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DUBLIN.—The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday lost.
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MR . OASTLER IN LEEDS . On Moaday evening last , Mi . Oastler met tbe Leeds-Coaimittee for Mb Liberation and Anility , at the Fleece Inn , Briggale . t ) n M 3 entering the room ^ all the members rose and cheered most enthuBiasti- < « aDy for sevsraL minute . After " the ordinary business . of the evening vaa concluded , "Mr . Mabxik Cawood , in a- speech replete with heartfelt affection for ibo "Old King ' , welcomed him to his native town , by moving a yote of congratnlation to Iiir . Oastler , and expressing a hope that Mb life might be spared to enable him to carry out those benevolent , projects -which were so entirely connected with his name . Mr . G . Btjlxkx , surgeon , seconded the resolution in a very neat speech , which bein * carried , I Mr . Oastleb made the following speech , for a report of which we are indebted , and gladly acknowledge the obligation , to the acave Secretary of the committee .
Mb . Qastlkb rose and spoke as follows : —Mr , Chairman and Gentlemen , yon tviltnatnrally suppose that I could not enter this room , and hearyoui hearty cheers , withont having my he 3 rt melted with gratitude to that God who has watched over me whilst I have been in prison , and who , by his Holy Spirit , has moved the hearts of the people of England to unlock that prison door . ( Hear . ) I did fee ] grateful to Him fiat in my own native to wn I should receive a welcome from my townsmen , and I rejoiced when I entered this room to see seme faces that I recognized as old warriors in fhe battle of humanity against cruelty—( Hear)—some of the old or iginal Ten Hour Bill men— ( Hear)—those who fought nnder tbe banner of that sainted man whose
spirit , if immortal spirits are permitted to lake cognizance of tilings balow , is now ibvering over this room , and cheering us with his applause . ( Cheers . ) Leeds is dear to me as my nativs place ; if is dear to me as the burial place of my father and mother , of my sister and brothers , of my son and my daughter ; but it is also dear to me because as I tread its streets , as I have done to-day , I am reminded , and particularly in the poorer parts of it which I have visited this forenoon , 1 am reminded at almost every tarn of "visits which , when I was only a little bey , I have made to alleviate the sufferirgs of the poor , in the company of Michael Thomas S&dier . iHear , hear . ) IThink , my friends , what my emotion most be , having jast issued from a prison wher .-1 have been confined
for more than three years , acu in my native town , endeared by such recollections . k > find that the savour of mynameisnotyetlost . ( Hear and cheers . ) 01 my . &iends , if you could feel what I have felt during the last three months * when I was debarred of my liberty , shut up and accounted unworthy , in a free land , uf freedom , when I heard by every post and by eiery newspaper of the enthusiasm which prevailed in those towns were I was b ^ st known , and read of the gigantic and nnparraileled exertions of my friends to obtain my release ; when in the columns of every newspaper tbe same of the noble and lionhearted P ^ rraad shone oon = picnoualy , travelling from town to town—( hear , hear , hear)—in order to emaneipate his poor grey-beaded friend who lay in
prison—01 if you could appropriate to yourselves the feelings which agitated oy bosom when I felt myself a -prisoner onder snen circumstances , and recognised also the labours of my most excellent friend , Walter , and knew at * that a fast friend of mine , Lord Feversham , was associated in the good work—( cheers)—and , best of all , when I found in © very -place that my own lads , those Iad 3 who were boned so tightly round my heart—when I found in every place Aat they , still banishing every party and political feeling , that their old friend , though differing from them in many principles of party politics , yet recognising in Mm a friend , a fast and tried friend of the people , should be free—( hear)—that they were resolved they weald subscribe their
shillings , their sixpeHces , fbih pennies , aye , and even on one occasion I know tf one of my Huddersfield boys put into the treasui y the last farthing he had in order that hia ° -King" might again be free ;—( hear)—O , my friends , you little know what 1 had to pass through , during the last three months , from the power of sympathy working upon this poor , enfeebled , and then enfeebled frame . ( Cheers . ) Bat , Ihshk God , all is over—( Ion d eaeers ) - ^ and by the exertions of my friends , and the blessing of God , I am occe more a free man . ( Hear , bear , and loud cheers . ) It now becomes mj doty seriously to enquire in the presence of God , and la jour presence , why am I free ? There must be a cstt * . It ia not , I know it is sot , personal love alone that bas opened tbe prison
doors for me—( hear ) . It is something which has been recognised in me , something of principle that hai been i recognised , which I am expected hereafter to maintain J —{ bear } . And ween I look round about the world i into which I am now ushered , I see that there is great need of principle —( bear ; . I see that party strife ia on all hands exhausting itself . I find , -where- ; -ever I go and to whomsoever I talk , that party has no \ longer the same hold of ptople'a minds that it ' had : formerly . —( hear ) . 1 find that the distresses o ! the people of England have removed , in a great measure , those party mists and party bonds and party strifes which formerly divided them , and that poverty has , Indeed , brought together strange bedfellows . I find sow that the Whig and she Tory and the Radical aad
the Chartist can commune together . I and that they sB are aware that there is something 'beyond tbe reach of party that wanta € olng to make all comfortable ; -and they are looking out for sueh men as myself to tell them 'what that something is —( hear ) . I find tb&t many of those irho wera eur strongest opponents when we attempted to take the first step towards the regulation of maehrneTTj who opposed us with all the bitterness of patty malice , arid wha-would have it that we only brought forward the Ten Hour Bill for party purposes ; who even went so far as to pnbliah in the newspapers that I received JB 500 a year from tbe Date of WelHngton , and £ 500 a year frem the Earl of Hare-Wood , for the purpose of opposing the emancipation of the black slaves in the West Indies and the agitation
of the Reform £ 01 here ; I find that those men are n » w -willing to sit on the lowest seat in 6 nr school , and many of them have said to me * ' Ciatler , if we had . only understood yen we would have supported you *—{ cheers ) . There does -wont something doing . Tes , my Mends , I rejoice that I have come out at such a time . The Government , too . confess that something most be dene —( hear ) . We , therefore , of the old Ten Hour Bill ¦ cnool are still in oar places—\ hear)—to tell them that if they will not adept seme measure or oiker to regulate machinery , machinery which has already destroyed its tens of thousands , nay , its millions of the operative duns ; which bas destroyed its tens of thousands of the middle classes , and » Mea is cow destroying its hundreds even of the higher classes of manufacturers , must
go on , if nnrestzjeied , until one successful msnnf&ctorer shall possess binaelf of the -whole ; and tvhen he has got his accumulated mHIions we can tell him , and we can point to a melancholy example in this town , that he will find no happiness in his wealth , but he will be more miserable in the possession of his millions than he was wh « i he only possesrad a few thousands—( hearj . Well , then , my friends , we stand upon the same ground -we ever did , and we offer to them the Tes Hoar ' s Bill—the simple plain , efficient Ten Hour's BUI , unaccompanied by . Inspectors , Superintendents , or any otter Government officers , who , let me tell you , are always tbe spies of the Government—( bear , bear ) . Xet the stoppage of the moving power be adopted , or let the clauses for personal punishment to the
mfflownera -who fthtfl break the law be adopted , and ire can do without Inspectors and go on comfortably—( bear ) . The only thing that I fear is this , that they are too late with the Ten Hour ' s Bill , and that , psrhsps , aa Eight Hour ' s Bill will be required in its place ; for it is my candid opinion that if there were a law for only eight hoots daily wort in factories , every factory would be fuEy tmplcjed during the Tear round , and it would also bring into full occupation all the" members of the national working family . However , as we began with ten hours , we will not at present aik for eight Bat it may be as well that we should give a reason why we want a limitation of the hours of labour in factories . I am not going to give you all the reasons that float in my mind ; but it does so
happen that formerly there was an opinion prevalent in this country that men and women and children were made for nothiBg but work , work , -work , from Monday morning to Saturday night , if they could stand it , even "without snyrest ; and that the man who thus gave them employment was supposed to be their benefactor "—( bear ) . Now that was the mistake which we iad at first to contend with . We had to take Doctors np to London , and we had to take Dorters out of London , the most eminent Doctors of the day ,, to prove to the Government of this country , that excessive labour destroyed the physical powers of human beings . We had also to take clergymen and men who had noticed the operation upon the morals of the people of a system of excessive labour in factories , to prove that the morals
of the people verer destroyed by excessive labour in fcctoriest and we were met by the observations of individuals who were tens employing them , and thus destroying then moral- ana physical powers— " What have we to do with that , if -we employ them and pay them , and keep them from idleness ? Too are tbeirworst enemies who try to make them uneasy under such a byb-XtmP The Government at that time was unwilling to believe that they had the charge of the physical sad moral health of the people in their hands ; but , thank God , that mist is dispelled , and it is now understood sot only hy the Conservative Government , but by the Whig party in the state , not only by the Conservative press , but also by the Whig press—it is now an understood axiom that it is the duty of the Government to interfere and . prevent the deterioration of the moral
and physical powers of the human beings who may be employed in factories . O ! that Sadler had lived to see fail princlplei neognfei by his supporters . and his opponent *—( hear ) . Well then , we demand a Tan Hoars ' Bin because more labour than tea boars a day has bees declared murder ' . —{ hear ) . It has been declared to be murder before a Committee of tbe Houn of Commons ; by men * who are best acquainted with the physical form of man , and consequently well able to give an opinion 00 that subject . We also support a Ten Hours' Bill tnrav ** the morals of the people demand it —( hear , bear ) . It has been found utterly impossible to inculcate i prwrt and religious prindplea into the minds of human Mags who « e engaged in factory labour or any other labour for a longer period—( bear ) . We also demand a len Eouza' Bill because ire know of oai own experience
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that our homes cannot bs made comfortable unless the females ef our families are taught their domestic duties —( hear );—and we believe that the best infant school that can be found is the lap of the mother—their );—and therefore we demand that the children should have tbe opportunity of having all the moral and religious truths inculcated by . the best of tutors , their own mothers . You have also mentioned to-night the exertions whieh it has been my happiness to make in opposition to that curse of this country , that curse of the age , the new Poor Law Act . tHear ) . 1 do not know , my friends , that I have ever from its commencement , or indeed during its ptssage through the House of Commons , had but one opinion of that detestable , unconstitutional , unchristian , ana unnatural law . ( Hear ) .
When tbe bill , as it came into the House of Commons , was forwarded / to me by my revered and faithful friend , the Hon . Win . Doncombe , " now Lord Feversham , I wrote to him and told him that if that bill passed , England ' s doom wss Bxed . I opposed that bill on many accounta ; but I will give you a few plain rea-Bons whj I think every Christian , every Englishman , every patriot or lovei of his country , and of his kind , ought to oppose it in every way that he has the power to do , so as to effect its entire repeal ; ( Hear , hear ) . That bill makes war upon the British Constitution . It has been my high privilege through life to maintain the principles of that constitution , because I believe—I may be mistaken ; I have , however , taken a great deal of pains to prevent myself from being mistaken ;
I have conversed with men much more learned than myself , in order that I might come to a right conclusion;—and I believe that the principles of the British Constitution are the best principles that can be devised for the prosperity of every class ef society in thiB country . ( Hear ) . And when I &a& infringement *] or invasions of any of those principles , whether theyjmay ba made under the na » e of liberality or not , I have always found that in their operation they led to tyranny and destitution —( hear ) . I therefore oppose the N 6 W Poor Law , because it opposes , or rather TefoEes , this inalienable principle of tbe British C » ns'Jtntien , that every Englishman bas a rigbt to live in comfort and peace in his own home upon the fruits of Ma own industry , and if work cannot be found the
State must provide the meBns for the supporting of that home— ( hear ) . Now that principle of the Cod-Btitution is as irrefragable as the right of tbe Queen to her throne ; and I oppose the New Poor Law because it is rebellion against that principle ; and because of its rebellion againstjtbat principle , it nndermines , and if it be allowed to prevail , it will destroy the rights or all above —( hear ) . There is another unconstitutional principle is that Bill which I would have every Englishman to open bis eyes and closely watch in the present day , ana that is the centralisation system —( hear ) . You are little aware , my friends , if yon have not studied the British Constitution of the horrors which lurk under tha principle of centralization . The principle of centralization is as inimical to every principle of the
British constitution as light is to darkness ; and the Minister who says that he will walk in the light of the Constitution must shut his eyes when he consents to walk under the glare of the New Poor Law —( cheers ) . The principle of the British Constitution Is local Government —( hear , hear )—but if the New Poor Law be allowed to continue , you will not , in the course of another thirty years , find a single man in any town or any village , that will know any thing about the business of his town or the business of his village . You will £ nd all your most useful men , your Camwood ' s of Leeds , your Stocks ' s of Hnddersfield , and others whom I could name , will know nothing about tha business ; it will be the duty of the Commissioners in London to take care that no man who would busy himself about on is
what ^ s going shall know what going on , but that all the business of the town shall be transacted by the Commissioners in London and their paid tools in tbe country —( hear ) . The principle of centralization always lays seige to the lecal liberties of the people . I would , therefore , recommend you , my friends , and if these observations should ever get into the press , I would urge every Englishman in every part of the country , to keep a sharp look out for any approach to any plan of centralization—( hear ) . It was centralization that destroyed the liberties of the German Empire ; and it will be centralization that will destroy the liberties of Englishmen . As soon as they have removed alll those local patriots who were wont to look over the rights of different di&trlcts , they will interfere irith the press , with public
meetings , and will cot allow public opinion to prevail . There is another question which occupies the minds of the people at present , and upon which I should wish to say a few words . We have , been divided foi a long time as a nation upon part ; politics ; but now there seems to be only one question pregnant in the public mind ; and that is , whether the principle of unlrergal competJVon or the principle of universal protection of native industry will most conduce to tbe well-being of the people?—( hear ) . This question has been argued with a good deal of passion on both sides ; but I have been long enough in prison to bury all passion ; and reason alone shall be used by me in that great conflict in which I shall , I dare say , very shortly be called to take a part I would not misrepresent tbe views of those
persons with whom I differ . I differ as widely as the poles from those who think that universal competition can prcduoe universal prosperity and peace . My opinion is that it ia the duty of every Government , first of all to protect its own industry ; and I should be very sorry indeed to see England the workshop of the world—( hear ) . I would rather that England was the model farm for the world ; and that her inhabitants were employed in cultivating her soli , and as many of them as could not be * o profitably employed might ta engaged in useful manufactures for the inhabitants of this country in the first place ; and , afterwards , if there was any thing to spare , to exchange that spare produce for the luxuries that might be provided for us by other countries —( hear ) . Now it is said , by those persons who are in
favour of universal competition that our foreign trade is the life and soul of our prosperity ; and sorry am I t « notice in a speech of the Home Secretary , which he made in the last session of Parliament I think , that " in his © pinion the great source of our prosperity was in our manufacturing interest . " My opinion is , that any English statesman who gives utterance to such sentiments thereby furnishes proof sufficient why the seals of ofllee should be taken from his hands ; for certain I am that no country in the world can stand long whose principal support is manufactures —( bear ) . It has keen acknowledged by sages of every age that the only true source of prosperity Is agriculture . Nature has ordained it to beBO ; and if philo-Bophy h » B taught our Home Secretary a different lesson ,
it has only taught bisi to lead the people whom ha is called to govern to certain perdition aad ruin—( bear ) . Am I , then , the enemy of the manufacturing interest ? No ; I am its best friend ; for its only safe foundation is the Home Trade—( hear ) . The nation that builds upon a Poreign Trade for its prosperity might as well Wild its castles on the clouds . Let us see whether I am borne out by facts . I have taken a few extracts from authorised public documents to ascertain whether the theory propounded by the universal competitionists is true or not . They say that in proportion to the increase of our foreign trade in the same proportion will tbe wages of the working people advance—{ loud laughter ) . That is what they say ; and many , I have no doubt , believe it ; but I feel
psrsuaded that the facts I am going to inform you of will open the eyes of many individuals among the classes who have been to misled , and if what I state is the fact , it ought to satisfy them they have been mistaken . This document is taken from the Parliamentary papers , and I have made bo favouritism in my selection . I have begun with tbe last year of tbe last century , and I have taken every tenth year subsequently . I find that in the year 1800 the amount of our exports was twenty-four millions ( I speak in round numbers ) official value ; wheat at that time was 110 s . 5 d . per quarter j and the wages paid for weaving twelve yards of cambric were 14 s . In 1810 our exports , official value , were 'thirty-four millions ; the price of wheat was 103 s . Sd . per quarter : and the price paid for weaving
twelve yards of cambric wss 10 b . ( I select cambric because I have the public official documents on that article to refer to , and because it is one of the leading productions of Lancashire , the great emporium of our manufactures . ) In 1820 our exports amounted to thirty-seven minions ; the price for weaving twelve yards of cambric was 4 s . 6 d . In the year 1830 tbe official value of our exports was sixty-ene millions ; the price of wheat was 64 s . 3 d . per quarter ; but tbe sum paid for weaving twelve ' yards of cambric had sunk down to Is . 9 d . In 1840 pur exports , according to the official value , bad increased to the enormous quantity of one hundred and two millions ; and the price of wheat was 66 s . 6 d . per quarter . I have not an official return of tbe value of labour at
that period , because the Government hid given up taking it but I have taken tbe very best means that I could to ascertain it , and I find that it was somewhere between ninepence and one shilling for weaving twelve yards of cambric !—( O dear ) . Now , there we have'the increase of our foreign trade from twenty-four millions to one hundred and two millions , official value , and a decrease in one article of oux labour from 14 s to Is , whilst the decrease in the price of corn was from 110 s 6 d to 66 s 6 d—( hear ) . If that does not demonstrata to every unprejudiced mind the folly of the theory , that in proportion to the increase of your foreign trade your wages will increase , 1 don't know what will—( hear ) . There 1 b , however , another view that I would take of this question . There is a difference made , you know , between the official value and the declared value of the goods . Tha official value ia taken upon some determinate principle of value known and acted upon in the Custom-house fer a long time ; declared value is
but the the value which the merchants put upon the goods they export . Now wbtn our foreign trade is in a wholesome condition the declared value is always greater than the cficial value "; thus in 1800 , twenty-four millions official value gave thirty nine millions of declared -value ; in 1810 , thirty-four millions official value yielded forty-nina millions declared value . In 18 JO trade had fallen into such an unnatural state that thirty-seven millions , offleial value , represented only thirty-flve millions declared value , or two millions less than , instead of a considerable amount above , the official value . In 1830 the official value was sixty-one millions ; the declared value only thirty-eight millions ; and in 18-10 , when we had no lees than one hundred and two millions of official value exported , the declared value was only fifty-one millions . So that according to this table , between 1800 and 1840 , in consequence of the excessive increase of our foreign trade , we have lost one hundred asd fourteen millions
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of va ' ue « pon the goods exported . ( Hearjfhear . ) For if twenty-fan * prodnced thirty-nine , one hundred ana two millions should have produced one hundred and sixty ^ flyemDlionfl ,: ln 8 tead of only fifty-one mllliona . ( Hear , hear . ) Now these are not BUimtaes of mine j they are absolute facts from those ataHstloal woiks to which our friends on the other side are bo exceedingly foni of referring ; . My frienda , I shonld be sorry to leave you without giving yon an opinion upon a new party that is now advancing into this great conflict : it is the party who , I think , call themselves the Anti-Leaguers—the landlords and fanners of England . They are entering the field of strife upon no principle at all . I read thelt declaration of tights , and I find that they say they are determined "to support
protection as far as it exists , at least" How far does it exist ? Why , they think that tbe Cora Laws are u protection to the landlords and the farmers ; and therefore they are uniting against the universal competitionists , to support their own property , bat not the industry of the whole people . And when I see at their head the Duke of Richmond , whom I believe to be a very estimable man in private life , but whose politics are , I think , as anti-English and as auti-cbrlstian as it is possible for a roan's politics to be—when I see the Duke of Richmond at the head of that party , and recognise in him the right arm of tbe friends of the New Poor Law , I know that they cannot mean well to the working classes ; and if not well to the working classes , tbey cannot mean well to England—( hear ) . I shall therefore endeavour
to save them from the error into which I Bee they are running . If they think to support protection upon the mere principle of the Corn Laws—if they expect with such a -weak weapon to make -war against that strong and nighty league which is congregated in tbe North against them , they will find themselves to be woefully mistaken—( hear , hear ) . It shall be my business to use the influence and talent which I may possess to convince the aristocracy that their only safety is in supporting the rights and interests of the labourers who form the bulk of the great human family . And I will tell them at some of their meetings , that they will fight a battle that will isane in defeat , unless they will engage to restore to England's labourers that protection which they held under the
old Poor Laws , and join us In giving mote protection to the industry of this land —( hear ) . It seems , then , my friends , that if I am a public man I shall have some work to do . I will endeavour to do my work well . I know what my principles are ; I cars not where I have to utter them ; whether in the presence of coroienta , or of spades and ploughs and shuttles , I will speak what I believe to be the truth . I will , as I -have heretofore done , unhesitatingly defend the British Constitution in all its parts , and endeavour to prove to the rich that their only security is in maintaining the Integrity of those principles which are in favour of the poor ; and I will endeavour also to prove to tha poor that their happiness and their security alike consist in recognising the constitutional
rights of the rich and the great—( hear , hear , hear . These , my friends , are my sentiments ; tbe sentiments with which I began my public life ; and , thank God , which , under the auspices of Michael Thomas Sadler , I practised for many years before in private life and labour . These sentiments did lead me in their pursuit to a debtors' gaol ; and I rejoice in the triumph which God and his people have worked oot against the prejudices and the powers of my enemies ; and I will endeavour to prove to that God and to those friends , that , in rescuing me they have rescued one who is ready to devote his best exertions , and , if need be , his life , in the assertion and maintenance of those truths and those principles which have ever been dear to me , and which I believe are tbe only principles which can conduce to the happiness of all .
At the conclusion of this address Mr . Oastler was again greeted with three hearty cheers . Thanks were voted to the Chairman , and the Committee broke up shortly after eleven o ' clock .
Dublin.—The Irish Universal Suffrage Association Held Their Usual Weekly Meeting On Sunday Lost.
DUBLIN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday lost .
At half-past one o ' clock Mr . Henry Clwk was called to the chair . . Mr . Joseph Brierly was appointed Secretary pr » tern . Tbe Chairman made some exsellent observations upon the present condition and future prospects of Chartism . He maintained that the peopled cause must triumph if they are but true to themselves , and not be led away by expediency-mongers , Corn Law and anti-Corn Law Leaguers , decoy ducks in the shape of Complete Suffragists , and tbe like—( bear , hear . ) In conclusion , be said that every one present , whether members or not , should have an attentive hearing , provided that they kept within the strict rules of debate . Mr . Joseph Brierly said that it was admitted even by
their opponents that the Irish Universal Suffrage Association was the most liberal in Ireland . In no other Society but it would strangers be permitted , much less invited to speak—( hear , hear ) . The principles of the Society were such that they had nothing to fear . He waspreud of being'a Chartist , and be hoped that his children would jet proudly and triumphantly boast that their father was a Chartist through good report and : throngn evil report —( loud cheers ; . Mr . Patrick Moran said that he too was proud of fcetog a Chartist , and he was like all other Chartists—a staunch Kspealer —( hear , bear ) . But it was surprising bow utterly devoid of political knowledge , or eveu information , the great body of the O'Connell Repealers are . In fact , they know nothing but to follow wherever
O'Connell leads . The people of Ireland should not forget tbe Leinster Declaration . That Declaration was sanctioned fey the two Houses of Parliament , and the Sovereign promising , on the faith of the three estates of the realm , "Justice to Ireland . " Well , the Whigs had a majority of 130 or 140 in the House of Cecumons , and how did they set about doing " Justice to Ireland" 1 Why , this was the w » y : they renewed the Coercion Act , under the came of a " Peace Preservation Act" ; and although Infinitively worse than tbe old one Mr . O'Connell supported it , and fell out with Mr . Sharmsn Crawford because be opposed it . This was Whig "Justice to Ireland . " And what do we see now ? What but a snug little holeand-corner meeting held at Charlemont House , tbe
Duke of Leinster in the chair , where another Leinster declaration was agreed to , which meant "help to get the Whigs in and you will see all the good they will do . " To be sure we shall . In tbe event of their coming into power , we shall see the Repeal put in abeyance , and Repealers taking places , Whig places , as they did before Repeal the Union indeed ! with not twenty members in tbe House of Commons , which contains 658 members . It is madness . Let tbe honest portion of the Irish Repealers join the Chartists , get the franchise , and then the Union can be repealed—( cheers ) . He ( Mr . Moran ) wss sorry to perceive by the English papers that every effort which human depravity could devise , was called into requisition for tbe unhallowed , nay , the hellish purpose of sowing
dissension amongst tbe Chartists . Mr . O'Connor was accused of being in the pay of the Tories by that vile hireling and slanderer the Sentinel . Those who soagbt to divide the people were far more likely to be in the pay of the Tories . They acknowledge themselves in the pay of the Whigs ; and both Whig and Tory are equally opposed to tbe rights of tbe people—( heaT , hear ) . Tbe Chartists should hold together like one individual No divisions—no jealousies . Tbe wolf is on the walk ; thieves are ent amongst tbe people ; and if by lies and calumnies they excite jealousy and hatred amongst the Chartists they will break up the movement—scatter it to the winds ; and tbat once accomplished the working classes will fee &erfs for ever , for so honest man will again venture to take up their cause aud suffer
banishment from his own ranks , and fine and imprisonment , for advocating their cause . Mr . Moran resumed his seat amidst loud cheering . Mr . Kelly ,. a Repeal volunteer , said Mr . Chairman , may I say a word or two , though 1 . am not a member ? Tho Chairman—Indeed you may , twenty . Mr . Kelly—Thank you , Sir . Well ; then I wish to say , without auy offdnce , that you are all bad patriots , or you would have proposed a vote of thanks and gratitude to that noble body—the Anti-Corn Law League fer the reception they gave to the Liberator ; , and anotber vote of thanks to tike Liberal members of the opposition in . the House of Commons , fer the cbeers tbey gave Mr . O'Connell when he entered the House . That is all I have to say , and I thank you for bearing me . Mr .
Tieraey , another Repealer—Mr . Chairman , I would like to second that motion . It 1 b a patriotic one , and it would cheer the Liberator now in the bout of bis affliction , and induce Lord John Rtusell , Sir Thomas Wilde , Mr . Macauley , and other Liberal Whigs , to stick to him . If yon were true patriots '; If you were patriots this is what you ought to be distinguished by , of finding fault with men that did their best ; but their good deefla were obstructed by the House ef Lords . I second the motion . Chairman—The motion cannot be put to the meeting , as every motion requires a week's notice ia writing , and Dot being members , you cannot move any motion or amendment . Mr . O'Higglns rose and said that it was not his intention to have said anything more than to have gone through the necessary
forms on giving notice of a motion , fer that day week , explanatory of the principles of Chartism . But he now considered that it would be a deflection of duty upon hlBpaxt , and an injustice to the association , were he not to reply to the observations V the two gentlemen who fead just addressed the meeting . He should take leave to tell those gentlemen that be doubted much whether they ever took the trouble of seeking for the true meaningof the wordPatrlotTheyaccused this association of want of patriotism , because it would not stultify itself by passing a vote ef thanks to the opponents of ita principles . ( Hear , hear . ) He would ask those gentlemen—is Lord John Russell a Repealer ? Are the Anti- Corn Law League Repealers ? No , both parties are as fierce opponents of the Repeal of the Union as Wellington ; or Pee ! ( Hear , hear . ) For what are we
called upon t ? thank those parties ? for having given a good reception to the man who , under tbe pretence of Repealing th » Union , was playing the game * f the Wbigs in order to force the Tories into some unpopular act , in the bope that his friends , the Whigs , should have some pet grievance which might perhaps place them again in power . Is it possible that any man caa be so stupid—so blind—as not to see that tbe hearty reception which Mr . O'Connell received at the bands of the enemies of Repeal proves that he was not seeking for Repeal , but agita ting that question with no other hope or object than that of embarrasateg the Tory Government ? Making Ireland the difficulty , filling it with troops , and on the restoration ol Whiggsry send them over to strike down liberty in England , ( Hear , hear . ) The political game is a deep
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one . What does Mr . O'Connell care for the trial or the verdict ? not a bullrush . His reward from the Whigs , should he succeed in restoring' them to office , will amply compensate Him even for two years imprisonment in Carrlckfergus , of whieh there is not the least danger . He violated the law wilfully find intentionally . He played a double game . First , to get &U tbe money he could from his silly dupes , under the pretence of beneflttlng their condition by Repealing tbe Union with four or five members ; and at the same time appearing to bis confiding countrymen aa the first ) , tbe wisest , and the purest of " Patriots . " Secondly , to stand well with his old allies , the base , bloody , and brutal Whigs , by playing off his dnpes against the government of the Tories—( hear , hear ) .
Thiawaa the game , and the Whigs complimented and cheered him accordingly on his entering the House of Commons . Repeal , indeed t The man had no such idea . He vilified , calumniated , Blandered , and reviled three million five hundred thousand British Repealers ; and often since received absolution from bis Chaplain , but made no atonement to those whom be Injnred . He took to his councils and cherished the enemies of Repeal , his religion , and his clergy , the leaders of the Anti-Corn Law League . Does this look like a Repealer ? He did all that man could do tb excite hatred and animosity between the Chartists of England and the people of Ireland , and more than once brought into bloody collision the Irish in England and the Chartists . And wby had this vile truculent old sinner recourse to all
these infamous expedients to divide , to sow dissension and hatred between the working classes of England and Ireland ? because he knew that he could neither cheat nor delude the Chartists , and because be knew that in the event of a Union between the Irish people and the Chartists , they would keep to Repeal , a thing he dreaded far more than the recent prosecution . He was cheered by Lord John and all the Whigs ; and why not P Tbey would have had no grievance to complain of but for him ; no motion on the state of Ireland but for bis agitation ; no hope of office had he been quiet . It is 110 wonder then tbat tbey cheered him . He is their sheet anehor , their only hope . And this is patriotism is it ? Out upon such patriotism . No msn is a patriot bu t the man who dees his best to better the
condition of the paor and add to the comforts of the hard working labourer , aud raise him in the scale of society . This is patriotism ; and anything short of it ia sheer humbug . What has Mr . O'Connell ever done , or proposed to do , tor the benefit of the working classes ? Bis empty-headed eulogists fire silent upon that question . They say he is a patriot : yes , and he pockets £ 20 , 000 a year by bis patriotism . He laid the plan f « r disfranchising the forty-shiUing freeholders . He swore , on ? he 11 th of March , 1825 , before a Committee of the House of Lords , that tbe ctieftanchfsement of the fortyshilling freeholders , and raising the qualification to ten pounds , would be a great boon to Ireland . Tbe excuse he made for this was , tbat 300 , 000 of his poor Catholic countrymen were perjurers ; and tbat to get
rid of them would add to tbe morality of tbe country . Well , they Were got rid of ; they were turned off the land , and starved to death . Each freeholder had on an average fivo in family , making in the aggregate 1 , 500 , 000 people , the great bulk of whom were starved to death , at the suggestion and by the advice of the patriot Daniel O'Connell . Surely that was doing something for his poor countrymen . This man , who hypocritically and ostentatiously proclaims that he would not shed one drop of blood for the world , feels no compunction at this wholesale slaughter of his countrymen . Before the same Committee of the Lords , and upon the same day , the 11 th of March , 1825 ( " Lords' Report on the State of Ireland" ) , this same patriot swore that the Catholic Priests of Ireland were men of low , vulgar
babite , the eons of poor people , whose first rise < n the world was to get one of their sons into the priesthood ; that he should wish to see their loyalty secured by a golden link from the Crewn—that is , paid by the State . And what do we see now ? Why , Lord John Russell , whom these gentlemea want ua to thank , coming forward with Mr . O'Connell ' s old proposition to make a State provision for the Catholic clergy ! Is it for this we ate to thank him T O ! 'tis no wonder that be and bis party cheered the author of tbiB flagitious project They disfranchised the honest fortyshilling freeholders , at the suggestion and under the advice of O'Connell ; and as sure as God is in heaven , they will follow up his advice by an effort , under the colour of law , to corrupt the Catbolio clergy , and by
tbat means hope to destroy the Catholic religion . And these are the men whom shallow politicians call upon us to thank ; and whom designing hollow-hearted knaves call upon their countrymen to support . There are numerous well-meaning bat mistaken gentlemen , such as these who have attended our meeting to-day , and expressed a desire to thank tbe deceitful Whiga and ' the anti-Corn Law League for their reception ef O'Connell , going through the city and the country deploring the circumstance of there not having been a Catbolio on the Jury that tried O'Connell . Now , those men do very great injury to the Catholic body ; because they assume that a Catholic jury would have acquitted O'Connell of every ecnnt in the indictment ; which in his ( Mr . O'Higgin ' s ) opinion , could not be done without the crime of perjury —( no no ; hear , hear . ) Mr . O'Connell was charged with
exoiting hatred And ill-will between her Majesty ' s subjects ; in England and in Ireland , but especially between tho people of England and Ireland . Would any man who valued nn oath say , that be was not guilty of that charge ? ' Did he not say that the Sovereign bad tbe power to repeal the Union without the intervention of either House of Parliament ; and if thit bo a crime in the eye of the law , was be not guilty ? He ( Mr . O'Hipgins ) denied that the Sovereign bad any such power , &nd he hoped tbat ne such power should ever be vested in the Sovereign of this empire . What { a Sovereign to bave ] the power to repeal a statute ! God forbid . It is rank nonsense , but just fit for the deluded dnpes who follow in the woke of this political juggler . The first sentence he uttered on taking the chair at Mullaghmast was , — " From this spot , before high Heaven , and In the face of America and Europe , I proclaim the Union void . " Whereupon he was crowned
" KII « Q OF THE HEARTS . AND AFFECTIONS OF THE people OF Ireland . " At every meeting he defied the Government , and said often that he had a better army at his command than ever was commanded by Napoleon and Wellington . Now does any man , except a fool , imagine forja moment that an old wily criminal lawyer like O'Connell did not know all tbe time tbat be was violating the law , and that he was doing so for the sole purpose of provoking the Tory Government to prosecute him ? He has got the Repeal money . He has paid some of his debts with it . He bas repudiated the Arbitration Courts ; and in a , little while he will cool down the Repeal excitement , just when he makes as much money ( Repeal rent ) as will restore his coffers to tbe same
state of healthiness they were lu when tha state / prosecutions commenced . Can it be denied that Mr . O'Connell boaster ! repeatedly of having , as be said , 11 crushed the Chartist conspiracy in Ireland by exciting ill will and hatred against the whole Cbartiat | body ?" During the palmy days of WWggery he denounced the members of this Association asjeonspirators ; and acted the part of accuser and bully . Ha pointed them out to the Attorney-General for prosecution ; and offered to produce evidence that secret oaths were tendered in this society ; and in addition pledged his professional reputation that it was a transportable offence to be a Chartist in Ireland . He should bear in mind now in his old nge that it is Written— " Ho that diggeth a { pit for his neighbour shall fall into it
himself . "—( hear , hear , hear ) . He ( Mr . O'Higglns ) was forced into these observations by the unjustifiable attack which Mr . O'Connell ' s friends made on the character of that Association , an association based upon principles clearly defined and set forth , and about which there can bo no mistake . Its political creed is plain , short , and bandy . The moBt eloquent cheat cannot raistify it The Association baa neither leaders nor dupes ; but it has teachers , hearers , and true patriotsmen who will neither be bullied nor cajoled . Mr . R » fter said that Mr . O'Connell ' s letters on " the wrongs" proved , under bis own band and seal , thatf fa « trorj £ ) y advocated the dlsfranchisement of the ' forlyahUHng freeholders and tho pensioning of the Catbblio clergy . When the Leinster meeting was held at CarloW ,
to sanction the Whigs , Mr . O'Connell forgot himself for once / : by saying that he had tbe approbation of the Catholic Hierarchy of Ireland for recommending the Crown to pension the clergy . When the Bishops heard him say this , tbey one and all denied it on the spot , and Mr . O ' Connell was * obliged to swallow his words . The people became outrageous : however his friend , Mr . Sblel , was obliged to have recourse to one « f his theatrical maroeavres and rhetorical artifices In order to pacify the people . He commenced by asking— " How is the giant to be chained ? We have raised the people into a mighty giant ; how , I ask , is tht > giant to be chained J" And after a very ej ^ uent harangue about nothing , in which the people Were bewildered , he returned to the Committee Room , pot out his tongue ,
and said— " Did T not humbug them in style , O ' Connell 7 I have got yon © ut of that eorape "—( bear , bear ) . So this is the way tbe poor people are deluded and cheated , and will ever be deluded and cheated , until they join tbe ChattUts , and look for their own enfranchisement—( cheers ) . Mr . Shiel Is now the Right Hon . R . L . Sbiel , and bis Cartow dupes , who were then forty-shilling freeholders , are now , such as are alive of them ; right honourable beggars , or inmates of the Carlow Poor House . Fellow-countrymen , said Mr . Rafter , I am » very old man ; I have mixed in the world these sixty years , long before O'Connell was heard of , and I now implore you to take tbe advice ef an old
man , who gives it ( sincerely and honestly . Trust no man but the man who will pUdge himself to do his utmost , in season and out of season , to get the Elective Franchise for the working classes , for every male inhabitant of this empire , infants , insane persons , and criminals only escepted . The man who professes friendship for you and uillnot give yem this pledgtr : i » * rogue , mind that , —Mr . Woodward said that he had a vote , and that no man should hw » hi * voice without a pledge such as Mr . Rafter stated . That was the test by which the gold could be separated from the alloy —( cheers ) . —Mr . Berg in was called to the chair , and thanks having been given to Mr . Clsrk , the meeting separated .
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South Btaffok-Psuire . —The good cause of the Miners keeps well "up"in this part of the country . It has been the i custom here that if the men wanted to leave their employ , or masters wanted to discharge a workman , either should give fourteen days' notice . Several cases were tried at Wednesbury on Tuesday , when the magistrates decided that all contracts , except in writing , are niull . A Delegate Meeting was held at the People's Half , Wedneabary , en Monday , the 26 th , and the following sums were paid in : —Hill Top , £ S 6 s 8 i ; Dudley , No . 3 , 8 s 9 i 5 Oldbury , £ 4 8 s , Dudley Port , Swan Village , Np . 1 , 18 s ; Wednesbury , No . 1 , £ 2 3 s id ; Darlastoa , £ 3 17 a 8 A ; Dudley , No . 1 , £ 2 fid ; Summerbill , 89 ; Tipton , No . 1 , £ 2 4 a 44 ; Park-house-lane ,
£ 1 143 ; Round ' s Green £ l 10 s ; Whitebeath Gate , £ 1 14 ; Wedneabury , No . 2 , £ 3 8 s 6 d ; Princes End , £ 2 5 s ; Horaiey Heath , £ 1 9 s ; Bilston , No . 1 , £ 2 3 s 9 d ; Pleck , 4 s 4 d ; jBilston , No , 2 , £ 1 la ; Jerusalem , £ 2 6 s 8 d ; Wolverhampton , No . 1 , £ 217 s 7 d ; Wirleybank , 7 sl 0 d ; Monmore Green , £ 1 16 a 3 d ; Brierleyhill , No , 2 , 10 s ; Netherton . £ 2 4 s 5 d ; Wolverhampton , Nx > . 2 , 5 s 6 d ; Woodside , £ 2 IS 18 . } d ; Brocltmoor , 12 s ; Delf , Wednesbury , No . 3 , 3 a ; Silvester , £ 1 53 3 d ; Pelsal , 6 s 8 d ; Dudley , No 2 , £ 2 16 s 9 d ; Mount Pleasant , £ l 10 s ; Porto-bello , £ l 7 s 8 d ; Gornal Wood , £ 1 ; Keat ' s Hill ] £ l 16 s Id ; Old Hill , £ 1 193 6 d ; Pensnett , 16 s ; Tipton , No . 2 , £ 3 53 Sd ; Dudley Woo < J , 12 a 6 d ; ] Walsall , £ 1 6 a 3 d ; Con-lane , 4 s ; Coseley , £ 1 4 s 5 ^( 1 ; Wolverhampton , No . 3 , 3 s Sd ; Great Bridge , £ 3 ; 4 s 4 d .
Lancashire—ST . Helens—Mr . Beesley attended this place twice during tbe last week . Upon one occasion he just arrived in time to save & few men from the clutches of tbe police , who hod been turned out of the Union Workhouse , Wellington , Shropshire , and sent to St . Helen ' s to work in the place of the turnouts . Mr . B . gave them a note recommending them to the Colliers , and tbe men started to go home again . ¦ Eccles . —Mr . I Beesley called here last week , and made a most excellent speech upon the question of restriction , and received tbe unanimous thanks of the meeting . , Patrichoft . —Mr . Beesley called upon the masters of this colliery lost Thursday , and obtained from them the fines they had exacted from the men .
Wobsley . —Friday night Mr . W . Boesley met tbe men of tbe Worsley Colliery . A larger number met together than had done upon any former occasion . Mr . B . spoke near one hour and a half , and gave the greatest satisfaction . Many of those who had been opposed to the Union declared that he had converted them and they would now , without delay , join the society . ' Bradford Colliery . —Mr . Beasley went to Mr . Potter last week to endeavour to make some arrangements for the men to return to work . After his return , the men returned ) him thanks for the manner in which be bad acted ; and it is tbe general opinion . that if Mr . Beesley could stop in Lancashire a short time he would effect a vast amount of good .
Potnton District . —The unemployed Miners of Poynton and Worth return their moat sincere thanks to their friends for the receipt of the following sums for their support : —Feb . 5 th—the Miners of Bredbury £ 3 163 ; Norbury £ 4 4 s ; Middlecole £ 2 128 ; Pott Shrigley £ i ; Bollington £ 2 10 a ; Feb . « th—Rochdale District £ l 153 ; llth—Ashton £ 25 12 s ; 15 th—Oldham £ 10 ; 18 th—Oldham £ 3 5 a ; 26 th—Ashton £ 5 12 s 7 d ; Bredbury £ 3 16 s ; Bollington £ 1 9 s Sd . Bowling Strike—Sir , —Reports are very industriously circulated ; by persons who are evidently opposed to the Coal Miners now on atrike at Bowling Works , to the effect thatithe Miners are again resuming work ,
as they are tired [ ef their present position ; and tbat in ail probability the strike will shortly be at on end . This , no doubt , is intended to put a atop to the pecuniary aid hitherto ; afforded ui by a sympathising public , so as to force us { to yield to the terms our employers prescribe , without regard to tbe principles of justice , which has actuated the present struggle . We can , however , assure the public that we are still as determined to maintain our cause , as when , twelve weeks since , we engaged in it ; conscious that what we require for our labour is no more , nor even as much , aa our worth entitles us to . —Committee Room , Unicorn Inn , Ivecate . Bradford . ' Feb . 28 th . 1844 .
Bradford Strike—The following are tbe list of subscriptions towards supporting the . Bradford Misers for tbe present week : —ABhton district £ 0 18 s 7 d ; Old Mess House £ 4 ; Tonge-Iane Colliery 19 s ; a friend 5 a ; Steel Works 4 s 64 ; a chemist Is 6 d ; No . 12 shop 5 s ; a good woman 5 d ; Wortbington's dyers Is 6 d ; Gorton potters 2 s ; No , 2 shop 5 s ; Worthington ' a shop 4 s 8 jd ; Holt Town 3 s 6 d ; No . 3 shop 5 s ; Crow ' s works 6 s ; a few { picker makers 2 a Id ; a , few boiler makers 2 s ; a tailor 6 d ; Clayton Vale 5 a 6 d ; a friend 5 s ; a few gardeners 2 a lid ; Bird in Hand Is 7 d ; Tho . Abbott 3 d ; small [ sums £ 3 7 s . 6 d .
A Delegate Meeting of the Lancashire Miners took place on Monday last , at tbe Turf Tavern , Burnley . A great deal of important business was transacted , and various resolutions were agreed to , one of which was tbat Mr . Roberta should enter actions against certain parties in Lancashire ; the delegates pledging that gentleman the support ot themselves and constituents in his praiseworthy exertions on behalf of the Miners generally . Tbe contributionB are suvenpence each member till the next delegate meeting , which will be held at the sign of the j Bay Horse , Bury , on Monday , the llth of March , at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .
Coalsnaughton—The miners of this district held a social meeting on Monday the 19 tb cur ., Mr . John Hanter in the chair . The business of the meeting was opened in an excellent address by the Chairman , who pointed out the evils under which we are labouring , and tbe means by which those evils might be removed . Thomas Rennie next addressed the meeting ; likewise Mr . John M'Donald . Tbe rest of the evening was spent with songs mi rcoiUtions until ten o ' clock , when the dancing commenced , and was kept up unt il four o ' clock the next morning . Tbe proceeds of the meeting went for the good of the Chartists' Hail , &b the ' said Hall is granted to the Miners free of expence to hold their meetings in . }
Mr . John Auty has addressed meetings at the following places , on Wednesday , the 21 st , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , at the Royal , Oak Inn , Littleborough , and ontheBame day at seven o ' clock in the evening , at toe Fleece Inn , ; SmaIlbridge ; on Thursday , 22 nd , at the Colliers' Arms , Stockfleld , in Crompton , near Manchester ; on Sunday , 24 th , at the Turf Tavern Inn , Baxslate ; and on Tuesday , 27 th , at the Hare and Hounds Inn , Maraden , near Burnley . Mb John Toft has addressed meetings at the following plncea : —Alverthorp , Birstal , Churwell , Leeds , and Beeaton , He bos also established anew society at the White Bear , at which a vote of thanks was given to tbe proprietor and editor of the Northern Star for their able advocacy of the rights of labour .
Rioting at St . | Helen ' s bt ttjrn-otjt Colliers —It is tolerably jwell known that several thousand Colliers have for the lost five weeks been idle in St . Helen's and the neighbourhood , in consequence of a strike for wages . The coal masters have mode efforts to replace them with men who would work at the former wage 3 ; and , on Monday evening last , a pttty of the county police , stationed at St . Helen ' s , proceeded to near Runcorn , for the purpose of escorting to the former place a party of Welsh colliers , who bad been engaged by the masters . The arrival of these " knobsticks , " aa tbey were called , soon became known to tbe turn-outs , who mustered yesterday morning to the number of probaWy a thousand , With the intention ' of preventing them from commencing work . About eleven
o ' clock on Tuesday forenoon , eight of the county constabulary were ; escorting a party of about thirty of these Welsh culllers , on their way to the Broad Oak colliery of Mesats Burns and Robinson , and when about a mile from the colliery , at a place called Smithy Brow , they were attacked by a mob of turn-outs , about a thousand strong , who assailed them with stones , brick-bats , and other missiles , severely hurting several of the police . A briok-bat struck police-eonstable Green on tbe back of the head , inflicting a severe | contusion , and Sergeant Black had One hand completely disabled by a blow from some missile . The small number of police prevented their making any effectual resistance to the numbers opposed to them , and the " knobsticks" were taken from
their care , and escorted by the turn-outs back to St . Helen's , where they were conducted to the house of call of tbe turn-outs , and their club-house , a retail beer-shop , kept by { a colliery underlooker , named Geo . Huyton , where they were detained about two hoars , supplied with refreshment , and then being prevailed on by the threats { and intimidation of the turn-outs , they agreed to leave the town , and were escorted by some few of the turn-outs as far as Prescot , on their way bock to Liverpool . About noon , aud during the sitting of the magistrates in the courtroom at St . Helen ' s , a man named Platt was recognised in court , by some of the county constabulary , as one who bad been active in the attack en their force , about an hour before , and as having been seen throwing stones .
He was accordingly apprehended , and having been brought before Mr . i Earte and other magistratea , and ' the case being heard , he was committed for trial at the next Kirkdale sessions . The constables in attendance were conducting thia man to the lock-up of the station-house , which is beneath the court room , when passing in front of { the bailding in the Market Place , they were attacked by a crowd , consisting chiefly of turn-out colliers , and the prisoner was rescued , and got clear off , the constables receiving some severe blows in the ifffay . Between two and three o ' clock , Sergeant Brandwood ' and Police-constable Green , observing a man , named Ley land , passing along the Market Place , who bad been very active during th « first attack on the police at Smithy Brow , they seized
him , and Superintendent r Storey , tbe officer in command of the force at Su Helen's , bearing the noise , came out of the court room without his hat , and also laid hold of Leyiand , when an attack was instantly made on the police , and a large blue whinstone was thrown , and struck Superintendent Btorey with considerable force ; on the forehead . He became insensible , and must have fallen , but he was aught ; in the arms of aome of the constables ! and was conveyed into the ( station-house ; and we understand that he baa since i been confltied to the house by the injury . The police received / several aevere blbws < from heavy missiles , and wore at length compelled to let their prisoner go . j One man , named Wynni , who was active in attempting to rescue Leyiand , was seized by Police-constable Green , and they fell to tbe ground
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together ; but Green was ultimately obliged torelin ; quish his hold , and seek shelter . Others of the county police succeeded in capturing three of the tarn-onfcj named Penbeth , Knowlea , and M'Donoogh ( the hat named an Iriflhnian ) , all of whom were brought up before the sitting magistrates , and identified as having " taken a prominent part in these riotous proceedings and they were all three committed for trial at the next Kirkdale Sessions . Several others were also captured , bat , with the exception of the three just named , they were all rescued before they could be lodged in the Station-house ; and towards three o ' clock the appearance of things became so threatening , that Mr . Johnson , a coal proprietor , aud Mr . Sinclair , overlooker of the St Helen ' s and Runcorn
Gap Railway , proceeded along that line , and by a train to Manchester , in order to obtain some troops tc preserve the peace of the place . The usual force of the county constabulary stationed at . •¦ St ., Helen ' s ia only eleven men ; but , in consequence of the turn-out , this force had been for some time doubled : and , we believe , the total force in tbe place yesterday , consisted of Superintendent Storey and twenty-two police constables . Of course these were wholly unable effectually to oppose a mob of at least 1000 men , and it was deemed desirable to call in the aid of the military . On their arrival in Manchester , Messrs . Johnson and Sinclair proceeded at once to the police-office , but ; neither Captain Willis , chief-constable , nor Mr . Beswick , chief-superintendent , was then in tbe way . and having inquired oftbeclerka to whom they should apply for troops , they were directed to the residence of Colonel Wemyss , tbeag . sistaut-adjutant-general of tbe northern district , in
Smedley-lane , Cneetham . CoL Womysa accompanied them to the infantry barracks , Regent-ioad , S&lford , and directed that a party of the troops stationed there should proceed by railway forthwith to St . Helen ' s . We believe portions of three infantry regiments are now stationed in the Regent-road barracks the 32 nd , the 67 th , and tbe 70 tb , —and we are told that about seventy tank and file of the 67 th regiment marched from the barracks to the Liverpool Railway Station , aud were thence dispatched to St . Helen's , by the orders of CoL Wemyss , by a special train of four carriages , accompanied by Messrs . Johnson and Sinclair . When our account left St . Helen ' s , they were seen on the branch railway about a mile of two ttom that place . Up to eight o ' clock last evening all remained quiet ; and , beyend the outrages already noticed , no violence , so far as we can learn bad , np to that hour , been offered , either to person or property—Manchester Guardian .
[ In reference to th s affair we have received the following from the District Secretary to the Collier ' s Union . ] Serious disturbances have taken place among the Miners of the St . Helena " district ; but as the account given by the Manchester Guardian in pretty correct , I have no need to write any lengthened account ; I conaider it necessary however to contradict that portion of it which states that men were driven back to Shropshire by threats and intimidation . The fast is , tha new comers having discovered the deception practised upon them by the coal masters , voluntarily offered to return to their own homes , provided a little money was liven them to procure them food on their journey .
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Leeds Woollen Markets— -There has been a good deal of business done daring the week , both in the Cloth Halls and warehouses ; more in each than for some time back , there having been ' nnmerous conntry purchasers in the town , who have bought largely for the spring trade * In the Coloured Cloth Hall on Tuesday , more business would have been done had there been suitable goods on hand , but stocks are now very low . Foreign wool is in request , and stocks being down , a rise is demanded , but no advance is yet established . In English wools for combing therois a good deal doing at rather higher prices . Clothing wools are in demand ; and being scarce , are also looking up .
Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , Fsb . 27 . —We have had very severe weather since Friday , with a heivy fall of snow . The trade to-day exhibits more firmness than we reported last week , and we hare had a fair healthy demand for all best ^ qualities of Wheat , without material alteration in prices . This weather rather improves the sale of Barley . In its value , as in Wheat , we make no change . Oats and Shelling steady . Beans are in good request , and a shade dearer . Newcastle , Feb . 24 . —An excellent show of beasts , but a rather small supply of sheep . The supplies were from Scotland ( 38 from Dundee pet steam packet ) , Bamboroughshire , and Cumberland ; also several lots that were shown at Mbrpefchlasfc week of
. Plenty Pigs—116 from Ireland . There was a large attendance of north country dealers ; Mr . Thomas Scott , of Kelso , attended for the first time this season , with 38 head of cattle , and 740 sheep . There was a good demand for beasts , but little alteration in prices . In the sheep market there was a brisk demand , and prices a shade higher . A good business doing amongst pigs * There was a good attendance of buyers , owing to the superior quality of cattle . Many of the town butchers purchased freely . All sold up . Prices : Beef and pork per stone of 14 lb ; mutton per lb . sinking off *! . Beasts , neat cutters 4 s to 6 s 3 d ; small p ork ; 4 s to 63 perBtone ; sheep of the best qaality 4 s 6 d per stone . Numberof beasts shown 224 , sheep 2851 , pigs 304 . V '
Skiptow Cattle Market , Feb . 26 . —We had an average supply of fai stock , and a fair attendance of customere , yet the-market was heavy , and no improvement in prices ; The stow of calving cowa was large , and they were rather lower in price . York Corn Market , Fbbv 24 ;—We have asmall supply of Grain to-day ; arid although H&e accounts from the consuming markets ate of an unfavourable character , we cannot quote Wheat more than 6 d to Is per qr lower than our last market-day . Bariejr is scarce , and prices ratbet on ther decline . Oats and Beana as last quoted . The county meeting , on Thursday , in favour of the agriouHttral interest , seems to have given great satisfaction to the farmers generally .
Milton Corn Market , Feb ;—At oar m arket this day yre had only an indifferent supply of grain offering , thE trade for all descriptions of which was heavy at a detlihe M price from Is to Is 6 d per qr Wheat $ 83 to 66 s per qr of 40 stones . Barley 323 to 34 s 6 d per qr of 32 at . Oats Sid to lOd per stone .
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Teetotalism at Howdem . —We understand the Teetotallers of Wressel are making grand preparations for the celebration of their third anniversary , which is intended to take place on the 7 th of Marchin a large room on the ruins of Wressel Castle , originally the splendid Baronial residence of the Dakes of Northumberland , arid which , according to an account given in a work , entitled "Howdenio 1644 , " is supposed by Antiquarians to have been erected in the unsettled times of Richard the Second , and that the fair stone of which it is
constructed was brought from France . It was within its walls that the Princely establishments of a long line of the Percys had kept op their renowned hospitality . There is a border of carving round the top of the Castle , representing various devices of the Hotspur Percy , who is described in the History of England as one of the greatest warriors of his age . Dr . Lees is expected to give a physiological lecture , explaining the physical effects of alcohol upon the human system , illustrated by large coloured drawings of the stomach in health and under alcoholic disease .
Repbbsentatiqn op Oldham . —A rnmoar is current in Oldham that Lien . General Johnson , one of the members for the borough , will shortly resiga his seat in consequence of severe indisposition , and the various political parties in the borough are of course in a state of excitement . A public meeting has been convenened by the Suffragists and Chartists , for tha purpose of appointing a select committee to select a suitable candidate in case a vacancy Should actually occur , and also to determine what pledges should bo given by any candidate brought forward on the Radical interest . Various gentlemen , the following amongst them , have been spoken of on the radical intefest : —Joseph Wood , Esq- of Sandal , near
Wakeneld , CoL P . Thompson , John M . Cobbett , Esq ., F . O'Connor . Esq ., Mr . H . Vincent , Joseph Sturge , Esq ., James Lees . Esq ., of Delph Lodge , Saddle worth , Joshua Milne , Esq ., of Crompton , and Mr . Moir , of Glasgow . —Manchester Guardian . Penny Postage—A general subscription is proposed , and has been started at Bristol with great spirit , for the purpose of expressing the obligation of the country to Rowland Hill , the author of the reduced postage . It has been , well observed , that if only the value of a single postage stamp be contributed by every person who has experienced the advantage of that measure , a testimonial of the nation ' s gratitude will be insured , worthy of Mr . Hill ' s acceptance .
Don't mention it . —A man , named Jeremiah O'Leary , rras charged at Worship-street , policecourt , London , on Saturday , with robbing bis land * lord of 19 s . 6 d . ; and on being asked if he had anything to say in answer to the charge , he replied , with a penitential shrug of the shoulders , " The devil a word , your honour : and it ' s my opinion a great dale too much has been B&id as it is . "
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8 THE NORTHERN STAR , March 2 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 2, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1254/page/8/
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