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-Tfci Cibtbktebs' Steike at Maxchesteb . —A pahfio Tiwiitig of the carpenters and joiners of Manchester was held in the Carpenters' ™ on Thursday evenings 2 Jor . 38 , 1844 , for the purpose of laying before J&B . igenaral body the present position of the struggledbefcween the men aad Messrs . Pauling , Benfrwr , and , Co . The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , at which hour the spacious hall was crowded to excess in everv part . Mr . Levers -was unanimously called to toe chair , who opened the meeting fcjr reading correspondence from various places , ¦ j rfiieh tras favourable to the men on strike ; after a few remaflaTthereon he called on Mr . Fleetwood to state to the meetin | what had transpired since they last met together . Mr . Fv stated that toe reDort he had
id grro irss very satisfactory . The men of the counties of Nottingham . Warwick , and Derbr , which he had -visited , had pledged themselves in puhlic meeting assembled , not only to prevent "hands " irom coming to supplant the men on strike , but to support them with a lery each week , so long as the strike continued . He also had letters from several parties which exposed the means that Messrs . Pauling and Co . resorted to , to endeavour bj false statements to trepan the unwary from their homes to destroy the best interests of the building trades generally . Their corresponding secretary had made arrangements for parties to visit Newark , Lincoln , and Leicester , and spread the news of PauQngs' treachery At all the places where thevhad meetingseverv man
, had paid 2 s . 6 d . for the funds of the society . * Mr . BeBhouse detailed the proceedings in the Manchester Borough Court on Friday and Saturday , and said that in accordance with the resolution of the aggregate meeting , the whole of the building trades had ceased working for Messrs . Pauling , Henfrey , and Co . He gave an account of an aggregate meeting which took place at Bury on Tuesday evening . Mr . Maxwell also gave an account of the Bury meeting , which spoke well for the ultimate success . of the " struggle . The secretary read letters in connection with " the strike ; and we are happy to say the funds are in a flourishing condition . The lerr for the week was -voted , and the thanks of the meeting being given to the chairman , the meeting separated .
CoxDmos of the Tailoes . —Sir , — Allow me to congratulate you on vour first appearance in London . Tour debut , I trust , has been an eminently successful one . May we hope that the laurels you have won as a provincial favourite inay be neither lost nor tarnished in your fature career . Tour supplementary title has infused hope into the mind , ana vigour and determination into the actions , of all who are engaged in the ceaseless struggle to better their condition . We now see a channel through the medium of which the claims of Labour and Poverty may be made known to the world , and the selfish cupidity and exactions of grasping capitalists be fully exposed . That sueh a journal was much wanted , all arc aware who have had anvthin ? to < io \ rith Trades * Movements . Tire
destitution and immorality of the working < Jasses are flaSy proclaimed by the " journalists of ' all parties , while the real and constantly recurring cause of both ( i . € ., the power to reduce wages ad injuatwn ) is studiously kept from the public eye . You have come , 1 hope , as a Polar Stab , to throw light , scarc-hingly and impartially , on tyranny and iujilsijee wherever ibnnd , and to guide and assist us in " our endeavours ± © resist the same , I wish at present to raTl your attention "to the miserable and degraded position of etfin the respectable portion of the irade to which I belong . There has been brought most prominently before the public very lately a " boast of the extraordinary royal and noble connections of a certain tailoring establishment near von , to . the effect " that
the besntifn ] riding- habit of her Majesty—the sable doak of the ^ Emperor of Russia , and the splendid haiffiments of the I > uc de Montppnsier , all emanated from the said establishment . " Are the public aware that this very firm , eloquent in their own praise , and boasting of their connexion with royalty , are at this very tune endeavouring : to reduce the waeis of the TForkmen employed ? Are we to infer from this that the great personages above named " bargained " to _ nn-ctr in giving their orders , or is it not an unfair attempt to absorb the workman's wages along with tie tradesman ' s profit ? There is a practice too , resorted to by many of the advertising and swindling tailoring firms , to whieh I wish to draw the attention of the public , as it concerns both person and
purse . Many a garment . Sir , ordered and regularly measured for , is procured from the " slop warehouses" of St . Mary Axe and the Minories : so that ihe " monster" molochs von have so often held up to public scorn and indignation have actually the " honour"' to clothe with t&eir contaminated and ini&ti'ms rubbish a considerable portion of the fashionable world . At a _ time when the question of contagion and infection is engaging so niurh attention , it might not be altogether useless u > point out the danger to whi-h all are exposed who < lea ] not witn n respects r > le and " indoor employing" tailor . 1 st . by ~\ ermin : The proof of this is , that at many of ih « e pest-houses , the miserable - -w-ace ? of the starved workmen are further reduced uv tb » -s for all
vermin ioand ( by on infpft- * r i . jr ?•'<• j . -nr /* .-, ) on the garaieiyis when brought hume , tin- rin > - > ix'ing regulated bv the Dumber found : the lice that escape froni this ' * right of search" being of course for the brut ft of the ¦ nearer ! The < uin of 3 d . each was paid by an Irish tailor , who had the honour of having the present Prune Minister ' s coat through his han < l * . I can ferni ^ h you with tie address of a legal gpnik'man in the Temple , who was foolish enough to patronize a certain moratory shop in that neighbourhood . and -. vho had a-suit sent Lame in saeh tL-lc . n / jtroi ' - 'hi Ur .-iy state , that lie " lad it ^ est hack to ornament the plate ghiss window- of the cheap clothing < juack . 2 ndlv . Infection : This is a subject which the jmblie do not ~< vni to rer . u-4 as tln-y ought . During the time thai the
- vhoiera . was prevalent , a master tailor , near Templt- Bar , request ed a journeyman in \ u > employ to go to p . Ti-. ther man ' s residence to assist u ' in fmlshlng a coit ; the rea-on of such assistance ' rx-hvj needed wa > . _ tkit the roan had the choVra in his house , and a child -ying dead through it . Tne journeyman wejit , or raider attempt- ; -d to go ; but fiefon-hy had a > t-endeii halt ziij 3 urht o ! .-stairs leailing to The vretrlied holt-. tli ? stc-n--h "snii ^ o overj > i > werinr that Le mis < j ] a < i lo make ? . precipitate retre . it . lie went h : i < -k ~ to the master rind told linn that were he offered £ 2 o he would not ? nte / the room , much les > sit down to finish the *>! \ Here , Sir , wen .-the clothes of a gentleman , ' 11 g in a . small hole ten feet square , in the hottest ¦ , ~ - o ' '^ he su mmer , in the midst of filth and ewrupi 3 r ; the heat too increased by having no other place is ¦ ai' Aito heat the irons necessary for the work . — J » : i . Sir , your obedient servant , John Smith , 7 , •; > es-s * reet , Kennington .
i AKCHE 3 TEE CaBKEXTZKs' AXD JoiXEEs' STRIKE . — A genera ] meeting of the building trades was holden in the Hall of Science , Campfield , on the evening of Tuesday last , Bee 3 rd , 1 ^ 44 , to take into consideration certain proposals made by Messrs . Pauling , llenirey , and Co ., to the Trades on strike . The meeting was the raosi numerously attended of any that have taken place since the commencement of the struggle . In fact , it was the largest in-door meeting we ever ¦ witnessed in this splendid hall , with one exception , that on the evening previous to the fifty-eight Chartists going to Lancaster to the " monster " trial . On that occaacr . xhe sc . it « were removed out of the body of the hall , which was fiiied ; and , as the seats were in on
Tuesday night , the fonaer would necessarily be the larger in numbers . But we confidently a > - « ert that Tuesday night ' s was the largest meeting ever held in Manchester upon any Trades * question ; and the feeling displayed by the thousands present is a j > roof , if proof were " wanted , that the workmen connected with buDding consider the firm of Pauling and Co . deadly enemies to the rights of ; Labour . About eight o ' clock Mr . Manard was unanimously called to preside . He opened the xneetinc by calling on those present to give every one who niKht address them an impartial hearing . There was business of great importance to he laid before them , on which thev would have to decide : and he trusted that
their decision would be such as would be generally beneficial to the building trade , and tend to produce feat consolidation amongst them which was so much Deeded in order to enable them to protect their lalnmr from the encroachments which capital was ever making upon it . Mr . Bellhou&e read a correspondence which oad taken place betwixt the committee and Messrs . GUmore and KeEy , and those gentlemen and Messrs . Pauling , Henfrey , and Company : which correspondence ended with Messrs . Pauling stating that ihea tpotdd abide by the rules s > f trad * pra'titd hv the other master buil-Icr * of Ikmelnster ; but that fViPT could not treat Tvith any other party but their am men . Mr . BeHaonse also gave an account of an interview which he and two other delegates , who had
been deputed with him , had had with Mr . Henfrey , in "which that gentleman stated that the fan were Trilling to go frfthe roles which other masters worked bv- but as the correspondence had been commenced through the mediation of Messrs . Kelly and Gihnore , it would be best to leave it in their hands . They had also asked Mr . Henfrey if they would withdraw the men at present working , if their old " hands" came back . This Mr . Henfrey refused to do . The subject was now before them . He would not offer an opinion on the subject , but leave it in the hands of xhe assembly to deal with as they thought proper ; and he hoped tha * their decision would be one of justice and of honour ; one that would tend to build tip the best interests of the whole of the building trades . Mr .
Bellhonse resumed his seat amid much cheering —Mr . " Whittaker , before they entered farther into Sie business , begged to say that the committee elected for conducting the strike had taken no © art in bringing about the correspondence which iid just been read . He thought , as one of that com mHiee , that ibJB explanation was necessary , in order to prevent any mistakes on the subject . The delegate from , fii ^ -Bricklayers moved— "Thai we , the Building Trades of = Manchester , in general meeting assem laled ,. dfreonsidarfiie correspondencebetwixtfMessrs XfiBy 4 nd" GUmore ^ saJas&etory , inasmuch as ths \ pledge themselves to aMde by the Manchester Rales . * 65 S « ilri 60 B "sag seconded by the delegate from the Painters : -Aiter ' a "Sitle discussion on the resolution , iheSelegste from the Sawyers mov * d the Mowing
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amendment— " That in the opinion of this meeting none of the Building Trades ought to return to work for Messrs . Pauling , Henfrej , and Go ,, until they discharge the men now working in opposition to the respective trades now on strike . " The amendment was seconded by Mr . Maxwell , delegate from the Joiners . A very animated and protracted discussion took place on the relative merite of the motion and amendment , after which the chairman took the opinion of the meeting , when the amendment was carried with onlv one dissentient . On the motion of Mr . Whittaker , Sir . Manard vacated the chair , and Mr . Bellhouse assumed it . Mr . Whittaker moved : " That the best thanks of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to Mr . Manard for his impartial conduct in the chair this evening . " The resolution was seconded bv acclamation , and carried unanimously . Mr .
Bellhouse then called on Mr . Dixon to address the meeting for a short time . Mr . D ., on coming forward , was loudly cheered . He addressed the assembled thou - sands on the necessity of the Trades effecting , if possible , a national organization , as the only means of securing that protection for the labourer which his condition imperatively demanded . On the motion of one of the joiners the following resolution was earned amidst several rounds of hearty cheers : — " That the best thanks of this meeting are eminently due , and are herebv given , to Mr , Wm . Dixon , for the correct reports of Trades' meetings which have appeared in the Northern Star , newspaper , and likewise for his willingness at all times to address the Trades on the important question of Union . " Mr . Dixon briefly acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting broke up at eleven o ' clock .
The Manchester Trapes . — On Friday last we were obliged to leave the Borough Court before Mr . Roberts had concluded the whole of the business he was then engaged in . There was another ease to conie on , which Mr . Roberts was engaged to defend . Messrs . Pauling ; uid Co . had taken out summonses against two sawyers for what they called breach of contract . Mr . Roberts seeing Mr . Monk preparing to leave the Court , informed the magistrates that this case had vet to come on . Mr . Maude informed Mr . Monk o / this , who said that Mr . Rutter had mentioned no case to him but the one whieh had just been heard . Mr . Roberts insisted that the case should now be proceeded with . Mr . Maude said that Mr . Pauling had better get his witnesses and proceed with the case . Pauling then ordered one of his men who was in court , to take a coach and bringthe witnesses as quick as possible . But , both Pauling and Monk were evidently tired of being exposed to the public , and not wishing to be present
at another defeat , they ran away , so that when their witnesses arrived there was no one to appear for the prosecution . Mr . Maude asked what was to be done in the matter . Mr . Roberts said he was there , and ready to go into the case , and if the other sideliad thought proper to run away and leave the case , it was no fault of bis . He therefore hoped that the court would proceed in the regular order of business . Mr . Maude said the prosecutor ought to have attended , or made some arrangements as to when the case should come on . Mr . Roberts said now was the time , lie could not think of putting his clients to the enormous and unnecessary expense of attending again . The magistrates then said that they had no alternative but to dismiss the case , and leave the prosecutors to follow tlieir own course . Thus concluded the labours of the day , vrhich has established Mr . Robcrts ' s reputation as * a lawyer in Manchester , upon a foundation that , so long as he continues honest , can never be shaken .
Bhadfokd Shoexiakers . — On Sunday evening a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate , Mr . Quinn in the chair . The chairman said they were now in the eighth week of a strike , which Had net been equalled since 1 ^ 22 . At that peri od a short struggle decided the victory hi favour of the sons of toil , but each subsequent panic had reduced their wages , until in many shops in Pradford the wages did not amount to more than one-haif of the amount paid in the year 1822 . It was these reductions that caused the present strike ; and should they not succeed , there would l > e no end to the masters * tvrannv over the men . Reports wen *
circulated by the employers' spie > and lickspittles that eight weeks would t ' eniiinate the strike , according to the l nion laws . He was happy to contradict such statement by reading a letter received from the committee of management , authorising the strike to be continued . The secretary here read over the income and ex }> vnditure of the trade , which gave general satisfaction . Messrs . Quinn and Smyth were elected delegates to attend the woolronibers' dvlcpite iUPPfinc , and lay before that body the proposals for a consolidated union of the trades on the system of co-;> j > eration . The meeting then separaUnl , fully determined , to hold out against the uncalled-for inroad on their mean * of subsistence .
Tut Comuers . —On Monday a deputation from the Shoemakers * Society attended a delegate meeting of the wool-combers , held in Tyrrel-street , to propose a general union ol" all the Trades in Kngland . They were cordially received , and the meeting pledged themselves to take the matter hito-Mflisiileratioii , and obtain the opinion of the whole )> ody on the subject , when , if favourable , a public meeting of the Trades will be holden , and a general committee appointed to carry the pro ] M > s ! tion into effect . CorPEH-PLATE 1 ' UINTERS o y- > LvM HKSTEK . —At 3 general meeting of the above body , an unanimous vote of thank * was given lo the propietnr auil cunductors of the SiTi ' iiim r t-ir newspaper , for tin * manner in whieh that pajn-r has taken tip their cause in tbeir recent struck- against those dishonourable competitors who were bringim : ruhi uy > oji the trade ; and likewise for the noble maimrrin which tiiv V .,, - ? A-< rn * t > ir defends the Trades generally .
The SiR'fc . UAXZRs or . Neh . uik . —The i-ordwaiuej's of Newark are out on strike , det-prmuwd to * tnv » d out until their terras arc acceded to . They hai e h ; ui m ; uiy difficulties to encounter , owisig to the misconduct of their late } iroi < k-Tvl ; liuitln-M .-thi-y have svnTaovmtwl , and have < : ood hopes of a speedy termination of the strike in their favour . Wir , is . —ijjiEAT . \ Le £ ti > ~<; >> f MiM-Rs . — A larjre public meetiiii ; wi > hr-ld at Lambert on Cireen , near Wigan . on Monday last . It having been announced that Mr . Ro !> crts would attend , be was mrt at the "Wigan Railway station by a procession of upwards of two thousand persons , carrying numerous banners bearing appropriate iuserijitions . and accompanied by several" bands of music . Mi * . Roberts havum been
seated in a vehicle provided for the occasion , the crowd proceeded to the place of . nwting . They were joined by several other bodies of colliers on the route , so that " by the time they reached the village there must have been upwards of S ' . urtO persons present . Having reached the place of meeting , a miner named George Ramsey , of Marsden , near Colne , was called on to preside . The chairman having opened the business , observed that they were met together for the purpose of ejaeouraginc : each other to carry out the great principles for which thoy were stru'ri . ' lingnamely , an advance of wages equivalent to their merits as workmen . What they required , and they would continue to demand it until it was granted , was a fair day ' s wages for a fair day'swork , which , when accomplished , he believed would be as much to the interest of the master as to the interest of the men .
It w ; is well known that ever since the pnee of coal was advanced , the master ? put the whole of the profit into their own ^ pockets—and they were now determined to put the miners down , but in this attempt they would never succeed . They ( the men ) would , by unity , overcome every difficulty , and by restrictinjr the hours of their labour , keep the supply regulated by the demand . It was this mode of restricting labour that had done so much to j » ui down the truck system ; and by a steady perseverance they would . soon *> ut down that system of low wages whir ') had so hug oppressed them . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Charles Parkinson , from Durham , next addressed the meeting . The present contest , he said , wa * : i struggle )> et \ vecii capital and labour . Capital had long had the ascendancy to the great destruction of the rights of labour ; but the time was at length come when labour would hold up her head and demand that fair remuneration to which
she was entitled : at the same time he was ready to admit that the master ought to have a fair reward for the investment of his capital and skill ; but whilst he made that admission be was lx > und to say that the operatives were justified in demanding a '" fair day's wages for a fair day ' s work , " and this measure of justice they were now resolved to have . ( Hear . ) Their sufferings had already reached the most distant parts of the world , and had also reached the throne of Queen Victoria . Their complaints had been heard , and the government of Sir Robert Feel had sent commissioners into the country to inquire info their condition , and investigate the cause of so much sacrifice
of human life ; and he feared not but that in the next session of Parliament some step would 1 » taken to secure better regulations in coal-mines . The speaker concluded by again urging them to stand firm to their cause , and never to forget that to keep their labour restricted was one of the mo « t important objects to be accomplished . —Mr . Benjamin Emberton , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne , was the next speaker . He said they must not expect to accomplish even- object they sought to obtain in a few weeks , months , or years ; nor should they be dismayed because they hid not fully succeeded ' : on the contrary , every defeat should stimulate to further exertion and determine them tn
. be more energetic ior the future . The masters would not so easily give up the contest ; thev ( the men ) must , therefore , keep up the good and unanimous feeling which at present existed among them , and once a dav repeat their motto , that'' Union alone can save us . " " He had been informed since he came to the meeting that some of the masters had been turning their men out of emplotment . For what purpose was that done ? Why , to throw more idle labour into the market , by which a greater decree of competition would be created . The only . remedy for- this was a restriction of the time for those whp were em--ploved , and this course he hoped they would adopt . — Mr " Jamea Price , one of the secretaries to the delegate meeting , spoke at considerable length in support of the principles of the Union , and the justice of their demands . He complained of the Liverpool Time * That journaL ad set it forth to the public
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that the colliers were , in many instances , demanding that the masters should take off six tubs from the score . Nothing could be more unfair than the wav in which this matter was put before the public . It would appear , from the statements made by that paper , that the men wanted fourteen tubs to be called twenty , whereas , the fact was , that at some mines in the neighbourhood twenty-six was only reckoned as twenty . This was the system the colliers wished to do away with , or else that the masters would pay 26 s . as one sovereign . This was all they requested In that respect , and he thought it was only just that they should have it . They did not care if the masters called thirty a score , provided they paid 30 s . to the £ 1 ;—Mr . W . P . Roberts , solicitor , who was received
with immense applause , was next called upon by the chairman . He said he was there that day to offer his advice and counsel to the men who were engaged in that most mighty movement . He was there for the ' purpose of encouraging them to persevere in tlieir good cause ; and the fact of so many thousands standing for so long a period listening to what was said by men of their own class on socold a day , convinced him that each and all were determined to prosecute the good work in which they were engaged . ( Hear ) . The speakers who had preceded him had given them much matter for consideration , and he had no hesitation in urging them to weigh "well what had been said to them . Masters might groan and magistrates might grumble because they had taken that course ; but let them
say and do as they p leased , the workmen sought only to ' bring the laws of England to bear upon the rights of labour . What were the objects they had in vie ) v ? They appeared to him to be these : —the first was to obtain by legal means and by legal assistance the rights to which they were fairly entitled . This they could not have without money , and therefore they were legally uniting together for that purpose . Had they not as ' good a right to unite their monies together to obtain an advance of their wa ^ es as any railway company had to construct a railroad ? Secondly , when men are out of employment , had not their fellow-men a right to subscribe their monies together
to relieve them under the circumstances ? Thirdly , when a man falls sick , surely it cannot be denied that those who labour with him have a riglit to comfort him in distress ? Much has been said against the miners for restricting their labour , but he would advise them to continue to do so , as by that course they would keep superabundant labour out of the market , and enaole those engaged to procure a better remuneration . The proceedings lasted upwards of two hours and a half , during which the men stood shivering with cold , but evidently with great patience . At the close of the business the chairman again urged them to stand firm , after which they separated .
The Barking Fisiiekmex . —These manners have almost all returned to their fishing smacks , and proceeded to sea , the employers having consented to their returning home every voyage , instead of * stopping at Gravesend to unload their fish , and then going out to sea again without seeing their wives and familos for vsix or nine months together . As regards extra wages , no concession , we understand , has been made , the men finding that their most grievous complaint respecting the voyages was attended to , having foregone their demand and returned to their employment .
Lancashire Cuai . Mi \ Ens . —A public meeting of the miners of the Ashton and Oldlmm districts was held on the afternoon of Monday last , on a plot of ground in front of the Horse-Shoe Inn , Bardoley , between Ashton and OJdhaiu . The meeting was the most numerous ever held in this part since the commencement of the miner ' s movement . Mr . Preed , a working miner , was unanimously called to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Wclsberg , Mr . Harris , and Wm . Dixoii of Manchester , and the
usual , resolutions passed . We are happy to say that the Union in this part of Lancashire is in a very prosperous condition , and also that the men are getting some small advance in tlieir wages . We have also much pleasure in stating , that a second advance lias taken place , in tiu > Rochdale district , of l <» d . per quarter . The masters in the Dukenfield district have advanced the coals at the pit 4 d . per tub , to enable them to give the men one halfpenny per tub , which the Manrhift . r Guardian makes much noise
about . The Lax cash ike Mineus' Union . — Mr . Editor , In the Mimehctter Guardian of Wednesday there is a long article headed " Expected Strike of the iCoal Miners . " In that article , the editor of the ( luardinh gives a circular which has been sent by the men to the masters , requesting them to give them a . small advance of wages . On that circular the editor comments , and evidently wishes to -magnify this . simple request into a threat of a strike . If this had boon done in an honest manner , and in accordance with truth , we should not have troubled you with this communication : but the object of " the man" what does ' "the Gunrdiun" Is evidently to prejudice the public against the coal miners of this county , by
giving only a mirtion of the circular in question , coupled with a little of what Brother Jonathan would « til " ii'lukiit . j round Uf truth . " Of course this is nothing new " to those who know anything ol the propensities of the conductors of this " vile ru < j , " whose object \» at all times to resist the just demand id' the industrious classes , and strengthen the hands of the oppressor . The editor of the Owirdinti «» vs : We believe the average daily wai ; es of the miners in this district—ami we state this from information obtained from about thirty different colliers—is about four shillings for eight hours" labour . It would Ik- well if the editor of the <>' i « tr >/« j / i and his informants , if they would act like lioncst men , would give flic ' whole truth " instead of only a part . They
always irive the miners' " i » o » u , " but never let the jiublic know a word alnui * their " imt > jo . " ^ ^ The fact is , this would not answer their purpose . The ( hinrt / inji says not a word about candle .-and powder , which will cost , at tin least , os . per week ; nor dare he let the public know that the miners have to tind their own tools , whieh will take , on a moderate calculation , Is . more ; neither dare he call attention to the rob-Ix-ries inflicted upon the miner through the system of taking his coals troni him , under the plea of " ahort measure , " "' not clear , " tV <\ ; which will average from Is . t * l . to 2 s . Od . per fortnight . This latter " deduction " could not lw effected , were the miner paid by weight instead of by measure . The editor of the ( rtvarrliaji wishes to impress upon the public that
the miners are in the receipt of £ 1 4 * . per week , but we challenge- either him or his informants to prove that , after " paying all that comesagainstthem , " the miners-of Lancashire , on the average , receive more than 1 / is . per week , clear money to take home . The advance sought by the men is twopence in the shilling on their present wages , which would make them about 17 s . per week , and this tremendous amount of remuneration for venturing their lives into the bowels of the earth to produce that which the Ouardinn very properly calls a " necessity of life . " Now the fact is , the men have sent a request to , their masters to give the above advance ; but where the editor of the Guardian y : ets his information , relative to a general strike as being about to take place ,
is unknown to the miners of Lancashire ; certainly their circular makes no mention thereof " . Nowlet us hear what the Guardian says about this enonnons demand , and the robbery likely to be inflicted on the public if they should succeed . He says , " when it is generally recognised that the coal miners are in rtfect saying to the mastei-s , you are selling your coals too cheap : " 11 we ask in , that you should " tax the public , in order to put more profit into your pockets and hi g her wages into ours , " We cannot think that the punlic generally will be disposed , by any promise of support , to encourage and facilitate a "Wiernl strike ; llie consequences of which must lx" productive of considerable loss both to the coal miners and the public , and so extremely
disastrous to the miners themselves , and all who arc dependent upon them . " In answer to all this , what does this circular really say ' . Why this— " It would be well if the masters could maintain an uniformity of price .- * , according to the real value of the article . '' I Joes the editor of the Gaai-dvvn think it unjust that the consumer should pay the » W vdhw , of the article he consumes ' . ] > oes lie calj it taxing the public to demand the value of the article purchased ' . Why , if this doctrine be correct , the ] . rroprietors of the Guardian arctaxerh of the public ; ln-cause they " fix " what they consider the real value of their own " vile rag . " But now we will let the public see what the tax would be which the men at present ask for . It would not amount to one half-farthing perewt ., or
twopencehalfpenny per pan ! This would never be felt by the public , whilst it would give the miner two shillings and sixpence per week to expend with the parties who had paid -twopence-halfpenny more for a pan of coal , which would last six or eight weeks . Thus they would not feel the farthing per week paid for the coals ; but the two shillings and sixpence a week would be a real blessing to the miner ' s wife and family . The editor then says , " what an outcry would be made , if the masters were to unite for the purpose of paying the least possible amount of wages . " . He knows full well that such an association is in existence , and lias been since 1 S 41 ; and that they have held their regular monthly meetings . He also knows that they have establidhed a system of " < jxiltth . nc < i " papers ; ' and a man that dares to take an active part in defence of the workman ' s rights is marked out for
" vengeance . " But enousrh of this . We have spent too much time already on the worthless being who can prostitute those faculties whieh nature has given him in endeavouring to iiialipt and falsify every movement made for the good of the working bees ; There is one other remark whieh we raust make an observation or two upon . The editor of the Guardian wishes to impress on the public mind , that "the miners Executive is an irresponsible body . This is not the fact . On the contrary , they arc perhaps the most responsible body of the kind in the kingdom ; He also says that the funds of the association are at the disposal of one man . It would be well if he ¦ would not trouble himself with things he knows nothing about * and not attempt to write on a subject of which he is as ignorant "as the man in the moon . " However , for the satisfaction of the public , and to prove the baseness of the wretch who could thus
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parade his ignorance before the world for such a purpose , we beg to say that the treasurer of the Miners' Association has not the disposal of the funds : in fact , neither he nor any one else is allowed to pay one farthing without the order of the miners , by their representatives , either in conference or delegate meeting assembled . We are , Sir , on behalf of the Lancashire Miners , W . Dixon , W . Grocett , County Secretaries .
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REPEAL ASSOCIATION . —Monday . The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Conciliation Hall . The attendance was extremely numerous , every part of the building being crowded to inconvenience . Mr . O'Connell said : —He had made a pause to try if the Federalists would join them , but he had been totally disappointed . They had , he might add without alluding to any person in particular , betrayed them , and ho was bound to say that he now expected nothing from them . The Federalists were Irishmen , but they had a preference for somebody eke ; they did not think that Irishmen ought to govern for themselves . They were good-natured people ; but the love of fatherland did not bum brightly in their
bosoms , and he could not endure any Imhnian who did not prefer Ireland to every country iu the world . He had no national antipathies , but he ' liad a national preference , and that was in favour of Ireland and the Irish . Some of those Federalists would from time to time fall in to the association , but they were at prosent kept away by Whig predilections . * The Federalists should not deceive themselves , and if they hereafter make any motion , he could tell them—unless they came forward at once—that they would speak too late . As for Mr . Sharman Crawford ' s plan of Federalism , all he would say of it was that lie respected the boldness and manliness with which its author had come forward , but that it 4 } d not contain a single sentence or proposition that he could adopt . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a sober , dull piece of plodding , having neither right nor left , neither beginning nor
end , and they would leave it , like an unlickeu cub , never to be formed into any shape whatever . They had then done with Federalism ; and he wished in the next place to take notice of a portion of the British press . He alluded to a London newspaper , the Examiner , in the last number of which there was an article , of course abusing him , and headed with the words " Richard is himself again . " That was a kind of walking falsehood of tho Examiner , for it distinctly admitted that he made no proposition for Federalism that was not looking for repeal , and something more than- 'simple repeal . ( Hear , hear . ) file then read the extract from the Examiner , in which his allusion at the Limerick dinner to his political revenge l > eing " dear as the honey cup of life , " was stigmatized as an infernal sentiment . ] He denied that it was either unchristian or infp . rn . il . H <> haA
distinctly statod that he had no personal or individual animosity , but that he hated injustice and oppression ; but as it was English injustice , the Examiner thought they had a right to leave it . There was aWlik writer lor tlieiri . ' . Some persons were surprised that they should draw the Whigs into the category of tlieir contempt , but those people but little knew how totally the Vvliigs had lost the confidence of the Irish people through the scurrility of their writers . The Kviminer man also quarrelled with his cap . He was obliged , when speaking in the open air or in large assemblies , to wear a covering on his head , and if his cup happened to be a beautifully ornamented one he might thank a dear little daughter of his then present , who thought fit to make it so ; and this he could add , that if the cap did not fit him he would not wear it . ( Laughter and cheers . ) [ Mr . (> ' < ! on ' m-ll then read the subsequent passages from the luticle in the Examiner ,
m which it was stated that if an untruth Would have Nervetl hi » ( Mr . O'CJonnuH ' s ) purpose , he would adopt it .-i * readily as a truth ] . He would tell the miscreant that lie lied . lie would quietly pronounce the entire ot that paragr aph as cn-oss a falsehood as ever yet an Kngli . sh brute asserted with respect to an Irishman . That man might complain of the harshness of his language , but how dared he print such a slander against any man ? His entire public life was before the world , and if tho Examiner could prove its assertion , tile opportunity was open to it to do so , but if it could not—and he defied it to do so—then he was justified in pronouncing the charge a gross and lying calumny . He would then leave the scoundrel where he found him , and proceed to consider the different resolutions whieh ho had mentioned at the I a at dux ot meeting . [ In justieeto the Exmninn ; we reprint below the artielo which has culled forth this attack . | The advocates of the union had stateil that Ireland was in
a more prosperous condition now than at the period of the union . lie denied the fact i >< toto . The honourable gentleman then went into -Mine statistical facts , for the purpose of showing that Ireland was not in as flourishing a condition now as at the time to which he alluded , and qiroted lyihJ to prove that theiv was more wretchedness in this countiy than in any other in K-urope . The . I'oor-LawveaniniiKsionersand Captain Larconi had also given the iuW frightful picture ol the sufieri »! , ' . s of the peonft * : Jt was to tiic infernal union that all these misfortunes were to be attributed . He would show that Ireland was not properly represented . Taking her revenue and population into consideration , she was entitled tu \ 1 S member * . J'laced a .-i the executive virtually i . H in tho House ot Commons , it was of the utmost importance , that Ireland should bo properly represented ,- He would put it to the common sense of the English people , was it fair that Wales should send 2 S members to
Parliament , whilst the county Cork / which lie had the honour of representing ) , with an equal number of inhabitants . should return but two representatives t Was it not folly to twill that a union which was on one Mile all tyranny and partiality ( hear ) ' . The same principlf was carried out in the corporations . The Irish Municipal Act was materially defective : the franchise was rated so high as to exclude from the burgess list alraut three-fourths of those who would in Hug-land 1 m ? burgesses . ( lleur , hear , hear . ) / Jo would assert that there never \ v : is ;\ greater injustice perpetrated by one country on another , than in the case of the Irish Municipal Act . ( Cheers . ) There was another mmis . te . 1 " grievance inflicted upon the people of this country—a urievanee which would i
not Ik ? tolerated for one moment in any other ' country in the world . It was the church inHie- j tion . ( Hear , hear ) . The people of Ireland were constrained to support two churches—the one , the church of the smaller , and , at the same time , the 1 wealthy class of society—the other , the church of the many , and of the poor . ( Hear , hear . ) Was that i just , wa » that fair , and was it rational ? This anomaly should be removedr —( cheers )—the people of Ireland would never be satisfied till it was abolished . ( Hear , j hear . ) At the same time , he wished it to be understood that a due regard should be paid to existing rightsA greater misfortune he would assert could
. not happen to any country than an union between church and state . ( Hear , hear . ) The honourable gentleman then proceeded to take a review of the i fiscal injustice which tho union had inflicted on Ireland , and detailed the disastrous effects of absenteeism , urging the absolute necessity that existed for an absentee tax , whieh ho said a domestic legislature would not hesitate to impose , and then alluded to the evils consequent on a distant and remote legislature . After some further business had been disposed of , Mr . O'Connell announced the rent for the week to be £ 4 < M 5 s . b'd . ( Cheers . )
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t ance » tor& |—not merely the men alonc , jbut the women also —fought and bled , and died and conquered [ query , after they had died ] , for their country . ( Hear , hear . ) . . . I entertain not the slightest animosity towards a single individual in private life , but I have a political revenge and luitrcd dear as the honey eup of life of which I have tasted for many long years ; dear as the sweetest memory of the departed is the unaffected animosity tohreh I bear toioards English injustice and tyranny . If this ! infernal sentiment of the Irish leader be Shared in : by any considerable number of his followers , sooner orjlater it must have it ^ vent in blood . And this manjdeprecates murder , with a sentiment on his
lips the most revengeful , the most ruthless , and with an easy change of application tallying with the feeling of every vindictive sanguinary savage . When an unjust sentence was hanging over Mr . O'Connell , and when he came over to this country , a much-subdued man , the most generous sympathy awaited him—and not more , or more warm , was the sympathyj than due , for he was an oppressed man . He professed at the time to be much touched at the just and Cordial feeling in liis favour which he found in Englaiid ; and if we remember rightly , he declared that it had corrected some of his prejudices against the Saxori race .
He now meditates another visit for another appeal to the justice of the people of England , and sec with what reliance on our intelligence he ia coming amongst us : — " / have much thought upon the iniffenetrability of truth into England , and I solemnly declare , that it apfiears to me as if a kind of adamantine wall surrounded that country , making it impervious to every approach of truth . It may arrive on the four mugs of heaven ., and with the force of electricity , to every human being elsewhere ; but the fact is tnost astounding , that it never can penetrate into England , ( Hear , hear . ) Talleyrand said that the use of language was to enable man to conceal his thoughts , ami in the
same manner it might be said that the use of the Enjrli . sJi press was to keep up the ignorance of the people . It supported tliej-dclusion under which John Bull is labouring , and told him that the Irish people ha 1 no grievances to complain qf ; but I am determined to give , an opportunity to every m ^ n , woman , and child in Great Rjitain to understand the contrary . To be sure , I cannot answer for the capacity of their genius , for they have but little of the shrewdness which enables Paddy to arrive so rapidly at facts . It is to that tasjfi I am determined to devote the ensuing month , and I am resolved to persevere until I compel England to understand the grievances of which we complain . / am resolved that tiiey shall do so , and no thanks to them .
How gracious , how kindly is all 'this . To be sure it is not intended for the eye of England ,, it having been uttered to feed animosity in Ireland , and that which is the best aliment of hatred , contempt . Mr . () 'Gonnell is the very last man who should complain of a people ' s incapacity for the reception of truth . His allegiance to truth has not iK-en so strict as to entitle him to complain of neglect of its voice . He hats had no other rule in his statements and representations than to say that which served'the purpose , good or bad , of the moment , and whether the thinsr wasitrue or untrue , has been no consideration . If an untruth has suited him better than a truth , it has been adopted ; if a truth has been more to the p urpose , he has had no antipathy to it , forbidding its use . He takes up the one or the other as a weapon , withgut caring what their nature . may be , so that thev strike and wound .
Mr . () G ' onnell complains of " the slanderous mummery of tile Examiner . " We do -not very clearlv understand the nature of the offence so described , but perhaps we commit it in copying the reports of Mr . 'O'f ' onnell ' s proceedings . For instance , at the meethur of the Repeal Association on ithe 28 th ult ., we find that Mr . O'Cannell—¦ " InvciitL'il himself with a new crown-shaped hat of green vHnet , richly di uorutcd with gulden wreaths Of shamrocks " j That this is mummery there can be no doubt , and if the report be false , it may bo what . Mr . O'ConneH styles " scandalous mummery , " but the fault is not ours . i
>\ a have been informed that when Mr O'Connell puts on that very fine cap , he receives persons with an air and ceremony of regal state . Mr . O'Connell , decked in the alderman ' s robes , and with the crownshaped cap on his head , playing such -antics , must indeed convey the idea of " a slanderous mummery " of royalty . < The report states that when he put on the cap the assembly cheered loudly . When such tomfoolery in action c-aulho applauded , can we wonder at tho similar acceptation of . things not less absurd in speech ' . The dumb-show part is worthy of the oratorical , and the oratorical of the duiul > -show . The speech at Dublin was not so virulent and violent as that at Limerick , but there was , nevertheless , an abundance-of ill-temper in it .
The most remarkable passage in it is " the declaration that Mr . O'Connoll " will not accept a repeal of the I ' nion " : at the hands of France . " That great admiral , the Prince de JoinvilJe , is then no longer to be counted-on . But how is it that Mr . O'Connell is so nice as to the hands from which so blessed a thing a . *« repeal is ! to Ire taken ? Are there so many and such easy ways of obtaining repeal that he can afford to be fastidious ' . \ Louis Philippe is a bad character , but if bad character is to be an objection to the offer of repeal , whejv is the groat man who is to confer it . ¦ " Is Mr . O'Connoll himself quite pood enough ,, and faultless I'lionyhV '
There an : many points of resemblance between him and Louis Philippe , whom he so abuses , and not without grounds . Both profess a great love of peace , while theyichcrish the propensities to war . Both maintain a state of peace on the venre of war . Both act as dam * to passions , which will hurst out ant \ devastate whenever the temporary cheeks which have {• iven them depth while restraining them are removed , / loth will bequeath larjjc legacies of troubtes t 6 their respective countries . Both are intent on tlieir personal life interests , and heedless of what is to follow them when the wild hopes encouraged and the passion iuiiamejd by them will be no lomjor under tlieir controlling influence . CM ' each it may \ w said , as it w ; is of a i ; rcat ruler of antiquity , th . it he should never have lived < ir should never die , so much evi . l have they fomented which they only can control . Men who s . » raisO up and use the most dangerous powers for the little purposes of their day oudu to Imj immortal . —Exumiiur .
Dinner to Sfsi . Ckuj . se , of D . vunisrowx and Paiustows , IN Westmbatii . —This ^ entleman was entertained at a public dinner in the town of Clonmellon , in ^' estmeath , on Wednesday evening , 27 th ultimo , to mark their sense of his conduct as a good and humane landlord . The tenantry of Sir . Cruise , it will be recollected , were ejected from their holdings at DardistoWn and at Paristown , some time since—a circumstance which created considerable public attention at the time ; and no sooner did Mr . Cruise see , by the ] proceedings of the Repeal Association , what had been done , than he hastened to Ireland from America , where he then resided , for the purpose of reinstating them . Upwards of lot gentlemen sat down to dinner , but if accommodation could
have been procured , three or four hundred would have been present ; so great was the anxiety to compliment tins excellent gentleman , ami to vindicate the principle of the Fixity of Tenure . The chairman , the Rev . Mr . Dowling , P . P . of Clonmellon , in proposing the health of their guest , said : " That within ten years , ending in 1840 , there was a falling off in the population of the county of 300 , 00 ( 1 souls . Some few thousands of these had emigrated ; but what became of the great mass ? They were crushed by extermination . ( Cheers . ) Was such a state of things ever f witnessed before ? A . wholepeople was nearly decimated without the aid of famine , pestilence , or ! the sword , within the space of ten short years . It was hanllv possible for a ten
years' war to produce such terrible results . The health of P . R . Cruise , Esq ., having been drunk amid great ) cheering ; , Mr . Cruise rose with no ordinary feelings to return them thanks for the distinguished honour they had conferred on him — an honour to which ho was not entitled . In coming from America he felt he did no more than was necessary to perform a duty which every honest man owed bis tenantry ; and he regretted , for their sakes , that his arrival ijvas not sooner . ( Cheers ) . He came over , however , as soon as he was able to wind up tho affairs of his family ; and on his arrival in this . country found a most vindictive feeling existed against him on the part ; of some individuals . He had not been at home twelve hours when he was asked to sign the death-warrant of his ousted tenantry ; or , in other . words , to execute the leases of the present holder * . On his arrival in Liverpool he found
the leases actually on board the packet to be sent out to him . The man who had acted for him in his absence had acted without authority . What heart not made of adamant could read the Veeitals in the 1 ) ublin journals of the misery caused by * the ejectments on his estates without being moved ? And for his own part he felt pained at the extraordinary procedure of his agent . The first intimation given to him was , that his land was let to a Mr . Dyas , a man whom he nc ? ver saw ; and as he felt that his own interests , as well as those of his tenantry , were sacrificed he did not deserve the compliment which was paid him that evening . God "tempered the wind to the shorn lamb ; " and he had no doubt that before many days elapsed all parties would have their own , ( Cheers ) . It is to be hoped that the landlord class will take a lesson from Mr . Cruise . By so . doing , they will he .: instrumental in removing the agrarian outrages that at present are so prevalent iu Ireland .
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FABBiSGpoji , Jv ^ Ai ^> ., —i ) n ^ Sunday .. evening . last ^^ large meeting was held at the Union Arms , Union- " : court , Holborn-hill , Mr . P . Lucy in the chair . After the transaction of the usual preliminary business such as delivering cards to those who had previouslyenrolled themselves , the chairman briefly and appro , priately expressed his views on the question of a Repeal of the Legislative Union now existing between Ireland and England . He said Ireland wanted ? her own legislature , composed of her own 80 n"J , Sitting in College-green . She wanted protection to her in--dustry , her genius , and her resources . The present state of affairs could not endure . The Irish people were justly dissatisfied with it . ( Cheers . ) Mr . J >
Cocoran then read the speech of the Liberator at the Conciliation Hall of the 26 th ult ., which was received with loud cheers . Mr . J . Lindsay , R . W , and V ., oa being called on , dwelt at great length on the benefits that would arise from a Repeal of the Union ; an < J said if Ireland had a Parliament , there would not be £ 6 , 000 , 000 of absentee rents , and £ 6 , 000 , 000 paid annually for English manufactures ; for Ireland would be able to supply them herself . Previous to the Union , Ireland , with a population of only 4 , 200 , 000 , consumed the chief of her produce . The population had nearly doubled since the Union ; and they exported to England in pork , eggs , < £ {; , fc {> to the amount of £ 8 , 000 , 000 annually , -while the surl
plus revenue and Irish crown rents , which were £ 1 , 500 , 000 more , made the annual drain on that unfortunate country of £ 21 , 500 , 000 . In speaking of the flourishing condition of Ireland from 1782 to 1800 , he said that the jealousy of the English manu . facturers was so great against Ireland in 1787 that the father of the present Premier said to Pitt ) that if something was not done by him to stop the . progress then making * ^ in Ireland , he would break up "? his establishment in England and remove to Ireland . If Ireland had a parliament , would there be 2 , 400 , 000 destitute creatures in Ireland ? Would 7 , 000 persons annually Fall under the iron grasp of the grinding landlord system ? Would Ireland be saddled witS . £ 2 , 100 , 000 tithe rent charge ? Would there have been
a contemplated massacre ; the frustration of the trial by jury ; a chief justice of the Irish Court of QHeen ' g Bench proclaiming himself on " one side ; " a recorder suppressing the jury lists , and dancing off to Sir Robert Peel ' s in Staffordshire , in the midst of his well-paid labours by the public , whose paid and hired servant he was ? Mr Lindsay then dwelt at great length on the industrial resources of Ireland , her capability of becoming a great and prosperous nation , and resumed his seat amidst loud cheering . Mr . Melton ( an Englishman ) next addressed the meeting , and said that the Repeal of the Act of Union would benefit the working classes of England . The Irish were compelled to seek employment in Enelanrf
which was the means of reducing the price of labour It was the duty of the working classes of England to join in the cry for Repeal . The English middle elassea were opposed to the Repeal from fear of loaing some of their profits ; but at the same time they used the Irishmen that came over to this country—not for the Jove they bore them—but for the purpose of reducing wages , and making the honest and upright English ! men to work for less . The union was the cause of the Irishmen coming over here ; let the Englishmen assist their Irish brethren to repeal that Act , which had reduced one of the finest countries in EurODB from the position of a nation to that of a province and thus give plenty of employment for Irishmen at home
, and Englishmen would have no reason to complain . He then drew the attention of the meeting to the leading articles in that day ' s Dispatch and Lloyd ' s Newspapers , in which Repeal was made the object of their abuse . He hailed the appearance of the Northern Star in the metropolis : a journal devoted to the interest of the People and the rights of Labour , and which regularly reported their proceedings . ( Cheers . ) Here a person endeavoured to create a schism on account of Mr . O'Connor ' s opinion on the Rechabite question , but the good feeling of the meeting would not tolerate it . Mr . P . Lee , R . W ., said , whatever difference existed between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Connell was not the business they had met for . There had been already too much of what " one old woman should say , what another old woman told her . "
and so on . He believed that something of the kind existed between Mr . O'Connell and Mr . O'Connor . Kor one , he . was thankful to the proprietor of the Scar for the publicity he gave to their t > roeeedings in London . Mr . P . Twohey , R . W ., foQowed in the same strain , and highly condemned the conduct of the person who had endeavoured to create an ill feeling against an individual that had done them no yrron ^ . The difference that existed between the Liberator and the proprietor of tho Northern Star was no business of theirs . They were quite able to settle it themselves . He was glad to find the good feeling that existed amongst them . They had by their conduct proved themselves worthy the name of Iiishmen . Messrs . Collins and Foley also addressed the meeting , and eighteen persons enrolled themselves as associates .
Lixcoln ' s-in-Fif . U's Ward . —On Sunday a numerous and respectable meeting was held at the Tempeninceand Repeal Hall , St . Clement ' s-lane , Strand ; Mr . John O'Connor in the chair . The meeting was eloquently addressed by Messrs . Cavanagh , Dunne , I ^ nnai-d . and Calanan . Twenty-four were enrolled as associates . CtUEK \ wir : ri Warp . —A large meeting of this Ward was held on Sunday the 24 th ult ., at the Ship and Last , Straitsinouth , Dcptford . Mr . Calanan in the chair . Several extracts were read from the Irish
journals . The Chairman addressed the meeting ia an impressive manner on the beneficial results that would flow from Repeal . Mr . Brady followed , and at great length showed the evils that Ireland laboured under by the Imperial Parliament not bein < r able to give that attention to Irish affairs that an Irish Parliament would . Mr . Crawly also addressed the meeting at great k'jigth , and said that it was owing to the greedy avarice of the mill owners and merchants of England that the nationality of Ireland was sacrificed to l ) Ciu'fit them . Several were enrolled .
IIotuekhithk Nkw Ward . —Ou Sunday evening the 24 th ult ., a meetinjr of this Ward took pla * j at the Rose and ltu-mmer . ' Paradise-street , Rotherhithe . Mr . P . Carnady presided on the occasion . Several of the association reports were read , and the meeting was addressed at great length by Mr . Freeman , on the present glorious aspect of Repeal . Several other able speeches were delivered . The Liberator ' s speeches at Limerick were also read , and several persons enrolled themselves . ^ Garsfield Warii met at the Duke of Sussex , Grange-walk , Bermondsey , on Sunday evening last ; Mr . E . Twomey in the chair , who made a
speech of great tact and ability . After alluding to the disastrous effect of the Union , he said , the army has been in most countries a conquering weapon , while in Ireland it has been the sanguinary agent of ruthless cruelty , savage license , . and unchecked barbarity ; yet has Ireland recruited its ranks most liberally . Irishmen have assisted to gab its triumph—Irishmen were among the bravest who fell at Waterloo , and the first who mounted the breach of Badajoz ; the plains of Medea , the heights of Barossa , and the burning sands of Egypt , are constant proofs of the undaunted valour of Irishmen . It would be an awkward thine for England if Irishmen grew " disloyal" enough to stay at home , and decline
" To swell the tide of British < jlory , Aiding- despots in tlieir need , Who ' ve changed our green so oft to gory . " But far be it from us even to discuss this matter . We must rally under the banner of Repeal , as the only way to preserve the Constitution . ( Cheers . ) Mr . M . Geary , R . W ., followed ; and twenty-three nt > rs » us cm-olled themselves as associates .
Harp Tempkraxce Ward , Repeal Readingrooms , 40 , Ki . \ tt-sTR * : £ T , Borough . —The meetings of this Ward , formerly held on Mondays , arc now held on Sunday evenings . At the last ' meeting , Mr . E . Maguire presided . The meeting w ; is addressed br Messrs . Itogan , Murray , and Ryan ; the progress of temperance in Ireland " was the principal topic touched on , showins that Temperance was the handmaid of Repeal . Thirty-four were enrolled as associates .
Maze Waiu > , Rkd Lios Maze , Toomsy-street . — On Sunday evening last a highly respectable rowing of this ward was held , Mr . O * 'Gorman presiding . The report of the last meeting at the Conciliation ilall was read , and the meeting was ably and . eloquently addressed by Mr . W . Dunne , R . W ., Lambeth Ward . Thirty-eight persons enrolled themselves as associates . ' This is one of the wards that assisted io unfurl the banner of Repeal in this metropolis when Repeal was at a discount . Gray ' s Ixx Warp . '—Albert , Gray ' s Inn Lasz .-& Sunday evening last Mr . Lawlor presided . T " meeting was addresed by Mr . White ( Smith O'Brien Ward ) , on the depression of trade and manufactw ® in Ireland since , the Union , and the valour evinced by the Irish in America , during the American Revolution . Twentv were enrolled .
Conciliation Ward , Brighton . —At a lat « meeting of this ward , Mr . Maher , the chairman , dwelt at great length on the late conviction of Mr . ^ ' ^ on 'Jr j shoving that the reversal of tho verdict had forwarded the Repeal cause considerably . Mr . Bowman ( an Englishman ) said he had travelled in Ireland , ana found her sons intelligent , hospitable , and I ndustrioWi He could not see whv Ireland should not be prosperous and happy . He had , during his stay in that country , seen quite sufficient to convince him of tho nere *' } - ' of the Repeal agitation , which he was determined w take an active part in , until Ireland was a natI fr ' Mr . Guinness followed , and expatiated upon tne wrongs of Ireland ; and Mr . Butler , in an imprM 3 1 ^ manner , called on all present to join the ranKs Repeal , for they would by so doing serve England » well as Ireland . ' Several enrolled themselves .
On Sunday Evening next , Mr . O'Neal wiUpre ^ e at the Harp Temperance Ward , 48 , &n g- < Si Borough . Mr . Murphy will preside at the Sarsnem Ward , Duke of Sussex , Grange-walk , Bermontee ? , ' Mr . T . Healey will preside at the Famng don warn Union Arms , Holborn-hiU ; Mr . Coffins wiU P «*^ . at the Grafs-Inn Wai-d , Albert , Gray ' s l ^ jf ' . The whole of the other wards will also be opcne < M
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RICHARD HIMSELF AGAIN ! A few days ago Mr . O'Connell was preaching peace and good-will , abjuring all animosities , repenting of his invectives against Saxons , renouncing for ever vituperation , and promising all the amenities and amiabilities . But alas ! the conciliation fit h ; us passed away as uuickly and suddenly as the federal fit . At the Limerick meeting there was a relapse to all the old sins , and the speech had all the stale violence of the harangues at the monster meetings . There was the boast of the physical force , and the allusions to inflame hatred , ami the exhortation not to turn the irresistible powers to the purposes of the hatred so inflamed .
He had soon many an exhibition of popular strength iinii determination , but never one to equal , and certainly not to exceed , the exhibition of that day . ( Cheers . ) He hwl physical force enough before him to accomplish tine worst of purposes if lie hadany such design . Tliere was no monarch of Europe had . a larger army at his command than the volunteer army by which he liad been surrounded thnt day . ( Great cheering ; . ) Hut what wag most glorious in the people of Ireland was , that with a power to do mischief , they had no other I inclination than that of confining themselves strictly within the laws of order and propriety—they were resolved to commit no offence against the ordinances of mail—no sin against the law of ( Jod . ( Ifear . )
But who for ever boasts a bad power that he does not intend to use ? A man who weal's a sword does not make it an incessant vaunt that he could cut a throat , but that he does not . If the demonstration of force be intended to be moral , why this constant harping on the evil use which it might have , but Ls not meant to have ? _ It is the peculiarity of the two greatest , the rival impostors of the time , Mr . O'Connell and Sir Robert Peel , that they are for ever imagining how they might make the worst use of their powers , and taking credit for the forbearance as a positive virtue . When honest men feel their strength they do not say , we might be robbers or cut-throata , but we won ' t . They don't wrong their characters by the imagination of such a possibility .
There is the suggestion of mischief in Mr . O'Conne'll ' s incessant boast of the powers for it . ' . and to make it worse it is always accompanied with some stimulus to hatred . At the Limerick meeting , for example , this peacemaking , this conciliating allusion followed--He stood theft in a sacred spot . He ttiighl he laughed at for the repetition of it , but he would , notwithstanding , again remind them that the spot on which they stood teas one that ¦ taust cause burning shame to the English people , and redound for ever to the glory of friehmen . There it was that their
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i REPKAL IN LONDON . ¦ Tiii-usiuy Morning , Dec . 5 , 1844 . —The Wards continue to ; be well attended ; and to show the enthusiasm that exists amongst the brave exiles , and their love of fatherland , I find by the returns of the association in Dublin , that the Repealers of . London transmitted ) to the Repeal Exchequer , for tjie week ending Nov . ? 16 th , the sum of £ 34 14 s . 4 d . ; while the Dublin Wards contributed only £ 8 10 s . 9 d ., which sum was exceeded by the Repealers of Liverpool , who transmitted for that week the sum of £ 10 . The sum transmitted from London this year will greatly exceed that of last year .
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g THE NORTHERN STAR . j December 7 , 1844 .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1292/page/6/
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