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      SOIREE TO MS . OASTiEE . MR . OASTLER'S return to public life will ba honoured by a Public Soiree , in the Music Hall , Leeds , on the Evening of Easter Monday , 1844 . W . B . Ferrand , Eb-q ,., M . P ., and other distinguished friends ,. are expected to attend . Tea to be on the table precisely at Six o'clock . Tickets , la . 6 d . each , to be had at the Offices of the , Leeds Newspapers ; of the Chairman © f the Com- ; mittee , J . Summers , Esq . ; of the Secretaries , Mr . J . Becfewith * and Mr . Samuel Healey ; and at the Com- ' mittee Room , Golden Fleece Inn , Briggate .

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      OLDHAM WORKING MAN'S HALL . HP HE Inhabitants of Oldham and Neighboar-JL hood , are v < ry respectfully informed that on EASTER MONDAY , April 8 h , 1844 , the Grand Ceremony will take place of Laying the . First Stonb e > f the Working Man ' s Hall , on which occasion the following Friends of the People have promised to attend : — General Johnson , M . P ., T . S . Duncoaibe , Esq . M . P . Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., W . P . Roberts , Esq ., of Bath , Attorney-General to the Miners' Association ; Joshua , Hobson ., of Leeds ; James Leech , of Manchester ; and many other Distinguished Individuals - are expected . A PROCESSION will form opposite the Town . Hall , from whence it will proceed at Half-past Twelve o'Cleck to the Railway Station , to meet the Friends Of the People on their arriral at . One o'Clock ; from thence it will prooeed up Manchester . Street , down High Street , and up Horsedge Street to the intended Hal $ where the Cf-remony of Laying % the First Stone of a Teaople of Fame will be performod by Fsargcs O'Connor , Eq . Iu Honour of > tbe above Ceremony , A TEA PARTY AND BALL . will be held in the Town Hall , lea wilL be on tha Table g . t Four o'Clock prompt , and will be attended : by tfce above ' Friends of thePeople , who will address , the Audience . The Ball will commence atl ^ en , o'Clock . for which occasion a Full and Effioieat ' Quadrille Band is engaged , aad many favourite aad ; fashionable Dances will be introduced , together vrito . - Beveral Recitations . Trades wishing to ' join the Procession , will please Bend in an intitnati&n io Joan Grimshaw , Hair Dresser , GeorgeStreetl Tickets for the Tea Party and Ball , to the Body of the Hall—Gentlemen ' s Is . 3 d ^ Ladies Is ., to the 'Platform—Gentlemen ' s 2 j . j Ladies Is . 6 d ; , for the " Ball only—lOd . eaoh , may be had at the following Places : —Messrs . Leonard Haslop , Temperance Hotel , Manchester Street ; Peter M'Donald , Board- " maaGround ; Samuel Knott , West Street ; John ' - Grimshaw , Hair Dresser , George Street ; Joseph Sqhofield , jGrooer , Market Place ; Henry- MulUnerv Draper , High Street ; Richard Haslam , Bow Sire * t ; > Thomas Smith , Tailor , Side of Moor ; John Wildi Temperance Hotel , Lees ; Robert Beaumont , WaterheadMill j John RayaeT , Holliawood ; orftooiany , of tlie Directors ,

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      ¦» " « ¦ I » I- II — LABOUR AND ITS FRIENDS . fHE DUBLIN WORLD AND THE ENGLISH CHARTISTS . The Dublin World las replied to oar article of lie 9 &instant , on The Policy of Principle versus ike Policy of Expediency "; , the spirit of the reply forcibly reminding is of the Hudibrastio adage" A man convinced against "bis will Is of the saae opinion still . " Wz shall confine ^ orselTes to one or two points , considering the remainder of oar contemporary ' s arguments to he only repetitions of what he has before advanced , and which we have already fully answered . - '

      The World wants to fcnow why the Chartiste , While disturbing" Anti-Corn Law Meetings and . ^ abnang" Cojdss and Stcbge ; why "theysquander their time and money in feasting and doing homage Jo such persons as Mr . Oastlsb , the idol of the Protestant Operative Association , who wonld as soon cut the heads off the multitude who cheer him , as confer upon them the right of sending Rspreseafcatives to Parliament !" Whs we " disturb" Anti-Corn Law Meetings was folly answered in our article of the 9 sh : and as our . argument has been wholly left untouched by ihe Editor of the World , we need not repeat what was fhsn adraaeed .

      Why we " abase" Cosden and Stubgb , and jrhy we do ** homage" to Richard Qastler we ¦ mil here explain . We oppose Coides and Stpbgb because the former of these men is the recognised chief of a party selfish and unscrupulous , whose object is ihe tiller prostrationofLabour * Without entering upon the question of "Free Trade , " we need only , for proof of oar assertion , point to the recent proceedings in the Legislature on the Factories 301 . There ire find Bsight , T 3 nrs . Waxd , and most of the

      out-and-out "cheap-bread" men , leagued with Pkel and Geah ^ m in hitter hostility to the proposed prolection of suffering women , and helpless children . We know that there are opponents of ihe " £ liding-$ cale" and hit-by-bit Free Traders , snch as Lords -3 o 3 $ Rcsseu . and Howjck , and Charles Bullbx , who hare nobly supported the humane proposition of Lord Ashlkt : hut we speak of th 6 M © ut-and-•© aters ;'' the favourites jsar excellence of the World , trho haTe exhibited their real characters in the

      -OOOTSe of this contest . Bright , in particular , has " ** damned himself to everlasting fame * by Ms latter tirades and votes against the raoiEcnos of satire industry . As to Cosdes , all his loud-mouthed sspoxanngs of sympathy with the JoDing classes were carefully reserved for the hoards of CoTent Garden "Theatre . Not daring to Tote against Lord Afhlkt , fce slunk away , absenting himself from each and all -of the divisions 5 thus showing himself to be even a shade meaBer than the " drab-coloured" hypocrite : the buttonless blackguardly bnlly , Brigzt .

      AstoSrcmsfi , he professes to be a "philanthropist . " He commenced hi 3 popularity-hunting career as an Ann-Slavery man . " He has been one of the foremost of the . " sympathisers" with the suffering Hack daves ; but we haTe never heard of his sympathy with those of his own country , colour , and Cteed ; [ 0 no 1 we forget ! his creed i 3 Quakerism ; English-Jewism ? anything—but work-ism I Were the people all of his creed , " what , in heaven ' s name wonld come of us ! Devil a Quaker will tohx ! They . will speculate /* and Jend on usury ;" and " proStmongerf but no wobk ; no real hard itoek ; not a hand's stir to produce wealth . It 13 quite dear , that Quakerism would not do for any

      nation , a 3 a national" creed f for withont itobs . sbs , Jhere could he no existence ]; hnt we hare nerer heard of Joseph ' s sympathy with those who are sdferiDg . under a system of slavery in many respects more hideoas than that which to destroy cost the tax-ridden people of this country twenty millions Sterling . Be has undoubtedly ( among his own order ) considerable influence in the important town of Birmingham ; hut we hare not heard that he has attempted to use that iniuenee to prevent the triamph of theslaTe-driTers of England , who are just now moTing « arth and hell to keep in bondage ignorance and misery the infant and feminine vio-Urns of their Moloch rule ! We say nothing now aboat his conduct as the chief of the " nameless "

      Equad . The World has not Tentured upon a defence Cf the ' Snog Boys . " It has not called in question our unmaskxDg" of that partyj it will be time enough for as therefore to " return to the charge when we hire something more substantial than shadows to bear down . Why we do " nomage" to Mr . Oastlkr is easily answered . His whole life has been devoted to the service of the oppressed . Tor years before Cobdex and Stttrgs were known to exist , Mx , Oaklkr had J > een steadily working to arouse the public mind to

      aknowledgeand right appreciation of the uufuitieB of our manufacturing system . Has the Editor of Jhe World never heard of those enormities ! Let tarn read Fieldes ' b " Corse of the Factory System , " ' written by one who is himself a wealthy manufacturer , and no Tory ; let him read the Report of the several Select Committees appointed to collect evidence as to the practices and enormities of the un-Tegil&ted Factory system . Let him con over the Beport of the Factory Commissioners , a body of men appointed at the instance of the masters themselves , in the fond hope that they could be whitewashed from the damning facts already on record against them . Nay , let him hnt peruse the periodical

      Reports of the Factory Inspectors ; or let him visit the manufacturing towns of England evennoir , when ihe system has been for some time past ia course of amelioration ; and wetave no doubt hnt that he will honestly confer that there was indeed awful need of some one arising to save England from that pijaeal , menial , and moral degradation , which liie a cancer , has for years past been eating at the rerj heart of the state . Now of all men living Mr . Oasixeb is the man who , before all other 3 , i 3 entitled t « the thanks of all good men for his superhuman exerSons ' to annihilate this accursed system ; aad to him mainly are the p * ople of thi 3 country indebted for the triumphs in hmnaiuty ' s cause that are now in conrsa of achievement . Bni this is not

      aJ . Mr . OjlSctb ha 3 been one of the first in these later days to unfurl the banner of PaoTHcnos to LiBorB " i a principle which the trades of ibis eoaatry are now agitating , and which ultimately they will 7 fnlly insist upon having thoroughly embodied : a principle recognized in the recent acts of the Legislature , and which such men as Lord Hovick and Charles Bttlleb are now advocating

      to an extent almost as complete as advocated by Mr . O-aSTLXB : a principle which , despite the sneers of the renegade Graham , and the blasphemous trash of the mountebank Bro ^ seum , will yet irlninph , or England must follow to the tomb States once a 3 mighty as herself , but which have been altogether "blotted out of existence through their disregard of it .

      We mtsr'y deny that Mr . Oasxlkb w would as Boon cut the heads off the multitude who cheer him , as confer upon them the right of sending representatives to Parliament . " Snch an assertion proves that the Editor of the World knows nothing of the tom TrhomheihosmisrcpreseBts . Troe Mr . Oaszleb does not go the whole length of the Charter ; bat he has ovtr and . over again declared that he would a thousand times rather have tihivbbs al stjffrasb than the present system of franchise . ^ True Mr . © astler

      iis certain old feudal notions of what he calls * the rights of all classes "; and in accordance there"trith did , some time ago , promulgate a plan which vfpuld have given to the . working classes a portion « tlhe Legislature directly responsible to them .. It B true ws do not agree with his plan ; hot it is -also fr ? s that it would he infinitely preferable to tha ^ S ng system . As to H cutting heads off , " we * & . only say that Mr . Oasileb ' s whole life is s&Si ciens answer .

      ^ Et -sre will ianstrer the World out of its own fcosth ; the Editor says that " if he saw the Whigs or ^ s , the Tories , inclined to support a good principle , fc& for instance ssihs destruction of the monopoly

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      of the Bank of Ireland , he would not impede , hat rather support them , even though in going so far , they didnot go the full length of Legislative Bepeai . " Just so . Mr . 0 astleb does not go the full leDgth of the Charter ; hut he is the advocate of that which the Charter wonld bring , if good for anything at all , ; vii , Protectioh to IkBOtra . We think the shortest way to get full and adequate protection , is to get the Charter ; but in the meantime , we will certainly not

      w impede , " but do all we can to help , Mr . Oastlbb in the carrying out , so fax as possible , the accomplishment of a good principle . To ^ urn up ' j weoppoBe Cobdbh and Sjubgb hecause they are the opponents , —and support Bichaes Oastleb because be is the ¦ DEBSKBK&i—of a righteous priruxple . The Chartists are for Pbotechoh to British Ihbustry ; and therefore they do ** homage" to its most intrepid and gallant defender .

      The Editor of the World reiterates his assertion that " ihe Chartists are making no progress . " He argues that * 'it is nonsense to talk of the Chartists being only seven years old as a party , seeing that ibeir five points ^—( sir , good World )—are as old as the principle of democracy itself . " According to this logic , the World might as well argue that as the principle of democracy existed in the days of the Gbacchii , therefore the "five points" existed then ; and therefore that the Chartist party existed then . The World knows very well that the fiadieal Reform party were extinguished by the passing of the

      ^ Reform Bill ; and that the remov Hunt and Cobbstt from this mortal tcene was the complete finale of that party . We maintain , therefore , that when , seven years ago , the Charter was first drawn up , and a party formed to promote its enactment , that . that was the birth of a new party , though advocating old principles . Another generation altogether were th » men called into political being by the agitation of 1837-8-9 . Like all men embarking in a- new struggle , they were more enthusiastic than discreet : they miscalculated their real strength ; which miscalculation , aided by the treachery of

      middle-class mends , produced the results all know . But we ask the World , whether he cannot find nearer home a very similar state of things ! When the World sneers at the Chartist enthusiasm of 1839 , has he forgotten already the Eepeal doings of 1843 ? the " high and haughty defiance" hurled at Mallote , and the b » aATaLBSs" incitements of Tara and Mullaghmastt Oae Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Three teas THE ** RepsaX Ybab ** ; but where is Repeal ? If there has been no "Newport out breaks" in Ireland , consequent on the blood-andthunder appeals to the "Spirit of the Nation , " it

      has been because the Corn Exchange orators were dishonest vapourers , who strutted and fumed only to pick the pockets of their dupes . But where is bow the Repeal enthusiasm of only six months ago ? The World itself is complying that when O'Cosmeix and his fellow martyrs" go to prison , there is no plan suggested by which in their absence , the agitation may be maintained , and the Government coerced . We hear nothing now of the Plan tpob a Domestic Legislature / ' of the Three Hundred" that were to meet last Christmas in Conciliation Hall . On the

      contrary , we have the Monitor chuckling that O'CoJWELt is again coquetting with the Whigs and Federalists . Apathy and distrnst , contemptible crouching on the one hand , and equally contemptible braggadocia on the other , have been the results produced already in Ireland by the prosecution of only eight individuals . Let the * Wtrld then be a little more charitable ; an 4 remember that the Chartists have had to Buffer mere than one prosecution—prosecutions which have swept hundreds of men at once to the hulks and to the dungeons of oppression : and that if Chartism has not made the progress it might have done , it is

      owing principally to the treacherous and ever-to-be execrated conduct of O'CensEtu Let the World too remember that in tha persecutions which have been directed against the Chartists , they were not found to employ lawyers to bally , cringe , and lie to save themselves from that punishment which triumphant usurpation ever metes out to vanquished patriotism ; that no one of the Chartists who has had to stand in a . felon ' s dock , arraigned for his principles , has been found so base a miscreant as to endeavour to save his own carcase by recounting what he had done to prevent ihe " liberation "

      of any portion of his fellow creatures ! and that Mr . Dasiel O'Cossell did so , when citing his denunciation and persecution of the Chartists as a proof that he was no " Conspirator f when he was trying to wriggle o » t of the datches of Baron Pensefat&eb ., by shewing that but fob him Chartism would have been universal throughout Ireland , and the Charter itself law ! Such baseness isnot attributable to the Chartists . Let the World then take courage . Chartism is progressing ; and something more than Csartism too . The Charter would be of little value withont the people . had a knowledge of

      the cause of the social ills that oppress them , and the remedies necessary for their cure . That knowledge the English working classes are fast acquiring . The World mu 3 t not suppose beeausa " monster meetings" are " few and far between , " that therefore there i 3 nothing doing . In the factories , the workshops , and by the firesides of our artinn 3 , the principles of Chartism are silently , but steadily , advancing . In this eoantry the many are not the blind followers of any man ; but on the contrary think for themselves : and therefore have we undying faith in the steady advance and certain triumph of the democratic principle . Yes : despite the

      persecution of aristocrats and profitmongers ; despite O'Cokneu . treachery ; our marehisonward ! To quote the langnage of the excellent article in ihe National giverrin our last : — " The Caartists have boldly proclaimed war in the name of the people . " They are the champions of" ideas constantly at woTk preparing a more general and more profound emancipation . " They are " the assertors of the sacred dogma of equality . " Therefore are they hated and persecuted by O'CoKJfEii and every other hypocrite and oppressor ; " but it is neither in His power , nor that of any other man , to crush the bud that is growing , or to prevent the future , which is everywhere in preparation "

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      COBDEN FAIRLY UNMASKED . While Alderman Brooks and ** ths lord lovb you" portion of Free Traders woulo wheedle us into the belief that Fr&e Trade was to be the means , and full , » free , and fair representation " the end , of the united agitation of the Leagne and Stubge party , we beg to refer our readers to the plain , ihe simple , unequivocal , and unmistakeable declaration jof Richard Cobdeh , Esq ., Complete " Free Trader , again 3 t the principles of Universal Suffrage and Vote by Ballot . At a late gathering of the , fraternity of real monopolists at Covent Garden , Cobdes , the Free Trader , and " means to an end " -man , which end was to be" full , free , and fair representation , " thus delivered himself . We give his whole reported speech : —

      Mr . Cobden , -who -was bailed with deaf ening cheers congratulated the meeting—to whom , naving . been re , f a&ed a committee up stairs by tie House , he was now msiing bis Bppeal—on the evidence given by Mb two "witnesses , the tenant farmers . The Hon Gentleman , is an able acd bumosroaa speech , commented on Mr- Djy ' s pEjnjphlet , which be Bald made up ita arguments by transposing sentences and omitting the dates of the Anti-Corn Law speeches on which it professed to ^ comment . Tbe Leagne bad been succestfal in all febe cotmtry mseUngB , except thai at Huntingdon , bat they mi ^ ht comfort themselves for tbe want of success there by tbe reflection that it was unssnaUy behindhand in intelligence , being the last place in Sngltnd where an eld woman was burnt for witchcraft , and where a

      Fellow of Cambridge w this day preached an annual sermon against witchcraft in * conformity-with a bequest left for that purpose . After urging various arguments to show that the valne of land would b » increased , and the demand for labour extended by the incitement to activity which tha removal of the protecting duties upon woicb they now relied would occasion amongst the landlords , the Eon . Gentleman referred to a speech of Sir . Defile , -whom . lift , described as tbe Yiiliera of the Americas Congress , the only dsifsrence being that Hr . ^ u £ Be contended against protection to tbe America * calico-printers , whilst Mr . Yiiliera fought the battle against tha English Jandlords with tais excerption thfrfbrmble arguments and enlightened views of boa were exib ^ y the same . HU objeeV in Tefer . ring ta .- thte * £ » ch waa to answer those

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      who asked why did tK" ? noti take a higher ground , and insist upon such cbucfW in the constitution itself as would render the repeal ot * & * Corn Laws more easily obtainable . In America they £ * 3 the ballot , they bad universal saffrage , and yet , at tbe same time they had slavery and oligarchy , if calico printers were able to procure for themselves protection— ( cheers and laughter . ) He hop » d this would be considered a sufficient reason why they concentrated their energies upon one practical object , and to effect this object the members of the League wonld bold out theband of fellowship to Mr . M'Daffle , and aid him in pattinj ' down the olfgaTcby of cotton-spinners on one side of tbe Atlantic , and of landlords on the other . ( Immenso cheering . )

      Now , then , what will Joseph Sttjboe , what will "Lord love you , " Bbookes , and what will the bottleholders of the " shy-took" say to that ? la that , or is it not , the spirit of the " Lord-love-you " principle 1 "InAmebica thev had the Bau , otc ; " thet had Universal Spfpbaok : and yet at the same time they had slavery and oligarchy ! If calico printers were able TO PROCURE FOR THEMSELVES PROTECTION he hoped thatwodld bk

      considered A SUFFICIENT EEASON WHY JHE LEAGUE CONCENTtaATED THE 1 B ENEBQIE 3 UPON ONE PBACTICAt object . " Ah , Cobden ! if America has slavery coexisting with the Ballot and Universal Suffrage , it is because slavery existed before America had the means of its prevention . It ia the decease , the infection of which has been infused by the British Constitution , but one which the Ballot and the Suffrage

      is undermining and will speedily destroy . And your objection to tbe Ballot and the Suffrage for Englishmen is , lest they should destroy English slavery upon which you and many of your order have risen from pauperism to affluence and wealth . We have you now , Cobden ! and will keep fast hold of you too , in the " Lord-love-you" vice , un til every working man in England shall thoroughly understand that " if calico pointers were

      -ABLE TO PBOOTKB PBOTECTION FOB THEMSELVES , " those whose labour is required to enrich them might go to the devil for protection 1 For with the consent of calico printers , they should never have it from the Ballot and Universal Suffrage . " The Lobd love sov , " Cobden I what a failure you have made of your theatrioal speculations 1

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      LABOUR'S CONFERENCES . It would appear that the sons of toil ore about to take advantage of the breathing time allowed to their oppressors , and well employ tbe Easter vacation . This week ' s Star contains the deliberations of the Colliers' Parliament . On EaBter Monday , the Tailors' Parliament meets in London ; and we shall take care to furnish copions reports of the deliberations of their representatives , for which wo

      have made arrangements . On Monday , the 15 th , the Chartist Convention will meet at Manchester ; and we trust that the deliberations of tho £ e several assemblies will give the gentlemen in St . Stephens a wholesome lesson in the science of legislation by respectively pointing oat the means by which Labour proposes to rBOTEcr itself from the assaults of Capital . The Star will contain copious reports of the proceedings of those several bodies .

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      Notice to Agents—All Agents whose accoanta have been sent to tbe ind of the quarter , and who do not transmit their balance , cannot blame us if their papers are stepped , which they assuredly will be . WOOTON-USDER-EDGE . —The Chartist friends at this place are requested to send to tbe Bristol Sub-Secretary—Mr . F . Evans , 19 , Malbro ' -street , Bristol ; stating where the delegates are to pat up on their arrival at Woottn . The Wobld Safe . Comfobt ' for Father IIilleb . — " Observer '" writes us , in reference to Father Miller's preachings in America , that the world will be shortly destroyed , that en a " careful examination of tbe Scriptures , be is satisfied that nothing of tbe sort is to be apprehended . All tbe

      passages in tbe Bible quoted by the Milleritea merely referring to tbe destruction of Jernsalem" Our correspondent adds that " there is no revelation in tbe Bible that sneb an event as tbe destruction of this globe will ever take place . " The Millerites , therefore , may rest in peace , and give up the hopeless task ' of frightening tin els Sara . A Workin * Man , Merthyr TrDVit . —No room . Johh Humter . —His poetry is inidmissable . AHJ > bew Johnston , Glasgow . —Respect ' ally declined . John Fergcsson , Sundehland . —We have no t 5 me to write private letters ; but we -will notice biB poetry next -week .

      DOBLIK UNIVERSAL SUFFRAGE ASSOCIATION . —Thuir report reached ub only on Thursday afternoon , too late for insertion this week . Bristol . —Tbe report of tbe nomination of a delegate to the forthcoming Conference has not been received . To Numerous Correspondents . —Answers -which ire bad prepared to numerous communications received , we are compelled by press of matter to postpone till next we&k . The Victim Richards . —We have received a most touching appeal on behalf of poor Richards , which , reluctantly , -we are obliged to keep over till next week . It is high time tbat something tffectuii was done in aid of tbe old veteran , "who has no prospect before him bat the " Union House" on his

      liberation . Mrs . J ) uffet begs to acknowledge the receipt of £ 2 4 s 21 from Mr . Christopher Doyle . She also has to return her heartfelt thsnks to her Cbartist friends of Leeds and Clitheroe , assuring them that it shall be applied to the purposes for which it was given-E . Parker , Bus . slet , will see that the Bubj ^ cthe -vrrites on is taken up in oar correspondence from Sfc Helens . : BiJiMiKGHAM Delegate Meeting . —We , on Thursday afternoon , received a report which wenld fill , at least , a column and a-nalf of our paper , of the Delegate Meeting held at tbe Ship , Birmingham , on SvTiday last which report should have reachedns on Tuesday morning , to have been certain of insertion .

      Of course , tre have had to omit it . We see , by the report that tbe Delegates have summoned another meeting , to be held at the same place , oa Sunday < to-morrow ) at twelve o ' clock . The Miners' Coxfkuexcb . —We , this day ( Friday ) nave received from cur indefatigable reporter , a very lengthy ' account of Wednesday's proceedings in the Glasgow Conference . ' The questions disoussed are of such impoituice to tbe Miners' Association that we feel we could net justly curtail the report ; we , therefore , are leluctantly compelled to postpone it till our next , -when-it , with the account of the subsequent proceedings , so all be fully given j the weighty Parliamentary discussions on the Factory question having , for this week , pre-occapied our columns .

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      John Thompson , Hamileton . ~ No . 14 , North Ann strest . Jens White , Bilstok Tbe letterjwas not pre-paid send tbe postage

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesday , March 26 . In tbe House of Lords the Eixlesir stical Courts Bill went through Committee , and tuu report was ordered to be brought up on Thursday . The House adjourned at nine o ' clocfc . Thursday , March 28 . Lord Brougham ; as usual , had a little talk . At the close of one of bis Lordship's harangues , Lord Momeagle very appropriately moved for a return of the correspondence between the Government and tb& Inspectors ot District Lunatie Asylums , on the subject of the treatment of lnnaticB in Asylums in Ireland . —Adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS-Tuesday Mabch 26 . The Earl of March moved the second reading of the Brighton and Chicheater Railway Bill . Colonel Wtndham and the Eatl of Akcndel opposed tbe motion . A division took place , when the second read-Ing was carried by a majority of 5 i . The Sttatford and Thames Junction Railway Bill , the Cym CeJyn and Blaina Iron Company Bill , and the Colchester and Harwich Railway Bill , were read a second time . ' Od tbe motion that the London and South Western Railway Bill be road a Bacond time , Mr . Wallace objected-to several clauses of the Bill , as they enabled tbe Company to act as wharfingers , Cuatoni House ageats , steam-boat proprietor * , and in sfcveral other capacitiea inconsistent with their duty , as railway prpprletors .: > Mr . Labowchebe thought the objection et TSx Wallace was well founded , but it might ; fee takflttinto

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      consideration OB tfringfog up ! the ^ epor :. Mr . Gladstone concurred wi £ S tb 0 Hon . Member , and the Bill was read a second tiratf . i Mr . M . Milnes gave notice of an amendment on Lord Palmerston ^ motion relative to tbe slave trade , to tbe effect tbat the mutual right ot search was only temporary , and should be at all times under the conttoul of tha Government who were parties to the treaty . Colonel Wood moved for leave t © bring in a Bill to exempt lime from toll conveyed on any turnpike road in Wales . i Mr . Hume opposed the motion ; the Bill was intended only for tbe landlords , land b « did not Bee wby they should enjoy such an exemption . Sir Charles Mor « an was also oppoBedto the measure . \

      Sir James Graham said he was decidedly opposed to the exemption , but would not oppose tbe introduction of the Bill , as be thought ' it ought to be printed and sent down to Wales , in order that tbe opinion of tbe people in that quarter might be ascertained . Oa a division leave was given to bring la tbe Bill by a majority of twenty-Bix . j Mr Butt moved tbat corn imported from British possessions In South Africa , India , and Australasia , be subjected to the same duty as that paid on corn imported ifrpm Canada . The motion was rejected by a majority of 70 , ; Sir G . Staunton than made a motion for granting a pension to the survivors of the ; late Dr . Morrison , for his services in China . ] After a lengthened discussion , the motion was withdrawn , and tbe House adjourned at eleven o ' clock .

      Wednesday , March 27 . Mr . Muntz moved the second reading of the Birmingham Corporation Bill . j , Mr . Duodale said tbat he should oppose the second teading of the Bill . He believed tbat it was not agreeable to the wishes of the majority of tbe people of Birmingham . He should therefore move tbat it be read & second time that day six months . After a few words from Mr . ] Newdegate and Mr . Scholbfield in opposition to tbe Bill , the House divided , when there appeared—For tbe second reading . 67 Against it I . 77 Majority against the second reading 10 The Bill is consequently lost .

      THE FACTORIES BILL . Lor *! SaN . don thought it advisable to take that opportunity of requesting his Noble Friend the Member for Dorsetshire to state what course be intended to take on Friday night next , in reference to tbe Factories Bill , and whether he intended to follow up the challenge which be had thrown down to the Gjrarnment ? Lord ASULEY aaid , Sir , my first impression—which has since been confirmed by the opinion of several friends—was , that I Bhould not offer any opposition to the Government ' s withdrawing the Bill on Friday night —1 Dear )—and it is not ray intention to offer any opposition—( Hear , bear ) . I know tbat in so doing I surrender many advantages which 1 already poasesa . But I think it is my duty , when I can without

      compromising any principle , to consult tbe convenience of the House and the Government—( hear , bear , hear ) . I take this course on the understanding tbat the Government will immediately introduce another Bill , and will take tha discussion upon It on an early day after Eaat « r—( hear , bear ) . 1 presume tbat the House will not ask me npw to state what course I may fuel it my duty t" pursue on that ! occasion—( bear , b ^ -ar ) but I beg leave to state that on Friday I shall offer no opposition to tbe withdrawal of tbe Bill —( cheers ) . Sir James Graham—I may i perhaps be permitted to give notice that it is my intention to move on Friday , tbat the Order of tbe Diy for the House resolving itself into Committee on the Factories Bill be discharged ; and after tbat Order of the Ddy shall feave been disposed of ,

      f will give notice tbat I shall move for leave to bring in a Bill to alter tbe existing laws for regulating labour in factories . If the present Bill should be withdrawn , and leave to introduce a new Bill should be obtained , I shall move that it be read a first time on Friday , and printed , and shall fix tbe secoud reading for an early day afler Eister —( bear , bear ) . I therefore give notice , tbat on Friday next I shall move fer leave to bring in a Bill to alter the laws regulating labour in factories—( hear , bear ) . The first motion on Friday will be that tbe reacting Che Order of ihe Diy for tho House resolving itself into Committee on tbe Factories' Bill be postponed to that day six month * , but I shall not he at liberty to make tbe motion of which I have given notice until tbe other Orders of tbe 9 iy shall be disposed of—( hear , bear ) . \

      MASTERS AND SERVANTS' BILLMr . T . Duncohbe said , be believed tbe question now was , the reading of the Order of tbe Day ; if they allowed the Order of the Diy to be postponed on one Bill , there could be no objection to its being postponed on another ; and be bad an objection to tbe Bill tbat stood No . 7 on the paper—tbe Masters and Servants ' Bill , which he intended to propose should be postponed till after Elater . This was one of the most important Bills tbat bad been introduced during tho present session , not excepting even tbe Factories Bill , or tbe Commons inclOBure BilL Tbe labouring population bad been taken quite by surprise by this BilL The Bill was totally different in principle to any which bad preceded it ; and it had been altered in almost every

      word , from the preamble to the last clause contained in it . The Government , under such circumstances , ought to discharge tbe order for its committal , and bring in a Bill , aa they proposed to do on the Factory question . He bad received various petitions against the bill ; But tbe labourers were taken by surprise with respect to its contents , and this was ettribuUble , be thought , to the circumstance of it being fixed for discussion on Wednoaduys , and the press not choosing to perform its duty by reporting the proceedings of tho House on that day . He could tell then , however , that tbe fact of introducing this bill ] in a mitigated form , in tbe first instance and then presenting it in its present monstrous and unconstitutional aspect , o ; ily induced him to use all the forms of the House in opposing it ,

      which he was determined to ' exhaust rather tban quietly submit to snch an unjust infliction upon the rights of labour . He had already received many petitions against this monstrous Bill , one of which was from Barnsley , and which ke wonld read to the House , wherein the petitioners complained of their want of confidence in the magistracy , and the cruelty and injustice of aiming them with further despotic powers . Tne petitioner ' s further complained tbat if this bill passed , their condition would be worse tban Russian serfs , and be ( Mr . Duncomba ) agreed with them , but was determined not to be a party

      to thair degradation . He had ] also received notice of a petition which was to be forwarded from Glasgow ogainst the bill from tbe representatives of 400 , 000 Colliers , who , be begged to assure tbe House , were not in a temper just now to be trifldd with . It was a most insidious atUrapt of the Government that bad fathered the Bill to crash the labouring classes of this country . There was no reluctance in postponing the Factories Bill , in conatquence of one objectionable clause ; while the characteristic perseverance of the House would , no doubt , be manifested in favour of a Bill which , throughout , was unjust , tyrannical , exclusive , and unconstitutional . '

      Sir James Grahau disclaimed tbe Bill as a Government measure . i Mr . Ferrand said be had tbat morning received numerous letters from persons in tbe manufacturing districts , all expressing the greatest alarm , as to the effect of the 4 th clause of this Bill , if it should become law . Tbat clause provided that if a working man should not fulfil a contract— \ Tbe Speaker said the Hon . Gentleman could not go into tbe merits of a portion of the Bill upon the motion tben before Che House . Mr . T . Duncombe then moved , by way of amendment , tbat the order of the clay relative to the Masters and Servants' Bill be rtad , fox the purpose of being postponed , ' On the motion tbat tbe Ordor ot the Day be read , Mr . Ht'ME objected to tbe Bill , because he thought it would tend seriously to impair tbe interests of the working classes .

      Mr . Ferband denounced the principle of the Bill , and said he was cojafldent that before the Bill again came under the consideration off the House the table would be covered with petitions against it . Mr . Hawes thought it only an act of justice towards the Government to Btate , that whereas tbe Bill was originally obscure as to its enuotmeixts , it was now , in accordance with their suggestions , jmade ckar and more fitted for discussion . He objected to the course pursued by the Hon . Member for Finabnry in taking that BUI out of ita order and moving that it ba postponed , especially after an assurance had been given , that it would be postponed when the order of the day came before the house in regular courae-Hchebrs ) . Mr . T . Duncombe insisted on his right to make the motion , and would not be intimidated from the performance of his duty by cheers from the one side , or the appeal to convenience on the other ; and , therefore , he was determined to persevere . ;

      The speaker said , it was tbe ordinary understanding that on Wednesdayb the orders of , the day should be taken as they Btood on the list , but there was no rule of the Honae to prevent the Hon . JMfember fot Finsbury from moving his amendment . * The effect of that amendment , bowsver , if carried , would | be , that it would , be impossible to hiove that tha orders of the day be now read ; and a separate question must then be put with respect to every distinct order of the day , —a course wcich would be contrary to the general understanding which existed—\ heaT , hear ) . i . , Mr . Duncombe did not xv ' ibTi tlo interfere "with the other orders or the diy farther than was necessary for the attainment of his own object , ! whioh was the postponement of that Bill ; and against which , after Easter , bewoold let the House know that the working classes « f the country vjete . determined to take their stand .

      Bir R . Peel * raVd , the Hon . Gentleman had received the assurance that this order of the day would be postponed , and tbeKefore the object was answered . The amendment was then withdrawn . On the motion of I . ord WOUSLEir , the order of the day on the EiclosureBill was postponed to the 24 tli ' of The Night Poaching Prevention JBlll waa read a third time , and passed . f Tj&Ro . iue . then adjourned .

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      THE VICTIM OP THE GAME LAWS . Ws see , by the York Courant , that the execution of George Lowthes , who is now lying in York Castle , nnder sentence of death , for the murder Of the gamekeeper of the Mar ^ uiB of Normanbt , will take place on Saturday , the 13 ih of April , Bhould a reprieve not be received in the interim . We had hoped ere this to have heard that the Noble Marquis bad made some effort to obtain for this nnfortunate man the clemency of the Crowo ; but up to this time have been disappointed . When wo call to mind that the Marquis of Nokmanby ' b

      administration in Ireland was signaliz&d by a regard for the diotates of m »» rcy , to an extent never exhibited by any previous Ticeroy , and which did so much to render hia name popular with the people of tbat country , we cannot bring ourselves to the conclusion that he will willingly allow this victim of selfish and brutal legislation to die a gallows death for & ctime to which he bas been driven by an infamouB law . We are aware tbat his Lordship has not tbe power to advise the Sovereign to tbe performance of this act of mercy ; but we know that bis Lordship has influence , sufficient we believe , if only used , to save England from tlie

      disgrace of another public strangulation for a violation of the Game Laws . To him therefore we earnestly appeal to use his endeavonrs to prevent the horrid tragedy taking place , and trust we shall appeal not in vain . For the present we pause , to return next week to the subject ; again entreating the Marquis of Norhaxbt to remember tbat no time is to be lost ; tbat tbe life of a fellow'creature hangs , in all probability , upon bis breath ; and tbat society demands of him that be shall carry oat the rule be professes to believe in : "Love Mercy ; " and " Do unto thj Brother as thou wouldst thy Brother should do unto thee . "

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      rw ^?» r mciDB 0 N Blackfrurs-Bbidgk .-£ m ^ o CoNDvcr . -This " bridge of sighs" was a ¥ Z- % ? ° K »»* * « scene of another act of selfdestructiffD , Jfl « , <> person of a young woman , who , a short time after twelve o ' clock , was observed to K ^^ i *? ? ste paof the BOuth aide of the bridge and precipitate herself into the river . An alarm was immediatel y jgiTOn , and one of the watermen with praiseworthy intrepidity rushed in after her and succeeded in catching hold of her cloak ; this , however , gave way , and she disappeared . The Vfa { » n was now obliged to come into shallU water to recover his breath . He had no Booner done thia than she again rose , and ho immediately darted after and succeeded in bringing her ashore . She then

      was evidently alive . With the assistance •( police-constable Speakman , 326 , and another waterman , the poor creature was conveyed to Mr . Rose , surgeon , corner of Stamford-street arid Blackfriarsroad . and after ringing and knocking several times at the door , the : young man , who bad gone to bed , made his , appearance , but tkey were informed that Mr . Rose , was not at home , and were referred to Mr . Meymott , anrgeon , No 56 , btamford-street , where on arriving , they were directed to convey her to St . Thomas s Hospital . Thither they were obliged to proceed , but on the surgeons of that institution examing her , life was prouounced to be extinct . The conduct of Borne persons in this case is highly reprehensible , as the deceased was not more than five minutes in the water , but nearly three quarters of an hour had elapsed before she was attended by * medical man . :

      Extraordinary Land-slip—During the night of Driday last an unusual and remarkable occurrence took place on Claston estate , in the parish of Dormington , the property of Mr . Foley , of Stoke Edithpark . A large piece of land , consisting of more than three acres of rock and earth , with forty oak trees , slipped down Dadnor ' s-hill , a distance of two hundred yards , into the valley beneath , and now presents a very curious fappearanca , the projected masses of rock forming fantastic shapes of caverns , &c , and tome of the trees remaining upright as if growing . The whole scene is well worthy of inspection . From : the ground cracking , &o ., there had been previouB idication of the coming " slip , " and no doubt the wet weather hastened the result . The damage occasioned by the occurrence is estimated at

      £ 150 . The event has given rise to a variety of alarming reports about an " earthquake , " &c , but we have stated the real nature of the incident as above . —HerefordJTwcs . WjkSBJifQTON .-T ^ CuiLo Burned . —An inquest was held on Saturday , before John Heyes , Esq . and a respectable Jury , touching the death of George Rogers , three years and a half old . On Thursday the mother went to a neighbour ' s house for some clothes , leaving , tho deceased and an infant in the house . She desired the boy not to play with tho fire ; but on her return 9 he found him lying on tbe bed , his clothes and the bed-linen being in flvmes . She called for assistance and extinguished the flames , and in so doing was severely burnt . Tho Jury returned a verdiot of " Accidental death , " and made a small subscription for the mother , who is in a distressed state .

      Fatal Accident . —On Saturday a fatal accident occurred to a man named John Emmett , well-sinker , who was engaged , with two others , in sinking a pump well for Mr . William Hartley , cotton-manufacturer , Heywood . It appeared the deceased had sunk to the depth of six yards and a half , three of which waa built with brick , and made , to all appearancej secure . The deceased , who was the prinoipal sinker , very injudiciously sunk threo yards and upwards without putting a curb , or ring , in . While sinking through a bed of sand , and preparing to put another ring , the bottom suddenly gave way , and an instant afterwards , the brick work at the top , which was suspended to two planks placed across the top of tbe well , followed it : these also gave way , and all went down together , burying beneath them the unfortnnate man who was at the bottom of the well . On being taken out ho was quite dead .

      Dreadful Murder in Tipperary . —Last Monday , a man named Keating , a decent farmer , was murdered in the noon-day . He resided near Ardfinnan , county Tipperary . His two nephews committed the apt , having first ordered a labourer to go out of sight . The old lease of these persons ' farms had just expired , but the landlord had retained them in possession . Some fquabblea subsequently arose between the families , and at length they quarrelled about a lime-kiln , upon whfch the nephews murdered the uncle , by beating his skull to pieces with stones . Ash-ton . — Fatal Accident . —On Monday morning , the neighbourhood of Audenshaw was thrown into a state of consternation , in consequence of a report being circulated that Mrs . Sarah Cordingley , an old woman seventy-seven years of age , had been killed by falling down , stairs . The report proved to be too true .

      Shocking Destitution . —On Tuesday evening , an inquest was held before Mr . Payne , at the Red Lion , Shoe-lane , Holborn , on view of the body of William Joseph Ellis , aged 45 , of Plamtree-court , Holbornplace . The jury , on viewing the body of deceased , found it much emaciated , lying in a wretched cellar . From the evidence , it appeared tbat deceased had been affected with asthma during tho last seven or eight years , but became much worse about Christmas last , since which he had done no work , and had been much distressed . On Saturday evening , about fire o ' clock , he appeared to be dying , when the wife called in Mr . James Taylor , a neighbour , who found deceased lying on the floor On a lot of old raga , without either bod , sheets , or

      blankets , and the only covering was an old coat : his wife was sitting on the ground holding his head . Tbe only food in the plane was about onefourth of a quartern loaf . Mr . S . Wray , the parish surgeon , and Mr . Carvill , the relieving officer , were sent for -. they promptly attended , and instant relief was given , but deceased died between one and two o ' clock on Sub day morning . The deceased bad said some time Fince that he would sooner periah than go into the union workhouse , but had for some time been in tbe receipt of only about one shilling per week from St . Sepulchre ' s parish , Middlesex , which he had to reserve to pay the rent of his wretched abode . He complained of this small allowance , and was told ho was able to work , and also that he bad been seen smoking tobacco in Sraithfiold , and therefor * ho ought to be able to buy food . The wife , Mary Ann Ellis , a miserable Fqualid . looking diseased' cripple , gave a most deplorable acount of

      their wretched state . The coroner , in summing up , said it was to be lamented that such places as these cellars existed , and that bo much misery should dwell therein . Verdict , ' Died from natural causes . " Stock p ort- Canine Madness . ^ Considerable alarm was excited iu various parts of this borough , on Friday last , in consequence of a sheep dog entering the town in a state of madness . Who the owner of the animal was has not been yet ascertained ; it camo from towards Bredbury , ran along Cburch-gatc , and other parts of the borongh , biting a number of dogs , and we rrgret to state Beveral individuals . A youth in the employ of Messrs . Christy , bat manufacturers , had the end of one of his thumbs bitten off . The dog was chased by one of Mr . Christy ' s men with a loaded gun , and was ultimately shot while attempting to force its way through the iron-gates at Mr . H . Morsland's , Woodbank . The shot not proving fatal , the dog was disDatched by tho lodge keeper with a spade .

      Another Fire at Liverpool . —' About twenty minutes after one o ' clock , on Saturday morning , the policeman on doty in Soho-street observed flames issuing from Messrs . Pringlo and Harvey ' s riccmill , in that neighbourhood . The alarm was immediately convoyed to the Fire-station , and in the course of twenty minutes after the engines were got iuto play . The flimes had , howevor , raged with such violence in the interim that the contents of the mill were almost . wholly destroyed . The surrounding , premises were for some time in considerable danger , but , owing to the efficient manner in which the engines wore worked , and the plentifulness of the supply of water , tho danger was altogether confined to the will . There were two workmen in the mill at tho time ; and the only manner in whioh the fire can be accounted for is by tho friction of the grinding-Btones . The daosago to mill and properly is considerable .

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      Factories' Bill - ~ Fubuc MeETiNG . in Cablisle . —A public meeting ip support Of the measaro of Lord Ashley for the KrJlitation of the Mara of factory labour to tea hours per day , was held fn the Athenaeum , Carlisle , on the evening of Monday , th « 26 th March . The attendance was numerous , containing a fair spriDglingcf the middle classes . Mr . James Arthur , bookseller , was called to the chair , who made some introductory remarks , and read ihe bill calling the meeting . Mr . John Armstrong

      moved the first resolution : —" xflat it is the opinion of this meeting , that the plain Ten Hoars' Bill , for all ages above thirteen , prohibfting night work , would bo a most wise , practica ? , and beneficial measure , and consonant with the real and permanent interests of all parties concerned . " Mr , Amstrong spoke at gome length upon the subject . He thought the bill under consideration , was called for by every dictate of justice and humanity . He read , at some length , from the speech ofLordAshley in the Hodsa of Commons , showing the debilitating effects , of protraoted toil in the unwholesome atmosphere of a cotton-mil ) , in producing premature old age , as proved by ihe fact that throughout almost all the factory districts , few persons were found fit for

      labout above forty years of age . Mr . Armstrong repudiated the idea that the operatives could possibly be injured by the adoption of this measure , or that any such effect aa a reduction of their wages would probably take place ; as according to every principle of political economy tho value of labour depended intimately upon the amount of supply and demand for the . produce of that labour . Owing to improvements in machinery , and the long hours of labour , the supply of our manufactured goods now exceeded the demand , hence they were diminished ia value , and wages were reduced . But let some limit be placed to the amount of production , the supply would not then exceed the demand , the value of produce would be increased .

      and thus wages would be maintained . He ( Mr . A . ) thought that if every trade could effect a reduction in the hours of labour , the surplus hands now travelling the country in search of employment , would be absorbed , and all parties receive a better remuneration . Mr . Henry Whiteley , draper , seconded the resolution , which was put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . Mr . J . B . Hanson moved the adoption of a petition to the House of Commons upon the subject , and made some appropriate remarks , alluding most strongly to the dastardly conduct of certain free traders , who , while so anxious to give the poor man a cheap loaf , were equally anxious that he should labour long hours to obtain it . Mr . Hansoiiread the evidenoa of various medical

      gentlemen upon the injurious effects of protracted factory labour ; and concluded by proposing the adoption of the petition . Mr . Porter , of the Foundry , seconded the resolution . He said he could bear testimony to the evil of young children working long hours in factories . He had been engaged in teaching the young , and had always found that the long hours they had to labour was a great impediment to their intellectual advancement . He had watched the progress of this measure with interest , and he trusted that , tho voice of the people would be heard in the House of Commons , and that the can e of justice , truh , and humanity , would triumph—( applause . ) G . H , Head , E ^ q ., banker , of Rickerby House , was then requested by tho chairman to make a few observations . This gentleman is no less noted for his charity than for the warm interest he has ever

      taken in the welfare of the working classes . He complied with the request . He was received with cheers , and addressed the meeting for some time . He took similar views of tbe subject to those taken by previous speakers , and introduced several statistics , showing that increased production had brought only decreased value and low wages . He looked upon a ten hours' bill as highly necessary , and had ? o doubt , even if the present measure were defeated , that it would eventually be carried . It was then resolved that the petition be signed by tbe chairman on behalf of the meeting , and forwarded without delay . Three cheers were given for Lord Ashley and those who voted with him , and tfcree cheers Yor 6 . H . Head , Esq , for the noble manner in which he had come forward on all occasions in behalf of the working classes . That gentleman acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting then broke up .

      Bradfobd Tbn Hours' Bill . —A public meeting of the clergy , manufacturers , and operatives was held in trie Temperance Hall , on Wednesday evening , Mr . Joshua Pollard , Esq , in the chair . The meeting was addressed by the Rev . Dr . Seoresby . Vicar , the Rev . Mr . Morgan , Rev . Mr . Dowson , Rev . MrJ Ackworth , of Horton College , Mr . C . Walker , Mr . Squire Auty , and several other gentlemen . Resolutions were unanimously carried in favour of a Teu Hours' Bill ; and a petition adopted to be signed by tbe Chairman on behalf of the

      meeting , to be presented by Lord Ashley to the House of Commons . Dr . Seoresby spoke in aa eloquent manner in favonr of Ten Hours' labour not only in , fatorie ? , but for all laborious employments . Mr . Charles Wa'kar entered into calculations proving that the reducing of the hours of labour , from twelve to ten hours , would not enhance the value of a piece of stuff one halfpenny per yard . The Hall was crowded to excess , and not a single dissent to the resolutions , or petition . A vote of thanks was carried by acclamation to the Chairman , and the meeting separated .

      Hebden Bridge . —Ten Hours' Bill Meeting . — A meeting , similar to those held at Carlisle and Bradford , noticed above , was held at Hebden Bridge , on Saturday evening last . Mr . Abraham Marshall occupied the chair . Mr . Joshua Hobson , of Leeds ; Mr . Samuel Kydd , and several speakers belonging to tho locality , addressed the meeting . The large room was crowded by an enthusiastic assembly , who adopted the resolutions and petition unanimously .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 30, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1258/page/5/