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      PRA 3 JCE . ( From our own Correspondent . )— -There lias ' been » serions turn-out of . ColKera at Rive de ' Jier , near Lyons , for 'W&gea and other grievances . ] Tlus * & *¦ & offered nponsthe whole the same features as the English strike ^ : processions , . ¦ with ban- ' new , meetings , molesting of knobstieks , &o . The - strike lasted about six -weeks ; several of the men ; were imprisoned for conspiracy , though no serious disturbance appears to h&Te been occurred . At last the men are reported to have retamed to their ; pits , though it is not stated whether the object of the strike was accomplished . KkPCBLicis Demoxbtbatios . —The following sccount of the gathering of the Kepnblican forces upon

      the occasion of the funeral of the deceased M . tsffitte from the pen of the correspondent of the Week ' s / Dispatch wili be found interesting , as shewing the great strength of the Republicans in Paris , and the certainty of a speedy re-relation in that country . " Although no disturbance occurred at tie funeral of the celebrated Jacques Lsfiite , on the 3 Qib ult ., the Jiepnblican party nevertheless made a powerful demonstration of its strength . live thousand Etuden ! 3 belonging to the schools of law and medicine , assembled to do honour to a man whose whole life ( with one fatal exception ) had been devoted to thecause ^ f political liberty . For that one error—v . x ., conferring the Crown upon Louis Pbiliippe— he partiaDy atoned in the Chamber of Deputies , by

      imploring pardon of God and of man for the grievous jr . jary he had been instrumental in inflicting upon Iranee and thecivilized world . The five thousand students "who followed him to his last home , are all Etauuoh Kepublican spirits—all glowing for political liberty . These noble-minded young men , together with the military students of the Polytechnic Schools are ^ hehope of young France . Let them eradicate from their breasts that absurd animosuy towards England , -which wohLI lead ihem to plunge into war , for the mere purpose of settling the question of national rivalry over again—let them learn to respect their island-ally as a power advancing with them hand-in-hand in the road of civilization , —and those young men—the rising generation whom the

      Conservative press of both nations affect to despise —will one day be called npon to decide the destinies of France . In the ifevoiuiioa of 1830 , military students of sixteen and eighteen years of age became the generate of the people in that dreadful struggle with the royal troops . At the death of Louis Philippe the Republicans -will no doubt proclaim their principles to be those alone adapted to France and Jrench interests ; &nd the yoncg students of Paris must co-operate with , and advise the people in the political arena , a 3 readily and faithfully as they led them on to victory fourteen years ago . But jbe demonstration of Kepubliesa strength on the occasion of the fnneral of M . Laffitte , was not confined to the law and medical students . The Secret Societies were not idle . The members of those formidable

      political oombinataoES assembled in immense num .- j hers . They are for the most part respectable j tradesmen , mechanics , and srtians , and are by . no means the despicable rabble and low character i ? Mch The Times and Journal des Debuts have x > n s Yaiioos occasions represented them to be . They ] formed a colnmnfonr deep , and marched immediately , ; iu front of the students . A third section of the Republican party also followed Lafinte to the eem * - > tery of Pere L » Cnasa . This was composed of ] operatives , all neatly attired , respectable in appear- ; aoiee , &ad exemplary in behaviour . The friends of , liberty , therefore , mastered Etrocs npon this occa- i

      son . Indeed , it is absurd for the Conservative press to deny the fact that the numerical strength , and the moral influences of the French Republican party are immense . Basking amongst its numbers some of the most exalted names in France—names re 3- pecdrely famous in the spheres of war , literature , art , science , and policy—gaining strength daily by ihe acquiaion of those whom the tyranny of the King alienates from the Orleans cause—and prof essing principles which accord with the new interests and new wants of civilization , the Republican party i 3 the one to -which all eyes will be turned the moment any unforeseen aecidentor natural occurrence disturbs the reign the Orleans dynasty .

      Ths * Holt Wjlb , "—The Emperor of Morocco has declared a "holy war" against France and Frenchmen , and is rousing the T&rions peoples and irlbes within , and contigions to , his dominions to azTns in aefence x > f the one faith , and for the extermination of the u Infidels . " Abd-EI-KaDER , " tie African Wallace , is the leader of this national enterprise for the overthrow and expulsion of the French conquerors . Tie latest accounts represent the advanced section of the Moorish army as being within sign ; of the French forces .

      From accounts received from Constantme , it appears that the Duke d'Aumale has met with Feme ieTerss 3 , which seem to have been the result of his own imprudence and want of experience . It will be seen from ihe subjoined extracts , that a small body of troops , left in charge of Biskara , has been surprised , the French garrison killed , and the whole of the baggage , ammunition , and stores , carried away by the na : ive 3 . A Toulon letter , of the 3 d ? ays : — " We have received most ifSieting news from the province of Constanrina , dated the 20 th ult . The I ) uke d'Annuls had ltft at Biss-aia a very small garrison , composed only of Lieutenant Fetitgand , commandant , Sub-Lieutenant Crochard , and Aide-Snrgeon Major Arcelin , with about forty men , from the battalion of the Couitantina Fusileers , This small « orp 3 was intended to form the nucleus of &

      new battalion , to be raised from among the tnbe 3 in the environs of Biskara , Of aU these , only a serjeant-major , named Pelisse , escaped . The new recruits opened the gates of ihe Cisbah dnring the joi ^ at to Maiommed Srghir , the Kalifai of Abd-el-X&der , and bis followers , who surprised out men in their sleep , and killed them all , Plnnder became general , and 70 . . 000 fr . left with the commandant to pay hi 3 men , and all the cannon , muskets , ammunition , and other stores , were carried on . This unfortunate affair is said to have encouraged the surrounding tribes to take op arms . The fatal new 3 having reached the Princa while in the monntains of the Ooled Snltau , be instantly marched to Biskara with a colamn of 3 . 000 men . He arrived on the 18 sh , but the KaUfat had left on the preceding day . The third battalion of tht African Light Infantry marched from Conetantina on the 24 vh for BiEkara , to form its garrison . "

      On Fridsy . the Chamber of Deputies voted by a majority of 190 to 53 a sura of 7 , 500 , 000 / . to defray the expense of increasing the present military force of France in Algeria ( Sd \ , CO 0 , by 15 , 000 more , thus raising the number of bayonets in Algeria to 111 , 000 .

      6 EBMANY . A strike of journeymen Tailors occurred lately &t Frankfort , for doing away with some , regulations fer lodging , 4 c , obnoxious to the men . The strike lasted only two days , some of the men being arrested and turned out of town . The grievances were Dowevcr redressed .

      SWITZERLAND . ; ( From our own CorrespondenLJ—Tsz CrmJ Wab is izx Talais . —The valley of the Biver ¦ , Shone , from its source at the foot of the glacier du » Rhone to ihe Lake Leman , is one of the finest conn- j fries in the world . On its sides are the highest fioanrains of Europe , two uninterrupted chains of a i fcsan height of 12 , 000 feet , covered with eternal ! Siow , from which spring the numberless rivulets j * Meh feed the Rhone and fertilize the meadows and } pds of the valley . Here , withia a few hours ' walk « wn eternal winter ^ the chesnnt-aBd ths vine are ' © and thriving under a sun as powerful almost in its * ana : h as that of the evergreen plains of Lorn-*»< 3 y . This valley is called the "Valais , and in-, jilted partly by Germans , partly by Frenchmen , j Die Gsrmans . entering ths conntry from the north- j 8 * st , cccnpy the higher and more mountainous j Pttt of tie valley , where the country is nnfa-i Toarable

      to agriculture , but excellent for the bretd- ] ?? E < w cattle ; consequently this part of thepopula- i hod remains Tip to tbiB dme in almost the same ] f ^« ecf natnre in which their fore fathers occ u pied i tee Upper YaLrij . - Political and Teligi&us education 1 f i £ ft entirety in the hands t > f a few aristocratic I wailies andof the priesthood , who , of course , keepj "is people as stupid and superstitions as possible , j tT l 1 c ? nfcrar J' French settled in the ; tower Talais , where the widening of the yalleyf Mmits of ^ intrcducing agriculture and other puraits of inanstry . The French have founded the more to ^ idiiab le towas of the Talais , are educated and I « mJ 33 d , aad by fheir bordering on the lake and the awical canton of Vand , are brought into connection j »^ h ihe onterworld , and enabled to keep up with the ) egress of their neighbour ' s ideas . Nevertheless , the - *| n mountaineers of the Upper Yalaishad , 1 know i 1 £% ' fflMT honored years ago , snWued the ] r enca Lgwer Yil ^ i and eontiflned to consider this

      1 * 1 ° Jtee conntry as » eoDqnered province , and to ] l ^ e-cde its inhabitants from any participation in ; I fe ?? 1116111 - In ^ 98 , when the French overthrow I £ y din £ k « i « M } EystemSwiss patrician despotism , ] 11 ** ? ^^^ aisgot its -ehare of government , bnt 1 3 ^ fee fuU extent -it was eatitled to . In 1830 , I jv tae deiBoeratie-pariyMr « ai Switzerland was in ] I J ^ ^ endant ^ e constitution was le- mod elted npon I l ^ if oemoeratic principles ; 1 » nfc " tbepriest-iidden 1 i ^^ rdaof Upper Vaiais , and the sovereign , ' rulers ] a ^ r lfctt suhdsi the p « rsonF , have ever « inee tri&d to ! ISl- Ott { * change in favour t » f the 6 ld ^ system of i ag ^ tiee . The Radical par * y , in order to . < nard ] HC ™ at this , formed an association , called Youkg ^ M ^« EaLi 5 i > -iZa JfuneSuisse—among tlemselves ; ¦ r * *« Badicals < tT Yand . They Were mostrriolently j »^« aai : < alnBiniated ^ by 4 he - p * iesthood , and > ¦ g ^ y attacked upon jhe jjropnd of being ; infidels , ] ¦ £ * n , however , on the continent is a charge aorej Witdatihan sbuidaei at . In 1 M 0 the firat ont-j ^^^ RKagamstYoraG SwiTZEKtASD took place , but , ' ^ ^ P ^ the dem ocrat s well prepared , the dupes of «^ ticn iind ignorance retreated to their on- ] ¦ wj ^ , mountain . passes , in order to break forth g ^ March , 3 Si 4 . - ' Tbey have how succeeded in ! teii ¦™ kdi « &l 8 * y surprise , in pyofitio ^ by . tbe j ¦ p * reaction ia iarour of Oonserratire prin-

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      Ciples ; and of the leading canton ( the seat of tbe federal < xovernmBut for the time being ) Lusern , being a Conservative Canton . The democratic party in Vaiais is for the moment overwhelmed . The interference of the federal Government will be required ; it remains to be seen what profit the priests , who accompanied the Conservative army and headed itj-will make of their victory ; bnt , at any rate there is no chance , even now , to re-establish anything like the _ old system , or to kesp the lower Yalais and its spirited inhabitants in a state of subjection . A few years , nay , months , may being back the ascendancy of the democratic party .

      UNITED STATES . Liverpool , Saturdat Evening . —The fine packet ship , Quean of the West , Captain Woodhouse , arrived here to-day from New York , with intelligence to the 21 st ult ,., five days in advance of the last packet . The treaty for the annexation of Texas was still before the senate ; but that body , feeling the inconvenience of discussingit with closed doors , Hhad been resolved to admit tbe press in order to report the proceedings . General Cass , one of the candidates for the presidency , and recently ambassador at the court of the Tuileries , had , in a published letter ,

      declared in favonr of the annexation . The President had addrt-ssed a message to the Senate , in whioh he declares that he had sent a maritime force to the Gulf of Mexico , and provided a land forca on the frontiers of Mexico , in case that republic should have declared war against ihe United States on account of the annexation project . This mt'ssage had baen violently assailed by the opponents of Mr Tyler , who is declared to have acted most illegally in doiflg all this in the dark , without acquainting Congress with his movements , and his impeachment is loudly called for .

      In allusion to the Texan annexation treaty , the Correspondent of tbe Chronicle asks , 1 . How will the treaty fare in the Senate , and is the oourFB of the President approved ! 2 . Is the Presidfnt t-upporied in this warlike demonstration by popular opinion ? With regard to the-firat interrogatory , it may be answered that the treaty will not pass in the Senate . Indeed , it is pretty positively stated that the senatorial committee on foreign relations ( the business being irausacred with closed door ? 0 bas voted against the annexation treaty . The Senate does not approve the President ' s course in ordering ships and-iro-p 3 to Texas , to overawe Mexico .

      His warlike demonstration is opposed by nearly all the press and people , though 1 am of opinion that the people generally are ia favour of annexation , provided that Mexico could be satisfied . Another message was sent to the Senate by Mr . Tyler on Friday , which is said to contain very important matter in relation to Mexico and Texas , but its contents have not yet yet transpired . In connexion with the Oregon , in tbe House of Representatives on the 16 ih nit . Dr . Duncan gave notice that he would call up the bill providing for the joint occupation of the territory on the 20 lh ultimo . On the same day , in the Senate , an unsuccessful attempt w&s made to fix the 3 rd instant for the termination of the session .

      The House then took np Mr . Duncan ' s bill to provide for the election of President and Vice-President of the Unhed States on the same day throughout the Union , and passed it by a large majority . The Senate was expected to concur , in which case the election will take place on tbe Tnesday after the first Monday in November in all the states . Tbe dreadful riots in Philadelphia have not been renewed . An estrangement of feeling has , however , been engendered by these acts of outrage between the native Americans and JTL-h Catholic 3 . A statement has appeared in the papers that the Irish labourers on the Cachine Canal , in Canada , have warned all the Americans engaged in any way in or near that work to leave immediately , for that , if they did not , " powder and ball , and their coffins were ready . " It -was added that the recant events in Philadelphia were the cause of this Bavage notice .

      HATTJ . We have accounts of increased difficulties in Hayti . We learn that on the 4 \ h and 4 > h of May the negro General , I . Acana , with a large force of blacks , had marched from the interior upon Aux Cayts , taken possession of the town , slaughtered many of the inhabitants , and driven out tho regular troops . Nearly 800 of the inhabitants Bad escaped in vessels to Jamaica and elsewhere . The negro chief was about seizing ihe American brig Montilla , with her cargo , vneo the Consul interfered . A letter in tbiB morning ' s Courier from Cape Haytien , of the 4 th of May , states that that town was taken possession of on the 25 ih nit . by General Pierrot , with a force of 2 , 000

      men , all in revolt against President Herard Riviere . That section of the island was tben erected Into a separate department , called " ihe Department of the Hoith" to embrace what formerly constituted the kingdom of Cnristophe , extending on the coast from Fort Libert ( formerly Dauphin ) , thirty miles east of Ca . pe Haytien , to St . Mate on the west , and including , besides , Gonaives , Port de PaLc , and St . ^ Nicholas Mole . General Pierrot had been declared Comuiander-xn-Chief , and with his Council of State , had impose anexportduty of 10 dollars Haytien per 1 , 000 lb . of coffee . As most of the stock was held by foreign merchants , this amounts , virtually , to a forced loan from them .

      BTJEXO 3 AYRES AND MONIE YIPEO . By an arrival at Hew York , we have accounts from Bnenos Ayres and Montevideo to the 23 rd and 21 st of March . The siege and blockade still continued , but with little prospect of the city capitulating , and it was thonght at Montevideo that Rivera would succeed in entering and relit . ving the town . The French Admiral had demanded of the French residents , who were armed to the aUQlber of 3 , 000 ia defence of the iowa , that they should strike thtii flag and disband , but they peremptorily refused to do so . CAPE OF GOOD HOPE . ; There are accounts from Port Philip of Feb . 5 , per Camoena , and from the Cape of April 16 , by the Wellington .

      At the Cape news had been received from Natal , which was not considered very satisfactory . Tie report was revived there that many of the Boars were about to remove further into the interior ; and although the result of their emigration to Delagoa Bay had disappointed their bopeB , still there was a hankering after independence of the British Government , which may lead to the withdrawal of many of the Dutch farmers . We regret to find that it was rumoured at ihe Cape that the eminent French and Swedish naturalists , Messrs . Dalgorgie and Wilberg , had been murdered by the natives in the Metzilikaizs conntry .

      At Port Philip there was nothirjg particularly new , but the re-commencement of immigration was expected to give a decided impetus to trade and Agricnltore . Capitalists and labourers—not people of middling means—are stated to be the only people wanted in the colony .

      FOREIGN MISCELLANY . Asieiucas Duz : ls . —On Sunday a duel was fought at Yicksbnrg , bei-ween Colonel J . E . Robins and James M . Downs . The parties fought with yagers at fifteen paces , and the latter was shot across the breast . The wound was not considered fatal . A day or two after , a street fight came off between the editor of the Sentinel and Dr . Macklin , the second of Downs . The attack was from the latter . Tee parties struck several blows , and proceeded to revolving pistols , in which it is said Macklin received

      a mortal-wouad in the breast . These fights originated from a difference in which T . E . Robins and ihe Hon . S . S . Prentiss were the real parties , and another duel between those worthies was expected to come off in a few days . On the 4 : h ins * ., in the same quite city , there was a street brawl between Major Miller , united States Marshal , and Major Dunn , the teacher of military tactics . The parties met at the Premiss-house in Vicksbnrgb , and belaboured each othtr with cudgels . They subsequently fought in the street with pistols , but without effect . —iVeu > Orleans Paver .

      Goethjs—The statue of Goethe meets in Frankfort with a similar fate as that oi Byron in London , which has lain in the Custom-house for several years . The magistrates of Frankfort did not appoint any place within the town to erect Goethe ' s statue ; it will be placed in a lonely alley , without the gates of the city of hi 3 birta .

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      PUBLIC MBETINCr OF THE OPERATIVE TAILORS OF MANCHESTER . A large and enthusiastic public meeting of the operative tailor * of this town woa holden on Monday last , June the 10 th , in the Manor Court Roam , Nicholas ' s Croft , to take into consideration tbe best means of aiding and supporting the sale department of this important body of men , who have now been on strike for the last eleven weeks . The room , which ia a very commodious one , was crowded In everf part . On the motion of Mr . M'Namard , Mr . Murphy , pteaident of No . 1 Society wob called to the ehaif by the unanimous voice of the meeting , who opened the proceeding fey a few brief remarks , and reading the placard calling tbe meeting . Oa the motion of Mr . Miller , Mr . Clark , of No . 1 Society , was elected Secretary .

      Mr . Lewes rose to move the first resolution , and in doing ao said that he always felt it & pleasure to do all in his power to forward the cause of human happiness . The present Btraggle was one that not only demanded their sympathy but their support . He always liked to see men ' s sympathy proved by the support they gave . This waB tbe eleventh week of thla contest between the suffering operative and the proud capitalists . In tbis struggle ef right against might , they found Jsw and G < Qtiie combined against the just demands of tbe poor toil-worn operative . Mea who bad become lich by their labour were determined to rob them of even tbe scanty pittance which avarice doled out to them in the shape of what they had the hardihood to call wages ; and their plea was that it wes for the public good . This was a strange doctrine , to do good by destroying tbe power of consumption of so numerous a bedy as tbe operative Tailora . But he would let tbe resolution speak for

      Itself" That tbe advanced rate of prices demanded of the employers in the sale department on Monday , tbe 25 th of April , 1814 ( being some 25 or 30 per cent , lower than what tbe respectable masters in the trade pay ) . Is both jost and reasonable , and in the opinion of tbis meeting the men who have for the last eleven weeks so nobly contended against the combined tffjrts of their stnbbom employers , are entitled to the sympathy and snpport of every journeyman Tailor in tbe United Kingttem ; and every means which the lav allows should be resorted to to sustain aad strengthen them in maintaining their righteous struggle , until , that straggle terminate ! in tbe Bnccess of right over might " Mr . Clark seconded tbe resolution in a neat speech , after -wnicb it waa put from the chair and carried unanimously amid great applause .

      Mr . Lindsay , in a powerful and telling speech , in which he pointed out the various statements put foith by the masters , and proved that they were without foundation , moved the following : — " That , as laboxa is the only inheritance of the working man , its few remaining rights and privileges should be guarded with untiring watchfulness ; and whenever the slightest disposition is evinced of unjust interference on the part of unprincipled employers , whether by tyranny over an individual or the oppression of a class , every working man in the commnuity should hastes to the rescne . We , therefore , rtsspectfnlly , bnt earnestly call upon the trades of Manchester and the United Kingdom to render all tbe aid and assistance to the cause in the success of which the comfort and well-being ef hundreds of families is at Bt&ke , but -which may be brought to a speedy and successful issue by their prompt and determined co-operation . "

      Mr . Roach seconded the resolution , which | was \ agr « ed to nem con . Mr . M Q-iiu moved , and Mr . Robert Dixon seconded , the nexl resolution : — " That , in order to give the various trades { as well as tbe journeymen tailors ) of the kingdom , a correct and satisfactory account of how matters stand in Manchester between the employers - and tbe men who left their employment , the committee be empowered by this meeting to appoint a deputation of not more than three individuals , irbo shall proceed with all posbible expedition to 1 st before the country our determination to continue the contest , and to request and solicit the trades and other societies to afford to us their support . " The resolution was agreed to without a dissentient Mr . il'Nam . ira came forward to move the next resolution asaid loud applause .

      •« That a * the employers -wbo refuse to grant us a fair day ' s wages for a fair day's work have accumulated wealth aud fortune out of toe unrequited labour of enr hands , it ia lull time t&at we bestir ourselves , and try If we caanet gain a decant and comfortable maintenance for our families , being , as we are , masters of the skill and industry which they are obliged to employ . We therefore beg to call the attention of the working men of Manchester and Salford to the fact , that any orders they may favour ub -witb , will be strictly attended to , by directing a note ( for the present , until a saitable place is taken ) to the Chairman of the Tailurs ' Society , Wilton Arois , Mayo-btreet , Shade Hill , Manchester . "

      This resolution was received with loud cheers . Mr . M'NAmara Baid that they had come to the conclusion that it would be best to take the money paid to the taru-onta , and purchase the material for working men ' s clothing , and pay tbe men the prices they were wanting from the masters for making them , aud visit the various trades and societies with them to sell —( cheers ) . They also begged to tell the working classes of Manchester that they would not be " jawed" by purchasing from them , for all they would ask -would bo the coat price for tie clotfa and trimmings , and the wages they asked of the masters . The employers had said that after Whitsuntide they would be enable 4 to get tailors

      at three for a penny j bnt they -were deceived . This strike was unprecedented in tbe history of the trade -. they had been out eleven weeks , and were as determined as they were tbe Brat day . The support they bad had w&a certainly not much ; bnt they bad as yet only applied to & few towns in the neighbourhood ; but small as it bad been , it was better than what thty got by working for the Jews and Ganliles . He was prepared to prove that the men were in the receipt of more money each week bow tban when they wero working . Be would conclude by stating tb&t parting would attend upon tbe various Trades to receive their orders . > lr . M'Namara resumed bis seat amid repeated rounds of cheers .

      Mr . M'Quin seconded the resolution , which was carried by acclamation . Mr . Miller moved , and Mr . Canlaw seconded tho next resolution : " That we cannot permit this public opportunity to pass , without tendering an unqualified acknowledgement to the members of No . 1 Society , for their munificent grant from their fnn ^ s , as well as their liberal weekly contributions towards the men on Strike . And we * l&o offer with pride and heartfelt satisfaction , our thanks to tbe good men sad true of Liverpool , Bradford , Sheffield , Asbton-UDder-Lyne , Bolton , Wigan , Ruchu&le , Stockpurt , Huddersfltld , Chester , &c-, &c , for > heir prompt and very useful assistance ; aud we pledge ourselves both individually and collectively , to advance so far as in our power lays , the prosperity of the several localities wbo nave , by tfaeir liberality , placed us under anch obligations to them . '' The resolution was unanimously adopted .

      Mr . Lester said that the resolution which he held in his hand would , he was sure , receive the hearty support of the me&ting , it was to the following tffect" That the Northern Star newspaper is entitled to the beat thanis ol the journeymen tailors of Manchester for so generously reporting tbe proceedings of every meeting having for itB object the well-being of any portion of the working community ; and we also feel much pleasure in recording oar b . igh opinion of Mr . Dixon , whose exertions in the cause of temperance and the regeneration of his fellow man ia alike creditable to bis head and heart *'

      Ha was sure that there was not a working man present but would give his support to the resolution . The report of the tailors conference in tkat paper was a great boon t » the trade , in&sniucb . as tbo&e places that were sot able to send a delegate , had in the columns ol that paper a correct report of the proceedings . On that aud many other account , he begged leave to move the resolution . Mr . Lindsey seconded the motion , end said he did bo with pleasure , for it was a fact that the Star was the only paper in the country that did jo&tice to the working classes . There was no other paper that would repoit their proceedings . If they wanted proof , let them observe that in this respectable and important meeting there was not one o ( tbe Manchester "

      pressgang present ; no reporter but Mr . Dixon , the reporter of the Star , who was always with them on such occasions . There was another reason why they were in duty bound to pass thla vote ; there was not a paper Iu Manchester that would insert their resolutions without being paid / or it Tney bad had to pay to one paper 25 s ., to another S 0 * ^ to another £ 2 , acd to another £ 2 § 3 ., fer inserting their resolutions , which the Star published without a farthing . Snrely then it would to gross ingratitude on their part if they allowed this public opportunity to slip without conveying to the proprietor and conductor of that paper that their

      kindness waa not forgotten by the operative tailors of Mancheater . What was tbe reason that neither the Whig press-, nor tbe Whig-Radical press , nor tbe thundering Tory Courier .-9 M present at that meeting ? - He would tell them : they were leagued with their employers . Tney could not afford to loss the ten shillings per week / or " cheap clothing eslablithmmt , " " great reduction in clothing , " " goodnews for Vuimiilions ; ' $ e , TcU was the reason wby they were not there ; "If the msstera . wanted to insert any thing io do them an injary they could get that done ; but the men had no chance in any other paper bnfc the Star . Par '' these reason * then , he meat cordially seconded the resolution . s '

      ' 'Pfl -it ; be ^; pat Ii » m 1 £ ke ' 'blu ^* Jt-w ^ . ( B ^ rie ^' ' aQaDlmousJy . Tkinid repeated rounds of applause . Mr . Dlscon briifly acknowledged the compliment , and at downloudly-cheered , ¦ Mr . Lewes moved " That the forgoing resolutions fee advertised in one of tbe Manchester Newspaper . " "His moving thts was not because the Manchester P . ess did the working men justice ; but even , if they bad to pay lor it , it was necessary in order to give tho greatest amount « f publicity to- the resplutiOEB , arid by thfa means they would perhaps be read by some individuals who never saw the Star .

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      The resolution was Becouded by tor . M'LaaghUn , and M . vl thMb J 0 ( the meeting were given to Mr . Mwamara , and the committee of No . 2 , Society , and X ! - ™ f f ? ° W ° n ? r ike ; m * mUo to «> e Chairman , and %£% X . ad < Ki with ton hearty cheers for the causa of right against might

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      HOUSE OF LORDS-FaiDAy , Jc ; nb 7 . In the House of Lords , after the i presentation of a few petitions , some interest was excited by the entrance of his Majesty the King of Saxquy , who took a seat that bad been placed fcr him opposite the Bench of Bishops , and near the Woolsack . Hia Majesty ; exchanged a few words with the Marquis of Londonderry , but did nst enter Into any general conversation jwitb tbe Noble Lords present . i The Loud Chancei-lor asked Lord Monteagle to postpone his motion on the , Corn-laws , aa the bringing it on then would be exceedingly inconvenient to the Government . i Lord MonIEagle assented , regretting the delay ha had txpetlencsd . la bringing it fox-waid . Monday was named as the day on which the discussion la to be taken . ¦ : \ ¦ ¦ . -

      Lord Campbell , as a remedy for :: these frequent delays , suggested that their Lordsipa ml&ht with advantage recur to the old system of meeting at -eight o ' clock ia the morning ! ] , - The Duke of . Wellington , expressed his readiness to be in hia place at that hour ; bnt with aoiuefroBy reraarked . that younger men , who had more to do than himself , might find it difficult to attend bo 'ieafly ' ... . "' . ' •; ,..-, ' , ' /]_ """ . . " - i -,-. :. Tbe . motion of Lord Monteagle was eventually postponed till Thursday next , and taefc Lordships adjourned . . j . Mondat , June lbinJ MQHT POACHIN © Blili On the motion that the BUI do pass , ! . The Earl of Radnor said he should eonfchms not content to the passing of this Bill , as he believed it tobe unneicemrs . ¦ - ¦ ¦ " ¦ " ' It ' . '¦ ' '" . , :

      ... ...... _ Earl Fitxbardixge supported t&e'Bill . 'He denied that iKfecherfl * were ariven to tne ' Coiimiail&u-of the offence of poaching by distress . j Tbe Bill was then passed .

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      The Copyhold and Customary Tenures Act Amend ment Bill was read n second time . The Holybead Railway Bill was read a second time , and the Law of Libel Amendment Bill went through Ojmmittee . Tho House then adjourned .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS—Friday , Jtjne 7 . On tbe motion that the House do resolve itself tato Committee on the Parishes ( SsoSIand ) B ' dh < 4 Mr . Duncan M'Neill explained the object of tin Act It bad for its object to facilitate tbe dlvisio : o ! parishes in Scotland . By the law aa it now exi . ed , tbe patronage of a sew parish belonged to the patron of tbe old one ; but where other parties bora the bur * den of erecting the new parish church , it seemed but reasonable that some other provision should be made , saving , ^* course , the rights of the heritors . Tha present Bill gave a power , in such cases , to attach a district to tho church , and to erect it into a separata parish , without the consent of the heritors , who , as they were not called npon to contribute , had certainly no right to interfere capricioussly to deprive persona of tbat religious instruction for which they were them * selves willing to pay .

      Mr . Fox Waule said no necess \ ty had been Bhown for the Bill , or for legislating en 6 he subject at all , and moved that it be committed that day six months . A discussion ensued , in which the provisions of the Aot were discussed in connexion with the late movement in the Church of Scotland . Daring this discussion the King of Saxony entered the House ; be sat for some time in tho chair of tbe Ssrgcant-at Anns . Sfr J . Graham stated that the principle of the Bill was one that b& 4 always been upheld in the best dnys of the Scotch Church , fie charged the Member foe Perth { Mr . Fox Maule ) with iuconuiatency . It waa scarcely a fortnight sinco that Eight Hon . Gentleman brought forward a motion fur tho abolition of subscription of teats in the Scottish Universities , and yet oa the previous night he was found in the course of the debate advocating the continuance of teats . Thia reference to a recent debate being irregular , was followed by loud cries of " Order . "

      After tbe usual explanations and apologies , Mr . P . Maule ' a amendment waa rejected , on a divieioc . v a majority of 54 , and tbe House went into commit . > a the Bill . In the diacusaion on the first c ! -: « reo Mr Fox Ma l l a retorted the cbnrge of Sir Jame- < . ¦ t ,. He thought the last person to make a cbargu o : .. icul- stenoy ought * to be the Right Hon . Baronot bimsbif . The man who wrote " Corn and Currency , '' and who now sat as the supporter of the agricultural interest , ought to be very

      cautious in charging another with inconsistency . In ft celebrated caricature publication of the day , the Right Hon . Baronet waa represented as receiving a deputation from the distressed thimble-riggers —( laughter ) . One of those thimble-riggeTS was made to ask the Bight Hon . Barooefc if he had any objection to allot ? a game of round-about . ? and the Right Hon . Gentleman replied" O , do , for I have patronised round-abont all my life . " —( great . laughter , in which Sir Jamea Qrabam joined . ) The Right Hon . Baronet should be careful now be made a charge of inconsistency against another—( hear . )

      The Committee divided on the clause , which waa carried by a majority of 32 . Another division took place on clause 8 , which waa also carried by a majority of 36 ; and on clause 9 , wbicn was carried by 41 . Tha remaining clauses were agreed to , aud the House , adjourned at a Quarter to Ten o ' clock .

      Monday , Jdne 10 . COUNT OSTROWSKf . Ciptatn Bebnal wished to pot a question to the Ricbt Hon . Baronet the Secretary of State for tha Home Department . The liberty of the subject bad been violated a few days since in the person of a Polish officer , who bad not only been sent to prison , but the whole of hia papers bad been taken by the police . He wished to know whether that bad been done by war * rantC and whether the right Hon . Baronet was at all aware of it ?

      bir J . Gbaham said the Hon . and G-iUnnt Membee had not beta so courteous as to give him ( Sir J . Graham ) netjee of his intention to asfe that question : his attention had only been called to the subject by what be had read in ' the papers . In cons ^ Que&ce of what he had seen , be made inquiries that morning on the subject of the police comwitsoianeta , aad aa aoderstood from them , that from , private information they had received , the police thought themselves justified in apprehending the party . The charge bad been heard before a police iruigistrais , who thought there was sufficient evidence to justify him in holding the individual so charged to bail , and if there had been anything illegal in those proceedings . legal redress could be obtained . Mr . Blew itt said , In his opinion there had been no ju ^ tificatiou whatever for seizing the papers of the individual alluded to , and more especially in tbe manner which in lira instance bad been adopted .

      Captam B&hnaL said he would bring forward the subjaut again tomorrow . Tha fitat pubiic business waa the consideration of the Sugar Duties Bili , and on the question that tho Speaker leave the chair . Mr . James rose to represent the hardship of the now proposed reduction ia the doty oa fereign eugar , as it would uffdet the British planters , a class to which he said he was so unhappy as to belong . They had invested their property in the faith of British legislation ; and now they were treated ten time * more bar » bly than tbe Njgrots bad ev .-r been , nud all for the sake of toah theories of couimerclul reform .

      Mr . Ewakt contended that tbe suppression of what he termed the . sugar monopoly of the West Indians waa necessary , in order to extend our commerce , ana to bring the consumption of augar within tbe reach of the great body of tbe people . His motion was , that the duty on foreign should be reduced to tbe same rate aa oa colonial sugar . Mr . Goulbuun excused himself from dealing with this motion at any lergth , on the ground that tbis proposal had been so often discussed on former occa&iona . He admitted that , if the revenue would s . Uow it , a very large reduction of the sugar duties would be desirable , but not an entire withdrawal of protection by the equalisation ef all the duties on that article . Mr . Hume said , thai when the colonists should have bad a fair trial of free labour , Mr . £ wart's motion might do very well , but that it was not reasonable to expect that , men should walk immediately whose legs yon bad kept tied till tbis moment

      Mr . Laboucheue could not agree to go the length proposed in Mr . £ wart's motion . Mr . H " . Gibson did not see what claim the West Indians could have to an encouragement of their industry at the price of discouraging the industry of the British manufacturers . And he wished to know how the Ministers arrived at the conclusion that a differential duty of 10 s . waa the exact measure of the disadvantage for which tbe West Indians were entitled to compensation . He thought it abeurd that you should make regulations to discourage any specific description of your commerce simply for fear you should sea ita proceeds expended by your customers in a way which your consciences would disapprove .

      Mr . Villiers remonstrated witb Ministers for not answering Mr . Gibson , and told them there was a calculation showing the loss of this country by the differential duty tu be £ 70 . 000 a week . The West Indians were no more entitled to this special protection , than a tradesman in a town whereof the traffic bad been diverted by a railway would be entitled to ask the House of Commons for compensatien . Ifc wa * sheer hypocrisy to affect a uorror of encouraging Brazilian slavery , when we are quite willine to carry on commerce with Turkey and other mtions having as slavery at ihe least as severe as that of Brasil .

      Mr . Gladsx jNS said be had been silent , because the atgaraenta lot some protection had . been Bt&ted repeatedly oa farmer occasions ; and though there might seam to be some disrespect to Mr . Gibson in not answering his speech , there was a still greater disrespect to the House in going over old arguments again and ! again . Tbe short ; ground on which the Government were now acung w ^ s , that the West Indians bad been led by along usage to rely on same protection , and that they had yet obtained tha fall Deceit of free labour He demolished , from official returns , some statistics introduced by Mr , Villiers , relating chiifly to Antfgua . Dr . Bowhino brkfly supported Mr . Ew&rt ' s ¦ vie' ^ s A lengthy discussion followed in which Messrs . Cobden , P . Stewart , Bright , Bernal , Rjebuck , Lord Sandon , Mr . Warburton , and Mr . Maclean took part . The House

      divided—Againgst equalization of duties 259 ] For it , , ... ... ... ... 59 > — i Majority for the continuation of protection ... 203 The House then went Into committee ; but after some discussion respecting tbe arrangement of business for future evenings , the Chairman reported progress i after ^ which tbe House want into Committee on taa Vestries BilL Here , after aome objection from 2 dr . Roebuck , Sir . Redbead Yorke suggested that the bill , aa relating to telfgion , ougafc to nave originated in a com .-mittee of the whole House ; but The Speaker , entering , addressed the Chairman , and gave , his opinion that tbe bill did not fall within that role . . . ' . ¦ . ' : ' i :

      The discussion being about te proceed , apon the pro yisiona of the bill , a wish "was expressed by Mr . Waubukton and other members that it . should stand , over , in order that the parishes of , England might learn the nature of the measure , and have the opportunity of expreasing opinions npon it -.-. Mr . " Sxaffpbd O'BEIEK , ths » antbOT of [ ihe JbSH , gave some . explanation of its object , which , was mainly to preveufc indecorum in . yeatriiaa , i , J Sir R . Peel assented ' to jibe present adjournment of the committee , but under a protest against being understood to express any opinion adverse to the prin ciple b ! the bHt . ' ¦¦ " ¦ '" ,

      ; After a little farther conversation , the Chaibmaw reported progress , and , upon the motion by Captain PeoheU , " that the name of Colonel Bolleston sboutd be substituted for that . pf Mr . Beckett DjWiistm ojw « the Cominlttee on - GiJbeft Unions , a sinarMeluto afbse . 'Upon a *¦ division / fiowever , it eppeared that there were but twenty-eight members present , and tbi motion therefore fell to the around .

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      A Geological Phekohenok . —Afewday 8 8 £ 0 , as some workmen were employed in quarrying a rook dose to the Tweed , about & quarter , of a mile below Rutherford Mill , a gold thread was discovered embedded " in the stone , at a depth of eight feet . How Ions this remnant of a former age has remaind in the situation from -which it -was taken , will baffle the skill of the antfgnari&n or geologist to determine . A small ~ bit of the thread h&s been sent to our office for the inspeetion of the curions . —Kelso Courier .

      | Mobs thai * " Ikshsct . "— A curions instance of the intelligence of « dog is related . The animal belonged to a celebrated chemist , who tried npon it the f ffeot of a certain poison , and the next daj administered a > counter-poison , which had the effect of j > r « serving the poor creature's life . The next day another dese of poison was offered him ; merei / Baid he , he would not touoh it . Different Borts of poi-BonbuB drugs were presented to him , but he resolutely refused alL Bread was offered , but he wanld not touch it—meat , bnt he tnined from it—water , bnt ie would riot" drink . To re-assure him , his master offered him bread and meat , of which he himself ate in the dog ' s presence ; and of that the Eagaeions animal hesitated sot to partake . He was taken . io a fountain , but he would drink nowhere hut from the spot where tbe water gushed freeand fresK This continued for several days , until -the master , touched by the extraordinary intelligence of the poor creature , resolved to make > no more attempts upon him with his poisons . The dog is now Tery gay and very happy j but be wilheat-of nothing that he does not . first-see his master touch , nor will he drink except from the purest spot of the fountain . —Edinburgh Weekly Register ,

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      The Franchise . —A movement'has commenced in the extensive and populous parish of Islington , and in some few other places , to carry out the late decision in the Court of Common Picas on an appeal from the Retfsing Barrister ' s Court , v . z ., that all lodgers and occupiers of small tenements , although not paying the parochial rates , are entitled to the franchise , if they pay a rent of notj Icsb than £ 10 . a year , or 4 s . per week . j Halifax , —Medical Boiajjy . —pootor Coffin , of Leed 9 , is delivering a course of lectures on Medical Botany in tho Large Room , Bull Close-lane , Barum Top . We are mformed that tho third lecture of the course will be delivered on Wednesday evening , June-19 : h . I

      Thh Political Mabttrs of 1793 4 . —After much delay a mouumeut is at last in course of erection . The situation of the monument is oa the Ca It onhill , a little way east from Burns's monument , and on the same side of the London-road . In consequence of a place on Calton-hill ^ having been oblained , the London Comittee have contributed £ 300 more to the Edinburgh , Testimonial . The Ca . lton-hill of Edinburgh is decidedly tbe moss appropriate place for a monument to the martyrs of 1793 . Edinburgh waa the scene of their persecution ; at , Edinburgh should be the monument to their memory . |

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      HORRIBLE CONDITION OF THE AGRICULTURAL LABOURERS . Onr contemporary , the Timest has dispatched a gentleman connected with that establishment , on a tour through Essex , Suffolk , and Norfolk , for the purpose of ascertaining the causes of the Incendiary Firos , which for some time past have been of nightly occurrence in those counties . In fulfilment of his duties tho reporter says ;— ¦ " I have it on good authority , thab since Michaelmas last , ia the county of Suffolk alone , there have been 131 ngHcultuial fires , ia which one Insurance Company has been called upon to make good tbe various insurances effected npon the property consumed . Tata ia some index to their frequency , but jfar from a complete one , as all farmers are not insured , nor are tbe insuraaces effected confined to one Insurance Office . About a

      fortnight ago , there were fewer tban sixteen agricultural fires in one week in the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk ; tbe same crime also prevailed over parts ot the north of Essex . In the following paragraph he furnishes the true elue to the cau * o of these conflagrations , namely , low wages and brutal treatment of tbe labourers : - " The parts of Suffolk where the labourers are said to be badly eff are about Hudleigh , where they only cet 8 s . a-week , aud Cottora , Buckton , Mendleshum , Hitcham , and towards Bury , where the same or less wages are paid . At tbe last osa a « a man named Gill v > aa transported for setting nrei to a stack ; hia defei . ee showed a spirit of recklesness generated by distress . He stated that he hod not enough to live on , aud did not care what he did . His wages were 6 j . a-week , and he was in regular employment as a horse-driver ( ploughman . ) These are the very partaof the county to which

      the fires have been almost confined in Suffolk . It would seem , then , that herej we are approximating towards cause and effect . " To , thia piece of information is added : — " Whenever wages were very low in any part of the conntry , and the people were badly off , or whenever it waa threatened j thab wages would bo lowered , they always found fires to commence and iucrease ; and , on tbe contrary , when better wages began to be paid , the nun . bir of fires diminished , aud they at last ceased . Of the same opinion Is the Chairman ( Sir A . Henniker , Birt ) , of the Ipswich Qauter Sessions , who last week stated in his address to the Grrand jury—* In my opinion , the only ; efficient protection for agricultural property—the only rational hope thit exists of restoring the country to a wholesome state , and of insuring permanent tranquility , is to be obtained by securing to tha labourer constant employment , together witb the payment of more liberal wages . ' "

      The following case exhibits a frightful picture of the awful misery and degradation to which our hardworking peasantry are reduced : — " Two able-bodied men , named Towner and Helps , were brought before Major Payne , Mr . T . Richardson , Mi . Blackman , and Mr . Woollgar , at Lewes , charged by Mr . William King Sampson . joverseer of BlatchiDgton , in the Newhaven Union , with refusing to work , whereby they had become chargaable to tbe Union . Mr . Sampson stated that be hiBiBelT offered tbe d&fendanta work a fortnight ago , which they refused : they had since applied for relief , and been admitted into the Union-house . Towner— ' Ton offered me work at 6 d . a-day . He wanted us to weed corn at 2 d . an acre ; that was a half-penny an bonrl We bad to pail up

      kilt , and snappers , and Thistles . It wouldn't keep us ; and we went away in search of work a fortnight ago ; and aa we could not get ; any wa came back . ' Towner— ' I worked for Mr . Sampson before , and I had 8 * . a-week , and rent and washing to pay out of it . ' Mr . Sampson— 'I put Beven men on the same piece at 3 d . an acre , and tney did ; very Wfell . ' Helps' Tnat was id . an acre more than you would give us . ' Mr . Blackman—• What fs the charge V Mr . Kail ( the Magistrate ' s cl « rk)— ' Wllfolly neglecting to work , whereby they have become chargeable to the parish . ' Towner— 'When I flret worked for Mr . Simpson he rave me 3 s . a-week , then 4 s ., then 53 ., and one week 6 s . ' Mr . Woolgar— ? What is the ; rate of wages ? ' Mr . Sampson— 'Twelve shillings a week , bnt I don't feel

      bound to give every man the same . ' Towner—* I should be very wall satisfied with 8 a a-week . ' Helps— 'I could not live at 2 d . an acre ; I should eirn about 3 d . aday . When we told him so , he said we might go . ' In reply to Major P » yne , Mr . Sampson said he had employed one of the defendants by the duy , and he then earned 6 a a week . Towner said he first worked for Mr . Sauipaon a week before Christmas , and then he bad only 3 s a week . Lord CbiehMtei— ' How much could they earn at 2 d an acre ?'' Mr . Sampson' I should say Is a day . ' Helps-f * When he gave 3 d an acre to tbe other people , the moat-they ever earned was 7 d a day , and he only offered us 2 d an acre . ' Mr . Blackmail— ' We can ' t send the men to jail ; but if yon are uncivil and don't comport yourselves properly , and

      accept work when it is offered—r Here the Magistrates stopped Bhort , and whispered together , when Iber conversation soon ended by Lord Cbtchester saying , apparently in angwer to an observation of Mr . Blackman , " I believe that the labourers get higher wages under , tbe New Poor Law than under the old 1 vw . ' Tho defendants then walked but of the Court . —Now , we should like to know how it is possible for a hearty man , who has to eudure the fatigue of hard labour , to live witb any degree of comfort upon 6 ? a week ? What must be his ( are ? Why , bread and cheese from Moaday to Saturday , without a change ef food . And -what must he Mb condition in winter , wljen warmer clothing , fuel , andcamiies , are required ? is it not clear that

      bis situation must be moat wretched , and that he meat be driven to poaching or thieving ! in order to enable him to eke out even a bare subsistence ? Hunger is the parent of every vice , aad we jhave no hesitation in avowing the opinion , that low ] wages urge people on to revenge — and their revenge ia incendiarism . The landlords possess the power to alter the present state of things ; if they fail to perform that act of justice , they may regret hereafter that they levelled the agricultural labourer with the brute , aud robbod him of bis independence .. * War to the manuion , peace to tbe cottage , ' is a watchword ef terror which may yet ring through the laud . Let the Wealthy beware 1 " '

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      ; ' * » The Journeyman boot and Shoehakebs proposed QUOTA TO THE DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL The journeymen boot and shoemakera of London , wishing , in conjunction with their fellow-men of all other places , and the working classes generally , to confer upon Mr , Buncombe , the tried and talented frfend of tbe people , some tangible token of their gratitude in humwe acknowledgment of hiB unremitting advocacy of thedue rights of labour , bnt , especially , for his goodwill and exertions In opposition to , and in defeat of the late proposed moat evil measure , the «* Masters and Servanta Bill , " and it being now felt , from the earnest willingness already manifested on this subject , that tnere is every probability that a sum of money may be collected

      aa a common tribute , from all , and to be applied as hereafter may be thought best—sneh as may at once be the boast of the working classes to offer , and the pride of Mr , Duncombe to accept : we , therefore , the committee of such of the London divisions of our trade , as our names underneath signed certify , embrace tbe earliest opportunity to urge upon every journeyroan sbcemakerof the three kingdoms , the baunden propriety of hls contributing , to the best extent of his means , on this occasion . We also , would further recommend , that , ia place at thesa subscriptions being merged in one common sum , from any particular district , city , town , or other place , that they shall be diatinctly kept apart , as the Shoemakers' Quota , and as such given in to the General Treasurer of the Duncombe Testimonial .

      aud in wboBe account eaob separate subscription from any town ,, district , && , will be duly set fertb , for the greater satisfaction of every party interested . We shall by these means , as shoemakers , be thrown into a sort of generous rivalry -with' all other classes of ¦ workmen , and , no doubt , by so doing , the tribute aa a whole , "will become much proportionally enlarged , and , In consequence , be more creditable to all concerned , as well as more worthy of the distinguished receiver . Aa workmen , as fellow-working men , belonging to the same trade , we appeal to . you with every confidence on this occasion . A shameful wrong , a daring injustice was ; attempted , in tbe Masters and Servants' Bill ; to be inflicted upon us , in common with all tbe other operative and dependent portions of society ; and it is to Mr . Buncombe alone we all owe our

      deliverance . To be politically ill-treated is surely bad enough ; bnt here we were to be specially so—the very existence of our social independence impugned , and fine , imprisonment , and degrading personal punishment , to be our chance , our portion , at the mere option , or self-will , of any evil-disposed employer , as sanctioned by some one an evilly-disposed and prejudiced , miscalled , Justice of the Pdace 1 These were , the terrible features of the attempt ; and here Duncombe became our friend ; and , finally , by the force of hia sterling integrity of purpose—hia aotiva opposition , and the straightforward and powerful eloquence of bis exposures , he beat down the unmitigated cruelty of this legislative monster : and now on us shoemakers , in connection with all others ef the working ol * eses , devolves tbe shewing onr gratitude far tbe triumph thus so timely and honourably achieved , We . theiefore .

      most earnestly urge npon all the various societies of our trade , to open forthwith their subscription liats , as also to take measures to obtain the subscriptions of every other shoemaker in tbeir respective districts , by leaving other lists at the different grinder ' s shops , bo that the joint efforts of our common trade , in every branch , and every condition , may be as lar ^ e as possible in aid of tbe Duncombe Testimonial . Wm . Wingett , Delegate Clerk , City Men's men ; George Greenalade , ditto , City Women ' s men ; A . Grant , Src , Borough Men ' s men ; G . Cambridge , Sec , New Society , ditto , ditto ; Samuel Smith , Sec , Borough Women's men ; Thomas Morris , Sec ., Strong Trade , Eastern Division ; Frederick Crump , Sec , Western Division , ditto ; John Suteball , Sea , Chelsea Society . James Smitbyes , Delegate Clerk , West End Women's men , President of the Committee .

      Tailors' Strike in Wigan . —On Monday , the 3 rd inst , the tailors in the employ of the two principal shops in tbe sale trade , struck work , the masters having refused to accede to tbe scale of advanced wages adopted . by the other employers in the sale trade in tbe town . An address , drawn up In a moderate , though forcible ttyle , has been issued to the working classes of the town . We believe the men in tbe above establishments cannot earn more than freni 9 s . to 14 s . per week , and to earn that sum from sixteen to eighteen hours of inntesKant labour is necessary . Two men and five women are still working at one of the shops . All the men , we believe , with the exception of eight , have obtained employment

      Labours Struggle aoaikst Capital . —Never since tbe aggressive warfare of Capital against the rights of unprotected Labour commenced , baa there bet-n a more noblo defence' than the one now making by tbe operative doggers of Manchester against their tyrannical , fro 8-trading , and treacherous employers ; and which , thanks to tbe indomitable spirit and common-sense tact of tbe men , bids fair , at no distant period , to end in a glorious triumph of right agaiuBt might , and to ensure for tbe workmen a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' 9 -work . It appears' the workmen , oppressed beyond endurance , turned out against tbeir oppressors several months ago ; and , having the experience of many turnouts before tbeir eyes , they wisely Msolved to grapple the monster by tbe throat , and work out their own

      deliverance by entering into competition with their former masters . To t&bct this , they put their mites together ; purchased materials to work on , and opened a shop at No . 45 , Ol' hum Road , on their own account . The effect of tbis step was soon apparent in tbe continual crowded etate of the men ' s ebwp , while tbe thresholds of tbe masters' shops appeared very likely to be speedily covered witb crass , for want of being trodden on . 'Twas in vain they displayed , in glaring characters . " The Free Trade Clog und Patten Shop . " In vain they lowered tbeir ^ riceu , stuck their daughters in their most fashionable array behind the counters insUari of at tbe piano , tbe door still remained undarkened by tho form of a customer j the till still remaiued empty : the graBS Btill threatened to grow at tbo

      threshold j the custom of the " Co-operative Shop" still continued to increase , and grim poverty began to visit the nightly dreams of the haughty profitmonger , when the demands of the men were at length complied with , and the poblfc informed that tha Co-operative Shop was closed , and tbe trade w . uld be carried on as was nfiual before the turn-out Now mark the treachery of the Free Traders . No sooner had ; they closed tbe men ' s shop than thty refnsed to pay ( ss had beeu asreod to by them ) sixpence per mouth into the Union Fond , for the support of tramps , &c . ; but offered , instead thereof , to pay one shilling pur month , and tbe men sixpence per month , into a Trade Sick Club , and thna leave tbe tramps and other unemployed doggers totally unprovided for—a deep , damnable scheme to

      break up tbo Union Fund , under the cloak of benevolence . It has failed 1 The Co-operative Shop is again open , nod right well will the masters rue their perfidy , when their capital shall be expended in the hopeless contest , and they themselves , perhaps , become applicants to tbe men they have so basely injured for manual employment . As for the men , they have learnad a lesson that will long be remembered , and which will , no doubt , cause them to ponder well tbe difference between working for themselves , or for a greedy , grasping profitmonger . Thia example , set by tbe doggers of Manchester , is worthy of being copied , if circumstances will admit , by all working men wbo are oppressed by tbeir employers . Lat all go and do likewise 1

      Kidderminster . —The Carpet Weavers of this town have at length resolved to organise themselves for the accomplishment of that very desirable object , which according to your valuable paper , appears to animate tbe sous of toil , in almost every other place the attainment of protection for Labour . At different tiuicB during tho last three months , delegate meetings has botn held ; and at length a Society has been foimed , the members of which already number upwards of 1100 . Tbe Masters have attempted to

      burke tbe movement by prosecuting one of the men , named Henry Martin for '' neglecting his work . " Martin was ubly defended , ' and tbe Magistrates dismissed tbe case . Some thousands were awaiting the issue , and on the result being known , they tie&ted the prosecutor , Mr . Harris , of Lower Mitten , to such a cAimvari as be will not speedily forget A delegate meeting was held in tbe evening at the Seven Stars Inn , and monies collected , which , after the espences of the De / ence bad been discharged , left a surplus of £ 3 5 a 3 d in hand .

      Framework Kkitiers' Movement . —On Tuesday , Juue 4 th , Mr . Meaking , the lecturer , visited Arnold , and was received with marked attention . A meeting was held , which was numerously attended , and a determination Y 7 HB manifested to carry oat the objects of the United Company of Framework Knitters of Great Britain and Ireland . There waa also passed , a resolution to assist the Central Committee with respect to lecturers , and the other duties devolving on that body . The lecturer next proceeded to Calverton , but did not , find them so well organized ,-held a meeting , and after explaining the results that must arise from a general union , a better feeling'was created , and a committee , formed to act with the Central Committee . On Thursday the lecturer proceeded . to Hucknall : this village found ft great difficulty in getting the workmen to see the advantages that most arise to

      knitters by Joining the onion , but succeeded at length in forming a . branch of the Union , and appointing a committee . , On . Fr iday ; tte ... lecturer . proceeded to MariVfield , and held a meeting at tbe Wheat Sheaf Inn , Sfock well-gate , The workmen of Mansfield have learned to tueir aoxxom . that branch unions cannot effect that good whioh . a general one will ; therefore , from . the first of this inovemtint , 4 he > y have been amongst : tbe foremost in the good work * Tbe Mansfield Woodhouse workmen are acting in conjunction with th * lr brethren of Manafletd . Mr . ^ leaking will visit , on the 17 tb , Kimbefley , Hill-top , and J 3 eggarlee , er wUladdre « s a general meeting of the workmen of the whole of those villagea ; the patties on , the spot rauat arrange with each other on tbtafrobject .. On Tuesday ; he will visit Smalling , in v wbicn place , wr . Tegbill , sw trust there ' will be fcund pertons to render him assistance in bis work 0 ! regeneration . ' On Wednesday he will be

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      at Darby , and . we have no doubt bat suitable arrangements will be maie for bind . On Thursday he will visit Duffield . Oa Friday be will visit Bulper . Oa Saturday he will visit Holbrook and Holbrook Moor . Tbis will conclude bis three weeks * tour ; and , in order to have the opinion of the Framework Knitters of the three counties , the Central Committee have deemed it tbeir doty to call a delegate meeting , to be held on Monday tbe 1 st of July , at ten o ' clock in the forenoon , at the King George on Horseback , Nottingham : every branch , hamlet , ) and village , are respectfully requested to send their delegates , as business of the greatest importance to the future prospects of the Framework Knitters will be brought before such meeting . <

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 15, 1844, page 7, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1267/page/7/