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«—"— FRANCE . V _-nnva GtiBD AS » THE _FOBTOTCATIOXS . — The _* _aR _fr jaforme , the number of officers of A < _wrdin g to the _* _V had signed the petition ihe _National W _^ f _^ fortifications of Paris against the arrow ™ _^ 1 Ma 3 Sm of _^ _am omited _*« - _*> ' w * _j 0 had affixed his signature to I _^ on - _^^ tassed aletter to tiie Prefect of _toe _F _^^ aii * _ing of not havin g bee n included & eS _^ _^ _Mra s _^ imoned before the Council of among the on * _^ fenced to suspension for that _Tr _& _eiAtt _^^ _rifag hj called on that fnnetionar _** offenc e . _» oinis 3 ion , which he regarded asapert » ie 9 _? JT _soaal _sngm . _sv _^ _zERJJxND . _« . pmsoxEBS at Ltjcebse . —A letter from , j _£ «> Anril 13 , in the New Zurich Gazette , says : — _l-if _' yg _^ _, _Resident of the Grand Council of St . n n has _addrffiseda petition to the Grand Council - _f Vour of his hrother-in-law , Schnyder , who is i _" _ i ihP . nrisoners . The committee vesterdav
• _a' _-S- ' a report to the Grand Council to the following _gL . _^ . \ . The Executive Council shall take care _rt ti the " foreigners -who -were concerned in the _\!» aition ofthe free corps shall be banished by a _foment fromtheconfederation . 2 . Theyoungmen _° ia twenty years shallbe set at liberty after having _BB _-juburscd the expenses they have caused . Several - _^ bers _-rtanarkeu that last week the liberation of _? LXQlm < r men had been decreed without any conditio _^ _OtlTersrepUcdthat they oughtto be made topay _rte expenses they had occasioned . M . Wendelerwen _« id that it wmdd le weU to shoot aU these young a -ji without distinction . -3 . In what regards the liberation of persons not belonging to the canton { excep t the chiefs , commanders of companies & c ) _Lfi-oeiations "will be opened with the respective
_goytfnnients , and guarantees will be required ironi ¦ _iaa for the future , and for the repayment of tiie f _jjxmses . The executive council may at once set at _jfl-crty a certain number of prisoners , but it will keep su fficient to assure the success of the negociations . 4 . The citizens ofthe canton who have taken partin the expedition of the free corps ( with the exception ofthe chiefs , _cenimanders of companies , & e . \ , and _who shall be jnilge 4 * ai 3 eording to the laws relating to the free _CMor _/ shall be sent before the 6 _rdinarytri-S _mak-- " _^ nhe grand council declares at present tint H has the intention to pardon a great number , on their application . M . Casimer Plyffer had _pronosed an amnesty , hut his motion was set aside _, tie Grand Council afterwards decided that each of flu- cantons which had sent troops to Lucerne should _reteire one of the cannons taken from the enemy :
The Swiss Diet . —The following is an analysis of i e _p-roceedingsof the Diet upon fhe 14 th : — " Atthe gtung ofthe SwissDicton the 14 th . the _Presidentan-MOiieedthatheMdreceived-firomtheLncerneaeputies , propoation 1 hatall 1 he officers of _thefede-ralstaffwho haa joined in tiie expedition of the free corps , should _jje _^ reck out of the army list . The proposition was rat oa the order of tiie day for the next sitting . M . Kan , reporter of the committee of the Diet , read a report on the reduction of the federal troops , stating _jjjat the connoittee having that morning been infanned that by a decree of tiie Grand Council of Lucern e the disbanding of the troops of the lesser can-- , 0115 had not only been decided noon , but begun to be carried into execution , it proposed to the Diet to order the divisions of Gmur and Zimmerii to be discharged from * - _*; rrice , unlcssany-unforeseen events should hap npn M . _Siegwart , one ofthe Lucerne deputies , moved
for the suppression of the last words , as he conld otn foresee anv sneh events , and the clause would leave a door openfor the exercise of bad passions . He also mo ved another amendment , to the effect that the military charges npon the canton of Argau should be _li _* -lifened as much as possible , inasmuch as it had not furnished the iuisurrectional army with any freecorps . These amendments , however , were supported , on _procedingto the vote , only by the deputies for _Uhtowald , Valais , _Frihourg , Schwytz , and Lucerne , and the proposition of the OTmmittee was adopted . M . Siegwart having entered a protest against the -We for lecommending Lucerne to grant an am-Kay , M _Neuhaus and M . Luvini , deputies for Berne _ad Tesino , demanded a copy ofthe protest , in order that they might—if on consideration they thought it i > - _ e » sarV- —make a counter protest . The Diet adjonniedtfll the 16 th . "
_Zfflicn , _Apbu . 15 . —The JEnister of Sardinia , Count Crotti de Castiglione , has just transmitted to the Directory a note in which the independence of _Switzerland is ratherrudel _* f treated . A repetition of dip lomatic-representations is announced on the part ef die Grand Cabinets . It is stated thatthe new _Preadentof 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 ofthe national dignity . A prolongation of the session of tfe Extraordinary Diet may be the result . The Go-Tamnicnt of Lucerne appears disposed not to pay
attention to fhe invitations to clemency which the _ffictliasadilresedtoit . It has not even suffered the federal representatives to examine the position ofthe prisoners . Not one of these has been released , _ahhoush the Government of Lucerne had declared at first that it was willing to liberate without delay dl persons under twenty years of age . At present it ( Ms this engagement , pretending that it ought first si all to be indemnified at the rate of about 5 francs per day for the keep of each ofthe prisoners of this _elass . " It is well to make it known that they have been fed 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 . Letters tkom Zurich of the 17 th inst . state , that all the prisoners under 20 years of age had been liberated bv the Government of Lucerne and sent hack to their respective cantons . The Presse announce- * , that on the 15 th the Federal _Commissioncpnotified the decree of the Diet relative to the amnesty to the Government of Lucerne . The latter contended itself with communicating to them the decision adwied by the Grand Council three _daya before . The
Commissioners intended to prolong their stay at Lucerne in order to preside at the negotiations _pending between that canton , Argau , and Basle ( country ) , kt the release ofthe prisoners . The chiefs of thc expedition were alone to te tried agreeably to the law arainst free corps , but there was every reason to hope hat no capital sentence would be carried into _execution . The _Government of Basle __ ( country ) had issued arrest warrants against the individuals who had addressed a new appeal tothe free corps . The armed meeting convoked at Sissach on tiie 13 th did not take place .
At the Sithsg of the Diet os tee 16 : rathe-member for Lucerne demanded that Ahe cantons which kd afforded assistance to the free corps should be xmpelled to indemnify the sufferers by Ihe invasion . Six states only supported the application , but it gave rise to a long and animated debate , at which all the _iseBAeaof _& ecorpsdiphmatig _^ e weK vresent . M . - _N _' euhaus , who had returned to Zurich since the 12 th , had somewhat reanimated the courage ofthe Liberals . It resulted from fhe discussion that the conduct of the Directory had pleased no party . The resignation * f iL _Hiissli , the second Federal Conunissioner , had been accepted by the Diet , by a majority of tfehre votes to 8 . The house afterwards adjourned _RKdie .
EGYPT . AiixjsD-aii , Apnn . 9 . —An act of the most bar _barons character was perpetrated on a native Coptic " _•^ nstian some days ago , at Damietta . This person " _jas accused of liaving spoken slightingly of the _^ omedan religion , and onthe fact having been _* ade "known to the populace , they collected round ton , save him 500 lashes , paraded him naked _^ ng h the streets mounted on a buflalo , with two « ad dogs and a pig attached to his legs and _-MOnldtas , and afterwards beat him until he expired _toder the effects ofthe punishment . The Enropean _KHttols have taken it up strongly , but the _punishment hiflietcd on the principals has been limited to a five Tears' " mcarceration in the Castle of Abonkn- *
INDIA AND CHINA . f . OVEELAKD Milt . - -iUXTii , March 7 . —Since ihe date of the last _" _spakh-a henee _, nothinghad occurred likely to cause " ranch excitement when related at your side of the _wond . I _baTe mX yet to _t _^ _j y 0 u 0 f « the big wars " _* aic-h the clouds that yet lour in the north-west porlend _, —ofthelittle wars in the west more anon . I -nave not even to tell you of another great self-slaugh _«** ofthe suicidal Sikh army , though the next dawk _aay bring tidings of a great action in the Punjaub , the _hhaisa Amv _^^ f _Qohlab Singh . By the last _^ _WKurts from the country of the Five Rivers , the f-L which does or leaves undone as it likes , had _IPParenff _* - almost _m-, _Aam , its mind to attack the _of-J in and
- _^ umboohis den . In separate indeaHr . " _^ _^ me forty thousand men had gradu _* Jassembled within a short distance ofthe Rajah ' s _poation , and as their numbers nearly doubled those Z _* _"f _^* _^ _ey _* iU probablv soon muster courage w attack hhn . Gohlab ' s position being a very strong we , andhishiiimenmettlesomefellows , the struggle , all _« _wfe _^ _me , will be a , bloody one , but will , in OT _^ _torty , end _^ _^ destruction . When Goh-5 ° _Ju-gk has been disposed of , to what will the _* g [ » . _" * -teni its hand ? This is a question 4 V ' _. •* thought ffleatlv concerns 11 s . Meantime
0 _fZrOTt , on <> four forces in the neighbourhood lower t 3 _^ _^ _fr b _^ * _9 _™ l forward- _, _£ that _ffi _? " * " _^ _^ i deserted by every soldier _?««*»¦« spared , and _tf we have not already , we 7 t _£ f ° shall have an army of observation on the _W _* _* _^ front 5 e - ' that will reader ns comparatively K _**^* »* e intentions and motions of oar _rest-^ aghbours . Whether this army isto doanyi ™" S _: more than _keeping the Sikhs within their own _S _^^ ing _thmW if they break out ; or Sitt _% ! S _time of year arrives to take the _^ _oauve and the Punjaub , does notyet appear . No _""nig of the design ofthe head of the Government " « yet been allowed to escape , and tiie quid mines , _are consequenUy left _tooaasat what _wfflbe aided om ! oy oteervations of what u and has _Ittn .
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There was a great conflagration at Moulmein on the 0 th of January , which swept away a large section of the town and part of the cantonments . " It has fed 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 ofthe 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 wantonly questioning the rights of the occupiers of the soil . How the matter has ended appears not as yet .
_A-ffghaxistiln . —Itwasreported that Ackbar Khan was in tiie Khyber , and Dost Mahomed at JelWabad , whence he had written to the Governor of Peskawur , intimating his intention to reclaim that place . Chisa . —It is currently reported and believed in China ihat Fow-chow-foo and Ningpo are to be given " up as trading ports , and that Chusan is to be retained in their stead , and made a consular port . The Chinese are building extensively there , both for themselves and foreigners . Her _Majesty ' s ship Vestal Lad 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 . Cbhicai , State of Turkey . —Iximcb-es op Russia . —CoxSTASTlxop-tE , Apbix 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 . The Caimakan of a district in the neighbourhood of Monastir is said to be at this moment surrounded and besieged by a band of insurgents . It is generally believed thatthe 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 _ThessaJy 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 which may beinstigated by theincendiaries that have preceded them . Five of those emissaries have been seized in different parts of Bulgaria , and are now in the bagnio of Constantinople , one of 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 ofthe European provinces of the empire . It is known that Coletti has long been desirous of _estobushing 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 Ckcassia . From this fact , as well as the 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 their immediate neighbourhood without some secret alarm and uneasiness .
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SHOUT-TIME FESTIVAL AT PRESTON . On Tuesday evening the operatives employed in the extensive cotton mSls of Mr . R . Gardner , justice ofthe peace for the county of Lancaster , held their first anniversary to celebrate theintroduction of the short-time system in that establishment ; the hours of working having been only eleven hours , instead of twelve , during the last year . A private meeting of a few ofthe workpeople had been convened shortly before , to talk over the benefits accruing from the diminution ofthe time of labour , when the present public demonstration was determined upon . Immediately upon 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 ofthe borough , Wh * . J . Paley , also a large
mill owner , granted thc use of the Com-excliange 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 horn * . 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 themeeting , 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 meetincr : the other from Mr . Robert Gardner ,
the owner ofthe 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 hours 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 mtention 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 energy and spirit ; they are more cheerful , and apparently more happy . " The Chairman , after prefacing his remarks ,
said-Tins is a triumph ot humanity . We are here assembled to celebrate the anniversary of an experiment in the reduction ofthe hours of faetory labour—an experiment which" is followed in its train byShappiness , comfort , and perfect satisfaction to all who have the pleasure of participating in it . At various periods in the agitation for a ten hours' bill , our opponents haye resorted to every means to arrest its onward progress . Upon one occasion they tried to prove its disadvantages 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 was predicted by some wiseacres that the disadvantages of a reduction of the _houra would be disadvantageous to such a degree , and so evidently so , that
the factory ? -a-orkers'themselves would petition—nay , demand-tnerepeal of au _* _rsuch enactment before the gild of twelve month ' s . These statements on the one liand , and the coercion of the House of Commons on the other , by a threat of _^ resignation on the part of the Ministry , prevented the righteous 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 profit to be derived from it by the young people . He had himself known factory labour when it vras spread over fifteen hours of the day , when it was clearly impossible for the operative to be other than a brute _. worker . For himself he could say , that in theBelasttwelve months he had the timeand
_^ , strength of , body acting upon the mmd to j _^ prove hunself more than in any three previous years . ' ¦ _^ _--- _^ _Epkei-aley , in proposing a vote of thanks to Mr . Gardner , said , that he could testify that it had beenot great benefit to his own family during the whole or the last "twelve ! months ; he had a large family , and . they had all been better able , to attend to secular education than before , and had consequently much improved . Facts 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 and their hands . Mr . J . Anyon , in seconding the motion , wished that there were more masters like 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 it would produce a greater improvement in their condition than any measure adopted within the last twenty years . It was necessary as regarded work , that the strength of the body should be kept up , and twelve hours was too long a time for that to be possible . Hethenread acase stated by one ofthe workmenatsomelength _. andconcluded— "It was a question of 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 tliink , 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 . K 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 .
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_CONFERENCE OF THE TAILORS . ( Continued from our last week'spaper . ) _VRIDAT _MOETSlNG'S SITTING . The Conference assembled at nine o ' clock , when Mr . Cotter was called to the chair . The minutes were read and confirmed . 3 Ir . Leach moved , and Mr . Hannington seconded" That this Conference is of opinion that a more extensive agitation is required ; that an address , descriptive of tbe 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 tbe option and management of each section , independent ofthe society in general . " Mr . Antcliae said that in Leicester they padd fourpence per month to support the Infirmary . If a tramp with a card fell ill , he was allowed eight shillings per _wee"k ; and if be 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 .
Jlr . Russell moved , and Mr . Hannington seconded , " That the report now read be received . " Agreed to . Mr . AntclifFe moved , and Jlr . Kirby 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 . Jlr . Shaw moved " Tbat the finance committee do now bring up their report . " Agreed to . Jlr . 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 AFTEKNOON S SITTING . The Chairman having resumed his seat-, and the roll being called , Jlr . 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 , Sic ; 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 . Jlr . Dramgoole moved , and Jlr . _JTaunder 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 .
SATUEDAT MOBNING ' s SITTING . Mr . Hustler was appointed chairman , in consequence of Mr . Eames being unavoidably absent The secretary read the minutes ofthe previous day ' s sitting , which were confirmed . Mr . Banney moved , and Mr . Maunder seconded , " That the name ofthe publication of the society be the Tailor's Advocate , and its price be three-halfpence . " Carried . Jlr . Jones moved , and Mr . Crawley seconded , " That all correspondence be sent to the society ' s office . " Mr . Maunder moved the following amendment : — " That all letters be sent to the residence of the general secretary . " Jlr . Shaw seconded the amendment , wliich was carried by a majority of fourteen . The Conference then took into consideration the 7 th proposition— "Thatthe delegates assembled adopt some plan for the appropriation of the Protection fund , such plan to be submitted to the different sections for discussion during the present year . "
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 ; hut 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 , iu 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 _Tbut the land ; oat at the same timehe thought that they could open shops in opposition to theHjam ' 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 , Dukinfleld , 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 ; andif 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 . AVe could not compete with Hyam and Moses , unless we produced 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 . Jlr . Parker , in a powerful speech , moved the following resolution : — "That it be recommended to the sections throughout the society , to take into consideratioii the propriety of these amalgamating with other Trades , as laid down by the late Conference of Delegates , held in London , for the purpose of pro-riding the means of finding employment for the surplus labour of all _TradeB by enter-
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ing into a compact with them , to this effect : that the United Tailors' Protection Society are prepared topay their moiety towards placing tbe 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 . Thc 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 tiie same timelielp their fellow men , By the means proposed a Jgreat moral power would he brought to bear on the Hyams , Sic ; and not only so , but a new 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 prevented them 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 , bethought 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 .
Jlr . Dramgoole said , how could they expect the other trades to help them if they refused to assist them in return . ( Cheers . ) Mr , Parker replied , and in doing go he said he believed the reference to politics was intended for him as an individual . ( Jlr . Cotter , "Xo , 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 _IVest-end Tailors were represented in that _Co-aference , but the Protection Society was not . ( "No , no ! "from Mr . Cotter . ) Mr . Parker called attention to the names ofthe delegates which represented nine branches ofthe "West-end Tailors in that Conference . Mr . Parker's statement was substantiated hy Mr , Hannington and other London delegates .
. The motion oii being put from the chair was' agreed to unanimously , ho one voting against it . The Conference then adjourned for dinner .
AFTEBNOO-** SITTING , The chairman , Mr . Eames , 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 . Jlr . Dramgoole moved , and Mr . Connor seconded" 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 Jlr . 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 SSs . per week for tiie present year . Mr . Russell moved , and Mr . Leach seconded—" That the gentlemen composing the Executive of last year be reelected ; and that Jlr . Parker be general secretary , Jft _* . Eames _presidentjand Mr . Hannington treasurer . " Carried by acclamation . It having been previously arranged in the plan of or ganisation , that in addition to the five Executive members 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 . Russell , 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 . Russell seconded" That this Cenference , 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 then * honesty and ability to conduct it duringthe 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 bave the power of conducting the arrangement in all cases of asserting principle . " It was also agreed , " That any section neglecting to adhere to the roles , and pay tlieir subscriptions , shallbe suspended until they conform . "
Mr . Maunder moved , " That the best thanks of this Conference are due , and hereby given , to the proprietor and editor ofthe Northern Star , for their straightforward and manly defence ofthe working classes , and more especially in giving , through the columns of that paper , publicity to the proceedings of this Conference ; and likewise to Jlr . Dixon , for his attention and attendance during the sittings of the same . " Carried by acclamation . Mr . Dixon , on the part of the proprietor and editor , briefly acknowledged the compliment . The thanks ofthe 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 .
Nottingham.—Fbamewokk Knitters' Movement...
Nottingham . —Fbamewokk Knitters' Movement . —To the Framework Knitters of the Three Counties . — Friends , —I have to inform you that a three-counties meeting of delegates will he 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 are 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 , fellow workmen , this is done at a time when eveiy 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 _orgsu _nise yourselves , and be united to a man for the _salya _^ tion 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 . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and a committee of men whose intelligence can scarcely be surpassed by the like number in the whole _lungdom ; who , in tho course of a little time , will be prepared with a code of general laws for the guidance 01 the whole of the Trades in this kingdom . —B . Humphmes .
At a Meeting of _Fbamesmiths , _Framewokk-K-vittebs , 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 tlieir numbers , to carry tlio above resolution into effect : —Michael
Leivers , Framesmith ; Thomas Leivers , and Joshua Bostock , Framework-Knitters . The Turnouts at Burx . —On Tuesday last a very numerous meeting of the turnouts in the iron trade wasneld in the large room at the Hare and Hounds Inn , Bolton-street , Bury , when tliirty-six'lettersfrom 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 broueht 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 ofthe ¦¦ 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 . Roberta , _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 _recoffnised , 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 Deleoate Meeting op Lancashire Miners will take place on Monday , May 5 , atthe house of Mr . Rosbottom , Bowling Green Inn , Chamock 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 , whicli 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 George 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 four 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 , ofthe name of Nye , eloped on Monday with the wife of 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 "be broken open , and their contents gone . One box contained about £ 30 . A warrant has been issued for Nye's apprehension .
'.; . . Chartist Annual Convention. (Con...
' . _; . . CHARTIST ANNUAL CONVENTION . ( Continued from our sixth page . ) ' FOURTH DAY— _Thubsdat , Apbil 24 . Mr . M'Gratii 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 with the Chartist organisation . The letter also expressed the regret of the Chartists of Sheffield at not being able to send a delegate . PLAN OP OHOANISAWON . 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 OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN . OBJECTS _ANO BUM'S 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 of the same species , are under the same laws of nature , and being alike capable of benefit or injury from their legislators , necessarily have , in the election of these * . legislators , the same right ; but the rich , in defence of their nghits and property , " have every advantage whieh wealth and the . purchased powers of others afford them ; whM . the poor , 'destitute of these , have no security hut in the purity _ofSe _^ islation , nor any means of self-defence but in the possession of their share ofthe elective power . The poor , then , _ha-ee
au equal right , but more need , to elect representatives than the rich ; it is therefore right and just that every 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 , _Ohi-jersal Suffrage ; tliat in order to protect the poor elector against tyranny , the voting shall be by Ballot ; that the Parliaments shall be Animal ; that the Property Quali / _jcation shaU be abolished ; that the whole empire shall be divided into Equal Electoral Districts ; and that the Representatives of the People shall bepaid .
means , 1 . By creating a public opinion in favour of those principles through tlle 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 _ParUament , municipal officers , and other local functionaries . 2 . By raising the requisite funds by subscriptions and voluntary donations , to defray the expenses of the Association .
_BulES . 1 . —All persons acquiescing in the objects of this Association shallbe eligible to become members by taking out cards of membership , for which and a copy of tho handbook they shall pay 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 he vested in an Executive _Cemmittee , 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 Disc...
Mr . John Cleave having arrived , the discussion on the plan of organisation was adjourned , and the consideration of the Victim Fund Committee affairs resumed . 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 willingness 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 nem . com .
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 ,
IC _AAIU-IVVJ _< _DAAMVI 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 Mills . Mr . O'Connor was appointed treasurer , and Mr . T . M , "W heeler secretary . The discussion on the rules was then resumed . Rule fourth was altered as follows : — 4 . The Executive Committee shall be elected by the members of the National Charter Association , by ballot or otherwise , from a list of persons nominated by fhe several localities . Such nomination to be published at least one mouth previous to the time of election . The other rules _deteraiiueil on were as follow * . —
. 5 . A system of local agitation shall be established , to be carried out in the foUowing 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 all itinerant lecturers ; and that no person be allowed to lecture in any locality unless recognised by the district , or appointed by the Executive Committee .
DOIIBS OF TUB EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE . It shall be the duty ofthe 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 , in 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 all other movements , whether in or out of Parliament , which may he agitating the public mind , and to express to the country , through the medium of addresses , the opinions which they entertain as to what part tbe Chartists , individually or collectively , ought to take in such movements .
APPOINTMENT OF SECRETARY ANn HIS DUTIES . The Executive Committee shall appoint the secretary , whose duty shall be to keep a correct record ofthe business of the Association , monetary or otherwise . _APPOINTMENT OF _TUEASUBEB AND BIB DUTIES . The treasurer shall be chosen by the Executive Committee ; he shall be responsible for all monies entrusted _t-jhim-, h « shaU _teep 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 AUDITOBS AND THEIR DUTIES . Two auditors shallbe appointed by the annual Convention , whose duty shall be to audit the books of the Association once per quarter .
GENEBAL COUNCIL . Every town or village where members of this Association shall be 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 OF GENEEAL 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 ofthe Executive Council are carried into effect ; and they shall have full power to adopt such means for the accomplishment ofthe general objects , as to them may seem meet , provided such meanB 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 tbe same . "
Determined Suicide At Hammensmith.—On We...
Determined Suicide at HAMMEnsMiTH . —On Wednesday week Mrs . Emma Peasgood , _to _^ onhe landlord of the Britannia public-house , at the corner Ofthe Fulham-luad , near _"ftammersmith church , was found in hev _bed-room quite dead , suspended from the bedstead by a stay-lace . Various reports are m circulation relative to the circumstances and the causes which led the unfortunate woman , who was not thirty years of age , to destroy herself .
Determined Suicide At Hammensmith.—On We...
Tm Shapwick . . Freejun . —This culpn _^' eipiaied with her life , at * Taunton , on Wedn 3 sday , the diabolical crime of which she was convicted . It will be in the recollection of our readers that she was committed , upon tour distinct charges of murder—viz . _i for _. having adminiBtered arsenic to her husband , _her-i llegitimate son , her mother , and her brother ( of . whose murder she was convicted at the late Spring _Ass-aes ) , ; winch caused then * death . On . Sunday . the condemned serinon was preached by the . chaplain . from th . e 1 st and part of the 2 d verse of'tho . lith . _cliapter . of ' . Rosea . A most impressive discom « ewasde ] _iyered , and every one present excenfc Sarah Freeman appeared to feel
its power . The individual who , to all human knowledge , stood most in need of spiritual consolation , was the only one : who evinced indifference . f 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 soundly and ate heartily . On Monday ; , laist' she asked permission to dispose of her clothes to ' the _^ prisoners withwhonvshe had been classed previous toner 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 ofthe law was earned into effcetOi-ithetopefWiltongaol _. nearTaunton . Thctime appointed for the execution was eleven o'clock , but before that hour thousands of people were _congi-e-iii ted in front ofthe prison . The culprit retired to rest at twelve o ' clock on Tuesday night , up to which hour the chaplain was in attendance upon hei _* . 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 gave jtto her mother and 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'on _Hhe _^ ubject . 'Shortly after , teii she attended _thVcliapeteda _^ artook of the sacrament . | At the ' cbr ichision _oTffle _^' sWvice she was conducted to The press-room , _jiei-lLprroarations were made for her executioh _# > . _" _^" rJ _* f 3 $ - before eleVeri she appeared on the _scaffoldt | ilne _3 l ) ihed in the _praters , and again protosted'her ihhbeence . 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 and buried in the precincts ofthe prison .
The AiiEffED Child Mi / eder at _Behmo . vdset . — On Monday , a long _^ _quibavas . gone into before Mr Carter , at the Queen . ; Charlotte , MilIpohd-brid < j _* e , 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 a « e , 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 , and he called to his mother , who came down . Mrs . Smith , judging from certain appearances , and being told by a child that Mary Smith had been seen in the garden early in the mornins _* , went up to her , and insisted on
knowing if she had not delivered herself of a chud , whieh 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 wliich she forced the child with a stick . On the subsequent day it was found in the soil . Air . Martin , the parish surgeon of Neckinger-house , made an examination ofthe body , and found no mark of violence upon it . Upon opening it he was satisfied respiration had never taken place . Thejury returned averdictthat "The child was born dead , aud 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
Southwark . Suspected Murder op a Child bv its _Fathek . — On Monday evening last a child , about seven years of age , was found ih 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 haye been murdered by him , and then thrown into the river . The mother of the cliild , 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 earner 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 him 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 thc police , and Mellors was apprehended at the New Inn , Mansfield , on Tuesday morning , at two o ' clock , by Inspector Caudwell , of the Nottingham county police , who conveyed him in a _crig on Wednesday morning to Southwell , to await the result of a coroner ' s inquest . On leaving Mansficd the man v ? as 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 ofbeing said to be uttered by the defendant , who was a town-councillor ofthe 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 wliich 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 Of Chabtism At Holbeck, Leeds.—A...
Triumph of _Chabtism at Holbeck , Leeds . —Again have the " good men and true" of this " working men ' s ward" of _thfthovoughof Leeds donetheis duty . Again have they placed men of then * own rank m office , in a position wliere they can do much to serve the interests of the poor ; and this too in spite of the odious Sturges Bourne ' s Act , which confers plurality of rates on the holders of property . The last contest haa been for the " Select Vestry ; " and though the Whig and Tory factions tried the chance of apoli , the " workies" earned the whole board of fourteen by a majority of almost three to one ' . Bravo , Ilolbeck ! 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 sorfc of opposition—fairfoul , and dastardly—the
work-, ing 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 then * brethren-made " paupers " by the infernal system which " sucks the wealth out of thc 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 his motion 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 __ Denman , that " there was something in the objection , " it is pretty apparent that Superintendent James will haye to commence de-novo , if he wishes his character to be purged from the imputations cast upon it . As it is , the real q _* jESTiQN has not been touched ; if Mr % Brook should succeed in his present effort , asin all likelihood he will , the whole matter will be in the exact position it was 6 e / or 6 Mr . James moved at all ! So he will have taken something by his motion .
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Sheffield.— On Sunday, April 27th, A Dis...
Sheffield . — On Sunday , April 27 th , a discussion will take place in the room , 21 , Fig Tree-lane . Subject , "Land and Co-operation . " Chan * to be taken at seven o ' clock . The next South Lancashire Delegate Meeting will be held on Sunday ( to-morrow ) , in the Chartist Assoc iation-room , Exchange-street , Bolton , when it is hoped each delegate will bring the Executive quota with him . Halifax . —Mr . Murray will lecture on Sunday next , in the large room , Bullclose-lane , at half-past six o ' clock . ' _Dewsbdhy . — The next district meeting _^ will be holden at Dewsbury , on Sunday , the 27 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon .
Newcastle-on-Ttnb . —The Chartists of Newcastle and _Gatoshead 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 .
Mottram . —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/ns3_26041845/page/1/
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