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ffoTEH BER 15, 1851. THE NORTHERN STAR. ...
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THE SUFFRAGE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE. The Ass...
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LANCASHIRE &SJ) CHESHIRE MINERS. A publi...
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Leicester.—Mr. Thomas Cooper lectured he...
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES. T...
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TEE MISERS OP THE NORTH. TO THE EDITOR O...
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CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT AMONG TRADES' SOCI...
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Hungary and in England. Iu his developme...
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THE LIVERPOOL COUxXTY COURT INQUIRY. Pbe...
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Ffoteh Ber 15, 1851. The Northern Star. ...
ffoTEH BER 15 , 1851 . THE NORTHERN STAR . f ——— —e— ^ 5
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Tf Twould not go the length of placing them der the role of King Bomba , whose strops tre atment of supposed political offenders " so teieatly blazoned to the world by Mr . ru DST 0 > B . Neither would we send them to Austrian dungeons , or consign them to the ' jegeits of Siberia , there to experience Vassian clemency . There is a country close if hand , not R oman Catholic and Jesuit , at least in p rofession—the king of which ia a irofessed Protestant , and but lately regarded £ g the crowned head of liberal constitutionalism in Germany , where even Naples is outiou , and where cruelties are perpetrated that ought t » e xcite one general cry of execration from the people of all free States , "We
allude 10 Prussia ; some revelations respecting which have been made this week in lie * « Morning Advertiser . ' In Naples the persons subjected to the horrible tortures ^ escribed by Mr . Glads tonb , were chiefly conv icted of the offences laid to their charge , yo doubt , the convictions themselves were a portion of the injustice and the oppression to tfhich these victims of kingly cruelty were jobjected ; but at least , there was an appearyice of the forms of law . Ia Prussia , an the contrary , it is stated that mere suspicion is sufficient to subject any one to alengthened and jruel imprisonment without a trial , and with the exception of hard labour , to treatment nearly similar in all respects to that of the * wst convicted criminals .
The pious Kesg of PnussiA , who has always the words religion and piety in his mouth , and his pietist Cabinet Ministers have no difficulty in finding tools to execute their tyrannical behests . Legal functionaries are eager to open the way to preferment , by serving as the instruments of Royal and Ministerial revenge * hatred , or fear . The inferior orders of the judges and magistrates are the counterpart of the police , and combine the character of common informers and common gaolers . If the Government shows the slightest suspicion that ' an individual is hostile to
it , he is forthwith put under sunmhuice , and subjected without the slightest chance of redress to a series of intolerable , vexations , destructive not only of domestic comfort , but of the chance of succeeding in } iis business or profession . He is liable at any moment , without the slightest notice , to he arrested by the detested gendarmes , and to 3 dreary and protracted detention among the worst malefactors in the common prison . At the present moment an eminent physician and
several other gentlemen of high standing in Cologne are in prison , where they have been iept for many months . It was expected they would have been brought to trial at the last October assizes , but it did not suit their persecutors to do so . They still linger in durance rile , though nothing has been proved against them , or offered to be proved . In fact , it would appear that the Government contemplate ridding themselves of the p h y sician referred to , in such a way that it cannot legally he termed murder . It is stated that he is
suffering from an organic disease of the heart j that the dangerous consequences of detaining him in the unhealthy prison of Cologne have been represented to the legal authorities , backed by the certificate of a physician of the highest standing , and heavy securities offered for his release , until his trial came on . The request was rudely and sternly rejected . The result is , that the victim is ' dying by inches , ' and his mind is unsettled ; while his wife manifests symptoms of incipient insanity , and has ken driven from an elegant and hospitable home into obscurity and comparative poverty .
The fellow prisoners of Dr . Dasiels have been treated in a similar atrocious manner , and have no prospect of being brought before a jury ; and supposing them at last tried / and also acquitted , as they will be whenever they are tried , what redress can they have for the destruction of their health and the ruin brought on their homes and families ? Acquittal will , in fact , but whet the desire of the Government to cr ash and destroy them utterly . They will be placed under police espionage , hunted , harrassed , and obstructed at every turn of their lives , by a system of tyrannical
oppression , ubiquitous by means of the agen- 1 cies it employs . Similar cases of monstrous i injustice have taken place in other parts of Prussia , but the Press dare not utter a word on the subject . The pious monarch and his religious associates have muzzled that watch dog . An exposure of their doings and those of their minions and . understrappers , would be immediately followed b y the stoppage of the journal containing it , at the Post-office , by the sealing up of the presses and the doors of the printing office , and by the prosecution of the editors and publishers .
In fact , the reign of terror prevails in Prussia as it does in Naples , in Lombardy , Vienna , and Hungary—the will or caprice of the King is the only ruling power , brute force bis only weapon . And yet our comfortable soft spoken liberals deprecate the denunciation of such infamous deeds as these by their right name , and cry fie , Avhen the victims , maddened by the insults ^ the injuries , and the indignities they have received , speak of avenging themselves , and of overthrowing the tyrant who has robbed them of health , home , and almost hope and life . '
It was not by such silken words , nor by meek acquiescence in the decrees of arbitrary power , that our own ancestors won the liberties they bequeathed to us . They trusted to their own right arms in the battle field , aud would have laughed at the man who preached peace and moral force in the midst of the struggle between them and Chaeles I . That monarch was the prototype of Fkedemck "William . The Prussiannionarch , has tlie same exaggerated idea of his kingly
prerogative , the sameobstinatedetermination to assert his divine right to govern by his own will , and independent of the people as Charles . He has , at the same time , the same faithless and insincere heart Perjuries are with him common places—and with all this he has that pretence to superior sanctity , and these formal professions of reli gious belief which deceive the superficial ; but which , in reality , only add the vice of hypocrisy to the list of his other disqualifications to rule mankind .
Chaisles I , in due time , lost his crown and his head . Must Prussia accomplish its freedom by similar means ?
The Suffrage Struggle In France. The Ass...
THE SUFFRAGE STRUGGLE IN FRANCE . The Assembly has rejected the proposal to restore Universal Suffrage . On Thursday last it decided by the small majority of seven , in a house of seven hundred and five representatives , that the disfranchised millions shall not peaceably regain possession of their rights . Such a majority on such a question is in fact a defeat . It is ridiculous to imagine for a moment that with an Assembly so equally divided the question can remain where
it is . All the reactionary parties have done has been to show their hostility to popular rights and their inability to prevent their enjoyment . The attitude of the Republican party has been beyond all praise . They felt that the time had come for action , and resolved xa act as one man . They were determined to waste no words , and , therefore , selected one of the most able and talented advocates of real Republicanism to speak for the
whole party . M . Miche l ( de Bonrges ) was appointed to that honourable post . The result of the division must have surprised the Burgraves , because they previousl ycalculated upon axaajority of aboveone hundred , and certainly we were not prepared for such a large number as 3 i 8 votes in favour of the President ' s measure . The equality between the parties ensures the certaint y of the question being renewed in a new fihape , and we hope , the Best time with success ,
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In the meantime , the Executive shows an almost insane hostility to the Democratic party , to whom alone it owes its position in the Assembly . At a recent meeting of the Democratic Electoral Committee , held in strict terms of the Constitution , for legal and constitutional purposes , it was found thata commissioner and five agents of police were present , in contravention of the law . They were desired to withdraw , hut refused , and the meeting was dissolved . In the Assembly M . Leon Faucqeu defended the brutal intmsisn of the gendarmes upon a private dinner party in which they wounded M . Sartin , a representative of the people . It appeared , from
the discussion , that the late minister had carried away with him the official documents reletive to the case , and M . THORIGNT , the new minister , could not repl y to the interpellations , though he very decided stated his opinion that M . Patjcher had been guilty of a great wrong . That statement elicited tremendous opposition from the tyrannical majority , who would be very glad to have an opportunity of putting every true Republican to death ' by sword and musket . It is lamentable to see a great country like France without a single commanding intellect , capable of leading the people out of the insane struggles in which these factions are engaged .
Monies Received For Thk Week Ending Thcr...
MONIES RECEIVED For thk Week Ending Thcrsdat , November 13 rn , 1831 . THE HONESTY FUND ! RECEIVED BV W . BIDEB . £ B . d . Halifax , per R . Sutcliffe .. .. ., 10 0 NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Received by Jons Ahnoit . —Islington localit y , per A . J . Wood 3 s—Wakefield , per D . Ileald 7 s 6 d—Newcastle-on-Tyne , perG . Grant 8 s 8 d—Bury , per John Bean 13 s 2 d—Two young Red Republicans , Liverpool 8 d—T . Hartley Sheffield Is 2 d—Great Grimsby , per J , Button 8 s—3 Fewkes Is—Mr . Farrow , Iloxton Gd—H . H .. Little Compton-street 3 s—Catnperdown locality , per T : 'Weatherby Is Gd—Xew Radford , per W . Lees 2 s 3 d—H . WilkS , Westminster Cd—For Tracts 8 s . —Total £ 218 s 5 d . FOR DEBT DUE BY REFUGEES : Seceired by W Rider . —C . Seagrave , Famham Is 6 & ,
The St. Alban's Exposure. Wednesday Was ...
THE ST . ALBAN'S EXPOSURE . Wednesday was the tenth day of inquiry before the commissioners , into the corrupt electioneering practices of this borough . Since our report last week , Mr . Blagg , who was examined , said , "Before the Reform Bill passed , every voter who had given a plumper received two guineas , and every voter who gave a single vote received one guinea . After tho Reform Bill passed , the payment of the guineas aud the treating ceased ; but my experi ence has led me to the belief that- the new voters introduced by the Reform Bill are more venal than the old voters . The scot and lot voters would
have been contented with £ 5 where the new voters want £ 10 . At any eleetionthere were probably not more than 175 ou 200 voters who were not indirectly paid . The number polled on the last occasion was 423 , leaving about sixty who did not vote . Out of 354 £ 10 voters 212 got paid ; sixty-five out of sixty-six gcot and lot voteva are paid , and twentyone out of sixty-three freemen . This gives a total of 308 who are paid ; leaving 175 who are not influenced by pecuniary considerations . " Mr . Webster stated that he was & surgeon , and a voter . Had voted at all the elections since the passing of the Reform Bill , when each voter received a guinea from the member and all the wives of the voters half-a-guinea whenever they were confined . ( Laughter . ) Approved of that system , and had wished , therefore , to reduce the price of
votes . Mr . Edwabds was recalled in order to give some information as to former elections . He handed in the following account of the expenses of different elections from 1 S 32 : —Mr . Henry G . Ward , 1835 , £ 2 , 400 ; Jolly 25 , 1837 , Mr . Maskett , from £ 1 , 800 to £ 2 , 000 ; February , 1841 , Lord Listowel , £ 3 , 000 June , 1841 , Lord Listowel , £ 2 . 000 ; £ 3 , 000 . more being spent , hut not paid ; August . 11 , 1846 , Mr . Caouell , £ 500 ; iu 1847 , Mr . Raphael , £ 3 , 500 ; in 1850 , £ 2 , 500 . Mr . Forsyth : That is £ 18 , 700 , It was Edwards who introduced Mr . Raphael in 1847 , as a Whig-Radical in politics , and unlimited in
generosity . He bad agreed to spend £ 3 , 500 , and promised Edwards to make it £ 5 , 000 if he succeeded . Edwards did succeed . He received " 120 promises before the bag had been opened at all , " ( Laughter . ) Some persons received as much as £ 25 ; the amounts ranged between seven or eight pounds and twenty-five pounds . But witness could recollect three persons who demanded £ 100 amongst them at Lord Listowel ' s election , and persons not of the poorest class . He could only count twenty-six out of 295 who voted for Mr . Raphael without payment .
A number of voters have been examined by the commissioners , who acknowledged to having received from £ 5 to £ 8 for their votes . On Wednesday between 00 and 100 voters ( 250 , out of a constituency of 450 , having been altogether hribed ) were put into the witness box , each man | s testimony tending to developo a system that is thought to put Sudbury to the blush . This day was devoted to bringing up to the bar of the commissioners' tribunal , the majority of those who were reluctant to become their own accusers , and who , nalurallv enough , were unwilling witnesses . By the aid , however , of whippers ' -in , they were brought
ai imervals into court , on being told , " You received money as well as the others ; it ' s no worse for you than for them ; and if you don't come , you are liable to be indicted , and perhaps in the end imprisoned . " In epite ofintimations thrown out by the Court to this effect , the officer of the Court returned during the day , stating his inability to serve some twenty or thirty persons , who do not appear to have the fear of the law before their eyes . The commissioners met again on Thursday , and having sat for a conple of hours , in which time they concluded the examination of the inculpated electors , they adjourned their court to Monday , December 1 st .
Lancashire &Sj) Cheshire Miners. A Publi...
LANCASHIRE & SJ ) CHESHIRE MINERS . A public meeting of miners was held at St . Helens , on Monday , November 10 th , in the open air on tbe Moor Flat . Miners from Haydock , Prescot , & c , were present , and the meeting was addressed by James Price and D . Swallow , " miner s agents . The meeting agreed to petition the Legislature for an eight hours bill—shorter reckoningto have coals worked by weight , and not by measure —and for the appointment of sub-inspectors over coal mines , & c . The usual fortnightly delegate meeting was held on Monday and Tuesday , at the King ' s Head , St . Helens ; Mr . Giles Morris , delegate from Chorley , was elected chairman . The report . * from the agents and delegates of the various districts were that the statements for an
advance of wages had been sent to the masters around Dukinfield , Ashton , Bardsley . Oldham , Leven , Bolton , Worseley , Little Button , Wigan , Aspul , Chorley , & c . Some few places arc working on an advance * already , as for instance at Hutton , where they are working on an advance of 2 d . per ton ; and at Bradford colliery , Manchester , their advance is Ha . for two and a quarter tons . The reporte d increase of members during the fortnight was between six and seven hundred from the various districts , with every prospect of a great accession of members for some time to come . Great meetings have been held at Wigan and other places during the fortnight .
Leicester.—Mr. Thomas Cooper Lectured He...
Leicester . —Mr . Thomas Cooper lectured here some few days since , and took out his card as a Member of the National Charter Association . He exhorted his audiences to follow his example , and urged on them to do all in their power to extend the organisation . Two Cbildben Bcbsi to Death . — On Friday afternoon Mr . Bedford held two inquests at the St . George's Hospital on the bodies of two children , whose death resulted from burns . The first was on Jane Padgett , aged seven years , who was left at her residence , % Mulberry-hall , Kenningtonroad , on Monday afteMiOob last . It is supposed the unfortunate girl was fanning the fire with her apron and set it on fire ; but there being no direct evidence to show this , the jury returned an open
verdict . The next was on a little girl named Mary Ann French , aged seven years , the daughter of a coachman , who , having just lighted a fire at seven o ' clock on Wednesday morning , left the candle on the hearthstone , and when attempting to reach a pin from the mantle-piece to fasten her dress , caught her frock on fire . The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental Death" in this case . The coroner remarked that these were tag two most awful cases of burning he had ever met with . Lv Genoa / out of a population of 120 , 000 , there are 14 , 000 monks , friars , nuns , and ecclesiastics of various kinds , all a dead weight upon society , and supported altogether by tho industrious members of the community . Ho wonder that the people are beg inningto tire of priestcraft . _ . ¦ ...
A Lube fob a Pasiob . —The "Ecclesiastical Gazette" advertises for sale the next presentation to areetory in the diocese of Exeter , « close to the meets of the Devon and Somerset stag and fox h 0 Mn G Banana , author of "Martinuzzi , " and etKge d ? es , diedon the 15 th ult after suffering from Jong-decliawg ^ heaUb , M WW * P « W reverses tffirtwfe -
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T , S . Dokcombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . " MAT JBSTim . " "If it were possible for the working classes , by com-Dining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the general rate of wages , it ueed hardly be said that this would be a thing not to bepuniahed , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at " Stdabt Mill
THE WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASE . POSTPONEMENT OP THE PnCEEDINGS IN TIIE COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH , AT THE INSTANCE OF THE PROSECUTOR'S AT' TORNIES , MESSRS . CORSER AND USDERHILL . ' The glorious uncertainty of the law' has become , in this country , a proverbial axiom , and it appears that the very celebrated case of Perry , uersus Rowlands and otherB , * ia to be no exception to this time-honoured anomaly ; and , therefore , notwithstandin g the arrangement
entered into in open court between the counsel for tbe defendants aud the Bench ( as reported in last week ' s 'Star , ' ) that the defendants were to bo called up for judgment on the 13 th inst . Mesars , Corser and TJnderb . il bave discovered , after four months' consideration , that they are not in a fit state of preparation to enter into a discussion upon the grave questions involved , at so early a date . Fresh arrangments have , therefore , been made
and fresh notices served upon thedefeudauts for the 21 st of the present month , by which time we hope these gentlemen will be fully prepared to defend the anomalies of the indictment , the inconsistencies of the verdict , and the novelty of the law , as laid down by the learned judge . It would be manifestly injudicious in us , to hazard an opinion upon the various rumours which have reached us , as to the doubts and perplexities—the hopes and fears—which are now pervading the enemy ' s camp .
But we can readil y imagine that the , strong probability which exists of a new trial being ordered , must be dreadfully annoying both to prosecutors and witnesses . It would indeed delight us , to have another fair opportunity of exposing the mis-statements by which these prosecutions have been supported ; we would willingl y forego this hi gh satisfaction , aud bear any punishment which the judges of England shall decide due to us in virtue of
that verdict , if the great question involved in the ninth and tenth counts can at once be fairly argued and decided . This is , indeed , the onl y question which , in our own judgment , justified our appeal to our fellow workmen . It is the only question in the whole of these monstrous indictments in which they are interested ; it is a question which decides whether they , in their industrial capacity , are freemen or slaves .
If the proposition laid down by Mr . Justice Erie as the law of England , be indeed true and veritable law , then is the condition of British labour in a state of vassalage , more complete , more degrading and humiliating , than was the condition of the serfs and villains of the feudal ages . But , no ; the working men of Great Britain are not going back to feudalism , though all the judges of England should tell them so .
This , then , fellow workmen , is the question , the only question that we are anxious to have decided ; and for any other , arising out of these prosecutions , we do not care a rush , We can contemplate and suffer with becoming indifference , a few weeks or months incarceration for our presumed , though unproved delinquencies , in deference to the stupid undiscriminating , unreasoning verdict , jumped at by a prejudiced class jury ; but the sentence , which pronounces ' peaceful persuasion' of our indictable offence , places the whole working class of Great Britain out of the pale of civil and social law .
We have great faith in the wisdom and integrity of the judges of England , and we feel convinced , that if the prosecutors have the hardihood to attempt maintaining the absrud verdict of the jury , a new trial must be the result ; when increased facilities will be afforded us of rebutting the testimony of the wretched men who gave their evidence upon the late trials . Whatever may be the precise from the forthcoming discussions may take , we have no fear of an ultimate triumph for labour . The plottings and machinations of this persecuting faction must eventuate in their utter discomfiture and disgrace .
We trust our friends and sympathisers will not relax in their noble exertions to place within our reach the means necessary to fight this great and important , principle . It is quite impossible to foresee what further proceedings may be necessary . We may be under the immediate necessity of taking the case by Writ of Error into , the Exchequer Chamber , before the judges . of England , a right noble jury , whom , we feel convinced , will confirm Lord Cranworth ' s view of the law , and place , for ever , the rights of industry inthis country upon an intelligible and equitable basis . : '
Our correspondence from various parts of England amply proves that the whole tribe of petty , yelping capitalists , are waiting , with 'bated breath , ' the result of these prosecutions , they , even now , but scarcely let 'I would wait upon I dare ; ' and the judgment which confirms Judge Erie ' s law will let slip the dogs of war from the John o'Gioats to the Lands End upon the proscribed , emaculated head of British Industry . We . believe the spirited attitude assumed in resistance of their despicable machinations has caused them to pause , and that a persistance in the same manly determination will ensure us a crowning triumph . William Peel , Secretary . . 259 , Tottenham-court-road .
Tee Misers Op The North. To The Editor O...
TEE MISERS OP THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOR OT TUB SOMHKIIS STAR . Sib , —The inquest upon the bodies of the suiferers at the West Moor or Klllingworth Colliery explosion has , after two adjournments , been ended to-day ( Tuesday ) , and the usual verdict of "Accidental death" recorded . The workmen at this colliery have , stood boldl *
forth on this occasion , and evinced extraordinary determination to sift the inquiry to the bottom , by the engagement of an eminent attorney , Mr . Brew is oflfewcasile , who baa given them complete satisfaction in the discharge of the important duties which the inquiry entailed upon him . The chief points to which the attention of the workmen were drawn was , whether ' the explosion was caused by the use of the Davy lamp , or by the insufficient supply of atmospheric air .
it will be necessary to state that the safety lamps , used at this colliery , were those invented by the late G . Stephenson , Esq ., and for a vast number of years no other lamps were permitted to enter the pit . A change of the proprietors and a consequent ehango . of managers has , however , taken plac * , £ » d with this change there came the introduction ot the Davy lamp , which has been continued up to he present time , gradually increasing their number with a view , no doubt , to supersede and disolace the Stephenson lamp altogether , ihe
explosion occurred at a part of the pit newiy opened , and which was ventilated by the introduction of about 6 , 000 cubic feet of air per minute , which was abstracted or taken from tbe main current of 30 , 000 feet per minute , by means of a spi t or regulator . It appearesthat premonitory ina > cations of the coming event were exhibited by this part of the pit firing three or four times in the week previous—viz ., on the 23 rd of October , when "William Simpson was burnt ; again on the 2 / th and 28 th . when Thomas Storey and John Proctor
were slightly burnt . Simpson died on the 30 th of October , and the explosion which necessitated the present inquiry occurred on the 31 sfc of October . From these repeated fires the workmen became alarmed , and appealed to the agent to give them more air or safety lamps ; to which appeal he answered , that if lamps wero allowed they ( the workmen ) would have to forego'the usual allowance of sixpence per score ; thus attempting to induce them to abandon the request for the lampa , and to continue their work with cwwltes or naked lights , aa ieretpftre . j B this , howeyer , he was
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foiled , for the men were firm as to the presence o danger , and lamps were permitted to be taken . un the day named when the explosion occurred , the men in the fore-shift left their work owing to there being a break up in the engine bank , whereby the waggons and tubs , used i „ conveying the coals U ? „ 5 " 0 rkmea . were thrown tumultuou . fr over each other , caused by the breaking of the rope " , which drew them up the sand bank , or plane . The back-sbift meo went in to commence work at twelve o clock at noon , having taken their lamps and other things necessary for the samef and at about half , past twelve the explosion took place . The poor fellows had ventured in unconscious of danger , and had to encounter death before thev reached the places were they had to work , none of them having even time to pull off their clothes . One noor
man named Slays , was literally roasted , and his clothes burnt to pieces ; and the fire being , to appearances , severest where he was found , it wag strongly conjectured that the explosion Ifluat have occurred through him . Now , Slays had a Davy amp , whilst the other parties had Stephenson ' s Jamps . and from the construction of the former , it is liable to pass the flame whenever the gas becomes explosive , and thus set fire to the pit ; and for > . ¦ ids- the P arl'amentary committee which sat in 18 Jo , to examine into the accidents and explosions iu mines , decided that ifc . was not a safety lamp , and ought not to be used in dangerous places ; but which recommendation the coal owners have not paid the least attention to .
The inquiry was , therefore , partly on the merits of the lamps ; and it was the expressed desire of the workmen that they should bo all supplied with the Stephenson ' s lamp in future , which it was understood tho employers would most willingly concede to . The other part of the inquiry , relative to the supply of air being deficient , Mr . Johnstone , the viewer , admitted he could have put more air into the workings , but did not think it necessary , notwithstanding several men had been burnt from the want of air to properly carry off the gasses given out by the coal . The inspector of mines gave it as his opinion that more air was necessary , and many of the workmen stated their apprehension of
danger trom the deficiency thereof , and two men left the colliery a day or two previous to the explosion , through the said apprehensions ; yet , despite these palpable evidences of neglect on the part of the proprietors or managers , the jury returned the verdict as stated at the beginning of this communication . The attorney employed by the workmen did his best to put their case clearly before tbe jury ; but tho coroner having made it a rule , in what he calls his court , not to allow any questions to bo put to any of the witnesses except they are made out in writing , necessarily impeded him in his important duties , and militated considerably against the inquiry . The workmen seeing this , agreed to a resolution : — That the coroner would ue pleased to allow the questions to be put
direct to the witnesses , and an unrestricted examination of the same . " But his coronership was firm , and would not grant this boon to the cause of suffering humanity . It was also elicited from the government inspector that he had never visited this pit , that the number of pits in bis district were more than a thousand , consequently he could not visit them all in three years ; but at this stage of the proceedings the solicitor employed by the owners , and who is himself an owner , declared that such questions were not relevant to tho inquiry , and thus put a stop to them . So ended this remarkable inquiry ; and it is to be hoped that tho workmen will not rest contented until more inspectors are got , and their lives more looked after than they have been hitherto . 1 am yours , & c , M . Judb ,
Co-Operative Movement Among Trades' Soci...
CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT AMONG TRADES' SOCIETIES . For some time past a Committee , composed of persons invited by the Central Cooperative Agency , have had under their consideration the means by which the Trades' Societies n and around the Metropolis may be enabled c avail themselves of the advantages of Cooperation , both in respect of the distribution and the production of wealth in connexion with the machinery for these purposes possessed by the Central Co-operative Agency . In order to enable our readers to understand the scope and bearing of the proposed movement , it may be briefly stated , that the Agency has been formed by capital subscribed by several friends of associative action , and
p laced under the management of a company of partners , upon a sound commercial basis . The principal p ortion of the capital has been subscribed by E . Vansittart Neale , Esq ., a gentleman who has for a considerable period taken the most lively and laudable interest in this mode of improving the condition of the working-classes , and indeed , of all , and who , l besides the large sum advanced to the Centraf Agency , has most liberally aided several os tbe Metropolitan Working Men ' s Societie with the capital requisite for their respective businesses . Prom the reports that have at various periods appeared in our columns , as
well as the notices we have occasionally given of the progress of the movement , our readers are aware that Co-operative Societies are wide-spread throughout the Country and rapidly on the increase . To a considerable extent this has been owing to the effects of the gentlemen who have associated themselves to promote the formation of Working Men ' s Associations in connexion with Co operative Stores , for the sale of unadulterated goods , purchased in the best markets at wholesale prices . Scarcely a week passes in which we do not receive applications for information on the subject from various parts of the country , and the intelligence contained in the weekly organ of the movement , the f Christian
Socialist , ' demonstrates that the question is rapidly assuming a national aspect . In these circumstances the Central Co-operative Agency is naturally anxious to give all the aid in ^ their power towards the organisation and concentration of the movement , and to place at the disposal of tbe various associations the valuable resources which their capital , their carefully considered and sound commercial position have placed in their possession . In the course of the investigation as to tho best means of effecting this object , the backwardness of the metropolis as compared with other parts of the country has forcibly pressed itself on the notice of the Central Agency ; and they requested the assistance of the Committee referred to , to
advise with them as to the best and most practical means of bringing the advantage of pure unadulterated provisions to the door of the working classes in London ; and also to enable Trades' Societies , if so disposed , to find a market for their productions through tho same medium . The result has been in tho first instance the issue of the following important circular , to which we request the earnest attention of our readers : •—London Central Co-operative Agency , * ¦ 76 , Charlotte-street . .
TO THE BOARD OF THE TRADE . GEmESiEtfj—Corisidering thatTrades' Societies , whatever may have been the efficiency of the means employed for their purposes , are just now as defensive bodies the only representatives in England of a common and concerted effort of the working men to protect the interests of their own labour , the Trustees and Partners of the Central Co-operative Agency feel it a duty to place before you some account of the efforts which have been attempted , to substitute for a mere Defensive Organisation the application of the principle of direct Association for Production , Distribution , and Consumption , and at the same tin ™ . W
proposals , specially addressed to the Trades on the part of the above named Co-operative Agency . ggThe Trades' Societies , whose object we think to be , the maintenance of the Price of Labour at an equitable standard , have been and ever will be checked by the fact , that the prices of produce sold , and the profits thereon being dependent on many causes , are- essentially variable . _ Thence the Masters have some reason for saying that , the conditions and results of the competitive fight being uncertain and on their own risk , the working men , whose share in the . sale is discontinued- beforehand , by Ihe ' w receiving wapes , have no well founded claim to share in the gains of trade since they are
not" liable for its losses . - By enabling the working men to keep for themselves the whole or part of the profits , the principle of Associative labour is tho proper means of always keeping the remuneration of labour at an equitable standard . ¦ , ' There is another evil , for remedying which the Trade Societies have not hitherto taken any steps . By means of mercantile profits matte on the articles of food , clothing , and other necessaries for his domestic consumption , the Working Man has sometimes to bear an indirect reduction of twentyfire per cent ., and even more , on his wages , the very d & y ha Yeeeives them . This indirect mode Qf diminishing the wages of
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the Working Man and the effects of Adulteration on his Health , are being counteracted through the instrumentality of the Co-operative Stores organised in various parts of England and Scotland Meanwhile , Working Men ' s Associations have bees- ' established , and are establishing themselves iii London and in various parts of England , to secure to labour an equitable share of profits . These efforts being destitute of a centre of business , the Central Co-operative Agency has been established as a Legal and Financial Institution for aiding tho formation of Stores and Associations , for . Buying and Selling on their behalf , and ultimately for organising credit and interchange between them .
The persons embarked both in the Associations and Stores have hitherto become connected merely by chance , or by individual acquaintance . The time now seems to have arrived for calling the attention of the Trades to so important an effort ^ and inducing them to make their present organisations the means of applying the principle of Industri . il Association to Production , Consumption , and Distribution . With that view tho Trustees and Partners of the Central Co-operative Agency have called together a Committee composed of Gentlemen well known to the Trades as their Friends and Supporters or Members of their bodies , and of Managers of some of the existing Stores and Associations .
After mature consideration and discussion of the objects in view , the Trustees and Partners of the Central Co-operative Agency , with the advice of the Committee , have agreed that the following proposals should be sent to the various Trade * through their regular Committees and Secretaries : —
PROPOSALS . The Members of the various Trades will bo invited to consider the expediency of forming a Model Association iu each Trade , and of organising Cooperative Stores , either in each Trade or by a conbmation of Working Men of various Trades in different localities , to supply to their Members the articles of Domestic Consumption , the Materials for Production and any commodities they may find it to desirable to procure . The Stores will be formed by procuring either from the Funds of the Trade Societies or by Special Subscriptions amongst the Members , tho meana of fitting up a convenient place , and procuring iu advance two weeks' Consumption Of the Members and their families .
The Model Association will be formed also by the Funds of the Trade , or by special subscriptions amongst the Members , and will undertake to execute orders for the articles of their production , and employ for the execution of these orders such of their Members as are out of work . The Model Associations and Stores will be organised by and under the control of the Committees of existing Trade Societies . The Central Co-operative Agency will undertake , 1 st , —To supply to the Model Stores and Associations , at Wholesale Prices , all Goods they may require , either as Articles of Consumption or Materials . 2 nd . —To Warehouse , Show , and Soil their Produce , on their account , and on Commission . 3 rd . —To Advertise and Collect Orders on their behalf .
4 fcb . —To provide for any feasible and profitable operations of Credit or Exchange among the Associations . 5 th . —To put the Associations on the one hand in communication with Capitalists , and on the other with Traders or Customers . It is for the Trade Societies to consider what kind of connexion they will establish with the already existing Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations . In pursuance of the above resolutions the Agency and the Committee have agreed that conies of the
undermentioned papers be forwarded to the Committees of the various Trades , viz .: —Tho Prospectus of the Central Co-operative Agency ; tho lteport of a Meeting for the Establishment of that institution ; a List of the Wholesale Prices at their Grocery Stores ; a catalogue of the Articles sold by the Shops in connexion with the said Agency ; Rules framed for establishing Co-operative Stores under the Friendly Societies' Act ; a Prospectus of tbe Windsor Iron Works' Company ( Liverpool ) , as showing the best framed scheme of a Legal Association of Working Men .
The above mentioned Consulting Committee , which has been formed for the purpose of assisting tho Central Co-operative Agency in carrying these objects into effect and recommending the adoption of the plans of the Agency by the various Trades ' Societies , is composed of the following : —Messrs . Thornton Hunt , G . A , Fleming , Richard Hart , Members of the Press—Mr . William Allen , Amalgamated Iron Trades—Mr . B . Jennings , Manager of the Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . Richard Isbam , Manager of the Working Printers' Association—Mr Mole , North London Builders' Association—Mr . Newton , Amalgamated Iron Trades , and
Secretary of the London and Counties Fire and Life Assurance Company—Mr . Nottage , Pimlico Builders' Association—Mv . Pollard , Pimlico Builders ' Association—Mr . William Pond , Secretary of tho Pimlico Builders' Association—Mr . J . Pickard , Manager of the North London Builders' Association—Mr . Itayson , Pimlico Builders' Association-Mr . Jefferies , Manager of the Working Shoemakers ' Association—Mr . Thomas Shorter , One of the Secretaries of the Society for Promoting Working Men ' s Associations—Mr . Wm . Stevens , Managejf * f the Pimlico Co-operative Store—Mr , D . 'WalfoTd , Pimlico Builders' Association .
It has been agreed also , that an Acting Board selected from and by the Consulting Committee , should assist the Agency in visiting the various Trades , and forwarding the execution of the above Resolutions . The Acting Board is composed aa follows : —Mr . John Douthwaite ( Delegate of the Co-operativn Agency ) , Messrs . Wm . Allan , Richard Hart , G . A . Fleming , H . Jeffevics , Wm . Newton , Wm . Pond , Wm . Stevens . In accordance with these Resolutions , gentlemen , wo beg to enclose the above documents , and to request you to appoint a day when it would be convenient for you to enter into communication with the Delegates of the Agency .
The Trustees and Partners of tho Central Cooperative Agency : —Edward Yansittart Ncale , — Thos . Hughes , Trustees . Lechevalicr , Woodin , Jones , & Co ., Commercial House . . The Delegate of the Agency to the Acting Board : —John Douthwaite . The Members of the Acting Board : —William Alleu , Richard Hart . G . A . Fleming , U . Jefferies , William Newton , William Pond , and William Stevens . It will be seon , that in its practical bearings no more important document than the above has over beon issued to the Trades of the
metropolis ; that , in fact , it heralds a vast , but peaceable revolution of the relations of capital and labour , of suppl y and demand , through the medium of the organised , legal , and constructive eftbrts of the United Trades , under the direction , and with the aid of the Central Agency . We have done sufficient in placing the document before our readers for the present , and shall return to the subject next week , when we shall endeavour to explain in detail , the mode in which it is proposed to carry out tho movement and the princip les on which the Central Agency conduct theix business .
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[ TREATMENT OF MR . O'CONNOB at ^ the KOSSUTH METROPOLITAN DEMONSTRATION . Brighton . —At a numerous meeting held on Monday evening—Mr . Batram in the chair— -the following resolution was moved by-Mr . Giles , and seconded by Mr . Siunock , and uuanimousl y carried : — «« That we , the members of the Brighton branch of the National Charter Association , having read in * Reynolds s Newspaper' that at the Demonstration oi the working c j U 5 gea jQ fovour 0 f Kossuth , an attempt was made to exclude a man ( Mr . O'Connor ) who has been for many years their political champion ; and we believe that the conduct of the men who made that attempt highly reprehensible , aud not fitting for that noble position which they aspire to—namel y : of being the political leaders of tho worki ng classes . We further award to Mr . G , W . M .
Reynolds our sincere thanks for the part ho took in preventing such an outrage being iuiVictod on Mr . O'Connor . Aud that a copy of this resolution be sent to the ' Northern Star , ' 'Reynolds ' s Newspaper , ' and the * Leader , ' for insertion . "—Jonx Page , Sec Paislkt . —We , the undersigned , consider tho conduct of the committee that got up the demonstration in honour of Kossuth , disgraceful and aiicklemocratic , in not allowing Mr . O'Connor into tho committee-room , and that however we may differ with Mr . O'Connor ' s policy'in connexion with the Chartist movement , the sacrifices he has mads in the People ' s cause deserves hotter treatment , and we deeply sympathise with him in the present attempt to snuff him out of the democratic movement . Signed by fifty-one persons ,
Mn . Thomas Brows , for himself and several other parties , in a letter , for which we regret wo cannot find space , expresses strongly the indignation excited by the treatment of Mr . O'Connor at Copenhagen House , and bears strong testimony to the energetic , valuable , and disinterested services of Mr . O'Connor to the body of Hungarian refugees , for whom" he ( Mr . Brown ) so long acted as secretary , lie oxprcssos a similar opinion to other correspondents , that it was impossible Mr . Thornton Iiunfc and Mr . O'Connor can sit on tho same Executive and call for the retirement of Mr . Hunt .
STOCKPORT . —At a meeting of members , held in tfie Association Robms , on Sunday last , Mr . Graham in the chair , after the business of the locality was disposed of , the following resolution , after a lengthy and careful discussion , was agreed upon : — " Tfmfi this meeting , has read with deep regret in " Reynolds s Newspaper" the unpleasant position that Mr . O'Connor was placed in at the Working Men ' s Demonstration to Kossuth at London , and considers that Mr . ' . O' Connor was so treated by the misrepresentations of Mr . Thornton Hunt to the Committee . We , the Old Guards of Chartism , in this locality consider that Mr . Hunt is not a fit and proper person to represent the Chartist body in the Executive , aud request that gentleman immediately to resign his seat in the Executive , and also that the best ' thanks of this meeting be given to Mr . G . W . M . Reynohls for his , gentlemanly conduct displayed towards our old | and tried friend , Mr . O'Connor .
Bristol —At the usual weekly meeting of the members of this locality , tho following resolution was proposed by Mr . John Rogers , seconded by Mr . Charles Clark : — " This meeting hearing from " Reynolds ' s Newspaper , " a report of the London Demonstration in honour of M . Kossuth , we observe with sorrow and indignation the foul and ungentlemanly ^ attempt systematically made by certain parties to exclude Mr . O'Connor from the presence of the Hungarian Chieftain . Weviewit as an insult to the working classes who . formed the Demonstration , and in whoso name it was got up ,
and to Mr . O Connor as a gentleman , who is at least as highly deserving the sympathy and gratitude of the working classes of this country for the many years gratuitous services , sacrifices , and persecutions he has endured in their behalf , as the illustrious Kossuth himself . In our opinion , such an ungenerous attempt to obtain popularity at tho expense of real patriotism , from any quarter , will be looked upon , by every right minded Democrat , HS the efforts ' of a puny wasp trying to sting au elephant . We also wish to present our sincere thanks to Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , for ins gentlemanly conduct towards the Champion of Democracy on that occasion . "—Carried unanimously .
With reference to the same subject we have received the following from the Central Committee :- ' " The subjoined resolution was passed at a meeting of the Kossuth Demonstration Committee on Thursday night . " ' That , a question having been raised respecting the proceedings at Copenhagen-house on the 3 rd instant , the following statement of facts be recorded , and forwarded to the newspapers . ' The sole object of the Committee in the arrangements for Monday , the 3 rd instant , was lomake the demonstration IIS effective , and therefore as orderly , as possible . ' The Committee know that Mr . O'Connor ' s conduct could not be relied upon ; as his behaviour on previous and recent occasions proved that his actions were not under his own control .
' The Committee had had assurances that M . Kossuth objected to receiving an address if Mr Feargus O'Connor took part in the proceedings , and the Committee made their arrangements accordingly . ' On tho 10 th instant the Committee passed a resolution approving of the conduct of tho Chairman on the 3 rd instant . ' "A . E . Deuforce , Financial Secretary . "
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Hungary and in England . Iu his development of the causes of the late revolutions on tho-continent , he traced them to the wrongs and oppressions endured by the working peoplo of those countries ,-and , after an able address , called upon his audience not to be led astray from their own sufferings and duties ; but , while paying a tribute of respect to the exile patriots of other lands , to make a bold stand for their own political rights , and , above all , to do their bust to shorten the hours of labour and increase its price . He concluded amidst the loudest approbation of his hearers . On tho motion of Frank Mirfield , a vote of thanka was given to the lecturer and the Chairman ( Mr . George Uttley ) , and tho meeting separated .
Mbtkopolixan Lectures . —Ernest Jonea has , during the last two months , been delivering a number of Chartist lectures , in several Democratic Halls in London , to overflowing aud enthusiastic audiences . His lectures on the 19 th ult . and on Sunday last , at Johnstreet , on ' Hungary , ' excited tho greatest attention and the keenest interest . On the second occasion tho spacious Hall could not contain ono half of those desirous of entering . Barkblky . —Mr . . . Kudo ' s Visit : to YonKsmuE . — The democrats of this town were highly entertained on Monday evening , the 10 th inst ., in the Mechanics' Hall , by hearing a lecture from Mr . Kydd on tho subject of Hungarian Independence , Kossuth in
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THE LIVERPOOL COUxXTY COURT INQUIRY . Pbeston On Friday , the 7 th inst ., The counsel for Mr . Ramshay asked for a long adjournment , to get up the defence ; but Lord Carlisle observed that little had been brought forward that Mr . Ramshay might not have expected , and that has not long been matter of public notoriety . The proceedings wero therefore resumed on Monday ; but the coun . sel again begged for time , and were allowed another day . Tuesday ' s proceedings terminated with the reading , by Mr . Ramahay ' s counsel , of a number of cases from various law authorities , bearing more or less upon the disputed points as to Mr . llamshay ' s alleged undue assumption of authority . None of
the cases cited , however , possess any interest to the general reader . Mr . Sergeant Wilklus , commenced his address iu defence of Mr . Ramshay on Wednesday , during which he contended that Mr .. Ramshay had acted legally up to the point when he sent hia bailiffs by his " order" to bring Mr . Whitty before him ; and the latter , by refusing to go , was guilty of the greatest contempt that couldpossibly be committed . Ho implored his lordship not to listen to the clamours of the men who sought the ephemeral honours of tho day , hut to do that for which posterity would bless him , and resist the phalanx that would bunt both his lordship and Mr . Ramshay from the position they now occupy . Mr . Sergeant Wllkins brought his address on behalf of Mr . Ramshay to a conclusion on Thursday morn ing . Mr . John Stewart , a member of the town council of Liverpool , deposed that on the 5 fch of
September he was at the County Court , and heard the case of a landlord against his tenant . The conduct of the judge appeared to be perfectly proper and courteous . Mr , Hoslling , estate . agent , was present in the County . Court on ono or two occasions . The judge ' s bearing seemed to be quite calm and judicial , and his decisions clear aud satisfactory .. He was present when the case «« Mercer v . Roskcll" was tried . There was no coercion used towards the jury by Mr . Ramshay , but he put the case before them in a proper and regular manner . Mr . Lawrence Green , solicitor , of Liverpool , examined by Sergeant Wilkins , deposed that in his opinion Mr . Ramshay is a most admirable judge . The only fault he had to find was that the judge was too patient , amounting almost to tediousness . Several solicitors practising in Liverpool gave similar testimony . . ¦ :
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Apr-oiHTMEKi—Mr . Edward Joseph Parley in . apppoSment a member of the Legulatm Council
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 15, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_15111851/page/5/
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