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270 THE LEADER. ESattjrday^
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PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION. THE MASTEES' ST...
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A HEARTLESS POETASTER. At the York Assiz...
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PIRACY ON BOARD ENGLISH SHIPS. On Wednes...
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The Burmese War. Despatches From Bombay ...
are compelled to resort to a campaign , w & must wait till the commencement of the dry season in October . . In some quarters an accommodation was not yet con sidered impossible . Lord Dalhousie hoped , that the Burmese might be forced to terms by a strict blockade of their river . ; Such a result is not considered probable , as tho Burmese have always shown themselves to be insensible to all commercial considerations . By the latest
accounts , dated the 25 th of January , the old town of Rangoon had been burnt and razed to the ground by order of the Governor , and its materials employed in erecting stockades , and strengthening the fortifications of the new town , which is situated a mile and a half inland from the old one , and is , consequently , out of the reach of the frigate ' s guns . The trade ofvRaugoon lias always been in the hands of a motley foreign population , who have thus lost much property in unfinished ships , stores of timber , and merchandise .
Large quantities of timber , much of it half burnt , were seen floating down past the British vessels at the mouth of the river , and in some instances it was recognised by parties to whom it had belonged . Fresh claims to compensation have consequently arisen , and , as money is what the Burmese have least ability and inclination to part with , it follows that they have an additional motive t 6 hazard a war . Large numbers of Burmese troops are said to have reached Rangoon from the upper provinces , but food for them was said to be growing scarce .
270 The Leader. Esattjrday^
270 THE LEADER . ESattjrday ^
Progress Of Association. The Mastees' St...
PROGRESS OF ASSOCIATION . THE MASTEES' STEIKJE . A letter having appeared in the Times of Monday , from Mr . Sidney Smith , the Secretary of the Association of Employers of Operative Engineers , which contained a statement to the effect that 9034 men of all branches of the trade , including 1311 labourers , had -signed the master's " declaration , " and gone to work ; the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society of
Engineers sent an answer to the same journal , which appeared on Wednesday . The letter is signed , as usual , by J . Musto , President , and W . Allan , Secretary , on behalf of the Executrse Council , and they maintain that Mr . Sidney Smith has grossly exaggerated the number . They give a list of the London manufactories , with the number of persons working in each of them , at those branches of trade recognised by the Amalgamated Society , which amounts to 366 .
In addition to this number , there are 51 moulders in the whole of the London manufactories . In Manchester there are a less number than in London ; and in Oldham , out of about 600 skilled workmen turned out of employment , there are not more than 20 men who have signed the declaration and taken their places . " Good men , " they add , * ' ¦ will never sign a declaration so subversive of true independence as the ' employers ' declaration is ; and therefore no settlement can take place while it remains a condition for resuming work . " Among the evidences of the confusion introduced
into the Engineer trade by the obstinacy of the masters , is an advertisement in our number for this day , which announces that Mr . W . Barnes , a working Engineer , is doing work " on his own account . Capitalists have immense opportunities in their favour ; but if they persist in teaching the consumer to deal directly with the producer , and teach the workmen to rely on themselves , or to associate their labour , they may find that measures of coercion recoil on those who devise them . Tho agency of the capitalist has its advantages , but bo hus direct dealing . BIRMINGHAM STHIKE . Mb . SonotKPiEJ . n , M . P ., in a lottor , has urged tho propriofcy of an immediate arbitration , and expresses his belief that there would bo no difficulty in finding ^ gentlemen -whoso high honour and general character would bo a . guarantee to all parties for an intelligent and honost deci-Hion . Tho quarrel unquestionably threatens to inflict groat injury upon this branch of trade , so peculiarly identified ¦ with tho name of Birmingham , and it is highly doairablo that it nliould bo terminated . Tho oporativo gunmakers of tho town and neighbourhood havo for maxvjr years eufibrod greatly from tho caprice of tho Board of Ordnance , imd jnoro especially under tho Insfc contract , they were wrptoihodly remunerated for their work * A numerous
mooting of tho gun-stockorn and finishers of Birmingham assembled at tho Odd Fellows-hall to moot tho contractors for tho supply of tho 18 , 000 riflo-muskots required by tho Board of Ordnance ? , with tho viow , if poHeiblo , of Bottling thoir diflbroncon an to prices . A long discutiflion onsuod , in tho course of whioh tho masters undertook , if the mon w ould oxocuto tho work at tho p rices paid for tho last now lino musket , to become liable ior all risk nnd loss consequent upon tho eight and other improvements of tho now rifle , oxcopfc when daniago was dono by nogligonco . After threo hours spent in argument tho pastors rotirod , and eventually tho mon resolved unanimously , " That any deviation from tho . prices which they had given in on January 10 , 1852 , tho samo being sanctioned by tho Board of Ordnance in 1844 , would bo injurious to them as -workmen , and unjust to those masters who accepted their
circular as a pledge that their demands would be neither greater nor smaller , and , upon the faith of which those masters had rendered for the present contracts . They could not , therefore , accede to the proposals now made by the contractors . " It , is ' clear-, after this deterujination that the contractors cannot obtain the execution of the ^ orders in Birmingham without coming to the terms required bj the men . The contractors , it is said , have received the materials from the Tower , and the work must be immediately executed , or the materials returned . The masters , it is understood , deeline on arbitration .
CENTRAL CO-OPEEATITE AGENCY . Weekly Report , March 9 thto March \ U \ 1852 . The Agency transacted business with the following Stores : —Leeds , Ullesthorpe , Booking , Norwich , Halifax , Banbury , Bannockburn , Braintree , Middlesboro ' , Padiham , Selkirk , Burnley , Glasgow , Birmingham , Portsea , Woolwich , Derby , Hawick , & c . & c . We hear that several conferences are about to take place in the provinces ; the attendance of every existing Store at such a meeting as this , through well-qualified delegates , is of great importance , as the great advancement which the Stores have to promote—viz ., the realization of cooperation , as the new organic principle to be introduced in industry , will be completely frustrated if the operation of the Stores are not combined through common centres .
" SOCIALISM IN COUBT . " Vice Chanceixob TixxtxEB , on Saturday , March the 6 tn , heard a case argued which turned on the validity of a clause of the will of Josep h Russell ,- of Shirley-street , near Birmingham , by which he left his executors , William Jackeon and Thomas Aston Jackson , his residuary legatees . The plaintiff , RusaelLby name , and next of kin to the deceased Joseph Russell , declared in the bill which was filed at the commencement of the suit , that this residuary gift was not really made for the be nefit of the defendants , but was a secret trust for the purpose of founding a school to teach the doctrines and principles of socialism . Mr . Speed ,
for the next of kin , read some communications of the deceased Joseph Russell to his solicitor , in directing him to prepare his will in order to prove his desire to found a Socialist school . There was also evidence that he had attended Socialist meetings , and had sometimes acted as chairman . One of the witnesses declared himself well acquainted with the dpctrines of the Socialists , as propounded by Robert Owen ; and that they intended to abolish religion , marriage , lawj police , and government . In corroboration of these statements , the witness produced some of Robert Owen ' s works . Mr . Walker and Mr . Kirkman pursued similar arguments on behalf of other persons interested in setting aside the disposition made by the will . Sir W . Page Wood and Mr . W . M . James , for the Attorney General , claimed the deceased Joseph Russell's personal property for charitable purposes , if the will were set
aside . Mr . Bolt and Mr . White , for the defendants , denied that there was any evidence of a trust for socialism . The testator and the defendants were all members of the Church of England . The late Mr . Russell might havo had some sympathies with Socialism , but what the real meaning of Socialism was certainly did no * appear from the evidence . On the 9 th of March the case was brought to a conclusion , Mr . Speed being heard in reply . The Vice Chancellor was of opinion that the secret trust had been established by tho evidence , and was therefore an attempt to evade tho law of mortmain . He mado the declaration , prayed by the next of kin , as to the gift of his freehold ana leasehold property . As to tho personal property , there must bo an inquiry as to the nature and tendency of Socialism , and a receiver must bo appointed for the present .
A Heartless Poetaster. At The York Assiz...
A HEARTLESS POETASTER . At the York Assizes , on Saturday last , before Mr . Baron Alderson , a-case of breach of promise of marriage was tried , in which tho " base man " conveyed his written promises in rhyme . Miss Lucas , the plaintiff , was described by her counsel as a young lady of groat personal attractions , carrying on a " genteel" business as a milliner , at Lockwood , near Huddcrsfield , and residing with her mother , tho widow of a house painter . William Blakoy , tho dofendant , i » a cloth finisher , at Huddcrsfield , and had been paying hia addressed to
Mi « s Lucas since 1849 . Ho frequently declared that ho was sincerely attached , mid desired " not a slave , but a companion . " Ho asked tho mother ' s consent , who frankly told him that her daughter had no fortuno ; to winch ho replied that ho was not in quest of a fortune , and in proof of it ho declared that ho had frequently declined tho opportunity of marrying young ladicH with largo fortunes , lie continued to pay
attentions until November , 1851 , when he married a Miss LiHter , but did not disclose tho foot till further concealment became impossible , During their intimacy a correspondence had boon carried on between " tho partics . " Tho first lottor which Mr . Blakoy wrote' bears dato thp 15 th Juno , 1849 , and began , — " Dearest Hannah , —You will think I havo forgotten you nltogether , but I do-usHuro you I havo not , for , with tho poet , I can truly exclaim ,
" ' Absence makes tho heart grow fondor . In another lottor , ho wrote , " Never is tho sign of an inn more welcome to a weary traveller , than your
letter , which I received on Sunday last , was to me As I traced its characters I could almost imagine that I heard your sweet voice repeating the words it contained , the sound of which still echoes in my ears like distant music . " This was a specimen of Mr . Blakey's prosaic style but he afterwards found that he could not . rise to tho full height" of his amorous feelings , except upon the wings of poetry . He , therefore , addressed the plaintiff in the acrostic style , the first letter of each line forming , when put together , his own Christian and surname : —• ¦ "When wilfcthou return my love , Innocent as a turtle dove , like tito lambkin , full of play , Lightlyfiskippirig on tho way ; In the groves , where war blers sing All harmonious to the spring , May we join the joyful ring . " Black as winter would all be , Lost and irksome , without thee , AU Confused byj love ' s alarms , Kindest , come into my arms , Ever more I would be thine ; Yes , my love , and only thine . '' After this , Mr . Blakey returned , for a few letters , to prose , but subsequently again made an attempt at the sublime , in verse , and , as in the former case , forming an acrostic of his own name : — " Wilt thou , my dearest , be so kind , In love to ease my tortured mind ? Xest by delays , my reason fly , Love longs its object to enjoy , , In thee is centered all my care , And all my joys , thdu charming fair , Must I be left to black despair ? - " Blest is she , tvhoso beauty fair , Iiinks-with siich charms as virtue rare . All I want is , may I be Kindly loved , fair one , by thee , - ^ Else me ' s a blank , I do declare , Yes , I must love thee , charming fair . " Since her desertion , Miss Lucas had been in delicate health . Mrs . Xmcns , the mother , was the only witness examined , and the letters having been put in and read , Sergeant Wilkins addressed the jury for Mr . Blakey . He admitted that there must be a verdict for the plaintiff , but what were the circumstances ? Why , the defendant , at twenty-two years of age , was proved to have fallen over head and ears in love at the first moment , and he would say to the young ladies in courtnever give heed to young men who express themselves in poetry . The defendant had done wrong , but what had the young lady lost ? For that was the question . She had lost a silly young roan , who , instead of telling her in plain terms that he loved her , broke out hi a rhapsody— " My lady fair , I do declare , Your grace and air Are beyond compare . " Let the jury , then , judge of the extent of the loss she had sustained , and give such damages as twelve honest men ought to give . The jury gave a verdict tor tho plaintiff , damages 45 ? .
Piracy On Board English Ships. On Wednes...
PIRACY ON BOARD ENGLISH SHIPS . On Wednesday advices were received at Lloyd ' s , giving the details of the massacre of the commanders ana portions of the crews pf tho British ships Victory ot London , and Herald of Leith . The Victory ™ the property of Messrs . Cook and Wilson , of Dockhead , Bcrmondscy , a barque of 579 tons burden , and commanded by Mr . William Lennox Mullens , and having Bailed to some Chinese port was then chartered , to con-Dcccmbor d
vey coolies to Callao . On the 6 th of » sailed from Cumsingmoon with three hundred cool u * and a general cargo . On tho afternoon of the lou , between three and four o'clock , tho coolies made a row into the cabin , seized tho ship ' s amis , and the W " then commenced . Mr . Mullens was then walk" g tho poop , and a party of tho coolies at- ° » ° ^"' j secure him . A sailor mined Henry Wutt endcavourca to protect him , but was immediately killed , an body thrown overboard . Mr . Mullens got up mio m ; vnn ,. ?™;»< r w . linine- followed closely by a u >< j
armed with a cutlass , he slipped down one <> f ™ ° ^ Hthystm deck , and was cut to pieces by the imu ^ savages . Tho second mate , James Aran . no , flj 0 cook , Edward Bailey , wore next nmrdercu , ^ ringleaders of tho coolies then , boliovingJliuc uii j ^ overcome nil probable rosiHtiwi ' co , beckoned to j «• ^ liam Fngg , tho chief mate , who had *»* £ »* £ nlld tho forotop-sail-yard , to como down . Ho ma ^ ^ ho was then led to tho wheel , and by signs a ircc ^ Htcer for tho land , on pain of l > oing put to ^/ ' ^ hi disobeyed . After cruising about tho consc m ^ China for somo days , tho coolies ^ " ^ , ' \ o lo » » they thought would bo a convenient place ordered tho ship to bo brought to an wf ** * t of ashore , carrying off with thorn a considerable v
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Leader (1850-1860), March 20, 1852, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/cld_20031852/page/10/
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