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OF Banbury „ it - B . ., Cmiberwefl 8 3 ** " 8 TtacEMBEB 18 , 1847 . _•¦// _.:.: ' _" _^ ' . _'n ' - ¦' ;> „ l _^ _- _-y V , ' _-: y ¦ _'* ' ' . '' . ¦' . ' . " > _-: ' _^^ ' ' _^' _- _' _V . _^ _f ¦ .. '¦¦ - ¦¦ : ' :: '" JT — - • ¦ THE _NORTHERN STAR _n
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" _^ nSlNG THE NATIONAL u LAND COMPANY . In conformity -with a resolution of ihe late Conference * Ae National Land Company - _^ 11 close on Fri day , December . 31 st , * g 47 , _aftfrwhich dale no additional persons te admitted . _^ 11 parties joining between the present
date and Uie -sist , must pay tne whole oi the present years general expense levy . Ko credit will be g iren to new members for an y m one y * _^ _^ lare mone y- un til the Esnense Ftmd is first satisfied . Bv Order of the Board of Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary .
Jfotice To Subscribers—Having Been Con. ...
_jfoTiCE to Subscribers—Having been con . suited upon the legality and propriety of continuing the distinction as to sections amongst the present snd future subscribers to the National Land _Compen I beg to stale that neither the Act of the 7 th 80 d Sih _V-c cap . 110 , for registering _andregalatin-j Joint Stock Companies , nor the Deed of Settlem ent of this Company , which has been prepared and settled by connsel , in accordance with the _provisions of that act , does recognise or allow of any
meh distinction , butrequires that all the subscribers should be _ronadered as one lody , hating eqoal j _* , hts and liabilities , if any , in proportion to the _jjjlmber of shares held b y each , and the amount paid up in respect of sueh shares . That the divi . _pon into sections is therefore contrary to the Act cf P arliament and the Company ' s Deed of Settlemeat and should le immediately abolished . "W . Prowtisg Roberts , Sol . to the Company , Per G . W . CHiKEaY .
It will he seen from the ahove notice that lie division of the Company into sections is not in accordance with law , and must therefore be immediatel y abandoned . The present five sections will , consequently , be amalgamated , and the Company will henceforth exist as one bod y . In consequence of this alteration in the Company ' s proceedings , branch Secretaries will please lo ob * serve that all future remittances of money must he set forth nnder the following heads , and in the following order : —
£ a . d . lind Money " ... ... , „ Expense Fond fUL < c 3 «•• ••• ••• ta * Total £ Individuals belonging to the Office List , in remitting their money , must specify the seciions to which they belong , as such _infonnalion will he necessary , as a guide or iey to the Office hooks .
" Branch Secretaries requiring Rules are requested to make application for them , as tie Directors have a large quantity on hand , to sup pl y parlies requiring them . B y Order of the Board of Directors , Thomas Clark , Corresponding Secretary .
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GENERAL ASD LOCAL LiVIES . The Board of Directors bare to announce that ; no member will be admitted to the ballot which is to take place on the 16 th of January 1 S 48 , who has not paid np all local and general levies ior the present rear , 1847 . in addition to tbe general levy of _sixpence per share for neat year , 1848 . The general levy for ISIS oust be paid on or before January 10 th , to entitle tothe ballot-. members not complying witb this wilt not be considered eligible for the ballot .
OFFICE _"QStUtUBKRS . Those members who belons to the office list and who hare not paid the local levy , imposed by direction ot late Conference , _mest pay snch levy for the present year in addition to the general levy for 1848 , to entitle them to the ballot . The amonnt ofthe office local levy is sixpence per member , and may be transmitted to this office In postage stamps . Office list members , to be eligible to the ballet , mast pay the following Etims , on or before the 10 th of January next . TWO _SnAREH ' _-LOERS . General lew , 1-. office levy , 6 d . —• Total ls . 63 .
THREE _SHaSB _HOLD 2 HS . General levy . Is . 65 . Office do . Gl . —Tolal , 2 s . FOUR SHARE HOLDERS . General levy , 2 * . Office do . 61 . —Total 2 s . 6 d . Some membera of the office list have already paid the office levy for the present year , and tbe general levy for next year . —To snch members this notice wiil not _apj-ly , bnt those membra who have received certificates and who do not conform to it , will not stand the chance ofthe ballot . By Order of the Director- * , Thomas Clars , Corresponding Secretary .
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TO THE ELECTORS ASD NON-ELECTORS OF TIVERTON . GE"STL-eMKS ,--The Irish Coercion Bill , alias the Bill for the better prevention oC Crime in Ireland , ' has passed the House of Commons , and -will probably by the end of this week be numbered amongst tbe useless and mischievous laws which encumber the statute-book . -The bill , as adopted by the Commons , is a very different and a great deal worse measure than the public were led to expect from Sir Geo . Grey ' s speech oa moving for leave to introduce it . The bill arms the Lord-Lieutenant with authority to increase the police force to an unlimited extent for the purpose of coercing the people . I have hefore commented on the principal provisions of this new Algerine law , which passed through committee without amendment , _notwithstanding the strenuous exertions of Mr O'Connor and a few other opponents i > f the measure , who strove to at least mitigate its most obnoxious clauses , but strove in vain .
The indecent haste with which the House of Commons sanctioned the demand of the Ministry for unconstitutional powers , at the same time neglecting to provide remedial measures for the correction of the causes of Irish evils , is sufficient proof of the folly of looking tothe parliament , as at present constituted , for anything in the shape of justice . _Where the Irish assassin slays one victim , tbe Irish landlord slays tens , fifties , or hundreds by means of starvation , ejectments , and forced emigration . - Laws , ' said a celebrated character of old , 'laws are like cobwebs , they entangle little offenders hut allow big ones to break through . ' Just such a law'is the new Coercion Bill . It punishes the peasant but protects the
peer ; it disarms the labourer hut _iortifies the landlord ; itis intended to _prostrate the poor and exalt the rich . A precious specimen of the legislation of a House which Mr Bright iroly says represents the middle-classes to a greater extent than any Parliament ever before did ; and which supports a government truly described by the same oracular gentleman , as essentially middle-class in its character and sympathies . It turns out that tbat sainted landlord , martyr-Major Mahon , was not merely no better than he should have been but a great deal worse than that . If the statements of the Rev . MichaelM _* Djermott are to be believed , it must be inferred that the
defunct Major had played the part of a wholesale exterminator of the peasantry , some of whom were transported to America , some perished by fever at home , and others are yet wandering aboat the country , homeless and beggared outcasts . It appears that the worst horrors of the ejectment system had been visited upon the tenantry , who had b-en driven from their homes by fire and sword . It appears , too , that these outrages performed by the palice and military , were made the subject of brutal exultation by the Major ' s myrmidons , who returned a second time to the scene of desolation , with orders from their humane master 'if they fonnd a hut built or a fire lighted in the murky ruins , to demolish the one and extinguish the other ; ' thus leaving the wretched
- - I ** - 1 T creatures no alternative hut to perish in a ditch 1 Is it not easy to understand why Major Mahon was shot ? Yet the Times and other journals have pretended that this same Major was the very personification of philanthropy . There is never an instance of an Irish landlord being shot , but immediately the lying journals proclaim him to have been the best of men , with a heart ihat overflowed with the milk of human kindness . ' Doesit appear reasonable that if such were the case such men would meet with a violent death ? Such a supposition is too monstrous to be entertained . It is notorious that , so far from Irishmen being ungrateful , they are prone to run into the _opposite extreme , and he extravagantly thankful for « tana' mercies . '
In the recent debates , Mr _Shakma-s _Crawfobo and MrPouLETT Scrofe did something towards exposing the real character of the Irish landlords , whom tbey described as the enemies ofthe rights of labour , and robbers ofthe property of their tenants . It was stated that there were at this moment about 500 , 000 or 600 , 000 of the cottier peasautry , rcpresenting . a population of 3 , 000 . 000 or _4 , 000 , 009 , who might , at any time , be ejected from their holdings ; yet the -rovermnent , while willing enough to coerce , has brought forward no measure to protect the peasantry a _. _ainst the cruelty oftheir heartless landlords , tbis is the more infamous to the Whigs when the words of Lord John Russell , _speken in June 184 fi , are remembered . On tbat occasion , when opposing the Coercion Bill , introduced by Sir R . Peel ' s go ?« BD-ent . the ' _{ xiahlelord' said-. — 'the
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_possession of land in Ireland is that which makes thc difference between the existenceand the starvation of the peasantry , ono ! , therefore , their ejectment from holdings is the cause of oil the violence and outrage in Ireland . ' Yet , in the teeth of this declaration , on the strength of which Lord John Russku , turned Sir R . Peel out and turned himself in , he , after he became Prime Minister , allowed the " remainder of the session of 1846 , and the whole of the session ( of the last Parliament ) of 1847 to pass away with-A . __ _~ out
' proposing measures- calculated to protect the peasantry from the grasping tyranny of the landlords . And now _. after being in office eighteen months , we find him meeting a new Parliament , prepared with nothing to prevent ' violence and outrage in Ireland' but a Coercion Bill ! Did a more despicable statemen (?) ever guide the helm of state ? Would it be possible to find a more incompetent and dishonest batch of rulers , than the Ministry of which your _misrepresentatjve _, Lord Viscount Palmers-ton is a prominent member
I must protest against the language of John O'Connell who spoke of 'the tendency of English feeling to favour any act of oppression directed against Ireland . ' This I deny . It may he true that Quaker {" . right ' s ' middle-class house ' may favour the oppression of Ireland , just as it favours the oppression of England , but I assert that that house does not represent the people . It is true , that even mock philanthropists and sham Radicals , like _Dtsslet Stuart and Bowring , the great mouthers for Polish rights , and denouncers of Poland ' s wrongs , _v . ited for the Coercion BiU , as did also Orator Fox and brown bread Joseph Hume , who , by-the-by , volunteered bis services to prove the right divine of land monopoly , and the sacredness ot' rent '—but these shams would be hooted from
any public meeting of the English people at which they dared to show themselves . It is true tha $ the Times , the reputed organ of public opinion , ' is the foul-mouthed abuser of the Irish people , and has bellowed loud and long for Coercion ; but it is also true , that the Times is the organ of the commercial classes only , and not of the people of England . If anything could direct English feeling against Ireland it would be theY conduct of Joh . v _O'Cosssll and his friends , who bave done aU they could , by foul calumny and falsehood , to prolong prejudice and _perpetuate national division . But tbe English people are not disposed to visit the sins ofthe Irish leaders upon the Irish people , and , therefore , yet offer tbe hand of fellowship , which , if once heartily accepted , will ensure the political and social emancipation of both countries .
On the 7 th of December , Mr O'Connor brought forward his Repeal motion , which was , of course , rejected hy the coercion-loving House of Commons . Mr O'Connor ' s motion was for the appointmen t of ' a select committee to inquire and report oil tlie means by which the dissolution of the Parliament ol Ireland was effected ; on the effects of that measure upon Ireland ,. and upon thc labourers in husbandry and the operatives in manufactures in England - and on the probable consequences of continuing the Legislative Union between both countries . ' I shall
not attempt to review the debate on this motion , which was , indeed , not a discussion , for the speeches were nearly all on one side . Thespeechof Mr O'Connob , reported verbatim ia the Northern Star of Saturday last , will have informed you of the reasons why that gentleman ' s motion should have been agreed to . The affected contempt of Sir George G « ey , thc brutal and insolent expressions of Mr _TREtAWNr , and the silly attempt at buffoonery by Mr Walter , afforded no answer to the
just complaints of the Irish members , nor to the arguments of Mr O'Connor . The brutal yelling and jeering , directed against Mr Fagan while attempting to depict his country ' s wrongs , significantly exhibited the amount of good sense (!) good breeding (!) and good feeling (!) possessed by the 'collective wisdom . ' Finally , the motion was rejected by 255 , against a minority in favour of the raotiou of twenty-three . Your misrepresentative , Lord Visconnt Palmerston , was in the list of the majority .
You will observe that the motion did not pledge the House to repeal the Act of Union , it merely asked for inquiry into the means hy wbich that Act was carried , and its effects upon the condition ofthe people of both countries . Such an inquiry is much needed . The interests of both England and Ireland demand that it should be ascertained why this country is almost overwhelmed with Irish pauperism , and why our manufacturing and agricultural labourers find themselves competing with the labourers of Ireland , until they ( the English ) are almost reduced to the « Irish level ; ' why since the Union more than thirty Coercion Bills have teen passed or renewed by the Imperial Parliament , for the purpose of
overawing Irish disaffection ; why there are three and a half millions of paupers aud beggars on Ireland ' s Heaven-favoured , but man-cursed , soil , and why a million ( at the least ) of Ireland ' s unfortunate children recently perished of famine and pestilence in a country enjoying all the natural means of providing for the sustenance , comfort , and happiness , of all classes ? Such an inquiry is imperatively demanded —but to the appeal for such an inquiry , your misrepresentatire , Lord Palmerston , answered' "NO !' If you are wise men , true patriots , and lovers of justice , the next time 'his lordship' appeals to you for your suffrages , you , too , will—answer NO 1 '
Lord John _Rbsskll has given notice , that in case certain bills , now before Parliament , receive the Boyal assent in suffi .-ient time , it is his intention to move , on Monday next that the House , at its rising , adjourn to Thursday , the 3 rd of February . Coercion only for Ireland , and neither relief nor reform for the suffering peopleof England , Wales , and Scatland- Such are the tender mercies of Whiggery . ' I have the honour to be , Gentlemen , Your faithful servant , G . _Jdlian Harney . Brorapton _, Middlesex , December lath , 1847 .
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Keighley . —On Monday evening last , ' a public meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institution , Keighley , in favour of the adoption of the plan of spade husbandry for the employment of the ablebodied and unemployed workmen , in preference tothe present method oi breaking stones . & , ? ., for tbe repair of the roads . The requisition calling the meeting was signed by the whole of the guardians and the principal ratepayers , and snch was the deep interest felt on the occasion , that the large hall of the institution was crowded to suffocation . . The Rev . Wm . _Bosfield , rector of Keighley , presided over the meeting _, and opened the business by a most humane and christian address . Ue lamented the . deplorable condition of the poor , and _acknowledged thifc he saw no permanent and effectual remedy for relieving that
distress , but a gradual falling back coon the land . He declared himself an opponent to aay mode ot relief by emigration , and believed thatthe country was quite capable of supporting / ar more than its present number of inhabitants , if its resources' ware properly applied . Mr Joseph Firth moved the first resolution , to the effect— 'That the present mode of _employing the poor on the roads was a w-ste of tbe money and industry of the nation , and oua ; lit to be superseded by some other . ' In the course of a lengthy address , he remarked that the last time he stood up in that hall was to ask an hon . MP . a few _questions about the grievances of the labourins classes , and the remedies The answer ofthe honourable gentleman ( Mr Bright ) to every one ofhis questions was— ' the Repeal of the Corn Laws . ' It reminded him very much of the advice of a modem _Sanjrndoof a qaack doctor who lately appeared in this part . When asked hisopinion
abont tbe best cure for rheumatism , he said , ' A good do-e of Yarrow Tea and hot bricks . ' When asked _abaut consumption , his remedy was the same , and so on throneh the whole category of complaints , it was always * Yarrow Tea and hot bricks . ' Having now , however , seen the remedy prove a failure , we were compelled to try something else , and he thought thai tho land was the nitural remedy . Messrs W . " Emmet and J , Town , two _worltine men , spoke ably in behalf of the land . Mr Town , in tho course of a Ions , able , and elcquent speech of nearly an hour , went into the past and present condition of the labouring class , and proved to a demonstration that machinery on the one band , and the monopoly of the land on the other , had been the principal causes of producing the present distress . _Theresolutiens and memorial were adopted unanimously , and three ronnda of applause given tothe reverend chairman for his conduct on the
. Owuau— A public _meeting took place on Monday evening last , to take into consideration the propr iety of petitioning parliament against the Coercion Bill , when Mr Lemravd _Ueslop _wascilled to the chair . The first resolution was moved by Mr R Ilaskm and seconded , by Mr W . White , and ablv tHTl _i- b l _^ K E I Ckt _£ ' of Manchester , in it speech which elicited much applause . The petition was then moved by Mr Wild , and seconded by Ml J . Cooper , and nobly supported by Mr D . _Donovan , ' - , _" * u ! SrtS' Bpeech _' , _. hicI i _™« h cheered . « _£ . ? W T P P "P 0 Sed _K the _lowing re 8 .-Iution :-That tV . J . ** x , Esq , b * requested to present the petition , and J . Duncroft , _Feargu- O'Connor , J . O'Connell , and W . S . O'Brien . Esq-8 ., be requested to support its prayer . A vote of thar _ks having been given to the chairman , the meeting broke op . Chester—DrM'D . ualliectured here on Friday , the 3 rdifi . _sf .
Address Of Tfle Fraternal Democrats Assb...
ADDRESS OF TflE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS _ASSBMBLWe IN LONDON , TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL
DIET OF SWITZERLAND . _Hoko-jbabib _GES-auuKi _* , This Association , composed of men of different nation- * , desire ? to congratulate jou . the represent * tim of the noble Swiss people , on the _plorious and happy termination of the troubles which recently distracted the Helvetic Confederation . Although from the commencement of the division which for a brief period divided Switzerland into two hostile camps , wo deplored theinfatuation which induced a misled minority to arm against their countrymen , still we regarded that unhappy division as a question _essentially Swiss , with which other
nations had no concern . It waa evident that right and reason , as well as tho force of numbers , were on the side of the Diet , and thus armed the triumph of ihe majority was from the first certain . Now that the contest is at end , it may be permitted to the friends ' of democratic liberty , wherever residing , to express their admiration of the course p _?*? ae _™ I yoUr _h''nojrab ! e body , arid of the heroism ofthe Federal _trooM , combined witb tbathuroanitv and generosity to the vanquished which should ever characterise the soldiers of liberty . AH . hail ! to the brave defenders of Swiss sovereignty , who have shown themselves at once competent to conquer faction , and worthy of the viotory which has rewarded their bravery .
Far be it from ui to cast any reflection uwm the courage of the misled sonsofSwitKrland who , lurid from tho path of duty , by the falsehoods and calumnies of a ' rebel faction , ' d ' mned the bright page of their history by taking np arms against the majority of their fellow-countrymen . The children of Wil . liamTell , and his compatriots , are dear to the friends of liberty throughout tii _9 world ; dear forthe services which their great forefathers rendered to the . general cause of human liberty , and we would titter no word which should imply doubt of _thair bravery , or their publio and private virtues . Vanquished ih the late contest , they were so because they had placed themselves in a false position , and arrajed themselves against the immense majority of their
felloweitizens , the interests of . their country , and tho very recollection of their forefathers' patriotic deeds . What wander that witb so bad a cause they were speedily compelled to succumb ? But , we repeat , the citizens of the seven cantons were partly misled , and partly coerced into acts of hostility against the public weal , * but now that their deceivers and oppressors havo bees driven from the soil of Switzerland , we aire persuaded that those _citizens will at once re-unite with their Helvetic bretkren , and in the event oftheir services being required to defend their country from the attacks of jealous tyrants ; they will be found amongst the foremost and the bravest of Switzerland ' s defenders . Besides offering our congratulations to your honourable body , we have another reason for sending this address . We have witnessed with less of alarm
' than of disgust andindignation , the ' conductof certain governments who have insolently presumed to offer what they haTe culled ' ' mediation , * between the le gitimate Government of _Switzerland and the 'rebel 'action , ' which , fora moment , impiously raised the _standard of nnju < li 8 able insurrection . The offer of -ntch'mediation- ( under anycircumstancesunc _.-illed for ) , is at once insulting and ludicrous when offered after the treasonable faction has ceased to exist , when , in fact , there is not the shadow of a party opposed to the Diet , and consequently , no parties between whom to ' mediate . ' Wc cannot sufficiently express our admiration of the unanswerable reply of voHr honourable body to the offered - mediation' of the French Government . That reply—a model for statesmen oi all countries menaced by intermeddling _pewers—ramt command the enthusiastic approbation of all nations .
But , what is the meanin ? of those gatherings of troops on the French and Austrian frontiers of _Switzerland ? Are they intended tointimidateyour honourable bod ; into negotiating a compromise with the beaten , dissolved , and _dispersed faction ? Or , are those forces collected with the vain view of _Polandising Switzerland ? Tbe evil intentions of the Governments which assisted tbe Sonderbnnd with arms and money cannot be doubted ; we think , bowover , that even those Governments will pause before committing themselves to a contest , tho issue of of which may be more fatal to them tban to Switzerland .
Governments , wbich are the _incarnalions of corruption or assassination , and , therefore , hated by the nations they govern , would act very unwfrely for themselves by provoking a ' war of principles , ' The perfidy , violence , ond political pollution from which thepeople of France have _suffered during the past seventeen years , are not the best guarantees against social convulsion , and such convulsion is morr . than probable in the event of an European war . Besides , thepeople of France are too democratic to quietly acqaiesceinthede 8 ecratioBof the tri-coloured flag , and will never submit to see tbat Ritr joined with
thc colours of despotism against tbe Republican banner of Switzerland . The confiscation of Cracow is not yet forgotten or forgiven , and the blood of the victims of the massacres of Gallicia yet cries to Heaven for retribution ; There are more nations than one who pray for the hour when ihey may burst the fetters imposed upon them by the hereditary enemy of Helvetia . The " ring of the first Austrian shot fired against Sw ' _tzaTl-om , . would reverberate throur * h Germany , Poland , Bohemia , Hungary , and Italy , and not Swiss rifles alone would answer the vollies ef the armed slaves of a detested despotism .
The other 'powers' may assure themselves that the nations over which they rule , will neglect no opportunity of achieving their emancipation ; and snch an opportunity would be afforded by a crusade of kings against _theliberties of Switzerland . To you , legislators of a free and glorious people , is entrusted the safeguard not only of-your country ' s liberties , but also of the hopes of the downtrodden nations , who yet bow . beneath the tyranny of irresponsible rulers . Europe , weary of the mi-ery of slavery , finds hops and consolation in witnessing the developement of Swiss institutions , anticipating the time when those institutions , established in every
nation , shall secure to its peoplo the blessings enjoyed by _Switzarland . Patriotism and philanihropy _—^ u ty toyour fatherland , and duty to your fellowmen of every nation , alike enjoin yeu to defend the sacred interests committed to your charge . Faithful to your trust , you would , it theneed existed , find a nation of warriors on your own soil , quite capable of successfully defyint * ail the armies ofall the enemies of _Switzerland . But your warriors would not be left alone to fight the _batiles of freedom against tyranny . The sympathyand the support of every people in Europe would b 3 arrayed en the side of the HelveticConfederation .
Legislators of S _witzarland , stand fast by your country's liberties , undismayed by the roaringof the bl itant beasts nf _despotism , or tbe _howlings oftheir jackals . While respecting tbe rights of other ? , you will be prepared 11 defend your own . While sacredly guarding tho rights of each individual citizen , and tiie libertics of each canton , you will neverthe ess perfect the unity of tho Confederation so as to concentrate the national will and the national power for national purposes . While protecting the _riahts of conscience , and the freedom of religious _worship , you will best previde for the general pood by curbing fanaticism ,
and crushing , with a heavy hand , every attempt to subject the people to tbe yoke of a tyrannical Theocracy . While rendering your political institutions _raudels of democratic perfection , you will ensure the Equality , _Liberty , and Fraternity they arc intended to guard , by promoting tbat wise organisation of industry which will prevent pauperism , and save the Swiss labourer from the misery which . ! b the condition of millions of the children of labour in otber _countries . Thus actio ? , you will earn the gratitude of your own fellow-citizens , and the admiration cf thc world .
Very respectfully we tender to you this expression of our profound esteem , and our earnest wishes for the prosperity of Switzerland , and" tho happiness of all her children . Signed by the secretaries and members ofthe committee , in behalf of , and in the name of , tbe Association , — G . _JCUAN nARSBr , * ) EnSEST Jones , I _Cuablks Kkew , f Great Britain Thomas Clark , j J . A . Michelot , | F e II . _Bekxaro . I
_CaulScbappmb , [ Germany J . _ScuAntuiz ( ofBasle )) Sw ( zariand . H . Krbll _, ( ot Lucerne ) j i i _--LtSno , } S _—™ Lonis _Objeski , Poland _?~ Blvm ° } Ru 8 B 5 a Iondon . Dec . 13 tb , 1847-
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_MAscn-se-ren . —The monthly meeting * f the Manchester Branch will take place on Sunday the 19 th of December , in the People ' s Institute . Chair to betaken at nine o ' clock in the morning , when thefollowing business will he brought before the meeting . The monthly accounts ; salary of officers ; weal levies for 1848 ; and the best means of promoting the intf rests of the National Land and Labour Bank . _NEwcAsiiE-ijpaK-TyNE .-Tiie members ot this branch ate _intormed that the committee of tbis branch will meet at Martin Jaae ' s , Cock Inn , lieauof _the-Side , on Wednesday evening , Deo ., tt nd ,, at eighto ' clock , to hear and . receive appeals trom tneir absentees at the late quarterly meeting . 1 he members in arrears tor local and general expenses , are requested to pay the same on or before tlio join Dec , or thsj will bo deducted frem their next instalments .
. _ Mb Webi held very successful meetings at Truro , on the 7 th and 9 th _infant . New members were enrolled , and subscriptions received , and Mc West s lectures gave great satisfaction . _ Z
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"Union forthe _Ifi'KtW mtmum _^ Thr Extra Lbvx . —Thc Central Cemmittee have during the past week received many communications respecting thia unavoidable step . Many of these communications commending the mea 8 we _ase _ c which , in the opinion ofthe writers , should have been taken long ago . Others again , doubting its policy , and _expressing dissatisfaction at its infliction . That a _meaaureof this kind , however necessary , sbould under the most favourable circumstances , meet with genoral _approval is not to bo expeoted , * nor would the Central Committee have had
occasion to adopt this course had the members of the association generally , performed their duties as members . _^ But with arrears on the balance sheet _Bsriously _increasing , and in many cases not from poverty , bnt from sheer neglect or apathy ; and on the other hand with still increasing calls on them for assistance to resist reductions , the Central Committee were somewhat in the position of the children of Israel , with their cruel task masters , who required them to make bricks without . _straw . They were to support every application , made ' to them without thc slightest consideration by the applicants , ns to the means in hand to meet these numerous demands . The _ut-reasonableness , nay , then tier absurdity _ofauc-h expectations , must strike any man , who , only for a little , gives the subject calm reflection .
What is the amount contributed for which such miraculous results is exfteeted ? 2 d . in 20 s ! How many men are tbere that can acquit themselves of sacrificing even more than tbat every week npon their weaknesses and vices , and yet will hesitate in paying so utterly an insignificant a fee for the protection of their most valuable property , their Labour ? Compare it with the heavy demand heretotore , and evou still mnde on many local societies '; the brush makers of England , it is said , for the last forty years , have been constantly subjected to a tax of not less than from 2 s . to 5 s . per week to keep up their wages . 'to its prcseut average about 203 . j and they can _consider their society , a very successful example . The masons , joiners , cork cutters ,
hatters , curriers , & c , & _s ., and coming to the lower price trade ? , the cotton spinners , silk trades and others , at what period were any of them so lightly taxed tor the protection of thoir wages ? Thatthe amount of 2 d . in thepound will be always , in _allconceivable emcrgencios , sufficient for the purposes of the association , was never contemplated by its founders , or the power would not have been given to the Central Committee to call for such levies as ' might be necessary for the carrying out the objects of the association . Still , experience has shown _. thatso much has been- accomplished even by thc comparatively slender means afforded the committee , that a well grounded opinion , is held , that in all ordinary times the 2 d . levy will be found sufficient for all purposes .
Although it is very desirable that a fund should be raised ready to meet any contingency , it is still the opinion of many , who have watched the progress of this extrawdinavy movement , that the real strength will at all times be found to exist in its great moral influence , arising from its numbers and compact organisation _; from its perfect discipline , Us rank and file ever ready to endure and sacrifices , when called upon by those officers they have themselves chosen , and in whom they have confidence , With a confederation so _compoaed tbere would be little need for accumulated capital or heavy contributions . The most valuable capital would consist inthe disintere _^ edness and fidelity of the members , and the most useful contribution , their promptitude and obedience
to their engagements . That such is destined to be the position of tbis movement there is the greatest grounds for believing , notwithstanding the little temporary difficulties before which the most influential and wealthiest have boen constrained to bend . And yet we have progressed , and are progressing , even amidst our temporary difficulties . Little reason bave we then ' ' or despondency , still less for despair _, _itistobeh'ped that this extra taxupon the mem ten will be able to bs withdrawn at tha expiration ofthe time named ; itis absolutely certain if the members mako it their duty to come forward p _«< mpUy . The Central Committee feel they have performed their duty , at least , in _nvikin / j use in Ihe present emergency ot those powers which the Ceonfrencc has given to them .
The Central Committeo have transacted their usual business dming the past week . A voluminous mass of correspondence has been received from various parts of the country , among them a letter from the coopers of Greenock , who were out in resistance ofa reduction offered by the employers . Mr Claughan was appointed to _investigate into the merits of tbe caso , and by following the usually successful course o ; this Association , that of mediation , to endeavour _to-bring the dispute to an amicablo adjustment . Mr Claughan , in accordance with such _instructiem 1 , wrote to the employer , as agent ofthe National Association , inviting him to consent to an interview , or by withdrawing the reduction , render a strike on tho part of the men unnecessary .
No immediate answer baing returned tj his communication , he scat his report to thc Central Committee , who upon a view of the case , considering the propostd reduction totally uncalled for , trade in this partioular branch in that town being at the time far from bad , and a less than usual number ofhands out of employment , resolved to support the men in resisting the uncalled for reduction from , their wages , The next communication announced the satisfactory _inteiii _^ _eaet-, that tbe reduction was withdrawn . Thus in another instance , haa the : policy of the National _A-s'iciation in _dtaliog with trades' disputes , been triumphantly successful . We here insert the report of the Sheffield case , omitted last week from press of matter .
- Soc < 3 E 8 SFOL CifE of _Medutiok between the Joiners of Sheffield aod their Employers , through tbe agency of Mr Williamson .- —Mr Williamson reported tbe issue of bis mediation in the above case . Ou his arrival in Sheffield , he attended a meeting of the joiners' union , and , learned that the employers had issued a circular intimating that from a certain datothey should require tbeir bands to light up and work until sis o ' clock , com . mencing at _seren in the morning , having previously breakfasted ; and that those who wtro at work out of the shop at jobs where tbey couW not light up , should sub mitto a reduction of 2 s . per week . This arrangement being a violation ofthe eastern and usage of tho town of many _yuars' standing , wa 6 , of course , exceedingly obnoxious to tho men . Mr 'Williamson was very anxious
to settla the matter , if possible , in a manner wbich should be satisfactory to nil pattie _" , anil without any real sacrifice to the men . Ho therefore , after some consideration , submitted somo propositions to the committee as a basis upon which to found an arrangement that be thought the masters would agroo to , and which would renlljr be decidedly advantageous to the men , Tho propositions were not at first received very favourably by the committee of the joimrs , inasmuch as they contemplated the concession of what tbey at Hr « t deemed the most essential point lu dispute , namely , tha lighting op , which _iras certainly an innovation upon an old established cu ° tom , but Mr Williamson showed them that there was not a town ln England enjoying that peculiar privilege , and that _tbty _cnulstscarcely tope to maintain it , and be
thought that if ihey could bring _tbimselvts to surrender tbis point , he might gain for them advantages of a much more _valuabls _description . After some disussion Ur Williamson ' s propositions were unanimously agri eS to by the committee , and _subarquently by a majority of the hands concerned in tho dispute . Mr Williamson then attended a meeting ef the nmtor builder ? , wbich bad boen specially convened for the occasion , where he was received , with tho deputies from the bunds , most courteously . He then submitted bis _propesitions to the employers , aud esf . irc _<; d them by such arguments and facts as were * sufficient , after some discussion , to obtain their consent . Although it was staled to Mr WilHamson that an offer had been made by tbe Master _SuiUeiB' Association of Manchester to supply
them with any number of bands they might require , Mr Williamson at once pointed out the almost certain evils wbich snch a course would entail on the town of Sheffield—that , it wonld certainly lead to a protracted straggle , in which the men would bo sure to obtain th « strongest expression of sympathy from too whole trade of Sheffield , uot unaccompanied with ft large-amount of probable inconvenience to the employers . He then submitted his propositions , which , be contended , would , by being _consented to , be equally advantageous to both parties , and far preferable to the acrimony and ill feeling which were always inseparable from an uncertain and protracted struggle , The following is the _substnnoe of tho arrangement which was conceded by the etr . p ' ojers , and cheerfully accepted by the men , wbo all
resumed their work next _mernlng : —Tbat the contemplated reduction of 2 s . per weik to the out-workers , should be witherawn _. That during the winter season , that is , for six weeks below and after Christmas , the men should commence _worls at _sevtn o ' clook in the morning , and work until sis at night , having half an hour for breakfast , one _honr for dinner , and half an hour for te « . It was _furtker agreed tbat a circular sbould he drawn up setting forth the terms ef the arrangement , to be signed by the cbairmau and secretary of the masters ' committee , nnd also by tome officers of the _workmen ' s body , and a copy 6 « nt to each building _establishment in tbc town . And tbns has another example been added to the numerous list of successful instances of modiation through the great and constantly increasing moral ir , _fluence ef the Association . It is also
extremely gratifying to stato , that _letters havo _thismornhijf be « n received ot tbo office from the secretary of tbe Masters'Union , and from tho workmen , officially an . nouueing thc termination of the dispute , and bearing ample and _hanlsoma _tefitimony to the _straig htforwprJ yet _conailiatory spirit ovinoed by Mr Williamson throug h _, out this impaitant and difficult affair . Tbe men gain by this arrangement a large addition to their comfort and convenience through the cold and cheerless winter months , without the slightest _peouaiary . sacrifice ; and the employer- ar-likely to pet a larger amount of work from men comforted and strengthened by a couple of warm and invigorating meals on a witter ' a day , than they could hope to obtain from a est of cold , spiritless , and half-starved machines ,
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Tho , following letter has also been received from Mr Parker , reporting the following case : — _Boiton Boor i »» Saos Makii ' s . —Mr Iiobson , _abfltrt _threa weeks ago , walled npon Mr _—^_ _, an employer , to induce him to give the prices according to a list he had formerly paid to ; after much discussion between tbem , Mr Robson agreed to give the employer two weeks to consider it , I havo waited upon the employer in _qutBtteo , and ftta happy in informing you that he has agreed to pay again to the said lift ; there is a decided advance upon their wages , fours , In haste , J . W . " _PASK-a .
Hearth _Rtro _Makshs of Lomkm * . —A reduction amounting to about 2 s . 6 d . per week , having been offered to _thfrty-one hands ih the employ of a large manufacturer , Mr Peel , in conjunction witk Mr _Greensladeol the London District Committee , waited upon the _employer , with a view of inducing him . to withdraw the reduction . Although the deputation were received with great courtesy , yet the employer seemed fully bent upon cairying Lis point , threat _, ening at first to shut np the works rather than yield to his hands . The deputation mildly remonstrated , and urged the evil consequences always following these disputes between the employer and employed , as a reason why the National Association were always desirous of inducing both parties to effect some
honourable compromise , and begged that this gentleman would submit somo proposition as tbe basis for an arrangement . After some discussion terms were submitted which instead of a reduction of 2 s . 6 d ., would amount to sixpence per week . Mr Feel , nnable at the time to obtuin better terms , after thanking the employer for his courteous treatment , returned to report tbe _resnlt ofhis mission tothe hands , some of whom were anything but satisfied at the idea of submitting even to so small & reduction , but after somo _discusion it wag arranged that an at * tempt should bs made to obtain some better terms _. The deputation again returned to the employer who , eventually , agreed to an arrangement by which , by affording ti the trades increased facilities for their
Work , much lost time they were at present liable to would be obviated , the affair was brought to a conclusion quite satisfactory to all parties . _Several of tbe hands admitting tho Bmall reduction would be more than counter-balanced by the other concessions agreed to by the employers . Mr Peel then committed to writing . the _particulate of the agreement , and having _submitted it to the employer for his approval , that gentleman signed it , Messrs Peol and _Greenslade also _sighed it on bebalf ofthe mon , who ail bore testimony to the beneficial policy ofthe National Association . Before leaving the room Mr Peel animadverted on the unntcessary Joss the men had subjected them * selves to by leaving their work , which is directlv opposed to the ad Wee of tho Central Committee in all such cases . Itis a course of proceeding which
cannot bi too strongly censured . ' It throws unnecessary obstacles in the way of successful mediation by the bad feelings engendered _betweanthe disputing parties , whereby the chances of an amicable adjustment are considerably lessened . In this case , each man bad a self inflicted loss of at least sixteen _shillings , having foolishly been idle four days , and the employer had to tho same extent been inconvenienced by the unnecessary interruption to his business ; he exhorted them at any future time to keep at their work and apply to the Cpntral _Committee , whose best services would be always at their _cemmand , with an increased chance of success , if nothing had been done by them to throw difficulties in the way . These remarks were received with the best feeling , and are here reiterated as hints worthy the consideration of-the members generally .
Mr Clftughan reported having attended an excellent meeting in Kinross , where ho found , notwithstanding the general _slackness of trade ! a most lively interest manifested in favour ofthe National Association ; Numbers bavo already joined , and others are only waiting a revival of trade ; to follow tho same example . Mr Humphries reports to havins attended a number of meetings in Northampton , Betterton , Rowel ) , and _llft ' . borough ; at which places an excellent spirit prevails among them , * strong societies have been tnnned in Rowell and Desborough ; and previous to
Mr Humphries' visit , no union existed whatever , thi ? - a society has been established ,. _' where no body existed-. We trust the friends in this district will exert themselves to spread the principles ot this Association ; as the only safe way of redeeming tbeir trade . Mr Town , of Keighley , has attended _meetings at Birstol , Batley Oar , and Heckmondwickc ; at which places he expounded the principles and objects of the _rUsouiation . A good ieeling bas been created , and the most perfect satisfaction given . The result is , the principle of the nnion is widely extending .
Aberdeen . —A district committee has been formed in tbis town , consisting of delegates from the following trades * . tailors , tape weavers , nailors _, tinsmiths , shoemakers , fancy cloth weavers , and causeway stone dressers . The committee have resolved to meet once a week , for the purpose of devising measures for completing tho organisation in this district . Trades requiring the services of , or information from , thc committee , are instructed to make application to the secretary , T . Skirroi ) , 48 , Skenc-steeer , or at the meetings of the committee , every Monday evening , at eight o ' ekek , in the Class Room ot the Union-hall and School , _Blackfriara-street .
_J-OT'OES . The first number of the Central _Ooramiitee ' s Report is published , and a copy has been forwarded to the secretaries of all bodies in connexion witb the Association , and a stock is on hand for sale among the members , who are requested to give their orders through their local _secretaries , to whom any _ouantit * will be forwarded upon receipt of Post Office-order for the amount ;) or if in small _sums _. by postage stamps . An allowance oi twenty-five per cent , will be made to secretaries for _^ their trouble , and as the expense o carriage will , in some cases , be rather heavy , it may be requisite for such secretaries to arrange with their members for such additional charge as may be necessary te cover the extra expenses . The trades of Scotland are informed that a supply of the Reports have been forwarded to Mr Claughan , of Holytown , to whom , as also i ' or cards and rules , application must bo made .
As stated above , to secretaries of trades , through whom orders may be sent , an allowance of twentyfive per cent , will be allowed for their trouble , but in every case , either in England or Scotland , cash must be forwarded with the order . _. " 'i ' Tbe committee very much regret to find that Bomb ; copies of the Report , which had been circulated _; . through the post , have been surcharged for over- - weight . The Committee , besides testing tbem in i thc oih ' _co scales , took the precaution to take ono of f them to the post-office , to inquire whether they * would pass , and were informed by the postmaster they would . Itistruo they are vory close to the 5 legal weight , and some , from being damp when made & np , or some sheets of paper somewhat thicker , may ,, _(*„ have caused the unpleasant circumstance . Great -fc care will betaken to prevent such an occurrence in n futuro .
On communications upon the general business of if the Association , to be addressed to the general _seere- _ \ - tary , ; Mr Barratt , and uot , under any eir « _-ms ' anc « s , * , to individual members of the Central Committee ; ;; and upon pecuniary matters to Mr James Webb , the ie financial secretary . Ail new bodies joining theAssociation , in addition on to tbeir tirat week ' s levy , twopence from each mem m her is required to he paid on admission , for a copy of of rules and a card of membership . N . B . —Subsequent to the Central Committee lay . ly .
ing the additional levy of twopence in the pound , to to be continued for six weeks , a number of trades haveive _uiBired us to say , whether we intend tbe extra _Jevyivy to affect trades who join theAssociation afurthethe levy had been laid ? In answer to these questions , ns , and for the satisfaction ofour members , the _Centralxal Cummitteehave adopted tbs following resolution : — : — * That Trades or individuals , joining the As 5 _« ciation , ion , between the dates of the 1 st of December and thethe i llth of January , Bhall not be called on to pay _thethei extra levy of 2 d . in the pound , now in course of _pay-iay- - ment . '
Crayford Block Printers . — -On account of the the ! great press of matter tkis week , the Central Com ' _omraittee ' s reply wiil appear in the next _week'eek ' _NonrnBitN Stab . _.-. ••¦
Caotbon.—At A Meeting Of This Branch On ...
_CaoTBON . —At a meeting of this branch on _Monda'nda ; i ; _evenin-r . Dec . 13 th , the following resolutions _Wflremoveoovei ;! by Mr Hodges , seconded by Mr w * _estob y , and enrriearriei unanimously : —' That this meeting having read tbd tba many false accusations frdm the flogged soldier , tb * , tfab apostate Dispatch , the dissolute _Llotn _' _s , and the com conn _tumncfoui Bailey of Nottingham , is of opinion tki _tkti Feargus O'Connor Esq . M . P , ib felly entitled to the cone eon fidence of the working m-n of the empire , and weeareeatt _fcestly request all friends to _oorglerions lnnd Plan , tan , <( render all the _a-sigtance in their power to thg land aad ana labonr Bank . ' Mr _Hodges announced tbat 1400 sign ; _slgnin _tures had already been obtained iu this town to the Nlhe Nlli _tisnal Petition , and Mr Frost reported tbat forty ticketickee had been taken during tbe week in the ballot , by whit / whkii the Chartist eouncil ef ( hie place are raising _fhads _ftds f f the _iortheomlng meeting in furtherance ofthe _Peoplt _' eoplut Charter and the fraternity of nationa , --: _••• . '
" _NEW-cASTLS-proN-TiRE . —On Sunday evening last tHaBt tl * branch ef the Land Company oame to the following tying 11 solution : —* _Tlj ' at Mr S . Kydd baring announced heed 11 intention ef being Ir Newcastle on the 20 th _inat ., all t „ all 11 district-or brandies wishing his services , will please _ilease 3 attend tbe district meeting on Sunday the _19 sh in _? t ., in _? t .,, the Ship Inn , Jarrow , near South Shields , when then tt route of tho lecturer will be agreed upon . MlBTHIE TlDVli . ~ EUMlTT ' S BMGM > E B » AMCB , AMCB , I , After transacting the Land business of the branch ranch n was agreed tbat the members woald join in _unify wnity w , v the _racmbtrs of the , second . branch , to _ugitu ' . e for _s for Ciisrttr . * A . lecture will ba delivered on the 20 th _IniOth tun
by _d . Morgan . Subject : _—« Tbe effects of Coerciouercioun all countries and in all ages ? ' It was _resolred tired tt this meeting tender their warmest thanks to MrO Mr 03 flame- for bis able address to the electors of _TlvettTWertcl Tbe meeting then _Btparated .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 18, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_18121847/page/5/
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