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Antagonism Of Capital And Labour. Certai...
44 of supply and demand , " we find the }) tdly Neas very plainly intimating to the refractory Engine Drivers the way in whi c h tney are tone " served ont * as soon as the capitalists can manage to overstock the market " Read , mark , learn , and inwardly di gest , " the mode in which the cap italists are to conspire , for the purpose of robbing what the same paper describes , in a previous article , as ,. . _SSShSaSfdW"S . of fi » _beary _. Te _^ _sibmtoof iaraltt
_SSv _^ SS . as ** _«_»•« _«*« _** _» * _" •* . « - able servant "Ex emplary as are their virtues , however >« skilful , laborious , sober , and _intelligent" _ _s they are admitted to be , all this sinks into insignificance , compared with the object of saving a few hundred pounds a year , to divide among capitalists ; and as a means of accomp lishing this , of reducing the Engine Drivers to abject submission , by so multiplying their number as to force them in the desperation of want , to compete against each other for starvation wages ; that is the p lain English of the following : —
Disputes and strikes _sneu as this ought , howerer _, to teach railway directors the importance and tbe _necessity of increasing by erery means ia their power the supply of engine drivers : for it will never do to have companies and the pnblic dependent on the whims and caprices of a particular class of railway servants , howerer excellent fieir ¦ general character , or howerer skilful and laborious they mavbe . The KoTtb Western , the Yortabire and Lancashire , and the Eastern Counties , baTe all of late been subjected to strikes of engine-drivers ; and so _railwajs will continue to be subjected until the supply bs equal to or in _excess ofthe demand .
Working Classes of Great Britain this is the cu nnin gly contrived process by which the possessors of land , capit a l , and machinery , make and keep yon slaves ! This is the reason wh y , of all the wealth you create , so small a portion falls to your share , and why in future it must grow worse in proportion as your numbers increase , and you are driven to the mad competition of hunger and despair by this hellish system . Shirt and slop making at a penny or twopence a day of sixteen or _ei ghteen hours is the nep lus ultra—the great and crowning achievement of that g lorious commercial and Free Trade system , which is held ap hy our political economists for the wonder and admiration ofthe world '
How are the industrious classes to escape this horrible fate deliberately prepared for them , and if the system lasts , certain to be endured ? " Thereb y hangs a tale " which we must endeavour npon other occasions "to unfold . "
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The Irish Landlords War Of Extermination...
THE IRISH LANDLORDS WAR OF EXTERMINATION . "WheH the potatoe rot swept away tbe whole crop npon which the people of Ireland depended for subsistence , and threw the nation aponthecharityofGrreatBritaui , onecossolation was believed to accompany that vast and almost overwhelming calamity . The baleful and hateful ascendancy ofthe landlord class , which had been the crowning curse of that country , was , in the hope and estimation of many thinking men , destroyed with the root out of which it grew . Every one antici pated th a t , -warned by the terrible consequences of entrusting a whole people to a class so utterly selfish ,
heartless , and unfitted for the grave _responsibilities oftheir situation , the Government and the Legislature would have made their deposition the main condition of rendering state assistance . IVhile we were called upon to find ten millions sterling to Tepair the immediate results of their past mismanagement and culpable extra v agance , itwas bnt reasonable to imagine , that every possible precaution would have been taken against their being again enabled to inflict such wide spread and deplorable misery and wretchedness upon the unhappy country whose destinies were committed to their keeping .
In the memorable speech of Sir R . Peel , when by an unprinci p led coalition of tbe "Whips and Protectionists he was driven from power , some pregnant indications were given ofthe true Bpirit in which Ireland ought to he governed in future . Lord J . Russell then declared also , that the time for a totally different policy had arrived ; while , hy refusing to the government of his political rival the extraordinary powers asked for , in order to put down agrarian outrage and political ag itation , he expressly pled ged himself to the practical adoption of that policy , and the introduction of just , equal , and humane go v ernm en t i n t o Ireland .
To the everlasting shame and disgrace of himself and his colleagues , they have flagrantly broken the faith on which they distinctl y accepted power and patronage . Never were such opportunities granted to any Ministry to make what terni 3 they p leased with the beggared , broken down , powerless landlords of Ireland ; never were such opportunities so shamefull y neglected , so w a ntonl y thrown away . Landlordism is again in the ascendant , and Ireland is delivered over io it , hound hand and foot . Instead of fulfilling their promises , and bring ing forward a remedial policy , Ministers have Leld fast by the ancient , exploded , and futile system of coercion . The results are seen in our Irish news of this week . The
people are flying , en masse , from a land thus once more given up to the plunder of an insatiate and au insensate aristocracy . They will make a desert ,. and call it peace . . They carry on a war of extermination against the peasantry . Scarcely a day has passed within the last two months in which we have not had the details of razzias , under the command of the landlords , whicb , in many points , equal those committed by the French iu Algeria . Not long since , in one of these wholesale evictions from a vill age in the County of Clare , twenty-eight houses were levelled in one day ,
and their inhabitants , one hundred and sixty in number , were cast out upon the road . In another case , a _razzia was perpetrated on a larger scale , upon a district comprising f o ur iownlands , in the North Siding of Tipperary , from which four hundred and stunty human _heings were eradicated , and their , dwellings levelled to the ground . "What was the excuse for this crnel extermination ? Simply that the "Landlord wished io get . rid of small holdings and to amalgamate farms . " To _effect this object , he proceeds to clear off the human beings on the estate as coolly as if
they had been so many rabbits . They were not accused of the horrible crime of being in arrears with their rent , nor were they charged with having participated in agrarian combinations . or disturbances . The landlord simply claimed " a ri » ht to do what he liked with his own . " He wanted the land famed ia another style : and though starvation , disease , and death _* i e * i . _ . -, ~ ! i the . _consummation of their wishes
would be _* _£ Z _££ lafaon swept away b y some great pestilencei as completely as the potato crops iu i _84-7 _ _a ji idea of onr brethren in Ireland beine permittedto Hve ; and labour , to enjoy peace and happ iness in their native land , is © ne which seems to tho landlord-mind most preposterous . Their great desire is to expel the majority of them from the land that gave them birth or at all events , to thin down , by any means sh o rt of what ( he law c alls murder , a population which is yet inconveniently large for
thenpurposes .- - Is it any wonder that , under the insane and cruel domination of thia exterminating class , eve r y foije who has ihe jjhance is flying from * his doomed < _coantry-f-or tba _^ in their hurry io escape , such infamous and- shocking transactions jhoaJd- take p lace is ; those :, stated , to a occurred oii board some _' bftne steamers * Cork ? Ware _iaforaaed-thatibrpow
The Irish Landlords War Of Extermination...
peop le were crammed to such excess on hoard one of these vessels that it was found necessary to send some of them on shore when it arrived at Passage . This thinning of the hnman cargo was characteristically effected . 1 The people were taken indiscriminatel y , and forced to leave the vessel , their property and friends being detained on board . One man is stated to have been brought out of the ship whilst his wife and £ 25 were detained /'' Truly , the people seem smitten with a landlord panic , and , in then * haste to flee the country , act with the blind precipitation and terror which induces a crowd in a theatre to trample down and suffocate each other when a cry of "Fire" is raised !
This is the result of all Lord John Russell ' s promises—this the reward for our having assisted the Irish landlords with the immense sum of ten millions sterling ! During the sessions that have passed since he took ofiice , he has shown not the slightest desire to set about the task of socially regenerating Ireland—nor has he exhibited any comprehension ofthe means by which that object could be achieved . All the monster abuses , all the causes fruitful of a dire progeny of evil under which Ireland has groaned so long , still flourish in all their rank luxuriance and
deadly vu * ulence . Above the chorus of complaint and objurgation raised in this country , and in all our Colonial dependencies , again s t the fatal and mischievous _raisgovevnnYeut of the present Administration , the voice of Ireland rises highest . Its lamentable condition is the deepest , blackest stain upon their official
career .
The Barren Session. Tte Had Intended To ...
THE BARREN SESSION . _TTe had intended to present an analysis of the acts of the session just closed , but , upon investigation , find that \ vecaii \ viuuow 60 few grains of damaged wheat from the mountain of chaff in which they ate contained , that our task is ended almost in the same breath as its aiiBOOHcemer > t . The Session began with small
promises , and ended with smaller performances Of some twenty or thirty _comparatively important measures introduced at an early period , aud discussed till a late period of the session , the numerical majority have been entirely withdrawn , and the rest have been . " Sent into this breathing world - So tamely and unfashionably made up , That even the dogs ' may' bark at them . "
Yet we are told by the Ministerial Times , notwithstanding this utter break down of our legislative machinery that it " ventures to say the Session just ended may fairly take rank with the worthiest of its predecessors . '' If so , Heaven pardon its predecessors , and gr a nt that in future we " may never see the like again . " The man who can travel from Dan to Beeraheha without seeing _anything worthy of note , is certainly not to be envied , but we question whether he is not in a better and safer frame of mind than the imaginative tourist , who , with " eyes in a fine frenzy rolling , " and a fervid imagination can , in . what should be sober matter of fact , conjare up phantoms ,
aud " give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name . " If " the Session just ended may fairly take rank with the worthiest of its predecessors , '' we should say that the perfection of leg islation is to do nothing , or , as near as possible , next to nothing . But then the question comes , might not nothing he done more cheaply , with less fuss , noise and bother . AVe pay too hig h for nothing we talk too mnch about , and for nothing . If drivelling inanity , or hopeless vacuity , are henceforth to be the characteristics of Parliament , let ns forthwith openly state the fact , and act upon it in the only sensible way , namely , b y shotting it np entirel y , and leave things to drift to ruin as they will .
We mistake , however , if the complacent tone , and self-satisfied conclusions ofthe Ministerial Journal will he acquiesced in h y the mass ofthe down-trodden and heavily-taxed industrious classes of this country . They see in Parliament — as at present constituted — not only an obstruction to the attainment of their just and moderate desires , hut an instrument which willing ly and readily lends itself to crush and tax them still lower and heavier , whenever asked to do so by the powers that be , for the benefit of the privileged elasseB . The
Cambridge job , and the Marlborough House job , are but indications of the corruption which pervades its whole constitution . The people know this , feel it strongly , and ere long we have no doubt will arise in their co . mbined strength , for the purpose of cleansing the Augean stable , by turning through it the pure and refreshing streams of a genuine public opinion . With a real representation of the peop le , Parliament will regain . its usefulness , its purity , and its vi gour . Naval and military
officers will not sit there to vote themselves pay and pensions . Governments will not be tolerated who trade onthe peop le ' s money as a means of buying themselves court favour . Athorough searching , unsparing Reform of Parliament , is the first and indispensable preliminary to all other reforms , and we trust that , upon this question , the people will , during the recess , speak out so unequivocall y that the past will also he the last of the race of do-nothing Sessions .
Latest Foreigx 3ews. France. Riot At Bes...
LATEST FOREIGX 3 EWS . _FRANCE . Riot at Besascos . — _Pabis , _'Wkdsesbat . — The President visited Besancon on Monday evening , the 19 th inst ., and a ball was to be given the same night ; the pressure ofthe crowd , ho-vevcr , was SO great in the neighbourhood of this bail , that the troops could not form tbat double line which is here c a lled f a huie . The di gnity of the President , thus _unhedged by the usual prickly fence of bayonets , was sadly exposed to be hustled by a rude and anything but friendly mob , composed chiefly ol rorkmen , who deafened him with shouts of' Vive l a Repulliquc ! _" No sooner had Louis KapoJeon
gained the interior ofthe ball room than the tumult became wilder nnd fiercer outside , and the cries louder aiid more menacing , and presently in burst a - torrent of the populace . A loud cry ot " TTt'e la Republiquc . ' burst from this tumultuous column , which consisted of workmen , whose fierce excitement made it probable that they would' be hurried on to acts of violence , which formed no part of their intentions . Amid tbe flight and shrieking of women , and the bewildered crush of disconcerted couples , the President ' s staff were honourably intent ia managing if possible a safe retreat for their chief and for themselves . In both of these objects they appear to have succeeded ,
and pr e sent ly the ball-room " was abandoned to the invaders , who took triumphant possession , with uproarious" cries of "Vive Id ReptibUque ! " Of course they did not spare any of those symbols , such as eagles , and flags' with tho President ' s initials , whieh bore : my relation to the ' scheme of reviving t he emp ire . Meanwhile General Castellatie , -who had already . drawn lib sword for the protection of the President in the ball-room _^ rallied the troops , and returning at the , hea d of a stron g detachment of cavalry , charged' sword in haiid . Presently the bail-room was cleared by infantry at the point of the bayonet . ' These _nieasKf cs sufficed t » quell the riot and restore order . Several prisoners were taken . —Daily News .
Coxsumptiox Ot British Swims Ik Scotlasd...
_COXSuMPTIOX OT BRITISH SWIMS IK SCOTLASD . — It appea r s from a r e turn to parli a ment ( is s u ed on the 16 th instant , ) that in the year ending the 5 th of January la _» t , _ the duty-was paid on 0 , 935 , 003 gallons of British spirits for consumption in Scotland . In the previous year the number was 6 , 548 , 190 . _';; ' _ASOTHIB _MlSACPLOCS CtJBE OF A LIVES AM ) _SlOlMCB _CoariAiOT bt _HoixoWAi ' sPttts . —Extract ofa letter from Mr . _Uarrey , of Chapel Hall , Airdrie , dated January 15 th , _IS 50 ., To Professor HoIIowaj ;—* Sir , y our valuable pills have been the means , with God's blessing , of restoring ' me " > perfect health . I had suffered for two rears with a liver and
stomach complaint ; and was- ' given up _asincurable by _« veral eminent doctors , my . case appearing so . hopeless t & at my death was daily expected . In that _i Criu ' cal state i commenced taking jour pills whicb I continued for a few ¦ _}^ : _^ _^ t ' _™ effeetwdly cured me that I not enjojthe bestoFheanh . * -. ¦ ; r W _^?*? t cs" -Pedestrian exercise is absolutely _^^?/? rlh 6 . ? J « 3 _Tnent of health , persons-deprived Bn _"S _™^? S : " _•& ' «» « nd _comfortVby Corns ; and _rS ™ ' _pt- _^ dtnU J " ° __ _ended _ti > bake trial of _^ _•* 2 _f _^ _^ a' _» Ever / Man ' . Friend . ' _J _^ _n _^ _L _^ _T _^* _™* _respectable _cbemist " in _luger _bwvsfcrCotm orBunimat _2 s «< L : . < " _- ™
Monies Received For Ths "Vvsek Endiso Th...
MONIES RECEIVED For ths _"VVsek Endiso Thubsdav , August , 22 nd 1850 . FOR THE
WINDING-UP OF THE LAUD ' COMPAIY . Ueceived by W . Hides . —Todmorden , per J . Robinson 18 s Gd—H . Brown , Chelmsford Cd—Mansfield , from twenty band members , per J . _Linney 10 s _Sd-Itadcliffe Bridge , per Ii . Hamer 8 s Cd—Messrs . Tennanr , Wilkinson , and _ilurwortn , _Gilling 2 s—Nottingham , per J . Sweet 2 s Cd—Sheffield , perG . Cavill 4 s Bd—land members , Kirkcaldy , per \ V . Hepburn 8 s lid—Land Mimbers _, Boulogne , per W . Hepburn 8 d—Messrs . Dcrnic , Cordwell _, Birch , Barrett , Hawksley , and Wilson , Retford 3 s—llojston _, per W . Camps 3 s lid—Eleven Land Members , Stockport , perT . _Woodhouse 3 s fid—Ipswich , per W . Gerrend 7 s 6 d—Nuneaton , per R . _ileet 15 s—Atherstone District , per R . Beet 5 _s—Vinktoii , per E . _Summerside 7 s—Land Members , _Boulougnc Sii . _HeceivedatLtKnOvsiCB-J . Nightingale 6 d—j . 1 ) . Moffctt Is—TV . frauds Is—E . Kinder ls—J . M'Guire _Is—Staijbridpe , per Lawton il— TV . Sheppard 6 d—J . Reynolds 6 d—Manchester 1117 s 9 d-Mr . Barclay Is . £ s . d . Beceived by N . Rider .. .. 5 2 11 *
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TEE _HONESTY FUND . Received bv TV . _Riueb . —Wakefield , per J . II . 2 s-Bagthorpe . per J . Sweet ls 8 d-J . Swindley , baker , 10 , Wippleplace , Kensington 53—Winlaton per E . Summerside 4 s . _ _s , d . Beceived by W . Rider .. .. 0 12 6 FOR MRS . LACEY . Received by TV . Rideb . —Nottingham , per J . Sweet 4 d—From _Birmingham—Collecied at Ship Inn 7 s 2 d—Mr . Carter 2 s—Mr . J . A , Fussell ls _6 d—Mr . Buckley Cd—Mr . _Cadby _6 d—Mr . Keetiog 6 d—Mr . _EvcrallCd . Keceivea at Laxo Office . —Mrs . 1 'urnbull 6 d — Ueceived by John AaNOTT . — A Socialist le—Messrs , Ivory Is—Three Friends , East Marylebone ls .
The Rout E O F M R Ernest Jones
THE ROUT E O F M R ERNEST JONES
Ernest Jones will attend tho Camp meeting at Mountserrel , on Sunday , tho 1 st of September , and will b e a t ; Leicester , on Mon da y , the 2 nd . Derby , Tuesday , the 3 rd . Northampton , Wednesday , 4 tb , and Thursday , the 5 tb . Lo u g hboro _' , Friday , the Gth . Suttc-n-in-AshficM , Saturday , the 7 th . Sheffield , Monday , the 9 tb . Rotherham , Tuesday , tho 10 th . Further dates will'foe given next week . AU letters for Mr . Jones to be forwarded to 62 , _Quee _ s-road , Bayswater , London . As I decline practice , I beg especially to request tliat no legal business may be brought before me on my tour .
Union Of P O Litical And Social Democrac...
UNION OF P O LITICAL AND SOCIAL _DEMOCRACY . The Conference for the purpose of forming a federal union between the National Charter Association , the National Reform League , the Fraternal Democrats , and the Social Reformers , was held at the Literary and Social Institution , John-street , Fitzroj-square , on Sunday afternoon , August 18 th . Pr ese nt on b e h a lf of the NatiO'VaIi Charter " Association . —Messrs . O . W . M . Reynolds , T . Brown , J . Arnott , G . J . Harney , J . Miliie , and E . Miles . National _REronsi League . — Messrs . Rogers , Olivine , M a un d er , C . Jones , Bl a ir , Swift , L e slie , and _M'Neil .
_FnATKB *» 'At _Ditmocbats . —Messrs . 17 . Siuite , D . _W . Ruffy , _Peirce , Godivin , leno , Pettie , Bezer , and Woodcock . Social Reform League . — Walter Cooper , Lloy d Jones , II . Ivory , C lem e nts , G . J . Hol yoake , and Au s tin Hol yoake . The following friends wer . e also present by invitation . —Messrs . Le Blond ( one of the Executive of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association ) , S . M . Kydd , W . J . Yernon , and John Shaw . The seats around the room wero densely crowded with spectators , who appeared anxiously alive to the proceedings . Mr . D . W . Ruffy was called to the chair , and Mr . Jons Abnott was elected Secretary to the Conference .
Mr . Aksott then detailed the object the promoters had in convening that meeting , and in desiring a federal union of the four societies whose representatives were now present , namely , that of preventing a collision a won get those who were zealously desirous of promoting political and social reform , and of effecting a cordial co-operation for , and a more speed y real i s a tion oft h e excel l ent ob je cts the y all had in view . It would be for tbat Conference to take such stops as it might deem advisable to carry out the object ,, if it sbould fall in with the views of the promoters . Mi * . W . J . Vernon then addressed the Conference , eulo gising the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association for convening that meeting , and heartily approved the forming of a federal union for the promotion of political and social democracy .
Mr . 6 , W . M . Reysolds _, in an eloquent speech , moved the following resolution : — " That this Conference _approves of the idea of fusing the scattered democratic elements in one grand concentration of objects , energies , and funds , for the purpose of carrying on a powerful struggle against the political abuses and social wrongs existing in the country ; and this Conference decides upon appointing a committee to draw up a profession of faith , and a plan of organisation , in o rd er to c a rry out the a b ove aims . " Mr , G . J . _TJarxet seconded the motion .
A debate ensued in which Messrs . Pettie , Leno , Kydd , Brown , Rogers , Swiit , Ivory , Harney , Le B l ond , G . J : Holyeake , and the _Cliaiimjin took part . The mover ( Mr . Reynolds ) having briefly replied , tbe motion was unanimously adopted _^ Mr . Arxott moved : " That a committee consisting of two persons' from each body , with five added , be formed to carry out the foregoing resolution . ' Mr '; Pettie seconded the motion . Mr . L e no suggested the following , which was accepted by Messrs . Arnott and Pettie , and agreed to : — " That a committee be composed of two
persons from each ofthe organised bodies present , and that the representatives of each particular body shall be chosen by th e mem b er s no w pr e sent , bf the specific body to which tbey belong . " "'' The election ultimately fcll ' on Messrs . Reynolds and Arnott for the Charter Association ; Messrs . Swift and Rogers , Reform League ; Messrs . Leno and Pettie , Fraternal Democrats ; Messrs . G . J . Holyoake and Ivory , Social Reform League ; and the following friends : —Messrs . S . M . Kydd , Le Blond , Bronterre O'Brien , W . Cooper , G . J . Harney , J . Shaw , and D . W . Ruffy . '
It was then resolved : — " That the committee meet for despatch of business on Thursday evening , August th e 22 n d , at the office ot the National Charter Association , and that when their report shall be prepared , tho Conference shall _bere-assenV bled to consider the same /' A vote of thanks was given to the Chairman , and the Conference broke tip . . TUE NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . The usual weekly meeting was held at _Jolin street , Tottenbam-ceurt-road , on Tuesday evening , _August 580 ' th .., ., ' .
. Mi * . Robert . Ajikrt was unanimously called to the . chair , and briefly opened the proceedings . ... _Mi-ff C . . Utting , in a forcibjo speech ,, moved the following resolution : — _'f That , as every . one must be cognizant of the fact that the House of-Commons , as at present constituted , is a most corrupt assembly , arid the system which it represents , is a great sbam ; this meeting , therefore ' , calls on , the toiling masses tp . organise themselves to obtain the ; cnaj ! tmont O f the People ' s . _fjnarjter , thereby , to remove the monstrous system bf which they have just cause to . complain , and . effect , their political and social emancipation . " , .,. < _,,-. Mr . W . A .. FLETcnin ably seconded the resolution , which was supported , by v Messrs . . We e ks and Swift , and was carried unanimously . A vot e of t h a n ks w a s passe d to the chairman , and th e m e eting dissolved .,: ;; - ; f
The Late Address , From-The Ohar-, , ..-...
THE LATE ADDRESS , FROM-THE _OHAR-, , _..-.- ' _TERTILLEALLOTTEES . ' ¦ ; '
TO THE EDITOR 0 V : T 11 B . _YOBTDEBN STAB . > Sin , —In consequence , of my n a me h ot appeari ng in an address to Mr . O'Connor , of which address I was totally ignorant until itappeared ih your , valuable paper'of the 12 th iristi , and' to which _auuress , in }> drt ; i would h : _tvo cheerfully . su b scri b ed , ' for'I would bo one of the first in showing ' my respect ; to Mr . O'Connor , for his good , great , and untiring . exertions for-tlie benefit of the working' men , Tor whom he has bravedso much prejudice and persecution nor could I bo found entertaining- Mr . O ' Connor 's slanderers , the Messrs . ' Clark , on their lato visit here , as the concoctor ofthe address'did ; defend
on the _contrary I have felt it my duty to He . _O'Connor ' s reputation _^ assured that he is we ll deserving my best regard ; - ' - ; ; : "j ' , ' ; -. ''* I can on l y account 'for keeping' rhe from" tho knowledge of the exi s tence of the address from the circumstance of' my having always' opposed" the under-current which has been in motion ever since wc have-boon here , ahd ' _-which , I am certain , haB been the _BOutcc of much mischief . My desire ; to give expression of my gratitude to Mr . O' Connor , and' to convince many ; friends ; the ' readers ' " of the iStar , that ' my - sentiments reiriaih' unchanged ; "lifts prompted me to trouble you with these _remat-ks . ' , ' ¦ . l
;< ¦ - ¦ if " - ¦ I remain ] yours truly / _" , '; ' . : _- ..-::. v . i > • -fi ¦ _' _; .-: ' _-i- ' " ' ' _-GWBffE'BWB , ' _^ Chart « rilM » _ 33 « _W' •'•* !'' '" ' _''"' ' *
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NATIONAL PARLIAMENTARY AND _FINAN
CIAL REFORM ASSOCIATION . _Wednesday ovening , a soiree , under the _auspicey . o f this association , was held at tiie New Globe _lavern , _Mile-end-roatJ . The _olinir was taken by Mr . _y . Thompson , M . P . Sir J . _IValmsley , M . P ., was also present , and many of tho leading and most active of the _Itefovmevs ofthe Tower Hamlets were conspicuous in the proceedings . Tbe s oiree was most numerously attended . , _AeUer _s of apology wore read from Mi * . Cobden , M . I ., who stated that he bad gone to Frankfort to attend tho Peace Congress , as also from Sir William 7 _/ _j i ' and Mr , J * w _-- »* Mi M . P ., who regretted that tbey were unable to attend from other causes .
Mr . G . Thompson , who was received with loud cheers , spoke as follows : —In opening the proceedings _ofthis meeting , it may not be itiappvopviate ov unprohtablo to give an answer to a very natural question "What object do you propose to _accompli ? H , and what advantages aro you likely to gain , by obtaining what you _cuil Parliamentary Reform V ihe answer to this _interrogatory will also explain our views in reference to Financial Reform . In the tirst place then , wo sny , we seek to meet a n d to satisty , as f ull y as wo can , the claims of the intelligent and industrious classes ofthis country , who nave hitherto been shut out of all participation in the control of public affairs . ( Hear , hear . ) A part of our plan is the correction of tho present
monstrous inequalities in regard to the numbers of our constituencies throughout the kingdom , bv the apportionment ( as far as it is really practicable ) of members to population . I have , within tho last two or three day 3 , taken the trouble of looking into the Journals ol the House of Commons for the purpose of ascertaining the number of controverted elections subsequent to each ofthe three parliaments which have been convoked during the reign of her present Majesty . I find that the number of petitions complaining of bribery , intimidation , the interference of peers , and otlior illegal and unconstitutional practices resulting from tho general election of 1837 , and during that parliament was no less than eighty-six . It must be remembered that these
petitions had reference to contested elections , and were exclusive of retains from seventy to eighty boroughs in which there were no contests ; and this in consequence of the overwhelming influence of certain noble or wealthy persons connected vith the property of thoso boroughs . After the general election of 1841 , petitjons to the liumber of seventy were presented ; and up to the present time , since the general election ' of 1 . 947 , there have been forty-seven petitions .. Early in the session of 1848 no lets than seventeen seats were decl a r ed voi d in conse q u e nce of corru pt pr a ct i c e s having been proved beforo' committees . Let mo ask you , fir s t , to look at some of tho places in Ireland from which these petitions have come , and in
all ot winch bribery , brutal intimidation , and the very worst features of electioneering vices , prevail . ( H e ar Hear . ) I have here a list of nineteen counties , cities ,, and boroughs in Ireland , sending twenty-four members to the imperial legislature , whose gross constituencies amount to 9 , 425 , being an average of 393 electors for _eveiy representative . I have also a list . of . twenty -seven English boroughs , sen di ng forty-three members to the House of Commons , whoso gross constituencies amount to 10 , 351 , being an average of 241 members to each representative . The result is , forty-six constituencies with sixty-seven representatives and 19 , 770 electors , _whilo the Tower Hamlets , with 21 , 000 electors , sends two members only to Parliament . ( Cries of " Shame . " ) The state of things in our English counties is notorious . _Vasaalage of themo 3 fc
degrading kind is tho badge ofthe tenant farmer . ( Hear ; hear . ) '' I demand three things of my . tenants , '*' said a nobleman with £ 40 , 000 a year , derived by letting farms : " first , that the rent' be paid punctually- ( laughter ); second , that the game on my estate shall be ' unmolested ; and thirdly , that every man shall voto as I wish hiin , " . ( Hear , hear . ) This man was raised to an earldom for his . zeal in . the service of his party . ( Hear , h e ar . ) With a few praiseworthy exceptions , this noble lord is a fair type and representative of the landlords of England . The tenants of England are at once the dupes and the slaves of those upou whose lands they are permitted to toil . ( Cheers . ) Tho obvious cure , and the only cure , for such a state of things is , the
extension ofthe suftrage , ( Hear , hear , ) It is lamentable to see the yeomanry of this country in a conditioii of abject political bondage . Itis also _lamentably to _see'tbousands and tens of thousands of tradesmen and others deprived ofthe free exercise of the franchise , through t h e di ct a tion a n d tyr a nn y of those above them ; but it is still more lamentab l e io contemp late the immorality which is engendered by our small borough system , in which tho floodgates of vico are thrown open whenever an election takes place . ( Ile . tr , hear , ) If , then , the question be asked what national good would bo attained by the carrying of Mr . Hume ' s measure of parliamentary reform into Jaw , I . answer , tho utter abolition ofthis fearful system . ( Cheers . ) Do you think that large and intelligent constituencies
would send into tho House of Commons , 100 halffledged lordlings , whol ly " _destiAte of sympathy with the people , to do nothin g but crowd the bar at midnight , and cry "divide . ' vide . ' vide ! " and then to vote' down every measure of a liberal tendency ? ( Hear , hear . ) Do you ' think tbat another hundred wou ld bo sent- . there only because they are the largest consumers ofthe taxes paid by the honest and toiling millions , and to do nothing b ut vot e for tho maintenance of those establishments out of whose revenues they are supported in rank and idleness ? ( Cheers . ) Do you belicvd that another hundred would be sent there for the so _) e : re . ison th a tth e y havo sat for , years behind the treasury bench , steadily voting for overy ministerial job , ' and
as steadily opposing the measures of the few friends ofthe people ? ( Hear , hear . ) In such a House of Commons as . our reformed system would create , the wishes and will of tho people would not be , as now , expre s se d by the few , but would be personified by the many , and he embodied in their legislative enactments ; ' ( Hear , hear , ) Now the few , who aro really tlie representatives of the people , aro despised , and aro despised becauso they aro the represent a tives of the p e o ple . Then such could not be the case . A word or two regarding the practical results of . parliamentary reform , and I will conclude . Theory of tho nation is for financial _roform—for a reduction in tbe national expenditure adequate to the actual wants oi tho country , and
a' proportionate alleviation of the ; heavy burden of taxation—together with a revision of our mode of raising tho revenues of the stato with a view to the more equal distribution of tho weight . ( Hear . ) . We think that such a house as I have endeavoured to ' sketch would be the most likely body to undertake this most desirable andiiccessary work —a work which even the last session , with its lavish votes and wanton grants , has shown that the present houso is not likely'to take ; up in earnest . ( Cheers . ) Wethink that such a liouse . would not dread , to look into tlie appropriation . of the monies granted under the head of" . CivilLlst ; " arid while it made duo , ' loyal , and , liberal provision for the sov e rei gn , would save the nation the expenso
_ofsupporting spleiidid . m e nial s ) ; and titled tax-eaters , for filling ofliceswithout duties ; ' or such duties only as are barbarous mummeries .-, ( Cheers . ) We think that such a bouse would require that all public monies . should be brought to account at the _Trcasiiry ~ wi ) ether collected by the Customs and Excise , or the Post-office , and would thcii , ' , when called to vote those monies , consider the propriety , and justice to the _industi-ibus ' iin'd suffering millions of this country , of continuing sueli pensions as are pai d to the heir 3 of " tlie Dukes of _'M _.-irlboroiigh , Grafton , and Schomberg ; to say nothing of grants to ' absentees ut ' - _'Brussels and 'Hanover , and to men nearer home , '' who must needs live iii Piccadilly , or expect to ' reside in Pall Mall . ( Cheers . ) Wo think that
suclva bouse ; w ' 6 uid hot lie startled at the proposals of Mi * Hume . and Mr ' . Cpbdcn _^ cheers)—to reduce tlie number of lueii iii ; tlio army and' navy ' by a few thousands , ' and to save tho-productive classes the expense of keeping ih mechanical and demoralising idleness , ' men wlio arc not required for the 'defence of . the country . ' We think that such a house woiild hot _slirihflS from the-task' of- iindert _.- _ikin'rtho purification _^' of thai , -AUgcrie , stable , the ; Woods and Forests ;; with _itsMiisaiid _' _miihiigemerit , its extravag a nt sinecure s a lari es - its ' 'jobbing ' and fraudulent l eases ; 'its shameless * local malversations , its favouritlsbS'to _' _- ' tlio noblbs ' of ' _ibb'ln ' n'd ; its ludicrous feudal privilege _^' its numerous petty peculations , _its _mislisQ- 'ofthe land and its resources , its un s er v ice ab le
timber , its useless foresters and verdercrs _, its costl y _. _metropolitanes t ' ablisliiiieii _tef-wiih ' all its yet unexplored abuses -in the ¦ nSrainistra ' tibh of propevty which IS held in trust for the people of this' country i ( Hear , * b ' ear . ) "Wis . t ; bink that such a house would ' loo k more closely th a n t ho ' present piie into colonial ti f attevs iu _cohuiixioti with' home finances , and ' would revise siich ' salnries ' as are paid' - ' to the governors of _dependeneies-like _Jamaica ,- ' tlio ; Cape , Mauritius ; Ceylon , ' Australia ; New-Zealand , _timl Labuan—governors- rejoicing in' tho _' ree eipi ; of , £ 2 ; OO 0 , A 00 . 0 , _£ 5 , 000 ;> _- ' andf _4-S ; 000 a yeaf ; . arid __ think-too' often that they earn it ¦> by / proclaiming _Partial law—( hear , hear)—banishing political refugees , offering _awards-foi * _meii "dead or alive ; hanging native
priests' in their robes , _taxin ' g _dogSjverandaB , and rifles ;* and _playing such " . fantastic tricks"' as not only ••' mako angels weep , "' biit compel idolatdrs to curse the British rule . ( Loud cheers . ) ' Such ' 'a house ,-wethii ) k ,. _vivouldifind ' somo 'other legislation for' -Ireland' thun-tliat _> _in- » tho form of curfew laws ; arms actsp crown : and _government security bills , andl . the suspension of the habeas corpus . "It would not be . afraid . to . lookthe Irish church ; with all its Bereslor d s in ; thofaco _. _ahd obliterate tho . » iekcn _ingl _' _speotaclopf pampered , hirelings , paid outof the poverty . ' of , _jthb > people ,. preaohing _; contontment / and _subordinationito the cliuvoh-ridden victiuiB of ? _hutvgerMhesjieotacle of lordly ; pr 6 _latoa / in ' fine _> rlihen , _vrith _well-fedtservants'in _- . _purploj . ! andipampored Bteeds _^ _wj _^ jng lo _^ _oiirey . _tneia ' _-iu ¦ _Qushioned-. " oar-
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_mges to -episcopal palaces , preaching the free _goa _" pie of Christ to starved humanity in filthy rags . ( Cheers . ) Should we bo correct in thinking that these are some of the matters that a reform of the House of Commons would causo to be looked into and corrected , then we think wo are rigVt in saying that tho true road to financial , coloni a l , fiscal , and Church reform , is the extension of tho suffrage and _ti'e _m-eaking up of our present system of borough ami county elections . ( Hear , hear . ) Should theso be your views , we ask you to aid us . Labour witli us to extend them throughout the kingdom ; and above all , seo that they are maintained and _actcJ upon u your own locality , and aro the guides of your own conduct and votes . Unite with
your reform brethren in every part of the country . Appear in your numbers and your strength . Together form one compact , indissoluble , and irresistible reform association ; and , in the sublimity of your aggregation , in the omni p ot e n ce of your blended energies , and the unconquerable resolution of your will , you shall soon obtain the victory , a nd w i n for yourselves and for your children thoso political rights which will give you and tbem tbe power to do something for the prosperity of this country and for the peace and welfare of the world at large . Tbe hon . gentleman sat down amidst loud cheers . Mr . Bishop proposed and Mr . PeI / 1 _hm seconded " The people , the true sourco of legitimate power . " Due honour was done to th ' i 3 sentiment .
Sir J . Wauislby , M . P ., on co mi n g forw a r d to address tho companv , was received with a hearty burst of eheers . He said lam here on the present occasion as President of the National Parliamentary and Financial Reform Association , and in such capacity deem it my duty to submit , as briefly as may be , the principles and objeots of that association . Thero may , however , be those present who do not fully comprehend the extent of our l a b ours , and to such I would say the extension o f the suff ra ge , tho vote by ballot , the a b olit i on of tho property qualification , and the more equal apportionment of representatives to population and property , are the means by which we propose to attain our objects- ( hoar , heat*)—those objects
themselves being good , cheap , and responsible government . We desire that all who directly or indirectly contribute to the support of tbeiv indigent brethren , should have a voice in framing those laws to which they are compelled to yield obedience , and in the distribution of those funds to which tiie poorer classes so largely contribute . We ask no one to surrender his own political opinions . We bid God speed to the real Chartist , to the advocate of temperance or ef peace . Neither do wo qu a rrel w i t h t h ose who hon es tly seek the separation of the church from the state . Our object is to unite all who desire to remove misrule
, of whatever nature or whatever kind , and to induce them to seek in the enfranchisement of theiv fellow-men to rule by tho will and for the benefit of the whole people . Economy , retrenchme n t , and reform havo been tho watchwords on every hustings , We desire to reduce them to practice , to remove class legislation , to m a k e government , instead of a scourge and a curse , a means of promoting the peace , happiness , and prosperity of the whole people . ( Loud cheers . ) A voto of thanks to the Chairman was cordially a gree d to , aud the company dispersed at a late hour .
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LATEST HOME NEWS . CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT . _Fougeuy . —John Johnson alias Dixon Dawson , aged 71 , seaman , was indicted for feloniously forging and uttering an order for payment of £ 100 , with intent to defraud Sir John Lubbock and Co ., bankers . —He was found Guilty , and sentenced to be transported for ten years . Charoe of _Murdei _? . —Mary Rook , SO , was indicted for the wilful murder of Elizabeth VVallis . — Tlie jury found ber Guilty of a common assault , and she was sentenced to be imprisoned and kept to hard labour for twelve months . ¦ _Aggrav ated Assault by a Police Constable . — John Horrigan , 34 , ' was indicted for feloniously cutting and wounding James Moseley , with intent to murder biro . In other counts the intent of the prisoner was laid to be to do him grevious bodily harm . De was found guilty of an assault , and sentenced to bo imprisoned , with hard labour , for 3 months .
Accident In The Temple.—On Friday Night ...
Accident in the Temple . —On Friday night Mr . Langham held an inquest at the Plough , Careystree t , _Lincoln's-inn-fields , on the body of George Du c k e tt , aged fifty , a house painter , who fell f rom a m a chi n e which w n s i n s ecur e l y fixed , while he was painting the front of the house of No . 5 , Unrcourtbuildings , Temple , and died of the injuries he received . Terdict , "Accidental death . " FiiiB . at Depwoiid . — About e le v en o ' c lock on Friday night a fire broke out in the soap manufactory of _Messrs . When and Co ., in the Bridge-road . The drying house , however , in which it commenced , was burnt down , and the contents consumed . From the . examination since made , no doubt is entertained but that the fire was caused from the _ovei heating ofthe drying stove . .
Impudent Robbery . — -On Friday evening , about five o ' clock , a man of respectable appearance entered the shop of Mr . Everett , New Compton-street , _Recent-square , and requested to lo fitted with a pair of Wellington boots . Mr . Everett suited him with a pair of boots , valued at 20 s ., with-which lie appeared to be highly pleased , and was apparently in the act . of paying for them when a man suddenly rushed into the shop , and seizing bis hat , which was laying on the counter , made off . lit a rapid rate . He was instantly pursued by Mr , Everett ' s custom e r ,
who made after the apparent thief , and both rapidly disappeared towards Gr _.-iy ' s-inn-lane , Mr . Everett loudly urging him to persevere in the pursuit . After waitinga ' considerable time in the vain expectation of , the return of his nimble-footed customer , the boot-muker began to suspect that ho had been duped and , upon communicating with the police , he was furnished with , the unwelcome information that several robberies had been committed recently by persons answering the description of bis * ' customers . "
Fall of the Bricklavers' Arms Railway Sta-TiON . —At the inquest held by Mr . W . Carter , on Friday , the jury returned a verdict of "Accidental Death . " ¦ Tub Gbavesend Fire . —At an inquest held on Friday to inquire into the cause ofthe fire , the jury returned the following verdict * . — " That two certain dwelling-houses , lately known as Nos . 65 and C 6 High-street , Gravesend , in the county of Kent , wore , on the llth of August , 1850 , burnt down and destroyed by fire , but by what means the said fire orig i n a ted , no evidence thereof hath been adduced . "
Execution at Mokmouth . —On Friday morning Patrick Sullivan and Maurice Murph y , age d respective ly 21 and 22 , who w ero fo und guilty at the last assizes of the murder of an aged'feiiialo pauper on the high road near Newport , were executed in front of the county gaol . Tho _. cuiprit Murphy confessed that ho first struck their victim with a stone , and that Sullivan finished the brutal work . Thoy hud killed her , ho said , b ecause , being in a famish'ing _' stafe , f romea t ing nothing for four oi * . five days but grass and vegetables stolen from the fields , they believed she had victuals in her basket ; and they did not intend to kill her , but only'to stun her sufficiently to effect the robbery without detection . , The , late Accident-ox the River Mersey . —At tlio inquest hoJd _. afc Liverpool on . Wednesday _^ the jury returned . a verdict , of '; _AcoideutallD . eath , " .
The _Cozmcr _nAXXAifGuRTisi- _^ -The execution of Hanniih Curtis , now in Gloucester county-prison under sentence of death for the murder , of her husband at Frampton Cotterell b y poison , was fixed f 6 r _tliis day ( Saturday ) , and all the awful preparations had been made . . At a late hour on Friday night ; however , a Queen ' s messenger arrived post haste from Scotland , where Sir George Grey is now sojourniug _, with a letter containing a respite of the execution " until her'Majesty ' s' pleasure shall be known . " . , . ' .. .-
Fire . —On ' Thursday morning , between one and two o ' clock , a five brok ' c out on the premises of Mr . J . Morris , briissfounder , No . o , Heiiiieagc-stvcet , Brick-laiie , _Spitaliields ., Th e inmate s wer e . aroused b y ii smell bt . smoke , and it was discovered that somo of the fittings-up of the shop were on fire , f An alarm ' wns given " , and tliofiro was extinguished , but not beforo .. considerable' damago was dono . to . the shop . The ovi g iiivof tho fire i 3 supposed to , bo a spark from a eiii'idle . , , , A , Solicitor charged with Foroery . —Mr . Henry Bla c khurst , _asolicitor , of Preston , has been apprehended on a char _/ ro of forging a . codicil to the will o his deceased wife . ; . ¦ . -. ; , : . .. : -. . ¦ _-. .
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¦ ;¦;¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ •• _ROYM OLYMPIC _T-HEATRE . f ' Since tho , loss , ' of Mr . Pd , wer , the line of Irish char a cters , Which liefilled with such ability , has been Vacant . "Another _aspmlhtfto' tho honour of the succession , . made his . first , appearance ; bri Friday night ,. the _lOtli inst ., in ; the person of . a Mr . ' ! Grantham ' , who has _^ played ; ono . or twp walking gentlemeh ' a _pavissinco , the opening oi' the' _hotise . The part ' selected aB . a test . of liis powers was ' _M'SKahe Bernard th
m Bay lb : ' _s farce . of e ' . NpfousMdn ; Mr . Grantham _is ' , ii young gontWman' off very tolerable figiiro and ' a ppear a nce ' with some .. yivaeity , and played'th ' o' part very fairly , ; c . ohYider . ih g th a t i t is ' abput ' the ; . most' / . . d i fficult ''' iii , '" th ' o' line . ' he cbul'd have' _^ _sdlccted : ' lie Wants ' _. / wci gnt and ag e for , tha ) particular part j ' thero is also a peculiarity 'iri _. his voice , ' which we'tiid 'not like , " ah ' d ; which be ' _^ _stWdeaT / piir _^ tiB ' correct ; , ' , ' } Ie '; _however , tlivew the Whole , successful . ' _, He Was admirably' supported 'b y , Mr . . „ _og _^ _iftttabw w the company engaged ia the piecei '
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_NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OP UNITED TRADES . „ .. __ .. _,. . . 'X , S . Di / ncombi :, Esq ., M . P ., President .. « t Established 1845 . •¦ > t , ' " _piat nwim . " . _¦• ' - : -: ' ' The progress of _fivShls during Ihe past w _ck have been more than usually satisfactory . From all parts of the country the correEjjonder . ee evinces the grist satis _f action j _^ iven to the members , by the ' support awarded to ihe tin plate workers of _Wiilverharapto ' n , and the strongest condemnation . of the _self-Wiijed and selfish conduct of that despotic clique , _wba would fain swallow up the whole proceeds , of the labour oftheir workpeople . The Central Committee
are strong ly enjoined to use Its whole powers to have justice done to the men , . while hopes are fervently expressed ( bat lh ? y _, on their part , will carefully avoid being led into any acU which may endanger _iheir cause . Tbe conduct of the men ,, up lo this time , has been admirable . Several meeting * have been held ami most numerously _attended . Th * " Book , " wbich has caused so much annoyance to a _Cfirtain portion of the _employers , has been discussed , and finally and foimerly adopted as thefature price book for the trade in _Wolverhampton ; a nd f r o m his time Mr . IS . Perry and his proteges , will be under the painful necessity of paying a v _« 7 reasonable and equitable price for any work ho or they may require to be done , by any _membir of the Tin Plate ffoikers' Society .
The following very important resolution has also been unanimously adopted : " That ibis meeting condemn tlie practice of men hiring themselves to t hei r empl o yers , as being contrary to the freedom of labour ; and any member of tbe society so acting shall be immediately excluded , and bis name , wiih the whole circumstances , forwarded to every society of Tin Plate Workers in Great Britain . And it was further resolved , tbat every member who basso h ir e d himsel f , since ibe question of establishing * book of prices has been in agitation , be immediately _'xeluded from the Tin Plate Workers' Society of Wolverhampton . "
There cannot be a system more injurious to the interests of labour than this one of hiring , with all the one-sided provisions wbich the employers contrive to introduce into the agreements . They are gen e rally made for periods , varying from one to ( our or five years , with « six months' notice from the man , after their expiration , be f o r e he c a n leave his employer ; while the employer , on the othi r band , takes lo himself the liberly of dirt-barging the maa a t a mon t h ' s notice . Now , any man who could sign such an agreement must be either a fool or a knave . He must he an egregious fool to surrender t o a n y employ e r hi s ri ght of locomotion , to forego his right to take _advantage of the contingencies whicb in a period of ihrce or four years may happen in any trade , whereby the value of labour may lie enhanced ; we think for a man to voluntarily place
himself in a position- to be compelled to brook any insults or tyranny which the employer or his foreman may use towards him , evinces an entire absence of common sense and the presence ef a mean and spiri t l ess soul , utterly unworthy the character of man . But if , as has been the case in many recent instances , these agreements arc entered into -b _kh a full knowledge of the unworthy objects they are intended ' to fulfil , viz—to enable a selfish el ' qu e of money-grubbers to perpetuate the injustice they have so long _practised upon their workpeople ; if for a bribe of a few paltry pounds ( not given , but lent , ) and a " _guz ' . le" of beer , a man is prepared to sell his own liberty and that of his fellow workmen , he must be one of the veriest knaves in existence ; and we think the Tin Plate Workers have done wisel y in deuouncing such a system , and in taking steps to prevent its future adoption .
We rejoice to learn that Mr . Perry has not succeeded in getting any hut the scum and refuse of the trade to sign his slavish bonds ; they are described to us as " Tinkers , " and not Tin Plate Workers ; and we sincerely hope they will stick to their worthy masters , and compel them lo perform their part of t he bargain , by muling them constant _employment . Plenty of work and little wages is what they are entitled t o , and tve hope they will not he disappointed . Tiie following disgraceful circumstance is au apt _illus ' fration of the mean , dirty , and shabby expedients to which these employers will stoop , in order to perpetuate theiv detestable tyrannies . An old man , named Hallet _, is in the receipt of a small
_weekly alms from the parish of _Wolverhampion upon going to tbe Board to receive bis usual allowance he found that a letter had been written to the guardians , reque s ti ng th e m no lon ge r to as s i st the poor eld man , that he had a son , a tin plate worker , w h o coul d have p lenty of work , an d who was perfectly able to maintain his father . To the honour of tho guardians , they said that the object of tho writer of ' tho letter was perfectly obvious , hut they declined acting upon the suggestions contained in it , and so poor Hallet came away with his usual alms . So much for the humanity and gentlemanly conduct ofthis _paraxon of capitalists . We think our readers will hare little difficulty in fixing upon the real " Simon Pure" of this ver y dirty transaction . And can the miserable man think
to accomplish his ends by means like these ? Is this mixture of cruelty and _vindictiveness , calculated to win either popularity or respect from either friends or dependants ? _Jlust not that cause be intrinsical ly bad and desperate , th a t r e quires such dishonourable expedients fo support it ? We seriously _ndvise these g entlemen , if they must still persist in resisting the legal and reasonable requirem e nt s of t he ir men , to do so in a manly and English spirit . But to coax men to sign one-sided a greements , hy g iving them drink money , and inducing them to involve themselves in debt for the purpose of making them more abjectly and completely slaves—warring against the poor and dcirjpit recipient of the national bounty—aro surely not the weapons which honourable men should use iu any war fa re !
Wo hope that tbe contemplation of acfsliko these will onl y tend to more firmly unite the men of Wolv er h a mpton in their en d e av ours t o' liberate themselves and their trade from such an odious tyranny It is to be hoped that the tin plate workers of other towns will watch tiie issue of tbis case . We believe there are few trades in Great Britain more favourably circumstanced at the present time than this , and none wherein a more liberal rate of wages would bo _movo easily enforced and maintained . Having little to fear from foreign competition , having at the same timean extensive and increasing export trade , there appear to exist all the elements of future prosperity , and both employers nnd
employed should , mutually agree to share theso ndvan- _tages . To eive to the ' emp loyed the power to de- maud that shave to which they aro entitled , a i thorough national organisation of the trade is alone ) necessary . With such an organisation , a uniformity r of prices could bo easily accomplished ; and wo a flatter ourselves that one of the advantages to be _e obtained from this Wolverhampton case , Vill be ' to o show the great power and utility of union , and thus s induce tbo various societies now isolated from each h other to pursue their common interest by a united d action . We havo _ groat satisfaction in reporting , tat it
during the last week , the Brass Wire Drawers of » f Birmingham , ami a body of Shoemakers of Norwich , b , have joined the national movement . The _Sadicrs rs of B'irminghnRi have also expressed their intention , on to give in thoir adhesion . We also omitted to no- totice , in p r e vious reports , the important fact , that lat tlie Flint Glass Makers of Great Britain , at their eit ' late cc-nfwencD in Birmingham , passed a resolution ion in favour of their different bodies joining the Na- Sational Association , and the committee havo teen eon lately informed , that most of tho local bodies lies forming that union may bo immediately expected _sted to send ' hv their adhesion .
The Central Committeo takes this occasion toi to _puWicly express their deep sense of the confidence _rocereposed in them so ungrudgingly by tho ineinhorsbors of the Association , ns evidenced by tho prompt _tind and . cheerful remittanco of the small additional levylevy ¦ called for on behalf of the Wolverhampton nien . nen .. Andthey bog . to assure them , that every exertidntidn i will be used , to bring that affair to a speedy : a nd : a nd I honourable _couclusion . 13 ut the honour of the the * Association demands that tho claims of these _niec _nieoo mu s t b e conce d e d , an d no c o mpr o mi s e c a n now Lew bee entertained ; Tho book , the whole , book , and _nol mm thing but the book , can now be accepted as u final iinaJi settlement , and we trust the employers , seeing theg tht < hopelessness . of further resistance , will SCe . _thfc . thlf wisdom _uud " propriety oi withdrawing their onr _opi positiou .. _; ,., __ , .. .... . . :,... _i William Pkel , Secretary , iry .
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_DKaTRuc-noK op an Inpuman bv FmE . —On . Sa ) n . Saa turday last intelligence was received at Lloyds . oyds . _oo th , e total . ' loss of . the Indiaman Zealand , _Cnuftaiinptaiiii Smith , by fire . . . The vessel was bound from _Loiidoiondoni to Bombay / a wl _on . ' tbe Iltli _, of July , when in l _.- » t .. J . 4 . it .. l . 44 long . 2 G , afire was discovered _ragii _ in the _bobi hohli So rap idly diil the Slimes ' travel , that in less _ihais _ihaw twenty minutes tho en tiro vessel was a complettnpletiti m a ss _, of fire , the crew and passengers , fifty in nuniinuniii ber , _liareiyhaving time . to get on board ; tho boats , boatss without securing any provisions orT water , and mu , sd mus _, * h a vo 'fperished ' . had not tho ,- French . ; ship Panu _ anur hove" in sight ; " -, They were , landed ; on . _Fndayifi & _ay !** Plymouth . r , Tl'e . ya } uc of the . vessel and . envga . _wsgf _t . _wui £ 40 000 ' . _'• " ' . ' - * •'• _. _' - _- _-n :::: ¦ _•'•' - ' , ¦ _•'• - _'; Tux BXKcijTioN . of Professor . Webster , _^ _tho _nino nam derei * of Dr . ' Pavkinaa , is , fixed ,, _to . _take _. plaoo on ! rion _ _riri uRy , th « Wh . i 08 t " . ' ; " ' *
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Aug. 24, 1850, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_24081850/page/5/
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