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6 THE NORTHERN STAR __ __ *w* . . »,...U...
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The Denouncer Denounced. Thomas Cooper, ...
tied . Proposed by Mr . Lasiiford , secon ' ed by Mr _fi rgo : — , That a vote of thanks be giren to Messrs . _Siles and Flowrr ior _conducting the _busjuess of this locality , and thai wcr-eommend them to the di rectors for re-appoint-Blent as agents for this locality . Proposed by Mr . Davy and secon led by Mr . Lashford : — That we , the members of this localitv , are of opinion that any _memba- drawing a prize aud refusing to take up Lis allotment ought to have his chance in every estate until he clicoses to take-his allotment without grin ? to the naliot _, conceiving as we do that no member can be injured l _> y another membei refusing to take bis allotment , ana that this meeting wish tbe directors to give their opinion on this resolution in the Northern Star . _Propped by Air . Sinnock , seconded by Mr . Williams * —
That the . thanks of this meeting be given to the directors for the praiseworthy manner in whicli they have conducted the business of this society , aud that they possess Hie _eutire confidence of tbis meeting .
MARYLEBONE . The . Lasi>—Mk . Fkosi—Mr . _O'Co . vnor . —Mr . T . Clabee , a member of the board of directors , delivered a iectur *; on the _advantage of the small farm system , at the Coach Painters' Arms , Circus Street , Marylebone , « ni Monday evenini ,, Junethel 4 tb . The room was well filled . __ Air . Woriedge was unanimously called to the chair . Mr . _Ciass . apologised for the absence of Mr . Mc Grath , who he said was engaged elsewhere in furtherance of ilia well being of the society—but who nevertheless wouid appear here on Monday next . ( Cheers . ) The ieciuter said he _thought the directors were now _givin- ; solid proof of ihe security of their funds , and file stability of their society , as they now had purchased two estates amouutiag to 234 acres of land , and were at the present moment negotiating for a third . { "Uud cheers . ) On the first _estate nineteen
cotta _«* 5 were already in a state of forwardness , and the others would follow immediately , and the directors had _-iiso resolved to have a grand demonstration on the first Monday in August , on the People ' s Land ; they also invited each metropolitan district to elect two of their numbers , to cn-operate with the directors in gettiii !* up this demonstration , on which occasion the Young Eugland party would be invited tu attend , and thus give the sums of the aristocracy au opportunity of mixing with , and enjoying fine healthy recreation , with the youthful yet stern democracy of England . ( Loud _ciieers . _) Mr . Ciark contrasted the healthful appearance of the children of the soil , with that of the sickly , deadly pale children of the factory , and showed the great advantages arising from employment on _J . and . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Clark concluded " a very able addressamid theapprobation of the meeting . He again rose aud made a most eloquent and lnovin " appeal ou behalf ef the martyr , John Frost .
Mr . Stallwood said he had the pleasure of informing ihem , that Mr . George Rogers had received thirty nine pounds up to Saturday evening last—( Loud cheers)—and that he had already remitted twenty-five pounds out of that sum , to John Frost , bv means of the Australian Bank , in accordance with the noble martyr ' s request . ( Much applause . ) He had alas seen a letter from Mrs . Frost , in which that amiable and devoted wife had declared her determination of mortgaging her small annuity ( £ 70 per annum ) in order to send relief to her beloved husband .
But Mr . Rogers bad written to Mrs . Frost , and requested her not to do so , _asjhs was sure such a step _would inflict great pain on her martyred husband , and was happily unnecessary , as from the good feeling displayed , the great affection for Mr . Frost in the public mind , he had already sent him means to relieve his present necessities , and hoped to-be enabled to transmit him the means of obtaining a decent livelihood , during the time he shall be compelled to live in the land of his captivity . ( Great applause . )
Mr . _Au-fiBB Packer said he had resolved on de-Toting the profits arising from the sale of one week ' s Northern Star to that purpose . ( Cheers . ) Mr . _IIoexby announced that the Somers' Town Locality had forwarded £ 3 3 s ., for the relief ef Mr . Frost . ( Loud cheers . ) A considerable sum was collected in the room for the same purpose . An interesting discussion then ensued on the merits of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , in which Messrs . Davis , Stallwood , Packer , and several others , took part . Mr . Clark replied , and said a large number of persons from Stratford and other places , had been to the office to pay up their shares , and take up their certificates , declaring they did so at this time to shew their unabated confidence in Mr . Feargns O'Connor . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Patten-den said he had paid up his " share " in full , and his confidence was undiminished , he -would therefore
move-That the confidence of this meeting remains undiminished in Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ( Several voices " and the other directors . " ) Mr . . Mcxdat seconded the _^ resolution , which was put and carried nem . con . A vote of thanks was awarded to Mr . Clark for his talented lecture , and the meeting separated .
DERBY . Cooper ' s Calumnies . —At a meeting of the Derb y Branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , held at Mr . Chester ' s Temperance House on Sunday evening , the 14 th instant , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — Kesolved , that it is onr opinion that Mr . T . Cooper , formerly of Leicester , but now of Loudon , is no longer worthy of the confidence of the Chartist public , nor the name of a Charti 6 t , because he has mado an attempt to injure the reputation of Mr . O'Connor in a scandalous manner , without the slightest foundation of truth , for ihepurpose of creating disorder and disaffection in the ranks of democracy , hoping thereby to break up the land plan , and thus destroy the people ' s hopes in the gloriohs undertaking which Mr . O'Connor is now so successfully engaged in . .
That we again express our undounded confidence in the honesty of Mr . O'Connorf _. aud also in the other directors . We also thank _^ Mr . Clark for _informing ilr . O'Connor of the _unwarrantable attack made on his character , and we hope Mr . O'Connor will abandon his resolution to give _^ up the deputy treasurership . John Lipscomb , Chairman ,
SHEFFIELD . Mr . O'Connor , —A special meeting of tbe members of thc Chartist Co-operative Land Society was held in the Democratic Temperance llooms , 33 , Queen-street , on Monday evening the 15 th instant , to take into consideration the unjust attack upon Mr . O'Connor , by Thorns Cooper . On the motion of Mr . Geo . Goddard , Mr . Wm . Youle was unanimouslv called upon to preside . Alter a few introductory remarks from tbe Chairman , it was _suggested tbat the whole of Mr . O'Connor ' s letter should be read to tbe meeting , which was done by Mr . Clayton , who , after reading it , moved the following resolution :
That the members of the Sheffield Branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society feel themselves called upon to express their feelings and sentiments with respect to the statements of Thomas Cooper with reference to Mr . O'Connor's conduct as deputy treasurer to tlie Land Association , aud that this meeting is of opinion that not only is Mr . Cooper opposed to the Land scheme , hut that it is his object to break up the land movement hy destroying public confidence in its directors , who have so satisfactorily managed the affairs of the society up to the present tfaie . After a few observation from Mr . Poules , who _conclmh-d by seconding it , was pot to the meeting , and carried withcut a dissentient . Mr . _Brij-gs rose to move * the second resolution , which was as follows : —
_Rascived , ihat we the members in > l > _tfrield do hereby emphatically and determinedly pledge ourselves to disown aii persons , friends , or professing friends , when their object is to destroj-a plan which _Uieiie _^ i . _ie of this conntry are looking up to as a means to a noble end , the emancipation of tlie working _clashes , and further that We have t he greatest confidence in F- argus O'C . nuor , Esq . as our dPi * uty treasurer , and that we are determined tc support _hioi _?« long as he continues in the same path , which has won ' or him thc golden opinions ofthe work . ing _clasB-3 . The motion was carried nem . con . Tlw third .- > ud last resolution was moved by Mr , H . Taurr : —
_Kesi-K-sd , t' _-ij--ids meeting do most sincerely but _respectfjt _*; - rr-.-a-. st Mr . O'Connor to resume the oflice of _dojiusv s « Msar «\ and in proof of our confidence we are resolves ! t » _aj-p-un ? no individual as his successor . _Tiia _laoiioi ) _i-. ts -jarried unanimously . Thanks _JKuiii-: beenToted to the chairman , the _meeui-i : di _« _-t > _hcd .
BARNSLEY . Mr . G'Cti . v-. oi ; and ins Slaxdekkr . —In _consequence oi " tht- villainous conduct of Cooper towards Mr . _I ' _e-iruus O'Connor , a numerous meeting was held in Mr , Ackiam _' s _lloem , when tlie following resolution ; : _wr-re unanimously adopted , with the re-§ n est tii-it _ii-ey be inserted in the Star of next _auirdiy : — lte > , » i . cu , _"i . ai it is the opinion of this meeting that Uie _tiitse i-. _m-lui uf Thomas Cooper , respecting our mueh _* lued : « uu _esiseini-d friend , Feargus _O'vunuor , B q ., _^ rowsliiir . ! CiH _.-wr ) to be a double distil : * : ! impostor , who , I _' hik- he _Ly-mrritically asserts and vwiurj boasts thai he would ai : j- ; ticc his own life rather "ban take the lif «« f hi * &]'• : >' > _-uviu , yet wickedly and Mamlrruusly attempts : o _tal'e . !» ay the character of a man every way his superior . ~ :. d whose honour lias _hilherti . been maintained wiih-. il ! a _siain or a blemish . Moved by - ' ohr . Leary , seconded by Peter Iloey .
Moved by J . Stafford , and seconded bv William Wood . That ibis aH-. e ' siv - -, being composed of the members of the _Cliaiiis : Co-operative Land Society , n quests Jlr . O'Connor to rttuin liis oflice of deputy treasurer . We assure * . h : it gej-. _tlein-iu that we utt _.-rly detest his vilr _slanderers , ever ? - rascal of them ( by whom he bus jet been attachedj has been proved to have _b-.-en actuated by some selfish or bad . motive , and we futther consider that to _siominate nay person to take Mr . O'Connor ' s place' in _consequence of Cooper ' s slanders would be a gross outrage upou common decency .
The Denouncer Denounced. Thomas Cooper, ...
Moved by Joseph Wood , of Monk . _Button , _seconded by Frank _Mii-field- - _, _ . That thuibranch of the Chartist _Co-operativer Land Society request Thomas Cooper , the mock Chartist , to _Ittod A " Baron ' s Yule Feasts , " his " Wise Saws " and " Purgatories . " and leave the members of the Chartist Co-operative land Society to manage their own affairs , as they consider themselves quite competent without Mr . Cooper ' s meddling interference , and we further believe that "Mr . Cooper is trying to ape the conduct of Fox , 'the Norwich weaver boy , ' and a few more of the same gang . Moved by Michael Segrave , seconded by Thomas Wilkinson , supported by Abraham Eley .
That the members of this branch are heartily sick of tbe various renegades and impostors , who from time to time keep abusing Mr . O'Connor , and we are determined for the future to treat aU such scoundrels with the contempt they merit . But we are further of opinion that Mr . Clark acted tho part of au _hooest man in making the circumstance known to Mr . O'Connor , thereby tailing the mask off the dissembler ' s face , and showing bim in his naked deformity . Moved by the Secretary , seconded by Peter Heey . That the best thanks of this branch are due , and are hereby given to Messrs . Michael Dean and Charles Leach for the careful and diligent manner they have watched over the interest of thi 9 branch , No . 1 of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society during the paBt quarter as committee-men , John Ward .
PLYMOUTH . Mb . O'Conkob . —At a meeting of the Plymouth Branch of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , the following resolution was unanimously adopted . W . H . Tremain in the chair . __ Moved by Mr . Robertson , and seconded by Moses Simmons . That the members of the Plymouth District behold with feelings of the highest indignation , which they are uot solicitous of concealing , the base , infamous charges preferred by Thomas Cooper , the Chartist poet , against their highly esteemed benefactor and deputy treasurer , Feargus O'Connor . We profess ourselves fully satisfied with the able and lucid explanation afforded by Mr . O'Connor , and deeply sympathise with the mental anguish to which Mr . "O'Connor has been subjected , and
hope while his life and health are spared , to be able to _avaifjourselves of his serviees , in any capacity that is mostagreeable to bis feelings . That wlrile they seek not to dictate , they beg leave to state that they should esteem it a great favour if he would still contiuue to act as deputy treasurer , if only to show , his unprincipled detainers thathis credit , which be has bought at such great moral exertion is not to be easily destroyed . That their feelings would be seriously shocked if Mr . O'Connor were to forego his position at deputy treasurer , outof deference not to their wishes , but the voice of a foul-mouthed slanderer . That they would now recommend Mr . Cooper either to prove his assertions , or formally to re * tract them , or else to withdraw from the Chartist ranks ,
and cease to interfere by false assertions between the shareholders and their ofiieers . They beg leave to assure Mr . Cooper that while they fuUy appreciate his merit as a poet , that they have no confidence in him as a politician _, and shall never allow him for one moment to interfere with the operations of the Land Soeiety . We begleave most respectfully to submit this resolution to the shareholders of every district for approval . I beg leave to announce to the members of the Land Society , resident here , ( who all belong to the 1 st section ) that , till further notice , I shall attend at the Chartist-room , in High-street , Plymouth , every Monday night to receive the shareholders at eight o ' clock . E . Robertson , sub-Sec .
LOWER WARLEY . Mr . O'Connor and his Calumniator . —At a special meeting of the members of tbe Chartist Cooperative Land Society _atLower Warley , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — That we view with utter contempt the base attempt of Thomas Cooper to stain the character of that unflinching advocate of thepeople ' s rights _. ' Feargus O'Connor . That this meeting views with disgust the conduct of Thomas Cooper in striving to sow the seeds of dissension amongst the members of the Land Society 1 That this meeting places the greatest confidence in _Feargus O'Connor and the present Board of Directors of the Laud Society . And we also urgently call upon Feargus O'Connor to still hold the oflice of deputy treasurer . David Lawson .
CARRINGTON . The members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , of Carrington , held their weekly meeting on Saturday evening , when Mr . O'Connor ' s letter , in the Star was read , and every member present expressed their disapprobation of Cooper ' s base conduct , in villifying Mr . O'Connor ' s character in such a scandalous manner . If Cooper thinks to injure either the Land plan or Mr . O'Connor , he will find himself greatly mistaken . I believe there is not a place in the whole country where Cooper was mere respected than he was at Carrington , and I also believe , tbat there is not a place where he would receive a more severe castigation for his base perfidy , as witness the following , which was carried unanimously : — .
That we , the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , oi Carrington , have full and unbounded confidence in the honesty aad integrity of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , notwithstanding the foul and malignant assertions of Cooper or any other slanderer . " John Lei , Sec . The shareholders here have directed thrir collections lor Mr . Frost not to be sent to Mr . Cooper , their confidence in him being entirely destroyed .
BRADFORD . Mr . O'Connor . —On Sunday the members ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society held their usual weekly meeting in their Room , Butterwerth-buildi ngs . The room was crowded to excess , the letter of Mr . O'Connor was read from the Star , Mr . Scott was called to the chair . Mr . Stead moved a vote of confidence in Mr . O'Connor , seconded by Mr . Wilkinson as follows : — That the members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society have entire confidencein Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., and are of opinion that his resignation of Deputy Treasurer to the Land Fund wi 1 be attended with disastrous
consequences to the association , we , therefore , request he will reconsider the subject , and we call on Cooper to compare the amount of money sent from Bradford in former necks and the amount sent this week , and thus discover that every attempt to shake the people's confidence , in Mr . O'Connor , is met with ( if possible ) redoubled energy hythe working classes to support him in his advance to the Goal of Freedom . That the Secretary be instructed to write on behalf of the niembi-rs in Bradford to Mr . O'Connor , expressing our regret at bis _anuounct-ment , and that our future exertioiis shall prove we are ready to stand by him to the last , ; uid should he think proper to publish our letter it contains ouv opinion and feelings ,
The _meeting adjourned to Sunday ( to-morrow ) at seven o ' clock in the evening ; our first section has 210 uaying members , second section above sixty ditto . ' un _O'Conwoh Brigade met in their Room on Sunday , at six o ' clock in the evening , when a vote of confidence in Mr . O'Connor was unanimously adopted _s-hnilar to that ofthe Land Society . The collectors for Frost reported favourably of the collec-1 inns , and were requested to persevere . The meeting adjourned tu Sunday at six o ' clock in the _oyening .
CARLISLE . Cooper ' s Siandeus . —Meeting of the Members of the Chartist Co-operative Land Soeiety . —On Sunday afternoon , the above budy bold their weekly _nieeiii-g , in tlieir room , No . 6 , John-street , Caldewi * aio . when , alter tbe usual business was disposed of , Mr . Joseph Cm > kc was called to the chair , and the _foliaw'iig resolution unanimously agreed to : —¦ 'That we view the attack of Mr . Cooper , on the _character 01 ' Feargus 0 Connor , Esq ., with fadings of indig . n . _ii-oii , and beg to answer thai gentleman , that our _coniidciit ' _c-in the integrity of Mr . O'Connor is not to be
, ; .-bj grom . _-s _ravjisj-s , sueh as , Mr . O'Connor is supporting the Star upon the Land Fund , isc ., and further _, that wc runout think of appointing any other person to he sub-Treasurer , but respectfull y request Mr . O'Connor to keep the _ti-U 3 t reposed iu him until the next annual _eoi-ftreiu-i-, when he will be at liberty to resign it into the hands of those who intrusted him with it , at Tvli : _i : h time wc foul confident tlr . it the members will be nn more inclined to accept it from him than they are at present . John Gilbertson .
TOWER HAMLETS . Mr . Editor . Sir , —At a General meeting of the VV ' _siuinu-: on and Cat Branch of the Chartist _Coopiri-ative Land Society , on Sunday evening , June 14 th , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — That we , the . _'f . fciiibers ef ( he "Whittington and Cat liraciuh of tlie Chartist Co-operative Land Society , in general meeting assembled , hereby tender Mr . O'Connor nut- unabated _coiifi-. lciice for his integrity as deputy tri ' .-i-oivr to ihe above Society , and are determined to d 1 fend him as an h-jiiest and _upright man in all his
_dealings _, in -. ill muuey arid -. _olitual questions connected with tin- Onanist niur .: _iii-. nt , as we are fully aware that the freqiiiii ' . _uialicioiH and s ! au _< leii .-as attacks against Mr . U'Cunuor arise ( _t _¦•; .. ' disappointed ambition , the _working " <•'" ' having jinlgment and sense to keep out of ofiise all _iuei-e-seckinir . _u-uuld-like-to-be-leaders ; we , therelure , request Mr . O'Connor to maintain his position as uuvmy ireasu '« -r u . _i'i . itiac t _' ticpu ! , ; , - ctturtof any individual , wlin liy Ciildutuy -iu ' eavour * lo cause disunion and to _obstruct auy _guu' _1 _(• -au brought lorward to redeem the worhuij _classes ' - 1 V . 1 n tlieir _j .. _re-itnt state of slavery . " That _tiiiifurG _^ oiiij . ; resolution _bciuswiedintheA ' or _tto'Ji Star .
PRESTON . . ConpjHt _' s Calumnies-. —At a general meeting of the l'rtttou Braiif . ii ofthe Lurid Society , on Monday _evenin-. hmt , at Mr . UOiU ' _.- - Temperance Cnifee Ilouse . _Luiie-Mreet , Mi * . VV . Berry , in tbe chair , after th _« _letter ot Mr . O'Connor had been read the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : —
The Denouncer Denounced. Thomas Cooper, ...
That this meeting consider that Mr ; Clark was full ) justified in ihe course he has pursued , in taking ths finst opportunity to inform Mr . O'Connor of the unjust and unfounded statements , which were being circulated by Mr . Cooper .
WEST RIDING DELEGATE MEETING . Thk Calumniators op Ma O'Connor . — This meeting was held according to notice on Sunday last , in the Working Man ' s Hall , Halifax . Mr . Joseph Gledhill in tlie chair . After thc ordinary business had been disposed off , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter from tlie Star was read containing the vile slander of Mr . Cooper against that gentleman , and Mr . O'Connor ' s complete refutation of the same . The following resolutions , were carried unanimouslv : — That it is the opinion of this meeting that the foul
charges brought against Mr O'Connor by Mr . Cooper are unfounded ; we bslieve that gentleman incapable of doing so base an action , aud bog to _rcaasurs him that our confidence in his integrity remains unshaken ; and it further appears to this meeting that tbere has been an under current of the above calumny and slander running for some months back , propagated by some disappointed , designing person or persons , either to damn Mr . O'Connor or destroy the Land Scheme by destroying the confidence ofthe members in that gentleman , but their base attempt has failed and for ever will fail if the people be true to themselves .
That this meeting be adjourned to the third Sunday in August .
BRISTOL . Mr . O'Connor and his * -landerer . —At a meet-: ing of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society held en Monday evening , at the meeting room 102 , Temple Street , Mr . Battle in the chair , after the letter of Mr . O'Connor , of the 13 th inst ., had been read , and several had spoken on the shameless , mean , and malicious charge of Thomas Cooper , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to - . —Moved by C . Rebbeck , Sub-Secretary , and seconded by Mr . Clark : —
That having read the accusations of Thomas Cooper , in reference to Feargus O'Connor , Esq . ' s connexion witli the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , and the insinuations calculated to impeach that gentleman ' s honour and honesty , and having _carefulVjlperuses the defence of Mr , O'Counor contained in the NortUrn Star of the 13 th inst ., we are of opinion that the accusations are unfounded , and could only emanate from a man . totally ignorant , or wilfully malicious . We regret that Mr . O'Connor should have ' considered it necessary to enter into a public detail of his private affairs , and testify our estimation of hig disinterested services—our admiration of his unswering honour andhbnosty to the cause—and our utter contempt for the puny effort to injure his reputation , by _respectfully requesting he will continue to held the office of Deputy-Treasurer to the Society , Moved by Mr . Clark and seconded by Mr . Newman : —
We pledge ourselves , individually and collectively , to use every endeavour to circulate the _Northwn _^ Star , and extend the sale thereof , considering it to be the onlj paper calculated to bring the people out of their political darkness and bondage Moved by Mr . Cainer , and seconded by Mr . Griffiths : — . That the foregoing resolutions be sent for insertion to the editor of the Northern Star . A subscription was then entered into for Mr . Frost , when £ 16 s . Id . was obtained , being a second subscription .
SUNDERLAND . _^ A __ meeting of the Chartist Co-operative Land Association was held on Sunday evening , June 14 th , in their meeting room , Nurttbers Garth , when a vote of confidencein Mr . Feargus O'Connor was unanimously agreed to ; and expressing a hope that that gentleman will still hold his office as Deputy-Treasurer to the Chartist Co-operative Land Association . YORK . Ma . O'Connor . —The York branch ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , though few in number , feel a deep interest in its prosperity . At a meeting ofthe members on Sunday , Mr . O'Connor ' s letter was read ; they felt astonished that Mr . Cooper should act the base part he has done to atriend , such as Mr . O'C . has been to him . A vote of confidence in Mr . O'Connor was passed , with an earnestrequest that he will hold the office of Deputy treasurer .
WARWICK . Mb . O'Connor . —At a meeting of the shareholders ofthe Chartist Co-operative Land Society , the following resolutions were unanimously adopted : — " Resolved that we the shareholders of this locality deeply regret that any individual should have the temerity to question the honour and probity of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , our acknowledged champion and leader , aud while we regard , with contempt , the petty jealousy that gave birth to the slanderous matter of which Mr . O'Connor complains , we desire to assure him of our unshaken and unbounded confidence , as well as our gratitude and affection ; which his devotion to the true interests of the working classes has justly merited . " "That 7 s . shall be forwarded to T . Jf . Wheehu for John Frost , with an intimation that we do not approve of any money being sent out to Frost by private hand . "
DEVIZES . Votes of confidence in Mi ? . O'Connor and censure of Mr . Cooper have been passed at this places . CULLOMPTON . Cooper ' s Slanders . —The shareholders here hope that Mr . O'Connor may triumph over all hb enemies , whether they are found in the host 0 * deserters from the Chartist cause since the _commencement of the agitation , or in the author of tht "Two orations against taking away human life under any circumstances , " but who seems most determined , if possible , to take away a person ' s character , under any circumstances , though it be effected only by lying and slandering .
BILSTON . Mr . O'Connor . —At a meeting of the Land Chartists of Bilston , held at Mr . Linney ' s , on Sunday , June 14 th , after the reading of Mr , O'Connor ' s letter from the Star , a vote of confidence in that gentleman , was moved and unanimously adopted . STOCKTON . Mr . O ' Connor . —The shareholders of the Chartist Co-operative Land Society , on Monday evening last passed the following resolution : — That we have tho fullest confidence in Feargus O'Con . nor , Esq ., and hereby _jtender him our warmest thanks for the great exertions , and large pecuniary sacrifices he has made for the benefit ofthe working classes generally .
OLDHAM . Mr . O'Connor and his _Calumniator . — At tlie weekly meeting ofthe members ofthe Land Society , the following resolutions were unanimously agreed to : — " That this meeting are of opinion that Mr . Clark did perfectly right in communicating the conversation which took place betwixt him and Mr . Cooper , and it also views with contempt the dastardly attacks made on the charac ter of Mr . Feargus O'Connor , particularly the late on * - made by Mr . Cooper , such conduct we consider highly censurable by all good men ; at the same time we express our unbounded and entire confidence in the integrity ot Mr . O'Cennor and we further express a hope that he will not be led away from pursuing the objecthc has iu view , by such malicious and cowardly slanders , nor give up any fi { _tufitiof ] ha now hnMa . "
"That it 18 the opinion of this meeting no person should be eligible to stand the ballot unless all levies be paid up prior to such ballot taking place , and it is requested that all local secretaries will attend to the same . " " That Mr . Wheeler be requested to write to the Observation Committee at Manchester , to know why that body have not published their promised address respecting the Redemption Fund agreed to by the delegate meeting iu Easter week . " Lecture . —On Sunday last , Mr . James Williams delivered a very interesting lecture in the Schoolroom ofthe Working-man ' s Hall , at the close ofthe lecture the following resolution was unanimously passed : —
" That this meeting views with regret and disgU 6 t _, the frequent and dastardly attacks made upon the character of Feargus O'Connor , Esq ., by designing and _time-serving knaves , more especially the late ono of T . Cooper , whom he bas so much befriended , and atthe same time express our entire confidence in tbe honesty and integrity of that gentleman , and hope tbat such malicious and cowardly slanders will not induce him to resign any situation in which he has been placed by the suffrage of those for whom he has toiled so incessantly during hii long and arduous political career . "
PRESCOTT . Mr . O'Connor anb his S & _anberer . —The shireholders of the Land Society at our usual weekly meeting strongly censured the conduct of Mr . T . Cooper , and commiserate Mr . Feargus O'Connor for the unmerited slander that gentleman receives at the hands of political pedlars : we all , here , have full confidence in the Directors . STRATFORD ( ESSEX . ) Mr . O'Connor . —After reading the letter of Mr . O'Connor and Cooper ' s answer in Lloyd ' s Trash , we hasten to pay up the remainder of our shares £ 3 19 s . 6 d ., which is the best answer we can give Mr . O'Connor ' s calumniator .
TO THE MINERS OF SOUTH STAFFORDSHIRE . Fellow "Working Mek , —I take the liberty of informing you that tho case whieh has been so long pending between the magistrates of Wolverhampton and Ilammons and others , ia now decided , and in your favour . The question now is , will you allow yourselves to remain silent after this victory , and see the large amount of money expended from your _earnings in prosecuting this case , and not strive to compel tlie magistrates to refund it ? A few have made a noble struggle for a many ; and my advice to you is , not to relax now , but push the case _at-aiiisfc the magistrates for _false imprisonment , and let I he wretch that will hang be _' uind _, toil and endure his misery . Faithfully yours , John _Joxbs . C . S ,
The Denouncer Denounced. Thomas Cooper, ...
I CONFERENCE OF THE NATIONAL ASSOCIA-! TION OF UNITED TRADES . ( From the People ' s Journal , June 20 th . ) The meeting of the delegates of this gr eat national body in ' annual conference is a very striking event . It is another of tlie many features of the popular cooperation in maintenance of the rights of labour which are now showing themselves . It is one ot the most prominent and significant . Trades have long united their own members for this purpose ; but now they take another step—they unite with each other for still further strength , and a more universal , equal , and easy diffusion of it . The measure itself is a proof that the working classes have felt the benefit ot even the oartial ooeration ofthe _nrincinle , and have now
learned a most important lesson , that they can worK together—that there are intelligence , public spirit , and moral discipline enough among them to enable them to act before the wor . 'd with thoug _htfulness and order , and to teach to tbeir myriad brethren that they have amongst them men , minds , and practical statesmanship enough to guide their own affairs , and even that ofthe nation if need were . The effect of this must be powerfully felt every where . It must inspire courage , confidence , and an honourable ambition in every working man ' s mind . Every one will feel thathe belongs to a mighty body ; that spirit and deliberate talent are the monopolies of no class ; that it is in the power of the people to put to shame the legislative and executive talents of aristocratic
statesmen , aud to conquer from capital its own dues , by the very awe of widely extended and firmly but modestly exerted power . Every young man stooping over the last or the plane will feel that there is , if he deserve it , a great and most honourable field of distinction open to him—the field ofthe great Parliament of combined labour , in whieh men of practical knowledge and weight of character will have their value acknowledged , and may win asolid distinction , worth ten thousand times more than that of the noisy tongue-warfare of a corrupt House of Commons , because it must be that of promoting the good of the majority of his fellow-men . The very field of this upward change will do more to stimulate solid cultivation of the mind , and of the practical
knowledge of trade and the true popular interests , that anything else , and will thus react by producing a nuraerousrace bf able men of the people in the bosom of the people , insuring to the popular cause still _progressive triumphs . It is another striking feature of this movement that it is headed by an aristocratic member of parliament . Mr . Thomas Duncombe has nobly come forward , careless ofthe sneers of his own class , to act _>' or and with the people . There was a time when a nan of a family , and a member of parliament , seating himself as president of an assembly of shoemakers , tailors , and the like , would have been a butt for the
witlings of the age—but that age is gone by . There is a meaning in the fact that makes even the shallow dandy look grave . The people meeting in their own parliaments of business , and members ofthe aristocracy taking their place among them as chairmen and counsellors , point to future scenes and unions for more national purposes , which are inseparably connected with great though silent changes in this country of the conditions and the opinions of men . Mr . Duncombe's steady , manly , straightforward conduct in connection with the working classes is deserving ofall praise , and will be productive of more good to his country than any other track which he could possibly lay out for himself .
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EMPLOYMENT OF LABOUR . The first annual meeting of the shareholders _» f the "United Trades Association , for the Employment of Labour , in Agriculture and manufactures , " was held at the office , 30 , Hyde-street , _Bloomsbury , on Saturday evening , Juno 13 th . T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P ., in the chair . The president briefly stated the ob _> ject of tho meeting , and called on the secretary ( Mr . James Harris ) , to read the following
REPORT . " The Board of directors deem It requisite to preface their first annual Report of their procQsdingJ , with the _expressioii of a belief that it will not have been anticipated , by the most sanguine of their fellow shareholders , that the directors should have been enabled as yet to announce , the complete establishment of an association , which aims at nothing short of the Emancipation of Labour from the thraldom in which it has been held for ages . Indeed the orig inators of the association very naturally regarded it as an experiment , —and at the outset acknowledged that , fully to achieve the objects sought to be encompassed , by means of such an association , would require a far more extended union and organization among the various classes and sections of producers than it was to be feared could be attainable for some time to come . Thus those who are most deeply _emfened with the principles ofthe association , and have the greatest faith in their efficacy , were persuaded that the directors must
necessarily be content to occupy , for some time at least , the position of "pioneers" to a better order of things , and the ultimate adoption ofthe rational and first principles of social amelioration , which they have in view , can alone be ensured by the most energetic exertions—perseverance—and temporary sacrifice of means and time , aided by a watchful and patient spirit of intelligence , sucb as to avert the consequences of those counter efforts , that must naturally be expected from those interested in depressing the condition of the labourer _. by reaping an inordinate profit outof the field of his toil . The association seeks to effect for the "hewers of wood and the drawers of water , "—tho industrious labsurer whatever his denomination—security and comfort in the exercise of his craft , and the peaeeful enjoyment of the fruits of his own labour . They know that " Rest for tbe weary hand and head , And a decent table spread ; Food for the mind—sports innocent , "Will stay the Labourer ' s _diBiontent , "
_Suah having been the condition ofthe projectors ofthe Association , it is hoped the shareholders will not perceive any cause of surprise , or any room for despondency , in tbo announcement that the directors have not been enabled within the comparatively brief period of nine montho . . to accomplish anything beyond "laying the foundation stone , " as it were , of that sanctuary of industry in which the persecuted of " our order" may find a peaeeful refuge , provided the " Trades" wisely resolve to assist in raising the fabric _. It will readily be conceded that this Association waB
originated under inauspicious circumstances : —its avowed objects having at first commanded but little sympathy , and its plans even leas confidence . Thousands of thos * who are more immediately interested in the success of our " views and plans "—the Working Classes _themseivei —regarded them more as things to be desired , rather than as things to be attained ;—feeling and acknowledging the abstract justice of our theory , they backed tbatflO * i / iu *« ie « in its praetieability which can alone ensure success . In a sentence , they wished , but did not will us , a triumph over long cherished prejudices and customs .
However , perseverance and truth have " worked _won-< lws . " Within a brief period very many doubters have been converted into believers ; and the justice of our principles acknowledged—the practicability of our plans conceded—by very many who at first denied both their utility and feasibility . They are now frankly avowed , and perseveringly advocated by men of the highest order of intellect , combined with the most enlarged sympathy , who rejoice to proclaim themselves our fellow labourers in the field of man ' s redemption from deep social wrong , and physical degradation . The «« order of intellect" is now making' common cause' with thc " order of poverty . " We owe , indeed , a deep debt of gratitude to the WUliam Hewitt's , the Douglas Jen-old's , the Eugene Sue ' s , the Charles Dickens ' , and the Chnrles Mackay ' s of the " glo rious republic of letters . " Something in the aid df rived from such sources would tell us _tlu-re is an integrity , combined with talent ofthe first order , that " Gold can never buy . "
But the directors feel that their hopes and convictions of eventual , and not distant , success , have been more especially confirmed by tbe sentiments so unequivocally expressed by the representatives ofthe trades themselves , at the Conference recently held in Manchester . " The inefficacy of the method heretofore adopted by the industrious classes , for the protection of their interests was admitted , and the adoption of thc employment system as recommended by this association , was greatly preferred to that of _koeping men " on strike , " in irksome and degrading idleness , to the destruction of their own habits of industry , and the worse than wasting of the contributions or" their employed brethren 1 The exertions , then , of tlie directors during the past nine months , confined as those exertions have been by too limited means , aro not to ba held as " labour in vain . "
The directors trust the shareholders will perceive in the tone assumed by the Conference a token of the speedy concentration of the energies of the industrious classes for the practical working out of tbe great and good objects contemplated by the association , and which must eventually conduce to the peaceful and complete { mancipation of Labour . The directors will now briefly detail the ; principal means by which they havo sought , during tho first nine months of its existence to secure its establishment . At the first meeting of tho directors , it was apparent that the Trades Conference , by whom the rules of this Association , were framed , and by whom directors were appointed had faUed in supplying the requisite funda for enabling the directors to cany into effect ot once the intentions of tho conference . The
Association had been called into being by tne conference , but no sufficient means had been devised for fostering and strengthening that existence in its infancy . It Is true , that the conference directed tliat this association should receive its proportion of "back levies" then due from trades represented in a previous Conference , but such " levies" were not immediately available nor commensurate iu amount to the _purposes of hu associutiou seeking to acquire the character of" National . " However , the lion , president ( T . 8 . Duncombe , M . P ., ) of the Association , in some degree extrii _' . _tit . d the directors from this dilemma iu the outset , by presenting . them with ten pounds , in addition to his iiistiihuent on one hundred shares . Tho directors , thin , lost no time in scouring the legal establishment of the _association by having it provisionally registered , pursuant to the Act 1 and 8 Vio . Several thousand copies of the rules , & o .
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of the _association were trammitted to " Trades So " _cieties , " and thc prospectus advertised in the _NorthimStar ani other _HewspuperB , in conjunction with the Central Committee ofthe " Association for the Protection of Industry , " the directors subsequently waited upon the several metropolitan trades , but this cour _» e of action did not mult in the anticipated immediate accession of shareholders . The Board of Directors having ( conjointly , with the Central Committee of the Association for the Protection of Industry ) engaged Mr . D . Ross as a lecturer , that gentleman delivered several public addresses in London
and Manchester . Notwithstanding , the talent displayed by Mr . Ross , it was soon apparent that lectures were ill-calculated to promote the interests of either Association . It was , therefore , determined to snpersede the plan of public lectures by a properly organised system of personal visits to" Trades' Societies . " With this intention circulars have recently been addressed to Trade Societies , in various parts of the country , directing attention to the views and plans of the two Associations , and intimating how desirous the " Board" and " Committee" were of waiting , by deputation , upon such societies at their respective times of meeting .
The directors have now the gratification of requesting the attention of the shareholders to sueh a practical application of their plans , as , —although comparatively unimportant in itself , will yet , —it is hoped , have a tendency to bring the advantages of joining the association under the more immediate attention ofthe trades gene _, rally . In January last , Mr . Kendall , one of the principal employers in the strong boot and shoe trade of Loudon , unexpectedly intimated to his workmen that he had determined on dismissing them from _hif employment unless they signed a document pledging themselves to withdraw from their Trades * . Onion . Mr . Kendall sought to excuse hii tyrannical proceedings by affirming that " somebody had told him" that his men contemplated striking for an advance of wages , as soon as the briskness of the approaching spring trade enabled them to do so with effect . He had , therefore , purposely obtained an extensive stock , by which he would be enabled to do without them until thav had been starved , aa it were , into
compliance with hig terms . Although Mr . Kendall ' s rate of wages waB below that paid by other employers ; and notwithstanding his woikmen considered themselves in other respects grievously wronged ; yet Mr . Kendall ' s pretence for requiring them to quit their Union was utterly false ! In order to convince Mr . Kendall of the Heedlessness of his alleged apprehension of a strike , the men unanimously signed the subjoined disclaimer ;—" TO MB . KENDALl . " Sia , —We _. Jthe undersigned men in your employment _, being desirous of establiahing a mutual good understanding between the employer and the employed , and feeling
confident that the course about to be pursued will produce an opposite effect , beg leave to inform you tbat the information you state to have received is wholly without foundation : and as proof that we had no such intention to raiBe your wageB , do now pledge ourselves not to disturb your shop ' except in case of a reduction . Whoever , therefore , has so informed you , must have had a badmotive in so doing , and which we society men cannot but denounce . Trusting tbat your tense of justice will induce you to stop all further proceedings ; and leave your informant or informants to the contempt of all honest men , we now await your reply , and beg to subscribe ourselves , ¦ " Sir , yours respectfully . "
It was not unreasonable to expect , after Buch an emphatic denial of even an intention on the part of thc men to venture upon a strike , Mr . Kendall would have found it just to have relinquished his determination . But instead of adoptin , ' this course , Mr . Kendall merely glanced at the letter , and declared "he would not have anything to do with that , or with them . " The injustice perpetrated by Mr . Kendall , and the consequent wretchedness little sbort of starvation , endured by upwards of thirty workmen and their families , having been communicated to the Directors of this _Assoelation , they resolved upon rescuing these men from oppression , and placing them in a far better position than they before held .
with this intention the directors have established a 1 "Boot and Shoe Depot" in the immediate vicinity of _M'r . Kendall ' s principal place of business , and that individual may now feel assured that hig late ill-used workmen will not be necessitated to " give up their Union , " or to seek re-employment at his hands . The directors will merely add that the support already extended to the " Workman ' sown shop , " satisfactorily Indicates that it will prove of equal advantage to the workmen and the association . The List of Shareholders and other documents will testify tbat the existence of the Association until "these better times , " is in a great measure to be ascribed to the spirited support it has received from the miners of Holytown .
In conclusion , the directors hope that the efforts tbey have already made , limited by circumstances as they have been , will receive the approbation of the shareholders , and that it will , at least , be admitted that their utmose endeavours hare been directed towards convincing the trades of Great Britain that motuat , co-operation can ¦ done effectually emancipate them not only from thraldom and wretchedness , but place them in the enviable position of capitalist labourers j where , by becoming their own employers , they would be able to dispose , fortheir own benefit , of every article manufactured by themselves , to inhabit tbeir own houses , to raise food from their own land , and , in one emphatic _' sentence , to enjoy the whole products of their own ingenuity and labour . The report and balance sheet of receipts and disbursements were then received , and unanimously adopted .
Messrs . Claughan , of Holytown , and W . J . Young , of London , were unanimously appointed directors , ip the room of Messrs . Storey and G . White ; and Messrs . W . Evans , Potteries , and S . Roberts , of Manchester , were unanimously re-elected to the same office . Messrs . E . Stallwood and J . Skelton were appointed auditor for the ensuing year . Several shareholders expressed _ttu-ir conviction that this new and every way important organization of labour would speedily be enabled to reduce its views and plans into practice , and thus effectually work out the salvation of labour .
T . S . Duncombe , Esq . M . P . having left the Chair _, and Mr . Robson . vice-president , having been called thereto , a vote of thanks was by acclamation awarded to the honourable member for Finsbury , for his services during the past nine months , to which he briefly responded , _pJedfrinfr himself to continue his sorvices so long as the working classes deemed them worthy of acceptation . ( Loud cheers . ) A similar compliment having been paid to the directors for the past year , the meeting terminated .
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TllrJ TtilN liUUriS' BILL AND XUJS FACTORY SLAVES . TO TnE EOITOB OF TBE NORTIJEBN STAB . Sib , —As you take such a lively interest in the condi . tion of the over-worked factory population , you will perhaps allow one who has been in the agitation on tbis im . portant subject fur the last fifteen years , to make a fewremarks on _thepresent movement now going on to gain a Ten Hours' Bill ; 1 perfectly agree with you , Sir , that it is high time the factory-working population should take up their own cause themselves ; th- instructions to the delegates , whioh appeared in your paper a fihorl time ago , convinces me that there is something wrong at the bottom of all this manoeuvring , and particularly the third of _thflsn instructions whieh stntes thnt . should the Ten
Hours ' clause be lost , ihe delegates should assist in the passing Of liny measure which limits the hours oflabour in factories . This is certainly the most disgraceful piece of business I have ever seen since I have been connected with the agitation on this all-important subject . Has it ever been found out yet wbo issued those instiuc'ions to the delegates ? I have made all the inquiry here that 1 could _amonjtst the members of the Central Short Time Committee of Yorkshire , and no one can tell me any thing about it : I fancy , Mr . Editor , that those who issued them will now be ashamed to own them , and well tliey may . The Short Time Committer here was formed at a public meeting , called for the purpose of choosing them to carry out the Ten Hours' liill principle , and nothing else , and will they now have the bare-faced impudence to betray tbe trust reposed iu them " , and sell us
into the hands ofthe Eleven Hours' Bill manufacturing tyr & uts . I cau assure you it will not be don « quietl y here ; sooner let them be dissolved altogether . The principle of a Ten Hours'Bill has been too well-established by evidence given before both Houses of Parliament , both by medical men , overlookers , and by factory workers themselves ; the immense sums of money whiah have from time to time been expended in carrying on the agitation , which agitation bad had the advocacy of a Saddler , an Ashley , nn Oastler . a Bull , aud . a host of others , who have been champions in the- cause , first hoarded their tyrants in their own dens , and wrung from the government the present amelioration _-IJie poor _factory workers aow enjoy ; these . I say , all t ' _orhU that we should now at She eleventh hour , just when _vwtory is in sight , be so mean , despicable and _cowardly ns to surrender the
Klori & _us principle of n Ten Hours l * t _, ) l _h , to the hands o £ those who , like the Corn Law _Uepeulers , after getting what they wanted themselves , would then laugh at us for being such tools as to trust theiji . But 1 am convinced thatthe factory worker * in the . West Riding of Yuri-shirr would say , as with the voice of one man . Never , never ! However , Sir , let the workers be on the look out , for 1 have heard that there _is'something of that sort piling on here , and if it is not strangled in its birth , it will soon come forth , and then for the tu _« of war ; these men must then be driven from tho responsible situations they hold as _committi-e men , for thus betraying the trust reposed in them . Let them think upoH what they are going to
do , before they "ttenipt tm deliver up the cause of hundreds of thousands , into the Ininds of a few master slavedrivers . I should like to know _nln--re thc old leaders iu this movement have hei > n during the present agitation , if it fans been , worthy the name of au agitation , "Where _hsiR _thekinjtof the _factm- . r children . Mr . Oastler , heen ? I have heard of him bring both in Yorkshire and Lancashire during 'he agitation , but not that he took any part in it , save at one meeting at Mauchestw , and it _appears he wns there merely by accident . I am _ewivinco- it was not Mr . Oastlei- ' s fault , thut he litis not taken as prominent a position this time a * at all others iu the agitation on this subject , for he has been as anxious as ever to do so , but for Borne reason or other yet _unesplaiuud , and some
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secret influence or other that fat's been at work to prevent him . He was advertised to speak atthe _leeds _meeting likewise Mr . Feargus O'Connor ; but a man from _£ j _*' Chester , who has been figuring in London as a delegate * went direct to Leeds to get the committee there to _? . ! fresh bills out , and to leave Mr . Oastler * * and Mr , O'Con nor _- s name out of the bills , but the Leeds committee men were too loyal to their king , so tlm Manchester man had his labour for his pains . This I know to be true , for 1 had my information from one of the oldest committ « men in Leeds , What then , Mr . Editor , is all this twist . ing and turning about ! this secret way of doing _businesr will not
answer , and if they try to destroy tbe _influenea of the good old king amongst the factory working popu . lation , they will find it too hard for them . In conclusion " let me advise the factory workers to be ready for any thing which may happen , to strangle anything like a compromise of tlie Ten Hours' Bill principle in the outset to keep out of the agitation a set of knaves , who get into agitations for no other purpose than to suck out its very vitals in getting hold of the sinews of war ; but choose men who will advocate the cause through principle , and through principle only , and then , as all things appear ready and ripe for it , the Ten Hours' Bill must and will become the law of the land . Yours respectfully , _Squire Aun . Bedford , near St . James ' s Square , Juue 9 , 1846 .
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DUNCOMBE TESTIMONIAL . Dissolution of thk Centbal Committee . — The Central Committee met at the Parthenium , _t 2 , St . Martin s-lane , on Friday night last , Mr . Grassby ' president , in the chair . The "Presentation ofTesi tinionial Committee" reported the presentation of tho testimonial , and the acceptance thereof by the honourable member for Finsbury . Their report waa received . The audit committee brought up their re port , whicli was received and adopted _.
! Mr . Stallwood said he was pleased to find they yet had a small surplus after the payment of all expences , and 8 ure he waa that the committee would with him recognise the great and unremitting services rendered fay their secretary , Mr . 'J . Syme , for * period exceeding two years . ( Loud cheers . ) He had much pleasure in moving "that the central committee present the sum of £ 5 to the general secretary , Mr . James Syme , as a memento of their gratitude , regard and esteem , for his long , faithful and willing services in helping to raise the testimonial . " ( Loud Cu 66 rS 1 Mr . W . J . Young seconded the motion ..
Messrs . Barratt and Thome bore testimony to the zeal and unwearied exertion ot the secretary : tha motion was carried by acclamation . Mr . Syme rose , loudly applauded , and said he had given his labours , humble as they were , freely , as he conceived that Mr . Duncombe was worthy any sacrifice the working class might make . His only regret was that their labours had not heen more successful . , The balance sheet was ordered to be printed and distributed to the subscribers forthwith . A vote of thanks was passed to the auditors , and
to the president , Mr . J . Grassby , by acclamation . Mr . Gbassby _" . in responding , Baid , whenever his services could be of any avail in promoting either the political or social welfare of his fellow men he should be always but too happy to render them . ( Loud cheers . ) ' ¦'¦ ¦¦ A vote of thanks was also given to Mr . Barratt for the kindly use of his office , 30 , Hyde-street , on sundry occasions , which was suitably acknowledged by Mr . Barratt . Mr . Stme said he had the pleasure of being at the formation of the committee , it now became his duty to move the concluding motion , namely— "that this committee be now dissolved . " Seconded and carried nem con .
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TVRNOVT III THB BUILDING TRADE IN LIVERPOOL . TO THE EDITOR OF TBE NOBTHERN STAB . Sib , —In a placard issued hy the Master Builders of Liverpool , on the 23 d of March , is to be found the _foilowing paragraph : — * ' The Master Tradesmen engaged in the various ¦ branches of buildin g , in making public the foregoing resolutions , desire to record their regret that circumstances have rendered them so painfully necessary . Their object is not to reduce the wages paid to their workmen , not to increase the hours of labour , nor _tb revoke the concessions which th « y made the last year . They desire not to
a bridge the privileges or comforts ofthe workmen : but the baneful influence which is at present exercised by the secret and irresponsible tribunals ef the Trades'Unions so repulsive and unjust , in all their tendencies , have rendered it imperative upon the employers to adopt the resolutions alluded to , not only in self-defence against the dictation of the Unions , but for tbe purpose of shielding as much as possible the well-disposed , and , in almost every instance , the most valued of the workmen from the tyrannical _dictation of these dangerous combinations . "
In my last I informed you that these masters had charged the masons with a _breaah of faich—with the violation of an agreement come to before Mr . Rushton . I proved that such had uot been the case ; but what are the masters doing now ! The bricklayers agreed to go to work on the withdrawal of the document , at the same rate of wages as before its introduction . They did so , but mark what follows . In the face of what they stated to the public in their placard , they now want " to revoke the concessions made last year . " They have d « - manded that the bricklayers shall work two hours more per week , and of course the labourers must also do so , and more . They want the poor labourers , who have suffered so much on account of their unwarrantable proceedings , to carry tivo bricks more than the usual number . Both bricklayers and labourers object to this unreasonable demand , and are determined to resist it to tbe utmost of their power j and I trust you will use your influence with the working classes tbat are in employment to render their assistance .
No settlement has yet been come to with the masons . The employers are still minus of their men , and object to grant what is demanded "; but from all appearances , unless they offer terms shortly , there will be no masons out of employment _. It U remarkable to observe the spirit of independence increase as it is doing ; and the intelligence displayed at the meetings of operatives show that they are not ODly lit to be entrusted with the _elective franchise , but are un example worthy of imitation by many of our legislators . Hoping to have hetter news for you soon , I beg to re . main , Sir , Your humble servant , Thomas _Cabtcb . Liverpool , June 17 , 1816 .
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and _molkhb . —It was stated some time ago . thata sub-marine telegraph was to be laid down across tha English Channel , by which an instantaneous communication could be made from coast to coast . The Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty , with a view uf testing the practicability of this undertaking have been pleased to approve of the projectors laying down a submarine telegraph across the harbour of Portsmouth , from the bouse of the Admiral , in the dockyard , to the railway terminus at Gosport . Bv these means there will be a direct communication from London to the official residence of the Port Admiral at Portsmouth , whereas at present the telegraph does not extend beyond the terminus at Gosport , the _crossins ofthe harbour having been hitherto deemed an insurmountable obstacle . This _wantofwiltillUit-T iu the means of conveying official orders to the dockyard has been attended with so much inconvenience ,
that her Majesty ' s Government had previously given orders for continuing the line ofthe electric telegraph lrom the Gosport terminus by carrying it round the harbour , a distance of six or seven miles . The dis-. advantage of this _arrangement is at once obvious , as . there is no railway » r railway police to protect thelines from accidental or malicious injury after thoy leave the terminus * The submarine telegraph is to be laid down in the course ofthe ensuing week , aad il the working ofthe plan is found to be successful , this mode of tolegraphic communication will be adopted in preference to tbe more exposed one . The telegraph will he conveyed from the terminus to the « aier side underground , and ate a similar _uianner te > ihe Admiralty , House , it being a _subterrestrial as well as a Mibmarine telegraph . In a few days after tbe experiment has been , successfully tested at Portsmouth , th < r submarine telegraph will be laid down . across thestr . iits of Dover , under tbe _sans-iion oi'bolh . tbe English and French Governmcut .
Alleoso Swcidb of a Boy at Dul » vi « h . —On Mon * dav an inquest , b & gun on Friday last , was concluded at _' _thc Plough , _Lordihip-laiie , Dulwieh , before Mr . Carter , Coroner for Surrey , on the body of George Janws Bennell , aged sixteen , in the service of Mr . G . IV . Evans , a manufacturer of Piqua tea , Lordship-lane , Duhvicb . George Blunden , a donkey-driver , said , that on _Tiu-sday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , the son of Mr . Evans came to him , and asked him if he ceuld dive , aa his father wanted some one to go into the water . Witness accompanied him to Mr . Evans , who observed , that he thought " his little boy , " the deceased , was in the pond at the back of the house . Witness proceeded to the pond . Two neighbours of Mr . Evans was there , viz ., Mr . Green and Mr . Roberts . The former had a long pole to whicli a hookwaaattaclied , with wliich deceased waa
found . The body was placed upon the grass . Witness observed an iron weight round deceased ' s neck and his hands tied . Mr . Thomas Roberts , shoemaker Lordship-lano . said , that on Tuesday night , between nine and ten o ' clock , Mr . Evans called upon him , siating that he and his son had been out lor an hour and a hall , and that when he returned he found the house _lastened . Alter he got in , he observed written on the door of tin- bedstead in chalk , " George Benwell is in the pond behind the house , givr my W to all my Mends . " When he saw that , he procured a 1 pitchtork , wi th which he searched the pond . The weigh rouud deceased ' s ne _^ _-k was a quarter of an liundreii weight . Additional evidence was adduced , from which it appeared that the deceased bad contemplated suicide . The jury returned a verdict that * " The deceased drowned himself when in a state of teuiuorary insanity . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), June 20, 1846, page 6, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_20061846/page/6/
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