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( Continued from our seventh page . J DOUSE OF LORDS-TiitRSDiT , FEB . w . S Several petitions were presented for and against a tepiepeal of the Corn Laws . ° 1 Lord Beaumont moved , pursuant to notice for oapapers relative to the interference of England ' and FnFrancc m the affairs of Rio de la Plata . 1 The Earl of Aberdeen replied , and ' justificd ihe soffioarse adopted by the government of this countrv , a * srelvell as that of trance , in reference to the matters [ relrelerred to in the niotwn of the noble lordbut
, sstastating at the same time , that as certain terms had heteE prepared by General Rosas , whieh , in present Eirsircuiusiances he was not at liberty to state , lie Intrusted the noble lord would withdraw his motion . HThis the noble lord did , after a few words from Lord ( CcColchester in favour of his motion . ' The Grand Jury Presentment ( Ireland ) Bill was Iththen read a first time ; and the Drainage ( Ireland ) BfBill , and the Bill for regulating Charitable Trusts linin England , were brought up from the Commons . The house adjourned at a quarter to seven o clock .
: HOUSE OF COMMONS—TironsDAT , Feb . 10 . Lord G . Bestixck presented n petmon , signed by 4 . 4 . 75 G k-indloom weavers in Sp iklhekk . lite petititioners stated that they viewed with alarm the svsweepin-r changes proposed by the government , suj > - piported bv the cry of cheap bread , which , in the opininion of the petitioners meant low wages , therefore tlthey prayed this house not to sanction the proposed mmeasure .
CHARTIST EXILES . Mr . Shabhax Crawford presented a petition from LLancaster , signed by 4 , 000 operatives of the town ; atolso a petition from Airdric , in Scotland , praying fofor the liberation ef Frost , Williams , and Jones . " TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . Cooper presented petitions from Wi « an , and siseveral other places , in favour of the Ten Hours ' EBilL The County Works ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third t time and passed . The Drainage ( Ireland ) Bill was read a third time a and passed .
INTERFERENCE AT ELECTIONS . Mr . Colmtt then rose to move for a Committee oof Privileges to inquire into the causes that led to the v vacation of their seats in this house , by the nienitbers lately representing Chichester , Newark , Woods stock , and Buckingham , to make inquiries as to the e elections of the present members for those places , sand to inquire how far the standing order against tthe interference of peers in elections had been inf fringed . Mr . W . Williams seconded the motion , aniniadv verting upon the unfair ducal influences which had I been brought to bear upon those constituencies iu tthe election of their representatives .
Sir R . Peel was not disposed to deny that members cof the Peerage did , in common with other large Handed- proprietors , exercise the authority of wealth sand station for the purposes which had been alleged . 'There was nothing objectionable in this , since peers lhad as much right as other men to give effect to i their opinions npon the conduct of Administrations . ' . If inquiries of the kind suggested were to he proi secnted upon every vague rumour , no individual ¦ would be safe . He should oiler the proposal his strenuous opposition . Mr . 11 cm £ recommended that the motion should be ¦ withdrawn . Mr . S . Crawford hoped that the people would use their own power to restrain the exercise of this unconstitutional power . Air . G' oueit then withdrew his motion .
RIVER PLATE . On the order of the day for resuming the adjourned debate , Lord John Russell inquired whether the government were enabled to give any further information with reference to the war between Buenos Ayres and Monte Video ? Sir Robert Peel said they had not received any official information with regard to the action at Parana . He was not enabled to give any information beyond what was contained in the documents which were laid on the table . Lord Palkeksiox inquired whether any convention had been entered into between England aud France for the purpose of carrying on hostile operations in the La Plata . Sir Robert Peel said no convention had been entered imo .
ADJOURNED DEBATE . Lord Dexcax resumed the adjourned debate on the Corn Importation Act , by observing that he had abstained hitherto from taking any part in these debates , because he was conscious that the principles of free trade were not only triumphant in the Cabinet , but also in the country . His lordship said , however , that having met the same fanner in Somersetshire who had told Mr . Miles that we should be swamped with corn from'Araerka , when driving a bargain with him , confessed to his lordship that his motive was to prevent" being gammoned by the hon . member in the same way he had often been gammoned before . " His lordship , in conformity with the pledges he gave on the hustings , heartily supported the measure . After a short explanation from Mr . Hrosox ,
Alderman Tawr-sos said that he had not been an indifferent observer during the last twenty years of the changes in the tariff . He had given his support to those measures ; but , as other changes concurrent therewith , bad taken place , suoh as the alterations in the banking institutions of the country , the effects of which were still pending , —and as foreign countries had testified no indication of adopting reciprocal measures of free trade , we ought to pause before we passed the present measure . Sir Wiluam Molesworth followed in an able speech , in which he refuted the argument of the Protectionists , that the high price of corn invariably led to an advance of wages ; but he insisted that the wages of labour tended rather to rise when prices
were low . Tho honourable member then went over the politico-economical ground traversed by the preceding speakers , demonstrating that the repeal of the Corn Laws would affect the landlord , and not the tenant ; but where it did affect the tenant , he -would be beneficially affected by a more certain contract being secured to him . The hon . baronet , in a temperate , argumentative speech , showed that the tenant-farmer might , by the application of skill and industry , raise more produce , which would enable him to ^ ay a higher rent , and yet derive a much greater profit to * himself . He cordially supported the measure .
Mr . Bexett , in a long speech , repeated the arguments already urged by the'Protectionists , and ridiculing Sir Charles Napier , said that tho gallant Commodore might plough the waves with moresuccess than he would ever plough the land . The hon . member had always treated the labourers as his friends , and not as machines ; he saidjthat the Goatacre meeting was concocted by the emissaries of the League , who were determined to get " a flare-up " in Wiltihire ; the farmers were fattened tip for slaughter , their property was half confiscated in 1819 , and now another blow was preparing for them . He heartily condemned the measure .
The Hon . H . Berkeley , attacked Mr . P . Miles for Ms present amendment , and showed by the petition of the _ Bristol merchants that they disavowed any participation in the hon . member ' s sentiments . Mr . J- ToLLEiiACJiE followed on the Protection side . Mr . T . Duncombe—Cordially concurring , as I do , in the measure now introduced by her Majesty ' s minister *—believing , as I do , that it is a . raeasue tbat not only does honour to the Ministry that lias produced it , but that it will reflect equal honour on the Parliament that adopts it—believing , as I do , after the statement made by the hon . baronet the First Lord of the Treasury , that by public opinion alonethrough the influence of pnlic opinion alone , can he hope to overcome the difficulties with which he is
surrounded , or sustain himself against the obloquy with which bigotry and ignorance have assailed him —( load cheers from the Ministerial and Opposition benches)—1 say , sir , believing this , 1 think it behoves those who do not owe their seats to the nomination of peers , and who are therefore removable at their pleasure —( hear , and laughter)—but who owe their seats to the free and intelligent voice of the people —it behoves them to stand up in support of the measures of which they approve ; and not , upon an occasion like this , to give them a silent , lukewarm , or jealous support . ( Luud cheers . ) Far be it fr « m me to make any oiiservation in the few remarks which I am about to offer which would lead honourable gentlemen opeusite to believe that 1 am
insensible to tne painful and false position , may say , in which ibey are plated . ( Loud cheers and laughter . ) 1 can make every allowance for those whose powers of brain cannot keep pace with the conversions which they see going on around them . ( Much laughter . ) A simultaneous change has taken place in the breasts of distinguished public men on both sides of the house ; but that is not a reason for us oa this side of the house to cavil or quarrel with the chiinge of opinions of the right hon . gentleman . It is enough for us to feel grateful for the change , and to admire the ability with which it is carried out . ( Hear . ) But I must say that those for whom I feel sympathy with regard to their
powers of change or conversion are those who are sitting around him . They are not taking the right course to extricate themselves from the false position in which they are placed . I ask you if , instead of indulging in personal abuse of the right hon . baronet and his colleague , in the midst of which you utter canting , hypocritirdlcxpressionsaboutyour giving hiin credit for conscientious and honest motives , but still you have no confidence in hiin as a minister . ( Ironical cheers fiom the Protectionist benches . ) There ' s the learned Recorder of Dublin went further than any of you . ( Loud cheers from the Opposition . ) What did he call tho ministers with whom he said lie had all his life becu accustomed to associate as
friends and political leader ? —why ; he called them political cowards , and said that he had no longer any confidence in such political wwaris . - { Cheers , cad countec-cheers . ) 1 ask
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you , if that is vour opinion , why net come forward , and move a vote of want of confidence in ministers—{ great cheering from the Opposition ) - * vote of censure upon the 'freasurv Bench . Such a course as that would be manly , intelligible , uaAjammentatf It would be parliamentary , for you did it in mi , in an amendment upon the address , by which it was proposed to meddle with that irhienit is now proposed to touch , the commercial interests of the country it . WhatffM tne amendment you moved ? Whv in effect , that any government which undertook to meddle with the commercial interests of th « country , ought to possess the confidence of this house . You proposed that amendment , and you carried . In your ' .. mendment you said , " We assure your Majesy that we arc deeply sensible of the importance of those considerations to wfcich your Majesty has been graciously pleased to direct our attention in reference to the commerce and
the revenue of the country , and to the laws which regulate the trade in com , that in deciding upon the course which it may be thought advisable to pursue with reference to such matters , it will be our earnest desire to consult the interest andlpromotc . the welfare of all classes of her Majesty's subjects , that we feel it to be our duty humbly to submit to your Majesty that it is essential to the satisfactory results of our deliberations upon these and other matters of public concern , that your Majesty ' s government should possess the confidence of this house and of the country , and respectfully to represent to your Majesty that that confidence is not reposed in the present advisers ol yeur Majesty . " That was your opinion in 1811 , and you expressed in a manly and intelligible and a parliamentay manner that which you do now . You say the Ministry have not the confidence of the houses and the country ? Why do vou not try us by that test ?
Sir J . Tyrrell—( as we believe )—Because you would notsupport us . ( Cheersfrom the Protectionist benches . ) Mr . Duxcoiimt—How do you know I would not—I never told you I would not , and you have no right to assume that I would not—why not have tried it in this way , and leave it to the country to decide ? Sir J . Tvrrell— -Because your party would not support us . Mr . Ddko'imbe—I have no party but the country . You go on heaping obloquy upon tha government , and accusing them of treachery and perfidy and treasou . Treason to whom ! What would you have had the right hon . baronet hare done under the circumstances of November last ? Ton have not answered that question yet . We
think that the right hon . baronet has discharged his duty satisfactorily to the country and the public , and honourably to him ^ elt , by tho conduet which he has pursued . What would 3 on have him do ? lie resigscd officf . Were you prepared to take it yourselves \ ( Hear , hear . ) The right hon . gentleman , the Secretary for the Colonies , in his address to the elector * of Newark , said that he had been informed that those who wars in favour of protection were not prepared to form a government , Tho noble lord the member for London was prepared to accept the formation of a Ministry . He fail « d for some reason or other . The Whigs were unable to succeed iu this object , not from want of courage , but from want of concord . What was the righthon . baronet to do * You admit that there must be a government of some sort , and if so , how
ejuld the right lion , baronet have done otherwise than he did , in order , as it has been stated elsewhere , that her Majesty might have it in her power to meet Parliament , ( Cheers . ) I wish that the noble lord had done the same thinr , and had come down to the house , even it he had only ten men . to follow him - , and I believe that such is the opinion of this house , tbat they would have sustained kirn as well as they have done the right hon . baronet . Ton talk about tbe right hon . baronet ' s treason—treason to whom ! To the people , to the country , to his own honour ! Uo , but treason to Toryism . ( Loud cheers . ) That the right hon . baronet preferred the interests of the nation to that of a party . There is only one treason tbat he can commit now , and tbat is treason to the people , by vacillating iu the course which he bus adopted .
You say that the opinions of the people are with you , but where is the exhibition of it . Where was protection in the West Riding of Yorkshire ? ( Hear , hear . ) Where was protection yesterday in Westminster ? ( Hear , hear , aud cheers . ) I want to know why the Protectionists did not forward a candidate there . For myself I do not care two straws which of the two candidates was elected , but why did not you put forward one ? Why did not you hoist the standard of protection in Covent-garden ? Hecause you knew that if you did , your candidate would havestood up to bis knees in cabbage stalks . IVe shall h * ar a good deal in the different parts of the country of tenants-at-will , and farmers being up in arms . Tha rii ; ht hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , tells us that the clergy and the church ara
alarmed , and that tha lithe interest and the church are not properly taken care of . But he does not tell us why ; he did not give us his reasons . Whenever anything is proposed for the good of tne people , some hon , gentleman is sure to get up and Ml us that we do not recollect the church . ( Cheers aud loud laughter . ) What has the church to do with tithes ? Why , the church has no more to do with tithes than the . church means xeligum . ( Laughter . ) I believe that if the farraers could vote by ballot * hey would vote for this measure ; but , under the te . iant at will clause they could not ; in deference to the wishes of some honourable members , they could not vote against their landlords . With regard to the tithes , I have an authority for theright hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford , whieh
may do away with tiie alarm that exists . The tithe owner , either clerical or lay , had not the slightest complaint to make against this measure . My authority is such , as I am certain the member for the University of Oxford will pay the greatest deference to . It is taken from the Times newspaper ; it is a change made by the Bishop of Bochester alter the Tithe Commutation Bill passed . It was this , that we entered iuto a compact with the church , on the passing of the Tithe Commutation Act , that their tithes hereafter should not be prejudiced or deteriorated , by any act of ours , and that tlis act would so deteriorate and prejudice their tithes . The right lion , gentleman , the member for tbe University , said that be was opposvd to the Tithe Commutation Bill at that time . It does so happen that I have often joined
with the right hou . gentleman against measures that have been proposed , but upon totally different reasons . 1 voted against the Maynooth Bill on the voluntary principle ; he voted for it on the high church principle . I said that I thought the Tithe ComrautatiunBill was unjust to the lauded interest ; aud aUo with reference to the repeal of the Corn Laws , because if the Corn Laws were repealed , certain lauds would be thrown out of cultivation , aud saddled with a rent charge which it wis totally impossible they could sustain . I also opposed it oa another ground , that ia order to shake the tithes you gave then , claims ou land which they never possessed before . You gave tha tithe owner a claim above all the other charges on laud . It was no lien ou land , it was a personal claim ; but now it was a positive
rent charge , and the tithe was such that , no matter what the price of corn may he , the laud would not be able to sustain it . What was tha opinion of the Bishop of Rochester when this bill passed ? He stated ia his charge to the diocese , with respect to two bills —the Tithes Commutation Act aud the Registration of Births and Marriages Act—that ' in the present state of the public party iu this country , and particularly considering the state of the House of Parliament , the Time Bill may be considered as favourable towards tbe settlement of so difficult a question as could be expected . Happily for this country , the landowner * felt the principal luterest in it , for they had considerable tithe property , and they thought it their interest that a fair settlement of the question should be made . The clergy , therefore , in this
instance experienced a greater degree of justice than has been usually extended towards thein in other matters . " It in not parliamentary to impute motives to men ; but the bishop thus charges parties iu this house with seliinterest ia coming t » an arrangement beneficial to thu country . If I said it , I may be considered acting wrong j but it is a radical opinion , coming from a bishop , aud therefore it is all rig ht and orthodox . ( Cheers and laughter . ) I call the attention of the right hou . baronet ( SirR . lugiis ) to the remark on the future value of tithes , which alleged " that it was a dangerous aud delusive arrangement , which would leave a great diminution in the property of the church , and , in causing a decrease in thu value of articles that create tho value of tithes , would produce ovils greater thau weto anticipated . But it
must be remembered that as incomes were derived from articles of produce , it would he equally affected , under circum & tauces where a diminution took place iu their diminution and value , aud there was not , therefore , any just cause for that alarm which exiitud in this country . " That ought to be sufficient authority for the right hon . gentleman , the member for the University of Oxford . That charge was given ia 1 S 37 by the Bishop of Rochester , Xow , sir , I must say , that the only argument that had been used by honourable gentlemen opposite iu defence of this measure , that could be called au argument , was a reference to occurrences that took place in 1812 . I do think that those occurrences ought to be kept completely out of si ; ht on this subject . I cau easily understand tbat ilie right hon . baronet opposite , despoudingly despairing
oi making any impressiun ou the reason of those behind nun , should think it necessary to appeal to their fears—( hear , hear , )—but 1 think that at the same time he is appealing to the fears cf those gentlemen , he should do justice to the past conduct on this subject of gentlemen on this side of tne house . ( Hear , hear . ) He ought to recollect , that in 1 S 12 , when those dreadful occurrences , which then manifested themselves , were going on , when that terrible distress prevailed , when there was every symptom and appearance of considerable tumult and confusion , he should recollect , I say , that up to that time continual motions had been made ou this side of the house autirelysimilar . iiivolving exactly thu same principles as those that are now put forward by the government .
( Hear , hear . ) We told the government over and over again , that if they would but give effect to those principles of commercial policy , with the enunciation of which they had begun the session , and more especially those affecting provisions and the fo « d ef the people , they would very speedily put au eud to all the distress prevalent in the country , to all the misery , and const : qucntly to all the confusion and disorder . 1 myself , towards the end of Ju ly of that year brought forward a motion for an address to the Crown , praying her Majesty , that , iu the event of the measures whieh had be « n passed that s « ssion not proving adequate to the contemp lated objects , she would be pleased to call the Parliament together again without
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. delay , —( hear , hear)—for the purpose of having other and betterprinciplcg thoroughly-carried out . The motiou of mine was rejected , though by a very small majority , considering the strength of the government party , \ Ya ato now fold that measures , similar to thage then desired by us , will remove distress and its attendant confusion : if so , I say , we have a right to coaclude that the same measures at that time weuld have had the like beneficial effect ; would have relieved the right hon . hart , from the necessity which he was then under , and of which he , I will not say , baasts , but of which he reminds us , of sending down a battalion of guards and a park of artillery into the manufacturing districts . ( Hear , hear . ) If th < righthon . baronet bad sent down a measure like this , as he was urged to do , there would have been , I repeat , no
necessity for his guards or his park of artillery ; for content and peace would have been restored , with the removal o the distress . ( Hear , hear . ) Hud . the righthon . baronet listened to us at tbat time , it is impossible to say how much misery would not have been prevented , how much suffering spared , how much crime saved us . frllear . ) Thank God , however , whoever the Ministers of thu Crown may be , they rule over a lttyal , a peaceable , aud honest people . Aye , and a forgiving people . ( Cheers . ) A people that have forgotten and forgiven the errors which you then perpetrated , and in return for whoso forgiveness of your errors , all you can do now is to pass this measure as quickly as you can , as honestly and sincerely as you can , and not to leave them for a moment to regret a look back to those days 1 speak of . ( Hear , hear , )
There was a question put to the right hon . baronet , by the hon . member for Norfolk , ou the point of total and iniediate repeal , and a reference to the same point by a noble lord on this side , the question being , whither the right hon . baronet considers it essential to his measure that total andimmediate repeal should not new be mooted . Ho seems to imagine that it is essential to the success of his proposition , that the final plan should not bs pressed , and such being the case , thare appears to be an understanding that the noble l « rd , and those who act with him , shall not sanction any motion for immediate repeal . The right hon . haronet , however , though he showed the Protectionists ' , manifest indisposition to settle the business at once , is quite disposed to accommodate them . I hope they they will see the advantage of so settling it ,
and thus relieve the noble lord and others from what would seom to be their implied pledge . ( Hear . ) There i » anotherpart of the measure to which I would beg to call tho particular attention of the right hon , baronet . When the plan was proposed to us , we were told tbat we were to take it as a whole , and in the whole . Now , I beg to tell you very distinctly , that the part of the measure whieh the operative classes of the manufacturing districts regard as , after all , tho most valuable to them , is that which makes tho important change in the law of settlement —( hoar , hear)—and I tell you that if you strike out that part ef the measure , tho measure will be valueless in the eyes of the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) The right lion , baronot has told us that he wishes us not to press that part of the plan , till the Corn Law part has
been settled in this Yiousc . Sow , there it , I am told , an idea prevalent in some of the great manufacturing towns , that it is intended to offer a very severe opposition to that portion of tho measure . I bear that the language whico has been held in particular quarters on this point , is , let us get the Corn Law part of tho question settled —( hear , hear , )—and then we will deal with the law of settlement question . ( Hear . ) If you take this course , I can tell you , there will arise throughout the country au agitation which will render the Corn Law part of the measure entirely valuless—( cries Of hear , heal ' , from the Protectionist benches)—and I therefore call on her Majesty ' s Ministers to give us an assurance that they consider this law ot settlement question an iusapcrable part and parcel of the measure . 1 hops that her Majesty's government will consider this an essential portion of the measure . ( Hear , hear . ) I
do not ask it as compensation to tho agriculturists . ( Hear , hoar . ) It will be a buon to them , but it will be a great act of justice to the operatives . ( Hear , hear . ) I believe that the opposition to this part of the measure is kept in abeyance , and therefore you must look to it with a jealous eye when it comes forward . But I believe her Majesty ' s gevornment are sincere—( hear )—and that they intend to carry all the measure , but if they do net carry this part of it , I hope the other portion of it will not be allowed to pass . ( Hoar , hear , and cheers . ) But to that portion of the house commonly called the agricultural interest—( laughter ) , —I do believe that as soon as the days of protection shall have passed by , that they will be the first to acknowledge that their alarms were unfounded , and that they will lam « nt the errors which they so long and so pertinaciously continued . ( Loud cheers . )
Sir S . Acklasd defended the agricultural interest against the charge of ignorance and bigotry , which the last speaker had preferred against it . Lord Alfred Paget aud Mr . B . Baring having spoken in favour of the Premier ' s measures , Mr . BuucE moved an adjournment .
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THE TEN HOURS' BILL . MR . JOHNBRIGHT'S VERACITY-MEETING A . T ROC 11 MLE . The statements made by Mr . John Bright on the night Lord Ashley introduced his bill into Parliament , has created such a ssns & tion in the manufacturing districts , that some difficulty is experienced in allaying the ferment , Preston and Rochdale being particularly involved in the slanders put forth by the hon . member . The people of those towns immediately proceeded to hold meetings , with a view of rebutting Mr . Bi-ight ' s calumnies . The people of Preston did ample justice , * o their character , and proved that there was not one word of truth in tho allegation * mad » in the House of Commons , ltochdale has also raised its voice , aud on Monday night one of the
most crowded meetings of factory operatives ever held in the town took place in tha Psople ' s Institution . The object * f the meeting was chiefly to disprove the statemsuts made by Mr . Bright , that gentleman having stated that the people of Rochdale were not favourable to the Ten Hours' Bill , and that the meetings in favour of it were composed of , and conducted by , hand-loom wearers , who wanted to retard the progress of machinery for the benefit of their own trade . The meeting was called for eight o ' clock , but long before that time ovwy corner in the sp cious hall ( the largest room in the town ) was crowded to suffocation , and hundreds were compelled to go away who could not obtain admission . Mr . John W hi taker , the high constable of the borough , presided , and it is a remarkable and gratifying fact , that the whole of the
proceedings wore conducted by factory workers . There were present a lar ^ e number of factory girls , who appeared to take a warm interest in the proceedings . The chairman briefly opened the meeting . The requisition which had beau presented to him was a sufficient warrant for his calling the meeting , and from that circumstance , together with lug knowledge of the people of Rochdale , he vas satisfied that the whole of the operatives were to a man in favour of the Ten Hours' Bill . ( Great cheer , ing . ) Mr . William Kershaw , a power-loom weaver , moved the first resolution , and contended that twelve hours actual work involved at least fourteen and a half hours occupation , aud that , therefore , it was imposwhle for fathers of families to instruct their children as they ought to do . It was a folly , or something worse , for any
man to get up in tha House of Commons , and there state that the factory workers were not in favour'of the Ten Hours' Bill , when the fact was , they were resolved to have it . ( Loud cheers . ) He concluded by moving the following resolution : — " That the present system of long hours in factories is very injurious to all the persons employed iu them , as twelve hours' labour per day is more than the human constitution can endure without injury , and that the practice of working long hours ^ deprives us of every advantage in literature and science , and reduces us from the condition of social beings to that of mere serfs , without any of the enjoyments of social life . And this meeting is further of opinion , that the adoption of the Ten Hours' Bill would he a . very great improvement on this system of over-workinii . as it would afford us an
opportunity of improving our physical , mental , and moral condition : and we pledge ourselves never te relax our exertions until this measure becomes law . " Mr . Stephen Clark , a ootttn spinner , seconded the motion . He said he belonged to the Short Time Committee , and they considered they would not be doing their duty unless they gave the factory workers of Rochdale an opportunity of contradicting the " fibs" uttered by their townsman , Mr . Bright , in the House of Commons . Immediately on the statement made by that gentleman coining te the knowledge of the operatives , no less than eighteen or twenty mills met , and agreed to hold a public meeting to denounce the statements as false and slanderous , and the crowded state « f the meeting , who he was then addressing , was a strong indication of the sentiments of the operative ! , and a convincing proof of the utter falseness af the statement made by . Mr . Bright . That gentleman
had been invited to attend the meeting and defend his statements , but he had not made his appearance . The speaker read lengthy extracts from Mr . Gregg ' s pamphlet on the question , and concluded by seconding tiie resolution . Mr . Amos Wilson , of Preston , who had been invited to attend the nieethu-, said he had been thirteen years working in a cotton mill , nnd knew well «« sentiments of the workers , and he had no hesitation in sayinj that they were unanimously in favour of the Ten Hours ' Bill . Mr . Bright had also made certain statements respecting Preston , not one of which were true , and immediately on tho speech reaching that town , the hands of Mr . Robert Gardner met , and contradicted the whole of his statements . The resolution was then put , and carried unanimously . Iu the course of the evening several other resolutions were adopUd , and votes of thanks passed to tho chairman , llr . Fielden , and Lord Ashley . The meeting separated shortly after eleven o ' clock .
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The Highland estate of Aberarda , in the county of Inverness , has been purchajied hf Captain Sutherland , of Udale , for the sum ot * £ 30 , 050 . Extensive preparatians are on loot in many parts of Germany to celebrate the three-hundredth anniversary of the death of Luther . liEPRESENTATIOX OF Noitril NoiTINGUAMSniRK . —A vacancy has been caused in the representation of this ilivisien , by the death , on Wednesday last , of Mr . Gaily Knight , who had sat for it since 1831 . We understand that the bhi ^ t iron furnace men of Dundy van have got a considerable advance on their wages unsolicited . —Glasgow Arym . Tho East India Company have received information of tha total loss of the Company's war sloop , Coote , Lieut . J . S . Grieve , on a reef of rocks opposite Calicut , on the 3 rd of . November last .
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MANSION-HOUSE . ' With ins Brogue amo his Blaknev and Botiierino Ways . "— On Monday Elizabeth Boyd , a simp le Irishwoman , charged a rough ill-looking fellow , a native of the same country , with having imposed upon and robbed her . The complainant wasiudustriously performing her domestic duties , when the prisoner walked up to her , a « d addressing her in affectionate terms , said , " Betty , jewel , you don ' t forgot mo , do you ? " As she had not the slightest recollection of the man ' s face or person , she told him candidly that he was quite a stranger to . her . « 0 h , then , faith , said he , " it's I that ' s your own brother . " — ( Laughter . ) "My brother ! " exclaimed the woman , " that's quite impossible . You are not like him in any
respect . You havo quite a different sort of face , and he is a great deal taller . " " Why , my jewel , " said he , " that ' s the fault of the climate . I ' ve been in the hot country . I ' ve been over-burnt my features , so that I an t like the same man at all , and quite spoiled my growth , so that I an't near the size I used to be . "—( Laughter . ) The Lord Mayor : Had you no such recollection of your brother as would help to detect such an extraordinary attempt at imposition ? Witness : Upon my word , my Lord , I could not see the least hit of likeness in the world between him and my brother . But I did not know but that the severe heat of the foreign parts he was in might have ehauged his complexion , so I thought it the best way to go for my sister to have her opitiionsaboiit him . " Oh , faith , " says ho , " you may depend upon the truth of what I say . You are my sister , sure enough , " and so he kissed my hand . Well , I said to him you look tirei ; wouldn't you like « cup of tea , and some bread and butter and eggs ? " Yes , " says he , " I ' ve no objections , " so I gave him a good
bellyful and then I went for my sister , and the moment he saw her he claimed relationship and kissed her hand . So we didn ' tknowbuthe might be our brother , and then he told us the ship he came heme in was lying in the St . Katharine ' s Dock , and he had ou board silk for a gown for me and for my sister , a chest of tea , and some other things that would bo of use , only he wanted some money to pay the duty . ( A laugh . ) We then gave him all thu money we had , and away he went . This was in October , and I never set eves upon him since until this morning . 1 found after he left the house that ho had taken a basin full of lump sugar and a silk handkerchief , although I had just before lent him one to tU up the silk gowns with . The prisoner : Oh , then it's I that repents of it . I'll never do it again , please you , my Lord Mayor . It was nothing but distress that drove me to the bad act ; but I'll take my oath against such deceitful doings for ever . The Lord . Mayor : You have been guilty of a most disgraceful robbery upon those two credulous poor women , aud you shall repent it on the treadmill . — . Committed .
A respectable dressed and interesting young woman was brought before his lordship , by policeman 438 , who said , she had obstructed the footway in Birehin-lane yesterday afternoon . She carried a basket of oranges . He and his brother constables hud frequently ordered her away ; she refused to go , flatly telling them she would not- , he had , therefore , taken her to tha staiion-houie . She wa sa girl of a very indifferent character ; shehad had several good situations obtained for her , but had been discharged from all in consequence of her bad behaviour . His lordship asked her , if he forgave her , would she behave better for the future 1 She loudly sobbed an affirmative , aud was discharged , and her fruit was ordered to be given up to her .
BOW STREET , Satordat . — Pocket Picking . — A . boy , who could scarcely look over the dock , and an ill-looking fellow , about 19 years of age , were charged with the above offence . Mr . Bird , a Horist , stated that his attention was called to both the prisoners at the bar this morning , about a quarter past eight , by observing them intently watching a gentleman to whom ho was giving change for a ' sovereign . When the gentleman alluded to had placed tbe money in his pocket , both prisoners followed him , and witness likewise accompanied them to Witch their movements . He distinctly saw them attempt to pick this party ' s pocket , iu which the younger boy
was sheltered by his companion . Finding their efforts rendered abortive by the activity of the gentleman , who finally left the market-place , they desisted from their attempt , and sought for other opportunities . Witness continued to state that he eventually saw the younger one insert his hand three separate times into the pockets of different parties , but who had apparently been prudent enough to take safer measures to ensure the keeping ot their , money than was likely to arise from placing it within reach of the prisoncrs ' operations . Witness at length seized them both ; the stripling was extremely restive , and was obliged to b » carried to the station-house . They were both remanded to this day
week . SOUTHWARK . ViotENT Assault and Attempt at Suicide . —On Monday , George Loveland Trceve was charged with committing a violent assault on his wife , and threatening her life , and afterwards attempting to destroy himself . A policeman of the L division stated that on Saturday night he was called to a house in Hatfield-street , Stamfordstreet , and informed that a gentleman upstairs had violently assaulted his wife , and afterwards made au attempt upon his own life . He ( the constable ) immediately proceeded to a room on the fir .-t floor , and saw the prisoner , from whose hands a razor hud just been wrested , after he had inflicted a wound on his throat . The prisoner appeared to be in a state of great excitement , and
after the wound was dressed , he was conveyed to the 3 tation-bou < c . Mrs . Troeve stated that she was married to the prisoner three years ago in Guernsey , he at that period being an officer in the West India Mail Packet Company ; that his father was a major in the army , and barrack master of Jersey . Some time ago the prisoner was left a considerable sum of money at the decease of a near relation , since which period he had been leading a very intemperate life . That on Saturday night he returned home and got into a violent passion with her in consequence of her having called at the residence of a solicitor iu Bedford-row , from whom ho was in the habit of receiving the money bequeathed by his deceased relation , That it was true she had visited the gentleman alluded to in order to acquaint him of the maimer iu which her
husband was squandering away the produce of the legacy , and to prevent it if possible . The prisoner having been apprised of thu circumstance , when he returned home he began to abuse her , threatened to stab her with a knife which he snatched froni the supper table , but which he laid down a > ain , and then taking up a jug of water ho threw the contents over her , and also flung a glass decanter at her . She was compelled to call for protection , and the landlady of the house interfered , but to no purpose . He , in fact , was as violent as ever , and when police was called , he shut himself up in the room alone , nnd there it was he drew the ranoracross his throat , The prisoner said he had uo recollection of the
circumstances , the wound he hud inflicted on himself was not of the slightest vonscquonco , and if permitted to go at large he would never go near his wife again . Mr . Cottingham said that he could not permit a man who had acted in the manner ho had done to havo his liberty without lie found bail to keep the peace , for if ha was now discharged he might murder his wife , and then he ( the magistrate ) would be blamed for not putting the law in force when the prisoner was first brought before him . The magistrate then adjudged the prisoner to enter iuto his own recognizance of £ 100 , and find two sureties of £ 50 , each to keep the peace , and to bo imprisoned until such sureties were entered into .
WORSMIP-STREET ; CnABuit or PonoEBY . —On Tuesday William Redway Allen was charged with having feloniously uttered two forged bills of exchange for £ 30 and £ 05 , with intent to defraud Mr . James Wilson , Brunswick-pla « e , Chy-road . The prosecutor stated that , iu the latter part of the month of January , 1812 , the prisoner , with whom he had beex previously acquainted , called at liis house , and requested that lie would diseountfor him a . bill tor £ 30 , purporting to be accepted by Air . Islop Odell , an extensive builder at Queen ' s road , Dulston , The prisoner said that he had
received the bill in payment of an account due to him by Mr . Odell , and feeling satisfied as to the respectability of the ostensible acceptor , witness advanced him the amount without the slightest hesitation . On the f ) lh of March following , the prisoner induced him to discount another bill for £ U 5 , and bearing the same acceptance , but both the bills in question , ou arriving at maturity , were declared to be forgeries . Mr . Islop Odell proved that neither of the signatures to the bills produced were in his handwriting , and that he had never authorised any one to sign them for him . The prisoner was remanded till Tuesday next .
THAMES . Charge of Robiieky . —On Tuesday Elizabeth Webb , seventeen or eighteen years of age , was charged with robbing her employers . It appeared from the evidence that the girl wasin a very destitute condition two years ago , and was relieved and succoured by the parish of St . Dionis , Backchurch , in Fenchurch . street . After being well clothed and put iu a fair way of getting on in the world , a situation was procured for her by Mr . Brewer , the ussistaut-ovurseeivhl llio family of a gentleman named Home , at Plaistow , iu Essex , and she continued there until three mouths back , when she left , and no nuauicion of her honesty being then entertained , she was recommended to another situation in the house of a widow lad y named Jessop , also living in Plaistow , where sho re .
mitined until the 19 th of January . Subsequently to this suspicions were entertained of her honesty , and Mr . Brewer went to tho dwelling of her uncle in Uadcliff , and upon searching her box lit found the body of a silk gown a crape tippet , and a pair of crape cuffs belonging to Mrs . Jessup , her last employer . He caused her to fee apprehended , and Serjeant Harris , 21 K , soon ascertained that a good deal of property had been lost both b y Mr . Home and Airs . Jessop , while tho prisoner wasin their service . A great proportion of tha property was traced to the prisoner , who had employed her aunt to pawn some of it , whiW the remainder shehad pledged in her o « n name ,
and represented that she came from Mrs . Jesrop , and the pawnbrokers made out the duplicates in the name of Elizabeth Webb , for Mrs . Jessop . Table-linen and female wearing apparel to tho amount of £ 8 , the property of Mrs . Jessop , the whole of whieh the prisoner had pawned on three separate occasions in one day , the 23 rd of December , were produced b y a pawnbroker ' s shopman , named Gosling . The whole of the articles wereidentified by Mrs . Jessop . A valuable gold ring , belonging to Mr . Home , pawned by the girl ' s aunt at the request ot'her niece , was identified by him . The prisoner held down her head and sobbed aloud , She made no defence , Mr . Bioderi QomuiifcUKlher ,
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DREADFUL MURDER . ASSASSINATION IN THE METROPOLIS , inSSS ^^ n ^ , * ' ^* -m -Mwiujiy morning the nhabitant s of PittVplacc , a narrow ' paved court leading from Drury-lane to Great Wild-street , were alarmed by the report of a pistol from the house No . ti" 1 P ^ the fi r 8 t . floor and cellar of which hT ? r , T Upied "V toedewwed . James fiostock , in ThpfiS U " ^ "rtungtonwand gun metal-founder . MrtiSSrCT J ° . L att ention seems t 0 have been ntn 51 v J ' lttrac , tcd " V thpoitcumrtam was a man S ^ s ? "s > , who occupied the second-floor of the house in which deceased resided , llearine the
dissell he dnconded to the ground-floor for jbe pu no e ol discovering whence it had been fired . 0 , "" Selling he passage at the foot of the staircLe lie stumbled over what appeared to be the bodv ' „ f t man , and on opening the street door he at once dis covered the deceased Bostoek stretched upon the ground apparently lifeless , with a stream of blood issuing from one of his ears . A neighbour named Woodman and several ether persons were soou on the spot , and the police-stretctiet having been obtained by the advice of a medical gentleman who had been summoned on the instant , the deceased was at once removed to King ' * College Hospital .
A medical examination immediately discovered that the deceased ' s car had been penetrated by a bullet , and from the fact that the unhappy man , although still breathing , was in a perfect state of coma , it became evident that the ball still remained within the skull , After lingering from the period of his admission until nearly four o ' clock in tho afternoon , the deceased expired from the effects of the wound . For some time after the attention of the police had been called to the circumstances above detailed , probably owing to the absence of all motive for the crime , there was considerable doubt as to the party by whom the act had been committed . In the course of the morning , however , such iiicts were brought to
light as leave little , if any , doubt as to the author of the catastrophe . It appears that the deceased had in his employ as an apprentice , a young man named Thomas Wix . On Saturday last Wis was sent by the deceased to one of his customers to obtain payment of a small bill , amounting to Ids ., or thereabouts . "Wix obtained the money , and on his return home informed his roaster that he had liad the misfortune to lose lis . out of the amount . He begged the deceased to allow him to make up the loss by payments of 2 s . 6 d . a-week , to be deducted from his wages . This , however , the deceased objected to do , and further he expressed his determination to deduct the whole sum from the wages due to Wix on Saturday night—a proceeding which he afterwards carried into effect . This circumstance is supposed to have
created a rancorous feeling against his master in the mind of Wix , the more so as the parties arc described to have lived generally on very indifferent terms . It was the custom of Wix to knock up his master about six o ' clock every morning , in order to obtain admission to the workshop . He is supposed to have done this on Monday morning , as the widow of the deceased states that it was in answer to a single knock at the door that her husband , ' who had just breakfasted , descended the staircase from their apartments on the first floor . Tho report of the pistol almost immediately followed the opening of tho door , and from the position in which deceased was found , it is conjectured that the assassin must have watched the opportunity afforded by the deceased turning round to proceed up stairs in order to take his deadly
aim . The possession of a pistol , with powder and bullets , by Wix , is proved in a very clear and satisfactory manner , by a tradesman named Stone , who keeps an oil shop in Great Wild-street . Wix went into Mr . Stone ' s shop on Saturday , the 7 th instant , and purchased a small quantity of gunpowder , remarking that he was going out shooting on the following day ( Sunday ) . On Monday , the 9 th instant , he again visited Mr . Stone ' s shop , and purchased on tbat occasion another small quantity of gunpowder . Mr . Stone asked him what he had shot on the previous day , to which he replied by giving a description of some bird which Mr . Stone imagined to be a snipe . Doubting the fact , Mr . Stone asked him what sort of a gun he used , whereupon Wix pulled out from his breast a bright barrelled pistol about six inches
long . Mr . Stone next asked him what sort of shot he used , to which question Wix replied hy producjng three or four small bullets . At Mr . Stone ' s request Wix gave him one of the latter , to see if it would fit apistol he had in f use . This bullet was on Monday handedto the police by Mr . Stone , and in the event of a similar one being found in the head of the deceased , it will , of course , form an important link in the chain of evidence to be produced against Wix hereafter . Thus , taking all these facts into consideration , although it does mot at present appear that any one saw Wix near the scene of the murder on Monday morning , as he had absconded from his usual haunts , and has not been heard of since Sunday , it is only reasonable to suppose that he must be privy to the crime of which ho is suspected . The deceased has left a widow but no children .
Wix appears to have borne but a very indifferent character for some years past . About nine months since lie endeavoured to poison himself by taking an enormous dose of laudanum while labouring under some excitement . The attempt was , however , discovered in time to frustrate his intention . His mother is a poor woman of very good character . She lives In Little Wild-street , but her son has long been separated from her by his dissipated courses . He is about 21 years of age .
Al'PBEUBNSIOS OP THE MURDEBEn . At a late hour last night Thomas Wix was discovered at a coffee-house , and taken into custody . Information was brought to the police-station in the morning that the prisoner was seen in Finsburysquare ; and it appeal's that he subsequently went to Gravesend , probably with the view of planning a more effectual escape . He seems , however , to have become much dejected , and , on his return to London , he sent for a friond to consult with him upon the matter . It was , we believe , during an interview with his friend , that Mr . Pierce , the superintendent of the F division , received information from one of the constables on watch as to his appearance , &< :, and caused his immediate apprehension .
KXAMISATION AND COMMITTAL 0 ¥ TIIF MURDERER . Thomas Wix , who stands charged with tho murder of his master , James Bostock , was on Tuesday placed at the bar before Mr . Twyford , at Bow-street policecourt . From the time of the opening of the court , and indeed for sometime previous , the street was crowded with people , anxiously waiting to " catch a sight" of the accused . A beadle was in attendance to take notes of the examination , and to furnish a rcsport to the coroner , by whom ho had been sent . A few minutes before the prisoner was brought to the court , a gentleman applied to the magistrate to have the case put off till to-morrow , saying that he was a relation of the prisoner , and that he was in possession of facts which , he thought , would materially alter the aspect of the case .
Mr . Twyford said that he could not postpone the hearing of the case . If the applicant had any facts to adduce , an opportunity would to given him in the course of the examination . At ten minutes to two o ' clock the prisoner was placed in the dock . He is very boyish-looking , not appearing to be more than seventeen years of age . lie was dressed in a velveteen jacket . During the examination he showed great levity , and ovi dently thought very little of the charge against him . Samuel Farsons , an old man who lives in the same house as the deceased , No . 4 , Pitt-place , Drury-laue , said—I am a coachmaker by trade . At seven o ' clock
on the morning ot Monday , being then in bed , 1 heard a cry of' Master ; " I immediately got up , and partly dressed myself . Before I was quite dressed I heard the report of a pistol . When 1 was dressed I went down stairs and found a candle alight in the passage . 1 put it out . Afterwards I found a body in the passage , and I went to the street-door , and saw Mr . Goodman , who lives at the house opposite , at his door . I asked him to bring a light , which he did , aud we went together to the place where I had seen the light . We found the body of Mr . Bostock lying in the passage , and covered with blood . We then called in tho police , and the body was taken away on a stretcher .
A shopman m the employ of Messrs . Harding , gunsmiths , of 62 , Great Queen-street , Lincoln's-iun , said that on Monday or Tuesday of last week the prisoner came to him with a pistol , which was out of order . It was a flint and steel pistol . Witness oiled the spring , which was stilT , and the barrel , which was rusty . He said he wanted to shoot a dog thnt had bit him , and showed a sear upon his jaw . He asked witness to give him a bullet , lie had not a bullet , but he gave him two slugs . On Wednesday he came again , and said that the pistol had missed lire , but witness showed him that it was in good order , lie said ho had .-diot the dog . On Thursday he wont to the shop again and showed witness a percussion can
pistol , which ho said he had got in exchange for the other , and had given half-a-crown into the bargain . Witness put the pistol in order , and gave the prisoner a few caps . He said he wanted to go shooting on Primrose-hill on Sunday . Ho then went away . Edward Mailers , a ' dealer in pawnbroker's unredeemed pledges , of 129 , Drury-lano , said that in the coursa of last week tho prisoner came several times to his shop to bargain for a pistol which he wished to buy . Finally witness gave him a percussion-cap pistol in exchange for a Hint pistol , receiving half-acrown in addition from the prisoner . The prisoner said that he wanted it to shoot birds with . ( The witness produosd the pistol which ho had received from the prisoner . )
James Stowe , an oil and colourman , of 19 , Great Wild-street , proved that the prisoner bought gunpowder of him on several occasions during the last week , lie always said he wanted it to shoot birds with , and on oiio occasion he showed him a pistol . John Collins , -14 F , stated that while he was on duty in Great Wild-street on Saturday night , he was called into the house , No , -1 , Pitt ' s-pl ' acc , by tho de-
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ceased , jrho was about to give the prisoner into custody for obtaining money , and converting it to his own use . The prisoner said he had lost it , mi offered to pay hali-a-crown a week till the whole sum ( lis . ) should he paid . The deceased did notgive him in charge , but said he would stop out of his week ' s wages the Us ., and 2 s . Gd ., which he had borrowed from him . Police men Pocock , F . U , and Thompson , A 62 , took tlio prisoner in charge , in a coffee-house in Great Queen-street , Drury-lane , at about twelve o ' clock on Monday night . He asked on the road to the station-house , whether " the ' govornor was dead V They told him lie was ; and he said " he was a rogue to me ; this was brewing for him , for twelve months , and I have revenged myself for his cruel treatment to me . " He was cautioned that anything he said would be used against him , and he said no more .
ihe prisoner , who , during the evidence of the policemen , had appeared more serious than before , on being asked if he had any question to put to the witness Pocock , said "No ; he gives his evidence so sincerely that 1 can say nothing to him ; and the evideuce is so clear against me tbat I must confess that I » m guilty of it , ] did do it ; and I only wonder I did not do it twelve months ago . his conduct to me was so cruel . " The witnesses were then bound over to prosecute , and the prisoner was fully committed .
ISqfKSr ON THK MUllDEUKD MAM . On lhursday , Mr . Bedford , the Coroner for Westminster , and a respectable jury of householders resiaent in the parish of St . Clement Danes , assembled at the Plough Tavern , Carey-street , Lincoln ' s-inntields , to inquire into the death of James Rostock , who was shot on the morning of Monday last , at his residence in Pitt ' s-place , Drury-lane , under circumstances above detailed . As the persons called before the coroner were , without an exception , tho same who were examined at Bow-street on Tuesday , it is quite unnocessaryto repeat the evidence . After a short deliberation , the jury returned a verdict of " Wilful murder against Thomas William Wix . "
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SOUTH LANCASHIRE . A South Lancashire delegate meeting was held on Sunday in Ashton-under-Lyne , in the Chartist Institution , Bentifck-street , when Mr . Williams handed in five shillings from the Chartists of Stockport for the central fund . Mr . D . Donovan handed in fifteen shillings from Manchester for the same purpose . The minutes of the last meeting having been confirmed , the following resolutions were passed : — " That Mr . Wild , of Mottram , be empowered to convene a meeting in Hyde , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for the restoration of Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , and also to petition for the Ten Hours' Bill ; and we earnestly entreat the Chartists and friends of
democracy to assist him ; and we further authorise Mr . Wild to establish a Chartist association in Hyde , and that the expenses incurred be laid before the next delegate meeting . " '• That the Chartists of Ashton he requested to hold meetings in Droylcsden and Denton for the same purpose . " " That the Chartists of Raehdale be requested to hold a meeting iu Littleborough to * the same purpose . " " That the Manchester Chartists be requested to hold meetings in Patricroft and Eccles for the same purpose . " " That the Stockport Chartists be requested to hold meetings in Hazel-grove and Chealde for the same purpose . " "That the Oldham Chartists be requested to hold meetings in llollingwood , Failsworth , Shaw , Royston , Lees , and Mosely , for the same
purpose . " "That Lord Francis Egerton and Mr . Entwell , members for the county , be requested to present the petitions to the House of Commons , and in case of their refusal , that they be forwarded to Mr . Duncombe . " " That the Chartists of Heywood be requested to hold a meeting in Bury for the same purposes as the other localities . " " That it is our opinion that endeavours should be made to extend the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and , to do this effectually , we recommend to the following localities—namely , Manchester , Stockport , Ashten , Staleybridge , Mottram , Mosely , Oldham , Rochdale , Heywood , Littleborough , Bolton , Bury , Wigan , and Warrington—the necessity of holding a delegate meeting in Manchester , on the second Sundav in
Mareh , to consider the best manner to accomplish this object . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the Chartists of the united kingdom of Great Britain should not agitate for any measure which has not for its object the establishing the People ' s Charter as the law of the land . " " That it is the opinion of this meeting that it is absolutely necessary that an address should be published to the country at large , showing the injustice of war , the horrors of the war in India , and the absolute tyranny of the embodiment of the militia ; and that our secretary be instructed to request the executive to publish such an address , and
that we pledge ourselves to give it every circulation . " " That every locality be requested to give in an estimate of the number of subscribers contained in the respective associations likely to assist the executive circulating the works of Thomas Paine . " " That each locality be requested to take their share of the Chartist Hymn Books . " " That this meeting dissolve , and the next meeting to be held in Oldham , on the last Sunday in March , to be held in the Schoolroom of the Working Men ' s Hall . " All letters for the oistrict secretary to be addressed to Mr , James Williams , No . 9 , Lowe-street , Stockport ( not Lance * street ) .
ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE . Chartist Tka Party ahd Ball . —A tea party and ball came off at the house of Mr . Thomas Coop " , sign of the Shepherds' Arms , Old-street , Ashton , on Monday evening last , February 16 . The tea being given by Mr . T . Coop , of the above house , on account of his recent removal from the Tontino Inn , Catherinestreet , the large room was crowded to excess . The worthy host , who is a republican Chartist , had spared neither trouble nor expense to make the ladies comfortable . The room was embellished with portrait *
ot Hunt , O'Connor , and other patriots , and was altogether most tastefully decorated . About half-past live not less than one hundred of the female Chartists sat down to a substantial repast , which did very great credit to the worthy host and hostess . Singing , dancing , and recitations were the order of the evening until a very late hour , when , at the conclusion , there were three checrs .. giveii for Feargus O'Connor , three for Frost , Williams , Jones , and Ellis , three for the Ten Hours' Bill , and three times three for the Charter . The party broke up at a very early hour , highly delighted with tho evening's entertainments .
OLDHAM . A public meeting of the inhabitants of Lees , near Oldham , was held on Tuesday evening , Feb . 17 , lSib " , on tho subject of the Ten Hours' Bill , in the large room of the Christian Brethren . Mr . James Dawson was called to the chair . Mr . Festus Fielding moved tho first resolution , namely , " That it is tho opinion of this meeting that the present long hours system in factories is injurious to health , and cannot be continued without inflicting on this class great and unmitigated evils ; more especially the younger branches of factory hands , who are by these means debarred all chance of obtaining either religious or seculiar education . " Mr . Benj . Jackson seconded the motion . Mr . James Leach supported the rcsoluturn , and made a long and argumentative speech , showing the justice and necessity of a Ten Hours ' Bill . His address was receiv « d with great cheering , Ihe next resolution was moved by Mr . Thos .
Hadnam , "That it is the opinion of this meeting , , ^ ^ ours' 1 * 'U would materially improve the health and condition of the factory operatives ; would give them time for mental and moral improvement , and for the performance of those duties whieh an all-wise Creator er-joined . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Joseph Shaw . Mr . John Teer , representing the Lancashire Central Short Time Committee , entered into the general question , and , after speaking at considerable length , concluded amidst great cheering . Mr . James Greaves , in a very eloquent speech , moved the third resolution . Mr . Jas . Shaw moved that the petition embsdying the resolutions should be sent to T . S . Duncombe , and that Messrs . Fielden and Hindly be requested to support its prayer . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting separated . Tho meeting was very crowded , and great numbers could not gain admission
STOCKPORT . On Friday evening , a public meeting , for the purpose of petitioning Parliament for an efficient Ten Uours' Bill , was convened in the large room of tho fotol Abstinence Society , Lower Hilgate , Stockport . Mr . Thomas Wilson , an old and staunch friend to this humane measure , was unanimousl y called to the chair . Mr . Hamer , a manufacturer , moved the first resolution , whieh was seconded bv an operative and supported at great length by Mr . * Joseph Mullineaux , secretary of the Central Short Time Committee . 1 he second resolution wi \ s moved by V , iuiam Pott , a factory operative , and seconded by Mr . MitchelL Ihe meeting was then addressed bv Mr . Leech , who was warmly cheered . A vote of tlianks having been passed to the Central Committee , to our friends in and out of Parliament , and to the chairman , the meeting broke up .
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Mr . Knowles , Q . C ., has been appointed Attorneytieiieralof inG county palatine of Lancaster , vice the lion . j . s . Wovtley , promoted to the olHceof Judge Advocate-General . The disputes between tho colliers in and around bolton , and their employers still remains in ' tho sanie position , without any apparent disposition oa either side Uivield .
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