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Thb Cabfettess' Strike at Maxcitesteb . — A poHic meeting of the carpenters add joiners of Man-{• hester'WMheld hi the Carpenters' Hal ) on Thursday evening , Kov . 28 , 1844 , for the purpose of laying begjre tte-gpncral body tie present position of the straggle between the men and Messrs . Pauling , Hen-£ rev , and Go . The meeting was called for eight © 'dock , at irhich hour the spacious hall was crowded to excess in erery part . Mr . Levers was unanimously called to the chair , who opened the meeting by reading correspondence from . various places , jrtucV"VKaJ 5 ,. faTourable to the men on' strike ; after a few remarks thereon he called on Mr . Fleetwood to jtste to the meeting what had transpired since they last met together . Mr . F . stated that the report he had to ore was Terr satisfactory . The men of the
counties ot Iiot £ in < jharu . "Warwick , and Derby , which ] ae had ¦ raited , hud pledged themselves in public meeting assembled , not only to prevent - " hands " iromr coming to supplant the men on strike , but to support them wita a levy each week , so long as the itiike continued , lie also had letters from " several par ties wlis « jj exposed the means that Messrs . Pauling and Co . resorted to , to endeavour by false statements to t ^ vpan the unwary from their homes to dest * oy the best interests of the building trades ccnerally . Their correspondins ; secretary had made arrangements for parties to visit Newark , Lincoln , and Leicester , and spread the news of Paulinga" treadieiy . At all the places where they had meetings , even man had paid 2 s . 6 d . for the funds of the society . Mr . Bellhouse detailed the proceeding in the Manchester Borough Court on Friday and Saturday , and said that in accordance with the resolution of the affurwiate
meeting , the whole-of the buildire : trades liad ceased working for Messrs . Paulins , Ilenfrey . and Co . He gave an account of an agcreirate meeting which took place at Bury on Tuesday eveninc Mr . Maxwell ako gave an account of the Bury meeting , which spoke well for the ultimate success of the struggle . The secretary read letters in connection with the strike : and we are happy to say the funds are iu a fiouriphing condition . The levy for the week was "Voted , and the thanks of the meeting being given to the chairman , the meetimr . separatist
Cusmtios or tot Tiiu » ns . — Sir , — Allow me to congratulate you on vour first .-ippc-arance in London . Tour d-f' :-t , I trust , kas been an eminently successful © Ee - Ma v ire hope thai the laurels yon "have won as a _ provincial faxotirite may be m-ither-lo > t nor tarnished in your futurecan or . Tour supplementary title has infosed hope into the wind , and vigour an ( determination into the actions of all who are engasred in the waspkss struggle to Ijettcr their condition . 'We now ^ ee a i-hannel through the medium of which the claim ? of Labour au < l J * o % -erty may be nude known to the "H-orid . and the ^> eliL ?} i cupidiry aod < -xaetions of g rasping * -apitalists be fully exp (»; - < l . That such a journal was nmeh wanted , : ill are aware wlio have had anythliiiT to do with Trades' Movements . The
-destitution and immorality of the working classes are daily prbtiumed by the journalist . - vf all parties , while ihe real and constantly recurrins rause of both [ i . c , the power to reduce wages ail ' iuj >> Jtum ) is Studiously k ept from the public eye . Y ou have coine , I hope , a * a Poi _ ib Stab , to throw light , seardiingly and impanially , on tyranny and injustice wherever found , and to guide and assist us in our endeavours to resist the same . 1 wish at present to i-all your attention to the miserable and degraded position of even the respectable portion of the trade to which J belong . There has been brouiiL ! most prominently before the public very lately a " boast of the extraordinary royal and noble connection * of a certain
tailoring ostablbliment rear yon , to the effert " that the beautiful riding habit of " her Majesty—the sabk eloak of the Eruperor of Russia , and the splendid habiliment * of the l > ac de Mont ]» ensier . all emanated from the said establishment . " Are the public aware thai this very firm , eloquent in tljeir own praise , and boasting of their connexion with royalty , art * at this very time endeavouxinc to reduce the wagt-s of the workmen employed i . Are we to infer from this that tbp , i- « it iKM-sonages above named ¦ 'bargained " to _ a nii-ri } La -. riving their orders , or is it not an unfair attempt to aleorh the worlcnianV wajes aloniz wilh the traJ ^ snan ' s pro-it i There U a practie ^ ToiC resorted \ s > by maav of the advertisinu and swimilin . 2
tanuni : z arms , to wmi-h I wi > h to draw the attention ot ilie public . a > it comvrns i « oth j-rs-m a : id pnr ^ -. - ^ py a garment , Sir . ord- - -iT ? d aad lf-sularly measured fur , is procured from ilie "" -lop w ;; rehouse ? t >; St _ Mjry Aie and the Minorit— : >^ j tliat the -- nit .-sier" moloths you have- > o oftrtt hviu * Up tu puHit- scorn and indignation have actually the " hononr" " to clothe with their eontami ::-tt < -d and inf ' - cti-rit rubbish a considerable portion vf ihv is ^ CionalJe world . At a time w :, tu tbc- vut ^ tiois of i-ontagio ^ and injection is ecr-nrin ^ r = »> luti-li attentiou , ii Bii _< iii nut be altnj-ct'n-r i » -lf- » i » y . ^' vii out the iiauirer to whk-b ? . ] ' are fx ^ ir ^ erl TrKr » 'V-A not
vita n v ^ :, ^ . . .. ] P a .,. j --: , j ^ , » . ,-,,:, » v inj tai 3 or . 1 st , by \ ermin : The proof of ti / is i ? , that jt many of tbi ^ e j > . * = "i-hou > es . the mi— -nJ ^ . e w ^; « -- of th »* Starved workm-u are further 7 % -dv ,--i-J : > y tines for nli venaii ; fu ( ii . d {!•? < x ^ . iu * jfct ' . 'T iv > ~ i .- . ¦ . .- > -..- ; on ii > e garnx-t :: * vrhrn brought home , it- r :: « -- i ~ -in < : re ^ ulatf-d I . y tin- iuuiilvr foond : tlir- lit--¦¦ litst t- * - ; ipe from this "tI- ^ ii of ^ . -an-h" btiu- - uf crarx- f » r thv l ~ . » 'ft ofza-.- ^• ¦ ¦ v . rer : The sain of 3 d . i-a-h w : ls p ^ id by an lizAi Ir-iior . jvijo had thchoaom-I' fhnrL ^ the prcsi-: ; Primo Ml : i : ^» r " > rtat throu-h h : s band * . 1 ca-. i rarnivi y .. ? vrhh tbe adnrt ^ - > t . f a I . 'ra ] _ ' •!; t !( man in tue j < zur » i ? . who wa- ~ fbnll « -h eiion ^' s t » r ^ tronizi- a
cer t-i : r . ruia-ory > nop m thiii npisdibourhwr } . and who had n --iiT .- > oat houe in such a . ] ., r , > j ^ T . —« l » ; , ' - ' y < tJi T e . thai L- h-i ' i h > nx back to ornamcBt ibe iilate ! r ! a <> vin-i ^ .: : - , c ? -hca !> di » tl : in . 2 qna « -k . "Jnoly , Inflation : Tti ?> ; - n sal > ie < -i whir-h the pu ?^" - ' - <^> not sci-im to rc ^ . i :- " ] n * i * i " . - ou ^ ht . j » ariiiS the tini" that tinasiatic .-H-. iI-.-vj . vt ^ - ; s-. n-vsil ^ m . a ma » T ? r tai } or . rf ? ear Tenij-i- - liar , r - ^ u . -sied a joum .-nnan in : iNf- ; nploy t- > go to .-iK » ib--r Tint ' s n-si . L-ni-f- toa < -I-i i . iiii hi v . hWatns . a i-val : -, - >¦ r-.-a .-o n ? -va-h a ~~; -i . - \ r . < -- ! . .-i : i ; i > .-.-. 5 efl Wai . _ tlLaT lL- ^ 111 . 11 ] h .- > J the < -L ^' --ra in h ;> b « a ^ - > . r » TtW a t-a ; :-- lyiEj ill-.-:- ] through it . Tli' -j- <"> -irni- ; .-mai ! w ^ nt . or ratj :.-r a-. to : > : ; , t .-d to ^ o : bm b-f . » -.- : u- n " : ; . J asemde 1 haifili- liic . Lt f ; j s tair- kiiJine to th . " f . jv ti-fcejl hole , th ? steneli wa .- * s < , cvi-t-joTr-. ' !^!) 'li mi hr vrai Am ] i .
ma 3 i- a pm-ii » iiat p mre ^ t . Ik- wf-nt } > r ..-k to tho TH 3 stcr sno m ] A ? i » i > i that w » -re he off ' -r < - < i £ "i <) hv would nor ra :-r x jv- r \ H ,:, i , murb less .- ¦; down to finish tli-^ v " - IkiC , > b-, wen-lL-e i-lwthp * of n ti'ntlrnian , r i -j . ii : a sin Jj hole ten feet . square , in the hottest I i « i the s-ji-nier . j n the midst of filth and comijr \ - - - _ Vue Leat toy intTf-ased by lia vb-. j : im > i , iSicr plait i ~ ' . h' . i ' -i to best the iron * neci-s . sar . - for the work . — i j i . Sir , yo-jr oliedient > crvant , John " ^ mith , 7 , ^ . - -- > trtH-t Ki-nuington . A > -. HESTER CAEPKXTiits' AND JoiStKs " . ^ TKIKK . —
A genera ] pieeting of the building tradc > was holden in the llaii of Svionre , Campneld . on the evening of Tuesday last , Dee . 3 rd , 1 > 44 , to take iuto < -onsideration ^ -vrtainprojiONalsmauc by Messrs . Pauline , llenfrey . and Co ., to the Trades ou strike . The imt'tiug wa > fii' - Hio > t numerously attended of a : iv that have taken ilace since the cominem-ement of the ^ tnigirle . In fart , it was ihe largest in-dour mcctinu we evrr wirnesscd in tir . s splendid hall , with on ? i-xs •• jith'n , th ; it on the tveniiu ; previous to thf fitty-Hilit L"lianist ^ goii = g to Laj . a-Ler to the "" luon- ^ ter " trial . »> : i that occa . -ioj : the > -:-.: ts were removed oi ? t of the body oftlihall , wLji-h v ,-& . s nil- - -d ; aii'l , a > iht * seat > w « -iv in <> -, i Tnesdav niidit . the fomsLT ivoul . l Ti .-- -f ~ - < irily l > e tS .-
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larger in numbers . But we ron-5 d »* utly a ^ vi-rt tliat Tues ^ av nisht ' s was the "Iav 2 fr > t met *; ins ev » -r held in Manchester upon any Traili-s * < jue » tioj » : and the fs-f-1-ing displayed by the ihonsaud ^ j » rf *«* nt is a prr > ni " , if proof wero wanted , that tht- workmen connected with buildiug consider tlie linn of J ' aulinii and Co . deadly eneiuit-s i « j tb > - rights -of J ^ abour . About eight o'tloi-k Mi-. Maaard was unnniniously called to preside , llo opened the mcTicg by i- ; ilh ' i ) 2 Dn those fres- ^ iit to irive evo-y one who might address them an impartial liesrias . There was busim-s . « oi great importance tu be laid before them , on which they would have to decide ; and h ^ trusu-i tliat their dotision woul-1 be sucii as -svoaiJ l > e !»«* m » rall * beneficial to the iKiiMiiu : tnnlr . and ten-1 to i . ? r » luoi
that consolidation aisvKmst iiieui wliicli «> > o muf-li needed in order to enable them tf > ;> nn ' -rt thr'ir laJxini from the eii « -oaeby : eiits \ vhieh i-ij'iial was c-vei making upon it . Mr . Lel 3 hou . se n-a < l a -3 nT ~ i ><> ndenf € which had taken j > Ja _ -y lx > twist x \ w i-onunittee anrl itessrs . Giluiore aij . l Kflly . and turr ^ jrenlJnn-Ti aa < 5 Messrs . Pauling . Ilwifrp " . and (" nnjuaiiT ; w-Lic-L ccrrespondence ended with Messrs . Pauline > tatinrr that then would abide bv tht ruUi f-f tni > h jwtitrd bn ike- other master- bnil-l ^ rs of Mmrlwr ,- hut that they could not treat with any other party bat their own men . Mr . Bellhouse also aave an account of an interview which he and two other delegate * , -who haii been deputed with him . had had with Mr . Bcnfrey in which that gentleman stated that i ' ue firm were willinc xo ° "o by the rales which other masters worked bv ; but asViie eorrespondenee had been ronnnencei ]
through the mediation of Messre . Kelly and tiihnoi-e it would be best to leave it in their hands . They hat also asked Mr . Henfrey if they would withdraw th < men at wesent-w-orkins , if their old *• hands * ' cami lack , feds Mr . Henfrey refused to do . Thesubjec was now before them . He would not offer aji dpinioi on the subject , bat leave it in the hands of the assem bly to deal with as they ihousht proper ; and lie hopei £ h&t their decision would be one- of justice and o iononr ; one that would tend to build up the best in terests of the whole of the building trades . Mr BeHhouse . resumed his seat amid mu < -h cheering — -Mr . Whittaker , before thry entered further inti the buaness , begged to say that the committei decjed , for conducting the strike had taken m part m brajging about the -correspondence whicl £ id just bein read . He thought , as one of thai , com
jaJjiee , thai t- "i H eg > lanation , was necessary , in ordi " ^ o wevfiat any imstakes on tie suhject . Tne delega " fnxd 1 he BncHayers movea— " That we , the Buili pjg Trades of \ f « np . hes { er . 'in general meeting assen MB& , do wnsi&& tb ^ " correspondence betwixt Messr ' ^ BjSQkf a ^'^ Gi&noreTsatis&ctory , inasmuch as tht •^^^ S '^ onwTv fig ^ abide By £ hfiManchfister Roles . i ^^^ esblntibajraB seconded by ihe delegate from tl i KmterT r ^ Filr"rffiflfi ^ iseBSion on the resolutio Jlie delegate from the Sawyers moved the foUowu
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amendment— " That in the opinion of this meetu ^ g , none of the Building Trades ought to return to work for Messrs . Pauling , Henfrey , and Co ., until they discharge the men now working in opposition to the respective trades now on strike . " The amendment was seconded by Mr . Maxwell , delegate from the Joiners . A very animated and protracted discussion took plaee on the relative merits of the motion and amendment , after which the chairman took the opinion of the meeting , when the amendment was carried with only one dissentient , On the motion of Mr . Whittaker , Mr . Ma-nard vacated the chair , and Mr . BellhouRe assumed it . Mr . Whittaker moved : " That the best thants of this meeting are due , and are hereby given to Mr . Manard for his impartial conduct in the chair this evening . " The resolution was seconded bv acclamation , and carried unanimouslv . Mr .
Bellhouse then called on Sir . Dixon to address the meeting for a short time . Mr . D ., on coming forward , was loudly cheered . lie addressed the assembled thousands on the necessity of the Trades effecting , if possible , a national organization , as the only means of securing that protection for the labourer which his condition imperatively demanded . On the motion of oneof the joiners the following resolution was carried amids ! several rounds of hearty cheers : — " That the best thank * of this meeting are eminently due , and are hereby given , to Mr , Wm . Dixon , for the correct reports of Trades' meetings which have appeared in the A ' ortA .-ni St ^ r newspaper , and likewise for his willinsnii'ss at all times to address the Trades on the important question of Utrion . " Mr . Dixon briefly acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting broke up at eleven o ' clock .
The Manchester Trades . — On Fridav last we wen * obliged to leave the linrough Court before Mr . Roberts had concluded the whole of the business he was theii engaged in . There was another case to come on , which Mr . Roberts was engaged to defend . Messis . Pauling and Co . had taken out summonses against two sawyers for what they called breach of contract . Mr . Roberts seeing Mr . Monk preparing to leave the Court , informed the magistrates that this cn . se had vot to come on . ^ Ir . Claude informed Mr . Monk of this , who said that Mr . Ruttw hat mentioned no case to him but the one which had just lnvn ht-anl . Mr . Roberts insisted that the case > hould now be proceeded with . Mr . Maude said thra Mr . Pauling had better get his
witnesses sjiJ j . roeeed with the case . P ; iuHng then ordered one of liis men who was in court , to take a coai-h and bring the witnesses as quick as possible . But , both Paulins and Monk were evidently tired of being exposed to the public , and not wishing to Ik * present at another defeat , they ran away , so that when their witnesses arrived there was no one to appear for the prosecution . Mr . Maude asked what was to be done in the matter . Mr . Rol > erts said he w . i . s there , and ready to eo into the case , and if the other siilc had thought proper to run away and leave the easo , it \ v ; ls no fault of his . lie therefore hoped that the court
would proceed in the regular order of business . Mr . Maude said the prosecutor ought to have attended , or made some arrangements as to when the ease should come ou . Mr . Roberts * aid now was the time . He could no ; think of putting his clients to the enormous and unnecessary cxpen > c of attending again . The magistrates thi-n said that they had no alternative tat to dismiss the case , and leave the prosecutors to follow their own course . Thus concluded the labours of the day , which has established Mr . Roberts '? reputation as a lawyer in Manchester , upon a foundation that , so long as he continues honest , can never be shaken .
Bradford Shoemakers . — On Sunday evening a special meeting of the Shoemakers' Society was held at the Boy and Barrel Inn , Westgate , Mr . Quinn in the chair . The chainnan said thpy were now in the eighth week of a » trike , which had net been equalled since 1 S 22 . Ax that per iod a short struggle decided the victory in favour of the sons of toil , lmt each subfrequent panic had reduced their wages , until in many shops in Bradford the wages did not amount to more than one-haifof the amount paid in the year 1822 . It was these n-auction :, that caused the present strike ; and should they not succeed , thvry would be no end to the masters' tvmnnv o ^ er t he men . Reiun-ts . were
cireulrUi-tl bv the employer * ' sj > ie * and licksphtles that i Lilt wi-eks . would terminate the strike , iu-eording to tW Union law ? . He wa « happy to contradict su' -h stan-nient h \ reading a letter received from the committee of management , autliori . sing the strike to be voiiUj . u-hI . The secretary here read over the income .-niii t-AjK-jjtliture of ihe trade , whirh gave general satis-fatiiun . Me . s > r > . Quinn ami Smyth were eli i-u-d dt-ii-i ::-.:.--. i-i ai ;» : i >] the woolcomlKT > " ik- ' . r ^ ate nici'ti « i < r , ai .-ii In } } n"t ";> n- th ; it IhjiIv the pni { io > aLs lor a cou-^ o ! iiLit .-l iliii' -ii of the trades on the > y- > t <* ni of eoojn-rat-i . ii . The mcetljiL 7 then separated , fully determined t-j i . vl- ! nut a ^ uin-t the uncalled-for inroad on their niea , i > . i subslstenec .
Tl ! E (' oMiii-K .-. —• > n Monday a UeputaUun irum the Shin-miikers' . " soi-iety at tended a ilelcsratc uu-ctini ; of the woiil ^ imilvrs . held in Tvnvl-street , to proi "' - " a 'general u > ii >> n of all the ' irudes in Entilaiid . The \ wen * cordially received , snd the meeting ]) lwlged them ^ i-lve .- U > take tiie matter iiitocoii ^ iiU lation , and olaai' . i the i ^ jjuiwi of the v . r . i >\« 5 > o » 5 \ on ihe > ulj < - [ -i . when , if favourable , a public meitin ^ of the Trades will be liolilen . ai : « l a m-nei ' il < i > mruit !< -e ajijiomted to « irr % tl ; e j = roj » ^ iiion into vlUv"t . CoPPL !; -Pl _\ TE i ' RIMERs ¦)} M . \ M HKSTK ! :. — AI ! 1 geiien . I meeiine <¦>{ ' the above body , an unanimous vote ' •; " thank * was 'jivp ; i to the . proriietor :: nd i-onductors of tlif * y < -rt ' :-ru >'/•/ # Hewsjiapfr . fur t ' le manner in which that ; i : > er has taken up their cause in their ifi-e ! it -tri-- _ - c ! e ri' . ainst t ! ii « c lUshonourable f-iiirapeiilor- « ) , o wvn- hrirs ^ jp ^ - ni ^ -i njiOii . Tli ** tmrie ; aj !< l ! ikr-w- ~ - t \ tnhf nr » Ur maiinrr in whi' -h rhe . V .- rf ' i-> ru Sr . ir defenK t ' lP Ti-: « lr » " ?• nfi"nll » .
Ttjl- Sni'mAKnK " . oi . N ; . v . > . ; . k . —The co : i ! waiucrs t . i" Newark are « . » m » m stii- •• , di-teniiiiuHl to -lajid oiu uniil their term * ar .- ai-i- ' -. kd to . 'J'lii-y iia \ i- had inau . i diijcultie * lo eivijuutt-r , owinj to the ini * ni : nliK't of tbt-ir late ]> jt- ~ i < leiii ; V > uXl 5 u- *« -x ' . iey 1 ; iv » - o : iii > jU ! iteil . find have ir < . K »« l ] i . * j » e > * A 3 ^ it -t-iiv It iiiiiiini ; u . i fi tile strike in tiuir favour . "Wji . a . n . — i *! . \ T M }; 7 ; t ! . % -- <> r MiM . n * . — . \ larj " public meet : hi : wa * held at l-ainbrrton ( iroen . near Wijran . on Monday lr . st . It havin < : been ainiounced rliat Mr . Htilif-rt-wm : W attend , ¦' he was met at tl ) e Wi ^ an Railway station by a ] irofi-N < iiiii of upwards of two thousand persons , carry ins numerou * banners beariiiir a ] i 7 > roj . riate hjscnjii ! i > n > . and aeeompaiiH-d by several band * "f music . Mr . liolx-rts luiviiiL * lx-eu
seated in a vehicle provided f « w the < K-casu > n . \ \ vcrowd proceeded to the place of meeting . Tliey wt-YV joined by m-tcwI other Ixidies of colliers on the route , so that by the t : me they reached the village there must have l » ei-n ujiwards of 3 JJD 0 ]) ersons jiresent . Having reached the place of meeting , a miner named Hoorsc lianisey . of ^ Lirwlen . near i ' olnc , « - ; t- « call < - < l on to preside . The chairman having ojionwl the business , n >> sfrvt'd that they weiv met together for th < purpn . se of enconnurinu each other to carry out the great principles for which thvy were strugglingnamely , an advance of waees ( -ijnivalejit lo their merits as workmen . What they required , and they would cnntiniK-to flcinand it itntil it was jrrantod , w ; is : i fair dnv ' s wagi" > lor a fair dav ' s work , which , whf * n
aeconiplisbed , Lc believ . > 1 would <> e as lmieb to the int * -rest of the master as to the interest of the men . It was well known that ever since the price of coal was a- ' vanccd . tlie masters y > ut the whole of tiie profit nrt' > their own j-o < -k « -i _ s—and tln-y % vere now dctt-niMn-P (] to jiut tho miiif'iN down , but in this atteinj-t th <> y would never succeed . They Ube mein w » nl > l . by unity , ovnvrmie even' difficulty , anil by restrict ' mt ; the hours of tin-rr labour , keep the supply regulated by the demand . It was thi > mode of restricting labour that had do ; .-e s , j niudi to put down the tni' -k sysiem ; and by a strsifly pers-everance th ^ y would soon put down that sy ~ tem of low wa ^ cs which had so lonu oppressed theui . irheers . i Mr . diaries Parkinvm , from I > . ; -haiu . n > xt addressed the meetinL ' . The
present cor . tesi . he >; i ' , was a s trUL' ^ lc between capital and laljotu-. (" ai ' it .-il had Ion ? had the ascendancy to the gr . ^ ax dcstriit tinn of the ritrhts of lnlxiur : but the time - \ yji-s at lenirth come when laVM > ur would nol'l tij > her heat ! ; u : d demand tliat fair rvnrunenition lo whieh she w ; is etithlcd : at the same time lie w ; i * ready to ailmii tLat the master ought to iiave a fair rewanl for the iim-sirnent of his capital and skill : but wliilst ne made that admission he was Vxiuiid to sav that the operatives were justified in demanding a *• fair day ' s wa « es fora fair d .-iy ' s work . " and this measure of justice they ivere now rt-s-dred to have . ' Hear . ) Their sufferings had already reached the most distant jiarts of the world , and had also reached the throne of Uueeji Victoria . Their complaints had been heard ,
and the < rovernment of Sir Roiiert Peel had sect commissioners into the country to inquire into their condition , nnd inve > ti < Tat the cause of so much sacrifice of human life : and he feared not but tliat in the next ? es « ion of Parliament « ome step would be taken to secure better regulations- in coal-mines . The speaker concluded by again urging them to stand firm to theii cause , and never to forget that to keep their Inborn restricted was one of the most important objects to be accomplished . —Mr . Benjamin Emberton , of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . was the next speaker . He said they must not exjx-rt to accomplish every object they sought to obtain in a few weeks , months , or years nor should they )*>¦ dismayed hecnuse they had ncl fully succeed ^ : on the contrary , every defeat should stimulate to further exertion and determine them tc
be more energetic for the future . The mast-el's woiilc not so easily give up the contest ; thov ( the men must , therefore , keep up the good and" unanimous feeling which at present existed among them , and on « a day repeat their motto , that " Union alone can savt us . " " He had l > een informed since he came to the meeting that some of the masters had been turninj their nien out of employment . Fonarhat purpose wai that doue 1 "Why , to throw mow idle labour into tin market , by which a greater degree of competitioi would be ' created . The only remedy for this wa a restriction of the time for those who were em ploved , and this course he hoped they would adopt-Mx * James Priee , one of the secretaries to the dele sate meeting , spoke at considerable length in suppor of the principles of the Union , and the justice o their demands . He complained of the LiverpoolTimcs That journal , i I , had set it forth to the publn
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that the ' colliers were , in many instances , demanding that the masters should take off six tubs from the score . Nothing could be more unfair than the way in which this matter was put before the public . It would appear , from the statements made by that paper , that the men wanted fourteen tubs to be called twenty , whereas , the fact was , that at some mines in the neighbourhood twenty-six was only reckoned as twenty . This was the system the colliers wished to do away with , or else that the masters would pay 26 s . as one sovereign . This was all they requested in that respect , and he thought it was only just that they should have it . They did not care if the masters called thirty a score , provided they paid 30 s . to the . £ 1 . —Mr . W . P . Roberts , solicitor , who was received with immense applause , was next called upon by the chairman . He said he was there that dav to offer
his adviee and counsel to the men who were engaged in that most mighty movement . He was there for the purpose of encouraging them to persevere in their good cause ; and the fact of so many thousands standing for so long a period listening to what was said by men of their own class on so cold a day , convinced him that each and all were determined to prosecute the good work in which they were engagea . ( Hear ) . The speakere who had preceded him had given them much matter for-consideration , and he had no hesitation in urging them to weigh well what had been said to them . Masters might groan and magistrates might grumble because they had taken that course ; but let them say and do an they p leased , the workmen sought only to bring the Laws ot England to bear upon the . right ?
fit" labour . What were the objects they had in view ? They appeared to him to be these : —the first was to obtain by legal means and by legal assistance the rights to which they were fairly entitled . This they could not have without money , and therefore they were legally uniting together for that purpose . Had they not us good a right to unite their monies together to obtain ati advance of their wages as any railway company had to construct a railroad ? Secondly , when men are out of eiuplovment , had not their fellow-men a right to subscribe their monies together to relieve them under the circumstances ? Thirdly ,
when a man falls sick , purely it cannot be denied that those who labour with him ' have a right to comfort him in distress ? Much has been said against the minors-for restricting their labour , but he would advise them to continue to do so , as by that course they would keep superabundant labour out of the market , and enable those engaged to procure a better remuneration . Tlie proceedings lasted upwards of two hours and a halt , during which the men stood shiverinir with cold , but evidently with great patience . At the close of the business the chairnuin again urged them to stand firm , after which they separated .
The Bakki . vo Fishmixiev . — These mariners have almost all returned to their fishing smacks , ami jirocecded tu sea , the employers having consented to their returning home even- voyatre , instead of stopping at Gravesend to unload their fell , and then going out to sea again without seeing their wives und familes for six or nine months together . As regards extra wages , no concession , we untlei-htand , ha * been made , tlie men finding that their most grievous complaint respecting the voyages was attended to , having foregone their demand and returned to their emidovuient .
La-ncasiuuf . Toai . Mixers . —A public meet-ing of the miners of the Asliton and Oldhnm districts was held on the afternoon of Monday last , on a plot of ground'in front of the Horse-Shoo Inn , liardoley , hotween Asliton and Oldham . The meeting was the most numerous ever held in this part since the commencement of the miner ' s movement . Mr . Preed , a working miner , was unanimously culled to the chair . The meeting was addressed by Mr . Welsberg , Mr . Harris , and Wm . Dixon of Manchester , and the
usual resolutions passed . We are happy to say that the Union in tins part of Lancashire is in a vonprosperous condition , and also that the men are getting some small advance in their wages . We have also much pleasure in statin ? , that a second advance has taken place , in tfce Rochdale district , of lod . per quarter . The masters in the DukeuHold district have advanced the coals at the pit 4 < i . per tul > , to enable them to give the men one halfpenny per tul > , which the Mwli-: < t > -r 6 ' wn'wn makes much noise about .
The Lan < asihhf . Mineus ' I ' nion . —Mr . Kditor . In the M-in < -j ,, ;< r < T Gvnr < lian \* f . Wednesday then- is a lone article headed " Expected Strike of the Coal Miners . " In that article , the editor of the 'ittuniinn ghv > i a circular which has ) n-vn > vn \ In ihc iiifii to the masters , roqurstimr them to give tin-: u a small advance of wajre « . i > n that circular the editor comments , and evidently wishes to magnify this simple reijuest into a threat of a strike . If this had been done in an honest manner , and in accordance with truth , weshould not have troubled you with this communication : l » ut the olyect of '' tlie man "' wliiit does •¦ the ( j-tuiniinii' is evidently to piTJudke the public against the coal miners oi' this county , by civinir only a portion ot' the circular in questi » n , < - <> i : t > lf- <] with n little of what Brother . loiwithnn
would call "" ii- ! 'ikiii'f round tli , truth . Ut course this is iiothiii" new to those who know anytliiii ! . <¦! the propensities of the comhict" ? x ; f tlii . * "" rib- r < w , " wJhj >« - ohiect is at nil time * to rcMM the inst demand «» f the industrious classes , and strengthen the hands of the oppressor . The editor of the ti ' nnr- /> u » > ajs : We Mie \ e the average daily wa-jes of tlie miners in this district—and we state thi * from information obtained from about thirty iliiieront colliers—is aii-jt four shillings for eight hum ' s' labour . It wofdd ! k- well if the editor of the ( n'onlrm ami \ n > informants , if they would act like lioucM men , would jMve the " whole truth" instead ol only a part . They alv . avs irive fiii' minors' " /«< ¦ " >•« -, " but never lot the public know a word about their " << i't < jo . '' The fact
i * . this would not answer their purpose . 1 Ik- Ou-ir-(//*•» says not a word about candles und powder , which will cost , at the least . : } s . per week : nor dare he let the public kmow that tin ? minors ha \ c to tind their own tools , winch will take , on a moderate calculation . 1 * . nioiv ; neither dare he call attention to the robl > eries inHieteil upon the miner through th < system of takimrhis coals trom him , under the plea ol " sl : oit measure , " " tint clear . " Ac . ; which will average fr » jm Is . <;< 1 . to 2 s . t ; d . jier fortnigiit . Thi « Jatter " deduction " could not be cil'ectcd , were the miner p : \ iil by weight instead of by measure . The editor ot the G Hard kin wishes to impress upon the public that the minors arc in the receipt of XI 4 s . per week , hut we vhalU-ime cither hira ov his int « vnvivuts to prove
that , after " paying all that comes against them , " the miners of Lancashire , on the average , receive more than 15 s . per week , clear money to take homo . The advance sought by the men is twopence in the shilling on their present wages , which would make ilu-m about 17 * . j > er week , and thi * tremendous amount of remuneration for venturing their lives into the bowels of the earth to produce tliat which the Giun ' iiinnwry properlv calls a " necessity of life . " Now the fact is , the men have sent a request to their masters to give the above advance ; but where the editor of the < inrir < ii < ut < rets his information , relative to a general strike as beinjr about to take place , is unknown to the minors of Lancashire ; certainlv' their circular makes no incut ion thereof .
Now let us hear what the O ' vanlian says about this enormous < k'inand , and the robbery likely to be inrlicted on the j > ul > lic if they should succeed , lie says , " when it i .-. sronemlly lfeo ^ nised that the coal Illinois are in effect . < ayin < r to the mast . r > , von jii- *! . sclhii ^ youv ctinls too cheap : nil we -, » sk is , that you *! : < iul < l tax the public , in order to put more profit into your pockets and higher wall's into ours , " We cannot think tlu < t the public generally will be tiisjio * wl . by any promise ofsiipport , to t ncoiiia ^ e and tiici-Ikate a gciieral strike : tlie conseijiiences of which jmist l > e ] 'rodm-tivr of considerable loss Wolli to thn ' co , i ) mi nets and the public , and so extremely disastrous to the miners themselves , and all who are dependent upon them . " In answer to all this , what
d » e . s this circular really say < Why this—'" It would : he well if the masters could maintain au uniformity «> j" prices , neci > r < l ) iiEr to the rm \ <¦«/«< of tho article . ' I ) oos the o < litor of the liitiriHo-ii think it in just that the consumer should pay tlie /• •"/ rnlvr of the article In ! consumes ' Does ho call it taxing the public to demand the value of the article purchased ' . Why , if this d » ctrine be con-oet , the projirietoi's of the '' uanliati , aret .-ixers of the public : because they " iix " w ) uit ilioy consider tJie nal value of their own " { -iff >< iy . " But now we will let the public sec what the tax would be which tlie men at present ask for . It would not
amount to one half-tarthmg per cwt ., or rwopoiieehalfpehny per pan ! This would never lie felt by the public , whilst it would give the miner two shillings and sixpence per week to expend with the parties who had paiil twopence-halfpenny more for a pan of coal , which would last six or eight weekss Thus they would not fool tlie farthing per week paid for the coals : but tlie two shillings and sixpence a Meek would be . a real blessing to the miner's wife and family . The editor then says , " what an outcry would be made , if the niastei's were to unite for the purpose <> f paying the least po-sible amount of wages . " He knows full well that sneh an association is in exist ?
enee , and has been since 1841 ; and th a * they have hold their regular monthly meetings , lie also knows that they have established a system of " qnittanre * papers : ' and a man that dares to take an active part in defence of the workman ' s riehts is marked out foi " vcngcatirc . " But enough of this . We have spent too much time already on the worthless boing whe can prostitute those faculties which nature has giver him in endeavouring to mtih ' gn and falsify ever } movement made for the good of the working bees . There is one other remark which we mu&t make ar
obsei-vation or two upon . The editor of the Caardina wishes to impress on the public miml , that " the miners Executive is an irresjx » isibh body . This h not the fact . On the contrary , they are perhaps the most responsible body of the kind in the kingdom , lie also says that the funds of the association are ai the disposal of one man . It would be well if he would not trouble himself with things he knows nothing about , und not attempt to write on a suhject oi which he is as ignorant " as the man in the moon . " However , for the satisfaction of the public , and tc prove the baseness of the wretch who could thus
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parade his ignorance before the world for such a purpose , we be £ to say that the treasurer of tlie Miners' Association has not the disposal of the funds : in fact , neither he nor any one else i » allowed to pay one farthing without the order of the miners , by their representatives , either in conference or delegate meeting assembled . We are , Sir , on behalf of the Lancashire Miners , W . Dixon , W . Grocett , County Secretaries .
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REPEAL ASSOCIATION . — Monday . The usual weekly meeting of the Repeal Association was held at the Conciliation Hall . The attendance ^ was extremely numerous , every part of the building being crowded to inconvenience . Mr . O'Connell said v—Ue had made a pause to try if tlie Federalis ts would join them , but he had been totally disappointed . They had , he l-nijrht add without alluding to any person in particular , betrayed them , and he was bound to say that he now expected nothing from them . The Federalists were Irishmen , but they had a preference for somebody else ; they did not think that Irishmen ought to ' troveni for themselves . They were good-natured people ; but the love of fatberkrid did not burn brightly in their bosoms , ami he could not endure anv Irishman who
did not prefer Ireland to every country in tho world . He had no national antipathies , but he had a national preference , and that was in favour of Ireland and the Irish . Some of those Federalists would from time to time fall in to the association , but they wore at present kept away by Whig predilections . " The Federalists should not deceive themselves , and if they hereafter make any motion , he coxild toll them—unless they came forward at once—that they would speak too late . As for Mr . Sharinan Crawford ' s plan of Federalism , all ho would say of it was that he respected the boldness and manliness with which its author had come forward , but that it did not confiain a single sentence or proposition that he could adopt . ( Hear , hear . ) It wasa solier , dull piece of plodding ,
having neither rijfht nor left , neither lio ^ inniiiL : nor end , and they would , leave it , like an unliekejf cub , never to be formed into any shape whatever . They had then done with Federalism ; and he wished iu the next place to take notice of a portion of the British pross . Ue alluded to , t London newspaper , the liiTumlner , in the last number of which there was an article , of oourw : abusing him , and headed with the words " Richard in himself again . " That was a kind of walking falsehood of the Examiner , for it distinctly admitted that ho made no proposition for Federalism tliat was . not looking for repeal , and something more than simple rcpeaL ( Hear , hoar . ) ( Ho then read the extract from tho Examiner , in which his allusion at the Limerick dinner to his political
revenge-being " deaf its the honey cup of lite , " Was stigmatized as an infernal sentiment . | He denied that it was either unchristian or infernal . lie had distinctly stated that he had no personal or individual animosity , but that lie hated injustice and oppression ; but as it was English injustice , tho Examiner thought they had a right to leave it . There was a VVliLjr writer for them ! Some persons were surprised that they should draw the Whigs into tho category of their contempt , but those people but little knew how totally the Whigs had lost the confidence- of the Irish people through the scurrility of their writers . The E . ramini'r man also ( piaiTolJed with his cap . lio was obliged , when speaking in the open air or in larire assemblies , to wwir a covering on his hc .-ul , and it his
cap hiipvenod to be a lioautifully ornamented one fie might thank a dear little daughter of his then present , who thought n ' t to make it so ; and this ho could add , tliat if the cap did not fit him he would not wear it . ( Laughter and cheers . ) [ Mr . t t'Connoll then read the SuiiNcijiieiit passages from the article in the K . r < un 8 ier , in winch it was stated that it ' an untruth would have served his ( Mr . O'ConnolJ '*) purpose , ho would adopt it as readily-as a truth ] , lie would tell the miscreant that lie lied . lie would quietly pronounce tho entire of that paragraph a * gross n falsehood as ever yet au Kngli . sh brute asserted with respect to an Irishman .
lh . it man might complain of the harshness of his language , but how ; dared he print such a slander against any man ' . -His entire public life was before the world , and if the Exmaiin-r could prove its assertion , the opportunity was open to it to do so , but if it cmild not—and lie dt-tied it to do so—then he was justified in prououueiuu ; the cliai' ^ o iv gw ^ h ; v » 4 Wing calAiuny . He would then leave the wwiudi-el where he louud him , ami proceed lo consider the dinvrciit resolutions which he had mentioned ut tho last d ; v > n ! mooting . | Injustice' to the Erannifi ; we reprint below the article which has called fiirth thi * attack , j The advocates of the union had stated that -Ireland was in
a more prosperous condition now t ! i ; in at the period of the union . Ho denied the fact in !¦•< " . The honourable frontloman then went into sumo stniistic . il fact * , for tlie | nirposc of showing that helar . d was not in a * Nourishing a condition now as at the time to which he alluded , and quoted Kohl to jn ' nvo that thoiv wa » tnore wretchedness in this country than in any other in Kuropo . Tho 1 'oor-Law commissioners ami Captain Larcom had also givon the most frightful picture ot the sulforings of tlie people . It was to the infennl union that all these misfortunes were to be : it triluitrd . lie would . show that Ireland wa > not jir < i [ ietiv roprcsenic . l . Taking her revenue and population into consideration , she . was entitled to 17- " ' members , riaeed as the executive virtiinllv is in the Ilmise ot
( onmions , it wa . s of tlie utmost iniuortaH'v that Ireland . should he propo . i ! y represented . He would put it to t ' . o common , sense of the F . n ^ lish people , was it fair that Wales * hould . send ' 2 *? members to Parliament , whilst the-county Cork , ( which ho had tin honour of ivprosoutfii-sii , with au nmal number of i : i habitants , should return but two representative * . : Was if not folly to call th . it a union which wa * ou-onc side all tyranny ami partiality ( Uv . u- ) f The sunn iirineiple was carried out in the corporation * - . Tin Irish Municipal Act wms materially defective : the franchise wa . s rated sn h ' njn as to < - \< hnle from tin l ) Umws list about tl ' nve-f . iui'tlis of tho ^ e who would in Hnuiand Im > ' burj : e * ses . ( Hear , hear , hoar . ) Hi would assert that there never was ;\ < n-e ; iter injustice perpetrated bv one country on another , than in
tincase of the Irish Municipal Act . M ' i . oors . ) There was another monster "rievanee ir . tli-ted upon the people of this country—a ^ newmce which would n <» t be tolerated for one moment in any ut ' . ur country in tho world . It wa . s tho church iniliction . ( Ifear , hoar ) . The people of Irclaml wcro constrained to support two f-hurches—tho one , the clmvch of the smaller , ami , at tlie same time , tin wealthy class of society—tho other , the church of the many , and of the poor . ( Hoar , hoar . ) Was that just , was that fair , aiid was it rational i This anomaly should l > o removed—( cheers)—the people of Ireland would never he satisfied till it was abolished . ( Hear , hear . ) At the same time , he wished it to !> e
understood that a due regard should l > c paid to existing rights . A greater misfortune ho would assort could not happen to any country than an union between church and state . ( Hear , hoar . ) The honourable pentleman then proceeded to take a review of tlio fiscal injustice which the union hail hitticteil on Ireland , and detailed the disastrous effects of absenteeism , urging the absolute necessity that existed for aif absentee tax , which ho said a domestic legislature would not hesitate to impose , and then alluded to tho evils consequent on a distant and remote legislature . After some further business had boon disposed of , Mr . O'Conncll announced the rent for the week to be i' -HW ~ ri . ( id . (< 'liecrs . )
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ancestors—not merely the men alone , but the women also —fought and Wed , and died and conquered ( ijuery , afttr they had died ]; for their country . ( Hear , hear . ) . I entertain not the slightest animosity towards a single individual in pVivate life , but / have a political revenge and luitred dear as the honey cup of life of which I have tasted for many longiyeafs ; dean-as the sweetest memory of the departed is the uriaffected aniraotity which ! bear towards English injustice and tyranny . If this infernal sentiment of the Irish leader be shared in by any considerable number of his followers , sooner or later it must have its vent in blood . And this man deprecates murder , with a sentiment on his lips the most Revengeful , the most ruthless , and with an easy change of application tallying with tlie feelinsr of everv vindictive sanguinary savage .
When an unjust sentence was hanging over Mr . O'ConneU , and when he came over to this country , a much-subdued man , the most generous sympathy awaited him-4-and not more , or more warm , was the sympathy thaii due , for he was an oppressed man . He professed at tho time to be much touched at the just and cordial feeling in his favour which he found in England ; ' and if we remember rightly , he declared that it had corrected some of his prejudices against the Saxon met : Ho now meditates another visit for another appeal to the justice . ! of the people of England , and see with what reliance on our intelligence he i 3 coming amongst us : 4-
" / have mijcfi th < y > jht upon the iuyKnctriOnlity of truth into England , ( tiui IsoUmoily ftfihtri ' , that it tipptvirs to me as if ( i A-iud of ixliiiKUttiiic ici'' surrounded that country , nviki » fi it hnpercb / iw to ew < w opyrfwch of truth . It may arrive on the four wings of heaven , and with tht' force of ck-etricit \ , to every [ human being elsewhere ; but the fact is most iistminiliiiji , that if nerer ran ptnelf ' itf into Etiylaml . ( Jli ; ir , hear . ) ; Talleyrand said that the use of lan ^ ua ^ t wa . H to enable ! man to conceal his thoughts , and iu tlit sanu > manner it might be said that the use of the English press was to keep up the ignorance of the people . It
supported the delusion under which John Hull is lahouiiiig , anil told him that the Irish people ha I no grievances to complain of ; l'ut I am det .,-riuinud to -in an opportunity to every mun , . Woman , ami child in Clvent l ' ritnin to understand the contrary . To If sure , J cunnot anso : cr for tlm aijMiciti ) of tln-Xr t jonius , for they hace hut little of thf . shrewdness which entdies Pmidy to arrive to nqiidlii at fiicte . It is to thui task I inn detenniniMl to devote the ensuing montV , and 1 am resolved t ( j ]» ersi \ ere until I coinuvl England h > uinlLTstaiul tjic grit-vanpes of which » e ruiu [ iluin . / a . ji resolvtxl that tJwu ahall'lo f . n . < oi- ( no tluinks tu them .
How gracious , how kindly is all this . To be sure it is not intended for the eye of Kngland . ' it having been uttered I to feed animosity in Ireland , and that which is the best aliment of hatred , contempt . Mr . ( J'Conhell i . s the very lust man who should complain of a people ' s incapacity for the reception of truth . His allegiance to truth has not boon so strict as to entitle him to cnniiilain ( if nejrlect of its voice , llo has had lio otlior j-ulo in liis statouiciits and reprobeiitations than to say that which served tho purpose , pood or . bad , of the moment , and whetluv the thiii !^ was true or untrue , lia . s been no consiuVriition . If an untruth has Miiteil him hotter than a truth , it ha . * been adopted ; if a truth has been more to the p urpose , he has had no antipathy to it , forbidding its use . He takes up the one or the other as a weapon , without caring what their nature may "be , so that thev strike ami wound .
Mr . O'ConneU complains of " the slanderous mummery of the Examiner . " We do not \ cry clearlv understand the nature of the offence so described , l > ut perhaps we commit it in copying the reports of \{ v . OWnine !!' * proceedings . For instance , at tho meeting of tho Repeal Association on the 2 sth ult ., we tind that Mr . O'Connell" Invested himself wilh a new crown-shaped hat of great rdt'ct , richly jilccurated with golden wreaths i » t' shami-, > i-kh " ; That this i * nuimmm there can be v . o doubt , and if the report : ho fal . se , it may ho what Mr . O'Connell stylos " scandalous mummery , " but tlie fault is not ours . 1
We have been informed that when Mr d'Co-uiell puts on that ! very tine cap , he receives persons with au air and ceremony of re ^ al * tate . Mr . l > ' ( oimell , docked in tho alderman ' s robes , and with tho crownshaped cap on his head , playing such antics , must indeed convoy the idea of " a slanderous mummery " ( if royalty , f The report state * that when he put on the cap the a . s . Miiibly cheiered loudly . When such tomfoolery in action can lie applauded , can we wonder at the similar acceptation < if thinp > not , less absurd ii > speech . ' The duinb-sliow pan in worthy of the oratorical , and tho oratorical of the dumb-show . Tho speech at Dublin was not so virulent and violent ; i . s that at Liniorii k , but there was , nevertheless , an abundance of ill-temper in it .
The most remarkable pa ** a < ro iu it is tue declaration that Mr . (( 'Council " will not accept a-repeal of the I' ii ion ac the hands oi 1- ranee . " That great admiral , the ; Prince de . loiuville , Li then uo lonuor to be coiiiitod oil . lint how is it that Mr . O'Connell is so nice as totlio hands from which so blessed a thing as repeal is to lie taken ' . Are there so . many and such easy ways oliobtaining repeal that he can 'afford to be fa . * tiilioiH ' . : Loui > J'hilijipc is a bad character , but if bad cliaracter is to ho an objection to the offer of repeal , whciy is the great man vlio is to confer it ' . 1 * M " . O'Connoil himself t | uiie good enough , and fault-Ic * . * ( MOtli" II i
Thoiv arti many points of i \ semblance , hot ween him and Loiii 14 Philippe , whom be sr < abu . * cs , ami not without ground * . Uoth proles * a great love of peace , while they cherish the pi'upciisitics to war . lioth maintain a state of peace on the verge of war . Uoth act a * ( lam > Uo passions , which will burst out and devastate whenever the temporary checks whiell have given ihcin depth while ri > tniinint ; them are removed . Both will bequeath largo legacies of tvovibles to theiv respective ij > ii ; itrii-s . lioth are intent on their pers <' . tal life iiitere . *( s , and / lecij / c " .-. of what is lo follow tbeni when the wild hopes encoiua ^ ed aiul-the pa ^ - MOII Illllameii by them will be m > longer under theii ' controlliiiir i . nlliii'ii . 'o . Ot ' each it may be said , as it was of' a groitt ruler of antinuity , that lie should never b . ivc lived or should never die , so much ov . il have ibey fomented which they only can control . Men who so raise up and use the most dautreroits powers for the little purposes of their day ought to bo immortal . — Exaniini r .
DlVXEIt TO Mil . ClU'IsK , OK I > Alt !> l . * . TOWX AND 1 * Anisniwx , in ! Wkstmhath . —This irontIonian was cntortained at a public dinner in the town of Clonmolloti , iu Aycstmoath , on Wednesday evening , 2 Jtli ultimo , to njark their sense of his conduct as ft good and buiiuine landlord . Tho tenantry of Mr . Cruise , it will he recollected , wcro ejected from their holdings at bardistovin and at I'aristown . some time since—a circumstance which created considerable public attention at tile time ; anil no sooner did Mr . Cruise see , by tho jprococdings of the Repeal Association , what had been done , than lie hastened to Ireland from America , where ho then resided , for the purpose of reinstating them . Upwards of l" > u
gentlemen sat down to dinner , but i /' acfoiinnndatioi ) could have Won procured , throe or four hundred would have been present . ; so groat was the anxiety to oompliincnt tliis oxi-ollent gentleman , and to \ indicate the principle of tlie Fixity of Tenure . Tlie chairman , the Rev . Mr . Dowling , P . P . ol Clonmelloji , in proposing the health of their truest , said : '' That within ten years , einlini : in I >* 4 <> . there was a fallini ; ( iliin the population of tlie county of : 5 ii : ) . iMlii souls . Some tow thousands of those' had "emigrated ; but what bocamo of tho groat mass ' . They were crushed by extermination , (( beers . ) Was such a state of tilings ever ! witnessed before : ' A whole people was nearly decimated without tho aid of famine ,
pestilence , or ; tiie . * word , within the space of ten short years . It was hardly possible for a ten years' war j to produce such lonihle results . Tht health of 1 ' . K . Cruise , i-Nip , having been drunk amid great ; cluer ' nig , Mr . Cruise rose with no ordinary toolings to return them thanks for the distinguished honour they had conferred on him — an honour to which he was not entitled . . Xn eominu from America ho felt lie did no more than was necessary to perform a duty which every honest man owed bis tenantry ; and he regretted , fur their sakos , thai his arrival wa . s nof sooner . ( Clieers ) . He came over , however , a . 4 soon as ho was able to wind up the atFaii > of his family ; and on his arrival in this country found a most vindictive feelint ; existed against him on the partinf'somo individuals , lie had not been a < homo twelve hours when ho wa . s asked to sign tht death-warrant of his ousted tenantry ; or , in other words , to execute the leases of tho prcsoni
holders . ( i > n his arrival in Liverpool ho foun < the leases actually on board the packet to be son out to him . The man who had acted for . him ii his absence li ; ui acted without authority . Wha heart not raade of adamant could read tlie " recitals ii the Dublin journals of the misery caused b y the eject ments on hjs estates without being moved ? And fo his own part he felt . pained at the extraordinary pro cod ii re of liis agent . The first intimation given ti him was , that his land was let to a Mr . Dyas , a mai whom he never saw ; and as he felt that liis own in tercsts , as well as those of his tenantry , wore sacri tieed , ho did uot deserve the compliment which wa paid him that evening . God " tempered the wind ti tho shorn lamb ; " and lie had no doubt that hefon many days elapsed all parties would have their own ( Cheers . ) . " jit is to be hoped that the landlord olas will take a lesson from Mr . Cruise . Ry so doing they will be instrumental in removing the agvariai outrages tliat at present are so prevalent in Ireland .
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Farrixgpox Ward . — On Sunday evening last a large meeting was held at the Union Arms , Unioncourt , Holborn-hil ] , Mr . P . Lucy in the chair , After the transaction of the usual preliminary business such as delivering cards to those who had previously enrolled themselves , the chairman briefly and appropriateiy expressed his views on the question of a Repeal of the Legislative t / nion now existing between Ireland and England . He said Ireland wanted her own legislature , composed of her own sons , sitting in College-green . She wanted protection to her industry , her genius , and her resources . The present state of affairs could not endure . The Irish people were justly dissatisfied with it . ( Cheers . ) Mr D . Cocoran then read the speech of the Liberator at the
Conciliation Hall of the 26 th ult ., which was received with loud cheers . Mr . J . Lindsay , R . W . and V . on being called on , dwelt at great length on the benefits that would arise from a Repeal of the Union ; and said if Ireland had a Parliament , there would not be £ 6 , 000 , 000 of absentee rents , and £ 6 , 000 , 000 paid annually for English manufactures ; for Ireland would be able to supply them herself . Previous to the Union , Ireland , with a population of only 4 , 200 , 000 , consumed the chief of her produce . The population had nearly doubled since the Union and they exported to England in pork , eggs , Ac . & <; ., ' to the amount of £ 8 , 000 , 000 annually , while the surplus revenue and Irish crown rents , which were £ 1 , 500 , 000 more , made the annual drain on that
unfortunate country of £ 21 , 500 , 000 . In speaking of the flourishimr condition of Ireland from 1782 to 1 S 00 , he said that the jealousy of the English manufacturers was so great against Ireland in 1737 , that the father of the present Premier said to Pitr that if something was not done by him to stop the progress then making in Ireland , he would break \ ra his establishment in England and remove to Ireland . If Ireland had a parliament , would there be 2 , 400 , 000 destitute ere .-ittires in Ireland ? Would 7 , 000 persons annually fall under the iron grasp of the grinding landlord system ' . Would Ireland be saddled with £ 2 , 100 , 000 tithe rent charge i Would there have been a contemplated massacre ; the frustration of the trial by jury ; a chief justice of the Irish Court of Queen ' s
liencii proclaiming himself on " one side ; " a reoorder suppressing the jury lists , and dancing off to Sir Robert Peel ' s in Staffordshire , in the midst of his well-paid labours by the public , whose paid and hired servant he was '( Mr Lindsay then dwelt at great lemrth on the indu .-tfr / aJ i-t-soarees of Ireland , her capability of becoming a great and prosperous nation , and resumed his seat amidst loud cheering . Mr . Melton ( an Englishman ) next addressed the meeting , and said that the Repeal of the Act of Union would benefit the working classes of England . The Irish were compelled to seek employment in England , which was the means of reducing the price of labour . It was the duty of the working classes of England to join in tlie cry for Repeal . The English middle classes
wore opposed to the Repeal from fear of losing some of their profits ; but at the same time they used the Irishmen that came over to this country—not for the love they bore them—but for the purpose of reducing wages , and making the honest and upright Englishmen to work for less . The union was the cause of the Ti-i . * Iimen coming over here ; let the Englishmen assist their Irish brethren to repeal that Act , which had reduced one of the finest countries in Europe from the position of a nation to that of a province , and thus give plenty of employment for Irishmen at homo , and Englishmen would have no reason to complain . He then drew the attention of the meeting to the leading articles in that day ' s . Dispatch and Lloyd ' s Neiftfrtipo-iv , in which Repeal was made the object of
their abuse . He hailed the appearance of the North ern Star in the metropolis ; a journal devoted to the interest of "the People and the rights of Labour , and which regularly reported thoiv proceedings . ( Cheers . ) IJere-a person endeavoured to create a schism on account of Mr . O'Connor ' s opinion on the Rochabite question , but the sood feeling of the meeting would not tolerate it . Mr . P . Loo , ' R . W ., said , whatever difference existed between Mr . O'Connor and Mr . O'Connell was not tho business thev had met for . Thore had been already too much of " what " one old woman should sny , what another old woman told her , " and so . on . llo believed that something of the kind existed between Mr . O'Connell and Mr . O ' Connor .
For one , he was thankful to the proprietor of the Star for tho publicity he gave to their proceedings in London . Mr . P . Twohey , R . W ., followed in the sarne strain , and highly condemned the conduct of the person who had vnvle ;\\ 'onvei \ to create an ill feeling against ah individual that had done them no wrong . The difference that existed between the Liberator and the proprietor of the Northern ' Stay was no business of theirs . Tlx \ v wore onife able to nettle it themselves . Ho was glad to find the good fooling that existed amongst them . They had by their conduct proved thom * ohes worthy the name of Irishmen . Messrs . Collins and 1 ' oley also addressed the meeting , and eighteen persons enrolled themselves as associates .
Li \ rtit \ Vix-Ku : jjt > W . ujd . —On Sunday a numerous and respectable meeting was held at the Temperance and Repeal Hall , St . ' Clement ' s-Iane , Strand ; Mr . John O'Connor in tho chair . The meeting was eloquently addressed by Messrs . Cavanagh , Dunne , Lennard , and Calanan " . Twenty-four wore enrolied as associates . GiiEKvwien Ward . —A large mooting of this Ward was held cm Sunday the 24 th ult , at the Ship and Last , Straiis-moiith , Deptfovd . Mr . Calanan in the chair . Several extracts were road from tho Irish
lournals . l'lie Chairman addressed the moetiua in an impressive manner oji the beneficial results that would flow from Repeal . Mr . Brady followed , and at -i-eat length showed tlie evils that treland laboured und' -r bv the Imperial Parliament not being able to irivo that attention to Irish affairs that an Irish Parliament would . Mr . Crowly also addressed the meeting ;> t groat loii'ith , and said that it was owing to the givody avarice of the mill owners and merchants of England that tho nationality of Treland . was sacrificed to boneiit them . Several were enrolled .
KotiiRkhitiie New Ward . —On Sunday evening th . e-24 th . ult .. a mooting of this Ward took pla « c at tho Rose and Rummer , Paradise-street , Rothorhithe . Mr . P . Camady presided on the occasion . Several oft be association reports-were read , and the meeting was addressed at ; nvat length by Mr . Freeman , on the present glorious aspect of Repeal . Several other able speeches were delivered . The Liberator s speeches at Limerick were also road , and several persons enrolled themselves . ( Jaiwpield W . um mot at the Duke of Sussex , Grange-walk , Bormondsey , on Sunday evening last ; Mr . E . Twomoy in the chair , who made a
speech ot great tact and ability . After alluding to the disastrous effect of the Union , he said , the army has been in most countries a conquering weapon , while in Ireland it has been the sanguinary agent of ruthless cruelty , savage license , and unchecked barbarity ; yet has Ireland recruited its ranks most liberally . Irishmen have assisted to gain its triumph—Irishmen were among the bravest who fell at Waterloo , and the first who mounted the breach of Badajoz ; the plains of Medea , tiie heisrhts of Barossa , and the burning sands of Egypt , are constant proofs of the undaunted valour of Irishmen . It would lie an awkward thing for England if Irishmen grew " disloyal" enough to stay at homo , and deeline
' To swell . the tide of British glory , Aiding despots in thuir need , Who ' ve cliangi'd our green so oft to gorv . " Rut I .-11- -be it from us even to discuss thi 3 matfr . We must rally under the banner of Repeal , as ' the only way to preserve tho Constitution . ( Chews . ) Mr . M . Geary , R . W ., followed ; and twenty-three persons enrolled themselves as associates . H . viir Tempekaxce Ward , Repeal Readingrooms , 4 ft , Kixo-stkf . et , Bonorciii . —The meetings of this Ward , formerly held on Mondays , are now heH on Sunday evenings . At the last moot ing , Mr . R » Maguire presided . The mooting was addressed br Mo * si-s . Ilogan , Muri-ay , and Rvan ; the progress oi temperance in Ireland was the principal topic touched on , showing that Temperance was the handmaid of Repeal . Thirty-four were enrolled a * associates .
Mazk Wakd , Rei *_ Lion Maze , Toolev-stkeet . — On Sunday owning last a hiirhly re . speot . -vWe meetinc ; of this ward was hold ,, Mr . Ci'Gorman presiding-TIm' report of the last meeting at the Conciliation Hall was road , and the meeting was ably and eloquently addressed by Mr . W . Dunne , R . W ., Lamboth . Ward . Thirty-eight persons enrolled them ; selves as associates . ' This i . s one of the wards that assisted to unfurl the banner of Repeal in this metropolis when Repeal was at a discount . C ' tRAv ' a r . v . v Ward . —Albert , Gray ' s Ixn I . an'E . —0 n Sunday evening last Mr . Lawlor presided . TflS meeting was addresed by Mr . White ( Smith O'Bnfl 1 Ward ) , on the depression of trade and manufactures in Ireland since the Union , and the valour cvincw by the Irish in America , during the American Involution . Twentv were enrolled .
Conciliation Ward , Brighton . —At a late meeting of this ward , Mr . Maher , the chairman , dwelt & groat length on the late conviction of Mr . O'Conneu , shewing that the reversal of the verdict had forwarded the Repeal cause considerably . Mr . Bowman ( ajj Englishman ) said he had travelled in Ireland , an " found her-sous Intelligent , hospitable , and industrionfi He could not see why Ireland should not hepi'o sperou 3 and happy . He had , during his stay in that countrj , scon quite sufficient to convince him of the necessi ty of the Repeal agitation , which he was determined to take an active part in , until Ireland was a n : ltl ° ?' Mr . Guinness followed , and expatiated upon tne wrongs of Ireland ; and Mr . Butler , in an impn ^ e manner , called on all present to join the ranKs ° _ Repeal , for tht \ v would bv so doing serve England ^ well as Ireland . " Several * enrolled themselves .
Os Sunday Evening next , Mr . O'Neal will preaj ac the Hai-p Temperance Ward , 48 , Ki » g-stre € Borough . Mr . Murphy will preside at the Sarstt ^ Ward , Duke of Sussex , . Grange-walk , Bcrroondse ^ Mr . T . Healey will preside at the Farring don VV » ro , Union Arms , Holborn-hill ; Mr . Collins will p" ^ at the GrayVInn Ward , Albert , Gray ' s Inn-lane The whole of the other wards will also be opened . 1
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K 1 C 11 A RL » III M SIOL F A C , AIX : A few days ago Mr . O'Connell was preaching peace rtiul pood-will , abjuring ; all animosities , repenting-ol his invectives against Saxons , renouncing for evervituporation , and promising all the amenities and amiabilities . But alas . ' the conciliation fit has passed away as quickly , and suddenly as the federal fit . At the Limerick meeting there was a relapse to al the old sins , and the speech had all the stale violenei of the harangues at the monster meetings . There was the boast of the physical force , and tin allusions to inflame hatred , and tho exhortation nol to turn the irresistible powers to the purposes of thf hatred so inflamed .
Ho hud seen man } an . exhibition of popular stmigtl : nnd determination , hut never one to eijual . anil certuiuM not tu exceed , the exhibition of that day . ( Chews . ) //( had physical force tuiomjh before him to ( iGCOiujdish the icorsi of purposes if he had day such design . There was no mouarc ) of Europe had a larger arm , y at his oohmuuid than the ntlxuxteer army by which he had been surrounded that day . (( fri-al i-heeriiiK . ) Hut what was most glorious in the noodle o Ireland was , that with a power to do mischief , thej had in ; other * inclination than that of eoiini . iiifr tbemsi ; lv < strictly withlu tlie luvs of order and oropr ' u-ty—tlicv *\ er > resolved to commit no offence against the ordinances o man—no sin airainst the law of God . ( Hear . )
But who for ever boasts a bad power that ho does not intend to use ? A man who wears a sword does uot make it an incessant vaunt that he could cut i throat , but that he does not . If the demonstration ' o jori'P be intended to bo moral , why this constant harp ing on the evil use which it might have , but is nol meant to have- ? It is the peculiarity of the two greatest , the riva . impostors of the time , Mr . 0 'Council and Sir lloboii Peel , that they arc for ever imagining how they migh make the worst use of their powers , and taking credit for the forbearance as a positive virtue . Whei honest men feel their strength they do not say , w < might be robbers or cut-throats , but we won ' t . They don't wrong their characters by the imagination ot such a possibility .
There is the suggestion of mischief in Mr . O' Con nell ' s incessant boast of the powers for it . ' and to mak it worse it is always accompanied with some stiimilii to hatred . At the Limerick meeting , for example , this peace making , this conciliating allusion followed—He stood then in a sacred spot . He might be laughed a for the repetition of it , but fie would , -notvrithstanding , agai remind them that the spot on tohich they stood was one tho muSt cause burning shame to the English people , aiid ratoun for ever to the glory of Irishmen . There it was that the'i
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; REPEAL IN LONDON . Tunis »\ y Morning , T ) rc . n , 184-1 . —Tho Ward continue to be well attended : and to show tho onthu siasm that jexists amongst tlie brave exiles , and tliei love of fatherland , I find by the returns of-the asso ciation in j Dublin , that the Repealers of Londoi transmitted to the Repeal Exchequer , for the weei ending Nov . 16 th , the sum of £ 54 14 s . 4 d . ; while th < Dublin AV ^ i'ds contributed only £ 8 10 s . 9 d ., whicl sum was exceeded by the Repealers of Liverpool who transmitted for that week the sum of £ 10 . Tin sum transmitted from London this year will greatl ; exceed thai of last year .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 7, 1844, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct836/page/6/
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