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Mabch 13, 1852. THE NORTHERN STAR. 5
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tha few Democratic elements that . have been mixed with it- Why should not Coppock be made the depository of the consciences of the constituencies in the same way as the Lord Chancellor keeps the con-Science of the Sovereign ? By and bye , the system -would w ork so smoothly , that we should have a Parliament that even Louis Napoleon would envy . There is only one defect of this kind of Parliamentary Reform . When Ministers talked of a
General Election , they would have to speak about taking the sense of Coppock , instead of ' taking the sense of the country . ' We are not certain that would work . The hypocrisy and false pretences , hustings and polling booths , speeches and canvassing , are requisite to make the thing palatable . Thoug h the whole thing is a sham , John Bull must be gulled by the show at least of an election . How the peop le that set the 'Marionettes' in motion , must bo tickled with the idea of his believing them to be real elections !
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Mabch 13 , 1852 . THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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LORD DERBY'S . 'APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE . ' Following the cue g iven by the Premier , all the members of the new administration who hare appeared at the hustings , stated that an appeal is to be made to the peop le , as to the restoratiou of Protection . Iu the present Parliament no attempt is to be made to disturb the settlement of 1848 . If a general election should g ive a Protectionist majority tbat will ho a si gn that tbe intelligence of the peop le h a s decided on tho change , not the Ministry . They will be the mere instruments for carry ing the popular will into effect . Tbey appealed to ' the country . ' Why not obey its commands as tested by the results of a' general election ? ' .. .
But , in the case of a dissolution , will the present ministry appeal to tho people ? They profess to do so in words , at least , audit mayle assumed that abstractly they see no harm in it . Ostensibl y they are as profoundly impressed with the necessity of recoguiling and acting ia accordance with the formal , constitutional , and distinct expression of public opitvion as the veriest 'Liberal' in the land . The age ofPeterloo'sand Bonnymuir ' sispast . The will of < the people' is to be the supreme ruler . Even Tories , ia this enli g htened and progressive age , ' have given up ' the right divine to govern wrong / in words , and we fear onl y in words . Tbey assume a virtue but have it not . Their ' people * is not the people , but the most miserable sham and mockery that can be imagined .
Yet they will not allow tbe make-believe to be rendered in the least degree more real . A g a inst any extension of the Suffrage , or re distribution of representation that would admit the peop le to the sli g hest additional share of political power , they are as much opposed now as in 1819 , or 1832 . Th e y have changed their phraseology , not their principles . They think to throw dust in oar eyes b y th e use of cant terms , and jugg le a verdict iu their favour out of decayed and rotten little villages , denominated boroughs ; who are , for the nonce , nicknamed 'the peop le . ' Much as we have heard of the celebrated 'three tailors of Tooley-atreet , ' we can hardly think that they were much outdone in assurance by those who presume to call an appeal to such constituencies appealing to the people . '
If we try to get anything like a definite idea of 'the peop le * without going ; to any dictionary whatever , the term suggests something very different from that in the Tory nomenclature , or the Whi g either , for that matter . There are about seven million adult males in these United Kingdoms . In ono way or another the great bulk of these seven millions ¦ work to maintain the prosperity of the Commonweal . They delve , p loug h , sow , harrow , and reap our
harvests . They bring coal , iron , copper , tin , and lead from our mines . They fashion these raw materials into countless shapes of utility and ornament . They spin , weave , d ye , and sow ; they build houses , and make furniture ; tbey distribute the varied wealth thus fabricated among tha population . Active , inventive , busy , toiling , they ke e p the machine of lociety in motion . Toilers in material , workers i n mental wealth , they constitute in the aggregate ' the peop le . '
What is the ' Parliamentary , ' the ' Constitutional * meaning of the term 1 According to the reg istration lists , there are about one million voters . That would be one-seventh of the adult males ; a small proportion to be entitled to a voice in managing the affairs of a nation to whose riches and p rosperity they so largely contribute . But upon looking more clos e l y , we find that the million votes dwindle down to little mora than half that number . As in other matters , the rich men carry off the lion ' s s h are of ihe franchise . Soma persons monoplise votes for half a dozen counties , and four or five boroughsdouble , treble , and quadruple votes are quite common ; and thus it happens that the nominal number of voters shrinks to somewhere about six million five
hundred thousand , which is , after all , a very homcepathic dose of electors out of a total population of nearly thirty millions . Even this infinitesimal electorate , however , ii so manipulated , segregated , and shuffled , that in the and its most popular components are neutralised . The minority , in point of numbers , property , intelli gence , and activity , return by far the largest numerical proportion of members . Tho electors of'the people , ' who to some extent represent tha feelings and
opinions of the excluded classes , thoug h they may number ten to one in Electoral power , find themselves somehow or other , with our cleverl y contrived Parliamentary system , onl y one to three in Representative power . The scheme has been deliberately contrived to g ive 'the peop le the smallest p o s s ible voice in ihe matter . The whole thing is a trick to enable an oligarch y to rule under the semblance of free representative institutions ; and the talk of that oligarchy about appealing to the people is the sheerest cant < md humbug .
In the event of a General Election , there will be thousands gathered round every hustings , who will have no more power in deciding who shall be sent to Parliament than if they were resident in Timbuctoo . They h av e in fact , no legal existence . The' g lorious British Constitution' ignores them . John Doe and Richard Rob , venerable fictions of the same Constitution , are far more real and potential than they are with their trained skill , their power of producing wealth , their active brains ever at work upon questi o ns whi c h a ffect thems e l ves , their families , and the nation . The law knows them not . If they get irritated at their exclusion , and venture to tell the candidate ' a bit of their mind , ' they are told , in the words of Mr . Beresfom , the Whipper-in to the Tory Government , that they are ' rabble . ' Hejdid not
appear to speak to the weavers of Braintrebj , but to the electors of Essex— ergo , weavers at Braintree or elsewhere are not * peop le . ' * Peop le " and ' electors ' are synonymous terms . If b y me a ns of bribery , intitnidation , famil y influence and the various other modes of manipulating small constituencies known to unscrupulous electioneering agents , a majority can bo secured for restoring a duty on corn , that will be leg a ll y , constitutionally the will of the people . The ¦ vast mass outside of the Constitution having no political existence , are to be dumb in Parliament . But if'inarticulate there , are they therefore doomed to silence or submission elsewhere ! ' Ah , ' there ' s the rub . ' Will it be quite safe to carry the game to such « n extent as to provoke the dumb giant into open resistance ? That is a question we leave Lord Derbt and his friends to answer .
Had the late ministry and the Anti-Corn-Law Leaguers done their duty , the * appeal to the peop le would not have been so doubtful a matter as it now is . If their majority becomes a minority , they will have themselves to thank for it . If they have to spend another £ 250 , 000 in a sharp fi ght to retain what they have got , as Sir R . Peel advised them to do , it will ha but a fair penalty for the lukewarmness they evinced on the question of extending the suffrage to the people—the only real sound basis and perm anent guarantee of progress and reform . It would have been ' cheaper' to exert themselves in favour of a « ill to amend the representation of the peop le in parliament .
The Leaguers do not , however , leem to have comprehended this truth even yet . Mr . Cobdbn has got some credit for astuteness and political foresight . As a public man and a leader , many pin their faith upon his statements , and are guided by his opinions . Tet , what can be more silly , than lor him to talk at Iteeds about settling the question of Protection once and for ever by a renewed strugg le with the party in office l So long as the representation continues in itt
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present state , bo long as the constituencies are small , ill-distributed , and open to intimidation or bribery , so long will every question affecting popular progres and popular well-being be placed at the mercy of the dominant oligarchy . Mr . Cobden may depend upon it that he will not be able to carry the thoug htful and intelligent attizana of the manufacturing districts with him in a mere class conflict ; and large subscription lists will prove but poor substitutes for that expression of the popular will which , according to Sir R . Peel , future Government in this country must obey .
every Warned by the experience of the past , a ll true Reformers will seize upon the present crisis of political affairs to make 'the peop le ' a political fact ; ana - having done that , no honest man , no real well-wisher of his country , need dread an appeal to an honest , industrious , o rderl y , and peaceful population upon any question whatever .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . " FIAT JOSHUA . " " If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate oi wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . "— Bxoabt Jlu . ii .
We have the greatest satisfaction in announcing the probability that the imprisonment of the fire defendants will not be of that duration which the vindictive spirit of the prosecutors comtemplated . The Defence Committee have commenced another spirited campaign , both in the metropolis and in the provinces ; and from the reports hitherto received from Sheffield , Bristol , Manchester , and other localities , no doubt remains that the necessary sum to liquidate the outstanding claims upon tho Defence Fund will be speedily raised , and the defendants restored to their liberty and homes .
We sincerely hope that the impressive lesson to be learned from this expensive prosecution will not be readil y forgotten by the Trades of England , when the last scene of the Wolverhampton drama shall have closed . We trust that it will not be forgotten , that a deadly blow has been aimed at the freedom and independence of labour . That an insidious attempt has been made to effect a virtual repeal of tbe working man ' s Magna Charta—the right of industrial combination ; and that this attempt has been signally defeated by
the sp irit and determination of tbe working men of England . It is tbe practical embodiment of the spirit of union which has thus defeated the machinations of the prosecutors ; and it is from a ieal and permanent defensive union tbat labour must protect itself from all similar and future attacks . The inefficiency of parti a l and exclusive combinations , to cope with the aggressive sp irit of Capital , is , at this moment , being practically illustrated . The Amalgamated Iron Trades , though numerically and financially strong , cannot , single handed , cope with the Bueklersbury despots .
We claim this fact as an undoubted recognition of the correctness of tbe princi ple which we have so long invited the trades to adopt . We hope the time has arrived that a narrow spirit of exclusiveness will no longer be permitted to divide those whoso rights , duties , and necessities are reciprocal . We must root out the aristocratic element from Labour ' s republic , and let the policy be at once admitted and acted on , that tbe true way of conserving the ri ghts and interests of tbe skilled artizan from a speedy and inevitable deterioration , is b y offering the hand of brotherhood to the lowl y and oppressed , and b y an enlarged and enli g htened p hilanthropy prevent them from sinking deeper into the abyss of poverty and degradation .
We hope this summer to see our cherished views upon this subject earnestly adopted by the trades . Whatever p lansmay be proposed whereby the condition of the operative may be improved , we are full y impressed with the conviction that a protective organisation is a necessity , which can no longer be overlooked and neg lected . The capitalists dul y appreciate the value of combination , and whenever their peculiar interests are assailed or threatened , they show no dainty squeamishness , but at once declare war against the aggressor . Let the working classes imitate the Free Traders in their energy and promptitude to repel any invasion of what they conceive their rights and int e rests , aud in furtherance of this let a defensive union be the first and immediate business of the season . Queen ' s Bench . William Peel , Secretary .
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TEE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OJ EHQIHMRfc THE ST RIKE . On Monday a special meeting of the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society took place at tbeir offices , 25 , Little Alie-street , Whitechapel , to consider their position and prospects . The attention of the council wan called to the circumstance of an address , issued by them to their members ou the 2 nd ult ., having appeared in the " Times " of Saturday last , and represented as being a " new declaration , " and which , ia that character , had been transferred to
the columns of some of the Sunday papers , with the inference that it was a partial abandonment of their position by the Executive Council . It was suggested that its appea p ance in the " Times" without the necessary explanation , although with proper date affixed , had probably arisen from an over s i g h t ; but iu order t o p reven t an y m is con cep tion that might arise in consequence among their members , it was agreed at once to issue the following address , w h ich h ad been already partially determinid upon , from which it will b « seen tbat tbe Council profess to feel no misgiving as to the result of the struggle being decisively in their favour .
" From the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society : — " Fellow Members , —The Executive Council thinks it advisable to address you with reference to your present position and prospects for tke future . "Several statements have been put before the public relative to the number of skilled workmen who have gone to work iu the shops of the associated employers . It has been said tbat in Manchester 3 , 000 men have gone iu , of whom about half are mechanics ; and though it is not expressly stated , the inference which is meant to be drawn is that they have abandoned the contest and signed the declaratrnn .
" That is not true . The number of artizans , whether members of the society or not , who have signed the declaration , is quite insignificant- » uch less , indeed , than we could have supposed ; but yet the statement of the Employers' Association , as to the numbers in the shops , may be perfectly correct . AU tbe factories did not close on the loth ot January . After that date , out of the 2 , 000 member * of the Amalgamated Satiety in Manchester , 1 , 100 remained in work , and 900 were upon the funds . Those proportions still remain unaltered , and the 1 , 100 who have always
continued employed , together with the moulders and other skilled workmen not belonging to our society , would g ive a bout th e number retur ne d by the police a s ' at work , ' without any others having signed the declaration . " The same remarks apply to the returns made to the London Employers' Association ; the totals being composed partly of the men who remained at work , partly of the labourers returned as mechanics , and p artly of very few skilled workmen , who h a ve b een unwise enough to si g n the infamous declaration , and thus to acknowledge themselves to be the slaves of their ' masters . '
In these circumstances , ri ghtly considered , there is no danger—nay , more , there is absolute encouragement . Tho men ot the iron trades have stood nobly by their cause , and h ave s h o w n more of d evoti o n t ha n c o ul d have be e n ex p ect e d from any class . There was never a contest in which those who would treat ua as mere machines , who , denying us the free thoughts of men , would drill us into dumb , wealthgetting engines , have beeriso thoroughly baffled and pu « h > d . there must hav e been , we know , much , if not of actual iuffenng , of stnet self-denial ; but it has been borne not only unmurmunngly , bat for the most part cheerfully . Tha sense of justice—tbe consciousness of attempted wrong , th « innate natural dignity which prompts every man to assert a ht to think and
rig act for himself , have sustained you in trou bl e , and would have lighted up a darker prospect . YoU knew that right was upon your aide—you had nothing to reproach yourselves with-you felt that before you was social elevation ; behind you misery , industrial slavery , and degradation , and you never looked back . It is well , both » r tne present and the future , that it has been so . Bitter , indeed , would the memory of your present enduranca appear to you m after life , if it was linked with the thought that it edto failure ; but now , when it is certain that if we are true to ourselves we must succeed , hope po ints to a greater and happier future , and assures us that the thought of the present , with its trials and difficulties , will b e come one of the most grateful of our remembrances .
" But above all , it is necessary , iu order te aucteed , that there should be no relaxation now . Nay , it is absolutely indispensable thafc greater efforts thaa ever should bo made . The stress of a contest alwaysoomos just bsfora its termination . Then obstacles on both sides have heaped themsslvw up to their greatest height-then difficulties bate reached their climax—then danger is the most imrain 9 Bt and pressing . It is at the close of a battle when the two hosts rtand panting before each other , gathering strength for tbe lag blow , that victory ia either won or lost . Then the , alighted error , the least vacillation ,
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the smallest shadow of wavering , is fatal . - \ v e havo n , iMiar vacillated nor wavered yet , In tho opposite Ss there are si gns of breaking up . One more determined effort ind success is ours—a success not for party , factious nr ™> v sonal objects , but one which ensures justice to feh ' nnr Wl makes it certain that in future years ™ a do shall bo free men , and not' declared' slaves "Let those who read these words think ww « , « , . »„ .,., M them weigh well tho alternative they ^ E Lei them remember that their fato and the ktITt k ¦ really in their own hands-that now i the - £° S „« point of their lives-that upon its wj ^^ g semblance of liberty ; and then if any man « ,, tlf J £
wishes to put ins hand to his own infamy—if ™« iL ., i » work shrinks from bearing his part in the con tesfieUhetu leave us The cause of labou / is not to be gSo bvS men . But we hope and believe that they iJo few cry few-drops of serfdom in a great ocean of indeSenee and t h at , the many-the thousands-will , ffitiS firmness in bearing difficulty , and otherS ^ yThei / acS he l p and sup p ort m a verting it , show that aware true men . ' 44 Other trades have como forward to our assiqranor , to a greater extent than we had a right to S Let us not disappoint them in our earnestness ^ Xerni . ion to conduct the struggle with firmness and dimity Thoy iZTnl tb ZT ^ V \^ ^ Proceedings " Tbey are now watching anxiously the process of events .
oosinng to see the industrial classes of this conntrv f-iirlv aid honestly represented by the Amal gamated Soetotv in this-labour s great struggle . Lot us show that their confidence is not misplaced , that their , expectations of earnestness are no txaggerated , and then we shall have still further claims upon them for support , and no doubt thoso claims will bo amply satisfied . " Let every energy be employed to raise the necessary funds , not onl y for the purposes of the moment , but to create the means of permanently improving the condition Of our trade , and then shall we have to rejoice not only that now we bare successfully defied opposition , but also tbat it has been rendered less possible , ^ the future "By order of the Council , " 3 . Musto , President . ur j « - r-... ... , , "• Allan . Secretary . " London , 2 o , Little Ahe-street , March 8 "
MEETING AT BIRMINGHAM : A meeting of the trades was held in Birmingham on tho 5 th insfc ., to receive a deputation of tha operative engineers from Lancashire . Mr . W . Newton was present , and addressed the meeting , over which Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., presided . Three resolutions were passed : the first was" That this meeting is of opinion that a great principle in involved in tho dispute now pending between the master engineers and their workmen ; it is also a war of capital against labour , and therefore every man who lives by his labour is deeply interested in the result ;"—secondly , " That m consequence of several of the employers in the iron trade closing their establishments , and forcing unskilled workmen , unconnected with any society , on tbeir own resources , we call upon tho public to extend the syuv pathy towards them which their present position demands ;" —and , finally , " That this meeting is of opinion that it is necessary that a Trades' Conference be called together , as early as possible ; so that arrangements may be made for securing that protection to labour , from the encroachments of capital , which present circumstances demand . "
STRIKE OP WORKMEN . The " Newry Examiner"' states that the operative stone cutters and masons employed on the works of the viaduct over the Bqjrne have struck for an advance of wages .
FACTORY DELEGATE MEETING . There was a meeting of factory delegates at Manchester on Sunday , to consider the propriety of applying to parliam e nt to insert th e wor ds " no child" in the act of 1850 , so as to prevent relay working , but ultimately it was determined only to apply to the present government to better enforce the regulations to the present act through the inspectors .
STRIKE AT THE COAL-PITS . Some of the workmen at one of tbe coal-pits of the Escarpelle , near Douai , havo struck in consequence of the arrest of some of their comrades . They proceeded to another pit and endeavoured to induce the men to join them , threatening to cut the rope of the pit if they refused . Some of them were then arrested by tho gendarmes ; the others immediately endeavoured to effect a rescue . Some others of them were then arrested ; and a picket of artillery being sent to tho spot , order was restored . —French Paptr .
AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE BRASS TRADES . ' On Wednesday night an aggregate meeting of the brass trades took place at the Natioal Hail , High Holborn , to consider the claims of tbe operative engineers aud take steps for their support . —Mr . W . Ailsimi was called to tho chair , and in addressing the meeting in support of tho position occupied by tbe Amalgamated Society , said that their utmautls were perfectly just with respect to the abolition of s yst e matic overt i m e , for no man ought to be compelled to work more than six days in the week . He , however , knew an engineer who had in one week worked IGMiours , he also worked twenty-four Sundays in successionffhd because he asserted his rig ht as a m an an d re f use d to work on th e twenty-fifth , he was discharged . Such a state of things was worse than slavery , and surely required to be altered ,
and the engineers deserved support in endeavouring to abolish it ; and especially they deserved the support of the brass trades , between whom and their own there was so close a connexion . —Mr . J . Barry , member of tbe Amalgamated Society , explained to the meeting tho nature of tha dispute from which the strike had arisen , aa it has be » n repeatedly explained in our columns . Several operatives connected with the brass trades also addressed the meeting , and the following resolutions were adopted : " 1 . In the opinion of this meeting the closing of the shops by the master engineers was an act of gross injustice , inasmuch as they have thereby thrown out of employ large numbers of men ; not only those connected with the Amalgamated Society , but also those who were in no way
connected with the dispute in question ; and this meeting is also convinced tiiat the question upon which the employers and the operative engineers are at variance has a bearing upon the future rights of all workmen , and as the result of the present contest mast materially affect our relative positions , we therefore pledge ourselves to assist the operative engineers by contributions and our influence while the strugg le continues . 2 . That this meeting expresses its sympath y wit h th e op e r a t i ves w h o hav e b ee n t h rown out of employ by the employers' strike ; and is of opinion that their no b le , peaceful , and dignified resistance to the unjust demands of the employers , demands the admiration and support of the whole working population of our country . " A committee was appointed to carry out the resolutions , and the meeting separated .
WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASE . TO THE EDITOR OF TUB NORTHERN STAR . Sir . —The London Defence Committee having deputed myself and Mr . Bunn , to visit the trades of Sheffield for the purpose of raising subscriptions necessary to liberate the Defendants now in the Queen's Bench , an d t o free their bail from responsibility , wo ha ve much pl ea sure in informing you and the trades generally , that the working men of Sheffield feel indignant with the vindictive proceedings of the prosecutors of these unfortunate defendants , and not only against them , but against the trades of this country . Wo have during tho week waited upon a great number of the trades , all of whom have promised to take this question up , and to render such assistance as is coinrjatable with their means . Trade , however , is bad , and great numbers of men are out of work , and receiving support from their respective trades ; Still one feeling of universal sympathy for the victims in tho Queen ' s Bench actuates and pervades tho whole .
The Saw Grinders , a small body have unanimously voted £ 3 . Their first subscription was £ 5 . The Shoe Makers , anot h er b o d y sma l l in num b ers , but earnest and powerful in their hatred of oppression , have voted £ 2 10 s ., their first subscription was £ 2 . The Printers , also few in numbers , have voted £ 2 . Their first contribution being £ 3 . The Table Blade Forgers , one of t b e most influent ia l tr ad es i n Sheffield , and who for some time h ave be en supporting a considerable number of unemployed , h ave generous l y voted £ 10 . Thus h as the work comm e nc ed in ri ght good earnest , and there is no doubt but tbat a fund adequate to meet the liabilities of the Defence Committee will be raised in a very short t i m e , especially if ether towns and trades will act with tbat promptitude and liberality which characterises the trades of Sheffield . If you can insert this in your Journal , you will much obl ige , yours respectfully , EDWARD HUMPHRIES , WILLIAM H , BURN . Sheffield , March 10 , 1852 .
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The " Pisdmontese Gazette , " of the 1 st , notices dhturbaucei which took place at Sassari , in the island of Sardinia , on the 24 th ult . It confirms the fact of many men having been wounded , particularly of the troops , who behaved with great moderation . The government has sent reinforoements to Sassari , but the latest accounts , which reach to tbe 27 th , announce that tranquillity has been completely restored . Cheap Omnibus Fares . —The proprietors of the numerous omnibuses on the Oxford-street and Holborn line , from Paddington to the City , & c , have now a d opte d a table of fares on a scale of liberality and cheapness never yet enjoyed by the public on this , confessedly the most important omnibus route in tho metropolis . By this new table there is a fare of 3 d . for the whole distance from Regent-circus , Oxford-street , to the extreme end of tho
journey eastward , besides the same fare for tho half journey either way , as before . In addition to this there is a twopenny fare from the Marble-arch to the bottom of Holbornhill , and another to the end of the journey , and also from the starting place at Paddington or Bay swater to tho Mavblearc b , so that the passengers have now tho opportunity of riding a third of the distant throughout the line for a third portion of the fare . In addition to these facilities for cheap travelling , the cheap omnibuses at oae per . ny and twopenny fares maintain their ground on this road , and are very liberally supported . A penny fare has also been adopted on the New-road line from Paddington to the Portland-road , which is advance equal to tbe length of Oxford-street , and is th > arst adoption oi this extremely low fare on this importasAsaad .
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national : CHARTER association . The Executive Committee met on Tuesday ovenino-March 0 th , at 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternost er row . Present—Messrs . Arnott , Bezer , Hol yoake and Grassby . Mr . John Arnott presided . ' The following are tho receipts since our last meeting , vis . : — Friends Meeting at Whittaker ' s Temperance Hotel , Bradford , per G-. J . Hol yoake , 9 s . 4 d . ; Glasgow , per J . Watt , 5 s . ; F . Gf ., Edinburgh , 6 d . ; William Bowlin , Is . ; John Bowlin , Is . ; Henry Ross , Is . ; William Shute , Is . ; T . M . Wheeler , Is . ; J . D . Nieuss , Is . ; Newcast / e-on-T yue , per George Grant , 7 s . 9 d . ; Newrathay , per J . Ni co ll , 5 s . —Total , £ 113 s . 7 d .
Wo have received letters from several of the princi pal localities in London , complaining of the conduct aud policy pursued by some of the members of this Committee at the lute Conference of the Parliamentary Reform Association , added to which Messrs . Bezor aud Shaw have signified their intention of xosigning , on what they regard a point of policy . It is hi g hl y necessary that some understanding be como to upon tlie matter ; a Convention will bo the proper party to appeal -to , and tho sooner it is called the better . We therefore hope that the diminished debt will be speedily liquidated , aud then we will immediatel y call one .
In addition to our own ideas of not calling a Convention before the dobta are paid , we are strengthened in our opinion by correspondence from Ashton-under-Lyne , per James Tay lor , WeJlingbro ' , Yarmouth , Bradford , and several other important towns in England , Scotl a nd , and a large number of tho princi pal Chartists in the country . m James Giiassb y , Sub-Secretary , 90 , Regent Street , Lambeth .
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Metropolitan Delegate Council—Finsbury Literarv Institotiox . —Sunday Afternoon . —Mr , Murray in the chair . Credentials were received from Messrs , Jones an d Woo d , for the North London locality , and from Messrs . Snelling and Ferdinando , for the "Victoria-Park locality . Mr . Jones stated that he had resigned as delegate for the John-3 tr « et locality , his views not being in accordance with those of his constituents . Mr . Wood stated that the Islington locality bad merged into the North London . Mr . Bezer complained that Mr . Jones bad not tendered bis res ignation to the locality , as it left them deficient of a delegate . Mr . Jones reported that , as Secretary to the O'Connor Fu nd , he had received correspondence from Mr . Saul , declining to act as Treasurer , and also from Mr . Duncombe ,
declining to act as a Trustee . Alter some discussion Mr . Sbarman Crawford , M . P ., was nominated as Trustee , and Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds as Treasurer . The time fixed for recei v i n g r et urn s o f nom i n at ions for tr e a s urer , trustees , and secretary is until March 14 ih , when the list will be published , and all vales must he returned by March 23 rd . Mr . Jones reported from tbe Observation Committee . In conjunction with bis brother delegates he had attended tbe P ar liamentary Re fo rm C o nference , hut on finding that no person was allowed to vote who was not prepared to support their programme , he bad protested against those co n di t ions , and withdrew from them all confidence and support . Tbe Observation Committee , in connexion with other delegates , had decided upon moving an amendment at
tbe public meeting on Wednesday evening . He could assure them that a large majority of those present voted for the amendment . He , in conjunction with Mr . Shaw and o t hers , h a d b een deceived , and voted by mistake for the resolution ; thus leading many of their own friends astray . Notwithstanding this the "Globe" asserted that the amendment was carried . Other papers stated that the numbers were so near that it was difficult to decide . He recommended that an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London should be called , to express their opinion upon the conduct of the late Conference . Mr . F . Farrah moved , and Mr . Henderson seconded —• ' * That the report be received , and a vote of thanks given to the Observation Committee . " Mr . Bezer supported the motion . He exonerated the Conference from
acting unfair in » ot allowing the Chartist deputations to vote ; but taking their conduct as a whole , he believed they were acting diametrically opposite to the interests of the working people . In addition to other journals the ' United S e rvice Gazett e" had declared their amendment carried . He was more than ever convinced that the true policy of the Chartist body was the obstructive . They had as much right to oppose error as to support truth . The report and vote of thanks were then adopted . Mr . Bligh moved , and Mr . Nicholls seconded— " That an aggregate public meeting he called at the earliest opportunity , and tbat Sir Joshua Walmsley , and other heads of the Parliamentary Association , be invited . The motion was carried , and a committee appointed to get up the meeting and collect
subscriptions for the same . Mr . Knowles moved the following resolution : —" That this Delegate Council having considered tbe conduct of G . J . Holyoake , as exhibited at tbe Parliamentary Reform Conference , towards his brethren of tlie Ex & eulWe and Chartist body generally , cannot acksowledge him as an exponent of their principles , or ns one of the recognised leaders of their movement , and respectfully request him to retire from his seat on the Chartist Executive . '' Mr . Bryson seconded the motion , which was supported in long speeches by Messrs . Bligh , Snellin ? , Weedon , Ferdinando , Brzer , Clarke , Wood , Murray , and Jones . Messrs . rlicholls and F . Farrah opposed the resolution . The resolution was
carried by seventeen , votes to two , with one neutral . Many of the delegates stated they had received instructions from thf . ir localities on , the subject . The Council then adjournedi Literart Ikst / tdtios ' . —On Sunday evening , Mr . Wheeler lectured at tho Literary Institution , Leicesterplace , Finsbury , ' on the " Past , Present , and Future Cond iti o n of tho Working Clas s e s of En gland . " The lecturer dwelt upon tho two first divisions of his subject , leaving t !; e " Future " until an ensuing evening . Messrs . Rogers , Bezer , and Grant also addressed the audience , and dwelt upon the necessity of the people obtaining political power at the only means of abolishing the grievous monopolies under which they laboured .
Ship Inn , Sieelhouse-lane , Bib . uikg . ham . — At a meetin g held on Sunday evening last—Mr . Goodwin in the ehair—the subject of raising a testimonial to Mr . O'Connor for his past services in the cause of democracy , was ably discussed ; when it was moved by Mr . Mantle , secondnd by Mr . Canth-Ian , " That a committee of seven persons be appointed from this meeting to consider what steps can be tsiken to assist the committee alread y f orme d i n Lon d on for t h e above laudable object . " The committee appointed were , Messrs . Goodwin , Mantle , C a rter , Couthl a n , Fussell , Newhouse , and Nixon , who earnestly invite all parties favourable to attend the committee meeting , on Sunday evening next , at the Ship Inn .
The Exkcutive and the Late Conference in St . Maktin ' s Hail . —Mr . Wheeler , in an explanatory letter as to the course pursued by the Chartists at the Convention last week states that the Parliamentary Reform Party invited other bodies of Reformers to send deputations to lay their opinions before them . Some few of the Chartist localities did so . Prior to the commencement of tho business the deputations so appointed inquired whether they would be allowed to vote on the resolutions put to the meeting-, and received an answer in the affirmative from Mr . JJuhig , tho chairman . This arrangement was subsequently broken by Mr . G . Thompson and tbe business committee , and hence anne the discussions which we gave last week as reported by the daily papers . Mr . Wheoler states that illness prevented
him from sending his usual report , which would hnro giren a very different complexion to these discussions and to tho conduct of the Chartist delegates , which , he c onsi d er s w a s justified by their position and a due adherence to principle . As to the conference itself , Mr . W . thinks it was an entire failure , and that if the amendment had been fairly put at the closing meeting , it would have been carried in favour of Chartism . On this same subject the Finsbury locality passed resolutions at their meeting on Sunday ; recommending that no one should be elected cither to the Exocutive or Delegate Councils who advocate any other measure of reform than the People ' s Chart e r , thanking tho delegates
who maintained the right of free discussien at the Conference , and requesting Mr . G . J . Holyoake to resign his seat on the Executive in consequence of bis conduct at the same . A similar resolution to the last was also passed on Sunday by the Chartists of the Total Abstinence locality , 86 , Royal Mint-street , Tower-hill . The member * of tho Victoria-park locality , Bethnal Green , agreed to a resolution expressive of their pain in being compelled to disapprove of Mr . Holyoake's conduct in that instance , approving as they do of his general policy . But they think hi * opposition to Mr . Bezer ' s a men d ment was not wort h y o f z consistent Chartist .
Bristol . —At the weekly meeting , held on Tuesday , the 9 th instant , a congratulatory address was adopted , and forwarded to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., on his restoration to h e a lth , accompanied with an earnest solicitation fo * his generous countenance and assistance in re-organising a real People's party for the purpose of Parliamentary Keform , based on the principles ofthe People ' s C ha rter , which was si gned by the Chairman and Secretary on behalf of the body The business of the evening concluded with too appointment of a committee to collect funds on behalf of our
respecte d , but persecuted frioud , Feargm O'Connor . —W * Sheebau , Sec . Newcastlk-on-Ttkb . —Thi PnoroBXD Chabtist Conveh-HO . Y . —After duly considering the address emanating from our Manchester friends , tho members have adopted the following resolution , proposed by Mr . William Charlton , and seconded by Mr . Angus M'Leod : — " That until the debt incurred by the Executive is cleared off , this locality cannot sanction the calling of a Convention , uor will it send a delegate to such Convention , if convened . —C . B , Knioiit , Corresponding Sseoretary .
Drainagk A«N Embankmebt Or Lauds.— The E...
Drainagk A « n Embankmebt or Lauds . — The Earl Of Carlisle has laid on the table of . the Houso of Lords a bill of 133 clausesYor the drainage and embankment of land in England and Wales .
Conference Of The Friends Of The Working...
CONFERENCE OF THE FRIENDS OF THE WORKING CLASSES . A meeting was held on Wednesday evening at tho lai-ga room of the Working Tailors' Association , Castle-street , Ox'orrf-s ' ree ' , of tho council of promoter * of Working Mens' Associations , and a number of other individuals favourable to social and political reform . Amongst those pvesont , wero Lord Goderich , Professor Maurice , Messrs-, hughes , E | jj 30 D # Lumley , Lookhart , and other gentlemen " *« " ¦ known for their advocacy ofthe cause of working raoa Shortl y aftor tne app 0 j nted time , about sixty persons being assembled ,
Professor Mioi ? rc was called to the chair , and stated that tho present was a preliminary Conference , sim i lar i n wliich ° l « , l ? i . H ? J" ! W att ! , c Cranbourne Tavern in 1840 . « tho 7 Wri ^ l M ttle formation of the Tailors and hafin hi aSia Mcn , Aviations . Those Conference * vfduaMv h . H \ T' P ««» ctive of much good . Indih dSiJt hKiJi e V 1 rcat , rbencfltted ° y ih ° > as the '' n ' -S 2 , ? , " ltcl f ? the filings and opiniona Of worhing men than ho hud p reviously known nnd he Zlill , l ™ vl , ? S ^ ^ ie , » . rahitive to other classes ? .: i ° , ° ll ' ,. v F ™™ II 080 C ^ forences they hud learnt some things which to
were necessary be don , to pro note the welfare of ho people , and with the limited means they possessed , they had endeavoured to put those views into practice . The result had been tho establishment of various Associations of working men , and the promulgation of opinions , calculated to promote that objoct . Hi > f ,. | fc grateful to those who composed those Conferences " for tiio instruction afforded Mm ; and being anxious toobtnin moro of a similar character , he , in concert with Lord GofoncVt and other friends , were anxious to resume them , jH their former meetings it had bi-en tho rule to lay donn some subject for discussion at their ensuing meeting , nmfthen fi'coly to examine and discuss it , the subject for
deliberation being left entirely to their choice , lie concluded by expressing his belief , that much good would arise from such a froo interchange of their opinions . Mr . Wauhb Cooper , in a long and eloquent address , suggested that such subjects as " Labour and Capital , " " Political Reform , " " The best means of Promoting Education , " and " How far the Priesthood of this country DOUld assist the friends of progression , " would form good subjects for discussion on ensuing evenings . •™ « J- Lockiiart , in a lengthy address , proposed thafc the subject should be whether Christianity sanctioned the division of society into classes . Mr . Lloyp Jones proposed as a question " What should be the conduct of the friends of Co-operation in the present political crisis , " and dwelt with much effect upon the good and evil contained in the tivo struggling doctrines of Free Trade and Protection .
/ n * . ^ , " 'W 00 D advocated an inquiry into tho question of Capital and Labour , and stated that the Pimlico Working Jiuiiders Association had sixty men employed in their establishment . Mr . WauEtEB addressed tho meeting on the rise and fall of co-operative societies since 1830 , and tho reasons of their failure , showing the necessity of an alteration in the laws , before they would meet with general support , or have a certain prospect of success . , < * u * J " - ' " 88 proposed that they should inquire into the effects of Trades' Unions in past time , and their probable future influence on the cause of co-operation . " Mr . Jewerson proposed" What are the relations which Should exist between Capital and Labour . " The various questions were then put to the vote , and ifc was decided that tho question proposed by Mr . Jepson should be the one to be debated on the ensuing meeting .
It was then resolved : — " That the Conference should hold its meetings fortnighly , on Wednesday nights , and that a Committee should be appointed to secure a larger place of assembly , and to arrange tbe Conference business . It was then decided that the Committee should consist of two persons from the Council of Promoters , two associates , and three non members . Lord Goderich , Professor Maurice , Walter Cooper , T . Ellis , and Messrs . Theobald , Jepson , an d Stallwoo d , were then appointed the Committee .
The Conference then adjourned until Wednesday , March 24 th , to assemble at the Association Rooms , Castle-street , at eig ht o ' t ' ock .
Itlot On The Entbt Of Tub Lohd-Lleutenan...
ItlOT ON THE EnTBT OF TUB LoHD-LlEUTENANT INTO Dublin . —A riot , created by the Orange party , and which afc on * time appeared likely to be attended vrit . li serious consequences , marked tho public entry of the Earl of Ellington into Dublin on Wednesday . ( Tho arrival of the ' viceregal coart will be found in our sixth page . ) It appears that about the time the procesuion was on its way through Dame-street a knot of " gentlemen , " students of Trinity College , thought fit to hang an Orange handkerchief on a lamp-post in the College railings . This was naturally regarded as ft token of defiance , and the populace became highly excited . A policeman ordered tho badge to be taken down , and , being refused , he dragged it off its eminence by force . It was , ho we ver , again replaced on the
lamp , and a regular melee ensued . Stones and other often * sive missiles Sew about in all directions , several of the students rushing into tho streets armed with sticks . So formhlable an appearance did tho riot then assume , that tha military bad to interfere to check tho disturbance , and fter a fierce struggle several of the " gentlemen" ripgleaders were captured and brought prisoners to Collegestreet police-office , where they wore dealt summary justice , either in the shape of fine or threats of imprisonment . Others who figured less prominently in the riot , were discharged with a caution . It was altogether a most disgraceful scene , and had not its parallel since the commemorative days for tricking out the statuo of King William on College-green . An affray , arising out of tho above , took place on Wednesday night , when several individual , stud ents o f Col l ege , and others , were taken into custody .
Thr Protoskd Local Rate pob Education . — T h e town council of the borough of Js'alford , on Wednesday , after a long and animated discussion , affirmed the following proposition : —Proposed by Alderman Wiggins , and seconded by CouticiUor Langwortby— "That inasmuch aa there are two schemes now before the public , and about to be discussed in Parliament , having for their object the better education of the children of the working classes , and both based on a public rate , their council admits tbat there is great need of increased education amongst the working classes , and that it is desirable to supply tho means b y a public rate , to be limited in amount , and to be under local m a nag e ment . " The votes wero seventeen for tho motion ( including that of tho mayor ) , and fourteen against it .
Destruction of the Red Lion Tavern , Cur-ROAD . —On Thursday morning a fire broke out in the extensive premises , known as the Red Lion Tavern , 7 , City-road , the property of Mr . Alexander Lory . A police constable bad his atten « ¦ tion directed to tho building by perceiving an unusual glare J of l ight in the bar . Without a moment ' s dela y an alarm » was raised , and tho proprietor of the establishment was s awakened , who at once came down stairs to ascertain the e cause of the noise . Having called violently for some © minutes , the other residents , with the exception of Mrs . i . Levy , were made sensible of their impending fate , and they y fortunately succeeded in reaching the street in safety , f ,
although nearly stifled with smoko . At that period Mrs . s . Levy was still upstairs , and , owing to tho fire raging ig so furiously , there seemed no chanco of saving ig her life . The police constable , at the risk of his is life , rushed through tbe fire and amoke , and having ig mounted the stairs he happily managed to lay hold of tho ha unfortunate female and carried her down in safety . Not-itwithstanding the most strenuous labours ofthe brigade da the flames continued to burn , and not until every part of of the spacious building was nearl y b urne d out , tho valuable do stock of liquors consumed , and some hundred pounds'Js ' worth of other property destroyed . Tho total loss , which eh is considerable , will fall on the Sun Fire-office .
Extraordinary and Falal Occurrence . —Elijah Brice , : e , a lad aged fifteen years , in tho employment of Mr . Joh ' ah ' n Price , farmer , of Rowlstone-court , Herefordshire , met his his death under the following extraordinary circumstiint-es . es . On Sunday evening , during tbe absence of his master , de-deceased caught one of tho curt colts and put a halter on it . it . Both boys then went into a meadow with the animal , andind deceased having tied a waggon rope to the halter , ono endsnd of which he attached to his own waist , he directed his conwmpanion to whip the colt round . After a time a second colfcolfc came up and the other ran away , dragging tho unfortunatciatc deceased along , taking him tho whole length of the mendowdowi and through a " brake , " after which the rope came nntiedaed , On his companion going up to him . lie found him dead .
A Female Ship Captain . — Amongst the fleet l a t e l y windrind ! b oun d i u L a mlash , not the least , but , per ha ps , the greatest tost w on d er wa s the goo d old brig ductus , of Saltcoats , whichuch for more than twenty years , has been commanded by aiy ace beroio and exceedingl y c leve r youn g lady , Miss Bets ^ etsjj Miller , d a ug hter of the late W . Miller , Esq ., shipowneiwneni and wool merchant of that town . He was concerned witlwitlt severs , ! vessels , both in the American and coasting traderades Miss Betsy , before she went to soa , act ed as " ship ' s bus bus . band" to her father ; and seeing how the captains in manjnanj j cases behaved , her romantic and adventurous spirit imt inii polled her to go to sea herself . Her father gratified bed heiii Cloetuswhiclrhicl "
caprice , and gave hir the- command ofthe , she holds to the present day , and she has weathered tM thin storms of the deep when many commanders of the other se ; r se : « have been driven to pieces on the rooks . Th e Cloetus itus ii well known in the ports of Belfast , Dublin , Cork , dic .-i-c—Glasgow Post . National Reform LEAOUB .-On Monday evening > ft Mm Bronterre O ' Brien lectured to a numerous and enthusiastiiastii audience , at St . Andrew ' s-hall , Saffron-hill , on the celc cehli brated seven propositions of the Jutional Reform Leagueagun The mopting was of the most encouraging character . Th Thh was the first of four lectures to bo delivered on successreessiih Monday evenings at the same ball .
The Murder near Abergele . —Nothing has yet trat tram spired to bring the murderers of Davit's , gamekeeper eper :: Garthewin , to justice . Two men , named John Hughes aties ant David Roberts , were apprehended on suspicion , and after afterr remand they were brought lip before the Dean of St . Asap Asapp Jfr , B . W . Vfymmo , and Mr . P . W . Yorke . The inveatigreatigg tioa was strictly private , and , after the examination ition thirteen witnesses the prisoners wero discharged , nothimothiiii having been discovered to implicate them in the fade faht transaction . Government have offered a reward of £ lof £ 11 and a free pardon for information that will lead to the ccthe com ) viotion of the murderers ; and £ 50 has been offered by M by UK B . W . Wymmo , of Garthewin , to any person vfbo did ndid on actually commit tho murder . sjA .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_13031852/page/5/
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