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_tfty sod _-iodncenty . - -Tha -ministerial or _^ gu argues , that political mediocrity is a necessary consequence of an enlarged _franchise , and looks forward with dismay , to the idea , of its . extension . ia this country on that ground . . We comprehend . the "real cause ; of its fear * . It knows well that the enfranchisement of the whole people will , of _uecessity _. Iead to the downfal of government by a privileged class , at the sacrifice of the best and hig hest interest of the great mass of the community . It is gratifying to see , that every din miiT Minimiiifi TI _iniil II
metropolitan borough exhibits a decided progressive tendency . At each successive election men of more defined and bold -views are sent to Parliament . We are very much mistaken if this tendency will not show itself still more strongl y at the nextgeneralelection . Such halfand-balf lukewarm « Liberala " asMr . _D'Eracourt , fer Lambeth ; Sir W . Clay , for the Tower Hamlets ; and Sir W . _MoLESWORTH , for Southwark ; ought certainly to be
replaced by men holding -views more in accordance with those of these three large constituencies . The National Parliamentary Association should prepare for that struggle betimes , and by means of a thorough organization of the local energies of the Reform party , prepare to fi ght a stout and strenuous battle at the hustings and the poll , when the existing constituencies are again called upon to send representatives to Parliament
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Parliamentary Keview/ The Commons Sat On...
PARLIAMENTARY KEVIEW / The Commons sat on Saturday last , to dispose of unopposed bills , and so clear the way for the adjournment cf the Honse , which , itis now stated , will , at the latest , take place on Friday , the 16 th inst . Mr . Hume and Mr . BBQTHEBTONtook the opportunity of declaring that , in the next Session , they meant to reform _, their own conduct They owned they had heen sad political libertines in the present Parliament , and that , deluded hy the
blandishments of the Whig Delilah , they had suffered themselves to he lolled to sleep , and the Philistines to rash npon and plunder ; not _ iem , hut the people . Mr . Htj _ e , however , _fwnnaed that , giving np all attendance npon committees in future , he wonld mainly devote himself to financial questions , with a determination to resist to the utmost every-extravagant Tote . Mr . Brothebtok pledged himself to resume Ms old character of watchman of the Honse of Commons , and to cry "Past twelve o ' clock i" as punctually as he used to do in the days of yore .
We were wondering within our own mmd , what all this portended , when that astute and far-sighted gentleman , Mr . Henley , suggested that the renewed zeal of the two hon . members was owing in no small degree to the fact , that " coming events cast their shadows before . " They scent the _approach of a Protectionist Cabinet , and mean to act more consistently on their pro--jessed creed with regard to money votes , than ihey have done daring the present Parliament "Better late than never . " But we venture , in all kindness , to suggest to both gentlemen ,
_that , " What ia sance for the goose is ( or -ought to be ) sance for the gander" also . They _"will best maintain tbeir own character for political integrity—their own usefulness to the public—by acting npon principles , altogether irrespective of the party who may happen to be in power for the time being . Honest fitraightforwardness is the element o f ail others ,. in which onr legislative bodies are most deficient . By their Tery composition there mngt , to some extent , be compromises between contending parties , or else the political machine wonld come to a dead
lock . Expediency must occasionally take the place of principle in practical legislation ; but thai makes it so much the more important that -our legislators should never for a moment be allowed to forget , that there are such things in the world as principles . It wonld degenerate into what Thomas Cablyle calls , " a huge p hantasm of _shams and _unveraraties _' ' if it _Trere not so ; and , therefore , we record the promises of onr two repentant Senators , with the . 'intention of urging their fulfilment next _session , if we andthey are spared to commence -another Parliamentary campaign .
The Jew Question—Which Grew, At Last, To...
The Jew Question—which grew , at last , to be altogether a piece of Jesuitical and legal quibbling—has been shelved for the present session , by the adoption of the shabby , paltry _ressolutions ofthe _Ckiverament . In one -word , the question is not advanced one inch from the position it occupied in 1847 _« LOBD John has hnmbngged his constituents and his colleague . _^ -
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One ofthe most important and interesting debates of the week , arose ont of the proposition oi the Chahcellok of the Exchequer to grant 30 , 000 Z . towards meeting the losses
sustained by the depositors in the _Coffe-street Savings Bank , Dublin . The principle involved in the grant-, as well as ibe facta oi the case , are too important to he disposed of in a cur-. sory review , like the present , and we must , therefore , reserve it for a separate article . We have , however , on former occasions , adverted to the circumstances connected -with the defelcations of those banks , and especiall y of _Cnffe-Jtreefc . It is sufficient at present simply to state thatthe commissioners for the reduction ofthe National Debt were cognisant
of the fact , nineteen , years ago , that a great defalcation had taken place , and that the registrar , Mr . Dusk , had absconded . It was their duty , according to act of Farli _ - ment , to have forthwith stopped the farther ¦ reception of deposits hy the defaulting bank ; but , instead of doing that , they only interfered in such a way as to produce the impression on the public mind that the Government authorities were quite satisfied with the state of ¦ afiairs . The consequence was , that this insol-Tent and fraudulent concern was enabled
largely io increase its deposits , or , in other words , with the connivance of these commissioners , to rob the credulous , but thrifty people , whose hard-earned savings were poured into its Treasury . In 1838 , another contretemps took place , and another _inrestigation , which ended by tbe _COQlQlis _aioners again allowing the _swindling concern to proceed . After the lapse of seven years its _afiairs were again brought before , them , and then they recommended that it should stop ; buttha recommendation was anheeded . The
" Bank" went on for three years more , till at last , in 1848 , it stopped , with a debt of sixtyfour thousand seven hundred and seventy-four pounds , three shillings , and sixpence ; and ninety pounds , sixteen shillings , and fivepence _ofassetat _Beit"tememtered , titattheCon * _anis _wonereooi onl y had the power , but were _absotately required h y law to stop this monster swindle from the very _first . If it had been stopped , even in 1848 , the depositors would have received 16 s . 6 d . in the pound ; if in 1845 , the loss would not have exceeded 5 s . in tho pound , bnt three years afterwards the _assets were positively nfl / We think that if instead of finding out " mares' nests * ' about the National Land and Labour Bank the
•*« Whistler " was to direct his energies to looking after the Commissioners of the National Debt , andthe fraudulent concerns that flourish under their patronage , he would be , for once at least , usefully employed . We throw out the hint for his consideration . The result of . all this , however , was , that . Sir C . Wood proposed tothe house to give 30 , 0001 . as an act of charity or compassion to the unfortunate depositors in the _Cuffe-streefc Bank , or nearly lol in the pound on their losses . That motion was agreed to , bnt with a very significant and earnest intimation _that-the other 10 s , wiU be pressed for next session , not on the ground of charity , bnt of Tight , _^™** Government _authorises wer _* teg _^ r / _wr / _W _ ¦
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cr * B » mMr . _ItTronld , howeTer _, have " beent nnwise , at this time ofthe _session , to Quarrel , * rith a _yote . which gave , at any rate , one half ofthe relief-which the depositors were fairly entitled to . ; : : " m . > - _'< _.-, _r ; . f . . . . ; - / : ' Ti ' Tl 11 '" ~~
The Hill Providing For The Inspection Of...
The hill providing for the inspection of coal mines has passed through some other stages , and is in a fair way to become law . We find , bya communication from the miners ' deputation , that in our recent comments on this measure , _i'inistako _^ occurred on a matter of fact , which we have great pleasure in rectifying . It appeara that the Earl of Carusm had consented to introduce the amendments which we pointed out as being , necessary to the effective working of the measure , and that it waa _introdnced with them to the House of Commons . We have not seen the amended bill as brought before the Lower House , but it will gratify us to learn that it has passed with the provisions we pointed out as being necessary .
The Irish Landlords Have Renewed Their E...
The Irish landlords have renewed their efforts to close the session by a series of measures aimed at the lives , the property , and the subsistence of the industrious workers in that unhappy land . Nothing will cure that unhappy and doomed race . Experience is thrown away upon them , their hearts are hardened , their eyes blinded ,, and their ears
_stopt Unfortunately we do not possess a strong and a benevolent Government , with the power and the will to restrain these dangerous madmen from injuring both themselves and the country . We have not seen the end of violence and revolutionary reaction in Ireland , and Lord John is to blame , for all that happens in consequence of his feebleness and his fear .
The multifarious business galloped over at morning sitings , prolonged with a brief interval unto morning agaia , need no further notice here than merely to say that the reckless and headlong hurry of July and August , contrast marvellously with the dawdling and waste of i time in February , March , and April . Next week we shall have the close , and then we shall count the chickens hatched in the Palace at Westminster for the last six months .
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MONIES RECEIVED Fob tbs * Wsm Sunns _Tbdrsdat , , ; _AucDsr , 8 _ar 1850 . •* ? OB THE WIMflG-UP OF THE LARD COMPANY Received by W . Rideh . —Burnley , per J . Butterworth 7 s —T . Gibbon , near MerthyrTydvil 28-R . Smith . Bramhope 2 s 6 d—Messrs . Hutchby and Munsloiv , Holbrook 2 s—Spilsby , Four Land Members „ —Lancaster , per T . JBaines ls—Messrs dough , Minikin , and Armstrong , Egremont 1 * 6 d—W , Wall , Carlisle 6 d-J . Firth , Harts Hill 6 d—Mot tram , Land Members , per M . Clayton 11 5»—Nottingham and _Lamblej , per J . Sweet 15 s 6 d—Sheffield , per G . Cavill Is 6 d—Dorldng , per W . Boomes 7 s 6 d—Sowerbj , _Xongrovd
per J . Wuson 6 s 6 d—Rochdale , per B , Gal 10 s—D . Duff , Locbee Is—Dalston , per T . Sowerby' 5 s—Leamington Priors , Eleven Members , per J . Allen 9 s 6 d-Messrs Naylor _, Mee , and Holmes , Satton-in-Asbfield ls 6 d—Peter Forrester , Landerneaa , France 6 d . Beceived at _ _oo > Oebck . _—C Burton 83—W . Steel S 3 . — F . Berbeck 6 d—G . _Jenka 6 _d-J . MBIer 6 d—Bridport 4 s—Hinffley 2 _« 9 _d-Spilsby 3 s-Holl 21—E . Coasuis 6 d—M . Grace ed—Manchester £ 110 _s- " . _R . Travis 6 d—B . Travis 6 d —M . Trans 6 d-J . Travis 6 d—E . H . Travis 6 d—Sandbach Ss—Job Richardson 6 i £ t . d . Received by * _rT . Rider .. .. 6 7 . 6 . . Beceived at Land Office .. .. 4 H 3
Total ,.- ..- .. .. £ 11 19 THE _HflNESTY _TUSD . Received by W . Ridss . —3 . Firth , Harts Hill 6 d-J . Colilns _, Hyde 6 d . . FOR MRS . LACY . Received by Vf . _Rroja . —K . Smith , Bramhope Is . FOR WIDOWS OF THE -LATE MESSRS- WILLIAMS AND SHARP . ' Received by Vf . Rides . —R . Smith , Branhope Is . - ' - <
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An accident having occurred , whereby part ofthe matter was obliged to be kept out of onr third edition on March 9 th , for the satisfaction of subscribers , we this week re-insert the lands received during that week , whioh were as _follows : —
THE HONESTY FUND ; Receired by W . Sides . — Derhy , per W . Chandler 21—J . D ., Berks Is—A few Silk Dressers , Harpurhey 2 s Cd—Three Friends , Oldbury , per B . Wall 2 s—From Eadcliffe Cross' near Stepney—Mr . Lamb 5 s ; a Lover of Justice 5 s ; aa Enemy to Oppression Ss ; John Maithers 2 s Gd—G . Webster , New Bridge ls—B . W . B ., J . B ., and T . W ., Radford 3 s—H . Johnson , Syston ls 5 d—Bradford Land Members , per J . _ConnellWSg id—J . Green , Kidderminster , 5 s—J . Harrison , EoleShiU la 6 _a—MUborne Port , per W , Hjfde 4 s —Norwich , per J . Hurrell 10 s—Mr . Lewis , Queen-street , Soho Is Cd—From Bolton—H . Lancaster ls ; J . Reeds Gd ; T . Bostron 6 d—Two Friends , per T . Warr 2 s—T . Martin , Newtown , Montgomeryshire , 2 b _Cd—Heywood , per J . Scott 3 s 6 d—W . Goddara , Bolton , T . Dreper 6 d—Bolton , N . Cowley 6 d—T . F . Byam ls—W . W . Eyam 6 d—Norwich Chartists Association , per T . Warr 11—Normcb . Chartists , per j . ifanyiss—Norwich , Leicester is—T . Newton , Leicester
Is—S . White , Leicester la—Hull , per G ; Barnett 115 s id—Thorpe , per T . Oxford 10 s—Newcastle-upon-Tyne , perM . Jude _U 5 s—Macclesfield , per E . Dean 8 s 6 d—Winchester , per 6 . Sturgess 13 s—From _Carlisle _^ -Curomersdale Print Works , per J . Gilbertson 112 s ; Home Head Works ; per J . Gabertson Ss Id ; Friends , per J . Gilbertson 12 s lid—Holbeck , Leeds , per T . Newman 4 s—a few Chartists , Hastings , per E . MoselOs—Nottingham . per 3 . Sweet 1115 s Id—Great Dodford , per H . Green It 4 s _Id—DalstoB _. TJiree Land Members , per an Old Guard 3 s—a Few Demoerate ,. Parker ' s Flats , Derbj Is _6 d—From Sheffield—F . L . 2 s ; J . Kodgers Gd ; E . Joynes Gd—Leigh Claive , Rochdale 6 d—Rochdale Chartists , per R . GUI Us—Littleborough Chartists , per R . Gill 10 s—Mr . Millward , Beckenham , per H . Edwards 2 s 6 d —From Radclife Bridge—T . B .. Is ; N . C , 2 s Cd ; 3 . B ., ls Sd ; K . H & mer ls—J . Lewis , Lantwit Varder ls—J . Cook , Sl _ i __ Colliery 3 d—Cheltenham , per J . Hemmin 6 s Cdan Ever Unwilling Special ( a bill stamp ) 2 s—From Hanging
_Heafon , near Dewsbnry—1 . Fox Is : W . Pickles ls ; E . Newsome ls—Manchester , Messrs . Xerwto _, Worthington , and Moss 3 s-J . F ., Glossop 2 s 6 d—Walsall Chartists , per J . Mills 8 s—Bishop VTeamomh , per * ff . Dobbie 9 s—J . Graj-, Carrowford _, near Colne 4 s— "Westminster Land Members I 3 s 6 d—T . Harding , HuIIathorn 5 "—J . Oldfield _, Huddersfield Laud Members 2 s 6 d—Mr . James Watson , Newcastleupon-Tyne ls—a Paid-up Land Member 6 d—William Tripp tree Is—Daniel Linnean , per William Tripptree ls—Swindon , per D . Morrison 9 s ., . Receired at Land Office . —Brighton , per W . Gills It—Philip Elliott 3 s—Wm . Eccles 5 s 3 d—S . S . D . 2 s—Alexander Giles , sen . 2 s—Alexander Giles , jun . Is—George Drysdall Is—G . W . 13—Glasgow , per Mr . Sherrington _K-2 * . KiHg Is—William Leicester ls—Manchester , per Allcock 101—JohnGilesIs—Manchester , per J . Lee It 16 s—Mr . Jones , Lynn It—Mr . Ribbey , Tiverton 2 £ —William Wilson , Bacup 10 s—Mr . Henry Foster Is—It . Side , Lambeth is—T . H . Side , Lambeth ls—E . Drew , Lambeth _6 d—B . Savage , Lambeth 6 d . ' ' £ a . d . Received by W . Rider .. . .. 28 6 9 Beceired at Land Office .. .. 1883 Total .. .. .. £ 4615 0
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WINDING-UP OF TBE L _ N 3 > COMPANY . to thb _Borroa os m _northern star . 33 , Queen-street , Sheffield . Sib , —A poor man , a member of this branch , has forwarded 2 s ., which I enclose , forthe law expenses of the Company . He also -wishes the following letter to be published , that it might encourage others to do likewise . - Youra respectfully , George Cavill .
" TO MB . GEOBQE CAVIIX . " * ' _ _bab Sib , —I write to inform you of my address , for as I see in tho Northern Star that Mr . O ' Connor intends to wind up the Land Company , I thought you might wish to know where to find me . I am sorry to see tbat our true and tried friend Mr . O'Connor has to make so many calls upon _themembers for funds for this purpose ; it is too much for one man to do the work of seventy thousand , but as our departed friend , poor Mr . _Brigga , used to gay , "he would do one man ' s share , " I am willing to do the same . I am ashamed to see the members so backward in their duty to one who bas suffered so much for them , but I hope the true and good will do their best ; , and then it will shame others to do theirs also . I hope a good sum will be Bent from
this branch . I bave enclosed 2 s . as one man ' s share , and if more sbould be required I will send it . Let me know if Chartism is dead in Sheffield , as I never hear of any meetings tbere . I have just read Erneflt Jones' speech at Halifax on the 16 th ult , and it has done my heart good to find tbat he has determined to send bis voice through the agricultural counties , but he will have a hard task to put sense into some oftheir heads , I have worked for the cause of Chartism for more than ten years , and have travelled England through . In every place that I have worked I have made _some converts ; these will make more , and that is the way we must work ; and if every one who calls himself a Chartist would do the same we should have the Charter in twelve months . Let us tben be up and doing , and not be ashamed of our principles , for they are good , and our enemies know it .
'Yours truly , in the cause of Democracy , , „« ,,., "John _Foxiw . " ' Todwick , near RotherhMn . "
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. _^ Thk _^ Exectoite _CoMMimi-of . tho National Charter Association met at the office ? 14 , SouthMaptoh- ' _street , Strand , on TBiiraday evenrag ; _Jlr . J , Milne , in the chak .-Federal Union o / Democrats : — _«¦ it w & _i _resolved tha the basis of the Federal Union shall be nine memhers from each society , namely—National Charter Association , National Reform League _^ Social Reform League , and Fraternal Denlo crats ; and that Ernest C . Jones , _"VY . Cooper , T . Cooper , Le Blond , S . M . Kydd , and _FearguB O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., be also _invited to attend . " The Mowing resolution
was ; also unanimously adopted ,: rr" / That the Exeoatire Committee of the National Charter Association having heard that Mr . Bronterre O'Brien is about to visit tho provinces on a political tour , and that he is willing to exert himself in the cause of the Association , hereby expresses its implicit confidence in the zeal , talent , and sincerity of Mr . O'Brien , and recommend the working classes in the country to attend any meetings Mr . O'Brien may hold , in order to make known , as widely as possible , the present policy of the Executive . " The Committee then adjourned until "Wednesday evening , the 14 th inst .
Sheffield—The Chartist Council held a special meeting on Monday evening , in the Democratic Temperance Hotel , 33 , Queenstreet , to examine the accounts of the late pleasure trip which took place on Monday , the _ 9 tb of July , from Sheffield to Derby and Nottingham . It is with the utmost pleasure the council have to announce , that the proceeds have realised their most sanguine expectations , so much so , that the local debt will he cleared , with the exception of a mere trifle _. Too much praise cannot be given to the Directors ofthe Midland Company , and Councillors
Ironside , Bootle , Lawton , ' and others , for the interest manifested . It is in contemplation to make another application , ere long , to the Directors , for another pleasure trip / when the funds of the body will , it is hoped , be placed in such- a position as to enable us to commence building a good Lecture Hall , which is much needed . We beg to return our best thanks to aU those gentlemen who so kindly lent us their assistance on the occasion referred to . On the motion of Messrs . Ash and Whaley , Mr . Cavill was authorised to receive subscriptions from members and friends of the association ,
In the meantime we remain , on behalf of the Association , TV . Buckley , ' . James Ash , Thomas Hague , James Whaley , Nathan _Bobinson , John Craven , Charles Clayton , John Wallace , George Cavill , Cor . Sec ; Bbadfobd . — 'At the usual weekl y meeting held in the Democratic ; _School-room , Croftstreet , Wakefield-road , on Sunday , 'August 4 tb , the following persons were elected to fill the office . of councilmen for the next three months : —Thomas Wilcock , Joseph Alderson , Bobert _Ashworth , Michael _M'Crath , William Long , Edward Malone , William Tempest , John Farrar , chairman : -William Angus ,
financial secretary ; Ananias Kitchen , treasurer ; Edward Smith , corresponding secretary , No . 37 , Adelaide-street ,-. Manchesterroad , Bradford , Yorkshire , to whom all communications for the Chartists of Bradford , are to he addressed . '' . ¦ _" *' , Edinbubuh . —A general meeting of all the enrolled members of the different localities was ; held iu Buchanan ' s Coffee-house ; High-street ,, to hear the report ofthe delegates atthe Edinburgh Conference . Mr . Cribbes in the chair . Mr . Brimenes gave in his report , after ' which it was moved , by Mr ; Kay ; seconded by Mr . Dixon ;— " That the rer port given , be received . "—Carried unanimously . Moved by Mr .. Kay , seconded by Mr . Dixon : —
" That a recommendation go from this meeting to the different localities and democratic societies to get up a committee , composed of a delegate from each , to forward tbe cause of democracy . "—Moved by Mr . Smith , seconded by Mr . Matheson— " That the three agents of the three localities , be a subcommittee "to put a local levy on each enrolled member , to pay the expenses of the delegates . " Tbe : meeting was then ; dissolved ; ¦ _¦¦ - ¦ v . Marylebone Localitt . —At a meeting held at the Princess Royal , Circus-street , ' New-road , on Sunday evening , Mr . G « dwin in the chair , a _dlBCUSBion ensued as to the propriety of having a course of lectures delivered in their rooms , which
was ultimately adjourned until Sunday evening , August 18 th . Several new members were enrolled . Mktrofolita * " Delegate _Conscit . —This body met at t & _9 City Chartist Hall , 26 , Golden-lane , Barbican , on Sunday afternoon , August 4 th . Mr . B . Stallwood in the chair . Messrs . Dicey and Tickers , for Finsbury and East London , presented their credentials . _—P _/< wih _£ the victim Bezer ih Business . —The delegates from all the localities , with one exception , having reported in favour of doing something' towards placing Mr . Bezer in business , after considerable discussion , the following resolution was moved and seconded by Messrs . Blake and Alco , and was adopted by a very
large majority : — " That the several localities do raise a fund , in any way they may think best , for Mr . Bezer ; tbat such sums shall be placed in the bands of the treasurer of this council until the whole be remitted ; all suoh sums to be collected and handed into the council on or before the first Sunday in September next , when the council shall immediately proceed to band the same' in the aggregate over to Mr . Bezer ; but sbould the sum so collected exceed Ten Pounds , such excess shall be devoted to other political martyrs by the council . " Several-Jocalities baring expressed a desire to add the names of Messrs . Martin and another to that of Bezer , it was arranged tbat whenever this took
place , such locality or localities , would then hand one third 80 collected over to the council , _dividing tbe remainder with the other two victims . —The Address of the Council to their' Democratic Brethren of the Metropolis . —Mr . Stallwood , on behalf of the sub-cemmittee , reported , that one thousand copies would be struck off for distribution , and that the Northern Star had inserted it . The secretary was instructed to forward copies to several metropolitan and other papers , periodicals , Ac ., and request its insertion , Or a notice of the same .. Mr . W . A . Fletcher then submitted his motion for a Fortnightly Tract : —'' That the council do issue a tract at least once per fortnight , containing appeals to
start new localities , inserting announcements of public and locality meetings , lectures , discussions , tracts , libraries , & c , in connexion with the Democratic movement in the metropolis . " Mr . Moring seconded the motion . After a long and interesting discussion , it was unanimously agreed : — " That the subjeot stands adjourned until the next sitting , and that a ' sub-committee , consisting of Messrs . W . A . Fletcher , Finlen , and A . Ilonnibell , be appointed to make inquiries relative thereto , and report accordingly . " The names having been called over , and some other routine business transacted , the council , with thanks to the chairman , auiourned until Sunday , the llth'inst . ¦
Chartism in the East o ? London . —A crowded public meeting was held at tl _» Eastern Institution , Back-lane , St . George ' s-in-the-East , ou "Wednesday evening ; Mr . Noauel , a veteran democrat , in the chair . Mr . Elliot moved the following resolution , — ' _•* That the Commons House of Parliament—so called—being constituted . from the propertied classes , will never legislate for the interest Of the great body of the people , including the right of every man to live and labour in the land of his birth ; we , therefore , determine to perservere with renewed energy for the recognition of the People ' s Charter as the law ofthe land . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . G . W . M . Reynolds , amidst much applause ,
seconded the resolution , and showed up the corruption and baseness-of the so-called representative branch ofthe Legislature , denounced the system of giving " dotations " palaces , and huge sums for stables for little princes , whilst large masses of the industrial classes are perishing of hunger , He denounced tbe attempts made to erect a monument tothe late Sir Robert Peel , who , all his life long , withheld rights from the people , so long as it was sate to do so , and could only look at _Befowners who aided and assisted " tbis move , " to say the least , as _actiag a most inconsistent part . ( Cheers . ) There was another : attempt making to get up some memorial "to the Good Duke of Cambridge ; " good for what ? eating the largest amounts ot" dinners at the least possible cost ; of providing himself and family with enormous
incomes from the public purse . ( Cheers . ' i It was ' the duty of the people to be up and stirring to reform the House of Commons by the establishment ' of the People ' s Charter , as the means of effecting social rights—of obtaining the right to " labour and ' live . " ( Applause . ) The resolution was put * and carried unanimously . —On the motion of Mr . Ferdinando , a vote of thanks was given to the chairman ( Mr . Noquel ) , who acknowledged the compliment , and the meeting was dissolved . - _^ Soho Locality . —A most important meeting took place on Wednesday ovening last , in the Hall of 2 , Little . _Dean-8 treet , to discuss . the principles of the National Reform League , whioh was attended by the members of the council , and the friends of the cause generally . Mr . Leno in the chair . , Mr , _$ wtt ( _proposal tta first resolution t » ft ? v _^' i : ~
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_nf „ i _i' _2 _„ of ' ¦ _** - J ; B 0 _'Brie . n , which was secondedby Mr . _jHarrop _.,, After ! a _. _longand interesting _disoussion , on the motion of Mr _., W . A . Fletcher , _SvK i _^^ S ; next ' A" _™ » of thanks ' was given to the Chairman , who ; stated that the _oomt mittee had . made arrangements for . a course of _S _aturdayeyemngiecture ? iuthe ftboye Hall ¦ 2 _S _?? * loct _" ? _^ M - _Salter Cooper , on _iouraad _7 , Au S _V _nth ., The meeteng . then ad-
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NA _TIONAL ! CHAItTBR ASSOCIATION . : ¦ The weekly meeting at _John-streot , Fi ' zroysquare , was numerously . uttended on Tuesday even" _¦ 'Vast ' . Mr . J . J ; , Bezer was . unanimously called J ? / _" _« and the _lowing resolution was submitted , for discussion : —" That , this meeting is of opinion that _thepresent time is . mp & t auspicious for the purposes of organisation , and hereby calls on its brother democrats throughout , the British dominions , to establish Chartist localities , convene pub-Uc _meetiugBj and spread democratic knowledge , by means of tracts , periodicals , newspaper * ,-. Ac , Ac ,
hi order that the peoplo may ho in a position to return to parliament at least sixty advocates of Cbart , 8 _S i ; " s ° _- ' * _^ _S _^ s at the next general election . " The _Chmbmas , in opening the business , complained that many shopkeeperB refused to _expose For Sale , or obtain when ordered , that popular periodical the Red _ifcjnioKean , and Baid , this should make tho democrats more active in supporting all such publications . He pointed to the necessity of extending political , and . social knowledge , to prevent the people in future , beingffleeced by parliament voting an immense Palace toan infant in his ninth year , and five thousand _oounda fore tables for tbe Prince of . "Wales' horses , _nineipr . ten years hence . :, He had much pleasure in calling oh Mr . Stall-rood to move the resolution ... " . . . Z ['; Z . *
; Mr . 'SiiiiVooD ' said , he perfectly agreed with tbe resolution _thut , in , _thfetiitio of political calm , it was auspicious for organisation . It was true that some twelve or thirteen Chartist localities existed in the heart of _Lpndqur-that the Metropolitan Delegate Cou ' udil was nobly doing ; its duty—that Lambeth had nobly done its duty by returning the Chartist candidate , William . Williams '; by a majority of 2 , 652 . ( Cheers . ) But he wanted to know why had not : WaIwortb , Camberwell ,: Clapham , anil Wandsworth , IChaftjst localities ? ; fWhat swas Camden . town , Hampstead , ' and Portland-town doing for Chartism ? What ' was tIie , RadicaI Finsbury , doing —viz ., Islington , Highbury , _Hornsey , ' _ c . ? Why did not the Chartists b ' r the Hamlets establish
localities at Bow , Stratford ,, Hackney , Ac ? Why did not Pimlico , Chelsea , and Kensington , Ac , move in the good cause ? - _; Why . did not the good democrats of Greenwich , carry ; their principles into Lewishani , Deptford , and ; Rotherhithe 1 Mr . Stallwood concluded _, by . calling on the Chartists of the metropolis to carry out the resolution . . .. - ¦ > , ' .: Mr . _. _Bbonijjbbk 0 _'BniEtf came forward greatly applauded , and said , he . had infinite pleasure in _seoonding that resolution ;; 'the more :-so as he should _snbrtly he in _. Manoheater and the north of England , when he should be happy to tako that as his text , and show how cordially tho National Charter- Association , National Reform League , Eratemal Democrats , and other Social Reformers ,
worked together for the obtamment ofthe same object . ( Cheers , ) He waB prepared to prove , thatunder a wise system of social rights , there ' would not be one poor person in , existence ., He objected to speaking of kings as though they were the entire cause of the people ' s . misery . ( Hear , heard . ) It was usurers and . profit-mongers , that weighed down society , _andit' was a wise system of currency exchange , and the nationalisation of land , Ac , that would prove the . vemedy . ( Cheers . ) He rejoiced , that William , Williani 8 > was returned for Lambeth by so large a majority , because he was the most honest amongst the candidates who had presented themselves , ' but he should have rejoiced
more had the _man _. returned been one of their own class .. ( Hear , hear . ) He , believed Mr . Williams tone ah honest advocate of universal or manhood suffrage , but he did not understand social rights , but went oa the present erroneous system of capital and labour .. ( Hear , hear . ) . The resolution asked the country to take steps to secure the return of some sixty working men to parliament ; and . it was the duty of the producing class to unite against the usurers and profit-mongers who had most traitorously usurped their rights and privileges , and were fast working the destruction , of the People . ( Loud cheers . ) He should be most happy to second their efforts in the country , as he did now , by seconding that resolution . ( Cheers . )
Mr . Gkbau > iiAssur , amidst loud cheers , came forward to support tho resolution , and said , he trusted to see . a" meeting of the leaders _' of all parties , for although all might not be Red Republicans ho trusted they were all , democrats , Mr . Massey then suggested a number of broad general axioms , such as '' all men are brethren , " Ac , and said he thought some broad basis of this description might be laid , on which aU could stand in the common hand oi unity , and . that he who would not agree to
some _such . a proposition was no friend of tho people . He alluded to the question of Associative Labour , and said , in the short space of six months not less tban eight associations ; had been established , and invoked them to press onward in the good cause of democracy , " burying feuds in dust . " ( Cheers . ) Mr . T . Brown cordially supported the resolution . After a few words frpm ; Mr . _B . O'Connor , the resolution was put , and _icarried unanimously . A vote [ of thanks was given , to the Chairman , and the meeting termina ted .
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Meu' £ _hyb .--A meeting was held on Monday evening , at the Chandlers' Arms , Georgetown , to subscribe towards the expenses of winding up the Land Company , and adjourned io Monday evening next , the 12 th of August . ' ' , _•' ; . . ' ¦ SowERBr , ( _LoNGRoVi )) .--At a meeting of members , held on Sunday ,. July 28 th , it was agreed . thataixpenco per member be subscribed towards defraying the expenses of winding up the Land Company , ' when each member present subscribed his quota , which has been remitted to Mr . O'Connor . It was also further
resolved , — " That the best thanks of this meeting are due and hereby given to Mr . O'Connor , _forhis zealous and untiring advocacy of the interests arid liberties of the working classes , and that we have _uriboundei confidence in his honesty and integrity . " Bacup . —A meeting was held on Monday , the 5 th inst . —Mr . W . Tagg in the chairwhen ; it was resolved ,--- " That every member having any ; legal claim . on the Company , belonging to ; this branch , i should pay sixpence towards the' expense of winding up the Company . " The meeting was adjourned until Wednesday evening , the . 14 th inst ., when the money is to be collected . .,., /¦ ¦
_MoTWtAJi . —At a meeting held at Mr . Mariin Clayton ' sy on Sunday , July 28 th , the following'propositions were agreed to : _—•** That a levy of sixpence he laid on every member of this branch . _!^ ¦' . " That £ 2 5 s . be sent to Mr . O'Connor , ; towards , defraying the governmental expenses . ' . ! " That all memhers pay the levy of sixpence on or before August llth , 1850 ,. or forfeit all claim to the Land Company . " N . B .--M 6 nies received at the house of Mr . Martin Clayton , Hbllingworth , near Mottram .
Wakefield . —At a meeting held at Mr . Brooke ' s , No . 47 , Northgate , on Wednesday , July 31 st , Mr . R . "Brookewas called tothe chair . The . folio wing resolution was proposed b y Mr . Hall , and seconded by Mr . Parker , — " That in order to defray the expenses of winding up" the Land . Company , that each member be < called upon for a levy of sixpence , and . that all arrears of levy be paid by the 21 st of August , and that any person neglecting to do so shall forfeit all olaimB on the Company ; that H . Blackburn be empowered to take monies , at Ko . 81 ,
Northgate , atauy _! time , for the convemence of the members . " Meetings are held at Mr . Richard Brooke ' s , every Wednesday evening . Rochdale . —At a special general meeting held on Sunday last—Mr . ' S . Clegg in the chair—the following resolutions were agreed to : —" That all _shareholdrs , both paid-up and _unpaid-up , do pay a levy of sixpence each _towa-rds defraying the governmental expenses incurred by winding-up the Land Company . " It was also resolved i— " That a committee of i 6 « vvB' _-vHb . . chairman , secretary , aad _troa-
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; t . ' _uiin- _^ _^ dthattheymeet'overy _™*? . _fr _^^^^ _WclockJ ; to _, receir ; Sunday afternoon , at t _» o " .. -. ., ' _.. ,- . _^ ,, levies / and conduct _^ _affiiirs of _^ _**» _% " The , following officers _. we re then appo :. ,, « _f—Mr .. T . Clegg , chairman ; Mr . R ; Gill , seeretary ; Mr . J . Tweedale , treasurer j Mr . J . Mariock , Mr . T . Taylor , Mr . R . Hacking , _MrffjO _^' Sh aw , Mr . W . Bake , Mr .:, 0 / Shepherd , andMr . W . Ashworth , to form the committee for the next three months . " Ten Shillings ; was then paid in by twenty members , ( _serit herewith ) .- It was further agreed , "That all communications connectedwith this branch of the Land Company be / addressed to . the secretary , Robert _Gfll _, 24 , Henry-street , Rochdale . " i ,
_Leickster . —At a meetingof paid-up shareholders of the No . 1 Branch , held on the 30 th ult ., the following resolution was . adopted : — " That this meeting soeing the necessity of assisting Mr . F . O'Connor in winding up the affairs of the Land Company , and as the Expense Fund is' exhausted , do agree to pay 6 d . a member towards the expense of the proposed Bill . All levies due to the Company must be paid , or the members will cease to have any olaim on the society . That the committee sit overy Monday night for one month , commencing August 5 th , from eight O ' clock , to receive all levies due up to the 31 st of December , 1849 , at No . 102 , Churchgate . " Huu . —At a special meeting , held at the Malt-Shovel , North Church-side , August 5 th—Mr . G . Candelett in the chair- the secretary read the minutes of the last meeting , which was confirmed
by ninety-three paid-up , and unpaid-up shareholders paying the sixpence Jevy for tho purpose of winding up the affairs of the Company , and after some discussion the nieeting wns adjourned . Marylbboni " . —At a meeting cf members , heWat Mr . Hancock ' s , the . Princcss Itoyal | on Wednesday , August 7 th , it was resolved : — " That this meeting approves of Mr . O'Connor ' s intention of winding up the Company , and with aa little delay as possible ; and that they also approve of the _suggestion of the Manchester branch , namely , " that sufficient of _tluj Company ' s property be sold to pay the expenses of the winding up , so thatthe expense may be equally borne by every shareholder . " 'C _entral _Rosskshulk . — A meeting of shareholders was held on Saturday , last , when various propositions for windine-up theCompany were dis * cussed , and the meeting adjourned until Saturday , the 31 st of August .
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- __ , -am i NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRA . DES . . T . S . Duncombe , Esq .,- M . P ., President . . . Established 1845 . . . ' : ¦¦ ¦ ¦ . " fiat j _roarmA . " At no time since the foundation of this Association in 1845 , has any case engaged the attention of its Exeoutive , involving such important _consi derations , ' both to tho masters and the men , as the case ofthe Tin Plate Workers of Wolverhampton . For more than twenty years' has the adoption ofa book of prices been demanded and struggled for in vain . ' Thousands of pounds have been consumed in the hopeless endeavour to induce the manufacturers of that town to adopt a measurei which , as honourable men and fair traders , ' they should have
been the first to propose . Within the period named , various contests have taken place , in which the men havo been invariably worsted . Without organisation , without discipline _^ they have , upon all former occasions , found themselves totally in * adequate to cope successfully with the unscrupulous and uncompromising spirit with which their most just nnd moderate demands have been met by their haiighty task masters . ' - " ¦ - : ;¦•" . * . ¦" . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ ' The last severe struggle , seven years since , will be long remembered by ail parties concerned ; many a home was broken up—many a ¦ poor lellow was consigned to tho dungeons of Stafford Castle upon the most frivolous pretexts ; After a noble and gallant effort to obtain a most reasonable conto submit
cession , they were compelled once more to the dictational terms oftheir conquerors , who failed not to take every dishonourable advantage of their fallen _portion . This adverse termination to their struggle maybe readily accounted for . Its chief cause was the want ofa concentrated action . Another cause may be presumed , in our ignorance or disregard of the legal boundaries within whioh all movements ofthe working classes should be rigourousiy confined . These legal boundaries are simple and well-defined . They are of two descriptions : 1 st ., the Statute Law , comprised in one short Act of Parliament—the Oth Geo . W ., cap . 129 ; and as the provisions of tbis act cannot be too well known , or too widely circulated amongst working men , we here insert its two principal clauses : —
3 . Ana be it further enacted , that from and _wter tno passing of this act , if any person shall by violence tothe person and property , or . by threats or by intimidation , or by molesting or in any ivoy obstructing another , force or endeavour to force any journeyman munufacturer , work man , or other person hired or , ' employed in * any manufacture , trade , or business to depart from his hiring , employment , or work , ' or to return his work before the same shall be finished , or prevent or endeavour to prevent any journeyman manufacturer , workman , or other person not being hired or employed , from hiring himself to , or from accepting work or _cmpldjmen t from any person or persons ; or . il any person shall u 6 e or employ violence to the person or property of another , or threats or intimidation , or shall molest , or in . any way obstruct another for tbe purpose , o forcing or inducing such person to belong to any Club or
association , or to contribute to any common fund , or to pay any fine or penalty , or on account of his not belongi » g to any particular club or _association , or not having complied , or of his refusing _tocomp ' . Y _ivitbanyrales , orders , resolutions , or regulations made to obtain an advance , or to reduce the rate of wages , or to lessen or alter the . hours of working or to decrease or alter the quantity of work , or to regulate the mode of carryiug on any manufacture , trade or business , or the management thereof ; or if any person shall by violence to the person or property of another , or by threats , or by intimidation , or by . molesting , or in any way obstructing another , force , or endeavour to force , any manufacturer or person carrying on any trade or business , to make any alteration in his mode of regulating managing , conducting , or carrying on such manufacture , trade or business , or to limit the ' number of his apprentices , or the number or description of his journeymen , workmen , or _semnts ; every _person so offending , or aiding , abetting , _orasssisting therein , being convicted thereof in manner
hereafter mentioned shall be imprisoned only , and shall and may be imprisoned . and kept to hard labour , for any time not exceeding three calendar months . 4 .- _Provided _al-wajB and be it enacted , that this act shall not extend to subject any persons to punishment who shall meet together for the sole purpose of consulting upon and determining the rate of wages ' or prices , which the persons present at such meeting or any of them , shall require ordemnnd for his or their work , or the hours or time for which he or they shall work in any manufacture , trade , or business , or who shall enter into any . agreement , verbal or written among themselves for the purpose of fixing the rate of wages or prices , which tha parties entering into such agvecn . tmt , or any of them , shall require or demand for his or their work , or . the hours of time for which he or they will work in any manufacture , trade , or business ; and that persons so meeting for the purposes aforesaid , or entering into any such agreement as aforesaid , shall not be liable to any prosecution , or penalty for so doing ; any law or state to the contrary notwithstanding ..
It will be seen , by a careful perusal , that by this act the absolute right of working men to combine to meet as a " cluo or association" is indisputably acknowledged ; and the purposes for which they may combine is equaiiy clearly expressed : " to consult upon and determine the rate of wages or prices , "the hours or time for whioh they will work in any manufacture , trade , or business ; " and f or these purposes any agreement , verbal or written , which those present at such meeting , or any of tbem may enter into ,, is legal to . all intents nnd purposes , any law or statute to the contrary notwithstanding . Sow here is the gi _' eat palladium of labour ' s rights—the Magna Charter of British industry , and no measures , in themselves legal , which wo may adopt to carry out any agreement wliich the Tin Plate Workevs may think fit to enter into , under the provisions of this Act , can subject an ) individual to any legal responsibilities .
All our operations then , in this case , will be strictly within the limits of this Act ; and tho consent of Mr . Perry , or Mr . anybody else will not be asked to look at any book or list of prices ; but a book or list of prices will be agreed upon and adopted , and acted upon by the Tin Plate Workers of Wolverhampton , in virtue of their legal and constitutional right , appertaining to them by the law of the land . But thero is another law—to the tender mercies of which working men are sometimes consignedknown as the law of Conspiracy . Itis difficult to
define , exactly , this samo word , '' conspiracy , "in its legal sense ; it may be . tortured to moan anything or nothing , aa tbo ingenuity of counsel , the temper of judges , or tho ignorance , prejudices , or squexeability of juries may decide . Its extreme elasticity renders possible the escape of its greatest violator , if he has power or influence , or precludes the possibility of-escape to the most innocent or well-intentioned , if onco brought within its meshes . It has sometimes been likened to a spider _s webb , thrown _aoross our path to catch the giddy , unwary fly . It is this subtle and ingenious eflort of legal wisdom which renders all trades' proceedings
difficult and dangerouB . All combinations of working men are necessarily made up of individuals of various and different dispositions , acquirements , degrees of wisdom , or notions of morality . . . In any combination then , to effect a legal or even a praiseworthy : object , the most careful , well-intentioned individual may be damnified by the inconsiderate conduct of any one or more individuals acting in concert with bim for this object , even though tho two parties nover saw each other , or was never in each othera company . It is _suffioiont that they are proved each to be a link in the same chain , though one end of such chain be in England , and the other in Calcutta ; a legal flaw in the conduct of any one forming ft portion of such _combiaat ion _endanger the _irbyie body . Each
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one is made , responsible for , _fthe ignorance , the _joiiy , , or the wickedness , ef the Other . A harsh expression , a look . or . a gesture , is' easily tortured , br _W _f oments of the law und tbe subtlety of law . I _«! V ¦ •? at onutimidation-tbe _mostsimple act ot persuasion may be twisted into an obstruction or _rnOlestiition ; and a few of such frivolous in stances , it in connection with one unluckly blow , given , perhaps under circumstances of extreme pro * vocation , will be sufficient to bring tho whole of the parties within this curiously woven legal webb yclept law of conspiracy ., We feci a pride inth _» fact , that during the existence of this association , no member of the committee or any individual con nected with the movement , bas ever been charged with the infraction of any law , and we have
entered upon these explanations as to the laws ef combination as a necessary caution to our members generally , and to the Wolverhampton men in particular . We would not have our good cause injured by one act , of indiscretion , much less ot violence . The value of victory would , in our estimation , bo much depreciated in pursuit of it , if any one individual was injured in person or property . We seek not to rob , impoverish , - or ia any way injure . any employer , but we seek by such measures , as reason and law justified ,-to guard ourselves from tho injustice , tyranny , andcruelty of capital . The appeal sent-forth by the Central Committee , On hfthnlf f \( fi _* .. Hn .. Int .. _» _. _. ! . _... linn liaan iT * a _~ ulio _vruiAero _tv
- ~ .......... . uu piiuc , « ' _»» _« _.. . vsponded to generously , nobly , and unanimously , by the members of the association . They have decided that the tin plate workers shall be protected from these unwarrantable exaotions from their wages , that the means to effect this shall be continuous and prompt ,, not as formerly , is now th _« position of these men , depending upon their own . limited means , or upon the uncertain tenure of eleemosynary aid . They claim and will receive that reciprocal aid , which is the basis of National Union . This aid is derived from no accumulated fundi of the duration of which a calculation could be made—• in the contrary , it comes from an _exhaustlesssource , '*> y drops so small as to be neither felt nor regarded _, the slream will flow as long as tho necessity for it
exists . .... .: , Wc have heard that one of these employers , when she men ' s proposed book of prices was presented to him , obaerved , that if he consented to it , it would be £ 400 per annum out of his pocket—that is , that he has been in the practice , for the last seven years , of exacting from the wages of his men £ 400 annually , over and above the very handsome profits which other employers find sufficient for every purpose of respectability or accumulative' affluence . This man employs about fifty men , and has the assurance to demand of them to surrender to his
insatiate appetite for wealth , £ 8 a year from each of them . Is it not a monstrous proposition ? Is not our cause , then , based in reason , justice , and equity ! Would it not be nn , iniquity to permit this state of things to continue ? Our members have well and truly answered all these questions . Kevef was s contest entered upon where the position of right against might was so clearly defined , or one where the sympathies and good wishes of every honest man had a more legitimate field tor action . ¦ The Central Committee having' tried in vain every means to settle this affair by a just and honourable compromise , and those efforts having only elicited insult and contumely , had but one . other duty to perform , an appeal to their constituents _. They have waited the issue of that appeal ,
and they now proceed to follow out with promptitude and vigour those measures which may ba necessary to ensure for the Tin Plate Workers , that meed ef justice which is tbeir due ; A repot * ofthe progress of this affair will bo given weekly through the Northern Star , and a copy sent to every trade connected with the association , and tbo secretaries are earnestly requested , after _hayimj read the contents to a general meeting , to re-post the paper to some Trades Society not at present connected with the National Association , and . by this means obtain for the Tin , Plate Workers the widest publicity of their grievances , and for the Association an extended knowledge , of its principles , and effective operations , We shall next week advert to some of the very
mean and shabby tricks resorted to by these honorable , most honorable , tradesmen of Wolverhampton , to defeat the just demands of their hands . We know of no " right divine , " which capital has , to do wrong ; and we shall fearlessly and unhesitatingly hold up to the scorn of public opinion any repetition . of some acts of mean and shameful tyranny that have come to our knowledge . Amongst a mass of correspondence which this affair has brought on us , we give as specimens , two letters , from which Mr . E , Perry and his friends may form some estimate of tbe indignation with which their conduct is viewed by the honest working men of England , and may also form a faint idea of the character and duration of the contest they invite —nay—force us into .
Birmingham , August 6 th , 1850 . . Deab Sir , —I have ' to apologise for not sending the levy for'the Wolverhampton men sooner , but you know some little ofthe difficulty of doing these things ns soon as yoa would desire ;; and though 1 was most anxious thatthe Wire Drawers should have had the honour of taking the lead in ibis good work , yet from the distance I reside " rom the town , and the scattered position ofthe different mills , it was not possible to get a meeting ofthe committee even , before our regular meeting night : it was then found that a general meeting could not be had before Wednesday night , at which nieeting I read your application for a levy in aid of the Tin Plate Workers of Wolverhampton ; as , also , the rule ofthe Association empowering the Committee to call for such levy ; and having spoken as to the patient manner in which tbo whole affair had heen conducted , —
the straightforward and manly , conduct of the men themselves all through this tedious and unpleasant business , it was resolved "that the application of the Central Commit _, tee for a levy be acceded to . *' I hope , sir , you will tell the Tin Plate Workers that as we feel that their interest is our interest / their cause our cause , we feel bound to render them all the assistance we can , while they continue to adhere to tlie peaceful laws of the National Association . And , sir , tell the employers , that while we hare no desire for , nor pleasure in strikes , that when they will force us into tbat unpleasant positionthat when they will not yield to right and truth , by the gentle persuasiveness of mediation—we are resolved to use erery legal and constitutional means , in our power to oppose wrong , and obtain for tho honest working manwhether he be a Tin Plate Werker or any other trade' a fair d : _« y ' 4 wage for a fair day's work , ' ' " "
w e sincerely nope , that all trades in connexion with the National Association will cheerfully respond toyonvcaUj and show tha t ihey are not indifferent to the claims of anj portion of their own class when suffering wrong . , In furtherance of this noble object , I , last night , attended an excellent meeting ofthe Wire . Workers . A good spirit was manifested , and I have no doubt you will hear froni them _shorty . To-night , I attend a _mesting of the Bras * Wire Drawers , in the Public Office , Moor-street , with a view to their joining the National Association , and I feel assured you will soon have their entrance money forwarded . If any oi the Central Committee are in that neighbourhood , I think they might spend a day or two profitably ; Wishing you every success in the'Wolverhampton case ; and that trades will prove themselves alive to their own interests , and tbat our cause may be triumphant , I remain , yours truly , Mr , William Peel . Jonw Hoihes .
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cult to get all of them together to reason such matters ' however , your plan of sending a weekly report to each firm is an admirable one , and supersedes the necessity of large _aggregate meetings . I think , sir , I may promise you the prompt and vigorous support of the Carpet Weavers , if our brother members , of other trades , come forward in a similar spirit , with tha unquestionable talents ofthe Central Committee , I nm sure we shall enable tho men of Wolverhampton to , most honourably and satisfactorily , achieve . a triumphant _victory over their mercenary and . merciless oppressors . We shall then . see , the utility of uniting together for the protection of our property , our labour , and the superiority of _National over Sectional unions . Let us then adopt the somewhat worn , but , _nevertheless valuable
axiom' Kidderminster , Aug . 6 , 1850 . ' Dear Sib , —I feel it my duty , in behalf ofthe one thou ; sand Carpet Weavers , of Kidderminster , connected with the Association of United Trades , to return thanks for your kindness in sending us the Northern Stars , which shall be used as requested in your note , and I hope you will continue to do so as Ions as the Wolverhampton case is on hand , for I think it mil thoroughly prove to our different firms the absolute necessity for this levy , nnd the justice ot tbe cause in which it is to be applied . The body of Carpet Weavers being so extensive it is
_diffi" UNITED . WE STAND , DIVIDED . Wit _VAIX . " Wiih these few remarks , and a sincere and hearty desire that your praiseworthy efforts to shield the oppressed from the iron grasp of the oppressor , to assert claim , and fearlessly maintain the rights of labour , may be crowned with that perfect _suceess they merit , ¦ I remain , Sir , Your faithful friend and Servant , iIesbt Basher , , Gen , Secretary for the Carpet Weavers of Kidderminster Mr . William Peel .
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We beg to say , in answer to the generous wishes and inquiries of our friends , that from every quarter , tho same ardent desire to serve the Wolverhampton men has since been elicited . It is so uncommon an accident for the Central Committee to bo forced into so unpleasant a position , that we are almost reconciled to the anxieties attending it , from the conviction of the beneficial effects which aro likely to arise from it , by the interest it has awakened in our members , and tho confidence it will create in those who cannot understand or appreciate a trades' union unconnected with strikes and turn-outs . It will be seen that , although constitutionally averse to these antagonistic displays , yet , when aroused by insult and oppression , we ' havo other weapons at our command , and that we know hoi * to uso them . ' Wimam Pbbi ,, General Secretary . , mm —
Thb Potash Pabm.-This Estate, •—£ N £ 0 ...
Thb Potash _pABM .-This estate , _•— _£ _£ _J * good farm-house , _withallnecessary buildings , _tofether wKpwards of 143 acres of land , s adver . _tised to be sold this day ( S » tu _ft ' A _| _JJ _^ : The property was in mortgage to tho _WJ * _% «_ corder Jermy , and bas been in the P _^ ffig _^ _vSeNatives during the last _^" _BWgl considerable sum has been expended _» _^^ bringing the farm into «** _wltmtg _Hggg dition , M its aspect _througtout a TOfi % pW « di ' > li _/ _v-s : '
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Citation
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 10, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_10081850/page/5/
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