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£ s £ ETCB OF TOT PAST . AKD THE PBHSMT , « i « ii rflef » yftieBa , » ' rweI 1 * nthingigo on , r dicer Sir Robert , and console Lord Jeha J : L ch «^ th , tin K , ' fro , n , wUt theyonoehaa been , 4 , ibre thet « r * ofenrinoetgr « ci ( mB queen ! Z p L , then the fashion , habit made it rale , T jlre the throne to every royal fool ; «!; aoaarcb * born to reign or rnla at will , 5 PL-1 , , *« # so mad , were connted monarch ' s itilL gi fleW * the ?* » « « ndpley * d a thousand tricks , * r " . . Bicamond mil / gave statesmen princely kicks ; ^ tjnie was spent , tone then for Hag * was made , Inoaacingi iddling or in masquerada , Me EvM «>¦ riot , others cro wru would play , » nd all got i * * none CTer **& ' & * ° P « y ; j ^ menarchsdeetina * , all were Idioteboru , oat kna ^» ™* ht *«*** , wise men hug * | C 0 Ta ArtM of kkg « became nnafiotfiiport , r ^ tescb oanMBd the folly of a court .
Oar prinees , then , were all corruption makei jbebestof drenkards aad the worst of rtku ; Ifmrject * groan'd , there wee bat on * reply—10 cat their tbroate , or hang them np to dr / , jjejrcoiuM ** * * . * wa » thing- of coarse , j ^ bt choose between tbe scaffold or divorcejjl died unwept , few , few outlived t ^ 3 , ^ jar reason fled and virtae wtt a crime . Well mi ? bt all weep this wreMwd country ' s fate , when tjranuraign'd and folly raled the stare TftU night » B « a ° * o ber grief give way , ' And Eng land blush to own her Castlereach .
Bat times are changed , unlike the dajs of yore , Oar gracious moaarcht sow run mad no more , Iheir sntgects school'd by their omni potence Hsretangbt them prudence and some common sense they feel , a * last , though in a palace bom , A crown can ' t save them from contempt or scorn $ f fertone taught , they now can understand , * That kings are tools all subjects may command . Worth stamps the man , aa God decides hit fate , Tbe truly $ o *& alon » are truly great ; Begret and abame from folly anst arise , When kings go mad , their subjects should bo wise . Seme this , seme that magnanimosa may tall , But virtue ' s entiles command the hearta of all : Whatever taste or passien may inspire , . 4 X 1 moctapproveaf what they moat admire .
Sew passion * riae , as mem tie old pursue , And pleasure clogs , when Unas nothingnew ; Itrtna alone , but never htman art , Can fill the void of man ' s amMtiens heart . But let king * reign and ' midst their courtiers shine , What e ' er their worth , their right ie not divine , Kan makes the throne , and gold can nuke the crown . If reason mounts , the monarch must COUM dOWUt I » it not « tr « ngo to see these Orngt ' of carta , Cemmand the millions and made kings by birth f Is it not strange to see men band the knee . And bow before the pomp . of royalty ! Wnypay thekhavee each honest man most ftar . When kings , for nothing-, Wonld be far too dear t ill lords are bad , bat monarch * are stall worse , lor royal robkersare anation ' * carae . jot tHnrost change , for right U wmefima wrong , Bugs had their day , Sod knows , it has been long , Jrom age to age tbe aofllioms hare been toole ,.
Tbe jest of tyrant * and the sport of fools— . Their dearest hopes , the promise of an hour , Were sold by traitors , or destroyed by power . f 5 aw wears the chain , the night ef thrataom ' j past , iaathUldnjmnKena must be free at last ; The slave who said , * Arise let n » be free , * Bat uv * d manhian , abolished slavery ; Oppression raves , the maniac * ! day U o ' er When ( laves once reason , they are slaves no more . Yet hear , my friends , tbe pompons , wanton lies , Of each proud monarch , who all sense defies , feed np to vice , and school'd by wil y seers Ee comet before jou , to insolt your tears ; Hwr . beartberaatingiofthisworthlesafry , Who care bnt Utile , if yon live or die , A speech each year , as fall of sense as fire , Is all you get , what more do yoa require I fheir words , selected with the nicest care , Are empty sounds , and neither here sot . there .
Prepared at will , the lesson to condense , la tome six lines , devoid of common sense ; . A wordy nothing , u yon might expect , From fools who labour to be incorrect . . Here , take this one , which seems , npon the whole , A splsndid simple of the rijnaroU . : 1 Hy lords , ' ' tis thns that hugs and queens begin S'Eespected lords and learned gentlemen , . I cannot help expressing my regret , . ' That many things , tmce yon and I last met , ' Have put me rat of hnmour—for Sod knows , ' I do deplore the people ' s wrongs and woes ; 'Their cries of Borrow and their great distress , Disturb my peace and mar my happiness . lor can I rest , much less refuse a tear , 'To them whose sorrows nuke them doubly dear . < Tis most afflicting and yon may be sore , 'That all these ills shall find a speedy cure * Onr trade is prosperous , our homes axe free , « And ell mast own that Britons rale the sea :
• Ky Allies , too , although they all complain , < That every nation quite detests her chain , ' Have promised me , that they will do their best , « To live in p «* ce , and let their naghbeart rest . Bnt , hold , dear me , I almost feel ashamed , 'For when nun starve , *' ¦ thins should not ka namad 'The wretched Irish cryaloni for bread ! I wish these paupers and these beggars dead'Their cries and waitings bant upon my ear , and pshueh peat and famine every year ; « I cannot think how this ungrateful race , ' Has thus become a subject of disgrace .
' All we have done to help them has been rain , As we have plenty , why should they complain f ' Some crop * hare- failed , bat other * are in store , ' And Heaven shall bless them when they are no more H tUy be patient , and abstain from crime , ' Their resignation will be moat saturate . 'So , lords and gentlemen , 1 praftahe heed , 'Tha case is shocking , very bad indeed ,. 'I ' d QBcb prafer to see all things go right , ' 1 ' te daae—my lords and gentlemen , good night , * J , too , have dene , my friends ; what might be said , Yoa well snay think—good night , and ga to bed ; Hzmx Gracchcs ,
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PIUS THE NINTH ; or the Pint TearofhuPmtime . By Count C . A de Goddes deljanoonrt , ofthe Pontifical Academy ofthe Liencei , at Kerne , and James A , Manning , Esq .. of tie Innei ¦ Ternpie . Vot . 1 . London : T . C- Newby . W , Mor timer-street , Cavendish-square . This book is a strange compilation of the useful sad the useless , the interesting and the reverie . « that . What share Mr Manning may have had in its production we do notknow , but unless in the way of transition we thinknttmuch . Thei workialtogether smacks much more strongly ofthe Pontifical Academy'than the 'Inner Temple , ' audit we mistake ntt its author or authors , had a religious , not a . political object in view . This we regret , as it will not increase ; the influence of Pius IX . in this conntrv to make his name the pretext for pushing
certain relfciens doctrines . . Reduced to one fourth oroue third ' ot its present dimensions , this volume night have formed a pleasmg collection of anecdotes of Pops Pius , tbe oriy really interesting portion , of thework . About one half ^ v ^^ f ^ ParS with a review of the rise and hatory of jhe Papal pov , , withnoteaoitts acfeana ^ ^ f ?» several Popes to the time of Gregory XVI ., a sketch of that' PopCe % ^/ a . ^ J * £ SL death and funeral ceremonies ; and a lengthy ^ accoun t ofthe mode of electing anew Pope . Tfa »« MW ™ g half ofthe volume describes . the election of PiuS j & a nrention . the V ^^^^^ T ^ tS ^ S ^ ofthe people , the intrigues of the Cardmabj , dVc ^ fe Tbis paVtof the work is interspersed with a variety of anecdotes illnstrative ofthe patoofasm , pietv , benevolence , and firmness of the . naw Pope . Giovanni Maria MastaiFerrettiwasboraat Sini . gariia . a Bmall city in the marshes of Ancona , m
the Papaldominiens , on the 3 rd of May , 175 » , ano « conseqnentlynowin hisMthyear . Inhu r ^ faood be was known for his attention to hra studies , and tWeetness of his disposition . At eighteen years of aM he was seized with epflepsy . » » " !™*~ feat he was miracaloasly cured of ttatdjWM ^ by the prayers of Pope Pius VII . He . wM M « in-4 iEded forthe military service , bnt i ^ fd enteredfhe church . ^ peUoJIL m ^ JX a jrelate . and subsequently confmedinpon ^ him the srcLbishoprieof Spoleto . In 1832 . ?^ ° g * Vtntsferr ^ him to the m ore W ^ f ? « £ fe « £ i 5 n which hecontinned ontil elected to fill the Papal ' KustbeNtathisamM ofwmmantogprae ^ ifinefigore , and very »« WeaailiaBamfijto » s to ma ™ are most gracions and ^^ J ^ Critics when Bishop of Imola , are desenbed as Winn been almost bonndless , ¦ i ~ m . 2 & £ £ 0
™ zss »^* rJ ™'** tteiumil ity and the gen erosity of the Pope--After a long conversation with . Cardinalffliti *" "tting . npon the subject of to . " * - . ^ feed , he ae ^ d for some lemonade . His valet rebred to lire the cecestary orders , and in the course of a . to * ttinme , . the servants entered , bearing two splendid gUt ^ jsl ^ n wi tfa re freshmente . ot every description , ana Pfepar . d as if by enchantment . , _ ^ 'Ionly asked for some lemonade . ' said tbe bovereiga 0 BCff . ' . 'Itistrue , most Holy Father , ' they repUed , 'But we h only conformed to the prescribed cererflenlals , ana ^ rfijng to cngton . haveto . offer jour ffig hness these ^ riou , refreshments . ' ' "" '» . « ' v « ywell , ' replied the Pope . * JBe good enoaga to ^ gmealenwn . * 1 * wis brought Immediately . * X'jk give me the anger and a glass of water . ' Ti having made the lemonade , he added"
—Take away these dishes ; distribnta the refres hmenw ^ contain to the first poor persons yen fi « d upon the ***** ofthe Ifonte Cavailo : rive each of them ten
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Berreatohaw been addressed to the struBelini suf . tSSfSS ^ * P M , 8 sin * - Th » o ? ffime S . ' !?«*»«? ^^ t > 7 ft * Journal dee VebaU as proofs of the hostile spirit of the Pope to the further march of Liberalism . We tmst that the ? nni ! SJ ? l ^ 1 * ®* ' of France is mistaken , ynward mnsfc be the Pope ' s motto , if ho would save his country , and secure for himself , not merely tbe temporary plaudits of a fleeting popularity , hut the endanngrenewn which he may win , if he honestly and bravely works for the complete regeneration of
The « Whistler At The Plough.' Tsjs ,^ E...
THE « WHISTLER AT THE PLOUGH . ' tsJS , ^ tfl 8 following excellent article from tbj WakefiM Journal of Friday , November 19 th . ] c j } * a ,, eA ert « " Afdettnisr of Saturday hut , we ™ J . we following from the pen of 'One who has Whistled at the Plough , ' in reference to some remarks of ours which appeared in the Journal of tha 15 th nit .: — These who have read , or may read , the [ narrative of events at Birmingham , in connection with the votes of ths House of Commons , or ef the House of Lords o * the ScformBlll , In 1833 , and the part which land others acted- as soldiers , which is new In process of being related in the AiOobiogra pTtf , will easily nndersUnd why .
when I was no longer a soldier , peraoas , who theugbt it a fine thing to have courage to do what I had done , sought my society , and tometiaecsmy advice upon projects which they bad in view , - and which involved tbe use of anas against the government . On every ecoaslon I told them it wasfolly and a crime , and showed them why . I shall say little more , at present , of the designs and conspiracltc previously hinted at , which were to have got np an attempt at revolntioa , at London , in ISM . An editor has been saying ' , in a newspaper at Wakefield , that far me to have known of that conspiracy , and to nave prevented Its taking ; esfect , proves , that I most have been a conspirator , or a spy upon those who were conspirators . I wu neither . Itwasbecaussofthe part which I had enacted in behalf of the Reform Bill , at JSirmiorbam , in 1853 , and tbe known tuA that I had
expressed then , as since , and as I etui'do , a decided conviction that etery man has a natural right to be represented in parliament by bia elective rote , that peraoas , who intended to resort to arms , eame to me to enlist me ia their projects . Until I knew what tha pxoitctt were I eonld not *» y vra crno . When I knew what thtj were , I told these of their fell ) and crime , the impractJcahility of those designs far the ends contemplated ; and pointing to what I had written and said at Birmingham , of the daty of soldiers to put down rioting and outrage ,-that nothing would have induced myself stai othar soldiers at Birmingham to act as we acted , and preparefor farther action as wa were prspared , bat she universality of tbe national opinion ia favour of reform ; bnt there wae no national opinion in favour oi Universal Suffrage and a Republic in 1884 , and that , therefore , they coald net hope to have , there was no
possibility of their receiving , the co-operation of the army or any part of it , or any man in it ; all that the ) eoold do , I pointed ont to them , was to commit some of the anraera projected , raise an insurrection in the street after cammitting the most damnable of crimes elsewhere , get hundreds or thousands of people shot or cut to pieces by the military ( and gain I pointed to onr sword-sharpening at Birmingham , oa Sunday , the 18 th of May , 1133 ); a number of themselves hanged ; possibly ' . many innocent persona hanged ; while the guilty projectors of tbe ' scheme' wenld escape . I said emphatically 'So , I shalThava oethfog to do with it ; it is acunntngl jcontrived ' scheme , ' bat its coaistqnenoes must be assassination in tha first instance , deeper guilt at ever 5 step , ruin to all at last , while the progress of public liberty and the attainmant of the righto ofthe people must for many years be postponed as its ultimate consequence . '
The ' scheme' was attempted to he carried out . I presented it , and jet I was not a spy . I bad been informed of it , because I was sought ont and requested to join ia It ; not because I soaght It ; I prevented it , by putting those who were in danger on their guard ( tha details of which shall appear in the future chapters of the -4 ufobioorap & y ) ; they were put on their guard , stood on their guard , and were prepared ; but they obviated tbe danger by not allowing its occurrence to be possible . The mast forward , bat mast cowardly ef the knaves who had Ceispired , mat ahstal , aa -might hare been expected , when the catastrophe shauld have taken p l ace I had say eye on the conduct of mere than one of them ; and yet I was not asp ; . Neither threats of punishment nor temptations of reward induced me to name a single parson , when I was atted to da so . ' I only said that I had not sought for the Information ; it was voluntarily given to me ; I had done my doty by patUsg ; the endangered parties on their guard ; they had acted as I suggested they should ; I was aatiafled . *
Those matters , however , shall be given more in detail , now . that they are -thirteen years old ; ' and they afford m » ana reason * for > nhUsWng iny jiutobiojrapTiy in my own lifetime , theogh originally written to be published when I waa dead . The noblemen , gentlemen ; aad others acquainted with the circumstances , are nearly all living ; and I deemitbesttoleytleniamr before the country , for public warning : ' and Instruction , when itmsy be of come service , and when living men can cerrobbrate or correct my account of it . ' ¦ v From my narrative of tbe Birmingham court-martial , and the otScial documents quoted in it , it is seen that
there wero- persona involved , ia the Scots'ffreys , with tha political natoas , whose tiasaes I refased to divalga ; though ( aa the official report ofthe commandiag officer ' s evidence proves ) I might have ' escaped thepnnisbment of the lash had I done so . It shall benot lass clear that I might have divulged ' -he name ' s of the conspirators of 18 Si , at least such of them as were knowa te me , bnt did not , and against all inducements , vxndd not . So much fertile gentleman writing at Wakefield , whose experience of political manktai stems to lead him to ' the cenclasioa that every person politically sympathising with tbe people , ia advising or restraining them , must be a fool or a knave . '
. Our readers will no doubt bear in mind , that what we said was caused by a somewhat blustering and braggadocio paragraph , to the effect , that the writer had prevented one of the most serious outbreaks that ever occurred . That had it not heien for him , property and life would have been sacrificed to a most alarming extent . That bad ' Ac not interfered , streets would have become rivers of blood , thrones and dynasties overturned , governments broken up , and confiscated to the ruthless violence of mob-law . Our remarks ' were accompanied by a small word of some importance , which appears to have been overlooked by our friend , the' ffnistfer . ' We said , ' IF this man speaks ' the troth , he must have either been a spy to entrap the unwary , or a physical forcist . ' What is his answer to this' supposition gathered from his own remarks—let it be calmly
read—. « The scheme was attemptedto he carried out . I preven ted it ; and yet' 1 was not a spy . I had been informed of k , htetmii'Y vn & itwjkl out « nd requested to join in it ; not because J sought it . 1 prevented ii , by putting those who were in danger on iheir guard , they were put en their guard , stood on their guard and webs prepared ; but they obviated the danger by not allowing its occarrence to be possible . The most forward , bnt the ' most cowardly of the knaves -who conspired was absent , as mieht have been expected , when the catastrophe should fiave token place . I had my eye on the conduct of more than one of them ; and yet I was not a spy . Neither t & reafoof nnniehment nor « mp / atfo «» of reward induced me to name a single person . '
This is the only answer after a month's deliberation which the ' Whistler' can give te oar charge . Is not corroboration doubly strong ? We said before that we wished for ne other evidence than that furnished by bis own pen—we say so again . Here we have it—He sets out with acknowledging tbat the scheme was attempted , ' he prevented it , * by potting those who were in danger on their guard , ' — ' they werej > rjpar « t * and on their guard . ' ' They , ' ( who are * they ! ' ) * ebviated the danger by notallowing its occurrence to be possible , ' and still the writer says in his next breath , that one man on whom he ( the « Whistler' ) had his eye was dbtent , when the catastrophe should have taken place , ' and yet , this immaculate being was proof against' threats of
punishment and temptations ef reward . ' How could the danger be obviated by not allowing its occurrence to be possible , if the scheme was ' allowed' to be attempted , and those who were looked for could net be found ? Was ever sneh miserable special pleading put npon paper , as that contained in this man ' s defence ? We could have understood him if be had said when he was consulted ( bat how comes it that he should have been consulted we would like to know ?) We could have understood an honest man saying' No , my lads , ^ ympathise > i ; h yon , my decided conviction is , tbat every man has a natural - . ffhttobereDresented in parliamenthy his elective
TOte . batlam decidedly opposed to its accomplishment bv bloodshed , and Inow tell yeu that I wilTat once give information to the authorities , that it has come to my ears tbat sueh aa outbreak ia intended . T will not compromise you , but I will , at all hazards , do my utmost to prevent blood being shed , and I will clear my conscience of being even directly or indirectly a participator in those deeds of darkness . ' We ask would not this , or something very similar , have been the language of a man who was really derirons of preventing anarchy : ? But how have met always acted ? Have they not ingratiated _ them-RPlres into thegood graces ef some less designing . but mm open-hearted persons f Have they not wormed
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i ttt IZSZrW 'P * ? 0 ttW « n ° g A *™ , and by a sort of negative advice kept their own necks out of the Kabllto aav no , T t , IImos * d « BPica ^ » W dwaja ooura . ' « i ¦ JS * J a * Tused i ^ m to a contrary E !~ ?? ' partiea on toeir guard . ' - 'The s ^ emewasjittempted . ' Ourreader . will , we think , SE-lA ^ S ¦« »« «»* had the scheme not iKS ?? £ Awe would have been Bomemson ard p " fa & d bem put ott their If a man mistakes onr character so much as to S . **«? n fidant ° f M , that he intended to shoot the'Whistler , ' and that he wonld accomplish his purpose on the first onnortunitv . we should but ill
discharge our duty by simply putting the * Whistler ' on his guard , and by allowing tbe man to suppose we werekesping his secret . That would be the very means of bringing about an accomplishment of the deed . How then did the'Whistler ' discharge his " 7 allowing the poor infatuated men to ' attempt the schemeA and by giving them no notice that their lives would be the ransom of their temerity ? Again the 'Whistler' talks of ' tfreais . ' and 'tempHtiont of reward . ' Who said one word of threats and temptations of reward ? Not we . Why should threats have been used to this 'Whistler' ? Why should'temptations of reward' have been made ? No doubt similar confidants gave informs , tion of the intended Newport outbreak , and no
doubt confidants kept back from the intended rioters that information had been given to the authorities . No doubt many men were led into the mess by false friends , and also by parties who had resisted ' threats and temptations of reward . ' The 'scheme' was attempted at Newport . 'They , ' ( wbata convenient word , 'they . ' ) 'They wero put on their guard . ' 'They obviated danger by not allowing its occurrence to be possible , ' and yet there was much danger to many misguided men , and many are now suffering in a penal settlement who are less guilty than some wretches who are allowed to roam at large to blast the character ofthe innocent , and prostitute their talents for a mess ot pottage .
We know nothing ofthe 'Whistler' further than what we have seen of him in print . That he is a man of considerable talent we admit . But when we find him mixed up as he has been , according to his own showing , with revolutionists in England , and the veriest vagabond-cut-throats in Spain that were ever allowed to disgrace the human name—when we find him perambulating Ireland for information to damage tbe private character of an opponent—when we find him retailing tho spawnings of disappointed discarded servants , we have no wish to know him farther , but leave him as a very worthy servant for his very amiable employer , and no doabt he will act in England upon the axiom be says he acted npon in Spain , that' if he did not kill his enemy , his enemy wonld kill him . '
It is degrading to the press , that m discussing the practicability of a public project , that column after column ia filled by prying into the private affairs of a gentleman supporting that scheme . Suppose the ease was reversed . Suppose every item ot the Anti-Corn Law League was scrutinised - , trery private transaclioniof Messrs Cobden and Bright brought ^ light ; the disputes with their workpeople blazoned abroad ; their accounts with their bankers published , and the amount of mortgages upon their estates investigated . Or suppose the private ledgers of the MdnehjuUr j & fmiiner were revealed by men who had been confidentially employed in their office , what would the Examiner then say f Would it not indignantly call upon its contemporaries to aid it in
putting down each villanous treachery ? We fancy it would . ^ Then why is it not as scrupulous with respect to others as it would be with respect to itself and its friends ? Why should it lend its columns to hnnt down an opponent by each un-English means t We again say such exhibitions are degrading to the press , and the sooner they are abandoned the better . But we may be told tbat the projector of the Land Scheme rests his claim to confidence upon the honesty of his motives . Granted that he does so ; but how is that honesty to be tested ! Is it not to be tested by a reference to his public life f Has he made away with public funds ! Has he appropriated those funds to his own purposes ? If he has , why
was he not at the time denounced by those men who are now so envenomed'against bim ? Why was tbe exposure allowed so long to remain , mntil tbe ' Whistler * undertook it ? Up to the time of the late editor of the Star leaving that paper , we always heard him speak in unbounded praise of Hit O'Connor as a private gentleman and employer . Within these six months we have heard Mr Hill , a gentleman who for years also edited the Star , say the same , and Mr Oastler , in his letter , bears testimony tbat Mr O'Connor is much more likely to put money in the people ' s pockets than take it out , but this portion of Mr Oastler ' s letter is evppressti in the Exaniner .
Some months ago we took up this question on public grounds . So far from being influenced by private feeling , we never spoke to Mr O'Connor but once , and that was upon accidentally coming in eontact with him while we were in company with one of the gentlemen who is now writing the attacks in the Manchester . Exsxniwr , and who , we are sorry to see , has so far forgot himself as to assist in patting down aman who has stood his friend , when Bright and the Anti-Corn-Law League would rather havetaken him to the gallows than admitted a line of * his into any paper of theirs . So far from being influenced bj private feelings in the matter , it is just the contrary . Our readers generally belong to a class the very antinodes of the readers of . tbe Star—* class who have no sympathy for Mr O'Connor , or perhaps his Land Scheme , or his political faith , and we may , no doubt .
offend some by the course we have taken ; however , we have done so conscientiously , believing that the nairn scHKUB , apart from politics , if properly worked out , may be a means of bettering tbe condition ofthe labourer—a means of lessening , if not ultimately destroying , the poor rates—a means of suppressing crime , and a means of raising the character of the country by improving the physical and moral condition of the people . We thought the scheme was attempted to be put down by an unfair and unwarrantable attack upon tbe ^ private character of its principal champion , and believing this , we have taken our course , careless and regardless alike as to whom we pleased , or whom we displeased , knowing that the consciousness of having performed our duty is far more satisfactory than the plaudits of thousands , or the rewards of the great
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Was * Lootom Cbittbal AHn-EscxosuRS Assocution . —At the last weekly meeting of this association at Clark ' s Rooms , 117 , Edgeware . row , ' en November 23 rd , a committee was formed for the purpose of reorganising the association , 'framing new rules , and establishing the library on the most approved plan . A letter from Dr Bird was read , recommending a 'London Anti-Enclosure Association / as a 'West London' caused persons in the north , east , and aoath , to think that their interests were not considered by it . More books were presented , and the meeting was adjourned till Monday next , at halfpast seven for eight . Extraobdihabt Stjicidk . —On Friday afternoon , aa the two o'clock train from Kilmarnock was
proceeding at full speed for its destination at Glasgow , and when about two miles east from Paisley , a woman , who had been waiting its approach , was seen by the parties in ' charge to walk deliberately into the middle of the up-line rails , and await her fate by the overwhelming concussion of the train . ' As a matter of course she was killed en the instant , and on the train being stopped , her head was literally cntin two . The most singular thing connected with this melancholy occurrence , however , is the circumstance that Mrs Gibson , tbe individual wbo thus committed selfdestruction , was the wife of the stoker to the engine that ran her down . She was a ' young woman , only about four years married . She was of irregular babits , and during ; that time had frequently been separated from ber husband . Latterly she had been stopping in Glasgow , while Gibson ' s residence was in
Kilmarnock . She had been observed watching the several trains as they came forward for eomo hours before she committed the fatal act ; and her husband had not seen her for four weeks , till she placed herself before him in a position which rendered every effort in his power to save ber life utterly hopeless . Fine At MitB-EED . —Yesterday ( Monday ) afternoon a fire broke ont npon the premises of Mr Wm . Morris , a paper-stainer , of No . 3 , Portman-place , Globe-lane , Mile-end . Between one and two o ' clock screams were heard in the workshop on the first floor , flames at the same time issuing through the window . Mr Morris ran up stairs , when he found the room in a complete blaze , and in the midst of tbe flames he could see his child , a boy between nine and ten , endeavouring in vain to extinguish tbe fire . Mr Morris rushed into the room with the flames
above and below him , his clothes speedily became ignited , and Mrs Morris , hoping to save the lives of her husband and child , also ran in . She had hardly done so , than her clothing likewise took fire . Mr Morris having succeeded in laying hold of his child , with a desperate exertion succeeded in pulling him and his wife ont of the flames . Some other persons living in the house , and the neighbours , on hearing the screams , ran to render assistance . After considerable trouble the flames about the three
parties were extinguished , but not until the three were frightfully burned , mote particularly the boy , whose flesh and finger nails dropped off when touched . He was removed to the London Hospital , when tbe house surgeon pronounced his case to be beyond re * covery . The fire was confined' to that portion of the premises in which it commenced , but it was not extinguished until the workshop was burned . The fire was caused by . a number of pieces of paper which were hanging on the lines to dry falling upon the stove . '
la . consequence of an attempt by some Free Churchmen to renew the agitation'against Sunday trains on Scotch railways , the Scotsman has threatened to publish the names and addresses of those ladies and gentlemen who habitually proceed in their carriages toattend divine worship at the Free Church where Dr Cavendish preaches .
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" aTnfen / fTeftelsWjen . " FaresBs , —The more we contemplate the conditio * of the working classes the more are we convinced of the great injustice inflicted upon them by the capita , lists ot tbia country ; and the-more , too , do we see their wrongs and sufferings accumulating , as though they were only born to contribute to the wealth and agrandiseraent of a privileged few ; and then die off as having fulfilled the great object ofhuman life . The
injustice the working man is compelled to endure , is n « fc confined only to a diminution of family comforts , of an insufficiency of food , and that , too , ot inferior quality , a want of ample clothing to cover his body through the . day , , and of bed and bedding to repose his wearied limbs upon after the hard and unrequited toil of the day . But ) in addition to these inconveniences , he is exposed ^ ihnumerablediseases concomitant upon ; the : unbealtny nature of h « employment ; and , as may M " expeeM ;' a fear ^ ful amount of mortality is the result . And this , too , not when the victims have attained the goodly age of three score years and ten , ' but at the average ages of fifteen , sixteen , seventeen , and eighteen years , do our toiling millions pass off this stage of action in our manufacturing towns . Sbmeoccwa-& hZiv ' » tro i 80 inimicable to human health and lifeas others ; but in every department of manufactures , the artisans suffer to a greater or to a less extent
. YYhenwehave passed through some of our manufacturing towns , we have been astonished to see the pale tbin faces of the factory operatives , with dejected and haggard countenances , with their cheek bones standing out in bold relief , and eyes once bright asstars , are become dim , and fast sinking in their sockets ; while their limbs , once' strong and strait , are now distorted and apparently too weak to carryanemaoiated frame , 'loaded ahfl . destroyed with a complication of irremediable maladies , iimioBed upon them by the heal tb-destrojing tendency of their occupations ' .. Jn . , performing * which-some -of 1 them are almost roasted to * deathythe heat being eightyi ninety , and a hundred degrees , causing the perspirai tion to ooze forth from every pore ; ,, while volumes of smoke / end piquds . of dust and steam encircle them , impregnating the atraosphera iwith pestiferous diseases , and , as . weiWlll . ahow . permanently consigning thousandsto theirgraves . • ¦« ' " . " ¦ ' " . • ' "'
As facts and figures are powerful weapons , we will adduce a few in confirmation of our assertions , and which we quote from parties , whose experience , whose protracted and careful investigation : into this subject entitles . them-to great ; respect . ' . First , in reference to woolcombing , in which business there are many thousands of operatives daily employed . The authority from which we quote , observes , ' woolcombing is admitted to be a very unhealthy employment , ' the woolcombers comb the wool chiefly in an apartment of their own dwelling . The work is done over a fire of charcoal , which sends forth volumes of carbonic acid gas , and the work people are . obliged to ' keep their windows open in all kinds of weather , to prevent or mitigate the evils of the gas .. They are roasted to perspiration on one side , and have often a
enrrentof cold air rushing upon them from the window . They look pale and cadaverous , and are short * lived , few reaching fifty years of age . Their roasting employment and exposure to carbonic acid gas , gives a desire for spirits and opiates , and . it ia probable , that the frequent free use of them may have some considerable share in shortening thsir lives . In some instances , when they have bean brought to work together in factories or shops , their health has been improved , and their habits have become more regulated . The following is a table of the mortality ofthe different classes of Bradford . Tbis table presents the average ages at death of the various classes in society in tbis manufacturing town , and shows , at one view , the effects of occupation npon the lives of enr fellow men .
Gentry and their families .. „ „ . 49 Agricultural laboarers and their families ... 83 Tradesmen and their families ... ... M Woolcombers and their families ... IS From this you will at once perceive the immense disparity between tbe gentry and their families ) and the poor woolcombers and their families of the same place . But take the agricultural labourer , whose avocat'on is performed where the ( oxypen ) or pure vital air is . uucontaminated , and contrast it with the woolcombers who hereto do their labour , half-roasted , half-starved , and constantly inhaling impure air , or ( carbonic scid gas , ) . which their charcoal fires so highly charge tbe atmosphere with . ' . The differences are great , the agricultural labourers and their families average age at death being thirty-two , and that of the woolcombers and their families being sixteen , or just half the period of the former .
The sanatory report of Bradford attributes this immense amount of mortality among the woolcombers to scrofula and scrofulous diseases , which is the effect of impure air . ' Pulmonary consumptions are tbe most common , ' says this . report ,, ' as well as the most formidable shape of scrofula ; and the registration returns show , that but of . 109 deaths of woolcombers , above twenty-one , during one year , thirty-eight have died of that disease . This occupation appears peculiarly predisposing to asthma , from , the constant inhalation of noxious gases , as well as the dehris ef small particles that arise from the working of the
wool .. In fact it may safely be said , that half of the combers and their families die of scrofulous diseases , which might , by proper ventilation , and the removal of tbe comb pots from sleeping apartments , be , very considerably diminished , if not prevented . ' ... This is one instance of the injurious life-aestroying tendency of the staple manufacture of the West Riding of Yorkshire . And we will , from time to'time , advert to other trades , whose members ' aresuffering and dying , in consequence of . inhaling , the poisonous inhalations ' arising .. from their ( occupation , and which constitutes the atmosphere in which they almost live , and move , and have their being . '
If there are any . species of manufactures of this country , that minister to the pleasures , luxury , and wealth of the , community , that are produced at the expense ofthe healthy Uvea of ourfellow men , should not the community protect , those who sustain such losses ? Wo know that when life is cut off , the victim can receive no personal equivalent for bis own loss , but most likely he leaves a family to lament his death ; the community 1 should protect the surviving suflerersj-who have been deprived of ^ their guardian , in assisting bia country to grow rich and happy through his labours . And if the nation allow its members to suffer in this respect , ' how can we expect , as a nation , to bo in a healthy and prosperous condition ?
But this unfortunately , is not the oase . ^ The ho nest labourer , whose lite , is sacrificed uponttbe altar of our country ' s wealth ) leaves his family to grapple with a cruel world ; and to experience all the bitter excruciating pangs of hunger , ' without one to help or pity their abject condition . 'If a man by perseverance and hard labour , can make a bare living , his family may then enjoy a few earthly comforts ; but if he is incapacitated for doing that , he is completely turned adrifc , he may die for want , and his family either turn beggars or thieves , which , is too of ten the case , or else , bo consigned to endure the indignities and insults of a bastile , from which honest poverty often turns away in disgust . This is what tbe working man and his family are exposed to , in
contributing to the wealth and aggrandisement ofthe country , in following an honest and a nationally . beneficial calling : butif , on the other hand . he engages himself to a military profession . —if he commences an . autho . rised crusade against human happiness , and human life , —if he will lay waste fruitful fields , and destroy plentiful harvests , pillage and burn down the neat cottages of humble and happy peasants , and desolate populous town ; and if amid the dismal roar of mock thunder and the glare of mimic lightnings , lie willcut down human beings , and trample them under foot like logsof wood , and saturate the earth with human gore ; if he will do this , forsooth , he is a worthy man , his country hails him as a hero ! a cloud of martial elory will encircle your brow , and amedal of
bravery ornament your breast ; and to crown ¦ ¦ ail , a weekly pension shall be awarded to you for life , which will far exceed the average wages of 40 , 000 industrious frame work knitters , ay , and twice that number of hand loom weavers . / But as we said before , if yon are engaged in ah employment that ministers to the wealth and luxury of the country , end confers permanent good upon society ; in doing which your own health or life is exposed , there is no pension for yon , no honours , no rewards , but unmixed poverty , and at last ft pauper ' s grave . _ Such a state of society ought not to exist . If a mail rnins his constitution , and expends bis physical strength in producing tbe wealth of tbe nation , be ought to be protected .. And if anjthing in the shape ef justice for the poor existed in this country , the working man would obtain a larger proportion of the wealth he produces ; to provide against the
contingencies incident to many branches of industry . But such justice is never dreamt , of ! All that the capitalists can screw out of labour , is too small for his own insatiable thirst for 'filthy lucre , ' and the more speedily he amasses an enormous fortune , out ofthe blood and toil of the operativei the more he is respected , and looked upon as a bold , persevering , and enterprising man , whose industry and attention to business , have so quickly rewarded him . ' S ich is the way ia which we hear men of this stamp spoken of . But , we may set it down as a true maxim , that as one man becomes so rapidly , rich , great numbers are rapidly made poor—and the very thing that makes one so wealthy , consigns hundreds to penury—and while a few are revelling in , sp lendour , and ' faring sumptuously ! , . " every day , ' the millions are craving for the oruipM ' . the rich man throws to . his dogs . ' ...., ' ¦' .. " , ' -. . i ,.:,- ' . ¦ „ - ** :-
There is something radically wrong in the constitu tion of that nation , where ; . those , who produce all , are the only class , who oieipoor and abject sufferers ; and where those \? l » o produce nothing ( except it be mischief and crime ) , live upon the labour of others , and absorb all their productions ; and then treat them with contempt and derision .- Strange anomaly ; that the idle and prodigal should live in
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princely mansions , —have their parks and pleasure grounds , and beds of down to repose upon ; while the industrious and frugal , whose whole life is doomed to hard and unnecessary toil , are pent up in garrets , or thrust down in cellars , and on beds of straw spend their sleepless and restless nights ; pondering over the painful questions , ' Where shall I precure a breakfast for my children from ! ' ' How shall I satisfy their hunger , or stay their cry for bread V Tbis is a strange perversion of right , but it is the lot of thousands of free born happy Englishmen ! We are told 'that man must live by the sweat of his brow , ' and we have no desire to have it otherwise ; but it so happens , that those who work and sweat the most obtain tbe least , while those who sweat the
least , get' Benjamin ' s portion ;* nay they get all ! Where such is the case , we feel as though there wanted a thorough reformation , of which St Paul ' s advice should , be the end , 'That those who won't work , shall not eat , ' nnkss through infirmity or old age , some be unfit for Iabonr . How long we would ask , is such a state of things to continue 1 How Ion ? shall the poor man cry , and the rich man oppress him f How long shall human rights , and . common justice , and equity , be trampled upon , and spurned with impunity ? How long shall insult and poverty , be the reward of honest industry ? These are serious questions , and ' the cause of " our complaints will continue so long as . the' apathy and indifference of the people
will allow it . Such abuses and wrongs are only con-1 tinued by sufferance , and when the people have a j mind to shake them off they can da so . They possess the power when they choose to exercise it . And when they like , they have only to ask , and receive ; to seek and find ; to knock , and the deor of liberty —of moral and social emancipation , will be thrown open to them . If we are slaves , it is because we will not be freemen ; and unless we struggle for liberty , it will never come ' of its own accord . Mirabeau , tho great French orator , spoke the troth , when he cried ; out in the National ,. Asse ' mbly ^ . I ee Hoi * ne sent grands , we . pmtqve , tm » , eommts a genoux , —ltvont v < m . \ " ( Kings . are giants , only because wekneel to : them—let us stand up !) And , we would say ,
capitallists are tyrants and despots only because we bow , and tamely submit to their ; exaction .. ' ' Stand up !! assert your rights—declare yohr independence ; and with ene voice , proclaim tho jubilee for Britons ' emancipation 2 Let it be known that you are determined to have a larger . portion of the wealth you produce : that yon will have better and more substantial food ; better ventilated dwellings , ' . ' and . ' mere suitable clothing . Xet . it be ; known that you wish for more time for recreation and mutual improvement , and fer attending to your domestic duties in general ; and , by your , united , efforts , you will realise them , Be
determined to a ' man , that you will mutually aid , and unflinchingly stand by each other , and tie way is dear—the object of your union is certain . Butif you remain disorganised—indifferent to each other ' s wrongs and sufferings , you may rest assured that capitalists will continue to devour your children ' s bread , and your rights and privileges be still withheld ; while your condition and circumstances will gradually become worse . But we trust that JOU will rally round onr standard , and remember , 'That united we stand , divided we fall . " and that the day is come when we must' stand up ' and vigorously defend our rights .
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The Central Committee of the above expanding association , met on Monday and following days for the transaction of business . A great mass of correspondence has been received from Glasgow , Greesock , Paisley , Aberdeen , Holytown , Alva , Tillicoultry , Birmingham , Bristol , Leicester , Nottingham , Barnsley , Leeds , Bromsgrove , Halifax , Manchester , Keighley , Old Basford , Denton , Accrington , Bacup , and a number of other towns and villages in different parts of the country ; also , the following reports from agents and members of the Central Covnmvltee : — On Friday evening , November 10 th , Mr Humphries attended a meeting of the paper stainers , at Kent and Essex-yard , Whitechapel . The meeting was well attended . Mr Humphries fully explained
the principles ef the Association , and showed that it must be by such a combination the paper stainers , aad every class of operatives in this country , must be raised to a proper standard . The speaker pointed out the discrepancies in local unions , and , though the paper stainers bad their trades' union , they were now , in some shops , only receiving about 16 i . while , for the same amount of labour , they werer a few years back , receiving £ 3 . —so awfully had their prices come down . Mr Humphries urged upon them the necessity of forming a part of this Association , as tbe only safe and effectual manner of preventing any further aggressions upon their rights . The question will be taken up and discussed among themselves , and the result will be made known to the Committee .
Castletown . —Our agent at the Isle of Man , has attended meetings at Castletown and Laxey , on which occasion he entered into' explanations of the principles of the Association , and urged upon the audiences the necessity of becoming ' members of this Association , and thus show to employers , that the working classes ofthe Isle of Man . are determined to assist and to be assisted in vindication of their own rights , and in resistance of the aggressions of capitalists . In such a combination alone arctbey sate , and agaiusc which oppression must / ultimately , fall . ' '
Mr R ^ baon attended the nailers Liverpool , and had an interview with a number of the men to whom a reduction had been offered ; matters were ultimately settled satisfactory among themselves . Mr Eobson , or some other member of the Central Committee , will attend , at an early opportunity , to agitate the trades of Liverpoel , Birkenhead , Ac , with the view of bringing them into the Association ; and we trust that some arrangement will be made , to facilitate this purpose . Due notice shall be given of a lecturer ' s visit . Mr Robson waited upon an employer at Bolton with the view of inducing him to withdraw an offered reduction . From investigation it appeared that the reduction had been suffered in June last ; a fortnight's notice however was given to the employer to return the redaction , and we have every reason to expect he will comply with the requests of the
men . Messrs Robson and Parker attended at Bacup . to have an interview with tho employer , but from some cause or other they were prevented from doing so . The case at Bacup is a ' very pecnliar one—they have been oh strike for the last six months , and out of 145 weavers who turned ont , not one has given in . When the strike commenced the men were not members of the Association , but have subsequently become so j hence the desire of the . Central Committeo to bring the matter to an amicable termination . Besides the reduction offered , the master has
presented a document for the men to sign . This is a cruel ease , and we trust the sympathy of the trades will be manifested towards these brave men . . Mr Robson attended several other cases , but as nothing satisfactory or decisive has been effected , we abstain from giving a report of the same . Mr Williamson attended a case of mediation , -at Dudley , on behalf of the horse-nailmakers . He waited upon the employers , and notwithstanding Mr W . showed them the injustieeof their doinss towards the men , they turned a deaf ear j the result is , the Central Committee have agreed to support the men who are eligible to aliment .
Mr Williamson attended another case of mediation at Kettering , but on account of the employer not beins in the place he could not be seen . The effect of Mr W . ' s visit we have not yet learned , though we are inclined to think it . will be favourable to the men . On account of a great nuaber of applications for members of the Central Committee to attend in cases of mediation , several have been obliged to stand over for a few days , but shall be attended to in a day or two . ; . , Oi . d Basfobp . —OnTuesday evening , Messrs Woolleyand Gradben attended as a deputation upon the trimmers andhleaohers of Old Basford , to explain the principles and objects of the National Association .
The meeting , ' which was an exceedingly crowded one , took place in the large room ofthe Vernon Arms Inn . The deputation rapectiyely explained the principles ot the Association ,. and showed it , when fully carried out , to be well calculated to raise the condition ef the working classes , and p rocure for them ' a fair day's wage , for a fair day ' s work . ' At the close ofthe address , the following resolutions were adopted : — ' That this meeting views , with pleasure , tho noble exertions made by the National Association to emancipate the working classes from the oppression they have so long been subjected to ; and , to all appearance , will continue to endure , unless
they co-operate together in one great national unionthe only way of effecting our redemption . We , therefore , one and all , agree to join the same forthwith ; and that our levies be forwarded as early as possible . ' ' That the Central Committee be requested to insert the proceedings of this meeting in the Northers Star . ' ' That the thanks of this meeting are due , and hereby given , to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ; , M . P ., for bis untiring advocacy of the rights ofthe working classes . ' A vote of thanks to the deputation , for the able manner in which they had explained the principles of the Association , also a vote of thanks to the chairman , terminated the business of the nseetine . ¦
SowBRnr BRiDJB .-Mr Town attended a meeting ofthe cotton spinners and twisters of this place , on Monday , and explained the principles of the Association . Considerable interest was created . ' anda very favourable impression was madenpon their minds . Un luesday , Mr Town visited . several trades in the district , withthe view of kinging them into the Association ., We hope the operatives in this district will bestir themselves , and become , to aman , a part of this great union . » v Scoiu » n .-On Monday , Nov . 8 th , ' Mr Claughan addressed a largo meeting' in the Va ! e of Leren , where an excellent spirit , in favour of the Association ,. was displayed . , . , , „ GAUsHiew .-On the 12 th and 13 th instant , Mr Claughan delivered two lectures , on the principles and plans of operation of the Association , in the Large Hall of the Bridge Inn . The audiences were
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exceedingly attentive te the Jecturer , as he pointed out the advantages sueh a ' combination is calculated to confer upon the industrious classes . Hawick . —On Monday and Tuesday , Mr Claughan addressed tho trades of Hawick . The meetings were held in the Town Hall , and were pretty well attended , and we have no doubt as to its favourable results . ¦ . ¦ Caution . —Several persons having gone round Manchester and neighbourhood , obtaining subscriptions under false pretences , alleging they were obtaining it on behalf of the cotton spinners and selfacting-minders of Charlton and Ilulme . in connexion with this Association , the parties thus acting , are not authorised to doso ; as no person has been instructed to receive , or to apply for , any subscriptions on be * half of the above society lor the purpose of extraordinary relief . .. .. By order of the society , James Johnson , sec .
KOT 10 BS . The ladies' shoemakers of London are informed that a class for discussion has commenced , and will be continued every Sunday evening . The meeting on Sunday evening , November 28 tb , will beheld at the Wool and Bell , Ropemakemtreet , Finsbnry . square . Subject : — ' The best method of absorbing surplus labour . ' -Chair to be taken at seven o ' clock . At 1 letters on business , respecting the trades forming tbe Association , must bo sent through their respective secretaries , or through the medium ofthe district secretaries , as the Central Committee can * not treat any other communication as official . -
All letters sent to this office on general business , must be directed to the general secretary , Mr 1 . Barratt ; and letters upon financial matters , to the financial secretary , Mr James Webb . The Central Committee trust these arrangements will be strictly observed , as great inconvenience often eccnrs through , business letters being addressed to members ot tin Central Committee . The trades of Scotland can lie furnished with cards and rules , or any information respecting the Association , by making application to tbe agent , William Claughan , Holytown . The secretaries , and members generally of the Association , ara informed that , on the 1 st of December next , will bo published the first number ofthe Central Committee ' s montbiy report—one copy of which will be given grataitously to each society belonging to the Association . A considerable number will be printed for general circulation , at the charge of ene penny each .
Thomteation is that it shall be made a useful periodical . It will contain valuable and interesting information respecting the rise , progress , passing events , and future prospects ofthe Association , together with its general statisticalaccounts . It will be got up in a superior manner . Twelve numbers will form a neat volume . The trades will please give their orders for the same , together with cash for the number required , to their local officer , to be sent to this office , directed to Mr T . Barratt , when the orders will be promptly attended to .
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TRADES' MOVEMENTS . Tun Wisuiok Nailsrs . —Received by the Horse Nail Makers now on strike at Winlaton , the following subscriptions t— £ s . d WinZatoa General Smiths .. ... , „ 110 « Imsllwell Smiths ... ... 0 0 6 Blsewick Colliery ... .. ... ... 0 , 6 t w'inlatonMlll ... .... ... ... 0 13 0 Blejdem Smiths „ , „ 0 3 $ ShisldRow ... . „ ; .. 0 6 4 Hawks' Chain Makers , Gateshead .. 0 16 S . St P 4 t » r "« Quay Chain Makers ... ... 9 7 2 Follej Shop Nailers , Newcastle " ... ... 0 16 lertk Shields Nailsrs ....... ... 0 5 $ Tvsick ' s Chain Makers , North Shields ... 0 4 6 Pow ' s Chain Makers , North Shields ... 0 7 9 Sunderisnd Sawyers ' ... ... i ,. 0 8 9 SuadarlandSail Cloth Weavers . ' . .. ;» ' ... 0 6 & f Sunderland Chain Makers ... " ,, ... 9 9 8 Sondarland Nailers ... ... ... 0 6 9 7 en Friends , Sunderland ... : ; .. :.. 0 2 9 . —VI , ' . " >¦• ¦ : ' ¦ '• ' !¦'¦ ' ¦¦ _^^^_ " ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦ " ¦ '¦'¦ ' £ 7 ' « ?§• .. . - » ¦ - ¦ . 111 tf Winlaton , - . .,. , > Ed . Summbrsidb , treasurer . ; November 22 nd , 1847 . Barnslbt . —WaoiasAijj : jPlundbrihg oj ' WoffiBjteN'fc Waqb ' b nt :.. a Mamutacicisbb . —The weaving trade of this town , which is generally brisk at thS season of the year , remains in ' a precarious condition , owing to the commercial' failures that have taken place throughout the whole conhtry . It is truly heartrending to hear the lamentations of poor weavers in , the employ of one of our tyrant capita ' lists , whose plundering propensities are talked of more freely in the United States of America , and other parts ofthe world , whither bis Workmen have floWQ to free themselves'from the Bufferings endured at his accursed warehouse , than in Taylor row , aweaving district in this town . Not satisfied-with breaking through the arranged list of prices ; and paying a lower rate of wages ; than the other employers , he has taken advantage of the present crisis to ; carry on a system of' bating ; ' on the pretence of work not being properly finished , notwithstanding that the . weavers take more pains with their ' , work than they evei have done before .. . ' A '' hired : ' tool ,-who writes to tbe Leeds Mercury , acknowledged that the millionaire 4 hated'his weavers to the amount of between ten and eleven pounds on Saturday ;; the . 13 . $ ' , '' but he forgot to state , that seme forty cuts remained . over * until tbe Mowing Monday , this weavers of which , were robbed of sums varying ? from five shillings to one pound . This tyrant Christian never' fails to go to church on the Sunday ^ whilst his poor , naked workmen and their wives shut themselves ' up ia their houses to shun the gaze of tb . eir . more fortunate neighbours , and listen to the pitiful cries of their children for bread ; How long will such a state of things continue ? Is it not high time that the weavers of Barnsley joined the National Association of United Trades ?
Babmsley Weavers . —At a numerous public meeting of the linen weavers of this town , on Monday night , November 22 nd , at Mrs Pickering's large room , the following resolutions were agreed to : •—• That it is the opinion of this meeting that it it wrong on tbe part ot any individaai to write a letter to the reporters , of newspaper and to father the same on the linen weavers ' committee , with regard to abatements of wages , or anything else connected witn trade , iThe Union is prepared at all times to protect their members from undue oppression of the employers , but they cannot contend that the same
prices shall be paid for faulty work that is paid for good work , and as the magistrates have publicly declared that they will grant a summons to any weaver who may apply for one to recover his wages , that is all that we can require at present . ' Moved by Frank Mirfield , seconded by Mr Yates . — ' That it is the duty of every weaver of this district to join the trade associations immediately , as it is our firm conviction that no man deserves his rights unless be is prepared to defend them in union with his ' felbvr workmen . ' Moved by Owen Wright , and carried by acclamation .
TvRAiwr or m Empioyer . —Permit me , through the medium of your widely circulated columns , to lay before the public one of the most cruel cases of oppression on the part of the employer that has occurred for some time past . The hatters of Atherstone have turned out to resist the enormous reduction of 6 s 8 d in ike pound on their already miserable : wages . MrWilday , who determined to have his purpose , informed the parish authorities that the men might have plenty to do but will not work . The consequence is , parochial relief is denied ; the men are in no union , and he says , he willstarva them to it . The other branches of the trade , which he baa not yet attempted to reduce , held a meeting , and determined by every exertion in their power to aid the men in " their just cause . He , however , determined not ' : to be" thwarted in his purpose , stopped two branches altogether ; ' and the remaining one he gave them such scanty employment that they existThe howeverll
barely . men , , sticontinue out , and declare their intention not to go in as long as they have anything in their gardens to subsist OtU Learning that some of the men whom he still employed were paid-up shareholders in the Land Company , he immediately discharged them , and declared he . would not employ a man any way connected with the Company . . I am , however , happy to state , that one of the men discharged is a fortunate allottee , and he has bid his tyrant defiancc-Corrcnxmrfen } . _ A Pill fob the WmsTLBB . VSiB .-At a meeting ofthe Paper Stoiners and Hangers' Society held at the house of Mr J . BeeBlev , Engraver ' s Arms , Cro street , on Thursday mght last * it waa unanimously resolved ,. 'Thai . the . whole of the funds of tho above society be gent to the Land and Labour Bank : ' . ia accordance with such resolution , I beg to inform yon tbat I sent the money , and received an acknowledgement by return , of post . Yours respectfully , Wm . Mtbbs , treasurer ! Manchester , November 16 ,
Fbatjbs On The London And Norih-Wbstebn ...
Fbatjbs on the London and Norih-Wbstebn RAiLWAT .-On the 13 th instant , Mr D . Smith , of Stafford , maltster , appeared at the ShireHall of that town to answer a charge preferred by the London and North-Western Railway Company of attempting to defraud the company by riding , on the 29 th Oct ., between Stafford and Lichfield , in a first-class carriage with a second-class ticket . Ihe case was clearly proved , notwithstanding the ingenuity of aa for the
( attorney who appeared defendant , and the evidence showed considerable tact and perseverance on the part of Mr Cstrtwright , the superintendent of the Stafford station ; ' in detecting the offence . Mr Smith was convicted in the penalty of 20 . * . and costs There was a second summons against Mr Smith for a similar offence on the same day in returning from Lichfield and Stafford , but on the suggestion of the magistrates that the object of the company would be sufficiently attained by tho publicity which would , doubtless , be afforded to the first conviction , the second charge was withdrawn .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Nov. 27, 1847, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_27111847/page/3/
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