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      THE " REBECCA" MOVEMENT SOUTH WALES . / Irom our mm Corre ^ cndail . ) C 2 Nr ICT BETW £ ES THE PGXICE AM ) REJECCAITES . Y * Alexanders , je Ca ^ ars , ye Jfapoleons , all ye ¦ vnrr . ors of bygone times , ye hoary-headed maneIsjcts of the prpseni day , all yon whose deeds of buTvbf-ry and bloud Lave rung through every land , go hide your diminished beads ! Your bold exploits , your daring feats , yonr brilliant actions , and all vtor deeds of chivalrous renown have been cast into the /_ sde , nay totaliy eclipsed by the achievements of Captain I ^ apier ai the PoDtarddnlais-gate . Cspi . JSapier , be it known to yon , is not the Commodore wha battled with Ibrahim on the plains of Syria . Xo ! no ! orx Captain Napier is a far greater emu . for he is Captain Napier of the Glamorganshire police .

      i _ . k of Alexander the Great , indeedJ he was a fool zo Captain Kapler ; to him Casar was a child , and Napuieon only a socking pig . Alexander conqntre-d ; but it was at the head of a mighty phalanx . Cas- ir conquered , bnt he wielded the cohorts of imp-risl Rome . Napoleon conqnsred , bnt it was only when supported by the chosen chivalry of Prausf . Even the iron-hearted Dnke , the conqueror in a iinadred battles , "was backed by the bnll-dog brave ? - of British arms , by the disciplined array of the army of England ; bnt Captain Napier , aided only by foul rnrals , two Serjeants , oiie inspector , thre- ' ni 3 jjistraies , and one limb of the law , slew , tool" > -: -t > ner 5 , and roated a wiole army of Rebcccai * .==. So at least any one won-d conclude , from the

      iloim i . of trumpets with which the affair has been iera % 2 i-d in by the Welch newspapers . They lell ns of a areadfni battle which lasted a full half honr , amid uhe sroaaa of the wounded and the rattle of the S-e aria ? , and which terminated in ihe signal overthrow of R =. becci nndier daughter ? , seven of wh-iin tvere captnred in tha straggle . Strange to say , h- -. vcTer , not one of the police , not one of the Jntsi 5 : iate 5 , not one of the sergeants , neither the in ? p c -ii , ihe clerk , nor the captain were either killed or wounded in the mnrderons conflict . No ; noi o *_« of them has even a scratch to extiibit as a

      proof vt his valour , ahbongh the combatants are lecnr-- -d to have w ^ ged the war atdnelling cistance , only t-jj-ot fifteen yards interposing between the police iiid the rioters during the whole period of the b : ody batile . Thi 3 circumstance led yonr corresp-ji .-Jent to suspect that a mBgnifying-glass , of 5 o&- t * ren $ Y-horse power , had been made nseof by the r « porters in drawing np their accounts of the s&fev . He has accordingly been at some trouble In ^ -r . ins at the trnth of the matter , . and at last sneref sled in obtaining a correct Tersion of the story , from i-a individnal whose -veracity may be depended np' -i . fv-r he was an eye-witness of the whole

      O > Wedsesdat sight last , abont half-past- eleven 6 'dwk , * large body of Rebeecaites mustered in a field ia iBe immediate neighbourhood of Llanou . 3 iaj ? y of ihem were arsed "nith guns or pikes , and from 40 io 50 were well meunterL They were disguised ; in f « sa ! e axtire ; some of them with women ' s cloaks , ; some wiih bed-gowns , others with shirts oyef their -doiht ^ s and not a few aped the condact of their betirr ? , and , for want of better Ehift , contented \ them . ¦ iTf 3 with merely tnrning their coats . Alto- ' geth- ; r ? hey mustered abont a hundred strong ; and ; hating formed their line of march , fired a rocket , and » n off for Pontarddnlais , which is situate on the t eenfin ^? of Glamorganshire and Carmarthenshire . ! On their way ihitber they amused themselves , as !

      nsnal with blowing cows * horns , firing guns and ebeerip » from time to time a 3 they passed along . They were joined in their ronte by various persons irho w ^ re determined to wkrjess the spree ; and wherf they reached Pontarddulais , rtheir numbers sacunir-d io about one hundred and fifty , many of Trhcm w < re mere boys . They gave three cheers on pas ? ir j ; the Inn which were distinctly heard by the keeper f the gate , who concluded that i % was time he should be somewhere else ; and fear lending him wings he was speedily out of the reach of danger . The rjoiers were net slow in levelling the gate , Enw = tli ? in the doors and windows , and otherwise eon-p ; tely gutting the house . HaTing finished the ¦ work of destruction , they gave three cheere more ,

      ble ^ their horns , fired off their gnns , and took their departure . About half-a-dczen lookers on 3 tid three or fear of those who are supposed to have belonged , to list t > axd , remained behind their comrades , conlempiit : ? g the desolation which had been -thus ' speed :: v effected , and perhaps arrarging for future seeref of a similar kind , luformarion had been receiT .-c ty the anthorities on the previous day , that on thai EJ-rht this particular gate was to be attacked ; and Captain Napier—the gallaiit Captain Napierwas instrDcted to take measures for its defence , and ' if pc ? .-. ble to secure the persons of . some of the ring-Ieat- * i 5 . That hero ( having prevailed npon J . D . llew . Oyn , L IA . Dillwin , and M . Moggridge , 1 Esqir ~ -5 , together with plain Mr . Atwood , to

      accomrsny him ) took charge of the party of police , con-ii'tcj ; , as above stated , of one inspector , two serj-cnts and four full privates of the devil ' s breed of ~ bine " bottles . " They arrived long before the riottrs made their appearance , and took up their posin&n behind a hedge , about a hundred jards from ih ? ^ ated gate . Here thf y lay , shaking in their shoes , v " ule the work of demolition was carried on ; and fi wns only when the more distant sounding of the hcrii- s » nnouiiced that the retiring foe had withdraws , that they screwed their courage to the st 5 ek " . i-q plaee , and ventured to approach the scene of actitsB . The newspapers tell us that thej were armes ; and in this matter at least we-may give them credit for being right , as these gentry seldom venture

      iheir presiouB carcass in the Thanity of a row without b * -irjr absolutely armed to the teeth . "When they saw tit- party of stragglers , who , as already stated , remained + * bind at the gate , the police immediately opere-d their fire , which Bnch of the rioters as were in possession of a gun as promptlj returned * . In numbers ihe parties "were pretty nearly equal , but in po as of weapons the police had decidedly the ad-rstage , as in addition to fire arms each of them hac a stout cutlass by his side . The contest was ma-Jitained for abent ten minutes with £ reat spirit ; vrien tie leader of the Rebeecaites " had his horn she-: under him , and his arm was shattered by a bnll ^ t which penetrated the elbow ; bnt even th en

      iie weald not give in , but fought stoutly hand to J hand u-uul he fainted from loas of blood . The trampling of the dragoons , who were approaching . at a : hand gaHop , warned those who were still maintaining the wcqial strife that it was time for them to be off , a ^ d > ave the police victorious for once . Bnt wliilri i " ne ~ e things were going on , where was the gall&Ei Captain Napier I and were where the sworn cons **—a : ' -r 3 of the public peace ? Rumour says that ihs Captain was rausly esconced behind the corner of the toll-hoc ? e ; bu ; yet doing his best to urge ot r .:= dare-devil ? to close with their opponents ; and if ** L t rumour adds be true , he is better qualij ^ d to >•¦* : a " bowler at cricket , " than an officer in

      commas . ' of niral-polic-e . But no moral tongne can iellwfc-. iT piii ihe Tnsgistraies took in the affray ; for i : i- f- ' -TexrAlj snrmiscd that they wholly forgot jo app- - ir annl " the firing had ceased and the rioters % ^ & . !'¦•» police now sr . ioxtd a little breathing time to set—» *¦ - ? the horses and handcuff the prisoners , befor- "h-- cavalry came np to deprhe them of their laurcK They accordirgly made fast iho three men whoa ih-y had taken , two of whom were severely won- , ieo . The dragoons were forthwith-despatched 5 npurs - - it , bat were usable to capture a single indivadci ; . They had , however , the hononr of escortjjjirih ^ ihree prisoners to Swansea , wh ' -re 1 am happv ~ -ro h * able to siai * that they have met with

      evcrr axuaiion which their sitnation rf % uireB ; and it t ' h- vi-c that although seriously wounded , there 13 D ' - 'w Ihsle danger of their injuries proving mortal . Icon- t ^ rn to ihe doings of another divisioii of the force -n-r-ioved on teat eventful night for the capture of R in-cca . A division of the 76 th Kegiment of fco -, s : aronedin tie Poor Law basule , Llanelly , Eaic " ... i iovrssis Posiirddnlai ? , under the comf c&i , ' - ¦ Captain Scott , who was accompanied hy Mr . W Cia » rbers , jun , who officiates as a Carmarthei > r . e Q'a ^ trate . Tkeywcreuuc * rtain whether the Ti--. . -i 3- Bridge Gate , or that at Pontarddulais ¦ was i-j &e tbe object of attack , and consequently coccjird the soldiers behind a hedge near ine 8 ch is

      Gw =. H- ^ Ti * i ; jwhi about midway between the two . V ' r : Je they were Ekulking there they heard ihs z ^ :-z of guns and the blowiDg of horns in tb- ^ -r « r-oD of Pontarddciais , when their officer ord ^ re ^ i : &em to load , aiid fix bayonets . They weit ?^ b- qipiitly divided ini&iwo bodies , one commaji Jrj or Captain 3 con , and the other by Mr . Payne , ^ sib orde rs to cnt off the retre at of the nour ^ b-t-wecn Hendy Bndge and Llaueliy . Those "who hive read the foivgoing account must have obst ?^ rc thsT when the tare wa 3 destroyed the main tu ij of the rioters -rrithdrew . They , how--ever . -f-jk an entirely riifiVreni route from that Tfhicl i > . e soldiers were guarding so carefully ; but one trar . ai the name o { Lewis Davits happened to be p&siu k by this rosd at the time , and he was immet-lately grabbed by Captain Scott and Mr . Qiam ^ r ? , and was left in charge of Sergeant Gibb . The prisoner was attired in his nsual dress , bnt he

      had a woman ' s cap in > is pocket , which was produce . 1 s t ains ! him by Mr . Chambers as -proof that he beluiigsd to Bebecca . His face was also diasoloured wnh blick paii-t and ochre . Sergeant ; Gibb was directed to detain him a prisoner , whilst the psrty jet-Ted eJF "double quick" towards the ternpik ^ ' iofc ^ ltftQi nffromPontaiddttlaiitolJanelly . Here zg ^ is ih # y wer » ylaeftd behind a hedge , and , as a parly vf three or four of the rioters were reirsatixig i j Ihii ^ oate , they observed Mr . Chamber * peer-n « crer the h&dge , and Bent a little boy , who was drrsrtd in girl * ' clothing over the gate , to asferte'ii "flio the parties might be who were stationed taere- This yonxgster , after a smart chase , was tecured , bst the others made their escape . The sergeaiii . vrhoh&d been left near tiie GwDly Bridge captured two oihera ; and the four prisoners were forthwith uken to UanelJy . Bjit prior-to this , they sav ^ nced as far as the Pontarddulais gate , where iLst had aearJy been charged by the dragoons , who supposed them to be Bebeccaite 3 re-

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      turnins to tha attack , and it was with no Email difficulty that they could convince them of their mistake . Th 6 four prisoners who were removed to Llanelly were bronght up next day for examination before tho Magistrates , when it was agreed that as the toll bar which the prisoners were charged with destroying , was simated in Glamorganshire , the magistrates cf Carmarthenshire had no jurisdiction in the matter but to order the removal of the prison ere to Swansea , which order was carripd into effect at an early hour on Friday morning . Your correspondent witnessed the arrival of the prisoners , and a greater exhibition of weakness he Dever saw manifested on any previous occasion . The escort , which was composed of a strong detachment of the 76 th , was headed by

      inspector Boss on horseback ; and if ever two made a pair in this world , Ross and his horse were certainly the couple ; the Fame amount of intelligence , the same reasoning faculties , and about the same amount of brutal force being displayed by the biped and quadruped in question . The prisoners were handcuffed in pairs in tke centra of the party , and lest the three boys and a man should have attempted resistance , the whole of the party marched with fixed bayonets . The very soldiers hang down their heads and blushed as they proceeded through back laues to the house of correction , amid the jeers of those who witnessed their progress . At the time I write ( Monday ) , the examination has not taken place , but when it doeB so I shall forward you fall particulars .

      Rebecca is in no wise disheartened by the misadventure "which she metwith on Wednesday night ; for on the following Friday she and her children demolished another gate in Carmarthenshire , and also g ? t fire to a straw rick , the property of Mr . Chambers , who headed the military on the previous excurrion . On Satard&y night they demolished another gate and toll-house somewhere near Pontarddulais , and ihe old teaman who teas ai ihe gate was shot ly the rioters .

      On Sunday night , the rioters again mustered to the number of about seven hundred men , when they proceeded to the hon : e occupied by Mr . Chambers ' s gamekeeper , which they wholly demolished ; they next proceeded to a farm-yard , which is in that gentleman's possession . They set fire both to the grain in the stack-yard and the office honses adjoining , all of which \ rere speedily in a biais . When they had completed their work of destruction , they proceeded to that gentleman ' s residence , but he had got the hint and was nowhere to be found .

      I forgot to mention that an attack was made early on Wednesday morning , on the nonse of Mr . Lucrofi , R . N-, harbour master of Uanelly , who bad rendered himself obuoxious to ctriain parties by the introduction of new regulations regaioing the pilotage . They threatened him that if these new regulations were not abolished in a formi ^ ht , he should receive another visit , which would not be so well for him . Several shots were fired into his house , but no one of the family was injured . Tney passed Mr . Neville ' s copper-works , where they fired several volleys , and afterwards proceeded to the village of Tslinfo-1 , where having obtained some refreshments , taey quietly dispersed .

      EXAMINATION Or THE PR 1 S 0 NEBS . At the time of my writing the above , I was informed that the examination of the prisoners was going on at the Town Hall , and having proceeded thither , I found the magistrates examining the witnesses . 1 obtained a copy of the depositions , and now abridge them for the information of your reader ? . Joha Hugh , John Hughes , Dav ! d Davies , Lewi-Davies , Wm . Hnghes , ( a more boy about ten years of age , ) Henry Rogers , and Thomas Williams , were placed in the dock , charged with being participators in the outrage at Pontarddnlaig .

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

      appeared to be dressed Jike women and had their faces blackened . About three of those who were monnted seemed to take part in the proceedings at the gate . They had their horses heads towards the gate and their backs toward mp . There was a continual firing of guns kept np by the rioters . I formed my men and called on the parties to stop . I made use of the word " stop" three or four times . Upon coming up to them one of the mounted man who was disguised aa a woman tnrncd round and fired a pisvol at me . 1 was close to him at the time . I moved on a few paces and a volley was fired by the parties assembled in the direction of myself and my men . Tne volley was fired at ns ; at least this was my impression at the time- I then endeavoured to take the parties into custody , but w © met with considerable resistance . John Hugh , David Davies , and John Hnghes were among them . John Hugh was dressed in a white cloak and had something

      like a feather in his hat . 1 saw the prisoner David Davies aim a blow at L . LI . Dillwin , E ? q-, but cannot say whether it took effect or not . After the pistol shot and volley were fired at us , 1 fired and shot the the horse on which the man was mounted . We returned the fire , and a general skirmish took place , during which a number of shots were fired oa both sides ; but in a sh' --rt space of time the rioters dispersed . Three of the horses r idden by the parties on that night are in my custody . After the rioters were dispersed I found that the turnpike-gate was destroyed , with the exception of the posts . The gate-house was gutted , the windows , window-frames , and doors were driven in , and a portion of the wall of the house was pulled down . I discovered the marks of shot in the sash of one of the windows . I found two sledge-hammers , twocrowbars , and a pickaxe , which are now in possession of my men . he

      Price , a police-officer , depo ^ d that was on duty at PontarddulaiB gau- on the night in question , where he saw a crowd . He pulled a man from his horse ; that man was the prisoner , John Hughes . He saw him on horseback , in front of the mob . He had then a white cloak over hiB body , a white cloth over his h&t , and a red handkerchief about his neck . He had also a gun , and a tin horn in his hands . He fired the gun in the direction of the police . He was about ten or fifteen yards distant at the time ; was sure he was not twenty yards distant . This was from five to eight minutes before he took the prisoner , which he effected at last in front of the Red Lion .

      William Lewis sworn . —Is a shoemaker by trade , and has been gate-keeper at Pontarddulaia for the last year . Recollects last Wednesday night ; cannot remember any thing particalar , as he (• vitnes'O ran away . Between eleven and twelve he removed his goods , as he heard " Becca" was coming that night . He stopped some time in the house afterwards . While he was standing at ihe door , between twelve and one , he saw a great number of persons on the road near the Red Lion ; but when he saw tht-m come as far as the bridge , he ran away . He beard shots fired in the crowd . He went abont sixty yards from the house , when he hid himself . He remained there for three-quarters of an hour ; when he returned to the gate-house he found that the door and windows were broken , and part of the house puiled down .

      George Jones , sworn—Is a sergeant in the Glamorganshire police ; was at Poniarddulais on d » ny last Wednesday night . He was certainly afraid . He heard firing of guns and blowing of horns . There was a large concourse of people . After the mob had dispersed he saw Daxid Davis run out of the toll-house . Witness pnrsued and laid hold of him . He pushed witness away , when a regular scuSe ensued . Witness succeeded in keeping him in custody , for he handcuffed him . William Chambers , jun ., the magistrate , and Serjeant Gibbs , of the 7 t 5 th Regiment , deposed to the facts of the apprehension of the other prisoners , as I have stated already , when the magistrates agreed to remand the first five prisoners on the list until tomorrow , at eleven o ' clock ; but there being no evidence against Henry Rogers and Thomas William " , after a strict caution from Lord James Stuart , chairman of the magistrates , they were dismissed from the bar .

      Mr . Hugh Williams , of Carmarthen , took notes on behalf of the prisoners , but was not allowed to

      cropsexamme . Last week , two wheat stacks , the property of Lord Dynevour , were set on fire , and information was given implicating a person whose name I have been unable to learn . The case was heard by the magistrates at Llandiio , on Saturday ; but after sitting to a very late honr , the evidence was not considered sufliciently strong to authorise the magistrates to commit , and the accused party was consequently discharged . In the Tones of Wednesday appears the following , relative to the burning of the stacks and barns belonging to Mr . Chambers , and the firing npon the woman-keeper of the Hndy-gate . ThiB step is the

      boldest yet taken by " Rfibecc * . It will , most probably , have a considerable effect npoa the measures adopted to " pat k « « ewa . " In bj letter of yesterday I stated to yoa that the revengeful feeling of the Welch pe « ple of this district was exhibitixg itself i » acts of iaceodiarisn agAicsi the propertj of a magistrate ( Mr . William Chambers ) of this town , who has rendered himself , it would appear , obmoxioua from his efficiency and activity . I am sorry that I have to-day again to record similar cowardly and alarmicg acts against the property of this gentleman . Mr . Chambers owns and cultivates a farm , called Tynywern , about seven miles from Llanelly , on the Pontjberrem road . Yesterday morning , between one and two o ' clock , the barns and outbuildings of

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      this farm were set fire to , together with the hay and corn stack 8 , all of whioh were completely consumed , and about £ 200 worth of property destroyed . One of the farm boys was awakened , and on looking out saw the outbuildings on fire , and about fifteen men disguised leaving them . The same men were-then seen to go across the country to another farm occupied by Mr . W . Chambers , called Gelbygllnoy , and there they set fire to the corn and hay stacks . Three stacks of corn and one of hay , worth about £ 150 , were entirely consumed .

      The most Bhoekmg part of the night ' s history remains still to ba told . On the road from Llaneily to PoHtarddulats , and within 500 yards of the latter place , is a turnpike-gate called Hendy-gate . This was kept by * n old woman upwards of seventy years of age , who has received frequent notices that if she did not leave the gate , her house should be burnt down . About three o ' clock yesterday morning a party of ruffians set fire to the thatch of the tollhouse . The old woman on being awakened ran into the road aad to a neighbouring cottage within twenty yards of the toll-house , shouting to the people who lived in it , " For God ' s sake to come out and help her to put out the fire ; theTe was not much . " The occupier of this cottage , a stout able man , whom I saw last night , told me that he was afraid to go out , and begged ths old woman to come into his cottage ,

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

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

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      NETVC&STL&—The delegatea of the National Conference of the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland re 3 S 3 embled at nine o ' clock on Tuesday morning . Mr Wakinahaw having been elected to the chair , tne mii ntes of the previous sittings were read and confirmed . The Secretary read an address to the to&l ownrrb .. showing the oVjicteof the Miners' Association , which was adopted , ordered to be printed , and a cepy Btnt to the Northern Star for insertion . The Winuate deleRat * brought forward a resolution adopted by the men of W innate , at a public meeting of the colliery , presenting their tnest sincere thanks for the support affoTilbd tbwn by each respective colliery in Northumberland and Durham during the time ; thejfelt it a duty to desist working until the masters Would give them some guarantee lor the Bafety of their Hvea by the removal of the damaged wire rope by which

      they wanted them to descend the pit It was received , and the thanks of the delegates added thereto . Mr . Beesley gave an account of the arrangements made with Mi Roberts , on the part of the Wingate men , and the masters , -wherein the latter agreed to remove the wire rope , and substitute one that the men might go down the pit with safety by , if the men -would go to work immediately upon it belag rendered safe . Mr-It . aaid the men would go to walk ; but unless they wo « H pay tne men ' s wage * for 6 b * time the pit was unsafe , be ( Mr . R . ) would be-under the necessity of trying if the l » w woold * compel tbem to do the men justice , by remunerating them for the time which tney bad lost , before the removal of the unsafe rope . Mr . Beesley was loudly applauded throughout his address , of which the above only forms a part , and the whole of the de ' . egttes approved of the manner in which Mr . Roberta acted for the men . Mr . Thomas

      Mycroft , of West Auckland , was appointed a lecturer for the Misers' Association . The Executive were th ^ n requested to retire to another room to make

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      out the routes for the lecturers , with inatructlons that one or more be appuinted to We ^ rdale . That our brother Halliday ( one of the Cumberland delegates ) be requested to state the grievances of which the colliers of that district had to complain , which be did in a Tery minute manner , and was corroborated by several other delegates . We omit inserting the Cumberland grievances here , as they appeared in the report of a former part of the proceedings . A delegate proposed—* ' That each delegate be requested to lay the Cumberland casu before his constituents , and that they be entitled to the same support as the Wingate men were , and that each district sand their remittances for the Cumberland men to Mr . Jade , who will make arrangements with Mr . Halliday as to the mode of conveyance . " Agreed to

      unanimoasly . Mr . Roberts then entered the room amid enthusiastic applause , and stated the arrangements be bad made , so as to prevent any disappointment to any colliery that might be necessitated te call upon him in his official capacity , when bis duty to them might require bis absence from his office . Mr . R . said that , having procured the services of Mr . Beesley as clerk , Mr . B . would be in the office in his absence , during office hours , and would take down the statements that any of the colliers might have to make , and lay them btfore him at bis earliest convenience , which would be equally attended to as if he was present , and had seen the men on the subject . Mr . Roberts' uffica is No . 11 , Royal Arcade . The following resolutions were then agreed to : — " That a general public meeting of the

      miners on the Tyne and Northumberland be held at Scaffold Hill , on Saturday , Sept . 16 th . Chair to be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . " " That a general rublic meeting of the miners of Durham be held at Pittington Hill , on Saturday , September 23 rd . Chair te be taken at twelve o ' clock at noon . ' On both which occasions Mr . R jberfs will be present . " That each delegate be instructed , in tho event of an accident ([ injurious to tbe lives of any of the miners in his looalityi occurring to consider it his duty to appriza Mr . Robtrts of the same as soon as possible thit he may attend and arrange such evidence as he may meet to adduce on the coroner ' s inquest ( if lives should be lost , ) or in any other way to show the real cause of such misfortune . " —Carried unanimously .

      " That all miner ? out ef employment , be admitted members upon paying the usual entrance money . "Carried . "That each colliery be allowed to take their members in as they may think most advisable . "—Carried . * ' That the Executive bu not required to attend all delegate meetings officially . " —Carried . " That the National Yearly Conference of the Miners' Association of Great Britain aiid Irtland , bo , htsld on the 30 ih Oct . proximo ,. '—Carried . "Tho yearly Conference was intended to be held in Durham , but we nre given to understand that it is contrary to rule ( and inconvenient to amajority of the societies now in the union ; to change the place of meeting until tho six mouths ure elapsed

      which it was agreed to be h * ld in Newcastle , and consequently the forthcoming National Conference will be heia in Newcastle on the 30 th of October , at nine o ' clock in the forenoon . The Percy-main case was next co'isidered , when it was agreed that the ailvicu of Mr . Roberts should be had on the mibj' -ct before the men should change their position . That Mr . Amltew Fleming be requited to attend the annual meeting on the 30 th of October . "—Carried . •• That a * Miners' Journal * be immediately established in Newcastle , under the superintendence of W , P . Roberts , Esq and the Executive Council . " —Carried . Some local business was disposed of and the Conference waa dissolved at five o ' clock , having sat four days .

      Tbe following is the address alluded to in tbe foregoing report : — The members of the Minors' Association of Great Britain and Ireland , do hereby set forth and declare what our objects and intentions are in forming the above Association ; and we feel it our duty to do so on account of the many and serious reports got up and set abroad fty parties to whose own conscience we choose at present to say must dedde the motive for so doing . Our object in forming the nbovo Association is to better our condition , and we beg to apprise you that we would rather by far that could be done by an amicable adjustment of all differences than by having recourse to a strike , whioh we feel inclined to b&lieve is equally disaiivant'iceous to you as to us , and the inevitable result of which would be to engender feelings ; of suck a kiud as eught not to e&i » t between master and servant .

      We iptend to lay before you the following specific ftndaimplti plan , viz ., that each colliery-owners shall be furnished with a copy of such prices us shall be thought necessary and reasonable , and which it is intended to go on the principle of making tbe coat price as far as labour is concerned » qual or n « arly bo at , every colliery in the trade , and to such uniformity of cost price the masters to add what they ms > y deem a proper and rea « on ; pfc )< i return for their capital ; it being our flrru and decided opinion thnt as we risk our lives and you your money to dig from the bowels of the earth a commodity on which it may truly be said the existence of Great Britain as a nation depends , it is not too much to request that tbe price of that article shall ba such as to give ample remuneration to both the labour and capital employed .

      Something of thia kind must bo done . We have had to submit this year to a viry great redaction of prices ; and we opine if you us coal-owners get once into the path of ruinous competition hy underselling ; each other in the market , arid then endeavouring to reduce the wages to still keep a market , it is a process which is alike ruinous to bjth parties , and which roust have a tendency to keep up a contentious war of strikes and stagnation—Labour and capital contending for the mastery , while the public as consumers reap the benefit , without so much as soiling a finger in the dangerous undertaking of raising an article indispensibly necessary to their comfort and existence .

      The moral and the physical consequences of a contentious warfare between capital and labour does app ? ar to us to be fully illustrated by the fable of two noble animals combating or fighting for a piece of prey , and while the combat was going on , another animal of diminutive sis ? and strength came and carried off ths prize ; while neither of the two , such was their state of exhaustion , could prevent them . To conclude , we entreat you to bestow on this our earnest and sincere requisition , your careful and best consideration ; and if you ; should be pleased to agree with us as respects the principle on which it is founded , it will be alike creditable to your judgment and your interest . We remain , yours , &c ., The Members of the Miners' association .

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      Huttonjgl lev M , Aspell Moor 188 8 d , Edge Green 12 a 6 d , Collier '* Arms , New Spring £ . 2 19 s 7 d , Bacap 10 b , Pendleburyi 10 . ' . Bradbury lOd , Total £ 2113 s 9 d . Tfce following reu ' dutiwa were then agreed to by the delegates : — " That a nJ )» prJptIon of 3 d . per member be requested from the various lodges in Lancashire for the purpose of assisting our Cumberland brethren in their resistance to the unjust requirements of their employers . " " That John Lom&x accompanyD . Swallow into North Staffordshire ; and that their ezpences for the present be borne to the Lancashire District . ' * ' " That we will not countenance any partial or sectional Strikes ; nor will we recognise any Strike whatever unless sanctioned by a general Delegate meeting . " " That a

      public meeting be ; holdenon Aspell Moor , near Wigan , on Monday , 26 th of Sept Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon . The Delegate meeting to take place immediately afterwards at the Brown How , Scbolefleldjlane , near the infant school , Wigan . " " That Mr . John Berry , be elected a lecturer to this society . " " That Henry Dennet and John Berry Jabonr in the Wigan and St . Helen ' s district ; Mr . Auty in the Burnley , and Mr . Thompson in tbe Olrfnam Districts . " " That ] two gentlemen be appointed by the Executive to go into tbe neighbourhood of Poynton , in order to agitate more effectually the district of Cheshire . " Thanks being voted to the chairman and to tbe editor of the Northern Star , the meeting terminated .

      Redding , Stiblingsuire—Messrs . Daniells and Hammond visited this colliery on Tuesday , the 5 th instant , and had an interview with some of the men , and were very favourably received . This work belongs to the Duke of { Hamilton ; and notwithstanding the Act of Parliament against employing females in coalpita , yet there are ; not less than sixty women employed in Redding works alone ! Bentaskin , near Falkirk . —The men of this extensive colliery held a meeting on the Public Green , on Wednesday , the 6 th instant , Mr . Hugh Dyrample in the chair . Tbe meeting was addressed for upwards of two hours by Mr . j William Daniells . after which , a resolution was passed in favour of joining ; the Misers ' Association . After a unanimous vote of thanks had been given to the Chairman and lecturer , the meeting , which was a most enthusiastic one , separated .

      BONESS , LiNLiTHGO"WSHiRE . —A public meeting of the colliers ef this place , and the men of Orange Panns , was held on Thursday , the 7 th instant , on the seaahore . Mr . James Barnes was called to the cfcair . The meeting was addressed at great length by Mr . Wm , Daniells , on the objects and laws of the Miners' Association , also by Wr . Hammond ; when it was agreed " That the men of Boness and ( Jrarjge Panns join . their English brethren . " This was a large and spirited meeting . The usual votes of thanks being given , the meeting terminated . [ Bent End . bt Falkirk . — The colliers of this district held a public open-air motting on Friday , 8 th instnnt , Mr . TV . cjmas M'Kwen in the chair . Messrs . Dmiells and Hammond addressed the meeting , when the meeting pledged themselves to join the Miners' Society . Votes of thanks were given to the Chairmaa and each of the speakers , when the meeting broke up .

      Falkirk Delegate Meeting . —A delegate meeting of the colliers ot this quivrter was held at the Vjouse of Mr . Brodie , Blue Bell Iun , on Saturday last . Mr . Thomas M'Ewenjin the chair ; Mr . Wm . Daniells as secretary . The meeting was well attended , and was shortly opened b > y Mr . Wm . Daniells , who said he trusted that meeting was met for business—not to hear speeches . He showed the meeting bow they should conduct tho affdiiB ot the district , and advised them to choose a district committee to direct the 8 > me . A committee of five was ; then chosen , whose names for obvious reasons it would { be dangerous to give . A report from the different works was then given in , which was very favourable . [ A great deal of district business was transacted ; and they agreed to meet again on Saturday ( thia day ) at the same bouse .

      Glen End —A public meeting of the colliers of this place , Stone-rig *? , and Reddington was held on Monday last ( 11 th instant ) , at Wallace Stone , Mr . John Patterson In the } chair , for the purpose of hearing Mr . Wm Daniells deliver a lecture on the 1 > ws , organization , and objects of the Miners' Association , which he did evidently with good effect ; for the meeting immediately after be bad finished bis discourse passed a resolution in favour of the ] Association . Toe place of holding this meeting is one of the most remarkable in Scotland , being the ground ' : where the battle of Falkirk was fought , between the English and Scotch , in the year 129 $ ; and Wallace Stone is a square pillar erected to commemorate that event . On one side of the pillar is ' a latin inscription , j signifying that a battle was fought there on the 2 nd and 3 rd days of August , 1298 ; and on the reverse the following : —Erected to the memory of that celebrated hero , Sir William Wallace , 3 rd August , 1810 . :

      Glassow . —A nnmeTons meeting of the miners of the Glasgow Coat' Bridge and Hollytort districts took place on Monday , near Tolcross . The meeting was addressed at considerable length by Mr . Hammond , delegate from England on tbe necessity of a National Unfoa . Mr . H ., whose silvery locks bespeak the work of the unerring band of time , spoke with considerable fluency , urged the object of his mission with great earnestness , and sat down amidst the repeated ' cheers of the meeting . { Mr . Ctochan , of Hoilyton , recommended that they petition tha L < rd Lieutenant of -the county , and that ! a copy of said petition be sent to every magistrate in the county : be would also urge upon them the propriety of appealing to the masters before doing anything further . Mr . Bunton , of Sb .

      ittleston , deprecated the idea of goin ? to the masters . Let them go to the authorities , and if nothing was done there for them , then it would be their duty to do somsthing for themselves . A man said the men in the T » nkurton Pic did not know whether they should be allowed to work any more . The master had expressed his determination to atfd 4 cwt- to the standard ; the standard 3 as 12 i cwt ., but tboy were putting out near 18 . Another man said , that in bis pit they were putting out nearer 19 ib » n 12 cwt . ; but there was worse than even that ; there were men in that meeting who could prove that a few days ago one of their men was standing on the pit-head when his own work came up ; but tbe man did not know at the time it was his own work come up ; near half a cwt . was thrown

      off one of bis hutches into a dross heap , the hutch weighed 14 ^ owt ., i yet it was declared to be below the standard ; consequently the man lost his whole day ' s work . That was { the way the masters made their fortunes ; they were not satisfied With giving tbe men low wages , but , in many instances , ' they gave tbem no wages at all . If 71 b . of stone was found in a hutch , the man lost the j whole , and the men dare not complain for fear of iqsiDg their work . They wished to be paid every fourteen days . Another man said , that in one case , where foi-ty-eight men were employed , no less than sixty-four carts were condemned in one week . It was not a question of wages so much as a question of justice . Previous : to coming to any decision as to what should be done , the various districts separated to

      consult amongst them&slves . On their re-assembling , it was unanimously { agreed that they should act in concert as hitherto Mr . Clochan said the men of the Hoilyton district were for a strike j several belonging to the Glasgow district condemned the very idea of a strike . A draft ofja petition , iu terms of Mr . Clochan'a motion , was read oy Mr . M'Nee , the Secretary , to the Glasgow district , land unanimously agreed to . The petition briefly jSut forth tbe main grievances complained of . Aiin . n «» t other things it evinced that tht iniquitous truck sjUtem might be done away with ; that they should be pairt at least every fourteen dayB ; and in particular that their work nhouid bu -weighed at the pit-bottom in thtjir own prosi-nce , instead of , as at

      present , on the pic-h ^ ad , whereby the men are prevented from having uny chetk against the masters . It was uio-veil aud iigreed to that a delegate meeting be held ut Langlone ion Thursday . Mr . Hammond called the attention »> f the meeting to the ot'jrjctof his mission , and appealed to them to j (\ ve him au answer eitner for or axrainst a National Union . Mr . Cloehan recommended that every one present should press tbe matter on the cousiiteration of their respective works , so that the deputes Bbould be present to state on Thursday the feelings of their respective constituonts on the subjfct . Th « motion : being beconded , was put from the chair , and carried niai . iuiously . A vota of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings , Which lasted from twelve o'clock tillifour .

      Wingate Grange Colliery—We are glad to hear that th * persecuted men of tbis colliery have , thanks to the gallant labours of Mr . Roberts , got back to work again . We understoo d that tbis is the result of an agreement between Mr . Roberts and the solicitor for the pit-owners , the obnoxious wire-ropa has bsen removed , and is sit present Dnder tbs safe custody of two locks , the key of « ne of which is kept by Mr . Roberts . An action for the men ' s wages will saorUy be comnienciirl under the management of Mr . Roberts . EbRaTUM . —Th | e Is 10 d from Hopple , published in our lasc . bhou d have b ^ en £ l 10 s . Tne following is a further list of subscriptions received for the Wingate men : — ; ¦

      Subscriptions to Wingate Men , Sept . ut , 1843 . —Ouston £ ? 83 ; K n « Pit 7 s j South Shields £ 1 143 3 d ; Nova Soota £ l 14 *; Suaton Deleval £ 2 18 i 5 't ' , WaltidgaFtsU £ 1 lUs ; Darwent Iron Worka £ 1 6 s 3 d ; South Moor 7 s 91 ; R-tclifF £ 2 6 s 6 d ' ; East Cr . imlingtoo J £ 5 8 «; Heaton £ 3 13 * 8 J i ; Whitley £ I 2 s ; Oxclose 10 s 10 > l ; Wyiam £ 1 14 s Id ; Netherton £ 2 7 s ] 3 d ; Springwell £ 2 2 s 6 d ; Goose £ 2 ; G-fforth £ l { 10 s lOd ; Sjuth Tan field 12 s 6 d ; Pontop 163 ; Fawdon £ l 2 i 8 d ; West Moor £ 4 . 5 s 6 d ; East Holy well £ 2 4 s ; Sleekbum £ 2 Is ; Borancepetb £ 2 Is l |« t ; Earsdon £ 1 4 s « d ; Wallsend £ 1 17 s 6 d ; Ben well £ 1 2 s « ii j Jarrow £ » Its G ^ encroft 14 b 6 d ; Marlow Hill 12 b 6 d ; Rlbleswotth

      £ 1 6 a 4 d ; West Townlaj £ i 4 i » d ; Sffg bill £ 2 g » 7 d ; Andrew * ' House 1 S « Sd , South Elswick £ l 14 s ltd ; Washington £ lf > Farnacrea Jtl 19 s , Soath Pep * low »«; Sberif Hill Qaarrynten £ J ; West Cramlington £ S 17 s ; Sheriff HiTl CoUtof jftS fi ; Trindon , £ 15 Is Cd ; Castle Eden , £$ 14 s ; Tuoraley , £ 4 18 s 6 d 1 Cassoss , £ i 10 s ; Kolloe , £ 5 ; Qaarriogton Hill , £ 1 15 s ; Tysocks , £ 3 5 s lid ; Helton , £ 1 13 s 7 d ; Ellemore , £ 2 0 a 6 ii j South Hettou , £ 412 a 3 d ; Datton , £ 1 16 s . lid ; Heugh Hall , £ 1 16 s 6 d ; Prmerton , £ 4 16 s ; Framwfcll-gate-moor , £ 2 11 s 7 d ; Hunwick , £ 1 6 s 8 d ; CragdHead , 11 s lOd ; Wingate Friends , £ 2 is ; Black Boy , £ 2 9 s ; St . Helen's Auckland , lls 3 d ; South Moor , £ l 3 s ,

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      To the Citizens of Dublin , and to the CmiUmersofCoalin the various towns on the N . Coast of Ireland , and to ihe People of Great Britain . We , the colliers working at Whitehaven , in tbe employ of the Right Hon . the Earl of Lonsdale , in conjunction with our brethren in other parts of Cumberland , having been forced from our employment , for exercising the privilege which every British subject is entitled to , namely , the right to unite or combine to rednra the hours of toil , or to increase our wages , hasten to lay before yoa ecme of the grievances under which we labour , and to remedy which , we are now forming a general onion of our trade throughout Great Britain and Ireland . In Whitehaven , two-thirds of the colliers are Irishmen , wflo have been forced from the land of their

      birth , to eke out a miserable exifltenee in the sunless mine ! and to suffer greater privations than any other class of men in employ . Within the last ten years , tbe wages of the miner have been reduced , in most cases , one half ; and , in many instances , two-thirds . It is true , the nominal price for" nagging ' the coal has not undergone so great a reduction as is here stated ; but tbe enlargement of the baskets , and a diminution in the price of such baskets , warrants , us in saying that the above reductions are considerably under . In Croft Pit , the price formerly paid for " haggiBg and trailing- a basket of from 11 h cwt to 12 cwt . was 7 d ., and from 1 « . 6 d . to 2 » . 6 d . yard price ; Uiat is , for every yard of coal from six to eight feet wide , and from four to five feet bigb , the Miser bagged out of the mine , he got

      the abave-named yard-price . The present price is 6 £ rL and no yard price ; and for this sum tbe miner has , after hanging , to trail or drag these baskets from 100 to 200 yards . In many cases horses are need to draw the coal from the hagger : when it is so the miner gets but 5 £ -i . In some places the coal rises from the level from seven to eight inches to the yard . The miner was formerly paid for every fifty yards one halfpenny per basket ; he is now paid the same sum fer the first 100 yards , but not a farthing after , although , in many instances , the poor miner has to trail them from 500 to 600 yards , and the distance is continually increasing Tbe average hours are from Jfourteen to sixteen , and the wages for such hours , when there are no off-takes , from 29 . to 2 s . 8 d .

      At Wilson Pit the yard priee , which was a shilling , has bees taken off : the miner is paid 8 d . per basket , same siza as above , and has to hag and trail tbem a distance of from 400 to 500 yards , rising some seven or eight inches in the yard . The men work from fifteen to eighteen hours for not more than 2 s . per day . Afc Duke Pit the basket is ten cwt ., for which the miner receives 4 id . for hogging and trailing it upwards of 300 yards . " The hours are fifteen , and the wages fer such hours 2 ? . id . Tbe basket at the Countess Pit was formerly but nine cwt ; it w » 8 theft eightpenco : it is now eleven and a half cwt . and is only sevenpence . The hours are from twelve to fourteen , and tbe average wages about 2 s . 6 d . The William Pitt ( alias , the " Slaughter House" )

      former prfca 6 ct ., present price 5 § d ., for hanging and trailing 150 yards ; the hours from twelve to fourteen , the waces is . 10 < i . At Oughterside , the hours are from twelve to fifteen , the number of days worked in the fortnight from five to twelve , and the average wages , exclusive of off-takes 2 s . 84 per day . At Onghterside-moor and Gilicrax , the hours are from fourteen to seventeen , the number of days in the fortnight , which the men work , from four to twelve ; the wages about 2 s . 6 d . Mr . Wood ' s Pit , at Dearham , from four to twelve days , from twelve to sixteen hours ; average wases 2 s . Mr . Walker , of Dearham , his pit works from six to twelve days in the fortnight ; from twelve to fourteen hours ; average wages ,. 2 s . 6 d . At Green *

      gill , the pit works from three to twelve days , from twelve to fourteen hours each day ; the average wages 2 s . 6 d . The men in this employ are compelled to deal in a " Truck Shop" where they have to pay from 4 d . to 6 d . a atone more , for flour and meal , and every other article which the poor miner and his family consumes are higher rated than at any other shop or market Clifton Colliery ; the men work from three to eleven days , from twelve to fourteen hours ; the wages 28 . 4 d . Greysouthen , from one to twelve days , from twelve to fifteen bourB ; average wages Is . 96 . But here , the men , as well as the men who work for the same owner at Oughterside , are supplied with beef at frem a penny to three-half-pence per pound more than the fair-dealing butcher would sell it for .

      These are a few of the facts connected with the price , the weight , and the hours which the poor miner works , and which he bears and receives . But bad as the prices are , hard and unremitting as the toil isr we would be content did we pet thai far which we labour I But , it not unfrequently happens , that after a man has toiled and produced a number of baskets of coal , he will have from four to sin taken from him in ihe week ! and these baskets of coal for which the miner receives not a farthing , are sold at the same price that other baskets" having the same quantity of coal in are sold at . We by no means deny that there are unprincipled men , as well as unprincipled employers ; men who would take an advantage , and send to bank baskets containing foul coal , or short of measure ; but while we

      admit that the employer has an undoubted right to make such rules and regulations as will secure good coal and good measure , we are willing t » prove upon oath before any of her Majesty ' s justices of the peace , that thousands of baskets are taken every year from Colliers thai had no bad or foul coal in them , and that were not short of measure . With facts like these before you , will you say we have hot a right to be united to put a period to such injustice ! 1 . ' But this is not all , the majority of the men in the employ at Whitehaveu are , as we said . Irishmen , whose circumstances are indeed poor ; but bad as they are , they are made worse

      by the fact that they are worse treated than the natives The employer , or rather his agent , takins advantage of tbe poverty-stricken circumstances of the poor Irishman , employs him at such prices , and uses such means , as make him more the child of miafortuue than be otherwise would be . Every species of insult exists , and that exterminating and intolerant spirit which so generally characterises the enemies of Irishmen is fully pourtrayed in the servants of the Earl of Lonsdale towards the Irishmen in the employ . They are not only deprived of the full value of their labour , bu ^ they are frequently insulted by the " dogs in office , " on account of their religious opinions .

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

      Irishmen I—Countrymen ! and Brethren !^—haters of oppression , lovers of justice and of liberty , we appeal to you , as the consumers of the produce of our labour . We ask , is it right to force us , from our labour , for exercising the right which a corrupt government dare not deny , —tho right to unite to protect our labour ? We . have sought no advance of price . We have asked no redaction or alteration in the sizs or weight of tha baskets ; all we aak is , the right to unite to protect our labour—the only estate a poor man has . Irishmen ! Ciptains of Vessels , used to transport coals from the Wast of Cumberland to Ireland : we conjure you , by the Jove that you bear to your country and your countrymen , and to your English brethren , to speak out asainst this act of oppression , concocted and carried into operation by John Peile , E-quire (?) for the express purpose * f depriving the poor man of'his rights . We ask you to feel for , and sympathize with us . This is all we

      s'sek , this is all we ask . Bat let it be remembered , that John Peile , agent to the Earl of Lonsdale , was the first man who asked the men to sign a paper of bis drawing-np ( or drawn up at his instigation , we know not whether . ) which paper precludes the possibility of the working man ever being enabled to stem the torreat of injustice which is likely to be cast at the ftet of every honest miner . Many signed a similar paper , in 1831 , —and by it they secured more misery and wretchedness than they before experienced—misery such as is not excelled in any colliery in Great Britain . Good Gad ! Irishmen ! Lovers of Virtue ! think of mothers and of daughters having to prostitute themselves to over-men and deputies , in order t » mitigate or lessen the penalties imposed upon husbands , sons , and brothers , and to secuTe to either of them an additional day s work . Think of theae things ! and then say whether or not we are justified in uniting to protect the virtue and property of our children I

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

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      O'CONNOR , Esq . of Hammersmith , County Middles « K , by JOSHUA HOBSON , at bis Printlag Office * , No * . 12 and IS , Market- « tre « t , Briggatej amd P » bliab * 4 by Um *» id Joshua . HoMOK , ( for ths mid FBAB » ds O'COHKOK . ) * t bi » D * 81-ling-bow , » o . « , MarkeMreBt , Brlffate ; M internal Ctmniuaication « dsUDg between the i « ii No . 6 , Market-street , and the « aid Nob . 12 and 13 , Market-atreiii , Briggate , thus constituting the whole of the said Printing and Publishing OSae one Premises ; All Communications must be addressed , Post-paid , fc > Mr . HOBSON , Northern Star Office , I * e ( Saturdiy . September 16 , 1843 Ji

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

      again at some future occasion , as he had no wish to cause a row when a lady was in company . Last ni ^ ht , he was aa good as his word ; for having fallen in with the policeman on his beat , he gave him a deuce of a pummelling , and it is 6 aid made " Charlie" go down on his marrow bones , and promise never to offend in like manner again . Bnt as the soldier was going away eome other policemen came up to the aid of their suffering brother , and as some of the infantry came up about flie same time , the affray Bpeedily became general . But while the soldier had been K hammering" the original offender , he appealed to the sympathy of the bye standers , imploring them not to see a Swansea lad ill-used by a stranger . But he found little Bympathy at their to h lost all

      hand- ) ; as policemen are considered ave claims of citizenship - ; and the soldier was urged on to pitch into him well . More policemen kept ponring in , and the nows of the fray having reached the barracks , the soldiers also began to increase , the lale comers being armed with their bayonets . The riot now began to assume a formidable aspect , and continued for a considerable length of time . Two of the soldiers of the 76 'h were at length seoured , but the affray only ceased on the appearance of the picqnet . The two soldiers were brought up for examination to-day ( Tuesday ) , but were eventually remanded until to-morrow . The soldiers are vowing vengeance against the police , and it is expected consequences of a very seriou 9 nature will result from this quarrel , the town altogether being in a very excited state .

      » INAL EXAMINATION AND COMMITTAL OF THE PRISONERS . The five prisoners , charged with being participators in the outrage at Po ; itarddulai 6-Kate , were brought up to-day ( Tuesday ) for final examination . The Court was crowded at an early hour , and the utmost anxiety was manifested to know the ' result of the investigation . The Magistrates having taken their seats on the bench , Lord James Smart addressed the prisoners , stating that it was not the intention of the Magistrates to examine any more witnesses or to enter further into the investigation of the case , they beinw of one mind that the prisoners be severally committed to take their trials at the next fieneral assixe . The p . isoners were committed accordingly . Mr . Hugh Williams , policitor , Carmarthen , applied that the Court would admit the three prisoners , who were taken st the gate and stand charged with felony , to bail ; as he was prepared with bail to any amount they might see fit to exact .

      Lord James Stuart replied that tke magistrates had taken Mr . Williams' application into consideration prior to entering the Court , and were of opinion that it could not be complied with . Mr . Williams wished to know if that opinion was

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

      Mr . Williams next applied sum £ 2 3 ~ . 10 d ., tnken from the prisoner John Hughes , as al .-M > the horse which he rode , which belonged to his father , and is now in tbe custody of the police , be relumed . This also was agreed to . A coroner ' s inquest sat yesterday on the body of the old womon who was shot at the gate in the neighbourhood of Pontarddulais on Saturday muht last ( 9 th inst . ) Several medical gentlemen deposed to the fact , that death was the effect of gun-shot wounds , they having extracted several p lugs from the body ; but the Jury , having doubtless a fellow feeling with the rioters , returned a verdict of— " Died by suffocation , produced by the effusion of blood , bui owing to what cause this is to be attributed , is to this Jury unfcnowu . " It is supposed that the old woman had seen some persons among the rioters whom she knew , and had tbrf-atened to divulge the part they had taken

      in the sffair . I re-op < n my letter to say that some more outrages tooij place last night at Llanelly . Mr . Chambers bad some more property destroyed , and I have beard that a poiic-man has been shot . Placards are out in the conmTy places stating that " as the Authorities have shewn ih < --ir taste for blood , they shall have plenty . "

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      Delegate Meeting of Colliers . — A meeting of Staffordshire delegates was held at the house of Mr . James Rollason , Oldbury . on Monday last , Soptember 11 tb , Mr . William Thomnson , chairman . Tbe number of members having been reported from each place , Mr . Richard Butler , delegate ta tha North , gave in his report . Tho following objectB are auionc ; those to be earned out : —A reduction in the hours of labour . That the death club stand as before , viz ., that the widows of deceased miners receive three shillings weekly , and one shilling for each child . That the men be not compelled to go to work so early in the morning . That there be an equalization of wages between the thick and thin coal men . That the stone men have 3 s . 3 d . per day , for eight hours ; and that miners have 4 s .

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

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

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

      labour is wholly inadequate to procure even the common necessaries of life ; we therefore cannot consider our * selves sufficiently remunerated . " " That we now resolve , as one means of improving our condition , to immediately connect ourselves with the Miners' Association of Great Britain and Ireland . " The business of the public meeting having been dispensed with , the delegates from the various collieries proceeded to the Bowling Green Inn , and the chairman who had presided over tbe public meeting having been again called to the chair , he briefly addressed the meeting . The secretary then read ov « r the various items of income and expenditure , whioh , upon toiag audited , were

      found to be correct The following sums ot money were then handed over by the delegates , as the contributions of their constituents for the last fortnight : — Bradford Colliery Cs 4 d , Chorl « y Moor Js lid , Wigan , Crofter ' s Arms £ l 17 s 8 d , ClaebonColliery Is 3 d , Hurst Brook 7 » 8 d , Coppnll 6 s 3 d , George and Dragon , Wigan 6 ' i | d . Bull ' s Head , Ditto Ss , Hanging Bank 9 s 4 d , Boilen £ 1 6 s 3 £ d , Fleece Lodge , Boltoa £ l is 8 d , Little Lover £ \ 198 7 d , Stand Lane , Pilkton 3 s lOd , Darcy Lever 17 a 5 d , Top a'th Lane 8 s 10 d , Bank Top 4 s 5 ( 1 , Farnhili 3 s lOd , Batcliffd 10 s , Ringley Horse Shoe £ 1 Is 8 d , Ringley , Grapes Iun £ 1 3 s 6 d , Halaiaw Moor 78 2 d , Dlxou Gtreea 12 s 6 d , Luna End , Over

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

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      CORKESPONDENCE WITH GENERAL SeCRETART . - — Anv of the miuers wishing to correspond with the General Secretary , may address to John Hall , care of Mr . Martin Jude , Three Tuns , Maaor Chare , Newcastle-upon-Tyne .

      Leeds :—Printed For The Proprietor, Feakgus

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  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 16, 1843, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct819/page/8/