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      Oyrss Gltttdwk . —We have no room . Silk Twisters' Tcxjt Out . —He have received a letter from the silk twisters of Castle Mills , Edinburgh , stating that they have " left work in consequence of an enormous reduction , and cautiomng all suk tieisters in other places not to be entrapped by any flattering prospects held out to them" We cannot insert it . It might be pro secuied . J £ e . Wjl Russell , lale ofNoltingham . We last week requested this gentleman ' s address ; tee have not yet received it . His brother Chartists e / Nottingham have this iceek wished us to join their request to our own , thai he will communicate his exact address so that letters may reach

      him . A Nos-Electoh , Portsea , asks , if a widow being an occupant of a house entitled to vote , can use that vite through her son , who it beyond the age of 21 years , and also as a freeholder for the county . Certainly not . Joh > " Watkixs , in answer io the numerous kind invitations which he has received , begs to say , that it irill be a month before he can leave town , as fie has to go the round of all the London localities first . He will , 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 Coins , wishes an answer from George Pickering , of Nottingham , respecting an inquiry

      sent io him in the beginning of lasimonth . Ori Glasgow Cokbespondext will be good enough to let us know his address . Halifax . —It is particularly requested that any lecturer coming to Haftfax , will give five day ' s notice thereof . All communications io be addressed to B . Bulterly , sub-Secretary , Back Albion-street . Mr . O'Cossob is particularly requested by the Chartists of the Halifax district , to give timely notice of his ( long looked for ) visit io that place , it -being in contemplation to hold a public meeting on the same day , ( which we promise will be no " waster , " J for the purpose of carrying out

      therecommendation of tne lale Conversion . ChaHles Cojjsok Irishes to knew the address of the sub-secretary of the Durham Charier Association Mr . Conner's address is Back Bongate , Bishop Auckland . L . C . 0 . —Blacksmith or no blacksmith , he is welded as effectually as his own hammer could hate darts it . It will require the swage" of death to part them . FctSBHRT . —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 vill be returned as defaulters .

      Joh > " Biivss , Halifax . —We have received his letter . If the occupation of censure and misrepresentation can please him and his friends , we have no objection io 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 opinien , that it is unfair for the readers of the Si&r to be every week compelled to buy whole columns of personal abuse . " W . Gillikdeb , Swinlon . —The cards of membership , and the plan of erganization of the N . C ^ A ., may

      be had from the General Secretary . H . Hole , Redditeh . —His letter and enclosure is received . T / ianks . E , Moxgas , AfJ ) . Baih . —We have received his letter , but he must excuse our publishing it . We intend noi to give that person any possibility of hereafter complaining thai we publish misrepresentations of his acts . ils . G . J . H asset , Hartshead , Sheffield , Newsagent offers to receive contributions towards aiding Mr . Holyo&ke , ( who has been committed for trial on a charge of Blasphemy , J in his trial which takes place en the 29 ii inst . He will notify 5 ^ in the Star any sums fie may receive for this

      purpose . East axd North Eidisg . —Edward Burley wishes to inform the Chartists of the East and North Riaings , 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 . Bairstoic ^ 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 Riding district , until Monday the 27 th of the present month , when he will be in Leeds .

      } UT . Morlisg and Job fceoTT , are both very angry with Mr . Allen , of Brighton , for his letter in last week's Star . They both put into Mr . Allen ' s mouth assertions which are not contained in his litter at all , and they found their animadversions upon those statements of their oirn . They compain of the Star ' s being made a vehicle for personal abuse and misrepresentation , and at the same time send letters to it filled icith nothing but persgna ! abuse and misrepresentation . They will noi . of aurse , be surprised lofind their letters iminserted .

      W . E- Birmingham . —We have letter employment for our tvme than io answer silly questions for the deciding of wagers . WiL . Dixo : i , of Manchester , wiH not hold himself responsible for any disappointments that may occur by parties announcing his attendance as a lecturer through the Star or otherwise , not having previously obtained his corisent , although he is ever desirous of obliging hU friends to the best of his ability , and of promoting the cause of Charthm , when A ? can do so vriihout infringing upon his other duties . Abraham North . —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 avoid .

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      Stasxisglkt . —One Shilling . Jaxes A-RiHua . —Cannot say exactly , but suppose before Ute month is out . Johs W £ st , Lewes . —Send an order and cash io this office for all plates wanted , say at same time the cheapest mode of conveyance , and the order shall be attended to . Wjl Cook . —On ' y Past-office orders need to be made payable to John Ardtxl . J . Thoestos , Halifax . —Fes . FOB THE DISTRESSED STOCKPORT SPINS ESS . £ a . d . Prom Wzb . Clark , Edgeirsre-road , London 1 o

      TOS . TH 2 EXECCTITZ . From Joseph 3 Jorgan , grocer , i , Crrarcb-st . DrptfuTd , being proceeds Irom eoo < j 3 PURCHASED cf Mm El THS CHAKTISTS . ... ... 6 2 POa MRS . FROST , HES . TVILLIAMS , AND MRS . JONES From L ^ ith , being amount collected at the Dcmoitstration on Leith Links , on Sundr . r list , June 5 th , per J . Pergusoa , Jim . ... ... 12 6 POR HS .. HISDES , OF SHOREHAM . Froa tLe N . C . A . Newark , perT . Simnitt 5 0

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      WARW 1 CE , —An open air pnblic meeting was held h-re . on the Yine Bowling Green , to petition agains : the New Poor L . 3 W , and to the dismay " of many Whits who got « p the meeting , the Chairman called on Mr . Donaldson , & Cbarrist , to read ; the petition , who did so , but previously begged to stare that the p-tition was for a total repeal of that atrocious Act , which was icfiicted upon the country daring the lute Whig adminis ration . He ( Mr . D . ) knew fail well h was ntter folly to expect that the present House of Commons would listen to the prayer of this petition any more than to that of the three and a half millions of Chartists . No ; but there was another lef son to be learned , and which hefoend many around him warned to be taught ,

      namely , ihat until we had a total organic change in tie national legislation system we never can expect either justice to the people or pro ? psrity to the COtt&try . The People ' s Charter alone contained those principles of troth and even-handed justice which would accomplish that object . Mr . 1 ) . here fully explained those principle ? , and concluded by observing , the Tories are now in power , and be it KlQembeTed they decried the Poor Law Act when oat of office , and stigmatized ti . e abeitors of it publicly ; though it i 3 well known their leader * assisted in concocting U . However , now is the time

      ' or the people to mark the perfidy and moral turpitude of both factions when the plunder of the poor *» = to be perpetuated ! Now is the time for the Pwpie to judge of the value of the Charterr _ as a meaas to put an end to the cruci&xion of the poor Mireen the two thieves . He proposed the adoption of tMs petition merely as a means of instruction to tee people . Mr . S . L . Price seconded the Adoption of the petition in a very able and talented speech . * B . d read numerous extracts from newspapers and Acts of Parliament . The speakers were listened to ^ ith _ the greatest respect and attt-ntion , and the petition was adopted unanimously .

      WoLT . ERHAXPio : f . —A glorious meeting was held in "Wolv-erhanipton , on Wednesday evening , several thousands attended . Mr . Cor > k , of Dudley , Mr . Masfln . iir . Linney , and Mr . M- ^ jj . headed a proeessioa , and traversed the priuc . pai streets . The meefeias was held in the Old G j . rd ^ cs . a large space of ground in the subarbs of the turfn . A giezi Buaber of members were enrolled .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF THE hORTHERN STAR . Sia , —I beg to call the 6 tt ? ntion of the Nationa l Ctirier Auocution to the * ' Address to the Inhabitants of i ^ th , " in Ko . 21 , of the Nalu # < al Vindicator , April 2 nd , 3 842 . A Eath GHASIIsT .

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      LANDLORDISM IN HEATH . Oar Nayan Correspondent informs us that oa S a - turday , the 28 th May , twenty-four individuals were cast on- , from their wretched cabins , at Alexandriade , near Navan , by their landlord , Mr . Arthur M . Kenna , of Dublin , who is said , to bo a liberal in politics . The crimes of the unfortunate wretches thrown upon the world is comprised , according to our correspondent , in the fact , that their miserable cabins were considered an eye-sore upon the lands . The following is a list of the persons ejected : — Widow Cochlan , an enfeebled old woman 1 "Widow Sully , and three children 4 John Cochlan , 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 Thomas Grant , and wife 0 Thomas Grant , senr ., upwards of 80 yrs . of age 1

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

      to their purpose . Many persons have goae 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 more 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 havo rights , they hare also duties to perform . —Droghcda Argus .

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      HOUSE OF LORDS—Tuesday , Jcns 7 . Lord Kisicaird inquired to whom the distribution e the subscriptions were to be entrusted , whicb ¦ were collected and collecting in consequence of the Queen's letter ? The Date of Wellington replied , that the subscriptiens were to be distributed by the Committee for the Relief ' of Manufacturing Distress , which has been in existence sines 1 & 25 . The money already subscribed by tfie Queen and the members of t&e Government had been handed to the committee , who had also furnished the funds -which had been sent , down to Bwnley . The Earl of Kads or mored for a return of all sums advanced fey Government for the relief of distress since 1826 , and made some remarks on the impolicy of the Government advancing money without the control of Parliament . . Lord- Moxteagle explained the courae which bad been adopted on former occasions by the Government .

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      HOUSE OF COMMONS , Tuesday , June 7 . WOMEJf AND CHILDREN IN MIXES 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 Ashlet , pursuant to notice , proceeded to move for leave to bring in a bill for introducing certain regulations as to the age and sex of persons admitted to -work in mines and colleriea . His Lordship observed that he was sure it would not fee deemed presumptuous in him , when he said , that in bringing this matter before the House , he felt certain of obtaining the attention of the House—( hear ) . The novelty of this suhjact , its magnitude , the deep and solemn interest which it excited throughout the country , and the consideration of its vital influence on the welfare of so larpea portion et out countrymen were circumstances of themselves

      sufficient t » obtain for this matter' the attention of every gentleman present . Ho might add this much as 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 imprssible for any man , whatever his station , who had a heart in his bosom , to read the details of this awful document without a combined feeling of shame , terror , and indignation . ( Hear , hear . ) He weald dwell on the e 7 il itself , rather than en 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 he felt § nre that when once an effectual remedy had been applied , there would take place snch a revival of good feeling between master and man—between the wealth and want—between tha rulers and the raled

      as would conduce to th& restoration of social harmony and happiness , 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 House the extensive and important character of the information that would be der . ved from the inquiry , and his expectation oa this head had been amply fulfilled . Orher reports to coma would develops more fully the whale length and breadth of our perilous position , but ha might say ex pede Ht > cn ! em ; the present report showed the social and physical miseries which were engendered by the present system , and the inevitable deterioration of the British race . ( Hear , hear , hear , bear . i It exhibited a very important feature cf our national condition , moral , social , and religious . He was aware that it might be said that vice was not a thing of to-day , that danger vas no new thing to this country ; but the vice , the horrors , which this

      report exhibited , and the consequent dasher to our social condition , were of the most aJanaing character The danger in this case was not to be considered comparatively ; it came before them in an absolute form . Our fjrefathers had to deal with thousands , we with millions . Parliament must apply itself boldlyi faithfully , and immediately to the evil , or it would grow to so enormous a height as to be insuperable by any efforts whatever , whether of genius or power . He would now proceed to the statements he had drawn tegether from the report , to show the condition of the working people in-the mines and collieries of the United Kingdom ; and to point out what he thought might afford an amelioration of that condition . In doing this it would be necessary for him to detain the House by long , and , perhaps , somewaat wearying details ; but he was sure the importance cf tb . B subjsct would be admitted as his justification . He thought the House would agree with him that it was better the case should be stated in the

      form of evidence , rather than that it should be made out by any attempt at declamation—( hear , hear ) . His Lordship then went into a lengthened txhibition of the horrible and revolting statements of facts made by the Commissioners and the witnesses before them ; many of which we have already published from the evidence . After which he continued : —Strong as some of these statements were , the commissioners , had not by any mearta told the worst of tho story . They could not commit to print for general circulation all that they knew , or all that could be kno ^ n . It did isot require a very vigorous imaginv tion , after hearing what tad be * n made public , to conceive that a state oi things existed not only disgraceful , but injurious to the country . To remove , or ev ; n to

      mitigate thtse evils , required the vigorous and immediate interposition of the legislature . Sncli an interposition was loudly demanded by tbe public virtue , tba public honour , the public character , and he rejoiced to say , the- public sympathies . Never s : nce the first disclosures of the horrors of the slave trade bad there been a ttronger or watmer feeling than hud been excited on this su > j ;> ct throughout the length acd breadth of tbe land—{ hn&r , hear . ) Some legislative interposition was needed by those well-intentioned and honest proprietors of mines who were anxious to introduce ameliorauons among their own workmen , but who , from Ioesj ta : a ' r > lifihed prfjulices , found themselves anaMs to do it . There were many gentlemen of this description ; and he was quits certain , from whit be heard , from

      lttltra and from private communieations , that these persona weui-1 hail the present bill ¦ with alacrity au . l pleasure . He proposed by his bill to cut off the principal sources of the present evils . No doubt much would be left for fature legislation , but some of those evils were so monstrous that they would admit cf no delay . 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 , tli « j , be would propose the total exclusion of al ! ftrniales from the mines and collieries of this country . He thought that etaj principle of religion and every feeling of human nature called for this . He knew of no argument which could be urged against it , except that which was founded on the purest and most

      complete selfishness . He believed tost very few had any real interest in keeping up this practice , but there were some interested parties who wish to keep females still in the pits , anfl he would like tbe House and the country to know the motives of those who desired to continue this shameful aud intolerable system . The followiEg appeared from the evidence of the working people themselves : —" Girla aud women never get coals , and always remain drawers , and are considered to bs t-qual to ha'f a man . " "Prefers women to boys ( says " aDt-ther collier ) , they are better to manage , and they never . get to be coal getters ; that is anether good thing . - In the east of Scotland girls are universally s <; t at an earlier age than boys to their peculiar labour , from a notion that girls sxe more acute and capable of making themselves useful at an earlier age than boys . The temptation to employ women arises from their

      wa ^ es being lower thaa that of males . The underlooker at- Mr . 'Woodley ' a states ' one reason why women are used so frequently in the coal pits i « , that a girl of twenty will -work lor two shillings a-day , or less , and a man of tSat a ; & -would "want three shillings and sixpence . It mskes little diS \ reuc& to tbe cottl mp ^ ter , he pays ihe same whoever docs the ¦ work ; some would say he got his coal cheaper , but I am nut of that opinion ; the only difference is toat the e-liitr can speed Is . to Is . 8 J . more at tho alehouse . When aiad gets to be half , " he is all for gct-ticg coal , tut & lass never txp 3 Cts to be a coal getter , and that teeps her stes-iy to her work . " iet the House louk :-i the ciischiefs which resulted from the tmplojment of women . It was anything but an L £ _ - ! : ais 5 taI arrangement . " Elspee u > d Thompson can Eay , to say own cart , that thj bairss are much neg-

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      lected when both parents work below , for neighbours , if they keep the children , require as much as womun sometimes earn , and neglect them . " M . T . Sadler , Esq ., Bamsley-. "I strongly disapprove of females being in pit 3 ; the female character is totally destroyed by i % ; their habits and feelings are altogether different ; they can neither discharge the duties of wives nor mothers . I see the greatest difference in the houses of those colliers whose ¦ wives 60 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 aud necessary knowledge ; the wives are so little capable of rendeiing a home comfortable , that the husband is constantly

      driven to the alehonse , where arises all the evils of drunkenness to themselves and their families : from this source a fearful deterioration of the moral and physical condition of out 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 from 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 honester mas could be found in the kingdom . Mr . Wright said , " Four years ago I superintended Mr . Yaumy ' s mines ; females an J young children were excluded . A vast change in the comfort and condition of the colliers who avaiied themselves of

      the naw regulations . Some families left at the period , being desirous to avail themselves of the labour of their female children , many of whom have returned , and the colliers are much more regular than heretofore . "' This was confirmed hy the evidence of Thomas Hycd , coal-hewer in 31 r . Dtwdas ' s pits , who said , " When Mr . Maston first issued tha order , many men and families left , but many have returned , for they find now the roads are improved , aud the out-put not limited ; they can earn as much moDey , and get homes ; many of the females are gone to service and prefer it . '' There was some further evidence from Mr . Wright , which showed the brutalised state of feeling which nad been created by the employment of women . Mr . Wright said : " I feel confident

      that the exclusion of females will advantage the collier iu a physical point of view ; " for what reason did the House think ? He 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 mero beasts of burden . " It was , indeed , time to remove this monstrous blot from the face of the country . Mr . Wright continued : '' This will force the alteration of the economy of the mines j 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 their own interest in regularly employing themselves . " All this was confirmed by the statements

      of an Honourable Friend of his , Mr . Hutton , of Button , who had been in the possession of pits for five-andtweoty years , and had B&ver suffered females or childr « n of tender years to enter them . The consequence wa that the population around those pits was in a state of greater comfort , and distinguished by a better morality than the people of other collieries . Mr . Maxton , of 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 wa ; e at a respectable service , '' Mr . Maxton , of Armiston , again : " Women ought to be entirely disused under ground , and no boys ought to be

      permitted to go below under twelve years of age . These have been the rules in this colliery for some time past , and already the good effects are being felt . The houses of the workmen are clean and comfortable ; the children are well looked after by their mothers ; the young women ata going out to service ; and the whole work-people have a better moral aspect Colliers prior to our regulations migrated in proportion to one-fonrtb , now not one tenth . " Mr . Jamea Wright , manager to the Dake of . Bu , ccl 8 UCB : — " Since young children and females have been excluded from his Grace ' s mines , we have never had occasion to increase the price of coal . " The ntxt 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 ihe greatest

      difficulty . The House would allow him to state why he fixed upon the age of thirteen for exclusion . The Factory Aci prohibited the full labour , a labour of twelve hours a-day , for any one under thirteen years of age , In cotton and woollen manufacturing districts there vere 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 Baid that an unfair distinction was made between these different departments of industry . He fe ! t extremely anxious to piace them all upon a level , and he hoped that one effect of his bill would be , that children would be drawn away in sufficient cumbers from the coal pits to allow tw » different sets to be engaged at b ' ix hours a-day , who would piefer four

      hours each in the cstton and woollen factories . The evidence went to shew that fourteen years of age ought to be the minimum age for working iu the collieries , aud his ( Lord Ashley ' s ) own feelings wonld lead him to adopt that age ; but as thirteen bad been fixed by the Faotory Act , he was content to take the same for the present Bill . It would readily ba seen that children , under thirteen , must be wholly 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 subt « r » ranean inspection was altogether impossible —( hear , heari—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 collier would be improved , at ths present moment , he ( Lord Ashley ) wcu ' . d not like to be the inspector for the purpose of enforcing regulations distasteful to the nriners . Those people had a morality and policy of their own . " Gases have occurred , '' says Dr . Mitchell , " where diabolical characters have deranged the gear during the night .... and , inconsequence , the first party descending has been dashed to pieces . Persons , " says the sub-Commissioner , " who have done actions not very heinous , have been kn = swn to take Ehelter in the mines ; and there are few constables that would willingly go down after them . " One of the dangers of employing young chUdren in

      the mines vcnld appear from the following extract : — " With all the precautions , explosions take place , and more than one hundred peop ' . p 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 singlo 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 doors , for twelve hours consecutively , in sslitudo , siltnee , and darkness . " There was abundant evidence to show that children in the mines were wholly at the mtrcy of the miners . Children are left , in many instances , altogether to butties or

      overlookers , " who are invested with power to bargain far , dismiss , and use the children as they please . With very few exceptions , the proprietors and their agents take no charge whatever of the children , and neither know nor care how they are treated . " The evidence showed in the strongest manner that the children dare not complain , or even tellof ill-u ? ae ; e . With respsct to the use of punishments . " Puuisbments , " remarks the eub-eommissioncr , " are said , in parts of the West Biding , never to be allowed ; but 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 nature of the employment , " siya another , " and the difficulty of superintendence ,

      cases of puaishment and cruelty sometimis happen , whieh never reach the tars of the employers . " In reference to the age at which children should be suffered to work in mines , Mr . John Thompson , mining oversman , said— : ' Coal work is at test of an o ' er sair kind , anil few lads can acquire the knowledge of heaving , ' or have good strength to ' , " till fourteen years of age . Colliers frequently exhaust themselves and children ; if regular , they would not need the assistance of such quantities of infant labour . " It appeared that colhers who overworked their children , frequently worked only eight or nine days in the fortnight themsulves . The reniainaer of their time they devoted to drinking , gambling , cock-fi ^ bting . If they were prevented from taking

      their children down intd the pits , they would find out some better way of attaining their end . The next important provision in his bill would be , that no one should ba employed es engineer but males of twentyone years of age . The whole subject of acciJenta 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 had been applied . The matter , however , must be looked into , or many more lives would be sacrificed . The accidents which occur isays the sub-commissioner in the mining district of South Staffordshire ) are numerous ; and to judge from the conversation which one constantly hears , we inicht consider the whole popula ion as engaged in a campaign . The risk is constant and imminent . It is a life ( says a collier ) of great danger both for man and child ; a CQlller is never safe after he is swung off to be let down the pit . In 1838 , in fifty-five districts of registration , 349 deaths , of which eighty-eight oidy

      wera caused by explosion 01 suffocation , the rest through the unguarded state of the pit's moutb , the badness of the ropes , the mismanagement of tbe drawing engins , and the accumulation of water in the mines . " He wished particularly to draw the attention of the House to the fact that the 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 . Lit the House hear the result of such a practice . The sub-commissioner said : " It is common in Derbyshire , as elsewhere , to employ very young children as eiigineera to 1-t down and draw up the ¦ srork-pi-ople . I n-tve m&t with childr n ocly ten yws old , r . avtng Ibe lives of collie-re 1-ft to their mtray ; and have seen others so inattentive to their uuty , as to let tho corys te drivrn over the juliey , ¦ a nd halt a tan of coals te tbrown down , tb . 3 Kba't Ikon children draw up or let down six at ft time . The

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      accidents were numerous . " Jarucs Wsrreaer a miner ; Tho worst thing that has ever been brought about against the colliers , is in tue mastors employing little bits of lads as engineers ... until a man has come to maturity of age , and to know the value of a man's life , be is not to be trusted with the management of an engine . " This was a perfectly just remark . Mr . 'Wild ; chief constable of Oldham , " whose duty ic is te collcst evidence for the coroner ' s inquests , " said , "it is a general system here to employ mere children to tend these engines , and to stop them at the proper moment , and if they be not stopped , the two or ; three or four , or five persons wound up together , are thrown over the beam down into the pit again . Tliere have been people wound over at Oldham Edge , at Weniatto , at Chamberlane , at Robin Hill , at Oldbottom , and on Fnion Ground here , within the laat Bix or seven years . Does not know a case in 'which children wero not the engineers . Three or four boya were killed in thia way at the |

      Caamberiane colliery , by the momentary neglect of a little boy , who , he thinks , was Only nine years of age ; and who , he heard , had turned away from tke 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 boy , to whom they give five or seven shillings a week , it is so much gained to them upon the wages of a man whom they ought to employ . " The fourth and last principal provision of the bill he was about to introduce referred to asur . ject on which he hoptd the House would entertain as strong a feeling of indignation as he did . He referred to tho system of apprenticeship , and he did not believe a more ^ monstrous abuse was ever brought under the notice of a deliberative assembly . Tho districts in which the syBteih of apprenticeship is most common are South Staffordshire , Yorkshire , Lancashire , West of Scotland . In South Staffordshire , says tho ^ Bub-commissioner , " the number of children

      or youni ? persons as apprentices ia 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 children , that there are scarcely any boys in the union workhouses . Thesa 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 yeirs complete . " "There are , probably , " says Mr . William Grove , " three hundred apprentices belonging to the collieries in this town of BilstoD . One . man has now five in his houso . " : Nothing worse than the results of this system could be found in tue history of West India slavery . " Many of the calliers , " says the sub-commissioner , « take two or three at a time , supporting themselves and families out of their

      labour . As soon as either of them is old enough he is made a getter , aud 1 b then worth from 10 a . to 15 s . a week . At tie agei . cf fourteen , tho- apprentice works side by aide with other lads whe are getting 14 s . a week ( he himself getting nothing ); at seventeen or eighteen side by side with freeraenj who may go wherever they pleaso , and are earning 20 s . or 25 s . ' " The orphan , " says the sub-commissioner , " whom necessity has driven into a Workhouse , is 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 , " there is nothing whatever ia the eoal-mina to learn beyond a little dexterity , readily acquired by short practice ; even in mines of Cornwall , where much skill and

      judgment are required , there are . no apprentices . '' See the treatment to which those poor wretches were subject Being paupers and f riendlesB , their masters were careless to wbat dangers they exposed them . Mr . Baylis , agent ta Mr . Lousdale , said , " The men will send a boy where they do not go themselves , and some have their limba broken , and others lose their \ ivea . Some parishes will not let tho butties have their pauper children . Butties get apprentices , and send their own children to learn other trades . The apprentices havo not . 1 holiday , if there be one , or means of employing them . It ia the apprentices who are sent to mind the steam-engine and pump up Water pn Sundays . It is the apprentices who on that day clean the boilers . " This was the statement of Joseph Ellison , a master

      manufacturer in the West Riding of Yorkshire . — " When the colliers are in need of hurriera , they apply to the poor-law guardiuns of pauper children . I have bean , " says he , " a guardian myself , and know it to be the fact . They cannot get them elsewhere , on account of the . labour and treatment hurriars experience . " Afttr citing several cases of barbarous treatment of apprentices , his Lordship conCinued : —But why should these poor beings be thus treated ? They had committed no crime ; or if they had , he knew of up crime that should be bo dreadfully , so severely punished . ( Cheers . ) He had , but a 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 withia ita walls . He did not object to this , but thero were preparations made for ventilation , ( or warmth , for an abundance of light , for amusement , for occupation , for the taking of exercise ; and even for those doomed to solitary confinement the means were provided that , fourteen times la the day , they should have the opportunity of seeing a human being , and of hearing a huumn voica—and yet , when all this was done for criminals , they found these poor , children sent down into the earth , to be thus treated , thus tortared— -why ? Because they were orphans . ( Hear , hear , hear . ) They moreover inflicted upon these children another curse . It was tho unavoidable curse of ignorance : for ignorant they must be from their tenderest years , until the day they

      emerged from the mines in their one and twentieth year . Until then they were not allo * ed to know their duty either to God or man ( hoar . ) He was sure that the House must agree with him , if it were anxious to maintain the New Poor Law , and he did not then say whether it was wise or whether it was unwise to do so ; but surely it woul < -Vbe but wise to allow .-a , relaxation where it was possible ( hear , hear . ) In this case it was possible—in this case it was most necessary , and there ^ fore it wa . 3 taat he proposed not only that such apprenticeships should be abolished for the future , but also that every indenture that now existed should be cancell « d ( cheers , ) and thus the House ¦ would let the oppressed go free ( cheer ? . ) He would detain the House but a few minutes longer . He felt that he had

      trespassed much upon their time ; but they would , be was sure , forgive him when they knew how long he had laboured upon these matters , nod how constantly he had struggled to attain some bunefidul end to his toil ( hear , hear . ) They had now sten , from what he had detailed , how needless and how mischievous was the employment of women in such an occupation—how injurious to themselves and their families . They had seen alike how needless , and how mischievous , and how ruinous it waa to drive children into those mines , and to anticipate the efforts of that strength which should be reserved for the advantage nnd the defeuce of a future generation . They found , too , that all tha cvidepce went to prove , that a very little experience , and a very little care , might remove or obliterate a large portion of the mischief that waa now unnecessarily inflicted . There was no employment

      necessary to mankind that was deadly in ita effects upon the human frame , except through tLe neglect of mankind . Now , in Uking the liberty of occupying the attention of the Houaa ,: he wished niErely to shew that this was no desultory movement on his part . He was proposing a plaa which ho had conceived , whethbr wisely or unwisely , with the intention of ameliorating the condition of the working classe 3 . That condition was in many , ; reapectB bo bail , that there was evidently required a chun ^ o of somts kind . It bad long been ob ? ious to him , thnt inordinate toil was imposed upon © n 9 portion , arid a total disemploymeut of the physical energies of another portion , While the moral energies of both the ono aud the other were allowed to fall into neglect . Itwasrigjit , h « considered , under such circumstances , to interfere en behalf of the children , to shorten thfrir hours of labour , : and by that means to call Into work thosa who weira

      uusmployed , and relieving thus all who were too much employed . This had been done by him ,, when he limited the houra of labour ; but ho had never endeavoured to legislate with regard to adu'lt % nor to intorftro bstween master and man on the subject of wages-Shear , hear . ) Ho had lab-iurdd to bring the young paople within the reach c \ f a moral and religious education ; knowing full well that they were the seed of future generations of citieaus , and that in th « progress of things and of opinions , they could neither with safety nor with hope calculate , that with inch an eduraition , they would become that which be hoped it would please G"jd they might , a wise and an understanding generation . They mi g ht know ; what was the extent of their territory , and what the niiniber of

      nations that they governed . Financial calculations , too , might tell thtm what were their gains , and what the losses to the national treasury ; but the diffiiulty was , to ascertain what were the moral st > itistica ofj a kingrtora . He knew thai many people jutigtid of these by criminal returns , and thought that they exhibited the condition of the people . He . on the other hand , belisvcrt such returns 1 "to be mast fallacious ; because he ' firmly believed that a country wight be in a most fearful and perilous condition , and yet it could be shown that What contributed most to snch peril never appeared before a magistrate , or infringed the law . ( Hear , hear . ) He had a very remarkable document which bore upon this point . It was the report of the police at Manchester , made up to tbe end of the year—to Dumber , 1841 . It Was a document drawn up with very great care , and exhibittd some most important facts . He quoted it merely to

      show how right a judgment could be formed of the state of a population , and of its morality , from the gaol returns . The number of persons taken into custody by tbe Manehsster police during the ytar , ending the 31 st of December , 1841 , 'was 13345 , and of these there were discharged by the magisUates at once , and without the infliction of any punishment , 10 , $ 08 ; but , surely . it would be most unwise to infer , that ou . % of the 13 , 000 charged , there had been dismissed ; on account or tbelr complete innocence , 10000 . Of . these were under twenty years of uj ; e nbfc less than 3 , 069 , Of the 13 , 346 , there were 6 . 971 . ' who' could neither read nor writs ; while those who enjoyed the advantages of superior instruction , and how slight that nvght be in the estimation of a police office could be easi ' . y Burmieed , ihore were but 220 . ( Hear , hear . ) Let thsrn , he said , now look to the situation of the town , and the moral condition of the population .

      They would see now f hit there were facts to be found relative to it , wbioh never appeared in tbe police couits , and atver Wire investigated by a jud ^ e * Vba following wao the return U wfeswd . ¦ to i—v ,

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      RETURN FOR 184 , 1 . No . of pawnbrokers in borough of Manchester ... 129 Ditto of beerhouses . i . '' .... ' , ... ... ... 769 Ditto of public-houses ... .. ... ... 498 Ditto of brothels ... ... . 309 Brothels lately suppressed ... ... ... ... Ill Brpthela where prostitutes are fcept ... ... if 3 Houses of ill-fame where prostitutea resort ' „ ¦ ,. 223 Street-walkers in borough ... .. » ... ... 768 Thieves known to reside in , who do nothing but ¦

      ¦/ . ' steal ¦ , ¦; . .:,... ¦ . ...- .., . . _ ... .., 212 Persons following some legal occupation , but who Are known to have committed felony , and augment their gains 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-hou 3 es where the sexes indiscriminately

      sleep together ... ... ... ... ... 109 There Was next the return from Durham gaol , and it appeared by it , that there were connned in it from the year ending Saptember , 1840 , 141 pitmen ; and of these Bi-xty-fo ' uT were imprisoned for ' breaking some condition of the bond . " This as 8 ured ! y afforded no perfect picture of the state of society . Much more of it co . uld be learned from tlie ovideuca of- 'Mrs . Goodger , the miatresa of an infant school , who said , that " when she first came , oaths were exceedingly common in the mouths of girls tf five and seven . Tiiey did not scruple to call her the most opprobrioua names that could be imagined . " " Thinks the bad language ihi ^ ht be checked by the parents , who , instead of doing this , frtquenly abuse her for punishing the children . " Ha hoped taut

      he was not talking dogmatically ; bat , conversant as . he was with the working classes , and he thought fee might aay , knowing as he did , the feoliuga they eutertained , and the motives that influenced th 6 m , he csusuiered himself bound to warn them , that he feared an outbreak , as serious it would La dreadful , unless by their measures they speedily anticipated it , and that such ah outbreak would destroy the body social of these realma-Tiheaf ); and then if some day should arrive , when there might bo a necessity for some uncommon energy , when thero might come the demand for the exertion of all their moral energies as patriots , the . y would find that . patriotism had disappeared , because the fatal disorder'which , waa now fast spreading would be found to have reached the very vitaU of the

      community— ( bear ) . The measure that he now proposed ne regarded a 3 an indispensable preliminary to measures necessary to be adopted ; for it was a mockery in them to send down persons to investigate , into evils , if they Were not prepared to apply a remedy to them . He ventured to makotbia attempt , and he thought that every day it was postponed was an irreparable loss ; sure he was , that the people of this land were the most easily governed of any on the earth , Their conduct under the present prevailing Bufferings Bum ^ iently proves this . It was then most necessity that the minister of the Crown , whoever he might be , would see the necessity of Winning the confidence by appealing to the hearts of the people , and doing so ho mitht hold with his little finger the rfein 3

      of this empire— ( cheers ) . Ho had bat one word more to add . Those sufferings on the part of women were altogether unnecessary to property . If it could 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 , raiuing oversman in the Aritiston Colliery . He said , " I have been twenty years in the works ef Robert Dundas , Esq . Women and lassies were brought below , when Mr . Alexander Moxton , our manager , issued anordirto exslude them . Women always did the heavy part of the work , and neither they nor the children were treated like 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 , in a posture nearly double- They are below till the last honr of pregnancy . They have swelled haunches and ankles , and are prematurely brought to the grave , or , Whai is Worse , a lingering existence "—( bear , hear . ) Surely he had said enough to shew that they were authorised , as an assembly of men—not to say , of Chriatians , tu put an end to this state of things . They had givon 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 and many a

      bruised heart They might free women from their slavery , and they might permit the young to invigo-» ato their frames for future labour , while they gave theni the opportunity of acquiring the knowledge and the practice of viitue , morality , and religion . It was for this end that he proposed to put 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 , " Lst us break off our sins by righteousness , and our iniquities by showing rnerey to the poor , if it may be a lengthening cf our tranquillity . " He moved , amid loud cheers , for leave to bring in a Bill to make regulations respecting tbe age and sex of psrsuoa admitted to work in mines and collieries .

      Mr . Fox Maulk seconded the motion . The question being put , Mr . Hepworth Lajibton remarked , that a < 5 iu the county which he had tho honor to represent there were many collieries , he could not but express his thanks for the part be had takeu on this subject . He thought that it did tho iiobla lord . -infinite credit ( hear , hear . ) it was one of the many proofs which the noble lord had given of his anxiety to protect the poorer classes by means of legislation . It was to his infinite credit that the noble lord had done this , and it might truly be said of him , that he had deserved well of his country ( hear , hear . ) It was with no small pleasure and gratification that he was able to say that in the county which he represented .

      where there were bo many collieries— -aud he might say the same with the county of Northumberlandthat in the counties of Durham and Northumberland no * ematc had ever been employed in their collieries ( hear , hear . ) He hoped and trusted thai fact would go before the public , because , while he was anxious that ii should fa'l , and justly fall , upon the parties guilty of the practice , ho was equally anxiou 3 that no portion of the blame Bhould attach to the counties of Durham arid Northumberland ( heir , hear . ) He thought he could , without any hesitation , assert , with regard to Durham and Northumberland , that the colliery owners and their agents wero kind , and even generous , to the colliery population under thtm . Thove the wages of the . colliery population were to in

      excellent ^ -and superior what they wero most other parts of tho kingdom . The owners provided at an enormoss expense for the welfare , health , aud safety of the whole of their colliery population . Among the many charges that had been made , and that were properly calculated to excita fuelings of indignation in that house , the counties of Durham and Northumberland were particularly free . Thy had in these counties no girh chainedy they had bo children . attached to tha care of engines , they had'no one acting contrary to law , and flying to " pits wherein tho constable would be afraid to follow-thorn . In Larabton colliery , they had a schoolmaster , carefully selected , hav i ng forty pounds a-ycar , whh a . house

      aiid fuel . The school was well attended , and ho himself had taken care that the best and raott improved method of iustructiyu should bo introduced . This was ' . not > solitary instance , for he was liappy to say that there was not a single colliery ^ established in which they had not a school carefully attended to , and no expense or trouble to make thom perfect . It was , in' his opinion , the hounden duty oi" ^ every col - liery owner to establish schools . It was a duty that they owed to God and thttir ooantry to establish thein . If it were alone to seoure education to the young in these places , he should support the plan of legislation proposed by tho noble lord . Lord F . Egerton and Mr . Hume both spoke in support of the measure proposed by the noble lord .

      Sir James Graham said , he felt delighted but not surprised at tho unanimity displayed by the Hcu * o in tha question before them —( cheers ) . Hevvaasuri ; that ho expressed the opinions of the House wnen ho said , that their feelings must be bad , or their reason perverted , who were not impressed with the force of the argunjents , tho emgle-mindedness o ? purpose , and above all , the tendetaesa of hf art , which characterised the speech of the Noble Lord —( cheers ) . Ha never listened to aay statement more clearly convincing in itself , or which , to hie miud , was more expressive of that which he knew before , l ) ut never felt so forcibly as npVv—the amiable character ; of the Noble Xord ; who made it—( loud ehoers" ) . He congratulated him upon the resun ct

      his effortSj and the general approbation with wiiich the House had rewarded his sacrifices and exeii . ii . n 3 in the cause of humanity . He believed that , with respect to the four principal points which it was the object of the Biil . ' pf his Noble Friend to achieve , no difference would exist between them ; It would be impossible to deuy that the time had come when they should extend by law to the workers in coal mines those regulations which subsisted in the mines of Cornwall . It was necessary that , without reference to age , females should 1100 be employed in underground labour— ( hear , hear ) . What had been stated with reference to this species of employment was degrading to the country . It was an e . mployment which , if persevered in , would invoke a great moral retrjbdtioa—which would hava a most preju * dioiaiefFect on the manly bearing of the people , and be attended with great ultimata degradation and

      1038 of national character . The next point was withy regard to the exclusion of boys under a certain age from working in the mracs . Then thej had the example of therCoruMv tsin . es . ' It was stated that in those mine 3 , and iiidoed in all minea csaept boal mines , boys under twelve years of age were not employed . His Jtoble Friend proposed the ago of thirteeu as the limit , and ho had assigned reasons for that proposition . He did not wish to enter upon the disoussion of these reasons at present . Some of them did not appear to be quite satisfactory ; eaten : the part of her Majesty ' s GovRrnmont he would eive hii full assent to the introduction of a Bill embracing the pviuciplo ot soma Hmuation of age . Whac peculiar 'limit'it would bo advisable to adopt he vva ? n 2 fc prepared at that moratnttosusjgest . He agraid with Jhs HoaovffaWtt Gentlew' ^ tU « Mcmlter for tb §

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      county of Darham , that ths . caildr en required to be protected , not eo much tVom the selfishnesslof ' -th © coal-owiier ? , as the cupidity of tneir own parents ; and although in general he would siroatnaasly contend that the principle should be : held sacred , oC non-interference with parental control : yet iu the oircurfi 3 tarices of the case s t present before their notioa ho felt that that conlrol should be more or less restricted , and that the intervention of tho Legislature was iudispensable . Ho 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 the iaipQsitioa of some limit upon the age of those employed as engineers , he cor > dially concurred . These persons wore oft ^ n placed at tho

      top of the pit , regulating the motions of tbe engino-wbich drew ud the workmen and the coal from the bottom of the pit , and it was most important that such a grave duty should not be deyolved upon mere b <> y 8 . The last poii . t in the proposed bill of hia Noble Friend reterred to the binding as appranuaes of parish children * and there also he agreed with him that , pauper children should not be indiscriminately bound . ¦ Under the regulations of the Poor-law commission , which he had had the honour of proposing the continuance of to the House , he had imposed great restrictions upon the binding of parish apprenticcp . He was aware , however , thac these restrictions were ioiperft ct , and , iu another clause which he had proposed to the Houeo , he had made provision for vesting in the commission a power of restricting the Board of ; Guarcians with respect to the trades to . which pari .-h children wore to be bound . Hi quite assented aa to the propriety

      of legislaUDg upon the subject , and thougbs that children should not be bound apprentices ia the mines . There had been so rriuch abiisti carried on in this respect already—it had beciyso . ciatiiifctly proved that ohildrea of six , seven , and eight years of age had been bound apprentices , and employed for a great length of time in labour beyond their strength —i ; was a question for consideration whether the articles of apprenticeship , passed under the old system ; should bo considered in general to be still binding . With respeci to the whole measure proposed by his'Noble Friend , he thought that they were rnuoh indebted to him for his exertions hi inlrodncing ; it . Ho did not thiuk that there was any one . to whom that duty could be ehtrusto 1 so as tocomma ^ f l mare public confidence —( hear , hear ) ^—and he ,-on the part of Government , could assure his Noble Friend that her M : g " estj ' 3 Government would render him every assistance in carrying on the mea * sure—( cheers ) . : ,

      Mr . Turser was happy that none of the charges they had heard made against so many of-the" mining districts , could be maile against th&t district with which he was connected . He had been astounded at the statements he had heard that night , but he was glad the Noble Lord who had made them , allowed that the Cornish mine proprietora did not employ people for their benefit in the way which he was sorry to hear they had been employed elsewhere . ' .- . '¦"¦ .. '•¦ " ¦•' . \ l" " ''¦¦' .- ' . ' . ¦ ¦;" . ¦¦ ¦" . ; . - ¦ ¦ ¦•' - . : ¦ ¦ ¦ '¦ Mr- Stuart Wortley was sorry that he 6 bnld not express &imilar sentiments to those which he had just heard uttered . The district « ithwhich he was connected , and in which he had passed the greater portion of his life , was one from which the

      commissioners had drawn the accounts of some of the most striking and terrible features in their report . Under these ciroiimstances , he rose to discharge a duty rather satisfaoiorily to him self , than necessary to the present iiiscussiou , and that vfas to pay to the Nobld Lord his tribute of admiration for the course which he had adopted , and to tender to him his grateful thanks , He fully concurred with tha inain object of the Bill proposed to be introduced by his Noble Friend . He felt thai 'he had noi . mide a step beyond the bounds of prudence and discretion in proposing Ms Bill . ¦ Mr . Ward congratulated Lord Ashley pn having performea a highly usefisl and laudable work , which was likely' to produce a most important improvement among a large class of the labouring people .

      Mr . BELL « bore testimony that the mines of Northumberland were free from the grosser abuses . He was grateful to the Noble Lord for these proposals . :. ¦ - . " ¦ . ; ¦ : " - . ¦ ;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . ' .- -. ¦ ' - ¦ . ' "¦ ¦ - ¦ ¦ ¦ ' . - . ¦ . ¦ .. ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ . ¦ •'¦" . ¦ . ¦ Mr . Brotherton added liis tribute , as did also Mr . Pakington . _ Mr . Gibson said a few words about demoralization in the district of Manchester . Sir R . Inglis declared hia gratification at Lord Ashley ' s proposal and reception ^ and Mr . Protheroe concurred , adding an appeal to the House on behalf of thecoHioM in the Foresi of ; Dean . ¦ '¦ -.- ¦¦ ' ¦ ' ; . ' :. ¦ " . " ' ¦ : '¦ ¦ - . ¦; ¦; . ¦ . - ,, ; ' ' :, ' ¦ ' .. ¦ ¦ ¦ . ' ¦ . ¦¦ - ' Lord Ashley rejoiced ( hat the H use of Commons would be seen by their constituetti thus willing toredress a great grievance as eoon * as it was substautiated . " . ¦¦"• ¦' . . .: . > -- ; . Leave was then given to introdOCQ tho Bill .

      WITNESSES- INDEMNITY ' . Bl ^ h .:. - ,- ..-I ^ Ir . Roebuck wished to , pufc !! aquoiti 6 n to the GoTdrnraent reepeoting this : biU ;? whueh . hoiWas eadaavogtring to ^ arrj through the ' . house .- ; lti * 7 as : a mattor ofiimportaiae © in a-consUtutio-nsl pj » ni # * f view J for tho , houBe- would .. re « iollec ^ thiiiat tire pre&eat moment ; thQ ; Avrlc . for N 6 ttinsh&ni ? VB : a 9 ; iiot / to . be issued ,: because ,: this bill ; was in suspense , and' he waated to know whether the Gpyernment would granthirn an opportunity of brJHgin »; it oa ? Tho discussion was not likely to . occupy more time than three quarters of an honr ^ or pern aps only five minutes . ; - He had been waiting in the houso on a previous evening until ; two o'clock in the anorEing , and was then unable to bring the bill forward .

      Lord Stanley ^ in the absence cf his right hon . friend ( Sir R . Feel ) , thought , thai aa the bill was not liUely to create any great discussioM v li . j might undertake to ; BaV , t . hat . the hon . member should hare precedence for ic on . Friday , at five o ' clock . The order of the day was then moved for the house going into committee on tho Customs Acts . ¦)' : A number of clauses of the tariff were disposed of ; and the " breeding "' and " good mariners" of the hohovuables (!) was exhibited in a row—it speoimen 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 " scene" was put augend to by ths chairman reporting progress ; after which . The Slavs . Trado Suppression . ( Hayti ) Bill , the Slave Trade Abolition (• Argcntiae " ' Coafederation ) Bill , and the Slava Trade Treaties Billj aeverally went through committee , . ' . ' . ' *' . .. ! .. . ; . :-. Tho other orders « "f the day having been disposed of , the housd adjourned a 6 halt ' past one o ' clock .

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      THE CAMP MEETING ON GUI 3 ELEY MOOR . In our last we gave notice of a disappointment , through the rion-auendanee cf the parties advertised to be there as speaker . - ' , at a 'JhariL-t Camp-Meetiiig , on the Sunday previous , tt seems that the disappointment originated in a mis-take of cur Correspondent . We have received tho fallowing letters in ' reft ronce thereto : —

      TO THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN SEA . BSir , —The camp meeting announced in your pap 9 r of Saturday , the 28 lh ; ultimo , to be hfcHVonGuis&lyy Moor , was an error ; it should h ; iVe bbta Ciuide Moor . Tha three gentlemen , ¦ whose nanies appeared , attended thernestiug nbove named . : Thd mistake was made by a note that waa left , for me written on . both aides . I copied th&m crT , and was not aware that such a place &a Guide Afooj waa in existence . It had a ! so been preyiousiy talked about holdicg a c ^ nip at Gaifitlcy ; to I tbvu wrot 3 i'c . If blame be attached to any one , it mu « . t fce to me , but I must say it was ; not wilfully done . ' : . . There -appears-- " another , error .-. ia . IasS SstunTay ' s paper . A caiup meetint ; is annouueed , to . take place at Bradford , ' which . should baya JbeA Q'tiseley .. . £ ; may have wrote Bradford instead of Gaisjrfey . . . ' ' - .

      Will you ba kind enough to insert : tUis , and say whether the error be mine . or riot , and yoa wiU greatly obiige , '; - ' : ..- . '¦ ¦¦ \ -:- ' i ' . " . •¦" '¦ . ' !¦ ¦ ' . ' . '"' . ' Sir , yours , & ? . Jo&kph Bitooit .

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      TO THE EDITOR OF XHJE N'ORTIIERy STAJtt . Sir , —It is qaite true that it was auauunced in the Star of Saturday , Mu-j 28 th , tbsfc a ChaEtiat Camp Meeting would : be held on Quiseley Moorj on the Sunday following , and that myself and Messrs . Kitchea and Hammond . ; would address ttie mepting . . With wiiom the fault rests , whether with your ojrreapoude nt , compositor , or whom , I know iiot , but certaia it is , that the whole auuotiricenieut v » a 3 incorrect ; it should have Iwen Qoide Moor , above Aliertou , and hot Quiseley . Besides , my name was iiuusrUjd without my consent . : The » aiuo liberty waa taken , by ganit . body , last ¦ week , and it was . given forth to the worid that I fihould ba in atteaaanea at a Camp Meeting at Biitdon . on 8 an « day last ; to this I was no consenung , party either . Now , Sir ,: I have no objection ta do 'inhat I caalathe good workvbu' -. if ¦ ... parties will take such libartiea in fature , I will not fuel myself at ail responsible for the oeiiseqaunca 3 following disappointment , aad cer « Uinly will not attend , even if Ibe at liberty . . . 1 remain , Sir , ^ Very resBsotfully , '" : . ¦ ¦ ... '¦ - - .:.: ¦ ¦ - . " • . '¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ - . ' . - ¦' ¦ J . ABBAK . Bradford , June 7 tb , 184 a .

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      It is certainly wrong to Stdvertisa parties to attend at certain places without preyiously consulting them , aEd we beg tba . 1 the Star iazia noS be made tho vehiule oi' any ihose such unaathorieed announce ' iuont 3 . The / second , airor aliuded 10 ^ ^ in Mr . Brook ' a lotter , is his cum . ¦ - '' - ¦ ' ¦ . ¦ ' ¦ ' - ¦ ' ¦ ¦ : i- ' :

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  • 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-ncseproduct892/page/5/