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within the walls of a prison for now three yews and a half was incurred to obtain > soiEcnoK for suffering infancy . It was to prevent yosb children from bring worked to death , that Oastlbr became a "debtor : " you are therefor © debtors" to Mm : youtaught to PAY him 1 ! Every Factory ^ worker is bound , by all the ties of humanity , to contribute to this "Liberty pnrefcasing Fund . " Let us trust that all will so eonsider it I Let but the Factory
Workers give TsropjsxcE each , and the work is done ! Only twopescb ^ ach 1 ! Who is there , that knows anything of what ihe Factory system -was , and -what It is , but -mil sparo that small ssm to rescue tfwir friend from prison-con finement 1 Let the Factory Workers only do ( hat , and Oastleb will be placed in a position to do them far more essential service than any he has rendered yet , great as that has been . Then , Factory Workers . TO THE RESCUE !! "
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Tkritas , Prestos—Mr . 0 * Conn » ll wai elected for dare Ceunty , in 1828 . He was refused his seat -when Parliament met in 1839 ; and on the 10 th of April in that year the "Emancipation" Bill was passed . Mr . O ^ ConneD ws * re-elecied for Clare . William Thomas , Bowlais . —The worla on Phonography are published by Isaac Pitman , 5 , Kelson Place , Bate , ami Bagster and Sous , Patemcater-row , London . JOBS Hustee . —Any number he pleases at 2 a . 3 d . a aozan . Perhaps be could get them from some of the publishers near him . Robert Gill , 1 , Elton-street , York , wishes to correspond with the sob-secretaries of the various localities in the North and Etst Biding district , desiring
their opinion on the Executive address that appeared in the Star on the subject of engaging lecturers . its- BcwiLtJf , CaHT . tst / k We shall ky liappy to receive from Mm Ihe "volume ol poems , if ne can procure it ; or if that cannot be accomplished , if he trill transmit ihe Essay he speaks of , we will try to use it in some manner or ether . For his good wishes T » a fo » Tiir ' him j and are happy to find that the firm s * m < l taken by us for the free expression of thought on political and religious matteia gives satisfaction to the QvtK « V > Mends . Witi respect to the *• reports" on the particular case he mentions , he must Just please " WniMilf . Kottischah . —All communications for the Byron Ward locality are to be directed to the Secretary ,
( pre-paid ) Mr . James Sweet , Goose-gats , Nottingham , where every information will be given to those persons Who may wish to join the Association . Twenty-five new members enrolled their t ^ m and paid for their cards last Sunday evening . Walker's Tros Works , Newcastle . —We are glad to receive the account of " progress" from 'this place . " ' An association is formed j twenty-five cards taken out ; and a weekly meeting arranged for mutual improvement . This is right . Let oh friends meet , read , discuss , and otherwise employ their mental powers , and they will find their account in it . Thb Meters' Advocate . "—We lave received the First Number of the New Series of this organ of the Colliers' Union . It is most tastefully " got
mp , " as far as externals are concerned ; of internal -we cannot speak , for we have not had time yet to open it . Mr . Jraixs Habxet being severely . indisposed , requests the patience of numerous correspondents , until he is able to write to them . Reviews , Literature , &c—Owing to unavoidable causes , we are relnnctantly compelled to omit our -usual articles under the above beads . The Chartist Pilot . —We iave received the first three numbers of ibis large halfpenny-worth of Chartism , published by Mrs . Cooper , of Leicester . At present we can only say to the Chartists of Leicestershire and I > erbyshire , said of all other places where the Pilot can £ nd its way , " boy it . "' Yon will have your money ' s worth .
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on " the present slate of Bnton Society , xna ad * dreo was well received . At the dose several persons joined our ranks . On Wednesday evening , I attended a public meeting at the same place , the subject being the "Repeal of the Union . " A resolution , pledging fee working men of Cheltenham to support their oppressed Irish brethren , was proposed and . most ably spoken to by Mr . "Wm . Mflsome , and enthusiastically adopted by the meeiing , "which was a large one . I spoke upwards of an h oar ; my sentiments being most ¦ wsrnUy responded to by the people . It gives me uracb pleasure te be enabled to state that notwithstanding Cheltenham is thB favourite resort of the aristocracy ,
the Chartists oeenpy a more commandingposition than in * ny other place I have yet visited . I disposed of seventy cards , sad on Thursday was about to start for Stroud , when a letter arrived , informing me that it was useless to go there , as they could not get up a meeting , tinder % veek ' s notice . tThey had two days ) . Wooton-under Bdge , it appeared , was similarly situated . Gloster being on my way back t » Bristol , -where I was to lecture on the Sunday following , I determined to call there , and , if possible , gel np a meeting . On my arrival , I set to -work , and soon found oat the only two known Chartists in the place , who told me that to think of getting a meeting in Qloster in its present apathetic state was folly , as Chartism in its most promising moments had bnt few votaries In that town . On
Friday , I started for Bristol , which place I found posted with biDs , announcing a lecture by me on the Repeal ef the TJnien . On Sunday evening , the commodious Chapel in Bear lane was well filled ; admission by payment . Mr . Rogers , a working man , occupied the chair . 1 lectured nearly two hours , daring which time I -was frequently interrupted , the meeting responding warmly to mj sentiments in favour of Irish liberty . At the conclnsJon , the thwrttn of the me * ting was unanimously voted me ; and I had the unspeakable pleasure of enrolling , under the banner ' of Chartism , several of Erin ' s exiled sons , who expressed their high Bense of gratitude for . the manner in -which he foully maligned English workingmen had taken np the c * use of their country . On Monday , I proceeded to Baih , and lectured to a crowded and eutfansiastic
audience , Six . Charles Boiwell ocenpying the chair . At the dose I enrolled a few members , and also disposed ef a great number of " Hobson ' aPoor Man ' s Companion for 1844 , " -which I had brought from Bristol for th&V purpose . It ib a xeally valuable little book : every working man cught to possess himBelf of a copy . On Tuesday 1 returned to Bristol , where I lectnre again to-night ; and on Friday morning leave by-thesUampaeket lor Cornwall . My frienoB in Devon will see by the Siar of to-fiay 1 nave a -week ' s -work cut out This is aa it onjiit to be- 2 tfy stay in this district lias bxn rendered comparatively useless through the vrant of an understanding with each locality . Plymouth , Tavistock , &c , Bhsil be duly attended to- lily Welsh friends shall hear from me , through Mr . Simeon , immediately after I have visited thB " far West . " Wales shall be my next" theatre of action . "
HontEBtMiTH — HeoegasizaHon . A meeting tras held at ihe Black Bull Inn , on Tuesday , evening last , Dec . 5 th , 1843 , for the above purpose , Mr . L . J IBrown in the chair . The following resolusion was unanimously passd " That we pledge ourselves individually and collectively , to use onr utmost exertions to re-organ ^ this locality , and to spread the great principles of Chartism . " © EPTTORD- —Prince of Wale 3 , fLewisham-road —The Chartist 3 of the Greenwich and Deptford Localitf , met as usual at their weekly place of meeting , when the National tribute was ^ iscusst-a . Jt waa rSSvet-That ; we , the members of this IocaHty will use our best endeavours to get np a National tribute , and we hope teat every leeahty in Great Britaimrill enter upon the same immediately ; and { hat new ' s day will be fiixed upon as the time
year of collecting . It is requested , that all members wilJ attend on Sunday evening next , as there will be ooiisessflf importance brought before them . SOUTH SHEBiDS . —Mr . R . Gammage lectured liere " on the principal causes of distress . " He contended that all our evils sprung from class made laws . B . e shewed up the fallacy of the " Cheap Bread ' cry , and contended that the working dasses could not reap any permanent benefit from Cheap provisioHs , bnt ibat those having fixed incomes wonld recede benefit ' i for their incomes would nse in the same proportion as provisions came down . He also lectured on Tnesday evening , Bee . 7 , on K the six points of the Peoples' Charter , " and gave general satisfaction to all present . A voluntary collection was taken at the close of each lecture .
Losgios . —Magistrate ? Ho 6 h , Wbdhesdat . — Magistratts present—Messrs . Bailey , Bosse , and two others . Thomas Evans summoned a " butty " Collier , of the same of Patrick , for 12 s . 6 d . as wages due . Mr . Williams appeared for the plaintifL The plaiBtiS " , with other six , gave Patrick , a fortnight ' s notice that if he did not join the Union they would leave him at the end of that time . At thlB colliery ( Xejeet ) , they always keep one week's wages in hand ; therefore , whin the time was up , the men demanded their money . He refused to give it to them until the regular pay-day . Mr . Williams exposed the " buities , " and stated that the men were prepared to resist their tyranny . The magistrates ordered the * butty" to pay the wages and i ^ fusm
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BRISTOL . —Citt and St . James ' s Locality . —A public meeting was * held , as announced by placard and last Saturday ' s Star , in the Society ' s Boom , Cannon-street , St . James's Church Yard , when Mr . S . Bartlett delivered an address on " The Land Question versus Political Rights . " Mr . Jacobs replied to some of the objections urged by Mr . B ., and called on all present to enrol themselves in the National Charter Association . Several members were enrolled . At the conclusion it was announced by the chairman , that as there was some trifling difference of opinion , a public discussion would take place next Monday evening , in that room , when every person would be free to deliver his opinions on this important topic . Note bv the Correspondent .
Mr . S . Bartlett is jofit restored from a long illness , which threatened to terminate bis existence . He has Buffered much both physically and mentally for the cause of Chartism , through a consistent career of seven years in the West ; he would now be happy to serve any locality in the country as lecturer , on moderate terms . Mr . S . Bartlett was one of the first small band of lecturers who rose in Bath , now seven years since , to advocate Universal Suffrage and Working Men ' s Associations , and contributed largely , by his addresses and otherwise , to rear the first once great Bath Association . Ho is one of those old servants who have done much , suffered
many privations , and received but little ; whilst others , who have proved themselves unworthy , have had money , presents , and honours showered on them . Yet Mr . S . B . complains not . He has been one of the slaves to Chartism , and is willing still to be ; for he is wedded to the cause . Any locality needing a lecturer would do an act of justice to themselves by employing him , and enable him , by change of air and healthy exercise , to recruit his shattered strength . Happily his head is cool , and well stored with political truths ; bis lungB are firm , and his heart is good . Letters for Mr . B ., can be addressed to the care of Mr . Jacobs , bookseller , Upper Maudlin-street , Bristol .
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TO THE EDITOR OF THB NOBTHEBN STAR . Respectbd Six , —Permit me through the medinm of your invaluable journal to contradict a number of gross falsehoods which appeared in the Blackburn Standard of November the 29 th , relative to the-Miners' Association recently formed in that neigh bonrhood . The Blackburn Standard in its report of the meeting of Miners recently holden at Bacnp , states that it was attended by delegates from Neweastle upon-Tyne , Wigan , St . Helen ' s , and other places ; and that every day during the preceding week delegates from various parts of Scotland and other places have held meetings at Oldbam , Ash ton , Stockport , Bolton , Bury , Rochdale , and the neighbouring
towns . Lodge meetings are held in various public houses ; and persons are admitted by passwords and signs , similar to the Odd Fellows and other secret societies . It is also rumoured that there will shortly be a general turnout of Miners throughout Lancashire aad Yorkshire 1 " This , Mr . Editor , is an extract from the columns of the Blackburn Standard % and it proves that the person' who wrote it is possessed of no mean capacity for what children call " story-telling" ; as , with the exception of the fact of a meeting having been holden at Bacnp , it is one continued tissue of falsehoods from beginning te end . Bat is seems from the statement about secret meetings , passwords , and signs , that the writer has other objects in view than the
mere gratification of his lying propensities . He wishes to bring down , upon the already much-infred Miners , not only the vengeance of the Coal ings , but an increase of expenditure in having to defend themselves from a charge of conspiracy . I most emphatically and unequivocally declare that Delegate meetings have not been holden every day ; that there are no secret meetings of any description ; that there have been no delegates from Scotland ; that there are no " signs" or " passwords "; but on the contrary meetings of delegates are onlv holden once in each fortnight , and
the places where they are held axe regularly announced through the ealumns of the Northern Siar ; and the only things excluded during the deliberations of the delegates , are intoxicating drinks . None are prohibited from' witnessing the proceedings , provided they conduct themselves with propriety and decorum . So far from the Miners wishing to do anything secretly , they desire to give the utmost publicity to all their proceedings , in order that public feeling may be roused in their favour , and the whole nation become acquainted with the many acts of injustice to which themining population have been so long subjected .
I am , Sir , yours repeotfully , Wm . Gbocott , Secretary to the Lancashire Miners Manchester , Dec . 6 th .
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ILKESTON—Be so good , lor the benefit of the Hi-used Colliers of Derbyshire , as to inform them through the medium of your valuable paper , that the g » od work has at last begun in their county . We had & glorious meeting on Saturday night last , at the Three Horse Shoes , Bipley , which was well attended by the hardy sons of the Mine . Mr . Fleming explained the rales of the Association In a manner which highly delighted them ; after which Mr . jMyeroffc , in an excellent speech , showed them how e ? iy it might be to better their condition . Thirty-five members took cards , when the meeting separated highly gratified . We shall visit Ripley on Monday 11 th ; Swan wick 12 th ; and such other places as may require our services through the week . We hope the Colliers of Ilkeston will rally round the standard . Akdbe-w Fleming , \ . _„*_ Thomas Mtckoft . / •* * «» "
Boltoit . —A meeting of the Miners at Bolton was holden on Monday last , Mr , Hunter addressed the meeting . At the conclusion of his address , the following resolution was carried unanimously : — "That nothing short of a general union of our trade will be of a permanent or lasting benefit to ourselves and children . " Arrangements were made for future meetings , which will take place every Saturday night , at the New Lodge Room , Brough Hill . Doors to be open at seven o ' clock . OcGHTEBsiDB . —Thirty Tthree men of this place are still oat of employment , and those that have got to work will not receive any wages till the 9 th of Dec . The sufferings of the poor fellows are really heartrending ; most of them having parted with all the goods they had , now having nothing , and are quite destitute . A meeting was held and addressed by Mr . Hunter .
Gjlcbcx . —The meeting was held as usual in Mr . Scou ' s Long Room , Mr . John Fell , from Oughterside , in the chair . After a few remarks from the Chairman , Mr . Hunter was called upon to address it . The men of this place are greatly benefiued by the reading of the Northern Star . : Wobkikgton , Nov . 3 D . —A delegate meeting was held as nsnal , The Whitehaven district delegates did not attend . Siaffoedshibe Pottebies . —Messrs . liomsx and Swallow have holden very successful meetings during the pa 3 t week at Alsager ' s Bank , Audley , Kantten Heath , Talkoth _ Hill , Bradley Green , Longton , Golden Hill , Butt j ^ ane , Tunstal , Harris Head , and Norton . The " Month of Grace" is working -wonders here . At Scoatia , Biddnlph , Woodbead , Delphus , & . C ., the men nave got an advance of wages .
The MTutrBPws of this place met at night and were addressed by Mr . Hunter , when it was agreed that s pubiie meeting should be called for the succeeding night , and that Messrs . Hunter and Holliday should attend . The bellman was sent round , and the meeting was the beat bj far that has beeu here . The following resolution was put to the meeting and passed unanimously : — That in the opinion of this meeting our rights have been unjustly and unmercifully taken from ua , therefore , we pledge ourselves to use every legal and peaceable means to obtain them . "
A Public Meetisg of the Coal Miners of the Oldhana and Ashton districts was bolden , according to announcement , on Monday last , on a space of ground in front of the Horse Shoe Inn , in Bardt-ley . The chair was occupied by Mr . G . Harrison , who Riled ihe office to which lie bad : been called by the unanimous votes of his fellow-woTkmen in a masterly manner . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Auty , from Yorkshire ; Blamsey , from Padiham , authorised agents of the Miner ' s Association ; and also by Mr . Dison , from Manchester . The usual Trade ' s resolutions were passed by aoclamation ; after which a vote of thanks was given to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for the manner in which they had
hitherto defended the Miners of Great Britain ia their struggle of right against might ; and also for giving pnblicity to their proceedings , without fee or reward . The thanks of the meeting was also given to Mr . Dixon for his past and present services In the cause of the suffering Coal Miners of this country . " Mr . Dixon briefly acknowledged the compliment and moved a ] vote of thanks to the Chairman , which was carried by acclamation , and the meeting dispersed in a peaceful and orderly manner Delicate Meeting . —A delegate meeting of the Miners of Northumberland and Durham was held in the large room of the Black Lion Inn , m Durham , ^ Fridav and Saturday last , the 1 st and 2 nd inst .
At the appointed hour , Mr . William Jtucnawson ^ s unanimously called upon to . preside , and Mr . Mark Dent to occupy the vice-chair . Mr . Bjchardson briefly opened the proceedings by stating the obj-cte for which they bad assembled that day ; and after entering into some preliminary arrangements for fte betterixpedition of business , » i . down , calling upVJT& DistricTSecretary to read the > minutes of the previons delegate meeting , which was complied w ? thS they wtre confirmed The following ; reso . lutiona were proposed , seconded , and discusEed m due form , and ultimately a « w « d to ^ lg . That a Committee be elected to conduct the p "" ^" ® district , ud taatooe njembOT fwa each snb-aistn «*
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be nominated to form that committee . " 2 nd . That each sub-district be required to hold a meeting on the 9 th 6 t December , ' to nominate a person from duoh sub-district to constitute the District Committee . " 3 rd . "That the Committee for the district hold their business meetings at the hoase of Mr . Martin Jude , Three Tuns , Manor Chare , Newcastle / ' 4 th . "That the wages or expenses of the Committee be left tothe decision of the sub-districts . " 5 th . "That the Secretary and Treasurer retire to another room to receive the contributions to the district fund . " 6 th . "That the men of Brancepeth Colliery return to work , and test their masters as regards turning them from their employment / ' The meeting then adjourned until nine o'clock on Saturday morning .
Saturday Mobjiing . —The meeting resumed then sitting this morning , at nine o ' clock , Mr . Richardson in the chair ; Mr . Dent in the vice-chair . The minutes of the previous sitting were read and confirmed , and the following resolutions were , having been discussed at considerable length , agreed to : — 1 st . " That the resolution respsctmg the unbound men being turned off their employment , be carried into operation . " 2 nd . " That in the opinion of this meeting , partial strikes are injurious to the Association ; and : that those collieries who are now on strike be strongly recommended by this meeting to return to work . " 3 rd . "That a Committee of five delegates be appointed from this meeting to draw up a programme to facilitate the business of the meeting of
delegates . " 4 th . " That the following persona constitute that Committee : —John Stoker , Alexander Stoves , James Kean , James Ballantyne , and Henderson F&wcett . " 5 th . " That the District Secretary be instructed to write to Kenton , apprising the men there of the mis-statements of their delegate to the late Conference . " 6 th . "That the meu of East Holy well Colliery be supported out of the law fund to defray the expenses of their late trials . " 7 th . That the men of Wingate Grange Colliery be supported from the law fund of each colliery in the district , so as to enable them to employ able counsel , and defray all necessary exoenses in the
carrying out of their trial . " 8 th . " That the men of ¦ ling Pit be supported by voluntary contribution from each colliery in the disiriot . " 9 th . " That the District Secretary ' s wages be benoeforth 18 s . per week . " 10 th . That no colliery work in future on their pay Saturday . " lltb . "That each Colliery Secretary be required to give a correct statement of the number of members , and transmit the' same to the District Secretary previous to the forthcoming General Conference , to be held in Manchester , on January 1 st , 1844 . " 12 th . " That the Committee of the district meet to transact business on Saturday , Deo . 16 th , in Mr . Jude ' s , Three Tans , Manor Chare , Newcastle , as formerly agreed to . "
South Staffobdshire . —A delegate meeting was held at the Jolly Colliers , Swan Village , on the 27 th ult ., when Mr . James George was unanimously called to the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting , and then called on the Secretaryi to read the minutes of the last delegate meeting , which were read and confirmed . He then proceeded to call over the ^ oames of the different lodges , when their delegate camb forward and paid in the following sums : —Three Crowns £ 1 Os l | d ; West Bromwicb , £ 1 lla 3 d ; Oidbury £ 1 14 s j Dudley Port 153 Great
; Bridge 17 s 9 d ; Swan Village Ss 4 id ; Wednesbury 14 s ; Darliston 83 4 d ; Summer Hill 143 ; Tipton 17 s 2 $ d ; Park-house Lane 9 b 6 d ; Round ' s Green 3 s ; Whiteheath Gate « s ; Rising Sun , Wednesbury 14 s 7 Jd ; Prince's End 3 s 9 d ; Hdrsley Heath 5 s 2 d ; Bilston lOd ; Plack lOd ; Sardsalem 9 d ; after which several resolutions were passed of a local nature . It was also moved , seconded , and carried , that a committee be appointed to audit the books and settle local matters , and that the next delegate meeting be held on Dec . 18 th , at the United Hands , Wednesbury , The meeting then broke up .
On Wednesday , the 29 th ult ., the Committee met accordingly , when George Jones was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the meeting very ably . The committee commenced , 1 st , by agreeing to advance as much money to Mr . J . Wilde , as would pay his expences to the district to which the Executive had appointed him ; 2 nd , that Mr . J . Wilde have £ 2 10 s to pay his fare to North Durham ; 3 rd , that Mr . Wilde is desired to lay the state of South Staffordshire before the Executive , when he arrives at his destination ; 4 th , that the decision of the Executive upon the £ ? uth Stafford case be
returned back by letter as soon as possible ; 5 th , it is desired" that Mr . Pyle stop in South Stafford till the answer come from the Executive ; 6 th , the books were audited and found correct . The penny levy was then called for , when the following sums were paid : —Three CrownB 133 5 d ; West Bromwich , £ 1 Oa lOd ; Oidbury 10 s ; Swan Village 6 s 3 d ; Darlestou 2 a lOd ; Park-house Lane 4 s ; Round ' s Green 2 s ; Horsley Heath 4 a 5 d . Resolved •* That £ 4 be sent to the Executive , towards the levy ; likewise £ 6 for cards and rules . " Several sums came in after ike cash had gone to Newcastle .
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM . Mv dkab , my very deab Friendb , —I cannot find words sufficiently strong or expressive to convey my thaukB to you for the cool , the manly , the deliberate , and judicious manner in which you aided and assisted in reconciling the trifling differences which existed between some of your friends . I feel assured that upen reflection every working man who was present will rejoice in the part that he acted on that occasion ; while , from the result , I have learned the wholesome lesson that the people themselves constitute the only proper tribunal for the settlement of such questions ; and I have further come to the cheering conclusion , that what I now confess I did look upon as a hostile move , was nothing
more than a consequence of misunderstanding , which our Nottingham friends were as anxious as I was to have set right . In truth , I look upon the result of last Monday nigh ' - ' s meeting to have been of vast importance . I could not afford to lose the confidence , or to merit the disapproval , of men with whom I have fought and bled , by night and by day . The result , so cheering to me , will doubtless be gall and wormwood to the " tricksters" who prowl the country , living upon dissensions that they themselves engender . My beloved friends , we have enemies enough of all complexions , shape , and size , without turning upon ourselves . I learn that a great portion of the hope of the League is built upon their and
expectation to destroy Fear ^ u 3 O'Connor the Northern Star ; but as I have , up to this hour , fought the battle of poverty against wealth—of right against might—and of justice against injustice , with the sons of toil for my supporters , I now bid the united factions defiance ; and tell them that with you I will fight aud conquer , leaving to our oppressors all the advantages that they can gaiu from the aid and co-operation of our united opponents . Again , thanking you and praying that God may bless you , and enable me bo to conduct myself as to make me instrumental in raising you up- from your present hopeless condition to that state , to which as men , as freemen , and industrious men you are entitled
I remain , your ever faithful , devoted , and loving friend , Fkargus O'Connor . P . S . As you are lovers of justice , truth , and fairplay ; and as you would consider * the triumph of our reconciliation sullied , if achieved by equivocation , prevarication , or falsehood ; and as much , of the complaint of my good friends at Nottingham was founded upon the supposition that the term " tricksters" had been applied to them ; and as I unequivocally denied that it had been so applied , it will be gratifying to you- to learn that Mr . Mason put a similar question to Mr . M'Grath , at a public meeting at Birmingham ; and that Mr . M'Grath stated at Birmingham that the Executive applied
the term to the very parties in London , to whom I stated at Nottingham it was intended for . I assure you that I was not aware of this fact , nor indeed could I have been , until after my return from Nottingham , when , upon communicating the mistake into which our Nottingham friends had fallen to Mr . Wheeler , he replied" Why , that ' s noneensajfor here ' s a letter that I received from M'Grath this morning , in which hestates that Mason , acting under the fame impression , put a similar question to him ; and in reply , Mr . M'Grath frankly named the very parties " that I had named at Nottingham . Mr . Wheeler wa ? not aware of my having named any particB at Nottingham until after he had read Mr , M'Grath's letter to me ; and I said , Why , those are the very
parties that I mentioned . " Now , 1 trust our Nottingham friends will be satisfied . Aye , my friends , and however those fellows and all other " tricksters " may hope to escape denunciation , while they stab me in the dark , I tell them that , without any delicacy , I'll blow them up , root and branch , until not a fibre of the weeds shall remain in the soil . It is very fine morality and sentimentality indeed , to allow Feargns O'Connor to be a cocksfoot with bis eyes blindfolded , his tongue tied , and his ears open , while it is the perfection of impropriety and immorality , if he dares to defend himself 1 Now , I'll tell you , my good friends , that I have this week received packages of the most underhand , rascally , slanderous , and cowardly letters , circulated through the country , which
would be quite sufficient to destroy : any public man who did not rely upon his own aots for protection , and upon tho villainy of his underhand accusers for detection . I have sent specimens of them to the Northern Star office , to be used by one of the few men who has stood by me in the gale and the sunshine , Mr . Hobeon , as be thinks fit . But I feel assured that under his contxoul he will nit open the columns of the Star even for my defence ; nor do I require him : for while I have such staunch and brave defenders as the men of Newcastle and Sund 6 rland have proved themselves to be in this secret affair , I shall have no reeourse-to any other mode of defence than that which their order is prepared universally to cast round me , F . O'C .
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A Public Meeting of the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District was holden on Monday last , on Cronkey 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 by Mr . Birnel , of Cumberland , one of the agents to the Miners' Association , and Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester . The meeting was well attended ; and the following resolutions were passed unanimously : —" That we , the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District , in public meeting assembled , do hereby declare that the wages that we at present receive for our labour are not sufficient to sunnlv ua and our
families with the common necessaries of life . " "That we hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and constitutional means ( and such only ) in our power to Beoure a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . ' , "That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is our duty 1 to immediately join the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , as the only means of securing to us that protection for our labour which it so imperatively demands ; and hereby call upon the Miners of this district to do so without delay . " "That we , the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District , in public meeting assembled , do hereby return onr heartfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for their kindnesB in giving publicity to our proceedings . "
Bishop Avcklanp .- ^ Mt . Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the authorised agent of the Miners' Association , lectured at the following places last week : — Shildon Bank , Leasingtborn , St . Helens , Evenweod , Cockfleld , Etherly , Hunwick , and Bransheth ; at all the above places excellent meetings have been held . The Miners of Padiham are hereby informed that the amount of money paid in for them at the last delegate meeting was £ \ Is ., and those of Patricroft . 13 * . 5 Jd . Coatbridge . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part ef the Coatbridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crookstone ' s hall , which was addressed by ^ Messrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at the close of the meeting about 100 new members joined
the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . On Tuesday , the 21 st , a meeting of another part of that district w > s held in Burt ' s Hall , Coatbridge , when a good good number were enrolled as members of the Union . On Wednesday , the 22 nd , met in the Comet , in Coatbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson a&d Embleton . Oa Tkusday , the 23 rd , another meeting of another part of the said district was held in Mr . John Haliday ' s hall , Wester Menniston , when those present elected Mr . John Young for chairman ; Messrs ; D . Thompson and B . Embelton addressed the meeting ut great length , and a
few were added to « ur num ., jr . On Friday , the 25 th , a delegate meeting of tuis district was held in Burt ' shall Coathndge , Mr . D . Brown in the chair ; the different delegates gave in their reports , the following sums were paid in : —Dundyvan , No , 6 , 4 s . 4 £ d , ; Ditto , No . 10 , Is . 3 d ;; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 s . 6 d . ; Dumpelliers , No . 8 , 3 d ; Coats pit , Gartshenie , la . 3 d . ; Curlincroft , Gartshenie , 6 s . lQjd . ; GartgeTl , 7 s . 9 d . ; Sommerlee , 2 s , 7 £ < i '; Dumpellier , No . 7 , 7 Jd ; Gartgell , 7 £ i . ; Nuthehouse , Is . 3 jd . ; Barton ' s-bill , 7 id . j Dundyvau , No . 3 , 5 s . 7 | a . { Dundyvan , No . 10 , 7 & 1 . ; Ditto , No . 9 » 7 Ad . ; Coats pit , Gartshenie , 7 R ; Carlincroft , 7 hi .: aud Eipps , 7 id .
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John Auty has been lecturing in the following places with general success : —Duckworth , Moorchurch , Kirk Altham , Darwen Over , Broadfield and Bell Thorn . j Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on the 20 th and 21 st ; at Radcliffe Bridge on the 22 nd ; Hey wood on the 23 rd ; Middleton on the 24 th ; and on Saturday night opened a new Lodge at Bunker ' s Hill * near Heywood- On Monday , the 27 th , lectured at } Bank-lane ; at Walmsley on the 28 th . Mr . P . also opened a new Lodge at Bay slate , near Heywood , where twenty-eiaht enrolled
themselves members of the Miners' Association . More Coal King Tyranny . —One of the Coal Kings in the neighbourhood of Ghorley discharged two men named James Key and 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 . Thi 3 brought the proud tyrant to his senses ; he took them back , and ( the men returned to their work accordingly . I
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Mb . M'Graws Tour , —On Wednesday , tho 22 d instant , I proceeded from Birmingham to Bilston . The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a prostrate position ; nevertheless , I soon found a few determined spirits whose steru devotion to the sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could shake . The meeting was good and spirited . Mr . Caadley , as chairman , commenced the proceedings in a sensible speech . Mr . Mogg , of Lawley-Bank , and I spoke after , when forty-six cards of membership were taken out . Many others would have taken cards , bat were prevented by the | pauperizing operation of the infernal truck system ; Here the tyranny and injustice of the coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all
their execrable iniquity . The truck system is in full operation ; there is scarcely a coal or iron master in this district who : does not keep what is called a " Tommy Shop , " from whioh the workmen are constrained to take goods at prices considerably higher than they can be purchased at the regular shops in the neighbourhaod . The cupidity of the coal and iron masters are' not satisfied with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and grasps the greater portion of those wages in the shape of exorbitant profits . 1 It is no uncommon oecurrepce for the men to go ten weeks together without a settlement ; and upon the reckoning day , should the balance be in favour of the workman , itis discounted at five per cent . Twelve months ago the Miners
here were paid three shillings a day ; at present they ate paid but two shillings and threepence , although the price of iron is higher now than when wages were three shillings a day . I could fill a half dozen columns j of the Star with accounts of the fraudulent and : nefarious practices of these Corn Law Repealing and church and chapel-going saints . One more of these and I shall have done . Au occurrence frequently takes place here which is designated a Bildus , the meaning of which is this : —the hands decend into the pit , work some four or five hours ; an excuse is then made for not proceeding further with the work for the day ; the men are called up and are not allowed a farthing for their labour ; thus , the working-man is degraded ,
enslaved , aud plundered to maintain in luxury and splendour , his heartless , godless , pity less oppressors . As a proof that the Chartists of Bilston are deter * mined on strenuous exertion in furtherance of the movement , I may mention that they are about taking a Hall which will hold upwards of a thousand persons . I was { urgently requested to visit Bilston , Wolverhamptonl and Lowfey Bank , on my return . On Thursday I proceeded from Bilston to Hanley in the Potteries . We had an excellent meeting . Mr . Seal , delegate to the late Conference , occupied the chair . I addressed them on the causes of , and the remedy for , { national distress ; shewing up the insufficiency of j the nostrums with which political quacks are endeavouring to drug the public mind
arguing that political power was the only medium through whioh the people could secure those social rights whioh the God of creation destined for man ' s enjoyment . Sixty-two cards of memberbhip were taken out . I 'was invited to revisit them on my return . The men of Longton , four miles from Hanley , are about ts commence the erection of a Chartist Hall , thirty-six feet square ; they calculate upon its completion in time to entertain the veteran Richards ob his liberation from prison , which will be in May next . Energy , intelligence , and enthusiasm are the characteristics of Chartism in this distriot . On Sunday evening , we had a splendid meeting in Stockport : the room in the occupation of the Chartists here will Hold upwards of one thousand
persons . My audience on the occasion amounted to about seven hundred , among which were two policemen of the town , whom I did not fail to oongratulate on the prdud position which they occupied at our meeting . One of them is known here by the cognomen of *? Mr . Memory , " he being the same individual who { swore at the Lancaster trial that he could give from memory a verbatim report of a speech of an { hour's duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman , I addressed them for upwards oi , an hour , on the evils resulting from class-made laws and institutions , and the efficiency of the
Charter , as the means of redressing national grievances . The unanimous thanks of the meeting having been awarded to me ; we commenced the work sf enrolling , when 117 cards of membership were taken out , fifty of which were ] taken by those ardent and enthusiastic young votaries of freedom—the Chartist youths of Stockport . From Stockport I went to Northwich ; there were no { arrangements made for a meeting : we , however , got one up , by sending out the crier . Several member's were enrolled , and I was promised that upon revisiting them a meeting weald he got up worthy of the sacred cause which we are struggling to advance .
\ Phiup M'Grath . BRIGHTON . —A public meeting was holden on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . Lashford in the chair . It was proposed by Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Mitchell , "That Ireland consisting as it does of a population of 8 , 000 , 000 of people , is entitled to a domestic legislature ; we therefore pledge ourselves to assist the people of Ireland by all peaceable and constitutional means to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Page , seconded by Mr . Virgo : "That while this meeting deprecates all idea of violence , we feel bound in justice to condemn the Irish Executive for dismissing from the magisterial benches men of the highest character and station , and inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary
military force ! to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , and blockading her coasts with her Majesty's navy . " Carried unanimously Proposed by Mr . Flower , seconded by Mr . Williams , "That while we readily admit the inequality of Ireland ' s political aud municipal franohies , the base and shameful conduct of her alien landlords to their impoverished { tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and local patronage , the unohristianlike exaction of her Established Chnroh , together with the manifold grievances under which Ireland has suffered for centuries ; yet at the same -time we express itjas our decided opinion that neither England ^ Ireland , Scotland , nor Wales can obtain political justice until that greatest of monopoly , Glass-legislation , is destroyed by the adoption of the People's Charter as the law of these realms . !
BARNSLET . —A publio meeting of the Chartists of this town was convened by the bell on Monday night , in John Pickering's large room , for the purpose of again forming a Chartist Association , in the hope of once more plaoing Barnsley ia its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mirfieldj , E . Daly , and others . A good spirit was manifested , and many entered their names . A provisional committee was appointed to get the Association into ! a working state , when a regular committee will be appointed . The meeting was adjourned until Monday evening next , at eight o'clock , when it is hoped , that all the old friends of the cause will enter once more heart and hand to give effect to the cause by impressing on the more younger friends of democracy the necessity of repondiflg to the call of the Executive , and the urgent soul-stirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Feargus O'Connor , Esq .
BURY . —Mr . C . Doyle delivered two lectures on Sunday last , in the Working Man's Hall , Gardenstreet , Bury . The lectures were well attended . Ashton-under-Lynb . —On Sunday last , the Chartists of thiB town opened a new and splendid room with two lectures ; that 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 tip . 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 . Bell , of ( Hey wood , who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to hear for some time ; he was listened to with great attention , and concluded amidst great applause . After ft vote of thanks being given to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke np .
The Wife of a Patriot , —Died at Dundee , on the 13 th ult ., May Thorn , reliot of the late George Mealmaker , member , and sometime president , of the British National Convention which met at Edinburgh , and of ] which Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skir-V ^ J ^ , Mar 8 ?? ° , TI members . He Wrote the hand-bill for * which Palmer was transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence'' ( 1 ) . but his geaerosity 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 pears transportation , in January , 1798 . He died in 1808 : this widow , consequently , survived her persecuted husband thirty-five years . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and bore an excellent oharapter . She lived to nurse ber great-grand children . —From a Correspondent .
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Horkible !—Thames Police . —A most distressing case was yesterday brought under the notico of the magistrate . A poor woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , and applied to the magistrate , Mr . Brodenp , for adrice and 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 inquest had been held on the body , the corpse was sent last Thursday to the mother , and , owing to
some parochial dispute respecting the interment , tna body had now been above ground for twelve days , and the stench emitted was most dangerous . Added to this , one of the deceased ' s brothers was in a high stivte of typhus fever , and altogether their misery and destitution were beyond description . Complainant called upon his worship as well on her own behalf as on the behalf of the peor woman who suffered under the afiliction , as she feared that the infection arising from the putrid body would extend to her own family .
Mr . Broderip , who was evidently much shocked at hearing the case , directed that instant inquiry should be made into it , and Barber , one of tho warrant officers , was promptly despatched for the purpose . On hia return , in about an hoar after wards Barber stated that he never witnessed a scene of greater wretchedness . On inquiry he found that the poor woman , whose name wai Oliver , together with her family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which was miserably poor ; and rendered quite intolerablo in consequence of the stench emitted from the dead body , which was perfectly black . He learned that the boy , who wjs fourteen years old , had fallen into the hold of the and died from an which
Rosslin Castle ^ injury jne received on the temple . The coroner ' s jury had pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been , sent home on Thursday , and had remained uninterred in consequence of some parochial dispute . 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 . He ( Barber ) called upon Mr . Rosa , who wag out , but the assistant assured him that tho boy s case was well attended to . One of the most horrible parts of Barber ' s melancholy narrative was . that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than that in whioh the remaius of their deceased relative was poisoning vhe air around th « m . The smell was utterly intolerable .
Mr . Broderip—How could it be otherwise when a corpse is left there uninterred for twelve days ? If there is any dispute about the ground , let a place be purchased at once and the body interred . The pub . io health requires that this should be 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 fctoss neglect somewhere . Ellis , the seoond usher , here stated that the poor family was in great distress , and most proper objects of relief . Mr . Broderip—Well , see at once that all their wants are sufficiently provided for , and that the body'be promptly interred , even though the expences shoald be paid by myself . — Times—Wednesday .
In the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second usher , reported to the magistrate the course which he pursued on the previous evening , according to b . 13 Worship ' s instructions . On arriving at the place , which presented a aad spectacle , he at once had the deoaying body removed to the bone-house , and paid for the 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 , ne took care to see that the place was well purified , and he was glad to be able to report , that the boy who was suffering from typhus was now out of danger . —Times , Thursday .
Coroner ' s Inqjjest . —Frightful Destitution . — Melancholy Death fbom Want and Privation . —On Wednesday afternoon , a respectable jury was impanelled before Mr . Baker , at the City of Norwich , Wentworth-street , Whitech * pel , to investigate the oironmstances 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 to a skeleton . The other twin child was in the room , and 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 the head of " Appalling case of destitution . " After the unhappy mother had been examined , Mr . Hart , said that deceased died most probably from teething , sinking under the attaok from its debilitated
stato . The other child is vn a very precarious state . Mr . Byles , the pariah surgeon , who was i the room , observed that the father was in a very bad state of health , and possibly would never be able to work again . The father was now brought in , and was so 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 , he paid one shilling and fourpence rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles in pawn ( with threepence interest ) . He did not know what to do , as he was not able to work . He asked for some coals , which he was refused . His native place is Preston , in Lancashire . "Verdict , "Natural death , accelerated by want and privation . [ Most sage jurors ! j " Natural death'W accelerated by want and privation" / What has Nature to do with * ' want and privation" ? What stuff is this . The verdiot should have been , " Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man ' s brutality to man . "
Labour Struggle . —Great Turn-Out at Ashtonundeh-Lynb . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike of the factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has beeu manifested by the hands working in those milla which have been paying under the list price . At length , a general meeting was called , when it was stated that the firm of Messrs . Reyner 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 MessrB . Reyner ' s 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 of which are leaders in the Corn Law movement , assembled and entered into a bond—that should the weavers in the employ of Messrs . Reyner persist in turning out , they would each stop their weaving departments on the 25 th of November , in order that Messrs . Reyner might succeed in getting their mills filled with workpeople . The operatives , however , determined on carrying oat the strike , the consequence of which is , that nearly the whole of the weavers in the town and neighbourhood were thrown
on the streets on Saturday evening last . This morning the turnouts , aud hands 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 imsinesa in connexion with the conduct of the masters . This motion having been agreed to , the meeting adjourned until to-morrow morning at ten o ' clock excitement prevails in the town , and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen find great fault with the course pursued by the millownerg . Several shop meetings have been held during the day arranging what steps should be adopted at the morning meeting . All at present remains qufefc . —Times . Wednesday . *
The following additional particulars are from the Manchester Guardian , the well known League advocate and organ of the millocraoy : —On Tuesday morning the weavers assembled at ten o ' clock , when a person named Conker was called to the chair . J Milhgan said , he had been to various shop meetings that morning , ; and had addressed them / He sug gestei the propriety ofa deputation being appointed to wait upon the various ministers of the gospel z &psp pa&sss a ^ e ^ M S ^ ttS ss » a . tfss rfsaa this course damia . be adopted ! This , behfg ^ - conded , was pnt : J ) y the Chairman , and carried .-An operative tl » en moved « That the appointment of the depntations should be left with the weavers '
committee . " A female having seconded the motion , it was put and carried . Ppng said he had to infortn them , that last week there were 105 persons at work in Messrs . Reyner ' s mill , but this week there were Only 30 . He understood that the masters were complaining that the London press did not do its duty towards them ; he was glad that some of those papers were advocating their cause . After denouncing those masters who were connected with tha Anti-Corn-Law League , he dwelt at some length on the advantages of union , and concluded by advising those who had been locked out by the masters , to go to the parish for relief . The secretary for the committee read the receipts and disbursements , from when i * appeared that £ 24 ISa 3 d . had been collected on Saturday last , for Messrs . Reynert hands . The meeting then adjourned until Wednes day morning . Several meetings have been held ¦ Hyde , Stalybridge , Dukinfield ,, aad Other plar which have been addressed by various persons air the turn-oats ,
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LEEDS . Highway Robbery . —On Thursday last , a young man named Isaao Newton , was committed to York Castle , for trial at the next assizes , for-having , with two others unknown , stolen from the ' person of Mr . Isaac Slater , of Beeston , a purse aud some silver . The prosecutor was seized by the throat , on coming out of the Free Market Hotel , Kirkgate , Leeds , on Tuesday evening , and the robbery was effected before he was aware . He could not swear to the prisoner , but he was seized at the time by ( the ostler , who held him until his shirt gave way , and be got off , leaving his hat behind him . He was afterwards apprehended , and the ostler wag enabled positively to identify him .
Weekly Half Holiday in Leeds . —At a meeting of the clerks and warehousemen employed in the stuff , woollen , and other establishments in Leeds , held at Wharton ' s Hotel , on Wednesday evening , Mr . Joseph Gascoigne in the chair , it was resolved , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that a cessation of the hours of business in the warehouses of Leeds , for half a day in each week , would be very desirable , in order that the numerous body of clerks and warehousemen employed therein may have an opportunity of devoting the leisure time afforded them to useful recreation and
beneficial pursuits . And this meeting is further of opinion that whilst the granting of a weekly halfholiday would greatly promote the comfort of the clerks and warehousemen , it would at the same time , by the renovation of their energies , tend to increase the efficiency of their services for the interests of their employers . " " That for the attainment of this objects this meeting hereby most respectfully solicits the merchants of Leeds to close their places of business at one o ' clock every Saturday afternoon , commencing on the first Saturday in the new year , or at an earlier date , if practicable . "
Committal . —On Thursday last , a notorious prostitute , named Ann Richmond , was committed for trial at the next Sessions , by the sitting magistrates at the Leeds Court House , on a charge of having , on the Monday night previous , stolen a purse and £ 23 in gold from the person of John Gill , a pigjobber , who , whilst in a state of intoxication , got wandering into Swinegate , and was kindly invited by the prisoner to lay down for a while on her sofa . He had dropped asleep , but was awoke by her attempt to get possession of bis money : he seized her , but she handed the purse to two of her companions , who made off with it , and though they were known and apprehended , he could not identify them , and they were obliged to be discharged .
New Church . —On Thursday last , the foundation stonefof a new church , to be called St . Andrew ' s , was laid by William Beckett , Esq ., M . P ., on St . Peter ' s Hill , Leeds . The church is to be built by subscription , and is to contain seven hundred and fifty free sittings . The subscription originated in a desire to commemorate the virtues of the late Mrs . Sinclair , wife of the Rev . Wm Sinclair , incumbent 0 i St . George ' s Church . Thb ~ Leeds " Magician . "—During the past week Mr . George Sutton , a native of this town , and a professor of " magical illusion , " has : been delighting numerous audiences at the Theatre by his feats of dexterity . Besides his slight of hand , he is a ventriloquist , of no mean order , and has given unbounded satisfaction by his performances .
BARNBUBT— The weavers of Messrs . Hezworth and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can be got ready for them , 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 and their employers ; and it is hoped that uo advantage will be taken of any individual in consequence of the late strike , as has been unhappily the case by one firm in this town , some of whose Weavers turned out a few months age to prevent a reduction of their wages , and who , since the termination of the strike , have been turned out of employ . The 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 strikingly manifested by the expression of their willingness and determination to support them Until they get work , and in a way to provide for themselves . One or two } other firms have attempted both directly and indireotly to reduce the wages 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 have taken in this matter , and consider that "The labourer is worthy of his hire . " ab they are professing Christians they should remember the golden rule , "That all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you , do ye also unto them . "
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THE WINTER CIRCUITS . ^ P . ^ cessity for the establishment of a winter SS \ for th r ? g »» lajf delivery of the gaols in the respective counties throughout England , by one of t *! fLt i ^ t ' JudK <* « having been admitted , their lordships haTe , we find , made the following arrange-E ^ Li h * t . * to tne accomplishment of so S * u ?\ J e < rt' 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 be ^ disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer assizes .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 9, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct511/page/5/
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