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    • THE NORTHERN STAK, 3ATURDAT, OCTOBER 28, 1848.
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      Next Saturday ' s "Northern Star" will conta i n afutt and faithful Report of the proceedings of the NATIONAL LAND CONFERENCE ,. Which will assemble at Birmingham , on Monday , October 30 th .

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      THE IRISH TRIALS . The Court House at Clonmel is once more left toitsusualquiet . The . lawhas bad its victims , and is satisfied . The curtain has dropped oh one part of the drama , and the busy actors have wended their way to other quarters . After the first trial —that of Mr Smith O'Brien—the proceedings were monotonous enough . The same witnessesmade the same statements , over and over again ; counsel took the same objections , were answered with the same arguments , and the Judges repeated old decisions ; the juries gave their verdict of " Guilty ' , in every case with the most praiseworthy docility and readiness , and the drama closed with

      apiece of acting on the part of the Judge , which had , at least , the recommendation of being highly dramatic . His lordship raised his arms most impressively when he came to the concluding Lord have mercy on your soul , " and rushed from the Court , apparently as much affected as if he believed that the brutal and barbarous sentence that he had just pronounced was really to be carried into effect . He knew better , and therefore we think would have consulted the judicial dignity by beins- a little less theatrical in his deportment . The lives of every one of the prisoners are to be spared , and the sentence will most probably be commuted into transportation for life .

      The trials developed the very worst features of such affairs . Falsehood , fraud , subornation , and perjury , were the predominant characteristics . Sidmouth and Castlereagh are names stamped with eternal infamy in English history , for their employment of spies and informers , but the Whigs have managed to achieve a bad pre-eminence in this art , which throws these two worthies completely into the shade . When the present panic has passed , and men resume the possession of their sober senses , the true character of the conduct and policy of the Government will then be seen as

      it really is , and will receive what it merits- — the execration of the right minded of all parties . It will be seen that these parties , who were prepared , when it suited their own purposes , to have levied open war in this country , have now—when in office—played off the poorer classes against the middle classes , and the middle classes against the poorer . They have denounced physical ferce at the very time they were employing spies and informers to go among the more desperate , ignorant , and impatient victims of the system , and to entrap them int 3 conspiracies having violence in

      view . But the crowning achievement , and the original feat for performing which their names will ever be remembered , is the creation of a new and ^ extraordinary race of reporters . The species , it appears , can be raised on this Bide of the Channel , as well as in Ireland . The memory and the accuracy of these policemen reporters was truly wonderful , and the way in which they managed to hear what nobody else did , showed , at least , a singular adaptation to the popular purpose the Government had in view , in appointing them to so distinguished an office .

      Ordinary parliamentary andlaw reporters , and gentlemen who report proceedings of public meetings for the press , find it extremely difficult to give verbatim reports . None of them , we are certain , would venture to swear that without takings note upon the spot , he could swear to the accuracy and bearing of particular expressions and sentences . But what these experienced and practised professional persons cannot perform , i 3 the easiest possible affair to policemen . They can go into a crowded meet , mg-be knocked and hustled about from p . ace to place—note down accurately all that issaid-and . onleavingthe meeting , make * correct transcript « f the very words usedhv the speakers . Nay , oneofthemconfe sedthat having commenced his report on the ZSZ

      me speech he swore to was made , he found his memory so much better the following S that he tore up what he had Writtln on The preceding evening , and began again ! An other swore that the sentences he denoted " to were consecutive sentences , which Swill admit to be a most material point 10 ^ 3 TttL T V ** P ressed > he admitted that they were not consecutive sentences , but merelypicked out here and there , as he thought they would suit his employers . IsitunliS that the man who cooll y told this falsehood open Court , would hesitate , if need were ) £ manufacture a speech altogether ? Such was the evidence , together with that of the most despicable and scoundrelly wretches that crawl upon the face of the earth—snieR

      and informers—upon which the Whigs of 1848 procured these convictions . Whatever mav be thought of the moral guilt of the prisoners it will , we have no doubt , be considered disgraceful that such testimony should have been admitted asjlegal proof of guilt . But the fact is , that in all casesof trial for political offenceB the passions have the ascendancy , and persons are hurned by the prevailing panic into the

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      vernment did not dare to grapple with this master evil firmly ; and the successful resistance made by the landed party to every really useful portion of the Irish bills that were brought in , showed that they are , as parties are now constructed , too powerful for any Ministry to risk a quarrel with . Therefore , we suppose , the old game of equivocation and expediency will be played over again . " There will be great cry and

      little wool . " The Session will open with magniloquent promises , and end with small performances . Landlord rule and robbery will be left untouched ; and starvation ! ejectments , and disease will be permitted to continue the work of thinning the peasantry of a land which is accursed by a system of misrule which com bines all the bad qualities of every form of Government known under the sun . A pleasant prospect , truly !

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      DEFENCE AND VICTIM FUND . Received by Wu , Ridib . £ i . d Coventry , per W . Holder ... ... 0 13 H . Ball , Maiufield . ... ... ... 0 0 Worcester , per A Z . ... ... ... 9 4 J . Mayman , Ramjgate ,, ... .,, 0 1 Polooksbaw , per A . Bernle ... ... 0 3 8 . Maroheit end Brother , Cheltenham .,. 0 5 Ketberthong , near Hudderafleld , per J . Moorhouse ... ... ... ... 0 I John Heaton , GiggleBivlok ... .,, 0 1 Trowbrldge , per J . Howell ... . „ 0 15 Stroudwaier , per H . Ptltohard ... , „ 0 2 0 Psoplo ' i Sail , B ' rmiDghara , per H . Rudhall 0 1 S £ 1 15 It

      The Northern Stak, 3aturdat, October 28, 1848.

      THE NORTHERN STAK , 3 ATURDAT , OCTOBER 28 , 1848 .

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      __^———»——¦^—¦——a ^^^^ . ' commission of acts from which at calmer periods they would revolt with horror . The demeanour of every one of the prisoners has been all that we could wish for . They have pre served a calm and dignified deportment , and shown a true and strong attachment to their native country , which will , in after years , shed lustre upon their memory , and must , in the meantime , commend them to the affections of their fellow-countrymen . Their fate , so far from deterring from future attempts for the raising up of Ireland from her prostrate and miserable position , will , we are persuaded , only act as an incentive to renewed efforts to make it what it ought to be—free , prosperous , and happy . If that desirable consummation cannot be attained except by a separation from this country , that will take place , in spite of standing armies , spies , informers , and police reporters . ^^^^^^ iiiiiiiiiMMBHNWtVi ^ HBBiBI'il ^ i ^ Bil ^ BinlMMMtflJBBHBHHMilKMi ^ i ^ i ^

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      ENDOWMENT OF CATHOLIC PRIESTS IN IRELAND . ¦ Lord John Russell was recently waited upon by a deputation of the citizens of London , to urge an early settlement of the " Jew question , " raised by the return of Baron Rothschild . His lordship admitted the fairness of the demand , but stated that Irish business would take precedence of all other at the commencement of the Session . So far , then , we have an indication of the point to which Parliamentary attention is to be directed on its re-assembling , but of the mode to be adopted , with reference * to Irish business , rumour tells nothing certain .

      Looking at the manner in which the present Cabinet threw away the opportunity presented to them in 1847 , of laying the foundation of a new and better social system in Ireland , we have no hope whatever of their doing anything really effectual or practical in the coming Session . They are incapable of devising a comprehensive or statesmanlike measure ; and if they could do that , they have neither the courage to propose it , nor the political influence requisite to carry it . From that quarter , therefore , nothing is to be expected that is likely to prove of positive utility .

      Numerous indications point to one measure as likely to be proposed , which is eminently VVbiggish , and quite in accordance with the political genius of the Premier—the Endowment of the Roman Catholic Priests . His lordship has , on more than one occasion , given significant intimations of his desire to do so , and the Peel Party are understood to be by no means adverse to such a measure . It would appear , from the attention bestowed upon the subject , both by the Metropolitan and the . provincial Press , that there is a

      likelihood of its being formally proposed , and the Church and Dissenting interest are already beating up for an opposition to it , should it be so . In addition to these two classes of opponents , the proposal would , no doubt , have to encounter the opposition of those who object to all endowments of religious sects , on political grounds ; so that even if the Peelites and mere Whigs were to coalesce , the probability is , that their united forces would be insufficient to carry it ;

      But supposing they were , what would be gained by it ? Would it render the' task of governing Ireland a whit less difficult than it is at present , or in the slightest degree abate the real causes of that misery and discontent , which render that country the " great difficulty" of all English administrations ? Neither . It is a gross mistake to imagine , that because the Irish priesthood have , at present , a powerful influence over their flocks , that th » y will continue to retain .. that influence when i i

      they become the pensioners of the state . The priests are now looked up to with confidence and respect , because the people believe that their interests and their sympathies are identical . They look upon the priests as being equally persecuted and jobbed with themselves . The State Church in Ireland is as great an alien as are the owners of the soil . The princely revenues enjoyed by its clergy have been reft from " the ould Church , " just as the land has been from its original Irish possessors ; and thus bound together by a sense of common injury , and a mutual antagonism to an alien and oppressive'Government , it is easy to understand the enormous influence possessed by the priests over an imaginative , religious , and impulsive people , like the Irish .

      But the sources ofthisinimrice will be at once swept away by taking them into the pay of the State . All the existing associations between them and the people would be destroyed , and they would henceforth be looked upon as being leagued with a Government towards which it is impossible that any Irish peasant can have any other feeling than that of rooted aversion . Even if the money for pensioning the Priests could be found , and they were willing to accept it , the bargain would be a useless one . The consideration for which they were bought over could not be secured . But both of these conditions are wanting . The money cannot be spared , In the face of a large annual deficit

      in the revenue , and the necessity for adding to the debt in a time of peace , it would really be " too unendurable " to pay for keeping two State Churches in Ireland . Heaven knows that unhappy country is expensive enough to us already , without adding a standing army of Priests to the military and constabulary forces , by which " law and order " are now with such difficulty preserved in the British Poland , Next : even if the money were forthcoming the Priests say they will not have it . The Catholic Bishopsjhave protested against the scheme , so that their opposition would be added to that of the parties we have already named .

      The plan , therefore , is futile and impracticable in every point of view , and the mere fact of its ever having been entertained at all only adds another to the long list of instances which prove the total incapacity of our Statesmen to deal with the evils of Ireland . These evils arise from the pressure of unequal Iaw 3 —the deprivation of political franchises—the bad tenure by which landed property is heldand the consequent want of capital and employment , which is inseparable from the present relation of landlord and tenant in that

      country . If any Government would address itself seriously and earnestly to the task of ameliorating the condition of Ireland , these are the things with which it must grapple , and not be led away by such delusive mockeries of reform as the pensioning of a few thousand Priests , for the purpose of employing them in keeping down the natural emotions of desperate misery . By force of arms and priestly influence we have just quelled an attempted rebellion , and obedient juries have convicted its leaders at Clonmel . The people of Ireland should be shown

      that we Jo not . intend to stop there , and leave things as they have been . Now is the tinse to step in with a bold and consistent system of just and practical legislation , which would give confidence and security alike to the capitalist and the labourer , and brin g into play the rich and yet undeveloped resources Of Ireland . Such a system would effect the object they aim at—that of reducing the people to quiet much more speedily and effectively than | any other mode that caa be adopted , and , in the long run , it would be by far the cheap , est . But where are the men to propose or

      carry out such a policy ? We look for them in vain , on either side of Parliament , or in any combination of Parliamentary parties . The . truth is , that they are either directly interested in maintaining the order of things in Ireland , or ejse , afraid of meddling with the landlords . The feeble and hesitating attempts in the two last Sessions , to remove some t > f the most glaring evils . of the present land tenure , and to promote the transfer of estates from impoverished landlords to the hands of capitalists , who would have called labour into operation , only proved that the present Go-

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      MR O'CONNOR'S TOUR . We have been disappointed in not receiving the looked-for reports of Mr O'Connor ' s meetings in Scotland . It will be seen by Mr O'Connor's letter that that gentleman has had splendid meetings at Montrose , Aberdeen , Dundee , &c . A full narrative from Mr O'Connor's pen will appear in next Saturday ' s " Star . '

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      1 o tttatiers & Comspontitnts . Mr J . Swiet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums for Mrs M'Douill , viz .: — £ a . d . MrGoulder .. .. „ „ -. 008 Mr Shepherd .. .. „ . , 003 . MrBroxholme .. .. .. .. 002 Mrs Perkins .. ., „ ,, 001 Mr Chipindale .. ., .. ., 008 MrThurman 0 0 2 A Friend „ „ „ „ o 1 0 IOB VICTIM » UND . From tlie Colonel Hutchinson .. .. 0 S 0 From the Newton' 9 Head .. „ .. 020 Thomas Mennill , Waktfield , can be supplied with tho O'Connor Tartan by sending his order to James Gibson and Co ., manufacturers of the O'Connor Tartan , New Street , Kilbarchan , Scotland . Notice . —All places in the Northampton district having arranged for meetings to be attended by Mr Kydd , must postpone the same for one week at leait . Thin request is made from unavoidable causes , and if at * tended to w'M prevent disappointment . Messbs Hunt , ( Manchester ) , D » y , ( Sleaford ) , and othtrs , who write on matters conntcted with the land qusitlon , ought to have addressed their letters to the Directors , lit , High Holborn . We hare forwarded their letter * . The Pentonville Model Pbison . — We hare received the annual letter of Henry D . Griffiths , denouncing this horrible place of torture . R . ToMUisoH , Colne , should have sent is with his communication . Mr V . Lacy , ClecktaeaUn . —The letter has not been received at thi , » office , if it had , it would have been acknowledged at the time . The addresses of parties to receive monies for all the various purposes of the more mtnt , have so frequently appeared in the Stab , that it is at less strange than anneying , that we should be troubled frith business in which we are not concerned , and to which authorised persons are appointed to attend . This would -have appeared last week , bit we delayed in order to make some inquiries on the subject . Wm . Redman , Bacup . — Tou must apply to the magistrates . i ^ T

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      LAND CONFERENCE . The Land Conference will hold its sittings at the Odd Fellows' Hall , King Street , New Street , Birmingham . The sittings of the Conference will commence on Monday next , October 30 th . Chair will be taken at " twelve o ' clock at noon , B y order of the Directors . Thomas Clark , —Cor . Sec .

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      RECEIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPACT ? , FOR THB WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , OCTOBER 26 , 1818 . PEft MR O'COSNOH . 8 ABEB . £ 8 . d Bermondsey .. 0 10 0 Huntingdon ,. 10 0 Wigton .. s 1 0 Birmingham , Globe and Ship „ l 6 0 Friends .. 0 10 0 Newbury .. 4 16 9 Nottingham , Brighton , Artj . Sweet « 0 2 « choke „ 2 7 9 Chi'pstow .. Ill 6 T Bidwell .. 0 1 0 Leicester , Astill 2 0 0 S E Broomfield 9 1 0 £ 16 10 6 3 XP 3 NSH FUND . Chepstow .. 0 2 0 Wigton .. 0 8 8 Mark Swales .. 0 0 6 Nottiagham , Sweet .. 0 10 £ oll 9 AID FUND . " ¦""" Oldham .. 0 0 8 S Kossiter .. 0 0 4 _ £ 0 1 0 Land Fund 16 10 6 Expense Fund 0 11 9 Aid Fund ... ... ... 0 10 jinn * Wm , Dixoh . OlIMSTOPHE * DOIIS , rnos . Cuke , ( Gorres , S » o . ) PflitlP M'QBATH , ( Fln . See . ) VICTIM FUND , 2 S 0 HVID BI W . SIDE * . Chartist Pioneers , Winchester , per Folkstone , per GStunjess .. 0 4 0 RLawry .. 0 5 6 Chester le-street , Sheffield , per J per M Robin . Cavill 0 3 0 son .. 0 13 6 J Mayman , Rams- A few Friends , gate -, 0 10 Len-es , per J West ,. 0 18 £ 18 8 BICEITED II LAND OlflOE . Mr Kendrick .. 0 2 6 Per Mr Whitcomb Deptford Friends , and Friends , per Mr Floyd 0 5 0 Greenwich .. 0 13 6 £ 10 0 BECKIVED BT » . K . YDD . Uxbridge .. 0 5 0 Leicester , Wm Leicester , J Sutton 015 0 White .. 0 8 1 Morton Colliery , John Roxby ,. 0 2 0 _ £ 1 _ 5 _ 1 DEFENCE FUND . XECEITED AT LAND OFFICE . Mr Kendrick .. 0 2 8 Deptford Friends , MrWMttell u 0 16 parMrFlojd .. 0 9 e fo el FOR DR M'DOUALL'S DEFENCE . XKGEIVID BT W . BIDS ! , Worcester , per A Z .. .. 040 IOB MBS M ' dOUAIX . BSCEIVED BT W . BIDEB . Bury , J Jones , and a Female Democrat .. 0 8 0 xo Exwrr fbisonebs fsom oakom pickinq , BECBIVSD BT W . BIDEB , J . Mayman , Ramsgate ,. ,. 010 THE LIBERTY EUND . BBOKIVBD BT 8 . B . JDD . Bury , J Coulter 1 i o Lincoln , J Budd 0 5 0 Limehouse , Mr Finsbury Lonu Pord „ „ " ° 6 ° callty . perMr Chestor . MrHes . Dixon .. 0 3 0 k « to « 0 5 0 Uxbridge , Edwara Farrell „ 0 5 0 £ 8 8 0 It is imperative to remind the Secretaries and Councils generally , that the state of the funds demand . Immsdiate S 2 fc « - rat V ? " V is Hnnece » 8 My * o recapitulate what h «« « pM al t ° ? ? T er occ t a 8 lon » - >* t the active memefficient * anner " « ueBtlon at once » »» d in an N . B .-No monieB to be sent to Mr Kydd , except for the 8 n ^ » to , f ^ eCh , f" ? t aBit . ati 011 ' «> d la aid of MM Jones and Mrs M'Douall . Let this request be attended to , and a « aw much trouble and confusion . -Direot to Land Uiuce , High Holbern .

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      Early Closing . — The Lrbdb Intblligbnpbr ¦ totes that at Hudderafield , the whole oMhSn ftlTKtt SrtttsSs ? dttiiw impoied upon them reuder neccsary . a hBtiLKR . -Tom C , was eating ojBtera but not liking to eject it , he reeoWed to Bwallowit &BF * i 8 ^^ « * « ^ »« *« S > vl ' l i *^ 5 . fine * ative . ' C said 1 m mighty ghd of it , for the last wM uettkrJ '

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      V brt Odd FBLiows . -At Alphington , near Exeter , there existed an Odd Fellows' Society , which latterl y has not been in very flourishinir circumstances , the effect of which was , that about two months ago , at a general meeting of the body , a resolution was come to for breaking up the club and dividing the cash in hand . This amounted to about £ 60 ., and three of the body were deputed to draw the money from the bank , and place it in the box , preparatory to another meeting at which it was arranged the division should take place . The money was obtained , and consigned to the custody of the box , each of the deputation having a key to three different locks b y which the box was fastened , At the appointed time the meeting took place , but nsitherof the custodians attended ; ditto atseve . rai adjourned meetings . At length the members I did what they should have done at first-they brok « open the box , but of course there was no mones there . '

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      THE WHIG VICTIMS . LETTER FROM JOSEPH RITCHIE TO A FRIEND , Newgate , Oct . 6 th , 1848 , Dear Sir , —This is , no doubt , the last letter you will receive fro-a me in Engiand . I therefore take tbis opportunity of explaining my conduct in pleading Guilty . ' On Saturday , the 30 tb , Mr Roberts called to see whether I would consent to plead guilty , and thus save the rest of the prisoners from transportation , and consequently their wires and families from destitution , stating at the same time it wonld mitigate my sentence . I at once objected to this , and rejected any mitigation on any such teruw . One of the prisoners , named Poole , then stated that lome of us wished to be transported for the purpose ef getting employment abroad , which we could not get at home , and that my excuses were aaltry and vain . However , they were all satisfied that my motives were pure , especially as Mr Roberts oaid he wonld endeavour to get my trial put off till the next sessions , when my pleading ' Not Guilty ' would not affect the rest . On Monday , when I was oalled to the bar , I waa questioned as ^ whether I would plead Guilty' by Mr Ballantine , telling me at the same time—that if I refuBed , all those men who were found with arms would be transported for life , and those found without any arms would be imprisoned for various periods . The other prisoners at the bar with me , as if with one impulse , cried : — ' Ritchie , Ritohie , save no , our wives and families from destruction . ' Mr Ballantine had just Baid the government would show no mercy . It was te me they anpealed—yea , to Ritohie , the Red Republican ! I know how to feel and how to suffer—I yielded and pleaded guilty . I did it to Bave those men , their wives and families from destruction—thuB I am withput trial sent to chains and slavery . I bad not been long removed from the bar , when I was again recalled . It was but to witnew my further disgrace . 1 was asked what I had to say in arreBt of judethe words— 'Oh , ' said he , ' you have nothing to say you have pleaded guilty , f I thought I would haS cued with shame and vexation . I was in a fix ; I had Pleaded - Guilty' and I coald say nothing . I rT quired all the courage I could muster to Btay at the bar . I wished then I had fallen before the outlass . 1 am informed that tha Times reporter sayB , I turned vale . Silly man ! I have faced dangers from Twtt wuM shrink Md &J- < h »™ andalavery . Death itself is but a jeit , compared to the fate of ray country . AIM 1 poorBnglani , almost uktli to know hemll !

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      *» < MEETING OF HAND LOOM WEAVERS . Bbl ? asi—On Monday week a large meeting of weaver delegates , from various distriote of the counties of Antrim and Down , was held in M'Dinald ' s Tavarn , Hill Street . The object of the meeting was to endeavour to have communicated through the press a general statement of the grievances to which the hand-loom weavers of the North are exposed , and thereby to enlist the sympathy and co-operati » n of the enlightened publio on behalf of such legal and constitutional measures as might be deemed neces * sary to avert further threatened evils upon the

      traae . Mr Richard Johnston was called to the chair . Mr John Boyd , in an able speech , moved the first resolution , as follows : — ' That the reduction on wa ^ ea made for B « me time past by the firm of J . and H . T ' Ung and Go . is unprecedented and un « oalled for , and , if carried into effect , must brine miser ; and destitution , first upon the operative and next upoa the honest employer . ' Mr Boyd , in order to elucidate the resolution with which he was entrusted , read from the records of the trade the various periodical redactions which had taken place in the rate of wages forparticular fabrics . It appeared for instance , that in 1792 , the price for weaving 2 , 000 9 8 th jackenet per ell was 33 . 10 d ., and for winding the spangle , 8 d . ; in 1802 the same article fell to 2 s . 8 £ 4 . ; in 1810 to Is . Sid . ; 1812 to la 6 i . in 1818 to Is . 0 $ d . ; in 1820 to 10 § d . ; in 1826 to 6 d .: in 1835 to 3 { d . ; and in April last . M ; Jamieson , the agent of J and H . Young , & Co ., in Belfast , gave 2 d , l-10 th , weaving and winding included . In round numbers , the weaving and winding of twelveyards of such jackenet , in 1192 , would have been £ 111 s . 8 d ., sad supposing that the weaver could put out of his hands three pieces in the week , ( which wonld be good work ) , his week ' s wages would have amounted to £ 4 8 s . 9 d ., whereas tha price now paid by Mr Jauieson , for the Bame fabric , and the same amount of fabric , is 63 . 3 d ., a reduction nf £ i 2 s . 6 d . in a week ' s work . ( Hear , bear . ) Mr Boyd proceeded to say , that the Messrs Young wera paying 3 s on the fabric , or thirty per cent , lesson the week ' s work , er Is . per piece leas than respectable houses in the same trade in Belfast , and observed tbat the time they had chosen to make the reduc tion wag when famine and disease wera walking abroad , and men were ready to grasp at any Bum , and that by their ' selfish spoliation' the respectable trade of Belfast , who were anxious to live and let live , would scon find it necessary to reduoe their price ? , in order to mest them in the market . After repudiating anything like a combination to effect the purposes in view by the meeting , Mr Boyd went on to show that it waB the interest of land * lords and ratepayers to support the weavers in their struggle for the benefit of their trade . The weave ™ of this town and neighbourhood were now so reduced in circumstances that , should the other manufacturers of Belfast be obliged to reduce their prices to meet those of Mr Young , 30 . 000 individuals resiling within a circuit of ten or twelve miles round Belfast , and depending for support on the shuttle , must ultimately be starved out , or be obliged to live in the workhouaeB upon the charity of the public . Mr John Johnston seconded the resolution , which was carried wnnimously . Mr J . Reid moved the next resolution : — That as men moving in a civilised community , we olaim the right to sell our labour in the highest market . ' Mr S . Bell seconded the resolution , which was unanimously passed . Mr John Campbell , in moving the 3 rd resolution , viz ., ' That we give every legal opposition in uur power to those who have made us poor , and would increase that poverty to advance their own interest , ' detailed the circumstances of an unsatisfactory interview which he . as a member of a deputation , had with the Messrs Young , in Glasgow . He was followed by Mr Wm . Stewart , of Conlig , who seconded t ' ae resolution in a brief but effective speech . The meeting after being addressed by several other Bpeaken was dissolved .

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      CENTRAL YICTIM FUND . Recolptj of week ending Oot . 31 , 1818 . Nottingham , psr Mr 8 we « t ... ... 8 1 C Mr Rider , ai per Sill ... ... o 18 0 Mr Eydii , from varioui friends ... ... 17 7 Ditto , from Sunderlaod ... ... 0 13 0 L » nd Office « 111 James Wood ... ... .. ., 0 1 C 'General Hill' 9 10 Mr Burrowi , per Mr Tamer ... ... 0 10 Cigar aakeri , per Mr Brisk ... ... 0 5 9 Llmehome ... ... ... ... 0 t 6 Rrneit Jones looallty ... ... ... 0 5 9 Cambarwell , per Mr Qraaeby ... ,,, Q 10 0 City Ladha ' Shoemaker * , per Mr Parker „ . 0 12 0 Frlenfo , per Mr Rochford ... ... 0 18 I £ 5 18 0 ColHv «' g Coffee House , J J Msbkiuan , 216 $ Srand , London . Hon . 9 eo The Committee earnestly appeal to the country for aesiitonoe , The preaent weekly r ceipts are not ade . q « at « to secure the payment of one half th » « mall at < liwanco at first granted the wivoi and famllUs of our imprisoned friends . Letters and ramittancei should bo addressed to Josiah John Merrlman , at above .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Oct. 28, 1848, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1494/page/4/