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      Owen Gltmjwb . —We have no room . Seuk Twisxees' Turn OxrT . — We have received a letter from the silk twisters of Castle Mitts , Edinburgh , stating that they have " left work in consequence of an enormous reduction , and caufigning all silk twisters in other places not to be entrapped by any flattering prospects held out to them" We cannot insert it . It might be pro . seeuted . j £ s . W » . Russell , late ofNottingham . We last week requested this gentleman's address ; tee have not yet received it . His brother Chartists of Nottingham have this week wished us to join their request to our own that he will communicate his exact address so that letters may reach

      him . ^ No >" - Elector , Portsea , asks , if a widow being an occupant of a house entitled to vote , can use that - vote through her son , who is beyond the age of 2 } years , and also as a freeholder for the county . Certainly not . Johs Waikjks , in answer to the numerous kind inv ' Uations which he has received , begs to say , that it wVl be a month before he can leave toicn , as he has to go the round of all the London localities first . Re mil , if possible , visit every place from which he receives an invitation , and due notice of time will be given in the Star . J , A . of Colne , wishes an answer from George

      Pickering , of Nottingham , respecting an inquiry ienl to him in the beginning of laslmonlh . Ou& Glasgow Correspondent will be good enough to lei us knots his address . HaLEFax . —It is particularly requested thai any leeturer coming to Halifax , urUlgivefiveday's notice thereof . All communications to be addressed to B . Bulterly , sub-Secretary , Back Albion-street . Jlr . O'Connor is particularly requested by xhe Chartists of the Halifax district , to give timely notice of his ( long looked for J visit to that place . it

      beina in contemplation to hold a public meeting on the same day , ( which we promise will be no " toaster " J for the purpose of carrying out therecommendation of the late Convention . Charles Cossob -wishes to know the address of the sub-secretary of the Durham Charter Association Mr . Connsrs address is Back Bongalet Bishop Auckland . Ji . C . O . —Blacksmith or no blacksmith , he is welded as effectually as his own hammer could have done it . It will require the " iwage" of death to part them .

      FiXSBtTRY . —All persons who have given in their names for subscriptions to the expenses oj the demonstration , and have not paid them in , are requested to do so immediately , or their names will be returned as defaulters . ^ OHS Binxs , Halifax . —We have received his letter If the occupation of censure and misrepresentation can please him and his friends , we have no objection to be made the subject-matter of their amusement . It may keep them out of more mischievous employment ; but we shall not print his letter , because we perfectly accord with his opinion , thai * it is unfair for the readers of the Siar to be every week compelled to buy whole columns of personal abuse . "

      W . GimxDSR , Swinton . —The cards of membership , andihe plan of organization of the N . C ~ A . ^ may be had from the General Secretary . H » Mole , Redditck . —His letter and enclosure is . received . Thanks . E . Morga ^ j MJ > . Bath . —We have received his letter , but he must excuse our publishing it . We intend not to give that person any possibility of hereafter complaining tfiat we publish misrepresen-. tations of his acts . Msi & . J- Harsst , Hartsheadi Sheffield , News agent offers to receive contributions towards aiding Mr . Holyo&ke , ( who has been committed for trial on a charge of Blasphemy , ; in his trial which takes place en the 29 : & inst . He will notify & ~ in the Star any sums he may receive for this

      purpose . East and North Biding . —Edward Burley wishes to inform the Chartists of the East and North Ridings , that in accordance with the resolution of the delegate meeting , he has succeeded in engaging Mr . Bairstow as lecturer for the above district , and that as Mr . Bairstow ' s present engagements will not be completed for nearly three weeks , it will be impossible for him to commence his duties in the East and North Biding district , until Monday the * 27 th of the present month , when he will be in Leeds .

      lui . Morlixg and Job Scott , are both very angry with Mr . AU&u of Brighton , for his letter in last week ' s Star . They both put into Mr . Alien ' s mouih assertions which are not contained in his letter at all , and they found their animadversions upon those statements of their own . They com p ain of the Star ' s being made a vehicle for personal abuse and misrepresentation , and at the same time send letters to iljiiled with nothing but persenal abuse and misrepreseTilation . They will not , of C 9 urse } be surprised to find their Utters uninserted . W . R . Birmingham . —We have better employment for our twie than to answer silly questiorts for the deciding of wagers .

      Wjl Dixo >\ of Manchester , will not hold himself responsible for any disappointments that may occur by parties announcing his attendance as a lecturer through the Siar or otherwise , not having previously obtained his consent , although he is ever desirous of obliging hii friends to the best of his ability , and of promoting the cause ^ of - Chartism , when he can do so without infringing upon his other duties . A -pTfLiTtiL-H Norih . —His letter is a very proper one to send to the paper to which it is addressed , but for us to insert it , might be construed into an attack upon that paper . This we most carefully

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      Stasmnglsy . —One Shilling . Jakes Arthur . —Cannot say exacth / , but suppose before i ) te month is out . Johs West , Letves . —Send an order and cash to this office for all plates wanted , say at same lime the cheapest mode of conveyance , and the order shall be attended to . Wk . Cook . —On l y Pest-office orders need to be made payable to JohnArdxil . J . TfiOKNioN , Halifax . —Yes . TOB . THE DISTRESSED STOCKPORT SPINNERS . £ 8 . d . Pros Wm . Clark , Edgeware-rosd , London 1 n

      TOR THE EXECUTIVE . From Joseph Morgan , grocer , 4 , Csurcn-st . Dcptford , being proceeds from goods PURCHASED of liim BY THE CHARTISTS . ... ... 6 2 K > R MRS . TROST , MRS . "WILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES From Leith , being amount collected at the Demonstration en Leith Lmks , on Sasday Hst , June 5 : h , per J . Ferguson , Jan . ... ... 12 6 TOR Bl . H 1 NDES , OF SHOREHAM . From V : e X . &A . Newark , per T . Simn . tt 5 0

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      WARWICK . —An open air public meeting was held here , on the Tine Bowling Green , to petition against the New Poor Law , and to the dismay of many Whife * who got up the meeting , the Chairman called on Mr . Donaldson , a Chariot , to read . the petition , who did so , trat previously begged to slaie that the petition was for a toial repeal of that atrociocs Act , which was inflicted upon the country during ihelate Whig administration . He ( Mr . D . ) knew roll well it was utter folly to expect that the present House of Commons would listen to the prayer of this petition any more than to that of the thre ? and a half millions of Chartists . No : but

      there was another lesson to be learned , and which he found many around him wanted to be t&nght , namely , that until we had a total organic change in tke nwianal legislation system we never can expect either juft'C * to the peot > je or prosperity to the country . The People ' s Charier alone contained Ihose principles of truth and even-handed justice which would accomplish that object . Mr . 1 > . here fully explained those principles , aud concluded by observing , the Tories are now in power , and be it remembered they decried the Poor Law Act when oit of ofi . ee , and stigmatized the abettors of it Pabliciy ; thongh it is well known their leaders

      assisted in concocting i ; . However , now is the time for the people to mark the perfidy and moral turpitude of bo : h factions when the plunder of the poor was to be perpetuated I Now is the time for the People io judge of the value of ih-z Charter , as a Cleans to put an end to the crucifixion of the poot between the two thieves . He proposed the adoption of this pttiuoa merely as a means of instruction to the people . Mr , S . L , Price seconded the adoption Of the petition in & very able and talented speech , tod read numerous extracts from newspapers and Acts of Parliament . The speakers were listened to witij ^ the greatest respect and attention , and the petition was adopted unanimous-ly .

      VYoitebhaxpiok .. —A glorious meeting was held m WoIvtrharDpton , on Wednesday evening , several « iou £ . £ 2 d 5 attended . Mr . i . Vk , of Dadley , Mr . ilason , Mr . Linney , aud Mr . M-gg . headed a proeeeaon , and traversed the y . iiucpal street ? . The tteefiug Wlia held in the Old Gardens , a large spice of grc-uud irx Vue suburbs of ihe town . A greax Eamve ? of members were enroled .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTEERS STAR . SIR , —I beg to caH the ott nxion cf the Nations Charter Associ £ t . on to the " Adrirees to the Inhabitants prBath , " ia Ns . £ 1 , of tbe Hutijtai VirAicaior , April 2 ^ 1342 . A Bath CaAUtur .

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      LANDLORDISM IN MEATHi Oar Navan Correspondent informs us that on Sa - turday , tke 28 th May , twenty-four individuals were cast ( Jut from their wretched cabins , at Alexandriade near Navan , by their landlord , Mr . Arthur M . Kenna , of Dublin , who is said , to be a liberal in politics . The crimes of the unfortunate wretehea thrown upon the world is comprised , according to our correspondent , in the fact , that their miserable cabins were considered an eye-Bore upan the lands . The following is a list of the persons ejected : — Widow Cochlaa , an enfeebled old woman 1 Widow Solly , and three children ... 4 John Coohlan , wife and three children 5 - Richard Walsh , wife & family ( we believe ) 2 4 Patrick Ward , wife and three daughters 5 Widow Mooney , and one daughter , ... „ . ... 2 TThomas Grant , and wife ... 2 Thomas Grant , seiir ., upwards of 80 jrs . of age 1

      24 One of the men employed by this charitable landlord to scatter to the winds the roofs which was erected to shelter the inmates was nearly crushed to death , beneath the ruins of one of the cabins ; he now lies in the county infirmary . The wretched outcasts , including the " Widowed aud the Fatherless , " and the poor old creatnres turned out to die , are-at pressnt living in the ditches under the Bhelter of so much of the ruins as they « ould make available

      to their purpose . Many persons have gone from the town and country around to view the scene of desolation—a scene well calculated to fill the hearts of the beholders with an abhorrence of the system which permits such a violation of those natural rights of man , which , are far mote sacred than any derived from the laws of human structure . Surely , surely it is time for the law to interfere , and teach landlords that if they have rigbtB , they have also duties to perform . —Drogheda Argus .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesday , June 7 . I / Ord KlNNAlRD inquired to whom the distribution e the subscriptions were to be entrusted , which were collected and collecting in consequence of the Queen's letter ? TheDoke cf Wellington replied , that the sabscriptiena trere to be distributed by the Committee for th 9 Belief of Manufacturing Distress , which has been in existence since 1825 . The money already subscribed by the Queen and the members of the Government bad been handed to the committee , who bad also furnished the funds -which had been sent ; do-wn to Burnley . The Earl of Radnor moved for a return of all sums advanced by Government for the relief of distress since 1 SS 6 , and made some reraarfcB on the impolicy of the Government advancing money ¦ witaout the control of Parliament . Lord Monteagle explained the course "which had been adopted on former occasions by the Government .

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      HOUsE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , June 7 . WOMEN AND CHILDREN IN MINES AND COLLIERIES . After presenting two petitions in favour of the exclusion of females from coal pits , from the vicar and several parishioners of Islington , and from the vicar and inhabitants of Cheltenham , and other places , Lord Ashley , pursuant to notice , proceeded to move for leave to bring in a bill for -introfiucing certain regulations as to the age and sex of persons admitted to work in mines and colleries . His Lordship observed that he vras sure it vrould not be deemed presumptuous in . him , when he said , that in bringing this matter before the House , he felt certain of obtaining the attention of the Houser- ( b . ear ) . The novelty of this subject , its

      magnitude , the deep and solemn interest which it excited throughout the country , and the consideration of ita Tital influence on the ¦ welfare of bo larpe a poition ef our countrymen trere circumstances of themselves sufficient te obtain for this matter the attention of every gentleman present . He might add this much arf to himself , that there was some little reason why he was thus prominent in bringing the matter before Parliament . The report on the table of the House was the first report of the commission ¦ which he had the honour to move for in August , 1840 . It ^ was quite impossible for any man , whatever his station , "who bad a heart in his boBom , to read the details of tiiB awful document -without a combined feeling of siame , terror , and iDdignntion . ( Hear , hear . } He

      ¦ would dwell on the evil itself , rather than on those who might be accused of having been , in some measure , the authors of it An enormous mischief had been discovered , and an immediate remedy must be devised , and be felt sure that whan once an effectual remedy bad been applied , there -would take place such a revival of good feeling between master and man—bttween the wealth and want—between the rulers and the ruled - as "would conduce to the restoration of social harmony and h&ppiness , and , under God's blessing , to the permanent security of the empire . ( Hear , hear . ) When he moved for this commission , he ventured to state to the Honse ihs extensive and important character of the information that would be derived from the inquiry , and Ms expectation on this bead bad been amply

      fulfilled . Other reports to come -would develope more fully the -whole length and breadth of our perilous position , but he might say ex pede HercvJ . em ; the present report Bbowed the social and physical miseries which were engendered by the present system , and the inevitable deterioration of the British race . ( Hear , hear , heir , hear . ) It exhibited a very important feature of our national condition , moral , social , and religious . He was aware that it might be said that vice was not a thing cf to-day , that danger vas no new thing to tliis coBctry ; bnt the vice , the horrors , ¦ which this report exhibited , and the consequent daager to our social condition , were of the most alarming character . The danger in this case was not to be considered comparatively ; it came before them in an absolute form .

      Our forefathers had to deal with thousands , -we -with millions . Parliament must apply itself boldly , faithfully , and immediately to the evil , or it would grow to so enormous a height aa to be insuperable by any efforts ¦ whatever , -whether of genius or power . He would now proceed to the statements he had drawn together from the report , teshow the condition of the-worting people in the mines aud collieries of the United Kingdom ; and to point out what he thought might afford an amelioration cf that condition . In doing this it would be necessary for him to detain the House by long , and , perbaps . -somewbat wearying details ; but he was sure the importance of the subject "would be admitted as his justification . He thought the House would agree with him that it-was better the case snould be stated in the

      form of evidence , rather than th 3 t it should be made out by any attempt at declamation—( hear , hear ) . His Lordship then -went into a lengthened exhibition of the horrible and revolting statsmenta of facts made by the Commilbioners and the witnesses before them ; many of -which ire have already published from the evidence . After which he continued : —Strong as soias of these statements -were , the commissioners had not by any means told the worst of tho istory . They could not commit to print for general escalation all that they fensw , or all that could be known . It did r . ot require a very vigorous imagina tion , after hearing what had been made public , to conceive that a state of things existed not only disgraceful , but injurious to the country . To remove , or even to

      mitigate these evila , required the vigorous and immediate interposition of the legislature . Such an interposition -was loudly demanded by the public virtue , the public honour , the pabiic character , and he rejoiced to say , the public sympathies . Never since the first disclosures cf the horrors of the slave trade hsd there been a stronger or vrsrmcr feeling than had been excited " on this sufjdct throughout the length and breadth cf the land—( hear , hbar . ; Some legislative interposition ¦ was needed by those well-intentioned and honest proprietors of mines who were anxious to introduce ameliorations among their own "workmen , but who , from long established prejudices , found themselves unable to do it . There "were many gentlemen of this description ; and he vrns quitd certain , from whst he heard , from

      letters and from private communications , that these persons wonld hail the present bill with alacrity and pleasure . He proposed by his bill to cat off the principal Eources of the present evils . No doubt much ' would be left for future legislation , bnt some of those ' eviis " tfere so monstrous that they would admit of no del * y . They-were evils which would be disgusting in a heathen country , and which were intolerable in one . professing to call itself Christian . In the first place , ' then , be wonld propose the total exclusion of all femalfB from the mines and collieries of this country . Ha thought that every principle of religion aad every feeling ot iusian nature called for this . He knew of no argument wtrch could be urged against it , except ; that which was founded on the purest and most com-1

      piste selfishness . Ho believed that very few had any i real interest in keeping up this practice , but there were ' some interested parties who wish to keep females still in the pits , and he would lika the House and the i country to know the motives of those "who desired to ; continua this shameful aud intolerable system . The ' fjllowing appeared from the evidence of the working , people themselves : —" Girls and women never get coals , and always remain drawers , and are considered ' to ba equal to ha'f a man . " •' Prefers women to boys ' : Csays aoetber collier ) , they are better to manage , and they never get to be coal getter ?; that is ansther good ; thing . In the east of Scotland girls are universally set at an earlier age than boys to their peculiar labour , from & notion thai girls are more acute and capable of making themselves useful at an earlier age than boys . The temptation to employ women arises from their

      wages being lower than that of males . The underlooker at Mr . Woodley ' s states * one reason why women are used so frequently in the coal pits is , that a girl of twenty will work for two . shillings a-day , or less , and a man of that E ^ a would want three shillings and sixpence . It makes little , difference to the coal master , he pays the same whoever does the woik ,- some would say be goi his coal cheaper , but I am not of that opinion ; the only difference is that the c llier < wn spend Is . to Is . 8 i . more at the a ' . sbouse . ' V . ' cea a lad gtts to be half , he is all for geiting coal , kut & lass never expects to be a coal getter , and that keeps her steady to her work . " Let the House look at the mischiefs- which resulted from the em * pVjyment of woniep . It "was anything bat an economical arrangement . " Elspte and Thompson can say , to ray own c <« t , that tfe « fcalna are . ttMt neg-

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      lected when both parents work below , for neighbours , \ f they keep the children , require as much as women sometimes earn , and neglect them . " M . T . Sadler , Esq ., Barnsley .- « 'I strongly disapprove of females being in pits ; the female character is totally destroyed by it ; their habits and feelings are altogether different ; they can neither discharge the duties of wives nor mothers . I see the greatest difference in the bouses of those colliers whose wives do not go into the pits . " Mr . Wood , the sub-commissioner : " The result of my inquiries is in every case to show that the employment of female children and young persons in such labour shuts them out entirely from all useful and necessary knowledge ; the wives are so littlecapable of rendering a borne comfortable , that the husband is constantly

      driven to the alehouse , where arises all tke evil 3 of drunkenness to themselves and their families : from this source a fearful deterioration of the moral and physical condition of our working population is rapidly taking place . " The advantage of excluding women from the mines was not a matter of mere speculation . Tkere was strong testimony to prove it fcoai experience . He would quote the evidence of Mr . James Wright , the manager , a highly moral and intelligent man , and from what he had heard , he ( Lord Ashley ) did not believe that an hone&ter maa could be found in the kingdom . Mr . Wright said , " Four years ago I superintended Mr . Vamsay ' s mines ; females anJ young children were excluded . A vast change in the comfoit and condition of the colliers who availed themselves of

      the new regulations . Some families left at the period , being desirous to avail themselves of the labour of their female children , many of whom have retnrned , and the colliers are much more regular than heretofore . " This was confirmed by the evidence of Thomas Hynd , coal-hewer in Mr . Dundas's pita , who said , " When Mr . Maston first issued the order , many men and families lefs , bnt many have returned , for they find now the roads are improved , and the out-put not limited ; they cau earn as much money , and get homes ; many of the fema e 3 are gone to Beivice and prefer it . ' * There was some further evidence from Mr . Wright , which showed the brutalised state of feeling which had been created by the employment of women . Mr . Wright said : "If « el confident

      that the exclusion of females will advantage the collier in a physical point of view ; " for what reason did the House think ? Ha had never met with a more disgusting fact ; but the statement was this : " Inasmuch as the males will not work in bad roads , females are brought only where no man can be induced to draw or work ; they are mere beasts of burden . " It was , indeed , time to remove this moustrouB blot from the face of the country . Mr . Wright continued : * 'This will force the alteration of the economy of the mines ; owners will be compelled to alter their system ; they will ventilate better , and make better roads , and so change the system as to enable men , who now work eight days , a week , to discover theii own interest in regularly employing themselves . " All this was confirmed by the statement *

      of an Honourable Friend of his , Mr . Hutton , of Huttou , who had been in the possession of pits for five-amltweDty years , and had never suffered females or children of tender years to enter them- The consequence was that the population around those pits was in a stato of greater comfort , and distinguished by a better morality than the people of other collieries . Mr . MaxtOD , cf Armitton , and Mr . Hunter , the mining oversman , state that , " in consequent of a new ventilation , and an improved mode of railing roads , a man and two boys take nearly as much money as when the family were below , and many of the daughters of miners wee af a respectable service . " Mr . Maxton , of Armiston , again : " Women ought to be entirely disused under ground , and no boya ought to be

      permitted to go below under twelve years of age . These have been the roles in this colliery for some time past , and already the good effects are being felt . The houseB of the workmen are clean and comfortable ; the children are well looked after by their mothers ; the youDg women are going out to service ; and the whole work-people have a better moral aspect Colliers prior to onr regulations migrated in proportion to one-fourth , now not one tenth , " Mr . James Wright , manager to the Duke of Buccleuch : — " Since young children and females have been excluded from his Grace ' s mines , we have never had eccasioft to increase the price of coal . ** The next point in his bill would be to exclude all boys under thirteen years of age . This might be called the weak point , or at least the point of the greatest

      difficulty . The House would allow him to state why he fixed upon the age of thirteen for exclusion . The Factory Act prohibited the full labour , 8 labour of twelve hours a-day , foi assy one uriier thirteen years of ago , In cotton and woollen manufacturing districts there were frequent complaints of a deficient supply of younger children , because they were carried off to printworks and collieries , to which the law did not extend . Hence it was said that an unfair distinction was made between these different departments of industry . Ho felt extremely anxious to p ' ace them all upon a level , and he hoped that one effect of his bill would be , that children would be drawn away in sufficient numbers from the coal pits to allow twe different sets to be engaged at six hours a-day , who Would prefer four

      bours each in the c « tton and woollen factories . The evidence went to shew that fourteen years of age ought to be the minimum age for working in the collieries , and his { Lord Ashley's ) own feelings would lead him to adopt that age ; but as thirteen had been fixed by the Factory Act , he was content to take the eaino for the present Bill . It would readily ba seen that children , under thirteen , must be wholJy excluded from the mines . If they were once allowed to go down they weuld be wholly in the power of the miner . No sort of controul could be exercised—no regulation of this labour could be enforced , and nothing short of actual prohibition would protect them . Anything like subterranean inspection was altogether impassible —( hear , hear )—and if it were possible , it would not be safe .

      Whatever might be the case twenty-five years hence , when it might be hoped that the character of the coliier would be improved , at th 9 present moment , he ( Lord Ashley ) would not like to be the inspector for the purpose of enforcing regulations distasteful to the miners . Those people had a morality and policy of their own . " Cases have occurred , " says Dr . Mitchell , " where diabolical characters have deranged the gear during the night .... and , in consequence , the first party descending has been daBhed to pieces . Persons , " says the sub-Commissioner , " who have done actions not very heinous , have been knewn to take shelter in the mines ; and there are few constables that would willingly go down after them . " One of the dangers of employing young children in

      the mines would appear from the following extract : — " With all the precautions , explosions take place , and more than one hundred people have been killed at a time . " And no wonder , " for all the expedients devised to secure the safety of the mine may be counteracted by allowing one single trap-door to remain open ; and yet in all the coal mines the care of these trap-doors is entrusted to children of from five to seven or eight , who , for the most part , sit , excepting at the moment when persons pass through these doorB , for twelve hcurs consecutively , in solitude , siltnee , and darkness . " There was abundant evidence to show that children in the mines were wholly at the mercy of tbe miners . Children are left , in many instances , altogether to butties or

      overlookers , " who are invested with power to bargain for , dismiss , and use the children as they please . With very few exceptions , the proprietors and their agents tike no charge whatever of the children , and neither know nor care how they are treated . " The evidence showed in the strongest manner that tho children dare not complain , or even tell ef ill-usage . Wish respect to the use of punishments . "Punishments , " remarks the sub-commissioner , " are said , in parts of the West Riding , never to be allowed ; bat how are they . prevented ? The colliers work alone , in dark and secluded places , at great distances from each other , where they have opportunities of inflicting them when and how they please . " " From the naturo of the employment , " sjys another , " and the difficulty of superintendence ,

      cases of punishment and cruelty sometimes happen , whieh never reach the cars of the employers . " In reference to the age at which children should be suffered to work in mines , Mr . John Thompson , mining oarsman , said— " Coal work is at be 3 t of an o ' er sair kind , anil few lads can acquire the knowledge of ' heaving , ' or have good strength to ' put , ' till foarteen years of age . Colliers frequently exhaust themselves and children ; if regular , they would not need the asaistance of such quantities of infant labour . ' It appeared that coiliors who overworked their children , frequently worked only eight or nine days in the fortnight themselves . Tbe remainder of their time they devoted to drinkintr , gambling , cock-fighting . If they were prevented from taking

      their children down inte the pits , they wonld fiud ont some better way of attaining their end . The next important provision in his bill would be , that no one should bd employed oa engineer bat males of twentyone years of age . The whole subject of accidents in coal mines was of the greatest importance . The subject had been inquired into by a committee of tbe House of Commons , but no remedy bad been applied . The matvtx , however , must be looked into , or many more lives would be sacrificed . " The accidents which occur ( says the sub-conirais 3 ioner in the mining district of South Staffordshirel are numerous ; and to judge from the conversation which one constantly hears , we might consider the whole popula ion as engaged in a campaign . The risk ia constant and imminent . It is a life ( says a collier ) of great danger both for man and child ; a collier is never safe after he is swung off to be let down the pit . In 1838 , iu filty-five districts ot registration , 349 deaths , of which eighty-eight only

      were caused by explosion or suffocation , the rest through the unguarded state of the pit's mouth , the badness of tbe ropes , the mismanagement of the drawing engine , and the accumulation of water in the mines . " He ¦ wished particularly to draw the attention of-the House to the fact that tho miners were drawn up and let down in baskets moved by the steam-engine at the pit ' s mouth . This engine was frequently left in charge of children , twelve , eleven , and even nine years of age . L = t the House hear the result of such a practice . The snb-csmmisBioner said : " It Is common in Deibjshire , as elsewhere , to employ very young children as engineers to let down and draw up the ¦ work-people . I have met with children only ter , years old , raving the lives of colliers left to their mercy ; and have seen others so inattentive to their uuty , as to let the corve te drawn oves the fuliey , and half a ton of coals be thrown dowa the staft . Th » s& cMWrea draw up w \ t % dowa sis at s tfaie . T& 9

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      accidents were numerous . " James Warreaer a miner : " The -worst thing that has ever been brought about against the colliers , ia in the masters employing little bit 3 of lads as engineers ... uhtil a man has come to maturity of age , and to know tbe value of a man's life , he is not to be trusted with the management of ah engine . " This was aVperfeetly just remark . Mr . Wild , chief constable of Oldham , " whose duty it is te collect evidence for the coroner ' s iriqueste / ' said , « Mt is a general system here to employ mere ohildren to tend these engines , aud to Btpp them at the proper moment , and if they be not stopped , the two or three or four , or five persons wouad up together , are thrown over the beam down into the pit again . There have been people wound over at Oldham Edgeat WeWatto , at

      Chamber-, lane , at Robin Hill , at Oldbottom , and on Union Ground here , within the last six or seven years . Does not know a case in which children were not the ehginee's . Three or four boys ¦ were killed in this way at : the ^ Chamberlane colliery , by the momentary neglect of a little boy , who , he thinks , was only niue years of age ; and who , he heard , had turned away from the engine when it was winding up , on his attention being attracted by a mouse on the hearth . " Both witnesses depose ; "If the masters can get such a duty discharged by a boyj to whom they give five or seven shillings a week , it is so much gained to them upon the wages of a mau whom they ought to employ . " The fourth and last principal provision of-the bill he was about to introduce referred to asuhjeot on which he hoped the House would

      entertain as strong a feeling of indignation as ho did . He referred to the syatam of apprenticeship , and he did not believe a more monstrous abuse was ever brought under the notice of a delibsrative assembly . Tho districts in which the system of apprenticeship Is most common are South Staffordshire , Yorkshire , Lancashire , West of Scotland . In South Staffordshire , says the sub-commissioner , " the number of children or youri (» persons as apprentices is exceedingly ' numerous . These apprentices are paupers or orphans , and are wholly in the power of the butties . Such is the demand for this class of childreri , that there ate Bcircbly any boys in the union workhouses . These boys are sent on trial between eight and nine , and at nine are bound for twelve years ; that is , to the age of ¦

      twenty-one years complete . " ' . ' ¦ There iire , probably , " says Mr . William Grove , '' three hundred apprentices belonging to the collieries in this town of Bilston One man has now five in his house . " Nothing worse than tha results of this system could be found in the history of West India slavery . " Many of the celliera , " says the sub-comrniflsioner , "take two or three at a time , supporting themselves find ; families out of their labour . As soon as either of them ia old enough he ie made a getter , and is then worth from ¦ ¦ . 10 a . to 15 s . a week . At the age 61 fourteen ^ tho apprentice works side by side with other lads whe are getting 14 s . a week ( ho himself getting nothing ); at seventeen or eighteen side by side with freemen , who may go wherever they please , and are earning 20 s . or 25 s . "

      " The orphan , " says the Bub-commissloner , " whom necessity has driven into a workhouse , Ib made to labour in the mines until the age of twenty one , solely for the benefit of another . " " Notwithstanding this long apprenticeship , " says Dr . Mitchell , " thete is nothing whatever in the coal-mine to learn ; beyond a little dexterity , readily acquired by ehort practice ; even in mines of Corn wall , where much skill and judgment are required , there are no apprentices . ' * See the treatment to which these p&or wretches were subject Being paupers and friendless , theit raasttra wtire careless to what dangers they exposed them . Mr . Baylis , agent ta Mr . Loiifidale , Baid , " The men will send a boy where they do not go themselves , and some have their limbs broken , and others lose their lives . Some

      parishes will not let the butties have their pauper children . Butties get apprentices , and send their own children to learn other tradea . The apprentices have not a holiday , if there , be one , or means of employing them . It is the apprentices who are sent to mind the steam-engine and pump up water on Sundays . It is the apprentices who on that day . clean the boilers . " This was the statement of Joseph Ellison , a master manufacturer fn the West Riding of Yorkshire . — " When the eolliers are in need of hurriers , they apply to the poor-law guardians of pauper children . I have been , " says he , " a guardian myself , aud know it to be the fact They cannot get them else where , on account of tbe labour aud treatment hurners experience . " After citing several cases of barbarous treatment of ap *

      prentices , his Lordship , continued : ¦ - ? But why should these poor beings be thus treated ? They hadconirrinted no crime ; or If they had , he knew of no crime that shouW be bo dreadfully , bo severely punished . ( Cheers . ) Hehad . buta few days before , been to visit the new prison at Pentonville ; and he must say that he had never seen anything to equal the preparations that were made for the care and comforts of those destined , for their crimes , to be resident within its walls . He did not object to this , but thero were preparations made for ventilation , for wanntli , for an abundance of light , for amusement , for occupation , for the taking of exercise ; and even for thos ' s doomed to solitary confinement the means were provided that , fourteen times in the day , they should hava the opportunity of seeing

      a human being , and of hearing a human voice—and yet , when all this was done for criminals , they found these poor children sent down into the earth , to be thus treated , thus tortured—why ? Because they were orphans . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They moreover inflicted upon these children another curse . It was the unavoidable curse oMgnoranc 9 : for ignorant they niUBt be from their tenderest years , until the day they emerged from the mines in their one ami twentieth year . Until then they wore not al ' lp wed to know their duty either to God or man ( hear * ) He was sure that the House must agree with him , if it were auxfous to maintain the New Poor Law , and he did not then say whether it was wise orwhether it was unwise to do so ; but surely it wouM be but wis 8 to allow a relftxation

      where it was possible ( hear , hear . } In this case it waa possible—In this case it was most necessary , and therefore it wa 3 that he proposed not only that such apprenticeships should be abolished for tho future , but also that every indenture that now existed should be cancelled ( cheers , ) and thus the Home would let the oppressed go free ( cheer ? . ) He would , detain the House buc a few minutes longer . He , felt that he had trespassed much upon their time ; but they would , he was sure , forgive him when they knew how long be had laboured upon these matters , and how Constantly he had struggled to attain some benefisfal end to his toil ( hear , hear . ) They had now Btenvfrom what he had detailed , how needless and how mischievous was the emp l oyment of women in such nn occupation—how

      injurious to themselves and their families . They had seen alike how needless , and how mischievous , and how ruinous It was to drive children into thoBe mines , and to anticipate the effoits of that . strength which should be reserved for the advantage and the defence of a futnre generation . They found , too , that all the evidence went to prove , that a very little experiencej and a very little care , might remove or obliterate a large portion of the mischief that was now unnecessarily inflicted . There was no employment necessary ^ o mankind that was deadly in its effects upon the human frame , except through the neglect of mankind . Now , iu taking the liberty of occupying the attention of tho House , he wished merely to shew that this was no desultory movement on his

      part . He was proposing a plan which he had conceived , whether wisely or unwisely , with the int ? ntion of ameliorating the condition i'f the working classes . That condition was in many respect 3 8 Q bad , that there was evidently required a change of some kind . It had long been obvious to him , thai inordinate toil was imposed upon sue portion , arid a total disemployment of tbe physical energies ot another portion , while the moral energies of both the * one and the other were allowed to fallinto neglect . It was right , ho considered , under such circumstances , to interfere on behalf of the children ! to shorten their hours of labour , and by that means to -call into work those wliowera unciuployed , and relieving thus all who were too much employed . This had been done by him , when he

      limited the hours of labour ; but hu had never endeavoured to legislate with regard to adultsy norto interfere between master and man on the subject of wages—> ( hear , hear . ) Hei had laboured to bring the young people within the reach of a moral and religious education ; knowing full well that they were the seed of future generations of citizens , and that in the progress of things and of opinions , they could neither with safety nor with hope calculate , that with inch an education , they would become that ¦ which he bcjxnl it would please God they might , a wise and an understanding generation . Tfley might fcnow what was the extent of their territory , and what the number of nations that they governed . Financial calculations , too , might tell them what were their gains , and

      what the losses to the national treasury ; but trie difficulty was , to ascertain what were tbe moral statistics of a kingdom . Ho knew that many people judged of these by criminal returns , and thought that they ' exhibited the condition of the poopie . He . on the other baud , beUfcved such returns to be m # st fallacious ; because he firmly believed that , a country might foe in a most fearful and perilous condition , and yet it could be shown that what contributed most to such peril never appeared before a magistrate , or infringed the law . ( Hear , h « ar . ) He bnd a very remarkable document which bore upon this point . It was the report of the ^ police at Manchester , made up to the end ol the year—to December , 1841 . It- was a document drawn up -with , very great care , z « nd exhibited some most important factB . He quoted it merely to show how right a judgment , ciiuld be formed of the

      state of a population , and of ita motahty , from the gaol returnB . ' The number of persona tafeeh into , custody by the Manchester police durinif the year , ending the 3 lst of December , 1841 , was 13 345 ; and pi these there : were discharged by the magistrates at once , and without'the infliction of any punishment , 10 , 208 ; but , surely , it < wovM be most unwise to infer * that ont of the 13 , 000 charged , there bad bton dismissed , on account of their complete innocence , 10 , 000 . Of these were under twenty years of » ge not lesa than 3 , 069 . Of the 13 , 345 , there werb 6 S > 71 who could neither read nor write ; while thoBe itflio enjsyeil the advantages of superior instructiOEj ftnd how slight that might be in the estimation of a police office could be easily suraiEed , there were but 220 . ( Hear , hear . ) Let them , he said , now look to the situation -of . the town , anA the moral condition of the population . They -would see now that there were facts to be found

      reiatiye to it , wticb . navtit appeased in tee polio oousts , and never inre investigated fey a judge , The foltowias wm the wtoa Ujefotwd to ;—

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      RETURN FOE 1841 . No . of pawnbrokera in borough of Manchester ... 129 Ditto of beerhouses v . i ... ... ... ... 759 JDitto of public-houses ... « ... ... 498 Ditto ot brothcla ... ... ... 309 Brothels lately suppressed ... ... ... ... m Brothels where prostitutes are kept ... ... its Houses of ill-fame where prostitutes re 3 ort ... 223 Street-walkers in borough ... ... ... ... 7 <> 8 TMeves known to reside in , who do nothing but ¦' '¦ ' ¦¦ i ateaiv / ' - ' vi ; . ¦ ¦ „ . : . .. . ¦ .. . : ¦ ' .... . ' .. ¦ .., 212 Persona following some legal occupation , but who are known to have committed felony , and augment their gaiiis by habitual , violation of thelaw ... ... ... ; .. ... ... 160 Houses for receiving stolen goods ... ... ... 63 Ditto , suppressed lately ... .... ... ... 32 Houses for the resort of thieves ... ... ... 103 Ditto , lately suppressed ... ... ... ... 25 Lodging-houses where the sexes indiscriminately

      sleep 1 toiethet ... ... ... ... ... 109 There was next the return from Durham gaol , and it appeared by it , that there were confined in it from the year ending September , 1840 , 141 pitmen ; and of these Bixty-four were imprisoned for * ¦ ' breaking some condi-Uoa of the bond . " This assuredly afforded no perfect picture of the Btate of society . Much more of it could be learned from the evidence of Mrs . Qoodger ,- .. the mistreaa of ah infant school , who said , that " when she first came , oaths were exceedingly common in the nipuths of girls cf five and seven . They did not scruple to call her the most © pprobrious names that could ba imagined . " " Thinks the bad language mi ^ ht be checfceil by . the pareht 3 , wlio , instead of doing this , frequently abuse her for punishing the childven . " He hoped that

      he was not talking dogmatically ; bat , conversant as he was with , tho working classos , and he thought fee might say , knowing as he did , the feelings they entertained , aad the motives that influenced them , he csusidered himself bound to . warn them , that he feared an outbreak * as serious it would . fca dreadful , unless by their measures they speedily anticipated it , and that such an outbreak would destroy the body social of these realms- ^ ihearj ; and then if some day should arrive , when there might be a necessity for some uncommon energy , when there might come the demand for the exertion of all their moral energies as patriots , they would find that patriotism had disappeared , because the fatal disorder which was now fast spreading would be faund to have reached the very vitals of the

      conimunity —•( bear ) . The measure that he now proposed he regarded as an indispensable preliminary to measures necessary to be adopted ; for it was a mockery in them to send down persons to in vestigate into evils , if ttiey Were not prepared to apply a remedy to them . He ventured to mako this attempt , and he thought that every day Jt was postponed was an irreparable loss ; 8 ure he was , that the people of this land were the most easily governed of any on the earth . Their conduct under the present preyaiijng Bufferings sufficiently proves this . It was then most necessary that tho minister of the Crown , whoever he might be , would see the necessity of winning the confidence by appealing to the hearts of tke people , and doing so he nii&ht hold with his little fiager the reius

      of this einpiro —( cheera ) . He had but one word more to add . Those sufferings bn ; . the part of women were altogether unnecessary to property .. If it cbuM be demonstrated that . they .-. . ) . were , ' , there . could be the less hesitation in putting an end to them . He called their attention to the following statement . It was that of William Hunter , mining overaman in the Arinsion Colliery . He said , " I cave been twenty years in the works ? f . Robeut Dundas , Esq . Women and lassies Were brought below , When Mr . Alexander Moxton , our manager , issued an order to exclude them . Women . always did the heavy part of the work , and neither they nor the children were treated Iik 3 human beings , nor are they ^ where they are employed . Females submit to work in places where

      no man nor even lad could be got to labour in . They work in bad roads , up to their knees in water , iu a poatura nearly double . They are below till tho lust hour of pregnancy . They have swelled haunches and ankles , and are prematurely brought to the grave , ot , what is worse , a lingering existence "—( hear , hear . ) Surely he had Baid enough to , show that they were authorised ^ a 3 an assembly of men—not to eay , of Christians , to put an end to this Mate of things . They had given twenty millions of money to purchase the abolition of negro slavery ; and now by their determination that night might cheaply procure joy , and gladness , and freedom for many a broken spirit aad many a

      bruised heart . They might free women from , their slavery , and they might permit the young to invigorate their frames for future labour , while they jgave them the opportunity of acquiring the knowledge and the practice cf virtue , inorality , and religion . It was for this end that he proposed to pat an end to the barbarous acts he had exposed—to improve the good — to reclaim the wicked . He concluded in the language of Holy Writ , " ' Xet-us break off our sins by righteouanesa , ana pui iniquities by showing nisrey to the poor , if it may be a leugthening cf our tranquittitj , " Ho moved , amid loud cheers , for leave to bring iu a Bill to make regulations respecting the age and sex Of puzaoiik admitted to work in mines and collieries .

      Mr . Fox Maule seconded the motioD . The question being put , Mr . Hedworth Lambton remarked , that as in the c ' ou ' uty whjoh he had the honor to represent there were many cpllierits , he could not but expresa his thanks for tho part he had taken on this Subject . He thoufi ; ht that it did the noble lord inSuite credit <; heaT , hear . ) It was one of the many proof ' s which the noble lord had Riven of his anxiety to protect the poorer classes by means of ; le # isiation . It wa 3 to his iiifiuite credit that the noble lord had done this , and it might truly be 6 aid of him , that he had deserved well of his country ( hear , hear . ) It was ¦ with no Bmall pleasure and gratification that he was able to say that in the county which he represented .

      ¦ where there were so many collieries—and he might say the same with the county of Northrimberl ^ ndthat in the counties of Durham and Northumberlaud no female had ever been employbd in their collieries ( hear , hear . ) He hoped and trusted that fact would go before the public , because , while he w » 3 aiixious that it should fall , and justly fall , upon the parties guilty of the practice , he was equally anxious that no portion of the blarho should attach to the counties of Durham and Northumberland ( he ^ r , hear . ) tie thought he could , without any hesitation , assert , with regard to Durham and Northumberland , that the colliery owners and their agents were kind , and even generous , to the colliery population under them . There the wages of the colliery population were

      excellent—and superior to what they were in m ^ st other parts of the kingdom . The owners provided at an enormous experiso for th ^ welfare , health , and safety of the whole of their colliery population . Among the many charges that had been mads , and that wero properly calculated to excits feelings of indiwiiation in that house , the counties of Durham and Northumberland were particularly fire ? . T ' h < -y had in ¦ theso counties no girh chained , they had r , o children attached t 6 tho care of erii-ines , thoy had no one acting contrary to law , and filing to pits wherein fho constable would be afraid to follow them . In Lambton colHer }' , they had a schoolmaster , oarefnlly selected , hav ng forty pounds a-year , with a house and fuel . Thu school was well attendsd , and he himself had taken care that the best arid mor-tim .

      proved method of instruction should ba introduced . This was not a solitary instance , for he was happy ? o say that there was not a single colliery established in . which they had not a . school carefully attended to , and no expense or troublo to make them perfect ; It was , in his opinion , the bounden duty of every colliery owaeir to establish sphools . It was a duty that tliey owed to God and their counfTy to establiali them If it were alone to secure education to the young in these places , he shoald support the plan of legislation proposed by the noble lord . Lord F . Egebton and Mr . HciiK both spoko in support of tho measure proposed by the noble lord .

      Sir J / mes Graham said , he felt delighted but not surprised at the unanimity displayed by the House in the que « tion before them—( cheers ) . He was sure that he expressed the ^ opinions of the House when he said , that their feelings must be bad , or their reason perrerted who weto . uot impressed wiilvthe force of the 1 arguaients , tho \ eingle-mindednesa of purpose , and above allj the tenderness of heart , which characterised the speech , of the Noble Lord —( cheeirs ) . Ho never listened to aay statement more clearly convincing in itself , or which , to his mind , was more expressive of that which he knew before , but never felt so forcibly as now—the amiable character of the Noble Lord who made it ^ - ( loud cheers ) . He congratulated him upon the 1 result cf

      "his efforts , and tho general approbation with which tho House had rewarded his sacrifices and exertiuns in the cause of humanity , He believed that , with respect to the four principal points which it was the object of the Bill of his Noble Fritnd to achieve , no difference would exist between them . It would be impossible to deny that the time had come when they should extend / by law to the workers in coal mines those regulations which subsisted in ihe mines of Cornwall . It was necessary that , whhout reference to age , femaleB should not baeniployEd in undergronad labour— < hear » hear ) . What had been -stated with reference / to this species of eiapl&ynieht was deora ^ ing to the country . It was an employment -whiob , if pereevercd in , would invoke a great moral retribution—whieb wonld have a mw 5 prejudicial effect on the mauiy bearing of the people , and

      be attended with great ultimate degradation and loss of national charaoior . The ncxS point was ¦ witb regard to tb » exclusion of boys aader a certain age from working in the mines . Then they had tbe example of tho Coruish mines . It was stated that in those mines , and indeed in all mines except coal mines , boys under twelve years of age wore udt employed . His Jtfoble Friend proposed the age of thirteen as tlie limit , and he had assigned reasons for that proposition . He did not wish to enter upon the diecuGsion of these reasons at present . S *) tne of themdidnot appear to be quite satisfactory ; but on the part of her Majesty ' s Government he would si ye his full assent to the introduction of a Bill embraciug tlie priuciplo oi : ' some iimitaiiofi of age . What ; peouliar limit it would be advisable to adopt he y % aa ait pricpared at " . thai moment to suggest . He agreed with tho 'Ilonourabte . ' Geutkmau the &ieiab « r foe tkg

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      county of Darhara , that the oaildrea required to be protected , not so much from the selfiihaesg of the coal-owners , as the cupidity of their own parents j and althdUga in general he wbiild stfehuously contead that the principle should be hold sacred , of noa-interferenoe wish pareatal control , yet in the circumstances of the case at . present befote their notics he felt that that coutroi should be more orl ? 83 restricted , and that the intervention of the Lcgisla ^ ture . was indispensable .. He would therefore assent to the general principle involved in the second point of the Noble Lord ' s bill . With respect to the third point , which proposed thejfBposjtion of eome limit upon the age of those employed as engineers , be cordially concurred . These persons were often placed : at

      ¦ the top of the pitj regulating the moaons of the engine whiohurew up tho workmen and the « o » l from the bottom of the pit , apd it was most important that such a grave duty should not be devolved upon" mere boyg . The last poiuj in th © proposed bill of his Noble Friend referred to the binding as apprentices of parish children : and there also he a ^ Teed with him that pauper children should not be indiscriminately bound . Under the regulations of tho Poor-law commission , which he had had the honour of proposing the continuance of to the House , he had imposed great restrictions upon th 9 binding of parish apprentice ? . He was awnre , however , that these restricti'jjis wereidjperfect , arid , iu another clause waich he had proposed to the House , he had made pYovision for vesting in tho commission a power of restricting the Board of Guardians with , respec !; to the trades to which parish children were to be bound . H « j quite assented as to the propriety

      or Icgislanng upon the subject , - and thought that children should not be bound ipprenrices in the mines .. There had beon so much abuse carried on in this respect already- —it had been so < n 3 tmetly proved that children of six , seven , and eight , years of ag € > had been bound apprentices , and employed for ft great length of time in labour beyond their strength —Jiwas a question for consideration whether the artioles . of apprenticeship , passed under the old system v should be considered in general to be still binding . With respect to the whole measure proposed by his Noble Friend , he thought that they were much indebted toihim for -hisi exertions iu introdncing it . Ho did not think that there waa any one to whom that duty could be entrustei so aa to comma « ~ « d more' public confidence—( hear , hear ) ;—and he , on the part of Government , could assure his Noble Friend that her Majesty ' s Government would render him every assistance in carrying on the measure— ([ cheers ) . -. ' ^ . ¦ ¦ ¦''¦ . " ¦ ¦ .- ¦¦¦¦"¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ ' . : ¦ ' . - ¦ ¦ ' ¦ ,: ¦

      Mr . TuK . \ £ Bwa 8 happy that none of the charges they had heard made against so ma uy of the- mining districts , could be made against that district with which he was connected . He had been astounded at the statements he had heard that night , but ha was glad the Noble Lord who had made them , allowed that the Cornish mine proprietors did not employ people for their benefit in the way which he was sorry to hear they had been , employed elsewhere . ¦¦'¦'¦ . ¦' -:. ' .: . - -. ' . ' . ¦ : . ' . ; .. .. . " . ¦ - > Mr . StuART WoaiLEY was sorry that he conld not express similar sentiments to those which he had just heard uttered . The district with which he was

      connected , and fn which he hart passed the greater portion of his life , was one from which the commissioners had drawn the accounts of some of th& most striking and terrible features in their report . Under these circumstahceSj he rose to dit ^ charge a duty rather satisfactorily to himself , than necessary to the present discussipii , asd that was to pay to the Noble Lord his -tribute of admiraiioii for tha course which he had adopted , and to tender to him his grateful thanks , He fully concurred with thet tuaiu object of the Bill proposed to be introduced by his Noble Friend . He felt that ho had not made a step beyond the bounds of prudence and discretion in proposing bis Bill .

      Mr . Ward congratulated Lord Ashley on having performea a highly usefsl and laudable work , whioh was likely to produce a most important improvemerit among a large class of the labouring peopled Mr . BEit bore testimony that the mines of Northuroberlaud ^ were free fro m ^ he grosser ahuses . Ho was . grateful to the Noble Lord for these proposals .- ¦; '¦ ¦;' ,. , ; . ¦'¦ ;¦ ¦'¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - :. .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦' ¦¦ . ; . ' . .. Mr . Broiherton added his tribute , as- did also Mr . Pakingcon . Mr . Gjbson said a few words about demoralization ; in the district of Manchester . Sir R . Isglis declared his gratification at Lord Ashloy ' s proposal and reception ; and Mr . Phoiherob concurred , adding an appeal to tho House on behalf : of the colliorai in the Forest of Dean . - - . ¦ ¦ ¦" . ¦¦¦ '¦ . \ . l / . : ^ ~ ¦ ¦ : .-. ' .. ' .. ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ] " - ¦ -

      Lord Ashley rejoiced that the H 'use of Commons would beseen by their constjtuGiits thus willing to redress a great grievance as soon ^ s it was substantiated , y . : . ; ¦ .- ' . ; . ; . I ' .-.- - . " , ' - ' - , - ¦ . ' ,- ¦ ¦ )' .:.- ' -r- - :: - -y ^\ :- ' Leave was then given : io > introduce the ; Bill . . ) ' :

      ¦ ;¦ -, ¦; .-: w . lTt * nK 3 E ^ -lNIXEMNltY ; BlI . t . T . ' ; '' .. . ; . ' . \' . . Mr . v ^ OE ^ BUCKj wished . tc ^ i Dui , a . / ftusfctipn to thej GoT ^ rijiiie ^ v . r ^ specttng .. ^ his bUI ^ . which be ^ vas . / ea' - , deayou ' riij' ^ , t 0 ! carr ^ rthrough , ¦ , tftp , 'jh ' Qu ^ e . y ! , lt , ^ aa ;* ! ha ; UeJ £ dC ' i ' mppr ' t ^^^ for ¦ th ^ . . pj i ' BO . would ; - irecollecf , 7 tiititi at , ' th ^ , ^ e ^ enfcmoment the writ ; ' for , 'NottjnftUani vrvk . kc > k' , fa ' , hoi issaed ,. because , this bill was in Eii 5 pqnqe , i iiad hft v / aated to know whether the G . OFcrnffieht , waold grant him an opportunity ; of . bringing jt on . ! ' Thai disensssonvwas noi likely to occupy niore time thau three quarters of an hour , or pehiaps only five minutes , lie had , been waiting in the house oh a previous . evening until two o ' clock in , the morning , and was then unable to bring the bill forward .

      Lord StanleYj in the absence of ' -Iiis . rfoht hoiu friend ( Sir R . Peel ) , thought , that as the bill was not likely fcd create any great discussion , ha might undertake to say , that the hon . member should have precedence for it on Friday , at five o ' clock . The order of the day vvas ( hen moved for tha housb going into committee on the Customs Acts . A . nambtr of clauses of the tariff were disposed of ; and the ... " breeding '' and "good manners" of tho honourables (!) . was exhibited in a row-ra specimen of pure blackguardism / which , if the reports of the daily papers are to be believed , would be disgraceful to any beer shop in the country . This " sceno" was put an end to by the chairmau reporting progress ; after which ' . ' ¦ ' -. ¦ ¦;• .: ' : The Slave Trade Suppression ( Hayti ) Bill , the Slave Trade . Abolition ( Argentiue Confederation ) Bill , arid the Slave Trade Treaties Bill , severally went through committee .

      The otlier orders < f the day having been disposed ofk the house adjourned at hait past 0 & 9 o ' olock .

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      On Thursday , the 3 rdiusi ., at out pSnsh churcrs , Mr . JauiesSicwirt , ma ^ as , to " Mis s Ellen Humfrey , both of this town . : . '~ Oil Moiiday Ift 5 t ' at Ereatvfich church , bj the Rjv . Gsoi- fiO GairtUtsr Uarctr , Mr . Samuel Yardley , cordwaiuer , B ^ jatrmia-stxeii , O : dh > ia , ? O Miss Swah Buckl /^ of Gtoiniwie ' s Meet Charter As ^ elation , ' .. " ¦'¦ ¦ ' ¦ ¦ . " ¦ ' ¦ .. '; ' "' .: _ "' ¦ - ¦

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      THE CAMP MEETING ON GUISELEY . ; . - . MOOR . , In our last we g ^ ve notice of a disappointment , through the . non-attendance of . the parties advesrti > ed to be there as speaktr-- ! , at a Chartist Camp Meotin ^ j on tho Sunday previous . It iseems . that ttie disappointment orjgtua . ted in a mistake of our Correspondent . We have received the following letters iu reference thereto : —

      TO THE EDIIOU OP THE NORTHERN SIAB . SlF .,-r ^ Tii 0 camp meeting announced in your paper of SatuTiiay , fha' 28 t , h ultimo , to be " lidd on Guisfcley Moor , was an error j it should buve been : Guide Moor . Tflo three gentlemtn , -whoae names cpp&ivtd , attended the meeting above named . , ' Tho JiiisU&e waa made by a note that was left for me written on both sides . I copied tbfeui off , and waa not aware -that such a place - -: aa , Grukb' xMotir waa in existence . . It had also been previously talked about . towing a cimp at Qajseley ; so I thus wrote it . If blarue be . attached to any one , it- ' .-niuat be to me , but I miist say ; it was nofc . wi . fuiJy done . Them appears another error in last Satardaya paper . A camp meeting is anaoiitice < J to * tafeie ' place at JBra' Jford , '' wfilsh- - ¦' should , bava be ^ n ; Gfuisele y . ; . Amay have wrote Bradford instead , of G « 3 a 6 ley . ¦ : '"

      Will you ba kind enough to : insert tms , and .. say whether the error be mine or ridt , attd you wilt greatly ob'ig ' e , v ; ' ' ' '¦ : ; '¦¦'¦ ¦ .. '' : - ' ; . • ¦ . ¦ .-. . * ' . ¦ '• . ' Sir , yours , &c . ' / ~ ¦ Josbph Erook .

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      Now , Sir , I have eo orjecrioa to do wh » t I canwt the good work , bub if partita Trill take such Vtbortiea in future , l " will not feel myself at all responsible fo » the canst quencss l . iUowiDg rtisap ^ oiutiuent , and «* rtainly will not attend , even if ljcn > at liberty . . . I remain . Sir , ; ,.. .. ' , . ' . ' Vexy rtspectfully , ¦ . " . : . ' . ' ¦ ,. / '¦ ¦ .. ¦ ' ¦ ¦ ' . } ¦ ¦•" .. " . ' ... - J . A nnftt . / , ¦ . . Bradford , June 7 th , 1842 .

      TO THE EDITOR PP TUB KORTriERN STAB . Sir , —It is quite true that it Was announced in thtt Star of Saturday , May 28 iji , thut a Cbartifit Camp Meeting would be held on G ^ isfeley Moor , on the Sunday Mluw ' nig , apd tliat myself apd Rlesare . KUchen and Hanimond -woul > l adareas thu mewing . With whom the fault rests , whether with your o jrrespoudent , compositor , or whom , I know hot , hut certain it is , that the whole annouuetmtflt was incorrect ; ifc should have beea Guide M « or , above Aliertou , and not Cruiseley . BeBides , my tame was iussrled without my consent - •;' .: . ' ¦ '¦¦ ¦ "¦ ' ¦ ' - The Bame liberty was taken , by somebody , laafc week and ifc was given forth to the world that : I should bo in atteuuunca at a Canip Meeting at Bafldon , on Sunday last ; to this I waa no consunuag party either ,

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      It is certainly wron « to advort ^ b paiti « g lo attead at certain piaces without preyicuaiy cousuttiug them , and we bojg that ^ tho 'Star mads not be rjaad ^ the vehicle of any more such unauthorised ainaouQC ^ - iiientd . The second error alluded taja Mt . Brock ' s l 6 tter , is hii " own . - ;¦ ' ; -r ; : ' ^ ' ¦ ' '¦¦' ¦¦

      ' : ' ' ¦ ' '¦¦:¦-: ¦ ¦ . Marriagss . ¦ ¦ ; -"^ V. :- ¦; ¦:'; : ¦

      ' ' ' ¦ ' '¦¦ : ¦ -: ¦ ¦ . marriagss . ¦ ¦ ; - " ^ v . :- ¦; ¦ : '; : ¦

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), June 11, 1842, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct757/page/5/