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THE WRONGS OP LABOUR—TYRANNY. INJTJS TIC...
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TRADES' MOVEMENTS. Nottingham.-To the Dr...
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BROOKE ' S „ MELLIFLUOUS COuGH BALSAM . Y ? YEVv \ finely ought to toep a o » s «* £ ^ \ ofthe JJi medicine , which is P"P ^ f 5 ^^ qualities , is a nostbcKiing-. «**«** . f ^ ls ? m and ft ^ ^ n given in rich and ^^\ V ^ % fX ' X ^ f ^ ' ° - numerous cs » es «« ii mkp immediately relieving-, : nary power which it P ^ J es inoEt ob 5 tmatB coughs , colds ,: ani tveutually curing "Xomplaluts of fte h „ alU i u , hoarseness , asthnia , ana au v ^ .. ^ 8 taortincrediMe . ltmt ^|«^ P d ives , „ , In thnt unpto *** ncku £ . ^ . bs found iuvaluablej I E L ? n . lr a Hts the irrigation , a single doSC affording j «^ n Swd to most cases a single bottle effects "kr ^ e hiS ' co ^ li . it will be found an invaluable *! L depriving those harrassf ng spasmodtc paroxysms r f ? heir vk . leuce , aud from its powerful expectorant sad healinR qualities , speedily effectwg a compete cure . During the pcrio-iical attacks of the inCuenia , which Bare soT often occurred durir . gthe whiter many Widl-Thhlals h . ve expressed to the proprietors that they have SS material relief from its use , « nd it may fees re-Sendedas a remedy of tbo first importance « i that
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ABERKETHY'S PILL for the XEIITES aud 11 US . CLES . —The Pronrietor of these Pills is a medical man . The brother of ' a patient of bis applied to Mr Abernttbyforadvice . He gave him a prescription , and these pills are prepared accurately from that prescription . The patient ' s complaint ivas a nervous one , and it . was utterlv impossible tor any one to he in a worse condition than he was ; muscularpower was « lsolost in someparts . _ and his less fairlv totteret under him . He had a box ei the p ills prepared , and tke effects were all but miraculous ; f » r not onlv did the ncrviainess leave him , but muscular power " returned to all parts deficient of it . The proprietor kas since tried them or hundreds of his
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CN THE CONCEALED CAUSE THAT PREYS ON T--IE HEALTK AND SHORTENS THE DURATION OE HUMAN LIFE . JXLCESIIATED WITH" SUHEROCS COLOCRtD ESQaATiSG 3 . Just Published , in a Sealed -E arelope . price 2 s , Cd ., or : - free by post , 3 s . 6 d . CONTROfc-L OF THE PASSIONS ; a Popular Essay OS the Duties and Obligations of Harried Life ,-the tmhapp ' mess vaulting from physical impediments and defects , with directions for their treatment . ; the abuse of the passions , the premature decline of he-ilth , and mental and bedily vigour ; indahjcEce in solitary and delusive habits , precocious exertions or infection , inducing a lous trair . of disorders affecting the principal organs of th-: body , causing co ' nsumptioes , mental and nervous debility aad indigestion , with remarks ou swaorrhasa , / jleet , stricture , aud syphilis . Illustrated with Coloured Engravings and Cases .
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The uress teems with volumes upon the Bciencc . of medirine and tho professora ofthe art curativelabo jnd ; but it is rarely even iu these days , when inte Ject is on the march , 'that-we find a really useful me . ji cal work . It was with no small gratification that we << . ave perused the unpretending , but really truly ValUabltf littlfl volume , entitled , 'Controulof the Passions , ' by Ijlessrs Lucas , The awful consequences of depraved ha ' oits , early acuired . are set forth in language tiat rr ^ st COiae heme with harrowing force to the parent and the victim . W « regard thi ^ publication as oae of a claf ^ that is most productive of benefit to humanity . The . objects , h ' ghly important and delicate , aretresied in a styte which at ence esbibits the po ^ sessioaof gr « it scien ' nfic knowledge , combined with the fidelity of trcXu . Theauthor « f this work is a legal ' y qualifiedmediosl man , rjmd wo most cordially recommend it . —Oon * er » atroe Journal . Persons desirous of obtaining the above work , and not wishing ta apply to a bookseller for them , may , to ensure secrecy , nave it-direct from tUe authors , by enclosing 3 s . 6 d ., or postage s -tsEips t » that amount . im
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-SCURVY AND IMPURE BLOOD . AtreTSER KOSTT EXTXAOiDISAKT CDBE BV HEAHS OF HALSE'S SCORBUTIC DR < 5 PS . -The following ; case hascxcltcd so much interest , that *^ «» ™ "X thtTiarisb of'Br * -nt , Devon , iiRve considered it their amy : tc-si ? n theiraames to the oecompanying important do-< <' anition . ; Ris « -ell wortiy the notice of the public -j' •« We tho tndersiBned , solemnly declare , that . befare "Thomas Robins ( ono Of'Wir parislaowers ) , commenced taking-Hade ' s Scorbutic Stops , he was literally -covered with laVgo running wounds ( some of them so large that a person night have laid & is fist in them ) , that before be had finished the first bottle he noticed an improvement , and thAi by continuing'Siem for some time he F ot complete ! vrestored to lieafth after everything elschad failed . He h ? * < i tried various -sorts of medicines before taking ' Halse s Scorbutic Drops , ' and had prescriptions from the most celebrated physicians in this eountry , without deriving the least benefit . ' Halse ' s Scorbutic Drops' * have-completely cured him , and be is now enabled to attend-to his labour as well as any man in our parish . Eroci other cures ako made in this part , we strongl y ¦ recommend * Halse ' -s Scorbutic Drops' to the notice of the
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I The extensive practice of Messrs R . andL . PERKY and I Co ., thecontinueddemandfor
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: . - . _ ... _ ^ : rrors , it is . nvaluable . Price Us . p « b ^^ f 9 Ul . quantities in one for 83 s . THE CONCENTRATED DETERSIV £ ESSENCE An anti-syphilitic remedy , for purifying ^ g system from venereal contamination , and is recomr aenaQa for tttly 0 £ the varied forms of secono ' arysyraptem < swHaseruptions on the skin , blotches on tho liead and . face ) enlargement of tho throat , tonsils , and uvula ; tb xeatened destruction of the nose , palate , & c . Its actior is pUreiy detersive , and its beneficial influence on tho system is undeniable . Price lis . and 33 a . per bottle , The 55 . cases of Syriu-eum or Concentrated Detersive Essence can only be bad at 19 ,, Berners-street , Oxford street , London ; whereby tbere » . s a saving of if . 12 ? ,, and the patient is entitled to Veueive advice without a fee , tfbicfc advantage ia applicable only to those who remit 5 J for-apa-ck't . PERRY'S PSMFY 1 NG SPECIFIC PILLS Constitute an efiotttual remedy in all cases ot gonorrhoea , gleet , stricture ,: » i > d diseases of the urinary organs . Price 2 s . 9 d „ 48 . 6 d ., w . d lln . per box .
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TUE GREATEST CURES OF ANY MEDICINES IN THK GLOBE . HOLLOWAY'S OINTMENT . A Very Wonderful Cure of a Disordered Liver and Stomach . Extract ef a Letter from ATr Charles IRfsou , 30 , Pr mocs Street , Glasgow , iaUi February UVi , l 8 iT . To Professor Holloway . gnt , Having taken your pills t » remove a disease of the Stomach and Liver , under which I had long suffered , « md having followed your printed instructions I have regained that health , which I had thought lost for ever . I bad previously had recourse to . several medical men , who are wlebrstei for their skill , but instead of curing au- Complaint , it increased to a most alarming degree . Humanly speaking your pills hare eared my life ! Many tried to disswade me from using them , and I doubtnot but that , hundreds are deterred from taking your most excel-
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The Wrongs Op Labour—Tyranny. Injtjs Tic...
THE WRONGS OP LABOUR—TYRANNY . INJTJS TICE , AND PERSECUTION BY THE MILL OWNERS OP LANCASHIRE .
TO THE EDITOR OP THE NORTHERN STAR . Sib , —To read man ; of the newspapers one would b « opt to think that the French had overy thing to struggle for , and we nothing . They had not even the liberty to egress their political opinions , tvhilit we can express any opinion we like on e ' vtoev foWtlcaV , veVijioua , or so . cial aatUrs , with the most unrestrained freedom . There never was a more egregious mistake . Y . m may attend a meeting here is ' the province *; you may express your opinions boldly , find eager listeners , and a ready response to your sentiments , whilst not one out ot every hundred of those listeners could stand up to state their views without being punished in either ona -way or another . A few years ago the meetings of the working
men were directed principally to the furtherance ot their political views , and prosecution succeeded proS'cution for sedition , till at length their spirits fftrebrokan ; men began to be chary of rising to speak , and morality and hypocritical cant was substituted for plain truth , or made to qualify every honest sentiment . Then the public mind became directed to other matters , and was divided into sections , having different objects , of which trades' unions appeared to rise paramount , and to crush these unions baa been latterly tho great object of tho we » lthy capitalist . 'When political unions were all the rage , then men were discharged from their employ
( or belonging to one of them , and thus , between prose , cations and oppresiiong-of a still blacker character , the grand obj act of silencing their slaves on this head was achieved . At present wo h « ar nothing against political anions . Trades' unions aro the only horrible things dot , and such is the tyranny practised towards them that at gome of the meetings which I have lately attended , I have had to be both chairman , and speaker , and mover and seconder of resolutions . If you inquire the reason , you are told that such a person has been discharged for taking part in the meetings , and is now eui of work and starving . At one ofthe meetings which I lately attended th < re vma a man with whom I was well
acquainted , who had come disguised , his employer having threatened to discharge any of his hands who might baeeen at the meeting , that person goon after ree ived notice te quit . 11 b has a wife and three small . children . Wh » t conldhe do ? Work was not to bo hid elsewhere , —he might linger for weeks , —his family fa mishing . Can you wonder if the appalling prospect before him should induce him to ask himself the question , —h « w far ho could consistentl y , in duty to his famil / , maintain an ind # p < : adent mind t A young man has been at my house to-day , he too was discharged on
Saturday last without notice ; he had attended a meeting composed wholly of tho hands in the mill where he worked . At that meeting he ventured to complain , or rather to enumerate the reprehensible acts of their employer , —such as making them pay for forks accidentally brofcen . shuttles and Brattle pegs , and of a truck system , la which beef and mutton wero thrust upon them at an exorbitant prico . Now every ono in th » meeting knew r-f these things , and if yau talked with them separately thfy all complained of their injustice ; but some poor tcriml went and told the employer what the young man had said , and he was immediately discharged
At Enfield , near Blackburn , the bands in the principal mill are ail cut . Three weeks ago tho milloroncr gave notice on the Monday that he should reduce their wages on the following Thursday tea p r cent . On Thursday , in tho afternoon , the hands sent a deputation to the employer desiring- to know the future prices , and praying him to give them a list . But to otoop to treat wivh his workmen about terms was beneath his dignity ; bis majesty's temper was rD . < Hed , and ho bade them ret ira to their work , or he would 'nstantly discharge them . The cona- ' quence was , lhe handV struck work . Ou Fr :-flay , the day after , anether deputation went to him . He would notgive them a list , but condescended to t 11 them the prices hts intended to pay for the various retda ; with this statement the hands wero satisfied , and expressed their willingness to return to work on the following Monday morning ; Monday came , but there was no admission and ti : a mlllowner ba » had the satisfaction of keeping them in nMeeroble suspense , and the sorest pri-> atiun for tin «« weeks ,
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Lord John Russell could propose to Increase the 1 b- come tan from thr » e to five per cent ., aad our gentr }' because of this were ready to turn him out of office . In : comes of £ 150 and upwards had by Lord John ' s decree ^ to pay a tax of ono anilling in the p >> und , and those in ) the receipt of those incomes wore ready to strike against ; dim ; but when a tax , or reduction of ton per cent , upon the p ' oor weaver ' s £ 25 a year was levied the other day , those same gentry wure ready to tear the wotkmau ' s heart out who dared to say a word against it ; for ., forsooth the ten p » r cent , was necessary to the pood of trade . ' The editor o a poor puerile thing in this town , called the Standabd , could repeatedly sneer at tho efforts of the worktaR man , to escape tho threatened reduction which has been since so vlllanously carried out , . .. .
but his jeremiad of hut week , bewailing the bard con dition of our smuggling , economical , iiwome-taxed gentry , would have drawn tears of blood frosa a turnip . You can form no conception of tho state of things here Emigration clubs nre the principal topic , which is scarcely interrupted by the exciting rumours of th French Revolution . The tpinners bate formed soeiette with the view of ridding themselves of their redundan hands the mechanics are doing tho sama , and th weavers are dreaminp about emigrating altogether Meanwhile the tyranny and oppression practiced toward them . iticreasca to a degree completely unbearable , What think you of a mlllowner summoning four heads of families before tho magistrates for having left his houses without paying up their arrears of rent aftor his mill had been standing for six months and no signs of again starting . They had got work at another mill two or three miles distant . The overseer refused to give them any mori relief , telling them th » y must find work
to liVO without hltr . They did so taking with them the fe \ V articles saved from the wreck , » t » d they are , for doing this , charged with violating o millownei ' s low . The mag istrates ( one of them a millowocO decided that the poor fellows must go for si * months to prison , but af terwards generously consented to give them a fortnight ' s resp ite , In orderto afford tlmofor anarrangament with their late employer . You sie from this f « ct , what workmen aro coming to . The great bulk ore employed , if emp loyed at all in mills . All ralllowners nre rapidly ureoting or hiring cottages for fiuir hands . When employed , the rent is stopt out of their wages , the rent is often one third higher than under other cottage owners ; when the mill stops no rent can be paid , work ennoot always be got elsewhere , and thus each week adds an additional fetter , by increasing the arrears of rent . The workman has no alternative but to remain , to be In readiness whtnhls employer has occasion for him , unless grim death should kindly release Mm from his bonds .
I could multiply examples without end , hut tho brain reels with madness , Tpe haggard looks of thousands staro ono in tho face at every tnrn , and nnl « n » something unixpectedly occur to change the present aspect of things , you will hava ' to record scenes of misery not less dreadful than those of Ireland . Yours respectfully , Richard Mae-den . Blackburn , March , 1 st , 1848 .
The New Republic . To Thb Editor Of Thk ...
THE NEW REPUBLIC . TO THB EDITOR OF THK NORTHERS STAR . Another ' Star fjas arisen to ditpel our political darkness , and its nature and organisation is comprehensible to all , without the ail of cunning politic-. 1 theorists to mislead us . It has joined the cluster of light and truth where each becomes enlightened , and each enlightens each . How glorious and how welcomed has this bright orb of Liberty buret over tho hills and vales of ' sunny ' Franco . How different the million- "tongucd acclamations that second its advent , to the servile homage politically dealt out to a hated and defunct despot ! All nature has its ' volcanoes ' and safety , vulvis , ' and when tbt-soceaso to g ive to necessity its vent , accumulation will stay hut a little while , before its ripened for . e burnts through lis
unnaturalobstruction , whls npowerandin a quarter some , times little expected . Who are they that would lake the wheels of progress from Reform , by talking down ' physical force ? ' Paris at this moment is a splendid triumph of physical force . What use in trying to desplsa a watchword—they only fear when the same men help to discipline a ' physical force , ' ( quipped by their own bidding-, and pnid by a national tax f Did all these regU ments of ' physical force' ever gain for a nation or court hulf so glorious a triumph , at a teath bo littlecost , hk physical force in the people of Pari * gained last week ? When man posses ^ s his ri < ht , ' physical force' becomes properly a dead inertia in society , or the mere mechanism of labour ; hut otherwise it becomes an eruptive ngtnt , of which oppression , whether in governmtni or anything else , Is at once the cause and the crimu J
So long as man remains the imperfect model that be is , of his Maker ' s intentions ' regarding him , justice in union with force , -will always justify its instrument until tyranny can be annihilated by other means The iniquity does not consist ia the oppressed knowing their rights and asserting them , but it eonsls's in the oppressors knowing justice , and opposing it . When a nation makes a etnnd to regain its trampled lights , a colli » ion , when inevitable to success , involves two parties . And the question becomes not whether " physical force' was tha best alternative , since it is generally the only one , but it becomes ' - which ought to submit , and which has th » rig ht to command . And so long as man has the liberty of his own actions ( in the sphere of national right ) , fixed in his being as an uncompromised inheritance from God himself , it becomes of certain solution , to which party
iniquity is become doubly wicked . Governments should be Installed by the free choice of the pnople—to the same free choice they should submit ; and so long as governments are formed for the governed—not tho governed for the government—the self assumption , of power to oppose the dictates of those they govern , Is compromising the very interests they wire iat-ndod only to serve , and erecting an usurped will hostile to that of the people which becomes a most unpardonable violation of their sacred trust [ The principles of a Republic harmonise mare than any other with those of ptaee , for they have too much to lose , end too little to gain , to tisk themselves in unnecessary strife , And it is only when they meet opposition to their progress—when the old abuse . ! powers , that they are to replace , make war to hold thut tenure of office , which is of itself national property , tliet blood becomes the cost of victory .
Government is an establishment of servants and officials in tho keep and pay of the country they belong to ; and so long as they receive employment and pay at the hands of the country , they aro bound to respect ita dictates . As servants of the country , governments must always stand guilty for the cest of opposition to the wishes of an unanimous paople . Granting that the people are the original sources of all good government—that they are the root and branch of which legislation becomes the good fruits , how unnaturall y those Eastern despots must be fixed on their thrones , who acknowledge eo inherent rights in mankind , to poist in the balance against their unbridled caprice . They become Irresponsible to any power on earth as though empowered to make wrong right or right wrong . They make eubttvUsioU to thtir galling oppression a law , as if thoy cout-l found a coda of morality that made it moral only to obey , and sinful to oppose . E . B .
To The Members Of The National Land Comp...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . We , the allottees of O'C-muorville , appeal to the generosity of the members , generally , for pecuniary assistance in a case of yreat hardship , William Oddy , ono of our members , has recently had a cow die in calving its value was upwards of £ 12 . This will snrioosly crippie bis energies , for years ; whereas a trifle raised in each locality would cover the loss , and be a kind boon to an industrious and well deserving man . Other of our allottees have also lost pigs , by death , to the valuo of
£ 10 , Tl ese accidents are almost inseparable from commenclnga new mode of life , but they ( all heavily upon our poor brethren , ani we trust yoar kindness will ullcvlate the burden , and that the Company will establish an Insurance Society by which the evil may be guarded against in future . Money for this purpose must be forwarded to Mr T , M . Wheekr , O'Connorviile . L « t each Locality do its duty and they will receive and deserve our warmest thanks . The sums will be duly acknowledged in the Stab . M . Griffeths , chairman , C . Wi & MAMS hon . secretary .
Arms For The Working Classes. To The F.D...
ARMS FOR THE WORKING CLASSES . TO THE F . DITOR OP THE NOETHEBN STAIt , Sib , —In looking over the Star of JFebrunry 19 th , I porceive our resptctable middle-clats friends (?) are going to play at soldiers , IJthiuk , if they aro fond of the game they ought to pay for it , as it is not fair they should amuse themselves at our expense . Wo have been riflad enough already , and for tho matter of a little amusement ;< I have no doubt but we , the working classes , would like to enjoy ourselves with a little exercise in the open air . and if the government would be kind eaouijh to supply us with arras a « sd ammunition , and some one
to teach ub the proper use of the popguns , wo mi ght , after a little practice , be abla to have a field day with them upon some fitting occasion , aud show them what wo can do on such occasion * , Perhaps they would like to h ave a ( sham ?} fight with us ; if so they will , perhaps , be good enough to recommend a proposal of that'to their friends in the House , as a word from them will go a great way . Aud , dear Mr Editor , please do all you can , recommend the project , as there are a good many of us would like to have a civil game with our respectable (?) friends , and you will oblige yours , rejpectfully , Burslem . j B
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Some wheat has been shipped from Bombay to England , in ordor to ascertain , by exoeriruent , whether it be possible to establish a profitable trade in corn between India and Great Britain . A New Orleans paper states that a slave belonging to a Louisiana planter has been declared to be free , because ins master bad voluntarily taken him to France , nnd bad thus virtuall y emancipated him . A New South Wales paper mentions that trepang or bi > che de mar has been iound off the banks iu the Barbour of Moreton Bay , and that it is proposed'to cure siime for . the Chinese market . An Australian paper says that , as there are no clergymen in Gippsland , persons in that district who wish to be married , . are forced to make a voyage to Vaa Oioiuui a Land , 0
Trades' Movements. Nottingham.-To The Dr...
TRADES' MOVEMENTS . Nottingham .-To the Drawer , Shirt , and Pauin loon Hands , and Framework Knitters ol all branches , and the Public in general . —Being under the paintul necessity of again appealing to you for support , wa do so in full confidence that yoa will not permit u » to be made the victims of a system which must extend to all the branches of the trade , and reach ev « n those who deem themselves past its influence , by an increase of pauperism . To give the public an idea of what the abatement momnc imWKMENTS .
wi / I effect , it may not be improper to state , that the reduction on some ! sorts of shirts will amount to twenty and twenty-five percent . A dozen of 19 in . 20 gage shirts , at the present price , ia lis . per d » Zin at the warehouse , from which have to ba deducted li . 3-J . frame-rent , lj . seaming , Is . 9 . 1 . -winding , taking in and standinc , and our employer wants 1 * . off for nothing but tha pleasure of " working for him , and Od . more for sleeves with a few nurrowings lrss , but which is sooner a- detriment than otherwise ; which would leave tha large sura of o « . 81 , to liv « upon , and find candles , needles , & o . Well may we exclaim , in the language of
Burns' Man ' s Inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mouin . ' The number of bands out on strike has been reduced it about UO , by a victory over our employer concerning the drawev bands , and by your continuous support we hope to be able to bring it to a speedy and successful termination . To those who havo to labour so many hours for a subsi !< tenc 8 tha levy may press heavily , but they must remember it will have an end , whereas the abatement will be a permanent one , and the forerunner of others , not only in shirta , hut drawers an <) pantaloons likewise . To those in other branches of the trade , and the gentlemen ol the town who have so kindly
ajeisted us , we return our warmest thanks , and confidently rely upon their support . To Mr Carver wa have only to say , that if ho flatter himself he can starve us into compliance he will find himself wofully mistaken . At a meeting of the drawer and shirt branches , held oh Monday , February 28 , at the King George on Horseback , it was unanimously agreed that a levy of Is . per frame on all frames in the shirt and drawer branch be made this week ; and the Committee will sit avery day at the Kin * Georjja on Horseback , from ten o ' clock in the morning till eight in the evening , to receive subscriptions ; and parties having cards with the Town Arms upon them wiJl wait upon those not connected with tho trsde , and all without suoh cards are impostors .
Committee ; William Riley , William Fisher , John Ilooton , John Simpson . Secretary : Wra . Shelton . Baknsley . —A public meeting ofthe linen weavers was held on Tuesday week on May-Day Green ; nearly 4 . 000 were present to remonstrate anainst the appointment of George Savage being inspector of the linen trade at Barnsley , when it was resolved , ' That they would not let Savage enter their shops , though they are willing that the manufacturer , their foreman , ' or their warehouseman , might visit their shops at any reasonable hours of the day . ' A deputation was appointed from the meeting to communicate this resolution to the masters .
London —At a meetiog of tho first division of tha City Bootmakers . ' Society , ( men ' s branch , ) hold at the Hole in the Wall , Chancery-lane , a frw dsys ago , the following resolution proposed by David Jones , and seconded by Robert Smith , was adopted unanimously : — ' That this meeting cannot help expressing admiration at the heroic and determined conduct of the peop'e of Paris in overthrowing the da > potio system under which they sroaned , and establishing the democratic republic of France ; and we further hope that the people of other nations will be inspired with the samo feeling of liberty , fraternity , and political ( quality , until their rights are secured , and freedom reisns triumphant through the world . ' Romfobd Stbam Engine Makehs- —Mr Peel
attended by invitation to explain the principles and objects of the National Trades' Association . The meeting of tho hands employed in the works of the Eastern Counties Railway was called for half-past seven o ' clock at the Corn Exchange . Mr Peel was very kindly received by the meeting , and « ntarod into an explanation which appeared to give perfect satisfaction to tho ? e assembled ; several questions were answered satisfactorily . About twenty gara their names in , apd there is every prospect of the majority of those working on the establishment joining the association .
To The Officers And Members Of Trades' S...
TO THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS OF TRADES' SOCIETIES . At a preliminary meeting of delegates , convened by the unemployed members of the Upholsterers' Institute , held at their rooms , 29 , Great Marlborough . street , on Wednesday evening . March 1 , 184 S , it was resolved , that a committee be formed , composed of one member of every trade present , for the purpose of britfly addressing the various trade societies in London , and calling tipon each to depute two persons to represent it at a Tradea' Delegate Meeting , with the view of discussing the present alarming state of trade , and devising measures having for their object its amelioration . At this meeting there were pre ent members connected with the trades of carpenter ? , coachmakers , cbairmakers , cabinet maker ? , compositors , masons , shoemaker ? , tailors , upholsterers , and
weavers . In pursuance of the resolution here named , the committee appointed do hereby convene a Trade *' Delegate Meeting , at the Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Tliarsday evening , March 0 , 1 S 48 , at seven o ' clock . Fkllow Wobkmkk , —Thero is a period in the history of every country which calls upon the toiling mil lions to bestir themselves ; to declare , as with one voice , that it is criminal to impoveri ? h labour , by Rial-administration of legislativepowers , and inhuman to show a marked indifference to the condition and
wants of the working community . That period has arrived with t ?* e English artisan ; and be is now exhorted ( o take advantage of it , ere another session of parliament closes , and his miserable position , consequent on want of work , remain unalleviated . The working chases neither wantparish aid norpecuniVy assistance . They want work . If a government cannot find them it , they can free certain trades from those fiscal imposts which lock up capital , and thus cause a dearth of labour , and at the same time afford that protection to others which will secure to the Englishman the home-trade of his country .
There is nothing speculative nor equivocal in the statement , that the depre & sie-n of trade during the last twelve months has been of an appalling character * , nor that it has now assumed a greatness which threatens to pauperise the already toe-much dependent situation ofthe workman . Throughout the empire there are millions of good and honest artisans positively , at this moment , starving ; and tho coming season seems to foreshadow its results , by pointing to the past as the history of the future . This in a fruitful land , capable of providing sustenance for every being that treads its surface , but rendered barren to tho non-rem-esented operative , by bad laws . May we
not ask . ' Have English tradesmen so far forgotten their duties as men , their love to their wives and children , as to remain silent one bourlonger , knowing that that hour only adds fuel to the fire of distress which is burning around them ? Forbid the thought . Let every man in and out of work prepare to meet this crisis of events ; and by unity of action firmly solicit the government to redress those causes of dearth of labour which as practical men they can point out—the removal of those obstructions upon trade which , while they btint its growth , of n consequence destroy even the chance of the eperative find ing employment . We would say , and siy it with great earnestness and truth ,
Awake , nrisp j or be for ever fallen . Come and assist us in demonstrating to the country and the government not alone our degraded condition , but also our fixed resolve no longer passively to endure burtt-ens inflicted without even a show of reason to back them , yielding but an inconsiderable sum to the revenue , enriching theforeiuRer at the expense of the Englishman , and causing wretchedness and want to those whose industry alone has placed England in her enviable position , upon the products of whom her greatness and stability must for the future depend .
We ask you , then , in your respective societies , to depute two persons to attend at tha Bell Inn , Old Bailey , on Thursday , March 0 , 1848 to discuss and deteimine with us measures that will ameliorate the distressed condition of the artismship of this country , and procure for the operative that which he never ought to feel the want of—employment . Recollect , the period of redress is whilst parliament is sitting . Moreover , that if apathy be continued to be shown ! when your children cry for bread and you have it not to give them , lay not tho sin at the door of
legislatoe . li , but vesavd as culpable your own neglect and supineness . Wanting help , wo must help ourselves . Hitherto the working man has trusted to a fallacyhe has vested his claims in the hands of wealthv superiors ; and neither hel p nor hope of help has come . Our cour-e , then , is now to seek it by and for ourselves . If we aro sincere , and address the government truthfully , there is no power yet created which can withstand the call ofth e toiling millions . By order of the Committee , E . EnwAnns , President . A . Stebbkb , Secretary .
A Roman Catholic Priest In Van Diemen'a ...
A Roman Catholic priest in Van Diemen ' a Land lately refused to marry a gentleman who obstinately persisted in remaining a freemason . The Turkish Sultan has issued an ordinance , granting his Protestant subjects the same protection , rights , and privileges as those enjoyed by Mahommedans . Several fine ships have lately been built in the Australian colonies , and it is expected that shipbuilding will bo a profitable business in several of them . Tom Thumb had a narrow escape from drowning during J * collision of steamers on the Mississippi , on the 6 th ultimo . There was a great confusion in the boat , but Mr Barnum picked up the Juaunikin and bore Mai safe to the shore ,
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BOw \ STREET . _ TnE Row , „ Tm 7 « 97 . "''''"• —Mr Jardine was occupied tho entire day in I- & B > of no less than ninety charts , arising out of ,, PoMn ? lug in Trafalgar square , which eontUbd of » ,, ? « the polio * by boysresistlng thsmlnthe cxecuMo f ' < 111 duty , throwing 8 toniB and other minBiltn nnQ „?> , heir of violence and resistance . None off » be casts n ^ any future of navolty , with the exception of ^ ^ i young man from Wapping , who , on being civ ! ° a for his defence , bald h » waa not onl y a K » p Ub ) Ur "' a a post , and offered to recite soma specimen ' |? ' Ut powers respecting liberty , equality , and fraternit i ^
tue ouiuuauuu ui vuo court , its declared that b " proud of tha present demonstration , as the cm * WS * hopes for which he had Ionic panted were about ^ *** realised . The msgiVtrite inquired if he had anv r . iu court . He turned round , and replied that he I ^ l ^ up ^ n all tho human race as friends and the bv « t- < i a « his brothers . The bystanders , however i *!! the brotherhood , an 4 no person came forwu ' ri t ^ for hia future good behaTl-ur . — Mr Jardine ' MXA ^ the laws , nuch as they were , should be rcBt ) ectPri , nhfived . unil he ihniilri r /> m , lra , » , „ .. „ .... ' . " and . obeyedand he « hould require the
, poet to nut in h tho « um of £ 10 to be of pood behaviour forthe nt » ii W months—There beinp- no vUlble . ( gm of outran , 7 police or on the dtftndantu , the magistrates V , . 7 . o » , b « B who bad been put back in the course 2 day , that the . P friends or parents mi ^ t be «« for * £ be again placed at tho bar . and hM i < . -Wei ? ' severe lecture ordered th , m to be dl . eh « r » " j ? ,. " greatest confusion prevailed during the mMra riav J ™ « te the court wh . re the mob was " allowed o" ^" late by tho police , who remained quite p » | M "'
named J . Turner and W . Allis , were placed at the bai charged with aa . emblins with otbora for unlawful par pose , id Trafclffar-jqaar . . the former faeia ; In pM « . *« iJ of a pistol , loaded with powrfer and ball , at the time !! Mr M » jne , one of the police commissioner . ! , proved that in the ducbarge of his duty , with several officers he wa . obstructed b y the pri-on . rc , who conducted tbim . selves lu a-very ruc - c and disorderly manner , although repeatedl y remonstra ted with , In clearing the mob from Trafal gar-tqaar * . and printin g out to them the public notice posted up that the people should fflipf rse . Thoy however , . xhibited much obstinacy , although he had informed tb . m the duty he had to perform , and who he was being srarch-. d at the station home th « pistol produced was found upon Turner , with a powder , flaik , ball * , and wcd » in ff . The prisoner Turner admitted having spoken rudel y , but denied having refused to mere dh as he wag desired ; and he was in the habit of
earning a pistol , being once stopped In tfuUiaTr . Vie \ Ae whore money bad been demanded from him —Mr Henry ordered the master of Turner and the father of the other prisoner , who is an engraver , to be sent for , and having ent . red into ? uretie » that they should be of good behaviour for six months , they wereditcharged- , hut having conducted themselves in a rude manner to the inspector after they had left the court they were fined 80 * . each cr fourteen days' imprisonment . ' AssiCLT vpon k Revolt ™ . —Mr Matthew Strong , s reporter , engaged on the Electkic Telegraph , preferred a charge against the officers of the A division , by sum . mens , for havinu struck him a severe Mow on the head
during the row on Monday last , in Trafalgar fquare , — Mr Clartoon'appeared for the defendant * . —The ciicum . stance took p lace while the mob swelled to aboat 8 009 perfons , and from the evidence adduced , it not appearing that the officers had singled out the complainant more than other persons who refused to disperse , the esse was di » miB » ed , MaRI-BOROUGIT . STREET . —VfiKDOW BKEisrsc is Pall-mall . —William Wallace and John 0 Onneli , two tailor lads , wore charged with having wantonly broken windows of the value « f £ 5 at a chemist ' s shop , No 10 Pall-mall . —Tho defendants formed part of a mob ot flis . orderly per » ons who assembled in Trafahjar-fquare on Monday . It was about efebt o ' clock when the defendants w ^ re seen by the police to throw stones at the windows and to cayse cons'derablp damage . —The lads said they were out of work , and they denird having thrown stones . —Vr Bingham fined them £ 5 , the amount of damage or one month ' s Imprisonment .
WESTMINSTER . —The Meeting in Trafalgar . SQCARE . —C . Tothill , 3 . White , J . Read , J , PrenderguBt , and J . C'tnniJI were charged with having formed a portion of a mob of several hunlred persons , who created a riot a > id broke a creat number of street lamps and window * on the previous evening . — -It was proved that the prifoners were at the head of a great crowd of person * , yressnting a very formidable appearance , which bad suddenly en . tered Westminster , and deruolished and extinguished tho street limps , windows in the houses , and committed other acts of violence . The tradesmen in the immediate vicinity put their shutters up , and the greatest excitement pr- vailed throughout the evening . —Mr Broderip observed that the cases were too serieos for him to deal with summarily , an «? he should n quire TTl / ire to find two sureties in £ 50 each and himself in £ 100 , Tothill and R » ad in two sureties of £ 40 each and themselves in £ 89 each , and Prendergsst and Connell in two sureties of £ 30 each and themselves in £ 60 , to appear at the next sessions for the county of Middlesex .
GUILDHALL . —Tde Fmr-8 TBEF . T Mob . —J . E 6 > wards , a lad sixteen years old , and two young men named W . Spencer and E . Hammett , were charged with a breach of » he peace and resisting the police in Pl-etstreet . —Abeut half . past one o ' clock on Wednesday after * noon a crowd « f about 700 individuals , half of them boys , came from the west-end of the town t '_ rough Trmple-bar nnd turned up Ch ^ nory . Ianc , smasi . ing tl-e lamps aci windows as they proceeded . They CKme back into Fleet * street thr »» gh Fetter-lane . As Spencer appeared to be the leader , t ! se police captured him , and also the other two prisoners on their making an attempt at rescue . The officers stated th » t Speacer carried a tafl board with which he broke windows on each nidc , to tha ereat diversion of tbo troop of little - vagabonds , avid of some of the foolish , people who walked quietly afci r them to fee wh ? t mischief they did . Some of these exclaimed , when the
pelic man ventured to collar Spencer , ' That is the right onej ; he ought to have been taken long ago . ' The boy Edwards threw two stones at tho officer , when he was Instantly aeiz » r ] . Hammett cried out for a rescue , and began flourishing a stick about , and then ho wns ceized . The band then sheered « ff through Temple-bar again . —« The prisoners were searched at the station . Hammett , who said he was ( supported by his father , who lived ia Somhampton-streot , had la . lOd . in his pocki-t . The otker prisoners had n » money or other property . —BdV wards said he had no home , and lived anyhow . —Spfncer B » id be wm a tailor living in Devercll street , Na « Kvnt * road , doing a little work on his own account . — All the prisoners declared they were innocent of what they were charged with doing . —Mr Alderman 3 'hnson committed Spencer to Bridewell for seven days , Edwards for fourteen davs . and Hammett for ioten days .
CLERKENWELL . — Parish Libesalitv . — -Several hslf-8 t » rved looking paupers of C ' . erhenwell , with large families , applied to Mr Combe , the magistrate , for hia assistance , making the most distressing starements , as to their distrejs , and want of food , which excited general sympathy . —Mr Combe directed thero to remain until the overseer was seat ( or , and subsequently the master ofthe workhouse attended . —Mr Combe told him that hQ was not the relieving officer , whoso duty it was to attend , be considered the master had sufficient duths to attend to in his situation without being called from them—The master said that the overseer was then employed relieving the poor at the workhouse . He ( the master ) was in the habit of relieving the peer , and he could answer the same purpose—One of the applicants , who ha < l an
infant iu her arms , said she had six children . Her husband was employed in the stone yard , but he could not get enough to sup , ort the whole of thero . On Saturday night the wao destitute , and applied for relief , when they ears bar 41 b . of bread . She applied again on Monday last , and th » y gave her 31 h . of bread , which they con « sumed , and her children were then at bomo crying for food , nnd she had nothing to give them . ( She here hurst into tears ) Applicant added , that when she applied at the workhouse a policeman tnrned h < r away , sayiGg that tho wardsmen'a wives could not be relieved . —Mr Combe said that such a proceeding was highly improper - , if the paiti » s -were destitute , ' . he parish were bound to relieve ihem , whether they were wardsmen ' fl wives or not . —The master admitted that there was not
sufficient employment at stone breaking , but there was o ^ kum picking-, which the husband , would nut work at . —^ Mr Combe ; That is o different matter ; if they neglected or refused to work , bring them here , and they will be treated according to law . That is no excuse fot not relieving their families if thoy are destitute , — Tho master insinuated that they had brought cases to this court , and they were always defeated . —Mr Combe ( with wsirmth ) : This is as much as to say that we have not done our duty here , and you have performed yours , If we do not perform onr duty you aro aware of your remedy , and I shall have to objection to meet you on that point . You are not the responsible person to come here .
Hero Is a family of six children—they receive a 8 'b . loaf on Monday night , which is only half-a-pound of bread for each up to this hour , one o ' clock . —Muster 1 If I rtlleve the wives , the husbands will afterwards coma ana claim relief . —Mr Combe : That speaks nothing . The husbands may act wrong , but you must relieve the ) families eccording to their necessities and the iaiv , — Another poor woman , with an infant , evidently dying , in her arms and with a large family , made a similar complaint , —Mr Combe suggested that the whole of the applicants should go to the workhouse , and receive pre " per attention and relief . —The master promised to pay attention to tho suggestion of the worthy magistrate ; and the parties k-ft tho court .
A General Measure For The Extension Of T...
A general measure for the extension of the systeiB of post-office money orders , ia now under the consideration of the postmaater-general . Four mackerel boats manned by abeut thirty men , have been lost during the stormy weather which has lately been experienced in the neighbourhood of Plymouth . An Australian paper saja , that the boats' crewS of all Sidney pilots , and ono half of the crews ef . all the Sydney whalers , are aboriginal JSew Zealat iders . Tii'fl total number of persons engaged in trades and professions who paid the income-tax in tna v <«> r fnu . Uig on the 5 th of April , 1816 , was 111 , 818 . a manufactory of woollen goods has been esta « Wished ia South Australia .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 11, 1848, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_11031848/page/2/
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