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PUBLISHED every Saturday , price IJd ., contains a list of all Vacant Situations , comp il ed with great care and labour from the several Newspapers throughout the Country , so that persons in want of situations , by buying THE APPRENTICE , will be made acquainted wi th all the vacancies that occur , and the qualifications requisite for obtaining them , without making it necessary to hunt through newspapers or purchase other works . Notice of Contracts of Works , Competitions , &c , are also given . Order of any bookseller or newsman .
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JUST OPENING . MESSRS . MILLER AND JONES , TAILORS AND WOOLLEN DRAPERS , 158 , OXFORD-STREET , CORNER OF MARYLEBONE-LANE . AN Extensive Assortment of the Best Goods , made and . unmade , always on hand . Bought for ready cash at the cheapest and best markets . To be sold for ready cash only , so that- the disaqbeeable necessity op CHARGING HEAVT PEOFIT 8 TO COTEK BAD DEBTS KAT BI AVOIDED . Single Garments and Suits of Clothes in great variety , and at low and honest prices . ; Gentlemen ' s superfine dress coats , cut and finished in the first style , £ 115 s ., and upwards . ¦ Cloth , cashmere , doeskin , and tweed trousers , 9 s . 6 d ., and upwards . Valentin , toilenet , and quilting vests , Ss , 6 d ., and upwards . . . Very rich plain and fancy satin and silk velvet vests , 18 s ., and upwards . < &- Mechanics' Working Clothes equdtty Cheap .
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OPENING OF THE OLDHAM WORKING MAN'S HALL , HORSEDGHE-STREET . THE Directors feel great pleasure iu announcing to their friends , patrons , and the public generally , their intention of opening the above spacious building in Easter week next , in the following order , viz ., on Easter Sunday , March 23 rd , 1845 , Frahdm O'Connor , Esq ., will deliver a Lecture in the large Room ofthe above Hall , to commence at half-past two o'clock in the afternoon . Ia the evening the above-named gentleman , together with Mr . Jakes Leach , of Manchester , will each deliver a suit * able address , to commence at six o ' clock . On Easter Monday a grand Festival will take place ; commencing with a Tea-Pavty , at four o ' clock in . the afternoon precisely , when the following distinguished Mends of the People hava already signified their intentions to be present , and mil severally address the Assembly : —General Johnson , M . P . for the Borough ; Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; W . P . Roberts , Esij . ; Mr . James Leach , Mr . Wm . Dixon , Mr . "Wm . Bell . The following gentlemen have likewise been invited , and arc expected : 6 attend , namely , John Fielden , Esq ., if . P ., and Thomas S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P . At the close of the above proceedings , a Grand BALL will commence , and , during tho evening , a variety of the most Fashionable Dances will Le introduced , comprising the improved and much admired Garland Dance , Highland Fling , Quadrilles , Hornpipes , Galopades , Waltzes , and Contra Dancffi , « la Polka . The evening ' s entertainments will be interspersed with a variety of popular Songs , Recitations , &o . Mr . J , Travis , the celebrated Comic Singer , has been engaged , who will sing several of his Comic Songs in character . Qn Tuesday evening there will be a second Ball , con . ducted on a similar scale to the one on Monday , to com . mence at seven o ' clock . A full and efficient Quadrille Band will be in attendance . —Leader , Mr . T . Holland ; Master of the Ceremonies , Mr . T . Garner . Tickets may be had on the following terms : •—To eaca of the lectures on Sunday—Platform , 3 d . ; Body of tho Hall , Id . Tea Party and Ball on Monday : Single Tickets , Ladies ' , Is . ; Gentlemen ' s , Is . 2 d . ; to the Platform , Is . 6 d . Double Tickets , admitting a Lady and Gentleman : Body of the Hall , 2 s . each ; to the Platform , 2 s . 6 d .: to the Ball only , 8 S . N . B . —Tea will be provided at tho close of the after , noon ' s Lecture , for the accommodation of strangers and friend 9 ; Tickets , 6 d . each .
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WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE . SPRING SESSIONS—1845 . V OTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN , that the Spring Gene . 1-N rol Quarter Sessions of the Fence for the West Riding of the County of York , will be ho ) den at Pontjc fract , on Monday , the seventh day of April nest ; on , which day the Court will be opened at Ten o ' clock of the forenoon , and on every succeeding day at Nine o ' clock . Prosecutors and Witnesses in Prosecutions must be in attendance in the following order , viz .: — Those in Felony , from the divisions of Strafforth and Tickhill , Lower Agbrigg , Barkstonach ,- Stuincross , and Osgoldcross , and also tiiose in respited Traverses , are to be in attendance at the opening of the Court on Monday morning . , i Those from " the division of Upper Agbrigg , Morley , and Skyrack , are to be in attendance at one o ' clock at Noon on Monday . Those from the divisions of Staincliftb and Ewoross , Claro and the Ainsty ( being the remainder of the West Hiding ) , and those in all cases of Misdemeanor ( except in respited Traverses , who are to attend oa Monday ) , are to be in attendance on Tuesday morn , ing . After the charge to the Grand Jury has been given , Motions by Counsel will be heard , after which Hie Court will proceed with the trials of Felonies and Misdemeanors , until the whole are disposed of , commencing with the trials of respited Traverses . The hearing of Appeals will commence , at all evenU , on Friday morning , in case they shall not have been begun on Thursday ; but parties in Appeals must be ia readiness on Thursday morning , and aU Appeals must bft entered before the sitting of the Court on that day . Solicitors are required to take Notice , that the Order of Removal , copies ofthe Notice of Appeal , and examination of the Pauper , are required to be filed with the Clerk of the Peace on the entry of the Appeal : —And that no Appeals against Removal Orders can be heard unless the Chairman is also furnished by the Appellants with a cop / of the Order of Removal , ofthe Notice of Chargeability , of the Examination of the Pauper , and of the Notice and Grounds of Appeal . - Coroners and High Constables must be in attendance at the sitting of the Court on Tuesday morning . The names of persons bound over to answer in Felony or Misdemeanor , with a description of the Offence , must be sent to the Clerk of the Peace ' s « . ffiee seven days at least before the first day of the Sessions , together with all Be . positions , Convictions , and Recognizances . The attendance of Jurymen will not be excused on tbo ground of illness , unless it be verified by affidavit , or proved by evidence in open Court . ' And Notico i 3 also Hereby Givt * , ..: That tJie Public Business of the Riding will be transacted in open Court ; at Twelve o ' clock at Noon , on Wednesday , ' when Motions for Gratuities , and the Finance Committee's Report , will be received and considered . And Notice is also Hereby Given , That Application will be made to the Court on the sam » day and hour , for a grant of a sum not exceeding £ 1500 for the purchase of Land adjoining the West Riding Pauper lunatic Asylum ; and also of a sum . of £ 720 foe the purchase of Land near to the said Asylum . Andoa the same day and hour , the Application of John Siatb * for an increase of bis salary for cleaning and narminff the Court-house at Bradford will be considered . . C H . ELSLEY , , -, ' . „ , Clerk of the Pease . Clerk of the Peace ' s Office , tV ' ak « fieW , 10 th Much , 1845 . . :
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FRANCE . ¦ Ts * Stchct Sane * Fmr o .-Tfae debate in the ChamberofP * w npoa the SecretiSerrio > Fmid Bill terminated on Friday evening , anduponthe question ' 'UBKint > A » *** *«• « Pf ««* - T " or the grant ... ... Ill MjjjorifrfcrMuustera ... ... -r-67 ^^ . ^ date was Mo » protrsu > tedaBd more animated than is usual with that grave assembly . The thud &a ? a debate tamed entire !/ npon the abase commit-- | ed W & ** ArehiBshop of Lyons in aismamfement ggaiast M . Basin ' s book , sad for which he had been censored by the Council of State . The Keeper of the Saab and the venerable Count Fortalis , who had been a Cabinet Minister under the Restoration , vindicated the independence of the Gallican Church , and proTed that the doctrines of tie Archbishop wereBubversiTeofthelawoftheland .
TOBUHT , MiBCH 3 . —StMKE Of THE WoBSUKN IK jhb Asmus ^ -fFrom the- Homing BercddJI ^ eak of day this morning the drums beat to armsall the authorities were at . their post ; a stranger flroald hate imagined that the town was besieged . The feet ia , all the workmen in the arsenal have made a strike—they refuse to work to-day , but in all probability wifl to-morrow . The anger of the men tras soused beeauso Admiral Baudin had docked off the few minutes giTen after the ringing of the call-ML little or no importance is attached to the strike . Two battalions of infantry have been sent iato the arsenal to keep four thousand galley slaves la order , and Admiral Bandin , the maritime prefect , has issued a proclamation of a most humane and soothing description . MaechI
The workmen still holdout , and have torn down { he proclamation . Several of the men , particularly the bakers , having shewn a disposition to give in , lave been ill-treated by their comrades . The cooks , takers , and nearly all the men of the squadron lying in this port , have been placed at the disposition of the prefect . Moxpat , March 10 . —Dxfbat of the MunsTBr . — ; © n siaQot fln the Pension Bill this day in the Chamber of Deputies , there were—For Jfche bill 188 .-. Against it 201 Majority against Ministers ...... 13 fif . ' Bemusat afterwards proceeded to develope his proposition relative to the incompatibility of certain public functions with those of deputies . M . Guizot combated it on the ground that it was defective in itself , and contrary to the institutions and interests of society . He would accordingly oppose its adoption , but had no objection to its being taken into consideration , because it would lead to a discussion of its merits , which would induce the Chamber to reject It M . Beaumont complimented M . Guizot on this resolution , and reminded him that he had Hitherto o pposed even its being taken into consideration . M . Ponin , who spoke next , said that he had always voted against the proposition , but that the recent dismissal of several public functionaries on account of their Totes had converted Mm to its principle . The taking into consideration of the proposition was then put to the vote , and agreed to by the Chamber without a single dissenting voice .
SPAIN . H&DBm Joubsals of the 1 st and 2 nd inst . state that the committee upon the Church Property Bestoration Bill are utterly divided in opinion , three being for and three againstthe measure , whilst the seventh , M . Sartorius , proposes a modified project . The Due de Soto Mayor , ambassador at London , had published a letter explanatory of the circumstances attending the a&ontoffered to Madame Espartero at the Ambassador ' s Chapel , by which it appears that the person who had disturbed the lady while at her devotions acted without authority . His Excellency states that lie liad , on tearing the circumstance , written an apology to Madame Espartero ; but , before It had reached her , a message had been delivered to him which lie could not in Ms position accept .
SWITZERLAND . The Diet . —We learn from the Gazette de Zurich that the proposition for referring the question before tiie Diet to a committee , bad on the 5 th been carried by a majority of three . The Diet adjourned to file sixth to name the members of the committee , and would then adjourn further for a month to receive their report .
MEXICO - Capture of Sasta . Assa . —The Tay brings the following news;— " The accounts respecting the movements of Santa Anna state that after his attack upon Puebla he fled with 1 , 000 cavalry to San Antonio , and from thence hestole away in the night , with four attendants only , and left his followers in the lurch . He attempted to reach his farm , that is , his private property , at Encerro , but on bis way was caught bya small party of Indians , who captured and made him ' prisoner . This took place at the village of flicoa about three leagues from Calopa * whence they
escortedhim , their party having been reinforced , and delivered him over to the authorities . He was shortly afterwards removed to the castle of Perote . The general impression is , tuat lie will be shortly put upon Jli 3 trial , afterwards banished the country , and the whole of his property confiscated to the state . He was careless enough to write to some Mends at Tera Cruz respecting his money and other treasures , and giving directions for their safe disposal . The letters were , however , seized , and an embargo laid upon the -whole . General Bravo , it is supposed , will be tlie new President . The country isnow tranquil .
UNITED STATES . Impoeta-vi News . —The Senate axd Annexation . —Bv an arrival at Liverpool we have received New York journals to the 12 tk of February . The last accounts from Washington stated that the committee of the Senate on the foreign relations had reported on tie Texan question . The report ia very long , but the importance of the document lies in its conclusion , ¦ which is as follows : — " ' The committee respectfully recommend the adoption of the following resolutions : — " 'Resolved—That the joint resolution , from the House of Representatives for the annexation of Texas to the United States be rejected . " ' Resolved—That the several bills and joint resolutions originating in the Senate the resolutions of sundry state legislatures , and the petitions and memorials of many citizens of the United States , for and against the annexation of Texas to this union , which have been referred to this committee , do lie
npon the table . The committee consisted of Mr . Archer , of Virginia , chairman , Mr . Buchanan , Mr . Berrian , Mr . Morehead , andMr . Choate . Mr . Buchananonly dissented from the report . ( The discussion was expected to commence immediately , and no doubt appears to have been entertained of the adoption of the ab ove resolutions . WEST INDIES . Socthihpiox , Masch 11 . —The Tay royal mail steam-ship , commander Richard Sharp , arrived this morning , at half-past eleven o ' clock . Debtbuoute Fibk at Babbadoes . —Between the hours of 8 and 9 o ' clock on Monday night , Feb . 3 rd , a three-story stone-wall dwelling , in toe occupation f Mr . L Lobo , situate opposite the north-western extremity of Swan-street , Bridgetown , was discovered
by some of the occupants to have taken nre on tne ground-floor in a front room , in which a coloured woman , of the name of Dial , alien Mulatto , kept a cook-Bhop , and in which she was in the habit of using a Coal pot for the purpose of dressing food and making sugar cakes for sale . A strong scent of burning rag and ft smother first attracted the suspicions of the family , who were in the drawing-room above , when Mr . Isaac Lobo immediately hastened downstairs , searched the kitchen , buttery , &c .. but not seeing any fire in either , went to a door of the room occupied by DiaL and finding it closed " , peeped through tne key hoteof the lock , when to his utter surprise , he discovered the whole of the room enveloped in flames Mr . Lobo instantlv gave the alarm of fire . Two
gentlemen , Mr . Bynoe and Mr . Pile , who were passing at the time , at the request of Mr . Lobo , assisted him in forcing open the door which was in the inner part of the house , and on doing so , the fire , which lad now received a current of fresh air , burst forth with tremendous fury , communicated to the stair-case , and in a few minutes afterthe whole of the building was in a blase . By this time crowds of persons had rushed to flie spot , and every exertion was made to arre 3 tthepro"ress of the devouring element , as before this could be effected the rising flame had mounted op and taken possession of the garret and roof , and was now pouring forth dense volumes of fire ana smoke through every door and window of the buuttin 2 . As anon as the fire-endives could t » brought to
lie place , they were made to play upon tkefrontand -km of the burning premises , but it was evident that every mcb . attempt to extinguish the fire , which laged with great violence and had nearly consumed ihe toof , would be in vain , aad the water from the engines was then discharged upon the roots oi tne nearest houses , in order , if possible , to preserve them bom the effects of the numberless sparks which were Ming thickly npon them ; this attempt proved likewise Braifless and unavailing . A house to the west of Mr . Lobo ' s was the next wlien took fire , and ehorfly afterwards one aback at the east end of Chapel-street tenanted by Miss Innis , and another at ihe opposite corner to the north of Broad-street , in blaze
the property of Mir . John Wilson , were a . Rom the position of the wind ; which was blowing bat moderateb } from the north-east , the fire took an opposite direction , and one house after the other to JBie west of . ( &apel-sfceet on both sides was consumed until it had reached a large dwelling , the property of Mr . Aaron Robinson , on the right side , where It stepped , while on the left side the £ re burnt toaearly tielast house , and communicating in its course with . George ' s-street , which is next to ChapeMieet , and runs parallel with it , laid this portion of the town also m ashes . The fire by this fime bad readied from Wilson ' s konse across Beckwifii-square . and made its way into Lower Broad-
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itreetjalarge house of Mrs . Alkins , adjoining the Wett Indian office , was speedily wrapt in flames ; these quickly communicated to the chambers of the Hon . G . N . Taylor and the Hon . the Solicitor-General , next , to the valuable druggist establishment of Mr . John Gill , and from thence passed over to the opposite side , burning with great fury and spreading the flames to every house in the whole street , on the right until it reached the house of Mr . John Wrong , where it stopped , but on the left still more calamitous consequences ensued . Here the fire passed in a a southerly direction to Canary-street , destroying the valuable stores of the Messrs . ( Tardy , the handsome residence of Mr . Torres , and almost every other building in this quarter and vicinity , until it arrived at the back stores of tne Messrs . Moore , where it was
brought under and extinguished at this point , at about three o ' clock in the morning . At this moment the whole of the west end of the city , from the house where the fire originated as far down as within a few feet of Miss Rebecca Phillips' hotel in Cumberlandstreet , presented one unvaried scene of ruin and desolation , no trace remaining of the burned houses but their blackened and dilapidated walls . During the conflagration the spectacle was truly awful and terrific . In Lower Broad-street more especially , where the fire raged with unabated violence throughout the whole night , and where every building covering an area of fully a mile and a-half was burning together , the spectacle was heart-rending in the extreme ; nor did the confusion attendant upon ihe removal of the few articles of household property
which could be saved from the general wreck add a little to the prevailing terror and dismay . The wharf , Prince William Henry-street , and many other parts of the town , were literally thronged with hogsheads , barrels , boxes , furniture , and other packages ; belonging to individuals who had either fled from their burning dwellings , or had them removed there as a place of safety . On its being found that the engines had but little or no visible effect upon the burning masses , it was at length resolved , as the only alternative , to blow up such of the houses as would , from their position , connect the chain of flame at several points with those streets lower down to the westward , _ and further on to the southward . The materials requisite for the undertaking wereprovided , and this duty was performed bya detachment of the Royal Sappers and Miners , and another of the Royal Artillery , under their superior officers , in a hi ghly creditable and effectual manner . Several explosions
took place with good effect . His Excellency the Governor , the Commander of the Forces , the Lord Bishop , and Vice-Admiral Sir Charles Adam , were in the town from an earl ; hour , and were eye-witnesses of the terrible effects of this awful visitation , a calamity which we have but imperfectly described , and of which the power of language can convey no distinct or adequate idea to those who were' not the beholders of the terrific spectacle . At this moment even , indeed , it is impossible to compute with any degree of accuracy the aggregate amount of losses occasioned by the destruction of property . Some personsestimate it at £ 400 , 000 , some at half a million , and othersat even more . If , however , the valuable houses and buildings destroyed were to be rebuilt upon the same plans , the like furniture replaced , and the stolen and consumed goods thrown into the calculation , we should think it would require little short of a million to do this . Barriers have been
placed in various parts of the cit y to prevent any interruption to the performance of this duty . Notwithstanding the almost incalculable destruction of property which resulted from the conflagration of Monday night , and the confusion and dismay it created , we are enabled to state that there was no loss of human life , and although hundreds of seamen with the daring character of these brave and hardy sons of the ocean , were actively engaged in working upon the burning houses and assisting otherwise , only one of them , a man belonging to the Pique frigate , received an injury , and this not to a very considerable extent , a consoling circumstance in the midst of our distress .
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The Tbades Conference . —The Preliminary Committee held its weekly meeting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , March 12 th ; Mr . Reid ( Steam-engine-maker ) in the chair . The room was crowded with delegates , anxiously looking forward to Easter Monday , and zealously co-operating in the preliminaries necessary to give eclat to the forthcoming Conference . Tiro bodies of Steamengine-makers were represented on the committee for the first time . A body of Plasterers likewise had their delegates present , as had two of the most important houses of Tailors at the West-end . The secretary ( Mr . T . Barratt ) read between thirty and forty letters from the provincial ? trades . Many of them had already elected their delegates to the
Conference , and the remainder had taken the necessary steps for that purpose . The sub-committee brought up their report for the guidance of the Conference , with sundry important suggestions to that body . The report embodied the points contained in the letters of Messrs . Drury and Duncombe . It was unanimously adopted . " Messrs . Barrett and Wartnaby were deputed to wait on Mr . Duncombe ^ to request his attendance at the openingof ih © Conference . " " Messrs . Bush , Wartnaby , Dunning , Robertson , _ Allen , Cox , and Wilson were appointed a sub-committee , in conjunction with the secretary , to receive the delegates on their arrival . " The sub-committee to be in waitinff at the Bell Inn . Old Bailey , from nine o ' clock iu
the morning for that purpose ! The delegates are expected to -bring their credentials with them . The committee then adjourned . . Trades Conference . — In consequence oi the London press ( with the exception of the NorUiern Star ) entirely suppressing every movement connected with the better organisation of the Trades , the Directors of the City Chartist Hall , Turnagain-laue , Skinner-street , have determined to open the above place "to discuss any question affecting the working elates . The following subject is named for Sunday evening , March 16 th— "Is the projected Trades Conference calculated to benefit the working classes ?" Delegates from the country will attend . Chair taken at seven o'clock precisely .
Shoemakers . —The en masse meeting of City men s men was held in the Hall , 1 , Turnagain-lane , on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , for the purpose of electing a delegate to the forthcoming " National Conference of Trades . " The meeting was most numerously attended . The greatest enthusiasm was displayed on the occasion . Mr . M'Fredericks was called to the chair . Messrs . James , McCarthy , and Ditthonwere duly nominated as candidates , and , after a sharp contest , Mr . James was declared duly elected . A vote of thanks w as ^ iven to the chairman , and the meeting separated . Cabtehs and Gildbes . —A meeting of the above body was held on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , at the Green Man , Berwick-street , Soho , to elect a
delegate to the Conference . Mr . Williams waa proposed and unanimously elected . Steps were taken to effect a corporation of the whole trade in the matter , and the meeting separated . Important Trtomph of the Needle Fikibhebs ' Umon . —Some- weeks since the Needle Finishers of Redditeh and neighbourhood formed a Union of the whole Trade to resist the encroachments made by a portion of unprincipled manufacturers , especially Baylia and Son , who demanded 20 per cent , from the workmen after a certain quantity of work had been performed . In their resistance they have succeeded , and have even gained an advance of Id per cent . This chagrined the masters so , that every despicable means waa adopted to injure those who had
been instrumental in establishing the Union . One young man was dismissed for taking a leading part . His case was immediately brought before the Operatives' Committee , when Baylis and Son were informed , unless he was reinstated in his place , all those in employ would immediately leave work . To this demand the masters consented and also to another advance of 15 per cent . Afterwards , by comparing the prices paid for finishing darning needles , the "hards " found they were still receiving 20 percent , less than other firms were paying . In this also they induced the masters to give the advance . The last act we have to enumerate is an attempted reduction of a halfpenny per thousand on blunts and betweens , or something more than 10 per cent . A committee meetins- was directly called , when it was unanimously
resolved to support the men against this reduction . As soon as this decision of the committee was known to Baylis and Son , they agreed to give the usual prices paid ; " and the men resumed their work after a few days . Thus , in every strike , have the men here been successful . Bradford Trades . —On Monday evening the members of the Trades' Committee met in the Council-: room , Butterworth-buildings , when the reports of several trades were delivered in . With respect to the forthcoming Conference , the printed circular from the London committee was read , and the following resolutions were adopted : — "That a public meeting be held on Tuesday next , in the Temperance-rooms , Victoria-buildings , to elect delegates to the forthcoming ' Conference . "— " That the nominations of each Trade be forwarded to the committee by
Tuesday evening , at six o ' clock . Septimus Davis will visit the following places next week : —Monday , 17 th , Cawtkorne : Tuesday , Silkstone ; Wednesday , Stanbro' or Crain-moor .
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Bradford Trades' Mketing . ~ A special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society will be held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate , on Monday evening , at seven o ' clock . —A public meeting will be he . ld in the Temperance-room , Victoria-building ^ , on Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , to elect delegates to the Trades Conference about to beheld in London on Easter Monday and following days . The Trades ' committee are requested to meet , at six o ' clockoa Tuesday evening , to arrange the business of th » meeting . All trades are requested to forward nominations to the committee on Tuesday afternoon . Miners' Intelligence . — -The next generaT delegate meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place ai the house ofMr . N . Gaskell , Queen ' s Arms , Clayton , near Manehester . Chair , to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The levy for the fortnight is 2 s . per member . W . P . Roberts . Esq ., will
address the Miners of the neighbourhood on the . same day . The names of the . persons elected to represent the Miners of Lancashire in the forthcoming Conference of Trades , about to be held in . London , are , Mr . John Berry , Mr . Matthew PasqufeU , and Mr . Joseph Brockbank . The Miners , late of KirMess Colliery , most thankfully acknowledge a second contribution of £ i 10 a ., in addition to one of £ 5 ; from the Minors of Aspull district . ! Colliers' Strike . —The pitmen lately employed at Mr . Smith ' s colliery , Longton , have struck tor an advance of wages . Four shillings per day , wb are informed , is the rate of wages sought to fce obtained , being an advance of Id . per day over their late scale of remuneration . Rumour states that other collierti in the neighbourhood will soon follow their example . —North Staffordshire Mercury . ; . ' . "
George Brown will also visit the Mowing places : —Monday , the 17 th , Birchencliffe ; rTuesday , Melthem ; Wednesday , Huddersfield ., , ' * . ' , ? ; Burt . —Case op Assault . —It will be remembered by the readers of the Star , that there has been a trike on the part of the iron trades of Bury for some time past , and the following case arose out of this dispute . As is too often the case , three of the Boilermakers turned traitors to their fellow-workmen , ; and one of the traitors was the defendant in this case . The BoUer-niakers' clu ^ is held at the Boar ' s Head Inn ; at their meeting night on Saturday , March ; 1 st , the defendant , George Lomax , with his father . and two brothers , went into the above-named house , evidently with the intention of kicking up a row with
the Boiler-makers on strike . The complainant , Wm . Riley , is also a Boiler-maker , and was at the clubhouse on the night in question . When the Loinax ' s came in , the complainant good-naturedly said to Wm . Lomax , " Come in , and sit down , no one will harm thea . " George Lomax replied , " He was on wait , and was not afraid of any b- — of them . " Riley and Wm . Lomax got into conversation concerning the strike . At this time George came out of the bar , and Riley remarked that he would not- have done as he had done , ¦ if he had to beg his bread from door to door . Upon this George Lomax a very powerful man , struck the complainant and . knooked him down . This was the assault complained of . The complainant Riley took out a summons against
George Lomax , upon which the _ f 6 ur Lomax ' stook out nine summonses against parties on strike . The case was brought before the magistrates on Friday , March 7 th , when Mr . ; Gill , on the part of W . P . Roberts , Esq ., applied to the bench to have the cases postponed until Monday , the 10 th inst ., as it was not in the power of Mr . Roberts to be present before that time . This was granted . On Monday morning the case was brought up again , when Mr . Roberts appeared on the part of the men on strike , and Mr . S . Woodcock for the " knobsticks . "—Mr . Roberts applied for the case of Riley v . Geo . Lomax to be entered into first , inasmuch as it was the first summons taken out , and therefore had the priority of claim . —Mr . Woodcock objected to this , and laid
claim to having his case heard first . The bench decided that the cases of the Loinax ' s against others should be heard first . —Mr . Woodcock called George Lomax , a great coarse-looking fellow . He , of course , swore that he had ill-used nobody ; he had struck nobody , but he had been beat , and lucked , and much abused himself . However , in the cross-examination which Mr . Roberts put him through , he admitted that he did just lay his hand gently on poor Riley ( who i 3 a mere dwarf to him ) , and he did defend himself against James Pollard ; he did strike him . The next witness called was D . Horracks , another "knobfcick" of course . He did not see the Loniax's strike any one ; he saw no blow struck , — Cross-examined by Mr . Roberts : Iffe came out of Ithe fight ,
lest he should catch it himself . He did not see any of the Lomax ' s stripped . He only saw George Lomax give Riley a gentle pat . —William Lomax and George Green supported the credence of the other witnesses . After which , two young lads were called to prove that five weeks ago one of the turn-outs named Brook ( a very small man ) said that be would warm G . Lomax ' sear-holeforknobsticking , — Mr . Roberts then applied for the evidence ot Riley to be taken for the other defendants ; upon which along argument took place betwixt him and Mr . Woodcock . Mi' . Roberts cited the case of Carfcledge at the Lancaster trials , that , notwithstanding he was a defendant , he was allowed to give evidence . The bench overruled the application , and refused to hear Riley ,
upon which Mr . Roberts requested that their refusal should be entered on the books of the court . —Mv . Roberts then applied for leave to call the defendants ' wives as evidence , not to prove anything favourable for theirown husbands , but for the other defendants . —Mr . Woodcock never heard of such a thing- as bringing men ' s wives forward as evidence . — Afr . Roberts said it was time his friend on the opposite side was going to school again , for it appeared he did not know what law was yet . —The magistrates granted Mr .- Roberts' request . —Mr . Roberts then called several witnesses unconnected with the Boiler-makers . One of the witnesses heard the Lomax ' s say in the street , " { It is the Boiler-makers' club-night—let ' s go to old Joe ' s , and have a b- —¦ row . " And , also ,
that they commenced the fight by George Lomax giving Riley , not" a gentle pat , " but a blow , which knocked him off the form on which he sat . This concluded the case . The magistrates then retired for about a quarter of an hour , when they returned into court . The magistrates said , after giving the case their due consideration , they considered it to be an ale-house row , and therefore their decision was , that both parties be bound in their own recognizances to keep the peace for six months . — There was also a case of intimidation brought before the bench . Mr . Grundy appeared for the prosecution , and W . P . Roberts , Esq ., for the defence . The case was one of those which frequently occur in times
of differences betwixt masters and workmen . The facts of the case are simply these . Some of . the "knobsticks" were coming up King-street , when the women and children commenced calling them "knobsticks , " " black sheep , " « fcc , and one or two of the turn-outs being in the street , it was now sought to make them the victims of the "knobsticks '" vengeance . The case having been heard , Mr . Roberts addressed the court for nearly , an hour , in a speech of thrilling eloquence , maintaining that no case had been made out against his clients . The magistrates sentenced the men to two months' imprisonment'and hard labour . But Mr . Roberts appealed against their decision , and the case will consequently be taken into a higher court .
Bristol Trades . —A meeting of Trades secretaries and delegates was held at the Crown and Dove , Bwaewell-street , on Monday evening , March 10 th , to consider the propriety of sending delegates from the trades ofthiscitytotheEasterConference ; Mr . Heffer , Corkcutter , in the chair . Mr . Jacobs was elected secretary , and read the correspondence on the subject . The Bristol plan was then read and approved of . -The Brassfounders' delegate reported that they considered one delegate sufficient to be sent from the trades , ! and would be their share towards the expense . At . ten o ' clock the meeting adjourned to Monday next , to receive the reports of other trades , and conclude , the arrangements :- :
Yorkshire . —The next general delegate meeting of Miners will be held at . the house of Mr . Samuel Rowbottom , the Unicorn Inn , Adwalton , on Saturday , the 15 th day of March—to commence at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon , when it is expected that every colliery will senda delegate to the said meeting , to take into consideration the propriety of Yorkshire sending a delegate to the Trades - Conference , to be held in London on Easter Monday . ; ¦ ' " Prosperity" at Cuixompton . — On Saturday fortnight the Woolcombra in the employ of Messrs . Tyscott were informed by ( Mr . John Tyacott , son ol the elder Tyscott ) that they were to work for , one farthing per 1 b . less from that day forward . The ; men
consulted their brother workmen in the western aistrict on this attempt , and came to the conclusion of striking work , rather than submit to the proposed reduction . Accordingly they struck , and have stood out , being supported by their fellow workmen , over a district of nearly 200 miles . The workmen seem sanguine of ultimate success , as no men can be obtained , although every means has been triedanother proof of the utility of a General Union . It is rather a " curipus coincidence , " that , on the same day that your paper arrived with the news of the Premier ' s " Financial Plan , " with Mr . O'Connor ' s comment thereon , the worthy who informed the workmen of the proposed reductjop , had the audacity to talk of the men " affording" to work for leas , as
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sugar would be cheaper ! And this is another of those benevolent gents , whe wish for " cheap food " for the Labourers ! His sympathetic . nature seeks for ; tan , that the men " may work fifrless !"
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Mr . B . Escort said he was eare that his friends who had objected V the details of the bill could not be aware of the enormities whroh it removed . He showed that clerks to the magistrates had taken many fees'to which they hadNao legal title , and to which parties had been rendered liable for no other purpose than to expose them to annoyance and oppressien , and concluded by warning the House not to measure . the amount of compensation to be granted to these officers in the shape of salary by the amount of their peculations . j ; . Mr . WAKLEYgave Mr . B . Egcott hi gh credit for the labour and assiduity with which he had ferretted out all the enormities connected with the fee system in our subordinate courts ; and trusted that he would turn his attention to the fee system in the . superior courts at Westminster . A magistrate sometime ago bid filed a criminal information against him . He was served in consequence with a piece of paper which told him nothing . Wishing / to know what he was ' accused ot he applied to his legal adviafcv , who informed him that he could not learn the nature of the accusation against him until he had paid a fee of £ 3 or £ i to some officer of the court for 'the affidaA vits filed against him . He afterwards found that he had to pay a still heavier fee before he he could file the affidavits necessary to his own defence . He denounced such a system as obnoxious to the free and impartial administration of justice . The bill was then read a second time . . The Bastardy Bill went through committee , and the House then adjourned . ¦
TauRaoAX , March 13 . The House resumed at five o ' clock . The Bedford , Birmingham , and London Railway Bill was read a first time . It was reported to the , House , on behalf of the committee on the Waterfdrd and Kilkenny Railway , that the standing orders might be dispensed with . POST-OFFICE ESPIONAGE . Mr . Shbil presented a petition from Signor Palliotti , in reference to the transactions connected with the Government opening of letters addressed to foreigners resident in London . The petitioners declared that they had found it impossible to reconcile the treatment of the Bandieras with the declarations of her Majesty ' s Government . / , . : ¦ Mr . Wakley presented a petition from the electors of the Borough of Einsbury > praying that the House " will forthwith institute auch a full inquiry as shall satisfy the public at large ,, and the electors of Finsburyin particular , whether any , and what warrant existed for the opening of Mr . Duncombe ' s letters , and whether any suspicion justly attached to his character , so that they may judge it that gentleman is any longer fitted to continue the representative of a free and independent constituency , and that you will enact a full and sufficient remedy , so ' as to prevent the recurrence of such abuses as are now complained of . " The Hon . Member then gave notice that he should , to-morrow , move that the petition be printed , with the votes .
NOTICES OF MOTION . Mr . Sheu , gave notice that he should , on Tuesday next , bring forward the motion of which he . had given notice on Tuesday last , on the subject of the opening of letters of foreigners at the Post-office . Mr . S . Crawford gave notice that if the Government did not propose any measure for the amendment of the law of landlord and tenant in Ireland , he should himself , after Easter , move for leave to bring in a bill to enable the tenant , if ejected , to recover compensation from his landlord for any improvement he might have made upon the land , and also to amend the laws regulating the value of property in Ireland . Mr . Wyse gave notice that , after Easter , he should renew the motion which he had made last session on the subject of national education .
AGRICULTURAL DISTRESS , IN IKE HANDS OF THE LEAGUE . Mr . Cobden rose to ' move for a " select committee to inquire into the extent and nature of the alleged existing agricultural distress , and into the effects of legislative protection upon the interests of landowners , tenant-farmers , and tenant-labourers . " His object was , he said , to decide a long disputed question , between the agricultural and manufacturing interests . In doing this he would endeavour to show that the interests of neither landowner , farmer , nor labourer , were in harmony with the protective policy of the gentlemen on the opposite side of the House ; but rather hi favour of the principles of Free Trade . This he could show , not only from facts collected from the
manufacturing districts of the kingdom , but from the admissions and reasonings of tenant-farmers themselves , many of whom had become members of the Anti-Corn-Law League . One great effect of the proteethse policy might be seen in the present state of the agricultural districts ; in the absence of improvements—in the inferioritr of implementsaha in the geueral debasement of the labouring population . Nothing could more strikingly display the evil effects of the . policy pursued in agricultural matters , than the general condition of the rural districts , as compared with the manufacturing portions of the kingdom . In the former , everything was nearly stationary : few improvements were to be " found either in mechanical contrivances or in
scientific skill ; while in the hitter , the most gigantic results had been brought about within a very limited period of time . The Hon . Gentleman then went into a long statement of facts in support of the general position which he had laid down ; showing up , in his peculiar manner , the " evil effects" of the tenantat-will system , the slavery to which the tenant farmers had been reduced by the landowners , and the deplorable state into which the labourers had been brought by a system of neglect , of ignorance , and of oppression . These evils , he maintained , ought to be inquired into , ao as they might learn how far they had their origin in the system of protection , or the contrary . It' the House would only consent to let him have such an inquiry , he would send forth such
evidence into the country as should effectually put an end to the Corn Law monoply before the passing of two years over their heads . Why did they cling to tho "' tattered rag " , of protection ? He believed it was only to maintain their political influence ; but he was happy to say that a new and better state of things had arrived , which would , ere long , seal the doom of monoply and protection . Mr . SpNEv Hkbbebt ( Secretary to the Treasury ) was decidedly against the motion "; as all previous inquiries of that kind had led to no useful result . He denied that improvements were not frequently taking place in agricultural mattera ; and would caution the House against listening to the desires of such gentlemen as the Hon . Member for Stockport .
It was his ( Mr . Herbert ' s ) opinion that if such inquiries were allowed to take place , they would lead to the greatest uncertainty throughout the country , and very much increase the existing agricultural distress . . ^ Mr . S . O'Brien moved an amendment to Mr . Cobden ' s motion , that " a Select Committee be appointed to inquire into the extent and causes of the existing agricultural distress . " It was his opinion that this a committee would be materially for the advantage of both the farmers and labourers , while such a cominitteea ' s that required by Mr . Cobden-would be merel y one for the discussion of questions in political economy . ^ -He- ( Mr . O'Brien ) was returned upon protective principles to the House of Commons , which principles he believed to be true , as be had never yet
seenany reason to doubt them . At the suggestion of Sir Robert Peel the amendment was afterwards withdrawn . Xord HowicK , ' supported the motion . He thought che statement of Mr . Sidney Herbert was incomprehensible . The Members on the Conservative side of the House were sent there tor the protection of agricultural interests , but instead of improving the condition of the farmers and their labourers they obstructed their progress . He admitted the truth of a remark made uy Lord John Russell , that " protection was the Vane of agriculture . " Improvements in the arts , sciences , and manufactures , which were unprotected , were so vast that they could scarcely be chronicled : ; but what was the case with agriculture ? why in every part of the country was to be seen
large tracts ot land uncultivated and unproductive , from want of proper draining ? Mr . Bright , in a long-mnded address , supported the motion . He said the time was coming . when Sir Robert Peel would have to announce in one of his long financial statements that he was a convert to absolute Free Trade principles . Mr . Wodehousb opposed the motion in a rambling and excited speech . ' Mr .. Villiers supported the motion in a very clever address- ,, and intimated that whether the motioh ^ were gjranted or ni > t , he should p ersist in bringing forward his annual motion for the total repeal of the Corn Laws : ' ; '" '• : r ^ " V <• ' . " . Mr . Bankes opposed the motion , ' and said the present agricultural distress was occasioned by the Government breaking protective principles .
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Lord WoBstBr also opposed the motion . " He did not think the labours ot any Select Committee could gettlethe question . Mr . Cobden . briofly replied , when the House : ; . ' : ' * or the " motion ... ... ... 131 -. .. Against it ... ... ..... ... , 213 Majority against the motion — --93 •¦ The orders of ? he day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned . - ¦ ¦ " m ¦ ¦> ivju-i-j-jl ^^^^^ mAj-T-fL » ij-Lr-LJi _ i jxt
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Borough of Greenwich :. —A public meeting was held at the George and Dragon Tavern , Blackheathhill , on Tuesday evening , March 11 th , in support of the Duncombe Testimonial , and . in denunciation of the espionage at the Post-office . —Mr . J . Morgan , tallow-chandler , was unanimously called to the chair . He said gratitude was pre-eminently due to Mr . Duncombe ; for had itnot'been for the great service rendered by the Member for Finsbury , the working classes would at this moment have been subject to be dragged from their employment and placed © n the treadmill at the mere nod of any capricious employer , through the operation of the Masters and Servants Bill , happily strangled in its birth by Mr . Duncombe .
( Cheers ) . ' Wlto waa there that did riot owe that gentleman a deep and heavy debt » f gratitude for his very able and effective eayosc of the nefarious system of espionage at the Post-office ? —Mr . Woldridge , licensed victualler , moved the followingresolution : — " That this meeting view with admiration the manly and consistent Parliamentary conduct of Thomas Slingsby Duncombe in advocating the rights and liberties of the many ; and hereby pledge themselves to aid and assist the Central Committee in raising a grateful testimonial to that gentleman . " Mr . Turner seconded the motion . —Mr . Stall wood , as one of a deputation from tho Central Committee , in a brief speech supported the resolution . —Mr . M'Grath , in a few- eloquent and pertinent remarks , also ablv
supported the motion . He said the poor and impoverished Irish raised £ 15 , 000 annually for Daniel O'Connell , and he asked was T . S . Duncombe less worthy of their gratitude ? If Duncombe was to have a testimonial the working classes must raise it . The Master and Servants Bill , alluded to by their chairman , was a vile concoction of Toryism ; a measure wliich , if it had been suffered to pass , would have conferred perpetual serfdom on the working classes , ( Hear , hear . ) Mr . Duncombe , too , had let the light of day in on the nefarious practices of the Home Secretary . He believed every one was aware of Sir . Duneombe ' s Herculean labours on behalf of the working classes . ( Loud cheers . ) He trusted the borough of Greenwich would do her shave in raising such a
testimonial as would be worth Mr . Buncombe's acceptance , and worthy of the people to give . ( Cheers . ) The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Robson moved the second resolution as follows : — "That this meeting have heard with detestation and alarm of the system of espionage , as practised at the General Post-office under the sanction of the Secretary of State for the Home Department ; and look forward with hope to the introduction of Mr . Duncombe ' s promised motion for an end of a system fraught with such baneful consequences . " Mr . Robson contrasted the conduct of Mr . Duncombe with that of the Home Secretary . ' The former was consistent , patriotic , virtuous , good—doing all lie could for the working classes , to relieve thorn from political and social
degradation ; whilst the other , by the most degrading and vile means , was rendering all the assistance in his power to aid foreign despots to crush the liberties , and endanger the lives of their more virtuous fellow men . ( Hear , and loud cheers . ) The useless non-producers might daily be seen traversing the ' " great metropolis" in a splendid equipage , revelling in luxury , whilst the useful wealth-producer was allowed to " shiver and perish in his rags . " Mr . Duricembe had seen those things , and felt for the miseries of the poor and oppressed ; and in his place in Parliament claimed for them a larger share of the " good things of this life . " ( Loud cheers . ) It was now for them to show that they duly appreciated the labours of so worthy a champion .
Cheers . ) Mr . Dowling , the other deputy from the Central Committee , said he perhaps might be pardoned if he travelled a little out of the' record . Splendid ttBtimonials had been presented to a Cocltrane , a Maiiborough , a Nelson , and a Wellington : then why should not a National Testimonial be presented to a Duncombe , who , in a social point of view , was much more worthy of it . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Duncombe'had ' consistently supported the shortening the duration of the hours of labour ; the abolition of church-rates ; the abolition of those remnants of gross superstition , the Ecclesiastical Courts ; the abolition of the rate-paying clauses in the Reform Bill ; and that great and crowning measure .
the right of suffrage to all —( loud cheers ) : therefore , as his friend Stallwood had justly said , all classes of reformers were indebted to Duneombe ; and , for his Eart , he never would be satisfied until Graham was urled from power , and Duncombe filled his place . ( Cheers . ^ Mr . Blackmore ably supported the resolution , wnich was carried unanimously . A vote ^ of thanks was then carried by acclamation to the chairman , and the meeting separated . The following sums have already been collected in the borough of Greenwich : —The Shipwrights of Deptford , £ 10 ; working men of Greenwich , £ i 2 s . 2 d . ; working men of Lewisham , £ 1 15 s . 3 d . ; Admiral Dundas , M . P ., £ 1 : E . G . Barnard , M . P ., £ 1 .
AWPUL AND USTMELV DEATH OF A RUFFIANLY Peterloo Botcher . —A short time since , the notorious Brown , of Lea Castle , near Kidderminster , was on his way from Birmingham to attend a ball got up in honour of Mr . Godson , the representative ot the Tory party of Kidderminster . Being late , he was driving furiously along , and came in collision with a dog-cart that happened to be in the-road . The gig was overthrown , and Brown received such severe injuries that he expired immediately , fhus ended the career of a monster , who openly and exultingly boasted that- /< e had severed a woman s breast off with his sabre at the ever-memorable Peterloo Massacre . ' _'
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JVe ' / A ^»' ' -oL Zr + JLthJ '- ' <> .-.-.-i-1 * ¦ - ¦ . *»¦' .. *•¦ « - •¦* " *• ¦ ¦" .- .- '* a . * ^''"! - } ... * ; '"¦ r . l '¦' " ~" " * Thb HoMCOPATHic SrsrBM . * -On Tuesday , an inquest was held before Mr . Wakley , M . P ., at the Blue Room , Tavistock-street , Bedford-square , on the body of Henry Cordweli , a solicitor / whose death waa ali Ieged to have been caused by treatment under the homoeopathic system of medioine . Mr . Wakley , on commencing the inquiry , asked whomade theiwi * wiovtm examination ?—Dr . Hancock , whowasi present , said that he had examined the thorax and abdomen . Mr . Wakley said that it was not jisual to . make an examination without an order from tn « cpronei ? He had understood that many medical "" , gentlemen of eminence had been present at the , examination ; andhe waa verymuoji surprised tofinfi , when he saw the body , that the head had not been *
examined . In a case like the present , . wnere tna death was alleged to have been caused byunpropei ! practice , it was necessary that every part ofthe bodr should be strictly examined . CouM Mi \ , HancooK state the | oause of death ? -Mr . Hancock said that therewas heemorrhagefrom the bowels ofthe deceased . —Mr . ' Wakley : Of course you could not ascertain the extent ofthe htemonhage ; whetherit waa four ounces or four pounds ?—Bt < Jffancook : ' Certainly not . — « r . Wakley : Thenyou couldnot distinctly ascertain the cause of death . —Dr . Hancock : There was the disease I have alread y described , —Mr . WaWey said that he was afraid , that he should be compelled to adjourn the inquiry . He had received a great many letters from some friends of the-deceaaed , demanding
an inquiry . He had also received many anonymous letters to the same effect . We ' re there any of the friends or relatives of the deceased present ?—A gentleman stepped forward and said that he had been a friend ofthe deceased . He understood that a relative ofthe deceased resided in Bedford-row , and believed bis name was Field . Mr . Wakley said he should adjourn tlie inquiry until an examination of the head had been-made , and the cause of death ascertained . He understood that a medical gentleman named Currie had at first treated . the deceased under the homoeopathic system , and that afterwards ) rs . Roots and Headland had been called in . Dr .
Currie askedif he might be present at the examination . Some reports had been circulated against him , and he was anxious to have the inquiry followed up to tho fullest extent . Mr . Wakley inquired whether Dr . Currie was a member of any medical institution in England 9 Dr . Cume said lie was not , but thai he was educated in France , arid had received his diploma there . ( The diploma was produced . ) Mr . Wakley said he was not , therefore , a legal practitioner . An Englishman , und orthe g ame circumstances , would not be allowed to practice in Paris . However , Dr . Currie could be present at the post inwtem examination , if he chose . The inquest was then adjourned until Fridaynext . : ¦'¦ \
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THE CASE OF THE LONDON COMPOSITORS AND THEIR KIND EMPLOYERS . " TO ' Trifc tblTOR OS THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir , —In thanking you for the manly article which ap . peared in your last Northern Star , I hope , you will excuse my correcting one mistake you have made , and allow me to lay before you the real facts of the case , hoping that they will assist you in ; another article upon the subject . You state that ; " a Mr . M'Dowall has . been selected by the masters to try the foul experiment , upon the pliancy of his men . " This is not quite correct ; for Mr . M'Dowall was the sole originator of the scheme , —he having taken the " Appeal Cases" so much below the . other masters , that lie found he could not pay the regular-established price to his men ' and put profit in his pocket : so he took , as he thought , a safe time to propose to the Master Printers of the metropolis a reduction in the price of this particular
work , mththisinview , he , as secretary to the Masters ' Association , summoned a committee of that association to meetat MlOWHlioUSS , wh « ehftl \ admparfeil the resolutions'eventually sent round to the trade . A meeting was then called of tne Masters at Anderton ' g Hotel , Mr . Spottiflwoode in the chair , when M'Dowall endeavoured to convince , them that five-sixths of the Masters paid only 7 d . per thousand ; a statement totally devoid of truth , 8 d . having , always been paid . Mr . M'DowaU ' s resolutions were then put by the . chairman , to the meeting , as recommended by the committee ; and , its most employers are ever willing to benefit themselves by trampling on the rights of the men working for them , it is unnecessary to say they weie . carriedby a large majority . The Master Printers , however , were not aware that the Compositors ofthe three kingdoms were united in an Association as well as the Master Printers of London ; and they entirely forgot
to consider the most important part of the question , viz .: —whether , the Compositors of London would take the offered reduction ? It was speedily settled by the whole body that it ' should not be taken . Sir , the necessity of an union amongst the members of every trade was never more fully exemplified than in this instance ; and nothing can more fully show that if men continue firm and true to each other they must triumph . The London Compositors have remained true to this principle , and they have triump ) ied—for on Saturday it was resolved by tlie Masters ( more unanimously th : m they were passed ) , " That their former resolutions should le rescinded , and the men offered their frames atihe former prices ; " thus proving , sir , that unanimity and determination in a good cause must triumph against oppression and tyranny . Should you think proper to notice the question again , I hope you will notice the shameful and unjust practice
adopted by Air . M'Dowall of " Posting" the men who would not submit to take precisely what price he liked to pay them for thoir labour , in opposition to the established scale price ; thus endeavouring to prevent men , who had been guilty of no fault , from earning for themselves and families that support which every man had a right to . I hope , sir , you will continue to advocate the cause of the industrious classes iu the same manner as you have done in this instance ; and press upon every trade the immediate necessity of uniting firmly together to protect industry , and to oppose tyranny in whatever shape it may offer itself . If they prove true to each other they must triumph . Had our employers succeeded in reducing us in this one instance , a general reduction would most certainly have followed . As it is , the ' union of the men has foiled them . I remain , yours , truly , " A Trps-LiFTEH . "
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MakriMj Men . — The more married men you have , aays Voltai ' rfe ,- ' the fewer crimes there will be . Exarnihe tub irightful columns of our criminal calendars ^ -yoii will there find a hundred youths executed for one father of -a family . Marriage renders a man more virtuous and more wise . The father of a family' is not willing to blush before his children .
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