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NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK. The Manag...
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NATIONAL PETITION IN SCOTLAND. The Execu...
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Public Monies. We Request All Sub-Secret...
ju stice . It may be necessary sometimes to include in balance sheets individual subscriptions sent direct to the . committee ; but to publish each item of each collector ' s book , in the columns of the Stab , is out of the question . 5 £ WCA STLE-raoif-TTKt . —Mr Xisbett wishes us to acknowledge that a notice o £ a forthcoming meetinc , sent by him two weeks since , wag received at the office of the Stab , although notnoticed . We do not remember amy . thing about the notice , but we , nevertheless , would take Hr Msbett ' s word that it iras sent , and was either not received by us or mislaid . Wa lay this in justice to Mr Kisbett , because there are very few local pecietaries who are so careful as he is in supplying a-curate and wen-written notices of all that concerns his locality , both i « the Land and Charter movements . Tsk Chamist Hall . —An anonymous correspondent complains that tho directors of the proposed Chartist Hall are self-elected . He is wrong . We refer him i « r +-i *» A T ? ivtnv ViP nanapPM * ,. * -nn , .-. *?» . . »>* . *„! 3 _!_
to the Address from the committee in another c » lumn . Onr correspondent also complains of the irregularitj sometimes exhibited at Chartist meetings of Hot commencing trasinessjit the hour announced . Ac-cHXESifiDEB . —Julian Harney will propose yen . For what « Trade ' s Union * is the five shillings intended » J . WELiocK .-It is tjo late this season to sing about 'Christmas Pies . ' A PcazirK . —A correspondent writes thathe has been a reader of the Dispatch for some years past , but has only recently asked himself , ' what are its principles ?' Being unable to solve the question he applies tons . Eow cafc we help him ? Thank God we have not * read the Dispatch for some years past . ' We will reply to our correspondent ' s question by asking him one in return : Eow can an unprincipled paper possess' principles ? EBBBI . —Last week we received the fallowing—press of matter compelled its postponement : — Derby . Jan ., llth , 1847 .
' Bear Sis , -1 have looked , and so have a good many s snore Chartists looktd , and looked in vain , for the adgdress that was presented to Mr M'Grath , at the late tea If party , that was to appear in the columns of the Kobtb-SEEK * Stak , and it ought to have done . Now , sir , a good many of us look upon itas very unfair ; fur , as a natural consequence , after our address had appeared in the Star , we ought and should have had a letter inserted from Hr M'Grath , in answer to the address . Then Mr Jf'Graft ' s speech was promised , but never given , and you can » otmake an excuse , for there was a Debet Re . r osteb sent containing it . Only look at the unfairness , there is always plenty of ro . - . m in the Stab for a letter tolthe electors and non-electors of Tiverton . We shall expect HrU'Grath , to address his constituents at Derby next Sesnon of Parliament . I hope you win not be Offended—nothing of the sort is meant ; only we want to jog yon np to a little more fairer dealing . ' L . Beooers , Kews Agent . 13 , St Alkmund ' s Church . yard , Derby . '
The above is a fair specimen of the impudent epistles with which we are pretty often favoured by a set of fools who think tbej understand our work better than we do ourselves . 'Seehowaplain tale shall set you down , ' Mr Brookes . At the . tea party , at which the ' address ' spoken of in the above was presented to Mr M'Grath , Mr Srnest Jones was present , and , en his retarn to London , he inquired if we had received any report from Derby . We told him we had not , which was the fact , andfrom that hour to this n > report from Derby has been received by us . Finding that no report came , Mr Jones , on the Thursday , wrote a notice of the festival , which wasinsertid . He wrote what he pleased , and whether it gave satisfaction or otherwise it Derby was no > rork of ours . So far from wishing to 'burke'Mr 31 'Graft we tried to induce that gentleman to snpplj us with a good report , being ourselves desirous that all the honours paid to him at Derbv should he duly set
fbrtn in the Star . At the assembly of the * Fraternal Democrats' on the 3 rd inst , we met Mr M'Grath , when we asked him if we might expect , that tutJk , to receive the report . His answer was in the negative . Furthf r , he added , that 5 IrE . Jones had a copy of th » Debet Reeortes . ( which was not received nor seen by us , l but he ( Mr M'Grath ) requested that the report therein might Jiot be given in the Star as it was very imperfect . We then pressed Mr M'Gratb , to send a copy of the * Address' to the Stab , and Mr Clark , who was standieg by , pledged himself to see the ' Address'supplied to us . Bat no such address ever reached us . Mr E . Jones would have prepared a report from the Derby Reporter , but understanding that Afr M'Grath objected , Mr Jones abstained from so doing . Do the Derby Chartists wish us to manufacture speeches , addresses , and answers to those addresses for Mr M'Grath f That gentleman is quite capable of doing his own work ,
and if he does not do it , no envious snarling will pre . Tent others doing theirs . It is not true that' there is always plenty of room in the Stab for letters to the electors and non-electovs of Tiverton . ' These letters have more than once had to remain unpublished for a week through want of room . Only last week a notice ofa Tiverton meeting , with several other similar notices , was pestponed till this week through a like cause . _ We indignantly repel the assertion , that there is any thing like want of fair dealing' in our management of the Stab . We recognise neither favourites nor enemies amongst the Chartist leaders ; nor do we ever serve ourselves at the expense of others . Those who come first are first served ; and those who take the trouble to do their work properly , find proper notice of their labours in our columns . We recommend Mr Brookes to join the ' Anti-poke-your-nosekito-other-people ' s-bnsin ess-Association . '
W . Millkeb . — In what part of the Stab did your name appear * J . BnrrERwoETH , Heywood . —We have sent your letter to-the Directors . W . " Jokes , AbergavenBy . — Your wishes shall be attended to . T . Baxtes , Jersey . — We cannot presume to interpret the Land Company ' s rules . Tou will do well to write to the directors . Hr O'Coskoe . —A Jersey correspondent writes , that it is rumeured in Jersey , that Mr O'Connor intends to visit that island on his next tour . Our correspondent says that Mr O'Connor wonld meet with a hearty welcome . Mr Scott . —The money ( Ss . Si ) for tha Sleaford ease has been ( received , and was aeknowledc ed in the St <\ b , but owing to the dropping of the type , it is not quite legible . < Old GciiBSKAS , ' Leeds . —It is net vet in the power
of the Directors to give a satisfactory answer to your question , A Baliotxd Mehbxb . — Nothing will be done by the Directors towards tbe tultivation of the land at Minster Lovel beyond ploughing it . The members when located rcust do the rest , as they will have the whole of the aid money handed to them for that purpose , and an experienced agriculturist will he employed by the Company to instruct them in their new avocation . T . Class . S . B ., Leicester , appeals to his brother Chartists and Land members to rally around Mr O'Connor and defend his seat in the House of Commons . J . Bates . —We do not know any thing of the rumour you speak of . Savings Bass . —A correspondent suggests that every
shareholder should pay one penny per share , per week , or as much more as he can to the secretary of the branch . The secretary to lend the same to the KatioEal Land Company ' s Bank . Every member that is drawn to go upon the Land , to have such money as he , or her , has paid in , with the interest that may be due at the time on all the money in the Bank belonging to the branch . Jtr J . Sweet , Nottingham . —Address private letters for Mr O'Connor , to Sm ' g ' s End Farm , Corse , near Staunton , Gloucestershire . J . Fields , JJsntwicb , —Tour letter shall appear in our next . " rT . Aixas . —Next week . Mr Aenott . Pocklington . —Kec ived . Mr Smith , Glasgow . —Your notice would he charged as an
aavernsement . Mr Joxis , Liverpool . —The j-arcel shall be sent to Mr Watson next week . Mr Fasbell , Liverpool . —Five shillings is the charge . Hr Saint , Black-hill . —Received , Jan . 1 st . Csables Peeslet . — Send four stamps for postage of Labocreb . x £ r WiTaos , Walsingham . —Yonr quarter commenced on the l- 'th inst S . T ., Holbeck . near Leeds . — We post them on Friday evening . Order the town edition of Mr Cook , Meadowlane , and you will have it on Sunday morning . The town edition is po . 'ted on Saturday evening . K . Maesdej :. —Impossible this week . Mabttjj Jcl-e . —Next week . R . A . Class —Of course we cannot recommend the men you should invite to yonr tea-party . Csirtist Sosgs , & c—R . A . Clark , 98 , Pottergate street , Norwich , wishes to obtain the words and music of Chartist songs , glees , 4 c G . P ., Birmingham . —Xext week .
S . DoBsos . —The notiee shall appear in our next . Too late for this week . T . Well . —Your letter should have been written almost a month since . Tour complaint is now set out sf date . Whistos- Misers . —We will make inquiry . Csow . v and Anchor Tower Hamlets . No room . We have sent the letter to the Directors . S . Etches . —Too late for this week . Inournext . S . Pabeek , Kidderminster . —We will extract from your letter in our next . E . A . Gears :, Norwich . — That part of the Land petition which prays for the appnintment of trustees by the government can do no harm , as it is speciaUy provided for in the same clause , that the Company shall be governed in conformity with the Deed of Settlement , which deed gives the most full and complete power to the members themselves . There would be some validity in the objection to the government appointing trustees , if they were empowered to alter the constitution of the Company , bat as they would have no such power , they could not do any damage .
LE 3 AX . NOTICE . —As I have a considerable number of caseson hand , requiring ulterior proceedings , I zr . ast , in order to enable me to do justice to my clients , decline receiving until farther notice any mora 1 < gal correspondence [ except such as relates to cans in hand ) , whether for the Stak or otherwise .
ALL LETTERS CONTAINING NEW CASES will remain unnoticed . ££ * Lemiss to be addbessed in fctcbe to xe AT IS , GSEAT WlBDHlUi - STKET , HaYHABKET , Even should fresh cases be accompanied by fees , tiler will cot be attetded to . Lordox . Ebnest Jokes . 303 N Kibe , akd Geoece Kibe . —If the devise to Mary Frances Warren and Olivia Warren , was i n thei verywords you mention , they took in fee simple , and had a right to sell the property ; but without seeing a copy of . Mrs Hewitt ' s " will , it is impossible for me to speak positively . If Bridget Worthington cannot prove her relationship , Henry and Hannah Kirk , and Joshua , Mary , and Karicy Ingfeam , appear from the pedigree to betje been
next of kin of Olivia Warren , who appears to have the only next of kin of hersister Mary Frances Warren ; Mdthe said Henry and Hannah Kirk , and Joshua , Mary and Nancy Ingham , and the children of the three deceased brothers of Henry Kirk , and the children of the deceased brother of Joshua Ingham , and the children of the late John and James Tinker , appear to be the perssns entitled to the personal property of Miss Miss Warrens ; but the children of deceased parents are only entitled to the shares which their parents would have betn entitled to , bad they heen living . BoarsT Lewis , Troy Town . —The master is liable to pay you the 9 s a week in case the articles of apprenticeship entitle you to that sum . Tou must apply to a magistrate ; magistrates having jurisdiction iu matters between , masters and apprentices .
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Biijton.—A Meeting Will Bs Held At Mr Li...
BiijTON . —A meeting will bs held at Mr Linney '? , Malt Shovel Inn , New Tewn , Bilston , on Monday evening next , January 23 . at seven o ' clock , for the purpose of establishing a branch of the National Asaociation of United Trades . The workingclasses in general , and miners in particular , are invited to at « tead .
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_ NEW LAND COMPANY . In consequence of the resolutions that have been passed by the members of tha Glasgow , Birmingham ^ Manchester , and , ' Lancaster branches against the opening of a New Company , the Directors have determinedto withhold the promised particulars relating to suchCompany until they have replied to the resolutions alluded to , and have satisfactoril y explained to the members of such branches , and to the Company generally , the errors upon which the resolutions in question are founded . The reply of the Directors will appear in the Northern S / ar of Saturday next , and they have to request the different branches to suspend their judgment , either for or against the proposed step , until the Directors have been heard . By order of the Directors , Thomas Ciark , Corresponding Secretary .
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RECEIPTS OS" THE IT & TXOSTA & && ND COBZR & ST 2 ' , FOR THE WEEKENDING JANUARY 20 , 18 * 8 . PER MR O'CONNOR . ¦ babes . £ a . d . Cheddington » 7 18 0 Oawaldtwistle .. 3 7 8 Lambeth M 10 6 Hull „ 12 3 3 Greenwich „ 7 7 S Brainlr ** .. 2 0 0 Stratford , Essex d « 0 Ratcliffe Bridge 117 7 Hammersmith .. 316 0 Worksop M 6 2 2 Burnley , Law . Torquay M 5 7 10 son „ 1 e 0 Giggleawiek M 2 5 4 Westminster .. 1 1 0 Stockport . 15 0 II Jersey ., 10 0 o Bilston .. 10 0 a N * wport .. 1 ? 7 0 Bradford « 5 lo 0 Ashbnrton M 16 0 Br & mhope .. 10 0 Wilmslow .. 0 3 3 Nottingham , Wellington , Somer- Sweet M 6 9 3 set „ 515 5 Derby .. 12 H 6 Haswell « O It 2 Mansfield , Walker 5 0 0 Wandsworth u 1 1 0 Cirencester » 2 8 6 Sileden „ 3 0 8 Retford .. 5 0 0 Swindon „ 3 S 0 0 Newark „ 4 7 0 Cardiff „ 5 10 Chorley N 1 16 0 Burslem M 16 7 4 Teignmouth n 7 0 0 Galashiels « 0 9 6 Clitheroe « 10 0 8 York - 4 19 6 Birmingham , Wolverhampton 315 0 Springhill M 0 8 6 Atherstone „ 13 18 6 Manchester .. ? 0 3 0 Oswaldtwistle „ 2 0 0 Norwich , Clark .. 2 1 6 Exeter H 2 3 0 Abergavenny „ 5 0 0 Aberdeen ,. 1 12 6 Bacup . , 18 0 Bury „ 5 17 0 Whittington and WoMborough Com- Cat .. 16 * 4 mon .. 2 15 6 South Shields .. 6 IS 0 Lambeth » 2 0 0 Northampton , Man . Cambridge „ 0 1 0 day „ 4817 8 Oldham „ 5 It 6 Horthampton Mottram . 8 7 0 Press .. 17 0 Leicester , Astill 15 0 0 Glasgow „ 3 16 0 Hyde .. 9 15 0 Shoreditch M 4 19 0 Chepstow .. 3 2 0 Bermondsey .. 2 17 0 Rochdale .. 13 0 Minster Lovel » 0 12 8 Burnley , law . Stratford , Essex 0 5 0 son .. 16 9 0 New Radford .. 217 8 Blairgowrie „ 0 11 0 Ashton-under-Norwich , Spring- Itfne -840 hall „ 3 0 0 Middlesborough 8 19 IB Leeds „ 10 0 0 Atherstone .. 1 ll 0 Birmingham , Good- Coventry M 3 0 0 win 5 0 0 Reading „ 10 0 0 Wootton-under- Wm Wilson „ 0 2 6 Edge M 1 11 0 Wm Davis - 0 2 0 Doncaster .. 414 0 Thos King .. 0 5 0 Salford n 4 0 0 HyBarelay .. 318 6 Blandford - 4 12 6 Geo Perry „ 0 2 0 Loughborough ! , 5 3 0 Geo Martin .. 8 3 0 Wakefield .. 5 17 6 JnoBiddle .. 0 4 0 Newport , Isle of Jas Freeman .. 0 2 0 Wight ,. 0 12 6 Jos Freeman .. 9 2 e Chester „ 1 2 0 Timothy Mulvey 0 4 8 Cheltenham M 5 5 6 Chas Davis .. 0 2 0 Bristol „ 2 0 0 Thos Sherlock .. 17 0 Merthyr , Morgan 6 8 0 H J Pitts „ 0 3 6 Wolverhampton 6 3 0 Hy Gordon „ 0 2 6 Todmorden .. 8 10 0 CEC - O 5 o Greenock .. 3 0 0 J M Friend .. 0 2 0 Woolwich , Crom- RobtCrow .. 0 2 0 bie „ 010 0 Wm Crow .. 0 S 0 Edinburgh .. 2 10 0 Wm Thatcher .. 0 •[ J } Richard Water- Thos Redman M 0 2 6 man .. 6 16 0 BenjMoss .. 10 0 Geo Watson „ 4 4 0 J R Salmon .. 0 16 "WmBaillie .. 0 S 0 WmBaillie .. 6 3 0 Jas Porter .. 0 1 0 Rich Griffiths .. 0 4 0 Jno Rasperbury 0 10 AndrewWilson .. 4 0 0 Wm Borrett „ 0 7 8 Geo T Maslin .. 0 5 o £ 6-24 19 8 — ..... | . ILIICT EXPENSE FUND . Cheddington .. 0 8 0 Burnley , Lawson 7 1 0 Greenwich ~ l 12 6 Blairgowrie M 0 9 10 Stratford , Essex 0 12 0 Hull ~ 2 5 4 Hammersmith .. 0 7 8 Batcliffe Bndga 3 0 6 Limehouse , SH 0 2 0 Worksop .. 0 4 0 Westminster « 0 9 6 Torquay .. 12 0 AddiBgham .. 0 3 0 Worsborough Com-Greenock « 18 0 mon « 2 4 6 Newent ~ 0 9 0 Giggleswick .. 0 4 0 Merthyr . Morgaa 0 S 0 Stockport ~ 35 10 9 HowseU .. 14 0 Bilston .. 5 0 0 Ashburton ., 0 0 6 Bradford .. 1 12 0 Market Rasen - 0 3 0 Nottingham , Birkenhead ,. 0 2 0 Sweet « 1 9 3 Wilmslow „ 0 4 0 Derby « 0 13 0 WeUinffton , Somer- Croydon .. 0 7 6 set „ 3 4 6 Cirencester .. 1 0 o Wandsworth .. 0 5 6 Retford .. 0 2 0 Silsden .. 0 12 0 Newark .. 2 18 0 Swindon ~ 10 0 Birmingham , Cardiff .. 12 0 Springhalt „ 06 0 Burslem .. 1 16 0 Manchester .. 1818 6 Bath .. 0 2 0 Norwich , Clark O 18 6 Galash-Uk ,. 0 4 0 Abergavenny .. 0 10 0 Tork .. 2 0 6 Haworth „ 0 10 Atherstone .. 4 6 6 Bacup .. 3 0 0 Barhead .. 0 2 0 Whittington and Exeter .. 2 17 6 Cat .. 0 1 8 Aberdeen - 0 6 0 South Shields - 0 & O Market Laving . Northampton , Munton .. 010 day .. 400 Bury .. 0 16 0 Glasgow .. 0 18 8 Newcastle-nnder- Shoreditch „ 8 2 6 Lyne « 0 2 0 SomeraToira .. 0 7 6 Cambridge .. 0 2 0 Stratford , Essex 0 2 6 Oldham - 1 13 6 Saddleworth „ 0 3 6 Mottram ¦¦ IIS 0 New Radford .. 0 9 0 Leicester , Astill 5 0 0 Middlesborough 0 8 0 Hyde « 0 5 8 Atherstone .. 0 2 0 Chepstow .. 0 7 6 St Helens .. 0 2 0 Rochdale .. 2 4 0 Stepney » 0 5 0 Wootten-under . BM'Cuire .. 0 16 Edge M 0 8 6 Alfred Wright „ 0 2 0 Salferd .. 10 0 Chas Epworth .. 0 3 0 Blandford M 1 15 0 Jas Chapman .. 0 2 0 Loughborough „ 0 2 0 James Morgan .. 0 1 0 Wakefield .. 13 6 Jas Porter ., o 2 0 Newport , Isle of JonathanBunker 0 2 0 Wight M 9 7 0 Amelia Milner .. 0 2 0 Chester „ 0 14 0 Mary E Milner .. 0 2 0 Warrington , Hugh White .. n Toung „ 0 17 6 Ely „ 1 6 0 Cheltenham .. 1 14 6 Robt Exworthy 6 2 0 Merthyr , Morgan 8 16 0 Wm Penny .. 0 2 0 Bridlington Quay O 9 6 Rich Cooper - 0 ^ 0 Wolverhamptsn 1 0 0 J H Barnes .. o 2 o Toimorden .. 10 0 Jno Barclay .. ° \ % Arbroath , Mr A HyBarelay „ J } J Ritchee M 0 2 0 S Bennett .. e 1 » Doncaster M 0 6 0 Jos Imch ... 9 * « Giles D & vis - 0 2 0 JnoPillett :.. 0 2 0 Jas Richardson 0 2 0 Jno Webster .. O I 0 Alex Watson „ 0 4 0 Wm Kitson 0 10 Alex Watson - 0 4 0 SR Salmon .. 0 10 Jas Goldie „ 0 8 0 Hy Gray .. 0 2 0 T O'Connor Wat- ThosBrasby ~ 0 l 9 son .. 040 Mary Sparrow - 0 2 0 Jas Watson .. 0 2 0 Chas Taylor „ 0 16 Geo Watson .. 0 2 0 TJios Taylor « . 0 1 b H Pearson .. 0 2 0 Chas Taylor * 0 16 Jno Pearson „ 0 2 0 HyKirkham .. 0 1 6 CTJbsdell „ 0 10 Geo Dodos - 0 1 0 WmTJhsdaU „ 0 1 0 By Cowell . 0 2 0 harles Fenton .. 0 19 £ 151 0 4 Total Land Fund ... - £ 624 19 8 Expense Fund .. . I 51 « * Rules ... " 11 2 2 Land Purchase Department , Mr Eelsbaw , Oldham ... - 200 0 0 Land Purchase Department , W Russell 50 © 0 £ 1 , 037 2 2 Bank ... ... _ g > 5 6 2 £ 1 ^ 3284
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Received at Bank , from the Gethsemane Lodge of Free Gardeners , No . 125 , Leyland , Lancashire .. ~ .. 70 0 0 Jan . 19 th , 18 ( 8 . The manager has this day received a further sum of Ten Pounds from Edmund StaUwood , on account of the ' National Cooperative Benefit Society . 'in the deposit department of the National land and Labour Banfc . Wh . Dixon . CnHSTOrHEl Doile , Thos . Clazk , ( Correi . Sec . ) Peuit M'Gbath , ( Fin . Sec . )
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RECEIPTS OP NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Lvnn - 0 8 0 Hull .. 0 5 0 Ston . 7 0 7 2 Hy Stallwood .. 0 0 6 H Kuthatt - 0 2 6 City and Fins-Tntnoss _ 0 8 0 bury .. 0 18 Jury " 0 2 10 Loughborough- 0 0 « £ 1 11 2 JZiUJ ... I . * J . lJ ..-l
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DEFENCE OF H * o ' COKKOE ' fl SEAT IH MBMAHBHT , Mr A Watson ; DodworthBranch , Tow-lane Iron Land Company 0 12 s Works , Wals- „ ^"" P " , o 8 ingham .. 0 0 6 Leeds ~ 1 \ \ wm Paris « 0 1 0 City and Fins-HyNuthaU M 0 2 6 bury ~ » a _ ° £ 3 9 0 WI 4 iy M " if " ' Ift r * J ioi paosEcarioH 01 shafobd hcbdeb oass . Greenwich « - .. « °
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FOB THS PROSRCUTIOW OF THK PROPRIEIOHS OF THB Tft 1 mm . MAH 0 HK 8 TEB EXAMINER . J ? teT " 01 , ° E Bouse , Read . Mr Benton .. 0 1 0 inK 0 1 0 & n ° MUls M ° 510 Sunderland i . 0 7 i vnf ^ i , " ° Cheltenham .. 0 10 3 gBerfack ... 0 3 0 Stockport , per HuU « 0 1 8 ThoWwoodhouse n 10 0 0 £ I 2 _ 5 J C 3 F 3 E 2 BS && E & S
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Ebbata . —In the Stab of January 8 th , Cambridge , £ 2 . 7 s . ihould have been Sudbury ; Bradford should h * Y 8 boeu , Expense Fund , £ 8 . 8 s . ; Littlo Dean Expense Fund , 3 j . In the Stab of the 15 th , March should have bean , Expense Fund , 9 i . ; Georgia Mills . 19 s . 6 d . j Leicester , Bawow £ 2 . 12 s . 6 d . ; Worsborough Common should hare betn I 61 . for Land , Exponse Fund , £ 1 . 4 s . j nasIingden , . 16 j . 2 d . for Land an 4 £ 2 . 2 s . 6 d . for Ex . pente : the £ 12 . 12 * . Sd . for Land and £ 1 . Us , lOd . « c Itnowledgedto Rouen should have been Calais Felesbill should ha » e heen 6 s . for Land and 83 . for Expense ; Kingston should have been Kensington . C . Dotle , Secretary .
Notice. Branches And Secretaries Of The ...
NOTICE . Branches and secretaries of the National Land Companf are required strictly to attend to the following instructions . 1 st . When sending funds to the office , they shall distinctly set forth on the printed form , the purposes to which they are to be applied ; whetherfor Land Fund , Expense Fund , or Rules . "When secretaries mar not be in possession of printed forms , they shall in their letters set forth the application of their remittance , thus 1—Land Fund . . £ Expense Fund . . £ Rules ... £ Total .... £ 2 nd \ Lists of names and payments must not be sent with each remittance ; they must only be sent once ppr quarter . Secretaries will therefore so arrange and keep their books , that they ' may with facility at the end of the quarter make " a return of the sum total of each members' payments during the quarter . Some secretaries are in the habit of bringing their returns within a week or a fortnig ht of the expiration of the quarter ; others carry them beyond time . Now in either of these cases the return is useless ; let , therefore , this simple rale be rigidly observed by every branch secretary . Make out the return so as to include the payments made at the branch meeting , immediately preceding quarter-day , and let such return be dated as the case may be ; Dec . 25 th ; March 25 th ; June 24 th ,- and September 29 th . 3 rd . All letters requiring certificates shall be signed by the secretary , treasurer , and scrutineer , otherwise they will not be forwarded . The names of the members requiring the certificates , and tbe number of shares , must be written in a clear legible hand . The certificates to be given to the members only at branch meetings . 4 th . All branches that have not yet appointed scrutineers , will do so forthwith : the duty of the scrutineer will be to attend all branch meetings , and receive the subscriptions of the members and hand them over to the treasurer , and in no case shall one individual be permitted to act in the double capacity of secretary and treasurer . By order of the Directors , Thomas Clark , Cor . Sec .
National Land And Labour Bank. The Manag...
NATIONAL LAND AND LABOUR BANK . The Manager of the Bank calls attention to the following letter : — Dear Sir , —The enclosed ninety pounds are from the Cummersdale Block Printers' Society , which you will please to place in the Deposit Department of the Land and Labour Bank , and had we had a thousand pounds in our possession , we would have cheerfully consigned it all to your keeping ; for after watching the movements of the proprietor of the above establishment for years , we have implicit confidence in his patriotism and honesty ; we heed not Jossey nor the vile tools of the press who croak about balance sheets , interest , and illegality ; and the Whistler may blow his discordant notes until doomsday ; they will
have no effect upon us , for so long as the brave O'Connor pursues the even tenour of his way , that confidence will remain unshaken . What , sir ! are we to turn our backs on our never paid but constant benefactor , at the bidding of a set of hired scribes who profess such an anxiety for the welfare of the working man , but who never yet proposed anything to better his condition ? True , those very journals were the foremost in holding up corn law repeal as a panacea for all our ills . But the result has proved that tbey were lying prophets ; for instead of high wages , cheap bread , and plenty to do , we have had mills standing , dear provisions ( after an abundant harvest ) , and a reduction of wages on every hand .
Thank God , we were not amongst those who believed in and spread the delusion , for we have no faith in the stability of our manufacturing system , for it is stated that with our present producing power we can manufacture as much in one year as the world can consume in three , and that producing power can be improved and increased to any extent so that it is quite evident that the manufacturing operative can only enjoy a short lived prosperity , whilst machinery , as heretofore , will go on displacing labour—and what is to be done with the labourers so displaced ? Why , they must be either placed on the land to enable them to support themselves by reproductive labour , or they must be
supported in idleness as paupers—and thus would the increasing pauperism eventually eat up the resources of the country and in the end , i n all probability , produce a revolution . But all honour to that great philanthropist , who , foreseeing such a result , has established the mighty Land Company , within whose boundaries the disinherited sons of toil may find a labour field and home ; and , although the founder is assailed by the press of tbe factions on every side , he rises superior to their puny efforts , and smilingly looks down on their vain attempts to displace him in the affections of the people . But when such a man and such a cause is assailed , it is not only our duty
but our interest , to render the man and the cause all the aid we can , we have , therefore , forwarded our mite to assist Mr O'Connor as far as it will go , to carry out his benevolent intention . Dear sir , though I do not profess public letter writing , being one of those who are too poor and too ignorant to exercise the elective franchise , yet I have sufficient knowledge to be aware that example is better than precept , and , if you consider that our example will be the means of inducing others * to go and do likewise , ' you have full liberty to publish this in the Northern Slar- the people ' s own journal , if the conductors consider it worthy a corner in their widely circulated luminary ,
Yeurs , with all respect , John M'Nicol , Secretary to the Block Printers of Cummersdale , Cummersdale , near Carlisle , Jan . 17 th 1848 Cumberlasd . To Thomas Price , Esq ., Manager of the National Land and Labour Bank
National Petition In Scotland. The Execu...
NATIONAL PETITION IN SCOTLAND . The Executive Committee have appointed Dr M'Douall as the representative of the National Charter Association in Scotland . The mission of the Doctor to that country will be to forward the National Petition , which " is to he presented in May next , and it is hoped that the Scottish Chartists will aid him in every possible way , so that the petition may be truly the voice of the nation , demanding a nation ' s rights . Dr M'Douall will be in Glasgow in time to commence his labours there on Monday , January 31 st , and the Glasgow Council are requested to make the necessary arrangements to secure the efficient application of the Doctor ' s services .
Newcastle-On-Tyne District. Mr John West...
NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE DISTRICT . Mr John West will commence his labours in furtherance of the National Petition and the National Charter Association , at Newcastle-on-Tyne , on Monday , January 31 st . All parties iu the North requiring the services of Mr West , to communicate with Mr Nisbett , No . 10 , Gibson-street , Newcastle-on-Tyne .
MIDLAND DISTRICT . Mr Samuel Kydd is appointed by the Executive Committee to agitate the Midland counties , in support of the National Petition and the National Charter Association . Mr Kydd will commence his labours at Northampton , on Monday , January 31 st . Localities in the Midlands requiring the services of Mr Kydd , to communicate with the Executive Committee at their Office , No . 144 , Hig h Holborn , London .
LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE DISTRICT , Mr Daniel Donovan , of Maschester , has be ^ en appointed by the Executive Committee to further
Newcastle-On-Tyne District. Mr John West...
the National Petition , and strengthening the Na tional Charter Association . Mr Donovan will commence his labours at Mac clesfield on Sunday next , January 23 rd . Christopher Doyle , Secretary .
Hackling Machine. To The Ediion Op Tub N...
HACKLING MACHINE . TO THE EDIIOn OP TUB NORTHERN fifAB . i * nk £ f ~ /<¦ the Ith instant , a gentleman named Robinson ( from Leeds ) , called upon our employer , snlidting orders for a hackling machine , which hede ' nominated 'Lawson ' s and Robinson ' s one-trough machine . This article he recommended as being far superior to any other piece of machinery of the kind which has hitherto appeared for neatness of execution , and economy in the working of flax , and at the same time dressing it to perfection We ( the flax dressers of Moulin-a-Vapeur , Bou . logne ) , waited upon this gentleman , and were informed that from every ont . of the flax we were then dressing , he , with his machine , would produce 7 lbs of dressed flux more than we could , with equal if not ^ "dressi ng ; further , that he would produce twothirds ot the tow ef the finest sort , whereas we pro . duced only about one-third of it of that sort ; and T ul , . 1 would de a 11 tni 9 » fur something about the half of what we receive as a remuneration for our labgur .
On questioning tho correctness of hia assertion , we were nailed down by the declaration that he was 'A Practical Man . ' « He was not one of them fellows , who go about recommending things which they know nothing about , all that he stated were well demonstrated facts . ' ' I am a practical man you know . ' Now , sir , when trade is dull , and machine makers find it difficult to obtain orders for any sort of machinery , they know well that fhx spinner ? , aa well as other people , are always ready to catch at
anything called an ' improvement , ' which they th ' mk is likely to lessen the expense of production . Then these practical men are sent abroad , and they pour their finely concoctedj and high sounding laudations of their machines into the ears of masters , many of whom are not practical men : and into the ears of managers , numbers of whom ( ao far as flax dressing is concerned ) are no- , practical men ; but ho ( the traveller ) is ' a practical man , ' and the spinner in too many cases , has found to hia experience , that it would have been more to hia interest , had be not been practised upon .
But to come to the point , we said to Mr Robinson , ' As you are a practical man , and hold such high and confident opiniono of the power and superiority of jour machine , you can have no objection to a fair bargain . We will lay twenty sovereigns in wager that we will beat your machine , if you will be at tho expense of bringing it over here . We will dress five tons of flax , and give you five tons of the same sort , and the side which shall prove the most advantageous to our employers shall jje declared the gainer and recEive the money . ' Did he accept this challenge ? No , air , he looked at us with a countenance as innecent like as a dying mouton , and with a voice so mild and sweetly toned with truth , he said , ' I don't put myself in competition with working men . ' ' What ! ( said we ) but you are offering a machine to compete
with us . Tim machine lsyour commodity , you wish to get it sold , and to live thereby , which is all fair , just , and honest , providing the article be fairly and properly represented ; we , on the other hand , have no commodity except our labour , we wish to sell it to the best advantage for ourselves , as we have no other means of support . But we do not wish any one to purchase this labour of ours , unless it be aa advantageous for him as it is for us—wo wish truth , and the right to go the right way . If what you say concerning this machine be true , it certainly would be very advantageous for our employers to adopt this instead of us ; we oply want this fairly tested and proved , and ( we think ) the offer is all pn your side . It is true , that if you bring your machine over here aad fail in proving that it will work more profitable than we can , you will loose the expense of bringing and taking it back , and we shall remain where we are . But , on
the contrary , if you prove what you say concerning it , to be true , you will gain twenty sovereigns from us . Further , jou will , in all probability , get an order for as many machines as are necessary to do the work of thieo hundred and sixty hand hacklers , and still further , your machine will thereby receive such a character through the manufacturing werld , that you will stand a fair chance of making a fortune by it . Still he did not accept the challenge . No , he shuffled , evaded , skulked out of it altogether , by repeating bis former assertion , that he did not wish to put himself in competition with working men . Now , sir , in case this young man ( Mr Robinson ) be merely a traveller for his house , and not a partner , vested with power to act in all cases , and under all circumstances for the house j we here make the same oEer to the hoase itself . Yea , more , not only to his house , bat to any house in Europe .
Thus , Mr Editor , we consider that we have given a fair chance to the inventors , makers , and sup . porters of hncVling machines . We do not wish to intimidate any one from the trial , but would rejoice to enter the field with an opponent . We can assure Mr Robinson and all others interested in the dressing of flax , that Were flax dressers sufficiently paid for their care of , and labour put upon flax ; and were dressing followed out as it is at Boulogne , his machine , as well as all others for long line dressing , would soon be numbered with the things that were . We are , Sir , your obedient servants , Signed on behalf of the flax dressers , Boulogne-sur mer , Benjamin Smith . Jan . 15 th , 1848 .
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LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THE WORKING MEN OF ENGLAND , IN TRADE UNIONS ASSOCIATED , ON THE NECESSITY OF A CHANGE .
Clothe it in words . —Shellet . Letter III . Fellow Countrymen , —You will remember that in our last letter we endeavoured to lay the foundation for the change ¦ which we intend to propose to you , as necessary in the economy of our unions ; now let me advise you to refer to that letter again , for I requested you—if I remember rightly—to weigh my every word ; and my reason for doing so arises from the conviction that such is our mental weaknesstho result of a most cruel , false , and morally-destructive system of education , that it is with difficulty we can be made to discover the most simple truths in social and political economy . N 6 w we will look
at the strong evidence of this fact , and then let us candidly acknowledge the force of the above truth . We oaj ten millions to support a state Church , established by law , ( by fraud and cunning , ) ergo , extra physical force , to teach the people virtue at . d morality . Now it is said' The tree is known by its fruit ; ' thsit is purely Christian . Well , don ' t you think now that , if we were to take this ten millions and a » ply it to the purchase of land , in order that people may be put to labour upon it , that we could well dispense with their Christian teaching ? And don't you think also , that this one year ' a money , now paid to a lazy , fat lot of useless mortals , annually , would be tbe means of destroying the gri'SB immorality of which they talk SO glibly , aa bflonguuj to
our order , the result- —as they say—of our natural depravity . Go to , priest or moral teacher . The first law is , that man shall eat ; give , then , the depraved producers of your millions the means to obtain food , and their crimes will cease . Do your priests and lordlings steal { wnny loaves or potatoes ? no , not they ; they have good fat livings , and the natural depravity of the starving mass cannot affect them . I say again , then , that the primary and the omniscient law , which mint be laid as the foundation of society , is a provision for man ' s stomach . Let this be dene , and you may develope , to any extent , the moral , social , and intellectual qualities of his nature ; but without it , all your attempts to improve his condition will be worse than useless .
This , then , brothers in union , ia the groundwork which we must lay—this is the solid foundation upon which we must build our change . We must open our eyes to the truth ; rely upon our own strength for whatever we may require in the raising of our future structure , for we know by bitter experience that our old union house is neither wind tighter watertight . ' We will . therefore . take it to pieces ' , and add such new materials as our improved knowledge will enable us to do , taking care to make use of everything that may bo found valuable in the old building in on er to perfect the new . And here let me impress upon you the necessity of reflection , so that we may not mistake one another but ; lest any one should doubt theconclusion in regard to my proposition oi the primary law—the Alpha and Omega in human
economy—I propose the following for his consideration —If twelve human beings were thrown by some accident upon an island previously uninhabited , without any means of subsistence , and that island was a barren rock—incapable ( with their means ) of cultivation ; if tho one half of them were philosophers , or the greatest men of the present time , and the other half mere clodhoppers , as we usually call the most useful of all classes , jo . ploughmen ; could their knowledge sustain them in this condition ? You will be compelled to answer —No . All their previous mental acquirements must fall before physical deprivation ; the whole twelve would be reduced to cannibalism , revolting as is the thought . So powerful is the law established by nature for the conservation of the race .
And now , raothinka , I hear some one of the wellpaid ordtrcry , * This fellow is a mere epicure ; he thinks eating and drinking is all man was made for . ' To such a man I w . uld say : — ' May the Lord grant that you may never be reduced to a proof in practice . May you never experience tho sufferings even now experienced by the great portion of tbe working orders in this highly christian—this favoured land of philosophers , moralists , philanthropists , and divines . ' This subject , my brothers in union , must be left with you , 1 cannot enter further upon it hete , but I would fain encourage the hone that tha few
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ideas which I have endeavoured to convey , in y have the tfftct of encouraging reflection ; tor you will find , that all our teachings in connexion with trade . unions are base , upon grounds equally as fallacious—and that all our efforts to better our condition have failed through a wrong application of our power ; and in order to see this clearly , we will now examine the object of unions , which in order to do satisfactorily , it will be best to go to their origin . I need not tell you that trade unions are of modern date in this country—that is the par icular form of union as now existing among the trades—and that they had their rise after the destruction of the old trade guilds or monopolies , many of which were in existence , even after the reign of Elizabeth , and even to the present day retain their original
namesuch as the ' Merchant Tailors' Company , ' of London , Bristol , Exeter , and others of our large town ? , ' Cordwainera * Companies , ' ' Kersey , or Cloth Companies , ' ka . ; the whole of which , by the payment of certain sums annually to the crown , were allowed to monopolise the privileges of their calling . After a time having grown rich , and the knowledge of the different tradfs become more extended , they found their guilds unprofitable ; for remember , whoever subscribed to their laws were eligible to receive a proportion of the _ advantage arising from the mono , poly ; and this , with the increase of extended knowledge and populalation , by forcing a greater supply of their previous monopolised labour into the market , gradually wore them out . Individual monopoly soon
began to obtain a footing in the place of companies , from whence by continually increasing demand , and continually ip . creasing labour , capital and labour were soon in opposition to each other—and from this source originated our unions . To protect ourselves against the influence of capital , in order that by it we may obtain a fair share of the fruits of our labour ; which was the principle so long existing in the old guilds . Circumstances broke up those and made them powerless . C ircumst ances have made us power less alsohence the necessity of that change to which I shad direct your attention in ray future letters . For the present , then , adieu ! next week we will resume our subject . Yours , A Twenty Years * Uhiosist . London , Jan . 19 th , 1848 .
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" Union For The Muton." Frie\Ds.—The Imp...
" Union for the MUton . " Frie \ ds . —The importance , magnitude , and beneficial character of the National Association , is now universally admitted ; and when we have the requisite means to carry our plans into operation , labour ' s emancipation will be accelerated , and an impetus given to the march of social freedom , and chase away the gloom , the destitution , and the sufferings that now so extensively prevail , and that prey upon the happiness and domestic comfort of the industrious millions like a devouring vulture .
In order to carry out justly the objects of this association , it is essentially necessary that we understand the principles and mode of action adopted by the Central Committee ; that the various trades bodies in the association may be able to co-operate with them in effectively doing battle for industry and humanity , by arranging , concentrating , and centralising the power of the associated trades . Two of the principal features in this great movement are ' protest' and ' mediation , ' which when fully acted upon , has in numerous instances proved highly successful ; indeed , we may say , without fear of contradiction , that by means of protest' and ' mediation , ' the greatest victories have been
effected , and we think will ever effect more good for the working classes than by the expending of thousands of pounds in unproductive strikes . However , that the advantages of ' protest' and « mediation' may be more clearly seen , it will be necessary to expatiate a little upon the subject ; and in the first place , it will be understood , that in a National Association it is intended to have one common centre , towards which the energies of the trades shall converge for mutual assistance and support ; and their energies thus concentrated , must be properly directed in its undivided capacity , against the aggressions of oppression , and the encroachment of capitalists upon the ri ghts of industry ; to do which ,
it becomes necessary that we meet the employer with a ' protest , ' to give proper time to marshal our forces—to examine the position of the enemy—and the more probably give success to ' mediation . ' But if trades are allowed to strike indiscriminatelyto rush madly into an injurious contest—then all chances of success are cut off ; the power of * mediation' is enervated , and what might otherwise be obviated with ease , is rendered difficult and protracted ; and every one knows , that when a strike is entered into , it then becomes a point of contest for victory—a trial of strength—a fearful struggle for mastership—awakening the worse feelings of the human heart—creating mutual jealousies and
hatred between the employers and the employed ; who daily btcome more and more opposed to each other—and more firmly and fully resolved not to relinquish ihe contest—to give a triumph to a hated and hateful antagonist ; and thus is every hope of success precluded , and that which might have been amicably adjusted by means of mediation , is rendered doubtful , difficult , and protracted by the precipitant and unnecessary manner in which the affair was entered into ; and a thousand to one if the termination of the dispute does not find both parties in an infinitely worse position than when the struggle commenced—the available capital of the employer greatly sunk , and the resources of the
men completely exhausted , aud the latter forced to make concessions , which originally they would have spurned with contempt . But if , when a reduction is offered , the men whom it affects would meet together and consider the cause of the reductionthe state of the market—the price of the raw material—the nature of ( he opposing power against which they will have to contend , and examine the extent of opposition they would be able to offer ; and having calculated upon the probability , or improbability of success , they would be able to determine , whether , by accepting the reduction for the present , under ' protest , ' would not the more effectively conserve their rights . Besides , the principle of protest is a new feature in trades' movements , that quite astonishes employers . They wonder
what it can signify , and are convinced that something is in preparation for them ; and thus the men , by offering a protest against the proceedings of their employers , compel them to reflect upon the subject ; and when the Association endeavours to adjust the grievance by mediation , success is almost certain . This is obvious , as we stated above , as strikes engender hostile feelings that daily become more deadly and irreconcileable ; while the rational and moral principle we recommend , would produce precisely the opposite feelings , and the master would the more readily concede the request of men , which he would not do if we attempted to force by a strike a triumph on the part of the men over him , which be would consider humiliating iu the extreme .
Again , the principle of protest will allow the Central Committee an opportunity of developing and demonstrating the advantages and power of the fundamental principle of the Association , narcely : centralisation ; and by having the entire control over all disputes , would be able to arrange and direct the centralised power of the united thousands , against the attacks of capitalists upon the rights and privileges of our respective members . But if trades object to this plan , and madly rush into strikes and turn-outs , irrespective of ; all circumstances , then is this great redeeming principle subverted , and no possible opportunity afforded to test the superiority and beneficial tendency of our centralised power , while the folly and . precipitancy of such trades ensure inevitable failure ; and the
Association ( destined as it is , to elevate the condition of the working classes if properly carried out ) , in consequence of such failure , charged ivith incompetence to accomplish the objects it proposes ; but injustice to the Association , let the cause of failure fall upon tbe heads of those who refuse to carry out its plans , instead of fathering their discomfiture upon the inefficacy of those principles they would not allow lo come into operation . Whenever the principles of protest , mediation , concentration , and centralisation , have been fairly tried , and where the Central Committee have had the entire management of the dispute , they have , in nine cases out of ten , come off with triumph ; while those cases which have been taken out ot their hands through the inconsiderate conduct and hastiness of the parties concerned , have generally resulted in failure .
We know that this line of policy is not approved of by some , and that prompt and immediate resistance to offered reductions is considered the most effective—and that the principle of protest is all moonshine , and a palliation of oppression . That promptitude in resisting an offered reduction is sometimes successful is not disputed ; but it runs a great hazard , and is only effective when there exists a demand for labour—and if that demand does not exwt , then employers care not a fig for the strikes of their men ; in fact , we havo known instances where manufacturers have offered a reduction for the purpose of a strike , as a cessation of work would be a great advantage to them ; and in such cases the
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promptitude of the men is a god-send to the employers : it enables them to suit their own purposes without loss , and in the end exact the labour of the men even below the first reduction , as they would then be starved into a compliance to their dictates . But suppose there should be a demand for labour , the protest would do no harm , as it would enable the men to ascertain the facts of the case ; but if it turned out that trade is bad—that the demand for labour is diminishing—that the labour market is being filled with a redundancy of hands , and their warehouses overstocked with productions ; then the protest would be a blessing to the men ; would prcseivc their funds , and prepare for thera
ample means for au effective resistance when a revival in trade came round ; but prompt and immediate resistance would lead to protracted strugglewould exhaust their coffers , and render tbem helplessly dependent upon heartless tyrants far the means of subsistence . In military operations , the wise and discerning general will endeavour so to station his army , that they should live out of the provisions of the enemy , and by that means preserve his own store . Just so will it be with the principle of protest during a depression in trade ; we should live out of the enemy , reserving our own pecaniary resources to defeat the capitalists , and recover that which has been deducted from our earnings under the protest .
Now if ever this Association must accomplish the emancipation of the toiling millions , its members must steadily and perseveringly adhere to its principles . They must allow them to come fully aad fairly into operation , and depend upon it the work will go on prosperously ; tyrants will dread the centralised well-directed power of an insulted and overworked people ; and finally we shall witness the overthrow of oppression , the confusion oi the oppressor , the redemption and elevation of the oppressed .
The Central Committee of the above Association met on Monday and following days , for the transaction of general business . A mass of correspondence has been received from many parts of the country ; also the following reports have been received from agents and members of the Central Committee ;—Messrs Williamson and Robson attended an open air meeting at Princcs-end , Nethcrton . The meeting was very numerously attended ; a number of the police force was in attendance to pick up any disorderly person , but in which however they were
disappointed ; and at the close of the meeting many of them bought the rules , monthly reports , and other documents printed by the Association . The distiict , as stated last week , is in a very excited condition , owing to the general strike now pending . Hopes are entertained that the price of iron will advance , as the stocks are very limited , and very little is being produced through the turnout . We trust however , it will b e so , that this affair may be amicably settled ; as an improvement in the price of iron appears to be the only hope of the reduction being prevented .
Mr Lenegan reported to having held a discussion with Mr Bury , one of the miners' agents , on the principles of the National Association ; of which discussion we shall be able to give a report more fully next week . On Monday evening , the 17 th inst ., Messrs Humphries and Holmes attended a general meeting of the shoemakers of Chelsea ; the meeting was well attended , and the depntalion respectively explained the principles of the Association . Mr Humphries explained the general success that attended tbe operations of the Central Committee in fighting the battles of industry , and pointed out the great advantages such a combination is calculated to impart , when properly supported by its members , and rightly conducted by its officers .
Mr Holmes gave a painful description of the wretchedness , the poverty , and tbe ui . exampled suffering and destitution that had come under his own observation , in visiting the garrets of the enslaved operatives of the metropolis ; and urged upon the meeting , the necessity of joining in so great a movement , as the only way to effect their delivery , to arrest the progress of oppression , and to place themselves in a position to withstand the oppression of capitalists . An excellent spirit was manifested , and a resolution carried that they join the Association , and that the secretary be instructed to forward their levies to the Central Committee .
Scotland . —Mr Claughan . on Moncay , tbe 10 th inst ., addressed the miners and others of Airdrie ; the meeting was well attended , and the speaker entered into an able and' highly interesting explication of the principles of the National Association . On Tuesday , the llth inst ., Mr . Claughan investigated a case of reduction c ffered to the nailers of Hamilton ; and on the evening of the same day , he addressed a meeting of the lath splitters of Glasgow . On Wednesday evening , Mr , Claughan attended a large meeting of delegates of the Paisley trades .
On Friday evening , the Hth inst ,, Mr Claughaa addressed the block printers of Denny ; and oa Saturday evening , the 15 th inst ., he attended a large and important meeting of the miners in NewarthiD . The above meetings have been well attended , and an excellent spirit was manifested towards the As * sociation . Leicester . —A very heavy reduction has been offered by the celebrated firm of the Messrs Biggs , of from 3 s . 6 d . to 4 s . 9 d . per week , in the wages of the glove makers in their emnloy .
Great excitement exists through the town in consequence of these unnecessary steps to reduce the wages , and add new paupers to the parish funds , which are already too heavily pressed Upon . Large meetings were held on Sunday last in Russeli-squar * and the market-place , which were addressed by Mr G . Buckby . Mr Mason , a primitive Methodist preacher , is one of the parties concerned in forcing this reduction . A hymn has been composed by a journeyman on the said occasion , which we inclose for insertion . A large public meeting was held in the Guildhall on Monday last ( Mr John Biggs , glove manufacturer and mayor in the chair ) , for the purpose of petitioning the legislature for an alteration in the law of settlement , and to establish a national rate . Mr Buckbv moved an amendment on the motion
as follows , which was ably seconded by Mr Thomas Smith : — ' That in the opinion of this meeting , the manufacturers engaged in the hosiery trade , have widely increased the rates of this borough , by the unnecessary reductions they have made in the wages of iheir workmen , combined with the heavy deduc tions taken therefrom , in the shape of frame rents and charges , and have thereby decreased the profits of the tradesmen ; and this meeting is further of opinion , that if a national rate be laid , they will reduce still further the wages of the workmen , knowing they will have the country to support those whom they , the manufacturers , have pauperised- ' Carried by ten to one . The mayor declared the amendment carried . Since the above meeting , the Messrs Biggs have withdrawn the reduction to a part of their workin on
Parson Mason's Hymn. To Be Sung At G. Bu...
PARSON MASON'S HYMN . To be sung at G . Buckby ' s Sermons , on Sunday . Woe unto you Scribes and Pharisees , hypocrites ! for ye devour widows' houses , and for a pre ' . euce maks long prsy < r : therefore jo snail receive tho greater damnation . —Matthew c . , v . 14 .
Parson Mason's Hymn. To Be Sung At G. Bu...
C . M . Tremble , thou Tyrant , black and foul ! For if thy . dogmas be True as thou'rt false , thy soul must howl , In torments , endlessly ! Tremble ! for when thy soul doth part . The frames thou lov ' et so well , Hung , like a tnilUtone , round thy heart , Shall sink thee doun to hell ! Then shalt thou beat thy treacherous brow , Through agoniunc years ! Then shalt thou call , as wo do now , With unavailing tears !
Tha hire of guilt is in thy hands . ' A worm is at thy core ! Which , if thy creed in justice stands , Shall gnaw thee , evermore ! But why , Great God ! do we complain ! Truth in bis heart commence ;—Or loose the devil fiom his chain To frtch the Tyrant hence . w . •»• NoiICB .-At Wigan , on Sunday , the 23 rd instant a district meeting , in connexion with this association , will be held at the Crown and Sceptre , when tho following places are requested to send t « w delegates from each ; ^ mely :-Ashton-in-the . Willowy OwaU , Gator ' * Bridge , Marshes Lodge , Lamberhead Gieen Goose Green , and Hindley , together wjtU tha Wigan Lodges . —! - I . kwsoam , district secretary .
Communications upon the general business of tha Association to bo addressed to the general secretary Mr Barratt , and not , ' under any circumstances , to individual members' of the Central Committee ; and upon pecuniary matters to . Mr Jaraea Webb , tha financial secretary . The members can be supplied with tho first number of the Central Committee's Report by giving to secretaries their orders aaabOTO .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 22, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_22011848/page/5/
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