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M g_ 2v, 1848 l_ THE NORTHERN STAR. ^J L...
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PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW. The Public Health ...
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Lord G. Bentinck brought together a numb...
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The conduct ofthe " New Move Men." and t...
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CHALLENGE TO R, COBDEN, ESQ., M.P. Sir,—...
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RECEIPTS OP NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. Per Mr Cl...
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TOE THE DEMOCBAT. I beg to acknowledge t...
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TO THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL LAND COMP...
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Lebbs.— On Sunday (to-morrsw) evening, a...
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M G_ 2v, 1848 L_ The Northern Star. ^J L...
M _g _ , 1848 l __ THE NORTHERN STAR . _^ J L _^
" —" Hieh Thatsvstem Cause*? This Countr...
" — " hieh thatsvstem cause *? This country c _raraty tent 0 f soii sufficient , if properly F _^ Td s upport at least 100 . 009 , 000 of _•^ * be ' in"s " in plenty . Its population is _W _® e than _one-fourth of that amount . _^ p ? ° = ob whv there is any want among any Ti > . 0 f that population , is that the wealthy _F- orti - ° h ve taken possession of the soil ; lhat i _^ a _ttpcre" cap italists have swept into large " _^^ and hold in their hands , the moveable _C ? f _Mchat-reable wealth created by Labour _, rllord and capitalist unite in giving or _^ _holdino- labour , according as it suits their 111 ind ividual interest , not the interests oi ° " at large . Laws of Primogeniture and _tffii lock up God ' s earth from the use of _v _- - _feature s ; and " laws of supply and _de-* _S ¦ ' ' manufactured by cunning political _^ o _' _mists . first swindle the labourer out of e f fruits of his toil , and then doom him to -fflpulsory idleness and starvation , until it C _-J the interests of the capitalist to employ him
again-This accursed system must be destroyed , , d replaced by one which will be made _conffuant with the great principles of revealed S ] i _£ * ion . and of national justice—which will _rf 4 i ? 9 the command , ( : Dwell in the land , and ver thou skalt be fed . " Instead of wanderr _rCT 3 Vav t o the Antipodes to find a new labour field , let our working men remain at home , and help us to secure those political rights , which , when obtained , will enable us to make _Ecirlatid a happy home for all its children .
Parliamentary Review. The Public Health ...
PARLIAMENTARY REVIEW . The Public Health Bill , of which we were besinning to suspect we should hear no more , until it turned up at the end of the Session merely to be thrown overboard , has actually made some progress towards passing by the House of Commona . Ministers have , at last , ciown themselves a little in earnest , and after some half dozen alterations and
re-introductions of various kinds , have found a rest for the sole of their feet , and plucked up courage sufficient for a fair stand up fight for their bill . The gallant Member for Lincoln , relying on their " squeezability , " boldly tried to frighten them by _movinsr , on the motion to go into Committee , that it be committed that day six months , and polled , in support of his proposition , what the Colonel afterwards called
" one honest man at least . " He promised , also , that he would divide the House on every clause , a threat which , seeing- there are nearl y 2 00 clauses , if carried into effect , might have made this measure last the whole Session and _patofnext . But his firat defeat probably made him think better ofthe matter . He did not show face the next night at all , and long evenings have been spent quietly discussing and agreeing to the clauses with amendments .
Lord Ellenborcugh Gave The Question Of E...
Lord Ellenborcugh gave the question of _Economv an airing in the Lords . He showed that , under the head of Miscellaneous _Estimates , there had been , for several years past , a constantly increasing outlay , and that the expenses of Administrative Government -were continually growin _? . In 1 S 38 , the amount of these Estimates was £ 2 , 332 . 638 , while in 1 * 47 , it was £ 3 , 659 , S 01 , being an increase of £ 1-327 , 163 , and making all allowance for charges transferred to this from other
departments—showing an actual increase of Hot less than £ S 05 , 000 annually for the cost of Government ! As specimens of the mode in which this increase arises , we may cite the following . Iu 1 S 3 S , the Record Commission cost £ 2 , 063 ; in 1 S 47 , it cost nearly £ 13 000 . The Ecclesiastical Commission rose from £ 2750 O , in 1838 , to £ 3 . 440 , in 1847 . The Poor Law Commission bad risen in the same period from i' 54 . 252 to £ -59 , 200 . The Inspectors of Factories cost £ 9 , 055 in 1 S 3 S— £ 13 , 034 in 1847 . The Board of Trade had the whole charge of railway business , hut that it transferred to a new Board , expressly created for the purpose , at a cost of £ 12 , 000 " a year ; but though thus
_zett ' wgquitofahrge portion of its work , it has contrived to cost the country more in 184 " , than it did while the railway mania was it its _height , and it had all the business to do . In short , in every department of _domestic expenditure we find the same tenceuev to excess strongly developed , and it i « certainly hteli time that some check should te put to it . The excuses which are set up by the oScials are of the most flimsy and unsatisfactory description , and for our own parts we Eee no hope of a stop being put to such an _estravasant and unjustifiable outlay , until the people really control the levying of the expenditure of their own taxes .
Lord G. Bentinck Brought Together A Numb...
Lord G . Bentinck brought together a number of valuable facts on Tuesday evening , by _* ay of showing the actual state of the country _tnder the much-vaunted Free Trade _measure ? . The orators of that school in the House , and the Journals out of it , have been exceedingly wroth with his ' p lain-spoken Lordship , and call him all sort of bad names , for his damning exposure of the ! humbug ° _f their former pretences and prophecies . We kve not room this week to enter upon the cuestion at the lensrth it deserves . It is , however , a question tba ' t will not spoil by keeping , _£ 2 d in the mean time Lord George ' s facts and hurts mav be read with advantage .
The Conduct Ofthe " New Move Men." And T...
The conduct ofthe " New Move Men . " and tie character of the ' Dodge" they are _Utempting . hasbeen already so fully commented upon by Mr O ' Connor , in his letter , and in _bother column , that it is not necessary to do _JTiore than refer to it here .
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« J. P. Coeeett And Ii?- Feaegk O'Coxkor...
_« J . P . Coeeett and II ? - Feaegk O'Coxkor . — In Mr Feargus O'Connor's letter , in the _Nosthees Stab , of tie •' Mli of last month , tbere is an assertion of' the Cobbrtts , ' and others there mentioned , having received _= raeT as members ofthe ' Conrention ' of 1339 . On the ' ia instant ( May , _IS-iSj , Mr James P . Cobbett eent a . letter io the Editor of the _Xoetheen Stab , _contradictitig Mr O'Connor ' s _asstrtic n , saying that he ( Mr O'Con . _Eorj , must have known it to be untrue , and begging _tts Editor to publish this refutation . But Hr Cobbetfs Inter to the Editor has not vet appeared in the _S' _-sthzuk Stae . —May 17 th . [ Mr Cobbett mesthave bun aware that we excluded advertisement ? , also a _Eiss of correspondence for the last few weeks , to make room for Chartistintelligence , we now insert the above , snd return the sis shillings sent with it as an adver-„ t i _« ment . ] * ¦ a _Co-sssposdests . —We beg to state that Mr O'Connor's _whole time would be more than occupied , were he to
reply to every one iu fifty letters , which he receives from correspondents requesting an immediate answer . AU letters connected with the Land Company , must be _adcrejsed to the Directors . Mr O'Connor receives numerous letters ofthe following description : Sir , —If _ron tri' il purchase me Foot Acres of ground _tEd iaild " a cottage upon it , I will pay yon good in . _tirest for the money . —Tour obedient servant , T . B . SsiEFoLD . —We have received a lengthy address from the council of the Bradford branch of tbe National Charter _Assoriation . Were we to insert local addresses tre should be inundated with them , to the exclusion ef tiller matter . Every locality might as justly lay claim to _OttT space as oar _Bradford friends . We think that advice to , and calls upon the Chartists , as a body , ought _t-J emanate from the appointed Exeeutire . It is their province to direct and advise ; we therefore hope that _t cur friends will not _tafce it _emiss , should we giTe the _Stscutive _theprefersnee to our columns , and suggest tbat tht localities transmit their views to those
_gentle-Esnior consideration . * Yitsg Has . —Our readers are well acquunted with _, tie theory of co operative stores , _£ _* _- " OxosiXs . —So room . _-UDFOED .-We _carjnot'findrocm fer therales ofthe life aad Property Society . " * - J . _IUpwosth , Brighouse . —We cent all tie agent _Wderel . ¦ _F _^ - Joves . _ilertbrr _Tvdvil .-Tfce charge is 4 s . _£ d . JS _£ C : !!» ti ST Executive . —A ' Letter tothe Queen ' was _'"rived to'j late for insertion this _wetk . Ee Lam , _COMPANY . —A notice from theDirectors ref i-ect : i . - « Llc . i 1 Lrvie _, ' was received too late for
publi-,, _- _.= U > n in curpre .-ent number . ; . _- _* _-st Wirs . _—l'aislev , Leicester , and Exeter . _i-- ' iHs ~ _i £ , Manchester . _—Wha-t _address ? I 'U _'_ y _LocALirv . —To late for this week . _** ' _£ AiLtnsfa . 31 the CaixLerwell and Somers Town vf _^ _'tiet , next week . . . . " _CA-7 Et . —Kro'Cunrorhss received a pressing _lnyi-^' - ' _- ¦ - iroir , tbe working men of tbis city to attend a _^ _w-rartY ia the Guildhall . It is expected that the „ : « JCTv ; : ' . ! , « ; - ,. * . " .. _'" _--JUiian Harney has received 2 s Gdfor tbe Fra-V _^ ' LtmoiTats , the contribution of Mr _Kigg , Brogi p _^* e , netr Belingbam , per ilr ft ' . Eider . p f "' - « 7 , _Kcighlev . —The letter respecting the Odd " ons " , _shau appear in our pest ,
Challenge To R, Cobden, Esq., M.P. Sir,—...
CHALLENGE TO R , COBDEN , ESQ ., M . P . Sir , —You have called the Chartists " my
MYRMIDONS — " A small , insignificant , and very powerless party ""An organised faction of the very smallest dimensions "I now challenge you to meet me in the West Riding of Yorkshire on Whit Monday , to test your veracity , and there " the myrmidons" and I will meet you . The issue shall be the Chartist Six Points against your Bubble : — Confidence in rne or you : — And the propriety of postponing Hume ' s motion . Feargus O'Connor .
The Ballot. A Ballot Will Take Place At ...
THE BALLOT . A ballot will take place at S 3 , _Dean-Btreet , Soho , London ; to commence at six o ' clock , on Tuesday evening next , May 30 . li , and will he continued at subsequent adjourned meetings , until it shall have been concluded . The ballot will commence with the Four Aero class , and _thould that- class bs finished on the first day of drawing , the Three Acre _class will be proceeded * sith on the following day . The members of the Two Acre class will be the last drawn . By' order of the Directors , _THOMis Clabk , Cor . Sec . Office of the National Land Company , 144 , High . _Uolfeorn _, London , May 25 tb , 1848 .
Receipts Of The Bvationvax, Xi&L*Fd Comp...
RECEIPTS OF THE BVaTIONVaX , _Xi & l _* fD COMPANY , FOR THE WEEK ENDING THURSDAY , MAT 25 , 1818 .
PER MR O'CONNOR . _njiHES , £ e , d . Camberwell m 3 0 0 High Wycombe . 5 7 9 _YTestCowes - 5 i 10 Bolton .. 6 0 0 Birmingham , Good- Hawich - 116 win n 6 3 0 Newcastle-upon . Wandsworth .. 0 13 0 Tyne . 15 0 t Dundee „ 5 0 0 _Parfchead M 5 15 0 Ashton . under- Crewe _« 0 2 0 Lyne .. 1 5 fi Dover _» 4 16 Merthyr , Jones- 8 7 10 Preston , Brown 7 0 9 Horninghold M 0 19 0 Gloucester . 13 6 Sntton-in-Ash- _Horncastle .. 6 7 6 field , MeaMn ,. 0 4 6 Hull „ 3 5 0 Lambeth , « 2 18 2 Cheltenham .. 9 I 0 Littleborough .. 2 0 0 Merthyr _. iforgan 3 4 6 Walsall m 4 15 4 Northampton , Haswell .. 0 8 6 Munday - 5 0 0 Crajibrd .. 2 0 0 Globe & Friends 1 6 10 _Oswaldlwittle _„ 2 0 0 Dudley .. 4 12 6 Wigan , No . 1 M 3 13 10 Birmingham , Bacup i , 4 9 0 Goodwin H 3 0 0
Westminster M 0 5 0 Cardiff M 7 2 0 Retford _» 5 0 0 Nuneaton N 4 10 0 Hvde _. 2 0 0 _Skegby .. 2 10 W _' itham »• 310 0 Eccles _» 4 / 6 Nottingham , Accrington _» 4 16 0 Sweet M 9 7 0 Edwd Williams 2 14 0 Leeds M 5 0 0 Mary E Milner .. 0 3 0 Perth . - 1612 0 Alex _TiUeray _., 0 5 0 Radcliffe Bridge 4 8 6 Thos Barrett .. 0 10 Stalybridge m 8 O o Jas _Cbapman K O I 0 _Hasiingden .. _C 17 8 Saml W Bevan- v 0 1 0 Redmarlej .. 10 0 Harriet Towers 6 10 0 Oldham •¦ 0 10 0 Chas Pilgrim <• 0 9 0 Mold „ 2 0 0 John Savannah 0 10 0 Manchester n ll 16 6 Edwd Gladstone Newton Heath .. 15 0 0 Clark m 0 18 O Stroudwater „ 0 9 0 Thos _TilJfey ~ 0 IS 0 Sunderland „ 1 18 0 Geo Agne _^ M 10 0 Salisbury „ 5 0 9 John Hefierman 0 16 Bury , Coulter .. 7 0 0 Ci _< as Mowl .. 0 16 Blandford M 444 RH M 2 17 0 Mottram „ 5 19 0 Henry Shaw .. 1 18 0 Shoreditch n 110 Joseph _HachinM 4 4 6 £ _' 2 S 8 11 8
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EXPENSE PUND . Birmingham , High Wycombe 0 7 0 Goodwin a 2 0 0 _Parshead .. 0 5 0 Merthyr , Jones * 0 3 0 DoTer .. 0 10 Dover „ 0 3 0 Preston , Brown 2 18 3 Walsall ., 0 2 A Gloucester « 0 8 0 Wigan , No . 1 « 2 13 6 Horncastle .. 0 5 0 Bacup _~ 10 0 Hull .. 0 3 1 Doncaster , Down- Cheltenham » 0 19 0 ing M 0 2 6 Dudlev n 0 7 6 Westminster » 6 4 0 Cardiff .. 0 4 0 Do . Pickersgill .. 0 2 0 Skegby .. 0 16 Hyde « 3 0 0 Eccles _« 0 12 6
Witham „ 919 0 Accrington -. 5 4 0 _Nottinphim , _Latnbfth , Plaice 0 16 Sweet ~ 019 6 Thos Cook .. 0 2 0 Perth ~ 0 8 0 Baron Spolasco 9 2 0 Radcliffe Bridge 0 ll 6 Hy Badman M _o 1 6 _Stalvlsridge » 2 0 0 Joseph Smith .. 0 6 0 Oldham .. 0 8 0 John Buckwood 0 2 0 Stroudwater _M 0 2 0 Chas A Smith .. 0 2 0 Sunderland - 020 RH « Oil ? Blandford „ 0 2 0 HyReid .. 0 2 0 Mottram M 0 6 0 William Wilson 0 2 0 Shoreditch „ 0 2 0 ThosCussin M 0 16 Joseph Machin « 0 2 0 £ 32 16 10 Hum
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_ITEW _IsBSB _COBXPANT . Wm Harrison - 0 3 0 Dover .. 0 16 0 Owen Grimshaw 10 8 8 £ 10 19 8
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Land Fund , Old Company 238 11 8 Do . Do .. New Company ... 10 19 0 Expense Fund , Old Company ... 32 16 10 Rules ... ... ... ... 0 5 8 332 13 2 Bank ... ... . » ... 124 1 6 _£ 4 o 6 _ M _ 8 Wa . Dixoir . _Ceeistopuxb _Dorir , _Thob . Claek , ( _Corres . Seo . ) Phiup SI'G & ATa , ( Fin . Seo . )
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RECEIVED AT BANK . _Bucton Castle Lodge , No . S 35 of the Loyal Order of Ancient Shepherds „ _~ 29 0 0 _Hanchester H ., _« 28 7 6 T . Pbice , Manager .
Receipts Of Liberty Fund . Tamworth <• 0...
RECEIPTS OF LIBERTY FUND . Tamworth <• 0 5 0 Robert Jerris M 0 2 0 Kettering M 0 5 0 Dunblane N 1 0 2 Paddington , per Tiilibody .. 010 0 D West .. 1 0 0 Mr Side ' s Book , Somers Town , Lambeth ,. 0 ll 10 per Arnott - 10 0 Eye ~ 0 11 6 Halifax .. 7 0 0 Peterborough .. 0 9 0 Carlisle « 1 0 § Chnrwell , near Greenwich , per Leeds « 0 7 0 Clarke M 0 4 0 Dorset-street , Messrs Barrets . 0 1 6 Spitalfields , Thr e Cards H e 0 6 per Goodwin .. 0 2 0 Bradford .. 5 8 0 John Hill , Lin _8-Easincton Lane 0 3 1 honse » 0 0 6 J M . Stepney „ o 0 G _jgl 8 13 7 Jobk M'Csae , Secretary .
Receipts Op National Assembly. Per Mr Cl...
RECEIPTS OP NATIONAL ASSEMBLY . Per Mr Clark .. 5 0 0 Per Wheeler .. 8 12 0 _j _£ 8 12 0 The £ 1 , handed in by Mr M'Intosh , Newcastle , is included in tho above . John M'Csae , Secretary .
Toe The Democbat. I Beg To Acknowledge T...
TOE THE DEMOCBAT . I beg to acknowledge the receipt ofthe two sums of 16 s . and 9 s . from Mr Liddle , Preston , for twentj-. _fiveshares in theDafly Paper . W _* h . Ridee .
To The Members Of The National Land Comp...
TO THE MEMBERS OF THE _NATIONAL LAND COMPANY . Having been appointed Treasurer to the Subscription Fund , for losses sustained by Mr Oddy , and other allotteeg , at _O'Connorrille _, in cattle , 4 c , to the _yalue of nearly £ i 0 , 1 hare to announce that the receipts up to this date , amount only to the Bum of £ 5 2 s 9 d ; which , considering the number of members in the society , testifies but feebly for iheir sympathy with those who are their pioneers in the march oi progression . This may have arisen from the esciUment of tte times _having caused the subject to forgotten , the subscription will therefore remain open nntil Tuesday , 6 th of June , and the total receipts be published in the ensuing Star . All monies to be directed to Thomas 'Martin Wheeler , Farmer , _O'ConnorriJle , near Riekraanswortb , Herts . Thohas M . Wheeler , Treasurer .
Lebbs.— On Sunday (To-Morrsw) Evening, A...
Lebbs . — On _Sunday ( _to-morrsw ) evening , at halfpast six o ' clock . Mr Samuel Kydd will address a meeting in the Vicar ' _s-crofr . Babebley . —Mr Brook will address a meeting at Stock ' s Hill , on Tuesday evening , at _hulf-past seven o ' clock . # _Abekdeei ? . —The quarterly meeting of thia branch wiil take place in the Union Hall , _BJaekfriars-street , on the evening of Monday , the 5 th of Jane , at eight o ' clock . The _^ committee earnestly request ell those who are in arrears with their local or general levies , to settle the same without loss of time .
_SrrpsET . GiiEEN . —A great open-air meeting will ba held on the Green , on Monday next , 29 th inst ,, at b . 2 lf-past sis in the evening , when several eminent advocates of the _Peonle _' _s Charter , and Ireland ' s -wrongs will address the meeting . —A public open-air meeting every Sunday morning at nine o ' clock , on Nova Scotia Fields , Bird Cage , Bethnal Green-road , which will ba attended by several popular advocates
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Mr O'Connor And His Accusers. "W E Conti...
MR O CONNOR AND HIS ACCUSERS . "W e continue to receive numerous communications ! expressing unbounded confidence in Mr O'Connor , and denouncing his assailants , but any addition to the mass of resolutions and addresses on this subject already published is unnecessary . We express . our acknowledgements to the friends at Worcester , Yarmouth , Frome , Brechin , Tunbridge Wells , Dartford , Walsall , Warrington , Macclesfield , Newton Abbott , and several other places .
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Ovekden.—At A Camp Meeting Held Last Sun...
Ovekden . —At a camp meeting held last Sunday at this place , the following resolutions were adopted : — ' That this meetine adopts the plan of organisation propounded by the National Assembly ; and we who have not enrolled our names on the books of the National ( Jharter Association , pledge ourselves to do so forthwith , and recommend our friends and neighbours to do the same . ' * That we , the delegates of this district , think it highly necessary that the Northern Star should be published twice a week ; and that the Executive should publish a cheap
publication weekly . ' # Midglet , near Halifax . —The following resolu tions were passed on Saturday evening last , at a meeting of the members of the Charter Association : — ' That we recommend to Mr O'Connor the pro prlefcy of bringing : out the Stab on Wednesday and Saturday , instead of tho daily Democrat , as we tbink the people are not prepared to support a daily paper ; at the same time , if the Democrat is determined upon , we pledge ourselves to support the _sam 9 by all the means in our power . ' ' That we hereby call upon all tfee Chartist Associations in the empire to recommend the aforesaid plan to Mr O'Connor . '
Carlisle —At a meeting of the Council of the National Charter Association , Mr Robert Hughes in the chair , it waa decided . ' That although vre did not approve of tbe Assembly , and much of their pro * _ceedings , yet that we should Bend £ 1 to help to defray the expenses consequent upon their meeting . ' A resolution was also passed , 'That in the opinion of this council the National Assembly had nothing to do with tbe election of an Executive Committee , but as the country will be appealed to to elect one , we hereby pledge ourselves to support an Executive nominated and elected by the whole body of Chartilts , whoever the parties may be . Newton Abbott . —At a meeting held in this town on _Tuesday week , a vote of entire confidence _fias given to Feargus O'Connor , E _? q . Warrington—A Tote of confidence in Mr O'Connor was unanimously carried at a meeticg of tbe Chartist members , of this town , on Monday week
last . DRon , 5 DB !>* . —The Chartists of Droylsden suggest that England , Scotland , and Wales , be divided into 500 districts , and every district to fix upon some central place to meet at . All districts to meet on ene day—Sunday ; and let every meeting appoint a delegate to meet the Sunday following , at some central place to be hereafter named ; and let the people give their delegates instruction what they are prepared to do ; the delegates to be prepared to give the number of their constituents that _elested thera ; the delegates to sit only one day . SrocKPOBT . —Mr Rankin , of Manchester , delivered a very instructive lecture here on Sunday last , which gave general satisfaction . —Dr Reynolds , of Liverpool , also addressed the meeting ; and if we are to judge by the hearty responses bis sentiments elicited
there can be no doubt ot his being a favourite with the people of Stockport . Leeds . —Meetings are now being held nightly in the town and neighbourhood forthe purpose of forming sections ofthe Association , and very large numbers attend . Messrs Brook , Harris , and Tomlinson a _d dressed a meeting on Sunday eveninp , in the Vicar'a Croft , and at its conclusion seventy new members were enrolled in the section forming at the Bazaar . On Monday evening , Messrs Brook and Harris addressed the inhabitants of _Ilunelet , aud great numbers enrolled themselves . Oa Tuesday night , two meetings in the town were held ; and on Wednesday night the above gentlemen addressed a meeting at Wortley . The Association in this neighbourhood will be very strong . All who are desirous to enter can do so on Sunday evening , on application to Mr Brook , atthe Bazaar .
Middleton . —At a publio meeting of the Chartists and ether inhabitants of the township of Middleton and its environs , held in tbe Market-place , on Menday evening the 22 nd inst ., Mr Cooper in the chair , the following resolutions were _unanimously adopted , having been _f-upported by Messrs Kydd " , WeBt _, and Leach , in speeches of _sonl-stirriDg eloquence : — ' That the present condition ef the working aEd middle classes of society , as _wellaa the alarming distress of the commercial classes , is incompatible with the trne welfare of the community , dangerous alike to the security of life and property , and calls loudly for a better distribution of wealth , and a just and equitable system of government . ' ' That the principles of the People ' s Charier are just in themselves , and every way fitted to form the basis of a
_just _ and wise system of legislation ; and we pledge ourselves to _use every legitimate means to make the said document the basis of the constitution , and therefore most cordially approve of the gentlemen nominated by the National Assembly , as the Provisional Executive , viz ., Samuel Kydd , Ernest Jones , John M'Crae , James Leach , and Dr M'Douall . ' ' That we express our heart-felt sympathy with John Mitchel , now imprisoned in Newgate Gaol , Dublin , charged with various political offences against the existing government ; and resolve to use our endeavour to support our Irish brethren to achieve their national independence , aHd to thwart the Whig ministers in their blocd-tbi _« ty attempt to destroy the liberty of the subject , and to persecute the plain and honest Irish patriot , John Mitchel . '
Tremenbous Meeting at _Bradi-ord , Yorkshire . —Dr M'Douall having been expressed to'Bradford by the Executive Committee of the National Charter Association , in consequence of the alarming rumour of an expected outbreak was received here on Monday , the 22 ad instant , by the General Committee and a number of the newly formed National Guard , in uniform . The various sections were speedily called out , and successively marched in military order , with officers at their head , and the Cbartist colours dying , to a large open space of ground where a temporary hustings was erected for Lthe accommodation of the speakers , Dr M'Douall and Mr Lightowler . A procession was afterwards formed which paraded the town . The council met immediately afterwards
to hear sn account of the state of "ther districts from the Doctor , _T ? _hen they unanimously expressed their disapproval of any partial or premature insmrection . It was at once resolved to summon the neighbouring town and districts to a great and open air meetine ia Peckover Walk , oh Tuesday , the 23 rd instant . Bills were printed , and deputations sent off to Leeds , Halifax , Bingley , Keighley , & c , & c , to warn them ofthe great gathering . Early in the afternoon oi Tuesday , Bradford became verymnch thronged with Btr ngers from the _out-diftricta . At six o ' clock , p . m ., vast masses of people had collected en the walk , and received the Doctor , Mr Shaw of Leeds , Mr Ligh towler , and the Bradford Committee , witb lond ap plause . A very dense mass having assembled
around the _hviftiDgs , it was thought advisable to commence preceedings . Mr Shaw , of Leeds , was received with great applause , and had nearly concluded a mest excellent Bpeech when the head of the Halifax column was seen at the extreme left of the walk , marching in by sections , each headed by officers wearing white blouses and black belts , the Chartist rosettes and green caps with red bands , which had a very imposing effeet when the military bearing and Bteady march of the men was considered . On they came with music playing , banners flying , and the glittering pikes flashing in the sun . The column seemed interminable , bat when it did at length end such an imposing and _msjettic sight was presented that few have ever seen equalled ,
snd that none could gaze upon without amazement and awe . The immense space was filled , or rather paved with heads . The walls—the house tops—the trees—and every available " spot , were covered with swarms of human beings , clustering like bees , Mr Shaw , of Leeds , declared that he had never witnessed a larger meeting , except one , the monster one on Kennington Common , London . Every one else expressed his utter amazement afc such an extraordinary mass . Of course any human attempt to address such a mass was entirely eut of the question , nevertheless , the speeches of Messrs Lightowler , Shaw ( the members of the committee ) , Hurley , White , Smith , and Dr M'Douall , were received with great applause and clapping of hands by those who
could hear the words they uttered in louder tones than was consistent with graceful elocution . Tbe Doctor , at the close of his addrea ? , swore the people in to keep the peace ; to respect life and property ; to avail themselves of the right of arming ; to discountenance any premature outbreak , and never to cease agitating until the entire Charter became the law of fhe land . Every head was uncovered in front , and the word passing backwards , and on every side , the immense assembly registered their voice , and mo 3 t assuredly will keep it . A procession was afterwards formed , whioh marched through the town . Every window was crowded with ladies , and a complete lane of spectators formed through the streets .
AH terminated in peace and good order—for a very sufficient reason , that no power was greater than that of the people . If you wish to have the Charter , thon let every district do openly , and therefore legally , what Bradford his eo nobly done . Her example once followed by such towus as Liverpool , Manchester , London , Birmingham , Leeds , Aberdeen , Glasgow , Edinburgh , and Dundee , would prove tho actual strength of Chartism . The middle class are not alarmed ; the polios are idle ; the BOldiew have noihing to do ; and tho _magistrates know not what tod _3 ; neither would the government , if all England was like Bradford . God grant it may soon be so ! Tho people have only to will the Charter . Dr M'Douall
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left for London per mail , to attend his duties on the Executive on Wednesday morning . WEsr Auckland , ( County Durham . )—The men of West Auckland have united for the promotion of the Charter , and havo taken a commodious room , in which they assembled on Sunday last . Thoy request instruction from the Executive , relative to the Plan of Organisation . TO THE _CnARTIST COMMUNITY OP GREAT _HHITA 1 N . Manchester . — Friends and Brother DEMOCRATS . —I appeal to yeu in the name of the delegates assembled at Middleton , en { the 14 th day of May , and wish to direct your particular _attontion to the resolution passed by them as below . This debt has already been shamefully ftoo long due ,
and therefore I trust no language of mine is _necessary to arouse you to a sense of duty . Tho individual on whose behalf and just right I am addressing you , generously lent us in the hour of our distress his pecuniary and personal aid , and requires nothing more than lhe money advanced by him to our _caiiFe when we so much required it . Surely this is sufficient , without detailing his urgent necessities , to enlist your strenuous efforts amongst your brethren to subscribe their mite in order to settle this long pending affair . Your communication on this subject will be gratefully received by yours , in the great cause of human emancipation , Thomas Rankin , 59 , Ronald-street , Lloyd-street , Oldhamroad , Manchester .
_ Resolved , — ' That Mr Rankin _exereise his diecretion in taking steps to induce those districts which have not yet remitted their quota towards liquidating Mr Barrow ' s just and urgent claims , to lose no time , but forward their contributions without further delay . _'^ _ggto
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_Bnmir-GHAM . —A distriot delegate meeting waa held on Sunday Inst , at the Ship Inn , Steelhouselano , when ten localities ia the diotrict were _lepresented . Mr Insull reported from the Assembly . A camp meeting was proposed to bo held on the new Estate , near Bromsgrove , on Whit Sunday . The _meetieg was adjourned to Sunday , the 28 th , when each locality is requested to send delegates . _Petekborougu . —A meeting was held at the house of E . Scholey , Midgate , on Sunday last , when a
branch of the National Charter Association was formed , and the requisite officers appointed , nfter which it was resolved : — ' That meetings should be held at the above-mentioned house every Saturday afternoon , at half-past two B'cloeh , frr the purpose of enrolling members and receiving subscriptions . ' All members are particularly requested to attend on next Sunday afternoon , ns tbe nomination for the Executive and the Commissioners will then take place . A subscription has been entered into towards the £ 10 000 Fund .
Loxgtojj . —Working Man ' s Hall . —Mr Abbs , delegate to the National Assembly , lectured in tho above hall on Snnday evening , May 21 st , to a cn . wded and attentive audience . After which Mr O'Connor ' s letter and the organisation of the Chartist Association _, were read from the _Nobtdebn Stab , which was received with loud applause . At the close ot the meeting , forty-two names were enrolled in the books of tho Association . Afterwards , the council proceeded to adopt the rules , if sued by tbe National Assembly , for organising the Chartist body . They divided the locality into four wards , and appointed wardmen and other officers , to carry out the objects of the Association . A lecture will be delivered in the above hall , by Mr Abbs , on Sunday evening , May 28 th , at six o'clock .
Longford , kear Coventry . —The Chartists of this placo held a meeting at tbe house of George B * ntley , the Victoria Cottage , on May the 22 nd , when forty persons enrolled themselves , and passed a resolution to be guided by the Executive of the National Charter AasociatioB . Also , a vote ! of thanks has been passed to F . O'Connor , Esq ., M . P ., the champion of the f eople ' s rights . _BiRMif-GHAM . —Mr John Mason delivered a highly interesting and instructive lecture at the People's Hall , on _Sianday evening , upon the condition of the people in this and other countries , showing the causes of their political and social _degradation .
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_Mertbte _Tvuvnv—Accordipg to announcement , a lectnre waB delivered by Mr W . Gould , grocer , on the present and future _prospeots of this country , when he clearly demonstrated , to the perfect satisfaction of all present , thafc a most extensive reform oust be granted without delay . The Land members will meet in future on Monday evenings , at seven o ' clock , at the usual place , back of the Three IIorBe Shoes . The large room is open every evening as a reading-room .
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" south London . —lhe following resolution was carried at a large meeting at the South London Chartist Hall , on Sunday , May 7 th , and waa delivered at tbe office ofthe Northern Star on Monday , the 8 th , but has Dot before appeared : — ' That thia meeting believing it to be unjust to condemn any man until he has been tried and found guilty , protest against the conduct of those delegates of the National Assembly who , in order to lessen the popular influence of Feargus O'Connor , endeavoured to change the nsme of our society ; and we also protest against the conduct of those who , under the pretext of the Star not representing the interests of the people , are doing all they can to establish a paper to supercede it . —[ We do not remember to have Been the above resolut _' on before . ]
_tST A similar resolution has been forwarded to us from tbe Blue Lion locality , Bethnal Green , which we have not room for . Westminster . —At a meeting of the Chartists at 83 , _Dean-street , on May 21 st , Mr Wilson in the chair , the following resolutions wore adopted : — * That we divide London into four districts for the better organisation of members . ' ' That cards be printed and distributed amongst the tradesmen of this locality , for the purpose of exhibition in their windows for the agitating for the Charter , and that the members resolve to support to the _Htraost those
that exhibit the cards . ' Mr Vernon then gave a talented lecture on the ' Organisation of Labour . ' Bermondsey . —At our usual weekly meeting the following gentlemen were nominated for the Executive Committee : —' Messrs M'Crae , M'Douall , J . Leach , S . Kydd , Ernest Jones , T . M . Wheeler , and Feargus O'Connor . ' The whole of the present Commissioners were nominated for the ensuing twelve months . A public meeting will be held at Mr Fowler ' s , Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk , on Tuesday evening , May 30 th , for the purpose of confirming the new Plan of Organisation .
West London District . —At a meeting of delegates from the six localities in this distriot , held on Tuesday evening last , at the Standard Coffee House , _Wells-etreet , Oxford-street , _atter the diBpatch of business of a pecuniary _charaster _, the queation ofthe organisation of this district was discussed , when it was unanimously agreed to reoimmend to the localities to elect two delegates from each in the district , to attend at S 3 , D 3 _sn-street , on Tuesday evening next , at eight o'clock . Paddixgton . —The People ' s Charter . —A public _meeting , convened by the Emmett Brigade , was held at Irongate wharf , Paddington , on Sunday aftsrnoon , May 21 st . A platform , composed of strong timbers , was erected on the premises of a thorough
Democrat , residing at No . 9 , in tho above wharf , granted in consequence of the unwonted interruption ofthe meeting on _Paddington-green _. on the previous Sunday , by the police . Mr Trebilcock was unanimously called to the chair , and briefly opened the proceedings , and called on Mr Stallwood to _addreBS the nesting , who pointed out very clearly the disadvantage of being unrepresented , and , consequently , unprotected ; demonstrated that the People ' s Charter was the best and moBt effectual mode of representation ; warned the people of the evil of division ; and called on his audience to organise . He was followed by Mr William Dixon , in a long , luoid , and able speech , ia which he reviewed municipal , six pound , manhood , and residential Buffrage , at * d
showed their short comings and inferiority to the People ' s Charter—called on the Chartists to form themselves into compact bodies , and to stand firm for their whole right ? . Mr John Savage , in succeeding him , illustrated the * evils of class and misrepresentation , by means of the enormous amount of poverty and destitution prevailing in the neighbouring parish of Marylebone , and the consequent burden of the poor rates , and stated that a determination was come to to apply to tbe government for a portion of tho crown lands , on which to employ the poor _reprodnctively . They intended to ask for one thousand acres of E ping Forest , on which they would undertake to build cottages , and locate 800 families . fLoud cheers . ) In conclusion , Mr Savage said , unless tho
people were represented in Parliament , a social revolution would inevitably ensue . Mr Vernon also forcibly addressed the meeting , After which Mr Dethridge , an old trades' unionist , moved a vote of thanks to Messra Dixon , Stallwood , Savage , and Vernon , for their attendance , which was carried , and a similar compliment was paid to the chairman , who , in acknowledging the compliment , announced that another meeting would be held at the same spot on Sunday afternoon next , May 28 rh , afc three o ' clock , and this long and very attentive meeting quietly _t-ejiarated . The Emmett Brigade is rapidly increasing in numbers . Scarce a meeting is held but an addition of twenty or thirty is added to tho National Charter Association .
Somers' Town . — A very numerous and highly respectable meeting was held on Sunday evening last , at the Masons' Arras , Britannia-street , King ' _s-Cross . Mr H . Marriott in the ohair . Mr Hutting addressed the meeting at some _length , in a neat and appropriate speeoh , on the principles of the 'People's Charter . ' After whioh , a locality was formed , and the officers duly elected under the now system of _urbanization . A vote of thanks having been passed to the lecturer and chairman , the meeting separated .
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_^ Chapman ' s Coffee House , —No . 2 of the Wat Tyler League , meets at this house , _Churoh-etroet , Shoreditch , every Sunday evening , at eight o'clock . —A new Chartist looality has been formed at tho corner of James-street , Hoxton , p . ear to the Britannia Saloon , which meets every Wednesday ovening Mr Mauader May will deliver a lecture there on Wednesday evening next . Tower HAMLEiH . —Messrs Sharp acd May still continue to hold their monster meetings iu Bishop
Bonner ' _n Fields , aud tho addresses to tho middle classes are lengthy and very well received . After the meeting was over on Sunday last , they were followed by hundreds to tho Prince Albert , where a great many enrolled as members . In the _evening Mr Alexander Sharp dolivered an address to the middle classes , and explained" the principles of the People ' n Charter , at the Wolverley Arms , South Conduitstreet , _Bcthnal-green-road . The address was very warmly received by tbem , and it induced thirty-3 ix to join and form a new locality atthe above house .
Greenwich and Depifoed , Chartist Meeting Ro > m , 39 , Butcher-row . —Mr Floyd in the chair . The fallowing gentlemen were elected _4 o serve as the general council — Messrs Oxford / _Pierre , ' Floyd , Morgan , Crump , Hubbard , and Frier . "' Mr Frier , treasurer , and Mr Morgan , _eesretary . It was proposed and carried , — ' That we nominate the Provisional Executive , to bo tbe Executive for the next twelve months . The Femai . es . —The females of the Tower
Hamlets bave formed themselves into a most _flourishing sooiety . They have already commenced to agitate throughout the districts , and have resolved ts deal _aiid lay out their money with those tradesmen only who recognise tho principles of the Charter , _aubsoriba to the funds , and are enrolled Chartists . This will produce good . Mr Maunder May is their President . This locality meets every Tuesday evening , at _half-pasi seven o ' elook , at the Albion , Wilmott . street , _Bsthnal-green , where females are requested to attend .
Thb Wat Ttlbb Chartist League . — A public meeting wa 3 held at 42 _J , _Church-Btreet , Shoreditch . Mr H . Maunder May , the President , in the chair . The meeting wa _» addressed by Messrs Charles Maoarthy , J . Berger , W , Payne , W , Brewster , and John Button . Several new members joined . This League meets every Friday night , at eieht o ' clock , at Perry's Coffee-house , Church-street , Shoreditch . Marylebone . —At a meetiDg of the members of this locality , last Sunday eveEin _? , an animated _ditcussion took place on the proposal to establish a daily paper under the control of Mr O'Connor , when
the following resolution and amendment were put to the meeting : — 'That this meeting approves of the proposal to establish a daily paper in shares of one shilling—no person to hold more than one hundred shares—and that it approves of Mr O'Connor having the entire control of the paper . ' Amendmeat—• That although we have confidence in Mr O'Connor , we deem it a better plan to place the pager under the _csntrol of a Committee—to be elected annually by and from the shareholders . ' The amendment was carried . Notice—The members are particularly requested to attend next Sunday evening at eight o ' clock .
Memopomtak Delegate Coun mi , Mav 25 . —Mf Cumming in the ohair . Minutes read and confirmed . Messrs Lacy and Workman _presented credentials from Wallace Brigade . Proposed by Mr Allnut , and seconded by Mr Brewster— "f hat a Speoial General meeting of the Council be appointed [ for Thursday next _. _^ w hen all the delegatea are requested to be in attendance , and to bring from their localities a sum equal to a half-penny per member , for the purpose of clearing up the accounts of the Council and Convention . '— Garried . _ Messrs M'Carthy and Brewster were appointed auditors . —Wm . Tapp , secretary .
South London—On last Wednesday deputations from Greenwich , Deptford , _Horselydown , Lambeth , and Bermondsey , met at the Duke of Sussex , Grange Walk , Bermondsey . for the purpose of organising a South London district , in accordance with the new plan of organisation . After transacting some preliminary businfss , they adjourned till Wednesday , May 31 st , at eight o ' clock , when ifc is requested that _a-1 localities in tho district thafc have not sent a deputation will do bo . Chartism in S * Pancbas . —On Sunday evening last , Mr Dixon addressed an enthusiastic meeting at the Bricklayers' Arms , _Tonbridge-street , Newroad , and was much applauded . Several members were enrolled on _. the samo evening . —Mr Uttin ?
lectured at the Masons Arms , Britannia-street , _Graysinn-road , a new locality was formed , and officers apr-. dnted also on the same evening . —Mr Hunible delivered a lecture afc the Nottingham Arms , _Osiulston-street , which gave great satisfaction to a crowded audience . Thirty members were enrolled . —On Tuesday evening last , a meeting was held at tho Jolly Farriers High-street , Camden Town , which was addressed by Messrs Vernon and Child . Twenty members were enrolled . —Great praise is due to Messrs Gladwin , Child , _TJttiDg _, Johnson , and Smith , the Agitating Committee ofthe district , for their exertions in getting up , and for their attendance at these new localities .
The Albion . —This locality which meets every Snnday evening at the corner of Willmott-street , _Bethnal-green-road , is going on prosperously , and have enlisted a number of new members .
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• Union forthe ifiUion , ' Friends , — It is with pleasure we again address you on the great question of National Organisation . It is a principle dear to us , and which we are exceedingly anxious to see fully carried out . Before this can be done , our principles must be thoroughly understood , and deeply impressed upon the minds of the working classes . The object of these remarks is intended to develop one of our fundamental principles , i . e _., that of mediation .
By mediation we mean the appointment of members of the Central Committee , or other offieers of the Association , to wait upon and consult with masters and men , in case of a trades' dispute ; with the view of effecting an amicable adjustment of all such disputes . This is , therefore , what we mean by mediation ; and we think , when the principle is fairly examined , every candid mind will at onee concede it to be infinitely in advance to the old mode of settling trades' grievances , and as such , is better calculated to accomplish our objects ; for , we must admit , that when once a ' combat takes place between masters and men , it becomes between them a trial of strength for mastership ; and no one is desirous
of being regarded as a vanquished party—so that , when a contest is commenced , both are unwilling to yield the struggle . To obviate these injurious conflicts mediation is adopted , knowing that men and employers will often concede that by honourable negociation , involuntarily , which they would not do if a contest had to decide the matter , Mediation is intended to prevent such conflicts by obtaining an interview with employers , and , in a calm and dispassionate manner , point out the evil tendency of reducing workmen ' s wages ; to show them that such reductions are had recourse to , In many instances , in order to indulge a spirit of fierce competition , to enable them to sell cheap—as cheap as some of their less honourable neighbours , who , in their turn , would also reduce wages still lower , as
they are determined to obtain a name in the market for doing business ; so that by such reduction but little benefit accrues to the employer—it adds but little to their wealth , but makes the workman miserably poor ; as they must know that even now the labourer receives but a small portion of the profits arising from his industry * that , in many cases , it is absolute mockery to call it remuneration , as it only protracts a lingering life of suffering , renders existence intolerable , and drives men to intemperance , to idleness , and pauperism , who , otherwise , would be temperate , industrious , and comparatively independent . Masters so reasoned with have , in many instances , withdrawn a threatened reduction of wages , and a kind fellow fellow feeling has sprung up between them , which makes their respective situations so much the more agreeable .
Employers , we may be told , are not all alike . We grant it . We know that there are two classes of employers—the well-disposed and the evil-disposed . One is desirous that the workman should receive a fa > - compensation for his labour , and is , himself , satisfied with a just remunerative profit upon the outlay of his capital ; while the other , prompted by a spirit of selfishness , is determined to ' add field to field , and house to house ; ' his thirst for gain knows no bounds , and to realise his base purposes , he robs the labourer o { his hire , tramples justice and humanity under hia feet , and descends to the lowest and most disreputable means to impoverish the workman , to destroy the more honourable employer or force him to abandon his ideas of seeing his industry properly rewarded .
It is this class of selfish and covetous employers to whom the working classes owe the wrongs and sufferings they are now , and have so long been , enduring , and that still threaten , if left unchecked , to overwhelm us in utter ruin . It is only a few days since we were called upon to sec one of these sort of men . He employed a number of skilled operatives , who had served a long apprenticeship to their trade , and whose wages he was most anxious to reduce , and , iu justification of his evil intentions , referred us to the earnings of brewers and farm labourers , and gave us to understand that he should do all in his power to reduce the skilled operative to such a level ,
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as he could not see why -. killed labour should be belter paid tban brewers and agricultural labourers . Such were the desires of this man , and he only spoke the real sentiments of many more of his With such employers it may be said that mediation is of no avail . But , in answer ( o this , we must say that the power and success of negociation is de _» termined by the amount of strength at its _bacl : _^ whether that strength be numerical , moral , or pe _^ cur . iary . If the individual , appointed to med ate between two contending parties , is only the representative of a few , then , indeed , is mediation but of little service , und success need not be anticipated ;
but if , on the other hand , he is the representative of a large and well-organised confederation , then is he strong , and these grasping , covetous despots would quail before this formidable force , and be compelled to yield to the dictates of justice and humanity . ' With the good and the honourable such a power is unnecessary ; but , with the evil disposed and tyrannical , such _' a powRr is highly essential , and against whicii they would be unable ' to stand for a single moment—inasmuch as all resistance would be futile 9 and we should be in a position to shield his men from suffering through his unjust exactions , by giving them profitable and reproductive employ ] ment .
If we are anxious , therefore , fo put an end to oppression , we mu 3 t give practical effect to mediatorial interference , by arming our representatives with a power proportionable to the greatness of the undertaking , or these unprincipled capitalists will laugh at our efforts , and treat our agents with base and unmerited contumely . The practicability and efficiency of mediation , we think , has been amply demonstrated during our existence and operations as an Association , as will be seen by a reference to our monthly reports , where such _c-ises as they have occurred _. havebeen from time to time duly laid before the members and the public ; and our members , especially , ought to possess
themselves of this _useful periodical , in order to Know what the National Association is really doing . Disputes of the most threatening aspect and of a most serious nature , which at first appeared to baffle the power of union to settle , have been satisfactorily adjusted by the moral power of tbis Association by means of mediation , and which is an undoubted proof of wbat might be accomplished , providing our power were enlarged , and a more general and comprehensive organisation was in existence , and when tho working classes are fully aroused to a sense of duty , and are prepared to look after their own interests , by the adoption of so sound and so rational a system , their emancipation would be certain .
Not only has the efficiency of mediation been de veloped by this Association , but also in Frauceo Since the revolution of February , some of the most important and serious disputes between mastei s and men have been amicably settled , under the pvesi * dency of Louis Blanc , the arbitrators being c imposed of an equal number of employers and the employed , and the result was the complete restoration of mutual confidence and good feeling . Besides , the same great principle is recognised ond adopted too , by almost every civilised state in Europe , ond advantageously carried eut between one nation and another . By its judicious exercise ,
deep rooted jealousies have been _allayed—national animosities dispelled—cruel and devastating wars prevented—hostile nations civilised—and , above all a glorious impulse given to the golden stream o universal fraternisation and human brotherhood , which will ultimately fill every nation of the earth with peace ' and good will towards men . ' Shall we the working classes of Great Britain and Ireland , neglect to cultivate and carry out legitimately this great social principle which is so eminently calculated to redress our long injured wrongs ? All that is good and great forbids it ; and pur sufferings and numberless privations demand that we should use it .
Another view we wish you to take of mediation , is the small amount of pecuniary resources it requires . If a strike has to be maintained , then an indefinite sum is needed . Take , for instance , the cost and loss occasioned by twelve solitary strikes in Manchester , Preston , the Potteries , Glasgow , Lanarkshire , Leeds , and Bradford , which amounted to two millions two hundred and sixteen thousand and nine pounds . This great sum was expended in twelve strikes ; and if you will take as many cases that have been under the entire control of the Central Committee , and which have been satisfactorily settled , you will then find a great balance in favour of mediation . Just let us place them in opposition to each other , —Twelve strikes , £ 2 , 216 , 009 . Twelve _successful cases of mediation , where serious reductions have been prevented , not
£ 300 ; balance in favour of mediation , £ 2 , 215 _, / 09 , This is an important consideration , and must have great weight with the enslaved starving millionj in these times of depression in trade , low wages , and increasing taxation , and in the salutary tendency of mediation , all classes of society are deriving considerable advantage , because we all know that strikes impede our commercial operations , plunge the localities , in which they occur , into commotionshake , for a time , all confidence—give rise to empty tills for shopkeepers , provision dealers , and others , which are all obviated when trade disputes are brought to a satisfactory termination through mediation . We trust , therefore , the great pecuniary saving arising to the working classes from tbe practical working of this principle will have its due effect , and lead them at once to assist by their union to increase its power and success .
From the nature and tendency of this plan , we are inclined to regard it as one of the cheapest and most satisfactory methods ws can adopt to settle our disputes . That it infinitely transcends in utility and success the almost exploded system of strikes , every one will admit , and that it is undoubtedly destined to be one of the ' principle elements in effecting an amelioration of our social and physical condition is certain , and will also impart more stability and permanency to the mutual agreements of workmen and employers .
It now remains for the industrial classes to increase the power and to extend the benefits of this principle by organising in one national union , where your hitherto scattered and divided energies will be conscentrated , in order to bring your united power to bear against the aggressions of capitalists , and for the obtainment of your just rights . And surely , if there be righteousness on earth or justice in heaven , the day cannot be far distant when labour ' s sons shall er > joy an equitable share in that wealth they create . To hasten that day you must organise ! unite ! Be firm , and it will burst upon you in all its glorious fulness and realitv .
The Central Committee of the above Association , met on Monday and following days for the transaction of general business . A great mass of correspondence bas been received from all parts of the country , also the following reports—Northwich , Mr Humphries reported to having waited upon the Salt Rock miners , for the purpose of settling a dispute between them and their employers . The nature of the case is simply this -. The Salt Rock trade is in a healthy state , and the miners thought they were entitled to an advance of wages for that object it was that Mr Humphries waited upon the employers , nnd we are happy to say ultimately succeeded in procuring an advance of sixpence per day one or two masters , however , objected to give this , and the men struck work ;
Hasel Grove Mill . —Mr Humphries succeeded in satisfactorily settling a dispute between the spinners and tlieir employers . This case was one of unbearable tyranny , as the men were subjected to cer _« tain heavy deductions in wages in the shape of fines , for being unavoidably short m their counts at the time of their ' doffings ' the matter has been adjusted , and we trust the evil for ever abolished . __ Leek Silk Winders . _—MrtHumphries _' succeeded in stopping a serious reduction in wages offered to the Silk Winders by one of the employers , amounting to about twenty . five per cent . The deputation was received in the most respectful and courteous manner , and after an interesting discussion with the employer , the dispute terminated to the entire satisfaction ofthe men .
New _Chuhch . —Mr Parker reported that on the 8 th inst ., he had an interview with one of the employers in the woollen block-printing trade , the object of ivhich was to induce the master to pay the same price for printing stair carpeting as other manufacturers in the neighbourhood , as the meu did not think it was right for them to be working at a less price than others . The master , desired a little time for consideration . On the 10 th inst ., Mr Parker again waited upon the employer , who agreed to give the price the men asked for . The result of this case of mediation was received by the men with great pleasure .
Mill Bridge , —Mr Shackelton reportedfthat on Monday , the 15 th inst ., a serious reduction hadbeen , offered to the blanket weavers of that place , but on his proceeding there , the masters had withdrawn it , and the men returned to their work . So much for the moral power of the Association .
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Northern Star (1837-1852), May 27, 1848, page 5, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_27051848/page/5/
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