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MaMabcs 20, 1847. THE NORTHERN STAR. . 5
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FOR THE BANK. Sums previously acknowledg...
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The new Land Rules are now ready, price ...
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Royal Maktleboke Theatbe.—The spirited l...
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A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE. During tho dram...
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Mamabcs 20, 1847. The Northern Star. . 5
MaMabcs 20 , 1847 . THE NORTHERN STAR . . 5
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FRECffiECfilPTS OF THE CHARTIST CO-OPERVTIVE LAND COMPANY . PER MR . O'COHSOR . SECTION No . 1 . HAKE * . 'IStyoftty of London £ 0 2 6 Cheltenham .. £ 0 * J llvuNplvmoutii .. 2 16 6 Hyde ., it 0 5 « tlthoreSboreoitch .. 0 10 Prescot .. 2 12 » ! Wcst » Ycstniinster .. 1 9 lo Norwich .. 2 0 0 I ) itl Ditto .. 12 0 Boulogne .. ° £ # Illpswifpswich .. 1 11 0 Nottingham , Sweet 0 7 jj llamejamesSmith ., 0 0 3 Gbsjrnw .. 619 w SS . L . S . L . B . .. 0 3 0 Whiirington and Pffigaffigan ., 310 0 Cat .. * " ° WariWarwick .. 0 4 6 Hitto ( omitted IBacuBacup .. .. 10 0 0 last week ) .. 0 6 0 ( OldhOldham .. 10 0 Bcrmondsey « 0 1 0 SSowfSowerbyHelm .. 2 0 0 Ashton .. »« j « ( CockCockermouth .. 10 0 Swindon .. * » j » ILeieleicester .. 3 0 0 Worsboro * Common 1 H J JManManchester .. I II 0 S . dford « 1 1 J •' iStalStalybridge .. 3 0 0 Burnley .. OH b "Woi Worcester .. 2 16 6 Bath .. .. 10 0 IScaiScarborough .. OH 1 Todmorden .. 10 0 Roc Rochdale .. 0 10 Hamilton .. 1 12 t > £ 74 lb 7 SECTION No . 2 . SHAKES . Cit Citv of London 0 1 ? 6 J . Rudmsn .. 5 2 0 Ph rivmouth „ 16 6 Ro-. hdale .. 0 5 0 Ab Aberdeen .. OHO Cheltenham ~ 0 19 6 Kli Klngborn .. o 10 0 Hyde .. - .. 0 12 10 Sh Shoreditch .. 0 4 . 0 Tredegar .. 0 12 6 W < Westminster , R . Prescot .. 0 16 0 ] M'Donald .. 0 2 o Boulogne .. 1 11 0 S . S . Vizard .. 0 8 0 Nottingham .. 1 14 6 C . C . GwilHam .. 0 2 6 Market Laving-H Marvlebone , W . ton , Love „ 0 2 6 Fl etchcr .. 0 5 0 Norwich .. 2 1311 Di Ditto , C . Havener 0 10 Hammersmith 0 10 0 D Ditto , B . Gibson die Somers Town , J . G George Troron ; . 0 2 0 Dartnall .. 0 10 0 M Westminster .. 16 0 Glasgow .. 1 19 0 G G . Bishop - 0 10 Chelsea .. 212 0 I Ipswich .. 3 13 0 Stevenson , Cullen 0 10 1 Thrapstone .. 0 10 Whittington and I Iveston » 2 12 0 Cut .. .. 0 C 9 J Joseph M'Cartney 0 7 0 Ashton under-Lyne 4 10 0 1 Thomas Ybwell 0 10 Southampton .. 14 3 1 William nosers 0 lo 0 Torquay .. 218 6 i Wigan .. .. 096 Worsboro * Common 2 o 0 1 Birmingham ( Ship ) 0 1611 Birmingham , per i Central Rossendale 12 8 Goodwin .. 0 5 0 1 Warwick .. 0 4 o Salford .. 1 S 6 " Bacup .. 10 0 Burnley .. 0 17 0 Stafford « 0 5 0 Worcester .. 7 16 3 Derbv .. « . 218 2 Kuiseaton ~ 0 16 0 TV . Coin ~ 0 3 0 Clifford .. 3 8 8 Oldham „ 10 0 Bath .. .. 0 15 0 George Martin .. 0 10 Teignmonth .. 2 10 0 Cockermonth .. 10 0 Ledbury .. 011 9 Leicester , Astill 10 0 Wolverhampton 0 v 2 0 G . Allinson « 0 2 6 Gainsborough .. 0 8 0 Manchester .. 0 19 C Bradford .. 2 10 Stalybridge .. 3 0 0 Lambeth .. 2 5 0 Worcester .. 012 0 Hamilton" .. 0 3 0 £ S 8 15 11 SECTION No . 3 . 4 UASE 9 . MrSoulsby .. 0 5 4 Stockport .. 2 0 0 W . Smith , Don- Manchester .. 11 8 4 caster .. 315 0 Stalybridge .. 8 0 0 Aberdeen .. 10 4 Brightlingsea ... 15 M 0 David Peebles .. 1 0 0 Worcester .. 2 17 0 Maurice Pysrott 10 0 Rochdale .. 1 13 3 Norton Falgate 0 8 0 Cheltenham ~ 3 6 0 George Smith .. 3 18 4 Hyde .. .. 0 16 6 Thomas Self - 0 1 0 W . P . .. .. 2 12 4 Catherine Cooper 5 4 4 Clitheroe .. 2 0 0 Shoreditch .. 0 13 0 Sutton-in . Ashfield 0 9 2 Sarah Keighley 12 6 Boulogne .. 1 10 0 Thomas Crabb .. 0 14 Keighley .. 0 4 0 John White .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 11 " 10 RobertJones .. 0 2 0 Market Laving-Joseph Moss .. 0 5 0 ton , Love .. 10 8 0 Westminster .. 5 4 4 Norwich .. 0 17 6 Joseph Derrick 0 3 4 Accrington ., 10 0 Joseph Kendall 026 Hammersmith .. » 1 2 0 Ipswich .. 1 15 0 Samuel Pavnlon 0 5 4 Keswick .. 15 6 Glasgow .. 15 0 Samuel Evans .. 0 16 2 Chelsea .. 0 5 10 Win . Braceu .. 0 4 4 B . Briggs .. 0 5 0 Mary Ann Mans- WMttiugton and field .. .. 050 Cat .. - 22 * Edward Dove .. 0 5 0 J . W . Gyles .. 0 5 0 Ales . Fowler — 0 16 James Johnson 0 9 4 Thomas Pike .. 0 14 Eliz . ibeth Foster 0 9 * Joseph Standen 3 0 0 Charles Long , George Lcveridge 0 2 6 Eevmondsey .. 0 5 0 James Hill .. 0 3 0 Ashton .. 19 8 Thomas Saunders 0 1 4 Southampton .. 16 1 * 6 Birmingham ( Ship ) 3 15 10 Birmingham , Pare 0 10 0 Central Rossendale 0 15 0 Torquay .. 0 14 7 Warwick .. 0 2 8 Birmingham , Good-Giggleswick .. 8 5 4 win .. .. 0 8 0 U .-icup .. .. 4 0 0 Burnley .. 0 4 4 Woolwich , W . Nuneaton .. 1 11 0 Langhum .. 0 5 0 Pershore 7 0 0 Burr .. .. 5 8 10 Bath .. .. 0 3 0 Mansfield .. 0 \ i 0 Ledburv .. 0 14 Smithv Brook .. 8 IS 10 Wolverhampton ISO Derby * .. .. 16 10 Gainsborough .. 18 6 Doncaster .. 0 5 6 Todmorden .. 6 0 0 J . Clough .. 5 4 4 Hamilton .. 0 4 6 Leicester , Astill loo Reading 4 19 6 £ 183 3 2
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EXPENSE FUND . City of Loudon 0 3 0 Rudman .. 0 2 0 Plvmouth .. 6 4 0 Scarborough .. 15 1 George Smith .. 0 16 W . Pickett .. 0 10 Edward Tobin .. 0 2 0 Prescot .. 0 9 0 Catherine Cooper 0 2 0 Boulogne .. 16 0 Westminster .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 10 0 Ipswich .. 0 2 0 Norwich , Bagshaw 0 5 6 Wigan .. 10 6 Cheltenham .. 0 10 ft Central Rossendale 0 2 4 Glasgow .. 0 12 7 Warwick .. 0 2 0 Southampton .. 1 15 0 W . Golightly .. 0 10 Swindon .. 2 18 7 Derbv .. 0 6 9 Worsboro ' Common 0 5 3 J . Clough .. 0 2 0 Salford .. 0 2 6 Brightlingsea .. 0 6 0 JCuneaton .. 0 4 0 Worcester .. 1 10 9 Bath .. .. 020 £ 15 6 4
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TOTAL LAND FUND . Mr . O'Connor , Section Ho . 1 ... 7 ± 15 7 Mr . O'Connor , Section So . 2 ... 88 15 11 Mr . O'Connor , Section Ko . 3 ... 185 3 2 Expense Fund ... ... 15 6 4 £ 3 Gi 1 0 ^ MHBOl
For The Bank. Sums Previously Acknowledg...
FOR THE BANK . Sums previously acknowledged 7 G 4 8 8 For the Week ending the lbtli March .. .. 92 8 0 £ 856 16 8
The New Land Rules Are Now Ready, Price ...
The new Land Rules are now ready , price fourpence . The issue of Cards is discontinued , as the Rules are made to serve both purposes : each Locality throughout the kingdom will be furnished with & supply of the same , also with an acount book , and the necessary Bills , & c , for distribution . Books for the nse of Depositors in the Land and Labour Banks are being prepared , and will be issued to Depositors in a few days . T . M . Wueelbk , i Secretaries PhuipM'Gbatu , j crewne 6 .
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RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Manchester .. I 0 o Camber well .. 0 3 C POLAND ' S BEGEHEBVT 11 S COHHITTEE . Mr Foster , Hanley .. . .. .. 010 CEMTBAL SEGISTEATIOS COMMITTEE . Balance ofthe late Anti-Militia Committee .. 0 7 101 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COXISHTTEE . FOB MR SICBABOS . W . George ~ 0 0 4 Mr Oakley .. 0 0 0 G . Wright .. 0 0 S Mr Moss .. 0 0 6 C . R Westminster 0 1 0 Mr lloonham .. 0 0 6 Bilston .. 0 12 0 A Friend .. 0 0 2 Somers Town .. 0 3 4 Xewcastle-upon-1 L B . T ., Tower Tyne „ 0 3 0 Hamlets .. 0 10 Bradford , Yorkshire 0 4 0 £ 1 6 JO BMV ^ MM * VETEBANS ' , WIDOWS * , AM ) OIPHASS * IVVO . C . R . B . .. 0 0 0 Hull , per J . Shaw 0 7 0 O . R , Westminster 0 I 0 Whittington and Bilston .. 0 io 0 Cat , per J . Shaw 0 3 1 Carabtrwell .. 0 3 3 Mr . Dean .. 0 1 0 Westminster „ 0 7 9 Mr . Flower , Tower Hamlets Brighton , I Conimittee , per ( omitted to be J . Shaw „ 10 0 acknowledged ! 0 6 3 £ 3 0 4 Chiistopheb Dotle , Sverctary .
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Royal Maktleboke Theatbe . —The spirited lessee of this theatre , determined to afford his patrons all the pleasure and variety of amusement possible , bag engaged the celebrated American tragedian , J-R . Scott—who has been playing the round of legitimate characters as Richard the Third , Damon , Macbeth , < £ s . On our visit , we witnessed the performanceof that beautiful play "Damon and Pythias , " in which the great powers of Mr Scott showed to much { advantage as Damon . In most characters "" a gentleman is an uneven actor ; but in this he * M the author ' s Damon , from beginning to end . ^ othing could be more true to nature tban the fine wineatlon ot Mr Scott ; it elicited , at it deserved , « e most rapturous applause of the whole house , » ajner was only second as Pythias ; whilst Mrs wmpbell ' s Calthia was admirable . —Professor HemttlDg and sons are now delighting the numerous patrons of this theatre , by their elegant and graceful drawing-room performances , a La ffitley . Thomas Paise . —The committee for raising a ttpnunjent in commemoration of the above patriot , W meet at the Craven Head , Drury-lane , on Tues-° ay evening , March 22 . at eight o ' clock , when business of importance will be submitted . FlSSBUBY MciCAL IsStttCCTIOH SoCKIT- — Mr Bates win on the 22 nd inst . lecture on " Natural Jjap c . Ac , " And tbe quarterly oeeting occurs on the 29 th of the present month .
National Trades Association For The Prot...
NATIONAL TRADES ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDOSTRY .
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" Union for the HiltiW
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We have hitherto confined our remarks in this form to the protection of industry , by pointing out the necessity and advantage there is for the operatives of every trade , and in all parts of the country , to unite with our association ; but while we would impress this duty upon them , and urge theexpedience of one and all to contribute to the £ 20 , 000 fund , which is to be devoted to the protection of those workmen who may be compelled to resort to a strike to i esist a reduction , or to obtain an advance of wages under circumstances which the central committee approveof as being just and equitable , and which unquestionably come under tbe character of contending for a tair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; we nave also to remind our numerous members and friends of the equal nesessity
there is for them taking up shares in the fund for the employment of labour , which fund is separate and distinct from the former . The emancipation of industry is a work of such importance as to require not only the means of protecting industry , by supporting those who are off work during an approved strike , but also to find employment for those who may be discharged by their masters for taking an active part in advocating or otherwise u < ing their endeavours to procure and maintain their josfc and equitable rights , whether as individuals or in numbers . This can only be done by instituting manufacturing establishments of various branches ot trade , which is one of the means intended to be used in carrying out the great work in which we are engaged .
In order to complete this fund of £ 100 , 000 , every branch of our association , in whatever part of the country it may be situated , or of whatever description of workmen it is composed , may reasonably bo expected to take shares of £ 5 each , in accordance with the number of its members , and their ability as high or low paid trades . Individual members , also , are eligible to tske shares , and can obtain tbe necessary information by applying to any of our agents , or by writing to the secretary of the National Association of United Trades , No . 11 , Tottenham Courtroad , London .
The independent position in which workmen will bep'aeed by the operations of this fund , is calculated to give more encouragement to the oppressed operatives of Britain than any other source of hope whatsoever , that amount being invested in manufactories of various kinds , will give employment to great numbers of those workmen whose efforts , by prudent proceedings and firmness in the cause of industry , may subject them to loss of employment , None , therefore , will have to dread the loss of their work by incurring the displeasure of masters in seeking or maintaining their just and equitable rights by prudent and temperate means . The threat of being discharged will be harmless when associated with the consideration that other employment is available ,
and sufferers in the cause of industry obtain a priority of that employment . Masters wbo now consider that it is all fair to pay their workmen at the rate of what the most necessitous of surplus workmen will take , and who strive to perpetuate the system of British slavery , can only be effectually defeated by the means we have devised of protecting industry and employing labour , by capital subscribed by the working man ' s pence , which will be found to be as valuable as the pounds of the rich to the same amount . There are many of that class of masters in the country described in our last wetk ' s-report of the London tin-plate workers , who will hearken to no reason , but resolve upon giving a certain amount of wage * and no more , without regard to whethtr the labour of the workmen is worth more
or not . Such characters can only be convinced of their own folly , and of the justice and efficacy of our cause , by theinstituti n of rival establishments . When a few of these are put into operation , and the masters find that the enormous profits which they have enjoyed are not required to be realised out of goods sold at the people's own shops , and that their customers are availing themselves of the benefit of cheaper goods of equal quality at the workmen ' s shops , they will , doubtle ?? , begin to think that tbeir conduct in abridging the Workmen ' s wages to a rate so low as to induce them , to resort to the means of subscribing to
a fund to commence rival establishments which can undersell them has been foolish in the extreme . They will , however , have time to repent of their folly , and other masters will act wisely by taking a caution from their situation . No doubt there are many masters who will act with caution , and who acknowledge the justice of the principle , that the producers of wealth ought to be amp'y remunerated , and that wages ought to be regulated in accordance with the amount of wealth created be labour , and not according to the amount of surplus labour ia the market , or what the must necessitous workm m will take for his labour . Such
masters , in whatever business they may be found , will do well for themselves and for all concerned , by pointing out to other masters like themselves the policy there will be in their preventing the workmen from becoming their own masters by the means we have described , by acting fairly , reasonably and equitably towards them : so long as they do this , they need not tear the dinger that will inevitably fall upon those who seek to pursue a contrary course of deportment towards their workmen . The central committee of this association , will ever appreciate the reasonable and equitable deportment
of masters , wherever itjis to be found . They will not support workmen in any proceedings , but what are based on justice and equity . They seek not to promote strikes nor disputes of any kind between masters and servants , to supersede the necessity of such measures , by stepping in between the parties contending-, and itquiriog into the real merits of the mutters in difference , and proposing what is fair and just towards each under existing circumstances of the case . Whichever party is in the fault , they will endeavour to bring them to a reasonable view of tbe matter . Or , if faults exist on both sides , they will act accordingly .
But , while they will not support the workmen in unreasonable proceedings , they will use their endeavours to brin * those masters to a sense of what unity can effect , even amongst working men , in the present general movement tor the emancipation of industry . This great work , however , which concerns all , requires the aid and the interest of all who are concerned ; let every man , woman , and child wbo are dependant on the fruits of their labour for subsistance , consider the subject as one which interests and concerns themselves ; and let them prove their real by uniting with tbe association ; and let every branch union take as many shares of £ 5 each as they can , and every individual who can afford it do the
same . The central committee of the above association held their nsual weekly meeting on Monday last . After the usual preliminary business was disposed of and the voluminous correspondence read , the following reports were received from the association ' s missionaries . PAISLEY , Sneddon District . —On Monday evening a meeting of the weavers was held in the public school room , to hear the plans of the National Association explained . Mr Jacobs' address thoroughly convinced all present , and the immediate remittance oftbe first month's contribution was decided on .
NEWTON MEARNES—Mr Jacobs lectured to a public meeting of this branch of the National Association , on Tuesday evening , in the large ball of the Newton Inn . The members and the public were fully satisfi ed with the efficacy of the plan , and the branch increased . EDINBURGH—On Wednesday evening , apublic meeting of plumbers was held at Cranstone's Kail , to hear a lecture . from . Mr . Jacobs on the necessity for nnion and national association . After the lecture , questions were asked relative to certain insinuations made against the society in a letter received by the secretary from a plumber in
Manchester . __ The district secretary read the reply to those queries from the general secretary , which seemed to astonish tbe meeting that so little should have been paid in , and so much given the party complaining , support . Mr J . briefly stated the nature of the case as it appeared to him in the full committee meeting held in London , in December , but at the next Conference he doubted not all would be satisfied that the central committee had fulfilled the recommendation ot the last conference to the full extent of their intention ' s and expectations . Votes of approv . il were then passed , and the meeting separated . This body has already joined .
WISH A W . — Important Discussion on the BejfSFtTS or Tbaoes' Unions . —On Thursday eveninp , Messrs Claugban and Jacobs proceeded to this village , to enter into a discussion on the above subject , with several members of the Philosophical Society . Tlia opponents were Mr Grey , Mr Sherrer , Mr Wardrop , and Mr Somerviile . This discussion grew out of a former one on the same subject , entered into by members of the above debating society , where it was stated the non-unionists had the best of the argument , upon which Mr Claughan was applied to , who sent a challenge to the opponents
of union to meet them , and proposed , as the form of tbe subject , the following : — " That as capital is fully protected by law , and labour unprotected , and unable of itself to resist the encroachments of employers , trades unions are necessary and beneficial . " The opponents at the meeting urged the following : — " That trades unions as they are and have been , are not beneficial to the trades or the community at large . " This question was accepted on the right of discussion , by Messrs Claugban and Jacob * , instead ot their proposal Agreed that the opener on each side and closer be allowed half an hour ; all tho other speakers quarter of us hour .
Mr CiACQHAjf maintained the necessity for trades ' unions , the good they did their members and the community by preventing reduction on some occa sions and rendering them slower on those cases where
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they cannot altogether prevent , effecting rises of wages when opportunities occurred to favour them , which the employer would never give , unless the labourer had power to uphold him in the demand ; and further maintained that the worst strikes had occurred among non-unionists ol disunited men , of which he gave several instances . Mr Grat followed , and contended that trades ' union , caused an unhealthy state of society by causing discord . Political economists considered a healthy state of society one in which men should live in harmony , and work unmolested at their own or any other occupation they chose to follow , and cited Burns in illustration of his meaning . He objected to trades' unions : — Because they sought to establish monopoly by confining each trade to a certain class of unionists . Became they opposed free trade , by preventing the worbinginan selling his labour at the price offered .
Because they prohibited apprentices , or sought 'o restrict them to a cer ain number , and prohibited workers from other lines coming into theirs . Because they restricted the amount of work to be performed in a day by each man , though young and strong could do more . Bscnnse they refused to work with non-unionisis , and thus cause them to be discharged , thus persecuting those that do not join them . Unions teach ignorant men to think that their property that belongs of right to all , viz ., " the trades . " Each calls his "his own trade , " —a prirote property ; they say to others , " go to your own trade . " Unions have a tendency to drive men back to ancient barbarism , to con 6 ne man , as in China and India , to the Calling of their fathers , to prevent them rising in the social scale , dividing men into castes , the mining caste , the carpenter ' s caste , Ac .
Unions charge entry money and render no equivalent ; the miners and some other charge extra to learners . Is it not enough to pay a premium to the master without paying to tbe men T it is the master learns tbe lad the trade , not the men . Mr Claughax proceeded to defend the restrictions of trades ' unions on apprentices and learners from other occupants , as necessary to prevent the trade or calling being over-stocked with hands , as surplus hands caused reduction of wages , and contended , if men , according to their doctrines , were to be
running from one trade to another , that they would be all their lives apprentices and never work for journeyman ' s wages , and masters would like this . That each man ' s trade or calling was his private proper'y , and they had a right by union to protect it and keep it to themselves , which was not monopoly . That unions , in maintaining good wages for the trade , did not oppose free trade . lie read from the commission * rs' report on the miners , to show the hardships they were subject to , and the good effected by the restricted drag or day ' s work , in raising ^ prices through shortening the supply .
Mr ' Shebrer did little more than reiterate the arguments adduced by Mr Gray . . Mr Jacobs said there was a difference of opinion between masters and men as to what they could afford to pay for labour ; no doubt the masters would think they payed as much as they could , but as it had been stated before the parliamentary committee on import duties that wages were but a small item in the price of goods , it was clear the largest item was profit . He contended that higher wages could be paid without affecting the price of the goods in the market , and as the masters were continually ( especially in times ofdepression ) secking to reduce wages , trades' unions were necessary , and had done good in keeping up wages to which , end restrictions were necessary . As to unions causing the introduction of machinery it was ridiculous to suppose such a thing , it was estimating the genius of Watt and Arkwright
very low to assert they would never have produced their wonderful discoveries if trades'unions had not sought to raise wages . The master class , it was true , had taken advantage of their inventions to further break wages , and rob tbe labourer of his hire ; they had purchased machinery with the wealth wrung from the sweat and blood of the working class : another reafi .-m why men should unite to save themselves from being overwhelmed by the iron monster . The idea that union had driven shipbuilding from Dublin , you may as well say trades' unions drove the trade of Bristol toLiverpoolI When he was in Dundee lie was told the master shipbuilders who were there paying the lowest wages in Britain , tell the men if they asked a shilling or two rise , oh , you will drive the shipbuilding to London , ajplace where nearly double wages ; it the work was done to places where higher wages were paid the working man could follow to his own advantage .
Mr WinDRor : Their opponenis had strayed or wil fully fled from tho question , he would correct them , tie repeated the subject of discussion . _ He contended strikes could not occur without union . If men held a meeting and agreed to strike it was then a union ; they had by that act formed into a union to strike , all the strikes therefore that had occured were caused by unions . Ue maintained that all trades ' -liould be free , that neither government nor any class of men had a right to prevent any man from entering and learning any trade . If all trades acted on the restrictive principle the effect would be fearful . Suppose the farm and other labourers were to unite and
stop others entering their calling awl refused to work but at a certain wage , or so many hours per day , and strike , the fields would be barren , the miners and other trades would have to pay much more for tlieir food , a superabundance of hands would occur , would have to put " people to death to get rid of them . | Mr Jacobs had declaimed against the masters , and set them down as robbers plundering the labourer of his hire . Now such assertions were calculated to make the worker believe their masters did not deal justly with them , and ought not to be said in such meetings . A deal had been said of capital , now he maintained that capital was the health ofthe community , and without it society could not go on .
Mr Clacghan said we replied to the evidence put in by former speakers , if , therefore , we have gone from the subject , those men have led us away . lie had given them some information of the good that their own , and some other Unions had done ; but lie had other and greater matter in reserve . Now he would show them what the National Association ot Trades had done . [ Mr C ; here displayed , one alter tbe otbe ' , drawers , under-shirts , stockings , and gloves , to tbe evident astonishment of his opponents and the meeting . ] This ( said he ); is the work of a trades union ; this is the work of men who werep-er secuted by their employers ; the masters would not give the men the required wage , the society did ; and
is setting more to work every day . Now , would it be better foe weavers and colliers to work for themselves , or for their masters ? I think we have proved the benefit of trades unions to the trades , and the community ; and I would therefore call on our opponents to give the matter up , for they must own we have gained our cause . Mr SiiERtiEB said the restrictive system of trades corporations , prohibiting men from setting up in some towns , have drove trade to such towns as Manchester and Liverpool . lie knew a Glasgow manufacturer who was so pestered with strikes , that he went and set up in New York . Thus unions set masters against men . Animals live in harmony , why should man live at war with his fellow-roan ?
Mr Jacobs said , he had been charged with using offcn % iv « titles towards the employer and capitalist . Well , to further the argument , he was willing to retract those offensive expressions ; but why should masters be continually acting against the workmen ? Why should they ( the masters ) be always biteing out ofthe poor man ' s loaf ? putting their spoon into his porridge ? they must needs take from the toilers their broth to thicken their own soup . It was not Trades' Unions that set masters against man : they were called into existence by this antagonistic power , tbe workman found himself individually too weak to
resist the encroachment of the master , hence he uppealed to his fellows to unite and make each other strong . That unions had committed faults he would not deny , but he supposed that none ofthe opponents of union would say they were clear of faults ; we were told a manufacturer left Glasgow because he would not pay the wages his men asked , well , what did he do at New York ? Why he had to pay higher wages . This was patriotic of the master doubtless . Let the masters meet the men reasonably and argue the case and give the highest wages they can , and then they may live in harmony ; till then , the masters are the enemies of harmony .
It was now agreed to close , that Mr Claughan and one on the other side should wind up . Mr Cuuohan proposed as it was late , being near 12 o ' clock , that they would take 7 minutes each , which was done , and the vote taken , when there appeared a vast majority in favour of the " good effects of Trades' Unions . " This discussion is the more important , in that it has opened a new district to the National Association . EDINBURGH . —Ou Friday evening , a meeting ofthe house-painters was held in Cranstone ' s Hall , Bailiefife's-close . when Mr Jacobs delivered a lecture . At the end of his address , a resolution was carried unanimously to join the association ! and acommittee formed to make the necessary arrangements .
MANCHESTER . —Mr J . \ V . Parker attended by invitation , n meeting of delegates ofthe Hatters' Society of Great Britain and Ireland , representing the districts of Manchester , Oldham , and Denton , on Wednesday , March 10 th , at the Hop Pole Inn , Hardman-strect , to impart information relative to the principles of the National Association of United Trades , many questions having been put and and answered satisfactorily . The degelates promised to lay the result before their respective bodies . The members represented by the delegation was 520 . Since the meeting , arrangements have been
made for tbe missionary to attend a meeting of the Hatters of Oldham , on Thursday evening , the 18 th inst . ROCHDALE—On the same day , Mr Parktr also at . tended a meeting of tailors , who were out ou strike against a reduction of eight pence , per great coat , on the part of on » of the principal firms in the trade . The reduc tion had been submitted to for some time , but the society in consequence of other employer * paying the lull amount , had determined upon the men receiving the game at the establishment iu question . At the request of the committee of the Kochdale society , Mr P . waited upon the employer , to induce him to accede to their
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terms . Thefnterviewwasprolonged , the employer seeming determined not to yield . At length by persuasion and argument , carried on by the employer in a very courteous manner , he not only consented to pay for the future the same as the other respectable employers , but paid Mr Parker the full amount previously deducted . The men immediately returned to their employment , fully persuaded that the most « rfectual way of gaining strikes is to meet the fdr traiing ^ mployers In a calm , conciliatory , yet dignified spirit . It also sets forth the fact , that there is no desire on the part of the workmen to do anything that will milita te against the Interest of those employers who are actuated by a desire of dealing fairly with their bands . Contrast the above ease with the folio ing : — A Mr Ainstvorth , a silk manufacturer of Eccles , near Manchester , has discharged from his employment 21
silk pickers , because they are members of the National Association of United Trades , at a moment ' s notice , although he exacts a fortnight ' s notice from hla | handa . The poor weavers who also belong to tbe association , turned out in defence of their brethren ; four of them were sum . mnncd before the magistrates for leaving their work unfinished . They were ordered to return to their employment upon pain of imprisonment , wad had to pay four shillings each for a summons , at the same time many of them had left eight or nine shillings' worth of work in their loomi , for which they applied ; but were told they had forfeited it , because they had left their employment . This imperious king of a silk mill summoned those only who had left no work unfinished , but the others he stopped their hard . earned | earnings . In consequence of this
sta te of things , Messrs Peel and Parker considered It their duty to wait upon Mr Alnsworth , to Induce him to relax in his extremely severe conduct to his hands . They did so , and obtained an interview ; hut as soon as he was made acquainted with the fact , that th » y were agents of the association , he very politely showed them the door , declaring that he neither knew nor cared anythiog ; about the " united trades , " It was at this very mill , some time ago , that the manager lined one of the hands sixpence for daring to have a Northern Star in his po-session . This haughty and purse-proud manufacturer seems to think , that those who are unfor . tunataenough to enter his mill as workers , have no right to have any opinions or desires , save those that are in accordance with his imperious will .
In the evening of the same day , Messrs Peel and Parker held a meeting of the trades of Eccles , at the Hare and Hounds Inn . The room was crowded , and tbe utmost satisfaction was expressed at the several addresses and explaoauona of the missionaries , and a determination rigidly to adhere to the association as their only protectors . Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to the speakers and chairman , and the meeting then separated . Messrs Peel and Parker , by order of the central committee , met the hands of Messrs Stocks and Tail , of Stockport , made themselves acquainted with
theirgrievnnces , and ou Saturday sought an interview with Mr Stocks , with a view to mediate , but , as yet , hare been unsuccessful ; likewise with Mr Mnkin , silk manufacturer , of Manchester , and his hands , with the like results , MACCLESFIELD . —Mr Parker has made arrangements to hold a meeting of the bricklayers and labourers of this place , on Saturday , the 27 th of March , also of the tailors on the 23 rd , and of the nailors about the same time . He will feel obliged if the bookbinders , printers , stonemasons , mechanics , moulders , sawyers , dyers , curriers , and the silk weavers of Macclesfield , will cotnmu . nicato with him at his residence , 5 , John-street , Manchester ,
HANLEY , POTTERIES . —The tailors' society met at their club-house , on Tuesday , the 9 th of March , and passed a resolution unanimously , — "That they forthwith join the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry . " Mr Parker will attend a meeting of the potters at the New Market Tavern , on Saturday erening , the 20 th of March , when every member is particularly requetted to attend . MANCHESTER . —Mr Peel reports that , on Wednes . day , he attended the district committee , when , after the reading of the minutes and correspondence , the very
important question proposed by Mr Gouldin , district secr « - tary , for the establishment of miscellaneous / edges , to consist of persons unconnected with any existing Trades ' Unions , but favourable to the principles and objects of the National Trades' Union—an interesting discussion ensued , the general feeling appeared favourable to the principle , as it appears universally admitted that such lodges would be a most powerful and efficient auxiliary to our itss elation , provided no interference is permitted with the existing organisation of local trades . The further consideration of the question wasarjourncd to Tuesday night .
On Thursday night , he attended a public meeting of the Working Classes of Opensh . iiv and DrOylesden , to which meeting Mr Cooperhad also been invited to attend . A very crowded and well-conducted audience attended . Mr Peel , iu a speech of tivo hours' duration , went through the usual explanatory statements , and anticipated and completely refuted the oft repeated frivolities of his zealous opponent , Mr Cooper , who followed him at somelengtli . The meeting evinced considerable impatience , and after some very spirited and impertinent remarks from Mr Taylor and Mr Stephen Clark in favour of the " Monster" Association , the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday night . On Saturday , Mr Peel attended a meeting of the fustian cutters and Others of Gravel-hole , near Rochdale . An excellent meeting , including a number of females , n-as brought together . Tho lecturer , a-sisted by Mr Haigk of Rochdale , ' explained as usual , to tbe complete satisfaction ( f the meeting , tbe superiority of the National Trades' Movement .
Thanks having been passed to Messrs Peel andHaigh , the meeting terminated . Mr . Peel received invitations to attend future meetings here , aud at Rochdale , Heywood and Royton , which he promised to attend to at tbe earliest possible moment , Mr Peel attended a meeting of the committee ofthe powerloom weavers of Manchester , He went at length into explanations of tbe laivs and principles , answered satisfactorily many objections , evidently arising from the misrepresentation of Mr Cooper . The committee passed a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and announced their intention of convening a general meeting of the body , inviting him to attend the same , Notice . — To tho Cotton Trades of North
Lancashire . — Mr Poel begs to announce that he wilt be in Clitheroon Sunday , the 20 ih instant . He will attend a public meeting ol block printers and other trades of Snbden on Monday , and he intends making Clithero the centre of operations for the next few days . Ho begs , therefore , to call the attention of the working classes of Padiam , Whalley , Langridge , New Church , Milton , Barrowford , Gisborne , and Colue , & c , inviting all bodies desirous of obtaining information respecting this rapidly extending association to address , him at the Post-office , Clithero . Communications forward by Monday ' s post will be in time for the programme in next week ' s Northern Star .
LEICESTER . —Mr Winter reports he was informed an employer iu OaSby , near Leicester was in the habit of regularly paying his men in goods instead of money ; he laid an information against bim . The case came ou for hearing on Saturday last at the county court , the result of which was the employer had to pay £ 1 Os . C 1 , wages he had stopped for bread , 51 , fine , and V 2 s . expenses . He promised not to truck again . Col , Burnaby told him that if he came again they would fine him 201 . without mitigation . When the man who had given evidence that procured the conviction of his employer , returned home , of course that man would give him no more work , and tbe other employers of the town refused to give hire any , because , being all truck masters , they considered him a dangerous customer ; but the employers will find the man
will not be starved in consequence , as the Association will set him to work . The committee have made up their mind to wage deadly war against the truck system , and where the witnesses suffer In consequence of their evidence against the truck master , the Association will take them under its immediate protection . The district committee composed of delegates from all the trades in London , belonging to thu National Association , will meet at the Bell , in the Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening next , at eight o ' clock , to concert measures to agitate the trades of Londoh not at present members , to receive a report of progress from the central committee . A member of that committee will be present . Any trade requiring information respecting the above Association can receive it by sending a delegate there ou that evening . '
Mr Webb , the secretary of the Sister Association for the employment of Labour , begs to acknowledge the receipt of the sura of' £ 10 , sent by Mr G . West , of Bradninch , Devon , to be deposited at the rate off ! per cent , interest .
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TRADES' MOVEMENTS . TO THE MEMBERS ~ 7 ) F THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONS OF UNITED TRADES . Friends and fellow-men , there was a time when an isolated son ol labour would have been expelled from society , or lodged in the county gaol , or something worse , it he had had moral courage sufficient to express his thoughts to his toiling brethren , as to tbe rights of labour , and the best method that would secure the success ! ul attainment of those rights . In taking a retrospect view , and contrasting the past with the present , it appears as though I was just awaking from a dream . When a lew of the honest-Hearted and ensmed millions dared but to meet together to talk over their wrong ? , and devise plans tor their redemption , they wercspeedily hunted out like wolves , by the blood-hounds of oppression . For working men to meet by twos and threes to discuss their grievances , was esteemed dancewus to the
State , and to organise a union for the protection of industry , regarded as treason almost to the crown , to be suppressed only by the rigorous application of the stern and vindictive Jaw , tending to silence and neutralize its claims , but extorting tho bitter and deep sigh for freer and happier times . Such was tho state of things in days ( happily for us ) gone by . But through what changes have we passed ! llow amazingly have things altered 1 To attempt thus to address you yesterday , as it were , would nave drawn upon me the concentrated rage of the arrogant and domineering factory lord ; but today , 1 can express my thoughts without fear . So marvellously are times and circumstances changed , ¦
that What would yesterday have been visited with imprisonment for a time , and with impoverishment for life , is to-day conceded as a just and undeniable right .
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It is under these delightfully reformed and transformed circumstances that 1 now congratulate you on tho onward progress of the National Association . * i , - P ? 8 t triumphs of oppression and capital over tne rights « f industry has intnsed a spirit of distrust , ? £ „„ most £ . , air araonS ^ king men ; so that T * iw ? v S ? ? ° * r the & W to contest in I , n 2 h rf . S ' A iD P lace of carrying eff ( he Sir ^ . they 8 h 0 uU . ™ heretofore , be ZTf S n £ J ' £ , 8 tvu S g ! ° ; » " <* the idcaof succumb"l A ' * A ? rr , ble engagement to the dictatand
, es unjust exactions of unprincipled employers , is intolerable in the extreme ; and therefore do tlev look before they leap , and « JSzth £ h y determine-and it is right they should consider . Precipitancy often accelerates the overthrow of any movement , however feasible it may be . Plans and projects acquire stability and permanenccby being properly digested before being brought into active operation ; theref re , it is right that men should consider , and consider well , before they determine .
One of the most admirable features in the principles of tho National Association is , that it courts inquiry , and shrinks not from the most critical investigation into its rules and objects ; it seeks not for enlargement by exciting wild enthusiasm , but by candid inquiry , and by a rational appeal to the understanding and judgment of those it seeks to elevate . Its present rapidly increasing numerical power may be mainly ascribed to the sound and enlightened appeals our Rules and Plans of Government make to the sober judgment of the labouring classes , through the medium of our honoured president , the activity and vigilance of the Central Committee , together with tho untiring devotedness ol our respected missionaries , and spirited co-operation of our local officers and warm-hearted friends : all of whom
are aided by the powerful Press , in circulating the plans and progress of the association to the remotest corner of the industrious hive . Here let me offer a humble tribute of praise and gratitude to the bold and praiseworthy efforts of the conductors of the Northern Star , to advocate the claims and promote the interests of our mighty and matchless combination . By the assistance and influence of that journal , our association has been enabled to grow and attain a giant's strength , against which the combined power of insatiable capitalists is not able to prevail . But I must not encroach further upon the space so kindly given us in tho Northern Star . In n y next I shall treat on the inefficacy of sectional unions to withstand the power of capital . March 5 th , 1847 . Edwaho Humphries .
EAST LONDON CORDWAINERS . —A public meeting of the Boot and Shoemakers of tho Tower Hamlets was held at the Hermit Tavern , Bedfordsquare , on Tuesday evening . Mr Luke King was called to the chair , and in a neat speech showed the superiority of a national union of trades over local or sectional ones . Mr James called the attention oi the meeting to the rise and progress of the National Association , he showed the good that bad been done to several trades , and so clear and lucid was his exposition of the rules and objects of the Association , that he repeatedly called forth the cheers and approbation of all present . Mr Main said if any per .-on had any questions to ask he would be happy to answer them to the best of his ability , and he hoped to their satisfaction . No person rising , the following resolutions were put and carried unanimously : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that the National Association of United Trades is fully competent to carry out the objects for which it wasin-titutcd .
That we form a branch of the Association , and that the secretary proceed to enrol the names of all who wish to join . A vote of thanks was given to the deputation for their attendance , and to the Editor and proprietor of the Northern Star for their advocacy of the best interests of the working classes . A vote of thanlis was given to the chairman , and the meeting was adjourned till Tuesday evening , March 30 , Opbhative Bakkrs ' Movement . — In our report ot the recent meeting at White Conduit House , we stated , by mistake , that a petition wnsadoptcd to the House of Commons ; it should have been— "That a system of petitioning be organised , praying the Legislature to shorten the hours of labour , and abolish
night work . " By some accident , wc also omitted to state , that Messrs Watson and Webber , opulent master-bakers , ofthe City of London , supported the resolution on that occasion , and pledged themselves to render every assistance in their power , in effecting the praiseworthy objects propounded by the journeymen bakers . We understand it is the determination ofthe operative bakers to hold another large meeting at a very early day , over which Lord Robert Grosvenor will be invited to preside . Upwards of 300 bakers have enrolled themselves in the Operalive Bakers' Society , since the White Conduit House meeting . The committee meet for . the transaction of businc-s at the Western Coffee-house , Druvy-lane , opposite Great Queen street , every Wednesday and Saturday evenings .
GALASHIELS WEAVERS . —A correspondent ( one of this branch of manufacturing industry ) informs us that great distress exists in Galashiels , in consequence of ihe tyranny and rapacity of the master-class . One grievance complained of is , the employment of a great number of boys as " apprentices , " who are not , however , bound by any legal indenture , but merely " engaged" for a term of four years , receiving only one-half iof the rate of journeymen ' s wages . The men can only get webs when the boys are unable to do the work . A spirit of resistance is growing among the workmen , and our correspondent requests the address of Mr . Jacobs , or some other lecturer belonging to the United Trades Association for the purpose of obtaining the lecturer ' s services in organizing the workmen for the
protection of their labour . Arassg other nice doings of the Galashiels slave-drivers , our correspondent names the following : — " There is not a time that the factory inspector makes his cull here , but that in almost every mill children are concealed , either in some wool box , or conveyed to the door until the bogle-man goes away ; and even many of them but ten years old , hold up tlieir heads , and before the question has been put , as if by instinct , lisp out , ' Thirteen , Sir . '" Shall this be allowed to go on unchecked ? No ! 1 believe will be the ready answer of hundreds of men , who at the public corners discuss their grievances , and the remedies;—such ' as tlio Land Plan , the National Trades Union , & c . Co-operation in provisions and cloth has wrought well in this town for years , and alkw mo here to
observe in honour of the working man , that at the last general meeting of this society , they voted the sum of ten pounds from tlieir profits towards the relief of the destitute poor of the town , and also formed a committee to arrange matters for the establishment of a baking society . Why should co-operation for the protection of labour not work well t Sir , times'ike these cause men to think , and to think deeply too : all that is wanted is , that these thoughts should be directed into a proper and practical channel ; and there is nothing , in my estimation , so eminently calculated to do this , as a visit , in season , from some of the friends I have alluded to . > m The Cloth MASuPACiunES in GLOTJCESTERsmitE . —We regret to hear very gloomy accounts of the state of trade in the clothing districts of this county . Many persons are out of employment , and many of the most zealous Free-traders , who predicted a flood
of prosperity from tho repeal of the Corn Laws , are nonplussed by the present state of affairs . LEICESTER . —On Monday a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , by permission of the Worshipful the Mayor , which was Jnddrcssscd by Messrs Smart , Winters , White , Buckby , Brown , Barrow , and others , on tho bill before parliament for the abolition of frame-rent and charges , 'ihe Jaws and principles of the National Association of United Trades were also explained . The ball was crowded to suffocation . A meeting like this has never been held on trades' purposes before . On March 22 , three counties' delegate meeting of the Framework Knitters will be held at the George and Dragon , Novth-street , Loughborough , at ten o ' clock in the morning , to take into consideration the bill of Sir U . Ualtord , Bart . M . P ., for the abolition of frame-rent and charges . It is earnestly requested that as many delegates will attend as possibly can ,
MANCHESTER CORDWAINERS .-The society of cordwainers , meeting at the Grecian Head Inn , Dcansgate , Manchester , has sent us a long account of some unpleasant differences which have distracted and divided the society . It appears that on three different occasions the majority of the members decided to have no connection with the Mutual Assistance Association ; a minority , however , who dissented from lllis decision have seceded from the society , and formed a branch ot the Mutual Assistance Association . The conduct of the minority is warmly complained of as opposed to the principle of "the rule of the majority , " upon which all popular socilies arc based . The Grecian Head Society will henceforth not relieve cards of the Mutual Assistance Association . Societies that will not relieve the old trade cards must not expect that the old trade will relieve their cards .
Old Banford . —Mr Dean , the missionary of the Association of United Trades , held a successful meeting here on Monday eveninc BLOCK PRINTERS .-Mr . Duncombc has presented the following petition to the House of Commons : — To the representatives-of Great Britain and Ireland iu Parliament assembled . The petition of the Block Printers of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Cheshire , and Derbyshire ; Humbly sheweth , That your petitioners have long endured , with the
greatest patience and resignation , the most serious and ! painful privations fr » m the want of employment . They i complain not of their sufferings for a week , a month , nor , a year—no ; but for a series of years thiir poverty and : distress have been progressively increasing , until they ¦ are actually reduced to a state of appalling destitution , i lingering in dispair , without tho most distant bope that they and their families will ever have » return of their former comfort and happiness , nay , on the contrary , there seems to be a degree of exultation , at the depression and downfall of a body of men once con-I eldered respectable , active , and industrious . I
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That the gigantic power of steam has enabled capital to multiply and increase machinery to that alarming ex . tent , as almost totally to supplant the labour of your petitioners , leaving them and their dependants to perish from the want of food , and other necessaries essential to existence . That the free traders had enlivened their hopes with tho promise of an extension of trade , and that plenty would be the result of a change in the Corn Laws ; but , unfortunately , experience proves that extension of trade is synonymous with extension of machinery , consequently , extension of misery to your humble petitioners . That your petitioners object not to machinery , but rather consider it a blessing to the community , when kept under proper restrictions ; hut when its rapid and uncontrolled progress reduces so many industrious operatives to distress and ruin , your petitioners humbl y think there is something wrong in permitting it to encroach on their meilbs of subsistence , before other resources are provided .
That the labour of your petitioners being the only property they have to dispose of , their only dependance , when that is gone destitution and starvation mnst inevitabl y follow ; when they ccaso to work , they must shortl y cease to exist , unless they have recourse to that painful alternative , the Union poor-house , where ( they are taught to believe ) they must be continually subject to insult , contempt , and harsh usage , in addition to the scanty fare of a very indifferent diet . That your petitioners have been surprised at the liberal gv & u to the opulent West India planters ( where the humanity and generous feelings of your honourable house abolished the nefarious traffic in human blood and slavery ) , as a compensation for anticipated losses supposed to result from that measure .
That your petitioners have lost their labour , their all , yet where can they look for compensation ? Capitalists , the proprietors of uncontrolled machinery , would spurn them with derision . Their only alternative is to appeal to the repvesentatvYcs , the guardians of their country , for protection , and although employment , not charity , is . tluir chief object , yet they eagerly grasp at tho least shade of hope that promises relief , whether that hope be based on a rational or irrational foundation . That the generous aid given to the starving inhabitants of Ireland and Scotland has prompted the idea that you might , on application , render some assistance to your petitioners , many of whom are nearly , if not equally , destitute , not possessing tbe means of paying lodgings , are driven from home and shelter , doomed to wander from friend to casual acquaintances for food , and very often meeting with disappointment , there beingnothing to give .
That your petitioners humbly solicit a grant of thirty thousand pounds to form an establishment of their own to relieve the unhappy wanderers , and to be subject to government inspection to prove their honesty , and shew that their intended objtct is fully carried out , and that the grant be refunded by instalments at reasonable periods , on such conditions as you may approve . Thatyour petitioners possess , every information requisite to carry out tbeir business in all its variety , through every operation and process , on the most approved principles , and with persevering industry and strict economy , they feel fully confident that they could successfully compete with machinery , having no idlers to maintain , but every man being paid onl y for real work done ; nor can your petitioners doubt a full share of the market , as experience would soon prove the difference between a genuine sound fabric and a cloth greatly impaired by sharp chemical processes , as is too frequently the practice , to curtail labour , and to get goods into market in the shortest time , at tbe least possible expense .
That your petitioners humbly implore you not to lose sight of their forlorn condition until you hava adopted this or some more effective measure that will relieve and alleviate their dreadful sufferings . And your petitioners , as in duty bound , will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the meeting , inc .
A Romance In Stage Life. During Tho Dram...
A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE . During tho drama of " tbe Battle of Sedgemoor " at the Adelphi Theatre , Glasgow , a few evenings ago , an occurrence took place which far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as " The Wife of Two Husbands , " "The Fatal Marriage , " or thosenumeious rnisad * ventures and mishaps in connection with love , marriage , and triumphant virtue , which are put upon the stage to " fill the pause and give the fancy play . " The facts of the case are as follow : — " While on the above evening the business of the p lay was going forward , and while one of the favourite actresses of tho Adelphi was per / ormiug her part —( Mrs Do Buurgh ) , a tall handsome man , with a . military air , in the pit , was observed to look very uneasy , for a few minutes , to yaze earnestly at the stage as if the lady had engaged his fixed attention , rising
several times from his seat during tbe time , until at length apparently satisfied himself with bis scrutiny —when , to the astonishment of all arouiul , he exclaimed at tbe pitch of a stern military voice , ' * My wile , by Heaven ! My Eliza 1 " Not knowing the cause of this sudden outburst , tho spectators for a time appeared at a loss whether to treat the affair in joke or earnest . Seeing , however , that the pentleman was peifectly sober , and quite serious in bis manner of address , their merriment gave way to wonder and curiosity , which was in no degree lessened when it was noted that the fair actress who had been thus pointedly addressed had swooned , and required to leave the stage . Tho play , however , went on notwithstanding , but the occurrence excited
the most marked attention . On hearing of the matter , Mr . Miller , the manager , at once proceeded to the place where the gentleman sat , in order to ascertain the cause ofthe unlooked-for interruption that had been given to the evening's entertainment , and inquired his meaning for the expression he had made use of . * 'I tell you , " said tiie gentleman , " that lady is my wife , whom I have not seen these 19 years . 1 have been abroad , and during that time have not heard from her ; I thought her dead ; and can you wonder I was astonished ? But , " said the stranger , " who are you that inquire ?" Mr . Miller replied that he was lessee of the theatre —that he had a respect for this lady , who had now been in his corpsdramatique for three years , during
which her reputed husband , Mr . De Bourgh , had died , and as ho felt an interest in the reputation of this lady , as well as fr r the good name of all the members of the company , he hoped the gentleman weuld not wantonly make a statement to injure her character . " Married ! " exclaimed the stranger , "to another . My Eliza married ! But I mnst see her immediately , she is still my wife . " Mr Miller asked the name of the gentleman , who said "My name is Lewis , Lieut Lewis , sir . I ' ve come direct from Liverpool , after having been on foreign service with my boy , her boy , sir . He is 22 years of ago , six feet two inches high . 1 ' ou shall see him , sir . Somewhat doubtful and yet surprised at this recital , Mr . Miller asked the maiden name of the lady . "Stanley , " said
the Lieutenant , '' Elizabeth Stanley . " After these interrogatories , Mr . Miller proceeded behind the scene , to satisfy himself as to the truth of the representation , when he found it at once verified by tiie actress , who had by this time recovered from her faint . And now lor tho sequel . The parties had a meeting , and such a meeting I our fair readers may form some idea , After loving embraces and hurried explanations , during which the Lieutenant seemed to have lived over again his first three years of marriage , the following statement was elucidated , which was highly satisfactory to Mr Miller and the other parties who had the fortune to be present at the scene : —They had married when young in England—he , at the time , a private soldier , she a rising member of a theatrical company in the town of— . The fruit of tlieir union was a fine boy . The regiment was ordered abroad , and in vain the young soldier applied to have along with lum his loving wife . The stipulated number of
women to go with the regiment had been made up , and , as a favour , their child , then three years of age , was permitted to accompany his father . They parted , and during the lapse ot 19 years had not seen or heard of each other . The one believing the other dead , need we wonder at the remarkable nature of their first encounter ? He had risen in the army by steadiness and good conduct to the rank of a Lieutenant , and , consoled by the company of his boy , had not married . She , abouteight years after the departure ofthe vessel with the regiment , had been postlively informed that her husband had been killed in battle , and she married again . The second husband died about 18 months ago . Our tale is not yet told . A fortnight since , accompanied by a respectable body of friends , the happy pair , both being of the Catholic persuasion , appeared before the Rev . Mr . Gordon , who , after hearing the particulars , again formally reunited two whom fortune and the chances of war had put asunder . —Glasaoiv Post .
Loss Of An Emigrant Smr.-Oxn Hu»»»Ei> Ax...
Loss of an Emigrant Smr .-Oxn Hu »»» ei > axd bixTY Persons Dkowned . —Intelligence has been received in the City , announcing the loss of an emigrant ship belonging to Hamburg , in the Gulf Stream , mile on her passage to Canada , by which upwards ot 160 emigrants , with a portion ofthe crew , perished , the vessel is reported to be the barque Stephani , Oaptam Bruger , master , which sailed from the port ot Hamburg on the 28 . h of October last . The calamity is stated to have occurred during the heavy gales < n ( he 18 th of December . The master and tour of the crew aro reported to have been picked up in m open boat , by a schooner from New Orleans . TheDagknham MunnEK . — The grand jury have ) returned two true bills for perjury and conspiracy against some of * , he parties who were examined as
witnesses before tho coroner in the inquiry respecting the murder , f tho police-constable at Dagenham . The trial is post , oncd l ' orthe present . Frightful Gn Accidknt . —On Wednesday afternoon , an acccident of a moat frightful accident occurred to a gentleman named Saunders , who was driving with a friend along Fleet-street ; just as they got past Shoe-lane tho animal shyed , fell , and both gentlemen were thrown out with great force . Mr Saunders sustained very serious injuries . lie was picked up senseless , and removed into Mr Hutchinson ' s surgery , in Farringdon-street , where an extensively lacerated wound was discovered in the forehead , besides other injuries . Mr Saunders was ultimately removed from the surgeon ' s to his residence .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_20031847/page/5/
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