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      CASE of the GLASGOW COTTON SPINNERS ¦ \ COM 0 mATION COMMITTEE . « 6 REAT MEETING AT ASHTON-UNDER-LtNB . / . •• - — - - < ! _ : — ¦ » —— . , .- ; . _ One of the most crowded and attentive public ^ saeetingn we have ever had the pleasure to witness , 'took place in the Charlestown Meeting Room , on "Wednesday evening , the 7 th instant , to hear the addresses of Messrs . M'Nish , Campbell and Cuth-Jjertsou , from Scotland , on behalf of the above victims of tyranny and oppression . The meeting . commenced at eight o ' clock , and continued with s&dmumshed interest until nearl y twelve . Mr . Beegan , of Staley Bridge , was called to . the chair , 2 nd opened the meeting by remarking upon the j - pleasure he experienced in having the honour of introducing to the meeting the three gentlemen present , • ¦ who had undertaken to be missionaries to the people of England , on behalf of the five Glasgow Cotton iik 01

      . jo ^ uuuus . yeuvus jisnion , ne doubted not would promptly and energetically respond to the call-which would that night be made upon them for fer assistance in the patriotic mission in which these ' . gentlemen were engaged . The case of tie five men . under consideration , was that of every operative of £ C 8 iy trade , and craft , not only in Great Britain and = . Ireland , but throughout the whole world ; and the ¦ sorting classes would be neglecting their most Taluable and sacred interests it they refused to assist 4 kese men in their laudable exertions , or were they io freatwith indifference the case of the above victims 'Of unrelenting tyranny . These men were innocent of every charge preferred against them , save and -except one , to which he was sure every working man in die kingdom , who had not the slightest claim to

      independence , or the most remote desire to better hie « ondition , wonld _ exultingly plead guilty—namel y , . that of endeavouring to prevent a reduction of his ^ r ages . __ Yes , the only allegation that could be proved against these men , was that they desired to hava such , a remuneration for their labour as would enable diem to maintain themselves and families in decency and comfort , and to enjoy their due share of the bounties which abeneficient God prepared and intended for all Ms creatures . The chairman then ^ traduced Mr . M'Nish , who entered into a history of the < mgmoftheCottonS pinners'Association , inGlasgow The first union of which he was acquainted , was ibnnedintheyearl 80 S , when the Cotton Spinners <» fGla !« ow muted . At thattime they had no secrets .

      they printed their articles for the nse of the members , -conducted their business in open meeting , and suc'Cessrally resisted two or three redactions of wages , ¦ which had been attempted by individual masters . This so enraged the masters , that the combination laws werebroGghttobearuponthemen , thecommittee of the union were taken and cast into prison . The snen did not however desist from uniting . Being deprived by the combination laws from nnitiug openly , they were compelled to form secret associa-• turns . Thenrnnionswerenotashad been endeavoured "to be shown , formed to injure any man , or to damage any property . They were united to enable theni" sekes to protect each other against the tyrannyjof the masters . He did not deny that there were a great -anany-henourabl e men amongst the employers—but

      ¦ wliilst admitting that he could not refrain from say-- lEgthere wax a large majority of selfish and avari" aons ones . These men , whenever they saw a man . active in the cause of his fellow workmen , or in defence of Ins trade , were sure to deprive him of employment , and that was one reason which induced the men to secrecy . They wished to protect themselves from proscription and starvation and consequently -were compelled to form secret unions for self-defence , or be reduced to the state of the handloom weavers . The meeting had heard a great deal about the mischievous objects for which they were combined . He could mention them , and then they would b " e able to judge for themselves . Their chief objects were to protect themselves from reductions of wages , and to bury snch of their members as

      died respectably . The combination laws they were all aware were repealed in 1824 , and the men could hare their unions open . The first great charge brought against the spinners' union was the case of JI'Quarry , who \ ras shot at in 1819 . Mr . M'Xish here entered-into details full y acquitting the spinners of all blame in that transaction . The nextcase was that of the widow M'Phearsou , who - sras said to be murdered instead of one of her daughtersat the instigation of the Cotton Spinners ' Society . The facts ' of the case were these—one of the masters , Mr . Dunlop , was discharging alibis men and supplying their places with women who would do the work cheaper . Several of these aromen lodged with the widow , and on the pay ij ghs some of the young men incautiously went to regale

      themselves with that bane of his country , whiskey Ascuffleoccurred one night when they had been drinking and soma of the parties fell upon the old woman , ( who had lain in consequence of being bedridden for three years near the kitchen fire , ) and crushed her . He had no doubt but that it hastened her death . He was anxious to impress upon the meeting the following fact ; that no accusation was preferred againstanybody at the time , andyet after ¦ a lapse of nearly twenty years , the spinners' asso--dation was charged with having hired persons to murder her . ( Great sensation . ) They had also heard of No . 60 . _ It was insinuated that there was -somethingmysterions and awfolin this number sixty —that under that mystical figure they concealed the villains , who were ready to bum or assassinate for

      Sire . Whereas the simple truth was this . Their Enion comprehended fifty nine vnWU or shops and its members in their finance and other books of reference , were classified according to their factories ranging from one to fifty-nine . Men , who were-out of work , and who were assisted in their temporary distress by Ilieir brethren , having no shop , had ofcourseno number—and were , therefore , entered in the books as number sixty—the next figure to ¦ fift y-nine , of ¦ which , their shops ' consisted . This was the explanation of this horrib le mystery . The . next charge was the emigration one . Hewould explain to them what that-was ! ltwas customary for the Spinners' Society to allow every good , honest , sober man ten pounds to enable hun to emigrate , andif he returned to this country within the space

      of three years he was bound to refund the money . Thus the money which was said to be spent in midnight assassinations and noon-day murders , was 4 Jiven-to some of their most laborious and industrious working-men , who by emigrating would endeavour to better their condition . The greatest utility he could discover in Trades' Unions , was to prevent reductions of wages by individual musters . It was complete madness to attempt to oppose a general reduction , when all the masters were combined . He then detailed the circumstances connected with the late strike , which he said lasted for eighteen weeks , and the average allowance for that time was only eighteen-pence a week for each family . The

      masters joined in a bond of £ 500 each , not to commence their mills unless their terms were acceded to . it was a time of great stagnation in trade . 50 . 000 people were thrown out of employment and exposed to starvation ; yet the Sheriff complimented the Spinners of Glasgow on their peaceable demeanour . The Committee had even agreed not to pay any member of the Union a single farthing , who was guilty of the slightest breach of the peace . After thus assisting the Sheriff to preserve the peace , the very act was construed into a grave accusation against them to prove the formidable and tremendous power they possessed . In conclusion he would ; say , why did not the authorities of Glasgow , apprehend the three Committees that were in existence at .

      the time . Smith had been shot—afoul murder had been committed—it was the province of the local authorities and the magistrates to probe into the matter-4 t was a praiseworthy duty—but why did they not apprehend all the Committees ? The men were on the eve of an ' amicable adjustment of their ¦ differences—they had agreed to have a meeting with the masters—the new hands in the mills were well aware that if the men and masters agreed , the greaterpartof them would be displaced . ~ Theyhad their Committee at the time . Now mind he did not say they caused the death of Smith ; but he would put it to the meeting whether it would not be more 3 heir interest to do so than that of the turnout spinners , who were expecting to resume their work in a few days , and whose interest it was therefore to

      prevent any such occurrence . The masters had tbeir Committee also . ( Hear , hear . ) A minority « f the masters had vowed vengeance against the working men , from the commencement of the strike . Now he did not impute to them any participation in the death of Smith—yet he could not help thinking that the authorities of Glasgow being anxious for impartial justice , ought to have arrested them all . There were some circumstances connected with the apprehension of the Spinners' Committee that would clearly establish their innocence in every Tinbiassed and unprejudiced mind . The Committee had plenty of money in their . nnssession .

      npwardsofa hundred pounds . They knew that they were to be apprehended , aud he would put it to the meeting whetherit was reasonable to suppose , that if these men had connived at the death of Smith , they wouldhave reinainedin the meeting room aud waited to be arrested . They kept all their boots , and they had some very large ones , although they had plenty of time to have burnt them to tinder . Would they have left all their documents exposed , iad there been anything in them calculated to criminate them upon their trial , or to substantiate flie allegations urged against them . After some rarthei observations , Mr . M'Nish concluded amidst loud cheer * . -

      _ M j- Campbeix , the Secretary of the Glasgow Trades , then presented himself to the meeting , and > w » tecwed with loud cheers and clappings of ttands . He said , Mr . Chairman , men and women of » ° ? f £$ aad malignant stigma has been » temptedtobe castonthecottonspinners of Glasgow . •*^ . aarebeen assailedfromeveryquanier—^ iudgesoutheb e ^ Ti-the House of Commons ^ fc £ , v £ a ° ffi ( K " ° *• , Crown-have reiterated the tea aad numerou s calumnies heaped upon them : : , > ? one 8 r ^ i 0 ttrablecxceptions . has attacked ¦ . . " -

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      the character of the operatives of Glasgow and toough them the ^ character of every working maS the kingdom . I have come to plead the caue ofZ fiveindustnouscotton spinners , fathers of forf&J * husbands of wives-and brothers of brethrtTWw havebeensenten cedto transportation , forresisting theeffortsandthwartmgthe Khemes ' ofment whol objects aretomake money dear and labour chelp l WKhtoimpress upon the mindsof the rising generatoon the necesatyof struggling for their ri | htTaud mamtaimngtheffunions . Have not the working class as much right to unite as any other society ? I am prepared to prove that it is the coStion ! aud-aiegalum onsof the hi gher classes of society * a t hayerendereditnecessary , « ndindispensablefor fle working people tounitefor their own protection . The Queen andthe HouseofPeers unite forTe protection of what they term their ri ghts-the landholdersfor protecting their estates and keenine- nn

      i&eirrents-tne clergy combine to maintain their ecclesiastical revenue * , andthe tithes—the lawveri strictly unite together and will not allow abovt a certain number of apprentices—the employers are leagued together to protect capital , and is it not nreposteroustoimaginethatwithallthese examples before them , the working classes should not unite to protect themselves . Charges of the foulest and most slanderous description were made , the most elarinz and unblushing perjury and bribery have beei committed to enable the public prosecutor to obtain his ends . Compliments have been bandied about from the sheriff to thejudges on the bench , the mo " flattering eulogiums were bestowed upon Captain Millar , superintendent of police , for arrestuie a few VZ ™}** ^ PV ^^^ ? ayed , thfnation trom awful

      some destruction . The men had been dragged from their committee room , nkeconvicted felons-crammed into cold , loathsome ! and sobtary dungeons at midni ght-part of them stopped almost naked , although he believed , and was convinced , of the innocence of these injured men . The base press of Glasgow , exulted at their treatment , and told the people that the authors of all their misery were at last apprehended and lodeed safelyin pnson . They were charged withiustigatrue tne people to commit assassination . Every mean * was token to prejudice the public mind , and to p » Te the way for obtaining an easy conviction . One magistrate declared , at a dinner party of people of quality , that he would rather see them all hanged than sit down to the most sumptuous entertainment .

      Indeed , such nad been the basely malignant , and dishonourable means resorted to , that it gave him the greatest surprise , that the five men were not gibbeted , as examples , to deter the working men from ever after attempting to defend themsulves against their oppressors . At the commencement of the imprisonment of these men it was considered highly dangerous to speak in their behalf . Any man who dared to vindicate them , was designated aii asiiassin . He then alluded to the murders men turned by the previous speaker , and said , that it had never been proved that Smith was murdered . It wa « true , the man lost his life-that he was killed . But there were a great many ways of killing a man novr-a-days , that were not accounted murder Our present Government thought it no murder to kill hundreds of the

      Canadians for endeavouring to obtain their nghk-it was only killing thunt . The man Smith mighthave been murderea from a private pique-for there were numbers of people who said openly they would have revenge of him ibfthe injury he had caused their families . The evidence dveu upon oath by Moat , that he naturally suppos ed the secret select committee was formed lor tfie destruction of hfe and property , would nerer gain a moment s credence with any rational behwr . Such a committee would be advocated onl y by a lunatic or some ignoranij besotted , and malevolent wre ch . He thenrelated the case ef some persons purchasing bullets-and the person who sold them , upon being examined as to the appearance of the purchaser , said he believed he was like a cotton-spinnerl Tim

      same was said by the parties who sold the tiu camsters-which were believed to be intended to burn down the houses of the managers and mastersthat they thought the persons buying them were like cotton-spinners . He then stated the improbabihty of the combustible packets found in Husseys lactory , having been thrown in from withoat Vtmes of glass in the factory windows were snail ones , and the size of each packet was ei « ht inches long—four in diameter aud twelve in circumference . Now , did itnotlook extremely improbable , that a man in the streets , who would naturall y be in a hurry , should throw one of these exactly through a pane of glass , the window being fourteen feet from the ground . He then described theluanuer in which the witness who was clerk of the milland who said

      , he found the packets three or four yards from the window , gave his evidence ; the dreadful shriek he gave as he fell down in the witness-box , and the impossibility of prevailing upon him to re-enter the wituesj-box and resume his testimony . He also pointed out to the meeting the difference between an hughsh aud a Scottish Jury . In England the Jury had to be unanimous in then- verdict , or the prisoner was discharged : in Scotland a majority was sufficient ; and in the case of these five men a majority of one found them guilty , —not of murder , or assassination , or mill-burning , but of trivial assault , and of conspiring to raise their wages : aud for these

      offences they were sentenced to seven years' transportation . Lord Brougham , in the House of Peer * , proved that if the same crimes had been committed in England , the maximum of punishment would have been three months' imprisonment ; and in Manchester , where three men had been taken for rioting at Guest ' s mill , they were only sentenced to nine months' imprisonment ; Mr . Campbell concluded a very able and eloquent speech , by calling upon the men of Ashton to assist in liquidating the heavy debt incurred in defending their brethren , the men of Glasgow , and sat down amidst loud cheprs .

      Mr . Cuthbertsox was received with great applause , and congratulated the men of Ashton upon the noble assembly which he saw before him . It convinced Mm that they felt a deep interest in the cause of the unfortunate men , to arouse sympathy for whom , and to obtain the nieaus of supporting their distressed families , he and his coadjutors had left their homes and travelled hundreds of miles . He was preud to see the women of Ashton assembled to adorn their meeting , who by their smiles and encouragements cheer us on in our difficulties ; and by their affectionate attachment , ease and smooth our way through this world . It cost them no less than £ 3 , 000 to defend these men . , The meeting would be surprised to learn that they were put to an enormous expense to force on the trial of the men immured in gaol . £ 1 , 600 had been received toward * defraying the expenses of the trial , which left them

      indebted in a balance of £ 1 , 400 . They would like to know how this money had been collected , and who were the subscribers . £ 500 had been received from an anonymous source : £ 100 of it came enclosed , signed " Free Men of the West , " and he fervently prayed to God that they might long enjoy their freedom . The second £ 100 came in the same manner , signed " The unrelenting enemies of tyranny andoppression ; " and the remaining £ 300 came from "The friends of humanity and justice . " Three of these unfortunate men had wives and families ; one had a wife , and the other had aged parents . In the name of these unfortunate wives , helpless children , aud aged and infirm parents , he implored their assistance . He knew that he should not make his appeal in vain—he felt confident that it would be warmly r esponded to . They would have , in return , all that these persons could give—their heartfelt thanks and grateful prayers .

      Mr . Stephens next addressed the meeting , and was greeted with tremendous cheering . He said-Sir , who can rise after these men have spoken , aud trust himself to say ever so little without diminishing the force and weakening the impression of their artless and convincing story . I would much rather leave untouched the simple , but stately edifice of truth and fect j which their master hands have reared , than any additional remarks of mine should injure the cause which all , with equal sincerity , though not with equal power , are so auxious to promote . Much rather would I go home , and there alone and in silence call up slowly to my mind each individual statement they have made , and think of it and brood over it , until 1 become master of the whole subject , in itself , in its relation to the rights of labour , and in

      its connection with the social history of our doomed and devoted country . But the part I have taken in the public discussion of this important question , having , I believe , been the first who came forward in these parts to lay the case before the people ; and having in Edinburgh and in Glasgow , as well as in Manchester , spoken the truth so boldly as to run some small risk of myself becoming the victim of the same conspiracy which has torn these innocent men from their homes and sent them to herd with felons at the hulks—may lead you to expect to hear from me to-night what I now think of the' course 1 have taken , and in what . light 1 now regard a case which has excited attention throughout all Europe and America , aud . wHch is without any parallel in the annals of the criminal courts in this country . I nm free to acknowledge , sir , mat when I received the first communication from Glasgow , I was not altogether without my misgivings as to the conduct of

      these martyred men , in connection with the Association of whichthey were the responsible office-bearers . My long acquaintance with the demoralizing and unnaturalizing tendencies of the factory system , having now , for some years , attentively aud impartially watched its workings upon society—having seen with mjr own eyes ten thousand instances of the most cruel , vindictive , and implacable tyrauny exercised by the masters in combination against the defenceless operatives , this punctual acquaintance with the operation of the system urepuredmymindfor corresponding instances- of re-action . I knew it . wag possible , and I thought it not by any mean s unlikely that the working men of Glasgow , subjected as they had been to a Beries of wrongs ' and injurie * on the part of wealthy conspirators , should at last have been goaded to madness , and ; ia * hed . into fury , should h ' ave sprung like the wounded lion in the agonies of its death-throe , ' upon the fiends wk > hud

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      accomplished their destruction . I was prepared for all this—and had even more than this been the case —had every mill in Glasgow b % en burned to the ground—and every tyrant shared one common fate--I should not have been surpruied . Deeply as I should have sorrowed over the scene of slaughter , " it would have awakened no wonder . Heave it for others to declare the amount of guilt—the height of atrocity such deeds would indicate , and when their estimation is made , I will be prepared to prove atrocity and guilt ten thousand-fold on the pnrt of the rich conspirators against the poor . With these apprehensions , or if you will , with these feardthat the men might have been betrayed or hurriedSinto some act , which all . must have deplored—ho matter what the provocation might have Been-A still deter-

      mined to obtain for them , as lar as-my . humble efforts could obtain it , a fair trial—an impartial investi gation of the whole case . I knew it must tend to ulterior enquiries , and thntit was necessary in the first instance to make a clear stage for the five imprisoned spinners , aiid let them tight their own battle at the bar of , this country . It was no ordinary case this—no common crime—had it been crime—it involved questions , interests , consequences , of the highest national importance . I behold an oppressed , injured , infuriated slave-population , struggling for their very existence—driven to the brink of stapation—obli ged at the best of times to ekeout their wretched livelihood by-the unnatural sale of the labour of their wives ar id little children —and after all tantalised and mocked Him Samn .

      son of old , shorn of their strength and sightless , first made to grind in the mill and then brought out for the sport and derision of their Philistine oppress ors . I forbear to follow this prophetic illustration to its close ^ and yet the proud and haughty men who hold their weaker brethren in bondage , ought not to go unwarned . I tell them that so surely as they persist in their present course , so snrely will the gorgeous temple of their Mammon deity be lifted from its base , and bury them in one undistinguished grave—Sampson will have his strength again , though but for a moment , and though he himself should pensh with the oppressors , he is coinmauddd to destroy . This was the state of Glasgow , aud' not of Glasgow only . Our manufacturing districts in general present a most appalling aspect to the

      politician and the patriot .- A more artificial , vicious , aud dangerous state of society never existed—resulting from the same cause—growing gradually worse year after year— and only to be ameliorated and restored to something like health n"ainbyan entire change of principle in the regulation of our social economy . We all did what we could to bring this question fairly before the public , though in advocating their cause , even to this limited extent , we were ourselves aspersed and vilified as companions and abettors of incendiaries aud assassins . Uutin the face of the foulest calumnies which a corrupt and venal press vomited upon us , we have succeeded , and have to-night a two-fold satisfaction—a twofold triumph . We were the . means , as these Gentlemen have told you , of saving your brethren from

      tue ignominious death to which they were to be devoted—aud we have assisted in rescuing the character of the operative population of the empire from the still more ignominious fate , to which this trial was expected to hand them over for ever . On no single portion of my public career do I reflect with more satisfaction than on this—the honour of being associated with my noble friends , Oastler and O ' Connor in this struggle of the weak against the _ strong—in this defence of the poor oppressed against the rich oppressor . At every successive step 1 took in the vindication of labour , assailed in the persons of these five victims—fresh light broke in upon my path—and now , Sir , iu this room , where I first opened the subject . to an astoujshed- 'aifil incredulous multitude , ) ou are convinced to a man

      not only that I was ngut in doing all I could to bring the cause of labour before the country , by assisting these men in obtaining the fairest trial which , under existing circumstances , could be got for them—but that the association , whose officers they were , was guiltless of the designs and objects attributed to it , aud that the men themselves , independently < jf every other consideration , were worthy of the assistance and the sympathy of a patriotic public . Yes , Sir , they are here to-night , as represented by Campbell , Cuthbertsdn , and M'Nish , mid you hail them as men who , after being thrown into the furnace of malignant persecution , have stood the fiery tes , t , and come forth unscathed—without tut much as the smell of burning upon their vestments . Innocent and much injured meu ! Your

      couutrvmen welcome you already in anticipation from the honourable exile to which you havebeen condemned , but to which you shall not be sent unaccompanied by the villains and murderers , who would fain make youthe scape-goats of their own infernal crimes . Whilst listening with you to the disclosures made to us by the respectable delegation from the trades of Glasgow—men of whom you have much reason to be proud—I have not been unmoved , though I have forborne to express my feelings by any outward token of emotion , I have sat abstracted , and in deep meditation . I have said to myself , as at one time the blood boiled within me , and at another pulsation \ ras almost suspended , shall all this be , and shall all this be borne—shall the poor be thus visited , and shall their oppressors go unpunished r

      Shall the most industrious , the most virtuous , and the most patient race of men in the whole world be thuR denounced , degraded , and doomed to banishment abroad , to death at home , whilst their idle , selfish , luxurious , and tyrannical ) monster-master * to remain untouched by man , and uudamned of heaven . It is so for the present , but so it cannot be much longer . The thing is winding up full fast enough . Tell me not of the trash nud . trumpery swept together for this solemn trial , aud exhibited at second hand iu the House of Commons , by such political night-men as deaths-head and bloody bones O'Connell . Talk not to me of rotten eggs aud cabbage stalks , of cats and chuck y-stones ? of tin canisters so scientifically filled , so scientifically thrown . Tell me not about oaths by the dozen about like inn

      men cotton spers being watched here and seen yonder . All this , is worse than trifling . . The day is coming , Sir , when all these fabrications will be awful realities . ( Hear , hear . ) When the scenes which thu bungling cotton masters of Glasgow have turned into farce will be performed as solemn tragedy . Thes hatched up conspiracies are not forgotten . The recollection of these survives , and the moral is handed down to children ' s children . In your own neighbour-, hood , sir , the same kind of game has been employed ; some once or twice too often . The box of combustibles which never exploded , and the poor man who was hanged upon a policemau ' s oath , as to the print of a nail in his shoe , a large reward having been offered as in the case of Smith , at Glasgow . These awful fact ? are fresh in the memory here , aud here

      as well as in Glasgow they may have their reward , when the day of retribution comes , and it seems to be coming apace ; other weapons will be used than turnips and cabbages , other victims will be required than poor men like Smith , whose death lies , not at the door of the associated operatives , but on the heads of theguilty Glasgow masters and the Moloch system which they continue to feed on the life ' s blood of their fellow creature . What madness to accelerate that day of doom ! It seems as though they were resolved to hasten it . If this be their object , they cannot more effectually accomplish it than by enacting the tragedy of the Glasgow theatre , upon every stage throughout the manufacturing districts . Fools and bund ! to teach the people the canister trick , aud to shew them how easily your fire-proof mills muv

      be burnt to ashes , how soon your lire-proof bsdips may be brought to bite the dust at the bidding of a bullet bought b y any one who looks like a cotton spinner ! WiE you teach them to laugh and jest at your blundering and botched conspiracies , and at the same time sting them to madness by the spectacle of their brethren slaughtered in hecatombs to glut your vengeance , until they are determined to mete out to you , the wealthiest and tlie proudest of you , the same measure you have so often measured out to them . These scenes at Dorchester and Glasgow are nerving many an arm , and steeling many a heart against the day of retribution . The people of this country are a patient People , but patience like every other duality , has its limits , it has been stretched too far already ,, and yet the rash men of

      me lantt wiunottoke the warning . The Government will not pause even for a single moment , but seems resolved to plunge the country into al . the horrors ol anarchy and revolution . And because one or two individuals like myself , knowing what is afcwork , and foreseeing the evil that must come , have stepped forth from the retirement of private life , with no other end in view than to preserve the institutions of the State , by defending the cause of the poor , aud maintaining their right to live at home and at liberty , on the condition of laborious industry , they ate stigmatised as madmen and incendiaries , aud singled out aspropemctimsforthe vengeanceof ourinhumau Government , as if the fact ot our madness , or the sacrifice of our liberty and life would at all alter the case ! In one scene it would altur it , the end that cometh would come sooner and more suddenly that is all . Let the renowned fifty-two , the combination of masters , execute the menace they have thrown ant

      and do the job for Stephens , or let themptt ^/ e , aa $ tnielltgeta Home Secretary surround me with spies and informers , and men of blood ; let him bring me to the bar or to the block . Here are my limbs confine them ; here is my head , strike it from my . shoulder * . for declaring that "the labourer is ; . worth y of his hire "—and should be "first partakeo ? thefruits , " -and what then ? Why -w with the holy mea of old-who spoke those wds fromGodhnnself , so with the . weak and unworthy maujrho now repeats them , it would be found that the blood of the martyrs i « the seed of the Snrch Everycnmson drop that spirted from the headle s trunkof those , who now preach the rigMeotuimsaf ¦ GW wouldbesprinkle . and baptize ten thousand tone * ten thousand Briti . sli spirits . ' Where one K rfamamynalwouldrise an / marchforth to aven ? SjJ * - | S * t « - *« mg ns it may be deemed by othe rs , I wiUdishnrge uy 2 uty as a man and a freebora citum of a chnstHm country . Oucemorel

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      tell the legislature and the ministers of the Crown , that the people of England have madeup their minds on the subject . They are weary of aAing , praying uniting and suffering . They cannot suffer much more , thejr will not ask again , nor is it likely they should wait much longer . They see in the working of the New Poor Law , and of the present agricultural and manufacturing systems , that everything hau been calculated to effect one and the same end—the degradation and misery of the whole labouring population , and that has been accompanied by the most savage torture ever devised by Devil * , or inflicted upon man . This they will not endure . They may be slaves , but they will not be enslaved . They are already beginning , and I think very pro . perty to nut themselves into a position of defence in this neighbourhood ; and it is no secret , unleH

      to the noble Lord , they are providing themselves with fire arms , and have sworn , each man for himself , to die a thousand deaths rather than be poorlawed , and combination-lawed . It will be an awful day when Lord John Russell declares his determination to put it to the proof . As to the combination eommittee , it is all a farce . Of whom is it composed . I need not say . You know one of them—himself a conspirator—one of the renowned fifty-tivo ! But I spare that traitor to the class from which he sprang , and which he now thinks honourable to oppress and persecute . You know him and that w enough . Never again willl ask you to petition the House of Commons . You have had enough of that . But we must discharge our duty to the Glasgow Trades , who have so nobly made themselves responsible for the expenses incurred by the defence of your

      fellowworKmen . l on have heard this appeal , and I know you will respond to it in a way worthy of yourselv » 8 and the cause . Would to God that the employers , by their honourable ¦ and straight forward conduct to theii men , would render meir appeals unnecessary , How miserably infatuated they must be , hot to perceive theilieftable happiness they would enjoy , and the blessings their riches would confer upon them by livingon terms of peace and friendship with thenwork people , instead of living as at present in a continued state of strife and contention with'them . How much better would it be for good masters and good men to unite for mutual protection ^ leaving ¦ bad masters and bad men to endure the tortures of their upbraiding consciences , and to suffer the penalt y of of their disunions and unnatural warfares . II the masters even resolved to perish in their present ruinous and deplorable career—should they still be

      insensible to the dictates oi reason—of brotherly love—and of Christian charity—then it would be the bounden duty of every working man to preserve his unions—to defend his ri g hts—to fight for his liberty and his life—to resent his oppressors—and to persecute with rigour that moral war against slavery and oppression that would termiaate iu a bloodless and triumphant victory . Mr . Stephens concluded amidst loud and repeated cheers . Mr . Hiooins moved and Mr . Tayior seconded the lbllowingresolution which was agreed to , " Thai this meeting alter hearing the exculpatory evidence adducud by the Scottish delegates , acquit the fiva Glasgow Cotton Spinners of every crime laid to their sharge , aud pledge themselves to do every thing in their power to procure a remission of their cruel aud savajre sentence ; and to support their wives and families . "

      Three cheers having been given for the delegates , three for Mr . Stephens , and thanks voted to tlia Chairman , the meeting separated . A very handsome collection was made at the door as the peoplu dispersed .

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      Stjlbv BuinuE . —A similar meeting to theabow was heldin King-street Chapel , on Saturday evening i « l ri ; ' wneu Messrs . Stephens , M'Nish , ( JampbelL Clark , and Deegan , attended and addressed the people , who evinced a deep interest in the statements of the delegates . A collection was made at the conclusion of the procBedino-s .

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      SCOTCH DELEGATES' MEETING AT LEEDS . On Thursday night , a public meeting was held in the Great School Room , York-street , for the purpose of hearing Messrs . M'Nish and Campbell , delegates . Mr . George "White was ealled to the Chair , and opened the business of the meeting by introducing Mr . M'Nish . In addition to what those worthy men have laid before the public relative to the important trial of the Scotch martyrs , Mr . M'Nish asked the meeting , how a secre ' t committee , who were openly appointed by ballot , could secretly expend the funds of the association when the said secret committee were answerable to any one of 1 , 000 members for every penny expended . ( Loud

      ciieers . ) JAe showed that the well-disposed masters were borne down by the tyrants , and that selfdefence compelled the good to fall into the ranks of the bad , machinery having equalised the profits on labour . He successfully proved , that of the three parties opposed at the period of the strike , namely the minority of the masters , the three hundred nobs ' or blapk sheep , and the spinners , anxious to return to their work after seventeen weeks starvation , that they , the cotton spinners , were ' much the most interested in peace and accommodation with the masters . M'Nish made an admirable speech , and that of Campbell was not less effective . He explained the evidence of the chemist with reference to the inflammable rone to the entire satisfaction of

      the meeting , full y proving that the infernal machine was cast into the mill with the entire knowled ge of the witness , who thought the Devil was coming for him , when pressed b y the Lord Chief Justice respecting the knowledge of the transaction . . Mr . Campbell also very clearl y exp lained the advantage which the law-officers took of the power which the law gave them , of wasting time and harrassing the prisoners by delay . He assured the meeting , that had it not been for Mr . O'Connor , and some others , that the men would have beeti hanged . M'Nish observed , that after an interview of two hours with Daniel O'Connell , that they were unable to remove his prejudice ; aud , that he said that he believed the Committee guilty of the

      murder of Smith , and would continue to do so till they the Committee , discovered the murderer . ( Groans hisses , - and damn him . ) Mr . Feargus O'Connor was then received with loud cheers . He commenced by promising to turn an overseer out of the room if he continued to interrupt the meeting , and after detailing the whole case of the spinners , he pledged himself to establish the great Northern Political Union in Leeds , in spite of the rotten rabble House of Commons . Each member , he said , should be distinguished by a medal , and see who would be a deserter . ( Immense cheering . ) He addressed the meeting at great length , and concluded amidst loud applause . A vote of thanks was then given to the chairman , who briefly returned thanks , and tho meeting separated .

      Leeds Socialists . —We understand that Mr . Green , from the Manchester Social Institution , will lecture in Leeds , in the afternoon and evening of to-morrow . . '

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      London , Thursday Evening . ELECTION COMMITTEES , —This Day . Walsall . —The Committee were occupied the whole of . the morning with the question as to whether they would admit tlie evidence of a witness named Healey , who was one of the subscribers to the fund for . prosecuting the . petition . The Committee decided that Healey was disqualified from giving evidence , he having a pecuniary interest in the matter . Evesham . —TJie Committee met this morning at the usual hour , but immediately on taking their seats the room was ordered to be cleared , and the Committee remained in deliberation for nearly three quarters of an hour .

      Dublin . —The Committee assembled to-day at two o'clock , Lord Seymour in the chair . The Committee adjourned shortly before four to eleven o ' olock to-morrow morning . Carlow . —The Committee met to-day at twelve o'clock , but were obliged to adjourn to eleven o ' clock to-morrow morning , in consequence of the illness of Lord Eobert Grosvenor . YouGHAii . —At the rising of-the Committee the parties stood on an equality in point of numbers on the poll . " . ¦ Reading . —The parties were here also on an equality when the Committee adjourned , Reading . —At one o ' clock the sitting Member was in a majority of one on the scmtiny .

      Youghal . —The Committee met this morning at eleven o ' clock , and proceeded n \ t \\ the scrutiny . At one o ' clock the sitting member was in a majority .

      . / HQUSE OF . COMMONS . ^ HURSD AY EVENING , March 15 . CORN LAWS . Mr . GROTE presented petitions from Ayr and other places , in faTour of a repeal of the Cora Laws . ¦ Mr . D . HARVEY presented petitions from two places in the county of Essex on the . same subject , '

      CORN LAWS , ¦ M . VILLIERS then rose to bring forward his motion forthe House resolving itself into a Committee of the whole House , to consider the propriety of repealing the Corn Laws immediately , observing that of all the wrongs perpetrated . He believed ; .. . ( left speaking . ) ¦ ¦ ' - . , "What we give of the latest Parliamentary intelligence is not of wonderful importance ; however we suppose our readers will look for a Uttle , A long

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      squabble took p lace in the House of Commons / relative to the withdrawal of Lord'Robert Grpsvenor , as Chairman of the Carlow Election Committee . A doctor was examined as to his'l ordshi p ' s he ' alth ; but the' House would not allow bun ' to state what the Noble Lord ' s complaint was : we apprehend he had not been in one oif tne Union Workhouses , at all events ' . Nothing of consequence took place ; indeed , nothing of consequence ever does take place , except upon money nights . , _ . City , Twelve O'CLOCK—The Zomfonlineof packet ship , from New York , of thu 20 th ult ., hiis arrived off Dartmouth , W which we hare received the New York Papers of the 20 th Jebmaiy , from which we extract the following from the froatier : ~ - , ¦ " General Scott has arrived here from Albany , on hu war to Washington . ¦ On learning bv special advices from Michigan ,

      or by Washington newspapers , that troubles had again broken put on the Michigan frontier , he immediately changed his porppae , to proceed thence by Buffalo , by the most rapid conreyance .. ' . . General Ward is now at Plattuburg , and has _ caUed but two companies of horse for the purpose of reconnoitering the country . We hear of no movement , however , of importance ; nordowebelievetherewillbeany . The Patriots hare undoubtedly a considerable amount of property Htored on the frontier , which was intended for the Canadian market . " Private letters speak of » deaperatc attempt of the Patriots on the Lower Province of Canada . Our accounts state that the Province would be kept in a state of alarm until troops from England got out . . The Quebec papers of the 13 th ult ., receired this morning , mention that Sir John Colbourn had been sworn in as a General Administrator of the Colonial Afl ' aira in the place o Lord Gosford . i The family of Sir Francia Bond H « ad has arrived in the

      Wellington , from New York . In tne House of Representatives a debate had taken place upon the subject of the war in Canada . Mr . Howard had moved the suspension of all other bwiness to bring forward the subject of maintaining neutrality on the frontier . He laid before the House a despatch relative to the proceedings of the rebels , 800 strong , who were commanded by VanreriageleaT . 'A movement was to be made near the St . Olair river ; the despatch states further that the people on the frontier freely gave up their arms to the rebels ; twenty loaded waggons had passed to the frontier , withurms and ammunition ; the rebels had been joined by a great number of the Indians ; one . statement is that the rebel ) mustered from 1 , 300 to 1 , 500 men . Mr . Howard proposed that a bill should be ' passed , giving to the civil power authority to aid the military in

      preserving neutrality . The bill was debated at some length , but it was afterwards adjourned iu order to enable the Members more accurately , to obtain a knowledge of its contents . From the New York Journal of Commerce of the 19 th of February we extract the following : — " Money and Exchange . —Bloney is scarce , though there is no great difiiculty . in obtaining good notes , being dkcounjed ut 7 per cent . European Exchange fella good deal ; the business of packet day was dono chiefly at 1 \ down to 6 J for good and private bills on England , but the packet being detained , fur ther sales were made , and the price continued to drop , the last transaction being 5 & for prime bills , end 5 j for Southern mils of unquestionable strength . Some of the Banks were large buyers , and at the rate of their purchases they will procure returns in specie below par . In Stock the business waa extremely small , but appeared ratrfer better towards the close .

      A . Jamaica Mail has arrived , sailed the 9 th Feb ., by the bohlpich . _ The Jamaica Papers of the above dak' do not contain anything worth notice . The KUNUS . —Consols which left off yesterday at 9 ' SU ( or th . ! v , ? S ^ . P enca " l the abova P " > and 92 - > & ft * Money , withhtdedomg asyet ExchequerBuk 6466 ; MiaBoni 64 66 ; B ; inkand fndia Stock « hut . _ In the Forei gn Market late yesterday afternoon a very sudden rise took place in the Spanish Active Bonds , but up to the "resent hour we cannot lind out tho cause , and at the closinc of the Market they receded from 22 to 21 g |; Portuguese , 314 Three per Ctato ' 20 V 2 U : Me . icanMi 29 ; iVch Two ? and-a-Half per Cents ., 523 £ 53 . HALF-PAST TWELVE . Later accounts from Canada state that Sir John Colbourn ana not been sworn in on the 13 th , owing to Lord Goaford having met with a slight accident by a fall on the ice . Southampton Dock Shares have been inquired for to-day . Half-past One o ? Clock . A letter posted at the North and South American Cottee House , states as follows : —

      _ The Patriots were collected with a determmation of proceeding over to Canada on the ice , and to attack some of the towns in the Western districts ; but I . do not believe that the Patriots will be able to effect any thing of moment ; still it will keep up a harrassing state of things . Mr . Papmeau is said to be at Platsburgh , and I suppose will soon be joined by M'Kenzie . ' , „ , , ' . - , , ' Friday Evening . we have received a long report of an interesting meeting held at Bury by the trades . They have commenced the peaceful agitation recommended at the Delegate Meeting held during this week at Manchester , as the following paragraph will evinqe . We give it ; and the whole report shall appear in our next number .

      "The advice to run the banks has been acted upon . On sSturday evening upwards of a thousand pounds was withdrawn , and more will be called iu when the-diflerent societies have had meetings of their committees . " Our Bury friends will remember that such was the advice of Mr . O'Connor at a public dinner given to him in the month of October , 1836 .

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      TJTTEKSJLL'S , Thursday Evening . THE RIDDLESWORTH . 7 to 4 on Cobweb colt—taken THE DERBY . 6 to 1 agst Lord Jersey ' s Cobweb colt—taken 11 to 1 agst Lord G . Bentinck ' s Grey Momustake 11 to 1 If to 1 agst Mr . Armitage ' s Nonplus colt—taken 16 to 1 agst Colonel Peel ' s Ion—ottered 11 to 1 agst Mr . E . Peel ' s The Early Bird-taken 22 to 1 agst Mr . Bland ' s Young Rowton-taken 23 to 1 agst Mr . H . Coombes ' s Cobham—taken 25 to 1 agst Lord G . Bentinck ' s D'Egville—offd . 2 b to 10 agst Lord Suffield ' s Bamboo—taken 30 to 1 agst Lord Westminster ' s Richard Roetaken

      28 to 1 agst Mr . Richardson ' s Monc Adam—offd 30 to 1 agst SirJ . Mills ' s Volunteer—offered 30 to 1 agst Lord Exeter ' s Alemdar—taken 33 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield ' s Bretby—taken 50 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield ' s . Tranby ' s dam colt—taken 60 to 1 agst Mr . A . Smith ' s Cracker—offered 28 to 1 ngst Captain Berkeley ' s Bullion—offered 1000 to 12 agstMr . Sowerb y ' s Caligula 30 to 1 agst Mr . Worrell ' s Dormouse—taken 1000 to 10 agst Mr . Bowes ' s Gonfalon-taken 400 to 100 agst Mr . J . Day ' s lot

      THE OAKS . 7 to 10 agst Lord' Jersey ' s Glenara Young Sam Day was killed by a fall from his horse . .

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      YESTERDAY'S WAKEFIELD CORN MARKET . "We have , again " a large supply of "Wheat and Barley . Wheat is in fair demand for anything in condition and Is . dearer . Oats are rather higher and scarce . Fine fay Barley is fully as dear . Dry . New Beans are in request at full prices . Leeds Gloth Markets , Tuesday , March 13 . In the Coloured and White Cloth Halls , during the past week , the demand has been unusually limited for every description of manufactured goods . The

      warehousemen , however , continue fully employed . Leeds Corn Market , Tuesday , March 13 . "W e are liberally supplied with Wheat . and Barley to-day , but of Oats and Beans the arrivals aTe scanty . There is a fair demand for Wheat , andthe best conditioned samples meet free sale , at an advance of is . ' per qr . while the damp qualities are only saleable At the rates , of last week . Barley is in fair request , but late rates are not exceeded . Oats are | d . per stone , Beans , Is . per qr . higher . Arrivals—Wheat , 15 , 215 ; Barley , 8 , 551 ; Oats , 1 , 509 ; Beans , 952 ; Shelling , 60 j Rapeseed , 1 , 710 ; Flour , 930 ; Malt , 80 ; and Linseed 40 quarters .

      Leeds Fortnigh t Fair , Wednesday , March 14 . —There was a limited show of every description of Cattle at tkis market . to-day , which was well attended by buyers , and consequently the whole of the Cattle exposed for . sale were disposed of at the following prices - . —Beef , 6 s . to 6 s . 6 d . per stone ; Mutton , 6 d . to 6 | d . per lb . Number" of Cattle at market—Beasts , 209 ; Sheep , 2 , 140 ; Pigs , 50 . Price of Hay in Leeds , 7 ^ d . to 8 d : ; Str aw , 4 $ d . per stone . Tallow . —The price of this article in Leeds is 5 s . per stone , with an extensive demand . Bradford Wool Market , March 15 . —The 'late high prices have again produced a check in the demand , and although the quantity of Wool brought into the market . is overrated , yet a reduction in price ia submitted to . The stock of fine Matehincs is light compared with other sorts , and it is probable that they will not be much lower .

      Bradford Yarn Market . —The Manufacturers finding they cannot obtain an equivalent price for their goods , according te the price asked for Yarn there has not been so much business doing to-day—indeed- 'they feel indisposed to purchass , and rather wish to do less . Bradford , Piece Market . —We have had another heavy market to-day , and comparatively little business has been done . Halifax Market , March 10 , —We have more business , doing ¦ in the Piece Hall to-day than for some weeks past , and at the full prices which have been hitherto obtained . There is also more doing in the Wool market .

      HuDDEBSFiELD . - —Although there i 3 more choice of goods in the market to-day , merchants seem rather backward , the advance of price in Wool not being , freely given for plain woollens , so that we have had rather a gloom over the market . The fancy trade about as for some weeks back . Some descriptions of cotton backs are sought after . Merinos rather more in request , '

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      Rochdale Flannel Market , March 12 .- .. We have this day experienced another-dull market although : there was agood ^ upp ly of goods of . all qualities . ; Little business was done at prices similar to the last few weeksi ; In Wools there has bee n Httle " or no business ilone in any kind . The market altogether has been one of the worst vre have had for several week ' s , both in raw and manufactured goods . ¦ Hull Corn Market , March 13 . —The sup . ply of farmer ' s Wheat was very short to day , and . the condition of a great many of the samples onl y middling ; such as were of fine quality and dry , obtained ; an advance of 2 s , ' per qr . * The ; trade generally must be noted Is . per qr . dearer .. Not much Barley offeirng ,-and last noted prices were fully supported . New Beans for the most part come to hand very tender , and'the fine hard samples were rather dearer . Oats come sparingly to market , and fine qualities were Is . per qr . higher . Rapeseed dull sale , and rather lower . Linseed firm at the rates of

      last week . ' . Manchester . —The dullness which prevailed last-week in the Yarn market still continues and purchasers , expecting a further decline in Cotton will not buy , except at very low prices , which , how ! ever , the spinners were nob quite so much inclined to accept on Tuesday as duriag the last week Tn the goods market there is very little change to noticebusiness , considering the season of the year is not brisk ; but that probably arises , in some de-ree from the great accumulation of goods in the rfands of the earners during the frost , which has prevented them from undertaking the conveyance of those recentl y delivered , and has thus had a strong ten dency to prevent fresh purchases .

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      MARRIAGES . M ? V ; W « ? t tnut ' ? fc th ? Parishchurch , Bradford , Mr . Edward Salt , woolstapler , to Miss Maria Wade Jgter ol Mr . Joseph Wade , worsted spinner , all On the 11 th instant , at the Collegiate church , Manchester , Mr . John Whitehead , machinist Miss Mana Dawson , daughter of Mr . Andrew Dawson , larmer of Wortley , near Leeds . Ou the 12 th instant , at St . Crux church , by the Rev . J _ . Orerton , Mr . R . H . Jowett , to Mils Mary Ann Hunter , both of York . J

      m i $ r lotli mst ? > . at the parish church , Halifax , Mr . Wilham Moins , wire manufacturer , of Wheatr i ? tt n e ' voungest daughter of the late Mr . John Hutchmson , card maker , Halifax . On the 14 th instant , at the parish church , Halifax , bytheRev . B . Bayfield , M . A . Mr . Henry Cupper Churchyard , woolstapler , to Miss Ann Holt , both of Halifax . On the 15 th instant , at the parish church , Halifax by the Rev B . Bayfield , Mr . David Drake , of Southowram , fanner , to Miss Sarah Wilks of the same place . On the 14 th instant , Mr . George Taylor , grocer , to Mary , the third daughter of Mr . John Turdofi maltster , both of Bradford . ' m wt ? - 12 fl y »* » a ue ' st church , Halifax , KWW ^ ofOvenden , to Miss Martha trlednill , ot Halifax .

      On the 11 th instant , Mr . Joseph Brook , cloth manufacturer , Heaton , to Sarah , the daughter of Mr Jeremiah Keighley , of Shipley .

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      DEATHS . . On the 13 th instant , after along and tedious illness , aged 34 , George , eldest sonof Mr . John Littlewood , of Reuben Terrace , near Leeds . .. On the i 15 th «\ t ., at Oporto , where he had gone for the recovery of his health , Mr . John Flood , surgeon , te < £ J m J ad Sanctuary . Westminster , eldest son of Mr . Flood , surgeon . His urbanity of manners and professional acquirements had endeared mm to all around him , had procured for him the esteem of all the members of the profession , and his loss vrill produce one universal feeling of regret At the interment of his remains even- mark of respect was shewn him b y the British Merchants of Uporto . . . On the 12 th instant , Elizabeth Rinton , aged 56 years Meadow-lane , Leeds . 6

      On the 12 th instant , at Wakefield , Mr . Benjamin £ agU ° ^ ° ' West S « Wak . e-On the 10 th instant , universall y respected by all who knew him , atthe advanced age of 92 , Mr , Thos . Kettlewell , sen ., of Pateley Bridge . On the 13 th instant , aged 73 , Mr . Richard Misdale , of Halifax , formerly dancing master at the Hipperll ? 1 ne ' . ot ] 1 ^ respectable schools in the winity ot Halifax and Bradford . Oh the 10 th instant , Mr . William Gagger , of the Ash Tree in Shelf , fanner . Same day , in his 90 th year , Mr . Wm . Sharp , of Landmer Syke , Northowram . . ¦ On the 9 th instant , at the Old Dolphin , Clayton Heights , after a protracted and lingering affliction , 71 " m 1 tiau fortituile an <* resignation , a » ed

      On the 12 th instant , at his house , Manor Row , John Rouse , Esq ., aged 43 years . On the 13 th instant , aged 75 , Mr . John Naylor , of Joower Green near Bradford . ' Same day , aged 45 , Sophia Dickinson , Leys , of Bradford . ' On the 10 th instant , in the 73 rd year of her age , Elizabeth , widow of the late John Bramley , Esq ., of Halifax , and daughter of the late John Alexander , Esq ., M . D . Halifax . On the 8 th instant , at Richmond , Mr . Joseph Daughty , innkeeper , aged 51 . , v On the 14 th instant , aged 42 , James second son of the late John Halhley , Esq ., Grove House , Dewsbury .

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      Orders and Advertisements received by the under , mentioned Agents : — -Bra ^ wrf-J . Ibbotson , Market-Place : and S . Bower . Top of Westgate . ¦ - : ' ¦¦¦¦ . . ' , Halifax-B . Barker , Wade-Street ; ' R . Wilkinson , Cross-Field ; W . Ibbekon , Union-Street ; and W . Midgeley , Russell-Street . Elland—Richard Grasby and John Tong . Heiden Bridge—T , Dawson , Keighley— -D . Weatherhead . Deivslury—T . Brooke , Market-Place ; and S . Healey . Huddersjield—C . Tinker , Market Walk , and E . Whitworth , Pack Horse Coach Office . Brighowe—E . S . Keir , Bookseller . HigAtown—Wxa . Lister , Bookseller .

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    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 17, 1838, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct997/page/8/