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FMEfi s , —The dnty that I imposed upon Zjr of eoauBe »» ° g nPon the I ^ ca ^ 1 " fri * 155 » ad VT ** . br jef narratire of the canoes which led « f j !^ eB cbvf ** against atjself and fiftj- « Uht * ° his so *** t *** P ^ y ^ ** " * ^ « * k »* *^ ) , ft impossible to write a » y letter upon the J *•* jn ^ kbottr <* analyWBIE & 6 evidence so as to ^ ° * the » l » case " * *** *** beariB ^ hoB ! e t 0 tne ^** ^ jKb « of U » e simplest Blind , has been of a hftd not first
"" " ^^ jei I at anticipated , and the s > ? t f esr real peweentorB has so crowded opon **? - » nrogree , th&t upon the whole I find it a "Iv of great l * bcnr . ftd trsls are complete in No . 7 , now published , nL work wi 11 ^ completed in the text , which ¦ £ ^ j ^ j fcg formerly promised , a critical review ^ Leridenee , together with fchistorj of the turn-* . „ £ revolution of Angust last . j tie les regret the postponement of my letter . in the Land for this reason—because I haTe been
Z ? sos * lime eBgagedin writing a work upon prae-Si fir ming , «*<* Eot wish * ° hash my ^^^ ifLeh until it appears in a complete form . I hope ^ -v . second week in Jane to publish tho first of cL'SnnbeTS of a work npon the above subject , of ^' mat-nre tha ; ihose who are now ignorant will , ^ peroal , cot onlj fal ! y understand , but heartily ^ Dte ihe prineipie by which I hope to see happi-^ ewtectroeat , and peace brongh ; home to erery w *"' r _ , i l . _ t . _ av _ > . 1 make the work that the
Iiise bopeto so cheap Kits : miy possess hin : s »; f of ii , while I beg to l ^ re yoa inat the difficulties in the way of pub - te&g atre tphf Hjeral Work * of ibe kind are very —^ la ihe BeaatlnM ^ phall continue the subject L ^ Uy in the Star . \ £ ir I will gire yon one of the responsibilities ij pjsed opoa those who bring out mere ephemeral iL fe-T The Trials at Lancaster were sold at 7 J-, -wk appears dear ; bus see the expense . The joBKsaw of evk nuaiber cost £ 26 63 . ; 3 , 000 of g ^ im s ^ i ; that pnt npon every copy for eompogaoE ilffla , more than 2 i . ; then the paper of each eoS Tishina fraction of lid-, thai makes Sid ., then
gu pic ' -ins costs £ 1 a thousand , or ^ d . each , that pjfcs Sfi . ; then I paid £ 41 for ihe m&nu script , that m ^ s naiij npon the whole nnmber , | i . for each , ¦ j ika mikes 4 } d . ; then the wrapper and stitching jsi jasisg , aai other incidental expenses , costs aecj la- B P ° eacfl c 0 ?^ ta&i Ba ke 5 5 jd » aad then fa fjkiisber has 2 i npon each , which mak- « 7 ^ i . ; j ^ ji loss being mj Bhare for great pains and jiienr . So ih * i yon will find that it is only in an B » fed sale that the labourer can be Bared from feud respon sibility ; and add to this a portrait *« a steel engraving , bills , advertising , & . C ., for wtith so charge is made . This is entering into
ieaus Titli jon , which is qaite necessary , as my tbject lorovfch ltf « nas been to place myself in a Bullion io »» i my calnsniator ? , one instance of the prndace of which yon will learn from the answer wtica I am enabled to give to the following paragraph teat appeared in the Times of Tuesday hs .-0 Eras Mi . O'Cosjkh him 3 el £ , -who bcasta so mnch 4 Hi diiiEtert * ted serrifta and eacrifioe * in the cause d CbsTfym , ia tinned irith beicg a Tenal and timeirriiig jnbUc daraeter . Tfce following charges tre Kit » gain » t lum : —That he accepted £ 28 foi lectB 22 ind assisticjr at Mr . Starge * s contest with Mi .
i TTsfttr , een ; tbat he demandtd £ 19 from Mr . iafst la Ht services at the late contest between Mr . ffssbEBt sEd Mi . John "Waiter * Ja n . ; and , though last is la * . tb * l he received from Mr . Stnrge ' s committee fctEari £ i for an active agent , to whom be only pud £ Z , ptuasg the remaining £ 2 in his pocket Jb . O'dxmor , a « a matter of coarse , denies those dsga , bet his Accuser * allege th ' ^ t they can prove ttar . Soaie rti « armmstacoes in tte " Lion of the Ks ± 1 " character have come to Hght , which argne BgU bst disictEr&stedii&ss or saaicce , and trhicn bnbwrefi him very much in tht eye * of his late kUan . * *
S « r /« the answer . 1 HiXEBT offxb a . bb-» OS ® £ 100 , TO B 3 PAID AT THB OFIICE OF HB . JfB CliiTE , No . 1 , ShOE-LASB . PlJtET STBEET , ID 151 7 Z&SQX WHO gWtT . T . SAT 1 SFT AST IHiES 3 GS OJ AST POLITICS , All OF WHO * SHALL BB WED BI ElKsJXF , THAT A 3 TT OXE SINGLE IMPCTAroxaiES ABOVJB PA&AGSAPH HAS AJJT , THE SilGilTE . tO ^ 5 BiEO 5 Kl FACT . * - - Sow , tes , wha ; will Mr . Waker say to that » H :. O * C » aor denies the charges ; his accusers *! U ? eihr . thty can proTe them . The tribunal of three daD bt all chosea by Mr . Walter , and he may 1-: cmt of them ! FSABGCS O'COTVOH . BiaaersButh , May 17 ^ 1 . 1843 .
Ai 1 have crerleoiced to a cheap press as the best B £ U 3 tf mstmcuog the working classes npon all ^ MSMffls sgfcttiug their interest , I have endert » fen to fEtnish an article npon the all-important , eroT-other-qnestion-abEorbing topic of the repeal of tis LfjpslanTe "Union , for each number of Cleave ' s CWtuJ Grniar . This I perform as I have done erery kmt poor service for the people , gratuitously ; « eq allibsrnrard I ask cr covet , J 3 tbat my conntrjaen ia England will read those articles with ortaad attention . The first will appear in next * k £ s iniaber of the Circular . Feabgus O'Cos . vob .
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H ^ XaAH . —Mr . Bsedey lectnred in the Moot-hall , tat , t » Baaadsy veek . The 8 ua of 8 s . 5 d . was col-J « = «^ . « B 4 h »» dbd to the lecturer , as the first contributor « * e HsrlaiB Chartists to the fnnd for the snppw of the feetate forthB Northern District . OtEH&at < -OB Snnday last the previonsly an-Mnostd diKnaion on the land question -stas adjonmed ^ a the Ctartist room to the open air on Oldbamv ^ Vb ? a *• Con nofs ] etter was rsad from the a « a « n Sior of kst weti , which was listened to with P »* uten&a . Shortly &f * , « tte c mpany ha 4 seated t ^ fcJva on the green sward , two of the police passed V } Kt did not icierfere . At ^ e co ^ c ' usioij , the nett-* " to
^ adjonraed Sanday Bixt , st two o ' clock in H *« f « nsoon . Taa sny . jett is the all-absorbing topie ™ t IB theereidBg Mr . Clark , of Stnckport . delivered "** k »«! the capabilstirs oi tfce laud wd the E 36 ans » wtifflit . On Mcadsy . Mr . Bell , cf H * yw <*>* , de-1 ^ i ~^ f lecture on the neceisity of % cordial ™ " Z **^ tte middle aod trorkiDg classes for a w tScwiit representation in th ^ CjmD ) or , 8 House ei _^* ffla : t - Both the iectnTss -were listerei to with P ^ Kte ction , HKJsafegerfcra satirisetion .
a . ~ Ttfe Chart-its of Siifton and the arjap ^ T * " * ^ tcn Snadaj , a : the boast .-f Mr . J ' jUb £ r * : , to fonc 2 t-ocery for the purple of propazatiDE eiia ^* P ™ c 5 pl « -s- Six sen » ere chewm to act a ^ tep . ' ^ rt ' ' ^ ^ ° " ° ' » ir- § is a lis : of the names acd O ^ f- ?* -- Charles iltrchst t , stfneicason ; Hn :: ttr ££ ** f ^ twoit-kn-tter ; S ^ mctl Gul , ditto ; Thos . ea ;^ : T 1 * 01 ^ Harris , miller ; Wiiliam HarrU , { j ^^^ ; K . J . Osborn , f-anieWoii-Xnitter , sub-Sfcag-jl' Joca Pepper , grocer and news-agent , sub-Gf !^ 1 * * ^ — Snnday last , three sermona d Bs ^ J * ^ oe ' -i'V"ed in tius town , by Mr O > "eil , Cj . ^ T ^~ 5 nu ^ he auendtnee in the marninR couthe sBajr > 0 TIt tl ? buDdred persons : in the afternoon ^ WaS ^** ? tte 3 sfed toaboat five bacdred , and of
iEta £ r * T . ^ p * ia ? ing apjiropriate bymns was uni ia ^ * ^ ^^ ifi ; rCt ' at < 1 rbe - ri 3 tfcSl orQir ^ * - " ^ n ^ WCTe prescTTcd at th ° rf-sreetive assenia JttasrT ; ^ foIlo * a > g tv « iD £ , ilr . O >' feiU delivered P ^ Sfc -, ^ ^ *^ Eij > eraDee room , en the sn ' fj-ct cf the of Gfiuy , ? ** ' " ^ on tt ; s occasion B- _ veral huBdrcds ^ ^ U > *^ ° ^ aTaae ^ them 5 e ; v 6 s of the opcor-^ d aaL ** ^ ^ orn ) a-i'i « rtapecrjig the rtaJ UJiiits chi ^^ 1 v ^ -ch had hi therto bt « a ideDti atd in their rtj ^^ l * that " violent aDd nncciistitutionaL toctsj . TZ ? C 0 IDPI 1 i £ sd m-2 . y of the middle c : ass of na ^ i ^ Tx , 6 fe * o { ^ e higher classisi and the Ptty , jg ^ J ^ uttDTEr ia eJcdfcticn of the several * * teQ 1 at if ' P % at 5 { ini ' " Qcisitt fo : etron ' sg an effective fe 2 « ht J ?* " ^" ' ^ tre receivfcd irii the highest k ^ tra hn ^ aic > u ' ^ d it is the opinion of our * * a' » ithhi ^ V vLmOTe ^^ ^> accompliaheQ in this rf P * a 2 ^ V ? 6 ' * &ce 0 ? two ^ J ' ™ the removal been
hi » mw ~ f . bearts aad affcctioia of the people , tcan tf " ^^^ f tSected daring the e-tire period a * c 2 !! i » * - ~ lae C 3 aiti 8 l » mel at the Demo-»» i J «» Srti uTf * ** ' S "" *? morning , wUen it ^ * " cS- ^ iccOBnt » o * nionies collected **« 4 lj o ^^ f WtQ having been ttmrtioiwd by the ^^ ttTSZ . ? **^ " * Pabiidy read in the cbapaJ , ^ " •^ S ^ f tturwpemma be appoinwd to ** ^ i *^^ . ^ ^ "" ««» localities , V » defiray A p ^** tte l » te demonstration . ? ^ raiaVL ^ f Klss « 3 held at tie above place , ^ tte ^ v Sl to coasid « r * e proprl- ty of a meet cal 1
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WANCHESTBR . —At a meeting of the Council the plan proposed by the London Committee for caiiiu ? a Conference , to be held in London , on tha 26 th of the present ' month , -was read from the Northern Star of Jjaturiay last , and after Bome discussion Use following " resolution was proposed by 5 i / . D . Danavan , seconded by Mr Lane , and carried unanimously : — " Having seen in the Northern Star , a request , or notice , calling npon the country vo elect deleg . ites , for the purpose of attend , ing a Cocfarwjce , to be held in London , having for its oHwSt- the consideration of the best means for the TWAVfOPCWo a * — j * » .. ~ -.
Ti-OTganmxtion ot the National Charter Association , we , the members of the Council , for Manchester , express our determination to tike no part whatever in the business transacted on that day , on account of the very aher t and insufficient notice that fcas been given to the various localities ; nevertheless we are willing at fconie future period , when the members of the Association general . y have had an opportunity cf expressing their opinion * , to co-operate with oar London brethren in the all-in : port » rt object of making such alterations in tie plan of org 3 fe \ tion , as will rendfcr it nrbre conducive to promote the bt * t icterests of the movement "
Caepembbs Hall—On Sunday List two lectures were delivered in the above hall by the R * v . W . V . Jackson , en the principles of practical Christianity The lectures were well recsivea by the large and respectable auditacca , and at tbb conclusion of tb * even * ing's lecture t-wtl ^ o ntw members were enrolled . A gentleman of the name ot S ; nith gave the rum of two shillings and sixpence for the furtherance of the Chartist cause . CLDHAIYL—ilr . ThoHvas Clark , from Stockport , delivered a lecture in the Cha ^ r Association R ^ om , on Sunday evening last , to a large and respectable audience , subject , tfce lai > d and its capabilities . At the conclusion several questions were pat to the lecturer , which he arswered to the sati » facMon of his tudience , and also the parties making the inquiries
KiOSSX » fcY . —On Tuesday evening a lecture was delurtred in the Association Room , Brook Boitom . by Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester . At the conclusion of the lecrure a very bantiyame collection was made for the General Defence FueJ . This scuall village has already subscribed £ i to that fund , » nd c ; u row * ctnaj ) y engaged in getting a second su \> scTiption . "We hope that the other localities in South Lancashire will imits-ta their praisfwortby example . TODMORDEN . — Mr . Wra . D ' , of Manchester , visit' -d this place ou Sunday last , and delivered two excellent lecrurea in tb-j Odd Friljws' Hail , to Bumerons audiences .
NEWCASTLE . —The adjourned meeting of delegates from the Counties of Northumberland and Purham was resumed ia the Tyr . e Dock TaTern , South Shilds , on Sunday , Mr . Curry in the chair . The miuule * of tb « previous metUns ; having been read and confirmed . * ud the state fef ihe district ascertained i > j the delegates present , resolutions were carried fixing the salary of tbe district lecturer , and appointing Mr . Bcesley as lecturer for the next three months . Messrs Sal ] and Siuc ' aii tendered their re . "ignat : ons as district treasurer and secretary , which wtre received , and a vote of tbiisks tendered to each of them for the manner in which they had discharBwi the duties of their office
since their appointment . Mr . Wm . Gilflilan was duly elected as diitrct Secretary , and Mr . Soutbe . n . jun ., of the Tyne D- > ek Tavern , St-ath Shields , as district Treasurer for the counties of Durham and Noithunibtrland ; and after disposing of some local business , it vs-as agreed that the meeting of * Ulegates do now adjourn until Sunday , 25 : h June , when it will be resum&d in the Chartist Room , Claxk'o-passage , ioppositfc Roi . i : S'jn " alaue , ) Sunderland , at one fe'deck in the aftunoon cf that day . —Any locality wishing the service 01 Mr . Beesley , may be accemmodarfcd by givicg a vre < -k ' s previous notiee to Mr . Wm . G < flllan , joiner , TyDe Dock TaTern , Long-row , South Shieluf .
Tee meeting in the Ctvmisi'a Hall was addressed by Messrs . SvaUow , 8 . P ^ vis , and B . Watson , with good tfiect , os Sunday evening . The Chartists of Ketrcastle and Gatesbead held their weekly business meeting on Vcmdsy evening , Mr . Ycnr . g in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting having b »* n read and confirmed , 5 ! r . Sinclair { in the absence of Mr . Smith ) gave a report of the delegate meeting at Stirlds , and stated his reasons for the course he thought proper to adopt at that meeting , which he thought met the wishes of * majority of bis constituents . SUKDERLAND . —Mr . Beesley d&livared his secand lecture on the land here en Monday night lost , In the Chartist's lecisre room , Clark's Passage , to a crowd **! and very respectable audience . Discussion being invited at the cocslusion of tte leciare , several questions wens asked ; and satisfactorily answered by Mr . Bstsley-Three new members were t-nroilcd .
DEBiUhG Societt . —On Sunday last , the qnestion " 1 b it , or is it not , the duty ot Christians to become Chartists V was discussed by the members of this sockty ; and , after two hours' debate , it was adjourred until Sunaay next , when the quwtion will be fully tone into . The working men of Sunderland are earnestly invited to attend . The debate to commence at two o ' clock , p m-ZJVSBPOOXh—A publie meeting was held here in the Association Room , on Wednesday the 10 th , to take into consideration the conduct cf Mr . Baron Gurney in the case of Mr . William J ^ nes . The meeting was crowded . JJr . S . Cowan wss Cilleu to the chair . Mr H . Jones moved the first resolution , declaring tbat "the conduct of B 3 ron Garaey , upon the trial of Mr . Williatn
Junes , was disirracefnl and unconstitutional , and tbat a petition be presented to the House of Commons , praying an iisquiry into the cisa . " Mr . J . Lowden seconded the motion , which was carried . Mr . E . Jones proposed the petition , which was stconded by Mr . William MtKaight , and ordered to be forwarded to T . S . Dsr-combe , Esq ., for presentation . The Council held their usual weekly meeting , after settling seme preliminary business , it was resolved that " The leading artieie in Use Star , upon the ' Irish Repeal / be again read at our Wednesday evening weekly meeting . " At the usual weekly meeting , the Council took into consideration the case of Mrs . McCartney , and a resolution was passed that the Treasurer pay to Mrs . McCartney ten
shillings-BUAOFOKD . —On Sunday afternoon , Mr . Davies preached in the open air , in trout of the Odd Fellows ^ Hall ; and in the evesi ; : g , in the lar # e room , BatMrrwor . h Buildings . Collections were made at each sermon to defray expenses . Os Scnday Evening tbe members of the Council met in iheir room , fiutterworth Buildings , when the following sums were paid as contribution : —Wapping , Is . 6 i . ; Little Horwn , Is . 10 £ d . ; Central Locality , 2 i , ; George ' s Street , 4 s . ; from the Room , 1 =. ; it was resolred , " Tbat each locality do take into consideration the propriety of baring a Concert and Bail , on Wnit Monday , the proceeds to defray the rent of the room . " Tae meeting adjourned to Sunday creuicg , at six o ' clock , when all the memDers of the Council " are requested to attend , as tbe boofcs of lue Arsocianon are iv b ^ audited , the agency acconn's Eeulfcd up , and oiher important business to be brought before the Council .
O . 1 Mo > day evening Mr . Smyth lectured in the Chartists' school room , " White Abbey , on the best mode of repealing the corn laws . O . n Monday evening the Repeal of the Union Assr ^ jwion , m « a ? the house of Mr . Daly , Broadstones , v . he : i Mr . O'Coedot ' s speech at Manchester , was Tt-id from the Nor them Star , and the Editor ' s eommenis , amidsf the cheers of the meeting . On Tce-hay evening a public meeting was held in Buii-rwonhVbuildints , to take into consideration the establishment of a stationer ' s shop , the proms to fro to forward the pet-ple ' s cause , la consequence of tbe smal ) auradaDce , tiie iuEei : n ^ was adjourned to Sunday eTej : ing next . On Monday evening a large meeting was held at White At-b'T , oa the milk monopo y , when resolutions were un-nuBonsly carried not to purchase milk at the presf nt aig ' a P rice
-HALIPAX .-MT . John West delivered an eloquent address in ib * Charist meeting room , Pellonlane , on Tuesday evening last . Although we had intimatf d Jo the people not to open the above room nn > il riundav next , noiwhostandiug this nonce , when Mr West was announced to appear , tbe room was filled to suffocation . Af er Mr . Wtst sat down , iir . Davie < ot Hawick , who was preseBt , delivered a niihT aedres-. —Ail communicatJous for this place to be be addreesed to Mr . B . Bn'terly , Back Albionstreet . ., B 1 HMXN 6 HAM . —ASTON-STBEBT—A t tbe weekly meeting of tbe oouncil , the minutes of the Conference were read over and confirmed , jifter which Mr . Newhcuse was elected as aeeretary for tbe ensuing moutb , sad Mr . Fellowi aa toeamrw .
Mr . 3 f ASQK addiwed an open air meeting on the waste lro «> a , l ^ uddeeton-row , on Sunday morning ^ wWeh ^ wi Tery well attended . He mgmfied his lu ^ tion rf wntout ogtobold ^^^ f ^ ST Sunday morning and evening throughout the uuamer . Ship Ins , STMLHorszLA * B . -Tb . e usual weekly meeting of Chartist , was held at tin . place en Sunday even *? last , when a balance sheet o' £ « an . » d Wdditure for tbe last three months was brought befo « i ( be meeOng , which gave general satisfaction ; **» ¦ *** Mr . Eamea gave a lecture on the union and brotherly feeiii g that ought to exist amongst all political bodies cf men sedans tbb TeUeuipurJ of tbeir country ^
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SHEFTIELT ) Fig-tree Lane On Sanday evening last , Mr . Gamiuage lectured on Free Trade and the Land ; snbj-cts which he handled in a masterly style , to tbe complete satisfaction of bia audience . On Monday evening , a pnblic discussion was beld In conaidet tbe question ot Repeal , and the threatened determination of tbe Government to crush tbe spirit at liberty in Ireland , Mr . Clayton in the chair . Mr- Edwin GH , after reading the Duke ' s answer to Eirl Roden , in the House of Lords , and Peel ' s answer to Lwl Jocelyn , in the House of Commons , moved the following resolution : — " That the Chartists of Sheffield having united for the obUinment of equal rights and __ .
privileges for all , hereby tender tke right hand of brotherhood to our fellow sufferers in the sister isle , and assure them of our hearty co-operation and support , in their endeavours to obtain the liberty of their native land . At tbe " same time we urge upon them the necessity of destroying class legislation ; witheut which neithtr their no ; our rights can ever be permanently established . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Morton K ^ ysioc After some observations Messrs . Browning and > 1 G ) wan it was put and carried unanimously . Mr- £ G 11 moved , and Mr . Hall seconded" Tbat the question be further considered ou the following Monday . " Carried .
KOTTXNGHAJtt . —The female Chartists of Nottic sham Bret at tbe Democratic Cbspel , Rice-place , on Tuesday evening , wbsn cine new members were enrolled . ABERDEEN . —A discussion en the land question which has absorbed our attention th-se two week ' s , has terminated for the meantime . Tue Government against the Irish Repealers will now be briefly taken up . We have observed the recommendation from Perth , anything to concentrate the power of the people ia extremely desirable ; but nothing short of a Union eHibTMciu ? E ( island , Ireland , and Scotland , can affect that oVject . The following resolution was adopted : —
" Tnat from what has recently appeared in the Northern Star , we are led to believe that Mr . C . Murray is in possession of tbe knowledge of s « mething which , if generally 4 dowd , would destroy the confidence of the Chartist body in Messrs . Abram Duncan , and Robert Lowery . We do therefore think that in order to prevent bickerings and dissensions in the Chartitt body from being got up on frivolous and trifling pretences , that the C&artiat Association , ot ¦ which Mr . Cou Murray ia a member , should call upon him to make known to them his charges against Messrs . Duncan and Lowery , and , if satisfied that they are ol
sufficient importance , that he ( Mr . C . Murray ) be appointed to prove the same in pnblic discussion , in presence of the accused , who shall be there to defend themselves . Tbat if this course is pursued ( as Mr . Mr Robert Lowtry is at present lecturing in Aberdeen ) , tbe CcuDCil of the Aberdeen Northern DUtrict Chatter Union will ba prepared to enter into arrangements with the Association of which Mr . C . Murray is a member , to ensure fair play , and a commodious place of { meeting . Bat until such a course as this is adopted they must hold these charges against Mtsars Duncan and Lowery as frivolous and vexatious , if not utterly groundless , and without foundation ia fact . ''
STOCKPOKT . — On Sunday evening last , Mr . JohD Allin > on delivered an eloquent and well-timed Jeciure npon the aur jec ; of the Repeal of the Union At the conclusion , the unanimous thanks of the meeting were awarded him . O . \ Tuesda y eve . m > s , Mr . E . P . Mead , of Birmingham , paid us a visit , and for the first time in Stockport opened the meeting by singing " Bally around him . " After which he entered upon a lengthened and able lecture npon the Land versus Rattle Boxes and Steam . The greatest possible attention was paid , and the lecturer gave the highest satisfaction .
LONDON . —Clkbken well . —On Monday evening , a numerous and respectable meeting was held at the Commercial Coffee House , 34 , Clerkenwell Green , for the purpose of bearing a lecture from Mr . Balls , on the British Constitution and for the transaction of the business of the locality . Addresses were delivered by Mr . Balls , Mjt . Cowen , and Mr . Skelton . The Members met as nsnal at 1 , China Walk , and deputed Mi . Ross and Mr . B&teman to attend tho conference next Tuesday , at 1 , Turnagain Lane , to consider the Plan of Organization . Correction of Errors in Baiancs Sheet of Political Victims Support Fund , in last week ' s Star : — 8 . d . Kcnnington Common 8 8 J Gathered at the hall door by three
ladies 12 7 j By ilr . Ford ' s book 8 3 All persons holding books for the above fund are requested to return them on Saturday and aunday evcjairjgs at ths Hall , Turnagainlane , tbat a balance sheet may be published . I ;? consequence of ill health Mr . R . Ridley will be unable to lecture on Sunday afternoon at Keanington Common . A Public Meeting was held on Wednesday evening , May 10 th , at tbe City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane ; admission 2 d . Mr . Dron was called to the chair , and in an appropriate address opened the business of the
evening . Mr . Doyle moved the following resolution " Teat this mcetiDg deeply deploring the widespread distress and want which afflict the industrious millions of this country , and viewing these common calamities as the results of class legislation , resolves to pursue the establishment of the People ' s Charter as the only efficient and ample remedy of the social wretchedm S 3 and political injustice of which we complain . " Mr . BrownBeconded . aud Mr . Bairbtow supported the motion , which was agreed to . Mr . Parkea moved the next resolution , — " That this meeting looks with disgust and indignation on the
mean and miserable crusade against Chartum , entered into by the present administration . and determines to use all legal efforts of peaceful resistance to such an arbitrary and despotic procedure , and also solemnly pledges itself to support tbe victims of the unjust and vicious system , in their struggle for the imperishable principles of democracy . " Mr . Arthur seconded and Mr . Hamey supported , the resolution , which was unanimously carried . Miss Inge then britfly addressed the meeting . A vote of thauks was gmn to the chairman , and the meeting dispersed with cheers for the Chart-sr , victims , &c .
At a meeting at the Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , 1 urnsgain-Jace , Mr . M'Donald in the chair , after some ditcussion , a scale of duties to be performed by the Secretary w » b agreed to , and 30 s per week fixed 83 his salary . Messrs . Salmon and Wheeler were the only candidates ; Mr . Salmon resigned in favour of Mr . Wheeler ; Mr . Whiter declined ftanding , being nnable to devote his whole time to the institution , ho other candidate being in the field , Mr . Wheeler wss elected Secretary pro tem ., and the election deferred for six weeks . Ali nomination- to be sent in writing to the Seeretary pro tern ., 24 . 3 A , Temple-bar .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesday , Mat 16 . Mr . C » ROCK conoluded a long and uninteresting speech , by asking leave to introduce a bill for amending the act which resulates employment in mines and collieries . He brought tho sufrjeot under the attention of tbe House in great detail , and proposed that in Scotland any unmarried woman above the age of eighteen should b- > permitted to work under ground . Captain Lockhart seconded the motion . Lord Ashlett ( who wag imperfectly heard during bia speeco ) said , bo general and vigorous an attack bad been made upon the act which he had originated , that the Hcuse would see the necessity of his occupying some little of their time in defending it , and he trusted for
their indulgence , whilp he enumerated the many beneficial effects-which Kfftl-jresultod from it already , and pointed out what other results migbt be expected from it if it was allowed fairly to run its ooursa He did not think any case bad been made out for the interference of the House with tho Act Why was Scotland to enjoy an exemption which was not to be extended to England or to Wales ? He had received complaints from many parts of tha country saying that Scotland was to enjoy an advantage which was denied to them . Surely the law which was good for regulating the mines in England was equally good for Scotland ? They bad heard a great deal of the hardships which the females had Buffered by boing thrown out of employment ; but was nothing to be said in favour of males who had been
excluded from labour by tbe employment of the females ? —( hear , bear . ) Let the people of Scotland observe the enactments of the law as well as was done in England , and then as good results would follow in tbe one country as in tbe other . In order to show what had been done in England he would read an extract of a letter from Dewsbury : — " The young girls have been all drawn out of the pits , and their places supplied by men and boys . I learn that in the neighbourhood of Barnsloy and Silfcstone , where you saw so many miserable scenes , it has done a great deal to brine ; about a more beneficial state of things . ... In some instances the poor weavers , who had nothing else to do , have go : e to work instead of the girls . " Was not tbat a consummation
devoutly to be wished ? From Silkstone ho had recemd a letter , of which this was an extract : — have just witnessed tbe emancipation of about thirty young girls and boys from the pits , and they seemed highly delighted , especially the girls , who expressed themselves , ' This is one of the best acts that ever were passed , ' for they bad long been tired of working ia these holes-of darkness and misery . " From Huddersfluld and Leeds be had e same gratifying accounts . They said— " The parents are taking the children out quite willingly , and ssy they have baen long grieved to see their daughters made tbe slaves of a few overgrown unfeeling men . . . . Boys at ten years of age are to take the places of the girls . " " I find that the working of the Colliery Act is
producing alt the good you contemplated . I feu in with four girl * who have been taken into families as domestic servants , and the mistresses Bay tb ; y find them quite willing to learn , . . . . aud regret that such clever females should have been so ' debased by so disgr aceful an employment . I find also that tbe places in the pits occupied by the girls are filled up by men who were out of work . " He had another account from a correspondent , who dated from near Barnsley , April , 1843 : — " I find it impossible to detail a tithe of the gaod resulting from the Colliery Act . One female , the wife of a collier , and tbe mother of two girls who worked in pits , told me that she knew not bow to give expression to her joy . . . . The husband formerly spent the earnings of the two girls in
intoxicating drink , about nine shillings a week , and white in a state of drunkenness he frequently beat her most unmercifully ; but being thrown on his own earnings he was led to reflection ) and the consequence is tbat he has beoawe aob « % ia his Dibits , and also a church-goer , a place he never before frequented . A lady has taken one of the girls , and sent her to school , where she is to remain for two years . The home , which was formerly like a hell , is now a paradise . This is not a solitary instance ; there are many . The girls are going into service , and becoming useful members of society . " He had many details of such cases ; and were they not most gratifying to every one who had assisted to pass the bill into a law ? Would not the same results take place in Scotland if the same means were taken to
produce them ? He would read one or two more , if the House would oHige him by their patience ; one from collieries near PreRcot , in Lancashire : — " It gives me great pleasure to congratulate you on the improved condition of the poor children already emancipated from the trammels of slavery , ignorance , and disease , many ot whom are now placed at the charity schools , receiving an education suitable to their humble circumstances , which in after-life will fit them for situations mere congenial to their feelings , and more useful to society . Although females taken from the mines may find some difficulty in obtaining suitable employment , in consequence of their ignorance of household affairs , yet many of them are capable of performing the labour tbat baa been executed by the iriBh on the farms in the
neighbourhood , and indeed , from their adaptation to work of various kiiids , such as potato-planting , hay . makicg , weeding , reaping , &c , they will have tbe preference , whilst their places in the mints will be occupied by the other sex , who are now prowling about , and for want of employment are become a public nuisance . I cannot account fur tbe hostility to your humane exertions on sny other principle but tbu . t of selfishness and short sighttdness , as we ought to consider it is tbe duty of every man the least interested in the country ' s welfare to endeavour to improve tho condition of the suffering poor , and , if possible , to leave the world better than he found it . " " Prowling about , aid for want of employment have become a r . uisance : " wculd tbe Hon . and Gallant
Member deny that such a state of things did not exiat in Scotland as well as in England ? Tbe Noble Lord the Memb-r for North Lancashire was well known to be the proprietor of a number of collieries , which he ( Lord Ashley ) had been allowed to visit ; and altboughhe was averse to &ay anything fulsome in the presence of the N « b ] e Lord , he must say that anything more kind or more correct in the whole management of that property he had never seen—nay , more , he had not read . He wrote to tbe Noble Lord upon the Bubject of the working of tko Bill , and he was favoured with a reply , of whicn the following is an extract : —" Worsley , February , 1843 —Of any practical operation in the particular objects of tbe measure , it is , of course , too early to speak . When a barbarising and demoralising
syatum has been pursued almost from infancy , we cannot expect perceptible effects in an iustmt , from the mtm abrogation of tbat sysieru . In some respects your measure has had and will havo to contend with greater difficulties in this district than in others . Female labour in our pits was a moral evil of tbe first magnitude , its physical evils were not in my opinion felt here as they must have been felt iu Scotland and elsewhere . Of course at this period of general depression anu distress , parents are disposed to count the cost ot any measure which cuts off for the moment an addition to their scanty means . In spite of these circumstances , I have met with no parents who did not at once admit that the occupation was u&fit for wenches as they call them here , and I do believe that most of
them are glad to have toe temptation removed of subjuctiog their female offspring to degradation , however lucraive . With reaard to the young females thetuseivus , I could wish you no better reward for your labour * than to see something of their deportment in the school which Lady F . has opened for their partial instruction . I am sure you would find evidence that your labours were not likely to be vain or fruitless . There is au appetite for instruction , an evident sense of its value , and a decency of behaviour which , considering antecedent circumstances , I confess have surprised me by their prevalence . " The measure would be rendered , indeed , vain and fruitless in Scotland were the measure now proposal to pass ; and as it bad beeu attempted to depreciate the authority of those by whom the horrors of the old system bad been exposed , he would ask the Hon . Member to listen so one or two statements supported by such men as the Rev . Mr . Parlane * of Tranent . the Rev . Mr . Bannermann , of Ormiston , the Rev .
Bruce Cunningham , of Piestonpans , and the Kev . J . Veitch , of Newbottle : — " With some rare exceptions , few of the children that work in tbe collieries ate taught Bewing or other domestio work here . Those who go to mines acquire habits of tippling ; it is net uncommon to see children of twelve drank . Lying , swearing , cruelty , and all sorts of moral evil abound in the fature lives of uneducated miners . " Again , Mr . Thomas Goodh&U , agent at the Capeldm colliery , in the county of Fife , wr ites— " The colliers are in many places a most barbarous and degraded elan ; and the employment of female * in mines ... has done more to destroy the colliers physically , morally , and intellectually , than any other thing thafcl know of . ' Again , from clergy in private letters— "In the parish of . the women and children used to be wrought in a shameful manner , as I have witnessed . I was an assistant in that parish . " Another— " I can bear personal testimony to the horrible effects of the ajBtem . " It sbould be observed , that petitions , state-
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ments , &a , in favour of repeal never mentioned cases of women who bore coal ( a horrible teil ) only tbe ' trammers and putters . ' Tho Hon . Memlvr had been very carefui to keep out of view all but thesa comparatively easy descriptions of work ; but what said such witnesses as the Rev . Mr . Mackafcon : —" That the womeu worked up to their knees in water ; always did the hardest work , and were treated hardly as human " ( hear ); and what had been the simple , but txpressive Iaugu : i # o of tho Scotchwoman who had been iximined as to her own expsrience » f the coal-bearing work ? That tba labour often pioduced premature delivery , that it shortened lite or rendered existence miserable—( hear , hear . ) " Tell Queen Victoria , " said she " that the poor coal-women will feel grateful to her
if she will take them from the coal-pit and give them a bettfir sort of work . " Aud ( said tbe Noble Lord er / iphaticuilyi the Queen has doae this ; and I hope the good effects of the measure will not now be frustrated and destroyed —( cheers ) There hacl been 8 ' iuethins : exceedingly auspicious in the petitions reprraentert a 9 proceeding positively from those wbo hart auffere <\ under tho old system , an-. l who it was pretended were auxious for its restoration . Upon this point he had some statements to read which be thought would tbrow some singular light upon the manner in which the petitions had been got up . A gentleman of great experience in the management of Scotch coal-mines called it : — " Belfiah and most mercenary plans of certain coalmasters and iron-masters to overthrow that most
benevolent act" Again—* 'A disgraceful movement . " Again— "These lamentations for the destitute females are crocodile ' s tears . " " Slavery , oppression , and love of gold . " From an agent of greai experience—" The opposition to Lord Ashley ' s measure might not appear to much advantage if clothed in the garb of pounds , shilli / igs , and pence ; and accordingly we find its opponents lamenting the injustice that will be done to poor females , their want and destitution , and so on . Of course wa are all aware that no great change like that contempiatod by Lord Ashley ' s Act can take place without causing some inconvenience . " He W ( n ' "i now call tho attention of the house to a letter from Scotland , dated March 8 . 1843 : —•• From the knowledge I have of the coal-masters , I cannot but say
that such Httempts proceed , not from any desire to prormle the welfare and comfort of the female miners , but with the view of advancing their own interests and pecuniary gains . " Also he would read extracts of letters from gentlemen of great experience : — " You will , at once , see by the despieab ' e aud unmanly correspondence , that the movement was not by the poor females ; they were dragooned by their master , and this I know for a fact , —I heard the females of an extensive colliery heartily bless you in very affectionate terms . " " I assure you I have ndtfound one exception , to their full concurrence in the measure . " " As to petitions in favour of females remaining in pits , emanating from themselves , I am much of the opinion , tbat were these documents scrutini&ad to their origin they would be found to arise
from the influence of those interested in their degradation . " " I know of many instance * where , if young females had attempted to leave their employment , all their relations would havo been instantly dismissed from their work . ( Hear , hear . ) It is idle to talk of these poor creatures being at liberty to leave their employment . It is absurd to tell the Legislature that tbe petitions are the productions of thesa poor women . We know the reverse . Want , misery , starvation , &c , are held up before them , aud in fact in many instances they are demanded to sign . " "They ( the getters up of petitions ) waited on tbe clergy of several parishes where mines abounded , and terrified them'by the threat of sending over all and sundry persons discharged ander your Lordship ' s act to their several parishes , a burden on
the scanty means they possess to distribute to the needy . . . . Many of our clergy , who at first rejoiced in the emancipation of the females , have now been dragooned to espouse the cause of the unfeeling mine-masters . " He called tbe attention of the House to some extracts from correspondence of masters engaged in getting up petitions : — " It is a bill , " says one , " infringing on tbe freedom of the subject . My present feeling is , thai those who employ females under ground sheuHi cause those females to petition Parliament in separate bodies . " " My own opinion , " says another , " is that each work which employs females under ground should get those females to petition both Houses of Parliament . I fear tbat the heritors in parishes petitioning Parliament would rather be injurious , as their petitioning would evidently be for the purpose ot saving themselves , as many of the females would have to apply to the parish for nid . I am now resolved that my female
workers shall petition aa a body , and should advise all coal workers to get their females to do so likewise . " In another letter : — " I have received a letter from the coal-manager of my land ; and from his letter , and all that 1 can learn , the colliers in Clackmannan and Fife are in a state of mutiny , and I understand they all belong to the colliers' union . If such is the case , you may rest satisfied they will not allow the females working in pita to sign any petition by intimidation . " Such had been the tactics of the getters up of these pretended petitions—( hear ) . He had been informed , he could assure the House , that in one cose a poor widow , who had withdrawn a young girl from the pits , bad a small allowance taken away till she sent the child back to the dreadful work—( Hear , hear ) . But now there was a petition from 200 or 300 " ladies" of Scotland , who , it seemed , were really desirous of sending back their fellow-countrywomen to the coal pits . He could not help expressing his regret , that
" Those whom lace and velvet bless With all tbe soft solicitudes of dress , " should thus eome forward for the purpose of consigning poor females to the horrors ot coal-pit labour—( Hear ; . He was happy to k ow that no such petitions had proceeded from Englishwomen—( Hear . ) And further , he was delighted to be able to contrast the conduct of the women in oar coal districts with that of these Scotch petitioners against some of the'naost unfortunate of their sex . He had hentd that in Yvrktshire , Lancashire , < ka . the females of the middle elasses had ex erted themselves strenuously in co-operation with the measure , and had opened their doors to afford a refuge for tbe poor women who ba . 4 been rescued from tbe pits—( hear , hear ) . In one district , where
seventyfour had left the mines , all but ten had been forthwith received into tbe houses of the neighbouring shopkeepers and smalt innholders , &e . provided with necessaries , and kindly taken care of—( hear , hear . ) This was conduct far more grateful to contemplata than the petitioning of those Scotch ladies , who had added one more to tbe reasons which sometimes unhapily occurra for inducing tbe poor to distrust the kindly feelings of the upper classes—( hear ) Let him observe that the plan of the Hon . Gentleman was very much in mitigation © f that which was the originally proposed , and in favour of which the greater part of tbe petitions that had beeR presented to the House on this subject . They were for the total repeal of the act , but the nature of the Hon . Member ' s proposition was this—tbat
married women were to be excluded , and none but unmarried women should he retained in the pits . But if they were to keep unmarried women in the pita , were they not taking t '< em from the means of attaining those qualities which belonged to married women ? Was it not , iu fact , a direct boun ' y on concubinage ? Was it not introducing , under the pretence of morality , an enormous Parliamentary license of concubinage ? ( Hear , bear . ) No doubt there must be in every transition very considerable difficulty . There always had been , and there always would be . But in a letter which he had received from a gentleman of great authority in Scotland , tha writer , after speaking of the difficulties attending the iutroduction of tbe new law , said he was confident that no reflective man
who bad had experience of tbe old system and its demoralizing effects would wish for a return to it . He should like tbe House to observe , that if the masters had obeyed the provisions of the law , and had turned oat the aid women gradually as the law provided , these difficulties would not have occurred . Their duty waB to have turned out all females under 18 within three months , aud all others by the 1 st of March in tbe following year . But the fact was that in a vast number of pits they turned out none whatever , and now they said it would create great confusion if they did bo . He knew it was the impression of many parts of Scotland tbat the women were not turned out gradually , ea directed by the act , for the wk 9 of creating that confusion . All the communications he had had on the subject stated
that to be the impression , and he believed that it was correct ( Hear . l And yet those persons now came forward , and asked for an act which should secure to them tha profit of their own disobedience . But the writer proceeded : — " Female labour in these horribly dangerous places is attended with greater evils than I had formed any conception of ; hardships which , aboveground , would not be imposed by the hardett masters , under-ground females are submitted to labour which would be considered batbatoua by any nation under the sun . " Tbe act came into operation in October as to children of tender yeaw ; but in many parts of Scotland
there were many traoh children still in the pits , aud yet gentlemen came forward to ask for au alteration of that act Then again , with respect to " hurrying ' —with which term he had 00 doubt they were familiar—thu writer said , " The hurrying is done by females on allfours , harnessed like animals ; their limbs bear tokens of their barbarous employment , from the cuts of the rugged Tocka and tram ways through which they thrust their heavy burdens . " But now let him come to that testimony which bad been quoted with so much approbation by the Hon . Gentleman , in respect to the Carroa Company . Now , upon tbat point the writer of this letter said , " The colliers of the Canon Company's pits complained to me ot the threats which had been re-
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1 soried io r . san : nJucemcnt to make ti ' . e coUUs &ign » p « 4 '; Y . D . " T ! r « vr .-s the voluntary r . js ' em again ; ° and whfT ... ' < ii < 1 the p-. tuion lie when th 9 colliers were compelled to sign it ? «• It lay at tho office of the bntty ; th « employment of fcmak-3 being offensive to them ' , an husbands and fat ? it * 3 . and moreover a causa of Joss , as their w ^ ges are thereby diminished . " Then this gentleman went oa to Jopp . i Colliery , near Eiinbugh ; and what did ho see there ? That which tbe Hod . Member took good © ate not to state—the abominable system of coal-beating . " There , " said the writer , " the abominable custom of coal-bearing by females is still continued . " Hh then went on to say , " IVscending a pita few weeks since , ia the
neighbourhood fit Tranent , I never wa « more shocked at the dtfsradatKi of a hunvm being , while tbe toil and snfFdrini » which ttJs labour itflicta are unequalled . Dragging like horses on their hands and knees through seams in the sharp rocks , wtlch barely admit them , the limbs of i these p' jor creature-- "—and thia was ( join ? on at that j moment , iu direct violation of tbs act— ' are BUb }* ct to j the severest bruises and euts while harnessed to their j heavy pads , which they pull to ex ^ Saustion over thff j tramways , sometimes many incbes deep in water . * j Only taat morning he h . id received a Isttar contafnfng-; this sentence : — ' A Woman told mo the ether day thatj often when in harness her shoulders were " ao lacrated i taat the blood o « -z- ) d through hsr garments at the sides I of the leathern butt . ' And that . was the cand-tion of
; things to which they were to believe that tbe women ; petitioned to ha restored—( hear , hear )—corrtrary to ! all reaso : —contrary to all nature—aad if the Hon . ! Grcntleman h . ul not said it , he would say , it T ^ as con » 1 trary to all decency to make the asser . ion . The 1 first letter tben wound up thus : —•• I am iiappy in being able to asame you thera is buJ one opinion among the disinterested of Scotlandthat the enactment of last session for prohibiting the employment of women and children iu the coaJ-pita ia the greatest possibia boon to this portion of the cunnsnnity . " He hoped , then , that House would * not entertain the proposition of tbe Hon . ( JsntlemaH that they would not interpose between the operation of an act that came into full force only In March , and
which they were now eaikd upon to rescind in every material portion of it in the middle of May . No doubt there were many cases of hardship ; but , in all the cases quoted by the Hon . Gentleman , they could and ought to have been met by the proprietors themselves —( hear , beacj They had had , God knew , enough out of the sinews and muscles of thesa unhappy creatures , and they ware bound by all means in their power to make them compensation . At any rate they had no right to coaie forward in that Honae to propose an act the upshot of which was neither more nor less than to save their own purses from thoae just and equitable contributions . He would state that , to tbe honour of Scotland , very many of the proprietors had shewn ' . he greatest feeling and kindness , not only in carrying out
the act , but even iu anticipating it ; but for those who persisted in making those propositions , l < st him suggest the example of his Rijjbt Hon . Frie ; d at the bead of tho Gsveraraent . His Ri i ? ht Hon . Friend had a colliery , the lease of which had expired . The tenanc on applying for a further Iea 39 , said , that in consequence of this act he could not ' pay so much rent His Rijjht Hon . Friend accordingly abated the rent in proportion . That pit was therefore cleared of femalts , but no doubt to the loss of the proprietor . He would further Bay , that there were faff cases of hardship in consequence ol this act which could not be met by private contributions . He hoped , then , that tbe House would put its veto upon this and all similar motions . No good ceuld result
from allowing the bill to be introduced , and he hoped that the House never would allow the bill to be passed ; that they never would allow such a system to be repeated in any part of the kingdom . Better would it be at once to put a veto on the motion , and to declare that the House had passed a measure , and tbat they would give to that meisure a full , fair , and just trial—( hear , hear . ) Let Hon . Gentlemen take the opportunity , and affirm by their votes that night the principle which was at all times valuable , but in those days was essentially necessary—that property and station had their duties as w ^ ll as their rights—( hear , hear . ) With those observations , he begged leave to say No , " emphatically " No , " to the motion of the Hon . Member .
Mr . Hume supported the motion . He would net yield to Lord Ashley in his desire ta make his fellowcreatures happy ; but be saw no objection a gainst allowing women of mature age to accept labour at their own option . Sir J . Graham , while he dasired to do the fullest justice to tbe . motives of Mr . C . Bruce , must resist his proposal . Experience was uniform in favour of the exemption of women . You could not degrade the wo men without 'demoralizing and brutalizing the men . The experiment of amelioration bad hitb . 9 rto beeu the most successful . Mr . Curteis said he would vote with Lord Ashley , and added some sentences upon the Corn laws , the application of which was not clearly discerned by the House .
Lord F . Egerton thought the mover ' s speech proved too much , for it really went to show the labour in mines aud collieries was among the most eligible modes of female employment . He testified to the success ot the exemption of women in Lancashire , and would concur with Lord Ashley in opposing the motion . Mr . Roebuck admitted that legislation migbt be properly applied to the labour of children ; but he did think that adults , whether man or women , were better judges than Parliament of the way iu which th 9 ir own labour should be employed . His sympathies , indeed , were with the law that excluded women from underground work ; bat he could not agree to legislate for tbe regulation of any labour , except of those who were not competent to exercise a discretion for tbemsplves : Lord Duncannon , though not without hesitation , resolved to give his vote iu concurrence with Lord Ashley .
Mr . P . Stewart , in respect of the present distress in Scotland , which rendered this particular time a very inconvenient one for the closing of any channel of employment , was content to vote for the introduction of the bll , although as to tbe general principle he concurred with Lord Ashley . Mr . Forbes was understood as being favourable to the introduction of the bill . Mr . BkotheRTON , considering the class of persons in question , and tbe influences exercised upon them , could Bee no more objection to legislating for them , than to legislating for children ^ and he hoped the House would not undo the measure of Lord Ashley . Mr . Lockhart supported the motion of Mr . C . Bruce , and vindidcated the motives of the Scotch owners , by whom the object was promoted . Mr . Hindley opposed the motion , and contended that the House had a p « fe 6 t right to legislate ag&uist any uuiaan « e , whether physical or moral .
Mr . Alderman Thompson believed , that in South Wales , great as was tbe present distress , the men would endure ten times as mnch rather than let their wives or daughters undertake this kind of employment . It was , in its owu nature , unfit for women , and he would resist this motion . Mr . C . Bruce replied . He had no wish to interfere with the general principle of Lord Ashley ' s bill , that the labour of womeu should eventually cease ; bat he desired to mitigate the evil of too sudden a cessation . The ground , therefore , on which ha put his motion was , not tbo doctrine advanced by Mr . Roebuck , that it is unfit to legislate at all for regulating the labour of adults . The House divided—Forthe motion 23 Against it 137
Majority against it ...... 114 Sir C . Napier then brought under the considera " tion of the House tbe subject of the naval lists . He eulogized tae character of our naval officers , and their services both in war and in peace , and eomplaii ed that a naval officer was uot placed at the head of the Admiralty . He moved an address to Her Majesty , praying that she would give directions for a list on which captains might retire with an increase of pay . Lord 1 NGESTRE aaconded the motion . Sir K . Peel could uot agree that the first Lord of the Admiralty should necessarily be a naval man , although he fully admitted that , a naval man might often be advantageously appointed to that office . Acknowledging , as he did , the justice of the praise bestowed by Sir C . Napier on the existing officers of our navy , he could not think that system a very bad one which bad produced a body of officers deserving such a panegyric As to the present proposal , he hoped the House would enable him to resist it with success .
Lord J . Rus&ell doubted whether the House of Commons ought to address the Crown at all for the purpose of directing the course of the Executive Government in such a matter as the conduct of the navy . It was on that account that the late Ministry , when tkey desired to revive the naval and military services , had advised the Crown to issue a commission of its owu , on which tbe Duke of Wellington bad consented to act , for the pnrpose of furnishing such practical advice as the Executive Government might safely adopt With , respect to this particular proposal , he would leave it to tbe consideration of the Admiralty and the decision ot tbe Government ; and hoped Sir C . Napier Would noi press it to a division . Captain Berkeley concurred iu this hope , believiag that the discussion would meanwhile hav i had a beneficial effect .
Captain Pbchell charged the admiralty with having paid more regard to services on the hustings than to services on the quartet-deck . He gave credit to Government for having now manned the navy ; but they bad been in former days the first to un-mau it . Captain Plumridge complained of the sJowness of naval promotion . M * . S . Herbert vindicated the Impartiality with which naval patronage had been distributed by tba present First Lord of the Admiralty . Aa to tbe civilians employed in the dockyards , they wen chicly artisaaa such as masons , carpenters , and so oa 1 and consequeaUy their places could not have been filled by seamen . He referred to the testimony which Sir C . Napier himaeU had last year borne to the integrity as well at ability of Lord H&ddtagton ' s administration . Sir C . Napier , in reply , defended himself on several points , bat withdrew his motion . The orders of the day were then disposed of , and th $ house adjourned .
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YOL- VI- NO . 288 . SATURDAY , MAY 20 , 18437 ™" p '"«»>«^ - _ _ " y y « y « r > aililagg per aarrter 1
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct482/page/1/
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