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for all these reasons we had some misgiving sb to She probability of the Durham Chronicle tiro wing out ibe pitmen ' s dirty advocate" for the purpose of taking in the case of their " clean and spotless" © as * lexs . The" jockey had trained himself to Mr Bobskb ' s back . " He had got astride one of the fast ponies /* and became , as it were , made to the horse 3 and found it difficult to stretch hi 3 cramped and set eg 3 to so wide a strain as the broad back of ** Coal Ens abuse , "
We knew ihat not one of the Durham tribe—not an individual of Master Job Pease ' s lacqueys , would venture upon the Herculean labonr promised to be undertaken by them in the Durham Chronicle of the week before last . In that number we had the positive assurance that they had taken in " clean water" and thrown on * the " diriv ,- " that they had abandoned the hopelessness of convincing the Colliers that they were honest , and Mr . Bobebis was a rogue ; and that they had positively undertaken io
prove that the masters were " injured innocence , and that the men were depraved and profligate vaga-Iwnds . Now , here are the two distinct -announcements . With regard "to Mr . Eobesu , our friend said : we "begin seriously to entertain the intention of dropping him into his natnral obscurity . " And after our friend had thus consigned the contumacious Attorney-General to his " katttral obsccbitt , '> a term which by the bye we don ' t understand , our friend proceeded to tell U 3 what his next resolve waa as follows i—
" We had proposed to ourselves to enter into aa exposure of this most arrant of all modem humbug and ignorance , in oux present cumber ; bat find that it "woold occupy more time and space than "we can , at present conveniently devote to the subject . Bat we shall not fail , in oar next publication , to demonstrate the hollowness of the stimulate ! outcry against the coalovniers , which certain Cockney sages and liberal Legislstors seam to have learned by rote , and parrot-like chatter about , without understanding the subject one RhiS tetter than poor Poll V "
Well , bo far so good- We ventured to tell our friend that he had undertaken a hercnlean task . Of course , whatever misgivings we m % y have had as to the success of the undertaking , we had no Eght to doubt that the pledge would be redeemed . In fact , the barefaced impudence of oux ootemporary was a kind of guarantee that he would undertake any thing , especially for acon-m-der-a-tion ; and we had as little doubt that our friend Job Pease would v shell oni" liberally for any servic * Tendered te his order . Well , then , with Ench fair promises , Bach cheering anticipations , and snob a prospect of Inn as the defence of the biggest tyrants living ,
judge onr surprise , onr horror , and our disappointment upon opening ocb sext publication in which was to be dehmtsiraied the hollowkess OP IHB SlM . VLi . TSD OCTCRT AGAI 53 T Tq-R COAX OWXKBS , ' of seeing , instead of the promised demonstration , our old friend booted and spurred astride the back of Mr . Bobseos , who wa 3 to have been consigned to his " natural obscurity , and not a sentence , not a word , nay , not a syllable of the promised defence of the " injarsd innocents . " Aye , verfly Messrs-Bbjgsal aad Vkitch , Messrs . Pease and Nizok , — who , by the bye , is not an attorney , as we were led to suppose , but a surgeon , —w « have good reason io complain of you .
We had a slight misgiving , however , that oht valiant friends would back into the stable of discretion , and leave the task that they had undertaken io other hands . So far , then , we have brought , pur controversy with the Durham Chronicle to a close We have so completely silenced onr friend ' s battery , ihat until he undertakes to redeem the pledge of defending the masters , we shaft hold Mm unworthy of further notice . Perhaps as he has been asking constantly after Mr . Roberts , it may not be amis ? , at parting , to inform our friend that that gentleman has been at several collieries within the last
week , and amongst others at Thobjo . et , where he appears to have reaped all the advantage that an honest man will ever derive from the slandtr of sycophants aad slaves . The abuse of the Chronicle has but tended to endear him to the Colliers , and however we may feel a little disappointment at the non-performance of the pledge to justify the mastersj we felt much more at the threat of consigning Mr ; Hqbebis to his natural obscurity , " feeling convinced that the ravings of his disappointed rival have tended not a little to secure for him that love and affection which our friend calculated upon destroying .
A word about the Apostles , and we have done . Their exertions have led to the resolutions of the United Trades of London , not only to support them in their struggle , but to discharge every debt thai has been contracted to maintain them in the contest ¦ whh their masters , whose defence even the Durham Chronicle dare not enter upon . Again we say that nothing can be more creditable than the manner in which those twelve honest working men have eonrlneted themselves during their mission ; and nothing could rtfleet greater honour upon the Trades of London , than the noble and praiseworthy manner in which they lave come forward io the rescue ; while nothing could more tend to the conviction of the coal masters than the fact that even the Durham Chronicle dare not enter upon their defence .
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^ IscESDiiHisaiEi Esses . —On Saturday last at three o ' clock at noon , flames were seen issuing from the thatch of a large double barn upon the extensive premises of Mr . Luke King , of Jenkins Farm , in the parish of Stisted , within a mile and a half of ths town of-Braintree . Messengera were instantly despatched forthe engines at Brainnree , Booking , and Sristed , which were hastened to the spot , bnt were too late to render at-y assistance , as from the heat of the weather , and dry condition of the buildings , the flames spread with the greatest rapidity , and the whole of the extensive buildings were consumed in less than an hour and a hair" The dvreliing-hou 3 e was raved . The properly consumed consisted of a large double hara , a single- ditto , containing 30 quarters of peas , and a similar quantity of oats , a haulm stack , several Etraw stacks , granary , stables ^ cattle sheds , piggeries , eowhonse , carilodges , &c The damage is estimated at £ 800 .
xaial Aoctdsst . —About three o ' clock on Sunday afternoon last , as a party in a phaeton were descending the Alkricgten Brow , leading into Middleton , Lancashire ; the horse took fright , and , when near the Commercial Inn , a girl , nine years of age , the daughter of George Consterdine , of Blackley , in attempting to get out of the road , Jell in front of the phaeton the wheels of which passed over her body 3 tad killed her on the spot . Tkbek Bots Dbowsed . —About five o ' clock on Sunday evening , as a number of young men and bovs were bathing in the Rochdale canal , near Cheetham ' s i > ock , a-: Slattocks , two miles from Middleton , three of them were drowned . A boatman in attempting to save them , very narrowly escaped .
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Wolvebhasotoh . —On Monday last , the Truck system got auotber fatal blow in this district . The cases , which had been adjourned from the early part of May , were again heard on that day , and the Public Offi . ce was thronged long before the time fixed for the hearing to commence . At there were other cases relative to the allowing of girls to have charge of the ropes , chains , and tackle against Lord A'ihlcy ' s Act , there was a full bench of magistrates , consisting of Messrs . T . S . Briscoe and J . Foster . Esgrs ., who are capable of hearing truck cases , and Messrs . Barker , Hill , Maddocks , and others , who are so far interested in mines . and collieries as to be disqualified from acting in the cases of truck , but competent to act in
the other cases . Parties were charged with having empJoyed girls at the month of the pit to hook on and take off" skips , " empty and full , in which skips , men , and boys often are brought up and down the shaft ; but these protectors of the poor decided , that the engine man , though at a distance of sixty yards , was the person having eharge of the ropes and chains : they therefore dismissed the case . Mr . Allen , who appeared for the prosecutors , declared hiB intention to have a much higher opinion than that of a Coal or Iron Master : he wonld therefore Beck justice elsewhere . A workman named Fellows and ht 3 two son 3 and wife appeared to prosecute two butties for paying wages in goods instead of money . It appeared from the evidence of Fellows , that the
parties by whom he and his sons were employed were buttie 3 under a Sir . Fryar , of Pelsall , a magistrate and coal master , and having an interest in a shop kepi by a fellow named Roden . It also appeared that Fellows was employed aa a Miner at 2 s . 3 d . per day , the elder son at 2 s ., and the younger at lid . per day , and that for the last nine months he had not received either for himself or sons a farthing of money as wages , not even on an occasion when his wife had been brought to bed . The poor fellow was not a scholar , but he had a very ingenious method of keeping an account of his and his son's work , by cutting notches in a stick , three of which he produced in court . One contained an account of the work done during a five weeks' reckoning , another four weeks , and ihe third three weeks , all of whieh he swore to ; and , although severely cross-examined by the
defendani ' s attorney , he made his case perfectly clear . Hi 3 vrife swore to her having received the goods for her husband and sons . The magistrates fined the butties ten pounds and costs , five pounds to go to the informer , and regretted that they had not evidence to convict the real offenders , of whom the defendants were the tools . There was an information against Mr , John Parsons , for paying wages in truck j it was a second offeaee . Mr . Parsons consented to pay £ 25 ) and entirely abandon his Tommy shop . " The C 3 S 3 was therefore not entered into . There -was another case , bat the evidence of the ¦ witness was so vague , that the Magistrates dismissed the in f ormation , but told the witness he might summon for the wages he had been paid in goods . Some cases for paying wages in a publichouse were disposed of , and one case was adjourned to the 22 nd of July .
SonH Staffordshire . —Messrs . Hammond and Wild held a meeting which was numerously attended , at Hill Top , at which resolutions were passed for the advancement of the Union in this district . - A Delegate Meetisg of the Miners of South Staffordshire will be held at the Dog and Partridge , Dndley , on Monday next , July 1 st , at ten o clock in the ferenoon . South Statfobdshibe . —Ebbatcm . —The fid pnblished in the Star of the 15 th insfc . for Princes End should have been 63 . and Thomas Barker 6 d .
Htdb- —A public meeting of the Coal Miners of the Hyde District was holden on Monday last , in the large room of the Swan Inn . Mr . Price , a working miner , -was unanimously called to the chair . The meeting -sr&s addressed by Mr . Booth , from Yorkshire , one - of the accredited agents of the Miner ' s Associa--tion , and also by Mr . Win . Dixon , from Manchester . A good feeling prevailed , and a determination evinced to render the men of Northumberland and Durham all assistance . Babsslet . —The Committeee at the Union Inn , Barnsley , return their thankB for the following sums j June 22 nd : —Worabro' Common , G . Mitchell 2 s 6 d ; Barnsley , Young Foundry 2 s lOd ; Old Mill 2 s 4 d ; Union-row 53 6 d ; Oil Mill 2 s 7 d ; Churchstreet 3 s lOd ; Laylor-row 43 lld ; two Friends Is ; Old Town 33 5 d ; George Sedewich 2 s ; few Friends 9 d j Low Side-green Is 4 d ; Wilson Piece 7 s 6 ^ d ; Bare Bone 3 is 6 d ; Kingston-place 23 4 id ; Jews
Hill 3 3 s lOd ; Cheapside 15 s 4 Jd ; Three Cranes 2 s 7 d ; Gawber Hall 5 s 6 | d ; Newland 3 s 9 d ; a few Friends Is 9 d ; Lowside-greeu Is lid ; Lord Nelson Inn lOd ; George Buckler 5 s ; few Friend Is 5 d ; Oak Pit 83 Id ; from Worsbro' Dale 1 b 7 d ; Bare . Bones Is 9 d , Peas Hill S 3 11 £ ; Old Mill Is 4 £ a * ; YenngFoundry 2 s 9 d ; Lowside-green 83 Id ; from Burton Is Id ; Taylor-row 4 s 6 id ; Peter Hey Is ; Friend 9 i ; Shamble-street 83 6 d ; 'Onion-row 5 s 7 d ; Church-street 2 s 9 < i ; Kingstone-place 2 s lid ; Geo . Sedewick 2 s ; Frederick Crow 1 b ; Cheapside Is 7 Jd ; Oil Mill 4 s lOd j Wilson Peice 21 s S $ d ; Butchers 2 s 4 d ; George Buckle 4 s , Friend Is lOd ; Geo . Bfoadhead Is ; Three Cranes 23 6 d ; Friend 4 d ; T . Dineses 2 s ; Friend 7 d ; Worsbro Common , G . Mitchell 53 ; Ditto 83 id ; Ardsley 33 ; few Friends Is 9 ^ d ; Gaub er Hall 17 s lid : from Shaf ion 7 s ; Thorncliff 11 s 6 d ; Thomas Wigfield 2 s 6 d ; a Friend 3 d ,
Gawbeb Hall Collikbt , keak Babkslet . —Mr . Richard Thorpe has given an advance to his men of 6 d . per dozen , ana fd . per yard . The men have returned to their work .
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Sheffield . —Tbcck Case . —David Oxley sum * moned Mr . Pass , of Pit ' s-moor , coal master , for paying him his wages in poods , contrary to the act 1 st and 2 nd William IVch , commonly called the Truck Act . Mr . Broomhead appeared for the prosecution , Mr . Paifreyman for Mr . Pass . Mr . Broomhead stated the case , by which it appeared thatMr . Pa 88 bad been in the habit of selling meat to his men and stopping it out of their wages . Mr . Broomhead read the different sections of the act , clearly proving that such mode of payment waa contrary to law , and rendered Mr . Pass liable to the penalties . Vincent Oxley Btated that on Saturday , May 18 th , he went for hiB father ' s wages to Mr . Pas ses shop ; the wage 8 amounted to I 83 7 d ; he received from Mrs . Pass 6 s 7 d in money , and
twelve shilling ' s worth of beef . He said he had been in the habit of going for the wages and had always been paid in a Biv&ilar manner . He produced the pay note in which the various items were Bet forth ; he worked in the pit with his father . Mr . Paifreyman cross-examined him at great length , but could not Bhake bis evidence . The Magistrates asked him if he was compelled to go to Mr . Pass ' s shop for the meat . He said all the men were compelled ts go , for if they did not , they must have no more work . The Magistrates said there was a doubt on their mind as to whether giving goods
before there was any wages due , could come under the truck act . Mr . Brown submitted that the settlement was always on the Friday night , and as the meat was got on the Saturday , there was a day ' s wages in hand . Mr . Overend however , adjourned the case till Tuesday , to take Counsel ' s opinion on the subject . On Tuesday Mr . Overend said he had Counsel ' s opinion on the subject and the result was that it wa 3 held not to be a case under the truck act , but simply one of debt . The case was therefore dismissed . This is a case Mr . Roberts should take up and ascertain whether the Magistrates decision on the Counsel ' s opinion be the law or not .
The Stbike . —There seems but little prospect at present of a satisfactory arrangement between the Colliers of this district and their employers . On Tuesday last , through the interposition of a friend , th « Miners had an interview with Alderman Dunn , but nothing satisfactory transpired . Mr . Dunn told his men that he would concede to none of their terms—that there were some among them he wonld never employ again , and that if they did not return to their work in a few days at his tertns , be would fill their places with strangerB . The men , however , are , if possible , more determined than ever . The Trades are coming out nobly ; the table-blade forgers on last Wednesday , paraded the streets with a waggon load of loaves , drawn by a number of the
trade , accompanied by a band of music and thousands of people , and have agreed to give the Colliers £ 9 par week while the Strike lasts . The pen-blade grinders likewise , on the same evening , generously gave them £ 15 ; i and on Monday evening the Bpring-knife cutlers , amounting to near 2 , 000 men , agreed to levy 2 d . a man weekly during the strike ; and each man is to come on Wednesday evening , with a loaf of bread , and to march in procession through the principal streets , headed by a large loaf of twenty pounds' weight , the gift of Mrs . Hudson , of Campo Lane , where the spring-knife cutlers meet . The moral effeoc of these displays is tremendous , and is teaching capitalists the
wholesome lesson—that while one portion of the sons of labour are struggling for their rights , the others will not stand quietiy by and see them starve . A requisition to the Mayor , most respeotably and numerously signed , has been got up for " a public meeting of the inhabitants , to consider of the evils the trade of the town is likely to suffer from the want of a sufficient supply of necessary ooal ; and also to endeavour to effect an amicable arrangement of the unhappy disputes between the coal masters and their workmen . " On Sunday last , Mr . Weat preached two sermons at the Corn Exchange , where collections , amounting to £ \ . 8 s . 4 Jd ., were made for the benefit of the colliers now on strike .
South Staffobjjshihe—Messrs Hammond , Wild , and Paxklngson , addressed a public meeting at Hill Top , West Bromwich , which was well attended . Messrs Brophy and Wild addressed a public meeting at Bilston , on Tuesday . Mikees Confebe > ce . —The Conference will be held iu the Temperance Hall , Pitt-street , Burslem , on Mouday , July 15 th , to commence at nine o ' clock . There vriU be suitable accommodations provided by the district secretary , communications for whom musk be addressed to Henry Thomas , Peel-street , Burslem , Staffordshire , Potteries .
Dablaston . —The following sums have been received on behalf of the Misers of the north : — Cottrell's pit 2 s 8 d ; Abram Bagnells pit , Robert Slater 3 i 5 i ; Quarry pit , BagnelFs-field , T . Jonci 63 ; Sparrowfield , Victoria pit , S . BellinKham-5 s 9 d ; Lister ' s-field , Geo . Laughton 5 s 9 d ; No . 2 pit , Bagnell's-field , T . Taylor 5 s 9 d ; Brook pit , Wm . Lancashire 8 i lid ; several single sums 3 s 4 d ; Woodside £ 1 ; Oldbury 12 a ; Nertherton 4 s 6 d . The Coax . Misebs ot Yobksbjre return their sincere thanks for the following sums : —Received at York—Ever * 8 workmen , tailors 9 s ; forgers and file cutters 2 s 9 d j Cork cutters lid ; other friends 6 a 4 d .
Nottinghamshire . —Subscriptions for the Miners ' Association , held at the White Cow , Old Badford Burtoa ' s Factory , Carrington Qi bi ; Mr . Gould 6 d ; Mr . J . Sweet 6 d ; collections at the Cinder Hill Colliery £ 4 83 ; from Radford Colliery ISi Id ; The collection at the Cinder Hill Colliery was stated in last week's paper to be £ 1 9 s Id ; it should have been £ 7 9 a . Bbadgate . —The Miners of Old Park Gate Colliery return their thankB to the friends of Rotherham and its neighbourhood for the following sums :
—Fork trade committee £ 1 ; Kawson s Arms £ 2 ; Scissor Grinders' Union £ 1 ; Jarvis Harris Is ; Melton Field Colliery 2-s 7 d ; a friend 3 s 4 d 4 D . Goodinson 33 ; G . Goodih 3 on 3 *; Messrs . Barber ' s Colliers 2 s 6 d ; Sellars 3 s ; J . Frost 3 s ; G V : rnim 3 s ; W . Virnim 3 s ; J . Dale 6 d ; Mr . Gay Is ; J . Gaskin 6 d ; W . Saman 6 d ; T . Turner 6 d ; J . Roebuck 3 d ; J . Goddhard 3 d ; friends at Rotherham £ 1 12 s 4 d ; received this week £ 9 2 i 9 d . Waxefield . —The committee at the Griffin Inn , Wakefield , beg to return their sincere thnnks for the following sums : —Newton Colliery , £ 29 18 s 3 d ; Jackson ' s Pit , Ardsley , £ 4 8 d ; Ardsley collectors , £ 1 Is 5 d ; John Burnley , 6 s ; Harrison and Swallow's croppers , 3 s ; Stanley collectors , 18 = id ;
Potovens collectors , 16 s 6 d ; Nelson and Sous men , Is ; Oil Mill , a few men , 3 s 8 d ; Wm . Illinworth , 2 s 6 J ; Marriott ' s Old Mill , 6 d ; Francis Drake , Batley . ls ; Tammy Hall , 2 s 3 d ; Whitley , BriesEeld , and Grange Moor , 18 a l ^ d ; Richard Gill a wheelwright , Is ; Crjgglestone collectors , £ 1 7 s 7 i ; Wheatley ' s Pit , 15 s 6 d ; Mitchell's do .. £ 1 lslUd ; Butterfield ' s do . £ 3 6 d ; Nathan Lukes , Is ; a friend , 6 s ; George Jennings , two weeks , » 3 each ; Joseph Gothard , 2 s 6 d ; Lepton Lodge , £ 2 18 * 9 d ; John Hodgson , Is ; ilethiey town , £ J 4 s ; do . Common 7 s Id ; Clifton Colliery , £ 2 13 s : 10 d ; Lancaster , Whitley , 16 s . Please to correct a mistake in last week ' s paper ; Harrison and Swallow ' s croppers are stated to have smbscribed threepence , it Bhould have been three shillings .
Dswsjubt . —The committee of Coal Miners of Dewsbury beg leave to acknowledge the following sums : —John Settel , Dawgreen Is ; David Stephenson ' s shop , Chickenley 9 s ; Witley Spring Mill , Ossett 5 a 8 d ; Pildacer Mil ) , Ossett 2 s 2 d ; Thomas Tong ' s shop Is ll ^ d ; Joshua Greaves' Colliery , O ? sett-strcot £ 1 4 s ; Burwell Colliery , Ossett street 133 ; Haigh Colliery , Dawgreen £ 2 13 s 3 d ; Brook and Greaves' Colliery , Dewsbury £ 1 5 s ; John Roberts * Colliery , Batley 7 s ; Heckmondwike Mills 7 s 2 ^ d ; Little Mill , Dewsbury Is 9 d ; from Matthew Kaye ' s Colliery , thirty-two men , 6 s 7 ^ d ; Staincliff Mill 2 s 2 d ; from Thornbill and Thornhill Edge £ 1 10 s 3 d .
Shotton Moob Coll 1 eby . —Messrs . Roberts and Beesley held a public meeting at this Colliery , on Thursday , the 20 th instant . They arrived about eight o'clock in the evening , from Bishop Auckland . A few minutes after their arrival , men , ¦ women , and children assembled to hear addresses from these unflinching advocates of the poor man " s right , who were greeted with the hearty cheers of their friends . Mr . Roberta was introduced to the meeting by Mr . Beesley . He ( Mr . RobertB ) Badd he was hap ;> y to meet them ; he had often heard speak of them ; ami from the deputation * tant had waited upon him at tho office , several times , in Newceatle , be bad concluded that the men 0 / this Colliery were possefstd of a great amount cf intelligence ; and right happy he was to find he had not been deceived
This morning he knew nothing about coming here . Mr . Beesley made his appointments ; he got into the carriage or gig , and Mr . Beesley always landed him somewhere , either at a magistrates' meeting , er at a meeting of the men—where he was wanted . He then entered folly into the qnestion of the strike ; encouraged the people to be peaceable and quiet , and by no means to break the law . The piesa might say what it liked . It had been rumoured that he had gone to America ; if he had , they would think he had had a very quick passage . He would stand by bis clients ; snarling curs might bait ; at their Union , but all the powers upon earth could not break them up so long aa the law was not broken . Mr . Roberta spoke at sreat length , and concluded amidst the meat deafening cheers . Mr . Beealey next addressed the meeting , and said , he thought Mr . Roberts might have given some enconr& | ement to the fair sex , seeing that bo many were present . The men might make
-what agreement they thought proper with the masters ; tbty might agree to go to work aa they left off , but he ( Mr . B . rfcould tell them that their wives had now taken op the question in earnest ; and many , very many of them , bad told him that rather than their husbands should go to work under the conditions offered by the masters , they-would Bet an example to their children worthy of being followed—they -would die of want , Btrnggling to be free . They had asked for their busbands that which they were entitled to , —a fair day ' a wage for a fair day ' s work—they asked no more , and would die before they would take any less . Mr . Beesley « poke at great length and conclnfied amidst the hearty eheera of his friends . —Messrs . Roberts and Beesley stayed all night in Shotton , and held a meeting on Friday morning at six o ' clock . Both gentlemen addressed the meeting , after which they departed " to meet the men of other collieries .
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tn r fn JL « M > .-The Miner , of this district beg fcrifl ^ p ^ f 0 r fcefollowiag Bums :- *!? £ SL * % ? , i £ aCt 0 rjr > Honley £ 1 7 « OldiElland Society £ 119 * ed : Mr . Thoman Moothouse ' s Colliers i ^ iJ ^ fn 0 ^ Soci 6 t y & * s ; a few Odd Fellows " £££ , ? 2 i ; , * a ? inket ' 8 Coiiie * ' - Sergeant Marshal , retail brewer 5 s ,- a few friends at Berry Brow 16 t . 9 j . | ; and sundry small awns , amounting m the whole to £$ 12 s . PADiHAM -The Miners of Hapton and Dean coliierierbeg to ^ acknowledge the receipt of , from a few friends at Enfleld , 8 s ljd . A coal master in the neighbourhood of Padibam , at the Altham Colliery , * ™* 91 > example worthy of imitation ; the drawers asked him lot an advance on the quarter price for drawing , and he gave them wbat they aaked without any hesitation , also making them a present of £ 1
. NEWCASTLE . UPON . TYNE . -At a delegate meeting , held at Mr . Jude ' a . Newcastle , June 19 th , a vote of thanks was unanimously given for T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and all other friendn who nave assiduously assisted the deputation in London . The following gums have been given to Jehn Tulip and Thomas Pratt , two of the deputation of the Miners : —BHston , £ l 4 a ; ditto aecoud £ 2 ; An old woman at Wolvernanipton , In . ¦ * Tipton , SouiH Staffordshire—For the unemployed Miners ; of Durham and Northumberland : — Lodge . No . 1 , Price ' s pit , 6 s 3 * d ; Bute's do . 3 s «¦] ; Morrw ' a do . 2 s id ; Q 0 . < j 0 . ls 2 i i ; do . do l 8 6 . } Buller ' s do . 4 a 2 d ; Ainsburys . do . 53 Id ; John Wire , lslOd ; Joshua Cooper , 38 4 d ; a friend , 3 d ; James Martin , ls lOd ; a friend , lid . Total , £ l 11 s 2 Jd .
Meeting of Colliers in Worslev . —On Monday evening last , about six o ' clock , a meeting of Colliers was held in a , field , in Worsley , to hear an address from Mr . Roberts , the solicitor to the uniou , who is called « the Colliers' Attorney-General . " A processsion was formed in the afternoon , at Halahaw Moor , which proceeded to the railway station , at Stone Clongb , to await the arrival of Mr . Roberta , and escort him to the place of meeting . When the procession left Halshaw Moor , it consiated of about 4 , 000 persons , 100 flugs and banners , and five or six bands of music , and had a very orderly and imposing appearance , as it stretched along the road as far as the eye could reach . On the arrival of Mr . Roberta at the station , be was moat entjhuslasticn 1 ly greeted ; and , a conveyance being in readiness for him , he was escorted to Worsley , to the bouse of Mrs . Hicham : near which , on
a vacant piece of ground , accommodation waa provided for the speakers It was soon found , however , that the space , and the high road in front , would not hold one half of the people , whose numbers had now swelled to at least six thousond . The fear of the landlord being before the eyes of the tenants , no field in the immediate neighbourhood could be obtained ; and after some delay , the procession moved for about half a mile , to a field offeied to them by a gentleman connected with collieries , in Worsley , and who is vary popular witb the men in that neighbourhood . A cart waa stationed in the centre of the field for the speakers ; and at six o ' clock the cbair was taken by a Collier named Henry Ingham , who introduced the business with a few remarks , and aa exhortation to the people to conduct themselves in a peaceable and becoming manner .
A Miner , from Newoastle-upon-Tyne , named Henry BtHRELL , was then called upon to address the meeting , and , after passing a high enlogium upon the character and conduct of Mr . Roberts , and dwelling upon many acts of oppression to which the Colliers had been subjected through the track system , &c . concluded by moving a resolution , pledging the meeting to stand by their legal adviser , bo long as he remained faithful to the interests of the Colliers' Union . Another Collier , from Bishop Auckland , named Lidbell , seconded the resolution , which was then carried by acclamation . A Collier , named PRICE , from Dukinfleld , next addressed the meeting , and proposed a resolution , stating that it was the determination of those present to support the Colliers now upon the strike in Durham and Northumberland .
Mr . Roberts , on rising to second the motion , was received with loud and general acclamations . After a few introductory remarks , he said the public bad been informed , through the local press , that the colliers had better wages , and were better treated , than any otber class of working men . Now , to this subject he wished to address himself , the more particularly as he observed reporters present , who , be doubted not , would convey bis words to mnny who bad been deluded by that and similar misrepresentations . This was one of the advantages of peaceable and orderly conduct . Whilst they conducted themselves improperly , the press would not record their proceedings like that of other pnblic bodies ; but now that they bad given up drunkenness , ! and were seeking for information , and
pursuing their object peacefully , though zealously , they might rely upon it that tbe press would report their doings as well as those of tbe persons who were called their betters . Now , tbe legislature bad passed a law , declaring that all working men should be paid for their labour in money . Clause after clause in that act were framed to compel masters to pay their men tbe whole of their earnings in tbe current coin of the realm , with the view that they might be enabled to net independently , and call their earninRs their own —( cbeeraj . This being the case , he would ask whether it was any grievance , that in Yorkshire , and perhaps in this county also , there were Colliers who , for five or six years , bad never received twopence in money for their
labour—( bear , hear , and cries of shame" ) . And yet a gTeat number of those wbo thwi violated ' the law were either law-makers , or magistrates sworn to carry the law into effect—ihear . bear ) . Tbe law also declared tbat it was contrary to good morality to pay men tbelr -wages in public houses ; but they all knew , tbat , in spite « f this , a great many masters still continued the practice—(" shame , shame" ) . They were proprietors of pub'ic-house , and paid there io order that that the men might be tempted to spend money for their benefit—( hear , hear ) . Would the press , then , say that this was nothing 1 Or would the reporters suppress bis answer to the statement that tbe colliers had nothing to complain of ?—( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Roberts then spoke at considerable length in
reference to the proceedings before tbe magistrates at Wigan , in the case of a collier wbo was summoned , about three years ago , and fined by the beneb . HU master , who was a magistrate , paid the amount of the fine , and made the man bind himself to pay tho money back at two shillings per week , and to . remain in his service till the debt was discharged , and then give a month's notice . Tbe amount at first was £ ll 4 s ; but so accommodating was the worthy magistrate , that it was soon made into £ 3 Id ' s ; and thus the man hod become the slave of bis designing master . Well , the poor fellow became sick , and was Bent to tbe workhouse , where be remained for several months—( bear , bear)—and after bis recovery , his master claimed his services with as much assurance &s if be had been
a yellow slaveowner in America—( hear , bear ) . The man , however , refused to be bis slave any longer , and he was brought before the magistrates for doing so He ( Mr . Roberts ) attended on his behalf , and found that the mayor wbo Bat upon the bench was the roaster's attorney , and that the advocate against him was the may or ' b partner , which was a violation of all the rules and practices of ) aw ~ - ( bear ) . Well , with this force against him , he went into Court , and laid down the provisions of the Truck Act ; showing that , with one or two exceptions , such : ia rent , physic , &q ., the master had no right to stop the wageB of his workman . He then held up the bit of paper to which tbe poor man had affixed his name , aud declared to bid Worship , that , although tbe poor fellow bad been entrapped
into the snare , the law had stepped in to bia redemption , and redeemed he assuredly would be—( hear , hear ) . The Bench then intimated to him ( Mr . Roberts ) , that they were about to decide that in Wigan tbe law was a nullits . To this he replied , that such a decision -was exactly what he wanted—( laughter )—for although he ¦ wanted to rescue tbo poor man from bondage , yet he had a great deBire to teach the magistrates of Wigan a lesson , and , through them , the magistrates of the country at large —( cbe « rs ) j—for he knew that the very hour that recorded ; their decision , would see him upon tbe rail for the Court of Queen's Bench , where justice , and not magistrates' law , con Id be readily obtained—( continual cheering ) . But what a soothing effect bad this declaration upon the worthy Mayor and his
coadjutors ! They reconsidered the matter ; and , witb a gentle lisp , like that of a Bucking dove , one of them said , "The man is d'scbarged "— ( laugbter and great cheering ) . This was not all , bowever ; for on tufs visit to Wigan , he found out that tbis magistrate was following the trade of a butcher , and selling bis meat to bis men ; aud therefore he ( Mr . Roberta ) straightway sent him a piece of Bheep skin , in compliment to his occupation—( laughter ) . On Saturday last bo was at Darby , where be bad six cases of truck , to compel the masters to repay the wages which they had before paid in goods ; and in all of them be succeeded ( cheers ) . Mr . Roberts then spoke of tbe struggle going on between the masters and workmen in tbe
north , whereabout 20 , 000 are now upon tho strike , not Be much upon the question of wages , as to obtain jubtice in other respects . They asked to be paid by the weight of the coal they produced , tbe same as tbe mas * ten sold them ; they asked for beams and scales , tbat they might see that they were not cheated . And they aaked also , that so long aa they were the servants at their masters , they Bhould be guaranteed a sufficient sum for their labour to support themselves . These , be contended , were reasonable demands ; and he called upon tbe colliers of Lancashire to support them in their noble struggle to obtain them . Mr . Roberta concluded a long speech ., of which we have given bnt a very brief outline , by seconding the resolution of the previous speakers and sat down , amidst prolonged cheering .
After a vote of thanks to the chairman , and three cheers for the union , Mr . Roberts , &c . tbe multitude quietly dispersed . —jjfancftesfej * Guardian . Sheffield . —On Thnrsday evening , the 13 th inst ., W . P- Roberts , Esq . lectured on the grievances of the Miners to an overflowing meeting in tbe Circus . Mr . Roberts' address was received with the most rapturous applause . Mr . Moore , a Miner , moved a vote of confidence in Mr . Roberts , which was seconded by another Miner , and carried with acclamation . Messrs , Briggs , Ironsides , and West briefly addressed the meeting ; and after a vote of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting which wss one of tbe most enthusiastic ever held in Sheffield , separated .
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Leeds . —MeaaW . Lasseyand Willcock , Rock Colliery , near Leeds , have given tbe advance of one shilling per day to their men . : The deputation from the Minors now in London beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums : — Collected by Mr . Williamson 8 s ; profits of sale of tho Northern Star , per Mr . Farrcr 5 a ; by Mr . Linden 5 » 3 A ; by Messrs Wigina and FarrerllOs ; Mr . Bake Is ; Mr . Bandon Is ; Carpenters' Society , London Lodge £ h ; Chartist Jack 1 « : Carpenters Society , Dunn Horue , Higb-Btreet , B itongh £ 6 ; from Mr . Cook ' s shop , Silk Hatters 7 fl 3 d ; Mr . Baker ' s shop , Carpenters , per Mr .
Syme £ 1 6 « Sd j CarpHnters , Globe Inn , King-street 14 s ; by Mr . T . R ' currt , iron-founder ] 7 s 4 d ; Mr T . Ricord la ; by Mr . Crockett 2 s 7 J 1 ; byiMr . Linden , 2 ad , shop mates 6 i 7 d : by Mr . Side 7 s Id ; by Messrs . Wigin and Farrow , 3-d , 199 8 < 1 ; Mr . JParker la ; Mr . Stratton 6 < l ; Engineers , Lambeth £ l 2 a ; Silk Hatters , London Society , Black Bull , Upper Thames-street £ 20 3 s Id ; Mr . HoBwell Is ; Mr . R Powell Is ; Tailors' Society , Fleece Ian , Li * tie Windmill-street £ 5 . The deputation return their sincere tbanks to those friends and societies wbo have so nobly come to the help of the oppressed Miners . Wilson Ritson *; Secretary . —53 , Lower Thames-street , June 20 th , 1844 .
Newcastle upon-Tyne . —The following sums have been received for the unemployed Miners of the Counties of Durham and Northumberland , viz .: — Front Tong Line Colliery , Middleton in Lancashire £ 2 ; from Tipton , South Staffordshire , No . 1 , Lodge . Miners' Association—William' Taylor 6 s 8 d ; James Davis 5 s lid ; Joseph Davis ; 6 s 2 | d ; Joseph Parks 5 s 3 < l ; Andrew Paschal ls 8 d ; Job Har t shorn 4 s 2 d ; William Hancox 2 s ; Samuel Allin 10 i ; Thomas Piimer 8 d ; total £ 3 13 s 4 Jd . —John Clark ., District Secretary . .
Nottingham . —Subscriptions received for the Miners Association held at the White Cow , Old Radford : — From the Cinderhill Colliery £ 1 9 a ; Burton ' s Factory , Sherwood 3 a 4 d ; Burton ' s Factory , CaKington 88 i $ A . Received by Mr . T . Clarke—T . Morley , Ilkeston 5 a ; Kimberley Committee 6 a 6 d ; Mrs . Bostock , Kimberley 12 s ; Edward Maltby , Nottingham 10 s lid ; Rsdford Lodge 10 s ; May 21 , Kimberley Lodge 5 s ; Robert Holbrook 5 s ; K'nib « rley Lodge 10 a ; Radford Lodge 22 a ; June 1 , Robert Ridley , ls . R ioeived by Wm . Duro—May 25 , Radford Lodge £ 2 8 s . Received by Samuel Smith—Radfortt Lodge £ 2 17 s . Received by Mr , Mycroffc—Radford Ladge £ l lie .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS .-tThubsday , June 20 . The House having resolved itself into committee on the Sugar Duties Bill , a great deal of discussion aroso upon the third clause , giving power to admit free labour su * f * r by order in ; Council . Lord Palmeeston , Mr . Hume , Mr . Baring , Mr . P . Stewart , » ud Lord HowiCK spoke in opposition to the clause ; aud Mr . Gladstone and Sir R . Peel in ite support . The clause was ultimately adopted . i The fourth clause , requiring certificates of origin , was nest debated . ' The clause was supported by Mr . Gladstone , and opposed by Mr . Laboucherb , Dr . Bowring , and Mr . Hume . | A division took place , on which the clause was sustained by a majority of 54 . j Upon the preamble , which recites thai these sugar duties are " freely and voluntarily" given to Her Majesty , [
Mr . T . Duncombe moved the omission of those words , aa untTue . He referred to tbe vote of Friday night , to the declaration of Sir R . Peel , that he would concede nothing to his followers , and to the final majority of twenty-two in his favour . Some four or five Hon . Gentlemen-H" four , four" )—voted in direct contradiction to their vote of the previous night—( cheers ) . The Right Hon . Gentleman muBt have been himself actually surprised at the success of his mancD-ivre , when , instead of being in a minority , he found himself in a majority of twenty-two . He ( Mr . Duneombe ) did not blame the Right Honourable Gentleman for the course he bad taken towards his supporters—( hear , hear ) . He had treated them exactly as they deserved —(
cheers)after the experience he had ; had of them on the occasion of the factories—( cheering)—when they submitted to be kicked , cuffed , and insulted—( load cheers)—so submissive vrere those Honourable Gentlemen . But , th 6 u , what did they suppose the people out of doors thoutht of them j ?—( hear , hear ) . Did they suppose that a Parliament , or a House of Commons , had ever existed in the country upon which so much of the contempt of the people was bestowed as upon this ' —( renewed cheers ) . Never had there been a House of Commons that was so intensely hated , distrusted , and despised as the present . The Government was the ridicule of the country , and the laughing-atock of Ireland . Where the House was to be dragged to
by the Right Honourable ; Baronet he ( Mr . Duncombe ) was at a loss to conceive ; and he really thought that the Honourable Gentlemen opposite would not . in regard to free trade , be in worse bands , if Right Honourable Gentlemen near him were in power . He wished to know if the Right Honourable Gentleman considered the vote of the other evening as a vote of confidence . And after all , how was he saved ?—( hear , hear ) . [ By the votes of some twelve or thirteen gentlemen ( twelve , twelve ) , who called themselves the leaders of the free trade party Ho contended that , upon free tirade principles , if the Government were out of power to-morrow , the proposal of the Honourable Member for Bristol was more favourable to the consumer than that of the Government , and he could not see why the free traders had voted to keep the Government in-Ho had heard the working classes denounced
at public meetings as the ' tools of the Tories , when they did not agree i with the League . The people were often called Tory tools . I want to know who may now be oalled ; " Tory tools "—( loud cheers ) 1 Depend upon it not [ the working classes , nor those in whom they have confidence , will be so called —( cheers ) , What I want to guard against is , tbat it should go forth to the country that we are voluntarily and freely giving this supply to her Majesty . I say that on the face of the preamble itself there is a positive falsehood , and on that ground I propose the omission of the words " frealy and voluntarily "—most humbly and respectfully submitting to the Right Honourable Baronet , Ihat though he may not think proper to substitute any other words , he will still avoid adding insult and injury to the degradation and humiliation which he has already brought upon jthe House—( cheers avid laughter ) . i
Sir R . Peel replied to Mr . Duncombe . He disclaimed the use of all arrogant language towards his supporters ; it was not a question of a difference between 20 s . and 24 ^ ., but because he though * , that it indicated a want of confidence , when he intimated that another defeat might lead to a resignation . He acknowledged the g \ . nerous support 9 f his friends ; and hoped tbat whatever disunion Mr . T . Duncombe might foment oa his own side of the House , he would bo unsuccessful in disturbing the harmony and union of the ministerial benches . After a few words from Mr . LAB 0 UCHERE , Mr . Duncombe expresing himself satisfied with the discussion he had raised , withdrew his amendment .
Some further remarks were made by difforenl ; Members , to which the House manifested not the slightest inclination to listen , but out of which arose a personal dispute bettveen Mr . Borthwick and Mr . Ross , which afforded great merriment , into which Colonel Sibthorp threw some additional spice . In the midst of the noise the bill was finished , the Chairman reported progress , and the Speakor resumed the chair . ; The Scotch Parishes Bill was read a third time and passed .
NIGHT POACHING BrLL . Mr . Wallace moved that the jLords' amendments to this Bill be agreed to . Mr . B . Escoxt moved as an amendment that they be taken into consideration this [ day six months , on the ground that this bill extended the operation of the Game Laws of this country i to the public highways throughout the country . If any change took place on the Game Laws , he thought it should rather be is the way of relaxation of them than their extension . ; Mr . Botjverie seconded the amendment . After some conversation , ¦ Tae House divided , and the numbers were—For the original motion 63 Against it ... ; .... 12
Majority ; 51 The Lords' amendments were then agreed to , and the House adjourned at half-past one o'clock .
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JUSTICE TO IRELAND . A requisition signed by ISO inhabitants having been presented to the High Bailiff , a public meeting was this day ( Thursday ) held at the Town Hall , Southwark , over which William Pritchard , High Bailiff , presided . At one o ' clock he took the chair . The hall was densely crowded . ! The High Bailiff read a letter from B . Wood , Esq ., M . P . for the Borough , apologising for Mb non-attendance on the ground of serious illness . { Mr . Boxee moved the first resolution , sympathising with Daniel O'Connell and his compatriots in an excellent speech , which was received with great applause . j Mr . Matnabd seconded the resolution , but regretted it was not stronger worded . 1 The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . 1
Mr . — - moved the following : — " That this meeting sympathises witb Daniel O'Cohaell and the other state prisoners , and pledges itself to use every legal and constitutional means to restore them to liberty . ? ' . ) Mr . J . Lks Stevews seconded the resolution . The resolution was unanimously ; passed . Mr . MAXXHEWS moved an address to the tyueen of-a Whiggish character , the only good thing in it being the last two lines , praying [ the immediate and unconditional release of 1 he State prisoners . Mr \ I £ ni <» ht pn seconded the adoption of the address , whioh was carried unanimously .
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Mr . Day then rose to move an address of sympathy , aad condolence to Daniel O'Connell , Esq embracing the various resolutions , which on being seconded by Mr . Knighton , Mr . Galley moved an addition , as f ollows : — "That this meeting sympathise with the Irish nation in their straggle for Repeal , and are folly convinoed they are justly entitled to the E&me .. " Mr . Matnasd ably seconded the addition . Mr . B . O'Brien , in an eloquent speech , supported the addition , which was put to the meeting and carried unanimously , amid thunders of applause . The address , with the addition , was then adopted and signed by the High Bailiff , on behalf of the meeting . After a long discussion , it was resolved that the High Bailiff transmit the address to the Queen , through Sir James Graham , by means of the Post Office .
Feargus O'Connoh , Esq ., came forward at the call of the meeting , amid very loud applause , and addressed them as follows . It was not Mr . O'Connell ' s own act that caused them to meet there , but the act of tho Tory Government . As the eloquent Irishman who had addressed them from the body of the meeting had told them the day of prejudice had gone by , and English and Irish working men were so firmly united that nothing could put down their cau 36 ^ - ( loud and long-continued cheers ) . If a man ' s dog bit his neighbour ' s sheep , the man was held responsible : aad thus if Sir Peel kept a bull dog , he must be responsible for the biting of his dog—( cheers ) . It was enough to know , "that when one was oppressed , the whole body was
oppressed "—( loud cheers ) . Well , Mr . O'Connell was oppressed , and consequently they were oppressed . That meeting was very justly stated to bo but a prelude toothers . A requisition was in course of signature for a Westminster meeting ; but the Whigs refused to sign , saying , "let him alone "—( loud disapprobation ) . There was more dread of public meetings than of any other mode of expressing feeling . They knew too well what Whig "justice to Ireland" meant . The Irish would be satisfied with nothing less than nationality—( hear , and cheers ) . They were determined on having their parliament elected by themselves * and sitting in College Green : —that was the "justice " Ireland demanded , and was resolved to
have—( great cheering ) . They had heard of the injustice and oppression practised towards Poland by the monster Nicholas —( loud groans ) : bat look at the six hundred years of oppression practised on Ireland , Allusion has been made to the widow of Rathcormac . He saw the fresh blood on the straw ; and he got a verdict of wilful murder against the monster who perpetrated it . Had it been a Catholic who Bred the shot , he would have been executed . England would not consent to be ruled by France Then why should Ireland be governed by England —( loud cheers )! Without Repeal Ireland never would be satisfied—and without this , farewell all hopes of education ; farewell all hopes of getting rid of the oppressions of the law church . TJiey had
gone through many ( rials ; but if the right persons were to be tried , he ventured to affirm that not one of the ministry would escape conviction for conspiracy —( hear , hear)—for they had conspired against the peace of England , against the peace of Irtland , against the peace of the world . ( Great cheering . ) He did not regret that . tha Ministers had sent Mr . O'Connell to Bridewell ; it would add more power to his elbow . ( Loud cheers . ) Some people said it was foolish of the Irish to ask for Repeal . The Irish wero the judges of that , and the monies subscribed by th « m snowed th « ir determination to effect their object . ( Loud cheers . ) Where were tbe " base , brutal , and bloody" Whigs ? Why ,, they now refused their services . ( Hisses . ) The Chartists had been called obstructives . Yes
they were " obstructive" when necessary ; but at a meeting of this bind they were determined to push the Whigs on—( cheers ) . He longed to se « the day when Ireland ' s nationality should be proclaimed . When fleets would be ready to sail from Liverpool under the green Sag . When this took place ,, he would he found a willing emigrant . Irishmen had been driven fxony their native land , and would be happy to return immediately her freedom was-declared—( great cheering ) . What would the Tories have done , had they been thrust from office on Monday last ? Sorrow—eternal sorrow to those who prevented it —( tremendous and long-continued applause ) . After three cheers had been given for O'Connell , three for O'Connor , three for Repeal , and three for the Charter , the meeting broke up .
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He thought Joseph Pease , of Darlington , and other loasters would soon tire of this , as they now paid £ 2 S 3 for what they ( the men ) bad offered to do for 7 s 6 d . Mi . Mask DBHTBaid , he thought the man who toiled in-the pit for the evident benefit of the whole community , ought in common justice to receive as much for his labour and risk as wonld keep himself , bis wife and his family , ia the necessaries or life , and not have to beg for bread as they have done . The intention of the Miners * Union was to elevate the condition of themselves and fellow men , —to lessen the hours of labonr , and increase their
wages—( loud cheers ) . The masters had , from time to time , reduced their wages , and then expected that the men would remain in the caverns of the eaith until they had produced as much wealth as heretofore . Mr . Dent then laid bare an immense catalogue of grievances , which frequently elicited loud aud indignant shouts of shame , shame . The Times quoted a tiBsne of falsehoods from the Durham Advertiser , to which they had not the means of replying through the same channel —( hear , hear ) . The masters had bound themselves in heavy bonds to resist tbe men for three months : nearly twelve vfeeks out of the thirteen was gone , and the men were still out . They were determined to stand till the victory was theirs —( loud cheers ) .
Mr . Rakdall came forward with his arm in a sling , and said the meeting could perceive he was not able to follow his occupation , so he had put his labour to the best use by going round amongst hia fellow workmen and -collecting their pence . He had 8 s . 6 d . which he now begged to hand to the Miners —( loud cheers . ) . Mr . J . S . Sherbabd , Secretary to the Broad Silk Hand-loom Weavers , said he had the honour to move the following resolution : * ' That this
ffieeting having heard the grievances of the Colliers of Northumberland and Durham fully and fairiy stated , is of opinion that they are perfectly justified in refusing to sell their labour upon the infamous terms offered by their late employers . This meeting is further of opinion that the present combination and practices of the Coal Owners is equally injurious to the coal consumer as to the pitmen , and therefore resolves to render every assistance in their power to their much oppressed brethren the working Coal Miners of Northumberland aad Durham . "
• Mr . Jokes , a weaver , seconded the resolution . Mr . Bjezeb , in a speech of great wit and eloquence , supported it . The speech elicited great cheering throughout . ilr . Becv . v , a Coal Whipper , then came forward and said he had had no intention of addressing the meeting . He was well satisfied the Miners labonred under very great grievances . Ho trusted they did not think the Coal Whippera were either apathetic or asleep . Tie Coal Whippers could feel for the Miners as they had great grievances of their own , and had been required to make themselves like beasts to obtain work . They had heard -what had
beeus&id respecting foul coal : bnt what would they think when he told then that , as a Coal Whipper , he had delivered that very coal to be sold at eighteen shillings a chaldron—( hear , hear ) . They were about to hold a meeting , at which he would like a deputation from the Miners to be present—( loud cheers ) He would guarantee the collection of two thousand pence in a fortnight for the pitmen—( loud cheers ) Until the working classes posessed legislative power , he-feared these struggles would be useless—( immense applause ) . If a man only stoed before his fellows and stated his grievances it was called conspiracy and like the Dorchester labourers , he might be transported—( loud cheers ) .
The Chairman announced the determination of the getters-up of that meeting to take the Pavilion Theatre for a benefit for the Miners . The weavers had resolved to assist , and if the coal-whippers would unite and lend their assistance on the occasion ; he had do hesitation in stating that £ 40 would , by that means , be raised . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Staixtvood moved " a vote of thanks to the twelve persons who had got up the meeting , and carried it out to so successful an issue . " Mr . Wilsos seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . A vote of thanks wa 3 passed by acclamation to the Chairman . ThB sum of £ 1 Is . was collected at the doors , which with 83 . 6 d . collected by Mr . Randall , making £ 1 153 . 6 d , were handed to Mr . Dent , and the meeting dispersed .
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THE OPPRESSED COAL MINERS . oA \ r , meeting was held on Monday , Jnne 24 th , at the Social Hall , High-street , Whitechapel , to express sympathy , and reader assistance to those Bjuen oppressed men . . Mr . Dsake was called to the chair . Air . Jams Wuso * , a Miner , Baid he was happy so state ihat they ( the Miners ) bad found the wannest sympathy among the men of London . The cades had most kindly treated them . The Colliers were now united , and resolved to continue so until
victory crowned their efforts—( loud cheers ) . The public press asserted that they were going into work ; but the lettere they received from those on toe spot told a different tale . The workmen were toe master-piece of machinery ; they knew that they Possessed the pewer of laying all other machinery JfflL . and were resolved to use that power , tmles 3 they received a fair remuneration for their labonr . * ie was sure , iromwhat he had seen , the working tool of London were determined sot to let them be ^^ n . The trades had pledged themselves to « o their utmost , and were nobly redeeming that pledge—( hear , hear , and cheers ) . Their mastera '
representatives , the local , press , had said that the ^ "Sgates lad been very coolly received by the trades Mjnen of London , but could they but witness the ^ hnaasm with which they were everywhere greeted JpJ ^ would not venture to make that assertion--Uoud chesK ) . The speaker then narrated several of I " grievances nnder which the Miners labour , and * a ^ reference to the statements in the papers that the aniouta were returning to . work , said , those who jawgone la were not . Miners , but blacksmiths , ¦^ eenersj cbimney-Eweeps , and children out of the r £ ^ tt&es ^( hew , bear ) . They received for their ^^^ css foni -s > rinjp £ q ftrjfl a ouart of heei per day .
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RIGHT OF MEETING , &c , IN THE VICAR'S
CROFT , LEEDS . We last week stated that a requisition had been presented to the Mayor , desiring him to call a public meeting of tbe inhabitants , to consider what steps should be adopted to pi'event the lessees of the Vicar ' s Croft market from keeping the Croft clear on a Sabbath day . On Friday , the Mayor returned the requisition , declining to call the proposed meeting , aud refusing also the use of the Court-house for such a purpose , upon whioh a portion of the requisiiioniste called the meeting on their own responsibility , to be held on Tuesday evening , in the Vicar ' s Croft . On Monday morning , a letter , of which the following is a copy , wa ^ forwarded to each of the requisitors who had so called the meeting 1—
Police Office , Leeds , 17 th June , 1844 . SrR —Observing a , notice , signed by you and others , convening a meeting of inhabitants to be held in the Vicar ' a Croft and Market on Tuesday evening next , the 18 . h instant , at seven o ' clock , I am directed by the Mayor to inform you that no suoh meeting can be legally there held , at the time , and for the purpose mentioned in the notice . And it is my further duty to warn you and others who may assemble on that occasion , or be the cause of such meeting , tbat any attempt to meet there will be resisted as illegal and unauthorised , and tho consequences thereof will rest witb the parties concerned therein . I am , Sir , yours respeotfully , Edward Read , Chief Constable . On the receipt of this letter , it was determined to hold the meeting in the Bazaar .
Mr . William Brooke occupied the chair , and tho meeting was addressed by Messrs . Child , Shaw , Lonsdale , Grieveon , Firtb , Robson , Hartley , Ross , Hobson , &c . The resolutions maintained the right of the inhabitants to meat in the market on all occasions ' ( market days exeo pled ) , and expressed a determination to resist , by ail legal and constitutional means , any ener € > achm > sats which might be attempted either by the lessees of the tolls , or any other party . The meeting was a very crowded one , and a spirit of unanimity prevailed in all its proceedings . The following were the resolutions : — Resolved 1 —• ' That ths ri ^ ht to meet publicly , in a peaceable tnanuer , for the consideration or discussion of any legal object , being a right guaranteed to all Englishmen by tho constitution and laws of this realm , and being furthermore the most important of all the safeguards oi" public liberty , this meeting pledges itself to maintain that right agaiuet all who may attempt its curtailment or
destruction . ' 2— " That the law ( as laid dov / n by the Judges of the land ) provides that the inhabitants of any city , borough , &c . have the right to , and may , meet at the market cross , or at , or' upon , any other piace or ground being public property : and this is wisely ordained ; otherwise the right of public meeting would necessarily be void and of non effect . 3 — " That ths , « round known as the Vicar ' s Croft , having been purchased and established as a Public Market , by rates levied on tho inhabitants of the town , is undoubtedly ( any temporary arrangements as to the l ^ asijig , &o ., notwithstanding ) public property , and therefore the fit and proper place for the assembling of the inhabitants upon all occasions , save those days net apart as market days ; and this right , which has been exercised unquestioned for several years paot , this meeting , composed of the rata-payers aud the inhabitants of the Borough , pledges itself , by all legal means , to uphold and
maintain . 4— " That the grossly unconstitutional dispersion of a portion of the inhabitants legally assembled on . Sunday , the 9 { ii instant , by tbe police force of the borough , was a wanton stretch of power on the part of those who ordered that illegal dispersion of the people ; and tbat the brutal conduct of the police force on that occasion merits , aud hereby receive the condemnation of this meeting . 5— " That experience having proven that since the
establishment of the present police force and the increase of the military stationed in the town , that the peace of the borough has been continually ia jeopardy and repeatedly broken , while orimo of every description has increased to a most alarming extent ; this meeting considers it most essential to the preservation of the peace and morals of the borough , that a portion of the military be forthwith removed , and the present police force disbanded , or at least very considerably reduced , and placed more immediately under popular controul ,
6— "That a memorial to the Town Council founded ' on the foregoing resolutions be drawn up praying that body to institute an inquiry into tb . 9 charges preferred by this meeting against ) a portion of the Magistrates and the police force , also to use the power vested in themvfco defend , the r ight of publics meeting , and effect 2 nd obtain encb changes in the existing police and military establishments of the borough , as shall tend to the protection of public r ights , and the preservation of pnblicr order , and that the chairmen be authorised to sign the same , in tbe name and on behalf of this meeting . 7— "That Mr . Councillor Hobson present the memorial to the Town Council , and that Mr . Alderman Lupton , Councillors Jackson , White , Craven , Brumfit , Barrett , Dufton , Heaps , and others be requested to support it .
8— " That , the thanks of this meeting are hereby given to Ds-rntbn Lupton , Esq ., Justice of the Peace , for his praiseworthy efforts in defence of tne right of t&e inhabitants to meet publicly upon ground the properfcy of the public . "
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JronB 29 , 1844 ? NORTHEBU STAR ; 5
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 29, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1269/page/5/
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