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    • THE WOLVERHAMPTON TIN PLATE WORKERS PROPOSED ACTION TO DECIDE A POINT IN THE COMBINATION LAWS.
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      t rie set the people by the ears , and m-* d 0 f devoting themselves in amity and 8 t 6 a - i ,- to the development of Ireland ' s g £ S 3 itffi * ~ ° - **? " JP * ; rf info a pandemonium ' * * he name o God- 5 ? he worst passions of our mature will b e called into p lay—hatred , malice , ar id all un charitableness vrill be fostered , and in thfautrry encounter of hostile sects , possibly murders be committed under the sanction and for the sake of ' religion . ' i iV . « r . mnla hv thr » ostra « nd

      in-We know too well that the voice of reason is never listened to in the midst of such infuriated aud insane conflicts , else we would ask what possible interest the toiling millions of Ireland can have in the question , whether Paul Ceiien is called Archbishop of Anjiagh or John M'Hale is styled Archbishop of Tuam ? Let the new Hierarchy fight with the old , for these senseless and vain nicknames , as they please—what have the working classes to do with either , hut to support them in idleness and luxury ? * A plague on both vour houses' say we , and all the more earnestly because we perceive clearly that they vttl carry on their destructive warfare at the

      cost of those who cannot , by the most remote possibility , benefit by it . It is in truth only a struggle between two rival bodies as to who fihall in future have the power of plundering the producers of the fruits of their labour , and of exercising spiritual tyranny over them . Instead of the labouring millions taking up cudgels for the maintenance of either of tbe combatants , it is their interest that both should be deprived of every thing like the semblance of temporal or territorial supremacy . "We would give no more , however , to Canterbury than Ilome . f Pure religion and undefjled' needs not tbe foreign aid of pompous and sounding titles , the gewgaw finery nor

      theatrical costumes , grouping- processions , and mummeries of priestcraft of any description . These are but the external trappings which disguise a mental thraldom and tyranny , more fatal in its consequence than any mere temporal despotism can be . Priestcraft makes men slaves in soul , Nothing can make them stand erect , for the very main-spring of independence is destroyed within them . They are taught to put darlqness for li ght , to call evil good , and to glory ia the chains they wear . Every thing they do is tainted and perverted by the primal error under which they labour , and the most baleful passions are gratified under the sanction of the most sacred terms .

      Their practical mode of realising , 'Glory to God in the highest : on earth peace and goodwill tomen , ' is to make a veritable' Hell upon earth . ' Instead of loving they hate—instead of praying for ,, they persecute each otherinstead of blessing , they curse—instead of helping up , they knock down . Professing the purest aud most ennobling doctrines , their practice is of the most degrading and brutalizing character .

      Of course we do not expect any thing we could say to be listened to hy persons so hopelessly infatuated with these pernicious and deplorable creeds . But we shall , nevertheless , perform our doty by raising a warning voice , to all who feel an interest in the political and social improvement of the masses , against taking any part whatever in the fanatical turmoil , which is likely to ensue in the war between the Anglican and the Romish Prelacy . Let them fight their own battles , and if they worry each other like the Kilkenny Cats , all

      hut the tail , so much the better . But the Reformers of this country have other and nobler duties and tasks before them . In the great year to which we are hastening , big with events of the greatest importance to the world at large , it will be their duty to see that Great Britain participates in that cleansing process , which will carry away so much political corruption and impurity in other countries . The revolutiion of 1830 gave us the Reform Act of 1832 . Let that of 1852 give us the Teople ' s Charter .

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      A FLAW IN THE STAFFOED INDICTMENT . The point on which the charge of illegality appeared to be most clearly made out at the recent Stafford trials , was that which charged certain , of the defendants with having induced men , who were working wider contracts , to leave their worlc . It will he recollected , that the Central Committee of the National

      Assoelation , aa soon as it was rumoured this had been dene , issued a placard , setting forth its illegality- —disclaiming all participation in , or sanction of , such a proceeding , and warning the . tin men against committing themselves , hy taking a part in it . In addition to this , they communicated with the Afayor and other authoritieBonthesuhject , and took otherwise every means in their power to discourage interference in the slightest degree with

      hired men . It is true that doubts existed as to the legality of the contracts under which the Pbruts thought they had fettered and manacled these men , and deprived them of the rig ht accorded by the constitution to all working men—namely , to sell their labour at their own price , and to withhold their services from any particular employer when they thought fit . In equity , if not in law , contracts ought to ho mutual ; but Mr . Perry ' s were terribly lop-sided . The workmen were

      required to give six months' notice of leaving , eren after the expiry of the stipulated term of the contract ; while the employer was hound only to g ive one month ! It is clear there was no mutuality in this ; and when the avowed object of Mr . Pekrx is kept in view , it is equally obvious that he deliberately and knowingly entrapped tho men into these fraudulent and inequitable contracts , for the express purpose of defeating the moderate aud just requests of the class to which they helonged .

      Whatever may have been our opinion , however , on the conduct of the recusant Wolverhampton employers on this point , we confess that it always appeared to us one on which the indictment for conspiracy was strongest ^ law , and we feltno surprise , when at the close of the first trial the Jury returned a verdict against DuTFIELD , WOODXORTH , and Gaunt , against whom that charge was made out , though accompanied -with so many extenuating circumstances aS to mate 11 no offence in equity .

      We find , however , in the ' Jurist' of the 0 th instant , a report of a case which appears to -us to run parallel , in many respects , to the Wolverhampton case , and which , if sustained , must upset the Stafford indictment , on the only point on which we thought it tenable . Ifc is true that the decision rests upon a technicality j hut the Counsel for the defendants are hound to avail themselves of every means in their power to obtain an acquittal , on the re-argaing of the case before a Court of Error .

      The facts , as far as we can glean them from the report alluded to , are these : — -Joseph Askew contracted with the Messrs . Mayer , PotteK , of Burslem , to . serve them as their servant in the business of Potters , for the term of one year , to commence from the 11 tn November , 1850 . He was charged before the Magistrates with having unlawfully misdemeaned and misconducted himself , by absenting himself from the service of his emp loyers without notice , or assigning any sufficient reason for so doing . The Magistrates found Askew guilty of an offence under the 4 th Geo . IV ., cap . 34 , sec 3 , of which the following is the material part

      ;—Ifanyserrantin husbandry , & c , shall contract with aay person cr persons whomsoever to serve him , hc-r , or them for anj time or times whatsover , or in any other manner , and ' shall not enter * into or commence his or her service , according to his or her contract (' such contract being in writing , ' and signed by the coatracties parties ) , ' , having entered into such service , shall absent himself or herself from his or her service' before the term of his or her contract , whether such contract shall be in writing , or not in writing , shall be completed , or neglect to ftuM the same , or be mils of any ether misconduct or

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      misdemeanour in the execution thereof , or otherwise repeeling the same , then anv justice t > f the peace of the county , & c . may issue his warrant , & c . misdemeanour in tlio oven ...: * i , „ .. nr ^ „ ,. / . tlmnrlco v » .

      A 8 & 13 W was rammitrful fn tha Rams * . ftj- « c J : vorrecfton at Stafford , for this offence , but w 3 a brought up on a writ of Habeas Corpus , in the Bail Court , on the ISth of June , when Mr HUDDLESIONE , the most active of the Prosecutors' Counsel in the "Wolverhampton case , and , we believe , himself the drawer of the indictment , argued that the warrant was bad , because " there was no statement that the contract was in writing , or that the prisoner had actuall y entered into the service of the Prosecutors . In Lindsey v- Leigh , a warrant was held by the

      Exchequer Chamber to be invalid , because it . did not contain one or the otherijof these averments . " Mr . Pashxei' contended that though the instrument did not contain , in terms , the averments ruled to bo necessary in the case cited , y et it did sufficiently appear from it that the prisoner had entered the service and that six months after the contract was to begin he misconducted himself hy absenting- himself from work , 'Lindsey V . heigh laid down the rule of law , that it must appear on the face ou the warrant that there ¦ +- as a written contract , or an entry into service , not that any precise words are

      necessary , ' upon which Mr . Justice Wightman , who heard the case , remarked : ' Tho words of the statute being " having entered the service and absented himself , " you say it is quite sufficient , if it can be gathered from the warrant , that the prisoner entered into the service and then absented himself . You say tbe actual words of tbe statute are unnecessary . I always distrust equivalents . ' The learned Judge then proceeded to give judgment in an able judicial argument , with which we will not trouble our readers at length . The material portion , with reference to the argument ^ ' that a man could not be said to absent himself from

      a service withou having entered it , was as follows : 'It seems to me , however , this is not a necessary implication , and the words of the statute are against it ; otherwise , it would not have been necessary to insert the words " or having entered into such service . ' * " It was ' « held in Lindsey v . Leigh that there must be " an averment , either that the contract to " serve was in writing , or that tho service was " entered upon . " Therefore , upon the authority of that case , in which I fully concur , and from the terms of the statute , I think tho warrant is bad , and tbe prisoner must be discharged . '

      j \ ow , we believe that uot one of the twenty counts in the "Wolverhampton indictment , contains either of the averments which are thus authoritatively ruled by Mr . Justice Wight-MAir and the Court of Exchequer to be necessary to the legal validit y of u contract between master and servant , when put in evidence before a court of justice . In so far as the case of the Messrs . Perrys rests upon this—as we thought the strongest—part of their case , there can he little doubt that it will break down when re-argued before the Superior Court . As to the verdict against the eight defendants in the second trial , it was so preposterously defiant of both the evidence adduced , and the summing up of the Judge , that it is certain to be reversed .

      The Messrs . Perry evidently feel that such must be the ultimate issue of the appeal to the higher and more impartial tribunal , before whom the question will have to be tried next term . In proportion as tho exultation with which they at first hailed the prejudiced verdicts of a partizan Special Jury , has cooled down , and they have been able to scrutinise the real nature of their triumph at Stafford

      it has become more and more unsatisfactory . We have no doubt that they would have very much preferred tho secoud verdict now , if it had been a little more discriminating and less hasty . As it is , it will turn out that , in their anxiety to give the master class a decisive triumph over the working men , the Special Jury , like ' vaultingambition , ' have ' o ' orleapt themselves and fallen on 't ' other side . ' In such cases it is as bad to do too much as too

      little . We infer that the Perc s are dissatisfied with their victory at Stafford , and look forward with dread to the defeat that awaits them in the Superior Court , from their eagerness to rash into print , reeling that their case is radically bad , tbey are anxious to prejudice public opinion , and , if possible , to lead the Bench to " prejudge it . Common decency should have induced them to rest content with

      their verdict , and to abstain from ex-parte and violent mis-statements of facts , while the question was pending a rehearing ; but they appear to have as little of that feeling as they have of common justice in their dealings with their workmen and their brother manufacturers . The 'Daily News' having given a report of about a third of a column of the meeting recently held at the National Hall ,

      Holborn , that report has been made the pretext for a letter of four columns and a quarter in the impression of that journal for last Wednesday , to which the name of Edward Perry is appended . Of course every body knows that Edward Perry never wrote a word of it , and that it is the production of the ex-editor , whose unscrupulous partizanship has been as conspicuous during the contest , as his incontinence of words . Ye Gods ! how he

      can pour out words ! The wonder , however , is not the length of his lucubration , but its appearance iu the 'Daily News /

      The thing we know is neither rich n « r rare , But wouder how the devil it got there . Ah ! well I There are sectects in all trades , and we must not inform the uninitiated how special aud ex parte documents are made to discharge a double duty , and gratify personal spleen or vanity at the same time that they increase circulation , and the cash paid to the publisher for extra copies . ' There are wheels within wheels' in these matters , in which the eye of the profane must notbe ' permittedtolook . With respect to the document itself , it professes to be a history of the contest from the commencement , we cannot conscientiousl y s ay it is as veracious as ifc is prolix . Neither can

      we compliment the writer so much upon his good taste and gentlemanly feeling as upon his fluency . The frothy excitement , the obviously unreasoning and hostile animus , and the hailstorm of vituperative abuse with which he assails the defendants , will defeat its own object , with all who may have tho job , like patience to wade through the monster epistle —the next time Mr . Perry fathers any Windy letters let him stipulate for brevity ; hut if he will take the advice of the terrible ' Northern Star , ' which apparently haunts both himself and his ' man Friday' like an avenging Nemesis , he will not again write himself down an ass—a la Dogberry ,

      To Mr . Perry as well as to the working classes , we have to say in conclusion , that this question is now to bo decided according to the facts , and the law strictly interpreted in the highest courts of judicature . Ad captandum appeals to class prejudices , calumnious misrepresentations of facts , and personal abuse , will have no avail there . For ourselves we have felt throughout the contest , that it was beneath the dignity of the principle at stake to enter upon such wordy warfare , and hence we have never for one moment condescended

      to notice the scurrilous abuse which is showered upon this journal in Mr . Perry ' s name . We shall not turn aside now from the strai ghtforward course we have so long pursued . With us the contest is one of principle , not men . We fight for the emancipation and the elevation of the working classes from the thraldom of misdirected capital , and that can only be achieved by an entire change in the system , not an irritating warfare with indivk duals .

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      « x LXA y . A ! S , j xAliK ., I left FlQetwo ^ ' . „ T" , ^ , I ... . .. ; -i in tuo steamer for Belfast , at I dittk lit the evening of Monday the 2 nd of June ; and as Jt gi'etr both dark and stormv in about two hours , and 1 felt som ewhat qualmish , I quitted the doclt , though I could have delighted in watching , all night , the electric fivskes from marine animals , and the white pyramidfoal masses of foam that reared themselves to divide tho thick darkness for a few moments , and melted away into it as suddenly . 1 went down and got im-P bed quickly ; thus avoiding sickness , and all feeling of h , though I had no sleep till about four in the naming , from the pitching and heaving of the vessel ; but what a relief to get rid of that wretched feeling of sea sick . ness ! How to do so ? Go to bed . Thai is the simple recipe .

      About seven , the heaving motion of tha steamer having subsided , I put on my clothes and went on deck . We were in the beautiful " Lough " of Belfast , with the grand and lofty hills on our right , and a tract of country on the left so much like cultivated England that I was a little disappointed . Ireland ! Surely I thought the shore should have ooked a little more wild and savage . But there it lay , as sensible-looking a country as any part of England ! A drizzling rain came on as we advanced along the broad water , so that I did not get a very striking impression Of old Carrickfergus , with its grim little castle by the water ' s edge , or of the approach to the town of Belfast . But I had , afterwards , a delightful opportunity of beholding that

      pleasing and majestic outline of hills above , with tbe alternation of cultivated grounds , country seats , and little towns , all along the extent of that most beautiful " Lough , " to the sea . The entrance to Belfast , from the harbour , is striking . Tlio Victoria "triumphal arch "—a very classic-looking affair , only it is a sham wooden one —stands before you ; and when you pass under and have the lligk-strcet in view , it is wonderfully tine . i ou feel proud that poor Ireland possesses so fine a city as Belfast . But all looks modern . 2 Jo grand old Gothic piles—no interesting and quaint gableno shred or fragment of the past is thereto greet

      , the eyes of any antiquarian visitor . The churches and chapels—and they are exceedingly numerousare very fine ; I had almost said magnificent ; but the pillared portico and triangular pediment prerail in them all : it is everlastingly Corinthian , Ionic , or Doric : not a bit of the rich " Gothic to be seen . I wonder what has given rise to this exclusive taste in the architecture of Belfast . Was it the Presbyterian dislike of all that had been associated with Romanism ? I should think so ; and yet , when I reached Presbyterian Scotland , I found the rage for Gothic was becoming as notable as ia England .

      The first thing that fixed my attention after my good friend , Mr . Maginnis , had received me at the landing , was the form a ' . id make of the cabs . How funny they looked , to one used every day to seeing the rows of Broughams and Hansoms in London 1 They were all Jighr , naked , and unroofed vehicles : the driver sits in front , but the passengers ride sideways , two on each side : the carriag . es look almost like things with wings ; and you feel as insecure , when you first mount them , as if you were about to attempt flying . Thoy scour along at a rapid rate , however , on their two wheels ; and the natives smile to see a stranger hold on , lest he should fall off . Except barelegged and barefooted children and women , nothing in the appearance of the people reminds you that you are out of England . The faces are few that resemble the Irish wc are accustomed to see about St . Giles ' s . The names

      on the sign boards are scarcely so often Irish , as Scotch and English ; and you are not surprised at this , when you remember , that you are in that Ulster which was colonised by Cromwell ' s Puritan soldiers . I addressed audiences nine times during the eleven days I spent 1 l Belfast ; none of them large , but all manifesting an eagerness of attention that showed something might be done among them for progress , if oueknavf the tight way of talking to them . I felt , however , that I had yet to learn the method : it was clear to me , although some of the young men often applauded rather too loudly , that I was not getting fair hold of the minds of all I was talking to . They could appreciate any Sash of poetic feeling or

      imagination , aud testified it with enthusiasm ; any slight stroke of rhetoric produced an equal effect ; but the franchise for every grown-up man—the right of every man to share in the election of those by whom ho is to be governed-that kind of appeal was received with comparative indifference , I thought . 1 felt resolved , if possible , to find out the cord I ought to strike ; and the last time I addressed them—though the subject was poetry—I went out of the way of it to draw them into some expression of home-feeling . The experiment was successful , but somewhat painfully so to myself . I was expressing the pleasure I had felt in visiting their country , and my gratification in findine it so much like my own ; and then I

      ventured to say , that tiich- faces aeemed so English , that I could hardly think they should class themselves with the Celtic race . My stars ! with what vehemence a young working man started up , and how bitterly he spurned the idea that they were either like the English , or wished to be like them " Nationality , independent nationality "—that was the darling thought and desire , I found ; and unless a speaker sympathises with that feeling , it is evident he will not he heartily relished , by even tho thinkinf portion of the working classes of Ireland . I did not shrink . however , from uttering ray conviction that the separation of Ireland from England was impracticable ; and avowed , that , as an Englishman , I could not deshe it , though I did not

      wonder that Irishmen wished for it , when they remembered the 700 years of misgovcrnment and wrong their country had experienced from mine . I endeavoured also to show them , that if they would join us in trying to get the People ' s Charter—and every man of them could , with us , share in choosing a good government—they would thereby be benefited , much more effectually , than by setting up a rude , "independent nationality , " which might not , after all , give them Manhood Suffrage . But it was evident that thoy bad no strong sympathy with the distinct idea of Chartism , though they fired up at the enunciation of broad democratic doctrines , and were ea <* er to welcome the names of Mazzi & i ,

      Kossuth , and Louis Blanc . I ventured to touch another tender argumentnamely , that if they could win the " independent nationality , " it was but too probable that Catholic and Presbyterian would be cutting each other ' s throats in a few weeks . There was a strong response to the truth of this remark , but not from tbe working men ; though they seemed to be so far persuaded of its probability , as to express no dissent . A residence of souie months among them , might develop to one the best way of creating a feeling of a more fraternal nature towards Englishmen ; but 1 must confess I did not discover this way while I was among the Irish people—if the inhabitants of Belfast are really to be classed

      among them . By a very small portion of tho middle class , views of progress are warmly entertained ; and by one most f . miable and intelligent family , I was received with a degree of kindness that I shall never cease to remember . By these intelligent few , and by the very elite of the working men , my friend Maginnis , the Unitarian Minister , is seconded in hisliudable attempts to spread free thought on political and theological subjects . I havo seen few men that I believe to be so thoroughly truehearted ; but he has a sore up-hill fight to sustain , in a town like Belfast . I could almost wish that his excellent nature were planted in a soil more congenial to its growth ; and yet Belfast needs an addition to iia few stragglers for mental advancement , rather than a diminution of their number ,

      Tbe nearer drew the time for my departure from the shores of old Ireland , the deeper was my regret that I could not see some of its natural grandeur , such ns tho mountains of Donegal—or view the beauty of its capital : for people will talk about these things to you , till they " make your mouth water , " as we say . Not a flower or weed could 1 find but such as I bad gathered in England in my childhood—except the wild sea-pink and a lew new lichens , near the sea-side at the entrance ot the " Lough . " It is true I saw a few things that called

      looked strange—such as tho sea-weed " dullas , " which poor women sold in the streets bv half-pennyworths , and which is eaten , it seems , as a kind of treat . I tasted it once ; but egad , 1 declined it a second time ' . Neither flo wers or fields , buildings or people , seemed foreign—t hougn I knew there was much to bo seen ot that character , if I had had the opportunity ; and while the steamer was making her way over the calm sea and we were nearing the coast of Scotland , 1 watched the fading shore of old Ireland with an inexpressible feeling of regret that I had not seen more of its human tribes , as well as ot its

      sur-P Tilsf Craig ! what a charm to the sight is that huee conical rock , standing so solitarily m tno See , as you approach tho Scottish coa t , and make way towards the mouth of the Clyde ., ihe peaks of the Isle of Arran , too , how bold an ^ mp ° sing IThere is nothing like these as you approac h the English coast : they give you a subhmo / a ™}?* that you are about to enter the " land of the mountain and the flood " -the land of romantic ^ ffianded at Ardrossau by eight in the evening ( leaving Belfast at one in the afternoon of b » turdav ) , and in less than two hours I was in the streets of Glasgow , and was welcomed by the hospital . " ) ol my friend Mr . Clarke , also a Unitarian m ' nlster - I had never beeu in Scotland before ; and tnougn i had heard much of the beauty of Edinburgh , no one had ever praised the appearance of Glasgow in

      my hearing . I therefore saw its Argyle-street , » w Exchange , and its squares and streets to the west with the utmoat surprise , I t \ o not hesitate W aaj

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      tuat tne weswri ) "" ot GlaS # 0 W is ffl 0 r Vwto ! j T bettor „ S than anv " ^ ' ^^" d except wynoTof ^ firjtot ' toimuui «¦>« . «» £ S ? is vc ° i £ S » » , th-yin . perb pa . t » <* London areifidi ? notable ; *>"' the contrasts in ^ T lVpSi ^ ai ™??^ . The firs t entire who are welli , £ ¦ an A « a rain . Sunday , all TonVgue ? of ? Uamted With the cou » try ™« h »™ talkinf duty L KT ^^ had no what dismal ! u t 0 ; 'Wl « at soraore looks-7 h ^ i £ ; u ^ S ! fr i ? sin ? bel ! s in the house-whafc lon » JJ ry c mn of erer > ' <> P ™* briousminoV , ° % ^ arawh « g in most luguj ou pa ™ Z ' irk , ^ V ?™ " P 3 iUm tune 3 . " » s i Ssolemnly te 5 ri 0 fpe 0 f , ! l ™ - right hand nor to it th i nd look , "S : neither to the thither , * azjn „ l ? tuA ^ l wande ,- ed hither and faint ( for I nSf « th < J bui , dln ^ «« I was wet and 6 D to I hit r irvl n ° ? r * ° "P * " 0 Sifcy wllCn * tainment Sn * $ ~ and £ S P laco of e"terohadeiher ' to"St'S d ^ f ^' - ™ l l T S in Scotland ^ ' , the sabbath - " ' r ^ " 7 ^ T ° hitter n <* olm oJm ° ao » atn I began to feel as KoT ? LW ^^^ ™ L ™ '' ° n « I had to plod mv drearv wnv , ift «» _

      went L 7 nf ° 6 lf 0 Un ! l 0 ne and 'he" a ™* 1 ff . i , ° nCed myself from so much £ hat was dismal among my friend Clarke ' s books . JZVZ " ° > t 0 f G , as S ° * « " > re than three r « fto ; . 3 f 0 Ur timcs to talk at Paisley , and sundry other times to talk at Barrhead , Kilbarchan , and Campsie . In Glasgow itself I addressed audiences fave times in the Unitarian chapel , and once ^ ZnLPPT' Kolson-strcet . I soon found the intellectual atmosphere to be very different from that ol Belfast . It was no longer difficult to make oneself understood , or to touch the chord of sympathy : hut I was evidently talking to a critical people . I had the same impression all the way through Scotland ; and everywhere I was surrounded by working men , who gave powerful indications of mmd-though I did not think ererv individual 1

      met tree from wrongheadedness , nor , above all , conceit . Indeed there is too much vain talk about our Scottish education , " and almost ungracious and discourteous undervaluing of the mental training of the English . Of course this is to be found among those Scotchmen who have never been out of Scotland . It is time all these foolish prejudices were laid aside . Scotchmen ought to know that throughout the whole length and breadth o > England working men are as eager for education , and in as great numbers , too , as the working men to be found anywhere north of tho Twoed .

      But their prejudice is not confined to tho notion of their superior education . The majority of the Scotch—ay , even they who are professed freethinkers—evince such a tenderness respecting their " sabbath" that if jou happen to hum a hue of a song or to whistle on the Sunday , they look aa il they were about to swoon . You tell them that you regard their notion of the Sunday as absurdly tv"annous , and creative of hypocrites . They do not deny it ; but they answer with a stolid aolcmuitv that provokes your mirth , "Ay , but it is our Scottish Sabbath ! "—and there they think the conversation ought to en 1 .

      One of tbe most vinegar instances of Sabbatarianism that I met in Scotland , was at Paisley . The friend who had been commissioned to invito " mo it talk there directed me to a Temperance Hotel . Oi . the Sunday , having spent the forenoon in wrhing letters in my sleeping room , ( not being allowed to write them elsewhere ) , I went down stairs , tow ; rds two o ' clock , and said cheerfully , " Now Jantih n > what have you got for dinner ?" ' The man ' s lice became three inches longer ! "Dinner , sir , " he answered , «« do you no ken it ' s the Sabbath ? " 'Jhe words , and the man ' s look , were so strange , th « t I asked him , in my perplexity , what hesaid . althorgh I had heard him plainly enough . He repeated lis question , and I could not helpsomehow or oth > r ,

      , appealing to his Satanic majesty whether such a question was not strange . *« What the d , " said I , "has the Sabbath to do with my dinner ? Do you think an Englishman is to go without hi .-dinner , because it is what yon call the Sabbath ? " He looked unutterable things , but , without sayimmore went into the kitchen , and began cor . versiii ; in a low tone with the landlady . Very soon h . beckoned me , and when I had i-ejoined him he sai . l in a mysterious tone , " Ye ken it ' ye'll stay till the people are gone to the Kirk I'll get ye a stenk !" I was in danger of laughing in his face , though lu looked inexpressibly serious . When his compare , ( who had been sitting silently in various rooms , discussing biscuits , tracts , and teetotal drinks ) , hac

      disappeared , the steak was brought uo . I asked , waggishly , if he could not get me a drop of porter " flay , nay , " he replied very firmly , " JS ' ae porter . " The man was truer to his teetotalism than to his sour Sabbatarianism , after all ! His conscience was bound by appearances in one case , and it led to hypocrisy . In the other it was guided by conviction , and he preserved bis truth . Of course I did not trouble him with my company again . The following Sunday when I had to be at Paisley again , I went to the principal bn , and there dinner was served up , and all things went on as they do in any English hotel . The lesson was not lost upon me . I took care never to be sourly circumstanced again while iu Scotland . It is this gloomy , slavish , soul-grinding doctrine and practice of Sabbatarianism , which raises one's

      combativeness , perpetually , in Scotland . As for a little conceit of their " education , " why ; I supposi wo must excuse it . Englishmen have also thei . conceit ; and so "let that pass . " The sturdy independence of some , and the natural cheerfulness ol the many , among the Scotch , make one wonder that this irksome bondage is borne bo long . The rise of the " Free Kirk , " too , they say , has tightened the general bonds we—for the new sect vies with the old in setting the exanplo of strictness . I heard thai some parties had been summoned before the authorities in Arbroath , and fined for walking out on the Sunday ! Perhaps it is to be desired that- such instances should increase—even till they attempt to nail up people's doors and windows on the Sunday . May the Scotch have enough of it , say I—till they end it ! Thomas Coopuk . ( To be continued . )

      The Wolverhampton Tin Plate Workers Proposed Action To Decide A Point In The Combination Laws.

      THE WOLVERHAMPTON TIN PLATE WORKERS PROPOSED ACTION TO DECIDE A POINT IN THE COMBINATION LAWS .

      A meeting was held at the Railway Inn , Deansgate , Manchester , on Tuesday evening , composed of delegates from tho various trades , to take into consideration what steps should be taken in reference to Mr . Justice Erie ' s law , as laid down at the recent Stafford Assizes , affecting trades' unions combinations , The meeting was attended bv a great number of delegates . Mr . White , a workman , presided . Mr . Burgess , a delegate from London , opened tho business , and expressed his opinion that tho tin-plate workers of Wolverhampton , whose case was tried , at Stafford , were greatly wrongen by the decision in their case . He stated that Mr . Perry , the manufacturer , who brought the prosecutioa , had been guilty of the most arbitrary conduct , and that what the

      workmen had done was called for in defence of their rights . Mr . Roberts ( the People ' s Attorney General ) , who has had the conduct of the case at Stafford on behalf of the workmen , was the next speaker , and , having been called upon to state what would be the probable expense of an appeal to the Superior Courts , spoke at some length . He said they were proposing to go to the Court of Queen ' s Bench , to establish Baron Rolfe ' s law in contr adistinction to Justice Erie's . He said Baron Rolfe , at Lancaster , in the " Queen v . Feargus O'Connor and others , " and again at Liverpool , in the case of" Selsby v . Jones and Potts , " had laid it down that men might combine to persuade others not to work for a particular master ; whereas Mr . Justice Erie , at Stafford , had hold , on the contrary , that to combine at all for such a purpose was illegal . In the proceedings at Stafford about £ 1 , 400

      had been expended in defending tl \ 0 WOYliluCu , tho ' greater part of which money had had to be lOUIld by the lawyers themselves ; and if they were to carry the case to the Queen ' s Bench , he would Ike to have the best counsel be could procure tO argue the case . Now Sir Alexander Cockburn , the Attorney-General , has declared his own conviction to be with the workmen in this case , and for that reason he would like to secure that learned gentleman s services . But money would be wanted , and he estimated tho cost of fnrtber proceedings at £ 2 , 000 . He expressed a strong conviction that the appeal would be successful . A series of resolutions , expressing an opinion that the Wolverhampton workmen's case ought to be taken up by the trades generally , and in favour of steps to give practical effect to the opinion , by means of subscriptions to raise tho required amount of money , were passed before the meeting separated

      Monies Received For Thk Week Ending Thur...

      MONIES RECEIVED For thk Week Ending Thursdav , August 21 st , 1851 . THE HONESTY FUND . RECEIVED BV JOHN ABXOTT . „ .. „ - „ £ s . a . V , ilham Dunn , Netherton , Dudley , Woreeater-6 »« -e 0 0 6 _ . , NATIONAL CHARTER FUND . Keceived by Jons Arnott . —Bristol , per W . Shehan Gs —Plymouth per A . V 7 . Blackler 8 s—Mertbjr Tydvil , ver J . Owen lOg-South Shields , per H . Hains 5 % —Whi e Horse ( Late Crown and Anchor ) locality , per J . Hulett 4 s . —E . Stallwoodla—Croofc ( near Bishop Auckland , ) per J . Wilson 03 . —Total £ 119 s .

      Count Goicciardini Is Among The Many For...

      Count Goicciardini is among the many foreign visitors now in Scotland . The count , who is a descendant of the well-known Italian historian , was guilty of a crime which is now unpardonable in Italy—that of perusing tbe Bible—and for this he is now an exile . During b \ B fiUj at Muburgh , he was the guest of Mr . Soeriifl Jameson ,

      Count Goicciardini Is Among The Many For...

      . NATIONAL ASSOCUrT ^ T ^ r UNITED TltADES ° * T , S , DtfXCOMBE , Esq ., m . p . President 1 Established 1845 , " hat justitia . " "If it were OWiible for the working classes , by combining among tu ? uit ! elvcs , to raise , W keep up the genera ) rate of wages , it net . ** hardly be said that fliis would be a thing not to be punished , l"H to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " iSruAKr Aiiix . The aim and end of thfl lato prosecaeions are tho deatructiou of tho National Association of United Trades , admitted b y Sergeant Allen to be one of the most formidable confederations of modern times . The first

      indictment wo believe to have been levelled personally at the eccentric but straightforward George Duffield ; the second , eutirelv at tbe Association . Wo arc informed that a tempting reward vas offered to any one who would enable Mr . Perry to procure a conviction against either of these parties . It is , however , quite clear thi tt the destruction of the National Association was , if possible , to be accom plished ; and certainly they have not been very choice either m their" tools or their workmen . We may feel it our duty to give publicity to some little incidents connected with the late trial , to prove to what disgraceful expedients our persecutors are prepared to stoop to accomplish tneir vile

      designs . The Central Committee pledged themselves to their members and the workin g classes general y , that the sacred right of com KM I ° j . the . PJ ° te ? tioa of industry , should be by tbera defended , faithfully and honestly . They have thus far redeemed their pledge , and are pre pared , lf their follow workmen think their rights worth defending , still to persevere , and have no doubt of ultimately succeeding in achieving tor laoour a signal , honourable , and glorious triumph . 1 lie precise nature of our future operations ive may not publicly speculate upon—suffice it to ? ay , that every effort will be made to bring the : reat question at issuo before tho very highest Court of Judicature in the kingdom . We are

      neither surprised nor alarmed at the verdict of ihe jury—we believe that verdict will have very little _ influence on the final settlement of the jjuesiion . Tbe yordict being the result of prejudice , exercising itself upon evidence marked throughout by the most extraordinary contradictions , and in its most important parts by the most unblushing and palpable untruths , is morally worthless , and can only remain on record until wo are in a condition to obtain a public exposure if its worthlessness . This is a point scarcely within our control—it rests with the working

      classes . Iho A ' meshas put forth a feeling appeal to the manufacturing interests on behalf of its proteges—the Perrys , "We are informed , " says the Times , "that thoae ^ proaocutions have already tost Mr . Peiry upwards of £ 1 , 000—it is to bo hoped that the manufacturers will not permit Mr . Perry to bear all these expenses upon himself . It i . < their battle that ho is so magnanimously and -o ably fighting . " We may then , we think , with equal justice , and quite as good taste , renew our public appeal for a prompt and liberal sub-. eription for the sinews of war , without which no battle can be fought and won .

      To the members of tho National Association of United Trades we now emphatically and strongly appeal . There arc many of you have been largely benefited by your connexion with a movement which , from its peaceful successes , has made itself t ' oared and hated by the petty tyrants of trade , and who now undisguisedly conspire to accomplish it * urn . The time is then come when your interest , as well as your duty , should prompt you to rush to 'he rescue . Your sympathies alone are of no avail . We require something more substantial than " good wishes and God speed . " We have a joint stock purse marshalling against us . We must be prepared to grapple with it , pound for pound . We invite our members at bnco to take this subject up in earnest . We claim , and wo think with justice , a liberal and continuous contribution , to enable us to enter with becoming spirit , upon this new campaign in defence of our rights .

      To tho Trades of Great Britain and Ireland we « y , this is not alone a question in whieh we and our issociates are involved . It is your battle as much as ours . The sentence which dooms us to a prison for " peaceful persuasion , " sounds the funeral knell over the lost remnant of your industrial rights . That sentence , whenever it is pronounced , places you and your children abgect slaves , under the iron heel of capital . We claim credit for having thus far pciformed our duty faithfully ; wo shall still continue the uncompromising defenders ot the freedom of labour . The rest is with you .

      The prosecutors in this case are not the Perrys . They are the manufaoturars of tbe Midland Counties , and the defendants are , tbe working classes of Great Britain and Ireland , and may God defend the right . William Peel , Secretary .

      Nam Facts And Incidents Of The Grea1 Exh...

      nam FACTS AND INCIDENTS OF THE GREA 1 EXHIBITION . On Saturday last 10 , 74 = 1 persons visited the Crystal Palace , and £ 1 , 621 7 s . 6 d . was taken at the doors . On Monday the Crystal Palace was again largely attended , the arrivals haviug been 51 , 525 according to the police returns . The Lapland giantess , exhibiting at Saville House , Leicester-square , was among the visitors , and excited considerable curiosity . The building will open at nine o ' clock , and close at six henceforward , to the end of the Exhibition . The total receipts amounted to £ 2 , 511 16 s . On Tuesday £ 2 , 773 10 s . was taken at the doors , and the number of visitors was 57 , 059 .

      Ari'QISTMEST 01 ? THE DAY POH ITS PlNAL ClOSiko . —A full meeting of the Royal Commissioners , at which Prince Albert , Lord Jehn Russell , and Lord Granville were present , was held on Tuesday at the Crystal Palace , when it was decided to close the exhibition to the public on Saturday tbe 11 th oi October . It is the intention of the commissioners to hold a meeting in the building on Wednesday , the 15 th of October , at twelve o ' clock , to receive the report of the several juried , and to take leave of tho foreign commissioners . On this occasion they intend to request the presence of the exhibitors , the jurors , tho foreign and local commissioners , and tho members of the local committees . Immediately after the close of their proceedings , permission will bo given to the exhibitors to remove

      their goods , subject to such regulations as may be made by the Executive Committee . The reports of the juries , and the names of the persons to whom prizes shall have been awarded , will afterwards be published in the london Gazette . It is the desire of the Royal Commissioners not only to present medals to the individuals to whom the juries may have awarded them , but to mark their sense of the great exertions of ail the exhibitors , and also of the jurors , the foreign and local commissioners , the chairmen , treasurers , and secretaries of local committees , and other persons who have rendered services in promoting the Exhibition , and to present them with a permanent memorial of tbe undertaking , by distributing medals to each , accompanied bv

      a certificate aud a copy of the reports of the juries . Tho three medals , of which the designs we re originally approved , are intended to be applied as follows : —That by Mr . Leonard Wyon will be distributed tO the prizemen selected by tho juries ; that by M . Bonnardel will ho given in certain cases recommended by the council of chairmen , not as a mark of excellence in degree on the part of those who receive it , but for reasons which the COUlKiil of chairmen have been requested to state specially in their reports ; the medal designed by Mr Adams will be given to the jurors . In addition to these medals to be struck , which will be presented respectively to the exhibitors , and to those who have rendered other services to the Exhibition . The

      great number of the medals , books , and certificates which will thus be presented obviously renders the distribution of them on a single occasion a physical impossibility . On the . other hand , tho commissioners feel that it would bo invidious to select any person to receive their medals atone time , and to omit others . And further , it is clearly desirable that the medals , the certificates , and the reports , should he presented simultaneously , and tho length of time which must necessarily elapse before the whole of them can be

      prepared makes it difficult to fix any precise day on which tbe distribution could be effected . Under these circumstances the Royal Commissioners have come to the conclusion that it will be most desirable to fix a limited period within which each individual may make such arrangements for receiving medals , books , and certificates from the commission , as may best suit his personal convenience . Due notice will be given on this point as soon as the commissioners are able to fix a time for the distribution to commence .

      The sale of season tickets ou Wednesday produced £ 110 s . The money taken at the doors amounted to £ 2 , 217 8 s . - , making a total of £ 2 , 218 18 s . The police report gives tbe number of visitors at 44 , 507 . On Thursday the receipts at the doora of tbe building amounted to £ 2 , 470 2 s ., and the number of visitors was 50 , 482 . On Friday , £ 1 , 957 12 s . 6 d . was the amount taken at the doors of the building , the number of visitors , according to the police returns , beine 17 , 073 . _ . s

      Thk Earl of Chichester has given an acre of land oa the uotth-weatpatt of Limi & ebi-common as the s l te * L & u ^ } £ u d 8 Ch ° ohhouse in connexion with tho Eatablished Church .

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      Fi T? S 'N,Vj)Ari) Tne^Re. The Entertain...

      fi t ? s ' n , VJ ) ARI ) TnE ^ RE . The entertainmv " ^ .- ' V ^ P f commenced »« th a nauticau " ; ,,, ; - ?? ?? TliC ^ *«/« ' or . the Tw » Jteeftn , Which In , 8 ^ a , r *? e " ? a bi & b de " Sroe of popularity . The m , c ? ls wcI 1 nctod » nnd tiic scenery , especially in tho i . '" acMs ? hovf tho average description . The Trials , ' nd Tmm l ' » f ftmpcrance— now in its ftfth week of r ^ reseDt ! 1 fcI 0 n -mamtama the favour with whiMi h W : ! S brBt greeted . The piece is founded up h p ( . ( , ' ' ated plates of Fitzek and MeaTon , de cr Jtivt oi * ? evds of intemperance . Some ' of the IScaul , re * of a very h ! gh artistic order . The whole CnSh of ho company is brought into effective operation ! and all acted well , it would bc invidious to * S out any for particular observation . The piece from

      the pen of Mr ., Dibdin Pitt , is well written , and ia free from the bigotry and cant tos > often introduced into similar subjects . Tlie coKdudhig ieee is the drama of Alonxo jfe Brave , founded upon tho old metrical romance of " Alonzo- tho Braver and the Fair Imogene . " The dresses a » d scenery were appropriate , and it aBonnded in Dhe usual quantum of spectral horrors . Mr . Ga-ston , as Alonzo , was much applauded . Air . Lyon did full justice to the character of A & dallah , the . Moor ; and Airs . Hugh Campbell shone to great advantage as Jmogine , the Moorish captivcaiaid . The JiOUSO was crowded to excess , and all scssied perfectly satisfied with the performance .

      ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION . Tbo chemical professor to this institution , Mr . Pepper , has just commenced his third and concluding lecture on tho Gems and Crvstalir in the Great Exhibition—his present subject ' being on the Eme « raid , tho Beryl , the Opa ) , the Onvx , and the A "ate . of which sand , or that which the ' clmmiats term silicic , is tho chief ingredient . We have seen the various domestic uses of sand ; we know that it enters largely into the composition of glass , but wc were not prepared to sec it tortured by chemical means into a transparent liquid by a combination with excess of alkai , or to appreciate it in thc gaseous and invisible state by ha union with fluorine .. But as

      change—incessant change—seems to be tha law in Chemistry , and tho retort and alembic still work their wonders , of course surprise is out of tho question . And here jwfttce compels us to state that our present report is incomplete , because we cannot create on paper those experiments which take © no so easily through a chemical lecture . Suffice it to say , that such delicate and careful maiiipuhuisns do infinite good , because the numerous experiments- — like pictures in a book—induce and force the mind to read in order to understand them . Tlic lecture ball was densely crowded , and the audience tuosfe justly applauded the professor throughout the admirable lecture .

      Official Manager Of The Lais'd Company. ...

      OFFICIAL MANAGER OF THE LAIS'D COMPANY . ITe havo received a considerable number of letters , with reference to tho appointment to this important office . Having made inquiries , we are now in a position to utate , that Mr . Aixger , cue of tho candidates , is perfectly independent of all parties , and will perform the duties of the office with strict impartiality and justice to all concerned . He has bad considerable experience in the discharge of similar duties , is a gentleman of thorough business habits and great energy , and under his management , if appointed , we believe the affairs of the Land Company would be wound up as speedily and as satisfactorily as the facts of the case will permit . We may add , that next week we shall give an abstract of tbe "Winding-up Act , and an explanation of the exact position in which matters now stand , which will be very valuable to all who have any claims upon theC ' onipam .

      Ma. M'Manus.—The Citizen (Cincinnati Pap...

      Ma . M'Manus . —The Citizen ( Cincinnati paper ) ays : —We have been favoured with a copy of a etterfrom M'Manus , received by his friend and ompatrlot , John B , Dillion , now a resident of our dty : — " San Francisco , June 14 , 13-51 . " Mv Dejik or . D FnxssD and Comrade , —I havo barely time to announce to you by this mail my arrival on tbe frco shores of America . After going through an ordeal of punishment in Yau Dieman ' s Land little short of what you can imagine thc flames of to be . I out-manoeuvored my tyrants there and escaped , saving my parolo of honour , and leaving them in utter confusion . I am bo overpowered by the excess oi kindness of the citizens of San Francisco since my arrival here , that I cannot find an . instant to arrange my ideas to give you particulars . My poor comrades , behind , were in as good health as could well bo expected under the tortures they endure . Believe me very affectionately your friend , " TEimENCK BeixewM'Maxus . "

      A public dinner was given to Mr . M'Manus on the 13 tli uit . The Aha California says : —At seven i . o ' clock about three hundred persons sat down to a table groaning with the luxuries of California . Charles J . Brenliain , Mayor of San Francisco , was in the chair . On his right hand was Mr , M'MiUiUS , the guest of the evening , and on his left was T . Butler King . Among the invited guests were lion , Isaac E . Holmes , of South Carolina ; Hon . Wra . M . Cwin , lion . It . F . M'Lean , of Maryland ; Hon . P . IV . Tompkins , of Mississippi ; Judge II . C , Murray , Judge C . Smith , Gen . Greene , Col . "Weller , and Gen . John JR . Addison . Among the persons participating on the occasion , were a largo number of our Irish citizens .

      THE FllATlJRNAL IIOMB , TUHSMILL . STnEET .--Wa are informed that all the Hungarian and Polish Refugees lately sheltered in Turnmill-street—with the exception oi five—have obtained some occupa * tion . Of the remaining five , two are invalids , and three are aged officers . It is with regret , but without surprise , we learn that there are several debts unpaid , and that the rent is in arrear . The whole of tho liabilities amount to about £ 30 , for which Mr . Thomas Brown , the earnest and inefatigable secretary , is responsible . By his exertions mainly one hundred and fifty men were provided with food and lodging , and situations obtained for them , or the means of returning to the continent . This , too , it will be recollected , was effected in tbo face of much opposition , and in spito of the withdrawal of , the sympathy and support of the middle classes . Nothing but the very greatest zeal and determination on his part , could have effected such results ,

      and it would be too bad , even were he able to meet the liabilities , to saddle him with the debts due by the «* Fraternal Home . " But Mr . Brown is only a working man , and totally unable to discharge so heavy a debt as £ 30 , ho therefore appeals to his Democratic friends throughout the country for assistance . For himself he asks nothing . He is content to begin the world anew ; but he hopes that he will not be called upon to do so with a millstone of debt—contracted for the benefit of others —round his neck . We trust that his appeal will be responded to in thc same liberal and disinterested spirit in which he sacrificed his time and energies for the Hungarian and Polish llei' ugces , and that the sum required to free him from pecuniary difficulties on their account , will be forthwith subscribed , yto HhiiU be hnppv to receive subscriptions at this office , and acknowledge them in our columns .

      Death of Tom Spuing , ot the Castle , IIoibob . v . —Tiiomas Winter , who , upon his first appearance in the pugilistic arena , adopted the name of Spring , as a noni de guerre , a practice hy no means uncommon with actors on another stage , is no more . After acute suffering from disease of the heart , dropsy supervening from the impossibility of taking active exercise , the ex-champion expired oa Wednesday morning at a little before six . Extensive Fhie . —A most destructive fire broke out on ^ Wednesday morning in the extensive stores of Mr . Charles Tennent and

      Co ., of St . Bollux , situated in Wellingtonstreet and Horne-street . The building winch is entirely destroyed , was four stories in height , with sunken flat . It occupied a space of about 100 feet by 80 , and when we mention that it was filled from top to bottom with such , inflammable materials as oil , sumach , madder , sago , turpentine , and sulphur , our reader & may perhaps more easily conceive than we can describe the alarm whieh the unfortunate occurrence produced in the neighbourhood . The premises were insured .

      A Man s Live Saved bv a Giiu .. —A . few days ago a small boat , while going off to pilot a vessel making for tbe port of Carenton , was upset in a sudden squall , and the man in her was precipitated into the water . After some exertion he managed to get hold of the keel of the boat , calling at tha same time for assistance . A young g irl who heard his cries jumped into a skiff , and , notwithstanding the violence of the wind and waves , pushed off to his assistance , and fortunately rescued him just aa his strength was becoming exhausted . Bat for this timely aid , in a few minutes more he would nava l « t go h » hold and been drowned . . MANSLAUOHTER .-On Thursday a carman n ^ m ^ Daniel Tubitt , was committed to » ewg ^ ^ e of Petty Sessions at Twickenham ,. on tn n & m 4 . m ^ taj ^^ ft fc ^^ U * and cac Cornelius Donovon , tywwb in a certain road un attended .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 23, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_23081851/page/5/