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THE FACTORIES BILL . ( CoK ^ nded from tmr eight * page . ) restore the diffiealties that were in the way of * ° foszi tben ask them to discuss the question * * die humanity footing . It was true as regarded DP if ^ an individual that he was willing to make ^ jZsaons , and be was quite willing that the bill ^ M be brought down to eleTen hours—( hear)—^" he wished to separate himself as an individual ** { jjjs occasion as he was sent to the meeting as ^ n natioa to oppose the B ill before Parliament ; * wj to donbt many of those who sent him would ** r in » B Keren Honre Bill , but there were * ° ? - & > would not With regard to the relay ° vL be would remark that it was a fayourite « 5 fTer Jir . Homer , and that part of the Bill P ^ Stod with education had been framed to meet g ^ fnstem- If they passed that Bill in its present •" gZJyt shape to the Dispenters , they would not rTtttue child under thirteen years of age in aiiy ^ __ ^^^^^ ¦ _ r fh « pt ^ v ^^ ^ TP ^ ^ m T ^ m TT »
fj fls cwdneted Dy lnsseniers—^ near . ) W liI Bi ^ D s * id *" s ^ cere desire was that they dtt as far a possible concur in a design for a SjSorr Bill ; he believed that the hearty ee-operai ! Tjf » ie factory masters was essential to the carryrz cf » ny Bill upon the question . He was as ^ o lv convinced now as when first he en tered the f ^ Ton the preceding day that Ten Hoars was as ^ i is youn g persons ought to work ; at the same tat & was aware that the sudden change of from Jf ^ lre to T en Hoars was a serious change ; he was iWolT aware of that , and he had no desire to dis-Srb existing arrangements , but he could not consent S aipporJ a perpemal Bill for more than Ten
tfonrs . He belieTed nnless they came to a Ten T 3 bs » Bill eventually , agitation would continue , ^ J ihere would be no settlement of the question—* ! l j E jDg that opinion , but being no friend to ' ^^ chaDges , ha would rather , as was said in ^ Tber place , throw down the olive branch of Zix acd with an attempt to reconcile all parties , vww ld prefer that a Bill should be introduced to ffjjmptit restricting the hours of labour to Eleven Ijoius » day for two years , providing that in October £% Te a Hoars should be adopted . With re-„!? to foreign competition , respecting whieh *^ naea hid been said by parties opposing the Vrnhaat **^ 00 De sought for , let him for a mom « nt Deanmui remark
ir % x their attention v > a occurring Jarjaj j recent debate in the House of Commons , » d which he wished to briDg to bear upon this Srtcf the question ; it fell from the lips of one who P * ^ Kar ons of a wider system of commercial policy : Aj& foreign nations Ies 3 enlightened in commercial _ vv ^ than themselves , shape their tariffs as they ^ j ^_ ji did not become this great commercial 1 *^ 07 to r egulate her arrangements in conformity S ih their mistaken ones . It was the dnty , and L aid be found to be the inierest of England , to L in example to other countries . Let her take her ejnd on principle , and exhibit to the world the gleriais s pectacle ef a nation determined to do what t % 5 right-, let other countries do what they may . " Mr . Bkook said be was about to propose a
resolute ^ bnt after the remarks of Mr . Band bethought he AwjW desist- He was Hot insensible to the recomajndation of Sir G . Strickland and Mr . Hindley ^ i ; concessions should be made , and he should have toa happy * tne sa e ° ^ nnanimity to have stapled s . Bill of eleven hoars , bat if it were to be aadled with a condition that at a certain day ten feenrs should be the law of the land , he would have noting to do with it . If it had been to settle the ( m&joabe was for coacessjon ; if not , he would act »« a wiDciple . ^ 4 r . Butdlet , MJ , hoped Mr . Rand would withinwtkelaittr part of his resolution ; sufficient onto the » e » r was the legislation thereof . When they b * d »« bow an Eleven Hours' Bill worked , they jjj ^ il try a Ten , but now as they were so near a txunpnaix he did hope they should have onefljsaf . hear ) . .. . _ . . . .
_ Mr . Ram said his only desire was to do what was iffiStotbe working-classes , and pat an end to all ighaboo , and he considered they never should sacceed in that till they did what was just —( hear ,
bs&r . ) > Ir . FU . LSKS , M . P ., Oldhan , said bia opinions Tat to wail known upon tbs Ten Bonn Bill that it TO not Decenary fox him to take np much time . Ever bks be bad laboured in a factory , he bad always confended that ten boon labour was as much as any buna being , either child or adult , should be required fc perform . His opinion remained unchanged , and in < ri * to kaow the feeling of those who came from the toostrj , be thought the best course would be to take fignmea of thow who were for a tea , those who were is zb eteren , sod those who were for no alteration at iS ; but he would say let so party commit himself by BuettflBrng any one of these terms ef labour , so as sot to to free to act as be thought right fat the future . As 1 L \ Eenvorthy had been referred to , he might say that &K . was anextesalTe manufacturer at Blackburn ,
ifes bad taken a deep interest in this question -. he to s femitaan employing an immense somber of bads , be had been brought up in a faciory ever since be tat tight yean old , asd he understood factory biro in all its departments , and be had always recom-Eaxieda tes boors bQL He ( Mr . Fielden ) had written to him , asking him what his opinion was of the present Yidotj Bill , and be expressed himself as strongly { gpoaed to the system of relays contemplated by toe bill tpm the table is the House of Commons . Six hours bbott he thought would sot offer sufficient inducement is the employment of the children , and he was in favour ¦ d i uniform time of labour for all persons from ten to treaty-one years of age , asd that should be limited to tea boors a day . ( The hon . gentleman then read a
letts from Hr . Kenworthy , dated Blackburn , May 6 , 1 SU , ¦ wherein that gentleman recapitulated the sentiae&ta ¦ which the honourable member had jost ascribed fa him ) He might state that Mr . Ken worthy ' s factory n not of a high temperature . His spinning was about £ f i at 40 's . He thought it would not be amiss to read » ettnet or two from Mr . £ enwortby * s letter te isuia cotton spinners , which was well worthy & £ attention asd consideration of factory masters { Tb * bcatonrable gentleman then read the follow-TBs * . puncc * from Mr . Kenworthy ' a pamphlet : — "The ffiSsrenee of Jd . per 1 b . on yarn , or one farthing perynfl ob doth , is the mighty difficulty that wt have tooittsoxae , in order to afford to our factory hands that respite from physical toil which is so imperatively
deata&sA , and to save our country from rain by foreign competition ! Ho » abominably absurd and inconsistent itiitkat the suffering thousands , who have so often oBed aod patie'Uy waited tor the redress ol their fnrnaces , ahoold havo their miseries protracted , tmdei the dehtnve notion of the dangers arising from foreign competition ; Are we so near ruin that an advance of cw farQtixg pei yard on our cotton cloth would irre-Toeabiy seal our fate ? If so , how important an element cf mSoEd prosperity is the labour of these poor people . ' How pnisswortby is their exemplary patience ondtr tfceir wmpHcated « uS * rinn ! Bat , we are all conscious of , aad diOj experience , flactuations in our cotton and cloth mutets ; and these often make a much greater fc ^ sajee in the cost of goods than that to
* fcitii we have already adverted , as consequent c a reduction in the period of labour . — Use * flactoa&ons may be caused by speculations—by b&bIous repot ts respecting the cotton crops—* sd by many ether combinations of circumstances : * £ ^ bo : a word is said about being ruined by foreign < oapttition o ^ tbese accounts . "We have seen that tUe working rf shorter time would increase , to a certain Ssuted extent , the cost of manufactured goods . AU * nunereal men know , however , that the cost of an n * Jck hu Dothmg to do with what it sells for . The oj £ ? price is ngulated by the amount of supply and wnsaad ,- and as the tnpply is lessened , the demard ^^ aiiuiig the same , goods will necessarily advance in T 4 !« : or , if the price does not advance , a restricted
"PFJ prevents a further declension , and thereby •«»« the masters from greater loss , sad the work-P *^ e from greater Buffering . 'But , ' it may te **« ii ¦ cc-ji ^ masters obtain an advance equiva-¦« to ibe stated difference in the cost of { ' ^^ re ? If not , thty wonld very soon ?* rrnnsd , seeing that they are losing already . ' " m&esiiatiDgly answer in the affirmative ; *^ « a reason for thus replying to the qnes" *• wb -woald refer to the temporary advance ia tie gee cf goods and yarns which was th # effect of the " » tora-out . If i » e only let the hours of laboor d » -.
Case > as the powers of invention and production in-***• " » e shall obtain better f rices for our goods , as ?*• ?• to be the iastnunents in the hands of Divine ^ " ^ kace , or distributing happiness on everj hand , r- **^ and aot till then , wiil inventions become ¦ what ™ p . ought to be—blessings to the land . " Those "Psxiz * n-ost cordially agreed with bis own . He never r ™ 4 * e the force of the argnments raised against the * Hoaa Bill on account of foreign competition . He P o often inqnired -sraat foreign competition was , and Z /^ ! it tns this : manufactures here were being 5 * P ** d to such an extent , machinery was bo much im-? ottd > and Drodnetinn fnHnwed in the same ratio ,
~* ia tvery matket in the world their productions C ^ aet , not by the competition of the French , not ^« e competition of foreigners , bot of the very men » "orroanded them , and amongst whom they r ^ -that -wzm foreign competition—( bear , hear ) rr ® they held the means of aTerting it : ? . ltea rtdace the period of labonr , and they would ~ *» they ironld reduce the quantity ef goods so r ^» that there \ Fould be a much hettet market for ^ - Ha bad tried to ascertain what was the differr * £ * cast between twelve and ten honn in his own r ~ -tae-ure , aid he found that it wonld not cost the •~* j ^^ a penny more to get a shirt , not threebalf-*^ ciore to get a fustian jacket , and not one penny f £
ZT * r * -titg 5 more to get a gown piece , if the hours < - jf * J &coeed from sixty-nine to ftfty-elgbt s ? xt week ^~* - ear . j And -was the eonsuaet te be found in ~** M thst Tsonla not snpport the Ten Hours * BiU at ?**> a-d ftKjy j ^ y ^ g differences of price ?—( bear , r * - That was the fact , and he was therefore willici So u > ffty ^ jgbt hours at once ; nay , he was willirg i- > to , o rt ; -tl gbt : let him give a proper factory bill . J - * * esli take care to Umit the hours to fortj-1 T ^ "te " 2 "wcnl ( l educate the people j but with » Llh ra ' Biil tbETe COttld not ^ ed " * 5011 ' g ^ -cn it -sras the duty of factory masters to promote . ^ j * ; ii : ie the miV . o'RT . eis to look at the reports of tW * ; . ' ^' T ^ ctoTE , ana see what was tV . ere said k ^ t' " **¦ Mr . Brook said there had been bo ecq iirj *««* ie Factory BIU passei
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Mr . Bbook said be had read there was ro proper information . My . Fi £ i- » ES eotrtansea . "Why , previous to the passing of the bill a factory commission issued , -which called upon every manufacturer in Yorkshire and L * ncashire . and their rtport made the manufacturers appear more odious even than they were represented before Mr . Saddler ' s committee . The stain of that report still remained upon the manufacturers . Every report made by the Factory Inspectors since 1833 was full of charges against the mastera ; he felt there was a stiema attached to the masters which they ought to get rid of , bat which they could only do by giving the people a really efficient ten hours bilL He would toll them what the Inspectors said of the manufacturers .
The CHaIRKa . 5 thought as it was probable the gentlemen present were desirous of confining the business to a moderate length , that the Hon . Gentleman should confine himself to the question of the hours , which was the practical Question before the meeting ; Mr . Fielden must make a few remarks upon that EuVj « ct , because he thought it was important that the m&nufactann ehoald know what was said of them is the House of Commons . In the first report of the Inspectors it was stated that children and young persons were not protected . Mi . Stansfibld , M . P ., understood that they had met to hear the opinions of millowners : he thought Members of Parliament should not express their sentiments , but listen to the opinions ef the miilownera . Mr . Hardt , M . P ., remarked that the Hon . Gentlesun forgot Mr . Fielden was a millowner—( hear , hear ) .
Mr . Fielden submitted that he , as a millowner , bad as much right to speak as any millowner present He employed as jmany bands , perhaps , as any master in Manchester—( hear , hear ) . Mr . Rickards , speaking of the relay system , gave it as his opinion that the limitation dt one class of children to a certain number of hours , and of another class to a different number of hours in the same mill , could never be put in force by Jeg « l means : evasion was so easy , and detection so difficult , compared with the private interest adverse to it ; but he added that protection for the children was necessary to prevent the avarice of masters and the stimulus ot high wages from working thousands to death ; and he said there were mill owners who mnst be restrained . Mr . Homer , Mr . Saunders , and othtr inspectors , concurred in these sentiments-Mr . MOESia submitted that the meeting did not wish to hear a repetition of what the Factory Inspectors had already given to the world .
Mr . fielden , continued . —There was another thing mentioned , with respect to training up the children to habits of falsehood . It was stated that when asked their age— " going of fourteen , " or " past thirteen" was the ready answer , always given . He ( Mr . Fielden ) did say that the system of relays led the children into the habit of telling falsehoods and was calculated to destroy all moral feeling . They could sever rest till they got a uniform Bill and if they bad that he would sot envy the feelings of any man who conld ask the people to work more than ten hours a day . ( Hear . ) Rather than see the poor people subject to fourteen honrs a day , factory labour such as it was , he would sink the factories into the sea . Bnt he did sot believe that was necessary if masters wou'd only be reconciled to what | was reasonable ; and he was sure nine-tenths of the people of this country wonld say that tes hours labour waa quite enough , ( Hear , hear . )
Mr . Feildes , M . P ., for Blackburn , had received no instructions from any party as to the cause to pursue in this debate . He believed is his neighbourhood there was a difference of opinion as to whether the Bill should be for ten or eleven hours . He had had some resolutions sent to him agreed to at a public meeting which he believed , however , expressed the sentiment of the tows generally . His own opinion was that eleven hours would be more desirable than twelve , asd if it were found after working eleven hours foi several years , that a shorter period would be desirable he should say then try a Ten Hours BilL
Mr . Thomas Pltnt , of Leeds , said he thought that the majority of the mill-owners in Leeds were in favour of an Eleven Hours Bill , ( hear , hear , ) asd were of opinion that to diminish the hoars to ten would be to injure labour . He differed from Mr . Fielden ia his political economy , ani in his views relative to sinking all factories to the bottom of the sea if they could not carry as Eleven Hoars Bill . Mr . Fielden had spoken of the difference in the cost of a shirt being Id ., a jacket 1 Jd ., and a gown l | d ., if the mills were worked tes hoars instead of twelve ; it appeared to him ( Mr . Piint ) that if he reduced his time of labour from twelve to eleven he lost one-twelfth of his profit , asd if he
redneed it to tes he lost one-sixth ; and when be considered that they had to compete with foreigners , he thought that was a great loss . He claimed to be as humane as Mr . Fielden when he said that an Eleven Hours Bill woald be safe and beneficial to the country . But the question of humanity mixed itself up with the question of finance , and they could not separate them . He believed Mr . Fielden at one time maintained that though some mills worked long hours , others might work short , and he believed fee had tried it by reducing his hours , but he afterwards gave it np , finding that the . financial question pinched him . Gentlemen most separate the politico-financial and the humanity
question . M . r MOBB . TS said by the present system of relays they took children at eight yean of age , and from that are up to thirteen they worked six hoars ; be contended that they were much better employed in tbat way than in running about the streets ; the remaining six hours they were in school ; bo children could stand a better chasce of receiving a good education than such as those . By the proposed Bill they would take a child at ten years of age and make him work ten hours : he maintained that the system of relays was more consistent with humanity than either a Tes or Eleven Hours BUL He , as a practical mas , would say he had found no inconvenience at all from workisg relays of six hours . If children were taught mendacity is the case of relays they might be equally taught it in the other case , to say they were ten years old when they were not He reckoned tbat by reducing the hours from twelve to ten , with a mill of 40 horse power , he should lose £ 4 , 500
pei assom . General Johssos , M . P ., said that is no agricultural district did the labourer work more than from six in the morning till six at sight , with half as boor for breakfast and as hour for dinner , and ha did not see why they should work longer in the factories . The wishes of those employed were , he believed , to have an Eleven Hours Bill , and there was a great number of gentlemen present who would agree to an Eleven Hours BUI ; there were likewise a great many who would agree to s Ten Hours Bill , he thought thes they ought to
compromise the matter by accepting Mr . Walker ' s proposition for a Ten and a Haif Hours BilL If the matter came before Parliament , he ( General Johnson ) should vote for -a Ten Hours BUI , because he thought that was the proper thin * , but if they would agree to a Ten and a Half Hours Bill it woald satisfy all classes ( bear . ) He knew there wat bnt one opinion amongst the operatives , and that was that ten hours was plenty for them . As thwe were so many gentlemen present , he thought it desirable that that th « y should come to some definite
conclusion-Mr . Johnson , of Derby , said he was expressing the opinion of those in his neighbourhood when he said that nothing could be more Utopian than to imagine that relays of children from eight to thirteen years of age ¦ would ever succeed in the sUk department . Frem the fine nature of the article and its great cost , if they should pnt unskilled labour with skilled labour , it woald be impossible to produce such an article as would enable them to compete with foreigners . It was an undeniable fact that at present the silk masters bad no protection whate-m . The duty upon Italian thrown silk formerly was 1-is . a 1 b . ; shortly after it was lowered to 7 s . ; it had sine * be ^ n reduced to 5 s . ; again to 3 s . 6 d . ; and under the tariff of last year to Is . The Italians themselves placed a dnty of 8 d . upon the raw Bilk , and
nothing npan the thrown silk , asd if that were deducted from the Is . it made the protection only ab ^ ct 4 d . The English people then , with that amount of protection had to comp-. ee with the French , the Italians , and other peopk , and he apprehended tbat if they were fettered by farther legislative enactments , they wonld be crippled in a dreacfal degree . He bad no donbt that the principal competitor that existed was amosgst our own manufacturers , ami he was not surprised at that , when he considered that England exported more of her goods than ail other nations in the world put together . The Chairman said gentlemen mUhtnow think perhaps after the lengthened discussion that bad taken p ' l&se upon tna enbject , tbat it would be as well for him to can ' ttitir attention to the possibility of coming to pomedeflnit-canclosion—( hear , hear . ) There appeared to him to ba two or three ways in which that might be done . There was a certain number of factory masters and mtmbers of Parliament present , and as the latter
weald have to vote upon this matter in the Honse ol Commons , be thought they should not vote at that meeting—( bear , bear , —but with respect to the remainder of the meeting , composed of their constituents , to whose opiniens they were willing to pay the utmost rej-ptct , he thought it was desirable that they should mate somelhiBg like an exprtssion of opinion . Mr . Band , who had bven the most active agent in calling the meeting together , had placed a resolution in his hand , and another gentleman , who had expressed himself in favour of an Eleven Hours Bill , had also asked him to submit a resolution ; of course , if the meeting choose , those resolutions could be put to them ; and there was another method which occurred to him , which was to rule a number of columns on a sheet of paper , heading them with the different propositions which had been submitted to the meeting , so that every gentleman might insert hi * name nnder the heading whieh expressed his own views .
M * . BiKDLE ? , M . P ., quite agreed in the observation of the Chairman that Members of Parliament should sot vote . Be thought the meeting should endeavcur to concentrate their views in favour of one fixed principle , so tliat Mr . Stuart Wortley might be able to tell Sir Jam « Qrakam and the Government that he was authorised io say , that at a meeUng of factory mastera , so and bo was agreed upon , aad that a BUI with cerUin provisions would ba satisfactory to them . If they eoclrt « e that , he would say that they bad acsoaipli * iibd a mast important object ( Hear , hear . ) y-r » il : \ e wisutd to know v » bat agea -were jro-¦
pesrii for in . •> ffcrent hours . 'lbcCHAi . ' -JiAN said U was proposed sleveu foi eleven bjura anu . ka for ten hours .
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Mr . Milne then proposed tbat the last plan mentioned by the Chairman for taking the sense of the meeting should be adopted . Mr . Bkook opposed that ; their opinions , if net unanimous , would have so weight with th » Government ; and if they could not agree to something specific , he for one would not sigs at alL He was wllllDg to sign for an Eleven Hours BiU in the srixit of concession . Mr . Aldam , M . P ., proposed a resolution to the effect that the limitation of the hours of labour for persons under the sge of eighteen to eleven hours a day would be a desirable arrangement . Mr . Hindlet , M . P ., remarked that tbat was precisely in accordance with a very numeroualy-aigned petition which he received the other day from Bolt on . The sense of the meeting was not taken upon it .
Mr . Rand proposed " That the manufacturers here assembled unite in opinion that the system of relayb proposed by the BUI is highly objectionable ; tbat the conditions attached to their employment are so irksome that masters will not employ them . The Chairman pnt this resolution to the meeting , when thirtees hands were held np in favour of , and three in opposition to it . Carried . Mr . Band then proposed "That no valuable moral results can be obtained , nor domestic duties bo properly performed , with a duration of labour extending to twelve hours daily labour , exclusive of meals . " This was also put to the meeting , when there appeared nine for it , and one against it Carried . Mr . Rand next proposed * " That the labour in mills be uniform , and reduced to within reasonable limits , so as to accomplish these desirable objects . " This was put to the meeting , and also carried , the majority being eleven to one .
Mr . Morkis proposed tbat young persons between the age of eleven and eighteen should work only eleven hours a day . Upon this being pat to the meeting there appeared six for and six against it The motion therefore fell to the ground . Mr . Rand next proposed " That the age of admission into the mills should be ten years , and that the period of twelve hours mentioned in the Bill ahould include the time for meals . " Mr . Bbook objected to this resolution being put , as several gentlemen bad left the roem since voting upon the last resolution ; he protested against it , and should not vote himself . It was however pat to the meeting , and carried by a majority of five to three . Mr . Kay tben moved a vote of thanks to Mr . Stuart Wortley , M . P ., for his kindness in presiding , and for the patience he had shews , and the attention he had paid , to the business of the meeting .
Mr . Hindi . Y , M . P ., seconded the motion , which was carried unanimously . Mr . Stuart Wortle * briefly acknowledged the honour , and the meeting separated . We should observe tbat a g » eat many gentlemen who were present did not vote upon any of the resolutions .
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Sosmcioos Soup . —On Monday forenoon last , two labourers made application to Mr . Superintendant Sawley , to bring the following curious occurrence before the notice of the magistrates : —It appeared that the two men , whose names are Henry Lowther and John Taylor , went into Gentel ' s eating-house , Victoria-Btreet , near the Old Church , on Sunday last , and there had something to eat . They then called for a basis of broth , which was brought them , and which they began to eat . One of them remarked , that the broth had rather an unwholesome smell , but they both agreed as to the taste being very good . Under this impression they
continued at their meal , and the broth was by degTeea disappearing , when one of the men fell in with a strange bony substance , which proved upon examination to be a human nail . It was shown to several surgeons , who all agreed in declaring it to be the nail of a human being . From the size and general appearance , it would appear to be a toe nail . The two men appeared at the Borough Court , on Mondav , before Alderman Sir T . Potter , and T . Townend , Esq ., when the above statement was given . The magistrates said , it was a case in which they could do nothing , but advise the men to dine elsewhere . —Manchester Guardian .
Turn out of Colliers . —The colliers in the employ of Mr . Sparrow , at Longton , have again turned out , in consequence of a proposed reduction of wages . The men having received the usual fourteen daya ' notice of the intended drop , the time expired on Saturday se ' nnight , when they all ceased labour , and are now out . The number who have turned out , including boys , is about 250 . The reduction is at the rate of 3 d . per day on each man ' s earnings . A large meeting of colliers was held in the Town Hall , Longton , on Monday evening , in reference to the strike . A number of resolutions were passed , in which they determined to resist by all lawful means the reduction of their wages , and called upon the colliers in employ , and the public in general , to assist them ; at the same time pledging themselves not to commit or countenance any breach of the peace . —Birmingham Gazette .
Prison Allowance . —During the past week two prisoners died in the gaol at Bnxton , and under the act of Parliament it was compulsory on Mr . Carter , the coroner for Surrey , to institute an inquiry respecting the causes of their deaths , which was gone into in the receiving-room of the prison . William Henry Buxton , aged sixty-one , upon whom an inquest was held , was well known throughout England as the champion quoit player , whom , from his immense strength and skill , none could successfully compete with . Connected with highly respectable families , he was in early life possessed of an ample independence , which was Boon wasted . His skill , however , in all sporting matters insured him a good living , and his deportment and manners were
an introduction to every company . At the February Surrey sessions his associations involved him in a case of felony , and he was sentenced to six months ' imprisonment at Brixton . When taken to the prison he was in excellent health , but the early part of this month he was attacked with inflammation of the lungs . He was then admitted into the infirmary , and under the surgeon , Mr . Gardner , he was perfectly cured . A few days after , Mr . Gardner was called up at one o ' clock in the morning , and on his arrival found the deceased struggling on bis bed in a most violent manner . He died within a few hours afterwards , and was never sensible . The jury instituted a rigid inquiry as to the treatment of the deceased while in the infirmary , and it wa 3 proved that he had mutton chops , a pint of porter , tea , toast , and for lunch , beef-tea , gruel , or anything he desired .
A verdict of " Natural death" was returned , and the jury added to it , that the attention paid to him was of the most humane aud attentive kind . —The next case was that of Mary Kcates . She had been a frequent visitor to the House of Correction , and while there her conduct was so good that she was invariably excused from the toil of the treadmill , and wag allowed to work in the laundry . In perfect health , she went out to shake a blanket , and returned very ill . Medical assistance was instantly procured , for Mr . Gardner happened to be in the gaol , but she died almost instantly . In this case also a verdict of " Natural death" was returned . The superintendentregistrar stated , in anwer to questions put by the jury , that the average amount of deaths was 11 in the prison , and 21 in the neighbouring pauper establishment .
Shipwreck of Thirty-six Ves 9 KL 9 . —By the Britannia steamer , from New York , which arrived at Liverpool on Sunday last , accounts have been received at Lloyd ' 8 of the total loss of thirty-six vessels , several of which were fine packet ships , laden with cargoes of merchandise and other valuable property , and many lives are supposed to have perished . The subjoined particulars are extracted from a letter received by the underwriters from Liverpool : — Among the most important is that of the loss of the Hercules , belonging to Liverpool , nearly 1 , 000 tons burden ; Commander , Captain Postil ; valued , with her cargo , it is stated , at £ 30 , 000 . She was bound to Mobile , and was wrecked near the entrance of the harbour of that port , occasioned , it was reported ,
by a heavy gale driving the ship on a daDgerous shoal , where she subsequently went to pieces . We are , however , happy to say , that the whole of the crew and passengers were saved by the boats , and that some part of the materials have been brought ashore . The ship , it is thought , is insured in the United States . —The next recorded is that of another fine ship , belonging to the same port—the Conservative , 242 tons burden , Captain Lord . She sailed from Newhaven to the Cape of Good Hope , with a general cargo , and was lost in Saldanha Bay previous to the 10 th of March ; part of her contents washed ashore . Respecting the fate of her unfortunate crew , there are httle doubts but that they all perished ; howeverit is but right to
, give publicity to the following fact : —Letters dated the 20 ih March express a hope that they landed on the beach soon after the ship struck , as the boats were found upon the beach uninjured ; but there is no mentioning of the oars being discovert-d in or near them . Another letter , of a much later date , from the Cape of Good Hope , however , states that it was much feared they had all met with a watery grave in attempting to land , nothing having been heard of them . The ship is stated to be fully insured . About the same time another large vessel , named the Mary Ann , St . Mary ' s Bay , Yarmouth , for Grand Manan , was totally wrecked at Long Island Bay . Seventeen of the crew perished with her .
The ship Saphire , from Salem , foundered in the course of the same monih , off the Bahama Bank ; crew saved by the long boats . —The Clyde . from Barbadoes , was lost in the early part of April , on the Islands of Canker . She was a valuable vessel . belonging to that port ( Barbadoes ) , bound to L % Guayra , —Anotht r packet ship , called the Great Britain , from Newport to New York , was lost in the same month , while ou her passage to that port . The veasel fouDdered in lat . 48 , Ion . 33 . Fortunately before she weut dowa her crew and passengers were saved . —On or about the 3 d of April , her Majesty's ship Spartan , on her passage from Er . glatia to Vera Cruz , observed the hull of a lar ^ e steamer fi -otint ; bottom upwards but no mark or better conld be seen so as to lead to her Identity . On the 8 th of April , the Caribbean , from
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the Clyde to St . John ' s , Newfoundland , was lost in the we off Cape Bollard ; crew , passengers , and part of cargo were saved . At St . John ' s . Newfoundland , during the latterpart of March and April . ithe destruction amongst the ships by the ice was immense . It was owing to the sudden setting in of the weather by which all the sailing vessels were frozen in , and afterwards foundered Amon /? the prinoipal vessels were the Ocean , of Bonavista , the Henry and Mary , the Industry , together with twenty-live others , belonging to the different outporta . In one instance , the captain and crew , amounting to fourteen men , were drowned
. In addition to the above awful catalogue of disasters , we regret to announce the loss of the barque V ere , belonging to Poole , Captain Badock , 460 tons burden ; she was on a voyage to New Brunswick , and her wreck occurred during a heavy snow storm on the 29 th of March , on Campbell ' s Islands : her . crew were saved . The Trinidad packet , belonging to Liverpool , from Demerara . ia supposed to be lost ; she left the latter-mentioned port on the 18 th of February ; she was a fino brig , 206 tons burden , commaaded by Captain Lamb , and had a rich cargo on board of sugar , rum , and molasses .
Rebecca AaAiN . -The offences committed by Kebecca and her daughters" are daily growing more frightful , and not a single depredator has as yet been discovered . Eaeh week we have to publish one or more instances of aggression against the law by the destruction of turn-pike gates and toll-houses , but it is with regret that we learn that their depredations have unfortunatel y not been confiaed to the destruotiou of the gates—fire has t been brought to aid them in their destructive and revengeful course . Last Friday Llanfihangel-gate , near St . dear ' s , was demolished by a mob of men , disguised as usual in women s clothes , who were , however , disturbed in their operations by the passing of the Pembroke mail , lhey placed sentinels on each side of the road , and immediately the mail had passed they finished their work of destruction . On Monday afternoon the
plantation of Mr . T . Powell , of Penycoed , were discovered to have been set on fire , and tb « wind blowing freshly , before assistance could be obtained to extinguish tie fire four acres of valuable young trees were burnt . It fortunately happened that a great deal of furze had been cut from the plantation during the winter , otherwise nothing could have saved the whole twenty-two acres of plantation from being destroyed . On Monday night the gate in the town of St . Cleans shared the fato of the others . Although a reward of £ 150 and a free pardon , have been offered by the Government , not a single accomplice has been taken , and the riotous conduct of "Rebecca and her daughters" has grown daily more alarming . Something must speedily be done to Biop these shameful proceedings or the consequences may be more dreadful than can now be imagined . — Welshman .
Electric Telegraph . —The velocity of Wheatstone ' s messenger has reached a maximum which can safely be said of but few human things , and we ought to be satisfied , as we know that the speed is about 120 , 000 miles per second—tbat , therefore , a mes'sage could go to Bristol or Birmingham in 1 , 1400 th of a second , or round the globe , if wires could be laid for its travelling upon , in one-sixth of a second . The messages upon the Black wall railway , upon part of the Great Western Railway , and some other railways , are carried at this extraordinary rate . The bells in the House of Commons are rung by it , and its uses are extending .
Ax ths Repeal meeting held at Mullingar on Sunday last , the Catholic Bishop of Ardagh made a long speech in favour of repeal , and announced that be expressed ) the sentiments of all the Catholic Bishops . The repeal rent for the week declared at the last meeting ifn Dublin amounted to £ G 96 12 s 4 d .
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NOTTINGHAM . —Political Victim Fund . — All persons who have collecting books for the above fund are respectfully requested to forward the amount of their subscriptions forthwith , as a balance of £ 15 is still due to the treasurer . LOUGUBOROTJGB . —On Monday evening , Mr . Skevington addressed a large assembly in the Market-place . CAMBERWEU ..-The Chartists met as usual on Tuesday evening . After the business of the society was gone through , to the satisfaction of the members present , Mr . Sewell gave an excellent lecture upon the six points of tne Charter . One new member was enrolled . The meeting adjourned until next Tuesday evening .
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Bury . —Anniversary Sermons . —Garden Street Room . —The Rev . Wm . Hill will preach the anniversary sermons of the Christian Church at Bury , assembling at Garden-street Room , on Sunday , May 21 st , in the afternoon and evening . Bolton . —Mr . Hill preaches at Bolton on Monday evening . Rochdale . —Mr . Hill preaches at Rochdale on Tuesday evening . Leeds District- —Mr . Wm . Bell , of Heywood , will lecture at the following Iplaoes during th « next week—Wortley and Armley , Monday ; Holbeck , Tuesday ; Woodhouse , Wednesday ; Hunslet , Thursday ; and Morley , Friday .
Mr . Bell will lecture in the Chartist Room , tomorrow evening at half-past six o ' clock . A course of lectures on Mesmero-Phrenology are now being delivered in the above Room , for the joint benefit of Dr . M'Douall and the phonological class ia this town . The next will be delivered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings at eight o ' clock . Leeds . —Dr . Lees , Editor of the Temperance Advocate , will lecture in the Chartist Room , Cheapside , on Monday evening , at eight o ' clock , subject , — Chartism , the political aspect of Christianity . Holbeck Moor . —A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held at this place to-morrow afternoon , at two o ' clock , when Messrs . Bell , of Heywood , and Gammage , of Northampton , will address the meeting .
Holbeck . —Mr . R . G . Gammage will lecture in the Association Room , Hoi beck-bridge , on Sunday evening at half-pait six o ' clock , on the land and its capabilities , Mr . B . Walker , member of the Literary Institution , Armley , will deliver two lectures on Mesmero-Phrenology , on Monday and Tuesday evening , at eight o ' clock , for the benefit of the Association . Admission two-pence .
London . —Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis * A grand concert will take place at the Mechanics ' Institution , Circus-street , Now Road , on Tuesday , May 30 th , for the purpose of raising a fund towards defraying the expenses of a great demonstration , to be held on Hampscead Heath , on Whit- Monday , to memorialize her Majesty on behalf of the above named patriots , and all who are now suffering in exile and in dungeons for their advocacy of the cause of the people . Admission sixpence each .
Rotunda , Blackpriar ' s Road . —Mr . C . J . Smith will lecture here ou Monday evening , at eight o ' clock . Members ale particularly desired to attend on business of importance . The General Council of the National Charter Association , resident in the Metropolis , will meet on Sunday afternoon , at three o ' clock , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lane . On Monday Evening a meeting of the Metropolitan Tailors' Trade Protection Sooiety will be held at the Political aid Scientific Institution , 1 , Turnagain-lans , Skinm r-street , for the purpose of laying a report before the society and electing a general secretary .
A general meeting of the Shoreditch locality will be held at the Gloster Coffee House on Tuesday . Star , Golden-Lake . —The members are requested to attend on Sunday ( to-morrow ) for tbe purpose of tlecting councillors , and on other busiuess of importance . : Silk Weavers . —Mr . M'Grath will address this body at the Weavers' Arms , Pelham-stroet , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening next , at eight o clock . A concert wiil take place on every Saturday evening , at eight e ' clock , for the benefit of the victims .
Mr . Pakkes , of Sheffield , will lecture on Sunday morning , at the City of London Political and Scientific Insutucion , on "The Origin and Consequences of Kingcraft ; " to commence at eleven o'clock precisely ; admission free . In the evening Mr . Parkes will lecture ' On the necessity of the people keeping in remembrance the fate of Frost , Williams , Joues , and the other martyrs , to political free < ioT » , and of their txertious iu - returning them to their father land . "
Mr . Farkes , of Sheffield , will lectnro on Monday evening , at i , he Commercial Cofltte House , Gkrkcnwell Green , subject—Will a repeal ot the Corn Laws produce persaanent relief \
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Lambeth . —Mr . Stallwood will lecture here on Sunday evening at eight o ' clock . Subject—The Corn Laws . Paddington . —Ruffy Ridley will lecture at the Charter Coffee-house , Edgeware-road , on Monday night at eight o ' clock . St . Pancras . —Mr . Buchanan will lecture at Tillmail ' s coffee-house , 59 , Tottenham Court Road , on Monday next , at eight o ' clock . —Members' meetings every Wednesday at half-past past eight . An Harmonic Meeting will ba held at the Feathers , Warren-street , Tottenham Court Road , on Tuesday next . Marylebone . —A discussion will take place upon the subject of the Land , on Sunday eveaing next , at the Mechanics' Institution , Circus-street , New-road , at half-past seven o ' clock .
Tower Hamlets . —The Chartists are requested to meet on business of importance , ou Sunday evening , at six o ' clock . Manchester . —T « vo lectures will be delivered in the Carpenters' Hall , on Sunday next : in the afternoon , at half-past two , by Mr . C . Doyle ; aad in the evening , at half-past six , by Mr . James Leach . A collection will be made after each Jeoture in aid of the General Defence Fund . Stockport—A lecture will bo delivered in the Chartist Room , Bomber ' s Brow , on Sunday next , by Mr . Dixon , of Manchester . Subject : —the Land ; the only remedy for our national distress . The lecture will commence at half-past six o ' clock .
A Chartist Camp Meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon , at Siudley Pike , adjoining the monument that was erected in commemoration of the peace of 1815 . which is situated centrally between Todmorden , Hebdenbridge , Sowerby , and Ripponden ; the friends residing at the two last mentioned places are most earnestly requested to attend . Mr J . West and other friends will address the meeting , which will commence at two o ' clock . Mr . R . G . Gammagg will lecture at the following places during the next week : —Dewabury , Monday ; Huddersfield , Tuesday ; Lock wood , Wednesday ; Honley , Thursday ; Holmfirt ^ , Friday and Sunday . Bradford . —The Chartists of Little Horton will meet in the School Room , Park-place , on Sunday morning at nine o ' clock .
The Chartists of the central locality are requested to meet on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock in the council room , Butterworth ' s-builflings . The Chartists of Wappihg will meat on Sunday morning , at nine o ' clock , at the usual place of meeting . The Chartists of Bowling Back-lane , will meet in their room , on Sunday morning next , at ten o ' clock . Ths Chartists of Middleton-fielda will meet at the house of George Sbdgwick , on Saturday evening at eight o ' clock .
On Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered in the Large Koom , JButtermirth ' s-buildiugs , at seven o ' clock . Subject , —Will a Repeal of the Legislative Union between England and Ireland , based on sound principles , be beneficial or injurious to the inhabitants of the British Empire ! Free admission—discussion invited . On Monday evening at eight o ' clock , Mr . Condron of Halifax , will lecture on the past and present condition of Ireland , at the house of Michael Daly , Broad-stones . Free admission . On Sunday , the 28 th of May , a camp meeting will be held at Undernliffo , at tea oiclock , and at ADperly Bridge at two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Nottingham . —A lecture will be given by Miss Eliza Blatherwick , in the Democratic Chapel , Riceplace , on Monday next , at eight o ' clock . Subject—The distressed state of the country , its causes and remedy . Admission free . At the close a collection will be made in aid of the school fund . Newinoton . —The Council and , . members are requested to meet at the Crown and Anchor , Crossstreet , on Tuesday evening next . Hyde . —A Camp meeting will be held on Sunday afternoon , on Golden-green . Mr . W . Beoth , from Newton Heath , and also Mr . G . B . Candelet , one of the " Conspirators , " will be in attendance . A collection will be made in aid of the defence fund .
Salford . —The Chartists of this locality have changed their night of meeting from the Sunday till the Monday evening . There will bo a member ' s meeting next Monday evening at eight o ' clock , when all friends to the cause in Salford are specially invited to attend . Colne . —A lecture will be delivered in the Chartist news room , Windy-banks , on Sunday , May the 281 b , at half-past two o ' clock , in the afternoon . Nottingham . —Mr . James Simmons will preach on Nottingham Forest next Sunday , at two o'clock in the afternoon , and six in the evening , it' the weather be favourable , and , if not , in the Chapel , Rice-place .
A Meeting of delegates from the counties of Nottingham , Derby , and Leicester , will be holden on Monday next , at the Shoulder of Mutton , Barkergate , Nottingham , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon . A Tea Party will take place on Whit Tuesday . Tickets , 9 d . each , to be had of J . Sweet . The profits to be applied to the Victim Fund . Sheffield . —On Sunday evening ( to-morrow ) , Mr . G . J . Harney will address tbe Chartists , assembling in the Figtree-lane room , at half-past seven o ' clock . On Monday evening a public discussion will be held in th same room , to consider the repeal of the Legislative Union existing between this country aud Ireland . The discussion to commence at half-past seven precisely .
On Tuesday evening the usual ball will take place . On Wednesday evening the weekly meeting of the members will beheld . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) , Mr . A . F . Taylor , of Royton , will deliver an address in the Chartist Room , on the Proceedings in the Court of Queen ' s Bench , on the 4 th of May last ; and the necessity of re-organizing the Chartist body . The lecture to commence precisely at six o ' clock in the evening . After the addrees , a collection will be made in aid of the Defence Fond . Mossley . —Mr . Ttiomas Clark , of Stockport , will deliver a lecture in the Association room , on Tuesday evening next . Subject— " The Land and its capabilities . " A collection will be made exclusively for the Defence Fund .
Liverpool—The Council are rrqnesJed to attend a meeting at their usual room , on Tuesday next , to take into consideration the subject , of Mr . O'Connor ' s plan of Organisation . Keishley . —A delegate meeting will be holden in the Working Men ' s Hall , Sun-street , Keighley , on Sunday , tbe 28 th of May , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , for the purpose of better organizing the district , and for the transaction of other important business . Delegates are particularly requested to attend from every locality iu the district .
Leicester .. —The Chartists of Hinckley , Earl-Shilton , Wigton , Oadby , Glenn , Countesthorpe , and Thurmaston , are requested to send delegates to a meeting to be holden at Mr . Cooper ' s Coffee Room , Leicester , on Sunday week , May 28 th , to agree on a plan for agitating and organising the South Leicestershire district . Plans will be submitted for the consideration of the delegates . Halifax—On Sunday ( to-morrow ) Mr . Davies , of Hawick , will deliver two lectures in the Chartist Room , Pellon-lane , at two and at half-past six o ' clock .
Mr . Beesley ' s Route for the next week : —Newcastle , Sunday evening ; Sunderland , Monday evening ; South Shields , Tuesday evening ; SherriffHiil , Wednesday wening ; Howdon , Thursday ; Jarrow , Saturday . On Friday , his services may be secured by any adjoining locality which may apply in time to Wm . Gilfillan , jun ., Dock Tavern , Long-row , South Shields .
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IRELAND . ( From the Times correspondent . ) Dublin , May 15 . —The Agitation . —The recent Ministerial declarations , although rather roughly handled by the Metropolitan organs of repeal , appear to have excited a far fuller measure of indignation throughout the provinces . The various local journals teem with diatribes of the most dangerous tendency ; and sentiments are freely broached , which in the incipient state of the agitation , might h * ve been ( however discreetly ) passed over as worthless specimens of native bombast , but which must be regarded at the present crisis as the natural result of culpable apathy in a quarter where it was least expected . A provincial paper of Saturday , supposed to be the organ of Dr . M'Hale , thus refers to the allabsorbing topic : —
"The demand for justice of nine millions of people is to be drowned in the roar of artillery , and that which was carried by blood is to bo upheld by slaughter ; Wellington and his sanguinary allies are ready ' to cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war , ' but with all their legions at their back they are doomed to discomfiture and disappointment . The game of coercion was played before the Catholic Association wa > suppressed , but what was the result ? —that body , under the magic hand of the man who
now guides the destinies of his country , sprang into a more vigorous existence , and Wellington aad Peel were coerced themselves to terminate tbe struggle , not by the slaughter of the Irish people , but by the concession of their rights . Thus will the present also end , and the people of Ireland , by peaceable and determined resistance to oppression , will again triumph over Peel and Wellington , and compel them once more tobecocao traitors to their own principles . Wo repeat again , the timo is come to try men ' s souls and the time ia come when physical force ia to be
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encountered by moral force , and when every Irishman should be ou tbe side of his country . If we are invaded , probably Arthur Duke of Wellington will in person lead the invaders of his native laud ; and if he should , why if he caught cold from tho sea voyage , or if the climate disagreed with him , or if any of those accidents which flesh is heir to produced fatal consequences to a man of his advanced age , we would , bad as he is , be charitable enough to afford him a . grave . " In the same paper ( the Tuam Herald ) appears & vivid description of a repeal meeting held ia the evermemorable village of Aughrim , " from which an abridged account may not be without interest as a specimen' of the " spirit" of the agitation : —
"On Sunday last a numerous meeting of the parishes of Aughrim aad Kilcoonell was held at the Chapel-yard , Aughrim , for the purpose of appointing wardens and arranging- for the collection of the repeal rent . A number of respectable persons from B&ittnaaloe wero present , add seemed to take great interest in ( ho proceedings . The venerated and patriotic parish priest of Aughrim , the Rev . Mr . Manning , in an eloquent address , explained the object of the meeting , and impressed upon the people the necessity of the strictest observance of the laws . The assembly was also addressed by Mr . J . Dillon , of Caher , and in glowing terms by that distinguished and unshrinking patriot , Mr . N . Boylan , justiee of the peace , Hilton-house , county of Meath . The
whole scene was one of the deepest interest—calling up proud recollectk n 3 of the past , and full of high promise of the future . Who could look without emotion on the hill of Kilcommedan , where 18 . 000 undisciplined apd badly-armed Irish defeated 27 , 000 veterans , furnished with all the munitions of war , and flushed with the victories they had won on the battla fields of France and Holland ? Bat who would not feel proud to be an Irishman when he beheld the pass of Urachree , where 2 , 500 Irish horse completely defeated 8 , 000 of the flower of European chivalry—French Hugonots , Dutch and Danish guards , with several Chosen regiments of English Dragoons ? Well might St . Ruth exclaim , in the hour of triumph .
that he would * drive the English to the gate 3 of Dublin ! ' Never did men , inferior in numbers aud arms , obtain a more complete victory over the enemies of their country and king , till robbed of it by chance through the death of their commander . And that scene was full of promise of future independence to Ireland—proving that the voice of freedom had reached the most retired parts of our island . Yes in every quarter of the country the spirit of nationality is animating the masses . Deeply and steadily is the mighty tide of popular feeling advancing onward ; nor is it the less irresistible for wanting the storm and foam upon its surface , which , on former occasion ? , generally characterized similar movements ia Ireland . "
The Mr . Dillon alluded to in the foregoing is a gentleman of high respectability in the county , and he is , moreover , if I mistake not , a recent auxiliary to the ranks of the repealers . The boards of guardians , too , are daily becoming infected with the repeal mania . The Abbeyleix board has already declared in favour of the measure ; and the guardians of the Dundalk Union , having taken umbrage' at the refusal of the commissioners to dismiss the clerk for the high offence of being "
connected with an anti-repeal party , " are about to tread in tho footsteps of their Qu&un ' s-eounty brethren . One of the guardians gave notice on the last day of meeting that , " m consequence of the letter from the commissioners ( above alluded to ) he would move at their next sitting , that they should discuss the repeal of the union , and that a petition from the board be forwarded to Parliament for the repeal of that measure . " This is another practical proof of the stimulus given to the agitation by the working of the odious Poor Law .
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THE SLAVES' DISARMING BILL . We need no longer ask , will there be a Coeroion Bill I Here it is . What means disarmament bat coercion ? What means defencelessness but sla * ery ! The father does not disarm his son , nor the friend wring away the defence of his friend ; but the robber disarms his victim , and the pirate nails dowu the hatches that be may butcher unresisted . To oarry arms is the ultimate guarantee of life , property , and freedom . To be without the power of resisting oppression is to be a slave . What matter that , with delusive words , your ruler says he will not riflo your altars , nor pollute your hearths—what matter that your goaler boasts his power to protect you , aad flourishes his weapon before your cell ! Arms and liberty are synonymous . If you see an . unarmed and an armed man together , you instantly conclude that the one is a prisoner , the other a guard . Arms are the badges of freemen . Ho who is unarmed will soon be in cha . in < t .
Disarmament and slavery were convertible terms in every age . The conquering barbarians iorbada the Romans to carry arms ; the Normans forbado the Saxons to carry arms ; the Spaniards tore their arms from tho Americans ; the English took arms from Ireland whenever they dared . Irish disarmament has ever been the first step to plunder and tyranny . Cromwell disarmed us , and twenty years « f Egyptian bondage followed . The first act of the hellish Penal Code , under which we winced in a bloody dungeon for eighty years , was aa Arms' Bill . The Volunteers extorted independence by arms , and ere the system of terror which forced on the insurrection was began , an Arms' Bill was passed . Arms' Bills and Castlereagh—ruin and deapair—were upon ub during the reign of the abominable Regent , George . An Arms' Bill was tho leading law of coercion by the Whigs , and now th a Tories open their compaign against our rising hopes with an Arms' Bill . '
An Arms' Bill—there is a curse in the same . Aa Arms' Bill—pah ! why not give it its right name a Slavery Bill ] Call it a Bill to prevent resistance to tyranny—call it a Bill to ullow an old enemy to rob , crush , defame , and trample upon us for ever—for ever , or till some stranger , half in pity , half in contempt , steps in and smites onroppressor . An Arraa ' Bill —a Bill to take away the means whereby men protect homes and altars , free speech , free industry , free worship—a Bill to place us at the mercy r > f a tyrant , and tbat is " the defiaicion of slavery . " Why stop short with branding arms ? Why r . ot brand ourselves ? Why not with eqnal propriety imitate the Grecian conqueror , and mutilate us ? Tne best and inost natural Arms' Bill would be ono to cat off our right hands ; but no , we must do tne work as well as bear the chains of bond 3 inen—we must be unm ' utilated slaves .
By this infamous Bill , no man can keep arms of any sort , or any thing which can be used as arms , without first getting a certificate from two householders rated to the poor above £ 20 , and then getting the leave of the Justices—that is to say , arms are to be denied to all not relished by tbe aristocratic minions of an alien Goveitnmtnt . The arms are to be branded ; and cannotbe removod sold or inherited , without fresh licences . Every act relating to them , every conversation < --&yQ , conversation respecting them , in which you do not ttil all you ara asked by the pettiest myrmidon , subjects you to penalties .
The penalties may be judged by one . To have a pike or spear , or 'instrument serving for a pike or spear ' , —a pitchfork , or hoe , a long knno , or a dibble , for exampJo—is an offence punishable with transportation for seven years ! Blacksmiths must take out licences like those for keeping arms , under the same tremendous penalties . Domic : hi . ry visits are allowed and ordered . Nay , whenever a magistrate wills it , he caa go , or sead his gang o : policemen to break into our homes at night by force ! the pretence must be search for arms ; the motive may and will be insult , cruelty , lust , or rapacity . Snspicion of having arms—no , we venture to say that the absence of the power of just vengeance , wJl invite the most frequent visits ! Toe voluptuary , the- rival , the malicious enemy , they will suspect , and they will invade our homes ;
And , io crown the villany of this Act , if any weapon be found in any house , offices , or haggard , the occupier shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour unless he shall prove his innocence—a provision the best devised of any yet introduced , from the days of Cromwell to those of Castlerea ^ b , for encouraging treachery and perjury , exciting and rewarding a bloody and lying vengeance , and producing that discontent which would make revolution inevitable if it became law . We now call on the English Legislature to pause ere they enact this code—this wicked , subtle , aad sangainary code . We call oti our friends abroad to note well the sort of Kws whereby Ireland is governed . We call upon such Irishmen as still think we can endure a foreign Gorernment to strain their ingenuity and influence against this Bill ; if they fail , the prospect may be eter ; i , but the course will be bimple—time , prudence , energy I—The Nation .
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On Thursday week , at Sheffield . after a short illness , aged 29 years , Mr . George Wright of that place . His firm adherence to the principles of Democracy , both in pub ; ie and private life , ia an iSte eVeTy 1 <> Ter ° ' 8 COnDtry Bhoti * r it £ " ? u ***** i ^ vi . 8 even yeaTS « James Hunt Cobbett , tbe son of Jahus Dalby , Victoria public house , Eccleshill . Tho boy fell into a pan of boS agSy till dTath ? yS ? reVi ° f *** * 8 Wwd in «« " * On SjLt . urHa . ^ j l « . c * of W : # . l » ln _ _^ t - , . wier
• ii w m J n •„ " " ¦ o'giuwy , a iingnng rllness , Mr . To . cs . B . Knowles , of that place . His r * mains were interred oa Tuesday , and attended to their long iiome by a large number of friends and relatives . During tlie number of years he has residedin . Keighley , he has b .-en an able advocate of the cause of liberty , aad his merits , as a Chartist lecturer , have been well known and highly estimate ! throughout this part of the country . The repeated attacks on his health , through tiio rapture of blood-vessels , gradually weakened h . v comtitutioa . Ho returned ks 4 yeart ' toma vidid to America , since which tim ^ his health has bv . n worse than usual , and he has v- > w fiuished his < a , uhjy career at the early ago of . thirty leaving a pregnant wife to lament hia loss .
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HOUSE OF COMMONS—Wednesdat , Mat 17 . The Speaker entered the House at the usual hour , but there being only eighteen Members present , an adjournment took place till Thursday . Thursday , May 18 . Some time was spent in the presentation of petitions , and in obtaining replies from Government on different questions . Mr . Shabhan Crawford then rose to move , pursuant to notice , for leave to bring in a Bill to secure the full , representation of the people , and to shorten the duration of Parliament . The Hon Member was addressing the House when our report was despatched .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 20, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct803/page/5/
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