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A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE. During the dram...
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Tfjfffl-^H 20, 1847. ^ ^ The Northern St...
_tfjfffl- _^ H 20 , 1847 . _^ _^ THE NORTHERN STAR . 5
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BECBl ' _sECBiri S OF THE CHAKTIST CO-OPERATIVE 11 - ¦ LAND _COMPACT . PER MR . O'CONNOR . SECTION Xo . 1 . SHAKES . _ff ofl _V ofl _>* _"t _* _•** - 2 6 Cheltenham « £ 0 4 0 [ , _" ro < _'U _* _h _" ni <> uth - 2 16 6 H yde .. „ 0 5 0 _, ' _oredlhoreditch ~ 0 10 Preseot .. 2 12 0 _ism-Kefm-i- _** _-- ** " J 910 Norwich „ 2 0 0 pjtto pjtto - 12 0 Boulogne „ 0 6 fl _sniclpsnich ~ 1 11 0 " Nottingham , Sweet o 7 6 iuii' 5 _ijiacs Smith .. 0 0 3 Glasgow .. 6 19 0 I . ft I . B . « 0 3 0 Whittington aud ¦ isanjfigan 810 0 Cat .. .. *»• r _srnir-rriiick «• 0 4 6 Ditto ( omitted
i . unfc . un « -WOO last week ) . _« ° ? 2 _Jh-intfhAm .. 1 0 0 Bermondsey .. 2 -i a _. _werSoirerbyHelm .. 2 0 0 Ashton .. »*» ? _tfU _eirocfcennouth „ 10 0 Swindon * ° * _iccsrriccster .. 3 0 0 Worsboro' Common I » J _jncl-janrliester .. 1 11 0 Salford « _\\\ I alvlstahbridge „ 3 0 0 Eurnley ~ , n n _orcifforcest-er .. 2 IG 6 Baih .. _*! „„ _arbwarborough .. 0 14 1 Todmorden _« 1 0 « _achiochdale _„ 0 10 Hamilton « l 1- *> £ 74 _^ 5 _^ SECTION No . 2 .
_BHAiZB . n ? v _( _fiiv of London 0 17 6 J . Rodman .. 5 2 0 nCnrumouth .. 16 6 Rochdale .. 0 5 9 _\ _be-nbe _-rdecn „ 0 li 0 Cbe . tenham .. 0 19 6 fch" en-horn .. 0 10 0 njde .. .. 0 1210 _^ _. _^ r eeUteh .. 0 4 0 Tredegar - 0 12 6 _VTe- _vTe" t' * i _* usi : er > R _. Preseot _.. 0 16 0 yi' _vi'Donald .. 0 2 0 Boulogne .. 1 11 0 K ( * V _c / _viMrd .. 0 S 0 _Nottingham .. 1 14 6 C ( _- ' C O wilham « 0 2 6 Market Laving-«« _i «« _T-. ' eh _«* _ie , W . tou , Love .. 0 2 6 _f _Fle-tcber .. 0 5 0 Norwich .. 2 13 11 Bill Kite ' , C- Ravenor 0 10 Hammersmith 0 10 0 Bit Bute ' , B . Gibson 0 10 Somers Town , J : Cei cwr'e Troron .. 0 2 0 Dartnall „ 0 10 0 ¦ Wc Wi _~ wimster .. 16 0 Glasgow .. 1 19 0 G G Bishop 0 10 Chelsea .. 2 12 0
Iii _lr-ftvie-b .. 3 13 6 Stevenson . Cullen 0 10 Tb Tbr 3 Dstone .. 0 10 _W hittington and M _lnskst 2 li 2 _^ " -069 Jev Joseph _M'Cartaey 0 7 0 Ashton nnder-I . yne 4 10 0 _rii Thomas Yowell 0 1 0 Southampton .. 14 3 W : Wfliiam Rogers 0 10 0 _Torquay .. 2 18 0 Te _vTi"an ~ .. 0 9 6 W orsboro * CommoH 2 0 0 Hi Bi _miinshamlShip' 0 16 ll Birmingham , per C « Central Rossendale 12 8 Goodwin .. 0 5 0 TSi _VTanvick ~ 0 4 0 Salford .. 18 6 B _Biicup _~ 10 0 Burnley .. 0 17 0 Si Stafford .. 0 5 0 Worcester .. 716 3 li _Berbv ~ .. 2 IS 2 Nuneaton .. 0 16 0 i -W ruin .. 0 3 0 Clifford .. 3 6 8
Old ham .. 10 0 Bath _ ~ 0 15 0 Georse Martin .. 0 10 _Tei-rnmouth .. 2 10 0 _Ce-e-ke-rmouth _„ 10 0 Leelbury .. 0 11 9 leiee- 'ter , Astill 1 0 0 Wolverhampton 0 12 0 6 . Allinson .. 0 2 6 Gainsborough .. 0 8 0 ¦ Manchester .. 0 19 6 Bradford .. 2 10 _Stalvbridge .. 9 0 0 Lambeth .. 2 5 0 _m-rcester .. 012 0 naiuilton .. 0 3 0 £ SS 15 ll
SECTION No . 3 . 4 H 4 BES . _iirSouUby .. 0 5 4 Stockport .. 2 0 0 W . Smith , Don- Manchester .. 11 8 4 caster .. 315 0 Stalvbridge .. S 0 0 Aberdeen _„ 10 4 Brigbtlinjjsea ~ 15 13 0 David Peebles .. 10 0 Worcester ~ 2 17 0 Maurice Pygott 10 0 Rochdale .. 1 13 3 Korton Falgate 0 S 0 Cheltenham ~ 3 6 0 _Gtttr _ge Smith .. 3 18 4 nyde .. .. 016 6 Thomas Self .. 0 1 0 * f . P . . .. 2 12 t Ca therine Cooper 5 4 4 Clitheroe .. 2 0 0
Shor editch .. 0 13 0 Sutton-ia-Ashfield 0 9 2 Sarah Keighley 12 6 Boulogne .. 1 10 0 _Tiie-mas Crabb ., 0 14 KeigbJey _« 0 4 0 John White .. 0 2 0 Nottingham .. 11 7 10 Robert Jones _„ 0 2 0 Market Laving-Joseph Moss _M 0 5 0 ton , Love .. 10 S 0 _Weatmiiiiter « 5 4 4 "Sorwich .. 0 17 6 Josei _' h Derrick 0 3 4 Accrington m 10 0 Joseph KeuJaU 0 2 6 nanrmersmith .. 12 0 Ipswich .. 1 15 0 Samuel Pavilion 9 5 4 _Se-Mrick _« 15 6 Glasgow - 15 0 Samuel Evans .. 0 16 2 Chelsea « 0 5 ill ¦ Win Bracen „ 0 4 4 B . Briggs .. 0 5 0 Jlarv Anu Mans . Whittington and
_fie- _'d .. _« . 0 5 0 Cat .. .. 224 Edward Dove .. 0 5 0 J . W . Gyles ~ 0 5 0 Alex . Fowler .. 0 16 James Johnson 0 9 4 _Th-Jinas Pike .. 0 14 Elizabeth Foster 0 9 4 Joseph Standea 3 0 0 Charles Long , i Georse Leveriilge 0 * 2 6 Bermondsey .. 0 5 0 James DiU .. 0 3 0 Ashton .. 19 8 Thomas Saunders 0 14 Southampton .. 16 14 6 ¦ Birmingham ( Ship * 3 15 10 Binningham , Pare 0 10 0 Central _llossendaJe 0 15 0 Torquay .. 0 14 7 Warwick _„ 0 2 8 _Binningham , Good-GL .-2 ' eswick .. 8 5 4 win .. .. 080 Bacup .. .. 400 Burnley - 044 _Woulerieh , W . Xuneaton .. 1 11 0 Langbam „ 0 5 0 Pershore .. 7 0 0 _Bnrv .. .. 5 8 10 Bath .. 0 3 0 Uansfk-ld .. 0 12 0 Ledburv .. 0 14 Smithy Brook .. 8 IS 10 Wolverhampton ISO Derby .. .. 16 10 Gainsborough .. 18 6 Pout-aster .. 0 5 6 Todmorden .. 6 0 0 J . dough .. 5 4 4 Hamilton .. 0 4 6 Lei . _-ester , Astill 10 0 Keaeling .. 4 VA G £ 1 S 5 _ 3 _ 2
Expense Fund. City Of London 0 3 0 Rudma...
EXPENSE FUND . City of London 0 3 0 Rudman .. 0 2 0 Plymouth « 0 4 8 Scarborough .. 15 1 George Smith _„ 0 16 W . Pickett .. 0 1 0 Edward Tobin .. 0 2 0 Preseot .. 0 9 0 _Catherine Cooper 0 2 0 Boulogne .. 16 0 Wt-nmiaster .. 0 2 0 _Sottitghatn .. 10 0 Ipswich .. 0 2 0 "Son-rich , Bagshaw 0 5 6 Wigan .. 16 6 Cheltenham .. 0 10 0 Ceatral Kossendale 0 2 4 Glasgow .. 0 12 7 ¦ War wick .. 0 2 0 Southampton .. 1 15 0 W . Golightiy „ 0 10 Swindon .. 2 18 7 _JOerbv „ 0 6 9 _Worsboro ' Common 0 5 3 J . _Clough .. 0 2 0 Salford _~ 0 2 6 _Biirhtliiigsea .. 0 6 0 Nuneaton ° * 2 _Worc-sur .. 1 10 9 Bath .. „ 0 2 0 £ 15 6 4
Toril Land Fcsp. Mr. O'Connor, Section N...
_TOril LAND FCSP . Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 1 ... Ii 15 7 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 2 ... 83 15 11 Mr . O'Connor , Section No . 3 ... 185 3 2 Expense Fond ... ... 15 6 i £ 3641 0
Fob The Bank. Sunis Previousl Y Acknowle...
FOB THE BANK . _Sunis previousl y acknowledged 764 8 8 For ibe Week ending the lStb . Maxell ,, .. 92 8 0 - £ 8-56 16 8
The New Land Rules Are Now Ready, Price ...
The new Land Rules are now ready , price fourpence . The issue of Cards is discontinued , as the Eules are made to serve both purposes : each Locality throughout the kingdom will he furnished with a supp ! y of the same , also with an _acount book , and the necessary Bills , etc ., for distribution . Books for the use of Depositors in the Land and _La-iour Banks are being prepared , and will be issued to Depositors in a few days . T . M . WBIEIES , * » c _ecreta-ie , _PflHiPM'GBATn , j Secretar - _-- _*
Receipts Of National Charter Association...
RECEIPTS OF NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION Manchester ., 10 0 Camberwell _~ 0 3 6 _roLASD ' S BEGENEBATI _1-- COilMTTEE . 2 Ir Foster , Hanley .. 0 10 CESTUI .--. B . EG 1 STB 1 T 10 K C 02 dKITlS _** . Balance ofthe late Anti-Militia Committee .. 0 7 10 _| RECEIPTS OF THE VICTIMS' COMMITTEE . _fOS KS _EICHAKDS . W . George .. 0 o 4 Mr Oakley ~ 0 0 6 G . Wright .. 0 0 6 Mr Moss .. 0 0 6 G . IL , _iVestmiustea : 0 1 0 Mr Boonham .. 0 0 6 _BiUtjn ~ 0 12 0 A Friend .. 0 0 2 Somers Town .. 0 3 4 Xewcastle-upon-21 . 11 . [ ., Tower Tyne .. 0 3 0 Hamlets .. 0 10 Bradford , YorksliireO 4 0 £ 1 6 10 VETESASS _' , WIDOWS ' , AXD _OBrDANs' FOSD . G . R . B . „ 0 0 6 Hull , per J . Shaw 0 7 6 G . It , Westniinster 0 1 0 Whittington . ind _Biis'ya .. 0 10 0 Cat , per J . Shaw 0 3 1 Caiiibe-nrell .. 0 3 3 Mr . Dean .. 0 10 ¦ Westminster .. 0 7 9 Mr . Flower , Tots-cr _Hamleu Brighton , I _Conimittee , per ( _omitte-dto be J . Shaw .. 10 0 acknowledged ) 0 6 3 £ 3 0 4 _CHMSTornEB . Doiie , Secretary .
Iioral Mahtxiboije Theaibe.—The Spirited...
IiorAL _Mahtxiboije Theaibe . —The spirited lessee cf this theatre , determined to afford his patrons all the pleasure aed Tariety of amusement possible , bas engaged the celebrated American tragedian , < J _* U . Scott—who has been playing the round of legitimate characters as Richard the Third , Damon , _ftlaebe tii , < fcc . On our visit , we witnessed the performance of that beautiful play " Damon and _1-y-« uas , " in which thegreat powers of Mr Scott showed Munich { advantage as Damon . In most characters this geutkraan is an uneven actor ; bnt in this he _* as the author ' s Damon , from beginning to end . _wotbicg cinld be more true to nature than the fine _whiiea tion ol Mr Scott ; it elicited , as it deserved , _•} " - most rapturous applause of the whole house , _Rzyxxv was onlv rayinri aa Pythias ? whilst Mrs
J * _opWl '« Calthia was admirable . —Professor _Heni-™ h ; g and sons are now delighting the numerous patrovs of this theatre , by their elegant and graceful _^ lng . room performances , a La Risky . ' 'facias PiisE . —The committee for raising a _"Mtument in commemoration of the above patriot , _£ _*** et _? t the Craven Head , Drury-lane , on _Tues-J _* J erening , March 22 , at eight o ' clock , when bust-« e * * s cf importance will be submitted . * R _« ; " _" " _- ;?* - _**» raiiAL issTBLcnes Society . — -Sir J , *? dl on the 22 nd inst . lecture on * ' Natural theoo ' i el . And tne qnarteriyaeeting occurs oa viz Wili ot tie present month _.
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_JNATlUJNALj _TKALMH-a Ae * s _*» u _^ iAiiui FOR THE PROTECTION OF INDUSTRY . " Union for the JfiKwn , " We tare hitherto confined onr remarks in this form to the protection of industry , by pointing out the necessity and advantage there is for the operatives of every trade , and in all parts of the country , to unite with our association ; hut while we would impress this duty upon them , and urge the expedience of one and all to contribute to the £ 20 , 000 fund , whieh is to be devoted to the protection of those workmen who may be compelled to resort to a strike to resist a redaction , or to obtain an advance of wages under circumstances which the central committee _approveof as being just and equitable , and which unquestionably come under tho character of contending for a fair day ' s wage for a fair day ' s work ; we flare also to remind our numerous
members and friends of the equal _necessity there is for them taking up shares in the fund for the employment of labour , which fund is separate and distinct from the former . The emancipation of industry is a work of such importance as to require not only the means of protecting industry , by supporting those who are off work during an approved strike , but also to find employment for those who may be discharged by their masters for taking an active part in advocating or otherwise using their endeavours to procure aud maintain their just and equitable rights , whether as individuals or in numbers . Tbis can only be done by instituting manufacturing establishments of various branches of
trade , which is one of ( he means intended to be used in carrying out the great work in which we are ens-aged . In order to complete this fund of £ 100 , 000 , erery branch of our association , in whatever part of the country it may be situated , or of whatever , description of workmen it is composed , may reasonably be expected to take shares of £ 5 each , iii accordance with the number of its members , and their ability as high or low paid trades . Individual members , also , are _elligioie to take shares , and can obtain the necessary information by applying to any of our agents , or by writing to the secretary of thc National Association of Uuited Trades , No . 11 , Tottenham Courtroad . London .
The independent position in which workmen will rep _l aced by the operations of this fund , is calculated to give more eucouragement to the oppressed operatives of Britain than any other source of hope whatsoever , that amount being invested in manufactories uf various kinds , will give employment to great numbers of those workmen whose efforts , by prudent proceedings and firmness in the cause of industry , i may subject them to loss of employment . None , ' therefore , will have to dread the loss of their work by incurring the displeasure of masters in seeking or maintaining their just and equitable rights by prudent and temperate means . The threat of being eiischarged wiil be harmless when associated with the consideration that other employment is available ,
and sufferers in the cause of industry obtain apriority of that employment . Masters who now consider that it is all fair to pay their workmen at the rate of what the most necessitous of surplus workmen will take , and who strive to perpetuate the system of British slavery , can only be effectually defeated by the means we have devised of protecting industry and employing labour , by capital subscribed by the working man ' s pence , wbich will be found to be as valuable as the pounds of the rich to the same amount . There are many of that _cia-3 of masters in the country described in our last week ' s report of tbe London tin-plate workers , who will hearken to no reason , but resolve upon giving a certain amount of wages and no more , without regard to whether the labonr of the workmen is worth more
or not . Such characters can only be convinced of their own folly , anil of the justice and efficacy of our cause , by the _institution of rival establishments . When a few of these are put into operation , and the masters find that the enormous profits which they have enjoyed are not required to be realised out of goods sold at thc people ' s own shops , and that their customers are availing themselves of the benefit of cheaper goods of equal quality at tbe workmen ' s shops , they will , _doubtless , begin to think that their conduct in abridging the Workmen ' s wages to a rate so low as to induce them , to resort to tho means of subscribing to a fund to commence rival _cstablisbmenis which can undersell them has been foolish in the extreme .
They will , however , have time to repent of their folly , and other masters will act wisely by taking a caution from their situation . No doubt there are many masters who will act with caution , and who acknowledge the justice of the principle , that the producers of wealtk ought to be amply rammerated , and that wages ought to be regulated in accordance witb the amount of wealth created by labour , and not according to the amount of surplus labour in the market , or what the most necessitous workman wili take for his labour . Such masters , in whatever business they may be found _, will do well for themselves and for all concerned , by pointing out to other masters like themselves the policy there will be in their
preventing tbe workmen from becoming their _owir masters by the means we have described , by acting fairly , reasonably and equitably towards them : so long as they do this , they need not fear the danger that will inevitably fall upon those who seek to pursue a contrary course ef deportment towards their workmen . The central committee of this association will ever appreciate the reasonable and equitable deportment of masters , wherever _itjig to be found . They will not support workmen in any proceedings , but what are based on justice and equity . They seek not to promote strikes nor disputes of any kind between masters and servants , to supersede the necessity of such measures , hy stepping in between the partiescontending , and itquiring into the real merits of the matters in difference , and proposing what is fair and just towards each under existing circumstances of the
case . Whichever party is in the fault , they will endeavour to bring them to a reasonable view of the matter . Or , if faults exist on both sides , they will act accordingly . But , while they will not support the workmen in unreasonable proceedings , they will use their endeavours to bring those masters to a sense of what unity can effect , even amongst working men , in the present general movement lor the emancipation of industry . This great work , however , wbich concerns all , requires the aid and the interest of all wbo are concerned ; let every man , woman , and child who arc dependant on the fruits of their labour for subsistance , consider tbe subject as one which interests and concerns themselves ; and let them prove their zeal by uniting with the association ; and let every branch anion take as many shares of £ 5 each as they can , and every individual who can afford it do the
snme . The central committee of the above association held their usual weekly meeting on Monday last . After the usual preliminary business was disposed of and the voluminous correspondence read , the following reports were received from the association ' s _missionaries . _PAISLEf , Sxedoox District . — On Monday erening a meeting of the weavers was held in the publi c school room , to hear the plans of thc National Association explained . Mr Jacobs' address _thoroughly convinced all _pres-ent , and the immediate remittance oftlie first month ' s contribution was decided on .
NEWTON MEARNES . —Mr Jacobs lectured to a publie meeting of this branch of the National Association , on Tuesday evening , in thc large ball of the Newton Inn . The members and the public were fully satish" cd with the efficacy of the plan , and the branch increased . ! EDINBURGH . —On Wednesday evening , apnblic meeting of plumbers was held at Cranstone ' s Ilall , to hear a lecture ' . from Mr . Jaco b * on the necessity for union and national association . After the ! lecture , questions were asked relative to certain _insituations made against the society in a letter received by the secretary from a plumber in
Manchester . The district secretary read the reply to those queries from the general secretary , which seemed to _ast-misli the meeting that so little should have been paid in , and so much given the party complaining , support . Mr J . briefly stated the nature of the case as it appeared to him in the full committee meeting held iu London , in December , but at the next Conference he doubted not all would be satisfied that the central committee had fulfilled the recommendation ot the last conference to the full extent of their intentions and expectations . Votes of approval were then passed , and the meeting separated . This body has already joined .
"ISIIAW . —Importasi Discussion on Tnu Be-. \ -mrs of Trams' Usioks . —On Thursday evenin- * : , Messrs Claughan and Jacobs proceeded to this Tillage , to enter into a discussion on the above subject _, with several members of tho _Fkilosopbical Society . Tha opponents were Mr Grey , Mr Sherrer , Mr Wardrop , and Mr Somerville . This discussion grew out of a former one on the same subject , entered into by members of the above debating society , where it was stated the non-unionists had the best of the argument , upon which Mr Claughan was applied to , who sent a challenge to the opponents of union to meet them , and proposed , as the form of the subject , the _following : — " Tbat as capital is
fully protected by law , and labour unprotected , and unable of itself to resist the encroachments of employers , trades unions are necessary and beneficial . " The opponents at the meeting urged the following :- — " That trades unions as they are and have been , are not beneficial to the trades or the community at large . " This question was accepted on the right of discussion , by Messrs Claughan and Jacobs , instead of their proposal . Agreed that the opener on each side and closer be allowed half an hour ; all tbe other speakers quarter of an hour . Mr Cucghas maintained the necessity for trades ' unions , thc good they did their members and the community by preventing redaction on some occasions _, mi _KflderingUie-nflower ° » those _Wfts _wbere
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they cannot altogether prevent , effecting rises of wages when opportunities occurred to favour them , which the employer would never give , unless thc labourer had power to uphold him in the demand ; and further maintained that the worst strikes had occurred among non-unionists ot disunited men , of which he gave several instances . Mr Ghat followed , and contended that trades ' union , caused an unhealthy state of society by _cattsing discord . Political economists considered a healthy state of society one in wliich men should live in harmony , and work unmolested at their own or any other occupation they chose to follow , and cited Burns in illustration of his meaning , lie objected to trades' unions : — Because tbey sought to establish monopoly by confining each trade to a certain class of _unionists . Because they opposed free trade , by preventing the _worhingman selling bis labour at the price offered .
Because they prohibited apprentices , or sought to restrict them to a cer . ain number , and prohibited workers from other lines coming iitto tboirs _. Because they restricted the amount of work to be performed in a day by each man , though young and strong could do more . Because they refused to work with _non-unionisiB , and thus cause them to be discharged , thus persecuting those tbat do not join them . Unions teach ignorant men to thiuk that their property that belongs of right to all , viz ., " the trades . " Each calls his "his own trade , " —a private property ; they say to others , * ' go to your own trade . " Unions have a tendency to drive men back to ancient barbarism , to confine man , as-in Cliiua and India , to the calling of their fathers , to prevent tbem _rising in the social Bcale , dividing men into castes , the mining caste , the carpenter ' s caste , etc .
Unions charge entry money and render no equivalent ; thc miners and some other _charge extra to learners , Ts it not enough to pay a premium to the master without paying to the men ? it is the muster learns the lad tbe trade , not tbe mon . Mr CLAUonA _* - proceeded to defend the restrictions of trades ' unions on apprentices and learners from other occupants , as necessary to prevent the trade or calling being over-stocked with hands , as surplus hands caused reduction of wages , and contended , if men , according to their doctrines , were to be
runnut !* from one trade to another , that they would bo all their lives apprentices and never work for journeyman ' s wages , and masters would like this . That each man ' s trade or calling was his private property , and they had a right by union to protect it and keep it to themselves , wliich was not monopoly . That unions , in maintaining good wages for tbe trade , did not oppose free trade . lie read frora the commissioners' report on the miners , to show thc hardships they were subject to , and the good effected by the restricted drag or day ' s work , in raising *; prices through shortening the supply .
Mc _Sheiu * . i * r did little more than reiterate thc arguments adduced by Mr Gray . Air Jacobs said there was a difference of opinion between masters and men as to what they could afford to nay for labour ; no doubt the masters would think they payed as much as they could , but as it had been stated before the parliamentary committee on import duties that wages were but a small item in the pi-ice of goods , it was clear the largest item was profit . He contended that higher wages could be paid without affecting the price of the goods in the market , and as the masters were continually ( especially in times of depression ) seeking to reduce wages , trades' unions were necessary , and had done good in keeping up wages to which , end restrictions wero necessary . As to unions causing thc introduction uf machinery it was ridiculous to suppose such a thing , it was estimating the genius of Watt and Arkwright
very low to assert they would never havo produced their wonderful discoveries if trades ' unions had not sought to raiso wages . Tl ; e master class , it was true , had taken advantage of their inventions to further break wages , and rob the labourer of his hire ; they bad purchased machinery with thc wealth wrung from the sweat and blood of the working class : another reason why men sbould unite to save themselves from being overwhelmed by the iron monster . The idea that union had driven shipbuilding from Dublin , you may as well say trades' unions drove the trade of Bristol toLiverpool . When he was in Dundee he was told the master _shipbuilders who were there paying thc lowest wages in Britain , tell the men if they asked a shilling or two rise , oh , you will drive the shipbuilding to London , a Ip lace where nearly double wages ; if the work was done to places where higher wages were paid the working man could follow to his own advantage .
Mr _WAKunor : Their _opponents had strayed or wilfully fled from tho question , he would correct them _, lie repeated the subject of discussion . He contended strikes could not occur without union . If men held a meeting and agreed to strike it was then a union ; they had by that act formed into a union to strike , all the strikes therefore that had occured were caused by unions . He maintained that all trades ' > houId be free , that neither government nor any class of men had a rig ht to prevent any man from entering and learning any trade . If all trades acted on the restrictive principle the effect would be fearful . Suppose the farm and other labourers were to unite and
stop others entering their calling and refused to work but at a certain wage , or so many hours per day , and strike , the fields would be barren , the miners and other trades would have to pay much more fer tbeir food , a superabundance of hands would occur , would have to put ' people to death to get rid ofthem . ' . Mr Jacobs had declaimed against thc masters , and set them down as robbers plundering the labourer of his hire . ; Now such assertions were calculated to make the worker believe their masters did not deal justly y-ith them , and ought not to bo said in auch meetings . A deal had been said of capital , now he maintained that capital was the health ofthe community , and without it society could not go on .
Mr Claughan said we replied to the evidence put in by former speakers , if , therefore , we have gone from the subject , those men have led us away . De had given them some information of the good that tlieir own , and some other Unions had done ; but he had other and greater matter in reserve . Now he would show them what the National Association of Trades had done . [ Mr C ; here displayed , one alter the other , drawers , under-shirts , stockings , and gloves , to the evident _astonishment ofhis opponents and the meeting . ] This ( said he ); is the work of a trades union ; this is the work ef men who were persecuted by their employers ; the masters would not give the men the required wage , tho society did ; and is setting more to work every day . Now , would it be better for weavers and colliers to work for themselves , or for their masters ? I think we have proved the benefit of trades unions to the trades , und the community ; and I would therefore call on our opponents to give the matter up , for they must own we bave gained our cause .
Mr SnBRREB said the restrictive system of trades corporations , prohibiting men from setting up in some towns , have drove trade to such towns as Manchester aud Liverpool . He knew a Glasgow manufacturer who was so pestered with strikes , that he went and set up in New York . Thus unions set masters against men . Animals live in harmony , why should man live at war with his fellow-man ? Mr Jacobs said , he had been charged with usjng offensive titles towards tho employer and capitalist . Well , to further the argument , he was willing to retract those offensive expressions ; but why should masters be continually acting against thc workmen ? Why should they ( the masters ) be always biteing out ot the poor man ' s loaf ? putting their spoon into his porridge ? they must needs take from the toilers
their broth to thicken their own soup . It was not Trades'Unions that set masters against man : they were called into existence by this antagonistic power , the workman found himself individually too weak to resist the encroachment ot the master , hence he appealed to his fellows to unite and make each other strong . Tbat unions had committed faults he would not deny , but he supposed that none of the opponents of union would say they were clear of faults ; we were told a manufacturer left Glasgow becauso he would not pay the wages his men asked , well , what did he do at New York ? Why he had to pay higher wages . This was patriotic ofthe master doubtless . Let tho masters meet the men reasonably aud argue the case and give the highest wages they can , nnd then they may live in harmony ; till then , the masters aro the enemies of harmony .
It was now agreed to close , that Mr Claughan and one on the other side should wind up . Mr Cuughaiv proposed as it was late , being near 12 o ' clock , that they wonld take 7 minutes each , wliich was done , and the vote taken , when there appeared a vast majority in favour of the " good effects of Trades' Unions . " This discussion is the more important , in that it has opened a new district to the National Association . EDINBURGH . —On Friday evening , a meeting ofthe house-painters was held in Cranstone ' s Hall , Bailiefife ' _s-close , wben Mr _jacobsdclivered a lecture . Atthe end ofhis address , a resolution was carried unanimously to join the association , and a committee formed fo make the necessary arrangements . MANCHESTER . —Mr J . W . Parker attended by invitation , a meeting of delegates ofthe _Hntturs' Society of Great Britain and Ireland , representing the districts of
_Manchester , Oldham , and Denton , on Wednesday , March 10 th , at the Hop Pole Inn , Hardraan . _street , to Impart information relative to the principles of tbe National Association of United Trades , many questions having heen put and and answered satisfactorily . The degelutea promised to lay the result before their respective bodies . The members represented by the delegation was 520 . Since the meeting ,, arrangements have been made for the missionary to attend a meeting of the Hatters of Oldham , on Thursday evening , the 18 th inst . ROCHDALE—On tbe same day , Mr _Parktr also attended a meeting of tailors , who were out on strike against a reduction of eight pence , per great coat , on the part of one of tho principal firms iu the trade . Tbe reduction had been submitted to for some time , but the society in consequence of other employers paying tbe full amount , had determined upon the men receiving the same at tho establishment iu question . At the request Of the committee of the Rochdale society , Mr P . waited upon tho employer , to Induce bio to « cc « dt > to their
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terms . Theintcrvicw wasprolongcd , the employer Beaming determined not to yield . At length by persuasion and argument , carried on by the employer in a very courteous manner , he not only consented to pay for the futuro the same as tbe other respectable employers , but paid Mr Parker the full amount previously deducted . The men immediately returned to their employment , fully persuaded that tho most effectual way of gaining strikes is to meet the f . iir trading - employers in a calm , conciliatory , yet dignified spirit . It also sets forth the fact , that there is no desire on tbe part of tbo workmen to do anything that will militate against thc Interest of those employers who are actuated b y a desire of dealing fairly nith tbeir bunds . Contrast tbe above case with the _following : — A Mr _Aiusworth , a silk manufacturer of Eccles , near Manchester , has discharged from his employment 21
silk p ickers , because tiiey » re members of the ) National Association of United Trades , nt a moment ' s notice , although he _eiacta a fortnight ' s notice from _hisjhands . The poor weavers , who also belong to tho association , turned out in defence ef their br _.-tbrcn ; four of them were summoiied before tbe magistrates for leaving their work _unfinished . They were ordered to return to their employment upon pain of imprisonment , nnd had to pay four shilling * - esch for a summons , at the same time many of tbem had left eight or nine sliilliugs' worth of work in their _loom-i , for which they applied ; but were told thty had forfeited it , because they had left their employment . This imperious king of a silk mill summoned those only who had left no work unfinished , but the others he stopped tlieir _hard-carned ' earnings . In consequence of this
state of things , Messrs Peel and Parker considered it their duty to wait upon Mr Ainsworth , to induce him to relax in his extremely severe conduct to his hands . They did to , and obtained an interview ; but as soon as he was mado acquainted -with the fact , that t _' liiy were agents of tbo association , he very politely showed them thc door , declaring ' * , that ho neither knew nor cared _anything nbout the " united trades . " It was at this very mill , some time ago , that the manager fined one of the hands sixpence for daring to have a Northern Star in his po-session . Tbis haughty and purse-proud manufacturer seems to think , that those who are unfortunate enough to enter his mill as workers , bare no right to have any opinions or desires , save those that arc in accordance with his imperious will .
In the evening of the same day Messrs Peel and Parker held a meeting of the trades of Eccles , at the Hare and Hounds Inn . Tho room was crowded , and the utmost satisfaction was expressed at thc several addresses and explanations of the missionaries , and u determination rigidly to adhere to the association as their only protectors . Votes of thanks were passed unanimously to the speakers and chairman , and the meeting then separated . Messrs Peel and Parker , by order of tbe central committee , met the bands of Messrs Stocks and Tait , of Stockport , made themselves acquainted with
theirgriivnnces , and on Saturday sought an interview with Mr Stocks , with a view to mediate , but , as yet , have _bien unsuccessful ; likewise with Mr Makin , silk manufacturer , of Manchester , and bis hands , with the like results . MACCLESFIELD . —Mr Parker has mado arrange ments to hold a meeting of the bricklayers and labourers of this place , on Saturday , tho 87 th of March , also of the tailois on the 23 rd , and of the nailors about thc same time . He will feel obliged if the bookbinders , printers , stonemasons , mechanics , moulders , sawyers , dyers , curriers , and the silk weavers of Macclesfield , will eonunu . nicato with him at his residence , 5 , John-street " , Manchester .
HANLEY , POTTERIES . —The tailors' society met at their club-house , on Tuesday , the 9 th of March , and passed a resolution unanimously , — - "That they _forthwiih join the National Association of United Trades for the Protection of Industry . " Mr Parker will attend a meeting of the potters at the New Market Tavern , on Saturday evening , the 20 th of March , when every member is particularly _requested to attend . MANCHESTER . —Mr Peel reports that , on Wedr . esday , be attended ihe district committee , when , after tbe reading of the minutes and correspondence , the very
important question proposed by Mr Gouldin , district secretary , for the establishment of misccllaucous lodges , to consist of persons unconnected with any existing Trades ' Unions , but favourable to the principles and objects of the National Trades' Union—an interesting discussion ensued , the general feeling appeared favourable to the principle , as it appears universally admitted that such lodges would be a most powerful and ifficient auxiliary to our .-tss' elation , prorided no interference is permitted with the existing organisation of local trades . Thc further consideration of the question was a < _jammed to Tuesday night .
On Thursday night , he attended 8 public meeting of the Working Classes of Opcushnw and Droylcsdcn , to which meeting Mr Cooper had also been invited to attend . A very crowded and _wtll-condueted audience attended , Mr Peel , in a speech of two hours' duration , went through the usual explanatory statements , and anticip . _ited and completely refuted thooft repeated frivolities of l _. _i-e zealous opponent , Mr Cooper , who fo'lowod him at some . -length . ThemeetingfcviBeei ! considerable impatience-, and after some very spiritcdandimpert ' nentrcmatksfi'om Mr Tajlor and Mr Stephen Clark in favour of the "Monster" Association , the meeting was adjourned until Tuesday night . On Saturday , Mr Peel attended a meeting of the fu 3-tian cutters and others of Gravel-bole , near Rochdale . An excellent meeting , including a number of females , was _brought together Tho lecturer , assisted by Mr Haigh of _Rochdale _^ cxplahied as usual , to the complete satisfaction rf the _meeting , thc superiority of thcNational Trades' Movement .
Thanks having been passed to Messrs Peel and Haigh , the meeting terminated . Mr . Peel received invita tions to attend future meetings here , and at Rochdale , Heywood and _ICojton , which he promised to attend to at the earliest possible moment , Mr Peel attended a meeting of the committee ofthe powerloom weavers of Manchester . He went at length into explanations of the laws and principles , answered satisfactorily many ob ' _e-ctions _, evidently arising from the misrepresentntion of Mr Cooper . The committee passed a vote of thanks to the lecturer , and announced tlieir intention of convening a general meeting of the body , inviting him to attend the same .
¦ Notice . — To tho Cotton Trades of North Lan . cashire . — Mr Peel begs to announce that be will be in Clithcro on Sunday , the 20 th instant , ne will attend a public meeting of block printer- ! and other trades of Sabden on Monday , and he intends making Ciithero the centre of operations for the next few days . He begs , therefore , to call the attention of the working classes of Padiam , _Wholley , Langridge , New Church , Milton , Barroe * ford , Gisborne , and Collie , & c , inviting all bodies desirous of obtaining information respecting this rapidly extending association to address , bim at the Post-office , Clithcro . Cemmunications forward by Monday's post will be in time for tho programme in next week ' s Northern Star .
LEICESTER . —Mr Winter reports he was informed an employer in Oa'b y , near Leicester , was in the habit of regularly paying his men in goods iustead of money ; he laid an information against him . The case came on for hearing on Saturday last at tho county court , the result of which was the employer bad to pay £ 1 9 s . C . l . wages he had stopped for bread , 51 . fine , and 12 s . _expenses . He promised uot to truck again . Col . Burnaby told bim that if he came again thc-y would fine him 202 . without mitigation . When thc man who had given evidence tbat procured thc conviction of his employer , returned home , of course that man would give him no more work , anil the other employers of the town refused to give him any , because , being all truck masters , they considered him n dangerous customer ; but the employers will find the man
will not be starved in consequence , ns the Association will set lum ta work . The committee have made up their mind to wage deadly war against the truck system , and where the witnesses sutler in consequence of their evidence against tbe truck master , the Association will take them under its immediate protection . The district committee composed of _delegates from all the trades in London , b _e longing to the * National Association , will meet at tho Rell , in tbe Old Bailey , on Wednesday evening uext , at eight o ' clock , to concert measures to agitate the trades of Londoh notat present members , to receive a report of progress from the central committee . A member of that committee will be present . Any trade requiring information respecting the above Association car . receive it by sending a delegate tbere on that evening .
Mr Webb , thc secretary of the Sister Association for the employment of Labour , begs to acknowledge the receipt ofthe sum of £ 10 , sent by Mr G . West , of Bradninch , Devon , to be deposited at the rate of 4 per cent , interest .
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ASSOCIATIONS OF UNITED TRADES . Friends and fcllow-mcn , there was a time when an isolated son of labour would havo been expelled from society , or lodged in the county gaol , or something worse , if he had had moral courage sufficient to express his thoughts to his _to-ling brethren , as to the rights ot labour , and the best method that would secure the success ! ul attainment of those _i-ij _.-hts . In tailing a retrospect view , and contrasting the past with the present , it appears as though I was just awaking from a dream . When a few of the _Jirinest-hearted and enslaved millions dared but to meet together to talk over their wrongs , and devise plans lor tlieir redemption , they were speedily hunted out like wolves , by the blood-hounds of oppression . For y ° n "' ig men to meet by twos and threes to discuss their grievances , was esteemed dangerous to thc State , and to organise a union for the protection of
industry , regarded as treason almost to the crown , to be suppressed only by tho rigorous application of the stern and vindictive law , _tendin- ; to silence and neutralize its claims , but extorting the bitter and deep sigh for freer and happier times . Such was tho state of things in days ( happily for us ) gone by . But through what changes have we passed ! How amazingly have things altered ! To attempt thus to addicss you yesterday , as it were , would have drawn upon me the concentrated rage ol the arrogant and domineering factory lord ; but today , lean express my _thoughtii without icar . So marvellously are that's and circumstances changed , that what would _-vesterday have been visited with iinpri _soiimsat , fata time , _ar-d . with impoverishment forlite , ia _j _f _-day _coucerjjtl ag a just a "d _UHdepiftblc right *
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It is under these delightfully reformed and transformed circumstances that I now congratulate you on the onward progress of the National Association . ,, . Pj _* st triumphs of oppression and cap ital over tne rights of industry has infused a spirit of distrust . ? i ? l . _P * . P air among working men ; so that _Ki ! w , ° enter the - _* d to cutest iu _Uhour 8 battles , lest , in place of carrying off the _wlfSr \ 2 _S rtpu _« - ; _** _theidcaofguecttmbunjust exactions of un principled employer * - , is inolerable , n tho extreme-, and therefore do they look before they leap , and consider before ther determine-and it is right _tl . _ey should c 2 der . Precipitancy often accelerates the overthrow of any movement , however feasible it mav be . Plans and projects acquire stabilitv and p ermanence by being properly digested before b ' _-imr brought into active operation ; theref re , it . isii _^' , t that men should consider , and consider well , before they determine .
One of the most admirable features in the principles of the National Association is , that it court * - inquiry , and shrinks not from the most critical investigation into its rules and objects ; it seeks not for enlargement by exciting wild enthusiasm , but by candid inquiry , and by a rational appeal to the understanding and judgment of those it seeks to elevate . Its present rapidly increasing numerical power may be mainly ascribed to the sound and enlightened appeals our Rules and Plans of Government mak 8 to the sober judgment of tho labouring classes , through the medium of our honoured president , the activity and vigilance of the Central Committee , together with tho untiring devotedness of our
respected missionaries , and spirited co-operation ol our local officers and warm-hearted friends ; all of whom aro aided by tke powerful Press , in circulating thc plans and progress of thc association to tlie remotest corner of the industrious hive . Here let rue oiler a humble tribute of piaise and gratitude tothe bold and praiseworth y _efForts oftlie conductors of the northern Star , to advocate the claims and promote tho interests of our mighty and matchless combination . By the _assistance and influence of that journal , onr association has been enabled to grow and attain a giant ' s _strength , against which the combined power of insatiable capitalists is not able to prevail . But I must not encroach further upon tlw space so kindly given us in ihe Norther n Star . In n . y next 1 shall treat on the ineffiency of sectional
unions to withstand the power of capital . March oth , 18 i 7 . Edward Humphries . EAST LONDON CORDWA 1 NERS .-A public meeting of the Boot and Shoemakers of the Tower Hamlets was held atthe Hermit Tavern , Bedford _, square , on Tuesday evening . Mr Luke King was called to the chair , and in a neat speech showed the superiority ofa national union of trades over local or sectional ones , Mr James called the attention ot the meeting to the rise and progress of the National Association , he showed the good that had been done to several trades , and so clear and lucid was his exposition of the rules and _objects ofthe Association , that he repeatedly called forth the cheers and approbation of all present . Mr Main said if any person had any questions to ask he would be happy to answer them to the best of his ability , and he hoped to tbeir satisfaction . No person rising , the following resolutions were put nnd carried unanimously —
Thnt it is the opinion of this meeting that the Nation . il Association of United Trades is fully competent to carry out tbe objects for which it wasin * titut ' ed . That we form a branch of tlio Association , and that the secretary proceed to enrol the _nameo of all who wish to join . A vote of thanks was given to the deputation for their attendance , and to the Eiiitor and proprietor of the Nortliern Star for their advocacy of the best interests of the workiug classes . A vote of _tbauks was given to the chairmen , and tbe meeting was _anjourntdtlll Tuesday evening , March 30 . _Oi'kiiative Bakkrs' Movkmknt . —Iii our report of the recent meeting at White Conduit House , we stated , by mistake , thata petition was adopted to the House of Commons ; it should have been— "That a system of petitioning be organised , praying the
Legislature to shorten the hours of labour , and abolish night work . " By some accident , we also emitted to state , that Messrs Watson nnd Webber , opulent _mostcr-bakcrs , ofthe City of London , supported the resolution on that occasion , and pledged themselves to render every assistance in their power , in effecting the praiseworthy objects propounded by the journeymen bakers . We understand it is the determination ofthe operative bakers to hold another large meeting at a very early day , over which Lord Robert Grosvenor will be invited to preside . Upwards of 300 bakers have enrolled themselves in the Operative Bakers' Soeiety , since the White Conduit Ilouse meeting . The committee meet for the transaction of _business at the Western _Coitee-lioti > -e , Drury-lane , opposite Great Queen-street , every Wednesday and Saturday evenings .
GALASHIELS WEAVERS .-A correspondent ( ono of this branch of manufacturing industry ) informs us that great distress exists in Galashiels , in consequence of the tyranny and rapacity ef tho master-class . One grievance complained of is , toe employment of a great number of boys as " apprentices , " who are not , however , bound by any legal indenture , but merely " engaged" IVr a term of four years , receiving only one-half , ef the rate of journeymen ' s wages . Thc men can only got webs when thc boys are unable to do the work . A spirit of resistance is growing among the workmen , and our correspondent requests the address of Mr . Jacobs , or some other lecturer belonging to the United Trades Association , for the purpose of obtaining the
lecturers services in organizing the workmen for the protection of their labour . _AnioKg other nice doings of thc Galashiels slave-drivers , our correspondent names thc foliotving : —• " There isnot a time thatthe factory inspector makes his call here , but that in almost every mill children are concealed , cither in some wool b » x , or conveyed to the door until the _bogle-man goes away ; and even many of them but ten years old , hold up their heads , and before the question has been put , as if by instinct , lisp out , Thirteen , Sir . '" Shall this bo allowed to go on unchecked ? No ! I believe will be the ready answer of hundreds of men , who at the public corners discuss their grievances , and the remedies;—such as tho Land Plan , the National Trades Union , & c .
Co-operation in provisions and cloth has wrought well in this town for years , and allow mo here to observe in honour of the working man , that at the last general meeting of this society , they voted the sum of ten pounds from their profits towards the relief of the destitute poor of thc town , and also formed a _cominittee to arrange matters for the establishment of a baking society . Why should co-operation for the protection of labour not work well ! Sir , times like these cause men to think , nnd to think deeply too : all tbat is wanted is , that these thoughts should lie directed into a proper and practical channel ; and there is nothing , in my estimation , so eminently calculated to do this , as a visit , in season , from some of the friends 1 have alluded to .
The Cloth Manupaciubes in Gloucbstebswhe . —Wc regret to hear very gloomy accounts of the state of trade in the clothing districts of this county . Many persons are out of employment , and many ef the most zealous Free-traders , who predicted a flood of prosperity from tho repeal of the Corn Laws , are nonplussed by the present state of _nfTairs . LEICESTER ,.-On Monday a public meeting was held in the Town Hall , by permission of the Worshipful the Mayor , which was _Juddresssed by _Mcssi-3 Smart , Winters , White , Buckby , Brown , Barrow , and others , on tho bill before parliament
for the abolition cf frame-rent and charges . _^ The laws and principles oftho National Association of United Trades wero also explained . The hall was crowded to suffuca _' . ion . A meeting like this has never been held on trades' purposes before . On March 22 , three counties'delegate met ting of the Framework Knitters will he held at the George and Dragon , North-street , Loughborough , at ten o ' clock iii the morning ! to take into consideration tho bill of Sir _H . HaUord , Bart . M . P ., for tho abolition of frame-rent and charges . It is earnestly requested that as many delegates will attend as possibly can .
MANCHESTER GORDWAINERS .-Tho society of cordwainers , meeting at the Grecian Head Lin , Deansgate , Manchester , ha 9 sent us a long ac count of some unpleasant differences which have distracted and divided the society . It appears that on three dill ' orcnt occasions the majority ofthe members decided to have no connection with the Miitual _. Assistancc Association ; a minority , however , who dissented from this decision have seceded from thc society , and formed a branch of tho Mutual Assistance Association . The conduct of the minority is warmly complained of as opposed to the principle of " the rule of the ninjority , " upon which all popular ao ~ cities aro based . Tho Grecian Head Society will henceforth not relieve cards of the Mutual Assistance Association . _Societies that wili not relievo the old trade cards must not expect that the old trade will relieve their cards .
Oid _Bam-ord . —Mr Dean , tho missionary of the Association of United Trades , held a successful _meeting here on Monday evening . BLOCK PlUNTEltS . —Mr . Duucoinbo has presented the following petition to the House of
Commons :- — To the representatives of Great Britain and Ireland in Parliament assembled . The petition of tho Block Printers of Lancashire , Yorkshire , Cheshire , and Derbyshire : Humbly shewetb , That your petitioners have long endured , with the greatest patience and resignation , the most . _'erious and painful privations fr « _ra the want of employment . They _i-ompluin uot of their suffcriKgs for a week , niwoYith , nor a year—no ; but for a scries of years their poverty aud distress havo been _pvogresbively increasing , until thej are actually reduced to a stale of oppulliugdt stitution , lingering iu _disparT , without the most distant hope that they and iliei ? families will ever have a return of their former comfort and happineus , nay , on the con . trary _, _thtrtl seems to he a . degree of exultation , at the depression and downfall of a body of men ouce , considered _rcsBesuW _* _--. Active , aud _iudur-trious ,
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That the gigantic power of steam has enabled capital to-multiply and increase machinery to that alarming extent , rs almost totally to supplaut tlie labour of jour petitioners , leavingthemandtheirdependanrs to perish from the want of food , and other necessaries _tsacntial to
_existence . That the free traders had enlivened their hopes with the promise of an extension of trade , and that pknty would ha the result of a change * in the Corn Inns ; but , unfortunately , _experience proves that extension of trade is synonymous with extension of machinery , consequently , extension of misery to your humble petitioners . That your petitioners _object not to machinery , but rather consider it * blessing to tho community , when kept under proper restrictions ; but when its rapid and uncontrolled progress reduces so many industrious operatives to distress and ruin , your petitioners humbly think there is something- wrong in permitting it to encroaeh on tlieir means of subsistence , before other resources are prorided .
Thatthelubourofyour petitioners being theonlyproperty they have to dispose of , their only dependance , when that is gone destitution and _starvation mast inevitably follow ; when they _ceaso to work , they must shortl y ce-. no to exist , unless they havo recourse to that _p- iinful alternative , the Union poor-house , where ( they are taught to believe ) they must be continually subject to insult , contempt , and harsh usage , iu addition to the scanty fare ofa very indifferent diet . That your petitioners have been surprised at the liberal grant to tbe opulent West India planters ( where the humanity ami .-onerous feelings of your honourable house abolished the nefarious traffic in human blood and slavery ) , as a compensation for anticipated losses supposed to result from that measure .
Thatyourpetitioners have lost their labour , their all , yet where can they look for compensation « Capitalists , tbe proprietor * of uncontrolled machinery , would spurn tbem with derision . Their only alternative _istoappeol to the _representatives , tho guardians of tlieir country , for protection , and although employ ment , not charity , is _ttit-ir chief object , yet they eagerly grasp at the least shaele of hope that promises relief , whether that hope be based on a rational or irrational _foundation , That the generous aid giveu to the starving inhabitants of Ireland and Scotland bus prompted tbe idea that you might , on application , render somu assistance to your petitioners , many of whom are nearly , if not equally , destitute , not possessing the means of paying lodgings , nre driven from home and shelter , doomed to _« _andeir from friend to _ca-iual acquaintances for food , and very often _meetinjr with disappointment , thtre being nothing to give . That your petitioners humbly solicit a grant of thirty thousand pounds to form un establishment of Iheir own
to relieve the unhappy wanderers , and to-be subject to government inspection to prove tbtir host-sty , and shew that their intended object is fully carried out , and tbat the grant be refunded by instalments at reasonable period ; , on such conditions as you may approve . That j our petitioners possess , every information requisite to carry out their bminess in all its variety , through every operation and process , ou the most approved principles , and with persevering industry and strict economy , they feel full ) ' confident that they could successfully compete with machinery , having no idlers to maintain , but every man being paid only for real work done ; nor can your petitioners doubt a full share of the mark'jt , as experience would soon prove tbe difference between a genuine sound fabric and a cloth greatly impaired by sharp chemical processes , as is too frequently thc practice , to curtail labour , and to get goods into market in the _shorteht time , at the _leo 6 t possible expense .
That your petitioners humbly implore you not to lose sight of their forlorn condition until you have adopted tbis or some more effective measure that will relieve and alleviate tbtir dreadful sufferings . And your petitioners , as in duty-bound , will ever pray . Signed on behalf of the meetin ::, etc .
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A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE . During the drama of " thc Battle of Sedgemoor " at the _Adclphi Theatre , Glasgow , a few evenings ago , an occurrence took place which far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as " Thc Wife of Two Husbands , " " The Fatal Marriage , " or those numeious misadventures and mishaps in _coanection with love , marriage , and triumphant virtue , which are put upon the stage to ' * fill thc pause and cive thc fancy play . " The facts of- the case are ns follow : — ' * While on thc above evening the business of the _nlay was going forward , and while one of the favourite actresses of the Adelphi was performing her part —( Mrs Da Bourgh ) , a ( all handsome man , with a military air , in the pit , was observed to look very uneasy , lor a few minutes , to gaze earnestly at the stage as if the lady had engaged his fixed attention , rising several times from his seat during thc time , until ac
length apparently satisfied himself with bis scrutiny —when , to the astonishment of nil arou > . d , he exclaimed at tbe pitch of a stern military voice , " My wife , by Heaven ! My Eliza ! " Not knowing the cause of this sudden outburst , tho spectators for a time appeared at a loss whether to treat the affair in joke or earnest . Seeing , however , that the gentle ' man was perfectly sober , and quite serious in his manner of address , their merriment gave way to wonder and curiosity , which was in no degree _lessened when it was noted that thc fair actress * who had been thus pointedly luldressed had swooned , and required to leave tho stage . The play , however , went on notwithstanding , but fhe occurrence excited the most marked attention . On hearing of the
matter , Mr . Miller , the manager , at once proceeded to tlie place where . the gentleman sat , in order to ascertain the cause of the unlooked-for interruption that had been given to the evening ' s entertainment _, and inquired his meaning for the expression he hud made use of . ** I tell you , " said the gentleman , " that lady is my wife , whom I have not seen these 19 years . 1 have been abroad , and during that time have not heard from her : I thought her dead ; and can you wonder I was astonished ? But , " said the stranger . " who are you that inquire ?" Mr . Millet * replied that he was lessee ofthe theatre —that he had a respect for this lady , who had now been in his corps < * ramatioue lor three years , during which her reputed husband , Mr . He Bourgh , had
died , and as he felt an interest in the reputation of this lady , as well as far the good name of ail the members of tho company , ho hoped tho gentleman _wsuld not wantonly make a statement to injure her character . " Married . ' " exclaimed _thostranyer , "to another . 3 Vly Eliza married ! But I must see her immediately , she is still my wife . " Mr Miller asked the name of the gentlewan , who said "My nameis Lewis , Lieut Lewis , sir . I ' ve come direet from Liverpool , after having been on foreign service with my boy , her boy , sir . He is 22 years of age , six feet two inches high . You shall see him , sir . Somewhat doubtful and yet surprised at this recital , Mr . Miller asked the maiden name of the lady . " Stanley , " said the Lieutenant , ' Elizabeth Stanley . " After these interrogatories , Mr . Miller proceeded behind the scene ,
to satisfy himselfas to the truth of the representation , when he found it at once verified by the actress , who had by this time _recovered from her faint . And now for the sequel . The parties had a meeting , and such a meeting J our fair readers may form some idea . After loving embraces and hurried explanations , during which fho Lieutenant seemed to bave lived over again his first tbreo years of marriage , the following statement was elucidated , wliich was highly satisfactory to Mr Miller and tho other parties who had the fortune to be present at tbe scone : —They had married when young in England—he , at tho time , a private soldier , she a rising member of a theatrical company in tho town of '*— . The fruit of their unioa was a fine boy . The regiment was ordered abroad , and in vain the young soldier applied to have along _^ with hira his loving wife . The stipulated number of women to go with the regiment had been made up ,
and , as a favour , tlieir child , then three years of age , was permitted to accompany his father . They parted , and during tho lapse of 19 years bad not seen or heard of each other . The one believing tho other dead , need ue wonder afc the remarkable nature of their first encounter 1 He had risen in the army by steadiness and good conduct to tho rnrik of a Lieutenant , and , consoled by the company of \ m boy , had not married . She , about eight years after tho departure of the vessel with the regiment , had been positively informed that her husband had been killed in . battle , and sho married again . The second husband died about 18 months ago . Our tale is not yet told . A fortnight since , accompanied by a respectable body of friends , the happy pair , both being of the Oatholio persuasion , appeared beforo the Itev . Mr . Gordon , who , after hearing the particulars , apain formally reunited two whom fortune and the chauces of war had put asunder . — Glasaow Post .
Loss Op An Emigkant Ship.—Oae Hvkbre» An...
Loss op an Emigkant Ship . —Oae _Hvkbre » an » Sixtv PiiBsoxs Dhowkei ) . —Intelligence has been received in the City , announcing tho loss of nn emigrant ship belonging to Hamburg , in thc Gulf Stream , while on her passage to Canada , by which upwards of 100 emigrants , with a portion oftlie crew , perished . The vessel ia reported to be the barque Stcphani , Captain Bruger _, master , wliich sailed Irom the port of Hamburg on the 28 . li of October last . The _c-Uamity is stated to have occurred during tbe heavy gales i n the 18 th of December . The master and . four ofthe crew are reported to have been picked up in an open boat , by a schooner from New Oilcans . Tub Daoknium _Muhdisr . — The grand jury havereturned two true bills for perjury and conspiracy against some _oT _' _. ho parties who _weio examined a *
witnesses befort the coroner in the inquiry respecting tho murder e f thc police-constable at _Dageuliaia . Tho trial is post * , oned forthe present . _Fsionipu _* _. Grj . Aecuwufr . —On Wednesday afternoon , an acccid € i \ t of a most frightful _aeeiiWut occurred to a gentleman named Saunders , who waa driving wHs \ a friend along Fleet-street ; just as they got past Shoe-lane the animal _shyed , fell , and both gentlemen , wero thrown out with gveat force Mr Saunders sustained vory serious injuries , lie waa picked up sensolos s , and removed _iuto Mr _Uvitclunsou's surgery , in Farringdon-stroet , where an extensively lacerated wound waa disco , vered in the forebrad , besides other _injuria _, Mr _Sauiftjers wa ultimately rcmoYcd irom tlio _suigoon ' i } t < i _b « K _& UM 1 W ,
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Northern Star (1837-1852), March 20, 1847, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20031847/page/5/
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