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_Cgn have shown themselves bo deeply embued th a _* ° _^ _1-Dert y ? _^ cast off * _ie ignoble TLaTmv to which it is now subject . To France we still look for the estahhshment oi a _^ nro pean Repuhlic , Democratic and Social . . T he trials and sufferings , and obstructions i hrou on "which it must attain that glorious \! ul _£ arc hut the media through which its _^ p le must acquire the knowledge , and the _jTvits . _needM for the permanence and the _prosperity of its free institutions .
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10 FEARGUS O'CONNOR , ESQ ., M . P . _TfoN -orRED _' SiB , —At a meeting of the South - j i branch of the National Land Company , held _4 he 3 l 5 t of December , it was resolved : — " That in _<* ' the backwardness of the majority of the _Ambers to contribute towards the winding-up of S Companv , that a Loan Book be opened , to * rd _tho- _> c who are inclined to advance small sums * _-it vou in winding-up the Company , such i _^ tobe refunded from the first available money _KirincT to the Company . Will you , therefore , S _^ _fSi to state in this week ' s Star , if you _Sve oftuis plan , and if you promise to see it m ? Zfont I am , Dear Sir , Yours sincerely , carried out . > WrtiuM _GitFim-v . .... n , _„ _» i * w > t Sooth Shield" ? . 2 h h 3 v _awrove ofthe plan and will see it _car-
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Agitation For The Charter. "Received By ...
AGITATION FOR THE CHARTER . "Received by Joas Assorr . —Arbroath , per J . T . Fairweather 3 s 6 d—W . Ewins Is—A . Friend , Oxford-street Is 3 d—Bristol , per Mr . Kider Is 9 d—Manchester , per Mr . Haraev 5 s 9 d— -Halifax , per C . Shoeleton Ss—Bermondsey , per J . I _' earcv 5 s—J . Boddy , per J . Holyoake Is—Blyth , per 4 . _Rohfoson _' ls Id—Paisley , per W . Cameron 10 s . FOR THE HUNGARIAN _ANDlPOUSH REFUGEES . Received _bvW . RiDER . —J . C , Birmingham Is—Htlmfirfh iter 1 L Marsden 5 s 3 d—Hamilton , proceeds oflott _« v «* A Walker 11 as-J . Main , Hamilton ls-J . _HemmS' _& eltennam ls-H- B ., Cheltenham ls-W . Knight . _SS-mST- _reived by Jons AE . sorr _.-. Arbroath _, _^ J ? T . _Mrweather in 9 s 9 d-H . Iivesey , Landportls . DEBT DUE TO PRINTER . Beceired bv W . Himb .-J . ft . Birmingham Is . DEFENCE FUND . -Received hj * V 7 . _Rtoeb .-J . C , Birmingham Is . FOR THE EXECUTIVE . Received by * V 7 . Rides .-J . C , BiMningham 2 s .
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THE O'CONNOR DEFENCE FTJXD . * TO THB EDITOR OF IHE KORTHERN S _™* V T Sib _,-As a constant read * - of your _¦^ _jk-Hg " Ml , I observed in the Star <> P ? c _^ ¥ r _;^ -JS ? a letter from om * worthy and tried friend 3 _fc Jud _^ , the latter clause of whieh . I took to be an _^ ppealto the mining population , in behalf of that faithful and unn inchl 5 . g advocate of the working dw Mr . _OTonnorf aud I feel proud to say that the _zniners of Murton Colliery have thoug ht , J the * duty to respond to the appeal , by sending the sum _ofil % ( o assist in _deftay ing the ex penses that taSb _^ n fa _^ _justly H _^^^ lK _^ e gentleman . The miners of the above Colliery are sensibly aware tbat unions , without the aid of tbe public press , availeth very little ; and that every _tbinldiimnermustadmit , that the _Northern Star balbeen an organ of _d" _* fence , in detailing to the _TOldthe TC 0 Dgsinflict-3 d Bpoatiem . Itis fortius
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privilege that the miners of Murton _Coii'wy hav e responded to the appeal made by Mr . Jude , in the hope that their brother miners will act in a similar manner , and not suffer themselves to be one jot behind the National Trades , in the endeavour to rescue Mr . O'Connor from the grasp of his opponents . Signed on behalf of the miners of Murton Colliery , j 0 HS bell , Secretary . Murton Collliery , Jan . 6 th , 1851 .
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THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF THE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Held their usual weekly meeting at the Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand , on Wednesday evening last—Mr . James Grasiby in the chair . The whole ofthe Committee were present , except Mr . Reynolds , from whom a letter was read by the secretary , as follows : — " CleasbyTilla , _Tollington-park , _Hornsey , " January 8 , 1851 . " Mr bear _AnxoiT , —Severe indisposition prevents mc from attending the meeting of the Executive Committee th _» s evening . I remain , " Yours faithfully , " Mr . John Arnott . G . W . M . _Retsolps . "
Correspondence wa 3 received from jJermondsey Blyth , Bradford , Greenwich , Huddersfield , and Leicester , also from Mr . J . Briggs , chairman of the " _Univ-rsal _Anti-Truck Society , " Derby , and from Mr . D . Costello , secretary to the Provisional Committee of Directors formed in Dublin , for the purpose of establishing The People , democratic newspaper . The resolutions adopted at the West Riding delegate meeting held at _Halifax on Sunday last having been read , the following resolution was moved by Mr . G . Julian Harney , seconded by Mr . John Milne , and carried with one dissentient : — " That , highly approving of the resolutions unanimously adopted by the delegates representing the Chartists of the West Riding of Yorkshire at their meeting on Sunday , January 5 th , it is hereby resolved that the aforesaid resolutions be entered upon the minute-book of the
Executive Committee . ' The following was then banded in , and read as the Repor t by Mr . Ernest Jones to the Executive Committee . Pursuant to your instructions I _attended the West Riding Delegate Meeting at Halifax , on Sunday last . The detailed proceedings of thathody you will be made acquainted with through another channel , therefore I need merely state hero , that the delegates unanimously repudiated all connexion with the so-called Manchester Conference , and resolved to render their hearty support to the committee . The utmost unanimity and the best of feeling prevailed , and I may here mention that the delegates did not admit me until the vote relative to the Manchester Conference had heen passed , lest it should be supposed their judgment might have been biassed , however slightly , by any communication it might have been imagined I had brought with me .
Having attended the meeting until two o clock , aud conceiving my mission to be fulfilled , I left Halifax for Manchester , to confront the members of the Manchester Council , who had made me the subject of a personal attack . Although you never commissioned me to go to Manchester / l ask leave of this committee to inform them ot what transpired on that occasion , since 1 think it requisite they should be made acquainted with the circumstance . I found an overflowing meeting gathered together in the People's Institute , which I reached by seven o ' clock , and where Mr . Sutton , one of my principal accusers , was in the chair , to act as my judge .
On that part of the proceedings , concerning me personally , I forbear from dwelling here , the more so as Mr . Leach , who , with Mr . Donovan , was ths principal spokesman of the Council , was , after a long discussion , reduced to confess before the meeting , that he had no charge to make against me . But as he had , in the course of his remarks , attacked the Executive Committee , and refused to acknowledge or support them , as he stated the intention of the Couucil to have another Executive elected at- tbe Conference , I felt it my duty , as a member of your Committee , to lake the sense of the meeting on the subject , and accordingly moved the following resolution , which had been unanimously passed at the West Hiding Delegate Meeting of that morning : —
" Resolved , that wc are of opinion that the Executive , having been duly elected by a legal and open vote , possess our entire confidence , and wc pledge ourselves to render them all pecuniary support in our power . " This motion having heen seconded , Mr . Donovan ( after an address from Mr . Leacb , in which he repeated , however tlte meeting might vote , he and bis friends would neither acknowledge nor support the Executive Committee ) moved the following amendment : —
" Kesolved , that this meeting negative the motion just made , pledge their entire confidence in the Manchester Council , and pledge themselves to carry out all tbeir resolutions . " This having been seconded and spoken to , and the public attention distracted from the subject by allusion to the Manchester Conference , and personal attacks of a most acrimonious nature , and wholly irrelevant to the subject ( the Chairman refusing to recall the speakers to the question ) , I reminded the meeting in reply , firstly , —that the Executive had been elected by universal suffrage , and by open vote ; that , therefore , no flaw could be found in the mode of their election . Secondly , —
that the numbers voting for their election were no reason for refusing to acknowledge them ; those very men had acknowledged an Executive elected by only one-fifth the numher of votes in 1 S 17 ; and , surely , if a portion of the Chartist body was apathetic , that was no reason why the vote of those who were true and active , should be rendered null and void . Were the working bees to be destroyed because the drones were idle ? We should thank heaven that the taint had not reached all—that all were not apathetic and inert . If they complained of fenr votes , why had they prevented the men of Manchester from voting ? We should use the materials we had , and strengthen them by our union , instead of destroying them by antagonism .
With that antagonism the Executive could not be charged - they were elected to uphold the rules ofthe Association and the principles of democracy . They had no option—they had but one duty to perform , to carry out those rules . Even were they so inclined , they dare not allow a local faction to trample on those rules and principles , to subvert the Association , and establish themselves as dictators of the movement . They were hound to protest against the assumption ; they had done so . I repeated that protest in presence _ofthemeeting , and told them we were determined to rescue the movement from the hands of faction . Were we to shrink from that duty then indeed we should merit the contempt of every Chartist .
I then adverted hy name to each of my colleagues , challenging the Council to show what any of them had done to forfeit confidence . Thus , neither by their mode of election , their personal character , nor their political conduct , were any real Chartists justified in refusing them support . I felt it my duty further to warn the meeting of the danger the movement ran of being thrown , by the Manchester Council , into the hands of the middle classes , and pointed to several circumstances calculated to arouse great apprehension on this subject . How was the Manchester Conference to be elected ?—by universal suffrage , no property qualification , and equal electoral distri cts ? Nothing of the sort!—all towns up to 100 , 000 inhabitants
were to return one delegate;—all co-operative societies , having 100 members , were to return one delegate as well ! So that 100 small shopkeepers could nullify tho votes of 90 , 999 people ! and , as little co-operative stores , often wholly unconnected with Chartists , were more numerous than Chartist localities , and especially numerous in the neighbourhood of Manchester , the representatives of Chartism would find themselves in a lamentable minority in the Conference , and the grave of the movement would be dug . This was -why I had warned them against the aristocracy of labourwhy I had cautioned them against Cobden , Bright , and Walmsley getting possession of the movement ,
and diverting its power into their selfish channels In his speech , that very evening , Mr . Leach corroborated my fears , when he said , ' * All great reformers were of the middle-class , and the workingclasses would never do anything without the middle-class . " In their address , . the Council had sounded the praises of Sir Joshua Walmsley ; and though , in allusion to the paragraph of thataddress , I would not venture to compare myself to Sir Joshua , yet I did venture to compare my principles to bis ; and I asked them , were they for the " little Charter " or the great , —were they for a trickery or the truth ? I warned them against a conspiracy to burke the Charter—and I denounced either its
willing authors or its blinded dupes , as then sitting on that very platform . The Manchester Council had farther been very eloquent in the denunciation of illegal agitation : it ill became them , therefore , and proved them to be but poor leaders of the people , when they called an illtgal Conference—the law only allowing _forty-nins delegates to meet together . The _Chaikjia * *' . instead of now putting , as I _rennpsted and as in duty bound , the amendment and _SherS ion ' I was _de _^ _minedfhowever , that , as far as I could prevent it , the public attention should " ot he distracted from the question at issue glioma nob " * _^ whole ev ening wasted m _$£ ZS _^ t a & _rt aw" ** I _«*¦ - *» _.
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claimed that . according to the invariable rule ol public meetings ' , the amendment and resolution should be put . The _diaenssion on motion and amendment bad lasted the greater portion of the evening , I had risen to reply with the full knowledge of the chairman and the meeting , and , as the chairmnn refused compliance , I threw myself on the support of the audience , and claimed their decision on the question . A scene of indescribable confusion and tumult ensued—the chairman making sundry allusions to the police , and threatening to dissolve the meeting . At last , however , the right
prevailed—Messrs . Dickenson and Leach withdrew their opposition , and tbe motion and amendment were put . It is my firm helief , that the vote for the Executive Committee was carried , and that for the Manchester Council lost , a belief participated in by the bulk of the meeting with enthusiastic cheers ; the chairman , however , decided the other way , whereupon , conjointly with several others , I demanded a division , with which the chairman refused to comply , and dissolved the meeting . I beg to hand to you the following declaration on the subject : —
We , _theundersigned , being present at the meeting held in the People ' s Institute , on Sunday evening , January 5 th , hereby declare it to he our solemn conviction , that upon tho resolution moved by Mr . Jones , and the amendment moved by Mr . Donovan , the meeting was so equally divided that it was utterly impossible for the chairman positively to decide which had the majority . And we also feel bound to confess our extreme regret that any man should be found to act so partially as did the chairman of that _meetintr . " ( Signed ) John Cameron , W . B . Robinson , John Knight , Edward Hooson John Hall , George Hemingway , Thomas Ormisher , W . Shelmadine _, Christopher Holmes , Joseph Owen , W . Schofield , Ely Dyson , G . J . Mantle .
"And the last signed declares that he applied to the _' ebairman for a poll on behalf of Mr . Jones , which was refused . " I wish further to state , that the signatures to this document are those of some of the oldest and staunchest Chartists . Mr . Knight was the late chairman ofthe Manchester Council . Mr . Ormisher was the secretary , Messrs . Hemingway and Shelinadin were councilmen , and Mr . Hooson is treasurer of the present Council .
This Committee will perhaps recollect that I have , in the Star , stated my belief , that those now assuming to speak in the name of Manchester , are not justified in so doing , or in refusing to acknowledge the Executive on the ground of votes ; but are merely a faction , small and insignificant in numbers , and even that is divided into several parties . The following document proves that I was right—and , be it observed , every member had two votes : •—
Minute of the votes of Manchester for the elec tion of two delegates to the Manchester Confc
rence : — Votes for Mr . O'Connor , 24 ; Leach , 21 ; Sutton , 16 ; Ernest Jones , 10 ; Thomas Ormisher , 3 ; W . Dickenson , 0 ; W . Cropper , 2 . Members present , 43 . The locality of Bermondsey , that has been sneered at during the controversy , has nearly double the amount of members . Are these the men to object to the Executive on the ground of votes ? Is the whole Chartist body , I ask , to be laid prostrate beneath the tyranny of a local council that can only poll forty-three votes on so important an
occasion , merely because they clothe themselves with the name of Manchester , to the assumption of which they have no title ? Tbe bugbear is now unveiled—the country will now see where the majorities lie—they will feel that the Charter is indeed in danger , —and rejoicing as this Committee does iu the support of the people , respecting , as it equally does , the men of Manchester , they will have the additional gratification of knowing that the Chartists of that great town are with them in reality , and that it is merely an insignificant faction that has been trying to breed dissension between the two . Eksest Jonjjb .
Mr . G . Julian Harney moved , and Mr . John Arsott seconded the following resolution * . — " That the Executive express their full satisfaction at the report delivered by Mr . Ernest Jones , detailing the particulars of his attendance at the West Hiding delegate meeting , and the meeting at Manchester , and express their thanks to Mr . Jones for his able and satisfactory discbarge of tbe duties of the mission confided to him by the Executive . " Carried with one dissentient . Messrs Blake and Guest attended as a deputation from the Emsnett Brigade to solicit the
assistance of the committee , in getting up a public meeting at tbe Literary Institution , Carlisle-street , Portman-market . The deputation also stated that a friend had kindly presented to tbem a prize shoe , to be exhibited for the benefit of tbe cause , that the said exhibition tvould take place at the Rock Tavern , Lisson-grove , on January 27 th and 28 th , and therefore they were desirous that Ihe public meeting should be held previous to that date . The secretary having been instructed to make the best possible arrangement with tbe Emmett Brigade for that purpose , tbe deputation withdrew .
Mr . O ' Connor having stated that he had to lec ' ure at the South London Hall , for the benefit of the Polish Refugees , was then about to retire , but Mr . Harney said that before Mr . O'Connor withdrew he was desirous of asking that gentleman a question . Would Mr . O'Connor be so kind as to state who were tbe professed leaders of tbe people to whom be referred in his letter in the Star of Saturday last , addressed to the " Slaves of England , " who were actuated by ' sordid motives , " who " are struggling for popularity and gain , " who " know nothing of your principles and care not a straw for you , but merely think of themselves , " and ¦ ' who create disunion for the mere purpose of elevating themselves , and living upon your disunion and credulity ?"
Mr . O'Connor , in reply , said that he did not allude to any particular individual , and he could assure the Executive Committee that he did not apply such remarks to any member of tbat body . On the motion of Messrs . Milne and Holyoake , it was agreed " that the report of Mr . Ernest Jones be printed with the minutes . " The list of places entitled to send delegates to the forthcoming Conference was then taken into consideration , but as several inaccuracies appeared , it was referred , for correction , to a sub-committee , consisting of Messrs . Arnott , Grassby , Harney , and Jones , On the motion of Messrs . Arnott and Holyoake , it was agreed , ' That a deputation of two be appointed from this committee to attend the meetings of the Metropolitan District Council . "
Messrs . Arnott and Milne were deputed for that purpose . Mr . Le Blond being present , it was unanimously agreed , " That Mr . Robert Le Blond be requested to take bis seat ex officio , as the treasurer of the association . " The secretary was instructed to state , in reply ( o several localities which had _applied for the services of the two members ofthe Executive on the proposed tour , that arrangements will be forthwith made for such tour , provided the necessary funds are forwaded . After the transaction of financial and other business , tbe Committee adjourned to Wednesday evening , Januavy 15 th . Signed on behalf of the Committee , John Arnott , Gen . Sec .
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West Rimsc Delegate Meeting . —A west Riuin" - delegate meeting was held at Nicholl's Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , Halifax , on Sunday , the 5 th inst ., when the following delegates were present : —Halifax , J . Waterliouse and H . _Ilorsefall ; Bradford , Thomas Wilcock ; Huddersfibld , Thomas Hurst ; Holmfirth , Thomas Haddock ; Todmorden , Thomas Ficlden ; Birstal , W . J . Sucksmith ; Migdley , John Baylor ; Wheatley , D . Cartes . Mr . _Horslall in the chair . The following resolutions were carried unanimously . Moved by Thomas Fielden , seconded by J . waterhouse :- " That we , tbe delegates here assembled , do consider that the Manchester Council acted , and do still persist in acting , contrary to the principles of _democracy , inasmuch , as they called , and still _nersist in callinir . a Conference , without consult ng
the Executive , the only legitimate head ot tne Chartist Association , who alone have the right to call a Conference . We do , therefore , recommend that no delegate be sent to the above Conference from any locality * " this Riding , " fft _% * _- _™ " _£ lution was carried , Mr . Jones , from the Executive was called up , and entered into an « J _^ ° _*» of the present position and future intentions of that bouv Moved by Mr . Waterliouse , and seconded by Mr . _EsmSi :- That as Mr . _O'Connor has stated his intention of abiding by the , wi , 11 of the majority , it is the opinion of this meeting that any further opposition to the now _jessed will ef the majority / will lay that gentleman a prejrtothe _ehaW of abettino an anti-democratic fee » n . *¦*¦
Moved by Thomas Hurst , seconded by v . wren « That this meeting has the utmos _eonflgnc , . n tho present executive , and pledges itself Jto assist them in _carrying out their views , and to render them all the pecuniary aid in its P ° _™' ™ bv W . 3 . SucKsmith , seconded by Thomas _Uarst . I " That we , tho _xnUbers of the W « t Biding Delegate meeting , having read the attack _M tne Manchester Council upon Mr Jones and tho men ef Yorkshire , and view it as a foul » nd . unJ _^™^ _jcace of _aourrillity , _unwerthy of any bod ? of men sailing _tbemselYea reformers . "
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_^ HRLNOTos .-The council of Warrington has passed a resolution of confidence in Mr . _Ernest Jones . Lower WAitiEr . —At n meeting of delegates , held on Sunday , the 5 th inst ., it was determined , " That Lower Warley and Sowerby localities be represented- by a delegate at the Manchester Conference . ItocnDALE . —A monthly meeting of members was held in their room , Yorkshire-street , on Monday evening , when the report _respectinu the Manchester Conference was read from the . Star , and , after a lengthy discussion , tho following resolution was unanimously carried . Moved by Mr . J . Sheph and seconded hy Mr . G . C . Shephard :-' That we , the Chartists of Rochdale , will not recognise , or take any part in tho Conference to be held in Manchester , unless it be solelv a Chartist Conference , and that each delegate be duly elected by a Chartist locality . "
Halifax —A meeting of delegates of the Halifax district was held at Lowor Warley , on Sunday , the ath of January , to endeavour to effect a union of parties in the district , and likewise to adopt the best means of re-organising the district . The following places were represented : —Halifax , Midglev , Lower Warley , Sowerbv , and Wheatley . On the motion of Moses Robinson , John Lawson was appointed chairman . The following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That we , the _delegates representing the Halifax district , pledge ourselves to act under the direction of the Executive Committee , and at tho same time to assist them as much as possible in a pecuniary , point of view . "' That Uriah Hincbcliffe be the secretary , pro tern . '— " That the next delegate meeting be held at Mixenden Stones , on Sunday , the 19 th inst ., at one o clock p . m .
Manchester , —On Sunday afternoon , a members ' meeting called by placnrd was held in the large ante-room in the People ' s Institute . There was a g ; od attendance of members ; Mr . Sutton in the chair . The Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting , which were confirmed . The financial monthly statement was read , —income £ 10 ; expenditure _£ C ; balance in favour of the association £ i . Mr . Donovan stated to the members present that arrangements were made by the Manchester Council for a public dinner on Monday Evening , January 27 th , 1851 ; popular and _tahuited leaders cf Democracy would bo invited , such as Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., Shaman Crawford , Esq ., M . P ., and Patrick O'lliggins , Esq . Messrs . O'Connor and Leach were nominated delegates to the Manchester Conference .
_SiALEfnuiDOE . —The Chartists held a tea party and . hall on Friday , January 3 rd . Tho room was beautifully decorated on the occasion . After tea Mr . James Quinn was called to the chair , and having made a few remarks , dancing commenced , and several songs aud recitations were given . The proceeds will be applied to the Chartist Institute , Todmorden ' . —At a special meeting of members held on Thursday , January 2 nd , 1851 , the following resolution was unanimously agreed to : — " That having seen that a majority of localities have decided against the Manchester Conference , wo deem it reasonable , and ib accordance with the principles of true democracy , to withdraw that support from the Manchester Conference which we formerly gave to it ; we therefore resolve to send no delegate to a Conference called in Manchester by the Manchester council . "
_Huddersfield . —At the usual weekly meeting held at Mr . Standficlds' Temperance Hotel , ou Sunday last , the following persons were elected to serve as councilmen for the next three months : — William Murphy , chairman ; John Bradley , Joseph Dean , Joseph _Forater , Richard Scholar , Thomas Hirst , Benjamin Quannby ; J . Broom , secretary ; and James Emsal , treasurer . EniiVBu-RGfl . —At the usual weekly meeting held at Buchanan ' s Coffee-house , High-street , on Monday night , January Oth—Mr . George Brummer in tho chair—Mr . Thornton Hunt was nominated to fill tho vacant seat of Mv . Davis in tho Executive . It was also resolved that a concert be got up for the benefit of the Polish and Hungarian Refugees as early as possible .
Finsbury . —The members met on Sunday evening last—Mr . _Gurney in the chair . The ordinary business having been gone through , Mr . Osborne called the attention of the members to the instructions issued by the Manchester Council ; and likewise , to the very able article in the Star of that day , upon the Chartist movement , the new Executive and tho Manchester Council . Mr . Blake moved , and Mr . A . Fuzzen seconded , the following resolution ;— " Resolved , that we , tbe members composing the Finsbury local Chartist Association , hereby approve of the holding of a Conference in Manchester , and we hereby agree to give that body all the support in our power . " An amendment was then moved;—" That the question do staBd adjourned until after tho discussion upon the new Executive is none with . "
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF UNITED TRADES . T . S . Duscombe , Esq ., M . P ., President . Established lSlo . " fiat } vmm . "
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" If it were possible for the working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the genera ) rate of wages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . " iBtuakt Mill .
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It is with great satisfaction that we are this week able to announce the voluntary return to Paris of eighteen out of the nineteen French tinmen , whom the Perrys ( seduced from their homes by false promises and the grossest misrepresentations . As was anticipated , when thrown upon their own resources , they have found it utterly impossible to earn a sufficient sum to live on . Mr . _G-. Perry having possession of their ¦• Books" and passports , seemed to preclude the possibility of their escape . They were advised to apply to the magistrates ,
to compel the restoration of these necessary documents ; but it was not , in their opinion , a case in which they could interfere .. Their solicitor then advised them at once to apply to the French Charge a" Affaires , and to leave Wolverhampton at all hazards . The French authorities , upon the case being reported , at once wrote to the Custom-house at Havre , _requestiitgthat the men might be passed through , notwithstanding the absence of their passports The means were provided for them , and they left London for Paris on Sunday morning , rejoicing in tbeir escape .
Upon their arrival in Paris the whole affair will be laid before the French Minister of Foreign Affairs , who , it is hoped , will apply to the British government , demanding the restoration of documents so indispensable for French citizens . In thenieautime , the inventive mind of the indefatigable E . Perry has hit upon a new dodge , hy whicli he hopes to repair , iu some measure , the losses , iu purse and character , he has inflicted upon himself hy hia blundering obstinacy . With the aid of a _penny-a-liuer , of unenviable
celebrity in Wolverhampton , he has got up an address of condolence to himself , in which he beslavers himself with a pretty considerable strong dose of self-laudation , for the magnanimous resistance he has so perseveringly offered to the just and reasonable claims of his workmen . He gives a not very delicate hint of tho great pecuniary losses this contest has entailed upon him , hoping , no doubt , that his sympathising friends will reimburse him by a public subscription , This very modest address has been _industriouslv hawked about
Wolverhampton , by his brother George and the above-mentioned " penny-a-liner ; " and 102 signatures of factors , and some few wholesale dealers , have heen thus obtained , among whom is to be found the names of his father and brother , Mr . Thrustans , the gentle Fearncombe _, and Williams and Hearsey— -all of them Tin Ware Manufacturers , and Mr . Perry ' s coadjutors . That such parties , so deeply interested in buying labour cheap , should sympathise
with Mr . Perry , - is not surprising—that such parties should , in their greed for profit , forget the duties they owe to those they so deeply wsong , is , unfortunately , the prevailing vice of their class ; and that the National Association-, which has _so successfully resisted the machinations of this clique , should come in for a full share of their wrathful vituperation , is , we . think , highly flattering , and an undoubted proof of its efficacy and utility .
As- the address is not lengthy , we here append it , with a short extract from Mr . Perry's reply , * - — We , the undersigned , merchants , factors , manufacturers , and other traders of Wolverhampton , deeply . impressed with the conviction that Trades Union proceedings have uniformly proved seriously detrimental to the interests of all manufacturing towns and districts in which they have been suffered to prevail , beg to tender you the assurance of our high approbation of the resolute and able resistance you are offering , to the existing "rite-apt to subject a moBf ; important branch of the trade of this town-
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to the dictates of a body terming itself the National Association of United Trades . Firmly persuaded that the commercial commu * nity generally , and the town and trade of Wolverhampton in particular , have an important interest in the struggle in which you are engaged , we feel that you are eminently entitled to such encouragement and support as this formal intimation of our sympathy and thanks is designed to afford . Satisfied that the comparatively uninterrupted prosperity which Wolverhampton has enjoyedamid
, the distractions from which other manufacturing towns have so severely suffered , is , in a great measure , owing to tbo circumstance of its having hitherto happily escaped the interference of the Chartist and Trades Union emissaries , by whom too argo a portion of the working classes of other localities have been unfortunately misled , we regard your fearless public exposure of the mischievous aims and tendencies of these disturbers , and your uncompromising opposition to their demands , as important services to tho town ' at large .
We have observed with regret , that the position you have so spiritedly assumed on this occasion has exposed you to personal calumny and insult and wo cannot but fear , that it has also subjected you to considerable commercial sacrifices ; but we confidently trust , that you will not suffer cither _pergonal attacks , or tho temporary partial interruption of your business transactions , to deter you from finally persevering in the manlv and useful course you are pursuing * , and we feel firmly convinced , that you will eventually find yourselves ' abundantly consoled and rewarded in tho approbation and gratitude of all intelligent and well-disposed persons among your _fellow-townsmen , and in your own consciousness of the signal benefits you will have conferred on the commercial community generally , bv successfully resisting a formidable attempt to array abour against capital , ( ir . cisputablv to the _injiirv of both ) , m the chict town of one of the most important commercial counties ofthe kingdom .
Mr . Perry ' s Reply . Wolverhampton , December 31 , 1850 . Dear Sirs , —1 am extremely gratified bv the verv flatteiing address with which you have favoured mc ; and I desire to return my _tincoro thanks to the numerous and highly respectable parties who have done me the honour to sign it . Next to the approbation of my own conscience , the approval of my princi p al fellow townsmen conveys the greatest satisfaction I could enjoy , more especially when tendered spontaneously , and after I have been tho subject of so much misrepresentation .
I will not affect to deny that in firmly resisting tho attempt which the delegates of the " National Association of United Trades" havo directed against me and the important branch of trade in which I am engaged , I have felt that I was also humbly sustaining the interests of tlie entire trade of Wolverhampton ; but any merit which I may possess on this account , and any benefit which I may have conferred upon the town in so doing , is infinitely surpassed by the gentlemen who have signed the address , inasmuch as their comparatively disinterested proceeding is calculated to operate as a far more powerful check upon tho designs and efforts of the strikemongors ' Jby whom we arc visited , than any influence I could possibly exercise .
But , alas ! Mr . Perry is doomed to disappointments and mortification . Any gratification which this fulsome fustian was calculated to afford was speedily followed by the severest blow of all—the departure of the poor French dupes , accompanied with the unanimous , emphatic , and undisguised opinion of the magistrates , as to the unfairness and iniquity of Perry ' s agreements . We insert a report of the proceedings from the Wolverhampton Chronicle , with E . Perry ' s recantation . We think the
congratulatory address ofthe 102 factors , & c , was somewhat premature , and that tho " Chartistde ] egatesand 8 trikemongers"havcconf ( _"rred an immense benefit upon the town of Wolverhampton , iu compelling the Perrys to cancel these nefarious documents . A greater triumph never was achieved in the annals of labour , and we heartily congratulate the Tinmen of Wolverhampton upon the success of our eiforts to bring Mr . Perry to his senses . William Pj * el , Secretary , 249 , Tottenham Court-road .
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WOLVERHAMPTON POLICE COURT .-Jan . 1 . The magistrates present in tho course of the sitting were J . _Leiuh , J . Briscoe , G . B . Tliorney _. croft , J . Baikcr , and J , Underbill , Esqs .
TINMEN S AGREEMENT . Mr . G . II . Perry appeared to answer a summons obtained against Messrs . It . and G . II . Perry , japanncrs and tin ware manufacturers , at the instance of Claude Laurens _Jaboouf , a French workman , employed by them , charging them with having misused and ill-treated the said Jabceuf , by inducing him by fraud and misrepresentations to enter into a certain agreement produced . Mr . Bartlett attended for the complainant ; and Mr . Hunderhill for the defendants .
It appeared that owing to disputes with their English workmen Messrs . Perry had brought over from France , within the last few weeks , eight French workmen , who bad entered into their service under agreements similar to the one now submitted to tho Bench . The proceedings were taken under the Masters and Servants' Act , and tbe object of the complainant was to have the agreement declared void on tho alleged ground of want of mutuality , and of fraud and misrepresentation of its purport to tlie complainant , who did not understand English , at the time it was entered into .
Mr . Bartlett , said he appeared for the complainant , nnd the agreement in question was signed , under peculiar circumstances , on the 19 th of _Xov . last . There were seven other cases in which other French workmen wero bound , so far as they could bo bound , by similar agreements . All these persons bad been induced to leave their work at Paris by Messrs , Perry , but being dissatisfied , the summons now before the Bench had , been obtained under his advice , in order to determine the validity of the agreement . The agreements were all alike , so that a decision in one case would apply to the whole . The agreements , he contended , were void for the want of mutuality . The workmen wero
bound to Messrs . Perry for six calendar months ; but there was a clause introduced , of which the workmen were not aware , by which they were compelled to give Messrs . Perry six months' notice of tbeir intention to leave , while Messrs . Perry were bound to give only one month ' s notice to the " workmen . Thus the men could not quit in less than twelve months , while Messrs . Perry might discharge them at the end of seven months . Another ground on which he applied was that the agreement was not read over to or explained to the complainant , who , as he had said , did not understand Eng . lish ; and when he showed what promises and inducements
Mr . Underbill objected to Mr . Bartlett proceeding further with his statement . It was alleged that Messrs . Perry had misused and ill treated their servant _. The statement in support of this related to acts alleged to be done prior to the agreement . No breach of this agreement was stated , and the Master and Servants' Act , under which the summons was issued , could not consequently apply . The Court has no jurisdiction . The proper mode of trying the validity of the agreement would be to allege some breach of it , such as nonpayment oi wages , Mr . Bartlett said Messrs . Perry would not give them the opportunity . The men had purposely absented themselves , but Messrs . Perry would not bring them before a magistrate . ' Mr . Underbill remarked that they should take their own course in the matter .
Mr . Leigh said the Bench could not hear evidence to show what took place prior to the agreement . If a breach of it was alleged they would of course inquire if it was read over before it was signed . It was unfair , in the present position of tho ease , to go on making statements that Messrs . Perry had acted unfairly and used misrepresentations . Mr . Underbill said ho positively and solemnly denied that there was the slightest fraud or misrepresentation . He had here Mr . EdwardTerry , who witnessed the agreements ; and Mr . Arthur Wynn , through whom they were effected , would have attended , but he was ill . They would Doth prove that not only were the agreements read over , but that they were fully explained , and the men were fully
cognisant of their terms , Mr . Arthur Wynn , who had been four years in France , acted as interpreter . Mr . Leigh said the bench thought the case could not be proceeded with . As to tho agreement the bench always looked upon such agreements with disfavour ; they were not usual in the iron trade or in the other trades in the neighbourhood . The customary term was fourteen days from each party . He did not say that such an inequality rendered them void ; but it would induce the bench to look carefully to the execution of such an agreement , and sec that it was fully understood . Mr . Thorneycroft and Mr . _Briscos oncn stated custom of the
that equal warnings was the neighbourhood ; Mr . Thorneycroft adding that m the iron trade they wero always so . Air . Underbill said he had seen many such agreements . Ho did not say they were ri ght or just ; but by some manufacturers they wore invariably adopted . Mr . Leigh said he had now consulted the whole of tho bench , and they were _utianimous in the opinion he had expressed . They thought the warning ought to be equal , and it would be better if Messrs . Perry were to adopt that plan . Mr . Underhill said he perfectly agreed with the Bench , aud if Messrs , Perry were to adopt the plan
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they' would be only following out the advice ho had given . Mr , Thorneycroft observed that he was certain if he proposed such an agreement to his men they would require some equivalent . The summons was then dismissed . Mr . Underhill applied for expenses but the bench declined to accede to the application . TINMES S WAGES . In the next case , Mr . Edward Perry , ofthe Jeddo Japan and tin ware manufactory , appeared to answer a summons alleging tbat ho refused to pay the sum of £ 1 due to Charies Haynes , a tinman , for wages . In this case , as in the precedingthe
, complainant and defendant were respectively represented by Messrs . Bartlett and Underhill . It appeared that early in the month of June last tho coniplainant . had been committed to Stafford , at the instance of Mr . Perry , for neglect of work . On the 2 Sth of June he gave Mr . Perry six months ' notice of his intention" to quit . This notice ( the 29 th of December falling on a Sunday ) expired on the 28 th of that month . On the 5 th of _Deci-mber , threo weeks aud two days before the ex |> ir : ition of tho notice , the complainant , having finished his job , applied to Mr . M' _& iughtcn , the " foreman , for move work . The foreman told him he could not
give him any order ; he must wait a little . Ho afterwards , on the same day , had a conversation with Mr . Perry , who told him to leave the premises , and that the sooner l . c was _offtlu better . He now summoned Mr . Perry for such sum as ho might have earned in the course of the unexpired term of the notice . Mr . Underhill objected to the jurisdiction of the bench . The summons was for a certain sum of money now due and owing " as and for wages earned as aforesaid . " Mo wages bad been earned , none could be duo . Mr . Underhill _afco produced the agreement , by which it appeared that the complainant undertook to make certain articles at the same prices as were paid to other workmen employed by Mr . Perry .
Mr . Leigh observed that under such circumstances tho magistrates would be placed in tbe position of a jury , and have to assess damages _, lie thought it was a question for tlie County Court , where an action might be brought for breach of contract . The magistrates had no power under the Act of Parliament . The whole of the bench concurred in this view , and the complaint was dismissed , Mr . Barker stating tbat as a magistrate he would not _siiru a distress warrant in such a case . Mr . Underbill again applied for expenses , but tho bench declined making any order . In the course of the case it was mentioned by Mr . Bartlett that the agreement was stated to bo lost when he conducted a previous case fer the complainant . It was new produced .
Mr . Leigh observed that there was no ground for any reflection on Mr . Perry ; his statement was undoubtedly correct . Mr . Underhill said Mr . Bartlett was aware of the circumstances : the fact was that in the first case Mr . Bolton retained the agreement unknown to Mr . Perry for the purpose of drawing the conviction and commitment . When Mr . Ho ' lton knew that the agreement was thought to be lost it was returned .
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TINMEN'S AGREEMENTS . To the Editor oi' the Wolverhampton _Cnnoxicij-. Sir , —In the course of the observations of the magistrates , in a case against Messrs . 11 . Perry and son , which tlicy dismissed on Wednesday last , it was intimated that the bench looked witU disfavour " upon the terms of a customary clause in contracts between tinmen and their _employers . The clause to which I allude is that which -stipulates that a formal notice shall be given by either contracting parties desiring to terminate their mutual engagements ; and tlie feature regarded with disfavour is an obligation on the part of the workman to give a longer notice of his intention to _(( uifc his employer than the latter is bound to give , when he wishes to discharge the man ,
Had the case whicli elicited this intimation from _, the Bench , been my case , I should have instructed my solicitor to submit respectfully lo the magistrates an explanation calculated , at least , to satisfy them that undue advantage on the part of tlie employer was not sought hy this clause ; but , on tho contrary that it was an immemorial usa » e _, never before objected to , anil obviously originating in a desire to place the contracting pai ties on an equal rather than an unequal footing ; and though the case was not mine , I deem it necessary , in conse . quenco of a similar clause having existed in some o £ my own contracts , and because of the industriou efforts which have been made to misrepresent ths fairness of my own contracts , to afford some explae nation to the public .
I flatter myself it must be obvious , to _pcrscna _convers-ant with the mutual positions of skilled labourers and their employers that the former require less timo _. to find a new master tban tho latter to obtain new hands , Manufacturers , having fixed establishments , are well known to tlie men . When one of tho latter receives notice that his master will discontinue employing him he knows precisely where other masters may be at once applied to . Not so the manufacturer losing his workmen . The latter having no permanent or woll known establishments are not to be had so speedily ; and it rarely happens that a master manufacturer , whose men have quitted him when large orders have to he executed , knows where to seek for a
single unemployed workman , whilst etiquette and good faith prohibit him from applying to the workmen in his neighbours' employ . Moreover , the worfclhan rarely gives notice to quit his master until he has already secured another situation ; whilst the circumstances under which extensive manufacturers usually discharge individual hands gives them no such advantage . Having , I trust , vindicated this customary clause from any imputation of meditated unfairness , it only remains for n _, c to add that 1 have , nevertheless , deemed it my duty to meet respectfully the views ofthe magistrates , by causing the period of notice stipulated in tho contracts into which I havo subsequently entered with workmen , to be the saino on both sides . I am , sirs , yours respectfully , Wolverhampton , Jan . G , 1851 . Edward Pbrrt .
Kidderminster Carpet Weavers. On Monday,...
KIDDERMINSTER CARPET WEAVERS . On Monday , th ** oth hist ., an important delegate meeting of the carpet weavers of tho various firms at Kidderminster , was held at the Plough Inn , for tho purposo of investigating into the ease of the Tinplate workers of Wolverhampton , and other important business , when tbe _following resolution was unanimously adopted , proposed by Mr . II . Barber , seconded by Mr . J . Lea : — " That each of tbe Central Committee receive a vote of thanks for their able exertions and untiring efforts on behalf of the Wolverhampton Tinplate workers ; and that wo , the men of Kidderminster , vender the committee that assistance which will enablo them to gain a complete victory over Messrs . Perry and Co . " Signed , R . Barlow , Town secretary .
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THE B 1 NGLEY WEAVERS . On Wednesday , January 1 st , Messrs . Sharp and Sons—who have paid their weavers _wagns for the second time since their late struggle—determined to try the old dodge again , of pulling donn the wages and also dismissed two men who had taken an active part iu the late struggle . This happened to be about noon , when the weavers held a meeting , and the following resolution was agreed lo : — " That we , the weavers iu the employ of Messrs . Sharp and Sons , are determined not to work any longer , until they give the wages we have struck for . " A deputation waited upon Mr . Sharp , stating the conclusion of the meeting ; and , after a few minutes consideration , they gave the wages , and those they dismissed had to go to their work again . Wm . Wilkinson ,
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A co-operative provision store has , we understand , heen recently commenced in Bingley with excellent success . There are upwards of twenty members , who have invested £ 2 each , as capital , to remain as long as the society stands goood . Any person can become a member by paying one shilling as entrance money , and not less than sixpence per week till he bas paid the sum of £ 2 , when he will be entitled to the benefits of the society . Any person , after becoming a member , neglecting to ' purchase bis goods at the provision store , will subject himself to a heavy fine , or otherwise receive interest for his money , not exceeding five per cent .
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Drouet s _Paupeu Asilbm . —On Thursday night % ? C , " eetin S _-s held in _the'Assembly Rooms , lheobald _s-road _, to consider the conduct of the loor Law Commissioners , in refusing to allow tho expenses ( £ 100 ) ofthe prosecution of tbe late Mr . Drouet m the accounts of the overseers of St . Andrew , Holborn . Mr . Wakley , M . P ., took the chair , and attributed the act of the commissioners to the exposure , of the inefficiency of their visitation , as protectors of the poor , which tie inquiry had effected . He called upoh the meeting not to allow
the overseers to suffer in pocket . Several gentlemen addressed the meeting , and it was resolved , that in case of nonpayment ofthe costs by the guardians , a public subscription should be Opened . Resolutions in favour of the appointment of public prosecutor , and expressing disapprobation ofthe commissioners ' conduct , wire adopted , and the proceedings terminated , Hova . —Baron _Goldsmidhas prosented the parish of Hove with a piece of land a 8 the site for an additional church . The space allotted will , it is _cstimated , afford irwoaaodatio _* - f ° h _^ persons .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 11, 1851, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_11011851/page/5/
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