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Bkistql . —On Sunday afternoon , Air . ± . W . Simeon will deliver-a lectnre in Bean Laae-Chapel , to commenoe at three o'clock . Hochdaxb . —Mr . Cartledge lectures nest Sunday ( to-morrow ) at half-past two in the afternoon , and at six iathe erening . Bisglet . —A special meeting of delegates for the Biagley district will be held * in the Foresters ' Court , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) at a nine o ' clock in the forenoon , on business of importance Keighlbt . —A Chartist camp meeting is intended lo be held at the Long Lee Gate , near Keighley " , on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) at half-past one , in the afternoon , when Mr . B . Rushton , from Halifax , and other friends will address the meeting .
Maoclssfueld . —A County Delegate Meeting will assemble in the Chartist Association . Rooms , in the Watercotes , on Sunday , the 29 th inst ., and it is hoped that no locality will fail sending a member , as important business will be brought before them , which most be settled , and all the different localities are required to take particular notice of the appeal of the finance committee in the Star of last Saturday , and see to their accounts being settled immediately .. Os Stjkdat evening nest a lecture will be delivered in the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , by Mr . Fergusson at half-past six o ' clock . iLujY-i . E-Bo > 'B . —Mr . "Win . Benbow ^ will Jecture at the Working man ' s Hall , 5 , Circds-st ., New-road , Mary-le-bone , on Sunday next ( to-morrow . ) Dr . M'Douxll will lectnre on Sunday evening at the Queen ' s Head , Cambridee-road , Mile-end .
Ms . FcssxLt will lecture at the Goldbeaer ' s Anns , Old Sains Pancras-road , on Sunday evening next . Ms . Asdeesos will lecture on Sunday evening at the Clock House , Casile Street , Leicestersquare . Ms . Rousb will lecture at the Star Coffee House , Golden-lane , on Sunday . Ms . Faebeb will lecture at the King and Queen , Poley-place , on Sunday evening . Mr . Fergcssox will lecture at the Albion , Shoreditch , on Snodav . Mb . Ridley will lectnre at tb . 3 Archery Rooms , Bath-place , on Sunday evening . Ms . ArorRsos will lecture to the Chartists meeting at the Prince of Wales , Leader-st ., Chelsea , on Monday evening .
Me . Wheelek will lecture at the Victoria , }» o . 3 , Colt-street , Limehcuse , on Wednesday evening . Ot . tveu-u —Mr . Storer of Sialey-bridge , will , lecture in the Chartist rooom , Greave-s :., Oldham , next Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , and at Waterhead Miilj at two in ihe afternoon on the same day . Hstwood . —Mr . M . Roberts will lecture in" the Association Room , Kartley-st ., on Sunday , ( to-morrow ) at six o ' clock in the evening .
Scsdkeiajtd . —On Sunday afternoon , at half-past two o ' clock , Mr . Williams will lecture on the town jnoor . On Monday evening at eight , a lecture will be delivered in Bridge-Et . Caapel . On Tuesday evening , at the same hour , there will be a meeting &t the Britannia , Thames-st . Monkwearmonth . Messrs . Chappie , Taylor , and others will ba present to address it . Bradford . — Masox ' s Abiis . —A lectnre well be delivered by Mr . George Felix , this evening , subject *• The Repeal of the Uoioa . " Hohj 5 gwooi > . —Mr . Edward Clarke , of Manchester , will tectnie here on Sunday evening next at six o ' clock . Stockist . —On Sunday night ( ro-morrow ) 3 Jr . James Leach , presides- , of the Executive , will lecture in the Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , at six o ' clock .
The Chartists of Hollingworth intend having a tea party this day , 21 st of May , at six o ' clock in the evening , at tha New Inn . Mr . D . Dunivan , from Manchester , is expected to address the' company , &ad he will lecture at the Association Room on Sunday , ths 22 nd , at hail ' -two . Boltos . —Mr . Isaac Barrow will preach in the Association Room , Howell Croft , at half-past six o ' clock on Sunday evening nexi . Belfast . —A public meeting will be held in the large Ball Roora , in the rear of 14 , Mill-street , on Monday next , 2 &-d icst . Hugh Carlile and others will address the meeting .
Nottixgham . —Mr . W . D . Taylor ' 3 route for the ensning week : 7-San day , May 22 nd , will preach on Nottingham Forest , at two o ' clock and six o ' clock in the afteraoon ; Mcad&y , Old" Basford ; Tuesday , Arnold ; Wednesday , Caiverton ; King George , Saturday evening , at eight o ' clock , and twice on the Forest . DswssrBT . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow . ) Mr . 31 2 ? orth will preach two sermons in the large room over the Co-operative Stores , for the beneiit of C . Wood , now confined in Rorhwell Gaol . foranother man ' s feats , and unable xo raise the money to file his petition . Service to commenca at half-past two o ' clock in ih ' o afternoon , and six o ' clock in the evening . Bclwell Forest . —Mr . Brophy will lecture here on Sunday next , at half-past two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Arbold . —Mr . Brophy lectures' here on Sunday evening , on total abstinence . Mr . Bropht will lecture at Newark on Monday , the 23 rd , and Tuesday , the 24 th instant ; at Gainsborough on Wednesday , the 25 th j and at Hull on Thursday , the 26 th . Sauobt . —In consequence of Mr . O'Connor's visit to -Manchester on Monday night last , the public i meeting given notice of in last week ' s Star , was postpones nutil next Monday night , at half-past ; seven o ' clock , when it i 3 intended to pass the me- i morial to the Queen , as proposed by the Convention , i Mr . D . Ross will lecture at Asiley Bridge on ; Sunday next , at three o ' clock in the afternoon ; at Eccles , on Monday evening next , in the open air ; ] and in the Chartist Meeting Room , Delph , Saddle " -1 worth , on Saturday evening next .
Fclham Road . —On Wednesday evening Mr . Anderson will lecture at tha Stag . RiaBMO . vD-SrsEET . —A lecture will be delivered at the Three Crowns , on Sunday evening . 1 , Chixa Walk , Lambeth . —The shareholders of the above place are earnestly requested to attend a meeting , on Monday , May 23 , at Eight o ' clock precisely , on business of great importanse . White Slaveht . —Wa are not aware that anv of the offieiatiDg clergy of the poor man's church have taken _ any pam 3 to discourage the working of young children of boih sexes in the mines of this country .
w osdkrttl , ip Tkue . —On Monday last , a boy in tha service of Mr . Robert Grange , of Willgrove , in Kent , who was employed in tending sheep on the ¦ waite lands bordering on a rather extensive tract of woodlands , known as the ** Fells , " came running in a si ate of breathless haste and alarm to tie residence of his master , and gave the following-extraordinary account : —He wa 3 lying on the ground , he said , watching the sheep , near to the hedge which separates the wood from the waste , when his attention was attracted by bearing a crackling noise in the hedge , and immediately afterwards a large snake darted out , and made a spring at one of the lambs . The lamb , however , according to the boy ' s
statement , gare a jump ana ran away , and the make then eoiled itself up and lay at the foot of the hedge . The lad described the reptile as being a 3 long as a hop-pole , usually from ten to fifteen feet , and he threw a Eiick ai the snake , upon which it retreated to ihe wood and twined iiself round the stem of a sapling on the borders of tha copse . Oa hearing tne boy ' s account of the reptile Mr . Hobeit Grange , jun ., although somewhat sceptical of the -accuracy of the statement , accompanied him to the spot , and to his great surprise he beheld twined round the tree a ; tae p ^ ace pointed out by the lad a large browa-iooking snake . Mr . Grange threw a hedge-stake at the reptile , sad which evidently
struck the snske , for it instantly uncoiled itself and insdo for the recesses of the wood . Mr . Grange then sen ; tha boy to the house for » gun , and on the lad ' s renirn , accompanied by two ct the workmen , the party entered the wood , when the snake was again discovered endeavouring to make its way throcgh the underwood , upon wr . ich Air . Grange fired , when the rep : ile fsriDed itself round ihe rruck of a tree , writhing as though in agony . A discharge from the second bs * rel of the gun , directed at the creature ' s head , brougii ; it down to the ground , where it commenced a series of violent struggles , writhing and twisting itself into a variety of positions and crashing the decayed under ** ood , and even green branches of a considerable thicknt > 3 , with fearful violence . At length the struggle of the reptile being somewhat abated , the party ventured to approach the spot , when they discovered the sn ^ ike lying "with
its jaws distended and quite dead , / t was immediately drawn from the close cover to aa © pen place , and on being exposed foUy to view , its KJze excited the astonishment of the captors , the creature measuriBg six feet four inches in length , aid being nearly a foot in cirenmference at the thickest part . The make has Bince been pronounced by a gentleman who has had frequent opportunities of examining theBpecua to be a young boa constrictor , but . by ? £ iiir * " * - "P ^ became a denizen of the _ Jrell 3 \ remains a mystery . The most probable conjecture 13 mat the creature made its escape from some travelhngexhibition . No visible remains of food were found in the snakes viscera , on being examined after the skin had been stripped off , preparatory to the process of sinfiinf , it being ^ he intention of Mr . Grange to preserve a resembl&ace of the jnake for the inspection of the curious . ' r
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( CIRCULAR . ) Sydney , October the 2 Sth , 1841 . IHE BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS OF SYDNEY , NEW SOUTH WALES , TO THE BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . F-ELLOW Coo'trtme . n , — In consequence of the master boot and . shomakers of Sydney having sent to England a fluttering circular dated the 27 th of October , 1840 , one of the copies of which we cave received from London by one of our trade , Robert Mathews , late of the Old Bailey , London , purporting to be a statement of the wages given for dosing and making boots and shoes in this colony , who was therefore induced to emigrate in order to better hia condition .
On the arrival of Mathews he applied for work to Mr . Sloman , -who was at that time secretary-to the society of master boot and shoemakers , but was told by him that he could not find -work for the man assigned to him . MathewB told Mr . Slomaa that he brought a . statement of the Sydney wages with him . - Slonian laughed and told him that was one of the statement * he had seat home , and that he had sent them to all the grindery shops he could think of in England , Ireland , and Scotland . The Government here are perfectly aware of the superabundance of boot and shoemakers in this colony and will not pay passage money for any to come out belonging to the trade .
The shopmates are probably not aware of the extensive importation of boots and shoes of all kinds—the quantity is sufficient to supply ths "wants ef the inhabitants solely . We have therefore to contend with the imported work and the exorbitant demands of the landlord . We have left eur native homes where we bad the society of our friends to sympathise "with us in our distress or afflictions , but the blessing of sympathy is a stranger to tbe shores of New Holland , and the greater liumber of emigrants complain after tbsir arrival here that they have been deceived by the flattering accounts that are circulated at home respecting this colony .
A small house , containing three apartments , the weekly rent will not be less than £ 1 5 s . Od ; with four apartments , £ l 153 . od ., and it must be borne in mind that the market is liable to great fluctuations , as we depend as much oa foreign produce for the staff vf life as we do on the produce of this colony . The rate of the market is as follows : — a . d . »• d . Bread , the 21 b . loaf 0 6 Sugar per lb . ... 0 4 B ^ -ef and Mutton Coffee per 1 b . ... 1 4 per lb 0 5 Potatoes per lb-... 0 3 ^ Pork per lb . 0 10 Cabbage per head Butter fresh per lb . 3 6 irum 1 to 3 Chbeseperlb . ... 1 6 Peas per peck ... 3 0 Oatmeal per lb . ... 0 6 All ovhci vege-Milk per quart from ltoS tables squally Tea per lb 3 0 high
Coming to a new colony , to a man who has a family in order to make a provision for them is , we must allow , a very commendable o \ ject . The emigrant leaves his home with a wt ? after a few year ' s bard labour with the accumulation of his wages to purchase a portion of land , that lie may sit down and end his days in ease and coifort , and sea his family pJaced in indeptndeuGe ar&u : id him . Alas ! how great his anppointinent ; instead of buying land he will find the calls cf his family in providing them with food , raiment , and shelter , more than what his earnings ¦ will amount to , not to speak of education , which ia high in proportion with other tbinps . There are shoemakers at Un 3 time in Sydney who have large families , and who cannot g ' . i a seat of work . The unemployed single men are by far more numerous , and the same system of waiting the pleasure of the employers in getting work oat is practised htre as much as in England .
We have therefore thought it our indispensible duty to guard you from being duped as others have been by the specious encouragements that are published at home . Trusting that ibis "will b * a ¦ warning to all shopmates , We remain , respectfully yours ,. The Operative Boot am > Suoemakebs of Sydse-x , New South Wales . Pateick White , 7 jj .. Thomas Wood , / ^ ga . es .
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Wednesday , May \ l . Sir J . Graham asked leave to bring in the longannounced bill for the continuation and amendment of the Poor Law . He shortly adverted , to the statutes preceding the present law , and to tbe practice which arose under them of making up wages out of rates . Earl Grey ' s Government met that evil by the new subsisting act , which was founded on the report of a committee , and was permanent in all its provisions , except the authority for regulating
the administration of the system . The Commission had since been prolonged by act of Parliament until the 31 st of July next ; and the Government now intended to propose that it ehould be further continued for five years fmn < hat day and until the end of the Session succeeding . In support of the principle of the commission he cited a epeech of Lord Brougham , purporting that the variety of the cases to be adminstered required a discretionary power somewhere . He himself believed that the same necessity existed now which existed when the Commission was constituted . The
Duke of Wellington also had expressed his concurrence in Lord Brougham ' s opinion , when the measure was first adopted ; and Sir James Graham himself saw nothing in the experience of the bill which should induce him to change hia own persuasion of its necessity . If the old power were restored to the Magistrates , they must cease to be members of the board of guardians : and if the board of guardians were to be broken up , you must dissolve your unions i so that the discontinuance of the Commission would be the abrogation of the law . He believed that the board as now composed was such as to possess and to deserve general confidence . The number of Us members had varied : at present there were ten ;
bat he proposed to ask , henceforth , for only nine , the experience now acquired having increased the facility of transacting the business . Regulation by general orders had not at first been practicable ; but he and the Commissioners had thought that the time was come when general orders might usefully be issued ; and such orders had accordingly been prepared , and would be laid oa the table , affecting the principal questions upon which difference of opinion had arisen . On one of these questions , that of out-door relief , there had been much error . In only very few of the mauufaoturing districts had it been absolutely prohibited . Upwards of one million persons had received relief during the last year : and more than half of these had received it at their own homes . The general
rule agaiu 3 t out-door relief , which had been represented as so inflexible , was subject to no fewer than seven fixed exceptions , trhich he enumerated ; and the Board of Guardians had , besides , a discretionary power to give out-door relief in special oases , even though not within any of these exceptions . It wa ^ intended to abolish by this bill the Gilbert Unions . He believed che existing act had intended to do so ; but as there seemed to be some ambiguity , he now proposed to effect euch abolition in express terms , the principle of those unions being wholly inconsistent with the principle of the general Poor Law . The Gilbert principle was to relieve tha ablebodied at their homes , and the infirm in the workhouses ; whereas the principle of the general law was to relieve the infirm at their homes , and apply the workhouse test to the able-bodied . It was also
proposed by the new Bill to prevent the enlargement of Unions already containing 20 , 000 persons ; but to allow combinations of parishes for the purpose of district schools within such short distances as would leave the children easily visitable by their parents or friends , aad with such regulations as should allow the access of the ministers of ali religious denominations . Local Committees would be appointed in large Unions for those parts of them which should be inconveniently remote from the place of the Guardians' meeting . Poor persons , having been long re .-ideut in any parish far distant from their places
of settlement , would in naaoa of sickness be relieved without incurring the liability to be removed as persvns chargeable . With respect to bastardy , a remedy against the putative father not maintaining his child would be given in the shape of imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months . These were the main outlines of the Bill ; und he assured the House he would not have undertaken the responsibility of it , had he not been persuaded that it would conduce , not only to the comfort of the sick , aged , and infirm , but to the advancement of honest industry and the increase of its just
remuneration . Mr . T . Dd . vcombe regretted to hear that the Commission was to be continued six years longer , lie wished to see a body of guardians , duly elected , and invested with complete powers . Ho protested against the abolition of the Gilbert Unions . . Mr . WAKLEr accused the Government of acting uncandidly in these temporary renewals of a Cosnmi&siou , which it was plain that they meant in reality to make perpetual . Some of the present proposals were" certainly very good or , es , but he believed they wtre contained in that Bill of last year which gentlemen opposite had so resolutely obstructed . To the general principle of the measure he waB decidedly opposed- If a discretion was to be exercised on the subject of out-door relief by any body , by whom could it be exercised so piopcrly as by the local guardians ? He advised the people to pour in their petitions against the Bill .
Captain Pechell would do his utmost against the measure . He particularly objected to the dissolution of the Gilbert Unions . Mr . F . Maule praised the tone of Sir James Graham , and gave him credit for the deliberation which his speech denoted him to have bestowed on this important subject . lie eulogized several of the proposed regulations . - Mr , Stuart Wortley rejoiced to find from Sir James Graham ' s speech that the impracticable notion of uniformity was at . length fairly abaudonded . Mr . Bobthtvick . expressed his disappointment at the proposed measure . Mr . Sharjian Crawford declared his hostility to the principle of the whole law .
Sir James Graham , in answer to a question from General Johnson , intimated his intention to move the second reading on Monday se ' nuiKht or Friday fortnight . Mr . Hardy wished for longer time . He strenuously condemned tbe general system ; and , though he was glad to find there were likely to be some valuable alterations , he strongly objected to a law which took away from the ratepayers the discretion of applying their own money . Mr . Grimsditcu objected more particularly to the large extent of many of the unions .
Mr . Musts thought peculiar injury was done by the interference of the Commissioners where local acts were in force . He believed the real object of the present and of former Poor Laws was . to spare the pockets of the rich . Formerly few were pauper * but the idle aad profligate ; but now great numbers of respectable persons were driven to seek parochial relief . Lord Samjon thought it important that a considerable discretion should be lodged with the boards of ^ uardiaus , independently of the Commissioners , whose lease he was desirous to shorten as much as possible . Sir James Graham and Mr . Griusditch exchanged a lew words ; and leave was giveu to iutroauca the bill . The other orders of the day were then disposed of , and the House adjourned .
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HTJDDERSFIELD . —A Runaway Husband . In ihe month of February last , Joseph Boothroyd , tailor of CowchfE , left home in search of employment , and has cot since been heard of by hisi ' riends . His dress at the time consisted of black coat , blue waistcoat , sky-blue trousers , and black and white handkerchief ; five feet fire inches high . Any person or persons having seen him , or knowing where he is , and would write to his > yife , Nancy Boothroyd , No . 83 , Cowclif £ near Huddeivfieid , would confer a great benefit on his disconsolate wife .
POPULAHITT OP THE NEW PoO . H LAW . -PROOF that it works SATiSFACTOErLr . —Oa Friday in last week , the Huddersfield Board of Guardians were engaged in an important discussion , which shows , perhaps more completely than anything else , the odious nature of the accursed law , am . ' the harsh nature of its workings , even when applied in its mildest form . The majority of the Board v f Guaraians have been hitherto decided friends of the whig measure ; and yet , strange to say , the b'oard , at the meeting referred to , were eDgaged in a discussion as to whether they should apply to' the PoO * Law Commissioners to dissolve ( he Union , and allow ' the ratepayers to return to the old system . The I motion for this dissolution was placed on the books J by a strenuous Whig , and op to this tine , a great ]
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Btiokler for the New Law . Two amendments were mov ed u p on the or iginal resolution ; one that the Board should woi / to see the nature of the measure about to be proposed by Peel ; and the other that they shoald petition the two Houses of Parliament to Repeal the Law out-and-out , and that meetings should be convened in every township in the Un i on , to back up the petition of the Board . When the votes were taken , there appeared / cur in favour of tbt > : wait-to-see amendment ; and twenty-one in favour of the petition for a Repeal of the law 1 The law is doomed ! Whatever Btepa Peel may take to
modify the harsh nature of its workings , he cannot succeed in fastening it upon the people . When its own friends turn against it , and petition for its abrogation , how is it possible for Hb enemies to relax in their endeavours to sweep away the very memory of its existence . This decision of the Whig Board of Guardians must be very gratifying to the working people of Huddersfield , who have all along manfully opposed the inhuman enactment ; and who have now had their opinions and feelings coincided in by those who were seemingly determined to tfjink well of it , spite of every consideration . Again we nay the law is doomed .
The Convention Delegate , and the Hoddersfikld Chartists . —Mr . Pitkethly , the delegato for the West-Riding to the Convention , having arrived at home on Tuesday last , attended a meeting in the Association Room the same evening , to report progress as to the sayings and doings of the body of which he has been a member . His statements were listened to with deep attention ; and his replies to theSeveral questions put to him , seemed to give the greatest satisfaction . This portion of the business over , a subscription was commenced to aid Mr . Christopher Wood , of Honley , nowTin prison ; a place of which he has become an inmate through his
having nominated one of the Chartist candidates at the last West-Riding Election . For BOdoing , ho was discharged from his employment , and this led him into difficulties ,-which have landed him in a debtor ' s gaol , where he is at present starving ; and where he must remain , unless the efforts of friends enable him to regain his liberty . He has memorial ised the " Thatched House" twioe for aid to enable him to prosecute his petition through the Insolvent Debtors' Court ; but because he has been reported to that Society to be a Chartist , no aid can be afforded . A Committee was formed to manage the subscription , of which Mr . E . Clayton was appointed Secretary ; and the donations of friends will be most thankfully
received . BKADFORD . —• i—Unemployed Operatives .--The adjourned meeting of these unfortunate men was held on the vacant piece of ground in front of the Odd Fellows' Hall , on Monday last , at three o ' clock in the afternoon , to hear the report of the deputation who had been appointed to wait on the magistrates with the memorial that had been adopted at their previous meeting ; on Thursday week . The deputation waited on them on Friday lastj but there being only three of them present , they requested them to wait on theny again oh Monday afternoon , at half-past one o ' clock , when there would bo a full attendance of the magistrates . According to agreement , they waited on them , and
had a very long conference-with them on the subject of a subscription . They expressed their deep sympathy at the condition of the working classes . The deputation stated that several had made application to the relieving officer , and were grossly insulted by that functionary ; the reply of the magistrates was , that if the officers did do so they must report them to the Board of Guardians , and thny would take steps to remove them from their officeB . The magistrates requested that a committee should bo formed out of that meeting , for the purpose of ascertaining the condition of the people ; a committee was elected for ( hat purpose , consisting of nine : persons , with power to add to their number . The cojimittee already numbers more than twenty . It was thought
advisable that a complete and searching inquiry ought to be made ; into the condition of the people oi ' Bradford , to ascertain the amount of their earnings , the number of workers , of those that were without work , and those that were unable to work . If funds could be found for that purpose , such a mass of misery and distress would be exhibited as would appal the heart 3 of a great many of those who had been the principal cause of it . The magistrates requested that as many cases of extreme distress as they could find by Wednesday night might be brought to them , and tney would see that they were relieved . Mr . Brook was appointed chairman of the meeting ,
as Mr . Clarkson was absent . The above report was given to the meeting by Mr . Dewhiret , one of the deputation . The meeting was more numerous than that on the Thursday previiouSi A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , when the meeting separated . The committee met at the Odd Fellowa ' Hal ] , to make arrangements . A great many poor fellows went to the Committee to give in a statement of their sufferings ; some of them had been out of work fouror five months ; some had families , and nothing to support them but tbe wages of one or two little factory children . Mr . Edwards was appointed Chairman to the Committee , and Mr . Dew hirst , Secretary .
WiBSEV Low Moor . —Friguiful Accident . — On Saturday afternoon a fatal accident occurred at a new saw mill , lately erected by the Low Moor Iron Works Company . Thomas Hanson , better known by the name of William Rhodes , aged thirty-five , who had the care of the engine , was killed upon the spot . It is supposed that he was in the act of oiling-some part of the engine , when his feet slipped from under him , and he was struck by one of tho governor balls on the back of the head , which was completely broken in by the violence of the blow . He was thrown amongst the machinery and broken to pieces ; the movement of the engine was stepped by his becoming entangled therewith . An inquest was held on the body on Monday , and a verdict of '' Accidental Death " recorded . He has left a wife to lament his untimely end
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SHEFFIELD . — -WoOOHOusE— An open-air meeting was held at this village on Wednesday evening , the 4 th of May . Mr . Thomas Dale presided , and the meeting was addressed by Mr . Julian Harney , and Mr . Edwin Gill , from Sheffield . The best feeling prevailed—the good cause is progressing . Lecture . —Mr . Edwin Gill lectured in the National Charter Association room , Fig Tree-lane , on Sunday evening last , on "The natural equality of man . " The lecturer delivered a very able and eloquent discourse , and received the thanks of the meeting at the close .
Female Association . —At a meeting of this Association on Monday evening , Sarah Bfnks in the chair , Mrs . Ward moved , seconded by Mrs . Harrison , the following ' . resolution , ' which was adopted unanimously— "That this meeting wish to express their unbounded confidence in Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ; and their most unequivocal admiration of the manly spirit and talent of the Editorof the Northern Star , and this meeting will stand by them so loDg as they fearlessly continue to advocate the principles of the Charter , name and all . "
Mr . Wm . Jones . —This gentleman visited Sheffield for the second time on Monday last , and that evening delivered a lecture in the Town Hall , on " the sufferings of the people and the remedy for their wrongs , " The lecture was a brilliant effusion of truth-inspiring eloquence , and called forth the repeated and enthusiastic cheers of the patriotic baud assembled together to listen to this deservedly popular champion of the people ' s rights . Tower Hamlets . —We had an animated and eloquent lecture , to a most respectable audience , from our worthy advocate , Mr . Bairsfcow , at the Queen's Head , pog Row , last Sunday evening . At the close we enrolled eight new members . Preston—A numerous meeting of Chartists from Chorloy , Blackburn , and Preston , was held on Dunham Hill , on Sunday last , at which several excellent addresses were delivered . The meeting was adjourned to Sunday next ( to-morrow . )
Mr . Jones delivered his second lecture in the Town Hall , on Tuesday evening , Mr * Ludlam in the chair . The hall was well filled by an enthusiastic audience , who testified , by thyir repeated and rapturous cheers their admiration of the eloquence and sterling ability of the lecturer . At the close of Mr . Jones ' s lecture , Mr . Harney proposed the adoption of the following resolution , " That this meeting is of opinion , that the House of Commons , by the insulting and contemptuous manner in which they received the late petition signed by nearly three millions artd a half of the people , have , to say the least , forfeited all claims to the respect and confidence of the working classes ; and this meeting being of opinion thai where protection is denied by the Government , allegiance is not due from the governed , regard the legislature as at
present constituted to be an odious usurpation ; and this meeting pledges itself to renewed exertions to make the People ' s Charter the law of the land . " The resolution was seconded by Mr . Buxcon , supported by Messrs . Holyoake and Jones , and carried unanimously . Mr Harney moved the following resolution : — " That the warmest thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to that excellent friend of the people , T . S . Duncombe , M . P . for Fiusbury , for his noble and generous advocacy of the people ' s rights . Also to J . T . Leader , M . P . for Westminster , for the able support he rendered to the cause of the people , in seconding the motion of Mr . Duncombe . " Mr . Parks seconded the resolution , which was also carried unanimously . Thanks having been voted to Mr . Jones and the Chairman , the meeting dissolved , first giving three tremendous cheers for O'Connor , and three for the Charter arid no Surrender .
Moeley . —On Friday night , May 6 th , Messrs . John Smith-and Beaumont , lectured to a crowded / meeting in the Town ' s School . After the lecture , twentyrtwo new members were enrolled . Anti-Cork ^ Xaw hombug is falling here fast .
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Kedditch . —A public meeting w » s held on Wed ? nesday njght , in the Chartisl ! HalL Mr . 6 . Newel was called to the chair , and made a few excellent and pointed remarks upon the present miserable condition of the working classes . Mr . George Evens delivered a most eloquent address , and concluded by exhorting all to organize themselves , for the purpose of banishing tyranny from the land , and speedily causing the Charter to become law . Bradford Council Meeting . —Thi 5 body held their weekly meeting in their room , Bntterworth ' sbuildingB ; the Address of the Convention , Memorial
to the Queen , and Remonstrance to the House of Commons , were read , and resolutions adopted accordingly . A committee of seven were appointed to make arrangements for the public meeting to be held on Tuesday . The Secretary was authorised to invite Mr . O'Connor , Mr . Pitkethly , and Mr . West to attend . A resolution was unanimously adopted , recommending Mr . P . M . Brophy to the Chartists as a lecturer ; he having suffered in his native land for the advocacy of the principles of the Charter . The meeting adjourned to Sunday , at two o ' clock , p . m ., when business of importance will be brought forward . ' ' " . ¦ " ' ; - ' '• : ' : . ¦ ' .- ' ¦ -. ¦ ¦ --
Sovtehby . —On Monday , Mr . Whiteley , auctioneer delivered a . lecture on " brotherly love , " at Cotton stones , in Sowerbyj after which Mr . John Greenwood , of Burn-Moor , in Soyland , gave a su pp er to his neighbours .
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TO THE THREE MILLIONS THREE HUNDRED SEVENTEEN THOUSAND SEVEN HUNDRED AND TWO PERSONS WHO SIGNED THE GREAT NATIONAL PETITION . My Dear Friends , — I ani of opinion that every man who enlists in the public service is amenable to the people for his every act ; and under that impression I feel myself called upon to put you in possession of all the facts connected with the denunciatory portion of Mr . Roebuck ' s speech , delivered iu the
discussion on Mr . Duncombe s motion' ; . The Convention appointed a deputation to demand an explanation from Mr . Roebuck ; and although most anxious to be among you , I yet resolved upon remaining in town to see the finish . No man is above slander , however lie may be above suspicion ; and therefore I considered , from my enviable position , that in the course of explanatiou I was just as likely as any other , (" though I did not draw up one word of the Petition , or see it till it was in print , ) to have beon the object of Mr . Roebuck ' s spleen .
I know , and Mr . Roebuck knows , and every roan in England knows , that I am hot a coward , and that my po . sition in the Chartist ranks could alone suggest the supposition that I might have been the individual hiiited at , but not named . I undersvand that many , very many , unsuccessful attempts were made by the deputation during Friday , Saturday and Sunday , to procure an interview with Mr . Roebuck ! A « iength , Dr . M Douall and Mr . Philp succeeded in finding him , on Monday night , in the lobby of the House . On Tuesday , I saw Mr . PhiJp at Bolt-court , when he informed me of what passed iu the following words : — - " We asked Mr . Roebuck to retract the offensive terms , and assured him that we were parties to getting up the petition ; but he commenced by saying that he had made a rule NEVER TO GIVE ANY EXPLANATION OF WORDS USED
HY HIM IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ; but if W 6 Were the getters-up of the petition , and if Mr . Duncombe asked him , in his place , to correct the mistake ; as regarded us , he weuld do so . Dr M'DouaU then asked him if he meant Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; to which Mr . Roebuck replied , ' I have nothing to do with . Mr . O'Connor , or Mr . O'Connor with me . '" This is tho substance of Mr . Philp ' s report . I then sent from Mr . Cleave ' s for Dr ; M'DaualJ , and remained till ten o ' clock at night , but ho did not come . I then requested Mr . Cleave to ensure the Doctor's attendance at ten on the following ( Wednesday ) morning . I was at Cleave ' s at ten ; and shortly after Dr . M'Douall arrived , when I had a conversation with him , which induced me to wait instantly upon Mr . Duncombe , and which subsequently led to the following note : — "King ' s Arms Hotel , * 'Palace-yard , Wednesday .
" My Dear Sir , —Having ^ learned from Dr . M'Douall , at eleven o ' clock this morning , that Mr . Roebuck informed you that the offensive terms used in his speech were intended to apply to me , I instantly went to your house , but you were aot at home . . '¦ : ' . .... ' . ¦ . ; - . ¦¦ "Now , as I always wtsh to have my infoTmation from head quarters , may I request to know whether or not I have been correctly instructed . " Yours , very faithfully , " FeaHGUS O'CONNOK . " To T . S . Duncombe , Esq . "
This note I sent from the King ' s Anns by Dr . M'Douall , who returned after having seem Mr . Duncombe , and said that Mr . D . wished to see me . Dr . M'Douall and I then went to the House and saw Mr , Duacombe , who informed me that the facts were n « t quite correct , as Mr . Roebuck had rather felt the impression than given the information . We then agreed that my note at once contained a direct question to Mr . Roebuck , which Mr . Duncombe should put into his hand , and in the event of Mr . Roebuck refusing to answer , that then Mr . Duncombe Should put the question boldly in the House ; and which course Mr . Duncombe aid pursue like an honourable man . Upon my note being shewn to Mr . Roebirck , he said I never did inform you . What followed upon the subject in the House , I here append from the Times . —
"Mr . T . Duncombe rose and said ,--I wish to put a question to the Hon . and Learned Member for Bath When I had the honour of bringing under the consideration of this House the National Petition on Wednesday ld . 3 t , the Hon . and Learned gentleman stated to the House that the petition had been drawn up by a cowardly and malignant deiaagdgu * (' hear , hear . ' and cries of ' Order . ')—that he—( loud cries of * Order . ') I only wish to make myself intelligible to the House . The Hon . and Learned Member used the words * cowardly { and malignant demogogue , ' and said he would name the individual were not the reptile beneath his contempt . ( Hear , hear . ) Now , I wish to ask the Hon . and LearDed Gentleman whether he has ascertained fllio were the real authors of that Petition , and the iodivicfuals who drew out that Petition , and whether those terms were intended to apply to those individuals ? ( Loud cries of 'Order . ' f Order , ' Chair . " )
" The Speaker said , the Hon . Member for Finsbury must be aware that his question was most irregular . " Mr . T . Duncombe re 8 umedr-At the same time , Sir , in explanation , I beg to say , that those very offensive terms were applied to certain indiyiduals who were not here to defend themselves- ^ Chear . ) Those statements go forth to the public , and the characters of those individuals are maligned —( loud cvies of Order , order . ') I rise to order . ( Great Jaiighter , and cries of ' Chair , chair , ' on which the Hon . Gentleman resumed his seat . )
" Mr . Roebuck—If I am permitted to answer the question of the Hon . Member—( cries of 'No , no !' " The Speaker said it was quite irregular for any Hon . Member to put any such questiou as had been put by the Hon . Member for Finsbu'y , "Lord J . Russell said he was glad that the Speaker had interfered to put an end to so irregular a question—( cheers . ) If they began in that manner to ask questions , not of any Minister of the Crown , but of Members , relative to proceedings not before Pai > liatnent , it would lead to the greatest irregularity in their proceedings—( hear , hear . )"
Now , then , you have the whole case , and whatever you may think of Mr . Roebuck ' s declaration not to hold himself responsible for words used by him in the House of Commons , what must you think of that House , which , to screen its own Members , has the barbarity , brutality , villany , and cowardice , thus to shelter insult under the cloak of privilege . As j long as the ccnveutional rules of civilized society j compel gentlemen to look . beyond the law for satia- i faction , it is an act of barbarous tyranny upon the j part of the House of Commons to make that place a j patent manufactory for slander ; thus giving to'i invective a force and power which , if elsewhere circulated , would be comparatively hariDless . Now , I am of opinion that of all men living , Hon . Members should be held responsible for every
word they utter ; at least , such Was the rule which I laid down and acted upon , during the three years that I had the misfortune to serve in the Honourable House . You will now sea ( hat I could not , as a gentleman , do more ; and , aa your friend , I could not do less . I have suffered no damage ; Mr . Roebuckha 3 achieved no triumph ^ But . however , prepared I was to defend my honour , if assailed , at odds . Mr . Roebuck should bear in mind , — that is , if he did meau his abuse to apply to me , — -that I complained to him in York Castle when he di < J me the honour to visit me , that what I esteemed my greatest grievance was in first being grossly insultetT by Lords Normanby and Russell and Mr . Fox Maule ; and then being bound over for two years in heavy recognisances to keep the peace .
In conclusion , as 1 ever have conformed , so I ever shall , in despite of legal bond and obligation , conform to those rules which society requires for its / govern ment . Individually I have no just cause of conir plaint against Mr . Roebuck ; while I unhesitatingly assert that the course pursued by the House of Commons is calculated to render its social character as contemptible as its political fame has become . ' My friends , I am neither braggart , bully , nor coward . I never seek the battle , nor Bhunit when it comes . : ¦/ . ¦• ¦ : '¦ .. / . '' , ¦ . /¦ . ¦ :. ' . ¦ .- ¦ - - Ever your faithful friecd , Feaeqd s O'Cowjfoa .
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• TO THE EDITOB OP THE NORTHERN 8 TAB . Sir , —You will oblige me by announcing through the Star that the Executive Committee summon two delegates from each locality , capable of Bending them in the counties of Middlesex , Essex , Surrey , and Kent , to meet on Sunday , the 5 th of June , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , in the Star Coffee House , Golden Lane , then and there to form a Delegate Council , which shall meet monthly , and transact all business regarding the agita tion and organisation ef the four counties . : . By order of Executive , ; :- ; . . . ; :.,: ; ¦ ¦ . -- ^ ¦ -: / - : p . m . M'DouALt . P . S . —One sovereign has been received from Mr . Pjtkettly , thereby lessening the deficiency in ihd balance sheet by one pound . London , Wednesday , May 18 th , 1812 .
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' Leeds Corn Market , May 17 . —The supplies of all . kinds of Grain to this day's market are larger than last week . Good fresh Wheats have been : Is . per quarter higher , in the chambered samples there is very little alteration . Barley very little doing . Oats a farthing to a halfpenny per stone , an d B e ana Is * per quarter higher . ; ^ , THS AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT FOB THE WEEK ENDING MAY 17 , 1842 . Wheat . Barley * Oats * Rye , Beans . Peas Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . ^ rs . Qrs . Qrg . 4795 536 329 — 156 8 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d , £ b . d . £ m d . £ s . d . 3 4 3 17 6 ^ 12 61 0 0 0 1 14 3 1 17 3
Leeds Woollen Markets . —We are still without excitiHg cause to revive the drooping commerce of . this neighbourhood , and the transactions in business , to any extent , are Tery few and far betweenj at least so far as the Cloth Halls are concerned ; but these , as we have said before , we do not look upon as a correct index of the real state of trade . In the warehouses there is rather more animation , and per-4 iaps there have been on the whole more goods takea out of the Halls during the week , than was the caso in the week previous . . HUDDEHSFIELD MARKET , TtrESDAY , May 17 . — Little business was transacted here to-day , n or was there much looked . - for . The thought of having a good market appears to have deserted the manufacturers altogether , The town was crowded all day ; with visitors to the fair , it being a general holiday , but the universal cry of no money was heard in every direction .
York Corn Market , . May 14 .- — We continue to be very moderately supplied with grain . Fresh Wheat is in good demand , at an advance of Is . to 2 s . per qr . Oats are also ready sale , and Jd . per stone higher . Barley nominal . Beans fully as dean-Red Wheat 58 s . to 64 s ., very fine 663 . per quarter of 36 stones ; White Wheat 64 s . to 68 § ., very fine 70 s . per quarter of 36 stones ; Oats lOd . to lid . per stone ; Bean 3 11 s to 13 s per load ; - \ - LiTERPObL Cattle MAaKET . Monday , May 16 . — We have had rather a larger supply of Cattle :. afc market to-day than , last week , but pnees very high . Beef 6 £ d . to 7 d . ; Mutton 7 d . to 73 d . ;
Manchester Corn Market , Saturday , May 14 . —The limited stock of prime English Flour enables factors to effect a ready sale on arrival of fresh supplies , which move off into consumption at improvisg prices as they come forward . For chambered parcels , of inferior quality , whioh for some time pasfc have been neglected , an inquiry has taken place , and a few sales were made . A steady demand for Oatmeal has also been experienced , and suitable cuts haverealised 28 s . 6 d . per load . At the market to-day choice qualities of English Wheat were firmly held for an advance of fully 2 d . per 70 lbs . ; and on Flour we' raise our quotations Is . per sack : this article , from its scarcity , commands a free sale . ~ Oa Oatmeal an advance of 6 d . per load wa 3 demanded , but not complied with to any extent . In Oats , Beans , or other articles there was but little passing , and prices unvaried . \
Newcastle Corn Market , May 14 .--We hajij a very short supply of Wheat from the country at market this morning , and the arrivals from the coast being also exceedingly light , the trade ruled brisk , and the whole was readily cleared off at an advance of Is . to 2 s ; per quarter on the prices of this day s ' e'unighfc . For fine foreign Wheat there was a good demand at Is . per quarter advance . Bonded - is held for more money . A . cargo of Wolgast was sold to-day , at 523 . 6 d . per quarter , 62 ibs . per bushel . There is little demand for Rye . Some retail sales of
Barley continue to be made for malting purposes , but they are very trifling . . Grinding and distilling parcels are ia request . In Malt there is little doing . White Peas continue in demand at full prices , but Beaus are almost unsaleable . We had aa exceediugly short supply of Oata to-day * which were readily bought up on the terms of last week . Our millers having come to the determination of raising the price of their Flour 3 a . per Back , we have raised our quotations for Norfolk and Suffolk households to 47 s ., at which price we may expect a fair demand next week . ¦ " ¦ . - - " . - ' ; - \ ' . - . ' . ¦¦ . ¦ ¦• .. •¦ ¦ ¦ :- '¦ . ¦ . • '¦ ¦
Liverpool Corn Market , Monday , May 16 . — The imports of British Grain , Flour and Oitmeal , into thid port during the last sevendays , are very light ; and the arrivals from abroad are comprised in 5 , 311 qrs . of Wheat , 1 , 750 qrs . of Beans , and 2 J 00 barrels of Floor . At Tuesday ' s market there wag a better sale for Wheat , and although some of the recently-imported Lower Baltic red was sold rather lower—say 9 d . 3 d . per 70 libs ., prices generally remained much the same as at the close of last week . The buisness in that grain has been on a moderate scale , without causing variation in the quotations . The sales of Flour have been very much in retail at 343 . 6 d . to 35 s . 6 d . for Canadian , and 35 s . 6 d . to 36 s . 6 d . per brl . for United States sweet . Without
anything like activity in the demand , the scarcity of fine Oats has pot up their value id . to Id . per bushel , and secondary runs are also held for rather more money . Oatmeal is quoted 3 d . to Gd . per load dearer , but little has been done at the amendment . No change as regards Barley , Beans , or Peas , Considerable transactions have occurred in the bonded market j a cargo of Barletta Wheat afloat has changed hands at 47 s . 6 d . per qr ., cost and freight ; two or three of Stettin red at 48 s . per qr ., free on board , and of fine white at 83 . 2 d . per 70 lbs . delivered here ; Egyptian in store at 5 s . ; several parcels of commoa Odessa soft at 6 s . 3 d ,, and Polish Odessa at 63 . lid ; per 70 lbs . A cargo of Egyptian Beans has also been sold at 18 s . per 480 lbs . in store .
London Corn Market . —Monday , May 16 . —Tho supply of wheat was rather limited from Essex , moderate fair from Kent , but very small from Suffolk , with only a limited show of barley , beans and peas ; from all theje counties there were good fresh arrivals of oafs , having several vessels in from our own coast and Ireland , in addition to a large supply during last week , a great portion of which remained oyer for this day ' s market . The importation of foreign wheat has been tolerably large sinca this day week . The weather has been variable during the past week , with occasional heavy showers , but nights cold , and the wind is now to the north-east . There was a gooddemand for English wheat this morning at an advance of Is to 23 . per
quarter onallfine qualities , particularly those which were fresh thrashed , and a fair steady sale for free foreigu at an improvement of Is per quarter J that in bond was held for full or even higher prices , and buyers are willing to take some quantity on former terms . Good marks of ship flour were quite as dear , and in fair request . Barley brought last week's currency for distilling and grinding purposes . —Malt was without alteration in value . Bearia and peas realized full as much money . Oats were held for last week ' s prices , which the consumers gave for good corn , whilst the large dealers are trying to get into stock on lower terms , having a good choice of English to select from , but the factors seem pretty firm , and have consequently checked sales .
London Smitheield Market , Monday , May 16 —The supply of beasts in our market of to-day wa ? , the time of year considered , moderately good , and , generally speaking , of fair average quality—there being a great comparative improvement apparent in the condition of the Scots . Devons . runts , Herefords , shorthorns , and homebreds . From Norfolk and Suffolk , we received 1450 Scots . and homebreds ; from qtlrers of our grazing districts , 220 of various breeds ; from Scotland , by steamers , 300 Scots . The attendance of buyers being not very numerous , the
beef tr&de was in a depressed state , and , in order to tffect a clearance , a decline , in the correncie 3 notedon Monday last , of quite 2 d per 81 b , was submitted to by the salesmen . The number of abeep was extensive , which produced much heaviness in the demand for them , and the rateB suffered an abatement of quite 4 d per 8 lb ; the very highest figure obtained for the best Downs out of their wool , they being mostly all shorn , was 4 s 4 d per 81 b . From the Isle of Wight , 280 lambs came to band ; . by railway . TheJamb trade was heavy ; at an abatement of quite 4 dper 81 b ^
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UNITED STATES . By the Great . Western , which arrived at Liverpool , oa Wednesday , in twelve and a half days , from New York , bringing twenty-eight passengers , New York papers , to the 28 th alt ., i nclusive , have been received . The news they bring is of a cheering character . The negotiations , it is said , with England , were making a rapid progress , and everything indicated that all the subjects in dispute would be satisfactorily arranged . The weather was fine , and the season spoken of as remarkably promising . Trade had began to revive , p rices were looking up , and it was the general opinion that the worst was passed . _ __ .
The disputes ia the State of Rhode Island , re l at i ve to the formation of a new constitution , continued , and a volunteer corps had been formed to protect person and property against the revolutionary party . Tne little State was quite ia a turmoil , and excited considerable interest in other parts of the Union .
Blessings Of Emigration : Condition Of The " Workies" In New South "Wales.
BLESSINGS OF EMIGRATION : CONDITION OF THE " WORKIES" IN NEW SOUTH "WALES .
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( CIBCriAB ) OF THE OPERATIVE STONE MASONS . Sydney , New South Wales , Oct . 23 th , 3 541 .
At a meeting wf delegates of all the trades held at the Crown and Anchor , Tavern , Greorge-strett , Sydney , en the 21 st October , 1811 , it w ^ s unanimously agreed , that emigrants had been deluded to this colony , by the Bounty Agenta holding out such prospects to them , so aa to cause many to emigrate here who are now Ia great distress , more particularly la other trades than in our own . There -were not less than thirty out of etnpley during the last six months , out cf five hundred masons . Our trade is not brisk at present , owing to tbe government public -works being done by prison labour , -which "waa formerly done by government emigrants . But since emigrants have come out in bounty ships they have not been employed in government works , but the day after their arrival they are left to perish in the streets , with their wives and families .
"We , therefore , beg of you of the Trades' Union , to petition Parliament to cause emigrants to come out in government 8 hip 3 , as on their arrival they are employed by Government and provided with houses to live in uxtil they obtain other employment - Beware of bounty emigration , for it is only , a delusion . Employment is Bs&rce , fcause rents high , and provisions dear , aa you . 'will see fey the follo"wiDg statement : —Our wages are from eight to nine shillings per day for competent workmen , -with precarious employment . There is no surety of work more than a week at a time , as the work here is so very uncertain , coupled as thfcy are with very stringent Iaw 3 between "worit oen and their emplayers , and entirely different to what is enforced in Great Britain and Ireland , as tee have an aristocracy here who make Hws to suit their own private ends , to the detriment of the working maa .
We have here seat you a plain statement of tae state of the Colony , which we hope you win take into your serious consideration , and th-n judge fjr yourselves , whether to remain at home or emigrate to tiiis Colony , bearing in mind that you have to labonrfor eight months in the year nnder a Vertical sna , with tile following deductiocs irom your wages , if you have employment , viz , house rents for a man and his wife , ten shillings per week ; firewood , candles , and provisions , will average two pounds per week . Sineie men must psy 3 t the rate ot one pound , ten shiliingB per wetk . This muit be furnished -weekly , exclusive of clothes aud tOuls , &C . ice . Dear brothers , we leave yon to judge the state of tbe poor labouring man , who only gets at the rate of four shillings -per day , when he has employment ; what must be bis condition , with the high rate ef living ? will tinue
We con to bold a mocthly correspondence with you in future . Should things get better , you wiil be made acquainted from time to time . We wish you to circulate this statement amongst the working c . asses of Greai Britain and Ireland , to prevent the ead occurrences - we have already witnessed . We wish you to be particular ia cur correspondence with you only ia this ] cii cular , as for the future we shall have a stamp , so thai you will know it ia from our society , as the masters are ] in the habit of not only writing , but getting printed " circulars seat from this colony to Great Britain and ] Ireland , with tiisg statements of tie colony , tiade , pro- ' visions , houae rent , &c . which has caused many deluded emigrant * to end thair days on © or shores , who might tare seea better days in their native land . Thos . Tusker , Johx Lykch , I Bjcuabd mgcs . v .
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A few MoasiSGS ago , about 300 tons of rook , on She south side of the river Wear , above the bridge , fell down into the river , and now assumes a very dangerous appearance . Providentially no injurious effects resulted to life or property , as do vessels of any kind were near the place at ihe time , —jWH-castU Journal .
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T 8 THE EP 1 XOB . OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sia , —I have recently received my share of the slander and abuse . As a tradesman my bread depends upottuy character , I am therefore bound to-protect it ff eeriouriy assailed . Tbe current and mischievous repsrts against me caused me to solicit the council to instftate au inquiry touching the matter an quesfaon ; a time was fixed upon in order to investigate the validity of the evil accusations . The affair was patiently listened to by the Council . Their decision terminated in my absence , however they have kindly sent me the result of their deliberation , -which is in their own words aa follows : — " At a meeting of the General Council of the National Charter Association , held in Brown-Btreet Boom on Tuesday evening , May tae 10 th , 1842 , some charges hav ^ g been prefer red against Mr . G . H . Smith , a member of the association : the CsunciV after duly considering the case , unanimo-usly agieed to the following resolution , namely : —
"That we , the members of the General Council of the National Charter Association having investigated the case of Mr . G . H . Smith , and judging from the evidence which baa come before us for and against him , do exonorate that individual from the charges brought against him , " By order of the Council , " Abthcb O'NiEi , Secretary . "May 10 th , 1812 . " Sib , —If you "will be kind enough to insert all the above in your widely-circulated journal , you will not only help to defeat the enemies of truth and justice , but will also cofter an essential favour upoa Yours , respectfully , Geokge Hesry Smith . Chester-street , Hulme , 17 ih May , 1842 .
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