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Read this, and judge for yourselvvs. GOOD HEALTH, GOOD SPIRITS, AND LONG LIFE, SECURED BY THAT EIGULY ESTEEMED POPULAR REMEDY,
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_-f-RASCE . On Friday , the 25 _tbull ., the case of M . Emile Girardin came on for hearing before the _assize court of the Seine . M . Girardin had announced his intention of defending himself , aided , so far as technical points of law are concerned , by a member o ! the profession . He had , it seems , prepared a speech which he proposed delivering before thp jury , but which was _ohj-cted to by the Attorney-General and M . Girardin was obliged to place his cause entirely in the hands of bis counsel . The jury pronounced a verdict of acquittal . As tbe immediate _result of this verdict , the Court ordered the whole of the numbers seized at the Post-office to be restored to the proprietor . The verdict of course carries costs in favour of M . Girardin .
At midnight -an tbe 25 ib ult . the electoral list _leciification was closed in Paris . The number of registered voters is much less than at the last elections . The ' Napoleon' stales ihat Dr . Achilli has succeeded in escaping from prison , and has arrived in Prance . The Socialist journal , ' La Liberty , ' having failed to accomplish certain formalities , is obliged to suspend its publication for a few days . _Taris _, Monday . —It is announced that the legitimist journal , ' La Mode , ' is to be _prosecuted by the Attorney-General for persevering in the statement Ihat a coup d ' etat had been determined on in a Council of Ministers presidf d over hy the President . Thc prosecution is for an offence agaiust the President , and for exciting to hatred and contempt against the government cf the Republic .
31 . "Declareuil , mayor of Peyrilhce , in the department of tbe Haute Vienne , bas been dismissed by a decree " of the President cf the _Republic . Tbo captains , four lieutenants , and about fifty soldiers of the 31 st infantry have been sent to Africa , for Socialism . It is said that the whole regiment is to he removed from Paris . The Montagnatd have determined on slatting two new democratic papers , to replace the ' Reforme , ' the * Tribune des Peuples , ' and some other papers which have become recently defunct . The new oigans of the Reds are to be called * L'Europe Democratique , * and "" / Association /
Paris , Mondat . —The Roman Loan may be considered as settled . The house of Rothschild aud Co ., of Paris , has tendered for a loan of thirty milliens ef francs , on such terms as render it certain that they will be accepted . The proposal now only waits the sanction of ths Pep * -. The contract concluded between MM . de Rothschild and the agents of his Holiness in Paris was forwarded on Saturday to Portici for ratification . In the mean tiine , the terms of tbe loan are not to he published . The authorities have commenced a war against the irees of liberty . A great _number of them have heen cut down within the last t ? ro days iu all parts of Paris , by order of the police . M . Leon Faucher only ventured to pull down the bonnets rouges which were placed upon the trees of liberty ; M . Ferdinand Barrot attacks the trees themselves .
Tuesdat . —Letters from Mayenne , of the 21 th ult ., state that the * Independant de l'Ouest' was acquitted on ihe preceding day of a charge of sedition instituif d by the Attorney-General . "Wkbxeidat . —The law regulating tbe relations of workers and masters , in regard to weaving , was again passed through a stage in the Legislative Assem _' ilv _resterdav .
ITALY . ROME . —The ' _Courri-rr des Alpes' publishes the following curious letter from Romp , dated the loih : — "'A body of Austrian troops is shortly to _advance npon Rose under the orders of General Baron d'Aspr ? . Tha object of this movement is to restore tbe impsrial and royal arms on the Palazzo di Vencz a . _Siace the departure of Lis Holiness they have not been replaced on the residence of tne Ans ' rian _Arobasss-Jor . They ere to be hoisted at the verv moment the Pope will make his entry by the
gate of St . John of L _*> teran . It is believed the Pope will insist on the permanence of these troops in his capital . Trance , which etacuatts Rome , partially at least , wiil see no harm in letting Baron d ' Aspre place Austrian sentinels at the gates of the "Vatican and the Quirinal . Thus will one of the difficulties be removed ; for the Sovereign Pontiff must provisionally have a body of troops at his command , till one of the plans in contemplation , viz ., the formation of a Spanish _lesion , or the revival ol the order of the Knights of Malta , shaU have been put into execution .
GERMANY . The Co _ogne Gazette' publishes the _following telegraphic message from Berlin , dated Saturday , at noon . Minister _Manteuff-l declared in the Second _Chrunb-r to-day that tbe government abided by the principle of apairie , but would not oppose its being deferred . The adoption cf Count _Arniin ' s amendment -would be regarded as the adoption of the royal message . With _rerard to the special c _^ nrt of law , the government would give any reasonable guarantee that it should not he abused , provided its object was not frustrated . The adoption would result in the immediate taking of the oath , but the _rejection -could defer the oath and the German constitution qu ? _sti . n for an indefinite period , and would compel the ministers to resign .
BERLIN , Saturday . The Second Chamber has come to the following decisions on the royal propositions : —* Art . 1 was adopted by 226 votes against 100 . ( It refers to the press . )—Arts . 2 and 3 were adopted . ( They refer to the _Laiidsturm and ths Burger guard . )—Ark . 4 , 7 , 8 , and 10 were deferred— An . 5 was rejected . ( It refers to the _responsibility of ministers . )—Arts . 6 , 11 , and 12 were adopted . ( T _" _-.- * first specifies the length of time the _chaaabe-s shall sit , the second the nature of
judicial _p-oesadings to ha taken against government officials , and the third is the introduction of the paragraph of the constuution which deals with the parishes of the kingdom . )—Art . 9 was adopted in a modified form . ( It refers to tae electoral districts for the second chamber . ) The caamber decided that the electoral districts may consist of one or more large circles or towns , and rejected the words , * towns of more than 10 . 000 inhabitants . ' ( This is the modification proposed by the ct-ntral _comm _' atee cf the upper chamber . ' )
The three political prisoners in the fortress of Konigstein , Bakunin , HeHbaer , and Rockel , have been placed for -te lass time before tbe Court by which they were trie- * , to hear the publication of its senteacj against them . Ttiey are all condemned to death , but nhe : ber the _santence will be actually executed is not known . They were the leaders of the Dresden insurrection- of May last . Heubner was fully prepared for the doom pronounced against him , laving expected ic from the commencement of the _proceedings . The others heard it with calmness . Bakunin is a Russian subject , and was mixed up with nearly _a-1 tha revolutionary mo ? ejnents of 184 S _, from Paris to Vienna .
HUNGARY AND AUSTRIA . The _Slavsnski Jug , ' aa _Agra ' m " newspaper , in its number of tbe 18 ; h ult ., contains a correspondence of the 12 th from Bukowar in Syrmia , whereby it appears that a battle had taken place between the Austrian military and the people on the 11 th . You know already that in this district the population is a mixture of Servians and Croats . Which party had the best of the _fijht does not very clearly appear , although the ' Jug ' s' correspondent reports that the military succeeded iii restoring order . Stojcevic , this governor of the Syrmain county , is reported by the * Sud-slavische Zsitung" to have been killed , wbich seems hardly probable , asin later news he reappears _snd proclaims fire of the ringleaders outlaws .
Ths account given of-the origin of the affair is , that several peasants bad rendered themselves amenable to the law by _extensire depredations in the woods about Bukovar , which thev exercised under the pretext that the Ban had g iven them leave . A military force was sent to enforce tbe summons of the staubric ' _nter , or judge in first instance , to these offenders , to appear before his tribunal . The peasantry rose en masse against the soldiers , and drove them back to Bukovar , where a regular insurrection how broke out . The tocsin rung from the tower of the Greek Church . All the military detachments posted near Bukovar immediately marched to the scene of combat . Authentic accounts of the upshot of the affair are wanting .
It appears that similar disturbances have taken place at _Panscova ( pronounced Panshwa ) opposite Semlin . The Turkish Servians having agreed with their discontented brethren under Austrian rule that as soon as the river should be well frozen they would cro-s over to the left _bmk , with a formidable force , and assail the Austrian military , and then establish a . Servian regency , aad this plaa being betrayed to tbe Austrians , a considerable miUtary farce , _consist-Sagofa division of infantry and a squadron of cavaliy , was . ' iharched into Panscova on the 10 th ult . : The _^ astarEauces reported ( o have-taken place at Pans-
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cova are contradicted b y the ' Agramer Zeitung _, ' which , however , admits that a requisition , on the part of tbe miUtaryxiuthority to furaiah : mhetj ~ four recruits for the army' ih'Italy excited the ; greatest discontent , and was felt to be all thembregalling as substitutes cculdnot" be procured for a thousand florins . The ' Narodny Nowiny , ' which is the great Czech or _$ an _, published at Prag , under the direction of M . Hawlichk , bas been suppressed by the Austrian go ; - vernmen t . No particular . article was pointed out as the eause . of this severe , measure , which stops thc mouth of a whole nation , but only the general hostile tendency of the paper to the government was as- j
signed as sufficient reason . ' < . . That the state of siege is still maintained in an its _vieonr , will be seen from the following attempt to put do < vn freedom of speech in Yienna . The well known critic and poet Saphir proposed to give a humorous lecture , and requested of the town commandant the necessary sanction . This was no refused by General Welden , but he required hat previous toils taking place , Sap hir should place the lecture in his bands for supervision , that no political allusions should be made , and that all extemporaneous matter should be stnctlj avoided . The ministry have decided on sending an army of 6 000 men in to the ' Boete di Cuttaro _, ' in order to piit down the refusal of tha inhabitants to pay taxes , and to prevent any further revolutionary proceedings in that district .
TURKEY AND RUSSIA . RFPmTED MORDER OF GENERAL BlJM . The' Breslauer Zeitung' has letters from Yienna ef ihe 18 th , ult announcing the decease of Gen Bern , who fought in 1848 in Yienna , and in 1849 in _Hungary . It appears from letters from _Systow , of the 2 rd ult , that General Bern died suddenly , and ( it is asserted ) from poison . This news ' of course _requires confirmation ; for since General Bern is known to have protested thathe was doomed to die in the year 1850 , nothing is more likely but that some of the Sclavonian newsmakf r 3 have attempted to amuse the world with a fictitious report of his death .
North Staffordshire Miners. All Parties ...
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE MINERS . All parties seem to be stirring just now ; indeed there app ears to be an almost general move among social and political parties , some to forward their o wn selfish _interested views , 'but the great majority are _pressing onwar to the goal of TrutJi , Justice , and Liberty . Among the latter ,- we are happy to see the miners of England , who are forming a ' National Association' for tbe protection of their kbour ( their only property , ) and for . the attainment of their rights , as valuable working men . This assoeia * . ion is gaining immense strength in the North of England , and is spreading in _Lancashire , Yorkshirei and Staffordshire . In Staffordshire alone , during a very short time , six miners' lodges have been opened , and numbers bave joined those already opened , in fact , ths cause of Uniok looks promising in North
Staffordshire , and is effecting great good . Large and spirited meetings have recently been held by the miners of Tunstall ( who are on strike , ) _Burslem , Hanley , _iS'orion , Longton , Laue-delf , Red-row , Chertertoii , Knutton-heatb , Bradley-green , & c . ; and on Saturday last a delegate meeting was held at the Casri _« Inn , Shclfon , which was well attended . These meetings have been addressed by Messrs . Daniells and Lawton , agents of the association . There seems to be a growing public opinion in favour of the miners ; most parties that you converse with stating that , ' of all men miners should be -well paid . ' Most heartdy do we wish this association all the success it so well deserves , and may all other trades follow their example—be up and doing , and demand their rights , both socially and politically .
TO IHE COAL MASTERS OP SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE . Gextleme _* , —In accordance with a resolution passed at a -Miners' delegate meetiiy , held in Ilanley , on _Saturdnv , the 19 th inst , we proceed to lay before jouthc following " ADDRESS . We are informed that some of thc Coal _itasters in this district are favourable to an organisation of the miners and mining interests , with a view to the protection of the fair profits of the employer , and a due reward for the lahour of tlie employed : consequently , v . e , on behalf , and by the request of the iliners of North Staffordshire , be * - leave respectfully , to submit to your consideration tlie objects and principles of the Miners' Association of Great Britain , so as to remove any unjust or erroneous opinions that may be held co n ce rn i n g it .
One of the principal objects ef the Miners' Assoeiation is , to eil ' eet a full and complete organisation for mutual protection of tlie whole ofthe miners of Great Britain—to seek , by every legal and peaceful means , to obtain a fair reward for the dangerous and arduous labour of tlie miners , and to endeavour , by such means , to obtain for the mine masters a just return fur thehazardous capital they employ , and to endeavour to settle all disagreements and differences between master and men , by _arbitkatio ** and fair and legitimate argument , rather than have recourse to injurious and disastrous strikes . We contend that It is _repujjnant to all right feeling and sound principlefor masters and men to exist in a state of autagonism towards each other ; that men should he working against instead , of for each other ; that masters should be competing against and underselling each other , while the fair reward for labour nnd the just return for capital is swallowed up hy the consumers , who do not thauk either of tlie parties for the sacrifices they make .
"We consider _uj-ncE competition tobe one of tlie greatest evils that afflicts the coal trade , and mining interests generally ; aud we believe that the pernicious effects of the hydra-headed _monster—coMPEirrio- *— can only be effectually counteracted by a rsios of the well-disposed and good _' princip led among masters and men . Another of the objects of tlie Miners'Association is , to appeal to the legislature of oui- country for _raoiucrio _}* to the life axd HEALTH or the misebs ; and , as we desire to obtain information for ourselves and children' to petition for a repeal of the tax ou newspapers and adverlisments , also for a repeal ofthe duty on paper ; and , lastly , to form co-oPEiiATivE funds in order to supply ourselves with provisions , raimen , & c , at wholesale prices , and to purchase land whereon to locate such of our members who may unfortunately he destitute of employment _. so as thu 3 to provide
them with reproductive employ , rather than they should be dependent on parish relief or eleemosy nary aid—in fine . that they may work for themselves instead of passing their time in unwilling idleness . Such , sir , are the primary objects ofthe Miners' Association . Should you approve of the same , we respectfully solicit your countenance and co-operation , and Ave hope you will use your influence in order to induce your workmen to co-operate . vith us also , so tliat all may work together iu harmony and good-feeling for the mutual advantage of each ; "We are , sir , on behalf of the Miners , yours respectfully , . "William Daniells , ( Late Editor of the _iliners' _Adeocat } . ) EmvAiro Lawto . _v , Agent of the Miners' Association , Shelton , Jan . 28 th , 18 D 0 .
The Miners Ofthe North. To Tue Editor Of...
THE MINERS OFTHE NORTH . TO TUE EDITOR OF THE _SOUTHERX STAR . Sir ., —A trial , of considerable _importance to the miners of this district , took place on Monday , Jan , 28 th , at the Gateshead County Court , the particulars of which I forward for insertion in your valuable journal . It appears , that the workmen of Marby Hill colliery , had formed themselves into a union , and had also joined the Miners' Protective Society in this district ; they had also restricted tbeir labour to a low figure ; in consequence of which the employers had issued to every man a printed _notice
that if they did not _work for a hi gher amount of ¦ _rages than they were at that time doing , they , ( the employers , ) would not allow them lo work at all , and would consider the contract-or agreement at " an end between tbem , and also that"they- would turn out of possession from the dwelling , houses every one of them . To this notice the workmen gave no heed , but went to work as usual , performing only the ; quantity of work tbey had _^ . themselves agreed upon ; in consequence of which , the . employers set to work , and ejected a great number of them from the houses , throwing out their goods and furniture in a most reckless and _careless
manner , damaging or breaking many articles of considerable value , and which had cost the miners raany a hard days toil to obtain . There being an avowed contract er . agreement , that one ; month ' s notice should _begiyen on either side hefore the said contract could be severed , the workmen brought , the employers before the court , to answer a charge of damages sustained by them in their turning them out of possession ; . and to secure the utmost amount of justice , they brought down from Manchester their old and tried legal , adviser , W . P . Roberts , Esq .- .
i There being many other cases counected with the court to norae on before this case , some little attempt was made by the _solicitor forthe employers tocompromise the affair , but on such equivocal terms tha : the workmen refused to attend to them . ; The fight began by Mr . Roberts , - who in a most clear and forcible manner laid the case before the court . The g ist of which was that , in accordance with the agreement , one month ' s notice should have been riven to the men before they were turned out ; and
that as only one day ' s notice had been given , it roa 3 clear that the employers had acted illegally , in thus forcibly entering those dwellings , and casting into the road the poor men ' s furniture , and that iu so cruel and wanton an act tbe worst possible feelings were displayed , and such indifference evinced for the feelings ; of those , people , that when ( as one of the party detailed to the court ) he remonstrated with thosej engaged in rejecting , him bo : roughly , and carelessl y _/ . throwing - down . the :. . various ' . articles tbey were _remofing , by _obsening that they
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should be more careful , as those articles had all been obtained by the dint of hard labour , and weM to bim of greatr _. _vajue _, - one ; of the owners , ; Mr . Palmer , who _wti » ; present , vociferated :. _« M en , do yourduty , don't niind him , bundle them out . ' Such conduct , continued Mr . Roberts , was most assuredly illegal , and the poor men were entitled to compensation ( or the damages sustained . Mr . Roberts next _observed ihat the defence set Hpiby ' ihe employers —a 8 stated in the handbill , which notified / . to the workmen , that if they ( the workmen ) did not do a greater amount of work ,. they , should have no work at all to do . The defence being that the men restricted their labour too much , therefore , they were not entitled to have any work , and could be legally turned out of the houses . The question th ' U 3 was
raised : had tbe employers this power ? or , should they not rather have noticed the workmen , os per agreement , or applied to a magistrate , to have the agreement cancelled , or to have sent , the men to prison , until tbe month was up ? „; Any of these ways wefeopen for them to adopt _; and though tiuged with cruelty in some degree , they were mercy itself compared with that which the employers had adopted . Mr . Roberts then placed . before the court ,
the following case drawn from' the evidence of the plaintiffs . Firstly : —That there was a verbal agreement , that one month's notice was required from either party , when desirous of severing ihe contract . Secondly : —That the employer had only given one day ' s notice for such purpose , arid were conse quently liable to damages , for thus illegally turning out of possession , and thereby injuring the goods , _&<* ., of tho p laintiffs—Messrs . Thompson , and Nicholson , workmen of the above colliery .
The solicitor for the-defendants put before the court , the non-jurisdiction of the same to try this case , and attempted the proof of such position , by stating the case was a plea of rightful possession of ihe tenements , & c , and therefere ought to go to a hig her court . This , the Judge overruled , and the case proceeded , which was brought to a close , after upwards of two hours hard fighting , the Jiidge announcing that judgment would be delivered . next court'day , Feb . 25 th . ; - . \ The case is looked upon with considerable interest by both employers and workmen , * inasmuch , if the right of Messrs . Palmer aiid Hiittbe established to dissever the contract , without the interference of a magistrate , then any other employer may do the same ; and : what is more _^ any , or . all of the workmen , may act in the same manner , thereby disturbing , to a considerable extent , the understood and defined
relation between the parties , and , as an inevitable consequence , creating much , aud continued disorder , in the trade of the district . It is intended , however , < o appeal to a higher court , should this case be decided against the workmen ; and it is _hopadthat as the question involves the welfare of all the miners , that if found necessary to take it ( o such ' other court , that each will contribute his mite ' and thereby secure that justice wliich money alone can command . , Tours & c , ' Maktin Jude .
National Reform League. An Attentive And...
NATIONAL REFORM LEAGUE . An attentive and numerous audience ' was assembled at the President ' s , Mr ; J . B . O'Brien ' s , weekly lecture , at the John-street Institute , on Friday last . The _lecturer commenced- by predicting that 1 the struggle between the Protectionists and Free Tradeis promised a real agitation ; becauso the aristocracy and landed interests , rather than submit to be quietly sacrificed to the cotton-lords and manufacturing interest , would urge on such a crisis as to necessitate a complete revolution in the country . Now , with the existing institutions of England , his confessed be would rather side with tbe Protectionists than the Free Traders ; but , in fact , what the people wanted was protection from both parties .
Neither parly were willing to protect tbe interests of the unprivileged people , by giving them the' franchise , _untranimeled with property qualification . The existing commercial interests had no compunction in sacrificing the workiug classes to carry out their own selfish principles , by forcing theni into an unfair , v . n ? quai competition with lightly-taxed garbage-eating foreigners . ' Under thc best auspices , a working man dependent on capitalists for employment , was a wages _r _slave ; but it remained for modern legislature to bring about a system , that virtually went to deprive this slave of a home market for the produce of his lahour . . If this . system was allowed toxohtinue—but it was blasphemy
against Providence to believe that it would 1 No the labourer must not be starved out of existence for the benefit . of the _middle-classs ; _Thpy must have efficient protection ' against the unlimited importation of articles which they could produce ; and free trade must he permitted in those things only which England could not produce . 'And reciprocity ; too , should be _lookfd to ; for if we took a million ' s worth or so of produce from a foreign state , that stats ought lo . be compelled to take , the same amount of our productions in direct exchange from us . But if free trade were insisted upon , then all the fixed burthens of the country—all debts , taxeS i and-ient chargt ? s , ought to be reduced iri the same
ratio with the fall of prices consequent upon thai free trade policy . The Cobdenites now wanted the working-classes to fraternise wiih them ; but he trusted tht > y would not be gulled by either them or the Protectionists : he trusted he should yet live to see the day when both parties would be declared rank impostors , and enemies to the cause of humanity at _large . Our working-classes had become so deteriorated in character , and so powerless , that nothing less : than a miracle could effect any very rapid change . in . their condition . But , as the age of miracles was past , ; they must -wait patiently for their redemption . A gcod poor law would be the first thing necessary for :
theirprotection : not the miserable , pinching , bastile relief of the : present day , but a law which ' compelled tbe holders of ! every description of / realised ; property . of any value to find either . " . employment or subsistence to the . 'destitute , ' clogged with no illiberal and degrading conditions whatever . He was sorry tlie working classes of this country did not take a higher stand ; they did not appear to be conscious of the power they bad over their own destinies . Three thousand or four thousand of tbe working tailors of London had recently met in Exeter Hall to ask government to protect them against the * sweating ' system , —a decidedly political movement in reality , and yet they : considered it necessary , at . that meeting , to deprecate politics as something not appertaining to tbem I—whereas , without a just meed of political
power , they could never get . adequate relief- from their oppression .., He considered / the working classes had a . greater right . ' to the franchise than the middle classes , —for what- _. did the middle classes do for society to entitle them to pre-eraiiience ? But all classes misunderstood each other . He only _wished they could change places for a week : that would do more to excite a proper sympathy between the rich and well-to . do , and their poorer brethren , than any other process he could , divine . 'It " would soften the rocky hearts of the . aristocracy ; more rapidly than Hannibal softened the Alps . Arid : he was quite sure , that if tne working classes once got a taste of the comforts , luxuries , and _refinements , enjoyed by the ; rich , ; ten times . the . , armieSj ; of Europe would be insufficient to make them submit tb Uveas thev now lived ! ,
, Before he sat down , he would say a few words of ihe dangers whicli ; menaced the French' republic : these dangers were great ; but he / believed that the tjwo millions of social reformers , still existing _-in that country , would , prevent tlie _idestructiph of Universal Suffrage ; - a ' _utU -moreover ! that , should another p K ysical ; struggle be provoked by the ruline powers , they would now know belter than to hazard tlieir . lives against a discip ) ined .. horde of 500 , 0 , 00
hired assassms . Something wiser , than that could be done '—Frenchmen bad . been lamentabl y humr bugged of late ; but . tbey were becoming aware of that , 'although they yet had a good deal . to learn as to the true . causes . of _< social , evil , ; _nanc ' ely , landlordism , profitmongeriiig _. and usury . . / , ' After , ' a few remarks on the necessity / of working men ' s ' interests being represented in . parliament , 'Mr . O'Brien concluded his able arid interesting lecture , amidst the loud acclamations of bis Hearers . '
; "Ar-Rah, Teddy, And: Wasn't Your Name ...
; " _Ar-rah , Teddy , and : wasn't your name Teddy O'Byrne before you left ould Ireland V _'— " Sure it was , my . darlint . " , , ' . ' But . niy jewel , , why / then do you add s , aiid call it Teddy O Byrnes , now ?"—• h "Why , you spalpeen ! haven ' t I been married since I kern to Iiiverpool ? arid are you so ignorant of grammatics that you don't know when one thing is added to another it becomes plural ?"/ '•' ¦ For Liver Complaints , Tndigestio _'** , or ' Sick _TAe \\ , _ache 3 , take HoM . o * vA _*** 8 Pius . —This admirable ' medicine acts so peculiarly on the system that persons suffering from debility , nervous affections , liver or biliou 3 complaints , headaches , _: indigestion , want of . appetite , ) or any other disorder brought , on by . sedentary . . habits , should ' have recourse to it as a safe and certain remedy ; for , whatever the sufferings of thei > atierit mnybe _; these pills will give almost immediate relief . and ultimatel y ' sp _strengthenand restore the ; system . 'as . to astonish all siich ; a _» may use them . They are also infallible in the cure of Dropsies .
H The Chartist Policy. To Thttunwor Of T...
h THE CHARTIST POLICY . TO _THTtUnWOR OF THB _NOMHKBK 8 TAR . Sir —Havingbeenrequesled byan influential body ol the London Chartists , to give , them my opinion upon the policy which ought to be adopted by us towards other bodies of professed reformers , I have , by your permission , adopted this mode of answering them . ' This question has been a fruitful source of dissension among the leaders ofthe Chartist body _; it was one of the rocks upon whicli the Executive of 1812 . was wrecked ; and it _formed , the only subject of disunion in , the Executive , of which I had the honour to be so long a ; member ., My opinions upon this subject have never changed . I am still _A »• . n . —vn _« n ' nj-v * r T _/ _TtT
faith _' ul to the traditions of our party , and believe that the policy of opposing , b y means of discussion and amendments , ; all schemes of Reform , short of the People ' s Charier , to have been a sound one , and productive of much good to our cause . When the ferment of 1839 had subsided , and O Connor _^ and most of our influential men , were either iu dungeons or driven from the ' eountry , we were left without leaders and without friend ? , our organisation broken up , our principles ridiculed by the press , and Chartism asserlad by our opponents to be dead . The Anti-Oorn'Law party took advantage of this , to them _, favourable opportunity , and held meetings throughout the land ; we ' endeavoured to rally our forces / arid follow their example , but speedily found that whilst a meeting of a doz 5 ti in favour of their panacea ; wa 3 trumpeted forth by the press as-a great
and important meeting , our gatherings of thousands was treated witb silent contempt ; we were unable to hire expensive places of . meeting , the press failed to report our proceedings , 'and as for as public opinion was concerned , we mig ht as well have ceased to exist . At this crisis , the _Ule Henry Hetherington laid down the policy of attending our opponents meetings , and thus force our opinions into notoriety ; we acted upon Unit _suggestion , and speedily demonstrated to the public that we were in the majority ; and ' were so successful in this as to compel even the opposition press to admit , that let a meeting be called for any political subject , we were sure to be in the ascendant , and convert tliat meeting to our own purposes ; it may be asked , was this justice ? I assert , that it was . We had _firstly bten treated with contempt , then abused and
maligned , and we _''< had , no other resources open to us by which : to vindicate our principles and- demonstrate our power ; and by thus acting we became , even in the eyes of our opponents , the most powerful party in the king dom . This was a great step in advance gained , and the result proved the corredness of the policy ; that policy , in my opinion , should still remain unchanged , so long as thes * Financial and Parliamentary Reformers allow a fair hearing to our speakers , so long as their organs will fairly report our . speeches , so long may this policy remain in abeyance ; but the moment that any attempt is made to shelve us , that moment must weresort to our old tactics of opposition , -Respecting
jour question-as to-the Stepney meeting , I ask , why arc you , Chartists , waiving all dispute as to the ri ght ol the Suffrage ? 1 presume it is because your interests are not represented in the Legislative Assembly as at present constituted ; you seek to be enfranchised , that those interests may be _protected ; your only interest is your labour . Chartism , therefore , in my opinion , resolves itself into protection for labour ; this appears to have been the ostensible _object aimed at by the conveners of that meeting' . I , therefore , consider the opposition there manifested as ill-timed , and" contrary to the sound tactics of our body ; I am aware that the Chartists of the metropolis have been so traired to political
warfare , that they are as eager " to combat their opponents on the political platform , as the Republicans of France are to combat theirs in a ; direr conflict in the streets ' which mode of combat will ultimately prove most successful , events have yet to determine ; something of this spirit of opposition , and a mistake as tothe kind of protection advocated by the conveners ofthat meeting , must have led to what I consider , an unfortunate result . I believe tbat the true policy ef the Chartist body at the present juncture , consists , in an armed non-intervention , giving the liberty to such of their troops as are fond of skirmishing , the right of attacking the common enemy ( the government ) either in
conjunction with the men of the little Charter , or the advocates for the protection of labour ; but the grand body should be kept well ergauised' and well disciplined , for any attack that circumstances , yet in the womb , of futurity , may favourably present . Respecting the dispute between Messrs . Harney and Clark , I can only say that I am a Red , deeply dyed , and that all past history clearl y demonstrates that those who make half revolutions only increase the oppression they labour to avert . But this is no argument in favour of the' political scaffold being again raised on high , or that the dungeons should be crowded with our opponents ; these are the weapons of our opponents , the devices of barbarous and cowardly men ; surely the Democratic party could ensure the security of their glorious principles without having recouise to such extreme measures ;
this , my friends , is a mere invention of the enemy , who , being cruel and cowardly themselves , imagine their . opponents to be _equally so . In conclusion , I trust' that Chartism will have a recognised policy by wbioh we can all abide , that we may not have , as at present , a dozen roasters , each with tlieir little sect of disciples , hut all unite in one grand system of operation . I think the Provisional Executive should name a day , after which no person , not previously enrolled , should be entitled to _vete in the election of , officers ; let the candidates named , then , fully expound their views through the medium , of the Northern Star , 'the whole body-will thus have an opportunity , by means of such election , - to decide upon the policy to he adopted ; but again , I say , let us have some defined policy laid down , for by this means can we alone he successful . Thomas Martin Wheeler . O'Connorville , Feb . 1 st , 1850 .
Strike Of The Strong Men's Men Boot And ...
STRIKE OF THE STRONG MEN'S MEN BOOT AND SHOEMAKERS . TO MESIBERS OF TRADES SOCIETIES , AND ALL WHO SYMPATHISE WlTn-THE STRUGGLES OF _LAU 0 UR AGAINST TnE TTHANNY OF CAPITAL . Some four years ago a master in the strong shoe trade , in Drury-lane , made an attempt to compel the men' in his employ to secede from the trade society , 'to which they at that time belonged . The men declined to do so , and , in consequence were obliged , in the middls of the winter , when work was scarce and . expenses heavy , to leave their homes in town and wander : over the country in search oi work , in order to support their families until a better dav should dawn upon thero .
This man has been at his dirty work again . Not content with paying frorii 4 d . to 10 d ., or Is . per pair less than other emp loyers in the same branch of business , he has taken advantage / of the present in . clement seasori ' to reduce the wages of hisimen , one penny on some , and twopence onjother descriptions of work . ¦ . , Surely their / wages were low enough in all ¦ conscience ; tbe _strong shoe man , doing the labour of a dray-horse for some sixteen hours a day , might have been allowed his pittance without de .
ductibn ; but : not so . The master may , by this means pocket a matter of £ 1 a-week , arid the children of the men , by whom , the money was earne , d . are left so much deficient of the means of comfort and support . ; Of the men in the shop , there were very few ! who had sufficient manliness to resist this reduction- ; a set of poor spirited mortals , something ofthe spaniel breed , who , for ought we know ; ' think it an honour to be so much taken notice of as tobe reduced by so great a man , * but , ' pqor fellows , probably they are as much / to be ' pitied as blamed .
! There are , however , some . of the . men who will not take this reduction .,.. They are in union with others , and : will he employed by their , society , and be paid far ' superior wages to that which is paid on the shops of this , as . well as of many _i other firms , and the goods produced will be as good as they honestly can ' be / for / the price paid . We trust _Ui at those wlio believe ' we are' right in resistance to a man who has made bis name a bye-word in ihe trade , / will give ' us -that countenance and support which is the one thing needful to our
success . - . ¦ , - Li 7- ' .. The present is not the first occasion on which we have been ; before the public . On a former occasion we bad to strike against a document ; the National Association took the case in hand . After the lapse of time , and much expense incurred , a shop was opened in Drury-lane , which was afterwards closed against ; our wish , and the business removed to Tottenham-court-ioad . The _bus ' _meu was a failure , through causes totally out of our reach , because interests , opposite to those of the men employed , - became paramount on the shop _^ Before ;/; ibe shop 'filially'closed ; ' the Strong Shoe Men s ' Society withdrew from tlie - _Associatiob _t ' and ever , since that lime Uiey _^ ve ; been ' ccbub _' _nua their means , for a , start in'business , on their own aecount , " ""' .
Strike Of The Strong Men's Men Boot And ...
There is an employer at Somera-towiij who has just offered a great reduction : in the price of bis closing , arid wo ; are _compelled / to suppose that the time has come when either the ' _irtasterinust be dispensed with altogether , or . the workman must starve . We deoline the latter , alternative , and are determined , if possible , to solvo the _proolem by which the former may be brought about , at least so far as ourselves are concerned . Working men -willing to form shoo clubs , will be waited upon by members of the society , afc the time and place most convenient to thein ; and orders are earnestly . solicited , as it is necessary , in consequence of the extremely limited amount of our capital that all friends of the principle we have in view , should render ua that prompt- assistance , which would result in the , emancipation . of our . body , from the thraldom they at present endure . : . . Thn » A ** « _nmnlhiiAH nf _^ finmAiia _. fnwn- _tTC _* hr » brta
All communications or orders for the society , will be received hy Thomas _^ Hawson , President of tho stronff trade , atthe George , East Harding-street , Gougn-square , Fleet-street .
The Loss Of The Richard Dart Transport.—...
The Loss of the Richard Dart Transport . — Since the announcement ' of the loss bf this unfortunate vessel on the islands of Prince Edward , further intelligence has arrived confirming tbo fearful sacrifice _^! life that took place on the occasion . With the exception of three privates , the entire detachment of S appers and Miners was lost . The following is the list of the sufferers , most of whom belonged to the garrison at Woolwich , prior to their departuro in the Richard Dart : —Lieut . James-Liddcll ; Dr . Fitton , Mrs . Fitton , and child ; Mr . Kelley ,, and . assistant- ; Mr . Gale , surgeon ; Sergt . John Sutton , wife , and child : Corporal John Mulroiiney ; _Lance-Coporal Robt . Bruce and wife ; Privates David John , Joseph M ' Lcan , Robert Martin , John Scott , Charles Quigloy , James Barker , William Walsh , Martin Nicholson , Samuel Pinch ,
Alexander , _; Clark , Will iam Cambrary Green ( widowerand three children , ) Robert Alexander . Nathaniel . Vicory , Samuel Porter , Richard Holt , James Furguson , William Thomas , his wife , and four children , and William Witeher . In addition to the above ; eleven of the crew ofthe vessel shared the same fate . The Richard Darfc was quite a new ship , with cargo ; the loss is said to be upwards of £ 20 , 000 . _e Method of Exmodishing Fire on * _Sh-ipboard . — The materials required to extinguish fire in the hold of a- ship are nothing more than a cask of common chalk in the bottom ofthe hold connected with the deck by a small pipe , and a two gallon bottle of sulphuric acid , which , on the alarm of fire , being poured down the pipe , will generate a sufficient quantity of dense smoke { gas in which flame cannot exist ) to extinguish any fire , however large .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 2, 1850, page 2, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_02021850/page/2/
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