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4 " The Northern Star Maech 8, 1845^
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MANSION-HOUSE . . Moxdat . —Cohesion on the Ktveb . —Captam Wfluani Eng , the commander of Xo . 3 , Watermen ' s steam-vessel , was summonedbefore the Lord Mayor , by John White , tue owner of a wherry , for having caused the swamping ofthe -Hfcerry , thus endangering the lives of seven perbons ^ —ine wn ^ iamantstaieutot ^ n Tuesdaylast , » * " *** S HM passengers down the river from ™^™ J ™ steams , which -was passing Swan-stairs , went r ^ tmto thewherrv , sunkher , _ dSl onboard ( fivemen a ^ woman , end a child ) , wereimmersed in the water . He was conoccasioned the improper
dnced that the accident was liy _ J ^ e * Lent of the sleam-resseL-On hlS fJOSS ^ XaminatimTDy _ esolicitor to the company , the witness stated that the two persons who rowed were not free watermen . Ihey were passengers , but they were experienced men . The dama geto the boat , and the loss incurred , amounted to _ rte ^ shaiings . —W . Serle stated that he was one of the persons who rowed . The steamer came down upon the boat at once , and swamped her , and a boatman , of the name of JJorcort , extricated those who were overturned . — Henry BanseU , s . fellowship-porter , stated that he was not a waterman , hut he knew all about it , and that he also
¦ was rowing . Hecould row as well as the waterman who made the complaint . The captain of the steamer did not ease the vessel an inch . —Thomas Collins , a passenger in the wherry , stated that they had not time to look about when they were run down . Witness jumped overboard and swam ashore . If the captain had stopped the way of the steamer , the occurrence would not , in his opinion , have happened . —Thomas Xorcott , a waterman , stated that he rescued the people . He did not know how the boat got under the steamer ; but those on board that vessd threw Mm a , rope . —The solicitor to the steam company said that the defence was , that tlie persons who were rowing the "wherry had not the necessary skill ; that the complainant would , if he lad been rowing , have prevented theaceident , instead of running into the jaws of danger ; and that the defendant had done everything in his power to save the l » at . The steam company would , if a complaint of the
end , with aU its accompaniments , likely to engage the sympathies of the public , were successful , without proof , be subjected to perpetual charges . The complainant , too , ¦ Was at the lime under the influence of liquor . —Morris Mathews , fo ^ iimastmaii , of Jfo . 3 Waterman , stated that he was on board , and called out to those in the wherry . The wherry , however , went to the wrong side , and one of the passengers jumped fromher into thesteamer , and then the wherry swamped . It was not by . any means the fault of the steamer . —Captain Guthrie , the master of a confer , stated that he had been forty years at sea , and was in the steamer at the time of the accident . The defendant did all he could upon the occasion , but the wherry most improperiy came between the steamer and the shore . If the wherry had been properly rowed , nothing conld have
happened . —After Bearing further evidence , the . Lord ATayor said that he very particularly inquired into all cases of this description , as heknew thatwherries had no chancewhen coming in contact with steam-vessels . Here , however , the owner had two circumstances against liim . He was not sober at the time , and two men who were not watermen were rowing . His Lordshi p said he considered that the two men who rowed were bound to indemnify tlie comp lainant for the loss he had sustained , but tlie case was dismissed as to the defendant—The two men who thus by rowing endangered the Hves of seven individuals have subjected themselves to heavy penalties under tlie Watermen ' s Act , and it was stated that it is the intention of the Company of Watermen and lightermen to proceed against _ em
CLERKENWELL , Saturday . —The Abosoxable Doings at the Spa-?__ s BuHiAt-GnousD . —In another part of this paper win be found a report of- proceedings of a most infamous nature in respect to the dead who are interred in the Spafields burial-ground , Clerkenwell . Yesterday ( Friday ) there was another investigation into the subject at the Gerkenwell police-conr ^ when facts of a most revolting nature were elicited . 3 Ir . Bird , a mathematical-instrument maker , readmgmrietcher ' s-row , Clerkenwell , and who is "one of those in charge of the grave-yard , " admitted that the ground is not two acres in extent ; that it is considered to be capable of holding 2-5 . 000 bodies ; eight bodies are buried in each grave , of about eight feet deep ; thatthe coffins of adults are placed lengthways , and those of children breadthways ; and that the coffins ofthe latter are always removed when they are decayed , aud
-when the rod will penetrate through the mass ! This frightful avowal produced an immense sensation in the Jolice-court . —Inspector Penny , a very intelligent officer , who has frequently visited the cemetery in various disguises , affirmed most positively that he had seen ' - 'JBonnd and fresh coffins burning in the hone-house , of every size ; and that the odour was intolerable . " A lady stated that " she lived in a house near the graveyard , but had been obliged to leave , as well as many other persons in the same neighbourhood , owing to the intolerable and unearthly stench proceeding from the bonehonse . One frosty ni g ht the smell was still worse than usual , so she ' and her son ascended the top of the washhouse , which commands a view of the ground . Thick volumes of smoke and sparks were issuing from the chimney ofthe bone-house . She saw two men carrying something in a basket , which appeared very- soft , and to shake .
Took it for human flesh . Her tenants , who lived near the place , were constantly complaining of illness through the smelL The -weather became hot , and two of the children died from putrid fever . " Another female , named Mrs . Murphy , deposed as follows : — " She had seen the grave-diggers throw up parts of a human body , and then chop it up with their shovels . She once saw Smith , one of the grave-diggers , carrying the bottom and lid of a coffin towards the bone-house . Had seen the grave-diggers throw up dark heavy lumps . Could not at first tell what it was , but afterwards knew it to be human flesh . The man in the grave tossed it up on the clay He would then come up and pick the hair up . I saw
very long hair at one time on the clay . " . Other witnesses corroborated all these statements . The conduct of the lessees and grave-diggers cannot be expressed in terms sufficiently reprehensible . We are delighted to see that Mr . Wakeling , the vestry-clerk of St . James ' s , Clerkenwell , intends to indict Messrs . Bird , Green , and Smith , who are entrusted with the management of the ceme try , at the next session . Mr . Wakeling , vestry-clerk of St James ' s , Clerkenwell , who attended on behalf of that parish , announced it to be his intention to indict Messrs . Bird , Green , and Smith at the next sessions . He had no doubt hut the parish would pay the cost , but if not , he would pay it out of his own pocket . The parties then retired .
Tuesday . —Embezzlement and Attempted Suicide . — 3 fr . Hedben Wright Davis , a respectable looking middleaged man , agent to the Liverpool Reform Association , and residing at Queen Anne-street , York-buildings , Liverpool , was charged with embezzling £ 10 , the property of the above association , and attempting to destroy himself . —At one o ' clock on the previous day the prisoner went into the chemical shop of Mr . Lye , of Penton-place , Pentonville , and asked for sis pennyworth of poison . Mr . Lye , perceiving him to be in a highly excited and agitated condition , refused him tlie poison , and sent for a constable . Ponceconstable 33 G came , arrested , and conveyed him to the
station . He admitted that he intended self-destruction , and said his aunt Mrs . Stevens , lived in Camden-viUa , Camden-grove , Feckham . Inspector Penny sent him thither with the constable , when it was found he had made a falsestatenient , no such person as Stevens residing there . He was then taken back to the station-house , and , -when about to be locked np , he said I may as well tell the whole truth . I am agent to the Beform Association in Liverpool , and have robbed my employers of £ 10 , which I spent since Friday last , when I came to London . —Mr . Combe directed the police to communicate with the association and with his -. rife , and remanded the prisoner for a week .
QUEEN SQUARE . Satdbdat A Dangerous Family Bisobder . — Patrick Welch , an Irishman , was brought before Mr . BurreLthe sitting magistrate , charged with assaulting and breaking , some furniture belonging to Margret Connell , a woman with whom he had been cohabiting for some -time . According to the evidence of the complainant she had lived for nearly seven years rath the defendant , during which period she had by him two children . Recently he had been in the practice of treating her in a very cruel manner . About a fortnight ago he had assaulted her very severely , giving her a pair of black eyes aud cutting ler head very badly with Ms fists . This she would have forgiven him at the time , but since then he had been no netter . Yesterday she had a visit from her mother , who lives at Bedfordbury ; on which occasion the whole party had some rum together . The consequence was , that the
defendant got intoxicated , and while m that state he sought a ' cause of quarrel with her , and in a fit of passion he broke several chairs and a table , aud destroyed some pictures and crockery . The furniture washer ' s , as she had for some time supported tlie defendant—The landlord of the house deposed to the breaking of the furniture , and estimated the damage done at about I 6 s . —The defendant in defence urged that he was drunk , and did not know what he was doing . He was apt to act in the manner described whenever he took drink , a circumstance which he ascribed to the fact of its being a "family disorder , " his father having been in the practice of doing so before him . If he was dealt leniently with that time , he should join a teetotal society , and never do so again . —The complainant was then fined IGs ., being the amount of damage done , and ordered to find sureties for Ms future good behaviour . In default of bail he was locked up .
SOUTHWARD . Satubday . —Stmppiso CmimvBs of their Clothes . - Elizabeth Denovan was charged with stripping children of their clothes on several occasions , and pledging the articles so obtained at different pawnbrokers in the Borough . Evidence was adduced of at least six distinct robberies of this ktnd . She had been once before charged with a similar offence , when she was leniently dealt with by the magistrate , nnder the impression that she was driven to do so from necessity . Now , however , it appeared she was a regular adept in this species of pilfering , and had formerly imposed by a false statement of her case . —Mr . Cottenham remanded her for a few days , so as to give time to get the case properly up , in order to send it to the sessions .
Tuesday . —Basing axd Brutal Bobbeby . —Caroline Watson , a girl of the town , was charged with being concerned with two men , not i : i custody , in arobbery , attended with violence , on the person of Mr . James Henry Hawkins . —The complainant stated that on the preceding night about ten o ' clock , as he was proceeding homewards , in -walking along the Blaekfriar ' s-road the prisoner came up to him , and entreated him to give her some refreshment at a public-house , which she pointed out at the corner of Cross-street As the girl seemed to require that which she asked for , it being an extremely cold night , complainant assented to her
request , and they accordingly walked together towards the public-house * she had previously pomtedont When they arrived near the corner of Crossstreet , two men came behind them , one of whomimme-^^ f ™ K c « n plainant a severe blow under the right SS ^ SL L- r effisct of momentarily stunning him , iXi- ; £ £ * « "swerea himself , on turning round ™™ t 3 f ? £ * " a ? sailaat . 1 * Perceived the two m ! n were &^ S ^ £ ! i ' ai , al 16 atthesametimefound that be had been robbed of a purse containing ten sorereigns and some stiver , which Ws taken fromWwaM . COatpOCket Observing the prisoner running withgreat
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speed in the middle of the road , he pursued her , and on coming up with her accused her of robbing him of his purse and money ; but she declared she had not , and said that she knew nothing of the men by whom he was attacked . The complainant added that he had a valuable gold watch in the other pocket of his waistcoat , but that it was not taken . He , however , held the prisoner , who made exertions to get away , until a policeman came to the spot , into whose custody he gave her . The purse and its contents have not been found . —The prisoner was remanded .
THAMES . Tuesday . —A Man ' s " Findings" not his " Own . "Five Irish ballast-heavers , named Burke , Scully , Buckly Sullivan , and Grady , were this day finally examined and committed to Newgate , charged with stealing a plate chest , containing plate to the amount of £ 100 , and a gold watch valued at 3 o guineas , the property of Mr . Richard Gardner , a gentleman residing at Brentwood , in Essex . The chest was lost by the upsetting of a wherry in October last , oiitag to the swell occasioned by two steam-boats , and , ai * appeared from the evidence , was carried down from Waterloo-bridge to where the prisoners were at work below London-bridge , where it was taken up about ten days ago in a ballast bag . The greater part of the property having , according to one of the prisoners , been disposed of for £ i 10 s to some house in the city , the case was remanded for the purpose of discovering what the worthy magistrate caUed " one of the most wholesale cases of receiving that ever came nnder his observation ; " but Inspector Evans , after the strictest scrutiny , not being able to obtain a clue to the place , the prisoners were committed for trial .
bow-street . Mokday . —The Infamous Gmm . Con . Case Again . — A respectably dressed middle aged woman , named Elizabeth Ann Absalon , appeared in answer to a summons charging her with having insulted and annoyed Mr . C . X Fox Bunbury , the son of Sir H . Banbury , of Mildenliall , Suffolk , The defendant , who was rather a plainlooking woman , had a female child in her arms , and was represented by her solicitor , Mr . Wontner . The transactions out of which the present case arose have lately appeared in the report of an action brought against the comp lainant by the husband of the defendant , who , itwiUbe recoUected , was represented as having originally introduced herself to Mr . Bunbury as a ' -Miss Francis , " but afterwards , upon the marriage of that gentleman , appeared as the faithless wife ofthe injured Mr . Absalon . —Mr . Jennings , solicitor , attended for the complainant . —Mr . Bunbury deposed that he was walking in the Strand one afternoon
last week , when the defendant approached him , and commenced abusing him in the most violent language . He endeavoured to avoid her , and with that view turned into Somerset-house , but she followed him closely , and , pointing to a child which she held in her arms , accused him of brutally neglecting to support it He threatened to give her into custody , but she only became the more vehement , and "dared" him to adopt a course which would be enabling her to show him up to the world . He then caUed a cab , and was getting into it , when she struck him on the shoulder and tore his coat all up the back . Upon this he went to a policeman and thought of giving her in charge , but seeing such a large crowd of-persons collecting round him he abstained from doing so , and got into the cab , in which he was driven away . Mr . Bunbury said he had no desire to have the woman punished , hut only wished to be spared the annoyance of another attack of this kind in the streets . —In reply to questions put by Mr . Wontner , Mr .
Bunbury denied that he had any knowledge of the defendant being a married woman during the time he was acquainted with her . She gave him to understand that the reverse was the fact—Mr . HaU objected to the introduction of any matters irrevelant to the present inquiry , as it was no part of his fluty , as amagistrate , to judge of any former understandings between the parties , or of any supposed claims arising therefrom . —Mr . Wontner wished to shew the provocation which his client had received , from the treatment of the complainant , after such correspondence between them as that which he was prepared to produce . — Mr . Hall could not go into that subject , and reminded Mr . Wontner that tlie law did not sanction violent and abusive conduct in the streets under any pretence . —Mr . Jennings said his worship might probably recollect that with regard to any imaginary ' claims" that might be
asserted on behalf of the defendant , that matter had been entirely set at rest by the actionin the Court of Exchequer , which Mr . Baron Piatt denounced as a most disgraceful affair—an opinion in which Mr . Serjeant Jones , who opened the case for the plaintiff , but gave up his brief on being made acquainted with the facte , entirely coincided . Mr . Wontner , however , was not the solicitor on that occasion . —Mr . Wontner did not think the wife should be held responsible for any steps Mr . Absalon might have taken , influenced , as he no doubt had been by feelings of indignation . He was bound , therefore , to press the claims of his client upon Mr . Bunbury , who was a gentleman of great wealth and rank , whilst she had been reduced to the utmost distress . —At the suggestion of the magistrate , the complaint was ultimately withdrawn , on the defendant ' s promising not to repeat the annoyance .
WORSHIP-STREET . Monday . —Outbade and Assault . —A man named William Dorgan , whose person bore , evident marks of severe chastisement was charged before Mr . Broughton with the foUowing scandalous violence upon the wife of a labouring man , named Shaw : —It appeared from the evidence of the prosecutrix ( whose face was shockingly disfigured with cuts and contusions ) and another witness , that at five o ' clock on Saturday afternoon a poor woman was carried in fits into the shop of a Mrs . Hughes , in George-yard , Whitechapel , and laid In that state upon the floor . The prisoner shortl y after entered , and , using a disgusting epithet , said that if the fainting woman was his wife he would soon punch holes in her body for " shamming . " Mrs . Hughes protested against such brutal expressions , and the prisoner not only loaded her with the most abusive epithets , but accused her of incontinence with a negro . The prosecutrix , who was purchasing articles in the shop , told him he ought to be ashamed of himself for using such language towards the mother of seven children , but the words were scarcely out of her
mouth , when the prisoner struck her to the ground with a back-handed blow ; she was rising on her knees , hut the prisoner then caught her by the hair with both his hands , and , holding down her head in a convenient position for his purpose , dealt her two terrible kicks in the face , one of which laid open a gash in her left cheek , and the second shockingly contused the other . The woman instantly became insensible , and was so carried into her own house , whence upon her recovery she was led to the hospital , where her wounds were dressed , the surgeon remarking that she appeared as if she had been kicked by a horse . The prisoner ' s conduct excited such indignation in those who had witnessed it , that both he and his wife were set upon by some of the neighbours , and so severely handled that he was oMiged to go to bed , from which he was taken by a policeman , into whose custody he was given by the prosecutrix ' s husband . —The prisoner denied part of the violence imputed to him , and attempted to justify the other by the beating he and his wife had themselves sustained , but Mr . Broughton characterised it as an outrageous act of violence , and ordered him to find bail to answer the charge at the sessions . .
MARYLEBONE . Monday . —Robbery and Singular Recovery of a Fifty-Pound Note . —Ellen Purcell , serv nt to Mr . Lyne , a dyer , in Whnpole-street , Cavendish-square , was brought up iu custody of Wyness , 43 D , and placed at the bar , before Mr . Rawlinson , charged with having stolen a Bank of England note for £ 50 , the property of Mr . Henry Smythe , a gentleman holding a situation at the Stamp Office , and a knife belonging to-her master . It appeared from the evidence that on Friday last Mr . Smythe , who occupied apartments at the house above referred to , left in his bedroom a tin box containing a £ 50 note ; the said box was locked , hut the key , which formed part of a hunch , remained in the room . On the foUowing morning he missed
the note , and a policeman , who was called in , made search for it , but without effect ; but a knife belonging to Mr . Lyne was found in the prisoner's possession . The case was at length put into the hands of Wyness , the officer , who yesterday morning , after the prisoner had been searched by a female , found in a crevice in the wall beneath the safe a small parcel , which he contrived to pull out , and in it was a £ 50 note ; it was wrapped up in a piece of paper and linen ; the latter had been torn from a duster which the prisoner was in the habit of using . It was further shown that Wyness found in a pocket belonging to the prisoner two knives , one of which had been missed by Mr . Lyne afew days previously . The prisoner was , in order to afford time for the attendance of other witnesses , remanded till Wednesday .
LAMBETH . - Monday . — Pkize-Fight . — John Linney , alias the " Cowboy , " a well-known pugilist , and William Thome , were charged before Mr . Henry , the former with being the second , and the latter the bottle-holder , at a prizefight , which took place at eight o ' clock , near the Nunhead Cemetery , Peckham Rye . 3 Ir . Henry said that tlie practice of fighting for money was highly improper , and should be put an end to , and ordered the prisoners to find bail for their good behaviour . Before the closing ofthe court they were admitted to bail on their own recognisances and discharged .
The Northern Star Saturday, March 8, 1s15.
THE NORTHERN STAR SATURDAY , MARCH 8 , 1 S 15 .
Spottiswoode And His Paper Money Advocat...
SPOTTISWOODE AND HIS PAPER MONEY ADVOCATE . We have a favour to crave at the hands of some of our friends : can any of them furnish us with a copy of the Operative newspaper , as far as it was published ? They will greatly oblige if they ean . Spottiswoode and Co . have organised themselves into a society for " -Emancipation , of British Luiustry . " and the means of their " -Emancipation" are immense issues of re convertible Paper-money , that prices may be raised " COMPATIBLE with high taxes AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !! " In other
words , to enable the Minister to draw from the life ' sblood ofthe nation the means of paying the interest of a Debt never contracted by the nation , and which said debt amounts to a greater sum than the whole " money" of the whole world would liquidate ; to enable that same Minister to obtain the means of paying , in "full-tale , " . the hordes of idlers and prostitutes quartered on the public , through the pension list , the half-pay list , the retired-allowance list , the sinecure list , the dead-weight list , and the mcnsalaried list . It is to enable the Minister to maintain " high taxation , " that these "OTHER . BURDENS TO CORRESPOND" may be firmly and
securely fixed on the shoulders of the people , that Spottiswoode and Co . propose to violate every existing engagement—to disrupt the entire of commercial transactions—and to ROB every creditor of one-half of his just debts ! . ' . ' These are the purposes ofthe " inconvertible Paper-money" gang , and such are the effects to which their nostrums would inevitably lead ; and it is for the purpose of exposing the gross injustice and inherent nefariousness of the whole scheme , that we wish for the assistance of our " old friend" of the Operative . In the columns of that paper we remember there were inserted , from the pen ofthe Editor , a series of papers "showineup . " in ferocious style , "the Jews and job-
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bers , and all the unholy spawn of the , infernal Paper-? nioney system ;"—and an explanation of some ofthe jargon of the Stock-Exchange , particularly of the terms "Bulls" and "Bears" —was given , together with an explanation of the causes which operate on the rate of foreign exchanges : and it would not be amiss , fust noiv , to reprint some of those articles as an answer to the specious and sophistical reasoning ushered indirectly into the world by SroxnswooDE
and Co ., to prepare the public mind for the perpetration of an act ofthe grossest injustice and downright palpable ROBBERY , —an act only to be equalled by the monster theft committed by Peel ' s Bill !! Contrary to our usual practice , we did not file the numbers of the Operative , as they appeared : a circumstance we much regret , as the articles we speak of would have been of essential service just now , against the horrible schemers who are endeavouring to " raise prices" to a point "COMPATIBLE
with HIGH TAXES and OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !"—instead of pursuing the plain , the simple , and the only honest course in relation to this subject—an equitable adjustment with the "National Creditor , " and a reduction o / toa'atfon , to a point compatible to the nation ' s wants and its ability to pay . Spottiswoode and Co . are going most insidiously about their work . They do not appear in their own proper persons . At all events what they do directly has little effect on society . True , they are organised into a confederation designated by the highsounding and catching title of the " Society for the Emancipation of British Industry , " True , also , that they have published , and thrust into circulation—by means of the butter-women and the
trunk-makersa series of tracts , to demonstrate the benefits that must accrue from the more firmly fitting on tlie vitals of the proclucing-mass the insatiable cormorants of annuitants , dividend recipients , deadweight men , pensioners , sinecurists , and over-paid jobbing officers of state . True , they have done this , and been laughed at for then' pains : and now , therefore , they have gone more secretly and more insidioitsly to work . We know that they " beat about '> among the "Mends ofthe poor "—those who had the ear of the Working Classes—to see if they could get hold of a man who , from Ms already
acquired character as a "champion of the rights of Industry , " would be listened to , while he plausibly and insidiously endeavoured to make it apparent that the perpetuation ofthe infernal system of stockbrokers , gambling speculators , jobbing-Jews , by means of an INCONVERTIBLE paper-money , and its consequent high prices to make it " COMPATIBLE with high taxation and OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND " would ; be a benefit !! We know of many whom they tried for this purpose . We know that they beset Mr . Oasiler , for instance , and laboured hard to bring him to an advocacy of the
" saving faith" —the saving of the Jews and moneychangers—but without effect , as Mr . Oastlee had always one unvarying answer for them , that "he did not profess to understand the currency question . " We know others whose aid was sought ; and we know too that the party did at last succeed in getting hold of one ofthe soi-disant "friends of the people "one whose wants probably induced him to listen to the golden reasons of Spottiswoode and Co . " : —for we take it that the pay for such services as were required of him would neither be offered nor accepted in "inconvertible Paper-money , " notwithstanding the now mutually-received and advocated doctrine , that " GOLD , as a standard of value , is a rude device of ignorance and
barbarism " and we well remember that such wANi-caught advocate of the blessed rule of Jews and jobbers" IIIGH-TAXATION AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND " -was sent out on a tour through the country to prepare the way for the reception of the new doctrine of relief to thCnation by the more firmlt rooting the evil disease ! We remember also that bundles of the Emancipators' ( of-the-Jewsfrom-the-people's-f » a & iftti / -to-pay ) tracts were sent down to those of the Advocate ' s friends that were deemed likely to aid him in his new occupation , ; but they , not having to look through the golden spectacles , could not see the great benefits to be derived from the advocacy of immense issues oi " inconvertible Paper-money" to cause " high prices " that a "COMPATIBLE HIGH TAXATION
AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !" might bemaintained ; and they were therefore quiescent . And we further remember , that it was deemed by the queer sort of Emancipators that the time had come when an experiment could be tried on the public mind ; and that accordingly a public meeting was called in the " National Hall , " Holborn , wlien the former denouncer ofthe Jews and jobbers and all the "infernal system of paper-credit , " appeared as the advocate for the continuance of that system , as the most sure and certain means of the Nation ' s Emancipation ! We remember also that Mi * . George Rogers ,
a man who understood the nature of the questionwho knew what the meaning of such " Emancipation " was— "spoiled the sport" of the Spottiswoode gang , by moving the Charter as an amendment to the Paper-money resolution , and carrying it , to the great chagrin of the new-born advocate of Emancipation through HIGH TAXxVTION ! Since then the tactics ofthe "BURDENERS of British Industry " have been somewhat changed . They have not come out before the public in public meetings : but they have established a newspaper in " the centre of
the three kingdoms" to experimentalise how far they can tamper with and use the public mind in aid of their queer scheme of Emancipation ! The course pursued by that journal has been crafty and insidious enough . It did not at first come out as the advocate ofthe Paper-money party ; but it cautiously inserted papers and pamphlets reasoning on the monstrous injustice perpetrated by Peel ' s Bill , and on tlie " rude device of ignorance and barbarism , in fixing on GOLD , or other money of intrinsic value , as a standard of value . Then the Editor " called attention" to such papers , and such reasonings : " they
were deserving of much consideration , " & c . & c ; eveiy week the language becoming more and more decided ; until , at last , we have it fairly out , that the emancipation in store for this plundered nation is , " more of Paper-money , and the abolishment of GOLD ' as a standard of value , that we may have " high prices , and possibly high wages , " to enable us to pay a " COMPATIBLE HIGH TAXATION , " and bear "OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !!! " It is to answer the present advocate of that doctrine that wc wish for the copy of tho Operative ; and we shall be greatly indebted to any friend who can furnish us with it .
'^^^Vv^ O'Connell And The Land. There Is...
' ^^^ vv ^ O'CONNELL AND THE LAND . There is no adage more true than that " one man may steal a horse , while another dare not look over the hedge . " In the Nation of last week we have one of the mo & t sweeping justifications of our Land policy , that could be suggested even by a hired advocate . Mr . O'Connell never suggests any political changes or social improvements . It is , on the contrary , his practice first to recommend , and then to
adopt such suggestions of others as are likely to create a fresh excitement . Hence Mr . Grey Porteh , Aid . Burr , Dr . Maunsell , Sharman Crawford , and others of less note , have been flattered from time to time by the " Liberator's" fascinating approval and recommendation of their measures . True , the prize that Mr . O'Connell has placed before the Irish people was so valuable and easy of acquisition , that he has failed in securing national competition for any of the minor stakes .
The subject of our present notice is an elaborate proposition of Sir James Mubbat , for the wholesale improvement of " Ireland and the Irish , " The Whigs , in their day of tribulation , created so many " Knights and Baronets , " that we do not know to which tribe Sir James belongs ; while we are free to confess that his adoption of our principles —( for in every good line we recognise not only our policy but our words)—entitles him to much higher honours than any that monarchs ean bestow , In our sixth page
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will be found an abstract of Sir James Muruay s plan , as far as it has appeared ; and to it we recommend the reader ' s attention ; It will be seen that the principles ofthe paper in question were recommended by Mr . O'Conxell to the consideration of the manufacturing-emp loyment meeting at the Royal Exchange on the 13 th ult .: and from this we presume that it is Mr . O'Conneu / s intention to enforce its practice upon the Irish mind ; a practice , in the extension of which had all the money filched from the Irish people for the last twenty ' years been expended they might now have been living anter a- system which , in their present temper , we fear they will receive but as a poor substitute for the great blessing so long promised : a system , however , which must be resorted to before " Ireland can be for the Irish . "
In the present posture of the agricultural interest of this country , —committed to the "faith , " the " care , " and "trusteeship" of Sir Robert Peel , — there is no hope save in the dread of that " RUIN " which must inevitably follow the destruction of a class , who for years , nay , centuries , have been the disposers ofthe country ' s fate . The Report of the Devon CojiMissiONleaves us little hope of correction from tvMout ; while the ignorance of Parliament on
agricultural questions leaves us as little from within . The manliest , the injurious , and admitted injustice practised by the Irish landlords , until unopposed custom had become law , justifies every crime that has been perpetrated , and would sanctify a revolution , if the guilty only would suffer in tlie conflict . Un fortunately such is the view that we are compelled to take of the several grievances imposed upon society , by a selfish , bigotted , ignorant class , possessed of power to sanction , if not to justify , their
atrocities . If the landlords alone were to feel the effect of Sir Robert Peel ' s free trade policy ; if they alone could be made to suffer the penalty of their own misdeeds , we should not be over nice in apportioning their just meed of punishment . However , when we consider the vast amount of power possessed by this body , together with then * ability as individuals to oppress , and as a community to resist correction , we confess that we do feel a difficulty in dealing with them : because on their fate depends the fate of millions , to
whose neglect and destitution , a class , if possible , more griping and oppressive , look as a God-send . The English mind , weaned , as it were , from agricultural pursuits , is not even yet prepared to sec in Landed monopoly the foundation of every national woe ; anil , therefore , to Ireland , as an agricultural country , we look with some hope for the application ofthe best portions of Sir James Murrat ' s plan , as the means of rescuing the labouring classes from that state of unparalleled misery and destitution so heartlessly admitted on the Devon Report .
The essential portions of Sir James Murray ' s plan have been recommended and enforced by Mr . O'Connor in Parliament , the Northern Star , and other publications , for the last ten years : and , therefore , to recapitulatethem here would be a mere waste of time . We cannot refrain , however , from a short calculation ofthe good that might have been effected for Ireland had the proceeds of the Repeal Rent been applied to the practical working of some such scheme as that to which Mr . O'Connell has given his assent . Not by any means approving of that comparative state of prosperity to which Sir James Murray would elevate the half-slave , half-freeman , we shall , nevertheless , content ourselves with taking the > position in which he would place a working man in preference to that which he now occupies . Sir James
says-Ordinary districts valued at 10 s . per acre , and twenty years' purchase , would be £ 10 , price paid for the fine or cost of each acre , or £ 1 , 000 for every allotment of 100 acres , which would be sufficient for each single location of poor , because it is more economical to . spread these humble plantations at convenient distances , so that the men might be near farmers , to work for them when it can be obtained , and when work is scarce , to have their own small holding near at hand to employ their time ,
Now land that would fetch 10 s . an acre in Ireland is by no means waste , barren , or even bad land ; but , on the contrary , is of that quality . which , by moderate labour , might be made worth 30 s . per acre in three years ,, and the price of which , to be bought out-and-out , we are told would be £ 10 . If , then , we estimate the amount of Repeal rent paid within the last two years at £ 100 , 000 , and the price of an acre at . 610 , we find that this great "national" maw has in two years swallowed up as much as would
give ehe acre of land to each of ten thousand families ; and if we estimate each family at seventhat is , a man , his wife , and five children—we learn that a set of hazy , idle , spouting " gentlemen " have received as much in two years as would provide permanent happiness and employment for 70 , 000 human beings !! We think , then , that however others may deplore and censure the heartless treatment to which the Irish people are subjected , our " friends" of the Conciliation Hall should be the last
to murmur . The Nation , from which we have taken that portion of Sir James Murray ' s plan that we publish , appears to approve of the project for its simplicity , and supposes that it must have suggested itself to many minds before : and adds that it now appears " for the first time in a plain , practical , business-like shape . " Here we beg to correct our cotemporary , who should have said , '' we have first seen it in a plain , practical , business-like shape . " Even then we should have doubted our friend's veracity , inasmuch as we know him to be a reader of the Northern Star ; and there the
same principle has been enforced and repeated m a more full , plain , practical , business-like shape . However , as we are not churlish of aid in support of measures that can tend to elevate the working classes , we allow our cotemporary the full privilege * of conferring authorship uport any . whose name is capable of giving effect to the proposition . We shall anxiously await the remainder of the plan , and as anxiously look for any light that the Nation can throw upon it ; and more anxiously still to see the degree of support that it is likely to receive from the Ccnciftatfoii HaU Regenerators !
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THE LONDON MASTER PRINTERS AND COMPOSITORS . THE SPOTTISWOODE MODE OF SECURING " HIGH WAGES *' " COMPATIBLE WITH HIGH TAXES j AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND ! ! !" In our several comments , as well on the " Royal Prologue" as on the " pree Trade" measures of Sir Robert Peel , we have always said that the especial objects ofthe Right Hon . Gentleman ' s tenderness , care , and solicitude would have , for THEIR SHARE or " prosperity" the bare bone , after the represented middle-classes had picked off the meat . Every proposition submitted to Parliament , even the Allotment scheme of Mr . Cowper , tends to convince us that the
" outward and visible" sign of improvement only is intended for the labourer , while "the inward and spiritual grace" is conferred on his employer . All these anticipations mny be assigned , either to our contempt for Parliament , or our doubt of its capacity to legislate in the right direction between the parties electing that body and the parties on whose labour the electors live . In the dispute now raging between the Master Printers and tlie Compositors , the correctness of Mr . Drury ' s opinion , and of our conviction , is irrefutably established : that is , that the power of the Capitalist is more dangerous than the power of the Law . '
As it has ever been our course to take part with every branch of Labour , whensoever and by whomsoever oppressed , we deem it our duty to bring the case of the London Masters and Compositors before the public , in the hope that such a sympathy for the aggrieved may be aroused as shall enable them , — using their own language , — " to fight the battle of right against might . " In the outset we shall state the case of the dispute , leaving to our readers the task of judging for themselves . A certain scale of prices for composing a description of work termed " Appeal Cases '• has been established for more than ten years ; the rate paid being eightpence per 1000 letters : a standard which has not enabled the Compositors to hoard
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much ! after living . The Master Printers , for reasons assigned in the resolutions which appear underneath , propose to reduce the rate of wages to sevenpence , or a reduction of more than twelve per cent . A Mr . M'Dowall has been selected by the Masters to toy the foul experiment on the pliancy of his men ; and the following resolutions must be taken as the best reason that the Master Printers can assign for the projected reduction : — At a General Meeting of the Trade of Master Printers , lield this day , at Anderton ' s Coffee-house , ANPHBW SPOTTISWOODE , ESQ ., IN THE CHAIR , The following resolutions were put and seconded , and carried by a very large majority : — ¦
Resolved , 1 . —That this general meeting of the Trade , having heard read the minutes of the committee of the Master Printers' Association of the 51 st ult ., and the 7 th and 24 th inst ., negative the alleged custom in the Trade for paying Appeal Cases at 8 d . per 1000 ; believing that the majority of those houses wliich have paid 8 d ., have done so upon the representation which has been made to them , that such was the practice of certain offices in the Trade . 2 . —That , when they consider that Master Printers are perhaps the only class in the trading community who have not called upon their journeymen to diminish the scale of prices established during the war , when the quartern loaf was at Is . 7 d ., except as to reprints ; when the Masters reflect that they have greatly reduced their charges to their employers , notwithstanding the expenses of carrying on their business have greatly increased , they consider this not the time , when the quartern loaf is at 7 id ., to sanction an increase in the charge for any work beyond
the war prices . 3 , —That they can see nothing iu Appeal Cases which should entitle them to be paid at a higher rate than other Parliamentary printing , and certainly not at a higher rate than 7 d . per 1000 , winch is the maximum price the war scale recognises for a species of work attended with all the inconveniences which the shortest Appeal Case can present to the Compositor ; therefore , they entirely agree with the decision ofthe Committee ofthe Master Printers ' Association , that the proper mode of casting up Appeal Cases is at 7 d . per 1000 , and that the side-notes be paid ad valorem , according to Art . 12 of the scale . 4 . —That they highly disapprove of the course the Comp ' ositors have adopted in the office of Mr . M'Dowall ( the Honorary Secretary to the Association ) , as shewn by his circular of the 24 th instant , with the view of compelling him to pay for an Appeal Case 8 d . per 1000 , and 5 s . per
sheet for side-notes , which he states to consist only ot word " Appendix" at the shoulder of each page . 5 . —That , to evince the determination of this meeting to support the decision of the Committee , such of the members present as may have Appeal Cases in hand in their offices , and who may hitherto have had them . composed on the establishment , or at 8 d . per 1000 , will immediately give them out to Compositors on the piece at 7 d . per 1000 ; and that those who have no Appeal Cases to give out will take a portion of Mr . M'DowaU ' s , and give it to six Compositors on the piece in each of their offices at 7 d . per 1000 . „ , . „ G . —That , should such Compositors m any of their offices refuse to go on with the Case at 7 d . per 1000 , the master of that office will not give them any other work , hut win supply their places by taking fresh apprentices , and immediately communicate the fact to the Secretary , who shall thereupon summon the Committee .
7 . —That the members present at this meeting pledge themselves to adopt such further measures , even to giving the Case to their whole office , as the Committee may recommend . Let us have a word on these " resolutions . " The / S ™/ . leads us to a knowledge of that sweeping facility possessed by Masters to NEGATIVE an alleged custom , and to establish a new one upon its ruin . There . is no mention of eightpence being too much for the ^ labour performed ; while the fact of that rate
having being paid for more than ten years establishes such a title to , as requires more than the "simple representation" of Master Printers in meeting assembled to set it aside . The second resolution fully establishes the fact , that tho " omnipotent Masters " are resolved that the Working Classes shall not have any portion ofthe benefit arising from " cheap food ;" while the concluding sentence ia hypocritically intended to convey the notion that the Masters are RESISTING an increase in the charge of work , instead op attempting a reduction of more than
twelve per cent . I ! The third resolution is a still stronger proof of the very slight grounds on which this most tyrannous act can be justified ; but it must be understood that in the original compact , the mode of casting up " Appeal Cases" with side notesconstituted one whole question ; and the side notes being very indefinite , and not regulated by scale , were paid for extra ; and the eightpence per thousand was considered no more than afair price for the body ofthe work , without the side notes . The fowtli , resolution assures us that " the Masters highly disapprove of the course adopted by the Compositors . " We can very well understand disapproval coming from such
a quarter ; but we cannot understand how the word " appendix , " constituting the side notes in one sheet , can be assigned as a justification for annulling an agreement where the probability , or indeed frequency , of such an occurrence must have constituted a portion of the original contract . The fifth resolution confirms the melancholy fact that the success of the masters must always depend upon the disunion of the men : but we trust that those employed on the " establishment , " —for that ' s the masters ' . maf » reli .
« ucc , —will not be found so foolish as to strengthen the hands of their oppressors . The sixth resolution is confirmatory of that despotism by which capitalists are enabled to compel obedience from the employed . The assembled masters state that on refusal to comply with their terms , they will immediately communicate the fact to their secretary , who shall thereupon summon the committee . They should have added , and " they mm forthwith proceed to damn , blacken , starve , or otherwise destroy , every working man who refuses to submit to our tyranny . "
Such are the resolutions passed by the masters ; resolutions conceived in injustice , and , if not met , will be carried out in vengeance . We have great hope , however , that a society so firmly bound together as the Compositors of the empire , will make a firm stand against this proposed act of tyranny . Let us see how the " artful and designing , " thus attempted to be robbed of one-eighth of their wages , meet the machinations of tlie enemy . The following short but pithy document , with the accompanying resolutions , inspires hope , and will be read , not by Compositors alone , but by every class of labourers with , that attention and respect that it merits : —
NATIONAL TYPOGRAPHICAL A SSOCIATION . m FaIco " Tavern , Gough-square , Feb . 2 ~ 7 , 1815 . The Committee , in laying hefore the members of this society a copy of the resolutions agreed to at a special delegate meeting on the 19 th inst ., and likewise that passed at a special meeting of the Committee this evening , express their unanimous hope thatthe trade , in this instance , will act firmly and prudently to the resolutions here appended ; assured that upon their firmness and unanimity the issue against 7 d . per 1000 for Appeal Cases becoming the law of the trade will alone depend . In these resolutions , the Committee have drawn out the course for each man to pursue who may have offered to Mm this description of work at the reduced price , viz ., 7 d . ner 1000 : and state , if
S m i a „ couvse- be strictly complied with , the Committee will be fully prepared to tsike each member ' s interest into their consideration upon the terms expressed in the 50 th rule of the National Typographical Association , the Executives of that association having decided upon " supporting the London Trade in inaintaining the price of Sd . per 1000 for Appeal Cases , in opposition to the Masters' Declaration . " Thus , tlie trade will see that the Compositors of London are in a position to oppose such attempted reduction , it being sanctioned by the District Boards of the three kingdoms , and the unanimous approval of a Special Delegated Meeting . The Committee ' s words are to the members— "Act honestly and truly to the resolutions they have subjoined , and success must attend the labours ofthe trade , and also those of the Committee . "
iJcsofuttoiis resolved upon at a Special Delegated Meeting on Wednesday , theVMh instant . " 1 . That any man , on the piece , accepting any disputed work upon the establishment , shall , if a member of this society , be immediately excluded , and only re-admitted by aud with the consent of a delegate meeting . If he be not a member , his eligibility to become so shall be at the discretion only of a delegate meeting . " " 2 . That any turnover , not under indenture , accepting employment upon any kind of work that is in dispute , shall not , at the expiration of bis servitude , be eligible to become a member of this society without the consent of a delegate meeting . "
Resolution of the Committee of the 21 th February . Hesolved- " That every Compositor , on the piece , who may have offered to him the composition or making-up of an Appeal Case at 7 d . per 1000 , do , upon his own Responsibility , refuse the acceptance of the same ; and if he be refused work that he ean , consistently with the accustomed price of the trade , compose , he do immediately give a fortnight ' s notice , and write to the Committee , through the secretary , for further instructions . " By order of the Committee .
Tlie reader lias now the plain and simple case of the respective parties before him ; and in order to adjust the difference , the Masters have proposed to submit tlie case to arbitration . Now , at the first blush , such proposition carries with it the semblance of " fair play : " but when the men remember that on every occasion when their case has been submitted to arbitration they have been wheedled out of their rights , they naturally enough pause ere they submit the decision of their case to the representatives of a party whose determination to persevere is so unequivocalJy ' statcd in their own published resolutions .
We feel no little pride in publishing the following resolution , passed by a " chapel" ( as a meetiug of the Printers' in an office is technicall y termed ) , at our own printing office : —
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That this " chapel" quite approve of the course now being taken by tlie Trade to oppose \\\ a attempt on . the part of the Masters to reduce the wages of the Compositors ; and will hold themselves ready to adopt any course the National Typographical Association may deem expedient . They also venture to express a hope that the Trade will never swerve from their recent determination . The following . resolution has also been passed at a " chapel" of the " greatconspirator ' s" office : — March 1 , 1843 . At a " chapel" of Mr . M'Do wall's office , held on Friday Feb . 28 , it was moved , seconded , and carried unanimously , " That , in tlie event of any individual being called on to go on with the Appeal Case in dispute in this office at 7 d . per 1000 , aud , on his refusal to do so , it be intimated to him that he shall receive no other employment , this ¦ chapel ' recommend each member individuall y tv give a fortnight ' s notice . " .
, , ,. ,.- Starch 3 . In pursuance ofthe above resolution , and the Case having this morning been tendered to six persons , the whole of the members ofthe chapel immediately gave notice . Owing to the refusal of some ofthe Compositors to take the work at the reduced price , the whole of the men , at the following offices , have giver , notice to leave : — * Mr . M'Dowall ' s , Pemberton-row , Gough-sguare , Mr . Clay ' s , Breud-street-hill . Mr . M'Intosh ' s , New-street . Mr . Bentiei ' s , Shoe-lane . Mr . Kinuer ' s , Green Arbor-court . Messrs . Tyler and Read ' s , Bolt-court , Flleet-stree :,
Having thus plainly , impartially , and dispassionately submitted the case of both parties , we ask if the men—who , be it observed , do not demand an increase , but merely resist a reduction of wages , are not entitled to sometliing more than the sympath y o the Trades and Working Classes ofthe Empire ? The Compositors are a compact and well-organised body , They arc a small body comparatively speaking , and are peculiarly fitted for the position they have assumed—that is , if their bretln-en rally round them and support them in their struggle . Their contest is not like the Miners' contest , where the parties requiring , support were too numerous and toe widely spread to be managed by any , the most coai .. pact machinery .
We learn that the majority , indeed nearly tho entire of the Masters , are free traders ; and tliere « fore we are induced to make a calculation of the effect that the proposed reduction would have upon their work-people . Compositors engaged at the work in question , could earn about 40 s . a-week—supposing them fully employed . A reduction of twelve per cent , would amount to £ 13 a year ; and at £ 2 3 s . 4 d . a quarter , the proposed reduction upon each man ' s wages woidd purchase six quarters of wheat ; so that by this means it will be seen that the rich employer , the " free TRAnE" antt-monopolist , seeks to monopolise allthe . advantages of " cheap broad , " " cheap sugar , "
" cheap glass , " and " cheap cotton-wool - tor his owk " sole use , behoof , and benefit ! " There is one such glaring falsehood in the second resolution , that vfo cannot refrain from calling especial notice io it . It says , '' the Masters have greatly reduced their charges to their employers , notwithstanding the expenses of carrying on their business have greatly increased . " Now this "fact" is a " great lie ; " inasmuch as nearly all the expenses of carrying on their business have been greatly reduced . Paper has been greatly reduced ; machinery has been greatly reduced ; type has been tremendously reduced . Tlie duty on glass , an articlejm extensive use with thorn , ia to be swept away . All articles of food and clothing for theni ^ selves and families have been reduced ; while these
ANir-monopolists tvould deprive their hands oj any advantage in the several reductionsthat have ' J been made , l > y a still greater reduction in their wages . It is rather ominous that the Chairman of the Masters' meeting to reduce the wages of the Com ; positors , should have been the very man who ia "top-sawyer" in the " Society for the Em . ixcipatios ; of British Industry , " by means of inconvertible papermoney issues , that " nion prices may be securedand possibly high wages—compatible with HIGH
TAXATION AND OTHER BURDENS TO CORRESPOND !! ! " It is a strange mode of enabling the producer to meet HIGH TAXATlON . -rendered doubly oppressive through the operation of Peel ' s Bill , as Spottiswoode and his Society hold , — to reduce his wages ! Queer Emancipation , that . ' Does "not this simple fact let out another " great fact '" that Spottiswoode and Co ., in seeking for their soYi of Emancipation , seek for nion prices for themselves and LOW WAGES for the workers ? Do « s not their condxict prove this ? and can all the hired advocacy in the world show it to be different .-
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J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt of the following sums , for the Local Victim Fund : —From Cairingtoa , 2 s . 2 d . ; Arnold , Is . 3 d . ; Basford , Is . 2 d . ; The Shoemakers ' Locality , 2 s . Cd . ; Byron-ward ditto , Is . 6 d . ; St . Ana ' s ditto , Is . 6 d . ; Mr . Gregory , Is . Mr . Sweet has also received , for Mrs . Ellis : —From the Seven Stars , Nottingham , 2 s . ; James Sweet , Cd . Mrs . John Ddncan acknowledges the receipt of £ 1 from Alva , by Mr . Clark ; £ 1 Cs . Gd . from Tillicoultry , by Mr . Monteith ; and £ 1 from Markineli , by Mr . Kidii , oi Dundee .
A Subscriber , Skelmantiiorpe , should embodj- the whole facts of the case in a complaint to the postmaster general , who will cause an inquiry to be instituted into the case ; and if it should turn out that the letter has been opened by the party orparties he suspect ? , the example of Sir James Graham will not save him or them from the consequences of then' illegal act . let the complaint contain nothing but a statement of / to * —facts such as our correspondent and his friends believe themselves to be in a condition to prove , Don ' t trouble the postmaster-general with any opinions or comments . Those will best apply when the investigation that is almost sure to follow his complaint is over , S . C . S ., Peterborough . —To the first question , " Xo " The rent , exclusive of rates , must be £ 10 to confer a
vote . To the second question , " Yes , " provided tliat the lodger have a street-door key , and be able to enter the house at any time he pleases . John Daavson , Coais . vaughton . —Refer to the Nortk-rt Star ofthe 15 th of February . E . W . Sale . — -Received twelve postage stamps . 1 ' ETEtt Stiutuern , Don-dee . —ills letter is in typs , J but obliged to be kept over till next week . * Thomas "Wild , Oldham . —Mr . Hobson regrets tli . it he is obliged to decline the kind invitation to be present at . the opening of the Working Man ' s Hall -, but Ms engagements will not permifof liif leaving town on that occasion . James Fleming , Stockport . —If the room in ipiestiao is in his take , undoubtedly he has a right of entry to
it ; and be would be justified in breaking down any obstruction to his free course . On his other question wc think the present landlord cannot enforce payment OJ the former arrears . They are not due to him . E . Mitchell , Rochdale . —We beg to assure him that in what we said last week there was no in tention to disparage him . On the contrary , we feared tlie app lication regarding the resolution was dictated by 3 captious feeling to find fnult with , perhaps , Mr . Mitchell himself ; and we were not disposed to encourage it : 60 gave for answer that which was intended to oxouerate him altogether . Wm . Bell , Hevwood . —We have not the Acts he names by us ; but will try to get a sight of them before next
week , and give him an opinion . D . Potts , Birmingham—Wc did not publish the resolution , because the names of parties were mixed up i" ' to whom the amende honorable had been made : and they would indeed have had cause to complain had wc not withheld the publication of such matter . As Mr . Patts well observes , Hie expose has been made ; Mil , therefore , there is the less necessity to recur to it . J . Lord , Lancaster . —The property must descend according to the will of the deviser . Any other disposition of it will be unlawful , and may beset aside , R . Kidd , Dundee , desires us to say that he has rcceiv- 'd from Markinch , per William Melville , the sum of £ 1 ; and from Brighton , per William , Flower , 5 s . ( id ., for Mrs . John Duncan .
More "Fruits" op Lord John Russell's NoN . EMrt- <> - ment op Spies . —Another victim is very likely to feu before the Moloch ' of aristocratic and class vower- ~ poor old Booker , who has ' never recovered giuce hi 5 incarceration in the black hole of Northallerton , wiU soon , according to all appearances , have to follow i " the death-wake of Clayton and Holderrt . He is now confined to a bed of sickness , and has nothing to depend upon for his and his wife ' s support , except the ««' ' - ' charity doled out by the hands of the saints in the shape of Neiv Poor Laiv relief . A few friends of that g lorious but much injured cause , Chartism , have collcctcda little
for him in his hour of need ; and I am requested by Booker ' s wife to send this acknowledgment to the Star , that she has received 7 s . 8 Jd . ; for the satisfaction 0 ' those who have contributed , and as an inducemen t ? or others to imitate the example . R . 0 « et . The Colliers' Prize Song . —It will be remembered tha t during the Colliers' strike in the north , Mr . Roberts offered a prize of two guiueasfor thebest song on Union , to t ,, e tune ofthe "Brave old Oak , " that should be p rodnc *" by any one engaged n , or dependent on , collier ? labour . The prize has been awarded to Miss Jan ^ S "" ' * lateofSacriston . - Jajces Watts , Tonbridoe . —He roust be rated at - ''' a year before he can have the house licensed .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 8, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_08031845/page/4/
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