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THE STOCKINGERS. TO THE EOITOB OF TUE NO...
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE " CON SP1RACI...
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OK TUE DOWNFALL OF POLAND . O , Sacred Troth , thy triumph ceased awhile , And Hope , thy sister , ceas'd with thee to smile . "When leagu'd oppression poured to northern wars Her vvhisker'd pandoors and her fierce hussars ; "Waved her dread standard to the breeze of morn , Pealed her loud drum , and twanged her trumpet horn ; tTamaltaous horror Brooded o'er ner van , Presaginy wrath to Poland—and toman ; TTtnaw ' s late champion from her height survej'd , "Wide o ' er the fields , » waste of ruin hud ; *• O Hcavens , "he cried , " my bleeding country save 1 I g there no hand on high to shield the brave ? Yet , though destruction sweep these lovely plains , Kise , fellow-men , our country yet remains . By that dread name we wave the sword on high , And swear for her to live—with ber to die !
He Bald , and on the rampart ' s heights arrayed His trusty warriors , few , but undismayed ; Firm-paced and slow , a horrid front they form , Still as the breeze , and dreadful as the storm ; Xow , murmuring sounds along their banners fly , Bevenge oi death—the watchword and reply . Then pealed the notes , omnipotent to charm , Aad the load tocsin tolled their last alarm . In vain—alas ! in rain , ye gallant few , from rank to rank your vulleyM thunder flew ; O , bloodiestpicture in the book of Time , Sarmatia fell , unwept , without a crime ; Pound not a generous friend , a pitying foe , Strength iu her arms , nor mercy in her woe ! Dropt from her nerveless grasp the shattered spear . Closed her bright eye , and curbed her nigh career ; Hope , for a season , bade the world farewell , And freedom shriek'd—as Kosciusko fell .
The sun weut down , nor ceased the carnage there—Tumultuous murder shook the midnight air-On Prague ' sproud arch and fires of ruin glow' Bis blood-dyed waters murmuring far below , The storm prevails , the rampart yields a waj—Bursts the wild cry of horror and dismay ! Hark , as the smouldering piles with thunder fall , A thousand .-hrieks fjr hopsless mercy call : Earth shook—red meteers flashed along the sky , And conscious nature shuddered at the cry . O , righteous Heaven 1 ere Freedem found a grave , \ fbj slept the sword omnipotent to save ! fRiere was their arm , O , Tengeance I where thy red , That smote tbs fo * s of Zion and of God ? That crushed proud Amnion , when his iron car \ fas yoked iu wrath , and thundered from afar t Where was the storm that slumbered till the host Of blood-stained Pharoah left his trembling coast , Then bade the deep in wild commotion flow , And heaved an ocean on their march below i
Departed spirits of the mighty dead , Ye thatat . Marathon andLenctra bled , friends of the world , restore your swords to man , lightin his sacred cause and lead the van ; Yet for Samaria ' s tears of blood atone , And make her arm puissant as your own . Oh , ouoi again to Freedom ' s cause return . The Patriot Tell—the Bruce of Bannock-burn . CSMPBItL .
Songs For The People. Ho. X. Fall, Tyran...
SONGS FOR THE PEOPLE . HO . X . FALL , TYRANTS , FALL ! 'The trumpet of liberty sounds through the world , And the universe starts at the sound ; Her stand-ird philosophy ' s hand has unfurled , And the nations are thronging around . Bow noble the ardour that eeires the soul ! How it bursts from the yolce and the chain ! Tv hat power can the fervour of freedom control , Orits terrible veageance restrain ! FaUJfaD , tyrants , fall J These are the days of Liberty
Proud castles of tyranny , dungeons , and cells ! The tempest shall sweep you away ; rrom the east to the west the dread hurricane swells , And the tyrants are chilled with dismay ; The slave , on whose neck the proud despot Iras trod Now feels that himself ia a man ; While the lordly usurper , who ruled with a nod , Hues his head ' midst the servile divan . Fall ! fall , tyrants , fall ! & c I \ , or vassals who crawl by the Vistula ' s stream , Hear , hear the glad call aud obey ! Jtise , nations who worship the sun ' s sacred beam , And drive your Pirarros away"The cruel dominion of priestcraft is o ' er Its thunders , its faggots , and chains : Mankind will endure the vile bondage no more , While reason our freedom maintains . ' Fall ! fail , tyrants , fall ! 4 c
"The trumpet of Liberty sounds through the world , And the universe starts at the sound ; Hy : standard philosophy ' s hand has unfurled , And the nations are thronging around . Shall Britons the trumpet of Liberty hear With a cold and insensible mind * 2 fo ! the trumpet of Freedom eashBriton shall share ; And contend for the rights of mankind ! Fall ! fall , tyrants , fall ! Death to our bonds of slavery
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J . HE ^ i .-i-X-iiii vi- _ Z ^ 11 C ~ 2-. - —XuU jvx . cf . Tiug Colloquy is related by the Journal dts Valluigti to jure passed a lev days ago between a gendarme and 3 thief named Fontaine , whom he had arrested at Irevieres ( Calvados ) : —Gendarme : "Foolish and wretched man , how could you , at your advanced age -of 71 , commit a crime for which yon mast make up jour mind to pass the rest of your days in prison V Fontaine : " 1 am not so unfortunate as you think . I hire been a thief for sixty years , and this is the first lane I was ererarrested . " Father Fbascis , A Catholic Phiest , was killed at ilootikee , whilst attending a regiment in action , in the fond hope that he might assist the wounded and soothe the last moments of some expiring soldier .
Losdox axd Liverpool . —Taking the young and old together , it is found that twenty-six years is the . average age at which people die in London , and seventeen iu Liverpool . Lwjst Schools . —A subscription for the benefit of 3 Ir . Wilderspia , the unwearied promoter of infant schools , has been commenced at Wakefield . FiCJIITT IS THE ArUPTATIOS OP WoBBB . —We « - member an old lady in Somersetshire , who , whenever accosted with an inquiry after the " rheumatics , " & c ., invariably replied— " Thankee kindly , sir , I ain ' t no htter nor no worser . but very much the same as w « a . Vina as the IIos . W . N . Riblst Cousoiob , M . P . —We have to announce the death , at a premature age , of the lion . W . Nicholas Ridley Coloorne , M . P ., who expired on Monday afternoon at Lord Colborne ' a residence in HilUtreet , in the 32 nd year of his age . The deceased was only son of Lord Colborne , and was birn the 2 i . h of July , 1814 . He was elected at the last general election for Richmond , which by his death becomes vacant .
AccomioniiiQjr . —A contemporary speaks of sleeping on a fence rail with two yards of tape for a covering . Some people ' s accommodation is rather short , truly . —American paper . LVTBODCCTIUX OF CjLICO-PbISIISS 1510 EsOlAM ) . — Calico-printing was introduced into England in the year 1 C 90 by a Frenchman , who in all probability Was a reftLjte , and who established a Email printing ground on the banks of the Thames , at Richmond . A large manufactory was soon afterwards established « t B * vmk'y-hall , in Essex , besides several others in the neighbourhood of London . About 1 S 63 it was carried int « Lancashire .
F'rt . t Vicetatiox . —Vegetation is about two months earlier than it was la-t spring , and the young . grass and rye . and vetches and winter barley , have now more feed than there was at the commencement of May last year . Had not the turnips been topped , they would in many places have been out in full flower before this time ; and so mild has the weather been , that when they have been pulled up and thrown in heaps , thevhave continued to push out their seed . stems , and it Is a very difficult matter to preserve j them from being exhausted of their nutritious quali- ' ties . Feed is now most abundant , and hundreds of acres o good turnips could be had for nothing . A great part of the ev . es have now brought forth , and the increase in lambs will , we think , be as great as usual . —Berishirs Chronicle . Eectiio : » s . —A quack doctor ^ in praising his medicine as a cure for eruption , said it would cure the eruptions of llecla !
As UxciaaiEn LsTTEis is now lying at the Blackburn post-office , with this address : — "Mydear grancnioliitr , Blackburn , Lenkishur . " The Wau in Isdlv—We have obtained leave to copy tic * following portion of a private letter from an officer who commanded one of the regiments engaged in the ? evere three dins' battle on the bank of the Sutltj : — " Camp lhirm-ka Ghaut , on the left bank « f the Sutlrj , 15 r : i January . —God only knows how this dcijiei-atc war will terminate . Our loss in killed and wounded has been almost three thousand . Gcd only knows to « -1 escaped . I commanded the —th oi- the 13 th , at the . dose of that battle ; ami 1 ccxuisaudtil i » i iV . c battles of the 21 st and 22 nd . Sly Arab charger was shot on the night of the 21 st ., while in square . Lord Fitzroy Somerset's son received his death wound in the ranks of the 50 th ; he was a ncblfc and gallant soldier . "
Hawbe . —At GJ . - . sg nv a company has been formed ¦ whose object is to make sewers to convey the soil of the city to a distance , and there to be aceumulatedin a larcc reservoir , whence it is to be taken and prepared as a manure for a . Hrieultural purposes . The capital to be uUi-d h £ oi > < M .
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Tldt Carpenters And Joiners Of Mancheste...
TlDt CARPENTERS AND JOINERS OF MANCHESTER . The Address of the Central Association of London Tradas , published in last Saturday ' s Star , will have informed our readers of the origin of the great turnout of the building trades in Manchester . Thestrike was commenced by the carpenters and joiners ; the same day the bricklayers quitted their work . The maslers ascertaining that the slaters , plumbers , glaziers , plasterers , aud painters , with their labourers , were nobly , supporting the men on strike , gave notice to the men in those trades to leave their employment , and those trades accordingly ceased to work at the termination of the week . The number out of
employment is about 4 , 000 . Such is the tyranny practised by the great masters , that they have not only turned out the workmen in the whole of the building trade , but they have also tried to intimidate the small masters , by stating that if they would not turn out their men and join the masters' union , they would prevent them from having work at any jobs they might have anything to do with . It will be seen , therefore , that the masters are determined to crush the men , if possible ; but it is to be hoped that the working classes of every trade will at once contribute their pecuniary aid in support of the tradesof Manchester , and thus foil the tyrannical intentions of the despotic masters . The men have nothing to fear if their fellow-operatives will keep out of the town , and not be allured from their homes by the placards which the masters have circulated through the country , for " 4000 men at good wages . " They only want them as tools , to enable them to crush the men whose sweat and toil have made them
what they are . , , - „„ As usual , the press is arrayed against the operatives—the great Lancashire Liar , the Manchester Guardian , being foremost in the unholy work of calumniating the men . Anarticle , full of the grossest misrepresentations , appeared iu that journal , directed against the men ; bet when the men desired the fairplay of being permitted to defend themselves , their reply was refused admission except as an advertisement . The following is the reply of the men , which also embodies the principal misrepresentations rep lied to , and for inserting which the Manchester GuardianchargeA and plundered the men of £ 2 . We re-publish it without money and without charge : — To ihe Editor of the Manchester Guardian . Sin , —Your publicatien oi Saturday last contains
an article headed "The Joiners' and Bricklayers ' Strike , " which , for gross falsehoods and slander stands unparalleled in our experience . As a large body of tradesman , we have a right to demand of you , at a public journalist , the same means of rebutting those charges as you have afforded space for making them ; but we do denounce . emphatically the system pursued by yon , of publishing a party statement in favour of the employers , without inquiring on both sides of the question ; fur we are prepared with the most incontrovertible testimony , to prove that the statements you have made are directly untrue . We deny , in the most unqualified terms , that we ever attempted to impose restrictions on our employers , either as to the mode of carrying
on their business , or as to whom or who they should not employ ; and you unhappily cite the case of Messrs . Pauling as an instance , a case which must be fresh in your memory . Mr . Pauling required every man in his employ to work 105 hours more every winter than any other master builder ever did ; hence the dispute with Mr . Pauling—and so much for your selection of an illustration of our present position . But it would seem that no stone should be left unturned by you to place us in a false position with the public . We deny that we ever interfered with our employers as to the number of apprentices theyshould have . Wedeny thatweever extorted the reluctant consent ef our employers to shorten the hours of labour ; the time that we now
work , taking the year round , is the same as it always has been . You , sir , state that the old hours were , during the winter , from six o ' clock to six , and from the 17 th of November to the 2 nd of February , to light up and work until seven o ' clock in the evening . This , sir , is directly untrue ; and never was such a rule acted upon in Manchester . The working rule , prior to last autumn , was , from the lfth of November to the 2 nd of February , to commence work at half-past seven o ' clock in the morning , and leave off at seven in the evening ; and from the 2 nd of February to the 17 th of November , to work from six o ' clock tosix , exeeptMonday and Saturday , when we commenced at seven o ' clock on the former , and left off at four o clock on the latter . Now it must be
obvious , that before the 17 th of November , and immediately after the 2 nd of February , there are several weeks we cannot see the whole time ; this has been unpleasant alike to the employers and operatives , and also to the public . In order to allay this unpleasantness , we submitted two propositions to Our employers—the one to adopt the half-holiday , by commencing at six o ' clock in the morning and working until six in the evening , the year round , except Monday and Saturday , to commence at seven o ' clock on the former , and leave off at twelre o ' clock on tiie latter ; and the other , by commencing at ;;; £ - tame tinse and working until half-past are o ' i ; Oik , and ioaviag work » . t lour .. ' clot' -k on Satwdiiv afternoon . This ii . uanr i -. ws > i .. ir ; -. n & , « " ¦<»»' > .
:: ;; " » s . i : y iStJf-pwJ Iv ii ; - ? b ( - \ e *• she master bniidt-ra , vl . ii Jne exception , nn » i was forthwith acted upon , each party couiritriuy linn had fl'tiiher gai ^ td aw io .-i by \ Mi ails ! -uu'H . This e . ' / . m ^ J icoic pl :-. co in ik-lobsc : &« . Son , sink ihe dhhcwmrahk ntiw / jpt »" . -, liif . Dari ' of the tmf ioysrs ioiileh froiairi tii ' - - lialiioiiiis ^ , wh ? . 'di -siius tons umilOotoh .-i- rjf-U . _ in .- ' ; ,. i ' iwaciuii ot ' t : seti . tie wewori . ed cxtraduri . ^ iSit wiaier . We aak the public , is this fair and honourable dealing ? Give us the half-holiday which is our due until next October , and we are then willing to re-consider the subject of time . All we require at our employers' hands is fair and honourable dealing . We deny distinctly that double time is charged by us after having worked two hours overtime . Double
time does not commence until after ten o clock at nisht , and this was made for doing away with night labour . Tour remarks respecting wages in London , Liverpool , and other towns , are also untrue ; the wages in the two former being 2 s . more than you have stated . After other remarks respecting a few individuals ruling and over-awing the mass of the men , and other equally untrue statements , you assert there are 1 , 700 men out of work . Here again , sir , you stand convicted of falsehood . The number taken from the boeks was , last week , 1 , 002 ; and yoa further state they have to depend on the miserable pittance of from 5 a . Gd . to C « . per week . This , again , is untrue . Every man whs answered his name for the first three days , received
7 s . 6 d ., the books being made up to Wednesday night according to rule ; and every man last week , on strike , received a full week ' s strike pay ; so much for the state of our iunds . la fact , the nrhole paragraph is , from beginning to end , line for line , a tissue of gross falsehood and calumny , published with the evident intention of prejudicing the public against a body of working men , endeavouring to raise themselves in the scale of society without injury to any party . If a public journal be of any moral use , it ought to be the medium through which correct information should be conveyed to the public , especially in matters of dispute ; and not , as in this case , the means of slandering and calumniating a body of workmen for the interest and gratification of their
employers , calculated only to excite the worst passions of men , and widen the gap of friendly intercourse which ought to exist between the employer and operative ; and which you , as a public journalist , ought to be the foremost to cultivate . In palliation of your statement ! ., you may contend you have made them upon wrong information ; but is wa-s your duty , as an editor , tu have consulted both parties , and then you would have arrived at a more correct report . It may not generally be known what wages our employers pay : but we will set the public right upon this point . We take the seven principal employers , and in them we find 16 men receiving more than 26 s . per week ; 219 at 20 s . ; 92 at 25 s . ; 103 at 24 s . ; and 152 receive less than 24 s .: so that the public will
see that our wages do not average more than 24 s . 6 J . per week . You taunt us with dictating to the men when they shall work , when they shall strike , what wages accept , and what offers refuse ; which is altogether untrue , » s there are more than six hundred of our members at work . Hut can anything equal the tyranny of the master-builders going to the small tradesmen , and threatening , if they do not turn their men out and join their union , they will withdraw the whole of their trade from them . Again , you state the good workmen are mainly disposed to return to their work at the offer made . This again is untrue ; for it is the best workmen who want rewarding for their talent . We also de » y that we ever borrowed from , or stand indebted
to , any trade in anv town , as we have so far been able to pay our way . The whole of the charges wo have denied , wc are prepared to prove are untrue ; and challenge either yourself , or the masters' union , by deputation , or otherwise , to meet before the mayor , or any given number of arbitrators , and incontestibly prove they are directly and unqualifiedly false . Ana now , sir , tor the whole matter in dispute . It was agreed List autumn that we should ask < ur employers for an advance of Cd . per day on our then rate of wages ; and , at the commencement of the present year , each employer was served with a formal notice to that effect , —the notice terminating on the 2 nd Miiix-h : and wc cintii'eutiy appeal to the public whether our demand is tiisraisonabJe or not . Glance
at the . iron trades , and compare their wages with ours , without taking into account the amount of money it takes to furnish ourselves with tools , and a constant expense lor the wear and tear of the same , that no other trade is subject to . This , then , is the whole of the dispute , unconnected with any other matter . It was this , and this alone , that caused Mr . D . ESlhouse to summon the matters together to form their pra-tnt union ; and the justness of our demand we shall leave to a generous and impartial public . By order of the Carpenters aud Joiners .
Tldt Carpenters And Joiners Of Mancheste...
The Sailob * ' Stbikb at Hon ,. —The sudors of Hull having been foully maligned by ah anonymous calumniator , « pdng himielf •« » Shipowner , " in the mockliberal paper , thaSuU Advertiser , we have received tha following reply from tha men . The brave fellows have our hearty sympathy , and we truit will succeed in their struggle . N « claw of men are worse treated than Brituh seamen , but if they unitedly iniijt upon juetice , no clan could more easily emancipate themiulveg : — "A letter taring appeared in the Mull Advertiter of Friday , the 13 th of March , animadverting on the ttdk * of the «» ileri of this port , we , the seamen of the port of Hull , deem it right and just to contradict tha false statement ! therein contain ^ . It is true we are itriking for £ ' i 10 s . per month , owing to the partial employment ef about eeven or eight month * in the year . The ' Shi powner' says' we
are paid more than thetailenin any other port in the king dom . ' We titer him to Sunderland , Shield * , New . aitle , and the small ports iu Yorkshire . Ho » ayj that ' our partial employment is our own fault ( if he looks at the number of ships in the doehe that will eontradict Mm ) , for there ii the coasting trade . the year round . ' We ask , will that employ all our seafaring men f Also , he says , ' there is the trade to Hamburgh and Holland . ' There are eight email vessels employed in the Rotterdam trade , averaging about five able seamen each , and frequently some of them are laid bye . As to Hamburgh , tberd has been no more than three English steamboats running there , and a small sailing vessel occasionally . He sayj , 'there are many ships sailed to the Mediterranean , South America , and the East Indies . ' The owners of these ihips have given £ 2 5 s . or £ 210 s . per
month , and most of them will not allow half-pay on shore . How is it likely that a married man can leave his family for such a long time without something to subsist upon ana where the half-pay is left , what it SI 2 » . 6 d . per month tor the support of a family of stvenor eight children , and three parts of the seamen of this port are married , and have families ! This is the reason why strangers are allowed to take our berths from us , the most of them being single men , or those who have run away from their wive * and families , leaving them on the parish . These men can get berths before men who wish to support their families decent and respectable . Th » 'Shipowner' further »» yj , that ' th » seamen of this port will not goto sea in the winter . ' This is false . How often do we sign for half-pay during the time the ships are frozen up in all parts ot the Baltic , and other plat »» ,
where we do the same work as if we were on full pay ; and when we come home we are sometimes in debt to the owners , not having been aUovred sufficient to make ua comfortable during such sertre winter * . Alio , when we arrive home in the month of June , all the American ships an gone , and we are obliged to pick up with any short trade w » can . This is proof that we will go to sea in the winter if we can . He ( the ' Shipowner' ) asks , ' is our demand just or reasonable V We ask him , is it anything but just and reasonable ? Is £ 310 s , per month an uureasonable charge far working both night and d . y ! Freights have risen one-third , while we want bo mors advance than one-sixth of our wages . He sajs , ' it is well known that many men would go fer £ 3 per month , but they dare not sign articles , or go on board , fearing the lawless proceedings of a est of idlers , who might have
had employment all the winter , through . ' Wo tell him this is false . At our meetings resolutions have passed not to touch the half man , or scabbed sheep , that would undermine us , and rob his own and our families of . a bare subsistence , He calls us 'lawless fellows ; ' wt askhim to search the Hull calendar ; and see what number of seamen have either , been hung or transported , or paid our creditors with one shilling to the pound , within the last twenty years . Our most particular business before the magistrates is , in general , some lawful claim for wages , from individuals desirous of taking advantage of us . He sajs , 'he cannot compete with the foreigner , when they are paying only from twenty to thii ty shillings per month . ' These snen ( the foreigners ) are kept on all the year roand , and they carry double tho number of men that our ships carry , and are allowed eierjthin , ;
requisite , whilst we are paid off as soon as the ship arrives , and find our own stores . He says that ' the only remedy is to allow them to buy foreigu ships , and emplov foreign men , to make us sensible of our situation . ' Wo wish he would man the navy with foreigners to prottcf his property . We can assure him we are sensible of our situation , and are not as seamen were fifty years ago . The Legislature has donu a great deal to enable him to compete with the foreigner , and the Legislature has done much for us . We are allowed by Act of Parliament a proper allowance of everything . Hon often does it happen that we are half the voyage without vinegar , sugar , limeiuice , and only half the quantity of meat and
bread which is allowed by government , yet on our arrival home have passed it by , and not brought it to law ! But for the future wa wish to inform this aud other shipowners of out determination to enjoy those benefits which the legislature has seen fit to grant us . And new to conclude , we , the sailors of Hull , think , that as the gentleman ' s ideas refer principally to timber and deals , his head must be made of the same material ; and we hope he will go on his knees and pray to God to give him grace to speak the truth ; for if people of sense read the letter , they must think the same as we do , that it is nothing but a composition of senseless trash and falsehood . The JJbubebb or the Makimzbs' Union . "
Fbiendly Societies . —The bill of Mr . Duncombu to amend the act of the 4 th and 5 th William IV ., relating to friendly societies , has been considerably altered in the committee . It was printed on Saturday with fifteen clauses , instead of three , as originally issued . It bears the names of Mr . T . I > an"ombr and Mr . Hawes . Prvpo 3 «» for which friendly loeUtiss may be fonntid are declared , and all existing societies , for which rules have bsen sanctioned , to he deenwd to bj within the provtaiutiK of th 3 recitsd act from tb-.- ulJomattce of « uth rules . Hi : T- 1 : r ... ¦• : . . « . j ,..- -- ¦ ' - ' « . !> ' . 'iptfcl W » «!» . 1 ¦» ilfl . ia £ li amount & f fe e * nfceived !> y him 'luting flu last three vear * , f . t- certifying this rules of lYic-iiuly societies , 'After
deducting the neces ^ a .-y expenses oi liis ' ¦ . % -j , J : c . . Ub is to hb styled ltieK \ rg ; sin . 'r of I ' risndi . f KoittS' . s m : ' : ?• land , .-wid thf Tvj'suar herexfur lobe * jijj - : : ; i' : ' \ h ; ii , ; . i . iaadhui raoe ' vi- not more Oiru ibHW i-v .-a *' . hi on . ** tiu fen * ant uisw . 'ikifjt , then liic rtv . ijiji - . iio . - , r w . w ; acu ejtp * i > 4 es- ( u be paid out or tha voaeoltdated . Pun' 1 . H is declared that after the passing of the act the hat . rister or advocate appointed to certify the rules of friendly societies , shall be styled the Registrar of Friendly Societies in England , Ireland , and Scotland respectively . Disputes are to be referred to the registrar ; and when a trustee is absent from England , bankrupt , insolvent , < tc , the reg istrar may order the stock of a society to be transferred and dividends paid .
Tcas-ouT oj Faax Labobbe » 8 at Iscb . — Wo hear the farm labourers at Ince have not been working for the last few weeks , having struck for an increase of wages from 12 s . to 15 s . per week ; some of them , we understand , are trying to obtain employment at the new works of the Liverpool Docks , and other places in the town . — Liverpool Mercury . LiscAsnraE Uisiss . — -William Grocott most thankfully acknowledges another donation of £ 10 for the miner * of Lancashire ( who have been compelled to leave their employment ) from the miners of Holy town , per William Cluughan . The miners of Bolton and its vicinity are still out . Monies sent for them will be thankfully received and duly acknowledged by William Grocott , No . 1 , Caniplins-buildings . Mount-street , Ancoats ; or Ur . Charles Headowcroft , Astley-street , Dukinfield , Cheshire . Mr . Charles Headowcroft acknowledges the receipt of £ 2 6 s . frcm Newcastle-on-Tyne , per John Hall .
The Stockingers. To The Eoitob Of Tue No...
THE STOCKINGERS . TO THE EOITOB OF TUE NOBTHEBN STAB . Sib , —You would much oblige the stockingers by inserting the following letter , addressed to the editor of the Times , but which has been refused insertion . March 2 tth , 1816 . Thomas Winters . To the Editor of the Times . " Stockingers are unfortunately , by the nature of . their employment , doomed to a perpetual place in the renr of enterprise , and the lowest class of rewards . They are persons who stand still while all the rest of the world are moving on . Their trade admits of little or no improvement in skill , capital , or power of production . But it is easy . It scarcely requires a week ' s apprenticeship , or a moment ' s thought . "—The Times , March 16 th , 181 G .
S » , —In reading the ahore extract , I could scarcely forbear smiling at the idea of an editor of the first journal iu the world becoming a stockinger , or , at least , to write on a subject upon which he was so little illforme *; for , I am sure had he been practically or even theoretically acquainted with the system by which the trade is governed—the skill required in its several departments—the improvements in frame machinery—the increased power of production—the thousands engaged iu the manufacture—the accumulation of capital by the manufacturers at a time when the workmen were getting poorer , he would not have written such fallacies , or li . belled the skill and ingenuity of so large a class of artisans as the stockingers , by designating them "the Pariahs of manufacturers . " They are not unsusceptible of skill ,
or are they the intractable portion of society 1 They ar & a class sunk in the depths of wretchedness and toil , through the cruel system by which the trade is governed , or the local customs to which they are subjected . "Ihty are governed harshly , and despitefully used ; yet they are loyal an < i peaceable . They are the lambs under the wolf ' s care , tc-be fleeced at their will , or the will of those who dictate and measure the terms of remuneration for labour . They may be ignorant of their strength and value to society , but they are not ignorant of those who daily inflict injury upon them . Tho enterprising capitalists may be termed their bust friends—such friends as employ them for the sake of large profits , as they would by employing any other animal ; and when labour fails , or old age creeps on , that they become useless , are sent to other fields for grass . The golden , though unchristian theme
of the political economists , of " buying cheap and selling ] dear , " is too much acted upon—in feet , it is not buying j labour , but offcriijjj a price which the workmen dare not j refuse . They labour from morn till eve for others' gain— , j not their own . Hosiery goods in the market realise good prices ; wages in the labour market will not allow the operative to live—only exist . The wealthy manufacturer accumulates his thousands , while the workmen , drag out a miserable existence on an average of 5 s . Cd . per week . They have riseii . as it were , from tilt dung hill to the heights of opulence . They commence business with little conscience , and end with none , determined to " S zi" n 0 matter iu what form oral what cost . A cj- . eu was brought before the Leicester magistrates on tho Will of January , 1 S 4 C , for adjudication , where a hosier ' had deducted from a workman ' s wages !) s . lid . out of Us . 2 d . earned , for what they were pleased to term frame rent , & c . The magistrates dismissed the m » , as they stated "it V »«
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the rule .- " It was formerly . the rule for Jack Sheppard toUve . hy open plunder ; i ' , t $ » now the rule to get it in other and perhaps more convenient forms , such as frame rent , winding , standing , giving out , taking in , turning , mending , needles / coal , lights , profits ; Ac , to be deducted from the operative ' s labour , nhfther full work or half work , illar well , much or little . The stockinger may well be the "lowest , " tvhilesuch abatementeand infringe , meats are sanctioned by the manufacturers and authorities . Instead of the stockinger standing slilL and no
wiprovemonts made , no less than 140 inventions have been applied to the stocking frame and its manufacture , while the power of production in some cases has multiplied tenfold . Steam power is made applicable to the manufacture of stockings , shirts , drawers , pieces , and other kinds of hosiery ; which I think is sufflcioatto prove that great progress has been made in tha hosiery manufacture . The stockinger is required to be as skilful iu his occupation as any other artisan . he is necoasit % ud to understand as complex a piece ef machinery as most trades , and keep it in a workable condition . The framo
is composed of more than 100 parts , which , should even ne remove from its proper position , he cannot manufacture stockings in a workmanlike manner . The mere moving ot the machine is certainly monotonous ; so it the movement of any other machine ; but manufacturing an article is widel y different . It Is easy for a person to work a printer ' s press , but it is not so easy to arrange tho type , and prepare it for the press , There is a greater difference between the simple proeess of moving the frame and manufacturing the article . It is not easy learned . It may be easy for a boy to hold a pen , but not so easy to make a figure ; or either is it so easy to make a stocking . The business of a stockinger is one of a peculiar cosstruction , and needs the whole human frame
to be in action at th « same moment . He sits on a board , moving both hands and feet , and is compelled , iu wide and fine guages , to watch from 1000 to 2000 loops , which move in quick succession . Thousands have been apprenticed , aud never could make workmen ; and now there is scarcely one who understands it in all it » ramifications . It is divided into branches and sections ; such as stockings , shoes , shirts , gloves , caps , cravats ; Bhavrlfl , coats , cloaks , pautalooni , drawers , mitts , &« ., & c . The stockingers , and others connected with the trade , amount to 150 , 000 ; they are the most wretched of all classes ; despined , illused , ill-treated—cheated by their masters—wronged by the press , but have a heart to feel the injury indicted upon them .
All we want is justice , a fair day ' s wage for a fair quota of labour , and our proper share of the benefits arising from increased consumption , which hitherto we have been deprived of . I am , sir , your humble servant , Thomas Winters , a Franiework . knittsr . 15 , Eaton-street , Leicester , March 17 th , 184 C .
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FURTHER PARTICULARS OF THE " CON SP 1 RACI" CASK OF THE BELFAST SHOE MAKERS .
TO TDK SOITOS OF THE NOHTHKBH STAB , Sib , —It has already been madti known to your readers that a charge of " conspiracy" has for upwards of two months now been hanging over the heads of some six or seven of the journeymen shoemakers of Belfast , though on what foundation this charge has been really got up has all along been , and is still , a profound secret . It has merely transpired that the offence is to be proved at common law—this " common" law being just such an uncommon nondescript as the judge himstl f may best please to propound to the very learned auditory of a jury box , taking , as it may be made to do , every cameliou-like hue— " now this aud now t ' other . " - Well , thou , as almost every action of life , where poverty is brought into contact with power , may , in ihis way , be construed as an " indictable" action , so , I suppose , there is no help , and tliv still unnamed and uunameubie law must , iu proper legal phraseology , "take its course . " It is a fact , how . ever , that this " course" is evermore must cross-grained whenever there is alack of tho necessary fca . memej to
pay for all such " common Jaw , " for it is then , indeed , a most " uncommon" prize to catch . ' To the poor who claim it , the attorney is deaf—the magistrate is dealthe judge is deaf ; and in proof that such is the case , I may just lure state that the thoughtless Belfast shoemakers took it foolishly into their heads the other week to try if they could not , in turn , indict their masters on a charge of " conspiracy , " at common law , these same masters having , in the first instance , combined amongst themselves to discharge from their employ , at almost a moment ' s warning , between two and throe hundred men because they refused to give up their trade society—their only protection ; and next , for having followed many of these , their unemployed victims , ¦ from time to time , throughout the neighbouring towns ; ami wherever they foundauyof them had obtained work , to such new employer or employers at once to go , and by such representations as they judged best for the purpose , to get them discharged again ! - And yet no " common law" could be had for the protection of the sufferers in this case .
On Friday , March Gth , Mr . Hitchcock , an attorney in Belfast , brought this counter-charge in behalf of the men before the "impartial * " of the bench , alleging in his statement , as given in the Banner of Uleter of the Tuesday following , that they , the masters , had " entered into a resolution that they would not give work to any man unless he would quit the society . " This they would not do , for they were supported by it . They were , as he had said , thrown out of employment , and obliged to luave Belfast . If the vengeance of the musters had : stopped even here , their case , perhaps , would not hart looked a *
ill as it now did , for these poor men . whom they had thrown upon the world at that inchmt-ut season , might h * v « procured wot ' * somewhere . But tbo mastors' Jo-«; . « . ( . , v ~ rr .. nvijMit . wl . 'li . u'init t . lii » v had alreadv done , tn * y * u ; i . i . i"iilatior : K from : l . » n wiiy iu oui ' . tu-wtu . ju-j sveuto St . iiiahd , » ho solh-iU-d employers from whom the Belfast cmd had obtained work to turn them oi ?; and in this olytc ; they cuceiwded h : many instances . If he i ' . iccet'lsd iv : \ . \ % v ' , ng tli- ; s « * . e ! S v . {; y :: ; ai the masters , hv iuhai'tffj tiiat-i ; ihOii' ) >/ av ? » . vi , iW . !< >)»! d A 'ViJiivi-: i ! .. vim . ' : ¦ :: lv \ ' \ s ?; fi < w :.. then , clj-j titarije ixs ' conspiracy , tmi of
He did not , however , stuxeed—there was no " common law" for the common man 11 And , then , as it to niaku the decision still more unholy-loo -ing , toon after , aitcond conviction was obtained by the employers against lour of the men on another charge of " conspiracy , " as to be proved at the assizes in virtue wf this same most convenient " common law . " These assizes are now over ; they commenced on Tues . day , the 17 th inst ., and on the next day these strange shoemaker revelations were to be put to the test ; and lo ! what has been the result ? Why , just this , as I copy my information again from the Banner of Ulster of Friday , the 20 th : —Mr . Dix , as counsel for the prosucution , read an affidavit sworn by the attorney for the prosecution , to the effect that the combination entered into by the journeymen boot and shoemakers of Belfast against the masters was extensively supported by the trade generally , and in order that a system fraught with such injurious consequences might be fully aud tairly exposed , time was
required to make inquiries in regard to its workings in various parts of the three kingdoms , and particularly in London . Meanwhile the parties might be allowed to stand out on bail a » formerly . Mr . Moore , on the part of the defendants , objected to this course of proceeding , and to the affidavit put in , as not being made by either of the parties who had originated the prosecution . In the exercise of his duty . to those for whom he appeared , he felt bound to saj that the course proposed had a tendency to perplex the travwstrs , and entail upon ' them great expense . They had feed counsel at considerable cost , and had been " called on to p lead to an indictment , which deserved to be called a monsierindictmentasmue )) as the celebrated one so called . Instead of the plea for postponement made by his learned friend , he would suggest that the prosecution should bo entirely abandoned ; Informations had been taken as early as t ! ao 0 th ot January , and the natural result of keeping She charge pending for such a length of time , would Jia taeiasperats those against whom it was directed .
This objection , however , of Mr . Moore , on the side o £ the defence , was of no use , for the trial was . put ott" to the summer assises . " This course , " writes , the editor of the Ztamier , in some comments which he makes upon . the case under notice , - " necessarily in voWtts the pi \ atie * charged in groat additional cost and inconvenience . They are all poor men , dependent for their .- weekly liviog on their weakly earning *; and ahhou ' gVthey inay . Vio perfectly insocent , jet this delay innietsyiil their enso , very ttrcre punishment . The proceedings against them wcr . -. commenced more than two months ago . They huv * been firom that time under arrest , although they were life mitted to bail on slight recogniaauffes—two . oSlive pound *
each . These securities , howevw small they , amy appwr ,. are eensiderabla- for men in th . it- position o £ life occupied by the prisoness . Wc could suppose journeymen shoemakers being nnable to find two good securities eva \ for five pounds » aeh , but we can scarcely suppose tinvt the Crown anticipate the possibility , of establishing anything very serious against thes & meii , when they are allowed to be at lasje on these trifling securities . If the men were unable to find them , tl-. tj must bo exposed to tha evils ot * imprisonment , and th-ir families ,, if they have any , to the hardship of want for . six uioiiths , in addition to the time that they alr «» 3 y have beiai in smponse , in order to enable the Grown , to make up its ease . "
surely it is impossible that society can go on long thus ? There « just be a ciiangk ! Aud these mea propose to miYk » a commeiHH-ment towards this changethey are about ; to work for themselves . Yours / very truly , ESITOB OF Tltt " COonWAISaBS' COMPAHIO * . " ' •" ' ' ndon , March 21 th . ¦ " — 1 ^ T ^ S »^ TllT *^ ^ TT *' ltl ^ l ^ i *^^ l ~¦^ ^^
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¦ Ihs Muisbbii vx tiijj Police Uo . \ sta » u : atDbpt--ram . — On Monday the adjourned inquest on the body of James 'fiatstie , the police constable , who was so brutal'v maltreated on the evening oi 1-nday , the 20 th ulCiuTiiiderbox-allcy , DrpU ' ovtl , was resumed . The only aiiditioiial evidence given on this occasion was that of Timothy Driscoll , one of the men takoti into custody on the charge . It went to show that the men charged wi'li the cttciice ( Sullivan , Brogoii , and Collins ) went home soon alter they lelt the Hodui-y , in liis company . Macarthy , another of the men charged , he ( Driscoll ) did not see after half . past eleven o clock . The coroner , having gone through the cviduu-i :, most minutely Minmied up at considerable length , and the jury retired to fousidet- their verdict . After an absence of upwards of an hour they returned into court with a verdict of WiiM Murder against Colliiw , Sullivau , Urogoii uiius O'Kcctte , and Macarthy . 'l'he ec-roncr issued his warrant for ihe committal of the act-used to Newgate .
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THE POLISH INSURRECTION . the massacrFin GALLICIA . [ To the Editor of the iNmei . ] Sib , —I beg Jtavo to enclose for you . " perusal the translotion of a letter which I received yesterday fronv General IV— - ; , residing at . Frankfort , containing , ' somestriking facts respecting the massacre of the nobility in Oallicia , as reported by an eye witness , I have the honour to be , air , Your obedient servant , 10 , Duke-street , St . James ' s , March 18 , & &•
Fbamkport , March 12 . —At a time when , thoagb separated , we mingle our tears over the- calamity that has recently befaiJen our country , it is our sacred duty to clear betore the world the crimes which , as strap , have been provoked by the Austrian governrnenH but a free press , like that of England , can alone serve as an echo to the many innocent and horriblymurdered victims . To you , therefore , I appeal to use your influence that the names of those who were obnoxious to the bloody government might be seen in their proper light . In order to shorten the necessity of writing , I enclose an extract from a journal published here , in French , giving an account of the'atrocities committed by the peasants on the numerous noble families in Gnllicia . But the picture would be incomplete without some particulars furnished by an eye-witness of these harrowing events .
On Sunday , the 8 th imtnnt , there arrived here a brother of General S—— in company with another countryman , who both left Cracow in the night of the 3 rd instant , when all was drawing to a close . The former commanded a detHchment of cavalry on the right bank of the Vistula , in the environs of Bochnia and Wielhska , and saw the desert into which have been turned the dwellings of the nobility in the circle of Tarnow . Ills narrative is as follows : — The Austrian government having been informed of the approaching' insurrection , and the proposed gathering Of the puasattts to make an attack on TarnOW , has molVttd to foster , through the captains of the districts , the most intimate relations with the peasants , whom it lww deluded by representing to them that the nobility intend to rise
for the sake of re-imposing on them the ancient yoke with all its horrors ; and in . order to accomplish this , the masters invited thsm to join it uudur another pretext . The government , feigning great anxiety for tho fate of the peasants , but unable to offer them any assistance , has pointed out to them a means—viz ., that when once on the spot appointed for their meeting with the nobility , tiiey should rush on the latter , and , having put to death every one of flwm , deliver the bodies to the authorities . Besides the authorities promised , for every dead body brought to them O ) florins , and for a Jiving one 2 ( florins . It is easy to imagine hoiv the greedy peasants , prefei ring 10 florins to 20 florins , have increased ihe number of the victims . The whole of the country presents a most melancholy aspect . The mansions of the nobility have now assumed the character of ruins—the furnitare , broken
to pieces , is still stained with the Wood of the proprietors . The barns and other buildings belonging to th .-farms , the granaries , have been reduced to ashes , A picture of desolation eu . ua ! to the massacre of Flumuii otters itself to the eye , which seeks in vain fur a human creature on this scene of bloody carnage . ' I must add , that , according to ; tha statement of S— -, 500 persons havo already fallen a prey to this insatiable horde that still continues to ravage , by going from one village to another , and by perpetrating the most cruel enormities , to which the government would now willingly put a stap . From all this you can infer of what paramount interest it was for tha -Austrian government to .-tate , through its influential journals , that the massacre in question wa * an act of revenge on the part of the peitsauts against their masters .
Lmmi News prom Gauicia —In tho eastern districts with the exception of a very mall number , the peasants have not obeyed , the order given them to lay down their arms and retire to their homes ; on the contrary , they continue their acts of plunder . In a word , they have taken ' such a position that it will require the greatest efforts to re-establish complete tranquillity in the country . The insurgents had already promised them the abolition of the carvees , the exemption from certain duties ,, but they will scarcely obtain any concessions front the government until they lay down their arms . A large body of troops wiil occupy the whole of the country , so as to be able to dominate the peasants . A number of insurgents from Cracow sought refuge in Gallieia , but those belonging to the nobility , or to the bettor classes , have either been murdered or given up to the Austrian authorities , whilst the insurgent peasants have been received as brothers by the peasants of Gallieia .
Vienna , March 11 . —Twenty-nine Catholic priests , who took an active part in the insurrection , have been arrested in Gallieia . The Archduke Ferdinand d'Esle arrived on the 9 th at Podsjorce , , to consult with Counts Laszonsky and Zolefaky concerning tiw measures to be taken as regards the peasantry , and to confer with Count Wrbna as regards the military oc-. cupation of the country . The above-named councillors have received instructions from Vienna . The archduke deems the present number of troops ' sufficient to establish order . It has , nevertheless , been decided to send a division of 10 , 000 men , under : hc orders of Count Wrbua , tu commence disarming the country .
Gmtis Sympathy . —According to accounts from Cologne of the . lOtii hia :. , tin thsf Kthinst . nil the - ' •*« \ vp . t * . i jinnl » l «( l a . . 1 . »¦ " - > - ' . vt .. ,...... ........ * .. » ,, * - { ,.. ui'Ji regiment were mil . « . l ! "Wcd iu lo . tvc liiw ' r bx--rucks . Many pur-ions attribute llii .- ; i-. ttrnoi'iliimry measure to tiie Polish insurrection , / luring the last fsw fh ? 4 many tenders i < f Vie insurrection arr said Ut > VHtv p « 3 S 0 d t « lf ) ii » ii ii ;; : t . " !; < ji \ tbeil tt'HV f . ij iivit'i'i ' . i :,. : ' •; ' l . ' iv . ) ¦ Jl' /' . v : ! , '' , , iy . y . ;¦ . ' , ' . ; - >• . ' . - ' . . ' - •; . ; ' ' ¦ ¦• •;>¦ : ? \ £ c .- Montie publishes a letter dated Cracow , Idth ulc . communicated by a Russian Israelite , who fled to France in
consequence oi the last ukase of the Emperor Nicholas , and which gives an idea of tho enthusiasm with which the insurrection was hailed by the t ' o-ish Jews . The following is the substance : —"' The young men studying in tlw Kabinical school at Cracow enrolled themselves voluntarily in the insurrectional army . They belong to pious and affluent families . Before their departure the Grand Rabbi gave them his benediction , and in an animated discourse ho told them to follow the example of their ancestors , who buried thetnseWes under the walls of Jerusalem , rather than fail into tlio hands of the cnoime & of their nation . "
Ciiacow . —The Augsburg Gazette e-f the 17 th inst . states , that after a conference between tiie Generals commanding the Austrian , Russian , and Prussian forces in Cracow , it trus determined that the Austrian troops under the command of Count Wrbiaa should occupy the city , those troops to' consist of three battalions of infantry , two squadrons of cavalry ,, and a battery of artillery . The Russian troops ace to occupy iMogila and Krzozowire with two battalions aud 300 Cossacks . The western part of the : territory is to be occupied by one bnttalioaand two-. squadrons of Prussian troops . The provision !!] { jo-Yurnuu'ut is composed of civil and military agents , uf wlmm-Count Castiglieno is the ' head . There is likowisu a commission appointed to try tha prisoners-..
Later News prom Cbac ? w . —The city is obliged to lodge , feed , and entertain the Sroi-ps quartered there at its-own expense The Russian troona ' consist of Cossacks , Kurdes ,. Kirgiscn , and Mussitlinon . These barbarians commenced by robbing and plundering the houses , and it was fouud neoessairy . to turn . them out of the town to prevent a general pillage . iSinco tha loth irist . „ the pri ' scHt'i's are in solitary confinement . Wolf , the banker ,, who acted as-niiiiiater of finance during the revolutionary administration , i & kept a cios & prisouer La . his house , not owing merely to iiis participation iu . the insurrection , but also because they hold him responsible for the-sums
of asAuey taken tvsiu the AusUutuis . at YV ieliexa . ' A number of women have besa arrusted ^ Owing to an auiteeiueut between the three powers , General Count WiAma has beeaappointe ^ ( provisional !)) . c mniandev oi" the ireecitj-of Cracow fon-tiie- three years ' when tho protective-power .- are to-noiujniuo a military j ; overnbr . According to this treaty of thu I 5 tl \ oi March , ISSt , aiiy perssagtiiity ofthe crime of high treason caanot lino aa asylum , iu Russia , Prussia , or Aujitria . The throe courts are bound to give up any such pevson on the demand of the po ^ er interfiled , but ther * is no existing- treaty as regards the republic of Cracow . '
The : Emperor of Russia has published the following ukase : — " Wuemis ill-disposed persons have atttiv . pt > . ( Ho overthrew the Ivgitimnttt autlioiitius in the free city of Cracow , and in some pans of G allicia , « e have de > onud it nscessarj to taki certain precautionary measures to snaintain tranquillity in the j / ovcrsmseiitsi on t . - iu i ' lvntier ; aud we urdain that the kingdom of Poland , as also the district * « f Yoihynia and l ' odolia , \> i declari-din « state of siegu , and plated under the order * of I'itfJd . Marshal Prince Paskuwiteeh d'ljrivau . ( Signed ; "ISiuperorJiicnoLAS . " PAWS , FlflDAY .
'Che question of the Polish msmvceui-r . was unco more agitated in ihe Chamber of f'ei w on Thursday , on the ' occasion of the Bill t \ v tho Stca-t Service Money , 'flu-re -M . Ciuizut ' s answer to the CVuui Moutatombert ' s questions was nu-tv ' gur . rdi-d than was his speech iu tiie Ghambu' ot llopuiivs . Although ho entertained liis fnriiitr opinion that nothing could bo dune at p .-cscut by the French government ngaiuM , Hio licatie-s for the parl ' ium of Poland , he still repeated tl . ai Franco w ; b ready to give an asylum to the Polish refugees , and : < tiW
Tho debate in the Chamber o : ' Piers on ilic lJiii '\>\ ci : e Secret Service Aioiwy was again t'lilivciieu on Friday by various speeches mi the ciuidittou 0 f Poland and thu late iusum-eiion . M . Villum- 'Xiii was pre-eminent , amongst the speakers . The H . t ! > , \\ viivl Secret Service Money was ptu 3 V . l by Ujf , yules te twenty-two .
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Thk Rioi at Touloosk was not quite put dowa on the 17 th , but there was only a few more ' criee and an assemblage of young men in the . streets . Public tranquillity was almost entirely restored . The-Saturday ( Paris ) journals .. contain ' certain extracts from private letters from Germany , which state that the peasants who had been employed or induced to masacre the nobles had successiuily resisted the troops sent to disperse them . ina Frikch Ministry , and Pound . —( From the Correspendentof the / W / y JlW . fc-England , wJhkw insular position detachesher from the continent , may be permitted to witness with less emotion than any other . nation the ini quities of which a people may become the victims . But France , united to Poland by a fraternity of arms and
civilisation—France-, whose interests are necessarily affected by any disturbance of the continental cquilibriura . has neither the liberty ner the will to remain indifferent . You cannot form any idea of the indignation excited ia the : public mind by the speech of M . Gutsot , whiel * the Chamber of Deputies suffered to pass unanswered . This indignation has already shown itself ia several popular ebullitions , particularly in tha * which' took place at Toulouse . But you will . find the mes h striking proof in the scene presented for the three days in the Chamber of Peers , that pvaccabh ? Chamber where the Opposition scarcely numbers from five-and-twenty to thirty supporters . Wmid has supplied the SBbjeet for discussion on the bill for the seeret service money . Legitimists , ministerialists , members of the Opposition , even Prime
Ministers , have protested against the policy of the government . It was not without emotion that M . Villemaia , whose intellect seems to have quit * recovered from the rude shocks which compel / ed him to retire from the Ministry , was heard to utter * magnificent and sound speech in favour of the right !* which treaties have preserved to Poland . In a word , such has been the unanimity of the Chamber , thtfc the government , modifying its lirst position , has thought it prudent to retreat . Compare the larguago of M . Guizot in tho Chamber of Pears witk that which he . used in tho Chamber of Deputies eight days before , and the difference is most striking . At the Palais-Bourbon , the Minister made the apology of Austria—h « refused to invoke treaties whose = scandalous violation the Chambers recall every year ; . he even complicitly blamed those protests , under the pretext that they kept op illusions and vain hopes .
At tho Luxembourg , he declared that the government had reserved , and would reserve , the rights resulting from treaties ; in a word , that he would defend Polish nationality , a * if he o mid still invoke the stipulated guarantees of 1815 , without exciting what he , himself , called vain hopes and illusions . Thus , the Minister who opened this question by an apology for oppressors , ended by adhering to thesympathies which the oppressed inspire . The government has , in spite of itself , been brought back to that system of protestation against the conduct of Russia and Austria which it tried to avoid . After having scorned at public opin on , it has been constrained to submit and pay homage to it . It learus-( inally , at the expense of its consideration , that , even in a period of universal apathy , there are popular sentiments which cannot be " braved with ; impunity . Pifiis , Tcisdat .
Tho Natioml quotes a private letter stating , " Tho Austrian Government is incapable of putting down the movement which it has itself excited , and which has assumed a most menacing appearance . Arine-1 bands aro orgahiieil , which overrun the environs of Tarnow , Lipnicker , Tvmbouk , and Liechow . Detachments of troop * on fconebiiclE . hare been sent to disperse tlicm , and they have , in a rencontre , faced the musketry , and wounded several soldiers . Fresh forces have been sunt against tli UHl . A latter from Hungary states , that " a body of insurgents had shown themselves in the Carpathian Mountain * , between Moduli and Lihlau . It then approached Torra , and the local authorities instantly despatched couriers to Epiarea to demand tt-oupj . The in-urgent * , warned by the inhabitant !! , whom they found hospitable and sympathising , then proceeded towards Mekowiczn . " The Polish « ouirnitt « e , which Has organised in Paris *' few years ago , lias been revived , under the presidency of M . le Comte Chat-log De Lusteyrie , deputy . M . Dutroueis appointed secretary , and 11 . Vavia , deputy , is treasurer .
Grand Festival In Aid Of The Funds Of Tu...
GRAND FESTIVAL IN AID OF THE FUNDS OF TUE EXILES' RESTORATION COMMITTEE . This Festival took place at the I ' arthenium , 72 , St . Mnrtiu ' s-lane , on Tuesday evening , March 24 th . A large number having partaken of tea , eotl ' ee , ic . ( which , to tin credit of ilr . Palmer , the worthy host , wo feel bound to * state , we never y ^ 't witnessed served up mure pro u < sh ) , the tables were cleared , and Air . Feargus O'Connor , in the absence of T . S . Duncombe , M . P . ( who was detained by press of Parliamentary business ) , was unanimously called to thv chair .
The Ch . ubmas said , he was happy to find fh . tt whilst they it eve M honus they did not t ' mget the poor rxiios , andV in works of this description the women appeared to ba the best patriots , in fact , th .- grey mare was the better horse . ( Cheers . ) Some apjisnn-d to think that tho late ' . vwv .-oj' 1 ' .-y avi ' -xt in tits ; ilftuttt of VSowa viis ' w . i liouc Injo ; ' ) ' to tlw t-iiu . r . if iviirh the ) w-jva . ! t 6 n-: v ; tatt . \ . by bringing down the rcvjwtfd mjU-hu «•••! rilup .. ration < sfc thchotlSM on the ilcvnted heaus ut the WhUli manyr * j but not * 0 , for U had yiv . u to t : n- eouutry : •¦ kiioirlti ' -lg-: o * tin-present »)) ini » 'ii nf tin- m « i »<« "' » ••' ' "" :. ' ' ¦ — : '" * i-i-.- * .. ~ 7-. — T-.: " ' -. ro . ... V " in-ru : ' .- - ' , rtsj ^ li :- > l > . ' ii ; . I . ' ¦¦ ' ' ' , VIu ? eir f » v > « r , fur on ihe tirst diii-ouii \)> -ne only . ipptarei ! four m 4 [ i : ' . ijr . i and two o-llfrr : in ilisi . - : ' nVi-tii-, uutl t » i liio .-rwi-jr . oivajiiiii thuri .- tvtrr . thirty-. ni » iv-mhe . ' i nuttd ,. : iii >; !«•>> tfJIei'i , ia their j ' siv-jur— {¦ . I ) i 5 »; r .-j—U-si . hai th *
i . i-iii ; : ! - } , jl large wing t : > : nu- ; u : ' iM ! iled m- ; - t ' . ie " jr . afc fate " . " ' . i :.-1 . - ISr- ¦ . * : ni ! ' . i « tis ;;';> c' ' .- > -. w had cM'rmsul f . b « 5 rr ¦ lesirefor the return of iho .-eniueh-iiijuredniL-ii . ( Cheer ... ) He Ji ; i < l ti « iird .-ill the evidence that . could he adduced agaiiwt Frost , vviiliiims , and Sissbs , at their trial ; he had also attended in the Speaker ' s gallery en the recent debate , and heard tfto evidence again , and he still contended that the vi-rdiet ought ( oliave been fjivt-ii in theirfavour . ( Hear , hear . ) . 'Jr . Uubin ^' ton Al . - urauley , tb « Whig . membur for Edinburgh ; , in his speech on ., tha motion , had dragftud in the nation :. ! petiti-. n a ¦ ! falsely declared , that the petitioners wanttd to eouti . i a u , ihe laud aud other property . Now , thaa diil no such tli i . g ; on tiitt contrary , they declared that , the land had been thkeo . from its rightful o » ners ami wis now made a mi > i ) 'ipi >] y of for the benefit of the few ~ aad had not ih s doctrine ,
since tho presentation of tlnac petition , been asain and again uilvvvntcd both within and without the . wails of that house ! ( Hear , heas ;); J ! r . Duuct-m e , on the presentation of tlut ptfctiuii a * w the motion coascquHit upon it , as well as on his wueat motion , had made most judicious mid temperate stjaeebes , hut murk the contrast .. Mr . ElliotYoik--, a Pr . > UaiiotmtiKi » ub . rfeB Cstmbridg . — shire , had last night , on tha . debate of Sir . Hubert Ptwl '» Corn Bill , presented a patitioafroia what lie was pleased to term a body of intelligent men , and in the couroo .-o £ that debate had read a lattar from one of thsptttitismsr * , who ! said that ; vhoulitSiiv lUbert Peel ' s measure pass * tho agriculturists wese- roa * Sy for insurru'tiuii . and this . trea % osuble' langungn ' . wis- mat with loud and gt-uvrui . shouts of hear ! " 35 j . »„ bud Mr . Uuiic ^ aba pr .-senttii such a petition , it would have been sci auuLftoin the
house , andhiinielftVfmiuiwu . i fori » 'esci : ia » . it . ( Uuer , ? . ) He had taken ear * to . furnish mo ps ' -ipie with . a Ust . mf th » division on Mm . Daneombc ' s inotioa . . rciative tonus-• tiled friends , andtUe hat no doubt , nv ti > . « r cumtjii 5 , « d « ev tion , their pruselit unpuwnits' ears wcuid tingle wttb . tuft shouts of " frost , Williams , mid Jones , " lU « "r , h , s-ar . ) . About eleven muadifl-a ^ o the Chartist Cu-uucrytyreLauA Society sprung i . ii » . iJ ! i » leiRo iu th' * - - - «> y rouiii , ' .- ; n : Utoirfc without olid niuiilu sAnlliiii' beim ; s ^ ml . in nim-rtijUig , o puffing of any sun !; , vvheu the Cov . xeuiioa mot a month , hence , ho ahouhli have to report tha . pusnes > iou ofs-evea thousand powwds , subscribed in fa vour »! thrii \ ol-juct—( sroat chc « rL * gi-- ! ind was it nci pleasing to K « uiv thai ii
they ah-Midy . gosiUMSxd one e * t ^ iw pun l .: i * .-. « - i' 'he : r > uwn money Is fcHeav , near . ) if iie > - *« r »' eiUiS otftriiuoa . eould aceoisulisa this . misM .. not similar , . reibnr . i ' vid exertions r < sioisi thou- pairioii * bat uufort'jtiate tri-Mii'J , th * W « lsli siairtiyrh * Mr . iJV ' ininor thou iH'ooys . sl tt *» following M & tfaeun * , and rftvoaied liis >» -aj a » id . tin * most roptw'Oitti applause : —*• T'h « 'tn » sSiis > g * h -l . i | i « > iiib « and Thouii * SYaUley , tho - *; over and s .-et-nder , : > ad ths iliirty-ote : utenibi m c-f tY / House of C « aiiioiis . »>» j . iAsapi-orted tit mot ? , m ior av « v-idfe ?* to lKS ; M ; i ) y >!; .. S ; . ¥ J »» 'S her to extend "her wev , y lo our patriuth' sriMid .-, the Welsh tuurtj : a , aiul i : iy ; . vl !! C > , backed !¦> tl-. ep-. ' . V ! ' -, i" « ntinuu t \«' u- usei-ti ' . iUi u-aVi ! tiieir KStncxou * . e . il ' i /< is are
crowuw with su ices . . * . - . ' Mv . i * BU . iv MOiv ,- ;*! ,. i" rx » i > ai « jAu \ w , saie \ . - « s . iu eordialtjt agruud with tln > seutiu-. vUi . Iji iu . ; s « t to Mr . Duneombr , he diii : » ut tiiiult a n \ te tru < n . ' -ia- ! . ot in * pcopltt COUluVe ' iinv . *? .. Yi ' lii-iw \ i ! r llie- wcjii ^ sv cb . » -is wanted an udvivsa ^ e , wiu thvr oitliiii « s »; : t . i :. u : tUa huusu , no wa-. l'w rjindy to .. s- ^ use 'Amii :: . ¦ . *> ' - ( l . ot . d ehiors . ) 3 ) u ' . i'j > : iilv ; was . < o -.. ril . liiios-v i ; . vnt iv-pu'it 4 , that it . was icirn'cessiiry for him to rcijouin . his ii .:: ny good , great , vsmucus , ahd liable actio »» -r- tin af , . t a ' i >—and Thomas 3 ( : iJ > : e . Y was mast a . ssiiied ; lv t . ai . < s < ecu ; w him , aud thug wei ' u givat !; -: : ; n .-wii : v-s to tluit jjci . ti .-nn U . for bvinsiiv * faartt & nl in !< J »| S ficba ^ e so yvo . i . iuiiit v tin » jiolitieal d « : < r : iJation or i the \ vojU . i . !" -g . » lt > s . > ,-s . l ' n-: u « I l'llei-1 'S . ) !( bo tinio U'Hj . appioacliia ,- ; when tl « -men .-Sx-rs inusL agwjiti . j ! ., cai-oi > . iU \ husti : ir ^ a t . d it . v . ; . n t ; -.-uuty
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 28, 1846, page 3, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28031846/page/3/
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