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THE CONDITION OF ENGLAND . TTTB COTENTET STABTI 5 G . Is oar sixth page oar readers will find gome most appalling details of the wretchedness into which thousands in this "free and enlightened country" are plunged bj class legislation ' and class oppressioiu To the report of the grievances and abominable treatment of the Metropolitan tailors we also request the attention of all , begging of them to mark the refined villany which enables a fete to aid the spread of
Pro-Usloniism by plundering his Christian workmen . Let the reader also M read , mark , learn sad inwardly digest" the horrid disclosnres respecting the ** Sweating Machines" made before Sir Pktbb Lattrie , at the Guildhall . It shall be no fault of ourB if | tos ** Condition-of-England question" be not fully nnderstoo ^ bj the whole civilized world . We promise to n&jpiJ-gether such amass of tyranny and TiDainny on ^ the one hand , and slavery and misery en the lower , as shall rouse the Btitish Lion from Mb too-long continued slumbers , and make
B The Tery stones to rise against earth ' s tyrants's . A few words on tie atrocious case of " pinafion " in the Coventry House of In 3 nsby . As stated in our last , a meeting of Guardians was held to consider the coarse that should be pursued with it > ~ ference to this M painful and melancholy affair . ' Thi 3 week we hare seen a report of the proceedings in the Coventry Herald , according to which the burthen of each speech was the "hnmanity * " ( l ) and "kindly disposition ' 0 ) of the Directors . " One Mr . England remarking that : ~
B As to the Terdiet at Leicester , he contended that such a verdict was not justified by the evidence , and Done bnt a Tery intemperate Jury would have giTen such a Terdiet . Indeed , it was evident that it was a most inistnperate Jury , or else the members of it would not hay © been jumping np one after another before the eTidenoe was near closed , and crying out about manslaughter and starvation" 12 Precious Guardians of the poor these J We will Dot insult lihe pablio by replying to the above mass of stolid falsehood , all who read the proceedings of the inquest will Toe able to pass a Tery proper K -verdict" npon Km . At this meeting it was finally ¦ resolved ( as stated in our " Notices" last week" ) that
the Directors should be requested to ^ ive the officers of the House implicated by the verdict" an opportunity of rebutting the charges of the Leicester Jury . From the comments of the Coventry Herald ^ which appears to be a regular Malthasian journal , we learn that the deputation from the above meetwas met by the following resolution of the '' Board "; ** That the Directors eannot reeogniza any deputation appointed at a nocturnal meeting called at a public-house , anonymonsly and without " legal authority j but if the gentlemen wish to make * bj eommirnication to the Directors , it must be aide In writing . "
In the same paper we find that Bjcexell , the surgeon , stung by the Terdict of the Leicester Jury , has resigned the situation of surgeon to the w House . " In reply to his letter of resignation , the "Directors" hare passed resolutions listing thai they " consider the verdict the result of prejudice and excitement ; and not the deliberate ¦ jadgmeni of an impartial Jury apoa the evidence , " And that B The Directors feel it incumbent on them to testify to Mr . Bicknell' s care , attention , ability , -and humanity , during the time he has been Surgeon to the Honse" ' 11
God forbid thai we should libel Mr . BlCXSELL , but we eay to our readers go back again to the evidence of the widow Hossos , and that of the old Irish nurse , who aTowed that- she feared to tell all the horrid truth lest Ehe should lose ler situation 1 and then let our readers judge for themselves as to the care , attention , ability , and humanity of Mr . Biceoxl ! More we cannot find space to say now : but let the people treasure np these wrongs , and learn to know that such will continue to be their doom , unto they assert their rights , and refuse to be longer lorded orer by suah hatefnl oppressors as these grinding , steering , and -nnblnphing destroyers of their feUoffxnen . Political equality will alone enable them to pot an end to social wrong .
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Ths OiDHjat Wjcg Lie . —We haTe receded a letter from Mr . Philip Knight , brother of the late revered John Knight , of Oldham , in which he says , As to Mr . O'Connor owing anything to my brother , it 13 entirely without foundation . " What despicable shifts the Oldham Whig 3 are put to , to haTe to fabricate such a lie , as the one thus thrown in their teeth . Associatios Caeds . —It i 3 requested that all localities re quiring -Cards may transmit their money to the General Secretary , as by that means there Trill be no delay in transmitting them . Again we liaye to notice the non-payment of the weekly subscriptions of enrolled members . Datid SsEtL-liighly approTes of Mr . O'Connor ' s
suggestion for a " I * atonal Tribute , " and wishes his brother Chartists to take np the question "rigorously and universally . We are glad that oar correspondent stands manfully by the * good old cause , " despite the petty persecution by which he is annoyed . ~ Ettk £ bj > Gboccock sends Q 3 a case of a Methodist class-leader robbing a poor woman of lid ., pnder the plea of "clas 5-moi ; ey . " The remedy is for " poor -women" to haTe nothing to do with such canting scoundrels . If the sheep would retain its wool , it must keep out of the reach of the * fleecer . " Ocsto 5 , j rris Newcastle . —We -haTe not room . Thomas Battjsos . —WereallT have not time to look
through bar file for an answer to his query . Any of our read ? r 3 in his neighbourhood who may keep the Star by them -would , no doub :, afford biin t&e opportunity of looking for himself . The Cotzstbt Csxexjsts wish to hear from the Chartiste of the following places : —Leamington , "Warwick , Kenilworth , Febhill , Bedworth , Nuneaton , Hinebley , and Hugley . Letters te be addressed , Mr . George Freeman , Bradbnry ' s-street , John ' s-street , Coventry . A Hates oy Ttjlo-ttf . —In depends on the " rales " of the milL Tie mi'lowner has the power if any such roles are hnng up in the working room , stating that such are the terni 3 on -which those whom he employ * mast be content to labour .
Mb . Mason , of Bibmisgha"h , has sent us a letter in reference to certain alleged errora in the report of Mr . il'Grath ' s visit to Birminuh&m , in the Star of last week . The errors complained of -are of so little moment , that we are sure Mr , Mason will excuse the non-insertion of his communication , the purport of which is , that he did not express himself a 3 being fully satisfied with Mr . ifcTGrata ' s answers to his qne ? tk > ns . We join with Mr . M- in Loping -, hat differences of ppinion as to modes of action , may no longer retard onr progress . All haYe the right to advise , or to object , as they may see fit ; and honest differences of opinion shonld bo respected instead of eensnred It is too often the ease that ( as Mr . M . say ?) " -we
generally judge with severity what we disapprove , ¦ when we have not the mean 3 of investigating fully the entire circumstances of the ea ? e . " But "this error we shall mend of , ¦ Joh 5 Johnson , Librarian at the Carpenters' Hall , Manchester , wishes to know where he can'Obtain a copy of " The first step in the ladder to Political JZnotdedge ? reviewed in onr paper of Sept . 9 th last 1 We pTemme our correspondent has applied to Leach and Heywood . If «> , it most be that copies hare not reached the London publishers . Perhaps this will meet the eye of the author of the pamphlet . Bath Tours CorscrL . —We have so room for our correspondent ' s communication , but thank him for
it and the pamphlet . The Posts . — " Vermont Cot , " "Liberty , " and "Lines to a Non-J ' roducer , " declined . Oiher favourB are nnder consideration . Johs Piktieid . —We have not room . Co-opeeihos . —Our correspondent who when answering what appeared on the 18 th ult . under this head , we bade to " try again , " las sent ns some Blight alterations of his plan , the principal of which is , that " shares" shonld be fire shillings , iolwraiBfid ij instalments of sixpence per week . " rFith respect to Ms offer to supply coals at
wholesale charges , to his friends in Deptford , and withia ten miles of that town , we have not room for the particulars , which he had best lay before the Deptford and Greenwich Chartists . H . Mottle . —Yes . Cc 3 £ bebl ± » cd Coxliebs , —John Madme writes ns that instead of The Fum total published under this head in ^> ur last being £ 34 , it should have been £ 59 . Mr . W . Faxes that it was his own mistake . Qcies ' s Bench Pbiso . n . —Mr . George Wkite wishes to inform his friends in London , that through an alteration in tfce rules of the above prison , Tisitors are now admitted until seven o ' clock in the evening .
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NOTTINGHAM . CONCILIATION . " Where tiiere ' B a will there ' s a way . " Notwithstanding the endeavour of many parties wishing well to the cause of Chartism , either to suppress or explain &" * ay the unhappy differences which appeared to exist between the Executive and & portion of the Nottingham Clmtists , yet as in all such cases , tr icksters , eaves * - droppers , and meddlers , who had nothing whatever to do in the affair , and * who wen is no wise connected with Nottingham , have sought , with characteristic industry , to light a general flame from the Nottingham spark of misunderstanding ; and thus all the endeavours to prevent & spread of the disease have been frustrated : - while ,, however , the good sense el tke people ' s friends has bad the effect of baffling the machittatlons of the wily . As it is notorious that a misunderstanding had taken place , I shall now proceed to communicate the happy terminatien of the existing dispute . Communications were sent from Nottinchim
to Mr . O'Connor relative to our position here ; and in reply to them he appointed the very earliest day after announcement conld be made in the Stir for his visit to Nottingham ; and according to arrangement arrived here on Monday evening . When the Chartiets of Nottingham heard of Mr . O'Connor's Intended visit , they made application for the Exchange Booms , which , however , bad been pre-engaged by some musical parties . They then applied fer the Town Hall , bat that also -was engaged by the Chairman of the Court of Requests . There was then no other alternative bat taeCO&rttst Gh&pel ; Uld thither the people repaired an noui before the time of meeting , when it was literally chocked fall , large numbers having also repaired to the Town Hall , -where it was expected the meeting -would be held . Shortly before eight o'clock Mr . O'Connor entered the Chapel amid the cheers of those outside , accompanied by the Rev . Mr . Linwood , Messrs . Dorman , Sweet , Morrison , Barber , Roberta , and other leading Chartists of Nottingham .
When Mr . O'Connor entered the pulpit he -was received -with a universal burst of acclamation , which was cangbt by the assemblage oatside , and sent ringing throngh the streets . After a few moments , Mr . Sweet was proposed to the chair , and npon being seconded , air . HtloRRisox presented himself to set the meeting right , by informing them that a chairman had been previoasly agjeed npon ; bnt after a lew very temperate observations he said ., that he was sure their cause would be as safe -under the presidency of Mr . Sweet , as Tinder Mr . Barter ; anfl tbat his reason for interposing at that stage , "was foi tbe purpose of preventing democrats violating their own rules , and if Mi . Sweet was to be chairman , let them go regularly to work by voting him there .
Mr . Sweet was then appointed to the chair , and having briefly opened the business , and having stated that he would much rather Mr . Baiber had been allowed to preside , as their ceubb "would be equally Bale Id his bands ; he introduced Mr . O'Connor , who upon presenting himself , was received with several rounds of cheers . Prior to his commencing his lecture Mr . Morrison informed him , that as Beveral questions would be pnt to him , he ( Mr . Morrison ) wished to know -whether Mr . O'C . would answer them before or after bis lecture ?
Mr . O'Conkos—Whichever the meeting wishes . I shall neither demur , pnt in & plea in abatement , apply for a postponement , or refuse to join issue , although I ought to have been furnished with a copy of the indictment , as well as with a list of tbe witnesses ( Laughter . ) But if Mr . Morrison has so choice , perhaps it would be as well to allow me to proceed with my lecture , as , in the course of it , I may be able to to put the meeting impartially in possession of some of the facts , and then allow Mr . Morrison te take his e-wn course . This arrangement being agreed npon , Mr . O'Connor was aboat to proceed , when another interruption took place , by the arrival of a deputation from the Town Hall , annonnciDg that the Chairman of the Court ol Requests ( Mr . Wildman , Q , C . ) had , in the kindest manner , adjourned his Court to the Magistrates Room , in oi&tt that the people should not be disappointed ; and that the Town Hall was literally crammed .
Upon this announcement , Mi . Xinwood , tbe eloquent and patriotic Unitarian Minister of Mansfield , voluntetreJ his services at the Town Hall , to speak there till ten , when Mr . O'Connor would arrive and address them . Silence being once more restored , 3 dB- O'CokXOB . commenced , and in a speech of great length he reviewed the several changes and vicissitudes which the Chartist cause had undergone , and dwelt with peculiar force and energy npon tbB Beviral causes which had led to the several ruptures amongst the Chartist body ; clearly demonstrating to his hearers that is no single instance had tbe Chartists of themselves originated one single dispute : while the principal portion of their business for the last four years -was the healing of those differences -which bad been created in the
Chartist ranks by sections who professed the principles , but who did so merely ioi the purposes of qualifying themselves as disturbers . He explained tbe amount of labour that it had cost him to -watch and expose their machinations ; and that cow they had not only thrown oat their feelers trader different democratic pretensions ; but they -were rejoicing in tbe idea that they would be enabled to carry the fire into onr own camp , and to make Chartists like the Kilkenny cats , eat each other to the tails— ( laughter ) . Bat , be continued , I am come here to heal the -wound , and not to rob the sore—{ loud cheers and waving of hats ; . Aye , and if there are any here who have come in the hope of
carrjiag UiS ) glad-tidings of oar disunion to theii Bection meeting holes , they shall return dismayed , and tell their confederates that man and wife have shaken hands—( lend cheers )—that though they know when to dispute , they know ho-w to dispute , and how to be reconciled-, and that -whoever interferes Trill have to bear the blows . Mr . O'Connor then proceeded at some length to address the audience in a strain of argumentative and impassioned eloquence upon several interesting subjects , in the course of which he showed how the several factions bad continubd the power of the minority by fomenting strife smengst the majority ; and concluded a splendid appeal amidst the moat enttmaiastic applanse .
It was then announced that those assembled in the Town Hall "were anxiously expecting Mi . O'Connor , -when Mr . Mobb . iso > ' rose , amid cheers , ani Bpoke aearly as follows : —Sir , I now rise for tbe purpose ef performing a sacred duty—that of ascertaining the truth , and of standing "upon that ; and although I bold union to be Indispensable to our yery existence as a party , yet Sir , that onion U > be stable , solid , and lasting must be based npon truth and the democratic principles . And , Sir , -when "we -who have endeavoured humbly andxealoody to do our duty to our brother Chartists shall have ascertained either that we -were wrong ourselves , or had misconceived the acts of others , -we shall be as -willing , after a proper and honourable understanding , to bury all the causes of disunion , as Mr . O'Connor can be . The course that -we have pursued is known to many , and ¦ wonld have been known to more had onr views been
inserted in the Noi them Star ; and what I have to complain of is this , Sir , not of the Executive , but of a m&jerity of the Enrolment Committee acting withoutmy concurrence in the important matter , -whether our plan should be enrolled without onr principles ; and I shall now proceed , Sir , to read portions of correspondence to establish my position , and I shall then put some questions to Mr . O'Connor . Mr . Morrison then proceeded to read extracts from letters from Mr . Hobson , stating that if the meeting preferred it he irould rathtr read all ; bnt if not , he -would merely give them snefa extracts aa -would not require any portion of the text to explain them . When Mr . Morrison had read these extracts he fcsid , 1 shall now put some questions to Mr . O ' Connor . First , Mr . O'Connor was it -with your sanction that your name -was affixed to the Executive address that appeared in the 5 * ar of the 11 th of November ? Yes . I put it there -with my own hand .
Secondly . Did you call for the correspondence that had passed between the Enrolment Committee before you signed that address ? Certainly not ; tbeir's were powers above mine , independent of mine . I never asked for it , nor never shall . Thirdly . Do you think that the Nottingham Committee merited the term " tricksters' * applied te them in that address ? Mi . Mobb . isso > ' having concluded , Mi . O'Cosnou tosb and said , I shall commence with he last , and beg to assure Mr . Morrison that the "word " tricksters" "was applied to a knot -who have been
prowling through London , aided by parties in the country , fox the purpose of destroying the New Bxecutive as they destroyed the Old Executive —( cheers ) . I answer Mr . Morrison as & gentleman , as well as a Chartist ; and I tell him that some of the Executive , especially Mr . M-Grath , objected to the term , lest it should be misunderstood ; and anxious &S I am for reconciliation , yet I -would not purchase it by a falsehood : and while I won't retract it , as required by Mr . Morrison , I explain it thas , and I hope to his satisfaction : on my bonenr as a gentleman , the term " tricksters" -was not applied to Mr . Morrison or the Nottingham Committee .
Mr . M 0 BBI 50 S—YeB , Sir , but look to results and not to motives ; and however good the motive » ay be , the result has been that ererj man who read it has come to the conclusion that we -were meant Mr . O'COSSOB—Well , thal ' s tbe -value of ibis explanation—thear , hear ) . Now they'll be set light . And then , again , I am happy to have Mr . Morrison ' s admission that he looks te results and not to motives . Ifow that ' s the Tery thing ; and I shall look to fc » th ; and I shall canvas "Mr- Hobson ' s motive for the cause that he recommended , and tbe result of bii recommendation . As for his motives , I have known him well for eight years ; and I never knew him influenced
except by the best of motives . His motive in drawing np the plan -was good , and has not been impugned . No one impntes motives to prevent men from taking all the tronble ; and it was natural that Mr . Hobson shonia have a very tender aoEtAtaae about a plan that cost him so nmcb trouble . But see -what ' s the fact , as -we take it from the extract of Mi . Hebson ' s letter as read by Mr . Morrison . Mr . Hobson sajs that he oomnnniivated Ms opinions ; and that the Executive -were bo strr , ck -with thtm , that they proceeded to do -what ? To br ,-ve theplan enrolled -withonttheHJ ? No such thing . For ' ihat -would have been the " result ; " but to lay them before Tidd Piatt , in juxtaposition wish a plan that he bad before enrolled , and in -which there were no prin-
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ciples ; and so far from the Executive making a case out for jadieial inquiry npon the opinion and recommendation of Mr . Hobson , they never attempted it ; as I am the person -who transmitted the case for the opinion of counsel , te furnish grounds for any proceedings that might be taken ; and I did it without the alteration of a sentence , line , word , or letter : s » that air . Bobsoa ^ s motive was good , unless indeed be is not allowed to give as . an opinion , for that is all he did : while the " r esult" is that the plan bas not been certified ; and upon behalf of eyerj member ot tbe Executive \ tell this meeting that we have not tho inclination any more than the power , to accept of the plan without the principles , and that we would not do it to-morrow—( load cheers ) . And now as to the general question of the
non-insertion of Nottingham reports in the Star , in reference to which Mi . Habsonsays— " I am not aware of one -word from Nottingham having been omitted , or treated with contempt by me . Every word coming from there has beea inserted as far as I know , with the exception of matter that had reference to the dispute ; and if tbe NoiWiern Star is to have any position at all , I bold that Chartist will think me justified in -withholding matter which would only tend to widen the breach . " Besides Mr . Hobson and Air . Wheeler were ratherawkwardly cirenmsfcanced . Here is a letter from Mr . W . which he requested me to read , in which he states , that when placed in the dilemma , he instantly wrote to Messrs . Hobson and Morrison , his colleagues ; that he received an instant reply from Mr . Hobson : but no answer whatever from Mr . Morrison .
Mr . mobbison—I t » g your pardon , Mr . O'Connor ; I have copies of all tbe correspondence here—Mr . Wheeler ' s letters to me , and my letters to him . Mi . OXOWNOB—Yes : I admit subsequent ; letters ; bnt Mr . Wheeler is Bpeaking of the entt required for his immediate guidance , and to that he received no reply . And now , my friends , having shown that tbe charge is against an opinion of Mr . Hobson ' s honestly expressed , with the best of motives ; that no evil result has followed ; that no insult was intended to be offered to the Nottingham men ; and that I , upon the part of the Executive and Mr . Hobson , have given a full , fair , and unequivocal explanation , admitting not only the right , bat the propritsty , the prudence , and necessity of exercislng a vigilant control over the people ' s Bervants ; and farther admitting that there were grounds which ' in part justified the suspicion and raised the
honourable indignation of tbe Nottingham Committee , who , not being "tricksters , " felt sore at being called so ; after all , taking motives , acts , and results into consideration , have motives , base enough , acts bad enough , and TOBUlbB injurious enough been established as legitimate grounds for the continuance of this unfortunate misunderstanding —( long-continuod cheers , and no , no ) ? No , my friends ; and -while I satisfy you eb to the danger arising from disunion it is not a less pleasing portion of my duty to tell those gentlemen , whom 1 phall not call opponents , that I trust I have g ven political satisfaction as a politician—and gentlemanly satisfaction as a gentleman—tensers ) . And believing in their unshaken integrity , I now tender them the right hand , of conciliation and co-operation as a means of strengthening our bands and weakening tbe power of our enemies—( loud cheers ) .
Here a working man rose for the purpose of submitting a resolution ^ - whereupon , Mr . O'Connor said , I trust our excellent friend will not propose anything wnich would be in the slightest degree calculated to give the shadow of a triumph to any one . No party wants a triumph . We were both a little wrong—we arenowgreaHy right ; ani , therefore , again trusting that my explanation is satisfa « tory , I leave it in your hands . Mr . Morrison then rose and said , that bo far from regretting the course be and his friends had pursued ,
tbe meeting -would now see bow necessary it was , as it had elicited a thorough explanation from Mr . O'Connor , which he believed conld not otherwise have been had . That having devoted much valuable time to tbe cause of Chartism , he had entitled himself to a perfeot right to scrutini& 3 the acts of the people ' s servants—( bear ) . And while be would be ever found to discharge that dnty fearlessly , those with whom he had been in the habit of working , wonld never consider him capable of doing it capriciously—( hear , hear . ) Mr . O Connor himself has admitted the necessity of the investigation , and , therefore , he admits the propriety of onr course .
Mr . O'Coknob—Certainly , certainly ; watch us well , it is the only way to keep as honest—( laughter ) . And no ip , continued Mr . Morrison , to prove my devotion to the cause , I have only to eay , that I am perfectly satisfied with the explanation given by Mr . O'Connor , and that I shall now proceed to co-operate with him in making the Plan of Organization as tffective as we possibly can under al ) tbe adverse circumstances by which wo are surrounded—( bravo , and •¦ that ' s the right way to beat the enemy" ) . Mr . Morrison retired amid loud cheers , when
Mr . Dorman presented himself and said , my friends , it was no wonder that we who are against giving up the name should \ e alike startled at the idea that tbe principles were all going to fly away , and that we were to have nothing at all but the name . But now to shew you that it was fer the principles that I contended , and also that I am perfectly satisfied with Mr . O Connor ' s explanation , what I propose , as the best means of proving it is , that every member of tne committee who felt themselves called npon to remonstrate , should be the first to set the example of nnion , by being the first to take out their cards , and give me mine to begin with : —( loud and long continued cheering , which was followed by every member of the committee taking out his card ) . After which Mr . O"Oonnor proposed a vute of thanks to Mr . Sweet , the chairman , which was seconded by acclamation ' and carried unanimously ; and Mr . O'Connor remained until he had disposed of 376 cards of membership ; thus giving the best practical proof of the
saying" Where there's a will there's a way . " It was not more the thing that was done , than the mode in which it was dene , that gave the Chartists of Nottingham pleasure and satisfaction . The inquiring parties did not seek to entrap each other , to commit each other , or to outwit each other : well knowing that a triumph over truth wonld have been a triumph over the whole -Chartist body . So far from nice watching to insure a turn of fortune by mistake or chance , it appeared to be the only wish of Mr . Morrison and his friends to arrive at the truth , while Mr . O'Connor ' s object appeared to be its undisguised disclosure .
The hour at which the proceedings closed , did not admit of Mr . O'Connor addressing the people in the Town Hall . However , they lost nothing by the substitution of Mr . Lin wood , as , although not there , we understand that he delivered ao powerful and eloquent a lecture on the . occasion that the Chartists laid -violent hands upon him , and kept nim per force to address them again npon the following night . As soon as the meeting at the Town Hall had closed , the assembly repaired to the chapel , and remained outside in the street , until the business was concluded , when they accompanied their reunited friends to the Peacock inn , once more arousing the sleeping inhabitants of
Nottingham in tbe dead hoar of the night , or rather early in tbe morning , with the sound of " We'll rally : around him again and again . " " Spread the Charter / ' and other democratic songs ; and where Mr . O'Connor remained -until three o'clock in the morning , side by side with those who , equally with himself , rejoiced in the reunion that has betn established between the people ' s friends . Aiid thus terminated one of the most glorious triumphs that ever was achieved by the Chartists—a triumph the benefit of which will be felt throughout the country , and the result of which will be the downfall of" tricksters , "' who build their hope upon confusion arising out of the differences of honest men .
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South Staffobdshike . —On Nov . 20 h , Mr . S . Wilde addressed the Miners of Ettincali Lane with good success . —On Nov . 21 st , a meeting of Miners was held at Hartshill . Messrs . Wilde and Butler addressed tho meeting , at the close of which many took oat cards ef membership . —On Nov . 23 rd , Messrs . Scott and Wilde held a meeting at Rowley . — On Nov . 24 th , a public meeting of Miners was ; held at the house of Mr . Martin , Dudley Port , Mr . B . Pyle in the chair , who in an able manner opened
tbe meeting by shewing the important objects of the Miners' Association . Messrs . Scott , Wilde , and Butler severally addressed the meeting at considerable length . The speakers seemed to give universal satisfaction . —On Nov . 25 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at Delph , Mr . Wood in the chair , who opened the meeting by calling on Mr . Scott to address them , which he did , by explaining the rules and objects of the Association . Mr . Wilde was next called on , who addressed them at great lengrh on the necessity of the Miners of this place joining the ) Associatioa . A good many took out cards of membership .
North Staffordshire . —On Wednesday , a public meeting was holden at Chesterton , which was addressed by ' Mr . Swallow and others . Several new members were enrolled . —On Friday , a public meeting was holden at Cheadle , which was addressed by Mr . Swallow . Another meeting was holden at the same place on Satnrday evening . A most enthusiastic gathering assembled , and a large number took out cards . Mr . Lomax has held some excellent meetings at Audley and Longton . NOTICE TO THE MEMBEBB OP THE MIKEHS *
ASSCCIA-: TION . Owing to the New Year ' s Daj being a general holiday , I have been unable to procure any place where the delegates to the forthcoming Conference can assemble ^ but the large spacious building called Carpenter ' s Hall ,-will be ready for their reception on . the following morning , and each successsive day till the business is completed . There -will also ba public meetings every night during the sittings of Conference , w '^ en th e nature and objects of the Miners ^ Association will be full y ex plained . 1 am also osing a \ l my exertions to procure accommodation for th ' d parties who may attend . I reman , Gentlemen , Your obedient servant , William Gnocorr , Secretary of the Miners of Lancashire . Manchester , November 28 th , 1843 ,
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v&S i MEETiNGof Miners will be holden at the Fleeoe Inn , Bo ton , oa Monday next , December ftMi ?? Oclock in the forenoon . Several of SfLSffif lt 8 d , « ? t 3 of the association will be in attendance and address the meeting . A delegate meet rag will take place immediately after , at the same place . A Pdbuc Meeting of Miners will be holden the same day at the Horse Shoe , Bardsley , near Oldham . Themeeing will be addressed b , Wm . Dixon , ef ^ t » n » t S t ' , and >^ her gentlemen : Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon
AVv'ucMBEnso of the Coal Miners of the Rochdale District was holden on Monday last , on Cronkey Shaw , near Roohdale , and by adjournment , oa account of the extreme wetness of the day , to the Charter AssociatiOH Room , which was kindly lent to them by that body . The meeting was addressed !*/ ^ & > . I ' P « nteriand < one of the agents to the Miners Association , and Mr . Win . Bixon , from Manchester . The meeting was well attended ; and . km ? lowin * 'esohitions were passed unanimously : — ihat we , the Coal Miners of the Roohdale District , m public meeting assembled ; do hereby declare that the wages that west present receive for our labour are not sufficient to supply us and our families with the common necessaries of life . " "That we hereby pledge ourselves to use all legal and constitutional means ( and such only ) in our power to S SF ? . * . F da -y > wases for a fair dav's work . "
maj it 18 trie opinion of this meeting that it is our duty to immediately join the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , as the only means of securing to us that protection for our labour which it so : imperatively demands ; and hereby call upon the Miners of this district to do so without delay . " Ihat we , the Coal Miners of the Roohdale District , in public meeting assembled , do hereby return our heartfelt thanks to the Proprietor and Editor of the Northern Star newspaper , for their kindness in giving publicity to our proceedings . " Bishop AucKLAND ,-Mr . Kinsey , from Staffordshire , the authorised agent of the Miners' Association , lectured at the following places last week : — Shudon Bank , Leasingthorn , St . Helens , Evenwood , Cookfield , Etherly , Hunwick , and Bransheth ; at all the above places excellent meetings have been held .
The Miners of Padiham are hereby informed that tbe amount of money paid in for them at the last delegate meeting was £ \ la ., and those Of Fatricroft . 13 a . Sjd . ; John Auty has been lecturing in the following places with general success : —Duckworth , Moorchurch , Kirk Altham , Darweu Over , Broadfield and Bell Thorn . Mr . Price attended the delegate meeting at Hazelgrove on the 20 th and 21 ^ t ; at Radoliffa Bridge on the 22 nd ; Heywood on the 23 rd ; Middleton on the 24 * , h t and . on Saturday night opened a new Lodge at Bunker's Hill , near Heywood . On Monday , the 27 th , lectured at Bauk-lane ; at Walmsley on the 28 ih . Mr . P . also opened a new Lodge at Bayslate , near Heywood , where twenty-eight enrolled themselves members of tho Miners' Association .
More Coal Kino Tyranny . —One of the Coal Kings in the neighbourhood of ChorJey discharged two men named Jamea Key and Robert Fisher , from their employmett , for attending a meeting of their brother Miners . The other men engaged in the concern , to their honour be it said , 3 truck to a man , and declared that they would work no more till the men were reinstated in their former situation . This brought the proud tyrant to his senses ; he took them : back , and the men returned to their work accordingly .
Coatbridoe . —On Monday , the 20 th of Nov ., a meeting of part @f the Coatbridge district was held at Calder in Mrs . Crookstone'a hall , which was addressed by j Messrs . Thompson and Embelton ; at the Cloae Of the tneotiBS about 100 new members joined the Minors' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . On Tuesday , the 21 st , a meeting of another part of that district was held in Burt ' s Hall , Coatbridge , when a good good number were enrolled as members of the Union . Oa Wednesday , the 22 nd , met in the Comet , in Coatbridge , Mr . Daniel Brown in the chair ; the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson and Embleton . On Thusday , the 23 rd , another meeting of another part of the said district
was held in Mr . John Holiday ' s ha . ll , Wester Menniston , when those present elected Mr . John Young for chairman ; Messrs . D . Thompson and B . Embelton addressed the meeting at great length , and a few were added to ® ur number . On Friday , the 25 th , a delegate meeting of this district was held in Burt ' s hall Coatbridge , Mr . D . Brown ia the chair ; the different delegates gave in their reports , the following sums weie paid in;—Dundyvan , No . 6 , 43 . 4 | d , ; Ditto , No . 10 , Is . 3 d ;; Stone , Ditto , ditto , 7 s . 6 d . ; Dumpelliers , No . 8 , 3 d ; Coats pit , Gartshenie , Is . 3 d . ; Curlincroft , Gartshenie , 6 j . 10 ^ d . ; Gartaell , 7 s . 9 d . ; Sommerlee , 2 ? . 7 Ad '; Dumpellier , No . 7 , 7 Jd ; GartRell , 7 i < i . ; Nuthehouse , la . 3 id .: Barton ' s-hill , 7 id . ; Dundyvan , No . 3 , 53 . 7 $ d . ; Dundyvan , No . 10 , 7 j ? d . ! Ditto , No . 9 , 7 Ad . ; Coats , pit , Gartsheuie , 7 id . ; Carlincroft , 7 ^ d . ; and Kippa , 7 id .
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Mr . M'Grath ' s Tour . —On Wednesday , the 22 d instant , I proceeded from Birmingham to Bilston . The cause here , ever since the calamitous strike , has been in a prostrate position ; nevertheless , I soon found a few determined spirits whose f tera devotion to tbe sacred principles of freedom neither prosecution nor persecution could shake . The meeting was good and spirited . Mr . Candlcy , as chairman , commtDoed the proceedings in a sensible speech . Mr . Mogg , of Lawley-Bauk , and I spoke after , when forty-six cards of uoombcr-hip were taken out . Many others would ha ^ e taken cards , bat were prevented by the pauperizing operation of the infernal truck system . Here the tyranny and injustice
of the coal and iron lords exhibit themselves in all their execrable iniquity . Tho truck system 13 in full operation ; there is scarcely a coal or iron master in this district who does not keep what is called a " Tommy Shop , " from which the workmen are constrained to take goods at prices considerably higher than they can tie purchased at the regular shops in the neighbourhaod . The cupidity of the coal and iron masters are not satisfied with screwing wages down to starvation point ; it goes further , and grasps the greater portion of those wages in the shape of exorbitant profits . It is no uncommon occurrence for the men to go ten weeks together without a settlement ; and npon the reckoning day , should the balance be in favour of the workman , it is discounted
at five per cent . Twelve months ago the Miners j here were paid three shillings a day ; at present they i are paid btft two shillings and threepence , although ] tho price of iron is higher now than when wages j we re three shillings * a day . I could fill a half ' dozen columns of the Star with accounts of the , fraudulent and nefarious practices of these Corn : Law Repealing and church anJ chapel-going saints , i One more of these and 1 shall have done . An oc- i currence frequently takes place here which is desig- j nated a Bildus , the meaning of which is this . - —the \ hands decend into the pit , work some four or five i hours ; an excuse is then made for not proceeding i further , with the work for the day ; the men are called up and are not allowed a farthing for their labour ; thus , the working-man is degraded , easkved , and plundered to maintain in luxury aad
splendour , his heartless , godless , pityless oppressors . Aa a proof that the Chartists of Bilston are determined on strenuous exertion in furtherance of the movement , I may mention that they are about taking i a Hall which will hold upwards of a thousand per- * Bons . I was urgently requested to visit Bilston . Wolverhampton and Lowfey Bank , on my return . On Thursday I proceeded from Bilston to Hanley in the Potteries . We had an excellent meeting . Mr . Seal , delegate to the late Conference , occupied the chair . I addressed them on the causes of , and the remedy for , national distress ; shewing fup the insufficiency of the nostrums with which political quacks are endeavouring to drug the public mind ; arguing that political power was the only medium through which the people could secure those social rights which the God of oreation destiued for maa ' g
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enjoyment . Sixty-two cards of membership were taken out . I was invited to revisit them on my return . The men of Longton , four miles from Hanley , are aboat to commence the erection of a Chartist Hall , thirty-six feet square ; they calculate npon its completion in time * to entertain the veteran Richards oa his liberation [ from prison , which will be in May next . Energy , intelligence , and enthusiasm are the characteristics of Chartism in this district . On Sunday evening , we had a splendid meeting in Stockport : the room in the occupation of the Chartists here will hold | upwards of one thousand persons . My audience on the occasion amounted to about seven hundred , among which wore two policemen of the town , whom I did not fail to congratulate on the preud ' position which they occupied at our meeting . One ! of them is known here by the cognomen of " M *^ . Memory , " he being the same individual who swore at the Lancaster trial that he
could give from memory a verbatim report of a speech of aa hour's duration ! Mr . Carter was appointed Chairman . I addressed them for upwards of an hour , on the evils resulting from class-maae laws and institutions , and the efficiency of the Char ; ter , as the means of redressing national grievances : The unanimous thanks of the meeting having been awarded to me , we commenced the work ^ f enrolling , when 117 cards of membership were taken out , fifty of which were taken by those ardent and enthusiastic young votaries of freedom—the ChWtist yOUthB of Stockport . From S : ockporc I went to Northwich ; there were no arrangements made for & meeting we , however , got one up , by sending out the crier . Several members were enrolled , and I was promised that upon revisiting them a meeting weald be got up worthy of the sacred cause which wo are struggling to advance . : ; Philip M'Giuth .
BRIGHTON . —A public meeting waa holden on Monday , at the Cap of Liberty ; Mr . Lash ford in the ohair . It was proposed by Mr . Giles , seconded by Mr . Mitchell , "That Ireland consisting as it does of a population of 8 , 006 , 000 of people , is entitled to a domestio legislature ; We therefore pledge ourselves to assist the people jof Ireland by all peaceable and constitutional means to obtain a Repeal of the Legifalative Union . " Carried unanimously . Proposed by Mr . Pago , seconded by Mr . Virgo : "That while this meeting deprecates all idea of violence , we feel bound in justice to condemn the Irish Executive for dismissing from the magisterial benches men of the highest character and station , and inundating that unfortunate country with an extraordinary
military force to the amount of thirty or forty thousand , and blockading her coasts with her Majes-ty ' s navy . " parried * unanimously Proposed by Mr . Flower , seconded by Mr . Williams , "That while we readily admit the inequality of Ireland ' s political and municipal franchies , the base and shameful conduct [ of her alien landlords to their impoverished tenantry , the sectarian distribution of Government and ! local patronage , tho uncbristianlike exaction of her Established Church , together with the manifold { grievances under which Ireland has suffered for centuries ; yet at the same time we express it as our decided opinion that neither England , Ireland , ] Scotland , nor Wales can obtain political justice until thai greatest of monopoly , class-legislation , is 'destroyed by the adoption of the People ' s Charter as the law of t&ese realms . "
BARNSLEY . —A public meeting of the Chartists of this town ; was convened by the bell on Monday night , in I John Pickering's large room , for the purpose of again forming a Chartist Association , in ine hope of once more placing Barnsley in its former position . The meeting was addressed by F . Mirfield , E . Daly , and others . A good spirit was manifested , and many entered their names . A provisional committee was appointed to get the Association into a working state , -when a regular committee will bo ( appointed . The meeting was adjourned until Monday evening next , at eight o'clock , when it is hoped , that all the old friends of the cause will enter once more heart and hand to give effect to the cause by impressing on the more younger friends of j democracy the necessity of reponding to the call of the Executive , and the urgent soul-stirring appeals of their friend and advocate , Fearims O'Connor , i Esq .
BURY . —Mr . C . jDoyle delivered two lectures on Sunday iasfc , in the . Working Man's Hall , Gardenstreet , Bury . The jleotures were well attended . Ashxon-under-Ltne . —On Sunday last , the Chartiscs of this town opened a new and splendid room with two lectures ; I that in the afternoon by Mr . J . T . Lund , from Lancaster , who gained the hearty applause of all present . At the close of the address a vote of thanks was given to the lecturer and chairman , and the assembly broke up . In the ' evening the room was well filled with a highly respectable audience , Mr . Storor was called to- the chair , and after reading Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , a&d briefly addressing the meeting , called upon Mr . Win . Bell , of Heywood , who delivered one of the best lectures it has been our lot to hear for some time ; he was listened to with great attention , and concluded amidst great applause . After a vote of thanks being given to the chairman and lecturer , the meeting broke up .
The Wife o » a Patriot . —Died at Dundee , on the 13 th ult ., May Thorn , relict of the late George Mealmaker , member , and sometime president , of the British National Convention which met at Edinburgh , and of whijjh Muir , Palmer , Gerrald , Skirv / ng , and Margarot Were members . He wrote the hand-bjlJ for which Palmer waa transported , and generously acknowledged the " offence" (!); but his generosity did not ; save his brother patriot . He afterwards wrote a 'pamphlet for which he was tried before the High Court of Justiciary , and sentenced to fourteen years transportation , in January , 1798 . He died in 1808 : ithis widow , consequently , survived her persecuted husband thirty-five years . She was an industrious and respectable woman , and bore an excellent character . She lived to nurse Jber great-grand children . —From a Correspondent . - !— - "
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THE WINTER CIRCUITS . The necessity for the establishment of a winter circuit for the regular delivery of the gaols in the respective counties throughout England , by one of the Learned Judges , having been admitted , their Lordships have , we find , made tho following arrangements , with a view to the accomplishment of so desirable an object . It must , however , be borne in mind , that these assizes will be held for the trial of prisoners only . The trial of causes at Nisi Prim will be disposed of , as heretofore , at the customary spring and summer assizes .
OXFOHD . Oxfordshire—Satarday , Due . 9—Oxford . Gloucestershire—Wednesday , Dec . 13—Gloucester Worcestershire—Monday , Dec , 18—Worcester . Shropshire—Thursday , Dec . 21—Shrewsbury . Staffordshire -Tuesday , Deo . 26—Stafford . Before the Hon . Baron Rolfe .
WESTERN . Southampton—Wednesday . Dec . 20—Winchester . DeVon—Wednesday , Dec . 27—Exeter . Before Sir J . T . Coleridge , Knight , and the Hon Sir C . Cresswell , Knight . MIDLAND . Warwickshire—Monday , Dee . 11—Warwick . Leicester—Thursday , Deo . 14—Leicester . Nottinghamshire—Monday , Dec . 18— Nottingham . Derbyshire—Wednesday , Dec . 20—Derby . Before the Right Hon . Sir . Parke , Knight , one of the Barons of her Majesty ' s Exchequer . HOME . Essex—Saturday , Dec . 9—Chelmsford . Kent—Wednesday , Deo . 13—Maidstone . Sussex—Saturday , Deo . 16—Lewes . Before the Hon . Sir C . Cresswell .
NORTHERN . Yorkshire and South Lancashire—Mr . Justice Wightman—Date of Assize not yet published .
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BARNSI . EV- Th 6 weavers of Messrs . Hexworth and Co ., are taking out their work as fast as it can be gOt ready for them , and there is no doubt but that the whole of them will shortly be employed asusuai . There seems to be a very kindly feeling existing between them and their employers ; and it is hoped that no advantage will ba taken of any individual in consequence ot the late strike , as has been unhappily the case by one firm in this town , some of whose weavers turned oat a few months age to prevent a reduction of their wages , and who , since tne termination of the strike , have been turned out of employ . The regular weekly meeting of the weaver ? was held on Monday night , and was numerously attended .
The sympathy of the weavers towards tbeir anem -J ployed brethren was strikingly manifested by the expression of their willingness and determination to I support them until ! they get work , and | in a way to provide for thejnselres . Oae or two | fother firms have attempted both directly and indirectly to reduce the wages ^> f their -workmen , in order to enrich themselves at their expense , and to make them still more miserablei It is hoped , however , that they will retrace tho' steps they hava taken in this matter , and consider ; that " The labanrer is worthy , of his hire . " As they are professing Christiaas they should remember the goldea rule , "That all
things whatsoever ye would that men should do , unto you , do ye also unto them . " . j SwiN 6 in Barnslfy—The inhabitants of this ; town were alarmed by the ringing of the fir » bells , between the hours of eight and nine o ' clock , when it turned out that a hay-stack belonging W . Craw- j shaw and J . Oxleyi butchers . The Btaek was . on fire nearly ' two hours before the town ' s engines , came , as the engine men would not fstah out the engines until they were sure who toos . tq pay them . The fire was got out I by one o ' clock , bat what the devouring element has not destroyed , is entirely unfit for use . ' ¦ I
Extkaobknaht . Produce . —Oa three acres and a quarter of land on Chatmoss , near Manchester , and only reclaimed some three or four years ago , there has been dug up tius Beason 595 loads of potatoes of 252 lbs . per load , equal to 67 i tons snd worth , fully fifty-four shilling per ton . The Ian d is under the superintendence < 5 the Guardiaua © t the Manchester . Union ,
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SUBSCRIPTIONS RECEIVED BY MR . tCLEAVE . FOB MR . M ' DOUALL . i ^ S . d Mr . J . Pavey , Kingston , ... ... 0 10 Keighley ... ; 0 10 6 Sutton , near Do . \ ... ... ... 0 7 0 FOR VICTIMS . Sutton , near Keighley ... ... * - ... 0 6 6
FOB . EXECUTIVE . Lockwood ... ¦ 0 8 0 MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOR . FOB EXECUTIVE . ! £ a . d , Mr . Heath ( late of Chelsea ) 0 16 From Hebden Bridge ... 0 10 0 N . B . Bristol ... ... ... ... 0 10 Tiverton , W . Rowcliffe , Esq . ... .-100 W . Rowcliffe , jun ., E ? q 0 2 6 Mr . Open h am , at Leith , omitted in Mr . O'Connor ' s former list , ... ... 0 3 0
FOB CAKDS . From Hebden Bridge ... 0 16 8 Southampton ... ... ... ... 0 4 2 Alnwick ... : 0 11 0 Mile End Road ; 0 4 2 Golden Lion , Dean-street ... ... 0 2 0 Salisbury ... . ... ... ... 0 1 . 2 Lambeth ... 0 2 0 Thorn , near Halifax ; ... 0 8 4
SUBSCRIPTIONS . From Brick-lane , Standard ot' Liberty ... 0 2 2 . FOR THE VICT 7 M FUND . Stephen O'Connor , Sutton , Salisbury ... 0 1 0 Soniors Town Committee , per J . Horn ... 0 5 0 Rochester and Strouid , per Charles Willis 0 6 0 Mr . Heath , late of Chelsea ... ... 0 1 -6 Thomas Frost , Suttob , Salisbury ... 0 10
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Horrible !—Thames Police . —A . most distressing case was yesterday brought under the notice of the magistrate . A poor woman named Hurby came , about two o ' clock , and applied to the magistrate , Mr . Broderip , for advice and assistance under the following circumstances : —She said that a woman next door to her , who was in very great destitution , had & boy killed by accident twelve days ago . After the inquest had been held on the body , the corpse wa 3 sent last Thursday to the mother , and , owing to
some parochial dispute respecting the interment , the body had now been above ground for twelve days , and the stench emitted was most dangerous . Added to this , one of the deceased ' s brothers was in a high state of typhus fever , and altogether their , misery and destitution were beyond description . Complainant called upon his worship as well on her own behalf as on the behalf of the poor woman who suffered under the affliction , as she feared that the infection arising from the putrid body would extend to her own family .
Mr . Broderip , who was evidently much shocked at hearing tbe case , directed that instant inquiry should be made into it , and Barber , one of the warrant officers , was promptly despatched for the
purpose . On hia return , in about an hour afterwards , Barber stated that he never witnessed -a scene of greater wretchedness . On inquiry he found that the poor woman , whose name was Oliver , together with her family , nine in number , were all huddled into one apartment , which was miserably poof , and rendered quite intolerable in consequence of the stench emitted from the dead body , which was perfectly black . He learned that the boy , who was fourteen years old , had fallen into the hold of the Rosslin Castle , and died from an injury which he received on the temple . The coroner ' s jury had
pronounced a verdict of accidental death , and the body had been sent home on Thursday , and had remained uninterred in consequence of some parochial dispute . He found a brother of the deceased in high fever , and so exceedingly ill that he was not expected to live . Mr . Ross , the parish doctor , attended him . He ( Barber ) called upon . Mr . Ross , who was out , but the assistant assured him that the boy's case was well attended to . One of the most horrible parts of Barber ' s . melancholy narrative was , that six of these poor creatures had no other sleeping apartment than that in which the remains of their deceased relative was poisoning ike air around them . The smell was utterly intolerable .
Mr , Broderip—How could it be otherwise when a corpse is left tbere uninterred for twelve days ? If there is any dispute about the ground , let a place be purchased at onco and the body interred . The publio health requires that this should be done instantly . I must at the same time say it should not be left to the magistrates of this Court to perform a duty which the proper authorities ought to have exeouted . It is not for me to aay where the blame lies , but t * call it by its mildest name there is gross neglect somewhere . Ellis , the second usher , here stated that the poor famijy was in great distress , and most proper objects of relief . Mr . Broderip—Well , Bee at once that all their wants are sufficiently provided for , and that the body be promptly interred , even though the expences should be paid by myself . — Times—Wednesday .
In the course of Wednesday Ellis , the second ushor , reported to tbe magistrate the course which he pursued on the previous evening , according to hia Worship ' s instructions . On arriving at the place , which presented a sad spectacle , he at once had the decaying body removed to the bone-house , and paid for the opening of a grave in the burial-ground , which waa promised to be prepared by three o ' clock yesterday evening . Having had the body removed , he took care to see that the place was well purified , and he was glad to be able to report , that the boy who was suffering from typhus was now out Of danger . —Times . Thursday .
Coroner ' s Inquest . —Frightful Destitution :. — Melancholy Death from Want and Privation . —On Wednesday afternoon , a respectable jury was impanelled before Mr . Baker , at the City of Norwich , Wentworth-street , Whitechapel , to investigate the circumstances attending the death of John Sidgrore , aged two years , which was accelerated by want and privation . The body of the deceased , who was a twin child , was viewed by the jury . It was in a coffin , and was reduced almost to a skeleton . The other twin child was in the room , and appeared to be in a still more emaciated condition . The room was the picture of extreme destitution . The particulars of the misery of this family will be found ID our sixth page , under the head of " Appalling ease of destitution . " After the unhappy mother bad been examined , Mr . Hart said that deceased died most probably from teething , sinking under the attack from its debilitated
state . The other child ia m a very precanons Btate . Mr . Byles , the parish surgeon , ' who was ia the room , observed that the father was in a very bad state of health , and possibly would never be able to work again . The father was now brought in , and was so feeble that he was provided with a chair . He said that out of the five shillings which he understood was to be his final relief , he paid one shilling and foarpenoe rent , and two shillings and elevenpence to take out some articles ia pawn ( with , threepence interest ) . He did not know what to do , as he was not able to work . He asked for some coals , which he was refused . His native place ia Preston , in Lancashire . Verdict , " Natural death , accelerated by want and privation . [ Most sage jurors ! " Natural death "—" accelerated by want and privation" ! What haa Nature to do with " want and privation" ! What stuff is this . The verdict should have b ^ en , Wilful murder against society ! " or , " Died of want , caused by man ' s brutality to man . "
- Labour Struggle . —Great Tdbn-Out at Ashtonunder-Lyne . —This district promises again to be overwhelmed with misery and destitution , consequent upon a general strike of the factory operatives . For several weeks past great dissatisfaction has been manifested by the hands working in those mills which have been paying under the list price . At length , a general meeting was called , when it waa stated that the firm of Messrs . Reyner were paying the lowest prices in the town , and those gentlemen having latterly contributed to tbe League Fund , the meeting was of opinion , that if the masters could give their hundreds of pounds to the anti-Corn Law League , they could well afford to raise the wages of the work-handg . It was therefore agreed , that the hands in Messrs . Reyuer'a
employment should give a fortnight ' s notice , that unless they obtained an advance , ' they would strike work . On this notice beine : given a fortnight ago , the masters representing sixteen firms , a great proportion of which are leaders ia the Corn Law movement , assembled and entered into a bond—that should the weavers in the employ of Messrs , Reyner persist in turning out , they would each stop their weaving departments on the 25 sh of November , in order that Messrs . Rsyner might succeed in getting their mills filled with workpeople . The operatives , however , determined on carrying out the strike , the . consequence of which is , that nearly the whole of the weavers in the town and neighbourhood were thrown oa the streets on Saturday evening last . This
morning the turnouts , and hands turned out by the masters , designated lock-outs , assembled , when it was proposed to hold the first day as a holiday , in consequence of Mr . Van Amburgh coming in procession to the town , and not enter into any business m connexion with the conduct of the masterg . This motion haviog been agreed to , the meeting adjourned until to-morrow-morning at ten o ' clock , excitement prevails in the town , and the shopkeepers and other tradesmen find great fault with . the course pursued by the millowuers . Several shop meetings bare beea held during the day arranging what stens should be adopted at the moming meeting . All at present remains quiet .- * -Times * . Wednesday .
The following additional particulars arc from th © - ManekMsier Guardian , the Weil known League advocate and organ of the millocraey :--Oa Tuesday morning the weavers assembled at ten , o ' clock , -when , a person named Conker was called t » the chair . J . Milligan said , he had been to various shop meetings thaS morning ,, and had addressed them . He suggested the propriety of a deputaiioa bomg appointed to wait upon the various minister s of the gospel throughout the town and neighbor . rhood , and adopt the same steps as tho hand-loom weavers of Rochdale had done . He thought ths t , if the ministers would intercede between the ' employers and employed , much good would b& effected . A person in the meet id & rose and said , feeV epged to move that this coarse shoald be adopt ed . This , being seconded , was put by the Cb airman , and carried . — An optative then moved " ¦ ' X'hat the appcin'ment of the deputations should b ? ieft with the weavers '
committee . A female Lw viDg seconded the motion , it was put and carried , / filling said he had to inform them , that last wee ^ i , -were 105 persons at work in Messrs . Rejner : ' s mill , but this week there V 96 K only 30 . He oV ierstood that the masters were complaining that ii 8 London press did not do its duJy towards them ; he was glad that some of those papers were advocr ^ t ' ing their cause . After denouncing those maste Cs who were connected with the Anti-Corn-Law League , he dwelt at some length on the advantages of union , and concluded by advising those who ht / ^ been locked out by the masters , to go to the parish for relief . The secretary for the committee re » d the receipts and disbursements , from when it appeared that £ 24 15 s 3 d . had been collected , on Saturday last , for MfSf ^ J&P ? 6 ^ 8 hands . The meeting then ^ ij ^ fl ^ d ^ J&gFQt 03 day nr . orning . Several roe 6 * i !* s >^^ g ( Pl £ Hyde , Sialybridge , DukWpi ^ ai ^ -MaU ^ Aft « £ ich have beea » ddr « 8 ad (^ BSttf 1 ^ SlmB ts
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