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DEATH . THE Chartists of London are requested to attend the Funeral Obsequies of that Staunch Friend of Democratic Liberty , Charles Vbrnon , late of Lambeth , which will take place on Sunday afternoon , at 3 o ' clock , at which hour all friends are requested to assemble at the Corner of Eaton Street , New Cut , Lambeth . An Oration will be delivered over the Deceased Member ' s Grave . Chartists of the Metropolis , provo that you respect worth and honest integrity , by doing your duty on the occasion .
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HOUSE OP LORDS—TrasDrr , Aug . 8 . ? T £ e ~ E xrl of Bodes -presented a petition , Exceed l > y 5 . DPD 3 * w > iesia » is t £ tie count ; of Down , ana" complaining , that -arMIe profusions and meetings of tie Boom Catholics far the Repeal of Ihe Union -were tolerated , Urey had T « en sevuelv pnnishe 4-for celelaating tbe saniverEsry of tie ball's of tba Bcyce ; ana caning spon their Lordships to take into consideration fibe tlScgeis to "which the IriBb . Protesiaiits -were exposedfroman agitation which , they i « jrc-d , "wonld reanlS it civil irar . TRie NoKe Xord nrged the injustice of carrying out the Is * prohibiting party precessions In all Its- - Tigom against the few Orangemen who had Tehtered to transgress is , while iaimense multSudeSj , t-semraing -wittrbsEners teara * motoes and emblems of 3 edita » s , and marchingon array to ths second of military music , were indulged -with complete impunity . Let the law either he put in force -without distinction or
sot at alL At any xate , let It Eot be strained to coerce a body of men , vho under drcnmitacces of grot irrit-tion , had manifested most creditable for"bearance . "With respect to ths danger to which the petitioners "believrd tbonrelves ts Protestanta to he exposed , he was convinced that theirs ¦ sras no nnfoQuded alarm . Tbey -were at least jtufifisd in such va . apprehenrien -when they saw a vast proportion of the population bulled until they rivalled the regularity of ¦ ytt ersn troops , atd lErplicitly obejing the commands of their leaders , "who openly professed their determination to carry Repeal either by fair means or "by force , and promised to their followers dell-Terance from the joke at tbe Saxon . He augured unfavourably , too , from the circumstance that a ihneh smaller number of reapers than usual had come to this country in search of employment , from the presence * f a number of foreigners in Ireland , and from the rfose mmwr ^ m of the Samas Catholic
hiersnhy with the Sepeal .- movement , and expressed the generaldisappoiotment with which the Irish Protest * ants had remarked lie a >* senee of activity and energy in the Government to repress this ygit ^ fi "" - He ac tno-wladged -with gratitude tie excellent disposition of military force to mtfei any ssngninar ? outbreak , but legretted that no measures had been employed to enlist the support of all who would associate to preserve t-fanguffliry . The apathy of the Government had driven anacy , - who were otherwise -w ell inclined , to swell the Sepal ranks ; but be Ousted thstlt -would now endeavour to retrieve its errors . He approTed the concoct of fanner Yiceroysin calling oat the yeomanry and after an earnest appeal for protection for the loyal Protestants cf Ireland , co-deluded by praying , in accordance "with the pennon , that the law relating to precessions ssisht either be repealed or brcngit into general cpf ration .
The Dose of Whxingto * ' confessed that the evils and iaccnvenisiices attending the present state of affairs in Ireland had been . by so zaeass exaggerated ; hnt after paying a weU-dfeserred compliment for - thgir loyal forbearance to lbs Orangemen of its Kortb , procoeded to t ^ tplain that the Act , the operation of which they vere called on to extend , had reference only to metlings cr professions in-eomicemozation ot annireranes to wh'ch tcrhtr a religions ex political character was attached , and conld sol cocs ^ qneiitJj- be held to indnfie thote at -wMth the Bepe ^ l of the Union waa < Hsco 5 ! fc& . It might be asked - Wbj not , thenj extend its provisions ? " bat sJihocgh admitting tbe trnlB " which the present criminal agitation had inflicted , and most anxious to pnt an end to them ^ -aware , too , of the xesoonsibiliiy of Chmrnmect -for its
omis-> ons as wdi as ii ? acts—he did not thins it desirable to atcte Trias trers its ictestioES further tlsan te i Xplain "ihat in his own cepartmsnt everytMog that could he -done had b ° sa dene to enable it" to prtaeaTe the peace of the country , and to id pel all mi ^ fortnnes and con-EtqvL ncea whidi tssj result from the violence of the passions of these men who nufortsnately guide the multitude in Ireland . " He tliepnted neither the extent of the conspiracy , fee dangers to be ^ cp * tsed from it , JJOT the assistance it had -derived from forei gners ; bcS liB felt confident that from the measures adopted , the G « TtmmEnt wonld be able * o resist erery atttaipt against the public peace , aiiu he beEeyed it te : iXu > , ther ^ ire , to persevere in its present coniBe , and to employ no other precautions tmtS thty taooiii become absolute !} Dfcessary .
The Earl cf Wlnchjlsea and Xh& Earl of Wictlow approved the « oncuet of the Government in abstaining from coercive measures : ¦ Jbct the Marquiss of Clanriearde , although Joining in this expression of approbation , W 3 B . anzioca to hear what Ministers expected as the TefTilt of fee present state of affairs in Ireland . An Irish SoTsroment should haTe other objects than to KcaTC ^ ebB ^ abnlary reports ; and , aa nothing bad yet bsen tflgeted , he hoped that r > ext sesaion something TFonld be done with the liew of improving the condition of the population .
Lord Bboeghxx—^ Nothing can mere lamentable than t 2 se description given by my Noblfi Fzitaa of the condition of society in Ireland , —a noTel state cf an empire , net caly in thi 3 conntry hnt in ererj other country ; that thE » shonld be indications of an nni-¦ fersal spread almost cf disorganization thrcu ^ h the influence of one or two individuals , whose irifinpTire 5 b sopported , and encouraged , and increased , and aggr « T 3 ted , and esacErhated almost to exasperation by those who , being ths heads of the-relig ion of-peace , ought to he foremost to discountenance not only ail disobedier . ee to the laws , and all outrages of the Qaeen ' s pace , hat everything tending 10 produce outrage—ib&arj . They tad not , indeed , included all a » e priesaisod ; Sjo * is stih , I hepe , a lar ^ body
-j rh ^ - have uos gone ao far as to forget their doty t « their conntry and aa preachers of the OospeL Tne true dinicalty consisted in deciding what ahall be done to check the Tmjwft * pf sow preTaiUng in Ireland . Ytox may be prepared to put a summary ssop to riotoM proeeedJngB if any © ffirage ahonli . he commined ; you wsj place yourself in a position to keep the peace in case of any-breach of it bang atieinpted ; yon may «> Increase the military foice in Ireland as to isnder xay breach of the paee fatal to . those who may attempt it All this , indetd , had been done , ily TToble IFriend at the head cf the army had already made every possible provision is the event of any such emsrgeaej occurring . Everything that conld he required . in order to maintain the
law es it stands , in the event of any overt act being committed , has , 2 understand , already been done , and done , as it appeared , to an ertenl quite scfifient to detsr others from '~ following sneh an example . JAy IToble Friend behind me , however , tells us that the only remedj that irill really better the condition of the people of Ireland is one th at wouIj find employment &rthepeopl& Here I confess I pause ; because I do sot exactiy sea my way to any measures that can put an end to the present state of things , ily Sable Priend had also told us , that osb reason why Ireland is not prosperous is , that capital dees not flow into the conntry . Unhappily this is too true . Butwhybesurpruedat it ? "What need is there of wonder ? Is it likely that any capitalist will send his capital to a
conntry where he&oea not Snow that mere may not be sn outbreak before he gets his first quarter's payment ? The capitalist would say , *• 1 shoula Kfee my capital to 1 * invested in a placf wiiere 1 can go < rrer and look after it , nKLiftiae , if Dfceessaiy , I ran send a person to attend to it without tie fear of being mobbed , and where theiB is no reason to fear that the next cry may ha for Biatyof capital , as it has already besa of *• fixity of tensrej" forUjst may "be the next cry ; and as the tendency to •* fixity of terrors" is to ctxrrest the tenant into lie landlord , bo Ihe tendency o ? "fixity of capita ! ' might he to coeval the huTrower into the lender——( laughter ) . A capitalist does sot like to said his capital to a country where a doctrine lifee 2 na might be established on ths model of another bo very similar
• which has already been set np tiers—( hinghteri . Capitalis ts can scarcely have confidence in the persons ¦ who f *» i * " - ihejnaelTcs ezs 2 ssTgIy Jriea ^ s of the people of Typls-nfl thnse sgitsiors who profos 3 ibr them a friesddijp violent , rehemsnt , snd absorbing—who proiess tc monopouse aQ tiae feeiaig and sympathy of the paople of Irdand—^ in TirtaB whereof , 3 suppose , it is tfcattheyBTiiurfTom the Irish peasant , from his goods y-rt / i battels , Ms -Bretched pittance to- ? rards their At ^ sodations , their PrecniFor and GathoKc Associations , and towards their Repeal Bent ; all these Associations fc = ing cosneeted with these agitators , and all which ctmtnbntjoiis "to xuch sEsodaUons these agitators tell the l > eoplstena towards the increase of "what remains in their poetats . Ihsrs is also this other thin ? which
aiarcja capitalists- Thsy Isest these friends of ibe . lTifib ¦ peopie boasiiE ? or their meetings , and of their being ahlfc to oommand Hisit hundreds of t ! hnniraTifiii of men 32 j £ y see tie power wbieh they thns boast of nsed for 4 hap = rpose of conveying Jbe most vehement attacks on the Qovaaansfit , = ad the most violent abuse of the nation to = ahieh those cspiSalistB themselves belong . ThfrCeSHccapital bans littta and the poverty excessive —Ja lanihj—and fcta deicasd of fbs : CeJt foi the caprtai o ? the Saxon feeing extreme—; the " » ise Cslt having lor his objec ; to lessen that osoAvr poverty , and draw sons parSon of the Saxsn capital to supply the Celtic wants—this wise and judicious Mend oi Ireland ra orier to efisct hia objeet , deals from one end d tteyear to the ether in the most gross and
nnrfe-^ atraintd abuse of everything Saxon , and proclaims Saxon England as the determined ^ nemy of Celtic Ireland—ibe = r . ) Tins is thB Irish-w » 7 efiaaus 3 agEi « iiah capitalists to send over trimr monsy to irdaaft The = e capitaUsts , I say , hear ihe friends of the Irish ¦ ptople boasfing oi their command over the' masses . They hear them boast of their meetfcjgs of hundreds ol Jhonsands—never , mark i lea than loo . o&o—ja lau ^« —jcmetiines , as in one ease , amonnuag even tc 700 , 000 . 3 ut your capitalist is rather a . suspicions « jrt ol person . He cannot vnderstana what eoxt of i HOng sach- * frzthetiagsj 500 , 000 or 300 , 000 person ! could be—he cannot "nndHrsEma that , nor believe in it
anymoretbanlrando—fiaughter)—but , at all events he rheHenres that there has bean some great-meeting If o doubt : 20 , O 0 » peoplB hsVB been got together a these ineetiiise , and on . one occasion—that of ths meet dngiiS Corkr- ^ l beHev&ihere was as many as 70 . 00 i prteent-. ^ Thsrefore , at all events , large masses of me ' hasB bSHi ?« aptT » V » Tg ^ toeaifcex . X < w , yoar capitals Jica l&XfB . iiiases ci producs . He Mkts ta ie ? lar ztcsses plgold-aadailTtB—la laugh )—or large masse o £ ^« jsbiaBs ^ with apprortd mames to them—il&ugbtei - ^ iiil he casamly does e ^ S fancy isrge masses of peopl — - £ besi 3 bear 3—and 3 iJ « 3 = i 3 « sis of people , too , wh ar 8 « 3 iectediogeih £ r i ^ ider pretences srhich ha know
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mnjt neceesarily be false . For -vrLen b man tells me of his addressing 200 , t « £ > men 1 find it impossible to believe him : if be told me ; he had addressed 20 . 000 or 30 . 000 I conld niderstand it . Bntiwhen he tells me ibst the 2 » D 000 men irhom le proposes to address meet calmly to fiiscnss a gnat national question , I at once torn with contempt ,. scorn , and difgnst from such a statement , because I know it to be physically impossible that at a meeting ; composed : of such immense nnmbers anything lite discussion can take place . Well , tben , the capitalist very well knows that no meeting of the kind can serve the . purposes of discussion ; and if so , there must , of course , he some other object Where such numbers assemble , the oV-ject cannot be a harmless one , I very well know what that oMect is ,
bat the capitalist thinks it is for the purpose of breaking the peace . 1 t » o not myself believe so . I think that so long as the agitators can hold the issue of those meetings in their bands— thear)—they will be the last to risk their own safety . ( Hear . ) I Ipnt their virtue at the height of prndence , and no higher —( a laugh )—and , therefore , that they will not break the peace if they can help it —( bear , hear }—but where yon collect 30 , 000 men together and inflame their minds by such harangues as those which we know have been delivered at those meetings , it is useless and absurd for yon to say that they win not take fire . As well might yon approach a match to gunpowder , and Bay , " Dont explode . " ( Bear , beat ) But I believe myself that those persons have a very different object in view . 1 believe
that these meetings are part of a vast system of intimidation , for the purpose of shewing the power of the leaders of the Irish people over them , and of overawing tie Gofoamsai . jHear . ) Profoundly ignorant are they of the Government with vrfjicb they have to deal . { Htar-l Th « y shew themselves profoundly ignorant of my Noble Friend , the Noble Duke opposite . He is as little lively to he overawed by any of their machinations , their addresses , or their meetings , as those agitators themselves are likely , -with their devoted and desperate followers , to be overawed or made to swerve from their conrse by any conscientious scrap ] es or patriotic motives . There is no capitalist in this country who will send one farthing of money to a country -where there exists gueh an organised system of
BHEcmef . Tht ? e , my Lords , are , the reasons In answer to my Noble Friend ' s remarks why 1 think capital has sot been and will not yet be Bent into Ireland . I will say one word about agitation , not only with reference to repral , but extending a little further . I see now many who do not care abort repeal ; but -who care a great deal about fixity of tenure , which means confiscation of land , { hear , htar ) the destruction of property , the abrogation of all rights of property whatever { hear , hear ;; Titicb means , turning tenant into landlord , and and the coHivator into owner ( hear , hear ); that is a popular doctiine , ant . very lifeely tB Jbe ¦ weJl received , coming from those who have little property , to those who have none . iHtar , and a laugh . ) That iavery likely to mske some way in Ireland ; and accordingly I
have heard there is something of preaching non-payment of rent and converting the landlord ' s rent into repeal jiea&t&nd that that 1 b begun to be felt already . The lu . w is strong enough to deal irith it ; if not , it ought to be , and 1 think it is . Sat do sot let any one enppose that that is wholly an Irian doctrine . ( Hear , bear . ) Repeal is an Irish doctrine ; repeal will never cross the Channel . Tbtxe wi-s only oae EngliEhjmtinber , now no longer in Parliament , to support it ; and there will be no more to support it in Parliament . Bat fixity of tenure , the destruction t > f property , is not Irish ; it is not local ; it is as likely to spread in England as in Ireland . iHear , hear . ) I should say rather more likely ; sn-1 let all in England , as in Ireland , beware
how they aHew it to be introduced . iHear , hear . } 1 should not have &a 5 d so much , had 1 ' sot beard something said in the other house oi Parliament , coming from a ceitain quarter there , that fixity of tenure , if a thing not to be attempted , was a subject for consideration . ( Hear hear . ) It strikes at the root of society ( hear , heaT}—of all government ; and if not put do « n with a firm hand anil with a strong and unhesitating judgment , it will outstrip all the efforts ei all tfce enemies of tita country , in working the ruin and degradation of this mighty empire . ( The noble Lord resumed his seat amidst considerable cheering . ) After a few words from the Earl of Gle : » 6 al : l , the •¦ talk " concluded .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Tuesdat , Avg . 8 . Upon the report of the supply , Mr . Hi MB recurred to the frauds in the Customs , which he balived had been t « the extent of millions per * nnnm . The fault lay in the improper selection of Commissioners , who , instead of being chosen from a class of persons acquainted with the business and capable of duly superintending . It , were appointed mealy from interest . He called for the evidence lately taken npon this subject , contending that the Chancellor of the Exchequer ought to have suspended the whole board ; and that the darker of an interference with the conrse of jastice , which had been urged as an objection , ~ vas & tiiSa in comparison tri ' th the object to be attained by the production of this testimony . The
frauds had extended not only to light goods , but to tea . tobacco , and other articles . In one case , cigars bad be--n passed as marble . He believed the general opinion to be the true one , which was that the publication -would bave shown neglect on tie part of persons in high places , -who nii . sbt by proper vigilance have prevented these frauds . Not ofcly were the puMic cheated , but the honest dealer . But indeed , while the present high duties were maintained , there wonld always be smuggling ; the only way to prevent it was to hnpea moderate duties , "wbieti wooll Jeave tbe smuggler without temptation . Th » repon itself admitted and affirmed this , though the general views of its authors were not very favourable to free trade . He moved the address to the Crown for the production of the evidence appended to the report .
Mr . Forster seconded the motion , and Mr . Williams supported it . ilr . Goui . bub . h agreed that publication , when the proper time toi it should come , -would do great good -, but to publish now would be to defeat the prosecutions He vindicated the honour of the Commissioners of Customs , and the principle of their ¦ selection , and observed , that BOtblng conld be more psinfnl lhan the detection of the treachery committed , by the subordinate officers , except the discovery that so many persons holding the high and honourable position of EngiiBh merchants , should have been found capable of corrupting those officers , to gain an unfair advantage over rival traders . The attention of Government was anxiously directed to toe circnm » tances stated in the report ; and every precaution that human means could include would be tafeen against tbe recurrence of similar malversations .
Dr . BcyWRTSG maintained , that publicity was a principle of our institutions , and asserted that the House had a right to the evidence . Be wished to see a thorough and organic change in tbe management of tbe CcuBtoms . Mr . 8 . Wa&TXST and Mr . Barikg concurred in the opinion , that the evidence ought not to be published . Sir Q . Clebk said it would be published neat Session . Mr . 1 . DtJNCOHBB paied why not now ? He recommended a reduction from nine commissioners to three ; and drciared bi » belief that Government kept up the -whole eFtsblisbment for purposes of patronage . He proposed , that for the future all orders of the Treasury , of the Board of Trade , vr oi the Commissioners should be entered in books to be kept open for public inspection in tbe Long-rocm and elsewhere . The production of cbese orders would nave exposed the incompetency of the Commissioners .
Lord <} . 50 MSBSET assured the House that thtre was no desire on the part of the Government to suppress the evidence , but that its prodaetioa at t *> rs momevt would go far to assist the offenders in eluding justio-Mr . Eeme finally withdrew his motion on the faith of these "SinHl declarations . Mr . dukcombe afterwards moved for the pnbHc entry of the orders in minnte books . to be kept in tbe Long Room , and for the printing and publication , on the first day in each month , of ail new orders made in tbe month preceding . iir . GOTTLBCBii ass-enied to tbe first part of the motion , btu rfcaisved the second , "which , on a division , ' vas rejected . :
After some farther business of no interest , it was observed , a littie after four , that there were not forty members " present ; tbe house was accordingly counted out .
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ANOTHER TUKN-OTJT AT ASHTOfl . * Reduction " has been again offered at Ashton ; and has driven tbonsauds into the pre ^ ts Foon ° r tcan accede to it . From tb * Manchester Guardian oi Wednesday we extract the fojiowing particulars ; ii Hu ' ortnnately happening for us , that our Manchester Correspondent is at present laid en a sicfc bed ; or an doubt lie would have been on the spot , and communicated information that oiht-r parties would not be able to get . On the whok tbe following account seems "written in a pretty fair spirit : —
We again have to reeord a turn-out- of mill bands at Ashton-nnder-Lyne , commencing , it is true , with the spinners only , and those of one mill , but subsequently in part extended to the weavers of one or two iqIIIb , and during yesterday attempted to be carried into effect in several others ^ but without Buccess . It is not a little renaaitable that this tuxnont should first assume a somewhat terious aspect yesterday , vi * . tie 8 th of August , the anniversary of theday in 1842 , when thedietorbance commenced which subsequently spread « vtr the { whole of this district . The following ar * snob circumstances sb w « : h * ve been enabled touollect in reference to the « Mse « f the pTOBent-turn-out , and its subsequent progress ;— }
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method . ; In about a quarter of an hour , however , the pressure became so great , that the frent doors J » «» «?« 4 acd ,, i P ° e » which is calculated to hold ly 5 () 0 , waa filled to overflowing , a considerable namber hot beiDjj able to Kain ^ admission . On ths motion of one of the turn-outs , R . Pilling , one of the € hartists who was tried at Lancaster , along with FeargUBJ O'Connor and others , ivas called to the chair . He opened the meeting by , iBay ing , that they were met together , on that occasion , to consider matters of thef ^ reatestj importance ; he hoped that they had come there in earneat and not in jest Although h » himself was no spinner , yet he knew this much about Bpinnera , that their wages were quite low enough . Ho was of opinion , that should
the men submit to the reduction now offered , other masters would do the same , as Mr . Buckley . He said , all > eyes were upon Ashton ; every district was takint » cognizance of their movements ; arid it was for that | meeting to say what should be done . At this period , some little disturbance took place in consequence-of fonr or five policemen being Ecen making their way up the centre of the room . The chairman observed ^ that the " canaries" ( that boing a nickname given to the police ) were only doing the bidding of their masters , and he hoped that they would take a seat beside himself ; that they might bear every thing correctly . The officers accepted the invitation , and the hooting ceased . As soon as order was restored , ! the chairman road the bin calling the meeting , and staled that it would J > n as well if some of the men , who had turned out , would Btate to that met ting , land through the prees to the world , what their real grievances were : After waiting a Bbort
time , one _ of the spinners got upand Btat- d , that the reduction offered was 3 | d . out , of every . & . 3 id . which they earned for spinning twist , and 2 d , from every Is . 9 J . for weft ; those being the sums which they previously received for spinning 1 , 000 banks ; he thought it was unjust , and ought not to be tolerated , especially when ii was considered that a majority of the maBtew q [ tho town were paying more . He stated , that if the reduction was submitted to , it would be from 4 s . to 5 s . out of their weekly earnings . Another person said , that he understood some allusion had been made to the Dokinfield Hall Mill , by Mr . Buckley , that the spinners of that mill wer , e getting considerably less than his men , and he could not afford to give more than other parties . lie , as a spinner at that place , begged to say that they had their wages raised , a few days ago , 2 £ d per thousand hanks .
One of the turn-outs said , the list which they were wishful to be paid by was of tho masUTs' own making ; yet they were the first to break it . In his opinion , ihe present turn-out was a whole town ' t ) question , anu ought to be so considered . He said ho could show , from the Manchester papers , that the masters were doing better now than they had been doing for the last twelve months . A general conversation here ensued as to what conrse should bo adopted by way of assisting the hands who had turned out . One individual pointed out ihe necessity of subbcribing tor them weekly , which proposition waa immediately opposed by the turn-outs thtmsel yes who stated , that it was not that kind of support they wanted ; they had learned by experience that , if they began to receive contributions , their places wonld soon be supplied by other hands , who were out
of employment . It was their opinion that a single strike would not do ; if any good must be effected , there must be a general strike throughout the whole town . —CThis proposition was , reoeived with deafening cheers . )—The following motiou was then made" That we : have a general etrike throughout the town , should Mr . Buckley persis ? in making a reductioa . ' The motion was unanimously carried . A deputation was then appointed , to consist of one spuimr from each of the various mills , to wait upon Mr . buckley , to ascertain what stepb he intended to pursue . It was then arranged , that each spinner who was in work should subscribe sixpence each on the Saturday evening , to pay any expenses that might be incurred for printing , &c The meeting was then adjourned io Saturday evening , on Tnacker ' a ground , in order that tbe delegates misfit have an opportunity of stating what nad been done during the day .
On Saturday evening the adjoarned meeting was held according to previous arrangement , and was addressed by Pilling , ( who again acted as chairman ) , Wolfendeni and several others . It waa stated , that the delegates had waited upon Mr . Buckley , but he would have nothing to Bay to them . [ We understand , tbat he declined to receive them , on the ground , that a number of them were not mill hands , but shoemakers and other trades . ] A motion was then made , that the meeting should again adjourn to Sunday e ? ening . at half-past seven o ' clock , when they would meet in Charlestown , and some arrangements should be entered into , and carried out on the
Monday . The meeting , which was very numerous , then quietly separated , On Sunday evening the turnouts again assembled near to the Charlestown Chapel , when Robert Lees , better known as ** General JLees , " one of the fifty-eight tried at Lancaster , was appointed chairman , and opened the mtetipg by giving out a hymn , &c . At this meeting it waa arranged that shop meetings should be held all over the town , and that each meeting should communicate with the sitting committee ; after which the meeting , which was considered to consist of from 4 , 000 to 5 , 000 persons , termined . :
A delegate meeting was holden on Monday night , at tbe house of Mr . Timothy Broadbent , the White Hart Inn , Park-street . We understand that of thirty-six mills , the operatives of which had been requested to send delegates to thiB meetiDg , no fewer than thirty-four were represented at it . The two bodies not sending representatives were the operatives in the employ of Mr . Chadwick , of Throstle Nest , Stalybridge , and thoso of Mr . Jonathan Andrew , of Dunkinfield . Amongst the delegates were Richard Pilling , —( the man whose defence at Lancaster , at the last assizes , excited much attention and some commiseration at the time which was expressed both by the attorney-general
in his reply and the Jearned judge ) , and "General Lees , " another of the Chartists then tried and acquitted . —The meeting came to the unanimous determination that there should be a general turn-out oi the spinners , if Mr . James Buckley did not withdraw the reduction he was alleged to be seeking . They also agreed to draw up a list and to require all tho masters to agree to it . —Mr . Robert Newton , deputy constable of Ash ton , was present till about miduight , when he left . We believe , however , that the chairman ( whose name we have not heard ) and a few of the delegates remained assembled till about two o ' clock in the morning , and the probability is , that they were engaged ia drawing up a list .
Tuesdat . This morning placards , of which the following is a copy , were sent to the various milJsand mill-owners , and in the conrse of the day were placed in various shop windows in the town : —
To ihe Master Manufacturers of Ashton and us Vicinity . GENTLEM ? 2 i , —We , the Operative Cotton Spinner e in your employ * address yon , on thla occasion , ina spirit of conciliation . We are aware that a number of you are paying considerably lower for your spinning , than others in the town , and we are desirous of being paid by tbe following liBt , -which we consider is nothing but a fair and impartial one . We * re sorry tbat a redaction Bhould have been offered to somo part of onr branch at a time when there was not tbe least necessity for the same , and we hope that the reduction offered may be averted , and that tbe calamitous consequences of August last may not be repeated on the present occasion . The following list is nothing but just ; we ask for nothing more , and we hope , as some of you are paying the prices &Eked , that yon 'will at once acceJe to the request of the Operative Cotton Spinners of Ashton and ita vicinity .
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A public meeting win be held on the vacant ground , near Thacbe ?' a foundry , on Tuesday evening , August 8 th , 1843 , aWialf-paat seven o ' clock , to hear the result of tie delegates . Fjul not to attend . About a quarter after nine o'clock this ( Tuesday ) morning , seme weavers in the employ of Mr . James Buckley , wept to him and complained that they conld Hot vreave np the weft , which . —as his spiuners had Btopped 4-he had- parchaeed in Manchester , in order to keep the weavers employed ; alleging tfyat this weft was of baid ^ uaiityv Believing this to be a mere pretext on the part of the weavers- ^ whp , it is
said , have been called upon by the spinners to aid them , in return * as it is alleged , for the apinners having- ^ dect the weavers in some former turn-out ) —Mr . Buckley directed the engine to be stopped , and all the weavers thenOfeft the mill . In the afternoon they assembled together , with the spinnerB and others , and proceeded to Mr ; Kenworthy ' s mill , and succeeded in getting ont a part of the hands ( weavere ); but the remainder were prevented leaving the taill , by the doors being fastened . The tarn-suts thus increased in numbers then proceeded to the mill of Messrs . Rayner , which is nearly opposite that of Mr . Kenworthy , and shouted , on which the greater part
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if not the whole of Messrs . Rayner ' s weavers immediately left work and joined them . The body of turn-outs then proceeded to the mill of Mr . i-eter , Pla « , in Old-street , where they shouted ; but they were not joined by any of the hands from that mill . The mob then went to the mill of Mr . Mellor in the same street , where a number of the most active of them , chiefly lads and young men of seventeen or eighteen , proceeded to close the window shutters of the lower rooms ; of the mill , next the street . Ono of the Messrs . Mellor instantly went out , and Mr . Robert Newton being fortunately in the
neighbourhood with a number of the police , went in amongst the turn-outs ; this had ihe effect of causing them to separate and disperse indifferent directions . We have not heard that they went to any other mill after this time , which was a little before three o ' clock . Lest any violence Bhould be attempted , there being only a company of the 8 th Foot in Ashton •^•( at present stationed in the Town Hall ) , —information of these proceedings was sent to Manchester , and Major Hartley , commanding the 8 th Regiment , whose head quarters ire in Manchester , proceeded to Asbton at four o ' clock this afternoon .
, During the afternoon , the police were stationed in the streets , to prevent any parties from beinp intimidated . Wo have not heard of any acts of violence being attempted , and ! all was quiet when the last train left in the evening . S Frorn enquiries we ^ made last evening in Ashton , we learned that a belief existed in many quarters , that the turn-out would become general throughout Ashton , this ( Wednesday ) morning . On tho other hand , several woll-informed persons were of opinion that the prices paid by many of the principal firms differed in so slight a degree from those in the men ' s list , that some arrangement would be made . It appeared to be admitted on all hands , that the turnout , even if it became general , could not be of long
duration . We understand that on Monday evening the hands of Mr . Mellor gave notice that unless the flill rates wtre given they should turn out on Wednesday morning . We are told that amongst other firms Mr . Mason , who is eaid to be giving as high wages as any employer in Aehton , Mr . Abel Buckley and Mr . Mellor are giving prices equivalent to those in the men ' s list , and agree to accept that list . Mr . Mellor states that , having taken the average earnings ofwforty-two spinners for sometime pas , he finds that ; average to be 27 s . 6 d . per week . His bands are by no means desirous to turn out ; but they say that , if they were to continue workjug , and Mr . Jamet ) Buckley ' s bands to remain out , he would soon fill his mill with fresh hands , as there are so many wanting employment ; and , therefore , unless there is a general turn-out , it lrould be perfectly
useless for the hands of one will to contend against a single employer . Unless , therefore , all the mills turn out this day ( Wednesday ) , they declare their intention to continue at wovk at the present rate of wages . Mr . Peter Platt states that he is giving the lisjt prices , and that he had received no notification from his hands up to lust evening of any intention to quit their work . Indeed , it is said , that only a few of j the smaller manufacturers are paying the low prices , and this is supposed to furnish ground for the belief that the turn-out will not become general ; or if so , that it will riot last long—tho difference between present prices and those proposed by the operatives being generally speaking so pmaU as regards the great majority of tho manufacturers , that it seems to offer every facility for an amicable arrangement .
It is not very clear , how that which in the origin was a turn-out ef tho spinners only , should have be ^ n so strenuously supported by the weavers , who noiv appear the more determined of the twv branches of mill hands in their resistance . We have heard this accounted for by the statement , that tho weavers are desirous to obtain the prices paid them before the last reduction made in March , 1842 ; but if this be bo , we fear , that so far as regards this class of mill-operatives , tho dispute may not be so easily
settled , as a return to the prices paid prior to March , 1842 , would place their wages considerably above the rates paid throughout the whole of the country . At present , the Ashton prices for weaving are as high as those paid throughout the county , wherever power-looms are used . The rate of wages to the Ashton spinners was also fixed by tho masters' list of March , 1 S 42 , whioh was then agreed to by the operatives ; and which , it is alleged , has been departed from by some four or five firms , thuB leading to the results w > bave noticed .
The Chaiuists . — Wo understand , that ou Sunday evening , the Ashton Chartists Had a meeting in their room , at Charlestown , when they carafe to a resolution , that they wonld not mix themselves up with this movement in any way ; 80 that it should be left perfectly free from all political complexion or character . This ( Friday ) morning has brought us the following communication from one of the Ashton Chartists , to whom we present ourgra'eful acknowledgements , and shall- be happy to avail ourselves of his kind offer , to " send whatever is of importance that may transpire " . If it be not too much to ask from him , we ehould like to hear from him daily .
On Friday , the 4 th of August , that very day twelvo months that Dailoy ' s hands , of Scalyoriuge , turned out , tho spinners of James Buckley , of Hoycroft , Ashton , turned out , after a fortnight ' s notine , of a reduction of twelve and a half per cent ., which will take from the wages of the spinner and his ' piecerfl five shillings per week . A meeting waa called by placard for tho same evening , which took place at eight o ' clock , in tho Wellington road meeting room , Charlestown , Ashton , when , notwithstanding the wetness of the night , tho room was filled to suffocation .
Mr . Richard Pilling was called to the chair , who opened the business of the meeting . It was agreed , that sooner than submit to this reduction they would stand another strike . It was also recolved that five persons be appointed to t < ee Mr . Buckley , and ask him whether he would withdraw his ! intended reduction , or risk another general strike . It waB also agreed that each shop should Fend a delegate to 6 it onicommittee , prepand to say what should bo doae to prevent this reduction . Tho meeting adjourned to the ground near Thaioker ' s Foundry ; to meet at seven o ' clock on Saturday evening , to hear what Mr . Buckley intended to do .
The town ' s crier announced the meeting , and by six b'clook there were thousands upon the ground to hfcar the answer Mr . Buckley gave to the persons appointed to meet him . Mr . Pilling re-assumed the the chair , and opened the meeting with considerable warmth , declaring this should not be a niero t > ix week ' s strike but a twelve week ' s strike if the reduction were not withdrawn . One of those appointed to see Mr . Buckley was called upon to state the { result of their interview . He H'ated that he nerer was bo insulted since ho was a man ; thatithe imperious lordly .-millocrat would not dtigti to speak with those who had raised him from the dunghill ; those who hadgiven the cipher worth ; that when they had gainud admission , the servant returned from Mr . " Buckley , saying " ho will not see you ; he knows all about it , and you may begone . "
Mir . RoBiiBT Lkb addressed the meeting in his usual manner , urging tnera to unity , and they Should only have that reduction ovrr his dead body . The meeting was addressed by several optrative cotton-spinners , and a re-o utson unanimously carried , ' that if Mr . James Buckley and others did not come up to the prices pa / id by tne other masters in the town , they would have a general strike . On Sunday , the Bpiuuers' deit-gate meeting assembled at the houso of Mr . Timothy ikoudbem , White Hart Inn , Park parade , where they tave in
the contributions of thoir various shop * m the distriefcof Ashton alone , which amounted fr * upwards of £ 15 , to pay the incidontal expences of a ttrike . They resolved , that if Mr . James buckley did not a ^ ree to pay the same as the other manufacturers by Tuesday night they would a , ll come out . A meeting was held on Thacker ' s ground , when the general cry was , ' from all classes of cotton operatives , " will come out iu the morning . " After some speaking it was agreed not to como out until Wednesday morning , when they would wait no longer for those below the mark to come up .
On Tuesday , the 9 oh of August , the hands of Alfred Rayner and Brothers left work a tew miuutea alter th « dinner hour ; afterwards the haudts of Mr . Itodferu came out ; and this evening one of tho most numerous oietitiugN was holdeu ever known in this town , estimated at 3 U , 0 UU , wnere it was resolved not to resume work until the mauutacturcrt . who { paid below the statement , pay the samu . prise ;; as other manufacturers of the town were paying . On Wednesday morning at five o ' clock , th ^ people were as good as their word . They attended a moeting en tho ground , near Thacker ' s foundry , and left the " old neds " and the manufacturers 10 spin and Weave for themselves ; none renaming labour but a few of Mr . Mellor's hands , who are Oeing pa . id
the best prices in the town . Everything has hitherto remained perfectly tranquil , excepting that Mr . George Soutbam , he who said last August iliac if the people would go for a repeal af the Corn La ws he would go with them any length , has suinmoued nine ' of his spinners for leaving their work without due notice . The people and speakers positively declare whatever may be the motives oi their employers , they will have neither Corn Law repealing nor the Ctjartep mixed up with tho question of aii equitable adjustment of wages . They ask notT for an advance ; but for all to pay one price . On Thursday morning , all are contentedly out on
strike , and no disturbances . Mr . James Buckley , the person whose hands turned out first , ig a Whig , a staunch man of the fieague , and one of the pillars of Trinity Chapel , wiihthis parson living close bj j whose name is a Mr . Sutcliffe , and-Who has a » on ittjparmerehip with a nephew of Mn Charles Hindiey , M . P ., patron of the League m ovementsfn Ashton . IPhis Hindley's nephew and Sutotiffe * of Dnkenfield Hall Mill , oiferad a reduction of 2 £ d . iper thousand hanks ; whea Buckley says t must reduce to his level , and immediately offered a reduction of S ^ d . per thousand hanks . No sooner had [ Buckley done this , than Hindiey and Sutolife withdrew their intended
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abatement . Thirteen of the manufacturers have consented to fcive the list prices . I \ is notorious that nearly al | that aro below the mark are Corn Law Repealers .
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liBEDS DISTRICT . AiGeneral Council meeting of this d strict was held on Sunday morning in the Room , Cheapsida . Mr . Sqiiire Farrer waa elected chairman . The first business of the meeting was the decision which the West Riding Delegate Meeting had come to . The meeting felt that it could hot With any propriety , oppose the holding of a Conference any longer , after the sense of tbe West Riding had been expressed in favour of it . It was therefore agreed upon that two delegates should be ¦ sent from this district , and that steps-should be taken immediately for procuring the ! requisite means of sending them . The next consideration of the meeting was as to the time of holding the Conference . It was thought that the 5 th . of September would be the most convenient .
The next business brought before the meeting was the propriety of building a new Public Hall in this town . At present the working men are put to great inconvenience , not having the command of aspacious building . Large rooms cannot be got , except at an extravagant price . The suggestion for a New Hail met with an unanimous wish that steps should be taken immediately for the issuing of a prospectus to the working men for this object . A meeting of all persons desirous for a new Hall will be holden on Sunday morning , Aug . 20 th , at ten o ' clock , in the Chartist Room , Cheapside ; when it is most earnestly requested that there may be a large muster . After some other local business had been disposed of , a voto of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the meeting dissolved . .
WARWICK . —At a meeting of the Chartists of this locality , held at the Saracen ' s Head , on Tuesday evening , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That we deem it of the highest importance to the causes of Chartism that a National Conference should be held , and that Birmingham is the most suitable place of meeting , and the 5 th of September the most convenient time . We also earnestly hope that our Scotch friends will unite with the English Chartists under the new system of Organization . " " That a general meeting of the Chartists of Warwick and Leamington shall be held at the Saracen's Head , Park-street , Warwick , od Sunday evening , the 13 th instant , toarragethe necessary preliminaries for supporting the approaching efforts of the friends of liberty , and otner matters of importance ; the chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock . "
BRADFORD . —Woox Combers Meeting . —On Monday evening the Wool Combers held a meeting on the open space , near the Temperance Hall , Mr . Atkinson was called to tho chair . The committee reported the progress of the Strike . A code of rules were then read , and passed by the meeting , for tha bettf r organizing the Wool Combers of Bradford ; and more efficiently collecting contributions . The majority of the masters have agreed to the advance on most of tbe sorts of Wool now combed . The cominittee have taken a room in Butterworth ' s Buildings , for meetings of the trade to be holden on occasions of emergency . One master has signalized himself by declaring that if he puts on a farthing at this time , he will reduce a halfpenny the first slackness that comes ! The attention of all parties aro directed to the Land , as the only means of enabling the operative to proteot himself against the inroads of tho Employers , Class Law Makers , and Monopolising Legislators .
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Leed& Woollen Markets . —The demand which we noticed in our last , for manufactured goods , still continues , and both on Saturday and Tuesday last , a much larger share of business waa done at both the Cloth Hails . In the fine descriptions , however , the trade is dull , and the demand seems to be chiefly for low-priced cloths , with a few tweeds , plaids , &o . — ' Wool . —The oall for the finer descriptions is slow ; but there is much doing in noils and low priced vfooh .
Leeds Cokn Market , Tuesday , Adg . 5 . —There ha 9 boen a very large supply of Wheat to thia day ' s market . The millers having purchased freely of late ; there has been very little business doing to-day , and Wheat has been 2 ri to 33 per qr . lower . Oats and Beaus very heavy sale and not much doing . The wea . ther waa showery up to Saturday evening , since finer . Bjradford Markets , Thobsdat , Ado . 10 — Wool . — We cannot add anything fresh to the operations
in the Wool trade . The market is abundantly supplied with both Fleeces and Sorts , and the Spiuners supply themselves with nothing only for imme diate consumption . In prices , there is no alteration ^—Yam . —There is a very steady demand for most kinds of Yarns , both for shipping and homo consumption ; consequently prices are firm—rather looking wo . —Piece . —We are glad that we are able to report a sttftay business doing in ail kinds of goods , both Plain and Fancy . Mennoe 3 have also sold better lately , and the stocks very generally reduced .
WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . Friday , Aug . 11 . —There is a large arrival of Wheat to this day ' s market , but only small of other Grain . The Wheat trade is very slow , the miners expecting a greater reduction in prices than the holders are willing to submit to , therefore no great extent of business has been done , although a decline of Is . to 2 g . per quarter mu = t be noticed upon the salea made . Oats and Shelling are dull sale , at rather lower prices , but Beans nearly maintain their value .
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GROSS ATTAJCK OF A COAX PROPRIETOR UPON MB . D . SWALLOW , THE AUTHORISED AGENT OF THE COLLIERS UNION . A meeting of j Colliers having been announced to take place at Hulton Line EndB , near Bolton , Mr . David ^ wallow attended for the purpose of explaining tbe nature and objlcta of the Miners" Association . Upon bis arrival he ^ as informed that hone of the publicans in the village diirst allow the meeting to ba holdta on their premises . ] Mr . Swallow therefore proceeded to make arrangements for addressing tbe Miners in the open air . He then discovered that a coal proprietor , and a magistrate of the name of Hulton , had taken measures both of a coaxing and coercive nature , to
prevent the attendance of bis men ; coaxing , inasmuch as the coal king faab descended from his high station , and paid for ale , and played at bowls with , those in his employ ; coercive , } aa he had determined no meeting should be hoidtn . Mr . Swallow proceeded to address those about him ] and had the gratification to find that the utmost good ] feeling prevailed among bis audience , wheae numbers augmented , notwithstanding tbe temptation of the ale and tbe bowls , till the squire was deserted . . He came miming foaming -with rage , and shouting at the ] top of his voice , "I say , you , Mr . Swallow , you must not preach here ; if you we n ' Qt off instantly I shall jgive you in charge of the police , for I have received orders not to allow public meetings in the thoroughfares . " } Mr . Swallow then asked him " upon what authority he was actingt" He said '' he .-was
a magistrate , ana it was hia duty to disperse all meetings . " Mr . j Swallow replied , " there was not any obstruction , either for carriages or foot passengers ; " and respectfully asfcajd , ' what reason Mr . Hulton could assign for preventing the msn from giving him a fair hearing ; they surely could discriminate between right and wrong , and ii ? what ne advanced was prejucjical to their interests , they would then bave an opportunity of saying so ; and he assured them if they produced proof that union would be an injury to them , he would not advocate it any more . " Mr . H . then took Mr . Swallow by the arm and told him " if he was not gone in a fecv minutee , he would send him to prison . " Mr . Swallow , therefore , bid the ; men disperse quietly , and go to their
respect vb fcoraeflj ; and then turning to Mr . H . said , '' your craft is in danger ; " to which ha replied , "I will not be insulted ; I do not wish to prevent the men from going wiih j ^ ou to another place ; get a field if you can , and theu I will not interrupt you . " Mr . S ; " No , because you dare not : bat Sir you know all the property arouud Ih ' . re belongs to yourself . Will you allow us a field to meet in ? ' " No , " said he , " I will not . * " No , " said Mr . Swallow , 'I did not think you would . Have you not threatened the publicans if they allowed us to meet ; and does not your whole conduct prove that you dri »< l the diffusion of intelligence among your vftfsaN V 'j Well , " said he , " you have do occasion to come here to teach us j we know more than you do . " To which Mr . Swallow sairt , "I do not know
quite as much about ' Peterloo '; I bad to go and work in a coal pit , when very young , to help to aggrandiai such men as you . " Bsing then near the door of a public house , iha landlord took Mr . Swallow by the shoulder and attempted to push him forward , saying , " go along , you shall not come in n » y boase" Two colliers , the mere ] lickspittles of a tyrannical employer , came forward and said , " dun yo noa the conptquence oa talkin abeawt Peterloo toth' Squoire ? " Mr . Swallow wanted to reason with them ; but finding their object was to kick up a row , he left them , and proceeded on bis way . the colliers in this village are receiving less wages than at any other colliery in Lancashire . They are paid onc « in eacbjmonth , and have , on some occasions , what they call a long month : that is , tive weeks .
This was the case at Mr . Swallow ' s visit ; and be found , upon enquiry , that , after paying drawers and other incidental fixpeuces , a many of the colliers had only 25 1 . for theirj five weeks labour !! Well may the " Coal King " dread the colliers meeting to take these things into consideration .
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THE TlAJE ^ i MUCK AT MR . O'CONNOR . lu tho Momtng Chronicle of Wednesday , tho following appeared as an advertisement : — " The parties connected with the " Times ' newspaper haviug most industriously endeavoured to mix my name up in several shapes and forms with the Kebeccaite disturbances in Wales , and knowing tbe deadly hatred oi line said parties towards me in
cousequence of my opposition to Walter , the printer of that journal , as yrell as to his son , in their attempt to achiovo the representation of Nottingham—aware of its profligacy , ] and of the lengths to which the said parties would go to gratify their personal feelings of animosity—^ 1 take the preseat opportunity not only of disclaiming any connection with tbe Rebeccaites , but of repeating my previously published caution Jo the working-classes of Wales to abstain from any connexion whatever with the Rebecositcs ; and further , to state that i have received two letters from Merthyr Tydvil , assuring me that it is the unanimous determination of the working-classes of that district not to take any part in the Rebecca proceedings ; not to ' attend private meetings , or in any
way to countenance secret associations ; and furthermore , that during ] my stay at Bath a deputation from the heart of the disturbed districts waited upon me , and assured mo j that the working people of that locality had como to a similar resolution . I had promised to visit Wales during the present summer ; and notwithstanding that 1 publicly announced the existence of th ¦ Rebecca riots as my reason for , not fulfilling that promise , and although I addressed the peopb of the Tower Harni * t . s on Tuesday , Aug . 1 st , and although I spoke at tho Rotunda on the following night , yet have the maRagers of the Times
theinsolence to announce ; ia a leading article of that paper On Ftiday laBt , the . wilful falsehood that I was then hovering abont the disturbed districts , in the hope of taking advantage bf tho present disturbances ; and I further find the following P . S . to the letter of the Times correspondent in Wales , in this morning ' s paper : — | " P . S . With reference to the Rebecca meetinglast night , I should have mentioned that one of Feargus O'Connor ' s representatives , from the Northern Star , attended . He apjpeaved sadly frightened , for tbe tarmers would have nothing to do with him . They , however , allowed him to be present . "
There can be no doubt that those timely Hbola are published for tho darpose ot having their due weight with the special j . « ry of Surrey gentlemen who are to try an action for libel brought by me against the printor of ( he " Times" and for which trial Thursday next has beep appointed . However , lest any person may have presumed to represent himself as having authority from me , in the capacity of reporter or correspondent , spy , or informer , to attend euoh meetings , I beg leave to announce , in the most unequivocal language , that no person has
received any such authority from me ; that I have neither reporter , correspondent , or spy in the Rsbecca camp ; nor have jl any , the slightest , intention of taking any further part in the present disturbances , than thav . of using [ all my power and all my influence to prevent tae labouring classes from having any hand , act , or part in the Rebeccaite proceedings . As it is too expensive to advertise my refutation of the ronw . elander in all the daily newspapers , I have to request , as sn art of common jastice , tha' other journals will allow this advertisement a place in their columns .
Fbahods O'Connor Hammersmith , Aug . 8 , 1813 .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . CLEAYE . FOE VICTIMS . £ . e . d . Trowbridge ... ... 0 10 0 R . W . 0 16 St . Paaeras ... ... 0 10 0 E . B . ... ... ... 0 0 6 FOR BEFESCS FUHD . Trowbridge ... ... 0 10 0 Oldham ... ... ... 0 12 0
FOB M l DOUA . UU Oldham ... ... ... 0 4 0 Proceeds ( in part ) of Concert , &o ., at City Political Institute ... ... ... 3 0 0 Marylebone ... ... 0 13 FOR WM . JONES . Proceedsofharmoniemeeting , Feathers , Warren-street , St . Pancras — « . 0 16 0 FOR WILDE ( OF MOTTBAM . ) Proceedsof harmonic meeting , Feathers , St . Pancras ... 0 10 0
FOB MRS . ELLIS . Proceeds of raffle at Working Men ' s Hall , Mile-end-road 0 10 0 Mr . W . Kerby ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . T . Andrews , Dudley .. . 0 2 6 A friend ... ... ... 0 0 6 Collected by Mr . Duffell , Tepton ... 2 10 0
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O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersnutn , oounxy Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON . afc his Print , ing Offices , No » . 12 and 13 , Marfcet-atreet , Briggtfe ! and Published by the said Joshua Hobson , ( for the said Feahoos O'Connor , ) at his Dwelling-house , No . 6 , Market-street , ; Btiggatej an Internal Communication existing between the said No . 6 , MMket-street , and th e eaid Noa . 12 and 13 , Markefc-fikee !; * Brlggate , thua constituting tha whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications most be addressed , Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , TiOS d * ( Saturday , August 12 , 1843 . ; -
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The kind friend who has officiated for Mr . Dixon , our Manchester correspondent , during his illness , writes as follows , by Thursday night ' s post ;—Since I last Wrote , the turn-out at Ashton-under-Lyne has assumed a very serious aspect . . Every mill in that town is completely at a stand ; A meeting waa holden at six o'clock this morning , near to Thacker ' s Foundry , which was addressed by Pilling , Lee , and others ; when it was detershould entirel
mined that work y cease , until one uniform list of prices be paid throughout the district . There ! could not have been less thau twenty thousand persqns present , and the greatest enthusiasm prevailed . After the meeting broke up , a great number of the imperatives formed themselves into a procession , and walked through the principal streets . The greatest exoitement prevails . The civil authorities are on tne alert , and the military aro ready to act at a moment ' s notice , it is very likely that Scaly bridge wtll follow the example of the Ashton men , as a deputation has waited upoa ihe Committee at Ashton , for the purpose of obtaining the proposed list of prices .
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Baptised , on Sunday last , ( July 23 rd ) , at our Paribh Church , Hannah O'Connor , daughter of John and Elizabeth Johnson , of Woodhouse , near Leeds . Last week , the infant son of Thomas and Ellen Emmett , of Haggate , near Burnley , was duly registered under the name of Feargus O'Connor Emmett .
Marriage.
MARRIAGE .
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DEATHS . In May last , at Hyderabad , in the East Indies , Lieutenant Thompson , of Her Majesty ' s 31 st Regiment of Fco , t , aged ] 27 , second son of Mr . F . Thompson , auctioneer , & ^ ., of this town . He was mortally wounded whilst defending his country at the beforementioned place . I On Friday , of consumption , in tho 15 th year of his age , Thomas , the son of Mr . Abraham Moore , slay * maker , of Quenshead , near Bradford .
Now On Sale, Price Sixpence, No. Iii. Of A
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 12, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct494/page/8/
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