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      0 W 8 N Glt . ntjwb . —We have no room . Silk Twisxees' Tpbn Out . —We have received a letter from the silk twisters of Castle Mills , . Edinburgh , stating that they have * ' left work in consequence of an enormous reduction , and cautioning all silk tunsters in other places not to be entrapped by any flattering prospects held out to them" We cannot insert it . It might be prosecuted . ^ b . Wx . Bthsell , late ofNotHngham . We last week requested this gentleman ' s address ; tee have not yet received it . His brother Chartists of Nottingham have this week wished us to join their request to our own , that he will communicate his exact address so that letters may reach

      him . ^ Ko >' -Elector , Portsea , asks , if a widow being an occupant of a house entitled to vote , can use that vole through her son , who is beyond the age of 21 ystrrs , and aim as a freeholder for the county . Certainly not . Johs Waikins , in answer to the numerous kind initiations which he has received , begs to say , that it trill be a month before he can leave town , as he has logo the round of all the London localities first . Re will , if possible , visit every place from which he receives an invitation , and due notice of time will be given in the Star . J , A . of Colne , wishes an answer from Genrge Picketing , of Nottingham , respecting an inquiry sent to him in the beginning of lasimonlh . Ov& Glasgow Cobsespoxdent will be good enough to let us know his address .

      Halifax . —It is particularly requested that any lecturer coming to Halifax , will give jive day ' s notice thereof . All communications to be addressed to B . Bulterly , sub-Secretary , Back Albion-street . Mr . O'Coxkos is particularly requested by ihe Chartists of the Halifax district , to give timely notice of his ( long looked for ) visit to that place , ~ it beino in contemplation to hold a public meeting on the same day , ( which we promise will be no " waster ") for the purpose of carrying out therecommendation of the late Convention . Chablss Cossob -wishes to know ihe address of the sub-secretary of the Durham Charter Association Mr . Connsrs address is Back Bongales Bishop Auckland . Ii . C . O . — Blacksmith or no blacksmith , he is welded as effectually as his own hammer could hate dene it . It will require the " swage" of death to part them .

      FcfSBCBT . —All persons who have given in their names for subscriptions to the expenses of the demonstration , and have not paid them in , are requested to do so immediately , or their names Will be returned as defaulters . < TOHS BlNSS , Halifax . —We have received his letter . If the occupation of censure and misrepresentation can please him and his friends , we have-no objection to be made the subject-matter of their amuiesaent . It may keep them out of more mischievous employment ; but we shall not print his l e tter , because we perfectly accord with his opinion , thai * it is unfair for the readers of the Siar to be every week compelled to buy whole columns of personal abuse . "

      W . GlLLHfDSH , Swinton . —The cards of membership , andlhe plan cf organization of ihe N . C-A * , may be hadfrem the General Secretary . H . Mole , Bedditcb . —His letter and enclosure is _ received . Ttianks . E . Mobga ^ j MJD . Bath . —We have receivedhis letter , but he must excuse our publishing it . We intend not to give that person any possibility of hereafter complaining tfuit we publish misrepresentations of hi * acts . MeI G . J > Habsst , Hartsheadi Sheffield , Newsagent offers to receive contributions towards aiding Mr . Holyoeke , ( who has been committed for trial on a charge of Blasphemy , J in his trial which takes place en the 29 : o inst . He will notify & ~ in the Star any sums he may receive for this

      purpose . East axd North Riding . —Edward Burley wishes to inform ihe Charlisls of the East ar . d North IHaings , that in accordance with the resolution of the delegate meeting , he has succeeded in engaging Mr . Bairstotc as lecturer for the above district , and that as Mr . Bairsiow ' s present engagements will not be completed for nearly three weeks , it will be impossible for him to commence his duties in the East and North Riding district , until Monday the 27 th of the present m o nth , tehen he will be in Leeds .

      lur . M oslixg asd Job Scott , are both very angry with Mr . Alien * of Brighton , for his letter in last week ' s Star , They both put into Mr . A Hen ' s mouth assertions which are not contained in his letter at all , and they found their animadversions upon those statements of their own . They com pain of the Star ' s being made a vehicle for personal abuse and misrepresentation , and at the same time send Utters to it filled with nothing but persgnal abuse and misrepreserilalion . They will not , of ceurse , be surprised to find their letters uninserled .

      W . R . Birmingham . —We have better employment for our tone than to answer silly question for the deciding of wagers . WilDixo >\ 0 / Manchester , will not hold himself responsible for any disappointments that may occur by parties announcing his attendance as a lecturer thro * igh ihe Siar or otherwise , not having previously obtained his consent , although he is ever desirous of obliging his friends to the best of his ability , and of promoting the cause ^ of ' Chartism , when he can do so without infringing upon his other duties . Aptmttam JSoexb . —His letter is a very proper one to send to the paper to which it is addressed , but for us to insert it , might be construed into an ettaile upon that paper . This we most carefully avoid .

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      SiiSMSGLSY . —One Shilling . Jakes Arthur . —Cannot say exactly , but suppose before ti * e month is out . Johs West , Lewes . —Send an order and cash to this office for all plates wanted , say at same time ihe cheapest mode of conveyance , and the order shall be attended to . Wh . Cook . —Only Pest-rffice orders need to be made payable to John A rdiil . J . Thormos , Halifax , —Yes . 70 S . THE DISTRESSES STOCKPOB . T SPINSERS . £ & d . Frozi Wm . Clark , Edgeware-road , London 1 0

      FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Prom Josep h Morga n , f rocer , 4 , Csurch-st . Dc-ptford , being proceeds from eood 3 PURCHASED of him BY THE CH . ARI 1 STS . ... ,.. 6 2 FOR MRS- TROST , MRS . "WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JOKES Prom Leith , being amount collected at the Demonstration en Leith Lmks , on Sunday last , Jans 5 : h , per J . Ferguson , Jan . ... ... 12 6 ? OR H 2 . HI > -D £ S , OF SBOREHAM . Froa V : e ~ S . CA . Newark . per T . Simmtt 5 0

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      WARWICK . —An open air public meeting was held here , on the Tine Bowling Green , to petition against the New Poor Law , and to the dismay of many Whifc * who got sp the meeting , the Chairman called on Mr . Donaldson , a Chardat , to read . the petition , who did so , hut previously begged to slaie that the petition was for a total repeal of that atrociocs Act , which was inflected upon the country daring the late Whig administration . He ( Mr . D . ) knew foil Well it was utter folly to expect that the present House of Commons would listen to the prayer of this petition any more than to that of the three and a half millions of Chartists . No ; but

      there was anotner le ? son to be learned , and which hefoend many around him warned to be tan ^ hs , namely , that until we had a total organic change in tke niiional legislation system we neTer can expect either justice to the people or prosperity to the eonntry . The People ' s Charier alone contained those principles of truth and ev

      assisted in concocting i » . However , now is the time for the people to mark the perndy and moral turpitude of bo : h factions when the plunder of the poor fas to be perpetuated I Now is the time for the People 10 judge of the value of the Charter , aa a ffieaas to put an end to the crucifixion of the poor between the two thieves . He proposed the adoption ° f this puuion merely as a means of instruction to tte people . Mr , S . L . Price seconded the adoption cf the petition in a very able and talented speech , lad read numerous extracts from newspapers and Aets of Parliament . The spt * kers were listened to with _ the greatest respect and attention , and the petition wa 3 adopted nnanimonbly .

      ,- Wolteehahpion . —A glorious meeting was held mWolTtrhampton , on "Wednesday evening , seyeral thousands attended . Mr . vVk , of Dadley , Mr . Mason , Mr . Liuney , and Mr . M-= gg . headed a proeession , and traversed the piiuwpal street ? . The Meeting W 43 held in the Old Gardens , a large space of grciiiid in the suburbs of ihe town , A great number of members mre enroled .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE hORTEERK STAR . SiR , —I beg to can the ctt micra of the Kationa Charter Association to the " Adniees to the Inhabitants pf Baa , " in Ns . £ 1 , of the XutLxai FirMicator , ApTlScQ , 1342 . A Bath CaAUTJST .

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      LANDLORDISM IN MEATEt Oar Navan Correspondent informs via that on Sa - tnrday , the 28 th May , twenty-four individuals were cast dm from their wretched oabira , at Alexandriad * near Navan , by their landlord , Mr . Arthur M . Kenna , of Dublin , who is said , to be a liberal in politics . The crimes of the unfortunate wretchea thrown upon the world is comprised , according to our correspondent , ia the fact , that their miserable cabins were considered an eye-Bore up « n the lands . The following is a list of the persons ejected : — Widow Cochlaa , an enfeebled old woman 1 Widow Solly , and three children ... 4 John Coohlan , wife and three children ... . ! . 5 - Bich&Td Walsh , wife & family ( we believe ) 2 4 Patrick Ward , wife and three daughters 5 Widow Mooney , and one daughter , ... „ . ... 2 TThomas Grant , and wife ... 2 Thomas Grant , senr ., upwards of 80 jra . of age 1

      24 One of the men employed by this charitable landlord to scatter to the winds the roofs which was ereoted to shelter the inmates was nearly crushed to death beneath ihe ruins of one of tha ca . bins ; he now lies in the county infirmary . The wretched outcasts , including the " Widowed and the Fatherless , " and the poor old creatures turned out to die , are-at pressnt living in the ditches under the shelter of so much of the ruins as they « ould make available to their purpose . Many persona have gone from the town and country arouad to view the scene of desolation—a scene well calculated to fill the hearts of the beholders with an abhorrence of the system which permits sueh a violation of tho 3 e natural rights of man , which , are far more sacred than any derived from the laws of human structure . Surely , surely it is time for the law to interfere , and teach landlords that if they have rightB , they have also duties w perform . —Drogheda Argus .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesdat , June 7 . lord JLissxi ' SLD inquired to whom the distributions the subscriptions "were to be entrusted , which were collected and collecting in consequence of the Queen ' s letter ? The Daie cf Wellington replied , that the « ubscriptiena were to be distributed by the Committee for tis Belief of Manufacturing Distress , which has been in existence since 1825 . The money already subscribed by the Queen and the members of the Government had been handed to the committee , who had also furniibed the funds -which had been sent ; down to Burnley . The Earl of Radkor moved for a return of all sums advanced fey Government for the relief of distress ince 1826 , and made some Teinarfes on tha impolicy of the Government advancing money 'without the control of Parliament . Lord Monteagle explained the course ¦ which had been adopted on former occasions by the Government .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , June 7 . "WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MINES AND COLLIERIES . After presenting two petitions in favour of the exclusion of females from coal pits , from the vicar and several pariahioners of Islington , and from the vicar and inhabitants cf Cheltenham , and other places , Lord Ashlet , pursuant to notice , proceeded to move for leave to bring in a bill for -introducing certain regulations as to the age and sex of persons admitted to woik in mines and colleries . His Lordship observed that he was sure it would not be deemed presumptuous in him , ¦ when he said , that in bringing this matter before the House , he felt certain of obtaining the attention of tb . 8 Houser- ( hear ) . The novelty of this subject , its mag nitude , the deep and solemn interest which it excited

      throughout the country , and tha consideration of its Tital influence on the welfare of bo larpe a portion ef our countrymen were circumstances of themselves sufficient t « obtain for this matter the attention of every gentleman present . He might add th" much as * to himself , that there was some little reason why he was thus prominent in bringing the matter before Parliament . The report on the table of the House was the first report of the commission which he had the honour to move for in August , 1840 . It was quite impossible for any man , whatever his station , who had a heart in his boBoja , to read the details of this awful document without a combined feeling of shame , terror , and indignation . ( Hear , hear . } He would dwell on the evil itself , rather than on those who

      might be accused of having been , in some measure , the authors of it An enormous mischief had been discovered , and an immediate remedy must be devised , and he felt sure that wnan ones an effectual remedy had been applied , there would take place such a revival of good feeling between master and man—between the wealth and want—between tha rulers and the ruled - as would conduce to the restoration of social harmony a n d happiness , and , under Qod ' B blessing , to the permanent security of the empire . ( Hear , hear . ) When he moved for this commission , he ventured to state to the House the extensive and important character of the information that would be derived from the inquiry , and his expectation ou this head had been areply fulfilled . Oibcr reports to come would develope more

      fully the whale length and breadth of our perilons position , but he might say ex pede Herculem ; the present report Bhowed the Bocial and physical miseries which were engendered by the present system , and the inevitable deterioration of the British race . ( Hear , hear , heir , hear . ) It exhibited a very important feature of our national condition , moral , social , and religious . He was aware that it might be said that vice was not a thing cf to-day , that danger vas no new thing to tfiis conntry ; but the vice , the horrors , which this report exhibited , and the consequent daasjer to out social condition , were of the most alarming character The danger in this case was not to be considered comparatively ; it came before them in an absolute form .

      Our forefathers had to deal with thousands , we with millions . Parliament most apply itself boldly , faithfully , and immediately to the evil , or it would grow to so enormous a height as to be insuperable by any efforts w hateve r , whether of genius or power . He would now proceed to the statements he had drawn tegether from tha report , te show the condition ' of the working people in the mines and collieries of the United Kingdom ; and to poLut out what he thought might afford an amelioration cf that condition . In doing this it would he necessary for him to detain the House by long , and , peibaps / somewkat wearying details ; but he was sura the importance of the subject wonld be admitted as his jostifi . ca . tion . He thought the House would agree with him toatit was better the case saould be st-ited in the

      form of evidence , rather than that it shonld be made out by any attempt at declamation—( hear , hear ) . His Lordship then went into a lengthened exhibition of the horrible and revolting statements of facts made by the Commilbioners and the witnesses before them ; many of which we have already published from the evidence . Afte ? which he continued : —Strong as soias of these statements were , the commissioners had not by any means told the worst of tbo story . They could not commit to print for general circulation all that they imw , or all that could be known . It did r . ot require a very vigorous imagination , after hearing what had besn made public , to conceive that a state of things existed not on 2 y disgraceful , but injurious to the country . To remove , or even to

      mitigate these evila , required the vigoroua and immediate interposition of the legislature . Such an interposition was loudly demanded by the public virtue , the public honour , the pabiic character , and he rejoiced to say , the public sympathies . Never since the first disdoanres cf the horrors of the slava trade had there been a stronger or warmer feeling than had been exciteff on this sur jdet throughout the length and breadth cf the land—( hear , hear . ; Some legislative interposition was needed by those well-intentioned and honest proprietors of mines who were anxious to introduce ameliorations amoBg their own workmen , but who , from long established prejudices , found themselves unable ; to do it . There were many gentlemen of . this description ; and he was quita certain , from what he heard , from

      lttters and from private commnniestions , that these parsons wonld b&il the present bill with alacrity and pleasure . He proposed by bis bill to cut off the principal sources of the present evils . No doubt much wonld be left for fature legislation , but some of those evils were so monstrous that they would admit of no del * y . They were evils which would be disgU 3 ting in a heathen country , and which were intolerable in one professing to call itself Christian . In the first place , then , he would propose the total exclusion of all ftsmalfa from the mines and collieries of this country . Ha thought that every principle of religion and every fee 2 icg of inman nature called for this . He knew of no argument wlr . ch could be urged against it , except that which was founded on the purest and most

      complate selfishness . Ho believed that very few had any real interest in keeping up this practice , bnt there were some interested parties who wis > h to keep females still in the pita , ami he would lika the Honse and the courstry to know the motives of those who desired to continue this shameful aud intolerable system . The f allowing appeared from vhe evidence of the working prop ' . e themselves : —" Girls and women never get coals , and always remain drawers , and are considered to ba equal to ba'f a man . " " Prefers women to boys ( . says another collier ) , they are better to manage , and they never get to be coal getter ?; that is ansther good thing . In the east of Scotland girls are universally set at an earlier age than boys to their peculiar labour , from a notion that girls are more acute and capable of making themselves useful at an earlier age than boys . The temptation to employ women arises from their

      wages being lower than that of males . The underlooter at Mr . Woodley ' s states ? r easo n why women are used so frequently in the coal pits is , that a girl of twenty will work for two . shillings a-day , or less , and a man of tb ^ t e ^ a would want three shillings and sixpence . It makes little d ; SVrtnco to the coal master , he pays the same whoever does the work ; same weald say he got his coal cheaper , but I am cot of that opinion ; the only difference is that the c llier can spend Is . to Is . 8 i . more at the alehouse . ' Ween a lad gtts to be half , he is all for geiting coal , Lut a lass never expects to be a coal getter , and that kfceps her stBady to her work . " Let the House look at tha mischiefs which resulted from the tm « payment of woibe p . It "was anything bai an economical arrangtuieBt " Elspce aB < l Thompson can say , to my own c < 4 t , that tbe bains are . much , aeg-

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      lected when both parents work below , for neighbours , if they keep the children , require as much as women sometimes earn , and neglect them . " M . T . Sadler , Esq ., Barnsley : " I strongly disapprove of females being in pits ; the female character is totally destroyed by it ; their habits and feelings are altogether different ; they can neither discharge the duties of wives nor mothers . I see the greatest difference in the houses of those colliers whose wives do not go into the pits . " Mr . Wooa , the sub-commissioner : " The result of my inquiries la in every case to show that the employment of female children and young persons in such labour shuts them out entirely from all useful and necessary knowledge ; the wives are so little capable of rendering a home comfortable , that the husband is constantly

      driven to the alehouse , where arises all tke evil 3 of drunkenness to themselves and their families : from this source a fearful deterioration of the moral and physical condition of our working population is rapidly taking place . " The advantage of excluding vromeu from the mines was not a matter of mere speculation . Tkere was Btrong testimony to prove it from experience . He would quote the evidence of Mr . James Wright , the manager , a highly moral and intelligent man , and from what ha had heard , he ( Lord Ashley ) did not believe that an honester man could be found in the kingdom . Mr . Wri gh t s a id , " Four years ago I superintended Mr . Vatnsay ' s mints ; females and young children were excluded . A vast change in the comfort and condition of the colliers who availed themselves of

      the new regulations . Some families left at the period , being desirous to avail themselves of the labour of their female children , many of whom have returned , and the colliers are much more regular than heretofore . " This was confirmed by the evidence of Thomas Hynd , coal-hewer in Mi . Sundae ' s pits , who said , " When Mr . Maston first issued the order , many men and families lefs , but many have returned , for they find now the roads are improved , and the out-put not limited ; they can earn as much money , and get homes ; many of the fema ' ea are gone to Beivice and prefer it' * There was some further evidence from Mr . Wright , which showed the brutalised state of feeling which had been created by the employment of women . Mr . Wright said : "Iftel confident

      that the exclusion of females will advantage the collier ia a physical point of view ; " for what reason did the House think ? He had never met with a more disgusting fact 5 but the statement was this : Inasmuch as the males will not work in bad roads , females are brought only where no man can be induced to draw or work ; they are mere beasts of burden . " It was , i n deed , time to remove this monstrous blot from the face of the country . Mr . Wright continued : " This will force the alteration of the economy of the mines ; owners will be compelled to alter their system ; they will ventilate better , and make better roads , and so change the system as to enable men , who now work eight days a week , to discover their own interest in regularly employing themselves . " All this was confirmed fay the statement *

      of an Honourable Friend of his , Mr . Hutton , of Button , who had been in the possession of pits for five-andtweDty years , and had never suffered females or children of tender years to enter them . The consequence was that the population around those pits was in a stato of greater comfort , and distinguished by a better morality than the people of other collieries . Mr . M&xton , cf Armhton , and Mr . Hunter , tha mining oversman , state that , " in consequenco of a new- ventilation , and an improved mode of railing roads , a man and two boys take nearly as much money as when the famfly were below , and many of the daughters of miners wee at a respectable service . " Mr . Maxton , of Armiston , again : " Women ought to be entirely disused under ground , and no boys ought to ba

      permitted to go below under twelve years of age . These have been the rules in this colliery for some time past , and already the good effects are bebg felt . The houseB of the workmen are clean and comfortable ; the children are well looked after by their mothers ; the youDg women are going out to service ; and the whole work-people have a better moral aspect Colliers prior to our regulations migrated in proportion to one-fourth , now not one tenth . ' * Mr . James Wright , manager to the Duke of Buccleucb : — " Since young children and females have been excluded from his Grace ' s mines , we have never had eccasiofi to increase the price of coal . " The ntxt point in his bill would be to exclude all boys under thirteen years of age . This might be called the weak point , or at least the point of the greatest

      difficulty . The House would allow him to state why he fixed upon the age of thirteen for exclusion . The Factory Act prohibited the full labour , a labour of twelve hours a-day , for any one uriier thirteen years of ago , In cotton and woollen manufacturing districts there were frequant complaints of a deficient supply of younger children , because they wera carried off to printworks and collieries , to which the law did not extend . Hence it was said that an unfair distinction was made between tbese different departments of industry . He felt extremely anxious to p ' ace them all upon a level , and he hoped that one effect of his bill would be , that children would be drawn away in sufficient numbers from the coal pits to allow twe different sets to be tng&ged at six hours a-day , who Would prsfsr four

      hours each in the c * tton and woollen factories . The evidence went to shew that fourteen years of age ought to be the minimum age for working in the collieries , and his { Lord Ashley's ) own feelings would lead him to adopt that age ; but as thirteen had been fixed by the Factory Act , he was content to take thu saino for the present Bill . It would readily ba seen that childreD , under thirteen , must be wholly excluded from the mines . If they were once allowed to go down they weuld be wholly in the power of the miner . No sort of controul could be exercised—no regulation of this labour could be enforced , and nothing short of actual prohibition would protect them . Anything like subterranean inspection was altogether impossible —( hear , hear )—and if it were possible , it would not be saftf .

      Whatever might be the case twenty-five years hence , when it might be hoped that the character of the collier would be improved , at U 19 present moment , he < Lord Ashley ) would not like to be the inspector for the purpose of enforcing regulations distasteful to the miners . Those people had a morality and policy of their own . " Cases have occurred , '' says Dr . Mitchell , " where diabolical characters have deranged the gear during the night .... and , in consequence , the first party descending has been daBhed to pieces . Perso n s , " says the sub- Commissioner , " who have done actions not very heinous , have been knewn to take shelter in the mines ; and there are few constables that would willingly go down after them . " One of

      the dangers of employing young children in the mines would appear from the foilowing extract : — " With all the precautions , explosions take place , and more than one hundred people have been killed at a time . " And no wonder , " for all the expedients devised to secure the safety of the mine may be counteracted by allowing one single trap-door to remain open ; and yet in all the coal miKes the care of these trap-doors is entrusted to children of from five to seven or 6 ight , who , for tfis most part , sit , excepting at the moment when persons pass throngk these doors , for twelve heurs consecutively , in solitude , silence , and darkness . " There was abundant evidence to show that children in the mines

      were wholly at the mercy of tbe miners . Children are left , in many instances , altogether to butties or overlookers , " who are invested with power to bargain fur , dismiss , and use the children as they please . With very few exceptions , the proprietors and their agents take no charge whatavar of the children , and neither know nor care how they are treated . " The evidence showed in the strongest manner that tho chiJdren dare not complain , or even tell ef ill-usage . With respect to the use of punishments . " Punishments , " remarks the sub-commiBsioner , " are said , ia parts of tbo West Biding , never to be allowed ; bat how are they . prevented ? The colliers work alone , in dark and secluded places , at great distances trom each other , where they have opportunities of inflicting them when and how

      they please . " " From the nature of the employment , " 8 ija another , " and the difficulty of superintendence , cases of punishment and cruelty sometimes happen , whieh never reach the cars of the employer ? . " In reference to the age at which children should ba suffered . to work in mines , Mr . John Thompson , mining oversman , said— " Coal work is at be 3 t of an o ' er sair kind , anil few lads can acquire the knowledge of ' heaving , ' or have good strength to ' put , ' till fourteen years of age . Colliers frequently exbaust themselves and children ; if regular , they would not need the assistance of such quantifies of infant labour . ' * It appeared that coiliors who overworked their children , frequently worked only eight or nine days in the fortnight themselves . The remainder

      of their time they devoted to drinkincr , gambling , cock-fighting . If they were prevented from taking their children down inta the pits , they < ronld fiud ont some better way of attaining their end . The next important provision in his bill would be , tha t n o one should ba employed as engineer but males of twentyone years of age . The whole subject of accidents in coal mines was of the greatest importance . The subject aad been inquired into by a committee of the House of Commons , but no remedy bad been applied . The matltr , however , must be looked into , or many more lives would be sacrificed . " The accidents which occur ( says the sub-commis 3 ioner in the mining district of South Staffordshire ) are numerous ; and to judge from the conversation which one constantly hears , we

      ruieht consider the whole popula ion as engaged in a campaign . The risk is constant and imminent . It is a life ( says a collier ) of great danger both for man and child ; a collier is never safe after he is swung off to be let down the pit . In 1838 , in fiity-five districts of reg istration , 349 deaths , of which eighty-eight only were caused by explosion or suffocation , the rest through the unguarded state of the pit ' s mouth , the badness of the ropes , the mismanagement of the drawing engine , and the accumulation of water in the mines . " He wished particularly to draw the attention of-the House to the fact that tho miners were drawn

      up and let down in b&sfefeta moved by the steam-engine at the pit ' s mouth . This engine was frequently lefc in charge of children , twelve , eleven , and even nine years of age . Lst tha House hear the result of such a practice . The anb-c&mnussioner said : •¦ It is common in Derbyshire , as ei 3 ewhere , to employ very young children as engineers to let down and draw up the work-people . I have met with children only ten years old , having the lives of colliers left to their mercy ; and have seen others so inattentive to their outy , as to let the corve te drawn over the puTey , and half a ton of coala be thrown do <* a the staifc . Th *»* children , draw up w Ut dowa sis at ft Kaie . Its

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      accidents were numerous . " James Warreuer a miner " The worst thing tliat has ever been brought about against the colliers , is in the masters employing little bits of lads as engineers ... ttntU a man has come to maturity of age , and to know tbe value of a man ' s life , be is not to be trusted with the management ; ot : an engine . " This was a ^ perfectly j ust remark . Mr . Wild , chief constable of Qidham , " whose duty it is te . - collect evidence for the coronet ' s inquests / 1 sa i d , "it is a general system here to employ mere children to tend these ^ enginea , and to atop them at the proper moment , and if they be riot stopped , the two or three or four , or five persons wound up together , are thrown over the beam down into the pit again . There nave been people wound over at Oldham Edge , at Wernatto , at Chamberla n e , at Robin Hill , at Oldbbttom , and On Union Ground here , within the last six or seven years . Doea not know a case in which children were not the engineers . Three or four boys were killed in this way at the

      ICaamberlane colliery , by the momentary neglect of a little boy , who , he thinks , was only niiie years of age ; and who , he heard , had turned away from tbe engine when it was winding up , on his attention / being attracted by a mouse on the hearth . " Both witnesses depose ^ "If the masters can get such a duty discharged by a boy , to whom they give five br seven shillings a week , it is so much gained to them upon the wages of a mau whom they ought to employ / ' The fourth and last principal provision of the bill he was about to introduce referred to a subject on which he hoped the House would-entert&lnas strong a feeling of indignation a ? ho did . He referred to the syatam of apprenticeship , and he did not believe a more monstrous abuse was ever brought under the notice of a deliberative assembly . Tho districts in Which the system of apprenticeship is moat common are South Staffordshire , Yorkshire , Lancashire , West of Scotland . In South Staffordshire , says the sub-commissioner , " the number of children

      or younc ; persons as apprentices is exceedingly numero u s . ' These apprentices are paupers or orphans , and are wholly in the power of the butties . Such is the demand for this class of chiidreri , that there are scarcely any boys in the union workhouses . These boys are sent on trial between eight and nine , and at nine are bound for twelve years ; that is , to the age of twenty-one years complete . " " There iiro , probably , " says Mr . William Grove , '' three hundred apprentices belonging to the collieries in this town of Bilston . One man haa now five in his house . " Nothing worse than the results of this system could be found in the history of West India slavery . "Many of the celliers , " says the sub-comroi » 9 ioner , " take two or three at a time , supporting themselves and ; families out of their

      labour . As soon as either of them ia old enough he is made a getter , and is then worth from 10 s . to 15 s . a week . At the age itf fourteenj tho apprentice works side by side with other lada whe are getting 14 s . a week ( ho himself getting nothing ); at seventeen or eighteen side by side with jfreeraen , who may go wherever they please , and are earning 20 s . or 25 s . " " The orphan , " says the sub-commissioner , " whom necessity has driven into a workhouse , is made to labour in the mines until the age of twenty one , solely for the benefit of another . " " Notwithstanding this long apprenticeship , " says Dr . Mitchell , " there is nothing whatever in the coal-mine to learn beyond a little dexterity , readily acquired by short practice ; even in mines of Cornwall , where much skill and

      judgment are required , there are no apprentices . ' See the treatment to which these poor wretches were subject . Being paupers and friendless , their masters were careless to what dangers they exposed them . Mr . Baylis , agent to Mr . Lonsdale , said , " The men will send a boy where they do not go themselves , and some have their limbs broken , and others lose their lives . Some parishes will not let the butties have their pauper children . Butties get apprentices , and send their own children to learn other trades . The apprentices havo not a holiday , if there be one , or means of employing them . It is the apprentices who are sent to tnind the steam-engine and pump up water on Sundays . It is the apprentices who on that day clean the boilers . " This was the statement of Joseph Ellison , a m as t er

      manufacturer fn the West Riding of Yorkshire . — " When the eolliers are in need of hurriers , they apply to the poor-law guardians of pauper children . I have been , " says he , " a guardian myself , aud knoiv it to be the fact . They cannot get them elsewhere , on account of tke labour aud treatrn&nt burners experience . " After citing several oases of barbarous treatment of apprentices , his Lordshipcontinued :- —But why should these poor beings be thus treated ? They had committed no crime ; or if they had , ho knew of 110 crime that should be so dreadfully , so severely punished . ( Cheers . ) Hehad . buta few days before , been to visit the new prison at Pentonville ; and he must say that he had never seenr anything to equal the preparations that were made for the care and comforts of those

      destined , for their crimes , to be resident within its walls . He did not object to . " this , but thero were preparations made for ventilation , for warmth , for an abundance of light , for amusement , for occupation , for the taking of exercise ; and even for those doomed to solitary confinement tha means were provided that , fourteen times in the day , they should hava the opportunity of seeing a human being , and of tearing a human voice—and yet , when all this was done for criminals , they found these poor children sent down into the earth , to be thus treated , thus tortured—why ? Because they were orphans . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They moreover inflicted upon these children another curse . It was the unavoidable curse of ignoranc 9 : for ignorant they . must be from their tenderest yeara , until the day they

      emerged from the mines in their one and twentieth year . Until then they were not allowed to know their duty either to G-od or man ( hear ;) He was sure that the Hous 8 niusfc agree with him , if it were anxious to maintain the New Poor Law , and he did not then say whether it was wise or , whether it was unwise to do so ; but surely it wouM be but wise to allow a relaxation where it waa possible ( hear , hcar . V In this case it was possible—In thia case it was most necessary , and therefore it was that he proposed not only that such appren ticeships should be abolished for tho future , but also that every indenture that now existed should be cancelled ( cheers , ) and thus the House would let th& oppressed go free ( cheer ? . ) He would detain the House buc a few minutes longer . He , felt that he had

      trespassed much upon their time ; but they would , he was su r e , forgive him when they knew how long be had laboured upon these matters , and how constantly he had struggled to attain some bc ' rie . fictal' end to bis toil ( hear , hear . ) They had now sten > from what he had detailed , how needless and how mischievous was the emp oyment of women in such nn occupation—how injurious to themselves and their families . They had seen alike bow needless , and how miscbieVGUs , and how ruinous it was to drive children into those mines , and to anticipate the tffoits of that strength which should be reserved for the advantagfl and the defence of a futnre generation . They found , too , that all the evidence went to prove , that a very little experiencej and a very little care , might remove or obliterate

      a large portion of the niiscaief that ; waB now unnecessarily inflicted . There was no employment necessary to mankind that was deadly in ~ . its ' , effects upon the human frame , except , through' the neglect of mankind . Now , in taking the liberty of occupying tbe attention of tho House , he wished merely to shew that this was no desultory movement on his putt . He was pr jposiug a plan which he had conceived , whether wisely or unwisely , with the intention of ameliorating the ^ condition uf the working classes . That condition was in many respect 3 so bail , that there was evidently required 9 chance of some kind , It had long been obvious to him , that inordinate toil was imposed upon © ne portion , and a total disempioyment of the physical energies of another portion , while the

      moral energies of both tho one and the other were allowed to fallinto neglect . It was right , ho considered , under such circumstances , to interfere on behalf of the cbiWrMii to shorten their houra of labour , and by that menns to csill Into work those wlio Vwera unatiiployed , and relieving thus all who were too much employed . This bad been done by him , when he limited the hours of labour ; but hu had never endeavoured to legislate with regard to adult % . nor to interfere between master sud man on . She subject of wages— - ( hear , hear . ) He had laboured to bring the young people within the reach of a moral nnrt religious education ; knowiug full well that they were the seed of future generations of citizens , and that in the progress of things and of opinions , they could neither with

      eafety nor with hope calculate , that with tuch an education , they would become that which he hoped it would please God they might , a wise and an understanding generation . They might know what was the extent of tht > ir territory , anil what the number of nations that they governed . Financial calculations , too , might tull them what were their gains , and what the losses to the national treasury ; but the difficulty waa , to ascertain what were the moral statistics of a kingdom . Ho knew that many people judged of thtae by criminal / returns , and thought that they exhibited the condition of the people . He . on the other hand , bfrlitved such returns to be m # st fallacious ; because he firmly btlieyed that , a country mii < ht foe in a most fearful and perilous

      condition , and yet it could be shown that what contributed moi > t to such ptril never appeared before a raagiatiate , or infringed the law . ( Hear , hoar . ) He bad a very remarkable document wh ' . ch boro upon this point . It was the report of the ' jpolice- at Manchester , made up to the end ol the year—to December , 1841 . It was a document drawn up with very great care , fcpd exhibited some most important facts . He quoted it merely to show how right a judgment coiuld be formed of the state of a populat ; on , and of its morality , from the gaol returns . The number of persona taken into : custody by the Manchester police during the year , ending the 3 lst of December , 1841 , was 13 345 ; and of these

      there were discharged by the magistrates at once , and without ' the infliction of any punishment , 10 , 208 ; but , surely , it would be most unwise to infer * tha , t ' . out . ofthe 13 , 000 charged , there bad bton dismissed , on accouut of their complete innocence , 10 , 000 . Of these were under twenty jesnaul use not ' . less- ' - than 3 , 069 . Of tha 13 , 345 , there wsro 6 971 who could neither read nor write ; while thoBe who . enjoyed the advantages of Bnperior ingtructioCj and how slight that might be in the estimation of a police office could be eas \ ly suvmiEed , there were but 220 . ( Hear , hear . ) Leathern , be said , now look to the situation of the town , and the moral condition of the . population . They would see now that there were facts to be found

      relative to it , wticb . na \ iw appeared in tte police oousta , asd never Wire investigated fey a judge , Ihe ( tfUowiuwtf-tlwT ^ B'U ' tefemd ' . tb ; --

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      RETURN FOE 1841 . No . of pawnbrokers in borough of Manchester ... 129 Ditto of beerhouses ... ... ... ... ... 769 Ditto of public-housea ... .. ... ... 498 Ditto of brothela ... ... ... ... ... 309 Brothels lately suppressed ... ... ... ... in Brothels where prostitutes are kept ... ... 193 Houses of ill-fame where prostitutes resort ... 223 Street-walkers in borough ... ... ... ... 7 (> 8 Tbievea known to reside in , who do nothing but ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦^ ateal - ::- . -- ' ;;; ' > .. :- ; ... ' ¦' ... ;• . ' .... ... -..,, 312 Persons following some legal occupation , but who are known to have committed felony , and augment their gains by habitual , violation of thelaw ... ... ... ; ..- ' ' ... ... 160 Houses for receiving stolen goods ... ... ... 63 Ditto , suppressed lately ... .... ... ... 32 Houses for ths resort of thieves ... ... ... 103 Ditto , lately suppressed ... ... ... ... 25 Lodging-houses where the sexes indiscriminately

      sleep together ... ... ... ... ,.. 109 There was next the return from Durham gaol , and it appeared by it , that there were confined in it from the year ending September , 1840 , 141 pitmen ; and of these sixty-four were imprisoned for" breaking some condition of the bond . " This assuredly afforded no perfect picture of the Btate of society . Much more of it could be learned from the evidenca of Ma Qopdger , the nilstreaa of oh infant school , who said , that " when she first came , oaths were exceedingly common in the niouths of girls if five and seven . They did not scruple to call her the most opprobrious naiues that could ba imagined . " •' Thinks the bad language mi ^ bt be checke ; l by . the parents , who , instead of doing this , frequently abase her for punishing the childven . " He hoped-taut

      he was not talkiiig dogmatically ; but , conversant as he was : with . the working classos , and he thought fee might say , knowing as be did , the feelings they entertained , and the motives that influenced them , be causidered himself bound to warn them , that he feawd an outbreak , as serious it would tj dreadful , unles 3 by their measures they speedily anticipated it , and that such an outbreak would destroy the body social of these realms—( hear ); and then if some day should arri v e , when there might be a necessity for some uncommon energy , "when there might come the demand for the exertion of all tfeeir moral energies as patriots , they would find thai patriotism had disappeared , because the fatal disorder which was ; now fast spreading would be found to have reached the very vitals of the

      community ^ - ( hear ) . measure , that he now proposed he regarded as au indispensable preliminary to measures necessary to be adopted ; for it was a mockery in them to send down persons to investigate into evils , if they were not prepared to appjy a remedy to them . He ventured to mako this attempt , and he thought that every day it was postponed was an irreparable loss ; eure he was , that the people of thia land were the most easily governed of any on the earth . Their couducfc under the present prevailing sufferings sufficiently proves this . It was then most necessary that tho minister of the Crown , whoever he mi g h t be , would see the necessity of winning the confidence by appealing to the hearts of the people , and doing so he mi&ht hold with his little finger the reius

      of this empire—( cheera ) . He had but one word more to add . Those sufferings on . ; the part of women were altogether unnecessary to property .. If IV ' could be demonstrated that they :. ¦ were , there could be the less hesitation in putting an end to tLem . He called their attention to the following statement . It was that of William Hunter , mining oversman in the Arinston Colliery . He said , " I have been twenty years in the works « f . Robei't D ' undas , Esq . Women and lassies vrere brought below , when Mr . Alexander Moxton , our manager , issued an ord ? : r to exclude them . Women always did the heavy part of t he work , and neither they nor the children were treated liks human beings , nor are they , where tbey are employed . Females submit to work in places where

      no man nor even lad could be got to labour in . They work in bad roads , up to their knees in water , in a postura nearly double . They are below till tho last hour of pregnancy . They havo swelled haunches and ankles , and are prematurely brought , to the grave , ot , what is worse , a lingering existence "—( hear , hear . ) Surely he had said enough to / shbw that they were authorisedj a 3 an assembly of men—not to eay , of Christians , to put an end to this state of things . They had given twenty millions of money to purchase the abolition of negro slavery ; . and now by their determination that night might cheaply procure joy , and gladness , and freedom for many a broken spirit and many a

      bruised heart They might free women from their slavery , and they might ptrmifc the young to invigorate their frames for future labour , while they ; gave them the opportunity of acquiring the knowledge and the practice of virtue / morality , and religion . It was for this end that he proposed to put an end to the barbarous acta he bad exposed—to improve the goodto reclaim the wicked . He concluded in the language of Holy Writ , Ltt us break off our sins by righteouaness ,- . " . and oui iniquities by showing nierey to the poor , if it may be a lengthening > f ; our trftnquiUity »" Ho moved , aniid loud cheers , for leave to bring in a J ? il ^ to make regulations respectbg the age and sex Of persons admitted to work in mines and collieries .

      Mr . Eox Maule seconded the motioD . The question being put , Mr . Hedworth Lambton remarked , that as in the comity which he had the honor to represent there were many collieries , he could not but expresa his thanks for the part he had taken on" . t his '' .-Subject . He thought that it did the noble lord inSuite credit ( hear , hear , ) It was one of the many proofe which the noble lord had ^ ivon of his anxiety to protect the poorer ' classes' by means of -legislatum ' . ' -. It was to his infiniteCredit that the noble lord had done this , and it might truly be 6 aid of him , that he had deserved well of his country ( hear , hear . ) It was with npsciall pleasure and gratification thai he ? was able to say that in the county which he represented .

      where there were so many collieries—and he migbt say the same with the county of NorthumberlandTthat in the counties of Durham and | Northumberlaud no emalc had ever been employbd in their coHierles ( hear , hear . ) He hoped and trusted that fact would go before the public , because , while he wa ? anxious that it should fall , and justly fall , upon the parties guilty of the practice , he was equally anxious that no portion of the blarho should attach to the countic 3 of Durham and Northumberland ( heur , hear . ) He thought he could , without any hesitatioa , assert , with regard to Durham and Northumberland , that tho colliery owners and their agents were kind , and even generous , to the colliery population under them . There the wages of the colliery population were

      exoellent—and superior to what they were in most other parts of the kingdom . The owners provided at an enormous experiso for thi welfare , health , and irafety of the whole of their colliery population . Among the many charges that had been mads , and that wero properly calculated to excits feelings of indigiiation in that house , the counties of Durham and Northumberland were particularly fre ? . Tlvy had in these counties no girh chained , they had r . o children attached to tho care of erij-ines , they had no one actiug contrary to law , and flying to pits wherein fho constable would be afraid to follow them . In Lambton colliery , they had a schoolmaster , carefully selected , hav ng forty pounds a-year , with- , a house and fuel . Th « school was well attended , and he himself had taken care tha , t the best arid mor-t

      improved method of ipstructifm should bo introduced . This was not a solitary instance , for he iwas happy io say that there was noi a single colliery established in . which they had not a school carofuDy attended to , and no expense or troublo to make tViem perfect . It was , in his opinion , the bountlen duty of every colliery owner to establish sphools . It was a-duty that they owed to God and their . country-to establiah them : If it were alone to secure education to the young in these places , he should support the plan of legislation proposed by the uoble lord . Lord F . Egebton and Mr . Hcmk both spoko in support of tho nieasure proposedby the noble lord .

      Sir James Graham said , he felt delighted but not surprised at the unanimity displayed by the House jn tho question before them—( cheers ) . He was sure that he expressed the opinions of the House when he said , that their feelmgB must be bad , or their reasou periertedj who were not impressed with the force ot' the arguments , tho , eingle-tQindedness bf purpose , and above all , the tenderness of heart , which characterised the Bpeeeh of the Noblo Lord — - ( . cheers ) . Ho never listened to aay statement more clearly convincing iii itself , or which , to hi 3 mind , was more € Xpressive of that which he knew before , but never felt ao forcibly as now—the amiable character of the Noble Lord who made it— ( loud cheers ) . He congratulated him upon the resuk d

      his eiforta , and tho general approbation with which tho House had rewarded his sacrifices and exertions in the cause of humanity . He believed that , with respect to tho four principal pointB which it was the object of the Bill of his Noble Friend to achieve , no difference would fcxist between them , it would be impossible to deny that the time had come when they should extend by law to the workers in coal mines those regulations which subsisted in the mines of Cornwall . It was necessary that , wiifeout refereaceto age , females should not baeniployed in underground labour—< hear » hear ) . What had been stated with reference to this speciea of ejapl&jnieht was degrading to the country . It was an employment which , if pereevered in , would invoke a great moral retribution—which would have a m&B 5 prejudicial effect on the maniy bearing of tho people , arid

      be attended with great ultimate degradation and loss of national charaotor . The nexS point was with regard , to the exclusion of boys under a certain age from woikifig in the mines . Then they had the example of tho Cornish mine 3 . It was stated that in those xnines , and indeed in all mines except coal mines , boys under twelve years of age wore not employed . His Noble Friend proposed tha age of thirteen as tha limit , and he had assigned reasons for that proposition . He did uot w ' ish to enter upon the diEcuGsion of these reasons at present , S *) tne of them did not appear to be quite safcisfaetpry ; buc on the part of her Majesty ' s Government he wculd bvto his full assent to the introduction of a Bill embracing the priuciplo of some iiniitaiiou of age . Whati peculiar' limit it would be advisable to adopt he v as a it prepared at that moment to suggest . He agreed with tha flonouraofe GeatUmau the Meaber loc ta «

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      Qountyof Durham , that the children required to be protected , not so much from the selfiihness of the coal-owner ? , as the cupidity of tneir own pareriis j aud althougn in general he would Btrehuously contend that the principlo shoiild be held sacred , of noa-interferenoe with pareaial control , yet in the circumsvluices of the case at . present before ttreir ; notievs he felt that that control should ^ beinore orlesa restricted , aad that th&interveniion of the Lcgialature . was indispensable ; He would therefore assent ; to the general principle involved in the second point of the Noble Lord ' s bill . With respect to the third point , which proposed theJavp ^ ition of some limit upon the age of those employed as engineers , he cordially concurred . These persons were often placed

      at the top of the pitj regulating the mosions of the engine which drew up tho workmen and ihe co » l from the bottom of the pit , and it was most important that such a grave duty should not be devolved upon mere boya . Tho last pbiuj in th © proppsed bill of hi 3 Noble Friend referred to the binding as apprentices of parish children ; and there also heaijreed ; with him that pauper children should not be indiscriminately bound . Under the regulations of tho Poor-law commission , which he had had tho honour of proposing the continuance of to the House , he had imposed grea , t restrictions upon th 9 binding of parish apprentice ? . He was awnre , however , that these restrictions were imperftct , ahd , in another olau 3 e which he had proposed to the House , he had made provision for vesting in tho commission a power of restricting the Board of Guardians with respeci ; to the trades to which parish childreii were to be bound . H « j quite assented as to the propriety

      of legislating upon the subject , and thought that children should not be bound -- ^ apprentices ; - ia the mines .. There had beon so much abuse carried on in this respect already- —it had been so distinctly proved that children 6 f six , seven , a n d ei ght , years of ag 6 had been bound apprentices , and employed for » great length of time in labour beyondthesr strength —iiwas a question for consideration whether the artiolesof apprenticeship , passed under the old syste my should be considered in general to be still binding . With respect to the whole measure proposed by his Noble Friend , he thoughtthat they were much indebted to him for his exertions hi introdncing ; it . Ho did ; not think that there waa any one to whom that duty could be entrustei so as to command more'public confidence—( hear , hear ) ;—and he , on the part of Government , could assure his Noble Friend that her Majesty ' s Government would render him every assistance in carrying ott the measure— ( cheers ) . ¦ y .- ';¦; " . ¦¦ ; ¦' .,.. ' . : ¦ ' : ¦ ' ; - ' .:.-- . - ¦

      Mr . TuR . VEB was happy that none of the charges they had heard made against so many of the- mining districts , could be mado against that district with which he was connected . He had been astounded at the statements he had heard that night , but he was glad the Noble Lord who had made them , allowed that the Cornish mine proprietors did not employ people for their benefit in tho way which he was sorry to hear they had bvta employed elsewhere . ' -- -- ' ^ . ¦" . ' : ¦' ' -: . ' . -. ' ¦ ' . ' . - .- ' ; : -, - ' ,- - > Mr . Stuart Wortley was sorry that he coald not express similar sentiments to those which he had just heard uttered . The district with which he was connected , and In which he had passed the greater portion of his life , was one from which the

      commiesionerg had drawn the aooounts of some of the most striking and terrible features in their report . Uader these circumstances ^ he rose- to discharge a duty rather satisfactorily . to ,-himselfj " . than necessary to the present discussion , aad that was to pay to " the Noble Lord his ti-ibute of admiraiion for the course which he had adopted , and to tender to him his grateful thanks , He fully concurred with the teaiu object of the Bill proposed-to be introduced by his Noble Friend . He felt thai ; ho had not made a step beyond the bounds of prudeuco and discretion in proposing bis Bill . S Mr . Ward congratulated Lord Ashley on having performed a highly usefsl and laudable work , which was likely to produce a most important improvement among a large class of the labouring peopled

      Mr . BeIl bore testimony that the mines of NorthuTOberlaDidgVwere free from ^ he grosser abuses . Ho was . grateful to the Noble Lord for these pxopo 8 als .- " ' ¦; ' , . , ' . : ¦¦ -. - . ¦ : ' . . .. ..- ¦ - . ' ' , . ; Mr . Brothebton added his tribute , as- did also Mr . Pakington . Mr . Gjbson said afew words about demoralizatioa in the district of Manchester . Sir R . Lvglis declared his gratification at Lord Ashloy ' s proposal and reception ; and Mr . PaoxHEROB concurred , adding an appeal tothe House on behalf : of the colliera in the Forest of Dean . : '; -. : - ' . ' ¦ ' . - '' . ' ¦ ¦ . "' . - ¦ . ^ ¦ - . - ¦' : \ - ~ - ¦ ¦ : ' •¦•¦ ' . -, ¦ . - ¦¦ - '• " ' : --Lord Ashlet rejoiced that the H > v . se of Commons would be seen by their constituciits thus willing to redress a great grievance as soon « s i « was aubstantiated . - . . - .. : ;¦ . .- . - ' . ; . ; . " - •;¦ .-- --, v ,. Y , - , --:- ^/ . -v ; --Leave was then given to introduce the ; Bill . Y : . I , ; -

      " ;¦" ; ; ;; V ^ iTl ^ 3 ^ -lNDIMI « lTV ; . BII . t ,. ;;; . . ;; '' . . ; ' : . ;; . ' . Mr .- ^ oj ^ tiCKfwished ., to" put , aKftusiiipn to ¦ jthej Grorernitieiit ^ spectthg .. ^ his pU I ^ . which hs ^ vas-. ea--, deayourJb ^ g ; , tb ; , c&ti $ throiigH i th ^ i hQiise . ^ ItrVfas ;» maite ^ btlmpbytanoainafconstit for ¦ this , | i 6 jiso would ;' recollecf , thitiati ; the ' , p ^ ejifc , mpiaent the wrfi " fd . r , N . ottjni ; ham yra $ . ixofcip , ' bel issued ,, because , thia bill -was in ; eugpen ^ e . i and . he wanted to -know wijeiher the Government would grant him an opportunity ; of bringiBgat oil I ' 'Sixd di 5 cussionvwas not likely to occupy more time thaa three qUartera of an hour , or perhaps only five min ' iites ., VHo had , been 'waiting in the house oh a previous . evening until two o'clock in the ciorising , and was then unable to bring tlio bill forward .

      Lord StanleYj in the absoDce of' Ian ' -right hop * friend ( SirR ,. Peel ) , thought , that as the biil was nob lik e l y to create any great discussibii , ha might undertake fo say , that the hon . member should have precedence for it on Friday , at five o ' clock . The order of the day was { hen moved for the house going into committee on the Custom ? Acts' A . number of clauses of the tariff were disposed of ; and the ... " breeding- ' and " gdod manners" of the honourables ( li . was exhibited is a row—a specimen of pure blackguardism which , if the reports of the daily papers are to be believed , would be disgraceful to any beer shop in the country . This " scene" was put an end to by the chairmau reporting progress ; after which ¦¦ . - ¦ - - •¦ '

      The Slave Trado Suppression ( Hayti ) Bill , the Siave Trade . Abolition ( Argentine Confederation ) Bill , arid the Slave Trade Treaties Bill , severally went through commiitee . The ofctier orders < f the day having been disposed ofj the houae adjourned at hail past one o ' olock .

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      THE CAMP MEETING ON GUISELEY ; MOOR . , In our last we g ^ ve notice of a disapppintment , through the . noil-attendance of . the parties advesrtifed to betiiera as speaktrs , at a Chartist Camp Meotim ; , on the Suuday previous . It iseeins . that tao disappointment origiua . te . d in ; a mistake of our Correspondent . We have received the following ; letters in reference thereto : — TO THE EDITOB . OV THE NORTHERN SIAK . SlP .,- ^ TliS camp meeting announced in your papsr of Saturday , fha- 28 ' th ultimo , to be held on Guiaeley Moor » was an error ; it should have been : Guide Moor . Taa three gentlemtn , whose names appoaitcl , attended the meeting above named . ; , ' Tho mistake waa made by a note that was left for me written on both sides , I copied them off , and waa npt aware -that such a place --: a 8-. Ouida' Moor waa in , existence . It had also been previouaJy talked about toWing a cimp at Guis&ley ; so I thus -wrote it . If blarae be . attached to aiiy one , it ' .-must be to me , but I must aiy it was not . wilfully done . There appears another error in . " last Satarday * a paper . A camp meetinsr is anaoUitceil to * take " place at Bradford , whish should have bet'Ti Guiseley . ' . ' -I- ' - ' may have wrote Bradford instecd . of ' G-r . isdey . " ¦ ¦'¦; - ;' ¦ Will you ba kind enough to / insert iWs , and M y whether the error be niina or ri < Jti and you Wilt ' greatly ' ob'ige , : ; ' ' ¦" " '•' . '¦ '¦ : ' ¦'¦ ¦ . " ; . ¦ ¦ ¦ " / ' : ' - . - ¦ Sir , yours , &e . ¦ : ¦ ¦ - ¦¦¦ ¦ ; - ¦ Joseph EapoK . f

      TO THE EDITOR ; OP XUE KOBTUERN STAB . Sir , —it is quite true that it Wuei announced in thtt Star of Saturday , May 28 tJi , Uiht a Cbartist Camp Meeting would be helti on Gviselty Moor , on the Sunday ioilowing , and that myself . and Messre > Kitchen and Haninsond would adoreas thu mec * tiog . With whom the fault rests ; ' ,- ' whether with your 0 jrrespoadent , compositor , or whom , I know iicit , hut certaiu it is , that the whole annouuetmtat -was Jncorrect ; it ; should have been Guide Moor , above Altertou , and not G-uiseley . Beflidw , my flauie was ioseritd without uiy cousect . ¦ " .: ¦'¦ - The Bame liberty was taken , by somsbody , last week , and it was given forth to the yvorld that I should bo in attenuaiice at a Camp MeetinK at Baiidon , on Sunday last ; to thia I waa no consuntiDg patty either , Now , Sir , I have no ohjtctioa to da what Icaaia the good work , bui if partita Trill take such liberties , in future , I will not feel myself at all responsible fo » the canst quencas following dis 3 ppaiutnient , afld « er ^ tainly will not attend , even itljov at liberty . . . . . I lemain . Sir , y " : ' . '¦ . ' . ' , .- ' - ' Very ifcspeclfally , ' . " : ' . ' - ¦' ,. . , ¦ '¦' .. ¦ ~ : ' j ¦ ¦ ¦" .. " . ' ¦ .-- -:. 'J . ABOiJC- / .. - . . Bradford , June 7 th , 1842 .

      It is certainly wrong to advortiifo parting to attead at certain places without preyicu 3 ij consutting them , and we beg that the ' Star mads not be oiad ^ tixe vehicle ox' any more sucli unauthosjiBed auuouac *» iiientd . The second error alluded taia J 5 r ., Brook ' s l 6 tter , is his euro . : - , ¦; .- '¦;¦ .. ';' :-. ' {' . " ¦ ¦ ' ¦'¦; .-

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      On Thursday , the 3 rd mst ., at our pansh church , Mr . James Sicwarfc i mae ^ a , to Mifs Ellen Huinfyey » both of thia town . : . - i Oa MoiiUay last j " at Pr eatwich churoli , hj tbe j Rjv . G ^ oi-fyi Giuutt Uarttr , Mr . Samuel Yardley , [ cordwaiuer , B ^ > erf mia-strei t , Q ; db . ) ia , 'O Misa j Savah Buckl /^ of Gr otnicie ' s Meet ; . Charter As ^ i ' oifctiodi ' . "¦ ' " ¦'¦ ¦'• . " ¦ ' - .. r ; ' '"'¦' . ; ' "' - ¦¦ ¦

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      THE NORTHERN STAR , 5 i .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1165/page/5/