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      tfRANCE . ' _BtoJeurnaldetDtbau announces the death of a _pMflter'I _^ _uisI _^ opoldBoilly , Knight of the Legion _^ f H onour , at Paris , on the 4 th inst , in the ninetye i « kth year of lm _» age . —The Carlist General _Zanategu * had arrived at Paris from Piedmont . The General was _ _preparimj for publication memoirs of General _Eunialaearregai , whom he had accompanied < ts private secretary in several campaigns . _Ifnx _CBJOistt . —Intrigue and counter-intrigue is _rte order ofthe day . The faction fights of Uuizot ind hisi opponents , we abstain from reporting , it inst being six of one and _lialf-a-doien of the other _, _fanta-ian-tara rogues all J

      SPAIN . _Ju adbu _) , Jah . 9- —The Senate this day passed the _biU for the abolition ofthe slave trade bv a majority of _geventy-au _votea to one ( that of ft . Vallejo } . _trjic bill for granting pensions to the families ef the 0 gce » killed , at Huesca was-likewise passed by the _cgna'c ( unanimously ) . In the congress of deputies _£ ue debate was resumed , on the motion of M . Pena A < nlayo , relative to a provision forthe clergy . A _ifoort _was prevalent at Madrid , that Baron de Meer _j _^ d been deprived of lis command in Catalonia , _bemuse ihe Government had received information of bis intention to declare himself independent . He _.-as to be replaced by General Manuel Concha .

      PORTUGAL . Lisbox , _J-ix . 8 . —Tie Chambers were opened on the 2 ud inst by royal commission , the Queen not _jariiar been able to attend in consequence of iter , _jv 3 iitcd Kate of gestation . The Spanish _Government is evidently apprehensive that the partisans of _jspsriero may make an irruption into . Spain from _janie part * f tue Portuguese frontier . This seems to be a very groundless fear , as the number of _regigee _* here is quite insignificant , and they arc moreover kept under strict surveillance by the Portuguese Government . _Nevertheless , it is said , that a cordon 0 f Spanish troops is forming along the frontier , and that 3 , 000 men bave very recently arrived at Ayanwutc on the liver _Guadiana , whieh separates Al _suve from Andalusia .

      SWITZERLAND . More _TsooftES . — "We learn from Berne , " says Galignanz _a Messenger , " that on the 9 th inst ., the Count dePontois , the French Ambassador in Switzerland , left Berne on a temporary visit to Zurich , ia order to make diplomatic communications to the new Directory . " The object of this visit was prohably _conmx-ted with tie information contained in oar ' ovni letter from Berne , which stated that the great Powers had intimated their detcnnuiation that _£ ic constitution of the "cantons shall' undergo no change , and that further disorders may lead to intervention . The New Zuricfi Gazette of the 10 th nisi-, state * that the Council of State of the Vorort ( Zurich ) assembled on the 9 th , in consequence of _dentcivedfrom

      spatches - the canton of Lucerne . According to ihuse despatches much excitement prevailed . Alarming accounts had likewise been received from the canton oi " Argovia . The Government of Lucerne teas _t-oniiuuisig to fortify Gutsch at the point wher « ii commands the city . Three battalions ofthe militia bad likewise been called to arms . The Basle Gazette nates _, that in the canton of Argovia a force of 14 , 000 niai _wasswlletfingtomake a new expedition into the _tanbffl of Lucerne . The Grand Council of the canton of Lin-erne assembled on the 3 rd , 4 th , and < 5 th inst . On the fust day it decreed that a religious _service should be celebrated every year , on the 8 th of December , in commemoration ofthe victory obtained over the r _^ volters _, that a solemn mass should be anmiailv chanted on the same day , for the repose of

      the soak of tne killed , and that the families of the deceased aud wounded should receive assistance from the state , and that a medal , executed at the public expense , _bs offered to the men of the patrol who fought _uu ' llie _Squaro des Moulins , to the wounded in theeng _aaaaeatof _Eiumciifcld , aud to the several oflicers . The Grand Council had declined replying during the present session to the application of Zurich _TCspcethi _: ; the _Jesuits . On the 4 th , the comniiltce appointed to examine the report of _ilsc _tJovfriiiiiejit on the hire events having _approved : ; li _iisc- measures of the Government , M . CiihSn- i _' _jyifii- blamed the expressions of " _imirdrrers , kir . _uils , una incendiaries , '' ai < plieil to tbe _n-volit-Tr in tLxit _doi-fimeni , toalesided that the reeall _viTuc Jesuits was _touiraryto the _coustitutiou , and _cuii-.-Iuvk-d by _iVBHiwaendiiMr that the decree he

      _repiralfd , i _!« f : e _sjuiig , in his opinion , no ot ;; er means of _Tc-cioriiis peace to the country . The Assembly , nevertheless , - _< . i- ' : _etioucd lhe conduct ofthe authorities _uarius ihe late revolt . The bill relative to the _hiupiiou of free corps then came under discussion , aud ihe Council , after debating at some length whether the invaders should be decapitated or shot , _dftridwl in Javour of the last punishment . On the Oih , the Council passed several other bills of mere local , interest . The Augsburg Gazette publishes a letter dated Lucerne , 9 th . inst ., stating , that at a sitting held on lie 7 th hist ., the Grand Council of the canton had voted a decree , according to which ail the expense incurred by the Government , in the arrest of the authors of the last revolution , as well as the expenses of suppressing it , * arc to be paid out ol the property ofthe delinquents .

      ITALY . The Slesseb Rule of Popedom . —Letters from Italy state , that another sentence of the Military Commh _& ion _siiimg at Bologna was published in that city on the 23 rd ult . JNineteen persons , among whom were several physicians , lawyers , or proprietors , implicated in the conspiracy of 1 S 43 , were brought to trial _beiei-e thai tribunal ia the beginning of _November . Five were acquitted , and the fourteen others condemned to from five to fifteen years' imprisomnent . M , Vioii , a proprietor , who was visited with tie highest penalty , had been delivered into the bands of the Papal police by the Tuscan authorities .

      T 3 _SITED STATES . _WECIAl MESSAGE FROM _IHS PHESIDET TO _CONGRESS . LivEsrooL , Saturday _Uight- —The packet-ship Liverpool , Captain E'dridge , did not get np last night ; it was blowing a gale of wind , and the _steain-tugs did not venture alongside of ier . About mid-day we were in _possession of our despatches . Her intelligence isto lhe 24 th . Thcamvalfurnishes another Message from Mr . _President Tyler . The subject ofthe Message IS tile reply 01 Mr . ilejou , the Mexican Minister of Foreign Affairs , to Mr . Shannon . The following is the Message to the Senate and _Uou _& e of Repre sentatives ;—I transmit herewith copies of despatches received from our Ministers at Mexico , since the commencement of your present session , which claim , from then- importance , and I doubt not will receive , your calm and deliberate consideration .

      The extraordinary and highly offensive language which the lleiican Government has thought proper to employ iu reply to tin- remonstrance of the executive , through _ r . Shannon , _against the renewal of the war with Texas while the _question of _annexation iras pending before Congress * nu the people , and also the proposed manner of conducting that war , will not fail to arrest your attention . Such remonstrance , urged in no unfriendly spirit to _Hcrico , was called for by considerations of an imperative character , having relation as well to the peac _^ of this country aud honour of tills Government as to the cause of hamauiry and _drilistffion . Texas had entered iuto the treaty of aiwcxation upon the invitations of the executive ; aud _wiiea , Jor that act , she was threateaed with a renewal of the war ou the part of Mexico , she naturally looked to this _Goivriiinent to _interpose its efforts io ward , off the tlrcateiicd blow .

      Hut _vae course was left the executive , acting within the laaiis of lis constitutional competency , and that was to I « rteit , iu resucctful bm at the same tune strong and det _ided _tcrnis , agaiustit . The war thus threatened to be renewed wus promulgated by edicts and decrees , which « der « I , uu the part of the Jdexicau _niihtary , the desolation of whole traets of eountry , and the destruction , _without discriuiination , of all ages , sexes , and conditions ofexistcuce . Orer the manna of conducting war , _Jleiico possesses SO _exelusiv _^ toi . h-ol . Bhe has no right to violate at pleasure the principles which an _enlightened civilisation has laid down for the conduct of nations at war ; aud ¦ thereb y retrograde to a period of barbarism which , haplalj' for the world , has long since passed away . All

      na-Udusaremteresiedinenforeinjj an observation of those princi ples , and the United States , the oldest ofthe Aineri _ean republics , and the nearest of the civilised powers to tbe theatre oa which these enormities were proposed to be ena _tt-il , cuuld not quietly content themselves to witness "Kb a _stiie of things . T had , through the executive , on another occasion , _^ as nas helicved , with the approbation of the whole country , remonstrated against outrages similar , but _^ _ea less inhiunau than those which , by her new edicts * _£ decrees , she has threatened to perpetrate , and of _•"" _di U . c late inhuman massacre at Tabasco was the preca _Rur .

      _i- ' oody and inhuman murder of Fannin and his _^ Isuuous , equalled only in savage barbarity by the ' sesof the untutored Indian tribes , proved how little _noj . _— coul < 1 _** I _* 3 ceu' on the most solemn _stipula-^ ' - « hcr generals , while the fate of others who became _ins- _' _- ? * _™ ' many _of whom , no longer able to _tiiiaf _^ 1 * l _^ neB ana privations of long journeys , were * _nrtj _^ _^ tJle _wajr _siQ ' _^ while their companions who _tlMQ _^ ' " fcre subjected to suflerings even more painful ar _ _Ay _^ had left « n inueliMe stain oa the page of tit _T- J _^' - _f _^ _e , with the evidence of an intention on Sar *" .. ' "' * _, - _^ c ; _dco It > renew scents so revolting to Jiuaia-W _^ i " *' ' _^ !"" " ° _iess Inan renew _remonsti-auces formerly _^ _' ' _^ V _*?* _^ uiullinjj duties so iinperaiive _, llc-xico has _2 * _lj . i ' **' "' » ti ,,, 0 D Shlier accredited organs , because _ftea _^ _V _^^ _rcted to Jierilie inliuuianity oi such proof 0 _jT | , ' _, ! _^ _-ge in language _unlaiown to the courtesy _% r _4 _i ' _" _^' - _* _^ _Urconrse , and . ofiensive in the hig hest _^ « r _i "J 1 s c < , v * _rament and people .

      T l _" Mv " _^ _endi-diu this only . She has not _onlj h _tiir _^^^ _S _eoaveurious between the two countries , _^ _Kcurj . _T "* ' " _uujust decrees against our trade and invitiz _^^ " j . _" _^' _. _wiihbo _]^ instalments of cc-bi , due to oui c : rt « s : _^ a ' . " hhs solemnl y pledged herself to pay , undei r « J j _ia'vii " * ™ 4 icil _**< _: fully explained by the acconi' -rirt ., n _jjn ereen . our _Stcreuirv of Legation

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      And when our Minister has invited the attention of her government to wrongs committed by her local authorities , not only on the property but on the pertons of our fellowittizens , engaged in prosecuting fair and honest pursuits , she has added insult to injury , by not even deigning , for months together , to return an answer to his representations . Still further to manifest her unfriendly feelings towards the United States , she has issued decrees expelling from her provinces American citizens engaged in the peaceful pursuits of life , and now denies to those of our citizens prosecuting the whale fishery on the north-west eoast of the Pacific tho privilege which has , through all time heretofore , been accorded to them , of exchanging goods of a small amount in value at her ports in California , for supplies indispensable to their health and comfort .

      " _3 _« or wiU it escape the observation of Congress , that in conducting a correspondence with the Minister of the United States , who cannot , and does not , know any distinction between the geographical sections of the Union , charges wholly unfounded are made against particular States , and an appeal to others for aid and protection against supposed wrongs , lathis same connection , sectional prejudices are attempted to be excited , and the hazardous and unpardonable effort is made to foment divisions among the states of the Union , thereby to embitter their peace . Mexico has still to learn that , however freely we may indulge in discussion among ourselves , the American people will tolerate no interference in their domestic affairs by any foreign Government ; and in all that concerns the constitutional guarantees and the national honour the people of the United States have but one inind and one heart .

      The subject of annexation addresses itself most fortunatcly to every portion of the Union . The executive would have been unmindful of its highest obligations it ' it could liavs adopted a couraa of poUcy dictated by sectional interests and local feelings . On the contrary , it was because the _question was neither local nor sectional , but made its appeal to the interests of the whole Union , and of every state in the Union , that the _negotiation , and finally the treaty of annexation , were entered into ; aud it has afforded me no ordinary pleasure to perceive that , so far as demonstrations have been made upon it by the people , they have proceeded from all portions of the Union .

      Mexico may seek to excite divisions among us , by uttering unjust denunciations against particular states , hut when she comes to know that the invitations addressed to our fellow-citizens by Spain , and afterward by herself , to settle Texas , were accepted by emigrants from all the states ; and when , in addition to this , she refreshes her recoUection with the fact , that the first effort which was made to acquire Texas was during the administration Of a distinguished citizen from an eastern state , which was afterward renewed under the auspices of a President from the south-west , she will awake to a knowledge of the futility of her present purpose of sowing dissensions among us , or producing distraction in our councils , by attacks either on particular states , or on persons who are now in the retirement of private life .

      Considering the appeal which she now makes to eminent citizens by " name , can she hope to escape censure for having ascribed to them , as well as to others , a design , as she pretends now , for the first time revealed , of having originated negotiations to despoil her , by duplicity and falsehood , of a portion of her territory ! The opinion then , as now , prevailed with the _executive , that the annexation of Texas to the Union was a matter of vast importance . Ia order to acquire that territory before it had assumed a position among the independent powers of the earth , propositions were made to Mexico for a cessiou of it to the United Stales . Mexico saw in these proceedings at the time no cause of complaint . She is now , when simi > ly reminded of them , awakened to the _knowledge of the fact , which she , _through her Secretary of State , promulgates to the whole world as true , that those _negotiations were founded in deception and falsehood , and superinduced by unjust and iniquitous motives .

      While Texas was a dependency of Mexico , the United States opened negotiations with the latter power for the cessiou of her then acknowledged territory ; and now that Texas is independent of Mexico , and has maintained a _separate existence for nine years , during which time she has been received into the family of nations , and is represented by accredited ambassadors at many of the principal courts of Europe , and when it has become obvious to the whole world that she is for ever lost to Mexico , the United States is charged with deception and _ihlsehood in aU relating to the past , aud condemnatory accusations are made against states which have no special agency in the matter , because the executive of the whole Union has negotiated with free and independent Texas upon a matter vitally important to the interests of both countries .

      And after nine years of unavailing war , Mexico now announces her intention , through her Secretary of Foreign Affairs , never to consent to the independence of Texas , or to abandon the effort to reconquer that republic . She thus announces a perpetual claim , which at the end of a century win furnish her as plausible a ground for discontent against any nation , which at the end of that time may enter into a treaty with Texas , as she possesses at tliis moment against the United States . The lapse of time can add nothiug to her title to independence .

      A course of conduct such as has been described on the part of Mexico , in violation of all friendly feeling , and of the courtesy which should characterise the intercourse between the nations of the earth , might well justify the United States in a resort to any measure to vindicate their national honour ; but , actuated by a sincere desire to preserve the general peace , aud in a view of the present condition of Mexico , the executive , resting npon its integrity , and not fearing but that the judgment of the world will duly appreciate its motives , abstains from recommending to Congress a resort to measures of redress , aud contents itself with re-urging upon that _Jiodyprompi and immediate action on the subject of annexation . By adopting that measure , the United States will be in the exercise of an undoubted right ; and if Mexico , not regarding that forbearance , shall aggravate the injustice of her conduct by a declaration of war against them , upou her head will rest all the responsibility . _Jonx Ttxub .

      Washington City , Dec . 19

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      J _ ATER FROM THE UNITED STATES . Lrv-Bpoon , Tuesday . — The British and Ivorth American royal mail _ateani-ship Acadia , Captain Harrison , arrived in the Mersey at an early hour this morning . Co . voBEss . _—AKXEXiTiojr . — -Another joint resolu tion , providing for the annexation of Texas to the United States , "in conformity with the treaty of 1 S 03 for the purchase of Louisiana , " was making way through the House of Representatives , having been introduced , read a first and second time , and referred to the committee of the whole house , in one day . The New York Herald states , that annexation would be consummated in the _coime of a few days by both houses , on a joint resolution , composed of that just noted and the plan introduced by Mr . Weller , and detailed in our previous summary . The Texian question would be called up in the house about

      the 30 th ultimo . No further agitation of the Oregon question had taken place . State News . —The " Anti-Rent" troubles in tbe state of New York continue , and are multiplying . Troops have been sent into the disturbed districts , and mischief is expected . The Senate of Missouri had _passed a joint resolution , loaning ( virtually giving ) a company of Oregon emigrants the two brass field pieces and arms furnished by the General Government to the state . The Ohio Legislature had passed resolutions opposing the annexation of Texas as unconstutional—as involving the country in an unjust war with Mexico—as rendering the United States liable for the debts of Texas—and as involving their country in guilt , and subjecting it to the reproach of cherishing , sustaining , and perpetuating the evils of slavery , by a majority of seven votes—the numbers being S 3 ; noes 31 .

      ayes , , Si _ vebt . —The slave-holders seem determined to check the Abolitionists entering their territories Miss Delia Webster , recently convicted of aiding slaves to escape at Lexington , Kentucky , has been sentenced io two years' confinement in the Penitenientiary ; tho Rev . Air . Torry _, at Baltimore , convicted of a Bimilar act , to several terms of confinement , amounting in the whole to seven years and three months ; and Mr . Walker , Missouri , and Mr . Kelly , in Virginia , have had tho like sentences passed upon them .

      I > BT . xm ? ui . _Steaji Boas Accrmm . —The Cfncftvnati Gazette ofthe 21 st ult . contains an account oi a disastrous collision between two steam boats , the one bound from New Orleans for Nashville , the othei from Memphis for that place , by which the forroti was entirely demolished . Her hull parted from her cabin and sank immediately ; the cabin floated of ! with the persons in it , and was landed a short distant * _, from the scene of tlie disaster : thirfy-one lives an said to have been lost .

      MEXICO . _IXTORTAXT _lN i : _WS .-MARCH 07 THB _KWOLCTIOK . - _AliEGED SECBEI COMMXATIOX 10 _UXITE _Ml-UCO _^ _Ttee _TxiiEB States !—Theaeconntslroin Mexico _SrSitS country to ho in a state _rfdjtiguj far greater than picvious _«^ unte 1 _^ _, _Hffi General Paredes , the insurgent general , isstated [ to have increased his force to 10 . _Wwg « ° A he _disalTection is said t * have spread . bauU _An .. a i au left Guadaloupe , with an army of ab _. _i . U " _^ number , on the 3 M ot _November _^ uei _^ where tho insurgents were concentrated , carrjir .

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      with him ft large sum of money . On the day of his departure he issued an address to the people of Mexico , which occupies nearly nine columns in El Censor of Vera Cruz , displays great tact , is written with much apparent candour , and abounds _inprofessiouB of patriotism and self-denial . He reviews the history of Mexico from 1821 to the present time , and takes for himsclt ' sunicient credit for his military and civil services during that period . He disavows having made any attempt to assume power , dissolve Congress , or usurp tho functions oi anv ofthe departments . He even affects to complain of the load 01 _respoiisibUities that had been thrown upon him by the plan of Tucubaya , which left him , for a tunc , with the weight ot * absolute authority nnnn his

      shoulders , lie protests that he has no desire to overthrow the basis of Tucubaya . He reiterates his determination to reconquer Texas , a subject which isto him , accordingto his own expression , exceedingly painful ( dolorosa ) . He disavows any misapplication ofthe public funds , and ends by declaring his belief that Providence , seeing the justness of his cause , WiU bring _hinitlu'Ough his troubles and enable him to achieve tho peace and prosperitv ofthe country , his own included . This is about the substance of what is said in the immense document before us , when divested ofthe egotism and pretension in which it is smothered . TlagCiila , _ApefcitotJa , and Chantempan , in the department of rucbla , had declared in favourof the movement in Jalisco , it is said . One

      letter states that it was momentarily expected that General Pedro Cortazar , residing at Celayai , in , th _£ state of Guanajuato , would conic" out in favour of the pian of Paredes . A letter from him had been intercepted , in which he expressed himself in strong terms against Santa Anna , declaring clearly that he is not fur him , and moreover so compromising himself that he has no other resource than to openly embrace the cause of the Revolutionists . Should this _proye true , Santa Anna has a popular and powerful oniecr arrayed against him . Meanwhile , the Provisional President had endeavoured , unsuccessfully , to procure the cooperation of Congress in quelling the disturbances ,

      unprovnigthc Treasury , and strengthening the bond * of unity with friendly Powers , the Assembly openly favouring Paredes , the revolting general . Congress adopted * a revolution on the ISth ult ., attheinstance and under the proffered protection of Paredes , holding the Provisional Government to its responsibility to the Legislature and the country , accoiinug to the 6 th article ofthe plan of Tucubaya . Senor Rejon , Minister of Foreign Affairs , the next day protested , in , the name ofthe Government , against this action of Congress , and remonstrated against the recognition of a right in any citizen , in open rebellion against the Government , to memorialize the Legislature upon matters of this nature . '

      The Nwe York Sun makes the following announcement of the existence of ' a secret society in Mexico , having for its ultimate object the annexation of that country to the United States , in which the most influential men of Mexico , together with Santa Anna , are joined : — " Somo time since a most singular document was placed in our possession , which we did not then use , partly because its contents wero not at our absolute disposal , aud partly because we did not give it the consideration to which subsequent events have proved

      it was entitled . It contained , iu full detail , the plan of an association , or secret society , in Mexico , whose members were mutually pledged to labour for the political and absolute union of Mexico with the United States of the North ( la union poh ' Cka y abso ' uta cntre lo $ Eslados Uuidos dd Norte y _Mixico ) , and gives the reasons for litis bold and original ( _ictcrmitmtion . The names appended aro among the most _iiiiiuciiti ' al in Mexico—men intimately acquainted with the spirit : ind _worlcing of our institutions . The following is a synopsis ofthe constitution of this society : —

      '" 1 . That secure , congenial , and perfect Republicanism is the best motive and nearest tie for political relationship . 2 . That liberty of person and conscience , security in all the rights of property and citizenship , and free encouragement , the pursuit of happiness and improvement , Town the just inheritance of every child of a true republic , and to secure this to all his countrymen should be the ardent desire of every patriot . 3 . These blessings are not fully enjoyed by the citizens of Mexico , in consequence of inoessant revolutions , while the United States repose tranquilly on the strength of permanent institutions . 4 . Foreign nations , talung unjust advantage of these intestine divisions , have involved Mexico in obligations to European Powers , which are disastrous to her prosperity and dangerous to the independence of an American Republic . That conditions growing out of tii 03 C obligations are continually imposed upon

      Mexico with an audacity and injustice which the same Powers would not presume-to offer to the United States , or to Mexico , if , like the United States , she Iiau been at peace with herself . 5 . Owing to the incessant civil wars , the unequalled natural resources of the country are undeveloped , induttry discouraged , and the education ofthe mass , the great lever of national elevation , is neglected in the same proportion that the same are cherished in the United States— -hence the prospects , unexampled in the history of the world , of the latter nation . 6 . To apply the civic strength [ la energia gobemadora ) oi the United States to the immense capabilities of Mexico would make the united nation the greatest empire in the world . This should be the object of all liberal republicans , and in this work every , patriot whose noble heart will not bound its benevolence by mountains and rivers will engage all its strength . '

      " The practicability of uniting the two national families is ingeniously set forth , and another day we will go into the views of' Young Mexico' more fully . At present we can only state our conviction that a secret society , having for its ultimate object a union of Mexico and tho United States , does exist . " _^ Very ike a whale !]

      MTER FROM MEXICO , Most Important . —Triumph op _ina _Rivolu-T 10 MBTS . —The Acadia brings the following important news from Mexico , via New York , where Mr . dishing had arrived from Vera Cruz , whicli port the vessel left on the 12 th ult . All accounts agree in representing Santa Anna ' s position as becoming most desperate . Nearly all the principal towns are said to have declared against him , whilst he seems to be quartered at Quertaro with only a small force . The revolution is represented as having passed off very quietly , no blood having been shed . Tho former revolution having beeu carried on by one party of military _acaiust another , resulted in niueh loss of life : but this movement coming from the people as well as

      from the soldiery , makes the thing general , and hence the little commotion of a disagreeable nature . Santa Anna is said to have but little chance of overcoming this movement , and it was a matter of conjecture whether he woidd attempt to escape , or deliver himself up . It seems that on the 7 th ult . Santa Anna was proclaimed Dictator , and all seemed to go on well , but , about mid-day , the troops barracked in the Aecordada Saint Francis , and the citadel , pronounced against Santa Anna and Canalizo ; at the head of the movement was General Don Jose J . Herrera , President of the Council , who addressed a proclamation tothe city , calling on it to sustain him .

      The whole Congress _immediatefy threw itself into the arms of Herrera , who immediately took possession _al the national palace without bloodshed . The Congress constituted its sessions permanent . The ex-Ministers fled . Canalizo ia in arrest at his own house . The statue of Santa Anna in the peristilo of the theatre was destroyed , and an attempt was made to break the bronze one in the Marlcet-plaee , but it was prevented by the authorities . On the next night General Herrera had it privately removed . The new authorities maintained perfect quiet . The Chambers aro represented as being occupied in devising means to remedy tho iiiealeulable injury the country has suffered .

      CANADA . The Canadian Parliament adjourned on the 20 th ult ,, for a period of seventeen days . The ltoya l _as-« ent had been withheld from the Secret Societies Suppression Bill , on the ground of its being arbitrary and unconstitutional ; auda hope was expressed that secret associations would be voluntanly terminated under the influence and exhortations ot tne Executive . The Montreal Herald chronicles renewed outrages by the labourers on the Lachlne Canal . Mr . Angus _M'Pherson , a merchant of Lancaster , had been attacked by a party of them , first witii stones and then with clubs , knocked down , cruelly beaten , and left for dead .

      GREECE . Foreign IsTEnrsnEscs . — Correspondence from Athens ofthe 31 st ult . announces that the ehiel subject of conversation in that capital is a note , said to lie communicated by Austria to the other great Power , directing their attention to Greek _attairs , r . nd suggesting that the following resolutions should be agreed to between then ; : — " 1 . That considering the dispositions obligatory which established the Hellenic _kingdom , the d'Jth article of the Constitution should lie repressed , which requires that tne

      heir to the throne should be of the Greek Cnuroi . 2 . That tbe Powers , being determined to- regaiti the present boundaries of Greece as decidedly _ixeU , disapprove any attempt to extend them . d . 1 _¦»" desinn" the consolidation of the Greek Monaichj , ihev should see with displeasure any attemp t to disturb the taUKUiillity of the interior . "

      Honour To T. S. Duncombe, Esq., M.P.. ¦

      HONOUR TO T . S . DUNCOMBE , ESQ ., M . P .. ¦

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      — >•» A _F ? LIG _SO _^ _EE _™ " be held at tho White Conduit House Ta vern , PontonYiUe , on Monday Evening , IX February the 3 rd ; the evening preyious to the meeting of Parliament , in honour of " the People ' s representative . ' . ' The following Members ' of Parliament are invited and expected to attend :. —T . Vfakley _, Esq ., J . Pattison , Esq ., J . Fieldeh , Esq :, A . Johnson , Esq ., J . Hume , Esq ., TV . S .. Crawford , Esq ., J . T . Leader , Esq ., J , -Humphrey , Esq ., and Sir B . Hall , Bart . Tba on ihs Tablb at Six O'Clook Precisely .. Tickets to Soiree—single , Is ; _6 d . ; . double , to admit a lady and gentleman , 2 s . 6 d .. The Ball Room will be open at nine o ' clock . Tickets for Ball only—single , Is . ; double , to admit a lady and gentleman , Is . 6 d . Ticketemay be obtained at the following places .- —Messrs . TV . Balls , 49 , Coppice-row ; Thorne , 2 , Prospcct-place , Upper Bflrnsbury-street ; Mason , Olerkenwell-green ; It . Cameron , 12 , _Domngton-streat , Brooks ' s-market ; J . Toome '; 20 , Guildford-strcet ; Stembridge , 12 , York-street , City-road ; E . Medley , 42 , Brick-laue , St . ' Luke ' s ; Guenigault , 11 , Lower Wharton-street ; Henley , Pultney-streot ,. Islington ; TVeedon , 68 , Chapel-Btreet , Pentonvillc ; Sharp , 47 , Tabernacle-walk ; Coleman , 19 , Aylcsbury-street ; R . Fuzzon , Margaret-street ; Gabbetis , Swan Inn , Ilighburv ; Kcnnilworth Castle ; Hopkisson ,. Temperance Coffeehouse , Little saffron-hill ; TaprcD _, 14 , _Smith ' s-bufldings , City-road ; T . Barratt , _Seei-otary to the Associated 'lrades of London , 20 , Greenfield-street , Commefcial-road ; Gamman , Secretary to the Cork Cutters , 15 , Northumberland-street , Marylebone ; Grassby , Carpenter ,, Running Horse , _Duke-strect ,. Grosveuor-square ; J . Bush , Secretary to the Carpenters , 1 , York-street , York-road , Lambeth ; T . M . Wheeler , 243 _^ , Strand ; J . Watson , Paul _' s-alley , Paternoster-row ; Hornby , 16 , Nbr _tha-nr-buildings , _Somei-s Town : Brown's , Hope Coffee-house , King-street , Snow-hill ; Colliver ' s Coffee-house , Holywell-street ; W . Bear , 22 , Fleet-lane ; Tillman ' s Coffee-house , Tottenham Court-road ; Dooley , Bell Inn , Old Bailey ; Clark ' s Coffee-house , Edgewave-road ; Green , Saville House , Leicester-square ; Rogers , Cooper , Lambeth-walk ; J . G . Dron , Oakley strcet ; Simpson , Elm-cottage , Camberwell ; J . Sewell ( opposite the Elephant and Castle ) , Kent-road ; Packer , News-agent , Harrow-road ; and at the Bar of the White Conduit Houso Tavern .

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      Loxdon . _—Progress of National Union . —We are glad to perceive that the principle of National Union among _& e working classes ia rapidly gaining ground . The Compositors of England , Ireland , and Scotland , heretofore consisting of many separate societies , have formed themselves , into one general body , to be called the . " National Typographical Association . " This is as it should be . ' The Compositors of the United Kingdom have gone to work in right good earnest , and set an example well worthy of imitation . We say to other Trades , " Forward ! and do ye likewise . " A general meeting was held at the National Hall , 242 , High Holborn , on Wednesday evening , Jan . 8 , when the following subjects were taken into

      consideration : —1 . Tho report of the delegates appointed on the 3 rd of December last , to attend the meeting of delegates at Mauchcster . 2 . The appointment of nine persons to constitute the board for the south eastern district of the National Typographical Association . 3 . The appointment of the treasurer and the secretary of the south eastern district . 4 . The nomination of offices which shall send twelve members to form the committee of the London Society iu connection with the National Typographical Association . 5 . The appointment of the president , secretary , and treasurer of the London Society ; and C . The weekly payments ofthe London members of the National Typographical Association . The meeting was very numerously attended . Mr . Monkhouso objected to non-members of tho late London Union of

      Compositors being compelled to pay five shillings on admission to the _" " National _^ Typographical Association . " He contended that free admission would induce all members of tho profession to join their ranks , and march on shoulder to shoulder , instead of being continually divided by bickerings and jealousies . In conclusion , he impressed on the meeting tho oft-repeated ( act , that the mischief in all trades is done by iho non-unionists and non-cmploycd members ; henco ill ' s anxiety to make the terms of admission within the reach of every member of tJie profession . After sonic further discussion ,-a committee was appointed , who are to adopt the best means in their power to ascertain the probable number of members who are willing to _joiu the Association ; aud tho terms of admission , we anticipate , will hu regulated by the result .

      The Provisional Committee of . Compositors , appouited at the above meeting , solicit from the fathers of chapels , and other members of the trade , immediate attention to the following regulations : — -1 . That a list ofthe names of those persons in each office who are willing to become members ofthe London Society in connection with the National Typographical Association , be forwarded to the Falcon Tavern , on or before Saturday , the _iSth _. orMonday , the 20 th inst . Individuals who may not have an opportunity of entering theirnamesonsuch office lists , may enter them at tho Falcon Tavern , on the evenings of those days . 2 . That no list or name will be received after ten o ' clock on the evening of the 20 th ; and only those persons who have then signified their intention to

      become members will have the power of voting for the required officers of the Association . The provisional committee also acquaint the trade that a general meeting of those persons who have given in their names , m conformity- with the above regulations , will be held at the British and Foreign School Rooms , Harp-alley , Farringdon-street , on Wednesday evening , January 22 , 1845 , at half-past eight o ' clock , for the purpose of appointing the district board , tho London committee , and the requisite officers ; and determining when tho subscriptions to tho Association shall commence in London . W . _Patut , chairman . — As a - misapprehension appears to prevau , which thei the

      might induce persons to withhold r names , provisional committee deem it right to observe , that all persons who are more than twelve months in arrear to the London Union arc admissible as members of the National Typographical Association mi the payment of five shillings entrance-fee ( two _smllings and sixpence to he paid on entrance , and . the remainder within the two following months ) . ! Persons who have not hitherto belonged to any society arc admissible on the same terms . Individuals who arc members of existing societies , and arc m arrcar less than five shillings , must pay up tho balance due , within six months after the commencement of the _AslioRiatiotH

      DUNCOUliE Tkstmosui .. —Cektiui . _Comuvtsub oi Trades , & c , Saville House , Leicester Square . — Wednesday Evening , January loth ; Mr . Grassby in the chair . —Messrs . Grassby and Symo reported that the Associated Trades of Loudon , on whom thoy had waited , had taken tho subject of a National Trades Delegation up , and moved to meet on Thursday , to further consider that question . The following sums were received : —Paper-makers of Maidstone , and other mills , per Mr . W . Baker , £ 11 18 s . 9 d .,- the Carpenters ofthe same town , 12 s Od . Mr . W . Balls moved that a soiree , in honour of T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., be held on the evening previously to the opening of the ensuing Session of Parliament ; seconded by Mr . Thorn . Carried . —The following five persons were appointed a sub-committee , to obtain cither tlie White Conduit House or tho Crown and Anchor Tavern , for the occasion .- —Messrs . W . Calls , Thorn , Conolly , Wheeler , and Stallwood .

      Aberdeen . —Co-operation Soiree . —ASoircc ofthe members and friends of the Aberdeen Association of Producers was held on the evening of Tuesday last , in the Hall , 33 , _G-corge-strcct ; Mr . Robert M'Intosh in the chair . Tho number present was about two hundred , besides a considerable sprinkling of juveniles , of whom no note was taken by the steward . After justice had been done to tho acknowledged excellence of the supplies whieh were funu ' _shed from the Association store , and after listening to some sweet strains from the orchestra , the business of the evening was opened by the chairman , who congratulated them ou tho goodly muster which the meeting presented of the friends ofthe eo-opcrativo principle , and stated , that although a great

      deal had not been done here , yet a beginning had been made , and he thought that tho present meeting bore evidence that it would soon be appreciated by the working classes , and carried out to its fullest extent , not only in Aberdeen , but everywhere else throughout thc __ country . After a few other remarks , the chairman sat down amidst the applause of the meeting . Mr . Robert Robinson then addressed them , and in a clear and forcible speech pointed out the good effects that would result to the producers of wealth if the co-operative principle were generally adopted , and , after expressing his satisfaction at the rapid increase that had taken place in the business , as well as in tho Association , since they opened their shop , 47 ) Callowgatc _, about six months ago , sat down amidst the hearty plaudits of the meeting . Nest followed Mr . Patrick Ironside , the salesman , who addressed the meeting in a neat and effective speech , remarkablo for the ereat humour with which it

      abounded . Mr . Ironside was heartily cheered when be sat down . —Mr . James Macpherson then addressed the meeting , and after stating the pleasure he felt at seeing _^ such a numerous and respectable meeting of the friends and members of the Association , and more especially at seeing so many of the fair sex present , said , ' that no good cause ever prospered that did not enlist in its favour female sympathy and support . It was so seldom however , said he , that they got their fair friends altogether , that he could notailbrd to lose the time he might be allowed to address them in bandying compliments , and would therefore state to them , as briefly as possible , what he considered to bo their duty , if thoy wanted to ensure the success of the Association ; he said that the wives , mothers , sisters , and daughters of the working classes of Aberdeen and the neighbourhood had the expending of all the money , or nearly all the money earned by them , which he believed amounted to upwards of ten thousand pounds weekly ; now out

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      of all this they were only getting about £ -10 a week ; which , although a good sum , and about three times tiie amotiut that they drew at first , yet was only as a drop hi the bucket compared to tho whole . Mr . M . then shewed that if they wanted to havo their children better fed , better clothed , and better lodged —if they wanted to have the means of giving them a better education—if they wanted to have the power of keeping them under their own hand , until their minds were move matured , and good habits formed , before they sent them forth to mix with a vicious and degenerate world , they would come promptly forward , and lend all the support in their power to this Association . They did not want them , he continued , to lose anything by supporting

      it ; they did not even call upon them to make any payment towards a share , unless they wore quite able and willing : all they wanted was , that they would take care not to spend one farthing of their money anywhere else , when the profits . on their trade would be placed to their credit , and as soon as it amounted to the price of a share they would become members , and enjoy all the privileges of members who had paid their shares in cash . Mr . Macpherson further said , that ho wished to guard against the idea that he bore any ill feeling against the shopkeepers , or that he wished to coerce them by these means . No , no—he saw that they ( the Association ) wero only using their own to * hel p themselves , and could not bo found fault with for so doing .

      But , said he , it may he thought that this is but a small affair to promise such mighty results . Let those who thought so , recollect that this was only the first part of their operations—that , as yet , they were only receiving the profit on consumption ; but even this was a great deal ; even iu this there was a principle at work for their redemption from social and political thraldom—a principle which would soon work out their emancipation , for , when oiific set a going , it was never idle ; it neither slumbered nor slept ; for , said he , the members of tliis Association cannot sit down to ' amca ! that has not paid its quota ; cannot put & n an article of clothing that has not paid its mite ; nay , the very bed on which thev rest their wearied limbs , has vielded its

      profit towards the purchasing of their freedom , and , through their freedom , the freedom of the whole human race . Yet this was only consumption ; but some eight or ten years hence , when they had a few thousand pounds to spare to set them a going , a concern of spinning and weaving , like the Braodibrd Works—when the members wiio would bo employed there appointed , by a committor , of their number , their own managero and . _oversowsr-i . _hc-ir i ) _Wjreceived their weekly wages as at present—bub when , in addition to that , they received at tho end of every six months the whole profits of the concern divided among them , instead of going into the pocket of an employer , then , and not till then , would this Association be in full operation . Mr . Macpherson continued for some time in the same strain , and

      then concluded by a powerful appeal to all present to come forward and aid , by every means in their power , in extending the influence and power ofthe Association . The meeting , which had been listening with the most breathless attention during this address , then gave one general burst ; of approbation . The body of the Hall was then cleared , and the young men iym _Tuahlera enjoyed tho dance for a couple of hours , when they separated in the highest good humour with each other , and all expressing a wish that they might soon again meet and spend such . -mother pleasant and profitable evening . Thus ended the first public appearance of this Association , wliich has been established by a few good Chartists , and i 3 likely to prosper , and become a stay and _protccs tion to the poor and oppressed in this quarter .

      Aggregate Meeti . vc or the _MANcnESiEB _BiiNo TiUDEs . —An aggregate meeting of tho P" ;{ , _y ~ Trades of Manchester was held in the , _""" _+ "i ? Hall , on Saturday evening , Jan . 1 H > " , § 1 So _considerato certain proposals ma _^ _VffiS 1 auhng , _Henfrey , and Co ., - t _, tcim / on _^^ tho tatters' and Joi _^ st , ikc could be ermiiiated . Mr . Hulnm the repmscntativo of tho gg . tcrs Docly , was _unanimously called to the chair . Tho delegates gav 0 in their reports ; after which a soinewium _stormy debate ensued , which ended by a resolution _, fo the effect thatthe subject should be laid before Jhf , members of the various trades at their _clubhouses , and their decisions , as to whether tho strike should terminate on the terms proposed , be brought to _anotlici' _antrT r ' ' lucet « 1 _& to be held , tor the puvpo & G , in the Haff , on the ' : ain ° Tuesday , Jan . 14 t _> at eight o ' clock .

      Leicester _Framework-kxitiers . —A large meeting of this oppressed body of operatives was held in the Town Hall on Monday , January 13 th ( by permission of tho Mayor ) , to consider on the best means of relieving the existing distress , and improving the condition of the Framework-knitters ; also the adoption of a plan to raise funds to carry out tho law case now pending iu the Queen ' s Bench , on the legality of stopping frame-rents out of the earnings of the workers . At seven o ' clock the large and spacious building was crowded to excess . Mr . T . Winters , secretary , was unanimously elected to the chair ; when Mr . T . Smith , of Leicester , moved , and Mr . Benjamin Humphries , of Nottingham , seconded tho following resolution : — " That this meeting views with alarm the rapid decrease in our

      wages—the'uncontrollable power invested in the hands of men to reduce mouey from our gross earnings ( to any amount ) , whether wholly or partly employed—the extensive practice of manufacturing spurious articles , and dressing them up as fashioned ones—the serious reductions that are mado by undertakers from tho warehouse price—the giving- out of yarn iu a damp state , and refusing to deduct the weight of waste yarn , although the same has been delivered out as good yarn;—and this meeting is of opinion that the best and most efficient means of relieving the general distress , and improving the condition of frameworkknitters , is by a total abolition of frame monopoly and frame charges—the establishment of local boards of trade—the giving out of tickets with tho work ,

      stating the weight and price per dozen or pouud , for the article to be manufactured—the stamping of all kinds of goods according to their quality—and the adoption of the allotment of land system , at ft moderate rent , according to the value of the land , and under a lease of fourteen years , subject to such restrictions as are necessary for the good cultivation of the soil , and the security of the rent and taxes . " Mr . G . Buckby moved , and Mr . J . Chawner seconded , " That it is the opinion of this meeting that the only safeguard against the present abuses of the trade being continued and perpetrated without moderation , is to have a legislative enactment for our protection ; and that this meeting is of opinion , that to advance such a measure , it is desirable that a code of suggestions be drawn up on the questions named in the first resolution , viz ., the abolition of all chargesthe delivery of a ticket with the work—a fair allowance for waste yarns—the stumping of goods—the

      establishment of local boards of trade , to arrange all matters pertaining to the manufacture of woollen , cotton , silk , thread , mohair , or any other kind ol hosiery—to settle disputes between masters and men concerning patterns , loss of time , inferior work , defrauds , infringement of patents , the violation of agreements iu prices aud _cmul ' ity of work given out to ho manufactured , & a . ; and the same to be laid before the Government , at or before the opening of Parliament . And that wc , the framework-knitters oi Leicester , strongly urge on all framesmitbs , sollers up , sinker-makers , needle-makers , ami others , to cooperate with us in forming and carrying on a consolidated union of all branches , for our mutual protection . " Mr . J . Johnson moved , and Mr . W . Stanley seconded— "That this meeting , sceinir the importance attached to the case now pending in the Court ol Queen ' s Bench , concerning the right of men deducting money from our gross earnings , irrespective oi our approval or consent , do hereby pledge ourselves

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      to subscribe for the carrying out o ?• .- » . we will also aid and ' assist to the utmost of our powers : by weekly contributions of one penny each ,, for . the _ . carrying out of the second resolution , and _earnestly . ' enjoin all friends to assist us in tliis great work ; . and . the same to be collected by the several secretaries of the districts or branches , or by tho general secretary !" —Mr . D . Lucas moved , and Mr . Bodil seconded" That this meeting returns its sincere thanks to . the press for their exertions in our behalf , _nndtoalUhosp gentlemen who have kindly aided us by pecuniary assistance ; and hope we shall continue to have their support in this or any other lawful movementinseek _« ing a redress of our grievances . "—All the resolution * enthusiastically adopted 1 iiIlrlllb 71 abll 4 _cauui

      were . _HMU ; U <* Uj' 'wu _. _Mbeti . vo dp ; : CoiLiKRS . _—Agitaihw pob _. _^ x _JEi _obi-Hoona ' . _'BjELv— -On Monday afternoon , a meeting of the Cdlliei's ' _uf'JJiie Bolton district was held- in the _spa-, cious ; yard of tlie beer-house of Mr . Richard Settle , Church Wharf ( adjoining the large gasometer ) , for the _purposo of petitioning Parliament for a restriction of labour to eight hours per day . There was a numerous attendance . Benjamin Emilton , an elderly man , Irom _Newcastle-upon-T yne , was called to the chair , and commenced _vriih a brief address , on the -. necessity oL , , ! H . _n a , u ? r ff _{ Lo wo _^ ing classes ( _amiespeci al ly among tho colhei's ) , to defend themselves against-tho - _ZSPi niL ? iflr l _? Hl » ter 8 _Uenry Ingham then

      - was called upou . He said that the Colliers of this country were an oppressed people , but that the greater portion of their sufienngs arose from their stupidity and ignorance , and that , before they could be placed in a proper position m society , a better irit of love —Ot brotherly , kindness—of confidence—would have to be infused amongst them . They were too apt to be jealous , and reject the advice of those who would do them good , and who were their best friends . One great grievance of which _thsv had to complain wm the hours of labour . Thoy had to toil twelve or fourteen hours a day , so tliaWfioy had no opportunity of enjoying rational amusement , or of cultivating their minds . This _wasagseat evil , and he wnnW

      have every collier remember that redress could alone come from themselves . There were persons who had the assurance to say that the colliers were too ignorant to know what was good for them ; but ho would have his fellow-workmen to inform these wise men , that they know , not _onlv when they _wsre robbed of a fair remuneration for their labour , but that they also knew eight horn's per day to" be sufficient for arman to labour in the bowels of the earth . All they wanted was justice between man and man ,, and they ought never to r _« 3 t satisfied until they obtained it in full measure . —James Pi-ice asked whether-any man in his senses could believe that the miliars ' of this country were lidding __ meetings , and subscribing without "

      money , having grievancesto redress 1 'i'heir opponents in the Tiress asserted that they were too ignorant to know :- when they had a ( air day's wages for a fair day ' s work , aud that their _okject was to take all control out of : the hands of the masters , so that they might be enabled to say we will _ha-ve-this , or wc will have that . Now , this was utterly untrue . The Manchester- Guardian stated that their wage would avevag * £ 1 pev week since the advance was made ; that they wero now asking f or a . further advance of 2 d . ; that , should it be obtained , they would _immediately'ask for lid . more ; that , whilst this struggle was-going on between the masters and the men , machinery would have to stand idle for want ' of fuel ; and . then the Chartists expected , to-obtain what

      they were aiming at , iu the state of anarchy which might Qii 3 uc . It was well known , however , that this was not a political question . All they asked for was a faic reward for their labour , and they were not to be diverted from it by such tricks as this . It had been said that they could get 8 s . a-day ; but if they had 5 s . they could not get a meeting like that ; and if they had 4 s . Mr . Roberts would soon cease to . be employed in their be-half . The fact was , that they had not , upon an _average , los . per week , nor even 12 s . He would challenge contradiction to what he said . The masters had obtained an advance of fourpence per cwt . from the public , aud had only given to the Collier an advance of ono farthing . What could they thinkthenof

      news-, , papers which had mado such statements as those of the Manchester Guardian ? They were about to petition Parliament for an Eight Hours' Bill ; but , in his opinion , they ought not to work more than four , if four were sufficient to supply the demand , and for that four they ought to have wages to provide them with the necessaries and the comforts of life . Now , in Yorkshire , the Colliers were contributing one shilling per week tothe funds ofthe union : and if the whole body , say 40 , 000 , would do the same , they would have a fund sufficient to purchase land , and employ surplus labour , and thus wages might be kept up . The association was daily on the increase , yet the Manchester Guardian asserted that the Colliers

      were tired oi * supporting it . He could mention ono district _. whera formerly only £ . 10 could be received in a . fortnight , but where £ 70 had _i-. u « - j-,- _"^ _h received , _Wsm H _^' - -, v _oi « ecay < _i \ ow , as to _riie'Jiight Hours' Bill , he should like to ask what they would do if Parliament refused to sanction it ?—( A voice in the crowd : "Why , we'd pass it ourselves . " )—That was just the thing he should like to be done . But were they sufficiently united and determined to carry it out _? Would they put the _qiock back , or give the banksman a pint of ale to lot them Bend up another tub a day 1—( Laughter ) , tie would not say that they would accomplish the " . _jassin Of an Eight Hours' Hill either this year Or next ; _* but _, if they remained true to themsol _» " tiicy would

      assuredly triumph in the ciid- _(^ iarj e ' Parkinson , a Collier from the county oi l > , . j , „ next addressed the meeting , and was follow- by John Ottie , a Yorkshircman _, who assorted that he knew one colliery where each tub held f _a cwt _ of coa ] and whcre tlie men had to supply ' six of these tubs to llie tou . n 0 also stated that b _^ . i _geen the J / _anc / ie * tcr Guardian when m _» tiinv jr ( lshire ) and tllat t ] lc statement it mado _about * fuudg of ( he asa 0 eiaH - _' nmnff tho eontro _„? _^ ¦ _•* , •• : um oemgunaer Mr Rorl ' ° certa " \ J _^ _tiea was utterly untrue ' _, eeived _S ? " i 7 _^ _^ form , and was re _„ _" - - , ' ----- Cheering . After some preliminary _iV . _uarKs _, he stated , that in liis opinion the working classes of this country were never before so _thoroughly convinced of the benefits of union as at the nrescnt

      moment ; and if they were but honest to each other , no power on earth could resist their just demands _, in this , however , they had too often failed . Ther had allowed their fcltoiv-workmcn too often to be crushed by the power of wealth ; but ho rejoiced to say , -, hafc they were now taking a higher and a nobler position . They were beginning to look upon the wrongs of their fellow-men as injuries inflicted upon themselves ; and from this period he believed the working classes would hereafter date their generation . Formerly , ignorance of their own position led them , when oppressed , to resort to brute force ; but now union had led them to ascertain that there was law lor . the poo ? man _m well as iW the rich , and

      through it they were content to defend their ri ght * . A few years ago , _jfthcy were discontented , the masters treated their complain * ' _witli contempt , well knowing that if they left work hunger _70 l , ld _make them return to it even upon worse terms than t _^ 1 _^ upon which they had left . But now these complaints were laid before a delegate meeting ; and , if the people wero oppressed , their cause was taken up by the whole district , and thus the employers were made to fuel that they could not do wrong in connection with the stability of the union , and that was injudicious strikes . When one colliery struck , it was the duty of other collieries to support the hands out of employment ; but then care

      should be taken that this be not too frequent , otherwise the extent of the levies would cause discontent , and the destruction of the association . A strike should not take place , except from some act of gross tyranny , and thcu , the sympathies of others would be drawn towards the oppressed , and support would ho cheerfully granted . Iu _Northumberland and Durham , tho union had been almost destroyed by an indiscriminate strike . It was thus that strikes got into disrepute ; but when nude upon sufficient grounds , and with discretion , they were the honour and tho strength ofthe working clauses . Tho union had now existed eighteen months , and was at this moment stronger than at any former period ; and if

      improper strikes were avoided , it would prove a great boon to the colliers as a body . Let the newspaper which had been alluded to , point to a strike at any one colliery which had not been successful against the master . Let them , then , act with prudence and care . Let them avoid general strikes ; and , when they found it necessary to resist the oppression of one master , or the masters of ono district , they might rely upon doing it with success . When they had anything to complain of , let them meet their masters in a spirit of kindness—in a spirit of mutual dependence—and never resort to a strike until all other means have failed . Having done this , they would enter the

      upon struggle with a feeling that they were in the right , and thev could bear their privations with a cheerfulness whieh other circumstances would not secure . Let them pursue an honest and straightforward course , and care nothing what the press , or other opponents , might say against them . With no cause for distrust , let them repose implicit confidence in tlicif officers . From what had been said by a certain newspaper , it was suggested to him that a resolution should be proposed , expressive of confidence in these oflicers ; but his reply was , that the best resolution was to bo found in the report , where the delegates again confided the affairs ofthe Union into their bauds .

      Tonx-OBTs at Bunr . — The hands at Messrs . Walker and Co / a foundry still remain out . They , together with the turn-outs at Messrs . Simpson , BJond , and Howarth ' s , meet daily iu the large room at the Have and Hounds public-house , fop of liolton-street , Bury . Tlie number of turn-outs is upwards of 400 . The hands at Mr . Hartley's cotton mill , at Heywood , resumed work on Tuesday niorniiiff , the dispute having been amicably arranged . The hands at Mr . John Hilton Kay's " mill , who turned out for a small advance of wages a month ago , are still out . YoRKsmitE meeting of the the Gritiin Inn the 27 th day of in the mornin

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