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      THE " BEBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES . . Irom our own Corrtsponderd . J CfXTXJCT BETWEEN THE POLICE A ? O > RFBECCAITES . Te A ^ zanders , ye Ca .-ars , ye Kapoleonp , all ye ¦ psrnors of bygone times , ye hoary-headed inaiis ] av ? j 5 » of the pr « = ens day , all jon who ? e deeds of tniv-nery and Wood have ranij -. Wan ^ b every land , ^ o ! : ide-yonr diminished beads' Yunr bold exploits , ¦ jolt daring feats , your brilliant actions , and all ¦ y oi ? - - deeds of chiva-Vrovi * renown have bren cast into thi -tie , nay totally eclipsed by : be acLkTements of ai > ta 5 n Kapler at ' vhe P- ? utaTddu "! ais gate . Cart . Napier , be H kpnwn to you , is not the Commod-re who battled wjih Ibrshim on the plains of Syr ;* . St >! no ! era Captain Napier J 3 a far greaif-r inV-, for he is Capita Napier of the Glamorganshire police .

      Unikof Alexander the Great , indeed ! he was a fool : o Captain Napier ; to him Caesar wa ? a child , an

      Soar -ii o ; " trampe's with which the sfi ' air has been hers d ~ d in by the Welch newspapers . They lell ns of a tireadJai battle which lasted a full half boar , am- . the uToati * of the wounded and the ranie of the 5 e-arm ? , and ¦ which * ierminatcd in the signal overiroa of Rebecca and her daughter * , se ? en of wh .-a were eapmred in the straggle . Strange to Bay . Lv-Tv ^ Ter , not one of the police , not one of the ttagl " tTa * t 3 , not one of the sergeants , neither th ? i » s .- -c -r , the clerk , nor the captain were either killed or wounded in the murderous cotSict . No ; uoi vae of them has even a scratch to e 2 ? : ibit as a

      pro * - = f his Taionr . although the combaia-nts are ieci , r cd to have waged the war at duelling oistance , only ien or fifteen yards interposing between the polie , aud tho rioters during the whole period of the b ' = K > dy cattle . This circumstance led your corre ? t » - > dent to suspect that a magnifying glass , of son- 1 wenty-horse potrer , had been made use of by tht r- porters in drawing up their aceonnts of the affn-j . He has accordingly been at som 8 trouble in t \ - ~ - 'Anz at ihe trnth of the matter , and at last saa ~ - - --ded In obtaining a correct version of the story , froc > -a individual whose veracity may be depended nj- ^ . for he was an eye-witness of the whole

      Q , Wedneeda ? xightiast , ah out half-past eleven o ' el - -.- £ , a large body of Jtebeccaites mustered in a £ e ! a a the immediate neighbourhood of Llanon . 5 Lar : \ of them were snnsd "nith guns or pfk # s , and from iO to 59 were well mounted . They were disguised in f > -rrale attire ; some of them with women '? cloaks , Bom- vrjth bed-gown ? , others wish shirts over , their cluir . c - ; , and rot a few aped the conduct of their bit : — > , and , for want of better ? mft , contented 1 then- --Itc-s with mtrely turning their coats . Alto-£ eu ~ r th ^ x cmstexc-d about a hundred stio-ag ; and \ hav-s ^ fenced their line of march , nred a rocket , i and - . cS for Pontarddulais , which is situate on the I cc-n £ :: * 3 of Glamorganshire and < -aroarthenshire . Oatiit ^ r wsy thiiher they aniased ihemselves , as

      H 5 & 2- ' with blowing cows' horns , firing guns and chetr ; r . £ from time to time as they passed along . They were joined in their route by various persons who Aere determined to witness the spree ; and wht-:- they reached Pontarddulat ? , heir numbers zancurr . sd ' to aboat oneiiundi-ed aud fihy , many of "Brh .-p w ^ re mirf boys . They gave Ujee cheers on . pa 3 .-is ^ the ims , which were distinctly heard by the I iecr-T of ihe gate , who eonclnded thw it was time he = L ' . « i ! d be somewhere else ; and feaT ienoing him vriEEs he was Fpeedily out of the reach of danger . The rioters were sot slow in levelling the gate , BEOirii-iig in the coots and windows , and otherwise comp : tely gutring the hosse , Having finished the work if de ^ miciion , they gave three cheers more ,

      Hew : heir horns , fired eS" their gun =, and took their depa . r * Qre . About half-a-dez ± u lookers on and ihree or ff-jr of those who are supposed to have belonged . to ibc bard , remained behind their comrades , con-. lemi- nine the desolation trhich cad been thus spei-ei ' -j dfrcted , and perhaps arxarg-ug ipr futnre scer «> of asimOar kind , liformaticn had been receiv J i . y : he aslhorides on ihe prerjous day , that on that * -izhi this particular ^ ate was to he attacked ; and Csptsin Napier—the gallant Captain Napierwas ii ^ -iTD cted to take m easures for its defenre , and if pc-T ole to secure the persons of some of the rhfgleaccrs . That hero ( having preraiJed upon J . D . iJewr Syn , L 12 . Dillwin , and M . Moggridge , - 3 £ sqr-rc 5 , together with plain Mr . Atwood , to ac- . ,

      eoxa ; -3- ! y liim" ) took charge of the party of police , coiiri- ' : iL ? , as above stated , of one isspec'or , two serj' 1- ts , and four full privates of the ticnl b breed - of " bias bottles . " They arrived long before the liot ? r- made their appearance , and rook np their poa ~ : aj behind a hedge , about a hundred yards from the fated gate . Here they lay , f baking in their shoes , ^ . b'le ili e work of demontion was csnied on 5 and it was only when the more distant sounding of the horn ? announced that the rearing foe had withdraw a , thai they screwed xhtir courage to the EtleErng place , and Tcntured to approach the scene ofacii-D . ThenewspapeTS tell ns that they were arm-1 ; and in this matter at least we tnay give them credit for being right , as these gentry seldom Tent-ore

      ihelr rredouB eareass in the vicinity of a row without beV g absolutely armed to the teeth . When they saw the party of stragglers , who , as already stated , remained T > ehind at the gate , ihe police immediately opened their fire , which such of the rioiers as Trere in possession of a gun as promptly returned . In numb , rs the parties -were pretty nearly equal , bui in po nt of weapons the police had decidedly the a- ^ Tatagej 33 in addition to fire arms each of them ban a stout cutlass by his side . The contest vras niaintained for about ten minutes with great spirit : when tie leader of the Rebeccaites had bis horse shot under him , and his arm was shattered by abnVict which penetrated the elbow ; but even then he weald not give in , bnt fought stoutly hand to

      hand nns 3 he fainted Irom loss of blood . The trampling of » be dragoons , who were approaching at a hand gallop , warned those who were still maintaining the unefual strife that it wi » time for them to be off and leave the police victorious for once . But whil =- 'hese things were going ou , where was the gallant Captain Napier ! and were where the sworn censer -ators of ihe public peace ? Rnmonr says that i ? : * Captain was Entbdy eseonced behind the corntr uH the toll-house ; but yet doin £ his best to TXge on > iis dare-devils 10 close wiih their opponents ; and if ^ hst mitouT adds be trne , he is better quaiijjed to ~ * i a " bowler at cricket , " than an officer in cemrasud of rcrai-police . But no moral tongue can tell w ' h-i pari the magistrates took in the affray ;

      for it -: ^ lire'i-silj Eurmised tnat tbey wholly lorgo : to ar > j > - ir until the firing had ceased and the rioters led . Tb « police now enjoyed a little breathing time to Sf- * £ ~ z tins horses and handcuff the prisoners , bfcfox .- - -: E cavalry came up 10 depri \ e them of their laurcU They accordingly msde fast the tnree men whom ; hey had taken , iwo of whom were severely ir ouT ;« -i ' "i . The dragoons were forthwith despaiched inpurvait , but were unable to capture a tingle in divi-au-o . Tbsy had , hewerer . the hononr of e . -cortin ^ tLe three prlsoiiers to Swansea , wh- re 1 am Wft ^ " :-jbe able to state that thsy have met wish eTcrr ' ziien&on which their situation rtqaires ; and It is " i ^ r » -d that although striocsly wounded , there

      is 30 = 9 httle danger of their injuries proving mortal . I £ 2 ^ : urn to the doings of another divisioli of the force -siployed on that eventiui night / or the capture c ; R-bscca . A division of the 76 'ii Hegiment of fee - , -tationedin tre Poor Law basule , Llanelly , jnaroH ^ -i towards Pontarddulais , under tne comjnar : : Captain Scott , wiso was accompanied by lir , vr . 'ZhambeK , jnn , who effieiatfc « a CarmarthsE ^ -r ; : s magistrate . Tfeey wtre uncertain wh * iher the li " ^ y-Bridge < fete , or that at Pontardauiais Tras uj oe the object of attack , and const quently « on « --Wd tie soldiers behmd a hedge near ihe Gw :: ly-i < ridge which h about midway between the two . ^ iilethey rrere skulking there they h ^ ard the S "" g of guns a ' jd the blowing of horns

      in tte u-rect : on of Pontarddcia's , when their officer orderc-i ^ hem to load , aijd fix bsyontis . They "wert si't'Sv-qntaifly dmded inio two bodies , one commanded by Captain Scott , sBd the other by "S ir . Tayt :-. with orders to cut off the retreat of the uou-r- between Hendy Bridge and Llaneliv . Those ¦ who h' ^ Te read the foregoing acconnt must have obseiT--d that when the saie was destroyed the . main b-- dy of the rioters withdrew . They , however . - > --ok an entirels diff-r . ui route from that which ihe seldiere were guarding so carefully ; but one n » su of the name oi Le-sris Davies happened to he pafsicg by this rosd at the time , anu he " was immeimely grabbed fey Captain Scott and Mr . CSiamJsrs , and was left m charge of Sergeant Gibb . The prisoner was attirrti in his usual dress , but he had a Oman's cap in his pocket , which wa 3 prodnc ^ c sgainst him by ilr . Chambers as -proof thai

      he belonged to Kebecca . His face was also discolonrei with black paiut and ochre . Strgeant Gibb wl 3 directed to detain him a prisoner , -whilst ihe pany moved off " double quicK" towardBthe fcrnpike road Jeadiiyr from PontarddnljustpLlaneil y . Here again they wtre placed behind a hedge , and , » s a party of three or four of the riotera were retreatsng bj this route , they observed -Jir . Chambera ^ eer ^ ng over the hed / je , and sent & little boy , who was dressed in girls' clothing over the gate , to aseextam who the parties might be who were Btationed there . This yousgster , after a smart oh&se , yrss EL-onredj but the others made their escape . The £ ergt-a > . i , who had been leit near the Gwilly Bridge captured two others ; and the four prisoners were fortfciTith taken to lAmeDj . But - pnoi 10 this , they cdvanced as far as the Poatarddulais gate , There iheyhad nearly been - eaarjjed by the dragoons , who supposed them to he RebeccaUe 3 re »

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      turning to ths attack , and it was wilh no tmaH difficulty that they could convince them of their mistake . The four prisoners who were removed to Llanelly were bronsht up next day for examination before tho Magistrates , when it was agreed that as the toll bar which the prisoners were charged with destroying , was Bimated in Glamorganshire , the magistrates nf Carmanhenshire had no Jurisdiction in the matter bnt to orde-r the removal o' tb »? prisoners to Swansea , which order wa ? carried into effect at an early hour on Friday morning . Your correspondent witnessed the arrival of the prisoners , and a graater cxhibidou oi weakness he never saw manifested on any prev : oc 3 occasion . The escort , which was composed of

      a strong detachment of the 76 rh , was headed by inspector Ross on horseback ; and if ever two made a pair in this world , Ross aud his horeewere certainly the ccnpla ; the parue amount of intelligence , the same reasoning facuhiep , qnd attout the same amount of brutal force being dL-plajed by ths biped and quadruped in qntstion . The prisoners were handcuffed in pairs in ifee centrj of the party , and lest the three boys and a man bhould have attempted resistance , tbB whole of the part ? marched with fixed bayonets . The very soldiers hung down their heads and blushed as they proceeded thrpn > : h back laues to The house of correction , amid the jeers of those who wi : uf-S 5 ed their prfgres ? . At the time ] write { . Monday ) , . the examination has not faken place , bat when it does so I shall forward you full

      parncu . B : b ~ cca is in no wise disheartened by the misadventure which she nietwirhon Wednesday niglt ; for 03 the following Friday s-hts and her children demolished another gate in Carmarthenshire , and also -. t fire to a straw rick , she property of Mr . Chambers w ^ ° headed the military on the previous excurrion . On Saturday night they demolished another gate and toll-house somewhere ntar Pontarddulais , and the old woman tclto wu $ at the gate was shot by the rioters .

      On Sunday night , the rioters atain mustered to the uainber of about seven hundred men , when they prr . ce < = dcd to the bou e occupied by -Mr . Chambers ' : * gamcketper . which they wholly demolished ; they next proceeded to a farm-yard , which is in that gentleman ' s possession . Tbey set fire both to the train in the stack-yard and the office houses adjoining , all of which were speedily in a bis * -. When they had completed their work of destruction , they proceeded to that gentl ^ -manV residence , ' but he had got the hint and was nowhere to be found .

      3 for « . 'O ! to mention that an attack was made eariy on Wednesday morning , on the bouse of Mr . Lucrofr , R . N-, harbour master of Llsnelly , who bad rendered bim ~ elf obnoxious to wrtain parlies by the inrrodurtion of new regulations restarting the pilotage . They threatened him that if theso new regulations were not abolished in a fortnight , he should receive another Tisit , which would not be so well for him . Several shots were fired into his hou ^ e , but no one of tfce family was injured . They passed Mr . Neville ' s copper-works , where they fired > -everal volleys , and afterwards proceeded to ihf village of V « linfo-1 , wh ? re having . obtained some refreshments , they quietly dispersed .

      IXaHJNaTION OP THE PRIS 07 . EBS . At the time of my writing the above , I was informed that the examination of the prisoners was going on at the Town Hall , and having proceeded thiili ^ r , I found the magistrates exam : uitg the witnesses . 1 obiained a copy of the depositions , and now abridge them for the information of your readers . John Hugh , John Hughe ? , David Davies , Lewi * Davies , Wn . Hughes , ( a in ^ re boy about ten years of age , ) Henry Rogers , and Tiicmas Williams , were placed in the dock , c ^ ajged wiih being participators in the outrage at Poptarddnlais . Charles Frederick Hapier or . being sworn depospd that he is capiain of the police , and inconsequence

      of information he received he proceeded with a party of men to Pontarddulais . He arrived there between twelve and one . He heard a great noise of horns blowing and guns firing . He heard also a " voice like an old woman ' s crying ** come , comf , come . * He heard other sonnds like the mewing of cats . Tnese sounds seemed to proceed from the direction of the Red Lion Inn , which is a short distance from PontaTddnlais gate . When we came within sight of the gate we saw a great number of men present ; they were in various disguises and seemed to have been destroying the gate . Syme had white dresses on , others had bonnets on , and most of thfm appeared to be dressed like women and had their faces blackened . About three of those who were mounted

      seemed to take pa « m the proceedings at ihe gate . Tney had their horses heads towards the gate and their backs toward m ? . Thtre was a continual firing of guns kept up by the rioiers . 3 formed my men and called on the parties to atop . I made u = > e of the word M stop ' three or four times . i * Upon coming up to them one of th ^ mounted m * n who . was disguised as a woman lurued rouud and fired a P'IsloI at me . 1 was close 10 him at the time . I moved on a few paces and a volley was fired by the parties assembled in the direction of myself and my men . The volley was fired at u . « ; at leatt this was my iropres-ion at the time- 1 then endeavoured to take the parties into custody , but we met with considerable resistance . JoSn Hugh , David Davies , and John Hughes were among them . John Hugh was dressed in a white cloak acd had something like 3 feather in hi- hat . 1 saw the prisoner David

      Davies aim a blot ? at L . LL DiUwin , Esq ., but cannot say whether it took effect or not . After the pistol hfaos and volley were fired at us , I fired ana shot the ths horse on which the man was moanted . We returned the fire , and a general skirmi-h took place , during which a number of shots were fired oa bo = h sides ; but in a = h' > rt space of time the rioters dirperped . Three of the horses ridden by the parde 3 on thst night are in my custody . After the rioKTS were dispersed I found that the turapike-gate was destroyed , with the exception of the posts . The gate-house was gutted ; the windows , Window-frames , and doors were driven in , and a ponion of the wall of the bonse was pulled dows . I discovered the marks of shot in the sash of one of the windows . I found two sledge-hammers , twocrowbar 3 , and a pickaxe , which are now in possession of my men .

      Price , a police-ofBeer , deposed that he was on duty at Pontarddulais gait on the night in question , where he saw a crowd . He pulled a man . from his horse ; that man was the prisoner , John Hughes . He saw nim on horseback , in front of the mob . He had then a white cloak oveT bia body , a white cloth over his hat , and a red handkerchief about his neck . He had also a gun , and a tin horn in his hands . He fir .-d the gun in the direction of the police . He was about ten or fifteen jard 3 distant at the time ; W 35 sure he was not twenty -yards distant . This was from five to eight minute 3 before he took the prisoner , which he effected at last in front of the Hi'ri Lion .

      William Lewis sworn . —Is a shoemaker by trade , and has been gate-keeper at Pontarddulais for the last year . Recollects last Wednesday night ; cannot reEj > -mb * T any thing particular , as he (^ itnes ^) ran away . Between eleven and twelve" he removed his goods , a- be heard " Becca" was coming that night . He stopped some time in the hou 3 e afterwards . While he was standing at the door , between twelve and one , he saw a great cumber of persons on the road near the Red Lion ; but when he saw them conn ? a ^ -far as the bridge , he ran away . He heard sho s firfd in the crowd . He went about sixty yards / roin the bonse , when he hid himself . He remained there for three-quarters of an hour ; when he returned u > -he gate-house he found that the door and wiiidow ^ were broken , and part of the house pulled down .

      Gtx > r £ e Jones , strorn—Is a sergeant in the GJami rgan ^ hire police ; wa 3 at Pontarddulais on duty last Wednesday night . He was certainly afraid . He heard firing of guns and blowing of horns . There was a large concourse of people . After the mob had dispersed he saw David Davis run out of the to'O-honse . Witness pursued and laid hold of him He pushed witness away , when a regular ? cufi- > en-ued . Witness succeeded in keeping him in nwody , for he handcuffed him . William Chambers , jun ., the magistrate , and

      Serj-rasiT Gifcbs , of the 76 th Regiment , deposed to the Jaeis 01 ihe apprehension of the other prisoners , as I have -tated already , when the magistrates agreed to remand the first five prisoners on the li ? t until tomorrow , at eleven o ' clock ; but there being no evidence against Henry Rogers and Thomas William ? , after a sinct caution from Lord Jsmes Stuart , chairman of the magistrates , they were dismissed from the bar . Mr . Hugh Williams , of Carmarthen , took notes on behalf of the prisoners , but was not allowed to

      crosse . La > t week , two wheat stacks , the property of Lord Dynevour , were set on fire , and information was given implicating a persoo whose name I have been unable to Jearn . The case was heard by the magistrates at Llandilo , on Saturday ; but after siumg to a very late hour , the evidence was not considered surScientiy Btrong to autherise the magisjauis to commit , and the accused party waa consequently discharged .

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      this farm wure set firo to , together with the h 8 y and corn stacks , all of which were completely consumed , and about £ 200 worth of property destroyed . One of the farm boya was awakened , and on looking out saw the outbuildings on fire , and about fifteen men disgnised leaving them . The same men were then seen to go across the country to another farm occupied by Mr . W . Chambers , called Geibygllnoy , and there they set fire to the corn and hay stacks . Three stacks of corn and one of hay , wonh about £ 150 , were entirely consumed .

      The mo 3 t shocking part of the night ' s history re ^ mains still 10 ha told . On the road from Llane y to Po » tarddulais , and within 500 yards of the latter place , is a tnrnpiko-gate called Hendygate . This was kept by hoa old woman upwards of seventy years of ago , who has received frequent notice 3 thst if she did not leave the nate , her house t-hould be burnt down . About three o ' clock yesterday morniDg a party of ruffians set fire to the thatch of the tollhouse . Tne old woman on being awakened ran into the road aad to a neighbouring cottage within twenty yards of the tollhouse , shouting to the people who lived in it , " For God ' s sake to come outand help her to put out the fire ; there was not much . " The occupier of thiscottage , a stout able man , whom I saw last night , told me that he was afraid to go out , and begged the old woman to come into his cottage .

      which she refused , and went back to try and save some of her furniture . Id appears her exclamation had been overheard , for the vill a ins returned and set fire to the thatch again . The old womua then ran across the road , and , as I am informed , shouted out , " She knew them ; " when the brutes fired at her and shot her dead . She staggered a ^ far as the neighbouring cottage door , and there sunk dowa dead in the arma of the cottager's wife . I drove over there last night . The ruins of the toll house were still smoking . In the neighbouring cottage lay the body of the poor old woman . Sho appears to have been shot in the face , which was covered with blood , and the cottager said there ^ vero slug marks in the cheeks . But 1 turned away from the shocking sight . I could not bear to look at it .

      vV here is au this to end 1 A most foul and cowaruiy murder has at last been committed . Much have those to answer for , who havo produced this state of society . The stupid excuse— " We knew nothing of it , " will not exonerate those whose duty it was , from their position , to know it and to prevent it . As may naturally be supposed , this town is in a strange state of excitement . A party of dragoons , in addition to the infantry , have come to the town , and were last night out scouring the country .

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      Newcastle . —The delegates of the National ConfeTtnce of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland reassembled at nine o ' clock oa Tuesday morning . Mr . Wakinehaw having been elected to the chair , the minutes of the previous sittings were read and confirmed . The Secretary read an address to the toal owners , showing the objects 0 / the Miners' Association , which was adopted , ordered to be printed , and a copy sent to the Northern Star for insertion . The Wineate delegate brought forward a resolution adopted by the men of Wingate , at a public meeting of the colliery , presenting their meat sincere thanks for the enpport afforded them by each respective colliery in Northumberland and Durham during the time ; they felt it a duty to desist working until the masters would give them aome guarantee for the safety of their lives by the removal of the damaged wire pope by which they wanted them to descend the pit . It was received , and the thanks of the delegates added thereto . Mr .

      Beesley gave an account of the atrangements made with Mr Roberts , on the part of the Wingate men , and the masters , wherein the latter agreed to remove the wire rope , and substitute one that the men might go down the pit with safety by , if the men would go to work immediately upon it being reDdered safe . Mr R . said the men would go to "werk ; but unlen they ¦ wouH pay the men ' s wages for the time the pit was unsafe , be ( Mr . R . ) would be under tho necessity of trying if the law - would compel them to do the men justice , by remunerating them for the time which they bad lost , before the removal of the unsafe rope . Mr . Beesley was londly applauded throughout his address , ol -which the above only forms a part , and the -whole of tha delegttes approved of the manner in which Mr . Roberts acted for the men . Mr . Thomas Mycrofi , of West Auckland , vis appointed a lecturer for the Miners * Association . The Executive were th _ n requested to retire to another room to make

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      out the routes for the lecturers , with instructions that one or more be appointed to Weardale . That our brother Halliday ( one of the Cumbeiland delegates ) be requested to state the grievances of tvhich the colliers of that district had to complain , waich be did in a very minute manner , and w as corroborated by several of her delegates . We omit inserting the Cumberland grievances here , as they appeared in the report of a former part of the proceedings . A delegate proposed" That each delegato be requested to lay the Cumberland case before his constituents , and that they be entitled to the same support as the Wingate men were , and that t-ach district send their remittances for the Cumberland men to Mr . Judo , who ¦ w ill make arrangements with Mr . Halliday as to the mode , of conveyance . " Agreed to unanimously . Mr . Roberta then entered the room amid enthusiastic applause , and stated the arrangements he had made , so as to prevent any disappointment to

      any colliery that ni-i # bt be necessitated ta call upon him in his official capacity , when bw duty to them mi ^ ht require his absence from his office . Mr . R . said that , having procured the services of Mr . Beesley as cl-rk , Mr . B . would be in tho office in h s absencn , during office hours , and would take down the statements that any of the colliers might bavo to make , and lay them befi > re : him at his earliest convenience , which would be equally attended to as if he was present , and had seen tbd men on the subject . Mv . Roberts' < ffice is No . 11 , Royal Arcade . The fwllowinij resolutions were then agreed to : — " That a general public meeting of the miners on the Tyne and Northumberland be held ac Scaffold Hill , on Saturday ,-. Supt 16 th . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . " " That a general nuWic . meeting of tho miners of Durham bo heM at P ' tttington Hill , on S . i ' . urd ; i 3 , September 23 nl . Chair . to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . "

      On both which occasions Mr . R > bw ! s will be present . "That each delegate be instructed , in the event of ; an accident ( injurious to the lives of any of the miners in his locality ) occurring to cousider it his duty to apprize Mr . Roberts of the same as eoon as possible that ho may attend and arrange such evidence as he ruay meet to adduce on the coroner's iuqunst ( if lives should be lost , ) or in any other way to show the real cause of such misfortune . "—Carried unanimously . " That all miners out of employment , be admitted members upon paying the usual entrance money . "Carried . "That each colliery be allowed to take their members in as they may think most advisable . ' —Carried . " That the Executive be not required to attend all'delegate meetings officially . "—Carried . " That the National Yearly Conference of the Miners' Association of Great Britaia and Ireland , be held on the 30 th Oct .

      promma . "—Carried . " Tho yearly Conterence was intended to be ht-hi in Durham , but we are given to understand that it is contrary to ruls ( and inconvenient to a majority of the societies now in the union ; to change the place of meeting until the six months are elapsed which it was agreed to be hold in Newcastle , and consequently the forthcoming National Conference will be held in Newcastle on thi' 30 th of October , at nine o'clock'in the forenoon . The Percy-main case -was next considered , when it was agreed thut the advice of Mr . Roberts should be bad on the subject before the men should chaDgo their position . That Mr . Andrew Fleming be required to attend the annual meeting on the 30 th of October . " —Carried . ' That a ' Miners' Journal' be immediately established in Newcastle , under the superintendence of W . P . Roberts , Esq and the Executive Council . " —Carried . Some local buaineas was

      disposed of and the Conference was dissolved at five o'clock , having Bat four days . The following is the address alluded to iu the foTegoing report : — The members of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , do hereby set forth and declare what our objects ami intentions are fn forming the above Association ; and we feel it our duty to do so on account of tho many and serious reports got up and set abroad lty parties to whose own conscience we choose at present to say must decide the motive for so doing .

      Our object in forming the above Association is to better onr condition , and we b

      your money to dig from the bowels of the earth a commodity on which it may truly be said th'e existence of Great Britain as a nation depends , it is not too much to request that the price of that article shall ba such as to give ample remuneration to both the labour and capital ernployed . Something of this kind must be done . We have bad to aubvuit thia year to a -very great reduotion of prices ; and wq opine if you » s coal-owners get once into the path of ruinous competition by underselling each other ( n the market , and then endeavouring to reduce the wagea to stjill keep a market , it is a process which is alike ruinous to both paities , and which must have a tendency to keep up a contentious war of strikes and stagnation—Labour am \ capital contending ' for the mastery j while the public as consumers reap the benefit , without so much as soiling a , finger hx the dangerous undertaking of raising an article indi ^ pensibly necessary to their comfort and existence .

      Tho moral and the physical consequences of a contentious warfare between capital and labour does upp ^ at to ub to be fully illustrated by the fable of Vwo noble animals combating or fighting for a piece of prey , and while the combat was going on , another animal of diminutive sias and strength came and carried i , ff tho priZ 9 ; while neither of the two , such was their state of exhaustion , could prevent them . To conclude , we entreat you to bestow on this our earnest and sincere requisition , your careful and best consideration ; and if you should be pleased to agree with ns as respects the principle on which it is founded , it will be alike creditable to your judgment and your interest . We remain , yours , &c , The :-Members of the Miners' Association .

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      Hutton £ l 16 s ltli Aspell Moor 18 s 8 d , Edge ( Jreerj 12 s 6 d , Collier ' s Arms . New Spring £ 2 19 s 7 d , Baeup 10 s , Pendlebury 10 s , Bradbury lOd . Total £ 21 13 s 9 d . The following resolutions were then agreed to by the delegates : — " That a subscription of 3 d . per member be requested from jthe various lodges in Lancashire for the purpose of assisting our Cumberland brethren in their resistance to the unjust requirements of their employers . ' " That John Lomnx accompanyD . Swallow into North Staffordshire ; and that their expences for the present be borne to the Lmcashire District . " "That v » e \» il \ not countenance any partial or sectional Strikes ; nor will we recognise any Strike -whatever unless sanctioned by a general { Delegate meeting . " "That a public meeting be hokien on Aspell Moor , near Wigan , on Monday , 25 th iof Sept . Chair to be taken at eleven o'clock in tlje for ; noon . The Delegate meeting to take place immediately afterwards at the Brown f ^ ow , Scholefleld-Iane , near the infant school , Wigan . ' '

      "That Mr . John Berry , be elected a lecturer to this society . " " That Henry Dennet and John Berry labour in the Wigan andi St . Helen ' s district ; Mr . Auty in tba Burnley , and Mr . Thompson in the OWham Districts . " ' * That two gentlemen be appointed by the Executive to go into the neighbourhood of Poynton , in OTder to agitate more tffc-ctually the district of Cheshire . " Thanks being voted to tlte chairman and to tlje editor of the Northern Star , the meeting terminated . - Rkdoing , Stirlingshire—Messrs . DanielJs and Hammond visited this colliery on Tuesday , the 5 'h iufetant , and hart ani interview with some of the men . and were very favourably received . This work belongs to the Duke of Hamilton ; and notwithstanding the . Act of Parliament against employing females in coalpits , yet thtre are not less than sixty women employed in Redding works alono !

      BentaSkin , near Falkirk . —The men of this extensive colliery hcUI a meeting on the Public Green . 011 Wednesday , Ihi (? f . h in . itanfe , Mr . Hugh Dyrample in the chair . The Uieeting was addressed for upwards of two hours by Mr . Willi . im Daniells , after which , a resolution was passed in favour of joining the Miners ' Association . After a unanimous vote of thanks had been given to the Chairman and lecturer , the meeting , which was a most enthusiastic one , separated . Boness , Linlitugowshire—A public meeting of the colliers ef this place , and the men of Grange Panns , was held on Thursday , the 7 th instant , on the-seashore . Mr . James Barnes waa callet-l to the chair . The meeting was addressed at gre . tt length by Mr . Win . Daniells , on the objects and laws of the Miners' Association , also by Mr . ; Hammond ; when it wns agreed " That the men of Bijness and Grange Punns join their English brethren . " This was a large and spirited meeting . The usual votes * of thanks being given , the meeting terminated .

      Bent End , ry Faikirk . —The colliers of this district held a- public jopen-air meeting on Friday , 8 th instant , Mr . T > . onjas M'Kwen in the chair . Messrs . Darnells and Hanimund addressed the meeting , when the meeting pledged themselves to join the Miners' Society . Votes of thanks were given to the Chairman and each of the speakers , when the meeting broke up . Falkikk Delegate Meeting . —A delegate meating of the colliers of Jthis quarter was held at the house of Mr . Bvodie , Blue Bell Inn , on Saturday last , Mr . Thoraaa M'Ewen in jthe chair ; Mr . Wrri . Daniells as

      secretary . Thft meeting was well attended , and waa shortly opened by Mr . Wm . Diniolla , who said he trusted that meeting , was met for business—not to hear speeches . Ho sfc-iwot ) the meeting fcow they should cenrtnet the nffiirs of the district , and advised them to choose a district committee to direct the sime . A committee of five was theti chosen , Whose names for obvious re . isons it would be dangerous to give . A report from the different works [ was then given in , which was very favourable . A j ^ rtat deal of district business was transacted ; and trieytagreed to meet again on Saturday ( this tiny ) at the same house .

      Glen End—A public meeting of the colliers of this place , St' > ne-rigtr , an ^ l Reddington was held on Monday last dltb instant ) , at Wallace Stone , Mr . John Patterson in the chair , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Wm . Daniel ' s deliver a lecturo on the I iwa , organization , and oljects of the Miners' Association , which he did evidently with good effect ; Fur the meeting immediately after he had finished his discourse passcl a resolution in favour of the Association . Tue placa of holding this meeting is one of the most remarkable in Scotland , being the ground where the battle of F . ilkirk was foueht , between the { English and Scotch , in the year 1298 ; and Wallace Stone is a fquare pillar erected to commemorate that event . Ou one side of the pillar is a latin inscription , signifying that a battle was fought thereon the 2 nd and 3 rd days of August , 1298 ; and on the reverse the following : —Erected to the memory of that celebrated hero , Sir William Wallace , 3 rd August , 1810 .

      Glasgow . —A numerous meeting vf the miners of the Glasgow Coat Bridge and Hollyton districts took place on Monday , near Tolcroas . The meeting was addressed at c nsiderable length by Mr . Hutumtfnd , delegate from Englan d on the necessity of a National Union . Mr . H ., whose silvery Jocka bespeak the work of the unerring band of time , spoke with considerable fluency , urged the object of his mission with great earnestness , and sat down amidst the repeated cheers of the meeting . Mr 4 Clochan , of Hollyton . recommended that they petition the JLwi Lieutenant of the county , and that a copy of said petition be sent to every magistrate in the county : he would al ^ o urge upon them the propriety of appealing to the masters before doine anything further . Mr . Bnutou , of Sh . t-

      tleston , deprecated the idea of going to the musters . Lat them go to the authorities , and if nothing was done there for them , then it ; would be their duty to do something for themselves . ! A m . m said the men in the Tankurton Pic did not know whether they should be alloweil to work any more . The master had expressed bis determination to aid 4 cwt . to the standard ; the standard 4 as 12 ^ ct » t ., but tkey were putting out near 18 . Another man said , that in bis pit they were putting out nearer li ) than 12 cwt . ; but there was worse than even that ; there were men in that meeting who could prove that a faw days ago one of their men was standing on the pit-head when his own work came up ; but the man diti not know at the time it vras bis own work come up -, near half a cwt . was thrown

      off one of his hutches into a dross heap , the butch weighed 14 ^ cwt ., yet 'it wa « dt-clared to be below the standard ; consequently the man lost his whole day ' s work . That was the jw . ty the masters made their fortunes ; they were not satisfied with giving the men low wages , but , in many instances , they gave them no wages at all . If 71 b . of stone was found iu a hutch , the man lost the whoia , and the men dare not complain for fear of losing their work . They wished to be paid every fourteen < U > s . Auniher man said , that in one case , where forty-tight men w « re employe 4 , no less than sixty-four carts were condemned in one week . It was not h question of wages so much as a question of justice . Previous to coming to any decision as to what should be done , the various districts separated to

      consult amongst nieruselves . On their re-asserubling , it was unanimously agreed that tfeoy should net in concert as hitherto Mr . Ciuchan said the men ol the Hollyton district were fpr a stnku ; several belonging to the Glasgow district eonriirnned the very idea of a strike . A draft of a p t'tinn . in U-rma of Mr . Clochan ' m motion , vraa re . id by Mr . M-Ntss , the Secretary , to the Giasgow district , and iusauunously agreed to . Tae petition font fly ;< 8 ec forth the iuam grievances coinplained of . Ama ^ st ot her things it evinced that the iniquitous truek system Tnictit ha ilone a-way with ; th . it they should be paid at lkist « vcry fourtebn days ; ami in particular that t-bbir work shoui . l ba a-eig ' atil at t h * pit-bottom in their own pr »> v-niie , instead of , as at

      present , on the pit-h ^ ad , whereby the men arn prevented fruin having any ' chi ' ik a ^ a in-t the masters . It was aioVeii and agreed , to that a delegate meeting be held at Langlono on Thursday . Mr . Hamraund onUed the attention of tho Tneetmg lo the 0 'jjet of his mission , and appealed to them to ^ ve him au answer either for or asiaiust a National TJoion . Mr . Cluehan recommended that every one prts ' nt should pre ^ s the mutter on tho Consideration of the : r ro-: pec ? ivft works , so that the delegates should be ; pre ^ enti to ft i * 'j on Thursday the feelings of tb « ir respective constituouis on the subject . Tho motion beinj ; hecoiicled , was put from the chair , and carried una'imously . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the { proceedings , which lasted fr » m twelve o ' clock till four .

      Wingate Grange ( Tollierv — We are glad to hear that the persecuted men of thi * colliery have , thanks to the gallant labours of Mr . K ) burts , got back lo work again . We understood th : it this is the result of an agreement between ! Mr . Roberta and the solicitor for the pit-owners , the pbnox ona wire-rope has been removed , and is at present under the safe custody of two locks , the key of one of which is kept by Mr Roberts . An action for ; tfie men ' s wages will shortly be commenced under the uianagcuMat of Mr . Roberts . ERRATUM . —The Is 10 d from Hupple , published in ouv last , shou < i bavu bien £ l 10 s . Tne following is a further list of subscriptions received for the Wicgate meu : — I

      Subscriptions to Wingate Men , Sept . 1 st , 1843 . —OuBton £ 3 8 s ; iKn « Pit 7 s ; South Shields £ l 14 a 3 d ; Nova Scot a £ 1 14 i ; Seaton Delevai £ 2 18 s 5 d ; WalridseFell £ l idn ; Darwent Iron Worka £ \ 6 s 3 d ; South Moot ; 7 s 9 i ; R . Mliff £ 2 6 a 6 d ; East Cramlington £ 5 8 t , ; Heuton £ 3 13 i 8 H ; Whitley £ 1 2 a ; Oxcloae 10 s 101 j Wylam £ l Hi Id ; Netherton £ 2 7 s 3 d ; 6 prinKwell £ 2 2 s 6 < 1 ; Gooae £ 2 ; Q . sfonh £ 1 10 s tort ; Smth TanSehl 12 a 6 d ; Pontop 16 s ; Fawdon £ 1 2 ^ tid ; West Moor £ 4 5 s 6 d t , East Holy well £ 2 is ; [ Sleekburn £ 2 Is ; Borancepeth £ 2 Is l ^ i ; Earsdon £ 1 is 6 < 1 ; Wallsend £ 1 17 s 6 d ; Benwell £ 1 2 s 6 d ; Jarrow £ 2 163 ; Greenoroft 14 s 6 d ; Marlow Hill 13 a 6 d : Ribleswotth

      £ l 6 s 4 d ; WestTonmley £ 2 i » 9 d ; SeghUl £ l $ s 7 d ; Andrewa' House 13 s 6 d ; South Elawlck £ i ^ iis lOd r Washington £ 1 ; Farnacrea £ 1 Us , Booth Peplow 9 s ; Sheriff Hill Quarrymen £ 3 ; West Cramlington £ 3 17 s ; Sheriff Hill Colliery £ 2 « s ; Trindon , £ 15 Is 6 d ; Castle Eden , £ 8 14 s ; Thornley , £ 4 18 s 6 d ; Cassoss , £ 4 10 s ; Kelloe , £ 5 ; Qnarrington Hill , £ 1 153 ; Tysoeka , £ 3 5 a lid ; Hetton , £ 1 13 s 7 d ; EUemore , £ 2 0 a fid ; South Hetton , £ 4 12 a 3 d ; Datton , £ 1 16 a . lid ; Heuch Hall , £ 1 16 s 6 d ; P ^ merton , £ 4 16 s ; Framweil-gate-moor , £ 2 lls fd ; Hun wick , £ 1 6 a 8 < I ; Cragg Head . ; lls lOd ; Wingate Prieads , £ 2 Is ; Black Boy , £ 2 931 St . Helen ' s Auckland , lls 3 d ; South Moor , £ t 3 b .

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      To Ihe Citizens of Dublin , and to the Comumerso / Coal in the various towns on the N . Coast 0 / Ireland , and it the People of Great Britain . We , the colliers working at Whitehaven , in the employ of . the Right Hon . the Earl of Lonsdale , in conjunction with our brethren in other parts of Cumberland , having been forced from our employment , for exercising the privilege which every British subject is entitled to , namely , the right to unite or combine to reduce the houTS of toil , or to increase onr wages , hasten to lay before you some of the grievances under which we labonr , and to remedy whicn , we are now forming a general union of our trade throughout Great Britain and Ireland . In Whitebaven , two-thirds of the colliers are Irishmen , who have been forced from the land of their

      birth , to eke out a miserable existence in the sunless mine ! and to suffer greater privations than any other class of men in employ . Within the l » sfc ten years , the wages of the miner have been reduced , in most C 38 CB . one half ; and , in many instances , two-thirds . It is true , the nominal price for " bagging" the coal has not undergone so great a reduction as is here stated ; but the enlargement of the baskets , and a diminution in the price of such boskets , warrants us in saying that the above reductions are considerably under . In Croft Pit , the pi-ice formerly paid for " bagging and trailing a basfce * of from 11 J cwt to 12 , cwt . was 7 d ., and from 1 * . 6 d . to 2 s . 6 d . yard price ; that is , for every yard of coal from six to eight feet wide , and from four to five feet high , the Miner bagged out of the mine , be got

      the abave-naraed yard-price . The present price is 6 ^ 3 . and no yard price ; and for thia sum the miner hst , after having , to trail or drsg these baskets from 100 to 200 yards . In many cases horses are used to draw the toal from the hagtjer : when it is so the miner gets but 5 * f ) . In some places the coal rises from the level from seven to eight inches to the yard . The miner waB formerly paid for every fifty yards one halfpenny per basket ; he is now paid the aaiue sum fer the first 100 yards , but not a farthing after , although , in many instances , the poor miner has to trail them from 500 to 600 yards , and the distance ib continually increasing . The average hours are from fourteen to sixteen , and the wages for such hours , when there are no off-takes , from 2 a . to 2 s . fid .

      At Wilson Pit the yard price , which was a shilling , has been taken off : the miner is paid 8 d . per basket , same siz 9 as above , and has to bag and trail them a distance of from 400 to 500 yards , rising some Beven or eight inches in the yard . The men work from fifteen to eighteen hours for not tnorethai 2 s . per day . Afc Duke Pit the basket is ten cwt ., for which the miner receives 4 id . fof hogging and trailing it upwards of 300 yards . " The hours are fifteen , and the wages fer such hours 2 * . 4 d . Tha basket at the Countess Pit -was formerly but nine cwjfc . ; it was then eightpence : it is now eleven and a half cwfr . and is only eevenpence . The hours ate ftom twelve ro fourteen , and the average wages about 2 s . 6 < L The William Pitt ( alias , the " Slaughter House" )

      former price 6 rt ., present price 5 ^ d ., hasging and trailing 150 yards ; the hours from twelve to fourteen , the wages Is . 10 d . At Oushterside , the hours are from twelve to fifteen , the number of days worked in the fortnight from five to twelve , and the average waeea , exclusive of off-takes 2 s . 83 per day . At Oughterside-moor and Gillcrux , the hours are from fourteen to seventeen , the number of days in the fortnight , which the men work , from four to twelve ; the wages about 2 s . 6 d . Mr . Wood ' s Pit , ai Bearham , from four to twelve days , from twelve to sixteen hours ; average waees 2 s . Mr . Walker , of Dearham , his pit works from six to twelve days in the fortnight ; from twelve to fourteen hours ; average wages , 2 s . 6 d . At

      Greensill , the pit works from three to twelve days , from . twelve to fonrfeen hours each day , the average wages 2 s . Gi . The men in this employ are compelled to deal in a "Truck Shop" where they have to pay from 4 d . to 6 d . a stone more , for flour and meal , and every other article which the poor miner and his family consumes are higher rated than at any other shop or market . Clifton Colliery ; the men work from three to eleven days , from twe ' jn to fourteen hours ; the wages 23 . 4 d . "Greysoutben , Trom one to twelve days , from twelve to fifteen hours ; average wages Is . 96 . Bat here , the men , as well as the man who work for the same owner at Oughtersida , are supplied with beef at frem a . penny to three-half-pence per pound more than the fair-dealing butcher would sell it for .

      These are a few of the facts connected with the price , the weight , acd the hours which the poor miner works , and which he bears and receives . But bad aa the prices are , hard and unrnnitting as the toil is . we would be content did tre get thai for which we labour I Bat , it not anfreqaently happens , that after a man has toiled and produced a number of baskets of coal , he will have from four to six taken irom him in the week ! and these baskets of coal for which the miner receives not a farthimj , are sold at the same price that other baskets * having the same quantity of coal in are sold at We by no means deny that there are unprincipled men . as well as unprincipled employers ; men who would take an advantage , and send to bank baskets containing fonl coal , or short of measure ; but while we

      admit that the employer has an undoubted right to make such rules and regulations as will aeenre good coal and good measure , we are willing ; lo prove upon oath before any of her Majesty's justices of the peace , that thousands of baskets are taken every year from Cottiers thai had do bad or fenl coal in them , and that were not short of measure . With facts like these before you , will you say we have not a right to ba united to put a period to such injnstic 9 \!! But this ia not all , the majority of the men in the employ at Whitehaven are , as we said . Irishmen , whose circumstances are indeed poor ; but bad as they are , tbey are made worse

      by the fact that tbey are worse treated than the natives . The employer , or rather bis agent , taking advantage of th& poverty-stricken circumstances of the poor Irishman , employs him at such prices , and uses such means , as make him more the child of misfortune than he otherwise would be . Every species of insult exists , and that exterminating and intolerant spirit which so generally characterises the enemies of Irishmen is fully pourtrayed in the servants of the Earl of LonBdale towards the Irishmen in the employ . They are not only deprived of the full value of their labour , but they are frequently insulted by the " ddgs in office , " on account of their relieious opinions .

      We produce an article of vital importance ; yet we are robbed of the real value of our labour . We toil some sixteen or eighteen hours ; yet we must increase these hours . We are liable to greater and wore numerous acciden s than that of any other class—we are accounted the most ignorant ; yet this igneranca is to be continued . We are accounted immoral and profligate , yet we are to be denied the right to unite to reduce the hours of labour , as a means to increase our moral and physical condition ! and to secure to ns a better remuneration for our labour , and to put a period to the manifold grievances under which we groan , and which our unmerciful taskmasters wiBk to continue t

      Irishmen I—Countrymen ! and Brethren !—haters of oppression , lovers of justice and of liberty , we appeal to you , as tho consumers of the produce of our labour . We ask , is it right to force us from out labour , foe exprcising the right which a corrupt government dare not deny , —the rRht to unite to protect our labour ? We have sought no advance of price . We have asked no rH « ction or alteration in the siz 9 or weight of the biskt-ts ; all we ask is , the right to units to protect pur bboiir—the only estate a poor man has . Irishmen I C > p'ai . D 8 of Vessels , used to transport coals from the Wt-st of Cumberland to Ireland : we conjure you , by the iovfl that you hear to your country and yonr countryman , and to your Eagtish brethren , to speak out against th's act of oppression , concocted and carried into operation by John Peile , E-quire (?) for the express purpose "f depriving the poor riian of his rights . We ask you to feel for , and sympathize with us . This is all we

      BB ' -fc , this is all we apk . But let it be remembered , that John Pcile , agent to the Earl of Lonsdale , was the first man who askad the men to sign a paper of his tlMWini ? -up ( or drawn up at his instigation , we know not whether , ) which paper precludes the possibility of the working man ever be ng enabled to stem the torr ' Hnt . of injustice which is likely to be cast at the feet of evpry honest miner . Many signed a similar paper , in 1831 . —and by it they secured more misery ami wrctcherineaa than they before experienced—misery 3 u > -h as is not excelled in any colliery in Great Britain . Gm > d God ! Irishmen ! Lovers of Virtue ! think of mothers and of daughters having to prostitute themselves to over-men and deputies , in order te mitigate or lessen the penalties imposed upon husbands , sons , and brothers , and to secure to either of them an additional day ' s work . Think of these things ! and then Bay whether or not we are justified in uniting to protect the virtue and property of our children 1

      We are , Fellow-countrymen , for and on behalf of tfee Miners of Whitehaven and the West of Cumberland generally—

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . ot Hammersmith , County Middlesex , by JOSHUA . HOBSON . ftt his Printlag Offices , Noa . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggatei w » d * ubll » h « L by the said Joshua Hobsom , ( for tha ttid Fear # us O'Coknob . ) athto Dwelling-hoBsa , Wo . 6 . Market-street , Briggate ; a » internal Communication existing between the sal * No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-atre « t , Briggate , thus constituting tha whole of the said Printi ng and Publishing Office one Premises . All Communications must be addressed . Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Noithern Star Office , Lea ( Saturdjy , September 16 , 18 * 3 }

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      Iii the Tunes of Wednesday appears the following relative to the bnrning of the stacks and barns belongicK to Mr . Chambers , and the firing upon the woman-keeper of the Hendy-gate . This step is the boldest jet iaken by Hebeoca . " It will , most proba . blv , h * ve & considerable efeet upo » the measures adopted to " put hex down . " In . bjv letter ofjerterdayl stated to yon Vhat the revengeful feeling of the Welch , people of thia district vtas exhibiting itself in acts of iacendiariEn agAiDEt the property of a magistrate ( Mr . William Chambers ) of this town , who has rendered himself , it would appear , obnoxious from his efficiency and actmtr . I am sorry that I have to-day again to record similar cowardly and alarming actB againBt the property of this gentleman . Mr . Chambers owns and cultivates a farm , called Tjnjwerrj , about seven miles from Llanelly , on the Pontjberrem road . Yesterday morning , between one ana two o clock , the barns and outbuildings oi

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      MORE OF "REBECCA . " CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND PGXIGE , IN SWANSEA . { From our own Correspondent . J Last night , Monday , wascharacterised by another of those brutal exhibitions which have lately bepn of frequent occurrence in this country , viz . —a collision between the raw lobsters and the boiled . The quarrel seems to have originated as follows : —On Sunday evening , one of the horse soldiers now billeted in town had been taking a walk , in company with a female , when one of th « town police rather officiously interfered , and offered some indignity to his companion .. This waa resented by the soldier , who told the policeman that they should meet

      again at some future occasion , as he had no wish £ 0 cause a row when a lady was in company . Last ni ^ ht , ho was as good as his word ; for having fallen in with the policeman on his beat , he gave him a deuce of a pummelling , and it is said made * ' Charlie ' « o down on his marrow bones , and promise never to offend in like manner again . Bnt as the soldier was going away some other policemen came up to the aid of their suffering brother , and as some of the infantry came up about the eame time , the affray speedily became general . But while the soldier had been " hammering" the original offender , ha appealed to the sympathy of the bye standers , imploring them not to see a Swansea lad ill-used by a stranger . But he found little sympathy at their

      hands ; as policemen are considered to have lest all claims of citizenship ; and the soldier was urged on to pitch into him well . More policemen kept pouring in , and the news of the fray having reached the barracks , the soldiers also began to increase , the late comers being armed with their bayonets . The riot now began to assume a formidable aspect , and continued for a considerable length of time . Two of the soldiers of the 76 th were at length secured , but the affray only ceased on the appearance of tho picqnet . The two soldiers were brought up for examination to-day ( Tuesday ) , but were eventually remanded until to-morrow . The soldiers are vowin « vengeance against the police , and it is expected consequences of a very serious natnre will result from this quarrel , the town altogether bping in a very excited state .

      » 1 JUL EXAMINATION ASD COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS . The five prisoners , charged with being participators in the outrage at Pontarddulai 6-gato , were brought np to-day ( Tuesday ) for final examination . The Court wa 3 crowded at an early hour , and the utmost anxiety was manifested to know the result of the investigation . The Magistrates having taken 'heir seats on tho bench , Lord James Stuart addresserl the prisoners , stating that it was not the intention of the Magistrates to examinp any more witnesses or to enter further into the investigation of the case , they bfing of one mind that the prisoners be severally committed to take their trials at the next fieneral as = i « e . The prisoners were committed accordingly .

      _ _ Mr . Hugh WiUiam 9 , solicitor , Carmarthen , applied that the Court would admit the three prisoners , who wera taken at the gate and stand charged with feloDy , to bail ; as he was prepared with bail to any amount they might Eee fit to exact . Lord James Stnart replied that tke magistrates had taken Mr . Williams' application into consideraiion prior to entering the Court , and were of opinion that it could not : be complied with . Mr . Williams wished to know if that opinion waa

      . Lord James Stuart could eee no occasion to reply to tha' question . Mr . Williams next applied that the two prisoners , Lewis Davis aDd Wm . Hughes , who , it will be remembered were taken by Mr . W . Chambers , at some distance from the gate , and were charged only with a misdemeanor , be admitted to bail . The application was agreed to . Lewis Davis was then bound to appear , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in , £ 50 each ; and William Hughes , being a minor , in two sureties of £ 100 each . The required sureties being immediately forthcoming , the two prisoners left the Court , warmly greeted by the hundreds who were awaiting them outside . of

      Mr . Williams next applied that the sum £ 3 3 ; . 10 d ., taken from the prisoner John Hughes , as al > o the horse which he rode , which belonged to his father , and is now in tho custody of tho police , be reiurned . This also was agreed to . A coroner's inquest sat yesterday on the body of the old women who was shot at the gate in the neighbourhood of Pontarddulais on Saturday niiiht last ( 9 ih inst . ) Several medical gentlemen deposed to the fact , that death was the iffect of gun-shot wounds , they having extracted several slugs from the body ; but the Jury , having doubtless a fellow ieelmg with the rioters , returned a verdict , of— " Died by suffocation , produced by the effusion of blood , but owing to what cause this is to bo attributed , is to this Jury unknown . "

      It is supposed . that the old woman had seen some persons among the rioters whom she knew , and had threatened to divulge the part they had taken in the affair . I re-open my letter to say that some more outrages took place last night at L ' . antlLy , Mr . Chambers bad some more property destroyed , and I have heard that a policeman has been shot . Placards are out in the country places stating that " as the Authorities have shewn tb&ii taste for blood , they shall have plenty . "

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      Delegate Meeting of Colliers . —A meeting of Staffordshire delegates was held at the house ef Mr . James Rollason , Oldbury . on Monday last , September 11 th , Mr . William Thom&Bon , chairman . Tne' number of members having been reported from each place , Mr . Richnrd Butler , delegate te ihe North , gave in his report . The following objects are amona ; those to be carried out : —A reduction in the hours of labour . That the death club stand aa before , viz-, that tho wl . lows of deceased miners receive three shillings weekly , and one shilling for each child . That the men be not compelled to go to work so early in the morning . That there be an equaliaition of wages between ths thick and thin coal men . That the stone men have 3 a . 3 d . per day , for eight hours ; and that miners have 4 s .

      daily . Mr . Butler gave some cheering reports on the prospects : of the Association . The following resolution was adopted : — "That this delegate- meeting returns thanks to Mr . Butler , as the Staffordshire delegate , and we recommend our fellow workmen to aid us iu breaking down oppression , aud defending the sacred rights of labour . " Mr . Thomoson then read the balance-Bheet It vraB moved and seconded , " That the books of each lodge be brought to the district meeting when next assembled . ' Two delegates were deputed to go to Shropshire . A Shropshire miner was appointed to accompany them us a guide ; and it was agreed that

      money be forthcoming against Monday , 18 th , to meet the necessary expences . Mr . B . Pyle moved , and Mr , George Jones seconded , " That it is the opinion of thia district meeting , that the Coal , Lead , and Iron-stone Mineta' Association be kept inviolate by all the members and ' districts ; and that no man be called out amsng us to lecture who ia not brought up to the trade ; and that all who are now employed as lecturers be discharged from their office , to make room for those members who are out of employment on account of the Association , —the engagement of any but member's being opposed to its rules , and against its prosperity . " " That the resolutions be transmitted to the Northern Star for

      publication . Halshaw Moor . —A public meeting of miners was holden in the above township , en Monday last , Sept . 11 , which was ably addressed by Messrs . Lomax , Auty , Swallow , and other friends , upon the necessity of union as one means of improving the condition of the miners , and raising them from the awfully degraded position to which they have been reduced . Each speaker was listened to with the most marked attention on the part ot the audience ; and Messrs . Lomax and Swallow , in particular , were loudly applauded . The meeting was a very good ono ; and the following resolutions were passed unanimously j— "That we , the miners-of Halshaw Moor and neighbourhood , are convinced , by . sad experience , that the present rate of wagea paid for out

      labour is wholly inadequate to procure even the comroou necessaries of life ; we therefore cannot consider ourselves sufficiently remunerated . '' " That we now resolve , aa one means of improving our condition , to immediately connect ourselves with the Miners' Association ot Great Britain and Ireland . " The business of the public mesting having been dispensed with , the delegates from the various collieries proceeded to the Bowling Green Inn , and the chairman who bad pve-Bided over , the public meeting having been again called to the chair , he briefly addressed the meeting . The secretary then read over the various items of income and expenditure , which , npon being audited , were

      found to be correct . The following bums of money were then banded over by the delegates , as the contribution ! of their constituents for the last fortnight : — Bradford Colliery 6 s 4 d , Chorley Moor 2 s lid , Wigan , Crofter ^ Arms £ 1 17 « 8 d , Clstton Colliery Is 3 ti , Horat Brook 7 s 8 d , Coppull 6 a 2 d , George and Dragon , Wigan 6 s Jd , Bull ' s Head , Ditto 5 s , Hanging Bank 9 s 4 d , Bolwn £ 1 6 s 3 jd , Fleece Lodge , Boltoa £ 1 * s 8 d , Little Lever £ 1 19 s 7 d , Stand Lane , Pilkton 3 a lOd , Darcy Lover 17 s 6 d , Top e'tb Line 8 s lOd , Bank Top As 5 ( 1 , Farnhill 33 lOd , Batcliflfe JOs , KiDgley Horae Shoe £ 1 Is 8 d , Ringley , Grapes Inn £ 1 3 s 6 d , HaLrtaw Moor 7 a 2 d , Dixon Green 12 s 6 d , Xane End , Over

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      "This address bears the signatures of three hundred and thirty-six of the oppressed and ill-used colliers , and is the one alluded to in our report of the meeting of the Irish Universal Suffrage Association , at Dublin . We give it insertion in our columns , in the hope that the exposure of the heartless tyranny it details may be the means of putting an end to it .

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      Correspondence with General Secretary . — nv of the misers wishing to correspond with the General Secretary , may address to John Hall , cara of Mr . Martin Jude , Three Tuns , Maxor Chare , Newcastle-npo-a-Tyne .

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct499/page/8/