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ty IXIESDI 30 EXiGBiXT . —Really , it IB impotable for n » * ° know : * nd to attempt to advise under men . pieumstonces would be foil ; indeed . The best tiling bs an do is to go himself , look oat , examine veil , and mind vb&t sort of a bargain ht makes . At the gjjng time wb can say , that from all we hare heard , the Tessels dispatched by the firm of Harnden and Co . ol Xcn Yoik . aresafejecltoUw best regulations lor lbs protection and comfort of emigrants . This firm , ^ e aoderst&nd , act in conjunction trith the Benevojecl Societies of the United States , formed to protect Ibe poor ignor&nt and confiding emigrants from
U » jv » Bof tbeland-aaarla that strait their arrival The emigrant can learn in Liverpool , from the Company ' s agent , tLe total cost of reaching almost any portion of the States ; and can secure his passage to tfce destined spot , withont farther tronble , or ha-ring to come in contact -widths ABecen . Another great means of protection adopted by the Company Is to leave tbe passenger in possession of > ii » passage ticket , till he arrives at its destination ; so that should the Company / of I in performing Vheir contract the passenger has the means in his hands to compel them . We belieTi it is usual for most of the
"dispatchers * of emigrant ships to collect such tickets soon after sailing from port , leaving the emigrant totally at the mercy of those in charge of the ship . We remember that this -was an eiil particularly dwelt on by Mr . Pitkelhly , in his exposure of tie frauds practised on the emigrant ; and know that be deems the measure adopted by Harnden and Co . to be ene of great benefit . 3 . BoiTOMLrj . —The groundless assertion of the "Bononrable" member lor Halifax , Sir . Charles Wood , that the working classes were opposed te a Ten Hours' Bill has already been amply refuted by the unanimous declaration of the people of Halifax in pnbliemeeting assembled . We are glad however to { bear from our correspondent that in the populous township of Skelmanthorpe , he only met with " six " persons who refused to affix iheir names t » a Ten
Hours * petition ; of which number , four had previously pledged themselves never sgain to petition the House of Commons on any subject whatever . Casbikgtox . —We have no room for the report . Wool—Bepjeax op the Import Den . —We have rectived the following note froni Mr . Beckett , M . P . for Leeds , relative to this portion of the Chancellor ' s Bndgst : — Sib , —I shall be much obliged if yon will allow me to communicate to my friends at Leeds , through the medium of your newspaper , that in . addition to the gratifying announcement from her Majesty ' s Government ot the entire abolition of the Import Duties upon foreign wool , I have the anthority of my honourable friend , the Chancellor of the Exchequer , to say * bafc the duty wia cease as soon as ibs measure has obtained the sanction olthe Legislature . —I have the honour to be , Sir , your most obedient servant , Wai . Beckett .
Mb . Leach , o ? Htde—Mr . Leach writes us that a notice of a forthcoming delegate meeting , to be held at M&cclesfield , last Sunday , sent to this office last week , was not inserted , for which omission he has been severely censured . We beg to say that 2 dr . Leach is not to blame . We last week received a package from Mr . Leach , enclosing » letter from Ireland , which win be found in our third jage . At th « time of receiving the letter our columns were already so pre-cccupied as to render its insertion last week impossible ; we , therefore , at once put the letter by for our next number ; and it was only this week , when looking minutely through the contents of Mr . Leach ' s package , we found that in addition to the letter there was also tha aon-insertsd notice , the omission of which , it win be Been , was purely accidental , and for which ilr . Laach Is altogether hbunaless . GBACCHts . —We know that the document he speaks
of reached Manchester . A portion of it was read to the Conference ; and on its nature being thus ascertained , it was referred to the Committee on Organization . W . Osboxsx , BmsTOl—The " People ' s History of Ireland" is published by Strange , Paternoster Bow ; and may be had of any of the London publishers . Co-opxbaxite Sio-R-ps . —Our friends who may be engaged in these Societies will confer a favour upon certain of the London Chartist * by addressing a copy of their rules to ifr . Bryant , S 2 , Hastings-street , Burton Crescent , London . Tbobslet Meters . —The address from the Coxhoe Colliery renders the Thornley address unnecessary ; both commenting on the same subjects . Ctu-bt . ts Abbott , Lettcsham , —We have no room for the report . Eochdaxe Chartists . —We have not the letter they wIslLfor .
JLxl Cohjhtkjcaiioss for the Rochdale Charter Assocation must be addressed to Mr . James Sharp , Woodman Inn , High-street , Boehdale . Erfiscaipxioxs — Several lists and notices of monies received by different parties for M'Douall , Hicbards , fcc , are unavoidably postponed till next week
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Bibth n ? a Whseibahbow . —At about threequarters past ten o ' clock on Saturday morning , a woman named Thompson , residing in North-street , Bethnal-green , and who procures a scanty snbsietence by Tending hearthstone , was taken suddenly lit ffiilit passing through the East India-road , Poplar , pursuing her nsual avocation , and it soon appeared that she was in strong labour pains . A vast crowd soon collected round her , which attracted some eon-. Eiables to the spot , who -in the exigency of the case
had no other resonrse than to deposit her in her own wheelbarrow , where she was quickly delivered of a fine female child . Mr .-Ellison , surgeon , of Higb-Etreet , Poplar , was immediately summoned to the scene , and that gentleman directed her to be promptly removed to the workhouse , where she was conveyed in a cradlehy the police , vfithont appearing to sustain much inconvenience . The poor woman and her infant , notwithstanding the strange and unceremonious mode of the birth , axe both doing welL
Drszaxcrrrs Tibs . —At about half-past ten o ' clock , on . Friday night , the watchman at the Twerfon Cloth-factory , in going lis rounds , disroTered that tbe upper part of the extensire elothr factory of Charles Wilfrfna and Co ., at Twerton , near Bath , was on fire . The alarm was instantly green , and the engines from Bath having speedily arrived on the spot , every exertion was nsed to put a stop to the progress of the flames , which , by this time , had burst oni with fearful violence , bat without success , the centre factory "being burned entirely to the ground . These extensive factories consist of a centre building » nd two wings ; the one wing being connected with the central building by means of iron doors , each portion of the building being in
about from 150 to ^ 00 feet length , and containing Eix floors for the manufacture of West of England broad cloths , at which 1 . 500 i « rsons are employed . Tne fire originated in the mule-room , at the top of the building , in which there had not oeen any fire during fiie iast fortnight , and whieh had been looked over between seven and eight o ' clock the same evening , when everything was believed to be safe . By half-past eleven o ' clock , the fire had spread so rapidly that fears began to be entertained lor the whole building . The railway , which is close to the factory , was also covered with large flakes of £ re . At thi 3 period portions of the "roof , &ev fell In , and a large mass of stone fell npon and bnrst one of ths two large gas-meters nsed for lighting the factory . Fortunately , however , immediately on the discovery" of the ire , the wise precaution had been taken of letting all the g&s which they contain
escape . Crash now succeeded crash in quick succesaoD , the fire spreading on every side with immense rapidity , there being large quantities of oil and other combustible materials in the building . The scene was awfully grand . The whole of the centre of tbe factory was now enveloped in one sheet of flsiae , and the only hope of saving the wing which was attached to it arose from there being a strong party wall and from the iron doors , which were now completely red hot , being kept carefully shut . At one o ' clock , when the mail train passed , the wind blowing the Sreacros 3 the line , the guard describes the train to haTe passed tbrongh a complete shower of fire . From half-past one the fire began sensibly to decline , and the other parts of the building were fortunately preserved . Of course , as yet no accurate estimate of the damage sustained , can be given , but it will probably amount to £ 10 , 000 .
Attempt to Mtjbdeb . —Lewes , April 30 . —Considerable anxiety was excited here on Sunday afternoon by a number of rumours to the effect tbat the Earl of Chiehester had been . Ehot at in Stanmer-park , between this town and Brighton ; but a short time snfficed to discover the real nature of the facts from which the rumours had originated , which "was an attack npon Carter , one of his Lordship's parkkeepers . It appears that on Saturday night last Carter , who lives at Falmer , retired to bed about half-past nine o ' clock , but his wife , having some ¦ work to Inhh , sat up till nearly twelve , when she
also went to bed . The moment after Ehe had pnt out tie light there was the report of a gtm , and a Emnltaneons fmash of the window . She and her husband , greatly alarmed , did not Bleep during tbe night , and , on the arrival of daylight , they observed a round hole through one of the panes of glass ; the bed-post bore thB mark of having been violently strnek by some small lonnd Eubstance , and scattered about the floor were the fragments of a boy ' s marble . A man named Beard has been apprehended on suspicion of being the party who fired throngh Carter's window .
The xate Abdtjctiok Case . —At Clerkenwell on Tcssday , "W . B . Newham was brought up on . remand , charged with the abduction of Frances Louisa Worthanj , the daughter of a -widow lately -residing in Gerald-street , Cobnxg T © ad , Islington . Mr , Sonthee * as fur the prosecution , and Mr . Humphries for the defence ' . The court was still more crowded than on * oy forever occasion- Every part of itwas thronged h inconvenience . Tira first witness examined on this occasion was" Mr . Hammond , a solicitor , leading in FarniTal ' s Inn , out his evidence ** 3 not impoi 1 *« nt' Miss Worthanr was also re-** nained at so me length , but nothing of material Bterest was elicited- Ths prisoner was - * gain branded foi further otMoiw of ft . twhnisal BAtare .,
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Fatal Accident . —Ob Monday morning last , an ingnest was held » t tbe John O'Gannt Inn , Eothwell Haigh , near Leeds , before C . Jewison , Esq ., on the body of John Rycroft , of Stanley * near Wakefield , who was accidentally killed on Saturday night , by being ran over on the turnpike road , near die John O'Gaunt . The deceased was about thirty years of age , and was farming bailiff to — Maude , Esq ., of Stanley ; he had been to Leeds , and was riding home in the cart with Abraham Bowartb , and in getting oat while the cart was going , he fell , and the wheel of the cart , which was laden with potatoes , went over the whole of Ms left side , and he died instantly . Verdict— " Accidental death . " Axabmikg Fibs . —On Tuesday night a fire broke oat in the upper part of the premises occupied by Mrs . Lewis , coffee-honse-keeper , situate 1 , New Wharf , Whitefriars ; but it was extinguished after the furniture in tbe apartment was destroyed and the building much damaged .
DREADyCL MPHBEB ON BATTBfiSEA BaiCftS . —A murder of the most diabolical character , committed ? oder circumstances of peculiar aggravation , took place on Monday night , npon , or in the immediate vicinity of Battersea-bridge . Mr . William Parkins , of Aibion-place , KingVroad , was the first to observe the murdered woman when attempting to make her way acroEs the bridge from the Middlesex side to her own-residence , in Bridge-road , Battersea . This gentleman had parted with some friends on the Surrey side of the bridge , and having paid the toll to the collector , proceeded along the footpath on the left- hand side . He had scarcely advanced twenty yards , before his attention was attracted to a female running hastily across the bridge on the opposite
side . When within a few paces she crossed over the roadway , and caught hold of Mr . Parkins , at the same time , exclaiming— Pray assist me . to the toll-house , somebody has cat me ! " The suddenness and peculiarity of her manner , coupled with , at that time , an entire absence of all appearance of external injury , while it attracted the particular attention of Mr . Parkins , did not induce that gentleman to believe deceased was seriously injured . He therefore eilmly required an explanation of her motive in wishing him to return with her , but the poor creature ,-who was no doubt at that time faint from the loss of blood , without adding another word , hurried off in the direction of the toll-house , on arriving opposite which Ehe called oat for assistance , and then
saak exhaused into the arms of Mrs . Hall , the toll keeper ' s wife , and another female , both of whom were within the gate-house , and had hastened out on hearing the screams for assistance . Mr . Parkins having also observed the moment after the woman left him that one of his hands which she had grasped was covered with blood , returned to the toll-house immediately and rendered all the assistancehe could . Mrs . Hall immediately recognised the unfortunate woman as a respectable widow , named Sarah Macfarlane , who had resided for many years in the Bridge-road , Battersea , latterly obtaining her living by washing and needlework . It should be here mentioned that during the last few months a Frenchmen , named Augustus Dalma , or Dalmes , formerly
resident at Battersea , but who for some time past had sot been seen in the vicinity , was generally believed to be keeping company with deceased ; and npon blood being observed streaming fr&m the npper part of the unfortunate woman's person , one of the females addressed the question to her as to who had dons it , when she ia stated to have uttered in a scarcely articulate Voice , words which left no doubt that tbe person alluded to was the perpetrator of the bloody deed . The wound from which the blood flowed was not visible at this time , the wretched woman being muffied up with a boa round her neck and a straw bonnet closely tied under her chin ; but upon Mr . Parkins removing the latter , a frightful gash was observed on the right side of the throat , nnder
the ear , from which the blood was still flowing copiously . She was immediately removed into the passage of the Swan poblio-house , which adjoins tbe toll-house , and medical assistance waa sent for ; but before Dr . Connor , who resides in Battersea-square , at a very short distance , could arrrive , Bhe had ceased to exist . On examining the body , he found a deep wound on the right side of the throat , a little below the ear , three-and-a-half inches in leDgth , and apparently inflicted by some sharp-pointed instrument , which separated all : the smaller arteries , partially dividing the internal jugular vein , the carotid artery , however , remaing uninjured . The wound was quite Eofflcient to render death inevitable ; and had it not been subsequently clearly shown
that the wretched woman had stayed the hemorrhage by pressing a pocket handkerchief tightly against her neck , it is stated to have been quite impossible that she could have crossed the bridge after receiving the wound . Dr . Connor is of opinion , that the assassin mast have been % little in the rear of his victim at the time he inflicted the wound , and that in doing so he must have passed his arm suddenly round her neck . He gives it as his decided opinion , that it is impossible she could have inflicted it herself . The first step , after the arrival of the police , was to trace the man Dalmas , who , frem the concurrent testimony of several persons , was known to have been in the company of the deceased during the evening . His residence was ascertained
from the son of the deceased to be No . 4 , Chapel Place ' , Montpelier Row , Brompton , and an officer was despatched thither without loss of time . On arriving there , it wa 3 discovered that Dalmas had lived there during the last eight months , under the assumed name of Chaplin . He left home early on Monday , and returned very late at night , after the family kad gone to bed . When the ofiicer reached the house , however , he had again left ; and , on searching his apartmente , a letter was found , in which he stated it to be his intention to commit suicide . The strong suspicion previously existing against him was thus reduced almost to a matter of certainty , and a description of his person was immediately forwarded to all the police stations ,
officers being despatched in every direction in order to discover bos retreat . Tbe deceased woman was a person of exemplary character , and very much respected by all who knew her . Her husband , who died some twelve years since , leaving her with one son , at that time a child , was a coal merchant in a small way ; and at his death the deceased was compelled to take in washing a 3 a means of obtaining a livelihood . In the adjoining bouse , the man Dalmas had resided for some years past , until the death of hi 3 wife in October last . He had formerly the managemeHt of Mr . Grove's chemical works at Batterseaj but on the property changing hands he left his situation , and shor Uy after announced his intention of commencing business on hi 3 own account . He
took premises , advertising for a clerk and traveller , and by specious representations contrived to obtain various sums of money from several individuals , with which he suddenly decamped . His family consisted of four daughters , who on the desertion of their father went to live with Mrs . Macfarlane , who interested herself for them in every possible way , and ultimately obtained situations for the whole of them . The youngest daughter had accompanied the nnfortnnate woman to the situation procured for her only on Monday night , and she is supposed to haTe been returning home when she was met by Dalmas . That some sort of affection subsisted between them there does not appear to be any manner of doubt , but it is generally believed
that Mrs . Macfarlane , knowing the bad character of Dalmas , wished to get rid of his attentions , and that » refusal to have him was his motive for committing the diabolical act . It haMng been ascertained the prisoner had visited Charlotte , who is the second eldest daughter , and is in the service of Mr . Patrick , 18 , Montpelier-square , Brompton , Inspectors Busain and Sheppard proceeded thither yesterday afternoon , and we understand that those officers gathered from her that Dalmas came to her at a qnarter-past tleven o ' clock , about three-quarters of an hour after the murder took place . He was so pale , and trembled so much that his daughter Charlotte , who received him on the door-step , became exceedingly alarmed , and entreated him to tell her what
waa the matter * what affected him so . Her laiher , is a lond and passionate tone , said , " I have poisoned Mrs . Macfarlane . " The daughter dropped on her knees , and said , "Tell me , O , tell me , what hafe you done ; you cannot have done that . " Ho replied , " No , I have not poisoned her ; but I have given her that that will do for her . " The daughter stated that she then caught hold of her father ' s hand ; it was cold , and had an open bladed knife in it , the cHt her . finger with it , and it bled severely . The murderer then took his daughter's fiDger with his left-hand , raised his right hand , in which the knife was , bnt giTing her finger a violent wrench , he dropped it , and darted lrom her like an arrow .
Since that time he has not been heard of . The murderer is said to have come from the south of France . He has been twenty years a resident in Battersea , and tas had tne management of several chemical factories . He is not only a clever opera - tire chemist , but an excellent linguist , being master of most of the dead and modern languages . Some time since he published a work on chemistry . A most melancholy occurrence has happened in con * nection with this dreadful affair . Caroline , the eldest daughter of the murderer , who is in service at No . 2 , Halken-place , Belgrave-square , on being incautiously acquainted with the dreadful occurrence , has become insane . Up to Wednesday evening the murderer had escaped detection .
. Melascholt Accideni . —On Friday afternoon , as oae of the labourers in the employment of Messrs . Thompson and Son , contractors at White Inch , was endeavouring to nnhoek two of the waggons—the ¦ first one having suddenly stopped , the second one came up with great violence , and jammed the poor fellow betwixt them , whereby he was instantly crushed to death . We understand that the unfortunate man ' s name wasKodger Bradly , and that lie has left a widow and two children to lament his loss . -Immediately on the accident occurring , all hands dropped work , And the majority of them showed their deep feeling for their umoriunaieneigh bour by accompanying bJs corpse home to Patrick . — Glasgow Post ,
Case of Lowiheb , —An order has been issued that George Lowther , who was convicted at the last York assizes of the murder of the Marquis of Normanby ' s gamekeeper , and sentenced to be executed , shall be . transported , for life .
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Dbeadfpl Mdbdss in Cornwall . —On Wednesday the 24 th , an inquest was held before Joseph Hamley , Esq ., coroner , and Mr . Gilbert Ham ] ey , deputy coroner , in the parish of Davidstow . onview of the body of Charlotte Djmond , aged nineteen years . It appeared from the evidence that deceased , accompanied by Matthew Weeks , left her mistreeo ' s ( Mrs . Peters ) house on the 14 th instant , about four o ' clock in the afternoon . Weeks returned to Mrs . Peters'house at nine o ' clock , and when questioned as to where Charlotte was , he said he did not know . He was repeatedly asked what had become of Charlotte , both by his mistress and some other persons ; but he said he knew nothing about her . On the Tuesday following , his mistress said , I ksist on your
telling me what has become of the girl . " He then said , "if I must tell you , Bhe went to Brown Willy to Cains Spear ' s house last Sanday , and was going to Blissland the following day , as Mr . Lonxon had got a easier place for her . ' / Suspecting that the girl was murdered , search was made for her on the Sunday but without success . That day Weeks absconded . On the following day several people went to search for the deceased , and , on going down a small bank , they discovered a woman ' s footmarks opposite those of a man's , but quite close , as if they had had a struggle . About half a gunshot from this bank they discovered the body of the poor £ irl lying on her back , with her throat cut . The wound was eight inches in length , and about two and a half inches in depth .
Mr . Good , the surgeon who made the post mortem examination , said it was impossible Bhe could have done it herself , as it was done with such force , that it had partially separated the hones of the neck . When she left home , she had on a bonnet and red shawl , but neither of them have as yet been found , nor have her shoes or pattens . The Jury , without a moment ' s hesitation , returned a verdict of ' Wilful murder" againBt Matthew Weeks , who was apprehended on Wednesday afternoon , on the Hoe at Plymouth , and immediately removed toCamelford . Robbery . —John White was charged at the above office with stealing a chest of tea , the property of Mr . Williams , of Beer-lane , Thames-street . The prisoner , who was stated to be an old offender , waa committed to Bridewell as a thief and a vagabond for three months .
Sudden Death . —On Monday evening last , an inquest was held at the Moulder ' s Arms Inn , Holbeck , before Henry Kelson Esq ., on the body of a man sixty-six years of age , named John Dougil , a flax dresser , residing in Water-lane , who was seized with apoplexy on Sunday afternoon whilst returning home , and died shortly afterwards . Verdict-Died by the visitation of God .
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Miss Fbances Weight . —A correspondent informs us that this distinguished advocate of universal liberty is at present in this country , a large fortune having been left her in Scotland . Our correspondent promises particulars of the career of this eloquent and highly-gifted lady , which , if they reach us , shall be laid before the public .
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KIRKDALE SESSIONS . —TRIAL OF THE ST . HELENS' MINERS .
Mosdat , April 29 . The trial of tbe colliers for being concerned in the r iot and assaults which took place at St . Helens on the 27 th of February last , came on this morning , at Kirkdale , before the Rev . Jonathan Brooks , the chairman , the Rev . Miles Formby , and Thos . Rawson , Esq . Peter Bourne , Esq . waa on the Bench when the Magistrates took their seats ; but he intimated that in consequence of his being interested in s colliery in the neighbourhood of St . Helens , he should not take any part in the hearing of the case . The trial did not commence until eleven o ' clock , in consequent of the non-arrival till that hour of three of the Learned Gentlemen engaged in the case . The
Jury consisted of persons from Warrington , Great Sankey , Borscongh , Fazakeriey , North Meols , aud Everton—all on the panel who were from the neighbourhood of St . Helens , or who were oonneoted with the coal trade , were , at the request of the counsel for tho defence , omitted by the clerk of the court , in calling over the panel . Mr . Hulton and Mr . James conduoted the prosecution ; Mr . Monk and Mr . Pollock , of Manchester , appeared for the defendants ; but in consequence of Mr . Monk having only just recovered from a severe attack of inflammation on the chest , the active part of the defence was conducted almost entirely by Mr . Pollock . At the outset , all the witnesses , both for the proseoution and defence , were ordered oat of court .
The names of the defendants were John Knowles , John Penketh , John M'Donoagb , Thomas Burrows . James Ley land , James Wilding , and William WynD . The indictment contained five counts , the first of which stated that the defendants , together with certain other persons unknown , were guilty of a riot and assaulting certain persons ; the second count charged them with an unlawful conspiracy to raise the wages of colliers , and , in pursuance thereof , with having assaulted various persons mentioned in that count ; the third count stated that the defendants were guilty of an assault on constables while in tne execution of their duty ; the fourth Blightly differed from the third , and tbe last charged them with a common assault on various persons therein mentioned . Mr . Hulton stated the case for the prosecution , and called a number of witnesses in support of the charge .
Mr . Pollock then addressed the jury for the defendants , in a speech which eccupied an hour and tweniy minutes in the delivery . As no witnesses wore called for tho defence , the Chairman summed up , and the jury , after a few minutes' consideration , returned a verdict of " guilty of a riot" against all the defendants . Mr . Monk then said—I suppose I may take it for granted that the verdict is entered . The Clerk of the Court replied " Yes , " and immediately afterwards added , " It is entered . It will be a verdict of guilty on the first count of the indictment . " Mr . Hulton , who had been absent for a f « w moments , expressed a wish that the Court would ask the jury whether they had found a verdict on any of the other counts in the indictment .
Mr . Monk strenuously opposed any attempt to alter the verdict . The Chairman thought it was unnecessary . Mr . Hultou said that the verdict waa not complete unless the jury found on every count of the indictment . Mr . Monk contended that , as the verdict had been entered , the jury was officially extinct . The Clerk observed that the verdict of guilty waa written as soon almost as it was spoken by the foreman , and before he added the words , " of a riot . " If , then , there was any verdict entered , it waa a general one . Mr . Monk taen pressed the court to Bay what the verdict was , whether a special or a general one . The Chairman . —The record of the verdict is a matter of practice , of which I am not ashamed to confess my ignorance . It lies with the clerk of the court .
Mr . Pollock—We are perfectly willing to leave it to the Court . There are two wayB in which it can be viewed : first , as a verdict of Guilty on the first count , with no finding on the other counts , and , secondly , as a general verdict on all the counts . The Clerk of the Court ( Mr . Gorst ) ultimately , with the approbation of the Bench , determined to take the verdict again ; and in order that there might then be no mistake , he read the fir 3 t count of the indictment , charging the defendants with creating a riot , and assaulting several persons who vrere named . He asked whether , on that count , they fonnd Knowles Guilty or Not Guilty , and so with two or three of the other defendants . The answer of the foreman was , in every case , Guilty , and at the third or foarth asking , he added , " We find them Guilty of the riot only . " Mr . Hulton—And not gailty on all the rest 1 Foreman—Yes .
Mr . Monk vehemently protested against this interference of Mr . Hulton , as unauthorised , and as conduct that would not be tolerated by a nisi prius judge . The cleik then went through tbe other countB , and on all of themthe jury returned averdict of not guilty . Mr . Monk , having been assured that the verdict was at length actually entered , moved the court in arrest of jadgment—first , on the ground that , notwithstanding all tbe p&inB that had been taken , there was an imperfect verdict after all . There was a verdict of riot on the first count , and of not guilty on all other counts , but that did not dispose of the whoie indictment . The first count contained * a charge of assault , as well as of r iot , and the verdict of the jury was , " guilty of a riot only , " leaving the chargt of assault untonched . HiB second ground was , that the verdict had been taken irregularly and improperly—that , the jury
having once delivered in - their veTdiot , and that verdict having been positively declared to have been entered by the clerk of the court , all that had been done since waa a nullity . His third point was grounded on the second count , which was not a charge of assault , but of a conspiracy to raise the rate of wages , and , as one overt act , alleged an assault . Now , he said that the court had no power ; to entertain such a charge—that a reoent statute had taken it from their jurisdiction , and prevented their giving a judgment . Having read the words of the ptatute , Mr . Monk proceeded to say , that no conspiracy could bo tried at quarter sessions , unlesB such as was to commit a crime whiohi if committed by one person , was tryable at sessions . Now , a combination to raise wages conld not be committed by one person . He then contended that the indictment was bad , because the count for conspiracy was sent before the grand jury . — Mr . Hulton argued against tke motion . Mr . Monk replied .
The Chairman—These are points on which it ia impossible for as to decide . How is it possible , leading these indictmente on the principles of com-
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monsense-by which ; X was going to say , it is impo ssible to read them—to nnderstaud them ? It is totally impossible ^ for us-I am speaking for my friends Mr . Fornnb y and Mr . Rawson without their pB hber # rH / ormyself « J cannot eay whether the form of the indictment is legal or not . It might appear to me , oi the fade of it , to be charging an offence which it does not inrealiky . It is quite out of our province ^ understand it , and in these cases we must reston theasswtanoe of the officers of the court . The legal construction of an indiotment does not come within the province or the power of the court ; or it may be within our province , but it is hot within our power . I should like to know what would be the result of the motion . Sappose judgment waa arrested ?
Mr , Monk-Why , then , no judgment could be ? J ve n ^^ ns » stop page or arrest of judgment . Mr . Monk prayed the court to respite judgment , and that the defendants might be allowed to « o at large on bail , until the case could be brought before the Court of Queen ' s Benoh . Mr . Hulton called on the court to pass sentence . The Courtat last agreed to respite judgment until the next quarter sessions , and ordered that the defendants , who had been taken into custody when the verdwt was first given , should find sureties foi appearance eaohofthem in £ 40 , and two sureties in £ 25 each .
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JUSTICE IS ALL WE ASK J u A FAIR DAT ' S WAGE FOR A FAIR DAY ' S WORK . " The Miners of Coulton and Nevill Hill Collieries , to the Inhabitants of Leeds . Kind Friends , —We , the Miners of the above oollienes , having been on strike for the last five weeks , and the object of the strike having been misrepresented by those who have an interest in deluding the public mind , we deem it neoossary to offer the following explanation of our case : — For two years past we have been working for Mr . Dawson , at a scale Of remuneration which has not left ub more than from nine to ten shillings' per week , for work , on an average , of eleven hours per day . Hitherto we have had to get three tons and
tbree quarters of coal fer three shillings : the advance we seek ia only one shilling fop the above quantity of work , which , if granted by our employer , would only make our wages about from twelve to thirteen shillings weekly . We ask the public is this demand unreasonable ! Is it any thing like " a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work" ? Ia it not rather far below thatsoale of remuneration whieh we are justly entitled to , and which , if labour waa protected , and the interests of the working man cared fur , we should undoubtedly have in return for toil so dangerous and wearisome as that to which our wants and the necessities of society has enchained us . We pass by many other grievances of w hich we
might justly complain . The limits of this hand-bill will not permit us tp further speak of our wrongs ; but we trust the simple statement given above of the wretohed wages we have been paid , » nd the very moderate advance we seek , will be all-sufficient t ' r rouse the publio sympathy in our behalf . With the kind pubvio of Leeds and its neighbourhood we leave our , case , earnestly soliciting that pecuniary aid which our situation bo imperatively demands . There are eighty men and boys solely depending on the liberality of that publio ; which , we trust , will , as heretofore , continue to be rendered to us . Thanking the inhabitants of LeedB for the support they have already given us , and respectfully requesting a continuance of their generous aid . We are the public's obliged servants ,
The Miners of ; Coulton and Neviil Hill Collieries . William Toft , Secretary . Persons belonging to our body have been appointed and are duly authorized to receive subscriptions on our bob alf . The publio is respectfully cautioned not to give to persons who are not in possession of books signed by the Secretary , and stamped with the seal of the sooiety . The Committee meet every Saturday morning , at nine o ' clock , at the York Tavern , York Road , Leeds , where donations will be thankfully received . Leeds , May 2 nd , 1844 .
We beg to acknowledge the following donations : —Lawson ' s men 4 s ; received from the Fleece Inn 12 s 7 id ; From Wakefield £ 1 ; Robinhood 5 s 6 d ; Ditto 2 s t ! d ; Rothwell Haigh 6 a 4 ^ d ; John Robson 6 d ; Henry Williamson 6 d ; Sand pit 6 s 9 d ; Mill pit little coal 5 s 3 d ; Victoria pit 9 s 8 d ; Garside ' s men Is ; Manston men \ 2 s 8 d ; Waterloo men 7 s lOd ; Wood Nook 4 s 7 ^ d ; Rook colliory 43 4 dj Os-manthorp 10 a ; Friends in York-road 3 s 6 d ; Robins ' e men , Beeston 2 e 6 d ; Friends in Leeds lls 3 d ; Dobson ' s men lg Ijd ; James Brown la l ^ d ; John Long Is ; W . D . 6 d . Erratum— In the Star of last week the Wakefield subscription is put £ 1 0 s 6 d ; it should be £ 1 6 s .
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SHiLBOTTLE . —The sum of 10 a 6 d baa baen received from the Miners of Shilbottle . ; Sooth Wales—Mr . J . Wilde , Mr . W . Taylor , and Mr . J . Williams , three lecturers of the Miners' Association visited the following places last ] week : —Argoud , Glanduer , Neuth , Pontthydven , Cambrian Works , Glanmorglan , Iron Works , Pontypool , Blanney , Black- ; wood , Nantyglo , and many other places in Monmoathshire and Glamorganshire . A publio meeting will be held at Merthyr , on Monday , the 6 th day of May , in tbe large room , known by tbe name of the Three Horse Shoes . i
Noeth Derbyshire . —We wish to acknowledge the following donations : —From tbe Robin Hood Lodge , Sheffield £ 2 Its 4 d ; from the Duke ! of York Lodge , Darnal £ 1 ; from the inhabitants of Brimington £ 1 3 s from tbe frame work knitters of Mansfield £ 1 ; John Fqwin Is 6 d ; from friends of Killarmarsh 93 6 d Collectors , Chesterfield , No . 1 , Lodge 8 s 6 d ; from Staveley Lodge £ 4 4 s S ^ d ; Brimington Lodge £ 2 193 4 d ; KiUamarah Lodge £ 2 | 2 s lid ; Hasland Lodge £ 2 5 s ; Tayrton Lod * e £ 1 4 s 8 d ; Tbe Old Ship Lodge , Chesterfield £ 2 16 s lOd ; Wittlngton Lodge £ 1 16 s lOd ; Thomas Wlddowson , Hasland 7 s 6 A ; Mrs . Mather , Hasland 9 i 6 d ; Mr . ) Ransley , Chesterfield 12 s ; Gaorge Hawley , Hasland 10 s .
Newcastle . —Great Meeting ; op Miners . —A publio meeting of the Miners out of employment was held on Scaffold Hill on Monday , and notwithstanding similar meetings being held at the same time at Bedlington , Newburn S&ndB , Sbaddon ' s Hill , Pittington Hill , & . O ., ail of which we understand were well attended , there could not , we think , be less present than 12 , 000 . Mr . Jobling having been called upon to preside , briefly opened the proceedings by explaining the object fo * which they were met together that day , and called upon Mr . Robert Jobliaf to move the first resolution , which wss seconded by Mr . Q . Hunter , supported at great length by Mr . Raveley . and agreed to unanimously , viz : — " That this meeting is of opinion that it is an important duty of all connected with the coal work to joiu tbis Association . " Mr . Geo . Bailey was called upon to more the second resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Edward Bell , ably supported I at great length by
Mr . Besslay , and unanimously agreed to : — " That in the opinion of this meeting the Miners of Northumberland and Durham are perfectly justiMable in standing out for an advance of wages . " Mr . J . Foxater waa called upon to move tbe third resolution , which was seconded by Mr . R . Henderson , ably supported by Mr . Wn > , Daniella , and carried unanimously , "That tbis meeting account every man an enemy to our Association that will not keep the peace . "' Tbelmost perfect unanimity pervaded tbe whole proceedings . They appeared determined to a man to continue put of work until something in the shape of justice is conceded to them by tbe masters , and to keep toe peace as strictly as they have bitberto done , although the masters at Seghill had their whole fleet of off-handed men at Shields that day being sworn in as specials ! The men are determined not to be induced by any attempts of their enemies to infringe their motto , wnioh is peace , law , and order . }
Yorkshire . —Mr . Swallow has been holding a series of successful meetings at Huiddeiafield , Burton , Jackson-bridge , Meltham , Middlestown , Honley , Elland , Sta . \ Wakefield . —On Saturday evening last , a numerous meeting of Colliers wob held at the Griffin Inn , Nortbgate , Mr , G < so . Shepherd in the chair . The meeting was addressed by D . Swallow and T . Shepherd , and a goodly number took out cards of ' membership . £ 12 was collected for tbe brethren in the North , and £ 10 fur the turn-outa in Yorkshire , besides paying seven men out of employ at Stanley Colliery . The Stanley Colliers have begun the good work in earnest , and have promptly responded to the appeal j from the North , by every working man unmarried , paying 2 s 6 d per week for the turn-i > tita in Yorkshire . If every placeffwould come up to the work like Wakefieid , tbe strike in the North would not last two Weeks longer .
Bresfield . —A publio meeting of Colliers was held at this place on Monday last at one o'clock , which waa well attended by tbe Colliers from Halifax , Mirfleld , Clifton , Birchlncliffe , Leplon , and the Immediate neighbourhood , George Kinder in the chair . The meeting was addressed by Messrs . Harris , Shepherd , Swallow , and a Collier from the North . At the conclusion several took out cards of membership . A Public Meeting of coal-masters and miners will be held at tbe White Hart Inn , Hudderafleld , on Tuesday nest , at four o'clock in the afternoon , for the purpose of adopting the best means possible of bettering the condition of men and masters . I
Kippax . —The Miners of Kippax return their sincere thanks to their friends and the public for the support they have received , and beg to acknowledge the following sums : —Allerton Colliery £ 1 12 s 6 d ; a good woman Is ; a friend 6 d ; Wm . Layton 2 s 6 d Mrs . Pawson 2 s 6 d ; a friend Is ; a friend Is : D . Mathers 6 d ; Griffin Inn , Wakefield £ 3 ; Adwalton Society 61 ; Birkenahaw friends la 6 ( 1 ; Clifton ] Lodge 6 s 6 d ; Bat ley men 2 a 4 d ; Oasett-street-aide 3 s ; Rabin Ho « d Fit 9 a ; Percy Pit , Rothwell 6 s 4 d ; Waterloo , la ; Henry Sherwood 2 s ; A well wisher 2 s ; a { friend 61 ; a friend fid ; a friend Is ; Porston Gegelens 2 s 10 Jd ; a good woman Is 9 £ d ; a few sinkers lls ; Received from Rolhwell Lodge 6 s Id . j
Poynton District . —The unemployed Miners of Poyuton and Worth again return their sincere thanks to their friends for their kind support , and acknowledge the receipt of the followir- K sums : —Bredbury £ 3 ; Poynton £ 4 18 s : Norbury £ 2 ; Pott Stringly £ 2 ; Bollington lls ; Kirrige £ 1 2 s 6 d . \ Sta I . v borough . —Toe Stainborongh Miners again return their sincere thanks te their friends and the public for the following sums received : —Rock Inn 6 * 8 d ; Cow thorn lls Hid ; Lower Moor £ 1 2 d ; Jos . Pickford la ; Mtrfleld 12 a ; Staluborough Is 6 d -, Pilley 3 s 8 d ; Sbafton 7 s 2 d ; John Hirst Is ; John Fieldsend Is ; Charles Stones Is 6 d ; Thorgoland 4 sl 0 d ; Wortley 6 s lid i Thomas Parkin Is ; John Bever Is ; Dodworth 8 s 9 d ; James Bsardsball Is ; James Lookwood
la ; Holliumoor 16 a Id ; Worsbotough Common lls ; Lepton 9 s ; James Sellars la ( 5 d ; CowthornSs ; Mountosborn pit £ 5 14 s 6 d ; Richard Thorp's pit £ 4 Is ; Hopwood pit 13 s ; Hoak's pit lls 7 d ; Silkstone 5 s lOd ; Victoria 13 s 6 d ; Barnsley £ 3 10 s ; George Buckle Gs ; Thomas Mason 6 d . The Miners are still out and as determined as ever to stand up for their rights . The Miners of Clat Cross 4-To the Public . —It having been generally reported that we , the Miners of Clay Cross , have been earning good wages , and therefore that the present Bttite is unjustifiable on our part ; we beg to aiy that we have not turned out for an advance of wages , but have beon turned off by our employers for the " crime" of joining the
Minors' Association . We confess we have been a set of ignorant men ; bnt , treated as wejhave been , we are fast acquiring wisdom . We have been whipped to school , and oppression has driven knowledge into us ; and , so wise have we become , that we can read MISERY depicted in the countenances of our wives and children . To effect a change { for the better , wo joined the Miners' Association , and since then our tyrants have treated us worse and | worse . They have driven us from our labour , because we tried to protect tbat labour . It is our employers , and not us , who are answerable for the present state of things . "We thankfully acknowledge the following sums .- —From Swanwick £ 1 13 s 5 d , from Tibshelf 10 s 7 . ^ d j from Radford Lodge £ 1 ; from Robin Hood Lodge £ 1 10 s .
St . Helens . —The Miners of St . Helens District acknowledge the following sums : —A few friends £ 4 63 ; do . do . £ 1 10 s 6 d ; Westhejad and Co . ' s Union Colliery 14 s ; a few frienda 8 a ;' do . do . 5 s ; Senior Baily 2 j 6 d ; Plate Glass Works , St Helens £ 1 lls 93 ; a few friends 7 s 6 d ; do . do . £ 1 15 ? rjd ; Westbead and Co . ' s Union Colliery I 4 b ; a few friends £ 2 4 s Gd ; from General Board £ > 2 17 s . —April 25 th , 1844 . Public Meeting . —A meeting of the minors of Methlcy and the surrounding cellieries will be held on Methley Common , on Monday ; , May 6 th , chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock . j
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MEETINGS IN FAVOUR OF THE TEW HOURS' BILL , AND AGAINST THB MASTERS AND SERVANTS' BILL . Aberdeen . —A pnblie meeting of the inhabitants of this city was held last Safirday afternoon oq the Inches , to vote resolutions condemnatory of tha Master and Servants' Bill now before Parliament . Mr . John Legge was called to tho chair . The cneeting , which consisted of several thousands , was addressed by Messrs . M'Pherson , Henry , M'Donald , and Loivery . The several resolutions and petition to Parliament were carried unanimously . Tha petition has been posted to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., for presentation . - Bdry . —A public meeting of the trades of Bury , Lancashire , was held at the Hare and Hounds Inn , when it was unanimously resolved to petition against the Masters and Servants' Bill , and that tha petition be sent to Richard Walker , Esq ., for presentation . Thanks were unanimously voted to tha Northern Star , for its exposure of this atrocious
measure . Clerkenwell . —A meeting , numerously attended was held as tne Red Lion Tavern , Rosamond-street , ou Monday last , when resolutions strongly condemnatory of the Masters and Servants' Bill , were unanimously carried , and a petition , founded thereon , ordered to be transmitted to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . for presentation . A committee was appointed to get up a borough demonstration against this measure . Bristol . —United TRiDES Delegate Meeting . —Monday evening , Crown and Dove , Bridewellstreet . —Letters were read by the Secretary , front Mr . Berkeley and Mr . Miles , members for this city , in reply to the Secretary , on the Master and
Servants' Bill . Mr . Berkeley stated he intended to opposed the Bill ; Mr . Miles , that the fourth clause had again been altered , and that he would send a copy when printed ; but that tho Bill was necessary . A report of the Delegates' Labours wa 3 ordered to be drawn up and presented next meeting night , ( Wednesday , May the 9 th ) , and that the Plan of Organization for the trades be copied for the press , and that several papers be requested to give it a place in , their columns . The Secretary was instructed to correspond with the London United Trades to effect co-operation . Messrs . Hyde , Rogers , -.-d Jacobs , were appointed to attend several meeting ot trades , to explain and set forth the plan for adoption .
Tbades ; of London . —A very large meeting of trades' delegates was holden last evening , Tuesday , April the 30 th , in the Large Room of the Catherine Wheel , Union-street , Borough , convened by the journeymen hatters' committee . Mr . Wilkinson , batter , was unanimously called to the chair ; Mr . Kelsey acting as secretary . The following trades were represented in the meeting : —Stuff hatters , filk hatters , skein silk dyers , bat finisher ? , tailors , broad silk weavers , carpenters , garment dyers , engineers , curriers , bakers , papor stainers , shoemakers : metropolitan delegate council , ( Chartists ) , sash-makers , and cabinet-makers . From the number of sections and shops represented , the Large Room was densely crowded , and the greatest
enthusiasm prevailed . The Chairman briefly opened tha business . Mr . Kolsey , secretary , said t ) hey had recoived a letter from their parliamentary advocate , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., in which he held out hopes of being enabled to strangle the bill on ^ V ednesday night ; and therefore they had better not decide positively until after Wednesday , as regards tha demonstration ; but if it should be necessary to hold a demonstration , ho ( Mr . Dunoombe ) would feel % pleasure in taking the chair on the occasion—( loud cheers ) . Mr . Kelsey would , therefore , suggest that this meeting petition the House against the bill in their character of trade societies' representatives ; and he further would recommend the following brief petition for their adoption . [ The petition was here
read ] Mr . Isaac Kelsey , batter , moved the adoption of the petition , Mr . Thompson , paper stainer , seconded the motion . The petition was carried unanimously . Mr . Wheeler suggested that they meet again on Thursday evening to hear the result of Wednesday evening ' s debate , and take any steps that may then be deemed requisite . Mr . Isaac Kelsey moved , " That we meet again on Friday night next , to hear the result of Wednesday night ' s debate and take such other steps as may be deemed requisite . " Mr . Sherrard , weaver , seconded it . Messrs . Warnaby , carpenter , and Mr . Williams , baker , ia giving their support , said if such a demonstration as that coutemplated took place , they had no doubt the day would-be a general holiday . All the men of their respective trades and eaoh house of call would coma out—( great cheering ) . The motion was carried unanimously . Messrs M'Grath , Wheeler , and
Walter Lamb , was deputed to place the petition in . Mr . Duncombe ' s hands for presentation . A vote of thanks was then awarded to Thomas SUngsby Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and all others who have stood Up in the House for the rights of labour . Mr . Sherrard moved , and Mr . Isaac Kelsey seconded , " That tha thanks of the trades are eminently due , and are hereby given , to the editor of the Northern Star , for his great exertions in defence of the rights of labour , and able advocacy of the same . " After several delegates had expressed their approbation in very complimentary language to that journal , tha resolution was carried unanimously and amid loud cheers . Mr . Wheeler proposed a vote of thanks to the Hatters'Committee for convening the meeting , which was seconded by Mr . Rose , and carried unanimously . A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and tbe meeting adjourned until Friday .
Great Open-Air Meeting at the Terminus cp the Great Western Railway . —On Monday evening last , a meeting of many thousands was held at the above place . Messrs . Ruffy Ridley and Gardiner , and others , eloquently addressed the meeting . Resolutions and petitions against the Masters and Servants' Bill , and in favour of the Ten Hours' clause , were unanimously adopted . The London Trades . —A crowded meeting was held on Monday evening , in the National Hall , Holborn , for the purpose of taking steps to oppose tha Masters and Servants' Bill now in the House of Commons , when resolutions strongly condemnatory of the measure were passed , and a petition to the House was adopted .
ha wick . —the Ten hours Question—Perse . CUTion . —In one of the largest and moat important factories of tbis place , belonging to the firm of Diekson ' s and Laing ' s , where upward of 600 persons are employed , an attempt has been made to get up a meeting in opposition to the Ten Hoars' Clause . Tbe attempt turned Out a miserable failure ; not more than thirly persons attending , when a ' small majority was induced to agree to a petition against the protection of women and children . O ; e of the minority , a young lad named Stewart , who supported the Ten Hour ' s Qaes . ion , on the first occasion of applying for his usual work after the meeting , was offered a web at a great redaction . On resisting this injustice he wss told toat be should have no work , and tbat tor his officiousness at toe meeting be might find work elsewhere . At another factory a meeting has been held , when the workers unanimously resolved to support the Ten Hours BilL Preparations are making for holding a town's meeting on the question .
Meeting at Rochdale . —On Monday evening , a public meeting of the inhabitants of this Borough , convened on requisition by the chief constable , waa held in the theatre , for the purpose of considering tha propriety of petitioning the House of Camtuona ia favour of tbe Ten Hours' Bill . The building waa crowded , there being a > out 1 , 000 persons ( chiefly operatives ) present Mr . T . Wilde , churchwarden , waa called to the chair , and said if any of the opponents of a Tea Hours' Bill were present—and he understood that an opposition had been projected—he could promise them a fair and candid hearing—( cheers ) . They would by no means imitate the example of those who considered themselves their betters , who flist packed their meetings , and then , if any person of contrary .
opinions darod to interfere , said , " The meeting ia called by ub , it is our own ; if you do not sit dowa or withdraw , the police shall make you "—( cheers ) . On the contrary , he invited opposition , he courted discussion . Their only object was to get at the facts ; for he was persuaded when the people saw on which side were ranged truth , justice , and humanity , they would very soon compel the Legislature to listen to their call—( cheers ) . Mr . Hague , a member of the Soaiety of Friends , and who had been a factory worker for forty years , and an overlooker in Messrs . Bright ' s mills , movsd the first resolution : " That in the opinion oC this meeting , the inventions and improvements which during many years put have been made in machinery , which should have lightened human labour , have , on the contrary , tended to increase it ; so much so that females and young persons axe frequently
subjected to an extent of daily labour in factories which , is highly injurious and oppressive . " Mr . T . Howarth ( an operative ) seconded the resolution . Mr . Jame * Leach , in an able speech , for which , we regret we bave not room , supported the resolution , which was uanlmously adopted . Mr . T . Wilkinson moved the second resolution , which was seconded by Mr . Taft , supported by Mr . Joshua Hobion , and agreed to unanimously . A petition founded on the preceding resolution was then approved of , to be presented to tha House of Commons by Mr . S . Crawford , M . P . for Rochdale ; and Mr . Bright , M . P . for Durham , was requested to support the prayer . Mr . Jowett then addressed the meeting in a very able speech , in which he traced a connexion between the long hour system , the reduction of wages , the prostration of the independent labourer , and the enforcement of the cruelties of the New Poor Law . Thanks having been voted to the advocates in Parliament of the Ten Hours * Bill , and aUo to the Chairman for presiding over the meetinjr , the assembly quietly separated , having evinced throughout the proceedings the utmost unanimity and enthusiasm .
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TO A DISCERNING BUT MISINFORMED PUBLIC . Friends and Fellow-Countkyhen , —We , the Miners of Northumberland and Durham , consider ourselves an oppressed , insulted , and ill-used set of men . Our Masters , for a number of years , have combined with each other for the purpose of reducing our wages , and monopolising all the profits of our labour into their own pockets ; and now when they bave got us down to starvation ' s point , and we can bear it no longer , they have entered into a league with an hired press to publish to tbe world anything but truth , to prejudice public opinion ani shut up the bewels of compassion against us .
We htd represent by the masters and their scribblers as being a mischievous , riotous , and lawless multitude ; breaking down hedges , destroying propertyi and endangering life wherever we go . We are sett forth as being an idle , ignorant , and discontented set of men , never satisfied with anything . But Buffer us , fellow-countrymen , to speak for ourselves . We only regret that we have not the means to follow through the world such unfounded statements . As it regards keeping the law —that is the ground-work of our society ! It is by keeping within the pale of the law , tbat W 6 have stood united as a body of men , ever since our first combining together for the protection of our labour . We have been
watched by the authorities of this district as with an eagle ' s eye ; and , had we been what our maskers represent , [ our meetings would have been put down , and the society annihilated ; for we have not only been scrutinised by the police and the magistrates of this district ,. but we have had the honour to be visited by one of her Majesty ' s Peace Commissioners , who was sent down to the Executive Committee , to enquire into the nature and objects of the Miner ' s Union ; and having found it based upon tbe principles of truth and justice , and the members determined to abide by the laws of our country , we are not only suffered to exist , but encouraged to go on .
It is true there may have been two or three solitary cases , where the women and children have arisen into a mob-like appearance , and doae something which they ought not to have done , whfcbcun only be attributed to the provoking language of tbe masters' minions ; but where is tha society without its refractory ones ? and ean such a large body as ours be without ? Peace , Law , and Order is our motto ; and it is to the law and the testimony we wish to appeal : and , as for being an idle set ot man , we wonder how our opponents dare utter such sentiments . We are anything but that We venture to say , and tbat without n blush , that there is not a more industrious and laborious class of men treading the greeu turf , than the oppressed Mi ers of Northumberland and Durham . To be torn away frem our midnight slumbers , and descend into the bowels of tbe earth , amidst dangers and deaths , there to labour and toil in the craggy vault until the body profusely
pours out tho sweat ' at every pore ; thus we are situated , drawing in upon the lungs the unhealthy and lifedestroying gas , which makes many of m old men before we are thiity yearB of age . And here we have to remain , wracked on the wheel of extremity , standing on the verge of eternity , to labour like nobody but ourselves for ten or twelve hours for the pnltry sum of what !—not what the masters tell the publio ; they with their hired scribes say we are in tha receipt of capital wages , not less than 4 s . or 6 b . per day ; we would be thankful ff It were true ; we are very sorry they cannot prove it ; our pay notes will prove , and we will bring them forward , if « quired , that we have not been getting more than 2 s ., 2 s . 4 d ., and sometimes 2 s . 6 d . per day ; and is this a sufficiency to stand against wear and tear , and support a wife and Eve or six children ? We leave eur circumstances with you to judge of the comforts we enjoy . :
They call us a discontented set of fellows ! What makes us discontented ? How can be otherwise ? To see our families starving for want ; to hear our creditors ask for their own , and not able to pay . We bust be disoantented ; we have no other choice . We want to provide for our families , obey out masters , be honest with ou » creditors ; but this we are not able to do . And , if such a state ot things has to continue , death , ' with all its horrors , would be highly desirable . We call upon all trades and classes of society , to look at pur position . Consider that the relation we stand to each other is as links of a mighty chain . Your interest is blended up with ours . If we should win the day , and our wages be advanced , you will share the the benefit ; but , If for want of your succour and support , we should have to submit to the master ' s tyranny , you will feel the mighty shock —you will drink of the same cup—^ you will partake of the same poverty—for the rise or fall of out wages will be a precedent to yours , and according to the labourers wages , so is the prosperity of the shopkeepers .
The Various and unfounded statements that bare been made by our opponents , we ore prepared to contradict before a discerning public ; and we should consider it a privilege to meet them at any place , or at any time , providing they will come forward and let all be brought to light Signed on behalf of the Committee fox Coxhoe Colliery , Thomas Hay .
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Stabbins . —Francesco Lancbar , a Spanish youth , eighteen years of age , dressed in the uniform of a sergeant in the Spanish army , was charged , at Lambeth-street , with stabbing and seriously wounding a young man named Benjamin Rogers , who now lies io the London Hospital in a dangerous state . Jhnsoner was remanded .
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J . Sweet begs to ; acknowledge the receipt of the following sums for the Minera' Association , namely : From Mr . H . Moule 3 d ; Mr . Mellors 3 d : Mr . Thornton 3 d ; from Hoyle ' s Rotary shop Is 9 d ; received by T . Clarke from Fisher ' s factory 10 s lid j from Mr . Harvey ' s shop 2 s 2 d ,
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Rawmarsh Colliery . —We beg leave to return our siuoere thanks for the following subscriptions we have received : —Operative' potters , £ 1 2 s 9 d ; Tinsley Park , £ 1 4 s 6 d ; Thorpe Lodge , 10 s : Barnsley Lodge , £ 4 3 d 6 d ; friends at Atteroliffe , 93 2 d ; ditto at Swinton , 3 s 5 id ; E . Shaw , Is ; a friend 6 m 4 ^ d ; Bradgate Lodge , £ 1 53 ; G . Myers , Is ; a few friends , 133 Id ; D . Willey , Is ; a few friends at Kilnhurst , 2 s lOd ; Mr . Knapton ' s Colliers , 3 s 6 d ; Mr . Barber ' s Colliers , 7 s 2 id ; Robin Hood Lodge , Sheffield , 15 a 2 d . i Swanwick . —The members of the Miners' Association of Swanwick return their thanks to the friends at Derby for the following subscriptions : — April 18 vh , collected , 10 s 9 id ; April 20 th , collected , £ 3 6 s lid ; Taylor ' s mills , 7 s ) 9 d ; Mr . Moore ' s weavers , 2 s 9 d ; Gorse ' s shop , Is ; Unsworth ' s shop , 33 ; Mr . Elliott , Is ; Mr . Bilby , 3 d . — Henhy Pouter , District Secretary . '
Leeds . —The Miners of Coulton and Neville Hill collieries return their sincere thanks for the following subscriptions , and earnestly solicit tbe publio for a continuance of their support : Wakefield £ 1 6 d ; Robin Hood lla ; Rothwell Haigh Little Coal-pit 6 s 6 d ; Sand Pit ditto 9 s 3 i ; i Percy Pit ditto 15 s 3 ^ d ; Victoria Pit ditto IO 3 lid ; Manston Pits 11 b 6 d ; Wood Nook Is 5 d ; Lofthouse 6 s 6 d ; Gajforth 238 d ; Bower and Wilson ' s Is 9 d ; Asley men 9 s 3 d ; a few friends in Halton 7 s lOd ; Osmanthorpe 13 s 4 d ; Gildersomo Is 7 d ; Rook Colliery 43 9 d ; Dobson ' s Is 6 d ; Friends in York road 5 s lid : a few friends 2 s 7 d ; a friend 3 d : James
Brown Is ; John Robson 6 d ; Henry Williamson 6 d ; Waterloo , 149 6 d ; Thomas Brown , 6 d ; friends in Leeds , 8 s 8 d ; William Atkinson , 6 d ; Silkstone , £ 2 ; Howard ' s weavers , lOdjBarroelOughMill , lOd ; Beeston Lodge , 7 s 2 d j received ^ April 22 , 6 s 3 d ; James Gelder , 6 d . ; Strike at the Kippax Colliery . —The Men are on strike here arising from some most oppressive acts ( as alleged by the men ) on the part of the employer . The men hope that ] all honest , miners will refuse to take employment j at this colliery , as if left fairly to the straggle they have no fear of the issue . !
Bradford , near T&jlhcbbbtbb , —The lien after being on strike for about fourteen weeks , are about to retura to their labour , having obtained an' advance of wages . * I Selston . —The members of the Miners AS 300 ation Of Selston and Berkeby return their thanks for the folio wing Bums :-Selaton £ 1 3 s 7 £ d ; Todd ' s Ron and Bottom-laae lfe 5 £ d . !
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 4, 1844, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1262/page/5/
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