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THE CONDITION OP ENGLAND . ZHS ^ COYBHTBT STASTISG . Ih out sxth page onr readera irill find some meat appalling derails of the wretchedness into which thousands in this " free and -enlightened Country" are plunged by dass legislation and elas 3-« ppresaon . To the report of the grievances and abominable treatment of tie Metropolitan tailors we \ also request the attention of all ^ begging of 4 hem to mark the refined Tillany winch enables a few to aid the spread of
Proiesianiism by plundering his Christian work man . Let the reader also " read , mark , learn sad inwardly digest" the horrid disclosures respecting fee u Sweating Machines" made before Sir Pxteb I ^ ttstb , at tbe Gtrilahall . It shall be bd fanlt * £ o-axs if this - Condition-bf-England question" be not fully understood by the whole civilized world . "We promiss to rake together snch amass of tyramiy and -viliainny . on the one hand , and slavery and misery en the other , as shall ronse the Btitish Lion from his too-long continued slumbers , and make
"The Tery stones to rise against earth's tyrants ' s . A few words on the atrocioas case of " pinaiion " in the Coventry Bouss of Industry . As stated in pur last , a meeting of Gnardians was held to consider the course that she-old be pursued with re ; ference to this " painfnl and melancholy afiair . ' Ibis week we hate seen a report of the proceedingg in ihe Coventry Herald , according to which the irarihen of each speech was the " humanity" (!) and ^ landly disposition" (!) of ihe Directors . " One Mr . England remarking that : —
As to the yerdici at Leicester , he contended that such a verdict was not justified by the evidence , and Bone but ^ very intemperate Jury wonld have given such a verdict . Indeed , it was evident that it was a jnost int 3 mpera > e Jnry , or else the members of it ¦ would not hare been jumping np one after another l > efore the evidence was near closed , and crying out about manslaughter and starvation" 11 Precious Gusi&iaus of the poor these i We will not insult jthe public by replying to the above mass of stolid falsehood * all who read the proceedings of the inquest will be able to pass a -very proper ** Terdict upon him . At this meeting it was finally
jesolTed { as stated in onr " notices" last week ) that file Directors should be requested to £ ive the officers of the "Boase" "implicated by the verdict" an Opportunity of rebutting the charges of the Leicester Jury . From the comments of the Coventry Berald which appears to be a regular Malthusian journal , ire learn that the deputation from the above meetwae met by the followiisg resolution of the '' Board" : * That the Directors cannot recognize any deputation appointed at a nocturnal meeting' called at a public-house , anonymously and without legal authority ; but if the gentlemen wish to make say communication to the Directors , it must be jnade in writing . "
In ihe same paper we find that Bjcxxell , the Burgeon , slang by the Terdict of the Leicester Jnry , has resigned the situation of surgeon to the B Hoase . 1 ' In reply to , his letter of resignation , the " Directors" have passed resolutions jtating that they " consider ihe verdict the resnlt of prejudice and excitement ; and not the deliberate judgment of an impartial Jnry xipoa the evidence , " And thai tt The Directors feel it incumbent on them to testify to Mr . BJckneU ' s care , otten&on , ability , and humanity-, during the time he has been Surgeon to ifcefionsB" } ' »
God forbid that we should libel Mr . Bic ^ -eia , hut we say to our readers go back again to the evidence of the widow Boxsos , and that of the © Id Irish inrrse , who avowed that Bue feared io iell all the horrid truth lest the should Jose her situation ! and then let our readers judge for themselves as to the care , attention , ability , and Jiumanity of Mr . Bicksxll I More we cannot find space to say now : but let tbe people treasure up these -wrongs , and learn to know ihat snch will continue to be their doom , until they assert their rights , and refuse to be longer lorded over by suah hatefal oppressors &s these grinding , Starring , and nnbluFhing destroyers of their fellowmen . Political equality mil alone enable them to pat sn end to social wrong .
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T * re Outhhh Wxig irK . —We have received a letter " from Mr . Philip Kaight , brother of the late levered John Knight , of Oldham , in which he says , As to Mr . O'Connor owing anything to my brother , it is entirely wjthcut foundation . ^ What despicable shifts the OWham Wiiigs are put to , to haTe te fabricate suca a lib , as the one thus thrown in iheir teeth . Associatios Cases . —It is requested that all localities Ti quiring Cards may transmit their money to the General Secretary , as by ihat means there Trill be no delay in iransmittiDg them . Again we have io notice the non-payment of the weekly subscriptions of enroiltd members . Datjd Ssell highly approves of Mr . O'Connor ' s
suggestion for a National Tribnte , " and wishes his broker Chartists to take np the question vigorously and universally . We are glad that our correspondent stands manfully by the " good old cause , " despite the petty persecution by which he is ajsnoyed . Xdtfasd Gboocock sends U 3 a case of a Methodist class-leader robbing a poor woman of lid ., under the plea of " class-msEey . " The remedy is for " poor women" to have nothing to do with such canting scoundrels . If the sneep ivonld retain its wool , i » must keep out of the reach of the "fleecer . " Orsros , seas Kettcasxle . —We have not room , Tbojus Eathsox . —We really have not time to look through our fila for an answer to his query . Any of our readers in his neighbourhood who msy keep the Star by them wonld , no docbi , afiurd
hita the opportunity of looking for himself . ] The Cotestbt Chartists wish to hear frcm the Chartists of the following places : —Leamington ,: Warwick , Xemlworih , Felshill , Bedworth , ] Kuneaxon , Hinctilev , and Bujjley . Letters to he addressed j ^ Ir . GeofgeFre ^ m&n , BraJburyVstreet , John * s-Btre-t , Coventry . A Batbb op Traixsr . —In depenos on the " rnles " of tha mill . The mvlowaer baa the power if any snch rules are hung up in the working room , stating that suca are the terms on which those whom he employs must he content to labour . Mb , Mjlsds , gt Bihhisgh _ u 4 , has sent us a letter in reference to ceriain alleged errors in the report of Mr . M'Grath' 3 Tisit to Birmingham , in the Siar of last week . The errors complained of are of solitOe moment , that we aTe sure Mr . Mason will exensa the non insertion of his
communication , the pnrport of which 13 , that he did not express himself as being fully satL-fied with Sir . M'Grath ' s answers to his questions . We join ¦ with Mr . M- in hoping ihat differences of opinion as to modes of action , may no longer retard onr 'pzogress . All have the rigbl to sdvfee , or to Object , as they may See fit j and honest differences of opinion should be respECted instead of censured . It is too often the eass that ( as Mr . M . s&y s ) " we generally judge with severity what we disapprove , ¦ when we have not tne means of invesi » ganti £ ftlly the entire cirenmstances of the ease . " Bat this error we shall mend of . Jchs Johssos , Librarian at the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , wishes to know where he can obiain
a copy of " The first step in the ladder to Political Knowledge * reviewed in our paper of Srpt . 9 ' . h last ? We pre .-ume our correspondent has applied to Leach and Heywood . If eo , it most be that copies hare Dot reached tbe London ' publishers . Perhaps this will meet the eye of the author of the pamphlet . Bath Tows Cocscil . —We have no room for our correspondent ' s eonimnnieaiioiij bntihank him for at and the psmpMet . Tas Posts . — " Vermont Cot , " " Liberty" and n Zuicj to e Non'Producer , " declined . Giber favours are under consideration .
Johk Pistjeld . —We have not room . Co-opktutios . —Our correspondent who when answering what appeared on the 18 th ult . under this head , we bade to ** try again , " has sent as same slight alterations of his plan , the principal of -which is , that " shares" -shonld be five sbilling 3 , io be raised by instalments of axpence per week . "Wkh respect to his offer to supply coals at wholesale charges , to his friends in Depiford , and within ten miles of that town , we have not room for the particulars , which he had best by before the Depiford and Greenwich Chartists . H . Mottle . —Yes .
CrauEBLtH ) Couuees . —John lladine writes us that instead of iLe i-um total publi-hed under this iissd in onr 3 a ? t being - £ 34 , it Ehculd h&Ye been £ 59 . Mr . JM . s ^ aics thai it was his own mistake . Qcxes ' s Rescb Pkisos . —^ Ir . George White -vrishes to inform his friends in Loudon , tbat through an alteration in tbe ru ! t 3 of the above prison , visitors aie now admitted oatil sc-Tcu o ' clock in the eTening .
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NOTTINGHAM . CONCILIATION . " Where tbere ' 8 a will there ' s a way . " Notwithstanding the endeavour of many parties wishing well to the came of Chartism , either to rapprera or explain away the usbappy differences which appeared to exist bsfcween the Executive and a portion of tha Nottingham Chattists , yet as in all such cases , tricksters , eavea ' - droppers , and meddlers , -who had Dothing ¦ whatever to do in the affair , and "who were in no wise connected with Nottingham , haTe sought , with characteristic industry , to light a general fbme from the Nottingham spark of misnncierstandiDgj-snd thus all the endeavours to prevent a spread of the disease have been frustrated : 'while , however , the good sense of tke people ' s friends has aad the tff ^ ct of buffl-ng the machiEationsef the wily . As it is notorious that a misunderstanding had taken place , I shall aow proceed to communicate the happy tsrminatien of the existing dispute . CommunicatSoiiB wtre Beni from NoUingbrm
to Mr . O'Connor relative to our position here ; atd in reply to them he appointed the ver / earliest day after announcement could be" made in the Stir for his visit to Nottingham ; and according to arrangement arrived here on Monday evening . When , the Chartists of Nottingham heard of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit , they made application for the Exchange Booms , which , however , had been pr © - « ngaged by Bome musical parties . They then applied fer the Town Hail , but that also was engaged by the Chairman of the Court of Bequests . There wss then no other alternative bnt theChartJst Chapel ; and . Writhei the psopls repaired an howr before the time of meeting , when it was literally chocked fall , i&Tge numbers having also repaired to the Town Hall , where it was expected tbe meeting -would be held . Shortly before eight o ' clock Mt . O'Coq&ot entered tbs Chapel amid the cheers of those outside , accompanied by the Kev . Mr . Lin * wood , Messrs . i ) orm » n . Sweet , Morrison , Barber , Boherts , and other leading Chartists of Nottingham .
"Wnen Mr . O'Connor entered the pnlpjfc be was received with s universal burst of acclamation , which was caught bv the assemblage outside , and sent ringing through the streets . After a few moments , Mr . Sweet was proposed to the chair , and upon being seconded , Mr . Mobkisojj presented himself to set the meeting right , by informing them that a chairman had been previously agieed upon ; but after a few very temperate observations he said , that he was sure their cause would be as safe nnder the presidency of Mr . Sweet , as nnder i 3 r . Barber ; and that his reason for interposing at that slage , -was for tha purpose of preventing democrats violating their own rules , and if Mr . Sweet ¦ was to bv chairman , let them go regularly to work by voting him there .
Mr . s-wEiT -was then appointed to the chair , and having briefly opened the basinfcss , nnd having stated that he wonld much rather Mr . Barber bad been allowed to preside , as their cause "would be equally safe in his hands ; he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who upon presenting himself , -was received with several rounds of cbeers . Prior to Mb commencing his lecture Mr . Morrison informed him , thai as several questions ¦ would be put to him , he ( Mr . Morrison ) wished to know -whether Mr . O"C . would answer them before or after his lecture ?
Mr . O Consob—Whichever the meeting wishes . I shall neither demur , put in a plea in abatement , apply for a postponement , or refuse to join issue , although I ought to have been furnished with a copy of tbe indictment , as -well as with a list of the -witnesses ( Laughter . ) But if Mr . Morrison has no choice , perhaps it -would be as -well to allow me to proceed wita my lecture , as , in the course of it , I maj be able to to -pu \ the meeting imparlMly in possession at some of toe facts , ana then allow Mr . Morrison to take his ewn course .
This -arrangement being agreed upon , Mr . O'Connor was about to proceed , when another interruption took place , by the arrival of & deputation frum the Town Hall , announcing that the Chairman of the Court of B-qo&sts ( Mr . Wildman , QC- ) had , in the kindest manner , adjourned his Gonrs to the Magistrates Room , in order that tbe people should not be disappointed ; and ihat the Town Hall was literally crammed . TTpon this announcement , Mr . Linwood , the eloquent and patriotic Unitarian Minister of Mansfield , volnnt »?* red his services at tb » Town Hall , to speak there tDl ten , -when Mr . O'Connor would arrive and address them . Siltnce being once more restored ,
> 1 b . O'Cossos commenced , and in a speech of great length he reviewed the several changes and vicissitudes which the Chartist cause bad undergone , and dwelt with peculiar force and energy upon tie several causes which had led to the several ruptures amougst the Chartist body ; clearly demonstrating to bis hearers that ifl no ringle instance bad the Chartists of themselves originated one single dispute : while the principal portion of their business for the last four years was the healing of those differences which bad been created in the Chartist ranks by sections who professed the principles , but -who did so merely lor the purposes of qualifying themselves as disturbers . He explained tbe amount of labour that it bad cost him to watch and expose their machinations ; and that bow they had not only thrown out tbeic feelers under different democratic pretsnaiona ; but they -were rejoicing in the idea that they -would be enabled to carry the fire into our own Camp , and to
make Chartists like tbe Kilkenny cats , eat each other to the tails— ( laughter ) . Bat , he continued , I am come here to heal the wound , and not to rub tbe sore—( loud cheers and waving of hate ) . Aye , nnd if there are any here who have come in the hope of carrying the glad-tidings of our disunion to their section meeting holes , they shall return dismayed , and tell thfeir confederates that mun and wife have shaken hands—( luud cheers )—that though they know -when to dispute , they kisow how to dispute , and bow to be reconciled ; and that whoever interferes will have to bear the blows . 3 £ r . O'Connor then proceeded at some length to address the audience in a strain of argumentative and impassioned eloquence upon several interesting subjects , Jn the eourse of V 7 hich he showed bow the several factions bad continued-the power of the miaoriiy by fomenting strife ameugst the majority ; and concluded 3 splendid appeal amidst the most enthusiastic applause .
It-was than announced that those assembled in the Town Hall were anxiously expecting 3 fr . O'Connor , when Mr . Mobsison rose , amid cheers , and spoke nearly as follows ;—Sis , I now lisefoi tbe purpose el performing a sacred duty—that of ascertaining the truth , and of Btanding upon that ; and althongh 1 hold union to be indispensable to our very existence as a party , yet Sir , that union t # be stable , solid , and lasting must be based upon truth and the democratic principles . And , Sir , when we who hnve endeavoured humbly audssz .-lously to do our dnty to our brother Chartists shall ba"ve ascertained either that we were wrong ourselves , or had misconceived the acts of othera , we shall be as willing , after a proper and honourable -understanding , to bury all tbB causes of disunion , as Mr . O'Connor can be . The course that -we have pursued is known to many , and would have been known to mora had our views been
inserted in the AoiihernStar ; and what I have to complain of is this . Sir , not of the Executive , bnt of a mfijarity of tbe Enrolment Committee acting -withoutmy concurrence in the important matter , 'whether our plan should be enrolled withont our principles ; and I shall now proceed , Sir , to read portions of correspondence to establish my position , and I shall tnen put some questions to Mr . OCjnnor . Mr . MotAaon then proceeded to raad extracts from letters from ilr . Hobson , statiDg that if the metlivg preferred it he would rathtr read all ; but if not , he wonld merely give them snch extracts as "would not require any portion of the text to explain them . When Mr . Morrison had read these extracts he said , I shall now put some questions to Mr . O'Gonnor . First , Mr . O'Connor was it with yonr sanction that youx name -was affixed to tbe Execntive address that appeared in the Star of the llih of November ?
Tes . I put it there with my own hand . Secondly . Did you call for the correspondence that had pa&sed between tke Enrolment Committee before yon signed that address ? Certainly not ; tbeir ' 8 » were powers above mine , independent of mine . I never asked for it , nor Eever shall Thirdly . Do you think that ths Nottingham Commitifce merited tbe term " tricksters" applied te tbem in th&t address ? Mr . MOBBISSON having concluded , Mr . O'Cossob rose and mid , I shall commence vrith fee last , and beg to assure Mr . Morrison that the -word " tricksters" was applied to a knot trho have been
prowling through London , aided by parties in the country , for the purpose of destroying the New Executive as they destroyed tbe Old Executive —( cheers ) . I answer Mr . Morrison as a gentleman , as well as a Chartist ; end I tell him that some of tbe Executive , especially Mr . M'Grath , objected to the term , lest it should be misundsrstood ; and anxious &a I sm for reconciliation , yet I wonld not purchase it by a faltehoed j and while 1 -won ' t retract it , as rtgoired by Mr . Morrison , I explain it thus , and 1 hops to his satisfaction -. on my bonsnr-as a gentleman ,-the term " tricksters" was not applied to Mr . Morrison or the NottinEham Committee .
Mr . MOHKISOS—Yes , Sir , but look to results and not to mot ives ; and however good tb . 9 motive may be , tie result bas betn that every man who read it has come to the conclusion liiat -we -were meant . Mr . O'Cosnob—Well , that ' s the valne of this explanation—( hear , hear ) . Now theyll be set right And then , again , 1 am happy to have Mr . Morrison ' s admission that be looks to result * and not to motives Now tfcafa the Ter y thing ; and I shall look to feetb ; and I shall canvas Mr . Hobson ' s motive for the course that he recommended , and the result of bis recommendation . Aa for ids motives , I have known him -well for eight Tears : and I never knew him influenced ex-His motive in
cept by Hie best of motives . drawiDj ? np the plan -was good , and has not been impngued . No one imputes motives to prevent men from taking all tie trouble ; and it -was natural that Mr . Hobson should have a very tender solicitude about a plan that cost Mm so much trouble . But see what ' s the fact , as -we take it from the extract of Ml . BebEon ' s letter £ s read by Mf . Morrison- Mr . Hobsoa eaja that he communicated his opinions ; and that the Executive were sj struck -with them , that they proceeded to do "wbat ? To have theplan enrolled withouttheffi ? No snch thing . For that would have been the "result ; " but to lay them before Tidd Pratt , in juxta-poaition with a plan tnat he had belors enrolled , anft in wbJcQ ttiBre -were no priB
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c ' pies ; and so far from the Executive makioga case out for judicial inquiry upon the opinion and recommendation of Mr . Hobson , they never attempted it ; as I am the person who transmitted the case for the opinion of counsel , to furnish grounds for any proceedings that might be taken ; and I did it without tbe alteration of a sentence , line , word , or letter ; sat that Mr . Hobson'a motive was good , unless indeed be is not allowed to give us an opinion , for that is all be did : while tbe " resn' . t" ia that the plan boa not been certified : and npon behalf of every member of the Execntive I tell this meeting that we have not tbo inclination any more than the power , to accept of the plan without the principles , r . nd that we would not do it to-morrow—( loud cheers ) . And now as to tbe general question of the
non-fnsertiGu of Nottingham reports in the Star , in reference to which Mr . Hebsonsays— "I am not aware of one word from Nottingham having been omitted , or treated with contempt by me . Every word coming from there has been inserted as far as 1 know , wita toe exception of matter that bad reference to the dispute ; and if the Noithern Sixr is to have any position at all , I bold that Chartist will think me justified in withholding mat * ter which would only tend to widen the breach . ' Besides Mr . Hobson and Mr . Wheeler wereratherawkwardly circumstanced . Here is a letter from Mr . W . which he requested me to read , in which he states , that when placed in the dilemma , he instantly wrete to Messrs . Hobson and Morrison , his colleagues ; that he received an instant reply from Mr . Hobson : but no answer whatever from Mr . Morrison .
Mr . Morrison—I beg your pardon , Mr . O'Connor ; I have copies of all tbe correspondence here—Mr . Wheeler ' a letters to me , and my letters to him . Mr . OCOHNOA—Yes : I admit subsequent letters ; but Mr . Wheeler is speaking of the ene required for his immediate guidance , and to that he received no reply . And now , my friends , having shown that the charge is against an opinion of Mr . Hobson ' a honestly expressed , -with the best of motives ; that no evil result has followed i thiit no Insult was intended to be offered to the Nottingham men ; and that I , upon the part of the Execntive and Mr . Hobcon , have given a full , fair , and unequivocal explanation , admitting not on y the right , but the propriety , the prudence , and necessity of exercising a vigilant control over the people ' s servants ; and further admitting' that there were grounds which
in part justified the suspicion and raised the honourable indignation of the Nottingham Committee , who , not being "tricksters , " felt sore at being called so ; after all , taking motives , acts , and results into consideration , have motives base enough , acts bad enough , and results injurious enough been established as legitimate ' grounds fot the continuance of this unfortunate misunderstanding—( long-continued cheers , and no , no )? No , my friends ; and while I satisfy you as to the danger arising from disunion it is not a leas pleaBing portion of my duty to tell those gentlemen , whom I < hiii \ not call opponents , that I trust I have g ven political satisfaction as a politician—and gentlemanly patisfaetion as a gentleman —( cheers ) . And believing in their unshaken integrity , I now tender them the right hand of conciliation and co-operation ns a
means of strengthening our hands and weakening the power of our enemies—( loud cheers ) . Sere a working man rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution ^ whereupon , Mr . O'Connor said , I trnst our excellent friend will not propose anything wnich would be in the slightest degree calculated to give the shadow of & triumph to any one . No party wanta a triumph . We were buth a little wrong—we are now greatly right ; and , therefore , again trusting that my explanation is aatiflfaetory , I leave it in your hands .
Mr . Mprnson then rose and said , that bo far from regretting the course be and uia friends had pursued , the meeting -sronia now see Low necessary it was , as it had elicited a thorough explanation from Mr . O'Connor , which he believed could not otherwise have been had . That haviug devoted much valuable time to the cauee of Chartism , he hat } entitled himself to a perfect right to scrutiniza the acts of the people ' s servants —( hear ) . And while he would bo ever found to discharge that duty fearirssly , those with whom he had been in the babit of wcrking , wooid never consider him capable of doing it capriciously—( hear , hear . ) Mr . O Connor himself has admitted the necesBity of the investigation , and , therefore , he admits the propriety of onr course . Mr . O'CONNOR—Certainly , certainly , watch us well , it is the only way to keep us honest—( laughter ) .
And now , continued Mr . Morrison , to prove my devotion to the cause , I have only to say , that 1 am perfectly satisfied with the explanation given by Mr . O'Connor , and that I shall now proceed to co-operate with him in mating the Plan of Organization ns tfiVctive as wa possibly can nnder all tbe adverse circuKi-Btances by which we are surrounded—( bravo , and 11 that ' s the right way to beat the enemy" ) . Mr . Morrison retired amid loud cheirs , when Mr . Dohsun presented himself and said , my friends , it was no wonder that we who are against giving up the name should fee alike startled at the idea that the principles were all going to fly away , and that we were to have nothing at all but tbe name . But now to shew
you that it was for tbe principles that I contended , and also that I am perfectly satisfied with Mi . OConnor's explanation , what I propose , aa the best means of proving it is , that every member of the committee who felt themselves called upon to remonstrate , Bhonld be the first to set the example of union , by being the'first to take out their cards , and give me mine to begin with : —( loud and long continued cheering , which was followed by every member of tbe committee taking out his card ) . After which Mr . OOonnor proposed a vote of thanks to Mr . Sweet , the chairman , which was seconded by acclamation ' and carried unanimously ; and Mr . O'Connor remained until he had disposed of 376 cards of membership ; thua giving the best practical proof of the
saying" Where there ' s a will there ' s a way . " It waB not mare the thing that was done , than the mode in which it was done , that gave the Chartists of Nottingham pleasure and satisfaction . The inquiring parties did not seek to entrap each other , to commit each other , or to outwit each other : well knowing that a triumph over truth would have been a triumph over the whole Chartist body . So far from nice watching to insure a turn of fortune by mistake or chance , it appeared to be the only wish of Mr . Morrison and his friends to arrive at the truth , while Mr . O'Connor's object appeared to be its undisguised disclosure .
Tbe hour at Which the proceedings closed , did not admit of Mr . O'Connor addressing tbe people in the Town HalL However , they lost nothing by the substitution of Mr . Linwood , aa , although not there , we understand that he delivered so powerful and eloquent a lecture on the occasion that the Chartists laid violent band } npon him , and kept him per force to address them again upon the following night . As 6 oonaS | the meeting at the Town Hall had closed , the assembly repaired to the chapel , and remained outside in the street , until the business was concluded , when they accompanied iheir reunited friends to the Peacock Inn , once more aronsing the sleeping inhabitants of Nottingham in the dead hour of the night , or rather early in the morning , with the sound of "We'll rally around him again and again "
" Spread the Charter , and otbt-r democratic songs ; and where Mr . O'Connor remained until three o ' clock in the morning , side by aide with those wh » , equally ¦ with hinuseif , rejoiced in the reunion that haB bef -n establisbed between the people ' s friends . And tbus terminates one of the most glorious triumphs that ever was achieved by tbe Chartists—a triumph the benefit of which will be felt throughout the country , and the resnlt of which will be the downfall of " tricksters , " who build their hope npon confusion arising out of the differences of honest men .
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South Staffordshire . —On Nov . 20 h , Mr . S . Wilde addressed the Miners of Ettincall Lane with good Fuccess . —On Nov . 21 st , a meeting of Miners was held at Hartshill . Messrs . Wilde and Butler addressed th 9 meeting , at the close of which many took out cards ef membsrship . —On Nov . 23 rd , Messrs . Scott and Wilde held a meeting at Rowley . — On Nov . 24 % h , a public meeting of Miners was held at the bouse of Mr . Martin , Dudley Port , Mr . B . Pylo in the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting by shewing the important objects of
the Miners * Association . Messrs . Scott , Wilde , and Butler severally addressed the meeting at considerable length . The speakers seemed to give universal satisfaction . —On Nov . 25 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at Delph , Mr . Wood in the chair , who opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Scott to address them , which he did , by explaining the rules and objects of the Association . Mr . Wilde was next called on , who addressed them at great lengrh on the necessity of the Miners of this place joining the AsEociatioB . A good many took out cards of membership .
SSORTB Staffobdshihe . —On Wednesday , » public meeting was holden at Chesterteu » which was addressed by Mr . Swallow and othera . Several new members were enrolled . — On Friday , a public meeting was holden at Cheadle , which was addrtssed by Mr . Swallow . Another meeting v * as holden at tke same place on Saturday evening . A most enthusiastic gathering assembled , and a large number took out cardB , Mr . Lomax has held some excellent meetings at Audley and Longton . SOUCB IO THE MEMBERS OP THE MINERS * ASSOCIA
TION . , Owing to the New Year ' s Day being a general holiday , I have been unable to procure any place where the delegate *? to the forthcoming Coiiieier . ee can assemble , hut the large spacious baildin / j called Carpenter ' s H'all , -will be ready for their reception on the following morning , and each successive day till the busir . es 8 is completed . There will also be publio meetings every night during the sittings of Confc-rencj , when the nature and o ^ j eta of the Miners * Association will be fully explained . I am also using all my exertions to procure accommodation lor tbe parties who may attend . I reman , Gentlemen , Your obrdient servant ., William Gpocott , Secretary of tbe Miners of Lancashire Manchester , November 28 ; h . 1843 .
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A Public MgniKoof Minera will be holden at the f leece inn , flolion , on Monday next , December 4 tn , at elevaa o ' olocfc in the foremou . Several of tne accredited agenfca of the association will be in attendance and address the meeting . A delegute meeting will take place immadiately after , at the same pJaoe . A Pubuc Meeting of Miners will be holden th e same day at the Horse Shoe , Bards ! ey , near Oltfham . ine meeting will be addressed by Wm . Dixon , of Manenestev and other gentlemen . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . «\? i £ . MEETmj of the C ° aI Miners of tho Koohdale District was holden on Monday last , on Uronkey Shaw , near Rochdale , and by adjournment , on account of the extreme wetness of the day , to the Charter Association Room , which was kindly lent to them by that body . The meeting was addressed
;/ if / ' , V » Cumberland , one of the agent * to the Miners' Association , and Mr . Wm . Dixon , from fur n te - The ^ oetiiiK was well attended ; and Smu Dg resolutions were . passed unanimously — 1 hat we , the Coal Miners of the Koohdale District , m public mooting assembled , do hereby declare that the wages that we at present receive for our labour are not sufficient to supply us and our families with the common necessaries of life . " "Tbafc we hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and constitutional meana ( and such only ) in our power to fair
secure a day's wages for a fair day ' s work . " 1 nat 10 is tho opinion of thia meeting that it 23 our duty to immediately join the Miners' Association of ureat Britain and Ireland , as the only moans of securing to us that protection for our labour which it so imperatively demands ; and hereby call upon the 1 M-tiers of this district to do so without delay . " Ihat we , the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District , in public faeetin « assembled , do hereby return our heartfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for their kinduess iu giving publicity to our proceedings . "
Bishop AucKLAND , ~ Mr . -Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the authorised agent of tho Miners' Association , lectured at the following places lastwetk : — Shildnn Bank . Lea-sihgtho ' , St . Helens , Evenwood , Cockfidd , Etherly , Hunwick , and Bransheth ; at all tho above places excellent meetings have been held . : The Miners of Padikam are hereby informed that , the amount of money paid in for them at tbe last delegate meeting was . £ 1 Is ., and those of Patricroft . 13 i . 5 £ 4 . John Atjty has been lecturing in the following places with general success . '—Duckworth , Moorchurch , Kirk Altbjim , Darwen Over , Broadfield and Boll Thorn .
Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on ihe 20 th and . 21 > t ; at Radcliffo Bridge on the 22 nd ; Heywood on the 23 rd ; Middleton on the 24 h ; and on Saturday night opened a now Lodge at Bunker ' s Hill , tn . nr Hey wood . On Monday , tho 27 th , leofured at Bank-lano ; at Walmsley on the 28 ch . Mr . P , also opened a new Lodge at Bayslate , near Heywood , where twenty-eight enrolled themselves members of tbe Minera Association . Mohe Coal King Tyranny . —One of the Coal
Kings in the neiKhbourhood of Chorley discharged two men named James Key attd Robert Fisher , from their employment , for attending a meeting of their brother Miners . The other men engaged in the concern , to their honour be it said , struck to a man , and declared that they would work no more till the men were reinstated in their former situation . This brought the proud tyrant to his senses ; he took them back , aud the men returned to their work accordingly .
Coatbridoe . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part of the Coatbridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crookstone's hall , which was addressed byjMossrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at the close of the meeting about 100 new members joined the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . Oa Tuesday , tho 21 st , a meeting of another part of that ' district , was he ' . d ia Burt ' a Hall , CoaEbndgo , when a good good number were enrolled as members of the Union . On Wednesday , the 22 nd , met in the Comal , in Goatbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson and Embleton . On T / iusday , the 23 rd , another meeting of another part of tho said district was held in Mr . John Holiday ' s hall , Waster
Mennidton , when those present elected Mr . John Young for chairman ; Messrs . D . Thompson and JB . Elnbelton addressed the meeting at great length , and a few were added to our number . On Friday , the 2 ath , a delegate meeting of this district was held in Burt ' s hall Coatbridge , Mr . D . Brown in tho chair ; the different delegates gave iu their reports , the following 6 Hms weie paid in : —Dundyvan , No . <> , 4 s . 4 ^ d , ; Ditto , No . 10 , Is . 3 d ;; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 a . 6 J . ; Du& . pelliers , No . 3 , 31 ; Coats pi :, GaTtshenie , Is . 3 d . ; Curlincroft , Gartshenie , Gi . lO . Vd . ; Gartgell , 7 * . 9 J . ; Sommerlee , 2 * . IU '; Dumpelher , No . 7 , 7 Jd ; Gartgoll , 7 ^< i . ; Nmhtfhouse , Is . 3 $ d . ; Barton ' s-hill , 7 id . ; Dundyvau , No . 3 . 5 * . 7 ^ d . ; Dundyvan , No . 10 , 7 jd . ; Ditto , No . 9 , 7 H .: Coats pit , Gartshenie , 7-id . ; Carlinoroft , 7 H . ; aud Kipps , 7 jd .
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Mr . M'Gbath ' b Tour . —On Wednesday , the 21 d instant , I proceeded from Birmingham to Bilstoa The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a prostrate position ; nevertheless , 1 soon found a few determined spirits whoso stern devotion to the sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could shfjke . The meeting was good and spirited . Mr . Candloy , aa chairman , comm » need the proceedings in a sensible speech . Mr . Mogg , of Lawky-Bank , and I spoke after , when forty-six cards of inembernhip were taken out . Many others would ha * e taken cards , but were prevented by the pauperizing operation of the inferand
nal truck system . Here tho tyranny injustice uf the coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all their execrable iniquity . The truck f ysteut IS in full operation ; th're in-scarcely a coal or iron Qiahter iu tbis district who doea not keep what is called a " Tommy Shop , " from whioh the workmen are constrained to tako good 9 at prices considerably higher than they e&n be purchased at the regular shops in the neighbourhaod . The cupidity of the coal and iron masters are n ^ t satisfied with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and graspa the greater portion of those wages in the shape of exorbitant profits . It is no uncoasnion occurrence for the men to go ten weeks together without a
settlement ; and upon the reckoning day , should the balaiice bo in favour of the workman , it is discounted at five per cent . Twdre xaoniiis ago the Miners here were paid tlvveo shillings , a day ; at present they are paid but two shillings and threepence , although th * .-. price of iron is higher now thau when wages wcro three s-hiliings a day . I could fiil a halt urn col mans ot the Star with accounts of the fraudulent and nefarious fivactioes of these Corn Law R ^ pealiiiK and charch sjjd chapel-going saints . Oce more either ^ and 1 p '^ all have doue . An 00-cnrrei . eefrequently takes place here which is designated a Bildus , the meaning of which is this : —the hauds decend into the ' . it , work some four or fivo hours ; an excuse is » , ncn made for not proceeding < urth * r with the Wjtfc for the day ; ihe . men are calkd up and are « ot allowed a farthing for then
labour ; thus , th- * working-man is degraded , enslaved , and nlur ^ ered to maintain in luxury and splendour , bis r- /? artlesf , godless , pitylesa oppressors . 1 As a proof tha 1 the Chartists of Bilaton are deter- 1 aiiiied on el' * nuous exertion in furtherance of the rooveineDt , \ ma , mention that they are about taking a Hill wh . eh will hold upwards of a thousand per > sons . I ( vas urgently requested to vifcit Bilstou , Wolverf jnmpton and Lowley Bank , on my return . 1 On T \ arsday I proceeded from Bilston to Hanley itl to e Potteries * We had an excellent meeting . 1 Mr > Seal , delegate to the late Conferenco , occupied ! lh ° . chair . I addressed them on the causes of , and ! / Q rp-medy for , national distress ; shewing-top the j ' . Tjsufficiency of tho Dpsirums with which political quacks are endeavouring to drug the public mind ; urgmug that political power was tbe o » ly medium throuji . il which the people could aecuro those social rights which the God oi Greation destined fer man's
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enjoyment . 1 Sixty-two caras of membership were taken out . I was invited to revisit them on my return . The men of Longton , four miles from Hanley , are about to commence the erection of a Chartist rial ] , thirty-six feet square ; they calculate upon its completion in lime to entertain the veteran Richards oh his liberation from prison , which will be in May next . j . Energy * intelligence , and enthusiasm are the characteristics of Chartism ia this district . On Sunday eVeuing , we had a splendid meeting in Stockport : the room in the occupation of the Chartists here will hold upwards of one thousand perilous . My audience on the occasion amounted to a . Wut seven hundred , amon ^ which were two policeman of the tbwn , whom I did not fail to congratulato on the proud position which they occupied at our meeting ; Ons of them is known here by tha cognomen of ¦ ' Mr , Memory , " ho being the same individual who swore at tbe Lancaster trial that he
could give from memory a verbatim report of a speech of ah hour's duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman . I addressed them for upwards or an hour , on the evils resulting from class-maao laws and institutions , and taa efficiency of the Charter , as the means of redressing national grievances . The unanimous thanks of ths meeting having beea awarded to me , wecommancad the work ? f enrolling , when 117 carols of membership were taken ou ' , fifty of which were taken by thosa ardent and enthusiastic young votaries of freudOfll-Hhe Chartist youths of Stockport . I From S , ockport I went to Northwich ; there were n 6 arrangements made for a meetiuji : we , however , ; got on' ; up , by sending out the criar . Several memoers wero enrolled , and £ was promised that upon revisiting them a meeting would be got up worthy of jthe sacred cause which wo are struggling to advance . 1 Pinup M'Grath .
SHlCrHTON . —A public meetiug was holden on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . La ^ iford in tho chair . It was proposed by Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Mitchell , " That Ireland consisting aa it does 01 a population of 8 , 000 , 000 of people , is entitled to a domestic legislature ; we therefore piedge ourselves to assist the people of Ireland by all peaceable aud constitutional means to obtain a Repeal of tho Legislative Union . " Carried unanimously . . Proposed by Mr . Pago ,: seconded by Mr . Virjjo : "That while this meeting \ deprecates all idea ot violence , we feel bound in justice to condemn the Irish Executive for dismissing from tbe magisterial benched men of the highest character and stat&n , aud inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary
military force to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , and blockading her coasts with her Maj ^ t /' anavy . " Carried unanimously Proposed by Mr . Flower , seconded by Mr . Williams , " That white wo readily admit tho inequality of Ireland's political and { municipal franchtes , the base and shameful conduct of her alien landlords to their impoverished { tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and local patronage , tho unchristianlike exaction of her Established Church , together with the manifold # rie > ances under which Ireland has suffered for centuries ; yet at the same time we express it las our decided opinion that neither England , Ireland , Scotland , nor Wales can obtain political justice until that greatest , of monopoly , o 3 ass-legiglatioh , is destroyed by the adoption of the People ' s Charter as the law of these realms . "
BiVRNSLEY . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town was convened by the bail oa Mouday night ^ in John Pickering's largo room , for the purpose of again forming a Chartist Association , in the hope of once more placing Barnsley in its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mirfieldi E . Daly , and others . A good spirit was manifested , and many entered their names . A provisional committee was appointed to get'the Association into i a working state , when a regular committee will be appointed . Tho Meeting was adjourned until Monday evening next , at eight o ' clock , when it is hoped , that all tha old friends of the causo will enter onco more heart and hand to give effoct to ths cause by itupressing on the wore younger friends of democracy the necessity of reponding to the call of the Executive , and the urgent soul-Btirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Feargus O'Connor , Esq .
BUB . Y . —Mr . C . Doylo delivered two lectures on Suuday last , iuitha Working Man ' s Hall , Gardenstreet , Bury . fTbe lectures were well attended . AsmON-UND ^ R-LYSE- —On Sunday laBt , the ChartisEs oi' this totVa opened a new and splendid room with two lectures ; chas in the afternoon by Mr . J . T . Lund , from ! Lancaster , who gained the hearty applause of all \ present . At the close of the address a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and ; the assembly broke up . In -the evening the room was well filled with a highly respeotable audience , Mr . Storor was called to the chair , and after reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and briefly addressing the meeting , called upon Mr . Wm . Ball , of irieywood , who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to heat for aome time ; he was listened to with great attention , and concluded amidst gtc&t &ppl » us « . A < tex a vote of thanks being given to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .
The Wife of a Patriot . —Died at Dundee , on the 13 th ult ., May Thorn , reliot of the late George Mealmaker , member , aud sometime president , of the British National Convention which met at . Edinburgh , and of I which Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirving , aud Margarot were members . He wrote the hand-bill for which Palmer was transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence'M ?); but his generosity did not save his brother patriot . - He afterwards wrote a pamphlet for which he was " tried before the High Court of Justiciary , and sentenced to fourteen years transportation , in January , 1798 . Ha died in 18 p 8 : this widow , consequently , survived hor persecuted husband thirty-five yeara . . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and bare an excellent character . She lived to nurse her great-grand children . —From a Correspondent . : . ^ .
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" La ^ s grind the posr , and rich men rule tbe ! &' * % " Horrible !—Thames Police . —A ratti disire ? - sing case was yesterday brought uader the notice of the magistrate . A po' > r woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , and applied to the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , for advice aud assistance under the following circumstances : —She said that a woman next door to her , who was in very great destitution , had a boy killed by accident twelve days ago . After tha
inqaest had been held on the body , the corpse w ? t sen : Jast Thursday to the mother , an < i , owing to some parochial dispute respecting the interment , tha body had uow been above ground for twelve day , and the stctich emitted was most dangerous . Added to this , one of the deceased's brothers was in a high state of typhus fever , and altogether their misery and destitution were beyond description . Complainant caliod upon his worship as well on her own bahalf as on the behalf of the poor wuman who suffered under the efflotion , as she feared that the infection arising from tho putrid body would extend to her own family .
Mr . Broierip , who was evidently much shocked at hearing the case , directed that instant inquiry should be made iuto it , and Barber , one of tha warrant officers , was promptly despatched for tho purpose . On his return , ia about an hour afterwards , Barber stated that he never witnessed a scene of greater wretchedness . On iuquiry he found that the poor woman , whose namo was Oliver , together with hor family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which was miserably poor , and tendered qyite intoterablo in consequence of the stench emitted from the dead body , which was perfectly black . He learned that the boy , who was fourteen yeara old , had fallen into the liold of tho
Rosslin Castle , and died trom an iDj ' ury which he received on the temple . The coroner ' s jury had pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been sent home ou Thursday , and had remained uniuterred in consequence of some parochial dispuce . He found a brother of the deceased in high fever , and so' exceedingly ill that he was not expected to live . Mr . Ross , the parish doctor , attended him . H 6 ( Barber ) called upon Mr . Rosg , who was oat , bat the assiscunt assured him that the boy ' s case was well attended to . Owe 01 the most horrible parts of Barber ' s melancholy narrative wa 3 , that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than , thas in which the remains of their deceased relative was poisoning Uie air around them . Thesraoll was utterly
intolerable-Mr . Broderip—How could it be otherwise wnen a corpse is left tbere uninterred for twelve days ? If there is any dispute about the ground , let a place be purchased at once and the body interred . The public health requires that this should ba done instantly . I must at the same time say it should not be left to the magistrates of this Court to perform a duty which the proper authorities ought to have executed . It is not for me to say where the blame lies , but to call it by its mildest name there is gross neglect somewhere . Ellis , the second usher , here stated that the poor family was in great distress , and most proper objects of relief . Mr . Broderip—Well , sea at once chat all their wants are sufficiently provided for , and that tha body be promptly interred , 6 ven though the expences should be paid by myself . — Times—Wednesday .
In the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second usher , reported to tbe magistrate the course which , he pursued ou the previous evening , according to hia Worship ' s instructions . On arriving ; at tho place , which presented a sad spectacle , he at ouce had the decaying body removed to the bone-house , and paid for tho opening of a grave in the burial-ground , which was promised to be prepared by three o'clock yesterday evening . Having had the body removed , he took care to see that the place wa 3 well purified , and he wa 3 glad to be able to report , tnat tbe boy who was suffering from typhus was now out of danger . —Tones , Thursday .
Coroner ' s Inq , uest- —Frightful Destitution . — MfiLAKCHOLY DEATH PfiOM Want ahi > Privation . —Un Wednesday atternoon , a respectable jury wm impanelled before Mr . Baker , at the City of Norwich , Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of John Sidgrove , aged two years , which was accelerated by want and privation . The body of the deceased , who was a twin child , was viewed by the jury . It was in a coffin , and was reduced almost 10 a skeleton . The other twin child was iu the room , aud appeared to be in a still more emaciated condition . The room was the picture of extreme destitution . The particulars of the misery of this family will be found in our sixth page , under tho head of " Appalling case
Of destitution . " Alter tho unhappy mother had been examined , Mr . Hart said that deceased died most probably from teething , sinking under the attack from its debilitated , state . The other child is in a very precarious state . Mr . Byles , the parish suTgeonj * who was ia the room , observed that the father was ia a very bad state of health , and possibly would never be able to work again . The father was now brought in , and was bo feeble that he was provided with a chair . He said that out of the five shillings which he understood was to be his final relief , be paid one
shilling and fourpence rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles ia pawn ( with threepence interest ) . He did not know what to do , as be was not able to work . Ho asked for some coals , which he was refused . His native place is Preston , in Lancashire . Verdict , "Natural death , accelerated by wanS and privation . [ Most sage jurors J " Natural death "—" accelerated by want and privation" ! What has Nature to do with " wane and privation" ? What stuff is this . The verdict should have bien , " Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man ' s brutality to man . "
Labour Struggle . —Great Tubn-Oot at Ashtondndeb-Lynb . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike of th © factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has been manifested by the handB working in those mills which have been paying under the list price . At length , a general meeting ^ as called , when it was stated that the firm of Messrs . Eeyner were paying the lowest prices in the town , and those gentlemen having latterly contributed to the League Fund , the meeting was of opinion , that if the masters could give their hundreds of pounds to the anti-Corn Law League , they could well afford to raise the wages of the work-hands . It was therefore agreed , that the hands in Messrs . Reyner ' a
employment should give a fortnight's notice , that unless they obtained an advance , ! they would strike work . On this notice being given a fortnight ago , the masters representing sixteen firms , a great proportion or which are leaders in the Corn Law movement , assembled and entered into a bond—that should the weavers in tho employ of Messrs . Royner persist ia turning out , they would each stop fchoir weaving departments on tho 2 . 5 h of November , in order that Messrs . Reynor might succeed in getting their mills filled with workpeople . Tho operatives , however , determined on carrying out the strike , the consequence of which is , that nearly the wholo of the weavers in the town and neighbourhood were thrown ou the streets on Saturday evening last . This
morning the turnouts , and handB turned out by the masters , designated lock-outs , assembled , when it was proposed to hold the first day as a holiday , in consequence of Mr . Van Amburgh coming in procession to the town , and not enter into any basiness m connexion with the conduct of the masters . This motion having been sgreed to , the meeting adjourned until to-morrow caorning at ten o ' clock , excitement prevails in the town , and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen , find great fault with the course pursued by tho millowneTs . Several shop meetings have been held during the day arranging wuat steps should be adopted at the morning meeting . All at present remains quiet . —rimes , Wednesday .
The following additional particulars aro from the Manci . esler Guardian , the well known League advocate and organ of the millocracy : ^—Ou Tuesday morning the weavers assembled at ton o ' clock , when a person named Conker was called to the chair . J . Milligan said , he had been to various shop meetings that morning , and bad addressed them . He suggeste J the propriety of a deputation being appointed to wait upon the various ministers of the gospsl throughout tho town and neighbourhood , and adopt the same steps as the hand-loom weavers of Roshoale had done . He thought thai , if tho minisiei j wouJd intercede between the employers and employed , much good would be effected . A person in the meeting rose and said , he begged t . o move that [ this courao should be adopted . This , bciag sei conded , was put by the Chairman , and cazried . — An operative then moved " That the appoin aunt of
1 the deputations should be left with His weavers committee . " A female having seconded tfe motion , it was put and carried . Pilling said he . had to inform them , that last week there were 1 . 0 $ persons at work in Messrs . Reyner ' s mill , bat this week there were only 30 . He uuderstood that th ^ rAastera were ! complaining that the London prem did bo £ do its ! duty towards them i he wag glad && ? some of tnose 1 papers were advocating their cause . After-denounc * ! ing those masters who were eon » eoted with the Anti-Coin-Law League , he dw * lt at some leng'hoa the advantages of union , and e&aol-Jdetl by advising those who had been looked oat by ilio masters , to go to the parish for relief , TJae secretary for the eom' mittee read the receipts aud disbursements , from when it appeared that £ 24 . 15 s 31 . had been i rollected on Saturday last , for Messrs . Itoyners
hands . The meeting then , uoj turned until Wednesday morning . Several mpetsngs have b ^ -en held at Hyde , Sialybridgo , Di-kiimsid , and' other places , I which hare been ag'drCjSdd by various persons among 1 tho lura-outs ,
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THE WINTER CIRCUITS . The necessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of the gaols in the respective counties throughout England , by one of the Learned Judge ? , having been admitted , their Lordships have , we find , made tho following arrangements , with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable an object . It must , however , be borne in mind , that these assizes will be held for the trial of prisoners only . The trial of causes at Nisi Prius will bo disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer assizes .
OXFORD . Oxfordshire—Saturday , D c . 9-Oxford . Gloucestershire—Wednesday , Did . 13—Gloucester . Worcestershire—Monday , Dec . 18—Worcester . Snropshire—Thursday , Dec . 21—Shrewsbury . Staffordshire -Tuesday , Dec . 26—Staff > rd . Before the lion . Baron ltolfe . WESTERN . Southampton—Wednesday . Deo . 20—Winchester-Devon—Wednesday , Deo . 27—Exeter . Before Sir J . T Coleridge , Knight , and the Hon Sir C . OressweH . Knight .
MIDLAND . Warwickshire—Monday , Dec . II—Warwick . Leicester—Thursday , Dec . 14—Leicester . Nottinghamshire—Monday , Dec . 18—Nottingham . Derbyshire—Wednesday , I > c . 20—Derby . lirfore the Right Hon . Sir J . Pnrkc , Knight , one of the Barons of her Majesty' ' s Exchequer . HOME . Essex—Saturday , Deo . 9—Chelmsford . Kent—Wednesday , Dec . 13—llaidstone . Sussex—Saturday , Djc . 16—Lewes . Before the lion . Sir C . Cressweil .
NORTHERN . Yorkshire and South Lancashire—Mr . Justice Wightman—Dute of Assize not yet published .
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . J CLEAVE . FOR MR . jrDOUALL . i £ b . d . Mr . J . Pavey , Kingston , ... ... 0 10 Kei « hley ... ] 0-10 6 Sutton , near Do . ... ... ... 0 7 -U fob victims . Sutton , near Keighley ... ... ... 0 6 6 I FOR EXECUTIVE . Lockwood ... I ... ... 0 8 G
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOR EXECUTIVE . £ s . d . Mr . Heath ( lat <\ of Chelsea ) 0 1 6 From Hebdt'ii Bridge 0 10 0 N . B . Bristol ... i 0 10 Tivcrton , W . fyoweliffe , Esq . ... .. 10 0 ' W . Rowcliffe , jun ., E ? q 0 2 6 j Mr . Open am , it Leiih , omitted in Mr . O'Connor ' s former list , ... ... 030 :
. 1 Prom Hebden fridge ... ... ... 0 16 8 * Southampton ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Alnwick ... v 0 11 0 ; Mile End Road '; 0 4 2 : Golden Lion , Dean-street ... ... 0 2 0 1 Salisbury ... i 0 ' 1 2 Lambeth ... ] 0 2 0 ; Thorn , near Halifax ... ... ... 0 8 4 . i SUBSCRIPTIONS . From Brick-lane , Standard of Liberty ... 0 . 2 2 £
Ft > K THE VICTIM FUND . t Stephen O'Connor , Sutton , Salisbury ... 0 10 Somcrs Town Committee , per J . Horn ... 0 5 0 Rochester aud ShoucI , per Charles Willis 0 6 0 , Mr . Heath , late Of Chelsea 0 1 6 j Thomas Frost , Sutton , Salisbury ... Q 1 0 ¦
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BARNStET-fThe weavers of Messrs . Haxworth . and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can | be got ready for tUem , and there is no doubt but that ' the whole of them will shortly be employed as usual ., There seems to be a very kindly feeling existing , between them arsd their employers- ; and it ia hoped ; that 110 advantage will be taken of any individual , in consequence or the late strike , as haa been unhap-, p ' ily the case by o > . e firsi in this town , some of whose weavers turned out a few mouth 3 ago to prevent a reduction of thei * wac « s , and who , since the termm-.
ation of tha strike , have been turned oat of employ . Tde regular weekly meeting of the weavers was held on Monday night , and was numerously attended . The sympathy of the weavers towards their unemployed brethren was strikiagly maaifested by the expression oi" their willingness and determination to support them uatil they get work , and [ in a way to provide for j themselves . One or two | fother firms have attempted both directly and indirectly to redueo the wiges of their workmen , in order to enrich themselves at their expense , and to make them still more miserable . It is hoped , however , that they will retrace ^ tho steps they hava taken in this matter , and consider that "The labourer is worthy of his hire . " JAs they are professing Christians they should remember the golden rule , "That all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you , do yo also unto them . "
Swing in Babnslpy—The inhabitants of thii town were alarmed by the ringing of the fire bells between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , when i turned out that a hay-stack belonging W . Craw shaw and J . Oxley , butchers . The stack was 01 fire nearly twQ hours before the town ' s engine flame , as the engine men would not fetch out th engines until they were sure who was to pay then The fire was got out by one o ' clock , but what th devouring element has not destroyed ia entirely unfi for use . \
Extraordinary Produce . —Oa three acres at a quarter of land on Chatmoas , near Manohestc and only reclaimed some three or four years as there has boen j dug up this season 595 loads potatoes of 252 lbs . per load , equal to 67 ^ tons ai worth fully ni ' iyMbur shillings per ton . ihe land under the superintendence of ifce Gift ? -liana & l Manchester Union .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct510/page/5/
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