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September 28,1850. TEE NOR THERN STAR. 5...
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THE MISERS OF THE NORTH. ^ 10 THE EDITOR...
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THE REFUGEES. On Monday evening a ball a...
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RESIGNATION OF MR, T. BROWN OF THE "EXEC...
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A Mock Count.—An Italian, who is an exil...
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Government interfere , especially with them ? j _ et them take their answer : The land is no * theirs , in the same sense as a man ' s labour or skill is Us . The land is only their ' s as a trust , created by law , not ty Nature ; and when they abuse that trust , the law must interpose , to make them feel that they have duties asweii us rights . ' The occupier , in such a country as Ireland especially , is not free ^ J ^ JS . £ d or let- alone . He must ^ ther take rt or stare , andthat necessify enables them 4 o W ^ ch imholy terms as their avance , or their love of power , may p lease to dictate , and slavesSuch
to mate the peasantry their . a power is not fit to be entrusted to such men as landlords Have proved themselves to be : it is tmfavourable to the independence , the prosperity , and the morality of a people , and , therefore , the law ought to interfere . And , further , that the law is not called on to interfere especially with them . It has been compelled to interpose between grasping manufacturers , and crushed factory operatives ; between merchants and their sailors ; between g rip ing usurers and reckless borrowers ; and sot one of those classes is more unable , or so finable , to make fair terms for themselves , as
the Irish peasant—not one has b y its tyranny go called for restraint , as the Irish landlord . And let them take heed , too , that the law must , sooner or later , interfere , or lose its force , and leave the task to other hands , wbich would , perhaps , deal with them less tenderly than any Tenant Eight League is likely to do . The trust may not only be limited , if is possible that it may be abolished .
September 28,1850. Tee Nor Thern Star. 5...
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Constitutional Revolutions. A Short Time...
CONSTITUTIONAL REVOLUTIONS . A short time ago the prospects of the progressive party on the continent were by no means brilliant . It would seem as though the fide was turning in favour of democracy . The Small state of Hesse Cassel has had a revolution , which , embodies a principle , and sets an example well worth the earnest study of all who hold the opinion , that oppression can only be quenched in blood . There are far more effective weapons for its destruction , than any to be found stored up in arsenals , or fabricated in the manufactories of cannon ,
muskets , powder , halls , and bayonets . It is true that those latter are more impromptu , and appear to succeed more rapidly ; but what is rapidly won is as easily and speedily lost . . All noble and permanent growths are slow . JEfesse Cassel secured a constitution twenty years ago , when the revolution of 1830 sent 4 / -UBXE 5 IX . on his travels , and placed a < &_ zz £ -7 Sing on a throne , surrounded with republican institutions in France . The steady , slow , but sure genius of our German « onsins has , since that time , mastered the art of constitutional governments , and ¦ when the Elecxok , under his natoral instinct
for despotic domination , stimulated by Austria , and the contemplation of rampant absolutism , made an attempt to subvert the constitution the other day , he signally failed . . Upon a email scale , the story is that of our Charles I . He was determined that he would sot rale through a Parliament , nor would he be dependent on monies granted by the representatives ofthe people . He called to his assistance an unscrupulous and unprincipled fellow , who xejoices in the euphonious name of Hassenpflug , and having delayed the assembling of the legislative body until the time they should
have adjourned , asked for a grant of money in a lump . The Legislature constitutionally asked for a constitutional budget , whereupon Elec-30 K and Minister rode the high horse , declared the capital in a state of siege , proclaimed military law , ordered the journals to be seized , and played the other pranks which we are -50 familiar with , npon a larger scale , elsewhere . The cool constitutionalists of Hesse Cassel , however , did not trouble themselves to fly to -arms . They refused the suppMes . They appealed to the constitution against Loth the Elector and Minister , and finally , in
company with another Ha __ uu , these scoundrels ¦ were obliged , without a shot being fired , to decamp with a speed , and in a panic , - «_ iich throws even the late " Mr . Smith , " of the Tuilleries into the shade . As to Hassenp __ . t _ g , it appears that the poor wretch will not even "he allowed the eclat of being a political -offender . In his endeavour to escape , he was arrested on a charge of forgery , and will be tried as a cotomon criminal . Yerily , if the people everywhere knew how to husband their Strength , and " take it coolly , " it would be an -easy matter to dispose of the few tyrants and their tools who domineer over them .
Political Prospects In Prance. Locis Nap...
POLITICAL PROSPECTS IN PRANCE . LociS Napoleon appears to have made hut a sorry investment of the _ B 100 , 000 bribe for his complicity in disfranchising one-half of the electors who placed him in the Presidential chair . After his two tours , he has returned to Paris out of pocket and " out of luck . " Another quasi royal " progress * ' to the south , with the usual stereotyped triumphal arches , manufactured speeches , and all the lest of the unreal phantasmagoria " got up " to imitate veritable public opinion , was projected—it is said , absolutely determined upon . But travelling expenses in that style are
high , and the purse of our " ex-special'' is low . He has " run the length of his tether ' * at present , and the not overbright idea of Jyfapoleonising France by fetes and receptions , is doomed to failure for want of money . Nor is it very likely that thepartieswho support him in power merely as a warming-pan for their own more cherished pets—either Bourbon or Orleanist—will grant another "dotation" to be gpent in like manner . They have fulfilled their part of the compact in the conspiracy against the Constitution . The money has "been paid , and the would-be Consul or Emperor has no further pecuniary claim npon them . As to personal or political claims , it is well known that not one" of those who for
the last twenty years have wielded political p ower in France , ever recognised them on the part of Lotas Natoleo-J . They looked upon Ms candidature for the office of Chief Magistrate , simpl y in the light of a very ridiculous joke , and must , no doubt , have been equally surprised and chagrined when the man they Lad . looked upon as a political imbecile was made the "trump card" for the time being . If they have since tolerated his continuance in that position , it was simply because they believed that it gave time for the r ipening of their plots for the restoration of the respective dynastic branches to which they are attached . Taking the actual state of affairs at the
present moment in France , its aspect is , we iflirak , favourable to sound political progress , TVe do not see anything that seriously nienattiS the existence , and the gradual consolidation of the Republic , through that best of all inodes , the frainin g ofthe whole people in the art of practicall y and peaceabl y acting in conformity withprescribed constitutional formula .. There is no doubt that a host of rival pretenders are eagerly watching for an opportunity of breaking through the barriers which at ml Bent surround the Republic , and again making
the government of France monarchical but the obstacles to their success are of a much more tangible and formidable nature than at any former period of the struggle of the French people for popular self-government . The nre vions revolutions in which they have been en gaged may not have produced all the results that were anticipated , but they have at all events , interposed such obstacles to the ' safe or permanent re-establishment of monarch y , that that contingency has almost ceased to remain within the list of probabilities .
In the first place , we observe , with great satisfaction- , that something like local political action , independent of Paris and those who
Political Prospects In Prance. Locis Nap...
in that city have been accustomed to move the wires , is beginning to show itself . The appeal to the Conseils Generaux to pronounce on the desirability on a revision of the constitution , which was intended to favour the projects of Lo-is Napoleon , and possibly enable him to seize a permanent position by a coup d ' etat , has not onl y failed in that respect , but has , we hope , laid the foundation of a new political regime in France . Their decision has been by no means so distinct as it was expected to be . The statistical resume of their conclusions exhibits every variety of opinion ;
and taking the whole together , although a considerable number have pronounced in favour of some revision of the constitution , even those councils uniformly suggest , that any revision must he made within the limits of the constitution , and by constitutional means . Here then we have a direct and gratifying refutation to the repeated assertions of the correspondents of such jour nals as the Times , Chronicle , et sui genus omnce , that the people of France were surp rised into the adoption of a Republican form of Government by a small sect of enthu siasts , or worse , who had no real support or
sympathy from the mass ofthe French people . The question has been deliberately and completely tested , under every advantage , on the Royalist side . M . Carlier and his police have violently and unconstitutionall y suppressed every vestige of popular liberty . The liberty of public meeting , of petition , of the Press—all the outlets , in short , of public opinion have been stopped np as far as the Elysee ; its instruments and . its abettors could effect that object . The Republican party have been exiled , fettered , and gagged in every possible shape ; and yet what is the end of the Royalist appeal under such cowardly circumstances ? The general effect of these municipal
decisions is , that although they would gladly see improvements of detaila , they ad wsaa firm hold on the main body ofthe Constitution , This is a "very different judgment from the one wishfully anticipated by the Napoleonists . It is gratifying , not more on account of . the immediate result , than the fact , that these Councils have shown both the capacity and the will to grapple with the political questions of the day . The nearer Republican France approaches in this respect to Republican North __ merica , the greater guarantee is there for the permanence of Republican institutions . But , besides this new and powerful obstruction to the success of any of the plotters against the Constitution , there is almost an insurmountable one in the
Constitution itself . It creates but one Legislative Chamber , and enacts that no organic changes shall be effected in its provisions , except upon the sanction of the Assembly , at three successive deliberations , to be conducted at one month ' s distance from each other , and decided , in each case , by a majority of not less than three-fourths of the House . This introduces a totally new element into the exciting game of politics in France . If there is to be another revolution , it must be one of Force , for avowedly selfish and dynastic purposes . The old system of two Chambers ,
which gave Napoleon the means of achieving these objects by fraud , is destroyed . On the three occasions when the late Emperor made the Constitution the means of elevatinghimself , and nullifying its own enactments , the Upper and Smaller Chamber wastheimraediateinstrament by which he effected his object . But the " nephew of his uncle" has no such dangerous weapon in his hands , even if he had the daring genius and the iron will to use them , which , in theformer case , invested theirpossessor with the imperial purple . In the 750 members of the Legislative Assembly we doubt if a single score can be found to lend themselves to the advancement of Louis Napoleon ' s interests ,
except With a \ iew to their own . Every party but his is represented there , and , although the factious are numerically the majority when united against the Republicans , yet , as a p arty , the latter are the strongest body- in the chamber . The differing and contradictory objects which each of these factions have in view , will prevent them from cordially uniting for the destruction of the Eepuhlic , until they think that some one of them has a clear chance of a majority ; and the moment they had achieved their point , they would find themselves opposed by all the other parties , and of course a minority for all practical purposes of Government .
Upon a review of all the facts , we are impressed with the belief , that the French Republic is in no immediate danger , and that the longer it lasts the less likely are any attempts against its integrity to succeed . If it can by any means be maintained , the future is full of hope for Europe . A Republic of 30 , 000 , 000 is utterly incompatible with the maintenance of despotism like Austria and Russia on the same continent .
Monies Received Fob The Week Enbuto Thub...
MONIES RECEIVED Fob the Week Enbuto Thubsdat , September 26 th , 1850 . TOR THE TOING-BP OF TEE LAUD COMPANY . Received by W . Rider . —W . Piest , Hetching Is—W . Breach , Lewes 6 d—Chorley Branch , per W . Wilkinson 10 s —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s—Chaffbrd , near Tunbridge Wells , per A . Warren is . £ 8 . d . Received by "W . Rider .. .. 017 6 TO UQUJDATETHE DEBT DUE TO MR . OCONNOR > ON ACCOUNT OF OAKUM PICKING . Received bjW . Rideb . —Whittingfon and Cat 3 d . FOR RED REPUBLICANS . Received by W . Rideb . —W . Breach , Lewes Cd . FOR THE IRISHMAN NEWSPAPER . Received by W . Rideb . —Whittington and Cat Cd . " THE CASE OF THOMAS JONES . Received by Jons Absott . —A Friend , per Mr . Martin 6 d Collected at the King and Queen , Foley-street 3 s Old—J . L ., Hull Is—A few Reds , per W . Hoare 2 s—K . Hamcr , Radcliffe Bridge 6 d—T . Hamer , KadcliffeBridge 6 d—a Working Man , KadcliffeSridge Is .
Dbeadfui. Acctdext At Mama.—A Serious Ac...
Dbeadfui . Acctdext at Mama . —A serious accident happened on the 10 th of September , after a match on the Pieta , partly owing to bad horsemanship and hard riding , and partly to the incomplete state of the road turning towards Sa Maison , which was covered with loose stones . Lieut . Charles B . Parke , Royal Marines , belonging to her Majesty ' s ship Bellerophon ( a nephew of Colonel Parke , C . B ., one of her Majesty ' s aides-de-camp ) , was thrown from his horse , and received so severe a contusion in the head as to bring on frightful convulsions and total insensibility , though no limbs were fractured . Happening to be riding at the time with the assistant-surgeon of the same vessel , Mr . Culhane , who immediately bled him on the spot , and had him
forthwith conveyed to the civil hospital at Floriana ( about half a mile off ) on a sofa , where every aid that art could suggest was immediately rendered , and , after sitting up with him throughout the night , his brother officers had the satisfaction of seeing the sufferer gradually return to consciousness . On the morning of the 12 th he was sufficiently recovered to he carried in a cot on hoard the Bellerophon , which left on the following day for England . Taken trom the hospital where so many cases of Asiatic cholera have been treated , the contagionists attribute lo this circumstance the sad break out of the disease on board the Bellerophon immediately after . A Wholesale Bobber .. —Some time ago , whilst Madame de Caumont Laforce , a lady of property , of Paris , was in the country , one of her domestics , aided by two other persons , caused the whole of the splendid furniture of her hotel , worth nearly 80 , 000
francs , to be taken to the Hotel des Conimissaires priseurs , and sold by auction . The price realised was only 0 , 000 francs . "With this sum , added to a large sum in gold , a quantity of jewellery , and other valuable objects , the three thieves , George Dehan , Kicholas Veremetre , and a young woman , named Frangois Bernard , took their departure from Havre on board the - Ticholas , for _ Jew York . As soon as the robbery was known , warrants were issued for their arrest , but they did not reach Havre until after the departure of the ship . Directions were , however , immediately forwarded via England , to the F rench Consul at flew York , to arrest the thieves , on their arrival in that city . These instructions reached New York by the English steamer befl ? . * ° - Nicholas . The -French Consul immediatel y hired a steamer to go out to meet the St . Nicholas and the three thieves were captured , to ion ? 2 ™ °° astonishment , at some distance from P ^ 'Jtr ? f t 0 be brought to France for trial . « ut of thejr booty will be restored to the owner ,
The Misers Of The North. ^ 10 The Editor...
THE MISERS OF THE NORTH . ^ 10 THE EDITOR OF THE NORTHERN STAB . Sib , —The mining industry of this country ( at all times a sufferer by the unwise competition which has prevailed among the workmen in the first place , and secondly , from the practice of the coalowners in underselling each other at the various markets , ) is at present threatened with an extensive and organised plan to carry out the principle of cheapness with ( we may anticipate ) the usual results , namely , reduced prices for working , and consequently lower wages for the poor collier . To any unprejudiced or disinterested parties who may have read a book published by W . Laird , Esq ., addressed to the Chairman ofthe Dock Company of Liverpool on the export coal trade , the above
specified results will be obvious , inasmuch as the writer does not blink the matter , but at once admits that the plan projected will benefit the proprietors of the docks immensely , and insure a successful competition with all other coal-shipping porta . To the capitalists of one side of our island who may be benefitted at the expense of the same order on the eastern side , this project may well apply , and would warrant an assumption of its practicability and success . But what will be the position of the working miners in both the western and eastern sides , or of any other who may be within the range ofthe direct effects of such competition ? They may well exclaim ,-with the frogs in the fable , " gentlemen , this may he pleasing to you , hut it is death to us . "
Sir , the attention of the great body of miners must necessarily be directed to this question . Something must be done to stop the downward course of wages ; to prevent the coal-owners of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Staffordshire , Northumberland , Durham , Derbyshire , Nottinghamshire , and of Scotland and Wales , by their insane mania for cheapness and underselling each other , depriving the industrious collier of his few remaining comforts , or of tho chance to better his condition and elevate himself and family in the social scale . The first step in the right direction is an organisation of the whole Mining body . To this point , then , I would direct their attention , and with pleasure present to their notice the well-timed example of the men of Nottinghamshire , who , it will bo seen , by the following digest of their proceedings , have taken the proper steps to save themselves from the evil consequences of continued competition : —
Bobber ' s Mill , near Nottingham .-i >' Dear Sm , —The miners here are on the move again ; oppression has done its work , and roused them to active duty . On the 2 nd of September we held a delegate meeting , and adopted certain resolutions relative to the organisation of the working miners . Several lodges have been opened , and an agent appointed to go on the errand of mercy—to persuade the miners to rally round the standard of union , and whose services have been well received by those whom he has visited . On the 16 th we held another delegate meeting , and I assure you that the spirit of the men is good . Bay , the employers , butties , and workmen , all seem animated with the same feeling , viz ., that union ia
necessary , to prevent the destruction which competition threatens to entail upon all . After the collection of the monies necessary to pay the agent , and other matters of expense , it was resolved to appoint a delegate to the ensuing Conference to be held at Newcastle , October 14 th . T . Watson is appointed agent ; John Moriey , president ; and myself , secretary . The work seems to go on well and prosrerous . Tours , & c , ^ To M . Jude . Geo . Go . i _ > _ r , Secretary . Thus we see that the miners of the midland districts are viewing the question properly , and would seem to be anxious to right themselves whilst they have strength to do so .
I have another letter from Ayrshire , in Scotland , detailing the effects ofthe late strike , and showing the inutility of fighting the masters single-handed . Ayrshire will , however , have a delegate at the Conference ; Staffordshire has also elected its delegate ; and we may safely calculate upon the brave men of Lancashire sending their quota ; thus , if Yorkshire is represented , we shall have delegates from all the chief Mining districts of England and Scotland . It will , therefore , be the obvious duty of those districts who have not , as yet , moved in the matter , to set to work immediately and organise themselves ,
and by their representative take their share in disposing of the business which will necessarily come before the Conference , when the foundation of the general union will be laid , which shall spread , the glad tidings far and wide ofthe miners' anticipated redemption from the destructive consequences of individual and general competition . Delegates will come prepared with a tabular statement of the average wages earned , and the hours of work each day ; the number of days they work each week , and the approximate quantity of the stock of coal on hand in their respective districts . Yours , Ac , M , Jude , Secretary .
Irish Democrats. The London Branch Of Th...
IRISH DEMOCRATS . The London branch of the Irish Democrats held their usual weekly meeting on Sunday evening , at the City-hall , Golden-lane . Mr . John Collins in the chair . Letters rrere read from Dublin , Glasgow , and other places . On the motion of Mr . John Knox Flanigan , seconded by Mr . J . Joyce , the following resolution was unanimously adopted : — "That the resolution expressive of our determination to continue our exertions for the cause of democracy , adopted by us on the 7 th instant , not having appeared in the Northern Star , this meeting directs the secretary to write to Glasgow , and other political bodies who have hitherto taken an interest in our proceedings , informing them of such determination . " Several speakers addressed the meeting , some subscriptions were paid in , some persons proposed for membership , and the meeting terminated . [ A report of the meeting was received at this Office ; but no resolution . We presume the omission was a mistake . —Ed . A . S . ]
The Refugees. On Monday Evening A Ball A...
THE REFUGEES . On Monday evening a ball and concert took place at the Assembly Rooms , Hampstead-road , for the benefit of the Hungarian and Polish refugees . Several national and patriotic songs were sung , and Mr . T . Brown made an animated appeal on behalf of the exiles to the country at large , not to leave these brave men to be entirely supported by the men of London . The London democrats had takea a hall for their accommodation , and would soon laugh at the assistance of Stuart and Co . ( Great applause . ) Several British soldiers were present , who contributed to the funds , having previously paid the price of admission . Three cheers were given for the exiled brethren , and three groans for llaynau , when dancing commenced , which was kept up until a late hour . Great praise is due to the committee for their excellent arrangements .
Resignation Of Mr, T. Brown Of The "Exec...
RESIGNATION OF MR , T . BROWN OF THE " EXECUTIVE . " TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Brothers , —In " consequence of ill-health , I hereby most respectfully tender my resignation as a member of the Executive . For the honour you conferred oif ' me I return my sincere thanks , but office has its duties as well as its honour , and finding 1 am now incapable of performing them , I , on principle , think it just to you , and to our common cause , to resign my trust . With best feelings towards my brethren in office , and assurances to you , members of the society , that I will not cease to work , as far as in me lies , for the attainment of our righteous end , I fraternally bid you farewell as one of the Executive . 32 , Bartholomew-close . Thomas Brows * . Sept . 27 tb , 1850 .
A Mock Count.—An Italian, Who Is An Exil...
A Mock Count . —An Italian , who is an exile in France for the active part he toook in the insurrection of Rome , has just been arrested under , very singularcircumstances . A few days ago a banking house of the quarter Feydau received from a correspondent at Rome directions to pay a sum of abOUt 40 . f . to a Count de P . Two days after a person presented himself , and stated that he vas the count ; he was almost blind and was led by one of his friends . lie was called on to prove his identity , which he did by producing a passport ; he was then asked for his title of credit , but lie said that he had mislaid it . He added that he was to leave the same day for the south to be treated for his eyesight , and he asked the banker as a favour to spare
him the loss of time which the necessity of demanding a new letter of credit wwdd occasion . The man appeared so respectable , and his passport so satisfactory , that the banker gave him the money . Two days after the banker was informed by a second letter from his correspondent that an exlieutenant of Garibaldi was making dupes in France and other countries by passing himself off as the Count de P . The police immediately arrested the man who received the _ 00 f ., and at the same time succeeded in discovering the veritable Count de P . The latter , on seeing the
ex-lieutenant , declared that he knew nothing of him , and that the other was an impostor . It is not known how the ex-lieutenant could have obtained the information with which he presented himself to the banker . A searching judicial investigation has been commenced . — Galignani . _ iraBDTCir _ R . IlA . HAU , A COUSIN OF the Dochess of Cambridge . —Haynau is the bastard son of William I ., Elector of Hesse-Cassel , and William was uncle to Augusta , Duchess of Cambridge , now so dear to the English nation . This lady regards her cousin with the veneration due to t he first man of the age .
Snuff-taking Made Easy . —A snuff-box of a novel construction , and designed to supersede the necessity of using tha fingers in taking snuff , has been registered at Birmingham . The box is inverted , and uponh . i _ g turned up , two small cups are found charged w . ' ith the titillating mixture , and ready to be ftpplr , $ dte the nose *
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. N ATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . X . S . Buncombe , Esq ., M . P ., President ! Established 18 _ 5 . " FIAT jdstitia . " ,. * 3 twere Possible for . the working classes , by com . »»?» J . am 0 Dg themselves , to raise , or keep up the general twL £ ^ . _ " need IlardIy ° e said that this would bo a wing not to bo punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced Stuart Mil .. The grossl y one-sided partiality of British law , whereever and whenever lahour and capital appear in antagonism , is seriously aggravated by its administration , by an irresponsible provincial istracy \ — ui
mag . * - - * .-. «*_*_ . *__ n * £ » a _ «*» _>?• We hold that the judicial proceedings which have recently transpired before the Wolverhampton bench of magistrates , at the suit of tho two Perrys , to he an outrageous violation of personal liberty , and a foul blot upon the name of justice . Th case of Charles Haynes we believe to he one of unequalled atrocity ; and we blush with shame at our unsuccessful efforts to snatch that honest man from his unmerited , and we still think , illegal imprisonment .
It is true that the form ofthe agreement , for the slightest conceivable violation of which Haynes was unceremoniousl y handed over by the accommodating "Wolverhampton justices to the contaminating society of felons and cutpurses , is said , by high legal authority , to be valid in law . It is true he has emerged from the Stafford bastile uninjured , we hope , in horfy and untainted in mind ; hut there is the feeling rankling in his breast ' of an unmerited insult inflicted , of a grievous wrong endured , and an unappeased and unappeasable desire for justice , in which the Central Committee sincerely participate , and which they believe to be their highest duty to obtain for him if it be possible .
They are advised that the whole proceedings would be instantly annulled , if brought before any one of the judges of the land ; there is not a shadow of a doubt of their technical illegality , and the question of further proceedings is now under the serious consideration of the Central Committee . But , whatever course they may be ultimately advised to pursue , as to the past , it is clearly manifest that some decided steps must be taken to protect our members from a successful repetition of these legal persecutions .
The cases of Sweet and Caddick , reported in this week's Star , are much of the same character with that of Haynes , evincing on the part of George Perry the most cool and deliberate tyranny , in seeking to force men to work for him against their will , and in violation of every semblance of freedom or of liberty . He who , with a pistol at my head , forces me to surrender my purse , is no more a robber than he who forces from me my labour against my will , and without any adequate consideration . But , surely , the Messrs . Perry cannot suppose that they will be permitted to accomplish their
dishonest purposes by means like these ! We have the greatest satisfaction in knowing , that it is hot possible for them to . execute their orders with their present hands , who are utterl y deficient in number or qualification . We know also that Mr . E . Perry has signally failed in getting any supply from London ; and that those whom , by every species of trickery and misrepresentation , he has entrapped into his employment , are something like " FalstafPs ragged regiment "— -the very scum and refuse of the trade , who will assist him in
getting rid of his tin in a double sense ; he will have to pay them with one description for spoiling the other . In the meantime , every decent man he has , stung with indignation at his dirty proceedings , are leaving him as they finish up their orders , or as their notices expire . The trade was never known to be so busy , and we very shortl y expect to find a shop for every one of our members . Under these encouraging circumstances , we can almost afford to laugh at the extravagant outlay of money , wit , and character , exhibited in these extrajudicial performances .
We have received several commendatory letters upon the firmness and perseverance with which this contest has been conducted b y the Central Committee . . We feel proud . and grateful for these flattering acknowledgments . We believe we shall have rendered a service to the Tin trade of Wolverhampton scarcely to be appreciated , by the enforcement of a recognised book of prices . That in
Wolverhampton the prices have been for years disgracefully low , and has been the subject of complaint throughout the trade . That the book we have now adopted , and intend having , is , in every respect , what justice would demand ; but let it he borne in mind , that our book is not , like the laws of the Medes and Persians , unalterable . At the same time , we think there is much virtue in the old axiom— " There is wisdom in moderation . "
We know of no cause , save the absence of combinative effort , why , instead of towns lists , or books of prices , we should not go for a National Book for every trade in Great Britain . Not only do the trades of this country require that a stop be put to that ruinous war of competition which the capitalists wage with each other at the expense of , and to the deep injury of labour ; but a long and painful experience has taught us that there are schemes and devices whoso name is legion , by which labour is robbed of its reward , other than by
direct reductions . For such grievance we believe their is no efficient remedy but National Union , and we again urgently invite tho trades of Great Britain to seriously ponder upon their present condition and future prospects , and to awaken from that fearful and fatal torpidity in which all their natural energies appear to be entranced . We have frequentl y contended , and shown through the columns of this journal , tho Labour League , the reports and other works emanating from this Association , that the working classes possess by law , the undisputed right , by combination ,
not only to place their own value upon their own labour , but to dictate tho terms , regulations and conditions , under which they consent to barter it with the Capitalist . This valuable right has been too long suffered to remain in abeyance . It never can be effectively exercised by local or sectional efforts . National Union is the only leverage which can lift labour into its rightful , legitimate position , and place it in possession of these long-withheld , but priceless privileges . The great Lord Bacon has said , " For a Nation to be free , it is sufficient that
she wills it ; " but here is pre-supposeel an homogeniety of wants and sentiment , a pre-existent extended , and concentrated unity of purpose and action , and with these postulates the axiom becomes a mere truism . We , therefore , in humble imitation of the great British Philosopher , and assuming the same postulatum , Bay , — - " For Labour to be free it is enough that she- wills ; '' and we have pointed out , until Ave are growing weary , the means , and tho only means , by which that freedom
can bo achieved . Oh ! that we could dip our pen into an ink of liquid flame , which should enter through the eye , and sear into the minds of our fellow-workmen , in indelible characters , those important truths . We would have the words , "National Union the remedy for National wrongs " emblazoned , in blazing characters , on every mill , factory and workshop in the united kingdom ; and thus , by dint of keeping tho sentiment constantly before the eye , secure for it a lodgment in tho heart . William Peel , Sec ,
The Paris Siecle Says :—'* It Is Said Th...
The Paris Siecle says : — ' * It is said that the President of tho Republic will have an interview with her Majesty the Queen of England in the Isle of Jersey . " The Jersey Times asks ;—" When ? Aud is it true that they are to bo mot by tho Emperor of Morocco ?"
Wolverhampton Police Court. Tuesday, Sep...
WOLVERHAMPTON POLICE COURT . Tuesday , Sept . 17 . Magistrate present : Mr . Underbill . William Sweet was charged by George Henry Perry , of Temple-street , with neglect of work under verbal agreement , said to have been entered into on the 20 th of June . Mr . Fleetwood , on the part of the defendant , took an objection against the agreement , on the ground , that an old agreement , entered into in 1843 , was still in existence , therefore the defendant ought to be discharged on the present warrant . The magistrate's clerk , Mr . Bolton , taking this view of the case , the bench dismissed the charge . .. . . Thursday , Sept . 19 .
, Magistrates present : Messrs . Warner and Neve . William Sweet was charged with neglect of work under a written agreement , which had been signed in 1843 , binding the defendant to serve for three years and six months' notice , and on tho part of the master to find the defendant full and regular employment ; at making certain articles mentioned therein at certain prices ; and giving him one months ' notice . Mr . Fleetwood objected to the agreement being received as evidence , inasmuch as it was not stamped , asMr . Archbold had recently given it as his opinion , that an agreement could not be received
as evidence , if it did not contain a stamp . The objection was overruled by the bench . Mr . G . Briscoe , being sworn , said , he was foreman at Mr . Perry ' s and was witness to the signers of the agreement , and the defendant worked until last Monday , when he . left . Cross-examined—I have worked for Mr . Perry eighteen or twenty years . He ( Sweet , ) entered into a fresh agreement on the 29 th of June last , when he stated ho was perfestly satisfied with tho prices . He was making oval melons , which are not mentioned in the agreement to serve . Ho said he was willing to serve for twelvemonths ; there was nothing said about articles
. Mr . Fleetwood argued , that as Mr . Perry had sworn on Tuesday , and Mr . Briscoe to-day , that the defendant had entered into an agreement subsequent to this , it must be considered at an end , in addition to which , the agreement was vitiated in consequence of putting the defendant on other work than that described in the contract , and ho looked upon this as a means to trick the workmen , which , was perfectly disgusting . Mr . Underiiux . —I consider , before arguing the point , that Mr . Fleetwood has done much harm by using the language he has in the presence of so many workmen . " . ' * ' Mr . Fleetwood . —The language used in this court against rue the other day by Mr . Perry was unwarrantable , and had this conduct took place a few years a o , his ( Mr . Perry ' s ) premises would have been down .
Air . Underbill said , that the agreement could be altered by parole , as it had been in this case by mutual consent . The agreement does not say that he shall not make any other article which is not mentioned therein , and , as he has done so , he has been a consenting party , therefore it does not invalidate the agreement . The magistrates baying retired for a short period , they returned with a decision in favour of Mr , Perry , but they hoped that Sweet would return to his work if Mr . Perry agreed to take him . Mr . Ujjdehhill agreed on the part of Mr , Perry , when ' Mr . Warner said , I am sorry to see a respectable man like you here on such a charge , but I hope Mr . Perry ' s leniency towards you , will induce you to return to your work , which you can do by paying the expenses , otherwise we shall commit you . O . PERRY V . CADDICK .
Mi " . Caddick was charged with neglect of work , under a verbal agreement , on the 29 th of June . Mr . Underbill said , this was a singular case to the last , except it was more aggravated in its nature , but if he would consent to return to his work by paying the expenses he could do so . Caddick refused . Mr . Warner . —I am exceedingly sorry to see you here , and to take the position you do , I think Mr . Perry has acted towards you like a gentleman , and if you persevere the magistrates will commit you , therefore you had better speak to your attorney on the matter . He did so , and agreed to go to work and pay the expenses . REMARKS .
The above cases require some explanation to enable the reader to fully understand the position , as the evidence is so loose and unsatisfactory , as well as the threat to commit before the warrant was read , or any evidence produced . This mode of procedure is so contrary to our notions of justice that it ought to be brought under the notice of the Home Department . In the case of Sweet , he has been working under a contract for years , which not only the man , but Mr . Perry deemed cancelled in consequence of a departure from its provisions ; and as here , as in a similar case , Perry . Bladen , the magistrates only required fourteen days' notice to be given , not as a right , but as an accommodation to the employer , which the workmen generally acceded to ; yet , these magistrates , in the face of this decision , say the agreement of Sweet is still in force .
The actual time the man had absented himself is not shown by the evidence ; but when I inform you , that tho man finished his work at a quarter after eleven on the Monday , to attend the feast at Willinhall , where his wife then was , and that by half-past twelve on the same day , two miles and a half on the road , he was seized by a constable on a special warrant for leaving his work an hour before , brought back jo Wolverhampton , and incarcerated in a dirty coll , there to remain until the following day , you will at least sny it was rather hard . But , by the intercession of Mr . Fleetwood with the magistrate , he was Zt ' . cra ( . „ late in the evening on bail . Caddick ' s position was this . He has worked for Messrs . R . and G . Perry several years , and in the week previous to Saturday , June the 29 th , Mr , Perry asked him to be hired ; tho man refused , on the ground that he " intended to commence business for himself . " Mr . Perry said he would give him till Saturday to think it over .
On that day he was again asked , and ho again refused . Mr . Perry said , " Are you not satisfied with the prices ? " Caddick : "I am with some , but others are scandalous . " Perry : " If you should not commence business ( or words to that effect ) should you have any objection to stay twelve months ? " Caddick : "No , if things were settled ; but , as I was not hired in my younger days , I will not do so now I am getting old . " This is tho conversation ( according to Caddick ) upon which , before any evidence was adduced , he was threatened to be committed ; and upon which Mr . Perry received a high eulogium for mildness in not sending this man to the treadmill , on bread and water , for twenty-one days . Having recorded the facts , we leave them for the public to judge and pass sentence upon such conduct and trickery to ensnare men , and keep them as slaves to their tyranny . Law like this is mockery . The fault lies not with the justices , hut those who appoint them , and those who advise them . I am , your ' s repecfcfully ,
Thomas Winters. To The Secretary Of The ...
Thomas Winters . to the secretary of the national association of united trades , Birmingham , Sept . 17 th , 1 S _ 0 . Dear Sin , —It is very likely that , in your capacity as Central Committee-man ofthe National Association of United Trades , you meet with many cases of dispute which require , on your part , no small amount of sagacity to distinguish which ofthe contending parties aro . right , and which aro the most to . blame ( I mean when called upon to mediate between the employer and tho employed ) . Wo cannot for a moment suppose that it is always found that tho workmen are entirely in the right , and that the employer is altogether wrong ; but no
doubt you sometimes discover that both sides are a little tinged with selfishness . When a ease of this nature occurs , it must be exceedingly difficult to effect anything like an amicable arrangement , as both are in the wrong , but at the same tima are determined not to acknowledge that they aro sohence the difficulty of reconciling them ; . and were it not for the many proofs we have on reco . d of your complete success in matters of . this description , we should be almost ready to conclude that your task was as hopeless as it is beneficent ; but we have seen your glorious triumphs in scores of instances of this character—so much so , that that which once appeared to US an impossibility , is rendered plain and practicable by your all-powerful
mode of action , viz .- ~ the peaceful mode of mediation . But whatever may be the difiiculties and intricacies surrounding some of theaffairs with which you have to grapple , there is none about the Wolverhampton case . Hero the employer is so completely aud palpably wrong—the workmen so positively and gloriously right , that we stand amazed at the fool hardihood of the man , who should suffer himself to he brought before the public gaze , to such magnificent disadvantage , who should behave himself m so humane and saintish a manner , as to stand in a court of law , with tears in his eyes , ( to make himself the more eloquent ) , for the express purpose of what ? Why , it is quite
clear , " There is a point of endurance beyond which he cannot go ; " which point is this ? lie has for the last six or seven years past been in the habit—yes , tha constant , the honourable and christian-like habit—of extracting from his workmen from twenty to fifty per cent , off their weekly earnings ; " that it was as much as human nature could endure , not to take the hundred per cent ., hut that notwithstanding he had long been at the very top of the endurance point ; yet , for all this , they ( tho men ) had the very unchristian , wicked—nay , hellish —assurance to ask , as a price for their labour , just as much and no more , than other workmen were receiving for the same description and quality of work , ' If this is not a monstrous piece of iniquity
* " ' * ' ** ** nd sl * _ -Vi of on the part of those who were the _„ . .. _ this man , held by himToFa term of year . / ... »_„_ at his discretion , what , in the name of common ' sense and common justice is ? "If this is tot enough to move the hearts of you , gentlemen , if this audacity will not induce you to strain a point , why , I must tell you plainly , that if this course of things is permitted , 1 shall be unable to undersell my neighbours in the market—I shall no longer be able to add more to my stock of wealth than I can . obtain by fair and honourable means . This is a state ot tlungg I cannot endure ¦ and if I cannot pay what price I like for labour I must give up my business ; but I am determined in this ease I will
have law , as last week I was compelled to give way to justice , and my victim escaped ; but this week I will have law , and this man ( Haynes ) shall go to gaol . " Such is the modo of reasoning Mr . Perry's whole course of policy indicates , and which , in fact , he adopts to realise his purposes . I am amazed that any being should bo found so lost to all shame—so utterly destitute of self-respect , as to permit himself to bo arraigned before the bar of a reflecting public , with so glaring and so unjust a case . As a Christian , how very consoling it must be to his mind when he retires to rest and reflects that , through bis conduct , a man has been incarcerated in a felon ' s gaol for the unpardonable crime of striving to obtain a fair price
for his industry . How sweet the thought , when gathering his family around him , to know that he has been the honoured instrument of tearing from a wife her only protector , and from a family its head and only support . I envy not the man ' s feelings who can so relentlessly hunt and prosecute a fellow man for no earthly reason than to gratify a thirst for revenge . But , sir , the picture is too sickening to look upon—too revolting for contemplation . We turn from the subject , hoping ho will see the error of his doings , and be induced to concede , and , in future , to respect the rights of his workmen as ho requires that they should respect his , in the
same manner ag his own neighbour , and every other honourable employer is willing to do , and give " a fair day's wage for a fair day ' s work . ' This is all that is asked tor in the book submitted by the Tin Plate Workers to their employers . Our cry for them shaU be " The book—the whole book , and no surrender . " We ask no more , and we will take no less ; and for this we trust the Central Committee , the men of Wolverhampton , and the whole force of the National Charter Association will he brought to bear , and continued , until they have succeeded , and come off triumphant . I remain yours , dear Sir , On behalf of the Wire Drawers of Birmingham , Mr . Wm . Peel John Holmes .
Wreck Of The Superb Steamer. Southampton...
WRECK OF THE SUPERB STEAMER . Southampton , Sep . 25 . —By the steamer Courier , Captain Goodridge , just arrived from Jersey , we have received the subjoined account of the wreck of the Superb on the Minquiers Rocks , which occurred on Tuesday , and which resulted in the loss of eleven persons , who perished in smooth water and in broad daylight . The particulars are drawn up by some of the survivors , who have reached Southampton by the Courier steamer : — . " We regret to have the painful duty of announcing the loss of the steamer Superb , Captain Priaulx , and of eleven of the passengers and crew , on the Minquiers Rocks , and very near to the identical spot on which the excursion steamer Polka was run to save the lives of the passengers a week ago .
The Polka was also under the command of the same master . The Superb left St . Malo for Jersey at half . past seven o ' clock , on Tuesday , and did not take the usual course ; but t it is believed , with a view to making a shorter passage , took the course so distressingly fatal . She struck violently at halfpast nine o ' clock a . m . on the sunken rocks , and immediately filled with water , her bows having been thrown on the rocks caused her to heel over , throwing the passengers on the starboard aide of tho vessel . The captain , it is said , immediately ordered the boats ( of which there were only two ) to be lowered , when with some half dozen he got into one of them . This proceeding produced the greatest consternation among the passengers . The fire at the same moment was extinguished by the water ,
and an immediate rush was made for the other boat ; but all who entered it found a watery grave , for there is reason to believe that the plugs were not in the boat , and they got off without an oar . The consequence was the boat was seen to be gradually sinking without possibility of relief , and the countenances of those unhappy persons presented a scene of horror beyond description , for they sank shortly in smooth water . Upon the remonstrances of Mr . Hamilton and others the captain returned to the wreck , assisted on board by a ladder from a point of the rock , not , however , until after his boat had swamped , being capsized by his leap from it . Fortunately the tide was falling fast , which soon left the ship high and dry on the rocks ; but the scene of anguish and alarm baffles
description . By the exertions of the master and Mr . Hamilton , both of whom displayed great coolness , signals of distress were successfully made to the cutter Jupiter , about five or six miles off . The wind being light , two hours elapsed before she could reach us , but she succeeded in doing so , and saved the lives of all excepting those who rushed to the boat and two children , who were unfortunately thrown overboard by the shock as the vessel struck , tho deck having burst upward with the blow , and thus thrown them over . The Courier , which had just come from Shoreham , having her steam up , came off to our assistance , with her owner , Mr . Maples , on board , and took us all from on board the cutter at about five in the afternoon :
but on approaching St . Heliers harbour in the dark , she also touched the Oyster Rock , to the further alarm of the surviving passengers , already exhausted by their fearful sufferings . Captain Priaulx and some of the crew remained on board the cutter in the vicinity of the wreclt . The cordial receptioa given to the passengers on their arrival at St . Heliers , by hundreds congregated on the pier excited the warmest thanks , and a more providential escape is perhaps hardly on record . The passengers lost were—Mr . Gossett , and wife , Mr .. Jackson , son , and daughter , Mr . Rattenbury ,. Miss Price , Mr . Sedgwick , Belot Cook Palmer , a fireman , and Patrick , a boy . The survivors areaboufc forty in number .
"It is due to a lad , one of the crew , to mention that he behaved with great gallantry and courage . When others were giving way to despair ha set to work to make a raft , which he accomplishedin less than half an hour . He also ascended to the masthead to give signals . We regret we cannot give his name , but he was saved . "
Marshal Haxxa..—A Public Meeting Washeld...
Marshal Haxxa .. —A public meeting washeld on Wednesday evening in the Old Manor Court-room , Manchester , which was crowded with working men , to express approval of the conduct of the Bankside draymen , in their treatment of Marshal Haynau . Mr . E . Dixon took the chair . Mr . Johnson moved the first resolution , which denounced all war , especially aggressive war , and referred to tho cruelties practised by Marshal Haynau . He said that as he had violated the laws of our common humanity by insulting the virtue and pure affection of woman , he had forfeited all claims to the
brotherhood of Englishmen . Mr . D . Willis seconded the resolution . Mr . G . D . Mantle , in a lengthy speech , referred to the atrocities which had recently been committed by the Austrians in Hungary , and concluded by demanding three cheers for Sossuth , an appeal which was enthusiastically responded to by tho meeting . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . J . 11 . Cooper moved the second resolution , which thanked Messrs . Barclay and Perkins ' s workmen , for having respected the life of a man who never respected the life of his fellow-creatures , after having contented themselves with , marking him .-with infamy , and manifesting spontaneously the horror and disgust with which hi _ crimes had inspired them . Mr , Lindsay , Secretary to the Tailors' Co-operative Store , seconded the resolution , replying to the arguments of the Times and Morning Chronicle , urged against the alleged inhumanity and want of hospitality manifested ia the attack upon Haynau . The second resolution was also carried unanimously .
A Xvice . Parti- op Four . —On the ISth mat . a person residing in tho Hue des Poulios was sent for to aid one of his friends under curious circumstances . Tho latter is a farmer near Mcaux , had , it appears , sold in tho morning some straw ; for 200 f ., and was about to transact some other business , when , in the Rue llambeauteau , he met three comrades of his , whom he had known formerly in Algeria . Tho farmer offered to give them a breakfas t , and they all proceeded to the Rue Montorgueil for the purpose . They intended to eat a few dozen oysters and a cotelette , but Vappetit vienl en
mangeant ; and , after twenty-two dozens of oysters had disappeared , each man took a potage and two cotelettes ; they then disposed of a salmi of four partridges , next two crayfish , eight roast partridges , a dessert to match , and twentv-thyee bottles of wine . The bill amounted to 107 f ., tho waiter received 3 f ., and sotho 200 f . had disappeared . S _ far , all went well , but , having entered a cafe , they contrived to disport about a billiard-table so awkwardly that ono of them broke a looking-glass . -To money being forthcoming , the friend from the Sue des Poulies was sent for , who redeemed tho party by paying for the damage done .
Sinecure Benefices . —A return to Parliament was printed on Monday containing a list of sinecure bonifices in England and Wales , with the name of the patron and incumbent ami the wmjj » value and population of oach . It appears that there are fifty-seven sinecure benificcs ,, orwhich eighteen are in the diocesopf Norwich . Thejujmwl value Of those benefices range from Insome of the places there are others the churches are dilapida tion exceeds , in some places , 1 ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Sept. 28, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns2_28091850/page/5/
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