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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND . TTTK COTESTBT SIU 1 V 35 G . Is oar sixth page our 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 classoppressiom To the report of the grievances and abominable treatment of the Metropolitan tailors we also request the attention ot all , begging of them to mark the refined villany which enables a fete to aid the spread of
Proiesianthm bj plundering "Mb Christian workmen . Let the reader also " read , mark , learn sad inwardly digest" the horrid flisclosures re-BpeeUug &e u Sweating Machines" made before Sir Pjeteb Latoib , at the Gnildhall . It shall be BO fault of onrB if this ¦* Condition-bf-England ^ question ' be rot fnlly understood by the whole KT 3 J 2 :-d ivorld . " We promiss to rake together such S mass of tyranny and villainny on the one hand , and slavery and misery on the other , as shall ronsa the Btitish Lion from his too-long continued slumbers , and make
"The very stones to rise against earth ' s tyrantsV A few words on the atrocioas case of " pination " 5 n the Coventry Honss of Indnstry . As stated in oar last , s meeting of Guardians was held to consider the cqnrse that should be pursued with re . Terence to this ** painful and melancholy affair / 23 ns "week w& nave seen a report of tha proceedings in the Coventry Herald , according to which the iurthen of each speech waa the ' -humanity" II ) and * kindly disposition" ( 3 ) of the * Directors . " One Mr , England remarking
ihatt—B As to the TerdioJ at Leicester , he contended that such a verdict teas not justified by the evidence , and none bus a-very intemperate Jury wonld iiave given sneih a verdict . Indeed , i * was evident that it was a most intemperate Jnxy , or else the members of it would not nave been jumping np one after another before the evidence was near closed , and crying out about manslaughter and starvation" I J Precious Guardians of the pcor these ! We will not Insult Jthe public by replying to the above
mas 3 of stolid falsehood , ail wLo read the proceedings of-the inquest will be able to pass a very proper * verdict * npon niin . At this meeting it was finally resolved ( as stated in onr Notices" last week ) that Jhe Directors shonldbe requested to give the officers of the "House ** "implicated by the verdict" an Opportunity of rebutting the charges of the Leicester Jury . From the comments of the Coventry Herald ^ which appears to be a regular Malthnsian journal , we leain that the deputation from the above
meettraB 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 , anonjmously and without legal XOthoriiy j bni if the gentlemen wish to make say commumcatiofl to the Directory it must be made in writing . " In the same paper we find that Bicksbll , the BDTgeon , srnng by tie verdict of the Leicester Jury , has resigned the sitnstion of surgeon to the s HoHse . " In reply to his letter of Tesiguation , the "Directors" have passed resolutions bating that they " consider the verdieLiae result of prejudice and excitement ; and not the deliberate judgment of an impartial Jury upoa the evidence . " And that
a The Directors feel it incumbent on them to testify to Mr . BicknelTs care , attention , ability , and liixmamiy , during tb . e time he ha 3 been Surgeon to the Housa" IU God forbid that we should libel Mr : Bicxxsil , but we say to our readers go back again to the evidence of ths widow Hckox , and that of the old Irish nurse , who avowed that she feared to tell all the horrid truth lest Ehe should lose her situation 1 and then let onr readers judge for themselves as to Che care , attention ? ability , and Jiumahity of Mr . Bickxell !
More we cannot find space to Eay now : but let the people treasure up these wrongs , and learn to know iha-t such will continue to be their doom , until they assert their rights , and refuse to be longer lorded ever by such hatefal oppressors as these grinding , Starring , and unblushing destroyers of their fellowmen . Political equality will alone enable them to pat &n end ia social wrone .
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Ths Olbhjoi WmG Lib . —We have received a letter from Mr . Philip Knight , brother of the late revered John Knight , of Oldham , in which he says , * As to Mr . O'Connor owing anything to my brother , it is entirely withc-at foundation . " What despicable shifts the Oldham Whigs are put to , to have to fabricate such a xxe , as the one thus thrown in their teeth-AssociATiox Cabds . —It is requested that all localities rvf airing 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 eniolltd members . David Sseul highly aporoves of Mr . O'Connor ' 3
suggestion for a * ' National Tribute , " and wishes his brother Chartists to take np the question vigorously and nniverEaUy . We are glad that our correspondeni stands manfully by the " good old cause , " despite the petty persecution by which he is annoyed . Edwxrd Gboocock sends ns a case of a Methodist class-leader robbing a poor woman of lid ., under the plea of " elass-morey . " The remedy is for " poor women" to have nothing to do with sneh earning scoundrels . If the sheep would retain its wool , it must keep out of the reach of the * fleecer . " Ottstos , seas Newcastle . —We have not room . Thokas Birnsox . — We really have not time to look throngii orerine for an answer to hia onery . Any
of onr readers in Ills neighbourhood- vao may : keep the Star by them would , no doubt , afford ' him the opportunity of looking for himself . j Ths Cotestet Ceastists wish to hear from the Cfeartist 3 of the following places : —Leamington , ! Warwick , Kenilwortb , " Felsfcill , Bedworth , j Kuneaton , Hlnehley , and Rogley . Letters to be addressed , Mr . George Freeman , Bradbury ' s-strect , John ' s-street , Coventry . ' A Haikh 07 TriLLxar . —In depends on tHe " rales" i of the milL The miOowner has the power if any such rules are hung np in the working room , stating list fn-sb are the terms on "which thOEe whom he Employe inasl be content to labour . ; MilMasss , ot Bibmtsgham , has sent us a letter ,
m reference to certain alleged errors in the report of Mr . M'Grash ' s visit to Birmingham , in the Star of last weak . The errors complained of are of so little moment , that we are " sure Mr . Mason mil excuse the non insertion of his communica tion , the purport of which is , that he did not express laimself S 3 being fnliy satisfied with Jlr . M'Grath ' s answera to his qnestions . We join with Mr . M- in hoping that differences of opinion as to modes of astion , may no longer retard onr progress . All have the right to advise , ot to object , as they may see M ; and honest differences of opinion should ba respected instead of censm-ed . It is too often the cass that ( as Mr . 1 L says ) " we generally judge with severity what we disapprove , when we have not the means of investigating
fully the entire circumstances of the ease . " But this error we shall mend oi . Jchs Johssox , Librarian at the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , wishes to know where he can obtain a eopy of " The first step in the ladder to Political Knowledge ?* reviewed in onr paper of Sept . 9 th 2 ast \ We prei-inne onr correspsndent has applied lo JLeaci and Hey wood . If eo , it most be that copies lave not reached the Londcn publishers . Perhaps this wiU meet the eye of the author of the pamphlet . Bath Tows Cottscil , —We have no room for our correspondent ' s communication , but ihanthim for it and the pampMet . The Poets . — » Ferment Cot" "Liberty , " and
u Zincj to -a Kan-Producer . " declined . Oiher favours are nsder consideration . Johs Pikpietd . —We have not room . Co-0 ? ebatio 5 . —Onr correspondent who when answering what appeared on the 18 th ult . under this head , we bade to . " try again , 13 has sent us some slight alterations of his plan , the principal of which is , feat " shares" should be -five shillings , io be raised by instalments of sixpence per-week . Wish respect to his offer to supply coals at whole-SalB ^ charges , to his friends in Deptford , and withia ten miles of that town , we have not room for the particulars , which he had best lay before the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists . ¦ H . Mottle . —Yes .
CcuBSBiAM ) Colljebs . —John Madine writes usthai instead of the rum total published under this i head in onr last being £ SA , it should-have been : £ 59 . Mr . M . tnste 3 that it was his own mistake . ' Qceets BsjfCH Pejsos . —31 r . George WMte wishes I to inform iis ixltads in London , that tbrongh an j alteration in the raits of the above prison , visitors are now admiuod until seven o ' clock in the evening . ¦ i i j \
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NOTTINGHAM . CONCILIATION . " Where there ' B a will there ' s a way . " Notwithstanding tte endeavour o * many parties wishing well to the csnse of Chartism , either to suppress or explain avray the unhappy differences Which appeared to exist between the Executive and a portion of the Nottingham Caartists , yet as in all such cases , tricksters , eaves ' - droppers , and meflalera , who had nothing whatever to do In the sffair , and who were in no wise connected vrith Nottingham , have sought , with characteristic industry , to light a general flame from the Nottingham
spark of m-iotirierstanding ; and thus all the endeavours to prevent s . spread of the disease have been frustrated : ¦ BhiJe , however , the good * ense e > f tk © people ' s friends has had the tffjet of bsfiling the machinations of the wily . Ab it is notorious tnat a misnndeiBttuding bad taken place , I shall now proteea to communicate the happy termination of the existing dispute . Communications were sent from Nottingham to Mr . O'Connor relative to our position here ; and in rpp ) y to them he appointed the very earliest day after annonr . cemf-nt eonld be made in the Stir lor his
visit to Nottingham } and according to arrangement arrived here on Monday evening . When the ChaitiBte of Nottingham heard of Mr . O'Connor ' s intended visit , they made application for tbe Exchange Rooms , which , however , had been pre-engaged by some musical parties . They tten applied ter the Town Hall , but that also -was engaged by the Chairman of the Conrl of Bequests . There waa then no other alternative but theChartist Chapel ; and thither the people repaired an hour before the time of meeting ; when it was literally chocked full , large numbers having also repaired to ths Town Hall , where it was expected the meeting wonld be held . Shortly before eight O ' clock Mr . O'Connor entered the Chapel amid the cheeia of those outside , accompanied by the Bev . Mr . Lin-• wood , Messrs . Dorman , Sweet , Morrison , Barber , Roberts , and other leading Chartists of Nottingham .
When Mr . O'Connor entered the pulpit he was received with a nniversal burst of acclamation , which vt&s canght 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 . Mx . iioBBisos presented himself to Bet the meeting right , by informing them that a chairman had been previously agieed nponj bnt after a few very temperate observations he said , that he was sure their cause would he as safe under the presidency of Mr . Sweet , as under i ) r . Barber ; and that his reason for interposing at that stage , was foi the purpose of preventing democrats violating their own rules ., and if Mr . Sweet iraa to be chairman , let them go regularly to work by voting him there . air . Swekt waa then appointed to the chair , and having briefly opened the business , and having stated that he would much rather Mr . Barber had been
allowed to preside , as their cause would be equally safe in his hands ; he introduced Mr . O'Connor , v ? ho cpon presenting himBelf , was received with ( several rounds of cheers . Prior to his commencing his lecture Mr . Morrison informed Mm , that as several questions -would be put to him , he ( Mr . Moirlfion ) wished to know-whetherMr . 0 " C . would answer them before or after bis lecture ? Mr . O Con . nob—Whichever the meeting wishes : I shall neither demur , put in a plea in abatement , apply for a postponement , or refuse to join issue , although I ought to have been furnished with a copy of the indictment , as well as -with a list of the -witnesses { Iisaghter . ) Bat if Mr . Morrison h&a no choice , perbaps it would be as well to allow rne to proceed with my lecture , as , in the course of it , I may be able to to put the meeting impartially in possession of some of the facts , and then allow Mr . Morrison to take his ewu course .
This arrangement being agreed upon , Mr . O'Connor ¦ was about to proceed , when another interruption took place , by the arrival of a deputation from the Town Hall , announcing tha * the Cbaiiman of the Court of B-quests ( Mr . Wiidman , QC- ) had , in the kindest manner , adjourned his C ^ nr ; to the Magistrates Room , in order that the people should not be disappointed ; and that the Town Bali was literally crammed . Upon this announcement , Mr . Linwood , the eloquent and patriotic Unitarian Minister of Mansfield , volun-Utred his services at the Town Hall , to speak there till tec , when Mr . O'Connor would arrive and address them . SUence bevnz once more restored ,
il b . O'Connob . commenced , and in a speech of great length he reviewed the several changes and vlcissitadss which the Chartist cause had undergone , and dwelt with peculiar force and energy upon the several causes which bad led to the several ruptures amongst the Chartist body ; clearly demonstrating to Ms hearers that in no ricgle instance had the Chartists of themselves originated one single dispute : while the principal portion of their business for the last foot years was the healing of -those differences which had been created in the Chartist ranks by sections who professed the principles , but "who did so merely ior the purposes of qualifying themselves as disturbers . He explained the amoaut of labonr that it had cost him to watch aud expose their machinations ; and that now they had not only thrown oat their feelers under different democratic ) pretensions ; bnt they were rejoicing in the idea that they wonld be enabled to cany the fire into one own camp , and to
mate Chartists like the Kilkenny cats , e&t each other to the toils— ( laughter ) . Bat , he eontinned , I am come b&re to heal the wound , and not to rub the sore—I loud cheers and waving of hats ) . Aye , and . if there are any here who have coma in the hope of carrying the glad-tidings of our disunioa to their section meeting holes , they shall return dismayed , and tell their confederates that man and wife have shaken hands—( lend cheers )—that though they know when to dispnte , they krow how to dispute , and bow to be reconciled ; and that whoever interferes will have to bear the blows . 24 t . O ' Connor then proceeded at some length to address the audience in a strain of argumentative and impassioned eloquence upon several interesting snbjects , in the sourse of which he showed how the several factions had continued the power of the minoriiy by fomenting strife amongst the majority ; and concluded a splendid appeal amidst the most enthusiastic applause .
It was then announcad that those assembled in tus Town "Hall were anxiously expecting J'r . O'Connor , when Mr . MoBRisoji rose , amid cheers , and spoke nearly as follows : —Sir , I now rise for the purpose ef performing a sacred duty—that of ascertaining the troth , and of standing upon that ; and although I held union to be indispensable to our veiy existence as a party , yet Sir , that union to be stable , solid , and lasting must be based npon truth and the democratic principles . And , Sir , when we who have endeavoured humbly and Scalousiy to do our dnty to onr brother Chartists shall have ascertained either that we were wrong onrselies , or bad misconceived the acts of others , we shall be as willing , after a proper and honourable understanding , to bury all the eanses of disunion , as Mr . O'Gonnor can be . The
conrse that we have pursned is fenown to many , and wonld have been known to more t oad opr -views been inserted in toe 2 Vo < them Star ; md what 1 have to complain of iB thia . Six , not of the Executive , bnt of a majarity of the Enrolment Committee acting without my concurrence in the important matter , whether onr plan should be enrolled vithont onr principles ; and I shall now proceed , Sir , to read portions of correspondence to establish my position , and I shall than put some questions to Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Morrison then proceeded to raad extracts from letters from Mr . Hobson , stating that if the meeting preferred it he would rathtr read all ; but if not , be would merely give them ancti extracts as would not rrqalre any portion ot the text to explain them . When Mr . Morrison had read these
extracts he £ 3 i < 3 , 1 stall now put aome questions to Mr . I O'Connor . Fust , Mr . O'Gonnor was it with your sanction that your name was affixed to the Executive address that appeared in the Stir of the llih cf November ? i Yes . I pnt it there with my own hand . j Secondly . Did you c&U for the correspondence that ; had passed between the Enrolment Committee before ' ¦ yoti signed that address ? : Certainly not ; tbeiris were powers above mine , iude- pendent « f mine . J never acted for it , nor never shalL Thirdly . Do you think that the Nottingham Committee merited the term " tricksters '' applied t 3 them in that address ? \ Mr . MoKBissos having concluded , ;
Mr . 0 "Coysob . ross and said , I shall commence with he last , and beg to assure Mr . Morrison that the word " triLkEttrs" was applied to a fenot who have been prowling through London , aided by patties in the coDBtry , for the pnrpose ot destroying the New ExecntiTe as they destroyed the Old Execntive—( cheers ) . I answer Mr . Morrison as a gentleman , as well as a Chartist ; and I tell him that soms of the Executive , > especially Mr . M'Greith , objected to the term , lese it shonld be misunderstood ; and anzioilBj as I am for reconciliation , yet I -wonld not purchase it by a falsehood : and while I won't retract it , as required by Mr . Morrison , 1 explain it thus , and I hope to his satisfaction : on my honsur as a gentleman , the term " tricksters" was not applied to Mr . Morrison or the Nottingham Committee .
Mr . Morbison—Tsb , Sir , but look to results and not to motives ; and however good the motive may be , the result has bzt ~ n that every man who read it has come to the conclusion taat ve were meant Mr . O ' COSKCm—Well , that ' s the value of thia explanation— lhear , hear ) . Now theyll be set rl ^ ht . And then , again , I am happy to have Mr . Morrison ' s admission th&t be looks t » results and not to motives Now thaf s the very thing ; and I shall look to feeth j and I K W canvas Mr . Hohson ' a motive for the canrse that he recommended , and the result of bis recommendation . As for bis motives , I nave known him well for eUb-t years : and I never knew him iDflueneeo ex «
¦ cepfc by the best of motives . His motive in drawing up ' the plan was goo § , and has not been impugned . No I one impuies motives to prevent men from taking all { the trouble ; and it was netoral that Mr . Hobson ! should have a very tender solicitude about a plan that cost him so mncfe troncie . But see what ' s the fact , as we take it from the extract of Mr . Hebson's letter as read by Mr-TUc ^ riso n . Mt . Hobson says that he comnmnicated his opinions ; and that the Executive were t-j struck with tb ^ m , that they proceeded to do wi-at ? To trave theplan enrolled withouttheiE ? No aucb thing . For that would oave been the "result ; " but to lay teem before Tidd Pratt , in juxtaposition with a plan that he bad before enrolled , and in which , tbere were no prini
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c ' plcs ; and so far from the Executive making a case out for judicial inquiry upon the opinion and recommendation of Mr . Hobson , they never attempted it ; as I am the person who transmitted the case for the opinion of connael , to furnish grounds for any proceedings that might be taken j and I did it without the alteration of a sentence , line , word , or letter ; 89 that Mr . Hobson ' a motive was good , unless indeed he is not allowed to give us an opinion , for that is all he did : while the " result" is that the plan has not been certified ; and npon behalf of every member of tha Executive I tell this ^ meeting that we have not tho inclination any more than the power , to accept of the plan without the principles , and that we would not do it to-morrow—( loud cheers ) . And now as to the general question of the
non-insertion of Nottingham reports in the Star , in reference to Which Mr . Hobson says— " 1 am not aware of one word from Nottingham having been omitted , or treated with contempt by me . Bvery word coming from there has been inserted as far as I know , with the exception of matt * r that had reference to the dispute ; and if ths Northern Star is to have any position at all , I hold that Chartist-will think me justified in withholding matter which would only tend to widen the breach / ' Besides Mr . Hobson and Mr . Wheeler were rather awkwardly circumstanced . Here ia a letter from Mr . W . which he requested me to read , in which be states , that when placed in the dilemma , be instantly wrote to Messrs . Hobson and Morrison , his colleagues ; that he received an instant reply from Mr . Hobson : but no answer whatever from Mr . Morrison .
Mr . MoKRisou—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 . OXtoNNOR— Yea : I admit subsequent letters ; but Mr . Wheeler is speaking of the one required far his immediate guidance , and to that he received no reply . And now , my friendB , having shown that the charge is against an opinion of Mr . Hobaon ' a 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 . Hobcon , have given a fall , fair , and unequivocal explanation , admitting not on y the right , but the-propriety , the prudence , and nec . ssity of exercising-a vigilant control over the people ' s servants j and fnithee admitting that there wero grounds which in part justified toe suspicion and raised the honourable indignation of the Nottingham Committee , who , not being "tricksters , " felt sore at being called so ; after all , taking motives , acts , and results into consideration , have motives base enough , acts bad enough , and results injurious enough been established as legitimate cronnda for the continuance of this unfortunate
misunderstanding—( Iung-continucd cheers , and no , no ) ? No , my friends ; and while I satisfy you as to the 4 anger arising from disunion it ia not a less pleasing portion of my dnty to tell those gentlemen , whom I rhall not call opponents , that i trust I have g-ven political satisfaction as a politician—and gentlemanly satisfaction as a gentleman—( cheers ) . iAnd believing in their unshaken integrity , I now cender them the right hand of conciliation and co-operation as a means of strengthening our hands and weakening the power of oar eneiniea—( load cheers ) .
Here a working man rose for tae purpose of submitting a resolution ; whereupon , Mr . O'Connor said , I trust our txcellent friend will not propose anything wnich would be in the slightest degree calculated to give the shadow of a triumph to any one . No party wants & triumph . We were both a little wrong—we are now greatly right ; and , therefore , again trusting tbat myexpianotion is aatiafaetory , I leave it in your hands . Mr . Morrison then rose and said , that 80 far from regretting the course be and his friends had pursued ,
the meeting wonld sow see how necessary it was , as it had elicited a thorough explanation from Mr . O'Connor , which he believed could not otherwise have been bad . That having devoted much valuable time to the cause of Chartism , he had entitled himBelf to a perfect right to scrntiniZA the acts of the people ' s servants—( hear ) . And while he would be ever found to discharge that duty fearlessly , those with whom h « had been in the habit of working , wonld never consider bini capable of doing it capriciously—( hear , hear . ) Mr . O Connor himself has admitted the necessity of the investigation , and , therefore , he admits the propriety of onr course .
Mr . O'Connor— Certainly , certainly ; watch us well , it is the only way to keep us honest—( laughter ) . And now , continued Mr . MORRISON , to prove my devotion to the canse , I have only to say , that I am perfectly « atisfied with the explanation given by Mr O'Connor , und that I shall now proceed to co-operate with him in making the Plan of Organizition as tffective as we posai'rly can under all the adverse circumstances by which we are surrounded—( bravo , and " that ' s tte right way to beat theenamy ") . Mr . Morrison retired amid loud chetrs , when
Mr . DOBilan presented himself and said , my friends , it was no wonder that we who are against giving up the name should Ire alike startled at the idea that the principles were all going to fly away , and that we were to have nothing at all but the name . But now to shew you that it was for the principles that I contended , and also that I am perfectly satisfied with Mr . OConnor ' s explanation , what I propose , as the best means of proving it is , that every member of the committee who felt themselves called upon to remonstrate , sbould bo the first to set the example of onion , by being the first to take out their cards , and give me mine to begin with : —( loud and long continued cheering , which waa followed by tvery member of 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 'and carried unanimously ; and Mr . O'Connor remained until he bad disposed of 376 cards of membership ; thus giving the btut practical proof of the
saying" Where there ' s a will there ' s a way , " It was not more the thing that was done , than the mode in which it was done , that gave the Chartists of Nottingham pleasure and satisfaction . The inquiring partita 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 triumph oTer the -whole Chartist body . So fur froln nice watching to insure a turn of fortune by mistake or chance ; It appeared to be the only wish of Mr . Morrifon and his friends to arrive at the ttuth , while Mr- O'Connor ' s object appeared to be its undisguised dieclaBurfi .
The hour at which the 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 be delivered eo powerful and eloquent a lecture on the occasion that the Chartista laid violent hands upon him , and kept him per force to address them again upon the following night . As soon ub the meeting at the Town Hall bad closed , the assembly repaired to the chapel , and remained outside in the st 7 ebt , until the business was concluded , when theyaccompanied their reunited friends to the P&xock Inn , once more arousing the sleeping inhabitants of Notin tha hcur of the
tiD ^ tnm night , or raiher early in the morning , with the sound of " We'll rally around him again and agnin " " Spread the Charter , " and other democratic songs ; 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 been established between the people ' s friends . And thus terminated one of the most glorious triumphs that ever , was achieved by the Chsrtists—a triumph the benefit of which wilt be felt throughout the country , nnd the result of which will be the downfall of " tricksters , " who build their hope npon confusion arising out of the differences of honest men .
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South Staffordshire . —On Nov . 20 h , Mr . S . WiLde addressed the Miners of Ettincall Lane with good success . — On Nov . 21 st , a meeting of Miners was held at Hartshill . Messrs . Wilde and Butler addressed tho meeting , at tho close of which many took out cards « f membership . —Un Nov . 23 rd , Messrs . Scott and Wilde held a meeting at Row ' ey . — On Nov . 24 r , b , a public meeting of Miners was held at the house of Mr . Martin , Dudley Port , Mr . B . Pjle in the chair , who in an able manner opened the meeting by shewing the important ol-jeots of
the Miners' Association . Messrs . Scott , Wilde , and Butler severally addressed the meeting a : considerable length . The speakers seemed to give universal satisfaction . —On Nov . 25 : b , a public meetiug oi ' Miners was held at Dalph , 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 v ? as next called on , Who addressed them at great lcJig ' h on the necessity of the Miners of this place joining the Association . A good many took out curus of membership .
Worth Staffoedshibe . —On Wednesday , a pubm meeting was holden at Chesterton , which was addressed by Mr . Swallow and others . Several new members were enrol Jed . —On Friday , a public meeting was holden at Cheaole , whicn was adriressed by Mr . Swallow . Another meeting v ; as hidden at tke same place on Saturday evening . A most eiilbusiastic gathering assembled , and a largo number tcok out cards . Mr . Lomax has held ecme excellent meetings at Audley and Longton . NOTICE TO THE MEMBKBS OP THB HINEBS ' ASSOCIATION . Owins to the New Year ' a Day being a general holiday , I have been unable to procure any place
where tha delegates to the forthcoming Coukmice can "assemble , but the large spacious bu > lcing c&lled Carpenter's Hall , will bo ready for their receptior on the following morning , and each successive da < till the basinesa is completed . There will also t , public meetings every tngkt during the f-itunt a o Conference , Trfcen the nature arid olj-eis of thi Miners' Association will be fully explained , I aa also usin >; all my exertions to procure accc / mioda tion for the parties who may attei . d . I reman , Gentlemen , Your obedient servant , WllXlAJi GltOCOTX , Secretary of the Miners of Lancashire . Manchester , November 28 ; h , 18-i 3 .
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APpblic Meetiko of Miners will be holdea at the * ieece Inn , Bolton , on Monday nest , December « a , at eleven o'clock in the form ion . Several of tae aceredit « d agents of the association will be in attendance and address the meeting . A delegate sameface PhC (> immadiately after « at the A Pcbuc Meeting , of Miners will be holden the same day at the Horse Shoe , Bardslay , near Oldham . ihe meeting will be addressed by Wm . Dixon , of Manchester and other gentlemen . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . tj u ? , * £ . Meeti 1 > 'g of ft 6 Coal Miners of tho Kochdate District was holden on Monday last , on Cronkey Shitvr , Dear Rochdale , and by adjournment , on accoun t of the extreme wetness of the day , to the Charter Association lioom , which was kindly lent 10 mam by that DOdV . Thft mnotimr woo nAArvnaoA
;» T m * , '» of Cumberland , one of the agents to the Miners' Association , and Mr . Wm . Dixon , from Manchester . The meeting was well atteuded ; and WieiolJowing resolutions were passed unanimously : p ihat we , the Coal Minors of the Rochdale Dismot , m public meeting assembled , do hereby deoiare that the wages that we at present receive for our labour aro not sufficient to supply us and our ramihes with the common necessaries of life . " '' That we Hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and constitutional means ( and such only ) in our power to « qiw re f ir day . ' waSeS to a fair day ' s work . " mat U is the opinion of thia meeting that it is our auty to 1 immediately join the Miners' Association of Crreat Britain and Ireland , as the only means of securing to us that protection for our labour which it bo imperatively demands : and hereby call upon
we m men ot this district to do so without dohy . " fhat we the Coal Miners of the Rochdale Vistrie , in public meeting assembled , do hereby return our hea-ttfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for their kindness in giving publicity to our proceedings . " Bisho p Auckland , —Mr . Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the authorised agent of tho Mihera' Association lectured at the following places last wetk - — btiudon Bank , Leasingthora , St . Helens , Emnvood , Cockflcld , Etherly , llunwick , and Bransheth ; at all ( . he above places excellent meetings have been held . The Miners of Padihah are hereby informed that the amount of money paid iu for them at the last delegate meeting was . £ 1 Is ., and those of Patricroft , 13 * . 5 . 3 d .
John Auty has been lecturing in the following places with general mceeea : —Duokwortn , Moorchurch , Kirk Altham , Darwcn Over . BroadSeld and Bull Thorn . Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on ihe 20 th and 2 Lt ; at Radcliffo Bridge on the 22 nd ; Hey wood on the 23 rd ; Middletun on the 24 h ; and on Saturday night opened anew Lodge at Bunker ' s Hill , near Hey wood . On Monday , the 27 f h , lectured at Bank-lane ; at Walmsley on the 28 oh . Mr . P . also opened a new Lodge at Bayslato , near Hey wood , where twenty-eight enrolled themselves members of the Miners' Association .
More Coal King Tyhanny . —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 ia the concern , to their honour be it said , 3 truck to a man , and declared that they would work no more till the men were reinstated in their former situation . Thia brought the proud tyraut to his senses ; he took them back , and the men returned to their work accordingly .
CoATBitinGB . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part of the Coatbridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crookstono ' s hall , which was addressed byf Messrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at tho close of the meetiEs 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 disuict was held in Burt ' s Hall , Coatbridge , whan a # ood good number , wore enrolled as members of the Union . On Wednesday , the 22 nd , met in the Corned in Coafbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson and Embleton . On Tnusduy , the 23 rd , another meeting of anothor part of the said district ivas held in Mr . John Haliday ' s hall , Wester
Mennidton , when those present elected Mr . John Voung for chairman ; Messrs . D . Thompson and B . Embeiton addressed the meeting at great length , and a few were added to our 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 vteie paid in : —Duudyvan , No . 6 , 4 s . 4 hd , ; Ditto , No . 10 , Is . 3 d ;; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 d . 6 d . ; Dun , pel 3 iers , No . 8 . 3 J ; Coats pit , Gartsheuie , Is . 3 d . ; Curlincroft , Gartshtime , 6 j . lOhd . ; GartseJl , 7-. 9 i . ; Sommerlee , 2 s . 7 W ; Dumpellier , No . 7 , 7 id ; Gartgell , 7 i < i . ; Nuthehonse , Is . 3-id . ; Barton ' s-hill , 7 id . ; Dunoyvau . No . 3 , 5 < -7-id . ; Dundyvau , No . 10 , 7 £ d . ; Ditto , No . 9 , TAd . ; Coats pit , Ganshenie , 7 id . ; Carlincroft , 7 Ad . ; atut Kipps , 7 id .
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Mr . M'Grath ' s Tour .-Ou Wednesday , the 2 ? d instant , I proceeded from Birmingham toBilston The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a proatrate position ; nevertheless , I soon round a few determined spirits whose ttern devotion to the sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could shake . The meeting was good and spirited . Mr . Candloy , as chairman , comm » nced the proceedings in a seasible speech . Mr . Mo # jj , of Lawlpy-Bank , » ud I spoke after , wlien forty-six cards of membership were taken out . Many oihera wonid ho / se taken cards , but . were prevented by the pauperizing operation of the
infernal truok system . Here tho tyranny , and injustice of tho coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all iheir execrable iniquity . The tiuck system is in full operation ; tht re is scarcely a coal or iron maoter iu this district who does not keep what is called a •* Tommy Shop , " frora which the workmen are const rained to take goods at prices considerably higher than they can be purchased at the regular shops in the neighboarhaod . The cupidity of the coal and iron masters ave not Ratified with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and grasps the greater portion of those wages in fcheshapa of exorbitant profits . It is no uncommon occurrence for the men to go ten weeks together without a settle . should
cneiit ; and upon the reckoning day , the ) balance bo in favour of the workman , it is discounted at fiv-o per cent . Twelve months ago the Minera 1 here were paid three shillings a day ; at present they - are paid but two shilling * and threepence , although th < j price of iron is higher now than when wages wire three shillings a day . I could fill a half itzcn columns ot " the Star with accounts of the fraudulent and nefarious practices of these Corn Law Repealing-and church and chapel-going saints . One more of iho ^ e and 1 shall have done . An occarrtiice freerluntly takes place here which is designated a BWms-, the meaning of which is this : —the bands dece i > -d mto the pit , work some four or nve hours ; » d excuse is then made for not proceeding further with the work for the day ; the wen are called , up and are not allowed a farthing for their labour thus , the working-man is degraded ,
enfrlav ci and plundered to maintam m luxury ana « P 7 ftndour , his heartless , godless , pity lees oppressors .: ^ . 3 a proof that the Chartists of Bilston are deter- ] / umed on strenuous exertion in furtherance ot the movement , 1 may mention that they are about taking a Hall which will hold upwards of a thousand persons . I was urgently ¦ -requested to vitit Bilston , i Wolverbampton and Lowley Bank , on my return .. . I On Thursday I proceeded from Bilston to Hanley 1 in the Potteries . We had an excellent meeting . ; Mr . Seal , delegate to the lato Conference , occupied j the chaw . I addressed them on the causes ot , and I the remedy for , national distre&b ; ehewing : up the | insufficiency oi the nostrums with which political i quacks are endeavouring to drug the public mind ; ! urguiDg that political power was the onlj medium ! tiiJi . u ^ fl which tho people could secure thoiO social 1 rights which the God ot creation destined for man ' s
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enjoyment ; Sixty-two cards of . membership were taken oat .: I waa invited to revit ? it them < m my return . The men of Longton , four miles from Hanley t are about to commence the erection of a Chartist Hall , thirty-six feet square ; thoy calcnlate upon its completion in time to entertain the veteran Richards oa his liberation from prison , which will be in " May -next ' . Energy , intelligence , aud enthusiasm » re the characteristica of Chartism in this district . On Sunday ! evening , we had a splendid meeting ia Stockport : j tho room in the occupation of the Chartists heTe wjill hold upwards of ono thousand persons ' . My { audience on the occasion amounted to aboui seven hundred , amons which were two policemen of the ( town , whom I did not fail to oongrntulate ou the ] proud position whioh they occupied at our meeting . One of them is known hero by the cognomen of M Mr . Memory , " he being the same individual who swore at the Lancaster trial that he
could aive ( from memory a verbatim rsport of a speech of an hour's duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman . I addressed chew far upwards of an bour , j on the evils resulting from class-niaao laws and institutions , and the efficiency of the Charter , as the means of redressing national 'grievances . The unauimjous thanks of ihe meeting having been awarded tome , we commenced the work * f enrolling , when 117 cards of membership were taken ou ' , fifty of which were taken by those ardent and enthusiastic young votaries of freedom—tho Chartist youihs of Stockportl , From S ockport I went to Northwich ; there were no arrangements made for a meeting we , however , got ono up , by sending out the crier . Ssveral members were enrolled , and [ was promised that upon revisiting them a tnce ' , ing would be got up worthy of the sacred cause Which we are struggling to advance . ¦ i Philip M'Grath .
BRIGHTON . —A publio meeting was holden on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . La ^ hiord in the ohair . It wag proposed by Mr . Gileg ; seconded by Mr . Mitchell , "That Ireland consisting as k does ot a . population of 8 , 000 , 000 of people , is eutided to a domestio legislature * we therefore pledge ourselves to assist the people oi' Ireland by all peaceable and constitutional means to obtain a Repeal of the Legislative Union . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Page , seconded by Mr . Virgo : "That w ' ailo this meeting deprecates at ! idea of violence , wa feel bound in justice to condemn the Jrish Executive for dismissing from the magisterial oencbes men of the highest ^ character and station , aud inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary
military force to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , add blockading her coasts with her Majesty ' s navy . " Carried unanimouhiy Proposed by Mr . Flower , seconded by Mr . Williams , - "That while wo readily admit the inequality of Ireland ' s political and ; municipal franchies , the baso and shameful conduct of her alien landlords to their impoverished ^ tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and local patronage , tho unchristianlike exaction ; of her Established Church , together with the manifold grievances under whioh Ireland has suffered < for centuries ; yet at , the same time we express it as 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 these realms . " ,
Barns&sy . —a public meeting at the Chartists of this j town was convened by thje bell on Monday night , in John Pickering ' s large room , for the pa ^ oso of again forming a Chartist Association , in the hope of once more placing Barnsley in its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mitfield , 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 waa adjourned until Monday evening next , at eiftht o'clock , when jit is hoped , that all the old friends of the cause will enter once more heart and hand to give < fivot to ths cause by impressing on the more younger friends of democracy the necessity of reponding to the call of the Executive , aud the urgent soul-stirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Fearcua O'Connor , Esq .
BURY . —Mr . C . Doyle delivered two lectures on Sunday last , in tho Working Man ' s Hall , Gardenstreec , Bury , f The lectures were well attended . Ashton-unpeh-Lyne . —On Sunday last , the Chartists of this cow a opened a new aud splendid room wi ' . h two lectures ; thai in tha 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 and chairman , and the assembly broke up . In the evening the room was well filled with a highly respectable audience , Mr . Storor was called to the chair , and aft ^ r reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , and briefly addressing the meeting , called upon Mr . Wm . Bell , of Hoy wood ., who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to hear for some time ; ne waailistened to with great attention , and concluded amidst great applause . After a vote of thanks being'given to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .
The Wife of a Patriot . —Died at Dundee , on the 13 : h ult ., May ] Thorn , reliot of the late George Mealmaker , member , add sometime president , of the British National C « bvention whioh mot at Edinburgh , and of which Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirving , and Margarot were members . He wrote the hand-bill fcr Jwhich Palmar waa transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence" ( 1 ); but his generosity did not save his brother patriot . He afterwards wrote a pamphlet for whioh he was tried before the High Court of Justiciary , and sentenced to fourteen years transportation , ia January , 1798 . tie died ia 1808 : this widow , consequently , survived her persecuted husband thirty-five year 9 . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and boro an excellent character . She lived to nurse her great-grand children . —Prom a Correspondent ,
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . ! CLEAVE . ; FOK MR . H ' DOUALL . j £ S . d Mr . J . Pavey , Kingston , ... ... . 0 1 0 Keishley .. ; ... 0 10 6 Sutton , near Do . ... ... ... 070 ! FOR VICTIMS . Sutton , near Keighley ... ... ... 0 6 6
FOR EXECUTIVE . Lockwood ... ... ... ... 080 monies Received by mr . oconnor . ( FOR EXECUTIVE . £ 8 . d . Mr . Heath ( late of Chelsea ) ... ... 0 16 From Hebden Bridge .. ... ... 0 10 0 N . B . Bristol .. ; ... 0 1 . 0 Tivorton , W . Rowcliffe , Esq . » . .. 10 0 W . Rowchffe , jun ., Ef q 0 2 6 Mr . OptnVam , jai Leith , omitted in Mr . O'Connor ' s former list , ... ... 0 3 0
FOR CARDS . From Hebden Bridge 0 16 8 Southampton ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Alnwick ... ! ... 0 11 0 Mile End Road ' 0 4 2 Golden Lion , Dean-street ... ... 0 2 0 Salisbury ... ... ... 0 1 2 Lambeth ..: 0 2 0 Thorn , near Halifax ... ... 0 8 4 i subscriptions . From Brick-lane , Standard of Liberty ... 0 2 2 £
FOB THE VICTIM FUND . Stephen O'Connor , Sutton , Salisbury ... 0 1 0 Somers Town Committee , per J . Horn ,.. 0 5 0 Rochester and Stroud , per Charles Willis 0 6 0 Mr . Heath , late ' of Chelsea . » , ... 0 16 Thomas Frost , Sutton , Salisbury ... 0 1 0
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HoBRitfLS > * —Thames Polics . —A mo ^ t distressing case was . / esteraay brought under tha notice of toe magistrata . A poor woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , sni appl ed to the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , for axiviee an * assistance under the following circumstances ;—5 &v said 5 ha 5 a woman next door to her , who was ia very great destitution , had a boy killed by accident twelve days ago . After tha inquest had " been held < o » tha body , tho corpse w ?* sent last Thursday to the mother , and , owing to
som 8 parochial digpuienvspectinff the interment , the body had now been abo ? o ground" for twelve days , aad the stench emitted wa ? moat dengeroU 3 . Added to this , one of the deceased ' s brothatf was in a high stite of typhus fever ,. aad altogether jheir misery and destitution were beyond description .. Complainant called upon his-worship- , as well oiihiST ' oivn behalf as on the bohalf of the- p&or woman who suffered under the afftotion , as sh ® feared that tlie infection arising from tho putrid body would extend to her own family .
Mr . Broderip , who wis evidently mucH * shocked at hearing the case , directed thai , instant inquiry should bo made into it , and Barber , ons of th& warrant officers , waa promptly despatched for the purpose . On his return , in about an hour afteswarda , Barber stated that he never witnessed a scene of greater wretchedness . Oa inquiry lie found that the poor woman , whose name was Oliver , together wish her family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which waa miserably poor , and rendered quite intolerable in consequence of the stench emitted frota tho dead body , which was perfectly black . Ho learned that the boy , who wa » fourteen yeara old , had Mien int& the aold of the
Rosalia Castle , and died from ant injury which hereceived on the temple . The coroner ' s jury had pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been sent home on Tnm-. day , and had remained uniuterred in consequence of ' some parochial dispute He found a brother of the deceased in high fever , and so exceedingly ill that he was not expected to live . Mr , Ross , tho parish doctor , attended him . He ( Barber ) called upon Mr . Ross , 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 narrativewas , that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than that iu which the remains of their deceased relative was poisoning viie air around them . The smell was utterly intolerable ^
Mr . Broderip—How could it bo otherwise when % corpse is left ttere uniaterred for twelve days ? If there is any dispute about the ground , lei a place be purchased at once and tho 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 this 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 gr&u 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 thai all their wants are sufficiently provided for , aud that the body be promptly interred , even though the exponces shodd be paid by myself . — Times—Weduesday .
In the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second usher , reported to tbe magistrate the course which he pursued on the previous evening , according- to his Worship ' s instructions . On arriving at the place , which presented a sad spectacle , he at once had 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 the 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 wa 3 now out of danger . —Times , Thursday .
Coroner ' s IsquEsi . —Frightful Destitution . — Melancholy Death fboji Want and Pkivatiow . —On Weduesday aiternoon , a respectable jury wn impanelled beiore Mr . Baker , at tha City of Norwich , Went worth-street , Whitechapel , to inrestigafe the circumstances attending the death of John Sid » grove , aged two years , which was accelerated by want and 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 other 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 in our sixth pageunder the head of " Appalling case
, of destitution . " After the unhappy mother had beea examined , Mr . Hatt said that deceased died most probably from teething sinking under the attack from its . debilitated state . The other child is in a very j * reeariou <* state . Mr . Bylea , the parish a ^ geon , 'who was in . the room , observed that the father was in a veiy 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 . Be said that out of the five Bbillip £ 8 wbiCfa 08 understood was to be his final relief , he paid one
shilling and fourpenoa rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles in pawn ( with threepence interest ) . He did not know vrhat to do , as be wa , s not able to work . He asked for some coals , which he was refused . His native place is Preston , in Lancashire . Verdict , "Natural death , accelerated by want and privation . [ Most sago jurors ! * ' Natural death "— ' * accelerated ly want and privation ! What has Nature to do with " wane and privation" ? What stuff is this . The verdict should have b-. en , " Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man's brutality to man . "
Labour Struggle . —Great Turn-Opt at Ashtonp ndeb-Lynb . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike ef the factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has been manifested by the hands working in those mil ' s which have been paying under the list price . At length , a general meeting vbs called , when it was stated that the firm of Messr ? . Reyner were paying the lowest prices in the town , and ihose gentlemen having latterly contributed to the League Fund , the meeting was of opinion , that if the masters could give their hundreds of pounds to the anti-Corn Law League , they could well affard to raise the wages of the work-hands . It was therefore agreed , that the hands in Messrs . Reyner ' d
employment should give a fortnight ' s notice , that uule ^ 3 they obtained an advance ^ they would 6 tr&e work . On this notice being given a fortnight ago , the masters representing sixteen firms , a 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 Messrs . Rayner persist in turning out , they would each stop their weaving departments on the 25 ; h of November , ia order that Messrs . Reyner might succeed in getting tnen- milla filled with workpeople . The operatives , however , determined on carrying out the strike , the consequence of which is , that nearly the wiiole of the weavers in the town and neighbourhood were throwa ou 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 day as a holiday , in consequenoe of Mr . Van Amburgh coming in procession to the town , and not enter into any business m 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 tha millownere . Several shop meetings hava been held during the day arranging what steps should be adopted at the morning meeting . All ' -at present remains quieter-Times , Wednesday .
The followin 2 additional particulars are from the Manchester Guardian , the well known League advocate and organ of the millocracy : —On Tutsuay morning the weavers assembled at tea o'clock , when a person named Conker was called to the chair . J . iMiiligan said , he had been to various Bhop meetings that morning ,, and had addressed them . He suggestei the propriety of a deputation being appointed to wait upon the various ministers of the gospel throughout tho town aud neighbourhood , and adopt the same- stops as the hand-loom weavers of Rochdale had done . He thought that , if the miaisteiJ would intercede between the employers and employed * much good would be effected . A person ia the meeting rose and said , he begged to move that this courso should be adopted . This , being seconded , was put by the Chairman , and esrried . — Aa . ' operative then moved " That the appointment o * the deputations should be left with ths weavers the inotioi
sommitteo , " 'A female having seconds ' . * ' „ it was put and carried . Pilling said he had to inform them , that last week there wem f 05 persons a * work in Messrs , Reyner ' a mill , but ? hia week there were only 30 . He uuderstood that , tae masters were complaining thac the London jafs d ^ d not do Us duty towards them ; he was glai ttaiwue-of tho ^ o . papers were advooating their cause . After denouncing those masters who were tonnected with the Anti-Cutn-Law League , he dwelt at amie lengtht oa the advantages of union , aad coacinaed by advbing those who hid been locked out by the masters , to go to the parish for relief . The secretary far the oommittec read tho receipts and disbursements , from when if appeared that £ 24 15 s Si . had been . collected on Saturday last , for Me ^ ta . R ? 3 a 6 tB hands . The meeting then a ^ j ) uraed until « ednesday morning . Several meetings have been held at Hyde , Stalybridgt \ DukinSaid , and other plaC 3 S , which have been add-ts 3 : 4 by Tangus person apiong I the lU-nv-Qutg ,
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THE WINTER CIRCUITS . The neoessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of tbe gaols iu the respective counties throughout England , by ono of the Learned Judge ? , having been admitted , their Lordshipa have , wound , made the following arrangements , with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable an object . It must , however , be borne in mind , that those assizoa will be held fur the trial of prisoners only . The trial of causes at Nisi Prius will be disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer assiies .
OXFORD . Oxfordshire—Saturday , Di c . 9—Oxford . Gloucestershire—Wednesday , Doc . 13—Gloucester Worcestershire—Monday , bee . 18—Worcester . Shropshire—Thursday , DcO . 21—Shrewsbury . Staffordshire— Tuesday , Deo . 26—Staffird . Before the Hon . Baron RolJ ' e .
WE 3 TBBN . Southampton—Wednesday . Deo . 20—Winchester . Devon—Wednesday , Dec . 27—Exoumt . Before Sir . T Coleridge , Knight , and the Hon Sir C . Cre $ i > weU , Knighi . MIDLAND . Warwickshire—Monday , Dec . 11—Warwick . Leicester—Thursday , Dec . 14—Leicester . Nottinghamshire—Monday , Dec . 18—Nottingham . Derbyshire—Wednesday , Dec . 20—Derby . Before the Right Hun . Sir J . Pnrke , Knight , one of the Barons of her Majesty ' s Exchequer . UOME . Es 5 cx-r-Saturday , Deo . 9—Chelmsford . K * nt—Wednesday , Dec 13—Maidstone . Sussex— Saturday , D-.-e . 10—Lowes . Before the Hon . Sir C . Cresswell .
NORTHERN . Yorkshiro and South Lancashire—Mr . Justice Wiuhtman—Date of Assize not yet published .
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BARNStBYi- The weavers of Messrs . Hexworth and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can be got ready forltuera , and there is no doubt but that the whole of them will shortly be employed as usual There seems to ) be a very kindly feeling existing between them and their employers ; and it is hoped that uo advantago will be taken of any individual in consequence oi tb . 8 lata strike , as has been unhappily the case by icme firm in this town , somo of whofe weavers turnedfoutafew months age to prevent a reduction of tho ir wages , and who , since the
termination of the strike , have been turned oat of employ . , Tne regular weekly meeting of the weavers was held , on Monday night , and was numerously attended . ; The sympathy of tha weavers towards their unemployed brethren was strikingly manifested by the expression of their willingness and determination to support them Until they get work , and { in a way i to provido for ] themselves . One or two } [ Other firms have attempted both directly and indirectl y ; to reduce the wages of their workmen , in order to ! enrich themselves at their expense , and to make them i still more miserable . It is hoped , however , that ' they will retrace tho Bteps they have taken in ' this j matter , and coiisider that " The labourer ia worthy j of his hire . " jAs 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 . "
Swiss in BiRNSLFY—The inhabitants oS thU town were alarmed by the ringing of the fire belk , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , whe % it turned out that a hay-stack belonging W . Cwtwshaw and J . Oxiey , butchers . The stack was < m fire nearly twp hours before the town ' s engines eatne , as the engine men would not fetch out the engines until thhy were sure who was to pay them . The fire was got out b&one o ' clock , but what the devouring element haa ^ not destroyed is entirely unfit for use . i ExTBAOiUMNABY Pboduce . —On three acres and a quarter of laiid on Chatmoss , near Manchester , and only reclaimed some three or four years ago , there has been I dug up this season 555 loads ot potatoes of 252 lbs . per load , equal to 67 k tons and wonh fully fifty-four shillings per ton . Tho lxad is under the superintendence , of the Giardians ef \ he > Manchester Union .
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 2, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct957/page/5/
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