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MR * O'COSKOB AT OLDHAM . fa& ___ teibf Jrftng sad Tory treachery 3 ior both coiabmed and . conEpVred sgsinsi the Tisit of OUT Jriena , 0 € pimDr ! -riat © a / OJah ^ n on Priday last , jnfl at k ^ o'dwiprpeo&cl ^ withMessrs . Bolladay iiSEnott , « Qd a" amriter © folherfiiendsjio the K& oolTOwanof ^ r . Qtarmbj , arhich that genttejnsn had Mndly jgiveh' for ibe purpose of showing to ihe people ' s enemies , flr&i Ihsy < Ed ioi own all ihe ffieeftiffplaoes m Oldham . TheTroomis eapableof ioJaang from 1 ^ 000 Jo 130 persons , hnt wi Mr QofrnBor ' fl amval , it > was « o densely wedged that an adjournment was loudlycalled / or and carried , io the large sjaee at the back of the . Albion Inn : i
the usual-place o £ iesort on finch occasions , A hustinj ^ was very speedily procured , and Mr . ^ PConnor and his friends , 'to . the number of several thousands , proceeded / io'ibe .-spoi where he iad so often addressed ihenx Before . ' Mr . James HoBaday was called io ihe chair amid general ^ cheenDg , and t& once introdnced Mr ^ O'Con » pr , Trtio > ras . jBceired with immense applause . He spoke for about an honj and a half , depicting the present state of the country and ihe prospect of the several contending parties ; and at the dose , after administering a sound castration to the parties who Tefosed the peoplethe Tise of the Hall to meet in , he said— the next occasion npon which I shall meet Ton , iriSieo » Tuesday ihe 29 lh atihez&i . EAKtT ih
3 HB H * t . t . !"— ( ThiB announcement was followed by jDOSt TDciferons cheering j . as the people had engaged the HaHfor ftat right , and werenot snre that Mr-O'Connor « oald attend)— ** aad the next , fc > las &e foundation stone * f your men Sail ; which , when erected , will make jon independent of the factions ;" When Mr , O'Connor had conclnded . 3 Hr . Hblladay aA&ressed Use meeting at considerable length , and administered a wholesome castigation to theBall-^ Bonopolists . He idnsfd the people to rely solely open their own exertions , as they wonM he sure to be soldif they relied npon any other party . The meeting separated ^ between ten and eleven o'clock , Jughly delighted wjth the prospect of circumventing ihe machinations of their oppressors . We sr * making grand'preparafionB here for the reception of OConnor . on th « 29 fli : and . no doubt , those who
refused the flail for Idx . O'Connor ' s lectures will see the effect of their tyranny , in ; tbe enthusiasm of the coming demanstTaSaon . They have &mg for ihemselves here » I should mention that Sr , O'Connor paid a just and handsome tnbnte to the condnct of < mr two excellent lepresentaiives , Messrs . lielden and Johnson ; the hitler of Trhoxn ibe dodgers-are endeavouring to persuade to retire , to make way for a tsz , Should they buoceed , however , which we much donbt , we will pit OUR P £ T against the pet of the League ; and try strength with the united factions . The Oldham men have resolred : to ieep their only prrrilege—ihat of TtmZng a sag in ± aenomination of the candidates for lepresenlaSon , The refusal of the Hall has 4 one ns jUDre good than we could haTe calculated on ; and it 5 = 5 likely that lad ihevotetd be taken again , it would not be " no , "
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IiOKDOK . —Pormcax aki > Sctbstific Iastiiu * nox , TuBSASiis-IiiSE . —The adjonrned discussion onjthe < juestion of" Repeal / ' was proceeded with on Sunday morning , and many excellent arguments advanced pro . and con . The subject for discussion on next Smiday , is ** "Whether the mental , moral , and physical condition of the people has improved Enee ihe "Reformation / ' On Sunday erasing , Mi . Cameron lectured a * the-same place . An animated discussion ensued , in which Messrs . Spur , Cowan , BohreH , Ihraine , and Miss Mary Ann Walker took part . The meedng concluded wiih the nsnalmnsical entertainment .
" * "Wo ^ osg Ma 2 i * s Haix , Mue Esd Hojld . —Dr . Bowkeit lectured here on Sunday evening , to a g oodly audience on the ^ subject of ** The Land and freehold Property . " His lecture excited mnch applause . The chair was ably occupied by Mr . -Blingworih ; and a nnanimon 3 to *« of thanks accorded to the learned lecturer at its dose . Mr . Shaw proposed , and Mr . Pearee seconded , the following reso-Jnnon ;— "Thaitl ^ meeting being fnDy sensible of ihe Talnable serrices-of T . S . Boncombe , Esq ^ H . P * on all occasions for the people ' s cause , but more particularly for bis kind and prompt endea-T 0 UT 3 to remote the restrietions imposed npon Mr George WMte , bj the MaT ^ Vi ^ l of the Queen ' s Bench Prison , do hereby tender the Honourable Gentleman our sincere and heartfelt thanks . The motion was carried by acclamation , and the meeting separated .
Black Hosse , xikldgate street , Weztz cbxpel —Mr . Wheeler attended at this locality on Sunday evening . Considerable local business was transacted . Meibofoiizis Dzlegxts Mkehsb . Sunday afternoon . Jlr . Grorer in the chair . Credentials ¦ were xeceired fiiDm Mr . Hoy , for Lambeth . One yhiTiing and sixpence was reeetred irom C 3 erkenweIL Eeports xelaaTe to ihe ^ Picfim fund , and theelec-^ dp . of delegates to the Conference , were recerred
&il no delegateiSonW ^ B rece ^ cr ^ m a ^ 9 SK ? 3 itf not poEsessiDE more than twenty bona file members , ilr . M 1 Q 3 seconded the motion , which after some discussion was withdrawn . Mr . Wheeler , onthe part of JSr . Whitefaorn , of Ktnsingion , - ofFered for tie acceptance of the delegate meeting , eight splendidly framed Star portraits . Talne £ 10 , to he di = posed of forlhe . oenefii of the Ticrim Fnnd ; Mr . "Whheborn from the proceeds to receive £ 7 ; and hi 3 localiij enga ^ in ^ to sell tickets to nearly that a&tount . The offer was accepted . Arrangements were then made for the ensuing eoneert , and the meeting adjourned .
laxssxH . —Bunuoai Cotfkb House , Wa 33 eexoo JiOAD . —At ihe usual weekly meeting of memiejs in this locality , it was agreed that the Secretary communicate withithe Deptford and Lewi-ham localities , for the purpose of co-operating together io send delegates to £ izmingham 3 for Surrey and leni . Cm of Losdos -LccifnT . —Mr . Bolwell , jun ^ lectared on Tuesday erening , At the Gry of London InsutoiioB , to a good audience , and was much applauded . Mr . O'Connor was to hare lectured , and came expressly from Leeds for that purpose ; but ,
owmg to some mistake , the necessary arrangements had not been entered Into . At the conclusion of the lecrnre , Mt G-Wyatt was called to the chair , and the locality business was j > xoceedei with . The report of the andhing eommittee was received , the balanee sheet discussed , and adopted . A certificate of prohitj was given to Mr . Wyatt as the late S&easarer . A reselufion was passed that alrpersoits owing six month' s contribution , and not paying off some portion within the ensuing month , should beconsidered bo longer members . Mr . Wheeler reported from the delegate meeting , which report was
TeeaTEd-. At x MEKnsGholden onTnesday evening , at the Blaek Horse and WiadmSL Keldgate-stTeet , Whitechapel , the following persons were nominated as delegates to the forthcoming Conference : —Messrs . MMiiaih s Maittz , ana Wheeler . Gooje ! Lios , DexS'SJXKbi , Soho . —^ r . Grover lectured here on Sundaj . Several members joined . Clebkesweel . —Tie Charfiste of this locality , met en Monday erenmg , Mr . Snosil in ilie chair . Mr . Cowan reported ; from the delegate meeting . Six members were appointed a committee for taking a house , to ~ be converted into a true Chartist Hall . The committee have several houses in view . A grand ball , in aad of f lie fcnds of the Hall , will take place on Tuesday next , at seven o ' clock . Tickets can be had ai the TvroBrewers , " v * ine-street , Ha-tura-¦ waJL—The qnarterly meeting will he held on
Wednegaay Dexu Woekisg Mkj ^ s Hail , Mick Esb Boad . —Dr . Bowkert lectured here on Snnday evening last , to a most nnmerons and attentive andience . His text waa * Those that will tobefre 8 , may be free . ? ' Miss IngewDl deliver a lecture at the above place on Sunday eyening ; Dext , Amgnst 27 th . f ! 5 uB . reportj shprt as h is , did notTeaoh us till Friday morning ILeally ihis delayis too badj HdTTJNeSin-A xegnisitioa having been ¦ ptts&Htd lo lie JMajor to call a pnblic meeting on Monday , to eltct a delegate to the forthcoming Confeences ( whicihe declined acoeeding-to , but granted fi » use of ibt Town Hall ) , a crowded meeting look place at one o ' clock , with Mr . James Sweet in
fbedair ; and Mr . JEL T . Morrison wa 3 chosen as * l * ra > n well qualified to serve as a delegate in the WBferenee to be hrfden at Birmingham on the 5 lh of SqaeiEber next .- It being ttB first-anniversary uf Sit- Saide of Mapperlej Hills , " a vast number of ^ e ^ pieasemblea iniront of the Town Hall with flags ^ nmacjWaitang tiie conclusion ofthe above meet-« £ wbEn ihey proceeded to ihe * battle £ eld . " Mr . ^ aaliaai Barber was called to the chair . The fefflHedthroDg were addressed by Messrs . Harn-* BiTfercjain , Morrison , laBys and Doyle . Some m r * b&ss look tea , while others were -engaged in 2 * Jttg varionB garner aufi dancing , till abont seven >|*?< i 1 when a greatmunber proceeded to the Bice r ** Chapel , to hear an animated address delivered
* 5 * ¥ - Qoistopher Doyle . ^ omnos--Attheconclasion of Mr . Doyle ' s ^« 3 fa 5 mmay evenings a meeting was holden p I ^ Mperatic C ^ apeL Mr . Jonathan Brown in , ^* i- WiED ^ Mr . 3 R . T . 3 lomBGn «* a ^ he ont-Ig ^ feBan of Orgamiafion and explained itir 5 ^ j"OBBgs » aller which lie proposed the fol-^^ 's&tionB , which wer « passed ttnapimoafilj ^ trH ^ i * deBfralilB to make cxperlinents upon '¦ J » i 5 ^ - ^ iainelpl 8 « f * 5 Biia . -rJama / -i » order ^^^ w ^ ffifieB jand direct the attention « f \^ i ^^ 6 ) tKar ownprojyer lesonrces ; and to the ^ S | & their polilicalaiglite , by which mean * ~^« m enabled to carry fbe plan ^ ut ona more ^^^^ ^ aent Ecale . " "That lie form « "liji ^^ dbB besi tffeeted by conneedng it s ^ a ^^ HSKtion ^ as it would direct greater fe § Bin * ^^ pnudples and remove preJndice by Bats . » sW 8 ime ** ° nrmost important ulterior mea-
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BfUGHTON—Cap op Libsbty—Council meeting August 21 , Mr . P age in the chair . Proposed by Mr . Kest , seconded by Mr . Allen— " That the thanks of this meeting be and are hereby given to the ! Rev . . Mr . Hill , for his past services ; and we trust that we jiall still continne to receive the benefit of his advice and assistance on behalf of the suffering millions . " — Carried unanimously . ; KEIGHLTT . —Pbogeess or Chabtism . —The visit of Mr . fioss , of Manchester , to the Xeighley District , terminated on Monday night last , . after eight < lays of successful and interesting labour in the -cause of democracy . He commenced on Sunday , the 13 th inst ., by giving two discourses in the Working Men's Hall , to numerous and delighted audiences
The inhabitants of Silsden , who are peculiarly attached to Mr . Bosb , had agreed with him , ' , at a previous visit , that if he could make it convenient to spend a few days in this district during summery they would accompany him on a pleasure exenrsion to Bolton Abbey . As Silsden is only five miles distant , and Monday , the 14 th , being their animal feast , it was settled on that the trip should take place on that day , and proceed from there at seven o'cloek in the morning . The novelty of a Chartist pleasure trip induced great numbers to embrace the opportunity ; and by the time appointed the village of ££ bden was all alivejwith the bustle of preparation . The party , about eighty in number , had | provfded themselves with , carts : and although they
might not look as gorgeous as some ofthe dashing vehicles employed by the wealthy , they werejvery goodrepresentions of the more useful and substantial nature of Chartism . One very pleasing feature ofthe trip was the presence of the Silsden Military Band , dressed in their fnll uniform . These honest fellows , who are Chartists to a man , and ready at all times to give their services to the cause , preceded the party in a waggon , and added considerably to their pleasure by playing occasionally on the road . After arriving at the Abbey , and examining its delightful situation and the beautiful scenery around it , they proceeded into the woods and encamped in a rural summer house , overlooking the far-famed Steed , where they took refreshments . It had been
proposed by Borne that Mr . Ross should give a Chartist speech in the ruins of the Abbey ; but as others considered it might occupy too much time , land might perhaps be construed into a breach of landness , by denouncing the aristocracy , and amongst them the Duke of Devonshire on his own premises , more especially as he is very liberal in granting admission to the woods the idea was abandoned . To make amends tor this sacrifice in compliment to the Duke , the party congregated ori the rocEy bankBof theSiaiD ; and after enjoying themselvse with the performances of the hand , and the examination of the contracted conrse of the river , worn through the solid rock . Mr . Ross gave out the
I Chartist Hymn , ** Spread the Charter / ' which { was sung by way of conclusion . After another brief survey 7 > f the woods and Abbey , the party took their departure Tot filsden , where Mr . Ross had to I officiate at a Chartist soiree and tea-party ; and at which place all arrived in safety , highly gratified ! with their trip . The tea-party was got up ini the ' most excellent manner ; after which : the company I were entertained T > y recitations from Mr . Ross and I others , along with music , songs , and glees , &c . ; but the insufferable heat , through the weather-and ! the crowded state ofthe room , caused the company : to break np considerably sooner than they otherwise would .
Ojj Thtjbsdat EVESIN 3 , Mr . Ross gave a lecture in Sutton , to a numerous and delighted meeting . This place , which is perhaps one of the first in England for Chartism , according to size , has heen generally overlooked through want of a suitable room . It , however , fortunately happened that the evening was calm and beautiful , and a friend to the cause having kindly granted the jard of his barn for the occasion , Mr . Ross stood within the porch , and addressed a meeting of 600 or 700 of attentive hearers , who appeared as delighted , whilst standing under the canopy of heaven , as if they had been seated with all the accommodations of a first-rate meeting house . Mr . Ross ' s lecture has had tthe effect of producing a wiFhto establish an Association , and there is little donbt but it will succeed . Mr . Ross conclnded his labours in this district on Snnday last , and left in company of a party of Chartists from Hebden Bridge , 118 in number , with twelve carts , who were returning homewards from a visit to
Wah w ! uhe = ai » laaSis ^' oTxeaniinjstotfii . Warwick held a very interesting meeting on the 20 ih inst ., and arranged to hold a public meeting at the Saracen ' s Head , on Tnesday , the 29 ih instant , to elect a delegate to the Conference . Havisg disposed of ether business matter , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : —* ' That we beg to Lremind the proprietor of the Northern Star of the reiterated promise made by the Editor to furnish the Chartist public with a prospectus or plan ; of Organization , embracing * The land question / and that our anxious desire to promote Mr . O'Connor ' s views on that subject , and to furnish our delegates with instructions " respecting the principles and details leads us to hope that the promise alluded to will be fulfilled previous to the 5 th of September , as the publication of a well-defined prospectus with
sound data , and practical details would afford every locality a very necessary opportunity to give 'instructions to their delegates . " " That while , with some degree of pain we advert to the affair of Mr Cleave respecting the' "Victim 3 ? nnd / we deem it our duty to state that we Bhould regard it as a bad precedent , were he prematurely to relinquish the post which he has hitherto bo honourably filled , ori to give up the funds entrnst *> d to his care , npon any authority less than the order of a Convention = ^ or Conference similarly constituted to that from which he received the appointment ; yet as we vary highly appreciate the services of the Manchester Committee , and earnestly desire to see a cordial feeling existing between all parties , we trust tnat their drafts in favour of any of the political victims will be duly -honoured by Mr . Cleave .
" STORK . —Houth xsd East Ridikg . —A delegate meeting was holden at Hull , on Snnday ast , the 20 th instant , for the purpose of organizing the North and East Riding District . The following delegates were present : Mr . G . Barnett , Hull , Mr . R . Gill , York , Mr . W . Sstherby , Selby , Mr . 3 P . Thompson , Pocklinjton , Mr . Barnett was called to the chair , and the following resolutions agreed to : 1 st . *• That a lecturer be engaged for the ensuing month at one pound per week i and that two lectures be delivered during the month at each of the following places , Hull , York , Pocklington , Malton , and Howden , and the lecturer to be at liberty to make what he can by lecturing at other places iu the
district . " 2 nd . " That David Ross , of Manchester , be applied to , to undertake the office for one month ; and-that he be furnished with a « opy of the above resolution . " , 3 rd . "That Mr . R . Gill , of York , be appointed District Secretary , and Mr . R . Todd , of York , Bisarict Treasurer . " 4 th . " That the district be recommended to send a delegate to the forthcoming Conference , and thai this meeting is *> f opinion that Each Conference ought to be held at Birmingham , on the 5 th September . " 5 A . " That Mr . Clark , of Stockport , or Mr . Bell , of Heywoojd , be applied to , in case Mr . Ross cannot be obtained . " € th . ** That Mr . Xinton , of Selby , be pot in nomination , as onr delegate to the Conference . " STJNDrRlAMD . —Mr . Dobie lectured here on Monday evening , On the feudal BVBtem in Scotland , " to a very attentive audience . At the close of tbe lecture , a vote of thanks was given to the
lecturer . STOCKPORT . —At a general meeting of members-onSunday afternoon , Mr . Win . Harrop in the chair ; on the motion of Mr . T . Davies , seconded by jkjr ^ Wm . Mattley , it was unanimously resolved :- * - " Thai a Sunday " School after the fashion of our excellent friends at Manchester be established , and a committee of five chosen to carry it out . " Five persons to be appointed . It was then agreed that a concert and ball beheld an Monday , Sept . 11 th , the proceeds of which to go to the School Fund . Jt was also resolved " That a pnblic meeting convened by 2 th to
requisition , be held on Tuesday , August » elect a delegate to the Birmingham Conference . At the CoiwatMEEimG on Thursday evening , a committee of three was appointed inaccordance with a resolntion ofthe two last county delegate meetings , to act as a finance commitee ; to whom ^ all monies for the delegate to the Con ference are to be sent . TheToommitteebeg the following due . to send » their < jnotasas ^ arlj as possible before the drd or SnbeiT-MaeolesfieldT Northwich , Nantwicb , s ^^^ tFR Carter , W * ter- ^ eet , Por t wood , StocWW }
shiSe , deBwS * s ^ ond address , on Chartism afesi-SK ^ urns an a greeable close .
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DFOTSBORY—West Ripiag Delegate Ma . !! tug—On Sunday last a meeting of delegates for the West Riding , was holden in the Chartist Room , Dewsbury , for the special pnrpose of fixing upon tvro persons to represent ithe West Riding in the forthcoming Conference , to be holden at Birmingham , on the 5 ih of September . Delegates were present from Todmorden , Hebden Bridge , Huddersfield , Bradford , Barnsley , Dewsbury and Birstal . Mr . Johnstone , Hebden Brid g ^ jin the chair . The correspondence relative to the call made for the different Idealities to join in sending two delegates for the whole West Riding , was read , when it appeared that Leeds and Sheffield were the only two place ? that dissentedfrom the plain ; aa they were the only places that wrote to that effect . The question was then
discussed , and it was- finally settled that in consequence of the whole of ihe Riding not agreeing , and to prevent disputes arising , the delegates should be considered representatives , of the various localities here named—Todmor&en , Hebden Bridge , Bradford , Bingley , Keighley , Barnsley , Dewshnry , Birstal and Huddersfield . Five gentlemen were then plaoeu in nomination and the votes of the delegates taken , when Mr . Wm . Smith , of Bradford , and Mr . J . H . Dewhurst , of Dawsbury , were ohosen as the party to be placed in nomination for election at a public meeting . It was then resolved that a public meeting should be holdenj in tbe Market Place , Dewsbury , on Monday the 28 th inst ., for the election . After other business relative to money matters , &o . the meeting broke up . !
the kortb Lancashire Delegate Meeting took place at Mr . W . Beealeya , and then by adjourn * mentat the Greyhound Inn , on Sunday , 20 th Inet Present , delegates from Psdiham , Bnrnley , Colne , Clitheroe , Blackburn , AccriBgton ,: BacDp , and Sabden ; Preston by letter . Tbe Bnroley and Padibara delegates expressed themselves much dissatisfied with the business of the preceding Sunday , and ] said that their constituencies would not abide by it . i Tbe ClUheroe delegate replied , that the minority Was bound by the majority at that meettcg ; consequently the proceedings were lasting and binding . Tbe Burnley delegate said that if Mr . Man * den 'west to the Conference he would not represent the opinions of one of their members ; and if they persisted in sending Mm , Padiham and Burnley would send Mr .
BairBtow on their own responsibility . The -whole of the delegates -were of opinion that it would be establishing a dangerous precedent to recal their acts ; and gave is as their conviction that they had performed that part which they thought would effect the greatest good to the greatest nntBosr . Tbe Burnley delegate then 8 &id , they and Pariibam would send Mr . Bairstow . Each delegate trusted that so ill feeling existed ; that it was a difference of opinion only . After a mutual expression of determination to co-operate with and place confidence in each other , they separated , actuated Kith a more earnest deBire to set their country free . Mr . Marsden will represent : Clitheroe , Colne , Bacup , AcctingtoD , Blackburn , Sablen , and Preston In the forthcoming Conference .
NORTHAMPTON . —The Chartists belt their Weekly meeting as usual at ths RecbabUes Arms , when * ' Organization" was the subject cf discussion . The following resolution was adopted as one of tbe instructions to our delegate to the forth-coming Conference : —* ' That we deem it imperative that our delegate to the forthcoming Conference should rail the attention of the delegates assembled to the necessity of embodying in the Organization some plan for the more effectual and certain relief to Chartist political victims and their families ; for which purpose we earnestly recommend that body to take into consideration the propriety of apportioning one-fourth of the contributions to a fund , with a separate Treasurer ; and that the Executive should be empowered to make orders , and he responsible to tbe Chartist body for the due distribution of the same . "
©¦ OB 1 IN . —The Irish Universal Suffrage Association met on Sunday last , at six o'clock in tbe evening , for the pnrpose of making arrangements to change tbe hour of meeting from six o ' clock in the evening to one o ' clock in the day , during the autumn and winter months ; at which hour ( ona o ' clock ) tbe meetings of this Association will he ; held till further notice . The meetings are bnt thinly attended , In consequence of the all-absorbing question of . Repeal , and the fears of timid mtsn to join an Association which Mi . O'Cpnnell has denounced as unlawful ; land to crush which he did not scruple at calling npon the Roman Catholic clergy to aid him in effecting even tnrongh the confessional . Chartism has been denounced from several altars in Ireland f arid inloaghrea , Ruakey , and SUgo men have *« AA ** * 4 Yh . « A ? W *^ Mi «» % k * m *« frA « 3 ' Attmfe ** tf M « WLAf & « " nM W « A II j ^ 1 II been absolutely hunted out of society for other
***^ ^ : no crime than that of having expressed favourable opinions of Universal Suffrage , Vote by Ballot , and Annual Parliaments . la Sligo tbe Catholic clergy , instigated by O Connell , actually hunted ont the members of the Irish Universal Suffrage ; Association with tbe same avidity that the yeomanry were wont to hunt ont Papists , or repnted Papists ; and so fully impressed are they -with tfce idea that tbe Union will be Repealed , that a man is not looked upon as an Irishman , unless he subscribes his money and joins the " Loyal National Repeal Association of Ireland . " So completely led astray and bo blinded are they , by the eloquence of O'Connell , that they , one and all , overlook his repeated offers to " SELL IKELAND for justice to Ireland . " At the meeting of the Loyal National Rspeal Association of Ireland , held on Monday , the 14 th instant , the day before the great meeting at
Tara Hill , Couseller ClemenVBin the chair , Mr . OConnell said , " I now oSer to sell the Date of Wellington a geod bargain . I shall give him Ireland if he gives Ireland justice "— ( hear , blear ) . Sse the Frumui ' t Journal , of the 15 th inst This justice for which he offers to sell Ireland is , to say ; the least of it , very dubious . It is hard to define the precise meaning of Justice . At all events if is dear enough that tbe good bargain means the Repeal Movement ; there cannot be the . least doubt about that ; so that after all tbe Rspeal movement will be sold to th « Duke of Wellington by > Jr . O'Cqnnell tor what he may deem justice . How will his Grace of Tuam like to be sold to his Grace of Wellington for "justice to Ireland ?" It would be absurd to say that Repeal wonld be sold for Repeal Mr . O'Connell has nothing to sell but tbe Repeal movement , and he offers to sell that for " justice to Ireland . " What a pretty pass the movement has come tor Those who knew Mr . O'Connell
well , suspected , all along , ; that he wonld aell the Repeal movement the very finti opportunity . He said that 1843 waa to be tbe Repeal year . At tbe Hill of Tara , on the 15 th instant , be ( it remembered , he said itthe a&id Daniel O'Connell pledged himself , that the union would be repealed in twelve months from that date . Mark that Bear that in mind ye Tory Radicals ana physical-force Feargusites . DUMFHJES . —Mr . Wardrop delivered his promised address on the question of " Repeal " , in the Square , on Monday last , the 21 st instant . Partly owing to increased pnblicity , —but principally from a rumoured opposition , the meeting was tho largest we have had ^ et . Mr . W . commenced by giving an ontline of Irish history tince the firBt invasion of
that country by the English , and described , rather more in detail , several ofthe struggles ol" tho former nation foT independence . He then vindicated the right of Ireland to a domestic Legislature ; and , after exhorting all sections of Reformers to presa forward—each in his own path , if he could not agree to travel with the rest , ^— he concluded amidst the cheering of the meeting .: These assemblies are beginning to stir up the old spirit m Dumfries , and to produce good ia more ' ways than one . It is well known that murderers , thieves , and other malefactors , are occasionally , after hanging their alloted time , restored to a state of semi-existence , by the wonder-working power j of galvanism . A similar experiment was about to ba tried on the defunct
League , by a' knot of bur Mammon-worshippers ; bnt the sight of the workies congregating again has caused the postponement , sine die ., of this project . The idea of uniting England and Scotland in one Grand National Association gains ground here . This , it is to be hoped , will form matter for the forthcoming Conference . There is nothing on earth to hinder such a union . WO speak the same language ; are sprang < in the Lowlands , at least , by far the most important section of tbe country ) from the same Teutonic stock ; our ideas are similar ; and the Star has now for several years been our common organ . Nothing but the ' recolieetion of times when we were pitted against each other by our tyrants can be supposed t © keep ; us separate ; and this feeling will Boon be numbered among the things that
were . The CHaetists op Newcastle held their weekly business meeting , in their Hall , Goat Inn , Cloth Market , on Monday evening , Mr . Thomas Robson in the chair . The minutes ori the jprerioUs meeting were read and confirmed . The Buggestions of theChartiata of Leith were next wad beartbc , Slar , -when » Jewdutton was agwea to concurring witt thete snggestlpa of holding the forthcoming Conference in Edinburgh , in ^ pMfgenee to Birmingham jjltibetog , to the optoio * oltte < 3 bar « iU of Nowwrtle , mwb . mote convenient place foi the majority of the Charts of Great Britain , and attended with mnch Jem expencea to the majority ttan SSRv txaOa&aau A > 6 te of thank , wa . tendered ing to the necessities ol tbat «^ »^* , S 58 : JohnCockbum . Arrangement were then made forthe reception of Mr . Hill , and eotue local business *««^ acted , and the meeting adjourned till nest Monday eveniflj .
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Mr . ri . Candy vi-med this locality and delivered au £ SJi l ! - ° L Ura t 0 ? , > er 6 us and attentive . audience , which was well received ; and on Sunday ev ening , the 20 th , Mr . S . Parks preached an affect inv sermon at Long Buokby Folly , on behalf of the me * , teemed motinw , which made ; a serious inopregsiomon a very numerous assemblage . A . collection was \ made , which after defraying all necessary cxpenoes , a'balance remains of Ms . to the Victim Fund .
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SOUTH WALES . ( From our own Correspondent . ) CHARTISM In Swansea . —How triumphantly the Swansea correspondent of the " Weeklp Grunticle " eipajBates on tie praiseworthy conduct of " the authorities" in prevailing upon the brother broad-brims , the proprietors of the Trades' Hall , to vibiate their engagementi and refuse its use , after it had been taken , and the bill altered ' at their own suggestion ; but bow cbopfallea were theiworthies when the placards we « e issued calling the meeting in the open air . And O what a fuss ibe authorities manifested ! We had cavalry parading the streets , carbine in hand , half an bonr prior to the assembling « f the meeting ; the infantry wereginder arms in the barraoka ; tbo rwvUe were drajratop * ' rank and file" in tho station house j and the town police , under the command of their worthy inspector , were marshalled to onr place of meeting at the Bands . But the workles were not to be " done . "
Welshmen have got so used to the parade of physical force , that they laughed long and loudly at the helpless imbeciles . [ Even the Whig press gives us between one and two thousand at the meeting ; and we may at all times doable the number which they allow . Disinterested parties'state that fully four thousand persons were present ; and a greater degree lot attention they never saw paid jto any speaker . One of "the respectables" attempted to get up a row , but he met with no favour even from those of his own order . Indeed one of our town councillors told him if he were a poor man and attempted such conduct , be would be speedily conveyed to the lock-up . Tho men were bo highly exasperated at thejeonduct of the springald of gentility , that had it not been for the intercession of the
councillor allnded to , they were about to sober him with a dip in the bay . 1 We were honoured pith the company of the worshipful the Mayor , tbe learned town clerk , and not a few of the magistrates resident la town . One of the many middle-class men present observed , with a sneer , that " it waa a tale which bad been of ten told ;" but another of the same body gave him an immediate rebuke by remarking " that ail classes had suffered from the wasteful extravagance of the Government ; and When they { the middle classes ) felt it as keenly aa tbe working men , he doubted not that they would cry out as loudly as any ; and be would say , for his own part , that they ' were rapidly verging to such a consummation . " Several similar scenes took place , as bye-play , in various parts of the meeting ; for when tbe police inspector remarked that " they were only a parcel of
rajrged ruffians , " cne of the working men replied , — " Yea ! we are ragged , but it is with'heaping gay garments and gold rings upon such fellows as you . ' / The inspector was silent . A gerttleman of the name of Bees made some similar remark , but quietly sneaked off when be was politely askeJ the question : " Who stole the donkey ? " [ Of tho thousands who ; were present not a dczen went away before the conclusion ; and when the speaker was requested to deliver- a second lecture in the course of the following week , only one band was held up , against the motion , that the request be made . Whiggery and Toryism are decidedly at a discount ; for as a proof of the good feeling towards the Chartists which this meeting has engendered , a very respectable inhabitant ofthe town has voluntarily made them the offer of the use of a room capable of holding 300 individuals , without fee or reward , whenever they think
preper . The Coppehmen ' s Strike . —The report whioh I gave you last week of tbe return of a part of tbe coppermen to work has turned out to be . premature . Tbe report , however , ia still general that the only thing which prevents JMr . Benson from re-opening bis work * at the old prices is , the unwillingness of the other masters to have ! it Bald that they gays iu to the men . The turn-outa do not assemble in such large numbers , nor hold meetings as they did at the commencement of the Strike ; but [ they still manifest a firm determination not to return to ! work at the proposed reduction .
REBECCA AND HER DAUGHTERS ;—I reported tO you a fortnight ago tbe destruction of tho toHgate in the neighbourhood of Llanelly . Last week , two persons , named M ^ Ktetnin and Laing , both publicans In tbat town , were brought before tbe magistrates there , charged with being concerned in the above outrage . The toll-keeper positively swore to the identity ofthe parties , and to thsir being participators in the destruction of the gate and toll-bouse . No material . fact was elicited in the course of a rigid cross-examination , except that tbe witness was drunk when he first gave the information to the magistrates by which the prisoners were implicated in the transaction . Tbe defendants were committed for trial at the Special Commission , which it is expected will be held for the " special "
benefit of such of the supposed " daughters" of our renowned heroine as " tbe powers tbat be" have got Into their clutches . They were subsequently admitted to bail , in £ 200 each , and two sureties in half the sum . Your readers may remember the destruction of the Llandllo gate , situate in the immediate vicinity of Dynevor Park , the seat of the Lord-Lieutenant of tbe county , and within two hundred yards of a troop of dragoons ; yet so orderly were the proceedings of the Rebeccaltea on that occasion , and so noiselessly were their operations j carried on , that not a soul was aware of their proceedings until tbe work was completed and the rioters dispersed . A second visit was paid last week to the same neighbourhood by "Miss Crom woll"and her Bisters , when the Pontbren-areth gate , three miles from Llandilo on the old road to Llangadock , was
wholly destroyed ; The farmers are bent on resisting the rural police scheme ; they say justly that they are almost ruined already—tbat Lord John Russell bsgan the work ; and tbat { Sit Robert Peel , with his Tariff and Canadian Corn Law , baa put the cope-stone on the job which FincUity begun . The fact is / that if an addition be made to the' county rate for the support of the blue bottles , that they cant , and won't pay a single farthing . They iurge , with much justice : "Let the gentry keep them ; they engaged them . " As a proof ol the heavy exactions to which the farmers are subject in conrequence of the thickly planted toll gates , I may mention that from Llanon to Pontardulais , a distance of only rix miles , j there are three separate toll bars , at each of which toll has to be paid ; so that to take a single horse and cart from the one place to the other , no less than is . 6 d . is exacted for toll . . Meetings of the
farmers in Carmarthenshire and Glamorganshire , are taking place every day , at which they demand that the New Poor Law shall be abolished ; that tithes shall be abolished—or else ; that rents shall be reduced—or else ; that the side bars and toll grievances Bhall be abolished , or elsei that the county expenditure shall bo diminished , orjelses and finally , that the " rurala " shall be diamissedi or else the nocturnal warfare shall not terminate . A [ spirit of disaffection I to the present order of things is rapidly taking hold of the minds of the farmers . At a meeting of the trustees of the Kidwelly and Three Commotts Road Trusts it was resolved , tbat twenty-three gates , in these two trusts , be forthwith abolished . [ This circumstance has shown the farmers plainly tbat justice wotild never have been
done them had they not been prepared to do it for themselves ; and , [ instead of satisfying them , this is urging them on to make other claims , of which , at the commencement , they never dreamed . The magistrates , as the correspondent of the Morning Chronicle observes , are literally *' shaking in their shoes , " and know not what to do . They talk of inflicting a fine of £ b on every one who refuses to be sworn in as special constables . If so , th ^ y will have to fine half the farmers in the county . They cannot execute warrants without the assistance of ! the military ; and they are almost afraid to sign a committal . In addition to the committals which I have already recorded , I nave learned that Wm . Davieaj of Nantyfen , was last week finally committed for trial at Carmarthen , when bail to the amount of £ 4 , 000 was offered and refused .
Tbe informer Jones has been living in clover at the Btation house , ever isince the examination ' and committal of the parties ctiarged with the destruction ot the Bolgoed Bar , At a recent meeting of tbe police committee , a motion was brought forwjjfd " that the fellow be sent about his business ; or , if he requires protection , that he take up his abode in the house of correctioD . " This motion was opposed by a certain " snuffy" gent who ] presides at that board * oa the ground that the prpposeriwanted a "hit" atOmmagistrates who were not present to defend themselves . So there in all likelihood the fellow will remain . ;
Ou * town coundUort , who ate upon the whole tathet decent Bet of chaps , agreed that the number of soldleni in tbe Barracki were amply « uflclent to pteserve the peace of the town and neighbourhood , and consequently that ^ additional accommodation was not required "; when loll on Sunday ( 11 !> tueicounty magistrates held a meeting , ^ « o * ey "solved tuat not only were the ttoopa ln | the Bawacks wholly jinadeqaate to preserve the peace of the district * but even the additional troops now quatteied on the ptobiloan'j , were not sufficient for the purpose . They have consequently written to Colonel Love to send uaBome more , in order
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that the old women in the magistracy may have their fears allayed , i I shall conclude my long letter of ibis week by abridging from the Journal the following story of Rebecca a Corrector of P < k > r Law Evils . — Two years sgo a female servant of a tespeetable ^^) freeholder was brought to bed of a bouncing boy . She could not prove her master to be ita father , and was consequently compelled to take [ shelter ferthe workhouse . When discharged , 8 &e had to maintain the child herself , until "Rebecca" resolved that it was about time for fair play , and that the firmer shoold take his turn now . About twelve o ' clock on Friday nighty a carriage
drove up to the front deor of his mansion , On opening the door , he saw a bfaclc footman letting down the st « pa of the carriage , and handing out a lady with a child in her arms . The lady ] introduced herself as the renowned " Rebecca ; " told bim this was his own child ; and tbat if he did not now [ take care of it . and bring it up B 8 well as he bad been brought up himself , he would rue his disobedience to her commands . The astounded farmer promised compliance , when the lady shook hands witb him , banded him the child , reentered the carriage , and drove off . The little one remains with the farmer , and is treated as one of the family .
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MILITARY VIGILANCE J-MORE OF " KE 3 E 0 CA . " \ Swansea , Tuesday . Last night , abont ten o ' clock , a valiant serjbanS of tue " blue-DOttjeV' who was posted ) with his party ? at a gate which had been destroyed and re-erected , received information that a'formidable body of nocturnal " levellers" were advancing on his post , headed by the _ redoubted "Bsoca" in person . This worthy functionary , considering that "diiioretion is the best part of yalour , " gajye orders to bis men to defend their position as long as they were able , mounted his horse , and came galloping off to Swansea for military aid . But , as example in most cases goes farther than' precept , * > the rucala" considered
that it was much more in j consonance with their inclinations to follow the example of their leader than to obey his injunctions . Accordingly , the gate was left to defenji itself . The Serjeant had meanwhile arrived in town and proceeded to the inn , which the officer in charge of the cavalry has dignified with the titleofj" headquarters . " That gentleman waa speedily on his legs , and doing his best to find out his Troop Serjeant Major . But as it is a well known fact that the bosoms of our bravest are most susceptible of tender feelings , so it is not to be wondered at that the Serjeant Major should have been at that hour more busily engaged with the duties of Cupid than troubling bis head about those of Mars . At any rate , he waa not forthcoming . The
trumpeter was the Captain ' s next resource ; but alas ! the juico of John Barleycorn had deprived him of " puff ; " for he was' at the moment being " oxtered" to his billet , and j" boot and saddle" was left unsounded . The Captain was now iu a beautiful mess ; but as no time was to be lost , the next best thing that he could do was to be off in person to the various public-houses , ! and try to find out his warriors himself . He might accordingly be seen running from inn to inn , wringing his hands like Lanoie ' s cat , and piteously inquiring if any of the soldiers were billeted there ]? With no small difficulty he got four men mounted , and ordered them to proceed with all haste tof the gate . They set off at _ the gallop , followed at intervals of about ten minutes , by ones , twos , and threes , of their comrades , as the officer could find thorn . Many had mounted in such a hurry as not to take time to
button their jaokets , which added much to their orderly and military appearance . Moreover , as BOt a few were engaged in Bimilar pursuits with the seargeantmajor and trumpeter , they could not bo found at all . But when the captain considered he had a sufficient force in the field , and was about to follow in order to assume the command , he foaud his troops had left the town at the wrong end ; for instead of taking the road to Pumfold , the gate inj question , they hid pursued an exactly opposite course . What was to be done t Why follow of course , and bring them back ! Spur * ring bis blooded charger after his men , he disappeared from the gaze of the wondering townsfolk , Throe quarters of an hour elapsed ; midnight came ; and quietness was gradually resuming her sway ; when the thundering tread of the coursers again echoed through the streets . The cavalry had now found out their mistake , and were determined to
" Redeem their honour ; charge again ; Cry Marmion to the rescue . ' " But eight dreary miles still lay between them and the place of their destination ; and I am informed , that long before their arrival , the work was completed and the rioter ' s gone . The ] horsemen returned to town , wet and weary , about [ four o ' clock this morning , heartily tired with their , ride ; and although none of them had fallen in with Rebecca , some of them had obviously fatten in a bos ! The Strike is extending . —I am informed that the whole of the men in the extensive iron works some twelve or fifteen miles } in tho hills , of which company Dr . Bowring is an ] extensive shareholder , have received notice that their wages are to be again
reduced Ten per Cent . ; and j they have given in a counter notice , tbat if the reduction is attempted they will strike . The proposed reduction follows close upon the heels of another of similar amount , whioh lately took ! place ; and affords an excellent illustration of " free-trade" principles ; for at the very moment that this reduction is proposed , a meeting of proprietors is announced , to take into consideration the propriety of opening an additional furnace , as trade is improving , and the demand consequently increasing . The effect of tho Copper Workers' Strike around Swansea has been snob , that notice was given at the Savings' Bank , last Saturday , that £ 2 , 000 would be withdrawn , as soon ! as the required notice would allow . S
An important meeting of farmers took place yesterday , among the hills , abo | it twenty miles from this , at which resolutions , similiar to those contained in my former letter , was agreed to ; and another meeting was announced ] for Friday , which it is expected will be the most numerous which has yet been held . j The Chartists have announced another meeting for Thursday evening , particulars of whioh I will forward voh . . 1
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TOWWHILI ., NEAR DUNFfiKMLItfE .- A . public meeting of the colliers of this pace was holden in the open air on Wednesday last which was well attended . Mr . James lzedd in the chair , tbe motives and objects of the Miner ' s Association of Great Britain and Ireland was explained to the meeting hi Mr . William Daniells , one of the accredited lecturers of the Association , in a lengthened speech . Mr . Wm } Hammond followed , when alt seemed satisfied with the explanation . A resolution was passed in favour of paining faearfc and hand with their English brethren , to stem the torrent of oppression which threatens to | overwhelm all in one common ruin . After a vote of thanks to the Chairman the meeting broke up . j
HaXBEATH . —A public meeting of the colliers was held here , on Thursday last , injthe luge room of Mr . John Miller , which was crowded to the door , and a great many at the . door , and ~ At the windows , both back and front . M . r . Archibald Bay was called to the chair . In a neat speech he introduced Mr . William Daniells to the meeting , who , in ! an address which evidently bad a great effect , urged them to join the miners of England , as the only means of preventing tbat tyranny which all felt and deplored . Mr . Hammond addressed the meeting on the same subject , when a resolution was passed , pledging ihe meeting to join the Miners' Association of Great JBritain and Ireland . After the usual votes of tnanks | and agreeing that a delegate meeting of the eolliers of Fife should be Woldau in the bouse of Mr . Cairns , New Inn ,
Crosa-Gites , on Friday , the 25 tb InstL the meeting , which was one of tbe most spirited Sand enthusiastic ever holden in Scotland during the present movement broke up . j Cbossgates . —Tbe colliers of this Important district held a public meeting in the open-air on Friday last , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of joining the Miners' Association ! which is now rapidly spreading throughout tbe land . I Mr . Richard Piiiman was elected to tbe chair . Tbe meeting was addressed by Messrs . Hammond and Danlells , on the objects and laws of the said Association ; after which a resolution was passed ( after a short discussion , during which Mr . Daniells answered several objections ) in favour of joining the Association . This resolution was passed unanimously , with one solitary exception , he refusing to vote either i > rve * mm . |
The mah •? Coaledge Colliery wish to correct a mla-atatemMfc ia the list of subscriptions for ths men at WiBgate OoHUry , inserted in oar last The thirteen shillings Mt forth aa from them , should have been 4213 s . 1
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« What will they do f bat" What will thofnol do ? - I will just tell you what you will do . if roc do not act-judiciously : you will be plunged Into a premature strike I Then the society will be broken up ! You will be compelled to eo in at a reduction of wages , instead of on advance ! Every other evil made mereoppressive than at present ! and instead of a step in advance , it , will fling the csnge back ten years ( It often ( happens that when one district is properly organized , they think every other district is organized also . Let me entreat of my dear friends ia the North not be deluded by this false notion ! I CAM
TELL TOU THAT THE COUNTRY IS WOT ORQAWIZEO , NQB HALF ORGANIZED For instance in the dl * lnct I am now fa , Lancashire , tbe good work is OUlyjasfc began . It is <» ly three we * 4 fc last Wednesday since the first meeting iras holden fir Lancashire . I can say , without fear of contradiction tUfrt the . wort is going oa faster here than it did in the tiarftt , at the flratj and my good friends of tie North most recollect that ib , e first meetings in the North were held iff far back as the 24 th January last , and Xdare say that yet ihsKorth is not over well united , let so one be gajlfetf fey ageafei sending fine-spirited letter * about the people agreeing to this and the other thing . Some of you will recollect tbat whilst I was in tbe tforth , I rece ^ dT about twelve' or thirteen letters . out of one' quarter
alone , about their having this large affecting , and the other large meeting : but' when the thipg ' cam * to be inquired into , there was Obt even a society formed , nor a member enrolled . "&be questions fb be asked by us , and to be answered too , are : "WBat number of miners are there in the di&riet" ? " WSafc number of real , tona fide members" ? ' I do not meazr men who come clapping and cheering , arad holding nptheir bands for every resolution at a po £ lie meeting ; nor even those who- set their names down , tnfc who never attend again . Strike all such out ef your lists ; and see if half the miners have become meobsrs or not . The balance will be against us ! There ana tens of thousands who have not yet heard the glacTtidines of " union ''; who are crying " Come ov « r , an * help us "
Truly tne harvest in plenteous , but the labodrbrs am few . Instead of twenty aganta , there otfgbfc to be one hundred at least . Why , there are some of the most influential districts tuti ? have not yet beard one word about our movement , s for instance , Poynton and lymm , in Cheshire , and Norta Staffordshire . What are two men in T ^ de *? Wales alone Bhould have twenty i Wh » t U tot * . In Scotland ?' .. it : you wish the- field to be properly oalt !« atod , yon- roast feave labourars . The more labours * , the sooner the work will be completed . Some will be ready to say that agitation cannot last for ert * . Ekdtament cannot ; but a welt directed agitation , co& If there be at , the present moment undue excitement , it must be allowed to blow off , fust as steam does wbeu
the fire is too hot . We must be calm ; or else we shsJfr be wrong , and no mistake . It is my opinion that if w » can only keep eff premature strikes , we shall get every ? miner into the union . I know perfectly well that therewill be more difficulty in keeping those districts from striking that are united , than there will be in getting , others into the society . Some of yen will say , " We are starring . " The collbsra ot tne Worth are n « t half SO ill off as-the men ia this eounty ; for they can always , on an average , get thirteen shillings per week . They consider themselves full members , if they can Is . 6 d . per day , working frem twelve to fourteen hours per day ; but I can name several places here , where they do not get more than ten skillhiga per fortnight , and for eleven days work too ! - I leave you to judge of tbe matter , when
they- give no more to a man who has to break his day's work to attend a delegate meeting , and to walk tea miles there and back , than two shillings for wage , travelling expencea and expenses of the meeting ! I heard the delegates declare that they were as well or better paid than those who were working in the pit . The colliers in this part of the country live chiefly on a little oatmeal mixed amongst boiling water . This is the main of their food , when eaten with buttermilk . A » for clothes , it is disgraceful that any human beings should have to appear in such as the poor toiling slaves here have . The colliers of the North would not ; they could not , believe tbat it was possible for men to be reduced to such a state of abject poverty as they are bare . N «
weuld I , if I bad not bad ocular demonstration of the fact . Bat they are willing to live on porridge , unt l the Organization is completed f Scores of tyrants ia this part of the country would give their ears to have a premature strike . Not a fortnight since one of their tools managed to get to sleep in the same room with me , to sound me . I soon discovered what he was ; and I eram 7 nedblmaa well as ever a turkey was crammed in this world . In about a week the Manchester Liar ( Guardian ) had a paragraph headed " Alarming Excitement ; " and it has ever since been doing all that its evil genius c ^ uld invent ; to misrepresent us and our
objects to slip the authorities at us ; and to turn the public voice against us . It will be impossible to do the latter so long as moderation and reason is our guide . But the moment we depart from this , we are damned i You see the trick has exploded in South Staffordshire , now that they see that the men will not be made tools of any longer . They are NOW setting the furnaces to work again ! They bad intended to have played last year ' s game again ; but , thanks to the all-watchful eye of tbe " Union , " they are defeated ! Trade is said to be " reviving" again ; and the Corn Law Repealers are bidding for us . They have issued handbills , addressed to tbe colliers : but it will not do .
' In my opinion , out Convention ia called a month too early . Hew is It possible that delegates and tbe " needful" can be got by tbat time ? At least six weeks * notice should have bees given , instead of only eight or niue days . Bat we must do the best we can , under present circumstances . Brethren ; I implore you byall that fa holy ; by all that is just ; by all that is great and lovely , to accept the inestimable and judiciouB advice of the Northern Star- ; to accept the advice of Mr . Harney ; of Mr . Hammond , your venerable and well-tried agent ; and the advice of your fellow-slave , who has had no small share in raising the society to its present high standing ; Sit down , and count tbe cost , before you begin to build ! Think , before you act . Look , before you leap . If we act judfclaasly , we shall be a blessing to gen © , rations yet unborn : if we act otherwise , instead of the " Union" being a blessing , it will be the direst curaa tbat ever came to the colliers of England , Scotland , and Wales i £ « t us mind what we are abont I
Yours , in the bonds of " Union , " Manchester , 21 st August . D . SwAttow . Pboobess or the Collibbs' Movement in Lancashire . —Messrs . Thompson , Lomax , and Dennett have had great Buoones in the Wigan District during the lag . t and present week . Mr . Swallow has also had some splendid meetings at Bolton , Street , Gate , and Pendlebury . The Society is increasing rap'dly ia those districts . On Monday night Mr . Swallow made an attack on one of the strongholds of corruption , Worseley . Here the colliers are labouring under the most abject and servile slavery that it is possible for the mind of man to invent . We are credibly informed that the colliers at the present time do not receive , on an average , more than twelve shillings per week ! 1 yet it is at their peril that they join the Union . " A Society was formed ^ and they agreed to meet again on Saturday night , for the purpose of enrolling new members , and electing adelegate to attend at Oldham .
Fatal Accident at Worselky Golliehy , belonging to Lord F . Egerton . —On Monday last Richard Heathcoat was killed dead ou the spot , by a ponderous mass of the roof failing upon him , and splitting his head' literally in two ! He has left a wife and four children to lament his loss . His wife has been ill in bed for some time , and still likely to be We have been informed by some of his fellowworkmen , that he had contracted for the job of work he was Working at ; and " competition was eo keen , " that he had not earned pourpence per dap since he took the work ! ! Who would not be a collier , to be exposed to death hourly ; to have his head split into two ; his brains dashed out , and all for fourpence a day !!
MEETING OP r C 0 lMERS AT WlGAN , —A pUbliO meeting of miners was holden on Amberswood Common , near Wigan * on Monday last , the 21 st inst , Mr . Henry Dennett in the chair . The meeting was ably addressed by Messrs . D . Swallow , Lomax , Thompson , and other friends . The following resolutions were unanimously agread to : — That We , the miners of Wigan and neighbourhood , are convinced by sad experience that the present rates of wages received by us are not sufficient to provide ourselves and families with the common necessaries of life , "— " That we hereby express our determination to unite ourselves with the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland * and by every legal means in our power strive to improve the condition of ourselves , and those dependent on us . " Thanks
were then voted to the Chairman , and the meeting dispersed . A meeting of delegates then took place at the Crofter ' s Arms , Wigan j and , after Borne preliminary business , two of the delegates were nominated , in order that they might be proposed to a public meeting for election io a Convention of miners about to be held in Newcastle-apOn-Tyne Mr . John Topping waa then chosen , to attend th © general delegate meeting , to take place in Oldham on Monday next , the 28 th inst . A carpet bag was presented to Mr . Daniel Thompson , as a proof of the estimation in which that gentleman is holden by the miners of Wigan and neighbourhood » tie purchase money being obtained by voluntary contributions . Thanks having been given to the Chair * man , the meeting dispersed , highly gratified with the proceedings .
Meeting of Miners—A public meetinft of minera will take place on Oldham Edge , on Monday , ^ Kb . inst . Messrs . Thompson , Lomax , Swallow and Auty , wjll address the meeting . Chair to be taken at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . Immediately after the close of the public business a daleg&te meeting will be holden at the Old Mess Honse , Oldham . Every colliery in the Lancashire district la requested to send adelegate , and pay its propoztioa of monies , for the purposes of the Association , Notice to Miners . — 'A . Na , tio . njd Coaferenca * f delegates ofthe Miner ' s Association of Great Britaia and Ireland- will be held in the Three Tuns l < png Room , Manor Chare , Newcastle , on Friday , Uie 1 st of September , to oommenoe at nine o ' cl&k ir \ t ^ Q forenoon .
The « Jr^Ebecca" Movement
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TO THI COCLIKHS O > THS UNITED KINGDOM . Brkthren—The country at large Is looking with breathless anxiety on our present movement . In this part of tbe country every other topic merges in the consideration of tbe Colliers' Union . Tbe query , " what will tbe Colliers do ? " is bandied from mouth to mouth of thouaauda : but in sevexal districts it ia no longer ,
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. TOL- YL NO . 302 . SATURDAY , AUGUST ' 26 , 1843 . ™»» ~™ wm 4 n ^^ my « r ' : ' _____ _ __ J } ¦ Five 3 h , mtpgB per Qnartcr .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 26, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct665/page/1/
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