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TO THE KDITOB OF THB HOBTKEBH STii . Srs , —Am it is generally known in Bradford and neighbourhood that 1 intended to visit my brother in yorthallertan Hell during Christmas ; and , as all will t * anxious to know tow he is coming on , I take this opportunity of informing thesbfhrough the medium of youTTalaable jonmaL 3 L left Wtoe on Christmas Day morning , and rode oa thank ' s man to Borough Bridge , through Knaresbro " , -when I Bought out the leading Chartists of that town , and notified my intention of de-Irvenng a lecture to them , on my retain from Nerthallerton , on Monday evening . After having Hiadearnngements with them , I proceeded on iny journey to Boroaghbridgs , at wZriea place Ijtayed all night—a distance of nineteen miles from my journey ' s end . I
rose early next morning " , and pursued my journey to Jforthallerton ; and , O , what a scene forthe philanthropist to contemplate ! The vast tracts of rich land , interspersed here sod there -with a solitary farm house , gnjTOTmoed -with a great number _< £ hay and " corn Bfcacks , of every description , food for man and beast ; ¦ when I looted ronrd , ani saw all this , and reflected on our great Champion ' s excellent letters on the Corn laws and the" land , I -was forcibly struck "with the troth of his assertions , that if the land -was divided into fire or six acres each farm , that every unwilling idler in the manufacturing towns might speedily be put in possession of everything that would make life happy and comfortable . I made inquiry about the quantity of land which each farmer occupied , and found the division generaDyfrom 25 seres up to 500 . ' so that , In this district alone , a great nany families might be
brought from the contaminating atmosphere of a manu-&ctsring town , where , instead of wretchedness and poverty , they might enjoy peace and plenty . I arrived it Northallerton &t one o ' clock , and presented myself at the prison doors , and was told by one of the understrappers that I was too late , the time of visiting being from twelve o ' clock to one . I was introduced to the Governor , Mr . Shepherd , who , -whan I informed him that I was Wm . Brook ' s brother , said I should see him . He was busy at the time admitting another prisoner within the walls of the prison , aad I could sot , for my He tell whether &e constable who brought the prisoner , or the culprit , was the person who would be left in durance vile , until the constable withdrew ; he was a ' most respectable looking young man , a stonemason , and was committed three months to hard labour for vagrancy .
My brother was then introduced to me in the Governor * office , and , O &ed , what a sight ! from being a stont athletic man , he was reduced to a xiere skeleton . On taking his hand , a tear of affection gushed onto my eyes , when he mad to me , dont thou come here to blubber and roar , ii will make it so better . He seemed determined thsfcthfl Governor should not see him quail at his imprisonment He wrote some time ago , and said the Whigs had taken th * flesh off his bones , and left nothing but the skeleton for the Tories to prey upon . I found it was true to the tetter ; I enquired after his health *; he informed me that he-was much better than he had been , having laboured under a severe bowel complaint for Beveral months . After I had informed him of all the political mavements that were going on , he said when he gained his liberty , he iiould be ten time * worse after the Charter than hi had teen before he was imprisoned .
The Governor told me that my brother had behaved ws 2 J since he cxme there , aad had not received a single moment ' s punishment since he entered the establishment I took with me a large quantity of books which he conld not receive until they had been inspected by the persons . I gave the Governor a copy of the National Petition ; and a discussion took place between me and the Governor on various subjects on trade and politics , which would make this letter too long for your fft inmntt . Hy brother gave the Governor a good character for humanity , and said he would rather be there than at York . X am , Six , yours , Josh . Bbook .
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CHARTIST "MEDAL" A 3 TD "BIBBON !" TO THE iDIIOB O ? THE KOBTHERS STAB . Sib , —On returning timwV * for the O'Connor Medal , I would suggest a hint to the "whole Chartist body sf saoscribers -who hare been iartnnate enough to obtain inch a distinguished " order . * ' For myself , it is the only one I would condescend to wear , as the various " stars" and " garters , " 4 c ., now in vogue , gracing the bosoms of aristocratic knaves and boobies , are but emblems of tyranny and corruption , or regarded by all intelligent persons as the playthings el a baby , or the gewgaws of a tenvfooL Though but a feeble champion in the cause of Chartism , I take some little pride in being one of its earliest supporters ; and the Medal which 1 have received , and which I prize most highly , "will , by and by , be considered as a valuable heir-loom , and "sacred" as the " principal household god I "
But , Mr . Editor , its virtues are not only prospective , but immediate : it must not be shrouded in flarimww , or laid in cotton ameng other jewels is a casket , but it must see the light , and be warn by its possessors on all public occasions , meetings , and soirees . I have had a small hole drilled just above O'Connsr ' s head ( for I should consider it a species of sacrilege to suffer a hair of his head to be injured , either in the semblance or reality ) large enough to admit of a silver wire , forming a ring , to which a ribbon might be attached . I would further Buggest that it jest 2 > s worn round tbe neck , and that an English Cksrtist should wear a navy-blue ribbon , an Irishman one of emerald greea , and the Scotch a plaid .
Bat -why should not we Chartists have our tricolour as -well as the French Republicans ? Is there so patriotic ribbon manufacturer to be found capable of producing a Chartist tricolour ? lake the Waterloo ribbon , it might very readily be formed in stripes , one o : blue , one of green , and the other of plaid . Attach the medal to the Chartist tricolour , let it be -worn , in contradistinction , on the left breast , to that of Waterloo , or » II other stars and orders , and , my " life to a ducat " that ere long it will beat all the rest out of the field , nsy more , it -will become even fashionable I Even as a speculation it would answer ; and the female Chartists might trim their bonnets with it , as it "would be " an cutward sign of the inward spirit beneath . " I trust the hint I hare just given will be duly acted upon , as 3 am -well aware of the efficacy of such symbols , and the enemy knows it well also . It cheers and ajlivess the drooping hearts of many , and it fraternizes with alL A Woolwich Cadet . CMchester , Jan . 3 , 1 S 42 .
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WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . A delegate meeting of the West Riding -was held at Dswsbury on Sunday last Delegates were present from the following plaees : — Bradford ... Mr . J . W . Smyth . Hotmfirth and Honley Mr . Ed . Clayton . Sotrerby ... ... Mr . Greenroyd . Bingley Mr . IckeringilL Hudders 2 eld Mr . J . Chapman . > Ir . Clayton in the chair . _ " Moved by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Icker-IMUl : —
¦ ' That we request all the various towns who are in * Sears to the West Riding Missionary Fond and to & « West Riding Election Pnnd , to immediately send * &taeir arrears to the Secretary , so that the balance «» t can be made , as the present Secretary is resigna « Ms situation . " 3 foved by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by Mr . Chap-JSSH : — * list each town in the West Ridirg do immediately Banish their quota of their expense for the forthcoming Convention ; and , furthermore , would recommend that , &s equal Wdens break no backs , the West ? & * g furnish £ 15 ; and that the Korth and East fuunp lindnoiDg Leedst , furnish £ 10 , to be levied immediately , and sent to the Secretary without fail . "
Mored by Mr . Smyth , and seconded by 3 Ir . Chap-•' That this meeting do recommend to the West Kiutg to form districts for the purpose of employing * turemrithont inconvenience , andgive an opportunity « agit&tiBg the West Riding with more efficiency . " Hoved by Mr . Greenroyd , and seconded by Mr . 1 £ * £ imgin : t Xhat the EExt West Riding delegate meeting be r ! Sunday , January 30 th , at ten o ' clock in the ^ ^ eraoon , at . Ue-srsbury . " """' ¦¦ " " " ' ' - ^ fct-S ^^ - 'LfJV ^ d
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DREADFUL MURDER AT MANSFIELD , NEAR ; NOTTINGHAM . . . On Friday morning last , the peaceful little town of Mansfield was thrown into a state of consternation by the discovery of on& vt the -most dreadful and cold-blooded murders ^ ever reoorded * Th e" hapless victim of thisatrocipns deed ynaa young woman , in her 20 th j ear , named Mary-Hallam , the daughter of a labourer , " wba has resided in Mansfield for many years , and who has saved a ; considerable sum ofomoney by his industry . The murderer is a young man , named John Jones , alias Samuel Moore , Bhoemaker , a native . of . Market Boswortb . He has resided in Mansfield for four years , and had , until a few months ago , been considered the accepted suitor of the unfortunate deee&sed . -
Moore rentedtwo rooms at the bottom of a yard in Lister-lane , Mansfield , and the deceased lived with her parents in a house at the top of the yard . A year ago the murderer lodged in the same house with the deceased , bat about nine months since he became rather unsteady , and took to drinking , iu consequence of which the parents of the deceased , thinking that bis bad habits would not promote their daughter ' s happiness , declared against his suit . He then left their house , and went to lodge in the same yard , at the honse-of a widow named Wragg . At that time he made " use of threatening language , bat it would imply a degree of * malignity -unparalleled to suppose that he formed a resolution , in consequence of what then passed , to perpetrate so savage and diabolical a crime . He visited at Hallam ' s as a neighbour , and occasionally went out with the
deceased . At Whitsuntide , whilst walkingm Mansfield Forest , he committed a violent assault upon her , and frequently gave evidence of being a most passionate fellow . Oh Thursday night , the deceased , who had been out on a visit , called at his shop oa going ont of the yard , and from the evidence there appears sot the slightest denbt bat that he fell upon and murdered her by catting her throat in the most dreadful manner . " He stayed in the workshop , the scene of this dreadful tragedy , with the body of bis victim for some time , and at length locked up the shop , and went to a public-house . He there drank several glasses of ale , and sang a song at the request of the company , after which be went home to bed . We extract tbe following from the evidence : —
William Hallam , the father of the deceased , deposed , that he last saw her alive at one o ' clock on Thursday . She bad just returned from a journey to Worksop , where she had gone on a visit on Christmas-day . Witness returned from his work about nine at night , and found that the deceased had just gone out without bonnet or shawl en . When the deceased did not return home , he became alarmed fox hex safety , and searched the whole town for her . At eleven he took a lantern and went to the mill dam , but without finding her . Witness then thought that he would go to the pri-Boner ' s shop , and put « table against the wall and look
through thfeTrindow , which was high up . By the light of a lantern he saw the deceased lying on the floor weltering in her blood . He did not attempt to get in at the window , but stood and looked for signs of life , but could not perceive any . She lay on her right side , and her clothes were down within an inch or two of her shoes . Witnes then took the table and chair away , and , after telling his wife that she was dead , went and fetched Metham , the constable . Witness and Metbam with the nephew of the latter , went down to his lodgings and called up the prisoner , who was apprehended and taken to the lock-up . Witness then described tbe wounds on the body to . be several large cats on tbe
throat . - . Ann Hallam , mother of the deceased , corroborated her husband ' s evidence , and said she believed the prisoner was of sound mind . Knew that deceased was acquainted with tbe prisoner , and considered that at one . time he intended to marry her , but he never asked witness about it nor mentioned it at alL Had hoard prisoner threaten to do her daughter harm . It was when witness ' and he disagreed about nine months ago , when witness told him she did not approve of his conduct towards her . He then said he would be the death of her-daughter , he said he would be the death of her if she went with any ene else . Believes they ¦ were fond of each other at one time . Witness used
to drink , neglect his werk , and use abusive language to witness . She never knew him strike her daughter , but on Easter Wednesday she came running into tbe house almost fainting , with him after her , and said , " Oh , mother , here is Sam running after me , Yesterday he wanted to take my life . He kneeled upon my stomach and almost throttled me . " He came into the bouse , and witness told Hm if he did not go out she -would split his head- " with the poker . Never thought the prisoner -vras mad . Has no reason to think he had taken improper liberties with her daughter . ( Here the witness caught sight of the prisoner , whom she had not not before perceived , and called out , " O , he ' s there , let me go ; I did not know he was there , " and was supported fainting from the room , )
Priscilla Adcock was at work in the house of tbe deceased on the night in question , when , she said she would go out and hear a little news . Witness then corroborated the former evidence . William Metham , constable , Mansfield , was called up about twelve o ' clock on Thursday night by William Hntlnm . . Gv . t up immediately , and went down witk him to ih ' e prisoner ' s lodgings . Went to the front door and sent his nephew and William Hallam to the back door . Witness knocked , and a person's head protruded from the window above ; it was Mrs . Wrage ' s son . Witness asked if Samuel Moore was at home , and was infomed he wa Witness said he wanted to see him , and was won after let into the house by Wrasg- Witness collared Wragg , and asked him if he was Moore ,
he answered " Ko , but Moore win be down directly . " Before they -could get a light , prisoner came dawn partly dressed in his coat and shoes . Witness eaid he wanted him , and there was a 'woman at the door who said , " Oh , Sam , -what have yon been doing ?'" He answered , " I have been doing nothing . " Witness then told him he -wanted him on suspicion of murdering William Haliam ' s daughter , and tLat he must accompany witness . He said he would , and felt about for his shoes . He was very quiet , and made no resistance . When they had gone about 100 yards he said , " Mr . Metham , I am the murderer ; I intended to destroy myself , but my heart misgave me , and I am pleased I have not done it , as I ongkt to suffer publicly as a warning to others . " Witness said " What -was the
reason you committed this crime ? " And be answered , " He wanted to have the girl , and her mother was not ¦ willing , and aa , he could not have her , he -was determined no one " else should . " When they arrived st the lock-up , he told witness where he would find the key of the -workshop . He said , " You'll find the key of the workshop on the _ rabbit-cote , in the back premises , under a tile . " He also said , that be had done it -with , a knife , and Metham would find it nigh to her ; and so it was . in bJood at her side . Went down to tbe premises , and found -the fcey in the place he had described ; unlocked the shcp-door , and Trent np stairs tnii four others , and there saw the nnfortunats girl lying nearly
on her back , inclining teward the right sida In going to the lock-up , the prisoner said that " she died almost immediately , and that he stayed with her for some time after she was dead . " Her throat was cut in four places , and she lay near te a pool of bloo 4 . He fancied she had been draeged away from the pool of blood , by the marks en the-floor . He produced the knife , which ¦ was a common shoemaker ' s knife , with clots of blood on both haft and blade . The deceased ' s necklace lay in ore of the wounds ; her bands and gown were bloody , and the prisoner ' s tronsers -were sligbtlj spotted with Mood on the front part He believed prisoner was of sound mind .
Samuel Hurt , surgeon , of Mansfield , was called up about tenTnioutts past twelve , on Thursday night , by William HaHam . Had made a post mortem examination . The external appearance of the body indicated good iieslth . Tb « arms were extended , the hands bloo 3 y , ~ 'bnt not cut . The head lay under the window . Her dress not more deranged than wonld result from the fall . Found an incised wound , having been made at three or four different times , four inches and a half in length , extending from a little below the left tar to the centre of the . chin , and separating a la ~ ge flap of skin or intfegumciit froin the angle of the jaw to the centre l » f the chin , and penttnlicg to the jaw bone , -which - ? vas * exposed to a considerable extent ; another
wound , extctding . from an inch below the mastoid process of the temporal bone to the thyroin cartilage , about four inches in length , one anfl a half in 6 epth , and two wide , dmefing some of the muscles and deep-seated blood vessels , particularly the carotid artery and internal jugular- vein , " and being the immediate cause of death ; another incised -wound afcout the middle cf the neck , six inches in length , and about two inches in width , but not dividing the largtst vessels . There was a great oiseharge of blood , and in addition to the pool of blood on the floor , her clothes -were very considerably saturated . The knife now exhibited would be a very likely instrument to produce all the tffccis which he had described .
The prisoner , being cautioned , was then asked if ha bad EujtMng to say . The prisoner rose from hia seat and &aid , * ' I decline for the present , " and then resumed , his sitting . In answer ~ to the coroner , he said , " My nama is John Jones , and not Samuel Moore . I live at Mrs . Wragg's , Lister-lana 1 am a cordwainer , and twenty-four years of age . I have lived in Mansfield four years . " He then declined answering any mere Questions . f The room being cleared , the jury almost immediately returned a verdict of " "Wilful murder against John Jones , " who was fully committed upon the coroner ' s Trarrant to-take - "his trial at the next Nottingham
. The prisoner has sinca maintained a most unmoved demeanour , aad has stated that before committing the fearful deed he asked the deceased if she would marry him . She replied that her parents would not consent He then said , that he would take care that , no one else did , and &e z 2 d her . After lie had inflicted the Sr 3 t wound , which it appears was not immediately fitai , she begged for her ' life , but seeing him resolved , then atked for time to pray before he killed her ; he answered that he would pray for both of them , and completed his uieauiul purpose . He then prayed for ' Gcxl to ha-re ii . crcy tspen two unfortunate lovers , " and stayed a consideraUe time on his knees . TL- ; dee-ased was a very good-loc-kingpr ! , acd Lebig sn only child , was suffered by her parents to ta-re too
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much of her own way . She was very fond of visiting and partying . The prisoner is also very jood-Iooking He -worked tot Mr . B&nten , a respectable shoemaker , residing in Church-street , Mansfield . . The sensation produced by this unfortunate event in Mansfield may be better imagined than described . This ancient town contains about 11 , 000 inhabitants , and its annals have never before been , stained with a crime so deadly . " wituQ w ugnui ^*
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THE MURDER NEAR OS WESTBY . —COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS . fAbridged from the Shrewsbury Hews . ) The prisoners Williams and Slawson , -who have been several times examined on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of Emma Evans , at Bronygarth , underwent another examination on Friday ; The following evidence was given as to the state in which the deceased was found . Mr . Perkins , surgeon , residing at Chirk , said , I went to the house of the deceased on Thursday evening . I found a great many persons about the house . I went in , and found the body on the kitchen floor . The body lay on its right side—the legs crossed , and the arms in the natural position . There was an arm-chair near the body . I knew the deceased and her habits . There
was a considerable quantity of blood on tbe floor—the stream commencing from the neck of the deceased . I examined the body slightly , and saw that her throat was cat extensively and deeply . I felt with toy hand that she had had a blew on the t « p of her head . She could not have struggled at all , from the position of her body , which remained in the same state till tbe coroner's inquest I saw one drop of blood inside the slanting lid of the bureau , not then dried . There was a mark of Mood on the inside and ontside of the keyhole of the kitchen door , opening into the garden . There was no key in the door . For the coroner ' s inquest I made a post mortem examination on the following Monday . There were three . wounds oh the head , which had penetrated the skulL They had been
given at three separate blows , and were of different lengths—the longest being about an inch and a half , the second about an ineh , and the third rather more than half an inch . I think they were done by the same instrument There was very little contusion on the side of the wounds of the deceased . I do not think the Instrument could be very sharp , but heavy . There had been another blow at the top of the head which did not produce a wound . The effect of such blows would suspend animation , but probably would not cause instant death . She had raised her hands at the time her throat was cat I then examined the throat , and found a weund five inches long and two inches deep , dividing tbe windpipe and the earotid
artery . Upon her right thumb I found two wounds which appeared to have been inflicted by a sharp instrument I also found & wound upon her right wrist , which appeared to be caused by the point of a sharp instrument . I found the back of her left fingers entirely covered with blood ; and on the back of her hand was wet dirt , as if from a man ' s trousers . I also found a wound through her top lip , commencing inside , as if caused by a tobacco pipe . I found , also , dirt upon her chin , and the impression of the bars of corduroy trousers . Tbe loss of blood was alone sufficient to cause death . The half of the cap strings were forced into the throat , and were rather jagged , as if from repeated strokes of a knife . A woollen neckerchief on her neck was likewise pierced .
Lord Bungannon asked if they had anything to say . They both made a long statement , denying that they knew anything of tbe murder . His Lordship then addressed the prisoner Williams as foliews : — " John Williams , it is now my painful duty to tell you that you are fully committed to take your trial at the next Lent Assists for the murder of Emma Evans , of Bronygarth , in the pariah of St Martin , in this county . " The prisoner Slawson was then addressed by bis Lordship in the same terms . Mr . William Whalley , a nephew and executor of the deceased , was then bound over to prosecute , and each of the witnesses wan bound to apppear at the next assizes .
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ANOTHER MURDER AT BURNLEY . Burnley , so lately the scene of the frightful catastrophe already recorded in the columns of The Stur , has again been thrown ii > to a state of considerable excitement , by a cruel outrage perpetrated upon a disabled old man , and from which his death resulted . William Dugdale , the deceased , was nearly seventy years of age , and very infirm . On Friday on inquest was held at the Turf Inn , Burnley , upon the body of the deceased , before Mr . John Hargreaves , one of the coroners for the northern division of the county of Lancaster . ' . . ' :. ¦ ' Several witnesses were examined , and below we give that portion of their evidence which throws light upon this unhappy transaction : —
Ellen Nuttall , of Burnley , deposed to the following effect : —The deceased William Dugdale was a cripple ; who resided in a cellar in Eastgate . About half-past twelve o'clock on Sunday morning the witness , who lived in the adjoining cellar , was awakened by a loud knocking at the door of the deceased . Sue heard the door open , and the wife of the deceased exclaimed that they were all about to be murdered , and desired witness fc > get up . The witness got up and went into tbe area fronting Dugdale ' s dwelling . This area ia entered by a flight of stoDe steps from the street Witness saw at the top of the steps two young men , who cast ashes in her face , and then ran off . The deceased went up the steps and there met two lads , younger than the men witness had originally seen . The boys inquired , "Have they broken your windows ? " Deceased replied ,
" You must go sown and see . " Witness then re-entered her cfeliar , and immediately after Sarah Dugdale calltd out , " They are murdering my old man . " Witness had previously heard a noise like th-. t of a person falling down the steps . She then went out and found the deceased sitting at the bottom of the flight The young men who threw the ashes were standing on the steps . One of them wore a white hat , the only article of his dress that was distinguishable ; the other had a broadlappelled coat and a black bat The man in the white tat said to his companion , " Run , run ! " and witness saw no more of them ot the 005 a . Sae 0 * suited the deceased to his cellar , -who appeared seriously injured . He got "worse , and suffered much pain until eight in the morning , when he expired . Upon laying out the old man the witness noticed a black mark on the small of his back , and a lump at the back of hia head .
Sarah Dugdale , widow of the deceased , stated that he was 68 years of age . Ob Sunday morning there was a violent knocking at fitr door , and upon the deceased partially opening it it was violently pushed by the young men before mentioned . After confirming the evidence of the previous witness , Mrs . Dugdale said that she returned into the cellar upon hearing ber husband tell the boys they must come and Bee if his windows were broken . As soon as she had entered the deceased fell to the bottom of the steps , and she thought
that he haii been thrown down . With assistance she removed her husband to the cellar , when he said he did not think he should last till morning . The deceased teld her that one of the young men took him by the waist and another by the legs , and threw him down the steps . Medical assistance was sent for , bu t none arrived while the deceased was living . The boys , whose names were Benjamin Sagar and Thomas Stuttard , told the witness that they saw the young men layholrtof sad throw her husband down the area , but declared they were unacquainted with them .
After other confirmatory evidence as to the declaration made by the boys of their being present at the outrage , Mr . Coultate , surgeon , stated , that upon a post mortem examination of the body , he found that the lungs had been ruptured in such a way as to cause death . Such a rupture might be caused by a heavy fall , _ especially in an individual whose lungs had been previously affected ' as-was the case with the deceased . The Jury , alter a long deliberation , feund a verdict of " Wilful murder against divers persons unknown , and against the boys Sagar and Stuttard , as aiding and assisting . " The Jury , no donbt , believed them to be acquainted with tbe guilty parties . The parties were then committed , upon the Coroner ' s warrant to Lancaster Castle .
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they all would be . In the mean time , they held a meeting to remonstrate with Mr . AUen . Whetf the young man ~ M iac ^^ Ile : ^ jthe ^ 'foIeinan ^ ' - . fta ! ' di , ' '''< '' i | ci * . to work t" but'the next Batnrilaj ; night discharged the Chairman , who presided at -the ^ meeting , and two 01 three others ^ who disthtgtiisbed tbenufelrea on that ; occasion . He wrota to Messrs . Grlssell and Pe 1 «> the proprietors / but to little purpose- The speiker tfien rehearsed iwo or three similar instances of criMIty in& tyranny exercised over them by the foreman ; especially of the men , one of whom being ill , ^ was discharged at th « « ame time abusing him in blasphemous language , telling him they did- not want Cripples there . The other was a man who went to bury tiia wlte ; and , notwithstanding the close relation whicb existed
betweenthem , « Ten that of herbeing flesh of his flesh , and bone of hia bone , was toW , on hia retura . togo again and be damned , and be buried with her . The speaker further exhibited the conduct of tbe foreman in the refusal of one of nature ' s , gifts ( water ) . A man had been accustomed to bring beer into the buying to sell , and in order that they should drink the manufactured beverage , stopped tip > the pumps tfiat ttey shouia not be able to obtain : any other beverage ; ( Cries of shame , l They appealed against the proceedings of the foreman to Messrs . Grissell and J » eto , proprietors but nothingiWould be heart rapectinjr it , the proprietors replying , that they could not substantiate their charge against Allen . They continued thus for three weeks ; and getting no redress , two hundred and forty of the
masons took up their tools and came out of the Houses of Parliament ^ The propr ietors ; being [ brought ai ^ quainted with the circumstance , down they send to Cheltenham , where they engage thirty persons , promising to give them a two years' job . but it was to be a country job . The men being thus employed , down goes Mr . Allen ; and it then turns out that be is to be their foreman } and being got into the railroad train , they find themselves soon after at Paddington , at the sign of the Nelson ' s Monument . Tbe men closely watched their proceedings , and when th « y found it was the intention of the proprietors to allow him ( Mr . Alien ) to remain as their foreman , they sent letters to Messrs . GriBsell and Co ., that if their wishes were not complied with , they should not remain . The
proprietors came and used much sophistry , saying , they thought it was cruel for so many to be against one man ; but they did not think it cruel for one man to treat scores of : men so , barbarous and unnatural . ( Cheers . ) Suppose , nid they , Parliament was to take it up , they would stop the work . He ( the speaker ; would much rather they , bad Btopped the works . And at last he ( Mr . Grissell ) said rather than part with Mr . Alien , he would sacrifice his life ' s blood . The men thus perceiving that the word ef ! Mr . Grissell Was , like the law of the Medea and Persians , unalterable , they , for the last time , again remonstrated with him , When he told them he would not have his mind pained about it , and-of the two , he would rather believe Mr . Alton than they ( the masons . ) They then proposed to put it
to arbitration , the decision of which should be binding , but it was not complied with ; he ( Mr . G ) had condescended so much , as to allow them a bearing . The Trade ' s Union had been deprecated for this' conduct by Lord Lincoln ; but how did Lord Lincoln assume his present situation but by a union ? But ho would now give it anew Dame and call it combination to make it , if possible , look horrible . If this combination , then , is necessary for Lord Lincoln—for those who are the capitalists , how much more essentially necessstfy is it for the working classes when they are their only protection ? ( Cheers . ) Mr . Wakloy , M . P > then interfered , saying what is the meaning of all this ? He thought it impossible that two hundred and seventy or three hundred and seventy men would bo sarrifice
domestic comfort tor any length of time , they could not do so by flinging themselves on their own resources , and thus endeavoured to persuade us to return ; but he ( the speaker ) considered that the masons bad thus played a mduly spirit ia striking against tyranny . All they asked was a more civil man , by whom they might retain liberty . ( Tremendous cheers- ) Mr . Woods was then called upen to address the meeting . He said they bad just heard but a very partial statement of the cause of the strike from his brother Williams . He had given them a partial history of the strike , and had partially developed the cause that had produced it . He ( the speaker ) rejoiced to advocate the cause of liberty —( hear , hear ) - —and he rejoiced at being identified with a set of men who were struggling
to obtain what they never bad enjoyed—their just , their righteous , and their invaluable rights . The masons ' strike was a strike for liberty ; it was a strike to say whether they , as men , were to be oppressed and burdened ; it was a strike to say whether they , asBritona , were to be reduced to the condition of the veriest slave— ( cheers );—it was a efcrike to say whether their dignity , and their rationality and intelligence was to be trampled upon and abused ; Knd it was for them to say whether the statement that Mr . Williams had laid before the meeting was sufficient to warrant any number of men to resist such cruel , Such inhuman , and such unnatural treatment ( Hear , hear . ) What man of feeling was there who could see a fellow-being deprived of paying the last tribute of respect to an affectionate
parent or wifa unmoved ? Hovr cruel to be told that unless a man went the distance of 300 . miles in three days to bury his mother , he should be flung out of employment , and on returning , to be told to go back agaii and be buried with his mother arid be danined , Such had been the conduct of Mr . Allen , their foreman . The speaker eloquently and very gravely commented ou the account which bad been given by Mr . Willams , which deoply impressed and affected all present He went on to say that the great cause of their striking was the extra demand for an extra quantity of labour . This was the great cause of the strike and the all-pervading cause of the present struggle . They conceived they did a sufficiency of Work . In . fact , their employers had said , that they were perfectly satisfied
with their work . ( Hear ) But , after all , they had been threatened by Mr . A . ( the foreman ) , that if they did not work harder and do more , he would discharge two or three of them at a time , and to irritate the feelings of the men would serve them in the most insultingjuanner . What was more insulting to a masons ' feelings than to have his job taken out of bis hands and sent to another part of the building while another finished the job . There was a demand for an extra quantity of men for the work ; for they Were not going to iDJure themselves by the exertiett of their physical powers and to satisfy and enrich Messrs . Grissell andPeto , and to satisfy their relentless tyrant of the industrious classes . ( Cheers . ) Bat another cause of their strike was the domineering and unfeeling manner
in which he ( Mr . Allen ) continually assailed their ears . They were never looked upon by him like men outbt to be . And if a man made the least trifling mistake , on account of the badness Of the stone , and on account of its badness , if it was not finished perfectly and complete , like the stones ia Solomon's temple , he was told , with a volley of oaths , to go about his business the next morning . And he ( the speaker ) rejoiced to see men were so moral , so intellectually awakened , that they were determined they would not be spoken to in such a manner , but would be addressed as men ought to be , and they claim the common rights of men . ( Hear . ) They had a ' . meeting on the subject , and the subject was fully discussed , Und 220 men , who worked at the new Houses « f
Parliament , agreed to . strike . . They said that the conduct of that individual ( Mr . A . ) was such that any man who valued hia freedom ought to strike ; and , therefore , they should cease from their employment , and they had done so now for fourteen weeks , ' and were determined to go forward . ( Hear , hear . ) As soon as they struck , the hue and cry was raised in London against them , and the press also , which has always identified itself on the side of wealth , corruption , and aristocracy and against proceedings of their conduct . Bui ¦ with all its tremendous lies it bus not been able < to shake their confidence or retard their object ( Cheers . ) The men who have been since employ ed have been : told by their new employers that only sixteen men bad caused the strike and not t&e majority ; it was only a few Chartists
who had been the means of it . . ( Hear , hear . ) They ( the employers ) sent Captain Rous , M . P . for Westminster , amongst them ; became and . told them he was perfectly uninterested , and had no sinister motive in view . They gave the Captain due credit for all ; He said further it would not do for working men to fall upon their own resources , but he was not aware they had the pockets of the public at their command , and was thus promised aid to fight manfully their battle . The Captain saw it was of ho use to remonstrate with { hem , anil therefore left . They next sent a Mr . Jackson , who tried all his stratagems to persuade them to go back to work , but ; he found that he had not only sixteen or seventeen / to contend with , there were 200 or 300 who said they would not go back till the monster
wasTemoved . ( Cheers . ) Last of all they sont a Doctor . ( A laugh . ) They told him if he had brought a box of Morison ' s pills , and gave them a good dose ; it would be equally as effectual as to persuade them to go back . ( Hear , hear . ) It was true th « : doctor / camer and brought bis plaister , but the masons' wound was too large , and on stretching the plaister he broke it in two , &d < l retired . They had now'struck , fifteen weeks ; and tfiey were determined to .- ' ' stand as vigorously as ever . Their employers had said it waa only a local stride , and they would 80011 come back , but their sof . iety took it up heartily , and placed ns on their f »" inds ; nil the trades in London were visited , and they recommended them to send delegates to their meeting in Drury-lane , About 200 or 300 assembled , and the delegates said it was their own strike , not only the masons , but of every man in England , and therefore they took up the subject actively and honourably ; they felt their cause , and their motives were such as
they ought to be , and therefore became united to struggle on in . the warfare ^ W hat have the public done ? What have the trades dene ? They have taken us off our own resources ! ( Hear , hear . ) They have enabled them to commence the struggle , to contend -with their foe , and are determined to help them to repel the monstrons tyrant from the field ; and they were perfectly satisfied a cause so noble dnd . honourable would ensure them the victory . ( Cheers . ) He ( th « speaker ) would say , this was a glorious strike , not to resist a reduction in wages , bnfc they ; were purely arrayed agaVnbt tyranny . This Was a strike for freedom and right —to crush oppression and tyranny . Some have thought because they were working men , they ought to be treated as soldiers ; their late employers : bad had the audacity to tell them , that unless they / were brought under such a mode of regulation as soldieta "were , it was of no use to do anything with them , and they were determined to free themselves from such tyran-
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nical me » . He ( the speaker ) hoped , and was determined to persevere in preventing the tyranny , bondage , and < jruelty that had continued to tbe ye » r 1841 , should not ; proe $ « l daring tbe yeai ; 1848 . ^ Bpeaker proceeded to make a yery long and eloquent speech , appealing to the hearts and feelings of the . assembly to judge of the ; jnatneja ot their clalnia , and we regret that previous engagements would not allow , us . to report the whole of it . Soine observations ^ haying been made by tbe * chairman , the xaeeting separated , we believe ^ perfectly satisfied with its proceedings .. .
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NOMINATIONS TO THE GENERAL ' ;; . ;; : / ' . /^ ' , ; : > . x council . ^¦ V - r ^ -A- ¦ ¦ ' < '¦ . -: ¦ " ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ '¦• -: ' " > WpLVjERBL 4 > II'ION . i ' ; ' - ^ ' / ¦" . ' . 7 > / / .:: Mr . Joseph Stewart , . ' spectacle maker , Brick-kiln Street ; . V- " ' : ' ; ' " ¦¦ : - ' ~ : ' .. ; ' ¦ ¦ ' : .-.-. ' - : ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ - :, ' ' - ' Mr . John Stewart , do . do ., Graisley ( Street . '¦ . ¦ ' . ¦ ; ¦' " . ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ¦" . .- "¦ . ¦ .. ' '¦'¦ ¦"¦¦ V . ¦ "'¦¦ ' ¦¦ . ' .- m-V '/ :- ' Mr . Joseph Cheshire , cabinet locksmith , Stafford street .- ¦ -. ' - ¦•• . ' . ' : ¦ ¦ ¦]¦' - ¦ -. V- - " - . . , : ' : ¦ " ::. ' -. ¦; : ] '¦ ¦ ' ' . r' ¦ .: -: ¦ '
Mr . William Simms , key maker , Graisley street . Mr . J . S . Farmer , accountant , Petit-street . Mr . John Dunn , binge maker , Falkland-street . Mr . M . WhUtingham , locksmith , Bradmore . Mr . William Mace , binge maker , Mill-street . Mr . William Freeman , forgeman , Portland-place Mr . Joseph Green , toyamith , Meridale-street . Mr . James Holland , chemist , North-street . Mr . Job Hammond , sadlers' ironmonger , Hal lett ' aRow . -: - : ;¦• • : . ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ .. .- ¦¦' . ¦ "VlV :-.. : "• — ' : ¦ ¦ - - ¦¦¦¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . James M'Keaig , bookseller , Melbourneplace . : . '¦ ¦ ¦;" .. - . - ; . : ¦ ¦ : V ' -: ^ - t-. ¦ - : ,: ' -- - ' . ' . > Mr . William Moggj coffee-house , - . . ' : Snow Hill , sub-Treasurer . ¦ ¦ '¦¦ . ;¦ '¦ ;' , ; : ¦¦ ' ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ . . ¦ :. ¦ -: X- ' : ¦ . "'¦'" -. '¦ ¦' - Mr . John Wilcox , news agent , Worcester-street , sub-Seoretaryi ;
¦; ::::.. y ; . y uppeeWABLEY . . . . '¦/ Mr . James Brear , stonemason , Little Moors . Mr . Joseph Lilly , woolconaber , Shepherd House . ¦ . ¦¦ . Miri GeorgfftJttley ,: V- ' - ' : d ®« ' - do , . Mr . Joseph Green wood , weaver , Westfield . Mr . Joseph Fletcher , woolcomber , South Clough Head . ; , ' y '¦ ¦¦¦/¦ ¦' .: ¦ : - ¦ ; '¦¦ : ' . : ' , ; - . ' ¦ : ¦ w--:. ¦ '¦ ::-. .. Mr . William Mitchell , weaver . New Laith , sub-Treasurer , ¦ .-: /¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - / :- ¦ •• . '¦ . ¦ .-. ¦ ' . . Mr . William Sutcliffe , shoe-maker ^ Haigh House , suVSecretary .
MACCLESFIELD . Mr . Joseph Hibbert , joiner and carpenter , Sto tham-atreet . ' ¦; ' , - ' ::-. ¦ ¦¦ . ' ¦ , ¦ ' - ;¦ •¦ ¦ ¦ : [ - ¦ . : : '¦ . ' ' - Mr . James Boulton , grocer . Great King-street . Mr . Samuel Bancroft , silk-throwster , Water street . - . ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦• .. ¦ ¦• - / : ¦ :- '¦ '' ¦ ¦ : ¦;• . '¦ ¦ ¦ : ' ¦ ¦¦¦ ¦ - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ :: ' -:-: ¦ ¦ / :: ' " •"¦" Mr . George Johnson , weaver , Chestergate . Mr , John Walker , weaver Dairy-bank . Mr . Emanuel Robinson , weaver , Common . Mr . John WestVweaver , Union-street . Mr ; Benjamin Chandley , weaver , Waters . Mr . Luke Ryley , weaver , Nixon ' s-yard . Mr . William Frost , weaver , Newgate , sub-Trea surer . : : ; - . ¦'¦' : ¦¦ ' . - . - ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦' ¦¦ " ' : ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦'' . " ' ; - ' :- : " Mr . Henry Swindells , labourer , sub-Secretary .
- .- ¦ . / -- ' . . ; - - ¦• ¦ . -:. ¦ : .. : . - ¦ Leicester . ¦ ;¦ ¦ / Mr . J . R ; H . Bairstow , Chartist lecturer , ( Mr , Cooper ' s , ) 11 ; Church Gate , Mr . T . R . Smart , carpenter , 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . J . H . Bramwich , framework-knitter , Pinglestreet . ' ¦"¦ ¦ ' :- ' : . / : '''¦ ¦ , ¦ ¦ : ¦ ¦'¦•¦ - . ' . ' . ' '¦'¦ : . / . ... ¦ " ' ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ : ¦ . - .. Mr . John Markham , shoemaker , Belgrave Gate . Mr . Thos . Winters , framework-knitter , 15 , Eatonstreet . ' .. :. ¦ . ¦ ¦¦ •¦ : - ; ' - ' : ' - - .. ' / ' ¦ ' •¦ . ¦ ' ¦ '¦' ' . ¦ . ¦' ¦ Mr . William Smith , hatter , ' Silver-street . Mr . Joseph Cullev , tailor , 47 , Red Cross-street . Mr . John Bowman , woolcomber , Pasture Lane . Mr , William Barsby , shoemaker , Junior-street . Mr . John Oldershaw , framework-knitter , 20 , South Church Gate . ^ Mr . Daniel Toon , framework-knitter , 21 , Brookstreet . "¦' ' ¦ - : : ' /¦ ¦'¦ - . • ¦ . "¦ . . .. . ' . ' ¦
Mr . Thomas Beedham , carpenter , 67 , Barkby Lane , sub-Treasufer . Mr . Thomas Cooper , Editor of t \ ie Commonwealths ' man . 11 , Church Gate , sub-Secretary .
MILNBOW . Mr . Charles Milnes , weaver . Back Lane . Mr , Robert Clegg , ditto , Milrirpw . Mr , James Milnes , ditto , Milnrow . Mr . Henry Clough , ditto , Meaclowhead . Mr . James Belfield , ditto , Laneside . Mr . Thomas Brierley , ditto , Lanehead , President . Mr . William Shore , ditto , Stone-pit Field , / sub-Treasurer . : ' : ' ' ¦' ¦ ' ' . ' ' ¦' " ¦ ¦ .-. ' ¦ . Mr . John Butterwofth , ditto , No , 8 , Lanesidej Bub-Secretary .
-- OLDHASI . . Mr . Isaac Nicholla . warehousman , Vineyard . Mr . Henry H . Whitehead , stripper , Glodwicklane . . " . ' . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦" . ¦¦ ... ' . ' . - ¦ . ' . ' - . ' . ' . . .. •"¦ '¦ ¦ - . ¦ Mr . Edward Fitton , spinner , King-street . Mr . Thomas Smith , tailor , Fold . Mr . Robert Ayerton , warehouseman , Georgestreet .. . . ¦ ' ¦" .. ; ' ' "¦ ' . ) . '"¦ ¦¦ ¦ . '¦ ¦'" Mr . Joshua Kershaw , spinner , Union-street . Mr . Thomas Lesslie , tailor , Lord-street . Mr . Thomas Lawless , basket maker . Vineyard . Mr . Elkanah Scholefield , spinner , Rhodesfield . Mr . Leonard Haslop , hatter , Manchester-street , sub-Treasurer . . Mr . William Hamer , schoolmaster , Lower Moor , Bub-Secretary .
STOKE-UrON-XBKNT . Mr . S . Robinson , ohina-painter . Oak-hill . Mr . J . Morley , china-presser . Elder-street . Mr . W . Garrett , bricklayer , Berry-street . Mr . J . Moss , common war . e-pfesser , Oak-hill . Mr . T . Morley , china-painter , Hill-street . Mr . T . Starkey , coal-dealer , Vale-street , sub Treasurer . Mr . G . B . Mart , china-painter , Boothen-ville , sub Secretary .
tOWER MOOK , NEAR OLDHAM . —TEETOTAL . Mr . Henry Rushton , warper , Lower-moor . Mr . James Maraland , spinner , Church-field . Mr . John Marsland , ditto . Lower-moor . Mr . John Unsworth , twiner . Primrose-bank , sub Treasurer . Mr . Isaac Marsland , spinner , Lower-moor , sub Secretary . CHELMSFOHP . Mr . Thomas Gilbert , cabinetmaker , Conduit street . Mr . Robert George Gammage , coachtrimmer , Con duit-street . Mr . James Lawe , tailor , Springfield . Mr ; George Brook 3 , ohairmaker , Springfield , Bub Treasurer . Mr . Daniel Ludbrook , watchmaker , Waterloo lane , sub-Secretary .
READING , BERKSHIRE . Mr . George William Wheeler , Coley-street . Mr . Alfred Preston , shoemaker , 2 , Fiach-cour . t . Mr . James Gibson , stonemason , Friar- ^ treefc , sub Treasurer . Mr . Thomas Major , 4 , Whitley-street , sub Secretary .
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OLDHAIW . —On Sunday evening the Chartist rdom . Oldham , was densely filled to hear Mr . Griffin , of Manchester , lecture . His subject was to prove that it was the duty of every Teetotaller to become a , Chartist , arid every Chartist a Teetotaller ; a -working'man was called to the chair . The lecturer went through his subject in an able , convincing , and argumentative manner , the audience paying strict attention ; and when he concluded there was a pause for a few moments , to see if there was ^ any question to be asked , or any opposition to the position taken and supported by the lecturer , and no one coming forward the meeting dispersed highly gratified , many declaring that from that time they would abstain from all intoxicating drinks .
SHAW . — -On Sunday evening , Mr . -- . Linney , - -of Manchester , attended here and gave an excellent lecture . On Monday , a splendid tea iparty was held by the Teetotallers . Chartism and sobriety are going hand in band ; nineteen signed the pledge . TAVisTOCK . — On Tuesday , the 28 tb nit , a democratic tea-party was held at the Market Chamber , Tavistock , when tho room was tastefully decorated with evergreens , portraits , and banners of liberty , &c . At five o'clock , about two hundred sat down . At Beven o ' clock , a pubHo meeti'Dg "was held in the same room , when Mr . Wonnacott , builder ! && , took the chair , at which the' National Petition was adopted , and a memorial in favour of Frost , Williams , and Jones . : ;
GREAT HAB . W 0 OD . —A public meeting waB held here , on Monday night , Mr . Thos . Dean in the chair . Mr . Wm , Beealey , of Accringten , Member of the Conyentibn for North Lancashire , addressed tke meeting upwards of an hour and a half ,: exposing the fallacious ' . arguments brought forward by the Corn Law Repealers , and proved to the satisfaction of all present , that a repeal of the Corn Laws alone , without other measures of reform , would not benefit , the working classes ; at the conclusion several new members joined the association ; we now number upwards of seventy members , and have only been formed ; a few weeks , having had only about five lectures in the place . . ¦ . -: •¦ . - " .. ¦'¦¦ '' ¦¦¦ ¦ " ¦ - ¦ ¦ . ¦¦ ¦ ¦ " - - . ¦ - '¦ - ¦ - ' . -
WOIiVERHAMPTON ;— -A Chartist ball took place here on Tuesday : evening , Dec . 28 th , for the purpose of raising funds for the support of the Petition Convention . It was numerously attended , and lectures , dancing , and singing were kept ; up till a late hour , when the company separated much delighted with the evenings amusements . —On the following Wednesday evening , a number of persons attended at Mr . ATogg ' s Coffee Housei Snow-hill , to hear a lecture from Mr , Mason , the lecturer for the district , who , from some unforeseen circumstance ; was prevented froni attending . The .. Chairman ; af terapologising for his absence , called on Mr . Mogg , who delivered a most excellent address . At the conclusion fourteen members enrolled their names , eleven of whom paid 5 their contributions .
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STATE 6 ? THE HOSIERY AND , LACE TRADES , The demand for plain bobbin *** by no means-keeps pacewlth the auppfr , which ia ^ increasing , it , i » » 0 d by perapna who have the . .. Iwrt means ; -.-pf knowing , \ fy ? a extent wbfen & pregnant with rainous oowequenceB . The number of . machines wprked by po , wer ;* re about equal In , the ^ yefltem and Midland / counUeai andwe beMeve" iiulh are ^ su ^ riijg front ; the want Ofc demand . Iu this state of aSairs common prudence saya , that to avoid an tactensive stoppmge , it would be wise , for the factory owners to work only half hours ... A total
stoppage would be fatal indeed to ; the workmea , ^ apeciaujr in the Midland counties , who have in general no other employmentto * tesort to . We have heard-as yet ; bufc of four power factbrles ^ on the' Continent , T ' a .. ; one at St . Quentin , consisting of sbtty-seven machines , one at i > ouay , empioybig twenty-three machines , one at Hartha ^ in Saxony , employing eleven machines , and one at LHterwitz , in Moravia , containing ' about . 145 machines . These factories do ; not require Englinh nands , only as setter » -up ,, or overlookers , women being employed In many of them . / i . % Z 0 ., y ; . ,
A consiaemble / hosleiry firm jn ttia town , have given notice to their workmeia that they intend to reduce the prices for making full-wrought cotton , hose from sixpence to two shillings per dozen , according to quality . This has caused a considerable sensation in the villages north of Nottingham / A meeting was held at Arnold oa Monday , which appointed . a deputation to wait upon the house in question , as many of tbe bands , contrary to expectation , seemed determined to strike , and , according to the usual custom in that branch , bring in their frames to the warehouse . Upon hearing this , the hosier retrograded from his original purpose , and proposed to only abate one description of hose 3 d . per
dozen , but the wary tnanufcictureir artfully proposed that the workmen ehould increase their hose in width half a »? Z 9 , "which is neatly equal to a shilling per dozen in fine stockings . Such is the state of excitement that a meeting of delegates from the numerous villages in which this manufacture is carried on , is called to meet next Monday at noon , at the Cross Keys , ta Byard-tane . Another meeting , we understand , ia called at the Nag ' s Head , Mangfield-road , at the same time , of the bands who work for the house proposing the reduction . So great ha « been the gradual encroaching peculationa of the . hoaiers in respect of the size and width , that thtee-wboVe sizes have been imposed on the workmen since 1821 .
A report has reached us , of the / intention of establishing a power lace manufactory in the United States , and we have beard that some parties have an intention of forming a joint stock lace manufactory * t Patterson , where tberd are already some considerable cotton factories , the capital to consist of 600 , « 00 dollars , to be subscribed in shares . The project ib to build 200 power bobbin-net machines , a factory to contain them , and a spinning and doubung establishment , to supply , the machines with thread ; the whole is to be propelled by water , Patterson being admirably situated , having » constant supply and fall of water for any purpose . The report , it is said * ^ rose from the New York projectors applying to the manufacturers of Calais , to ascertain if they could supply them with machinery and hands to
establish the American factory , but this being found abortive , we ate informed , they have applied to Nottingham . It is ceitiin , that a master smith in this town has stated , that he has been offered £ 400 per annum to superintend the erection of the lace machinery . We think if this Yankee agent will inquire what are tbe wages given , in power factories in England , the cost of the material and other more unavoidable expenses , and the sale price of nets , it will put a complete damper on the speculation , unless they can persuade Congress to folio w the example of France and Austria , and substitutean ^ absolute prohibition of lace forthe present duty of 12 1 per cant , which certainly is intended if the project is ultimately proceeded with , as the manufacture of power-neta is now a losing concern in England , with all our advantages . -.. ¦ ¦ ' ;
It ia grievous to state , that there is no visible improve ment in the drawer , glove , plain silk hose , or knotted branches . It is asmysterious to know what has become of one part of the workmen , aa to conjecture how the others manage to subsist . —Nottingham Review .
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From the London Gazette of Friday , Dec . 31 . : ¦/ -. ¦' . ' . ' ¦ ¦ ¦' .:.. ¦ Srt , NK& 0 PTS . . - ¦' . " '¦ - ;¦ ¦ - , '• • •' .. - . - ¦ . - William Biddle , Holbprn-hill . fishmonger , to gurrender Jan 7 , ' F-eWll ^' ai one , at the Court of Bankrnptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Hillier , LewiB , and Hillier , Kaymond Builinga , Gray ' s Inn ; official assignee , Mr .. Belcher . : : John Newstead-and ' Joseph Hextall , Regentstioet , laceraen , Jan . 7 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Reed and Shaw , Friday-streetj Cheapsida ;/ ofiicial assignee , Mr . Pennell . ¦ Thorats Humfrey , jun ., Great Sfcanmbre , bricklayer , Jan . It , at two , Feb . 11 . at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . , . Solicitor , Mr . Williams , Alfred-place , Bedford-square ; official assignee , Mr ; Green . ' ¦ - . " . - - ' ' . ¦¦ ' ' / . . ¦ . ¦ : . ¦ - ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ' ¦'
John Stevens and Robert Horatio William Drumrhond , Rbo ^ es--we ] l-wharf , Miie-end , road-contractors , Jan . 14 , at two , ' . Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy > Basinghail-street . Solicitors , Messrs . M'Leod and Stenning , Biliiter-street , Fenchurch-streett official assignee . Sir . Groom . . - . ; \ George Garpenter , Cheimsford , chymist , Jan . 10 , at one , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Solicitors , Messrs . Pain and Hatherley , Great Marlbbrough-street ; official assigneei Mr . Graham , Baslughall-street ; :: : William Elton Pbnten , Ludgate-hill , chymist , Jan . 13 , at half-past eleven , Feb . 11 , at one , at the Court of Bankruptcy , Baairighall-street . Solicitor , Mr . Parsons , Temple-chanibers , Fleet-street ; official assignee , Mr . Edwards , Frederick ' s-place . Old Jewry .
John Thompson , Blackburn , Lancashire , power loom clothmauufacturer , Jan . 26 , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Town Hall , Preston . Solicitors , Mr . Fiddy , Temple ; and Mr . EHingthorpe , Blackburn . .. : ¦¦' Charles Hilton , Manchester , cotton manufacturer , Jan . 18 , Feb . 11 , at two ; at the Commissioners' Rooms , Manchester . SolicitoiSi Messrs . Abbott and Arney , Charlotte street , Bedford-square ; and Messrs . Bennett , Manchester . ¦ ' ''" ¦ ¦ "¦ . ; ''' . ¦'¦ . ; ' ¦¦ : '¦ . . ¦ . - . - ' . ¦ ' ... . ¦ - ¦¦ : ¦ :. ; ¦ - William Goodwin , Dronfleld , Derbyshire , maltster , Jan , 17 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Town Hall , Sheffield . Solicitors , Messrs . Bicknell , Roberts , Finch , and Neate , Lincoln's Inn-fields ; and Mr . Drabble , Chesterfield . \ , \ ' / , J / : William Swift , and Robert Crampton , Manchester , drapers , Jan . ] 9 , Feb . 11 , at eleven , at the Coruniissieriers' . Rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Messrs . Willis , Bower , and Willis , Tokenhouse-yard ; and Messrs . Barrett , Ridgway * and Ford , Manchester .
Samuel Shingler anil Sylvanus Thomas James , Liverpool ; linen-drapers , Jan . 14 , Feb ; 11 , at one , at the Clarendon Roonis ; Liverpool , Spacitor , Mr . Booker , Liverpool ; and Messrs . Holme , Loftus , and Young , New Inn . . '¦ ' - -. ' - . ' ; ' ¦ " ¦ . .. . - . . - " . ¦ . •¦ ¦ ¦ ; . John Fisher and Elizabeth Fisher , Meghtill , Lancashire , wine-merchants , Jan . 11 , Feb . 11 , at twelve , at the Clarenden-rooms , Liverpool . Soliciters , Mr . Carter , Liverpool ; ¦ and Messrs . Sharpe , Field , and Jackson , Beflford-row , . / . . ; JameH Lock / Northampton , taa-dealer , Jan . 8 , at ten , Feb . 11 , at one , at the Peacock Inn , Nottingham . So * licitor , Mr . Cattlin , Ely-place , Holborn .
PARXNE ^ SHIPS DISSOLVED ^ J . Liversedge , T . JLiversedge , and J . Liversedge , Heckmoridwike , YorkBhire , hatters . M . Steintlnl , ; C . Worms , 4 dd H . Schlesingeri Bradford , Yorkshire , merchants ; as far as regards H . rScleshinger . T . Holmes and T . Atkinson , Nortbowr 4 m > Yorkshire , Bilk-spinners ; A . Kay and . T . Kitts , BoHon-Ie-Moors , cottbn-spinhers . J . Jones and H . Rowlands , Liverpool , joiners . M . Cornthvraite and J . Alston , Lancaster , saddlers . J . Booker and A . Seignette , Liverpool , merchants . V- Potter , A . Potter , and J . Potter , Manchester , general commission merchants ; as far as regards J . Potter . ? ' ' ¦ ¦ -. ' ¦ ¦ ¦¦ - ¦• . ¦ ' ' - . ' : ; :- : ¦¦ '¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦' . ' ¦ ¦¦ ¦ '
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From the Gazette of Tuesday , Jan . 4 . BAJTKROPXS . Robert Collinson arid William Brown , upholsterers , Oxford-street , Marylebone ; , to surrender , Jan . 11 , at one , andOEtb . 15 , at eleven , at tne Court ot Bankruptcy . Whitmore ,- ' official , assignee , Basinghall-street ; solicitors , . -.- Allen , Gylby , and Allen , Cariisle-street , Soho-Bqparei , ^ , / - John Luscombe , maltster , Plymouth , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at twelve , at the Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitors , Bartrum aid Son , Bishopsgate-street-Within , London ; Were , Plymouth .. ¦ James Bisshopp , rnarket gardener , Westburton , Suasex , Jan . 17 j and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the Dolphin Hotel , Chichester . Solicitors , Blackburn-and Senior , New Inn , London ;; Ellis and Upton , Petwork , Snssex . / ' . '' ' •" : ' . . - ¦¦¦' . ' -:. - ' . ' ¦ ' ' ; : ;; .-. - - ' - ¦ - . . ¦"'
George Gilliard , tea dealer , Plymouth , Devonshire , Jan . 17 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at the . Royal Hotel , Plymouth . Solicitor , Patten , Hatton-gardej ^ , London . William ' -Williams-, corn dealer , Cowarne , Herefordshire , Jan . 13 , and Feb . 15 , at eleven , at tho Black Swan Inni Hereford . Solicitors , Clarke aud Stjsdcalf ^ Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London , Reece , Leadbury , Herefordshire . ; . ' : ' . •' . - . - " . . " . . "¦ ¦ '¦¦ ¦ ¦ " ¦¦ . " . " -- . / . ' ,-.-:. ¦; . - ; ' / . v-WUliam Gibb , cusrler , Alnwick , i ^ orthumberlandj Jan . 14 , and Feb . 15 , at one , at the Star Inn , Alriyrick .. '';¦ : ' Solicitors , Spbura arid Carr , Alnwick ; Dunn and Dobie , Raymond Buildings , Gray ' a Inn , London . '¦• .. ; " . . r-. ''; :- -, ' - - ' ' -,-: ' . ; - '"' -: . ' - ¦' ,.- ¦¦ : - .-William Swift / mercer , Manchester , Jam 1 J ) , and Feb . 15 , at teH , at the Commissionera ' -rooms , Manchester . Solicitors , Baxter , Lincoln ' s Inn-fields , London ; Sale and Worthingtbn , Manchester .
John Jacob Sehenck , " merchant , Addle-street , City , Jan . 18 , at one , and Feb . 15 , at eleven ^ at the Court of Bankruptcy . Gibson , official assignee , BasinghallstreetV solicitors j Austen and Hobson , Raymond-buildings , ^ - 'Gray ' s Inn .. '¦' . = . ' ¦ ¦ - '¦ ' ; - _ ¦ .- '¦¦ . .- ; -: " - . ; ' ¦ :- ' ¦¦ .., / ¦ - . ¦ - / : ¦ ¦ ¦/ Thomas Henry Ford , victualler , Rochefbrd , Essex , Jan . 12 ^ and Febv 15 , at / twelve , at thei Court ot Bankruptcy . Lackingtbn ; official askignee , Csleman-streetbuildings ; solicitors , " Wood and Wickbam , Qraca * church-street , for Wood , Rochford . / * George Delianaon Clark , bookseller , Strand , Jan . 12 j and Feb . 15 , nb one , ' at the Court of Bankruptcy , Basinghall-street . Johnson , Basingball-street , offlaSl assignee ; solicitor , Waugh , Great Jame 8 . stree ^ r » ed ford-row . " * ' "" . ¦ . ¦' . - . ¦'¦ : - .-. :. - ' ¦ •¦ ¦ - .- ¦ - . '" % ¦'
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D ; SLEGATE ilEETIXG FOR DURHAM A ^ D NORTHUMBERLAND . h ^ 3 ^^ 6 ^^^ S of the CouEties of Northumbera axd Bnrham , was held on the 1 st of January , in " — Urcucil Boom , Bridge-street , Bishop WearmoTith . "fi ^ tes representing the . following places were Lwf WCaEtlfi > Oll « D'im and Byker , Legg Hill , Cram-^» a , Poreman ' s-row , Sheriff Hills , Bedlington , th ^ Ti , ^ Smxh Shields , aad Snnderland , when « i-io ] loinng resolutions were passed : — " Ibat Mi . O'Brien be nominated to represent the ywmues of Noithumberland and Durham in the i ' eUuon Convention . "
t 2 ^? i * Ell 01 ll < lilr . O'Brien decline represeniinjf the « vT 65 tefore earned , that MesEra . Sinclair and Chap Cx- ^ Po ^ ered to call aDeleeste Mettirg to beheld ^ e ^ castle , to nominate some other person . " totv ^ L ^ Chappie be appointed General Treasurer w «* Petition Convention Delegate Fund . " ' That cotaderiEg the disorganised and present t ^ rT , r ££ 01 lrcis of ^ e Counties , it is the opinion of yirrf ^ * PreseEt , that the permanent engagement iectsrtrs is Impracticable , but recommend that those £ »« 3 -sr ^ o Lave lectcrers , do as frequently as possible e « aaige tkem . " >^ vote of ttaaks was given to the Chairman and ^ tuiiy , and ihs acting broke up .
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MEETING OF THE DEDEGATES FROM THE LONDON MASONS AT DEVONPORT . On Wednesday evening Iait , a meeting of the working classes took place at the Pnblic Rooms , to hear the circumstances respecting the London Masons' Strike , Jtc , Mr . Edwards in the chair . The Chaieman having made some prefatory observations respecting the object of the meeting , called on Mr . Williams , one of the delegates , to address the assembly .
Mr . Williams on rising said , it had been reported that he was a mason and had struck , which he assured them was tbe truth . It was not his intention to say much on the subject , as Mr . Wood was present , and he should not wish to curb him in his intention of making a long speech . There had been much said of those who went forth to war , taking the sword , and shield , and helmet , killing their Bcore 3 , but much more had since been said of men , who by their ty . ranny , had hurled them headlong into eternity . Heav jn had been robbed , and hell filled , from the latter circumstance . Monuments had been erected to perpetuate the fame of heroes , and much had been * . old of the triumphs of war , but he hoped the day v not distant when every spear should be turned intc
ploughshares .- But their battle was an intellectual and moral warfare ; - the masons had not strucf ^ against a reduction of wages , or for an advance of -wages , but against the tyranny of the foreman of th' . \ x v ? ork . A young man had asked of Sir . Allen , thf , foreman , for liberty to go to some distance to bury b * 3 mother . The speaker here feelingly and touchingly drew a picture of the ciose connection fFhich existed ' between a parent and 2 child , and concluded by -gi ' rfng the foreman ' s answer to tbe reqnest of a wet > . or fortnight for a young man to go and see his moth' _ interred . "What , " rays the foreman , '" why I will '^ , ot keep the , job op ^ n for any man , " but he should h * ^ ye ece day to go , and anoiher to bury her , and anc tfcet to come back . And "when he told Lis shop-mates cf \ h 6 conduct of the foreman towards him , they said to b ' " , m go . if you are discharged ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 8, 1842, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1143/page/7/
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