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_Bgfaefinr Democr atic elements that havo W _^ _f - .. .. _prjjy should not Coppock be made _ _IKsitorv o f tbe consciences of the constituencies in Sm _7 WaVas theLord Chancellor keeps the _con-SfofSe Sovereign ? By and bye tbe system Sd work so smoothly , that we should have a _ParcUamentthat _evenLouis Napoleon would envy . ¦ There is only one defect of this kind of Parha-- _mentary Reform . When Ministers talked of a General Election , they would have to speak a _. o * at taking ¦ the sense of _CorroCK _, instead of « taking the sense of the country . ' We are not certain that would i -work . The hypocrisy and false pretences , hustings and polling booths , speeches and canvassing , are requisite to make the thing palatable . Though the whole thing is a sham , Johh Bull must be gulled _ _LrlT _^^ _li _^^
hy the show at least of an election . How the people ihat set the * Marionettes' in motion , must be tickled -with the idea of his believing them to be real elections !
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LORD DERBY'S 'APPEAL TO THE PEOPLE . ' Following the cue given hy the Premier , all the members of the new administration who have appeared atthe hustings , stated that an appeal is to be made to the people , as to the restoration of Protection . In the present Parliament no / ittemptis to be made to disturb tho settlement of 18 _ 6 . If a general election should g ive a Protectionist majority that will he a sign that the intelligence of the people has decided on the change , not the Ministry . They will he tbe mere instruments for carrying the popular will
into effect Tbey appealed to' the country . ' Why not obey itfl commands as tested by the results ofa - general election ? ' . But , in the case of a dissolution , v-ilUhe present ministry appeal to the people ? They profess to do so in words , at least , and it may be assumed that abstractly they _eeo no _liferm in it . Ostensibly they are as profoundly _impressed with the necessity of recognising and acting in accordance with the formal , constitutional , and distinct expression ofpublic _opinion as the veriest 'Liberal' in the land . The age of Peterloo ' s afidB onnymuir _s is past . The will of the people' is to be the supreme ruler . Even Toriesin this enlightened and _progressive
, a _« _re , have given np ' the rig ht divine to govern _, wrong / in words , and we fear only in words . They assume a virtne but have it not . Their people' is not the people , but the most miserable sham and mockery that can be imagined . Yet they will not allow the make-believe to be rendered in the least degree more real . Against any extension ofthe Suffrage , or re-distribution of representation that would admit the people to the slio-hest additional share of political p o wer , they are 1819 1832
as much opposed not-as in , or . They have changed their p hraseology , not their principles . Th e y think to throw dust in oar eyes by the use of cant terms , and juggle a verdict in their favour out of decayed and rotten little villages , denominated horoughs ; who are , for the nonce , nicknamed 'the people . ' Much as we have heard of the celebrated ? three tailors of Tooley-street , ' we can hardly think that they were much outdone in assurance by those who presume to call an appeal to such constituencies appealing ' to the people . '
If we try to get anything like a definite idea of 'thepeople' without goin _? to any dictionary whatever , the term suggests something very different from that in the Tory nomenclature , or the Whig either , for that matter . There aTe about seven million adult males in these United Kingdoms . In one way or another the great bnlk of these seven millions work to maintain the prosperity of the Commonweal . They delve , plough , sow , harrow , and reap our
harvests . They bring coal , iron , copper , tin , and lead from our mines . They fashion these raw materials into countless shapes of utility and ornament . They sp in , "weave , dye , and sow ; they build houses , and make furniture ; they distribute the -varied wealth thus fabricated among the population . Active , inventive , busy , toiling , they keep the machine of society in motion . Toilers in material , workers in mental -wealth , they constitute in the aggregate * the people . '
What is the ' Parliamentary , ' the ' Conshtu _* tional' meaning of the term ? According to the registration lists , there are about one million voters . That would he one-seventh of tho adult males ; a small proportion to be entitled to a voice in managing tbe affairs of a nation to whose riches and prosperity they so largely contribute . But upon looking more closely , we find that the million votes dwindle down to little more than half that number . As in other matters , the rich men carry off tbe lion ' s share of the franchise . Some persons raonoplise votes for half a dozen counties , and four or five boroughsdouble , treble , and quadruple votes are quite common ; and thus it happens that the nominal number of voters shrinks to somewhere abont six million five
hundred thousand , which is , after all , a very _homoepathic dose of electors oat of a total population of nearly thirty millions . Even this infinitesimal electorate , however , is 60 manipulated , segregated , and shuffled , that iu the and its most popular components are neutralised . The minority , in point of nambers _, property , intelligence , and activity , return by far the largest numerical proportion of members . The electors of'the people , ' who to some extentrepreBeut tho feelings and
opinions of the excluded classes , thoug h they may number ten to one in Electoral power , find themselves somehow or other , with our cleverly contrived Parliamentary system , only one to three in Bcpresentotive power . Tha scheme has heen deliberately contrived to give 'tlie people'the smallest possible voice in the matter . The whole thing is a trick to enable an oligarchy to rule under the semblance of free representative institutions ; and the talk of that _oligarchy about appealing to the people is the sheerest cant and hnmbug .
In the event of a General Election , there will be thousands gathered round every hustings , who will have no more power in deciding who shall hesent to Parliament than if they were resident in Timhuctco . They have , in fact , no legal existence . The' glorious British Constitution' ignores them . Jons T > oE and Uichard Roe , venerable fictions of the same Constitution , are far more real and potential than they are with their trained skill , their power of producing ¦ wealth , their active brains ever at work upon questions-which affect themselves , their families _, and the nation . The law knows them not . If they get _irrigated at theirexclusion , and venture to tell the
candidate ' a hit of their mind , ' they are told , in the words of Mr . _Bebestord , the Whipper-in to the Tory Government , that they are ' rabble . ' He did not appear to speak to the weavers of Braintree , but to the electors of Essex— ergo , weavers at Braintree or elsewhere are not' people . ' ' People' and ' electors ' are synonymous terms . If hy means of bribery , intimidation , family influence and the various other modes of manipulating small constituencies known to unscrupulous electioneering agents , a majority can be secured for restoring a duty on corn , that will be legally , constitutionally the will of the people . The _"" _" _ast mass outside of the Constitution having no political existence , are to be dumb in Parliament .
But if ' inarticulate there , are they therefore doomed to silence or submission elsewhere 1 ' Ah , ' there ' s the _t-ib . ' Will it be quite safe to carry the game to such 3 n extent _ S to provoke the dumb g iant into open » esisvuic _ ? That is a question we leave Lord Derb y and hh friends to answer . Had t _ e late ministry and the Anti-Corn-law _leaguers done their duty , the * appeal to the peop e ** ould not have been so doubtful a matter as it now *» If their majority becomes a minority , they will
nave themselves to thank for it . If they have to spend another £ 250 , 000 in a sharp fight to retain what they j | ave got , as Sir R . Piaa advised them to do , it will b but a fair penalty Tor the lukewarmness they _juiced on the question of extending the suffrage to " re people—the only real sound basis and permanent jHarantee of progress and reform . It would have J ** cheaper' to exert themselves in favour of a _-n to amend the representation of the people in -Parliament _, l _^ e lieaeners do not . however , seem to b _? . v _
_comt _fehended this truth even yet . Mr . CQBDEH has -sot some credit for astuteness _ani political foresight . _^ Public man and a leader , many pin their faith v *! _^ statements , and are guided by his op inions . _Lwri _. tcau be nwre silly , than for him to talk at J *?*? aboi _* t settling the question of Protection once office ' q 6 r _t y a reflewed struggle with the party in So _lon _^ as representation _cantinues in its
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present state , so long as the constituencies are small , ill-distributed , and open to intimidation or bribery , a . ; _wng w-U every question affecting popular progres and pop _*** - . we - & eing be placed at the mercy of the dominant _oligarch y * Mr . Cobden ma ** / depend upon it that he will not be able to curry the thoughtful and intelli gent arfcizans of the manufacturing districts -with him in a mere class conflict ; and large subscription lists will prove but poor substitutes for that expression of the popular , will which , according to Sir B . Peel , every future Government in this country must obey . _V _^^»^ _"te * mfa _^ m _^
Warned by tho experience of the past , all true Reformers will seize upon the present crisis of political affairs to make 'the people ' a political fact ; and having done that , no honest man , no real well-wisher of his country , need dread an appeal to an honest , industrious , orderly , and peaceful population upon any question whatever .
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . " FIAT JCSTITIA . " " If it were possible for tbe working classes , by combining among themselves , to raise , or keep up the genera ) rate of irages , it need hardly be said that this would be a thing not to be punished , but to be welcomed and rejoiced at . _"—Stcam : iliM .. We have the greatest satisfaction in announcing the probability that the imprisonment of the five defendants will not be of that duration which the vindictive spirit ofthe prosecutors comtemplated .
The Defence Committee have commenced another spirited campaign , both in the metropolis and in the provinces ; and from the reports hitherto received from Sheffield , Bristol , Manchester , and other localities , no doubt remains that the necessary sum to liquidate th . outstanding claims upon the Defence Fund will be speedily raised , and the defendants restored to tlieir liberty and homes . We sincerely hope that the impressive lesson to be learned- from tbis expensive prosecution wilt not be readily forgotten by the Trades of England , when the last scene of the Wolverhampton drama shall have closed .
We trust that jt will not be forgotten , that a deadly blow has been aimed atthe freedom and independence of labour . That au insidious attempt has been made to effect a virtual repeal of the working man ' s Magna Charfca—the right of industrial combination ; and that this attempt has been signally defeated by the spirit and determination of the working men of Eng land . It is the practical embodiment of the spirit of union which has thus defeated the machinations of the prosecutors ; and it is from a leal and permanent defensive union that labour must protect _ifeelfrrom all similar and future attacks . The
inefficiency of partial and exclusive combinations , to cope with the aggressive spirit of Capital , is , at this moment , being practically iUustrated . The Amalgamated Iron Trades , though numerically and financially strong , cannot , sing le handed , cope with the Bucklersbury despots . We claim this fact as an undoubted recognition of the correctness of the principle which we have so long invited the trades to adopt . We hope the time has arrived that a narrow spirit
of exclusiveness will no longer be permitted to divide those whose rig hts , duties , and necessities are reciprocal . We must root out the aristocratic element from Labour ' s republic , and let the policy be at once admitted and acted on , that the true way of * conserving the r ghts and interests ofthe ski / led artizan from a speedy and inevitable deterioration , is by offering the hand of brotherhood to the lowly and oppressed , and by an enlarged and enlightened philanthropy prevent them from sinking deeper into the abyss of poverty and degradation .
We hope this summer to see our cherished views upon this subject earnestly adopted by the trades . Whatever plans may be proposed whereby the condition of the operative may be improved , we are fully impressed with the conviction tbat a protective organisation is a necessity , which can no longer be overlooked and neglected . The capitalists duly appreciate the value of combination , and whenever their peculiar interests are assailed or threatened , they show no dainty _squeamishness , but at once declare war against the aggressor . Let tbe working classes imitate the Free Traders in their energy and promptitude to repel any invasion of what they conceive their lights and interests , and in furtherance of this let a defensive union be the first and immediate busin ess of the season _. Queen ' s Bench , William Peel , Secretary .
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THE AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS . THE STRIKE . On Monday a special meeting of the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society took place at tlieir offices , 25 , Little _AYie-street . Whitechapel , to consider their position and prospects . The attention of the council was called to the circumstance of an address , issued by them to their members on the 2 nd ult ., having appeared in the " Times " of Saturday last , and representtd as being a " new declaration , " and which , in that character , had been transferred to the _columns of some of the Sunday papers , with tbe infcrence that it was a partial abandonment of their position by the Executive Council . It was suggested that its appearance in the " 'limes" without the necessary explanation , although with proper date affixed , had probably arisen from an oversight ; bat in order to prevent any mi-COilception that might ansa in consequence among tbeir members , it was agreed at once to issue the following address , which had been already partially determined upon , from which it will be seen that the Council profess to feel no misgiving as to the result of the _struggle being decisively in their favour .
" From the Executive Council of the Amalgamated Society : —¦ "Fellow Members , —The Executive Council thinks it advisable to address you with reference to your present position and prospects for the future . "Several statements have been put before the public relative to the number of skilled workmen who have gone to work in tbe shops of the associated employers . It has been said tbat in Manchester 3 , 000 men have gone in , of whom about half are mechanics : and though it is not expressly stated , the _inferencs which is meant to be drawn is that they have abandoned the contest and signed the declaration .
" That is not true . The number of artizans , whether members of the society or not , who have signed tbe declaration , ia quite insignificant— much less , indeed , than we could have _suppossd ; but yet , ths statement of the Employers' Association , as to the numbers in the shops , may be perfectly correct . All the factories did not close on the lOlh of January- After that date , out of the 2 , 000 members of the Amalgamated Society in Manchester , 1 , 100 remained in work , and 900 were upon the funds . Those proportions still remain unaltered , and the 1 , 100 who have always continued employed , together with the moulders and other skilled workmen not belonging to our society , would give about the number returned by the police as * at work , ' without any others having ; signed the declaration .
'' Tbe same remarks apply to the returns made to the London Employers' Association ; the totals being composed parity of the men who remained at work , partly of the labourers returned as mechanics , and partly of very few skilled workmen , who have been unwise enough to sign the infamous declaration , and thus to acknowledge themselves to be the slaves of their ' masters . ' ** In these circumstances , rightly considered , there is no danger—nay , more , there is absolute encouragement . The men of the iron trades have stood nobly by tbeir cause , and have shown more of devotion than could have been expected from any class . There was never a contest in whicb those who would treat ns as mere machines , who , denying na the free thoughts of men , would drill ns into dumb , wealthgetting engines , hare been so thoroughly baffled and puzzled .
There must have been , we know , much , if not of actual suffering , of strict self-denial ; but it has been borne not only umnurmuringly , but for the most part cheerfully . The sense of justice—the consciousness of attempted wrong , the innate natural dignity which prompts every man to assert a right to think and act for himself , have sustained you in trouble , and would have lighted up a darker prospect . You knew that right was npon your side—you had nothing to reproach yourselves with—you felt that before you was social elevation ; behind you misery , industrial slavery , and degradation , and you never looked back . It is well , both for the present and the future , that it has been so . Bitter , indeed , would the memory of your present endurance appear to you in after life , if it was linked with the thought that it led to failure ; but now , when it is certain tbat if
we are true to ourselves we must succeed , hope points to a greater and happier future , and _assures us that the thought of the present , with its trials and difficulties , will become one of the most grateful ol our remembrances . " Bnt above all , it is necessary , in order t _« succeed , that there should be no relaxation now . Say , it is abso-Intelv indispensable that greater efforts than ever should hi made The stress of a contest always comes just before its _termination . Then obstacles on both sides have heaped themselves up ( o their greatest height-then difficulties have reached their climax—then danger is the most imminent and pressing . It » at tho close of a battle when the two hosts ftand panting before each other , gathering strength for the last blow , tbat victory is either won or St Then the slightest error , the least vacillation ,
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the smallest shadow of wavering , is fatal wv » u- „ _•»_ vacillated nor wavered yet . ft ' the olale _£ _ l ? ' } 5 are signs of breaking up . One more _fiKtaJf _XuHl _succfog is ours-a success not for party , factious , or pe _r - sonal objects , but one which ensures justice to labour -ind makes it certain that m future years we and our children shall be free men , and not' declared' slaves . ' _- m , uceu " Let those who read these words think what thev mean Let them weigh well the alternative tliey embodv let them remember that their fate and the fate of others is really m their own hands—that now is the turning _thesmallesfcshadowofwavering _. isfatal . We __ _.- _« ___
very point of their lives-that upon its result hangs even the semblance of liberty ; and then if any man out of work wishes to put his hand to his own infamy-if any man in work shrinks from bearing his part in the contest—let them leave us . The cause of labour is not to be gained bv such men . But ~ e hope and believe that they are few very few—drops of _serfdom in a great ocean of _indepondence and that the many—the thousands—will , some by their firmness in bearing difficulty , and others by their actual help and support in averting it , show that they are true men .
«• _Otherirades have come forward to our assistance , to a greater extent than we had a rhjht to expect . Let us not disappoint them in our earnestness or determination to conduct the struggle with firmness and dignity They have reposed their confidence in U 3 and Our proceedings . They are now watching anxiously the progress of events , desiring to see tbe industrial classes of this country fairly aad honestly represented by the Amalgamated Societv in _tliis-labour _' _s great struggle . Let us show that their confidence is not misplaced , that their expectations of earnestness are no exaggerated , and then we shall have still further claims upon them for stipport , and no doubt thoso claims will be amply satisfied .
"Let every energy be employed to raise the necessary funds , not only for tbe purposes of the moment , but to create the means of _permanency improving the condition of our trade , and then shall we have to rejoice not only that now we have successfully defied opposition , but also that it has been rendered less possible for the future . "By order of the Council , " J . Mosto , President . _ . „„ _ . . , " W . Alias . Secretary . " London , 2 o , Little _Alie-street , March 8 . "
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labour is deeply interested in the result ; " —seoondiy , That in consequence of several of tbe employers in the iron trade closing their establishments , and foroing unskilled workmen , unconnected with any society , on their own resources , we call upon the public to extend the sympathy towards them which their present position demands ;" —and , finally , " That this meeting is of opinion that it is necessary that a Trades * Confirettco be called together , as early as possible ; so thafc arrangements may be made for securing that protection to labour , from the encroachments of capital , which present circumstances demand . "
MEETING AT BIRMlrTQIIAAI : A meeting of the trades was held in Birmingham on the 5 th inst ., to receive a deputation of the operative engineers from Lancashire . Mr . W . Newton was present , aiid addressed the meeting , over which Mr . George Dawson , M . A ., presided . Three resolutions were passed : the first was" That this meeting is of opinion that a great principle in involved in _thedisputo now pending _between tho master engineers and their workmen ; it is also a war of capital against labour , and therefore every man wbo lives by his
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STRIKE OF WORKM . ES . The " Newry Examiner" states that the operative stonecutters and masons employed on the works of tho viaduct over the Boyno have struck for an advance of wageB .
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FACTORY DELEGATE MEETING . There was a meeting of factory delegates at Msnc ' _iester on Sunday , to consider tbe propriety of applying to parliament to insert tho words " no child" in the act of 1850 , so as to prevent relay working , but ultimately it was deter * mined only to apply to tho present government to better enforce the regulations to the present act through the inspectors _.
Strike At The Coal-Pits. Some Of The Wor...
STRIKE AT THE COAL-PITS . Some of the workmen at one of the coal-pits of the Escarpelle , near Douai , have struck in consequence of the arrest of some of their comrades . They proceeded to another pit and endeavoured to induce the men to join them , threatening to cut the rope of the pit if they refused . Some of them were then arrested by tbo gendarmes ; the others immediately endeavoured to effect a rescue . Some others of them were ihen arrested and a picket of artillery being sent to the spot , order was restored . —French Paper .
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AGGREGATE MEETING OF THE BRASS TRADES . ; On Wednesday night an aggregate meeting of the brass trades took place at the Natioal Hall , High Holborn , to consider the claims of the operative engineers and take steps for their support . —Mr . W . Alland was called to the chair , and in addressing tbe _meetini . ' in support of tho position occupied by the Amalgamated Society , said thafc their demands were perfectly just with respect to the abolition of systematic overtime , for no man ought to be compelled to work more than six days in the week . He , however , knew an engineer who had in one week worked 100 hours , he also worked twenty-four Sundays in succession , and because he asserted his right as a man and refused to work on the twenty-fifth , he was discharged . Such a state of things
was worse than ( slavery , and surely required to be altered , and the engineers deserved support in endeavouring to abolish it ; and especially they deserved the support ofthe brass trades , between whom and their own there was' so clOBe a connexion . —Mr . J . Burry , member of the Amalgamated Society , explained to the meeting the nature of the dispute from which the strfko had arisen , as it has been repeatedly explained in our columns . Several operatives connected with tho brass trades also addressed tho meeting , and the following resolutions wero adopted ; " 1 . In the opinion of this meeting the closing of the shops by the _m-sttv eng ' wKsm _^ as an a ct of gross injustice , inasmuch as they havo thereby thrown out of employ large numbers of men , * not only those connected with the Amalgamated Society , but also those who wero in no way
connected with the dispute in question ; and this meeting is also convinced that the question upoR which the employers and the operative engineers are at variance has a bearing upon tho future rights of all workmen , and as the result of the present contest must materially affect our relative positions , we therefore pledgo ourselves to assist the operative engineers by contributions and our influence while the struggle continues . 2 . That tbis meeting expresses its sympathy with the operatives who have been thrown out of employ by the employers' strike ; and is of opiniou that their noble , peaceful , and dignified resistance to the unjust demands of tbe employers , demands the admiration and support of the whole working population of our country . " A committee was appointed to cany out the resolutions , and tbe meeting separated .
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WOLVERHAMPTON CONSPIRACY CASE . TO TM- EMTOB OY TUB _HOUinERK STAR . Sir . —The London Defence Committee having deputed myself and Mr , Bunn , to visit the trades of Sheffield for tbe purpose of raising subscriptions necessary to liberate the Defendants now in the Qaeen _' a Bench , and to free their bail from responsibility , we _htive much pleasure in informing you and the trades generally , that tho working men of Sheffield feel indignant with the vindictive proceedings of tho prosecutors of these unfortunate defendants , and nofc only against them , but against tbe trades bf this country . Wo have during the week waited upon a great number of the trades , all of whom have promised to take this question up , and to render such assistance as is com .
patable with their means . Trade , however , is bad , and great numbers of men are out of work , and receiving support from their respective trade . " . Still one feeling of universal sympathy for the victims in tbe Queen ' s Bench actuates and pervades tho whole . Tbo Saw Grinders , a . mall body have unanimously voted £ 3 . Tbeir first subscription was £ 5 . Tho Shoe Makers , another body small in _uumbers , but earnest and powerful in their hatred of _oppression , have voted £ 210 s ., their first subscription was £ 2 . The Printers , also few in numbers , have voted £ 2 . Their first contribution being £ 3 . The Table Blade Forgers , one of the most influential trades in Sheffield , and who for some time hare been supporting a considerable number of unemployed , bave generously voted £ 10 .
Thus has the work commenced in right good earnest , and there is no doubt'but that a fund adequate to meet the liabilities of the Defence Committee will be raised in a very short time , especially if other towns and trades will act with that promptitude and liberality which characterises the trades of Sheffield . If you can insert this in your Journal , you will much oblige , yours respectfully , EDWARD HUMPHRIES , WILLIAM H . BURN .-Sheffield , March 10 , 1852 ,
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Tha " _Piedmonteae Gazette-, " of the 1 st , notices disturbances which took place at Sassari , in the island of Sardinia , on the 2 _ tU ult . It confirms tho fact of many men having been wounded , particularly of the troops , who behaved with great moderation . The government has sent reinforcements to Sassari , bnt tbe latest accounts , which reach to tbe 27 th , announce that tranquillity has been completely restored . C- Kap Omnibus Fares , —Tho proprietors of the numerons omnibuses on the Oxford-street and Holborn line , from Paddington to tho City , & c , have now adopted a table of fares on a scale of liberality and cheapness never yet enjoyed by the public on this , confessedly the most important omnibus route in tbo metropolis . By this new table there is a fare of 3 d . for the whole distance from
Regent-circus , Oxford-street , to the extreme end of the journey eastward , besides the . same fare for the half-journey either way , as before . In addition to-this there is a twopenny fare from the Marble-arch to the bottom of Hoibo . _rihill , and another to the end of the journey , and also from tbe starting place at Paddington or Hays water to the Marble * _, arch , so that th © passengers havo now the opportunity of riding a third otthe distance throughout the line for a third portion of the fare . In addition to these facilities for cheap travelling , the cheap omnibuses at one penny and twopenny fares maintain tlieir ground on this road , and are very liberally supported , A penny fare has also been adopted on the New-road line from PaddiBgton to the Portland-road , whioh is a distance equal to the length of Oxford-street , and is the first adoption of this extremely low fare on this important road .
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NATIONAL CHARTJSIl _ASSOCIATION . The Executive Committee met ou Tuesday evening March 9 th , at 3 , Queen ' s Head-passage , Paternoster _^ row . Present—Messrs . Arnott , Bezer , _Hol _j-oake and Grassby . Mr . John Arnott presided . ' The following are tho receipts -ince our last meeting , viz . : — Friends Meeting at Whittaker ' _s Temperance Hotel , Bradford , per _G-. J . Holyoake , 9 s . 4 d . ; Glasgow , per J . Watt , os . ; F . G ., Edinburgh , 6 d . - William Bowlin , Is . ; John Bowlin , Is . ; Henry Itoss , Is . ; William Shute , Is . ; T . M . Wheeler , Is . ; J . D . _Nieuss , Is . ; Newcast ! e-on-T yne , per George Grant , 7 s . 9 a . ; Kewrathay , per J . _Nicoll _, 5 S >—Total , £ 113 s . 7 d .
Wo have received letters from several of the principal localities in London , complaining of the conduct and policy pursued by some of tho members of this Committee at the lato Conference of the Parliamentary Reform Association , added to which Messrs . Bezer and Shaw have signified their intention of resigning , ou what they regard a point of policy . Ifc is highly necessary that somo understanding be como to upon the matter ; a Convention will be the proper party to appeal to , and tho sooner it is called the better . Wo therefore hope that the diminished debt will be speedil y li quidated , and then wo will immediately call one .
In addition to our own ideas of not calling a Convention before the debts are paid , wo are strengthened iu our opiuion by correspondence from _Ashtou-under-Lyne , per James Taylor , Weliiagbro ' , Yarmouth , Bradford , and several othor important towns in England , Scotland , and a large number of the principal Chartists in the country . James Grassby , Sub-Secretary , 96 , Regent Street , Lambeth . _MetkopO-Itaj * Delkgate Council—Finsbury _Litbrahy Institutio-v . _—Sdnday AFr _ _BXooN . —Mr . Murray in the chair . Credentials were received Irom Messrs . Jones and Wood , for the North London locality , and from Messrs . _Snelling and _Ferdinando _, for the Victoria-Park locality . Mr . Jones stated that he had resigned as dele _ ate for the _John-sireet locality , his views not being in accordance with those of his constituents . Mr . Wood stated that
the Islington locality had merged into the North London . Mr . Bezer complained that Mr . Jones had not tendered bis resignation to the locality , as it left them deficient of a delegate . Mr . Jones reported that , as Secretary to the O'Connor Fund , he had received correspondence from Mr . Saul , declining to act as Treasurer , and also from Mr . Duncombe , declining to act as a Trustee . After some discussion Mr . Sharman Crawford , M . P ., was nominated as Trustee , and Mr . G . W . M . _Reynolds as Treasurer . The time fixed { or receiving returns of nominations for treasurer , trustees , and secretary is until March 14 th , when the list will be published , and all votes must be returned by March 23 d . Mr . Jones reported from the Observation Committee . In conjunction with his brother delegates he had attended the
Parliamentary Reform Conference , bnt on finding that no person was allowed to vote who was . not prepared to support their programme , he had protested against those conditions , and withdrew from them all confidence and support . The Observation Committee , in connexion with other delegates , had decided upon moving an amendment at the public meeting on Wednesday evening . He could assure them that a large majority of those present voted for the amendment . He , in conjunction with Mr . Shaw and others , had been deceived , and voted hy mistake for tbe resolution ; thus leading many of their own friends astray . Not . withstanding tbis the "Globe" asserted that the amendment was earried . Other papers stated that tbe numbers were so near that it was difficult to decide . He recommended that
an aggregate meeting of the Chartists of London should be called , to express their opinion upon the conduct oi the late Conference . Mr . F . Farrah moved , and Mr . Henderson se . conded—• ' That the report be received , and a vote of thanks given to the Observation Committee . " Mr . Bezer supported the motion . He exonerated the Conference Irom acting unfair in not allowing the Chartist deputations to vote ; but taking their conduct as a whole , he believed they were acting diametrically . opposite to the interests of the working people . In addition to other journals the '• United _Ssrvice Gazette" had declared tbeir amendment carried , He was more than ever convinced lhat the true policy of the Chartist body was the obstructive . They had as much right to oppose error as to support truth . The report and vote of
thanks were then adopted . Mr . Bligh moved , and Mr . Nicholls seconded—" That an aggregate public meeting be called at the earliest opportunity , and that Sir Joshua Walmsley , and other heads of the Parliamentary Association , he invited . The motion was carried , and a committee appointed to get np the meeting and collect subscriptions for the same . Mr . Knowles moved the following resolution * . — "That this Delegate Council having considered the conduct of G . J . Holyoake , as exhibited at the Parliamentary Reform Conference , towards his brethren of the hxeeutive and Chartist body generally , cannot _acksowle-ge him as an exponent of tbeir principle ? , or as one of the recognised leaders of their movement , and respectfully _reqiifst him to retire from bis seat on the Chartist Executive . " Mr .
Bryson seconded the motion , which was supported in long speeches by Messrs . Bligh , Snelling , "Weedon , Ferdinando , Bezer , Clatke _, Wood , Murray , and Jones . Messrs . Nicholls and F . Farrah opposed the resolution . The resolution was carried by seventeen votes to two , with one neutral . Many of the delegates stated they had received instructions from their localities on the subject . The Council then adjourned . _LiT-iMitr LvsTiTttnoy . — -On Sunday evening , Mr . Wheeler lectured at the Literary Institution , _Lelcrsterplace , Pinsbory , on the " Past , Present , and . Future Condition of tho Working Classes of England . " The lecturer dwelt upon the two first divisions of his subject , leaving t . ' e " Future " until an ensuing evening . Messrs . Rogers , Bezer , and Grant also addressed the audience , and dwelt upon the necessity of the people obtaining _politicd ! power
as the only means of abolishing the grievous monopolies under which they laboured . Ship Ins , _Stbelhousbiake , _Bibmisoiiam . —At a meeting held on Sunday evening last—Mr . Goodwin in the chair—tho subject of raising a testimonial to Mr . O'Connor for his past services in the cause of democracy , was ably discussed ; when it was moved by Mr . Mantle , seconded by Mr . _Canth-Ian , "• That a committee of seven persons be appointed from this meeting to consider what steps can be _ttiken to assist tbe committee already formed in London for the above laudable object . " The committee' appointed were , Messrs . Goodwin , Mantle , Carter , Couthlan _, Fussell , Newhouse , and Nixon , who earnestly invite all parties favourable to attend the committee meeting , on Sunday evening next , at the Ship Iun .
The Exkcutive ano TnE Late Cokpebksce is St . Martin ' s Hai .-. —Mr . Wheeler , in an explanatory letter as to the course pursued by the Chartists at the Convention last , week states that the Parliamentary Reform Party invited other bodies of Reformers to send deputations to lay their opinions before them . Some few of the Chartist localities did so . Prior to the commencement of the business the deputations so appointed inquired whether they would bo allowed to vote on the resolutions put to the _meetins-, and received an answer in tho affirmative from Mr , _IIu'uo , tho chairman . This arrangement was subsequently broken by Mr . G . Thompson and the business committee , and hence arose the discussions which we gave last week as reported by _thisdaily papers . Mr . Wheeler states thafc illness prevented
him from sending his usual report , which would have given a very different complexion to these discussions and to the conduct of the Chartist _delegates , whicli , he considers was justified by their position and a due adherence to pvinciplo . As to the conference itself , Mr . \ V . thinks it was an entire failure , and that if the amendment had been fairly put at the closing meeting , it would have been carried in favour of Chartism . On this same subject the Finsbury locality passed resolutions at their meeting on Sunday ; recommending that no one should be elected either to the Executive or Delegate Councils who advocate any other measure of
reform than thc People ' s Charter , thanking the delegates wbo maintained the right of free discussion at the Conference , and requesting Mr . G . J . Holyoake to resign his seat on the Executive in consequence of his conduct at the same . . A similar resolution . to the last was also passed on Sunday by the Chartists of the Total Abstinence locality , 88 , Royal 3 Iint-str _ efc ,. Tower-hill , The members ofthe Victoria-pavls . locality , _Bethnal Green , agreed to a resolution expressive of their pain in being compelled to disapprove of Mr . nolyoake _' s conduct in that instance , approving as tbey do of his general policy . But tbey think his opposition to Mr . Bc _. er ' s amendment was not worthy of a consistent Chartist .
Bristol -Atthe weekly meeting , held on Tuesday , the 9 th instant , a congratulatory address was adopted , and for- warded to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ,, M . P ., on his restoration I to health , accompanied with an earnest solicitation for his generous countenance and assistance in reorganising a real People ' s party for the . purpose of Parliamentary Reform , based on the principles ofthe People ' s Charter , which was signed by the Chairman and Secretary on behalf of the body . Tue business of the evening concluded , with' the appointment ofa committee , to collect funds on . behalf of'our
respected , but persecuted friend , Feargus O'Connor . —Wm . Shebh-u , Sec . ' .. " .. SEWCAST _ E _* _OKrTTBB . —T _ B PROPOSED CHARTIST CONVEN _* nox . —After duly considering the address emanating from our Manchester friends , the members have adopted the following resolution , proposed by Mr . William- Charlton , and seconded by Mr . Angus M'Leod -. That until the debt incurred by tho Executive is cleared off , this locality cannot sanction the calling of a Convention , nor . will it send a delegate to such Convention , _ifconvawU-C _.- 'B . Knight , Corresponding Ssecretary .
National Reform League . —On Monday evening Mr . Bronterre O'Brien lectured to a numerous and enthusiastic audience , at St . Andrew ' _s-hail , Saffron-hill , on tbe celebrated soren propositions of the National Reform League . The meeting was of the most encouraging character . This was the first of four lectures to bo delivered on _uuccessiTO Monday evenings at _thosamo hall .
Conference Of The ' Friends Of Tue Worki...
_CONFERENCE OF THE FRIENDS OF TUE WORKING- CLASSES . A meeting was held on Wednesday _oveJiing at tlie large room of tho Working Tailors' Association , _Casfclc-street , Oxford-street , of tho council of promoters of Working Mens' Associations , and si number of other individuals favourable to social and political reform . Amongst those _Present , wore Lord Godericli , Professor Maurice , Messrs Hughes , Ellison , Lumley _, Lockhart , and other gentlemen well kno „ for tneir a ( j voc . iey 0 f thcCi ; u 30 0 f working men Shortly after the appointed time , about sixty persona being assembled . _,... _ T _! _T ! ' ,.., _— _- _^ _g-g
Professor M-untcis was called to the chair , , and stated that the present was a pre . _Mminaij Conference , : similar ia _whichMtf " «« CranbtairBe Tavern in 1849 , _otJer _frorkta . \< i V tii 0 f _»' _- _*^« of tha . _Taifors and hS in _hSif ' ! AsSO <* _' _»« on 8- Those' _Coirfc _. _ences iidu _" _^ _native of nrach good . Indlnf wnrltinff mon _rW _t i , '" WeiHig-And _opf & ions oi * orKing men than he hnd previous !? _klio-Tu- and ha trusted a correspond ,,,, eff _ ot h _& - b _™ ' --j *! ° * ; ; _«» workmg men who attended them , _rt _^^ _'S-J'SLJS in society . . From those Ounforenoia theV Ka ™? _^ _thingswheh were necessary to be do _? to ' X
pro e welfare of the people and with the liraHed _* n , enn _ the , * possessed , tbey had endeavoured to put tho- _« views _ititb * practice . The result had been tho establishment of virioua Associations of working men , and the' _promuV-ation of opinions , calculated to promote that' object . Ho f _ _j _ grateful to those who composed those Cbnferenses for the instruction afforded him ; and being anxiruM to-ubt-tin mora of a similar character , he , in concert wiuh Lord Guilerieh and other friends , were anxious to _resumo-them . At their former meetings it had been tho rule to- hiy do _* vn some subject for discussion at their ensuing meeting , an _> i then freely to _exaniinti and discuss it , the subject for deliberation being left entirely to their choice . He- _eoneiftded bv expressing his belief , that much good _woui'd arise from
sucn a tree interchange of their opinions . Mr . _W-iTSR _CooP-It .. ill fl long and eloquent , id „ i- ess - , suggested that such subjects as " Labour and- Capital , " ' Political Heformi" " The best means of _Promotisi-r , Ed _ - cation , and "How far the _Prieathooofbflliis country could assist the friends of progression , _"Avotild form good subjects to ,, discussion oh ensuing evenings . ' fi , v . * * _- j 0 CK - ul , T > " a lengthy address , proposed that the _subjpet Bhould be whether Christianity sanctioned tho division of society into classes . ¦ Mr . Lloyd Jomes proposed as a question " IWiaft should be tho conduct of the friends of Co-operation in _tlie- present political crisis , " and dwelt with much effect upon tho good and evil contained in the two _struffglW doctrines of Free Trade and Protection . Mr . Sia __ woo _ advocated an inquiry into the question ot Capital and Labour , and stated that the Pimlico Working _j-ui'ders Association had sixty men employed in tbeir establishment . ' '
Mr . _Whkkl-r addressed the meeting on the rise and fall of co-operative societies since 1830 , and the reasons of their failure , showing tho necessity of an alteration in tbe iaws , be _. ore they would meet wjth general : support , or have a certain prospect of success . \ ¦ - . Mr . _Huoubs proposod that tbey ebould inquire into i " I ! 6 fffcCt ! l of _Trade _& _Urionain past time , and their proi * r fcure - "fluen (; e on the cause of co-operation . " Mr . _JsmBSos proposed " What are the relations which should exist between Capital and Labour . " - Tbo various questions were then put to . the vote ,-and ifc was decided that the question proposed by Mr . Jepsoa should be the one to be debated ou tlie ensuing meeting . It was then resolved -. That the . Conference should hold ltB _mettings fortnighly , ; on . Wednesday nights , and that a Committee should be appointed to secure a larger place of assembly , and to arrange the Conference business . "
It was then decided that the Committee should consist of two persons from the Council of Promoters , two associates _^ and three non members . Lord Godericb , Professor Maurice , Walter Cooper , T . Ellis , and Messrs . Theobald , Jepson , and Stallwood , were then appointed the Committee . The Conference then adjourned until "Wednesday , March 2-tb , to assemble at the Association _Itooms , Castle-street , at eight o _'«! ock .
Riot On Tub Entry Of Tub Lono-Lieurksanx...
Riot on tub Entry of tub _Lono-LiEurKSANx _isto Dublih . —A riot , created by the Orange party , and which at onetime appeared likily to be attended with serious con - sequences , marked the public entry of the Earl of Eglington into Dublin on Wednesday . ( The arrival of the viceregal coart will be found in our sixth page . ) It appears that about the time the _pi-ocession was on its way through _Dame-street a knbt-of " gentlemen , " students of Trinity College , thought fit to hang an Orange handkerchief on a lamp-post in the College railings . This was naturally regarded as a token of defiance , and the populace became highly excited . A policeman ordered the badge to be taken down , and , being refused , he dragged it off its eminence by force . It was , however , again replaced on the lamp , and a regular melee ensued . Stones and other
offensive missiles flew abont in ail directions , several of the _atu * dents rushing into tlie streets armed with sticks . So formidable au appearance di < . the riot then assume , that the military had to interfere to cheek the disturbance , and after a fierce _struggle several of the " gentlemen" ringleaders wero captured and brought prisoners to College * street polieo-offlee , where they were dealt summary justice , either in the shape of fine or threats of imprisonment . Others who figured less prominently in the riot , were discharged with a caution . ' Ifc was altogether a most disgraceful scene , nnd had not its parallel since the commemorative days for tricking out tho statuo of King William on College-green . An affray , arising out of the above , took place on Wednesday night , when several itidividuala , students of College , and others , were taken into custody .
Tub _Phoposeo Local Rate for Edccation . —The town council of the borough of Salford , on Wednesday , after a long and animated discussion , affirmed the following proposition ' . —Proposed by Alderman Higgins , and seconded by Councillor Lang worthy— " That inasmuch as there are two schemes now before the public , and about to be discussed in Parliament , having for their object the better education of the children of the working classes , and both based on a public rate , their council admits that there is great need of increased education amongst the working classes , and that it is desirable to supply tho means by a public rate , to be limited in amount , and to be under local management . " The votes were seventeen for the motion ( including tbat of tbe mayor ) , and fourteen against it .
_Destbdction of thk Red Lion Tavern , C ; t- * - -boa _* o . —On Thursday morning a fire broke out in the extensive premises known as the Bed Lion Tavern , 7 , City-road , the property of Mr . Alexander Levy . A police constable had his at ten . tion directed to the building by perceiving an unusual _gkro of Yightin the Mr . "Without a momeut ' _s delay an alarm was raised , and the proprietor of the establishment was awakened , who at once came down stairs to _ascertain the cause of the noise . Having called violently fur somo minutes , the other residents , with the exception of Mrs . Levy , were made sensiWe of their impending fate , and they fortunately succeeded in reaching tho street in safety _.
although nearly stifled with smoke . At that period Mrs . Levy was still upstairs , and , owing to tho fire raging so furiously , there seemed no chance of saving her life . The police constable , at the risk of hi 3 life , rushed through the fire and smoke , and having mounted the stairs he happily managed to lay hold of the unfortunate female and carried her _dowji in safety . Notwithstanding tho most _Btrenuous labours of the brigade the flames continued to burn , and not until every part of the spacious building was nearly burned out , tbo valuablestock Of liquors consumed , and some hundred pounds ' worth of other property destroyed . The total loss , _whiuh . is considerable , will fall on tho Sun Fire-office .
ExTRAoitDiNABY and Fa _ a _ _Occuhbesce . —Elijah Briee , a lad aged fifteen years , in the employment of Mr . John Price , former , of _Ilowlstone-court , Herefordshire , met hia death under the following extraordinary circumstances . On Sunday evening , during the absence of his master ,, deceased caught one of tho cart colts and put a halter on it . Both boys then went into a meadow with the animal , and deceased having tied a waggon rope to the halter , one end of which he attached to his own waist , he directed his companion to whip the colt round . After a time a second colt
came up and tho other ran away , dragging the unfortunate deceased along , taking him the whole length of the meadow and through a , l brake , " after ¦ which the rope came untied . On his companion going up to him he found him dead . A Female Siiif _Caitaia _' . —Amongst tho fleet lately wind bound in Lamlash , not the least , but , perhaps , the greatest , wonder was the good old brig _CJoetus , of Saltcoats , which , for more than twenty years , has been commanded by an heroic and exceedingly clever young lady , Miss Betsy Miller , daughter of the late W . Miller , Esq ., _shipow-er and wool merchant of that town . He was concerned with
several vessels , both in the American and coasting ii _* 8 do . Miss-Betsy , before she went to sea , acted as " ship "* husband" to her father ; and . seeing how tbo captains in ninny cases behaved , Uer romantic and _a-VfeTitiiTow spirit _Impelled her to go to sea herself . Her father gratified her caprice , and gavo her the command ofthe _Cloetus , wmoa she holds to the present day , and she has weathered the _BtormBof the deep when many commanders of th » other sex have been driven to pieces on the rooks . The _Cloetus ia well known in the ports of Belfast , Dublin , Cork , & CGlasgow Post . ' .
Tar : _Muni > _„ near _ABEBOE __ . -Nothin _ has yet transpired to bring the murderers of Daw * , gamekeeper at Garthewin , to justice . Two men , named John Hughe , - * and David _Bobertf-, were apprehended on suspicion , and after a remand they were broug ht up before the _Dcmt of Stv Asaph , Mr . B . W . Wyrome , and Mr . P . W . Yorke . The _lnvestigation waB strictly private , and , after tho examination of thirteen witnesses tbe prisoners were discharged , nothing * having been discovered to implicate thorn in the fatal transaction . Government have offered a reward of 4100 and ft free pardon for information that will lead to the _' eonviotion of the murderors ; and £ 50 has been offered by Mr . B . W . "ffynwne , of Garthewin , to any porsoa who did noli actually commit the murder .
A Jokk _ r the PnBMiEB . -With all bis faults , Lord Derby loves a joke , and not unfrequently indulges in one at the expense of bis own friends . Ic is reported that a friend meeting his lordship the other day , made the usual inquiry after his health anu his _ i \ nistry . ** I am quite well , and happy to say that tho Babies also are as well as can be expected , " was the repl y ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 13, 1852, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_13031852/page/5/
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