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To Tflliiam "Where-Are-Th^-Title Deeds"?
TO TflLIIAM "WHERE-ARE-TH _^ -TITLE DEEDS" ?
Dj-Ah, Deabesr Woliam.—Words Cannot Expr...
_Dj-ah , _DEABEsr _Woliam . —Words cannot express 0 T pen describe the anguish your silence has caused „ . ( . _, Friday was to me , indeed , a day of suspense I went to "distant parts" in the tope of _"heavinS -J ™ * - y _° : * - _* _^ crue _^ _^ ' * _•^ % - ' _jainc and no letter . I spent a sleepless night , _vrilljng to believe in anything rather than your neglect . 0 h ow 1 longed for Saturday ! 1 came to town to gafch tlic first glance before tlic ' clicrislied treasure should be polluted by the postman ' s unhallowed touch : but judge if you can of my agony on _readjnir backwards and forwards the whole
"broadchcet , " advertisements and all , and not a line , not a word , from you . Still _clinging fo hope , I _linj-cred for the " Latest / ' till Sunday ; and finding _nivsclf neg lected or forgotten , I _abandoned myself to * despair . William , dearest "William ; why trifle so with a too susceptible heart ? "Why raise hopes tou never meant to realize ? "Why , ah ! why , blast jhc innocent bud that the fragrance of your sweet _Iflxath had expanded into premature blossom ? You - jji-c * v tliat I _-wasyonn _**; , susceptible , ingenuous , and _joiifiding : ignorant in thc ways of this too wicked world ; a cliild in simplicity . Ah , William , were tou ill ? I am willing to snatch at any excuse that wonld acquit you of the sin of neglect .
Alas 1 perfidious man ! So you have * added thc crime of hypocrisy to the sin of perjury ! My cousin Emily has conic in just at this moment , and brought mo Lloyd ' s with a letter to its Editor , sinicd " James Hill , " whicli she assures me is your * . I was going to revile you : but a maiden ' s dhruity rushes to my aid . Know , sir , that if I have a woman ' s weakness , I possess a woman ' s pride . 1 © Illiterate your perfidious name from the tablet of mv _lncmoi-y "for ever !"
In sonic of your previous letters , yon cautioned me against " problematical contingencies ; " such as those ofa treasurer to alarge fund dying lo spite ihe suljscribers ; the chances of failure ; the almost certniniy of thc fund being swallowed up by legal quirks ami quibbles ; and , above all , against the machina tions of " wily solicitors , " who would contrive to swallow np the monies , lour last letter to Lloyd' s editor , to my astonishment-, makes the following revealnicnt : —
The title of the estate in question [ thc Wretton estate , which the "subscriber-, '"'' in IVisbeach and Peterborough liave reason te know so well ] is good and undisputed , and tiie deeds zsre held li * , * a gentleman -ivho "as the solicitor of the society , and was then livin _* j in "Wisbcach , hut has _j-incc removed to _Letus , in Yorkshire , where he is now _rcsidi ' -i _*; . His name is J . S . Hincks , Esq . ( formerly of the -highly respectable firm of Messrs . Tottie anil _Hiiii-hs ) , and liii to « -n agents are Messrs . ilaslam and Bischoff , _Copii-ilJ-court , Threadncerilc-street , who , I have no doubt ,
_ci-ald he referred to if necessary , who lias some small lien i , ] _hiit the deeds for the amount of _convevsuice , but is prepared to give them np to the right party , and under jirc-iier forms , on _heiag paid this claim . Ue can testify to the correctness of the facts now related , whicli I mention _lecause , iu a publication , the conductors of which had sinister objects which are affected by the success of the > ' atiuiial Land and ltaildin-r Association , tliere have "been statements respecting the society altogether unfounded .
What , then , were all the horrors of "failure , " " peculation , **' " disinpointmcnt , _* " "legal quirks and lawyers' clutching , " drawn from _prat-dents furnished Ly thc fate of thc _"Pethrbghocgh _IxnEPExnEXi _Societt" ?! The title deeds ofthe "favourably situated estate" are pawned , are they , to a " griping lawyer" ?! But , then , what of that ? Surely the " iiubscribcrs " have only to go from Peterborough iu _Cambridgeshire to Leeds in Yorkshire , and there to inquire for this "laterespectable mcniber" _jof the " very respectable -firm" of Messrs , Qilicks , Tottie , and Co . ; and , when they have found him , they have _itatoalii to come off to London , to Messrs . _Ilaslrarn and
Bischoff , _Copthall-conrt , Threadneedle-strcct , who , you "have no doubt could be referred to if necessary . " _Iviud condescension . Great satisfaction I Ton "have no doubt" these parties would " give up the deeds oa thc production of proper forms , and on paying off their claims . " Tou might have added , and on payment for those " proper forms . " How , sir , this is worse than going to Bath , and back to London , and then to Manchester , in search of Mr . Roberts . But reallr , sir , as you are so prone to
censure and condemn on suspicion , horn dare yon pen such an unblushing , impudent statement ?! WHO mortgaged or pawned flie deeds ? "WHO owes the money due on them ? WHO placed them in the clutches of Mr . Iliucks ? And , above all , what is being dvnc witit the proceeds of this veiy "favourably situated freehold estate" ?! "Why have not the proceeds been applied to the liquidation of the _Jetjal expenses 1 Should not the members of the * " Veteran _RribUug Society " look after the " title deeds" of TlIElR " r _^ rfumcdcliamlers ''?
In the same number of _UoytVsI find the following notice to correspondents : — We have received from "Mr . James Hill a communication , on-losing a sovereign , which he requests us to hold as his deposit , for a wager proposed relative to the Chartist Laud Scheme , in our papers ofthe 7 th and 14 th of July , and which he alleges to have heen mitten hy Mr . _HilL bat which Sir . Kill distinct !* . * and truly denied ; addiug , that he -tvonld _ivager from one to five huudred pounds an the question . It seems that , hy a mistake of oar
printer , the iniuimum was printed -CI , instead of £ 103 , and O'Connor , as in all cases wherein there is any chance of losing , proposes to incur the smallest possible risk , and catches at the sovereign , whicli he offers to wager , making flie decision dependent npon au affidavit to be made 1-y us . _IVe must , however , decline the honour proposed by hun . We shall mate no affidavit ; lo please sucli a fellow , who would be at no loss to fabricate some lie , or to raise some quibble , for the purpose ° f saving his money . Mr . Hill will be jrood enough to receive hack his sovereign .
Ah ! you little rogue . Tour " friend" would make Mr . O'Connor answerable for thc omission of two ciphers by the printer's devil . Would you have sent the £ 100 , William , if thc devil had done you justice ? But why was not the error corrected in time ? And have you the - £ 100 ? If so , conld you not scud it to tho " respectable lawyer" at Leeds , in part liquidation of the sum thc deeds were pawned for ? But what a tremendous admission of Carpenter ' s , thai a " quibble" of O'Connor's could upset lis oath 3 Is his word or his oath at sneh a frightful discount ? Why man , all he had to do was simply to make thc affidavit . But he could not : and so hc has fastened the noose round your neck .
well , WUl ! So you propose to make the assets of the " United Advancement Society" the foundation of thc "National Land and Building Society ?" "Why , Will , your cool impudence bangs Banaghcr ! Just read this one extract from your last letter : — The proceedings of Use [ Wisbcach and Peterborough " United Advancement "] Society havo been long in a dor--m . -int state ; but there stands the broad fact , that no unfavourable circumstance has heen able to alienate their properly , and it woald he quite in accordance -with the object aud spirit of the _National Land and Building Association , and that for which the United Advancement Society was < staMislied , that the property should be transferred to tsie ne w association , and made use of as one of their sites on which to construct habitations for any of them ' emhere _jesidin _* r in the district where it is situate .
What , then , thc " _jikoabtact" of a " property " not being " alienated , " stands upon the " great fact " ofthe society Ijeia _** - "dormant , * " and its title deeds _l * s * _-r _P-tirxEDto no less than two - firms of lawyers : : Will , if that is not being " dormant , " what would you call a nap ? In my opinion , Will , you have cangfat the " _suteenbers" napping!—Goodbye for the present . Ever yonr ? , in the _canse of " Favourably situated Freehold Estates , " I RERtCCA _Wlsn-I-MAT-GST-THE-TlIL-E-DEEnS . P . S . Will , if Carpenter should " come to book , " tell him to " draw it _miltl . "
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TO TI 3 E CHARTISTS . Mr mas rRtE _> . i . , _ Tli-mks be to -God , that af ter a boisterous voyage of nearly thirteen years' duration , we have at length distovcred a safe _' port , where we may take refuge and repair the damages inflicted bv the enemies' shot and the desertion of some of our _o-i-w . Shattered as every plank of our vessel is , she Still carries ler colours at Ler mast-Lead . _WTio can ¦ reflect unonvrhat Chartism _«^ , and " tl . c--vo-.-se " tliat it promised io be some two months since , and took upon it ao . . -, aud see _^ pnJmises to _^ miliout thankfulness and delight ! It has ever been my plan to fight the enemy with their own _weanons . Tl hen we were insultingl y told , that " Chartism was but the nowl ofthe hungry , " I at ence admitted the fact _; but I contended that it was nevertheless based npon principles the knowled _ge of wliich never wonld have been acquired luifort e existence of that veiy
hunger . Therefore , many of you , in your distress , welcomed thc suffering that led to a knowledge of the principle , while you yet denied that the cessation of hunger would lead to the abandonment of the principle . I am now about to grapple with thc newest argument of my opponents . It was the fashion of the League , and the Chartist leaders who preferred living upon tbe League funds to starving in Chartist community , to tell us that " wcll-fcd men were better soldiers to fight for their rights thau starving men ; " and nom , that thc Land plan promises to surpass our most sanguine expectation * - -, the sprouts of the same faction tell us , that " tlic Teat
prospects presented by our society / are likel y to divert the people ' s attention from the pursuit of their political rights . " Mr . Ambrose Durst , of Oldham , in a very , funny letter to Mr . O'Brien ,, is very much afraid that the plan would make tyrants , and masters , and capitalists of two _millions of the working _c-asses ; and that the _remainder of the population _"x _^ ould be titeir servants , or , rattier , _tiieir slaves . " Well , come ; allowing five to a family , the two million occupants would _crahrace ten millions of onr population : and , in ray opinion , it would be better that three millions sliould even be slaves to ten millions , than that—as * now—ten millions should be abject slaves , serfs , to three millions . I wish I . could
distinguish Air . Hurst by printing his whole letter _butlwillnottakesuchavcngctince . nowever , leannot refrain from publishing the following few sentences . Mi * . Hurst says : — " I object to the location department on the ground of its inc _(*** ality . Tbat some lands are more fertile titan others cannot be disputed ; as , then , some will receive lauds more fcrtilo than others , it is iut natural to supnose that tlieir crops will be larger . The question , iherefor- ! , presents itself for solution , who among thc memlwrs are best _entitled to the most fertile lands ! I
answer , note , for two reasons : —1 st Theirpayments are equal ; and , 2 ndly , all men are naturally equal ; yet _inust sumeof them have advantages ( upon this system ) greater than the rest , which x _* rcsupposes inequality , and thus inverts the order of nature . Again , if a man who is more intelligent thau his brother members as regards agriculture , should obtain a more fertile plot of land than the rest , his gains WOtllJ be nearly double those of liis neighbours . It may be urged in reply , that thc lands being contiguous to cach other , there will not be any , or if there
be any , but a trifling difference in the lands : as regards there being no difference , it is a fallacy , for we have barren and fertile lands adjoining each other . And if there bo no difference , those lands which are _fertile will constitute those lands fertile which He near them , _ad-inJiiiUum _, whieh is . _self-eridently an absurdity . A difference , then , must exist , and however _slight , it matters not to the point in hand ; for if a difference exists , then there is inequality , which proves that the sum total ofhis system is to mitigate , not to remove , tbe evils under which mankind now groan in miserr and bondage . **
_aow , jhen , Mr . Hurst , yon deserve tiiat punishment at my hands ; and I ask no more . "Who ever in this world read such barren stuff ? The only deduction that I shall condescend to draw from Mr . Hurst ' s logic is simply this : —That the equality of man contended for by Mr- Hurst at once , in thc present state of society , precludes his right to eat when his fellow man , quite equal to hun , has nothing : and if ever Mr . Hurst condescends to manage a snxai i farni next to an idle , lazy , slovenly neighbour , Mr . Hurst will be violating "first principles" if he produces more than that neighbour , because "both arc equal . " The rubbish of these " first principle" men is really sickening . I should tell you , that after my lecture on the Land at Oldham , this same Mr . Hurst got np to ask mc a question , and concluded by
making a speech , the burden of which was tbat he feared the holders of land would get too much _influence , and would acquire an influence over those who now nsc destructive influence over them . I answered all his objections before his own townsmen , to then * entire satisfaction . So much for him . Mr . John Watkins , whose dreadful anathemas against the League yon have so often read in the Star , has also taken up the cudgels fov the free-traders , and now tells us that nothing can give you the Land but a repeal of the Corn Laws . And what authority do you think he cites for this change of all his previous opinions ? Why , none other than ' Queen Margaret ! Thc poor creature is worth no further notice than the mere observation that " adversity makes us acquainted with strange bed-fellows . " Let him sleep with the League .
I shall now direct your attention to the consideration of matters connected with our future prospects . Firstly , I am asked by several parties , if four acres of land would not be preferable to two ? I should much prefer four acres myself , especially for persons with large families ; and we shall have many , very many—alarge majority , of that class . I am asked what the rent of a cottage and four acres would be ? At a " guess , " I should say about £ 7 10 s . I am asked what size the cottage should be ? I sliould say a good four-roomed cottage , with spacious porch to wash in , and for shelter , all on the ground floor ; windows in front , and back-wall of house sliedded and divided for out-efiices . The houses should he built so that each occupant could add to them at pleasure . Each cottage should stand , as near as practicable , in the centre of the land .
i *; ow , attend to my original reasons for so perseveringly sticking to the subject of the Land . Firstly , then , I tell you that no man living , nor all men living , can devise any other possible escape from thc influence of capital , and from the hell made by capitalists . Secondly , there is no other possible means by which the valuation of individual labour can be established . Thirdly , there is not so healthy , remunerative , or independent au occupation , as that of a man's working on his own land , for his own self . Fourthly , there is no other raw material to which you can possibly apply your , united power .
Now think of these things ; and let the men who write about " first principles" think of them also . Miud that in France the people arc more happy because they _pos"icss the land-, and although a population of nearly forty millions are represented by no more than about two hundred thousand voters , yet their " contentment" has not cooled down thc Republican spirit ; but , on the contrary , a veiy large standing army is required to keep it under : while thirteen millions of Englishmen , with onc million of -voters , arc onc in every ten of them " paupers . " In Holland , the working classes have but very small wages , about two-pence a day ; bnt tliey have all got land , and are comfortable and happy . In Belgium ,
the popidation are comfortable , because they depend upon the laud in very small allotments , aud work it with the spade : and if I required a wholesale testimony of the value of land , hero It is . The _Aottinghain Reviav published an able article ou thc Land some time ago ; and , among other things , proved to my satisfaction that the urine of thc homed cattle of England , if saved , was worth £ 23 , 000 , 000 a year ; or would pay the interest of the national debt . This is quite true : for in Hollaud , _Belgium , and many parts of France , they estimate tL'c- urine of a cow to be worth £ 4 : some say £ G a year : and the Review , taking the number of cattle in . " _neJand to be 7 . 000 , 000 at £ 4 , arrives at the
£ 2 S , G' 00 , OQ _0 ayear . I Lor- "I ** "very shortly to be able to visit Leeds , Bradford , Hi ; _- _*** _" _" _^! Hudderslicld _, Barnsley , Todmorden , Burnley , _jClitheroe , Colne , Preston , Blackburn , Bolton , " and Soehdale , when I shall be prepared to advocate the "" National Chartist Co-operative Land Plan , " and to _weet the disappointed advocates of all other plans , on the public platform . . Krer your faithful Friend , _FsArgus O'Coxxon .
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Avtrvsx * Sauna . _"D- _* _-- ™ ai _Hammersmith .-Samuel Turner , a paupe _^ _" " - the union-house , was on Wednesday _motntna ; JiuV _Wth , about ten o clock , _apparently in excellent heal . * am * spirits , talking to the master ofthe house ( Mr . _^ avis ) , but m less than three minutes afterwards he fei'l f «> m « , s . scat " * _"J vard , a lifeless corpse . Medical . vavta immediately procured , but on the arrival of Mr . l _' fAtt , die parish surveyor , he pronounced the man to be _quite dead .
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FRANCE . -- ' ¦ - FitExcn _Atrocities is Amkru . —The AWi & ar _^ of Algiers ot the 5 th has the following from Orleans--ex ' ~'' _'¦^¦• _•••** _* - -inst occurred in the Dahara one of those terrible events which deeply afflict those who witness them , even when convinced ofthciv frightful 'iecessity , and when they are justified in declaring that every thing possible was done to prevent the catastrophe . It is known that the corps commanded by Colonels Pelissier _, St . Arnaud . and de 1 'Ad-tumult , have been carrying on combined operations in the west . Colonel Pelissier was busy in pursuing the OulcdIRiahs , who have never yet submitted , as they-live in immense caverns where it would be madness fov thc troops to enter . On the 18 th of June , finding themselves closely pursuedthe Oulcd _Riahs
, flew to their usual place of refuge . After having stirrounded the caverns , some faggots wcre lighted and thrown by thc French troops before the entrance . After this demonstration , whicli was made to convince the Arabs that the French had the power , if they pleased , of suffocating them in their hidingplace , the colonel threw in totters offering to tliem life and liberty if they would surrender their arms and tlieir horses . At first they refused , but subsequently they replied that they would consent if the h reneh troops would withdraw . This condition was considered inadmissible , and more burning facgots were thrown . A great tumult now arose , and it was known afterwards that it arose from a discussion as to whether there should bo a surrender or not . The
party opposou to a surrender carried their point , and a few of the minority made their escape . Colonel Pelissier , wishing to spare the lives of those who remained in the cavern , sent some Arabs to them to exhort them to surrender . They refused , and some women , who did not partake ofthe savage fanaticism of the majority , attempted to fly , but their husbands and relations fired upon them , to prevent tlieir escape from the martyrdom which tlicy had themselves resolved to suffer . Colonel Pelissier theu suspended the throwing of the burning faggots , and sent a French officer to hold a parlay with the Oulcd _ltiahs , but h ' _* 3 messenger was received with a discharge of fire-arms , and could not perform his mission . This state of things continued till the night of the 19 th , when , losing all patience , and no longer having a hope of
otherwise subduing these tan . itics , who _lormetl a perpetual nucleus of revolt In the country , thc fire was renewed and rendered iutense . During this time the cries of thc unhappy wretches , who wcre being suffocated , wero dreadful , and then nothing was heard but the crackling of thc faggots . This silence spoke volumes . The troops entered and found 300 dead bodies . About 150 , who still breathed , were brought into the fresh air , but a portion of them died afterwards . " Wc find , too , in thc Echo de V Atlas , that out ofthe 150 Arabs , men , women and children , who were taken alive from the cavern of the * Daliara , thirty-seven only have survived . In the Chamber , Marshal _Soslt stated that the accounts which had reached him wcre so contradictory that he was obliged to send to the Governer-General for a true report , at the same time expressing his utter condemnation of such a proceeding , if true .
SPAIN . Risisgs in _Catatonia . —The Debats of Saturday has the following announcement of disturbances in Catalonia : — "We received , by express , news from the frontier of Catalonia , announcing that disturbances hud taken place in several little towns round Barcclonia , on account ofthe levy of one man in five for the ami }* . Hitherto Barcelona and its district wcre not subject _^ to this requisition like the other provinces of Spain . A contribution was paid by the inhabitants to the _municipal authorities-, and they undertook cither to furnish the government with the number of men required , or to pay a fixed stun in place of them . The constitutional system not permitting' tliese inequalities in the proWnces of tiiesame
state , the government refused any longer to admit the privilege of Catalonia , and transmitted to Captain General Concha orders to have the recruitment lists drawn this year at Uarcck . ua as in tho rest of Spain . On the day appointed for the drawing opposition was manifested iu several points , atthe same time , in the neighbourhood of Barcelona , at Molins-de-ltey , San-Andres _Sabadell _, Tarazza , Badalona , Esp _.-ireagueia , Coldcrs , and San-Felice de Ilcnon . We have not yet any details as to the character of this _disturbnucc _, but it appears to have been accompanied with grave excesses , and even death in some parts . Thus , at Badalona , the lists werc burnt , and two agents ol public safety killed : at Tnrassn _, the aleade was assassinated fat San Andres , the inhabitants dispersed
the authorities with musket shots ; at Melius de-Key , thc people stopped the post , the public diligences , _r-nd tiie couriers . This little town being situated at four leagues from Barcelona , in the high road to Madrid by Saragossa , all communications arc , for thc moment , interrupted . At Sabadell , only five leagues from Barcelona , the Ultra-Progressists , profiting by the popular irritation , had already endeavoured to instal a central junta , ih the name of Espavtcro , and formed a body of 2090 armed men . This news having been transmitted rapidly to Barcelona , the captain-general set out the same day at fhe head of a column of infantry and cavalry , supported by some pieces of cannon . The insurgents were driven from Sabadell , " with a loss of twenty-live men killed , and several taken prisoners . Thc general pursued them to Tarassa , and thev arc now ilyin »
through the mountains . At Barcelona , where the two Queans and sonic ofthe ministers still aro , tranquillity had not been troubled . It is true that scvoral days before General Concha had adopted military measures to repress every movement of revolt on the day of drawing . Strong bodies of infantry occupied the principal churches and buildings , whicli had sewed aa citadels in preceding insurrections . A battery of artillery was stationed in the square ofthe Constitution , and all the troops of the numerous garrison of Barcelona had tlieir posts marked out in case of disturbance . The news of these events had been spread through Catalonia with an extreme rapidity . It is not known whether the insurrection has made any way . All was tranquil at Lerida and Tarragona . The authorities appeared , however , to fear some movement , for these two capitals , and their _respective provinces , had been declared in a slate of siege . "
SrnEAD ofthe IxsuitnECTiox . —The _Morninglferald of Wednesday , quoting the Paris papers of Sunday , says : — " The " disturbances at Barcelona caused by the attempt to enforce the conscription have , according to a letter in the Paris Prcsse , extended to Iguada and Villa Franca , and look so alarming as to have again rendered the projected visit of the Queen to tiie Basque provinces urccrtain . " The same paper says : — "Madrid journals of the lfth affect some alarm at a communication from tho Spanish Consul at Perpignan , to the effect that some Espartcrist refugees had left Marseilles and Toulouse ; in whicli fact this nervous functional ;** sees an attempt at revolution . "
The rimes of Monday has the following : —Our private correspondence from Barcelona of the Cth inst ., obviously of a date anterior to the foregoing , which is no doubt telegraphic intelligence , states that a number of persons , armed with pistols and daggers , wire arrested the night before in the act of distributing proclamations , calling on the Cataionians to fight and die for their ancient fntros . On the Gth not a soul was to be seen in thc streets ; the troops remained under amis , and thc conscripts having all fled into
the country , thc quinta was drawn at thc Town-hall , in presence of their relatives and friends . At San Andres de Palnmar , a village a league from Barcelona , tlic whole population had risen , and the Alcalde and a detachment of twenty-five soldiers , shut themselves up in the municipality . Reinforcements were marched to their assistance , who on reaching the village found the rioters erecting barricades . A charge of cavalry , however , dispersed them , and 200 individuals , all natives of Barcelona , were brought back prisoners to that city .
_Mohe Mur . nEns . ~ -We take the following from thc Times of Wednesdav : — " Our private letters from Barcelona , of the 7 th and 8 th inst ., mention that the drawing of the conscription had continued , on those days , without interruption , but tliat- it batbeer , generally resisted through the province : Most of the vomig men implicated in the disturbance .- * that had occurred had retired into the mountains , determined , it was said , to join the Carlists rather than submit to thc Quinta . Four of the prisonei _* - taken , on the Cth , at San Andres de Tabular , were shot on the next day . Thc only banner hitherto raised by the insurgents was that of ' the Fncvos ot Catalonia . ' The Queen still remained at Barcelona ,
but was unable to take her usual rides . Tiie Madrid mail had not readied for two days . The authorities had laid an embargo on the steamer , Bate , which was to be despatched for reinforcements to Valencia . The provinces of Tarragona , Lerida , and Gcrona , continued perfectly tranquil . The measures taken by the Government for repressing the movement wero prompt and energetic ; betraying , however , a feeling that the revolt might , if not put down , become formidable . On the 8 th inst ., thc Captain-General Concha published two bandos . The first of them says : — ' Considering that the drawing ot the conscription has been seized by the factious as a means lor inciting the incautious voutli to resist the execution of the measure , as has ' Ibeen the case on
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different _joints ., 'of theprovince—wishing to prevent so pernicious run example from being imitated in other'districts , ' - ' and producing frcsii disturbances in the country , and with a view to insure greater _cfHcacy to my authority in maintaining public _tranquillity , and'in enforcing the strict execution of-the Orders of t } ie Government of the Qiicen in Catalonia , _I'liave decreed that , from this day , martial Izw be established in the . provincesof -Lerida and Tarragona , tho only two of . the principality wliere it has not yet been proclaimed . ' ! The . proclamation then directs the military commander of the four provinces to institute permanent councils of war in their respective capitals for the trial of disturbers of public order , and . of conspirators , against the government , or its authority , & c , agreeably tothe prescriptions of the
law qt the 17 th ot April , - 1821 . The second _Jancto directs that ' all persons assembling iii the streets ot squares of Barcelona , to tho number of more than four , shall be arrested and carried to the citadel ;' that' after eleven o ' clock , . p . m .,. no person shall be allowed to appear in the streets , with the exception of females , military men , and public functionaries ';' that ' any inhabitant leaving the city , must be provided with a regular passport ; ' ' that ' the licences hitherto granted to citizens authorising them to retain possession of arms , no matter of what descrip . tion , including even bludgeons , cease to be available ; ' and that ¦ _- _* ! the owners of such arms imist . denosit them , within twenty-four hours , in the fort . ol
_Atarassmas _^ _-tliat- ' pn the slightest appearance-of disorder , the inhabitants retire to their respective homes ; ' that' thc manufacturers furnish the authorities with returns of the workmen who shall'have absented . themselves . during the last three days ;' that a milittivy commission be established 'for tiie trial of conspirators against the safety of the state , of individuals circulating seditious prints or . alarming reports , of the workmen of tiie manufacturers absent from Barcelona without having given notice to their masters , or being provided with a passport from the authorities , ' < fcc . Up to post-hour ( twelve o ' clock . at night ) on the Sbli inst ., the complctest tranquillity prevailed within the city . "
MonE _Slauciiteh , —The Times of Thursday eontains the following . —The Barcelona journals , of the 10 th instant , -publish a despatch from the Captain-General , dated Sabadell , six o ' clock in the evening of the 8 th , stating that he had completely beaten and dispersed the rebels , killed twenty men , and made a great number of prisoners , ' Thc next day ho was to proceed to T ; uTflss « ., which he entered onthe morning ofthe 10 th - ¦ ¦ Letters from Barcelona , ofthe 10 th instant , state that the capture of _Tarrassa had been attended with much slaughter . General Concha was near being killed in heading a charge . with the bayonet against tlic _instirgonts posted behind barricades . Thc General had marched from Tarrassa to Martorell , -seven leagues from Barcelona . A central junta had installed itself at _Igtvalada , whose first act
was to invite Espwtero to return , and to proclaim the Constitution of 1 SI 2 , which fixed the majority of the Queen at eighteen years . On the 10 th , all the troops that could be dispensed with were sent from Barcelona to reinforce the columns operating against thc insurgents . Barcelona was tranquil , but the authorities liad aivcsted aud lodged in the citadel a number of individuals implicated in the last insurrectionary movements . ' The postscript of our Paris letter mentions thai the government had received a despatch dated Barcelona , the 13 th , announcing that General Concha tad entered Igualada without striking a blow , thatthe members of the junta had dispersed , and that the revolt was almost entirely appeased . Tlio Parii National , of Tuesday , asserts that 3000 men had taken up a hostile ' position in the
mountains ; A _Lbtieii from Barcelona of the 10 th , gives the following account of thc _tutrance of General Concha into Tarossa : — " General Concha , on arriving yesterday morning . at six o'clock before Tarossa , received a discharge from the guns of the insurgents , which wounded several of his men . _Geneivil Concha himself was at the head of the troops , and his humane orders wero ' Iii advance , no quarter ! ' The soldiers immediately charged the barricades at the point ofthe bayonet , and took them , and massacred every onc whom they met , whether tlicy opposed them or not . Upwards of 100 persons werc killed on the side ofthe insurgents before mid-day . In the afternoon the firing continued , hut the number of victims is not yet known . "
PORTUGAL . The EiEcnoxs . _—Lisiio . v , Jult . 9 _, —The electioneering labours oftho . Government and opposition partics _proeced with unabated actwity . A royal decree has just been published , _announeingtbat the province of Minho is to return sixteen deputies instead of nineteen , and founding thc alteration upon " a mistake or a typographical error , " which scandalously enough set down the number of householders in the province at 20 , 000 beyond the mark . This expost facto accuracy of statistics may have some connection with favourable opposition prospects , to bo blighted by the
timely discovery of a clerical blunder . Absurd exaggeration is the order of tke day . The Opposition prints describe the Government as " assassins , " and the Ministerial journals , in return , dub the Septemhrists " Eobespicrrcs . " Senhor Rescnde , vice-president of the Opposition committee in Avicro , has been placed under arrest by the civil governor of that district on the charge of attempting to seduce from their allegiance some sergeants and soldiers of thc detachment quartered in that city . Thc Opposition retorts with a showy announcement of "frauds , _violences , and crimes" committed by the agents of the government in the recent registry .
BELGIUM . SiniKB op Woukmes axd Serious RiOTS .- _* -Bnusskis , Jl _* lt 14 . —A letter from Bielefeld , near _Dusseldorf , says , "All the workmen employed in the viaduct Schilderckc struck yesterday ; the same is thc case on the whole line . They demand an increase of lfr , 50 c . on their wages . This morning ( the llth ) they have committed serious excesses . The oliicers and thc police have been ill-treated by them ; 2 , 000 workmen are encamped on tho road " , ami arc demolishing the works which arc begun ; the drums are beating hero and a battalion of _Fusileers of the garrison is going to Schildercho with their arms loaded . Further particulars to-morrow . "
SWITZERLAND . The Diet . —Tho . ordinary session of the Helvetic Diet was opened at Zurich , on the' 7 th inst . Tiie entire _cox-ps diplomatique with the exception of the Apostolical Nuncio , assisted at the ceremony , which took place at the Cathedral . After the usual prayers , the Burgomaster , M . Furrcr , delivered an address , liom which we extract the following passage : — " You recollect , gentlemen , that the majority of the Cabinets wliich maintain diplomatieal relations with Switzerland , havo , on the occasion of tho disturbances that occurred in March last , and ofthe armed aggression against a confederated state , manifested lively apprehensions , some by friend iy exhortations , anil others by ' niove serious representations upon the consequences that might possibly accrue from those
events . If our country lias , on the one hand , a right toexpect from the justice of friendly powers that no impediment should be opposed to thc spontaneous and independent development of its external relations : on the other hand , wo can only claim that right , as far as we are concerned , when we conscientiously and scrupulously observe the precepts of international law , and tolerate the existence of no clement calculated to compromise tranquillity or friendly intercourse with other states . Wc may , nevertheless , derive confidence from our possessing , notwithstanding the great agitation excited by so many _conflictinii elements , thc necessary power of energetically pre "
venting the recurrence of acts of that nature . Wc may consequently hope that a good _undei-standing will continue to subsist unaltered between tho Confederation and the foreign Powers , and I find the cheering proof of it in the presence of their worth v representatives at thc solemnity of this day . " After this speech , wliich appeared to be well received by the Conservatives and tiie corps deolomatique , the deputies repaired to the usual hall oftheir _mcctiiv-s , and , after thc verification ofthe powers , the chief of the Vorort read to the assembly a long account of their administration since the close ofthe extraordinary _session .
UNITED STATES . Liverpool , Monday , July 14 . —The usual unerring punctuality of arrival supplies us with thc despatches ot the Caledonia steamer to-day . This arrival puts us in possession of full particulars relative to the appointment of Mr . M'Lanc . We arc enabled to state , on the best authoritv , that the appointment of the lion . Louis M'Lanc to the post ol Minister to England has special reference to the adjustment of the Oregon question . It will be found when the facts are clearly stated , that the discussion of this affair at Washington has reached a p ' oim which renders
it desirable to have a particular proposition submitted to tho British Government , and Mr . M'Lane takes thc mission on this ground , This matter is a subject of much controversy in the American papers . The Government paper says : — "Wc congratulate the country on the appointment ot Louis M Lane as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to London , lie has been invited to tlic public service without the slightest solicitation on ins part . This able and experienced gentleman accepts the office of minister at the most distinguished court in the world , at one of the most eventlul ensos which could occur in the relations between
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the two countries , and when the most important interests of his own nation are involved in the issue _, lie carries with hiin fo the court of St . James's groat talents , extended experience , particularly at that court where he formerly represented the interests of the United States witli great distinction . Prudent , firm , anil sagacious , he will assert and maintain the rights of his own country , without violating the respect which is due to tllC British Government lie is orthodox on the great- questions which now divide the country , and in none more so than on the important questions of Texas and Oregon . '*' Liberation * of Governor Dorr . ¦— Thomas W . Dorr lias at length been set at liberty hy thc legislature of Rhode Island .
The * law * _GuxEitAiJACKSox .-The funeral solemnities in honour of the memory of General Jackson took place at __ Washington on the 28 th . The President and cabinet ministers werc present . The funeral ovation was delivered by Mr . Bancroft .
CAXAEA ASD NEW _BRUXSWICK . There is nothing of any special moment from Canada . Liberal subscriptions wero being promoted in all districts of the country for relieving the sufferers by the Quebec fire . ¦ The Bytown ( Canada ) Gazette remarks upon the unusual number of raftsmen that have been drowned on the Ottawa river this season . It is stated that not less than eighty lives have been lost during the season . Within a week past , it is stated [ that no less than three cases of drowning have occurred in that neighbourhood . In one instance a crib of timber was swept by the current past the very difficult entrance of Buchanan's Slide , and carried over the falls ; in the other the crib was wrecked in the Slide .
&* E \ r _hhuxswick . St . Jons , June 12 . —Fires in tub Woods ' . —We regret to learn that extensive fires have been raging in tho woods in various parts of this province for some days past , occasioning much damage and destruction of property . On the Saint Andrew ' s Road about fifteen miles of woods have been consumed , and it is said that a settler and his family , consisting of several persons , have lost their lives by the fire . Onc of the bridges has also been destroyed . On the Hamilton Road , about twelve miles from this city , the five has been raging with much -violence , and Campbell's Inn had a very narrow _escupe on Tuesday , having been several times on fire . We also learn that on the Ncrepis Road the fire is extending
frightfully , and that the woods all through to Gagetown have been bvrning for several days . The fires have also approached near Fredericton , occasioning the loss of a number of houses and barns . Accounts ' from other parts of tiie province state that considerable damage has been sustained , and unless we have some timely showers of rain , the effects may be very * disastrous . The heat in this city on Monday and Tuesday last was intense , the sun presenting a livid , blood-like appearance , and the atmosphere being strongly impregnated with smoke . On Tuesday the wind , which _xvas from thc west and north-west , changed to the northward , which cleared the atmosphere , and rendered the heat less _opprsssive .
Since writing the above , we learn that Mr . Wilmot ' s mills , at Black- River , very _navvovdy iscapod being burnt yesterday , three cottages near by having been consumed . Immense volumes of smoke were seen to ascend yesterday in that direction , and we learn that the tiro is . spreading very rapidly . Tho mills of the Messrs , Reed , at Little River , were also in great danger , and one of the city engines was , yesterday al'ternoop , sent out to render assistance , in ease the fire should communicate to them . We wcre informed by a gentleman from St . Stephen , last evening , that a number of houses in that section of thc province'have been destroyed , and that the fire has crossed over to the American side . Several houses
werc destroyed at Calais last Monday night , causing a loss of about 0 , 000 dollars , besides one or two at Robins Town . From all the accounts we have re cei ved , it appears that there never was a time when so many extensive fires were simultaneously raging in the woods , and the long spell of dry weather lias rendered everything very combustible and easy ' of ignition , thus offering every facility for the spread of the destroying element . —New Brumwicker . Aske _^ ation op Texas . —A letter from New York , June aoth _, says : — " President Jones , of Texas , under date of the 4 th inst ., has issued another proclamation , declaring— ' That thc Government of Mexico has accepted the conditions prescribed on thc part of Texas , as preliminary to a final and definite treaty ot
peace . Therefore , 1 do hereby make known these circumstances to thc citizens of the Republic , until the same can be more fully communicated to the hon . Congress and Convention ofthe people , for their lawful action , at the period of their assembling , on the llth of June and the 4 th of July next ; and pending thc said action , by virtue of tho authority in mc _vssted , I do hereby declare and proclaim a cessation of hostilities , by land and by sen , against the Republic of Mexico , or against the citizens and trade thereof . ' On the subject of annexation it would be idle to waste words . The case may be summed up in a few short sentences . Thc opinion is becoming universal , both in this country and in Texas , that
annexation is inevitable ; and the prevalence of this opinion will greatly strengthen the annexation party . The terms and conditions are matters of much more uncertainty . What is to become of tho Texas debt , after disposing of all their revenue , & c , 1 I know it is hoped , and in many instances taken for granted , that tho United States will assume that debt , on receiving a transfer of the public lands of Texas . But I do not believe in this dream . The repudiating states , in my opinion , will not accede to such an arrangement , while they are left to struggle against bankruptcy and prejudice . Nor will the northern states , that are able to meet all their engagements , barken to such a proposition . "
A Great _Inbian Council has recently been held within the limits of the Creek nation , at which thc following tribes were represented , viz ., tho Mucogees , Seminoles , Chickasaws , Choctaws , _Shawnecs , l ) ela' wares , Piankesliaws , Osagcs , _Kickarpoos , Quapaws , I _' eolics , and Cadoes . Governor Butler , Colonel . Logan , and Lieutenant Flint , of the United States army , wore also _Jn-attendance . Speeches were made by the Chiefs of the scvoral tribes , all concurring in the object of this Council , to clear the path and make all whito where it las been spotted and darkened with blood , and to extend the white path to tho very doors of their brothers , tho Camanehes and Pawnee
Mahaws . The usual token , a plug of tobacco , was prepared , attached to which were white beads ; a deputation of the Cadoes boro the first , and of Osagcs the latter . Should a favourable answer be returned friendly manifestations of the Creeks by the Camanehes and Pawnee Mahaws , it is contemplated by the King of thc Muxcogces to call another much more grand ami extensive affair , at thc Great Salt Plains , during the snmnicr or fall . Some of these sons of the forest aro very striking in their appearance , manner , and demeanour . Black Dog , thc Osiigc chief , is a man of great stature , about seven feet , powerful frame , with a voice attractive and commanding . He spoke about five and a half minutes to this effect : —
" Brothers , your talk is good , but your beef is better . " He and eaeh of his party consumed , the first fbui days , twelve pounds of beef , falling then to eight , which rate they maintained throughout the timethcj remained .
IMPORTANT" FROM TEXAS . We . have news from Galveston , Texas , to June 14 th . The principal event of which wc ave informed is the issuing ofa proclamation by President _Jonos . in which he announces the conclusion of a treaty with the Government of Mexico , subject to the ratification of the congress and convention of the rcoplc by which the independence of Texas is acknowledged and proclaiming in the meantime a cessation of hostilities by land and sea , against Mexico . It appears from the proclamation , that thc treaty between tin two powers was negociated through the good offices ot the representatives of Great Britain and France ; the terms or conditions of the treaty were not laid beforc the public with thc proclamation of President Jones , but have since been presented to Congress . They arc supposed to be four in number , and to relate ;—" 1 . Tothe _rceoEnition ofindencndcncc .
" 2 . The refusal of Texas to be annexed tothe United States , or nny other power-. 3 . Thc establishment of boundaries . " 4 . The providing of an arbitration , in case the parties should not agree upon a boundary . " None ofthe inducements which led to the negotiation , as a matter of course , are mentioned in the document _. The private history of the transaction is also withheld . The indemnity spoken of by the _jVIcxican Jctter-writers , as gathered from the Ilnvannah press , does not appear , as we loam , in the treaty , nor docs the guaranty of Englin d and France . Captain Elliot has arrived in New Orleans ,
The River Plate . —Advices had been received in New York from Rio Janeiro to the 17 th May . They stated that on the 27 th ult . Mr . Ouseley , the new British Minister to Buenos Ayres , had proceeded from Monte Video on the 27 th ult ., with two steamfrigates , and that the French minister had left a few days previously to the date of the advice- * in a frigate . It was believed thatthe war would b 3 terminated immediately . General Riviera had arrived at Rio Janeiro from Rio Grande . ! ,
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NEW ZEALAND . _PuiTIPl'LAlIS OF TUB LATE CONFLICT . —Wc _hSTtf " last We subjoin the following important oxtracto _.. from thc Auckland Times of March IS :-Bay or lsLANns . -The British settlement at tlm ; dacc-thc earliest , if not the most important oy -rj ivhieh the British flag has wavcd- _^ _is utterly » wtg . from off the face of the earth , and its inhabitants , » . _*; the number of at least 500 souls , despoiled or every nossessioii , are now refugees m AncKlanu . wjarc enabled , by the indulgence of his Excellency , to "lay before thepublic the following official _coia-. munication : — Russell , March 11 , 1 S _15 . On board bet * Majesty ' s sliii _> Hazard , 5 p ' . m-
Sir , —I havo the honour to inform your Excellency , that about four o ' clock this morning tlio town was attacked on all sides , by n party of about ' M 0 _aramti natives . The small arm men and marines of bcr Majesty ' s ship Hazard , under the command ol Captain _Kobertson ( who I am sorry to say is dangerously wounded ) , endeavoured to drive them _baeli , but in _consrijiiciice of ihe block boosts boing surpiisetl and taken , his party wore obliged io retire into the stockade in the town . Soon at ' tt ; nvnrils a simultaneous attack was made , and a heavy fire was main tained on both sides for three hour * , when the assailants _xvere repulsed , and retired to tlio lulls , where thev remained ,
At one o clock , the magazine m the stockade unfortunately exploded , and several persons werc severely hurt and contused . The greatest portion of our ammunition being exhausted by this fearful circumstance , it was deemed advisable to -nnbark the inhabitants anil troops and evacuate the town , which was then immediately entered by tho natives , who ave now busily engaged plundering , I am sorry to say that the casualties on the part of tho Europeans have been very great _. The greatest praise is duo to the officers and crew of 1 I . M . ship Hazard , for their conduct on this occasion . Ihave , _ifcc ., & c , ( Signed ) Georoe Beckham , Police Magistrate . To his _Eiccllencj tl . e Governor .
The town is thoroughly sacked , burnt , destroyed j the amount of the loss of life , on the natives' part is variously stated , but wc think the nearest approximation to the truth would bo about seventy hilled and wounded . The amount of property of course tis regards homo and happiness cannot be estimated , bin thc loss of merchandise wc believe to be little short of £ 10 , 000 . Refugees to the number of _abuttt 500 havo come into Auckland , many of them favoured by the kindness of Capt . M'lveivor , of the United _Stutes corvette St . Louis , and the English whaling ship Matilda . It is hoped that sterling exertions will he made , not . merely to give our unfortunate countrymen instant assistance— -that , of course , will
be a matter of expectation , but to give them peniianent settlement amongst us . At the same time we arc desirous to give assurance that no danger is at hand , although much preparation to meet it is wisely on foot . In a communication from Lloyd ' s agMiif _) , the writer says : — " It is impossible for any one to say where or when these disturbances will end . That the _Nuw _Zoalanders hiwe been greatly underrated is now apparent . The home government will now bo undeceived that the peaceable possession of'this colony could be maintained by about 100 soldiers against a native population of 120 , 000 . To maintain our - _position even in the towns , not ono less than 1000 regular trocps can do so ; and unless this force is sent tho colouj is not worth living in .
BllAZIL . _Fau / _oUJii , Jolt 14 . —Arrived this morning , her " Majesty ' s packet Crane , Lieut , Lewis , from Kio de Janeiro , May 25 ; Bahia , June 0 . —The- lcaunnj news by this packet is of the r . rrival at the iuipc _^ capiial * , f his Excellency Don M . JRivcra , who _, _* iot having been able to rally his strength , after the victory ot India Afuerfa by Oribo's troops , and feeing warmly pursued , escaped into the district of Rio Grande _yritha few of Iris followers , and , with much _dilliculty and * hairbreadth escapes embarked on board a steamer , in which
hc arrived up at Bio de Janeiro on May 15 , where he was received with much respect by thc government juio diplomatic agents . Tho policy that would be adopted by tiie various powers , especially by the imperial government , on account of this event , wasnot known , doth ou the part of thc general and of the blockaded city . No restriction had been placed on his liberty _, lie is represented as a very fine fellow . The ltii Grande district was again in a sad state of disorganization , and its recent pacificator , General Don Bonto Manuel , had been cruelly murdered . Large bodies of troops had heeu dispatched thither from Rio ife Janeiro .
CIltCASSIA . lMPORTA . tr News . — Co . \ _stanw . \ opi , _"b , __ Ju . ve 23 . — News has just arrived from Circassia of a most important nature , but in repeating them I will say that tlicy require confirmation . I will now state just what I have heard—viz ., the Circassians have taken from the Russians , after some hard fighting and severe bloodshed , the Castle of Sotcha , on the coast of Abascia . Sheikh Slmmil had arrived at thc head of tho River _Kouban with 30 , 000 men , and had called upon tho inhabitants lo furnish one man yer house , which would make a very large force . _Woroiizoif's troops have been beaten by the Daghistaiilees , and three or four ship loads of wounded htive been sent to the Crimea . Many of the Poles in the Russian anny
had deserted to Sliamil , so that "Woronzoff , being in want of men , offered a bounty of sixteen carbovauz ( cach worth 3 s . Cd . sterling ) , to raise reinforceivuinta at Akheska , without being able to get many . Uo further sent a number of Mussulman uiemas ( doctors of the law ) from Crimea , with their mufti , to Sliamil , to try if thoy can open negociations to treat for terras of peace , of course merely to set the Circassians to sleep . Sliamil , aware ofthe treachery , had three of them "tit to death . The Russian army is suffering dreadfully from a scarcity of provisions , and the sol * diers will ' have to wait for the new crops before they will have a sutKciency of food . Tho crops in Circassia , though very scanty last year , are good this season , but my informant does not know flow tliey have turned out in tho Russian towns and Caucasian provinces .
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_KxART-snor . ouaii _Haxuloom Weavers . —The Handloom _Wuavoi-s arc stiil " out . " Mr . Jokn Grim--shaw _, of Biirnsley , has visited the town , and addressed a meeting . He advueated our cause- in % manner whicli wc hope will have good effect with the public . The report in the last week ' s Star has giveu uneasiness to sotito of our Barnsley friends , in consequence of our not stating that we were receiving aid from Barnsley , Leeds , York , and Doneaster . Out meaning wasj that your able appeal had not beea responded to by any placo , save and except those from which we wero receiving aid weekly .
TnE Pmni-x ' s _Movhmknt . — A public meeting ( called hy placard ) was held on Tuesday night , on - the- pitmen of Springwell , King and Fanny Pits , Sheriff Hill , Washington , « fcc , at a place named Hunt's Hill , near Wrcckington . Mr . Wm . Hammond , pitman , was called to thc chair , and opened the meeting by remarking that during all his life he had been opposed to injustice , and wherever oppression raised its brazen front he would be there to opposo it . The pitmen , he said , were an oppressed body of men—tlieir condition was becoming worse _, and their wages loss . He then went on to defend the lecturers of ine Miners' Association from the charge promulgated bv a Durham paper of advocating an « other strike , which , he alleged , was a vile falsehood s and ought to be contradicted . Tlicy wanted nt ? strikes , but tlicy did want , and would strive with all might to obtain , justice . Mr . James Hardy next addressed the meeting , and entered into a long statement in order to show the oppressions practised upou
Miners , aud the good thc Union was oficcting m the mining counties of England , Scotland , and Wales-Mr . Diito _, from Derbyshire , spoke at considerable length on the benefits of union and restriction of labour , and denied in strong terms the truth of the statement that tliey wanted a strike , wliich sliould always , he said , bo the last resort , and should _ncveibe cntorcd upon until ever * ' means werc tried , and then only with great caution and prudence . The Union , ha stated , had ' carried an advance ol" wages from 9 d . to 2 s ., and this dad been effected by a re < duction of from three to four hours' labour each day-He concluded by exhorting them to join thc "Union , Tho last speaker was Mr . Daniels , Editor of thi ? . i / incr » ' Advocate . The meeting passed off with con < siderablc onthusiasm . and , at the close , three cheers were given for the Union . Besides the above , meetings of pitmen have heen held during the week at Coxhoc _, Shot ley Bridge , & c , Ac , and addresses delivered by Messrs . Swallow , Danielis , Duro , Price ,, Hardy , Auty , & c .
WooLCOMBEns' _Striku at Mr . Rand ' s , _Brab-FoiiD . —This strike continues with the same determination on the part of the men as ever . A public iiicetingoftlie trade was held on Monday evening , at Pcckover Walks , when Messrs . Flynn , Atkinson , White , and others addressed them , and encouraged thc men to continue tho struggle . Tho sccretaiy declared they wcre in a better condition as regarded the funds now , than at the commencement of thc strikt _' f A resolution was carried to continue tho struggle . United Patriots' Bv . sf . fit Society . —Thc second anniversary of this prosperous Institution will ba celebrated at thc Chalk Farm Tavern , Primrose * hill , and Regent ' s-park _, on Monday , July 28 , with a festival and ball . Feavgus O'Connor , P . sq ., in the chair ; dinner on the table at two o ' clock precisely .- * The Philanthropic Harmonic Meeting of its members and friends will be held on Tuesday evening next , at half-past eight , at thc society house , Mr . J . Skinner ' s , Brown Bear Tavern , two doors from _Drury-lanCj Broad-street , Bloomsbury .
Lancashire . —The next General Delegate Meeting ofthe _Lancashire Miners will be held at the housc'c-Mr . John Yates , Pickley-grcen , Westleigh , near Wigan , on Monday , July 2 SUi . Chair to be taken at 11 o ' clock in thc forenoon . There will also be a public meeting , which will be addressed by _VT . P . Roberts , Esq ., and several other gentlemen . Tho levy forthe fortnight , including general contributioa is ls . 8 d . per member .
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