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Ap April?M847. THE NORTHER N STAR. ' ¦ 6...
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RECEIPTS OP THB MATIOSAL CO-OPEBATITE LA...
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EXPENSE FUND . Globe A Friends 0 4 0 C. ...
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FOR THE DISTRESSED IRISH. Received by Mr...
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THE APPBOACHING BALLOT. Notice.—All shar...
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A general meeting of shareholders at the...
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Trowbridge.—Tns Fast asp thb Famine.—A f...
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NATIONAL TBADES' ASSOCIATION FOR THE PRO...
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The Central Committee of the above flour...
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Acopvofthe work written by Henry VIII., ...
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TRADES' MOVEMENTS. LABOUR IN NEW YORK. (...
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REVERSE OF FORTUNE, DEATH' OF A LADY FRO...
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Losa or thb "Tweed."—It is understood to...
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Lloit, Notice.—Since The Law Department ...
belli bailable to rent amounting to ( foMe tha yearly value oftfci of fte premises . | J . tUvf , Ha « b , Stockport . —It is not necessary to pay poorrate rates in order to vote for a surveyor of the highway ! ways . 9 . € 1 . t . G . Section I . —If you took yonr hens * but for one yeu year , you may quit on the 30 th of November , without gtvi giving any notice ; but , in order to guard against mistab takes and disputes iou had better give y » ur landlord the the usual notice that you mean to quit on that day ; anc and give it immediately . Make a copy of the notice , sac sad let the person who delivers the notice , write upon th « the copy the day oa which he delivered the notice . i A Bi A BiiCXUTEl ' a LuontEt , Brighton . —B . may distrain for for all the rent that has not been paid ; there is nothing in in the fern , of the receipts that will prevent his doing so , so . C . being a weekly tenant , should g ive a weeks ac aoticetoquit . T . IT . P . Selkirk—Every housekeeper is liable to have
, to aoldiera billeted upon Mm , but a magistrate can pass oi over such as he conceives ought not to have the burden tt thrown npoi them . C . B C . R ., Banbury . —Hot liable to serve after 69 , nor oftcntr tl than oace a year . AHA H * t » ov Cakt , Birmingham . —They can only commit ti till the fine is paid ; yon had , therefore , best pay . Thi The People ' s Isstitote , Manchester . —Though there h might be some risk run on account of the possibility tl that a trusUe might act dishonestly , and sell or mortg gage tbe property as his own 5 Jet . by having it vested i ia three or four , or even more , trustees , they would be a a kind of * check upon each o ther , and consequentl y t there might be no great risk . I should , therefore , re-< commend thatthe purchase sbonldbemadeinthename < -of half-a-dozen decidedly respectable persons , who wilt 1 be the registered proprietors of a thousand shares . * TUtty mast execute a declaration of tr »** in favour of 1 the Manchester Chartists : and the deed should contain
; apowerfortbetrutteei on the d irect on of the comj suittee for the time being of tbe Manchester Chartists , to sell or otherwise dispose of tbe property , as the com . mittee may direct . It may be proper , however , to observe , that there might possibl ; be adiffieutty in 3 » % ing a title to the shares , by reason of the beneficial interest being in a numerous and increasing body of men , like the Manchester Chartists . If . however , you determine to make tbe purchase , and send me instructions for tbe itta , I will prepare it for yon . < Jsoj . ce oh HoasEBics :. —I am of opinion the offence was not cognisable by a magistral-, and that Mr Cripps in fining your friend , exceeded bis authority Tour friend , I think , had best go to that gentleman , and desire that either the 19 s . may be returned , or that Mr Cripps will refer him in writing to the Act of Parliament under which he fined your friend , I am
not aware tbatany sorb act exists . "W , M ., Brompton . —Send your papers to me , and look at the notice at the bead of the legal answers . W . P ., Stoutbridgo .-Kthe " borrowed light" is an inner one , no ; if an outerone , yes . -J . W . 5 .. Halifax . —You may administer to yonr father ' s effects , and as soon as yon have dose so . you may take possession of all personal property he dies possessed of ; and if you can prove that your stepmother has got possession of any part of it , you may proceed asramst her for the recovery of it . You should then turn all your fathers effects into money , pay his debts , give one-third of the sorpltzs to bis widow , and divide the remainder in equal shares between yourself and your brothers and sisters . Had you any brother or sister who is dead having left children who are living ! { jSosge Bosses , Carlisle— Ton had better leaverather
, than getinto any dispute about tbe sufficiency of the notice . -J . B-. DuWnfield . —The legatee having died in the testator ' s lifetime , the legacy , if not specifically given to some other person , would fall into the residue , and be-Iorg to the residuary legatee . If you were ever entitled to anything under the testator ' s will , or as bis next of kin , the length « f time which haselapsed since his death renders it highly improbable that you should be nowable to recover it . P . P ., Salford—For misconduct on the part of officers , agents , etc ., ot joint ^ tock companies , see 7 and S Vie ., cap . cx-, » ec . 41 , et infra . 'W . J ., Wigan . —I suppose you will not be able to prove that the landlord agreed to accept the person who occupied the house for one month as his tenant , andif not , you arelUble , I conceive , to the half year ' s rent .
W , J . B . —All such things as are fixed and fasteued to the ' building , and cannot be removed without injury to it , 1 must , I conceive , be considered to belong to the first mortgagee , though not actually specified ia his mortgage , and though affixed after the mortgage ; but chandeliers , and such things as may be suspended from hooks or nails in the wall , may be taken by the second mortgagee , it included in his mortgage . 1 * Essex Chmtist . —It the will is correctly drawn neither yon nor the other trustee need be admitted at all , and consequently no fines need be paid to the lordbat to be able to deride upon this point , send me a copy of the will . I suppose the widow U entitled to freebencb ( ordower ) out of the copyholft property . Intx . —If you cannot prt vail upon your creditors to discontinue proceedings , you must state your circum . Stances to the court , which villi , no doubt , deal leniently with you , and order you to pay by very easy
instalments . Sichabd Fairs , Chelsea . —It being close upon forty years since your father sold the property , and the purchaser , I presume , having ever since been iu possession , you bave not , I conceive , the slightest chance of recovering the property . -John Koddis , Isham . —The notice given to your father Is perfectly good ; and , if he cannot come to a fivsh agreement with his landlord , he mast < jnii on the I ltd of Oct next . If your books are not of the value of £ 20 , you may proceed under the Small Debts' Art for the recovery of tbe books ; not of the value of them , but of the books themselves ; and , if the book ; indersets up a lien on the bouts , tbe Court will sett ' ieall questions between you . "W . Jokes , Manchester . —If it can be proved that the 3 s Cd
was tendered according to agreement , and that the attorney agreed to give a week f ir payment of the 30 s . he ( tbe attorney . will . I sbouldthink , act very unwisely , were he to sue for the expense of suing out process ; there can hardly be a doubt but he would be nonsuited . 3 . C . B ., Sunderland . —The tenant appears to be a tenant from year to year , and therefore , to turn him out of possession , his landlord mu t give him six months' notice to quit , unless there is a local custom for a shorter notice . The time at which the tenaat may be turned ont of possession is the same month and day of the month at which his tenancy commenced . The tenant ' s rent being in arrears , the landlord cannot turn him out any sooner on that account ; but he may distrain if he pleases .
XSSCELliHtOrS . A 1 exa ! H > eb Hctsh , Ledbsry . —Mr Peyton must be a great ass to believe the man . No such person ever did work on Lowbands ; no such circumstance ever did take place ; no man ever did bruise or hurt bis hand while working there ; and no one who has ever worked there has gone away without his wages . And I wish people would not pester me with their own or Mr Peyton ' s folly . - Feabgcs O'Coskob . "Tothe Aiaottees at O'CoxsoBViiLE . —The writer will undertake to pa ; £ lo per annum for the use of one acre of land and two rocms iu the house , with one quarter ' s rent in advance if required , upon any one of the fouracre allotments at O'Connorville . Parties willing to agree to the same , will address , prepaid , to Mr Evershed , 12 , Somerset-buildings ,. Hackney-road , London . Chabtist Poekb . —All parties holding copies of the above ,
yet unpaid for , are particularly requested to forward the amount forthwith to taejAutbor . at the Star office , in postage stamps , or post-ofSce orders , payable at the Old Cavendish-street branch , London . 8 . Patebso * . Kirkaldy . —We believe not ; at all events the act at present only refers to England . J . Natlob , Midgley , will see that bis request has been complied with- As to Friday ' s Mark lane Corn Market , the . edition sent to Yorkshire is printed off before it appears . A Member t f the Chartist Co-operative Land Compnnv is assured that the Game Laws shall not be lost sight of . Poland ' s Recesebation . —Julian Harnev acknowledges letters and the following sums from II . Page , Bath , fed ., and ! he Chartist Council , . Vorwich , per C . Springall , 10 s . ; tbe post-office order for this amount has been handed to Mr O'Connor . A digest of all letters received will be prepared for , and published in the Committee ' s
next Keport . SsT The pamphlet containing the two Ia > t documents issued by the Committee are now ready , and wifl be forwarded to the country mcinbeis and friends , as fast as the Secretary can prepare the necessary letters to accompany the copies sent . Tbe Pbatebxal Democbats . —Julian Hamev has received one shi lli ng from Mr Vi ' ild , Mottrain , for the Fraternal Democrats . Alexasdeb Castpbeee , Brechin . —Xext wc-ek . ^ "The Noa-ia or England—James Maw , of Middlcboro ' appeals to the democrats of Northumberland and Durham , to rouse , " correspond with each other , arid take steps ter the pennauentTempIoyment of a lecturer in the district , to promulgate Chartist prinoiples and organise the Cbar- 'ist party . -J . Dkcmkond . —Yo room . S . Amsox . —Veit week .
Co-orsBATiVB Stobes . —A correspondent desires a code of rules for the management of a Co-operative Store . Address , "Joseph SiLhols , Locomotive Department , Eastern Cuuntie * Kailway , Stratford , Essex . " Ax Oxd Fuxesd with a Xew Face . —A correspondent at Edinburg h writes as follows : — "Mr Lowery , ex-Chartist lecturer , delivered a lecture last week in the large Wa terloo-room , on " . 4 total cessation front oU ¦ mmr-particvlarl y railvav travelling — on the Sabbath *?! ' Yt , n may judge of the feelings of the few Chartists present , Lowery i * now turned a Salbattarvin ' . Any job for Lowery that will pay him . Mr ™ Sw zmiAit a od deal of noise from tneAg->»! ISi Z * fcw U S ? qnestions , which Mr Lowery * w ^ w answer - aiding himself under the plea S . 1 : J % tarf l w » sn <* obliged to answer questions . This did not
satisfy Mr Cranston , who challenged liowery to discuss the question , before ' a public iuect-^ S nSfffh ^ L ^ « rf PUr P ° * - ™ * l ^ ewise w ^ iJ ? ° i T T ^ ^ ust 0 n drew " ^ tiling out of him—namely , a declaration tothe following tifecf" That if there was a class more despotic , more tyrannical , more ignorant , and " more treacherous , to each other , that class was the working class . " This sanctimonioos hypocrite and renegadehas roused the feelings of not a few here , and if he attempts another lecture they tritt be heard . One good effect springs from Mr Cranston ' s questioning , that when a Sabbatarian dupe rose to move a vote of thanks to Lowery there was not one in the meeting had the hardihood to second him . — i . M'Dokald . G . Fox . —The time ( date ) when the Charter newspaper ceaeedto exist .
Mr W . F ., Sucksmith , Birstal . —The agent ought to have given the order . Call upon Mr J . Cooks , top of Meadow-Sane , Leeds . He will let you bave thsm . Mr A ,, Lancaster , Wakefield . —In a day or twoyoa shall have them . ^ Macclesfieij > . _ . t , Ormeshtr , sub-secrstary , N . C . A ., 5 i , Bridgewater-street , Manchester , will thank the secretary of the Macdeafield N . C . A . to inform bim ol bit address as early as possible , by post . Joan Bbasshaw , Almondsbury . —Mr Thomas Clark will bo happy to attend to the request of bis brother teetotalUu , aad will visit tbtmin the course of a few weeks . He is happy to leara that the young men ef AlmonJsfcury have resolved to spwd their money in tbe purchaw ot law * , " uvsteal e { win . Will Mr Bradshaw
Lloit, Notice.—Since The Law Department ...
communicate his addieii to Mr Citric , address ? d to the Land office f Quunoxvoa a Dmritca Curs—Have the Irish landlords right to export out of their country grain and provisions while thousands of their tenants are dying and ftmithiag ia their very midst * We say no , and would resist them unto blood . —Fmuv America . Th « Baitot joa the O'CojtitoavaM Tea Tut , on behalf of the Widows ' , Orphans ' . Veterans ' , and Victims' Fond . —To the Chartist Public . —Priends : We earnestly implore you to consider the object to which
the proceed * of the above ballot are to be applied , and we feel confident but little argument will be necessary to induce you to give it your support . What true De ' - mocrat but would feel cossolation and pride in having done his share in placing those who have suffered , and are still suffering , for the active part they or their relatives have takea on the battle-field of liberty o < comfortable circumstances , and beyond tbe reach oi tyranny and oppression ! How small an effort U necessary to accomplish this desirable object ! The small sum of Sd . from each Land member aad Chartist
( who can afford it , ) would y ield a sufficient amount to place these victims on the Land , where they would enjoy the fruits of their own labour , and possess that freedom which they bave laboured to win for us . We are jsorty to say the abovenamed project , although responded to by several individuals , bas not , thus far , been takea up by any locality . This unaccountable apathy in so meritorious a canse we deeply deplore , and earnestly beg of the leading men in each locality to place it prominently before their meetings , and send in tbeir united subscriptions to Mr Linney , Highstreet , Bilston , as early as possible .
Tboxas Almond , Secretary to the Ballot . P . 8 . —The time of balloting will be duly announced in the Star . J . Cbowley , Leeds . —We cannot open our columns to angry iquabblings between members of the Tailors ' Union . We think we did our part in making room for the " report ; " we have no room for criminations and recriminations founded upon that "report . " Mr W . RaoDts , Chorley . —Yes . The difficulty will be in forwarding it . Mr W . Wbiteeaw , Haddington . —Received . Ljhebwoob Ecctxs . —Mr Pernfaough is all right for tbe Ballot . The error bas been corrected ;
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RECEIPTS OP THB MATIOSAL CO-OPEBATITE LAND COMPANY . PER ME O'CONNOR . SECTION No . 1 . fBA » IS . Lambeth , £ . Charles Witham £ 16 0 Shaw .. XI 3 0 Upton-on-Severn 012 0 Crieff .. M 0 5 6 Rochdale .. 0 6 0 l > urnley , Clegg .. 0 10 Newport , Mon-Truro .. 19 0 mouth M 8 2 0 Barnsley , Hoy « 6 0 0 NewKadford .. 0 J » Westminster Smethwick .. 0 2 0 ( omitted ) .. 0 1 6 Birmingham , Good-Alva .. . 0 5 1 win .. 302 Plymouth .. 018 6 Norwich .. 2 0 0 Elderslie M 012 0 Nottingham , York .. .. Hit Swett .. 0 C 6 Henry Gray - 010 0 Stalybridge .. 10 0 Westminster .. 13 0 Newcastle-upon-S . L . B . .. 0 2 0 Tyne .. 0 10 Lambley ~ 4 II 0 Whittingtonand Borrowash « 0 IT 0 Cat .. .. 017 6 Mountain m 0 13 1 Bermondsey .. 0 1 0 Bilston .. 10 0 Ashton .. 510 0 liacup m 5 0 Hanley ~ 0 4 9 Salford « 5 0 0 Bradford .. 8 « 0 Dalston - 0 5 0 Colne , TomUn-Wigan .. 3 9 2 son .. .. 4 IT 6 Alexandria .. 9 17 1 Stockport .. 4 0 0 Leigh .. .. 411 6 Glasgow .. 1 11 0 Dudley .. 5 5 0 Mertuyr , Jones ,. 112 0 Nottingham . Wall 1 0 S Lepton » 1 1 * 0 SomersTowa « 9 11 Cheltenham .. 0 8 5 Croydon « 0 0 8 Leeds ., 5 0 0 Manchester .. 6 14 6 Carrington ,. 0 9 6 oldham .. 3 0 0 Bristol a 0 10 0 William and H . Hamilton H 2 0 0 Belstead .. 0 8 0 Wakefield .. 0 3 4 Somers Town , BrightoniFlowen 016 6 M . Hopkinson 16 0 Marylebone , CamberweU ~ 10 0 Bayston „ 2 12 0 £ 130 17 11 SECTION No . 2 . SKAaxs . Caor ^ e Allison « 0 5 0 Lake Lock .. 5 0 0 Crieff .. « 18 6 Birmingham , Lambcrhead Goodwin .. 4 IS 0 Gre . n m 16 0 Winchester „ 0 IS 0 Burnlev , CKgg- 0 2 6 Leicester . Astill ., 4 0 0 Barnsley , IIov .. 6 0 0 Nottingham , Moses Gilling- Sweet .. 8 11 6 ham .. 10 0 Stalybridge .. 3 0 0 Westminster .. 2 0 0 Old Sheldon .. 3 0 9 MonktonDdverell 5 14 Newcastle-upon-Alva .. .. 5 10 10 Tyne - 2 10 6 Plvinouth .. 1 IS 6 Ayr .. .. 0 6 0 W ' ooton-under- Banbury .. 8 10 0 Ed » e ~ 0 I 0 Westminster , S . Elderslie .. 3 13 0 Leratt .. 0 2 0 Jos . M'Cortney .. 0 15 0 Ditto , W . Mandy 0 2 0 Greenwich .. 2 10 0 "ffhittingtonaud John Reardon .. 10 0 Cat .. „ 116 Westminster .. 5 14 4 Ashton .. 4 1510 Lambley .. 0 3 0 Kidderminster .. 5 0 0 Lambeth .. 3 17 8 Hanley .. 0 16 George Martin .. 0 16 Ciiepstow .. OH 2 Bilston .. 3 0 0 Bradford „ 8 0 0 Salford .. 2 0 0 Colne , Tomlin-Dalston .. 0 7 6 son .. „ 0 2 0 Wigan .. 0 6 0 Stockport .. 0 10 0 AstTey .. 17 6 HowseU .. 14 0 Thrapstone .. 0 10 0 Northwich .. 0 4 0 Alexandria .. 2 17 3 Stockton - on - Leigh .. « 015 6 Tees „ 16 9 4 Bridgewater , Glasgow „ 2 lo 6 Tweedy .. 3 9 0 Southampton „ 1 12 9 Somers Town .. 1 IB ? Lepton .. 1 3 C Croydon .. 0 2 0 Cheltenham n 0 3 3 Witham .. 016 4 Lynn , Scott „ 3 0 0 Manchester .. 414 0 Leeds .. 2 0 0 Oldham .. I 0 0 Carrington .. 0 2 0 RedMariey .. 0 10 Bristol M 2 0 0 Northampton « 3 0 0 Ledbury .. 0 4 G Rochdale - 0 10 3 Torquay .. 6 0 4 Edinburgh , Cum- Geo . Bishop .. 0 16 ming - 2 4 6 J , Siraais .. 314 4 New Radford .. 0 14 Wakefield .. 2 16 Chelmsford .. 0 5 6 Perth .. „ 0 8 8 Stevenson , Cul- Job Gilliard „ 0 3 6 len .. .. 0 10 BrightoniFlower ) 6 2 6 Hull .. .. 2 0 6 Welton .. 0 2 6 Lynn , Bunton .. 2 0 0 Reading .. 3 10 0 Smethwick .. 0 5 0 Shoreditch .. 0 10 Finsbury .. 4 0 0 £ 189 3 4 SECTION No . 3 . SHA 1 I 3 . George Grem- Rochdale .. 11 13 4 wood .. 0 3 0 Newport , Mou-Arbroath 5 4 4 mouth .. 1 16 4 Crieff .. - 0 6 0 Edinburgh , Cum-Exeter « 6 II 0 ming .. 5 4 4 Burnlev , Clegg .. 2 13 0 Kirkcaldy . Hender-Barusley , Iloy » 13 0 0 sou .. .. 5 4 4 Kettering .. 212 0 New Radford „ 0 12 11 W . Whailey » 0 4 4 Chelmsford .. 16 8 Westminster .. 6 4 6 Stow-on the-Wold 10 0 Alva .. .. 0 2 4 Hull .. .. 19 4 6 Stratford-on-Avon 7 17 0 Hexham .. 'J 3 6 Truro .. 1 12 6 Todmorden , W . Plymouth .. 7 2 6 Greenwood M 5 4 4 Wootton-under- Long buckby .. 14 2 Edge «• S 15 4 Lynn , Buuton ., 5 4 4 York .. «• 3 19 6 Middlesboro' .. 5 10 8 William Stewart 0 16 10 A . B ., South . Robert Smith .. 0 5 0 molton .. 3 18 4 John Brittle .. 5 4 4 Smethwick .. 11 3 0 William Wilson .. 0 2 6 Birmingham , Oood-Grcenwich .. 1 3 10 win .. 2 12 0 Christina Scott .. 2 . 7 4 Winchester M 0 10 J . B . Collor - 0 4 0 Leicester , Astill 16 0 0 J . W . Collar .. 0 4 0 Kirkcaldy , G . H . M . Smith .. 0 4 0 Mitchell ,. 5 4 4 William Jones .. 0 14 HolmfirtU .. 5 4 4 Joseph Moss .. 0 10 a Wootton-under-Westmiuster .. 2 8 C L'dge ,. 5 4 4 Mansfield , J . Nottingham , Lenuv .. 4 18 0 Sweet .. 15 4 6 LanuAey 0 2 0 Samuel Evans .. 1 0 0 Martha Camps , SHammersinith 4 4 Rovston .. 5 4 4 talybridge ,. 11 0 0 Bromham .. 5 4 4 OldShtldou .. 8 12 6 Charles Taylor , Allan Harper .. 0 5 0 senr . ~ 5 4 4 Newcastle-upon-Cfiarles Taylor , Tyne .. 11 13 2 iunr . 5 4 4 Ayr .. .. 310 ThomasTaylor- 5 4 4 Banbury .. 21 9 4 Mountain .. 5 12 0 Jas . Walker , Koch-Kirkcaldy , RobU dale .. 6 4 4 Sime .. 818 6 Whittington and Henry Parker .. 0 4 6 Cat . .. 2 10 8 John Wilkiiis .. 5 0 0 Joseph Sly , Chel-Robert Stevens .. 0 0 6 fenfiam ~ 4 19 4 John Reynolds .. 2 12 4 Bermondsey .. 113 0 John Webb .. 212 4 Ashtou .. 30 7 6 Morris Pvgott .. 0 16 Kidderminster .. 15 0 0 E . W . * .. 026 Clirheroe .. 29 0 0 George Fox .. 0 6 4 Chepstow .. 0 18 0 Tkos . Duff « 0 6 4 Bradford .. 4 0 0 George Wain ~ 0 6-1 Colne , Tomlin-Wm . Fox .. 0 6 4 son .. „ 7 0 6 Jas . Paterson .. 0 4 0 Stockport .. 20 0 0 Thos . Kyne .. 10 0 NortkTvicu- .. 0 6 0 Bilston - 6 0 0 Crowland M S < o Romford .. 6 15 0 Stockton - on-. Tewksbury , i > cr Tees .. 10 14 6 1 Hayes .. 2 12 4 Doncaster .. 515 0 Wigan .. 2 0 2 Glasgow .. 1 0 < i Stourbridge .. 20 9 6 Southampton .. & 12 0 Astley « 010 3 Merthyr , Jones .. 0 8 0 Leigh .. ~ 6 15 6 Lepton .. 0 5 0 Bridgcwater , Cheltenham .. 22 Ia 2 Tweedy « 0 12 0 Teignmouth .. 5 0 0 Dudley - 0 2 4 Lynn , Scott .. 10 0 Mansfield . < 18 8 Leeds .. 5 0 0 Somers Town .. 0 3 6 Lewes M 015 8 Croydon .. 0 9 0 Carrington ~ 0 3 0 Geo . Don .. 0 0 6 Bristol .. 2 0 0 Geo . Green .. 0 4 0 Ledbury .. 5 5 10 Richard Smith ... 0 0 0 Pershore - 7 0 0 Wm . Jtecoa .. 5 4 4 Torquay .. 2 2 0 Manchester » 4811 6 J . It ... .. 5 4 4 Oldham .. 4 0 0 Joseph Bishop .. 0 1 0 John Kent .. 16 0 Win . Penny .. 0 10 0 Elizalwfh Bel- Shoreditch , W . i stead ,. 0 14 Hears M 317 0 j Beuj . Briggs .. 0 5 0 Bacup .. 5 ' o 0 James Wilshire 5 4 4 John Ellis .. 5 4 4 Win . Wilson .. 2 12 4 Jas . Crowe .. 0 44 Win . i . Gyles .. 4 19 4 Gulielmus . Spilshy 20 0 0 Thos . Price .. 0 10 4 Wakefield .. 19 15 2 Chas . Woodward 5 10 Perth .. » 0 io o John Peter .. 2 0 4 DavidThompson 5 4 0 Wm . Jones .. 0 I 0 Brighton ( Flower ) 14 5 4 Red Marley .. 6 0 8 Welton .. 5 10 10 Northampton .. 7 0 0 Reading .. 5 10 0 Coton-on-Severo . 6 15 0 Mrs Melville „ 5 4 4 Fiusbury .. 110 Shoreditch .. 312 2 £ 775 4 0 ¦ BaWaVaJ
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EXPENSE FUND . Globe A Friends 0 4 0 C . Scott ... ft l o Arbroath ... 0 5 0 Westminster o 4 6 LambtrheadGreenO 0 6 Mansfield ... 0 3 0 Exeter ... <> 9 ' » ?«** ... 0 11 0 Tiuro ... 0 1 « Lambley ... 0 3 6 W . Whaley .,. 0 2 0 Borrowash ... 0 10 Westminster 0 1 0 Martha Camps 0 2 0 MoacktonDeverellO 2 0 Bromham ... 0 2 0 Aha ... 0 16 C . Taylor , sen 0 2 0 Stratford-on-Avon 0 3 9 C . Taylor , jun . 0 2 0 Plymouth ... 0 3 0 T . Taylor ... 0 2 0 Wootton-under- Mountain ... 0 410 Edge ... 0 6 0 R . Sime ... 0 16 Edinburgh ... 0 3 6 Somers Town 0 8 0 W . Stewart ... 0 2 0 Daventry ... 0 2 4 J . Brittle ... 0 2 0 Renolds & Webb 0 2 0 Dalston ... 0 11 3 Nottiagbam , per Lochie ... 0 16 Sweet ... 015 9 Stourbridge ... 0 10 6 Old Sheldon ... 0 2 0 Alexandria ... 1 0 1 } Ncncastle-upon-Leigh ... 0 6 0 Tyne ... 013 9 T . Davif ... 0 2 0 Whittingtonand W . Bacon ... 0 2 0 Cat ... 0 8 0 Witham ... 0 2 0 Bermondsey ... 0 4 0 Oldham ... 2 0 0 Manchester ... 5 0 0 W . and H . Belstead 0 2 0 Howsell ... 0 12 6 T . and J . Belstead 0 10 Stockton-on-Tees 8 10 6 John Kent ... 0 2 0 Glasgow ... 0 4 6 M . Hopkinson 0 0 6 Southampton 0 9 6 J . Wilibire ... 0 2 0 Lynn , Scott ... 0 2 0 Wm . Wilson ... 0 10 Jne . Hall ... 0 10 W . J . Gsles ... 0 2 0 Tewkesbury ... 0 10 C . Woodward 0 2 0 Ledbury ... 0 2 0 C . Witham ... 0 0 6 Torquay ... 0 4 5 RedMariey ... 0 3 0 J . H . ... 0 2 0 Upton-oa-Severu 0 16 John Ellis ... 0 2 0 Rochdale ... 0 4 0 J . Simms ... 0 2 0 New Radford ... 0 0 6 J . Crowo ... 0 2 0 Chelmsford ... 0 1 0 George Mitchell 0 2 0 Hull ... 0 8 8 D . Henderson 0 2 0 W . Greenwood 0 2 0 V . Thompson 0 2 0 Lynn . BuntoH 0 2 0 S . Hiocbcliffe 0 2 0 Middlesborough 0 2 0 Brighton , Flower 0 14 0 A . B . ... 0 0 6 Mr Porter ... 0 2 0 Smethwick ... 0 4 0 W . Croll ... 0 16 Lak « Lock ... 0 14 MrsMelvUle ... 0 2 0 Birmingham , Shoreditch ... 0 o c Goodwin ... 11210 MarjUfcooe , Holmfirth ... 0 2 0 Bayston ... 0 10 Wootton-uuder . Finsbury ... 0 2 3 Edge ... 0 2 0 MrHorley ... 0 16 £ 28 7 3 } TOTAL LAND FUND . Mr O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 130 11 U Mr O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 189 3 4 Mr O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 775 4 0 Expense Fund ... ... 28 7 3 J * 1 j B 8 _ i 2 6 1 FOR THE BANE , Sums previousl y acknowledged 1 , 631 13 2 For the Week ending the 22 nd April .. .. 103 17 8 £ 1 , 735 10 10 T . M . WBEEtEB , 1 Secretarie-Philip M'Gbath , j & ecr « ° « - LaND PURCHASE DEPARTMENT . Class—Two Acres . Margaret Russell 5 0 0 REPAYMENTS TO MR O'CONNOR ON ACCOUNT OF DEBT DUE BY DEFENCE FUND . Burnley ,. 16 0 Wandsworth , John Mercy .. 0 10 Brittle .. 0 2 6 Fin * bury .. 0 7 0 Greenwich ., 0 7 3 Birmingham , Guod- Mr Barber .. 0 10 win .. 0 5 0 Hebden Bridge . 0 8 0 Bridgewater , Mr Kendrick , per Tackerell .. o 0 6 Mr Shaw .. 0 2 6 Ditto , a Friend ., 0 0 6 Liverpool .. 0 15 6 Bristol .. 010 0 £ i i 9 RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Exeter .. 0 0 4 Smethwick .. 0 16 Falki . -k .. 0 16 Manchester .. 2 0 0 Croydon .. 0 10 Wolverhampton 0 10 Do . ' Subseription 0 0 6 J £ 2 5 lot WASHINGTON COKSPIBATOBS . A Friend ., 0 0 6 Birmingham , Mr Moore .. 0 0 6 Ship Inn „ 0 10 0 MSB JONES . Greenwich .. 0 I 11 RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE , Westminster .. 0 1 4 J Mr Ken « ick , Reading .. 0 1 0 per J . Shaw .. 0 2 6 Sheffield .. 0 3 3 Manchester .. 10 0 roam bicha & ds . Mr Moore .. 0 0 C A few Workingmen , LambetJi 0 1 $ Taos . Cube , Secretary .
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FOR THE DISTRESSED IRISH . Received by Mr Rider , " Northern Star" Office . From the West End District Boot and Shoe Makers ( Members of tbe Mutual Assist . nt Association , ) per Messrs Puike and Jones ,. 1 19 6 NOTICE . —To Mas E . Jones . I bold 18 s . for this Whig-made widow . Will she call at this office at tbe earliest convenience t Wm . Ridxb , POLISH REGENERATION COMMITTEE . Per Mr O'Connor . Norwich , per C . Springhalt .. 0 10 0
The Appboaching Ballot. Notice.—All Shar...
THE APPBOACHING BALLOT . Notice . —All shareholders to be eligible to the Ballot must have paid their shares as well as their quota to the Expense Fund , of sixpence per share of one acre , and all local levies , previous to Thursday , 29 th of April , 1847 .
A General Meeting Of Shareholders At The...
A general meeting of shareholders at the Rooms , 83 , Dean-street , Soho , will take place on Monday evening , May 3 rd , 1847 , for the purpose of appointing five persons ( not shareholders ) as Arbitrators to the National Land Company . Shareholders are requested to come prepared to nominate suitable per sons for that office . Thomas Martin Whbelek , Fin . Sec . Philip M'G ' rath , Cor . Sec .
Trowbridge.—Tns Fast Asp Thb Famine.—A F...
Trowbridge . —Tns Fast asp thb Famine . —A few lovers of truth having noticed in the "Star , " of Saturday , April 3 rd , an article entitled , " The Fast and the Famine , " by William Howitt . and approving of the same , bad a great number of copies printed thereof , and distributed . A public meeting was held on Friday evening , April I 6 th , to take into consideration the cause of the present distress , when the following resolutions vyere unanimously agreed to : —• " That this meeting is of opinion that tbe distress now existing in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ia caused by monopoly , and not by famine . " " That a vote of thanks is hereby given to William Ilowitt , Esq ., for his able and patriotic exposure of tho late sham Fast and monopolizing
famine . " " That a vote of thanks Le given to the Editor of the ; 'Northern Star' for republishing the article entitled , * The Fast and the Famine . " Important from Portugal . —Intelligence has been received from Lisbon to tho 10 th inst . At Lisbon everything was in confusion . Conde de Mello was advancing rapidly towards tho capital , and ho was to be joined at Coxbillms , opposite Lisbon , by Sa da Baadeira . The ministers of the Queen had , in consequence of this march , fallen into consternation , and sending for Sir II . Seymour , and the other admiral on the station , begged for a force to protect the Queen , in case a rising should take place . This , however ,
was refused ; the admiral offering only to receive the Queen on board the ilibernia , in case it was found necessary for her to leave the ^ . ecessidades . Preparations were making to repel any attack , and some troops had been sent over the river to reinforce the division of the army at Venda de Palnwlla . One hundred and five of them , however , had deserted . The Timor has the following version of this news : —We have Lisbon news to the 10 th inst . Count TajoLonthepart of the Queen and the Government , bad called on Sir Hamilton Seymour and Admiral Parker , who had placed the British squadron at the Queen ' s orders , and promised that the men woa / d land immediately she desired it , to protect herself and throne .
A New Miracle . —Several Roman Catholic journals record a new miracle . According to the tale , the Virgin Wary appeared , on the 19 th of September , 1846 , to two shepherd boys , who were together on the mountain of La Saletle , in the diocese of Grenoble . She spoke to each in her native tongue —to one in French , to the other in the German pa . fois of the frontier ; giving to each a very long exhortation on the want of diligence among the people of Corps , the village to which they belonged . She wore a wreath of roses ; when she went away they saw that the grass did not bend under the pressure of her feet ; she disappeared gradually , the light of her countenance dazzling them . On one spot where her feet rested a fountain sprung out , which has not since dried ; and the water has , proved a successful remedy for sick persons . —2 & 0 * miner .
•* Theyoung Earl of Belfast bas given £ 80 , resulting from the sale of his own musical composition ^ to the Belfast relief fund . The Duke of Bedford has given £ 13 , 000 towards the formation of the new street from Leicester square to King-atrcet , Co vent-garden .
National Tbades' Association For The Pro...
NATIONAL TBADES' ASSOCIATION FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY .
'' Union for the iSmm . "
We deem it expedient to remind our numerous members and friends of the approaching Annual Conference of our Association , which will take place at Birmingham on Whit Monday , May 24 th , and following days , until the business is disposed of , on which occasion every branch of the Association , consisting of thirty and not more than 150 members , may send one delegate . Branches of 150 and not more than 300 members , may send two
delegates , and one additional delegate for every 300 members above that number ; all delegaies being paying members for one of the societies they represent , which , also , pay the expenses of their delegates out of their own local fund . A programme of the matters intended to be brought undei the consideration of Conference will be transmitted to each branch one month previous to the time of Conference . Upon the several points contained , in which the branches are required to consider and instruct their delegates thereupon , for further particulars we refer to the rules on pages 2 and 3 .
This is a new feature in the business proceedings of working-men . Previous to the commencement of this Association , which is yet in its infancy , notwithstanding the great number of its members ' , and when the important proceedings that have been recorded during the last few weeks , in our weekly reports , are considered , such as various misunderstandings and disputes between employers and their workmen being amicably settled by the mediation of our agents , without recourse to the old injurious practice of strikes , and in cases where a reconciliation could not be effected , the men have been put to work and are now profitably employed , to the no small mortification of their late masters . These , and other
important matters too numerous to mention , all tend to ahow the great utility of the National As . sociation and its superiority over the antiquated system of merely local or trades' unions , which very rarely possessed any moral influence , even in their own locality . This Association , however , has proved that it is the determination of its executive government that it shall support its character as a National Institution * , and we feel confident that the time is not far distant when its influence will have become so great as to supersede the necessity of strikes , and that the principle of an equitable * renumeration for labour will lie so firmly established , and so efficiently supported , as to insure to all its
members " a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work . " Those prospects are very satisfactory , and cannot fail to be exceedingly cheering to our members , who , knowing that the want of a medium of mediation and influence has often proved a source of great injury to many trades and individuals , and even to local communities , misunderstandings and disputes are ever likely to occur between master and workmen , and not unfrequently are they attended with feelings which prevent either party from taking a calm and dispassionate view of the matter or proposing terms whieh a disinterested party would consider to be fair and equitable . While there was no board of mediation to take such matters up ,
by inquiring into the grounds of difference , proposing terms of reconciliation of a fair and equitable character , and endeavouring to bring the parties to a correct understanding , they were left to be determined by time and chance , and , generally , both parties were sufferers . Now , as soon as such cases occur with any of our Association ' s members , it becomes our legitimate business to make all necessary inquiry into the real merits of the matters in dispute , and to propose terms of conciliation accordingly . The many cases we have already successfully conciliated to the satisfaction of both parties , must be regarded as proof of the interest we take in effecting negotiations only on terms
that are likely to give entire satisfaction to the aggrieved party , and such as reason and truth will support ; and , consequently , which are likely to prove the most lasting and satisfactory . But if even either party should entertain a secret selfish wish for an opposite decision , more in accordance with their own interests , and regardless of reason and truth , they will not openly avow such a feeling . However improperly such persons mi ght be disposed to act , so long as their conduct was unobserved by any but the persons who were sufferers by their injustice , there are few , indeed , who are so utterly destitute of shame as to defend unjust proceedings while the public are cognisant of their existence . For all the purposes , therefore , of effecting reasonable , equitable and satisfactory mediation between masters and
workmen of any business or in any part of the country , our Association has already proved and established its disposition and ability , and every day its influence is becoming stronger . The public bave given it a character , which its members will see it is their duty and interest to support . That character has been principally acquired during the year now terminating . The executive officers have during the year exerted their utmost efforts to discharge faithfully the trust committed to their care , and to prove themselves worthy of the confidence reposed in them . How far their proceedings have been satisfactory to the members of the Association throughout the country , the members themselves are best able to judge , and they will shortly have an opportunity of giving expression to the opinions they entertain .
In conclusion , we would again remind our members of the duty which we have on former occasions pointed out for each and all of them to perform whenever and wherever opportunity offers , viz . —directing the attention of their neighbours , friends , and fellow-workmen of the existence and efficiency of the Association as an institution which is founded for the specific purpose of benefiting the working classes , by promoting the emancipation of industry , securing an equitable compensation for labour , and employing surplus labour , which objects all working men are deeply interested in ; and as the cause concerns all , it requires the interest of all , and therefore we ardently recommend the subject of the existence , objects and efficiency o our Association to the consideration of all the working classes throughout the length and breadth of the land .
The Central Committee Of The Above Flour...
The Central Committee of the above flourishing institution held their usual meeting on Monday , and , by adjournment , to Tuesday , T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., M . P ., in the chair . The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed , the financial accounts read and received . Amongst other correspondence was a letter from the female silk powerloom weavers of Manchester , informing the central committee that their employers had offered a considerable reduction in their already scanty wages , and asking their mediation ; they immediately appointed Mr Williamson to proceed to Manchester for that purpose , and also to call at WilmsW to ma 5 ; e the necessary arrangements to employ thirty-two
handloom weavers , who are suffering a reduction from their ' employers , and to arrange for the employment or support of the men now in the employ of the Messrs Stocks and Tait , of Stockport , bleachers . Mr Robson reported he bad been to Oxford at the request of tbe shoemakers of that town . He found there was no fixed statement of wages , each employer giving what he pleased , or nearly so ; the men had prepared a first and second-rate statement , which was submitted to the employers . With the exception of a few of the most respectable masters in the city , who were giving first-rate wages , he is happy to say that , except in one solitary instance , the whole of the employers agreed to pay the price sent in to them by the men , the exception being a gentleman named Sims , who has a first-rate trade , and is enabled to undersell the respectable employer
in the city by giving the workmen less wages ; the Association , therefore , have no alternative but to allow the respectable employers , employing nearly fifty men , to reduce their wages to Mr Siras ' s standard , or to compel him to give tbe same wages as they do : the Association have therefore resolved to send down to Oxford the materials necessary to employ the men lately in the employ of that gentleman , until he pleases to give the ^ same wages as the other masters , the great principle of the Association being to protect the honest , respectable , and liberal employer , against the grasping , avaricious , and tyrannical of their own class . Since the above was in type , Mr v Sims of Oxford has g iven in to tlie men . Jlwraft for the National Association and its principles of employment ! He bas been enabled to defy the men for the last 13 years .
ASHTON . —Mr Peel attended a public meeting , and addressed them in his usual style , and after satisfactotily answering several questions , the meeting separated , highly satisfied with the principles of the Association . Thursday , he attended a committee meeting of the Denton hatters , who passed a resolution that their body should join the Association , in co-operation with the hatters of other localities . It was also resolved that a meeting of their bodies should be held
The Central Committee Of The Above Flour...
on Wednesday evening , and requested Air Peel to Friday , he attended the silk smallware weavers of Manchester , when he was informed that one their employers had offered a reduction . Mr Peel consented to see the employer in conjunction with their president ; but is happy to say , the employer , when he heard Mr Peel was to call upon liim , rendered that step unnecessary , b y withdrawing the reduction . ° WARRINGTON . —Mr Lenegan attended the district committee of the above town , addressed them at considerable length , and satisfactoril y answered several questions having reference to the management of districts . On the _ 13 th he delivered an address to the millers , which was highly satisfactory .
On the I 4 th he addressed apublic meeting of the file cutters , when they unanimously adopted the following resolution .- — "That we , the file cutters of Warrington , having heard the principles of the National Association of United Trades explained by Mr Lenegan , believe them to be highly calculated to raise the ill-paid operative in the social scale . Resolved , therefore , that we join forthwith , and advise all our brethren throughout the country to do the same . " On the 15 th Mr Lenegan addressed the tailors , when , after a short speech , they passed a resolution to join immediately .
On the same evening he lectured in the Town Hall , which was crowded to suffocation . Mr Johnson was called to ; the chair , and , after a few remarks , introduced Mr Lenegan , who , on rising , was greeted with loud applause . He proceeded at great length to explain the principles of the National Association , and sat down , loudly cheered , when the following resolution was passed unanimously : — " That we , the working classes of Warrington , having heard the convincing arguments of Mr Lenegan in favour of the National Association of United Tiades for the Protection of Industry and the Employment of Labour , believe thera to be preferable to mere local union , and highly calculated to ledeem the working classes from the dominion of the capitalists .
SCOTLAND/— KILMARNOCK On Monday evening a public meeting of the shoemakers was held iu the Public Hall , to consider the questiou of joining the National Association . Mr Jacobs , the Association ' s missionary , attended by desire , to explain the plans and set forth the cause of the workers generally , which he did to the entire satisfaction of the meeting , after which the following resolutions were carried unanimously : " That we , the shoemakers of Kilmarnock , approve of the plan of the National Association , as set forth by the lecturer , and do agree to join immediately . " " Thatthe next meeting be held in the same place this day week , to make the first month ' s payments . "
"That the thanks of this meeting are eminently due and are hereby given to T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., President and Founder of the Association , for the great services he has rendered the working classes thereby , and during his Parliamentary career . " " That the thanks of this meeting are due and are hereby given to the proprietor of the Northern Star , for his generous devotion of a part of that paper to the cause of the Association . " After a vote of thanks to the lecturer and chairman the meeting separated , with revived hopes for their future welfare . DENNY . — -Tuesday evening Mr Jacobs met the committee of the block printers , and explained the plans of the association , when it was agreed to call a public meeting of the trades on Thursday next , iu the Odd Fellows' Hall , to hear a lecture on the subject .
PERTH . —Wednesday , a public meeting of block printers was held at the Large Room at Huntingtower to hear a lecture from Mr Jacobs , which had the effect of Joining this body to the Association : a resolution to join , and send off the first month ' s contributions and levies on Monday next , was carried unanimously . LEITH . —On Thursday a public meeting of the trades and working classes generally was held at the Temperance-hall , Mr Hollis in the chair . The chairman read the bill calling the meeting , and made a few pointed remarks , claiming their polite attention for the lecturer ( Mr Jacobs ) , whom he introduced . Mr Jacobs then entertained his auditory with a feast of facts on union ,
past , present , and the future progress under the most perfect system of union that can be effected by national association and self-government . Ue sat down amidst the most enthusiastic rounds of applause . The secretary of the Scotch Union Masons wished to ask , for the benefit of tho members of his trade present , how the Association could deal with masons in case of strike , as he said the English Masons' Union had sent out a delegate , who , from the same pulpit , had preached against the Association , and told them "it would do for shoemakers , and the like of that , but not for masons . " Mr Jacobs asked what reasons he gave to support such assertions . The secretary replied , " the English delegate said tbe mason ' s was a trade that was employed by
and for the aristocracy and upper class . From this , said Mr J ., are we to infer that the working class did not live in houses ? still , he thought in Scotland and in parts of England a vast number of persons were employed building bouses for the working class , and as we get them better wages , they will be able to rent better houses , for times are changing : the workers are getting wiser . Why , Feargus O'Connor is building a whole town of stone for them in Worcestershire , and this ( the Trades ) Association has made an offer for 200 acres of mineral land in Scotland ; when the purchase is concluded they will set three hundred miners to work , and build a town on the surface for their families , and such other as wilt be wanted with them . ( Tremendous cheers . ) Would not this benefit the masons ? but he thought the
masons ' strike it the Houses of Parliament and Nelson ' s monument should have taught them a lesson they should not so soon forget , — " that they wanted the support of all trades . " The secretary said , he thought so too , and thought that if a limited union would do , the delegate need not be sent to Scotland , but stay at home and unite only the English workmen . Mr Hollis now showed striking samples of the Association ' s strike manufacture , which made a most striking impression on the meeting . A vote of approval , and pledging the meeting to use their best exertions in uniting the several trades in Leith with tho Association , was carried unanimously . Several invitations were given to the lecturer to visit separate bodies . The usual votes of thanks were passed as above , and the meeting closed .
J 3 AK 1 JEAD . —A public meeting o f the trades was held in the Hall , when Mr Jacobs delivered a most striking and instructive lecture , which met with a warm response from the meeting . A committee of members of the various trades was appointed to organise the district , and arrange a future meeting , to increase the Association , 'the usual votes were passed , and the meeting separated . ; SHEFFIELD . —Mr J . W . Parker reported that he attended a meeting of the boot and shoemakers at the Grey Horse , High-street , on Tuesday , ; . April 13 th . lie entered into the usual explanations in reference to the working of tbe Association , < fco ., which gave much satisfaction . The meeting decided upon persuading tbe members of tbe next Conference of their body—which is to take place on Whit Monday—to join the Association en masse . Votes of thanks were th * n passed to the missionary and
chairman . Wednesday , he attended a meeting of the razorblade grinders , at the Queen-street Hotel . The meeting was a crowded and enthusiastic one . Arrangements were entered into at the conclusion of the lecture to come to a decision to join the Association-Thursday , Mr P . attended a meeting of the pen and pocket-blade grinders , at Rbwsoh ' b Arms . Tenterstreet . This meeting was also numerously attended , and a strong desire prevailed to join the Association forthwith . Friday , Mr P . attended the Trades' delegate meeting , at Mr Moseley ' s Workhouse , Croft . There were between thirty and forty in attendance . Their chief business was the recent conduct of the magistrate , Wilson Overend , Esq ., who committed three respectable men tor attending as a deputation toona of tho employers . These men were sentenced to three months' imprisonment . The trades appealed against
the decision . The result of the appeal has been , that the conviction ia quashed , and the men set at liberty . A committee was appointed fer the purpose of drawing up a statement of the facta of tho case , with a view to place them in the hands of T . S . Duncombe , 'isq ., M . P ., to bring the matter before Parliament , praying the dismissal of the magistrate in question . A more unwarrantable and arbitrary stretch of power has never issued from the ( so-called ) bench of justice . Several deputations from other trades have waited upon Mr Parker , requesting him to visit their trades , and explain the views of the Association . The "four branches of the pen and pocket-knife trades have taken the Amphitheatre for Tuesday , the 20 th , to hear the principles explained in full . Several thousands are expected to attend ; indeed , the finely visit oflhelecturer has infused a renewed and vigor ous spirit in the minds of the tradesmen in Sheffield , in favour of a well-directed consolidated body ol United Trades .
Acopvofthe Work Written By Henry Viii., ...
Acopvofthe work written by Henry VIII ., in answer to Luther , which had belonged to the celebrated Cranraer , and contained his autograph , was sold ia London lost week for £ 30 10 s .
Trades' Movements. Labour In New York. (...
TRADES' MOVEMENTS . LABOUR IN NEW YORK . ( From the New York Tribune . ) TUB CJL 0 CKUAKEK 8 . Althongh Mr Samuel Slick told a very good story , and waiin ether respects a worthy and companionable man , he was not m uch of a clock maker . This is a branch of basiness about which a greae deal is said and a very little generally known . Tbe following facts have been furnishf d us by a Yankee operator from Connecticut , who ia considerable of a clock ' case' himself , and is familiar with the businew ia all its details .
The number of clocks manufactured in this cosatry is very great , and the improvements in the manufacture of the article introduced during the last few years have materially reduced the price , as well as the wages of the operatives . Connecticut , wc believe , is the only state in which clock ' movements' are made . But there are many shops all over the North where the cases are manufactured . There are about twenty of these in this city . Tho business thus consists of two distinct branches : tbe casemaker sells his cases to the' movement' maker , or buys of him the movements , and puts them ia himself . Formerly the wheels for brass clocks wero cast , then turned and smoothed with great labour ; now the brass conies rolled in plates of the proper thickness for the different wheels , and is pressed out—one motion of the press being sufficient to cut and center the wheel . This saves much time and money .
There are quite a number of firms in Connecticut , that put up ready for market two hundred clocks per day , and they are sold at two dollars to two dollars and fifty cents a-piece , according toquality . The cases ( which are extensively manufactured here ) are sold for sixty to seventy-five cents each . Good mahogany and zebra cases , well made and polished , can be bought now for sixty-firo cents—the same quality of article as would bave cost two dollars three years ago . The wage * pf workmen in tho clock business are poor ; an experienced and skilful hand cannot get more than one dollar or one dollar and twenty-five cents per day . A great many young men and boys work at the business , who receive only from e uht dollars to nine dollars per month .
The movement or running part of clocks can now be bought for less than one dollar apiece—three years " ago they were worth 2 dollars and 50 cents . The clocks were formerly sold at the south , bringing from twenty-fire dollars to a hundred dollars a-piece ; but of Jate years the Southerners , either more knowing or less flush , purchase very few , and the universal Yankee nation has been for some time extensively engaged in supplying Great Britain with ' improved patent brass clocks . ' Great numbers are also sent to the West India Islands , and more to China . Nearly all that are made are now sent out of the country . There were ihree months ago probably three thousand clocks per day sent from the > tate of Connecticut ; but since that time many of the manufacturers have run down , owing to their selling so much on tick , and the business has some ' what fallen off .
Lkicksteu Framework Knitters . —Much excitement has prevailed in Leicester during the last week in consequence of the progress of the Bill against the system of rents and charges connected with the stocking trade . The workmen * , * petition in favour of tha bill has been signed by 18 , 300 ; the ratepayers ( in favour of the bill ) 5 , 422 ; ministers , solicitors , surgeons / independent gentlemen , and others , all condemn the system . A public meeting was held iu Leicester Market-place , on Monday , whieh was ad- * dressed by Messrs . WintersSmart BuckbvWoolly
, , , ( of Nottingham ) , and Lucas . The proceedings wero of an energetic and enthusiastic character . Strike . —The bricklayers employed by Messrs Branson and Gwyther , the great contractors , on tho extensive works of the Birmingham and Oxford Junction and Great Western Railways , near Birmingham , have struck for wages . The strike was occasioned by the masters desiring the bricks to be wheeled in barrows , for the sake of expedition , instead of carried in hods , and thus dispensing with the hodmen . —Cmntru Paper .
Important Decision . —Working on Good Friday " . —On Thursday , MrHurton , printer , was summoned bef .. ro the magistrates , at Liverpool , by one of his apprentices , for stopping his wages , because he did not work on Good Friday . The defendant admitted that he had stopped the wages , but there was an understanding that the boy should have threepence per hour for extra time , and the same amount should be deducted when he stopped from his work . The complainant said he had worked frequently on Sunday ; but it appeared he always got paid lor it . Mr Rushton said the lad had a right te all the protection which his indentures afforded , and could not be required to work on Sunday or Good Friday . He considered it improper to work apprentices on those days , and the complainant must have his wages . Lan'cashirr Minrrs . —Tbe next general delegate meeting of Lancashire miners will be held on Monday , May 3 rd , at tho Black Dog , Oswaldtwistle , near Blackburn . Chair to be taken at eleven o ' clock in the forenoon .
Di'ffield Framework Knitters . —At a meeting holden at the sign of the Crown Ian , Duffield , county of Derby , to take into consideration the propriety of adopting a petition forwarded to this place by the firms of Belper , objecting to the bill now before tbe House of Commons , entitled , '* An Act for the relief of the Framework Knitters , " the meeting came to the unanimous determination to reject tbe said petition , and agreed to support Sir II . Halford ' s bill . Akssby Framework Knitters . —Messrs Chonneri Kirk and Elliott , members of the Oadby branch of tbe National Association of United Trades , attended a public meeting at Arnsby on Monday , when a branch of tho Association was formed and local officers elected .
Reverse Of Fortune, Death' Of A Lady Fro...
REVERSE OF FORTUNE , DEATH' OF A LADY FROM ALLEGED DESTITUTION . On Wednesday Mr Wakley held an inquest at the University College Hospital on the body of a female , supposed about 60 years of age , named Lydia Ana Downes , whose death took place under the following circumstances . Thomas Delany . police-constable 230 S , deposed that on Sunday night , about twelve o ' clock , he waa on duty in Seymour-street Euston-square , when he was sent for by the landlord of the Coronation publichouse , and informed that there was a woman in his tap-room he feared dying . Witness went there , and found deceased lying on one of the benches in an
apparently dying state . The landlord said she came in about ten o ' clock , and asked for half a pint of porter made hot , which she took with her into the tap-room . W itness procured assistance , and brought deceased to that hospital , where stimulants were administered . She was insensible at the time , but rallied sufficiently to state that she lived in Johnsonstreet , Somers Town , but again relapsed into a state of insensibility , and died in an hour aftrr . She was in a frightfully emaciated and filthy condition . Mr Francis Cook , of Johnson-street , Somers Town , said the deceased had occupied one of the top rooms of his house for four years , for which she paid 2 s per week quarterly . She was an eccentric character , and no human being had ever entered her apart
ment but herself , until since her death , and from documents he bad found , there was no doubt she had been highly connected . Among them were receipted bills made out in the deceased ' s name , to the amount of £ 23 , 000 . One bill was for post-horses at a guinea per day , another A'lOO for garden seeds ; but tha most important were legal documents , ^ bowing that the deceased had been tho defendant in a Chancery suit , and that by an adverse decision of the Court sho had been entirely deprived ef very large estates in Northamptonshire-. Another bill showed she had paid four guineas and a half for a white silk bonnet . Deceased was a fine and high-spirited woman , and although she appeared in the deepest poverty , sho would neverask a favour . He believed deceased » aa
a recipient of some annuity , which she obtained fr . m the Strand somewhere , but he could not tell where . . It must , however , have been very small . She always i paid her rent punctually , and a quarter was due on i tbe 27 th inst . Deceased left home on Sunday night , , about ten o clock . On entering her apartment sIucq a death , a frightful scene of misery presented itself , , the whole of the furniture nonsisting of a broken a table and chair , and a mat , which served as a bed . 1 . The floor was . sole deep in a'lth , and on the mattress sa being moved , it was ono mass of vermin . There re was no property , or a particle of food , clothing , oc oc firing in the place . The jujy returned a verdict , " ' £ hat deceas ed ed died trom , natural caua-js , but whether from exha us . tion produced by the want of common necesaa riea lea of life , there was not sufficient evidence to show . " '
Losa Or Thb "Tweed."—It Is Understood To...
Losa or thb "Tweed . "—It is understood to [>» ha the tatention of the committeo-of Lloyd ' s , with refer- ference to tho noble and disinterested conduct of Capt . ipt . Camp , of the Spanish brig Eniilio , in rescuing > be tha survivors of th » crew and passengers of tho Tweed , ? ed , to recommend ! to tbo subscribers in general me » ting ting to Wow upen him th & Tionorary medal of the esta- stablishmentjn silver ; and to Don Villa Verde , hia , hia mate , the . honorary medal , in bronze , and a sum ot a ot money t » the crew tf tho Emilio , as a mark ot tneic heir approbation of tho heroic and generous conduct dig . displayed on the occasion of the wreck ot the Tweed , reed . Lo « l John Russell has announced in the House of & e oL Commons the intention of government to presentesent
the gallant captain with the sum of £ 500 aa a re * a re «« ward for his noble services . Btron and ms College Beau . —Lord Byron whettwhettl at Cambridge , was in the habit of keeping a bear tiedr tied ] up in his room , which was a cause of great offence trace to ) the bis wigs . On his lordship quitting the Univer-niver-rflity , be left his animal still tied up , with a messageessag « to tbe fellows of his society , suggesting , " that if thejif thejj permitted bruin to continue there long enough heigh bet would be sure to obtain a fellowship . " Siodrdridob . —The next meeting of the share shares holders will be held as usual in theWorkinc Men ' : MenV News and Reading Room , CtQwu-tftuQ , oa S a , t < ud »; ttttd »>; evening , May 1 st .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 24, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_24041847/page/5/
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