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      * The Northern Star. January23, I847.

      * THE NORTHERN STAR . January 23 , I 847 .

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      DE DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE FOtU'OLAKlTS REGENERATION . REl'OR r OP OP OCCURUEN-CES IS PO ' . AKl ) , A > D FV ~ TS' / OXSECTF . D WITH THE CAUSE OF POLAXJ / S HE . CEXEUATIOX . BtCEMREfc , IStG—Jascarv , 1 * 4 " . The COSFISCATIOS OF CRACOW w which wasrmioured , and generally credited , when tl th's committee assembled on the 23 rd of Xovemlh-r 1 : last , was within a day or two after 'hat date , . iscer t : tnincd to be " an accomplished fact . " The Xorthem t Star of November 2 JJ , contained the Au-trian I Kaisers proclamation announcinst the

      annexationt the conclusion of the h > nc and horrible conspiracy ot > which Poland has been the victim . At the public i meeting of this Committee on the 301 h of November , i resolutions were unanimoii-dv pa-st-d c-jndcminjr this , ; smnns other atrocities , and invoking the itistice of ' nw . nUind on the head of I'o ' . iud ' s assassins . The resolutions were fublished in the Morning Advertiser , Sun , Northern ' Star , and Reformc . At , the public meeting of the Committee , a resolution was passed that a sub-committee should draw tip and publish an address to the People of Grea' Britain and Ireland , whieh was do-. e ; and the address bearing date December 7 th , was publ'shcd in the Morning Advertiser and . VtirtAmt Star . The Committee roust here call attention to various public documents of great imparlance—to wit : —

      Tiie * ' Address of the Central Polish Conimitfre of Park , "—the" Resolutions of the Democratic Poles assembled in London , " the address of ' The Democracy of France to the Demoeracv of Europe . " the answer of * ' Democratic Poland to the French Democracy , " and the address of * The Fraternal Democrats { assembling in London ) to tho Democracy of Eurspe . " The Committee aho desire to acknowledge the important services of the pre-s , particularly the Senium Star , Homing Advertiser , and Sun ( London journals ) and the Aati ' oiwl , Heforme , and Democrati Pacifiqiit ( Paris journals ); these organs of public opinion are entitled to our warmest praise for their advocacv of the rights of the Polish people . The Resolutions passed nt the public mectinff of this Committee on the 30 th of November , and the Committee ' s Address of the 7 th of December , were fo'wanled to Lord Palmerston , Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs .

      At a meeting held on the 16 th of December , at the National Hall , Holbom ( not called by this Committee ) . Dr . Bowrins ; presided , and renewed his p ! e ! ge to brimr the question of Polish nationality b-fiire Parliament . The Occurrences in Polasd known to this Committee since the 23 rd of November last , may be briefly stated . Letters from Cracow exhibit many tyrannical and insolent act * of the newly established Austrian Government . According to very Lite accounts , Gallieia was still in a state of sh'z ; . Letters from Liraber £ state that thirty-four ofthe military prisoners have been sentenced to be imprisoned in chains for different periods between

      eight and twenty years . Letters from Vienna state the arre * t of Dembinsky , one of the chiefs in the late insurrection . Letters from Thorn , of December 15 , state that upwards of three hundred persons were lately in prison at Warsaw , that some of these had been banished to Siberia , and others handed in the citadel . A horrifying account of the sufferings of Tnc Polish Prisoners is Siberia . A ; p ; arcd iu a recent number of a Polish journal , published in Paris , and was transferred to several of the Paris and London papers . This account is from the pen of a Pole , Rufin Piotrowi-ki , a soldier of the Kerohifionof 1 S 30 , and political emigrant , who , nsd-r an Italian name , returned to his country in IS 13 . Having been discovered he was . for no other

      osence thaa that of being in his native country , banished to Siberia . After suffering twn years of intolerable misery he attempted and effected his es ? ape . From tha appalling account of his adventures we take the following extracts : — ** The number of Poles exiled iu Siberia exceeds 50 , 000 ; many are put to hard labour in some of the establishments ; the greater numbsr of them are located on the lands bcloncinz to the .-drainistration of transported felons . * * Colonel P . Vi ' vsihki , chief of the insurrection on the 29 th of Novemlier , 1830 , was wounded and taken prisoner at ih-i attack of Warsaw in 1 S 31 , and was in 1 S 34 contemned to hard labour in tit ¦ mines of Xertchhvk , in Ea-teru Siberia , where he met a number of his

      countrymen , renteuced to tbe same punishment . Sh rtly after their arrival , they concerted a plan of tsca ; . r , and gained over a Russian peasant to take them over to the opposite bank of a river , and to be afterwards their guide . The Pole * having mustered ca the bank on the river in the night , the peasant took teem to an island , and under pretext of as .-ertaininj : whether they were watched went to cire information to the superintendent of the works ; the poor exiles were compelled to surrender , and were thrown into prisoa . Peter VV ysoski , the hero of so many battles was condemned to receive 1 , 500 blows of the stick ; he underwent his sentence with the constancy of a martyr , a : id after being fir «! , he was sent to the fortress at Akatui , situattd

      farther to the east ; to wr . rk at the f' -rti icatious ; there i : c work ? , conversing with no one , and shuts himse f up in his hut a : night . " The Abbe Sierj-. cin « ki and some others doomed to Siberian i-. - . r .- . r * f r having taken part in the insurrection of 1830 , hsTiag planned to ;;; tempt an escape , and the p ' au lieirig discovered were , after three years impns nirent . sentenced ti > receive some " thousands " « . •' " blows cf tiie stick . The sentence of the Abbe Sk-raciiiski and 4 others w : is " seven thousand blows eacli . " " A : the appointed time for thU sanguinary act . iwo lialtiiliois of 1 , 000 each were upon the p iii'ie i ! . -, ••« . All PoK-5 had been excluded from I ' .- ^ e b . itulK m < , one of which was t < i inflict the sentences i : f 7 , ' - 0 i » blows , and the other the lesser

      pnni--i : nitnis . According to the Illusion military code «• punishment , the sticks usd iu the application of tie ba > : inai- ; art- to he of such a thicknts * that three € •; liiviii may be put together in the bartvl of a n-gui ; .: io : i r , i : iskrt ; but the s-tick . * use I on the Abbe Sieraeivskia : < i the ( . there were s- > thick that they could he but with difficulty put in a musket barrel . Ac £ or « in « to the same regulation , the soldiers are l <> ! : j ia close cclntnns , and not to move their elbows wiivi .- i-. rue act o * striking , but on this occasion there wa-. a < : i-. tauc-. > of one step between < ach man ; and tbey w- a- i rilvted to put their right foot forward , « . * . ii t' < j . ; i = e tiieir arm , in order to strike with all tiiur r .: ;> : ! : r . The infliction commenced on those s-.-: ; : c-m :... 1 ti 7 . ' -0 j blows ; but the Abbe Sieracinski v .:.- ; ii-it ' m lie ihe last of them . Tiie prisoner ? , Ku : cd i « the « 5 + t , were led , each in his turn , fourtcer , tiui-s through the ranks { twoKildiers striking tt or . c-.- counts out f- » r one blow ) . When the

      nriscner iV . U exhausted , he is raised up and placed on a b-nci ) , where he is made to receive the remainder of hi = t .- . triishmetit . When the Abbe Sieraciimki ' s ti ; rn arrived , a doctor went up to him and offered Lira drink , bat he reftiE-d , and walked up to his f xecuti . jifcrs , smsing the psaira , ' * Miserc mei Deus !" As ha wa- ; weak , —iiis v-onviituiicn shattered by long privation , —he fell alttr receiving 1 . 000 blows ; he v . - w then Tskcn up , placed on the tai . ch , made to i . i e ! , hi < laud * tied b-hind his bv . ck so ss not to i r- ' . ect if , Mid his head tkd to a > takc . In this 1-i-ltioii he was tancn t' -und iu front of hiscxecu * Twie .-s . lie till breathed at the -1 , 0 X 1 blow . He K .: tiy after txyireii , aa *! more than 2 , 00 ( 1 bliws wt-ri , iuiixteil rn h e i ; fek-j ^ corpse ! The others : < : m sentenced to 7 , 000 blows expired during tbe h'ilictiuu , except fine , who was » jiarcd becaus'i he «• ' i 1 . After having regained his hi-alth , he was v :. i to Nertchiriski , lut , having become msd . he

      ;; . .. ¦¦ . himself the day before the ixeeution . The b ¦ .: ¦ s f tiie fire viefim * were b-. iried near Omsk . " ' . - i s- uirocitres rtqare no comu . eiit , those rev ] - » . i .- " . i > ' e for them we comim-ml to the vengeance ot li-. v . ki d . ¦ ¦' .: . ; .-faith of the Surtmberg Correspondent we 1 ., ve A-.-urahct-s of the

      I XTISCTIOS OF THE SAME OF r . iLVSD . " \ V ! . ve received , " says that journal . ' accounts from Wr .- < it , which ann-unra th :. t . av ^ or » ii «!; to an imperial o :: I-r , fVatid has actually ceased to exibt , » rd that it K ificorporated with the Kus ian empire . "W arsaw is piunj : ed in consternation , a :: J affliction is depicted on every countenance . A ' o .-nwisMon has been appointed to regulate the fiii . tueial a ' lfairs of tbe kingdom , and when those are anaug-d the fact of she incorporation is to be projiuS ^ fed , " It has been btate . l that the Russian governor ( Prince l'nskawisch ) has orders , in the event ot " any revolutionary movement , to fire from the citadel on Warsaw and utterly destroy it .

      The Italian despotism has assembled a lar ^ o a-niy on the frontiers of Cracow and Gallieia , for what purpose it is not easy to divine , though rutsour a- > erts that the three robber powers are anything but harmonious with each other . The Pr . OTESTSOF THE FRENCH AXD EsgLISH GOVERNMENTS 40 AIXST IHE AsiiEXillOS Of CRACOW , Are matters of public notoriety . We have already made ks . oan our vtew « as to the English protest ( see the address of the 7 th of December ); the " protest " of the French Government is equally a delusion ; a diplomatic s-ham . tiie hoiiowness and falsehood of the speech of the " King of the French , " so far as it relates to the Craco « qaWiouis too evident to need comment .

      , There is more apparent earnestness in the words expiewcd by Qaeen Victoria on the opening of the i » rj ; ish i ' arliament , but it is evident to this comnittcc that the said words are mere " claptrap , " not infcrii'Jed to be followed by deads wiiick would attest tiieir sincerity . Tie Committee direct the serious attention of the Tj . iu . -h pe-ple to the tyrannical and insolent inter , fi-r--. cc- of the three despotic powers with th » affairs o ; . swittsrland . The tyrants are evidently detern .-ii --. 1 (¦) Mandhmg Switzerland , if the nations of WVlsu Europe do not rise to prevent them . The growing spirit of hostility to Austria throughout Italy , is highly important , and betokens io ail probability , a itrnggls againit despotUu ia that

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      country . Lastly , this Committee congratulates th haters " of tvrannv on the new victories sained by th heroic Scbaniyl . ' and the heroes ofthe Caucasus over tke arn , ie- > ot the Ts « r . G . Jclux Hakxet , Secretary .

      Pl-Buc Cooriso Ovkss You Thk Wokkiso Cla...

      Pl-BUC COORISO OVKSS YOU THK WOKKISO CLASSES . —We derive the following description from a recent Austrian publication : — " Public cooking ovens have been established amongst the Jewish community at Prague for years past . This sect of religionists * deserve the credit of every where maintaining theirown poor . The construction and working of these ovens is the followine : —They are common baking ovens , -if round or ohlonafuvm , as best suits the locality . Tiieir externxl wall , however , is furnished with a nunrivr of mural shelves and niches , the use of whieh shall be presently explained . They are heated and open to the public at a very early hour , when ( . it I 'rogue , at least ) the working people go to thi ir wo k . Hither , therefore , they bring their meals , either for breakfast , but most usuallv dinner or supper , after

      the work ofthe day has teen performed . The c :. ok receives their dishes , and places ou them a label , whose utility is particular , and must be briefly explained . The pcopb' brimting their meals for preparation may have them returned vX any reasonable hour : some even wait for them . But suppose a person brinss a tlieh early in the morning , whichTie docs not want but at night , then the cook places it in one of the many tin labels at hand , on whieh all hours of day and night , with their fourth divisions , are inscribed . Thus , a person wanting kis meal at a quarter pa-t nine p . m ., a label to that effect is placed on the vessel . The charge is from one to four farthings per dish , according to fcize and trouble required . If the pers-in docs not call at the appointed hour , the meals are kept warm in the above shelves .

      Frightful Accident . —Dr . Dawson , who resides in Southgate in this town , ( Wakefield , ) had been on what is called a professional" round , " and returning home he and the lad , who were in a phaston got out , the last to obtain a drink of water for the horse , and while they tvere both away , the horse set of at full gallop down the street . At the bottom of the street , there is a warehouse which has cellars four or five yards below the level of the street , and be ' orc the wall ofthe warehouse there is a strong iron palisadeing , about half a yard from the wall , the horse ran agaiast th- palisade with such force that it knocked down about two yards of palisade , when the poor animal got entangled and fell head foremost , severing one of its hind legs from its body . A man and womaa were pavsinj ; at the time , but escaped by running up soma steps , not a yard from the place where the horse ran . The horse ( said to have been worth more than a hundred pounds ) was killed .

      Gi / 'UCEstershirs . —Masslacorter . —The Metropolitan and City police have received information that a Coroner ' s " inquest had been held upon the body of a maa named Thomas Isaacs , who died from injuries received by Thos . Brown , at Bream's-green , iniheForcit of Dean , Gloucestershire , and that a verdict of manslaughter was recorded agiinst the said Thomas Brown , who has absconded . A proper description ofthe person and drees is in the possession of the police , of Brown , who is supposed to be working apon tram roads in some part of Wale * .

      Dibtbws im Paisley . —We « om « weeks ago expressed the beliuf that , by a few days after the beginning of tbe year , the mote of the unemployed hands would be taken up . Intbls weregrtt totindthat we have been disappointed , and , as fur from dirainiirhiug , the number ef the destitute is increasing . It is calculated that the number at present out gf employment , with their dependents , will be upwards of 5 , 509 . The number receiving relief is ab-. rsrtahalf more than it was a few week- ) i £ 0 , and many cases of destitution among widows and orphans it is painful to contemplate . —Jienfracthire ^ d »« rh ' se > .

      A Jcpge ' s Scmmixg Up . — Mr . Sergeant Adams whose singularities and eccentricities occasionally produce such merriment in the court over which he presides , heard a case on Monday at the Middlesex Sessions , in which a lad stole apiece of pudding from an eatinghouse-keeper ' s in Clerkenwell . The evidence having been gone through , the Learned Judge then summed up— " Gentleman of the Jury , you have heard this esse—off ( joe * the pudding—off goes the boy—off gats the wo » an ; she captures him bolting down a court , and here you have the boy , pudding , and women before yon ; gentlemen , consider your verdict . " At the close of this lucid and satisfactory address , the jury turned to each other in their box , and were soon in deep consultation . Tho impatient Judge hastily exclaimed , "Good God ,

      gentlemen , what are you deliberating about ; the case is clear enough , " This settled the poor jurymen at once , and turninc round in alarm they found tho prisoner Guilty , His love of pudding got him a month ' s imprisonment , with the pleasant prospect of a whiufiiog by the gaolers at the end of the first fortnight . [ We extract the above from a morning paper . Our contemporary seems to think Mr . Sergeant Adam ' s "summing up" a capital joke , we thiuk it a disgusting mockery , and , if the above is true , the judge , in our opinion , much more deserves whipping than the boy who stole the puddine . ] ~ D £ ATE from IxiEiiPERAXCE . —On Tuesday . even In ? an inquest wa * held at the Tailors' Arras , Clemen . t ' 8-lane , by Mr . Bedford , on the bedy of John Lawrence , a labourer , aged fortv-seven , who was found

      dead at his lodging , 21 , Clement ' s-lane , In conse quence ot a report that deceased ' s death ensued from injuries sustained during a pugilistic rencontre , the inquest room was crowd . d , but the evidence clearly proved that he died from apoplexy , the result of intemperonce , and a verdict accordingly was returned . Risk ix ihb Price or Provisions . — Within tbe hist fe ^ days a great additional rise has taken place in the price of all kinds of nrvivUloui in 'he motmpolis . Potatoes are now telling in Covent-ganh-n market at the rate of 2 d and 2 id per lb . The quartern loaf h at present at the enormously high price of lid and Is . Eggs are selling at 2 * Cd . per dozen , or 2 £ each . A proportionate rise has taken plasein the price ef the various kinds of vegetables , accompanied by a very scanty supply even at the high prices demanded .

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      Corn Exchange, Jaxoarx 13. At Tills Day'...

      CORN EXCHANGE , Jaxoarx 13 . At tills day ' s market there was a fair show of Euglish wheat , which realised a further advance of Is to 2 s over Ue currency of this day week . In free foreign there was a moderate extent of business done at a rimilar improvement . Floating cargoes of Indian corn and wheat , near at hand , in great request , hut hardly any to be had , and for cargoes that will not arrive for two " months , 2 s mora per quarter is freely offered .

      Provincial Markets. Richmond (Vosksmnel ...

      PROVINCIAL MARKETS . Richmond ( VosKsmnEl Cobs * Market , Jan . NS . —We httdafawfupplyof grain in our market to-day . Wheat sold from 9 s . to 10 s . 3 d . ; oats , Ss . id . o < s . lOd . ; barley , 5 s . to Cs . ; beans , 6 s . to <> s . 6 d . per bushel . TVahmsotok Coax Market . —The attendaner was good at our market , and we had a fnir supply of new wheat from the farmer ? , which fetched from ( id . toSd . per bushel nmre money . Hcix C « r . s Maeket . —At this day ' s market we had a good show of whe . - . t from the fanners , but chiefly in bad condition . High aud irregular prices were , nskud , but on the business dune we quote 2 « . to 3 s . per quarter advance . IIiumkohah Cobs ITARKrx . —During the present week there has been less anxiety to purchase wheat , though an advance of Is . to 2 s . p-r qr . may in some instances , have been obtained . Wakkfield Corn- Market . —The arrivals of wheat and nab are large hut of other grain only moderate ; there was a'demaud from consumers and speculators , and all qualities of wheat are Is to 2 s higher . Beans and barley-Is higher ; and Id per stone dearer . In shelling no chaujre .

      Manchester Cor . i JIabket . — . At our market this mor » - in ? holders of wheat were firm iu rtiuiir'iig an advance of 2 d to 3 d per 701 bs . Flour was like-wise held for Is per sack and barrel more money , but the demand was by no mcAns extensive . Liverpool Coks Market . —We have still an active exain trade . At Fridiiy's market we had two or three purchasers of wheat for Ireland ; and considerable transactions also occurred in both wheat and flour on speculation . Bonded Hour advanced Is per barrel , hut duty paid met very slow sale . Free wheat was 2 d , and bonded ad to 4 d per ' bmhel higher . This advance is fully sup . potted to-day . Wewcra Canal flow , in bond , has reached 43 s Cd per barrel . A fair business has been doing in other articles , at aa improvement of 2 d per per bushel on oats , 2 s per quarter on barley and peas , and Is pcrqunrter on Indian corn since last Tuesday . Beans steadilyinaintain late value .

      State Of Trade. Leeos.—Neither On Saturd...

      STATE OF TRADE . Leeos . —Neither on Saturday nor Tuesday was there quite so many goods sold at the Cloth-halls as on the three or four previous market days , but then ) has been mort done iu direct deliveries to the merchants on * the marktt days , particularly stripe list ladies' cloth * for the India and China marker , in which article there is more doing than for a long time past Prices are much the same as for the last few weeks . Uu incss , as respects the hotue trade , is as dull as usual at this period of tliu year . MAXcnBsrEE . —The demand for both cloth and yarn has " n-cn hut of a limited kind tin ' s week . Bbadfobd . —The demand for combing wools continues restricted . Clothing wools ar » in good request , and obtain higher prices . For lower quantities of yarns there is more inquiry , and large orders have been offered at present prices , but refused by the spinners . There sctms , with the price of wool , no immediate prospect of a much better trade in yarns . A great numliei- of plain pieces , especially Orleans , have to . day been bought at a shade higher prices .

      IlrDDEUSTlELD . —There is no alteration to notice in this week ' s market . In sf / Ut plain wuuUeiis of a . ntidilliiig quality , and heavy fancy goods , there has been an average demand . There has been but little duitigin the warehouses during the week . Halifax . —The market to-day has been little more than ait average of the last two or three Saturdays , nor is there any improvement in prices of either yam or piece good * . Ths wool trade has shown rather less animation since Christmas than for two or three weeks immediately preceding that season . Wakefield . —There is no alteration in the price of either long or short wool this week . Sales of either bate not beta attentive .

      The Ten Hours' Bill. [Mrortakt Announcem...

      THE TEN HOURS' BILL . [ MroRTAKT ANNOUNCEMENT - MINISTERIAL INTENTIONS INSPECTING THE TEN HOURS' BILL . Mr . TCard paid his annual visit to the electors of Sheffield ou Wednesday . In the course of his speech he made a positive announcement respecting the Ten Hours ' Bill : — . "I shall go to the House of Commons this year to see the Ten Hours * Bill carried . I say this on a higher authority than my own , and believe that Lord John Russell will give some modification of a Ten Hours' Bill his support . "

      MEETING AT OLDHAM . On Thursday evening a large and most respectable meeting of factory workers was held in the Town . hall , Oldham , to petition Parliament to pass the Ten Hours ' Bill ; Mr . Alexander Taylor , one of the head constables of the borough , ia the chair . After speeches from the chairman and others , and the passing of the usual resolutions and petition , Mr . Fielobk , who was most loudly cheered , said it afforded him great pleasure to meet them on that occasion , and to see them so unanimous , as he had often seen them before , in their determination to secure for those who laboured in factories the protection of a Ten Hours' Bill . There were , he had no doubt , many now present who

      would remember when they invited him to become their representat ' n e—when , on the vacant ground behind the Albion hot « l beforo the election took place , a great manyquestions were put to him arid his late colleague , Mr . Cobbett . afl to what they were prepared to do if returned to Parliament as members for the borough . Among other things , they were asked whtther they would support , in the House of Commons , an efficient Ten Hours ' Bill ! and their answer was , " We will , " ( Cheers . ) His mind bad not changed on that subject ( cheers ) , nor on any other on which he pledged himself at that large assembly of the inhabitants of Oldham , ( Cheers . ) Should ha ever happen to change his opinion with regard to tha pledges he had given , he would at once Intimate that change to bisconstitucnts , unless he could explain to them

      satisfactorily why that change had bten brought about , he would at once resign his seat . ( Cheers . ) He wished to put distinctly to them this question : —Was there any one present who thought that eleven hours' labour per diem in factories was not too long ! ( No , no . ) Was there one among them who would pre . ' er an eleven to a Tea Hour' Bill ? ( No , no . ) Were they all resolved to persevere to the utmost of their power to securb ten hours' for five day * in the week , and eight hours on Saturday 1 ( Cheers . ) There was not one , then , who wished for an eleven hours'bill . ( Cheers ) Among the advocates for non-interference was their most determined opponent in Parliament , Mr . Bright , the member for Durham , who stated distinctly that he never would sanction by his vote an act for limiting the labour

      of a-iults—grown up men and women , but who ever asked him to give such a vote » Who erar asked him to restrict the labour of adults—either men or women Did it necessarily follow that children ' s labour in factories being restricted in ten hours a day there was no other species ofemplovmetit in which adults might busy themselves after ihe factories had closed ! Were there no domestic duties for the women to attend to ! Could not the men make themselves useful in otheroccupationi instead ef being confined to the factory f ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bright ol J « cted to legislative interference , but the principle had bien recognised with respect to factory labour for forty years ; and that question wai , therefore , let at rest with all who wished to argue the matter fairly . An act was passed , in 1633 , by Lord Althorp , restricting the

      hours of lab * ur , for children under thirteen , to eight hours a day ; in 184 * that act was amended , and the hours for those children were farther restricted to six pur diem . But why had they stopped at thirteen . He wished Mr . Bright , or any other advocate of non-Inter , ference , would justify this limit of thirteen years of age . Suppose a chil « to-day had , what was thought , work enough in tit hours' factoty labour out of twenty-four , being a day short of thirteen yeaw , was it fair , or just , or right , that the next day the same child should be put to work twelve or thirteen hours ! ( Chejrs . ) Such protracted labour in factories was too much for the child but ween thirteen and eighteen ; In fact , it was too much for the adult . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Bright knew this ao well as ha ( Mr . Fielden ) , from his own observation of the

      workers ia his own mill . That wa » one objection * , but where was the objection of non-interference to stop ? Was not every tax imposed on the community as inter . fersnee with the labour and enjoyments of man t Wa * not the labourer required to give up a large portion of what he earned for otherpurposes , not generally so good as those he could apply bis substance to f Let the ad . vocates of non interference reconcile how they could support such a system as this for the oppression of the working classes , and yet olject to the admission of the principle of legislative interference for their protection ! ( Cheers ) . They heard nothing now-a-dayg about stopping the supplies , that the taxes might be reduced for t ' iie benefit of the working men ; and the expenditure , instead of beiiu diminished , had gone on increasing . Then

      there waa Lord Lincoln , who had juit come out , assigning as another reason for objecting to a Ten Hours' Bill bis apprehension , if the hours of labour wera shortened from twelve to ten , those for whose bentfiit the act wet passed—the opera , tlvrs as he chos ? to call them—would be the loser *; they would be rendered mor « miserable , more abject , by working 10 than 12 hours a day . It was very ei ty to mak * assertions , it was much moredinlcult tot tV »» s who made such assertions to prove them by facts . ( Cheers . ) If experivnee had anyttiing to do with the question , experience gave the lie at once to such a statement . Instead of wages having been reduced in consequence of such a reduction in the hours of labour , they had as they were well aware , advanced . ( Cheers . ) It might easily be

      i « ho" » n by the clearest argument in tbe world , that this was the direct operation of an abridgement ofthe hours of labour . What would be the immediate effect of reducing the hours per day from 12 to 10 in factories J If they had to makt the same quantity of good * there would be an increased demand for machinery ; more machinery would be constructed , and that would give increased employment to those who are engaged in that br & nchof trade . And when they had got their steam engine * and other machinery , what would be the effect as to the hands » Suppose , with 12 hours' labour they employed 100 hands , they would require 120 hands to do the work in 10 hours ; and if 20 hands additional to every 100 must go into the factories , was there a man in England who would deny that this increased demand for labour wosld

      cause its price to rise ! ( Cheers . ) Or , taking the other course , if they reduced the hours of labour from 1 « to 10 , and the same machinery only were continued in operation , the Immediate effect would be to lessen the quantity of goods produced by one-sixth ; and ff there was any truth iu the doctrine asserted by tha free traders ten thousand times over , that demmd and supply regulate prices , one-sixth less being produced goods would rise iu value , yiel-i a higher profit to manufacturers , and enable thera to give higher wages . ( Cheers . ) Lord Lincoln and Mr . Bright might take either horn of the dilemma ; the facts were plain ; the » rgument was conclusive ; it had never been answered by the opponents of the Ten Hours' Bill , and he believed it never could be answered ( Cheers . ) There was one observation made by Mr . Bright ,

      and although he felt it almost contemptible , he would just notice it . Ha remembered a similar statement being made by Mr . G . W . Wood , when the Tan Hours' Bill was discussed 12 or 14 years a ;«>; It was said if they reduced the hours of labour from 12 to ten , the production of manufacturers would be reduced by onesixth . He did not think they would get so much * more per hour as Mr . Gardiner ' s men at Preston had calculated by working shorter time . His ku * w that the hands in his works could not produce so much in 11 as in 12 hours ; but let that pass . Mr . Bright has said , if they reduced the hours of labour from 12 to 10 they would lessen production to the extent of what the consumption of cotton was at the close of the war . That was very true ; but he might have looked a little further , and

      asked whether , by increasing production as we bad , the peopled the manufacturing districts—whether masters employing men—the workers themselves , or thoie living around them who participated in the distribution of their wages—had in any way profited thereby Was this soor not ! In 1815 the consumption of cotton waa C , 0 i ) 0 bales a week ; in 1640 the we ? kly consumption of cotton , according to the annual statement published by the Liverpool brokers , was 80 , 400 balus ; and what had been the result ? He challenges to Mr . Bright or any other opponent of the Ttn . Hours' Bill to disprove what he was now going to assart—that during the last six months oflSlCthe manufacturers and their workpeole had less money for working up the 30 , 400 bales a week in 1846 than they had for working up 6 . 000 in 1815 . ( Cheers . )

      Well , then , why should they make themselves slaves for all the world ! Why should they make themselves slaves for those who taxed them ! Why should they support a riper to sting themriay by day . | When the question wa * whether 1 hour should be abstracted from 12 , they w « re told the produ « tloa of manufactures would be diminished . This was no argument — why should political economy trench on vital economy 1 It should not be so with his consent . ( Cheers . ) He had said enough to prove that the advocacy of the Ten Hours' Bill was just in principle ; but it was also necessary to the welUbsing of the people , for tha children were being destroyed , ( Cheers . ) A more dsUcate age there was not in human life than b « tween thirteen and sixteen ; and there poor gfiildren , by b « ing confined as they now were , would become unfit for fathers , unfit for mothers . ( Cheers . ) The factory system was destroying the strength and sinews ot the nation . ( Cheers . ) He remembered hearing Sir

      Si ) n Bdey , when supporting Lord Ashley on the Ten Hours' Bill , d « c ! are , as a commander of the British forces , tint he would not go into the manufacturing districts to recruit for greiiaoiers . He said that four out of every five enlisted in the inaniifHCturiug districts were rejected , while four out of five enlisted in the rural districts passed . ( Cheers . ) Nostronser argument could be used for abridging the hours of labour in factories . ( Cheers . ) In Nottingham little children were employed j n the manufacture of the finest fabrics perhaps in the world , to omamcat ths persons of the rich -, very little of what tbey produced weHt to the poor . Little chili ' ir . n seven years old were kept twenty out oi twcnty . feur hour * a day at this work without being » lloivnd to go home for rest , and a bill was only last jtar brought into Parliament to stop this excessive labour of infants in the Nottingham laee factories , when the same arguments against the ititerf « rence of the Legislature with labour and capital were advanced at were stiU urged against tha Tea Hours '

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      Bill . This showed bow determined were the advocates of long hours of labour to enrich themselves by e * torting the most they could from thoso they employed . They would never relax the hard clenched hand with which they grasped alt they possessed , till the Li-gi'lature stepped in for the protection of the weak . ( Cheers . ) Let every man , woman , and child , employed in factories , put their names to al ! petitions calling for the restriction of the labour of children between 13 and 18 , and all females , to 58 hours per week . Let the ministers of religion support them . It was their duty to tske care of their bodies as well as of their souls . ( Cheers . ) He

      called upon medical men , shopkeepers , aud every data of the community , to come forward , and , by their petitions , to urge the Legislature to grant the poorest and most oppressed of their fellow creatures the beon they required of shorter hours of labour , without which all their public parks , mechanics' institutions , would fail to elevate or imprcve their condition . ( Cheers . ) Oldham had always been consistent on this question . He never attended a more numerous or more unanimous a meeting than the present , and with their support he would do his utmost to ebtain for them , next session , a Ten Hours' Bill . ( Loud and continued cheering . ) The usual votes of thanks concluded the proceedings .

      Meeting At Macclesfield. A Meeting On Th...

      MEETING AT MACCLESFIELD . A meeting on the above subject called by the Mayer , in compliance with a respectably signed requisition , was held on Thursday evening ; in the National School , Mr , Bullock iu the chair . The meeting was advertised to be held io the Town Hall , but owing to the repaira at present going on there , it was found that it would be very in . convenient to have it cleared out for the purpose ; a large number of persons had assembled at the Town Hall by half-past seven o ' clock , the hour of meeting , and shortly afterwards it was announced that they should adjourn to the National School : tLis turned out to be a very fortunate arrangement , as the large numbers who ultimately crowded into the National School , could not have been accommodated in the Town Hall ,

      Mr . JJouN WRiaHT , an operative who has long taken a deep interest in this question , in rising to move the fir < t resolution , said the resolution was to the effect that the present long hours of working females and young persons in factories was injurious to health , ond calculated to render abortivs all efforts to instruct them in their moral , social , and religious duties , and he would add , in the proper discharge of their domestic duties . They would see atonce the mighty importance attached to this rerolution , not only as men , not only as women in . terested in a llvelleood , but as beinys passing through a

      probationary state and having interests vastly more im . portent than those connected with the mere sustenance of human existence , did it come to them . It set forth that the working of the present hours In the factory was injurious to health ; he knew very well that there were persons holding high stations in society , " who put forth different views , but that after all was no reason why they should not endeavour lo lessen the hours of labour in factories . Tbe speaker dwelt at great length on the second part ofthe resolution , and concluded an excellent speech by moving its adoption .

      Mr , RicHAan Gee , silk throwster , seconded the resolution in a lengthy and able address . TheKev . Mr , Weight , Weslejan ( Association ) minis , ter , supported the resolution . He said there was somethins ; pleasing in the aspect of such a meeting as tbe present , and it was a scene in which all must rejoice who desired to see the world happier and better than at pre . sent . He could not but feel interested in a movement which had for its ' object the physical moral and mental improvement of his fellowmea , or the amelioration of the condition of tbe working classes , of which he formed a member . It was from the working classes that he sprung , and he could fully appreciate the remarks whieh had been made in reference to the injurious effects of protracted hours of labour . He was not prepared to argue the question in an economical or political point of

      view , in a social , moral , and intellectual view , he was entirely with them . It could not be denied that the shortening ofthe hours of labour , would tend very much to improve the condition ofthe working classes in an in . intellectual and moral point of view . The establishment of public parks for the people was a noble object , and a step certainly in advance . But be could not but think that it was in some decree useless to establish such parks , unless at the same time they gave the people an opportunity of visiting them and enjoying them . ( Applause . ) It was placing them in the position of Tantalus ; sur . rounding them enjoyments without giving them themeans of attaining them . Give the people opportunities of enjoying themselves or the establishment of public parks was worthless and of no value . The same might be said of the establishment of Mechanics' Institutions .

      After some other equally excellent observations the speaker sat ( lows amid loud applause . The resolution was then formerly put from the chair and carried . Mr , John West was then Introduced by the chairman , and was received with loud applause . He sai * it was with great pleasure that he came forward to propose the adoption of the next resolution , aud in so doing he could not but congratulate those present on the appear , ance of that meeting , as well as on the circumstances under which they had been called together . He congratulated the meeting upon the present position ot the question of infantile emancipation , It was not now necessary as it was formerly , to point to the inhuman cruelties , of the factory system . They used at one time to depict it in its truly awful colours , and in such a

      manntr that its supporters had cried , "Spore us , we grant that all the dictates of humanity are for you . " Yes , they had now humanity on their side , and they had lived down the opposition on that score . They had never relaxed in their exertions , and he though * that the numbers present that night , showed that their resolves were as firm as tver , and that in another session they would secure that measure of justice they were now seek ing , for their wives and childreu . He might go into the moral part of the question too , but that too was admitted . In fact , everything th * y once argued was now admitted and granted them , and they had all on their side . ( Hear . ) Still there was one other side tbey ( the opponents ) must dispute and that was the commercial part of the question . ( Hear , hear . ) They were not afraid to meet them oi that ground also He wished

      they would come to their meetings to hear their turn arguments answered . But as they would not , they had to take what opportunities they could of setting the people right upon the point . To commence with the question ; he wislKd to consider it in a light where small as well as large capitals would be equally involved , if the change tbey were seeking should take place . lie did not dispute but that there might be some loss which would result to the large manufacturers , and some gnin which would result to the ' smaller ones , Still he should rather consider this as a benefit , and as a measure of -iqual justice , as under the present system men of capital were risieg up in riches and splendour , whilst the man of limited means was struggling on with diffculty hardly knowing how to make an existence . ( Hear , hear . ) He would endeavour to put the matter in the plainest light .

      There was a certain amount of capital expended in mills . From this a certain amount of profit was expected to return . The profits of the large capitalists enabled him to employ a much larger number of hands , aad to work thom longer , when the small capitalist was comparatively circumscribed in his means of payment . The large speculator had thus an opportunity of forestalling one of smaller means , and producing a glut iu the market . Let the heurs of labour , however , be reduced , and tbe one would be subjected to tho same changes of trade as the other . In fact , it would introduce a principle of regulation and prevent those undue speculations which deprived the fair and

      honest tta & eanww of way advantage in the commercial world . ( Hear , hear . ) It was said again that if we adopted a short time bill , it would destroy their foreign trade , and expose them to tbe evils of foreign competition . Home competition he said was an evil of far greater magnitude , and by shortening the hours of labour they would take the most effectual steps towards destroying it . He denied that it . would injure their foreign trade , and asserted that it would tend to increase it . What was foreign trade f Nothing but an exchange of commodities , and it was nothing but the want of a proper attention to the laws of supply and demand Vhivt sometimes produced swob disastrous results . When there was more of one

      article in the market than there was of anothir , temporary deprebsions , gluts , and panics were the conse . quence . ( Hear . ) They wanted a uniformity of trads which would enable them to keep pace with the natural laws of supply and demand . They should not then have to experience those short periods of prosperity and the long and dreary seasons of adversity to which they had been accustomed , but trade would be firm and equal , and the wages good . Suppose the market was overstocked , did they think thi're would be a rise of wages ! No , on the contrary , there would be a reduction ; and it was in cases like these that the operatives were unable in those long seasons of depression to resist a reduction in theit wttgea . ( Hear , hear . ) This cry respecting their foreign trade was an old one . So far from their foreign tradu being swallowed up an actual increase had takert place

      since the bouts of labour had been reduced . The fact was , there must be a reduction in the produce of the sountry , and , in order to shew that their trade would not be injured , he read the following statement : —In the year 181 t , when the operatives worked Ti hours per week , the quantity of raw material worked up was 100 million of pounds , In 1841 , when the hours were reduced from 72 to fi » hours a week , the amount of raw material bad increased to 287 millions of pounds . I » the ysar 183 » , when a further reduction in tha hours of labour took place , the amount increased still further , and since then ft had gone on increasing . In the year 1810 , it amounted to 451 millions , and last year to 5 S 2 millions of pounds . So that here they mig ht s « e that while they had gone on shortening the hours of labour , the quantity of raw material

      worked up had prodigiou » ly increased . ( Applause . ) While they were told in the omot , that if they reduced the hoers of labour , their triide would be swallowed up , they h & d been increasing that trade at tho rate oCGt percent . ( Hear , hear . ) The agitation was spreading over every part of the world , In Hu » sia , tho Autocrat had issued orders for the reducticn of the hours of labour . In France , too , the question was iu course of agitation ; and in America , they were struggling for a Ten Hours' Bill , hi some countries , certainty , they were adopting tbe system for a selfish purpose , as they had discovered that , in a short time , they would not have a soldier Ut to carry a musket . In Russia , it was found that , whilst they could got one out of the factory district * quolined to serve iu the army , the ; could get

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      800 out of the sgrieulturalpopttlationY Every country now saw tne neeessity of regulating the system of production . The alterations and improvements which were daily takingplaceiiithe arts , chemical and mechanical , rendered such a regulation Imperatively necessary . In 1792 , the population amounted to fifteen millions ; the manual labour amounted to 3 , 750 , 000 ; and the chemical and mechanical power to 11 , 250 , 000 , making together fifteen millions , or one to one in regard to the population and power employed . In 18 t 0 , the population had increased to twenty-seven millions , while the manual labour amounted to nine millions , and the chem . ' cal and mechanical power to six hundred millions , that being in the proportion of twenty . two to one . ( Sensation . ) It was plain that ,- if they went on much longer in this way ,

      the country would he ruined . Mr . West proceeded , at some length , to remark upon the benefits which would arise to the working classes , from the adoption of the measure about to be brought forward , It could not both ruin manufacturers and drop wages too , as had been attempted to be be shown , and even if it did drop wages , the very utmost extent to which they could fall would not be more than six and a half per cent ., and this he maintained would be more than saved by economy on the part of the poor man ' s wife . If a woman ' s dress cost sixpence more , she could make it herself and thus save the expense of a milliner . Mr . West made some tailing remarks upon the present condition of females who worked at the factory , and showed it could be improved by curtailing the hours of labour . He asked the audience if

      they would relax in their exertions to obtain justice for their wives and daughters 1 The employers had opposed this movement , because they wished to keep tho market well stocked with labourers . They knew that if ever the measure became law . there would , atotice , be ascavcivy of hands , and that there would be no reserve to fall back upon . ( Cheers . ( So long as the labour market was overstocked , the working men would be fit for nothing but to be thrown to the dogs ; ( a laugh , ) but so soon as there was a scarcity of hands , labour became a valuable commodity . He wished the employer and employed to stand upon an equal footing , b « t as it was there were too many of the latter on the clod . ( A laugh . ) He did not like the term " lower order , " or " master ; " they were poorer but not lower than the

      socalled higher order , and the word master pre-supposed a state of slavery , After some further remarks Mr . West proceeded to say that the presentquestion was considered as the most important of tha day . The very existence of the country was thought to depend upon it . It wos said that the church was in danger , that the throne would fall , that the national debt would be wiped away , and that all would he anarchy and confusion if the bill about to be introduced into Parliament were to be passed into a law . It was very pitiable if the frame-work of English society and English institutions should be found to rest upon the working | to death of young women and children . ( A laugh . ) If , then , Institutions could not survive the change let them give way td others , which would be based upon a more durable foundation . ( Cheers . ) Institutions whieh should be based upon the morality—the intelligence—and not the blood of the people . ( Renewed cheers . ) If they could not stand th «

      shock , perish the insulations , but live the people wlm would erect others in their stead . ( Cheers . ) They must not miuce the matter now that they were told that so much depended upen the abstraction of two hours a day from the toil of the people , There was a canker worm at theroot of the state , and if the present queitiov was not conceded to them , their institutions might be swept away . They were told they might strike . They should use their means and appliances , however , in a different way t they had the public pwss on their side , and that they would take as their artillery train ! public opinion should be their shield ; the arguments , reasons , and common sense their weapons ; and the laws and the constitution should be the ground upon which they would fight their battle . He accused Mr . Cobden of having violated a sort of engagement he made to join them when the Corn laws were abolished , He called upon them not te relax in their efforts as an election was

      coming on ; last year many would not vote , as Sir Robert Peel declared he would resign if the bill was carried . Sir Robert P « el aad Sir James Graham were now out of office , and he hoped the people would make the table of the House of Commons groan under the weight of their petitions . He concluded by moving a resolution expressive of the meeting ' s approval ofthe bill to be introduced into parliament next session by Mr . John Fielden , and sat down amid great applause . Mr . Gbovb secondsd the motion , which was thta unanimously passed . Mr . Join Cao » iet moved , and Mr . John Hul seconded the adoption of a petition , which was also unanimously agreed to ; and after thanks had been voted to the Chairman and the Mayor , the meeting separated . ] We cannot afford room for the copy of the petition adopted at the above meeting . —E » . N . S . [

      Richard Oastler, Esq. To Charles Hindlet...

      RICHARD OASTLER , ESQ . TO CHARLES HINDLET , ESQ . M , P . Mt Dear Sir , —1 observe , in the Ten Hours' Adweate ot the 2 nd instant a letter from you " To the Chairrasn of the meeting of Delegates from Factory Workers assembled in Manchester , " to which you will naturally expect that I shall reply , I refer to the paragraphs in their order , es numbere * by yourself , 1 . You complain , that , " an impression has been attempted * o be created that you are favourable to an Eleven Hours ' , in preference to a Ten Hours' Bill . " And this " you distinctly denv . "

      What I said , respecting you and an eleven hours' bill , is reported in several papers , and so far as I have seen , they agree in substance . In The Times I am correctly reported to have said — " He ( Mr . Oastler ) was informed that Mr . Hindley was getting up a movement for eleven hours in Lancashire , not calling public meetings , but urging influential men among the operatives to persuade them to accept an eleven hours' bill . " Am I to understand that " you distinctly deny that t " If so , I shall rrjoicj that I have been deceived by false information , and shail hasten to do ' you justice before the public . You must know that I could not make the above statement without pain , because you cannot have forgottenjyour solemn promise to me ( as you left the House of Csmmons , after the division on Mr . Fieldeu' . « motion , ) that , "From that moment , In consequence of the disgraceful conduct of Sir Robert Feel ' s government on that occasion , you would never mention Eleven Hours again . " Tou emphatically added— ' From this time it shall be Ten Hours or nothing , "

      2 . Your fears about " the extrsme difficulty , If not impossibility , of at once coming to Ten Hours , " are v-hworthy of the mind of a Christian Statesman . Such expressions of despondency should animate the truehearted with mor » resolution to persevere . 3 . If " au Eleven Hours' Bill has been several times within your reach , " why , —if you think so highly of it , - - did you not graip it ! I willtell you . It wa » intended to settle tha qarstion , and for ever to deprive us of our Ten Hours' Bill . ' It was , consequently , indignantly rejected ! We can submit to no compromise . Above Ten Hours has been , by the highest authority , declared to be " murder !"

      4 . Present suffering is often to be endured far future good . Cowar . - ' s avoid present pain—though the penalty be a whole life of lingering death , Tbe brave , resolved on victory , meet presunt hardships with magnanimity ; in our case , they look at the prix»—the Ten Hours' Bill —and will submit to no surrender . Tou call this " policy , " we call it principle I 5 . Is it true , that" a majority of tha IIou . 10 of Commons is in favour of an experiment of an Eleven Hours ' Bill ? " I do not believe it . "An expsriment of an Eleven Hours' Bill " is not the way they treat the question in the House of Commons . There , as you well know , " an Eleven Hours' Bill" is spoken of as " a compromise to settle the question : " nay , it is brosdly asserted iu that place , that " the manufacturing operatives will be

      satisfied with an Eleven Hours' Bill , and when obtained , will cease to agitate tor the Ten Hours' Bill . " Now , we will be no party to such delusion . The manufacturing operatives ' are resolute on the question . They dou ' t want to deceive the House of Commons , or the government . They wish it to be distinctly understood , that no compromise can be made , that they will never be content until the young persons and females in factories are protected from " murder . " Too say , that "you havs , at tbe present moment , a not inconsiderable number of tha operatives in favour of an experiment of an Eleven Hours' Bill . " Where are they ?—not in Yorkshire : not

      in Scotland ; of that I am certain . I have tested them , —I have found none . If you have them in Lancashire , let me know where ! Call a public meeting in any town ; your own borough if you choose ; I will go all the way to see these " operative eleven hours' men , " of whom we have heard se much in the House of Commons , but who , as yet , have always been non est in the manufacturir . g districts ! When you mentioned those " men in buckram , " you , no doubt , thought you ware addressing "' the llouse . " ^ There it may bu safe to put your wishes into facts ; in Manchester ton should be more cautious . Ah ! my dear friend , you have been seeking these "eleven hours' operatives , "—but—you have not found them !

      C . '' The pro will of cotton Is said not to equal the consumption . " Thess are very awful words—they are your own t On this , point you have better information than I , I presume you are correct . If so , none are mors in need of a Ten , or perhaps an Bijrht Hours' Bill , than the miil-owners themselves ! Yes , my old frUnd , a dearth of cotton will assuredly bring oar bitterest enemies " to be at peace with us . " " The present time is then indeed ' peculiarly favourable to " tho adoption of the ; Ten Hours' Bill ! Let the mill-owntrs look tu it ' . l ( tfcere be a dearlii—they can onl y avoid ruin by joining the Ten Hours' Bill standard . So true is it , that " honesty is the best police . "

      7 . Yoi know very well , Sir , that you are attempting t « deceive the operatives when you represent the Eleven Hours' mil as a stepping stone to a Ten Hours' Bill . Xa oue kuows better than jourself , that , in the House ol Commons , the Eleven Hours' Bill is ever treated as a settlement of the question , as a compromise to stay further agitation ! Why should you , who are so well acquainted with thi * fact , attempt deception on tbe poor factory upc ratives ? Your last paragraph is unnumbered—but full of point . Read it again , Sir , and s . vr hare you tho heart to delude those whom you acknowled ge have been so patient , Ionsuffering , and self-sacrificing ? Can you , as a legislator , deny such persons a claim so just as a Ten Hours' Bill ? Iu this paragraph jou furnish the stvswgsst proof of jour

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      folly , In hoping to persuade the factory operatwei i „ eptan Eleven Hours' Bill , **« I remain , my dear Sir , Yours , most trul y , Richard Oastur P . S . —What a singular postscript Is that of yours ' wl , an odd qucstiod is that " you should like to ask our y £ ' shire friends - . " —vlr . "If thf agi-ationin Yorkshire ° » n have changed a vote In the House of Commons of an the members for the district V ' ° * That entirely depends en the members tbernfc , ; Perhapsthey may be impervious to reason , ar gument * *' * truth , or there may be no sympathy between those r „ ' hers and the clergy and operatives of the district' r i ' ill in

      ... . . .. _ . j . - cither case , so far as they are concerned , " the * git ati 0 ll Yorkshire" will have been useless ; but " the agit atj on , Y . rkshlre" will have proved to the government , amj JJ the HouseefCommons . thatthose members who aS 5 r [ ^ "an Eleven Hours' Bill will satisfy the factory opera tive of Yorkshire , " arc not worthy of credit ! "Th c ! igitst io ' in Yorkshire" has also exhibited thc utre ngth of ars . umeM which is relied on by the " Members" who nu | , pr , Eleven Hours' Bill . Teach it , Mr . Hindley , to Ww J Eleven hours' convert in the " House "—It is so short , -in u pithy—so conclusive!—so convincing!—that it mU 5 t win a majority ia any company swayed by " ommon sense •"

      Remember , this is the only argunmt in favour of a „ Eleven Hours' Bill , with which we have been favored during "tho anitation in Yorkshire . " We thank Mr William Beckett , M . P ., for Leeds for it . That Honour . ' able Member says la a letter to the Ch-iirman of ^ Leeds Short Time Commttte : — " I have opon a former occasion stated to you that I was the advocate for an Eleven Hours' BUI , and subsequent reflection serves to confirm me In that view ot the subject . " Having ; thug broadly stated his advocacy of an Eleven Hours' Bill , aD ( j

      having backed his opinion by " subsequent reflection » the honourable and candid member proceeds to derelope his arguments in favour of the position he has taken , as " an advocate for an Eleven Hours' Bill , " by adding « i . though I have no hesitation in acknowledging to yoa that I think Ten hours actual daily work is as much as tugbt to be imposed on any class of the community , and tn » t unle . » s our trade , domesic or foreign , can afford a ren . sonable day ' s wages for such a term of daily employment [ Ten IIour » jitdoesnotconferthatbenefitapoii the country to which its industry is en titled . "

      I thank ray old friend , Mr . Wm . Beckett , for * ol < Hy as . scrtinj the warm and manly feelitgs of bis heart , to the utter demolition of the cold theory his bead ! I thank yoa , also Mr . Hindley , for reminding me ofthe agitation in Yorkshire . " To your last question , "Will an advocate for tea hours go for Manchester ? " I might retort by asking , Will one for eleven hours f or , Is Manchester the United Kingdom * or , Are wisdom , and truth , and justice , confined tt Manchester f or , Are the coastituents of Manchester wor . shipper * of God or of gold ! That ' s a foolish question of yours , Mr . Charles Hindley . The question being , What i * right t What Is just ! not , what Manchester may or may not do . Surely you are not prepared to assert that this question should be submitted to the arbitrement ef the member for Manchester ! No , No , If Manchester chooses to revel in " the groans and tears of women and children , " we will never cease striving to save our country from so great a curse ! fc R . O .

      Prospects Of The Session. (Prom P«N«Ft.)...

      PROSPECTS OF THE SESSION . ( Prom P « n « ft . ) A S 0 !» O FOB IOBD JOHN aCSSEtI > , With one thing and another , with anxiety and bother , What perplexity and trouble , and confusion I am in ; I seem all hurry-skurry , in a flurry and a worry , Now the session Parliamentary is going to begin . The work of Legislation will be such a complication , That bow shall 1 unravel it I ' m puzxled how to think We shall be so very busy , the idea makes me diszy , And from the undertaking I am half inclined to shrink .

      There ' s the Sanatory question for discussion and flijes . tion , There's the Smoke-pravention measure—there ' s the Duty upon Tea : I ' ve to settle Church Preferment , aad to regulate inter , ment , And the Malt . tax abolition must bo grappled with by me . On the Buildings' Act revision I must come to some deei . sion , And waggon-loads of Railway bills must manage to get through : With the press of business matter , and the talking and tbe chatter , Vpanmy life I can ' t conceive whatever I shall do .

      Then the Window . tax repealers have been putting forth their feelers . And I shall have to answer them , or yield to their de * metnd ; Whilst , distracting ray attention—oh , most horrible to mention !—There'll be both Free Trade Extension and the Bar . dens upon Land . And the diplomatic kettle 1 of fish shall have to settle , And all I know about the Spanish Marriage to rsrea ); Oh ! humbly as a spaniel , let me beff , my deare « t Daniel , In this trying situation nut to plague tau with Rspeal

      Then a scheme of Education I must furnish for ths na ti « n , Which Inglis will be trying to cut op in smithereens ; And amid all thess transactions , and the cavillings of factions , I shall have U set to work about devising Ways and Means . Worst of all , the monst « r question there remains , whose bar * suggestion Makes every hair upon my head to bristle up en end , I can ' t shirk it , I must meet it—who will tell me how to treat it !—With Ireland and hsr evils I am call'd on to contend .

      Oh , how bndger'd , bored , and harass d , bow ciow-qaestionM and embarrass'd , How banter'd , Uas' 4 , and taunted , and tormented , 1 shall be .

      Fatal Accident Is The Sibekra.—On Monday...

      Fatal Accident is the SiBEKra . —On Monday an inquest was held beforo Mr . W . Baker , coroner , «* the Ten Belh , Church-street , Spitalfields , on ttw b-uly of Richard tlillier , aged seven years ¦ P " peared in evidence that on Saturday la *» tne deceased was walking along Brick-iane rt'hitechape ) , when o » arriving opposite Truenia * . llanbury , and Co . ' s brewery , He was met h a man unknown , who was running at full gp ^ d , and before the deceasedjcould stand clear ao was knocked down into the kennel . A waggon heavily laden , which was pas * sing in a contrary direction , came by at the time and both the wheels passed ovtr the body of the unfortunate boy : he was instantly raised from thc ground by his brother , but life was found to be quite extinct . Verdict , " Accidental death . "

      Crusade of the Poor Law CoMMissrosBits ASAiNST tub PaitisH oj St . Pancbas . —On Tuesday , atthe meeting of tho St . Pancras Board of Directors and Guardians ( Mr . J . > V . B . Wright in the chair ) , Messrs , Cator and Coultart , two of the relieving overseers , laid before the board summonsed they had received to attend and give evidence on oath that day , before the poor Law commissioners , at Somerset House , ns to their duties and tbe mode of administering out-door relief in St . Pancras . The board decided that they might go , but prohibited their production of any books or documents . The evidence given by Mr . M'Gahey , the clerk , a copy of which , from the shorthand writer ' s notes , bad been furnished by the Commissioners , was read , and Mr . Stewart , another relieving oftlcw , stated the substance of his evidence before the Commissioners , and the matter was directed to be referred to the vestry at their nest sitting ,

      DitsTRUCTivK Fire is Welu-strekt , Oxpordstrkst , —On Monday , a lire , with a considerable destruction of property , broke out upon the premises in the occupation of Mr . Riddle , a cabinet-maker , , carrying on an extensive business at 54 , Wells-street , , Oxford-street . The flames originated in the second 1 floor ofthe workshops , at the rear of tho dwelling ; house . An instant attempt w &» made to extinguisa 1 thc flames by meaus of buckets of water , but owing r to tho firm hold they had previously obtained I coupled with the inflammable nature of the stock in a trade , the fire travelled with more than usual ra- e pidity , so that in less than half an hour after the e

      outbreak ofthe flames had penetrated the roof The e engines tf the parish , London brigade , and West of if England Company , arrived at the scene in rapid sue- bcebsion , and no time was lost in setting the engines » to work ; notwithstanding which the flames conti- inued to progress , and it was not until that portion of of the works in which the firo commenced was burned : d out , and the roof destroyed , that tho firemen could Id succeed 111 getting the cimflaf-ration subdued . The lie damage done is very considerable , for , besides the ic above , the lower portion of the building and its eon- ntents are seriously injured by water . Unfortunately ely A . r . Riddle was not insured for a single penny , 'f h « ha ovisjin of the disaster could not be ascertained .

      Child Murder ai Chkuka . —On Wednesday foro re > noon Mr . Mills held an inquest at the workhotiw , se , Arthur-street , King's-road , Chelsea , on the body of of a newly-born male infant . James Hennessy , tho tho sexton of the Roman Catholic Cemetery of St . Jo-Jos-eph , situate near tho workhouse , proved Unding on ; on the I 2 at inst . the body of the child in a drain con-onnetted with a water-cl .-set atta ? hcd to the cemetery . « v . There was generally public access to the closet , andand hf was of opinion that thc ch'ld had been dropp « d > p « l into tbe soil of it , and thence washed into the draiu . ain . Ue had no knowledge of tho partv or parties who had had

      so disposed of the body , neither had tho police , « 'u 0 wli 0 had been inquiring into the matter for a week . jM ?\ Ml '« Warner , a surgeon , who bad opened the body , said itid it had been born alive , and without medical aid . Ho He had found a piece of cloth twisted and tied veryverj tiahtly round the neck , which was more com pressed ^ than any neck lie had ever seen before . Kron > tu * tu < morbid appearances ofthe brain and lungs , not onlyonlj was he satisfied that the child had lived , but that i ( at il had died from wilful stramrulatio / i . The Jury , withivith out hesitation , returned this verdict—' That tho de-o de ceased had been found exposal , dead , and murderedleret wilfully by some person or persons as rot unknown tovu tc them . "

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 23, 1847, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23011847/page/6/