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      Was it to be emdnrsd that in this beautiful land , blessed by fee Great Giver of all -with almost unbounded fertility , they should be in their present miserable position ? Tali of West Tnti '"? of East Indian , or of African slavery ! let them look to the Nerth of England , and they tFOBld find tbey were in a far worse positionthat the African slave tras fir happier than the intelligent mechanic . U tMs was to continue they had better retain to a stats of nature ; but let them only oonoentrate the intelligence and the energy floating among them—let them perserere in this good cause , and they would go on conquering and to eonquer . They would indeed mike the land , in toe words « f the poet , ,. „ " Great , glorious , and free . ' -

      He acknowledged that they were ignorant , or they would nerer hare so long consented to allow another class to reap all the benefit of their industry . But tkey -would endeavour to wipe off this stain frem their character . They wished not to uproot or to injure any class of society—they wished not the poor to make laws to oppress the rich , but to hinder the nch from oppressing thft poor ; and if they possessed the minds of Englishmen , if they possessed a spark of the spirit which glowed in their ancestors , they would yet raise themselves into the proud position in which they eaght to be placed ( great cheering . )

      Mi . Pbat stated that it was quite unexpected that he was called upon to speak to the toast , but it had teen so ably entered into by the last speaker as to leave but little for him to say . The simple language of the toast spoke -volumes . It embodied a great and important fact—that the labourer was not justly rewarded . Those who erected the splendid Trunnions , those who decked in their splendour the royal palaces , who created the m&gnincience which adorned the royal tible , who manufactured the beauteous -volumes "which grecsd the libraries , which pervaded tha habitation of the aristocracy , were themselves involved in misery and degradation . Even in his own trade many of those vbom he now saw around him with smiling faces , had a few weeks previous known the ill effects of

      poTertybid been ground down to misery and want , from * a irani of employment What was the cause of this anomaly , but that they had allowed a class of society to make the laws by which they applied the fruits of their labour to their own venal purposes , and thereby kept them in ignorance and degradation , and endeat oured to brut&lizs their minds , and then taunted them ynth the ignorance they had themselves created . If they wanted labour to be rewarded tbey must have a voice in the legislature . Those who had the power of Toting were those who had accumulated property , while poverty was confined to those who were destitute of this power . The toast also mentioned Ireland , Her sons had also suffered misery and poverty to even a greater degree than the people of England , and it

      was the duty of both to unite fce remove the oppression ¦ under which they groaned . Did they ever hear of the aristocracy quarrelling among themselves ? Why then j were the working men thus disunited ? He did not j believe that the trades' unions had been completely buo cessful in the object they had in view , but they had done much good , and he despised that man , who , while he was <¦* " *• " £ out for political privileges , was i working under price and ruining his brother trades- men . ( Great cheering . ) He despised the man who , while . living on the hard earnings of working men , would denounce them for endeavouring to protect their labour . He believed that Trades' Unions were the fathers of the present political movement , and he hoped they would form one mighty Trades * Union for

      the attainment of their long withheld rights . What right had a class of men to live upon their only property—their labour ? They tilted about the right of capital ! Labour was the capital of the working man , and yet all the other classes lived in idleness and profiigsey upen the labour of the ssns of toil , and perrerted the wealth thus obtained to the shameful purposes of bribery and corruption which Mr . Roebuck had so well shewn up in the House of Commons . One great advantage of the Tories being in power was the creation of a strong Radical party in that House ; and , if they were backed up by the people , they would increase to a ninth greater degree thin at any previous period . It had been thrown in their teeth that they were for despoiling of property . ' Was it likely they

      should destroy that which they had laboured to create ? 3 u \ no state was safe—there could be no security for property , unless the institutions of the country produced happiness for the people—unless wealth was bo distributed as to create plenty amongst those who tad created it , provided they did not themselves put a barrier to it by crime or laziness ; but it generally happened that the most intelligent and industrious were the worst remunerated , because they were chiefly connected with mechanical pursuits . They had been taunted with igneranee . Am far as the trickery of legislation went , they must plead guilty to that charge ; they had been educated mechanically , and not snffitdenOy political ; they knew more about a jack plane than about the trickery of polities , or they would have

      betn better off . He was far from blaming them for this . He thought the manner in which the ¦ working men were now endesvonring politically to educate themselves was an honour to them ; they had broken down the barriers which excluded them from palitics . After a hard day ' s toil , they "Were to be . seen wending their ¦ pray to political meetings ; they were rearing up a young democracy that would in time render England the envy and admiration of surrounding nations . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) He -was happy to see the manner in which the females had taken up this question . It had been said that there had not existed a great or good t" * ti who had not a wise mother : and

      it was cheering to think that they should soon have a generation of young Chartist Radicals —( hear ) . It had been raid that women had nothing to do with politics ; but they had to do with whatever affected their interests , —and politics greatly affected them . Let the females unite their moral force with that of the males , and they would speedily attain their object withont physical force . He was opposed 10 anything like physical force until every moral meaas had been fairly tried . He "believed that even if the Charter was gained , so long as the competitive state of Bociety existed , trades unions would be necessary , and he thought it was the duty of every -man to belong to them .

      lie teast was then drank upstanding , with three times three . Mr . Rows responded to the toast by a song suitable to the occasion . The Chaib"Ma 5 in introducing the next toast made some excellent observations regarding the protracted struggle of the masons , and clearly showed that if they bad been in possession of political power , the struggle would , never have been protracted in the manner in which it had been ; neither would th « masters have been supported by the Government and the aristocracy as at present

      Dr . JI'DorAXi , had great pleasure in proposing the following toast : — " The Charter ; may it speedily become the law of the land , and may all classes of society have spirit and resolution to protect and defend their independence against the powerful attacks of unbridled ambition . " Appearing among them as an invited ¦ guest , he trusted he should be acquitted of any intention of obtruding his opinions upon their attention , or of occuping that time with politics whieh was usually devoted to more general subjects . It was with great pleasure that he always addressed any trades' body ; iyuX 'he felt more particularly honsured upon the present occasion , -when the object for -which they had metthat of assisting the aged and tke infirm— an object so great , so worthy , and so good , engaged their attention , be could not suppose that one mKn present on this

      occasion would object to the introduction of a subject calculated to give happiness , prosperity , and liberty to the whole population of the country : he did not believe one amon g them would object to the toast of the Charter , which alone was calculated fully to protect labour . If labonr was properly protected , would the sun ¦ which was now shining so brightly on them shine upon Eo many broken hearts—so many huts of misery and distress ? Why was it not always with them like the present hour , positive happiness and joy ? If there was one present who thought that his labour was fully protected , he would point him te the splendid palace he , perhaps , had assisted to erect ; to the grandeur and beauty of its fretted pillars ; to the magnificence and splendour which reigned within ; and then look to the destitute homas of those who had

      created this splendour . Look at another part of the bady . whom he had the honour of addressing—the sMpcarp eaters , those who reared the splendid ship which waited the water like a thing of life ; lock at it in its rough state as the trunk of a tr # e , ereij plank having to be adapted by the hand of labour , every bit of cordage , every spar , its mighty anchor , all had to be " *'* ought by the hand of these despised beings , the working men ; look at the whole of the vast and wonderful productions of man ' s labour , and amidst all Suse splendid achievements of industry , have you not to go down to the tomb of your forefathers and Neord yourself a slave there , in bitterness of heart , to fall on your knees , and acknowledge . that tha history of the labouring classes is one vast record of misery and

      cegradafeon ? It is against this system , caused by e : ass legislation , that we , as Chartists , are wa ^ ng "W arfare ; against this oppression we will direct our energies until we destroy it He certainly be-1 > nged to the middle class of society himself , but the miseryaad duties he had witnessed had compelled him to advocate the rights of the working men . He had in hia own time witnessed the direful fate of the baod 4 oom weavers ; he had seen them a happy and intelligent om of men ; he had seen the sun shining with beaaty upon their cottages by the hill-side ; he had eaen their cheeks flashed with happiness and joy ; but , » wiug to the present vicious system , he bad also

      seen them in misery and wretchedness : the cottage on she Mil-tide had gone to ruin in many places ; the plough had gone over the spot , and as a class tbey were now . reduced to the lowest Terge of human misery It this had been the fate ef a large and once prosperous elasjkcf Eaen , had not every other trade reason to expect a repetition of the same scene , and were they not in duty bound to exert themselves in making a pro-TiEion against it ? Yon have been told that we are for destroying property . What property is to be compared in . value to your labour ? Is not the cause of more importance t £ an the effect 1 Yet the Effect is protected and the " cause is not protected . A house is protected by law , and . -so is the owner cf the house . A ship is protected , and so is the owner of . the ship . But , although there was 40 , 000 laws to protect property , bat lie knew of no law to protect labour , not a sin-

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      gle enactment to protect the creators of thi 3 wealth —( hear , hear ) . He looked upon labonr as being of the highest importance , and he wished to see that labour protected by law . Those who accused them of wishing ^ to destroy property , did not believe the charge in their hearts . He could easily account for toe sensitive feeling they displayed ; they knew that by having political power , they had been enabled to rob the working classes , and they supposed the Lnartiste . when they obtained the same power , would use it in a similar manner , and rob them ; he could easily enter into their feelings ; they were somewhat suBiltf to those of a thief who had stolen a coat and got it on Ms task when he met the owner of it . ihey demanded political power to protect their

      labonr , and to relieve it of its present burdens ; the aristocracy had weilded their power for the benefit of a class ; they had plundered and robbed the working clasa to raise themselves to affluence and eminence on their rnin . No body of mea were watched by Government and by the rich with a more jealous eye than the trades' societies ; they were fearful of thefr Uking a part in the present political struggle ; the eBeet of their petition of three millions and a half of signatures , had been to atQusethe whole of France , and the whole of the Continent of Europe to the importance of the principle they advocated , and he could not suppose for one moment that the trades of this nation would not respond to the call , that they would not perform their duty at

      this i mportant crisis . He believed that ere long they would come forward to a man to obtain politi cal power . Did they not feel the necessity of thiB power to put down the combination and the corresponding laws . Why were they compelled to have trades' unions at all but from the faot that the laws did not protect them ! and they were compelled to resort to this measure to protect themselves—to obtain- that which the laws denied to them . The Chartists were seeking to give to them that power which would enable them to obviate the necessity of establishing societies for the protection of the aged and the infirm , out of their scanty means . The Charter would enable them to destroy those evils which embittered the hasitiness of the cottage , and

      it would give to all a due protection for their labour . As the ladies present were desirous of entering into an agitation peculiar to themselves , that of dancing , he would not occupy much more of their time , but would impress upon them the necessity of procuring those rights which alone could place them in an independent position . No class in society performed similar duties , and yet no party were in possession of fewer rights . The aristocracy performed no duty to society save that of consuming what others produced . The middle class produced nothing i they only exchanged over the counter what the working men produced . The lawyer performed few duties that might not be readily dispensed with . The doctor might have much of his employment

      dispensed with if society was properly organised ; they would thu 3 see that if strict justice was done , the working men producing all , performing all the important duties of life , were entitled to greater rights than any other class ; but they did not desire this ; they desired * equality of rights to all . He should leave the subject to their j ' udgment , expressing his earnest wish to see them armed with political power , to see the Charter gained , not by force or bloodshed , but gained without intimidation to the rich or injury to the poor ; without foreign invasion or domestic strife ; withont the palace rafters being in flames , or the hearth of the poor man's cottage destroyed . Let them unite in the struggle , and endeavour to gain by moral and intellectual force , by bringing to bear tke full weight of the tide of public opinion . Day after day , year after year they were advancing with rapid strides . The

      House had rejected their petition ; the House was no longer worthy of their respect : they had denied to them what was granted to the greatest criminal —the right of a hearing . The next step would be to appeal to the throne ; to tell her Majesty firmly that the affections of the British people could only be ensured by full justice being done to them ; and that their affection was of more value than the gewgaw spectacles of the palace ; and that unless justice was rendered them they were not bound to pxeserre their loyalty . The course they intended to adopt was first , to present a remonstrance to the House ; second , to appeal to the Queen ; and lastly to themselves . He again called upon them to unite in the glorious struggle for equal rights to all ; their character as a nation would then be exalted , and firmness given to the institutions of the country —< ereat cheering . )

      Mr . Hayjjes of the British Statesman , said there was one sentiment expressed by Dr . M'Douall , which he thought peculiarly applicable ; it was why were they here to protect themselves , but because the law did not protect them ? they had been enjoying a good dinner , and they might ask why politics were allowed to interfere with it ? Did they have one dinner out of the other 364 , in which politics did not interfere with its cursed bread laws , beef laws , and other bad laws , and if they allowed the Government to interfere with their dinners on 364 days , it was but moderate vengeance to have one day for . their own politics to interfere . No one could properly understand the toast unless they entered into the vibrations of misery which were

      breaking ' the hearts of the working classes ; but they might be told that the Charter was a new thing ; so was Peel ' s income tax a new thing !; so was the tariff and the sliding scale ; the Bishop of Jerusalem , whose salary we should have to pay . vnw a . new thing ; but we could not know the merits of the Charter until we had tried it . The old institution had been tried and found wanting . The Charter wa 3 only a returning to the old principles of the Constitution . If you ask me what or where is the Constitution , I frankly tell you I dont know , neither could the doctor with his physiological knowledge tell me what or where the soul is ? but , still he would tell you that it existed ; so the political constitution , though I know not where it is—it Imean 3 happiness

      to all who live nnder its protection . Some apology has been made for trades' unions—is there not the Army dub House , and the Navy Club House , and the Carlton , combining the vices of the two . And why should you not have your Carpenter ' s Club , involving the honesty of neither , and excluding the vices of both ! That great distress was in the country was admitted at length by Dr . Morrison Peel , thongh he could not prescribe until he had received his fee . Peel and the Archbishop ' of Canterbury have now informed the Queen that distress exists in the country . He supposed Albert could not talk English fluently enough to tftll her , so they were now going to issue begging letters in the Queen ' s name to the clergy , to raise subscriptions . He

      trusted that the officers of the mendicity society would keep a sharp look-out for these begging letter impostors . He did sot blame Peel exclusively . Melbourne was equally as bad— " sure such a pair was never seen , how happy could we be with neither . " He trusted that tha people would step in their majestic power , and by ridding themselves of both , place the God of happiness amongst the household gods of the people . When the news arrived of the fire in Hamburgh , in fifty-six hours upwards of £ 12 , 000 was subscribed for their relief ; and the subscription-sheet was headed in the following manner : — " We , merchants and others , having au interest in the trade of Hamburgh , " &c . During the last winter how many of the working classes had empty

      cupboards—how many endured every description of misery ; yet you heard of no £ 12 , 000 subscribed for them . It followed that the merchants and others had no interest in them . Mr . Haynes then congratulated them upon havicg the physical-force—the torch-an d-d agger Dr . M'Douall among them—him whom the Government had found necessary to put in gaol to keep quiet , and inquired whether he had uttered any sentiments to which they did not cordially respond ? If the Charter became the law of the land , they could hold a festival similar to the present , not once a year , but once a week ; they could have their intervals of relaxation in the same manner as those rich rascak who now frequented Bath , Cheltenham ,

      and other such places . Mr . Haynea concluded a loDg address by showing the progress the cause had lately made , and imprissing upon the ladies present the necessity of following the example of tbose who went about collecting funds for the poor blacks , and the wicked heathen , things good enough when our own population were happy and comfortable . He was sure that if the ladies adopted the plan of having a nice little biack bag , with a subscription book at the bottom , they would manage the trading portion of the business much better than the men , aud their accumulations would be devoted to the noble , the humane purpose , of raising the human family from misery and oppressian to happiness and prosperity . ( Cheering . ) The toast was then drank with three times three ,

      and one more . Mr . Bradbear enlivened the company with appropriate harmony . The Chairman , after some appropriate remarks , introduced the next toast . Mr . Gotobed staled that he had been called upon quite unexpectedly to speak to the following toast , ** The United Societies of Carpenters of Great Britain and Ireland , and may their efforts be concentrated in their central board in London , for theestablishment of an asylum for their aged and infirm members , be crowned with succ « s 3 . " He had been a member of their trade society in London for nearly twenty-seven years , and he had often felt surprise that no society of this description had been

      instituted . If any of them should live long enough to be old what could they expect as their fate ? He had been a labourer iu this cause many years , and he knew not how he should spend his latter days , but , he felt assured they had but little to expect from ar . y party but themselves . It was their duty , then , to set about raising subscriptions for such a hurryane purpose . If they depended for an asylum from other par $ ie « , they would be bitterly deceived . Those amongst them who had battled in defence of ' abour ' s rights would experience but little mercy ficjea . a race of caphalistists , and machinery had eo far deteriorated the value of manual labour & 3 to leavr j them but small hopes of providing an asylum for t ^ jn ia old age , save by their united subscriptions . Some gentleman had supposed that when they ' aad a change

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      of ministers they would also get an alteration in the Poor Law Bill , but Graham had now nndeceived them , and unless they adopted the plan of procuring an asylum by thtir own exertions , they would have nought to expect in their old age but the horrors of a PootL&w bastile . Mr . P&YO&had great pleasure in supporting this toast , but before entering into the subject he wished to contradict an error into which their Chairman had fallen , and one whieh he knew he would be glad to correct . Having presided over the two last meetings , politics , he could assert , were no new feature in theirmeetings ; he need only appeal to their exertions in the Combination Committees to prove this . It was true they wore not gifted with the eloquence of Dr . M'DoualL or others who had ad--

      dressed them . They were better acquainted , as had been observed , with the use of the jack plane , than with political speaking ; the active members of their society had ever been aware that their prosperity depended upon the correct distribution of political power , and that those who held political power , had ever been able to tyranise over those who possessed it not . With regard to the toast , when they reflected upon the number aodinteUigenee of the carpenters ' body in the metropolis , and upon the liberal manner in which they had ertr struggled against every species of oppression , was it not surprising that they had so long allowed those who had expended their bodily energies in the course perhaps of a long life , to die at last in a uaiqa bastile 1 He was sorry that the resolution did not include females . They equally shared in the dangers and cares of this life , and were equally entitled to protection in their old

      age . Mr . Pryor then dilated at some length upon the benefits which society derived from the female sex , and concluded by earnestly calling upon them to shield their aged members of both sexes from the horrors of a workhouse , where they were separated from all thai was near and dear to them , enclosed in a dismal building , where no eye could see them . Had not many rushed even upon suicide to avoid this fate . ? No nobler work could employ their energiesthan to raise an asylum-to protect the aged , the infirm , and the unforiunateamong their members . Mr . Porter , clerk to Mr . Chandler , builder , of Boar-lane , stated that his employer was anxious to assist them in this laudable undertaking by a yearly subscription , and he knew that many other masters would also be willing to aid in carrying out this object . It was also announced that Mr . Hill , tool maker , of Gray ' s Inn Lane , would assist them by a yearly subscription .

      The toast was then drunk with three times three , and Mr . Thomas responded to it by a suitable song . The Chairman then introduced the next toast" the Ladies "—by informing them that Mr . O'Connell had stated at a public meeting that he Bbould never have been able to have carried Catbolio Emancipation but for the energies of his wife . This showed the importance of females everting themselves in this cause . Mr . Cbawley then proposed , in a brief and pithy manner , the following toast : — " The Ladies ; and may they see the necessity , and endeavour to instil into the minds of their offspring the spirit of exertion and independence . "

      Mr . Thomas had great satisfaction in speaking to this toast . He thought it was a duty incumbent upon them to advocate the cause of the fair sex . The mind of man was never so fitted to respond as when under the influence of the near and dear ties whieh connected him with woman . The toast was then drank with the usual honours , and Mr . Rowe favoured the company with a soag . The Chaibsun , in introducing the next toast" The Democratic Press "—stated that the editor of

      the Statesman , and the reporter of the Northern Star , were present ; these papers had nobly defended the interests of the working mea , and he trusted they would support those papers . A full aecount of that day ' s meeting would be contained in them on the following Sunday , and he trusted every man present would purchase the one or the other . If it was not for the aid of the press , meetings like the present would -have but little effect ; but now their proceedings and their speeches would be conveyed to all parts of the kingdom .

      Mr . Robert Prior , in a very excellent address , proposed the following toast : —•• The Democratic Press of England , and may the working Classes of England support those papers only which advocate their Rights . " Mr . Haynes , in speaking to the toast , stated that he trusted they should ever deserve the support of the public . He was pleased that the Chairman had classed the Statesman and the Northern Star together . It was his desire that they should battle

      together for the attainment of the People ' s rights . He knew of no paper which he could better take as a model than the Northern Star , which since its commencement had faithfully supported the interests of the working men . The Dispatch realized a profit of £ 30 , 000 a-year from the working classes , aud he knew of no reason why papers , advocating their rights , should not prove equally as successful as the one which had vilified them as a body , and refused insertion to their statements , on the occasion of the mason's and other strikes .

      Mr . Wheeler spoke at some length to the toast , and eulogised the conduct of the Northern Star , as being the honest and consistent advocate of the working men . He was glad to see the ehange that had come over the spirit of the press since the pre-BAntaixon of tHoi * petition ¦ _ ho Viailed witH satisfaction the establishment of every j ' ournal whioh would truly advocate the right 3 of labour , and trusted that the British Statesman , would remain firm to the principles which it now advocated . The toast was tnen drank with three cheers . Mr . Jonas Wahtnaby proposed the following toast , which -was carried amid loud cheering : — " The speedy liberation of Frost , Williams , and Jones , and this meeting pledges itself to use etery exertion in favour of this object . "

      Mr . Wheeleb proposed the health of the Chairman , and exprersed his high opinion of the liberal manner in which the day ' s proceedings had been conducted . This was carried unanimously . The Chairman , in an excellent address , returned his thanks for the honour conferred upon him . The ball-room was under the excellent superintendence of Mr . Cook , and the amusement of da ' nciog was kept up by a very crowded assembly to an early hour , when the company separated , highly pleased with the day ' s proceedings . Our reporter cannot conclude his notice of this meeting without returning his thanks for the liberal manner in which ho was invited , and also for the excellent arrangements which were made for his accommodation .

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      . . ' ¦ : : ' wales ; ¦ ' . Merthyr ... 9 e 0 Williams np ... 1 15 o Aberdare ... 4 o o «« down 1 15 0 Cardiff ... o io o General expenses j 2 0 0 Lodbniy ... i io o Foartrwka ' wageBl 2 0 0 Newbridge ... s i o Balance over ... 4 4 0 Tredegar , ; . «; 8 0 Newton ... l o e AbergaTenny ... i io o Newport ... 0 15 0 £ 21 1 * o £ 21 U 0 YORKSHIRE . Bingley ... 0 10 0 Pitfcethlf , ba-Midgely ... 0 10 0 Telling up ... 2 2 6 Colding ... o 3 e Down ... 2 2 6 Wadsworth .. „ . e 15 0 3 weeks'wages 9 0 0 HeMen Bridge 1 « 6 levy ... 4 0 0 Barosley ... l o o , Halifax ... 1 3 8 £ 17 5 0 Mixenden ... o 3 0 Mr . O'Connor to Luddenden ... o fi o General Fond 12 0 O Lower Warley o 7 6 ¦ Sowerby ... l 6 8 29 5 0 Ovenden ... 0 5 0 Balanceoyer 10 14 < s Ripponden ... 1 3 0 Bradford ... 3 10 0 Keighiey ... 1 5 0 Selby , males and females ... 1 10 0 Bradford ... l 10 0 Ardsley ... 0 10 0 Sheffield ... 2 . 6 . 0 Hunslet ... 0 12 0 Todmorden ... 4 0 0 Sokesley ... 100 Upper Warley 0 5 0 Mytholmroyd ... 10 0 Dawsbury ... 2 0 0 Queenshead , Halifax ... 0 17 6 Sutton , Keighiey 0 10 0 Holmflrth ... 0 8 4 Quarry Hill Thorpe ... 0 7 0 Kirkheaton ... 0 6 8 Lepton ... 0 5 0 Dalton ... 0 3 4 Berry Brow ... 0 3 4 Stoestmon ,.. 0 3 0 Holbeck ... 0 7 6 Figtre e-lane , Sheffield ... 1 e 0 Bradford ... 0 13 0 Wing , Sheffield 0 5 6 York ... 1 0 0 Barnsley ... 0 5 8 Wakefield ... 1 0 O Bradford ... 0 13 0 Todmorden ... 2 0 0 Daisy Hill .. ; 0 10 0 Four Lane Ends 0 3 0 Hsnley ... 0 10 0

      £ 39 . 19 . 6 £ 39 19 6 BORSET , DEVON , AND CORNWALL . Bideford ... 10 0 Powell , up ... 1 0 0 Tavistook ... 1 0 0 Twoweeka ' wagese 0 oj Exeter ... 0 10 0 — - Northern Star ... 2 10 0 7 0 0 Truro ... 0 10 0 Dae gen . expences 2 0 0 Tiverton ... 0 10 0 For overdrawn 0 10 0 ' Redruth ... 0 10 0 To Powell ... 7 0 0 6 10 0 CHESHIRE . Per Doyle ... 7 13 1 Doyle up ... 2 10 0 Youths . Stockport 1 0 0 Three ¦ weeks' wa- j MacclesSeld ... 2 18 0 gea ... 9 0 0 Congleton ... 0 10 0 Part of remain- j Mottram ... 10 0 der ... 1 3 1 13 1 H 12 13 li To gen , expences 0 18 0 Do , to do , ... 1 12 0 Due to Doyle ... 1 16 11 i To do . ... 2 10 0 i WARWICK AND WORCESTER . Per White ... 8 18 0 White , up ... 1 2 & Coventry ... 0 10 0 Do . down ... 12 0 Kidderminster 0 13 0 4 weeks ' wages 12 0 0 ! Worcester ... 1 3 0 General expences 2 0 0 Redditch ... 0 10 0 Coventry ... 0 10 0 £ ld 4 0 Kidderminster 0 7 0 Balance over ... 3 3 9 Warwick and Worcester ... 2 10 0 Leamington ... 1 4 6 Dudley ... e 7 0 Birmingham ... 1 15 3 Dirtaston ... 0 10 0 Nuneaton ... 0 10 0

      £ 19 7 9 £ 19 7 0 DERBY , LEICESTER , RUTLAND / NOTTINGHAM , LINCOLN . Received per Paid Nottingham 4 0 4 . j Harrison up ... 1 5 6 New Lenton 0 9 0 " Three week ' s Beeston ... 0 10 0 wages ... 9 0 0 Hyson Green 0 7 C From Derby aud Mansfield ... 10 0 Barton ... 2 0 0 CuiTertoa ... o 10 O Pomocmtlc Chapfll Bingham ... 0 2 8 Nottingham 1 4 C New Swinton 0 17 In cash ...... 1 14 0 Hucknall ... 0 10 0 Mr . Sweet ' sexp . 0 2 3 k ! New Batford 0 5 0 Bairstow , up 1 16 " Sutton-in-A 8 h- Ditto , down 13 0 field 15 0 Four week's Lambley ... 0 9 0 wages ... 12 0 0 Arnold ... 0 10 0 General exp . 2 0 0 Ruddington ... 0 2 0 Old Basford ... 0 12 0 Newark ... 0 7 0 Leicester ... 5 11 0 Ditto , All Saints Open ... 1 10 0 Loughbrough 0 10 0 Shtepsbead ... 0 5 0 Normanton-on-Soar 0 6 8 Htttbern ... 0 8 Q Boston ... ... 1 0 0 G . un 8 borough 0 10 0 Alfreton ... 0 7 6 Ilkeston 0 5 0 Nottingham , Sweet ... 2 12 9 Bel ton , ditte . 0 10 Belper 0 15 0 Hoihrook ... 0 10 0 Dufflold ... 0 7 6 Mattock ... 0 5 0 Swan wick ... 0 5 0 Carrington ... 0 5 0 NewRudford 0 5 0 Mansaeld ... 0 5 0 Chesterfield ... 0 10 6 Derby ... ... 0 10 0 Sutton-in-Ashfield ... ... 0 2 6 Bagthorpe ... 0 2 6 Sutfcon-in-Aehfield ... ... 0 12 6 Shakapeare , Leicester ... 1 9 0 Leicester , Markham ... ... 0 10 0 Loughborough 0 5 8 £ 31 6 Hi Overpaid ... 0 3 10

      £ 31 10 9-i £ 31 10 9 i MIDDLESEX , ESSEX , SURREY , AND KENT . Tunbridge ... 0 10 0 Ridley four weeks ' "East London En- wages ... 12 0 0 gineere ... 3 2 7 Stall wood ditto 12 0 O Ship & Bine Coat , M'DouaU ditto 12 0 0 Wai worth 0 7 6 Gen . Exneucea 4 0 0 Chelmsford ... 0 8 0 Balance 0 5 9 Greenwich ... 0 13 4 S ' . ratford , Birdin-Hand ... ft 7 4 Kensington , Chelsea ... 0 10 0 Bigley'sMill 0 7 7 Hammersmith 10 0 Mr . Drake ... 8 0 0 Southwavk— - Hatters ... 1 0 0 Lambeth , Rogers 1 10 0 Finsbury , Watts 0 12 0 Masons , Hoeg 0 10 0 Ladies' Shoemakers , Daniel 10 0 Mr . Drake ... 4 13 ' 4 Marylebone , Nagle ... 2 0 0 Barber , London 0 0 6 St Pancras ... 1 9 0 Simma ... 0 0 € Bermondsey .. ' . 100 Finabury ... 0 10 0 Hackney , Allen 0 3 3 Ship & Blue Coat 0 9 1 Biggs , Watford 0 6 0 Dorking ... 0 10 0 Colchester ... 1 0 0 Chatham ... 10 0 Canterbury ... 1 0 0 Kensington , Chelsea ... 0 10 0 Hainton & Shop 0 10 7 Ship & Blue Coat 0 14 3 Mr . Tagg ... 0 1 0 Ladies'Shoemak . 0 5 0 London Hatters 0 10 0 Mr . Wheeler 1 11 0 Females' Raffle 10 0 Typefounders 1 0 0 Three Crowns 0 12 11 £ « 5 9 £ < 0 5 9

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      The Children's Employment Commission ReJport . — "I will conoluda this letter by a few words about the most extraordinary , inhuman , barbarous , but truly philosophic Bveech , which was , as I belieye ^ ever delivered in the bearing of human beings I—a speech in which the most terrible tortaresypractised upon women , children , and infants in oar coal-mines , were palliated and extenuated 1 I deeply re / pet tha ^ the audience were British Peers ; I flUoarn that % w speaker was a noble philosopher of ottroyrh county whose name was , when I was' » jOtrtbi the spa * K : which lit the heart 3 of patriots ' intoa flame 1 How are theT mighty fallen!—h « wrik the fine gold becoiniB dim ! What havoc has corirtoasnesa , ' that passion for accumulation , which has no limits '—what haroo

      has that spell from the regions of darkness made onthe character of our race « How has it brntalised some even of our nobles ! That book of murder 'The First Report of the Children ' s Employment CoMmissioners , ' has caught the eye of Earl Fifzwilliam : ; he has read it ; and having surrendered himself to the principles of pAtfosop % , he does not shudder at its contents , but in his place ia the Hops © of Lords , if he is not misreported , he has coolly asserted , amon ^ t other thing ? , 'That the narroxrness of some of the coal seams in some of the pife rendered it necessary that persons of small siza ' ( why not say at once infants of three or fora yeatir old and upwards ?) should work them ! ' ' ' What would his Lordship think , if , when the tables are turned ( as probably they soon will be under the

      new tariff ) , his grandchildren should be thus tortured and oppressed ? Tbe beiiig who can palliate the crime of working infants , as they are described by the Commissioners to be worked in those harrovr ' seains , ' may be > * a philosopher and a noble ! a miai he cannot be ! Let my fate be what it may , I shill ever rejoice-that God has counted mer worthy t 6 be an instrument in arousing the attention * or the people and the Government to the condition of ^ he infantile Blaves , who are the foun'iatrofl ' and the nnhappy victims of our grand mauufacturiBg and commercial operations ! The truth is now told- ^ En / fland knows it ; and although a wise philosopher , a proud Peer of Britain , may assert that it is ^ necessary , ' justice pronounces it to be a damning crimeV * — -Oastter ' s Fleet Papers .

      Trade 3 ' Unions . —The following address , published by the Blackburn Chartists is worthy of serious consideration by artisans of the kingdom generally : — " To the various trades and societies of Blackburn . —Friends , —It is time that all trades and societies were united in one great union , for the purpose of obtaining those political privileges which are yoiir birthright ; those privileges which only can raise you to that position in society you ought to ocoupy , and which only can secare 13 you a fair equivalent for your labour . The object for which trades' unions were formed was to protect the labouring man , to keep up his wages and to prevent his master from exercising an undue influence over him ; and on them thousands of working men have placed their

      confidence . Have they realised the object for which they were formed \ kept up wages or protected the rights of the working mm ! Let the impoverished condition of the operatives ef this country answer tbe questions ; they do indeed stand as bulwarks betwixt the oppressed and the oppressors , but hare failed of their intended effects . Has not reduction after reduction taken place in your wages I your labour has been left unprotected by the laws , and in consequence has continually decreased in value . New inventive powers of production which ought to be blessings to all classes of the community , have been but death paals to the hopes of the working man . The productive power of the eowitry haa increased to forty times the amount of the power in existence

      in J 77 O , yet the real producers of wealth , the persona who have filled our markets and granaries , and glutted the country with abundance , are starving ia the midst of plenty . The strange anomaly of too much of every thing , and privation and suffering , afflicts British society . Instead of the working man , after having prodnccd all this abundance , beiug able to enjoy the fruits of his labour , or when old age creeps on to find a home among the green fields of his own native land , he is forced to emigrate to a foreign country , or be incarcerated in a bastile . Friends , wa conceive the cauBe of all the evils to be class legislation , the interests of the few are promoted in direct opposition to the interests of the many . The working people have produced all those luxuries which exist ia such abundance , but by not having a voice in forming the laws , tin y are prevented from enjoying them , and taxation without representation ia tyranny , and ought to be resisted .

      j enends , the Charter has been projected and its golden letters displayed to the people , yet the mass have hesitated to advance ; if the trades would declare for the Charter , their high moral position , mental capacity , and general information would immediately insure its adoption . Arise then and organise I rally round the standard of freedom , strike at the root of our grievances ( class legislation ) make the Charter the law of the land , give labour its due reward , and England will yet be the admiration of the world , a model to surrounding nations . Then let the trades unite with the National Charter Association ; let one great blow be struck at the > citadel of corruption and it will bury beneath its ruin the oppressor of the working man . The committee meet every Wednesday evening at Mr . Aspden's ,-. the Temperance Hotel , Darweu-stteet , and any information required may be had by applying at the ' above hotel . Signed on behalf of the Coinmittee , J . Gib « son . Secretary . "' ¦ **¦"• " : ; - ' :. ' ¦;¦ ' . ¦ ' . - ¦ : ¦' ¦< '¦ .. ¦; . '¦ : '

      Destruction of the KiLLvxatr -itf / icts , Coiwrrr Cork . —We regret to state the total loss of the above concerns by fire on the night of the llth instant . We understand that such was the rapidity of the devouring element , that nothing could be saved except the books aud papers of the concern . The fire was discovered ajbout eleven . o ' clock , and at two the whole of the buildings were a complete wreck . It is not known how it originated ; but we believe the proprietor , Mr . JV Jobnson , is insured to the amount of £ 4000 , which we hope will coyer the immense loss , as , besides the valuable inachmeryv theire was a large stock of grain on hand , both of foreign and home growth , as well as quantities of ineal , flour , &o .. the whole of which were entirely consumed . — Cork Constitution . " . ' : .

      Attack on Heb Majesty ' s Ship Pantaloon . — Letters " from the coast of Africa to the 26 th of March , state that the Pantaloon , 10 , Lieutenant Lapidge , in going out of the Gambia , got high and dry on a treacherous bank , and was obliged to raft her guns to get her off . During this operation one hundred and fifty armed natives ,: in ten canoes , pushed off to secure their prize , and oil their opponents having showed hostile intentions , while the able seamen were engaged with the rafts at some distance

      , and none but lads on board and two guns these protected themselves until the sailors in the boats from the rafts dashed , in among them , and , with Jack ' s usual bravery , hurled a lot of them into the sea , and made twenty-three prisoners , who are now at the Gambia waiting a negotiation with . their King . At the time the attack was made epon the brig , fourteen armed canoes were ready to push off , but as Boon a * s they saw the fate of their companions , they shrunk from a second attempt . —Devonport Telegraph .

      Dedicated By Special Permission To Her Majesty.

      Dedicated by Special permission to Her Majesty .

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      BALANCE SHEET OF THE NATIONAL CONVENTION . NOKTH LANCASHIRE ] £ . b . d . £ . s . a . April 14 . Paid Beesley Received per travelling up 2 10 0 Beesley ... 19 5 0 Ditto down ... 2 15 0 Burnley 0 3 0 4 weeks' wages 12 0 0 For general ex-£ 19 8 0 pences ... ... 2 0 0 £ 19 5 0 £ 19 5 0 Balance £ 0 3 0 SOUTH LANCASHIRE . April 14 . Leach travelling Per Leach ... 15 0 0 up 2 0 0 Oldham females 10 0 Ditto down ... 2 3 0 BuryAssociation 0 5 0 4 weeks' wages 12 0 0 Pilkington do ... 0 3 0 Generalexepnees 2 0 0 Shoemakers at Manchester ... 0 5 0 £ 18 3 0 County Council 5 0 0 Balance over ... £ 3 13 i £ 21 13 0 Wigan 0 3 4 £ 21 1 G 4 £ 21 16 4 SUSSEX , HAMPSHIRE , AND ISLE OF WIGHT . Lewea 1 0 0 Due to Wood-Brighton 10 0 0 ward . £ 3 0 0 Newport , Isle of Woedward up ... 0 9 6 Wight 2 3 0 Ditto down ... 0 10 6 Norma . Vfcntner , 3 weaka' wages ... 9 0 0 ditto ... ... 0 3 4 General expences 10 0 Ryde , ditto ... 0 15 2 Bartlett ... ... 2 16 General expences 10 0 ¦~ £ 14 1 6 £ 14 1 6 Due to Bartlett ( not known . ) STAFFORDSHIRE . Bilston ... 2 0 0 Mason np ... 1 3 0 XYolTerh&mpion 1 13 6 Four weeks' wageal 2 0 0 Shelton ... 1 15 6 General expenses 2 0 0 Stafford ... 1 14 6 Balance ... 0 6 9 Walsall ... 1 7 0 Wedneabury ... 1 0 0 1 Upper Hanley 200 Shrewsbury ... 0 7 0 Stoke-on-Trent 110 DittoMart ... 0 1 6 Wolverhampton 0 10 0 Longton ... 1 0 0 £ 15 9 9 £ 15 9 9 Due to Mason 13 0 NORFOLK AND SUFFOLK . Harleston ... 0 9 0 Campbell up ... 2 0 0 Norwich ... 4 0 0 Two ¦ weeka ' wages 6 e 0 Bury StEdmunda l 0 0 Part of remainder 1 13 6 Lynn RegiB ... 2 " 6 0 Wisbeacb ... 0 7 6 9 13 6 Lynn ... 0 13 6 Baianceover ... 8 5 6 iDSWich ... 0 8 0 Due to General Sndbury ... 0 7 0 Expence .. 1 14 6 Norwich ... 0 5 0 To Campbell ... 4 6 6 Walsh Beston 0 2 6 9 19 0

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      SOMERSET AND WILTS . Wotton-un-Edge 1 0 0 Roberts , up ... 100 Kingston Deverel 0 13 0 Week ' s wages 3 0 0 Monkton Ditto 0 7 0 To remainder ... 2 5 0 Brtxtoa Ditto 0 5 0 Saliabttty ... 1 10 0 Philp . up ... 1 0 0 Bath , Bolwell ... 1 JL 5 6 2 weeks wages 6 do Cheltenham ... 1 O 0 To remainder ... 2 5 0 Trowbridge ... 3 0 0 Bear-lane , Bristol 2 10 0 General expences 2 0 0 Kingswood ... 0 10 0 Cirencester ... 0 15 0 Balance in band 1 9 6 Holts , Meiksham 0 6 6 Ditto i .. ... 0 5 0 Bristol ... ... 0 10 0 Wwnjinster ... 0 5 0 Bath ... ... 0 9 6 Frome ... ... 0 6 0 Ditto ... ... 0 13 0 Wynchcombe ... 0 10 0 Cheltenham ... 1 10 0 Bristol ... ... 0 5 0 FemalesjBath ... 0 15 e

      £ 18 19 6 £ 18 19 6 Dae to Roberts 7 15 0 Ditto Pbilp 4 15 0 NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM . South Shields ... 1 6 0 O'Brien , up ... 15 0 Stokesly ... l 0 0 Week ' s wages 3 0 0 Bishopwearmouth 9 12 0 To remainder 0 15 0 Newcastle-upon > General expences 2 3 6 Tyne ... ... 2 10 0 Balance remitted Cockermouth ... 0 10 0 O'Brien ... 2 0 0 Sundeilaud ... 0 15 0 Newcastle ... 1 1 C 6 Ouseburn ... l 00 £ 9 2 6 £ 9 3 6 Due to O'Brien by constituency 1 10 0 GENERAL RECEIPTS . GEKfiRAL PAYMEWTS . £ a . ( 3 . £ b . d . Mr . Cropple ...... 0 0 6 Three qrs . paper 0 2 0 R 9 publican , Roch- Half ream , ditto 0 4 6 dale ... ... 0 1 0 Postage stamps ... 0 10 0 Oxford , twice ... 1 0 0 Oue dozenink ... 0 1 0 Mary Anne Shar- Postage stamps ... 0 10 0 man ... ... 0 1 6 Half ream paper 0 4 6 John Sharman ... 0 0 6 One dozen pens Long Buckby ... 0 13 and paper ... 0 15 Shutford ... ... 9 10 0 Twe . doz . ditto 0 2 0 Mr . A . Duncan ... 10 0 Stamps ... ... 0 2 0 Daventry ... ... 0 10 0 Two mem . boots 0 0 6 Boulogne-sur-Mer 1 5 0 Half ream paper 0 4 6 Dr . Hulley , Man- Wax ......... 0 1 0 Chester ...... 1 0 0 Half ream paper 0 4 6 Robert Hall ... 0 1 0 One dcz ? n pens 0 1 0 Charles Eaton ... 0 1 0 Stamps .. v ... 0 10 0 M . G . Simma ... Q 0 6 Two dozens pens 0 2 0 Welllngborough . 0 5 0 Half ream paper 0 4 6 Mills , London ... 0 2 0 Six qrs . post ... 0 4 0 Brown , Kensing- One doz . Circulars 0 0 4 ton ... ... ... 0 0 6 Parliamentary My Uncle , York .. 0 7 6 Guide ...... 0 4 0 Northern Star ... 2 14 7 Car ^ e . of petitiopa 0 9 0 Perth ... ... 0 5 0 Ditto , flags ,.. 0 9 0 Leith . i . ... ... 1 0 0 Ditto , parcels ... 0 3 0 Kilburnie ... ... 0 4 6 Small parcels , ... Carlisle ... ... 1 0 0 letters , sundries 0 10 0 Sutton-in-AshfieldO 2 6 Treasurer answg . Bagthorpe ... ... 0 2 6 letters .. ; ... 0 18 j > Irvine , Gsmmel .. 1 0 0 2 , 000 addresses 1 15 0 Tailors , Edinbro' 0 5 0 20 , 000 bills > 250 Martin , Castle Posters ... 9 0 0 Douglas ... ... 0 8 0 Cards printing ... S 2 0 Hughes , Bangor 0 50 Dinner Bills ... 0 14 0 Cock , Annan ... 0 4 0 Ditto , ditto ... 0 12 0 Chipping Norton 0 10 0 Advertisements ... 0 10 0 Anonymous ... 0 2 0 100 circulars ... 0 5 6 Dundee 10 0 First deputation . 0 5 0 Pitlessie , Fife ... 0 6 8 Wax light ... 0 0 6 Greenock ... ... 1 5 9 Wax for cards ... 0 16 Irvine ... ... 1 0 0 Seed , deputation O 3 6 Kavin , near ditto 0 5 0 Card marking , Kathias Longlees 0 10 0 wax , and inci-Carlislo ... ... 10 O dentals ... ... 0 4 6 Castle Mills , Edin- Parchment ... 0 7 6 burgh 1 6 0 Petition comte . 1 0 0 Mr . A . Duncan .... 0 5 0 Theatre , ditto ... 0 10 0 Mr . Moir ... ... 2 0 0 Boards 0 7 6 Ipswich , Leader 0 10 Ditto ... ... 0 2 6 G . B . Smith , Lea- Djvis ... ... mington ... ... 0 10 0 Ten boardmen ... 1 10 Mr . A . Duncan ... 1 0 0 Visiting Comte . Mr . M'Pherson ... 2 0 0 Circula s to From Theatre ... 29 0 6 Members of Procession Com- Parliament ... 0 9 0 mittee . 3 5 0 Daputation ... 0 2 6 Carpenters , Tap- Ten boardmen ... 1 1 0 peral ... ... 1 0 0 Ridley for pesters 0 2 6 Crown Coffee Calico and flags 0 2 6 House ... ... 0 4 0 Horse furniture 0 5 6 Hazle , Jones ... 0 10 0 Pipers ... ... 1 10 0 Newport Pagnell 0 12 0 Prioting letters Drake , Old Bailey 0 8 6 on petition frm . 0 7 « Theatre Tickets .. 1 0 6 Marshal ' s horse 0 5 6 Police , carpenters , Total General Re- &c .. ...... 0 4 6 celpts ... £ 02 11 6 Petition bearers , Error ... 0 2 0 banner men and others ... ... 10 0 Trumpeter ... 0 5 0 Petition frame , from House ... 0 1 6 Doorkeeper , omnibus hire ... 0 4 10 Beesley , cordage , ice . 0 4 5 Pitkethly ... 1 0 0 Ridley ... ... 0 3 0 Deputation ... 0 2 0 Postage , paper , and Finance Committee ... 0 12 6 Petty payments for Convention 0 14 0 Incidentals , omissions , and sundries during the four weeks ... 1 0 0 Doorkeeper , four weeks ' -wages .. 6 0 0 Landlord and the waiters ... ... 21 2 0 Theatre . 48 12 0 Procession ... ... 10 0 0 White Conduit Expences ... 5 0 0 Petition Frame , use and waste of wood ... ... 1 0 0 Two Poles ... ... 0 4 0 Total General Payments ... £ 126 19 6 Error in favour ... 0 10 6

      | £ 127 9 6 GENERAL RECEIPTS . GENERAL PAYMENTS . North Lancash . 19 8 0 North Lancash . 17 5 0 South Ditto 2116 4 South Ditto ... 16 3 0 Sussex , &c . 14 1 0 ' Sussex ... 12 16 Stafford ... 15 9 9 Staflf ^ rd ... 13 3 0 Wales ... 21 14 0 Wales ... 15 10 0 Norfolk , &a ... 9 19 0 Norfolk ... 9 13 6 Yorkshire ' ' ... ' 39 - 9 6 Yorkshire ... 13 5 0 Dorset , &c ... 6 10 0 Dorset . ... 7 0 0 Chesshue ... 13 1 1 Cheshire ... 12 13 1 Warwick , ^ c . 19 7 9 Warwick ... 14 4 0 Derby , < fec , ... 32 6 llj Derby ... 29 H \ -0 $ Middlesex , &c . 40 5 9 Middlesex ... 36 0 0 Somerset , &c . 18 19 6 Somerset ... 15 10 0 Northnmberld . 9 3 6 Northumberld . 7 0 0 General ... 62 11 0 General ... 126 19 6 £ 343 i Ik £ 345 18 4 | Error ... 0 2 0 Ewor ... 0 10 0 A smal ! suni is still due from toe Theatre and the Provisional Committee ; but the debts still to be paid amount to £ 5 ; still the Committee are of opiiiion thai nil will be discharged ; and the balance , if any , handed to the Executive . N . B . The balance over , aB well as the levy for general expenc 0 a from every district , have been expended in general expences as per account Any error which inay have crept in will be corrected on application to the General Treasurer . The aboye is correct as far as examined up to Monday . ( Signed ) John Cleave . P . M . M'Douall . Ruffs Ridley .

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      Several Lettebs have been received at the General Post-office by the last Overland Mail , via Marseilles , bearing the exraordinary postmarK of Hong Kong , in China . Come ever smiling Liberty . ^—It appears , from a return recently made to the Minister of Marine of France , that from October , 1841 , to January , 1842 , 452 negro slaves have been emancipated in the French colonies of Martinque , Guadaloupe , Guioana and Bourbon . The total numberemancipated since 1830 is 38 , 959 !!! The Sunderland Magistrates . —Hostilb Meeting . —A hbstile meeting took place at Marsden , near South Shields , on Saturday , at noon , between Mr . Riohard Spoor , of Whitburn , one of the Sunderland borough magistrates , and Mr . Joseph John Wright , of Sunderland , solicitor . It is understood thepointof difference arose out of Mr . Wright ' s iallusions to Mr . Spoor in a letter addreBsed by Mr . Wright to the Marquis of Londonderry , and which was read by that nobleman in the HouBe of Lords on Monday ovening last , and the parties exchanged shots without effect j when the seconds interposed j an explanation took place , the parties shook hands , and left the ground with their friends . Mr . Spoor was attende d by Mr . Crawford , son of the lateM--P . for London , and Mr . W < ujht by Dr . Millar . This occurrence has caused a great genaationm Sunderland and the neighbourhood

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      ' THE NORTHERN STAR . f > " - l ^~» . ' ' 1 ' ' . ' . ¦ ———— - —— - —— - ————— , - — i— ' . - 1 ! l < ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), May 21, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct599/page/5/