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      To The Working Men. *

      TO THE WORKING MEN . *

      Msl Ms Bear Fkiexds,—I Presume Reports W...

      Msl Ms Bear Fkiexds , —I presume reports will be sent ¦ the _# the splendid meetings we hare had at Manchester , toi klstoi kptJrt » - * * ' * and Oldham , on Sunday , MoBday , ues 4 _lu' _^ y > _andW' _^* iS _day—matings such , as I never sew si _gsw surpassed for number and enflmsiaism _, not even j IS is 1839 or 1 S 42 . When I tell you that flie immense ¦ _arpe Carpenters' Hall -was crammed on a Sunday in June , sew early as fire o ' cloek , to Bear an address from a _dea- _'deaonnced tralto ? " at half-past six , and that the Ian c barse * ¦ " - "•» _^ ant 1 _^ d _* _. you must think flat we are iotq not quite dead , nor even "sot . " My presence in

      • the '' thchiveof industry" was never more needed than at ; he : the present time : andl will tell you why . The lam ! James BiU who has been abusing me in UoycTs Ncws prqri pupir , a » d who is the proponnder ofthe "National l _^ c land and Building Plan , " the promoter of the "Se "Seventy-hve Assurance _Assor-mtion , " has erer been j si a sly as * - * - of tne Anti-Cor a Law League , pushing jug their principles , and promoting their cause , und tinder tie mask of _CSiartisra . Not the slightest _j-oti _j-otio- _ra _*** cn b ? "V person of his rubbish , until qC qCR _"Li-vn REsroamox Assocutios" was _cstablfe h _& heo : bui the moment the " horse-diesnut" made

      its { _igsppearante , then did & e League men urge the « M « Veteran Eefagc Plan" of their man , against the « 1 " U . _vivrnsAt _Redemphos _Plax" proposed by the Con-TC Tflitioc . Hill ' s plan presented no other Taiue to any ot ot ? . - * an tnat of - tBrin S tue people from ouis . Not a a voikhxg man in _England has , or ever Will , take a _sli share in thc _"SeTcnty-fire _^ _saroaiM Association ;" _m n otone : but then _tlieshopkeepeisandieaguerscamc os or . Sunday ie great numbers toturn it to itsintemled p _ptirpo ? e- They told the people that they were for tl the " National Land and Building Plan , " because it _,, tV jtht safest for THEM . "What tenderness ! Howc ever , _wben my letter from the Star was read , setting f forth the cbiects ofthe Hill scheme in Ids own words "

      J I _assnre you the tiling was met by one simultaneous 1 _bufct of derisive laughter . I asked for opposition , ] fat could get none . All the shopkeepers walked i Dff chip-fallen , when no one could be found to back iheir "horse-eheaiut . " I do not know the exact number enrolled ; but I do know that I received _hetwen eleven and twelre * pounds for entrance money : which was not a bad beginning . The _L & igue 5 iave circulated a report very _extensircly , that they will give every assistance in their power towards the " Kalioaal Land anil Building Society ;" Ihat is , they arc for domiciling our veterans at their own _txjmsr . in socle booms ofthe socictv ' shouses TO DIRECT ATTENTION FROM THE LAND _^ the _occujyation of which , by _tiiejxeoplc , titey dread .

      On _Monday 1 went to Stockport , and had equal success there : sueh a meeting as weshould hare called a "bumper . " even in 1839 . On Tuesday I went to Ashton , and we had onc of the largest meetings I ever _attended in that town . In fact , I had not enough of rules . Thanks , then , to the obstructors . We have , even in tiie calm , revived Chartism . Thc writers iu Lhid , and poor O'Brien , have done us much good . I have bitten tbe workingmen with the right mania now . Instead of 2 , 000 members , we shall

      have a good many more before the 1 st of August—and then stop us who can . Four meetings at Midsummer _, on consecutive nights , is Mr seise ofthe _Charted Co-operative Land Association ; besides tlic plea sure of imparting fanning knowledge to you , that you may grow provisions for yourselves , and make your selves independent of all masters , tyrants , and pettifogging newspaper scribes . I shall write more fully next week ; till then , I am , your most faithful Friend , _Feibccs _O'Cossob .

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      FRANCE . _Tnuxsv or Louis Philippe axd his LvFiMocs GovEnxMExi . — -ThecarpentexssrdRper-astiugintheiv strike for wages , we gather from the Debats that Gor a-nnient hare resolved upon permitting soldiers to be employed in their place . We need hardly remind our readers that , according to the conscription , men of all trades are to be found in the French army _. The Bebats of Wednesday has a most atrocious article defending the resolution ef the Government . The Constitiuiomiel , on the other hand , combats this resolution of the Government ; the following is an extract from its columns : —

      We a _* k by what right the military authority should interfere in a subject of competition and freedom of labour : according to what principle of justice , workmen on whom rests the burden of lodging , clothing , and feedin ; llituisdves and their families , should see their wages _disputci by men whom the bud-ret of the state supports ? How could the use ofsoldiers be justified in private works , _conjpleit ' y foreign to their legal destination ? We ask , cau anything be imagined more dangerous titan to place the ariny in face of a mass of workmen in an attitude of _pcrm-mttit hostility , resultiug from this pretension to make it interfere in the . quarrels of masters audworkmen , in order to break in favonr of the former the equilibrium "between thc demands and offers on whieh the regulation of wages depends . Thc army is supported by the produce of the taxes famished in great part by the consunipfiou of the working classes . For the last fifteen years its wellbeing has been augmented by means of the greatest sacrifices imposed on the tax-payers , and the latter never

      complain . And when thc workmen , whose wa _^ es remained the same , even when the conditions of liring became more _difficult for every one , demand an increase corresponding with the movement which takes place around thein , a coapention is to be setup against thom , of wluch they _tieniselrespay the expense I When the < juestion regulating tbe forces of the army was to be discussed , the coimnittee on the budget , considering that Hie division for Paris was no longer necessary , in consequence of the completion of the fortifications , wanted to lop off 5000 men ; bnt it was rep lied that the guardians of the fortifications hnperativfcly demanded that tbe garrison of Paris should be so much augmented . Now , it is found that this garrison can witliout inconvenience detacli from its service a sufficient number of men to replace 5000 workmen forming the strike . The Chamber complains loudly of the inactivity of our naval dockyards , and still there is some talk of bringing np carpenters from the seaports to place than at the service of private employers 3

      Such are thebittcr fruits of middle-class despotism How the working men of Faris must -wring their hands in agony of spirit when they icflect that it was themselves who , after ponringout their Wood like water for liberty , allowed the scheming shopocrats to instal the Government of thc hypocrite Loins _pKinprE on the -ruins of that of Charges X . And if the w « r"kin * _jmen , driven to despair , should , with _eries for justice , madly throw themselves upon the bayonets of their -grants * myrmidons , there is ready for diem the Paris fortifications to draw t _?* era to a horrible , hopeless massacre . Be it remembered , too that the Cmstitutiomiel ( the _i-. rgan of Thiers ) , which just now , for its own purposs _* _-, is advocating the cause of tbe workmen , was the _fo-eniost of the J-reiicn press in demandim ? the fortifications , with the guilty

      foreknowledge that those fortificatioHs were useless to oppose , and not intended to oppose , a foreign foe , but were solelv designed to keep in bondage and _BUscrv ihe enslaved masses . Alas ! how the peo P ' e of Fianee Lave been cheated by thenr gore _aad _sbry-niongcrs . Can they not see that it is not foreign , but domestic enemies they hire to fear ? That it is not" perfidious Albion" tliey have to contend with , but the perfidious scoundrels of their own countrv ; the perfidious middle-class , the perfidious •"• ii ? of that class , perfidious politicians like Guizot and Thiers , and perfidious journalists , the main supp orters of All political perfidy ? These are thc enehute tliat France Las cause to fear ; they _havceaased —aiiil -will a « _ain cause—her sons and daughters to ? eep tears ofhlood through their perfidy and oppres sion .

      BELGIUM . The _iLxisn-EiAL Cmsis . _—Bulssels , 3 use 21 . — The Ministerial crisis is not vet at an end , five _Ministers continuing io fill only provisionally their respective posts . The Roval acceptance ofthe resignation of 11 . "Xothoniu was officiallr announced in yesterday ' s Jmitcur . Thebusmc _^ _' ofhisofiiccisattended to « _-i-f ; _aoi * abythe Ministers of Justice and Pubac _Works—the latter taking the commercial _department . The resignation of thc other Ministers was also cScially mentioned ; but they will remain in office until the King's pleasure is further signified . _Banrn _D'fluart is still charged with the honourable and difficult mission of forming a new administration .

      SWITZEltLxVM ) . _ESCAFE OF DR . STEIGER . Glorious news has this week reached London from Switzerland , announcing thc escape of Dr . _Steiger from the claws of the Jesuits and their tools . J he Hew Zurich Gazette ofthe 20 th , says— " Br- _. _Stciger has escaped from the prison of Lucerne . This nwra-»»? at two o'clock lie _arrircd at Cironan , and at six o ' clock at Boustellen . Hc was accompanied by two lucerne chasseurs and sonic friends who had favoured lis escape . At a quarter to nine Dr . Steiger entered our town in the midst of general enthusiasm . The Cafe de la Tour Bonge , where he alighted , is so eneumbered , that no one can get near it . The crowd is thronanj' to seebim . "

      In relation to the above , GatignanCs 3 & ssengcr gives the following letter from a correspondent at Zurich , dated the 20 Ui : — "Dr . Steiger has , with the connivance of three gendarmes wlioguarded nun , _ttade his escape from prison at Lucerne , and the whole partv , accompanied bv manv friends , arrived "Me about eight o ' clock this morning . It appears

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      he was provided with a uniform of thc gendarmerie and in this costume passed in eonipauv ofthe others out of the town , entered a carriage in waiting , and passed the frontiers . He remained in Zurich till tnree o clock , whence he took his departure , it is supposed , for Frauenfield , in Turgovia . I hear the plan lor escape had been arranged four weeks since , but no favourable opportunity offered until last night at twelve o clock , when it was effected in the maimer above described . " Later News . —A letter from Zurich , of June 22 , slates that the escape of Dr . Steiger has caused general satisfaction , and deputations from different parts have waited upon him to offer him their congratulations . At Leutzbourg a salute of fortv-four

      guns was fired , and at Aarau thercjoicings were kept up during the whole night . The Ifcw Zurich Gazette ot the 21 st , states tliat ia the afternoon of the preceding day , after resting for six Lours , Dr . _Sten-er continued his journey to Frauenfield . All the town went to see him , and his departure bore all the features of & triumph . At Wintcrther , where he passed the night , the crowd around him was as great as at Zurich . His three liberators have sent a letter to the head ofthe police of Lucerne , wliich concludes m the following terms : — "We have accomplished the _^ spontaneous determination of delivering Dr . Steiger . We have had _*&•* ¦ _accomplice in Lucerne Another canton sent us a dozen of general passports , not one of which was serviceable ; but a fortunate circumstance came to our succour . On Monday last the keeper ofthe Tower of Stadler was obliged to go to _Hii-tzkirch , and entrusted his key of Steiger ' s

      prison to the under-keeper , Corporal Birrer . He compared this key with , nine ofthe twelve others , and found that one of them required only a slight alteration to open thc door , which alteration was made , and succeeded . Tou need not , therefore , seek for any other accomplice . We say this only tb save _s-. nv other person from being uselessly tormented . " Thisletter is signed— " Kaufmann , ancient Serjeant ; J 03 . Birrer , corporal ; _H . Hoffman . " Later News . —Persecution- of the Communists . —A letter from _Neufchatel , June 22 , states that a Communist Club had been discovered in a village near Lacbaux . Two Communists' publications had been seized . Several arrests have taken place in eon-¦ equence . The wife of Dr . Steiger underwent an examination on the 21 st , before the council of Lucerne , for the purpose of ascertaining whether she had taken any part in the arrangements for the escape of her husband , but was iinmediately afterwards set at iberty .

      TURKEY . _Co-vsTASTLVorLE , Juxe 4—A few days back the old Emir Bechir , of Syria , was banished from thc capital to a small town near Tocat , in the mountains of Asia Minor—a sentence which was executed after the most approved Turkish fashion of silence , politeness , and expedition . Half an hour ' snotice or so was given him that he was _required to change his abode , and at the time appointed he was handed into a ka ' ik _, landed at Scutari , and thereon at once commenced his pilgrimage to the interior . When the news reached Pera the French Embassy is said to have loudly expressed its opinion as to the arbitrary natureof the procedure . The Emir , it iswcUknown was one of its select proteges . But it soon appeared there was no remedy . The Porte , on being applied to , produced proofs of a treasonable eorrespondenee

      having been carried on of late between the Emir and a party among ihe nialccmtents in Syria . Situate where we are , it cannot , I think , besaid that Turkish usages , though absolute , are at all times objectionable . On the 27 th ult . the British Ambassador reiterated in urgent terms in a note to thc Porte the request for a firman tc permit ofa Protestant church being built at Jerusalem . ' Ii is easy to explain the long delay which has hitherto occurred in this matter . Syria , as of old , is the battle-field for religious strife , and where the question of empire may still be decided bythe conflict of creeds . France and Russia , actuated by politicalmotivcs , each have vast religious interests to defend in Syria , and are alike adverse to the progress ofa new element . It is this opposition which has hitherto impeded the negotiation ; nor does it appear likely that it will soon be overcome .

      SYRIA . Tue _Civri . War . —Accounts from Beyrout of the 24 th , represent the state of Mount Lebanon as worse and worse . Every day a contest took place between the Druses and Maronites with varying success . The Armenian Christians are represented as undergoing persecution ; and , although torture has been abolished throughout the Turkish empire , a young Greek was at Gandia lately tortured to such a degree that he died of his sufferings .

      CANADA . _BBEilira . EX & E TS QUEBEC . Liverpool , Tuesday Afternoon . —Wc have two days' later news frem America this afternoon , brought by the packet ship Cambridge . We regret to say that we thus obtain intelligence of anawfuJly destructive fire in Quebec , Canada , particulars of wliich are thus given in a letter published in the New Fork Coxnxxiercial Advertiser : — Quebec , May 29 . —At half-past eleven o ' clock yesterday morning the alarm of fire was given , when the tannciT in St . Valliere-street , owned and worked

      by Mr . Richardson , was discovered to be in ftames , originating , as we heard , in some way from the burst ing ofa boiler . The day was remarkably warm , and the heat and di * yness of thc few days previous had rendered the roofs ofthe buildings in the neighbourhood , and those more remote , highly susceptible of ignition . The adjoiningand opposite dwellings were soon involved , and in an inconceivably short space of time the burning flakes , carried afar by the than rising wind , had ignited some buildings in the neighbourhood of the St . Rock ' s church—a considerable distance from the outbreak of the fire .

      The wind gradually freshened from the west , with a coming storm , and it was soon evident that all human endeavours to arrest the progress ofthe fire , in a locale studded for the most part with wooden buildings , alone would be useless—an impression but too fatally verified . Qnwardsweptthe flames—street after street fell before them . A speciesof whirlwind seemed to aid its fatal advances—for in advance , in the rear , on every side , the raging element developed itself with momentarily increasing fury . Spots that to the shrieking and affrighted refugee were now ap . parently safe , in a few miuutcs subsequent wcre ia a vast sheet of flames . Froin eleven in thc morning till midnig ht did this dread fire hold _uninten-upted sway , until its career was arrested in St . Charles-street—nearly onc mile fromtheplace of its outbreak ! Atthe brondestpoint the breadth of the burnt district is about one-third of a mile .

      Between 1500 and 2000 houses aresupposed to have been consumed , and it is calculated that 12 , 000 persons ( one third of the population ) are this day houseless . Most of those people have lost their ail , the rapid advance , and sudden capricious direction taken bv the flames , not only rendering it impossible to save any portion of the property in the dwellings , but in a vast number of instances barely allowing the inmates sufficient time to escape living . The chureh in St . Roch ' s is iu ashe 3 . The convent is saved . St . Peter ' s chapel is also burnt . The large

      brewing establishments of Messrs . Lloyd and Lcpper and M'Cullum are consumed , and the line of wharfs from Munn ' s to the one at thefootof Hope Hill . On these were an immense quantity of deals , which wcrc _aftconswnoi . , At this point the fire was arrested by throwing down the piles of deals , and , on the town side , by blowing up two houses . This operation was conducted bv Lieut . Colonel Waree , of the Royal Engineere , and some ofthe officers and men under his command . ....

      The steamer Charlevoix and the ships on the stocks were all saved . Various rumours are afloat as to the number ot lires lost . Wc have seen seven crisped and mutilated remains . Of these two wcre mothers witli theninfants clasped to their bosoms . It is feared that many victims as yet unknown will be soon discovered . In the Upper Town several houses were on fire . — Thc artillery barrack was three times in danger , as also several private dwellings . . A meeting was convened yesterday evening , and thc bakers ordered to commence the supply necessary for the relief of those distressed . This day relief was

      extended to about 3000 persons . , Atan adjourned mectiug of thatof last night weare informed that thc extremely Iiandsome sum of upwards of 2 S / I 00 dols . was subscribed . ; the list beinc still open . We also learn that the Koman _Cathohc bishon _^> f the diocese has _issuedcireulai-s to his clergy , direeting them to collect donations of every description in aid ofthe sufferers . . , Among the public buildings destroyed ave two Methodist churches . , Manv persons have been severely burned-among them the Editor ofthe Canadian , who has lost every thing he possessed . . , . . . , ., Mr . J . B . Bigaonette , a magistrate , is injured , it is fearedmortally . ...

      , We learn from an extra ofthe Herald that its correspondent in Quebec has lost his daughter , a young ladrof twelve years of age , " who , being sick , was carried to the Palace ( the residence of the former intendants ) to whieh it was hoped at the time the hre would not extend , but which was entirely consumed ,

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      there being at the time many sick persens in it , taken there for safety , w hom it was found impossible to save . ** The Canadian of Thursday , notwithstanding the suffenngsof its Editor , contains fuU details o ? the catastrophe . It estimates tho insurance at £ 25 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 in the Quebec , £ 20 , 000 to £ 30 , 000 in the Canada , £ 2 , 500 in the London Phoenix . We have heard of some others , but not considerable . Twelve thousand peisons are at this moment deprived of the means of existence—are homeless , famishing , and destitute . The first duty is to provide for their immediate physical wants . The

      Catnone _cisnop ol Montreal ,. thc Seminary , and the Hotel Dieu , each forwarded , we understand , £ 500 by yesterday s evening steam-boat . The provincial Government lias also acted with a judicious humanity , which , we arc sure , will meet witii general approbation . At a meeting of the Executive Council , yesterday , his Excellency the Governor-General , under then- advice , directed an order for £ 2000 , to be drawn iii favour ofthe Mayor of Quebec , and despatched by the evening ' s mail to meet their immediate necessity , until the whole matter , and the extent to which it- is proper for thc Government in the vacation of Parliament to interfere , may receive full consideration .

      iii the City of Montreal a feeling of profound sympathy , wliich we are convinced will not be barren , prevails . The Mayor of Montreal was one of the spectators of the destruction , and , returning to" the city yesterday morning , took immediate measures for arranging a meeting of the inhabitants , which will be held to-day , at one o ' clock , in the Parliament House . A preliminary meeting of the clergy of the different denominations-will be held in the moniin "

      _EXTHACT FBOM A PRIVATE LETTER . _-. , , Quebec , May 29 th . " Eighteen schooners were burnt at the Palais , also a new vessel . Munn ' s shipyard is completer ? destroyed . The whole of St . Roch ' s is a mere wilderness of chimneys _. The loss of property has also been attended with considerable loss of life . It is coniectured that not less than 100 persons have perished . The value " of buildings and moveables may be £ 400 , 000 , of which but a small portion is insured , say £ 60 , 000 . The Mutual 1 nsurancc Company was in existence in St . Roch ' s , but all parties are involved in ruin . Dry goods people will be great sufferers . It is estimated that £ 70 , 000 of new goods have been sold to St . Roch ' s storekeepers since the arrival of the vessels . In fact , every person must suffer more or less .

      ( _Tvom . crootJier private letter . ) Quebec , May 29 , 1845 . —Nothing left , from where you begin to descend Cote les Braz at Tonrangeau _' s , running down the large street towards the Marine Hospital ; everything on the right until you reach the water , thence to the two distilleries , M'Calluni's ana _\ Lloyd's , these included , is destroyed ; the fire ending , or rather being arrested , at the point Where the roads __ St . Paul-street and Hone-lull diverge . The loss in round numbers cannot lie easily ascertained , but half a million will not cover the losses , nor perhaps £ _? _50 , 000 . The losses by the mercantile lower town people will be heaw . Almost all the bakers . ire _hurnod nni _

      M'Conkey , Clarihue , Tourangeau , & c , and nothing saved . What renders matters more disastrous is , not one house in ten in St . Roch ' s was insured , and those insured are principally at thc Mutual Insurance Company , wliich being composed of persons residents of St . Roch ' s , the company is defunct , for if onc man owes his neighbour 10 s ., and his neighbour owes him 10 s ., and neither have wherewith to pay , both arc ruined . Very many lives have been lost . " SLv . bodies werc , this morning , taken out of the church which fell a prey to the fire . The Convent was saved with great difficulty , although the distance between tliem is very large , but such was thc rapidity ofthe raging element .

      Another letter gives further particulars , acquainting us with pecuniaiy aid _prorngtly rendered to thc sun-Brers * Montreal ( C . E . ) , May 31 , 1 S 45 . —Thc dreadful conflagration at Quebec is thc all-absorbing topic of interest here at present , thc principal details of which will have reached you by this time . Every exertion is making in this city to alleviate the distress of the unfortunate sufferers . The provincial government sent down by last night ' s mail £ 2000 for their immediate necessities , the Catholic Bishop , Seminary , and Hotel Dieu each forwarded £ 500 , and it is said that Lord Metcalfe has also sent a donation of 500 dollars . Meetings will be held this day of the citizens , clergy Odd Fellows , aud almost every public body , to devise immediate measures for prompt relief .

      The scene of the conflagration is described by eye witnesses as having been perfectly awful ; men , women , aud children , absolutely bewildered by the almost instantaneous combustion of their dwellings , and in their efforts to escape from the flames as often rushing into the midst of danger and destruction as obtaining safety . The loss of liunian life must have been very great , but as yet only twelve bodies have been recovered . One painful incident was the destruction of the hospital , to which , as being considered entirely out of the reach of the conflagration , numbers of sick persons of all classes wcre carried , when , melancholy to relate , the building became ignited by the flakes of fire carried from the distance by the wind ; thc unfortunate inmates , unable to help themselves , perished miserably . The total loss has been variously estimated at from 1 , 600 , 000 dollars to 3 , 000 , 000 dollars .

      BRAZIL AND THE RIVER PLATE . The American journals brought to Liverpool on Tuesday , by _. the Cambridge , contain advices from Rio Janeiro and Rio Grande to the end of April . It is said that Mr . Gore Ouselcy had touched at Rio , on his way to the Plata , and that he had endeavoured to obtain the co-operation of Brazil to force Rosas to open the communication with Paraguay , by way of the Parana , to British commerce . Mr . Ouseley sailed for Buenos Ayres , in the Firebrand steamer , on the 22 nd April , and it was reported that if Rosas did

      not comply he would be blockaded . Thc troops of Riviera and their followers , who had passed the Brazilian frontier after that chiefs defeat at India Muerta , by Urquiza , had been disarmed by the Brazilian commandant on the frontier ; but Riviera himself was still at the head of a force of some strength ; this force he intended to unite with Otliei bodies of his troops not engaged at India Muerta , and he was expected to resume operations in the Banda Oriental . His recent reverse was a mere dispevsion—very few were killed .

      UNITED STATES . Fiue is New York . —The New York p apers , brought by the ship Cambridge , contain particulars of a destructive fire in that city , by whicli upwards oi onc hundred houses were totally consumed . This fire seems to nave been in a quarter __ wliere property is not so valuable as in many districts of thc city , and the houses were small . It is said to have been the work of an incendiary . The Factory System is America . —The annual statistics of several Factories show thc following facts : —

      1844 1845 Capital dols . 10 , 500 , 000 dols . 11 , 000 , 000 No . ef Spindles 192 , 3 * 76 204 , 000 No . of Females 7 , 430 1 , 000 "Wages per week , dols . 200 dols . 175 Yards per week 1 , 435 , 450 1 , 500 , 000 Dividends 4 * 12 i The above statement shows that the capital of 11 , 000 , 000 _dellars employed in Lowell gives employment to only 7 , 000 females at 1 , 75 dollars per week . That although the quantity of cloth manufactured per week is largely increased , the number of operatives are diminished . This is effected by the improvements which have been made in machinery . The dividends in 1845 are almost 200 per cent .

      greater than m 1 S 44 , whilst the wages of the females are 12 1-2 per cent . less . This is the natural result of the state of things in New England . The more wealth becomes concentrated in a few bands , thc poorer the great mass becomes . By the opening of a cheap transportation to the East for the agricultural products of the fertile West , the farmers on their poor laud could not compete with tbe Western fanners . The product-- of their poor land scarce paying for _cultiv-i _* _j--i , thc consequence of which was , the wages paid for labour became low . In this state of things the bounty offered to manufactures by the tariff , induced many of the most wealthy men in New England to invest their capital in manufactures , which , whe * a the tariff has been high , proved exceedingly profitable , concentrating

      immense wealth m tho hands of a few , - whilst tin labouring part of the community has increased rapidly until the demand for employment exceeds the want ofthe employer-* , which has enabled them to reduce the wages ofthe operatives , whilst their own profits were very largely increased , and this reduction of wages must continue to go on with the increase of that class of society who depend on employment for subsistence , until they arrive at a point which will barely afford such necessaries as will enable the huiuam system to undergo its daily toil . It is worthy of remark that the erection of manufactories for a time increased the price of labour by tbe increased demand it caused for labourers , yet from thisitcannot be inferred that the profits of the employer implies a high or even a fair price for labour , as the in-

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      creased profits and decreased wages in the above table proves . The prices of labour as of merchandise are governed by the relative proportion between supply and demand , and in the case of Lowell the supply must exceed the demand , as we think the poor girl can have but little of her 1 , 75 dols . per week left to clothe perself with after paying for her board and washing . —Daily Commercial . It is not many years since I recollect boasts that the wages of the girls in the factory districts were from three to six dollars a week , and that , too , when paper money was less expanded than now in proportion tothe population ( and this expansion of paper money , _orcharitable agreement of the poor to make the rich richer by paying them interest ou what tbey oxve , must always be kept in mind wlien / sneaking ol the price ef wages ) . Now , poor men ' s daughters , being more plenty in consequence of the natural oi tne

      increase landless population , arc enticed or necessitated to go to thc facteries , and toil there twelve or fourteen hours a day for 1 , 75 dollars a week ; and the daughters of those girls would , inevitablv , under the operation of the present system , be compelled to labour for two thirds or half that amount . But this monstrous system must bo changed . The " Operatives" will claim thc right to go back to the green earth ; the right will be acceded ; and then thc capitalist and labourer , each standing on his own soil , can make a much more amicable and far mor e equitable arrangement than subsists between them at present . All short of this is mere palliative . En . Young Amer ica . Later News . —Arrival of the Great Westers . — LivEneoot , Friday Morsiko , Four o'Clock . — The Great Western arrived at two o ' clock this morning , liaving been telegraphed yesterday evening , bringing papers to the iyth instant .

      Wo . _VDERFUL _LaXB SLIDE IX TIIE _ToiVJT OP WARSAW , Ulster Coukty . —A correspondent , writing from Ulster , says : — " Never , within the recollection of our oldest citizens , has nature given such awful demonstrations of her freaks in this vicinity as _hapiiened here a few weeks since . On the night of the 3 rd of May last a large tract of land , comprising a portion of the farms of J . H . B . Dimond and James G . Bruyn _, broke loose , and was carried by thc force of its own gravity about 160 yards , carrying with it fruit trees and various others of large size , some still standing in their upright position ; others torn from their beds and scattered iu most beautiful confusion . What has caused this rupture no one has as yet ascertained . Nought was heard of the move ' of this mass of matter , save , as one of the neighbours

      says , he heard the sound of a ' rushing night wind . ' The first intimation we had of anything uncommon having taken place was , that the llondout Creek , below the slide , on the following morning , was completely dry . On our arrival at the place we found that the earth had broken loose about thirty feet from the stage road Ieailing from _Kingston to Wortsboro ' , running parallel with the road for about 120 yards , forming a chasm at the point wliere it started of about 100 feet perpendicular , the whole body containing about 80 acres of land . In its passage it crossed the llondout stream , literally clearing the bed of all obstructions , and depositing its contents to the height of about fifteen feet in thc bed of the stream for about 100 yards , forming a dam at onc dash across the whole stream , impervious as masonry could make

      it . The waters above proved what has always been considered impossible—namely , their powers of running ' up stream . ' This it continued to do for the distance of about two miles , to a place called Hixon's dam , where , after finding its level , it recoiled ; with the help of human hands , and its own powers , it forced its passage through the adjoining lands , to find its old channel below . " Later still . —Arrival of the Cambria . —Liverpool , Friday Afternoon . —The Cambria steamer has arrived , having performed the quickest passage known between America and England . She sailed from Boston a few minutes before four on the afternoon of thc 16 th inst ., and from Halifax at twenty minutes past ten on thc morning of the 18 th , and arrived in thc Mersey , abreast of Liverpool , precisely

      at a quarter past four this movnuig . In the advices brought by this vessel we do not find that anything has occurred to alter the state of American relations with Mexico ; matters remain just as when the Great Western left . Three Murders . —The Vieksburg _JF % of 27 th ult . gives thc particulars of a shocking affair on the Mississippi River , near Natchez . A river trader , known as Colonel Dawson , or Dorsey , in descending the river with the remnant of a stock of merchandise , and two females , whose names or characters are not known , had picked up somewhere in Arkansas , a man who so far insinuated himself into his confidence as to get permission to travel on the boat , and had continued cither as a passenger or sort of an

      assistant , until they reached the neighbourhood of Water proof , where they wero engaged in a quarrel , which ended in his being dismissed from the boat , with imprecations and threats of vengeance . Tliis occurred some time during the day on Saturday , and on Sunday morning , about three o'clock , tho boat was discovered on fire , drifting down . The negroes in thc neighbourhood succeeded in drawing it ashore and suppressing the fire , when a spectacle presented itself too horrible to contemplate . Dorsey was found lying in his berth , with his feet burnt off , and his head and face shockingly mutilated , with blows apparently dealt with an axe , and the two girls on the opposite side in a like condition . The monster was pursued , and committed to answer .

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      Public Meeting Of The Miners Op Auckland...

      Public Meeting of the Miners op Auckland District . —A public meeting of the Miners of the above district , which was called by printed placards , was held on Cockton-hill , near Bishop Auckland , on Saturday , June 21 st * , and considering the disadvantage under which the men were placed by their oppressive employers , was well attended . The " coal kings" exerted themselves to the utmost to prevent their slaves from attending the meeting . One , who calls himself the " most eminent viewer in the two counties" ( save the mark !) , issued out an imperious mandate , that " if any man attended a Union meeting he should be immediately discharged . " Others employed themselves in the honourable occupation of pulling down the bills calling the meeting , and

      burning them it they could lay hands on one m any House . As a climax , they set all the colliers to work on the Saturday , though it was pay-day , and though it is contrary to the established rule to work on that day . Lidced , one colliery refused to pay the men at all , though three weeks' wages were due . The owner of this colliery is Mr . M'Lean , one of the members either for th e city or county of Oxford . The coalowners can lay their pits idle when they please , and they often do so , three or four days each fortnight . Still thc men dare not complain ; but ifany man absents himself from the p it when they think proper to set thc colliery on , he is fined 2 s . 6 d . It will , therefore , be plainly seen what their object was in setting the ' colleiies to work on the day of the meeting . But even all this did not avail them ; for , to their extr eme mortification , hundreds attended . Mr . M . Scott , one ofthe lecturers ofthe Miners' Association ,

      was appointed to take the chair . He opened the meeting by reading thc placard calling thesame . He then delivered a sensible address on the " Utility of Trades Unions , and on the present and future prospects of the Mind's' Association . " He then introduced Mr . Danielis , Editor of the Mncrs' AdVQMC , who delivered a lengthened and energetic address " On the advantage of , and benefits to bo derived from , a Consolidated Union of the Trades of Great Britain . " He also reviewed thc report of Messrs . Faraday and Lyall on the ventilation of coal mines , the eoalowneis' reply , and the rejoinder of the Government commissioners . His remarks on thc advantage ofa National Trades Union evidently made a great impression on the meeting , and were well received . The chairman again shortly addressed the meoting , and after giving three cheers for Union , and votes of thanks to the speakers , it quietly

      broke up . Printers' Almshouses . —On Monday evening a meeting was held in the theatre of the Mechanics ' Institute of the friends and subscribers towards the building of almshouses for decayed printers . The meeting was presided over by Luke Hansard , Esq ., who not only ably advocated the cause of the association , but was announced as a subscriber ofthe liberal sum of £ 50 . The report , wliich was read by the hon . secretary , was of a highly gratifying nature , proving in the most satisfactory manner that the object which the committee have so assiduously prosecuted for the last four years will , ere long , be fully realised , and another of those benevolent institutions be erected which reflect so much honour upon the working men

      of the present day . The report contained one statement whicli cannot but prove interesting to every benevolent mind . It is that an individual , whose circumstances enabled him to retire from business , has returned to it with the intention of devoting the whole ofthe money which lie may earn to charitable purposes , the largest portion to the Printers Almshouses . The first subscription announced ireni ttois benevolent individual was £ 10 . The amount of subscriptions and donations , and the result ot entertainments , received since the last report , was announced to be £ 355 2 s . This , added to the money previously in hand , makes £ 1475 15 s . 3 d . The meeting was addressed by several gentlemen ana "memcere ot the trade ,

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      A Delegate Meeting of the United Tailors ' Protection Society , comprising the Manchester district , was held on last Sunday , at the Wilton Arms , Mayes-strcet , Manchester ; delegates from the following towns attended * . —Mr . Jones , Manchester ; Mr . _M'Namara , Bolton ; Mr . Leach , Hyde ; Mr . Leonard , Sta ! rbridge ; Mr . M'Gratii , Ashton-muler-Line ; Mr . Steple , Middleton . Shortly after two o ' clock Mv . Barker , general secretary , arrived from Liverpool , and took liis seat with the delegates . Mr . _Leach being elected chairman , the transaction of business commenced . Mr . Barker gave an account of his mission to Liverpool , which was most cheerjng _, when he mentioned that 1 , 100 men of thc trade in that town arc about to join the Protection Society .

      file levies , according to ninth article of general laws , were paid to the general secretary . The following propositions were then discussed : —First , — " In the event of a strike taking place , according to the eighteenth and nineteenth articles , in any part ofthe union , is the Manchester district prepared to obey the Executive in any-levy they may think proper to make from the Protection Fund in support of such strike ?'' Mr . Barker arose again to explain the object of the Executive in sending the proposition to Manchester for the consideration of the different sections . The men of Birmingham having made application for the toleration of a strike against Hymn , the Jew , the delegates evinced a most sanguine desire to assist the men of Birmingham in any just strike . He wished to suggest that they think a strike at present injudicious , inasmuch as the trade

      is not sufficiently organised to defeat unprincipled capitalists—but , if a strike takes place , the Manchester r _ffsiWcnviU do its duty . Second . "Do the sections in the district set apart , according to the third and twenty-first articles , the sum there specified to form the Protection Fund ? " The answer of the delegates was in the affirmative , with the exception of the Manchester delegate , who promised that they would comply with the laws in future . Third , — " Is each section prepared to support the Tailors'Advocate , and what are the orobable numbers thev can take weekly ? " The answer was " yes , " butthe number of copies required by each section was postponed until the next meeting , as the Advocate will not be published until October . Fourth . " Is each section prepared to give a correct return of numbers and money according to thc ninth article , to enable the Executive to come to a right conclusion of the amount of support they can give when demanded ? " The

      answer was " yes . " The fifth proposition was , — " If any other society in the trade vetuscd to release the protection cards ? " Thc answer was " no . " The delegate from Ashton arose aud gave an account of the " great bear" of that town , Mr . Bernard , who , in defiance of the society , has commenced thc cursed system of " sweating" again . The delegates asked if tliey could devise any means to put a stop to Bernard ' s out-door workers ? Mr . Leach said he could see no means except to call a public meeting and make an appeal to the trades and factory operatives of the town not to support a man that reduced wages , or did not _"Jcomply with the just demand of the men . It was then agreed to that Mi * . Parker and Mr . Leach attend a meeting in Ashton . Mr . Leach was elected district secretary , it was then moved by Mr . M'Grath , and seconded by Mr . _M'Namoca , that thc next meeting be held at Bolton , in September next . Thanks having been voted to thc chairman , the meeting dissolved .

      Knaresbro' Turnouts . —The Handloom Weavers of this place are still out , and all arc seemingly determined to stand firm until they __ get their just demands . The masters still continue " obstinate . Messrs . John Dooker and S . Buck waited upon the Flax-dressers and others of Clifford on Tuesday night , and were kindly received , and a liberal subscription was entered into immediately ; they further promised to support us as long as our struggle continues . We have received aid from York , Leeds , and Barnsley , % which we return our grateful thanks . We must solicit thc further aid of our friends , for a week or two , at the expiration of which we feel confident wc shall be successful . Address ) Samuel Buck , Secretary , Committee Room , Old Elephant and Castle Inn , Market-place ,

      Knarcsborough , Yorkshire . [ Wo again urge upon our friends thc Handloom Weavers in different pavts of thc country , who may have not yet responded tothe appeal of their Knaresborough brethren , to do so without delay . We know , that no body of meu in England have more boldly contended for the rights of industry than thc Knavsborough weavers ; they deserve , therefore , now that they are engaged in hot conflict with their enemies , to be supported with all the resources the trade can command . Thc struggle _ofthemenoflinarsborough is a struggle not only for themselves , but also for their trade and their class . Let that trade and class , then , fsupport them . Ed . N . S . ]

      To the Trades and _Pitblic Generally . — The Coal Miners late in the employ of Messrs . Swire and Lees , respectfully give notice that they intend to take a Hut at the races about to be held in Liverpool ; and also at those about to be held at Newton in the Willows ; and they appeal with confidence to the operative classes generally for their kind support , as the proceeds will be faithfully appropriated towards thc support of upwards of 240 men , avIio , for resisting the tyrannical niandatcsof their late employers , have been compelled to walk the streets during the last eighteen weeks .

      Dublin Shoemakers . —A meeting of the Ladies Shoemakers of Dublin was held in Mr . Lube ' s . room , Golden-lane , on Monday evening , to hear an address from Mr . Smyth , on the formation of an Association in Dublin , in union with the English Mutual Assistance Association . Mr . Charles Power occupied the chair , who called on Mr . Smyth to explain liis mission . The rules having been read and explained by Mr . Smyth , a discussion followed , which ended in arrangements being made to call district meetings , on Monday the 30 th , and an aggregate meeting of the trade on Monday , the 7 th of July . The thanks of tho meeting were tendered to the delegate and chairman , and the meeting separated .

      ROCHDALE . Important to Trade Societies . —At the Rochdale Petit Sessions , on Monday , a most important case came on , arising out of a strike with the men in the employ of Messrs . Ladyman and Holt , extensive builuevs _, _OWham-roail . In the beginning of May a strike took placo for wages with the above masters * , and one James NcviU , an aged man , stood out with the rest of the men , though not a member of the Union . We understand that this man was at that time one ofthe principal officers of the Joiners ' Society , _^ and when the first strike took place , he made himself very prominent , although he would not pay to the funds of the society . The masters agreed to give the required advance , and the men returned to

      work . Shortly afterwards , Ncvill demanded of thc men his share of the funds , and taunted them with defrauding him of his proportionate share of those funds whicli he refused to pay to . The men consulted together , and agreed to pay the demand providing he would join the trade society . He , in an indignant manner , refused , setting the men at defiance . The consequence was , the men struck work on thc 9 th inst ., on the ground tliat he refused to join the society . Messrs . Ladyman and Holt applied to the bench for summonses for thirteen men , for leaving work without notice , and the case was brought before thc court on Wednesday last . Mr . Roberts , "the _Coal-minci'S ' Attorney-General , " was specially engaged for the defence ; and from that gentleman ' s unavoidable

      absence , application was made to the magistrates for the case to stand over to some future day , which was refused . The men thereupon refused to attend to the summons , and warrants were granted against them , and Monday fixed for the hearing . The court was crowded to excess . Even the avenues and adjoining street , were densely crowded by people anxious to hear the result of the investigation . The _magistrates onthe bench were , Clement Royds , Esq . ( chairman ) , W . Ciiadwiek , and H . Kelsall , Esqrs . Mr . Hunt , solicitor , appeared for the complainant ; and Mr . Roberts for the defendants . The case first

      called on was that of James Dawson . Mr . Ladyman was sworn . —He said the defendant had worked for the firm six or seven years . They had given him 20 s . a week as a carpenter and joiner . He was engaged by the week . They had raised his wages twice , from 20 s . to 24 s ., which last rise took place on the 5 th of May . He absented himself from work on Monday the 9 th inst ., at dinner hour , _without notice . By the Bench . —We pay wages on the Saturday night , for thc number of days he worked . The defendant came on Saturday night , the 14 th , and demanded half a day ' s wage . There arc thirteen men on strike .

      By Mr . Roberts . —How long has the defendant worked for yon ? Six or seven years . —Has he been out of work during that time ? Yes ; sometimes he has worked short _. tirae . —When hc worked short time , did he consult you ? Ne ; he has worked four or five days , according to our wants and circumstances . — When did you tell him that you had not full work , and tbat he must be a day or two idle ? Sometimes on Monday , for the week which was going on , when we had not sufficient work . —Am I to understand your answer to my question , that the men _nviglit work four or five da ys ?—The witness appeared confused , and Mr . Hunt said that the question did not require an answer .

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      I a duty -perform ; ess mus answer tbe question himself .-By the Bench . —The men turned out on the 5 th of May , and on _tlieT fch they resumed work . We paid them far the number of days they worked . Mr . Roberts . —If they only worked two or three days , you only paid them for it ? Certainly . By Mi * . Kelsall . —Did the men ever Jose two days ? Yes , by their own neglect-Mr . Roberts . —When work was slack , did vou ever discharge the men ? I never discharged the men , only at the end of thc week . —Then oil a Saturday you told them you lad no further need of them ? Certainly . —And tint was all the notice you gave them ? Yes . —When Dawson entered your employ , nothing was said about notice ? No . —Nor during the time he was with you ? Wo do not require any weekly notice , nor do we give any : if we do not

      want the men we discharge them on Saturday night _. By Mr . Royds . —If he had worked till Saturday you would not have complained ? No . Mr . Chad wick . —You always pay the men on Saturday ? Yes ; nor did I pay Dawson till Saturday night . By Mr . Roberts . _—Whatday do you charge the defendant with absenting himself ? On the 9 th of June . —Supposing you had no work on a Friday or Saturday , would you give him any ? No ; if we . had none we could not , aud he . would , be only entitled to the wages for tho days ho worked . —Supposing you discharged the man " on a Tuesday , and you hud no work for him ? I should not discharge him . —Would you give him work ? I should not if I had none . —

      If , in the middle of the week , you had no work , would the man be allowed to go and seek work elsewhere ? Yes . —You arc a good deal acquainted with this neighbourhood : do any of thc master joiners give notice ? I do not know . —You was a working man yourself ? I was . —Were you in : the habit of giving notice before you left your master ' s employ ? I gave no notice . —What sort of work skouhj the _defendant " work at ? _ lie should have been _layingiloors . —Have you a notice in the office , or d | d _^* ou . < 5 _jj [ j \ aiiytlung to Dawson before he left ? Nothingto lum . —Was tliere eyer any agreement ? t _>** _-- . . ¦ ., " . Mr ! Hunt . —I object to that question ; : .. Mr ' . Roberts . —Do yon object ? if you do , -P will sit down and hear your argument . Mr . Hunt—No ; you may go on .

      Mr . Roberts . —The Joiners did not contract for a definite term from Saturday to Saturday ; and I ask again , did you ever ask them to make any agreement ? No answer . By the Bench . —Is it a general custom at your shop and at others in this town to make agreements ? Not at ours . By Mr . Roberts . —I do know a man of the name of Crabtrce , and I believe that he has worked full time . —Mv . Hunt * . That , is fishing my witness . — Mr . Roberts : I am fishing , and I will find the lie , no matter Itow deep it may oe hid . —Witness in answer to Mr . Roberts : When a man comes to our shop and starts for the week , wc book his time . He may not agree to our wages . We tell him what we give ; ' that is all the agreement entered into , andwc calculate his work according to the number of days he works .

      By Mr . Royds . —There is a combination amongst thc men ; and on the Monday , betwixt the hours of ten and eleven o'clock , two men came to our yard and called upon me ; 1 knew them well , as they had worked for me . Onc of them asked if I would discharge Knevill at noon ? I replied to them that I would not . They told mc they would strike theshop , and thc men would turn-out at dinner hour . I told them that I could not help it . Knevill was a good workman , and would not contribute to the-, union funds . Mr . Roberts . —If it had not been for the turn-out you would not have brought the men here ? I should not .

      By Mr . Royds . —I have not asked the men to come again ; I have seen Dawson picketing the street , but never heard him speak to any person . Mr . Roberta . —Will you stato tho object of the union—is it not to protect tlieir tools ? i am not aware . —You have had a fire at your shop ; did you ever say anything to one of the men that it was a pity he was not in the union ? I did not . Mr . Charles Holt , thc partner of the previous witness , proved that the defendant left his work on Monday : no notice or request . had been sent to him toreturn to his work . This closed the case for the

      prosecution . Mr . Roberts then addressed the bench on thc part of the defendant . The difficulty he felt arose from the circumstance , that he was totally uuable to satisfy himself as to what the charge really was . which he was called upon to reply to . He had watched the evidence most narrowly , but it afforded no clue whatever , and it was plain that the magistrates were in the same difficulty as . liimself : onc had spoken of it as a case of intimidation—another had spoken of it as a charge of "leaving work unfinished . " The charge which he was there to answer was that stated in the information—that the defendant had absented himself unlawfully from his service , and therein

      neglected to perform his contract . Was there onc particle of evidence of any contract at all ? Hc had taken down all the evidence on this most important point—and what did it all amount to ? that the defendant had worked for the prosecutors lor the last six or seven years ; that at the commencement of his work , and during the whole period of its continuance , not one word had been said by either party as to any notice being given , or as . to any specific period for working : throughout the whole period the men worked as many days and as few as they p leased ; they pleased themselves as to the number of days they would work—and on each Saturday night they were paid for the number of days on which

      they had actually worked : such a contract , if it could be called a contract at all , was not a contract of servitude—of such servitude as involved the heavy penalties of the Masters and Servants Act . Before these heavy penalties could be incurred the relation of master and servant must exist , plainly , fully , and completely ; the master must have the right to all the labour of the servant , and the servant must have the right to wages for his support . The evidence of Ladyman proved the reverse of tliis . He had asked Ladyman why the defendant , absenting himself this week , was to be treated differently from his previous absences , and the answer was , that nothing would have been done or thousht _respecting

      it if others had not absented themselves at the same time : here , then , was the real charge—the real object of the prosecution—to put down the right of the men to combine together for the purpose of mutual protection . A magistrate had thought it not inconsistent with his duty to intimate from the bench that combinations were very horrible things ; and he ( Mr . Roberts ) at once admitted that they were most offensive to tyranny—awkward customers for despotism to cope with ; but still they were perfectly legal . Working men had a right to combine and determine not to work in the same shop with an individual who was obnoxious to them ; and he who sought to interfere with this right either by openly denying its

      existence , or interfering with its progress , or _eyen by advising against its exorcise , was guilty both of fraud and of falsehood . Mr . Roberts then , after a long explanation of the power conferred upon the working classes by thc Combination Act , recapitulated the whole of the evidence , showing that by the testimony of Mr . Ladyman himself , all parties , both masters " and men , had throughout recognised the right of each of them to give or withhold employment or _lahou-r * and he contended that such an engagement was altogether different from what was contemplated by the law with regard to the relation of master and servant . As soon as Mr . Roberts had concluded ,

      Jlr . Royds the chairman of the bench , and who had boon very much excited from the commencement , gave his decision . He considered the case fully proved—it was a very strong case—the men had no right to combine—they shouldn't combine—he should go io the full extent ofthe law—three months—it waa time to stop such proceedings . Mr . Roberts reminded the magistrates that his client was not charged with intimidation ; but Mr . Royds " did . H' 0 care—not he—they had gone on too long—theS 8 things must be put a stop to . " Here his brothers oa the bench endeavoured to calm their leader , and even the prosecutors hinted that they did not desire to press the case " quito so far—all they wanted waa for the men to return . " It was , however , very difficult to restrain Mr . Royds—his companions could not hold him back . At last he shrieked ' out—'' Well ,

      prisoner , will you go back to your work ? " Dawson _, with a firm voice : No , I will not . Again the justice was frantic . " You wont , wont you ? Give him » month at the mill—see how he likes that . " But wa despair of giving our readers any idea of the scene : even the prosecutors were so startled by it that they declined proceeding with thc other cases , and at last they consented to withdraw the proceedings _agains _*^ Dawson . This , however , was no easy matter . M Royds for along time refused : the matter was a _j last arranged by Dawson and the others consen tjng to return to their work . We have some reas * _,, & believe that immediate steps will be taken to _-eiievo Mr . Royds from the performance of his ma ? . _ferial duties . A criminal _infovmatioin would do' u _* , m ser vice , and would operate even more benefio , _* u v asa useful lesson to other Rochdale justices .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 28, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28061845/page/1/