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TO Mr. PROUT, 229, STRAND. I "So. 203, Piccadilly, London, Oct it), 1847. i
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March 24, 1840. The Northern Star, ¦ ¦ —...
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USES OX LIBERTY . [ Tho following lines , extracted from a poem by beorge White , one of the Kirkdale political prisoners , were in our possession long before the author ' s trial and sentence to unmerited incarceration . ] Say , suffering mortals , how begin the theme "With which the indignant breast each moment throbs , Or hOTf find WOrds to SOlve this dream CalTdlife , first bright with hope , but withering into sobs ? Irom what source spring the toil-worn pallid cheek .
And countless miseries to which we ' re bound ? Shall we believe the preachers , fat and sleek , "Who say on earth no solace can be found , As if there were not food on this fair soil To render joy and health to honest toil ? Base hirehngs , liars , hypocrites , and knaves , Ready , at all times , at the rich man ' s nod , To preach contentment to poor plundered slaves , Ana would , for pelf , re-crucify your God-How much of misery to you we owe The blackest part of history ' s page can tell , You first great cause of mankind 3 bitter woe , TOiose cunning cant has made this earth a hell .
Your sophistry with friendly eyes they view , Knowing your craft essential to their schemes ; And , but for your assistance , in all nations , The oppressor ' s table would have fewer rations . But not on you alone rests all the blame ; Society itself—oh ! strange perversion ! Befined cannibalism ' s a better name—As people understand that plain expression . * . * * * But you can read these matters in detail . The world ' s history ' s a long sad story , That causes human hearts oft to bewail , And shudder at the blood-stained glory Of kings , and priests , and money-mongers' crimes * # * » Even in these boasted islands miscall'd free , The-insatiate robbers take another shape—Church , Commerce , Law—the insidious three , Por plunder are continually a-gape .
It is surpassing strange that those who toil To pamper luxury , and clothe the . vile"Who dig the mine and cultivate the soil "Without a ray of hope , or cause to smile"Who , blest with genius , and surpassing skill To raise the pakce—deck the gay saloon—To stem the boisterous ocean as a rill , And paint for Folly's hall the rich cartoon—Should thus be blinded , tamely bend the knee To worthless fops—mere skeletons—through lust May your own manhood teach you all to see , And spurn the vermin to their native dust . " Was it for this you were endowed with sense
To judge aright the great Creator s will ? Then laugh to scorn each robber ' s vile pretence , "Who out of our credulity their coSers fill . Stand up like men and tell the worthless crew , That not for them alone this world was made ; That 'tis preposterous in the idle few To think our claims much longer to evade . Do this , and childhood ' s voice in gladsome strains , Shall sound in joyful , cheering tones ; And Nature ' s smiles o ' er lovely fruitful plains Shall substitute all nations' bitter groans . Then shall we shout the anthem of the free ; Then shall the rule of tyrants be no more : All nations join in one grand jubilee , And Freedom ' s sons rejoice from shore to shore .
Acrostic. T Hine Is The Heart Where Love...
ACROSTIC . T hine is the heart where love of Erin dwells , H igh , heaving proud beneath the tyrant stroke , 0 ' er history ' s right , e ' en trodden down , it swells ; 31 idst all tfic ruin it can ne ' er be broke . A chaplet like tbe emerald shall shine S erenely pure upon that brow of thine . P reedom has nursed thee for a nation ' s throne ; It ieh flowers of eloquence were on thy tongue , A nd nobly taught our country ne ' er to moan , IT or rest appeased till glory had been won . C owuption filched thee to her cell of chains , 1 n Erin ' s annals but to live enshrined : S uch are the gifts she gave to great remains . M artyr of truth , and sun-burst beaming mind ! E rin , though sad and weak to-day , has wings ; A nd fondly still her proudest wish shall soar—G rand as * the eagle ' s , when back to earth he brings H eaven s gaze of li ght to glad the triumph o ' er E ach caitiff— -they yet shall tremble at thy name , It enowned young chieftain of all cloudless fame . TlPPEIlARr .
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CHAETIST TRACTS FOR THE TIMES . 2 ? 0 . 2 . Why are we Poor ? The Landed Aristocracy , By the Kirkdale Chartist Prisoners . Joseph Barker , "Worfley , near Leeds . London : "Watson . "We have received 2 Sbs . 2 and 3 of these excellent tracts , hut must defer comment until next "week . For the present we can only give our readers the following taste of the excellent qualit y of No . 2 : — Here then we take our stand , and unhesitatingly declare the present misappropriation of land as the primary cause of the excessive poverty which obtains in these countries . We go still further , and fearlessly denounce the monopoly of the soil as the
fruitful source of human misery and degradation in all civilised countries , witbout exception ; for even in Republican America , the evil is found to operate as an antidote to national progression , and to be productive of much suffering , and nothing but its immense territory preserves its inhabitants from enduring ihe same hardships as afflict the population of European states ; and so much is this felt by them , that the educated and intelligent operatives of that country have already had their attention directed to the monstrous absurdity and injustice of such a system , and have formed an extensive organisation to enforce its abolition . Let us not be here met by the unmeaning and oft-repeated charge of being levellers . The question 01 life or death to
millions of human beings is at issue , and the people have reason to demand by what right a few individuals arrogate to themselves an exclusive claim to that soil which a title deed , older than all the musty parchments in existence , proves to be the common property of all . The right to the exclusive control of the land , according to the whim or caprice ofa few largeproprietors , implies the power of taking human life , and the abuse of this power has resulted in the death of thousands in Ireland within the last few years . In fact , the operation of our institutions , and the power which they confer on the proprietors of land and capital have at length reduced the millions to such an abject condition , that
they now ask the fearful question , whether the property of the rich , or the life of the poor is of the greatest importance ? To this alternative has our boasted civilisation brought us . This question is being solved on the continent amidst Scenes of strife and bloodshed , and not all the sophistry or special . pleading of the whole army of bookmakers or newspaper scribblers can obliterate the true cause of this lamentable struggle . They may rave in their hireling prints about Communists , Red Republicans , Socialists , and Chartists , the operating cause is the same throughout , namely , the death-struggle of down-trodden labour against rampant and alldevouring capital .
On the one side we behold privilege , wealth , and title , chiming not only the earth , but its inhabitants as their patrimony ; for , disguise it as they may , they not only claim indirectly , but they possess actually a . property in their fellow creatures , as absolute as that of the black slave owner , and Jtheir title to which consists in the butcheries , plunders , and musty records of the past . On the other , stands the mass of mankind , comprising the utility , strength , and intellect of society . The battle has fairly begun between these contending parties , the stake at issue is well understood , ana whether it be conducted hy the force of reason and argument , or hy more objectionable means , the ultimate result is neither doubtful nor remote .
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DE 4 . TH Or THE KlXG OP HOLLAND . —William TJ ., King of the Netherlands , died at the Hague , on Saturday , last , of inflammation of the lungs . He had only completed his 57 th year in October last . The late Khnjwas educated in England , and had been in every relation intimately connected with this country . Having , been driven from Holland , with his father , on the foundation of the Batavian Eepublic , he" was placed under the charge of the late Archbishop of Canterbury . At the age of nineteen he was appointed , as Prince of Orange , a lieutenant-colonel of the British : army , and . served as extra aide-de-camp with the Duke of Wellington in the Peninsula from 1811 to 18 U . Be was present
at the sieges of Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajdz , and the battles of Salamanca , Tittoria ,, Pyrenees , and Sivelle . He commanded ihe . Dutch troops in the campaign of 1815 , and the ^ st Corps d'Arnxie at the battle of Waterloo , in which he . was severely wounded , after having taken an active part , in the preceding engagements .. He acceded to the throne in 1840 , npon his father ' s abdication . —limes . The Taxes on Sewseapsrs . —A petition has been adopted by the letter-press printers of Bath , and is now in course of signature * praying the House of Commons to " repeal the duty on paper and adver"tisements , and the stamp duty on newspapers , lord Cancan has agreed to present it .
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ASTLEY ' S theatre . Corasco , or the Warrior ' s Steed , was presented on Tuesday evening , for the 32 nd time . The scene is laid in Mexico , at the time when the Spaniards invaded that country . The plot shows the power and tyranny exercised by the priesthood of that period , which has been found to difier but little ( no matter what the creed might be ) , even in more modern times . Corasco . ( Mr . T . Fredericks ) , general of the Tlasealian army , is successful ia a battle with the Spaniards : in the mean time the Inca vows to consecrate his onl y daughter , Solma , ( Miss Rosa Henrv ) , as a virgin to the sun , if the Mexicans are victorious . Corasco returns , laden with the spoils of the enemy , confesses his love for the princess , and
claims her hand , which is fiiven him by her father . The High Priest ( Mr . Crowther ) , reminds the lnca of his oath—Solma is given to the priest—and Corasco leaves the palace , after having accused the Inca of folly and ingratitude The Princess is rescued by her lover from the Temple of the Sun . when her life would have been forfeited for suffering the vestal flame to expire upon the a'tar . Their retreat' is , however , discovered , and Solma is once more in the power of the Priest , who having assassinated the lnca , professes his love for the Princess , and offers to share with her the throne ; but treating his overtures with disdain , she is condemned to be burnt alive . To avert such a dreadful fate Corasco leads the Spaniards to Tla-. cala , where be arrives in time to rescue the Princess from the funeral pile , and destroy the usurper ; for which he is rewarded with
the hand of Solma , and the crown of Tiascala . The spectacle is produced with great splendour , and the parts assigned them are well- sustained by Messrs . T . Fredericks , Crowther , and Attwoodj and Miss Rosa Henry . •• _ , Her Hengler performs the most daring and extraordinary feats upon , the tight rope , with graceful elegance ; amongst which may be mentioned his playing on the violin , and discharging a musket , whilst in the act of throwing somersaults , backwards and forwards , which he did with as much ease and precision as other artists could upon level ground . The chief attraction , however , is the performance of the Young American , Hernandez , whose clever feats we have already noticed . He is nightly called before the delighted audience , amid showers of bouquets , and the most rapturous applause .
Royal Victoria Theatre. A Benefit In Aid...
ROYAL VICTORIA THEATRE . A benefit in aid of the . Victim Fund was taken at this Theatre on Wednesday evening . March the 21 st . The house was well attended . The pieces performed were , " Ruth ; or , ihe Lass that loves a Sailor ; " " The mid Irish Girl ; " and the Burlesque of " Fayre Rosamonde . " . The audience appeared well pleased with the performances , which alternately drew bursts of laughter , tears , and applause . Miss Vincent p ! ayed with her wonted ability in the two first ; pieces . Mr . Forman made a most graceful Fair Rosamond in the burlesque , with more than Adelphian humour . Forman and Miss Ba ' rrowclifie , the ( Queen Eleanor , ) were well supported by the other character * in the burlesque . We have great hopes that the Fund will receive a considerable acquisition of strength from these renewed exertions of the Victim Committee . In the course of the evening the Marseillaise Hymn was played by the orchestra and elicited a universal encore .
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Royal Polytechnic Instit 0 tion . —A specimen ofa cork mattress has lately been deposited here for the purpose of giving the public the opportunity of viewing the advantages possessed by this material for bedding in all kinds of shipping . A number of experiments were last summer exhibited on the Thames and in the basin in Woolwich Dockyard , to prove the efficacy of an invention by which the lives of sailors and passengers in ships , < fec ., could , in tbe event of shipwreck , be saved . The invention , which was very simple , consisting in substituting cork cuttings or shreds in tbe place of horse-hair , wool , or flock , as the stuffing for mattresses , pillows , < fec , to be . employed in ships of a'l kinds . The experiments were perfectly satisfactory , and were approved of by Sir G . Bremer , and by many persons connected with the navy , and by scientific men who witnessed them . The cork was cut into small
shreds of various oneness , and a few pounds of this material were found to possess a most extraordinary buoyant power . The difficulty at that time was to procure the article so manufactured in such quantities as to render it generally serviceable , the instruments employed to cut the shreds , from the tough ' ness of the cork , not possessing sufficient power or being sufficiently adapted to cut Urge quantities , excepting by very slow process . The consequence wa ? , the invention did not become very generally known or used . Since that time , machinery has been contrived , and is now at work on the premises of the patentees , at the City SawMills , Regent ' s Canal , by which the cork is cub with the greatest despatch and facility . Had the ill-fated vessel , lately wrecked on the Essex coast , possessed a few mattresses stuffed with this material , most of the passengers and crew would have been saved .
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TO THE TRADES OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND . Fellow-Men , —In again addressing you , I have the pleasure to announce that our organisation is progressing in the most satisfactory manner in London . The Trades of the metropolis seem , atlast , to have awakened from their lethargy , to bestir themselves in earnest—and it appears to me to be of the highest importance that no mistake should be made in our future policy , but that we should commence at the right end of our work , and adopt the motto of Burke , " That which is worth doing , is worth doing well . " You will , no doubt , have learnt by this time , through tbe medium of the press , tbat the London
Trades have held a large public meeting , at which a petition to Parliament was adopted , calling upon the government f o assist the Trades in procuring useful employment by the establishment of Home Colonies . That and the question of the Suffrage will , in reality , be commencing at the right end of the work , 'the delegates have issued an address to the Trades of Great Britain and Ire ' and , pointing out the manner in which they can most effectually co-operate with the men of London . You will behold in that address—if its spirit be energetically carried into effect—the necessary machinery to move even the empire itseK .
• Let the Trades in the provinces commence th-s great work without delay . Bear in mind , it is in that talismanic word—Union—alone , that you will find the lever to extricate you from your prostrate condition . It is , therefore , to the formation and proper direction of a national organisation of Trades , that I am anxious to direct your attention . Every Trades' Unionist will , I think , at once discover that he has hitheito commenced at the wrong end of his work by asking himself the question— " How it occurs thatthe Trades in their aggregate capacity , after having spent hundreds of thousands of pounds , and , in many instances , suffered the greatest privations , to prevent labour from being devoured by its own offspring—capital—that , after years ofconten *
tion , you are further from therealisation of that ill-understood phrase of ' A fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work , ' than you were the hour you first commenced the contest ? The answer will be found in the fact that you have hitherto been striking , and striking in vain , against the effect , while you have wholly left untouched the great primary cause . " Thesupply and dfmand in the labour market regulate the price of labour , " say the Political Economists of a certain school—and it is so ; and in that fact you may behold the complete triumph of capital overlabour . The usurpation of the soil by the few , to the exclusion of the many , on the one hand , and superseding manual labour by machinery for the sole benefit of the capitalist on the other , in the face of an increasing and
systematically slave-made population , has left the workmen of all nations only one of two alternatives to choose—either to accept the terms offered by an employer , or , otherwise , to turn round and look starvation in the face , in which case the crowded state of the labour market compels some less independent or more necessitous workman than the objector to snatch at the terms the other has refused . Oh ! If the tales of woe which nearly every workman could unfold respecting the terrible operation of this most vicious and destructive principle of supply and demand , by which thelabour , or , rather , slave market , is regulated at present , were placed onrecord , such a frightful catalogue of human suffering , would be developed to the woild , that would stamp with
eternal infamy the oppressors of their race . 1 here is not a workman ' s home into which the effects of this pernicious principle has not entered . Its effects are felt alike in the cottage of the peasant ,. as in the house of the mechanic in . London or Paris . You may behold it in the cheap ticket and show shops iri almost every street in our large towns—those txecrable establishments for perpetrating wholesale fraud upon the public , the operative , arid the . cithren . Its direful effects are also to be seen in the ^ thousands who daily throng our streets , searching in vain lor employment . Nor is its mission of iniquity completed , until it has driven them withinthe walls ofa prison or a workhouse , to add to the-bitterness of their
misfortunes , where they are compelled to labour , but which has been refused to . themuntU they are thu § debased . These are ! stem an , d stubborn truths , which it is the . duty 01 every working man to destroy . ' There is but one way to remedy these fearful eyil » i-arid-that is by creating for yourselves . aa far as possible ; in independent labour market—to become , unreality , your own employers . Such is our object in proposing Home Colonisation , and I rejoice to find there is a strong feeling among several of the Trades to form-c " o-operative or Joint-Stock Companies within their own respective Trades . These societies would be most powerful auxiliaries in effecting tbe emancipation of labour . Let great care , however , be takes that they be com-
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menced on sonnd principles , and conducted with honesty , and they cannot fail to be of immense benefit to the Trades . For instance , what is to prevent the tailors , shoemakers , hatters , and others from effectually superseding those destructive engines to their respective Trades—the show and ticket shops ? All that is required is union in the fir-t place ; and , secondly , co-operation among themselves . With union , the working classes would be all but omnipotent ; without it they will ever remain slaves . I now beg to earnestly direct your attention to the second proposition . of " the London Trades delegates , namely that of Universal Suffrage . Hook upon that question as being of equal importance to that of labour . lam deeply impressed with a belief that the
emancipation of labour will never . be complete , until the people are universally enfranchised . Where is the man so lostto every schseof self respect as not to look upon himself as being fit to exercise the franchise ? Surely none who belong to a Trades Union will underrate ^ this great and glorious principle of political equality . Who among us can b-hold the great and heroic struggles which the workmen in all the civilised nations of Europe have made , to establish their freedom , without feeling the burning glow of admiration at their magnanimous conduct ? Behold the men of Italy , even now . in arms against the oppresif > rs ef their country , who are conspiringto rob them of their well-asserted rights ! Will Britons , who have been taught to sing they " never shall he slaves , " remain alone with the ignominious brand of
slavery upon them , to become a byword among the nations , at whom the civiisation of Europe shall point the finger of scorn ? Oh , no , let us wipe off this tonl stain I and swear by every sacred tie of family , of friends , prof country , that we will each do at least the duty of one man , to leave the world better than we found it . The questions of employment and the suffrage , are ihe rallying points to which ' our energies ought to be immediately directed . It is impossible for any concessions to be made in cither of these questions , without giving entrance to the thin end . of the wedge , and it will be the fault of the people if they donotdrive it home .
The question of labour must be kept continually before the attention of Parliament , as well as the suffrage ; and even though no concessionshe made on the question of . employment , the very fact of its continual , discussion will be found to be more valuable to the people , when the hour of their political enfranchisement arrives , than all the gold of California . It will create a powerful mind in the nation , an irresistible intelligence , which will turn the suffrage to proper : . account , when it is attained ; but for the want of which , other nations have not as yet obtained those benefits fiom their enfranchisement , which more intelligence respecting the rights of labour will besureto confer . "Tor a nation to be
free , it is enoughthat she wills it , says a celebrated writer .: But she requires something more than that . Sherequirestheknowledget'iconsolidateherl ' reedom , as well as the power to will it . The history of past revolutions throughout the world proclaims to us in the language of disappointment , that when the last shot was fired , and the sword of the people was again returned victoriously to the scabbard , the hour of tbe revolution may then be said to have only commenced . It was no longer a conflict of arms—it then became a conflict of minds 1 and , unfortunately for the side of labour , it has in that as yet been unsuccessful in coping with its adversaries . These are facts replete with instruction . . Let us profit by them . Let our watchword be union , and our course be onward ; and we will show to the world that we are not that lawless , ignorant rabble , we are represented to be , but that we are a brave and generous people , deserving Jto be free . Alfred A . Walton .
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THE GRIEVANCES OF THE COLLIERS OP THE NORTH . TO THE EDITOn OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sir—The Colliers are assuredly the worst-paid class of men who earn their bread by the sweat of their brow ; but however ill requited for their dangerous toils , it will startle the readers of the Star to learn the nefarious practices resorted to by their employers , to abstract and curtail their scanty wages , under the legal authority of the " Bond of Agreement . " The bonds by which the miners of this district contract to do certain work for a certain amount of wages , invariably contain the following or a similar clause : " That the standard weight shall be 7 J cwt ., and any tub being deficient , and containing only 7 cwfc . 27 lbs ., shall be deemed forfeited ; the hewer thereof not being entitled to any pay for working the same . " This is termed "
sotout , and the hewer hews and fills such tub , the putter puts the same—both parties risking their lives—and because the weight of coals is a little below the standard , neither hewer nor putter get any pay for the quantity sent ; in fact , they work that tub for nothing . Then there is « laid out , " another net spread to catch the earnings of the workmen . The bond again states : " That the workmen shall ' send to bank coals ofa merchantable character , and that any tub containing small coal , foul coal , or splint , shall be forfeited , and tho parties will not be entitled to any pay for working the same . " The bond generally states the number of quarts of small coal , & c , to be in each tub before such tub shall become forfeited ; the quantity varying at different collieries—some having it fixed at four quarts , and some at eight , & c .: but even taking the larger quantity , how small it appears when contrasted
with the great bulk of coal—7 * cwt . in the tub ; and if eight quarts or a peck of small coal be found there , the party is subjected to the penalty above stated . It almost staggers belief that so little feeling should be found in an employer , as to take the whole price earned by a servant because a handful of dirty coal appears among the bright or clean coal—yet such is tho feet , and it is every day practised upon the colliers ' of this district . It may be said that the workmen ought not to mix small with the round or large coal . The fault is not always the workman ' s . 1 know that in nine cases out 01 ten he ought to be exempt from the penalty . For example , coals are worked in large lumps and put into the tubs with as much care as possible , and although no small is put in during tho
process of filling , yet that , and every tub - worked , has to travel in many instances a mile before it reaches the shaft . Jfow it is next to impossible but that the coals should have their jagged edges broken off , and a sort of grinding process being in operation during the transit ( which is often down inclined planes and over rough and uneven roads ) , makes small coal to a considerabl y extent , and yet the workman has to forfeit the price of working such tub of coals , when it is evident he has no control over the circumstance . Again , it is highly probable that a tub may be forfeited by having the quantity of small coal in it , and yet have also the full weight of round coals as stipulated by the bond—and then how stands the case ? The hewer has actually filled and sent to bank 1 h cwt . of coals , . locoi'din * to
agreement , but because . a few quarts of small coal occupy the interstices or fill up the hollows , he must lose his pay for working the same , which to me appears most unjust and uncalled for . The employer-, in my opinion , has no business to interfere , so long as he gets his weight . For example , I order a box of eggs , stating the quantity 500 , or whatever number wanted ; it would certainly be monstrously unjust to take the eggs , and coolly tell the merchant I would not pay because he had packed them with straw . The cases are similar , as by agreement the hewer is bound to send to bank 7 i cwt ., and if he chooses to pack those round coals with small , thus filling up the tub by a layer of lumps and . spread of small , which would preserve the lumps
from contact , and prevent them grinding each other and producing small coal , what right has the employer to complain , so long as he gets the full weight stipulated ? yet such cases as the above are of general occurrence . The following detailed account of the "laid out" and " set out , " at Scaton Deleval Colliery , will assuredly rouse the dormant energies of the miners , and prevent such extensive forfeitures as are here exhibited : — Tons cwt . •< Laid out" at 0 and D pits ... 5203 13 E „ F „ ... 5210 6 " Set out" at C and D pits ... 4 4 E „ F ,, ... 113 2 Total 10 , 531 5 ( nm ^ mm mvmmt The average price paid for working is Is . 2 d . per ton ; hence 10 , 5 $ 1 tons 5 cwt ., gives the amount ot wages lost £ G 14 6 s . 5 Jd ., every farthing of which the miner has worked as hard for as any other part ol his earnings . There is another feature of advantage which ought to be recorded , as bringing a large sum into the pocket of the employer , viz ., these . W ) 5 ol tons which they get for nothing , are really worth , and will sell for the enormous sum of £ 3 , 510 6 s . so ., taking the price at 6 s . 8 d . per ton , which is below the mark , tfow these 10 , 531 tons , giving a loss to the amount of £ 614 6 s . 3 R , and producing by sale £ 3 , 510 6 s . 8 d ., are all the result ' of what has been experienced in 1848 , a loss to tho workmen ol upwards of £ 2 per man for the year .
At the beginning of this year the employers , the above colliery ( Del val ) offered very extensive reductions to then-workmen ; to this they demurred and sifter much altercation the matter was submitted to arbitration . The arbitrators being viewers ( according to the bond ) , came to the conclusion tha the reductions were uncalled for , and agreed that certain prices should be fixed , being a little highci than those offered by tho roasters . . Tp show tha those prices are still too little , during : the fortnigh the af & re gate of the wages -was £ 293 5 s ., for 2 d 4 t shiftsgiving each man 2 s . 6 d . per shift , or day 1 work out ofvbioh sum the hewer has powder , candles and tools to find ; fully demonstrating thai < mme additional price is needed . Thuswe have a brief history of the position of tin crenefal body of miners in the north , and unless thej bestir themsolves , and by union and combinatio iek to bring about a better state , of things , the ? mav rest assured their position willget worse , f Th ? miners of Badtliffo Colliery , near IMs
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worth , have struck to resist so " . iic encroachment uporv tl \ ew privileges . Three weeks ago the miners ot that colliery took a fancy that the tubs were too im £ L , eA ; P ' Gsse , d their apprehensions to their rfe ? } ° tokltbom that they had nothing to lm A c ? ? ° . ' bntsiinply to put in the icquaed standard weight . Tho workmen sought the aid of an eminent adjuster of coal-weighing matvZ T *™ 8 tle ( the authorities at Alnwick having refused to attend ) , who , when he arrived at the colhery found somo difikulty in being allowed to look at the apparatus . Subsequently ho inspected the machine , and ascertained that it gaye regularly 7 * cwt ., while the workmen were only paid for 62 cwt . The employer immediately agreed to for all
pay surplus weight , and work was resumed the next day . On Monday week the men were given to understand that the surplus ri & i 0 uIdnotf ) e , P / ' an ( lalso t ^ t the prices paid lor brasses would be discontinued . These unexpected disclosures brought the workmen to a stand still , who soem determined to stand until they can command pay . for all surplus > reieht , and be paid for the brasses , as heretofore . These brasses are a species of refuse intermixed with the strata or seam of coal which it has always been customary to send to bank , but which it is the interest of the employer to pay tho workmen to keep out ; and as it entailed a great amount-of labour and time tlioy were certainl y entitled to receive pay tor the same . — -Yours truly ,
-W ~ X , M . JUDE . We have received an address to the Scotch Miners , calling strongly on them to unite for thenpreservation . .
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c •« v s , VIFr s T " lsr irM ' ES - Iswitt , in his lunacy , had some intervals of reason . On one occasion his physicians took him with them to enjoy the advantages of fresh air . When thev came to tie Phomix . Park , Dublin , Swift remarked a new bui ding which he had never before seen , and asked ' what it was designed for 2 " To which Dr Kingsbury answered , "that , Mr . Dean , is . the m . v gaainc for arms and powder , for the security of the city . " "Oh , oh ! " saysthc Dean , pulling out his pocket-book , " Let me take an item of that . This is worth remarking ; < my tablet ' s ! ' as Hamlet says , ' my tablets ! mbmory put down that . '" Which produced the following lines , being the last the Dean ever wrote : — " Behold a proof of Irish sense ! Hero Irish wit is seen ; ¦
When nothing ' s left that ' s worth defence , We build . 1 magazine . " and then put up his pocket-book , laughing heartily at the conoeit , and clenching it with , " When the steed ' s stolen shut the stable door : " Pukseveraxce . — " Perseverance , " said a lady , a Iriendof ours , to her servant , "is the only way you can accomplish great things . " One day eight apple dumplings were sent down stairs , and they all disappeared . " Sally , where are thoso dumplings ?" '' I managed to get through them , ma'am . " ' " Why , how on earth did you contrive to oat so many dumplings ? " "By persevering , ma'am , " answered
Sally . Dr . Johnson Pourtrated . —Johnson is better known to us than any other man in history . Everything about him—his coat , his wig , his figure , his face , his scrofula , his St . Vitus' dance , his" rolling walk , his blinking eye—the outward signs which too clearl y marked his approbation of his dinner—his unsalable appetite for fish sauce and veal pie , with plums—his inextinguishable thirst for tea—his trick of touching the posts as he walked—his mysterious practice of treasuring up orange peel—his morning slumbers—his midni ght disoutations—his muttermgs—his gruntings—his puffings—his vigorous , acute , and sarcastic eloquence—his vehemencehis insolence—his fits of tempestuous rageare all
, familiar to us . —Macaulay . "Ladies' Improver . "—Amongst the " new and original designs of utility " lately registered , is one by Thomas Wright , of Birmingham , " for a ladies ' improver , or bustle . " The Cuum oe Cuuvowsu . —Dan Marble strolling along the wharfs at Boston , U . S ., met a tall , gaunt-looking figure , a " digger " from California , and got into conversation with him . " Healthy climate , I suppose ? "— " Healthy ! it aint anything else . Why , stranger , you can choose there any climate you like—hot or cold—and that without travellin' more than fifteen minutes . Jest think ' 0 that
tho next cold mornin' when you git out 0 ' bed . There ' s a mountain there—the Sawyer Savaday , they call it—with a vaJJey on each side of it—the one hot , and t' other cold . Well I git on the top of that mountain with a double-barrelled gun , and you can , without movin ' , kill either summer or winter game , jest as you will . "— " What ! have you ever tried it ?"—Tried itl often , and should have done pretty well , but for one thing . "— " Well . ' what was that ? "— " I wanted a dog that would stand both climates . The last dog Ihad / ttwe off his tail while pintin' on the summer side . He didn ' t get entirely out of . the winter side . Trew as you live !" Marble sloped . —Albany Argus .
THE SECRET . In a fair lady's heart a Secret was lurking-It tossed , and it tumbled—ifclonged to get out : TheLirs half betrayed it by smiling and smirking , And Toxoub was impatient to blab it , no doubt . ' Butlloxoun looked stern on the subject , and g ave it In charge to the Teeth , ( so enchahtingly wliite !) Should the captive attempt an elopement , to save it By giving the Lips an admonishing bite ! ' Twas said , and ' twas settled ; Sir Iloxoun departed ; Toxoue quivered and trembled , but dare not rebel When , right to its tip , Secret suddenly started , And half , in a whisper , escaped from its cell ; Quoth the Teeth in a pet , " we'll be oven for this !" And they bit very hard above and beneath ; But the Lips , at the moment , were bribed with a Kiss , And thev popped out the Secret " in spite of their teeth ! " J
Pbacticai , Applicatiox of Good Advice . —A mother admonishing her son ( a lad about SCYCtt yea 1 * 5 0 ? age ) , to \ i hun that ho should never defer till tomorrow what he could do to-day . The little urchin replied , " Then , mother , let ' s eat the remainder of tho plum-pudding to-night . " Scene in an American Poiice Court . —An old man , of very acute physiognomy , answered to the name of Jacob Wimoiit . His clothos looked as though they might have boon bought second-handed in his youthful prime , for they had suffered more by the rubs of the world than the proprietor himself . — Mayor : What business do you follow , Wimont !—Whnont : Business ! 2 ? onc—I . am a traveller . —M .: A vagabond , perhaps . —W . : You are not far from
wrong ; travellers and vagabonds are much the same thing . The difference is , that the latter travel without money , and the former , generally , without brains . —M .: Where have you travelled ?—W . : All over this continent . —M . : For what purpose ?—W .: Observation . —M .: What have you observed ?—W . A vary little to commend , much to censure , and very much to laugh at . —M .: Humph ! And what do you commend ?—^ W .: A handsome woman that will stay at home , an eloquent preacher that will make short sermons , a good writer that does not write too much , and a fool that has just sense enough to hold his tongue , —M .: What do you censure ?—W . ; A man ' who marries a girl for her fine dancing , a working man who believes in the sympathy ol professional gentlemen , a youth who studies law or medicine while he has the use of his hands , and tho people who elect a drunkard or a blockhead to office . —M ,: Ahem . ' And what do you laugh at
?—W .: I laugh at the man who expects his position to command that respect which his personal qualities and qualifications do not merit . —M .: Oh ! I perceive you are an uttercr of pithy sentences ; now I am about to utter one that will surprise you . —W .: A pithy sentence from your honour would indeed be matter for astonishment . —M .: My sentence is , that you discontinue travelling for the term of thirty days , while you rest and recruit yourself at Moyamensing . This retort was a poser , and Mr . Wimont , submitting to the requirements of the Vagrant Act , retired from the hall of justice without uttering another syllabic . Consequences of Using a Bad Pen . —An ignorant but quick-witted person was rebuked by a friend for his bad spelling in a letter he had just finished . " Bad spelling is it ? " said tho first ; "look at that . '" holding up a stump of a quill to him ; " how can a man spell right with such a pen as that ? " fe x
The Soidier and nis Parish . — A maimed soldier , who was refused relief , by an overseer because he did not belong to that particular parish , said , "All ! Sir , I lost my limb fighting for all the parishes !" Horses and Asses . — " Oliver Cromwell and his troopers , " says the Liverpool Albion , " stabled their horses in our cathedrals . Our Whig and Tory ' governing families' do worse—they stall their asses in them . " Tub Cap of Liberty . — " The Cap of Liberty " is the name bestowed by Mi's . Trollope on a widow ' s jap . Not a bad idea .
A Fact . —It is too true , that for one man who sincerely pities our misfortunes , there are thousands who sincerely hate our successes . ' Laziness . —Laziness grows on people ; it begins in cobwebs , and ends in iron chains . The more business a man has to do the more he is able to accomplish for ho learns to economise his time . — Judge Hale . . Hiehooltpiiic TrPES . —The National Printingoffice of France has just published a work entitled , "Chronology of the Kb g 3 of Egypt , " by Lesueur . This 19 the first book in which the new hieroglyphic types of that establishment have been used at any length . They are said to be extremely delicate and beautvfoWvery superior to anything put forth by tho English or German presses . The work is also the first bearing the new formula used under the republic to distmguiBli a hook printed at . the coat of tho government .
To Mr. Prout, 229, Strand. I "So. 203, Piccadilly, London, Oct It), 1847. I
TO Mr . PROUT , 229 , STRAND . I "So . 203 , Piccadilly , London , Oct it ) , 1847 . i
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" Sra , —It is now Uiree years ami a nan since 1 was sorely afflicted iiitli Jlheumatic Gout , t . ' ie suffering from which induced me to try all the proposed remedies that extensive medical experience could devise , irithout obtaining ; any satisfactory rcliif from pain . During oneof thepavoxyams a friend advised me to try Blair's Gout and Klieumatic Pills , observing that he had in some . severe cases taken them himself and they proved very successful . I instantly adopted his advice , and to my joy the excruciating torment S 0011 bogJUl to abate , and a lew boxes restored roe to Jiealtli , since which I have had no return of tha complaint . 1 trust you will give publicity to my case , that suffering humanity may know how to obtain a remedy for this distressing disease . —I am , Sir , your obedient humble servant , Michael JIashvth . ''
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^^ === 5 55 ^ THE EXTRA-/ y' ^\ X . ordinary properties // > ¦ < m- * \ \ of tIlis medicine are thus // ; / jjS ^ p ^ v VV dcscribed by an eminent ( I ' ttSr $ *^^ wP' Y \ physician , who says : — I ¦ ' ^^ y ^ 9 i ^^ \ vat'on ° f the action of ; ' l IspT ^ aJ ' -sP I 1 > - ' ^ ' > 1 am dell dfisgrf ^^^ lhl / termined , in my opinion , IV J ^ WwS ^ . // that the . followi"' - ' are " ' *^ SPSwK » i | n \ // their true properties : — V ^ llraBJSiisI / MfflJSa ^ V "First—They increase ^ X ^^^®^ iJ ^^^ y !/ tl 10 stren 3 > whilst Ttnost > Xxw ^^ S ^^^^> ^ Other medicines have a X ^ j tg ^ igg g ?'' / ^ weakening eft ' ect upon ^ ¦ Cr * ¦ "' ' 'o ^ the system . Let any one take from three to four or six pills every twenty-four hours , and , instead of having weakened , they will he found to have revived the animal spirits , and to have imparted a lasting strength to the body . "Secondly—In their operation they go direct to the disease . After you have taken six or twelve pills you will exper ience their effect ; the disease upon you will become less and less by every dose you take ; and if you will persevere in regularly taking trom three to six pills every day , your disease w ' ill speedily be entirely removed from the ystem "Thii'dly-Thcy ave found , after giving them a fair trial or a few weeks , to possess the most astonishing and invigorating properties , and they will overcome all obstinate complaints , and restore Bound health ; there is a return of good appetite shortly from the beginning of their use j khilst their mildness as a purgative is a desuleratutn creatlv required by the weak and delicate , particularly where violent purging is acknowledged to be injurious instead of beneficial .
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t ^ Cn ^ Tv f •* P'Wietors , "T . 0 B -UT : tions " QBne - * onrt ' ^ ' - t-sii-m , London , " on the Direc IU each ' bv ^ l " r l - lirt M ¦ - *• M - »' •• "'• " ¦> - P" « ' « t » «« 1 « w || ? rfl'ffi " mc < l i , ji , U ! TO , *« throughoui . lie wo Id . I „ ii directions are given with each hor . °
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iOU MAY DB CUBED YET ! IIOLLOWAY ^ OINTMEXT . CCTE OF BnEUafATrSM AXD RHEUMATIC GOCTExtract ofa Letter from Mr . Thomas Brunton , Landlord ' o ! the 11 aterloo favern , Coatharo , Yorkshire , late of tins Life Guards , dated September iSth , ma , SlB , —IV a . long time 1 was a martyr to Iihcumatisiii ami Rheumatic Gout , and for ten weeks previous to using your medicines I was so bad as not to be able to walk . J had tried doctoring and medicines of every kind , but all to no avau \ indeed I daily got worse , and felt that Iniusl shortl y die , From seeing your remedies advertised in the paper I take in , I thought I would give them a trial . I did so . I rubbed the ointment in as directed , and kept cabbage leaves to tho parts thickly spread with it , and took the Pills i % ! jt and morning . In throe ivee ' cslteas enabled to walk about for an hour or two in the day with a stick , and in seven weeks I could go anywhere without one . I am
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OS PHYSICAL DISQUALIFICATIONS , GENriKATlVE INCAPACITY , A \ 'l > IMI'JJDIMJBA'TS TO MAJtJtIAGB . Twenty-fifth edition , illustrated with Twmity-SiK Anatomical Engravings on Steel , enlarged to l' ) 0 pages , price 2 s . Gd ; by post , direct from the Establishment , 3 s . . ( Jd ., in postage stamps , qn II E SILENT F 111 E N D ; X a medical work on tho exhaustion and physical decay of the system , produced by excessive indulgence , the consequences of infection , or the abuse of mercury , with observations on the mavrried state , and the dfsmuiUUeations which prevent it ; illustrated by twenty-six coloured engravings , and by the detail of cases . By 11 . and L . PERRY and Co ., ID , Derners-street , Oxford-street , London . Published by the authors , and sold by Strange , 21 , Patcrnostcr-row ; llanuay , C"i , and Sanger , 150 , Oxford-street ; Stavie , ' 2 " t > , Tichbome-stveet , Hnymarket ; and Gordon , 146 , Leadenhall-street , London ; J . and It . Raimes and Co ., Leithwalk , Edinburgh ; 1 ) . Campbell , Argyll-street , Glasgow ; J . Priestly , Lord-street , and T . A ' cwton , Churchstreet , Liverpool ; It . Ingram , Market-place , Manchester .
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[ Advertisement . 1—ScoBBuno Humours cuked by Hon * wax ' s Ointment a . vd Pills . —Extract of a letter from Ml George "Williams , of Blackroek , near Cork , dnted June U 1848-. — "ToProfessor Hollowly . —Sir ;—l beg to state & your satisfaction , and for the information oftheafflietee the wonderful effects your Ointment and Pills have 1 « k upon roe . I have suffered severely from scorbutw hi moura affecting me : in . different parts , . and , among ? fiy lM ^^^ dn le ^ mW ^ U ^^^ nSSn ^ K S ^ & B ^ .-- « Mo ^ da yr rn 1 ng one of theguarda oftheLondon anr N ortnSrnllaUway , named Ireland , was ktlla at Nowton Junction , in foolishly attempting to er « the line while » train was apwvhm'j .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 24, 1849, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24031849/page/3/
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