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Feb ruary 19 , 1848 THE NORTHERN _ gT AK . o
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TO TilE . MEMBERS OF THE LAND COMPANY . Fbibsbs , —The second of March next is fixed for the trial of the Petition against tie return of Mr O'Connor , as Member for Nottingham . The Directors expect to be able Best week to pubjiih a lis' of subscriptions in the Stab , containing tiie names of every branch , of the Company , and subscriptions of private aemheif , ( which may be sent in postage stamps , ) will also be published . Tha ex pense to Mr O'Connor will be enormous , and the exertions of the members must be equal to the emer gency . By order ef the Directors , Thbmas Clark . Corresponding Secretary .
Sscbipts Of The National Land Company, F...
SSCBIPTS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMPANY , FOB , TEET 7 EEK ENDING FEBRUARY 17 , 1818 . PES MR O'COKKOB . 8 SAEES . £ 6 . & . Br » mhope .. ISO Newport , Salop 1 ! 1 0 Tonbridge TTells 2 7 6 Manchester .. 22 19 6 Torquay .. 1 19 0 Northampton , ¦ vVitham .. 10 0 0 Monday .. 1 « 0 0 Oldham .. 5 16 Burnley . Lawson 14 6 Minster lovel .. 13 0 Kew Ridford „ 0 17 6 VTingate Grange 0 16 6 Clirtieroe .. 3 0 0 Kocbdale .. 2 4 11 Nottingham , Sweet 8 9 6 Camberwell .. 2 17 o Stockport .. 10 0 0 Hammersmith ... 0 8 0 Yeovil .. 2 17 0 Bennondsey „ 18 0 Iveston ' ,., 7 7 8 Preston «• 22 o 0 Chorley M 3 13 0 South SliieMs .. S 13 8 Hall .. 7 10 0 Glsfow .. 11 9 0 Congleton .. 29 0 0 Tfttefield .. 6 16 Ghjgleswiek .. 12 6 Cheltenham .. 4 7 3 Dewsbury .. 12 S 6
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Totness „ 111 S JMFriend « 0 2 Aberdeen .. 1 19 3 John B Ford .. 1 « 0 Coventry - 3 0 0 Wm Long - 0 3 8 ThosBtemner ,. 0 1 0 James Canteld .. 0 lo o CEC .. 0 10 0 WP Nicholls .. 0 5 0 BobtCrow .. 0 2 0 Ann NichQlls .. 2 6 WmCrow .. 0 2 0 John Chislett .. 0 2 6 Wm Thatcher .. 0 10 Josesh Armstrong 0 2 0 Thos . Martin .. 0 6 0 4 I « ry Crookshank 0 2 0 John Stepnen . oa O 1 6 Charlotte Farier 0 2 6 "Thos Devonport 0 7 6 £ 458 16 19 SXPENSE FUND . Q \ tj „ 0 18 6 Leicester , Astill 2 0 0 Kottinghas , Sweet 10 0 Tillicoultry .. 0 7 11 Wednesbury „ 18 6 Bury , Unsworth 0 1 t Skimy Row .. 0 9 0 Birmingham , Kidderminster .. 1 1 0 Goodwin .. 0 5 8 Sheffield - 2 0 0 Mansfield , Woo 3- _ Boston .. 0 10 house .. 0 3 0 Middleton .. 8 5 0 Oldham .. 0 12 o Ensbv .. 010 0 Stonej Stratford 4 15 0 Central Rossendala 0 12 0 Rochdale .. ISO Cassop , Transfer 0 1 0 Camberwell .. 0 6 0 Walsall .. Old South Shields .. 050 Brighton , Arti- Glasgow .. 6 3 0 choke .. 0 16 fi Wakefield » 0 6 0 Halifax .. 217 0 Cheltenham - 0 12 9 Totness .. 0 15 0 Bath ~ 0 4 0 Aberdeen .. 0 9 5 Colne , Tomlinson 0 10 5 Newport , Salop 8 8 0 Holmfirth . .. i 5 6 Manchester .. 13 3 Salford « 1 5 o Burnley , Lawson 0 15 6 Bristol - 1 10 0 New Radford .. 0 S 9 Exeter - 0 8 0 Nottingham , Sweet 0 14 0 Limihouse , B H 046 Yeovil .. 020 Chester .. 0 u 9 Iveston ~ 0 11 0 John Baldwin .. 0 2 0 Hall .. 0 13 0 Wm Wall .. 020 HeTtrood .. OlS 3 - George HilneS .. 0 3 8 Mosley .. 3 3 6 Joseph Armstrong 0 16 £ 36 14 5 Total Land Fund ... » £ 456 16 10 Expense Fond ... •» 36 14 5 Rules ... » . 2 6 0 £ 495 17 3 Bank Jlim ? £ 1 106 _ 2 0 NOTICE . Branch . Secretaries not having received retura sheets for tbe Fifth Section , or monetary return sheets for the quarter ending December 29 th , 1847 , -will Dotiij the same to the Directors that they may he forwarded ferthwith . Wh . Dixoh . CHMBTOrHZS D » T . L « , Thoi . Clase , ( Corres . Sec . ) PBILtt M'GEiTH , ( Fin . Sec . )
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RBCEITBD AT BAK . K - Lane End Sicls List Charcli , near Blackburn 109 0 C B » se of England Lodge , 2 fo . 273 of the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows .. .. .. .. 30 0 0 From Manchester 99 11 0 ^ Total from Manchester .. 1 * 9 U 8 The Averase Receipts from JTancheEter during the last seven weeks have been £ 110 . A Working Man , Saddleworth .. .. 20 0 0 Orange Society , Queenshesd , near Halifax .. 2 o 0 o Hull Auxiliary Bank .. 2 0 0 XOTICE . The Maaager acknowledges the receipt of a further sam of a » lO , on account of « the National Co-operative BeceSt Socletv , ' from Edmufid Stallwood , in the Deposit Department . " T . Peice , Manager .
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RECEIPTS OP tf ATIOKAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . L » ughborough - 0 3 0 Hanley » 0 9 0 Birmingham , per Iveston 0 2 10 Goudwm .. 1 0 10 Marylebone „ 0 G 0 _ £ 2 _ 1 J fos mncBiioH cr iiEiroED mcjpkb c > ie , P . af « rd .. o * ° Merthyr .. 9 0 < Dohson ' s Widow 0 119 Dobson ' s Widow 0 3 9 TiUieoiitoy Branch of Lam Company 0 2 6 £ 0 12 5 C . Doile , Secretary .
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DEFENCE OT KJ . o ' COHKOR ' S SEAT IS rABLXAKHTT . Mr Featherston- G Julian Harney 0 10 0 haugh .. 0 10 HaryC Harney 0 5 0 T Lane .. 6 19 Berry EcUe Na-Ludlow , per C tional Charter Connor .. 0 13 Association .. 0 12 0 Bedford « 0 7 8 Liverpool , a Few Clifford .. 0 4 3 Friends „ 0 3 0 3 Irvine . ' . 0 a 0 Liverpool .. see Cheltenham .. 5 0 0 MrWhiteley .. O 0 fi Bath i . 3 5 0 Ifr Gardiner .. 0 0 6 John Addison ., 0 2 6 A Few Journey-Henry Pashley 0 10 men Hatters , JPa / hley .. 6 10 per J Foster .. 0 o 0 AnaPasHey .. 0 0 6 WJRBetts - 0 2 6 J . Ward .. 0 1 ft Haworth .. » » 6 OeoWard » 0 10 Lincoln , per Budd 110 JHardcastla .. 0 6 6 Mr Christie .. 0 . 6 JPassley „ 0 0 6 Sutton , aear T Beverty « 0 0 6 Keighlsy .. IDeiniEOQ » 0 10 Wigttta » o 6 o EHohson „ 0 10 RReaman - 0 1 0 WmCoatts .. 0 0 S J Ham - ° f « Wm Chatvfia „ o 1 9 J Wilhs .. 8 " « -WmDoodey „ 0 0 6 J Sane " a ? n JStowell „ 0 10 W Coombs .. 0 10 HasvreU ~ O lo O S Pmkard .. 0 O b W Snater M 0 8 6 JJame .. ° « * ] lC M 0 6 0 J Edmunds .. 0 0 * H Harding .. 0 0 6 Wakefield Land ¦ Walter Thome 0 1 & Members ~ 1 14 6 Thrislington .. 0 4 4 Two Ossett Char . J Webster - o 1 6 tists .. o 2 6 W Colrnau « 5 0 Hr Morrison , Oswaldtwistle .. 5 0 0 Dnnttee .. 6 10 0 Witham .. 0 10 Salford , per S J S Clark .. 010 Tbornley - 0 5 9 w Place .. 0 10 J Foulkes , Wei-Wi < ™ T .. 0 6 1 iTOEtOB .. 0 10 S ' p oio HSM .. 6 0 9 SL Waller " 0 1 9 Holmfirth .. 10 0 p cSr :: o o 6 3 ^ , 1 ^^ 0 2 » JHorley .. 0 1 0 R Eagle , ditto 0 2 0 TTm Barter „ 0 10 FDench , ditto 9 2 6 A Few OSce JSquirtiS . ditto 0 2 0 Mtmbers .. 010 0 H Squires , ditto o 2 o Hull .. 19 8 S Lamb , ditto o J ° KrDMaloney ; .. C 10 o T Griffiths , ditto 0 1 0 A Ultra Tory .. 6 1 0 T Falconer , ditto 0 10 Walsall .. 1 15 6 ! Jr Stephenson , WJermyn .. 0 0 6 ditto .. 0 10 Hanley .. 0 17 0 Witham .. . 0 6 0 Lowmill .. 0 7 6 Carron . perLeshe 1 1 10 Fremont .. 0 4 9 Falkirk .. 0 3 5 Stratford-on-Avon , Torquay « 0 7 8 Coombs .. 0 * 6 Nottingham .. 500 Rev . Wm Lin- St"tf ? J " 5 , 2 2 wood , Mansfield 0 2 6 Duffield .. 0 10 6 Shipley .. 0 0 7 Huddersfield » 0 9 4 A Few Friends 0 1 5 Leigh .. 0 » 0 Kslper , Wheatley 6 15 0 Cropland ~ 6 0 3 Ditto , Gregory 013 J Stereni n 0 2 9
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Lover of Fair-play 0 16 Thomas Dale .. 0 1 Three Friends , Henry Bedford ., 0 1 0 Portsea .. 0 16 James Parke M 0 1 0 A Few Working Wm Taylor N . 0 0 6 men , Halshall- S Wardle ta 0 10 moor .. 0 4 0 T Buckley „ 0 10 Chorley .. 0 9 0 Wm Turner „ 0 1 0 Tillicoultry Land J Foxley „ 0 10 Company „ 1 6 9 J Foxley „ 0 1 0 Mertbyr , Morgan 10 0 Mrs Foxley M 0 0 S Isham Roddis .. 0 10 6 J Wardle „ Oio Stalvbridge •• 017 0 S Wardle „ 0 0 6 Dttto , per Lawson 0 8 0 F Holdsworth „ 0 1 8 Ely . , 0 8 0 © Bedford „ 0 10 Bramhope - 0 7 0 D Barrows „ 0 10
Ditto , per Smyth 0 10 0 Tillicoultry .. 0 10 0 Bradford Char- Wm Scritngeor 0 6 6 iist akd Land B Scritngeor .. 0 0 e Company .. 0 10 0 T Scrimgeor « 0 0 6 Clitheroe „ 2 0 0 T Sewelt M 0 0 6 Teignmouth .. 0 10 0 N N L , Frome 0 2 6 Texby _ 0 9 0 Newport , Salop 0 2 6 Messrs Crossley's A Friend , Chep-Men , Halifax 2 2 3 stow „ 0 5 B Land Members , A Friend , Lime-Halifax .. 1 10 9 house .. 0 10 Chartists of Halifaxl 7 0 R Ritchie .. 0 10 John Sands .. 0 6 0 A Moore .. 0 0 6 A Few Friends T Franklin » . 0 0 8 at Gorton and J Barnard - 0 0 6
Upenshaw .. 010 1 R Branic - 0 0 0 Manchester .. 0 10 2 J G Spiers .. 0 0 C Campsie .. 3 2 9 G Hayan .. 0 0 a T M .. 0 1 0 J Cain .. 0 0 S Alnwick .. 2 0 3 S Bowitt .. 0 0 2 Wingate Grange 0 S 6 J Leech 0 1 0 Leith .. 0 18 Jonas Smith , Stoney Stratford 0 7 0 Norwich ~ 0 6 6 A Few Friends 0 2 0 E Clayton , Hud-Tunbridse .. 0 2 5 dersfield ~ 0 5 0 Richard Rourfce 0 1 O G Brook , ditto 0 10 Oeford .. 2 0 0 G C Onen _ 0 1 ( I Chepstow .. 0 9 6 MrBenn .. OIO WUrayfield .. 0 2 6 MrsBrayfield .. 0 3 6 £ ? t 13 6 Mk O'Co . vnoe ' s Se & T . — Errata . "— R . Fo * last week ought to have been B . Fox . Several small sums acknowledged as Manchester ought to have been Norwich . 6 s was excluded from the list of last week .
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Ilt-DDERsriEij ) . —At a general meeting of the members of the Land Company in this district at lbbeson ' s Temperance House , Mr John Maraland in the chair , it was resolved : — ' That a levy of not less than sixpence be laid on each member in this district towards thedefence of Mr O'Connor's seat in Parliament , to be paid immediately to the treasurer , or to those appointed to collect the same . ' 'Thatthis meeting having considered the petition proposed to be presented to Parliament on the Land Question , are of opinion that the clause wherein it is proposed to hand over the management of the Company to Government nominees , is decidedly objectionable , and we cannot consent to resign the power we now possess into the hands of an irresponsible government . ' ' That ruins should be drawn up for approval , for forming an auxiliary to the Land and Labour Bank . '
The Hedge End branch of the Land Company held a general meeting of the members at T . Norm ' s , when the books were audited and found correct , and the following officers elected : —Richard Hulbert . secretary ; Richard CrokerHulbert , treasurer ; Robert Jurd , scrutineer ; James Ilasler and William Boys , auditors . IJamiltos . —After three nights' discussion it has been decided by a majority oi two that the petition recommended by Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., be adopted , with the exception of that part of it which hands over the property of the Company to trustees appointed by gorernmeat . A subscription has been opened to defend Mr O'Connor's seat in Parliament .
Leamington . —At a meeting of the members of this branch the National Land Petition was unanimously adopted . Petition sheets will lay for signatures at the following places : —Mr Green ' s newsa ^ ent , Winsor-street ; Mr Stiffs , Temperance Hotel , Clemens-street ; Mr Allen's , grocer , ; Althorp-street ; and at the nsaal meetings , No . 2 , Eenilworth-street , every Monday evenins-Mkrthth Ttdvil . Ejoieit Brigade . —At a quart terly meeting of this branch it was resolved : — Tha « a delegate meeting be holden at Cardiff , to consider the utility of appointing a Welsh lecturer to agitate and get signatures to the National : Petition : the meeting to be the first Sunday in March , and that each branch send a . delegate . ' Communications to be gent to Thomas Price Powell , 0 n « the « steps , back of tre Star , Merthyr Tydvil .
Gloucester—This branch holds its weekly meetings " at the house of Mr Bailey , taUor , Old Spa House , Eastgate . WoRSBKOCoa Common . —At the usual weekly meeting the following resolution was nnaRimoualy adopted .: — ' That vre are ef opinion that the directors ought to open a new Company without delay . ' It was also resolved : — ' That a general meeting of the members shall take place on Sunday evening nest , February 20 th . ' Alta . —At the weekly meeting of the members of this branch the' following officers were elected : — Committee—Charles Thompson , Thomas Malcolm , Robert Hempseed ; James Marshall , president ; William Fair , secretary ; William Archibald reelected treasurer ; John Wallace , scrutineer ; William Bishop and Peter Robertson , auditors . After which £ 1 was voted out of our local fund , and a subscription was commenced in aid of the defence of Mr O'Connor ' s seat in Parliament .
Manchester . —The monthly meeting of the Manche . * ter branch of the National Land Company was held in the People ' s Institute , on the 13 th instant . Mr Gibson in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were confirmed , and the balance sheets of the last month past . Mr Alcock read Mr O'Connor ' s letter to tha members ot the National Land Cimpauyin last week's Star ; after which MrT . Rankin proposed the following resolution , viz .: — ' That this meeting request , for the sake of a pioper understanding , that the delegates of the late Conference give their opinion upon the resolution of Mr Grassby—whether that resolution authorised the directors to open another Land Company . ' Mr T . Rankin , in supporting the above resolution , strongly denied that the Conference gave the directors any instructions to open another Land Company . Messrs Sutton and Foster followed in the same line of argument . Mr Whittaker moved the following
amendment : — 'That we , the members of the Manchester branch of the National Land Company , hearing the statements of our delegates , tbat there was no reso . lution passed at the Land Conference atLowbands , justifying the directors opening another Land Company , came to what wenowbelieve to be a premature resolution ; having since received the report of tbe Conference , we are now convinced that the resolution of Mr Grassby's fully justified the directora in opening another Company . ' Mr Whittaker based his arguments upon the report , as it appeared in the Star , on the 28 lh of August , 1847 . Mr Henry Nuttall seconded the amendment , and followed tbe same argnments , Messrs O'Hea and Burley supported the amendment . A very warm discussion ensued , which lasted frem ten in the morning till two in the afternoon , when the amendment was carried by a majority of five , the numbers being eighty-eight for the amendment , and eighty-three for the original
motion . Hahukrsmith . —At a meeting , held at the district office , 2 , Little Vale-place , on Sunday morning , February 13 th , the secretary ( Mr Stallwood ) reported progress to the depositors in the National Land and Labour Bank , and handed in the scrip . Several new depositors were added to the numbers , and additional sums were added to the Bank , the O'Connor seat defence , the Tartan club , & o . Manchester . —In consequence of Mr William Foster ' s time being wholly occupied with the business of the National Land Company—the Manchester district comprising 3 , 676 members—and Mr
David Ejre , of 15 , Buckley-street , Rochdale-read , having volunteered his services , and , at the request of the Land members , is the duly authorised agent for the Manchester district of the National Co-operative Benefit Society , and will give any information and enrol members at his residence , from seven until ten o ' clock every evening , and on Sunday evenings at the Land office , People ' s Institute . Limehouse . —Mr J . Barnard , of tbe Brunswick Hall , Ropemaker ' s-fields , will give information and enrol members for fcfce Charter Association , Fraternal Democrats , Natien & l Land Company , and National Bt-nefit Society .
Grkehwich asd Deptfobd . —Chartist meetingroom 39 , Butcher row Daptford . Mr Sweetlovein tbe chair . Mr H .-we ^ eavea very instructive address . Mr Davis kindly offered his services to lecture on Sunday evening , " the 27 th instant , Subject : 'Prejudice and Reform . ' The working men of Greenwich , Deptford , Woolwich , and Lewisbam , are respectfully informed that the meetings of the members of tke Co-operative Benefit Society are held at the house of Mr Morgan , 39 , Butcher-row , Deptford . To the Lahd Members . —This branch ( Cheddington Bucks ) of the National Land Company , numbers about fifty members , tbe greatest part are agricultural labourers , earning about seven or eight shilings per week , and some of them are out of work and therefore can do but little towards helping a fellow member in distress . Brethren , I always feel
great reluctance in appealing to my fellow-workmen , knowing that by far the greatest part of them have as much as they can do to keep body and soul Wine * ; but , brethren , I feel I should not be doing my duty towards the fatherless and widow , were I not to make an exertion to get a small trifle . * for a poor idiot boy , and a weeping widow , who on Sunday had a husband , and the boy , a father in good health and anxiously waiting for the time when he expected to be located on his two acres of land , but now their hopes are gone . The poor man had deprived himself of almost necessaries to pay up nis two shares ; "he " , was well—taken ill—and dead in fifteen minutes . The poor boy and widow see nothing but starvation orthebastile before them , as all their dependence wasoa the poor man . He was an honest and industrious man ; should any brotherfeel disposed to relieve- the sufferings , of the fatherles s
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ana widow , subscriptions in postage-stamps or otherwise will be received by the branch secretary , John Akdrbws , Cheddineton , near Ivingboe . Backs . Manchester . —First Anniversary Tea Party of the Manchester branch ot the Land Company . On Monday evening , February 7 th . about 400 of the members and their wives sat down to tea in tke People ' s Institute , Heyro'd-street . Ample justice having been done to an excellent tea , provided by our good friend Mr Jonathan Saxon , the band played some enlivening airs , and the tables having been cleared , the president of the branch was called to the chair , and opened the meeting in a truly eloquent address . lie concluded by calling upon Mf Edward Clarke , to spsak to the first Sentiment ,
' The People , the only pswer whose will can be morally binding ; pay their sovereignty be speedily established and universally recognised as the legitimate basis of equitable government . ' Mr Clark ' s speech was warmly applauded . The next was' The Charter ; may an enlightened community appreciating the value of its principles , devote their untiring energies to its support , until it is numbered among the statutes of this realm . ' Spoken io by'Mr Dan . Donovan , in his usually plain and straightforward style , in which he showed the progress of Chartism in the district , aud its superiority over the ether political tinkerings of the day . Mr Taylor of Openshaw , also spoke to the sentiment . Mr J . Alcock , in a truly practical speech , spoke to * The Land Company and Labour Bank ; may they continue to act unitedly until they finally aeco tip isb , through the general support t . f the working cosies , their emancipation from the iron grasp of the
oppressors . Mr Rankin also spoke ; ind said , from the carrying out of this sentiment , with the Charer to prefect both , mast the working men expect relief . The Chairman called on Mr E , Birleyto move ' a vote of thanks to the founder , proprietor , and conductor of the NomnEnx Star ; ' the sneaker eulogised Mr O'Connor , and said he visited him in his prison coil at York , but yet iound him the same as he had found him elsewhere , cheerful and hope , ful-hearted .- looking forward to the final triumph of liberty and equality throughout the land ; he concluded by calling on the people to rally around their well tried chieftain . —Mr J . O'Hea in seconding thia vote of thanks , spoke in eloquent terms of the enthusiasm of Julian Harney , who had come out of the fire of persecution unscathed and unfUbdued , Mr O'Hea he'd up to the approval of the audience , the foresight of Mr O'Connor , l \ establishing the Northern Stab to guide democracy to the goal of freedom . Without it Chartism could not have
existed , He then earnestly asked the members to support their leader , for he well remembered , that although Mr O'Connor was hone .-tly elected for Cork , yet the sham patriots on the parliamentary committee contrived to oust him to the mortification of the people . The motion was carried most enthu siastieally . The wheat dibblin ? machine was then exhibited by its inventor , Mr Conway , who having put on his clogs with rollers attached to the sides to level the seil through which the machine passed , performed to-the delight of the audience as much work in about a minute , as two men , cheered on to their work , did in seven minutes and a half . It has given great satisfaction here , and we strenuously recommend to the directors the necessity of securing it to the Company by patent . The vocal entertainments then commenced , by Mr John Sutton singing 'Mav O'Connor live for ever , ' ' which was
rapturously encored . A comic song , by Mr James , showing the dear delights of glory , which was followed by Mr Alcock reciting the ' Chieftain , ' from Henry Gracchus . 'Toll's speech of Liberty , ' by Mr Rankin . ' Song , Peace of the Valley , ' by Mr O'Hea . The hall was then cleared for dancinp , after which Mr James gave us in a truly comic style ' The Cobler . ' Then dancing , and a comic song by Mr Sutton , after which-a yonng lady recited a very beautiful piece , the company returning to the enjoyment of the 'lightfantastic toe * until an early hiur . when the procedings terminated by singing Hail i Noble O'Connor , ' all evidently pleased at this drawing together of human hearts , during which nota single discordant look , word , or action escaped , each praying inwardly that they mieht live to see many convivial reunions in their cottage homes , on tbe promised Land . J . O'H .
Brighton . —At the weekly meeting of the Lund Company , held at the Artichoke Inn , Mr Percev in the chair , the following resolution , proposed by Mr Giles , and seconded by Mr Mockford , was unanimously adopted : — ' That it is the opinion of this meeting , the National Land Company was established for the benefit of every industrious working man , and we consider it but just and right that the present directors should possess the power to establish a new Company . ' We have many of the working clasars here waiting to join our glorious Land movement , and trust that the directors will not bo deterred in carrying it out by any factious opposition .
Nottingham- —At the usual weekly Meeting of the Land members , held at the Robin Hood , in Hockley , on Sunday evening ^ last , Mr Fletcher in tbe chair , the following resolution was proposed by J . Skerritt , seconded by C- Roberts , and unanimously carried — We , the members of the Notional Land Company in the Nottingham district , hail with satisfaction , the announcement of tbe directors of their intention to commence another Lund Company , thereby enabling a very large nortion of the working classes of this country to become independent labourers , instead of being compelled , as at present , to work at slave labour , who otherwise would be excluded from tho ? e benefits in consequence ol the present Company being closed . We therefore pledge ourselves to assist those gentleman in the above undertaking to the utmost of our power . '
Liverpool . —A quarterly meeting of this branch Wik place at the rooms Rose-place , eu Thursday Feb . 10 th . Mrj'BJack in the chair . It was resolved : — ' That a contingent fund be established in this locality , and that a levy of Is . per member be made for such purposes ; and , should any member refuse to pay the same , he or she shall not be returned good to tbe ballot for the future , until such bepaid . ' — ' That £ 3 . be sent on behalf of Mr O'Connor , in defence of his seat in the Commons' house of Parliament . '— ' That this meeting be adjourned to Friday , the 25 th of February , at hali-past seven o ' clock in the evening .
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FORTHCOMING MEETINGS . Makchbsteb . — A special general meeting of the shareholders of the People ' s Institute , will be held in the large hall , on Sunday next , February 20 th , on business of im parlance . Chair to be taken at two o ' clock . The balloted members of Manchester , Stockport . Droylesden . Ashton , Stallybridge , Mottram , and Oldham , will meet at Mr Whitakers , on Sunday next , at tea o ' clock in the morning . Biumikoham , Ship Inn . —The members are requested to attend on Sunday evening , at 7 o'clock , for the purpose of electing officers for the next six months . Dukinfikld . —A general meeting of the members of this branch , will take place on Sunday evening next , at two o ' clock in the afternoon . Bpb-t _ The members of this branch are requested to meet in future in the Little-room , in Clarkestreeton Sunday nights at six o ' clock .
, Halifax —The members of the National Land Company are requested to attend a meeting in the Largeroom . Bull Close-lane , on Sunday , Feb , 20 th , at two o'clock . ' Nottingham— Tho next meeting of the Land members willbe held at the Britannia , Beek-strect , on Sunday evening at seven o ' clock . Bethkal Grbeh . —A discussion will take place on Sunday night , at the Sir Walter Scott , Cambridgeroad , near the Mile-end-gate , on the propriety of opening a New Compaay . Northampton . —A general meeting of the
members of the Land Company will take place on Tuesday , Feb 22 od , at eight o clock in the evening , at Mr M'Girr ' s , tbe Temperance Hotel , King-street . Covbstkt . —The members of this branch are getting up a tea and dancing party , to be held in St Mari ' s Hall , on Shrove Tuesday , March 7 th , to congratulate Mr T . Gilbert on hia taking possession of his allotment at Minster Lovel . Tickets to be had at the following places : —MrPrifchard , Coffeehouse , Gosford-street ; Mr A . Yates , Hill-field ; Mr W . Hosiers , Muck Park-street ; Mr D . Haines , Shcrbourne-street , or any of the Committee . Tea on the table at fire o'clock .
Lbeds— Mr George White will deliver a lecture to morrow evening , at half-past six , in the back room B » zaar . Mr Samuel Ivtdd will deliver lectures as follows —Bradford . Sunday 20 th ; Leeds , Tuesday 22 nd ; Sheffield . Wednesday 23 rd ; Wakefield , Thursday 24 th ; and Doncaster , Friday 25 th . Bekrt-Edok . —The next meeting will be held on Sunday , Feb- 20 th , at the bouse of Mr James Reads , at two o'clock in the afternoon . Norwich . —A special meeting of this branch will be held on Monday evenine , Feb . 28 th , at seven o ' clock , at their rooms , St . Edmund ' s . DkM'Douall ' s Route . —Edinburgh and Leith , the week beginning Monday , February 21 st ; Abt-rdeen and neighbourhood , the week beginning Monday , February 27 th ; Dundee and neighbourhood , the week beginning Monday , March 5 th . The secretaries in these respective towns must be corresponded with by parties requiring Dr jU'Dooall ' s services , as they will arrange his route towards Glasgow .
Boltob—Mr Warden will lecture on Tuesday evening next . lYB 8 i 0 N . —The quarterly meeting of thia branch will be held in the School-room , on the 28 th inst . Tower Hamlets . — A public meeting will take place at Mr Smith ' p , Weavers Arms . Lower \ Velbara Street , Mile End , New Town , on Sunday evening . February 20 th , when a lecture will be delivered by Mr Philip M'Grath , one of the directors of the Land Company , on the principles contained in the peop le ' s Charter and the Land , Chair to be taken at halipasr seven o ' clock . Mabylbbonb . —An adjourned discussion will take place on Sunday evening , Feb . 20 , at the Coach Painters' Armi , Circus-street , New-road , subject : 1 The best means to gain the Charter . ' To commence at seven o ' clock , a ^
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' Clothe it in words . '—Smutty . Letter VI . thfaKthftTJ ™ *^^ ^? P OBeto coMMepin tnis loiter the nature oi the po cy bv which w « apple to conserve our best interests muchloretlTy thnn we have hitherto done . In our last , we endeavoured to produce conviction B by reasoning upon the folly ISZ X ^ T under certain ^™ "»» ufi Aad it you wili est tarn your attention to the latter part of our last letter , you will read the foHowS remarks relative to an offer of a reduction i „ iagS * ~ I he very offer of the employer is an evidence of wo things ; either that ho has more goods on hand than he
can dispose of , or that ho knows , if his men urn out or strike , that there are plenty of starvln " labourers ready to turn in and take their phcS " Now we boldly assert this to be the rule-of course we do know ZT ^™«™ - !™ S 32 we do Know that there are some employers who at tempt reductions without the reasons offered aboVewhenever that , a done there is not th . least danger ' VZ f"r - ! thi 8 l thiDk will bo eSf > -se Guardian TL ^ i ™ - ' from the Manchester Guardian - A month since notice was riven in the various cotton mills of the town ( Blackburn , that a rnfon 'Te VedUCr V ™ M be fflKSf ten pe aent . on tbe wages of the hands . The operative held various meetings on the subject dK the "SAW . ttl eir flings . and purpose " wiS egard to the threatened
r reduction . It cameinto TJ ^ J l nday > w , , the hnnds t « n » ed rut 5 themilla of Messrs Pilkington Brothers and Co ., Messrs W . Lccles and Co ., Messrs Lively a « d £ £ ; T . J 0 ! , Pl ) h Ecc es - At Lower Darwen . the hands have been out for a fortnight , the notice given there having expired . The hands have expre-sed a desire it is said , to return to their work ; but Messrs hccles are rather disposed to keep their mi . s closed longer y et . ' Now , I shall leave you m rellect upon this , which I give as the rule by while a reduction in wages is determined against , which I say again and again , that we can do nothing by the policy of turn-outs to counteract it ; and , therefore , so long as their is a redundancy of labour in the market , so long must the reduction in the price of labour continue . And here yen will observe the
gi-eat difference in the condition of the capitalist and file labourer . The first beiner wealthy , is in possession of the means to sustain himself independent of labour ; but the labourer is in possession of nothing , he , therefore , is forced by the cravings of hunger to work just for what he can eet , consequently the choice of the matter has nothina to do with it . And I venture to assert that were it possible , if by some unforeseen circumstances the demand for labour should increase far beyond the supply , and if the unions feuling that it was now their turn , ventured to enforce the ri » ht of sd'in ? their labour in the best market , and for that purpose were to combine , and through combination were to effect the object , it would not be long
before both the men of capital and the political economists , with the government to boot , and tho corrupt Whig press , would all join in one loud cry against the tvranny . of trades unions ; and every means within their " power ( and they are all-sufficient ) would soon be brought to bear upon our devoted heads , for the purpose of doing legally the very thing which tkey say , tlicy have no right to do , when we are too weak to offer any opposition to the cruel and heartless destruction of human life , continually in operation amongst us through that social and politico ! injustice which had it origin in force , and which is supported and eon tinned through tho most ahominablo fraud that can possibly be conceived ; and it yon will just mark the cunning of the government ( and never forget that that government represents only the interests
of our oppressors ) , you will see with what design and care the abolition of the combination laws was effected . From the first notice of combination * amon < t the working orders in the year 1548—the 2 nd and 3 rd Edward 6 th . c . 15—up to the year 1824 , the terrible struggle which labour made to sustain itself , is evident from , the very many acts of parliament passed during near three hundred years ; ay , my brothers , we could tell of some , and not a few , of the most heartless cases of cruelty practised towards our order durinc this time , when every thing in the shape of union was entirely prohibited by law . And v ? e could speak of a moral courage on the part of the sons of labour , which would have shamed any but a set of the vilest scoundrels that ever disgraced a country , but to do this would require a history of trade unions , ( and you shall have it yet ) rather than a series of letters to unionists .
I ask you now . then , just to look at the difference in the circumstances , and you will find that when manual labour was the only means which capital could obtain for its purpose . 'that being the only productive engine of the country , all union for the protection of wages was made ah offence against the law , although no legislative power could ever effect our annihilation—for men will ever combine to resist oppression—therefore , their efforts to crush us were of no avail ; 'they incarcerated , transported , fined , and hung hundreds of unionists , but still we survived in spite of them , and nothing that they could do was ever half so effectual in putting us down as that change in the social condition of tho working man which so » n began to manifest itself after the the introduction of mechanical power , in opposition to the means which existed previously .
1 will just give you one quotation frora tho evidence of ' Combinations on Trades , ' taken by a committee of the House of Commons , in the year 1824 , the year , recollect :, that saw repealed the combination laws ; and you will see that our position ( which had been even then for 30 years gradually declining ) was prosperous and encouraging in comparison to what it has since been ; look at the evidence given in that house , and then see if our condition was such that ' up to tho year 1824 , each trade in London had its organisation , and the trades of Glasgow , Bolton , and Manchester—several of which had long been _ rich and powerful—tho batter ? , Liverpool shipwrights , tailors , and others , who differ in no respects from the societies now in existence . '
And now tell me why the combination laws were repealed ? What had been the results of mechanical invention up to 1824 ? Do we not know that the labour of a mere infant could , and was , made the moans of producing more through the aid of steam , than a thousand men could produce by their joint exertions without it ; which threw thousands , who were previously in full employment , upon the world , to compete for life by any means within their power ; aad that this hrinsjins continually of fresh labour into other trades , gradually rendered them weak and ineffective . ' It is , in fact , the constant aim and tendency of machinery to supersede human labour altogether or to diminish its cost by substituting the industry of women and children for that of men or trained
artisans . ' From tho date ? then , of 1764 , with the invention of the spinning jenny by Harereavea , followed by Ark vright , in the year 17 C & , we may fairly consider as the commencement of that phase , which is so easily distinguished in the character of tho British labourer of thepreaent day . I will now give vou a few quotations , in order that you may see e'enrly the exact relation in which we stand at the present time . Potter says , in his statistics of the British empire , cage 205 , vol . 1 ., that there was manufactured in t he year 1797 , 23 , 000 000 lbs . of cotton . From that year up to 1841 , which was forty-four years , the trade of the country had so increased , that in that yea r there was raanufaclured 523 , 000 , 0001 bs , or twenty-three times as much as in the year 1797 .
Now , just observe . 'The averaae wages paid to adult labourers in 1797 . ( says Mr John Fielden ) , was 26 s . 8 d . per week ; in 1 S 41 it had decreased to an average of 3 s . 61 ., ' and , as Scrope justly observe ? , ' Great Britain offers no choice to the labourer but starvation or the workhouse , because wages are by excessive competition reduced below the level of comfort . ' Speaking of mechanical power , Mr Gorden , an eminent endneer , says . ' Considered in Ha application to husbandry , the hoe , the pickaxe , the sot the , the sickle , every implement of rural toil which ministers to his necessities , are produced by steam . Steam bruises the oil cake which feeds the farmer ' s cattle ; moulds the ploughshare which overturns his fields ; forms tho shears which shear his
flock , and cards , spins , and weaves his produce . Applied to architecture , we find the steam-engine everywhere at work . Stone is cut by it : marble polished ; cement ground ; mortar mixed : floors sawed ; doors planed ; chimney-pieces carved ; lead rolled for roofs , and drawn for gutters ; rails formed ; gratings and bolts forged ; paint ground and mixed ; paper made and stained ; worsted d yed ; carpets wove ; mahogany veneered ; dcor bricks ornamented ; curtains and furniture made , printed , and measured ; fringes , tassels , "bell-ropes chair-covers , chair-nails , bell-wires , linens , blankets , china , earthenware , pierglass formed ; the drawing-room , dining-room , kitchen , pantry , closets , all—all owe their moat essential requisites to steam . '
And such has been the progress of invention , tha t often when we have been within a hair-breadth of obtaining a victory against a reduction , some piece of mechanism has been brought to superaedeour labour , and not only have we lost the strike , but our labour ; and , consequently , the means by which we were kept alive . In 1832 , a strike took place among the bricklayers' labourers at the Liverpool Cuotom Honee , wh « n a machine was introduced which threw every man completely out of employ . This machine would convey 16 , 000 bricks a day with eight tons of mortar , and got to any part of the buildin g . Before thia was introduced , twenty men were employed to do it , and with it , two men could do all the work of the twenty , I could , in fact , show you , in a thousand instances , where this has been the case .
Under present circumstances , then , it appears to me that it is necessary , beyond all things , that we introduce altogether a different policy into our unioBS—for not only are we subjected to the terrible alternative of competing with inanimatcpowers , which neither require to eat , drink , nor sleep , but W
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stand by and see the wealth of the country accumulate in the coffers of the great , whilst our order gradually perishes in hopeless misery . And , in order to show you that I am not overdrawing the picture , read the following facts : —The first which meets us ia , that the poor rates of the kingdom have risen , during the progress of mechanical adaptation to processes previously demanding human labour , to the enormous * um of £ 8 , 000 , 000 sterling per annum . The second fact is , that a tide of demoralisation has swept over the land , greater than even fancy could possibly conceive . A great part of our population have become a living mass of moral pestilence . Completely outlawed—driven frora the pale of social protection—without self-respect , thought , or hope for the future . The third fact is , that from 1812 up to
the present time , upwards of 800 , 000 persons have emigrated to America in search of emplojmt nt . The fourth fact is , that there are tweanda half millions of peop ' e in a state of actual pauperism . Tho fifth fact is , that there are one million of human beings dependent on hand manufacture , who are totally starving in themidot of tho magnificent edifices housing the steam-engine , without the slightest hope . And thus mijiht we go on increasing our evidences , but of what avail is it ? Who can remedy the evils ? ' Ay , there ' s the rub . ' Shall weleokto the government , as it is now constituted to doit ? If bo , we shall look in yain . Shall we ask the man of capital to give tip bis influence over Labour , and return again to the time when Labour and Capital went hand in band ? If so , we shall ^ ask gin vain . Shall we ask the great
landholders to take us and rur families upon the ssme terms that reaulated Labour with the Sax <> ns and . Normans , and bind ourselves and our children to them and theirs for ever and ever , if they , in return , will feed , house , and shelter us ? If so , we shall aWc in vain , also . They have ( earned , too , that / roe labour is cheaper even than cat ' s meat—that human flesh hns become a burthen , and they , too , would mock our miseries with tho cry of freedom . And thus are we confined within a magic circle , paralysed in our physical exertions , without the slightf-st hope for the future through any of the means which a present exist in relation to the economy of Labour . To strike , or turn out against such odds , is madness the veiy extreme of folly . We must resort to other means . We must co-operate with our pence , for in
that there is a power equal to every evil . But . before this can be done , wo must first agree as to the mode of doing it . We must see it in convictionfeel it in faith—and go to work with an unity of spirit . Each trade must increase its numbers upon the foundation of co-operation . Our surplus hands must bo withdrawn a ? fast as possible from the labour market ; and believe me , my friend ? , when I say that I know it to be a work which the trade unions of this country are fully equal too ; and all I ask is , your assistance in the good riork—and permit mo to say that I will , in next week ' s ! Stah , endeavour to l « y down a plan by which we may escape from the social asd political Gomorrah , which is now fast swallowing up so many of the most useful class of
our fellow creatures . To you , then , the leaders of the trades , I now address this letter . As you value honour , virtue , truth , and , above all , the welfare and future prosperity of your unions , suffer yourselves no longer to be deluded by a belief in the virtue of strikes , but direct the whole of your energies to the rescue of your order from the destruction which pwaits them , if they longer continue to trifle away the time and mems which even yet remain , waiting only a new application to enable us to effect a thousand times more than was ever contemplate , or than can be conceived , by those who rely only upon the present policy of the trades . I am , my brothers , yours , A Twenty . Years' Unionist . London , Feb . 16 th .
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' 1 Mm for tit MHlim , ' The Central Committee of the above Association met on Monday and following days for the transaction of general business . The correspondence on the whole , has not been of that gloomy and desponding character that has pervaded the great mass of correspondence transmitted to thia offices within the last few weeks . Still tbe distress and depression with which the trades have been so long afflicted , continues to an alarming extent , and in many places without any prospect of things changing for the better .
The strike among the colliers of South Staffordshire may be said to have terminated , but we are sorry to say , they have not been able to effect much by the strike , as the demand for labour is exceedingly limited , but it is presumed that as spring sets in , and as the favourable aspect of affairs increases , they will be able to obtain , or ratherihey will be mutual participators in an improving state of trade . Those who remain out , have expressed themselves desirous of effecting an amicable adjustment of so fearful a contention , by suggesting a principle by which their wages may be regulated , and strikes in future obviated , as the following extract will show : —
Meeting or CoLLiims . —On Wednesday a meeting of miners was held at the Lodge Holes , situated between Wednesbury and Darlaston , for the purpose of coEsidering whether anj means could be devised for coming to an amicable arrangement with their employers . After some discussion a deputation was appointed to wait on the employers , to confer with there , and it possible , make a settlement , according to a series of propositions which were drawn upsioned by the committee , and transmitted to us . They in this document , express themselves willing tn agree to a suggestion thrown out in our columns , that is , when iron is reduced 10 per cent ., to submit to a reduction of 7 } per cent , in their wages ; and that when
iron advances 10 per cent , a rise of 7 i per cent , should bo given them . The workmen express an opinion , that until aome arrangement of this kind is come to , no lasting co-operation between them and their employers can take place ; that in tho event of this proposition being agreed to , there would bo no strikes for wages , that during slackness of trade they would be obliged to work short time , whi ^ h would hurt neither ; and that the damage which ensues to the machinery , and falls upon the employers , in consequence of its stoppage , would be
avoided , Further , they express themselves willing to resume labour at the rate of Is . per pound per ton on the present price of pig iron , namely 3 * . 61 . a dav , and to riae " and fall in tho proportions previously named ; or they are willing to agree to a settled rate of wages . In conclusion ^ they are anxious—not to extract money from their employers for less than it is worth—but to have a fair price for their labour , and to work harmoniously in future . These propositions have , we understand , been placed in the hands of several of the masters .
The following reports have been received from agents and members of tbe Central Committee : — To the Gentlemen of the Central Committee of the National Association of United Trades , Gentlemen , — It ia with heartfelt pleasure I have to record the tentii'ients of the District Committee of the associated trades of Bristol , in reference to Mr Humphries , the late missionary to this c : ty and neighbourhood , whoso urbanity and unflinching prin eiple in the cause of justice , Saa won him the es . teem of all who heard him explain his subject and witnessed his impartial proceedings . Gentlemen , Mr Humphries' visit to this city will long be
remembered by the trades as the seeds he has sown present a prosr-ect of ripening into maturity , and of bearing good fruit , essentiolly to the benefits of the Association , Under these feelings , the District Committee , and the trades united , feel themselves called upon thus publicly to boar testimony to his merits and to acknowledge their thanks to the Ce-lral Committee , for favouring them ( the trades ) withjthe services of so able an advocate of the people ' s rights . Signed on behalf of the District Committee , William Coohlan , District Secretary . Bristol . Feb . 10 th .
Another Act oi < - Oi'peessiqn . —A case of base oppression occurred on the 28 th of January , at Davey Lever in Lancashire , under the following cirenmatances ; " -During the depression in trade , | the miners in conjunction with many other trades , were compelled to submit to a general reduction . Some of the masters , however , thought it the best policv , instead of throwing the entire burden upon the shoulders of the poor workmen , to take part upon themselves , and consequently withdrew one half of the reduction ; the men in question seeing this , appointed a deputation to wait upon their employer , to see if they could not induce him to follow the " same example , but he turned round upon them with the
utmost consequence , like some austere and vindictive autocrat ; he treated them with . the greatest indignity , and at once discharged them , for no other purpose than asking for a small portion of that i which had been so basely purloined from them . Thus it is . that if a poor workman only dares to see his employer , and to ask for a remnant of his rights '; if | ie only does this , he must be discharged , victimised , branded as a union man , and be literally starved to death . This was the . object—this was the intention—but we are happy to say , the base and cruel intention of this tyrant has been frustrated , as two of the men have obtained employment , and the others the Central Committee have agreed to support .
On Wednesday , the 9 th inst ., Mr Humphries attended a public meeting , held at Mr Tucker ' s , Theatre Tavern , Bath . The meeting was not a numerous one , but an excellent feeling in favour of the Association was created . A number of ques-
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tions were asked the lecturer , which were saisfaetorily answered . Scotland , February 1 st—Mr Clanghan attended a meeting of the lath sp litters of Fisher-row , in reference to an application w the Central Committee for support . On hursday evening he attended a meeting of the skinners of Edinburgh , at Cannon Mills , when an excellent spirit was manifested towards the Association . On Saturday , the 5 th , Mr C . attended the Lanark nailmakers , in reference to a threatened reduction .
On Tuesday , the 8 th , Mr C . attended a large meeting of the coopers of Glasgow , which was held , in the Nelson-street Chapel , and which he addressed at great length , on the duty of the trades towards the Association . At the close of the address , the following resolution was unanimously carried : — ' Tbat we , the journeymen coopers of Glasgow , consider that the National Association of United Trades , as at present constituted , is the only means
by which the working classes of this country may expect to gain what , in justice , they deserve , viz . ' A fair day ' s wage for a fair day's work . ' This being our conviction , not only from what we have heard to-night , but from eight months' experience , we , therefore , pledge ourselves not only to continue members , but also to do all in our power to convince our fellow workmen to join the same ; and not to cease our exertions till we have all the producing Masses pursuing the same straightforward course '
The same evening , Mr C . attended a meeting of lathsplitters of Glasgow . On Thursday , the 10 th , Mr C . attended a meeting of the printers , cotton-printers , and Weavers of Elderslie , where a good feeling was manifested . On Friday , Mr Claughan addressed a very large meeting at the Lennox Arras Inn , Campsie . The Milton instrumental band lent their services to enliven the proceedings of the evening . After an able and lucid address from the lecturer , a resolution , hi ghly approving of the principles of the Association , as set forth by Mr C , also a icte of thanks to the Milton band , for their attendance on that occasion , was unanimously carried . The labours of Mr C . have been attended with great success during the past week .
- WiGAN . —Mr Lenegan has attended a meeting of the unemployed miners of Wigan ; and , on the 11 th instant , he attended a public meeting at Hindlygreen . Mr lli gson in the chair . The speaker proceeded , at great length , to show the principles and objects of the Association , and said , that nothing short of a national combination would effectually secure the rights of the working classes . A committee was appointed to agitate the district , which will meet on the 3 9 ih inst . On the 12 th , Mr L . attended a meeting at Lam . berhead Green , and explained the principles of the Association , to the satisfaction of all present .
Newcastle-on-Tyne—The following resolution was unanimously adopted b y the engine-builders , in general meeting assembled :- 'That this meeting , finding that the masters act in combination to effect their objects , and finding that we have no power to withstand their unjust aggressions , we take the lesson by the same , and do resolve to form ourselves into an association of working men , for the protection of our labour ; and the more effectively to do this , we further resolve to join the National Association of United Trade ? . ' Mr J . West being in the town , was invited to explain the princi p les of the Association , which he very kindly did , for which & vote of thanks was awarded for his able remarks . A fine impression was made , and we anticipate much , good to follow ,
NOTICE , A public meeting of the unemployed and nonsociety journeymen women ' s shoemakers , will be held at the Bull and Bell , Ropemaker ' s-street , Finsbury , on Monday evening , the 21 st inst . Chair to he taken at eight o ' clock .
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TRADES' MOVEMENTS . Hawick Tracks . —A few weeks ago , the firm oi W . Wilson and Sons , manufacturers here , attempted to reduce the price of working a certain kind of hosiery goods , which the men , backed by the trade , resisted . The consequence was , that a number of hands were thrown out of employment , which the trade resolved to support , although the majority are stinted , and have been for a considerable time . A few days after , theylW . W . < fc Sons ) , ordered another of their hands to go into one of the frames to make someof the goods they wished to reduce . ThexnMt refused , and was , along with his son , immediately turned off . This tyrannical conduct—although it was nothing unusual in the history of the firm—they nevrr missing an opportunity of reducing their
workmen ' s wage «—notwithstanding they took the lead here in the ' Cheap bread , good wages , and plenty to do' agitation ; and alt for the sake of the workman Good , disinterested souls ! This tyrannical conduct , I say , had the effect of rousing public opinion against them ; and , in order to put the firm to all the disconvenience in their power , a considerable number of tub ' , or barrels , which they had in various places in the town and vicinity ( mostly small workshops ) , for the purpose of collecting urine fer scouring blankets ifcc , were taken i-r sent in to the workhouse . Immpdiately after this occurrence , W . W Afe Sons put a notice on their warehouse door , to the effect that they would give their bands no more work out till they took the tuba or barrels to tho places they bad
been removed from . As they had taken no part iu removing the tubs whatever , they indignaniy refused to degrade themselves by a compliance with such an insulting proposition . A meeting of the factory was held , and a deputation sent to remonstrate with their employers on the injustice and degrading nature of the demand , but all they could obtain , in the shape of concession , wss . that they would be allowed to take the tubs away after dark ! A general meetint' of the trade was called , and the casa laid before it , when it was unanimously resolved to support them in their resistance to such arbitrary and humiliating proceedings—those in full work pledging
themselves to give one shilling , and those stmteel , sixpence per werk . A placard w « s issut-d . stating their ca < e , and appealing to the public for support . This appeal has been nobly responded to by the working classes , considering the depressed state of trade , but those who were appointed to wait upon tho shopocraey , to solicit their aW , were soon compelled to desist in disgust . Will working rren never see their true interest , and learn to do without a class , who , with a very few exceptions , invariably ^ join with their oppressors ? In cen ? cquence of these proceedinsa , there are about 100 men thrown on their brethren for support .
The foregoing is a simplestatenencollaots , and needs no comment ; and if you can find room in th © next Stab , the insertion will oblige a large number of constant readers . It may be added , that two of the firm are J . P . * 3 , one of whom is presiding magistrate in tho police court , the records of which contain many monuments ef his wisdom , penetration , and moderation . A Constant Reader . Wigan Mi » ku 3 . —A meeting of miners was held on the 4 th inst , when Mr John Berry , formerly lecturer for the Miners' Association , addressed the meeting , which was very numerously attended . Mr Berry is likely to resume his labours as a missionary . Somers Town Shokmakbrs . —On Monday evening next , a gener . il meeting of this body will be hell at the Bricklayers' Arms , Tonbridge-strcst , New-road . Chair to be taken at nine o ' clock .
Lancashire Miners . —The general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday next , F « h . 21 st , at the Grapes Inn , liinfley , near Bolton , chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .
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Whittington Asn Cat . —A general meeting of the Land members will be held on Sunday evening , at six o ' clock , on important business . A general meeting of the Chartists will be held on Sunday evening , at eight o ' clock , tore-organise the movement in tha Tower Hamlets . A general meeting < bf the members of the ( Jo operative Society will be held on Monday evening February 21 st . at eight o ' clock precisely . Limkhousb . Brunswick Hall . —The members and friends of this branch are requested to attend a peneral meeting on Monday evening m-xt , at eight o ' clock , to form a money club for the purpose of assisting tbe Land and Labour Bank , and to consider the best means of agitating this locality for the People ' s Charter .
Smkthwick . —The members of this branch , formerly meeting at the Boot and Slippy , are informed that their future meetings will ho held in the Private Room , Rolf-street , near Mr J- « bn Harley a timberyard . Tho members of the National Charter Association aro also informed that their meetings wm be held in the same place . Nonwicii .-The members of tho Norwich branch of the National Land Company bavin * ™ R »«~ , J } lar / je room , in Carpenter ' s-y ^ d St Edmunds , W ^ hold a tea festival , on Monday , February 2 M . and Mr Dixon , one of tho directors , is expected to attend ; tea on the table at sue , o'c odk . A Igeneral meeting will bo held in the above place oa Thursday evening , the 24 th inst . The officers will meet at tho above room on Saturday evening . February 19 th . to receive deposits for the National Land and Laboa * Bank . . . . .
_ _ MKRTnvn Tvdvil . —The members of Branch Nff . 1 of the National Land Company are requested to meet at the branch office , on Sunday evenins , tho 27 th inst ., to consider the propriety of eatablishiog a fund to aid the allottees .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 19, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_19021848/page/5/
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