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Adas VSm ? EmSSY ENGLISH CHARTIST , aVet " WILLIAM _I-WISir-IJ-Ltf-GET-ff , * ( _rdtNDER OF THE XATIONAL DAILY BREAD SOCIETY , OF THE ANTI-BREAD TAX SOCIETY , OF THE "RATIONAL LAND AND BUILDING SOCIETY
- AND ANOTHER SOCIETY ) , _Es « . Sir , —Notwithstanding your attempted evasion , by a contemptible "DOUBLE SHUFFLE , " re-, sorted to in Lloyd ' s last week ' s paper , I still deal with yon as the author of those articles which appeared in previous numbers of that journal npon the * " * Chartist C < H ) per « tiYe Land plan . " I fix them \ _ph yell uefc & UWs JOU bad previously offered the first of those articles to another paper , and the poor subterfuge of yourself or Carpenter , by which you would -repudiate the letter of an Independent " English Chartist , " shall not facilitate your escape . It is nothing to ine that Mr . O'Brien attributes the letter to "Watkins—that is , it does not clear you of the author ship ; bnt , on the contrary , it is strong circumstantial
proof that Watkins is not the author—because CBnenisaevtTMght , and the disavowal _formations font tends to convict yon . Ton will pardon the harsh •• _xprcssion _, but you justly merit it , as nothing cap be more mean or dastardly than to abuse a K under an assumed name . Ho _** , tvcr , as I hav , . funy answered the two articles in question , and likewise vow letter , 1 shaU now proceed to notice jour _subsequent correspondence . The parties for whom I write love fair play , and , therefore , I _b _* _cre publish your letter under thesignat ' are of" _Wi'jiaml-wish-I-inay get-it , " for that is _yior letter . 2 could not reply to it last week , because , I was engaged in Lancashire in enlig htening _th- _d _pubiic mind upon thc value of the O'Connor " mouse tbat , " and Ietthi 6 week's sub _K-ription ijst answer for my failure . The following
is tour tetter : — To the ' Editor of "Lloyd ' s M ' eeUy Newspaper . ' "Sik , —I _confessmysclf oneof those unwary persons who "have been so far misled "by the speciohs promises held ont hythefraniersofthis society , that I have taken out a card and subscribed three shillings and threepence , being - the amount of three instalments and the entrance fee ; aud J should certainly have gone on contributing , hut for the ligttt thrown upon tlic subject , _injout papers of tiie " th and _Mtli inst , exposing the delusion , for which I beg to tender you my heaTty thanks . The truth and justice of your views seem fully admitted , for whereas tlte columns of the Northern Star have been largely occupied with proceedings and intended proceedings
of the Chartist Co-operative land Society for some weeks past , the last number ofthe paper is almost silent on the subject ; and when we recollect the swaggering , hullying tone usually adopted by the conductors of that paper , against those who honestly differ from them , we -must see that silence , under present circumstances , is a pleading guilty . lam justified , therefore , in inferring that the society is defunct , and I seek to know what redress I have for the recovery of my money , which , small as is - the snni _, it is not convenient for mc to lose , —and which , even if it were convenient , I should not on principle silently or quietly submit to have filched from me . Moreover , I have suhsequently , thanks to your recommendation , become a member of the National Land and
"Building Association ( of the existence of which I was not aware until it was pointed out . in your valuable paper ) , and I see most clearly , from the constitution of ihat association , that not only is tliere the fullest security for every shilling and every pound invested , the moral impossibility of loss , but the certainty that I may look forjrard , within a reasonable time , to "become tbat which I , a working man , never conceived it possible I could "become , a county freeholder , and , in addition , tint I may secure for myself the more solid advantage of living rentfree , In nay own haHtarion , in declining life , Without the horrors ofthe union workhouse staring me in the face . "Whea I see that snehsolid advantages are not a question of chance , or lotterv , bnt moral certainties , attainable by
regular or occasional small Bubscriptions , which , if from ill health , or lack ofemployment , lam unable to continue , aro not forfeited , hor even made tbe ground for any fine ; on the contrary , should my exigencies require it , may he made available ; when I see nt how small a cost these valuable rights may he obtained , and reflect on thc money ecpended in getting op agitations for the franchise , tending to no results , or worse than none , or the money which has been expended in * variety of ways , in unavailing endeavours to obtain higher wages , and in numberless other fruitless undertakings , I can but be grateful to you , sir , for pointing ont to the working classes the National land and Building Association , and to be filled with a well-cronnded confidence tliat a better order of things is
opening to us , and that our day of deliverance is dawning . I require , then , my three and _thrcep-race to go in augmentation of my subscription iu the National Land and _BaUding Association . Some of my acquaintance , who , having been with myself misled in entering the Chartist Co-operative Soclelyjand haTe paid instalments , seek the _recovery of their money . We fear OUT Case is almost hopeles « , but we ask your advice ( which please communicate either in your notice to Corrcsponilents , or by any Other mode ) , if there is any ho *** for us , and , if so , how we are to proceed to obtain onr rights . By pointing this out you will add another boon to those numerous ones which you have already heen the means of conferring upon the working classes , and oblige , sir , your obedient servant ,
VflLLlAU _Wisn-I-MiV-GET-lT . "Lambeth , June 16 , 1 S 13 . Now , sir , that letter is one mass of foolish _falsehoods ; you wero emboldened by my silence upon your previous nonsense , and supposed that you might with safety palm anything upon the credulous , rendered more sceptical , if not suspicious , by my desire to have your whole case before I made you your own executioner : as soon as you had got your head into your own noose I had only to let the drop fail and allow yon to swing as a pnblic example . That I have already done most effectually ; and that it should not betoohastilvloston society , I must now gibbet you _wrf _-h" WILLIAM I-WISH-I-M AY-GET-IT . " Tou
E 1 V that you were not aware of the existence of the _"National Land and Building Association" until you read tocr ows article in Lloyd ' s . What , are you not the founder of that association ? And more , as John Watkins is himself the Independent Chartist Association of Great Britain and Ireland , do you not , to your sorrow , constitute the _"National Land and Building Associatiou V But let that pass : William says that hc has paid an amount of subscription to the " Chartist Co-operative Land Plan" in thc Lambeth district , which he is anxious to have restored io him , that he may purchase the chance of a cell in one of your four-room houses for life . I shall pre . sently insert the rejected reply of thc Lambeth secretary , aud in thc meantime , to relieve William , and all
those similarly _ciivanistanced , I have only to say that by bringing me an assurance ofhis identity from the "Lambeth , secretary , that he shall receive 3 s . < Jd . for the 3 s . 3 d . he says hc has paid ; and I may as well mention here that as I am about paying a large sum to thc treasurer ' s account , that all who are desirous of withdrawing have but to signify thc same to me , and they shall , one and all , have their monies returned . Sow , stupid man ! how cenldyou thus put your head in the lion ' s mouth ? Now , I ask for William—we must have hiin or Carpenter ; Lloyd ' s editor must give his name , for editors do not publish anonymous letters witliout a knowledge of the names of their writers . Who , then , is William ? Will he come for his 3 s . Sd ., and his 3 d . premium %
Hera I publish the answer to William , sent to Lloyd ' s by thc Lambeth secretary , and that independent paper instantly refused its insertion . 1 presume , because thc writer had a name . To dwell at _<* _reater length upon William ' s letter would be a -r idiculous waste of time . I now come to Torn notice to correspondents , in the same number of Lloyd's . - —
_WrOHTAST TO WllLUM _WlSH-l-MAT-GET-IT . _T-j Vie Editor of LlopTs Weekly _Newspycr . Sin , —Will y . iur correspondent signing himself as " Viiliiau , \ _Visli . _i . ffi ; , y . get-it' - and friends ( if he or they ar ' - vsistcniv ) call aVthe South London Cliarti = t Hall , 115 , _Ksrkinari-riKul , on any Sunday evening , between the hvais _« f « ix ali . _j . _j _« iit oVknrk , when their monies cau he _returned ai _.-i-o : « i : ig to rule the _iiim-letM _?* , by _*¦¦**• - _sens who arc _cuniiuually joining and members who are adding shares to those already " in their possession , or if Ik will call at my _lvs-deucc I will purchase his ur their shares . Sir , 1 raaB ., t but think that liad your _i-oiTcsiir-ii dent ( if he inhabits this globe ) have signed _hiiiis-Af * "Til <• _* . ' the v : j < j _,- * ]; _,. w .-fii'd have been more to the J'i _* : i _* r , f <« r he eviJir- . nh \ i _sm-ii by the f act that mi surii _•" 'j-n as : js . il . can _ht or /•• ' ¦ hi en paid in any of the c « -res vf Wnlily _pavui-uis that that c « _-ut . _inuighies
Inhi- j „ _:-- cu . i . _' _-j :: _s-::., u h _...-it-5 ' y , _if-iiit- _* -.- *** ' * ' - _** ' . _' i-Sf _, _> 5 i » iiJd hav- - . _vjM \~ i ! 5 sai V ; j- -h- ! -: r . a \ _-.-i- * .- 'h 1 ' ivs * . * . <> _ln-Ae the _Ot-titti-i ] and be reju _^ ed . _bef-ne _endeavoariug to _stigniatiss a l _, ; _-4 > - « j - jijf ., i r : s > _- | i-2 _' .. j _, _ef = r . Jl-: t 3 . _« r . v . i ; li _rcfpn-T to h _\* _alilT , 1 _liud the works " - ' - * ' _»•> - » .- - « _- _« _' - " _- > S ; _. haw _ii-ii-iich faiih iu the h-j : A h ! i _,. uk-. l » o of Mr . I' _-l-r-n-. who i = our _"I'torn _. v , and no : Mr . 0 * tV _** nu > r ,:: _? y « u Uuve it . Also with r-.-sj-t . vr to vour corrc-s ] v-ndt > ntfanr ; ° iu ! f that we are _deadlille-l _oniri-iht by yeiv leading articles , _ti-es he , or ha * hc _altrad-.-d _.. ur weekly _inevting _* 1 1 I say . no such thin :. ' , _« AUervn > i : no _sntli a _seiiev _roald have been written wills truth : why , your _.-ulides have increased our numbers , we have iu J-- - ,: i - ;! i alone shares t _.-ihi-n out tu the amount oi &* 5 _* i , ai : d we are _d-aJy * sii * iiug coissiderable _acctssion , and our wcehly incumc averages * C 5 . Sow , sir , all we require is that you wfll publish bath rules , icose _designated Uw -rill farthing , ami those teimed the gold sovo _rei-jm , to ie : vow readers jud-re for _tuemsclves ; which ,
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with the insertion of this , ivill oblige , » •' , ..., „ - ¦ ] dent of any name bnt his own . . * Chattist ' lttdc _- ? cn I am , Sir , _jquits ? _,-,, respectfuUy , John Gathard , , „ „ w n . ' lanibeth District Secretary . 16 , Grange Walk . _Bermondsey-square . I am not ast ' jni gj ie < i at the many doubts you create as to the _^ _aUgation of hop e in thc O'Connor lottery , Irom t e vcry many _succcafui delusions that have beer . practised upon the poor people of this country ; a ad , lest you should be at a loss for a recent striking illustration , I beg to present you with a letter 1 have received from Peterboro ' . Here it is : — _Peterboro' , June 25 , 1 * 95 . with the insertion of this , will obliee «• : ....
_-- Mr . Editor , —I find , in reading O'Connor's letter in last week ' s Star , that he has heen attacked by _'•—— respecting the Land Co-operative Society . Perhaps , you living in London , are not so well acquainted with this _gentlenwm ' 6 character as _, we are in Peterboro ' . And , as in his letter he has insinrfated-tiiat _Feai-gus O'Connor and Co . intend robbing those whom he succeeds in alluring into his torn , I will inform you how and Co . set a similar trap in Peterboro * and Wisbeach , and succeeded in catching about 150 poor devils . He established what he called a United Advancement Society , which was to be for the benefit of the working classes . Each member paid sixpence per week . When tliere were fuuds in
hand sufficient , au estate was purchased ; and the share tlic poor hard-working fellows that subscribed their money had in it was , to travel twenty miles to look at it ; for he contriv * d to smash up just at the time the estate was purchased ( as he had done two or three times before ) , and robbed the public to an enormous extent . Sir , I can assure you he ie one of the most barefaced villains that ever crawled the earth . He saved his bacon by making bis escape , or he would have been torn to pieces by those poor fellows whom he swindled out of their money . His name is only remembered in Peterboro' to be execrated . Yours , ic , A SCTFEREB .
P . S . —i hope yon will publish this in your widely circulated paper ; it may prevent him succeeding again . Now , sir , I make no doubt that too have heard all about this " mouse-trap ; " and ' no doubt rou used your powerful influence in cautioning the people against the scheme of purchasing land with subscriptions of sixpence per week . I shall now publish your notice to correspondents : — _O'Coxj-ok ' s _Iotteri fob tiie Li . vo . —Some lotteries are " all prizes and no blauks , " —this is almost the other way . O'Connor talks of turning the shoemakers of Louden into farmers ; but they are still to work at their own trade . And tliis is to ease the labour market ! Truly , a most Irish proposal 1 The working-classes , 3 Ir . Editor ,
owe you their thanks for cracking 0 Connor ' s deaf nut , and showing its _hollowness—for pointing out the pitfall , which he has covered witli grass , to make it look like firm land . False as his Utopia is , still more precarious are the terms by which , even if it conld be realised , ic is to be holden . Men are to subscribe—the money is to be entrusted to an irresponsible treasurer—lots are to be drawn —but what if the land , like Duncombe's estate , were to be forestalled hy a bill of expenses ?—what If the fortunate drawer of a prize found his little plot of land in the air , or somewhere under the tropics ! This getting tbe land , is something like finding ont the longitude , or like a ticket ivith no soup . We ought to call ii the " O'Connor sweepstakes . " Is not such a scheme punishable hy law ! But
impostors will never be wanted while there are gulis to believe them . I _willsupposetbatsomtyfeirshoeinakenbad taken up the spade and mattock , and become cobhUng farmers , after the manner of O'Co unor . "Would they be freeholders , copyholders , leaseholders , or mere tenants at wilt - _— - yould they get upon bad land or good laud!—Would they he able to keep out tlieir neighbour ' s pigs or poultry ; or , worse than all , could they keep the parson from clapping his ten . tithing claws upon them—the lawyer from ferretting them out like rabbits in a warren—the taxman from scoring them with the devil ' s broad B , for rates and cesses ? Ah , this is blight , and mildew , and failure ! And then their own trustee or landlordwhat warrant have they , tliat he would not serve them with a notice to quit , after all their time and trouble —on pretence of being dissatisfied with their management ,
or theirwant of due respect for him ; orhecause of some _undermining parasite ; or that ho thought it would be better to sell , nnd havo money Instead of land * And wonld not the lucky five-acre farmer be all the wliileunder the present accursed system , liken toad underaharrtw ? For my own part , sooner than buy one of the lottery tickets , to raffle for a bit of hind , and bold it ( that is , jfl shonldevergetii ) under such termsasarepropo 6 cd , I would at once go and take out an allotment at a rent of 3 s . per annum . And such may he had iu the neighbourhood of where I reside—when I should realise all the advantages which O'Connor holds out only the chance of obtaining , even if I took his word for that , which ( as Ihuno die man ) lam not disposed to do , and should deserve to be cheated , if I did . If I were to listen to his blarney , I am afraid I should lose my bit of cheese , like the crow when the fox flattered it , for being a good singer .
"An I . _vdepsjjde . vt English Chartist . " Very , very foolish man ! If the shoemakers choose to work at their trade , am I to prevent them ? While liaving a resource in the land , which they would not otherwise have , would they , _altkocgu is _exisiemse , be as likely to submit to masters' reductions , or to compete against those of tlieir trade at work , if reduction was attempted ? Mine isau allurement-, for 1 well know that , once located upon the land , not a man of them would ever handle an awl again , except to make shoes in-winter for self and family . But it is not an allurement for my . own gain , as I have over and over again refused the shoemakers' pressing appeals to become treasurer of their fund . But as to
what every man of common sense thinks of thc hardship you make of paying rates , tithes , and taxes ; let me tell you a story . When the property tax was laid on , thc Marquis of Westminster went from the Upper House in a furious passion ; and when he arrived at home hc said to his coachman , " John , 1 am the hardest used man in England . " " De . ir a' mc , my lord , whatever is the matter V " Why , I have £ 12 , 000 a year tax to pay on njy property . " "Eh . ' that is hard , indeed , my lord ; but I'll tell you how to avoid it , " " now , John , how ? " " Why , my lord , Fix chasge places with vot-, asd tat au . the tax . " " Poon , pooh ! " was of course the only answer thc verv ill-used lord could give . Now , sir , whether do
vou think it better to PAY poor rates , or to be obliged to LIVE UPON THEM ? Of course , they'll pay poor rates , and tithes , and taxes , and rents into the bargain , but those having aU that to-pay ( and happy the man who pays thc most ) , will have four times as much to spend as they have now , and not one-half thc work to earn it . As to the attorney , they may employ one if they like ; but I cannot possibly foresee the remotest prospect cf such a person finding his way into one of our societies . Then , sir , as fo the laudlord serving them with notice to < iuit , in default of proper management , or due respect , or the undermining parasite . _Xonscnsc , man ,
you arc not in your senses ' . The landlord would have iio more power over them than yon would—he could not serve them with notice to quit . The land would be _theiis for _evj-j .- ami ever , to will , or sell , or leave to whom they pleased , upon the one condition of paying £ 5 per annum ; and any tenant who desired ( o purchase the fee—that is , to pay no rent at all , would have , in the first instance , the option of doing so ; and in any deed of sale a condition to that effect might be inserted . Having now disposed of your nonsense of the 22 nd , I shall say one word upon the half of your letter that appeaved in Lloyd ' s paper of last week That letter is easily
answered" Men , till they grow sagcr , 3 tack iheir _opinion _wilh n wager . " I have not got £ 500 to spare , perhaps you have , but I will take the minimum proposed , the " one pound , " and bet vou a pound that you cannot prove that yea arc not ihe author of Ihe two artklis I have fathered upon you , and oi ' the letter signed * : n " Independent _Eiidilii Chartist . " * It will not do lo say you are m , l the _aiithoi * of _, * i } 5 . "Yon must _shaw who the author is , or _Carpeniwinnst do it fin- you , and it = li _: i ! l he by an
aSidavit . TLe only -sensible _viassa- _'c : n yonr jetlci- is the _coni-kdingwic , whcivyoasiy , "' 1 * i"T , thex _, _whai . v . \* . ; r . rnn . 1 * _cahhy sn mi'ch • _YiiioHi as that of Mn . Feawi-s _O'Cosx'jk ? " Aye , what name , indeed , or _wliat name _m-.-Jxt to carry so much weight as ihat oi Mv . _iVartfiss _-o'Cwmor ? Whatur . me has been so well tried . " vriist name has so _suecct-sfiiliy withstood the shock of knaves nnd fools ' : Now , - > h ; allow mc to ask you a fcw - v . _vstlojis . "Wh y don't ymi meet me in discussion upon the relative merits of this "iior . sechcsmit and chcsr . ut horse ; " by the way , you say that mv iiO _' . se is grorev , spavined , and laiac ? W ell
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I can cure every one of those defects , as I am a capital farrier , while your hack has an incurable complaint ; he is _brokes-wi-ided _, and broken down BEFORE . ; Do you _twfe . what before means . He picked up some _SIXPENN Y NAILS when he la-si the shoe you speak of . I " can draw the thrce-andthreepenny nail out of " William , I-wish-I-may get-it ' s" foot , and make " Old Billy '' as sound as a trout on his fore feet . But why don't you meet me in discussion , especially when Lloyd ' s paper might tubs be induced to give a bit of public meetings-interesting to the working classes . Why dp you not
vary your style a wee bit , instead of showing the one dole self and selfishness under your different disguises ? Why has' not one single man Come forward with a name , to uphold your plan or to denouuee my plan ! "Why have we not the weekly receipts of the " 7-5 Assurance Association , " with the names of tllC secretaries , published in Lloyd ' s . Why don't we hear of some _expression of pnblic opinion to back it ? Why are yon so sore about the "mouse trap ? " Aud have not the necessities of tin ' s national plan of yours even yet provoked another number of the Common Weal , which was toappearwhentheposition of thesociet y demanded it ? WHO IS YOUR TREASURER ? -WHO
YOUR TRUSTEES ? -WHO YOUR DIRECTORS ? -WHO YOUR MANAGING COMMITTEE ? -WH 0 YOUR BANKERS ? -AND WHO IS YOUR ASSOCIATION , ORWnERE IS IT ? or when are we to have thc first specimen of this veteran architecture exhibited to the longing eye ? WILLIAM , I WISH I MAY SEE IT ! Why do you complain that I have written three and a half columns , when you know that nearly onc and a halt was devoted to the publication of matter from thc Common Weal , the National Reformer , | and the Breadeater ? I only wrote two columns , and J 0 U _llftVC Written seven columns . Perhaps tlicve , is more in mv
two columns than in your seven—I suspect there is . _"ftow I have done with you for the present , and shall devote the remainder of my space to my dear , con-• iding friends , the members of the Chartist _Cooperative Association . My beloved friends , it makes ny heart bound and rebound with joy to hear ahd . _* ead of the unparalleled success of our regeneration . reject . Last week it cost me about £ 15 , to meet and overcome the follies of Mr . James Hill , published in Lloyd ' s Newspaper from time to time . But it was rendered necessary by the fact of the land being a new subject , and the consequent propriety of answering any objection raised by the jealous , the scheming ,
the adventurous , and . the needy . Whenever anything is proposed for your advantage , socially or politically , the obstructives step in and propose something better , and always having the fascination of practicability about it . They never try to beat you out of a position , but they always try to seduce you from it . Thus , thc Sturgites would not oppose you ! O no , but they went _wmsiteaUy further and presented you with the' fascinations of ability to carry out what they proposed ! So , in 1835-30-37-38 , and 1839 , when wc revived the Charter , one and another stepped upon the heels of each man and proposed something practical . I told you many
years ago , when the Heusehold Suffrage party _Bprung up , that as there was no party strong enough to carry that measure , that all they required was our co-operation ; and once having Abandoned our position , and having joined them , that Household Suffrage and Universal Suffrage would , on thc following day , be buried in the same grave . Now , keep . that in mind ; they come as near us as they can , and then sell themselves and us , if we would only allow them . This is just the case with the tinkers , who would patch up something to divert public attention from our present plan of regeneration . Bur thev shall . vot do it- —so , _keveh . You have move confidence
in me than you ever had in any living man ; and so you ought , for I have fought more battles with you , and have borne my full share of the blows , and have had les _» than my share of thc " prize money . " 1 shall now proceed briefly to reply to the objections even of individuals . First , then , some complain ot thc difficulty of selling this surplus produce . Well , that is a glorious difficulty in imagination . Think of such a difficulty , as working men having more of the produce of their own labour—beef and mutton , and milk , and butter , and cheese , and poultry , and eggs , and vegetables , and honey , and clothing , and fruit , and pigs—than they know
what to do with ' . —while at present they have but that scanty supply allowed by their masters . And think of all these things being fresh and produced by themselves , and think that a surplus of food is better than a surplus of cotton , or even of g old . But to meet the objection , I wish I may see tlio day when it will be difficult to sell a fat pig or a pound of butter in England , because all have too much . Secondly , I am asked what a man is to do with a cottage < 1 nd two acrc 8 , if hc does not wish to occupy it ? Well , 1 presume that few such will join this association ; but in such case I assert , without fear of refutation , that any member would receive from a non-membei
thirty _. forty _. orfiftypounds as a premium for his holding , thc moment begets his lease for ever . ' And tin ' s additional value is given to the lot by co-operation , just as fortunes are made by assurance companies , whicli are no more or less than co-operative societies for the wealthy . What is a man to do in sickness ? is another question . What docs he do now ? Suppose a colony of onc hundred , and that sneh a difficulty should present itself ; would they not be in a better condition to form a sick club of themselves , wliile the wholcsomencss of their occupation would reduce the chances of sickness ? Men must be sick ; and small farmers , above all classes , would be in thc best condition to bear
the infliction , as most of them would have families . Better be sick in a man ' s owx _ued , than in tlic Bastile . How , if a man could not pay his rent ? Why he should be ti / _K . ved out at once , as the failure could only proceed from drunkenness or wilful neglect . It is but 3 d . per day ; and one middling pig , or the fourth part of one cow ' s milk , would pay the rent . How if an occupier died ? Why he may make his will , and make what disposition he pleases of _lii-i land for ever . Could a man purchase his cottage and two acres for ever , and do away with the rent . ' Certainly ; _aml _. from first appearances , 1 trust we shall be in a position not lo sell a _muiisei . * , and my opinion
is , that each holder with moderate prudence might purchase his allotment in 7 _ive yeaus or Jess : ami O . ' how that desire would sweeten every hour ' s additional Jabom _*—even by moonlight . May God givint mc life just to see onc colony purchased by thc occupants , and my _hibouv shall nut be wanting . In fact , my every attention shall be directed , to that point . How are tailors and shoemakers to learn the science of agriculture ? Nothing more easy . Hon * did tlicy karn an artifical trade ; and , moreover—all bear this in mind—where iiii : nr . is a demand _thep . e is si _* kk to he a _sui' 1 'i . y . And you may rest assured that if one eolonv was planted to-morrow , that , before
that day week , they would have just thc supply needed of the best practical _faniieivs nnd best practical _gai'deticrs to sell tlieir knowledge . Tlm ** one man would require a lesson from cither , for a day , or two , or three , at the important seasons of the year , and would . be able to pay 5 _s . a day t ' - _''" t _' ' » - sii'uttiio !; am ] three or i"l * : ii * gojil _ina . ' _-ter . '' would live well , and well earn their money . A lesson to m _^ 5 s a lesson to all , at agriculture , but at nothing else . What ean : i man do upnn two aCR'S ' , No HI'' " _t' _- 'd ever was in _KirrlaiK ! , or ii : ( he world , eould _euhiv-iii ;
two acres lo lhc besi ailva : _; i . ;; _w ; ami what bren !¦; . •• the fanners back , is being _obliged to pay rcul I ' m more land than he can cultivate lo advantage . H is sheer dead loss . The very worst cireutiislauccd _i" '* acres is too much fur a man to manage well ; ton little to make a ban ' - . vup _' , of him . What would the occupiers do without horses ' . Just as I do now : ' hire tiitmwhcn they _rii-pi-re them , instead of _kcepiu'i ¦ mc for 3 _C-5 davs to do 10 days' work , or not so much . £ -30 is too little to build a house : yes , hit enough to wake a _comforta' _*! _-: cottage , that the
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_ovrKEtt . -epu ever may add to at pleasure— -better than a )** om in another man ' s house , a lodging in a cellar , or a pallet in the Bastiie . HOW ABOUT MACHINERY ? It would then be man ' s holiday . If we had a demand , we should very soon have threshing machines , draining machines , and all sorts of machines , doing for fourpence what , in his individual capacit y , it would cost a man five shillings' worth of labour to perform . Get the demand , and don't you fear thc supply . It would be worth five shillings of a man ' s labour , at the then value , to thrash twenty stone of wheat ; a machine , belonging to another man who had no land , would do it for sixpence , and he
would save 4 s . Cd . —that is the value of co-operation , Gould the _iakdlord tuhn him oui ? Fudge ! nonsense . No ; no more than hc could meet him and rob him 6 n the highway , without the danger ofbeing transported . Could a MAN' stjuive ? Yes , certainly , IF Mi * wishes ; but now he must , . whother he likes it or not ; Could tho members be prosecuted ? Most assuredly j _bllttlwu I would give a trifle " to seelhe _" indictment framed against men for offering - io _. buy land that was offered for sale , or for subdividing it , or letting it , or tilling it . It would be a gem of an indictment ; Is it according to first principles to buy
_whatMbcgs to . _you ? . .. Yes , if you ca . rihot otherwise oet it . ' Has thc present generation a right to deal with land for ever ? I only deal with circumstances as they present themselves , I allow future generations to correct , the blunders wc may fall into , just as I would correct those of our ancestors ; but if I live foi-1000 years , then I'll be talking to you about that ; as thc judges say , " when the case arises , we'll deal with it . " I never create obstacles , I remove them . Arc the parties engaged in arranging tho preliminaries hoskst ? Yes , as thb su . _** . Will you fob our cash ? I could not if I would . I would sot if I
_coutn , Will Mr . Roberts ? Yes , certainly , till you requircit ; but then , on the moment , you will have it , with bank interest , and without the deduction of _ths fraction ofa farthing . But if he should die ? More would be thc pity , but he would leave roon mo . _vbv for vou Aran him . But he docs not , thank God , look like a dying man . Will you leave the country , Mr . O'Connor ? What is that to you if I do- _^ _-I won't take any of your money with me . Can the society fail ? Can the people be hoaxed or deceived ? Impossible , WHOLLY , UTTERLT , AXD _EXTIItELY IMF 0 SSIiilb . Are the rules , as they now stand , binding or can they be altered and ' . mended , so as to give general satisfaction to those for whose advantage tho
society is established ? The present rules are only binding upon the present managers . When : thc association numbers 2000 members , Bover . il queries will be submitted , through the Northern Star , to save expense of printing circulars , and a full and ample opportunity will be afforded for such alterations , emendations , and corrections as the majority shall think proper to adopt ; when they will also have the power of electing their own treasurer , president , trustees , and committee of management . I shall propose myself as managing steward , without salary , and liable to be removed at pleasure , at a minute ' s notice , on _paymext or a _* o wages , and no questions asked . William , you wished you might get—now you have got it ; and how do you like it ?
I remain , my dear friends , ' Your ever faithful and unpurchaseable servant , Futures O'CosNon . P . S . —This is a long letter , but it is worth every word that will bo in Lloyd ' s for the next six months . Every man should read my work on Small Farms ; and when I tell you that I sold the copyright , and that I have no interest In Its sale , except the good it will do , perhaps Mr . ; Hill may say that it is no harm to buy it , if I get nothing from the sale . —F . O'C .
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TO WILLIAM CARPENTER , SELECTOR OF ARTICLES FOR LLOYD'S NEWSPAPER . You Mean-spirited , Sxeakisg Cur!—Your adoption of anonymous productions and other persons , effusions shall not altogether screen you from punishment . I shall treat you as thc author of the following notice to correspondents in Lloyd ' s paper of Saturday last . You and your scheming coadjutors shall have a dose of it now . Here is your notice : — Shaw ano Jom * Gotuabl . —Two letters with tliese names attached have been received , the writers of both volunteering , and apparently exceedingly anxious , to liberate " William "Wish-I-may-get-it'' from the Chartist
mouse-trap , and topay back the amount of bis subscription . Some persons might wonder at this unusual benevolence , and inquire how it should occur that there was this ex ' reme anxiety manifested on the part of strangers to relieve the sufferer . The case is apparent enough . * \ Yc tOid William "ffisll-I-mily-get . it that he had only to apply to Jfv . Feargus O'Connor , ov to Mr . Thomas Prouting Kolerts , at 310 , Strand , who , if they were to be fouud , would , as having rendered themselves liable to a penalty under 7 and 8 Vict ,, cap 110 , for establishing and promoting a joint stock company without registering it , be too glad to relieve themselves of a troublesome customer . It appears that tlicy have taken thc hint , and in order to
allay thc panic , and prevent No . 340 , Strand , from _bemj , ' besieged by a troop of hungry applicants from Commercialroad East , Lambeth , and other districts inhabited by their dupes , it has been arranged that the subalterns in tlic different districts should _comeforward , and , if possible , prevent such a state of things . Accordingly , both the parties who write tliese letters present themselves on behalf of tlieir employers , and express a desire to pay the money . It is much more agreeable to pay one _jierson voluntarily , than have to pay one hundred by compulsion : and , then , if thc money were publicly returned , many persons would not see through the operation , and theiv _apprehensions would be allayed . Both tliese benevolent individuals also
represent themselves as officials . _JolinGotliardsignslnmsclf District Secretary ; and J . Shaw , Delegate ofthe Convention at whicli the rules were drawn up . The latter Irishes to be responsible for a share in the paternity of the rules . This proposal to fathertbc illegitimate bantling hy one of ( he subalterns , reminds us of similar cases , where John the footman marries the housemaid , and , by _becomiag father of the child , relieves the master from a good deal of odium . Wc know nothing of Mr . Shaw , except as the writer of tliis letter ; but in the report of the Convention ( contained in tiie Northern Star ) , when tliis land plan
ivas developed , we find tliat" Mr . J . Shaw thought tlic land plan was an excellent means of obtaining the franchise . " Capital . ' Hiring a -EiM cottage and a potatoe plot , at £ 5 per annum , to give the right of voting ! Mr . J . Shaw afterwards moved , " That eaeli delegate , on his return to his respective district , use his 'ilmost infiuence with liis constituents to cause them topay up «! J arrears , also to cause them to immediately take out new cards , hand-books , -. to ., that the debts of tiie association may be liquidated , and the officer ' s pay permanently 6 . _'oi ! _' . _* cd , " Tins contains a solution of the euiuima .
You nasty filthy fellow , you say , in speaking of mc and . Mr . Roberts , " iP rIIEV vEBE T 0 uu rouxD . " Give mc leave to tell you that I am always lo be found in . vt owx _iiocsl- , and never in a uroiiiel ; I never was in one iu iny life , not even in P < mixGAi _.-STui * KT . My name is not to be found in the jmxkbi'pt list , nor is my _UEi-iDEscE to be learned from my _sciiunui . _** and when I am found , I am always sonr . ii ; I never was drunk . Xow , then , ean you say ditto to al ] these thi nes , or to anyone of them . So much for myself , and uow oue word upon your rascall y , mean attempt- to pervert thc words of Mr . Shaw to thc in-• ury of a project that you dread . You try fo raise up thc Chartist Association and the debts due by . - . everal districts , with the Chartist Co-operative Land plan ; ana you say , " this contains a solution of the
enigma . " Aye , so it does , but it is a solution of tlw icnjths that a big blackguard would go to serve a purpose . You knew full well that _theobisovvatiuns < n" Mi * . Shaw werc ' directed to the Chartist _Aseooi _.-it ion . You knew that thero werenosueh _things as _linml-books connected with ilw Land Association ; you knew thai no arrears eould be due by the land members on the formation of tlio Association , now the matter under discussion ; you knew that it v _.-as uot in _csiatoncc ; you knew that the Land Association could owe no debts , ami that therefore they need not be _JiVpiiilated ; you knew that our secretary had furnished a list of the outstanding debts of the " Chartist Association /' and that it was lo those debts that Mr . Shaw ' s observations hud reference . Now then , is " mis A _noivnos ov _rm exigma " fbr tou ? As to Mr .
Shaw and Mr . Gathard—not Gothard , as you have it—they are , both the one and the other , much more respectable men than ever you were or ever will be . But let us have " William I-wish-I-niay-gct-it ' s " name ; he , at all events , can have no delicacy in screening Mr . Roberts and mc from thc legal consequences of being officers of an illegal association . You and yonr staff may back him ; or you may take out shares , and sue as members ; and I'll meet you all . My good fellow , you had better not throw any more of your fdtk ; for be assured you shall get blow for Wow , aud a blow too many . I don't care what you publish , if you put the names of thc writers ; aud as for leading articles , you must do as you best cau about them , as you never could write oac in yonr life . _Famous O'Cosxon .
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France. The Chamber Of Deputies Voted Th...
FRANCE . The Chamber of Deputies voted the budget of expenditures ( supplies ) for 1340 on Friday week by a majority of 232 to 45 . The Chamberaftenvards proceeded to discuss the bill relative to the execution of the convention for the repression of the slave-trade . M . Mauguin alone opposed the grant of the credit demanded for . that object . Tho bill _parsed by 215 against 1 . Thc sums voted witliout discussion or division , for the improvement of the coast defences of France , amount to 2 S , * 700 , 000 francs . On Monday tlicChambcrvoteda sumof 2 , 6 ; "i 0 , 000 francs for repairing the cathedral of Paris , by a majority of 231 to 4 . The session is drawing to a close as evidenced by the wholesale flight ofthe Deputies to the provinces . The strike of thc Paris carpenters still continues , their work _bem- * done by soldiers . Tlic lodgments in the saving-banks of Paris on the 29 th nnd 30 th ult . amouutcd to o 36 _, 12 Qf ., and tin *
reimbursements to l , 025 , 000 f . These returns show how heavily thc struggle of the carpenters presses on the operative classes ; for a _< ood deal of the excess ofthe reimbursements over the payments was , wc arc assured , ascribablc to that cause . A statement by the Univex'sio the effect that the Papal Government had resolved not to meddle with the Jesuit question , which Baron ltossi , on the part of France , was charged to bring before Uis Holiness , has called from the Debats a sarcastic article , to the effect that , in compliance with so prudent a determination , supposing it to be true , the laws of the land affecting the Jesuits should be carried out . The Univers of Thursday says , " Another Council of Ministers was held yesterday . It is asserted that a decision was eome to thatthe Jesuits should be proceeded against '; but no understanding has been come to as to the mode of proceeding . "
SPAIN . CrENEim Nawam addressed on the 19 th ult ., a circular to the authorities of the kingdom , reminding them that" Don Carlos and his family were outlaws , banished from Spain , excluded by thc constitution and hy special Jaws from the succession to the throne , and deprived of their rights as infants , " and commanding them "to pursue to death thoir partisans who should enter the Spanish territory , and , if already residing therein , to have them tried in the shortest and most summary manner by court-martial , as traitors and declared enemies ofthe throne and
liberties ot the nation . " This circular was published officially in the Gazetteof the 23 rd . The Espectador has been acquitted by thejury impanelled to try it upon an indictment for having publialied scditiouslibcl-s against the Ministry . Thc majority was 10 against 2 , and the verdict was received with loud applause . A report had been spread cf disturbances liaving broken out < _lt Valencia , but the rumour was not confirmed . The editors of the Clmnor Publico arc in closeconfinement at Cadiz . That paper announces' that , On the 20 th , several officers belonging to the garrison of Madrid were broke , or put under arrest .
SWITZERLAND . _ A Geneva Journal states that the instructions given by the different cantons to the deputies for the approaching diet are much more explicit on the question of the Jesuits thau those for the last diet . It is already known , says this journal , that ten states and two half statis will vote for their expulsion by any means necessary to attain that end . St , Gall will give no instructions on this point , bnt it is supposed that if Geneva should declare for the expulsion , there would be no doubt of a majority . The municipal elections at Lucerne have commenced , and as yet , according to tho Neiv Zurich Gazette , been so much in favour ofthe Liberals as to have given great
alarm to the Government , which has augmented its patrols , and taken other measures to prevent a rising of the Liberal party . The same paper of the 20 th ult ., says , " Thc elections of the tribunals of arrondissements took place yesterday , when thc Liberals gained a fresh triumph , their candidates having been elected by a large majority . There has been much excitement in this citv for thc last day or two . The Landsturm have received orders to hold themselves in readiness . to enter the city at a moment ' s notice . " The same paper states that thc commune of Zurich Heugg has conferred the freedom of that place ou Dr . Steiger and his family . Thc resolution was come to by a majority of 120 to 5 .
PORTUGAL . The most extraordinary activity is displayed , on thc part both of tho Government and of the Opposition , in preparing for the approaching elections , and the contest is conducted with more than usual bitterness . The election takes place this month . Two persons werc tried on the 10 th for participation by connivance in the revolt of Torres Novas , IC * months since . The jury acquitted them . They had been imprisoned more than a twelvemonth , and for a time transported to Madeira .
GREECE . Atiiexs , June 20 . Our _Chambera are getting on slowly , thc Senate has voted the taxes on bees , honey , Sic , and some minor things . They have also voted the Civil List , which had already passed the . Lower Chamber ; the King will have thus 1 , 000 , 000 drachms ( nearly £ 31 , 000 ) per annum . They also passed the Budget of expenses for three months , as the whole Budget is not presented yet . Brigandage and murders continue ; even in thc capital assassinations are of daily occurrence . This very morning a man was stabbed in tlio high street . Thc people iu authority have lost
every idea of decency and propriety . People in high stations publicly associate with known brigands , and this very week robbers werc arrested by the gendarmerie on the premises of one of ouv first dignitarie ( a right-hand man of _Collctti ' s ) , where he had given tliem an asylum . In open day a carriage was attacked on thc road to the Piiteus , and a money changer ( a Seraff ) robbed of 7 , 000 drachms . Bothe and the coachman werc severely wounded , _anh were only saved from being murdered by the approaed of other carriages . The robbers are said to hh Government people , perhaps some ui * the late ame nestied brigands .
SYRIA . The Syrian question scents now to hc pretty _cpiict . In the midst ofthe late struggle between the ' Maronites and Druses , it is said the American Protestant missionaries acted a noble part . Tliey remained iu tllC Villages after they had been burnt and sacked , dressed the wounds of tho Maronites and then went and performed the same good ullices towards tlic Druses , being equally beloved and respected by _bolli _, and this whilst Catholic priests wcre put to death Initio Druses , as publie nuisances ' . Wc leavn Unit
Vcdjchi Pacha had established his camp at Ziiidi , so as to occupy a position which separates the Dni « es from the Maronites , ready to fall _u-ion eaeh other , and who arc restrained by his presence'alone , ft is _iio _# * evident , beyond all doubt , that ( iie Christians ivere the provokers and originators of tlio recent _massacres . Stimulated by their infamous priests , tliey commenced a war of extermination _nuainst the Druses . Tlic latter , however , wero more than a match for their assailants * -, nnd retaliated with fearful vengeance _j ' licnce the slaughter and desolation of which Europe has recentlv heard so much .
INDIA AND ClUNA _.-Ovi-nusw Mail . Dispatches by extraordinary express from Marseilles , in anticipation ! ' !' the ' Overland Mai ! from India , reached Loudon ou Tuesdnv . The date- * ave Uiunbay , May 20 lii * . » . ' _iilcuita . idtii : _M-idras , the K _. _'th ; . Sciiulii , tlw ! 'Jt ! v ; { . « _b-n-e , 1 st May ; ami Ullilia , Akrell 20 . The news In- this ' _-oiir-i' _-i-ieo , although not _destitnti * _¦>"•" » : _tcrestj is of little pi ' _-litical importance . Jt is ¦ •¦ Mcilii _* ' _' . ' _, however , u _> know tliat nothing lias occurred to disturb tiie general tranquillity which has _prevaili-d _tliroir-diout India
tor some time past . From Scinde wo hear ihat tlm _Uhoogfoes , with Bet-ar Kitnu at their head , _(\ _j _\ _v- _ . been nt their old trade _m-aiii : but in an attack on thc _Alurifcs were not only _defeated , but _cumpullini to disgorge their more reeeul ly . _icquirwl booty , The affairs oftho Punjaub had _nu'Iit - _.-fme little ahcratioii for the better . From _Cnbft . _l iv- h _.-arn that Dos ! Mahomed had become alarmed , w . vd had abaiidiuicd liis designs upon I ' oshawur ; and it is not prokMethat his son will succeed in indiieii _. g the tronps _:: i _Jellahtbad to advance against the _Sik-is . The'Sirdars ol Catidalinr arc evidently in ( ia . td of the military pre-
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parations of Sir .. Charles , JNapicr ,. lor uigy nave requested the interposition of Dost Mahomed to prevent him from attacking them . From Central India wc regret to learn thatthe apprehensions entertained sometime since as to a probable deficiency ot water in _Maltv . 1 , have been sadly realised . The snilenn . us of the people / in consequence of the unusual scarcity , are described as great . Sir Ilenry Uardinge continued at Calcutta . Thc only news fram China is ot a commercial character . The Chinese seem imposed to cam out their tveutv with this country wall »< wd faith , ami with that view our troops are preparing to withdraw from the Chnsan Islands .
_Los-nox , Fiuoay Morning . —Letters wcre yesterday received from Calcutta down to thc 13 th ol May from which we learn that on the 9 th a destructive ( ire broke out in the office buildings of Messrs . Macvicar Smith , and Co ., which , with all tliey contained , wcre entirely destroyed , books , papers , and all . The fire soon seized thc promises of Messrs . Sewers and Co ., adjoining , which quicklv shaved the same fate ; here , fortunately , a portion ' of the books , property , Ac , was saved . Messrs . Kilbyand Co ., -uso were sulferers , but principally in household furniture . How the fire oviginated . _ivas not known . The loss of Macvicar , Smith , and . Co ., is estimated at abut 2 _Jlaklis of rupees _^ The total loss of all , including the buildings , is estimated at about 5 or 0 lakhs . Such a lire , it is _be'icveil _^ has . not occurred in Calcutta since it was taken bv Siirg-ao-dowlah in 1750 .
MEXICO . KxrATiiuTiox of Sasta * Axxa . — The Medway West India steam-ship arrived at Southampton , ' 1 _hursday midnight . She brings intelligence of the release of Santa Anna from the Castle " of IVrotc , after a sort of half-mock , unmeaning trial . He was sentenced to bo banished from Mexico ( ill * life . TllC Medway shipped him at the river A ntigiia , about , four teen miles from Vera Cm ** , whither lie hailI arrived under an escort from the existing government . lie was afraid of trusting himself in Vera Cruz , on account of popular fcelingruuninghigh against him . Tliesteamcf accordingly ran down the . coast , and took him from one of the government gun-boats . He was accompanied by his wife , her brother , and stepfather , nephew , and daughter , and seemed pretty well at , his ease . He expressed himself in the most grateful terms to
Captain Andrews for th politeness and great attention shown him on board , ills wife , who is only sixteen years of a « e , is represented as a rcniarhably pretty and interesting woman , and seemed to feel the degraded position of her husband very keenly . The fallen president brought an immense quantity of luggage on board , and about 20 , 000 de-liars in "' specie . He landed at IJavanimh , but what his future intentions are , or whither he meant lo bend his steps , noone knew . On the departure of the Medway from Vera Cruz , it was generally known that Mexico had offered to recognise the independence of Texas , on condition of no " annexation , ov rather of maintaining their independence so acquired . It is stated that Mexico , for thc concession sho has made to Texas , is to receive 20 , 000 , 000 dollars ; and the limits of thc latter country are tobe guaranteed by England and Prance .
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ANOTHER GLORIOUS TRIUMPH ACHIEVED BY MEANS OF THE LAW . " Judges' _Cuamiieks , Saturday , Junk 28 . — _-On-. this day four young men , under twenty-one . years of -age , one a mere boy , were brought up before Air . Justice Patteson , by writ of habeas corpus , through _thciindefatigablc exertions of the Miiiers'Attoriic . _v-Geuei'af ; Wm . Prouting Roberts , Esq ., upon an application to have them discharged from- the House of . Correction at Preston , Lancashire , to which they hud _beeu committed to hard liiboni" oii the 19 th of _J-iine by Messrs . Wm . Henry Hornby and Henry Brock Hollinshead , Esqrs ., two of the magistrates of the county , on the prosecution of Messrs . Simpson , . kingdom and Young , of Oswaldtwistle , Lancashire , coal
merchants , under the Masters ami Servants Act , the 4 Geo . IV ., c . 34 , 'flic magistrates and prosecutors ' proceedings were sup * ortcd by three learned counsel , Messrs . Keating , Compton . and Charnock , and Messrs . Bodkin and _Hiuldlestone were retained for the men ; but in consequence of Mr . Bodkin ' s Parliamentary duties requiring his attendance at the House of Commons this day , he was unable to give his assistance . The application for the men ' s discharge was supported , therefore , alone by Mr . lluddlestone against the three opposing counsel ; when , after a long argument , Mr . Justice Patteson ordered the immediate discharge of the poor fellows , who were present , and were not a little delighted to hear that _, tliey were released from the care of the gaoler , and to return home to their friends . The grounds upon which the application was made werc unusua —a prominent onc , the infancy ofthe parties ; and thc whole
ofthe objections werc against tho validity aud legality of thc convictions anil commitments ; oue of which alone the judge decided to be good . Thus again has the cause of Labour triumphed over might and wealth by the aid alone of the law . Wc understand that the Coal-King Magistrates are now acting on the system of making their illegal commitments of tho men for a fortnight only ; flattering themselves that tbey will be allowed to pursue their course of vexatious annoyances unchecked , as they fancy the men will not be at the expense of going to law to save their brethren from a mere _fortnight ' s imprisonment . They , however , will find themselves mistaken . If tliey commit the men for only a day , their tyrannical and ' illegal acts will be resisted . The men will appeal to thc law ' s protection , and the Coal-King Magistrates will , as heretofore , find themselves foiled and overthrown by their superiors , the judges . ; and by their master , thc law _.
IMPORTANT TO WEAVERS . TO THE _EDITOU OF TUK _N'ORTIIKRX STA 1 I . _Ri-srBCTKD Sns , —I am instructed by the Broad Silk Ilandloom Weavers of Spitiflfields , to ' requestthat you will be so kind as to allow them , through- _, tlic medium of your valuable journal , to call the attention of the whole of the Silk Weavers to n bill whicli lias been introduced into thc House of Lords by Lord Lilford , intituled , " All Act to lllilkc further regulations respecting the tickets of work to be delivered to Silk Weavers in certain cases . " This bill has been well discussed by a committee appointed for that purpose , and after going through it clause by clause , they came to the _resolution that the bill , instead of benefitting' the Weavers , would ( by its
close connection with other Acts of avery injurious character to the workmen ) prove a very event injury . The first _cUmso of this Act requires that the _mr-nutactttrer shall deliver a ticket of work to the Weaver , specifying the count or richness of the warn or lane : thc number of shoots , or picks required in eaeh inch * ; _. tlte number of threads of weft to be used in , each . shoot- ; the number of days allowed / or weaving any ; - ¦;• specified length of fabric : the name of the _mauiilac- _* - _- _/ turer , or the style ofthe firm under whicli he carries j on business ; the weaver ' s name , with Ihe date of ihe "i engagement ; and the price hi sterling money agreed il on for executing eaeh yard , imperial standard mea- \ - surc of thirty-six inches of such work , in a workman- i-1 ike maimer . This appears very plausible ; bid- i ! . t _* . _* t
manufacturer gives out a ticket of work whicli _re-- > _-- quires the weaver to living lumie his cut nt a ccrhliu . _, u . hire mentioned on the said ticket , may ho nut _ki' 0 p : .. 'p :.. him afterwards waiting for his shoot , and thus iire- ' _-e- ' _- vent him from faking home his cut at- ( he fi ' ine sft ft forth on the ticket ? Should this be the ease tbero * ro « i are other Acts which may be connected with this Act , * t _, whicli will allow the manufacturer to stop a portion on ofthe man ' s wages , or to send liim to prison for any ny term not exceeding three calendar months . This lis bill is also considered by thc Weavers' ( . _WumittviCiViO extremely defective , because it makes no allow- iwiince for ' illness , accidents , or any oilier easnnhy h . y which may unfortunately-an " _* . There arc m ' _soiso several ot ' iiw ciaivw'Mi-i _itcqwuVy as _tnyeeiioiiaHo , aniV . niiL even more detrimental to tho interest of
_thewnrk-irk-niiuuhau the one described above . 1 he _enniniiuecuecj also resolved , " That we consider the _tieket sys-system a bad one , and arc therefore entirely opposed tod tin : it . " We , the weavers of London , _having ilitis _hn- _'ftjieftj * , explained the nature and hearing of ti . e .-aid _'•!* ' ' 'iii i sincerely hope that _ottt' eountry _luvlhrc-u will do _ik-aWni duty ill opposing it , or proMiring if- ' _atiieii-. iiiieut , * lb : ; fun if they do not , Ibis !« i !! , wilh ihe other Acts withvitl . i wliieh ' it is _cnnnceteil , will plate . 'hem entirely at tint tin mercy of the manufacturer , t » do with _tli _.-w as his Im pleases : and sh '> uid they dure io e' _-mpl'ihi , tliey wil will ' lie _construed to a _prW-nn . There is _alsn _iinnilier sub * snH
jeet to which thc weavers ot Spitalfields would hei bee mo _^ t earnestly to call the at tention of al ! ti , ; t < ic * " ; uic' ''' namely , a notice of motion , by Sir li . Alf > . ' _.-d , in _li-iis lii ' u Ifoti .- _'' . 'of Commons , re-fee ! in ;; ( _lie- _'ih of (' _¦ ¦ _or- _. e IVe I \ 7 relating to master-aud . _••• _rvaiit _*' . We hope thai thai I hi is not a sly method of iuiroduviiig a _Miisters ' , " , _!^ ' _;;•••• Servants' Hill . —Ilnping that you will ol ¦! ;»¦ . tk tl . 1 Weavers of . _Sjii _' _aliieW- _* , by _iiHer . _'iug ibis Iri . vr _, wt \ . remain , sir , yourslvs _- i' _-ctfully , J , . _*•* . _, Siii : iii ; Aiii' , . ' - ' ¦•¦ er _^ _n-n taryto the I ' _mird of * _¦ ' ! !¦; Hand-Loom _ttYnivi'i _veis Spitalfields : and I . _o-. _id . iii Src _!' ' _'larv lo tl :- 1 Vi ' ivve ' cvvee of l . _ei-ili , _Wi-iiin , Middle ! n , f ' nvli _-le , X-rwieii , . iidi , . mi Haruslev , —l . _oii _' . ! : - . ii ,. ' u ! v 2 < _rl , I - '(¦* —il , A . b _" _. ' _-Y--ii . ¦ .- ¦ uv ..-. Kethnyf-C ' _reeii-ro : _'' ! .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), July 5, 1845, page 1, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_05071845/page/1/
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