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Harden Grange , Jan . 29 , 1848 , Sir . —I enclose you a Cheque for £ 2 towards the expense of defending Mr O Connor s seat in Parliament . I need not inform yoa that I differ gre & tiy from Mr O'Connor in some of his political views ; but if ever a seat in Parliament was obtained by fair and honourable means his was , and as the Reform Bill deprived the working classes of the power of electing more than two hundred members , I should deeply regret to see a member deprived of his « eat , in whom they hare so much confidence . I am , Sir , Your obedient servant , \ Y . B . Ferrand . Mr . Thomas Clark .
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ru ^ J t Wbbt at Lb 1 ! D 8 I-Rbnewal or inu \ f £ « AflI ^ " 0 H- -Mr West opened his mission m the large room of the Bazaar on Sundayerening wSsli . R , u ° 0 l « . and argutnentatire address , which waa well received by an attentive audience , tie coinnienced bj pointing out the necessity for renewed exertion on the part ofthe Chartist bodv to ? Jfffnn 0 iP Ia f- e nut ?^ of ' gaature 6 . to the Great national Petition , which was to be presented to the I ot Commons m May next , aad by expressing a hope that the people of Great Britain would ^ uder emcient support to the champion of their tights , Feargus O'Connor . He alluded to the efforts that were being made by the aristocracy to augment the army and . navy , and stated that no less than two thousand applications had been cade at the Ilorse Guards for officerships in anticipation of the muchdesired increase ; doubtless , this was th « mni „ „ h . I ! ¦ , <
ject lor which so much outcry had been made coneermng oar national defences ; but the " woXg and forth ,, ff ™ no P"P « ty but their labour , ? ffS • t . * ete wa 9 no Protection ; neither bad ^ nL ii i ?&* m ? ' and nnt'l their rights were conceded their cry should still be . — ' No vote , no Belves to be the true Peace Society . Hecommented ^ trte ^ ? ^ ^ ' and the manufacturing distr eta o England , and dwelt on the suffering * the Fhf „ L ? f Ure ( I mb . ewntrios through want of JSn ^ T" " j sar , e 8 of life , whilst tbey wore surlT 5 ! t , J " ? T , « fae thewfore thought tbe proper way to pacify Ireland would be to give them food instead of Coercion . Durinir the late « es * mnTf P * r . ' : , ] I I I
nt o $ ?„ rZTf' t ° been a PP ° ^ <<> enqni ^ e ? iS S ! fh ^ ? , Present commercial distress ; this waa the usual mode adopted by the Whigs to iS ^ M ^ ft Th « wn > - « - on wasSrcethey would . ntaHd hear ail manner of contradictory evidence , and would perhaps be prepared to rerorL > m 1850 . when they would hold ihffcrent opiniopsae S Sir , 7 % lS ^* orkin e *» « ouid sun Eve to suffer torough the incompetency ofthe government ; let them therefore resign office , and allowthe people to manage their own affairs , tor they could not possibly be worse conductedlthan they were at present He referred to the various societies which existed for sanatory reform , education , a . nd other purposes which were commendable in themselves but if th » Charter was esUbhsed , each man could amend those matters , as they woald no longer be under the necesj 1 1 i i 1 < ' ! i , '
sity ot being crowded together in hitb y cellars . There also existed a large body of men , who advocated tbe abolition of deathpunishments , they had a horror of human life being taken by tbe bayonet , bullet , or halter , bat none of them thought of abolishing the system ot takm ; life through . ' starvation , through which thousands had perished of late , both in Ireland and England , and pointed to the Charter as the remedy for those evils . Hegave aglewing description of the rapid strides which Chartist principles were making in the agricultural distriets , and gave a cheering account of his tourin fche west of England . London also was up and doing , and he trusted that the ' men of the north , ' would again put forth their energies as before , to establish the glorious principles of the People ' s Charter , and concluded hiseloquent and onvincing address , by inviting any person to put any questions they thought proper , but al < I ] i ' j , ! ' j
seemea penectly satisfaed . -Mr George White then ^ Vt ™ n " ? ee , f e- II \ M id ' " »» ' ¦» ^ e present o ? ^ - ? Peculiarly favourable for pushing forward Chartist principles , through the total want of conBdence which the people'had in the Whig and Tory factions ; and as the Executive Committee had resolved wm ? wa ? nf . 'Vl ^ : ™ w and vigour , he felt it his duty to take his place once mo 4 in the Chartist ranks . Chartism was as dear to him as ever , and he would cheerfull y assist ia swelling the oHn n ™ , Lh A X Rational Petition , and called on all present to do their duty and set a good example to their fellow-countrymen . He passed a high eulogium on the abilit y and integrity of ^ MrWest , and concluded b y proposing the thanks ofthe meeting to him , for his valuable services to the people . The motion was carried unanimously . Mr West thanked the meeting for that mark of ( hoirconfidonce , and expressed his pleasure at seeine Mr Geoiw ! j \ \ ) \ I i J
White and Mr James Leach again taking their p &* £ . l I 9 fc movement . On the motion of Mr West , thanks were voted to the chairman , and the meeting separated .-Mr West left Leeds for Z * ewcastle-5 n-Tyne , on Monday morning . HALiFAX . —Atthe usual weekly mee : ing held last Sunday Mr Fielding took the chair , who , after reading the article ia the Stab copied from Howm ' s Jour-Kit ,, introduced to the meeting Mr Bawden who spoke at great length on the Evils of Class Legislation , " an d concluded'b y calling on the people to unite and enrol their names as members ofthe Chartist Association . On Monday evening the quarterly meeting of tha members took place when the secretary brought up the balance-sheet for the past quarter , which having been read was put to the meeting and carried ; alter which a vote of thanks was passed to the members of the late council , and a hew one ekcted . , . , , , \ ' ' * 1 <
Rochdale . — -A public meeting was convened by placard in the Chartist Hall , Yorkshire-street , o n Tuesday evening week , for the purpose of adopting the National Petition . At eight o ' clock the ha ll was crowded to excess . Mr Robert Gill , a working man , was called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . Mr Thomas Livsey in an able speech moved the first resolution : — That this meeting is of opinion , that Iheawfnlly de . pressed and degiadine position ofthe industrious classes ot Great Britain and Ireland , is to be mainly attributed to class legislation ; and , tbat the people of these Realms can never be permanently beneBtted until the whole male adult population are admitted within the pale oi the constitution , oy tha enactment ofthe document , entitled the People ' s Gaarter . And further , this meeting pledges itself never to relax its extrtioas until the aforesaid document becomes the law of this land . 1 ' < < ' 1 ' ' ' ' 1 '
Mr Doyle , an Irishman , and a member of tbe Confederates of Rochdale , seconded the resolution , which waa carried unanimously . Mr E . Mitchell moved the adoption of the petition , which was seconded by Mr John Scowcroft , ably supported by Mr James Leach , of Manchester , and carried unanimously . Mr Charle Walksden moved , and Mr D . NuttaU seconded : — That this mooting pledge Itself to support Mr O'Connor in defending his seat for Nottingham . Carried unanimously . After a vote of thanks to the chairman , the meeting dissolved . ' ' ' |
Citt and Finsbury Localities . —National Chaiitek Association . —Good Intent , Back-hill , Hattongarden , January SOsh . —Mr Allnutt in the chair . The secretary read the reply received from the secretary of the British Institution , stating that there were three rooms connected with that Institution ; the respec tive charges for which were 7 a ., 12 s ., and 26 s . ; and that in engaging the largest room , the Chartist body had paid no more than other parties . Mr Elijah Nobbs moved that an apology be sent by the secretary to the secretary of the Institution . Seconded by Mr Gover , and carried unanimously . Messrs Ailnntt and Fennell gave in their report from the Metropolitan Delegate Committee . Mr A . Fennell moved , and Mr Li vesay seconded , the following address to the French Democracy : — THE CEARTI 5 TS OF TBE CITT OF tOKBO » 10 TBE I ' ¦ < I J | J i \ J J 1
DEMOCBACY OF FBAKCE . Bbitbben , — Oar ohject in addressing you is to deprecate the revival of national animosities between tbe two countries , attempted to be excited by the gunpowder manifestoes of the Duke of Wellington and the gnnpow der manufacturer , Mr Pigon ; theono anxious to revive the scenes of his youth ; the other to obtain an Increased demand for bis manufacture . We , as Chartists and Democrats , turn a deaf ear to theh cries ; we have , and we trust yJu have also , far nobler objects injiowtnan bloodshed , ' war , and slaughter . We wish to inculcate the principles of universal brotherhood , and do not Intend to be diverted from advocating peace and fraternity , by the interested outcries of disappointed Warriors . ( 1 ' ' ' 1 j '
No , brethren of France ' . wo trust the day has long gone by , wheaafeW Who Wish to tyrannise over the many , can create an ill feeling between the two nations ; We are aware that jou , as well as ourselves , are living under a government based on force and fraud , but is that any reason why we should quarrel with each other ! No ! Although Guizot may be a synonvme for falsehood , corruption , and treachery—though Ttiiers may be a synonyme for anti-English feeling and violence—thoug h Russell maybe but another word for finality and ciaselegislation—the two countries have interests In common with each other , and one cannot make any movement for the regeneration of their country , without the good effects of the movement being felt in tbe Other . ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ]
Frenchmen ! we respond with joy to the spirit elicited at the Reform banquets at Rouen , at Lyons , and other towns , where jon raised the cry of liberty , equality , and fratertity . Os the part of the Chartist citizens of London , we respond to you—we ask of you as men and Democrats , tolut all petty feelings of rivalry die away between us ; if any rivalry is to be excited , let it be es to which shall be of tbe greatest service in regenerating Europe . Citizsns ! we , like you , are straggling for our rights ; we , like you , have been trodden under foot by a base and venal government ; and we , like you , are determined to obtain from thim those rights which , trusting to the dlsunion of Democrats , they have so long and ao unjustly withheld . We look on this war cry , as brought forward for the purpose of estranging the people ofthe two conn , tries , and retarding those reforms we have striven for so loBg , but our mutual enemies are much mistaken , they imagine that the cry of invasion and war will serve as a means to strangle the struggle for liberty . < 1 < i 1 i 1
Frenchmen I a new geeeratlon has sprang up sines the days of Waterloo . Men who admire the unsubdued spirit , and gallant bearing of the French Democracy , an ; , who are willing to atone for the follies of which their fathers were guilty , by aidit ' g France , as far as in their power lies , to obtain their freedom . We , as well as yourselves , protested against the infamous seizure of Cracow ; against the many wrongs inflicted on unhappy Poland ; against the libertlcldal Interference of the Whig government In Portugal , We , aa well as yourselves ,
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a . mpathise with the people of Italy is the great struggle between the kings and the people . We see , as our im-? ° * n , ? , ron saw « with P P &<>« ° eye , that « Blood will ba spilt lika water , but the people will conquer ia tho end . Lens , then , march forward brethren , under one banner , and France and England united will regenerate tbe werloY Let not tho intrigues of kingly despots trouble us , No—wa hope that France hath thrice too well boen taught , The moral lesson dearly bought , Safety sftg not ' oa a throne
, With Capet or Napoleon But in equal rights and laws , Hearts and hands In one great cause Freedom , such as God hath given Unto all beneath hia heaven , With their bieath , and from their birth , Though guilt would sweep itfrom the earth When Freedom ' s armed hosts assemble , Tyrants shall believe and tremble ; Scorn they at this idle threat j Crimson tears shall follow yet .
Receive , then , Democrats of France the band of „ it > st ' ^ don—Wcerty , Equality , and Fr * Supported by Messrs Elijah NobbsandCater . Carried unanimously . Mr Cater moved that the secretary be instructed to write to the secretary of the Fraternal Democrats to request hira to transmit it through the REFOBMEand other channels , to the chiefs of the Den } ° cratic party in France and the Continent . ' Seconded by Mr Gover . Carried unnmmously . The meeting then adjourned to February 5 th . Mr Beniamin then delivered an excellent lecture on the ' National Defences . ' and 'The Land and the Charter , ' to the satisfaction of a numerous audience , whotesti . tied their approval by giving him a vote of thanks . After which , the meeting separated . Torquay . —At our usual m eting on Monday , 31 st It ., a subscription waa opened for the defence of Mr O'Connor' ;* seat . H * . 6 J . was eubscribsd .
Greenwich . —To the members ofthe National Land Company , and the Chartists of the Greenwich district . —Friends , —Our champion is indanger—rally once more around the standard of freedom . S how to your country and tho world , that you are not unmindful of the benefits which you have dorived from the services of F . O'Connor , Esq . His enemies not satisfied with abusing him through the whole press of the'oountry , have now petitioned against his legitimate return to pari ! < ment . Come forward , then , and assist the laudable endeavpura of the committee of your-district in rendering him that pecuniary as . sistance which will enable him to fight his foes with their own weapons .
SuTii > N-i . < j-AsHi ? iiai > . — A meeting of tho Old Guards of this place was held on Monday . Mr Joseph Alway ia the chairr . A committee of eleven was appointed , and the town divided into districts , to collect funds to assist in defraying the expenses of defending the seat of Mr O'Connor aa member for Nottingham . Hebokk BninoE . —The democrats of this place held a social meeting oh Saturday evening , the 29 th ult ., in commemoration ofthe birth of that illustrious pa triot , Thomas Paine . The meeting was well attended . Elias Hitohen was called on to preside , who opened the meeting by a few appropriate remarks . The fol lowings songs and sentiments , & c ., & o ,, were given : — Song : 'Birth of Paine '—by the whole company . Toast : * The People , the source of all power' —ab y responded to by James Clayton of Mideley . Sons :. ' A
man's a man for a' that '~ J . Smith . Recitation ' Gustavus to hia followers '—F . Hartley . Toast : * The People ' s Charter , and may it soon become the law of the land '—John Hartley . Song : ' Liberty's cause '—J . Smith . Recitation : ' The Voice of Freedom' —by the Chairman . Toast : * Thomas Paine , the definer and defender ofthe rights of roan—Hunt , Emmett , and all those who have struggled for the rights of the people' —respondent , John Smith . Recitation t « ThePatriot ' -F . Hartley . Song : ' The Wiltshire Boy' -J . Smith . Tonst : 'T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., and all the Democratic members ofthe House of Commons '—re spondent , " Fielden Hartley . Song : 'We'll Rally around him '—by the whole company . Glee : ' Hail
Noble O'Connor '—by J . Smith and E . Hitchen . Toast : 'Frost , Williams , and Jones , and otherexiled patriots' —T . Greenwood . Song : ' Trassportation of John Frost '—J . Smith . Eeoitation : ' The despair of hunger '—Thomas * Greenwood . Toast : 'The Democrats of all nations '—by tho Chairman . Recitation : ' The Standard of Truth' —F . Hartley . ToaM : ' The Noeihkem Star , the Edinburgh Weekly Express , and all the Democratic Press '—A . Crowtiicr . Song : ' Loud roar * d the People ' s Thunder '— J . Smith . Toast : ' Our glorious Land Company , and Land and Labour Bank '—respondent , J . Marsland . Song : ' The Land—the Land tor me '—by James Smith . Song ; ' Base Oppressors '—by the whole c mpany .
Manchester . —People's Institute , January 80 . —¦ Mr Grocott , the chairman , commencd the proceedings by reading . Mr O'Connor ' s speech at Birmingham , and also hia letter in the Star , which waa hailed with general applau « o . The chairman announced to lb . * : meeting that the members of the Land Company had this day voted the sura of £ 15 ., and subscribed £ 2 . 10 s . more by mutual collection , in order to assist in defending Mr O'Connor's seat in parliament . Mr Jamos leach , who was received with vehement cheering , then commenced his discourse , by stating that the
last time he was feef ra them he was tried for what was considered by some , inconsistency ; he was now , he snppesed , come to receive their verdict . His subject was the fallacy of Free Trade . He dissected the speeches of Gibson , Bright , and Company , delivered last week at Free Trade Hall , and it would be impossible to describe the sensation be produced . His address lasted nearly two hours , and concluded amidst loud and continued cheering . He said , he waa satisfied with their verdict , and bygones , shoold . be by gones for the future . A vote of thanks was given to Mr Leach and the chairman .
Oldburt . —A district delegate meeting waa held in the Christian Brethren ' s Chapel , Mr Weeks in the chair . The district was well represented , sixteen delegates being present , and a spirit evinced which augurs well for thecause in this district . After the opinions expressed by the delegates upon the propriety of engaging a permanent lecturer for the district , the members unanimously abandoned the project , and passed the following resolution t— 'That a district committee be chosen from the Birmingham friends , to draw out a local lecturers' plan , and that Charles Goodwin be appointed district secretary , address , 19 Darwin-street , Birmingham , ; Messrs Wasnidge , lnsull , Linney , Carvar , Fussell , and Mantle , were appointed locallecturers . The secretary was instructed to apply to the Executive for the services of Mr Kydd in the district .
Assembly Rooms , 83 , Dean-steeet , Soho . —Mr Thomas Clark delivered an highly instructive , excellent , and eloquent address , QB 'Capital and Labour , ' proving te { demonstration the supremacy of the latter , on Sunday evening last , January 30 th . He was listened to with breathless attention , and at the close loudly applauded . TnoMaS Paihe'b Natal Day ,, —A strong muster of the mon of Afarylebone waa held at the George Washington , 111 , Praed-street , Edgeware-road , on Monday evening , January 31 st , to do honour to the memory of the immortal Thomas Pair . e . Tbe place of meeliog was tastsfully decorated with banners bearing appropriate mottoes , and portraits of the man whose memory the company had met to revere . Mr John Godwin , a dls . ciple of Paine , of some thirty years standing , was called
to the chair . Mr Trcbilcock doing the honours of the vice-chair . During the cvtning the following toasts wtro given , and ably responded to : — ' The Sovereignty of the People , ' « The Unenfranchised Helots , known by tbe emblems of the Rose , Shamrock , and Thistle ;' Sicily , Italy , and Switzerland , and may the first shot fired against the liberties of those nations be the signal tor tho emancipation of Europe ; ' ' The Immortal memory of Thomas Paine , ' « The National Land Plan , tbe gem of the mind of Feargus O ' C mnor . ' After the sentiment of ' Thomas Paine , ' Mr Edmund Stallwood delivered a short hut pithy address , on the works of ' Thomas Paine , ' which was rapturously applauded .
Jlessrs Trebilcock , Munden , Tatterdea , Gaest , Stallwood , and others , contributed by their abilities to add muoh to the harmony of the evening ; and whilst past politicians were honoured , present politics were not for . gotten , ft was resolved , that tha 'Hmm & li Brigade ' of the National Charter Association , should have a joyful resurrection at the ' George Washington , ' on Monday evening next , February 7 th . and continue its existence us an auxiliary to tbe ' Marylebone locality of the National Cbarttr Association , ' until the Charter shall become the law of tbe land . A vote of thanks was given to the chapman ; and to Mr Stallwood , for his attendance , and the meeting was dissolved .
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Imperial Legislation . —Mr O'Connor has receive " the following with the subjoined resolution : — Town Clerk ' s Office , Corlr , 83 , South Mall , Jan . 3 rd , 1848 .-Sir ,-The Council of this Borough bavins directed me to forward to the members of both Houses of Parliament , a copy of a resolution adopted at an assembly of the council , held on the 1 st last ., I beg to send you at foot a copy of such resolution . I have the honour to be , Sir , your very obedient servant , Alexanbkb . M'Carthy , Town Clerk . To Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., for Nottingham . Resolved— ' That the acts of the English Parliament , during the late short Session , are -sufficient proofs of tho utter hopelessness of looking to it for either Justice , or Good Government ; and that there is no prospect of happiness or prosperity for this Country , until it is free of the baneful influence of foreign , hostile , and oppressive Logfs / ation . '
Iron Moulders' Strike in South Staffordshire . —The iron moulders held thsir adjourned meeting on Monday last , at the Fountain Inn , Tipton . The large room was felled with mooldere from the various shops on strike , every man present declared his determination not to submit to the slightest reduction . A woman died last week in the Bristol Infirmary from lockjaw , superinduced by a compound dislocation of the thumb , the result of a fall caused by a piece of orange peel that was accidentally lying on the pavementi
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" Union for the Million , " The autocrats of the iron trade , the coal kinp 8 » and the cotton lords , nay , the whole aristocracy 0 f trade and commerce , are just now engaged ia a combined crasade against labour . Long has the wind blown a steady gale from this quarter , but ' now it blows a hurricane . If the men are but steady and firm the imperial despots of South Staf- j fordshire must soon succumb . Their proceedings j are so monstrous , so utterly uncalled for by any j circumstance usually pointed out as a justification
Of reductions , that nothing but a knowledge of the culpably disorganised condition of the men , conld have led them to hazard the attempt—with the short supply of material on hand , and the heavy nature of their still unexecuted orders—but the money panic , the temporary ( and only temporary ) check to railway proceedings , for the construction of railways is an employment much too profitable to be for any long period interrupted in its progress . These fortuitous accidents were not to be suffered to pass without being turned to account ; anything like a resistance was scarcely dreamed ot ; and as one ofthe leading iron masters has admitted , if the men are obstinately bent upon resisting , iron
must go up ' , and then there ' s an end to even a pretence for this reduction . It is curious to observe , that although at the late meeting of the iron kings it was resolved that bar iron should be reduced to £ 8- per ton , as the maximum , the last market ehow 8 itupalreadyto £ 8 . 5 s ., with rising markets , id Scotland . They talk again oi the necessity of this reduction , to enable them to force a foreign trade , while the fact is , that at the prices ( confessedly too high ) of the last year . the export of iron has been greater in amount than any preceding year . But conceding for a moment that some slight reduction was called for , what is the character of the present offered one ? Is there any
proof that it presses with equal severity upon the profits of the master , as it does on the wages of the workmen ? Is it not just possible , that the whole loss is thrown upon chose least able to bear it ? The probable amount of reduction from tbe profit of the employer has been stated by one who ought to be well acquainted with the facts , at five per cent . ; and under the circumstances in which this fact was given , there is no possible doubt that the highest figure was named . If this is the state of the case , although we are averse to the system of strikes , we should indeed be sorry to find that the disorganised position of the South Staffordshire operatives should compel them to succumb to such an enormous injustice .
If the lords of the cotton districts are , in their threatened reduction , apparently less exacting , it is because their unbounded avarice—so long , so perseveringly , and by such ingenious modes so constantly practised—has left a much narrowev field for their operation * . The ten hours bill is the terrible ogre against which this move is directed , for no other conceivable cause can be seen to account for their surpr ising unanimity . The honourable member for Manchester , when so gallantly leading the forlorn hope against . Mr Fielden ' s bill , protested he was alone influenced by considerations for the poor factory
operative , * as the only tendency of t bis bill would he to deprive them of one-sixth of their present scanty wages—forgetting at the time that when he was fig fiting under the shadow of the great Cobden , in his successful struggle against the corn monopoly , that his best , strongest , and constantly repeated arguraent was , ' If you want to make a thing dear , make it scarce . ' If this argument , as against the Corn Lords was sound , and we believe it was ; it is equally sound and true as against the Cotton Lords . We say to the cotton workers , if you want to make your labour dear , —( that is if you wish to enhance your wages , ) make it scarce . We believe in the truth of this axiom—and we believe that this
reduction is levelled at the Ten Hours' Bill—and we further believe that your wages must rise with that bill in operation ; if not immediately , certainly at no very remote period . But there is one contingency which will most materially affect the time , shortening or protracting the period when yoa may be in a condition to reap the benefits of that glorious measure for which you struggled so nobly—so faithfully ; and that contingency is , whether you are prepared to take the only steps which can place you in a position , when the proper time arrives , to claim what you are justly entitled to—a fair , day's wage for a fair day ' s work . Were you united , as you ought and might be , this reduction
had never been offered— -were you united , as you ought and might he , this reduction , if now obtained , would very soon and very easily be recovered . If , on some fine , bright May morning , the f & ci .-ry operatives of all Lancashire were siniultaneou- . y—man , woman , and child—to respectfully solicit s iieir employers to restore to them what i hey new ; . ie taking from them—nay , if they were to point out the inconvenience and injustice , that wages in Ashton should li 3 fifleenper cent , hi gher than in Blackburnthat Stockport again was not paid so much as Manchester , and that proud Preston was humble enough to be contented with less than any other place in Lancashire—if they were to point out these discrepancies , and to submit a standard list for spinning , weaving , and all the other operations carried on in
the manufactories , pointing out the benefits which would follow to themselves , by all paying the same amount for their labour , and thus going into the same market upon equal terms , your masters could not find it in their hearts to refuse a request so reasonable , so just , and so very much for their own convenience ; narticularly , when ^ such request was conveyed to them in the name of one united hardworking population , who were determined to have it . The manufactures of cotton , or of iron , or of any other commodity , have the right , and they exercise it , of fixing the price at which they sell their commodity ; governed and influenced only by those circumstances which their experience teaches them must not be overlooked in their calculations ; and this right they are able to act upon by the power and spirit of union .
The same right pertains to the possessors of labour ; but they , ) froiB their ignorance of , or indifference to , this valuable principle , are robbed of their right , and place themselves at the mercy of those who buy their labour . "Working F , ien , be wise in time . Waste not your energies in these partial and ill-organised conflicts . You , surely , { have tried them often enough to be convinced of their absolute inability to effect anv * real or permanent benefit to
you . To fight the battle of labour against the undue encroachments of capital , requires not so much money as unity of purpose and action . You may raise , as you have done before , your thousands of pounds , and spend them in profitless strikes . But , form yourselves , as you never have yet done , iuto a mighty defensive league for the protection of your just rights , and you will then be in a condition to decide upon what terms , you will sell to any man your property ~ your labour ,
The Central Committee have met as usual during the week . The correspondence has been unusually heavy from all parts of the country , and of more than an average gloomy character . There never perhaps have been , at any former period , such universal complaints from all quarters of prolonged and , ill many cases , increasing distress . But still a most excellent feeling is manifested towards the Association , with deep expression of regret of inability
to keep up their payments to the Association , and bespeaking the lenity of the Central Committee , so far as to free them from the penalties awarded by the laws for non-payment , according to their provisions . It is painful to the Committee to be compelled to refuse such applications , but they have no such power vested in them , and the operations of this Association cannot bo carried on unless the payments , small as they are in amount , are sent up punctually to the office .
Merthyr Tybvil . —On Monday , January 31 st , Mr Humphries waited upon Messrs Jones and Williams , nailraakeis , in Merthyr Tydn ill , South Wales , on a case of reduction offered to the men , amounting to ten or twelve per cent . The men had been working one week under protest , to afford the Central Committee full timefsr sending an a ^ eat to adjust the dispute by means of mediation . Accordingly , Mr Humphries was appointed to wait upon the above named gentlemen , who complained of the English nail masters underselling tbem in the
market , and to compete with- them they were compelled to reduce wages . Mr Humphries argued , that such a plea was untenable , inasmuch as no other masters in Merthyr had made such an attempt , and denounced the present reduction as uncalled for as unjust . The only terms that could be come tb on the occasion were , that the reduction on one sort should be withdrawn , and that as soon as trade revived they would withdraw it on the other class of nails . These terms were unanimously rejected , and as two gentlemen had kindly offered
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the gratuitous use of a sufficient number of blocks and bellows , they agreed to commence working for the Association . This decision Mr Humphries reported to the masters , who promised to reconsider the matter , and g ive Mr Humphries an answer on Tuesday morning . He accordingly waited upon Mr Jones , who desired the men to come to work , and that nothing further should be heard of the reduction , and no move trouble g iven to the Association on his account . Mr Williams has agreed to give up the trade altogether ; but as three men are all he employs , there will be little difficulty in the mea even bettering their condition . Both of the employers treated Mr Humphries in the most respectful and gentlemanly manner , and we congratulate Mr Jones on the wise and prudent policy he has adopted in this unpleasant dispute .
To the men of Merthyr Tydvil we would say , be firm to the union , and determine , like men , to unite in one common bond of brotherhood , for mutual protection and assistance . Rally the trades in . that great raining district to a sense of duty , and to a practical and successful co-operation with your English , Scottish , and Irish brethren , for the redemption of labour , and the attainment of a ' fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . ' On Monday and Tuesday evenings , thfi 31 st of January and 1 st of February , Mr Humphries addressed two well attended meetings at Merthyr Tydvil , on the principles and objects of the National Association . The members of the National Land
Company kindly lent the use of their room fur that purpose . Mr David Morgan was called to the chair , who addressed the meetings in Welch before and after the addresses . An excellent spirit was created , and at the close of the lecture , three cheers to our honourable president , and Mr Feargus O'Connor , were proposed and carried by acclamation . Many appear determined to use their influence with their respective trades to induce them to join this great movement . Success to their operations , and mav a strong bod y soon be formed in Merthyr Tydvil .
Mr Shackleton attended a meeting of the operatives of Ripponden , in the Working Man ' s Institute , on the 27 th ult . to explain the . objects of the United Trades' Association for the protection of industry , and the employment of labour . Mr Shackleton produced specimens of the goods manufactured by the persons under the protection of the Association . He also attended meetings at Cragvale , Huddersfield , & c . Votes of thanks were passed to Mr Shackleton , and to the worthy president , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., and the meeting separated highly gratified with the operations of the Central Committee , as related by Mr Shackleton .
Newart Hill . —A general meeting was held in the school room , which was addressed by Mr Claughan ; a fine spirit of confidence was manifested , and the brave men of Holytown appear fast recovering from the effects of their late struggle , and are fully determined , by perfecting their organisation , ^ place themselves in a better position to resist any future aggressions . Mr Taylor , of Holy town , has reported most cheeringly of his exertions in the county of Lanark , and expressing the gratitude of the Miners to the Masons' Society for their princely gift of JE 100 to the subscription got up by the Central Committee
in their behalf . Altogether the prospects are of a . very cheering description in this part of Scotland . Blackburn . —Mr Williamson attended two im portant meetings during the last week , at ibis great seat of cotton manufacture ; one composed of card room operatives , the other a general committee meeting . Serious reductions of wages have been offered at this and other towns iu Lancashire , which formed a fit subject for discourse , and which were dilated upon with much force and energy by Mr Williamson , in . long and . powerful addresses , highly satisfactory to the hearers under the circumstances ; they being , at the moment , under the threat of ten per cent , reduction in . their wages .
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K . BNBAL Shoemakers . —X strike of a few days'dnration took place last week amongst this body of operatives , ia consequence of a disgraceful attempt at a reduction of wages on the part of some of the employers . Two of the ' reductionists' are Wesleyan preachers , and another U a sanctimonious elder ! A pretty set of rascals to preach Christianity . Tkauks to the firmness of the men , and to the refusal of the principal employer in the town to join the band of pirates , the strike terminated to the satisfaction of the operatives . Lancashire Miners . — The General Delegate Meeting of Lancashire Miners will be held on Monday next , February 7 th , at Dean Church , near Bolton . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the fo ' re «
noon . TO THB BDITOl OP THE KOBTHEBN STAB . Respected Sir . —In the report of the discussion between Messrs Berry and Lennegan in last Saturday ' s Star , Mr Lennegan is represented as having stated that the lecturing department of the Miners ' Association cost upwards of £ 180 from September 6 th to the latter end of October . This statement ia utterly without foundation , and I am surprised that Mr Lennegan should have so far forgot what is due to his own character , as a public man , thus wilfully to promulgate a direct falsehood . I remain , youra respectfully , William Grocott , General Secretary of the Miners' Association .
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BUBUL-PLACES IN EOTFT AKB IN' IhELASD . —Catl we wonder that the inhabitants of Egypt resemble in appearance the carcasaea with whom they dwell ? Can we hesitate to account for the constant developement of a pestilence , when we reflect that by day and by night , for twelve centuries , the soil on which Cairo stands , its crowded courts , and narrow streets , have been inundated by the filthy excretions of animals and of men ; that day and night , for centuries , the earth has been imbibing the putrid sanies from the bodies of thousands of animals ,. permitted to ro over its surface ; that day and night , for centuries it has been imbibing the S'lid contents of imperfect cloaca ) , and the poisonous exhalations of its halfburied inhabitants , until the sub-soil has become one
vast hot-bed of pestilential infection ? Now , the burialplaces in this kingdom have little to boast of over those of Egypt . There is this distinction , however , to be drawn . In the latter country , the system employed Is at once recognised and permitted . In Enj « land , men pay ' funeral dues , ' under the impression that their dead fulfil their destiny—return' ashes to ashes , dust to dust . ' Whether they gain more by their purchase than a solemn plausibility , those who bavo heard these lectures or perused what I have written , can determine for themselves . The condi « tion of the burial-places in Ireland seems to be even worse than those in other portions ofthe United Kingdom , although they are almost universally in a most diseustinK and dangerous condition . In the
neighbourhood of Castle Island and Ballylonford , in the above country , from tho imperfect cevering thrown over the recent dead , troops of dogs prey from day to day on the bodies . Violent madness ia the result , * hich has led these rabid animals , not only to attack one another , but the cattle in the fields . Methinks our boasted civilisation , expansive as it is , may clothe itself in sackcloth and ashesit should hide its head for very shame . That man , the image of his God , tho heir of immortality , trampled upon during life , hideous in death , should again be mnde the victim of well deserved punishment to his survivors , is a fearful reflection for those who see in the psesbnt the foreboding of a more terrible FUTimE . —From Mr 0 , A , Walker ' s Fourth Lecture on the Metropolitan Grave-Yards ,
Murder bt a Youn g Lady . —Last week , an inquest was held at Widcoro . be-b . iU , Bath , upon the body of a newly-born female child , the offspring of Miss Julia StMJand , tiie daughter of Mr stickiand , formerly landlord of the NewTnn , but now Hvinp retired , in Church-street , in tho neighbourhood . Last Monday morning week the body of a child was found in the garden ef the house , No . 8 , Church-street , and from its position and the situation of the adjoining houses it appeared pretty evident that the child must have been thrown from the window of No . 9 . Subsequently it was discovered that one of the MiSS Sticklands was ill in bed , and an inquest being called , the mother and one of the sisters of the Suspected female were examined , and , theirevidence being very contradictory , the inquest was adjourned for a post mortem examination of the body of the infant . At the resumed inquest , medical evidence was given upon the appearance of the child , in the course of
which the two surgeons who made tho post mortem examination , stated their belief that the child was born alive , and also said the appearances indicated a Violent death , as though occasioned by concussion . The mother of Miss Stickiand alao admitted that net evidence on the previous occasion was given under feelings of strong excitement , and with a desire to screen her child , and deposed that on her return trom church on Sunday evening . she ftnnd her daughter Julia in her * e dro « n . ntt « af oa fite JgU side very ill . Having no susp . cion of her dugUw bein ^ nrptrnant she took no further notice oftbo eir-S-ffiT & Kff ^ aroused by the discovery of the body of the . nfut . and , upon questioning her daughter , she admitted that she had g iven birth to a fiance ehild , and also thatsho afterwards threw the body out ot the w » . dow , but said , « the child never breathedI or' noted / A medical certific ate was produced by the „; , <> ,. „ f tho nrisoner . stating her inability
tho inquest . The Csroner summed up the and the Jury , after nearly an hour ' s consulta turned a verdict of' Wilful murder' against ther of the infant . ¦ The Bristol Journal apologises to its having represented a Christmas party as ' fat pofor i instead oU fot prfar , *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 5, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_05021848/page/5/
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