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      = _3 Hy l £ j £ _ISiiesbs , —Cireumstahces combine just now . _tbiind-ace me to return to -the ' considera-¦ _fionrof a subject from -which I -was driven- by _•^ ranee , assmnpilou , ana over zeal : I ' _meai ¦ fife _isubject of the Land . "A pair d ay ' s wage _-Sti '" - _^ ' _^ . work" has been the prize for "the attainment of which others mooted , and I _"te-med , the question of _sclf-i-cpresentation . When almost every scribbler who can hold a pen , hut who _widdnot niake _aKv-dihbod . withany serviceahletool , makes abuse of me his daily work , I think I may be pacmitted to speak of myself . I have revived , advocated , and pushed the demoeratie principle with

      perseverance .-md -success . I have succeeded in creating a party capable of "withstanding all the dangers of along and continuous calm—the greatest dangers that can threaten-a ~ politician . There is little trouble in ua-rigating a vessel going before a breeze in the open sea ; hut there is great anxiety about her _inimagement . - * when be calmed amidst shoais and -rocks . We have been for now nearly three years in the latter position . The varied interests of class , and the torturous application of the law being so many obstacles In our course , while the calm created by temporary _" _presperity _,, has left ns scarcely a breath to fill our canvas .

      Nothing that -had not taken deep root in the minds of the _nrfiorify of the people could have withstood the _^ v _* - * K _~ 4 rcnj-Qstance 3 to which the democratic prin-. ' .. i £ been subjected . The object sought to-be attained from the accomplishment of democratic principles is " a fair day' stvage fbr a fair day ' swork : " an _object-wj-deb . never , never , never can be achieved , except through the application of the artificial . " . surpias" of labour to the cultivation of the soil . I defy any man on earth to point out to me any possible means of correcting the evils of surplus" labour , even with the Charter , otherwise than by its application to the land .

      ; I wiU now tell you why I am imboldcned to resume the subject just now . Firstly , then , I have been waiting for -una ) to come np to me . I long laboured to -make the Laxd « _juEsriox familiar to you , even when the ignorance of many threatened great damage to my popularity . I ceased for a season to mention the subject , lest the political fervour of a party , upon whose advocacy I relied for the accomplishment of my object , should grow too strong in foolish

      resistance to justify the hope of success . I left you to yourselves to think ; and the result has been , that application on application is pouring in to me day after day , from almost every section of labourers , expressing an anxious desire to co-operate with me , and amongst themselves , upon this subject . j ** 7 _umerous ¦ _Ksoeiatioiis have ueen already formed , and many morc are in process of formation - and those from whom I have received deputations appeal * to have acquired a great deal of knowledge on the subject .

      Secondly , the reportof the Irish Land Commission , under Lord Devon , has so completely opened np the whole question as to make the present time the most fitting for itsconsideration . You will find as extensive a compendium of that report as can be given in a weekly paper in this week ' s Star ; and I invite all who have -read my letters to the L _* ish Landlords in 1841 , who have read my _several letters npon the state of Ireland in _thenar , and that portion of my work upon Suux Farms which treats of the tenure of land in Ireland , to say whether I was not four years before tbe Devon Commission in making my report . Yet at that time I was laughed at : but now those

      - who follow me are considered wise men . There is not one single grievance set forth in the report ofthe Devon Commission that I have notprcviously written on . In 1 * 33-5 I proposed , to _I' _-wli-unem _) "ft *? oidy _Temedies by which the evils of Ireland can be met , and to which at least the Legislature must come . Thirdly , the question of agriculture is now assuming an-importance , which , but for Sir Robert Peel ' s Tariff , would not have been assigned to it for many years . 1 shall set forth the reasons why , as Englishmen , the Devon report is of considerable importance to you as kbonring men ; and I think I shall be

      enabled to shew you that the upholding of Irish abuses , is necessary to the " maintenance of property " in that country , which , mark . ' in the astounding and insolent words ofthe eummissioners causes alossto the English working classes generally , of more than thirty millions per annum I In fact , Ireland , from her bad agricultural system , and frem the tyranny of her landlords , is the nursery for that surplus of labour _j _* gainst wluch you seek in vain to defend yourselves Now keep -ill those things in your mind , and don't aEow joursdves to be led away by the fascinating martyrdom of "first principles , " a martyrdom to which many fools have consigned themselves .

      Jlr . O'Brien may be considered the " grouper " of-this blind section of regenerators : and their philosophy is so very peculiar and characteristic , that I Cwdiiot resist one short observation upon it They say that it is horrible , _dammtble , _anti-Jemocratic-, andtmpatriqtic to ask the people to PURCHASE _u-hatof right is their ottm . _JTow this isavery high principle , to presume that men have a good title to God ' gilts ; andif we found tie moans of re-assunip tien corresponding with so noble a desire , we might

      set this section of politicians down as good , substantial , honest madmen : bat , when wefind this said Mr . O'Brien T _<*^ mmcnding paper moxe t as the corrective of all yonr evils ( touching which said pater moxet we liave no _divite authority ); and when we know that Mr . O'Brien has denounced this very system of taper mdxet -through the whole of along political life , until J ust now that he has had a paper established to preach up paper mosey as preferable to all other boons , then I mu 3 t say , that the madness loses that _honestv which else would give it favour in

      my eyes . _rf Sow , from such men it is that I have received the most * _idnilentand _m (? essantop | wsjtion , - men whoknow just as much about the capabilities of the land asniy bullfinch knows about the moon ' s age . Lord Devon ' s report informs you that a majority of the Irish peat-ants are in a worse condition than the people of any other country npon earth : and yott will gather from thc report that this condition is imposed upon them bv _theneccssity to "maintain property" in that

      country . Potatoes to eat , and water for a beverage ; and a blanket , a lnxury almost unknown to them Now that is what the report says : and take that admission in connection with the fact that the Irish peasantry , above all other people upon the face of the earth , love their homes , their countiy , and their & milies ; and that they are to be found _swarming here . ready to _pevfoHU any , the hardest , description of labour at any rate of wage that employers think proper to offer them !

      Sir James Graham has told yon that one in every ten of the working classes in this country is a pauper , receiving parish relief . Of course , this calciilatiou includes Irishmen . And let us suppose that there are 5 QQMQ Irish iuEngland earning ton shillings & week each , — there are a great many more . Their wages would amount to £ 13 , 000 , 000 a year ; while their labour being in the market , and regulating the rate of wage , even accordiug tothe Messrs . Chambers ' admission , must reduce the English standard to that price for which they are willing to work rather than live upon potatoes and water . Independently of the -. 13 , 000 , 000 a vear paid to the Infill labourers , they

      causg a reduction in the rate of English wages to an amount of more than .- € 30 , 000 , 000 per annum : that is , I . contend that the tyranny of the Irish landlords , and the consequent poverty of the Irish people , is a positive loss of more than £ 43 , 000 , 000 per annum to the . working classes of England . Now , there is the whole question presented to you in its most large and extensive view—the whole social question : while we fisd its political bearing in thc announcement in the report , that " of late years the landlords arc averse to making leases of tlieir land , or to granting any tenure beyond that which is dependant on their own-will . "

      The report does not assign a reason for this ; but I will . . It is because the population is Catholic , and the _usurpere Protestant : and the usurpers will not _Si-an - a lease lest it should confer a vote . Ther , _ihei-cfore _, knock small farms into hng <* ones , that _Mey may limit the franchise as much as possible ; and that they may by these means insure the subserviency of one having so liinre a stake that his vote may be relied on . When I attempted to collect- the floating opini ons on this subject into somelhma like _mcthsdised _ordw , the _menVho spoke of a " a fair ' _^ y _^ vMge for o . f , ir day ' s work , " but who did not snow how to accompli sh the obiect , said that I was abandoning the Cl . rtfiJ , or making it a secondary

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      consideration : now I tell you , as I have often told you before , that I never expect to see the principle fully earned out until the Charter becomes the law ofthe land ; but I did , and do hope , to see it so extensively acted on , as to convince the working classes that it is the—means of obtaining : a fair day ' s wagefor a fair day ' s work : - ' - So fully convinced am I of this fact , that'I am resolved on trying the experiment myself , but not for my own advantage : and I shall shortl y promulgate a plan by which , in less than twelve-months , I propose to locate one hundred men and ¦ their familiesi'inthe first home colony- I do not mean ineommunity ; but as individual possessors _apd- willing _cO-operatoi'S , because they -will seean interest in co-operation . The political test-I m _" ean'tb apply _to-membership , is ,

      that each shall _IfeTa paymg _^ meml _^ Charter Associatiom- _^ ha _^ e _. - 't _^ _ra-. miiclt itronblejn the concoction of my plan , : and . thinkl have made it so simple that even the' ' -first principle" men cannot object to it . I believe that tKe ; Chartist hiihdbf this _copjvtry has now arrived at the reasoning point , and that it must have sometliing " ' practical" to live on . The two most important questions in my mind are-, the one of a political , the other of a social character . The one the return of Chartist members to aid Mr . Duncombe in thc House of Commons * . and the other the application of labour to the land , in order , by example , to inspirit the working classes generally to a tremendous struggle , through their representatives in Parliament , for the acquisition of land whereon to expend their labour .

      "When I had written thus far , I was honoured , pleased , and delighted , with a letter from our friend and talented advocate , James Mob * , of Glasgow , with a remittance of ten shillings for the Executive . With every word of his letter I entirely agree . Mr . Moir , in adverting to the superhuman exertions of Mr . Duncombe , argues the great necessity of strengthening his hands , and recommends the establishment of election clubs in each locality ; and also that the funds shall be left to the disposal of the locality . With this proposition I entirely agree . One of my great sins has been the attempt to limit the local funds , to local purposes ; and in no case could this principle be more justly applied titan for electioneering purposes , where all the material facts are known and

      understood . When we bear in mind that an election must take place next year , it does in truth behove us to be up and doing ; and , as we shall have the co-operation of Mr . Duneombe on this subject , I cannot entertain a single doubt of success . In the commencement of this letter I glanced at the adverse circumstances by wliich our cause was surrounded , while I may further be permitted to direct attention to popular apathy as'the greatest of all our enemies . I believe , and am pleased in believing , that there is more real Chartism in the country now than ever there was before , yet I feel conscious that the conduct of the working classes is

      pre-eminently calculated to overthrow and destroy the principle of Chartism , if it were not too powerful to be overcome . I ask you to look at the weekly subscriptions for the support of men , who , any one of them , as itinerating lecturers , would receive double the amount' of wage that you have promised , but not paid them . "Now I contend that there never were associated in any cause , four more noble—four better , more able , more virtuous , more persevering , efficient , zealous , and honest men

      than Philip M'Grath , Christopher Doyle Thomas Clark , and Martin Wheeler ¦ and those who sec ISs . or £ 1 os . per week coming in , to pay them £ 6 10 s ., must naturally feel a contempt for Chartists ; but , thank God , Chartism itself is above reach , or . otherwise apathy would destroy it . Look to Ireland , and see the thousands that pour in Hiere to support "poor gentlemen , " while you rely on one " poor gentleman" to sustain your wholccause , and pay your _appolnteil _^ _ft-ggnts tlieir wages .. I tell you that it is _positivelya _^ _janest , and must be remedied . I am , _youxjfaithful friend and servant , Feakoits O'Connor .

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      VOL . VIII . NO . 381 . _- ¦' LONDON . ' " _^ " price mv _^^^ 7 v - _^ _viwyi . 1 , _UJXXUlKAJxXA _, _HiXLLV-oll J ., _, LOrLQj _,, Five _ShUHiias ami Sixpence -pei * Onarter

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      _^ :. J . " - FRANCE ; •¦ ' - - ¦ - . - . The Secret Service Bill . — J _' _jjus , ' ! _Triday , Half-past Eight ~ p . M ; -- Th ' e ~ _adjom-nedj discussion upon the Secret Service Bill commenced to-day by a speech from M . Jolly against the bill . He was replied to by M . Liadicres , who was interrupted by il Thiers , in a most extraordinary manner , the latter exclaiming that it wa 3 the King who was the first to set the example of singing the " Marseillaise . " M . _Boudet then proposed that the sum demanded be reduced by 25 , 000 francs . The Count d'llaussonville combated the amendment , whieh was supported by M . Billault _, in a violent speech , who was met by M . Guimt , to whom O'Dilon Barret replied . At seven o ' clock the close of the debate upon the amendment was willed for , when the nominal appeal was made , when there appeared—For the amendment 205

      Agamstit 229 Majority for Ministers 24 The Chamber then proceeded to vote upon the original proposition for a million of francs ; when there appeared—For 21 ? Against ,.,,.,.. 11 Majority for Ministers 170 | j The Opposition left after the vote on the amendment , as they did when beaten on thc address . The Chamber rose at eight o ' clock .

      SPAIN . Church Property . —Madrid papers of the 17 th announce thatthe finance Minister had presented the project of law for the _i-estoration ofthe unsold church property , when the President oi" the Council , in reply to a _question from M . Carrasco , declared most solemnly that the bill did not contemplate to affect any property already sold , nor would sueh property ever be menaced . The bill , after a Ions preamble contains but one clause in the following words : — " The property of the regular clergy remaining for sale , and of which the sale had been suspended by roval

      ordonnance ofthe 27 th July , 1844 , shall return * to the said clergy . " The President of thc Council toek that opportunity to say , that thc Government was aware of the intrigues of foreign parties—that it had its eye upon them , and that the sword of the law would fall on the heads of any attempting sedition . Esparterist Co . vsriRACY . —Letters from Bayonne of the 19 th inst . announce that a conspiracy for the restoration of" Espartcro aud the Constitution of 1837 had been discovered at Vittoria , and that a number of sub-officers of the garrison and inhabitants of the town had been arrested .

      Carlist Coxsfiracv . —The Madrid journals ofthe 19 th inst . mention that a Carlist conspiracy had been discovered at Burgos .

      PORTUGAL . Lisbox , Feb . IS . —The Queen was taken with the pains of labour at three p . m . yesterday , aud at halfpast ten hist night gave birth to a Princess . Both mother and child are doing very well .

      SWITZERLAND . The Axti-Jesuit Excitement , —We perceive by the Swiss journals that the occurrences at Lusanne have induced the different cantons of Switzerland to take measures for insuring their internal tranquillity . The Grand Council of the Valais has called out thc landsturm _, and voted a credit of 200 , 000 franes . Tim sentiments-of thc deputies of this canton arc in conf ' _oi-niity with those of the deputies of Lucerne . At Zurich thc Vorort has embodied two battalions of infantry , a squadron of cavalry , a company of carabineers , and a company of artillery . The cantons of St . Gall , Thurgau , and Scfiaffhausen have been recomaiended to call out tlieir contingents . These

      troops arc assembled by the Vorort to protect the Diet . At the same time the Vorort has delegated M . Zehndcr and M . Sulzcr to Arau and Berne , to watch the movements of the free corps . Thc deputies of Claris have received instructions to demand tli « expulsion ofthe Jesuits , as well as those of Tesmi . bale Town has voted in an opposite sense . A report was spread at Berne that disturbances had broken out at Bale on the 17 th , but this rumour has not been confirmed . Friburg has voted that the affair of the-Jesuits is purely cantonal , and not within the jurisdiction of the Diet . This canton has not acceded to thc invitation made to Lucerne to send awav f l . o Jesuits .

      In our Swiss journals appears thc following . *—" The Sardinian Envoy Count Be Castiglionc has _profo-tod against thc revolution that took p _Jaea in

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      tne canton of Vaud , and has quitted- Lausanne . _^ An extraordinary council of _warheld-at _^ LilCCVrie _, has decreed the ovganisation _* -of _twiiew battalions of Iandwehr and the formation of five batteries of artillery , to-protect the Government from ' external attacks . Their present fear seems to be increased b y the free corps . Nine cantons and two denii _^ cahtohs have declared against thc Jesuits in a sense more ov less hostile ; to wit , Zurich , Bevnc , Soleure , _Gferis , Argovia , ' Schaffhausen , Tessin , Thurgovia , Vaud , and'Appenzel _., exterior with Bale Champagne . It requires but that the deputies of three more cantons should-be instructed to vote atthe extraordinary Diet against the Jesuits to cause that their ' expulsion hedecreed : : ,- ' . ¦ _-.,. _'

      . ' i ' ¥ ,. *? wiss _Corespondent of the Delats mentions , in addition to the announcement that an extraordinary , envoy from , _* Aus-ria would assist ; _attliesExtra _orfmaj * y . _$ ietj , th _^ _jVYjmchlpttmn _,-. amba _^ d qr _^ _e- _*^ zeriand , _" . _jvKile Bavaffia has ' _i-esolvedi upbn ; _* riaagihgilier ehyoy id . the distinction of . airnbassadoiv : The . ¦ _coi-fre _* _pondent of _theiCemstiii _^ Nuncio had expressed to the French ; ainbassador'fhe desire of the Fope to see France undertake ait armed intervention in Switzerland , in ; conjunction with other ' great Powers . _., ¦ .. ; . •; ; Swiss papers of tlic 18 th , . state that at : Lucerne , the spring of the present disorders , a _Jesuist church had been -transformed into an arsenal by order of the Government , and divine service . _suspended . JS ew

      arrests had taken place , and _a-ibattalibnordered upon Sursee . ' . The Grand ' Council of _"Yal-iis-. had agi _* eed to take part with Lucerne . Geneva was _peiy fectly tranquil , the militia keeping watch . The Government was . prepared to act in support ofthe Confederation . The Grand Council of St . Gall had instructed the deputies to vote at the Extraordinary Diet that Lucerne should be requested to revoke its decree for the recall ofthe Jesuits—that the free corps should be suppressed , ' and an amnesty accorded . The Gazette d' Augsbourg notices some - rumours of contemplated disturbances in Italy , of which Gibraltar will be the focus . The same journal states that M . Guizot had given instructions to the French Ambassador in Switzerland to pursue a conciliatory course , and that similar instructions had issued from Vienna and Berlin .

      MOROCCO . ¦ - _' . ;• Letters from Madrid announce that the differences between Sweden and Denmark with Morocco have been arranged , under the joint mediation of : France and . England . The emperor has renounced the claim of tribute . The Danish and Swedish Consuls returned on the 14 th to Tangiers .

      UNITED STATES . .. The . Oregon _QuEsiioif . —Prospects op War . — Liverpool , Mo . yday Morning . —By the arrival ofthe packet ship Cambridge we have New York papers one day later than by thc Cambria steamer . There had been further discussion in the American House of Representatives on the subject oi' the Oregon territory question , but there is not the least interest hi tbe rigmarole speeches made on the subject ! It was daily expected thatthe President would communicate a message to Congress with reference to the Oregon matter . Private persons are of opinion that the House of Representatives will pass the Occupation Bill , and that it will be left to ' . the Senate to reject it . The Washington correspondent of the New York

      Courier writes : — " Those who are not here in Washington can have but a faint idea of the . war spirit that pervades _tlw majoritv of the House of Rcpre sGKtS , _tiVfes ' . foi * it is exuibiied more in conversation than in those debates which go before the public . It is not confined to the young and to the Hotspurs ofthe west , but pervades the south , and haa possession oi grey-headed democrats of , what should be , the peaceloving state of Pennsylvania . They are mad at the British lion , and of a desire for more territorythere is good land iu Texas and Oregon , say they , _« nd we must immediately possess it—there are rich mines and fertile fields in Mexico , and they too must be brought within our dominion—and , wanning with the subject , their appetite growing by what it feeds on , they exclaim , ' This whole continent must be ours ;

      our destiny is to carry our laws and our institutions throughout its whole extent . '" The . Editors of the Courier say— "We seem to be in imminent hazard of an immediate rupture with Great Britain . Congress manifests a disposition to take summary possession of the disputed territory known as Oregon , and maintain it by force of arms . Great Britain , all concede , will not relinquish her pretended title to it without a struggle . This , country has awaited , with great _^ impatience , the result of pending ne ' gociationa , and _aincjff _^ l _jiunderstood that these _negotiations are likely to issue in no adjustment of the . question , the disposition to seize andkeep the territory has acquired fresh strength arid i'estleBSHessi " :: _' ' - ' ¦¦ ' . ¦ . ''' _tZ ' C ' . ' ....

      _- ; - The Moealitt of Slavery . —The New Orleans papers publish the following _, reniarkable trial ,, and the still more' remarkable Sentence passed upon tiie offender;—Pauline , a slave'belonging to . . Peter ; Rep ; - _peneckj Was tried at New Orleans' on the 21 st , ! pn charge [ of havingfatruck : her mistress " so as to cau 8 e . the shedding of blood . . It was proved that : about six weeks Before , Mr . Reppeneck went to St . Louis " , leaving his wife , whom he represented to the neighbours as being crazy , and children , with 200 doLs . in money , in charge of Pauline , who it was proved was his paramour . Immediately after his departure the slave took possession ofher mistress ' s rooms , and removed Mrs . Reppeneck and her three young children to a back cabin . Mrs . Reppeneck testified that Pauline frequently came and beat her severely with a leather thong and her fist , and that her knowledge ofher husband ' s intercourse with the slave had frequently led him to strike her . Her testimony was

      corroborated by that of Dinah , another slave , who had witnessed thebrutaltreatmentof Mrs . Reppeneck and her children on several occasions , and who finally informed a gentleman of it , through whose interference it came to the knowledge of the police . The testimony was so direct and undoubted , that Pauline was convicted and sentenced to be hung on the 21 st of February , though the sentence was postponed until the 28 th of March , 1846 , in consequence of the fact thatshc is now pregnant . | If there is to be hanging , why not hang the i _* uffianly slaveowner . —En . N . S . ] Later Intellioexce . —Liverpool , Wednesday . — Thc Patrick Henry arrived this day . The news brought by her is important . The Oregon Territory Bill has been carried in thc House of Representatives , at Washington . The committee on foreign relations in thc Senate have reported a resolution recommending that the joint resolution , carried a few days previously in the House of Representatives , for the annexation of Texas , be rejected .

      INDIA AND CHINA . Bloody Revol _-u tio >* at Lahore . — The Overland Mail brings dates from Calcutta of thc 8 th January , Lahore of the 23 rd December , and China of November 20 th . The news received by this conveyance is of considerable interest , it records revolutioniiry movements at Lahore and Ncpaul . The capital of the Punjaub , as indeed might have been expected , has again become a scene of confusion and bloodshed . A revolution broke out there on the 21 st November , thc object of which appears to hove been to get rid of the Jumboo Rajahs . It is shid to have originated in the intrigues of the mother of" Dhuleep Singh , tlic young Maharajah . Tho struggle whikt it lasted was a fierce oiie . Ileera Singh , finding that

      the few troops on whieh he could veiy would not enable him to resist the movement , fled towards the British frontier , but was overtaken , together with JeUah Pundit , Mean Lab Singh , and several other of his followers , and slain . The heads of Heera Singh , the State Treasurer Pundit Jellah , and Mean Lab Singh , were brought to Lahore ; and after having been carried about in procession by the Sikhs , were suspended from one of the gates of the city for general inspection . They were subsequently exhibited before the house of Kurruck Singh , then occupied by the Sirdar Jewahir Singh , and destined to have been the scene of his own death could the Rajah have compassed his intentions . The result of the insurrection was the elevation once more of Dhulccp

      Singh to the throne . _Jowahit * Singh , his uncle , had been placed at the head of the Government , but there appeared to be but a slender chance that these arrangements would be permanent . Further Particulars . —The following , from the Delhi Gazette , is dated Lahore , Dec . 23 rd . - —Itis now certain the heads of Jella Pundit and of Heera Singh wore brought in the evening before-last . That of Mean Solum Singh was only Brought in yesterday by a Nahing , who was instantly rewarded by the gift of a jaghcer of 500 rs . These three heads were yesterday carried about in a great procession by the Sikhs , and werc then suspended for t ;; 'neral inspection , first before

      the Lahore-gate , and subsequently before t he house of Kurruck Singh , and a rreat fair washeld yesterday , and will lie continued to-day . Tiie reason for the heads being exhibited before thc - house of Knrruek Singh is , that it is now occupied by Sirdar Juwahir Singh , and was to have been the scene of his own death had the Rajah been able to compass the event . Thc bodies of Rajah Heera Singh and Pundit Jellft were left on the ground where they fell , and guards placed to prevent their being burnt . The bodies of Meean Lab Singh and Nickc DewanDewanund ( son of Delbagra ' s ) were brought into Lahore . ' This made up the five heads reported formerly , with the exception that the heads of thc two last were allowed to remain hanging to the bodies , and that of Solum

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      Smgh though not actuall y received , was hourly expectod . Thcbodyot'Mecan LabSingh has , lam told ,-been sent off to the place _, wkere . G 6 oro Bhae Bheer Singh was kille _tlf at , liis ' instigation , to : be exhibited there in tho same " manner as that of a highway robber and murderer . The body of tlic junior _Moonshce Dewannnd was burnt yesterda y , and with it a young and handsome wife , fourteen years of age , was sacrificed . He himself was oiilv eighteen years of age , and distinguished himself in a si gnal manner when defending himself and -liis master for their lives . How many , poor mrioceht women will be put to death with the garments of the unfortunates who fell in the battle , as a terrible offering at the shrine ofthe abominable practice of Suttee ! as it is still all

      poweriiuin the hills , though here , thank God ! the _? _e horrible _}^ sacrifices _> -are '' : b _^ It-is reported to _mp _^ _on-credible anthority ; that'Meeati ; _l _^ _pinm _^^^^ _mhl- ' sSSSrs were _taking-m'tla ' _- battle , at _^ ii _^ _-W ? fly ' ' '' _frm ' . hesccne , ' _-b ' ut wasifi _^ _Itfantly pursued . : _SMJn _^ iio -r aUeraative , he took off h _^ _-goldensamle _^ his pursuers , praying fbr- . -UB _* life _*^ He then tlu _^ w . dowivhia _fswovd-andshield , andbegged foi : mercy . ;(; _HewaStfoM that ; this was no time for mercy . Oii - _whicKdiCt : gathered courage and defied them , so its to beVput-quicker to death , praying , however , that theywould have ' pity on his remains , and haye them decently burnt . This happened a koss beyond the spot where Rajah Heera Singh fell . The Pundit . Jella and the . _Dewa-n-had got two koss further ,

      not farTrom the Jemadar ' s second Baolce ,-to the aij-iall village of Kavanvala , when they were overtaken . Oh seeing . them approach , the inhabitants ofthe village ranoff , on wluch the fugitives entered one . of the houses . This was marked by tlic ' pursuers and instantllyset on fire , en wliich the Pundit and his companion came out . In their anxiety to possess themselves of the golden ornaments on the person of the Pundit and the Dewan , the Sikhs who were of the band cut off the ears of thc former and the hands ofthe latter , and then cut them to pieces . The Dewan ' s young wife was also plundered ofher ornaments by the attendant Sikhs , as she was being led out to be sacrificed on the pile ofher husband ' s body . Who can say after this that any of Rajah Ileera Singh ' s party were ' allowed-to escape ! The Sikhs would make minccnicat of all they could have caught .

      The Nepaul Revolution . —The revolution in Ncpaul , although of a less sanguinary character , liasled to tlic deposition of the Rajah , and the elevation of . his son , a . youth of eighteen years of age , in his place . It appears that the father had undertaken to abdicate in iavonr-of ¦ " his ' son , hut having exhibited some reluctance so to do , was compelled by force to redeem his word . It is not presumed that this entente will call for any interposition on the part of the British authorities ; for an arrangement appears to have been entered into ,, that whilst the son is the de facto King of Ncpaul , ' so far . as his own subjects are concerned , the father will still be styled King , and will be alone recognised as such by ' the British Government . Sir Henry _Hardingo continued to reside at Calcutta , but had not been called upon as yet for any active military measures .

      IHE _jNEWS FROM Chika is of some importance , but does not extend beyond the 20 th of November . The Emperor still lived , but no hope was entertained of his Ultimate recovery . The . dispute between the Governor of Hong-Kong and the residents had been adjusted by concessions on both sides .

      ; . ;• ADEN . . _Tiireat ' exed Attack op the Arabs . —Aden , Jan . 10 th . —We are threatened by an attack frem the Arabs , amounting to upwards of 15 , 000 armed men , headed by the Sheriffe of Mocha ( who has repeatedly attempted to alarm the good folks out of Aden ) . They are , we are told , taking a circuitous route , and arc now supposed to be some forty , or fifty miles off . Thc heights are all manned extra , as" also the Turisli wall ; and tins morning , in soine large packages , containing supplies , which are brought in daily from the interior , were found , , carefully concealed , an assortment of five-arms , evidently intended for the confederates here . The camelmen bringing them have

      been arrested , and a guard of forty men SCllt to the Turkish wall to escort them into camp . Should we be attacked , we have large odds to conteud against , as wc have only 1500 fighting men , the major part native troops ( Indians ) . From what . I saw Aden last month , I should say , from its natural position , i _;> 00 disciplined men , well stationed on thc heights _; arid-Turkish ' wall , would be more . ' than a match for 30 , 000 Arahs j if they came in that number' to attack them . If the attack takes placcj ' which I very much doubt , the Arabs will learn a , lesson which they will never forget , or I am greatly mistaken . The native troops now serving' at Aden are ¦ a veiy soldierJike set of fellows . _-. - ! 0 ;' - . _¦^ . . ' _ui--: ' _< .-. . ii ! . - * _.-. _-,. . _, " ! ,- " - •' - " MONTE ' TiTiEo _^ ;; _7 ' -:. ; '" :.: '

      LiyER ? _ogri ,. y . MoOT ) AT _NiaBT- '—It _instated here ; on the . authority of ai letter , from Buenos Ayres , of the T 4 th _December , _i . that news had reached ¦' _there-from Monte Video , _^ _ivihgrntelli-ien ce that Riviera ; in person , had defeated the first division of Oribe ' s cavalry , under the immediate command of Urquiza , and that an early movement of the Corrientes party was looked for as a probable result .

      MEXICO . Hi duly Important from Vera Cruz . — The New York papers of the Stll lilt ., brought by the Patrick _JJemy , miWish the Mowin _| iiuportantinteHigenee * . — By the brig R . do Zaldo , Kingsbury , which left Vera Cruz on the 14 th of January , we learn that General Santa Anna , with his troops , had put himself at the disposal of the new Government ; and that , such being the fact , they considered the _rcvoluf ion to be at an end . General Santa Anna , it appears , after having made _fiye different attacks on the city of Puebla , and being repulsed on each attack , with some considerable loss , was obliged to decamp with all his troops , some 4 , 000 men . various reports are afloat as to what were the views of Santa Anna . He

      certainly was repulsed in five attacks on Puebla , and he retreated towards Vera Cruz with an intention to attack that place ; bnt others contend tbat his object was to get on board a British fri gate at Sacraficios . He had lost the flower of his army , and was obliged to submit unless he escaped . Paredes was on his rear with a heavy force , and he could not cany Vera Cruz by siege . We translate the following from the Diario de Vera Cmz of the 13 th ult . It i _» a proclamation signed by Ignaeio do Marncy _Tillamel , the military commander of the department of Vera Cruz : — " Vera Cruzans ! his Excellency General Don Lopez de Santa Anna has placed himself at the disposition of the Supreme National Government , with all the troops which were in opposition to the constutional Government . This happy event , so grateful to those who possess the feelings of humanity , is still morn no

      to all Mexicans , who have always been in favour of the cause consecrated by legitimate principles . The result of General Santa Anna ' s decision is the stopping of the effusion of blood in heroic Puebla . 1 have directed , as was proper and agreeable to the gratification I fed , that thc happy result be celebrated , and you will , do the same , * but , in the transports of _yoiiv lawful rejoicing , do not lose sight of the caution whicli we ought to observe . I bog that your vigilance and precaution may be redoubled now more than ever ; and I also command the troops ofthe garrison and in active service to exercise the same vigilance as heretofore . " We translate the following from the Diario of the nth , — " Jf a letter from Tepic is to he behoved , which was referred to yesterday in the Siglo , a North American frigate of sixty guns has threatened to bombard San Carlos de Monterev , in California . "

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      Birmingham . — A Child Choked with a Li-mo--Drop . —An inquest was held on Tuesday nightlast , on the body of a child five months old , named William Humphries , whose death was occasioned by thc following singular accident - -George _Humphries , plumber and ; glazier , of 1 Court , Navigation-street deposed as follows : —The deceased was . my son , on Sunday morning last I took him over in my arms to my wife ' s mother , Mm . Hills , in No . 2 Court ; she took the child from me , and held a lemon drop between her thumb and finger to his month ,-lie _sucfred it some time , until it had got quite thin _, and it somehow slipt into his throat Tho child then began to strain and gasp for breath , and went quite blue in the face . The drop , however , came awav in two or _tln-ee minutes , but the child was dead , f an -, sure Mrs . Hill could not help what occurred A verdict of—Accidental * death from suffocation bv a lemon drop was recorded .

      Mysterious CincuMSTANCE . —On Thursday _se ' nnight , Mr . Hetchcr , a former , residing at Little Maimcy , went _wth a servant into a hay-loft , and there saw the remains of the body of a man , which must have been there a long while . The flesh was completely eaten off the bones bv rote , and the clothes were quite rotten . There were no marks of violence visible , and the whole affair is a perfect mvstcry . I lie deceased had on a pair of fustian trousers ana wacic hat , and measured upwards of six feet in height . An inquest was held on the following Saturaaj , at the imnbury Anns , and a verdict of Found JJcad was returned . It is supposed that thc poor fellow ibeu from starvation . — Chester Courant .

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      Heywood . —Termination of the Turn-out . —Complete- TRIUMPH OF THE OPERATIVES . — The POWCVloom-Weavers in the employ of J . H . Kay and Son have resumed their work after an arduous straggle of nine weeks and two days , their employers being compelled to accede to the just demand of the : Weavers . ' An advance of five farthings per cut has been obtained . Thelabourers in this neighbourhood through this struggle will have learned what a union _i Of their body : can effect . ¦ That when United for good ; they _possess _^ _a-moral power before _whichtihe combined power _^ ofrffiei _inffldwners--i 9 ' ' _^ _^ roalche $ . < Vi / I _!!^ this town have _idoiief'if-U'Kttiate' _^^ " _" _" oiiddVdo' _^

      _j their _^ - _'fellowlabourers " on strike ' . _VTkey first threatened ; to stop their mills unless their 'hands would ' cease to ' Contribute ; to . ' the '" , maintenance- of Mr . ' - Kay ' s Weavers ; findingthis'had notthe'desired effect they gave their hands a fortnight ' s ' . notice , and on the ¦ 7 th of February _stopped their mills , throwing upwards of 2000 persona out ol employment , and this , too , at a time when the cotton trade ( the staple trade of . this district ) was as brisk as it was ever known to be . Mr ; Kay is a Tory , but has been backed in his crusade against the labourers by both Whigs aiid Tories . When thelabourers are to be trampled upon , the true , factions find no difficulty in uniting as was done here . They sympathised with Mr . Kay , and stopped their mills , thinking by that move to stop the supplies ;

      _llUUUf _AVa UAA . % * 4-U . t _3 U _Ug _* tfl _\\) l _VUVUJUIO _UL 1 U _* -: - ] . VUUi . Vl ) lilAV subscriptions were doubled . The cotton nabobs looked unu'tteraWe things when they saw the report , and started their mills on the following morning , leaving their friend Kay to fight the battle himself . The _consequence was , that he was forced to open his mill on Friday morning last on the conditions demanded by the Weavers . Thus has Labour gained another triumph , if they do not allow it to be tarnished by looking . quietly on _wlule Mr . Hilton Kay carries the threat into __ execution which lie made use of atone ofthe meetings held at the Queen Ann Inn , namely , that "he would give the price if he was compelled to ( lo SO ; but if he did give it , he would take it back iu t . llR _sdlA-ftP ! of _Valn-mitt-ita—Yin wmil / 1 n-ni : _'Tiiu

      rmflooker up to all sorts of devilment . " lie has given five farthings per cut of aii advance , but lias already bated many workmen threepence per out . Whether the men will submit to this legal robbery we know not . A great movement is now being made among the trades to adopt some plan to protect labour from the devouring jaws of unprincipled capitalists . To the Weavers we would say , you are a " numerous people , and want strength . You are active and laborious , and still are indigent . " Up , then , and be doing , and let not the sun shine on' another day idly spent . —Correspondent .

      Duxcombe Testimonial . — Central Committee , Partlienium Club Rooms , 72 , St . Martin _' _s-lane , Wednesday , Pebniary 26 th , * Mr . Grassby in the chair .- —The Secretary was instructed to summon all the members ofthe Central Committee for Wednesday evening next , to receive the auditors' report , and to decide on the time when tho subscription shall positively close . Deputations were appointed to wait on the smiths at the Hole in the Wall , Chancerylane ; and also on the several Societies of Basketniakct's . ¦ ... BELPER Nailmakers . —By inserting the following in your widely-circulated journal , you will oblige thc -Ilqrse Nailmakers of Belper . It will be remembered that our strike originated in consequence of our

      masters giving notice of an intended reduction of wages , to which we objected , and demanded a regulation of prices . After being on strike for nearly five weeks , our masters have complied with our request , with the exception of Mr . Melborn . About twenty men are still unemployed . The following is a statement of the subscriptions we have received , for whicli we return our thanks : —Rotherham , £ 3 13 s . ; Eckington , £ 1 ; Netherton , £ 1 ; _Oldswinford , 18 s . ; Grantham , 12 s . ;—total , £ 6 3 s . —P . S . We should be gltul U wc could hear how wc could get to join the Sheffield Trades'Union . If thoy send us word , they must direct for Joseph Gregory , No . 4 , North-terrace , Belper . Sim * . Weavers . —¦ A public meeting of the Silk Weavers of Middleton and its vicinity washeld at six

      o ' clock on Monday evening , reb . 24 th , in thc schoolrobin belonging to St . Stephen ' s Chapel , for the purpose of considering the propriety of petitioning both Houses of Parliament for the protection of labour , _* Mv . Simon Kent , an old veteran in the cause , was called on to preside . The chairman opened the business in his usual argumentative style , and concluded byj calling on the secretary to read the letters received fromMr . Sherrard _i of Spitalfields ; This being done , the followingresolutions wcreadoptedunanimously : — Moved by James Hunt , and seconded by Thomas Wholstcncrqtt , _/; That _, w . e , the Silk Weavers of .. MiddletohanUifeSiviciiiity , do . resolve ito co-operate with the S . ilk- _^^ yers . ; . of Spitalfields , _jNonvicFt , Maccles T fiekl , Leigh , anil other places , in getting iip petitions to both Houses of Parliament , prayingithem to grant i *» . _tA _* _i-j-. _/» fU-. T-. +.- \ ftiivt 1 nV . rt . iiit _•* ' _ATrtifrt _/ I Vvir _l _^ _ltAv-iftn AX _?" il » . |/» VUlllli

      _VUV _"" _- _"'' _-- VV _.-JUUM ¦ . _^¦ A . _** - _* ' F _WU « w » J . _-tllVJAia > 3 _JTUUt anil secbhded'by'Joiirt Winterbott ' oih , "Thatinoi'der ' to carry out the foregoing resolution , and send a delegate or delegates to the Central Delegate Meeting about to assemble in London , the sum of 011 C penny per member be levied , towards paying thc expenses of the same . " Moved by Samuel Heywood , and seconded by James Barlow , " That the petition to the House of * ' Lords be presented by Lord Lilford , and that to thc House of Commons hy W . B . _Forran'd , Esq . " The next business was the consideration of an advance , of wages ; and it was agreed to by a majority that two persons should be deputed to wait on the employers , to state the wishes of the men . Mr . John Smithes and Mr . George Whitaker werc elected . The meeting was adjourned till Monday , March 3 rd , to give time for the districts to bring in their subscriptions .

      Birmingham _Iailors . —A most imnortant meeting of the tailors of Birmingham was hold on Wednesday evening ; upwards of one thousand of the trade attended . We have been promised a full report for the Star of next week . _Barnslbv Lixen Weavers . —The Weavers in the employ of Mes 8 i * s . Cordeux and Norriss are , we arc informed , likely to strike , unless the advance of wages required by them is conceded . Losdov . —Progress of the Trades' Movemexx . —The general committee for making thc necessaiy preparations for the sitting of Conference at Easter , held tlieir weekly meeting at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening , February 20 th , Mr . Cox , Silk Hatter , in the chair , when the

      secretary reported that he was in communication with forty-three trades in Lancashire , who were all favourable to the Conference . He had also received communications from Ncwcastlc-on-Tyne on behalf of thc Miners of Durham and Northumberland ; from the Iron Moulders and Tailors of London ; and from the Society of Bricklayers , who had undertaken to correspond with their various sections throughout thc country on the subject . Tub _Pluxderisg Millocrats . —From an address issued by the Ashton Power-loom Weavers , we give the following extract * . —Our masters say they cannot afford to give an advance on power-loom goods . They never could afford to give an advance ; but let us look at thc real position of manufacturing calicoes , and let

      figures speak facts . Mr . lvcnworthy , a manufacturer of Blackburn , states , in a pamphlet addressed to the manufacturers of England , that a piece of cloth of 9-8 , 6 b' rccd , 36 inch cloth of 25 yards , can be manufactured for Is . 8 d ., including all wages , interest , wear and tear , depreciation , & e . Suppose these pieces sell for os . 6 d . per cut , wliich they do ; and suppose thc weight of cotton used in producing- such a piece be five pounds at od . per pound , then will the cost of such pieces be ls . 8 d . for manufacturing , and 2 s . Id . for cotton , leaving a clear profit of Is . 5 ) d . per cut to the manufacturer . These figures are facts , and when it is known the immense .-number of cuts woven in some establishments , it is no wonder that wealth springs up amongst them like magic ; and yet they

      are so poor with Is . 9 d . a cut profit , that thc poor Weavers , when they ask for airifling advance , send the manufacturers into hysterics ; they swear , as if they had been college-educated , they will lock up their mills , and starve thousands into compliance . O , Capital , where is thy charity ? Added to tliis , the duty on cotton is to be repealed , which amounts in the aggregate to nearly £ 700 , 000 sterling annuall y , and this is to he divided amongst the manufacturers , which will make in some concerns £ 2 , 000 of increased profit in n year . We think the duty on cotton should be repealed , but we also think that the poor , underpaid , over-worked factory hands should receive a cnmfbrt-li-le return for their toil , and a proportionate share of all advantages arising either from brisk trade or any other circumstance .

      Dj ; i * iiv . siiinK Miners . —At a .: colliery belonging to Messrs . North , Wakefield , and Co ., the men , with . a few exceptions , arc on strike . The strike originated from the following circumstance . *—The owners have lately imposed a set of rules on the men , by which , if ii man is taken ill in thc night , he must , sendhis wife to inform the owner , otherwise he will be fined 2 . s : Od . Under these atrocious rules one poor mau was robbed of 7 s . Gd . for being ill three days . Other atrocities hare been perpetrated on the men , of which the above is a sample , * hence the strike . Yorkshire Miners . — Mr . C ! eoi _* gc Brown has lectured-at the following places - . —Feb . llth , Gildcrsomc ; JSth , Adwalton ; 19 th , Beechton ; 20 th , Chum-ell ; 22 nd . Crigglcstone ,

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      I / _. _^ wicombe Testmqsial . c _'—Me ce " nt- al ';' coii (! lL i ? c will meet atthe _Parthenium'Clubfreoms , No . t > , ti . Martin ' s-lane , on Wednesday evening , next , and _cvery- ' succecding Wednesday ; everimg . _*;; _-Ghafr . 'taJ & n at halt-past eight precisely . " : _-- ;• " <¦¦ ••; ' * _*¦ - _*• . i :.. ; - > ' ¦ ¦ . ! . :: * _- ¦ ' ; . - . ' : •' - ' * ' - ¦ ¦ IfjUe _' . h ' r _. ti Todmorden . — FAcroRy-WoRKERS . _-r- The .- factoiy hands of Mi _*; , Helliwell , Duel ' s-gate ; near Todmorden , have turned out for an advance . of wages , -. llelliwell is one of tiie leading Corn-Law Repealers , aud during the begging tour of Moore and Cobden , subscribed one hundred pounds to the League fund ! Fielden Brothers ; Waterside , have advanced thclaetory operatives , * s ' omc . _ed .,- some 9 d ., - and others Is ., and so on in proportion to . their previous wages , without solicitation . -.- -, ;

      Delegate "Meeting . —The next '' cncral . delega meeting Of Lancashire : Miners will be held on Monday , the' 10 th of March , fit ; the house of Mr . Israel Riley , Commercial Inn , Over Darwen . ; chair tobe taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . _^ J _/ . P . Roberts , Esq ., will address the Miners _. of Daiwen and neighbourhood on the same day , The . levy 'ior the fortnight , including general contribution " , is _twoshilr lings per member . . ' . ' ; ' . ' ; ¦ _¦" _, ' . '¦' _.-. '' . ' _.,. , .. ¦ Lancashire "Misers . — A public meeting of the Coal Miners of Oldham and the surrounding _neighbourhood was held : in , the Working ' _.-Man _' s Hall , Harsedge-street ,. Oldham on Monday 'last ' - for " v _^ hia

      , , purpose of . . laying , before the : publics atcorrect-state' ment of the differences existing betw ecri . 8 om « j of A % 9-' masters , aiid tlieir men . ; The meeting was _addl'e . Bed by _^ _PiRoliei-t _^ Esq _* , _^ Mr . „ W . ¦ Hfeis . _' _-SOtf _^' e _^^ df'th ' e _WiganMiilerspivas held .- This' _^ meeting was also ' addressed _'by-JW _. ? _- ' -Roberts , £ _*<{„ and ethers . * * The association _iuLancashh-c gets stronger every day * the last fortnight ' s contributions amounted to upwards ' of - £ 500 . This 'is j the best'refutation that can _bfi giveh'to- the statements ' made by hired' scribes ,, who . ; in tlieir venal rags , ' week after wcdkv _' . _say-that the Miners ' Union is " going _dosvfl . " .. .

      The Colliers op Pemberton beg to acknowledge the receipt of the following sums towards the support of . the . Colliers in the' I ' embcrtoii district : —J . ' Ramsdalc , 2 s . 0 d . , * Robert Winstanly , os . ; Robert Waddiiigton , 5 s . ; Wm . Acton , Is . ; James Findly , 2 s . < kl . ; James Swift , is . Cd . * , Elizabeth Barton , 2 s . - , Thomas Hardy , Is . ; Margaret Morton , 2 s . Cd .: Henry Corleas , 2 s . Cd . ; Richard iSwift , ' 5 s ! ; James Hill , 6 d . ; Thomas Bannister , * , Gd . ; Wm . Rainford , ls . ' ; ' Friend , 2 s . " 6 d . , * Friend , 6 d . ; Friend , Is . ; Richard Moss , 2 s . Cd . , * Peter Pendlebnry , Cd . ; George Brown , 2 s . Cd ; Friend , ls . ; Wm . Hill , Is . ; _Joseoh Martmdnlc , Is . 6 d . ; John Daniel , 3 d . ; John Winnrd , 2 s . fid . ; Friend , Is . ; Friend , Is . ; Friend , Is . ; Thomas Foy , 2 s . Cd . ; Peter Leicester , 2 s , Cd . ; Friend , Is . 6 d . ; Friend , Od . ; Wm . Birkitt , 3 s . ; John Laithwaite , 2 s . Od . ; John Lee , 2 s . Cd . ; Henry Johnson , 6 d . ;

      Matthew Bukitt , 5 s . ; Friend , 3 s . Cd . ; Friend , ls . ; Nicholas HalliweU , 2 s . ; Henry Lithcrland , ls , Gd , ; Robert _Grceqall , Is . ; 'George'J'honia _* - , is . 6 d ., - Win . Aspinall , Is . ; John Hillon , ls . ; John Tickle , Cd . ; Friend Is . ; Friend , Is . , * Friend , Cd . ; John Berry , Cd . * John O'NaiJ , Cd . ; James Lawienson , 6 d . ; James Lawrcuson _, Gd . ; Thomas Woods , 3 d . * Ge » rge Flinltaiu , 6 d . ; Wm . Bcvry , Cd . * , Edward _Beny , Cd . ; Peter Lucas , Is . ; XVm . Harnold , Ls . ; James Jackson , is . ; Wm . Waine , Is . ; Wm . Waine , Is . ; James Waine , Gd . ; George Adainson , ls . ; John Cross , ls . ; Win . Norcross , ls . ; Wm . Swift , ls . ; Wm . Cross , Is . ; Mr . Thomas Swift , Is . ; Alexander Greaves , 3 d . ; three Friends , Is . 4 d . ; Peter Cundlift ' c , Gd . ; John Cnndliffe _, Gd . Richard Hoys , Cd . ; Joseph Borroso , Cd . ; Richard Rigby , 3 d . , * Samuel Hnrmcr , Cd . ; James Lenland , Cd . ; James Wilding , Cd . ; John Hurst , Gd . ; Thomas Hurst , - 3 d . ; Wm . Yates , Chorley-moor , Is . Gd . ; John Taylor , 6 d .

      The Kirkless Miners ( Lancashire ) . —The following subscriptions have been received by the Kirkless Minors , late in the employ of Ralph _Tnicknesse , Esq ., who , for resisting some unjust aggressions made upon their rights , have been subjected to the tyranny of the above-mentioned gentleman ' s agent , Taking advantage ofthe men ' s being out of employment , the tyrant demanded all tho rents due by those who resided ' in the cottages connected with thc Collieries belonging to Ralph Thickncsse . The oppressor has , however , been foiled by the Minors of the surrounding districts , who have nobly come forward

      to the assistance of their brethren , and paid the rents of all those whom he wished to deprive of their household furniture : —Wigan district , Three Tuns , £ 1 ; Dickenson's Arms , 1 os ; Ashafl ' _s men , £ 1 ; Rope and Anchor , £ i ; King of Prussia , 5 s : Whaley ' s men , £ 3 ls 4 d ; Rising Sun , 5 s , * Saracen ' s Head , 10 s ; Aspull district , £ 5 Is ; Brown ' s men , Ince , .- £ 1 ; Nuttall _' s men , ditto , 8 s ; Chorlcy district , £ 1 ; Dean Church , £ 2 ; Little Hulton , No . 3 , £ 1 _\ Bolton district , £ 5 ; Bury district , £ ! j 108 ; _WoodhoilSC , Shevington , £ 1 ; Black Horse , ditto , 10 s ; James HenshaJJ , Worseley , . 5 s ; St . Helens , £ 1 14 s Gd ; Small sums , 2 s 8 | d .

      _Bmiaxonxsi . —Extraordinary Meeting at the Public Office of the Workmen engaged in the Wire-drawing Trade of Birmingham and the District . — On Monday evening , the 2 iili inst ., a special public mooting of the operative Wire-drawers employed iuBnnungham and the district was held in the Public Office , for the purpose of discussing and adopting measures to redress the-grievances-wluch- througha long series of ycars _, have been gradually introduced into their branch of trade . ¦ - By the hour announced ' when the chair should be taken , the-Public Office was completely crowded , ' and every one seemed to feel the influence of the "just and sacred purposes : for which they had assembled . At the hour appointed Mr . Tenu ant , - on > the motion' of Mivlvee _,-was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . Ivee , in openingthe business , said it would be his duty -to , relate the / origin * of the

      gnevance which _7 . they _* had . mct ; to consider—a grievance that had _becomes _seriouslyinjurious to ' . their interests as workmen , ' that if not redressed , would go on increasing , whenever * the .: _isfriplty _& _t _^ ty ' _-fi 111 _^ ' * pretext , until they might become ' asi " groat sufferers as some of their less fortunate fellow-workmen in other branches of trade . The evil which they now contemplated removing was the practice of the employers deducting 10 pet * cciit . ott * their wages every Saturday nighi . This practice was not only most unjust and oppressive , but it was deeply aggravated from thc fact , that it was continued during a time of the most unparalleled _prosperity of their trade . There was ' . no ground , no justification , no excuse for the employers continuing to impose this grievance ;

      and he believed that they dm not desire it , _provided it became a general rule that each employer would pay his workmen their duly earned wages . ( Hear . ) The highly favourable condition ofthe trade , and the unanimity and discretion which characterised that meeting , assured him that no employer who knew his duty would ever present an obstacle to the accomplishment of tlieir just claims . This practice was first introduced by a foreman in 1822 . He deducted by way of commencement five percent , from the wages of the men he superintended , on the ground that he had been reduced in his arrangements with the master . It soon was introduced in other factories , and in a few yearc j . it waB raised to ten per cent , of deduction . But that was not all , their wages

      had boon reduced within filteen years'thirty percent ., so that ' their just remuneration was being cut'down by a double pvocess . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) It was not merely to obtain the redress of this evil they now . timed at , hut the society hoped by its influence to encourage habits' of temperance throughout thc trade , and to improve equally their moral and social condition . Thc following gentlemen then severally proposed the subjoined resolutions . *—Mr . Cornforth , Mr . Evans , Mr . White , Mr . lvcc , and Mr . Smith : — "l . Resolved , that we , the workmen Wire Drawers of Birmingham and the district , convened in the Public Office , Monday , Feb . 24 th , 184 , 5 , for the purpose of redressing our grievances , having seriouslv and deliberatel y taken into our

      consideration the present prosperous condition . of the Wiredrawing trade , consider our employers are hilly able to remove thejliscourit now made upon our wages , which has long been felt a general grievance . " " 2 . Resolved , that being desirous of promoting a feeling of mutual respect and confidence between us and our employers , we respectfully require that from and after Monday , the 10 th of March , 1845 , they will cease to make the deduction of the ten per cent , now made upon thc wages of your workmen , being a practice neither just in itself , noi * a custom in other branches of trade . " " $ . Resolved , that the chairman of thc meeting be instructed to forward to the employers the foregoing resolutions , with a respectful intimation that a deputation will wait upon them for

      their reply , on the . day , set forth in thc preceding re--solution . " " The speeches of Mr . White and Mr . Iyee , embodied sentiments , and were expressed in a maimer , which would have done credit to men in _ai-y rank of life . Mr . White observed , " we never _c-.-m fommandthe respect of ouv employers if wc _sidim-i to wrongs , which wc have _tlieromplcte power to rimedy whenever we unite , Nothing could _resis-t tlieir exertions if tempered with discretion , it ' was the interest of . the employers to 'consult thewelfare oi' those in tlieir employ , ' And to 'make * _, every concession which justice . required . " Mr . lveo . said he had struggled many years as . a mem- _, bcr of the wire-drawing trade , . _buf ; .. ho . _m-vw-before , witnessed so powerful and uni \ niinous . ! i . _yUhciing . With . firmness , of purpose , sobriety , and

      prudence , every grievance must give way before tiie . !* , ' , combined exertions . . The chairman , when all there- .: ! solutions had been adopted , said ,-that now their bji-f sincss had been gone through , lie would _tivUc the ., liberty on behalf of thc meeting to ask ' Mr .. Mason lo . address them . Mr . _Maso-aJisyLroiulevcd gre : U _services to the Trades of Birmingham , and hud attended on that occasion , at the desire of the committee , at great inconvenience to himself . Mv . Mason then rose and addressed thc meeting at some _lcn' _-th pointing out tho causes whicli had defeated the former struggles of the Trades in their contests-. Joy wages ; and also showed the immense advantages ' which each branch of trade would acquire-by ale neral combination . Mr . Mason concluded amid universal applause . The thanks of the meeting _havins been given tothe chairman , the meeting broke-upT Avery one appearing confident of SU 0 CCSS . '

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), March 1, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_01031845/page/1/