , and Ball , ( adjoining that of Mr . John Hall , ) Port-street , Manchester , called " The Shropshire Iron Warehouse . " It seems that abont twenty minutes before four o ' clock on the afternoon of that day , soae joiners , in the employ of Mr . Wood were employed in boxing off a space between the top of the building , used aa a counting-house , and the roof of the warehouse , and in order to do this , they removed a quantity of rod and bar Iron , which was placed against the -wall of tbe counting-bouse , and pnt

      it In a sloping position against the nearest " horse . " The warehouse U a new building , erected abont six months ago , covering an area of abont eight hundred iqnare yards , and consists solely of the outer wall * , a few brick pillars , and two colonnades of caat-tron pillars to support the roof , which is in three compartments , as is the warehouse , being divided by the ironpillars From these pillars to the walls , at a great height , are carried horizontal cross-beams , technically called " horses , " against which the rods and bars of iron are placed in a Bloping position . Of these " horses " there were four , all of wood , on that side of the warehouse next the counting-house . The additional quantity of iron piled against one side of the horse nearest tbe counting-house was more than tbe beam could support ; It broke , and tbe whole weight of the iron piled against both sides of that horse fell with tremendous force against the next hone , and broke it , and so in succession all the four horses on that side of

      the warehouse were snapped in two , and then the iron came in contact with the outer wall of the warehouse , farthest from Port-street and next an arm of the Rochdale Canal . It threw down this wall and also a low wall on the bank of the canal , and the quantity of bricks and other materials falling upon one end of a boat or flat that was lying In the canal , swamped it Some of the falling materials , bricks and slates from the roof , struck a woman who was on board the boat , knocked her down , and broke her thigh . She ' was conveyed to the Infirmary , where she now lies . A lad , a Btilker at a forge , who was at the end of the warehouse near the canal , was knocked down by a piece of falling timber , and thrown forward into the canal ; however , he eseaped without farther injury than a severe contusion , on one hand and a complete ¦ wetting . As soon as the crasa had subsided , -which was not a momentary thing , but a succession of falling iron , and snapping of the beams—( something like the knocking dewn of a row of ninepins , so placed that

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      ^^ iftSr *;*** *> wn the next ) ,-it was SSSS ^ J ^ V ?? fortunate men were beneath the Ji £ ° ? */ t 6 ei ^ n «» and ^ iimpt attention of the manag « of ; : Mean * Boothmaii and C ^' h Mme * wa % 7 ?^»! Jrv ""^ *«*« pwmpH / aadedtd tae force ofthe establishment , and tte labour of removing the iron from one to the other side of toe warehouse , Tf J ^ -. . ? S ?" " ** ' *»* was continued without ntermisrion till about a quarter before eight o ' clock in the evening , when the two ^ bodies were found near each other In the ¦ econdibay / between the flnt and aecond horses . One of them , named Jameii Watklnson , a young man of ssirearsT j was In the employ of the firm

      as porter or warehouseman . He had only been there about two months , j He was found in a reclining posture , as If be bad beentfcruck down while running out His head waa fri ghtfully crushed into a shapeless mass , and be was otherwise mnch injured . His death must have been iHstentaneons . The otner man was a smith , named JosephTltton , 37 yean of age , in the employ of Messrs . Whttworth and Co ., jolnen . who had come for the purpose of purchasing some iron , and the lad already aentioned as being forced into the canal was his striker , TWb unfortunate man was not so shockingly crashed as the other ,- and he waa heard to moan for a short time after the crash . His head , however , waa qafteWack from bruiseB and prewar ©} his mouth open , and his tongue protruding and mnoh swollen . This

      poor man , we regtet to learn , has left a Widow and five children ; Watkinson was unmarried . Shortly after the accident , Mr . Beswiok . ohief-snperlntendent , and a party of police arrived at the warehouse ; some of them kept guard at tke gates to prevent the intrusionof any one , and others rendered efficient assistance In removing the iron and finding the bodies ^ and also in conveying them to the nearest public-house , the Brown ' s Field Tavern , Brewer-street , in a room of which they were placed to await tbe coroner ' s inquest , which ! was appointed to be held at six o ' clock last evetiing . Captain Willis and Mr . Baswlck were exceedingly attentive , and took every measare requisite under the circumstances . The greater part of tbe roof remained , though some of the iron columns had been much shaken

      by a quantity of the bar iron falling against them , and some ot the brick pillan were completely destroyed . Yesterday morning , Messrs . Phillips and Leach , the owners of the building , sent Mr . Edwards , of tbe firm of Bowdeu and Edwards , to smvey the building , and to report to them aa to its stability . We believe that it will take about a month to rebnild the walls , secure the roof , and replace all as it was before thia unfortunate accident An inquest was holden on the bodies on Tuesday evening , at which evidence was adduced to ' show that the " wooden horses" were far from being safe at first , being of too slight a construction , and a Weak and bad description of timber—American pine . The inquest was adjourned : and the Coroner felt himself bound to

      call npon Mr . Boll , one of the partners of the firm present , to give a recognlz-mce of £ 50 for bis appearance at the adjourned sitting .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS-Wednesdat , Feb . 21 . After some discussion , the County Coroners' Bill was read a second time , and ordered to be committed on the 6 th of March . On the Order of tbe Day for the House ffolng into Committee on the Horse-racing Penalties' Bill , Mr . Horsmau asked Mr . J . S . Wort ley if the Bill was of such a pressing nature as to interpose before the Order of the Day . Mr . J . S . Wortley said the Bill was of such a pressing nature that he should move that the House go into Committee . Considerable discussion ensued ; but eventually the Bill went through Committee .

      THS IRISH DEBATE Was resumed by Mr . T . B . C . Smith , the Attorney General for Ireland , who gave an account to the House of all the steps which he had taken in the late trial in their consecutive order . Thia ; was necessarily very long . When speaking of the omitted names from the Special Jury list , he said he would mention to the House what were the singular circumstances connected with this matter . Mr . Mahony , in his affidavit , detailed what he ( Mr Smith ) would say was an improper proceeding . Mr . M'Grath , the deputy clerk of the peace , took a course , which he ( Mr . Smith ) said was not correct , for he furnished Mr . Mahony witti everything he wantedthough the

      * Crown could not get a document of any sort from his office—( hear ) . In fact , copies were furnished to the traversers day after day from Mr . M'Grath ' s office , and it was in this way that Mr . Mahony received copies of tho collectors' lUts , including , amongst others , the names said to be suppressed . Mr . Mahony was thus furnished with the names—( hear , hear . )—This Mr . M'Grath was tho man who mislaid the documents , as he says , in which the lost names were contained —( hear , hear ) . Well , Mr . M'Grath having furnished the tracersers with lists as prepared for revision , was afterwards , —after the revision ofthe lists , and after his Right Hon . Friend tho Recorder ( Mr . Shaw ) had adjudicated

      upon them , applied to by Mr . Mahony to be allowed to compare the lists , which was permitted . In short , the other side got the run of the office ; they went in and out at their pleasure ; while the Crown , on the contrary , never could get one particle of information from that office —( cries of "hear , hear ") , Perhaps , now , the House might make a conjecture , if there was fraud in the matter , who it was that COMMITTED it—( hear , hoar , hear ) . He then came to the striking of the Roman Catholics from the jury list . The Crown Solioitor had stated on affidavit thai he believed these Catholics to be Repealers ; Mr . Sheil had said in court ho would disprove that on affidavit ; but after waiting

      a month , Mr . Sheil , instead of producing an affidavit founded on the regular registers of the Repeal Association , which record every individual subscriber , had produced an affidavit on the mere hearsay of the traversers' attorney , and even this applying to only two individuals . Most of the other nine were , in fact , not only Rspealers , but very active Repealers . There was a perfect right to strike off any individuals , without any reason at all ; bat hero there was reasou of the most cogent kind . Sir T . Wilde had said , that tho Irish Attorney-General would uot have dared to set aside the juron ) on a common jury , when the challenge would have been an open one . Yes , he would have

      dared to challenge , and would have challenged , every common juror whom ho had believed to be a Repealer . He most now take the liberty of calling the attention of the House to certain extraordinary proceedings , at which he waa present as an eye-witness , and about which there could be no doubt . He would give an instance of the way in which gentlemen opposite had acted in the administration of justice when they were in power—( hear , hear ) . A gentleman named Pearco , a chief constable of police , of high character and respectability , was Stationed ia the town of Carrick-on-Suir , in Tipparary , when it happened that a quarrel arose between the men of a company ot infantry who had just marched into the town and some others who were already quartered there . One -of these

      parties was joined by the townspeople ; and a most formidable riot ensued , which finally compelled Mr . Pearce to order his picket to fire upon the rioters . The consequence was that a boy named Slattery lost his life . Mr . Pearce was put on his trial at the ensuing Clonmel assizes , where ho ( Mr . Smith ) was present , and where the Right Hon . Member for Dungarvan prosecuted Mr . Pearce for murder- —put him on trial for his life—( hear , hoar ) . Now , what was the course pursued by that Right Honourable Gentleman when the life of a fellowcreature was at stake ! ( Some interruption from the Opposition , followed by loud cri 6 s of " Order , order , " from the Ministerial benches ) . He could

      prove that everything he asserted was true , and could give the the names , if necessary—( hear , hear ); Well , how had the Right Hon . Member acted f Why , he had set aside , oh behalf of the Crown , thirty-fiuc ju / ors , and of the first thirty so set aside there were twenty-nine Protestants—( loud cheers ) . That was an incontrovertible faot , and he threw it out for the serious consideration of that Right Hon . Member whether he could ever have laid down his head in peace if that gentleman had been convicted by Buoh a jury 1—( Mr . Shiel and several Members of the Opposition made some remarks which were inaudible , being drowned by cries of "Order" ) . He stated faota correotly ; he defied contradiction ; and

      in a case where the prisoner bad aright but to twenty challenges , the Crown , under the auspices of the Right Hon . Member for Dungarvan , had struck off thirty-sis persons , of whom twenty-nine were Protestants—( loud cries of hear , hear , and cheers ) And these were the parties who considered themselves justified in telling him that he durst not strike off any person from a jury list ; or as , indeed , that extraordinary assertion had been now qualified , M unless a sufficient cause was shown "— - ( loud cheer * ing ) . He had never yet heard of " a sofBoient cause '' for striking off the names of the twenty-nine Protestants at Clonmel—( renewed cheering ) . He vindicated the frame and scope of the indictment ) and ridiculed the notion that the leaders of a monster meeting could not be guilty of overawing the Legislature , unless the mob were actually gathered in Palace-yard . The count which had been

      represented by the Solicitor-General of the late Government ( Sir ; Thomas Wilde ) as such a strain upon the law , was copied verbatim from an i n dictment preferred by himself under that Administration ! If , then , tae present law officers of Ireland had been to blame , it was for having fallen into what he must admit was in general a bad habitthe imitation of the acts of the late Solicitor-General . He repelled with indignation the charge of partiality adduced against the Lord Chief Justice * He referred in very good taste to the indiscretion" he had himself committed in the dispute between himself and Mk Fitza ; ibboDj which he greatl y regretted ; but he knew that the Housa was composed of gentlemen who could feel how to make allowance for his error . The Learned Member concluded amid vast cheering , and the debate was again adjourned .

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      Thcbsdat , Feb . 22 . Tbe debate on Ireland was resumed by Mr . Matjrice O'Connell , who replied to some of the statements of the Irish Attorney-General , and endeavoured to show that thej steps taken by the trayersers had not been for the parposo of delay , bnt were necessary under the ? circumstances . He repelled the insinuation thrown out against Mr . M ' Grath , the Roman Catholio Clerk of the Pea » e ; and he denied that the verdict would have the effect of " putting down" the Repeal . ! After the Bpeeoh of Mr . Madbice O'Connell , Mr . Gregory , Mr . Liddeli ;; Mr . Hume , Mr . Hamilton , Mr . Powell , and Sir Howard Douglas , addressed the House . i

      Mr . Shiel also spoke at very great length , in reply to the Attorney-General for Ireland . He defended himself from certain charges brought against him by that gentleman ; denounced the Cfontarf proclamation ; reviewed the proceedings on the trial ; warmly replied to Lord Stanley ' s abuse of the Catholics ; touched upon the foreign policy of this country , and the likelihood of future European wars ; and implored iof the House to do justice to Ireland , that thereby civil strife and bloodshed might be averted . The Right Hon . Gentleman sat down amidst loud and prolonged cheers . The debate was then , upon the motion of the English Attorney-General , once more adjourned .

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      Birmingham . —On Sunday evening last , the usua meeting of the members of the National Charter Association was held at the Chartist Room , Peck Lane , Mr . William Watson , iof the shoemakers ' body , in the chair . After some Council business was arranged , ' the Chairman called upon Mr . George White to address the meeting . Mr . White proceeded to explain the causes of the total inutility of the revolutions which bad taken place in all countries , as far as the working classes were concerned . He repudiated any connection with the middle classes in the struggle for real liberty , and cited various proofs of their dishonesty and double-dealiag . The Chairman passed a high eulogium on the able and disinterested servioes which had been

      rendered to the Chartist cause in Birmingham by Mr . William Chilton daring Mr . White ' s imprisonment , upon which Mr . White moved , and Mr . John Beale seconded , the following resolution , "That the best thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . William Chilton , now an inhabitant of Bristol , for his able and disinterested services in } the Chartist cause during his residence in Birmingham . " The resolution was carried amidst enthusiastic applause , a proof of the high esteem in which the Birmingham Chartists hold Mr . Chilton . A voto of thanks was giveujto the Chairman , and the meeting separated . Manchester , Carpenters' ! Hall . —It having been announced that Mr . James Leaoh wonld deliver a lecture ia the above Hall , on Sunday evening

      last , ia which he would comment upon tbe unprincipled conduct of the freebooters on the preceding Wednesday , the spacious building was filled to overflewing , and numbers had to go away who could not procure admission . The ' article " What will the Leaguers do next" was read from the St * r , amidst loud cheers . The Chairman then introduced Mr . Leaoh , who in a masterly ; manner exposed the fallacies , and held up to public reprobation the villanny practised by the hypocritical knaves who are continually bellowing out cheap corn , while they use every stratagem to plunder ! those for whom they profess such a vast amount of sympathetic feeling . Mr . Wo . Beesley also Bpoke at great length , and . related several acts of flagrant injustice practised by

      the Coal-Kings upon the poor Miners , such as cheating them of their earnings by fines and overweight . Mr . Beesley sat down loudly applauded , and the immense audience quietly separated . A discussion took place on Monday evening last in the Carpenters' Hall between Mr . M'Intosh . of Rochdale , and Mr . Leaoh , of Manchester ; Mr . Leaoh undertaking to prove that a Repeal of tho Corn Laws , under present circumstances , wonld not be of any benefit to the working classes , and Mr . M'In tosh the contrary . The attendance was numerous and respectable . Each { gentleman occupied half an hour at the commenceisent , and » quarter of an hour alternately until half-past ten , when the debate was adjourned until Wednesday night .

      Greenwich and DErrpoRp Chartists . —At a meeting lately held ofthe above body , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : "That the thanks of the Greenwich , Deptford , and Le wish am Charists is hereby given to Mr . ! Ross , member of the Executive , for the able manner he discussed with Mr . Campbell , at the Georgeiand Dragon , on the 24 th aad Slat ultimo . ; Bradford . —The shareholders of the Co-operative Store celebrated the anniversary of that institution , on Tuesday . I Watbrhead mill . —Mr . Kidd delivered a lecture on the 17 th instant , in the course of which he gave the Corn Law League a severe dressing .

      Oldham . —On Sunday last , the Rev . W . V . Jackson preached two sermons in the Chartist Room Greaves-street . Collections were made after each sermon , the proceeds to be applied to tbe establishing of a Chartist Sunday School . BiRSiAL . —On Shrove Tuesday , the Chartists of this place held a tea-party , at which the usual sentiments were given and responded to in eloquent speeches . ! Longton , Staffordshire Potteries . —A pnblic meeting of the Chartists of Longton was held in the large room at the White Lion , ! on Tuesday evening , to hear a lecture from Mr . Dorman . At the conclusion , the following resolution was agreed to : " That the thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given ( 0 T . S . Dunoombo , Esq ., M . P ,, for his manly conduct at the Crown and Anchor , and t » the noble majority who supported him on that occasion . " ;

      Alnwick . —At the weekry ' meeting of the Association on Monday night , a vote of thanks was unanitnouslv passed to T . S . Dancombe , Esq . M . P . for his noble advooacy ofthe Charter . Nottingham—The female Chartists met in the Democratic Chapel , on Tuesday evening last , and passed resolutions of thanks to ; Mr . T . S . Duncombe and to Mr . O'Connor , for their general advocacy of the rights ofthe poor , but particularly for their conduct at the Crown and Anchor Meeting . Dublin . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Assooiation met as usual on Sunday last , in the large rooms , 14 , North Anne-Btreet , Mr . Pi Moran in the chair . Mr . O'Higgins brought before the meeting two statutes to prove the truth of a sometimes dispnted

      fact , that Universal Snffrage was once the law of tbe land . The first was a confirmatory law of the reign of Henry the IVth , to be found in Keble ' s Statutes at Largo ; the other the well-known disfranchising statute of Hepry VI . At the suggestion of Mr . Dyott , who said it was not the first time that that Association had taken the initiation in matters of the kind , it was resolved to publicly deny the late false and ludicrous statement of Sir James Graham , that Ireland was " thriving" since the conviction of Mr . O'Connell and his compeers . This contradiction on the testimony of the members of the Association has since been published in the Freeman ' s Journal . ^ \

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      COLLIER'S MOVEMENT . The Bradford Miners respectfully request the insertion of the following list of subscriptions , with their thanks to the friends who have so liberally contributed towards supporting them in their resistance to the unju 3 t aggressions of their employers : — Clayton Colliery , £ 3 4 s . ; Ashton district , £ i ; Old Mess House , £ Z \ Targe Lane ^ £ \ Ridge Hill Pit , 17 s fid ; Britannia , 5 s 6 d ; Union Ground , 2 s 7 < 1 j Navigation Inn , 7 s 5 d ; a few friends , 9 s ; Worthington ' B dyers , 5 a ; a friend , j Is ; Thos . Knowles ,

      Is 6 d ; a few gardeners , 3 s 2 a ; Thomas Abbott , 6 d ; a friend , 2 s ; Steel Works , 18 s ; a chemist , 2 a 6 d ; No . 2 Shop , 53 ; Mr . Rider ' s men , 6 s 6 d ; No . 3 Shop , 53 ; No . 12 Shop , 5 a ; Gorton Potters , 5 s 6 d ; a good woman , 3 d ; Whyatt ' si dyers , 5 s od ; James Sharp , Is j Beswiok Brick Works , 2 s 9 $ d ; Wjod Park Pit , 133 4 d ; Devogue ' s men , 7 s ll * d ; James Hunter , 2 s 6 d ; small sums , £ 2 Us 4 £ d . Thb next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place } at the Turf Tavern , Burnley . The chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . !

      Swanwick—A delegate meeting was held at the Steam Packet , when the meeting was addressed by Messrs Mycroft , Clark , Druroi Vardy , &c , and the following resolutions agreed to— ' That we , tlie coal and ironstone miners of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire , do pledge Ourselves to stand by and support all those whom the masters may victimize on account of their adherence to the Miners Association . ""That we pledge ourselves to become members of the Miners' Association , and to carry out the principles of that body . " " That a vote of thanks be given to the Editor and proprietor of the Northern Star . More tyranny of the Coal Kings and Magistrates in Derbyshire—Twojmen were this morning , Wednesday 21 st , sent off by railway , and are on their way to Derby Gaol , for attending this delegate meeting ; being absent from ; work without leave . The men ' s names are Joseph Alsop and George Rodgers . They have been sent to Darby Goal for

      six weeks . The master made ] a particular request that Alsop should have three 1 months . The magistrates enquired what he had done in particular ? They stated he was the first man that commenced the Union at this p ace . The magistrate seemed to think this was a little too much of a good thing ; he thought if that was all tliev had against him , six weeks each was sufficient , i W-hat think you of a worthy magistrate ' s son telling these poor men when : they are only . askipg for bread that they deserve a bit of cold lead , or a fawi round of shot being sent among them ! What would be said if these poor Miners had said tho same of their tyrant *! Wo have forwarded all the particulars of this case to Mr . Roberts , as we are determined , if the money oan be raised , aad we do not fear that , Mr , . Roberts shall see what he oan do amongst these magistrates . It is abont time they were told what law is , or what justice should be .

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      TRADES' MOVEMENTS . Barnsley Weavers . —A meeting of the weavers was held on Monday night last , in John Pickering ' s large room . Frank Mirfield moved a resolution to the effect that the weavers of Barnsley shall pay threepence instead of twopence per week per loom , for the support of the present strike , which was carried unanimously . The Colchester Tailors Protection Society . — On Thursday evening , the 16 th inst ., a very numerous meeting was held of the above body , at the Grey Hound Inn , St . Botolph-street , for the purpose of laying the objects of the society before the hordes of white slaves who eke out a miserable

      subsistence at slop work for the " respectable" Messrs . Hyam , &c . I may as well just inform such of your readers as may not be aware of the fact , that if Colchester is not the Messrs . Hyams' prinoipal provincial depot , it is among the principal here . He musters from ten to fifteen hundred on his book , who at the nearest calculation are supposed to take out work for as many more ; two-thirds of whom are females , and in whose countenances and appearance one may too readily trace the debasing inflaenoa of the cheap-next-to-nothing- system . The Chairman of the meeting having read the address of Mr . Parrott from the Northern Star , went on to show that the principal object we had in view was the protection of the interests of both masters and men ,

      against the rapid spread of that system of unprincipled competition which has been depreciating the capital of the one class and the labour of the other for a series of years , without producing any adequata advantage , but rather quite the contrary to the public at large . Numerous extracts from the London and provincial press were read to the meeting , detailing the misery and destitution to which thousands of our class are reduced , inasmuch as they are compelled to work at slop work at prices that will Hot procure a bare sufficiency of the most ordinary necessaries of life . Nor 13 this all ; in numerous instances , respectable masters who were in the habit of employing labour at a fair market value , were either become bankrupts or

      journeymen themselves , through the instrumentality of tho system of puffing advertisements , by which the public are led to believe that garments might be had at prices scarce adequate to the payment of tho labour employed on them in legitimate shops . After a series of resolutions for the carrying out of tho above named object had been agreed to , a resolution to the effect that our future meetings be held in the large room of the Mechanics' Institute was adopted by acclamation . Public Meeting op Silk Weavers at Lbigh . —A public meeting of the silk weavers of Leigh and its surrounding districts , was held in the Primitive Methodist chapel , Bradshawgate , Lejgh , on the 19 th inst . to take isto consideration tho

      pro-, priety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament , praying for a select committee to inquire into the cauges of their depressed condition . The meeting was convened for half past six , and by seven o ' clock the chapel was respectfully filled . The chairman opened the meetine , by directing the attention of the Weavers to the unparraleljed distress which has for a number of years existed amongst the silk weavers . He thought that the time had arrived when something onght to be done to alleviate their sufferings . He should not detain the meetine by any lengthened observations , but should call upon the Secretary to read important correspondence from various places . The Secretary th / sn came forward and read to the meeting a copy of a

      memorial , that the Leigh silk weavers committee had presented to the Secretary of State for the Home Department , and his reply to the com ' mittee . Also letters from Lords Lilford and F . Egerton , the Hon . R . B . Wilbrabam . and several others . The meeting was then addressed by several weavers , all agreeing that something ought to > e done to prevent and check the unjustifiable abatements of the masters , and that some remedy ought to be adopted for the cure of the evils which they complained of . In the course of the meeting tho followiag resolutions were put from the chair and adopted : — " That great and unparalleled distress exists among the silk weavers of Leigh and its surrounding distriots . " " That the distress which

      exists arise from the following causes , viz ; low rate of wages , unjust abatements for time , for supposed deficiency of ebutes , want of employment , home competition , and the direful effects of machinery . " That in consequence of the great distress which now exist from the causes named in the preceding resolation , it is absolutely necessary to appeal to the legislature , praying for a select committee to enquire into the cause of their grievances , with a view to adopt some remedial measure . " "That a petition be founded upon the foregoing resolutions , and signed by the body of weavers , and forwarded , to both House of Parliament . " " That Lord Lilford berequested topresent the petition to the House of Commons , and that Mr . Ferrand , M . P . be requested

      to support the prayer thereof . " The thanks of the meeting was then voted to H . C . Lacy , Esq ., . of Kenyon House , Lord F . Egerton , M . P ., and to other friends who have contributed liberally ^ to the bus Weavers' Fund ; also , to the Chairman , for his services . The meeting then broke up . —Correspondent , Bristol . — -A meeting of delegates from various trades'lodges , Ac . was held on Tuesday evening , a * tho Crown and Dove , Bridewell-street , for the purpose of devising the best means of effecting a Union of all trades for mutual protection ; Messrs . Hyde , Rooke , and Jacobs were deputed to visit the lodges that had not sent delegates , requesting them to do so , and to explain the objects of the movement . The meetings , in future , will be held on every Wednesday evening till the business is concluded .

      The Denton Hatters strike still continues ; we hope the oppressed operatives will obtain that support from their fellow workmen they so well deserve . ' J To CoROWAiNBBS Societies—Secretaries of Cordwainers' Societies are requested to communicate heir address , with the number of hands belonging to the men's and women ' s departments , connected with the societies , to Jamea Smythe , secretary of the WeaternBivision of Ladiea Sfidemakbrs , No . 00 , Union street , Middlesex Hospital . Woolcombebs' Strikb . —The whole of the wool combers ( about fifty in number ) m tho eoploy ^ of Messrp . T . Marriott and Son , of . Wakefield , struck for an equalisation of wages on Thursday last . It appears for some time they have been receiving lower wages than any other wooloombers in tho town .. :

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      On . Wednesday , the 21 st ult . Mrs . Martha Batty , wife of Mr . Batty , weaver ,. of this toira , of 9 . daughter . Both ths mother and child ate doing well . MARRIAGES . : On Monday , at St . John ' s Church , Wakefield , Mr . George Armitage , agent to Messrs . Pope and Co ., of Crigglestone Colliery , to Miss Ann Marshall , of Chapelthorpe . - - . On Thursday , the 22 ud instant , at Trinity ohuroH , HulLiby the Rev . J . H . BrOmby , M . A ., vioar , Jos . Gee , EsqVof Oottingham and Burlington Quay , to Elizabeth Jane , eldest daughter of Thomas Mawhood , Esq ., of Hull . -. ¦ - ¦ -.. ; 7 DEATHS . : ¦> . . On Tuesday , the 27 th instant , jagea ^? , Mrs : Bar « low , the beloved wife of the Ray-liuke Barrow , Wesleyan minister , Knareaborough . - ;'

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      Barnslkt . —A public meeting of the Miners of this district was held on Shrore Tuesday , at Hood Hill , half-way between Barnsley and Sheffield , for the parpose of shortening the hours of labour . Tho Barnsley men , and those of the neighbourhood , marched off in procession , accompanied by a band of music . They were joined on the way by the men from Crane Moor , and those of Silston , with a band of music . The Sheffield procession , and those of other places , also arrived with their bands of music . At the lowest estimate , there wore feur thossand persons present . A gentleman from Sheffield * was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting in a short and appropriate speech . Mr . George Wood * , from Barnsley , moved a resolution that a Victim Fund be established . Carried . Mr . David Swallow supported this reso l ution in an eloquent and forcible speech . Mr . Matthew Linley moved a resolution for shortening foe hours of labour , which was carried .

      RAWMARSH . ^ -Mr . Swallow lectured here on Thursday , the loth inst . The master ' s agent has been practising every description of petty annoyanca towards us , because we have joinod the Association . But wo have given our tormentor a lesson back again , having taken out & summons for him under the Truck Act . The Jacks in office at Rotherham refused to let us havo a summons at first . But we found a Star ofthe 13 kk of January , in which is a copy of the Truck Act . Backed by this we made a second application , and this time procured the summons . Thn agent now wishes to make the matter up . He offers to pay all expenses , and no longer to impose his candles and gunpowder upon us . We have called a meeting to decide whether we will let him off or not .

      John Auty has held meetings at the following places : —February 14 th , at the Black Bull Inn , Hey wood ; 15 th , afc the Fleece Inn . Small Bridge ; 16 th , at the Odd Fellows' Arms , Middleton ; 19 th , at the White Swan Inn , Hey wood , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon ; and in the afternoon attended the District-Meeting at Rochdale , at the Amen Corner Inn . On Tuesday Mr . Auty addressed a meeting of Colliers at the Elephant and Castle Inn , Banpberd Row , near Rochdale . The whole of the above meetings have been well attended . Mr . Auty apprises his Yorkshire friends that he will be at homo from the 5 th of March to the 12 ih . If he can be of any service to the Miners in or about the neighbourkoof of Wakefield . he will be very happy to render it . Mr . John Toft has addressed meetings at tho following places ;—February 14 th , Thornhill Edge ' ; 15 th , Heckmondwike ; 16 th , Dewsbury ; 17 th , established a new society at Halton ; 19 th Carr Gate .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1254/page/5/