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"J * _^ j the . present session , _^ and-in so _hesi-?^^ _aid firnid _^ _Tmiainer by _LbKpJ pHSi as _* i 3 l to _Wviteito r _^ ecfibii _bfjO iB _detprmine _* _^^ eits of-an ' i _^ g ioiw : progress and tpferar ; _* Cert » iniy , _fteelecters of the City of Lbn _^ . _ nnd £ he members of the Jewish _perstia--• n . have little , to thank Lord Johh for inthiB _^ _er . and the patience which they haTe _^ ex-2 _!^ d ' under the _crircumstanceSj isBomewhat fa Sous . He has _r for the greater period " fine present Parliament , _efiectuall y catoff _^ £ _Member from the Parliamentary _represent _^ on of the City , _^^ _^ g himself _incapa-^ ated , by his official position , from attending f _^^ _shes and wants of his _constituents—^ e citizens may'be aaid to be only half _repre-^ Lted . - by hayn _^ g-two . members instead ' of
_Anr It is all bat certain that the Uity will ntinue for some time longer thus shorn of its _? L parliamentary proportionsi The bigoted nnholder 5 of- relig ious _distiuctions _^ hroug h _^ the £ trnmehtaUty ; _of _, _^ _NkwTJiaAK , - _^ h _^ ve _un fair warning that they will contest the _Ideation at every stage . : Lord John ia lnke _^ warm , _« _" * _^ Ktfle 8 _^ omac tt for the fi ght , We need say no more as to the probable result , _esped ally as the " saihts" showed their power _^ organisation , in a somewhat unexpected _manner , the same night . _^ . ¦ . . _i _.,.-It will be remembered that , a few months _Aoo . the country was stirred by an organised
_aritation . nnderthe auspices ot tue clergy of Tanous denominations , and a number of pious , _vhite-neck-clothed-genfleman , who are always re & dv _' to p lay -cat ' s-paw to _^ them . The osteh- ' -sink ' object of their agitation was alteration in the ' Sunday duties in the < 3 hief Post-Office , London . _Theyarerred , that the proposal of _ifr . _Rcff lJiSD : _Hu _& t to forward , the letters for the pro vinces through London on the'Sanday , instead of keeping them lying for twent four hours- —as . they _didttnider the former sys _^ ? era—was the thin end of the wedge , intended
to be _driven home by an infidel , and to . throw open , for the collection and delivery of letters , aflihe _postoffices ia the country on Sundays . In . vain the Post-Office and the Government assured these reverend and pious agitators that they meant the very contrary of this ,: and that the effect of their measures would be to reduce , not increase , the amount of Sunday labour .. With _" a pertinacily _' and effrontery in lying which long " habit " , haa rendered matehless , - _Siese " holy" persons persisted in tellinsr the same lies , with _sach additions as
-their fervid imagmations could suggest ; and the result was , that an enormous namber of -petitions _o were sent up-by tiie simple people , ' -who are credulous enough to beguiled by the wolves in _sheepB' clothing , -who fatten on the ignorance of the people . •! . Lord . Ashie y _^ on the strength of these petitions , made a motion , whicb was originall y intended to stop not only the collection ' of letters _^ but the transmission of all _mzuls on the _Sonday- _^ -m facli' io strike off- ' one-seventh of the postal facilities now enjoyed , from the whole community . The party of fanatics ,-npon re-consideration , saw that this would be"
driving thematter too far atoDcevfor the patience of the country ; and , therefore ,, -they omitted the part respecting the transmission of the mails , for the present . Sir Chables Wood took the opportunity of explaining what "the ¦ Government and the Post-office really' bad done inthe matter . By employing _-forjliree or four months twenty-five clerks in addition to the twenty-seven formerly engaged ; in- ; the Chief Office for . a few hours each Sunday , they had been already : enabled to dispense with the Sunday labour of six thousand ; . persons in England , and two thousand more in Scotland and Ireland , on that day ; while , in the office of St . Martiu ' _a-le-Grand—instead
of keeping , the additional twenty-five , or the old number of twenty-seven persons—they had absolutely reduced ; the whole number employed on Sunday to four ! And , in fact , ' no one needed now to be-absent from public worship on account of Sunday duty at the Post-Office . ¦ ' . '" . " . - / _-, _; One would have thought that such a complete and crushing refutation of all the false 1 ' hoods on which these petitions rested , and the whole case of Lord Ashley was got up , would have had the effect either of silencing the
Better-Observance of the ; Sabbath party , or at all events of inducing the House of Commons to give them a signal thrashing . 'Nothing of the kind . The "Saints '' persisted in their eW deavour to force on the people of this country the _Judaical , observance . of the Sabbath , and the House was soawed by cant and humbug in the disguise of piety , that the resolution was carried r The only man who really grappled with the question was Colonel Thompson , who ably and conclusively showed that the Jewish observance of the seventh day , with the strict _abstmence from work- of aU kinds
which Judaism prescribes , was'not iat all binding upon Christian ' s . Not a single member on the opposite side ventured to _. controvert fie _eonclosive-argament on that point ; as , in fact , they _enmot ; -bnt truth , argument , and jaatice , are feeble obstacles in' the way of an organised , active , and _onscrapolons minority , who , under the specious pretence of religion , axe seeking to acquire a spiritual and political ascendancy , which' threatens ,- if- not checked , to be fatal to the civil and social' liberties of he nation .
-The hypocrites who thus wish to-impose ' fetters on others , drive to church in their _carriages , keep cooks and scullions to dress magnificent dinners for them , and are -waited on by a tribe of flunkeys the same on'Sundays as other days . They showed their consistency on the- same night by crying out in one breathfor the divine authority of the whole decalogue- _^ _-the- fourth commandment inclusive and by loudly pr _oclaimmgtheirdeterminatipn toexcindefrom civil and political equality tie people , to whom that Decalogue was originally promulgated , and' whose steadfast' adherence tothe faith of fheir ancestors constitutes the only ground for that exclusion : . . _ " These be tbv Gods , 6 Israel 1 "
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Another Example Of The Anxiety Of This P...
Another example of the anxiety of this party to exalt the power of the clergy over that of the civil rulers of the country was given in tbe House of Lordsi = The Bishop bf _IrOSDox , backed by the whole of the Episcopal Beneh , with one or two exceptions , introduced into tbe Honse of Lords a Bill for tbe reference of Questions of Doctrine to a synod of Prelates . There ib no doubt that this
_rnea-8 ure * originated in the disputes' arising out of the celebrated Gorhah case , and the _dissatisfection of the priestly party with the ! authority of tbe laity in _snch matters . At present , 'when disputes arise they arereferred ; to the Queen , as Head of ibi Church i who'is supposed by , and with the advice of a Judicial Committee ofthe ; Privy Council , to hear and determine thereon ; The discussion ; of tbe Head of the Church on the Gorham case has ptoddced much dissatisfaction among the party who want to make the Church piredbmi- ; aaat ; and the real meaning of tiie Bishop ' s Bill was to withdraw all questions , of doctrine and discipline from the control of the civil P » wer . But thereby _harigs _' a tale . - The
Church of Rbme _^ -from which' the Chbrch * of BngUnd seceded—has always , ' asl a Church , claimed infallible and _gnpreme power . Its temrjorah _^ es are subordinate to , and _flow-frbm _^' spiritual authority . 'A Chnrch not _connected with the State ; or _fependerit npon it , *• tbe'Ffee Church ' bf Scotland , the | United Associate - Synod , or the Methodist j _Cohfe'oace , being independent bodies ; may ,-and do legislate on all- matters of faith and prac _See for tlieir _mehibCTs _; But tiie _Church' of _England occupiesno _fiuch ' pbsition . V : Kifl ' nbt * _iindependerit ,-but a- State Church . 1 It has ! " ¦& standing as ' aa Established Church , ] except . _^ _WttnB-law has gWek ) _Xxiftite lawhaa ) -a * a- ' _^^ anienta ! cbnditiori of tho _existence of this * _fa » te _ChuteVplaced thf So * ewiga m snore-j
Another Example Of The Anxiety Of This P...
m _^ acy wer it ' Any _attempt therefore , to give the ; _Chttrctffre _^ oin : ' of _^ cti 6 ri , _nTCsM the . . Soverei gn ,: ; U to . ' inVerW _, the . position in which the law . haa relativel y p laced _^ thein , and to abrogatetbe conditions on which the Church r _^ ived _^ e prope tty she now enjoys .-. ; vM- " ' ; k _$ toithe ' _qaestioh'taised b y _^ thbie wh _^ riow seek for more power te theVclerical bod y , wheV _thermit is " fitting that the Churph should remain _nnder bond to the _States- that is a questionwhich can only lead to one of-two _% plutinhs . _^ By _' accepting of thetempbralities ixA , dignities on certain , conditions , it became a State Church , with allthe wealth and influ r ence at _^ hed to that position .-If , | for the sake of independent action , and the _aqnisition
of the powers they now claim , they are content to ce _^ . fo be a State . Church , aicid are willing to throw up the property , because no longer content with the terms- on which . it is held , _be'it so . That was the course * pursued a few years ago' -in Scotland , wheii ja large portion of the Clergy of the Scottish ; Established Church threw up their livings ( or conscience 8 ake _.--: _Iff Bishop BloHFIEld and his con / reres feel as _^ strongl y -on- the . ' subject _^ let them . do likewise ; One thing is quite certain , they cannot have at one and the same time ; the property they how _enjoyj . and ; the unfettered freedom of-action- : they : demand . So thought the House of Lords , which by a large " majority _decided again 8 fc the all grasping Episcopacy ; - Z '" . ' .. "" . - ' : "
This Defeat In The -Lords On Monday Was,...
This defeat in the -Lords on Monday was , however , compensated by an important victory in the Commons on Wednesday , when Mr . Fox ' s Education Bill was rejected jby _; the large majority of 229 , only 58 members voting in its . favour : ' . The advocates of-ignorance for the masses used nothing but the old - stale arguments and devices ; but it is quite clear that the rival sectaries of thhi _country-Uribngh numerically , inferior to the vast masses opposed to , or unconnected with ; them—are , by . their organisation , as the French say j " the blasters ofthe situation / - ' There cannot be a doubt in
the mmd of any one " : acquainted with the facts , that if the adult male population of Great Britain were polled on this subjectj- a majority of at least eight-tenths _^ would be in favour of an unsectaiian secular system of _iastructioh , leaving to the parents - tto bring . . up . their children in the religious . tenets - which they themselves preferred as the : soundest ;; exposition of Christian truth : L Snch a . system of education , so far from leading to infidelity , as alleged by its opponents , would—if it had any decided tendencyn at ; ¦ . all jn ., ; . a religious point - of view ~ be - certain- to
disseminate _much more widely a knowledge of doctrinal theology , and to increase the interest taken by the people in such matters , though it might be of a more intellectual character than that which is now manifested by the _uninstructed , and , consequently , credulous , rnuhitutle . If it did riot do this—if it tended to extend . asceptical _epirittbroughout . aocieiy—the inference is plain that , according to the confessions of the .- reli gionists - themselves , ; "tiie popular faith will not bear' _the-investigatunrbf an educated people . In order to maintain " _^ the blessings Of our most _holy'faathj ? _- ' - . we
must keep -the masses -ignorant . National ignorance is the price-we pay for . our national religion : ¦ ' Has any one ever 'adequately estimated tiie vastness of that price ? ' The waste , intemperance , -rice , disease , crime , and brutalisatidn which flow from it ?' . On all sides the . evidences of the baleful operation : of these deteriorating and misery-spreading agencies are apparent , and yet , with a reckless disregard of ultimate consequences ,. doggedly per _^ severe in the old-rand now shamelessl y avowed —policy ,: that learning is . a _very-i _dahgerpua
thing for the masses . That for them ; atleast , " ignorance being " bliss / 'tis folly tobe wise . " If there be any truth inthe philosophy that teaches . there is inwoven in the universe the principle of inevitable retribution ! for all infractions bf any of its fundamental flaws—if the moral , mental _, ; arid physical nature of man be really ' _progressive , ' there can be no doubt . but that , indue time , ' these obstructions ¦ to individual improvement _^ ndnational elevation- will be -. swept away . At what cost and loss to thPse who ' 5 : : -A-,
" BmW up a formidable dike ' , - "• . Between _tlreir own and others intellect , " _:-.-.- ¦ . we shall not pretend to prophecy . _. Meantime , let the . people remember that Lord John BvssELi / , and the Whigs , the Protectionists ; the Churchmeh , and the Dissenters—all who have in -Parliament refused their enfranchisement because they were ignorant—have now solemnly determined , ; as far as in them lies , that they shall continue to he ignorant - Let us hope a day twill come when ' we shall be able to balance-accounts with those
who' thus take advantage of their' power to insult , _oppress and degrade the masses ; and ; above . aU , . let it never be forgotten ,, that the people : of : England have , been j impiously , refused secular instruction by zealots and bigots , in the name of religion ! _' . 1 ;
- The Question Of Protection Made Its Ap...
- The question of Protection made its _appearance in the Commons , under a somewhat new aspect . With the exception -of Mr . Wilson , of the . Economist , and the Board of Control
_: —who has ah itch for manufacturing- . statistical paradoxes _^ -everybody admits , that our West Indian Colonies have been mostcruelly treated , by tbe conflicting and inconsistent policy pursued towards thein by- ; _this cpuntry _; In the first ' place , thei Anti-Slavery party decreed that they should hot produce sugar by any but-free labour , and that , too , under . _bucIi restrictions as' rendered _4 hat description of labour both scarce and dear ; In Order to
compensate the Colonists for these : restrictions , they we ' re guaranteed the --preference in the ;• home - market ,- - by- a differential duty on slave-grown , produce ; - _^ and _, to .: this bargain the Colonists • ¦ agreed ,- ini ; order to carry out the . noble' and . humane object of extirpating slavery in the _jBiitjsb dominions . Scarcely , however ,-had this , bargain been fairly and practically struck , . when the Free Trade-party ' achieved ' supremacy in economical matters ; and as anything like protective duties is to them an abomination , they succeeded in procuring an entry into
our ports for slave grown sugar , . _onitpe same terms as thatfromour own colonies , while the planterswere still held under the screw of the anti-slavery party ,, and restricted as ) to , the supply of labour . They ; were , in fact , crp ci _^ fied : between two - _opposing'partiesi . and the consequence has'been wide spread ruini' They were fairly entitled tb ask from the Legislature that it would act consistently , either upon one principle br the other . _Ifthesuppressipn of the Slave Trade was really so important- as we pretend to believe it , why then _| we are bound todiscoarage it in every _posSiblewayj and in every quarter . To buyahd . cbiftu ' me
the slave grown sugar of Brazil anid . C . i _| ba ,.. i 8 certainly notra . ' _-discouragement _^ of the ; Slave Trade , but the contrary , _becausej . by the _disr advantageous position ' in which We p lace our own colonists relatively to them , we , in fact , - g ive the ' . slave owners the . commandj of _., the market .- ' If , on the other hand , the principle of buying our Bugar . in the cheapest market is to be consistently carried out ; then our colonists should _havethepower of getting _jtheir labour where they-like , paying , for . it . what they like , and employing it as they , _Jike , . a * cording to the ; recogmzed 54 loctrineB . of-. the Free-Trade Schbol . •"" " ' ' ' ' ' Z " '' _- _] :
; ; Edwakd Buxton ' s motion ' oh _thfesulK ject , evidently pomted to .-the _restoration . ofa differential duty infavour of the W _^ stIndian Colonies . " Mr- HUSK , if _» _fcad _^ been _' carried as _a ' _-aeilaratory _, resolution , ; _^ _^ fed _conifctent _^ FreeTradeiy to Jbvn . -moyed that . _tJeibftBt _waytodeal-withthe _quesfaon _waato _^ _rtj _olaaters ari _^ bundant supp ly of whatis ealled fre ? 1 aWariwhUe ; M _* _* _tow _JJerkblt
- The Question Of Protection Made Its Ap...
would have _^ distinctl y proposed' the re _» _impositiohVfP _^ tectidnlntheirfavour _^ 'The _argtK _ttenia _] _K _farour !; _^ ; we _^ _cefoinly _' tne _^ he addtfced i for a limited andexceptibnal restoration _ofProtectioatothese : _Coloniesatleast . , 'But the 'Free Trade party ' are _' -at the - pfes ' ent mbittent .. both powerful ' _alid bigoted . they shall
have determined that on ho _/ s _^ cpunt Protection be again introduced into the commercial policy otthi & : countryy ; and' tbey defeated both- the _Anti'Slavery and the Protectionist party on _the-a _^ _wslbn _^ _fTfie Nend is , ihat . the > Vest Indian prpprietprs - must , be _rruined , i ex- ; _posedas _^ they aretothe _crossV , firing ! of con- _, flicting and hostile parties 'in theJmperiai Legislature ; ' _^ _^ . " _- _'Y ¦; . _'•• -, . ' ; _'' _- |
;Mr. O'Connor Has, Given Notipe Of; His ...
; Mr . O'Connor has , given notipe of ; his motion . for ; the . _enactihentiOf . the- jPeople _' s Charter ,.: for -an early , day ; The announcement , ' Bays the' report in the Times ,, was re _^ ceivedwith'hear and laughter . The ; "laughera _^ ' _" had _' better ; 'bethink lthemselves whose elaims theyaffectto treatwithderision ., ; " _" : _v
A Number Of; Other Important Topics Have...
A number of ; other important topics have been mooted ; which we must ' endeavour to overtake next week .. ' ; V ; : ' : . '¦ ' ¦
To The Members Of The Na-. '¦\ Twnallamp...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NA-. '¦\ TWNALLAmpOMPANY . ; GENTLEHEN . _^ -Elsewhere will be found the decision- of the ; Courtof _iQueen ? s Bench , in the case of the Company _u . ' the Registrar , from : which it will be seen that , Judgment is against the ; Company . The _Lfif _^ _ctors have therefore ; to announce ; ' ihat immediately on the . return of Mr . -O'Connor : from his .. tour through Scotland- and the _^ provinces , that a Bill will be drawn , and ; will ha submitted to Parliament , with a riew to the complete-and 8 atist _^ torywindmg up , of : the affairs of the Company ; : ; _-- , ¦ : _-,-..-t . _i-. ; _-tv--rr -.: : <¦ _--- _,-.-. ¦¦ ¦ ¦¦[' ¦ •• ¦ _WiuiiAM DixonK _^ Thomas CLAffik , Phiup M _* G : baxh , Chb . 'Doras ;'
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BE i'E l " p . T . 'i : THE HATIOHAt ;; LAllD _OOMPAHYi _Fbom . ; ih 8 Wme Ending ,: _THtrRBPAT , ' Feb .-2181 . ' ; v - - ' _•¦* . / . ¦ :, -.. / , ::. XOvJBSB . 6 tH , _4850 ..: / _-i-iii :--. ¦¦ . _¦ : ¦ ¦ - — ,: ¦ .: ¦ ¦¦• _i-.-rrcr- _^ . 4 _: ¦ _' *¦<¦ ' Y' " ' ¦ ' ! V -i . SHARES . . . ; . ' , " £ _s . d . £ _* . a . Merthyr , ' Wi- - High Town .. : ; 0 15 . 0 liams .. ' .. 0 7 0 Halifax ... , _,.. .. 8 9 0 Newcastle' .. 0 17 0 Leeds .. ' .. 0 . 9 " 9 . Wigton _..., ; .. 0 . 2 : 0 ' _"' _-l " - ' Nottingham -... ' . . , 6 . . . ' _.: SI 16 9 Dudley . i "' ¦ ¦' .. .... 06 6 ., _,- •»¦¦ . -SSSSSSi . . . _- . _' _,- - . . ¦ ¦ EXPENSE . Wakefield .. 0 5 0 _Nottingham !" . ;' . 0 1 9 ' ' " . '' ' ' ¦ ¦' - ' . _,,- " , ' ¦' , ' i ' : l ° _' TbTALS . ' "'• _, ' , "" ' ••; ' , '' .. _l . ' ., ' ,. - - ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ . ' _.- ¦ ¦¦ ¦ . ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ' £ B .: & :, Land Fund ... , „ , _w "•• ' " , 7 , HO ' Expense ditto ... ... ... _, 0 . 6 9 New . Company , paid , by Messrs . ' . Ber- " : _resford ' and Pngh _; .. ... ' ... ; 4 3 . 0 , Poles sold by Mr . Hart , Minster '' . _» ::: 5 ( 10 ,. . O Lncerne , per Ditto ; .. . ; . '; . /" ' ; S _.,., 0 . ' 0 _BentfromJUlottees ... '' 'V .. " ¦ ' - ; .. _iiO ' ld . 0 _Matihon , per Mr . Turnbull , of Wigton : : 7 _ij Q . 0 ¦ ' ! ' ¦ ;•• _- ; . ¦ : - _, '•' ¦ . " ¦ -, ; ; ¦ ""'';•" ' !'" , ' _SSSi _u : \ . Xf . ' Daon , : _¦'¦ C . _DortB , ' .- ; "'' : . _-.: T . Clark , Cor ; Sec ; - - . , / .. _;; .. _:-. , .:. P . _M'GHAini Fin ; Sec . : _xwriQtinY FUND . _^ Received by \ f .. Biseb . —A few Democrats , Southampton , per J . Russell 3 _^ Blackbu " rn _, per W . ' Yates 21 8 s 6 d-W . _llairson _, Blachbnrn , per . W . Yates 3 s 6 d LoivMoor , near Clirheroe , ' per 3 ' . Wright" lis ' 3 d—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s 2 d . —From Coleford—A . T . ls-S . ' B . 6 _d-iA . J . ls-A few Friends , EUand Edge , per J . Normariton 3 s— Bradford ( Yorkshire ) Land _Members , per . J . _ConneU _6 s' 9 d—Facil ,-hear _' _Kochdaiej per J . Clegg _^ S . 1 _^ , _Bradford 6 _il-a few Friends , Warwick , ' per" C . Tristram _lls-tforfar _, per , W . Sm ?» h 2 s 8 d .:. ¦ _' : ' . _' :-: ' ¦ ' " . . ' ; . . Keceived by Jons Abnoit . —Whittington and Cat , per H . BIoomfield 4 s 3 d . -: ' ... - .-.. .- -.,, ¦ ..,.- £ i * '; cL- ' Received by W . ' Rider .. .. 5 1 . 10 > .- _.--.: Beceiredby , John Arnott .. ' ... . 0 ... i 3 ' ¦ •' : " Tbtal ' .. ' .. : _\ . _% £ 5 6 ' 1
.. _- _¦ : AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER ; 'I _: _Rtcewed by 3 ohn _-Abnott . —Collected at John-street U Is 7 Jd—Emmett ' s : Brigade , per J . Blake 6 s—Whittibgton and Cat , per H . . Bloomfield , 12 s 3 d- _^ J . J . Merriman _ll _^ i Murray . 6 d .---Thomas Slater , Roy ton , Is . , ' . ' ; ' [ IL ' - " [ + 9 J * ' mas . . jo , n ' e ; s . ,... ; ' . Receivedby _W . Ru > _EEi—Dundee , per J . Barnet 3 s 2 d . _—^ Received by . Jobs _Aekoti . —Dundee , per J . Graham , 3 s 7 d . / " - ' - - - : ' ¦• : ' - : ' _' '•' . ¦ . ' ¦ ; . . .. , '„ ¦ ; FOR ; MRS /' _M'Dd ' uALL . - Received byW * . _Rideil—Dundee , per J . Barnet 3 s 2 d . J . _'Barrle , Ashford , Kentls . _^—Received by John _Abhott _; —Dundee , per J . Grahami 3 s 7 d . ¦ " .
, i ; FOR MRS ; F ; USSELL . ; -. _{ . ' . Receivedby Johh Abnott . —Proceeds of Harmonic Meet - ing 1 , _Bricklsyt-ra' Aims ,: -Tonbridge-sfreet 11—Ambrose TomlinsoQ 6 d . - _.- ¦ ¦ - ! ' , - ! _: : , > , i- u . ; TRA _. CT F : VW )> ....: ; / ¦ - ; -Received by John _Abnott _.-iO . D _., Hoxton New Town 2 s _ed- _^ -Mr ., yr ., Korman , Ventuor , L W . 6 d—B . Gel and Friends , Bradford Is : _, -. ; - •' ¦'¦ WI V , E S AN O . F A m 1 LI E S , 0 F V i ' c Tl M S . . Received by Vf . _Rims—^ Paisley , proceeds of _5 oi « e , per J . ; Donaldson 2 _J 10 Si ' . . ... , .., : ; , „; . ,, . -. / ¦ ' _'[[¦ _t _^ NiTip ' NAL , VICTJ ; M ,. FUND . - _^ ecece ived by Joiw _Amforr , Secretary . —West I 'End W < mens ' . Men Meeting ,. at the King and . Qneen , Foley street _^ pef Mr . _Marsden 13 s 9 d—Whittington and Cat , per H . Blpomfield 5 s . 6 d . , •; _[;; ; _[;¦•'_ ¦'"_
: £ _M _«* . _^ -: The sum achBowledged in last week ' s Star , , f ° _tte "Victims in ( Chester Castle and _Knutsford Gaol , torn . Ciesterfield , should have ht ' e ' n Ss . ML , instead oi Is .
I Am Instructed To Request That , All Mo...
I am instructed to request that , all monies subscribed for the "Honesty " and ' ¦ * Macnamara _" Funds be sent ' direct to \ the ' «* Star " offi ce , in order to ' obwate ,. a . _^ complicatipn , ; of aecbuats . " ... ' _.-.-.. .: ¦ - ' _,-. x ,, ' _-- > - Wm « Rider . _;• ' . ' . .
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QUESTIONS ADDRESSED TO THE BRITISH : _; : _'; ' GOVERNMENT . V lst . ~ _Has . the government recei . Yed' _^ . ither _dlre ' ctly _^ of through the niedium of a ' . _GermaniEb-: bas _^ -ihfo ' rHiatipn _7 , laid by Pnp ' Langengchwarz _/ stating tliat a " club of . German , working men , ; _establisted , for ten'year _^ _jjaijj _' in' _^ ndbn'i ' is the centre bf tbe most _awfol conspiracies -arid that this club , and _^ _. irticularly _spnie members of it , stated by " name , o otiip the recent . 'attempt at killing the _fiingof Prussia ?! , : . ' .. ' [ " ! . " ... ' _'"' . " Z'Z ¦ ¦ ' _[' _:,-,. '" :: . 2 .- _^ -Does'the government know that this _jsaine tangenBcbwarz , who passes himself off as a German refugee , 'asM 8 te ; d at a' _^ Chartist , meeting at Graves ; end , and caused a . collection to be made for the
relief of certain refugees : and'that this Langeh- . schwarz aforesaid' i 8 , ; at ;' this present moment , doing his best to create a belief tliat the German refugee . s , in London are . connected with , and interfere in , the popular agitation in this country , ? i ¦' ¦' . ) Z '\ 3 rd .- Does . \ he gpvernriii » nt khP _^ _t that this ' same LfingeiiscHwarz presented himself some ; weeks ago at the above nieritiohed club , to be received , as . ' a member' _^ that he ' . made . a' confession ' of _revoke tibnaryiHith , | of aclmriicter ; sp _. ' Tiolent . as to cause the presiden t of the ; club to'tell ( hirn he , vyas either a fool or a ' spy ' _jtfiiit on being introduced _^ > _iHe . committee ; . . be ; ' repeated the same rank nonsense , > iated the _quiates _^ ence of revolutionary , action . ' to he : To kiU _^ jio , killi to kiU . t _apd . that he ! further
hinted _ajt the necessity nf getting up a conspiracy for assafsihatirig the _Gerrpan- princes ; nay ; even ninted at the ; p ' o _^ ibilfty . that [ such a conspirc \ ey \ might perhaps have been got up , by him at Berlin - ~ and tnat the committee ,, in reply to all tuis _^ _rasp , ans _. Wered tiicy had no coiifidehce " in . _' . M , _Lingenschwarz , -and c » uld not propose him to _tMe club aa . a candidate for membership ' . ? ' And ' that , not a fortnight aftelf this _interview , tlie hews of a ' 8 hot , h £ _iving been fired at the . _Kitig of Prussia , was received in Lendpn _lb- _\ " iili , — _: Suppps | ng ; tlie ; fir 8 . t . two . _qiiestipn 8 , tp bo answered ! in tlie afflrmative , would it not result from all _tliis ' ?—Firstly , the same parties , who ; on the cbhtinent : eVer ? _dtv' attack the English
gbvernmerit in ihe most ., violent manner , ( take , f or lnstatice , anyFRi ' nbh . br Qerman ' _reaotip _^ ary paper ) , try at thb _Hanie . time tp entrap that gpvejjiment , by false repprfs and Qaliiirjiiia tor _^ y " , _infprmatipnjpinto _persedution ' bf .. | be refugeea , residing in ; London , _hitherto _unmblested ' under the ' protection of _^ ho BHtish laws . Secbhdly , that if any _politick party _. is _connected with the attemptatshiiotme FreaericB . _^ ilii am 1 % it is the rcacupnary _.-high _. Tory . party tp > hichthepu > dman' 8 efeloge belpngs ,, . by which party ' he W _^ . ' _suppbrted ' , ; aiid ; the . _^ _artisaus and age nts _. of which have stated , iri Berlin andIMndop , either that _sucKah at ' tenipt was ' _. iEi , coi » rs * of preparation , or . tbatitw _^ _pmrnent ? ¦ .,- _^
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- BRAproRb ; ( Tb _^ shlfft _^ 'A : meeting ' of _* _rdern-, _* _™ _of'theLAnd Company ' was 'Held on Sunday ; iiurie- _the' 2 nd , " in - their room , Hope 'Street , " w hen it wa 8 _^ eso _| vef i _;& . " That _vfegive ' the members , three v [ f ?' { . ' nger _; 'ih cbiiseqiu 6 rice ofa great _^ ' nuniber bf w x _8 t atin _^ _-tha ' fc _trieyTisld _/ hol _aeea _^ the hotie ' e' _- 'iri •? t _jj _^ A _^ _'Sio ' 'Bv ; tliat-time-the ' return sheer wilI _: becohipleted , ' ana all the members are desireii to make' their ' c | a 1 m , arid bring- their books , ( or car qs ) ' ahd . 'icrjps _^ asvhb ' return of any member ' s nair ie _^ _wiUHbe 'for ' warded _^ 'fb _^ lJbndbri who dees not _makehis . _'claim ' : _' ' ' , ' ; ' ' '' •' _'•*' ¦ '• r- ¦' '' ¦ '" " ¦ ' ¦ ' ¦' : ¦ ¦ >¦¦ l- ¦ : - _..- . - . .. ! ., U ) - , > .: r . ¦ . vl ' i . _.- ., _-, ' - _-llSy , ! _,-: „' . . _;; ¦ . ¦ ; _rV- , > - ' _- |' , i . '; VV ' ,
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_, A public rneeting'was held' on _-TqeBday last for t ) _ie purpose bf ' . adopting a petition to parliament , P . T ay - " _8 _^ _^ , _^ ki ? ' _>» Te' irit _^ r / erehcfe _^ _iri . affording . _protec-• 5 J ° _-9 , ' _- * P the , health and . lives ' of . the _, miners of this County . ' . " ¦ _'• ¦ ' _'• • . ¦ - ;" ' - ¦ • ¦ ¦ " ¦ ¦ - _' ¦• - - ¦ ' ¦' -1- • ' ¦ :. ¦ ¦¦ ; . air _JoHH-FiF _^; was announced to preside , bu » was unavoidably prevented frbm ; attending , when J . Black « ell , _E-q _.,-. was unanimously called 1 upon to take the chair . ZU _^^ _-i :- \ v _c-i' _-.-sV-, ; ,- ¦ .-. ;; - _-r : ¦ ' .-.: ¦ ! _-Mr . iB tA _' cKWEiit i on' taking'the ebair _^ beglied tn observe ' that _" tb ' e object of the '' meeting ; had hla entire concurrence ; 1 ; He would ; s ' impiy . say " tha . _t'j ' the factory , pcople _^; j . he _^ vpeople _' _^ who travel ' liy railway , and'those who went ' out . in ' .. eni ' rgrant ship ) wereenlitled to _^ ne ' _fos ' tering ' care _., , p ( the ¦
governm . _<"' nt . thatvsurely , the . miners , ought ,-to have the _sarafi . protectioBfor _theimhealthahdjlives . Vfhyi the criminals in the _prisotis-werefayouredl _with'an inspector to ' see that _prripercarewastaken of then ' i by the authorities ; then why ' deny _ifio the industrious miners ? . Mr . ' _^ Bla ckwcn _^ _i _^ _n- ' iht ' rodu ' c _' ed Mr . G . Fife , who moved trje fi _^ t _^ _espiution , _jshich was to the ¦ i > urport- _^ _MThat ; . from the ., vast sacrifice of human life in the ' mines of . . ibis country , and tbe consequent-suffering to . tbe widows ; and _otphans , this _meeting is : of opinion that something ought -to he done to remedy _the'same . " ( •' - ' ¦ '• • '• ' ' _, _- ; •• Mr ; Fifk very'feeling eritered '; intp tbe suffering of tbope , whi ) were' deprived of "'their' support .,: hy ihose ; caiarait ; e ' s , and urged- ' the attention of . . tbe audience upon thU ' poirit ., ,, '; . ; _i ; _-. I _vf _^ ,
u ; Mr . , A . Stoves , in a very animated _^ address , _seconrjed the resolution ,, which- being . put from . ! tbe chair . _wasoarrjedunanimously _;' . ; v .: ¦ ' ¦ _¦> 7 ' The second resolution was Moved by M . 'D ' ohh _, Esq , who ,. in a ' len _^ thened address ,-referred - to tlie various reports which : had-been made upon the subject of inspection by-Sir H . De leBeoheiDr . _Lyoiri Playfairi _andvothers-r-but more especially the evidence taken before the . Committeo of the House of Lords last year—all of which _mostdistitiotly stated ¦ the -necessity and _advantage-of _linBpectbrs being appointed ..: ; ...:. i r . ; in ; . ;; .- ¦>¦ ¦ ¦ _l-- _\; : _\ ¦ : ¦ ¦ : ' : " _-. ' ¦ _' _' ! .: ; _s ¦
'¦ Mr . -M . Jijdb seconded the _resolntioni and briefly alluded to the superior arrangements , with respect to mining , on the continent ,, and read an extract from the repprfr _. of the Committeeiof the- House of Lords , to 8 bow , thatwhile , the .: increasedathountof coals worked . Jn . France . was twenty peroent ., the increase of accidents had , been fifteen _percent . ' - ';' but , at the same periodi . the increase of accidents ' was _morelhan the ratio of the increased amount of coals-worked in this" countryi _:-or , in- other words ' ,
_thoush the * amount of coals- worked had _inoreas ' ed inithis oouritryi so . had . the number ; of fatal ' " accidents , and that ina much greater proportion . - ' ¦ Th e resolution went-to state , - ' ' -that- 'seeing every investigation into thi question had . been attended with a ' strbng recommendation in fiivpurof inspection ; and that , seeing the utility " ef the inspection of mines on the continent of-Europe , this meeting re 8 olve 8 . to _; petition ; parliament to' enact a law providing inspectors of mines , as in the case of factoriesirailways , _dso . " _-. _i ; : Z : ¦ - ' j . v
,: The resolution was then put , and carried ; without a _dissentients < - ¦¦ ¦ ¦ _¦! . _.- ' v . " : ¦ ¦ -..- _^ r . ¦ _..-.- _:---i .,: . i : :.-The OHAiBMAN-thenannounced Mr . JosEPHiFAWCBTT . tP move the adoption of the petition , which he did by observing ,, that the lateness of : the hour would necessarily prevent hiin saying much on ¦ _thisi important subject ; yet . be : woiild remark that all precedents were in their favour , reason and justice also were _^ favourable to tho oause , and it evidently was a question which Humanity ' and Christianity would . cherish ,. and .: therefore , they should command success . . ' There was a saying that it was not in mortals to command suocess , but-they could and would work td deserve it . ¦ _-: ••¦ -- •• ¦ ' .. ''•'¦• _•' . "•
; Mr . ' Hammond , - a veteran aniner , neai _*^ _seventjyears of age , stood forward to _eecond the adoption of the- petition , to _the-followin _? effect . ; IIo had worked i in i- the ; , pits nore _^ than fifty years , _andj perhaps ; , he could adduce some strong proofs of the evils connected with explosions ,- inasmuch-as-he had had ratber too close an experiment performed upon . him _, for he had the misfortune to _havejhis skin taken off from head to foot . He had no hesitation in saying , that from all his-long experience . . there was exhibited the bold truth , that a great number ofthe lives _lost . were due to negligence , _; and a desire on the . part ' of the manager ) to save a little money . ¦ The . _petitidn was -then put and adopted , jwhen it _was . _movedithatjt be signed forthwith , and for _^ warded to . T .. ; E . Headlam , MiE . _for-thia town , -for presentation , to the House of Commons ; -, I _:.-.,- ¦ ' . _.- ¦ A vote of _thanks _. _was then . given , to the Chairman , and the meeting was dissolved .,- ¦ ;
I . National, Charter League, , . J. Thi...
i . NATIONAL , CHARTER LEAGUE , , . j . This bodyinetfor the-transaction of business at the Druid ' s Hall , l „ , Tuvnagain-lane , on : Sunday evening last . . Mr .: M'Gi ; _ath- ; was . appointed to . preside , . He' briefly . ' introduced . _, Mr . i Ambrose , who delivered an eloquent and , most instructive lecture ,-uponthe _^ _'MythologyibftheAiicients ., " The lecturer _was listened to ] throughout , with , deep attention , ' arid gave the most unqualified satisfaction . Messrs . Clark and Fiiirchild subsequently addressed the nieeting ,, Some members . were- enrolled . , It Was announced that Mr . M'Grnib would ' ec ; ture on the " _prongs of Ireland , !' , on Sui ) day evening . ' iiext , A ' vote ; of tfiaiiks , tp the jecturer concluded the busi r _ness of the nieeting .. . . . ' . ; . . : ¦ ,.
'Lbubs Savings Ba»K. — The Discovery Of ...
' _Lbubs Savings Ba » k . — The discovery of defalcations ; by Mr ; Bartle ' tv ( actuary of the Lewes Savings Bank , ) ' in April last ; was' announced in this paper at the time it took place . On the 1 st of Maya committee of _managers and trustees was appointed toMrivestigate the' matter ; and the result of their labours'was . presented to a _meeting held at '; tbe _County'Hallj Lewes , ' on- Tuesday ' , when Lprd -Gage ( president of . the bank ) was ; in tHe chair . Tie _Report states that the committee have used erery _effort , ' by bills , advertisements , circiihir ' _s _. and single applications , to _obtain a verification of the _' pii ' _ss books . The preseritnumber ' of accounts was 2 , 221 . " _;' Of the _' Se ¦ 2 , 067 / representing' i £ 50 , ' 337 8 s . ' Sd . ' , _' -hud been conlpared with the-pass books
and found correct >' . _^ 48 ; _repreaenting' £ 799 6 s- lid ., in ' accounts " chiefly wider £ 5 ; had not yet 'been verified ; - ; and _;? tlie remaining six , ; _repres ' entiiig £ 407 lls _) _-4 d ., were found ' . to' have been .. tan-pered with fraudulently by the actuary to the extent Pf £ 218 2 s ' .- lOd . . Acliie to these six _caseshavini been early _. _discdvg ' red , all _) pf ' thein were clearly made ' out / In nearly ' _evei'y instance a false pass-book was employed , and ; both genuiiie ' : and ;¦ false books _' wereih the'possession of the committcei The _Buraa were received arid signed for by the _Actuary . ' ' To 'sanction this ' genuine but' exhausted orders iwere in 8 omocaso 8 p ' ut forth tin Pthers _' the manager of { he day rhusti ! have beeri misled by the verbal assurance of the ' actuary ; or in-some way hot yet ascertained .
In'fact _. _'np 'smnll « ingenuity . ' had occasionally been employed ' -to conceal the truth . -Besides ' the six da 8 e 8 : uamed ; more than ' one other had appeared where money improperly withdrawn had , on a risk of a detection . ; arising , again being replaced : " Iii Prie _' such'Case repayment was made so ; lately as March _last , after the first examination ofthp-books _. The" cdntraiitee hoped _thatthe-six' cases cdniprised the whole'that _tKo managers ' _coflld be ' _caljed upon to deal with ; - 'butthere . was ; a _; possibili , tyJdf such instances being' hereafter ; eljdited among ( the 148 open accotints , ; . or even among tlie accounts ( nearly 4 , 000 ifr tiunfb ' er ) closed at various periods _rjnico the beginningof-the bank : The _siims actually _Received _amounted tb' £ 206 : ll 8 ; 8 d . '; but ' since tbe undue
debiting of thOBe sums'in the ledgerhad _-atfeotedtbe subsequent calculations of interest , the bank-had sustained a 'fur ' _ther- _'damage 'to ' the extent _5 Pf £ 11 lis . ; 2 d ., making in a ) _l £ 218 ¦ 2 s .. 10 d _; There oould b ' e . no question that tbe ' aotuary ; w _^ i 8 ! liabl 6 to crimitial , _and . he and his _, sureties to ' 'civil ; prpeeed _^ _ings . * As tp'the _formerj the _dajigerous'state ' ofthe actuaries-health-had been deemed -8 Uffioien , t reason for suspense ; _and'as to the latter j he'having _rei cently made ' a general trust assignment j tp two , creditors ; bad'thereby brought into " 'operation an ' act which gave propriety to _, the claims ofa ' _savingsbank against its defaulting ' _offioers . The -sureties to _the-bond had had notice of its forfeiture , | and the trustees under the assignment had also received ¦
noticebftheenaetmeht'allude'd to . " ; •'; ' v , - ' , {' ; - . - OxtpKN ' Gas a Cube _ofOR ? ,- Ojb : olbba , J ~ Dr .-; Macrae _^ _pivtt'Burgeph ' ' a ' t' _fHowrah ' , has ,. according ' to- the _7 _ndtW -Kme ? f _dlscovered-ia- new _^ _aiid most _succesSfti ' mode-or _^ treating _cholerfcpatients . -lie causes tb , em'to , inhale a certain' portion' of bxygeb ' gas , which communicates a'strong stimulus to the frame , ' and-ifinally throws ! the _; patient'ihto a : _refreBhinc-sleepi' Onawakeningj he < niida' himself restored '• to * Health , " with ! th _' o ' exception of the _general _* 'webkne 89 ' _which- _'ialv / _ays ' _sucpejoda' _^ any phy 8 ioat _^ _jrostration . ' ! 'Dr . ' 'Macrae' > ha 8 | . _^ mode of practice upon _fifteeh-Eurtpeahitjeahlisiri ; who ' have -been : ; carried -to the -Howran Hospital _iinithevlaststoge- of'the _^ diseaie , 'and _theUatjeiit _hitsi _* ia every - _lMtmep-teco _^ _eredl _^ Ailtn ' s 'Indian Mail . ... " ' ' ' ¦ _¦ •" ¦ •' ' ¦
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_!¦> national association op _- _: ; _'' : ; _- ; _- _toted _: ; _tkaijes . _''' _" _^ - - _,- _; _..,.... , ; ..., { -. . , E « _tohiujU _$ . \ _$ \ 5 _Z'Z . \ ¦" ¦ - ,: ' _- _' : '/ : Z '] TJie _;^ pntral _% Cpmmitfceev whose _detrrniination _Jt js to apply all- their _; ip _^^ _^ g ies _/ _diiringitlie _/ _ieusuing year-dp ' extend . _andcPhsplidatS'the ' _'nVovement been ' entrusted-to . their . charge have , ' _during ; the pastweek , _we eived _manyTletters from various _, parts of the ' : _country , expressivei of the : satisat
faction folt by a large' _^ nuinher _Vfira _^ es the fe-appearance of _' 'T . ' ' . _§' ,. _puMc | i _)^^ e . ,, ] 5 sq . ' _,.-a 8 cpmrrikhder _^ in- ; chief of . the . army of labour , marshalled , under the banners ; of the National Association . The . satisfactory-reports ofi the delegates present , ' and of-the ; various trades represented b y letter at the late Conference , proving to demonstration the _^ _^ practical usefulness of the NationalAsspciat . i 6 h _,-, ! the numerous and .. uniform , successes which have
attended all the operations of -.. the executive during the past year under the most discouraging circumstances , while it has inspired the friends of the National Association ( . with , new hoyo _> pf , a rapid _augmentation ; 'in ; its numbers _„ and re 8 ources ,. _ihas ! surprised-arid sohiewhatastonish _^ d _i _tliose wh o _^ ; openly or _^ covertly , _> have strove tb depreciate it in the eBtimatidn of the wbrkihg . _' rxveri . _^ .: : . Z _^ Z ' _- ' : Z _0 i "' _.- ' ,: The Gentral Committee , full y relying upon the soundness : of - the _pi-inci ples upoin which this Association is based , have never lost confidence in Us ultimate triumph ; . they felt themselves impelled by an imperious _necessityj to , persevere _; in a' faithful adherence M . the
trust reposed : in -them ; awaiting calmly , yet hopefullyj that reaction which they knew was maturing _| in thei womb of _^^ a _' npt . distant future . They believe that ' a rich _and _; _glpripus harvest is ripening _fastj _. _asia ' . fit and just reward for their _perseverancefl . The flattering ' ; receptton given to Messrs . _Ijreon' and Peel _^ Svherever they have been ' , since the termination of the Conference , is a Jpbwerful testimony ' of the
_eifectj which , , that , important meeting is , producing upon the country . - : '' The following reports _recieived' from ! _Messi s . Green and Peel , of their last week's progress _^ Will , ;| tis " hoped , prove highly ; satisfactoi y to the , _members ' , ; and the , Central Committee are _resolvedj' that immediatel y the Wolverharrip : ton ' <¦ Conference 1 : has- "terniinkted , ~ ' -that . ¦ Mr . Greeh ' and 80 ineother ; meuibersof the com- '
mittee , _^ _shall _vigorflusl y _^ tions , ; whicu have . been tliiis ¦ _sP : Bucbessfully commenced .: _3 _riefreportsof'theproceedings will : be given weekly _Vthrougb ; : _VStarj" ; . by permission of its patriotic : f proprietor mi editbr _, ; . ahd ' . tKe _^ _Trades _^ a rej ' _igain earnestly ' calledj on . ' . to . support , and ,. pr . bhiote the most extended circulation of this ! journal , ; as ; the surest means of aiding ; the 'Cehtral Committeein their __ efforts in the cause bf labour ' s _redemptwnY'V _^ ' _^ [' _' ' _-. Z . , ' . ' . ' . '' : _''; ''"' , ! '' : ' - ' _.- '
. Information has been received-that Messrs . Peel and Green resumed their important mission in the case of the TiriTptate "Workers on Tuesday , - and completed the necessary preliminaries ; _j fqr the .- Co . _nfei ; eS , ce . of masters and _menj .. for the . _amicableiLadjustmeht . of the difficult andjdelicate question of wages ,. This first important step beihg satisfactprily . arranged , ithe first meeting—to suit ' the con veri ience of the employers _~ w ' a ' 8 fixed for Monday , J " une 3 rd , -and ' Messrs . ¦ Peel . and . Green separated on Wednesday , to employ the intervening days in other localities . ''• _i' ' _- •
- ' Mr . Peel ' reports' having _'amved on- the 30 th ult .. ; ' in ' Todmprden , ' ., pn _behalf ' of the Bobbin Turners of tiiait j 'distript ' ,- ' who haying , for . a space of two years , been-in peaceful security and uninterrupted freedom from any encroachment upon their wages , or . privileges , had been compelled at lengtlij ; for the first time ,, ta appeal . t 6 the CentraliCbinmitteefor their { assistance . ; Their : application being _madejust on the eve of the Annual Conference ,: rendered it _impossible 'for the Central Committeeto render'a . perspnal . assistance . But the khowledge thatthey . had made an appli :
cation , and that a ;! member of the committee might be daily expected , reaching the ears of the' employeiv'ihduced that gentleman , to change his policy , and to re 6 all into his service two . men whom lie _had-discharged for' resisting his proposed infringement upon their long established prices ...: Upon , his arrival _^ therefore _^ Mr ; Peel was pleasingly disappointed bf another opportunity of _. prpying the power and 'advantage of the mediatorial policy of the Association , although . its moral 'influence w & q 8 trikingly . visible inthe sudden . Change which had come over the employer ' s intentions .
; Mr . Peel addressed ' a _numerbus and spirited ineetiri g ' of the JBobbin Turners , trade in the _eYpning ,, : at the Waggon _arid _^ Horses , near Lineholme ,- when die passed a _^ _well-deserved eulogiu m upon the steady and''faithful adherence which that trade had . given to , the Nationai _Asscciatipii ; thrpughtall ; the vicissitudes of tiirie and ' circumstance ,, ; and . pointed tp . their present position as ' an _^ illustration of the benefits of union when honestly persevered in . ' _Heassuredthem of the intention of the
Central Committee . _^ to ; ta _) : _''th ' e means and respurcesipf the . Association . _jio .- the utmost , whenever it was necessary to use those large powers entrusted to them by ' the laws in the defencieofthe ' rig _hts and pHvileges ofa . trade who had given such _strpngprbofi ( . of confidence in this ; Association ' ,, and had contributed so ' ungrudgingly . ' . and . punctually ' . 'to . its maintenance . : These remarks . were ; 'received ' with the most enthusiastic cheering'and votes of confidence iu the National Association audita Executive ! and especially in'its . generous and patriotic President , for _wHosa . cpmplete recovery many a fervent ejaculation , was expressed , and was passed with acclamation . ¦ The speaker was also honoured with an unanimous vote of
thanks , for , _his ' _. hunibleeffort _^ upon occasion , „ and ithe . meeting separated with _/ evidently , the utmost confidence in the movement to which-they had given so , long and a consistent support / ; " ';¦ ¦ " ' ¦'' '' . ! _' !' _, "; ' ¦' '" " : :- ¦ ¦ i i At ' the , unanimous rpque _^ t . ' _pf the meeting Mr . Peel conserited _. tb address , a publio openair meeting oh the folio wing evening , ' of the Poor _^ loom Weavers and other : 'Factory hands of the Vale p f Todmorden , " large numbers ' of whpmhad been _thrbWidle by the cruel and unwarrantable attempt ' ef . jB . ome of the millowners to depiivethem pfihe . blessings of cheap
food , by . a _reduction of their _wages i whicli certainly , if successful , will- _rerider the boasted blessings of Free Trade a mockery to the work- ' ing ' pbpulatioii of ' this , beautiful . valley . The Bobbin Turners tcndered . their active exertions to marshal their friends _and-neighbours tothe gathering andthe services ! of that useful and time-honoured functionaTy _, '; the village bell- " m ' an , were secured to ' give . th _^ , necessary publicity , _tpthemeotitig _,- _whichvwas held in aii open space called : the Canteen ; , the platform was fixed at the' base of k lofty . hill , ' whose ' sides , to its summit , clothed , with the ; softest
andhibst beautiful _Verdure ' , '• H * S 8 _; a fitting and picturesque seat for many _huiudre'da of the lads amHasses , who ; were the . especial victims of this ungracious attempt _^ bf a , few avaricious menvtb ' mpnopblise all the benefits' which . the Legislature must have iiitejid _^ d , should have been participated in by _alljtwnph ; they [ passed those measures which beitt-down the giant monopoly of Corn ; Mr ] Peel , in his address , endeavoured to show tiieoriiy . and true remedy fprthosofreqiieni _^ _iartacksnpon ;' the wages of
labour—JV ( j / _w » c /; Union ;¦ - heproyed its legality and its patriotism . He slid wed tho inefficiency oflocal : Unions , by their constant failure in arresting the' march of poverty . ' He- _deprebatfed _competition iniab 6 ur , _!^ . destructiye of the national prosperity ; he instanced the constantly increasing , extent of pauperism ! on thp one hand , and the inordinate accumulation of wealtlririthehandsiof _^^ _acompttfative- _'fewi' as a strUcing proof of tMe correctness _; of his _posisibn , and maintained * . that . as soon as capital had sucked up the , Tital blood ; pf , labount , wo _^ ld neceBBarily turn vipon itself ,. and that these
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sin . all inill-owneis , tt'ho , now play tho tyrant Pyertlipsewhpmdeatiiiy had placed in their _pwer , ' _v [ b _$ _^ inevitable : and ; uhpitied prey to the niore powerful yultinVs of their class .- 'He , therefore , urged bponthe -meeting ; ' both _workpeople' and _emplots' _^ m any _^ ; of' _whpmy _aftd ' _^ heir , managers , were , _present ) . ' tb :, _^^ paus _eVinJ tiirie _^ to look a little deeper than . the mere , surface of thingsto promote a ; mutual and better feeling with . each other ,- seeing that - their , frue ;' interests are identical / , He _^ invited ; tjie ' working . people to
rally , round tte banners of National TJnion , a » their , best . means , to protect themselves from arbitrary and unnecessary infringements upon their rights and privileges . —The address was received throughout with the " most marked attention , ; and greeted at its conclusion with loud cheers ., ; , A , resolution , embodying the chief points and r ecommendations of the lecturer , wus moved b y Mr . _'JoB ' ppli Crahtree , and _Seconded hy ' Mr . Earnshaw , and carried without _^ dissentient .: Vot es pf thanks to the lecturer and chairman closed the proceedings .
On the following day Mr . Peel proceeded to Bacup and Newchurch _; arid visited several old friends to _thei movement ; from all o f whom he received the most flattering ; hopes of a reaction in . favour of ' th ' o National . Association in that populous locality . : r Mr . Green reports having proceeded to Bvidgenbrth ; and held an excellent meeting of the Carpet Weavers , ' to whom he gave a
report , of the proceedings of the Conference generally , _, but more particularl y in a case having reference to themselves , _respectirig-orie of their members—which case was decided against them at the Conference , in consequence of the law of the Association having been-violated . Mr . Green reports that his explanations were considered very satisfactory , and the meeting determined fbr tlie future to be careful in
observing the laws of the Association , to prevent disappointment or misunderstanding .. Mr . Green on the following day went , according to instructions from the Central Committee , to Kiddermirister , ' to attend to a case of importance to the Carpet Weavers of that town _^ _. / ItappbarsMr . Talbot , an employer , gave . notice of a reduction of a halfpenny per yard ; on snow whites , ' assigning as a reason for so doing ; that he was the only , _employer in the town who was paying . the halfpenny . ; . On Mr . Green ' s arrival , he was given to understand that . Mr . Talbot had informed his men , that
since offering the reduction he had found there was one eriiployer in the town who was paying the same as himself , arid , therefore , lie should not ' , press ' ... the reductipn , for . if one could give _. thpprice he _npuld ,-and would . give it . Mr . ; Green ; of coarse , was glad to find tho employer ( Fr . Talbot ) _hadcoinetb so houourable _'" a corjcluBioni Jt ' _appears ; frbm Mr . _Greeq ' s report , seyeral meetings had been held ofthe Weavers , to . take into consideration the propriety of applying to the employers generally for the halfpenny on snow white ' s , which
the men consider they are . entitled , to , from the fact , of the material used in that fabric working much harder than . that wrought iu the usual carpet . Mr . Green held a meeting of delegates ; arid after hearing the facts connected with the article in question , advised the men to appl y on Saturday for the halfpenny per yard j ; and in the event of the _mastersrefusing their , request , toBeud off to the Central Committee ,- who , doubtless would appoint one of its members to wait on their employers . This arrangement gave general satisfaction .
On Saturday Mr . Green attended a meeting . of the Glass Makers at Birmingham , to explain the objects of the Association . The meeting was numerously . attended , and , after an address of considerable length , it "was resolved ; .. * f Tfcat the Birmingham secretary Bhould immediately -write to the general secretary of the Glass Makers union in'Manchester , instructing him to have printed on'the
progravome of their . Conference ( which ; is t « be held . ' in Birmingham . in a few weeks ) the earnest desire of their , branch to . have brought before their Conference ,-the subject of their trade ; joining ' ' the ' National _Association of United Trades in a body . " A vote bf _^ hnuka was then given to Mr . Green for his attendance , ' and the meeting broke up , highly pleased with the explanations given of this successful movement . ¦ " -
Loss Of Thr Emigrant Ship Skraphine. — W...
Loss of thr Emigrant Ship Skraphine . — We are indebted to Wr . John _W .. Wilkins for the following particulars of the loss of tlie British Sliip Seraphine , Captain Jl'Keavitt , from _Newryy Ireland , for this port , with emigrants : —The ship met with strong breezes up to the 14 th of April , and strong gales up to the 21 st , wind increasing to a hurricane , nnd about two a . m ., 22 nd ,, with close reefed main topsail , a sea struck her which threw her on her beam ends , shifting tlie ballast at the same time ; broke and carried nwxy houses over hatches , boats , and stanchions on both sides / started the poop and several of the old beams . In this unfortunate
situation , filling last m all directions , through _. Hatchways , & C , cut away mizzen mast in about three quarters of an hour after the sea struck her . ; and in about half an hour more , as means were about being taken to cut away the mainmast , away it went , clearing everything on its course except the foremast and foreyard ( the foremast was anew stick this voypge . ) The ship began to right a little , and with the assistance of the passengers the ship . was righted . ' At this juncture a leak was reported under the main chains , and the passengers were set to work at the pumps to keep her clear of water , the ship being kept before the wind , la consequence of the heavy sea on the 22 nd , two vessels lvinrr to _^ were passed without any assistance
being rendered .,, The passengers were still occupied in shifting ballast and pumping , and it was not till toward the evening of the 23 rd that the sea began to moderate . ¦ _Abimt this time two vessels were seen , which proved to be the Woodman , of Liverpool , and the Garland , of Cork , but as night was approaching no assistance was rendered then , and thewreck had no boat to send off . In the morning , boats from both vessels came nndtook off passengers , the Garland forty , and the . Woodman about 130 . On this day the wreck was seen by the El Dorado , Captain M Thompson , at about nine o ' clock inthe morning , about lat . 53 , long . 28 30 . W . on the horizon to windward . She bore downand came to about noon , when Captain Thompson went in the boat and
brought off tw ' _elve of the passengers , and was occupied in this manner till dusk . At the request of the captain , M'Keavitt , volunteers from the crew and passengers from the El Dorado went on board the wreck to assist him to take the ship , disabled as she was , intn _. somo port . ; but with tbe exception of one or two of them , ( the others being , unfit ) , and as no agreement cquld be entered into ,, with , the captain , they ireturned ., The ship ' s crew ( excepting _theofficers ) Ming _recused to remain with ber . it was decided the wreck' must be ; abandoned ; and , filially , about eight o ' clock , the captain and crew came , on board the El . Dorado , The . Garland , having taken as many as she could from the wreck , made off to . Boston , whether she was bound witk emigrants . -. The Woodman , pf , Liverpool , bound to Halifax ,-had on board about . , 130 . of , the passengers troni the wreck , and having but eight casks of
water on board , about thirty of the passengers were broiightto the El Dorado , which then had _Bixtyeight of the passengers and twenty of tlie crew , including the captain iind officers . Attempts were made to take provisions and water from the wreck , but they were found ineffectual , the ship rolling feav ' fully j ; arid , ' 'finally . ' it was abandoned entirely about ten p . m . The-lives weio all saved from tbo wreck , but a death occurred on tlie night of tho 23 rd from fright , making the third woman in the w . me' family thai died on the passage . It is miraculous ihat no lives were lost , with the exception of the ' one noted above , as the berths were all thrown to leeward when the sea _^ struck her , and the mainmast . went quite _unexpectedly . The dw following ( 25 th ) was _squally and the sea ran high , ao that it would haye been , impossible to havo rendered any more assistance , ' ,. ' _' .,.,
_GENKRAt _. BdARn . OE _HuAt-TH . —OnTuesday a _govsmment bill was piibted for confirming certain provisional oiders of . the General Board of Health , placing tlie following towns " under , weal _guards of _liealib _^ _-rSt _ratfprd-up _« _n-Avon , Dartford , Newport Brfcon _. ilarrow , Derby , Dover , and .. Chelmsford . •'; TbeOi , dbst : _DakTrbkin-Bkoiuu , which was plantvd m the _teijin of Charles . V ., about 1540 or 1550 , « _as cut down last -week at _Rooborst , it mea _> u > es thirty-six feet in length , and eighteen feet in circumfeience . Flanks two feet wide may be cut from BOttttiOf the branches .. This tree was _purchased fpr ; 800 f . ! by , M _^ YanderBanck , a cabinet maker at AudenaerbV -It . is- said that he intends to send a plank ; cut from this : tree ,, from four ta _filve feet wide , tothe _European _Exbibitionw _Londoa i » iW .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 8, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_08061850/page/5/
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