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-t Meeting of the Operative Cabinet Makers of this City was held on Monday , August 3 rd , in Montague Street Chapel , to consider whether the prices and wages at present paid were satisfactory to journeymen and employers . The Chapel was well attended . John Cole was called to the chair . The Secretary , S . Jacobs , opened the business in a speech of some length , on the past and present state of trade , and reported the labours of the Society for the last nine months , in raising prices . A resolution was agreed to "That the present prices were not satisfactory , that a further rise to the Book , at a per centage off , was _necessary in all shops , except those working already by the Look . " After speeches from W . Primrose , J . Blackburae , S . Gibson , Lewis , Roper , Stone , Pridieux , Weston , and others , it was agreed that a committee , consisting oft one from each shop , be appointed , to enquire into the practicability of the desired rise , and to report sueh rise as they deem advisable , the committee to meet at the Cannon , Cannon Street .
The subjoined Address was issued at the close of the meeting .
TO THE flODSE FDUJSISHINO ARTIZANS , v « — Cabinet _JUkeks , Cbaumakess , Caxvees , Bedstead _JJaecks _, asd _Tubsebs . _BEKHatN , —In laying this our third Address before yon , we purpose ( as brefly as the importance of the case _irill admit ;} reporting the labours and _achievements of ihe hut nine months' Strike , At some of yon well know , and all have heard , perhaps _Itatpartially , lor the last nine months we have bean in a state of strike to raise prices , and maintain the new and more equitable standard of prices , —a strike declared throughout the Union , in London also , and its adherent societies :
Brother Artizans ! Take with us a cursory glance at fea « fcvea years preceding this wonderful year Of Commercial Reform , 1816 , —bring to mind the few orders , the s _!«> t ' :-. •• o ' i _m-agt's . the _contimi-: l { lea , " I doa ' t want it , hut if jou "i" make it at such * _Jrice , iix . 3 e , 30 , or 40 per cent , less , I will give J OU out _t _* jx i or a dozen , or three months work . ** Mark the _tempting bait' swallow the hook , —thsie is mtat on it ,
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J ° _ttm _** y _* lve ; if Mt 1 -8 ( an _»«» r « _* tJk » u » tt . ' Oh t kind Task _JOtobi : Yet tMnk _hqt _, often nave * omeo ! yon mm _W _& pt _* to swallow it ,-and how jou tow been obhged ta stow to get _enough wages to procure the common anew ** of life Think of the disgrac . you _enta . led ou yourself hy this galling Rubmission , and the injury and _injusticelne toVoar fellow _werinun . The weapon , you placed at the disposal of the warn master , to injure the _le-dtiavfte and respectable enrplojet , who gives t » lair day ' s _wages for a fair day's work . But , BrotheTs , _n » will dwell no longer on this dark debasing picture tt ihe past , —a _orijftt future has opened upon us , —a future which , if we are wise , " we shall cultivate by our orated exertions to our offn advantage _.
In _Jaly last it was discovered that trade had materially improved , which circumstance uaterally suggested the idea that prices might he improved . But how ? was the question ! who should begin it 1 In _thisdileroHiu , the Socislu , though then until , _siepgwd 6 oW" _$ / _orwH- < _f , « ii <« proudly proclaimed the work it oar ' s , — _wamust , we will begin . "WeU , we net ; onr Committee declared , —our Lodge confirmed , it should be one and all . What we sought for ourselves we would _tgftvn for every workmanin the trade . Our Officers , only empowered , went to wort ; jou all know _tomeuring-of our labours ; we waited on most of you ; you joined , —with your help we _madethe
list . By " November all wist * _ady _, —we struck all at _onse , —the Wow mis decisive , the rise _was-qweily gained ; we begun with the lowest and upward went . Since then some smaller fry haTe been deaR-with , and higher shops have been risen to more reasonable prices , there -has _beenhere and there a little wriggling to break from the list , but by prompt attention all has been righted , -and now the Committee know of no -journeymen that are working otherwise than at the fixed prices . If there is a man in the city that is working under the list , in any shop , he « ai fool io himself , and « . Togue and acutttiron t to his"fellow-men , and a disgrace to the trade , for be may at once have the rise , or he _hettsr paid by the < 36 m »
_mtttse . We have _newssarUy expended _inuch money and time in this movement , bat if wo have spent hundreds , wa can command thousands , to effect the same or a similar object . In future campaigns we have arranged with the Central Committee of " United Trades , " in London , of which body , T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P . is President , to open a Factory , and employ our hands standing out . By this means we shall make a strike a source of vast profit to our funds , which will enhance tbe value of Victory . Brethren 1 The Officers of the Institution point with
p leasure at the great increase of wages and prices gained by the labours and expenditure of the last nine months , as positive and evident proof of the value and virtue of _Diiion , to the seven years preceding of depression and reduction . * Wby reduction _S ' Because you were-not In Union I—a proof of the evils of isolation and disorganisation ; and we hope the practical , proofs we have given , and endeavour herein to"dilate on , will determine jou all to Union , and stimulate you to maintain the present advance , and seek " such further improvements that circumstances will admit of , witheut injustice to any
one . . The Officers , for themselves , have to add , that they feel rewarded for their labours by your advantages , and fervently hope that out of respect for yonrselves , you will never he so ungrateful as to forget the Union , —the Society that conferred on you SO great a boon 1 If therefore there are any who have not paid up their contributions duly , the Committee feel assured they will discover it to he their duty to do so , at the earliest moment , by weekly instalments or otherwise , that they may not be inglorious reapers where others have sown , but rather , by contributing to the common stock , sow their seed , that they also may reap with _7-OBOtir . In conclusion , we have to inform you , that the late Delegate Meeting , in amending our General Laws , more tally explained the former benefits , increased them , and added others thereto , for which we refer to tlie Book of Hides .
Brothers ! For the present we take our leave , with the full desire snd conviction that we shall meet often , and lahour well together ; and that when we address you again we shall hare to record still greater achievements as the offspring of our United Labours . Signed on behalf of the Committee , S . Jacobs , Secretary .
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THE _CQNVEHTIOS . Every Chartist in the Empire will have received sincere gratification from the proceedings of the late Convention at Leeds . Not only did that meeting show a decided re-auimation of Chartism , and the gathering of old friends round the old standard , under the most hopeful circumstances , but the moderation , unanimity , and comprehensive views of the delegates , argued an advance in political wisdom and power which are the sure precursors of success .
The renewed agitation for the Charter which has been determined upon comes in good time . The political arena is clear ; the Chartists wiU be the first to occupy it with a great principle , and a great measure . In every district the whole machinery of popular agitation must be set to work to ensure a petition , at least as numerously signed as that last presented by Mr . Duncombe . If so , we venture to predict it will be received in a very different manner .
The determination to memorialize the government for the restoration of the exiles was , it appears to US , a most judicious step in itself , although we much doubt whether sucb a memorial will have any chance of being listened to favourably by the very men to whom the victims owe their banishment from that country for whose liberties they struggled . If we wish to secure the return of Mr . Frost and his fellow sufferers , we must ensure the expulsion ot Russell and his co « incapables from office . They hate
the men they have injured too deeply to permit their return if they can possibly prevent it . The furious speech delivered by Macaulay on Mr . Buncombe ' s morion shows clearly the animus of the whole party . But the conviction of this fact should not prevent the Chartists of the empire from memorializing . It will deprive the Whigs at some future period of the excuse tbat they were not appealed io , and it will show the exiles that the interest in their iate cont inues unabated .
The adoption of the resolutions respecting Capital Punishment , the Ten Hours' _Questioned the Abolition of Flogging , will show the community at large that the Chartists are not un watchful of the sig hs of the times , and that while struggling for the achievement of political ri g hts , they , at the same ime , recognize the value of social and moral reforms . That a still further reform in our Criminal Code j s required to bring it into accordance with the intelligence and increasing humanity , must be evident to all . We are gratified that the Chartist body have
_indentified themselves with so humane and benevolent a movement , and also that they have spoken out upon a subject en which at present the public feel much interest , namely , the abolition of flogging . The murder of poor Whyte has already borne good fruits . It has compelled already a large reduction ofthe amount of torture which may be inflicted on soldiers in future , and paved the way _. we believe , to its total extinction at no distant period . Upon this subject the state of our columns this week prevents us from speaking at the length its importance demands .
With respect to the Factory Question , that is settled long ago . It is now merely a matter of time ; and if the Short-Time Committee do their duty , the Ten Hours' Bill will , early next session , become the law of the land . It is too much the fashion for a certain set of pseudo-Radicals to speak in a deprecatory style of the knowledge of the people , and to aver , that if tbey were only better educated they would have no objection to entrust them with the franchise . The Chartist body have already sufficient knowledge to appreciate the value of education , and to struggle for its diffusion to all . But they do not comm _!* : the _eiWM ? of putting the Catt
before the horse . Political freedom is the birthright of every human being . Upon that right the Chartists take their stand . They do not look upon the franchise as a boon to be conceded upon conditions , but as an absolute , indefeasible right , to ihe exercise of which no conditions whatever can or ought to be attached by any party . Nor could education itself be complete without the exercise of this right , It is essential to the formation of a manly mind , and any system of education which does not incfude a practical training in the exercise of political r / 'ghts may . be suited for a nation of slaves , but not i *» f freemen . The questionof _Educat- _Vjn is one which is destined ,
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in connection with Sanatory Reform , to occupy p ublic * tt *» t 5 o » to a great extent during the next session of Parliament . They are the pet inscriptions on ( fee Ministerial banner . The Chartists must be pre * _paad to treat the Whig measures with a full _Ioiovk ledge of tlte _principlcsjupon which , in both cases , such measures ought to be based . In what way can health of body and of mind be ensured to all ; how far the voluntary principle , or the opposite of State controuA , are to be acted upon in these two important points , are questions of the most momentous character , and must be carefully studied ..
Looking to tbe signs of the times , we are of opinion that we take the field for a re _wswed agitation under the most cheering auspices . The great fallacy which has so long ailed the uiinds of the shopkeepers and trading classes , has been swept from the board . It can now no longer either delude or occupy _public attention . To matters of real necessity , to deeper principles , more profound analysations of the causes of political and social evils , we must be driven ; and those who master these subjects most completely , must , in the end , be the ruling party in the country .
That the political enfranchisement of the millions of hardworking Britons , is at hand , we confidently believe . It is the next question of the age , and we hasten rapidly to its settlement . But while we press onward to tbat consummation , let us pursue the policy so wisely marked out for ns by the Convention , and take an active part in furthering every other movement which has the physical , intellectual or moral well-being of man , for its object . In proportion to the Catholicity of our spirit and aims shall we be successful . For that success , the Convention has laid a broad and permanent foundation , for which their constituency and their country ought to feel grateful . "' _ •; _. ' " ' . . - .. '" . ' ., : ' ¦ ¦ .
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THEvPOOK LAW COMMISSION . The Poor Law _A . ct , passed in 1834 , was looked upon by its authors and abettors as the very perfection of modern legislation . It was the incarnation of Malthusian philosophy , the distilled essence of political economy . For the first time in our history , we had cast sentimentalism and foolish humanity to the winds , and legislated upon sound and pure abstract principles . A sort of Eldorado or Utopia was p ictured a 6 the result of its operations ; the then idle , dissipated , thoughtless , mean-souted labouring classes of England were to be converted by its magic touch into industrious , careful , independent , and highspwiteu _beingaj poverty _vsasto cease , and i & tea to be lowered at the same time .
It has now been twelve years in operation , and in addition to being the detestation of the great mass of the community for its gross and unnecessary inhumanity with which even its naturally severe and cruel principle has been carried out , it has failed in every respect . It has not even achieved that which was the real object of its projectors , namely , saved their own breeches pockets . We believe that the average rates levied for the maintenance of the poor , will be
found to be higher than they were under the old and much abused system , except in years when special and peculiar circumstances can be adduced to account for the excess . Nearly £ 80 , 000 , 000 sterling have been expended under the general control ofthe Poor Law Commisssion , and all they have succeeded in doing is to alienate the rich and poor from each other , and to tax tbe former more heavily for being allowed to do so than they were under the old law .
The termination of their careerf and we hope of the existence of this legislative monstrosity , seems to be approaching . Heartless and unjust as the law was in itself , it has been rendered still more detestable by the manner in which it has been carried out . The murders by starvation , the instances of gross inhumanity under shapes so revolting , that the like had never hefore been heard of in this couiv try , and the crowning abominations of Andover , have given it the finishing blow .
The evidence given before the Committee of Enquiry now sitting , as to the manner in which business t was transacted by the hitherto secret and irresponsible " Three Kings" of Somerset House , far exceeds anything that the most vivid imagination could have conceived . The formation' of such a body was a direct violation of the great principles of Saxon liberty , an infringement of that wholesome and salutary institution of local self-government , to which England is so much indebted for her progress as a nation . But the Commissioners have out
Heroded Herod m the unconstitutional mannei in which they have administered a law so obnoxious in itself . They have heen the tools by which the Home Office , or rather let us say at once Sir James Graham , has worked for the Overthrow of independent Members of Parliament . Mr . Ferrand was inconveniently honest , and his political reputation and standing were attacked by the late Home Secretary , through the medium of a report furnished by the Commission . It was deuied ,
at the time , that this was the case * , but it is now proved beyond a doubt , by the evidence of the Commission itself . Here , then , was a secret , dark , and inscrutable despotism , erected in the midst of us , under which no man ' s character was safe ; an unscrupulous Minister working with equally unscrupulous instruments , could at any time ruin an opponent , by means more in accordance with the genius of Russian or Austrian despotism , than that frank straight-forward aud manly spirit upon which we pride ourselves as a nation ,
It is matter for sincere rejoicing that this _Inipeirium in imperio is about to be destroyed . The light has been let upon it—Us real character is detected . The base uses to which it has been put , alike to oppress the poor and hunt down the political opponents ofthe Government , must ensure its speedy extinction as a foul blot on society . The Commissioners , Secretary , Under Secretaries , Assistant Commissioners , and in fact , the whole squad of officials required to work the machinery of the law , seem to have been worthy of the philosophy it embodied . A scheme begotten in selfishness and
based upon injustice ) the object of which was to rob poverty of its rights for the benefit of wealth , required a different kind of humanity from that of _ordinary mortals , to superintend and work it . And certainly a set of men more dest itute of all the commonest virtues of our nature than the executive of the New Poor Law appear to have been , it is impossible to imagine . Even the old maxim of " honour among thieves" does not apply to them . They hated and deceive d each other ; they dodged their Secretary , whom they dreaded and disliked , from room * o room , for fear of his
knowing the business ; they forged minutes of Board meetings which were never held * , they hounded their Assistants to deeds , which , when the aroused public execration , they disavowed , and discharged thc inferior instruments by whom they were ostensibly perpetrated . In short , the evidence given by themselves against themselves , must be read to form anything like a conception of the total want of honour , honesty , truth and humanity , which characterises the gang who have so long , to the disgrace of the country , heen entrusted with one of the most important duties which sociely can delegate to any body of men .
That we may not he accused of harshness or exaggeration , we take one of many similar scenes which have been acted before the Andover committee . Mr . Christie inquired of Mr . Lewis what his ( Mr . Lewis ' s ) opinion was of Mr . Chadwick . " Mr- Lewis . —I have found him the most unscrupulous , the most dangerous , aiid the most untrustworthy officer I ever _kneir . —( Sensation . ) lie has _ia-
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tentionally and deliberately cut and dried orders he was _ordered to prepare , and then introduced them to _Boards when I was absent . Air . Christie . —But your _collejtgties were cognisant of . Mr . Chad wick ' s objection , to your opinion on these matters ? Mr . Lewis . —Perhaps ao . Mr ; Christie . —And they stole a march upon you , Mr . Lewis , as well as Mr . Chadwick ? - _¦ ( Laughter . * ) ¦
Mr . Lewis . —That is rather strong language . Mr- Chr istie . —Not stronger than you have used towards Mr . Chadwick , Mr . Lewis . Capt . Pechell . —But if this was your opinion of Mr ; Chadwick , how was it , Mr . Lewis , that you permitted Mr . Chadwick to remain four years longer in the same situation ? Mr Lewis . —I did it out of good will to him . I never mentioned , my opinion of Mr . Chadwick as I have now done to any living soul . There _ifttio minute of the Board expressive of the dissatisfaction ofthe Commissioners with Mr . Chadwick .
_Captain'Pechell . —Mr . Chadwick still acts as Secretary , 1 believe ? Mr . Lewis . —Oh , yes . After some other explanation upon this suhjeot , Mr . Lewis said , that he ne & er had an idea that Mr Chadwick was a dishonourable man . He ( Mr . Lewis ) harboured no hostile feeling against that gentleman , nor would he ( Mr . Lewis ) have said one word against him ( Mr . Chadwick ) had he not been pressed by his ( Mr . ChadwickY- friends . The examination of , Mr . Lewis then terminated , and at the close both gentlemen shook hands . Mr . Lewis declaring that he did so in true English feeling and without the least animosity whatever . Mr . Chadwick heartily took Mr . Lewis ' s hand .
So tbat this" most unscrupulous , most dangerous , and untrustworthy officer , " is not after all a dishonourable man ! What queer notions Mr . George Lewis must have of honour ! The concluding scene in which these two worthies shook hands with " true English feeling , " must have been exceedingly rich . We only recollect one parallel to it . The reconciliation of Peachwn and Lockitt in the Beggar ' s Opera . How touohingly the words of one of these honourable men apply , to their modern types * " Brother , brother , we ' re both in the wrong . "
But this subject deserves more than a cursory notice like the present . The report of the Committee will afford ample matter for future comment , and we shall ,, during the recess , turn to it for some interesting . expositions of the style in which England and England ' s poor have been governed for the last 12 years . In the meantime we heartily congratulate the People , that the light has been , let in upon this iniquitous Commission , and that , ere long , we may look , not only for their ignominious dismissal from office , but the abrogation of the selfish , cruel , and unjust law which gave thera power and pay . .
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PARLUMENTARY REVIEW . _^~> m _¦¦¦»¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ The political profligacy and dishonesty of the party now in power hare this week been exhibited in the most shameless manner . Only six weeks since Lord John Russell headed an array of members of the most discordant opinions on other matters , but who all united in voting against the Irish Coercion Bill . They beat Sir Robert on that ground ; English "Whiggery and Irish patriotism united in declaring that coercion was , in every shape and form , unsuited for Ireland ; that the time had come wh « n the
sister country was to be governed on the same principles as England ; and that , however large the list of crimes and outrages put forward by the then government as a justification of the obnoxious measure , Ireland was no longer , upon any pretence , to be p ut out of the pale of constitutional laws and appliances . Well , they succeeded . Peel fell before the allied army of opponents , and Ruisell took his place . Yet , in the face of facts so recent that the ink is hardly dry that recorded their occurrence , this pet statesman of the VVhigs , this darling of O'Connell , has brought forward the Irish Arms Bill , a Coercion Act under another name !
The patriots of Conciliation Hall , who debated the first . reading of Peel ' s Coercion Bill for two weeks , in defiance of Parliamentary etiquette and usage , whose antipathy to such unconstitutional measures seemed to be of the deepest and bitterest description , were all absent when the New Secretary for-lreland brought forward the Whig Coercion Act . The well-paid " Liberator" of Ireland , the man -who wrings thousands annually from an impoverished people , on the pretence that he is the
special and peculiar defender of their rights and interests , he and aU [ his tail of toadies and obsequious _lackies , were not to be found on the floor of the House of Commons , denouncing this outrage upon Irish liberty . "No they were and are to be fouRd at Conciliation Hall , h « nti « g down the only partv in that unhappy country who have its liberties and welfare sincerely at heart . "While Russell stabs Ireland in Westminster , O'Connell plays the assassin ' s part at Burgh Quay .
But Ireland was not without defenders , though the mouthing beggarly " patriots , ' ' who pocket Ireland ' s pence , had deserted the post they were hired to defend . Duncombe and the English liberal members came to the rescue , and right manfully did they fight the battle . Never in the history of Parliament was there a more merciless castigation inflicted on a Ministry . Never was victory more complete , for though the votes were in favour of the Treasury bench , its occupants felt they were beaten . Notwithstanding the division in their favour , Russell and Lahouchere virtually _gaye upthe point .
They promised that the domiciliary clauses , and in fact all that rendered the bill obnoxious , should be withdrawn . Of what use the bill will be when thus denuded , we do not see . The only thing it will really do , will be to show the Irish people the hind of friends O'Connell and his tail hare sold themselves to , and to convince the people of the Empire generally , that the cause of freedom , the very reputation of the country for intellect and honesty , demands the immediate expulsion from power , of a party of contemptible tricksters , who have got into ofiice uuder false pretences .
The speech of Mr . Lahouchere , when introducing the measure as a minister which he opposed as an independent member , was arich specimen of political rascality . He had the impudence to say that "he retained all his original objections against the bill , " Why then introduce it . ? Oh ! replies the Secretary for Ireland , only "to allow her Majesty ' s Government sufficient time to consider what course tiiey should pursue in reference to a question of so much importance . " Such a reason could only have entered into a Whig ' . brain ! None but a Whig Minister could have expressed his { repugnance to a measure ,
and then recommend its adoption , iu order that he and his colleagues might make up their minds on the matter ! But this precious speech teemed with inconsistencies ; take another specimen , ' ¦ the registration of arras , " he _^ believed , only tended to acquaint marauders where good arms were to be obtained , and therefore it bad _^ becn altogether mischievous in its effects . " After that , one would imagine the natural inference would be , the abolition of so mischievous au act . No such thing . Here is Mr . Labouchcre _' s corrollary , » Yet he believes Ihe course her Majesty ' s Government had resolved to pursue ( that is continuing the mischief ) , was the more
manly course ; " which means tliat the most manly course to be pursued in Ireland is , to prolong the operation of a law which , by tlie showing of Goeniinent itself , ur esents facilities to marauders , and only shows them ' where good arms were to be obtained ! " One can only feel loathing in commenting on such actions , and such reasoning . The country at large will , we ate sure , cordially _reapoad to the indignant denunciation _coiitaim . 1 iii the following extract from Mr . Buncombe ' s speech _: — 'Did they suppose that the country had forgotten ' what occurred in November and December v last , when that non-coerciou Gtvernment being offered * the reins of Government on the principle of Free
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' Trade refused to accept thera , | pretending , for it ' was but a pretence , that one Noble Lord could ' not agree _wlthjanother Noble Lord _al { the head of ' foreiga _^ affair 8 , while those _^ Noble lords were now ' united in the same Cabinet?—and did they sup . * pose that the people of this country would be bam-- boozled by . such idle pretences * as that r The lit .
Hon .:, Baronet whom they had turned out had in' curred obloquy and separation from his friends , anil « the loss of all that had been ino ' s ' tjdear to him , for ' the purpose of conferring upon this country a great ' commercial . benefit . They had thrown out tbe Right Hon . Baronet on account of his Coercion ' Bill , and yet their first act was _*^ themselves to" pass 'a Coercion Bill for Ireland . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) - could not understand such conduct . It was
some' thing worse than infatuation , as an hon . gentleman had described it , for they might have allowed the 'Bill to die a natural death , and no one would have known it . As far , however , as a _* n individual vote 4 of an individual Member was concerned , he would say , let those . wbo occupied the petty places of Government falsify their principles—let them be ' dragged _' through the mire as they would be idrageed
'—yet he would not _o have it said , Saxon as he ' was , that _' a Saxon Parliament had again renewed ' the Coercion Bill , and he would do his best , though he might staud alone in that house from the begin' ning to ; the end , td defeat that Bill ,, which all 4 those gentlemen who now sat upon the Treasury ' benches had opposed , and strenuously opposed , when tbey were sitting upon the other side of the ' house . '
Mr . Duncombe has wrung from the Home Secretary a Commission to enquire into the state , of Millbank Prison , and the conduct of the Governor . That such an . investigation was imperatively demanded is evident from the revolting nature of the charges madeagainst him , and although Sir , George Grey , in granting the Commission , expressed his disbelief of those charges , it was"done in so guarded and hesitating a . maimer , ; as lo indicate that the denial was put forth rather to assure tbe officers of the prison that the Government would not pre-judge their case , than from any belief of their innocence . In the Lords , the Sugar debate came off on Monday night . Lord Clarendon , who introduced the Bill , made his first important
Parliamentary appearance , as bead of the affairs of trade . He has a reputation for ability , which was Certainly IlOt sustained by his speech on that occasion . Perhaps the knowledge that no division was to follow the discussion helped to dam np the sluices of his Lordship's oratory , which , both in matter and manner was ofa very common-place description . Lord Stanley made an able speech '" against the measure , but , as it was merely a protest , the whole discussion was devoid of interest ; the end was fore-known . At the fag end of the session and amidst the prevailing confusion of parties , Russell is trying to steal the credit of having passed a " great measure . " it will , we believe , turn out to bf either a great mistake or a great humbug .
As the Grouse season approaches the benches of the House become daily more empty . Day _sittings have commenced , but , unless when the Government ' business is before the House , and the ministerial wbipper in keeps the requisite number together , the sittings ave short . The rapid manuer in which Government is hurrying forward the measures that must be passed , will , however , soon release them from the painful necessity of enduring the withering exposures of Duncombe and the trusty band who watch the tortuous and hollow course of Whig policy .
Snug in the recesses of Downing Street they will , for nearly six months , luxuriate in the pleasures of place , power , and pay ; hut inexorable time will bring the day of reckoning . The General Election , which cannot be staved off , will come , and with it a clearing up of accounts between Whiggery and the people . The manner in which the settlement will he made out may be judged of by the defeat of Lord Listowel at St . Albans , this week : bis acceptance of office , under the Whig miuistry , has lost him his seat . This is merely an indication of the fate of the party at large , when the people have time to look about thera and discover by what a contemptible , hypocritical and shallow set of pretenders they are uow governed .
To The Irish Residents In Great
TO THE IRISH RESIDENTS IN GREAT
BRITAIN . Fellow Countrvmen , —Lest anything which I have to say to you , and which I have promised to gay , should for a moment divert your attention from the admirable letters of . your two countrymen , the Rev . Mr . Renyon , of Templederry , and Mr . John Martin , I shall postpone ray third letter for another week . I am proud of being the countrymen of these two gentlemen , and I am sore so wi ]' jou _n-feen you read their letters . Patrick _O'IIigoi . ss . Dublin , 10 , August 1846 .
The Leaguers Unmasked. The Coming Strugg...
THE LEAGUERS UNMASKED . THE COMING STRUGGLE . The _Leaguer g , when labouring to humbug the masses into supporting them in their efforts to repeal the Corn Laws , solemnly assured the working men that " repeal" must , and would , give them Cheap Bread , HIGH WAGES , and Plenty lo do . " The "Cheap Bread" is as yet doubtful , the " Plenty to do " bids fair to turn ont less to do ; but as regards the IIICH WAGES , there is no doubt whatever ; LOWER "WAGES is to be the immediate result of Com - Law Repeal . ' The article given below we extract from the Morning
Herald , of Thursday , —let every Chartist read it , and prepare . The struggle is coming . We may be very near a repetition of the turn-out of 1812 ; prepare then prudentl y , discreetl y , wisel y , and energetically , to take _advantage of thnt struggle if it comes . The " base , bloody , and brutal Whigs" are in power , and we shall hare to battle with the most unscrupulous and cruel tyrants on the face of the earth , the _Millocrats ; therefore be the people " wise as serpents "—cautious but not the less energetic . _Thousands who in 1812 , had faith in the League , ftave their fuith already shattered , and will soon be prepared to accept the ' - six points " as the only means of protection against public and private , political and social plunderers .
We invoke the Chartists to be up and doing , to carry out the resolutions of the Convention , There is no time to lose . The people must be instructed , guided , and made to comprehend the measure , which alone can enable them to protect and do justice io themselves . Rally , then , for the Charter ' THE ClIARTEtt AND NO SURRENDER >
Reduction Of Wages With \ Repeal Op The ...
REDUCTION OF WAGES WITH \ REPEAL OP THE CORN LAWS . _ASHTOS-UNDBR-LvNE , AuO . 11 . The master roller-turners of Stockport , Park Bridge , Oldham , Asbton-undcr-Lyne , Dukinrield _, and other places , have given notice to their work _, men that at the _expiration of the next fortnight thev will reduce their wages to the amount of five per cent * Thia announcement at the present time has naturally enough created considerable excitement »» ton « t tbo operatives many of whom complain bitterly of corn-law repeal as Uie cause ot * this reduction . In some
instances Ihc work-hands have waited upon tlie masters to ask the cause why an abatement in their wages should take place so soon after they have accomplished their pet object , viz ., arepeal of tbe Corn Laws , and wine theys _» atill _calling npon tbem to state that the answers received have been " Food is ! _TlP ?» T ' n _T Can . tWore ' _« *> work _w tue house ot Mr . 1 bom us Mors , the _Grains Tnn Ashton , on . Monday relative _tolltiTJS * _$±
tue following resolution was agreed to _T- '' That we unanimously agree to work four _diivs a week SouId _trartuon in connexion with the trade reqS
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it ; but oh no account will we submit to tha prorjosed reduction . " <¦ * Several other branches of mill workers are threatened with a redaction , and they are at tho present time forming themselves into unions to resist it . Unfortunately for _thrrepealers , in every case of which we have yet heard the reductions have been proposed by parties connected in some way with tbe Anti-Corn-laW ; League . The vown _* - loom weavers of Stalybridge are _holding a _pnlilic meeting of their bedy this evening , for the purpose _, of carrying out the principles of union .
Demonstration To O'Connorville . , Thene...
DEMONSTRATION TO O'CONNORVILLE . , Thenext meeting ofthe Committee will be held ai kheorhce ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Societv 83 , Daan-street , Soho , on Sunday afternoon next ' August 16 th , at three o ' clock _precisaly . Everv member is expected to attend , and bring the unsold tickets with hira .
Mexico.
MEXICO .
. Our Latest Accounts From Mexicogive Th...
. Our latest accounts from Mexicogive the _imnression that a determined effort ia to be made by thatcountry to repel the hostile attacks of the United States . Inayery marked and fcmphatic passage of the great speech ot Mr . Webster , this opinion is _asi-crted , and this government is said to have " authentic information thereof . Tbis of _eourse renders tha Mends of honourable peace more anxious , that through the friendly mediation of Great . Britain , or in some other acceptable way , there may be devised some means of bringing the belligerents to more peaceful minds . ' _- '' ¦¦ ¦ Later news frem Mexico has been received by this arrival—it is not important—Paredes was still at Mexico , and it appeared to be the general
impression thatthe Mexicans would make another struggl « _sgain 8 t their invaders , but its success , was not anticipated . Parades , at the latest dates from the city of Mexico , 7 th July , was still there , not having yet joined the army . Possibly he awaited th * . arrival of General Bravo , chosen Vice-President , and who will ba the President de facto while Parades is in the field . Meantime our forees are accumulating on the Rio Grande , and as means of transportation are procured , columns are pashed on to occupy the towns On that river . Comargo has been , entered without resistance , and is now held by a detachment , and a reconnoissance has been pushed to the . neighbourhood of Monterey , and its report is , tliat no obstacles of moment will probably interrupt the march , and that no preparations of resistance were diseernable .
On the seaboard , except in occasional skirmish " ing between the watering parties of our ships blockading Vera Craz and the troops along shore , nothing has been done . We adhere to the belief that nothing will he attempted against St . Juan de Ultoa ..
Receh'ts Op The Chartist Co-0?"Sratite Land Society.
_RECEH'TS OP THE CHARTIST CO-0 ? _"SRATITE LAND SOCIETY .
Per Mr. O'Connor. Section No. 1. 8h4bm. ...
PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION No 1 . _8 H _4 BM . £ ' t . d Rochdale , perE . Mitchell ... .. .. 110 0 Worcester , peril . Griffiths .. .. .. 6 IS 0 Nottingham , per J ; Sweet 1 18 S Norwich , per J . Hurry .. ,. „ .. 200 Birmingham , per W . Thorn .. .. .. 200 Oldham , per W , Ilamer ., .. .. 200 Manchester , per J . Murray .. .. „ 0 12 3 Bradford , per J . Alderson .. .. ,. 5 " ' 0 Trury , per J . Hagley .. .. .. „ 1 17 3 Leicester , per Z . Astill .. ., ' .. ' . .. 10 0 Ashton-under-Lyrie , per E . Hobson .. .. 1 10 8 Helton , per E . Hodgkinson ., ' .. .. 7 0 ft Swindon , per D . _MwriBon ., .. .. 5 o o Clackmannan , per G , Putereon _.. .. 18 ? £ 33 12 0 SECTION No , 2 . mmmmim _eBlREg _,,., ¦ ¦ . _„ J . Eenn , Northampton H .. .. .. 5 4 4 J . Freke , Shaftsbury „ „ .. „ o 30 0 Leigh , per J . Howarth .. .. .. .. 3 7 (? _Rochdulu , perE . Mitchell .. .. ; , 8 30 0 Shrewsbury , per J . PoWull „ .. „ 0 5 0 Worcester , per M . Griffiths .. .. „ 4 0 0 Nottingham , per J . Sweet .. .. .. 13 4 G Norwich , per A . Bagshaiv ' ¦ „ '¦ ¦ .. M 5 0 0 Manchester , per J . . ' urray .. .. .. C 1 11 Belmonteit , per R . _Tin-kington .. .. ft 10 8 Truro , per J . Hagley .. .. .. .. 020 Leicester , per Z . Astill .. .. ., „ 1 I ) » Stockport , per T . Woodhouse ., .. ., 2 0 0 _Newcastle-Qn-Tyne , per M . Jude .. .. 5 0 0 Ashton . _under-Lyne , per E , Hobson ., ,. 3 110 Clackmannan , per 6 . Paterson _„ .. 056 Prom O'Connorville , per John Moody .. „ 1 10 0
£ 59 13 3 PER GENERAL SECRETARY . _ ' 1 SECTrON No . 1 . -SHAKES . £ s , d . £ _s , d . ¦ firtientlcy-Iane - I . 0 « _lVcllingborough - 3 5 1 James Grady - 0 _fl- ' o Do .- . . 250 Bilston - - -10 0 0 Westminster . . 11 10 Selby - - - 7 0 0 Boulogne . . 1 17 9 Glasgow . - 4 1 6 Rachel Rowall - 0 0 C Hull - . -100 M . N . - -. 016 Greenock - - 2 0 0 Mottrani , par R . Oxford - . - 2 14 0 Wild - - . 1 15 0 West Linton- - 0 10 0 Hollingwood , per Wigton- - - 2 0 0 Rayner - - 0 10 8 Trowbridge - - 1 19 0 Warrington , Walsh 0 4 0 J . Lock- - - 0 1 0 £ 43 18 7 SECTION No . 2 . ' Wells , near Frame 517 0 _IVcst Lenton- 0 2 i John Savage- - 0 2 6 Leamington- -090 Jessie . Jackson , South _Moltou - 5 4 6 Swansea - - 0 2 0 Hawick- - - 011 0 John _Harrow , g : j . Hamer . . 020 Dover .- - 2 12 2 Heywood - - 2 2 fi Thomas Grey . 020 Stuart , Stockport- 2 12 * Frederick Capern- 0 2 0 Stockport - -400 J . Madock - - 0 1 4 Macclesfield- -300 Leicester , per Richard Patteson- 0 2 0 Adams " - - 1 0 0 Joshua Nobb g . 0 10 0 G . J . Harney- - 0 2 0 Horsley , Thomas Henry Chancellor- 0 10 4 Shipton - - 0 1 6 Samuel Dowling . 1 10 O Horsley . E . Wright 0 16 Thomas Gray . 020 Thomas Gray -020 Westminster . - 1 o 6 Thomas Newel , Jas . Moore - -020 jun . - - . 010 Thos . Moore- - 0 14 A . B . Z . - - 3 14 6
Kooert Slascey - 0 2 4 C . D _., esc , - - 1 G o Tiniwtiiy Roach - 0 12 6 W . Cain . . 030 William Smith - 0 2 0 Northwieh - . 1 0 Great Holm J . W . Mickleover - 0 4 6 Works . - 0 0 6 W . Collins - - 0 2 € George Brooks - 0 5 0 J . Pattison . . 0 2 0-PeterBoune- - 0 0 3 AVestminster- - 0 8 O [ Hanley- . -696 Boulogne - . 0 12 O Kensington - . fi 0 *? F , Capern - - O s O Robert _Noakes - 4 14 G J . Moore - . 020 Matthew Bugler - 0 I 4 Bradford , per Jack-William Munday - 0 2 6 son - - - 5 13 O Lower Warlcy ' - 1 5 . 8 Falkirk- _ - 1 12 0 Belper - - - 0 12 0 Mottram , per R . Glasgow - - 2 18 0 Wild - - . 15 0 Edinburgh - - 3 0 6 "Warrington , J . Wigton- .-031 Gollop - - 8 2 4 Hull - - - 1 0 0 Oldham . . . 200 Chester le street . 18 4 WiUiam Preedy - 0 2 6 £ 81 4 4 . TOTAL SAND FONDi Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... 33 12 0 Mr . Wheeler „ „ ... 43 18 J £ _ 71 Q _ l Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 50 13 3 Mr . "Wheeler , „ „ ... SI 4 4 £ li . O 17 7
NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . PER KB . _O ' CONffOB , rott CONVENTIOX . Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith .. .. .. 0 15 0 Mr . _Ol'lfieldjBlackstone _Edge ,, .. .. o r > o Newport , Isle of Wight , per T , Self .. .. 0 10 0 FOR MR . FROST . Hebden Bridge , per J . Smith .. .. .. OSS Mr . A . Hurst , Oldham 0 0 6 Mr . J . " Macfarlane , Oldham , e o 6 Hawick , per A . Michie .. .. „ „ !¦ i o R 3 CEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER _ASSOCIATION
TER GENERA ! , _SECKETAM . _ . , FOR CONVENTIOIf . _Grcenwach - l 0 0 _stone-edge , per Mm _, Pif . _» - ' •?» O . _WheelwrVl / r- O 1 G Manchester - loo Derby - - n lo o r , rtnf , " ' ° 2 «• Oldham - 110 8 it * - 10 o Mottram _. perR . Mi . Smith , Green . _-s , * . . o c O Vr I _•« " ' " , ° X ° Asl > ton - . 0 15 0 Mr . _Sim-th _, jun ., do . 0 1 o , Liverpool , per A _1-, . 0 j , 0 jr . gmUh . 0 15 o Robert Hodge - 0 10 Do ., per M'Lean Ola 6 Robert Young - 0 10 A Friend to the _l-vo _Inends , Working Classes 0 2 0 Chartist Camp Newcastle-ou-Tyne 0 10 O Meeting , Black- Tordoff , Bradford 0 3 0 FOB EXECUTIVE . . Westminster - 0 3 0 Brighton , per do . 6 3 tt Brighton , per Whittington and CatO 6 _(> _Ilariwy - - 0 3 0 Thomas _MartinWhei . -i . ek , Secretary .
FOB' MR , FROST . Balfast , Wm . per Mr . Fraser 0 16 Spackuian - 0 2 6 Ashton , R . Aveycrd 0 l o Do ., F , M'Culloch 8 1 C Mottrnm , per K , Do ., J . M . R ., & r- Wild - - 0 IC « merly Lambeth 0 10 Lower Warlev , Limehouse , John per Bawden " - 0 1 10 Fraser - . 0 2 n Do ., - - 0 8 3 Do ., Twig - - 1 ) 1 0 Marvlehoue , per Do , Everton - 0 10 " _Piikes - - 0 13 l _) o ., a Friend , £ -2 io 6
DAODT RICHABDf . Sowers Town 0 6 i _" BBS . ELMS . ButterUw . ¦ o 4 o _Toi-m-iiie - . o 4 _& Tuomas Martik _Wm-EiTtt _, _Btcretary ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 15, 1846, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_15081846/page/4/
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