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      THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES , i from oar own Correspondad . ) Ca ^ vMakthek . Having » y » in taken a jonnsey th ^ ui ih th e territories "where "U-beecs" holds enlirnuV cbntronK I hare seen a number of the traces of ht-r process , and am contpquently better zb > to famish your readers with a correct aeconit <> f fcer doings for the r ^ fe . On my arrival at the Pontaridnlais gste , tb * scene of the late skirmish , I found it irosrded hy foar i > rmid collector * , commanded by Mr . BaUes , the le » o-. in per-on . The jata had bran replaced by a Verii tiry substitute , whilst the toll-house hid undergoui ] i thorough Tt = pair . A printed KH replaced lie Jjo-lt . I ibicb is "wont in e me esses to- _ be suspended in frost « -f the tor .-house . Ends bills stfcai ' . ngly being i « -pt ytaoj for ipeb einerseBctes , as the name of tt » gate V- v « rcfTtly pe ^ -cllled on the top Four loaded carts » dt » taBdini ; at the bar whilst the drivers were keenut

      l £ ^ a KiUxexiscn w . parties -whose dnty it * .: ! - * t £ > levy the tolL Thty flatly refused to pay a ritjit foi'Lieg , whilst tha others as pointedly refused to ali- * them to pasa . I surveyed the scene for some lD . iii . ' . » , an ' - beard the carters % e \ l ihe toll-men tbsl ilit-y sis - -aid vrsit hal fan-hour "when they kcev thai i "* i-y i-ar * t not remain . And tvnt enough , in U .- c urse ^ i a vtiy few minutes the toll-keeper * prej » x .- -J fur th-ir departure ; for Mr . Bulled walked scr «>« - . o thu Tied Lion , entered bia g * g , and drove off fa >> -3 ns £ a , fuHowedby the oth- ; r fonr . In a cab which *• ;• "Tilting tbsm at th * end of the tell-house , ana » £ .: ; - . st sercais hired to ccevt-y tbtra to the gate in < p >« :-. a in : b * zaoralnB . acd bxck to the town , so Boon » i a- -cUlr , ; Miaisainkinc behind the hills . Prior to tb- '' ¦ : .-ps . Ttc . T 2 , tcwfeTer ^ the gale ¦ was thro ' ni open to tTtrj pztstr by , and no cue \ rw ltft to ask any m .. as .

      1 f-j xxTDfrl smt a time at the Bed Lion , tod ttere ai ' -ti - iintd Ihst tbe report of the affair between tbe tut- -s zjid the police in tbe Northern Star , was the only Cor-trt r one -rhicb aa yet has appc&red ; in so far as the fit .- v K > dy cf * . £ e rioters-were gone , prior to the police IcakLr ? the r . t-ack . One Ur ' ng , however , bolbered me tol 3 A'tie ; asd that traa , why they should depart w .. 'b--iis flaiehicg their jJb . I am now , 1 think , able to ec - Aj the deficiency . It seems then that scants l > r . u c ^ up -a-ord that a body of soldiers wtre st the G'sRijsaU : ; and as the rioters had no with to come into colli * je ¦ sith the regulars , the principal part of them mr » e ' up t " c = Mil , on the road to Carmarthen , / firing tfcc !> < una and blowing their herns in order to lead the BO / ti :- : >« ia false icent . whilst the few whom they had

      lfcfi ; ? -, iu * l ihcBld finish the work which was already also > : cciaplcted . A feeling of genera ] exasperation txi- - * vn iheainda c-f xhe pa > ple against the poVicn ; at ;; t ' .-n those whohsve jio sympathy with the 'Becca Ui-T-Tiic-nt are load in their condemnation of the ts . cty » of & ¦> ¦> 'ziv Napier , They state that they had hitherto cc 3 s- < .:--rc 3 tVat a polictroan ' s dnty conaiited inp"et > ait ir-2 ^ aj oreacb c ? the law from © centring : and not in ak .- _ iii sr ? . nd Elashing a mob afltr the ontragehad taken pl _^ : yet in the present in&tasce , the police lsy . sknikic ; i rhind a htdge , while they knew a felony was l > r i .: cc-mmitted within a handred yards of them , "Wl- ; -. i . ij vas certainly their duty to preTent Prom all

      thi " . 1 cinlesm , and IhaTeleft no stone untnraed , to SSter iintbe trnth , there * e- -ms to be us donbfc also ft v . tt-e police were tbs first who fired ; and if the teatia- - . » ¦ of these worthiea can be shaken in " Bach sn imjK-rt-s : p& ; licalar as this , with a Wel * b jnry in theix'x , tb ' - - f yf the prisoners need not be deemed hfisrdons . 3 -i .-: Lt al * o iseEtion other eh-enmstxnees , is connection ¦ vnui heiboTBCstraga , which will b © rabstanfiated in si rf ihe accused on the trial ; but as itjorms no part cf z , ; j duty to forwam the pnbnc prcsccntor . of the line of -i . " ence to bs adopted , we shall lesye the defelop-E « : -cf these facts to the proper time .

      j- . cts also I gained -a knowledge of asms cirenmttscces in connectJcn with the melancholy death at the oIj -is- ; m * n at the Hendy Bridge Gate , with which J iBik ^ ao apology for troubling year readers . <» - ¦ its night in question the party who were en-^ 8 ; ci in breikicx down the gate and demolishing the ton h » -useaccording te their wont , removed the fnrnitnrc from the hense , prior to setting flra to the that « h ; tii ^ y then insisted npon the old woman JeaTing the bfe ^ s ? , which the refused to do . They even went so far zs to carry her forcibly ont in their arms , but she thr-atened ^ o hscg them all , aaying " Joan , a Thomas , a Bjjd , al ^ go , " inaming the very parties who took part 'T » ibeproceedings ) " 1 know yon « very one ; and al : if yon shall hang as high as Haman . " It was only then tint one of the party , rendered desperate by her TDt-ua-.-es , ecmmittsd the crime which is generally d £ p-j 7 trd ; bet srbicb , such is the present state of feeling In W'rJes , not a few are to be foand who are Trilling to palliate , if not altogether to jostify the proceeding .

      Oj the foUowing day , in Uie course of a walk of some fifteen miles , I only saw one toll honse standing , tbe ocencast of which fcononred me with a very inquisitive glaae-. aamneh as to say , " Who the dnece are yoa T ' but ^? so words pssaed . hls thirst for knowledgeTemained hi- "? Ted _ Sarely towerer , ctn a couple of miles be pas—a over , but a ruined cottage and the projecting siv-ivv * of broken posts tell a tale o ! byegene barriers , wL--. il the daughters of Rebecca havs caused to be . nnmi-erc x anooug the things that were . " Srven of these 3 nts .:-ntc 3 -were passed by year correspondent- in his ds- = Torab ' e , wbici , witti the ore Isft standing , must h » TC made n total of eight toll-bsrs in the short space of fifi-ei ; miles . of

      1 . 1 ^ 8 xaeetisgB farmers others continue to l > e : ^ i ' -Ven free : time to tima at "which resolutions aie za f-ed to xnemorializa the ihroce , reqosfcUng Her ii-j ^ ty to dismiss her prese nt ministers and to dissolve ter j ,-rsseni Parliameixt . Otber resolutions are also occifconaDy adopted , an extract or two from which may cn \ c- */ nnact * pral > le to year readers ; as these are best qci iSfcd to give them an idea cf -what the ¦ Welshmen TfCl : — " I hat Iosg and bitter experience has brought your 2 &zys >* j ' a petitioEers to tbe coisclnsion that an indiscrimir . tia selection of an irresponsible magistracy is a great eauoiiiy to this conntry . The seat of justice should be » K'Vfr imputation as taits competency—above suspicion tsvi its yariQr—instead of appearing , as may sometimes be tbe case * an object of reproach , and of indignant Vui fil-nt coBtocpt , calculated to woik deep dissatisfaction in ibr minds of the people ; and calcElat * d , if it con-& i-ita to ahike all regard for tbe institutions of the

      « ouru . ry . " * - That your Majesty ' s petitioners earnesHy hope that some means may be devised whereby rents may be le ^ chited by elective and indi&rent asssesson , betw = en tbe opposite interests of landlord and tenant , wbh-h would materially ccndncd to public harmony and pivsx ^ riry . " •¦ Toat yonr > IajeEt 5 * a petMoners are hopelesa of tslief . but through vigorous and enHoluaied legislative acrtua . They have observed with pain and mortiflcation that the present Parliament , which premised so Stnch , has manifested little or no consideration for the COB-i ; Vion of tbe people ; while its attention seems to Oive been principally directed to class interests , " or to parry objects , rerardlesa of the incessant calls of the country -sebieh is stnkine arid wriihing under accumulated e-nls . T'jnr petitioners are , therefore , of opinion * ba * » be prtsen * Pariiamsnt is both disinclined and

      incoicir&tent to mfst the wants or wishes of the commiraity , or to dtTisa msasures to amend its condition . " Hrr most ? raci ? BS Majesty may tell "My lords and G * Titlemen" ttat the distcrbsnees in Wales " have no eomtcSon wish political causes ;* ' bat verily such re-Boiut ' ijiis S 8 theso mnst go far to convince the ptople thai puliiicsl dissatisfection occapiea no Email Bhare in tbrr minds ti Welshsen ; and , however much our Tulera may wish that politics had nothing to do in tbe m&r tr , ysi . they may perhaps find opt , in the long run , tb » t nothing Bhcrt of an entire change of the whoiu political sjiiem " -ill at all satisfy either Rebecca or her daughters . Three such meetings were held last wtek ; ar > 'i thiee s : ore are announced to take place in the pre-Bei ae , at one of which I shall tsntrivai to be present , arc f ^ -rTs-ard j < m a " n acccunt of Useir proceeding for ytB 7 atxt Torn we now to the disturbances of the Wt ^ k .

      L . n Friday i ^ ight , about twelve o ' clock , tb 6 toll-Loc ^ sad turopiie-gate at Xlsnon , in Cardiganshire , irftc vhoSy dcEtrcyed . If ot a atone is now left of tbt est ' = - sniiding , and the whole of thefnrnitnre found in it * s bcintd . This proceeding was adopted , it seems , in e . 7 utqt > er-c 9 ol the gate-keeper bavmg Tefused to corui " = j "stita soae of the previpes mandates of Rebecca Tb- rioters auaibered about SCO strong ; but the general « j » r-5 » -n is tbat only lev in the jieighbonrbdbd took psit in the proceedinjis , as the main booy is said to have eonis from the direction of Rhos-y-meiBiog .- Thia feat wa * accomplished in ths immediate vicinity of a large

      beSy yf military . On Monday night , the DoUbArhn and Portbyryd gates yitr- Tiiited by about 206 of the faUowera ol Rebecca ; % z >\ they mtt with the usual fBte cf such obstruction ^ Jot they were "both totally demolished . On the following C&y , the contactor xeceH * d an intimation from ¦•• Bcc « , " apprsring him that i ! he attempted to take any raore tolls , st either of the above gates , his property shield be made • ta > pay ths piper . " With thia intima-Bod he premised unhesitoting compliance , and has given notice to the trustees to that effect laese demolitions s 3 » o were accomplished in the immediate neighbourhood of a trooD of horBe .

      On-rnesday night , the ¦ whole of the gates ( five in ! number ) between Uaadovery and Lampeter were Bebec- j eised , by a party of aboot 4 * 0 ; butinao faraalcani lean :, neither personal Tiolence nor destruction -of property , in any ease accompanied the downM of these rates . ¦ .- - OnTcowday nl ^ ht , fiw stack-yard of . J . B . L . lioya , B < q _ , of BBlhaidd , was set on fire , and hay and grain , estimated to ^ be worth £ 800-. were totally consumed When the fire was discovered , it was too far gone for sbv attempt to be made to robdoeit ; and althcmgh the sei ^ hboan came up in conrderableBnmben , yet it had ebtained the mastery to saenaa extent that ersry tffort - | o 8 * tb the property wa » deemed hopelea . of

      O 3 Friday night , in tbe Bsi ^ ibourhood AlxergwIOy , Ihe zrain belonging to a farmer l-wfco had just entered won thB land whieb ce had taken over theiead of another } was rcfttfcered about his barn-ysrd ; his carts , and other implements of agriculture , were broken np for Sre-irocd- The i-fiiees and cattie-shedB were next set © n : fire ; s ^ d then tha inmates of the dwelling-house ¦ were 8 iou «> d , and it too was speedUy enveloped in a jke-t of fiiise . The whole of the buildings , when morrfpf dairosd , exhibited a mafs of smoking ruins .

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      Tie military are meanwhile harassed beyond endurance , ilarchioga and connter-roarcbings are daily taking place in every corner of the Principality ; which , conpl&A with the nlthtly fatigues which the Boldien have to undergo , have bo disinclined many from ths service , that desertions are not at all uncommon . In tha short space of three weeks , it is reported that no fewer than eight men have deserted from 8 company of fifty-five , belonging to the 75 th B ° ghnent of the line , which was Rationed in Aberystwitb . Other corps , sxationsd in various parts of the country , we said to have been thinned to an equal extent from Ihe same causes ; aad it 1 b ihreisdly guessed that the villagers furnish the soldipra with the means of carrying their intentions into t firC \ . As I stated in my last , a party ot the London police hs . ve bfon imported into Wales . These fellows don't exhibit the cloven foot Tbey dont carry the number and mark of the beast" either on their forehead or

      their coat collar . Tbey are all gentlemen in appearance But it is reported that every nan of them is already Mfrl ! known , not only to Rebecca , but alto to every member of her cmiable family . Of course ell sorts of rumours are rife ; and among *! the Teat i % is said tbat the fate of these gentry is seated if ever tbey fall into tbe " lady ' s" hands ; nay more , that their prison is already provided , deep in the penetralia of a deserted mints . Twj of the number are reported to hwe had a very narrow escape from this fate already . Tfcey had gone out to the country to spend the night with a kindred spirit , a coi . &tablp at Tumble , with whom they Lad cpened up a sort of a correspondence . Intelligence

      of the meeting was received by some of the followers of Krbrcca , who forthwith proceeded to the domicile of the aforesaid conattkle ; a cart , well furnished "with nice clean straw , accompanied her in her route , for the purp .- . se of conveying the Londoners to their sabterram-an borne . Bui other spies , as well as Rebecca's , had on that night been abroad ; f < T on her arrival at tbe constable ' s house , she foornl out that the cockneys bad tikfc ; i the bint , although in the hnrry of their departure they had not only forgotten certain portions of tht-ir attire ; but also a letter cf instructions from head qaar * tr » , wLich , -under the head of " intelligence and bocly , " were seized upon by the daughters of Rebecca aa lawful prey .

      Another anecdote \? hich I have heard from a source worthy of credibility is too good to leave untold . A c « iain magistrate , who resides ¦ witb . in a hundred miles of where I now write , occasionally allows his fears to get the better of Mb judgment . Ever since he signed a certain warrant of committal , the vecgeBnce of the offended liege lady ef Wales has haur . t « d his visions end disturbed his repose . To snch extremsties has be heen reduced by his f ear * , tbat not only is svery one of bis domestics armed , bnt a guard of policemen are also lecsxed in his mansioti , lest the servants B&oold be untq-jal to the task of defending their lord . One iiigbt last week he was even more alarmed than usual , in csnseqneDce ot some threatening letters he had received , and doable precautions were accordingly nsed with those -which had hitherto been considered necessary . At about elfcvrn o'clock on the self-same night the rockets -were wh'aing into the regions aloft ; the beacons were bbzlng upon every hill ; the blowing of the hornB gave trumpet-tongued testimony to > he fact that

      rt The clanB they are gathering , gathering , galhcung ; O ' er mountain and moor hath pasa'd the war sign" ; wh ' -lst the firing of the guns acted like jo many eleotric shocks upon the nerves of tbe terror-stricken squire . A messenger was dispatched with all speed to the nearest market town , in order that the cavalry might hasten to tbe rescue . Tiey were speedily in the saddle , and proceeding at a gallop to tbe scene of supposed slaughter . Tbe havoc at the mansion-house bad not yet begun ; bnt as the dragoons denied upon tbe lawn they could observe the Rebeccaites , in their white dresses , at * ome distance on the left The order to bardie carbines , with ball cartridge , prime and load " , were speedily given and promptly obtyed . Their next

      movement was a semicnlar " wheel " , in order to * nr . round the doomed mob , which unmoved awaited the formidable charge . The steady conduct of tbe rioters induced the commanding officer to pause , and try what effect a volley would produce . The fatal mandate was given to fire ; and as considerable confusion was thereby effected in the ranks of the foe ifor tbey could plainly be Been Tm-fejTig off witbsll speed ) the carbines were again slung ; and , sword in band , the dragoons rushed forward to the charge . Thero they fouud , weltering in their blood , no rebel traitors , bnt three of tbe ( quire ' s SHEEP , of the improved Cheviot breed . ' How bis Worship bore the loss , jour correspondent is nnable to relate .

      I mentioned in my last , a report of a riot which had occurred in Carmarthen on the Saturday previous ; a rumour of which bad reached me in Swansea . As I am now on the spot , and as tbe inquiry into it only terminated on Saturday last , J may be excused in going over ths particslan . On ibe evening ol the 'ay in question & highly respectable female , a working man ' s wife , waa going along tbe streets of Carmarthen on business , and happened to be expatiating rather freely on some previous condnct of one of those pests of society , a policeman . Toe fulJovr overheard her , and without saying either , " By yonr leave 1 ! " or anything else , gave her a severe blow on tbe hand with his truncheon . This brutal atuck npon a woman drew on biia the reprehension cf the whole of the by-itanders .

      As the mob increased , other policemen , of course , came up . and a general shindy was the natural result . This affray was , however , -speedily g « t under ; but considerable excitement was still manifested by the town ' s people , which was not a lltte heightened by the insolent demeanour of the new policemen , who were trying to introduce the regime of the " keep-sioving" school . The Carmarthen folks bad only been accustomed to " move" when they liked , and felt wondronsly disposed to kick against the introduction of any snch arbitrary law * . About ten . o ' clock , the dragoons were ordered out , bnt by what BUlfeority la a complete mystery . The Mayor i-aye , that be didn't do it ; and common politeness rt quires us to believe him . Tbe other Magistrates re-echo the sentiment ;

      and of course , nabody did it ; yet sure enough , it was done ; and moreover , Lieutenant Kerwain , who was tbe officer in command , ordered his wen , if any of the people maltreated them , to CUT THEM ACROSS THE HEAD !! l and everybody says that his example was quite in harmony with his precept . Even the Editor of the Welshman maintains , " that numbers of the peopls had a narrow escape from the Lieutenant ' s sword ; sad tbat one yoang man was threatened by him , if he did not move quicker that he should ran him through . " R » aliy things are come to a fine pass in this free country of ours , that tbe people cannot go walking en the streets , without being in danger ot being bludgeoned by policemen , aabred by cavalry , or bayoneted by infantry ; whenever a few old women in breeches take it into their brainless noddles to nave a little

      recreation at our expence . [ Query . Mr . Editor , do yon think it could be possible ibat Mr . Rice . Trevor—I beg his pardon , the Honourable Mr . Rice Trevor , vice lieutenant of the county , —could be guilty of snch a thing as ordering out tbe military , eh ? Ramonr says he did it ; bnt everybody kno ^ B that rumour is a liar . " ) The infantry next , with fixed bayonets , appeared upon the scene ; and after the people Were tired of looking at them , they went quietly home and turned into bed , and both horse an £ foot followed the example . The policeman who was the original cause of the affray was brought up on a warrant for an assault ; and on Satnrday last , when the case was fully decided , he waa ordered to strip off the policeman ' s garb , and pay £ 2 . or take a fortnight ' s recreation on tbe revolving turnpike .

      Two coach loads of tbe London police have gone off soroewhere ; bnt no one knows where . The people say , " Devil may caTe if they never come back . " Impouhdihg a " Bum . ' —A bailiff belonging to Mr . James Thomas , of Llandilo , who , it would seem , is down in " Becca ' s" black list of the law , being in poB-&e ; sion under an execution , said to be of no very lenient character , against a fanner living at Foegreel , Llanfynydd , waa on the night of the 22 nd instant suddenly called by the above lsdy to his acconnfc j which , not being very satisfactory , he was himself levied npon

      nndtr " Becca ' s" warrant , tied hand and foot , and committed to the nearest common " pound . " " Becca " ordered his liberation the following morning , on his psyinjf the sum of fourpence ( the accustomed legal fee for relieving -quadrupeds ) , and entering into his own Tteoicnizinces to keep the peace towards all " Becca ' s " children for twelve months . Suffering and association sometimes "begot extraordinary sympathy , even in such us had btfore been callous ; and it is now sa'd that the bailiff in question has become a Btrenuous opp « - nent of cruelty to animals , and no less an enemy to solitary confinement

      MORE OF REBECCA . We have received the following from another correspondent : — Mebthtb Ttdtii—I have to record , for the first time , some of the doings of the renowned lady " Rebecca" in this town . A rumour was abroad last week that the tollkeeper of the Tydvil Well Gate bad been served with a notice to quit the house before Friday last . However he did not comply with the request ; but conveyed the notice to the Superintendent of Police , who is always ready at a whistle ' s call to attend . The gate waa closely guarded every night during tbe week ;

      and on Friday night there were about & dczen of the " blues" concealed in tbe voH-bouse , waiting the arrival of tha lady and her daughters ; but the night passed and no Rebecca appeared : tfrey therefore thought they bad gained a complete victory . But on Sunday morning last information was brought to the police camp that the Superintendent ' s borse had been shot in tbe stable . The rumour , spread like wildfire through the town . On hearing the news yoar correspondent repaired to the spot , and soon discovered that tbe poor none had been ahot in tbe back . This evening , Sept 2 « ih , handbUU have beea published offerinf Five Pounds reward for the apprehension of tbe partie * connected with the deed .

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      HoBBiBui D * raAvm .-The following h too good to belost :- » D ovtr , Aug . ll .-Sir , I read ¦ mth great pleasure your article upon Father Mathew , conclndxng with the injunction . — ' Swear not at all . It is my own custom only to swear at those -who offend me , but what is to bo said to a set of drunken fellows that are daily and honrly blasting the rocks in tvery direction \—Youi ' a very respectfully , Twizz . "

      M&Gt;T Couwre' Jj&O&Emem

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      CASKS BEFORE THE MAQT 8 TBAT 28 . Gateshead , Sept . 20—The pitmen of the Jarrom Colliery had summoned their masters for non-compliance with tbe Guarantee clause of the Bind . Undei tbat clause the men were to be found work to produce 26 b . per fortnight : in font fortnights there bad been at aggregate deficiency in tbe wages of Thomas Lamb o ! 9 a 6 ii ., and for this sum the summons was granted . The caBe was one of considerable Interest , as almost all the men in the colliery had been defrauded in a similai way . The case was fully proved by Mr . Roberts . Mr . Philipson attended on behalf of the coalmasters , and cross-examined the witneaaea at very great length , but without in the slightest degree shakiDg their testimony .

      Mr . Pbilipson then contended that tbe magistrates had no jurisdiction over tbe case ; that the nu ? n had been paid for all they had ear ed , for all the work they had reaily performed ; and that their charge against tbe masters of not having given them the amount of -woik guaranteed was matter for an action at law , and not one over which the magistrates had any controul . In reply Mr . Roberta submitted that as the relation of ma » ter and servant waB constituted by the bond , all the contracts relating to payment must fee considered as vages . They were the consideration for ¦ which the labourer bound himself to one colliery and restricted himself from seeking work elsewhere for a whole year ; that if the labourer refused to do the work required by the bond there was always jurisdiction enough to send him tn prison ; and by all fair analogy the same jnrisdiction could enforce the payment guaranteed by the same instrument If a contrary decision were arrived

      at , tbe following case might happen : there might be crass-summonses ; John Nokea might summon his master for not giving him the employment guaranteed , or any employment at all ; and at the same time tbe magistrates runbt be required to decide a charge ngainst Nokes for absenting himself when he ought not to have done bo : and thia would be tbe reBult of Mr . PhHipsob'a argument ; the magistrates would be called upon tossy , "John Nofces you have established your case against your mastt-r , and your master has established his case against you ; over the former we have no jurisdiction , bo yon may bring yous action , which will cost you about jfSO ; but as to your offence ngainht your master , weAuce jurisdiction over thai , John Nokca ; bo John N < kes you mutt go to prison for three months —turnkey laks him away . " Was it possible that law bo administered could by any possibility obtain the respect of tbe working classes .

      The Magistrates retired , and were absent half an hour . They were all coal-owners , and Mr . Pbilipson is also an tx'eneive coal-owner . Their decision waa that they had no jurisdiction , and the case was dismissed . Mr . R-iberts immediately gave notice of an action to be tried at tbe next March An . ^ zes . BISHOP AUCKLAND , SEPT . 21 WESTERT 0 N Colliekt . —A standard weight was provided by this bond—7 cwt . 2 qrs .: to this weight each tub was to be filled , and every one deficient was " sei out "the labour ef that one being forfeited by the pitmen . Ooily two tubs out of twenty-tbree were weighed , and

      hy their average the other twenty-one divided . If tbe two selected to form the average by , were under the standard , they were not " set ont , " 88 by tho bond they onsbt to bave been , but retained / or the purpose of making the average ; but all the others under the standard were set out . The two selected might be six cwt—then tbe other twenty-one were averaged at tbat weight ; bnt ef these there might be sonic that were eight cwt , and some tbat were but seven cwt ; those that were eight cwt were averaged at six , and the seven cwta . were " set out" altogether . The injustice of this will be immediately apparent , more particularly when it is recollected that the twentythree tubs were tostrlbuted by different bowers .

      Snch was the case ; but it was doomed to a very rapid though moat satisfactory termination . Inimdiately on Mr . Roberta' appearance in the Justiee Room , he was requested by the masters " to walk out for a moment—just to talk it over— to tee whether tbey could net setleit—without kick ids up s do » t , * & && ;" and walk out tbey did—and talked ii over—and tbe result was : that the masters were persuaded to do away with tbe standard altogether , and arrange that each man ' s tubs would be weighed and paid for according to what they actually contained ! A similar termination has attended several other cases . The masters have yielded to reason , rather than go before the magistrates . I # all cases tbey vehemently protest that they never know of tbe evil before , and " were very much obliged to Mr . Roberta for calling their attention to it , " and ao on .

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      D . DA vies visited the following places last week with great success : —Monday , Sept . 18 , Low Moor ; Wednesday , Htinalet Carr ; Thursday , Ditto ; Friday , P ^ toreos . : A DELEGATE MfiETIKG OF COLLIEBS Will be bolden on the 14 th of October , at the baase of Mr . Samuel Ramsbottom , Union Inn , Adwalton , when delegates from each district are expected . The meeting to commence at ten o ' clock . Meeting of MiKERS at Aspell moor , near Wig an . —A public meeting of Coal Miners took place on Aspell Moot , on Ajtomi&y list , which was very numerously attended , and resolutions were unanimously agreed to , expressive of a determination to unite tfaem-Belves with tho National Association of Miners , for

      tbe purpose of obtaining , by legal and peaceable means only , such an advance of wages as will more effectually enable them to furnish for themselves and families a suffieiei cy of the common necessaries of life . The chair was afely occupied by Mr . John Berry ; and the meeting was addressed by Messrs . Thompson , Burrell , Auty , and DsnDett The greatest order was preserved throughout the whole proceedings , and the speakers were listened to with the greatest attention . Tbe Aspell ' Rutala" were in attendance , » nd received such a castigation from Mr . Thompson , as tbey will not soon forget ; for at the termination of the business they b unk aW 3 y , evidently ashamed of themselves and their yery respectable calling . The delegates then assembled according to appointment , at the Brown Cow ,

      Scholefleld Lane ; and Mr . Berry having been called by the delegates to preside over their deliberations , the financial business -was entered into , and the following aunts paid in : —Duke of York , Wigan , 17 s lid ; Colliers Aims , do , lls ; Angel Lodge , ditto , 59 ; Hand and Heart , Hindley , 7 « 8 d ; Bridge Inn , Standish , £ 1 16 s 3 $ d ; Bunk Top , 5 b 6 d ; Wroes , Standish Gate , Wigan , 3 a 4-1 ; Funhill , Bury , 4 s 6 d ; PeacJlebury , £ \ on gd ; Ratcliffe Colliery , 3 s lOd ; Lurs of Man , Upholland , 13 s id ; Dog and Pheasant , Westhonghton , 18 s 9 \ j Stand L 8 ne , 3 a 4 d ; Gibralter Tavern , Wigan , 8 a llid ; Top o'tb Lane , 4 s 4 < 1 ; Blajkley Hurst , 10 s ; Clayton Colliery , 3 s 94 ; Bradford Colliery . 6 a ; Aspell Moor , Lane-Ends , £ 1 48 8 d ; Over Hulton , £ i 7 s 5 . ^; Little Lever , £ 2 Os 6 d ; Edge Green , 8 a 91 ; Darlington ' s

      Colliery , £ l 6 s 6 d ; Chprley , 11 b lOd ; Chorley Moor , 2 a 4 d ; Bulls Head , Wigan , 3 s 6 A ; Crofter ' s Arras , ditto , £ l Os lid ; Fleece Lodge , Bolton , £ l 15 s 3 ^ 1 ; Haddock Colliury , £ l < fc 3 d ; George and Dragon , Wi > an , 3 a &d ; D . trcy Lever , 14 s ; St . Helen's , j £ 9--5 s- 7 £ d ; Brown Cow , Wigan , , £ 2 Us O ^ d ; Lamberthead Green , 14 a lOd ; HaUhaw Moor , 8 ? 8 d ; Kingley , Grapes Inn , 14 s 104 ; Ringley . Horse Shoe , 10 s 6 dj Black Horse , Black Rod , 183 11 ^; Whirley Braooh , 6 * 4 Id ; Hanging Bank , 2 a 4 d ; Jolly Carter , Aepell Moor , 6 » : Colliers' Arms , Naw Spriug , £ l Is ; Hurst Brook , 8 s 2 d ; Dukunfield , £ l 7 a ; Bradbury , 17 s 2 d ; lied Lion , Black Rod , 16 * 4 tl ; Goose Green , Pemberton , £ l 6 s 5 ^ . 1 ; Black Ball , Stundish , 16 s 61 . Total , £ 43 I 3 s lOd .

      Various hums were paid over on behalf of the Cumberland men , amounting in tbe whole to £ 16 11 s 7 d ., which , deducting postage and poat-t ffice order amounting to Is . lOd ., bos been faithfully transmitted to the proper quarter . A lengthened discussion afterwards took placu upon business of & purely local nature . After it bad terminated the Blackley Hurst business was taken iato consideration , and the following resolution was agreed to : " That if , as reported , the proprietor of the Blackiey Hurst Celliery wish the men to go to their work , tkey are nt perfect liberty to do so , provided they are not required to sign any agreement to relinquish their connection with the Unfon . " " That the Treasurer be rt quested to transmit £ !• to Newcastle , as an instalment towards tbe payment for cards and

      rales . " " Tbat a public meeting be bolden on the Moot Flats , St . Helens , on Monday , October 9 th , chair to » e taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon ; and a delegate meeting immediately after at the house of Mr . Qao . Hugtoi ) , Bridge-street , St . Helens . That Mr . Berry continue his labours In the Wigan district . That Mr . D rinet go mto tbe Ctiorley district ; Mr . Auty to tha Burnley district j Mr , Birrall iato the Oldh&m district ( which ineludes a portion of Cheshire ); and Mr . Thompson into the Bolton district" Thanks be ^ ng voted to the Chairman , the business then terminated . The delegates who attend the meeting at St . Helens are requested to come prepared for » t least two day ' s deliberation , as it will be impossible to get through tbe very important business that will be brought before them in the usual time .

      Messrs . Auty an © Thompson will address a public meeting of Miners at lineup , on iMonday next , Oct . 2 nd . Chair to be taken at four o ' clock in the afternoon . It ma * be &ATI&FACT 0 HY to the Miners generally , to be informed that tbe wh » le of the lecturers in tbe Lancashire District have met with success exceeding their most sanguine expectations . Great numbers continue to enroll themselves as members of the Union , and the work goes nobly on . Mr . John Auty will address the Miner * ef Burnley on Saturday ( this evening )

      LONOTON — STAFFOTUJSIIIRE PoTTEJtlES . — 0 . Thursday , tbe 21 st instant , two of the authorised agents of ( he Miiiera' Association , made their appearance in this town , when it was decided that a meeting of tbe Miners should take place . Accordingly the town crier called a meeting , to take place in the Large Room belonging to the Cock Inn , Folny . The room was soon cranfmed . Mr , Joseph Alford was unanimously called to the ebair . One of the ugents first addressed the meeting . He spoke for abeut an hour , and was loudly cheered . The chairman tken ciiUed on Mr . David Swallow , who spoke for about » n hour and was loudly applauded . The following resolutions were then passed — ' jb&t we form a Branch of tbe Union . " "Tbat a report of the meeting be sent to the Northern Star . "

      Padjb . am . —Mr . AutyJ . addressed an excellent meeting at Pddiham , on Wednesday , the 27 tb instant A great many members were enrolled . Mr . Auty will visit tbe following places : —Burnley , Saturday , Supt . 30 th ; Baeup , Monday , October 2 nd ; Small bridge , Tuesday , tile 3 rd ; Daleagate , near Tedtnorden , Wednesday , tbe uh i aud on Friday , the 6 th , in the same neighbourhood .

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      Eighthly—These undeniable facts plainly demonstrate , not only that common justice , bat the advantage of the great landed and manufacturing pr 0 . prietors demand that labour should be protected ; that the working man may receive a fair day ' s wages for a fair day ' s work . Ninthly—That it Is unreasonable to expect , and unjust to require , the British subject , while heavily oppressed with taxation , to compete with foreigners , who have , comparatively , little or no burdens : -or , in other words , to require or expect that taxed labour can compete withuntaxed labour , without bringing to inevitable rnin all who have to depend on taxed labour for subsistence . But if your Majesty ' s faithful and loyal subjects must be exposed to this unwise policy , it is only consistent with common justice , first to put them on an equality with the foreigners , by removing their burdens .

      Tecthly—That while agricultural and manufactured productions are protected by law , it is only consistent with sound policy that the wages of labour should be regulated according to the price of corn , or of provisions in general , so as to enable tho working classes to purchase the ( at least ) necessaries of life , and thus vastly increase the consumption of British productions , benefiting all classes in the community , agricultural , manufacturing , mercantile , and operative . Eleventhly—That your Majesty ' s petitioners ask no exclusive privilege , but such a 8 would bebeneficial equally to jail ; nor the adoption of any measures but such as justice demands , sound policy inculcates , and the peace and prosperity of this nation imperatively v quires .

      Twelfthly—During a period of nearly 300 yews , that isfrom the ' year 1350 to 1602 , various acts of Parliament were enacted on the principle of protecting labour , regulating wages according to the price of provisions , and with the object as expressed in the very words of one of those acts : " to banish idleness , advance husbandry , and yield unto the hired person , both in time of scarcity and in time of plenty , a convenient proportion of wages . " Lastly—While your Majesty ' s Petitioners do not express any opinion on the merits or demerits of the Corn Laws ;[ they desire most unequivocally to declare their conviction that while labour remains unprotected , if Seven those laws were repealed tomorrow , the comforts of ihe labouring classes can never be restored , but their condition become worse and worse , and ( Consequently agricultural , manufacturing , and mercantile affairs still more embarrassed , i

      They , therefore , most ardently trust that the fir 3 t step taken by the Legislature , prior to any further advance in the theories of free trade , Will be to protect the labour of tho humble though no less important operative classes : of the community . Your Majesty ' s potitioners do , therefore , most humbly pray that your Majesty will be graciously pleased to command your Majesty ' s Ministers to take this aU-importaui subject into their immediate and serious consideration , so aa to devise some means / by which the labouring classes may be extricated from those direful and trying privations to Which they have been exposed for years , in cpDsiquence of labour being unprotected—in consequence of the gradual decline of protection from hntish industry ; and inconsequence of their having been left to the mercy ef selfishness , cupidity , and avaricious competition . And your Majesty ' s petitioners will , as in

      duty bound , ever pray . At tbe close of bis adiiress the Memorial wa 3 moved and seconded ; aud , when put to the vote , was earried alii but unanimously . This was the moro extraordinary , as a considerable number of free-traders were assembled in the Hall , for the purpose of opposing . They dare not however show fight ; having evidently measured the opponent they would have to meet . When the Mc-moria' was adopted , Mr . Joshua Hobscn came forward to move the resolution which follows . In doing » o , he animadverted most strongly on the conduct of the free traders present , in not daring to oppose that which they knew tore their system of " principles" to atoms . He enumerated the many struggles that the working people had had to obtain { protection for labour ; and also

      shewed that they had failed because Labour had no power over the law , while Capital had . Mr . Hobson addressed the meeting for more than an hour-and-a-half in pursuance of this general argument ; and in the ; coarse of it held up to gaze the worthless and indefensible system of " fredeem of action" which the Free-Traders Fought to introduce . His account of the doings in Sheffield , where the men of" freedom" make " cast metal" knives , and sell them as good steel , coapled with his exposure of the * Devil ' s Dust" doings hi the town of Hnddersfield itself , made a marked impression on the assembly . At the conclusion of his remarks , his resolution was seconded by Mr . 5 B . Robinson , a Corn Law Leaguer , and Poor Law Guardian ; and when put to tho . vete , was carried , in \ tho crowded meeting , with only throe dissentients . Here it is : —

      " That while this meeting most hoartily agrees with the object of it , as expressed in the Memorial just now adopted ; and while it would gladly hail the accomplishment of such object by any party as a now era in modern legislation , it must be irue enough to itself to declare that it has no hope tbat such object ever will be accomplished until au entire change in the character and composition of the REPRESENTATION be enacted . Jt cannot shut its eyes to the fact that all the efforts of the working people to obtain protection fo » labour have been derided and set at nought ; the most prominent of their advocates persecuted and imprisoned ; their petitions scoffed | at , despised , and scornfully rsjected ; their wants disregarded , and their wishes thwarted ; and ja ) l by a Legiehtnre chosen by , and representing , farty and ChASa . This

      meeting has reason j to behsve that had that Legislature beea what it ought to have been , —a rtflex of the national will , —Protection for Labour would never have been lost , or a course of policy adopted to give cupidity and avarice unrestrained operation over unprotected labour r * for the national will has ever sought to maintain laedbr in its proper position : audit would appear , either from the amount of gross ignorance that pervades the legislative classes , or from ] a total disinclination to give up fancied interest and benefit , that labour never will be righted or secured in its true position until labour has its fair share of the representative power . It is for { these reasons and these considerations that labors so consistently and go pertinaciously contends for the legislative adoption of the principles embodied in the document entitled the People ' s Cha ' ner . "

      This was an important meeting . We regret that we are not able tojgive a full report of the proceedings . It has produced a pswerful sensation in Huddersfie'd . V ^ e understand that the same memorial will be submitted to public meetings in other towns of the North .

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      THE REPEAL ASSOCIATION . The weekly meeting of this body was held at tho Corn Exchange oa Monday last . John Reynolds , Ei-q ., was called to the chair . Mr . O'Nbill SaUnt handed in several sums from Ulster , and announced * hat half the coutributors were Orangemen )— ( cheers ) . Mr . Daunt next referred to the Repeal meeting in Liverpool , with which , he said , he and the other members of the deputation frosa Dublin were delighted . Their vhit to Liverpool had ! httun called by those hostile to

      Repeal an invasion upon the shore of the enemy . Tnero was , to be sure , a " shindy" in the Amphitheatre ; bun their friends were more numerous than their enemies—( cheers ) . The Learned Gentleman , then took a review ot the prospects of the Repeal agitation , and informed tho meeting that the council of 30 u woulu be sitting and in full operation , before Now Year ' sday . j Ho also wished to state that he was informed , and he believed his information to be unimpeachable , that Lord Gosford employed two staffsergoautB to go about the north , collecting sig : nature to anti-litpeal petitions .

      Mr . Jobu O Council acknowledged the receipt of £ 22 lls . from John Power , Esq ., Gurteen , oae . of the fir * t of ( he dibmitsod magistrates . Mr . Has ( Secretary ) then read a letter from Lord Ffreach , accepting the office of arbitrator in his district . i Mr . Ray next read a letter from , the Very Rev . Dr . M'Uuiuness , of Clones , enclosing the names of tha arbitrators ; appointed in his parish , and also a lener from the Hon . Thomas Ffrench on the same subject . These documents were ordered to be inserted on the minutes ; alter which the secretary proceeded to read letters from various parts of Ireland , all of which stated ( hat the appointment of arbitrators had already began , and was progressing rapidly . Dr . Gray handed in boveral small earns of ' money from tho West of Ireland .

      Mr . J . O'ConneU proposed the admission of Wilson Grey , Esq ., a member of the American bar . Admitted . ! Mr . Gray addressed the Association , and handec in 29 dollars from Toledo , in the state of Michigan and 32 dollars from another small district in thi same State . Many of the contributors were nativi Americans—( cheers ) . Mr . J . O'Connell moved a vote of thanks to Mr Gray , and to the contributors . Carried unanimously . Mr . J . Q'Connel ] announced tbe Repeal rent foi the week as £ 689 11 s . 6 a . ( Cheers . )

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      Sir B . Mobbis , of Waterford , was called to the chair . Tne usual resolutions were moved and spoken to by Sir R > Musgrave , Mr . R . AV Fifcigeraltfj Mr Meagfcer ( son of ths Mayor of Waterford ); Mr . V . O ' Donnell , the Rev . Mr . Sheehin , Key . Mr Fogarty , and Rev . Mr . Cantwell . This last genHeman , after highly eulogising Mfe P'CJonneH , 8 aid " He would support O'Connell with his voice , but he would support him with more ; look at that arm ( said the Re ? . Gentleman , stretching forth hia right arm ) ; after the magnificent scene , I have this-day witnessed , I'll die a death , or see Ireland free —( tremendous cheering , waving of hats , &o . )

      Mr . O'Conneil came forward amidst an enthusiastic bur 3 t of applause , and bnefl / addressed the meeting in one of his usual speeches . He pointed out the means by which Repeal was to be earriedby enrolling themselves in the Repeal Associationby avoiding secret Societies ( of which he had blown op one in Belfast , and would next , week blow- op another in Dttndalk)—by continuing to him their love and confidence—by being ready when he wanted them ; but when a little too ready , by suffering him to quiet them . He was maturing his plans , and : they would sec whether , before the next meeting , he would not have advanced the causa of Repeal His standard he had planted for Weal or woe , and on it was inscribed ** The Repeal of tho Union "—( cheers . )

      THE DINNER Took place in a room in the hotel capable of accomodating about 200 persons , but considerable over that number having been crammed into it , great confusion was the result . Letters of ' apology * were read from the Mayors of Waterford . and " Clonmel , Mr . Smitherwifk , of Kilkenny , Dr . M'Hale , Lord Ffrench . Mr . J . O'Connell , &o . The Rev . Mr . SheehaM in a very energetic speech responded to the toast of " Tne people . " The Rev . Mr . Cantwell responded to the toast of " The Catholic Clergy and hierarchy of Ireland . " He had not come there as a delegate , but he could assure the company that he left behind him 7 , 000 persons who would go with him to the mouth of the cannon —( enthusiastic cheering ) . On the part of the Bishops and Clergy he returned thanks : not for a ! J , however , because he would let those who were not Repealers take care of themselres— ( cheers and laughter ) .

      Mr . O Connell returned thanks for his health , which was toasted in an enthusia 9 tio , m » nner . He explained that his first anxiety waa to wrest from the present judges tbe administration of the law at petty sessions , and vest it in a tribunal of no Saxon constitution , but orgiinsi ing in the generous dispostioa of the people—( hear , hear ) . The Moaning Post paid that it was not Lord De Grey who was now Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland , but one Daniel O'Connell—( cheers and laughter ) . They were not so wrong after all ; for Lord De Grey might exhaust his lungs before he could collect the ten thousandth part of such a meeting as th « y had that day witnessed . He would meet Lord De Grey foot to foot to see which of them was Lord-Lieutenant of

      Ireland—( a voice— " You will tsoon be *') . " I am at present , Sir , " retorted Mr . O'Connell ; who proceeded to say that his next new step would be to arrange the number of members for each town and county , the mode and object of which he explained ( as ou former occasions ) , observing that he wished to have his plan so matured that her Majesty would have no trouble ( laughter)—would only have to direct a bit of wax to be put at the end of a bit of parchment—all else baing done to her hand . He wished to commence with so complete a machinery that within a fornight from the issuing of the writs the Irish House of Commons would bfc ready to meet . He defii d them to 20 to war , and now he defied them to go to law with him . If they did not pack the jury he must be acquitted , for he had committed no violation of tbe law , and if they did padfethe jury thev

      would make a martyr of him , and irfthey made a martyr of him , let them consider how far that would tend to quiet the people . ( The company here rose en masse , shouted most vociferously , and waved their handkerchiefs and hats for some minutes . ) They might put him into prison ( a voice— "Darethey ? " )} but they would not be a bit more secure for that ; for they would thereby make moderate men violent , and violent men more so —( hear , hear ) . He dared them to their teeth , and from that spot he defied them to go to law with him—( cheers ) . Mr . O'Connell then proposed the health of the Chairman , who returned thanks , and gave in succession '" Sir B . Morris , " ' * the Mayor and Corporation of Waterford" ( for which Mr . Meagher returned thanks ) , ** the Press" and a few other toasts , after which tha company separated .

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      BRADFORD—At a meeting of the twisters in the employ of Messrs . Sutcliffe and and Rawson , on Tuesday last , a vote of thanks was given to the above gentlemen by the meeting , for the advance of wages lately given . XtlVERSEDG } B . —Incendiarism . —On Saturday morning last about one o ' clock , the barn and a wheat stack belonging to Mr . Peter Dixon , of Liversedge Hall , were destroyed by fire . It is generally believed to have been tho work of sn incendiary .

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      Leeds Corm Market , Tuesday , Sept . 26 . —Out supplies of Wheat continue fair , and the condition of new is now coming vary good ; prices are of Is per qr higher than last week , with a healthy demand for all the best qualities of new . In old Wheat there is rather less doing , although the fine descriptions of Foreign are held at Is to 2 s per qr advance . Wo have now some enquiries tor Barley , but as yet little comes to market . Oata and Beana maintain the rates of last week , and there is some slight improvement in the demand . THE AVERAGE PRJCES OP WHEAT , FOB THE WEEK

      ENMNO SEPT . 25 tb , 1843 . Wheat . Barley . Oats . Rye . Beans . Peat Qrs . Qrs . Qra . Qra . Qrs . Qr * 4921 2 « 1 661 185 £ s . d . £ s . d . £ 8 . d . £ s . d . £ s . d . £ s . d 2 12 11 £ 1 15 6 $ & 19 6 } 0 0 0 1 £ 9 $ 0 0 6 Leeds Woollen Markets . —We have no alteration from recent accounts . The markets continue brisk , and we should say rather increase in the quantity of goods sold . In the warehouses there is great animation , and the working classes are becoming much better employed . —Wool . —There is much moro doing in wool , but principally in tho lower descriptions .

      Bradford , Thursday . Sept . 28 . —— Woet . —The market is now better supplied with all kinds , both Colonial and English , and the buyers of both Combing and Clothing Wools are able to supply their wants readily , and a good business is doing at the rates current last week . —Yarn . —In consequence of the recent advance on Wools , coupled With the increased rates for Woolcombing , the Spinners find themselves unable to offer Yams at old prices , and the business done to-day has been at improved prices .

      — Piece . —There is hardly so much animation in the Piece Market to-day as we have witnessed for some \ Tee > ks past , which may be in some measure attributed to Leipzrc fair being now on , and the export Merchan t . s being desirous to ascertain what description of goods have sold best , before they renew their operations . The houses engaged in the home trade are doing a fail average business , and the recent advance in Yarns tends to inspire confidence that ere long goods must advance proportionately with Yarns .

      Skipton Cattle Market , Sept . 25 . —We had an excellent supply of fat stock to-day , and no want of customers ; on the whole we may say it was a selling market , yet there was not much alteration in- prices . Beef from 4 jjd to 5 < i ; Mutton and Lamb , 4 Jd to 5 $ d per ib . M alton Corn Market , Sept . 23 . — We had at this day ' s market a plentiful supply of offers of grain , and in consequence of continued fine weather , the samples produced were in fair condition , and sales were easily effected at the following rates tr-Wheat from 54 s to 64 s per qr . of 40 stones ; Barley , 30 s to 32 s per qr of 32 stones ; Oats 9 d to 10 d per stone .

      xNewcastle Cobn Mab * et , Sept . 23 . —Our farmers brought a large supply of Wheat to this day ' s market , consisting principally of the new crop , and we had a fair arrival from the coast , the whole of which met a good sale on similar terms to last Saturday . Foreign samples commanded an advance of Is to 2 i per qr , but a limited extent of business was only transacted . Oats were in fair supply , and the turn lower . For Rye we experienced a dull trads , and late prices could with difficulty bo realized . Beans and Peas sold slowly at our quotations . Matt was looking cheaper . Barley also scarcely maintained its value . Flour met a good sale , at late prices .

      York Corn Market , Sept . 23 . —We have a large supply of Wheat to-day , principally of the new crop , tbe condition variable . Fine qualities are ready sale , at an advance of 2 s per qr ; dam samples better sale than last week , but not much dearer . A few lots of new Barley offering , the qnality inferior to that of last year , the condition ; generally . -goodi The finest samples find buyers at 303 to 32 s per qr . of 32 st . net . —Oats and Beans as before .

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      CCKNOCK ( Ayrshire ) . —Mr . Benjamin Embleton has been Jeeturing to tbe Miners of this part of tbe country . Meeting * were beld on the 19 th , 21 st , 22 nd , and 2 > rd , in the above neighboarbaod , with the best succeu , the men everywhere renolving to join the Miners' Union , and taking out cards of membership . ClackMaNKakshire . —Messrs . Danielle and Hammond have been actively engaged among tbo Miners and Colliers of this county during tbe past week , aad have been vrtll received . Toe spirit of unity , which has long been slumbering , is again awakened , and from present appt-aranets thia county trill soon ran'' among tbe foremost in the good cau * e . A pnb ) io meeting of the colliers was held in the hull , Coalsu&uqhtoa , on Tuesday last , Mr . Hunter in tbe chair . A wry good spirit -was displayed , and a . district committee chosen . The meeting also . nnar . iiuoDslv pledged themselves to join tbe Miners * Association . On the Thursday Messrs .

      Hammond and Daniels met the Committee in the Hail , to mete arrangements for & county meeting , which came off on Saturday last , Mr . W . Adaroson in the ehair , and vras addressed by Mr . Wm . Dmiells , on " The rise , progress , motives , and ct ^ ects of the Miners' Association " , and afterwards by Mr . Hammond , when the following resolutions were passed : — " That we bold another public county meeting , to be called by printed placard , ou Monday , October 2 nd , the chair to fee taken st twelve o ' clock st noon , and that Messrs ; lUmiells and Hammond be requested to leave tbe Bannocbburn district , "where they will be eigaged during the ntxt few days , in order to attend that meeting . " " That the best thanks of tho meeting be given to the Eogliah delegates for their exertions in onr cause , and to our brethren in England for appointing such talented individuals . " A vote of thanks was then given to ibe Chairman , and the meeting broke up .

      Staffordshire Potteries—A public meeting of Colliers was holden on Monday at Small Thome . Mr . Thomas Myer in the chair , tbe following resolutions were unanimously passed— "That it is the opinion of the Miaers of this district , that the hours of labour are teo long , and that tbe present rate of wages is not sufficient to maintain us and our families . " '' Tbat it is tbe opinion of tbe Miners preseot , tbat it wilt be the Interest of the Miners generally to cordially unite for each other ' s protection -r and that we highly approve of tbe rules aud objects of the Miners Association of G * eat

      Britain and Ireland , and not oaly intend to become members ourselves , but will use all the influence we can toi&doce others to join . " Messrs . Swallow and Lomaa delivered lengthy addresses on the present sufferings of the Miners , and proved to demonstration , tbat nothing but gemral union will ever do them good . Both were loudly cheered . After a vole of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated highly delighted . Massrs . Swallow and Lomax were highly honoured , for there were no less than nineteen policemen , besides a captain and sergeant present

      On Saturdat Mr . Lomax attended at Lane-end , and formed a society . Mr . Swallow also established one at Small Thome . At both places a goodly comber of members were enrolled . BuaSLEll AND HaULEY . —A public out-door meeting of the colliers of this neighbourhood was bolden at Stuallthome , Mr . Thomas Mayer , a collier , in the chair . Mr . Loniax , a Lancashire collier , addressed ihe meeting at considerable length . Mr . Swallow followed . Both speakers were loudly cheered . BaRNSLET . —Mr . Hopwood , a coal-pit owner in this town , hss commenced the work ef oppressio » on his already too badly-paid workmen , by putting thirteen corves to Vbe dczsn . This act of oppression , bo doubt , will be followed by tha other masters , unless a timely

      stop is put to it by the Miners of the district . But yet , numerous as that bedy are in this locality , they are rendered powerless from want of orgac'Zition . They have , it is true , formed an Association soms few weeks shies , -which numbers about 180 mcmibers . It ib earnestly to be hoped that the Miners' Executive will communicate with the Association in this town , with a view to direct them to organize this vast district . There is work enough in this locality for a lecturer , for a month or two ; and unless the men of this place be assisted with a lecturer , they wiii never be able to do much of themselves to assist tha national movement . All communications to the Miners' Association in this town to be directed to Geor « e Wood , Coolera' Bow , Crow Well Hill , Barnsley .

      MORE " COAL KING" TYRANNY . Blacklbthurst . —On Friday , the . 22 nd instant , one of tbe agents of tbe Coal Miners'Union paid us a visit and delivered a lecture , which g » ve great satisfaction to all who heard it We accordingly volunteered to enrol our names in the Miners'Association of Great Britain and Ireland . This being done , the underlooker came up sta ' rs , and said tbat if any man who had joined the Association dared to set his foot upon the ground of tbe colliery , lawful proceedings should be taken against him or them . ; We however took no notice of feis , but went to our work as usual ; but be ordered us oat of

      the pit This being done , he thought that the other men would stop at their work ; bnt , to his great surpriw , they : came out of tbe pit too , and enlisted in the sama regiment He next went and stopped tb * Tommy Shop , —for the truck system Is carried on here . We consider it to ha onr duVy to make this piece o ; injustice known to the public : and knowing that no other newspaper will do the working classes justice , vee have taken the liberty of sending you these few lines . In conclusion , we hope that our brother miners wil ; Hard to their guns in spite of all the masters can do , for tbey are determined to trample us under their feet . "We renj : un , Sir , &c , The Coal Iuij > bbs of BLACKLEyiiCBST .

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      IMPORTANT MEETING AT HUDDERSFIELD . Oh Monday evening lasfc a most numerous and important meeting was holden in the larga room of the Philosophical Hall , to call upon the Q'iren to direct her Ministers to make the principle ot protect tion for LABooR-the basis of measures for the relief of the oppressed producers of wealth , ft was called at the instance of one or two gentlemen of the town , for the purpose of giving Dr . SLEiGRof Brill-House , an opportunity of laying a memorial before the meeting , and of stating his views on the all-important question of labour ;

      Mr . Jonathan Leech , the chief-constable of the town , was called to the . chair ; but he haying to leave , he appointed Mr . W . Stocks to officiate in bis absence . The Chairman , after a few observa-| tiora in opening the business , introduced Dr . Sleigh , who addressed the assembly in excellent stylo for about an hour ,, in support of the Memorial which followa . He went through each portion of it with great oloarness and force ; entering into calculations to show tho immense Ios 3 to the Home Market by the present system of low wages , and gave the ojuiines of a plan by which wages pight bo r ^ uiated with peri ' tot justice and protection to all parties . Ho was loudiy and repeatedJy cheered . The following is tho Memorial : —

      TO THE Qpit&N 8 MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY . The Memorial of the Clergy , Gentry , Merchants ^ Manufacturers , and Operatives of Hudders- fi ^ ld ^ in Public Meeting -assembled , this ' 2 bth day . of September , 1843 , Sheweth , Firstly—That manual labour is the original eourco of all wealth , both uatiotal and individual ; and that all property is derived fxom labour , and the wages paid for labour . Secondly—That , in order to maintain peace and contemedness in any civilised nation , and to . preserve the greatness of any Kingdom , labour and property must acknowledge a mutual dependence . be to

      Thirdly- ^ That either wages muat raised the level of the reputed wealth of tho nation , or capital musK sink to the sta ?) dard of wages ; for wages being the source , it necessarily follows that , in proportion as the source is diminished , to must that which proceeds from it . Fourthly—That , as manual labour is the only capital of the working classes , it , is unjust towards them , and impolitic towards the natiou at largo , that this property should be the only one in the nation unprotected . Fifthly—That in the midst of immense wealth , hundreds ot thousands of your Majesty ' s loyal subjects are destitute of the common comforts of life wages having been from timo to time , through cupidity , so reducod , that at length the reward of labour has ceased to be , in this country , equivalent to the procuring even the necessaries of life ; and this even in what have been termed prosperous

      times , so that while some were creating vast fortunes , the working cl assies by whose labour those fortunes were ma'le , have been rendered by a reduction of wages , unable to purchase any of the comforts , and vast numbers of them unable to procure even the necessaries of life . Sixthly—That not only do the working classes suffer by labour being thus unprotected , but the Home market , which is five times more advantageous to manufacturers than the foreign market of tbe whole world , baa lost many millions 6 f poundB sterling annually . So that the evil of low wages producing a want of ability in the consumer to purchase the goods of the producer , has reacted on agriculturalists and manufac turers themselves ; and to this in a great measure may be Attributed the present depressed state of trade .

      Seventhly—That , in corroboration of thia statement , it may be remarked that wages have been reduced in some places , seveniy-five per cent . ; but , supposing the reduction to bo three shillings from the weekly wages of a working population of &ix millions , iho Home Market loses annually , at tea t , forty-tiix million pounds ! ! A sum < qnal vo the valus of the export trade of the ujuion !! 1

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      REPEAL DEMONSTRATION AT LISMORE . i Another " monster" meeting waa held at Lipmore , on Sunday last . . An immense number of clergymen , at the head of their respective flocks , were pres-euE . A c ^ myuny ot tho 72 nd Highlanders , aiid a truup oij tha 2 ud Dragoon Guards , were brought imo tbe ' tovn , but tat-ir services wtre Dx > t rtq , uire . < i , ;

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 30, 1843, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct670/page/8/