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retain the doubt" sUB , Mr . Pbatt ! You know that yon h ave certified them to be " in accordance -with Isvrf therefore , tnere can so-w be no " doubt . " It is allcertain . * sues ; complete . Else ,-what * stheuse of jon 3 or jour certificate either ! But- -while Tjdd Pbatt lelb us of Ms "doubt , " he does not tell ns what cansed that " doubt . " He does not saj what lie nature of the * doubt" - ^ as , We can , therefore , only judge from the facts he has furnished ss -with . He did certify that the rules , which he once "doubted , " are "in accordance with law . " Another code of rales , precisely similar in
all particulars , "with the single exception that the one , the certified one , enjoins and enforces Community of property , while the other proTides for iBdividual possession ; a code of rules , precisely Hmflar in every respect , with this one exception , has been laid before Mm j and he refuses his certificate on the ground that the " objects and means" do not come within the meaning of the Act * . It is , therefore , impossible to come to other conclusion than that Mr . Tidd Pjulti deems the holding of property in common as the only lxwfcl phikciplb of pos-Besaon !! HiB * doubt" could only be , that it would
be unlawful for a number of men to combine to procure for themselves , individually , by united subscriptions , a portion of the soil : but that " doubt " was remoTed when he saw that the property . they could by such means acquire would be bolden in common , and fer common use , This at once re- * moved the doubt . " Other people , not yet con-rinced that Communism is the most perfect emibodyment of * first principles , and thinking that they can "secure lo themselves great bekepits from the
possession of property by individual members ; property purchased by united subscriptions , seek for the P-ROTectjok already given to cohhumisis ; and they are refused , Mr . Tu > d Pilot ( who has given the Communists * protection j , being of opinion" Hat their M objects do not come within the meaning of the Law ! " What a premium is here held out for men to become Communists ! " Do this , " says Tidd Pb * tt , and I trill stive you the Protection of ihe Late . Do it sot , " says the same official , asd 1 "WILL WITHHOLD TBtT TSjOTECTimJ" !
But there is another point . Hi 3 " attention has keen called to the 39 * h Geo . in . c . 79 , and the 57 th Geo . III ., e . IS , which provides that every society , except of a refiffiousjox CHXsiutBLKnatnreonJy , which shail be composed of diftrent divisions or branches , < fcc && , shall be deemed and taken for an unlawful combination and confederacy , " WeB , here is the whole matter . Out ' s is a society for Mctcai . Ssxsfit . It provides machinery for securing that Benefit to every one ^ of its members . Th&t Benefit is , the purchase and occupation of Land , whereon to employ themselves , for the support of themselves and their families . Is not this a chjlhimbli object ? Could there be one more charitable ! The ( people are starving . They
are unemployed . Those wholhave employment , have not wages sufficient to purchase for themselves the merest necessaries of life . A society is here organized , which will esable these men , so circumstance to become placed in an ikdepskdkkt position , pro-Tiding for them employment , and a field en wMch to exercise their industry . What could be more chasii ablb ! Besides this , Bekzfit Societies have always been held to be Eecieties organized for charitable purposes . Is ours a Benefit Society ! To have refused the enrolment , Tidd Pkatt should have shown that there 13 no Behefit connected with it . This he cannot do ; and , therefore , he was bound to enrol it , as a charitable society , had be fulfilled the requirements of the law .
At all events there i 3 lasEmucb'TBEHEFnin onr Society , as in the Society Tidd Psatt has already enrolled ; unless indeed be deems Community of Properly to be the greatest benefit of alL And that society is a society ** composed of different divisions sad branches , acting separately and distinct from each other . " All this Mr . Turn Pratt has certified to be u in accordance with law : " therefore the Acts he has referred ns to , will not help him out of the mess . But then hs has refused to certify . What are the next steps to take ! The act 10 _ h George 1 Y ., c 56 , section 5 , prorides : —
" In ca » any roch barrister or advocate shall refuse to certify all or any of the rnJes so to be submitted for bis percsal and examination , it shall tben be lawful for any such society to submit the same to ihe const of quarter sessions , together with the reasons assigned by ths said banister or advocate , in writing , for any xach rejection or disapproral of any one or-more snch rales ; and that the justices at their said quarter seasons shall and may , if they think fit , confirm and allow the same , notwithstanding any snch rejection or disapproval by any such barrister or advocate . "
In coEnection with this clause , which we haTe quoted from Mr . Tidd Pkatt ' s own edition of" The Law relating to Benefit Societies , " there is a footnote from the pen of Mr . Ttdd _ Psait himself , wMch says : — "Hj the previous clause , the barrister , 4 c , is to point oat in -what part , if any , the roles « nbmitted to him are in bin opinion repugnant to law , &c . i and the provisions of this section are intended to give the society an appeal to the sessions against his refusal to eertify . "
Here , tfcen , is a power of appeal given . That power will be exercised . At the next Quarter Sessions the appeal will be made ; and if it should happen to be . unsucceEtful there , —a contingency not Terj likely to happen , —application will be made to the Court cf Queen ' s Bench for a Mandamus , to compel Mr . Tidd Pbatt to do his duty . And if the afikir should go zofar as that , there cannot be two opinions as to tbejesnli . The Court will only need to be shewn that Tidd Pbatt has refused to do for us ¦ what be has dene for others ; and the partiality of bis actions will , no donbt , be visittd with heavy judicial censure .
But what is to be done in the meantime ! Are we to stand still 1 Are we to allow timid fears to deter us from all action I Ars we to conjure np every unlikely difficulty ; and fancy every imaginable array of opposition ? Are we to try to- alarm , where no alarm seed exist ? or are we to try to go unitedly to work , to make the best of the circumstances in which we find ourselves p laced 1 Are we to sii ttalching each other , and trying to catch at words , for the purpose of thwarting the great object all profess to bave at heart 1 or are ws to lend every aid in a kind and friendly manner , to overcome the obstacles thrown in our path ! Should we not imitate the conduct of our Executive ?
They bave looked at the poeittcn in which we axe placed . They have determined on action ; but btill action in accordance with law . This can be dose . This must be done : and when the enrolment is obtained from the Courts of Law , then we shall be ready to bring into full operation all the parts el our Beneficial Plan . Here is the address ot the Executive : — SHE XXICCTIVE COJOilTISE TO THE CHABTISTS .
Hfrin ? as yet been -ansnccessfol in -our endeavour to secure the Enrolment of the P . an of Organ 5 zition , as framed and adopted by the people's delegates , assembled at BinningbBHi , on the 5 th of Sept last ; and eozn ' xi-. l of tbe pressing importance of ixnjxediale and OHemised action on tb * part of the British d < = ni * cracy and feeling satisfied of tbe strict legality of onr proceedinis , "Wehxve resolved toenforce at OSCK the New Plan ef Organization , with sucb alterations " ** the emergency Jwcasioned by the insolence of a dictatorial official ) may require . The time has arrived when tbe least sign of timidity on onr part tkuM only serve to enconrage that rampant spirit of despotism which an irresponsible Government exhibits in tbiir every act , and furnish them -with an spoloey for xey streteh of that arbitrary which
poirer "vrbich they are never slow to enforce , and ¦ j baa called forth i > " » appeal to your patriotism and j yonr Ideas of right and justice . 2 fotwithsts » diH £ the j hesitation txpressed by some friends , we see mHfe »! present moisentons aspect of affiira the greatest ; danger from driay . Of that we have already had i too much . Tbe crisis for action and can- 1 tions retolntion is at hand . " We mast not ' allow * hp illegal conduct of nEnrpsd authority to tarn j us from cur coiuii . Onr bnaintss is to adT » nce ! to > triumph j ! This csn only be achieved by an tffectivs j Orgsnlxiiic-n , backed np by * genuine public spirit , ? directed -wiih energy , discretion , and determinstioE . j la pursnsnee of this object , we beg to call yonr attcn- ; Bon to the loHo-eirg ini ' trnctlens , -which we have every reason to beiieve will be Etricdj sdhered to : — ,: 1 st Cards of General Membership « re prepared , and jr 2 l be iffiffiediajtJy transBJitted to any locality aesiroas j
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to enrol under the banner cf the r » ew AssociaViOD . The price of such cards will be 16 s . 8 d . per hundred . 2 nd . Branch Boards . —The word " Locality" must be substituted for the word ** Branch ; " each locality -o form part of the general whole , having resident-in it a portion of a General Board of Councillors , including a sub-Treasurer ar . d sub-Secretary , who shall be appointed every Qaartei by the Executive Committee , from lists prepared by the localities for their inspection . 3 rd . District Council . —A Gsneral Districi Conncil , composed of residents i . the several Districto , will be appointed by the Eiecntive Committee , in exactly a similar manner to the General Board of Councillors .
4 th . All monies must be made payable to tbe Treasurer , F . O Connor , Esq ., care of Mr . John Cleave , Shoe-lane , London ; and by the same post a duplicate , specifying the sum transmitted sent to the General Secretary , T . M . Wheeler , 243 ^ , Temple Bar , London , who will not be responsible for any sums sent , in which this instruction is not strictly complied with . ( N . B . This does not apply to the Victim Fond ) . Brother Chartists , if these directions and sueh others as may , from time to time . b » issned , are carefully complied with , we hive no fear for the result .. The Otganintion will be kept intact , and the danger of illegality obviated .
In conclusion , we call upon y « u to act becoming the high character for perseverance &od energy which job have hitherto maintained . The eyes not of England only , but of the whole world , are upon you . Let the genius ot Chartism arise from its slumber . Let it become the rallying point for the oppressed millions of the sons of toil . Yon have a bright future in prospective ; cheering accounts arrive from all quarters of the empire . They are Tolling in from the North . They are echoing from tbe South . The East and tbe West are awaking at tbe Bound . Even London , the mighty helot , Is aronsin ? herself at the trumpet blast of liberty , and will ere long present itself at the genial
banquet of freedom's sons . We only need a oneness of purpose to pervade the who ' e of out miuds ; to throw past dissensions and jealonsi&s to the winds ; and the mighty work ef a nation ' s regeneration will ere long be accomplished . In this undertaking , we , youx duly appointed servants , shall feel prond of taking the lead . We will never call upon you to follow in a path ia which we onrselveaare not prepared to brave erexj difficulty and danger which may occur . Yours , in tbe cause of democracy , Thomas Clakk . Henry Boss . Feabgus O'Connor , Treasurer . Philip M GRatb . President Thomas Mariis Whexler , SeoeUry .
I * o \ r thus far we can venture , without infringing on any law . And thus par , will be a good way towards the perfect developement of the whole Plan . The good work has already begun . In Manchester
1 ^ 300 CHARTISTS have enrolled their names , and taken cards . In Hudders&eld , 225 have followed the good example . In Bradford 220 have done the same . Is not this a good beginning ! Is not this pretty fair , for one man ' s work ! Will not the other " localities" •* go and do likewise" ?
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Our Socth Wales Cobbespokdekt , ia the name of Me . Williams , who is now in London , begs to thank the many kind friends wb » forwarded tbe reqnired copies of the Star , and to assure them that they shall be made a good use of . MRS . Dcfft , widow of tbe late James Puffy , returns her aincere thRT | k « to tbe Chartists of Manchester generally , and the Committee in partienlsj , for the kind and generous aid they have rendered her , by Attending to her husband during his illness , and so respectably interring him when dead , and assisting her since her unhappy bereavement Mrs . D . specially thanks the Pointers and Tailors of Manchester for their kindness . As many friends promised to assist Mrs . Daffy in her stroggle with the world's
difficulties , —if they have collected any monies , they are requested to forward them to Mr . James Leach , bookseller , Oak-street , Manches t er . The Poets—The " Sons of tbe Mnses" who bave sent us their favours during tbe last week or two , must wait with patience till onr next , when publication or condemnation shall be impartially awarded . Errata . —In the sabscriptions for the Victim Fnnd , received by Mr . O'Connor , and acknowledged in our last , was seven shillings from James Ward , Belfast It should have been— " A few Chartists , per J . Ward , Belfast " Liverpool . —We cannot insert the repert of tfee meeting sent We refused to publish the communications from tbe other party , and we therefore repeat the refusal in the present instance . We will have nothing
to do with local squabbles , nor sqaabbles of any sort it we can help it The public in each locality shonld best jndge of all local disputes , and the Liverpool Chartists most be the bes . 1 judges of tbe characters of their " leaders . " We will have nothing to do with it Ths Coliiees of Clatcross wish tbe Executive Conncil cf tbe Miner ' s Association to communicate with them . They are desirous of receiving instructions , as they are anxions to join the Association . They are above three hundred in number . David Potts , Birmingham . —The reason why his TfcMjlution was not inserted , 'was , because there w » j no day or date given on which the meeting vm to take place . A Chaetist —Mr . O'Connor was not at—and therefore
did cot address tb * C ilthorpe-street meeting THE Yictim Fcsd Committee requestns to state that the letter from Artilon-under-Lyne , on behalf of Tears -wife , has be « n taken into consideration , and that the aid solicited cannot be granted , as they bave * resolution on tbebookB binding them to relieve those only who belonged to the Chartist body . The address of the Secretary is Mr . Edward Clark , 37 , Henry-street , Oldhans-road , Manchester ; to whom all letters mast be addressed , pre-paid , or they wil not be rpceWed . To CoKTRiBCTons . —Owing to the absorbingly important events of the past week in Ireland , we have felt ourselves compelled to take np as much as
one-FOURfH of our Paper with Irish news only . Hence we have been most relnctnntiy compelled to set sside for this week many valuable contentions , including letters from Mr . Galpin , " Gracehus , " Messrs . Clifton and Morrison , the correspondence between Patrick O'Hirgins , E-q ., and Tom Steele , ic , &c * c We baye also been compelled to again postpone the Address cf tbe Operative Sawyers ; " and leave unnoticed many communications left over from oar 1-ist . Lastly , we have been compelled to cnrta ' l very considerably the report of tbe Manchester Demonstration . This we could not avoid . We have only a limited space ; and when that is once filled we can give no more . We shall endeavour to bring np arrears
next week . District meetings , asd District Lecib-rbbs . — In answer to several inquirers , we Dave to say that we se 6 no reason to depart from the plan of convening District meetings and appointing District Lecturers , that has obtained for the last two years , until the new Plan can be brought into full operation . What has served before , will surely Berve again . Tbere is not much cause for alarm ; Government have , just now , " plenty ^ -to-do . without being very particular oi very prying about the Chartists . The idea that Sir Robert is " watching ns , " like acut fcetting a monsaho ' , e , is certainly far-fetched , when we call to mind what is passing in Ireland , Wales , and Scotland . Government will be very cls / l to let tbe Chartists
a-be , if they will only behave anything like quietly , while the " accounts" of other people are pai-J off . Besides , " Chartism is down . '' Government will not . do anyttjinj ? to revive it . until they haTe settled score ? -with Das , Rkbecca . and tii « SCOTCH Church folks . When Sir Robert has nothing more to do with those parties , than he has with Chartists at present , he may possibly give us Ik t&st * of his loYing-dispositioi ! : but till then , we opine , " he will be quiet , if we will . '' Let all , then , go on , as far as Dstrict Meetings are concerned , as it has gone on frr the passed two years . Mr . Cisdt , of Bristol . —As we find from a communication seat by onr good fritnd , > Ir . W . H . Clifton , that Mr . Candy h >>» not performed his promise made
to ns in writing , to ' retire from the movement " sooner than have certain f-iets we were in possession of , made public ; wa have sent the correspondence that we hive had viih him , &a& respecting him , to Mr Simeon , of Bristol , to be by that gentleman read to tbe Chartists of the Bristol locality , that they may take such steps as the occasion calls for . We desire him to return it , when that asa has made of it ; and it sbali then so to the Executive proiem . ? be " JtXAGVZ . *—We bave not yet received Ihe 2 nd Number of the League , although the Star was duly forwarded ( and will conUnueJto be ) 5 n » xchange , agreeably to the request in taeir circular . The League folks must mind their P'a and Q > . They most not give us occasion to say that their " free-trade " means aoytbiw ? but fair trade . West S Defesce Fdm > -Mr . John Ross , of Derby , writes us that the £ 3 10 s . from Belper , in the Balance
Sheet of the above Fnnd published is the Star « i Sept 30 th , sbonld have been £ i . List op Subscriptions . —We had these in type . Indeed they appeared in our first Edition : but we have been obliged to displace them to make room for tb , e matter bronght by Friday ' s post Messrs . Cobdeh akd Bright at Worcessr . — We have received an interesting account cf the meeting with these gentry * t Worcester the other day , which we are obliged to keep ovfr till next week . We much rsgret this , but have no alternative . The condnct of the meeting- towards Mr . Mason , who appeared to controvart Mr . Cobden ' s positions , was di » ETBCeful in the extreme : so much so , that Air . Cibdi-n felt himself compelled to challenge Mr . Mason to a fall discas :-: on nf the Corn Law question . It , is neealess to siy that Mr . Mnson instantly accepted it : and w © hope that he will hold Mr . Cobden to his promiiB .
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A Public heetikg of Miners will take place at Chairotk Green , near Chorley , on Monday the 16 tb of October . Cbair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The meeting will be addressed by soma of the authorised agents of the Associut on . All the Miners in the neighbourhood are reapettfully requested to attend .
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A Public Meeting of tbe Tonstal Colliers was held at the Hotel , Tunstal , on Tuesday evening , at seven o ' clock , Mr . Batt In tbe chair . Mr . Lomax addressed the meeting in bis usual style on the objects of tbe society . Mr . Swallow next explained the lules , after which a society was established . A Public Oin-DodR Meeting of Leycet . Silver dale , andNutten-Heath colliers , was held on Wednesday , at Hedge's Banks-cote , and was very well attended . Mr . Loniax delivered a long address on tbe present distress of the raining population . Mr . Swallow n * xt addressed tbe meeting on various topics ; amongst others , he exposed the evils of the truck Bystem , which is practised to an alarming extent at Silverdale and Nutten-Heath .
BlDULPH , near COSGLETON . —A public meeting of tbe Colliers of this neighbourhood was held ou the large space of ground in front of Mr . Wiltshire ' s house , Mr . Thorley in the chair . Messrs . Lomax and Swallow addressed the meeting . ' A : Public Meeting cf Colliers was held on Friday , at tbe Oak Inn , Kiugsley , near Cheadle , Mr . Bi-hop in thechaie . Mesara . Swallow and Lomsx hoth addressed the meeting . A eocibty was established , it will hold its regular weekly Biettinqs every Saturday night , at the above inn , & : seven o ' clock .
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A Public Meeting < of Colliers vtas heid on ^ Saturday at the Black Horse , Cbeadle ; a collier in the chair . Messrs . Swallow and Lomax addressed the meeting . A society was established , jit is not uncommon for the masters at Dillon to . compel the poor unfortunate colliers to get thirty-six cwt to the ton .
THE CUMBERLAND MINERS TO THEIR BRETHREN IN GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Friends and Brethren , —Sisce I lost addressed you on the condition of the miners of Cumberland , cirenmstances of a most painful nature have transpired . In consequence of the small sum sent , by the miners of the Wear and Tyne many of those who were firm to the cause of Union were' necessarily compelled to sign the test of John Peile , to save themselves and families from starvation ; and ij may say , tbafc this would not have been the case had relief equivalent to the wants of the men been sent Wo trust you will yet ; exert yourselves * in our behalf . We return thanks to the men of Lancashire for the means they have taken to relieve us .
The sum of £ 50 17 s , 4 . Jd . was received from the Executive Committee on the 4 th of October . The following places have subscribed to tbe support of the Cumberland miners : —Wingate , £ 8 ; Sheriff Hill , £ b Is ; Walker , £ 4 12 s ; West Moor , £ 3 8 s . 6 d ; New Dmbam , £ 4 7 s , Gd ; SeatonJBurn , £ 3 7 s . 6 d ; West CramliDgton , £ 3 6 s . 9 d ; Wellington , £ 3 7 a 6 d ; Eist Hollyweli , £ 2 4 j . 6 d ; Sedg Hill ; £ 2 4 s . 21 : Sdincliff , £ 2 4 s ; Gosforth , £ 113 s ] l . ji ; Ravunswortb , £ l 10 a . 6 d ; Sleekburn , £ l 3 s . 9 d ; West Townley , £ l 10 s ; Washington , £ 1 9 s . 8 d ; Nova Scotia , £ 1 6 s ; Goose , £ 2 ; Springwell , £ 2 iOs . 6 < 1 ; Berwell , £ 1 2 a . 64 ; Sooth Eiswick , £ i ZOt ; Walls End , £ 1 5 % 61 ; Andrew House , 7 s . 4 d ; Breoker Beds , 12 s ; Kenton , 184 . 6 d { Fawden , 10 s ; Morley Hill , 12 s . 6 < 1 ; Felling , 15 s ; Percy Main , 2 a . 6 d ; Spittle Tongues , 183 ; total , £ 63 10 s . 6 if . !
Percy Main Celliery has 104 men idle ; Bloyden Main Colliery has fifty , which claims the support of their friends on the Tyue and Wear . We have received letters from out delegates in Scotland , and the mea of that country have pledged themselves that our tyrannical employers shall not cut dovn the Union in Cumberland . We have likewise sent two delegates to Lancashire , this week , to solicit our friends tbere to do all they can for us . If we do not get support , lam afraid that they trill conquer the remainder ot us . ' ; John Ma dine , Secretary .
P . S . I am directed by the Committee to return our most grateful thanks to tbe men of Wingate Colliery , for their liberal support I am bold to say that many of those wh » have signed the test will gladly come back could they get anything like support
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TO THE CHARTISTS OF NOTTINGHAM AND SOUTH DERBY . Brother Democrats , —On Sunday , the 1 st of October , I proceeded from Lougbborongh to Mount Soirel , and about three ] o'clock in the afternoon , held a camp-meeting . We commenced by singing : a Chartist hymn , after which I addressed tbe people present upon the evil effects that resulted to the working classes of this country from the joperatlon of the accursed anttcbristian , unnatural , and life-destroying New Poor Law Amendment Act ! The meeting was not very numerous , but of the right sort In the evening , I addressed another meeting upon the cause of the wide-spread miBery which at present exists in the United Kingdom . I am happy to say there are a many excellent Chartists in Monnt Sorrel ;• and if they were properly organised they would , in a short time , with prudence and perseverance , become powerful .
On Monday , I Uft Loughborough for Nottingham . I proceeded from Nottingham to Mansfield ; but when I got there , I found that the friends conld not get a meeting before Tuesday night , so I immediately went to Sutton , where arrangements were made to hold a meeting that night ; accordingly , I addressed the Chartists , in their own room , at eight o ' clock . The Chartists of Sutton are highly in favour of the New Plan of Organization , an * , as a proof of it , they bad collected , though wretchedly poor , 15 s ., as their mite , to enable the Executive pro tern ., to commeace tbeir labours in the moral fight This-apeakB well tor the sincerity of the lade of Sutton . ]
On Tuesday evening I lectured in Mansfield to a highly respectable audience . Subject— " The Land and its capabilities . " The Kav . W . M . Linwood also addressed tbe meeting in a masterly manner , and elicited the hearty applause of the people . It gives mo pleasure to announce that Chartism assumes a strong and healthy appe&rence to Mansfield , and from what I have heard principally owing Jto the indefatigable exertions of Mr . Linwood . ' On Thursday I proceeded to Selston and found but that honest and sterling Chartist , Mr . Pepper , wbo received me in tbe most friendly and hospitable way . In tbe evening I addressed an open air meeting opposite Mr . Pepper ' s house , upon tbe alarming siate of tbe country . ; I remain , as usual , Four servant and fellow worker in tbe vineyard of Chartism .
j CHRISTOPHER DOTLB . [ Press of matter ! has reluctantly compelled us to abridge Mr . Doyle ' s letter . — -Ed . N . S . ]
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NOTTINGHAM . —Progress of the New Plan of Organization . —! A public meeting was held in the Democratic Chapel , Rice-place , on Monday evening . Mr . J . Swt . et was called to tho chair , when Mr . Hill ' s letter was read ; after which the following resolution was proposed by Mr . R . T . Morrison , seconded by Mr . Taylor : — " That , as the unjustifiable and illegal course pursued by John Tidd Pratt can only be Jpoked upon as an intention to force the people , if possible , out of the pale of the law , we are determined to use every legal means in our power to compel that functionary to perform his duty , and enrol the Plan of Organizxtion . " Mr . H . Dorman said that it should be borne in mind that the resolution involved their approbation of the
plan , as by voting for it , they would expresa their approbation of the . New Plan of Organization . Mr . Lilly proposed as an amendment , "That the New Plan ot Organization is incompatible with the attainment of the Charter . " Ho contended that it was impossible to buy land ; the times required different exertions , and no man was worthy to have the Charter who was not willing to strike the first blow for it ; they had only a miserable existence to lose . Mr . Taylor repudiated jthe doctrinfs putforlhby Mr . Lilly . Mr . Dorman could not agree with violence , but thought it impossible to do any gocd with the enrolment , and that tbe plan would prove abortive ; Mr . Kerry spoke in ' favour of the plan . Mr . Cropper and Mr . Peters were opposed to it ; the people
were too poor ; and Mr . Peters contended that the Government would 1 throw every impediment . in-tbe way of enrolment , ; and that if it were enrolled , it would destroy their agitation . Mr . Morrison , in * e ply , said , that he would never pass by without marking with bis strongest disapprobation the doctrines pat forth by ! Mr . Lilly ; they oould only lead to their own misery and destruction . The greatest advocate for physical force could not hope to gain anything without [ union ; and with union , every good could be accomplished by moral force —( hear , hear ) . Professions of courage spoke little to tha credit of men ; Why not leave it to be tested ! The whole of the speakers had argued as though the plan compelled men to
contribute to the Laud jFund , and that it was to take precedence . Now ] this was tot tho case ; they were at perfect liberty ] to conbribute or not , as they thought best . It only gave to every man that which all who were embused with the true spirit of Chartism must conoede-f-the right to promote , or try to promote , his and the common interest in the way which he thought best , so long as he did not interfere with the rights of others ; neither did the land fund take precedence , but was subsidiary to the Chartist agitation } and the impediments thrown in the way of enrolment proved its value . Government were well aware of . its value ; and this should stimulate the people in -their determination to pet it enrolled ; . but if they were to take the arguments
against it , they proved that Government were the best friends that ; they had . Mr . Peters said that its enrolment would rum them ; and thty well knew what effect it woajdhave ; and yet he told us that they would oppose its enrolment by every means ; therefore , according to Mr . Peters , ihe Government were determined to befr ' eud us , and take care that we were not ruined—( cheers and laughter ) . He hoped the people -would show their determination to break down these impediments . Mr . G . Barber said , though he had before opposed tho plan , yet , as a Chart i ^ t , after it was agreed to , he would exert
himself to carry it out—( hear ) . Mr . H . Dorman would also withdraw his opposition , and would now support tho New Organizitien heart and band ; he now saw that the land question was to be made subsidiary to the Charter—( cheers ) . The question was then put , and the original motion earned by an immense majority—only sixteen hands out of the large meeting being held up for the amendment . A vote of thanks ! was proposed and earried to the Chairman , and the meeting was adjourned until ten o ' clock on Sunday morning next , lor the purpose of considering the best way of proceeding under tbe New Plan . ¦
Halifax—Thcjmonthly delegate meeting of this dis'riot . was held atSowerby , on Sunday last ; delegates were present from the following places :. — Halifax , Sowcrby , Lower-Warley , Ovcnden , and SiddaJ . The following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — "That this meeting being made aware of Mr . Tidd Pratit ' s refiiBal to certify tbe rales of the Association , we would most urgently request that each locality ! in this district , do immediately lake up the consideration of the same for the purpose of rendering all the assistance in their power to the Executive in their legal proceedings against Mr . Tidd Pratt ' s decision . " ^
Norwich . —Mr ! . G'C 0 nor having at length published his intention cf visiting Norwich Boon after his return from ithe Norib , it has infused new life into our ranks . '
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MARTLEBO ^ f . — Mr . M'Grata lectured here on Sunda > e ^ uing iast io a nuua . ryua aud attentive audience . Camberwell—At a numerous meeting of th 3 Chartists of this locality , the Vew Plan of Organization was discussed , and hitjh-y approved of bj every person present . Golden Lion , Dean Street , Soho . —Mr . Skelton £ ive an address at this locality on Sunday last on thj future prospects of our glorious cause . A lfcture will be delivered on Sunday at this looality .
North Lancashire . —The North Lancashire delegate meeting was held at Clitheroe on Sunday last . Delegates were present from Sabden , Padihaci , Clitheroe , Colne , Barnley , and Bscup . Mr . Hjgsoa was called to the chair . The Baonp , Barnley , Padihara , and Sabden delegates stated that they was anticipating the most salutary , unit-Ing , and beneficial results from the New Plan , and was making preparations accordingly . Tha following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " That a delegate mreting be held at * Mr . George Meikles , King-street , Blackburn , on the first Sunday in November , 1843 " " Tbat every delegate come prepared to vote for or against the appointment of a district lecturer , "
Warwick . —The officers of tho Chartist body m-fc on Saturday evening and enrolled ten new member 3 . Names were also given in for eight shares in the Land Fund . HoLLiJJwooD . —On Monday evening last , a pnblio supper was holden in the Charlie room , Pew Nook , in honour of the liberation of Mr . Joseph Hitchen , who was sentenced by the notorous Abinger to twelve months' imprisonment in Kirkdale Gaol , for having taken part in the strike of last year ; about 130 persons partook of the roast betfof Old England , after which Mr . Hitchen came forward and gave an account of his sufferings whilst iu-prison . Sheffield . —Fig-tree-lane . —On Sunday evening Mr . West delivered a lecture on " Useful Knowledge , " to a numerous and attentive audience .
Woodhouse . —Mr . West visited thiB village on Monday la « t and addressed the farmers on the " Corn Law" and " Land" questions . The friends here have resolved to join tbe National Organization forthwith . Macclesfielu . —On Tuesday , October the 3 rd , & tea party was held in the Chartist , room , Stanleystreet , for the benefit of Mr . Samuel Bentote . On Wednesday , the day foliowing , a ball was held in the evening in honour of Mrs . Walker aud Mr . Barnett , who wore released the same clay fvom Chester Castle , after a confinement of one year ' s impriso iment .
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LATEST NEWS . ( From ihe Chronicle of Thurfday . ) PROSECUTIONS—RUMOURED ARREST OF MR . O'CONNELL . Dublin , Tuesday . The town was to-day alire with rHmours—originated by the Orange party—that Mr . O'Connell bad been arrested ; according to one account , that he had received a communication from th <; head police office , requiring his attendance , in orrfpr to give bail to answer a eharge of sedition . I saw Mr . O'ConneD at three o ' clock this afternoon , and at that hour , certainly , he had received no such- ommunication . Indeed , I am convinced that the rumours regarding his arresc are mere inventions .
For the reports about Government prosccttttons , there is , I bave reason to believe , some ground . A number of such prosecutions , it is stated , have been determined upon . According to the information which has reached me , indie , monts for sedition hare been prepared against Mr . O'Counell , amongst others , and there are also to be prosecutions against some of the newspapers . I have heard that drafts of tbe indictments have been forwarded from Dublin Castle to the Home Office in London , as the Government at tbe other side have determined that no important step shall be taken in Ireland without their direct sanction . Indeed , it ifl well known here » and it ib admitted by the Dublin Evening Mail , that Lord De Grey brought over the draft ot a proclamation against the Clontarf meeting , prepard by Sir Wo , Follett . ( From the Times of Thursday . )
Dublin , Tuesday . I mentioned in my communication of yesterday that the excitement ( both natural and national ) consequent on the events of the previous three days was gradually wearing itself out , and that this consummation had been hastened by the downcast tone of Mr . O'Connell's speech at the Repeal Association yesterday—a speech which , tak * u in conjunction with bis brief remarks on Saturday , entreating obedience to the Royal Proclamation , haf , I am assured , caused some surprise , if not regret , among
the more ardent , perhaps more honest , disciples of the agitation . Nor i 3 this feeling likely to be decreased by Mr . O'Connell's post-prandial oration at ' last night's banquet in the Rotunda . His warmest admirers must admit that a mere j-june , pusillanimous harangue , under such circumstance s , and with such materials for his peculiar style of oratory , never before fell ! rom the lips of the Learned Gentleman , and contrasts sadly with the indignant ( it may have been mock heroic ) burst of eloquence with which he denounced the message delivered to both Houses of Parliament early in the summer .
The rumour is rife this afternoon that Government , far from having any idea of doiug things by halves , are about following up the first blow at the treason by a vigorous prosecution of its leading abettors . Several parties are named against whom the arm of the law will be stretched forth ; but in the absence of authoritative information , and in the present state of uncertainty , with report following upon report , it would be unsafe , aa well aa unwise , to give more than a passing notice cf what may hereafter transpire . It may not , however , be oat of place to mention , that among the many speeches and documents which are said to have engaged the attention of the law officers of the Crown , axe the resolutions agreed to at the Rath ef Mullaghmast . Eight o'Clock .
This evening the report of ulterior proceedings being about to be instituted gains strength , and it is even said thai the necessary informations preliminary to ulterior measures have been Bworn before a magistrate . Of course , I still write without positive authority .
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LATEST INTELLIGENCE . Fbance . —Marshal Soulfc is abont to quit the Ministry . Spain . —Barcelona letters of the 4 th , mention that affairs were in the same state . The garrison of the fortress of Figueras had refused to submit to Prim , or to receive him , and he had marched away on the 4 th . Several confidential agents of Chrfetma had left Paris for Madrid , to be present at the opening of the Cortes on the 15 th inst . She will proceed to Spain the moment the Cortes shall have proclaimed the downfall of E ^ partero . The cabinet of the Tuileries was likewise awaiting that decision to accredit an ambassador to Madrid .
Gbebce . —The Augsburg Gazelle of the 5 th fnsfc . states that a protest against the late revolution in Greece may be expected to be made by the Emperor of Russia . Tdbket . —Constantinople . —On the night of the 20 th , there was a most violent storm . The next morning , the BnoTes of the Bosphorus were strewed with wrecks ; more than sixty vtesels were either sunk or ^ rauded .
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MEETING AT ST . HELEN'S . Tbe Liverpool Times of Tuesday contains a report of a large meetiog of Colliers , held tbe previous day ( Monday last ) , at St Helen's . From it we extract the following : — The place of meeting was the Moor Flat , and although tbe weather was extremely unfavourable tor an open-air meeting , there-were present from 1 , 500 to 2 000 persons . The chair was taken , shortly after eleven o ' clock , by Mr . Henry Tindal . Tbe Chairman , after a few introductory observations on tbe nature of tbe meeting , said that the first resolution which would be proposed was to tbe following effect : — " That it is tbe opinion of this meeting that the present rate of wngea is not sufficient to maintain the colliers and their families . "
Mr . Berry then addressed tbe meeting . He said that be need enly ask the public to look at tbe Miners ' cheeks , to convince them that the rate of wages w » s not sufficient At the present time , tbe rate in tbat district was about 2 s . a day . and bow wta a roan to maintain himself , a wife , ; and four or five children on that ? Yet for that smallsum they had to work from twelve to fourteen honra a day in the sunless mine . Were they not , he would ask , worse off than the African slave ? They were , and the question was , bow this evil was to be remedied . They had already tried their sectional unions
and partial strikes , and those had done no good ; and th « y mott , therefore , as the only effectual remedy , join tbe MIneri' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . They would extend their nnion from John o ' Groat's bouse to tbe fa ^ faeet end of Cornwall , and into Wales and Ireland . ^ & The Chairman , after a few observations on the bard toil of tbe miners , and on the manner in which they were oppressed , said tbat tbe second resolution was , " That in the opinion of this meeting , the miner is entitled to a fair day'a wages for a hard day ' s work . "
Mr . Henby Burlet then addressed tbe meeting at considerable length . He said tbat a person who had never before been in the county of Lancaster would , on entering It , see at once that it was a great mining and manufacturing county ; and he need hardly tell tbe meeting tbat its vast commerce and its manufactures were almost all carried on through the medium of coal works . Was it not right , therefore , that those men who were employed in getting from the bowels of the earth so valuable an article , an article adding to the wealth and cemfort of mankind , should themselves be comfortable and ; happy ? To say the least of it , they ought to have a living for their labour . The speaker proceeded at length to illustrate his subject by particular cases , and asserted that the masters wbo
were determined to obtain enstom by low prices at first resorted to the method of substituting , without notice to the men , tubs ; tbat contained much more than the stipulated quantity . When the men detected the imposition , they grumbled , but quietly submitted , thinking that by tasking tbeir energies , and working an hour or two additional , they might still reaUza tbe same amount of wages . In time , however , the other masters followed in the race of competition ; they reduced prices ; and then those who bad taken the lead reduced the rate of wages , to enable them t& make a still further reduction in the price .: Thns , without there being , as the speaker contended ^ any necessity for this competition ,
which he attributed solely to the desire of the Bmaller capitalists to seenre as great * return for their money as the larger capitalists , wages bad been reduced , until the miners were now earning , in many places , little more than a penny an honr for tbeir heavy labour in the sunless mine . This system bad eventually been fonnd to be prejudicial , not only to the employers and to the employed , but to tbe shopkeepers and others dependant on tee working classes . The enly remedy for this , the only means of raising the wretched , oppressed , and miserable miner from his present condition , was , as he bad before stated , to join the onion , fchich was now progressln g at a railroad speed . ~ i
Mr . Thompson , of Newcastle , was the next . speaker . In 1831 , be said , it was supposed by the employers in the north country that their colliers were working to the utmost stretch of tbeir physical powers , in a reasonable way , and they agreed to give what they considered & fair rate of remuneration . Tbe men accepted it ; but in the course of the year they found out that the tubs , which ought only to havo contained 20 pecks , contained on tbe average 27 pecks , and that when they wrought by weight instead of measure , they were getting 7 « wt . instead of 6 . J . This , it would be at once seen , would make a considerable difference in a year , when there was 45 000 mea employed . In one instance , however . It was found tbat s tub would contain 41 instead ot 20 peeks . Tbe consequence was that the miners employed
a man at 18 s . a-week , to see that the coals were properly weighed , and after paying his wages , the men at that one colliery wew clear gainers to the extent of £ 95 In another colliery , however , tbe isjnstioe was not remedied until tbe men struck , and even after that some new tubs , which were represented as fair , were foisted on tbe men . Instead , however , of containing 20 pecks , they contained 30 . —( Cries of " Sbame . ") The speaker after deprecating local strikes and local onions , proceeded to say , —The miners must therefore co-operate throughout the whole of the coal districts in Great Britain and Ireland . They would enter into a bond ; and this must extend tbe length and breadth of the empire , bo tbat there might be an understanding
between all the working colliers , and tbat they might all straggle together , at the same time , in England , Ireland , Scotland , and Wales . But they did not want to strike . Strikes were bad things ; they were evil things ; they were considered injurious both to the employer and the employed . By the present rate of remuneration , however , they were clamming to death ; and he thought it was muah better to dam to death in a state of idleness than in a state of bard and unpaid labour in their pits—( cheers ) . They asked for a fair remuneration . If the masters granted it , they would not Ktrika ; but if they would not accede to it , they ( the men ) should be compelled to strike , and that would be a dire consequence , In the present state of the empire . %
It was then stated that delegates were to be elected for St . Helens , to attend the National Conference of tbe Colliers , at Newcastle , on th * 3 rd of November ; but , in consequence of the heavy rain , it was agreed that tbe election should be made At tbe meeting of delegates from all the colleries in the neighborhood which trcs to take place immediately after the dose of the public meeting . Tbe meeting , which was throughout marked by great order and decorum , concluded shortly before one o'clock . None of tbe persons present seemed to be aware of the fact that tbe proprietors and . workers of tbe coal mines in tbe neighbourhood of St . Helens have not only agreed to raise the price of coals from 5 s . to 5 * . 10 > i . per ton . but that they have in a circular given notice to that effect to their customers .
[ We learn from oar correspondent that tbe meeting unanimously passed a vote of thanks to the Proprietor and E-1 itor of this > paper , for their advocacy of the Cclliera' right " . Thai vote the Liverpool Times very generously burked . E . N . 8 ] The delegate meeting commenced immediately after , at tbe house of Mr . Q . Huston , there being a great number ef delegates in attendance . Mr . G . Harrison acted as president , And the following sums were paid in : —Lane Ends , Over Hnlton , £ 3 13 «; Grapes Inn , Kingley , 10 s 2 d ; Bowling Green , H&lshaw Moor , 8 s 10 J ; Horse Shoe , Ringley , 4 s 6 d ; Rose , Standish Gate , Wigan , 3 s ; Hnyton Lodge , St . Helen's , 8 s 2 d ; Prescott , George and Dragon , 12 s 10 | d ; Nelsen Tavern , St Helen ' s . 14 ? 10 Ad ; Horse Shoe , Parr , £ 1 0 s 8 Ad ;
Parr , Bridge Lodge , 10 s 4 d ; Finch , St . Helen ' s , 10 s 6 d ; Angel . ^ flo ., 14 * 101 ; Wellington , do ., 8 s 6 d ; Royal Oak , Parr , 6 s 10 ^ d : Haddock Colliery , £ 1 14 s 7 £ d , Blackley Hurst , £ l 5 s 8 d ; Mother Lodge . Bolton , £ 2 3 * 8 d ; Brown Cow , Wigan , 12 s ; Rope and Anchor , do .. 13 s 7 > J ; Colliers" Arms , Ince , 6 * l ^ d ; An ? el Lodge , Scboles , £ \ 5 s ; Ambers wood , £ l 3 b 2 d ; Black Bull , Pembtrton , £ \ 12 s 2 d ; Hand and Heart ,. Hiudley , Is 10 d ; MillBione , Wigan , 7 s Id ; Bridge Inn , Standisb , 17 s 9 d ; Bslcarras Arms , Schcles , 5 s 11 jd ; Dake of Tort , near Wigan , 12 s ; Crofters Arms , Wigan ; £ 1 14 s 2 d ; Commercial Lodge , Over Darwen , 10 s 6 d ; Upholland . £ \ 5 i 8 d ; Fleece Lodge , Bolton , £ 2 3 s lA _ d ; B . aek Horse , BI&ckrod . GaloAd ; LaneEndB , AspuilMoor , £ 1 3 » 33 ; Colliers' Arms , New Spring , £ l 12 s 4 % d ;
Edge Green , 16-4 d ; C- > ppull 7 s 4 d ; WbaHey ' smen , 8 s 6 d ; Bradford Colliery , 5 s 7 d ; Ciayton Colliery , 18 s lOd ; Hurst Brook , 10 s 2 i / i ; Little Lover ; £ 1 4 s 9 d ; Westhoughton , 4361 ; Old bam . l ( h ; Pendlebury , lfis lld ; G'een Barn , Blsckrod , £ 1 9 $ ; Red Lion ditto , 5 s Id ; Patricroft , £ l 3 s 4 d ; Top-o'th Lane , 4 s 4 d ; Bacnp , £ 2 ; Hanesug Bank , £ 1 9 v ; Good Intent , ditto , 15 i 64 ; Darey Lever , 18 s 44 ; Jolly Carter , Aspull , 10 s 3 d ; F ' . rnhill , 4 a 3 d ; Ratcliffe Colliery , ltfa S ^ d ; Bank Top , 4 s id ; Stand-lane , Pilkingten ; 3 s 6 d . Tutal . £ 48 8 s lid . The case of the Blsckleyhurst and Cumberland Miners were then taken into consideration , and a resolution was agreed te for a levy of threepence each member per week towards their support Tbe delegates then paid in the following Bums for these special objects : — L" » ne eeds . Over Hulton . 12 s lid ; Ross Eodge , Wigan 18 a ; Angel , ditto . £ l 3 d : Goose Green , 17 s 6 d ;
Railway Tavern , 113 3 d ; Red Lion , Aspull , £ 116 s ; Black Bnll , Pemberton , 5 s ; Hand and Heart , Hindley , 16 s fid ; Gibraltar Lodge , £ 1 7 s ; Colliers Aims , Blackiod , 6 b 9 , } d ; Bridge Inn , Stnndieh , 6 s 8 j ; l ; Pack Hoise , Pemberton , ( 5 s ; Wballey ' s Men , 7 a 94 ; Brown Cow , jSIIOs ; Crofter's Arms , 18 a 6 i ; ^ Colliers Arms , New Spring , £ 1 18 s 9 d ; Windmill Tavern , 5 s 6 J ; Colliers Aims , luce , 13 s 6 d ; Amberswood , £ 1 12 s ; Swan , HinJley Green , 17 s 6 d ; Balcarres Arms , 8 s ; Fleece Lodge . BortoD , 12 s 3 d ; Jolly Carter . Aspnil Moor , 10 s ; Bradford , 15 s 3 d ; Ciajtoa , 14 s 6 d ; Hurst Brook , 8 s 3 it ; Red Lion , Blackrod , 10 s 1 ; Farnbill , 83 3 d ; Pendlebury , Il 8 6 d ; Tup- ' oth Lane , 18 s 43 ; Bacup , 153 9 d ; St . Helens , £ 6 7 s ; Blackley Hunt , 123 lOd . —It was then agreed that a pubtic meeting should be holden oh Herat Brook , near A&hton-nnder-Lyne , on Monday , October 23 rd , and a delegate meeting immediately after at the Colliers Arms , Hurst Brcok .
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THE POTTEEXES .-A public meeting of tbe Collier * of the potteries ( was holden on Monday , at the Crown Bank , Hanley . The rain commenced falling at one o ' clock * and continued very heavy all day . There were at least 2 . 000 Colliers present The Lane End men brought a band of music and flags ; and a very imposing procession was formed to the place of meeting . Mr . Joseph Alfred was called to the chair . The following resolutions were adopted : —1 . "That it ia the opinion of this meeting , that sectional or partial union * can be productive of no good , and that nothing abort of a union will
general better the condition of the Miners generally . " 2 . " That we , the Miners of the Potteries , sympathy with our brethren the Miners of West Cumberland , in , their noble stand against the tyranny of the Earl of Lonsdale ' s agent ;; and we pledge ourselves , on our first pay night , to subscribe our mites , to enable them to resist their oppressor . " The speakers were Messra Thornley , Bull , Swallow , Mayer , Lomax , &c fee , all of whom were listenad to with much attention and loudly applauded . At the close of tho meeting the Delegates assembled at the Plough Inn , Hanley , when the following sums were paid in :
£ s . d . Cook , at Foley , Lane End ... 2 7 10 Burley ' s Lodge , Burslem ... 2 14 74 Plough Inn , Hanley ... ... 1 2 4 Black Lion , Burslem ... ... e 12 2 Prince Albert , Tunstal ... ... 1 6 4 Hotel , Tanstal 0 13 7 J Bradley Green , Bifldle ... 110 Kingsley , Cheadlo ... ¦ ... i 4 2 Black Horse , Cheadle 0 9 1
£ 11 li 2 Henry Thomas was nominated for the office of Secretary to the Pottery District ; and the following persons for the office of Treasurer , viz ., Joseph Bailey , Burslem ; John Cheetham , Snyed Green ; and Richard Russel , Lane End . It was resolved , " That a public meeting be holden in the Cheadle Market-place , on Saturday ( this day ) , the chair to be taken at three o'clock . " It was alBojresolved , "That tbe following meetings be holden : —The Nutten Heath , Silverdale , Lycet , and Heartdale Colliers , at Chesterton , on Monday , the 16 tb inBtont , to
commence at three o ' clock . A public meeting of the Pottery District to be holden at Hanley , on the Crown Bank , chair to be taken at three o'clock , on Monday , the 23 rd instant . The nest Delegate Me . ting to be holden at the Plough Innf Hanley , on the 23 rd inst , to commence at ten o ' clock in the morning . The agents to visit the following places previous to the next Delegate Meeting : —Lane Ends and Bradley Green , Tuesday ; Golden Hill and Hiddsgrove , Wednesday ; Audley , Bull ' s Head , Thursday ; Norton , Tuesday , the 17 th instant , at four o ' clock ; New Caapel , Wednesday , at fonr o'clock .
Newcastle . —A delegate meeting of the Miners of Northumberland and Dublin was held in the long room of the Three Tuns Inn , on Friday and Saturday , the 6 th and 7 th instant . Soon after the appointed hour ( nine o ' clock ) Mr . T . Wakinshaw was unanimously called to the chair . The following resolutions were agreed to : —* ' That there be two public meetings on Shaddon ' s Hill ; one on the 14 th inst ., to hear an addresa from Feargus O'Connor , Etq . ; aud the second on the 21 st inst ., to hear an address from Themas Slingsby Duncombe , E ? q . The chair to be taken at twelve o ' olock each day ?' A lengthy disoussion then took place respecting the grievances of the Cumberland Miners , when it was agreed that each delegate request their constituents to renew their exertions on their behalf , and that a voluntary subscription be entered into immediately for the relief of eleven of them now in Newcastle in quest of employment .
Mr . iKoberts next addressed the delegates respecting the duty of the Executive Council , in which he showed their utility in settling such matters as m ight be found inconvenient for the whole body to settle , and the necessity of choosing snoh of tneir numbers to that responsible office as could be relied upon for discretion and attachment to the cause of Union . The address had a good effect ; after which the delegates adjourned an hour for dinner .
FBIDAY AFTERNOON SITTING . The Chairman having resumed the chair , Mr . Matthew Halliday was elected to the vice-chair . Tho delegates agreed 1 . That a levy of sixpence per member be made for the Cumberland men each fortnight . 2 . That each member omitting to pay his fortnightly contributions tor one month shall be fined twopence ; fourpence the second month ; and upon being three mouths in arrears , when in work , shall be expelled the society . 3 . That the Lumley men are not entitled to support . 4 . That the restriction on the collieries be to three . shillings per day ( daily ) and not fortnightly , as many collieries understand that subject , and that each confine himself to three ehillings in each twenty-four hours which he goes down the pit , and if he should be
deficient of that sum in one shift , he be not allowed to make np the deficiency in another shift , and that each man go to the office and receive his own wages . 5 . That W . P . Roberts , Esq . and Mr . Wm . Beesley be allewed to ge to Cumberland to aid in the defence of the two pitmen to be tried at the quarter sessions in Cockermoutb . —A delegate gave aa account of the machinations of the masters there to get the men to relinquish the Union , promising great things , if they would . join a Union with the masters ; they would advance their wages in that case , and ensure them of good work . —A resolution was agreed to that men out of employment ba advised not to ask tor employment in any of the coal pits , untilgpermissioti is granted them by Mr . Roberts . The delegates then adjourned until Saturday morning at nine o ' clock .
6 ATUEDAT MORNING S StTTIfOG . At the appointed hour , M r . Wakinshaw was appointed to the chair , and Mr . Halliday to the vicechair . The minuteB of the previous sittings were read and confirmed . Matthew Halliday and the other district lecturers gave , an account of their labours , which were very satisfactory , when it was agreed—1 . That the Percy Main men go to work , if the masters should employ them , aud that the two meu rejected by the masters there , latterly , on account of the Society , receive the same support as the other men similarly Bituated . 2 . That the conduct of the Thornley Committee is highly censurable in their
late attempts to frustrate the arrangements of the last meeting of Delegates , and that J . B ., tbe man who misled them , be expelled the Society ; and that the Thornley men be requested to dispense with the services of H . Richmond , aa his conduct has been inimical to the best interests of the Society . 4 . That the Delegates now present are of opinion that no individual oases should be entertained by Mr . Roberts ttutil the colliery of men are first apprised of it , and that the officers of his locality grant a certificate to that effect . 5 . That the General Conference of the Miners of Great Britain and Ireland be held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne , on the 30 th of October . 6 . That in ths event of any member leaving one colliery to go to another , the Secretary of the colliery
to which he has removed be required to write to the colliery he has left , to ascertain whether he is clear on the booka . 7 . That each colliery , upon gaining an action at law against their employers , be required to contribute five per cent , of the amount gained at such suit to the Law Fuod . The General Seorctary reported the amount of monies paid into the several respective funds . We understand it exceeded £ 500 . It was agreed that the wages of the General Secretary should be advanced 3 $ . per week , so that he might be < qual with the Lecturers in Northumberland and Durham . The Secretary gave an account of the number of payable members in the two counties . We understand they were close upon 20 , 000 . It is particularly requested by
the Executive of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , that each of their lecturers pay particular attention to the following resolutions agreed to by them on the 9 th inst ., " That pur Secretary be instructed to correspond with the lecturers in the mining districts of Great Britain ( excepting Northnmberland and Durham ) through the medium of the Northern Star , requesting them to procure a true account of the number of payable members in each respective district or county , and transmit the same to him at their earliest opportunity , and likewise to request each lecturer to send a report of his
proceedings once in each fortnight , with the name of each colliery he may haye visited , and the day on which he visited such colliery , so that the same may be inserted ia the Miners ' , Jou > nal about to be established in Newcastle . That each lecturer attend to his appointment in his respective district , during the forthcoming conference , and that each rcspresentative to that conference be selected from the working men < m 4 he colliery or district . That all 3 orrespondenoe . to the General Secretary be prepaid , or else it will not be attended to . "' Address to John Hall , care of Martin Jude , Three Tuna , Manor Chare , Newcaatle-on-Tyne .
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MANCHESTER . —The phop of Messrs . Wertheim and Beaver , No . 26 , Crose-e ' -net , was entered by thieves , on Sunday last , and a large quantity of jewellery in the shape of watcher chain ? , ri n ^ a , Beals , lockets , brooches , table and tea spoons , svz&t tongs , gold and silver pencil cases , silver thirob / es , knives aud forks , corals , &c . valued at £ 500 was taken away . A reward of £ 50 has been otfered for the detection of thft robbers . B AHMS&ST—The strike of ths weavers of Messrs . Haxworth and Co . still continues . The number
now on strike is upwards of a hundred , and all his workmen have ceased to work , with tha exception of one family at Permtone . The weavers have done their utmost to support the men on strike ; and , although their circumstances are generally bad , they have hitherto succeeded beyond all expectation . Appeals have been made to the public , and to the trade in . Leeds , Kuaresbro ' , Newark , &o . To these appeals the public and the weavers of Leeds bave generously responded ; and wo trust that othcT places will se « tha absolute necessity of doing the samo .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 14, 1843, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse2.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct823/page/5/
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