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      ABRITAL OF HER MAJESTY 1 JJ FKAKCE . Tii-tr 2 > -Ec , S £ PT . 2—Thrs place durin « the week isaE cr-d ~ i . ted a scene of bustle 6 D < i ixatement to -which Jt ias ntr ^ sr since the first id ok en t of its existence been triti ^ s . e- . d probably never-wiD again . The principal jrp ti'j S ^ ran . in crowdedTitb vi * itors from Paris , fros I > lrp . r « . ftoai Abbeville , from Havre , and , m nhor \ frcni a : i t > rts of Prance . A great number of the apartint ! : ' 2 i' - * c-ccapitd by emp ' cyes from the Chateau , ami fcy-Nr- ni ~* irj who eana-i De accommodated » t Jfctbarracks . < h& various civil anthorities . innct 5 o& » ries , CDfi a «> r in office ; the smaller inns , of -which , fcy thi ?

      ¦ w sj . ttc- * - are but few , and the private lo / ig-m a are j 3-u SiiF'i . The chargfcssic . si course , wmfwfent » -3 t ; rblisi ' , - ' -st the caplaity cf loony of the Smre txiortioi-a : ^ ? . ;* overshot ita mast , and coc * eqneat re-action of 11 " '{ . *• - ha * uktn place . At the Chateau ev « y ro . a fc-s » . »¦ # !; ? : ten nofci the Bccomniodation of the tnnscal itfl ^ s . of Tisuors , acd even persona of the highsr raiiks are £ ? == " io ^ gsl s lodging in places never before-con verU-a k . u > sleeping rooms . The Chateau is not large , bat ii js % beading Teiy characteristic of PreDcb ta » te , trit £ . ; . ; . '« ends , a lofty roof , the ^ rin . iowa moderr ' -z ^ d . sxf ? ti _ ~ -e-iole as conui . odiuus a * the original sirangetbp a ^; il admit . It is situate ctese to the toWD . in

      jtr , .-- park , and commanding from one end » tiew cf l-e ^ -a-Ti . t : hirrecla and the tGTrnare eroded with soldiers , kg iha soutd ol drriBS axd trmnptts is heard iriib ihUt interval almost all day long . F 7 i > xb every wisdom tbf- •' -ri-cvlourtd flsg floats in the six . T l-s r = jn : i ! g , shortly before ei « tt o ' clock , the sound of il ¦* :: - >¦ s at the battEry of Trt-port put everjbotfj on tbe cs ^ rice In s , few luinutta evw » b > dy and ever ? thi ;« * r =.-r » : in motion ; tit roll of Use drums rattlin g ihr-i £ 5 . the streets called the infanirj to aims . -wL . ' -t the i . ~ VAb-y -were aEsrintliag at the sotcd of ti .-tni 2 .- » = ?! It is Kid that Ef = ariy 4 POO troops axe in the to-s ? i _ s ~ .-i ia Trepert , so that the bustle of the st » Tie Ei \ ; -c conceived . Those who tad notizone to Treiwt

      befwir jis finag of tae jfnns TFtre now obli « pd to jjt / on : ¦ ¦ i , or en horsiback , for the onmibosea -wet ^ - al ! fcna ; --5 , and insEy "who hsd oterslept tbtmtelves bail to tn > i , 'S t ? -roagh the dust as "h *] 1 as thej- cottlri . AYi ireit ; j ouxioQg to see the kiDdiL ^ of the Qaetn o ? IZzg-Imd . t ? iat b ^ cry ona -who e-juld fralk , or piocure a sufc-Vs horse , tooi Ms leave ef Eu , and hurried *» ay to Tit ; . -: t . > lean-while these -who had besn fortniia " ti eoousL io obtain tict % ts or crders of admission to the parl ; ' 2-1 eoErt-yjird fcours dhototevrj cf tie Chate&u mud' - heir T ? stf there as qnidUy as tht-y could , and bj a qvi— t to tilne o ' clock aiTisians sf U-t 24 th HtgiiDeni . cf lst 4 ( Ji Rtginsent , and of the 1 st Regiment of Li ^ ht lEf . ? rj of the liEe , - were ura-wii np in the grs ?» t d ^ irt cf tti- , . Cfcatesc taififci &rn > s , crjnriers "Rere ricing t-atk'Vir > ' * 's End forwsrds , bnglts playing , tnd dmms beatnu ? BhLit srooms \ roh ltd horses , sume of them tnib be

      * p lrv : ; -l housings and trsypicsrs , n- ^ tt setn rising into ¦ - ? coErt-yard , and tikiLg tfr-rr places , as if the 3 £ . y ^ : party fiom the chsleau wtro about to dep - > rr forifc ¦* : ta . A Tery splendid caniajie , tmi > la 2 i > n « rd -with the K- yai arms of France , painted yellow , and coe-2 trucl *« i to held a large party , being tnilt lit a phaston , \ e-vb fosr seats , cr separatt bodies ^ npon the saoie ¦ wh ^ . > . and called a ckar-abanc , surmounted with j tar ;? : earsj-v , and t ! ratrn by six xejnariahly flue hurses , al = f- r - : isrv . i the court-yara , and wsts ( JriTen up the ihs zr -. a ; eniraccs of &e Clistebu , In this carriajte , it ira * ri . j-j * tood , the K" ^ g of the Frt jjdi-and the ro ^ ' mfc « rs of ais family -were to proct * d to Titport . Tn-ere ¦ R-fj ? sre other carriagef , -sntfc eix horses each , of a » c 2 i :-i : A » similar coustmction , ara a fcarcutij of a Oi-xk clarv- ^ ^ icar ^ built aft w He E =- iiiih plan i » jta iwur hcr .- - ^ ird oae or rwo infmor csrriares and four .

      Erp- ^ - 'mon "wasnaw en tiptoe , and aH eyes irne e -y enL flirecte to ihs door- ^ ay of tLs Giatean to ste the de- lt is E £ ) t poj ^ b ^ ^ this late hour to do justics to part- ^ rr of the ilicstrions host All "weie , ho-trever . t v f-, i eDdour or the interest of the scenes witnessed in downed : o be for a time dsssppoluisd , lot just as iho Eu a * d at Treport n ^ day . It vould be equally im-CasiSe cic-ci struck a qaaxtei-ydsi c : ue a GMsbineer rc < ic p , JS 3 ib ] e ( aDd pe ^ Bps sapaflnous . if pwsiblej to refer mtcU-cocit-yird sndeslir ^ d eHb « r ame £ sa ?» oi , o ^ g feeliDCT and nfl- « UoBs sng ^ ested by these most kn d of ccmmunicauoc to ibe WiBinsnJsDt

      { onr ' , ajier "Wticii . in a few minutes , the order -Bad given fur ths boor- * ' - -3 march ont of the court-ysud , asd the carriages to rt- . r ^ -- The order trzs imajfedlitrly acted " upon , a : - > d by a -q sartor to ten o ' clock the conr :-yard -was complBUly empty , only a fcw of the B ^ rsJ servaBts being to J » e *» --a paiain ? baekw&rda sail tor-w&ras at int ^ r r ^ is . It Vis -men di 3 C 0 Tered th » t the fines cf tne guns * t the tattt-j j a * . Treport bad box bt-t-n to announce the arri- ? sl in * ub - > f the harbour of ihtr R-j » al * t » m rqcadron fr »> m £ Egh ^ . ; . but other the coEfequtore of some mistake as to £ ^ -i-ifier 'which Vas in * i « ht , cr to anncunee the bu ts ^; oi si > me « Sse 3 of isuk . iJta * of those -wfcohad hurn «» i to Treport -were Tetntmns , and the Market Plat = i , f » Le ViilB d"En " py t « s o ' clock was again for up-¦» £ rd * vi an hour cxotriied witn txpeciasts , soldit r * , msiti t pt = ypl » , and othtrs . At she Csstean it "was sani thai tie Hoops were under orders Co assemble sgsin at tsro , i i-oci .

      TLc sajiibnses and nondescrlpS Tfehides -with -which this pl-eeihi > und , vere uam in-moiios , and by halT-pasi ele-scs o ciock the numerons groups -were 2 £ » is e » n » z ^ fir Trtpvr * . Shortly aftfci that hour guns -Wtre ag ^ ia fcear-i In the Tills d"JEo , anil «< atD those who had U > e pri-5 ii =-, o ef ice entree % : ¦ the p ^ rk and conrt-yarrl of thg Chs-ii -a -Bere admitted io it . - ' Fj ^ - ; o Ciock , p H- —^ Th ? socca of the guns at the bat erv it Trepart has jsst a- n tmte-- ! the aTivra ? of tte B' = yai - --qusdion offtfcs port ai ; O th ^ cirriag « , among * : -wtiec is a ssry sapstb char a bane , painted OrUsKs blue . ai . d « anl > L-aDred "sntls ibe-rcyal arms of Prarce , firiWE b > tachthcrsisin stai « Sambas of Russia lestb ^ r .

      Istc ra > re 5 ihp eon . - * d 7 i 9 > . 2 k «» r . to tike up the R . j si psrty . Ticy h 3 Te uov twenty minuii-s past fire } dspsrtr-i . In the flitt rarrbjefc w .-re the K ng of the Prascb , tie Qsesn of th * French , the Qat * n of the Bfigar .-j . the Princess Cleaentnis , the Duchess of Orleans , the Prine = x 3 of JoiirriJle , and ilaiazne AdslaV 2 fc In tb * atcond carriage , M . Guizot , Marshal Eebaiti > rd , Admiral Mack an and other -Ministers ; uid in tbr ^ ti-sr cirriajes , tee gT 3 .-t .-ffiujs cf tlie Palace , ana ciLa-r fnnctiensries . The I > uke d'Aumale and Prisr ? AogiiEtaa of Ssxe Colmr ^ -sreie on horseback , sccoirp--ii « d i > y a nnmerouj earaicade . Lord Cowley . "who h- » btsn hfere lor Eeteal days , is at ibis momsct &t Trt-i ^ rt .

      TxiPOST- Sis o CLecs . —At fi-se o ' elccki a iq . afircn if the lsiRrgiiiitiit of Carabineers arri-yed fn = m Eu lx Trepoit , prece-ied by iia brid , and drew up ce thfc oaijr t-pposte to the pise * fisttl for the linding i ? the Q- --= en- AfiJsLtt *? stt > . * . coTtred "With a Persian csrpv % asd tha bslEsiers of ** hich were lined with crbrsir TUTct , fed ix ^ m tfec quay to the deck cf t& « plearar—Vcat of the Rr * yal Family Ia R « ine Gts Beige * . Trbidi -s »> s s ^ crced sa the most tasttful mancer . Ksxt to it Uj the B&yal birge . ic-we-d by rwesty-four picked men . crossed in -wiite , -with an avm ng of crimEi > B silk at tht sttrn , f-j * ihB accoamodction of the Royal party . Bhar'lj ilicTWsr&s , a signal was made timt three sail of t-5 = ls » - £ re in asgat , bnt as the sky was h : zj to-irsr { i 3 ths hwzjn , it -was cot yet cwtsin that ii Ttx 3 the Royal ik-tlDa , and the fa se «/ tf ^ e of the ttorxtss leadered people csuvjius . In , the couiBe

      of a fsw mimitea , how *? er . all doubu ¦»«• = TeinoT ^'' , and three cannon snots were Sied fr'Tii thsli-i-ry on the left jetty , annomicir . s that , Qutr ^ -n TicJ- -- ^ ¦ tcs on th * coast . A char-a-bemc . in -whicfe ¦ were - -o * Kir ^ s grandchi ' TQivu , It .-tVcmi ce-Paris , the Dui ? ^ Cfearixea , ana tte CvUEt d"Ea . riitiTe into Trepcit i - ^ ut the E £ iae time , ts" the yoang Princes toe * thtij s- ^ ta At thit battery amislst ? be ladits to -whose cfc- ^ - - ' -cj "were eonSdt ^ anu a lumber of f ffices ^ in wxir . ^ s- The Rsyal banter « a « in the rnvsntimt boiK— : '; at the extTtmity of the trattciy . At about a qr ^ r - ' to b ! x o ' cloek tht Rcja ! family arrired in a spier- / id Fta . to carriage , cmwn by eight horses magnifidcriiy « 3 psrisoned , and alighted under the pavilion pre > s : vu tor the reception of ttr Qaren . The Ihike d'Au-. ale , and the Prince e * = C- '^ + vrz roce en iisrsetack i- ijL'tred by a briUsnt ciaJ major . K » xt came fiTe Piora- bares £ H « 1 -wi ^ h laniw and efficers of the

      Gouri . "iVhen the snjugt party bad all aC t hted , tht Eln ? . his sous , and several of the Ministers descenderi into * i : e barge amidst the rearing -of artillery Jron , the l ^ Ut ^ ts , forts , and MkH >? > n the read . The sea f ( 23 is snifoth E 3 glass . Qa ??^ a Amelia , Madame Adfrl--4 e , the DachrEscs tf O ^ eaTig and Cotnrs , ed-J the Ts lz . ce £ s ce JoinTille procetf . t-i with their iafiir ? ofLor- _ -ur to the end of tbb l » -ft plsT . In tfcelr suite . "We ii-. jiolkrd Mtisbal Sebasnsr . I , General Cennt Stg ^ i , Ocant de Si . Anlaiie . AI Y ^ -oot . &c , and tha mil , zsLizzry , and ecdesiiiDcai satbonties cf £ ¦ : and I r-jort The Royal terse had no sooner clearea the I- ; roar tian another ^ r-xw ^ r , Le Goorrier « u Ha-vra . folj > wed at a distaroe , zn : the latter placed itself ti a . line \ rith the otcers « l . ith -wtrts enTtlope ^ for hvf an hour in a contii . u ?] ;] : ^ d of smoke . In . less tfcsc t-wenty minutts * b- S ? * « boat -w * s by the aide . * f the steamer on benrr" . f -xhseL were the Queen andPrr . ee Albeit , asa a c ^ r ^ rai -, -,. j tp&s fired from the T £ ^ jaite and shins Mhen ivrrt aita tr&en ?

      - « r . . = _ v i ^* rv » t >> nn « u . c ^ ^> - ana smps r . y , j ^ ty wen t on boardas fc . -. l ^ n his Rjyal ¦» -.-. ? .. » -= ECended into the bar ?^ Tb = latter thus j * ^ --. llfe , t ^ j 5 ne c . « testt- » aii . 1 coast guard * . - j-. ..-.. * -j tLe crews , and Boonaf ^ r erUred tboharb . ^ . _ ,. , » ^ accl ^ matfens of the raulutudes manYY ; : , r ^ ih pi ^ rs . After ^ uiirs fcer ai gaij Qif « . •_"»„ s he passed ntar . - jff ^ ^ ^ h - - n " »««« . and niie ; repai- ' « i to the landing-plac * . ^; - -.. -bfe Qaeen ' of Enetoa ^^ a ttaa . ha aj . paia ^ >^ , Dg on ^^^ theKaeof the French . Tbe tu-. a-. e ,. ! the two Sovereigns s-t thsir festt ^ the qca-. ^ , air rescunded -with cries oi Vrrele Rr-i i" « c V . Tr sa Rslce » " and the land cf the GaiEineers struck « . ; be air •» ( Jod gave the

      ThfcKiEgthen presented h-r ^^ jasty to his Qawa Wiocc 7 i ^ cc ; ed ^ er to the pr » i : i .. s ,., -which-waved the fiaga cf England and Prince T j- King fofto-weo them atsome distance , "with Piir . ce Ait tit . and ^ he Prince * nd Prmeesses of the Royal P ^ niiij . Her Majesty , afttr resting a ^ hile st the Pavili ^ E , Tecerred the felicitations of the anthcritifis , including the pariih pri « st » of £ n and TTrT « rt After this eeremo > itu orer , the King , taJring Qaeen Tictoiia by the ha ^ sl , retired -witb . her to the ettJ ^ iiiity of tbeTaTilien . and the -whole Court and authorities defiled before them , bo * ing respectfully « tbqrpassed . The bsadvt ibe Curbinieers played again " Grod M . Te the Queea , " « nfithe iqaadron then gilloped off in the direction of the Chateau .

      The eiiht-hotsed State coriage next advanced to the entrance of tbe Pavilion . Tn& Vn £ handed in Queen TictorJaand Queen * ilmelia , * i . v s = it by her side , and then seated himEdf opposite to hti Majesty , -with Pi nee Albert on ii » right V Ths PxJncea de Jolnville tud Coburg , aid tfce Dake d'Aumalfe , hnving mounted their bones , th&B ' jyal j ^ rtyset oat , ta uted eitry where on fiieir pasaage tritli th 9 loadest clietxa . Tte tuites of

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      koth Sovereigns got into the other carriaces , and drove off to the- Chateau , lord Adolphus Fazolarence having seen her M » jest 7 safely landed , returned to his ship . H'T Msjeaty Queen Victoria -wore a black Battn dress , ¦ with a pelerine c&rdinale , and a orbits bonnet and rffcands . Exj . Haxipast 7 o ' clgck—I have ftrt&t pleasure ¦ n aa ^ ounring the arrival of ter Majesty the Queen at Ihe Chateau of Bu . At twenty minutes to eeTen o ' clock this evening one 'if tbe Royal carriages drove into the ereai court-yard of the Palace . The troops instantly presented arms , fcut it proved to be only the arrival of the Count i ? s Pirn and his brother and cousin , who had been out

      f . 'T an airiag at Treport The troops again stood at * ns& , but in a few minutes afterwards the notes of the iiip-. rb baud of the Carbineers -were heard , and in another moment a troop of that regiment galloped in , taking up a position is front of the grand entrance . A hat- aliou of the Pint Regiment of L ' . gbt Infantry formed the right side of the square , and opposite to it was prated a BhnilaT force of the 24 th Regiment . In fine , the i quire "was closed at the top , ( leaving only an interval for the entrance of the King and his illustrious gnats after they thculd have descended from tho carria ^ p * . ) The National Guards and Artillery and two Equadronsmore of Carabinieers aert arrived , and formed tbe hssBof theeqnar « .

      •¦ God save the Qieen , " played admirably by the banfiB of the regiments aasembled , announced the near approach of the Royal cortege , and at half a minute after seven o'clock the Royal carriage , -with their Majesties Qap-s Tictoria , tbe King and Qneen of the Freccn , and tfc *> Queen of the Belgians , Prince Albert , &c , drove into tbe court-yard . The Rayal party "were received with < 1 ejfening cheers , those of the whole of the troops drowning tbe voices of some dceen English gentlemen , who , by favour tf the gallant Commandant , Baron Boerio , -were prtsent .

      Their MBjestles an < 3 Prince Albert , fcavin * descended , pr . tfTed the Chateau , her Majesty Qaeen Victoria condncted by the K = ng of the French , her Majesty the Qat * n of the FrtDch by tbe King of tbe Belgians . The rest -was rendered indistinct by tbe Increasing darkness , 5 > id the rnsh from the other carriages of the noble and dTStic ^ nisfeed persona \ rbo formed tbeir suite . A ainule mortj had not elapsed -when their Msjestits appeared in ibe balcony over the gr ^ nd entrance Onr beloved Queen bowtd and kissed hands repeatedly , and King Locis Philippe flourished and -waved his hat -with a vigour , and cheered -with a power , "which tha youngest man present c ^ uld net hare exceeded . This over , tbe R iyal party T ^ tired , and in a few minutes the troops of all arms defiled btfore the grand balcony , and marchtd to their nutrias .

      I ha . d occasion yesterday to visit that portion of the G at- < = Bu called the Paviilon des Bv . ns , and found by - . he tickets on the doors in the corridor that it is re-«« Tved for Bome of the principal persons of her Majesty ' s suits , { the Esrl of Aberdeen , the Eirl of Liverr- < K > l . Sir" Aiibgd , ic ) The comforts of the more J . nnihlR folloirers of the Qo «> n have also been attended t- > by that extraordinary personage -who presides over end directs slL TVillyoH believe that the King has had the bonhommic aud condescension to have some Eaglish -workmen sonxht for who speak French , and who . habited in the Royal livery , will act , not as don . Estics , but m interpreters for those of her Majesty ' s hous-bold attendants who may have forgotten that language ?

      In every detail and department it is the same . Good taste , gocd nature , and good feeling ( if I may be permitted to ascribe these comparatively homely qualities to the Freseh Sovereign ) , are marked in every the most trifling preparation for this important

      important atd stirring events . I may , probably , tomorrow have to communicate incidents which hurry and yant of time compel Eie to omit . NlSE O ' CLOCK . —I aaa enabled to add some particulars of the closing sct > ne cf this auspicious day , tor such I trust it will prove to have been- A grand banquet -wa * served in the grand salle a manger of the P-lace , at which at ahont eight o ' clock sat down the King and Qaeen of tl * - French , their illustrious guest * , her Majesty Queen Victoria and Prince Albert , the QnefcD of tbe Bflgiana , her Royal Highness tbe Princess Adelaide , tbeir Royal Highnesses the Dnchess of Cobarg ( the Princess Ciementine ) , and the Princess de JoinvilJe , Lady Cowley , and other ladies of distinction , the Prince de JoinvUle , the Dnka d'Aumale , MM . Ghnzot , Lacave Laplagne , ilackau ( Minister of ilarinej , &t

      Her Majesty Qaecn Victoria sat between the King of the French and tbe Prince de Joinville , and appeared in the vsry highest health and spirits , and necessarily showing -what my French informant terms " une * nperbe rsngee ties dents " Her Majesty wore , accordirg to the same authority , a dress of crimson fcramoisee ) velvet The hair braided only , but with a rrofokir-n of diamonds . Prince Albert seems to have dividerf the popularity witb tee Qaeen . for he Ja everywhere spoken of with admiration . His Royal Higbne * s -vras seated between tbe Qaeen and the Princess AeelMi ? e- I have only time to add , that tha party is j » acr : brd 38 having been extremely raj . At nirht the town of Eu was illuminated—Times . VlLLE D EC , SCSDAT , SEPT . 3 . THE GRAKD BANQUET .

      Last evening I obtained , through the attentions of a fri-tsd , admission itto the palace , and the rare oppor-: u ^ ity of seeing the royal host and boBtess . with thbir iitanrions guests , at dinner . The scene . I need hardly say , W 38 a very splendid one . When a King of France tnttTteins b Queen of England , whatever of costly or gorgeous can be obtained , will not be spared , and certsar ] y npon this occa-3 » n the msgriificent stores of Louis Philippe were put in requisition . Tbe apartment in which the banquet took place is fi large and very richly decorated one , looking on the garden terrsce . It is burg ronnd wi $ h portraits , set in handsome frames , and the roof i » psi-rellto " , richly gilt , and painted with suHects taken from tha history of France . The plate ,

      • vrtr-ct ^ as gold or silver gilt , was of the mort ? p 2 t-nd : d description , and in the centre was a most Bssgnificent plateau of gold , with large vases of the same costfy material , filled with flowers . Tbe number of the party was about forty , and , besides the KiDg r-KQ Qseen of the Frt-nch , consisted of the Queen of Erglsnd and P .-icce Albert , the Qaeen of the Belgians , Prince Augustus of Sue Coburg , and the Princess ClemeEtire , Prince anil Princess de Joinville , tbe Duke d'Aumale , the D-ike de Montpensier , Lord and Lady Cewl-y . thB Earl of Aberdeen , the Eirl Ddlawarr , M . Grc z > t . General Ssbastianl . M . Lacsve Lsblagne , and a great number of others , whose names I did not learn .

      This being Sunday , the town of En is comparatively quiet , and none of tbe members of tbe royal families , e-. tfcf-r of England or of France , have ltft the precincts cf the palace . Qaeen Victoria . ne « being provided with a cbipiain . had prayers read in a private apartment by f * ne of the members of the suite . The King and Qaeen of tbe French and thB -rays ! family attended prayers at the parish church , to which there is a private way from tbe palace . In the evening there will be no amusement of any kind . This is in compliment to the English p& ?* -y , as you are aware that tbe French are not so str-rt oa Sunday eveui ij ? s . The Qieen and Prnee , accciEranied by King Louis Philippe and the Qieen of th- > Freneh , walked and drove in tbe park to-day , and visited tbe royal farm .

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      JTewcaSTlb . —A National Conference of the Miners ' Association of ' 6 r > at Britain and Ireland was held in •¦ is Inree Tuns' Lsrce Room , MaDOr Chare , Nswcastlenj .-oa-Tyne , on Friday last Soon afttr nine o clock , Mr . John Armstrong , the President of the Executive , w = s nnaniiaously eli-ctedjto the chair , and Mr . Wakin-. •¦ Law to the viochair . Ifbe Chairman briefly opened tfce proceedings , by statuig the ot-jects for whicb they ¦ s-ei * - a-s ^ mbled- fXprwsing a hope that eaeh delegate Xhm m-gfat address the raebting would gtt a fair hearing , = oatevt-r his ojinions might be resptctiug tbe subjects . i } £ cn * sed ; and that he would pledge himself , so long m be or-copied the chair , to procure a fair hearing for escb speaker in Cut f *> rm . He then called upon each d « r 3 rg--tte present to prodcee their credentials , and a duorkct-per * ras appointed to receive the credentials ol

      sueh delegates as might afterwards aTrivc Amongst tba dei tea tea present at the time the chair was taken ir . uin t-r > nx , we believe , upwards of 150 ) , we observed several delegates from different parts of Cumberland , Walt * . L-jncaslnre , S > fft > rrtrfiire , Stropshire , AV ' orcesttMsirs . 4 c ic . Tfce Qt-neral Secretary read the minutes of the last general meeting of delegates , 'which were confirmed . Ha then read several letters from Scotland , also from Yorkshire , and different other districts in England and W ? Jes , all of which had been artepH-d at pnblic meetings of the 8 » ciety , declaring their attachment to the principles of . the Union , a d ttotir -sriilingness to carry cnt such measures as tbe ConftreDce might see meet to adopt . The names of all the cjilierirs in the Society in the counties of Northumberland . ind Daiham were then called over , when each operate cave an account of the number of members

      bis colliery , and paid in tbeir share of tow-fund lcsj . Tbe toU ! number of members in Northumberland and -Dcrhcisi is stated to be 20 . 600 ; and we understand ibere -were £ 500 aDd some oad shillings paid In that <^ 5 u . the law fund , besides about £ 150 to the general fucd . Tke S * c » -tary read an address from the coal miners of Cunibfcilaud . Several delegates from Cumber-1 * b < i , tc corroborated tbe statementa made in the aodrtw , proving , to ihe « atisfacUon of all present , that tte ceal-owners in Cumberland , with the exreption o ! ¦ M ' - Curren , will not allow the men to work unlessthey f £ n a wr itten agreement , that they will Dot be memj ™ a v A ** « lltlon ^ T the protecHon of labonr bo r ^ L ^ l Wolk in Ulfcir tomer ^ ' A delegate pro-^ v ^ addrea of ""« Cumberland men be sent . 0 th » Northern S ! ar . and that tbe Editor be requested to insert a , that jonrnaL Carried unanimously . The delegates then adjourned to an hour , for d =

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      delegate moved , That no delegate be allowed to speak of tyn » r than once on one subject ; the mover of a resolution only to be allowed to reply . " Carried . A delegate moved '' That tho wages of the lecturers remain as usual , viz . 2 Is . per week in a strange district , and 18 s . a week at home ; any farther advance to be first submitted to tbe men on the collieries , mines , &c . " Carried . "That the native lecturers in Lancashire be an exception to the above resolution , bnt that they receive 21 s . per week until tbe opinions of the members can be ascertained upon the subject . " Carried . Delegates then gave an account of the progreu of the eoclety ,

      which was very flittering indeed , in Staffordshire , Shropshire , Worcestershire , the different mining districts in Lancashire . Cheshire , Seath and North Wales , Yorkshire , the different mining districts of Cumberland , % he mining dlsttictB of Scotland , Durham , Northumberland , &s . A delegate moved " That Mr . Wm . Clareham continue a * lecturer for this society until his election be submitted to the localities according to the rule . * ' Carried .: A letter was read frem Casaop , urging tho necessity of a general strike , which , it was agreed to consider on the following day , and the delegates adjourned until nine o ' clock on Saturday morning .

      SATUBDAT KOBHIAG ' S SIITIKO . Soon after nine o ' clock , Mr . Armstrong was again elected to the chair and Mr . Wakinshaw to the vice chair . There might be 200 delegates present this morning . The minutes of the previous sittings were read and confirmed . Several delegates gave tho meeting to understand that they had monies to pay in to the law fund , wbsn a resolution was ngroed to , " That all monies be received in another room by a committee appointed for that purpose . " It was agreed : " That each lecturer tor the society be required to svnd a report of his labours , to the Northern Siar weekly . '" "That each * delegate ' s Vote on all matters of great importance be weighed according to the number of bis constituents , bo that all important business may in reality be in

      accordaoee with the wishes of tho majority of the members . " Carried . Mr . Ber jsmin Watson ( one of th # delegates from North Wales ; gave an outline of the progress of the miners' society in that district , and of the disgraceful conduct of the masters to the miners there . Had it not been that the statement was attested by several delegates , no man could believe that the slave drivers , either there or in any place else , could use human beings as the miners in North Wales are DBed . Many of tbe miners there have never received a coin for their labour for tho last two years . When the agents of the society went to North Wales , and began to itqnire for tome of the colliers , the other inhabitants expressed their surprise that any man should inquire ior a collk-r , staling that if they were seen in

      company with , them , that decest people would avoir their company . These are the means reported to by the coal kings and their minions to perpetuate tbeir brutality towards their worse than slave colliers . They excite this prejudice in the minds of the inhabitants against the mining classes , fearing that if they had any familiar intercourse with them they might be apt to sympathise with them , and assist them in procuring human usage instead of tbe worse than brutal treatment exercised towards them at present . Tbe truck system is carried oa there to a disgraceful extent ; they get nothing else for tbtir labour ; they are forced to take in kind , and givb it in exchange for any clotbins . shoes , or anything else they may want , and the kind they receive is , in many instances , inferior in quality to what might bo procured for cash , and always higher in

      price , and when they are forced to barter they mast give it twenty-five per cent , cheaper than they pay for it A delegate moved *• That the report of Mr . Watson be received and attended to . " Carried . " That the necessary cxpences of Mr . Wntson , and h ) B colleague delegate from North Wales , be liquidated out of tbe general fund . " Carried . " That the delegates do fully concnr with the vote of thaDks of the men of Woodbouse Close to Mr . Roberts , for the able manner in which that gentleman conducted tbeir case at Bisbop Auckland , and procured tbeir wages for them , and that we tender W . P . Roberts , E-q . sur best thanks for the able manner in which he has conducted all tbe pitmen ' s cases he has had in hand sincn his arrival in this district . Curried unanimously . The delegates then adjourned for dinner .

      SATURDAY AFTERNOON SITTING . On reassembling at one , Mr . Armstrong in the chair , Mr . Wakinshaw in the vice chair , tbe minnles of the previous sitting were read and confirmed . A lengthy debate took place respecting a general strike , to Secure something in Uie shape of justice ' roai tbeir employers . Several letUrs were read from Scotland against adopting a cessation from labour until the whole of the mining districts were properly organ z » d . Similar arguments were used by delegatt s from Lancashire and the Midland Counties . It was contended that although there were thonsands added to their numbers weekly , yet they had not nmre than fifty thousand paying members in the society altogether , whereas they would require to have a great many more before they would be organized to give proper tfilet to tbe strike , and it only required a little patience , a few more week's agitation at the same ratio ad the last six months , to

      bring every honest miner in Great Britain and Ireland into the socitty . That once obtained ( and no man who has watched their progress lately could doubt its practicahjiity ) they might , if they saw it necessary , strike , and with propriety call it a general one . After being ably discussed on both sides for a long , time , the arguments brought forward in a friendly aud temperate spirit , it was ultimately deeded by the unanimous adoption ol tbe following TesoVution : —Rssolved , "That in the opinion of the delegates now present , a strike , under existing circumst&nesa would only be partial and inimical to the best interests of tbe society ; and that it would be itjuciicieus to adopt such a measure until the country is properly organ-zed . " Previous to the adoption of ibis riBolution Mr . Roberts adrtresstd tbe deiegttts on the impropriety of attempting a strike , and was rt-ceivnd witb deafening cheers . After disposing of eoine local " business the delegates adjourned at five o ' clock , until nine o ' clock on Monday morning .

      M 05 DAY M 0 BSIKGS S 1 TT 1 WO . Mr . Wakenshaw was unanimously elected to the chair , and Mr . Christopher Has well to tbe vice chair The minutes of ihe previous sittings having been read and coKfirmed , a delegate proposed " That the new bond prepared by the Executive of the Association be now read , to that the opinion of the delegates may be ascertained previous tu its being sent to tbe press . " Sevtr&l delegates c-xplaintd some of the innumerable grievances of whicb they had to complain ; amongst , many others , the West Auckland delegate said tbe first monstrous grievance of which his constituents bad to contend with is the " Separation , " by which the master can rob the men to any extent ke pleases ; for if more than two quarts of " small" can be found in a

      tub , ( which it iB utterly impossible to avoid ) , the rula is , that the price of hewing the whole tub is forfeitad , although tbe nature of the seam is such as renders it impossible to draw them , perhaps , three quarters of a mite , withuut leaving more crumbles than two quarts , notwithstanding the utmost possible enre being taken in filling and drawing ; and , in his opinion , no man should be required to fulfil a task which no man upon earth , ander tbe same circumstances , could perform The men which be represents receive no pay for " ramble , " but should any be found in the tub , they are fined sixpence , or . douele the price of the he-wing , and they have nothing for hewing " double . " As to " score" price , it is a matter cf indifference what it is so long as the separation euntinues , as tlie masters ,

      through the instrumentality of the keeper ( the Jackal ) of tbe Coal-pi ; King ) can tiring It down as far as his conscience pleases . At tho binding before last , the " score "' price was reduced C 1 . ; last binding 6 d . more , and in many cases 9 & . more , besides a great reduction in tbe yard prices , in many instances exceeding twentyfive per cect The C-xlodge delegate gave a statement of ibe reductions on their colliery . Laat year they had for working in the Whole districts 53 . 6 d . per score ; 4 d . per score for wet , '" " double , "' and " ramble , " for twenty-peck corves : this year they have 5 s . 3 d . and 5 :. 6 d ,, in the -whole , for tbe twenty-four peck tubs , and nothing for " wet , "' " double , " and " ramble , " making a reduction of 1 * . 9 d . and 1 b . 6 d . per score . Last year they had for wor&iug the blue stone pillals ,

      4 s . 6 d . per fccore of twenty-peck corves ; the present year they have 4 s . 3 d . per tcore of twenty-four peck tubs , making a reduction of 1 * . l ^ d . per score . For working the free stone pillars the Usual price was 3 b 9 d per score for t-jreuty-p ^ ck corves ; the piesent price is 3 s . 6 d- per score for twenty-four peck tubs , making a reduction of la . per score . Reductions of the yard work through tbe Whole Pit Wails under tho top 2 J . per yard less ; by the stone 3 d . per yard less ; narrow boards 4 lL per yard less ; working tbe narrow boards in the pillars they have taken ail the yard prico off-, for working shift , i « nk tbey have taken 3 d . per Bhift tff .. The next is the r « outtion in the PuUtrs' department . For putting with the twentj-peck corve they bad Is . 3 d . per score ; they have iiuvp just the same for the

      twentyfour peck tub , m-kiLg a reduction of 34 . per score-The RoLtj Drivers had la . 3 d . per day ; but they have a penny taken iff All coals that come to bauk without a ' token" (* hJch often happens by accident ) are lost to both Hewer and Patter . Several othur delegates had similar grievances to complain of . The deiegate from SUtSbrdbbire in particular would make any heart relent , unless it wum ^ dt of stone ( as m any of tbe Coal Kings * htaris are ) . The bond or agreement was then read , and discusEed in a very masterly style , clause by clause , when it was agreed that the clause in the new agreement respecting the weights remain as they are ; that the arbitration clause be left to tho decision of two viewers and two cua hewers , or else legal proceedings will be commenced ; that ten hours working in

      tha mines is quite sufficient for a day ' s work for boys ; that the agreement of the Miners Association be primed as soon as po&sible , and that a Maiik be left for the hcuis vt 1 at cur ; that the tugge&tion of tbb Mineis of Stafford > hire be adopted by the members of this Conference , vis ., four sailings per day for eight hours labour in ibe mines ; that more lecturers be called into the field ; that Matthew Hoiliday becot ,.- a lecturer ; that Henry Burrel and George William * btcoaes lecturers for Wales ; that the lecturers at present in North Wales ha einpowercl to select a lecturer or two for that district as they may see meet , open acquainting the General Bmird of the same ; Ibat Kicb&rd Buttle become & lecturer for Staffordshire . The delegates then acjourced for dinner .

      AFTEBTiOON SITTING . Mr . Waki ' sbaw in the clar , Mr . Has well in tbe vice chair . The mirutts tf the previous Bitting were

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      read and confirmed , aud it was agreed that Joseph Armstrong be appointed a lecturer for Cumberland ; that Job Cain bfl appointed a lecturer ; that Benjamin . Embletonand Thomas Pringle be appointed aa a committee w investigate tho Blaydon Mala case . That James Smith feecome a leeturer as soon as the Blaydon Main case can bo amicably settled ; that lecturers as well as others be required to pay their weekly contributions to tbe society ; tbafc John Hunter bo appointed a lecturer for tbe county of Durham for the forthcoming fortnight , and that his route be appointed him by the Executive . The Conference then adjourned until nine o ' ciock on Tuesday morning .

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      The following suajp have beed received at Wingate for the men on strike : —Hasweli £ 6 18 a 3 i ; Shetton , £ 3 6 s 9 d ; Coxho « , ^ € 3 12- 7 d ; Ba-nton , £ 6 \ 2 < 6 d ; Lumley , £ 6 19 ^ lid ; Bellmont , 16 s 61 ; New Durham , £ 1 16- * 3 i ; Hoppel , la 10 d ; . Shuncliff , £ \ 17 < 7 d ; PittinKton , £ 3 6 s 6 d ; Sherburnhill , £ 5 Sa 6 d ; f * onh Hetton , £ 3 18 s 101 ; Shineyrbw , Ua ' lOd ; New-bottle , £ t Us 0 < l ; South Wingate ,. £ 1 12 s Orf ; Sjciston , £ ' i 19 < 4 d ; Edmonslfy , £ 2 Oa Od ; LesinKthoni ) , £ 1 2 s Id ; Westerton , £ \ I 4 s 4 . Jd : Sheldou Bank , £ 1 10 s 0 d ; Eneuwooc ! £ 1 4 < 41 ; EUdon

      £ 1 ; Darnci-ook , 19 s ; Pelton Fell , £ 1 14 a . 6 d ; Hebron , £ 3 ; Garesfield , £ t : 6 ^ 6 d ; Heworth , £ 1 19 i Gn ; Baokworth . £ 2 ; Stan ' ey . £ 1 9 s . 6 d ; Greencroff , 9 s . 6 d ; Oakwel ' gate , I 9 < . 6 J ; Urpeth , £ 1 lla . 6 . 1 ; Kuvensworih , £ 3 ; K-nton , £ 2 11 s ; Walker , £ 2 17 *; Washin-gtou , £ 1 18 * . 6 a . We return our best thanks to the friends iliat have supported us in our strike , and this is to let them know that the above noon * y is what came the week ending August 26 th ; as we cannot get all the accounts in time for the press , wo are compelled to be a week later in sending it off .

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      t !• rom our own Correspondent . ) Any man who sets down the small farmers of South Wales as a parcel of ignorant clojd-hoppers , for once in his life is wide of the murk . Since I wrote you my hurried note of last week , I have been taking a tour through ' the disturbed districts ; " and generally speaking , I found the farmer possensed of information far exceeding that exhibited by the same class of persons in England . They are , however , rather efnry in displaying their qualifications before strangers , as they very justly contour that the Government will , in these ticklish times , be inundating the Principality with its mercenary tools , by whose machinations innocence is

      so often hrougbt againBt an individual aa guilt . One # f the farmers , with whom I scraped an acquaintance , and who bad heard me addressing the meeting on the Sands , promised to introduce me to the followers of " Rebecca '' on my promise to agree io certain conditions . I am certainly fond of my nights rest , but curiosity in this matter vanquished ray love of ease , and I agreed to accompany my friend to the meeting . The " conditions " of coarse , preclude my giving your readers any notion of the -whereabouts ; but I may venture to say , without breach of confidence , ihat it took place at a farm house among the bills , about four miles from the main road . On approaching the place , I fancied more than once that I could see a hat peering over the hedge , accompanied by a . sometbing which looked for all the woild

      like tbe barrel of a gun . Of course , I am unable to say whether these appearances . W ; r « real or imaginary , as no words or perceptible signals parsed betwson them and my companion , and in the darkness of night appearances » re very deceptive . Upon entering the barn where the meeting was he-ld , my companion spoke a single word in Welsh io iba two men who stood at the door , when we were immediately allowed to pass . It was dow eleven o ' clock at i > i * hfc , jet the business of the meetiDg ' had not begun . Tb » re were present , at this hour , from seventy to a hundred petsons , most of whom were in possession of a firelock , and almost every minute brought with it fn-sb arrivals . About half an hour elapsed after ibj arrival before anything transpired

      in the way of busines * . and during the interval I had ample opportunities afforrt "' l me of surveying the building , and the strange groups assembled therein . The harn hadbeeaobviously prepared for tbe meeting ; the slits or windows bad been carefully blocked up , lest the light might attract the iiotioe of any nocturnal wanderer on the hills ; behind each ckor a thick screen of matting was hung up ! for the same purpose and the comfort of tbe iii-mates was further attended to , byseatB formed of planks elevated ou torts and stones , ranging across the building from one end to tl . v ottier . I have attended many Cbartist nuttings , and Lave oftimes been pleaetd witb the zal and dftermm . iti < n wbich were manifested by the people t > ««¦!¦* . fat their o ~ , n political salvation ; but I never , in the whole course of my life , waa a wit-

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      ness of such a degree of determination and energy a « = tbat m »> if st * d by the Individuals who were present at thlamldnlhtsceuai The place and the time of meeting mott ( oroibly recalled to mlud the timaa ofwjuob we toad , wbeuthe sons of covenant , persecuted by » despotic goveramentiand a despot Wng , were forced te take refuse amid tbe | ruKged recesses ef oar unconquered Caledocl t ; when our Scottish forefathers-re fusing to bow the knee to Baal—were compelled to hold their assemblies , at the dreary hour of midnight , f&r from the busy haunte of mea , ! and in places too where the satellites of power did iiot venture to follow , where the minions of royalty dared sot to intrude . No chairman was appointed , but each speaker in turn addressed the of

      meeting ; and the low bnt stern murmurs approbation which at times ( pervaded the assemblage , shewed that the various speakers gave utterance to sentiment * which found a ready response in the . boaoDi of every hearer . As the addresses were wholly ia Wel--h , and delivered with a fluency and a fervour of which y < m can have no idea , being compelled moreover to use the services or my friend as interpreters , I only took few notes , but these will enable ma to lay before your readers , a general outline of the grievances ot which they complain , and the spirit which they mamfested to obtain ( their redress . If any . of your readers entertain the © pinion thai tollbars are tbe only or even tbe chief grievance , whicb the HebeccaiteB are resolved to refiieBB , I beg that they

      will at o » ce discard ! tae idea . The flr 6 t speaker , in allusion to tbe great ] meeting on tbe Myuldd Selem , held a few days previously , remarked , " That was a grand display ! Tae ( great men are wanting us to hold no more midnight meetings , but to meet openly in the eye of day . We willjmeet by day , and by night also ! They are fearing for their rents , when they want us to give up our meetings at night . They feel our force , and they fear ub ; but they shall fear us yet more before our bond is dissolved . ! What are we striving for ? we wish only to live . jWe cannot live as things are at present . Waon we improve our little farms , a captious landlord orders us to ; pay more rent , or to leave the house in which wo were born . This is grievous ; but is it not the case ? ( Here many a voice exclaimed—• True ; it is . it is . ' ) iYis ! but it shall not be so much lower ; for there is a ] giant spirit gone forth to set the

      nations free—a spirit iupon which old Father Time is afraid to look—a spirit which demands , in a voice of thunder , that equal justice shall be performed to all the people . Tbose wfao think toll-bars the only sore which we in Wales have to suffer , are much mistaken ; but we will convince them that Dot only toll-bara are a grievance , and a grievance which ' Becca' will speedily remove , but there are others , and among them that of which I am spesking , turning us adrift when we improve our farms . We do not want to take the farms from tbe landlords , but we want them at a rent which will enable us to live , and we are resolved to have them on terms by which we may bo enabled to resist the whim or caprice of any one , and each ^ f us to worship under our own vine , none daring to make us afraid . These things we will have , or woe be to them who stand between us and our rights . "

      The second speaker took up the subject of tythes , explained their origin , jthe purposes to which they were devoted in bye-gone times , asd the mode of their transfer to their present holders . Be spoke keenly against the establishment , which he just'y contended bad swallowrtd up both the share *> f the poor , the allotment for church purposes , as well as the share which had been originally set aside for the p .-. reon . He maintained that po usurpation could justly entitle the clergyman to any such sums , aud he called upon the people to resist such ii justice even to the dea'h . " Let the money , " he added , " be spent as formerly ; let our children bo educated , and our poor be ; fed ; let the tenth of our produce no longer be given to a lazy and indolent priest or prelate ; let us ourselves ' , cbctse our referees and magistrates , and Waies Till again become what she once wa ? , the qu'etest portion of the dominions of our queen . Bat if these our just demands are refused , she shall never know peace or quietness again . ''

      A third speaker spoke at cansidcrable length upon the poor laws , and after he had finished , the meeting broke up . The numbers present were about 150 , and of these about two-third * were armed . After breaking ap , not the slightest noise could be heard , to indicate that such a numerous body of men were in tbe neighbourhood ; for » n leaving the building tho ouly human being in sight was the friendly farmer who bad accompanied tat in my ramble . I spent the rest of the night under his hospitable roof . The meeting was obviously composed of that class of small farmers who have to labour for their daily bread at other employment than the management of their own land ; for it is here no uncommon occurrence for tbe husband to be digging in the bowels of the earth while the wife is doing the same on its surface ; and on eleven harvest fields , which on Friday last I passed in succession , not one man was to be seen , but the whole of the work had to be performed by women .

      As my report of the foregoing meeting must take up a considerable portion of your space , 1 shall be brief in my notice of the events of tbe week . I mentioned in my last the appointment of twenty-one additional police—some of th « number have since resigned , and others have got a good ducking in the river , one of them narrowly escaping witb his life . I also mentioned the attack upon tbe premises of Mr . Edwards , tha tithe collector , and a reward of £ 509 has since been ofiV . red by Government to induce some of the children ef Rebecca " to split "; Tbe bait , however , has not been taken , and there is not the slightest probability that it will . A hay stack , the property of Mr . Thomas , a clergyman und magistrate , baa been consumed to ashes . The enclosures which have been erected on Llangebie Common , by which tbe poor were deprived of tbe right of pasturage , have been levelled to th ' e

      ground . And soiiio row or other has taken plaeo at Carmarthen , for on Friday I met a detachment of the 76 th , posting down by forced marches , and broiling under a burning sun , like parboiled turnips , but what wos the reason of ^ tbair i hurried march , I cannot ascertain . Neither have Rebecca and her black footman been idle , for they biwe , in defiance of bastardy clauses , and Poor Law Amendment Bills , restored ' -hre © illegitimato children to their disconsolate- fathers , and promised a visit to about a d < zan more , which has . caused some of the farmers' wives to take their husbands tightly to task , as to tbeir doings in the amatory line ; for one of the tbtee who got such an unexpected addition to bis family has been married about a year and a half , and the little one who was brought to his lady by Kabecca is a thumping daughter about two years old . ;

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      Extraordinary Egg . —On Friday last , as Samuel Bunon , a Btainer , in the employ of Mr . Groves , of New-street , in ( his city , was engaged ia breaking duck eggs , there came out of the white of one of tht m a perfect egg , of a light blue colour , about the site of those laid by a thrush . This is not altogether without a parallel , a small egg having been disco * vercd under similar circumstances som . fl years ago , but as many millions of eggs are brokon iu this city in tiio course ot a year , the fact whicb we have stated may be considered very extraordio ' * ry . —Woreesiershire Guardian *

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      The following is the address from Cumberland alluded to in the early part of the report : To the Inhabitants of Whilehaven Harrington , Workington Maryport and of Cumberland generally and to the Miners of Great Britain and Ireland

      FRIENDS , BRETHREN , AND FELLOW COUNTRYMEN , —A inoBt unwarrantable and malicious attempt having ! been made by our employers and their agents , to prevent us from exercising the privilege which th « Legislature of the country gives to every roan , namely , tbe right to combine to reduce the hours of labour , —we think it right to Inform you , thai io the first place , we sought ^ no adva ce of wages , nor" did we intend a ' strike , ^ out object being mmply to form a general union of our trade , and by such union to put a period to the manifold grievances uruler which we lnbonr . and of which the following is a true statement . For many years a union of our employers has existed ; of this we are assured , by the fact , that if a dispute arose between an empleyer or his agent , and the workman , aud the

      latter left the former , and sought employment at any other colliery io the W « st of Cumberland , he was asked where he woiked last , and when he told , he was immediately answered by the party to whom he applied , " there was no work for him . he was a troublesome m / An in Wb last employ . " Under these circumstanees , the poor miner was obliged to leave his home , his family , and seek in a distant part tbat employment which be Was denied at home . His wife and family , in the mean time , were forced to take refuge in a Union Workhouse , and become a burthen to the public , wko , wa are assured , feel equal ptesBnre with ourselves . We have endured the most cruel treatment and privations , such as no other class have suffered . Our wages have been reduced by means unknown to other tradesmen ; nor have the public received tbe benefit of such reductions . And such is the cupidity of our employers , and Buch is their wish to perpetuate

      the present unjust and tyrannical system , that they have forced us from our honest labour , for uniting with our brethren to lessen the Jhours of labour , which we may now average from fifteen to eighteen hours , for the paltry sum « f from 1 % 9 < 1 . to 2 s . 3 d . And this is not all ; oui labour for such wages 1 b ever on the increase , and reductions are made for our baskets being short of measure , or a little splint or stone being in ; although such eoal is actually sold at tbe same proportionate price as those baskets that are full , or that have not any splint er ; stone in them . This system prevails at all the Collieries in Cumberland—at Wb . tteha . ven , Greencjill , Oughteraide , Dear ham , Gillcrux , and other places . We are asked to sign an article we have had no part in drawing up . Many signed : i similar one at Whitehaven in 1831 i and what has it produced—Poverty , and its consequent crime and disease , —this has come upon them , and necessity compels us to resist It now .

      And now , we would ask our employers , if they are honest , why prevent us from protecting our labour ? and we may add , from protecting their property , and giving to it greater security and value than it at preeeut has ? Do employers think to force us into compliance by starvation ? Yes , ftllow-slaves , they do I and we ask you , are yeu content to secure to you aud your children , ! greater wretchedness than tbat which already exists ? ' Are they not starved for want of food and clothing ? And ought you to labour incessantly for 16 or 18 hours , and ouly have what barely gives life to the body T To Shipowners , and those who work in ships , wo say , do you wish to better the price of freight and wages ? If you do , you will support us , or at least you will sympathise with us in our present struggle ; for if we are to be' left to tbe tender mercies of our employers , greater reductions will be made in our wages and your gain .

      Shopkeepers and Tradesmen I you who live upon our labour , you woo pay direct taxation , and who are , by reason of the many reductions we have met with in our waijes , fast approaching to' our pitiable condition , will you shield us from tho tyranny to which we must be sulject , if we are not to be united ? We ask no advance of price , we seek no reduction in measure ; all we seek for is , the right to unit ** to protect ourselves from more excessive toil th ; m that to which we are now snbject . Ministers of the Go » pel J yon , whose business it is to preach peace and goodwill towards men ; you . whose duty it is to shield and defend tbe poor , when tbeir cause is just ; you , whose further duty It is to preach against oppression , put on the armour of righteousness , and be to us a shield of defence . Come to us—hear our tales of woe and of misery—and when you learn that we are deprived ot ths rights which the Gj-npel of the Lord Jesus Christ declares we are entitled todefend us , or we perish t

      Brethren , who are now suffering , we conjure you to keep lh » j peace ; give the enemy no pretext to bring in tbe army of hired assassins , to burthen the poor shopkeeper and tradesman more than he is . Let peace , law , and order , ba your motto . Let the virtuous mothers or Whitehaven and of Cumberland show tbat they are oppressed ! Let them parade their naked children through the streets , and tell those unfeeling t 'ols of oppression that while they are attempting to prop up tbfc present rotten system of

      competition and robbery . Henry furwen , Esq ., the proprietor of IVorkington and Harrison colieries , h « s not made any such base attempt upon his workmen ; but , on the contrary , he tolerates the liberty of his men , and we are assured , encourages them to carry into effect tbe object of the Miners' Association . Tho consequence is , that all his men are in the Union , and are at work . We ask for work , —our money Is but scant ; Those that will work , 'tis pity they should want ' ¦ By order of the Committee .

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      MILITARY OUTRAGE at KN 1 GHTSBRIDGE . The neighbourhood of Knightsbridge was on Friday night , about ten o ' clock , thrown into a state of the greatest confusion and alarm by tke violent and highly improper conduct of a number of the privates of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) , which regiment is quartered at the Horse Barracks on tbe Kensipgton-road . The disturbance commenced at one of tbe numerous public-houses in that locality , at which there are nightly concerts and balls , where persons of both sexes are admitted , to the ruin of numbers , especially women . The particulars areas follow : —Shortly after ten o ' clock , which is the usual hour for the soldiers to be in barrack ? , some wordg occurred between one of the Blues and a woman ia

      the concert-room on the first ftoor of the Old Sing ' s Head , kept by John Neate , directly opposite tne barrack gates , in the course of which th . e soldier struck her . A civilian sitting near them , " observed that he considered such conduct was very unmanly in any one , but particularly in a soldier . That gare rise to a quarrel , which the landlord tried all in bis power to prevent , but there were several of the soldier ' s comrades in the room , and in other parts of the house , who declared they would not be interfered with by civilians , and began a general attack upon the whole of the company . The screams of tha women were moat dreadful , as the soldiers attacked men , women , and children indiscriminately , without mercyforcing them out of the concert-room , and

      , dragging them down the staircase and along the passage , which by that time was lined by other soldiers , by whom they were struck , buffeted , and kicked until they were expellsd into the high-road , most ' of them bleeding from the blows and contusions they bad received , and with their c ' othea torn off their backs . Having cleared the concert room , the soldiers proceeded to clear tbo rooms on the ground floor , into which some of the company bad retreated for safety , at whioh juncture a guard turned out at the barracks for the purpose of quelling the disturbance , but their efforts to do so were ineffectual until the solrliers had cleared the tap-room , the windows of which are on the high-road , and the upper parts

      of which being open , several women in their alarm threw themselves out into the arms of persons ont « side , iu doing which some of them were much out by the broken giass . So violent were the soldiers , even in their passage to the barracks , that several respectable persons accidentally passing along the road were knocked down by them . At that moment , the writer of this account saw a woman , who had escaped by a window , with her arm laid open from her elbow to the hand , which a young man was wrapping round with a shawl to stop the effusion of blood , and two sailors who appeared to have been dreadfully punished , were leading another woman , with bar hair dishevelled , and her head bleeding , towards

      Sloansstreet . Within a few minutes after the commencement of the disturbance , a large number of persons were drawn by the screams and noias to the spot , who called loudly for the police , but only two could be seen , who on being spoken to , said they could not interfere with the soldiers , but the military authorities must be applied to . Some of the inhabitants accordingly spoke to a gentleman in plain clothes , who was standing in front of the barrack-gate and who stated that he was an officer of the regiment , and complained that the military authorities had not been active enough in suppressing the riot . This the gentleman said was insulting him , and he threatened to give them in charge of the police , who were ready to take them , but at that juncture it was discovered that about thirty or forty of the privates , stripped to their trousers , with their heads bare , and in every

      way fuily prepared for mischief , bad escaped from the barracks by climbing ihe wall at the east end , next to the Brown Bear public-house , and were advancing on the other side of the way , declaring they would clear all the publiohouses of civilians . The confusion which instantly prevailed is beyond description . Tbe doors of tbo public-houses were immediately closed and barricaded . On the soldiers reaching the Rising Suu public-house , and finding they could get w entrance , they turned round and attacked the crowd , several of whom were knocked down . The most timid of the spectators immediately took to their heels , but several persons were pursueu by the soldiers some distance , one of whom informed the writer tbat he had been struck on the back with the flat side of a sword , and another stated that a sword had been thrown at him by one of the soldiers who pursued him but could not overtake him .

      The guard was on that occasion , however , turned out most promptly , and the soldiers wero driven within the barracks , the windows of which were filled by their comrades , who called out to the crowd ( who hissed them ) that they would be revenged on them yet . A large numbor of persons remained congregated in front of tbe barracks until nearly midnight , but there being then a better attendance of police , no further- disturbance took place . It is understood that the inhabitants of the district intend applying to the proper authorities for a searching investigation into the affair , with a view to prevent the recurrence of such outrages in future .

      ANOTHER ACCOUNT . Oa Saturday Ia 9 t a preliminary investigation took place at Kaighxsbridge Barracks , respecting to a riot and other outrages , in which some private soldiers of the Royal Horse Guards ( Blue ) were alleged to have boon the chief aggressors . The inquiry was a secret oue , but through , another channel the following particulars hare been gleaned : —It appears that between elevsn and twelve o ' clock on Friday night * a party of young men and women , residents of Kni « htbbridge or its vicinity , went to the King ' s Head publics-house , which is in the High street , and directly opposite the barrack gateway . The parly were shown into the public room , where they ware served with liquor . Whilst thus enjoying themselves ,

      somo of the Bluett entered the room and called for something to drink . The waiter , perceiving that the soldiers were intoxicated , told them that his piaster would draw nothing more that night , and advised them to go to barracks , as the Grand Rounds Picket looked in every night after stragglers . This exasperated the soldiars , who refused to quit the house until they were served with whatever they wanted , and insisted ( hey had as much right to be accommodated as any coloured-coat customers or their w—s . Tftis unprovoked insult , acting upon feelings already excited by ovtir'indulgenc # in gin and beer , raised the civilians' choler . Either party abused the other , and ultimately blows were exchanged , which produced a general tumult in the house . The arrival of

      adherents to the respective combatants from other rooms rendered the conflict pretty equal . Fortunately the soldiers had not their swordi with them , but by breaking off the legs of some of th , e tables and chairs they maintained for some minutes a rebolute stand against a superior force . However , with the aid of two police-constablea who were called in , the soldiers were turned out into tbe street , and the doors of the house immediately closed . Had the afiVay ended here it would probably pass off unheeded as a drunken brawl , in which both parties ( the military being the first transgressors ) were deservedly puuished ; but the soldiers finding they could not get back into the bouse , ran across to their barracks , where they speedily obtained a 6 trong reinforcement .

      several of their comrades sallying forth only partially dressed , having risen from iheir beds , but ail of them armed with swords or other weapons . It was stated that some brought out their pis : ols , but that rumour is believed to have no foundation , at least there were no shots fired . Taa soldiers proceeded directly to the King ' s Head , insisting either upon being admitted , or that the townsmen should ba turaed out . Tney were assured that the house had been oleared of all but its regular inmates , which was strictly tru , tur the party engaged m the original quarrel bad gone out soon after the soldiers were ejected . This was treated as a pretext to screen the coloured-coat men , and the soldiers attempted to force the door which resisted their assaults : they

      then broke several of the windows , which collected an immense mob of persons , upon whom the infuriated soldiers commenced an attack with their Bwords , &c . The not now assumed a most formidable aspect , and there appearing reason to apprehend that it would lead to loss of life if not promptly subdued , aomo of the bystanders went over to the barracks aud demanded that the soldiers should be called in . The non-comimssianed officer on duty turned out a picket , and several of the police having by that time beea collected , the soldiers were forced back into their barracks , and the crowd in the street quickly dispersed . Two of the soldiers are said to be severely beaten . The most serious injury , however , was sustained on the other side . A young married woman , named Gowers , received a sabre-cut

      on the head , and when picked up was apparently lifeless . She has been conveyed to the St . George ' s Hospital , where the wound was dressed , but the medical officers of that institution considered it au exceedingl y critical case . The outbreak of the troopers was communicated by the sergeant in command of tue B&rrack-guard to Lieutenant Bryant , who is at present acting-adjutant in the place of Lieutenant Mooro , and the result of the investigation ( an exparte one at present ) will be submitted to the colenel of the regiment , who will probably direct a court-martial for the trial of the offenders . Should the case of the wounded woman , now in the hospital , terminate fatally , the inquiry must be belore the civil authorities , and of a far store serious character .

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      REBECCA AVOWING HERSELF . ( From the Welshman ) We have received a communication from "Rebecca , " of which the following is a copy . We shall abstain from all comment of this singular production of that rustic queen ' s pen , and , observing that the original bears about it , in abundance , internal as well as external evidence of its authenticity , we leave it in our readers ' bands : — | " Mr . Welshman , sure you will be surprised at ageing my signature to this letter—I am not ashamed of my name , Sir , I glory in it .: The world does me injustice , anil even my own countrymen deapitefully entreat me ; but my trust is in tbe goodness of Rebecca ' s cause , and in tbe might of tbe Lord of Hosts . I am strong—in courage—in determination—and in numbers . R . becca will obtain her rights . ' In vain you strive to save a gate ,

      By threatening blood and slaughter ; Your swords shall ne ' er intimidate Rebecca and her daughter . The cheating toll trusts may complain , The Mayor may roar his " riot , " Till Becea de her rights obtain She never will be quiet . " Rebecca ' s rights onceiobtained , we shall be as quiet as mice ; there will then ibe no further strife between the slaves ( slaves ns longer ) and the slave-drivers . It is in vain to employ special constables ; the rural police will be of no use , and as to the soldiurs , I should think , Sir , that English gentlemen ami brave dragoons might sure be more suitably employed than by being turned into pike and tollmen : they are , however , of no use in

      the world , and to their lojig swordfl , saddles , bridles , Rebecca wlil sing , whack fel de riddle ro ) . Rabecca bids defiance to all of them : we don't eare a straw for all the soldiers , rural police , er special constables , for Rebecca can bring into the fl « ld a better force , and a muou more numerous one . Rtjbeccajis more than one hundred thousand strong . The people , the masses , to a man , throughout the three counties of Carmarthen , Cardigan , and Pembroke , are with me . Ob yes , they are all my children : when I meet jthe lime-men on the road covertd with sweat aud dust , I know these are Rabeccaites ; when I see the coalmen coming to town clothed in rags , hard worked and hard fed , I know these ar « mine , these are Rebecca ' s children ; when I ate the furmera' wives carrying loaded baskets to the market ,

      bending under the weight , I know well that these are my daughters . If I turn into a farmer ' s house , and see them eating barky brad and drinking whey , sureiy , say I , these are membtrsjof my family , these are the oppressed sons and daughters of Rebecca . When I see ( the manuscipt here , for several sentences together , is illegible , tho words bloodf and oppresrion , loyalty and Rebeeca , being the only opes that can ba deciphered . ) I blush for my countrjinen , and resolve to regenerate them . My children are simple , without information and politics . They shall not always be thus . If Qod spare the life of Rebecca she will work out their redemption , and if she dies , Miss Cromwell and a band of brave mountaineers can cut their way through every obstaele . We must be free . I say it . I who command , I the Rebecoa and Regenerator . Ffarwefewch ,

      ffarwelwch . Mr . Welshman , they say you are a Saxon born , be sure you are true , [ and belie not th « bright and glorious refutation of the great , the governing , the brave and wise Britons . The Government Commission sent dawn to listen to and redress our grievance * i * English—Rebecca and her children rejoice . For we know that England will do more for oppressed Welshmen than Wales itself , with its jobbers and degenerate gentry , would ever have [ done . But it was Rsbecca who gave the word of command . It waa she who brought down the envoy from the Beat of the Imperial Legis ature . Oace more , ' { Sir , fiarwelweb— Rebecca ' s heart bleeds for her countrymen—she hath compassion on her countrymen—contempt for cowardice hatred for oppr . fiskn—and love for all Hontat Independence . By it ' . Bj Presents Lit All Men Know " REBECCA . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 9, 1843, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct498/page/6/