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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND . THE COTSSTBT SIABTTSG . Is oai sixth page oar readers "will find some most appalling details of the wretchedness into which thousands in this "free and enlightened Country" are plunged by class legislation and classopprEBaon . To ihe report of the grieTanees and abominable treatment of the Metropolitan tailors tre also request the attention of all , beggjnjj of them to mark the refined villany which enables a Jew to aid the spread of Proieslantism bj plundering his Christian
workmen . Let the reader also M read , mark , learn aad inwardly digest" the horrid disclosures respecting Ihe " Sweating Machines made before Sir Peter Xatjbib , at the Guildhall . It shall be HO fault of onrs if thb **• Condifion-of-England gnestion" be not fnlly understood by the whole CrrQIzed world . We promise to rake together Each amass of tyranny and villainny on the one hand , and Elarery and misery on the other , as shall rouse the Btitiah Lion from his too-long continued slumbers , and male R The Yery stones to rise against earth ' s tyrants ' s . "
A few words on the atrocions case of " pinaiion " 5 n the Coventry Houss of Industry . As stated in © itr last , a meeting of Guardians was held to consider the course that should be pnrsned with rej ference to this " painful and . melancholy affair . This week we have seen a report of ths proceedings 311 Die Coventry Herald , according to which the burthen of each speech was the tk humanity" (!) and " kindly dlspoafion" ( 1 ) of the "Directors . " One Mr . England remarking that : —
K As to the rerdic ; at Leicester , he contended that such a verdict teas not justified by the evidence , and none but a very intemperate Jury -would have given such a verdici . Indeed , it was evident ibai it was a most intamperats Jury , or else the members oF it would not have been jumping np one after another before the evidence was near closed , and crying oat about manslaughter and starvation" ! 1 Precious Guardians of the poor these I We will not insult { the public by replying to the above mass of stolid falsehood , all who read the proceedings of the inquest will be able to pass a very proper B Terdict" npon him . At this meeting it was finally
resolved Cas stated in our " Notices" last week ) thai ihe Directors should be requested to ^ ive the officers Of ihe HoHSe ' implicated by the verdict" an opportunity of rebutting the charges of the Leicester Jnry . From the comments of the Coventry Herald ^ which appears to be a regular Malthusian journal , we learn that ihe deputation from the above meetwas met by the following resolution of the '' Board" ** That the Directors cannot recognize any deputation appointed at a nocturnal meeting called at a public-house , anonymously and without legal authority ; but if the gentlemen wish to make any communication to ihe Directors , it must be made in writing . "
In the same paper we find that Bickxeix , the surgeon , stung by the verdict of the Leicester Jury , ia 3 resigned the sitnation of surgeon to the B Hoase . " In reply to his letter of -resignation , the "Directors" have passed resolutions stating that they " consider the verdict the result of prejudice and excitement ; and not the deliberate judgment of an impartial Jory upon the evidence . " And that a The Directors feel it inenmbent on them to testify to Mr . Bkknell's care , oitention , ahiHty , and humanity , during the time he has been Surgeon to the House" '!!
God forbid that we shonld libel Mr . Bick > txl , Irat we Fay to our readers go baek again to the evidence of the widow Ressos , and that of the © Id Irish nurse , who avowed tLat she feared to tell all the horrid trnth lest she shonld lose her ntuation ! and then let onr readers jndge for themselves ss to the care , attention , ability , and livmaniiy of Mr . Bicksell i More we cannot find space to say now : but let the people ireasitte up these -wrongs , and learn to know thai snea will continue to be their doom , until they assert their rights , and Tefnse to be longer lorded over by sneh hateful oppressors as these grinding , starving , and unblngiiing destroyers of their fellowzsen . Political eqaality w 2 ] alone enable them to put an end to social wrong .
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The Oldhjlh Whig Lie . —We . have received a letter from Mr . Philip Knight , brother of the late revered John Knight , of Oldham , in which he says , li As to Mr . O'Connor owing anything to my brother . It Is entirely withent foundation . " What despicable shifts ihe Oldfaam Whigs are pnt to , to have t © fabricate Euca a xie , as the one thus thrown in their teeth . Association Cabis . —It is requested that all localities re qulrmg Cards may transmit their money to the General Secretary , as by that means there will be no delay in transmitting them . Again we have to notice the non-payment of the weekly subscriptions of enrolled members .
Datib S 5 ell highly approves of Mr . O'Connor ' s suggestion for & " National Tribnte , " s . n ' d wishes his brother Chartists to take np the qnestion -rigorously and universally . We are glad that our correspondent stands manfully by the good -old cause , " despite the petty persecntion by which he is annoyed . Edwasd Gsoococs sends ns a case of a Methodist clsss-leader robbing a poor woman of lid ., under the plea of " clas ? -mD £ ey . " The" remedy is for " poor women" to have nothing to 'do vrith snch earning scoundrels . If the Eheep woold retain its -wool , it mas ; keep out of the reach of the w fleecer . "
OrsTO ^ , sxah Newcastle . —We have not room . Tbo > ias Battjso . w—We really have not time to look through our file for an answer to his qoery . Any of our readers in his neighbourhood who may keep the Star by them wonld , no ^ ionbr , afford him the opportunity of looking for hiniself . The Cote 5 xbt Chartists wi =. h to hear from the Cflartists of the following places : —Lesminjrton , Warwick , Eenilworth , Felshill , Bsdwortb , Nnneaton , HinehJey , and Bogley . Letters to be addressed , Mr . George Freeman , Brajdbury's-street , John ' s-street , Coventry . A . HaTES Of Ttraxst . —In depends on the " rales " of the mill . The ml ^ lowner ha * 3 the power if any snch roles are hung up in the working room , stating that sneh are the tenn 3 on which those whom he employs mast be content to labour .
3 is . 31 asos , op Bulblngham , has sent us a letter in reference to ceriaip alleged errors in the report of Mr , M'Grath's vi = dt to Birmingham , in tbe Star of last week . The errors complained of are of so little moment , that we . are sure Mr . Masen will excuse the non insertion of his communication , the purport of which is , that he did not express himself as being fully satisfied with Mr . STGraih's answers to his qnestions . We join with Mr . M . in hoping that differences of opinion S 3 to modes of action , may no loagtr retard our progress . All have the right to advise , or to object , as they may see fit ; and honest differences of opinion should be respected instead of censured . It is too often the case that ( as Mr . M . says ) " we generally judge with severity what we disapprove , reben -tre iave not the tteans Of inveSTigatiM fallv the entire circumstances of the ease ' . " But
this error we shall mend of . 3 dhs J 0 H 5505 , Librarian at the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , wishes to know where he can ob : pjn a copy of " ThejiTst step in the ladder to Political Knoteledgs ^ revitwed in our paper of Sept . 9 : h last ! We presume our correspondent has applied to Leach and Heywood . If «> , it must be that copies have not reached the London pnbh ? hers Perhaps this will meet the eye of the author of the pamphlet . Bath Tews Cor > cii _—We have bo tooia for our correspondent ' s eommunjcation , but thank him for it and the pamphlet . The ? oeb .- Vermont Cot , " li Liberty , " and w Lines to a Non-Producer , " declined . Other favonrs are nndtr consideration . Johk FdnxLB . —We have not room . Co-OTEBHios . —Onr correspondent -who when answering what appeared on the 18 th nit . nndei this
head , wa bade to try again , " has sent ns Borne Ebjjht . alterations of Ma pl&n , the principal of which M , that » shares" shonld be five shillings , to be raised by instalments of sixpence per week . With respect to his offer to supply coal 3 at wholesale eharges . ^ io his friends in Deptford , and withra ten miles of that town , we have no ! room fox the particulars , which he had best lay before the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists H . MOTTLB . —Yes . Cctbeblixd Collifes . —John Madine writes us that instead of the nim total pub&hed under this iead in our last being £ S 4 , it should have been £ 59 , Mr . W . Pates that it was his own mistake . Qcees's Besch Phisok . —Mr . George Wfcite wishes to inform his friend 3 in London , that through & T j alteration in the rules of the above prison , visitors are now admitted -until seven o ' clwk ID { he eTenine .
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NOTTINGHAM . CONCILIATION . 11 Where there ' s a -will there ' s a way . " Notwithstanding the endeavour of many parties wishing well to the cause of Chartism , either to suppress or explain away the unhappy differences which appeared to exist between the Executive and a portion of the Nottingham Chartists , yet as in all sneb cases , tricksters , eaves ' - droppers , and meddlers , who had nothing whatever to do in the affair , and who were in no wise connected with Nottingham , have sought , with characteristic industry , to light a general Same from the Nottingham spark of misunderstanding ; and thus all the endeavours to prevent a spread of the disease have been frustrated : while , however , the good sense of tke people ' s friends has has ! tbe effect of baffling the machinations of the wily . As it is notorious that a misunderstanding bad taken place , I shall now proceed to communicate the happy termination of tbe existing difitmte . Communications were sent from Nottincbim
to Mr . O'Connor relative to onr position here ; and in repjy to them he appointed the very earliest day after announcement could be made in the Stir toi his visit to Nottingham ; and according to arrangement arrived here on Monday evening . When the Chartists of Nottingham heard of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit , the ; made application for tbe Exchange Rooms , Which , however , had been pre-engaged by some musical par . ties . They Usen applied fer the Town Hall , buS that also was engaged by the Chairman of tbe Court of Requests . There was then no other alternative but theChartist Chapel ; and thither the people repaired an buur before the time of meeting , when it was literally chocked fall , large numbers having also repaired to the Town Hall , where it was expected the meeting wonld beheld . Shortly before eight o ' elock Mr . O Connor entered the Chapel amid the cfceers or those outside , accompanied by the Rev . Mi . Linwood , Messrs . Dornuin , Sweet , Morrison , Barber , Robtrta , and other leading Chartists of Nottingham .
When Mr . O'Connor entered the pulpit he was received with s universal burst vt acclamation , which was caught by the assemblage outside , and sent ringing through the streets . After a few moments , Mr . Sweet was proposed to the chair , and npon being seconded , Sir . Mokejso > ' presented himself to Bet the meeting right , by informing them that a chairman tad been previously agieed npon ; bnt&ftera few Tery temperate observations he said , that he was nure their cause would be as safe under the presidency o ! Mr . Sweet , as under 33 r . Barber ; and that his reason for interposing at that stage , was for the purpose of preventing democrats violating their own rules , and if Mr . Sweet was to be chaiiman , let them go regularly to work by voting him there .
Mr . Sweet was then appointed to tbe chair , and having britfly opened the business , and having stated that he would much , rather Mr . Barber had been allowed to preside , as their causa ¦ would be equally safe in bis hands ; he introduced Mr . O'Connor , wbo upon presenting himself , was received with several rounds of cheera . Prior to hiB commencing bis lecture Mr . Morrison informed Mm , that as several questions would be pnt to him , he ( Mr . Morrison ) wished to know whether Mr . O'C . would answer them before or after his lecture ?
Mr . O Cossor—Whichever the meeting wishes . I shall neither demnr , pnt in a plea in abatement , apply for a postponement , or refcuse to join issne , although I ought to have been furnished with a copy of the indictoentj & 3 well as with a list of the witnesses ( Laughter . ) Bnt if Mr . Morrison has no choice , perhaps it would be as well to allow me to proceed with my lectors , as , in the coarse of it , I may be able to to pnt the meeting impartially in possession of some of the fads , and then allow Mr . Morrison to take his -ewn course . This arrangement being agreed npon , Mr . O'Connor was about to proceed , when another interruption took place , by the arrival of a deputation from the Town Hall , announcing that the Chairman of tbe Court of E-qnests ( Mr . Wildman , < JC- ) had , in the kindest manner , adjourned his Court to the Magistrates Room , in order that the people ahonld not be disappointed ; and that the Town Hall was literally crammed .
Upon this announcement , Mr . Linwood , the eloquent and patriotic Unitarian Minister of Mansfield , volunteered his services si the Town Hall , to speak there till ten , when Mr . O'Connor would arrive and address them Silfcnce being once more restored , J 1 E . O'CosNOB commenced , and in a speech of great length he reviewed the several changes and vicissitudes which the Chartist cause had undergone , and dwelt with peculiar force and energy npon the several causes which had led to the several raptures amongst the Chartist body ; clearly demonstrating to bis bearers that in no single instance had the Chartists of themselves originated one single dispute : while the principal portion of their business for the last four years was the healing of those differences which had been created in the
Chartist ranks by sections who professed the principles , bnt who did ss > merely lor ihe purposes of qualifying themselves M disturbers . He explained tie amount of labour that it bad cost him to watch and expose their machinations ; and that now they had not only thrown out taeir feelers nader different democratic pretensions ; but they were rejoicing in the idea that they would be enabled to carry the fire into onr own camp , and to make Chartists like the Kilkenny cats , eat each other to tbe tails— ( laughter ) . But , be continued , I am come here to heal the wound , and not to rub the sore—( loud cheers and waving at hats ) . Aye , and if there are any here who have' come in the hope of
carrying the glad-tidings of onr disunion to their section meeting holes , they shall return dismayed , and tell their confederates that man and wife have shaken hands—( ltud cheers )—that though they know when to dispute , they know how to dispute , and how to be reconciled ; and that whoever interferes will ta-re to bear the Wows . Mr . O'Connor then proceeded at some lengtn to address the audience in a strain of argumentative and impassioned eloquence npon several interesting subjects , in the course of which he showed how tbe several factions had continued the power of the minority by fomenting strife amongst the majority ; and concluded 3 splendid appeal amidst the most enthusiastic applause .
It was then announced that those assembled in tbe Town Hall were anxiously expecting Mr . O'Connor , when Mr . MOBBisos rose , amid cheers , and spoke nearly as followB : —Sir , I now rise for the purpose at performing a Bacred duty—that of ascertaining the truth , ana of standing npon that ; and although I held union to be indispensable to our very existence as a party , yet Sir , that union to be stable , solid , and lasting must be based upon truth and the democratic principles . And , Sir , when we who have endeavoured humbly and st < alously to do our duty to our brother Chartists shall have ascertained eitLer that we were wrong onrselies , or had misconceived the acts of others , we shall be as willing , after s proper and honourable understanding , to bury all the causes of disunion , as Mr . O ' Connor can be . The course that we have pursued is known to many , and would have been known to more had our views been
inserted in the 2 Vo ; there Star ; and what I have to complain of is this , S-j , not of the Executive , but of a majerity of the Enrolment Committee acting without my concurrence in the important matter , whether onr plan sbonld be enrollfed without onr principles ,- and I shall now proceed , Sir , to read portions of correspondence to establish my position , and I shall then put some qnestions to Mr . O Connor . Mr . Morrison then proceeded to r&ad extracts from letters from Mr . Hobson , stating that if tbe meeting preferred it he would ratbtr read all ; bnt if not , he wonld merely give them sneb € Xtracta as wonld not rf quire any portion of the text to explB'n ttem . When Mr . Morrison had read these extracts he said , 1 shall now put Borne questions to Mr . O'Connor . First , Mr . O'Connor was it with your sanction that your name was affixed bo U * e Executive address that appeared in the Ster of the 21 t& of November ? * Yes . I put it there with my own hand .
Secondly . Did you call for tbe correspondence that had passed between tbe Enrolment Committee before you signed that adores ? ? Certainly not ; tbeir ' s were powers above mine , independent of mine . I never asked for it , nor never shall . Thirdly . Do you think that the Nottingham Committee merited the term " tricksters" applied te them in that address ? Mr . Morkissox having concluded , Mr . O'Cossob rose and Baid , I shall commence with he last , acd beg to assure Mr . Morrison that the word trirSsters" was applied to a knot who ha-re be « n
prowling through London , aided by parties in the country , for the purpose of destroying the New Bxecutive as they destroyed the Old Executive—( cheers ) . I answer Mr . Morrison as a gentleman , as well as a Chartist ; and I tell him that some of the Executive , especially Mr . M'Greth , objected to the term , lest it sbonld be misunderstood ; and anxious as I am Cor reconciliation , yet I would not purchase it by a falstboed : and while I wen't retract it , as required by Mr . Morrison , 1 explain it thas , and I hope to bifl satisfaction : on my honenr as a gentleman , the term " tricksters" was not applied to Mr . Morrison or the Nottingham Committee .
Mr . Mobbiso *"—Tes , Sir , but loot to results and not to motives ; and however good the motive aay be , the resnlt has been that every man who read it has come to the conclusion that we were meant Mr . O'CosrsoB— "Well , that ' s the Talue of this explanation—( bear , bear ) . Now they'll be set light And then , again , 1 am happy to have Mr . Morrison ' s admission that he looks to results and not to motives . Now that * s the very thing ; and I shall look to both ; and I shall canvas Mr . Hobson ' s motive for the e » nrse that be recommended , and the result of bis recommen dation . As for bis motives , I have known liim well for sight year * : and I never knew him iDflueneed ex-His motive in
cept by the test of motives . drawing np the plan was good , and has not been impugned . No one i mpp tes motives to prevent men from taking all tie trouble j" and it "was natural that Mr . Hobson shonlc ' . have a very tender solicitude about a plan that cost ' cim so muck trouble . But see whatfa tbe fact , as we take it from flie extract of Mi . Heb&on ' B letter as read by Mr . Morrison . Mr . Hobson Bays that he com-• amflcated Ms opinions ; and that the Executive were so struck with them , that they proceeded to do wbat ? To have the plan enrolled without them ? No snch thing . For that would have been tbe " result ; " bnt to lay them be fore Tied Pt . lt , in jnxla-posidon with a plan that be had before enrolled , and in which there were no prin-
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ciples ; and so far from the Executive making 5 case out for judicial inquiry upon the opinion and recommendation of Mr . Hobson , they never attempted it ; as I am the person who transmitted tbe case for the opinion of counsel , to furnish grounds for any proceedings that might be taken ; and I did it without tbe alteration of a sentence , line , word , or letter : so that Mr . Hobson ' s motive was good , unless indeed be ia not allowed to give as an opinion , for that is all he did .-while tbe " resulV ia that the plan has not been certified ; and upon behalf of every member of the Executive I tell this meeting that we nave not tho inclination any more than tbe power , to accept of tbe plan withont the principles , and that we would not do it to-morrow—( load cheers ) . And now as to the general question of tbe
non-insertion of Nottingham reports in the Star , Id reference to which Mr . Hobson says— "I am not aware of one word from Nottingham having been omitted , or treated with contempt by me . Every word coming from there has been inserted as far as I know , with the exception of matter that had reference to the dispute ; and if the NorWiem St-jr is to have any position at all , I hold that Chartist will think me justified in withholding mat * ter which wonld only tend to widen the breach . ' Besides Mr . Hobson and Mr , Wheeler were rather awkwardly circumstanced . Here is a letter from Mr . W . which he requested me to read , in -which he states , that when placed in tie dilemma , he instantly vnet& to Messrs . Hobson an < 3 Morrison , his colleagues ; that he received an instant reply from Mr . Hobson : but no answer whatever from Mr . Morrison .
Mr . Mobkibon—I beg your pardon , Mr . O'Connor ; I have copies of all the correspondence here—Mr . Wheeler ' s letters to me , and my letters to him . Mr . O'CONNOR—Yes : I admit subsequent letters ; bnt Mr . Wheeler is speaking of the one required for hia immediate gnidance , and to that he received no reply . And sow , my friends , having shown that tbe Charge is against an opinion of Mr . Hobaon ' s honestly expressed , with the best of motives ; that no evil result has followed ; that no insult was intended to be offered to the Nottingham men ; and that I , upon the part of the Executive and Mr . Hobson , have given a full , fair , and unequivocal explanation , admitting not on ' y tbe right , but tbe propriety , the prudence , and Dec-ssity of exercising a vigilant control over the people ' s servants ; and further admitting that there were grounds which in Port justified the suspicion and raised the
honourable indignation of the Nottingham Committee , who , not being "tricksters , " fclt sore at being called so ; after all , taking motives , acta , and results into consideration , have motives base enough , ads bad enough , and results injurious enough been established as legitimate grounds for the continuance of this unfortunate misunderstanding—( long-continued cheers , and no , no ) ? No , my friends ; and while I satisfy you as to the danger arising from disunion it is Dot a less pleasing portion of my duty to tell those * gentlemen , whom I shall not call opponents , that I trust I have g ven political satisfaction as a politician—and gentlemanly satisfaction as s gentleman- —( cneers ) . And believiDg in their unshaken integrity , I now tender them the right hand of conciliation and co-operation as a means of strengthening our bands and weakening the power of onr enemies—( loud cheers ) .
Here a working man rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution , ; whereupon , Mr . O'Connor said , I trnst our excellent friend will not propose anything wnieh would be in the slightest degree calculated to give the shadow of a triumph to any one . No party wants a triumph . We were both a little wrong—we are now greatly right ; and , therefore , again trusting that my explanation is satisfaetory , I leave it in your hands . _ Mr . Morrison then rose and said , that so far from regretting the course be and hia friends had pursued , the meeting would now see how necessary it was , as it
had elicited a thorough explanation from Mr . O'Connor , which he believed could not otherwise have been had . That hnviijg devoted much valuable time to the cause of Chartism , he had entitled himself to a perfect right to 8 crutini £ d the acts of tbe people's servants—( hear ) . And while he wonld b « ever found to discharge that duty feariessly , those with whom be had been in the habit of working , wonld never consider him capable of doing it capriciously—( bear , hear . ) Mr . O Connor himself has admitted the necessity of the investigation , and , therefore , he admits the propriety of onr course . Mr . O'CoxNOR— Certainly , certainly ; watch us well , it is the only way to keep ns honest—( lauchter ) .
And noip , continued Mr . Morrison , to prove my devotion to the canBe , I have only to say , that i am perfectly satisfied with tbe explanation given by Mr . O'Connor , and that I shall now proceed to co-operate with him in making the Plan of Organization as effective as we posaiMy can under all the adverse circumstances by which we are surronnded—( bravo , and " that ' s the right way to beat the enemy ") . Mr . Morrison retired amid ioud cheers , when Mr . Doriuij presented himself and said , my friends , it was no wonder that we who are against giving up the same shonld Ve alike startled at the idea that tbe principles were all going to fly away , asd that we were to Cave UOtWng at all but the name . Bat now to shew
you taat it was for the principles that I contended , and alBO that I am perfectly satisfied with Mr . OConnor ' s explanation , wbat I propose , as tbe best means of proving it is , that every aember of the committee who felt themselves called npon to remonstrate , should be the Snt to set the example of union , by being the fir » t to take out their cards , and give me mine to begin with : —( loud and long continued cheering , which was followed by every member ot the committee taking out his card ) . After which Mr . O'Oonnor proposed a vote of thanks to Mr . Sweet , the chairman , which was seconded by acclamation jand carried unanimously ; and Mr . O'Connor remained until he bad disposed of 376 cards of membership ; thus giving the best practical proof of the
saying" Where there ' s a Will there's a way . " it was not more tbe thing that was done , than the mode in winch it waa aene , that gave the Chartists of Nottingham pleasure and satisfaction . The inquiring parties did not seek to entrap each other , to commit each other , or to outwit each other : well knowing that a triumph over truth would have been a trinmpb over the whole Chartist body . So far from nice watching to insure a turn of fortune by mistake or chance ; it appeared to be the only wish of Mr . Morrison and his friends to arrive at the truth , while Mr . O'Connor ' s object appeared to be its undisguised disclosure .
The hour at which tbe proceedings closed , did not admit of Mr . O'Connor addressing the people in the Town Hall . However , they lost nothing by the substitution of Mr . Linwood , as , although not there , we understand that he delivered so powerful and eloquent a Jectnre on the occasion that the Chartists laid violent hands npon him , and kept him per force to address them again upon the following night . As Boon as the meeting at tbe Town Hall bad closed , the assembly repaired to the chapel , and remained outside in the sueet , until the business was concluded , when they accompanied their reunited friends to the Peacock Inn , once more ' arousing the sleeping inhabitants of
Nottingham in the dead hour of the night , or rather early in the morning , with the Bound of " We'll rally around him again and again . " " Spread , the Charter , "' and other democratic songB ; and where Mr . O'Connor remained until three o ' clock in the morning , side by side with those who , equally with himself , rejoiced in the reunion that has betn established between the people ' s friends . And tbus terminated one of the most glorious triumphs that ever was achieved by tbe Chartists—a triumph the benefit of which Will ; be felt throughout the country , and the result of which will be the downfall of " tricksters , " who Build their hope upon confusion arising out of the differences of honest men .
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South Staffordshire . —On Nov . 20 h , Mr . S . Wilde addressed tbe Miners of EttincalJ Lane with good success . —On Nov . 21 st , a meeting of Miners web held at Hartshill . Messrs . Wilde and Butler addressed tho meeting , at the close of which many took out cards ef membership . —Un Nov . 23 rd , Messrs . Scott and Wilde held a meeting at Rowley . — On Nov . 24 ih , a public meeting of Miners was held at the house of Mr . Martin , Dudley Port , Mr . B . Pyle m-the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting by shewing the important objects of
the Miners' Association . MeBSFB . Scott , Wilde , and Bntler severally addressed the meeting at considerable length . The speakers seemed to giro universal satisfaction . —On Nov . 25 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at Delph , Mr . Wood in the chair , ¦ who opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Scott to address them , which he did , by explaining the rules and objects of the Association . Mr . Wilde was next called on , who addressed them at great length oa the necessity of the Miners of this place joining the AssociatioH . A good many took out cards of . membership .
North Staffordshire . —On Wedftesdiiy , a public meeting was holden at Chesterton , which was addressed by Mr . Swallow and othf rs . Several new members were enrolled . —On Frid ay , a publio meeting was holden at Cheadle , wh ich was addressed by Mr . Swallow . Another mef ting was holden at ike same place on Saturday evf ; ning . A most enthusiastic gathering assembled , a / jd a large number took out cards . Mr . Lom&x has h' _ -ld goiae excellent meetings at Audley and Longtor .. KOTICB TO THE MEMBEK 8 0 P THB HIKERS * ASSOCU-7 TON .
Owing to the New Year ' s Day being a general holiday , I have been unable to procure any place where the delegates t , the forthcoming Conference can assemble , butV large Bpacioua building called Carpenter ' s Hall , * jviU be ready for their reception on the following - morning , and each succeessive day t 2 ll the business ia completed . There will also be public meeting ., eTery Bjgbt during the sittings of Conference , < vhen the nature and objects of the Miners ^ Ass ociation will be fnlly explained , lam also nmng u ' j my exertions to procure accommodation for thf , parties who may attend . I reman , Gentlemen , Yonr obedient servant , William Gbocott , Secretary of the Miners of Lancashire . Manchester . November 28 th , 1843 .
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FiiF i IC Meeting of Miners will be holden at the ftv ? > ' Bo i * - on Monday naxt , December 7 w o e ^! 32 o 6 kck itt the forenoon . Several of the accredited agents of the association will be in ^ ttenuance and address the meeting . A delegate Se pfacT PlaC ° imm 9 diately after - at tlie «« £ ^ UBLI p Meeting of Miners will be holden the t £ m * ?•** Horae Shoe > Barley , near Oldham . The meeting will be addressed by Wm . Dixon , of tefrlSSS ^ and other gentlemen . Chair to be taken at twelve o'clock at noon . p ^ v , ? , * Li ^ Mbetino of the Coa ! Miners of the Koondale District was holdon on Monday last , on Oronkey Shaw , near Rochdale , and by adjournment , fwT ? of the extreme wt ° ess of * e day . to the Uiarter AssociatiOH Room , which waa kindly lent to them by that body . The meetins was 9 ridrosBfi il
, ¦ > h * m ? .. ? « Cumberland , one of the agents to : Mtn \ Z 6 f Relation , and Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester . The meeting was well attended ; and tne toJiowjB £ resolutions were passed unanimously : - ¦ iftat we the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District ' m public meeting assembled , do hereby de-Ciare tnat the Wages that we at present receive for our labour are not sufficient to supply us and our families w , th tho common necessaries of life . " "That we hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and conbtitutienal means ( and such only ) in our power to f ™ . re . . . > r day ' s wages tor a fair day ' work , " inat it wthe opinion of this meeting that it is our « Uiy to immediately ioin the Miners' Association nf
fcrreat Britain and Ireland , as the only means of securing to us that protection for our labour which it so imperatively demands ; and hereby callupon J . £ 1 . mers of this district to do so without delay . " 1 hat we , the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District , in publio meeting assembled , do hereby return tE h A e r anl elt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of tne Northern Star newspaper , for their kinduoss in giving publicity to our proceedings . " Bishop Auckland . —Mr . Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the authorised agent of the Miners' Association , lectured at the following places last week : — ^ nilaon Bank , Leasiugthorn , St . Helens , Evenwood , Lockheld , Etheriy , Hunwick , and Brausheth ; at all the above places excellent meetings have been held .
The Miners OP Padiium are hereby informed that the amount of money paid in for them at the last delegate meeting was £ 1 la ., and those of Patricroft . 13 s . 5 £ < 1 . John Aimr has been lecturing in the following places with general success : —Duckworth , Moorchurch , Kirk Altham , Darwen Over , Broadficld and Bell Thorn . Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on the 20 th and 2 lat ; at RadcliflVBridge on the 22 « d ; Heywood on the 23 rd ; MidxiletOn on the 24 'h ; and . on Saturday night opened a new Lodge nt Bunker ' s Hill , near Heywood . Oa Monday , the 27 th , lectured at Bank-lane ; at Walmsley on the 28 i . h . Mr . P . also opened a new Lodge at Bayslate , near Heywood , where twenty-eight enrolled themselves members of the Miners' Association .
Mork Coal Kin © Tyranny . —One of the Coal Kings in the neighbourhood of Chorley discharged two men named James Key and Robert Fisher , from their employment , for attending a meeting of their brother Miners . The other men engaged in the concern , to their honour be it said , struck to a man , and declared that they would work no more till the men were reinstated in their former situation . This brought the proud tyrant to his senses ; he took them back , and the men returned to their work accordingly .
Coatbridgb . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part sf the Coaibridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crooketone ' e hall , which was addressed byjMessrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at the close of the meeting about 100 new members joined the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . On Tuesday , the 21 st , a meeting of another part of that district was held in Burt's Hall , Coatbndge , when a good good number were enrolled as members of the Union . On Wednesday , tbe 22 nd , met in the Come !; , in Coatbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson and Enableton . On Thnsday , the 23 rd , another meeting of another part of the said district was held in Mr . John Haliday ' s hall , VWster
Mennisioa , when those present elected Mr . John Young for chairman ; Messrs . D . Thompson and B . Embelton addressed the meeting at great lengtn , and a few were added to eur number . On Friday , the 25 th , a delegate meeting of this district was held in Burt's hall Coatbridge , Mr . D . Brown in the chair ; the different delegates gave in their reports , the following sums were paid in : —Dundyvan , No . 6 , 43 . 4 . Jd , ; Ditto , No . 10 , Is . 3 d . '; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 s . 6 d . ; Dunipelliers , No . 8 , 3 d ; Coats pit , Gartsheaie , is . 3 d . ; CuriJnoroft , GartshoDie , 6 . J . lOid . j Garttreil , 7 s . 9 d . ; 5 ommerlee , 2 s . 7 £ d '; Dumpelher , No . 7 , 7 id ; Gartgell , 7 ^ ci . ; Nuthehouse , Is . 3-i < I . ; Barton ' a-hill , 7 id . ; Dundyvau , No . 3 , 5 s . 7 id . ; Dundyvan , No . 10 , 7 jd . ; Ditto , No . 9 , 7 ld . ; Coats pit , Gartshenio , 7-id . Carlincroft , 7 id . ; and Kipps , 7 id .
THE WINTER CIRCUITS . t The necessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of the gaols in the respective counties throughout England , by one of the Learned Judge ? , having been admitted , their Lordships have , we find , made the following arrangements , with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable an object . It must , however , be borne in mind , that these assizes will be held for the trial of prisoners only . The trial of causes at Nisi Prius will be disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer aasiies .
OXFORD . . Oxfordshire— Saturday , Uc 9—Oxford . Gloucestershire—Wednesday , Dec . 13—Gloucester . Worcestershire ^ Monday , Deo . 18—Worcester . Shropshire—Thursday , Dec . 21—Shrewsbury . Staffordshire—Tuesday , Dec . 26—Stafford . Before the Hon . Baron Rolfe . WE&TERN . Southampton—Wednesday . Dec . 20—Winchester . Devon—Wednesday , D c . 27—Exeter . Before Sir J . T . Coleridge , Knight , and the Hon Sir C . CresuweU , Knight .
MIDLAND . Warwickshire—Monday , Dec . 11—Warwick . Leicester—Thursday , Dec . 1-1—Leicester . Nottinghamshire—Monday , Dec . 18—Nottingham . Derbyshire—Wtduewlay , Dec . 20—Derby . Before the Right Hon . Sir J . Parke , Knight , one of the Barons of her Majesty's Exchequer .
BQMB . Essex—Saturday , D ? c . 9—Chelmsford . Kent—Wednesday , Dec . 13—Maidstone . Sussex—Saturday , Deo . 16 "—Lewes . Before the Hon . Sir C . Cresstrell . NORTHERN . Yorkshire and South Lancashire—Mr . Justice Wightman—Date of Assize not yet published .
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Mr . M'Gbath ' s Tour . —On Wednesday , the 22 d instant , I proceeded t ' rom Birmingham to Bilston . The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a prostrate position ; nevertheless , I soon found a few determined sp irits whose stern devotion to the sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could ehake . The meeting wag good and spirited . Mr . Candley , as chairman , comnunced the proceedings in a scBsible speech . Mr . Mogu , of Lawky-Bank , and I &poke after , when forty-six cards of membership were taken out . Many others would ha ^ e taken cards , but were prevented by the pauperizing operation of the infernal truck system . Here the tyranny and injustice nf tha coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all
their execrable iniquity . The truck system is in full operation ; there is scarcely a coal or iron master in this district who does not keep what iB called a " Tommy Shop , " from whioh the workmen are constrained to take goods at prices considerably higher than they can be purchased at the regular shops in the neighbourhood The cupidity of the coal and iron masters are not satisfied with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and grasps the greater portion of those wages in the shape of exorbitant profits . It is no uncommon oecurrence for the men to go ten weeks together without a settlement ; and upon the reckoning day , should the balance be in favour of the workman , it is discounted at five per cent . Twelve months ago the Miners
here were paid three shillings a day ; at present they are paid but two shillings and threepence , although the price of iron is higher now than when wages wero three shillings a day . I could fill a half dozen columns of the Star with accounts of the fraudulent and nefarious practices of these Corn Law Repealing and church and chapel-going saints . One more of these and 1 shall have done . An oc currence frequently takes place here which is designated a Bildus , the meaning of whioh is this .- —ibe hands decend into the pit , work some four or five hours ; an excuse ia then matofor not proceeding further with the work for tb » ay ; she men are called up and are not aUowetf * farthing for their labour ; tbus , the working-man , is degraded , enslaved , and plundered to maintain ia luxury and less
splendour , his heartless , godless , pity oppressors . As a proof that the Chartists of Bilston are determined on strenuous exertion in furtherance or tp / movement . I may mention that they are about tak ^ aj a Hall which will bold upwards of a thousand per eons . I was urgently requested to vieifc ryflstOD Wolvcrbampton and Lowley Bank , on myy return On Thursday I proceeded from Bilston t # Hanle ; in the Potteries . We bad an excellent meeting Mr . Seal , delegate to the late Conference , occupie the chair . I addressed them on the / . auses of , an the remedy for , national distress ; shewing fup th insufficiency of the nostrums wit / which politics quacks are endeavouring to drup , the public mine arguing fcbafc political power * vas the only medilll through which the people co' / id secure those socii rights which the God ol creation destined for man
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enjjymeni . Sixty-two cards of membership « -ere taken out . I was invited to revisit them on my return . The men of Longton , four milea from Hanley , are about to commence the erection of a Chartist Hall , thirty-six feet square ; they calculate upon its completion in time to entertain t . he veteran Richards o « j his liberation from prison , which will be in May next , j Energy , intelligence , and enthusiasm are the characteristics of Chartism in this district . On Sunday evening , we had a splendid meeting in Stockport : the room in tho occupation of the Chartists here will hold upwards of one thousand persons . My audience on the occasion amounted to about seven hundred , among which were two policemen of the town , whom I did not fail to congratulate on the preud position which they occupied at our meeting , j One of them is known here by the cognomen of : i"Mr . Memory , " he being the same individual who swore at the Lancaster trial that he
could give from memory a verbatim report of a speech of an hour's duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman . I addressed them for upwards of an hour , oh the evib resulting from class-maao laws and institutions , and the efficiency of the Charter , as the means of redressing national grieva'Ces . Tue unanimous thanks of th « meeting having been awarded tome , we commenced the work » f enrolling , when 117 cards of membership were taken out , fifty of which were taken by those ardent and enthusiastio young votaries of freedom—the Chartist youths of Stockport . i From S : ockport I went to Northwich ; there" were no arrangements made for a meeticjj we , however , j got one up , by sending out the crier . Several members were enrolled , and I was promised that upon revisiting them a eie-Hing would ba got up worthy of the sacred cause which we are struggling to advance , " ; ; Philip M'Grath .
BRIGHTON . —A public meeting was holJen on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . La-shf ' ord in the chair . It was proposed by Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Mitchell , "That Ireland consisting as it , does o { a population of SfiQOfiOQ of people , is entitled to a domestic legislature ; we therefore pledge ourselves to assist the people of Ireland by all peaceable and constitutional ' means to obtain a Repeal of-tho Legislative Union . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Page , seconded by Mr . Virgo : ' -ffaat while
this meeting I deprecates all idea of violence , we feel bound injustice to condemn the Irish Executive for dismissing from the magisterial benches men of the highest character and station , and inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary military force to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , and blockading her coasts with her MajVty ' s navy . " Carried unanimously Proposed by Mr . Flower , seconded by Mr . Williams , "That whi'e we readily admit the ictqoaliiy of Ireland ' s political and - { municipal franelnes , the base and shameful conduct of her alien landlords to their
impoverished j tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and local patronage , tho unchristianlike exaction of her Established Church , together with the manifold grievances under which Ireland has suffered for centuries ; yet at the same time we express itias our decided opinion that neither England , Ireland , Scotland , nor Wales can obtain political justice until that greatest of monopoly , class-legislation , is destroyed by the adoption of the People ' s Charter as the law of tnese realms . " BARNSLEY . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town was convened by the bell on Monday night ' , in John Pickering ' s large room , for the purpose of again forming a Chartist
Association , in the hope of once more placing Barnsley in its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mirfield , E . Daly , and others . A good spirit was manifested , and many entered their names . A provisional committee was appointed to get the Association into | a working state , when a regular committee will be appointed . The meeting was adjourned until Monday evening next , at eiRht o ' cJock , when it is hoped , that all the old friends of the cause will tenter once more heart aud hand to give effucfc to the caoise by impressing on the more younger friends of democracy the necessity of reponding to the call of the Executive , and the urgent soul-stirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Feargus O'Connor , Esq .
BrjRY . —Mr . C . Doyle delivered two lectures on Sunday last , inj the Working Man's Hall , Gardenstreet , Bury . SThe lectures were well attended . Ashton-under-Lynk . —On Sunday last , the Chartists of this town opened a new and splendid room with two lectures ; that in the afternoon by Mr . J . T . Lund , from Lancaster , who gained the . hearty applause of all present . At the close of the address a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer aud chairman , and the assembly broke up . In the evening the room was well tilled with a highly respectable audience , Mr . Storor Was called to the chair , and after reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and briefly addressing the meeting , called upon Mr . Wm . Bell , ofj Heywood , who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to hear for some time ; he was listened to with great attention , and concluded amidst great applause . After a vote of thanks being given to tbe chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .
The Wife of a Patriot . —Died at Dundee , on the 13 th ult ., May jThorn , relict of the late George Mealmaker , member , and sometime president , of the British National Convention whioh met at Edinburgh , and of f which Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirving , and Margarot were members . He wrote the hand-bill for ^ rhich Palmer was transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence" *?); but his generosity did ) not save his brother patriot . He afterwards wrote a pamphlet for which he wag tried before the H : gh Court of Justiciary , and sentenced to fourteen years transportation , in January , 1798 . He died in 1808 : this widow , consequently , survived her persecuted husband thirty-five years . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and bore an excellent character . She lived to nurse her great-grand children . —From a Correspondent . ¦ i - - —?»
SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . ! CLEAVE . I FOR MR . M ' DOUALL . ; £ s . d Mr . J . Pavey , Kingston , ... ... 010 Keighley ... ¦ 0 10 6 Sutton , near Do . ... ... ... 0 7 0 i FOR VICTIMS . Sutton , near Keighley ... ... ... 0 6 6 FOR EXECUTIVE . Lockwood ... ... ... .. 0 . 8 0
MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . i FOR EXECUTIVE . i £ b . d . Mr . Heath ( late of Chelsea ) 0 16 From Hebden Bridge .. ... ... 0 10 0 N . B . Bristol ...: ... 0 1 0 Tiverton , W . Rowcliffe , Esq - 1 0 0 VV . Rowcliffo , jun ., Efq . ... ... 0 2 6 Mr . Open ^ am , at Leith , omitted in Mr . O'Connor ' sformer list , ... ... 0 3 0
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BARNSLET- Tho weavers of Messrs . Hexworlh ' and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can be got ready for jthem , a » d there is no doubt b , nt that j the whole of them will shortly be employed as usual . ' There seems to Ibe a very kindly feeling existing * between them and their employers % and it 19 hoped i that no advantage will be taken of any individual ! in consequence of the late strike , as has been anhap- ; pily the case by one firm in this town , some of whore ' weavers turned ' out a few months age to prevent a reduction of their wages , and who , since the termination of tho strike , haw been turned out of employ . ' . The regular weekly mseting of tie weavers was held ) on Monday night , aad was numerously attended .
The sympathy of the weavers towards their unemployed brethren was strikingly manifested by the , expression of their willingness and determination to ! support them uBiil they get work , and Jin a way to provide for ! themselves . One or twoj fother , firms have attempted both directly and indirectly to reduce the . wages of their workmen , in order to enrich themselves at their expense , and to make them still more miserable . It is hoped , however , that tkey will vetrace the steps they have taken in this matter , r . nd consider that " The labourer ia worthy of his " nire . " j As they are professing Christians they should remember the golden rule ,. " That all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto , you , do ye ( also unto them . "
¦ 'iwiNG iv Barnslfy—The inhabitasts of this town were alarmed by the ringing of the fire bells , oetween the hours of eight and nine o'clock , when it turned out that a hay-stack belonging W . Crawshaw and J . Oxley , butchers . The stack was on fire nearly tw < o hours before the town ' s engineE came , as the engine men would not fetch out the engines until they were sure who was to pay them The fire was got out by one o ' clock , but what th ( devouring element has not destroyed is entirely until for nse . I
Extraordinary Produce . —On three acres an < a quarter of land on Chatmoss , near Manchester and only reclaimed some three or four yeafs ago there has been dug up this season 595 loads o potatoes Of 252 ! lbs . per load , equalto 67 £ tone an c worth fully fifty-four shillin&s per ton . The land i under the superintendence of the Guardians ef th < Manchester Union .
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•• Lrxs grind the posr , aid rich men rule the l&-r . " Horiu&lb !—Thajies Police . —A mist distressing case was ye 3 fcerday brought under the noi ' iee ot the magi 3 trat 9 . A poor woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , and applied to the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , for advice and assistance under the following circumstances : —She said that a woman next door to her , who was in very greac destitution , had a boy killed by accident twelve days aeo . After the
inquest had been held oa the body , th& corpse was sent last Thursday to the mother , and , owing to some parochial dispute respecting the interment , the body had now heen above ground for twelve days , and the stench emitted was moat , dangerous . Added , to this , one of the deceased ' s brothers was in a high state of typhus fever , and altogether their misery and destitution were beyond description . Complainant called upon his worship aa well ou her own behalf as on the behalf of the poor woman who Buffered under the affliction , as she feared that the infection arisiug from tde putrid body would extend to her own family .
A 3 r . Broderip , who was evidently much shocked at hearing tha case , directed that iustant inquiry should bo made into it , and Barber , one of tha warraut officers , was promptly despatched for tha purpose . On hia return , in about an hour afterwards * Barber stated that he never witnessed a scene of greater wretchedness . Oa inquiry he found that tho poor woman , whose name was Oliver , together with her family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which was miserably poor , and rendered quite intolerable in consequence of the stench emitted from the dead body , which waa perfectly black . He learned that the boy , who was fourteen years old , had fallen into the cold of the
Rossliu Castle , and died from an injury which ho received ou the temple . The coroner ' s jury had pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been sent home on Tnuivday , and had remained uninterred in consequence of some parochial dispute . He found a brother ot the deceased in high fever , and so exceedingly ill that he was not expected to live . Mr . Ross , the parish doctor , attended him . He ( . Barber ) called upon Mr . Ro 3 S , who was out , but the assistant assured him that the boy ' s case was well attended to . One of the most horrible parts of Barber ' s melancholy narrative was , that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than that in which the remains of their deceased relative was poisoning vlie air around them . The emell was utterly intolerable .
Mr . Broderip—How could it be otherwise when a corpse is left tbere uuinterred for twelve days ? If there is any dispute about the ground , let a place be purchased at once and the body interred- The public health requires that this should be done instantly . I must at the same time say it should not be left to the magistrates of thi 3 Court to perform a duty which the proper authorities ought to have executed . It is not for me to say where the blame lies , but to call it by its mildest name there is gro 3 s neglect somewhere . Ellis , the second usher , here stated that the poor family was in great distress , and most proper objects of relief . Mr . Broderip—Well , see at once that all their wants are sufficiently provided for , and that the body be promptly interred , even though the expences shosld be paid by myself . — Times—Wednesday .
In the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second usher ,, reported to the magistrate the course which be pMTsucd on the previous evening , according to bis Worship ' s instructions . On arriving at the place , which presented a sad spectacle , he at once bad the decaying body removed to the bone-house , and paid for the opening of a grave in the burial-ground , which was promised to be prepared by three o ' clock yesterday evening . Having had tho body removed , he took care to see that the place was well purified , and he was glad to be able to report , that the boy who was suffering from typhus was now out of danger . —Times , Thursday .
Coroner ' s Inquest — Frightful Destitution . — Melancholy Death from Want and Privation . —On Wednesday afternoon , a respectable jury was impanelled before Mr . Baker , at the City of Norwich , Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of John Sidgrove , aged two years , which was accelerated by want aud privation . The body of the deceased , who was a twin child , was viewed by the jury . It was in a coffin , and was reduced almost to a skeleton . The othi-r twin child was in the room , and appeared to be in a still more emaciated condition . The room was the picture of extreme destitution . The particulars of the misery of this family will be found ia our sixth page , under the head of " Appalling case of destitution . " After the unhappy mother had been examined , Mr . Hart said that deceased died most probably from teething , sinking under the attack from its debilitated
state . The other child is in a very precarious state . Mr . Byles , the pariah surgeon , ' who was ia the room , observed that the father was iu a very bad state of health , and possibly would never be able to work again . The father was now brought in , and was so feeble that he was provided with a chair . He said that out of the five shillings which he understood s » as to be his final re ) ief , ^ ne paid one shilling and fourpence rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles in pawn ( with threepence interest ) . Ho did not know what to do , as he was not able to work . He asked for some coals , whioh he was refused . His native place ia Preston , in Lancashire . Verdict , "Natural death , accelerated by want and privation . [ Most sage jurors ! " Natural death "— " accelerated by want and privation" ! What has Nature to do with " want and privation" ! What stuff is thi 3 . The verdict should have bten , " Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man's brutality to man . "
Labodr Struggle . —Great Tdbn-Out at Ashtonundeb-Lyne . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike of the factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has been manifested by the hands working in those mills which have been paying under the list price . At length , a general meeting was called , when it was stated that the firm of Messr ? . Reyner were paying the lowest prices ia the town , and those gentlemen having latterly contributed to the Lea ^ uo Fund , the
meeting was of opinion , that if the masters could give their hundreds of pounds to the anti-Cora Law League , they could well afford to raise the wages of the work-hands . It was therefore agreed , that the hands in Messrs . Reyner ' s employment should give a fortnight ' s notice , that unles 3 tney obtained an advanced they would strike work . On this notice being given , a fortnight ago , the masters representing sixteen firms , & great proportion of which are leaders in the Corn Law movement , assembled and entered into a bond—that should the
weavers in the employ of Me 3 srs . Reyner persist in turning out , they would each stop their weaving departmen's on the 25 ' : h of November , ia order that Messrs . Reyner might succeed in getting their mills filled with workpeople . The operatives , however , determined on carrying out the strike , the consequence of which is , that nearly tho whole of . tho weavers in the towuand neighbourhood were thrown on the streets on Saturday evening last . This morning the turnouts , and hands turned out by the masters , designated lock-outs , assembled , when it was proposed to hold the first cay as a holiday , in
conspquence of Mr . Van Amburgh coming in procession to the town , and not enter into any business in connexion with the conduct of the masters . This motion having been agreed to , tne meeting adjourned until to-morrow morning at ten o ' clock , excitement prevails in the town , and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen find great fault with the course pursued by the millowners . Several Bhop meetinKs have beon held during the day arranging what stfeps should be adopted at the morning meeting . Ail at present remains qaiet . —Times % Wednesday .
The followina : additional particulars are from the Manchester Guardian , the w « ll known League advocate and organ of the millocracy : —On Tuesday morning the weavers assembled at ten o ' clock , wheu a person named Conker wa 3 called to the chair . J . Miliigan said , he had been to various shop meetings that morning , and had addressed them . He suggested the propriety of a deputation being appointed to wait upon ths various ministers of the gospel throughout the town and neighbourhood , and adopt the same steps a 3 the hand-loom weavers of Jftocb > dale haddoae . He thotsght that , if the ministers would intercede between the employers and employed , much good would be effected . A person ia the meeting , sose and said , he b ? fged to move that this coarso should be adopted . This , being seconded , was pnt by the Chairman , and carried . — An operative tben moved That the appointment of the deputations should be left with tho weavers
committee . A female haying seconiei ! the motion , it waa put and carried . Pilling said lie had to inform them , that last week there w .-re 105 persons at work in Messrs . Reyner ' s mill , but this week there were only 30 . He understood that the masters were complaining that the London press dtd not doits duty towards them ; he was glad that some of those papers were advocating their cause . After denouncing those masters who were connected with tha Anti-Corn-Law League , he dwelt at some lengthen the advantages of union , and concluded by advising those who hid been locked out by the masters , to go to the parish for relief . The secretary for the commit'ee read the receipts and disbursements , from , Shen is appeared that £ 24 IS * 3 d . had been co lected on Saturday last , for Messrs Reyner ' a hS The meeting then adj <™ rue < i until Wednesday miming . Several meetings have been held at Hyde , S . alybridge , Dukinfield , aud other places , which have been addressed by various persons among tho umi'OUtS ,
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