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      THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT . SOUTH WALES . j { I ram our own Correspondent . J j CO ^ TUCT BSTW 2 ES THE POLICE -i ? O > BISECOilTES . j Ye Alexanders , je Cs ? ar 3 , ye Napoleons , * 11 ye i jrarr ' vTs of bygone times , ye hoary-beaded manslsTirr ? i-f the present day , all yon whose deeds of i buteicr ? and blood have rung throngh every land , go h * de tout diminished beadsl Your bold exploits , I your daring feats , your briLHant actions ^ and all ] yonr d- ^ ds of chivalrous Tem > wn have been cast-in lo : the ebadf , cay totally eclipsed bj the achievements ] cf Capishi ^ Napier aif the PontaTddnlais-gate . j Carl . Napier , be it known to yon , is not the Com- ! mod ire who battled with Ibrahim on the plains of j Syris . Xo I no I cxm Captain JJapier is a far greater ; xn » Tj , tWlie is Captain . Napier of the Glamorgan-1 gbir # police . j 'l' -uk nf Alexander the Great , Indeed ! heTraa -afool u > Captain Napier ; to him CiesaT "was & « hild , ] and Nspoieon only a sucking pi # . Alexander con- { ? i ? r ?\ i : baj ii was at lhe head of a mighty phalanx . x ~ : t conquered , bus he wielded the cohorts of ' imperial Ttvme . Nspoleoa conquered , bnt it was i only trht-n supported by the chosen chivalry of Trasre . Er ^ n tie iron-hearted Duke , the conqueror in a Luadr'd battles , "was backed by the buli-dog : ' Lra ^ erT of British arms , by the disciplined array of f

      the army of England ; bnt Captain Napier , aided onlj by four rnrals , itto Serjeants , one inspector , j ihre ^ jaa ^ istrateF , and one limb of the law , slew , > took pr -. - psors , and j-cnied a w > ole army of Rebec- cane ? . So at least any one wou . d conclnde , from the ' Bonrirh -if trumpets wiih which the affair has been leraHe J in by the Welch newspapers . They tell ns ; of a drfeadinl battle which lasted a fnll half hoar ,: ami-i thr uroans of the wounded 3 md the Ta ' tle of ' the 3 * e-3 rni ? , and which terminated in the signal ' orer ! hn . >» of Rebecca and ber daughters , seien of-¦ whermrracaptured in the ' strangle . Strange to ! Baj , ho > T vex .-noi one of the polie ? , not one of the IQagirtrotea . not one of tha sergeants , neither the

      iaiprc-vr , the cltrk , nor the captain were either j killed or wounded in the murderous conflict . No ; - not oi ; of them ha 3 even a scratch to exhibit as a j prod' vf his valour , althongb the combatants are I lecture 10 have waged the-war atdnelling distance , ^ only t-m or fifteen yards interposing between the police on a the rioters during the whole period of ; the bj . " » o-j battle . This circumstance led your corlesy .-i . il * o suspect thst a magnifying-glass , of ' bob ;; - m-- aty-hor ? e power , had been made use of by the Tr- ? o-rters in drawing up their accounts of the siFffc ? . He has accordingly been at some trouble in s-ttiD ^ at the truth of the nratter , and at last succeeded in obtaining a correct version of the stery , fro ^ i 33 individual whose verseily may bs depended npr-r , f ; . r he was an eye-witnes 3 of the whole afikir . j : j : j :

      O > "ft \ fd . nesdat mght i ast abqui half-past eleven o ' clock , a . large body of Rebeecaites mustered in a fiela a ihe immediate neighbourhood of Llanon . iia ^ y of them were armed with guns or pikes , and from 40 to 50 were wellmonnted . They were disguised in fcaalo arrire ; some of them with women ' s cloaks , Bomr with bed-gowns , others with shirts over their doiL- * s , and not a few aped the conduct of their i > eii ^ z ~ end , for want of better shift , contented theiD > , Iv-.-s with merely turning their coats . Ahojjerl ir ih- ^ y mustered abont a hundred strong ; and i having foimsd their line of march , fired a rocket , j aad iet o 3 "for Pontarddulais , which is situate on the > coe £ h ? s cf Gbuporganshire and Carmartheni-hire . I On lieir Tray thiiher they amused themselves , as ! 1

      n = n ^ i wiih blowing cowshorns , firing guns andi cheLxise from lime to time as they passed along , j 3 ! hfc 5-were joined in their route by various persons S who TT-err ! determined to witness the spree ; andi irhe- : ' cy reached Pontarddulais , their nnmbers : smoucttd 10 about one hundred and Sfiy , ' many of '• wir ^ ij Wt iemere bnys . They gave three cheers on ¦ pas ^ Iiig the inn , which were distinctly heard by the ' ieer-er of the gate , who concluded that It was time i lie s-hcald be somewhere else ; and fear lending him Tvius fee -svas speedily ont of the reach of danger . * The riders were not slow in levelling * the gate , Enu ^ ima in the doors and windows , and otherwise ' con : T >! t : c / gciting tbs house . Having finished the ' ¦ woi k of c--= trnction , they gave three cheers more , !

      blew rh-eir horns , fired " off their gun 3 , and took their deps-rrare . Aboui half-a-do 2 = n lookers on sad three or foar of those who are supposed to have belonged tol ' r ? vt . zd , remained sehind their comrades , eontemv ^ uuir ^ ihe desolation which had been tbu 3 £ pe » " -33 ij -. ff-ictfd , and perhaps arranging for future Ecer-f * of 3 similar kind . Information bad been ieceiv : d bj -he authorities on the previons day , that on that -ci ^ Li thi 3 partjcnlar gate was to be attacked ; and C »? iaia Napier—the ^ aflan * Captain Napierwas instructed to take measures for its defence , and if posfiblt -o secure the persons of some of the rinalear-rs . That hero ( having prevailed upon J . D . Uewellyz :. L U- JMlwiiL , and 2 & . Moggridge , Esq-irei . together with plain Mr . Atwood , to

      accoinpi ^; m ) took charge the psrty police , C 0 £ .-is-i 2 _ :, as above stated , of one inspector , two serj-ai-Ts , ^ nd fonr full privates of the deTil ' s breed of ~ blue boitles . * They arrived long before the liotrrs made their appearance , and tcok up their po ~ 3 i . oa t . 'limd a hidge , about a hanared yards fron : iht f 3 ted gate- Here they lay , shaking in their shots , -wlii ^ s the work of demolition , was carried on ; and i : Tfus only when the more distant sounding of the Lorn ~ announced that the retiring foe had withclrsvii , icas they screwed their courage to the Etiel . * % plsee , and Tsntured to approach the scene of action . The newspapers tell us that they were arm ^ c : arc is this matter at least w ^ e may give them credit iot i » eing right , as these gentry seldom venture

      iheir precious carcass in the vicinity of a row with-: oat i' ^ -JK ibsolotely armed lo the teeth . When"they Baw ' . be psrty of stragglers , who , as already stated , lenisised behind at the gate , the police immediately opened thair fire , which such of the rioters as were ia ixjssession of a gun a 3 promptly returned . Id - numbers ise parties ~ wae pretty nearly equal , but ! in point of weapons the police had decidedly : the adfa-tage , S 3 in addition to fire arms each of ; ihem bad 2 stout-cutlass by his side . The contest was maintained for about ten minutes with great spirii ; i » ben tie leader of the Rebeccaites had his J Jior ? -s 5-hot under him , and his arm was shattered by a bullet which penetrated the elbow ; but even then he vroulc not give in , bnt fonght stoutly hand to I

      hand antii be fainted from Ios 3 of blood . The trampling of the dragoons , who were approaching at a hanc gallop , warned those who were still maintaining th ? Tip-qual 5 tiifa that it was time for them to be cS , and Irave the police victorious for once . But irlDsr th £ ~ e thing 3 were going en , where was the gall&ij- Oiptam Napier ? and were where the sworn conf-irvB ' .. / rs of the public peace ? Rnmour says thai the Csptiin was snnsly esconced behind the eornrT of the toli-house ; but , yet ' doing bis best to urge -on m = d = re-devils to close with their opponents ; and if « rh " - -t rnmbur adds be true , he is better qualij ; ed -o Ve 3 "bowler at cricket , " than an officer in COEEsii-j &f Tcral-poiice . Bnt no moral tongue can ieli -vbsi psr- ins magistraxes took in the affray :

      for i : :- ~ -r « - ^ -dsT = n rmised that they wholly iorgot to af'T > --sr " . i : 'I she firing bad ceased and the rioters j- < i . ' Th ? iK ' ife now cDJoyed a little breathing time to s-esr * t-e horses and handcuff the prisoners , l > Bfoi »; lie cavalry came up to depri \« them of their laurels . I :---y ac-cordiagly made fast the three men Xfhoux thij had taken , two of whom were severely tvodujc'L " The dragoors were forthwiUi despatched 31 per ? ui " .. !>¦« were unable to capture a single individnai . Ti » "j had , however , the honour of eseort-In * 7 ? i"etiirer prisoners to Swansea , wh' -re 1 am hapr 1 " + n ^ - a ^ e l 0 5 tat 8 ** -at they have met with « Tcr - " at := at : on which ibeir situation Tt ^ juires ; and j * j . " > ,, -jP a ?>; at . althon £ h seriously wounded , there is ivT i : fie danger of ibeir injoriesproving mortal .

      I now ts * x to the doings of another division of the for « ^ -r ^ l c ^ vd on that eveotfaJ night / or the capture -f K -beeca . A division *> f the 76 ? h itegiment Cf f ^ -ot . - ! atoned in tie Poor Law basule , Lla-nclly , 2 sas Te j ^ wirds PontarddulaiSj under tbe com-JE 3 X- ' A C ^ piain Scott , who was accompanied by ^ 5 j . " . Ci-ainbers , jun .. who oSciat *^ as a Carmarthei-rire Tna ^ i ^ trate . They w ere nncertain . whether ihe il = ii ^ y-Bridge Gate , or that at Pontarddulais T 5-a > vr . W the object of attack , and con ^ tquejitly cout ! -i " : f-J the soldiers behind a hedge near lhe GwvUy-bridfic which is about midway between the two . While ; hey were Ekulking there they heard the firing of gnns and the blowiDjf of- horns in tie direction of Pontarddulais , when their officer ora- ; -cd Atin to load , and fix bayonet 3 . They Tvert- ^ jbi ^ -q : antly divided into two bodies , one cominaiiied by Ciptain Scott , and the oiher by Mr . Paj-iiP . ^ nih orders to cut off the retreat © f the

      rioters btritvef-n Hendy Bridge and Llauelly . Those ¦ yriio ha . ? e read the foregoing account must have , ob > --rvcd tsat when tbe gate was deMroyed the . main bedy of the rioters withdrew . They , "how- '¦ erer , to » 5 an entirely different roule from that ; trkict tfee seldiers were guarding so earefully ; but one jn&a of the name of l ^ wis DaTies happened to - be passing ay this road at tbe time , and he wasi inuDridiaieiy grabbed b y Captain Scott and Mr . j Chamber ? , and was left ia charge of Sergeant Gibb . ' . ! Ile prisoner was attired in his usual aress , but he iad awcniaii ' 3 cap in sib pocket , which was pro-i duccd 5 gainst Mm by Mr . Qiambers as proof that he belonged to Rebecca . His face vu also dis- coloured with ilack paiut and ochre . Sergeant Gibb was directed to detain him % prisoner , -whilst ihe psrtv aoTed » ff u double quick" towards the ttrnyike r ©* d lt * din « froaPont-trddaUiitoLUnelly . Here & £ s . ia th « y wcr » ? l&ee& behind * hedge , and , as s party of three or four of «» e rioters were re » ireating by 'Mm wute , they obBerred Mr . Chamberi wer'E > j ot « t tie kedx » > and « Bt » litde boy , who ^ ras ^ rrsscd ia gaW clothing ot « the g&Ve , to aa-© ertaia "who the parties might be who wera stafioned there- This yomgster , after & smart chase , was = * esrcd , but the others made their escape . The Bergeatt , whohad been left near the Gwilly Bridge ea-r tnreo two others ; and the four prisoners -were fortb wiih taken to Llanelly . But prior to this they aav ? nc * d as far as the Pontarddnlais gate ¦ ri ere tbev had nearly been ciarj-ed . by the dxa xooii * . who supposed them to be Bebeccaites ie »

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      | turning to the attack , and it was with no small difficulty that they could ctmvince them of their mistake . The four prisoners who were removed to Llanelly w « re brought up next day for examination before the Magistrates , when it was agreed that as the toll bar which the prisoners were charged with destroying , was situated in Glamorganshire , the magistrates of Carmarthenshire had no jurisdiction in the matter but to order the removal 01 the prisoners to Swansea , ¦ which order-was carried into effect at an early hour on Friday morning . Your correspondent witnessed the arrival of the prisoners , and a greater exhibition of weakness he never saw manifested on any previous occasion . The escort , which was composed of a strong detachment of the 76 th , was headed by

      | inspector Ross on horseback ; and if ever two made a pah in this "world , B . 0 S 3 and Ms horse were certainly the couple ; the same amount of intelligence , the same reasoning faoultiee , and about the same amount of brutal force being displayed by the biped and quadruped in question ' . The prisoners were handcuffed in pairs in tie oentra of the party , and lest the three bays and a man should have attempted resistance , the whole of the party inarched with fixed bayonets . The very soldiers hung down their heads and blushed as they proceeded through back lanes to the house of correction , amid the jeers of those who witnessed their progress . At the time I write { . Monday ) , the examination has not taken place , bnt when it does so I shall forward you full particulars .

      Rebecca is in no wise disheartened by the misadventure which she met with on Wednesday night ; for on the following Friday sho and her children demolished another gale in Carmarthenshire , and also set fire to a straw rick , the property of Mr . Chambers , who headed the military on theprevious excurrion . On SatHrday night they demolished another gate and toll-honse somewhere near Pontarddalais , and the old woman tcho teas at the gate was shot hy the rioters . On Sunday night , the TioteTs again mustered lo the number of about seven hundred men , when they proceeded to the house occupied by Mr . Chambers ' 3 gamekeeper , which they wholly demolished ; they next proceeded to a farm-yard , which is in that gentleman ' s possession . They set fire both to the grain in the stack-yard and the ofiiee houses

      adjoin-| ! ! | ing , all of which were speedily in a bk * =. When they had completed their work of destruction , they ¦ proceeded to that gentlpman * s re ? idence , but he had got the hint and was nowhere to be found . . I forgoi to mention that an attack was made early on Wednesday morning , on the house of Mr . Lucroft , R . N ., harbour master of Llanelly , who had rendered himself obnoxious to cfrtain parties by the introdncric-n of new regulations regarding the pilotage . Tr » ey threatened him that if these new regulations wtre not abolished in a fortnight , he should receive another visit , which would not be so well for him . Several shots were fired into his houpe , but no one of the family was injured . They passed Mr . Neville's copper-works , where they fired several volleys , and afterwards proceeded to the village of V * linfoel ,-vhere having obtained some refreshments , ine-y quietly dispersed .

      BXAMINAT 10 N OP THE PRISONERS . 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 thither , I found the magistrates examining the witnesses . I obtained a copy of the depositions , and now abridge them for the information of your readers . Joha Hugh , John Hughes , David Davies , Lewis Pavies , Wm , Hagbes , ( a mere boy about ten years of a ^ e , ) Henry Rogers , and Thomas William ? , were placed in the dock , charged with being participators in the outrage at Pontarddalais .

      Charles Frederick Napier ol being sworn deposed that he is captain of the police , and in consequence of information he received be proceeded with a party of men to Pontarddulais . He arrived there betwee-D twelve and one . He heard a great noise of horns biowing and guns firing . He heard also a voice like an old woman ' s crying ** come , come , come . '' He heard other sounds like the mewing of cats . Taese sounds seemed to proceed from the direction of the Red Lion Inn , which is a thort distance from PoDi&rddulais gate . When we came within sight of tbe gate we saw a great number of men present ; they were in various disguises and seemed to have been destroying the gate . So mo had white dresses on , others had bonnets on , and most of them

      appeared to be dressed like women and had their faces blackened . About three of those who were mounted ceem&d to take part in the proceedings at the gate . They had their hor ? es heads towards the gate and their backs toward me . There was a continnal firing of guns kept up by the riotere . I formed my men and called vn the panics to stop . I made use of the word " stop" three or four times . Upon comicg up to them on 9 of the mounted man who was disguised as a woman turned ronnd and fired a pistol at me . I was close to 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 wa 3 firtd at us ; at least this was my impression at tbe time- I then endeavoured to take the parties into custody , but we met with considerable resistance . John Hugh , David Davies , and John Hughes were among them . John Hugh

      was oressed in a wnite cloak and had something like a feaiher in his hat . I saw the prisoner David Davies aim a blow at L . LL Dillwin , Esq ., but cannot say whether it took effect or not . After the pistol shot and volley were fired at us , I fired ana shot the the horse on which the man was mounted . We returned the fire , and a general Bkir ais-h took place , during which a number of shots ^ ve re fired on both side 3 ; but in a short space of time the rioters dispersed . Three of the horses riddtn by the parties on that Dight are in my custody . After the rioters were dispersed I found that the turnpike-gate was dejtrflyed , with the exception of the posts . The gate-house was gutted , the windows , window-frames , and doors were driven in , and a portion of the wall of the house waB pulled down . I discovered tbe marks of shot in tbe sash of one of the windows . I found two sledge-hammers , twocrowbars , and a pickaxe , which are now in possession of

      Daymen . Price , a police-officer , deposed that he was on duty at Pontarddulais gate on the night in question , whsre he saw a crowd . He pulled a man from his horse ; that man was the prisoner , John Hughes . He saw him on horseback , in front of the mob . He had then a white cloak over his 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 fired the gun in tbe direction of the police . He was about ten or fifteen yards distant at the time ; was sure he was not twenty yards distant . This was from five to eight minnte 3 before he took the prisoner , which he effected at last in front of the Red 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 remember any thing particular , as ho ( witness ) ran away . Between eleven and twelve be removed his good ? , as he heard " Becca'' waB coming that night . He stopped some time in the house afterward ? . While he was standing at the door , between twelve and one , he saw a great number of persons on the road near the Tied Lion ; bat vvhen be saw tbctn come as far as tbe bridge , he ran away . He heard Fbo : s fired in the crowd . He went about sixty yards from the house , when he hid himself . He remained there for three-quarters of an hour ; when he returned to the gate-house he found that the door and windows were broken , and part of the house pulled down . . . ¦

      George Jones , sworn—Is a sergeant in the Glamorganshire police ; was at Pontarddulais on duty lsst 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 toll-house . Witness pursued and laid hold of him . He pushed witness away , when a regular seuSa ensued . Witness succeeded in keeping him in custody , for be handcuffed him . William Chambers , jun ., the magistrate , and Ser jeant Gibbs , of the 76 * h Regiment , deposed to the iacts of the apprehension of tbe other prisoners , as I have stated already , when the magistrates agreed to remand the first five prisoners on the list until tomorrow , at eleven o ' clock ; but there being no evidence against Henry Rogers and Thomas William ? , after a Btrict caution from Lord Jsmcs Stuart , chairman of the magistrates , they were dismissed from tbe bar . Mr . Hugh Williams , of Carmarthen , took notes on behalf of the prisoners , but was not allowed to

      cross-¦ examine . , , t j Last week , two wheat stacks , the property of Lord Dvnevour , were set on fire , and information was , given implicating a person whose name 1 have been unable to learn . The case was heard by the magistrates at Llandilo , on Saturday ; but after sitting to a very late hour , tbe evidence was not considered sufficiently strong to authorise the magistrates to commit , and the accused party was ¦ . consequently discharged . 1 ^^^^»

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      this farm were set fire to , together with the hay and corn stacks , all of which were completely consumed , and about £ 200 worth of property destroyed . One of the farm boys was awakened , and on looking out saw the outbuildings on fire , and about fifteen men disguised leaving them . The same men were then seen to go across the country to another farm oooupied by Mr . W . Chambers , called Gelbygllnoy , and there they set fire to the corn and hay stacks . Three Blacks of corn and one of hay , worth about £ 150 , were entirely consumed .

      The most shocking part of the night ' s history remains still to ba told . On the road from Llanelly to PoHtarddulaiB , and within 500 yards of the latter place , is a turnpike-gate oaJled Hendy-gate . This was kept by an old woman upwards of seventy years of age , who has received frequent notices that if she did not leave the gate , her house ehould bo burnt down . About three o ' olock yesterday morning a party of ruffians set fire to the thatch of the tollhouse . Tne old woman on being awakened ran into the road and to a neighbouring cottage within twenty yards of the toll-house , shouting to the people who lived in it , " For God ' s sake to come out and help her to put out the fire ; there was not much . " The 00-cupier of this cottage , a stout able man , whom I saw last night , told me that he was afraid to go out , and begged th « old woman to come into his cottage ,

      which she refused , and went back to try and save some of her furniture . Is appears her exclamation had been overheard , for the villains returned and Bet fire to the thatoh again . Ihe old woman 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 as far as the jiei « hbourin « cottage door , and there sunk dowa dead in the arms of the cottager ' s wife . 1 drove over there last ni ^ h ' t . The ruins of the toll house were still smoking . Iu the neighbouring cottage lay tbe body of the poor old woman . She appear * to have been shot in the face , which was covered with blood , and the cottager said there were slug marks in the cheeks . But I turned away from the shocking sight . I could not boar to look at it .

      Where is all this to end ! A most foul and cowardly mnrder has at last been committed . Much have those to answer for , who hare 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 tho infantry , have come to the town , and were last night out scouring the country .

      MORE OF "REBECCA . " CONFLICT BETWEEN THE MILITARY AND POLICE , IN SWANSEA . ( From our own Correspondent , J Last night , Monday , wascharacterised by auother of those bruial exhibitions which have lately been 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 , iu company with a female , when one of the town police rather officiously interfered , and offered some indignity to his companion . This was resented by tho soldier , who told the policeman that they should meet

      again at some future occasion , as he had no wish to cause a row when a lady was in company . Last nigh ' , he was as good as his word ; for having fallen in with the polioeman on his beat , he gave him a deuce of a pummelling , and it is said made " Charlie" go down on his marrow bones , and promise never to offend in like manner again . But as the soldier was going away eomo other policemen came up to the aid of their suffering brother , and ^ as some of the infantry came up about the same time , the affray speedily became general . J 3 ut while the soldier had , been " hammeripg" tho original offender , he 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 lost 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 . Thu riot now began to assuma formidable aspect , and continued for a considerable length of time . Two of the soldiers of tbe 76 -h were at length secured , but the affray only ceased on the appearance of the picquet . The two soldiers ware brought up for examination to-day ( Tuesday ) , but were eventually remanded until to-morrow . The soldiers are vowing vengeance against the police , and it ib expected consequences of a very serious nature will result from this quarrel , tho town altogether being in a very excited state .

      FINAL EXAMINATION AND C 0 MM 1 TIAL OF THE PRISONERS . The five prisoners , charged with being participators in the outrage at Pontarddulais-gate , were brought up to-day ( Tuesday ) for final examination . The Court was crowded at an early hour , and the utmost acxit-ty was manifested to know the 'resalt of the investigation . Tho Magistrates having taken their seats on tho bench , Lord James Stuart addressed the prisoners , stating that it was not tho intention of the Magistrates to examine any more witnesses or to enter further into the investigation of the case , they bdnc of one mind that the prisoners be severally committed to take their trials at the next fieneral assize . The prisoners were committed accordingly .

      Mr . Hugh Williams , ? olicitor , Carmarthen , applied that the Court would admit the three prisoners , who were taken st the gate and staud charged with felony , to bail ; as he was prepared with bail to any amount they might see fit to exact . Lord Jaraes Stnart replied that the magistrates had taken Mr . Williams' application into consideration prior to entering the Court , and were of opinion that it could not be complied with . Mr . Williams wished to know if that opinion was unanimous . Lord James Stuart could see no occasion to reply to that question . Mr . Williams next applied that the two prisoners , Lewis Davis and 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 acreed to .

      Lewis Davis was then bound to appear , himself in £ 100 , and two sureties in £ 50 each ; and William Hughes , being aminor , in two sureties of £ 100 each . The required sureties being immediately forthcoming , the two prisoners left the Court , warmly greeted by thu hundreds who were awaitiDg them outside . Mr . Williams next applied that the sum of JPi 3 =. 10 d ., taken from the prisoner John Hughe 3 , aa al-o tho horse which he rode , which belonged to his father , and -is now in the custody of the police , be returned . This also was agreed to . the

      A coroner ' ^ inquest sat yesterday on body of tbe old womon . wLo was shot at the « ate in the neighbourhood of Pontarddulais on Saturday liuht last ( 9 th inst . ) Soveral medical gentlemen deposed to -the fact , that dea'h was the effect of gun-shot wounds , they having extracted several pIurs from the body ; but , the Jury , haying doubtless a fdiow feeling with the rioters , returned a verdict of— " Died by suffocation , produced by the effusion of blood , bui owing to what cause this is to be 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 m tbe affdiri

      I re-openmy letter to say that some more outrages took place Jast night at Llandly . Mr . Chambers had some more property destroyed , and I have heard that a policeman has been shot . Placards are out in the country place ? stating that " as the Authorities have ^ hewn iheir taste for blood , they shall have plenty . "

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      Newcastle . —The delegates of the National Conference of xbe Miners' Association of Great Britain arid Ireland reassembled at nine o ' clock on Tuesday nrnming . Mr Wukinshaw having been elected to the cbair . tbe mis utes of the prerious sittings were read and confirmed . The Secretary rt-ad an address to the toal owners , showing tbe cVj > cts of the Miners * Association , ¦ which was adopted , ordered to be printed * and a ccpy sent to the Northern Star for insertion . The Wineate delegate brought forward a resolution adopted by the men of Winsate . at a public meeting of the colliery , presenting their mest sincere thanks for the support afforded them by each respective colliery In Northumberland and Domain during the time ; they fe \ t it a duty to desist working until the masters would give them some guarantee for the safety of their lives by the removal of the dnmaged wire rope by which they wanted them , to descend the pit . It ¦ was received , and tbe thanis of the delegates added thereto . Mr .

      Beesley gave an account of the arrangements made w < tb Mr Koberte , on tne part of the WiDgate men , and the masters / -wherein tbo latter agreed to remove tbe wire rope , and substitute one that the men might go down tbe pit with safety by , if the men wonld go to work imaediately upon it being rendered Bafe . Mi K . said th « men would go to werk ; but unless they ttohM pav tbe men ' s vragu for the time the pit was unsafa . bfl ( Mr . R . ) would be nnder tb » necessity of tTjiDg if the law would compel them to do tl ^ men jnstice , by remunerating them for the time which they bad lost , before tbe removal of the unsafe tope . Mr . Beesley was loudly app ' auded throughout his address , of which the above only forms a part , and tho whole of the delegttes approved of the manner in which Mr . Roberta acted for tho men . Mr . Thomas Mycroft , of Weet Auckland , -was appointed a lecturer for the Miners' Association . The Executive were tb . n requested to retfre to another room to make

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      out the routes for the lecturers , with instructions that one or rnuro be appointed to WeardaJe . That oui brother Halliday ( one of the Cumberland delegates ) be requested to state the grievances of which the collier * of that district bad to complain , which he did in a very minute manner , and was corroborated by Beveral oiher 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 delegate 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 each district send their remittances for the Cumberland men to Mr . Jude , who will make arrangements with Mr . Halliday as to the mode of conveyance . " Agreed to

      un .-iiiimoBsly . Mr- Roberts then entered the room amid enthusiastic applause , and stated the arrangements he bad . made , so as to prevent any disappointment to any colliery that might be necessitated te call upou him in his official capacity , when his duty to them might require his absence from bis office . Mr . R . said that , , having procured the services Of Mr . Beesley as clerk , Mr . B . would be in the office in his absence , during , office hours , and would take down the statements that any of the colliers might have to make , and lay them " before , him at his earliest convenience , which would be equally attended to as if he was present , and had seen the men on the subject . Mr . Roberts' office is No . u , ; Royal Arcade . The fallowing resolutions wer e then agreed to : — " That a general public meeting of the

      miners on the . Tyne and Northumberland be held at Scaffold Hill , on Saturday , Sept . 16 th . Chair to be taken at twelve o'clock at noon . " " That a general public meeting of the . miners of Durham be held at Pittipgton Hill , on SiVurdiij , September 23 rd . Chair te be taken at twelve o " c ! ock at noon . " On both which occasions Mr . Rjberts will be present " Tbut each delegate be instructed , in the event of an accident ( injurious to thu lives of any of the miners in his locality ) occurring to consider it his duty to apprize Mr . Roberts of the same na soon aa possible tbat he may attend and arrange snch evidence as be may meet to adduce on the coroner ' s inquest ( if livesishouJd be lost , ) or in any other way to enow the real cause of such misfortune . "—Carried unanimously .

      " Tbat all miners out ef employment , be admitted members upon paying the usual entrance money . "Carried . " Tbat eucn colliery be allowed to take theit 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 Britain and Ireland , be held on the 30 th Oet . proximo , "—Carried . "The yearly Conference was intended to be held in Durham , but we are given to understand that it is contrary to rule ( 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 held in Newcastle , and consequently the forthcoming Nntional Conference will be held in Newcastle on thu 30 th of October , at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . The Percy-main case was next considered , when it was agreed that the advico of Mr . Koberta should be had on the subject before the men should change 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 . Roberta , Esq and the Executive Council . "—Carried . Some local tmtuiiess was disposed of and tbe Conference was dissolved at five o ' clock , having sat four days .

      The following Is the address alluded to in the foregoing report : — The : members of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , do hereby set forth end declare what our objects and intentions are in forming the above Association ; and we feel it our duty to do so on account of the many and serious reports got up and set abroad * y parties to vfhose own conscience we choose at present to Bay must decide the motive for so doing . Our object in forming the above Association is to better our condition , and we beg to apprise you that we would rather by far tbat could be dona by an amicable adjustment of all differences than by having recourse to a strike , which we feel inclined to believe is equally disadvantageous to you as to us ^ and the inevitable result of which would be to engerraer feelings of sucH a kind as ought not to exist between master and servant .

      We intend to lay before you the following speoiflc and simple plan , viz ., that each colliery-owners shall be furnished with a copy of sucb prices as shrill be thought necessary and reasonable , and which it is intended to go en tbe principle of making tbe cost price as far as lnbour is concerned tqual or nearly so at ( every colliery in the trade , and to such uniformity of cost price the masters to add what they may deem a proper and reason , hie return for their capital ; it being our firm atid decided opinion that as we risk our lives and yoa your money to dig from the bowels of the earth a commodity on which it may truly be said the existence of Great Britain as a nation depends , it is not too much to ttquest tbat tbe price of tbat article shall be sucb as to give , ample remuneration to both the labour and capital employed .

      Something of this kind must be done . We have had to submit this year to a very great reduction of prices ; and we opine if you as coal-owners get once into the path of ruinous competition by underselling each other in tbe . market , and then endeavouring to reduce the wages to still keep a matket , it 1 b a process wbicn is alike ruinous to both parties , and which must have a tendency to keep Up a contentious war of strikes and stagnation—Labour and capital contending for the mastery ; while the public as consumers reap the benefit , without fo much as soiling a , finger in tbe dangerous undertaking of raising an article indispenaibly necessary to tbeir comfort and existence .

      The moral and the physical consequences of a contentious warfare between capital and labour does sipp ar to \ ia to be fully illustrated by tbe fable 0 ! Vwo noble animals combating or fighting for a piece of piey , and while the combat was going on , another animal of diminutive si ?) and strength came and carried off the prizs ; while neither of the two , such was their state of exhaustion , could prevent them . To conclude , we entreat you to bestow on this onr earnest and sincere requisition , your careful and best consideration ; and if you should be pleased to agree with as as reBpecta the principle on which it is founded , it will be alike creditable to your judgment and your interest . We remain , yours , & 6 . Thh Members of the Mineks' Association .

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      j ¦ *¦" . *¦ Button jgl 10 s id , Aupell Moor 183 8 < J , Edge Green 12 s 6 d , Collier ' s jArrus , New Spring £ 2 19 s 7 d , Bacap 10 s , Pendlebury Ma , Bradbury lOd . Total £ 21 13 a 9 fl , Tbe following resolutions wers then agreed to by the delegates : — " That a subscription of 3 d . per member be requested from the various lodges In Lancashire for tbe purpose of assisting our Cumberland brethren in their resistance to the unjust requirements of their employers . * ' " That John Lomax accompany D . Swallow into North Staffordshire ; and that their expencesfot the present foe borne ; to the Lancashire District . " " That we will 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 holden on Aspell Moot , near Wigan , on Monday , 25 th of Sept . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The Delegate meeting to lake place immediately afterwards at the Brown Cow , Scholeneld-lane , 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 and St . Helen ' s district ; Mr . Auty in the Burnley , and j Mr . Thompson in the 0 )« iham Districts . " ' * That tjwo gentlemen be appointed by the Executive to go into the neighbourhood of Poynton , in order to agitate more effectually the district of Cheshire . " Thanks bein /? voted to th

      Redding , Stirlingshire —Messrs . Daniells and Hammond visitedjtbis colliery on Tuesday , the- 5-h instant , and had an interview with some of the men , and were very favourably received . This work belongs to the Duke of Hamilton ; and notwithstandiritj the Act of Parliament against employing females in coalpits , yot there are rjot less than sixty women employed in Redding works alone I Bentasrin , near Falkirk .. —The men of this extensive colliery held a meeting on the Public Green , on Wednesday , the 6 th instant , Mr . Hugh Dyrample in the chair . The meeting was addressed for upwards of two hours by Sir . William Daniells , after which , a resolution was passed ! in favour of joining the Miners ' Association . After ! a unanimous vote of thanks 'bad ¦ been given to the Chairman and lecturer , the meeting , which was a most enthusiastic one , separated .

      BONESS , LiNLiTHGO-wsHiiiE—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 was called to the chair . The meeting was addressed at great length by Mr . Wm . Daniells , on the objects and laws of the Miners' Association , also by Mr . Hammond ; ¦ when it was agreed " Tbat tbe men of Boness and Grange Panns join their English brethren . " i This was a large and spirited meeting . The usual votes of thanks being given , the meeting terminated . ; Bent Ejvd , bit Falktrk— The colliers of this district held a public ! open-air moeting on Friday , 8 th instant , Mr . Tr . omns M'Ewen in the chair . Messrs . Danielle and Hammond addressed the meeting , when the meeting pledged themselves to join the Miners' Society . Votes of thanks were civen to the Chairman and each of the speakers , ¦ when the meeting broke up .

      Fauurk Delegate Meeting , —A delegate meeting of the colliers of this quarter was held at the house of Mr . Brortie , Blue Bell Inn , on Saturday last , Mr . Thomas M'Ewen ia the chair ; Mr . Wm . Dmiells as secretary . The meeting was well attended , and was shortly opened by Mr . Wm . D . miells , who said he trusted that meeting was met for business—not to hear speeches . He showed the meeting bow they should conduct the affiirs of tbe district , and advised them to choose a district committee to direct tbe sime . A coVnmittee of five was then chosen , whose names for obvious reasons it would be ! dangerous to give . A report from the different works ! was then given in , which was very favourable . A | great deal of district ; business was transacted ; and they agreed to meet again on Saturday ( this day / at the same faousa

      Glen End —A public meeting of tbe colliers of this place , Stone-riga , and Rtddington was held on Monday last ( 11 tb instant ) , at Wallace Stone , Mr . John Patterson in the chair , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Win . Daniells deliver a lecture on the I iws , organization , and objects of the Miners' Association , which he did evidently with good effuct ; for tbe meeting immediately after be had finished his discourse passed a resolution in favour of the Association . The place of holding ; this meeting is one of the most remarkable in Scotland , ' being the ground where the battle of Falkirk was fpugbt , between the English and Scotch , in the year 1298 ; and Wallace j Stone is a square pillar erected to commemorate that event . On one side of the pillar is a latin inscription , signifying that a battle was fought there on the 2 nd and 3 rd da ; a of August , 1298 ; and on the reverse the following : —Erected to the memory of that celebrated hero , Sir William Wallace , 3 rd August , 1810 . i

      Glasgow . —A numerous meeting of the miners of the Glasgow Coat Bridge and Holly ton districts took place on Monday , near Tolcross . The meeting was addressed at 0 nsiderable length by Mr . Hammond , delegate from England on the necessity of a National Union . Mr . H ,, whose silvery lucks bespeak the worfe of the unerring hand ! of time , spoke with considerable fluency , urged tbe object of his mission with great earnestness , and sat down amidst tbe repeated cheers of the meeting . Mr . Clochan , of Hotlyton . recommended that they petition the Lord Lieutenant of . the county , and tbat a copy of said petition be sent to . every magistrate in the county : he would also urge upon them the propriety of appealing to the masters before doing anything further . Mr . Bun ton , ot Sb \ i ~

      tleston , deprecated the idea of going to the masters . Let them go to the authorities , and if nothing was done there for them , then it would be their duty to do soru . - thing for themselves . A man said the wen in the Tankurton Pit did not know whether they should be allowed to work any more . The master had expressed his determination to add 4 cwt to the standard ; the standard 4 as 12 . J cwt , but they were putting out near 18 . Another man said , that in his pit they were putting out nearer 19 than 12 cwt . ; but there w&s worse than even that ; there were men in tbat meeting who could prove that ; a few days ago one of their men was standing on the pit-bead when his own work came up ; but tbe man did not know at tbe time it was his own work come up ; near half a cwt . was thrown

      off one of his hutches into a dross heap , the hutch weighed 14 ^ cwt ., yot it was declared to be below the standard ; consequently the man lost his whole day ' s Work . That was the way the masters made their fortunes ; they were notisatisfled with giving the men low wages , but , in many instances , they gave them no wages at all . If t lb . I of stone was found in a hutch , tbe man lost the whole , and the men dare not complain for fear of losing their work . They wished to be paid every fourteen days * . Another man said , that in one case , where forty-eight men were employed , no less than sixty-four carts Were condemned in one week . It was not a question of wages so much as a question of justice . Previous to coming to any decision as to what should be doae . the various districts separated to

      consult amongst themselves . On their re-assembling , it was unanimously agreed that they should act in concert as hitherto Mr . Clocban said the men of tbe Holiyton district were fur a strike ; several belonging to tbe Glasgow district ^ comltrcoed the very idea of a strike . A draft ot a petition , iu terms of Mr . Clochau ' s motion , was read by Mr . MNee , the Secretary . to the Glasgow district , an » l unanimously agreed to . The petition briefly Jset forth the main grievances complained of . Amongst i other things it evinced that th-n iniquitous truek system might be done away with ; tbat they should be paid ati least every fourteen days ; and in particular Jhat their work should be weighed at tht ) pit-bottom in their own presence , instead of , as at

      present , on the pit-bead , whereby tbe men are prevented from haviug any chevk against the masters , it was Bioved and agreed to that a delegate meeting be held at Langlone on Thursday . Mr . Hammund called the . attention of the meeting to the otject of his mission , and appealed to them [ to give him au answer either for or against a National Union . Mr . Cloekun rtcommended that every one present should press the matter on the consideration of their respective works , so U 1 . 1 t ( he delegates should be present to state on Thursday the feelings of their respective constituents on ttie subject . Th « motion btsint ; seconded , was put from the chair , and carried uniuiiraously . A vote ot thanks to tbe Chairman closed the proceedings , whicii Ibstcd fr « m twelve o'clock till four .

      Wingate Grange Colliery—We are « Ud to bear tbat the persecuted men of tti's cuHiery have , thanks to the gallant labours of Mr . Roberts , ^ ot back to work again . We understood that this is thu resuli of an agreement between Mr , Roberts and tho solicitor for the pit-owners , the obnoxious wire-roptt has been removed , and is at present uniier the safe custody of two locks , the key of j nne of which is kept by Mr Roberts . An action for the men's wages will shurtly be commenced under the : uanag « m « kt of Mr . Roberts . EnitATUM . —The l * j lOd from Hopple , published in our last , shou d have jb en £ l 10 s . Tne foil owing la a further list of subscriptions received for the Wingate men : — 1

      Subscriptions to : Wingate Men , Sept . i « t , 1843 . —Ouston £ 3 8 s ; KinR Pit 7 s ; Soutu Shields £ l Us 3 d ; Nova Scot a £ 1 14 s ; Seat on Deleval £ 2 18 s 5 d ; WalridgeFell £ 1 ina ; Darwent Iron Works £ 1 6 s 3 d ; South Mpor 7 » 9 d ; Rtcliff £ 2 6 s 6 J ; East Cramlington £ 5 ] & *; Heaton £ 3 13 s 8 $ 1 ; Whitley £ l 2 t ; Oxclose 10 a 10 1 ; Wylam £ l 14 s Id ; Netherton £ 2 7 s 3 d ; Spring well £ 2 2 s 6 d ; Goose £ 2 ; GMsforib £ 1 10 $ lOd ; Smth Tanflald 12 s 6 d ; Puntop 168 ; Fawdon i £ l 2 i 8 it ; West Moor £ 4 5 s 6 d ; East Holy well £ 2 4 s ; Sieekburn £ 2 Is ; Borancepeth £ 2 Is 1 £ 4 ; Earsdon £ 1 ia 6 d ; Wallsend £ 1 17 s 6 d ; Benwell £ 1 2 * « d ; J arrow £ 2 153 ; Greencroft 14 i 6 d ; Marlow Hill ISs « d ; Ribleaworth

      £ 1 6 a 4 d ; West Townley £ i 4 s 9 d ; Seg hill £ 8 Si 7 d ; Andrews' House ltt EM , South Elswiek £ 1 14 « ltd ; Washington £ \; Farnacres 41 ISs , South Peplow »»; Sheriff Hill Quarryaen £ 2 ; West Cramlington £ 3 17 r ; Sheriff Hill Colliery £ t « s ; Trindon , £ 15 Is 6 d ; j Castle Eden , £ 8 14 a ; Thorolef , £ 4 189 61 ; Casaoss , £ 4 10 s ; Kelloe , £ 6 ; ( ju arrington Hill , £ 1 15 s ; Tysocks , £ 3 5 a lid ; Hetton , £ 1 13 s 7 d ; Ellemore , £ 2 0 a 6 d ; South Hetton , £ 4 12 s 3 d ; Datton , £ l 16 s . lid ; Heugh Hall , £ i 16 s 6 d ; Pemerton , £ 4 16 s ; Framwell-gate-moor , £ 2 lls td ; Hunwick , £ i 6 s 8 d ; Cragg Head , Us lOd ; Wingate Frieids , £ 2 la ; Black Boy , | £ 2 9 a ; St . Helen ' e Auckland . 118 3 d ; South Moor , £ 1 3 ? ,

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      To the Citizeng of Dublin , and to the Consumers of Coal in ( he various ( owns on the 2 V" Coast of Ireland , and to the People of Great Britain . We , the colliers working at Whltehaven , in the employ of the Right Horj / the Earl of Lpnsdale , in conjunction with onr brethren in other parts of Cumberland , having been forced from out employment , for exercising the privilege which every British subject is entitled to , namely , the right to unite or combine , to reduce the hoars of toil , or to increase our * wages , hasten to lay before yon eomo of the grievances under which we labour , and to remedy which , we arer now forming a general union of on * trade throughout Graafc Britain and Ireland . In Whitebaven , two-thirds of tbe colliers are Irishmen , who have baen forced from the laud of their

      birth , to eke out a miserable existence in toe sunless mine f and tosufiV greater privations than any other class of men in employ . Within the last ten years , tt ; e wages of the miner have been reduced , in most cases , 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 tbe enlargement of the baskets , and a diminution in the price of such basketB , warrants us in saying that the above redactions are considerably under . In Croft Pit , tbe price formerly paid for " nagging and trailing" a basket of from l \ h cwt to 12 cwt . was 16 ., and from Is . 6 d . to 2 » . 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 nagged out of the mine , he got

      the absve-named yard-price . The present priceis 6 Jd . and no yard price ; and for this sum the miner has , after haggiog , to trail or drag these baskets from 100 to 200 yards . In many cases horses are used to draw the to , il from the bagger : when it is so the miner geta bnt 5 % t \ . In some places the cnal rises from the level from seven to eight inches to the yaid . The miner was formerly paid for every fifty yards one halfpenny per basket ; he is now paid the same sum f&r tha first 100 yardH , but not a farthing after , although , in many instances , the poor miner has to trail them from 500 to 600 yards , and the distance is conti ; uaily increasing ' . The average hours are from fourteen to sixteen , and the wages for such hours , when there are no off-takea , from 2 s . to 2 a . 6 d . ¦

      At Wilson Pit the yard priee , which was a shilling , has been taken oif : the miner is paid 8 cl . per basket , B&me aiz-i as above , and has to hag and trail them a distance of from 400 to 500 yards , rising some seven or eight inches in the yard . The men work from fifteen to eighteen hours for not more than 23 . per day . At Duke Pit the basket is ten cwt , for which the miner receives 4 ^ d . for bagging and trailing it up wards of 300 yards . The hours are fifteen , and the wages fcr such hours 2 ? . 4 d . The basket at the Conntesa Pit was formerly but nine cwt ; it was then eightpence : it is now eleven and a half cwt . and is only sevenpence . The flours are from . twelve to fourteen , and the average wages about 2 s . 6 d . The William Pitt ( alias , tke " Slaughter House" )

      former price 61 ., present price 5 i < i ., f <> r hanging and trailing 150 yards ; the hours from twelve to fourteen , the wages Is . lOd . At OuRhterside , the hours are from twelve to fifteen , the number of days worked in the fortmabt from five to twelve , and the average wa ^ es , exclusive of off-takes 2 s . && per day , At Oughterside-moor and Gilloroz , tbe hours are from fourteen to seventeen , the number ot days in tbe fortnight , which the men work , from four to twelve ; the wages about 28 . 6 d . Mr . Wood ' s Pit , at Dearham , from foot to twelve days , from twelve to sixteen hours ; average wages 23 . Mr . Walker , of Dearbam , his pit worka from six to twelve days in tbe fortnight ; from twelve to fourteen hours ; average waxes , 2 s . 6 d . At

      Greengill , the pit works from three to twelve days , from twelve to fourteen hours each day , the average wages 28 . 6 d . The men in this employ are compelled to deal in a " Truek Shop" where they have to pay from 4 d . to 6 d . a stone more , for flour and meal , and every ether artiole which the poor miner and his family consumes are higher rated than at any other shop or market . CWton Colliery ; the men work from three to eleven days , from twelve to fourteen hours ; the wages 2 a . 4 d . ( jreysouthen , from one to twelve days , from twelve to fifteen hours ; average wages Is . 9 d . Bui here , the men , &s well as the men who work for the same owner at Ougbterside , are supplied with beef at fr « m 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 , and the hours which the poor miner works , and which he bears and receives . Bat bad as the prices are , hard and nnrt-mitting as the toil is , we would be content did tve gel that for which we labour ! But , it not unfrt-quently happens , that after a man has toiled and produced a number of baskets of coal , he will have from four to si * taken from him in the week ! and these baskets of coal for which the miner receives not a farthing , are sold at the same price that other baskets having the same quantity of coal in are sold at . We by no means deny tbat there are unprincipled men . as well as unprincipled employers ; men who would take an advantage , and send to bank baskets containing foal coal , or short of measure ; but while we

      admit that the employer has an undoubted right to make such rules and regulations as will secure good coal and good measure , we are willing to prove upon oath before any of her Majesty's justices of tho peace , that thousands of baskets are taken every year from Colliers that bad no bad or foul 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 be united to put a period to such injustice !!! Bat this is not all , the majority of tbs men in the employ at Whitehaven are , as we said , Irishmen , whose circumstances are indeed poor ; but bad as they are , they are made worse

      by the fact that they are worse treated than the natives . The employer , or rather his asrant , takins advantage o ! the 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 Lonsdale towards the Irishmen in the employ . They are not only deprived of the fall value of their labour , but they are frequently insulted , by the " dogs in office , " on account of theii religions opinions .

      We produce an article of vital importance ; yet we are robbed of the real value of onr labour . We toil some sixteen or eighteen hours ; yet we mnst increase these hours . We are liable to greater and wore numerous acciden s than that of any other doss*—we are accounted the most ignorant ; yet tkfs ignerance ia 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 onr moral and physical condition ! and to secure to us a better remuneration for onr labour , and to put a period to tha manifold grievances under which we groan , and which our unmerciful taskmasters wish te continue 1

      Irishmen !—Countrymen ! and Brethren !—haters of oppression , lovers of justice and of liberty , we appeal to yon , as the consumers of the produce of our labour . We ask , is it right to force as from our labour , for exercising the right which a corrupt government dare hot deny , —the right to unite to protect our Iabaur t We have sought no advanceof price . We have asked no reduction or alteration in the aiza or weight of the basfct-ts ; all we a 9 k is , the right to unite to protect our labour—tbe only estate a poor man has . Irishmen ! Cip ~ a ' . ns of Vessels , used to transport coals from the West of Cumbar ' and to Ireland : we conjure you , by the love that you bear to your country and your countrymen , and to your English brethren , to speak out against this act of oppression , concocted and carried into operation by John Peile , Enquire (?) for the express purpose * f depriving the poor man of bis rights . We ssk yoa to feel for , and sympathizs -with us . This ib all we

      seek , this is all we ask . But let it be remembered , that John Peile , agent to the Earl of Eonsdale , was the first man who askad the men to sign a paper of his drawing-np ( or drawn up at his instigatien , we know not whether . ) which paper precludes the possibility of the working mau ever being enabled to stem the torrent of injustice which is likely to be cast at the feet of every honest miner . Many rigned a similar paper , in 1831 . —and by it they secured more misery and wretchedness than they before experienced—misery su' -h as is not excelled in any colliery in Great Britain . Good God ! Irishmen i Lovers of Virtue ! think ot mothers and of daughters having to prostitute themselves to over-men and deputies , in order te mitigate or lessen tbe 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 say whether or not we are justified in uniting to protect the virtue and property of our children ! We are , Fellow-countrymen , for and on behalf of tke Miners of Wbitehaven and the West of Cumberland

      generally—This address bears the 8 ignature 3 of three hundred and thirty-six of the oppressed and ill-used colliers , and is the one alluded to in onr report of the meetiDg of tbe Irish Universal Suffrage Association , at Dublin , We give it insertion in oiir columns , in the hope that the e-xposure of the heartless tyranny it details may be the means of putting an end to it .

      Correspondence with General Secretart . — Any of the miners wishing to correspond with tbe General Secretary , may address to John Hall , caTe of Mr . Martin Jude , Three Tunsj Maxor Chare , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

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      Middlesex , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at Wi - Img Office * , No « . 12 and IS , Markrt-street , Briggataj aad Pit > Ush « l by the said Joshua Hobior , ( for the said Fbarous O'CONNOB , ) ai bis Dwdling-hosM , Wo . « , Market-street , BrJ « at « J aa Internal Communication Masting between the saii No . 5 , Market-street , and the said Nos . 12 and 13 , Market-street , Briggate , thus constituting toe . whole of the said Printing and Publishing Office one Premises . AH Communications must be addressed . Post-paid , to Mr . Hobson , Northern Star Office , Lee ( Saturday , September 16 , 1843 . ,

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      Delegate Meeting of Colliers . —A meeting of Staffordshire delegates was held at the house of Mr . James R \> llason , Old bury , on Monday last , September 11 th , Mr . William Thomason , chairman . The number of members having been reported from each place , Mr . Richard , Butler , delegate te the North , gave in his report . The following objects are among those to be carried out : —A reduction in the hours of labour . That the death club stand as before , viz ., that tho widows of deceased miners receive three shillings weekly , and one shilling for each child . That the men be not compelled to go to work 80 early in the morning * . That there ba an equalization of wages between the thick aod thin coal men . That tbe stone men have 3 s . 3 d . per dayi for eight hours -. and that miners have 4 s .

      daily . Mr . Butler gave som « cheering reports on the prospects of the Asnociation . The following resolution was adapted : — " That this delegate meeting returns thanka to Mr . Butler , as the Staffordshire delegate , and we recommend out fellow ¦ workmen to aid ua in breaking dow ^ n oppression , and defending the sacred rights of labour . " Mr . Thomason then read the balancesheet It was 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 as a guide ; and it was agreed that money be forthcoming against Monday , 18 th , to meet

      tbe necessary expences . Mr . B , Pyle moved , and Mr . George Jones seconded , " That it is the opinion of this district meeting , that the Coal , Lead , and Iron-stone Miners' Association be kept inviolate by all the members and districts ; and that no man be called out ameng us to lecture who is not brought up to tbe trade ; and that all who are now employee "! ns lecturers be discharged from their office , to mak « room for those members who are out of employment on account of the Association , —the engagement of any but member ? 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 rawing them from the awfully degraded position to which they have been reduced . Each speaker was listened to with tbe most marked attention on the part of the audience ; and Messrs . Lomax and Swallow , in particular , were loudly applauded . The meeting was a very good one ; and the following resolutions were passed unanimously : — "That we , the miners of Hulshaw Moor and neighbourhood , are convinced , by sad experience , that the present rate of wages paid for our labour is wholly inadequate to procure even tbe common

      necessaries of life ; we therefore cannot consider ourselves sufficiently remunerated . " " That we now resolve , as one means of improving our condition , to immediately connect ourselves with the Miners' Association of Great Britain aud Ireland . " The business of the public meeting having been dispensed with , the delegates from the various collieries proceeded to the Bowling Green Inn , and tha chairman who had presided over the public meeting having been again called to the chair , be briefly addressed the meeting . Tbe secretary then read over the various items of income and expenditure , 'which , upon being audited , were

      found to be correct The following Bums of money were then handed over by the delegates , as the contributions of their constituent * for the last fortnight : — Bradford Colliery 6 s 4 d , Chorlty Moor 3 s lid , Wigan , Crofter ' s Anas £ 117 s 8 d , Claeton Colliery Is 3 d , Hurst Brook 7 a 8 d , Coppull 6 a 2 d , Criorge and Dragon , Wigan . fis . £ t ) , Boll ' s-Heady Ditto 5 s ; Hanging Bank 9 s 4 d , Bolten £ 1 6 s 3 | d , Fleece Lodge , Bolton £ 1 4 s 8 d , Little Lever £ l 19 s 7 d , Stand Lane , Pilklon 3 s lOd , Darcy Lever 17 s 5 a , Top e'th Line 8 s lOd , Bank Top 4 V 54 , Farnhill 3 s lOd , Ratcliffa 10 a , Ringley Horse Shoe £ 1 1 b 8 d , Ringley , Grapes Inn £ 1 3 s 6 d , Halahaw Moor 78 2 d , Dixon Green 12 s 6 d , Lane End , Over

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      i j ] ; , , - ___ S In the Times of Wednesday appears the following , { relative to the burning of the stacks and barns bei longing to Mr . Chamberfl , and the firing upon the woman-keeper of tbe Hendj- /? ate . This step is the boldest yet taken bj " BeVecc * . " It will , most probably , have & considerable efeot « po > the neasures 1 adopted t « u j %% k « r iowa . " la mj letter of yesterday I stated to 70 a that the revengeful feeling ef the Welch people of this district was exhibiting itself in acts of iacendiarism agiicst the property of a magistrate ( Mr . William Chambers ) of this town , -who haB rendered himself , , \ it would appear , obnoxious from his efficiency and I j activity . I am sorry that I hare to-day again to I 1 record amilar cowardly and alarming acts against > the property of this gentleman . , ! Mr . Chambera owns and cultivates a farm , called , ' . Tynywem , about Beven miles from Llanelly , on the . Pontvberrem road . Yesterday morning , between 1 one and two o ' clock , the bams and outbuildings of

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      B N I ¦ THE ORTHERN STAR

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct668/page/8/