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THE REBECCA MOVEMENT . ( Continued from onr seventh page . J _
OPENING OF THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY . Carmarthen , Wednesday Night , Oct . 25 . This most important Commission , appointed for a ftll inquiry into the causes of the discontent and outrages in South Wales ^ was opened to-day in the Town Hall , the proceedings at which , as far as they are fcnovm- to the public , have excited Tery conjader&ble interest . At ten o ' clock , the "Right Hon . T . F . Lewis and Mr . W , Crippa , accompanied by the Secretary to the Commission ( Mr . G . K . Rickords ) , entered the Town Hall , and took their Beats on the bench Among the gentlemen present , I observed Colonel Trevor , M . P ., Yice-Lieutenant of the connty , Mr D . Morris , M . P ., Dr . Jsnes . Captain Phillip 3 , Dr . Xawrence , the Mayor of Carmarthen , Dr . Bowen , Cantiin Scott . &c .
The court being opened , the Right Hon . Chief Commissioner proceeded to Tead Her Majesty ' s Commission , and , caring finished , said—Gentlemen , —Having "had the honour and daty to lead Her Majesty ' s Commission , it is perhaps right to say for ourselves that we are deeply impressed with fchedlmcultyandimportanceofihe duties intrusted to n 3 , and that it is only by relying on the assistance ot the gentlemen of the different counties we mnst visit that -we can hopa to te able to discharge those dniies , or to effect the objects of the Commission and , permit me to Bay , that nothing shall be wanting on our parts to pnrsne diligently , and I hope effectually , the inquiry intrusted to us ; and , in order that we may do so , we are ready to exert onrselves
to the utmost . In reading her Majesty's Gommis-E 6 a , yoQ mnsi ^ e struck "with tke "wording as to ' he definition of it 3 objects , for although her Majesty ' s Government , who , 1 believe , and in fact know , are firmly xesolTed to meet with the strong arm of the law all attemptB at disturbance , and to do everything to suppress and put down outrages by the persevering exercise of power oh their parfe ; still at fee same time they are most anxiously desirous to ascertain whether there be any real causes of grievance existing , in order that by the powers of the Ereeufive Government , or of Parliament , or both combined , a legislative remedy may be effected , for which purpose it is that we * re her # . Gentlemen , I think her Majesty ' s Government have done wisely
^^ K v . ^^^^ d ^ v ^^^ p ^ BA ^^^™ ^^^^^^^^ ^^ M ^^^^ ^ ^ J ^^ ^^^ — — — — — — 4 F indistinctly stating in the Commission that it is onr duty ta inquire into the laws relating to turnpike roads , because , if I am not misinformed , the first ontrages which took place in this conn try had for their object , by improper and unjustifiable means , to effect a remedy for alleged grievances with regard to turnpikes . I think , iberefore , the Government have "very properly directed our attention first to that obiect , in the hope that by proper inquiry a " legislative remedy may be effected . Gentlemen , the Commission also contains other and larger powers , pointing to other causes and circumstances which iave led to acts of violence and outrage , and which open ont a large . field for iigniry . I will not allude to any of these causes individually ,
lest by including some I might give them an importance which they do dos deserre , and lest 1 may be thought to liave excluded others that some persona may think substantial grievances . I will , therefore , now only say , that we will hold ourselves open to receive every species of information from persons acquainted with the country , come from whom ox where i ; may , in order that it may be shewn to us what have been the real causes of the disturbances that have taken place in this country-Be that information what it may , our eyes and ears shall be open to receive it , and it "will be subject to a proper and impartial inquiry , in order that a remedy may be fonnd . Let no person shut his eyes to the important command issued by the Almigh ^
Creator- ^** Thou shall not steal . " IS men are not to steal , it is clear thai there must be something belonging to another that is not to be taken . Thus even the Creator himself recognised a right in property ; audit is this fbnsdation on which Bociety is Dnilt—the object of all government being to eeenre to every individual a frea and undisturbed controul and enjoyment of that prcperiy which by his labour and industry—his honest industry—he may be justly entitled to . It is in the jnature of things that the products required Jbr the consumption of our fellow-creatnres cannot be obtained if he who sows is not secure to reap—if he who plants is not entitled to gather . Gentlemen , society itself is so
constituted , that the industrious , thrifty , prudent , and careful people are by the -will of God tolerably secure of their reward . ; whilst , on the other hand , improvidence , violence , wastefulness , and acts of outrage as certainly bring distress and misery , ¦ with all the ruinous consequences that follow in their train , on those persons who are unwise enough to perpetrate them . I / et me only add , that wish a most sincere and earnest wish to accomplish the objects which her Majesty ' s Ministers had in view m advising her Majesty to issue this commission , we shall , with as little delay as possible , Apply ourselves to the different points of the inquiry , and I feel assured ,
gentlemen , by your presence , hereto-day , that you Trill render us every assistance in your power , that the inquiry may be as full a one as possible . Colonel Tbsvob asked the Commissioner if it ¦ would be convenient to them to state the course they intended pursuing ? iir . F . Lvirrs replied , thai they should now pursue the inquiry here , which wonM probably oceopy several days . He , of course , could not say ¦ what time the inquiry would take at each place ; bat they would take Carmarthenshire first , Pembrokeshire next , and they could not now say what county woald follow . themselves toih
They were desirousto throw open e Trhole country , and invited communication from all classes of th&people . He feared that they could not hold all their proceedings in open court , though , for kimself . the greater the pnblicity which could be fiiT = nto their proceedings , the more satisfactory it Tfonld heto Mm ; bntst sbe same time be knew that there were -witnesses who would be embarrassed if they knew that an audience was present , or that their Tvorda were being taken down instantly on their utterance by short-hand writers ; still , as far as they possibly could , every publicity should be given . The Bight Hon . Gentleman then , addressing himself to the reporters present , said he wished .
ihrongh their means , to state to the whole of South "Wales their anxiety to receive the fullest , information from all classes of the community , and at the same time to say , that they had no instructions from the -Government bnfc what were contained m the Commission . He would further state , that if . any persons making communications wished them to be confidential , and marked them bo , they might rely upon , their being so used . . , . , _ The Commissioners ihen retired into the grand jury-room , and were occupied the remainder of the . day in s preliminary examination of Mr . Ssacey clerk to the Main Trust , and the examination of ¦ various books and papers , with a view to show the working of the trust .
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THE WELSH COMMISSION . TO THE KDITOB . OP IHB TIKES . Sib , —Observing in your columns to-day a report of the opening of the Royal Commission to inquire into - the grievances of the people of Wales , and Boricing the fair- promises of the Commissioner , I beg jou will permit me to express a hope that on this occasion the Government will not disappoint the expectations of the sufferers , and add to the power of their opressors . _ _' I grant I am very suspicious of these commissionB I have observed that they are generally used to buildup a theory—to afford an excuse for establishing a predetermined measure . Such was the Commission on the Poor LawB .
It was determined that the rigb-t of the poor to support should be denied , so a commission was issued to make out a case , that the poor were so idle , abandoned , and dissolute that they were really tmwortby of ^ npport . Sometimes a commission is used apparently Jbr one object , but really for another . In that caEe , the evidence that supports the object apparently intended is burked ,, while that -which , supports the real intention is published . Such was the case with the late commission issued to inqnire into the grievances of the handloom weavers .
In that inquiry , the apparent object -was the relief of the hand-loom weavers , by protecting their labourj but the real design was to mike out a case m favour of the extension of our foreign commerce by the system of free trade . On that inqniry Mr . MuggBridge , the Assistant Commissioner , came to Huddersfield . He there found that Mr . Stocks and myself- enjoyed the confidence of the hand-loom wearers . He examined me publicly , and aflerwardB told me , that ** Ihad given Tery important evidence * but that in consequence of the then excited state of the population , there -were certain questions that he iad refrained from asking me . " He added , » If yon -would not object to a private examination , I should
be glad to have yeur opinion on those subjects . " I agreed , on the express condition that he would furnish ma with a perfect copy of my examination . Heproaissdio dow . It-was alBo agreed to by him , that "if my evidence was not published in the report of the Commuaio&en , I should be at liberty to publish it . " On these express conditions ! submitted to « pri-—ate examination that extended through several -dayg ^ When tpb parted , Mr . Mnggeridge " thanked me for the valuable communication , " and promised to send me a correct copy of the whole in four or five days . I applied many times "for the promised copy , and was often " assured that I should have it . " At last Mr . Mnggeridge candidly told me " he could not let se hare it , because , having considered my evi-
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dence of the greatest importance , he deemed tit his duty to forward it to the Government as soon as it was taken , before he could have it copied , and that now he could not obtain either the original or a copy . " I have since applied to Lord John Russell , the Marquis of Normanby , and Sir James Graham ( the successive Home-Secretaries ) , and have not been able to obtain the fulfilment of Mr . Mnggeridge's promise . Not one "word of that evidence is in the report Mr . Stocks was never examined , although , in my hearing , Mr . Muggridge promised to take that gentleman ' s examination . On that question no person ' s opinion could be more important . Nor is there a word in the report of the long and most important written argument of Mr . William Atkinson , who enjoyed the confidence of the Spitalfields weavers , and who was expressly requested by the Secretary of the Commissioners to send his information in
writing . How many other friends of the hand-loom weavers , "who were favourable to protection , were thus entirely excladed from the report , I know not . But this I know , there is no want of anti-Corn Law evidence . Nay , if the anti-Corn Law League had written the Report of the Commissiopers , it could scarcely have been more favourable to Free Trade . Knowing , as I do , the disgust with which that report was received by the hand-loom weavers , the causes of whose grievanoe it was pretended to inquire into with a view to their removal , and observing that Mr . Frankland Lewis is just as candid and plausible as was Mr . Muggeridge , I may surely be permitted to-warn the Conservative Government against stumbling on the rock of their predecessors , lest they make matters worse , by disgusting and disappointing the aggrieved , and strengthening the hands of tVe greedy and remorseless , the heartless and grinding oppressors of the poor .
Pardon the liberty I have taken , and allow me lo subscribe myself , Sir , your most obliged servant , Queen ' s Prison , Oct . 28 . Richabd Oastler .
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BEPEA 1 ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting of this association -was held to-day in the Conciliation-hall , vrhieh waa tolerably well filled in all parts . It was very confidently stated on Sstnrday , and very generally believed , tha- Mr . Shiel , Mr . Wjse , and other leading members of the Irish Whig-Radical party , would send in their adhesion as " Federalists "' to the association today , but the rumour pro-red to be unfounded . At one o ' clock Mr . Molony , ex-Justice of the Peace , having been called to the chair .
Mr . O'Coxkell read a letter from Dr . Slattery , Roman Catholic Archbishop of Casbel , enclosing hi * subscription , " and requesting to be enrolled a member , ¦ which -was accordingly done . They had already two ol their four archbishops declared Repealers , and he was prond to rank Michael of Caabtl beside John of Tuam —( hear , hear , " and cheers ) . Nothing bat the critical state of the country at present , and tb * attempts recently made to do a-way with the rights of petition by ¦ what he thought undue means , could have called his T ^ enerable Friend from hia dignified retirement—( hear , bear ) . It -was no small preof that their motives and intentions -were pure , and their mode of carrying them out peaceable , -when they had Dr . Slattery joining them —Ibeari .
The Hon . Gentleman in handing in £ 100 from Quebec took occasion to praise the wisdom of the BritiBh councils there . He wished to give Lord Stanley the fall meed of praise for the cenrse he had adopted to-¦ ward 5 the American colonies , by giving them a legislature and fall controol over their own affairs—thesr , hear ) . Canada had forfeited mnch of bei claims , by haring had the folly to turn ont in armed rebellion to assert her right . Ireland also claimed the privilege of self-legislation , hnt would never rebel ; and he pioprociaimed it then , on the authority ol that association , with which the people -were thoroughly identified , that
there iras not ths least danger of an outbreak —( cheers ) In any event , there should be bo rebellion in Ireland ; and there would then be presented toe strong contrast , that rebellious Canada had free institutions and a local government , and that Ireland , -which did not rebel , ¦ was refused an inquiry into her grievances—( beat ) . It was asserted in some journals that Canada took no interest in the Bspeal movement : the bill of exchange -which ha then banded in contained one hundred answers to that unfounded statement —( "hear , bear , " and laughter ) . The Quebec Repealers -were enrolled as members and associates ; and a voteef thf" )? * was ordered to be transmitted to their secretary .
Mr . J . O'CosiTEiJ . said he had two pieces of good news to communicate—the one -was , that the revision for the city of Kilkenny bad closed , and that the Repealers had a majority of 157 over the Tories , Whigs , and * koneen Papists ; and ths other , that the sum of £ 31 had been transmitted to the Association from the town of Carlow —( cheers ) . l&t . M HfK O'CallaGHaN &ea came forward , and moved that the name of Mr . John Smith , attorney-atlav , and one of the law agents lor the corporation , bf erased from the books of the Association . He understood that the remaining tenant * on tie land * bf Paris town and Darriatown "were removed on Monday last—( bear , hear ) . Mr . O'Callaghan complained that his letters , in reply to Mr . Smith , were not inserted in the Frermoxs Journal . Dr . Ghat rose to order . Mr . O'Callaghas said he was not out of order—( confusion ) .
Mr . 0 C 05 > ell—The rule in every public assembly is , the very moment a gentleman is called to order , he sits down until he blows how it is he la out of order—( hear ) . Mr . O'Callaghax resumed his seat Dr . Ghat complained that the eahject under consideration had been re-opened , when it was understood to have been finally dosed . Mr . OCallaghah—What I complain of is , that though the Freeman published Mr . 8 mith ' s letters calling me a liar , and other offensive names , my letters in reply were omitted from that journal —( cries of " order ") .
Mi . O'COfiSSLL rose to call Mi . O'C&ll&ghfta lo order . His opinion bad been appealed to in this matter—fee gave it . Mr . O'Callaghan was at liberty to acquiesce in that decision or not He found he did not do ao—( bear , hear ) . The question was one between the public and Mr . John Smith , and not a bye-battle between Mr . O Callagban and the Freeman * Journal—( hear , hear ) . If Mr . O'Cftllagbw -wished to impeach that journal , let him give netice of it ; but the question before them now -was one bet-ween the public and Mr . Smith —( hear , hear ) . The motion was put from the chair and carried , bat there were several dissentients .
Mr . Balts , who bad originally brought forward the question of extermination against Mr . Smyth , said that he had received a great number of communications from various parts of Ireland , -which would shew an appalling amount of cruelty on the part of landlords , and he thought the best -way of ending it was to expose the perpetrators to public indignation . Di . Gbat suggested to Mr . Balfe the propriety of referring the documents he had received to a Committee of the Association . Mr . Balis said he -would willing ly do so , and he made mention of the fasts relating to extermination in order that the landlords might be deterred from forcing the tenants off the land , as had been the effect in some previous cases of a public allusion in the Ass&-ditfon .
Mr . O'CoraELL agreed -with Mr . Balfe that the instrument te be used against tyrannical landlords was public opinion . ( Cheers . ) Although not over-dispoaed to give the present Government any undue praise , he was not inclined to anticipate , as Dr . Gray had done , the course to ba taken by the Commission . He -was disposed to give ttoe present Government its due for having issued itj and this advantage , at all events , would be derived from it , that landlords -would see that the question of tenure -was about to be inquired into . Sir R . Peel and Lord Stanley had declared there must be some alteration in that tenure—( hear)—and he thought it would be unwise to threw cold water on the exertions of the Cammissioners . ( Cheers . )
Mr . J . O'Connkll gave notice of a motion te the effect , that be -would next Monday -week brintt under the consideration of the Association the financial arrangements of the two countries , -with ft view to sho-w that they could be arranged in such a manner as to relieve Ireland from unjust burdens , vrithont detriment to EDgland . Amongst the various subscriptions banded in by the Messrs . O'Conaell , Dr . Gray , and others , were £ 30 , from Dr . Browne , the Roman Catholic Bishop of Gal-• way , being the subscriptions of himself , Mr . V . Blake , M . P . ; Mr . Bodkin , ld . P , j and etbersj £ 5 from Mr . H . Grattan , M . P ., his Becond subscription this year—( cheers)— £ 25 from the parish priest of Wicklow , £ 5 of which -was collected yesterday at the ebapel gate—Ihear , bear )— £ 53 from Glasgow— ( cheers)— £ 50 from Armagh , £ i from the Palmenton victims of tyranny , for attending ti » Donnybrook meeting ; £ 9 9 s . from Newburgh , New York , and £ 30 from the North ( pe * Mr . Daffy ) .
Mr . O'Consell rose again , and said he bad next to read a communication he had received from that excellent and exemplary man , Joseph Sturge . ( Hear , hear . ) He did sot believe that there lived a being with a purer mind or finer spirit ; there -was a generous enthusiasm about him that gave him the very chivalry of humanity , ( Hear , hear . ) He had been sneered at as an inefficient politician ; bat be was an honest , sealons ,. and persevering politician . «( Hear , hear . ) Hems a One head of a party , which ths Chartists showed themselvM unfit for public liberty by not having joined . ( Hear , hear . ) Ths co&Braakation from Mr . Sturge was « follow * : —
" io rsz iwih Mrmii . association . A note of mine addressed to yoar chairman , accompanying a resolution pawed at * meeting at BixminghaHij was read by himrt the meeting of your association on the 16 th Instant , In which 1 expressed the opinion , that a more favourable state of public feeling towards Ireland never existed . * . " This opinion subsequent events have confirmed ; but in order to render this favourable state of feelira available , the people of England should have a dear and fall explanation « f the objects of the Repeal
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Association , and a disposition should be evinced candidly to examine and adopt every measure that Is calculated to conciliate mutual good will among the people at large . Some of the best friends of Ireland in this country are much in want of precise information as to what is Bought for by the Rspealers . If it U intended to make Ireland a separate aud independent nation , it cannot be expected that there ever will exist in England any general co-operation in favour ef such a measure She is herself suffering from the same oligarchy which inflicts so much misery on the sister kingdom ; and the united efforts of the whole British people are required to terminate its oppressions ,
"But if it be clearly and distinctly understood that Ireland only seeks io have the control of her own affairs , leaving tbe decision of all questions involving the interest of tbe united kindom to the Imperial legislature ; the object is bo just in principle and so needful in its application to Ireland , that I am persuaded it wonldi if properly placed before tbe English people , soon command their support . " The recent despotic proceedings ef the Govennent ; the wise and prompt measures taken by the leaders of tbe Repeal ' movemeat to preserve peace ; and their universal observance by the people of Ireland , under circumstances of exasperation that might have led to the most fearful consequences , all conspire to encourage a general disposition on this side the Channel to a more favoorable consideration of their just claims .
"As one who ardently desires full justice to Ireland , it is my earnest desire and hope that nothing may be said or done that might tend to excite a national feeling of hostility towards England ; and allow me to express my deep regret that it should be stated such a feeling exists in the minds of Englishmen towards Ireland . It is true , we have not evinced that sympathy for the wrongs of Ireland which we ought to have done ; but the people are not inimical to each other ; and they harre one strong bond of union , —that of suffering from the same oppressors . Tbe peaceful and constitutional roanoer in which the people of Ireland are seeking to
obtain justice has justly excited great admiration '; and it is my conviction that if the same course is firmly maintained it will eventually unite the wise and good in all parts of the United Kingdom in combined efforts , that will , under tbe blessiog of Divine Providence , be crowned with success ; and while securing to Ireland all that the most ardent of her friends who are ranged under the banner of Repeal can desire , will more firmly consolidate her with England in all that constitutes a great empire . " Yery respectfully , Joseph Stubge . " Birmingham , 27 th of the 10 th month . "
Mr . O Cornell , having testified bis respect for the character of Mr . Sturge , proceeded to express tbe delight he felt at finding , from that gentleman's letter , that the peaceable demeanour of the Irish people was malting an impression on the English mind —( cbesrs ) . He alluded lo the neglect of Government , in cot having issued the Clontarf proclamation till it was merely by an accident that a massacre did not take place , and then referred to tbe constant efforts of the Orange and Tory press to irritate the Irish people because they had submitted to that exercise of authority , The Hon . Gentleman reiterated his oft-repeated abuse of The Times , which could , he said , find no more fruitful topics to urge on the English to overthrow the Whigs , because they were friends of Ireland , than the vilest abiue of the people
of Ireland and of their priesthood . Mr . Sturge bad spoken of English sympathy ; but be ( Mr . O'Connell ) would ask , had any ef the great towns in England , save Birmingham and Preston , made any demonstration for them ? Had London done so ? Had Manchester , or Liverpool , or Leeds done so ? ( Cheers . ) Let not Mr . Sturge blame the people of Ireland because they judged of Englishmen only by their acts , because they could not place confidence in them . He ( Mr . O'Connell ) believed the English people acted more from ignorance than design ; but it was his complaint that they would not take the trouble of being rightly informed as to the real Btate of the people of Ireland . If there were no other topics to urge in favour of Repeal , the fact would be sufficient , that
the governing people were radically ignorant and careless of the state of the country governed . As to separation he repudiated it , but he -wished to prevent the possibility of it by getting Repeal . There should be no rebellion in Ireland , ao civil war , or , what was worse , a servile war ; a war from cottage to cottage , from town to town—( cheers ) . The Hon . Gentleman proceeded at great length to meet the objections of Mr . Sturge , and to show there was no fear of separation . He spoke of America , and the offer of reconciliation made , when too late , by the British Government to the insurgents in that country , as a warning to Government , and advised Mr . Starge to remember it ( Hear . ) He thought it would be politic in the English statesmen to ask Ireland what she
wanted , and he ( Mr . O'Connell ) would answer , that she merely wasted , the management of her own affairs , and did not desire to take anything from tbe Crown prerogatives . He called on Mr . Sturge for an explanation of what imperial questions were . If he meant the management of the colonies , be ( Mr . O'Connell ) would tell him that the colonies -were the fiefa of the Crown , and the absolutism of the Crown right was only qualified by charter—tbe dependencies , which included 100 , 000 , 000 of people , were the property of tbe Crown , Mid all Ireland would ask was liberty to trade with them—( bear ) . Ireland was big enough for them . She was all they required . They would take nothing less — ( loud cheering for some minutes ) . As to war , if Mr . S : urge thought they might wish not to go to war when
England did—that was a Royal prerogative , and tbe only thing they could do was to vote against the supplies -, ba for one would be glad of it , as it diminished tbe chances of unjust war , and if there were just cause of war there was no fear of tbe Irish people being backward in supporting it—( loud cheers ) . The Hon Gentleman referred to Portugal and other countries friendly to Ireland , which it would be wise policy in Ireland to refuse going to war with , on tbe sole ground that England wished it . Again , making peace was no imperial question ; it was an act of tha monarch . They wanted a protective , not an invasive Parliament . As to the army and navy , that would be a mere question of length of parse . Tbe Dumber of men paid by England should belong to England , and those paid by Ireland
should be Ireland ' s . ' Thus treaties , dependencies , colonies , the making of wax and peace , and army and navy , could not be considered imperial questions . Tbe Hon . Gentleman thus ridiculed the Federalist party , as not knowing what they meant , and derided tbe support likely to be had from the north or Ulster men , which , he said , would be but Bmall indeed ; for on former occasions there bad been no substantiality about them . As to religions questions , there was no fear of difference . Mr . Godkln ' s letter proved it Tbe Hon . Gentleman then reiterated his thousand times repeated allegation of Roman Catholic toleration , but if any fear
were harboured ef it , be would , be said , be willing to place on tbe Irish Parliament a restriction already existing in tbe American Legislature—namely , that it should be incompetent to them to place any restrictive right or to interfere with any one ' s conscience—( loud cheers ) . Mr . O Connell then contrasted the treatment of rebellious Canada and . peaceable Ireland . He would not give up one particle of Irish interest , but be would maintain tbe Crown prerogatives . After a lengthened address de omnihus rebus in bis usual style , and urged by his usual arguments , the Hon . Gentleman concluded , amid loud applause , by moving tbe adoption of tbe following resolutions : —
" 1 , —That the object and purport of the Repeal of tbe Union consists io the Parliament of Ireland having the entire Legislative control of affairs of tbe Irish nation . " 2 . —That tbe basis of tbe Repeal of the Union consists , and shall consist , in tbe perpetual connexion with Great Britain , through tbe medium of their common Sovereign , Queen Victoria , and her heirs and
successors . " S . —That another basis of tbe Repeal of the Union shall be perfect equality of civil rights and franchises of every description between all Christian sects and persuasions whatever , ' - . and that no power shall be committed or intrusted to tbe Irish Parliament to make any law derogatory to the civil rights er franchises of any individual or class by reason of his or their creed or religious persuasion . " 4 . That the foregoing resolutions be transmitted to Mr . Joseph Sturge , in reply to his communication , and that he be requested to specify wbat the questions involving the interest of the United Kingdom exclusively are , otaer than those which come within the range of the Royal prerogative . "
In answer to Bome observations of Mr . Gordon , who advocated the rights of tbe Roman Catholic clergy to glebe-houses and lands , ( tbe gentleman , be it remembered , having been within the month an active member of tbe Conservative bodies of Dublin , and a quondam Orangeman ) , Mr . O'CONNELil expressed his disapprobation of state establishments , for , at tbe present day , the tfforts of every state were directed to suppress true religious feeling in the chureh ; still , be would be in favour of a plan for obtaining glebes for the Catholic clergy , to whom a perpetual right might easily be given by a alight Alteration in tbe existing laws . Bat these glebes must be purchased by Catholics themselves , and in no other way . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Steele and tbe Rev . Mr . Lowbt , a dismissed and degraded Independent minister , having addressed the meeting , who were not very attentive , particularly to tbe last gentleman , who detained them more than half an hour , Mr . O'Connell announced the Repeal rent to be £ 1 , 142 19 s . ( Load cheers . ) This made upwards of £ 3 , 000 received from Saturday to Saturday . Mr . Comtn , ex-justice of the peace , having taken tbe chair , tbe meeting adjourned to ene o ' clock on Monday next
M 0 BJ 5 0 VBBNMBHT PREPARATIONS . The correspondent of tbe Times of Siturday , says : " All parties are » t » loss to comprehend tbe meaning of the continued preparations , military and otherwise , which everywhere meet the eye . Troops are almost daily landed , and , notwithstanding the inclemency of the season , hurried to distant parts of the country , after a 'few hours' halt in Dublin . Decayed forts are taken possession of by an extra force of Artillery from Woolwich ; and aricbetty mansion , Aldboroogb-boase , is at this moment garrisoned by several companies of the 24 th Regiment . The whole of the 1 st Royal Dragoons landed this morning , and were scarcely seated in their saddles when they received instant orders to inarch .
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to Newbridge , the barracks there having been left in a totally defenceless position for tbe last twenty-four hours , in consequence of the 4 th Dragoons having proceeded to : Longford . Further reinforcements are expected by : every tide , bo that : in a few weeks the country , or at least thrce-feuiths of it , will be in a state of military occupation . And all this , and more in perspective , after it bad been , apparently , at least shown , that the ordinary powers of the law , without the aid of a single additional bayonet , were quite stringent enough to repress the agitation , dot only in its present form , but in whatever guise it might assume hereafter .
THE RUMOURED ABANDONMENT OF THE ; PROSECUTIONS . Id the Times of Monday , its correspondent writes , — I learn this evening ( Friday ) , on the very best authority , that there is not the shadow of a foundation for the reported abandonment so industriously , and for an obvious purpose , circulated yesterday by tbe partisans of tbe accused ; and furthermore , that the trials will take place on an early day in the ensuing term , as all idea of traversing in prox . has been put an end to , by tbe discovery that the question was raised and overruled on a former prosecution of Mr . O Connell during the Attorney-Generalship of Mr . Blackbume , the present Master of tbe Rolls .
ARMY MOVEMENTS . It was not until a late bour this ( Friday ) evening , that the second division of the 24 th Regiment arrived here from Scotland . They disembarked at the Northwall long after dark , and marched into Ship-street barracks . The LeinslerExpress says— "On Tuesday , the headquarters of the 16 th Regiment , under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Campbell , arrived at Birr from Newbridge to be quartered , and several companies previously from Tullamore , &c .
An engineer officer was bere last week , and it is said laid out ground where the stabling i » to be built for two troops of cavalry . There is sufficient accommodation for the men ; in fact , for several hundred more than occupy our barracks at present . On Monday the company of the 15 th Regiment on detatchruent at Banagher halted heieen route to Templemore , where they joined head-quarters . The fortifications , erected under the superintendence of Mr . J . Symmonds , Royal Engineer Department , having been finished , were inspected on Friday , the 20 th instant , by Col . Lewis , Commanding Engineer of Ireland , and Captain James , commanding the district , both of whom expressed themselves highly gratified with tbe very admitable manner in which all tbe works had been executed .
Speaking of tbe present rather mysterious preparations , the Cork Examiner observes— " This renewed energy Is not confined to the metropolis . It la exhibiting its mysterious symptoms in other quarters also . We learn from Limerick , for instance , that the military authorities are hard at work fitting up a , barrack in a store on tha Steam-packet quay . The Pluto steamer was landing furniture for it on Wednesday and yesterday , and a large bouse in Henry-street was taken on Wednesday for officers' quarters . The Comet war steamer is to be stationed off Barrington ' a Pier during tbe winter ; and tbe General , Lord Downes , has a sergeant ' s guard mounted at his bouse in Perysquare ev ery day t Here in Cork tbe fortifications have been completed . In the rural districts the same symptoms of action are apparent What is their meaningf What ia their object ? These are tbe questions on every tongue . "
THE SIGNAL FIRES . The Cork Examiner says : — "On Thursday evening fires were lighted on the bill-tops and mountains in tbe counties of Galway , Clare , Limerick , Kerry , Tipperary , and a portion of the county of Cork . They spread with electric rapidity , so much so that in the course of two boars and a balf the mysterious beacon was telegraphed from tbe extreme west to the extreme south of Irelaud . In some of the towns in tbe interior , crowds assembled , tar-barrels were lighted , and popular rejoicings were made , whilst the people chea t ed for the Queen , O . Connell , and the Parliament in Collegegreen . ; The Leinsler Empress given the following additional information lepecting the mysterious signal fires of the night of tbe 19 th ult
" A person standing on any of tbe heights in the neighbourhood of Shinrone , on last Friday night , Would behold the magnificent spectacle of the Tipperary bills blsB ng forth almost simultaneously , as if all at once ignited by the magic torch of tbe fabled Fire King . The shouts and exultations ( of the pesantry could be heard b welling on the gale , like the murmuring of many waters . And { again : — " On the night of the 19 th Instant , inst . large fires burst forth in a simultaneous blaza upon all the bills ( around the country , from Byre-court and Meelick up to Banagher , and thence to Pareonstown , and along tbe range of bills towards BorriBokane . Large bodies of the peasantry were assembled in many places ,- and patrolled through the country , carrying torch-lights , filling \ r tth feat and terrpr the weU-dinposee and peaaeabla by their asvage yells and shouta ot brutal exaltation . In several of the abovementloned places many of tbe people thought that a'general
risiDg' had taken place , and sought refuge in the fields and ditches ; others betook themselves for protection to tbe adjoining towns . There ia no use in concealing the fact that the general body of the peasantry are ripe for revolt , and that both priests and Mr . O Connell will find It a difficult task to restrain them from deeds of turbulence . The lower orders of the Repeal squadron seem , now : that they cannot have their monster meetings , to have adopted the rebel mode of telegraphing their feelings and sentiments through the medium of ' bale' or ' signal' fires . These simultaneous fires , which , on tbe night in question , extended not only along the places abovementtoned , but along the hills and mountains of Cork , Limerick , Kerry , Clare , and Tipperary , rt quire the earliest at ton t ion of the Govornment , more especially as they have been , each and all , attended by masses of the peasantry , carrying with them torchlights , and hallooing and yelling like so many incarnate fiends . "
The correspondent ef the Times of Tuesday has the following account « f M 0 B . E PREP At IONS . The military reinforcements under orders for service in Ireland have , it is supposed here , bean retarded in their arrival by the inclement , state of the weather , and the consequent danger of exposing the troops to ita vicissitudes . Nevertheless , preparations for their reception are being made with all possible dispatch ; and the authorities are , it is said , in treaty for the purchase of bouses and other buildings capable of affording accommodation for tbe large force which will be concentrated bere before many days elapse . The extensive concerns known as tbe Linen Hall , which was many years ago the grand emporium for the sale of the then
staple manufacture of the country , are , it appears , to be converted into military barracks , instead of Home ' s Hotel , on Uaber'fl-quay , which was found on inspection to be wholly unsulted to tbe purpose . Ia addition to the Scots Grays , tha 17 th Lancers have received orders to hold themselves io immediate readiness to march for Liverpool , there to embark for Dublin . Vast quantities of ammunition are pouring into the country . Eight cartloadB , consisting of 250 , 000 ball cartridges , arrived in Limerick on Friday , and similar supplies , in greater or leaser amount , have been furnished to the other garrison towns in the provinces . In the mean time , the perplexing question of " What does it all mean ? " remains a riddle , the eolation of wbicb must be left to time .
The Times of Wednesday adds the following : —The Company of Royal Sappers and Miners , whica has been for some months stationed in Ship-street barracks , is placed under order to proceed by detachments to Belfast , Athlone , and Cork , for the purpose of assisting at the fortifications in progress of repair at those places . The Pilot of Monday evening states , that in addition to tbe . Linen Ball , the Paving Beard bouse In Marystreet is to : be re-converted into barracks , and that the business of the Board is to be transacted at tbe Customhouse .
THE "RINT . " Tbe O'Connell Rent Committee announce that Sunday , tbe 19 th of November , will be the grand tribute day ; and add , that " existing circumstances of commanding interest" ! require that there should be no delay in paying up . "
ACTIVE OPPOSITION TO POOR LAWS . The Linurie' c Chronicle reports the following serious collision between the people and tbe authorities in an attempt to enforce the provisions of the " admirable " remedy for the evils of Ireland : — " Tuesday morning , at ten o ' clock , a half-troop of the 10 th Hussars , Lieutenant Lord G . A . Beauclerk , and two companies of tbe 61 st , under Major M'Leod , left this garrison , in conformity witha requisition from the M < oficio magistrates of the Union , by order of Government , to protect : the poor-rate colleetor of Castle Cocnell district , in tbe service of processes for the rate due in that district , and which he had been violently threatened for demanding . The military force was accompanied by Mr . T . P . Vokea and Mr . W . S . Tracy , police
magistrates , and joined by the following resident magistrates of the above district -. —The Earl of Clare , Lieutenant-General Sir R Rourke , and Messrs . W . Howly , J . Browne , J . Walplate , and J . White . Thirty of the constabulary force proceeded , in advance of the military , along with the collector and process-server . On approaching Lisnagry the object of their mission was anticipated , and the air was rent by loud ehouta from the men , and the wild screams of women and children as they ran through the fields skirting the road . This boisterous salutation was followed by a volley of atones and olods flung at the police , while seven ! coantry fellows rashed forward with pitchforks
and spades' to oppose their advance . This violent demonstration occurred on a byroad , facing the offices of Mr . William H . Gabbett , Caherline . The cavalry , having , received the word , pushed on at a gallep to tbe aidof ; » he police , followed by the infantry , -when tbe assailaiits fell off , but not before seven prisoners were made , and some hard knocks were exchanged with the constabulary . The process server then delivered his summons in each case , and where the door was fastened against him , inserted tbe notice under the door , or through the window of each house . Mr . Gabbett came forward , offering to pay tke rate due , but the Magistrates thought it best to follow up the regular service of the court . One of the rioters at
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Lisnagry , who led the crowd , exclaimed , with an oath , that not a single process for poor-rate should be left there , and dared them to do so . This man was subsequently liberated . ] The authorities then proceeded to a place called Ahane , with Lord Clare and Sir R . Bonrke , when processes were served without opposition on the defaulters . At Ballyvara they were again opposed , but not violently , and tbe notices were made good . Tbe weather throughout this unpleasant reconnoisance was cold , dreary , and wet , the rain falling heavily on the troops , and the roads very deep . Wej are happy to add , that no serious casualty occurred , though one policeman , riding by the side of Mr . Voltes , received tbe blow of a stone " large as a cannon shot , which broke the brass shoulder scale . The country people cheered tbe . military on their return , but kept groaning at the police—why or wherefore probably they could not tell . It was six o ' clock lost evening when the troops regained their barracks , perfectly saturated with rain .
THE MARQUIS OP WATERFORD . The following statement appears in the Limerick Chronicle ;— j " Lord Waterford bos expressed bis determination never to hunt the county Tipperary again , but in order that this resolve ! should not impair the future operations of tbe club . With a truly generous and sportiug feeling , tbe noble poor has signified to the committee hia intention of presenting fifty-two couple ( two packs ) of dogs , and five horses from his own stud , beside an annual j subscription of £ 106 to the hunt . It appears it was not one or two , but a dessn threatening letters his Lordship has received , about persona in his employment , which was sufficient to disgust him with the jj country , if the stabling had never been fired . " \ .
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Potteries —A . public meeting of Colliers was held at Land-end on Tuesday j the 24 th of October , a working man in the chair ; Mr . Scott spoke at considerable length on the necessity of the Colliers of that locality uniting with their brother Colliers in other parts of the district in the cause of right against might . The Chairman next introduced Mr . John Lomnx , who also addressed the meeting . An appeal was made on behalf of the Cumberland brethren , which we believe wilt not soon be forgot . Organization seems to be the order of the day here . At the close of the meeting several took cards of membership . | On Wednesday , the 25 tn , a publio meeting of Colliers was held at Norton , Mr . Joseph Ball lu the , chair . Mr . Scott delivered an able address . Mr . Lomax gave a brief but { spirited address . A vote of thanks being given to the Chairman , tbe meeting then broke up .
Ox TH 17 RSDAT , the 26 th , a public meeting of Miners was held at the Nelson ' s Arms , Golden Hill , when Mr . Scott was called to the chair , who , after a few remarks , introduced Mr . Ball , who bos wrought in the pits above thirty years . jHe addressed tbe meeting in a very sensible and feeling manner . Mr . Lomax delivered a lengthened address , showing up the tyranny of the Coal Kings in grand style . Kingsley . —A meeting of Colliers was held at the Plough Inn , on Friday , the 27 th ult , when Mr . John Tepper was unanimously called to the chair . Messrs . Scott and Lomax both addressed the meeting , at the conclusion of which an appeal was made for the Cumberland brethren . A vote of thanks being given to the chairman , the meeting broke up highly delighted .
Cheadle—On Saturday lost , a public meeting ot the Colliers of this place ] was held , Air . Thus . Bishop . in the chair , who , after a few appropriate remarks , introduced Mr . Scott to the meeting , who gave them a detail of the origin of the : strike in Cumberland , and the inhumanity of the masters towards the men ; likewise the abominable " test act" of Peile and his coadjutors . He sat down loudly cheered . Mr . Lomax showed the power of the Colliers when brought to bear on society . After a lengthy address tie sat down amidst loud cheering . Fifteen members were added to our list .
Staffordshire . —Mr . J . Wilde the authorised agent of the Miners' Association , held a meeting at Dudley Port , at the Jolly Collier . There was a large attendance . Mr . Wilde read an address of the Colliers of Yorkshire , and explained tbe objects of the Association . At tbe close of the lecture a large number enrolled their names ; On the 30 th of October , Mr . J . Wilde gave a lecture , in the Hen and Chickens , in Tipton . The night was ! very unfavourable ; but there was a large meeting . At the conclusion of the lecture many enrolled their names .
A Meeting of Coal Miners was holder at Mr . James Broadbent's , Colliers' Arms , on tbe DukinSeld side of Stalybridge . j Messrs , Harrison , Newton , Price , and others , attended . Mr . Harrison was called to the chair . Mr . Price delivered a short speech on the sufferings of the Coal Miners , showed the glorious prospects now before them , and exhorted bis hearers to come forward , and enrol themselves to the Miners ' Union . Twenty-five immediately responded to the appeal , and took out [ their cards of membership . More would have done the same , but the agents were short of cards . The meeting separated , highly gratified with the night's proceedings .
Clay CROSS . —The Colliers of this place express their grateful thanks to the Editor of tbe Northern Star for his notice of them , it having brought to their assistance Mr . Fleming , the lecturer . A meeting was held on the 29 th ult ., with the beat results . Mr . Fleming also addressed a meeting at Wingfield on Saturday night , when about fifty members were enrolled . To thk Editor of' the Northern Star . — Afraid that my report of tbe Delegate Meeting at Hurst Brook , in connection with the Miners' Association , would take up too j much Bpace in last Saturday ' s Star , I condensed the items of monies paid by the St . Helen ' s District into one total ; but as I am aware that tbe men like te see the amount ; paid by each lodge inserted in the Star , I Bend you tbe following
enumeration , which I hope you will have the kindness to insert in your next : No . 1 Lodge , £ 3 83 fid ; No . 2 , £ 1 11 s 5 d ; No . 3 , £ l * 8 6 ds No . 4 . £ 2 10 s 2 d ; No . 5 . £ 1 6 s 10 d ; No- 6 , £ 1 9 a 9 d ; No , 7 , il 8 s 8 d ; No . 8 . £ 1 Is : No . 9 10 s 6 d ; No . 10 , £ 4 Us Jti ; No . 11 , £ 1 18 s 6 J ; No . 12 , 18 * 93 { No . 13 , £ 1 4 s 6 d ; No . 14 , £ 1 7 ^ d . Received from Marsh-green , £ i 15 s ; overplus of a journey to Cumberland , MftgJ . Garner , 9 s 6 d . Total £ 29 5 s Id . A public meeting o 7 % ttners will take place at Ghorley Moor , on Monday , tbe 6 th of November , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The meeting will be addressed by several of the authorised agents of tbe society . A delegate meeting will be bolden immediately after , at the King ' s Arms , Choriey- It is
expected that each delegate will come prepared witb plans for the subdivision of the county into distriets , each district to contain a certain number of mines , and also bring a return of members as far as they can be ascertained . —A public meeting of miners will be holden at Moorside , near [ Bury , on Monday , Nov . 6 th , chair to be taken at ten o'clock in the forenoon . The meeting will be addressed by Mr . William Dixon and Mr . John Auty . ( There will be no delegate meeting at Bury ) . —Mr . John Madtne , Secretary to the Whitebaven Miners is requested to make known hia exact address , so that the Lancashire Secretary may communicate witn him . The Lancashire Secretary ' s address is as follows : Wm . Grocott , No . 2 , Cross-street-east , Bank Top , Manchester .
ALL Badge Bank . —On Monday , Oct . 30 fch , s meeting of Colliers waa announced to be held here , at two o ' clock in tbe afternoon , tin the open air ; but the day was so wet , they bad to adjourn to a public-house , where Mr . Soott read and explained tbe rules of the Miners' Association ; Mri Lomax afterwards addressee the meeting at considerable length . A good number of members were enrolled . Mr . Lomax held a meeting tbe same day at Newton Heath , and enrolled a considerable number of members .
Newcastle . —The National Conference of the Miners' Association or Great Britain and Ireland . —The delegates assembled in tae Ridleycourt Long Room , Groat-tnatket , on Monday , the 30 th ult . At ten o ' clock proceedings commenced . The delegates then present were required to produce their credentials . After which Mr . Thomas WaHnshaw was unanimously elected to tbe chair ; Mr . John Tulip to the ' vice chair ; and Mr . Joseph Manderson as door keeper , to receive the credentials from such delegates as might arrive after the' commencement of the sitting of the Conference . The Chairman then briefly opened tbe proceedings by expressing a hope that each delegate would be fairly heard . J The General Secretary then called over the names of each Colliery , so as to ascertain the names of the delegates and tbe number of members
on each Colliery . ( Wet believe there would be 150 delegates present ) . A delegate moved " Th . it each delegate entrusted with tesoluttens by his constituents to be submitted at ] this Conference be required to hand them to the General Secretary , and that a Committee of six be now appointed to arrange the order in which they are to be brought forward . " Agreed to ; and the committee were ' appointed and retired to investigate the different resolutions , and to draw up a programme of the order in whioh they were to be entertained . In the meantime it was agreed that tbe case of Mr . Bagnell , of Thornly , be investigated in tbe interim , which , after having heard the evidence on both sides , it was finally decided : " That our brother Bagnell is clear of all the charges laid against him . " The delegates then adjourned for / dinner , being one o ' clock .
Afternoon Sitting ;—At two o ' clock , Mr Wakin-Bhaw resumed the chair , aud Mr . Tulip the vice-chair . Tbe Secretary read the minutes of the morning's sitting , which were confirmed . The committee entered , and banded the programme ( which they had prepared of the business ! to be brought before the Conference ) to the chairman j who declared the first subject to be entertained was the SegbiU resolution respecting Mr . B . Watson . After all the evidence hod been heard on both sides , it was ultimately agreed that Mr . Watson be continued as lecturer . ! 2 nd . The CasBop case , which was agreed to be held fin abeyance for the present 3 rd . The West Holywell case , which was likewise deferred until tbe first general delegate meeting for the counties of Northumberland and Durham , itb . That the different items of expenditure in the lost balance sheet be explained by the General Secretary , Tbe Secretary read each item ; and expressed his readiness to give all necessary explanation , which was done to the satisfaction of all concerned . It was then announced
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that lectures on th ^ necessity onion would given in the same place , at seven o ' clock , by Mr . William Thomoson and Mr . Danlellaj and the delegates ad . jonrned at half-post five until sine o ' clock on Tuesday morning . TwEsnAT Morning's Sitting , 9 o'clock . —Mi . Thomas WakLnahaw is the chair , Mr . John Tulip ia the vice-chair . Mr . Maadenon Porter , the secretary , read the minutes of the previous sittings * which were confirmed . A delegate proposed that the last two or three items of the Dr . side of the last balance sheet be considered this morning , when it was agreed that Mr . Hunter be allowed to retain the sum advanced to him ; and it was ultimately agreed that the balance sheet now read and explained is highly satisfactory . It was
likewise agreed that all cases between masters and men , in the counties of Northumberland and Durham , be submitted to Mr . Roberts , in lieu of the Executive , as formerly arranged . That a committee ef five be now appointed to draw out a lecturer ' s plan . Messrs . Mycroft , of Auckland district ; Taylor , of Yorkshire ; Stoves , of West Moor ; Daniells , of Scotland ; Barker , of Cumberland ; Bsrry , of Staffordshire ; Stepbensbn , of North Staffordshire ; Thomason , of South Staffordshire ; and Davlson , of Wales , were appointed the committee . A lengthy discussion took place respecting tbe salary ef the future Executive , when upon the business of the society . Several sums were suggested , bat it was finally deferred , until it was decided whether
tbe future Executive is to be stationary or perambulating . The next resolution in the programme was read from the chair , viz , " That our code of rules be revised , and that they be enrolled according to Act of Parliament . " It was agreed that the words Miners of ail denominations be substituted for coal , lead , and- ironstone Miners , as it is the desire of the society to admit all Miners into its ranks ; and that in the 10 th article of the said rules , the word Diitrid Treasurer be aufv Btituted for General treasurer , being deemed most advisable that each district bold its own funds , and remit & proportionate share to the general fund , as necessity may require . At one o ' clock the Conference adjourned an hour for dinner .
Tuesday Afternoon Sitting . —At two o ' clock busint 88 was resumed . Tbe Secretary read the minutes of tbe previous Bitting which were confirmed . A very lengthy discussion then took place respecting the place at which the next National Conference should be held , when it was agreed that each delegate ' s vote be estimated in proportion to the number of his constituents . Mr . Roberts , who had just entered the ball , was several times called upon to state his opinions npon the subject under discussion . He at last acceded to the numerous urgent requests , and was greeted with thundering applause . Aa soon as it had subsided he expressed his gratification at tbe importance they attached to thei subject before them ; he considered it one of vital importance , and exhorted them to weigh the matter well before
they came to a vote on the subject , and that as the Executive were the servants of the Conference , it was , in bia opinion , highly proper first to fix the place of tha Conference ; and that would be a rule whereby to elect their Executive . Mr . R . advised them , above all things , to choose men in whom they placed great confidence , as the members of the Executive , as much of the prosperity of the whole society depended upon the sincerity and ability ot-thase whom they might select ; and having eulogist d the delegates for the business-like manner in which they conducted their discussions , and the talent he bad Been displayed since be entered the hall , he sat down aaiidst deafening cheers . A Delegate then proposed " That any delegate giving a greater number of payable mmbers than fee actually represented , should
be fined 2 s . 6 * d . upon detection . " Agreed to . Newcastle , Durham , and Manchester were each proposed as the place for the next Conference to be held . The General Secretary having taken down the numbers that vote for each place , added them up together , and it was declared that Manchester had the majority of votes ; consequently the next Conference will be held in Manchester , the time to be afterwards decided upon . The number of votes declared for Newcastle , 5 , 315 . for Durham , 6 , 780 ; and lor Manchester , 9 , 9 U- Tbe Conference adjourned at six o ' clock until nine o ' clock on Wednesday morning . It was announced that a lecture would be gives in the Ridley Court Room , on tbe inconsistency of tbe Pitmen ' a Bond , at seven o ' clock that evening ( Tuesday ) .
Mr . Auty addressed tbe colliers of Altham , near Pddibam , at tbe Walton's Arms Inn , on Wednesday , tbe 18 th of Odteber ; on Thursday , the 19 th , tha colliers of Baxenden , near Accringtoh ; on Friday , the 20 tb , the colliers of Catiow-lane Head , near Rochdale ; on Saturday , the 21 st , tbe colliers of Hanging Chettel ; on Wednesday , the 25 th , the colliera of Bury , at tbe Bird in Hand ; on Friday , the 27 th , the colliers of Balm Moor , near Rochdale , and enrolled a great many members ; on Saturday , the 28 th , the colliers of Littleborough , and enrolled forty * two members ; and on Monday , the 30 th , the colliers of Shelver Moor , near Oldham , and enrolled fifty-two members .
Airdeee . — -Messrr . Eaubleton and Ciooghaa are every waere meeting with good success , in the AUdrie and Holy town district . A delegate meeting was held at Airdrie , on Friday last , Mr . W . Clougbau in the chair ; at the dose of the proceedings , it was proposed and agreed to , that £ 2 sterling be sent to the Executive at Newcastle , as pare payment , for cards and rules . At the delegate meeting , on the week previous , it was agreed that no sectional attempt be made to better their condition , till all be organized . On Saturday , . the 28 th ult ., a well attended delegate meeting took place in Holy town , when a similar resolution was passed . Denhah . —A public meeting was held at tha Black Bull Inn , Denham , on Monday last , Mr . Jno .
Toft was unanimously called to the chair . The following resolution wiia moved : — " That wei the Miners of this district in public meeting assembled , do hereby declare that our wages at the present time are not sufficient to maintain as and our families . " This resolution was supported by Mr . William Holdgate . The second resolution was , — " That we , the Miners of this district consider it to be our duty to immediately become members of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " Both resolutions were carried unanimously . The following resolution ; was then pat and carried : — " That the beat thanks of this meeting be given to the Editor of the Northern Star for bia advocacy of our rights . "
Mr . John Toft lectured at the following places last week with good success : —Monday , Ossett Common ; Tuesday , Ossett Street Side ; Wednesday , Dawgreen ; Thursday , Heokmondwike ; and Friday , Batley . Messrs . Holdqatb and Topi will lecture next week at the following places : —Monday , Batley ; and Tuesday , Heckmonuwike . A delegate meeting will beheld November llth , 1843 , at the house of Mr . Samuel Kowbottom , Unicorn Inn , Adwalton .
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Leeds Corn Market , Oct . 31—The arrivals o * Grain to this day ' s market are larger than last week . There has been a very slow trade for wheat , and prices from Is . to 2 a . per quarter lower for New ; Old has been heavy sale . Pine heavy Barley no alteration , but all other descriptions are rather lower . Oats and Beans have fully supported last week ' s prices . THE AVERAGE PRICES OF WHEAT , FOR THK WEEK . ENDING OCT . 31 , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans , Peas Qra . Qrs . Qrs . Qrs . Qxs . Qrt . 417-1 2024 568 468 40 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . 2 14 3 i 1 14 5 1 0 3 J 0 0 0 1 11 7 i 114 ,
Malton Corn Market , October 28 . —We had only an indifferent supply of offers of Grain to this day ' s market , the trade for which was in fair demand at the following rates : —Wheat , 54 s . to 6 * 2 s . per qnarter ; Barley , 30 s . to 32 s . " per quarter ; Oats , 9 d . to lOd . per stone . Bradford Market , Thursday , Nov . 2 . —Wool —The demand for all kinds of Combing and Clothier ' s Wools continues steady with a fall supply , and prices rather looking upwards . Tarns continue in steady request and firm in price . Piece . —The operations of to-day are not more cheering ; and it is quite evident that the Manufacturers will be compeLed to curtail their production , to save them from loss , as the current prices are below the rates at which they replace their stocks .
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