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— " - '" FRANCE . . ¦ w - „™ n GTIiHP -Kl > THE FOBHEICATIOXS . — Tbs i ^& oroe , the number of officers of According to tne -J ho gj ^ ^ petition Ifte National fcuaru fortifications of Paris against the a ™^ ehJef of battalioii of the 8 tii am ounted to - *> j 0 ^ affixed lis signature to Xerfon , XL ^^ j ^ ed a letter to the Prefect of m ^ bon , w ™ aoimtUyiahxn deluded the Seine , «™ S t £ imQned before the Council of among the ^ T ^ tenced to suspension for that Trefectur TTe according ly called on that functionary offence . J * om isgon , which he regarded asaper to re pair »" sonal sugw- SWITZERLAND . _ , Phisox ebs at Lucerne . —A letter from , ^ L , Aoril 13 , in the . Vera Zurich Gazette , says : — SSrSni President of the Grand Council of St . ru has addressed a petition to the Grand Council hxeat of hi 3 brother-in-law , Schnyder , who is 311 the prisoners . The committee yesterday 310 re port to the Grand Council to the Mowing ^ . J The Executive Council shall take care 1
iw tic foreigners who were concerned in the Edition of the free corps shall be banished by a ? T ^ ent hvm the oonfederaiion . 2 . Theyoungmen J" j ^ r twenty years shall be set at liberty after having Sjlnrsed uie expenses they have caused . Several Sobers remarked that last week the liberation of ? yowi" men ^^ been decreed without any condi-S ia . othersrepliedthat they oughtto be made topay fhe expenses they had occasioned . M . Wendelerwen cgfd that it ivotdd be well to shoot all these young } aai without distinction . 3 . In what regards the libosiion of persons not belonging to the canton ' excep t the chiefs , commanders of companies < fec ) , ^ ociations will be opened with the respective governments , and guarantees will be required from
jiein for the future , and for the repayment of the fjjtcnses . The executive council may at once set at liberty a certain number of prisoners , but it will keep sufficient to assure the success of the negotiations i . The citizens of the canton who have taken part in the expedition of the free corps ( with the exception of the chiefs , commanders of companies , £ « . } , and yho shall be judged according to the laws relating to the free corps , shall be sent before the ordinary trihunals ; and the grand council declares at present that it has the intention to pardon a great number , tJtiuur application . XL Gaoimor PlyfFer had proposeA an amnesty , but his motion was set aside . 5 ^ e Grand Council afterwards decided that each of ihe cantons which had sent troops to Lucerne should receive one of the cannons taken from the enemy .
The Swiss Diet . —The following is an analysis of i ] ie proceedings of the Diet upon the 14 th : —'' At the s iting of theSwissDietonthe 14 th , the President ann ounced IhathehadreeeivedfronitheLncernedeputies aprcpe sitionihatallthe officers of the federal staffwho bad joined in the expedition of the free corps , should be struck out of the army list . The proposition was put on the order of the day for the next sitting . M . Kern , reporter of the committee of the Diet , read a mwrt on the reduction of the federal troops , stating ilat the committee having that morning been informed that by a decree of the Grand Council of LujCTiie the disbanding of the troops of the lesser cantons had not only been decided upon , but begun to be carried into execution , it proposed to the Diet to order the divisions of Gmur and Zimmerlito be discharged from service , unlessany unforeseen events should hapnen . M . Siegwart , one of the Lucerne deputies , moved
for the suppression of the last words , as he could otn foresee any such events , and the clause would leave a door openfor the exercise of had passions . He also moved another amendment , io the effect thai the military charges upon thecanton of Argau should be tightened as much as possible , inasmuch as it hadnot furnished the insurrectional army with any freecorps . These amendments , however , were supported , on ptoccding to the vote , only by the deputies for TJntowahl , Yalais , Fribourg , Schwytz , and Lucerne , and the proposition of the committee was adopted . 3 L Siegwart having entered a protest against the decree for recommending Lucerne to grant an amnesty , M . Neuhausand M . Luvini , deputiesfor Berne acd Tesino , demanded a copy of the protest , in order that they might—if on consideration they thought it is ? sefisary—make a counter protest . The Diet aUioarned till the 16 th . "
Zchich , A pott , 15 . —The Minister of Sardinia , Count Crotti de Castiglione , has just transmitted to the Directory a note in which the independence of 5 * ritaerland is rather ruderjr treated . A repetition of diolomatic representations is announced on the part of the Grand Cabinets . It is stated that the new President of the Diet is about to submit all these documents to the Federal Assembly , in order that it may point out the line to be followed in the interest of the national dignity . A prolongation of the session of the Extraordinary Diet may be the result . The Gorannieut of Lucerne appears disposed not io pay
attention to the invitations to clemency which the Diet has addressed to it . It has not even suffered the federal representatives to examine the position of the prisoners . Sot one of these has been released , although the Government of Lucerne had declared at first that it was willing to liberate without delay all persons under twenty years of age . At present it eludes this engagement , pretending that it ought first of all to he indemnified at the rate of about 5 francs ner day for the keep of each of the prisoners of this class . It is well to make it known that they have been led exclusively on soup and bread .
We learn from Lucerne , April 15 , that Dr . Muller , one of the leaders of the insurgents , and who was taken prisoner , has effected his escape . Lettees from Zurich of the 17 th inst . state , that all the prisoners under 20 years of age had been lilxTatcd by the Government of Lucerne and sent back to their respective cantons . The Fresse announces , that on the loth the Federal Commissioners notified the decree of the Diet relative to the amnesty toihe Government of Lucerne . The latter contended itself with communicating to them the decision adopted by the Grand Council three days before . The
Conunissioners intended to prolong their stay at Lucerne in order to preside at the negotiations pending between that canton , Argau , and Basle ( country ) , for the release of the prisoners . The chiefs of the expedition -were alone to te tried agreeably to the law against free corps , but there was every reason to hope that no capital sentence would be earned into execution . The Government of Basle ( country ) had issued arrest warrants against the individuals who had addressed a new appeal to the free corps . The armed meeting convoked at Sissach on the 13 th did not take place .
At the Sittixg or the Diet ox the 16 ih the member for Lucerne demanded that the cantons which had afforded assistance to the free corps should be compelled to indemnify the sufferers by the invasion . Six states only supported the application , but it gave rise to a long and animated debate , at which all the members of the coiys diplomatique were present . M . Keuhans , who had returned to Zurich since the 12 th , had somewhat reanimated the courage of the Liberals . It resulted from the discussion that the conduct of the Directory had pleased no party . The resignation of M . Hossli , the second Federal Commissioner , had been accepted by the Diet , by a majority of twelve votes to 8 . „ The house afterwards adjourned anedtc .
EGYPT . Alexaxdria , Aran . 9 . —An act of the most barharons character was perpetrated on a native Coptic Christian some days ago , at Damietta . This person 'as accused of having spoken slightingly of the Mahomedan religion , and on the fact having been made known to the populace , they collected round him , gave him 500 lashes , paraded him naked through the streets mounted on a buffalo , with two dead doss and a pig attached to his legs and shoulders , and afterwards beat him until he expired Under the effects of the punishment . The European consuls Lave taken it up strongly , but the punishment inflicted on ihe principals has been limited h > a five years' incarceration in the Castle of Abonkir .
INDIA AM ) CHINA . OVERLAND MAIL . C ^ tccm , Mabch 7 . —Since the date of the last despatch es hence , nothing had occurred likely to cause toaeh excitement when related at your side of the ^ wM . 1 have not vet to tell you of " ihe big wars " which the clouds that yet lour in the north-west por-Wtid ,.-flf the little wars ™ tne west more anon . I hare not even to tell you of another great self-slaugh-T « r of the suicidal Sikh army , though the next daivk *> aj bring tidings of a great action in the Punjaub , ™ Khalsa Armv versus Gohlab Singh . By the last accounts from the country of ihe Five Pavers , the ann which does or leaves undone as it likes , had a pparently almost made ud its mind to attack the in and
^ JW-Jnmboo his den . In se parate mde-I ^ aeiit bodies some forty thousand men had gradu "fr . assembled within a short distance of the Rajah s ***""« , and as their numbers nearly doubled those ™ his troops , they will probablv soon muster courage w attack him . Gohlab ' sposition being a very strong & ne , andhishill men mettlesome fellows , the struggle , ** en it does come , will be » Woody one , but wall , in Ml pr obability , end in his destruction . When Goh-5 * ? mgh las been disposed of , to what will the * j ^ next turn its hand ? This is a question « J ™ * thought greatly concerns us . Meantime ^ neentration of our forces in the neighbourhopd P the bnflpi ^ ~ .: ~* iw « , „? Jlir fnrroard . The
_ lower ^ 10 , ^ are being deserted by every soldier £ Z *«» he spared , and if we have not already , we T soon shall have an army of observation on the wreatened frontier that vrill render us comparatively ^ afferent to the intentions and motions of our rest-S-P neighbours . Whether this army is to do any-J ™ g more than keeping the Sikhs within their own wnnds or driving them back if they break out ; or * henthe fighting time of year arrives to take the initiative and the Punjaub , does notyet appear . JSo ^ ng of the design of the head of the Government ^ s yet been alio wed to escape , and the quid w m » , *» consequently left topnaaat what triKbe aided ^ J by observations of what is and Ms teen .
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There was a great conflagration at Moulmein on the 9 th of January , which swept away a large section of the town and part of the cantonments . It has led to a quarrel betwixt the authorities and the people there . The former prohibited the natives from reoccupying the ground which the fire had cleared , considering it necessary for the future security of the cantonments that a vacant space should be preserved around them . A meeting was got up to protest against this order , and after much strong language the authorities were formally accused of wantonlv questioning the rights of the occupiers of the soil . How the matter has ended appears not as yet . Affghaxistajj . —It was reported that Ackbar Khan
was m tne Khyber , and Dost Mahomed at Jehalabad , whence lie had " written to the Governor of Peshawur , intimating his intention to reclaim that place . Chixa . —It is currently reported and believed in China that Fow-chow-foo and Ningpo are to be given up as trading ports , and that Chusan is to be retained iu their stead , and made a consular port . The Chinese are building extensively there , both forthem selves and foreigners . Her Majesty ' s ship Vestal had received at Whampoa another instalment of the indemnity money , amounting to three millions of dollars . It was paid in Sycee , which is at a premium of five or six per cent . It is thought that half of this will be sent to England , and the other half to India , to be coined into rupees , and returned to China .
TURKEY . Ckitical State op Tdhket . —Intbigbes of Russia . —CossTANTDJOPEE , ApErx . 2 . —The state of European Turkey is such as to excite serious misgivings as to the maintenance of tranquillity—a tranquillity upon which the peace of Europe itself is in some measure dependent . This is now threatened from several quarters , and various causes of disorganisation are simultaneously at work . Rebellion , which was never completely suppressed , has again raised its head in Albania . A force , consisting of upwards of 2 , 000 men , have attacked the town of Yendgi , and burnt the church . TheCaimakanofa district in the nei ghbourhood of Monastir is said to he at this moment surrounded and besieged by a band of insurgents . It is generally believed that the Turkish
troops will , ere long , suffer some signal reverses in Albania . Their numerical strength , also , has been been considerably weakened by the detachments , amounting to 4 , 000 men , which have been draughted from them and sent into Thessaly to assist in forming a corps of observation on the Greek frontier . Here the danger appears to be still more imminent , and troops of Pelichari are hovering on the borders , evidently prepared to profit by any insurrectionary movement whiehmay be instigated by theincendiaries that have preceded them . Five of those emissaries have been seized in different parts of Bulgaria , and are now in Ihe bagnio of Constantinople , oneof them , as I have already informed you , was provided with letters from the Greek Minister , Coletti . If we add to these sources of danger and commotion the general
discontent of the people , produced by misgovernment , we can scarcely shut our eyes to the critical position of the European provinces of the empire . It is known that Coletti has Jong been desirous of establishing a Greek Consul at Belgrade an individual heretofore notorious as a Russian spy ; 200 Greek transport ships have been engaged by the Russian Government to assist in conveying troops and stores to the coast of Circassia . From this fact , as well as th § , unusually formidable levies which have been made for the ensuing campaign in the Caucasus , it would appear that Russia is meditating some decisive blow in that quarter . In the ^ meanwhile , the Turks cannot witness the mustering of such mighty armaments in then- immediate neighbourhood without some secret alarm and uneasiness .
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CONFERENCE OF THE TAILORS . ( Continuedfrom our last weeVspaper . ) FRIDAY HOENINC ' S SITTING . The Conference assembled at nine o'clock , when Mr . Cotter was called to the chair . The minutes were read and confirmed . Mr . Leach moved , and Mr . Hannington seconded" That this Conference is of opinion that a more extensive agitation is required ; that an address , descriptive of the state of the trade , be drawn up and issued ; and that an address committee of three be appointed to prepare the same . " Agreed to . The Conference then considered the 49 th proposition ,
" That the establishment of sick , burial , and vacation funds be left to the option and management of each section , independent of the society in general . " Mr . Antcliffe said that in leicester they paid fonrpencepermonth to support the infirmary . If a tramp with a card fell ill , he was allowed eight shillings per week ; and if he had worked a week , there was a subscription of threepence or sixpence per man in the shop , over and above the eight shillings . There was a levy of tenpence per month for the trade fund - , and when there were any sick in the trade , an extra levy was made to meet the expense . He thought that each section ought to provide for sick tramps when taken ill on the road . This proposition was agreed to .
Mr . Kussell moved , andiMr . Hannington seconded , " That the report now read be received . " Agreed to . Mr . Anteliffe moved , and Mr . Erby seconded , " That the Conference present Mr . Connor , the Leamington delegate , with fifteen shillings and one penny . " Carried . Mr . Land moved , and Mr . Antcliffe seconded , " That a committee of three be appointed to audit the Executive accounts . " Carried unanimously . The following gentlemen were appointed auditors : —Messrs . Antcliffe , Leach , and Allen . Mr . Shaw moved " That the finance committee do now bring up their report . " Agreed to . Mr . Dramgoole read their report , and handed in the balance in hand , after paying all the expenses of the Conference . The Conference then adjourned for dinner .
FBIDAT AFTEBNOON ' S SITTING . The Chairman having resumed his seat , and the roll feeing called , Mr . Allen moved , and Mr . Shaw seconded , " That any section joining after the first of June , 1845 , shall pay threepence per member , in addition to cards , rules , dispensation , & c . ; and each and every member shall receive a card of membership on entrance . " Agreed to . The organisation committee brought up their report , which was read by Mr . Hannington , the chairman of the committee . Mr . Dramgoole moved , and Mr . Maunder seconded , " That the report now read be received . " The Conference then discussed the plan section by section , and proceeded as far as the twelfth rule , and it being six o ' clock , adjourned until the following morning .
SATUKDAT HOKNIHG ' s SITTING . Mr . Hustler was appointed chairman , in consequence ofMr . Eames"being unavoidably absent . The secretary read the minutes of the previous day ' s sitting , which were confirmed . Mr . Banney moved , and Mr . Maunder seconded , " That the name of the publication of the society be the Tatar ' s Advocate , and its price be three-halfpence . " Carried . Mr . Jones moved , and Mr . Crawley seconded , " That all correspondence be sent to the society ' s office . " Mr . Maunder moved the following amendment : — " That aU letters be sent to the residence of the general secretary . " Mr . Shaw seconded the amendment , which was carried by a majority of fourteen . The Conference then took into consideration the 7 th proposition— "That the delegates assembled adopt some plan for the appropriation of the Protection fund , such plan to be submitted to the different sections for discusaon during thepresentyear . "
Mr . Crawley said , the instructions which he had received from the section which he represented , were , that the Conference should adopt some plan to protect their labour instead of strikes , inasmuch as they were of opinion that strikes had utterly failed . They considered the land the most effectual remedy ; but at the same , time their trade was not prepared for the adoption of the land question , nor had they the requisite funds to purchase land . They thought that instead of strikes they could adopt some co-operative plan similar to the Hatters of Denton , in order to thin the labour market .
Mr . Leach said , he considered this question an important one . His own opinion was that there was at last no effectual remedy but the land ; but at the same timehe thought that they could open shops in opposition to tneHyam ' s and Moses ' s , and by so doing do good , by drawing the men from working for the slaughter-house keepers , and by this means get rid of the surplus labourers . Mr . Crawley had referred to the Hatters of Denton : a strike of that body had cost £ 4000 , and the men were defeated after all . Then they commenced a co-operative concern , and they had now shops in Hyde , Dukinfield , and Ashton-under-Lyne . They employed sixty men all the year round , paid the best of wages , and realised good profits on the capital invested : and if the Hatters could do this , so could the Tailors . Mr . Shaw could not see how opening shops would take away any portion of the surplus labour . He was decidedly in favour of the land .
Mr . Dramgoole could not see the drift of Mr . Leach s argument We could not compete with Hyam and Moses , unless weproduced an article as cheap , or cheaper , than those parties did ; and consequently mustpay as small an amount for labour . He was in favour of the land . Mr . Parker , in a powerful speech , moved the following resolution : — "That it be recommended to the sections throughout the society , to take into consideration the propriety of these amalgamating with other Trades , as laid down by the late Conference of Delegates , held in London , for the purpose of providingthe means of finnhig employmentfor the surplus labour of an Trades by enter-
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ing into a compact with them , to this effect : that the United Tailors' Protection Society are prepared topay then-moiety towards placing the surplus labour of other trades on the land , provided that the said-, trades pledge themselves to cease becoming customers to those master Tailors who grind down the wages of the journeymen Tailors of the United Kingdom . The sections-to send their opinions and numbers to the Executive Council previous to the 30 th of June next . " He was aware that the Tailors were opposed to amalgamating with the other trades ; but he was convinced it was the wisest step they
could take . He was decidedly in favour of the land . -He was also aware of the difficulty , which the Tailors laboured under , which many other trades did . not . The jump from the needle to the spade was a serious one ; but the resolution pointed out a way in which they could benefit themselves without taking that jump , and at the same time help their fellow men . By the means proposed a great moral power would be brought to bear on the Ilyams , & e . ; and not only SO , but a ne « v market could be provided for the garments which the Tailors could produce , by enabling those who were walking the streets in unwilling idleness to become customers .
Mr . Maunder would give his most strenuous support to the resolution ; and in proof of the value of the land , he would appeal to the experience of Conference . When did they see a native Tailor of Jersey seeking work in the English market ? He might , say never . The reason to be assigned for this was , they loved their homes , because those homes were endeared to them by having plots of land attached to them . The - great majority of them had their bit of land and kept their cow . This it was which preventedthem in times of slack trade from coming into the English market , and competing with the surplus already there . Mr . Cotter could not give a silent vote on this question . He was opposed to the amalgamation . In fact , he thought each trade could best protect itself . He spoke from his conscientious conviction when he said that the Trades movement alluded to was a political movement , The other trades would never help them .
Mr . Dramgoole said , how could they expect the other trades to help them if they refused to assist them in re . turn . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Parker replied , and in doing go he said he believed the reference to politics was intended for him as an individual . ( Mr . Cotter , "No , no ! " ) He would take the disclaimer . He Was a Chartist , and never would deny It . He was a Chartist because he believed that justice would never be done the labourer until the " collective wisdom' ' of the working classes had a voice in the legislation of the country . The Conference had disclaimed any intention of introducing politics , and ought , therefore , to be believed . There was one thing which he wished to refer to , and that was , that the West-end Tailors were represented in that Conference , but the Protection Society was not . ( " No , no ! " from Mr . Cotter . ) Mr . Parker called attention to the names of the delegates which represented nine branches of the West-end Tailors in that Conference . Mr . Parker ' s statement was substantiated by Mr . Hannington and other London delegates .
The motion on being put from the chair was agreed to unanimously , no one voting against it . The Conference then adjourned for dinner .
AFTEBNOON SITTING , The chairman , Mr . Barnes , took his seat at two o'clock . On the roll being called , the auditors appointed to audit the general secretary ' s books brought up their report . Mr . Leach , on the part of the auditors , said they had examined the general secretary's accounts , and found them correct to a cypher . The report was received . Mr . Dramgoole moved , and Mr . Connor secoaded" That each delegate , on his return to his section , send the number of cards and rules they will want to the Executive ; and the cash for the same to accompany the order . " Agreed to . Mr . Leach moved , and Mr . Dramgoole seconded— "That the price of the rules be twopence each ; the stiff cards one penny ; and the fly-sheet one halfpenny each . " Agreed to . It was then decided that the fly-sheets should come into operation on the first day of June , 1845 .
On the motion of Mr . Hannington , which was seconded by Mr . Russell , the salary of the general secretary was fixed at 86 s . per week for the present year , Mr . Kussell moved , and Mr . Leach seconded— " That the gentlemen composing the Executive of last year be reelected ; and that Mr . Parker be general secretary , Mr . Eames president , * and Mr . Hannington treasurer . " Carried by acclamation . It having been previously arranged in the plan of organisation , that in addition to the five Executive member ' s residing in London , there should be four in the provinces ; in accordance with that provision the following gentlemen were elected : —Mr . Maunder , Island of Jersey ; Mr . Crawley , Leeds ; Mr . Kussell , Birmingham ; and Mr . Dramgoole , Warrington . The Conference then went into a committee of ways and means for bringing out the Tailors Advocate , which business being concluded , the Conference resumed its sitting .
Mr . Dramgoole moved , and Mr . Kussell seconded" That this C » nference , being the representatives of the members of the United Tailors' Protection Society , do hereby give , on the part of those who sent us here , our unqualified thanks to the Executive for the able manner in which they have conducted the business of the society during the past year ; and that we have implicit confidence in their honesty and ability to conduct it during the present year . " Carried unanimously . It was then agreed , "that in cases of arbitration , where the masters refused to be bound by such decision after having assented to such arbitration , that the Executive be empowered to lay a levy on each member , and have the power of conducting the arrangement in all cases of asserting principle , " It was also agreed , "That any section neglecting to adhere to the rules , and pay their subscriptions , shall be suspended until they conform . " Mr . Maunder moved . " That the best thanks of this
Conference are due , and hereby given , to the proprietor and editor of the Northern Star , for their straightforward and manly defence of the working classes , and more especiaUy in giving , through the columns of that paper , publicity to the proceedings of this Conference ; and likewise to Mr . Dixon , for his attention and attendance during the sittings of the same . " Carried by acclamation . Mr . Dixon , on the part of the proprietor and aditor , briefly acknowledged the compliment . The thanks of the Conference were then given to Mr . Eames for his conduct in the chair . The sittings concluded at half-past six o'clock on Saturday evening .
SHORT-TIME FESTIVAL AT PRESTON . On Tuesday evening the operatives employed in the extensive cotton mills of Mr . R . Gardner , justice of the peace for the county of Lancaster , held their first anniversary to celebrate the introduction of the short-time system in that establishment ; the horn's of working having been only eleven hours , instead of twelve , during the last year . A private meeting of a few of the workpeople had been convened shortly before , to talk over the benefits accruing from the diminution of the time of labour , when the present public demonstration was determined upon . Immediately uuon the announcement being made , upwards of a
thousand tickets were sold , and , so great was the demand , that the billets d ' entree rose to a high premium . The mayor of the borough , Mr . J . Paley , also a large mill owner , granted the use of the Corn-exchange rooms for the meeting , and the spacious apartments were tastefully decorated . At seven o ' clock the doors were thrown open , and immediately the rooms were filled by a host of working people , in holiday attire . The Rev . Owen Parr , accompanied by his daughter , and several of the wealthy inhabitants of the borough , joined the party at a somewhat later hour . Tea was served at eight o ' clock , after which the chair was taken , amidst great cheering , by Mr . James Brown .
The Chairman requested attention to some letters relative to the meeting , which had just been received . The first was from Mr . W . A . Gardner , lamenting his inability to be present with them and preside over their meeting ; the other from Mr . Robert Gardner , the owner of the works , from which we must extract the following . — " I avail myself of the present opportunity to state , that I am quite satisfied that both as much yarn and as much power-loom cloth may be produced at quite as low a cost in eleven as in twelve hoars per day ; at any rate , such has proved itself to be the case in my mills at Preston . So fully satisfied am I on this point , that if it should please God to spare my life to the season of the present year when we light up again , it is my present intention to make a further reduction of time to ten and a-half hours , without the slightest fear of suffering by it . I find the hands work with greater enerev and spirit ; they
are more cheerful , and apparently more happy . ' The Chairman , after pivfacing his remarks , said—This is a triumph of humanity . We are here assembled to celebrate the anniversary of an experiment m the reduction of the hours of factory labour—an experiment which * is followed in its train byihappiness , comfort , and perfect satisfaction to all who have the pleasure of participating in it . At various periods m the agitation for a ten hours' bill , our opponents have resorted to every means to arrest its onward 5 regress . Upon one occasion they tried to prove its isadvantages by arithmetical progression , and we had members of Parliament stating that the profit of the manufacturer was reaped in the last hour of of his workpeople ' s labour . During the debate last year it wag predicted by some wiseacres that the disadvantages of a reduction of the hours would be disadvantageous to such a degree . and so evidently so , that
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the factory , workers themselves would petition—nay , demand the repeal of any such enactment before the end of twelve months . These statements on the one hand , and the coercion of the House of Commons on the other , by a threat of resignation on the part of the Ministry , prevented the ri ghteous decision that ten hours per day are sufficient for women and young persons to work in factories . The chairman then alluded feelingly to the comfort of having an extra hour per day for the father or mother of a family , and the ¦ probi to be derived from it by the young people . He had himself known factory labour when it was spread over fifteen hours of the day , when it was clearly impossible for the operative to be other than a brute worker . For himself lie could that
say , in ' these . last twelve months he . had the time , and strength . oi body acting upon the mind , to improve hnnselt more than in any three previous years ir n j ^ cJcers , ? y ' , j proposing a vote of thanks to Mr . Gardner , said , that he could testify that it had been of great benefit to his own family during the whole oi the last twelve-months ; he had a large family , and . they had all been better able to attend to secular education thisui before , and had consequently much improve *! . Eitots were stubborn things } if the promoters of the present system of factory labour would take the hint offered by Mr . Gardner , they would establish the same . principle , and in doing so benefit alike themselves ana their handsi Mi * . J .- Anyon , in seconding ; themotion . wished
that there were more masters Bke Mr . R . Gardner . ( Great cheers . ) The working classes had received ; the benefit of his giving up the old system . Education had been promulgated , health restored , cleanliness promoted ; and it was his firm conviction that ii would produce a greater improvement in their condition than any measure adopted within the last twenty years . It was necessary as regarded work , thatthe strength of the body should be kept HP , and twelve hours was too long a time for that to be possible . He then read a case stated by one of the workmen at some length , andconcluded—'' It was a question oi humanity—nay , more , a carrying out of the principles , of religion . Lord John Russell said , in a meeting in London , ^ that the factory hands had no time either for this world or the next . It was too
true : but the way to give them time was what they were met together to show to others . " A great many other excellent speeches were made by parties connected with Mr . Gardner ' s works , and strangers from Manchester and Bolton . The whole affair went off very well , and must , we think , call the attention of the whole mill-owning body to so evident a case of the practicability , on economic grounds , of shortening the hours ' of labour . If a man can work 12 hours , why not 14 , 16 , or 24 ? We know well that lassitude must come at one hour or the next , and if in 11 hours as much work , and more , can be done than in 12 ( as is proved by the statements above , we may hope that Lord Ashley ' s measure may in a little time not be received sulkily , but as an actual boon , by the millowners themselves .
Nottingham . —Fbamework Knitters' Movement . —To the Framework Knitters of the Three Counties . — Friends , —I have to inform you that a three-counties meeting of delegates will be held at the King George on -Horseback ; Nottingham , on Monday , the 28 th inst ., at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , to which meeting we trust every branch , town , hamlet , and village will send their delegates , the business to be laid before this meeting being of the greatest importance to the future interest of the workmen in several points of view . Let not the journeymen of any branch think for one moment that any relief can be obtained for them from any source , if they themselves aro apathetic in using their endeavours to remove those
grievances so long and so justly complained of by themselves , and at this time practised upon them in a most cruel form , by putting upon the workmen an amount of extra labour without an equivalent for such . Yes , Mow workmen , this is done at a time when every person conversant with the Framework Knitting trade admits that we are as bad , if not the worst paid trade in this kingdom . And strange to say , although this is admitted by the Government and by manufacturers themselves , one branch or other are continually being further imposed upon in one shape or other . Up , then , one and all , and organise yourselves , and be united to a man for the salvation of your families / yourselves , and your fellowworkmen . Let your attention be drawn to the
General Trades Movement , at whose head stands as president one of the best and most honest of men , T . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and a committee of men whose intelligence can scarcely be surpassed by the like number in the whole kingdom ; who , in the course of a little time , will be prepared with a code of general laws for the guidance of the whole of the Trades in this kingdom , —B , Humphries . At a Meeting of Framesmiths , Framework-Knitters , and others , held at the sign of the Cricket Players , Kimberly , on Monday , April 14 th , 1845 , it was proposed by Thomas Leivers , and seconded by Thomas Granger— "That whereas the Framesmiths , Framework-Knitters , and Sinker and Needlemakers are alike affected by good or bad trade , and
as such good or bad trade is caused by supply or demand , and as the supply being produced to an over abundance by wide frames , we , the meeting , pledge ourselves to use our best endeavours to restrict the use of such wide frames by every legal means in our power . " The following was appointed a committee , with power to add to their numbers , to carry the above resolution into effect : — Michael Leivers , Framesmith ; Thomas Leivers , and Joshua Bostock , Framework-Knitters . The Turnouts at Bury . —On Tuesday last a very numerous meeting of the turnouts in the iron trade was-held in the large room at the Hare and Hounds Inn Bolton-street , Bury , when thirty-six letters from thirty-five towns in the counties of Lancashire ,
Cheshire , and Yorkshire , were read . They all spoke in high terms respecting the turnouts , and assured those on strike they would meet with the utmost support from those who had joined the Free Trade Protective Associations . The subscriptions this week have surpassed anything that could be expected . It was also said , that many persons had lately been brought to Bury under false pretences , such as that there was no turnout there ; and those who were now working as knobsticks were mostly persons who have not been accustomed to the iron trade . It was agreed that the Bury turnouts would take a "hut" at Kersall Moor , during the races in Whitsun-week , the sign to be "Flint and Steel , " with a large flag" Rise and Shine . " The benefits arising from " the
hut" to be appropriated to the funds of the " General Free Trade Protective Association of Lancashire , Cheshire , and Yorkshire . " The turnout power-loom Fustian Weavers at Messrs . Walker and Co . ' s , who have been on the strike eleven weeks for an advance of wages , have this week succeeded in obtaining their prices . There is every appearance of the turnouts in the iron trade also succeeding . — [ The above report has been written by me for the Star paper , at the request of the committee of the turnouts . —Joseph Fielding , reporter , Middleton , near Manchester . ] Procession in Honour of W . P . Roberts , Esq . —Monday last was a proud day for the Miners of Darcy Lever district . The brave fellows assembled in great numbers at their various lodges , and ,
accompanied by a band of music , moved off in procession with a number of beautiful banners to Moses Gate station , where Mr . Roberts had promised to meet them . Before , however , they had reached the station , they were joined by about 800 of the turnout mechanics and Weavers of Bury . Mr . Roberts arrived about half-past four p . m ., and as soon as he was recognised , a loud burst of enthusiastic welcome made the welkin ring . As soon as he could make his way through the dense mass he entered a carriage which had been provided for the purpose , the bands playing " See the Conquering Hero comes . " The procession then moved on to near the Farmers ' Arms , Darcy Lever , where Mr . Roberts and several other gentlemen addressed the people at length .
With loud cheers for Mr . Roberts and the Miners ' Union , the vast assembly quietly dispersed . The next General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday , May 5 , at the house of Mr . Rosbottom , Bowling Green Inn , Charnock Green , near Chorley . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . A public meeting will also be held at the same place , which will be addressed by W , P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . The levy for the fortnight , including general contribution , is 2 s . Id . per member . The Miners of Halifax . —About seventy of the hardy sons of the Miners' Association sat down to a good dinner , at the house of Mr . John Crowder .
Lower breorge Inn , Halifax , on April 14 th . After the cloth was removed , addresses were delivered by Messrs . Davis and Brown , lecturers to the Miners ' Association . It was agreed that on Whit-Tuesday , at lour o clock , the Colliers' wives of Halifax should have a tea-party . It is hoped that all lodges belonging to the Miners' Association will follow the example . Elopement at Brighton . —A publican at Brighton , ol the name of Nye , eloped on Monday with the wife oi a penny concert singer , leaving a wife and two children to shift for themselves . As soon as they were gone , three boxes belonging to benefit societies held in the house were discovered to bo broken open , and their contents gone . One box contained about £ 30 , A warrant has been issued for Nve ' s apprehension .
Chartist Annual Convention. (Continued F...
CHARTIST ANNUAL CONVENTION . ( Continued from , our sixth page . ) FOURTH DAY—Thbbsdat , Apml 21 . Mr . M'Grath resumed the chair at the usual hour . The Secretary read a letter from Sheffield , announcing that they were about to take ten or twelve acres of land : and that their esteemed friend and treasurer , Mr , Biggs , had announced his intention of advancing £ 100 for land purposes in connection with a land society , not connected ivith the Chartist organisation . The letter also expressed the regret of the Chartists of Sheffield at not being able to send a delegate .
; - PLAN OF ORGANISATION . "Mr . T . Clark , in bringing up the report , read the whole of . the ; old organisation ; after which the plan was submitted clause by clause , and the following is the result ;—PLAN , OF ORGANISATION OP THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . ' OBJECTS AND BUMS OF THE ASSOCIATION . . Object —To secure the enactment of the " People's Charter" by peaceful , legal , and constitutional means .
PRINCIPLES . That the rich and the poor , being bf the same species ; are . under the . same laws of nature , " and * being alike Capable Of benefit or Injury from theirjegislatirs , necessarily have , in the . election ^ these " legts | gtors , the same right ; but the rich , ini' 'defence of their rights and property , have every advantage wlJiSh ,,. wealth and the purchased powers of others afford them ; while the poor , destitute of these , have no security but in the purity of legislation , nor any means of self-defence but in the possession of their share of the elective power . The poor , then , hare
an equal right , but more need , , fjo elect representatives than the rich ; it is therefore right and just ' thatevery male inhabitant of Great Britain and Ireland ( infants , insane persons , and criminals only excepted ) , Shall fully , fairly , and freely enjoy the elective franchise , that is to say , Universal Suffrage ; that in order to protect the poor elector against tyranny , the voting shall be by BaU lot ; that the Parliaments shall he Annual j thatthe Property Qualification , shall le abolisJied ; that the whole empire shall be divided into Equal . Sectoral Distrfct ? ; and that the Hepresentatives of the People sftaU oe paid ,
MEANS . 1 . By creating a public opinion in favour of those principles through the medium of public meetings , petitions to Parliament , discussions , lectures , cheap publications , and the newspaper press ; as well as the formation of election committees to secure the election and ' return of members to Parliament , municipal officers , and other local functionaries . 2 . By raising the requisite tunds by subscriptions and voluntary donations , to defray the expenses of the Association ,
BULBS . ^ 1 . —AU persons acquiescing in the objects of this Association shall be eligible to become members by taking out cards of membership , for which and a copy of the handbook they shaUpay threepence ; they also shall contribute one penny per week to the general fund of the Association , one-fourth of which shall be sent to the Executive Committee monthly . Cards of membership to be renewed annually . ••'• 2 . —The general government of this Association shall bo vested in an Executive Ceramittee , consisting of a president , treasurer , and secretary , and two others ; and also a General Council , to be appointed by the Executive Committee .
3 . —A Convention of delegates shall assemble on the third Monday of April in each year , such delegates to be chosen at public meetings , of which-legal notice shall be given , and at which all persons resident in the locality have a right to speak and vote . Each annual Convention shall determine as to the place in which the succeeding one shall assemble . ¦ Mr . John Cleave having arrived , the discussion on the plan of organisation was adjourned , and the consideration of the Victim Fund Committee affairs resumedi The secretary read communications from Manchester , also
from Mr . Jenkin Morgan . An explanation took place between Messrs . O'Connor and Cleave as to their respective positions , and the latter gentleman expressed his williugness to submit all documents in his possession to a committee , for inspection and immediate settlement . Mr . O'Connor thereupon moved" That a committee of persons residing in London should be appointed to investigate the matter , " and said he would undertake two days after such investigation to submit a balance-sheet of the whole affair . The resolution was agreed to iiem , coh . Mr . T . M . Wheeler
moved" That the explanation given by Mr . Cleave is satisfactory to this Convention . " The motion was seconded by Mr . Dorman , and carried unanimously .
AFTEENOOS SITTING . A vote of thanks to the Manchester Victim Committee was carried unanimously . On the motion of Messrs . Bairstow and Munday it was resolved : — " That this Convention proceed to elect a Victim Fund Committee from the London Chartists , and that the number be eleven . " The following were unanimously elected : — Messrs . O'Connor , Cuffay , Shaw , Tucker , Davis , Law , Stallwood , Wilson , Wheeler , Milnes , and Mais . Mr . . O'Connor was appointed treasurer , and Mr . T . M . Wheeler secretary . The discussion on the rules was then resumed . Rule fourth was altered as foUows : — 4 , The Executive Comraittes shall be elected by the members of the National Charter Association , by ballot or otherwise , from a list of persons nominated by the several localities . Such nomination to be published at least one month previous to the time of election . The other rules determined on were as follow : —
5 . A system of local agitation shall be established , to be carried out in the following manner , namely : —Local lecturers shall be appointed at district delegate meetings . Plans of appointment for such lectures shall be printed ; or such other means resorted to as will ensure the fulfilment of such appointments . All the expenses incurred by the employment of such lecturers shall be paid by the district or locality where such lecturers may be employed ; and in order to render the above plan effectual , it is essential that the districts discountenance ail itinerant lecturers ; and that no person be allowed to lecture in any locality unless recognised by the district , or appointed by the Executive Committee .
BDT 1 BS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . It shall be the duty of the Executive Committee to watch over the general interests of the association , and to aid the promulgation of its principles by visiting those parts of the country where their labours are most required ; by appointing lecturers , issuing tracts and addresses ; they shall also issue uniform books for the use of the localities , containing the rules of the association , iu order to systematise its proceedings ; they shall likewise issue prepared sheets for quarterly returns , to be forwarded to the general secretary . It shall also be their duty to take advantage of every circumstance and event which may appear to them calculated to achieve the objects of the Association ; and especially to watch over aU other movements , whether in or out of Parliament , which may be agitating the public mind , and to express to the country , through the medium of addresses , the opinions which they entertain as to what part the Chartists , individually or' collectively , ought to take in such movements .
APPOINTMENT OF SECBETABT AND HIS DUTIES . The Executive Committee shall appoint the secretary , whoso duty shall be to keep a correct record of the business of the Association , monetary or ' otherwlse . APPOINTMENT OP TBEA 8 UBEB AND DIB DUTIES . The treasurer shall he chosen by the Executive Committee ; he shall be responsible for all monies entrusted to him ; he shall keep a correct account of all receipts and disbursements of the Association , and shall publish a balance sheet , duly audited every three months , a copy to be transmitted to each sub-secretary . The Executive Committee shall likewise elect the president of the Association . APPOINTMENT OF AUDITORS AND THEIB DUTIES . Two auditors shall be appointed by the annual Convention , whose duty shall be to audit the books of the Association onee per quarter .
GENERAL COUNCIL . Every town or village where members of this Association shaHbe resident may nominate five or more persons to act as a portion of of the general council ; such nominations to be sent to the Executive committee for appointments once in every three months ; the members shall also nominate two persons , as Sub-Treasurer and Sub-Secretary , to assist the General Treasurer and Secretary in them anagement of the affairs of the Association . DUTIES OP GENEBA . L COUNCIL . The members of the General Council residing in each locality , shall meet for the transaction of business once every week , and shall have the power of appropriating to the purposes of the association three-fourths of the subscriptions of the members , and all other monies , received in the said locality . They shall also see that the recommendations and instructions of the Executive Council are carried into effect ; and they shall have full power to adopt such means for the accomplishment of the general objects , as to them may seem meet , provided such means are in conformity with the fundamental rules of the
Association . On the motion of Messrs . Shaw and Dorman , it was resolved , " That the secretary write each month to all localities who may be behind in their payments , request ng them to forward the same . " BETEmm ^ SmciDE at Hammersmith . — On Wednesday week Mrs . Emma Peasgood , thewue of the landlord of the Britannia pubhehouse , at the corner of the Fulham-road , near Hammersmith church , was found in her bed-room quite dead , suspended trom the bedstead bv a stay-lace . Various reports are in circulation relative to the circumstances and the causes which led the unfortunate woman , who Was not thirty years of age , to destroy herself .
The S4apwick Murders.— Execution Op Sara...
The s 4 apwick Murders . — Execution op Sarah Freeman . ' —Th 6 culprit expiated with her life , at Taunton , on Wednssday , the diabolical crime of which she was convicted . It will be in the recollection ot our readers that she was committed upon four distinct charges of murder—viz ., for having administered arsenic to her husband , her illegitimate son , her mother , and her brother ( of whose murder she was convicted at the late Spring . Assizes ) , which caused their death . On Sunday-, the condemned sermon was preached by the chaplain from the 1 st and part of the 2 d verse ofthc 14 th chapter . oft Hosea . A most impressive discourse was delivered , sad . every-The Shapwick Murders . — Execution of Sarah
one present except-. Sarah treoman appeared , to reel its power . The individual who , to all / humaBf knowledge , stood most in need of spiritual consolation was the only one ; who evihcjed . mdiffei'cnce .,, She rather courted than , avoided allusion to the crimes , with which she was charged , but [ invariably protested ., her innocence . Ever since her condemnation she slept soundl y and ate heartily . On Monday last she asked permission to dispose of her clothes to the prisoners with whom she had been classed' previous to ner trial ; this being granted , she wrote the names of the articles and the persons to whom she wished them to be given . The last sentence of the law was carried into effectonthetop ef Wiltongadf , near Taunton . Thetimb appointed for the execution was eleven o'clock V , ifc
before that hour thousands ol people were congn' »;; ved in front of the prison . The culprit retired to vest at twelve o'clock on Tuesday night , up to which hour the chaplain was in attendance upon her . She slept soundly till six in the morning , when she got up and ate a hearty breakfast . She was visited early by the chaplain , the under-sheriff ) and the governor , and again strongly protested her innocence , " saying that she , ! bought the poison for herself , and that her brother-John took it from her bag . and ^ avcat to her mother \ md brother . ; When entreated by the undersheriff , about ten o clock , to tell the truth , she very snappishly told him not to . press her with any further questions f . on ^ the subject . Shortly alt er : ten , she attended the chapel Jnd , parlook of the sacrament .
At the conclusion o £ the service she' was conducted w the press-room , where preparations were made for her execution . Shortly Before eleven she . appeared on the scaffold ; she joined in the prayers , and again protested her innocence . In a few minutes the fatal noose was adjusted , and she was launched into eternity . After hanging the usual time the body was cut down arid buried in the precincts of the prison . - '"' - ¦ ' " "A ; ii ' l The AltECEB ' Child Murder at Bbrmondset . — - On Monday along inquiry was gone into before Mr . Carter , at the Queen Charlotte , Millpond-bridge , Bermondsey , on the body of a fine male child , the illegitimate offspring of a young woman named Mary Smith , who is now in custody . It appeared by the evidence , that Mary Smith , who is 26 years of age , resided with her parents at 9 , Millpond-row . On Thursday morning her brother was surprised at finding the backdoor open as soon as six o ' clock ,
andhe called to his mother , who came down . Mis . Smith , judging from certain appearances , and being told by a child that Mary Smith had been seen in the garden early in the morning , went up to her , andinsisted on knowing if she had not delivered herself of a child ,, which she at first denied , but at last said she could not help it . She was taken ill in the night , and went to the water-closet , down which she forced the child with a stick . Oh the subsequent day it was found in the soil . Mr . Martin , the parish surgeon of Neckinger-house , made an examination of the body , and found no mark of violence upon it . Upon opening it he was satisfied respiration had never taken place . The jury returned a verdict that " The child was bom dead , and that the mother , Mary Smith , had concealed its birth . " The Coroner directed that as soon as she was sufficiently recovered she should be taken before the magistrates at Southward .
Suspected Murder of a Child by its Father . — On Monday evening last a child , about seven years of age , was found in the river Greet , at Southwell in the county of Nottingham , and from some cir cumstances connected with the conduct of its putative father , John Mellors , is supposed to have been murdered by him , ami then thrown into the river . The mother of the child , a widow named Sansom , died suddenly at Mansfield a short time ago , and the child was then left in the care of a person named Askern , of that place . Mellors for a time contributed towards its support , but latterly has neglected
his payments , and last week the little creature was sent . by a carrier to the father at Southwell , where he was employed in his business as a mason at the new church now in the course of erection . It remained and slept with liim two nights , but being suddenly missed suspicion was excited against Mellors , and much increased by his peculiar manner when spoken to about it . On the child being found in the river , directions were given to the police , and Mellors was apprehended at the New Inn ,, Mansfield , on Tuesday morning , at two o ' clock , by Inspector Oaudwell , of the Nottingham county police ,, who conveyed him in a gig on Wednesday morning to Southwell , to await the result of a coroner s inquest . On leaving Mansficd the man was hissed and hooted at by large numbers of the populace .
Court Of Queen's Bench. April 19.—James ...
COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH . April 19 . —James v . Brooke . —Mr . W . H . Watson moved for a rule to show cause why the verdict given for the plaintiff in this case should not be set aside , and a nonsuit entered . This was an action for slander , the words complained of being said to be uttered by the defendant , who was a town-councillor of the borough of Leeds , of and concerning the plaintiff , a superintendent of police in that borough : — " I
saw a letter two or three days since respecting an officer of the Leeds police who was superior in rank to Child" ( another policeman whose conduct was under discussion in the town ) , " and who had been guilty of conduct unfit for publication . " His objection was , that assuming these words to be those which had been uttered , they did not amount to legal slander . They did not impute any offence at law , anything for which a man might be criminally punished , and therefore were not sufficient to maintain the act .. The court granted the rule .
Triumph Op Chartism At Holreck, Leeds.—A...
Triumph op Chartism at Holreck , Leeds . —Again ; have the " good men and true" of this " working men ' s ward" of the borough of Leeds done then-duty . Again have they placed men of their own rank in office , in a position where they can do much to serve , the interests of the poor ; and this too in spite of the odious Stages Bourne ' s Act , which confers plurality of rates on the holders of property . The last contest has been for the " Select Vestry ; " and though the Whig and Tory factions tried the chance of apoll , the " workies" carried the whole board of fourteen by a majority of almost three to one ! Bravo , Holbeck ! It is the stronghold of Chartism . It has set an example to other places which it would be well to follow . In spite of every sort of opposition—fair , foul , and dastardly—the
working men of this village returned Mr . Hobson , to the Leeds Town Council . Last November they returned , against an influential magistrate , for whom both Whigs , Tories , and even sham Chartists voted , Mr . W . Brook ; and now they have placed fourteen working men to dispense " relief" at the workhouseboard to those of their brethren-made " paupers " by the infernal system which " sucks the wealth out of the hands of the producers into the lap of the greediest and most inexorable of tyrants . " Again , bravo , Holbeck ! By-the-bye we see that Mr . Brook has succeeded in liismotion before the Queen ' s Bench for a-rule to show cause why the verdict obtained
against him at last York assizes should not be set aside , on the ground that the words ( falsely ) imputed to him are not slanderous : and if we may judge of the result from the significant intimation of Lord Penman , that " there was something in the objection , " it is pretty apparent that Superintendent James will have to commence de-jnovo , if ho wishes his character to be purged from the imputations cast upon it . As it is , the real question has not been touched : if Mr . Brook should succeed in his present effort , asm all likelihood he will , the whole matter will be in the exact position it was before Mr . James moved at all 1 So he will have taken something by his motion .
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Sheffield . —On Sunday , April 27 th , a discussion will take place in the room , 21 , Fig Tree-lane . Subject , "Land and Co-operation . " Chair to be taken at seven o clock . The next South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist Association-room , Exchange-street , Bolton , when it i » hoped each delegate will bring the Executive quota withliim . Halifax . —Mr . Murray will lecture -on Sunday next , in the large room , Bullclose-lane , at half-past six o ' clock . Dewsbury . — The next district meeting will be holden at Dewsbury , on Sunday , the 27 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Newcastle-on-Ttne . —The Chartists of Newcastle and Gateshead will hold their monthly meeting in the house of Mr . Martin Jude , Sun Inn , Newcastle , on Sunday evening , May 3 rd , at six o clock precisely . Oldham . —On Sunday ( to-morrow ) two lectures will be delivered in the Working Man ' s Hall , Horsedgestreet , by Mr . George White , of Bradford , at hal-fpast two o ' clock in the , afternoon , and six in the evening . Salford . —A members' meeting will take place in the National Charter Association-room , Bankstreet , George-street , on Sunday , at two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Moitram . —The council and members are requested to meet on Sunday , at two o ' clock , to arrange about the forthcoming public lecture .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 26, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_26041845/page/1/
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