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THE TAILORS CONFERENCE 2 fAT 10 _KAX DELEGATION OF TaILORS — EAST 2 B Monday , APRIL 8 th—ThU day the _ConfereEce commenced its _rittirtgs in the Hall , known as the Parthenium Club , situate 72 , St . _Tdartin _' s-lane , which was thrown open for the convenience of its members-and Tiritors . _Messrs . Parrott , Parker , Eames , Cotter , and Harrington represented tbe following sections of the _metropolitaru society : —White Swan , Bunhul-Tow ; Mitre . Mitre-street ; _Nottingham House , Fore-street , City ; Star Coffee House , S _^ ow Hill ; Drapers' Arms , Talbot-Ccmrt ; George , St . Mary , Axs -. Crown , _Lant-street , _Borcuuhj Three Compasses , Kins-street , Regent-street ; BWreney's Head , _Hirh-sireet , Pop : ar ; . Mariners ' Coffee House , _WeUclose-EOuare ; _SiwyerB _Ams ,
* _alarylebqne-lane ; Coach aud Horses Stratford , _Bskx ; Royal Oak . Woolwich , EL-nt ; _Caach and _Hoisss , Greenwich , . Kent ; R _= d lion leu , Tottenham , Middlesex . The following _centiemen represented the "undermentioned Houses of Call : —Mr . _Hannington , _Georce-street , St . MaryAxe _^ Mr . Irons , Little Windmill-street ; Mr . Tomer , Three Compasses , Silver _, street ; Mr : Osborne , King's Head . Bear-street , Leicester-square ; Mr . Watson , Two Chairmen . , Waxdour-Btreet , Soho . The followinr * , provincial delegates were present : —Bolton , Lancashire . Mr . _EIward Shaw ; _Crewherne , Chard , Ilminstei . _Ssntb P _^ theTton , and _Marttvck , Somersetshire , Mr . C . Maunder ; Aberdeen , Mr . J . W . Parker ; Liverpool , Messrs . -Parrot and Parker : Yeovil , Ichester , and Mil borne-port , Somerset ,
Mr . J Milborne ; Sherborn , Dorset ; Mr . J Milborne ; Hull . Torka , William Robinson ; Chatham , Kent . Wm . _TCTKb ; Colchester and Maiden , Esb _? x , Thomas _Plumex ; ieeds . Torts ., Matthew Wm- Boyston ; _Northampton , Mr , Laid ; Brentford , Mr Cox ; St Albans , Herts . Mr . Maddox ; Manchester , Messrs J . Clarke and J . Murphy ; Glasgow , Mr . Gibson . Dundee , Mr . P . _Browne ; Sheffield , Mr . Stephenson ; Bath and Bristol , Mr . Harris ; Aberdeen , Mr . J . W . Parker ; Liverpool , Messrs Parrott and _Parker . There was also represented by letter : —BirmiBsbam . Brighton . Bradford ( _Yoifeshire } , Bury { Lancashire ) Chester Dublin , Dunfermline , Edinburgh , _Greenock , _Hu 4 dersfield , Hyde / Cheshire ) , _Halifsx , _Hilrasrnoct . _lonrport (
_Staffordshire' , _Lsamirigtoa _, _tWarwick ) _Xr-rwich , Oxford , _Piymcnih _, Rochdale , Readimj ( Berks . ) . Sheffield , St Helf _2 s ' . L _^ _ncashirei _. Southampton , St . Ives , Huntingdonshire , Sunderland , Taunton , Wigan . _Worcester , _Wol-Terhsmpton , Warrington ( Lancashire ) . Mr . Parrott Was unanimously elected chairman , and _hritfly opened the proceedings . Mr . Harrington proposed , and Mr . _Msusden seconded , Mr . J . W . Parker for Secretary , Who -was elected unanimously . The Secretary announced correspondence from the following _pJscea and persons . A committee of threB was appointed to _examine credentials ; Messrs . E « nes , Hannington , and Cotter were the persons appointed . Dinner hour _baring arrived , an adjournment for sn hour was agreed to .
AriERSOGN _SiTTiSG . —Mr . Parrot resumed the chair . Mr . Laird took hi 3 seat as _reprtstutative of _IfortLaicpton . A Latter was rtad from Norwich . A letter _^ 33 also _resd from ~ D _£ e Hall , S- ffjrdshire ; they have 300 members in ihe _society . _Chester was like . Wise _sspresented by _ktler ; approved of the objects , and thanked the _Losdon men for taking the _initiative . _Huacersfiild _eIso represented by letter ; complained of tbe badness of trade tnd the employment of women ; busy getting np _periticn in favour of protection . A letter wss read from Aberdeen , _recpmuiending the appointment of _lecturers , and the i-suing an address to the trades and the pnblic . Tsuston represented by letter ; a numerously signed petition forwarded ; the trade m excellent spirits aa to the results .
_Biraing"h * ra _screed with proceedings , and desired to keep up a good feeling , but were represented by letter . Greenock forwarded a petition , complained that the sweating principle was extending , and regretted that the distance and great expence compelled them to be represented by letter . Oxford represented fey Htter ; there were 300 -tailors in that city , not more than fifty of whom wort ea their masters" premises ; they would co-operato with their London "brethren . Liverpool—a public _meeticg _h"A been held at the Preston-street Rooms in . favour of the object ; a petition had got up ; in _consequence of ihe numbers of unemployed , they were unable to send np delegates , bat had every confidence in M = « sra . Parker and Parrot , and requested them to Betas their representatives . As a committeee to receive
petitions , Messrs . Maunder , Milborne , and Ellis were _appointed . Mr . Osborne took hisseat as the representative of the King ' s Head Honse of calL On the motion of Mr . Parker the reports of the districts " w * re given in . Mr . Parrot commenced . Sweating prevailed _extensivrly . The trade was is great humiliation . What was cailtd lbs honourable portion of the trade waa united in twelve societies . The men employed by S ' -ultz and Co * _fwl formed a society on the VwelTe hour system , and refused to co-operate with the Protection _Socifcty . Tht re was i vast number who were without a shadow of _protection—working at home at all hours , Sunday not _excepted ; -emplojipg their wires and chHdren . But in justice to them he _-w _^ _s hound to say they were supporters cf tbe _protective system . Tfae sweating system
was most pernicit > U 3 to the trade . The sweaters were turualiy immoral , degraded , and _vQianous characters in Boetety ; making a fortune out of _vrouien and children ; uutraging all decency , destroying all virtue . Moses sad Son exacts _fises from their p _. x > r miserable victims _ucdst _pretence of their being behind time , and- then presents the fines to Protestant Associations . By such dishonourable Beans as these , Moses and Hyatns were ible to produce articles thirty per cent , less than She honest and fair trader . Mr . Eames followed in the same strain , and added the truck syslem to the list of grievances . Mr . Cotter also reponed . recommending a Trades' Benefit _Society . Mr . J W . Parker said his constituents were desirous of effecting a union of the whole body from one end of the kingdom to the other ,
and hoped the Conference would take the _reonieue steps io carry out so desirable an object . This _delegation _was a riflrX of the various bodies existing through England , Scotland , and Ireland , who hBd correspond- d with them , and were able , from their influence , to obtain the object desired . Mr . Irons said tbe statements made were not at all exaggerated . Ha was there to hear their propositions , and report to the hou ? e of call to which he belonged ; but he had no doubt his house would fee the Erst to fall in with any good general plan . Mr . Turner was in a similar condition to the preTi < -us _ape _^ ker , and complained of the depressed condition of the trade , _anfi the desirability of some change to save _fcae trade , Mr . Osborne had _received no instructions from the house be represented . Competition waa most rife . He thought the remedy was a union * f the whsle
trade . He believed their House of Call would unite in any good plan . Mr . Watkins believed his house would also fall in with any good p an . 55 r . James Cox bere took bis seat as representative of Brentford , Middlesex . Mr . J . Milborne said be had been in YeoTil twenty years ; then only one . shop sold lirfMly-made clothes . Now there are six , one employing fifteen individuals _. There exist also the truck _i-ysiem , or _hucksters shops , so that men , instead of getting tbeir "Wagts , were compelled to receive goods—tea , sugar , Ac . He was an employer ; he had given work out , but he ha _4 reformed , ana now had all done on the premises—iloud cheers ) . He felt the _effect of unprincipled competition _^ he had come forward for tbe men , and hoped they should not retire withont _tffecting the desirable olject , accomplishing a central- union of masters and men . The Conference adjourned .
Second Day , April 9 th , Morxisg Sitting-On the motion of Me _^ rs . Milborne aud Turner Mr . Parrott was calkd to the chair , and Mr . Parkes elected secretary . Messrs . John Murphy and -James Clark took their seats as delegates for Manchester ; Mr . Maddox toek his seat , as representative -of St Albans ; Mr . Eranham took his seat vice Irons , fer the Fleece house of cafl . A number of petitions was received . Mr . Maunder rose to deliver his report—the trade at Crewheme and district is in a _deploraole condition- drapers have become _alopsellers _^ trade has fallen off ; wages have decreased ; recommended a general _regisby of the trade wages . At Chard much the same as at Crewheroe . In Ilminster all the masters save one are with _fchpra ; average wages as in the _btfors-rnentioned towns .
Id _Suoth Petherton the truck _sye > em is a great grievance ; Boms of the masters bave houses which they are compelled to rent in Martoek ; a man thinks it something _smait if he earns twelve shillings a week . There are a good number of members of : he Tailor ' s Protection Society in eachtown , all desirous of a general union , and a general register . Mr . Plummer , Maiden and Colchester , reported that there was about 400 Journeymen in Colchescer , sixty of whom only were employed on thB premises . The reason of the distress of the trade was-owing to tailor ' s shops having sprung Oct of "old clo" bags , hence the unprincipled competition , and the necessity of protection . Mr . John Gibson here entered and took his seat as the representative of Glasgow . Mr . Peter Brown also from Dundee
took hia seat as delegate . Mr . Plummer , in eonthniBtion , said sweating existed in tbeir towns ; he thought they might be called suckers aa well as sweaters , as they sucked the food out of the stomach ar wall as sweated the clothes off the back . The present system was _injiaious to health , and -ealcalated to spread _sontagion , as the workshop was now a bedroomi and an hospital—not _unfrequently a fever hospital . Jit Robinson , _Hnll—S seating and the sale-trade was orried on to an aUiming _txtent ; wages in the sale trade were from a _= _vui to fifteen shillings per week ; in respectable trade _, _Tages averaged twenty-four 6 hllhng 3 per week ; bnt _alrc'W _. t impossible to obtain more than three dayr work a week . In Yorkshire they do not think it politic to make support compulsory to rick and _tmriai _aocietiee . Mr . _BUis _, Chatham—Tbe number of
_Josmeymen eraplojed is about a hundred ,, sixty or ¦ _pwirdt of whim ua employed on the premises ; _j £ jj mart he understood to be exclusive cf army and atavy contractors ; wages in the legitimate shops average twenty-four _abiiiing * per week ; all the masters give more or less -frork out They conceive a ales : and hcrial fund would be beneficial _^—( Mr . Harris here enered and took his seat u delegabs for Bath)—recommended a relief society fer tramps . A letter was read from _Worcester applauding the objects of the Protection Society , and regretting that pecuniary difficulties did _jtttpermit of their sending a delegate ; there was also » letter fnm I > _ahferroune , -in favour of the _aUecfc and cordially tendering their eo-operation . TGSr wis read from Bristol , stating that a meet ing eras abon . ' ? _' ¦ _- ¦ _IS . _lcIfiCS en Bran don Bill , In opposition to the Masters and Semaft Bill , and wishin g every
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success to tbe labours of the Conference . Time of working , twelve hours per day ; average wages 20 b . per week . Mr . Plummer ( Colchester ) said he had received au cider for upwards of two dozen Northern Stars tor h _^ district ( Cheera ) He had no doubt a large ilemand would be made for that paper . { Hear , hear ) . Mr . Parrott said that Journal had done them justice , r . nd was the true friend of labour , and ought to receive the support of labour's _sons . in return . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Maunder said he had already given an order for a quantity for his district . Mr . Shaw , of Bolton , then ross to report . T welve respectable masters belonged to the Protection Society . There were eighteen sale shops . Wages averaged as follows : —Mechanics' jackets , U 21 to u 8 d ; trousers , from 6 d to Is 3 d ; shooting
jjeketa 2 s to 2 s 6 d ; livery breecbeB , Is 6 d to 2 s ; coats , 3 s « d to 5 s 6 d j boys' skeleton dresses la to Is 6 _J ; do . cloth tuckets , Is 8 d to 2 s 4 d ; men ' s best cloth trousers , la 4 d to Is 8 d . The sale shops employ about 130 men , and 150 women and children . Mr . _Sevens here entered and took his seat for Sheffield . Mr . Shaw , in continuation , said unprincipled competition was the bane of the town . Mr . _Liird , Northampton , complained of slop shops , sweating machines , superabundance of apprentices , and the employment of women and children , while the men go idle . There wtre only eight men employed on their masters' premises , and those appertain to two masters only , in a
town of 2 o ••» inhabitants . Recommended the establishment of a sick and burial fund . Chesterfields had been made from 33 6 d to 6 s 6 d each ; but tbey had united against it , and offered 9 s a-week to any who were withont work : for their refusal to labeur at such a prica The lowest price given now wasSs ; men with their wires averaged 15 s per week ; Becond class , with wives , about 10 s per week . Trousers made for S j per pair ; a shooting jacket , four pair of tronsers , and nine honrs' job had been done for 12 s . A good feeling waa springing up in favour of protection . Hence he appeared here as a delegate . Adjourned for the usual _diuner hour .
. & PTEB . SOOH Sittikg . —Mr . Parrott resumed the _cb-ir . Mr . Boyston , of Leeds , rose to report that in hi . _« . fcjwn the houses of the journeymen are _furnitureleBS and _b-Miless , dotheless and almost foodlesa The feelins in favour of protection was good in Leeds ; but the Tree Traders said we ought not to interfere with tbe freedom of labour . The respectable masters , in order to compete , have reduced wages as much as Is . and la 6 . ! . en a garment ; labour was difficult of obtainment , and hours very irregular ; men and women working for salt ' -shops are in an awful condition , only obtaining 5 s . for making a coat , which will take two days and a half to make it : these persons are compelled , from their miserable condition , to reside in low parts 6 f the totvn . smid disease and filth . Many are compelled to
work on Sundays , and have not the means of educating the : ? _children , neither hava mothers time to attend to tceir domestic duties . There are between five and six hundred journeymen employed ; out of this number loo only are employed by respectable shops . Mr . Cox of Brentford , recommended a Relief Fund . Mr . Maddox , St Albans : the average amount of wages are _lgs per week ; they feel the _tffect of such slop _establis _iin-Dts as _Hyams , Moses , and the like , whe inundate the town , to the detriment of the respectable and fair trader . Mr . Clark , Manchester : they have a good soc -jry in Manchester ; they duly appreciated the _printfpl-s of protection ; recommended that all work be done on the premises ; the right to vote for all public officers by every member of the trade , especially the
_central committee ; tbat none bat peaceable means j _> bfl : i be employed to obtain tbe end ; the journeymen tailors of Manchester are ready to co-operate with thtir _brethren in tile other parts of the kingdom to obtain _geceral protection . Mr . Murphy , also of Manchester , _sa-. d _tbtre was a rule among the Moseses , the Hyams , tbe Foxes , and Wolfs , to engage a man for twelve _months , but if the man damaged a garment be was _su _^ ect to an immediate discharge ; wages abont the same as at Hyam's establishment in town and elsewhere . Mr . Gibson , Glasgow : —They had enrolled 800 out of 1 . 400 tailors in the Protection Society ; out of the fi / Qiteen hundred only three are employed at the regular trade price , the rest woiked at an average of from sixpence to two shillings and sixpence per day . Boys '
jackets was made for one shilling and fourpence , other things in proportion . Mr . Brown , Dundee : —There was a variety of prices among tbe respectable shops , threepence per hour , and seven shillings and sixpence for making a coat , this up to nino shillings and _Expence for dress coats . They are opposed to strikes . The town was overrun with what are called improvers , to the detriment of the journeymen . Drapers had taken up the business of tailors , and had recourse to unprincipled competition to obtain trade . A number of _master tailors had signed the petition and subscribed to the fund for sending a delegate . If a good syst » m was adopted by tbis Conference hehad so doubt the great majsrity of the tailors of Dundee would go with tbem . They wished to _s * e a graduated scale benefit society
established . Mr . Harris , Bath and Bristol : —Tbe cause of a delegate beisg sent bere was tbe hint given in the Northern Star ; in fact they had responded to the call of the address or leader in that journal . The men in Bath felt the necessity of something being done . The old society were unanimous in aiding us to effect tbe object Had called a public meeting of the trade ; there are about 300 journeymen in the town ; the great majority held up their hands in favour of the Protection Society . They had now a good society ; some of the masters lent their assistance ; in fact there was thirty . three masters , twenty-eight of them promised their assistance , and expressed their willingness to take their men back to work on tbeir premises . As respected Bristol , he had attended there—trade was in
a bad state . Mr . Parrott , Liverpool : —Tbe small society had taken up tho principle six months ago , and now numbered upwards of 500 members ; tbey had recently waited on the large society who bad now come over to the principles of protection . They numbered now in Liverpool nearly 500 members in their Protection Society . They would be happy to aid and assist in carrying out any plan laid down by this Conference . Mr . J . W-Parker , Aberdeen . —From 300 to 400 employed in the tailoring trade ; wages average from six shillings to fourteen shillings per week . Mr . J . W . Parker then entered into an account of tbe formation and establishment of tbe Prelection Society , and stated their reason for calling the Conference , and entered into details as to the views of the central oomnittee , and moved that a committee of nine be chosen to receive all
plans , documents , & _c , with a view to the adoption of a general plan by the Conference . Mr . Maunder seconded tho motion . Mr- Laird _snggested the propriety of reading all plans over to the Conference . After some discussion the Conference adjourned . _Thihd Day , Apbtl the 10 th . —Mr . Parrott was re-elected to the chair , and Sir . Parker as secretary . The debate on the adjourned motion relative to going into committee was resumed by Mr . Eames , who recommended a protection fund in preference to to a tramping fund . Mr . Clark , Manchester—Never knew any good arise from the tramping fund , but did not know how it conld be abolished ; he thought on the whole it bad better remain as it waa . Mr . Shaw , Bolton—Coincided with the views of tbe previous speaker . Mr . Murphy , Manchester—He b lieved if a levy was issued the men of Manchester would refuse to pay it , he therefore thought it should remain as it was . Mr . Robinson , Hull—Supported
the views of the previous speaker . Mr . _Boyston , Leeds—Said in the Northern Union equalization decidedly failed , equally bo with the consolidated anion ; he should therefore oppose it : he recommended the establishment ofa self-supporting fund . Mr . Laird , Northampton—With respect to tramping , he thought its support should be left to voluntary contribution . Mr . Maunder , Crewkerne and surrounding district —Agreed with Mr . Eames , but as there was honest and industrious men compelled to tramp , something should be done locally by voluntary contributions . Mr . Robert Knights then entered and took his Eeat for Southampton , Yeovil , and Sherborne . Mr . Milborne spoke of the impositions practised by tramps , and therefore thought the matter should be left voluntary . His constituents were resolved to relieve none but those who belonged to the Protection Society . Mr . Maunder had , when speaking neglected to state that Ms _constituents had resolved on
the same conrse . Mr . Cotter , Metropolitan sections , supported the previous speaker's views , and said they would from all appearance soon be in the bonds of an indissoluable union , and consequently would all be one . Mr . Knights , ' Southampton , followed in a similar strain . Mr . Parker rose to reply , and said , in getting np this Conference they did not presume to say that they had tbe whole trade of the Metropolis enrolled on the boohs of the Protection Society , but they bad a large number , and the houses of call by sending delegates , had shewn that they were with them , and when meetings had been called , as they had been in the largest Halls available lor that purpose , they had invariably been crowded to excess , and the propositions had been
carried unanimously , so that he thought he was perfectly justified in stating tbat the Metropolitan tailors were entirely with them . The plan of the Central Committee suggested that the work be done on the premises , and recommended that the trade should be confined to ten hours ' labour daily ; suggested a scale of prices , and the appointment of lecturers to disseminate their principles . That the Society be called " The United Tailors' Protection Association and Mutual Benefit _fpciety , " and that it be divided into sections and districts . That it be nnder the guidance of an annual moveable Committee , to meet at any place that shall be deemed most advisable or convenient . That an Executive Committee of five be appointed , the officers
to be elected by the votes of the whole body . He therefore moved the appointment of the Committee of sine , as the best conrse to prepare a plan from the vajiousdocuments laid before-them , and after having done thia bring the matter before the Conference , to he considered by them seriatim . The Chairman then put the motion , which was declared io be carried unanimously . A ballot was then taken , and the foliowingnine persons were declared to constitute the Committee : —Messrs ; Harris , Gibson , _Piummer , Knightsi Frankum , Robinson , Clark , Maunder , and _Royston . Mr . Parrot then rose to reply to a _question put by Mr . Knights , relative to the representation of the houses of call in this Conference ; The houses of call had agreed to send dele gates , " but- * when it was found : that the Conference held its sitting during the day and not in the even-
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ing , as they supposed it would be , they could not attend . However , four delegates had attended on Monday , and two were now present . Mr . J . W . Parker said the houses of call were now Jn favour of the movement by large majorities , ; they had evinced this by rendering their support on all occasions * Mr . Frankum said the houses of call had not forgot how they were swamped in 1834 , and wero therefore afraid to come ont ; but they were very happy to Bee a movement going on in the trade ; they did not wish the nouBeB " of . call broken np . Mr . Gibson wished to know if there were now two bodies in existence ! Mr . Parrott—Yes : general protective and partial protective . Mr . Gibson—Do they have separate nights for the transaction of business 1 Mr . Parrott—Yes . Mr . _Gibsen—And contribute
to two separate funds ? Mr . Parrot—Yes . Mr . Hannington said he represented one of the oldest houses of call , it having been in existence for upwards of two hundred _yearp ; they threw open their books in 1834 , and were perfectly ready to do so again , as they were thoroughly convinced that the Protective Sooiety were taking the proper steps . Mr . Frankum stated thatateps were taken and many masters bad agreed to have their work done on the premises—( cheers ) ;—thus far the houses of call were moving . The Petition Committee brought up their reportas follows : —Petitions received—from Stoke-upon-Trent and _Newcastleusder-Lyne 312 ; _Huddersfield 120 ; Colohester 78 ; Yeovil and Sherborne 132 ; Greenock 68 ; Chester 185 ; St . Albans 7 ; Taunton 112 ; Leeds 500 ; Bolton , Lancashire 142 ; Bradford , Yorkshire 144 ; Bury
Lancashire 85 ; Manchester 571 ; Aahton-under-Lyne 251 ; Dundee 117 ; Preston , Lancashire 122 ; Wolverhampton 77 ; Bristol 16 ?; Wigan 121 ; Sheffield 228 ; Stockport 123 ; Rochdale 164 ; and Glasgow 1400 . The metropolitan petition not yet brought in . T . S . Duncombe and Lord Ashley have consented to present the petitions to the House . It was then moved by Mr . Robinson , seconded by Mr . Plummer " That an address to the employers be drawn up . " —Carried unanimously . Messrs . Parrott , Cotter , and Eames was then _unanmiously appointed tbe committee . Mr . J . W . Parker then moved , " That the same committee draw up an address tothe journeymen . "—Carried unanimously . '' That In order to give the various committees time to prepare their business , this Conference do adjourn until nine to-morrow morning . " —Carried .
Tailobs' Conference . —Fourth Day , Ararr . Jl — Mr . Parrott having been elected chairman , and Mr . J . W . Parker , secretary , Mr . Monks took his seat as the representative of Lancashire . Continuation of reports : —Mr . Stevenson , Sheffield ; prices—men ' s fustian _trowsers from Is to Is Id ; velveteen shooting jackets 3 _< 61 to ii . ; and in other _respects the grievances the same , as related by previous delegates . Mr . Marks , Lancashire , said he would not take up the time of the Conference , aa any statement he might make would be very similar to the previous speaker . The Organization Committee brought up their report , and laid it on the table . It was read by the Secretary , on whose motion , seconded by Mr . Plummer , it was carried unanimously . The remainder of the day was occupied with _disoussing the objects , _rnles , & c . of the new Plan of Organization , a correct copy of which will be given in the Star of next week . At the usual hour the Conference adjourned till the next day , Friday .
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MEETINGS IN FAYOUR OF THE TEN HOURS ' BILL , AND AGAINST THE ATROCIOUS MASTERS' AND SERVANTS' BILL . Meeting op t » e _Fustiah Cotters at _Manchester ., on the Ten Hour ' s Question . —On Saturday night , April 6 ib , a meeting of the fustian cutters , of Manchester and its vioinity , was held in the large room of the White Hart , _Tasle-street , Man-Chester , to _express their opinions on the Short Time measure , which has become so interesting to tbe operatives generally . On the notion of Mr . 8 , Johnson , Mr . J . Connor , waB unanimously called to the chair , who opened the meeting iu a speech of considerable length , showing that the decline and destruction of all former states had been owing to tbe governments of those
states not making alterations in accordance with the exigences of the . times . He believed that the increase and improvements that would be made in machinery , and the discoveries that would take place In chemistry would , ere long , render a six hour ' s bill necessary ; but tbe Government , constituted as it now was , would always be at least two hours behind hand . That when ten hours were necessary they would propose twelve ; and when eight hours were necessary they would propose ten , and so on , ever keeping the working class in 8 state of unnecessary poTerty until endurance shall have become an impossibility and a crime . He repudiated the idea that shortening the hours of labour would reduce wages ; aud said that if the Free Traders were sincere in their assertions on these matters , they
would be the foremost in supporting the movement , for there was nothing so pleasing to tbem as reducing wages ; but they knew that it would have a contrary effect , and that was tbe real cause of their opposition . He ridiculed the dread which some persons seemed to entertain respecting foreign competition , and maintained that all the tariffs and long working of foreigners were occasioned by tbe oppressive cheapness of British manufacture . ' He remarked on the impossibility of tbis -country manufacturing for the whole world , unless this country could consume the surplus agricultural produce of the whole world ; because the agriculturalists required adequate trade to procure
wages to buy our produce just as much as we require trade to procure wages to buy their produce . The meeting was then addressed by many of the leading members of the trade , and the following resolutions severally spoken to : — " That this meeting is fully convinced that thereare no means . of incoercively raising or maintaining wages but by lessening the hours of labour ; and those _persons _whomaintain that _ehortening the hours of working would reduce wages , are either erroneous in their _idtas or dishonest in their statements . " " Tbat on the adoption of a shorter period of working masters , would undoubtedly attempt ' . toreduce wages , but the demand for _lapouroa caused by the new
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regulation would soon compel tbem to attar tbeir course , and induce them to _proffer higher wages . " •' That this meeting would respectfully remind those gentlemen tlut seem most _oppoaad to the ten hours ' _regulation , of their oft-repeated assertion , namely , that the price of labour is governed by its supply and demand ; and tbat it can obtain them no credit to blow hot and cold , just aa it may seem to suit the interests of Capitalists and those that live on fixed incomes . " . " That as Free Trade is continually set up in opposition to every measure that is brought forward for the benefit of the working class , this meeting resolves on giving the principle of _unrestricted commerce an _unqualified negative , believing tbat the views entertained by this meeting , are the views of the working classes
universally . Under a system of free trade every article would be brought from the place where it could be produced with the least labour ; consequently free trade , so far from increasing the demand for labour , would materially diminish it . Under a system of free trade no nation ' s labourers could promise themselves employment for a single month . The newly acquired or discovered capabilities of one country would be continually upsetting the more antiquated establishments of another country , and each country ; in turn struggling to maintain its . trade , wages would be reduced to tbe lowest point , and long working be carried on to a ruinous extent Under a system of free trade , noue but tho most productive parts of the earth could be inhabited . Every inhabited spot must produce equal or something
superior to other inhabited spots , or its markets would { be entirely closed against its own produce by cheaper produce from other places . Hundreds of thousands of persons would be exposed to the dangers of tlie sea in taking -cheap produce from one place to another , who might otherwise be comfortably engaged in some calling on the firm land . In no one place could a round of trades possibly exist The face of the country could present no variety , but every locality be of one calling , one colour , and one caste . Therefore , in the opinion of this meeting ' trade free as tbe winds , and commerce unfettered aa the Waves , ' are neither practicable , nor commendable , and it is hoped will _nevtr again be set up in opposition to measures , which by protecting labour would maintain and improve tbe
internal trade of the oountry , recall tbe departing spirit of sociality , and give masters and servants a disposition that wonld enable tbem to 'live ana let live . ' Besides , in the opinion of this meeting , trade does not depend on immensely great numbers , or infinitely wide connections ; because , as the consumers _insrease , tbe producers increase proportionately . Trade _partially depends on tbe means wbich the working class bave of finding each other employment , whether tbey are divided by streets , counties , or continents ; and bad wages produce bad trade , and good wages good trade , bo the people many or few . ' ' Finally , in the opinion ol this meeting , the wide introduction of machinery has brought the labour market into a condition tbat it cannot now bear long working ; for if one part of the operatives work many hours , another part must work no hours at _aU , ' jbut be a burden , and a draw-back on
society under the worst ot circumstances ; and therefore ihla meeting anxiously hopes that tbe legislature will not only see she necessity of limiting factory labour to ten hours per day , but the labour ef every other trade throughout the country ; for so far from thinking tbat such a measure would reduce wages , we verily believe it would be tbe most certain means of raising wages ; and that the mask of seeming friendship cannot any longer cenceal the sinister intentions of those that assert the contrary . " "That the thanks of this meeting be given to Lord Ashley for proposing tbe ten hours ' amendment ; and also to the Lords and Gentlemen who voted with him on that memorable occasion . " " That the thanks of this meeting hi given to the Editor of the Northern Star tot his distinguished liberality in _giving publicity to the trades' movement , and for bis unremitting attention to and defence of the rights of labour . "
Bristol . Trade * ' Movement against the Mastebs asd Servants Bill—On Monday , April 8 th , a public meeting was held on Brandon bill , convened by the united Trades' Delegates , to petition Parliament against the unjust provisions of tne above-named Bill , at three o ' clock . On the motion of Mr . Jacobs , seconded by Mr . H _y de , Mr . Pickering , a member of the Carpenter ' s union , was called to the chair . The ohairman opened the business by reading the bill convening the meeting , made an excellent speech on the importance of the subject for which they were met together , and called on Mr . Rogers , of the Carpenter's union , to _prooose the first
resolution , which be did in a good speech replete with sound argument . Tbe resolution was as follows;— "That in the opinion of this meeting the fourth clause of the Masters , Servants , and Artificers Bill , now before Parliament , purporting to be a Bill for the better recovery of wages before a Justice of the Peace , is unjust and tyrannical , and if such Bill be passed into a law , it will render the working class the veritable slaves of the masters and foremen . " Mr . Jacobs , of the united Cabinet-makers , seconded the resolution in a suitable address , and it was Carried unanimously . Mr . Tudor proposed the second resolution as follows : —** That we view tho
assumption of tyrannical and despotic power , sought to be exercised by the upper and middle classes towards the working classes generally , as tending to disturb tbe harmony and good feeling which should exist between the operatives and employer *; and therefore proving highly injurious to the welfare of society . " Mr . Floyd ably supported thi . * proposition , which was carried without dissent The Chairman here read the petition , which was a copy of that which appeared in last Saturday ' s Star . Mr . Strawbridge , of the Masons' Union , then proposed , and Mr . Jenkins , of tho Tailors' Society , in an able and poetic speech , seconded the third resolution—** That the petition now read , fully expressing the views and opinions of this _meeting ,
be signed by the Chairman , on behalf of this meeting , and sent to Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esquire , for presentation , and that Messrs . Miles and Berkley , the representatives of this city , be requested to support the prayer thereof . " —Carried . The Chairman then called on Mr . Jacobs to propose the next resolution : " Teat this meeting views , with feelings of deep concern , the late attempt made by the Ministry to nullify a former decision of the House of Commons m favour of Lord Ashley ' s ten hours ' system of labour ; that we regret that the Honourable House should so far stultify itself as to vote for and against Lord Ashley ' s motion , deeming suoh procedure on the part of the Ministry and the Honourable House , as destructive of their
moral power , and calculated to bring the institutions of the country into disrepute ; that it is the opinion of this meeting that ten hours is tbe maximum of time that any man should work in any single day , and that it is by far too long for any woman or child . " Mr . J . went fully into tho subjeot , and Mr . Hyde ably-Supported the ten hours' system . The Chairman put tho resolution , which was also carried unanimously . Mr . Barker proposed and Mr . Jenkins seconded , " That the Secretary of the United Trades' Delegates , do write to Messrs . Berkley and Miles , requesting them to support tho petition when before the House , " which was put and carried . The meeting resolved to get up trades' petitions , numerously signed , to back the general one then carried .
Hybb . —A publio meeting ofthe respectable master and journeymen tailors was held at the White Lion Inn , on Tuesday evening last , to take into consideration the propriety of joining tho Metropolitan Protection Sooiety . Mr . Henry Flint , in tho chair _* The Chairman opened the meeting by exposing the unjust _system of competition now practised by slop-sellers to the ruin of the honest trader , and the destruction of journeymen . Mr . John Leach addressed the meeting as to the objects of tbe society , also exposing the fraud and imposition practised on the public by slop masters . The masters and men agreed to form a society based on the principles Of protection , and pledged themselves to use every legitimate means to improve the condition of the trade . A subscription was entered into to carry out the objects they met for . Mr . William Nelson , a respectable master , was appointed Secretary and the meeting separated , both masters and men well pleased with the nights proceedings .
i Great Meeting of Seamen at _SuNnunLANDOn Monday night last a very numerous general meeting of the seamen and shipwrights of the port of Sunderland was held in the Assembly Room , which was convened by publio notice by the town bellman . Mr . Thomas Robson _, mariner , was called to the chair , who in opening the proceedings briefly remarked that a notice had appeared in the Northern Star newspaper , calling the attention of the working men of Britain to a bill now before Parliament , by which it _wsb intended to empower individual magistrates to commit to prison for two months any servant , male or female , who should be charged with absenting themselves from employment , which they bad verbally agreed to perform i or of being guilty
of . any misbehaviour connected with such _employe ment the offender might be sent to jail by the magistrate on the evidence of one witness , either employer or agent , & o . This startling intelligence had attracted the attention of several seamen , and a preliminary meeting had been held in that room on the preceding evening , at which it was agreed to call a general meeting of the seamen and shipwrights , to consider on the expediency of petitioning the House of Commons not to pass the said bill into a law . The present meeting had therefore been convened for that purpose , and the subject which they were called upon to consider would now be submitted to their notice . Doubtless the seamen were not much accustomed to political discussions ; but when
measures so very much like the degradation of slavery or vassalage , were _attempted to be made the law of the lahd _, and which were so very muoh at variance with every principle of British liberty ,, he thought it high time that seamen and all Other men should take an interest _Jatthe matter . Mr . Robert Parkin , marinerV _^ ne Xt addressed the meeting . He commehcedbr reading the aitiole in last week ' s Northern S ( _arti _^ net which he proceeded to remark on the very injurious consequences ' -of such a law . He proceeded at som © lengthy ; after which Messrs . R , Young , B . Buck , _f . Srhitnj J . Gilbert , J . Telford , ' & , b . addressed the _fheetirig . _'B _^ been prepared , were read , to the effect'that _tjiehieetr ing viewed wih alarm the introduction into Parlia-
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ment of the [ Bill alluded to , and that the meeting agreed to petition against it . ' Those resolutions being severally moved and Becondcd , were put to the meeting , and carried unanimously . The Chairman then announced that at the preparatory meeting the Secretary of | the Seamen ' s Benevolent Sooiety , Mr . James Dunn , had been requested to prepare a petition to Parliament against the passing of the Bill . He accordingly had prepared a petition , which he then called npon him to read . The petition having been read by Mr . Dunn , its adoption was proposed and seconded , and carried unanimously . It was then resolved that Mr . Dunn be instructed to
forward it to T . S . Duncombe , Esq ., MP ., for presentation , and that W . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P , and D . Barclay , { Esq . and Lord Howick , the MemberB for Sunderland , and H . Lambton , Esq . and the Hen . H . T . Liddell i the Members for the Northern Division of the County of Durham , be respectfully requested to support the petition , and to oppose the Bill in Parliament , which was unanimously agreed to . A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman , and a number of signatures were affixed , and it was announced that the petition would lie at that room for the signatures of seamen and shipwrights ; after which the meeting separated .
Mr . Thomas _Gisborne _' s Vote on thb Factory Biu ,.- _< —Meeting at Nottingham— -On Tuesday last ; a public meeting was convened iu the Market-place , of the electors and non-electors of Nottingham , for the purpose of heariDg an explanation from TV ; Gisborne , Est . ., touching his conduct upon certain Votes given by him during the _preseut session of Parliament . At the time appointed a very numerous meeting assembled . Oa the motion of Mr . Roberts , seconded by Mr . Pepper , Mr . Sweet was appointed chairman , who opened the proceedings by reading the bill convening the meeting , and the correspondence , consisting of letters from T . S _« _Dunoombe , Esq . M . P ., and Lord Kanoliffe , highly disapproving of the course pursued by Mr .
Gisborne . He then read a letter which he had received from T . Gisborne , _E-q . excusing his attendance at the meeting on account of previous engagements ; but offering to come to Nottingham on any Saturday after tho 13 th inst . Mr . Brown moved the first resolution as follows :- " That in tho opinion of this meeting a Ten Hours'Factory Bill is at the ; present time called for both by humanity and sound policy , a longer period of labour being detrimental to the moral and physical condition ofthe people , " which was seconded by Mr . Pepper , ably supported by Mr . Dorman , aud carried unanimously The seeond "resolution as follows , proposed by Mr . Roberts and _, seconded by Mr . Kerrey , " That T . Gisborne , Esq , M . P ., be requested to support au
amendment for a Ten Hours' Bill when the question ia again brought before Parliament , and that he be also requested to oppose as far as possible the Bill now pending ; entitled tho Masters aud Servants ' Bill ; he haviag at the time of hia election promised , as the representative of the peop e of Nottingham , to support such measures as a majority at a public meeting , fairly convened , should request him to do . " Carried unanimously . A resolution was then , passed requesting the Chairman to forward the resolutions to T . Gisborne , Esq ., without delay . Three cheers were given to Mr . _Duncembe _, Lord Raucliffe , aud F . O'Connor , ; Esq ., and a vote of thanks to the Chairman , when the meeting , which lasted nearly two hours , quietly dispersed .
_Factokv Bill . —A public meeting of the inhabitants of Colne and its vicinity , legally convened by public placards , seven days' clear notice being given , was held on Monday last , when a petition in favour of the Ten Hours' Factory Bill was unanimously carried by the meeting . Also a petition to the House of Commons to reject the Bill now in Committee , entitled " The Servants' and Artificers ' Bill . " I Wigan . —Meeting in _Soppsrt of the Ten Hours' BiLL . _pA public meeting having been Called for the purpose of taking into consideration the necessity of petitioning the House of Commons in favour of Lord Ashley ' s Ten Hours' proposition , to oppose the ! Masters' and Servants' Bill , & o . & c _,
shortly after . eight o ' clock , Mr . James _Esslaston was called to j the chair , and , in a neat but short speech , stated ) the object of the meeting , and called upon Mr . John Lenagon , who moved the first resoltion as follows : — " That this meeting feels confident that eight hours' labour per day in a Factory is aa much as the male adult population should be put to , and that six hours is sufficient for young persons . But , as Lord Ashley ' s proposition establishes a good precedent for further restrictions , we consider it _^ our duty to give him all the support in our power /'—Seconded by Mr . John Heaton . The resolution was carried unanimously . Mr . Ward moved , and Mr . Seagrave seconded , tho second resolution— " That this meeting , viewing with alarm the Bill before the House called the Masters' and Servants' Bill , believing that it places too much power in the hands of any one magistrate , and will wholly deprive the industrious class
of the small share of protection which has hitherto been afforded them , we resolve to petition against this obnoxious measure . "—Carried unanimously . The third resolution was to the following effect;—" That this meeting feels indignant at tho further encroachment on tne rights of the people by the introduction of Lord Worsley ' s Inclosure Bill ; by the passing ' of which the labouring classes will be deprived of all that remains to them of the ancient Common Land of England ; we therefore remonstrate against it . " This resolution was proposed by Mr . Patrick Bradley , and seconded by Mr . John Booth . This resolution was also unanimously adopted . Petitions in accordance with the resolutions were agreed to , and ordered to be transmitted to London for presentation . On the motion of Mr . Canning , it was resolved that Mr . John Nuttall . of Manchester , should represent this town in the forthcoming Convention .
Ten Hours j Bill Meeting at _Braopord . —On Tuesday , at two o ' clock , Mr . Oastler , accompanied by Wm . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., entered Bradford , preceded by a ; procession of factory children , and an excellent band . The procession moved through several sfcreeesJamid the hearty cheers ofthe labouring people ; who were rejoiced to see the good old King , once more surrounded by his clients , the factory workers , whose loud huzzas and tossing up of caps , proved the value they set on his exertions in their behalf . A commodious hustings was erected on the waste ground near the Temperance Hall . Joshua J Pollard , Esq ., was called to the chair , who briefly opened the meeting , and introduced the Rev . Mr . Bowman , who moved a
resolution iu favour jof a Ten Hours' Bill . Mr . Coultas seconded the resolution , and it was unanimously _carried . W . B . Ferrand , Esq ., M . P ., spoke to the next resolution , and gave the Government a severe lashing _far the manner in which tbe recorded opinion of the House of Commons on the Ten Hours' amendment had been dealt with . He concluded a most ! excellent speech amid the cheers of the meeting . Mr . Walker , manufacturer , seconded the resolution in a very able manner . In the course of his speech he observed that the reduction of labour to ten [ hours a day would not enhance the value of a woman ' s dress 91 . ; and asked which of the operatives would refuse to pay Sd . advance on the wife ' s dress , in order to have two hours per
day less labour } . This was answered by a ; loud cheer from the immense crowd , consisting of many thousands . The resolution was put to a show of hands , when every hand seemed to be raised in its favour . On being put to the oontrary , only one solitary hand with long small fingers , appeared . Dr . Grindrod spoke in favour of the reduction of the hours of labour , as a practical man : he had long contended for an alteration in factory labour . Mr . Oastler was received with loud cheers . He returned thanks to the people of Bradford for their kindness to him when in prison , and aiding to obtain his liberty . He spoke most forcibly on his favourite subject—regulation of factory labour , and was loudly applauded . The Secretary of the Short Time Committee read a
petition praying for a limitation of factory labour to ten hours per day , which was unanimously adopted . The thanks of ; the meeting were tendered to the Chairman . Three oheers for Richard Oastler and three for Lord ! Ashley , were then loudly given . — Mr . Smyth then rose and requested Mr . Ferrand to state to the meeting his opinion on the "Masters and Servants Bill . " Mr . Ferrand was called to the chair for a second meeting , and he boldly denounced the bill as one of the most monstrous measures ever introduced into the House of Commons . He called on the people to petition without delay .. He said Mr . Duncombe and himself would to the utmost oppose this cruel and
unconstitutional bill . Mr . Smyth read the petition from the Star , and moved that Mr . B . Ferrand , M . P . be requested to present it to tho House of Commons . Mr . Squire _Auty . seconded the proposition , and it was carried unanimously . Mr . Dawson moved , " Tbat as Mr . Ferrand , the chairman , could not sign the petition on behalf of the meeting and present it too , the mover and seconder be requested to sign it . " This was unanimously carried , and the meeting broke up , with j three cheers for ten hours labour . — The Times reporter Btates that the numbers present were from 18 , 000 to 20 , 000 ; the Bradford Observer states them at 10 , 000 . It was therefore a very large meeting . ¦ - i ¦
HnDDEnspiEED . —On Wednesday evening , the Huddersfield meeting in Bupport of the | Ten Hours ' Bill was holden in the Philosophical Hall , which was crowded to excess . It was presided over by the vicar , aad attended by several of the clergy of the town and neighbourhood . The resolutions were moved and seconded m excellent and effective speeches , by _MeBsrs . Glendening , Rhodes , Pitkethly , Leech , and Hobson . Mr . Oastler was present , and addressed the meeting at great length in a speech replete with facts and sound reasoning . All the motions , when submitted to the meeting , were carried unanimously . A petition against the infamous gagging Bill for " Servants" was proposed by Mr . Hobson , seconded by Mr . Oastler ; and enthusiastically adopted .
Halifax . —Thenjeeting in this town oa _Thursday evening was looked to with a considerable degree of interest ; for vMr _.-a _^ Md _^ the M , 7 P . _/ for \ he borough , had represented in hia _plaw in Parliament
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that . the operatives did . n . Qt wish for the Ten Hoars Bill ; and the meeting was called partly for the pnr . pose of ascertaining whether he had spoken truth or not . The answer was full and onmistakeable . The large arid splendid Hall belonging to the Odd Fellows , waa crammed lh every part , with an audience _composed mainly of factory workers . Hundreds had to depart _^ it heing found _impossibe to wedge " more" into the densely-packed room ; and when the _( _juestioh was pni , as to the truthfulness of Mr . C . Wood ' s representation , the _response against that Hon . M . P . was unanimous and indignant . The meeting placed him ina > fix . ' * Hewill have to explain the ground . pf _, and _authority for , hie statement ; or stand convicted of having resorted to an unworthy device to accomplish a disreputable purpose . All the resolutions were , in thig
case , as at Leeds Bradford and Huddersfield , passed with acclamation ; not one dissentient to them being found . Mr . John Fielden , Mi'P . for Oldham , was in attendance , and addressed the meeting at considerable length . He entered fully into what is called the " commercial" part of the question ; and showed , conclusively , ' that it is not foreign competition that we hate either tofear or care fer , but home competition , and the competition of ourselves in the foreign market * He confessed himself ashamed to have to argue the question on such low and narrow ground as tbat of profit or loss ; declaring that if the measure of restricting factory labonr for females and children should abridge profits and entail loss on
the whole nation , it yet was tight that it " should pass ; for no one , not even the millocrat , ought to be permitted to accumulate riches at thei expence of the weaker sex and the infantile portion of the _papulation . So far , however , from the measure being calculated to do either one or the other , he held it to be beyond doubt that it would have a totally contrary effect ; it must have , from the nature of things themselves , the effect of enhancing both profits and wages , and enabling the consumer in the . home market to become a much better customer than he has latterly been . So convinced was he on this point , that he held himself in readiness to meet any millowner _, _orimillowners , who held to the contrary , to reason and argue the question with them . He
should particularly like to meet the sixty two in Manchester who signed the petition against the Ten Hours Bill , which was so triumphantly exhibited by Sir James Graham ; and if he did not prove that their allegations and representations were fallacious and untrue , and their fears groundless , he would be content to be set down a 3 a very dunce in manufacturing affairs , " though he had all his life been engaged in them . He felt that he could thus speak with confidence ; for with the practical operations of trade he was fully conversant ; and he had made the ' subject of "long hours" and _•' . short hours" of work a matter of deep study aad inquiry , Mr . Fielden was loudly cheered throughout his able and luminous address ; and after the meeting a
strong request was preferred that his speeoh should be published and extensively circulated , As " a large Manufacturer ' s answer to the objections raised on the commercial part ofthe question . " Mr . Dastler also addressed the meeting at considerable length , and with great effect . His appearance was hailed with most enthusiastic _sheuts , and other demonstrations of joy . Mr . Hobson , of Leeds , also spoke ; and at the " close of the business as far as the Ten Hours' Bill was concerned , he introduced the matter concerning the "Masters' and Servants ' Bill ; " when a petition against it was unanimously passed . The feeling of surprise and indignation evinced , as Mr . Hobson exposed the nature of the horrible atrocity , was deep indeed .
Leed 3 . _Highwav Surveyors and Churchwardens . —Triumphant Election of the People ' s Lists . —We announced in oar third edition last week the election almost unanimously , by show of hands , of the Chartist list of Surveyors of the Highways , and that the Whigs and _Sturgites had demanded a poll to overrule , if possible , the voice of the people . Ou Saturday the polling commenced , and was continued ( Sunday excepted ) at intervals till nine o ' clock on Monday night , when the Chartist list was declared victorious by an average majority of 622 I -So great was the interest felt in the contest that the Bazaar in _Brn-gate , where the polllig took place , was crowded during the whole of Monday , and some time before the result was announced the
greatest excitement was visible . The announcement was received with deafening cheers . This is a glorious triumph for the democratic canse . It ought to be observed that the votes given for the democratic list , and which has given this triumph to tbe Chartists , were nearly all single ; while the Whigs whipped up the " monopolist" voters under Sturges Bourne ' s Act , to give their two , three _, foar , five , and six votes to out-vote the people . Ana yet , after ail , they failed . Every trick and _manosuvre were resorted to , to defeat the election ; and when the result was declared , the farce of demanding a scrutiny was performed by the Whig cad , as it it were possible by such means to set aside the large majority recorded in favour of the Chartists ; The Chairman , acting under the advice of the law adviser to the Board of Surveyors , very properly refused to revise his own acts ; telling the : party who
made the demand that he had his remedy elsewhere , if agrieved . On Thursday , a vestry meeting ef the Parish was holden for the election ' of Churchwardens . The Vicar presided . Mr . Brook proposed a list , all Chartists . Three of them were re-elections , and the other four new candidates . No other list was proposed , though the Whigs had loudly threatened " what they would do" The poll of Monday had , however , knocked the wind out . Not a puff evtn remained . On the list being put to the vote it was unanimously carried ; and after the Vicar had publioly thanked the outgoing Churchwardens for their courteous and gentlemanly conduct during their year of office , and contrasted that conduct with the conduct of " gentlemen" who had been placed in the office beforetime , solely to annoy him , the meeting dissolved , having lasted only five minutes . Thanks were accorded" to the Vicar by acclamation .
John Frost . —A letter , now in Newport , written at Pont Paer , Tasmah ' s Peninsula , dated 17 th October , 1843 , conveys the intelligence that ths writer saw Mr . John Frost in the previous March , '" on the Station , " and that he appeared in excellent health . —Sun .
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Dudley Chaim Makers—An adjourned meeting of the chainiiiakera was held at Dudley Wood , on Monday last , to take into consideration tbe best method of extending the _organization throughout tbe Kingdom . A case of the grossest tyranny ever practised wss brought before tbe meeting . Tbe men in the employ of Mr . Parkes , of Brieriy Hill , attended the meeting held at tbe above place on Monday last , for whioh he has thought proper to keep them oat tor a fortnight , bat will find to bis own cost tbat the men will not return to tbeir work unless tbey get an advance of price . Tbe meeting paid every one of tbe men such a sum as will enable them to keep out as long as he refuse compliance to tbeir just claims , as he has been paying less for bis chains than any other employer . The Union has already done much good in preventing reductions , and in Borne cases obtaining for tbe men a considerable advance , as will be best proved by tbe following
bandbill which has been circulated throughout the district" Dudley , April 6 th , 1814—To the chain makers—I have this day agreed to give up to my workmen the discount deducted as between the tommy master and the master who pays cosh for wages , and I further promise an advance of from 3 d . and 4 d . to la Cd . per Cwt as it may occur iu sizes , provided no workman works for any master who keeps , a tommy shop , or any of his friends ; my oplalon--ls , every man ia worthy of his hire , and oughi- _^ tio . ' be paid in coin , and allowed liberty to spend it when earned as he . pleases . — Henry _Fershouse Parkes . ' This bill is an honour to Mr . Parkes of Tipton . The meeting waa adjourned to Monday next to be held at tbe Fiveways , Cradley Heath , at two o ' clock . It is earnestly requested tbat all men who wish to live by tbeir labour will atteud , and assist the meeting in putting a stop to that damnable system , the payment of wages in goods instead of
money . _BaAOFoan . —Shoemakers' Strike . —The strike at Mr . Huggan _' s shop has terminated : the men who held oat in opposition to the society has accepted tbe conditions offered them , aud Mr . Huggans has signed the list of prices required by the trade . This strike was conducted on a principle worthy of imitation by the trade in general . The strictest decorum towards the men working in tbe shop during the strike was observed , not the slightest offence or expression tending to offend was
allowed ; and those men who tramp about from one place to another , extorting money from the society , under the threat of going to work on the strike , if they are refused their demand , were by our excellent President answered— "A good man needs no bribe to do his duty to his fellow workmen ; a bad man is not worth the trouble of handing him a bribe . " In nine cases out of ten those men are bad workmen , and one trial is plenty for the master to discover that employing them is a ruin to his trade .
Tailoks' Protection Society , Citt op London . —A highly respectable meeting of the trade was holden oh Tuesday last , at the Mitre , Mitre-street , Aldgate , at which delegates from Manchester , Leeds , Bolton , Glasgow , Crewkerne , a 3 also those appointed to represent the Metropolitan districts , were present . Mr . C , Maunder , from Crewkerne , in the chair _. Several appropriate and interesting speeches were delivered by the delegates . A vote of thanks to the Northern Star for its faithful reports of the proceedings of the society , also of other communications having reference to the welfare of the trade , was passed , and a vote of censure on Lloyd ' s Weekly Newspaper , for its desertion of the cause of the journeymen tailors , and also a vote of thanks to tbe chairman , which was responded to unanimously . The meeting then broke up .
Blue Quarries . —At a meeting of the grindstone _quarrymen , in the Primitive Methodist Chapel , Blue _Q'larriey , on Thursday evening , the 28 ih ult ., to take into consideration the propriety of restricting their hours of labour , as it has been a custom with the undertakers of the quarries to work a great deal of over-time , a resolution was passed , with only a few dissentients , to tbe effect— " That we , the grindstone quarry men , restrict the hours of our labour as follows : —Eight hours and a half on Mondays , ten hours on the four succeeding days , and five hours on the _Saturdays . "
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Northern Star (1837-1852), April 13, 1844, page 8, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/nss_13041844/page/8/
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