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I > U _BARRI'S HEALTH RESTORING FOOD * : TBE REVALENTA ARABICA .
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C AUTION . —The most disgusting and injnrious compounds being sold by unscrupulous _speculators npon the credulity ofthe Public , under close imitatioa of tbe name of DU BARRY'S REVALENTA ARABICA FOOD , or wtih » pretence of beinj- similar to that delicijss aud invaluable remedy for Indigestion , Constipation , Nenrous , BUious , and Liver Complaints , Messrs . DU BARRY and Co . caution Invalids against these barefaced ittempts at imposture . There is nothing in the whole _ratable kingdom that can legitimatclj be called _suoub to _ju Barry ' s Revalenta Arabica , a plantwhieh is cultivated bj Du Barry and Co . on their estates alone , and for the preparation and pulverisation of which their own _patent Machinery alone is adapted . Let Corn Chandlers sell their pease , beans , lentil , and other meals nnder their proper names , and not trifle with the health of Invalids _andJn-
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have not had any dokness ; at the stomach since I commenced vonr Food , & c- I remain , gentlemen , yours very SnhMu _^ _lWB _* . ' _ofFatrnleyTyavtorkshire . —StSavleur ' _s , Leeds , December 9 th , 1847 * . t . ; ¦ ;• _GeBtiemen , —I am happy to be able to inform you , that the person for whom the former . quantity _wasproCured _, has derived very great benefit from its . use ; _disteessing symptoms of long standing have been removed , and a feeling of restored health induced . Having witnessed the beneficial effects in the above-mentioned case , I can with confidence recommend it , and shaU h ' av > much pleasure in so doing whenever an opportunity offers , & c . -1 am , gentlemen , very truly yours , James Shorlasd , late Surgeon
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pANTERBUBY versus ROME , CHRISTIANITY IN RELATION TO BOTH . In accordance with a desire generally expressed , _ERSEST JONES wiU repeat the two lectures on the above subject at THE NATIONAL SCHOOL-ROOMS , COWPER-STREET , CITY-ROAD , On Monday , January the 6 th , and On Wednesday , January the 15 th , 1851 . Admission : —Hall , Id , ; Platform , 3 d . To commence at eight o ' clock precisely .
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_I _^ HE LONDON CO-OPERATIVE X STORES are now opened at 76 , _Cuablotie _Si « Eirr , ; FiTZBOT Square , In connexion with the Society for . Promoting "Working Men ' s Associations . ' 1 . —Object of the _Stoses . To enable members ofthe above-named Association , and other persons who may desire it , to obtain articles , of daily use perfectly free from adulteration , of the best quality , and the lowest charge , after defraying the necessary expense cf management , distribution , and providing for a reserve fund . - _-....- _• _- - "' . Co-operative stores haye . been established with much success in different parts of the kingdom . . The benefit to the subscribers may be judged of from the fact that the subscribers to the Pioneer Store in Rochdale , divided . in tbe last year £$ 00 afterpayment of all expenses , although the goods were charged considerably below the ordinary price . 2 . —Operations of the _Stobes . Wherever practicable , orders will . be taken at the houses of _customers , and goods will in all cases be promptly and carefully delivered .
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' . ' -i _* _SELFiENOWLEDGE . —CHARACTER BY _^ _A _- _^^^ _VGRifHIOLOG / _SviU . . ... . . . ' , . _. _rjlHEj ? yEQIlET , . ART .: OF _.. DISCOVERX _j _^ _KJB'the _^ _tryiCharacfer . of Individuals from _thepecul _& _yi ' e ' s _^ of _' th ' eir _Tlaridwriting has long been practised by MreS _' . EMttY 3 ) _B-A'Nwith astonisIiin ' g " succe 3 ' s . Her ' startliDg . delineations . ofcharac _' ter are both full and detailed , occupyiug _j the four " pages of a sheet of . letter-paper ,. the style ofdescfiirtioifditt ' erihg from anything yet _attempted , Alt persons _wishing " _ty . j ' . know themselves' or flieir friends , by means of this extraqrdinary and interesting science , must' send" a specimen of their writing , _stating ' sex and age , or _supposed age , : of tlie writer , ' to ¦ Miss Emily J ) EAN ,., GrapbiQlogist , - 48 , Liverpool-street , Argyle-square , London ( endosinK fifteen . uncut postage-stamps ) , and they will receive in a _^ few daxs a written description of the mental and moral qualities ,-talents ; tastes' _^ atfections , virtues , failings , & c „ ofthe writer , with many other things hitherto unsuspected . ; - - ¦ --. - •' - - . - ,
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Mesmeric and Clairvoyant Consultations daily from Ten till Twelve in the iHorning . r . ... ' i *• ; - Just published , _fhe Sixth ' Editiori , price One Shilling ; "CUVE MINUTES' ADVICE to LOVEHS X : and HUSBANDS ; SWEETHEARTS , aud WIVES . By Miss Emilt * Dean . The fact of this work having run throuuli five editions of ten thousand each within twelve months is sufficiimt to . cuuvince all of its sterling value and popularity . Sent post five on receipt of fourteen postagestamps , by Miss Dean , 4 S , _Lircrpooi-alreet , Argyle-square , London .
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LUXURIANT AND BEAUTIFUL , HAIR , WHISKERS , & c . MAN Y preparations for the hair have heen introduced to the public , but none have _gained such a world-wide celebrity and immense sale as Miss DEAN'S CRINILENE . It is iruarautced to produce _whUkovs , moustackios , eye-brows , & c , in three or four weeks , with the utmost cer tainty ; and will be found eminently ' succ _ssf ' ul in _noorisliing , ' _curliirg , and beaut tying tho hair , and checking _grejness in nil its stages , _strergthening weak hair , preventing i ; s falling off , itc ., _- < tc . Fur the reproduction of hair in baldness , from whatever ear . se , and at whatever age , it _stands unrivalled , never having failed . One trial only is solicited to prove the fact . It is an elegantly scented preparation , and sufficient for three month .-. ' _Hse will be sent ( po _* _-t free ) on leccipt of twentyfour postage stamps , by Miss Dean , 48 Liierpool Street , King ' s Cross , London . For children it is indispensable , as forming the basis of a beautiful head of hnir .
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_^ _\^ V : « _Libjtt » _y—EquaRty—Fraternity . ' . ' " « ''* _•;• ' ' _v EARLY NEXT FEBRUARY WILL BE " PUBLISHED " ,.- : ; . ;• _-. * . ; ¦ - The First Number of '¦ ' '• . _'T _: . « T . H _ . B . ~ . ; . P E- 0 P . L ' .. B . _is . _;' . ' - . t . ¦ ' - ' ' ' ' - 'We'll struggle on till aU he won the good God has de-• _Signed , '" \ ¦¦— ¦ ¦ ¦; ' *; The _Ekvibe of the People—the Monarchy of Mind . ' * ' . A _rNJEWSPAEER established b y private individuals is manifestl _y inadequate to the attainment of anygreafNa ' tfonal object . ' ' . itis , ' says a distinguished Irish writer , 'in many particulars defective , in inany others injurious , and in some dangerous , unsafe , and untrustworthy ; it may be bought or bartered j it may . be traded with and _trafficked , on ; it may be corrupted , conquered , or intimidated , and offers no guarantee for firmness , independence ,-or honesty . "—Influenced by these considerations , a number of Irishmen—deeply Interested in the welfere of their Native Land—have resolved on tlie " establishment of a National Weekly Journal , which , founded-, by the People , will be alone responsible to them , and will have f < r * r its immediate mm and object she uncompromising advocacy of their rights—their interestsand their liberty . . . _" '' .. . ¦;_ • : '
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Politics : The world a republic . Religion : To do all the good possible . Q .,- CAVILL , Democratic Temperance Hotel U _» 33 , _Queen-street , . Sheffield , TOBACCONIST AND GENERAL STATIONER , Agent- for the ' Northern Star , ' and other Cheup Publications , . Begs to announce that the _abqve extensive promises have been refitted with a plentiful supply of good beds . Those friends who visit this town will meet with . ample _accom' . inodation on the roost reasonable terms , N . B -Chops , steaks , and all kinds of Temperance Beverages always on hand . , Public News Room , up the Passage . .
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- On the 1 st of January , Price Sixpence , ' No . 1 of a New Monthly Journal ; TH E . ' E N Gr L 1 S H REPUBLIC An endeavour to explain _Republican Principles ; to re ord Republican Progress ; and to establish a Republican Party in England . • Edited by W . J . Linton . , J . _WatsbB , 3 , Queen ' s _Head-passage , _Paternoster-row .
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NATIONAL CHARTER ASSOCIATION . Office , 14 , Southampton-street , Strand . T 1 HE PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE i . hereby announce the following meetings : — On Sunday Evening next at the Rock Tavern , Lissongrove—Princess Royal , Circus-street , Marylebone—King and Queen , Foley-street , Portland-place—Bricklayers ' Arms ' , Tonbridge-street , New-road—Crown and Anchor , Cheshire-street , Waterloo Town—Globe and Friends . Morgan-street , Commercial-road-east—and New Eastern Literary and Scientific Institution , Morpeth-street _, Greenstreet , Be ' thnal Green . On the same evening , Mr . James Finlen will lecture at the City Hall , 20 , _Golden-lane _, Barbican . Subject : — ' The Charter aud the Chartists . ' On the same evening the late Whittington and Cat Locality will meet . in the large room at the Woodman Tavern , White-street , Waterloo Town , ( where for . the _^ futuro this locality whT meet ) Messrs " . Davis , of the Executive , and Crowe , late of Tothill Fields Pilson , will attend and address the meeting _.
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FRATERNAL FESTIVAL , ON NEW YEAR'S . EYE , DECEMBER 3 l 8 T , 1850 , THE FRATERNAL DEMOCRATS will hold their Annual Festival , in the Litebabt and Scientific Institution , John Street , Tottenham _Cocbt-Road . Arrangements hare been concluded to render the programme worthy of the occasion , as the Fraternal . Democrats will be honoured with the presence of several of the most distinguished chiefs of the Continental Democrats , French , Gtrman , and Italian . The Programme will include Tea , Concert , and Ball , Short addresses will be delivered by several of the principal exponents of British'Democracy . 'Ihe members of the Apollohic Society , assisted by the powerful organ of the Institution , will perform a . selection of pieces between the addresses ; at the conclusion of which the Ball will commence in the Hall , and the Concert in the large Coffeeroon . ' . . ' ' Tea on the Table at Seven o'clock precisely , Tickets—Single , Is . Gd . ; Double ( admitting a Lady and
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- WEST-RIDING DELBGATE MEETING . -, . NOTICE . . . A WEST-RIDING DELEGATE MEETXX ING . will be held on-Sunday , ' the ' 5 th of _> January , 1851 , at Kicholl ' s Temperance Hotel , Broad-street , Halifax ; to commence at'Ten o ' clock in the forenoon . „ ¦ . - .. The causes of the present difference ' s which exist in our ranks , and the best'means of removing them , together with other . _busincss , will be brought before the meeting . The following , aud every other place , in the Riding where an association exists , are requested to send _delegate _i ;—Leeds ; Dewsb ' ury , Heckraondwick , Clcckeaton , Battley _, Birstal , Huddersfield , '' Ilolmfirth , Honle y , Kirkheatoii _, Sheffield , Barnsley _^ Bradford , - Wilsden , Bingley ; Keig ' hley , Haliiax , Warley , Mixcnden , Whcatley , Midgely , Elland , Hehdeu Bridge , and Todmoiilen ; By order , ' ' y- ¦'¦ ¦» C . _Shackleton , West Riding Secretary . 0 This place , by a typographical error in the report of the last delegate meeting , was _spelt ' _ITunley ' instead of _ITettley which circumstance , it appears , has given rise to some dispute . Ilonlcy is an . ancient iind populous village , betwixt niiddersfield and Ilolmfirth . '
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TVESTON BRANCH OF THE NA-1 TIONAL LAN !) COMPANY . Notice ishereby given , that a meeting will be held at Berry _pdge , in the house of Mr . _Summersons , " ; Inn keeper , on the 4 th of January , at seven o ' clock in tii _' e evening , with a view to raise money for winding-up the Land Company ; ¦ ' :. .
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TO TAILORS . ' By approbation of Her Majeslu , Queen Victoria , and II . R . II . Prince Albert . NOW READY , •¦ ••• ¦'¦'' THE LONDON and PARIS FASHIONS for AUTUMN and WINTER 1850-1 , the most splendid and superbly-coloured PRINT ever before published by Messrs . Benjamin READ . ind Co ., 12 , Haft-street , Bloomsbury-square , London - _, and by G , BERGEli ; Holy well-street , Strand . This exquisitely _engraved Print will beaccom _> panied with Riding , Dress , Frock and _Shotting Coat Patterns , allef the newest and most fashionable'style , and every part fully illustrated both for Cutting and Making-up . Also the registered Cape and Cloak Paletot for persons of all nations , the most convenient garment ever before in-
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th _^ nT _' " _L _* J , al 11 ' Par ! , dise WaS h 0 me t _<> the good , among his descendants home is Paradise . r _„ _££ , . « _NKHMBNT .- « _"J'hi 8 18 What' I call _captol punishment , " as the boy said when his mother shut him up m the clcset among the pre-Qvrv 6 Si
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; y , _,, „ , _„„ _. _„„„„ _, „; ' _& _£%$$$ _Ml-ffl ' HIERARCHIES , -Li By ROBBBt _OWBlJi ; _# « ° 9 l _^ P ' lARI ' COBDKM , e 4 ; , M _^ P _* . with _obserrationu on ihe means to well-place , ' well-employ , _anoT _well-euUCate the population ; and other interesting matter , in ; _, _feOBEfeT _© WEN'S JODMAL _, ' _.,:, ' ¦ : • _,. _; . ; ... 1 -No .. 7 and 8 . ¦ : _, No , 9 contains LETTERS TO THE _ORARTISTS _, - _'• AND YO THE ' CABINET MINISTERS . ' Published " weekly hy ' olayton , 265 , Strand ; and Watson , Queen ' s ' Head Passage , Paternoster Row . Pride , ld _« and in Monthly Parts .
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_ENLARGEMENT OF THE NATIONAL INSTRUCTOR . i ¦ - - * ¦ --The First Number of the New Series OF " THE MTI 0 N 4 L _INSTRUCTOL " Will be published on January 4 th , 1851 . SIXTEEN LARGE ROYAL OCTAVO PAGES ,
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NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS . Now ready for delivery with , tlie Northern Star , authentic , highly _finishedj and heautiful STEEL _ENGRAVlHGSj UPWARDS OF TWO FEET LONG , _Frofri the contractors' ( Fox and Henderson ' s ) own Drawing of the Interior arid Exterior of THE CEYSTAL PALACE : . OB GREAT BUILDING IN HYDE PARK " FOR "' ,. _" . "¦ The Grand Industrial . Exhibition ; of 1851 . * No expense has heen Bpared in obtaining a correct and finished Engraving of this .
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W . B ., Shelton , or Newcastle , Staffordshire . —Look over the list for the Honesty Fund in the ' Sua ' of the 14 th inst ., and you will find the 2 _§ . acknowledged . The post mark was the only information given of your locale—that being Stroud-upon-Trenl . Why not state where you reside if you require a more explicit acknowledgment ! ' W . and B . ' may reside anywhere . Tour letter of inqulry does not give the information . :. We only find that it has passed _through the Shelton and Newcastle ( Staffordshire ) post-offices . A Subscriber , Bristol . —It is right , ' - _- II . Dove , Hawick . —It was a misprint in the last subscription list . . Harwick instead of . Hawick .
J . Bedwell , Brierley Hill . —The stamps are handed oyer . to the Directors ., . . ¦ , Ebbatdm . —The _^ sum received last week from Clayton ' s Foundry , Preston , was 2 s . Cd ., not 26 s . ; as announced in the'STAft . ' ' _Cohoklet . —w e are hot responsible for the non-acknowledgment of the 3 s . 8 d . sent to Mr . Clark . 'J . 0 . had better write to him . _? ' , ¦ ; _Norriseiuw _, —Mr . J . Sweet acknowledges the receipt ofthe following sum * ( sent herewith ) : —For Honesty . 1 ' und . — From Mansfield Woodhouse Is—Messrs . _Braley Is—Turner 6 d—North 3 d—J . Towlson U—T . Smith Is—: ¦ _Ilasketh Is—Meakin 3 d— Johnson Id—J . Brown 6 d—W . Sheldon _ls-rJ . Walker Is—Brown Gd—Hudson 2 d — By Messrs . il'Donough and _Lawspn 6 s . 8 d _;—^ -Macka-. _haba's Action . —Messrs . J . Wall 6 d—H . Hextall 6 d . Winding-up Fcsd . —Messrs . Braley 6 d—J . Towlson Is—J . Brown Gd—J . Fletcher' ls- _^ -J : Shepherd Is—J . Burley Is—Joseph Sylvester Is—S . _Widddwson Is . From New ItnSford _, for the Honesty Fund . —Richard
Spencer 2 s 6 d—Joseph Ban- 6 d—Thomas Robert * Is—Isaac Brown-Is—A . Few Friends lid—John Burton 6 d—Henry Thornton Gd—James Hawk ' sworth 6 d—Thomas Suffolk , sen ., Gd-Mr . ' Bewick 6 _d—Thomas Suffolk , jun ., Cd—Ann Topham Is—Emmett O'Connor Stones id —George Fallowel 6 d—Ann Bradley Gd—Leonard Lamb 2 d—Mrs . Stones 2 d—Mrs . Creswell 3 d-Mrs . Cooper 2 d —William Parker 6 d—Mrs . Norman Gd—A Friend 2 d—Mr . Hett 2 s 6 s . I have to return my sincere thanks to the good friends at New Radford , and elsewhere , who have so generously responded to my appeal , and call upon every lever of justice to do likewise . — James Sweet . . . ..... Polish Refugee Fund . —Mr . Hall , Crown and Anchor Is ; A few friends to democracy , per Douglass Snelliug Us ; Collected by Bezer after Walter Cooper's lecture at the Hall of Science 7 s 2 d ; J . E . M ., City Locality , Coldenlano 4 d . —T . FEB 0 U 30 N _, Secretary . The Hungarian _Refogees . —T . Brawn ' s List . —Sister ot
Mercy Is ; Two Compositors ; Is Gd "; Mr . Chneh Is ; Mr . Crocket 3 d ; Mr . Edmonds 3 d ; Noble Cd ; Smith's Workmen 4 s Id ; Kendrick ' ld ; Roe Gd ; Welchman Gd ; Mr . _Warrenar , Highgate Gd j KentUh Town , per Lunn 2 s 6 d ; Beckerton Gd ; Mr . Sherwood 3 d ; Hall of Science , per Mr . Walter Cooper 14 s 5 d ; John-street Coffee-room 5 s 8 d : Eendrick Id . —Any omissions of money , immediately application to be made to T . Brown .
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WOULD-BE RAILWAY SLAVEOWNERS . There is only one class of workmen in this Bouutry who are not entirely uuder the thumb of the capitalists ; and it is exceedingly instructive to watch tlie repeated , insidious , and varied attempts that are made to reduce them to the same helpless state of subjection that characterises the condition of all other sections of the iudustral population . The recent introduction and continued extension of the Railway system has created a demand for
engine drivers , which is , as yet , slightly in advance ; of the supply . It takes time and experience to train men to the performance of the duties which devolve upon those to whom the safety of large numbers of lives , and of largo masses of property , is daily committed . Yet we'do not find that the engine drivers have , heretofore , availed themselves of the power which this state of things gavethem to force upon railway directorates any unfair or unjust terms . Taking into account tho nature of their occupation—the risks it entails—the ex :
_posure to every variety of weather by night and by day—the-inevitably large expenditure for extra clothing , and personal expenses incident to their position , every impartial man will admit , that wages varying from 5 s . 6 d . to " 7 s . 6 d . a day are not au exorbitant remunera-* 'on ' An 7 coachman , iu the good old times of four-in-hand , " would have turned up his nose at such a paltry and beggarl y income , even on third and fourth-rate roads ; while neither his labour nor his responsibilities could for an instant be compared to those which arc tho habitual lot of the engine driver .
Till within tho last twelve or fifteen months however , no complaint was mado by any party connected with this department of railway management . The mon were content with their wages , the directors with tho manner iu which , as a body , they performed their duties . Ihe London and North Western , ono ' of the best managed , most regular , and most safe of
all the Hues in the kingdom , was the first to break' in on this good agreement between employers and employed , from which the public benefitted so largely . To tho steadiness , intelligence , and skill of its engine drivers , that lino was largely indebted , for its high reputation for safety and punctuality ; and it might have been imagined that , however , the price of shares might have temporarily fallen or
fluctuated , the policy of a prudent Board of Directors would have been to leave untouched this rkht arm of their service ,
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7 , Not So , however . In order to make up dm ? dends , and to repair , as far , _as possible , the _» suits of past mismanagement , aridyrdptefal expenditure of oapital , a crusade against w _||? was entered upon , which , spreading ' to-other lines ,, has continued almost without _mterin _£ _sion ever since . A new Superintendent ' ! wa » placed over the Locomotive department of j the southern portion of , the line , who forthwith shqwed ' the nature of thei commissionentrusted to him by issuing new regulations ; the effect of which , if carried out , would have been , not merely to reduce wages ] but to deprive old and experienced drivers of those superior situations to which , as a reward for continuous and faithful service , they had formerly been entitle d , to , - _^ _...-,. , ,..... . .. .. ... ,., _ _ : _* . _* . _„„ _,
succeed m rotation . . _/ Against so great a change in their position the engine drivers struck , and after-. a short struggle succeeded in compelling the withdrawal of the obnoxious alterations . Apparently , however , the design ofthe D irectors , though then defeated , has never been ahandbned . It grieves the souls of the capitalists to think that there should exist within the confines of our island any body of men who are not helplessly at their mercy , and to whom , under the mockery of wages-freedom , they may dole out such pay , upon whom they can enforce
such regulation as they in their pleasure may think proper . This is an offence against the sovereign majesty of Mammon altogether un . pardonable .. There shall , it appears , with their will , be no such dangerous example set to the other , slaves who are chained to the oar in competitive galley . Nothing short of universal , unconditional , unresisting serfdom to our commercial feudalism , will satisfy the magnates of the system . The existence of an independent class of workmen is an anomaly and an eyesore in it , not tobe tolerated , but destroyed , at all hazards , by fair means or foul .
Foiled on then southern part of the line , the London and North Western Directors have renewed this infamous war upon industry upon the northern portion ; But this time , instead of going openly to work , they have resorted to a sneaking , roundabout mode of attaining the object , which is as dastardly as it is despicable . They make no direct attack upon wages , but they , propose that , in future , every man engaged on the line agree to give three months' notice before leaving , their service , with the avowed object of preventing any resistance to whatever conditions may in future
be imposed on the men—thus bound hand > nd foot by such a nefarious and slavish engagement . True , thatfor present purposes they abstain from forcing such agreements on those now employed , and disavow all intention to reduce wages { "but we all know what the inevitable consequence must be , even if they did not themselves intimate what they intend to be the ultimate termination of this _measure . The agreements , we aro navely told , are to be no bar to
those who enter into them , . leaving for bona fide causes , such as getting employment on another line , and so forth , _> ut simply to prevent a general strike . In short , finding that "the law of supply arid demand , " about which the capitalist constantly talk , when they have the-upper hand , is , in this case , against them , they , are trying to evade the consequnnces , by having recourse to measures tyrannical in essence , and directly contravening the statute law of the realm .
Let it never be forgotten that the law does expressl y g ive workmen the power of agreeing among themselves at what price they will sell their labour , and under what general conditions they shall perform that labour . So long as the parties thus agreeing abstain from all intimidation and violenco , and keep them-, selves strictly in a passive attitude , they are ' exercising an uncontested legal right . If looking forward to the obvious and ruinous consequences , of a deliberately-planned attempt to deprive them of this right in the first place , in order to p lace th eir c l ass h e lpless and
powerless under the power of Railway Directorates in future , the engine drivers choose to strike in body , we say they are not only justified by the facts , but empowered by the law in doing so . No man , or body of men have a right , under any pretence whatever , to force others to sign agreements , the plain object of which is to deprive them of existing' and legally guaranteed privileges and powers ; yet this is what the North-Western Company is now trying to do , with the ail-but explicitly , avowed " object of gaining tho poworof doing what they please with the engine drivers in future .
It is not to be . wondered at , that the men look on this matter with very different eyes from the Directors . We have all heard ofthe bland invitation to " . Duckey , duckey , " to " come and be killed ; " but , however pleasant the _. process to the killer , it must be anything but that to 'duckey . '' Yet , because the engine drivers refuse to become voluntary agents to their own degradation and slavery , a torrent
of abuse has been poured forth on their devoted heads" from the venal press , which lives by pandering to the interests and the prejudices of ths wealthy classes . From Printing-house Square down to the penny ' trumpets which nightly squeak in the Strand , we have had a storm of threats , warnings , and objurgations , which could hardly have been exceeded in violence if the engine drivers had been the aggressors , instead of the aggrieved .
Had the engine drivers in a body united a fortnight before Christmas on all the leading lines in the kingdom , to make a demand for 28 . _^ Gd . a day more , and a reduction in the daily mileage they were expected to perform , under threat of a general Btrike in the event of non compliance with those termB , there might have been some justification for the abuse and the menaces that have been showered down upon them . There might have been then a feasible ground ' of accusation that they were taking advantage of their position to
impose unjust conditions on their emp loyers , aud to wantonly inflict great and general injury upon the community at large . But no such idea has ever been broached . They have made no movement of an aggressive character . They have been content with their present situations , duties , and remunerations—it is the employers who are the aggressors , and that with ' the implied and decided , if not avowed , ' object , of ultimately reducing wages , and utterly destroying , all resisting power on the part of this meritorious and valuable bod y of men in future .
* or the men not to resist such a disgraceful ant abominable conspiracy against labour against their own independence arui means : of subsistence—would bo an act of the basest complicity on their part . They would , indeed , then richly deserve all' the indignities that could bo heaped upon them , all the pinchiugs , and reductions , and contumely , to which they might be subjected by those , who , as the Times openly tells us , aro struggling for uncontrolled " mastery" over them . The whole of the press which is now yelp ing in chorus , and hounding on tho Directors iu this atrocious assault upon the engine drivers , draws fearful pictures of the immense loss or
inconvenience and mischief that a strike will cause . But who will be to blame for all these mischievous results ? Not tho mon . They simply ask that matters shall remain as they are , and the public make no complaint of the present system . If tho public , therefore are iujured or inconvenienced , it will not be by the drivers , but by the Directors , who , in order to screw up dividends by filching a portion of the well and hardly earned wages of a valuable body of publio servants , wantonl y and infamously seek their individual gain to the detriment of the whole communit y , Wo observe , that in the pursuit of this object , their organs m the press have renewed tnatrocious
e recommendation which the _JD _«« y _^ wa s the first to make ; namely , that Parliament must interfere on the part of the Directors , and strike down the £ ' -2 Sw
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requisite standard of _aufcmissiro _humST _^ _T " hungry greed of the whole tribe of pro _& **• per centage hunters for gold iaVao W * . * _£ _* _tUHhey . will _stopT « t nothing _tovsatigfo if ! _appetite-not even trirrnng traitors to th * own professed principles , ' \ . _F " _- ' How often have-they /; tbld , us , ft a t w _« must always be determined by the W at _, ? Universal _V-lawof suppl y and demand »• an that all-interference of the _LegisIaturt i _* _ag infraction of the Bound system of- Julit ; _* ! Economy ,,. which can . alone conduce _$ > th prosperity of nations . Yet , here wefini _thaf when suppl y and . demand does not _pVmS them to tyrannise unchecked , over _thelabotoet they straightway invoke legal aid to _suMI _Moiiiflite _standard of _« _nDmJB 8 _irehnniulI r ~ r _~ -
, the re ractory workers , and cooll y talk'J placing them under a military despotism ' We , in our turn , solemnly warn thes e conspirators against the independence" and the wages of the labouring classes—those selfish disturbers of the common peace and welfare of society , that they are playing a dangerous and a deadl y game . There is a " limit to oppression and injustice . Even the worm will
turn when trampled upon . As ByW truly intimates , " When-the harness wrings so much into the galled jade , as quite to wring her , " the rider stands a great . chance of being thrown . . No society can be safe when , in tha ranks of toiling millions , there is spread deep and wide the galling _senBeof compulsory and unrewarded ' slavery . Such a state of things gives birth to foul and hideous thoughts—oppression nurtures revenge , and injustice ripens into a bloody harvest . Let us bewara
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THE CO-OPERATIVE MOVEMENT . The co-operative movement , to which we have previousl y _adyertod ,- seems to make steady progress , not only iri the metropolis , but in the provinces . According to the statements , made last . week , at a public meeting in support of tho movement , it appears thatthera are establishments for the working classes , both for productive and distributive purposes , in the- towns of Manchester , Oldham , Rochdale , Ashton , Hey wood , _Saddleworth , Brad--ford , Bolton , Bury , Macclesfield , Milnrow
, Bacup , and _^ other towns . Some of them hava been in existence for a considerable period , and are . now " doing a large business . " The _establishment at Bacup is peculiarly deserving of notice , on account of the circumstances in which it originated . A strike having occurred in that town , the men found that the shopkeepers leagued with tha masters , to bring it to an end by refusing credit to those who were resisting what they considered injustice on the part of their employers . Of course it was an object of some
importance to them that the strike _Bhould be ended as soon as possible , in order that trade might resume its usual routine . The " turn outs , " _thereupon , resolved that they would ba slaves neither to shopkeepers nor factory lords , and started in business for themselves , with the magnificent capital of seven shillings and sixpence ! How Utopian and ridiculous to rich capitalists and fat shopkeepers must the project Have appeared ! Yet , what can earnest , honest determination not do ? Their seven shillings and sixpence has proved like
the grain of _mustard seed , and become a great tree . Besides their extensive and well-frequented stores they have now a factory of their own , with 140 _power-looms in it , and are at present erecting a large house : we presume to carry on their business in . Itis seldom indeed that strikes produce such beneficial results as these . At Rochdale there are 700 families deriving benefit _fi-om the well-managed Co-operative'Stores in that town . They have recently added a flour mill with four stones to their possessions , and are , we
understand , looking forward to the occupation of land , both for garden and dairy purposes . Their success so far has stricken the shopkeepers of the town with alarm , because they see in their growing ascendancy the downfall of their occupation . We have learned that , some of them having _shcyn a desire to thwart the progress of Co-operation , have been informed that the . Co-operators are prepared to Bell to the whole town goods of every
description at an advance of two and a-half per cent _, on the wholesale prices ; and thus drive the whole of the _shopkeeping fraternity out of the town , if they persist in offering any _obstruction . Being ready money purchasers on a considerable scale , the Co-operators could afford to do this , and yet realise a considerable gross profit . At all the other places _wa have mentioned the greatest activity and enthusiasm prevail , and' we hear of hew societies in progress in various directions .
It appears to us , that it is fortunate for this movement _nr- the provinces , that a number of gentlemen , occupying highly influential posi . tions in society , should havo formed themselves into a society , under the title of " the "Society for Promoting the Formation of Working Mens' Associations . " . The independent position which , these gentlemen occupy , the knowled ge , both of law . and equity , which some of these gentlemen professionally
possess , and the unquestionable purity of the motive ' s by which they are . actuated , must tend powerfully to strengthen the new movement . It ia perhaps the first time that such well-intended efforts have had the advantage , not only of patronage—which will cause them to be looked on with a friendl y eye by the wealthier classes —butof that legal knowled ge and practical experience in business which is requisite for security and permanence .
The stores which- these gentlemen have just opened in London may easily be made to become the great central mart of all the Co-operative Societies in the Kingdom , ad a bond of union , simply , but effectuall y , combining them into a phalanx of irresistible strength . Through the medium of this central agency , the producers of hats , shoes , stockings , textile fabrics of all descriptions , furniture , & c , may mutuall y exchange their respectivo commodities on equitable principles ; and by it they . may command the same influence in the wholesale , markets that tha most princely capitalists now monopolise , and grow thereb y into millionaires .
If these associations spread as rapidly as they have lately done , aud were to transact all their wholesale business through the metropolitan agency , ' the results would soon be such as to astouish . themselves . An association which went weekly into the market with _£ 20 , 000 in ready money—and it mi ght , without difficulty , be made five times that sumwould speedily be able to com mand everything of the best description on the most
favourable terms . The _Bmall commission which each local association would have to pay for the transaction of its business bv the central agency would be ampl y covered by the superiority of the goods , and the smaller prices at which they would be obtained while the cause of co-operation would gain . in public influence and standing , by the concentration of their scattered and separate capabilities into one focus . _r
It is easy to see also , how this first step of trie working classes to become their own distributors , would , in time , naturally lead tbem to become their own producers also . On this _subjeot , the remark ' s of Mr . Vanstctart Neale , -the barrister , at the meeting we have referred to , well merit the earnest and thoughtful attention ofthe industrious classes of this country . They appear to us fraught with important and incalculabl y beneficial changes in their condition . If the sound principles , laid down in such simple but forcible language by Mr . Neale , be acted upon by any large section of the producer ! they will effect a revolution , and an amend ment of the present state of things , of the extent of which , at present , it is impossible to form any adequate _conception . Aftw explaji
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Dec. 28, 1850, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/ns3_28121850/page/4/
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