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TO THE WOBKING PEOPLE.
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Mr TBXB 2 U& , —Yon wiH see the _ address ot the Executive in iMsT ? eek s paper , and yon will use jour own judgment in arming &t a conclusion , whether or not the means which they propose , are calculated io serve our cause j and if so , whether or not those dnties , the performance of which they require it your hands , are more than they , have a right to expect . I seed sot ag ^ in direct jonr attention to the manner 5 nw % ieh the impoverished Irish respond to the call cf their leaders , nor need I do more than impress upon your minds a belief that a TJgourous effort for ihe next three months will place our cause upon a footing which may defy all the assaults of fac-^ on ; but in order to enable ns to arrive at that ska&e . your co-operation and sapport is indispensable
Poor though yon be lei Christmas week be the appointed time for the collection of a national titrate ; and let every town , Tie with Carlisle , the poorest and yet always the foremost , in snch undertakings . We can only pledge ourBelTea that a satisfactory account shall be Tendered of every farthing snbseribed . Do yon do yonr dnty , and we shall not iailin . the performance of oars . I belieTe that this appeal will not be made in Tain , and after haying enrolled nearly 3 0 s 00 Q members at my own expense , I do not think that yon will consider me presumptuous in making the appeal in " my individual capacity . Spite of friend and foe , we are going on not only Drosperonsly bni gloriously ; and "while I tins appeal to yon for new exertion , I cannot feel surprise at yonr lukewarmne ^ , when I think of the
manner in which yon hare been deceived by many in whom yon hare placed confidence . However , the ranks have T > een pretty well weeded , and those who h&Te remained are more ^ united than ever . Bickering , squabbling ; denunciation , and strife are now limited to the little minds of the little knot , by Trhom they ha ; ve been fomented and kept alive . I look to the forthcoming Convention as an important crisis in the history of this conntry—one which , if properly managed and directed , will ensure for ns that position from which , I believe , the dknnlon in « nr own ranks has hiihhrto "withheld ns . Henceforth let ps work together for the rights of labour , and the rights of all . Do yon yonr dnty , and again I say -we will not fail in the performance of ours . Your Jiithftl friend , P * LRGU 3 O'COSKOB .
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TBOSSLEJ COtLIEET—MOST 124 P 0 BTA 5 T CASE . PrEHAM , jJoyDi-r , Dec . 12 . —Tlie town of Dnroam t ? 23 en limsday and Friday lart diftnibed from its usual lethargy , by B seeas trlncb those frbo - » it-» a ? ed it Trill not soon forget . Ibbz before sunrise of «« day firrt named crowds of pitmen were observed inwrngiDg-to ^ ardj the town ; and as bo previous notice em besBgjyen , tie astonishment was very great . Abent cgni o dockllr . Boberts and Mr . Beesley arriveo ' , and ice mystery soon staled . _ The csnse of the sndden inmids&m is soon told . t ^ S ^ . Soberts ' B ahsencp . in 1 . nnaon . the owner * of
-uwadey Colliery lad taken three of their pitmen to Kiettasutratta to be sent to the prison for six week * xo * leaving their feoik on the 24 th of Movember lasi ; a" 3 Be £ t « rth-wh ! th the magistrates immediately com-?!««• Snch things sre common and easDy managed in tte coal districts . WarantB bad also been granted * S » IC 5 t some sixty or seventy more ; and Thursday , the 7 st nsrt ttss appointed fo ? the maeLstiafces to send off * " * ?* * to Durham gaoL EJeTen o ' clock vres the hour appointed . As soon as Me Court ¦ vras opened , it was oi * coverea tbat it would nothwda tenth psrt of those fcunounding tte fcuild-\ Jk
j i- - _ — - f—*» . buuec auiiuuijuiug wi *» * # •***•* - fflg ; tne bnsinea -was therefore adjourned to the large wrart -Wnere tbe Assizes are beia , and every ssook and l SL " "" ^^ ediBtely filled . Hnndre < iB -were unable ^»^ aamlstiDn : * be only persons indeed who had *~ rY ^ n 1 ! were themagistrateBand the prisoners , Slrf /^ y difficult to say which wore the most raeenul Jooks . The Justices chuckled audibly ; they we about to do a good thins—to ' assert the majesty w tae la * » ana «« TCpms ^ £ pMt of tevte * oni-TM& , aad so forth-, their iatencltd TictimB bad the ^«« mati or-eoasdoB , innocence , They looked npon "ie "ffcole thing as ahofrikiflf . r » - ^ . . tin » io » mlar
SL . « r ^ Te ** ^ S ^ ilery were a thotsand hear ^ OMoftoil Tegaraiag toe affirfr as capital fnn , and de-Wiedto-fi ghtitOTt . " ~ tS Bo **» n ioeb and taid , befor * the ea ^ - » m ^ t ^ v ^ . ^ , sefl to » PP 1 7 . t » the bench on a mb £ S J ! r ^ i v been Previously bronght before iboa , * 5 £ - *** ^ ieTedaome contrariety of opinion SnwL . 6 * 1 * 68 ** 1 Se applied on the part of two g ™ « M > : . ecm ] p ! 1 iBea ttiv they had been deprlTed ^•^^ ' 9 zSet ; and in m *\ i VK that application he 5 rl 5 '*« he acted ander the adTice of Mr . Addi TO . ine larrisier , -who tag told him that Be wonld w » toe 60 Ebong in Cocrt at tte Aanzss , untnhe had maoe eTay exertion in his power before the magis-Kwes . iie btgged , therefore , for a summons agninst eg . Armstrong , the viewer at Wingate Grange ColiSi ' if ? -P * rt cf Lvke Shear and another ^ to answer way te had not paid those men the sum bf S 6 v a
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fortnight , to which they were entitled under the bond ; because they had refused to work upon a rope which they considered to be unsafe . The clerk , doubtless for sufficient reasons , had refosed to grant a summons ; and be Tfas instructed to apply again for a summons in order ttst additional eridence might be heard . These persons had not before applied for a summons , and the evidence wonld be different from that in the cases previously heard , and as every case was to be decided on its own merits , ho thought he was perfectly entitled to the summons for which he applied . In making this application be had thought it his duty to apply to the fall court . fortnight , to-which they-were entitled under the bond :
The Chjuemjln said the meeting had been called for a particular purpose , and they must go on with it An application of that sort could ba made to any individual magistrate , and it would be best to have it taken before a magistrate actiDg in the district At any rate before they could proceed to any other business they musi bare dose tritb that lor which they had specially met that day . Mr . Marshall , for the owners , opened the proceedings . His speech was quiet and argumentative , and totally devoid of that vindictive spirit which it was evident Mb employers wished him to exhibit They "jogged" him repeatedly , but he took UVie notice of them . The case was , that the defendants , being bound servants to the owners of the coliitry from April , 1843 ,
to April , 1844 , had , on the 24 th of , November last , " struck , " and , together with the whole of the other pitmen , refused to york > in consequence pf which the pit had ever since bees laid Idle . He admitted that this conduct of the men had ariseq from differences between them sod the owners ; hut this , he Submitted , was no justification of that violation of the law which was then under trial : most of the differences were , in fact , in course of adjustment . He ( Mr . Marshal ]) understood that the defence would resolve itself into several heads ; one , that the bond under which the men ¦ worked iraa ao hard that it was impossible to earn a living under it , if Ik were strictly enforced- This was no reason . Ihe men had signed the bond with their eyes open ; and the fact of its being more strictly
enforced during the last fortnight than previously , was not the act of the owners , but the men , who , fancying themselves chested , had required to have their " foul coal" measured , and then discovered that a compliance with their wishes was injurious to their interest ? . Another portion of the defence was , he believed , that the weighing-machine had not been " stamped , " in accordance with the Act of ParKament He contended that the Act in question merely applied to " goods sold , " and not to the present case . Alter some farther remarks on the overpowering kindness of the masters , and the hase ingratitude of the men , and the necessity of making an example of a good few , so that they might know how to conduct themselves , the speech concluded .
The bond was then put in , and taken as read . Mr . Roberta submitted that . as opened by Mr . Marshall , there was no ease for the consideration of the Bench . If be understood Mr . Marshall rightly , be admitted that this machine -Bras sot stamped in accordance with the provisiQDB of the Act of Parliament . Mr . Marshall bad not admitted anything of the kind . The Chairman said the defendants appeared to cemplain of their masters . They must go into evidence on that point . There was nothing to found an argument on that there was no case made out in the opening to ge into .
Mr . Roberta said bis argument was , that the contract was an illegal one , inasmuch as the bond was not stamped . He should like to have it down on the notes of the court that this agreement was not stamped , in order that he might be able to make UB 6 of that fact if ha sbonld have occasion to go into tbe Court Of Queen ' s Bench . The note having been taken , Mr . Marshall called , — Hecclfcs—I am viewer ior the Thomley Coal Company . The partners are Sir Wm . Cbaytor , John
Wood , Tkomas Wood , Richard Webster , John Golly , and John BurrelL Since the ( hy when the complaint ¦ was alleged Mr . John Wood baa died . He died on the 25 th of November . I am the attesting witness to this bond . It was executed by Mr . Thomas Wood in my presence . The bond was previously read over to the men . That was on tbe 28 th of March . It bears the names of Lawrencee Smith , John Singlewood , and George Hare-wood . Tfcey signed it in my presence . The words "the mark of » are in .. Jaj WXitipe . I recet »« a -a- hutr ¦ rromthe' workmen on tnei 3 tb" -r » r
Xiovember , dated on the 11 th . I received tbe letter from Bartholomew Bainbridge and James Craig . It is the writing of James Bagley , who , I understand , is secretary to the pitmen at Thornley . It is signed " for the pitmen of Ttzomley colliery . - The anarrer I made was , that Vwondered they did aok get a person who could write a plain letter so that it might be understood . On the 14 th , I received a letter from my BersanW It is James Bagley ' a writing and signed by him . I sent a person that night with a letter to Bagley , a copy of wh : cb I now produce . ( The letter was then read . ) On the evening of the following day perhapB 150 men -waited upon me . I should think friulf of them spoke . A person named Sinning was chief speaker . They demanded that a new weighing
machine should be erected , and that every man should be paid for bis own avenge weight of coals , to which I conceded . As to the machine , I said we might erect a sew weighing machine , but it would not he in compliance with their request ; for a new machine was on the colliery before they made the application . They also requested that boxes should be placed npon the pit ' s heap to see what coals were bid out That was also granted them . That was made on the 15 ih Nov . and boxes were placed there before the 17 th November . On Saturday , the men struck work . There was no further request made by tbe men at that time . I think none of tbe hewers worked on that day—none that I am aware oL Tbe pits were also off work on Monday , the 20 th , on which day I bad an interview with Mr . Roberts . They resumed work on the following day , and worked Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , and
struck again oh Friday , for which these warrants bad been obtained . Tbe overman had reckoned with the men on the Thursday night to take off the fints foi not working on the previous Saturday . On tbe eveniDg of Thursday , tbe 23 rd of November , after the men , no donbt , bad reckoned with the overman , they came up to me in a body , and asked me why the half-crown was taken off . I told them they were asking tbe road they knew well-r-it was for net going to work on the previens Saturday . They made no answer but went away . I said to the men that we would likely offer work to them on tbe pay Saturday , to make np the Saturday they had lost , and those who did a fair day ' s work on that day would have their fines remitted . Several shouted it was not likely that they would beg for tbeir pay when they bad worked for
it-Mr . Koberts objected to ihe reception of this evidence as be was instructed that not one of tbe prisoners was present The Chairman said tbe bench wonld take the evidence fer asmnch as it went for—namely , as a proof that the men bad an opportunity of having a knowledge of an the ease . Examination resumed—Nothing more then took place . The pita have been off work since . If those three men had gone to the pit any one morning since , except on Sunday , there would have been work for them . I produce an account of wages paid to these men . I learn ihat Lawrence Smith has earned from tne 22 Dd of April to the lltb . of Nov . inclusive , £ 22 4 s i-X . On tbat sum taSing into
account-Mr . Roberts objected to tfee witness reading these statements from written memoranda , and contended that though they might be accurate copies from the books , yet they were sot admissible , but tbat tbe books themselves ought to be produced . Examination resumed . —Tbe fines for the laid-ont ncreased very considerably in amount after the boxes were adopted . 3 cannot say to vrhat extent . There are persons employed Ior "waling the coals when they are turned over the screen . The foul coal was pushed out by them , and put into those boxes . Many of the men ' s tubs were bo far free from foul coal or splint as not to render the men liable to fine . Those came from Uie same district of tbe pit as the foul tubs . There is a great similarity in tbe pit . The seams were not
more foul on tbe three days when tbe splint had increased . Cross-examined by Mx . Roberta—I have not examined the machines so minutely as to aay whether they are stamped aa required by Act of Parliament They have sot been stamped during tbe five years that 1 have been on tbe colliery . They were brought duxini the time I was there—I think in Angus ! or October , 1841 . I did not aee them when they were being pnt up . Since they have been pnt up I dont know that they have been several time * incorrect I bare never a * id they were , but I hare thonght so T took-the me ansltopul tbem correct , ana suggested to Mr . Wood tbe propriety <*«« a » g jew ™^«* ^ should tbisk it i «« ix raoethstbx * I fin * thought them is aotainamomtha
incorrect . I will not «»•« tt . I thoatbt tfce machine- - - ** & * iBeorreet again * th » Srtan . Since then there ba ^ beem ariewjuddae ' fltted op . Tbe men who were employed oa it arid it ioUa be finished la * « igbV I expect it would be £££ A ^^ SSffl tfiaS * s ^ jkc : H » woriiB covered with stone . 1 should ay there was , no the m * n could work without a quart of stcne . It is
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almost invariably the case that the stone does fall down from the roof in that seam . If there Is above a quart in a tub icontalriing six cwt ) of foul coals , splint or stone , the fine is inflicted . I am not particularly acquainted with the bonds of other collieries . I am not acquainted with auy bond which refers to a seam of such a nature as the five-quarter seam . By the Chairman—There was no mere liability for tbe stone falling now than there was last year or the previous year . By Mi . Roberts—The boxes were not introduced for the purpose of measuring , bat for the men each to see tbeir own coals . To my knowledge the coals wexenet measured before the introduction of tha boxes . The quantity was ascertained by the judgment of tbe parties
Bet there for that purpose . The men were employed by the owners . I swear they had no measure , but that they went by their own judgment . One or two men in the pit have suggested that they should have boxeav To the best of my recollection it may be ten weeks or three months since I first heard a suggestion of bexes . That was from the prisoner Harewood ; but not until the night when the boxes were promised to be erected was there any request to have them made . After going down tbe pit I met Harewood coming out on the horse-way , and he asked me if it would not be tight for the men to have boxes . I cannot recollect the exact words . I did sot at that time understand that there was a general complaint amongst the men about being
badly used by the mode of measuring . Since this bond has been executed it baa not been enforced strictly with regard to the laying ont—not very strictly . If the men wished to have these boxes , I said I would procure them , and would have them measured strictly . . I should think it has been more strictly enforced and more accurately ance last November . The over-man will tell better than myself the largest amount of fines Inflicted on any two days since tbe 20 th of November . I do not know that any man has been fined £ 1 2 b . 6 J . for two days , but I don't doubt it 1 believe men have been fined something like 8 s . 7 s . 6 * . 5 s . 4 s . and 3 s . for a day . That declaration has not been made yet , though it is intended to be . By tbe Chairman—That has not
been the ordinary amount of fines . I am sure that a workman with ordinary prndence would not subject himself to such fines . I have not paid tbe workmen close up to the day on which tbe payment were made . That would not be in accordance with the agreement The men are paid on the Friday up to tbe previous Saturday . TKiB IS the universal practice in eur colliery and in every colliery with which I am acquainted . We make tbe deductions only when tbe wages become due , when the fines were increased . I think some of these men here have been fined , but I cannot speak posi ively . I think they have been fined for being absent on the day laid in the warrant . We have not fined them for that absence . They were brought up on tbe 24 th Of
November , and they were not fined for that day . The payments for that day are not due till to-morrow . No one has been fined for the offence for which they are brought here . Since this bend was entered into , the men have bees paid in cluba in the greater part , bat there may have been exceptions . If the bond be put into fall operation , it is possible for average men to make a living out of it , jprovided tha man do u ^ jut . * ~ «* a ' - not " say In what part of the pit the men worked when there was no layingsout The broken is the place where there is the greatest liability . The five-quarter Beam is the worst for tbe men . According to my opinion there was more fuul from the fire-quarter tb&u the other pit . SiOglewood
has -worked in all parts ; and the other two in tbe main seam , tbe most favourable part of the pit If a man has been fined £ l 2 % ., they could not have got in in the ordinary way ef work—neither could the other fines mentioned , unless a blind man was working . Ou the 20 th of last month the men were standing out . T ey went to work on tha following day , from wh * t cause I know not . I was told tbat day that the men wanted a correct beam and scales for their work . I said I would put a beam and scales , but not immediately , as I bad other things to do . I also said that they should have a beam and scales , but not because the men bad applied for them . By the bond they could only claim to have tbe machines adjusted , which they have not done till
now . I am not aware that they have goue to the iffiuer of the district to have them adjuated . My object in getting tbe scales was to get a greater quantity of coal tox the money paid . I did not say tbat I was determined to enforce the bond , even if the men could not get b living . I did not say that the men could not make a living under the bond . Mr . Thomas Weod is my employer , and he sanctions these proceedings . [ Mr . Wood was present , and admitted that tbe whole of the owners sanctioned the proceedings . Mr . Koberts exclaimed—" Aye , you ' re all in a boat , "
upon which the court interfered requesting Mr . Roberts to be more guarded in bis language , and tbe Learned Gentleman replied with great warmth that he was there to show that tbe conduct of the owners was eruel and fraudulent , and it "was his duty as an advocate to do so . After some further altercation tbe examination was continued . ] I was asked to give the men a clearance and I refused . I refuse now to do bo . I know Mr . Scott the surgeon . One Andrew Hope is a prisoner bow . I don ' t know tbat be hot been fined £ 1 2 * I don't know tbat he has bad two attacks of cholera and
one of dysentery . Re-examined—My opinion is that tbe cause of the coals being more foul tbe last three days than formerly , is tbat the partieB were to be brought here . The men bad been less careful . Previous to the boxes being adopted it was left altogether to tbe discretion of the walers , who were men employed in tbe colliery . Tbe men made an application to baVe men to everlook tbe waters . I thought it a reasonable request and it was immediately granted , and two men were Bent by the
workmen . They had instructions at all times from tbe masters in the first place and above all things to the safety of the men , and to do justice to them . I never had instructions tbat tbe b » nd w » b to be exercised harshly . The increase of tbe layings-out was ascertained altogether by tbe request of the men and not of the masters . The increase of foul coal and stone during these three days was confined to a few men . Men were not stationed on the part of tbe vorbmen during tbe whole , but during the chief part of tbe time .
The letters of the 11 th and 14 th of November were then put in to be read , but Mr . Roberts objected that they were not evidence . Mr . Marshall did not press their admission . [ The cross-examination of the wretched tool , Heckles , was most amusing . Aa fact after fact was extracted , and lie after lie was compelled to be swallowed , the suppressed laughter of the jolly fellows in the gallery barsl forth . The Bench-Worthy men—looked grave , held penBin their hands , with which they sometimes appeared to be writing something—and whispered to each other , as if they did not lik « it , but " were determined to do their duty , " that they were . " Property must be respeoted —else what should toe do . " ]
The next two witnesses proved that the three men under trial had been " called" on the morning of the 24 th Nov ., and that they did not attend at the pit . " That is my case , " said Mr . Marshall . Mr . Roberts then rose to reply . It now became bis high , privilege to advance to tbe Court tbe arguments and the evidence on which he demanded for his clients a verdict of honourable acqaittal . On that bench justice had been often administered by the wisest and most learned Judges of the landmen whose impartial bearing and just judgment ensured respect even from those to whom they conveyed admonition and panishment ; and most ferssaicber of
vently did he pray that the Almighty hettte might guid « their decision , id th « present most important ease , to justice and truth . It was his , the speaker ' s , first conviction , that , if strict justice eould be awarded , the persons who sat beside b > m in the garb of gentlemen—the owners of the Colliery—the proseontors- ^ men bo bitter in their vengeance that their eager appetite was not feaiiBfied by the three whom they had already sent to tie gloomy cell ; those men would themselves be in the dock , with their intended victims as accusers . Gracious God ! of what nature must that thirst be that "three in gaol" would not satisfy ? Were the whole sixty-eight whom they had arrested to be Jiznmolated within the prison walls 1 After tbie
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three were another " three" to be " had up " Was the vindictive line to extend till —[ Here a hurried intimation from the prosecutors was made tjO Mir . ' BJuBns that " ihe present three for six weeks" would satisfy those amiable men—who " subscribe a guinea a year to the hospital , " kneel on morrooo hassocks , and call themselves " miserable sinners . " ] Mr ; Roberts continued—It had been written by our text writers through all history that the greatest safeguard of British liberty was " the trial by jury . " Of that right we were taught from our childhood , no subject of a British Sovereign could be deprived . How hollow the boast ! His clients
were not to have that privilege . It was to be given to the thief , the felon , and the murderer ; while men like those whom he represented—men , against whose fair fame the tongue of Blander had never been raised—against whom even the witnesses for the prosecution could not invent a calumny—were to be debarred from its protection . They were be tried , not by their Peers , not by those who had known them in their toil and could judge of their motives ; but by men— -gentlemen he meant—pampered in all the pomp of power , who knew nothing of poverty , save as a pioture for a book , and who were taught from their baby-clothes to regard the labouring
man , askin ' g for his rights—for liberty to live , as a rude excrescence on society ; as a " nasty thing" that must be " kept down , " or it" would beoome intolerable . " ; Already they had three victims lingering in the gaol which adjoined that Court ; one of them , as appeared by the certificate ; of that skilful and respectable surgeon , Mr . Scott , had twice , during the short pei od of six weeks , been attacked with cholera , a id once during the same period had suffered from that depressing and often fatal disease—emphatically called the gaol disease—the dysentery ; his life had been despaired of : his wife had told him ( Mr . R . ) that she hardly dare indulge the hope of ever seeing him again .
The Chairman here interrupred Mr . Roberta with considerable warmth ; he had heard the allegation before , and had found , on enquiry , that there was no foundation for it . The surgeon of the gaol had stated that one of the men had certainly been attacked with a " bowel complaint , " but tbat be was now quite recovered . Mr . Roberts cared little for the letter of the gaol surgeon . Let them pause ere they added another victim to the black catalogue of judicial crime ; let
them recollect , if they had forgotten , the Kortbleaoh case . . Certificates and letters were there plentiful enough . All the officials in that case—in the opinion Of each other—were all honourable and amiable men ; and the prisoners were only too healthy ; but the victims died—murdered according to law . Read Mr . Scott ' s certificate ; was uot his skill and his honour unimpeached , and unimpeachable . Mr . Marshall here looked at the certificate , and observed that the illness was " within six
weefcs . " Mr . Roberts—Within six weeks . In the name of the great God of Juatioe , ; I ask you how much disease is to justify an appeal for mercy I "I tell these hard-hearted men "—addressing the prosecutor ? , wfio grinned horribly— " I tell them that if this man dies in gaol ? the guilt of his murder will be heavy on their souls . " Interruption from the Bench , which Mr . RobertB checked and proceeded—Why was the trials of those men so cruelly hurried ? In the same day taken from their home and conveyed to dungeons . Was it not known throughout these counties , nay throughout the whole country , that he was engaged aa the legal defender of all the pitmen . Why could not the case have been postponed as ibe present one had been ?
Another interruption . The Chairman observed that the men had never complained of illness , nor applied for postponement . He thought Mr . R . was deficient in courtesy in pressing this line of argument . Mr . R . disclaimed all feeling of " courtesy" in the matter ; the man ' s life was in danger— -the straw he was lying upon was probably his death-bed . O , the Northleach magistrates were " courteous" 1 After killing tbeir victim , they " buried him with decency !"
Several ineffectual attempts were made to stop Mr . R . in these recapitulations—the magistrates did not like it . One poor thin old man rolled about on his seat in agony , throwing bis arms up and down , and ' squeaking out "he would'nt , " and "he shouid ' at , " " well I never , " and" 0 ! Lord . " Throughout it all , however , Mr . R . proceeded , raising higher and higher , and never stopping till he had thoroughly made himself understood , Mr . Roberts proceeded—What were the simple f lets of the present case 1 An agreement had , about the 5 th of April last , been signed by the men , which it was impossible for them to fulfil . It never was intended that they should fulfil it ; and they never
had been required to do so till the last fortnight . The agreement provided that for every " quart" of foul coal , stone , &o . found in any one tab ( the tub , it would be recollected , contained six hundred weight of coal ) , the hewer should be fined threepence : this clause , however , had never been enforced till the last fortnight . There were , however , several grounds of complaint whioh the men had against tne owners ; the principal of these was the fact of a fraudulent weighing-machine haviDg been used , by which the men were cheated of a large portion of their earnings . Of this they repeatedly complained , but never could obtain any redress , The fraud continued unabated , although promises were made from
time to time that the machine should be adjusted . At last the men determined to stop work , unless their desire for a " beam and scales" was complied with . ^ HeccleS , tbe viewer ; finding that the men were determined , consented to this ; but at the same time told them that he would enforce the " quart " fine . The men , however , on the advice of himself and Mr . Beesley , still went to work . At the same time they seat one of their body to a magistrate for a summons against the owners for wages—some fines tnat had bosn unjustly inflicted , in order to bring their whole grievances before the magistrates for their decision : the man had been sent . The
magistrate was applied to ; the summons was refused ; by one of the very magistrates who now adorned the Bench ; sitting there to administer impartial justice . Still the men worked on—justice had been denied to them , but they still worked on . They had lost all confidence in the magistrates , but their confidence in themselves , in the power of truth and the justice p f Heaven , grew stronger . They worked on then ; and what followed ! Let tbem listen , and think of the three martyrs in gaol . The " quart" fine was enforced : twenty- two shillings w « re robbed from one man , for fines for two days—ihe man who was in gaol—the very man who was dying there .
A burst of horror from the body of the Court , stopped Mr . R . for a few moments , as he shrieked out the last part of his speech . Mr . R . continued—That man ' s earnings for the two days had not been five shillings . Another bad been fined eight shillings—another five shillings : scores had been fined more than they earned . He would prove every tittle of the monstroaa fraud ; and for disobeying this agreement—for refusing to work under these terms—sixty-eight persons bad been taken into bustody . Mr . Marshall ' s assertion that because the men had signed tbe bond , they were bound to abide by it , rjight be trqe bo far as a civil action , was concerned ,
but no person in hia senses could contend that a man committed a crime who declined attempting what was impossible . He Would prove that above the good coal in the pit , and immediately conneoted with it * were strata averaging ; more than twenty inohe 8 of grey stone and foul « oal , the whole of which came down into the tubs as the hewer was filling them : besides this there was what was called " black brass , " which being the colour of the coal , it was next to impossible for the workman to avoid ; putting into tb . e tubs . He would produce a witness who would prove a declaration by me of the owner's agents that more than half of the tubs would be "laid out" if the " quart" fine were enforced . Then as to the weighing machine : testimony
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would be adduced that , time after time , the men had complained of it . Mr . Heccles had himefeif admitted his opinion that it waB incorrect ! and be ( Mr . R . ) would prove that } one Of the agents had said that " it would vary nine pounds either way . " Were these the standards by which labour was to be paid 1 It had been said by the advocate on the other aide that the Acts of Parliament requiring weighing machines to be examined and stamped by an inspector , did not apply to the [ present instance , but merely to cases where " goods" were " sold . " What a wretched quibble ] was this ! The Legislature , knowing the frauds that were committed by false weights and measures , passed an Act for their prevention and punishment : and now we were-told
that though ali the ; articles ] which gave comfort to affluence—all the ' articles which rich men bought and sold , were to be subjected to the protection of this Jaw , yet that labour , which was the source of them all—the foundation of wealth—was to be deprived of it : labour , without which they who were there to doom wfau'd be even pooror than their victims . If men were to be sent to prison for refusing to Work by a maoMue , Was it not reasonable that the machine should be perfect ? The men had been taunted with their ignorance—taunted by the very tyrants who profited by it : they were shrewjd enough , however , to know when they were cheated-But if they were ignorant , on whom ought the blame to fall i What had the clergy been doing iu this .
the richest Ecclesiastical county in the kingdom . ?' The clergy were ready enough to act as magistrates ; why not do something to remove that ignorance whioh they professed so grievously to deplore \ Time would show that the pitmen were not the ignorant creatures they had been represented . He ( Mr . R . ) had now been in constant , in hourly , intercourse with them for more than four months ; and he declared that in the { Whole time he had not met a single instance of a desire , on the part of the workmen , to take an unfair advantage of the owaer . All the fraud and extortion and tyranny had been on the other side . The next paint on which he ( Mr . R . ) relied was the factj that , in no one single instance , had the bond been fulfilled with regard to the time
of payment of wages ; in every case a week ' s wages had been kept in band by the Owners . The men would have submitted to this : practically , the effect might be trifling ; but when a master sought strictly to enforce a bond against a servant , it behoved him , in the first place , to shew that he bad strictly complied with it himself . The master who had not paid his workmen to the latest moment , and to the uttermost farthing , had no right to send that servant to gaol . Mr . Roberts then went into several other clauses of the bond , to shew their injustice . Rather than return to work on that bond , the whole of the men , not merely < the three under trial—not
merely the sixty-eight in the warrants , but tbe whole of them—javery hewer in the colliery , were ready to go to prison . They avowed it openly . He wag there to avow it for them . Could there possibly be a more solemn assurance of their innocence than that ? In conclusion he called upon them to recollect that the prosperity of the coal trade was at stake ; the very safety of the Colliers might depend upon their important decision . If the Magistrates would not do justice to the pitmen , the latter had come to a solemn determination to do justice to themselves . Prisons would not deter them . It was the test of virture that torture could not swerve it .
He would now ' oall his witnesses—they would prove all that he had advanced—and though he did . not profasss to rely on a favourable decision by the Magistrates—they were too intimately dependant on the coal trade for him to indulge much hopeyet he knew the eventual result would be beneficial to the mighty cause he advocated , and a homage to justice and to virtue . The above is but an outline of Mr . Roberts ' s speech : much of it we have been compelled to omit by want of space . | It was listened to throughout with breathless attention , except when interrupted by the magistrates . ! These gentry evidently did not know what to do . Once or twice they mide a sort of a move to leave ithe Court ; but just as they got
to { the door it seemed to strike them all on a heap , ( particularly the thin old man with a squeaking voice ) , that that would not do : then they ran back again . One of them held up a pen , and said " he should stop and do his duty . " Altogether the thing beggared description . The ~ SoUy follows in . the gaVlery thought it was all " splendid . " There was no restraining their enthusiasm . We must give the continuation of the proceedings next week . Suffice it for the present , that after darkness had set in and Mr . j Roberta , in reply to the Magistrates , as to whether he had any other evidence " of a different complexion , " had avowed that he intended to eznmine the whole of the hewers on the colliery ; after this startling
announcement—for { the number of hewers is between three and four hundred—and some further discussion , in which' some warmth was shown , and angry expressions exchanged between the Bench and Mr . Roberts , and propositions of adjournment and of agreement between the masters and men were made , the case was ultimately adjourned till Friday , at ten o ' clook , in order to give time for the parties to come to some arrangement , or to proceed with the case , the Chairman at the same time declaring that in a case like this , where large bodies of men were banded ! together in open defiance of the law , and of the peace of the district , and after what had come out in the case , the magistrates would still not hold themselves bound by any compromise which the parties might come to .
Tuesday passed in a similar manner , hni more stormiiy than before j ; and the further consideration of the case was adjourned till the following Wednesday . What the result will be no one can tell or speculate upon . The case is looked upon as allimportant throughout the coal countries . We will give the conclusion next Saturday ,
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Lonbon . —On Sunday evening , the 17 th , inst ., B . Wall , Esq ., professor of languages , will lecture on " the oratory of the bar and senate , " at seve _ n precisely , at the City of London Political and Scientific Institution . A political discussion every Sunday morning . \ On Wednesday evening , the 20 th vnsl . a lecture on Mesmerism will be delivered by Messrs . Taylor and Bagley , in the [ above place , to commence at eight o ' clock . i A Festival and Ball , in aid of the Institution , will be held iu the above Hall , oa Tuesday evening , ( Boxing Day ) . Teal on table at five o ' clock ; ball to commence at eight . Double tickets , 2 s . 6 d . ; single , do ., Is . 6 "d . ; to ball only , double Is . 6 d . ; singledo ., Is . j
, .. _ ... On Sunday evening wext , the 17 ch inst ., at half-pa 9 t seven precisely , Mr . J , Mee -will deliver a lecture , at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , Cromer street . j On Monda y evening , the 18 oh inst ., Mr . W . Gardner , will address the friends , at the Teetotal and Repeal brigade Coffee House , Little Saffron Hill . i ¦ ' Ma . E . Mantz will lecture at Harvey ' s Temperance Assembly Rpw , Bow , on Thursday next , the 21 st inst . The friends from Stratford and the vicinities surrounding are requested to attend . Marylebone . —On ; Sunday evening next , the 17 th inat ., Mr . J . Sewell will deliver a lecture , at half-past seven precisely , at the Mechanics' Institute , Circus-street , f
Emmett ' s Brigade . —A publio meeting , m favour of the People ' s Charter , will be held at the Bricklayers' Arms , Homer-street , New Road , Marjr lebone , on Monday evening next , the 18 th inst ,, at eight o ' clock precisely . Messrs . Mantz and Da-voo will attend . j Mr , Skelion will deliver a lecture at the Standard of Liberty , Brick-lane , Spitalfields , on Sunday evening next , the 17 ib inet ., at haif-past seven precisely . f Somers' Town Locality . —On Sunday evening next , Mr . Mee will ' i lecture at Mr . Daddridges , Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-street , New Road . Mr . Hunniball , of Stafford , will deliver a lecture on Sunday , the Itth inst ., at the Golden iaon , Deanstreet , Soho , on the causes of the Revolutions of Greece and Rome , j
London District | Council . —Thia Council will meet at the City of London Poiitioal and Scientific Institution , Turnagaia Laae , on Sunday afternoon next , the 17 th inst ., at three o ' clock precisely . Camberwell . —A public meeting will be held at the Cook Tavero , Camberwell Green , oa Tuesday next , the 19 th inefc ., at eight precisely . Hammersmith , Notiinghiiju , and theje Vicinities—Tbe ChartiBis and their friends of the above places are moat respectfully requested to attend a meetiBg at the Black Bull Inn » Hammersmith Road , on Tuesday evening nexji , the 18 th inst ., at eight preoiiely , on business of great importance , i . PaEBTON . —A , meeting will beheld in theChajtfsl Association Room , Park-road , oa Sunday evening next , to take into consideration the propriety of taking immediate steps to ensure the return of men favourable to Chartist principles } at all future Municiple Elections . ! C ' oair to be taken at seven o ' clock . All friends of democracy are earnestly requested to attead .:
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t Hebden BaiDOB . —Mr . James Leach wild ectoM twice in tbe Democratic Chapel , Hebden Bridgelanes , on Sanday , Dec . 17 th ; in the afternoon at two o'clock , and six in the evening . " A Public Discussion will take place on Sunday , the 17 th inst ., in tbe Working Man ' s Institution , . Hyde , between Mr . Samuel Sidebottom , axthor of a pamphlet , entitled the " Local and General Reformer , " and Mr . a-. M . Leach , an advocate of Chartist principles . The discussion will commence at two o'clock in thff afternoon , and contfmw until four o ' clock ; after wbieh time it will be adjourned until six o ' clock the same evening .
HtDE . —The Chartists' who took out eard 3 of membership , after Mr . O'Connor's lecture , a * Hyde , are requested to attend a meeting in the Working Man ' s Institution , on Sunday , the 17 th inst ., at two o ' clock in the afternoon , in the ground floor of the h *» . Men of Hyde , fail not to attend . JJring your carols with you . Boar . —Mr . William Dixon , of Manchester , will deliver a Jeetnre on Sanday , ( to-morrow ) , in the Garden-street Room , at six o ' clock rathe evening , A € HABTr * r tea party will be Solden on Christmas Day , wbeir Messrs . Issac Barrow , of Bolton , John West , of Sheffield ; and William Dixon , of Manchester ; , have promised to attend ; Tea tO DO OD the tsbles&tKrs o el&ck in the evening . Tickets for males- one shilling each ; for femalfea ninepence each .
Rorxo » Chaetjbt Room . —Mr . Janrea Leach , of Manchester , will deliver two lectures iff'the above roem , on Sunday , the 24 hof December :-one in the afternoon , at two o ' clock ; the other in th * evening at six , A collection Will be made after each lecture . SHEFFiELD » -Qn Sunday evening a lecture will be delivered in the Room , Kg Tree-lane , to commence at half-past six o ' clock . Ob Wednesday a meeting of the members-. An . harmonic meeting every Saturday evening , for the benefit of the Association . Salfohd—Mr . Doyle will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Great Gewge-street , Salford , on Sunday evening next at half-paat six o ' clock .
Mr . John West > will visit the following places during the week—Manchester , on Sunday lTth ; Sfcockport . on Monday 18 th f Bolton , on Tuesday 19 th ; Ashton , on Wednesday 20 th ; Mossley , . on Thursday 21 st ; Dunkenneld , on Friday 22 nd ; and Bury on Sunday and Monday 24 th and 25 th . Selston—The members are requested to meet ai Mr . J . Pepper's , near the Crown Inn , at ten o ' oloak in the forenoon , on Sunday , Bee . 24 tb , to take oat their cards . Failsworth—A lecture will be delivered hera on Monday , the 18 th inst ., by Mr . Christopher Boyle , of Manchester . . Subjeot— "The Charter and Repeal ; " to commence at eight o ' clock in thejeveninj ? .
Rochdale—Mr . A . Haigb , of Whitworth , will deliver two lectures on Sunday next ( to-morrow ) in the Chartist Association Room , in the afternoon , at half past two o ' clock i and in the evening at six . Mr . Kidd , of Newcastle , will deliver a lecture in this town , on the Repeal of the Corn Laws , on Monday evening next . Ashton-under-Lyne—Mr . 6 . P . Mead will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Bentiiok street , on Sunday next , 17 * b . inst . Chair to be taken at six o'clock in the evening . On Wednesday evening ., Dee . 20 fch , Mr . John West , of Sheffield , will lecture in the same plaoe . Chair to be taken precisely at eight o ' clook in the evening .
Hanley—A general meeting of the members and friends of the National Charter Association , will be bolden on Sunday evening , the 17 th inst ., at seven o ' clock , at the house of Mr . J . Yates , Temperance Coffee House , Miles-bank , Shelton , to consider the propriety of appointing a committee to arrange a plan for the erection of a Working Man ' s Hail in this district . All the old subscribers and shareholder are particularly requested to attend , that the above object may be brought to a successful
18836 . Stockpoet—On Sunday afternoon next an adjourned discussion will take place in the youth's anti-room , Garnett street , Lower Hillgate . Subject —" Has machinery been a blessing or a curse ?" Chair to be taken at two o ' clock . There will also be a tea party on Christmas day , in the large room belonging to the Youths . Bacup . —A tea-party will be held in the National Charter Association Room , Rochdale Road , Bacup , on Christmas Day , Dec . 25 th , for the benefit of the Association . Tea on the table at five o ' clock , after which addresses will be delivered by a few friends from a distance .
Mossley—On Thursday evening , Dee . 21 st , Mr . John West , of Sheffield , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist meeting room , Brooks' Bottom , to commence at eight o'clock . Halifax—Mr . Hurley will lecture in the Chartist Association Room , Pellon-lane , on Sunday ( to-morrow ) evening , at six o ' clock . On Monday evening ,. Dee . 18 , a general meeting will be holden in the above room , for the purpose of taking into consideration the propriety of estabthe land . ¦ .... - -- .. « ... / .=.. ., v ^¦ s-w . ^ Birmingham—On January 15 : h , 1844 , there will be a public meeting at one o ' clock , and a grand tea party and ball will take place in the Saloon , at the Mechanics' Institute , Great Charles-street , Birmingham , to commemorate the release of Mr , George White from the Queen ' s Bench Prison . Tickets one shilling each : tea on the table at five o ' clock .
The Mechanics' Institute hasbeen engaged for Mr . M'Grath , the President of the Executive , to lecture in on Monday evening next , Deo . 28 ; h . The doors will be open at seven , chair to be taken at half-past . The friends of liberty are earnestly requested to attend . Coventry—Mr . M'Grath , President of the National Charter Association of Great Britain , will deliver a lecture on the principles of the People ' s Charter , in Mary's Hall , on Tuesday , Dec . 19 th , at seven o'clock in the evening . OldhAm . —On Sunday , ( to-morrow ) a lecture will
be delivered in the Chartist Room , Greave ' s-sfcreet , at six o ' clock in the evening , by a friend . Hollinwood . —Mr . John Crowther , of Oldham , will deliver a lecture in the Chartist Room , Pew Nook , Holiinwood , on Sunday , the 17 th inat ., at 8 IX ©' clock in the evening . . Me . Kydd ' s Route . —Mr . Kydd purposes lecturing at the following places : —Rochdale , Monday , the 18 th inst . ; Heywood , Tuesday , the 19 th ; Bury , Wednesday , the 20 th ; Todmorden , Thursday , the 21 st ; Hebden Bridge , Friday , the 22 nd ; Halfax , Sunday , 24 th .
Stockpobt . —Mr . James Mitchell will lecture in the Association Room , Bomber ' s Brow , on Sunday next , the 17 th inst . Oa Monday , the 18 th , Mr . John West , of Sheffield , will lecture at the same place . Admission free to both lectures . . Nottingham . —A tea party and ball will be held at Mr . Swann ' s Temperance Hotel , Drury Hill , on Tuesday , the 2 &ih inst . Tickets 9 d . each . Radford . —A democratic sermon will be preached by Miss Blatherwick , in the Independent Chapel , New Radford , near Nottingham , oa the 17 th inst ., at six o'clock . Bolton . —Mr . John West will deliver a lecture on Tuesday , the l&h inst ., in the Chartist Room , Cheapside .
A . Tea . Pa&tk will take place in the above room , on New Year " s Day , under the superintendence of the School Committee . Gentlemens' tickets , Is . ; Laidies ' , 9 d . ; Children of the First Class , 4 d . ; Children of the Second Class , 2 d . Tea on the table at five o ' clock . Manchester . —Mr . West , from Sheffield , will deliver a lecture in the Carpeuter ' s Hall , oa Sunday , ( to-morrow . ) at half-past six o ' clook in the
evening . Bradford . —On Sunday evening , the members of the Chartist council will meet in the large room , Butterworth-buildings , at half-past five o ' clook . The Chartisss of Bowling Back-lane , will meet in the Association Room , at ten o ' clock in the morning , and two in the afternoon . The Chartists of Little Horton , will meet in the school-room , Park-place , on Sunday morning , af ten o ' clock , and at two in the afternoon , When a writing class will be formed .
. The Chartists of New Leeds will meet ixfc their room on Sunday morning , at ten o'clock , and . a . t two in the afternoon . A Delegate Meeting of the Miners of Lancashire will be holden at the Black Horse , Blaokrod , on Monday next , December 18 th . Chair to be . > taken at nine o ' clock in the morning . A publio meeting will also be holden in the same village , at fou& © . ' clock in . the afternoon of the same day . Mr . Wm . Dixon , of Manchester , will address the Miners of Collyhurst , Bradford , and Clayton * oa Wednesday evening next , Deo ; 20 th at tiie Forester ' s Arms , Murray-street , Oldham Roady Manchester . Chair to be taken at eight o'clock in the evening .
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Stockpoht . —On Wednesday the Qlh % Mr . Kydd , Of Newcastle , lectured in this town . On SimDAT last , we were again visited by Sir . M'Grath , of the Executive , who delivered a verj animated discourse . BiouaifwooD . —Mr . Christopher Doyle , of Manchester , delivered a lecture- ia the Chartist rowa , Hollinwood , « n Sunday tesi * to a very respectable audience , NornKCHAH . —At tfewsoal weekly meeting of the Byron Ward Loealitj several newMembew .. were enrolled . The memww of the above / wa * dt * re about getting up a tea p ^ y / oy the bea ^ S ofthe Local Victim Fund , on , Tuesday ,. D ^ owsber 26 th . Tickets 9 d . each } can , be obtained of tha Secretary until Saturday the 23 d inst . & rf ^
Mosslet—Mr . C , Doyle delivered a leetttreJatte Association Room , Brook Bottom , on T ^ eJfiSffl ^ Btv ^ on the Land and its capabilities * whidr' $ * 33-g »« w \ ^ satisfaction * At the close of the IWjireypwe ^ v J >• £ thank * was given to the l < O ^ r § r £ yBfffrft ^ SWM ^ f £ ft * r biota s ? - ^ # fi ^ S » jg r mm ^ £ / - ^ ff £% #
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NEW WOOLLEN CLOTH AND TAILORS' TRIMMING ESTABLISHMENT , 37 , SRIGCATE , LEEDS , AND MARKET PLACE , DARLINGTON . j ^ H . DAVIS respectful ly invites the attention of the Public to his VALUABLE and EXTENSIVE STOCK OF WOOLLEN CLOTHS , W fi « t ^ a ! p ?? ehafad for Cash i and is determined to sell for a very small amount of profit . The Goods ^^ SSSffi SfSdS nofc m * y > w wm hafe the gpod m * eTtka of ^ V ??? % lv « nA ^ L ^^ 0135111 ^^^ * WATERPROOF TWEEDS , BEAVERS PILOTS &Y& , CASSIMERES , SUPERFINE YORKSHIRE and WEST OF ENGLAND CLOTHS eS variety C ° TT 0 N C ° ' FUSTIANS ' ^ ** - Waistcoatings from Is !™ , upwards , tn rin ? e £ S «^/ p J ? ^ - aAi ^^^^ Mmeron 8 bo * y <) f TAILORS , who hare patronized him Se fi haiS «? c I a £ Ber ? P Wlth Mr . CuLUNQWOETH , and begs to assure them that no House in the ixaae Baau undersell him in any one Article . mZ ^ . Tw ^ iPfl !? - ^ iQTit 8 d to purchase Fustians , Cords , and Moleskins , at the above Establish-? v h r > * 1 ^ more advantageous to do so , and employ their owa Tailors , than encourage the Ready Mode Clothes Selling Monopolists ? who get : rioh at the eipenoe of the Working Man , by paying him one half for a Garment that other Masters give . , ,
The Colliers.
THE COLLIERS .
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TO THE CHARTISTS . Teiems , —Anxions that the » short period for -which we have been appointed for the management t » f jour affairs should be devoted to the practical carrying ont of our principles , and to the advancement of our cause , "we have now to lay before jon -the course which , ^ 1111 yonr cc-operalion , we are resolved npon pursuing . We have come to the conclnaon , that it is our duty to use all the available ineanB at our disposal , in order to insure a full , free , and complete representation of the Chartist body in ihe forthcoming ConTention . To ensure that eDd "we know of no means mere likely to be ^ nccessfnl than the exxensive dissemination of osr -principles . We have hefore annonneed to you onr intention of employing all the available taltnt in
onr ranks for this purpose . Since then we have received communications from several of our ablest lecturers , which have enabled us to mate the following arrangements , to commence on the first week -after New Year ' s Day . Mr . James Leach "will he appointed as lecturer for Sonth Lancashire . Mr . Bairsiow for Korth Lancashire . Mr . Wb . Jones -for the Staffordshire Potteries . Mr . David Ross for Leicestershire and Derbyshire . Mr . Bell , of Heywood , to ? fewca 5 tle and district . Mr . M'Grath for 2 sottin ^ ham district . Mr . Clark for Northampton ^ Lr . DojlefoT Liverpool , s portion of North Lancashire , and Oieshire . Mr . West to the West-Biding of Yorkshire ; leaving Mr . Gammage , Mr-Mason , and JSdr . Dorman , and others , from whom we baTe not as yet had communications , for districts io which ire also propose sending lectnrers .
We baTe not heard from onr Scorch brethren , ^ 5-hom vre shall he happy to include in our agitation arrangeicente . The Eejeral lecturers Trill be etaployed for three months , when we presume the jjeneral election for delegates to the Convention -will take place ; and the lecturers will be esehanged monthly , in order that as inueh fresh vigour a 3 possible may be thrown into the agitation . Resolved upon not in . any -wise either exceeding our fintjj or being instrumental in fostering dissension in onr ranks , weheg to announce ihat all wriiten complaints forwarded against anylectnrer will be instantly transmitted to the lecturer complained of ; and that all discussions and decisions relative to . any Each complaint must be submitted to and decided by
ihe proper parties in the several localities from "Whence ihe complaint comes . Ponbennorej we are determined not to encourage , or onrselves , to keep mp any private correspondence upon any aeeonnt ; and that all eomplaint 3 , T ? hether public or private , ih&ll be instantly transmitted to the parties ccmplained of . As our tenure of office is short , "we have Seemed it more pmdent to re-organize the old and -faithful corps of CfeartistA than t » - ** £ ax&Bi $ he opening of new districts for the present , upon which onr slight revenue wonld but produce a compara tively slender effect ; while , should the funds placed at our disposal enable ns to extend onr arrange mentSj we shall most gladly so apply them . There are many matter ? , sneh as the Land Q , nestioniMtmidpal Election Qaestion , Pailiameniiry Question , Exclusive Dealing , Co-operative Stores , and others , Which should interest the Chartist body , -with which
at present we do not feel ourselves further justified in inierferinj ? , than merely to state them as subjects npon which the several constituencies should be informedhy the lecturers ; that it is our intention to submit reports npon those several subjects , carefully drawn up from statistical information . to the Convention , in short , friends , again we have to impress upon you the fact , that we will neither surpass ths powers rested in us , nor relas aught in our endeavours to enable the cons try to set tee question of Organization for ever at rest , by ensuring the cooperation of the best men in oar ranks in perfecting that good work at OUT Jieit gathering ; and when the time for surrendering our trust arrives , we have the pride and confidence to hope that our errorssuch as they may be—trill appear ae errors of judgment rather than of the heart ; and -we stall be able to show an amount of ternce Tendered , fnlly eoicineiisnrate ~ Friih the means placed at our
dis-As we find that the Enbjcct of a National Tribnte , to enable os io proseeme the good work , has been pepnlarly received , we beg , in compliance with numerous communications , to say , that we deem Christmas week the most favourable for Euch purpose ; and therefore cheeifully respond to-several giplications byinvMiyj all ttLo are fsTonraHe to e project BO to contriinle io the Fand as that we VDSij be enabled to go on and prosper . We beg farther to announce that a supply of cards , together frith a quantity of enammeUed cards for framing , have been deposited with 34 r . Leach , Jiews-agent , Oafc-Etreet , Tib-street , Manchester , of rrhom they msj be had , free of ihe cost of carriage , by ihe several surrounding districts . P . 3 I Ghath , F . O'Conxor , H . Boss , T . M , Wheeleb . T . Clabk , London , December 13 ih . 1843 .
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TOL- TIL ] S 0 . 318 . SATURDAY , DECEMBER 16 1 JUV ScTpo ^ ceI ^ fesny o ^ ' ' — > _ " __ X * Ftve Shillings per Quartet . AXT ? Trr Trrrvrt-r t ti »» ~ - ^~~ ,-,. „ , ¦ , < . " 1 - ¦ ¦ - - ;
To The Wobking People.
TO THE WOBKING PEOPLE .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 16, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct512/page/1/
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