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THE "LEAGUE" AT BRADFORD
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TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE STAFFORD SHIRE POTTERIES.
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The "League" At Bradford
THE "LEAGUE" AT BRADFORD
On Monday last , sneh of the inhabitants of Bradford is conld afford to purchase " tickets" were ad-Jni-. ted to what the " League" call " » prand anti-Corn Law sjiree ? ' in other words , to pariake of plops , ana to listen to hnmbng speeches , got off w be delivered as a matter of coarse . It was intended to have been a Ring family party , composed of the "leaders , " and snch of the Vfustian jackets" as are necessarily dependant on them , and fur whose especial accommodation , ( as their masters were to stand treat , ) a number ftf tickets were is =. o « l at nineptnee each , lha top price being Ss . 5 d . The" lads , " however , were Dot to be done ; they yff-n " wide awako" at Bradford , as they had been & % other places ; and , therefore , they bought up the tick't ? , t . hno causing a demand for them , and raising tbe ! n to a premium .
The tea was gprred np jn the Temperance Hall , and we are informed that upwards of 900 tickets we A ) disposed of . The arrangements were very bad—we do not n ?~ 3 n so far as eiiher the q .-jactityor the quality of the provisions were concerned , t ' ct these were ex-&-. l « it— but with regard to the hour a : which the £ . - ~ i cuurse was served np , namelv , at near seven o ' c M-ck ; and , when it is si a ted that the party had to - ! t down at three times , it may be iudg- ^ d that
ti . cre was not inuch time &fi * r * r arc ' s for any dis- cu- ^ on on the important topic of the Corn Laws . ; meters said they could not make the advance , and JJiM .-ur-3 ' . on ^ did we say ! This was the very thing ¦ tliat it would be a very great injury to society if the the ' L-fcgue" were anxiou 3 to burke . No , no ; no advance were made . However , they did raise the di > ci !> s : on for the anti-Corn Law League ! Thrvsoon wants , and after th * y had raised them , they charged io- _ - ; d out that , maugre all ' thtir" care , there wss ' a ma- ' ti : e coal t-tfopeuce halfpenny more for every four cwt . ; j-nty of Ch ? rtL ? ts in the room , ar . "l-hat , should they tLus getting twopence on every four cwt . by the ad - try their strength on any question involving a prin- vaiice ! tCries of " shame , shame , " and derisive cup ]" , they would be ss surely beaten—aye , and as lan-ht ^ r . ) He weul d not give much for sympathy Bou ; : diy tdo—as ever lh « y bad been in their lives , like that . Ha had recently waited upon a gentleman no ; withstanding they had the aid . of fifteen parsons , at Manchester , along with others , to remonstrate with th * .- junior Erii : cr of the Leeds Mercury , Cobden , of hini for reducing his wages . He bad commenced bu >> i-Jiinche ^ er ; Heyworth , of Llverpoo ! ; the two' ne&s in 1829 , and was now a wealthy man . He told tai nted il . P . ' s of the borough , Sec . & . c . ; him ( Mr . Bu ' . terworth ) tbat ^ had ne been equally in-_ J " - w « nearly ten o ' clock buY-re the tables were ' . dustrious snd cartful , he might have been in his con-C ! "sr ? d , at which time Wf gxp ^ cted a chairman ' dition . Now , he hid started as a -working man in v »¦•¦ aid nafe been proposed ; but , instead of this , a p 3 S 29 , rnd accumulated £ 76 , 000 during the period that ^ k " . Clijtc : ? , -if Bierity , quietly seated himself in liad since elapsed . He would ask them ( the meeting )
ts >> pas ' , of houoar , ana udied upon Mr . Lister , 3 d . P . ' ¦ h . Li-tkr gpoke for some time , but not a cheer vtjs heard i ' rczn his friends , acd the '' Lads" kept tu- iuseives perfectly quiet , exc ^ Bi now End then a > k : iij , ' L : m if he knew where Feargus O'Connor wi > . a : every mention of who ? e Dsme there was a T-iTiu-t t > . under of applause . Tue .-ppakcr conc ' uded . b > proi « .= < 7 ? ig—nothing ! No ; no : a resolution of aii . . - bnd ; nothing at the end of all his talking but an avowal that if . \ f ij ; y would sign a petition to i ' arlhm ^ m , for the repeal of the Corn Law ? , ( shouts oi "For srimini : the Charter , " and loud elw . r ? . ) he -K-o nid j-romise . to pre .-ent it , and w-u ^ d .-npp-- > rt i ; tu the txtcn ; of his ability—no gTeat pro .. ;; se tiriier .
Mr . BvsriELB , the ofher M . P ., followed , and snrr . T mnn have impre =.---. i Tery powerfully on the tt-u : i ui the company t ) : _ ¦ . ^ ajxrior talent it was n . ci- > ssjy u > po = ? e ? s to coustiuit ? a reprfs-cntaiive of an imi-ortani bor- n < h . If The rcpreseured of Br-alora sre t-o : satisfied , all we say is , they ought tv t't ; . Mr . Ba ? Seld wa 3 JnUy charged ; but somehow or o : her h : s ears wrre so stunned with a pm ^ ivii echo from the Basulea—a so \ ini wbicn fcetiL-rd to carry with it so maiiy unpleasant reminifcv ^ ii ! es—ibat he also soon b-came faint , and dim -sr ; -. hcu : making any sign . No resolution yet ^ r . Lawk . e > ce HETW { , RTn , of Liverpool , next mi '"; t a mmik « of rematts , ia the course of which he cont-mied th . tt the Corn La ~ s aa ^ e bread dear , that in n-- qnenc of its hirh price the woriirj ? classes
ha 4 I ..-: iV > u ; nch to rpnid in cl- 'thing and other nectseari'S , Trrticii liinited the deoia ^ d . as the trade of the coir . . 17 was Hi . a " e up 01 the cutii'dinption of inuiTiduils . Its ¦ fininc : - - on . the capita ! l ?' a he said was , that Ids cap . ' -ai tvgT ; :: : o ce cor . suu ) ^ , he th . n lowered wsges , ai : l at I : i * t his capital \? as entirely expended . H . thf--: rho-, Ted ih * cheapness of articles manufactured at the ire ^ n : ticie , c-. mpart = d with what they were twe ; -y ; . eare a ^ o . feat thi poor Lad not beta able to pnicbjse theia because of the lsrscilc-rd ' a tax . Every day « - £ 3 sdding a thons . ir . d c «^ r .: u ^ . er 3 but not a tii-Ui-nJ producers . ilacMuery , he eaid , wonla chciysa macufacttLres , an-1 in consftquecce of the increswc- . < - ; . ri-ui ' . p- » iun cons . . qacnt on a rtpea . 1 ef the Cuni Li-ss , the demand vrouid be past calfiliation .
( Ht-re coaeiderable BjToar ti . sa .. , in which it wa 5 Eh ut-d ^ hat Uie ypesker was a mai ufcctnrei ' a einii .-sarT-.-si . icn fce disciEin ^ eJ ., anu widhc wasuino kind of tr .: dt Tba ^ evtr .. . He thsn proceeded to pr ^ ii tt tie mir . siu ir . iHjj which must t-nine if the C- ^ rn Lacs were continued , and , rn the other hr . nd , the vronderfu' ¦ ro = > j . « rrity that ^ oula fol ' ow froyp . their abolition , when EruLiB-J ¦ culd ris Hie a sdaat torn his slumber . Gr > -r-. i ? 8 * e k ^ s hot , s ;; e was hut in her cradle e » a .-pare * . ' . v » - ; ta ^ -hat the w- nH be . After a few n ore ren - .. >_ 3 on free trs ^ e principles , the cri > s of " the Ch- > r ; ei '— "the Charter , " mdt the , speattr so frequently , that he was compelled to notice it He said he 38 siad to hear the Charter Hientioned . The Chaib . 3 Ia > - —Yt-a r ., a « t confine yoursslf to the Burj 1 . ; t , if ycu nlt < -se , Mr . Hey ^ vorth .
i ? r . Hetwosth continued—He hoped thit the rer > al of ihs Corn Liws Tfoa ! d caoss intelligence to bo sp ' v-i * tini-ng the people , ard ci-re litm prrperty , so ' that liey coild cave Totes . He referred to Bolton , Manchester . Stocipfrt , and other to . mg , to sho * the ; flirtrtss and poverty -which ex ; s ^< l . all of w ? . ich be attri ^ utf-d to the Com Laws ; he then endeavoured to , prove that the repeal of the Corn La-sra was 3 re ' iinGU * ! Bar . j ^ . -:, in -winch the irinisttrs of rt " . i * ioji were b > r . nd ' to : ; -rerfere ; ann concluded -srith exu&tiating upon the ' ; beBtfi" which ir . aimlactures h"A C ; nferrfd by increzs- ' irg 'he value of land near towns , and in giving em-, plcjuient to tlie population , which agricultural pur- j suits could not have pruvi- ' . e--l . It was netting but j the iiiir . ; - tfac ' . urin 2 and commercial . interests which I Bupr . orud the cvuntry . Sull r . o re 5 rtation . > lr . Aidtrman Cobdex , of Mar , ? he ? ter , n ? rt spoke , and ha * , not proceeced far before ht > tra « interrupted by A ChaKTi ' st in the body --, 1 the mrreting , who asked him if he -wouM nse his inflner . ee to allow aco' . her party to speak ^ rhtn he ha < 1 done ? !
31 r . C 03 I » ex * a d that with the permission of the ci'iraiin he sL-ould be most happy to difc -ji 3 the question with any on ? - Chaktist—We have met here to have the Hubject disttissci . let ua have it discussed . Tht ? f hairjia >"—Will ycu alk-tv } ii . CoMen to pro csed , an-i tliec you shall be heard ^ Mr . C 0 BD £ 5 then spoke for some time , Rnd wis Le .-abyiLe Chartists with great x > ul-e-. ee , after the nnCJitandin ? from tht Ci » airaian Uia * . aC' aitls * . ihuuU be b- ^ rd afier him . He \ rcnt ot ct the old trc . u : i a \ y--Jt the '„' -. ' . " : Lswa bein ? passed -whilst the couLrry was in a tiite of riot , and the House of Co : uni . ns was gui * ie-J with solditra ; about the eStcts , physicil and mr . rat . of the Corn L *« "s upon the people ; and aUoii ? his -. " Wti conauct towards hiJ Teen in not reducing their
eai ^ a : ^ s , a \ iho-ogh he psid £ 20 , 000 a year in was ; es ;! ann , sJsy . upon the injustice of keericg the people in & I stit- oi starvation -whilst thsre " 5 ^ ai plecry of corn ! abr-.-aA . in Poland , and in the prairits of America .. He r- piied to the argument about interests haTic ; j rprurg up u = 3 er ' . he C . rn Liws , which ought to be ' respected , by saying that thpy nevc-r hea-d t > a * . ar ^ untr ' . nse < 5 at ih ^ ^ Jew Bailey on the part of criminals . He sI > t compared the plea to th ^' . f the birds that \ buii . in tie n-DUfha of the Upas tire , sayinp ; tliat the trte -liouid t-s preserved for tbe ; n , whilst aU tbc otber bh * iis of the air , and anima s , died unri-r its shade ; tnu c ^ nriuiisa by dec \ a jDiE 2 np ^ nthe injustice of tb * Ctirn Laws , and the lando-vrntrs in coiitinuing tbem , which would react upon . h = m . a . nd by a-s ^ rsing that tie iardrd aristocracy had an intertn in keeping down the Ubf-urin ^ interest a * , tho lowest 3 tJ : dari .
iir . BriiEHWOBTH hrre rose in the ho < lj of tbe me- ' . i ^ s , arid asked the Chairman whether be was u > Bndr-. and thatie ha-1 his per / riiss : on to address tht meeting . Chaibm a > ' —Are you an inhabitant here ? "Mr . isutit-B-woBTH—Mo-, Dor is Mi . Cobden either . ( Chc-ri .-. Chairman— It is a trabr . c meeilag of the inliabitaijts of BraCfor-i . Mr . Bftterwosth—You have permitted Mr . Cobden . to speak , and 1 consider I have an equal right to be heard . CH- \ m * A > - —If yen wT ! l confine yourself vo the C-srn Iaw cneition , you can ad . ' rcss the meeting .
Mr . BUTTERWorvTH—Thank yon , Sir-, I -p-ill en- ' ei-Tcat to do so . iCiies of "Go to the platform . ") Mr Butt £ T-r-orLh made bis -way to the platform , amid Ion ' efceera from all sides . On arriTing there he proceeded He did not stand before them as an advocate of the Corn Lsws . There could not be a man who detested then more than he did . He Wunld play second firldlr to eo oce in his tbhorrerice of those la-ws . He di . 1 not itand th * re as an advocate of the aristocracy in tbeir robberies upon the people . Hn knew better than Aluennan Cobden did about the robberies committed by the aristocracy upon the people ; for he had , as a working Tr .-vn , felt the effects of their robberies , ¦ which Alderman Cobden had not . He knew th&t they cared u little fcr the wcrlicg classes as ja rig did for its tatter . Laughter and cheers . ) Ho knew that if he had the eloquence of a Cicero it would be impossible to depict the character of these men in their true colours . But . he would ask , was there not a body of men
• whose interests were as pernicious . and opposed to those of the working ctesses , as those of the arirocracy were ? Were there not individuals who had been as m practically at work against the welfare of the working dssses , as the great landed proprietors ? ( Cries of " Aye lad , " "question , " loud cheers , some kasea , folio-wed by " G-3 on lad , go on lad . " ) Had not Mr Cobden alluded to the qnestion of machinery . ' ( CoEfu » ion ) The chairman would allow him to allude to that question alto . ilr . Coboen had shown thtm that iii : pTOT « ments werebeirg effected in machinery . Be eal ^ it * v . v ; aa because . tLe Corn 1 / vws were notTepea ^¦';—irat niachinery did not benefit the co :-diiion of tL > . "»¦ " ting class ?* . He i "> ir . Buttertrorth } beiii-vrd thit Tij ' - ;; Liery did not benefit ihe -working classfes beiCii-i " . : ~ j -were not reprw-enied in the ieg ' sit ^ ure . ( C rit-a ¦ ' . ' " i ^ estion , qu . > sf . L-r > , " bn . i much interruption from ths iii ^ ners followed thi ^ j Teat was tfce qces-VV-a- : Li' *** a the question . ( Th" isterruption contiau *! , ' . nd Mr . Cobden cried cut . "hear his : —hear
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him . ") They were told that the mannfactuwrt were suffering equally with the working classes from the operation of the Corn Laws . Mr . Cobden Mid they were put on In 1815 ; why , were n « t the manufacturer ? grinding the faces of the working classes in those times just as they were now ? Were they not accumulating wealth then , whilst the working classes were literally starring , compared with the condition they ought to ha-re been placed in ? ( Here cries of " Yes , yes . " " No , no , " and confusion stopped the speaker for some time . ) It was placed before their eye * , on one of their own flags , that" the bread of the needy U his life , and be that defraudttb him thereof is a » &n of Wood . " Ye * many thousands were turned out of employ because & master found machinery to do
halfpenny advance on evi _ ry four cwt . of coal . The their work . They were told this was necessary . Had not the manufacturers committed infamous robberies in this way upon society , and at that very momeat were they not committing more ? Ha would give theiu a case in point . At that very moment machinery was being got up to make pots . At Mr . Wnitworta ' s shop in Manchester machines were being made that would do away with the work of 19 , 000 hands ; and ¦ when these men were turned out upon the Btreets , they would be totd that the Cum Laws had ilriTen Us * men out of employ ? ( Tremendous cheering . ) There ¦ was no necessity for tb-s machinery ; inasmuch as thty were not competed with by foreigners . They wuulrl recollect that the colliers of Lnncashire had turned out for . an a-ivanee of -wages . They had turned out for a halfpenny aivance on evi _ ry four cwt . of coal . The
had they had a voice in the mr . king of the la > s , would hu have realised that sum , whilst the people wen . ' literally . starving ? iHeie some interruption tout place , accompanied with cries of " Go on , lad . ") If they would allow Wm one moment longer he would finish what he had to * ay . If they ( the metstingi wanted a case ia point he would give them one , Afterthe m ; mnfacturer bad told them this , he said if they -were not satUnedhewould get machinery to do their work . With this £ 70 . 0 u 0 he had got together out of the labour of the people he obtained machinery , and now he had s-. t seventj-two self-acting mules to work , and ha-l not a man in the EitaMisbmeiit . ( Shame , shame . i They Wire told the Corn Laws would give them era-¦ plc-vmc-nt bv increasinu the demand for goods . What
¦* as the use of talking in this way , when improved i machinery stepped in and met the demand ? A Bolton weaver hid betn exaaiined on this subject , and the : qnrsrion put to him was , " If the Corn Laws were repealed , would it place you in as good a condition as you wtra in 1819 ? " " No , " replied he , "if you were t « give me meat and drink into the bargain , wit ' " , in ? pr < t !* nt wages , it would net- " Why ? " said j thty . " B ; cau 3 e , " he added , " it wouid not amount \ o the reduction that has been made in my wages . " H « ; SIr . Butterworth ; hid seen a letter in the Anti-Corn Law Circular , complaining of the fallacies that ware \> nl forth about " cheap bread , " tha lecturers telling the peuple that the R-peal of the Corn Laws would -Mi » -. ipen food , whilst it would not do any such tWng . The Editor , who he ( Mr . B ) guessed was on that platform , said , " We quite agree with the lttter ; inserted elsewhere . We are aware that the Repeal 1
r-f the Curn Lais will not lower the price of food f » r j the woTkug man ; but it will give him greater wages than he obtains at present- He would be able to get H ? . whfre he now gets 7 s . " Yet they said we cuuid not . compete with foreigEcrs b-cause of high wages , and they were going to raise -wages by the Reptial of rht ; C- n ; Law ? . This was a strange way of competing wth f ' . r-i ^ ners . Now Mr . Cobden and the Chairman Inieiv -well enough that thu present House of Commons vouk ! n-ver Repeal the Corn Laws . He ( Mr . ButUr- i worth ; bad heard it said by Mr . Cobden that it would j n-vt-r be got by the pr <; sent House of Comm ^ Tis . Now , if Mr . C > bden would bring his talent and h » nesty , fur t ho 1 Mr . Butterworth ) believed there was uot » more honest man in England than Mr . Cobden , they would j irixm f'btair . Universal Suffrage , and then Repeal tl-e j C ^ rr * Laws , and all other bad l 3 vra . Mr . Butterworth gat dovrn amidst loud and prolonged cheering . j
Mr . Cobden briefly replied to Mr . Butterwortu ' s j uh-srvatijns , and contended for the universal applica- ¦ lion of machinery which h < J said was the only thing , conjOtd -with a repeal * of the Corn Laws , which could i er . able : i poor man to live—the repeal of the Corn Laws m , uM supply him with a shilling loaf for sixpence , and ; machinery would supply him vrith a lnoie than double quantity of g ^ ods t . > t his other sixpence . But hb forsot to point out where the shilling was to come frv > iu , when m ^ ebmery had superseded entirely niuiual labour . ilr . Edward Bai . ves , jun ., of Leeds , then rose , acd was received with the most dreadful groans , catcall ? , yelli , and othersweetsounds , whxh must have convinrrii him that his popularity was at a Tery low ebb in Bradford . He procteded with his address , in » pite of the ro » , though nobody , txe * pt those close to him , cunld heir a word he said . He concluded by proposing the first resolution , as foUo-srs : —
" Tiiat the CoMjiitteo ef the Bradford anti-Corn Law A--3 Ocia-ion request this meeting to join them in a Tote - ¦ t thanks ro those Ministers of the Q-espel wha fcjive honourtd the meeting with their presence . " The sw ^ ker had no sooner read his resolution than he j eti-eii amid the laughter and jeers of the Chartists , who . however , did not propose any amendment . Mr , B-iines handed it t" the Chairmaa telling him " it did not require seconding !" Arai'ist great confusion the Chairman put the proposition pro and con , when the handsfaeld up were so nearly equai that it was impossible to say which had the majority . But the Chairman very soon decided , by announcing that the motion was carried .
The " Lt-ague" now finding that the ground was slipping from under them , gave a practical illustration of the adsge that " discretion is the better part of val-ur . " A vote vi thanks was proposed and seconded to the Chairman , and without announcing what it was , a person oa the platform shouted out''Those who approve of this hold np your hands . " The Chartists w ^ sbeii U > know for what they were called on to veto ; but this did not suit , and all held up their hands thut lfked , and the gentltnien thtn immediately retired . Ti e C ; iarti 3 ts propostd and carried enthusiastically three rheers for the Caartsr ; three for Frost , Williams , and Jwnts ; three for Fearjus O'Connor ; three for the Northern Star ; and three tremendous groans fur the Lee . is Mercury and the Ccrn Law League . Ti : « liietting bruka up about haif-past eleven o ' c ' . uck .
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Salf ^ ld . —Mr . Bell will lecture on Sunday eveniL ^ ' next . Sunderlasd . —On Sunday afternoon , at haif-past two , Mr . WiiJjams will kcture at the Life-boat H'juse , Snnderiatid , and llr . Binns , in the Cc-oper ^ nvo Bail , in the evening at half-past six o ' clock . Wi . iic : steb . —Mr . W , Dear , tailor , will lecture at Wc . i ' ^ -. cr , on Monday next , and foll ^ -wirig day ? , 'hrcufch the week , ile will also preach there on sunirj E . 'X ? . T ^ orGiiBoitouGH . —ilr . Cooper , the E-iitor of the l ! : ur . i \ na : or , is to address the frieads of freedom , at ti : ' .- rhurtd Hotel Room , at half-past Beven o ' clock , 011 Tussoay evening , the 27 ch . The General Coocil will meet on the 25 th , at t '^ e A £ Suc ^ at ! on Room , at tix o ' clock , when the at : ^ u Jauee of ail is requested .
st . Panceas . —On Sunday evening next , at eight r- ' db . ' -k , H . B . Marley will close the discussiou on the C .-rn Laws , and reply to those individuals who Lave taken part in the discussion , at the Goat in Bi . cs Brock-street , Isevv Road . Macclesfield . —A public meeting of the subsenbtr .- ) to , and readers of , the Northern Star , will be ht-d in the Lurge Room of the Association . " Watereotes , on Monday , the 26 th instant , at eight o'clock , on butincss connected with the Petition ConTeution , when all are requested to attend . —On Sunday evening next , a lecture will be delivered by . 'ir . Jy .-epa Hibbert . in the above room . Co . ngleton . —A delegate meeting will be held in Congicton on Sunday next . Delegates from all towns in Cheshire and the Potteries will be expected to attend .
Leicester . —The " Chartist Discussion Section " pleats to night . Mr . Cooper will preach at Winston , in the open air , on Sunday morniBg , if the weather permit ; and in the roora at All Saints' Open , at night . The general meeting will be held on Monday night . The " Chartist Teetotal Section" meets on Tuesday night ; and the " Chartist Musical Section" on Wednesday night . LorGHBORoroH . —Mr . Cooper will address the friends of Chartism and Teetotalism , in Mr . Skevington ' fi Rooms , on Tuesday evening , April 27 ih . Chair to be taken at half-past seven o ' clock .
Mr . TVm , Maeti . v , late prisoner in Northallerton Eouse of Correction , will attend at Freeman-street , B jmingham , on Monday evening next , when he is prepared to meet either Messrs . Collins or ONeil , on the subject of Christian Chartism , and prove that it is calculated to injure the cause of liberty .
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I > fant Moetality . —At an inquest a oay or two sines , Mr . Wakiey observed that ihe number of s-j . Mc : i deaths which occurred amongst fine healthy ¦ - hiiiin-u uador cigh ; een months was enormous , and rai liiAerly -very much insreased . Ile could not at uii ueconnt for it . Immediately on an infaut being ' . ' oaiiu dead ia bed it was invariably rumoured that . 1 had been overlaid ; but no such thing , not one in a huudred met its death that way ; death was the revolt of tome internal complaint .
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CONTINUATION OF THE LIST OF THE GENERAL COUNCIL . HEDDERSFIELD . James Qleadhill , weaver , 371 , Lowerhonaes . Robert Jones , tailor , 40 , Thomas-street Andrew Emmerson , blockprinter , Aspley . Joseph Kishworth , tailor , 75 , Dyke-end . John Leech , draper , 194 , Shorehead . William Sellers , tailor , 21 , Upperhead-row . Thomas Gralliuiore , spinner , 84 , Longroyd-bridge . Joseph Bray , grocer , 29 , Upperheadrotr . Eii ward Clayton , tailor , 1 , Townend-row , sub-Secretary .
dewsbuht . Jonathan Wallis , clothier . William Hanson , do . John Bentley , farmer . John Haigh , tailor , Ossett-street-side , sub-Treasuret W . M . Stotts , hairdresser , sob-Secretary . HERE . "Henry Mills , weaver . Stephen Mills , do ., eub-Treasurer . J . Morgan , labourer , sub-Secretary .
NEWPORT . William Thomas , boot maker , Malpas . John Morris , carpenter . Commercial-street . Jonah Williams , tailor , Llannartfi-street . William WLliams , labourer , Charles-sbreet . Kichard Jcfilrs , mason , Pentonviile . Charles Grode , painter , do . William Jnmea , mason , Commercial-street . Tbom . 'is Williams , plasterer , Victoria-square . Alfred Hill , boot and khoe maker , Beau's-well W . H . Cronin , weaver , Georga-street .
UNSWORTH . Jacob Albeaon , weaver . J 0 L 11 Grundy , d <" , Samuel Grtindy , do . Bold Shaw , do . Abel Ogden , do . Jubn Jauki-on , Bub-Treasnrer . Jos-. j ) . - . KL-ttrley , sub-Secretary
SHEFFIELD . Kichard Otley , Sluffivld-moor . William G . Uey , SoUy-Btr « et . Joseph Harrison , Pond-strett . Henry Taylor , Pi ' zillan street . Joseph Marsh , Milton-street . Divid Walker , Jobnstone-street William Spencer , Bridgchouses . James Buxton , S-juth-strctt , Shelfield-moor . Htnry NeeJham .
To The Inhabitants Of The Stafford Shire Potteries.
TO THE INHABITANTS OF THE STAFFORD SHIRE POTTERIES .
Countrymen , —You are well aware that knowledge is povttr and uuion is strength , whilst ignorance is the lever by which thos > o who now govern aveenabled : o turn the masses about to their own advantage and profit , and to injure and oppress those who by their labour create all die wealth of this mighty empire ; and you are also awaie of the power of that wealth which you create , and how that power is used , and to your injury ; that by that power you are deprived of any place to meet in , by that power tha police sure enabled to exercise authority over you , and turn you out of your meeting at their caprice or whim at what time they think proper .
T » secure a proper place to holA your meetings in , and to obtain knowledge , a few of yonr fellow-townsmen have determined to erect a Workmen ' s Hall j and with tliis view they have invited the Rev . Joseph R . Stephens to preach a sermon and make a collection , the proceeds of -which , -will be applied to tha funds for erecting the contemplated Workmen ' Hall , and of which an exact account will bo rendered to the public Countrymen , your liberality on the occasion will test the m .-inntr in -which you appreciate tho contemplated buil'iiug , and the v ilue you set on knowledge and tlie emancipation of yourselves from worse than West Indian slavery .
A tea party will also be held on the Monday night , at which Mr . Stephens wili attend . Public benefit is the ohjoct we have in -view give us your assistance , and thus prove tbat you fully appreciate the value of the contemplated object Yours , in the bonds of Democracy , On behalf of the Committee , j . Richards , h . Foster .
R . Choxton J . 1 |* TE 3 . Hanley , April 20 th . 1841 .
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TO THE ED 1 T 9 H OF THE NOKTHERN STAB . SIR , —Permit me to call the attention of your numerous readers to the predicament of thore brave Irishmen who have honesty and courage sufficient to proclaim themstlTfis for the political equality of manwho are darit . g enough to asjeit themselves advocates for the Peoph "s Cnarter , in defiance of that arch traitor , Danii-l O Gunneli , and his corrupt and despotic influenc *! — let me , I 8 ay , call attention to these patriotic Individuals , in order that semelhing may be done to keep O'ConDi . H ' s hell-hounds of tyranny from hunting thtm to death . I need not , Mr . Editor , bring forward any argument to shew tbe necessity of rendering support to these individuals , the manly and patriotic lotier of Mellon' . he inLui ' . ius speech of O'Connell cwhich would be a disci-. ice to an Irquisitionist ) , which appeared in labt wei-k ' s Star , is sufficient .
This t > ein « c tho case , I propose that Mellon and Bernard M'Donald be immediately appointed receiving agents for the Northern Siur , and otber Cnartist papers —that they be paid by ihe democrats of England , si » as to enable them to devote their time In propagatiuR tbe glorious principles of democracy , and in tbe distribution of the Chartist papers . Ibis would put them out of the reach of olU Dan , and would be a bold stroke agait st his despotism . I will imagine , Sir , that out of your immense circulation of 36 , 000 per week , that there are 5 , 000 persons who would send their papers to Ireland ; 1 will also imagine that there are another 5 , 00 « who would subscribe one halfpenny per wtek for the purpose of propagating the principles of freedom in poor , enslaved Ireland . This would support six agents at 303 . each per week , leaving 2 S& for incidental expences .
I conceive this to be , Sir , no chimerical theory , but one that can be put into practice immediately ; and Chartism , iu my opinion , can never succeed triumphantly until same such plan is put into operation . I now , Sir , for the present leave it for the serious confsidtration ef your readers , not uoubting but what thousands -wish to see " lovely Ireland" free from the domination of that moaster of a man—O'Connell . Respectfully yours ,
E . H . S Diana Place , New Road , London , April lUth , 1841 .
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HALL OF "SCIKNCK , " BIRMINGHAM . TO THE EDITOR OF TIIK NORTHERN STAB . Dear Sir , —In your paper of Saturday last , you request some person to send you a dialogue representing a scene at the laying of the foundation of one ef the People ' s Halls , with which we are to be sui-plied wheu we can raise the trifling sum of £ 240 . 000 . I will send you a " leetle bit" of downright truth , that will make some of your Building Caaxti&ts stare . Here it ia . A public dinner was given to Colonel Thompson , on Easter Monday , which veas held at the Golden Lion , Astonstreet , the gallantCMonel being the person who was invited to go through the ceremony of laying the first stone of a People ' s Hail in Birmingham . After the eating part of the business was concluded , spouting commenced . Mr . Evans , the chairman , stood up , and without note or comment gave , " The People , the only
source of legitimate power . " Not a hand Was raised or a word spoke—not a solitary cheer was raised by the committee , managers , and builders of the People ' s Hall . As I dropt in merely to report , I could not think of interfering in such a respecluble company . I contented myself by remarking to the Colonol and the Chairman , that it was a disgraceful affair . A working man remarked , that it was truly shameful , and if he liad known as much before , he should not have attended . Well , let that pass . The Chairman afterwards rose and proposed a toast , which he said he had no doubt they would all cheerfully respond to , namely . ' The Mayor and Corporation of the Town of Birmingham . " Up jump the polite Education Hail Building Chartists en masse , aud cheered and bawled over and over again , and then drank the toast with all the honours . Col . Thompson ' s health was also drank with musical honours .
Now , Mr . Editor , this very identical Hall is being got up for a similar purpose to that recommended by Mr . Lovett , namely , to educate the people in all manner of science . The Committee , as far as I can learn , are nearly all professed Chartists ; in fact , Mr . Collins ' name was attached to the placards as Secretary . If , therefore , they commence so well , how will they end ? I leave that to your readers to answer . l I am , Mr . Editor , yours truly , George White , Correspondent to the Northern Star for Birmingham . S Court , Essex-street , Birmingham , April 2 » th , 1841 . P . S . I should have Bent a notice of this last week , but did not think it worthy of notice , as the proci-ssion and dinner were miserable failures ; in fact , the day Of sham Radicalism is gone by in Birmingham .
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OliDBAZa . —Mr . Paulton lectured on the Corn LawB in Braddock ' a Large Room , on Friday evening . A large concourse of people attended , and after tiie lecture a smart discussion ensued between the Lecturer and Messrs . Linethnrst , Leech , Sea . Motions pro and con were put , and the Chairman ( an Anti-Carn Law man ) declared the motion for A petition to repeal the Corn Laws carried , though , the majority was evidently for the amendment . The « e « tin ^ brok « up in great disorder withm a quarter of an hour of midnight . MONCKTON DEVERAL .-Mr . Balwell lectured here on Tuesday , and was well received .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS . —Tuesday , Afiul 20 . Mr . T . Duncombe presented petitions against the Poor Law Bill ; from the vicinity of the metropolis , praying for tbe release of Mr . F . O'Connor ; and from the operatives of Glasgow , praying for the release of Robert Peddie . Mr . Hume , seeing the Secretary of War in his place , begged to ask him whether the statements he had seen in the public papers were correct , that a soldier of the 11 th Hussars ha 4 | tbeen flogged on Sunday , the 11 th inst , and whether there were any regulations at the Horse Guards with respect to military punishments on that day ?
Mr . Macaulay said , the facts of the case were not precisely such as had been represented in the public papers . It was not exactly the case that the infliction of the punishment had taken place under such circumstances as to make it appear a sort of continuation of Divine service . It had been stated-that the punishment had been inflicted while tbe troops remained assembled for the purpose of hearing Divine service , nay , that the soldi * rs of another regiment who hud gone to the Riding-school to attend Divine service had been detained to witness tbe punishment . Thut was not correct . The troops were marched out after Divine service , and the troops of the ! other regiment were dismissed to their quarters . An inspection took place , which lasted half an hour , and at the end of that time
tbe troops w « re ordered back to the riding school , and then the punishment took place . On the ground of humanity it was impossible to throw any imputation upon the officer in command . ( Cries of "Oh , oh . ") He believed that the sentence had been approved of by the Horse Guards , and whatever imputation might be justly thrown upon Lord Cardigan , the imputation of a de&iro to ibflict corporeal punishment upon the men under his command , could not fairly be attributed to him . The charge to which Lord Cardigan had rendered himself justly liable was that of having unnecessarily inflicted the punishment on Sunday . ( Cries of "Hear . " ) He conceived it was impossible to
reconcile such a measure with the religious feelings which Wire generally entertained in this country with regard to the Sabbath . ( Hear , hear . ) It was a measure he could nob reconcile with either good sense er good feeling , and it was a proceeding ho could not countenance . At the same time such u proceeding was not without precedent in the naval and military service of the country ; but he thought it right to say that the oldest and most experienced officers he had consulted were unanimous in declaring that it was a measure which only the extreme exigencies of the military service could justify , and such an exigency did not exist on the present occasion . ( Renewed cries of " Hear , hear . " )
Sir William Moleswohth gave notice that he should move for a Committee to inquire int . ) the wages and prict-s of provisions of the labouring classes . Tho first notice of a motion in the paper was that of Mr . Ewart , for an address to the Crown , praying that certain parts of tke Regent ' s Parjt might be opened to the public . He maintained that this concession would le very conducive to the health and enjoyment of the people ; and as the space in question had formerly been open field , it lay not on him to shew why such a concession should be made , but on Ministers to shew why It should not Mr . Stanley , the Secretary of the Treasury , et&ted that large portions of the park had been let off on leases , with exclusive privileges . Great sums had been laid out , under a guarantee of non-iuterfertnee . There was , however , a part of the park , near the Diorama , to which it might perhaps be possible to give general access .
Mr . Hume said tbe part so mentioned was open already . What he wished to see opened was the space to the north of Lord Hertford ' s villa . Mr . Stanley replied tliat Mr . Hume- was mistaken as to the part already opened . Lord Teionmouth said that there were about two hundred acres which might be opened without any objection . Sir Benjamin Hall concurred in urging the extension . Sir K . Ikglis took the same view , which he said was recommended by a Committee of the House of Commons , and by the petitions of 49 , 006 inhabitants of the metropolis . Sir De Lacy Evans spoke a few words , which drew from Mr . Stanley a further explanation as to the locality intended to be opened .
Me . IVaKLKV said , the park in reality belonged to tho people , and yet the people were completely excluded from it . Tt > e enclosures had been originally intended for the public good , anfl were proposed as mure temporary arrangements , to continue only till the interior could be fitted for general reception . He hoped that this space would bo put on the same footing as Hyde-park , and that the subject would not be suffered to drop . Mr . EwaKT declared he bad no wish to disturb private rights . All he sought was the opening of the two hundred acres indicated by Lord Teignmouth . Mr . Stanley said he was not authorised to promise a specific space ; but hu assured the House there was every disposition to accommodate the public , and hoped Mr . Ewurt would wait till he saw what would be done by Government . Ou this assurance , Mr . Ewart consented to withdraw his motion .
Sir UoiiKitT Peel suggested that Government would do well to print a plan , frcm which the public might be ablu to distinguish what parts of the enclosure it was intended to opon . On the motion for the second reading of the Arms ( Ireland ) Bill , Mr . Hume intimated his opinion that Ireland was now suniciently tranquil to render such measures no longer needful . lord Mobpeth answered , that there was still nn amount and description of outrage in Ireland which forbade him to incur the responsibility of desisting from this kind of legislation . Wednesday , April 21 . As there were only thirty-five members present at four o ' clock , the House was adjourned until Thursday .
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Mubpeu near Bristo / .. —A oiostatrocious murder was perpetrated at the village of Tocklington , about eight miles from Bristol , on Saturday morning last . Mr . William Fisher , a- respectable farmer , liviug on his own freehold estate near Tockhngton , on his way to Bristol market , stopped at a cider-house . William Woyman , a pensioner , also went in , and entered into conversation with the persona in the house , to whom he wa 3 well known , and said that he hud been to the Post-office , where he had got a penny letter containing « £ 50 . Tiie farmers present , knowing tho prisoner's habitual mendacity , joked him upon this , and the deceased Mr . Fisher eaid , " Tnat ' s a lie , I know . " Th ' e prisoner immediately answered , " If , you had said that outside , Fisher , you should never have kicked more . " The deceased , being a man of very jocular habits , said , "Pshaw , " and repeated tho observation . The prisoner then got
up from his seat and went into the back kitchen for a minute , or two , and on his return clapped hiu pistol against the cheek of the deceased , and before either of the persons in the house had time to interfere , discharged its contents through tho haad of Fi . hcr , who fell instantly on tho floor , the pistol falling besiue him . A ineUical gentleman , who happened ; . o bo riding by at the uioment , hearing the report of tho pistol , came into tho house and examined tho deceased , who was , however , quite d ; ad , his tongue being shot off , ' aud the lower part of his cheek very much shattered . While tho Burgeon was examining the body , the prisoner , with the greatest coolness , t-aid , ' 1 know that ' s a dead shot . " The prisoner had had an attachment to the wife of the decetss- 'ed many years ago , and , having been absent from England , she had been married by the deceased . An ii , quest was held on Monday , wheu a verdict ; of " Wilful murder" was returned against the prisoner , who was committed to Gloucester Gaol for trial .
Inquest in the Fleet Pbison . — -An inquest was hold in the Fleet Prison , on Tuesday last , on the body of Lieutenant Edwards , formerly belonging to a regiment of lancers , who died in prison from typhus lever , and want of the necessaries of ¦ life , 'i'he details given ou tho evidence were of the most painful description . It appeared the deceased had friends { I ) but they refused to assist him . Mr . Richard Oastler was examined , amongst others , and he bore testimony to the temperate habits of the deceased , who was as gentlemanly , as high-minded a man , and as delightful a companion , as he had over met with . But there were cases in that prison where persons wont without f-jod , he mi&ht say , for days , because thoy had not the means ot paying for it . There were very many whose feelings were such
as to prevent their asking for food , they would rather die first , and Edwards had died first . The Caroncr also remarked that the deceased had been greatly neglected—his mother and brother , as well as . every other friend upou whom he possessed & natural tie and claim , seemed to have left him , to have turned their backs upon him , and to have left him to die , aud to die , as had b « en said , of a broken heart , the result of their conduct towards him . Mr . Oastler wished to say that there were several gentlemen then in the prison who were fast dying , and that if they were not removed , the Coroner would , ere long , be compelled to make another melancholy visitation . The Coroner much desired that Mr . Oastler would suggest any plan by which such an occurrence could be avoided . Mr . Oastler knew of no other than
that of the restoration of the parties to their liberty and home 3 . When what bad taken place on that occasion should have gone forth to the world , probably gome of the friends , or some one or other of their respective creditors—he was well aware his own would not—would come forward and make such arrahgeiMRs as should release them front their confinement . There were some who it might be said had been sent there by their parents , with the idea that it was a good school , and was calculated to correct an extravagant inclination . He thought , however , such an opinion would quickly change , after a perusal of the proceedings 0 ! that day . The jury returned a verdict , " That the deceased died of lyphu .-t f < -vi r , which had been brought ou by anxiety of mind . "
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WAEEFIElDi-Colliery Explosion . —A dreadful explosion took place at Newton Colliery near Wakefield , at about a quarter before five o ' clock on Tuesday morning last , whereby the whole village was seriously alarmed by the loud report , which shook all the houses in the neighbourhood , besides destroying a many squares of glass in the windows , and otherwise injuring the property adjacent thereto . A man named Hough , an assistant to the bottom steward , was desendine the shaft with a lighted
lamp in bis pocket when the explosion took place , he had got about twelve yards down , and was blown out .. of the corve , and fell to the pit bottom . The supposition i ? , that his jacket had caught fire , which had caused the explosion . An inquest was held on the body the same day , when the jury returned a verdict of " Accidentally killed by injuries received from burning by the explosion of fire damp , the deceased having a lighted lamp in his pocket whilst descending , and from the fractures and bruises upon his body by falling down the shaft . "
TODMOBDEN . —Ten Hours' Bill . —On Tuesday , tbe 26 th instant , a meeting was held at Messrs . Fielden's school-room , Todmorden , for restricting the hours of labour in factories , Mr . Joseph Hirst in tho chair ; the following resolutions were passed unanimously : —1 st . " That in the opinion of this meeting , petitions be got up from . ' the factories and villages in this neighbourhood , praying the Legislature to paa ^* a bill to limit the labour ot all persons who work in factories , and who are above thirteen years of age , to tou hours pnr duy for five days in the week , andeight . 'hours on Saturdays . " 2 nd . "That this meeting pledges itself to use its utmost exertions in forwarding the above object by causing petitions to be sent from the villages and
factories in this district . 3 rd . " That our best thanks is due and are hereby given to John Fieldtu , Esq ., M . P . for his unwearied exertions in the cause of the factory workers , aud that the petitions be entrusted to that gentleman for presentation . " 4 th . " That a vote of thanks be hereby given to the Northern Star , for its able advocacy of the cause of humanity . " 5 th . " That a vote of thanks be given to the Chairman , for his able and impartial conduct . " Mr . Mark Crabtree , of London , attended the meeting , and was warmly greeted by the audience for his unflinching advocacy of tho cause . Several iinpresfive addresses were delivered , and tie moeting broke up at a late hour . ' Several hundred names were then attached to the petitions .
Shocking Accident . —As some labourers were carrying a stone up to the top of a building , the woodwork gave way , and . they fell along with the stone ; one got an arm and a leg broken , and his face damaged . There was another got hurt , but not so bad . Some siiy th * t it was because-tho wood was bad ; it was old wood , that had been purchased from the railway contractors . Corn Law League . —The Corn Law Lf-aguo have had a hole-and-corner meeting ; it was held at the house of Mr . James Sutclifife , Crosatoa ; instead of
making it known to as many as possible , they have kept it as quiet as they could , for I believe there are not forty persons that know of it . They have engaged a smooth-faced town's lickspittle to go round with a petition , and he takes a good plan to get it filled with signatures ; he has been noticed stopping boys that he thought could wriie their namos , so that it will not be short ot names . Tbe same person called upon an old stanch Radical , of thirty years standing , and he got such a terrible drubbing that he will not forget yet .
NEWCASTLE . —A Humane Butcher . — Last week , while the National Petition was receiving signatures at Easlngton-laue , a middle-class butcher and landed proprietor , named Melvin , enquired what the requisitionists were about , when on being acquainted with it , and his signature requested , h « with brutal honesty answered , *' -I will 6 ign a petition to hang Frost and his associates . " Ono of the poor men who was collecting the signatures began to remonstrate with the fellow , but he contemptuously turned on his heel , and turned a deaf car to them . —[ The working man who buys another pound of meat from this fellow deserves to eat it raw . —Ed . 1
Meeting . —The Chartists of Newcastle and Ouseburn met on Tuesday evening , Mr . Robsdn being called to the chair . The Secretary read the minutes of last meeting , likewise tho circular which , he was appointed to draw out , when the following resolutions were carried , viz . : Mr . Quin moved and Mr . Fraser seconded , " That the circular now Tread be adopted by this meeting , aud that the Secretary be instructed to get 100 copies printed . " " That Mr . Sinclair be Secretary to the Committee for the library and reading room . " " That Mr . J . Quin be President ; and that Mr . John Hall be Sub-Treasurer . " " That Messrs . Quin , Ilobson , and Sinclair be deputed 10 wait upon Thomas Doubieday , E ? q , and request him to become Treasurer for the Library and Reading Room Fund . " Mr . Fainleugh , moved
aud Mr . Crother seconded , a resolution respecting Lovett , Collins , aud Co ., which was considered to be coushed in rather too strong terms , when Mr . Sinclair moved , and Mr . Fraser seconded , an amendment , namely— " That the conduct of Messrs . Lovett , Collins , Cleave , and Co . of late , is calculated ( if allowed to pass with impunity ) to iujure the Chartists of Great Britain to a very great extent . That this meeting do , therefore , consider it incumbent upon them to denounce the whole clique as enemies to the sacred cause of liberty . " The amendment was carried . Mr . Sinclair moved and Mr . Fiankland seconded , " That this meeting do protest against the appointment of Mr . Collins to represent any part of Great Britain in the forthcoming Convention . "
KEIGHLEy . —An excellent lecture-was delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , by Mr . Arran , of Bradford , on Tuesday evening . S&ROYTON . —On Good-Friday the members of the Independent order of Ancient Druids , Lodge Commercial , No . IS , held their anniversary at the house of Mr . James Cooper , Waggon and Horses Inn , Royton , when they partook of a most sumptuous dinner , got up in the old English style .
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The President Steam Ship . —There is no news of this ill-fated vessel . Among the many conjectures put forth in regard to her , tho prevailing opinion now seems to be that if she really exist , sho has been compelled to put mat Bermuda or * some oiKft West India island . This apparently last hope , it is expected , will bo cither realised or dissipated in a few days . The date of the sailing of the Leeward ( stands packet next due at the Post-office was the " 23 rd of March from Jamaica , so that her dates from Bermuda will be a few days later . This packet has now been out thirty days , and therefore her arrival may be daily anticipated , and we fervently trust may be the means of relieving the anxiety which exists in regard to the President .
Nottinohah Election . —Immense interest attaches to this struggle—an interest which seems to increase . Both parties are , as usual , calling each other every thing but gentlemen . Mr . Waller is tho favourite at six to four . The nomination will be on Monday morning at ten o ' clock , in the Exchange-hall . The carpenters are now at work making the necessary preparation-.- , erecting th »' stage for the speakers , &o . The poll will be taken , as usual , in booths in the Market-place , to commence at eight o ' clock on Tuesday morning , and to conclude at four in the afternoon , unless , as at the last election , one of the candidates should give up the contest before that hour . —The French Whig is expected to cut his colours .
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DREADFUL EXPLOSION AT WILLINGTON PIT , THIRTY-ONE LIVES LOST . ( From the Tyne Mercury of Tuesday . ) Just after we went to press yesterday afternoon a report became very prevalent in this town , that one of those dreadful and fatal accidents had occurred at Wellington Colliery , which the neighbourhood has had too frequently to dep ? ore . Wo regret to state that the report has turned out to be too true . The loss of lite has been awful , and the damage to property has been great . As yet the particulars of the occurrence cannot be gathered with any degree cf accuracy ; and the general alarm has been much increased by a supposition that the accident is of a much greater extent than it really is . The explosion took place yesterday afternoon at Wellington Colliery , which is situated about halfway between Newcastle and North Shields . We understand that the colliery had a threatening appearance some time ago , but all fears as to any danger were allayed . At the time of the
explosion thirty-four men and boys were iu the pit . Thirty-one of these have lost their lives : three only escaped out of the number . ' Seven of the dead bodies have been removed , toad exertions have been made for the recovery of the remainder . The pit itself is much shattered . We can well imagine , becauso it has been our duty to be presest at similar melancholy scenes , the distress and agony existing in the neighbourhood of the accident ; but it is quite impossible to convey any idea of its nature or extent . The accident must be regretted by every person , and its effects will be to reduce many families to a state of poverty anddependance . At present it is impossible to say when any inquest will be held . With those particulars our readers must for the present rest satisfied . They are merely the facts of the cose , and at the present moment , when so little can be obtained with accuracy , it would uot bo right to enter further into the subject . '
Since the above was written the following have been brought to the shaft of the pit , viz : —Three persons of the name of Martin , father and t > vo sons ;— Dot chin , young man j and Thomas Lacey , married man .
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What is Blasphemy t—Not being over vtoat ^ a definition , we shairborrow from Tom Sleek * , illustration . This poor man * as reported bv tS Freeman ^ employed the following language at S Corn Exchange meeting yesterday : — "ToerTii passage in th « Sacred Scripture which deseribi * voice as being ' like the voice of many waters—lit the voice of a host—like the voice of & God . ' * ynZ should I speak—why should » ny of you gpeak on tfcZ occasion ! No ; we are right to leave the whoW this day to O'Connell ; for if , according to t 2 K *?! fL ^ . **^^ - - 'W **» K like the voice of multitudinous host
. a , and the voiea of that host be like the voice— I say it most revetentS —let no reptile sneerer dare to say that I talk dm . fancly—that from the hour of the creation of thl world to this hour , no voice has gone forth for the regeneration , not merely of Ireland—our own fa ! loved Treland-onr " own loved island of sonow —po like the voice of God as the awful roioe of O'Connell , to which we have been listening . " Theri gentle reader , is the illus t ration for you ! Does 5 smack of blasphemy 1 We leave the answer with you , and shall not say another word . —nU 6 r » Monitor , Tuesday , April 20 . -. « m
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FROM OCR LONDON COREESPONDENT . London ,, Thursday Evening , April 22 . Half-past Seven . At a Meeting of the Petition Committee lm evening , a letter from "Mr . Duncombe , M . P , fa Finsbury was read , expressing his willingness % render the Committee any assistance in his power a procuring the returns specified ; " ( that is , assn * gested in the Star ) . The Hon . Member & | m
stated that he thought " a portion of these returns were last yrar laid befon the House of Commons , namely , ' The nun ber and the names of the persons then confined for political offences , ' but no return of the expenca or of the persons held to bail , or of the amount of their recognizances , was then made . " He wouli look into the matter , and obtain the Committee « much official information as possible upon tbt subject .
A Fire broke out an hour since , ( a quarter pig six ) at a house undergoing repairs at tho corner of Newcastle- ^ tre « t , Strand ; which was happily mb dued before the arrival of engine ? , three of whie& were speedily on the spot , and the firemen connects with the last might be heard venting their cnrsai both loud and deep , their services not beiag require In tiie money market , the unusual depression which pervades all branches of trade , continues to exercise a powerful influence . Capital accumulatei
for want of employment in the ordinary channel of business ; but it is presumed that this state of things cannot last long without stimulatisi speculation . The talk in all circles ii about the President , and every mail u watched with the utmost degree of anxiety , ia endeavours to cat oh the first tidings , if any . The old adage that" no news is £ ood news" is exactly reversed in the case of the President steam-ship . ——Consols closed at 90 jj for money , and 90 | for accoani Exchequer Bills 13 s . to lo . s . premium .
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Ott Wednesday , the 14 th inst .. at AButon-under * Lyne , Mr . John Wild , to Mies Ellen Smith , of the same place . On Monday last , at Doncaster , by the Rev . Mr . Sharp , Mr . J . Mil ward , of Cridling Park , near Pontefract , to Mrs . Wells , relict of the late Mi . James Wells , of Wakefield , wine and spirit merchant .
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Oa Monday last , Mr . W . Williamson , dealer in horses , York Road , Leeds , aged 51 . On the 15 th inst ., at Cogden Hall , pear Richmond , Matthew White-lock * Esq ., a « ed 73 , deeply lamented by hia family , much and deservedly respected uA beloved by a large circle of relations and friends , and by all of whom his loss will be long felt .
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Leeds Coen Market , Tcesdat , April 20 . —Tht arrivals of Wheat , Oats , ? , nd Barley to this dayli market are smaller than last week : Beans ratnet larger . There has been a limited demand for Wheat , aud 13 . per quarter lower . Several of the Maltsten are giving over working , that Barley ha 3 been verj dull , and to make skies lower prices must be Bnomitted to . Oats without alteration . Beans verj heavy sale .
THE AVERAGE PRICES FOR THE WBEK ENDING April 20 , 1841 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peu Qrs . Q , rs . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . < l » 3873 1120 695 9 643 9 £ s . d . £ b . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . i 3 3 11 1 12 5 J 15 0 i 1 17 0 2 8 0 * 1 , 16 . -0 Leeds Fortnight « Faib April 21 . —We had * good supply of both Beasts and Sheep at market today , most of which wero of prime quality . Th 6 market was noUwell attended by buyers , which caused a dull sale , and a good many Sheep remained unsold , whilst areduciiaa on all descriptions was submitted to . Beef , 7 s . per stone ; Mutton , in the Wool , 7 d . { clipped 6 d . per lb . No . of Beasts , 250 ; Sheep , 4 , 500 . ¦ _;¦ -. _ .
Leeds Cloth Markets . —There has been a little busiuess stirring at the Cloth Halls , but the appearance has been more than the reality . The fact is , that stocks are universally low , and the circumstance of a few extra purchases being made on any market day , although buyers raay be as few aa possible , is sufficient now to cause it to be said that the market has been rather better . Bradford Markets , April 22 . —Wool Market —There is not the least favourable change in any description of Wool ; but , on the contrary , some sorts are again a iittle easier in prices . Yarn Market . — -The amount of business doing is comparativeiy limited , aud buyers act with extreme cantion . Pncea have undergone no change . Piece Market . —This day ' s market is very similar to last week , very few goods have changed hands , and prices aro ruinousJj
• ow . Richmond Corn Market , Saturday , Apbil 17 .-We had a fair supply of Grain in our . market to day . Wheat had a brisk sale , but the sale of all other kinds was dull . Wheat sold from 8 s . to 103 . ; Oats , 23 . 9 d . to 4 s . ; Barley , 43 . 3 d . to 4 s . 9 J . ; Beans , 5 s . to 5 s . 91 . per bushel . State on Trade . —The market , yesterday , was if passible , worse than those of the three preceding Tuesdays ; the demand which existed last week roi 40-inch shirtings had subsided ; and {{ oodsann yarn of all descriptions were excedmgjy difficult to ' flsJi , even at declining prices . Iu consequence ot thU very discouraging state of the market , many of tM spinners and manufacturers are talking ot snert tiaie , and several isolacod firms , in different parts <« the country , have already adopted it . Hitherto , however , r " o general agreement for that purpose DM been made , except at Stockport . —Manchester Guardian , of Wednesdav .
Liverpool Cattle Market , Monday , Apim- lft The supply of Beasts at market to-day , witbregaro to number , has been very limited , but the q" ? ' ''? ° * 1 he average was very good . The number of aneen though scarce , was somewhat larger than t" *' . ' last week , and were principally Scotch , of toleraoij good quality . There was a full attendance of buj e " aud dealer * , and ttock of both descriptions in taw request . Somo very good Beef was sold as ni « n »• 7 J d ., good fair Beof 7 d . varying from that down " 6 d ., but those at the latter price were of » verj ordinary description . ' . Wether JJ uUon may » quoted at 8 d ., varying from that down to 7 d- P »/ . ™ . sinking the offal , and principally all sold flp ** » D « c ' ose . Number of Cattle at market :-Beasts W » Sheep 2 , 406 . _ .-j . / At
Manchester Corn Market , Satubdat , ™ 17 . —Our import list this week shows a fair » T «» » J amount of arrivals of Oats , Oatmeal , and * » ar ' * l Liverpool and Runcornfrom Ireland , whilst tnose « Wheat coastwise are considerable . lr ™ , , „« the entries comprise 3 , 840 quarters of WBeait W some partof which the duty of 23 s . 8 d . per quart * was paid . The supplies from the interior eonW «» exceedingly limited . In the value of w » «» . qualities of Wheat . no change can be . noie < Ut _ market this morning , but other description * * difficult of sale , at a decline of 2 d . per < . . f 2 choice Buperfine Flour a steady inquiry exisjeo * the currency of this day se ' nnight , whilst J *»» Hg sorts must be quoted Is . per Back lower , "" y " /^ descriptions were unsaleable . The inquiry ior v was limited , and the business done in Oatmea * likewise confined to the demand tot present u » rather lower rates .
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Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSOI * . *} w t I 7 j ing Offices , Noa . 12 and 13 , Market-street . * ° J ; gate ; aid Publiahed by the « aid Joshua 80 » V ( forth * said Fkargub O'Connor , ) 8 tU VVy ' ling-house , No , 6 , Market-street , ** & £ * , £ internal Communication existing between- w ^ No . S , Market-street , and the said Nob . ^ 13 . Market-street , Briggata , « " « coMtitiJtt * whole of the said Printing and Publishing OB 9 Premises . ... y All Communication * must be addressed , < Post-P » ; J . Hobsoh , No them Star Office , teed * Saturd * April 24 , 1841 . I
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1841, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct703/page/8/
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