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IRELAKD AND THE POLICE. Dablin, Feb. 21,1844. We are becoming at sufficient importance to the State, that the authorities have lately been bo good as to cause two and sometimes more, of the Detective Force to attend obt meetings.. " Keep oat the Tories" w&s the cry in «very pwish in Ireland, Trbile the Whigs were passing the Police Bill. Not a voice was raised in Ireland against this bill but my own. I was not only laughed at for my opposition, bat was actually threatened ¦with expulsion for having made an . effort to rouse the "National Trades Political Union" to oppose it I raw at that time how it would be. I knew foil well that the lone, being under no other control than that of the minister, that it would one time or other be turned against the parties who sup-
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THE VICTIMS . - TTe have to direct ^ e attentioii of our readers to &B report of & delegate meeting held at Bflston , on S sndfcj last , from which they snfl ejean some infotjgaiion respecting one of . the SuSbrcIshire "Victims , wio though during hia incaiceralion he h » s been fcut little heard of , and well-nigb forgotten , is neveriieless "widely known to the democratic party as one who , in days when . Chartism was not so well understood a ? now , did * the state some service" in labour ing arduously to extend 4 knowledge of Chartist principles . We . speaker
JOSEJH 1 JK 5 ET , late of Manchester , and subsequently « f Bflstoa . In the last persecution , - Linney -was clutched at for sacrifice , by the factions of South Staffordshire , who were annoyedbeyond measure at bis fearless denunciation of their oppressions , and hia equally fearless exposition of the principles of democracy ; and on the usual charge of " sedition , " &c , was tried , and of isourse convicted , at ^ the Staffordshire Spring Asms , of 1843 , and sentenced to ei g hteen months imprisonment . Taken to that mansion of misery , tile Millbank Pcniteatiary , on whose portals despair hath written in ineffaceable characters . " No hope
enters here , " poor Linmst has scarcely been heard of once , until now we are aroused by the "thrilling sanative of his sufferings which will be found described in the letter read at the aboYe meeting . To us it appears that something must be dose to effect an immediate mitigation of Leskkt ' s luffsrings , or his name will be linked with those of Guttom and HotBKEBT . We trust , therefore , that the Memorial io Sir James Graham will be immediately set about . And if that fails : if one of his usual lithographed answers 1 b the only reply to the appeal for mercy ; jhat other measures will be forthwith adopted to save England the disgrace of another murder like those already committed in the name of law .
XB . COOEEB , of Leicester , was visited in the Stafford County Gaol , on the 13 th instant . Mr . Cooper ' s visitor reports that he found iim in " tolerably good spirits , but in veryreduced and delicate JuaJth ; Ms sufferingi appealing to hare arisen chiefly from the extreme cold ant daap of his sleeping apartment , which has produced fearful zheaisatisxn , especially in his htad . It is hoped , howeTer , the coming spring may somewhat relieve hie His continuance there another winter camnot
be contemplated , as it is perfectly plain he would auk under it . " Mr . Cooper was supplied by his viator , in the name of the Shakspereap Chartists of Leicester , with several articles of winter apparel And the Chartists of Stafford have very handsomely supplied him with shoes , and promised to continue to do so during his incarceration . Mr . Cooper's Leicester friends are desirous of rendering him further aid ; and they appeal to their friends to help them in the good work of attending to their leader ' s aeoessities .
JOHN &ICHABBS . We hare received a lengthy communication from that excellent democrat , Mr . Peplow , of Stafford , appealing to the Ch > rtist public for assistance in support of the above-named veteran , Mr . Peplow states that poor lUchsrds is an aged man , upwards of seventy years old , nearly blind , and bo emaciated in frame , as to be altogether unable to follow any laborious course of life on his release . Richards will leave his . present gloomy abode on the 3 rd of May next , and what then are his prospects ! Let
ids speech on his trial answer— " It mattered little to him , { said he , ) only so far as the ends of truth and justice were concerned , whether he was convicted or not . Tot if he was not seat 4 o prison , he must become an inmate of a poor law bastUe . " fie has a helpless wife to share his fate , which if the above be realised , will be a hard one indeed . Mr . Peplow states that the old : veteran is sadly in want of elothing , even for decent appearance ; and Mr . P . earnestly appeals to his brother ChartistB to lend Tit ? their aid in fhf « truly distressing case .
TTM . Tn . Ta . The case of this vicum of oppression has . been bo repeatedly before the public , that we Jieed sot state more than is absolutely necessary . Mrs . _ W \\ b and her friends are desirous that she shouldJ > e placed in some situation of self-dependence , beyond the necessity ofliving upon the TictimFund , or relying upon temporary relief . The Chartists of the Tower Hamlets , London , are , it appears , anxions that Mrs . Ellis should settle among them . They propose to establish her in a shop in the Uewjpaper aad General Provision line . They propose to stock the shop , bring her and . her family to London , and allow her fifteen phTTRngti per week for three months , calculating that by the expiration of that time , she will have acquired
a connection among the Chartists and public generally , "which will enable her to maintain herself ; and family , without further aid from the public . But to eSect this most desirable consummation , pecuniary assistance wOl be needed beyond the amount which wSl undoubtedly be collected in the locality from whence this appeal emanates . The Tower Efamlels Chartists therefore nrgenttj appeal to the Democratic party to aid them in this good work , particularly soliciting the exertions of die female supporters of Chartism , tbis beings ease in which they must feel deeply interested . The Committee sit every Thursday evening at Mr . I > rake ' Sjthe Standard of Liberty , 171 , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , where all monies may be forwarded .
"We have deemed it our duty to give publicity to these appeals on behalf of the above individuals . To havewitheJd them would have been unjust and cruel . Bat wb must remind the Chartist public that there is a General Victim Fund , which should be sufficiently well supported to meet the above cases , and also those of the many victims of tyranny yet lingering in the jails of this country who are not named m this article . We trust that to the above appeals the public will heartily respond m , at the same time -not forgetting the many wives and children whose wants the General "Victim Fund Committee are called upon to supply : remembering that our cause can never be victorious uotD we each and all act upon the great principle of doing to others as we would others should do unto us . "
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Bnstou . —On Sunday the 11 th , a delegate meeting took placa according "to announcement , at Bilston , forthe consideration ^) f Mr . Xinney ' s ease , and also to deliberate on the means of advancing the cause in this district . Delegates from the following places were present : —Birmingham , Mr . Hopkins , and Mr . Cresswell ; Bilston , Mr . John White , and Mr . NichoHs ;; Dudley , Mr . Watts and Mr . Dudley j Wdh-erhampton , Mr . Dunn ; Wslsall , Mr . Goodwin . Mr . Dudley was appointed chairman , and Mr . Cresswell secretary . After some preliminary business a letter was read , which had been sent to Birmingham iy Mr . Mavitty , who had visited Mr . Linney , in eompany with Mr . Russell , of which the following is an extract . * We heard the prison dock go three-quarters 7
past two / 1 said J nssell , " now there is another quarter gone and ne Linney . " Just as I was saying these Words , I heard a door open dose to where we stood , and there , O gracious God , what did I behold ? I eould not suppose that form to be that of Linney Ko , I could net trace one single line of his features ; no , not one . Well , there was no time to be lost . He had to cross from that door to another opposite , aad when passing I caught hold of his hand and said , Joe , is that joa ! He said ^* ii is . " Then I was sure it was . Well , the wardsman saw us shaking hands , and instantly said , drop that ; you are-loo fast again . He was then pat into an iron cage . O , Sax was such a sight as I never before witnessed in all my life . We were about two yards »
partparted by the latticing and the wardsmaobetween us . He brought -out a time glass and said you can remain here until this is run ^ onL How long should jou suppose ! Only ten minutes , that was all . His first words were > How 1 b my wife !" But we could Bay nothing satisfactory . He said B the time is going on . " We * sked him how he was doing ; and ho told us bo heart-breaking a- tale , it is impossible for me to describe ; bnt I will give you a little of what he said before the wardsman . He said "he was compelled to work from six o ' clock in the morning till eight o'clock at night , making door mate byliaadf-bathe continued , - ** -I can , bear all that ; but how is my wife 1 " He expressed this in a wild manner . The writer , in a subsequent part of
the letter , after describing the degrading uniform poor Linney wore , says , bos nose was pinched upJikea dead man ' s . I do most positively assure -you there i s no _ trace of Joseph Linney in his countenance . " The above requires no comment . Graham , and Peel and Stanley may prop their tottering power for a short time longer ; but assuredly such atrocious treatment of political prisoners will not pass with impunity . It will be easier to conceive the feelings of the delegates when the letter was read , Mr . Mason said , that he had written to Mr . Yates , who had been co-prisoner with Linney , and had returned seme few months ' fanee , having served the term of Ms imprisonment , for the purpose of collecting « s niany facts as possible of Linney ' s ease . He had
not yet received an answer ; but nndoubtedl ; he would in the eoure of a few days . Yates' information was essential io prepare any documents , in Ianney ^ s behalf . A discussion ensned upon the best means of bringing the case under the consideration of the Government j after which Mr . Fnssell moved , and Mr . White seconied , * that a memorial be prepared to submit the case first to the Home Secretary j Sand Ehould he refuse to exercise his authority to relax & 8 sevensj of J . Ianney * s Sreatment , that the country be appealed to to bring the case under the consideration of the House of Commons in such a manner as
to secure the attention of the Ministers . The folio ir-§ g resolutions were then adopted ;—Moved by Mr " , ¦ rnssell , seconded ly Mr . Duna— " That the dele ^ S ^ sof this locality be requested io fend a committee to get the memorial signed , as numerously as P ^ ble by the rate-payers of Bflston ^* - Proposed ^ Mr . Hopkins , and seconded by Mr . Goodwin — ^ Jiat each locality in the district form a commit-^*» raise subscrip tions . " After some discussion " ** . ^ J * ° f tias next Conference , and the orga-^ bon of the district , it was movedl > y Mr . Good-^ . toa seconded by Mr . White— That the next ««^ « etiiig ssemble one month from this day ^ tte uoase ofllr . Griffiths , Lamp TaTern . Staf-
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ford-Etreet , Walsall , at two o'clock in the afternoon Thanks were then voted to the chairman aad score tary , and the meeting adjourned .
Irelakd And The Police. Dablin, Feb. 21,1844. We Are Becoming At Sufficient Importance To The State, That The Authorities Have Lately Been Bo Good As To Cause Two And Sometimes More, Of The Detective Force To Attend Obt Meetings.. " Keep Oat The Tories" W&S The Cry In «Very Pwish In Ireland, Trbile The Whigs Were Passing The Police Bill. Not A Voice Was Raised In Ireland Against This Bill But My Own. I Was Not Only Laughed At For My Opposition, Bat Was Actually Threatened ¦With Expulsion For Having Made An . Effort To Rouse The "National Trades Political Union" To Oppose It I Raw At That Time How It Would Be. I Knew Foil Well That The Lone, Being Under No Other Control Than That Of The Minister, That It Would One Time Or Other Be Turned Against The Parties Who Sup-
IRELAKD AND THE POLICE . Dablin , Feb . 21 , 1844 . We are becoming at sufficient importance to the State , that the authorities have lately been bo good as to cause two and sometimes more , of the Detective Force to attend obt meetings .. " Keep oat the Tories" w&s the cry in « very pwish in Ireland , Trbile the Whigs were passing the Police Bill . Not a voice was raised in Ireland against this bill but my own . I was not only laughed at for my opposition , bat was actually threatened ¦ with expulsion for having made an . effort to rouse the " National Trades Political Union" to oppose it I raw at that time how it would be . I knew foil well that the lone , being under no other control than that of the minister , that it would one time or other be turned against the parties who sup-
ported the Whigs while passing it " Keep the Tories oat , " cried aU the priests . And now they have the full benefit of that cry , as every Catholic chapel In Irelandis &Uend * d on Sundays by one or more of tke DtteeUve Force , whose duty it is to report to the Government the Bitnre and tendency of the instructions which the Parish priest * give to their respective Socks . Perhaps you are sot aware that every Parish Priest la Ireland delivers an exhortatiom to his flock , at eight o'dvck on every Sunday morning throughout the year , and that a sermon Is also preached in every chapel after last maw . It is npaa these occasions that the Whig police attend with thsix books and well-pointed pencil . Truly yoors , Patrick . O'HiceiKS .
EEPEAL AKD CHABTlSM . At a meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association held at their rooms , No . li . North Aune-ttreet , on Sunday the 28 th ult , the following petition w&s un&nlaonsly adopted : — To ihe Honourable the Knightt . Citizen * , and Burgesses , in Parliament assembled , the Petition of At undersigned members of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , and oiAer inhabitants of Ireland , BtTMBLT Sbxwstb—That the experience * f the past year demonstrates that the privilege of petitioning , and ef thus Tnnfrtig known their grievanees to your Honourable House , is exercised by the people of Ireland no longer as a right , bat as a con session made to tiiem by the tolerance of the Irish Szecctl vs .
That complaint and remonstrance have been met by violence , and argument by military force ; the right to meet and petition Parliament has been trampled upon ; public meetings legally convened , and peaceably and eo ** itntionally assembled , have been suppressed at the point of the bayonet and tfee mouth of the cannon . That your petitioners humbly address your Homoarable House for the purpose of making knows a few of the reasons which influence them in demanding a Bepeal of the Act of Union between Great Britain aad Ireland ; and they entreat the patience of your Honourable House while they state the grounds upon which they rely for restoring to Ireland hex domestic legislature , and of that self-government , the right of which is inherent ia every people , and the want of which is nothing \ fff t *««*» slavery .
That referring io experience , the best gaide in such matters , you petitioners flsd only one period in the history of centuries in which their country could be said to flourish , in which its peace was secured , its agricul ture w&s improved , its mannfactnres prospered , its commeEce was increased , and its liberties enlarged to -wider bounds and fenced by better securities ; and that this period was the ohe in which the Irish Parliament was ang&ged in vindicating its independence « f the control of English Parliaments . That dozing this period the Irish Parliament , though
corruptly constituted—though composed of bnt a portion of the people , did shorten the du-ation of their sittings , a concession to public liberty , which your Honourable House still refuse * to make ; that they established for their country the right of free trade , of which it had been deprived by . English Parliaments ; that they declared and established their own future independence of English Parliament *; and that they gave to the forty-shflling freeholders those franchises of which the profligate tyranny of a comptly constituted English Parliament has since deprived them .
That the Irish Parliament , as you petitioners beg leave respectfully to submit , notwithstanding the defects in its constitution , did , daring the short period of its independence , display store public virtue—more genero « patrioti **) , than has been found ia any English Parliament since the Revolution of 1688 ; and that it was the virtues of the Parliament of Ireland that incited the English aristocracy—the common enemies of liberty in every region of the earth— " to murder her independence , " as was truly said by s Member of Parliament of that period .
That the means resorted to were suitable to the ends in view ; flat to prepare the way for the discussion of the Union civil discord was fomtntwi ; a rebellion secretly set on foafc and encouraged ; a reign cf terror established ; titles , offices , and money were profusely distributed ; and , in the language of the protest of the Irish Lords , the Bill was introduced as " a measure of bargain and sale between the Minister and the individual proprietors of boroughs . " - That the Act of Union was not a onion of the people of England and Ireland , but a submitting of Ireland to the domination of the ~ Rng | i « h aristocracy—a domination which , has precipitated the career of wasteful expenditure—has sided in the accumulation of irredeemable debt , and exercised a fatal influence on the welfare of both kingdoms .
That if the act of union had effected a onion of perfect equality ; if , instead of having degraded a portion of the Irish Peers , it had admitted them all to tke fall enjoyment of the privileges of the English peerage ; if it given , to Ireland a representation in the Commons of the United Kingdom proportioned to the extent of her population ; if it had extended to both kingdoms the benefit of the same laws ; still , as was wisely seen , and honestly stated , by the then Mr . Grey , afterwards Lord Grey , a ; ust onion" was-impracticablej because of the great debts of England ; because Ireland can have no security that she will not be oppressed , unless she pays the very same taxes with E ugland "—because to make her pay snob taxes is in itadf oppression ; and because on account of the geographical situation of the countries , a complete identification of their people it impossible , or , as Lord Lyndburst more emphatically expressed it , " the Irish are aliens in blood , aliens in religion , and aliens in language . "
That the Act of Union , originating in hostility to pnblie liberty ,: and passed by ths means of bribery . and intimidation , has been followed by results suitable to the wickedaess of . its purpote and toe iniquity of iU accomplishment . That in all the * provisions favourable to Ireland , it has been violated ; that it baa increased enormously absenteeism , the plague of Ireland ; that it has diminished almost every description of "W ^ n ^ ir * tore , and has -wholly annihilated many ; that it has nearly put an end to our foreign commerce , except what eonsuts in the export lot the ose and benefit of
others of those necessaries of life , for the want of which our own people are perisking ; that in this very parish , Saint Mlchan ' s , the centre of the linen trade in Ireland , the Inns of Court , the Queen's Inns , the Coniistorial and Registry Courts , it has caused a ratorn of nine hundred and eighty-six insolvent houses out of one thousand four hundred - and sixty-four , which the parish con tains ; and that throughout the country it has been , followed by a perpetual succession of scenes of famine , pestilence , tumult , and then summary execution .
That for meetin&together in a peaceable and constltufaonal manner for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the redress of those grievances , y oor petitionera are aware that is the present nim «* . * fo and undefined atote of the law , * hey suVject themselves to a criminal j > rosecntion for what the law officers of the crown are pleased to designate as conspiracy , - » edition , and misdemeanour . Your ^ petitioners , on those grounds and facts and reisons herein stated , beg leave to lay before your Honoarabl&Honje their humble remonstrance against the continuance of a nominal Unios , which Implies the degradation , and ia the scourge , of their native country ; and wfcich , without conferring an j benefit opon England , detracts from hex real wealth and strength , by spreading poverty , ruin , and discontent throngh a country , which , free and independent , wculd be the right arm of her defence i and they heartily pray that the Act by which the said Union was effected may be immediately repealed . .
And your petitioners , in compliance with the Tales and ssoiges of your Honourable Boose , will ever pray .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS-Feb . 23 rd . CLOSE OF IRISH DEBATE . The adjourned debate on the state of Ireland was recommenced by the Attorney-General , Sir F . Pollock , who after paying a just compliment to the speech of the Irish Attorney-General , and declaring bis persuasion that Mr . Shell bad been actuated by no motive but a sense of dnty in setting aside the twenty-nine Pro teatauta in the case mentioned on a former night , explained tiie reasons by which ae had himself been induced to postpone a revenue trial alluded to by Sir T . Wilde , observing that it was only under special circumstances , involving some real hardship on the defendant , and not upon every light suggestion , that ho
should think lfc right to consent to such postponement . He animadverted with much pleasantry on Mr . Macaulay ' s disclaimer of the legal character and profession ; and having expressed bis admiration for the talent evinced in tae Right . Hon . and Learned member ' s late speech , he commented upon its remarkable deficiency in point of practical ^ suggestion . He vindicated the common law . from Sir T . Wilde ' s attack upon it . The trial by jury rested on the common law , and the trial by jury was the foundation of public opinion . The decisions of the Judges , proceeding on no statute , but on the principles of this same common law , bad fixed the most important grounds of British liberty—had put nn end to general warrants—had settled the right of the imported slave to freedom—had abolished the state of villenage throughout this realm . Toe doctrine of conspiracy was as old aa the law of England ; and be
vindicated the reasonableness and utility of it . It had been said , why did you not indict for attending an illegal meeting ? It was well that such a coarse bad not been taken ; for this jury , to whom snch blind partiality had been impnted , bad refused to find that these meetings were illegal ; and if there had been an acquittal on that ground , you would now have possessed no check on the Bepeal movement Why not have prosecuted for libel 1 He owned that he did not like the present law of libel ; it was bis habit to dissuade even private prosecutors from proceeding upon it ; and prosecutions for public libel had been almost disused not only by himself but by all the lav ; efnetra for a considerable time . It was t ! Ieg * d in this debate that Mr . OConnell had not had a fair trial ; let that be proved , even sow , and in the next ttrm a new trial would be granted him by the Court Tbis was the proper and constitutional answer to the imputation of unfairness .
Mr . Roebuck took a retrospect of the state of Ireland under the successive Governments of late years , ebservlng that when the Whig Ministers fell into distress they were very liberal to Ireland ; but that so long a * they had been safe in their places , they had offered nothing for her welfare . On the other hand , the present Ministry , however untainted with bigotry themselves , were supported by a body of adherents , among whom bigotry was rife , and f r « m among whom they selected all tbeirinstronunU , to the great and natural dissatisfaction of the Irish people-Hence their ardour for Repeal—a result which he confessed would in his opinion be the greatest of evils except one , and that one was military governnenU . He hoped , however , that what bad passed within the last few days would induce the leader of Bepeal to teach bis countrymen that there was sympathy for them in England .
Mr . O'Cohnell said he was not about to speak of himself : be had come for a different purpose—to make a protestation and to ask . a question— -to protest against any new wrong to bis country , and to ask bow Ireland was to be governed . Before the Union she had an independent Parliament of her own . If she bad been raised to a more prosperous condition by the Union , then let the wisdom of that measure be praised ; for Mr . Pitt's argument in recommendation of it was , that it would increase her prosperity . What was the result ? Mr . Kohl , in his werk , as qaoted by the Times of the preceding day , bad attested that her condition was worse than that of the moat destitute countries in Europe . There were other testimonies to the like effect , and particularly the opinions of the Poor Law
Commissioners , who had shown that about one-third of her whole population was ia a state of pauperism . The ratio of population from 1830 to 1840 had been actually leu than in the ten years preceding . Little would be care for what had passed on ths late trials , if he could open the eyes of the wise and good in England to the real state of Ireland . At all events , he could nsver forget , and be would folJy relate to his countrymen the sympathy he had met in England . Bat he had little hope ef justice . Why -were not the franchises , why were not the corporate institutions , of the two countries toe same ? Was there any man now , on either side of the House , who did not wish that the Union bad been made complete ? Ton could have made your own arrangements then ;
but the cry of " the Church in danger" prevented that , and your Union was like the Identification of the shark with its prey—the swallowing up of the one by the other . The Whigs , -who succeeded Mr . Pitt , were able to effect nothing for Ireland ; aU they asked was but to make Catholic officers , naval and military , capable of promotion ; bat they could sot succeed , though the measure in reality went only to increase the Crown ' s prerogative . The No Popery cry was raised to an incredible height and extent . Mr . Perceval made exclusion hu staple . He resolved that the Catholics should go no farther ; bat they resolved that they would , and they combined for that purpose . Mr . O'Connell then sketched the history of these combinations to the year 1825 . In that year all might
have been settled ; the clergy , with their bishops , wero prepared to concur in a general arrangement ; bat the offer vras refused . Upon this the county of Clare returned him to Parliament ; Emancipation nacessarily followed , and it was granted , but In an undignified way , as a thing enforced and extorted . The Reform Bill was the consequence of the Emancipation ; but in that Reform Bill the franchise bestowed upon ; Ireland was measured oat with the most unjust parsimony ; in proof of which he referred to several Irish counties with large populations and small constituencies . The Repeal question was then debated in the House . It was rejected ; bat the House resolved that it would redress the grievances of Ireland . That pledge , however , was not fulfilled . He read a petition
which he bad presented from the Precursors' Society , setting forth what they considered and claimed as their rights , From this he proceeded to the late prosecutions . He protested against them , in the name of the Irish people—first , because the meetings were not illegal , onless , indeed , illegality were eonstltated by the repetition of many acts each individually legal . Secondly , because every Catholic bad been struck from tao Jury ; with respect to which , be defended himself against a charge made against him en a former evening—that he had himself been guilty of packing jurors . It was a base and false insinuation that Catholic jurors would perjure themselves . Be acquitted Mr . Shaw of any evil intention In the omission of the jury names , and his clerk of having received any bribe .
He blamed the demurrer upon the challenge to the array ; and spoke in bitter terms of the Lord Chief Justice ' s charge to the jury . With respect to the measures proposed by the Government , he treated them as of little value . What they ought to do oh the subject * they meant to deal with , was to make each aXoman Catholic bishoprick a sole Corporation—to improve the borough franchise , clearing it from the grand jury cessto give to the counties as large a constituency , in proportion to thsir population , as the English counties enjoyed—and to bring back the law of landlerd and tenant to what it was before the Union . Bnt there were other things to be done . The Government should remodel the financial arrangements between England and Ireland—enlarge the Irish Corporate franchise to
an equality with khat of England—provide against absenteeism , which was a crime in Ireland and ought to be punished—and increase the number of Irish representatives . There was one more grievance , greater than all the rest—the'Cbnrch . Until there were religious equality , there could be no political freedom ; bnt that could not be accomplished by money . Tbe Catholio clergy would not accept , a pecuniary provision ; nor could your treasury afford ah adequate one ; any pittance you could give would bat irritate , not satisfy . Could not religion , thrive unless backed by money ? He was going back to Ireland to convey the answer of Parliament , bnt be feared it would not be a satisfactory one . His anxiety was to see men act together like brothers , without distinction between English and Irish , Protestant and Catholic .
Sir R . Peel bespoke the indulgence of the House , as having to travel over a field exhausted by nine nights of debate . He began by denying the historical assertions of Mr . O'Connell . The independent Parliament he talked of bad been the most corrupt that ever existed ; and bo Mr . Grattan described it Baring its existence , according to Mr . O'Connell , the happiness of Ireland was almost perfect ; yet for the last twenty years of its time there had been a constant series of insurrecti 6 n acts ; that Parliament itself was composed exclusively of Protestants ; and the Protestant Church existed unbroken . It might be imagined what mis-statements tbe Learned Member was aocostomed to make to his countrymen , when he conli venture to make such assertions in the face of the House of Commons . This was
a party motion ; and in order to make it impossible that the Government should agree to it , in which case ; he Noble If over most have proposed something for the welfare of Ireland , the motion had been mixed with a csnsure upon Ministers themselves . The Noble Lord aeemedtohavebeensolvingaquestioninpoliUoalflaxion ? , brvr to combine , tbe maximum ol crimination against the Government with the minimum of inconvenient engagement to himself . He might have been a little le * s " acrimonious ; considering the sort of bouse he lived in , be might have : thrown fewer Btonea . _ The example was one which he biEtielf wonld r . ot imitate . With xefereneB to Lord John Russell ' s attack on the
Lord Chancellor , he vindicated that emineat nobleman , and the selection of him for hia high office . ; repeated Lord Lyndhurst ' a own explanation ; and rebuked the conduct of Lord John Russell and the Wbig « to Lord Plunkett , an Irishman ; - of the-very highest qualifications , -whom , only six creeks before they left office , they , the advocates of ; the exclusive claims of Irishmen to judicial office , had removed from the G eeat Seal of Ireland to gratify the vanity of a Scotchman . ' He read the instructions . ; . which , be had given to the Lord Liculenant , directing him to inc lude in his patronage inch Roman Catholics as had not taken part in political agitation . Those instructions had been acted upon at tbe flrst opportunity , in the in-
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Btance of ' Serjeant Howiey , and tbe reward of the SS ~ L ^^ t 0 IWnt r ° «*«* ««>»» the Liberal party . The . Qevemmeafc had taken office in September , 1841 , and until March ; J 84 S ,: they bid maintained in Ireland the smallest ^ force irWoD , exff ** Ti ?** ** J ^ ' "scMtaw * IMH ever been stationed there ; they had reduced the Whig establishment by J . 4 00 men . In March ; 184 S , the agitaUon te&K ^ Tbe Government 1 » 4 done-notWnglo jrovoke this { buUt did not suit Be View * > f some perhobs that Ihe Government should Be imccessfoL The period was peculiarly favoorirt ^ : t ^ : tiie because the Poor LaW of the late MlnUter * wi then coming , Into , operation and galltagWl . thepoowit pecupiers j it was atooji period of agricultural depression ;
and there was , moreover , aa alarm on th > subject of the tariff . The Government was charged trlth allowing the meetings to proceed for the purpose of entrapping toe agitators . He Bplumnly daniedtn » ipairpoa > . They had not thought it \^ e- ~ nay , hie thoughtr . it could be seldom wise , to apply fco ParHament for extraqrdioary pewers , the effect of which was generally to impair the credit and efflcacj ' of the ^ ordinaryMiiw . Thei . Whigs had taken a differeat course ; ( Hey . bid applied for a coercion bill } and he himself , instead of making a Licbfleld-house compact with the opponents « f that measure to turn out the Whig Government , had given his support to the bill . He read eomeof the provisions of tfeat measure , which created new offences , and made them triable by Court martial . He had instructed the
Lord-Lieutenant , if any meetings should be announced , with respect to which there should be affidavits from firm and voluntary deponents stating them to be of such a character as to endanger tbe public peace , that a proclamation should be Issued to forbid such meetings j that , if necessary , the ground should be pre-occupied , and that , in the last resort , It should be dispersed . Notice had not been wanting . The dismlaaal of the magistrates , and the Queen's speech on the prorogation , bad been sufficient 'warnings . For a while the Government had abstained freiu directly interfering , not without some hope that the agitation might subside . But the meetings became more dangerous ; the day selected for ene of them was the anniversary of the Irish rebellion ; the scenes of others
were those of events associated with national exasperation . The Clontaif meeting had these distinguishing features—that it was attended with military array , that it was convened in military language , and that troops of Repeal cavalry were summoned to attend It The law advisers of tbe Crown were of opinion that these clrcamatanoea distinguished that from the previous meetings , and rendered it of Itself illegal . The Government then decided to issue the proclamation , to oconpy the ground , and to appeal to the law . He justified that appeal ; and denied all intention of disrespect to the Roman . Catholics . He read evidence of the excitement then prevailing throughout Ireland , manifested even in the night by signal flaes upon the bills of many counties ; and asked , whether tbeae
things were for the purpose of petition ? The Government bad had no alternative but to act upon the law . A conviction was obtained , without bloodshed—without collision ; and then the Government were assailed by a powerful party , and arraigned , sometimes for too great forbearance , and sometimes for too great vigour . If they bad taken any different coarse , tbis House would have rang with far other tauntstaunts for premature interference , or for a cowardly disposition to spare the powerful and pursue the weak . It remained for him to deal with a much . more important subject—tbe future policy of Government in Ireland . He wondered it had not occurred to Mr . O'Connell , that if Wealth and intelligence were of any importance in a constituency , the extensive pauperism
which bo bad mentioned as , amounting to seventy per cent , on the ; whole agricultural population mast be a strong argument against the extensive franchise demanded . He explained and vindicated the coarse which had , been taken with respect to the Landlord and Tenant Commission . As to the franchise , he admitted that there ought to be , not Identity betwetn the two countries , which was impossible , bat substantial equality . That was the principle which we ought to endeavour to establish throughout Irish affairs . New u to the Church . The Legislature bad given to tbe P / otestafita at tbe Union an assurance for tbe preservation of their Establishment ; and as far as national compact could have force , that Establishment was protected . ' A * authorities for this protection ,
be cited Mr . Bnrko , Mr . Grattan . Mr . Plunket , * & A Sir John Newport He would not say that the compact most bind the Parliament in all possible circumstances , bat he held that it ought not to be lightly disturbed . Bat there was a still higher ground—that of the welfare of Ireland herself . There most be some Church Establishment ia ( bat country , and it could not be Catholio , because tbe Catholics refused to accept endowments iu connection with the State . What then could be more unreasonable than to take from a Church which submitted itself to tbe State fivesixth * of its property , for the purpose of transferring that proportion to aChnrch which refused any such connexion ? He could conceive nothing more likely to raise a spirit ofthe widest discord ; His determination , therefore , was to uphold the Protestant Church in its fall integrity , not excluding such reforms as might
Improve its usefulness . He proposed to give facilities for the endowments of private benefactors to the Roman Catholic Church ; and to increase very largely the grant for public education . He referred with , great emotion , to the sacrifices which he had made for Ireland , when in trder to carry emancipation , and , as he had hoped , to insure her tranqullity , he had risked private friendship and political connexion , and had forfeited the cherished representation of that university in which ate earliest ambition bad been gratified . He hoped that if party did not mar tbe endeavour , Ireland might yet be governed by the ordinary law . He expressed his belief that there was a growing disposition to discard mere party feeling ; and concluded ' with an eloquent aspiration for the day when the Sovereign of these kingdoms , alighting like some benevolent spirit on the shores of Ireland , might lay tbe foundation of the temple ot peace .
Mr . Roche complained or Sir R . Peel for having charged Mr . O'Conuell with nvazjpresentation of history . "Lord J . Rtjssell replied at some length ; and tbe House
divided—Against the motion 324 For it ... 225 Ma jority against it 99 Monday , Feb . 26 . On tbe motion for going into Committee of Supply , Mr . Shaeman Csawfobd called the attention of the House to various petitions setting forth the complaints and grievances of the people , particularly ' the allegation that the House was unfairly and corruptly constituted , and was not , In fact , a virtual representation of the efatlre community . A portion iof hi ? speech was directed ' to the subject of Ireland , and the redress of its grievances , and he moved that the consideration of the Estimates be postponed till after Easier , in order to afford due time for a comprehensive review , In com ' mlttee , of our entire system of taxation , with a view to redaction .
Colonel RaWDON seconded the amendment , with a few observations directed to the subject of the condition of Ireland , for which he apologised on the ground that more English than Irish members had spoken In the Irian debate . Sir Howard Douglas spoke a few explanatory words , and Mr . Williams did not think that the reasons assigned for the postponement were adequate . He was not in a hurry to vote away the vast sama set down Jn the Estimates , more especially as the annual financial statement never made the people acquainted with the fact that between four and five million * were annually intercepted on their road to the Treasury by public departments , as the Customs , &c . He reviewed generally oar system of taxation , and asked for various explanations on various items of the Estimates .
Mr . Fieldzn followed , complaining , amongst other grievancs , of the . Inoome-Tox , on which he entered into , some detail , ' censoring the conduct of the Boards of Commissioners . Mr . Stdnet Hebbert postponed explanation on the Naval Estimates until they had gone regularly into committee . '' ' : Dr . Bowrino considered that the amendment was the assertion of a popular right and constitutional principle . The proceeding might be considered obstructive If the House were fairly constituted , bat such war nob the case , taking into account the fact of a large amount of discontent amongst the unrepresented masses , / who saw vast sums voted away without any sufficient control . ;
Mr . T , Doncomb ? asked a question reflpecting certain returns , to which the Chancellor of the Exchequer replied that they wero In preparation . He also briefly noticed tbe complaints of Mr . Fielden , reapecting the conduct of the Commissioners for collecting the Incometax , over whom the Government has no direct control . There was a power of appeal under the Act to Special Commissioner * , i ' Mr . E . B . Roche complained that the Government , instead of reasoning with the Irish as reasonable beings , and convincing them that their demand for the Repeal of the Union was really a diememberaient of the empire , had attempted to put it down by the strong arm of the law . Dur ing the recent debate , though Sir R . Peel had
made , a conciliatory speech , which contrasted with those of Sir J . Graham and Lord Stanley ; yet nothing Was elicited which would enable the Irish people to understand really what was to be done for them . Proceeding to address the House , on the subject of the Irish Chkrch and the franchise , he was interrupted by the observation that there bad been already nine nights ' debate ' on these questions , to which be replied , that there would be nine times nine nighta' debate on Irish grievances , until something -was done . The Government boasted that they held Ireland by military force ; bat they only held the barracks aad the hatcpurs—the ooantry was id the pqisaegsion of the inhabitants , whoae deep loyal devotion to the Crown was the true security for itB retention . : ;
Mr . GISBOBNE , though approving of an investigation into thapaople ' a' grievances , could not yota for . a proposition for a simple postponement of the estimates till after Easter wilhoat any specifio motioa . On a division the amendment waa rejected by 106 to 11 .
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Sir Charles Namer then brought forward a motion for an inquiry into the constitution of the Board of Admiralty . He complained of the Irregular and inefficient manner in which the boalness was transacted between the diflferent departments ; of tbe small number of naval men , whether seamen , marines , or naval dviliang , selected to fill tha numerous subordinate situations In the offices , dock-yards , victualling department , &o ., of the Admiralty , which were usually filled by butlers and other servants of inflaentlal Individuals ;
and also of the want of a anffioient fond to provide a " retired list" for old officers , and thus , by the equitable promotion of younger men , enable the Navy to be kept in an efficient state . He ] also pleaded for a proper rating of the Important class of " masters , " who at present rank la an Inferior graie below the yonngest and junior officers . The cuangea wWob . be proposed to introduce into the Board of Admiralty woie intended to elect such a subdivision of doty aa would secure an efficient performance of it , from the First Lord downwards . '
Mr . Stdnbt Hebbert ( the Secretary to the Admiralty ) was favourable to the employment of naval men In the civil service of the Adialralty , and was instrumental ia promoting it But old men wereinefflolent , and young men , as eoon as they bad learned their boslnesa , were apt to be taken on active service , by which an inconvenient change of servants would be continually maintained . He did not see what was to be gained by a change of servants In tbe Board of Admiralty % at present there was a responsible officer at the head of each department ; these was a fair day ' s work for each , bat not more than ; any industrious man could overtake—though he admitted that in time of war an increase might be necessary . j
Captain Pkchell thought that na sufficient answer had been made to the statement of Sir Charles Napier . He , therefore , went into varieusi professional details , in order to prove that the defect of . due anpervision , in the build of oat men ot war , the manning of the navy , &C rendered a change necessary , j Dr . Bowbing complained of the Imperfect manner in which the Estimates were presented to the House , and which was Incompatible with good accountancy . Departments were allowed to act . both for expenditure and receipt , and no satisfactory national balance sheet could be made oat Without the adoption of a system which would stake the Exchequer strictly responsible for the expenditure of each department After a few words from Captain Plamridge , the Speaker was suffered to leave the chair , the House went into committee , and 1
Mr . Sfdnet Herbert rose to prose the Naval Estimates . As great a redaction j had been effe « ted as was consistent with the efficiency of our Navy , and the protection of our interests la all parts of the world . It is the Intention of Government to re-establish Deptford a building yard ; schools are established for the instruction of yoatfes ia naval architecture ; and various changes hate been made , ia order to tender the whole of oar naval yards more t&ctive , and mantain our shipping superiority . After running over the differeat Items , explaining where there had been increase , and where redaction , he moved ft vote of 36 , 000 men and 2 , 000 boys for the naval service . Mr . Williams questioned the { reason of the large number of marines employed on shore , which was 2 , 560 more than in 1835—38 . !
Sir George Cockburn explained that the Marine force on shore was extremely valuable , fcom the readiness with which they could be shipped , in case of any sudden emergency of war . Sir Charles Napier agreed tin the propriety of maintaining ear Navy fully manned . Some conversation followed on professional and other points after which the vote was agreed to , as was another , after which farther progress with the Estimates was suspended , and the House resumed . Too farther consideration of the ! Horse-racing Penalties Bill was then brought on ; and Mr , Craven Berkeley proposed a clause , to extend the protection of the act to all games and sporta . Dr . BOWrino seconded the motion , not understanding the exclusive legislation which would protect one fashionable sport , and leave others open to penal action . '
Mr . J . Wortlet saw no analogy between cockfighting , and other cruel sports , and betting at horseraelng . The bill , too , merely suspended certain actions till a committee , now sitting , bad reported on the gaming laws , with & view to their revision . Mr . Cravrn Berkeley withdrew bis amendment , and tbe bill passed through thifl stage of its progress . ; The House then rose .
Tuesdat , Feb . | 27 . Mr . Cobden postponed bis motion ( for a select committee to inquire into the t fleets of protective duties on imports upon the interests of the tenant-farmers and farm labourers of this country ) to this day fortnight ; Mr . Ferrand postponed his j amendment to Mr . Cobden ' s motion to the same day . ! Mr . T . Duncombe gave notice ,- for Friday next , of a motion for a return of all payments raade to Richard B . Hughes , Charles Ross , John Jackson , ' and to the proprietors of the Morning Herald and the Standard for information furnished in relation to the late Irish state trials . I In answer to Mr . Hindley , it was Intimated by
Sir Robert Peel , that there was every reason to believe that the French Government had deliberately and of their own voluntary feeling , disavowed the proceedings of the French Admiral , . ' Dapetit Tbonars , is taking possession of Tahiti ; and that , therefore , the excellent men , oar Protestant missionaries , to whom so much was due , would be freed from all apprehensions . ' Sir J . Graham , in reply to Mr . Borthwlck , said he was not prepared to moke any alteration in the discretionary and responsible power now vested in tbe Poor Law Commissioners , with respect to the appointment of Chaplains to Poor Law Union workhouses . In answer to Mr . Tamer , ] Sir R . Peel said that the Government had no
intention of introducing any legislative measure on the subject uf duelling . Bat Government Were practically discouraging duelling . In the melancholy ease of Col . Fawcett—a brave officer—his widow was refused the pension , to Which otherwise she would have been entitled , if her husband had not died in a duel j and Lieut . Munro . who bad not come forward at the end of the usual time allowed him , was superseded . Mr . THOMAS Duncombe asked If , in that case , the practice of tbe army in trying officers for not fighting duels was to be discontinued t f Sir RessRT Peel , embarrased by several questions , begged that all discussion might be postponed till the formal Introduction of a motion , of which Mr . Turner gave notice for yesterday fortnight
Mr . Wallace then called tbe attention of the House to tho subject of the entire Judicial Establishment In Scotland , which contains ninety-three stipendiary judges on fall salaries . The people of Scotland , in consequence of the unnecesary delays and vexatious procedure of their own courts , had little confidence in them ; and the Court of Chancery , in London , was the virtual court in which the majority of Scotch suits were decided . He entered largely into the subject , his speech being necessarily composed of what he himself described as " dry details . " ! There belag no seconder to his motion , it could not be pat ; but j Sir James Graham claimed tbe favour of making a few observations in reply to some of the remarks of Mr . Wallace . He vindicated the character of the Lord Justice Clark , and the other Scotch Judges .
The Speaker intimated that certain parties were nob intending to prosecute their petition against the return of Mr . Bright for Durham . i The next motion was by Lord John Markers , for an address to her Majesty respecting the detention of Don Carlos in the French dominions , which led to a long but not very interesting debate . The motion was eventually withdrawn , j Captain Bernal moved for a copy of an address to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from the Dublin Protestant Operative Association , and of the Lord Lieutenant ' s answer . ¦
Lord Eliot thought It highly Inexpedient to give importance to soph an address by placing it on the records of the House ; although , fas the subject had been mentioned In the late debate * and the documents themselves had fceen published In the newspapers , there was no secret in the matter . The objectionable expression in the address had been left unnoticed in the Lord-Lieutenant ' s answer , not because his Excellency meant to sanction such sentiments , but because the pbraso had occurred only in an incidental way . ' " \ Mr . T . Dun COMBE orged Captain Bemal to persevere by dividing the House , f A division accordingly took place , when the numbers
were— , Against the motion ... ... ... 105 For it ... ... ... 54 Majority against it ... ... 51 The House then , upon the motion of Sir R . Peel , ad journe < 3 until to-morrow . i
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ANOTHER TRIUMPH FOR THE MINERS . JUDGES' CHAMBERS , LONDON , FEB . 24 . ( Before Mr . Justice Coleridge . J Richard Jones and James Booth was brought up b $ Habeas from Knutsford House of Correction , in the custody of Burgea , the gaoler , to which place they bad been committed bj Dr . Swan Wick flir the prosecution of Mr . Ashwotth , agent for Lord Veinon , of the Point and Worth Collieries . Mr . Haddlestone was engaged for the men ; Mr . Lloyd for the noble collier . Upon hearing the case briefly stated , his Lordship ordered the conviction to be quashed , and the men were Immediately discharged . Burges , theKnutsrord Gaoler , who had the care of the men in the above case , charged one shilling a mile eachman , as his expences for bringing
them up from Knutsford to London , and promised that he would : treat them with' kindness , and find them a comfortable place to repose in aft « r thoir journey of neatly 200 miles . Arriving in London , this kind , just , and considerate gaoler lodged them in a cell of the Vinestreet Police Station , the receptacle for drunken prostitutes , pickpockets , felons , &c ; and from the screams , caused by the continuous reception of new comets of the above orders , " not one moment ' s rest coald these poor fellows ebtain . After the case was decided . Mr . Roberts read the above worthy an amusing and instructive lesson on the injustice of charging one shilling a mile for bringing up poor working men , which produced a visible effect on his gaolersbip , who then said , after deducting the actual expfcnees , he would make tbe two men a present of the balance .
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Never Fear—A young woman not averse to-matrimony requested her father to look out for a husband for her . Surprised at the impromptu , he mada use of the quotation from . St . Paul— "They who m ? . ° weII / bQfc they who do nob do hatter . " "Well , " said she , "letine do well j aad those who like may do better . " The People pv England fleeced to suppori Churches in India—In our last paper , we stated that the Bishop of Caloutta , through the mediam o £ the Sooiety for the Promotion of Chrisdan Knowledge , had extorted £ 5 , 000 from ub in order to build a ohurch or chapel in India . It waa a mis-print , and the sum eboald have been £ 50 , 060 . The Bishop began with £ 5 . 000 . and soon skipped to £ 60 . 000 ,
and where he will end nobody dan tell . Way should our overworked and underfed people contribute a single farthing to building churchea in India 1 We are told that at home we are so destitute of ohurohes , that the people-must go vathout domestia roofs or pavings , drainage , and lighting , ia order to supply themselves with ohurohes and chapels jf and after the poor oreatuiea have been cheated , jleeoed , robbed and plundered , they are called apooj ^ sacrifice more for the erection of places of worship in India . This appears truly infamous to us . If any portion of the people want : Churchea in India , let hem have the benefit of paying for them . ' The
biahop begins with a demand of £ 5 , 000 , and prooeeda direotlyto ^ asO . OOO . Wh o ; knows whether : his hexfc leap may not be £ 500 , 000 ¦! .-. Where is : the Bystem thus begun to terminate ? If we oommence : with building a church at Calcutta , on such estimates , we shall be called upon to build a church at Bombay , and another a , t Madras , and the eyatem of ohurca building may be spread all over India ; and as India iB ten times as largem Great Britain our ^> ople will have to pay even more than the interest of her National Debt to supply the Hindoos and Mahomedana with places of worship , aud into not one of which willlthey ever enter . —Weekly JXspatch .
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IO IHE CHABT 1 SIS OP GBSAT BBITAIH . Fellow Chartisis , —The . Bufferings whieh many of our fellow-patriots have undergone in the prisons of England is bo revolting to the higher and nobler feelings of oar nature , and so repugnant to the principles of justice , that it is impossible to reflect on the conduct of the Government which has perpetrated such outrages on public liberty , through individual proscription , without feeling the deepest indignation for its execrable
tyranny ! N In the report of the Delegate meeting from which this address emanates , yon will perceive ( by an extract fran a letter ) fee disgraceful , we might say criminal treatment , which Mr . Linney is now undergoing . It might appear , from the description , that it was drawn under-feelings of much * excitement , and consequently was over-coloured , were it not for tbe fad that tw » of the friends of our ' cause , imprisoned in the Penitentiary have already been consigned to an untimely grave .
The measures we have decided upon may not succeed with the Home Secretary , but should they fail , we confidently hope that every town and Tillage in Great Britain will prepare petitions for tbe House of Commons , and let it be distinctly stated that we cannot regard snch treatment as other than mukdeb cwjsb PSETENCE OP lUPRlSOSKKNT . Signed on behalf of the Delegate Meeting , held at BUstoa , February 4 th , 18 * 1 . G . Dudlet , Chairman . __ , _ , __ r ^^ a ^__ i _ . r r ¦
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Tzsj DteT 1—An Irish postboy , having driven a gentleman a long stage daring torrents of rain , the . gentlemajT drily said to Paddy M Are you not very wet ! " " Arrah ! I don't care about being very tcel , but plase your honour I'm very dry "
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r' »~*—• J ~ -- *¦¦"•¦¦¦ » — - ¦ ¦ "¦ - — - ^ ~*** vJ * s >** - * r > s **** i ^ rsm , Anti-Mathkwiteb—In Gibraltar there was a great scarcity of water , and a general complaint of the want of it . An Irish officer said , " He was very easy about the matter , for he had nothing to do with water ; if he only got his tea in ; the morning , and punch at night , it was all he wanted . " Do YOUR doty—It ' will afford ! sweeter happiness m the hour of deatb , to have ^ ri peii one , tear from the cheok of Borrow , than to hare raled an empire , to have conquered tnillionsi or io have enslaved tha whole world . i
Suicide at Blackfbubs-Bbjdge . —About halfpast two o ' clock ; on Friday morning a respectablydressed woman , about twenty-fire years of age , was observed by the policemen on duty to be lingering about the ; bridge as if waiting for « omo one . She was seen-at tho above time by City police-constable 329 , who having passed her about . twenty yards , saw her deliberately mount the parapet of the bridge near the centre , on the east side , and plunge into river . He gate an alarm , but in . cousequecce of the boats being seenred , considerable delay teok place , and before he could reach her she had Bunk and was carried away by the Btroam .
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YOBKSHtBE . —A public meeting of the Thorp Col-Hera vraa held on Tuesday evening , the 20 th . of Feb ., at Mr . Sayles , Vulcan ' s Arms , Mr . Silvester in the chair . The meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr . Swallow . At the conclusion a goodly cumber took out cards . ' A meeting of Colliers was held at the house of Mr . Bradshaw , Darnley , near Sheffield , on Wednesday evening , the 21 st { when the long room waa crowded to suffocation . Joseph Fletcher , a working man , in the chair . The meeting was a&dressed b ? Mr . D . Swallow , on the Principles of General Union . At the ' conclusion , several Miners were enlisted undee the banner of union . . On Friday afternoon , another meeting was held at Dirnley , in the Independent Chapel , at . three o ' clock , John Cheetham , an old
collier , in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Air . If . Swallow , Joseph Fletcher , and several others A veta of thanks was given to the Trustees for their kindness in letting them have the chapel . On Friday evening , at seven o ' clock , a meeting of Miners was Held in Woodbouse , a working collier in ike chair . The meeting was addressed at length by D . Swallow , on Miners ' grievances . A vote of thanks was given to the chairman and Mr . Swallow . Several of those present took out cards of membership . The Colliers of Masbro' mefc in George Booth ' s long room , to bear an address , from D . Swallow , on the 24 th ultimo- After q vote of thanfrs to the chairman and Mr . Swallow , tha meeting adjourned until the 26 th . —A public meeting of Colliars was on Monday , the 26 th ult . held at the
house of Mr . Kent , Badgate , when the large room and kiUnen was filled to exeess . Luke Wood was in tbe chair , who opened the meeting in a short address , and introduced David Swallow to the meeting . At the conclusion thirty-six new members were enrolled ; and on the Saturday previous , forty . It was neticed in last Saturday ' s Star , that the Rawmarah Colliers bad summoned Mr . Charleaworlh up under the Truck Act . The case was to have been beard at Rotherbam , on Monday , the 26 th ; but Mr . Win . Sellers , the agent , came aud desired the matter should be compromised . So the men agreed that they would not go into Court , on condition that Mr . Sellers should not sen any more candles , powder , bacon , &c , and that he should pay all expences , which amounted to £ 3 5 < 6 d .
A public meeting of the Miners of Eccleshall , neat Sheffield , was held on Tuesday , 27 th nit , at the Prince of Wales pnblie house , Mr . Joseph Wilkinson in the chair . He opened the meeting in a abort address , and introduced Mr . D . Swallow to the meeting , who spoke two bours on the nature and influence of Union . A vote of thanks was given to Mr . Swallow and the chairman . * North Staffordshire . —Tbe delegate meeting was held at the Plough Inn , Hanley , on the 26 th inst . Mr . Joseph Booth was called to the chair . Tbe first business was to collect the monies in from various
Lodges as follows : —General Fnnd—Cock , at Foleylane-end , 19 s 6 d ; Lovet's Lodge , do ., £ l Is 101 ; Chesterton Lodge , £ 1 Is 7 d ; Old Oafe , Cneadle , 9 a 8 d i Bailey ' 8 Lodge , Buialem , 13 a 4 d ; Plough Inn , Hauley , 19 s 7 A ; Sneyd Green , 6 s lOd ; Queen ' s Head , Burslem , 4 * 8 d ; Prince Albert , Tuna tall , 5 s 4 d ; Crows and Anchor , do ., 17 s 9 d ; Bradley Green , 163 2 d ; Kingaley , 7 s 9 d ; Knutton Heath . £ 1 16 s 3 d ; Norton , lls lid ; Harris's Head , 16 s 4 d ; Alsager ' s Bank , £ 1 2 s 8 d ; Audley , £ 1 la 2 d ; Talk- ' oth-bill , 12 s lOd ; Smalthorn , 6 a 7 d ; Golden Hill , £ l 17 s ; Dive-de-lane , lls 2 d ; Red Lion , Harris ' s Head , 16 s 9 J ; total to General Fund , jgl 7 15 s 8 d .
SuBSCaiPTicm Fund , —Cock , at Foley-laue End , ' £ G 16 s fl ja ; Lovete Lodge Lane , £ 8 18 5 £ ; Chesterton Lodge £ 2 13 s lid ; Old Oak , Cheadie £ 112 s ; Bailey ' s Lodge , Buralem . £ 9 7 a 7 d ; Plough Inn , Hanlej £ 10 0 s 6 d ; Sneyd's Green £ 5 63 lOd ; Qaeen ' a Head , Burslem £ 2 14 s lOd ; Prince Albert , Tunstall £ 4 . 63 ; Crown And Anchor , ditto , £ 14 7 s Bhd ; Bradley Greea £ 7 5 « 6 d ; Kingsley £ 2 7 a ; Knutton ' Heath £ 16 17 s 6 d ; Norton £ l 16 $ fid ; Nag ' s Head , Harrishead £ 3 3 s ( 5 d ; Alsager ' a | Bank £ 12 ; Audley £ 9 18 s 6 i ; Talk ' oUj HU 1 £ 2 ; Smailthorn £ 4 12 s Id ; Golden Hill £ 4 lls ; Bad Lion , Harrishead £ 3 18 s 8 d : —Total received £ 134 133 6 £ d . The following resolutions were passed : — " That Mr . James George return from South Staffordshire to North Staffordshire to labour amongst the Miners of the latter division in the capacity ef an agent , and that Edward Lawton officiate until he arrives there . " ' That the services of Mr . William DIxoabe solicited for a short time in . this district . "
Padiham . —The Miners of Padiham beg to return their heartfelt thanks to their brother Miners for the liberal manner in which they have come forward to support them against the tyranny of their oppressors . They have been on strike eleven weeks , and are eightyone in number , and have upwards of 100 children amongst them . The masters are sending men all over to try to persuade men to come and take oar places . They have been into Yorkshire and Shropshire , promising to give men five shillings per day ; but they have . not succeeded in getting one . The following sums have been received far the two past weeks . For the first week : —Bacup , £ 5 ; Fox Clough , 4 s 5 d ; OverDarwen ,
15 s ; Bel thorn , £ 4 4 s 6 d ; Eabum-brldge , 3 s ; Mats £ en , 183 3 d ; Baxenden , £ 5 ; a Friend lOd ; Dnnken HsJgfa Park , £ 3 19 i ; Broadflold , £ l ; Bumley , 9 s 9 i ; Swinahaw , £ 3 5 s j Ighton Hill Park , £ 1 9 s 7 Sd ; a few Friend , 6 s 5 ^ d ; Altha m , £ 6 17 s 2 d ; Rochdale District ; , £ 2 . For the second week : —Bury District , No . 1 Lodge , £ l 2 s ; No . 2 Lodge , 17 6 d ; No . 3 Lodge , Ratcliffe . £ 1 14 s ; No . 4 Lodge , £ 1 Is ; No . 5 Lodge , £ H 8 s 8 d ; No . 6 Lodge , 17 s 9 d ; Altham , £ 7 lls ; Dulesgate , £ l ; Bacup , £ 5 ; Swinshaw , £ 3 5 s ; Mawden , £ 1 Is 3 d ; Bethorn , £ 3 7 a 6 d ; Baxenden , £ 5 ; Rochdale Dlstiict , £ 2 ; Burnley , 10 a 9 d ; Dunbea Halgh Park and BradfieW , £ 4 18 a ; Ighton HlUPaifc Colliery , £ 1 Us .
Northumberland—A meeting df coalminers was held at the house of Mr . Lionel Aynsley , Cowpea Qoay , at six o ' clock in the evening of Friday , the 23 rd inst The chair Was occupied by a worthy collier . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Longstaff and Stephenson , from Thorney colliery , who gave a faithful detail of the struggle between capital and labour at that place . They were followed by Mr . Joseph Wilde on the plan of restriction . There was a numerous attendance and all were highly satisfied . On Sunday
a meeting was held at Kadoliffe Terrace , at the hoose of Mr . Henry Muers . Mr . Matthew Hops Was in the chair , who opened the meeting by introducing Mr . Jos . Wilde , who addressed tbe men on the restrlctton question to the great satisfaction of all present . He was followed by Mr . David Harrison , who read the minutes of the delegate meeting at Durham held the former part of the week . He also adverted to the movement of tradesnieu at Newcastle . —Mr . J . Wilde next week will address the miners of Acklington , Broomhlll , Togston , Skillbottle , and other p laces In the North .
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Mabch % 1844 . THE NORTHERN ST A E' 7
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1254/page/7/
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