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MiW . 1 ^ ' ¦ 'w J--ii ADDRESS WRITTS 3 BT BEQUEST , O * THE STRIKE « F TBE F HASOSS FBOM THB KETT HOUSES OP PAIO-IAJtERT , && , * C rpdten oy a Hosm < rf «« Ffctorta 2 Tta *«; Z >« . 16 » , ^ 1841 . wAe * Ffl&B * 2 ^ « " - per / on *^* for ihe tffcon Israel toil'd in bondage , SOT *™* ** £ Uk tbespWt wblch thsyoke bad bow d : Fof fearful tyrants cannot rest content rriess tbe mind be -With the body bent jjSvd by their chains the burtheaed Hebrews grow , £ d eqrto Ph * Toab . -bot hi * heart w »^ e , iBegoneya idlers r Why do 7 e oornpWn ? JSdthIdespotandiM tt" ¦ £ » -
, , , While Pharoah met the fate ha crimes deserved . affRE SWS ' &s- " i- » T ^ T ^ Vin raiBi-TyranUno wmnDg tiie , --IH ^ s ^ 's ^ r-Bfis ^^ aia'aE-1 ^ iS ^ m to-d the m ark at Getlert . heart ! iSture in Tell iras dared to that great deed-He freed himself— his country , too , he freed J Jamea , a slaTe , was Order ' s chosen tool , barbTous rule
To keep his dignity by . What dignity , forsooth ! can masters sse In using servants with indignity ? The thankful masons , -whom y « aid to-night , ghow' 4 more true greatness -when they struck for right , Aad taught the petty tyrant to be civil , . Who cow assumes the saint instead of deviL Ye trade ! "who wide nnite to shield each other , Acd trill not see oppression starve a brother , Te heard and answer ed the free mason ' s cryjamine they fear rot—for your help is nigh ! We struck for labour's rights , 'gainst labour ' s wrongs-Oar caase is yonrs—to you our case belongs : — jbey would have m 3 de us slaves , nay -worse ; bnt tlien -jTe struck to show them that we ttill were men . And all who value worth and manliness
Have Fvmpitkised with us except the Press 'Ihe Press ! that engine to enlarge the slav ? , <^ n it refuse when truth and justice crave ? Alas ? eppr ^ ssion sways the ven al pen—Corruption backs the master-not the men ' . ' Bnt time will come when these things will not be-When heaven wi 5 l pive success to honesty . Aad those who work'd at Nelson ' s Monument , And Woolwich , too—by slavery unbent , giaTl -with their brethren raise a noble name That tyranny shall daunt , and treachery shame . Ofl , may the members of the H-Joses be , As were the builders , foes to tyranny : Tfeen will the day , so long desir'd , come Tsund , When labour shall with capital be crown * ' ! , And r 2 * 103 , Peace , and Pienteousness nbound ! John Watk . 135 . 20 , Upper Marsh , Lambeth .
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X » EEDS . —TJsehploted Poob . —An impression seems to prevail that ihe Enumeration Committee tte * party to tbe delay which has taken place in eottpleuag the inquiry , undertaken by the overseas , iato the correctness of the report made by-the committee to the majjistrates in October last . We are emphatically assured , on beh&lf of the committee that ibis is not the case—that they are no jarty to the delay winch has been occasioned ; bEt tait the whole blame rests with the overseers ; whose callous indifference to the warns of the distressed operatives , more especially to those who do tot belong to the parish of Leeds , and for whom
ttore particularly a subscription would be available , is most astonishing . The books of the enumerators were seat to tee overseers in November , and every jsutance _ ha 3 been rendered to them which ba 3 ** en required . The committee have been most mhods Jo have the inquiry completed , and for this purpose a deputation waited npon einht of the overseers on Christmas Day , in order 10 ascertain what progress they nad made in their canvass , and to arge ttpon them the des'reabieness of giving in their * V ? ' mlle B > a ^ istrare 3 with as little delay as pos-Bple . The committee think it due to themselves and tas iiiiemploj ed operatives to make taeir statement p ublic .
K WiiSO , —Meeting op the Tiudes in behalf W thk Men os Strike agaix » t Allen . —On wescij night , the 18 th inst ., at eight o ' clock , in tee Odd Fellows' Hall , the Trades of Kelso met , to consider tb . B best means for assisting the strike * &&si Allen , aason , and foreman at the new « ott « s of Parliament . The Committee of the LTut ^ d Operative Masons there , having called the osetmg , prodnced authentic reports of the origin . Progress , and present position of the strike , and ~ TJEgreaa and commented thereos , as much of * se as were thought necessary committed the •« 2 so to the other traces assembled . ResblutioDS ¦ rare im mediately thereafter unanimonsly agreed to . waaeaiaing the conduct of Alienand showing it to ujj jk tv
, , ---. tuc couuuut oi milieu , auu miu « ju >; « tne interest of everj working man in the kiDgwbj to do everjthmg m his power , either by « oney pz argument , to crush the present attempt to ^ Diaia and extend the dominion of despotism ; and ~^ Ij appointing that subscripti on Ehee ; s be pre-^ s « a nd entrusted to members of the various ?™ s , snch mpmber 3 to be named before the meet-Pf oistricts , which accordiniiiy was done . In ron-•^ unjce of a remark on universal union of working P «» pst , which had fallen from one of the speakers ^^ gi be proceedings , a person present inquired * B ^ htr nothing more could be saaa on that subject fcoure the meeting dismissed , when the person wco had made the remark referred to sted hbuv cmjj
, sugge IV — <» j ^ o i . ^ -UAmi . A ICImI&u * V J ^^ v—™ — J ™' when the ChMnnan had declared that the assess was finished , for which the present meetf ¥ was callfcd , all who fait inclined , should con-« tpte again , for an exchange of sentiments on the object of nnivtreal nnion . The snbst » ncs of the » oversation was to the following effect : —That * o « ang people a ^ e taxed to an nnjust amount . ^ M to one bnt the prodneer is taxed—taxaiiqn , ^ en traced to the root , being found to consist ¦ oo ^ iy of labour , ( pr * dactvon >—that often producers J ** en as a whol « , have produced as much as supply «« mselves and families , and aged , and support for a <¦** Government ^ including army , navy , in active Jwrice , and such other functionaries as may be
™« "i necessarj to preserve the peace of society , fe !^ i ? Te wro ^ il enough , consequently whatever P « e vhey are forced to do , in order to gain a liveli-™ ° o » is UDJost taxation . That six hours per day «» tne average throughout the year is sufficient Tot ** Pnrposeeenuaemed , » nd therefore four hours per
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day is pafd by all ( more by many ) in unjust taxation , to rapport the non-producers in their respectable establishments . A calcuJat on . showing the above result , was in the possession of one present . That on purpose to get rid of such abominable injustice , it is necessary to adopt some measure likely to ensure the co-operation of all interested , and that considering the gloiioaB results already achieved by Trades' Unions , the eame principle extended bo as to combine the-vrhole in one commoa interest , is the most likely at present practicable—or if not at pre sent , the first likely to becone so . That in order t * ensure the assistance of all , let the fundaments , ! principle be , equality of duty and equality of privilege , as far as present circumstances will possibly
admit , and to progress in this respect wnenever practicable . That if . possible let intoxicating liquors be abandoned by every one of hs , and success wili crown our labour . Wages to be always regulated by reference to the price of necessaries . That part of the calculation which relates to housing , was submitted to the closest inspecion of the meeting , and by it is clearly demonstrated that so working man occupying only ene room , should pay more than four days' labour or wages for that time , as rent , annually . It rans as follows : —A house of four rooms can be reared with 950 days labour , including everything { average ) ; it will last sixty years , lodging tour tenants , each paying four days , makes
sixteen annually—60 times 16 is SSO . this gives thflandlord his own , and we hold it to be unjust for one man in lending a cay's labour to demand a day aud a half in return ; but landlords do more than ibi ?; is general they receive four or five day 3 for one . Will the kind-hearted working men of Britain be patient evermore to this barefaced robbery , when by a single effort they could ba free ! We heartily wish the already united trades would respond to us on this subject , that measures may be devised to produce a working place of the important work . It must be seen at once _ th »> t if such a practice were adopted , nobody willing to work need be idle , for the day would be shortened in order to employ all . —Correspondent .
HORSXiE ? ( Gloucestershire . )—Only a few years back there was , between the Boot Inn , Howley , and Nupenol House , now tho residence of" Mr . William Wisi , late agent to the Felting Cioth Company , Leedg , Yorkshire , a distance of not more than four hundred yards in a direct line , seventy-tiro looms in full employ , independent of hundreds more in the same parish ^ upon the very best of tke West of England broad cloths ; and at tho present time there is only oue , and not above half work for that . This is _ kept by an old woaian named Sukey Keale , considerably more than six . y ve-ars of a ^ e ; aud the
poor weavers have been obliged to turn day labourers , and : from the scar ity of woTk at that and the wet weather , the labourers have not earned more than from -5 s .- to 6 ^ . per wee k for the last year ; some of them with large families , and sometimes to walk a distance of from four to six miles every day to and from their work . They are at t >> e present time literally at the starvation point . The writer defies the Duke of Wellington , S : r Robert Peel , or Lord Jahn Rus-eU , formerly our borough member , to contradict this glaring fact . —Correspondent . WOODHOUSE . A > -ci- £ ST Romans On
Monday , the I > ovo Senate , 2 s ' o . J 7 , or the above flourishing order , held at the house of Mr . Robert Harwood , tbe George the Fourth Inn , Woodhouselane , held its aniiiversary , when the members sat down to -a sumptuous dinner provided for the occasion .
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A Political Economist . — " I can t find bread for my family , " said a iazy sinner in a pu&i-. c company . "Nor . I , " replied an industrious miller , "I am oblijjsd to icork for it , " GiGA « iTic Haddock . —On the 14 : h ult . a haddock of tb . 9 following extraordinary dimensions was caught off F : ndhorn , and brought for sale tn Forres fi ^ -h-m arket : — 'It measured three feet long , 19 inches in circumference at the thickest part of its body , and weighed ISJbs . It was bought by a thrifty hostess in town , for 3 d . —Forres Gazette ,
HOW TllADESMEN BECOME BANKRUPT . —If OBC tradesman , in these daja divides his windows into four squares , hi 3 neighbour instantly makes his into two , "while the shop opposite outdoes botn by a single piate filling the whole front of the establishment . We trust that these enormous windows will , for the future , be seen through , and that tradesmen m 3 y be deterred from their ruinous extravagances by ihe reputation for fragility that wili henceforth attach to commercial a 3 well as other glass houses . A Weatheb-vtise Swan . —Thi 3 swan , the property of Lord Braybrooke , which was 18 or 19 years old , had brought up many broods , and wa . 3 highly
valued b y the neighbours . She exhibited , some eight or nine years past , one of the m : > st remarkable instances of the power of instinct that was sver recorded : She was sitting on four or five eggs , and was observed to be very busy in collecting weeds , grasses , fcc , to raisa her nest . A farming man was ordered , to take dovrn half a load of haulm , with which shemo' fi industriously raised h ? r nest and the e ^ gs : wo fee t and a half . That very night there cams down a tremendous fall of rain , which flooded all the male shops , and did . great damage . Man made no preparation—the bird did . Instinct prevailed over rea'son—ker eggs were above , and onlyjust above the water .
A Facetious WiTSE 43 . —In a trial at our quarter sepsioE ? , for stealing a watch horn the bed-room of Mr . George Poynter , at Wiliinaham , the following conversation took place , on cross-examination , between the prosecutor and Mr . Byles , counsel lor the prisoner : —Mr . Byle»— " Where do you live 1 " Mr . Poynter— "At Wjliingham ; but I am not a Willingham man . "— " What are you V M An engineer ; I wa 3 apprenticed to Henry Mau-eslay , partner to Sir L ? ambert Brunei , of Thamas Tunnel notoriety . " " Well , what else are you 1 " " Why , 1 am » gHHEmith , locksmith , aad be'lhangcr , iron arm and Jatbe" maker , edge-tool-makfr , watch and clock maker and repairer , mathematical instrument maker , weighing , machii e , scale , and steel-yard maker , kniie-maker , and grinder , publican aud
licensed victualler , and an old man-of-war's man , and was engaged in the action between the Shannon and Chesapeake ; in fact , I am half brother to Caleb Qaotem . " ' " ' Are you not a conjuror as well ? " " O yes , that I am ; Monsienr Testet was a fool to md ; and if you are willing I will show yox one or two ( ricks . " " What can you do ? " "Well , if yon will allow me , and not consider I am injnltiDg , I will tell you . " . " Oh , certaiuly , go on . ' " Then , it you will just take off yoar wig , and get the gentleman nest you to grease your head , I will swaiiow yon whole , and then you will be no more trouble to yourself nor any one else . " ( Loud laughter , in . which the court and learned counsel joined . ) Mr . Byles . '' You may stand down , Sir . ' — Cambridge Independent .
The Last New Fashions . —The coa . t 3 of the gentlemen are now buttoned close up to the throat , and the hamls are worn in she pocket , B'ae is a fashionable colour for the face , arid noses are slightly tipped with a deep pink or crimson . Where gi ^ ves are not worn , theead 3 of the fingers are brought as near to the mouth as pessible ; aud we have s&en a pretty substitute for cloaks , worn when it is likely to rain , in a species of material sometimes used for making coal and potato sacks . When there art many in a family it is sometimes customary to throw a drapery of green bai ' ze , or something else , over the shoulders of one of the talie ^ t members , which hangs down in a natural fold , but Eot very full , over the younger branches . We have seen anew ? tyle of shoe , very much worn inceed by the hnmbler classes oT pedestrian ? . Is is fore-shonened go as to
leave tbe heel entirely unencumbered ; and the front , or upper-leather , is slightly blar-hed in an irregular pattern , so as to show the foat or siocking—wlu-a the latter article happens to ba vised with it . We have seen a few great coats , bat in lxaay instance * we have observed that these articles are worn on ] y as substitutes for the usnal sunoHt which is discon-. inued whea . the warmer garment is adopted ; and which being tho last , thing out , it is presumed that the surtout , or body coat , may be considered to have gone in , at least fur the present . The hohdays being at an end , boys' jackets are trimmed as before ; and there is about the same quantity ef laciDg behind as usual . During Chri-tmas there was a good deal oi' optn work about tiio mouth , and a rich spotted material , resembling in colour a plumb-pudding , was very generally resorted to for lining . —Punch .
An American's Opinion op the English Ciiurcu Establisment—At . a lecture lately delivered betore a literary institution in Philade ] ph : a , the lecturer , after a description of the English aristocracy , alluded to tbe English church : — "The next , and by many considered by far the most odious part of'ho English system ( said the lecturer ) , is the vasx , overwhelming , and greedy churcL establishment , sittiDji , like some huge monster , upon the neck of toe nation , extractiug its sub-stacce , and coining the very blood of tho people into tribute to her uuholy aud hollow pretensions to piety aEd meekness . In the whole history of ike civilised world there is nothing to bo found equal to it . It is rendered even more critniDal and indefensible by the fact that tbe very men who sustain -and aoprov © it , are themselves the arrogant conservators of tho wisdom , the taleut , of the nation Inconsistent in its management , and tyrannical and
prosenpuve in it 3 policy , it presents to the world the anomaly of an institution , the first professed obj&ct of wnich is the advancement and promulgation of God ' s word , of hi 3 nitrey , his purity , and his omnipotence ; and yet it lives , and thrives , and growB rich and luxurious Epon taxes wrung from the suf fering and grinded poor , and from those who profess another creed , and ^ elong to another dei-. orcination . England ' s worst aristocracy are those who sit enthroned among the linen and purple of her church , rioting on immense salaries , and sustaining , by deed and word , the degenerate Government who suppo"t and eneoarage tbxm ; while the poor labouring masses , on whose toil they luxuriate , are in most cases unseen and unknewn to them , except it be through the tithea and taxes they pay to keep up their oppressors . Keligion has no companioBship -with this solemn mockery and gilded bvpocriBy . "
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A poos wouan , named Ball , 'living , at Stubbington , while gone to TitohSeld to procure previsions , fastened her three children in an upflt&irs room , as she usually did ; the children by some meaoB Bet fire to & bag of hulls , and on her return she found all tnree dead . —Hampshire Standard . Amongst the places advertised in the Gazette as duly registered for the solemnisation of marriages , nnder the 7 th of William IV ., o . 85 , is the Social Institution , John-street , Tottenham-court-road . Pki . nck Albkbt has given orders for ' six pairs of silk trousers and stockings to be made by tbe silkstocking-makers of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire , in answer to their address praying for his patronage to help their distressed trade . A man named Jupp , who kept the Star laa , at Reigate , threw himself under the Brighton train , at Red-hill , on Monday , and was smashed to atoms . The cause of this most determined suicide does not
appear . On Friday last , we were shown a note for £ 5 , of the bank of Messrs . Clarke , Mitchell , Phillips , and Smith , with an endorsement som « what unusual is bills of that kind . . It was to this effect i—Farewell my note—and wheresoe ' er you wend L ^ ave gaudy scenes , and be the poor man ' s friend ; You ' ve left a poor one—go to one as poor , And drive despair and hunger from his door . We have seen worse poetry than this quatrain ; but the sentiment would inspire the ruggedest and most halting verse with beauty and grace . —Leicester Journal .
American Courtship . —If a girl has a lover down at Anne Arbour , of course she marries him as soon as ht-r friends consent ; if they object , then she goes to bed , and remains there until thay give their consent , wnich t ^ enerally oecurs in less than a fortnight . It is found by that time to be less cxpessive , and more agreeable , to cail in the lover than the doctor . A physician having prescribed for a patient who complained of a want of appetite , recommended him to eat fried bacon instead of taking butter at breakfast , a 3 the latter disagreed with his stom « ch . in a few days after , the medical roan called on his patient to inquire what effect his prescription had ; to which ihe patient answered , " Very little indeed ; for though I-have eaten not Ies 3 * than half a pound of fried bacon , or more , every morning since you prescribed , ! have uot found my appetite for dinner in the least improved . "
Longevity of a Cat . —The Inverness Qjurier says there died the othsr week in the village of Rothts , a cat which had reached the patriarchal age of twenty-three . It ia recorded , in connection with the life of a banished Scottish patriot , that , on his return , ait ^ r an exile of fourteen years , he found one member of his household establishment alivea reverend bauirons . This is the greatest number of years , perhaps , observed to have been meted out to this class of animals before the present subject of uotic- ? . A Time fob all Things . —During the investigation of a case of assault aj the Borough Court , ou Tnursday , tho defendant asked complainant if her husbauu had not kicked her one day , about the time of the assault , until she fainted ? to which shereplied , * ' I'm not six nionihs turned of marriage yet ; it ' s too soon for my husband to be kicking me V '—Bollon Free Press .
A Ouiuotrs Coincidence . —The Town Council of the borough having appointed Mrs . — their printer , in cousidera . iou of her having consented to take half the umuuut of her account for work done at the revision , sent her some summonses to print , which , beii-. g duly executed , were discovered to huve been headed , instead of " Town Council , " " Clown Council . "— Cork Constitution . Stewed Calf ' s Head . —Light the copper fire , and whea the water iu n boils , and the steam i 3 very treat , go down , and look into the copper aB long as you can . If you keep it up long enough , your calf ' s h « ad will be s-tewed to perfection . As it is presumed there will be no brains , we have not mentioned tb > m—Punch .
Beat This . —Thero was yesterday suspended at the Spring Garden , near the corner of Houston street ami ibe Bowery , a hog worth look ng at . It measured , from the fore foot to the top of the shoulder , three feet seven inches ; from the heel along tho back to ihe saout , nine feet ; around the loins five feet , r / jit . ng seven inches tor the spread of the sides ; and around the shoulders six feet , rejecting six inches likewise for the spread if the sides , lta tusk projected from the jaw fivo inches . It was three years old , and raised in this city . —New Yoiit Paper .
Two Yornis , of seventeen and nineteen , in the employ of a confectioner at Hackney , last we * k , having procured a small patent charcoal stove to warm their chamber , retained r in thtir bed-room all night , contrary to tbe warning of their master , and not content with this , stoppeo up every crevice io kceD out the cold , —and were found next morning quite lifeless , the victims of aa unpremeditated act of self-destruction . Fabrication . —The northern parts of the metropolis were astonished , aud to some extent swindled ,
on Saturday evening , by six or eta ; ht fellows bawli 9 a o ^ t » ost iustily tho " Death of Louis Philippe , " " Louis Philippe sho ; . ' Tbey sold a small fly-leaf , containing about thirty lines , for a penny , setting forth ihat an express had just arrived that Louin Philippe had been shot , and probably killed ; but it wonnd up the tale by suting that the information was not quite deciaivi-,, and further news vias anxiously expected . The fellows , we believe , made a larger sum of ihe fabrication than is generally made by any true intelligence . —London Paper .
London Conveta ?;« es and their Conductors . — Among all the wonders and conveniences of London , none are more striking and amusing than the conveyances and their conductors . A stranger , on inquiring his way to the Abbey for instance , ia answered— "Abbey , sir ?—west end—three miles off —keep straight west , sir " Wei ) , this to a poor fellow fagged with toiling among unknown streets , and quays , and alleys ,-is wearisome enough ; but just as he is consigning himself to despair , looking wofuiiy about , he Bees an omnibus dash up , and the cad . evidently aware of hia wants , with forefinger extended in inimitable interrogation , cries , " Abbey , sir V It is no matter whither you want to go ; the moment a whim enters your mind to visit any part of the metropolis , an omuibud , patent safety-coach , or cab , is instantly at your elbow to convey you thither . A cabman , in fact , never thinks of saying " No" to a fare . By way of trying now far this waa
the case , I went bri .-kly up to one , whe , with a ' wemilation gosoamer" cocked on head , so as in a great measure to conceal the absence of one of his optics , sat Eunn ; ng himstlf on the seat of his vehicle . "Drive me to Jericho , " said I , pointing westward . " Yes , sir . ' taid he , pulling back the apron of his cab wuh fcrcat despatch , for two or three cvnducteurs of other cab .- had already elevated their fore fingers , and pressed forward to catch the faTe . After he had dr . veii a hundred yards alocg Ludgate-etreet — " V-re di ; i you say , sir ? " "Jericho , " replied I . The cabman gave a cut to his horse , clapped his hat more cit > s <;] y over his departed visual orgaa , shuffled about in his seat , and gave other signs of uneasiness , but did not like to confess his ignoranca . " Never mind , " said 1 , satisfied with having proved my position ; " Charing-crosa will do . " " Cha ' ing-coss , sir 1 > aui tha cabman , with another lash to his beast , and ulainly very much relieved . —Edinburgh Jownal .
A ieial took plaCk at the ConiiaisBion Court , Dublin , a few days ato , which is remarkable as exmbuing practices and propensities more resenjoling those of a fiend than of a human being . John Delahunt , a young man of forbidding aspect , nut more than eighteen , was on Saturcay week sentenced to death tor the murder of a child , named TiiOEia . s Maguire . Tho ease excited intense interest in i > ul > lin Jiom the almost unexampled cruelty of ihe crime , aud the bloodthirsty cunning previously rnanife .-ted by the prisoner . The evidence in this case wa 3 purely circumstantial . Tho ruffian had enveigled the poor child away from hi * playmates , and ihen had the audacity to take it to his lodgings at his brother ' s , and afterwards led it away again
and deliberately cut the poor child ' s throat in a lonely lane , where he lefithe body , and went and informed a puliceman ihat he had seen a woman ( artfully describing her si as to make it appear to be the child ' s own n ; o ' , her , » poor woman who had got her living by washing ) who was beating a child in a lane , and then cut its throat . Margaret Delahunt , the sisteriu-law , was oue © f the witnesses against the prisoner , and eaid that he came in en the Monday evening before Christmas with a little fellow , iu a uark jacket and cap , with dark hair aud curls about his forehead , who , the prisoner said , had been entrusted to him by a policeman as having l" > st his way . He afterward < went out with tho child , and within half an hour ot
leaving this witness d house must luve committed the Di * rder . A knife was found near the lane , wbich tha witness had missed that day , and which she had seen ihe prisoner sharpening the day before . Other circumstantial evidence wasadduced , and thoprisoner was fully convicted and sentenced to die on the 5 th February . The wretch dropped lifeless in a swoon for half an hour on hearing his sentence . Perhaps a more cold-blooded and cruel ruffian has never met hiBlateat tbe gallows . He is the same man who cams forward and charged a poor tinker with tha murder of the Italian boy , at Dublin—a murder which has never vet been unravelled ^ but of which
the present convict , probably , knows the secret too well . His clumsy perjury defeated its end , and the jury arquitsed the innocent man . In another case be brought false witness against soire porters , for an ass&ult , for the sake of the hoped for reward , but again failed , and was proved not to have been present 3 t the outrage . If the fellow had met with the punishment his perjury so richly deserved , this last murder might have been prevented . The motive of the murderer was , there is little doubt , to obtain a reward from the criminal authorities by witnessing against an innocent individual , thus perpetrating the threefold crime of murdering one fellow-creature to enable him , by false swearing , to take away the life uf another !
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A tkrt DiSTBESsiNo case transpired at a coroner ' s inquest on Thursday night , at a tavern , Sherbornelane , London , held on the body of an infant only one month old , which met its death from intense cold , while travelling with its mother an the Great Western Railway from Bristol to London . The poor mother had only been confiaed a month preyions ; and was proceedujB with her child to join her husband , a groom m Yorkshire , who had been out of employment for some time . JJuring the investigation she was sent for to give her evidence , but upon the messenger entering the room of the tavern in which the mother was waiting , the shocking discovery was made that she also had suddenly expired from the effects of the iaolemeni weather which bid destroyed her infant .
Ezra SteapeInhill , in custody at Birmingham for killing his wife , apparently accidently ^ while cleaning a gun , has been committed for wilful mur ' der , after _ a long examination at the coroner ' s inquest . In the course of the evidence it transpired that the prisoner and deceased lived most unhappily together ; that he had been heard to threaten to shoot her ; that while he was cleaning the gun and rubbing the stock with some liquid , he put a percussion cap upon it to keep the liquid out of the gun , as he said . Other most suspicious circumataneea were also detailed . The prisoner was possessed of land , houses , and other property , which he had made over to his brothers , on Mouday . No man could have borne a better character in public . He was much respected as sexton of the church , and as an . indefatigable temperance advocate .
A Friendly Hint . —Take Notice j that we will after the 5 th of January next take such measures as will compel all those who have received our paper to pay lor ii ; with a considerable addition of both expense and exposure . That ' s the law ; men will not # et leave to cheat the printer as easily as they may think . — Williamsburgh Democrat—( American . ) Legal Anecdote . ^ -A barrister , who had just received his maiden brief , and with it a considerable portion of maiden trepidation , rose in court one
morning last term to open his case . Ho began , " My unfortunate clien |; , my lord "—and straightway paused ' " for lack of argument . '' Presently he resumed : — " My unfortunate client , my lord— -I say , my lord , my unfortunate client ; " and then ensued further stammering , and hastily turning over the sheets of his brief . Finally with a piteous look at the judge , he recommenced Once more , " My unfortunate client , my lord , " - —• "Pray go on , Mrt— - — , " said his lordship , " the court is entirely with you , so far . " ¦ ¦ . : ¦ f ;
Wonderful Escape . — -We have lately heard much of railway dangers and accidents , but perhaps no instance of a aarrower escape from sudden and violent death ever occurred than that which was related to us by by a friend of ours the other day . A short time ago the passenger train from Haswell to Hartlepool was proceeding : towards Castle Eden , when a rail 6 prang in such a manner as to enter the forepart of the coach , and actually to pass diagonally right through , lodging in ! the higher corner of the opposite part of the roof . The coach was full of
passengers ; but , providentially , not ono received the slightest injury . The bar , indeed , touched one gentleman ' s hat ; and another was thrown from his seat , with his head into a lady ' s lapj by the shock . To this circumstance ho may attribute . bis preservation , as the rail struck through the part where he was sitting , and , had he retained that position , would inevitably have penetrated his breast , as , considering the apeed of the train at the time , the rail must have pissed through the coach in the sixtieth part of a second . —Durham Chronicle .
Fatal Accident caused by Workhouse Sepa-¦ r atjon . —O . o Tuesday morning a child of colour between two and three years of age , named John Jones , was brought into the London Hospital , with his thigh fractured in a shocking manner . The accident occurred under the following affecting circumstances ; it appeared that the little sufferer and hia mother were . inmates , in St . George's - . workhouse , Old Gravel-lane , Ratcliff Highway , a » td in accordance with the usual rules , they were domiciled in different parts of the building , but the child happening to catch sight of its parent , overj-jyed , ran towards her , and in doingfso ' . fell- with such violence as to cause the above accident .
State of Trade . —Symptom * of improvement are this week visible , but they are yet v « ry faint . Savoral houses have been taking oil a few of their old best weavers . The number of houses , however , prepared to do business , is much smaller than before , and although they were to take on to their ordinary extent , they would not absorb tho unemployed hands . A few weavers have also been taken on in the silk gauise lino , and the number of female
sewers employed , has also been on the increase . On tho whole , several of our most intelligent manufacturers assure us . that the tide of prosperity , which has been ebbing so fearfully for tho last six months , has passed its lowest point , and that though its . flow be little more than perceptible , it is , at least , beginning to set the right way . Notwithstanding , however , tho number of dependents on the relief fund is on the increase . The following is the official report of yesterday .
PAISLEY . Males ... ... ... ... 2 , 092 Dependents 5 , 230-7 , 322 Females ,. 2 , 280 Dependents 4 , 560—6 , 840 14 , 162 J 0 HNST 0 NE . Males ... 60 Dependent 315— 385 Females ... ... ... 214 Dependents ... " 478— 692
1 , 076 K 1 LBARCHA . N ANDkBRIDGE OF WEIR . Males ... ... ... 284 Dependents ... ... ... 720—1 , 004 Females ... 172 Dependents ... ... ... 158— 330 1 , 334 NEILSTON ANDBARRHEAD . Males 95 Dependents ... 283— 378 Females 35 Dependents ... ... .... 70— 105 Paisley Advertiser . 483
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,, -wyr-. r-xy ' J »—^^^» iAlH ^» JiyJtf \ JJlf--L _ ii _ _ i BATH . PUBLIC MEETING ON BEHALF OF THE
MASONS ON STRIKE . On Monday evening last , a public meeting , convened by the United Trades of this city , took place in the Large Room , King'smead-fquare . Bills had been extensively posted , announcing the meeting , and that two delegates would attend from . . London . There was a good sprinkling of masons at the meeting . The delegates present were—Mr . Ironmonger , from London ; Mr . Owen , on behalf of the Smiths ' Society ; Mr . Bolwtll , on behalf of that of the Shoemakers ; Mr . Cleracnson , the Tailors ; Mr . Philp , the Printers ; and the Mason ' s Society hero was represented by their Secretary . On the motion of Mr . Clemenson , Mr . Bblwell was elected to the office of Chairman .
The Chairman said they had been pleased to call on him to fill the chair , the duties of which he would discharge to . the best of his ability . The meeting was convened for the purpose of laying , once more , tho particulars of the caso of the masons oh strike before the public . They never met on a more important occasion , and it was th « v duty of the people to attend all Mich-meetings ; iliB first duty was to read the bill convening the meeting , and to inform them , that , but one of the Lofldon delegates could attend , the other having been needed elsewhere . ( Hear , hear . ) When tho Chairman had read the bill , ho proceeded to read two addresses issued by tho Society of Masons in London , setting forth that
no change had taken place in the position of the masons on sirike ; that 1 Grissoll and Peto could not got supplied with stono to carry oa the building of the New Houses of Parliament ; that upon the issue of tho present struggle depended the very existence of trades' societies ; that the masons were suffering for want of a proper system of organisation , and called for further support ; that they were grateful for the support they had already received , and hoped the public would carry them through the struggle successfully . ( Cheers . ) All depended on it j issue : they believed that nothing could prevent their ultimate success . The last address , concluded with expressions of gratitude for the paBt , and confidence for the future , ( Cheers . ) \
Mr . Ironmonger ; the Delegate from London , on being introduced to the meeting , B » id he addresBed them a 3 fellow-workinR men , ; for he saw many of that class present , without the union of which nothing could be done . (( Cheers . ) When that class had experienced the benefit of union , thoy would unite ; they were now almost crushed into the earth ; they were not treated like men . It _ was aKainst snoh treatment the masons had struck . Xbey told the maskers that unless the foreman Allen was stopped in his tvrannical career , they would strike work ;
but all the answer they * ot from tinsseU ^ and Peto , was " O ! they were w > rry for what had Uken place" — ( hisses)— " but they would not interfere between the foreman and hia Men . " All the men wanted was proper treatment . ( Hear , hoar . ) Tn « first grievance they had to complain of was the conduct of AJlen towards a young man who , on bearing of hii poor mother ' s death , requested leave that he might go and follow her remains to the grave—that last tribute to the dear memory of a departed parent . ( Hear , hear . ) Allen on being applied to , asked the young man * ' what
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th TJ have I « o do with your mother ' s death ?" and said that if he went , he was to take his tools ; for if he Btaid away longer than three days , he should not return to the works . The young man made known the eironmetances to the Mason ' s IJnion , and was informed by that body that if Allen did not grant him leave to go down into the country as he requested , ^ they would at once ' strike ' work . The young man went home ; < and when he returned he was allowed to go to work , but Allen treated him yrifch evtry indignity . ( Shame , shame . ) The next case was that of a poor fellow who had broken his leg , who was not , consequently , competent to work for some time ; and who . when he had somewhat recovered , wished to return to his work at ; a n ; but
Allen said , " he did sot want such ad-d hobbling fellow as he was . ^ ( Cries of execratiea . ) The masons thought tbat if they did not strike against such tyrannical conduct ,- ' .-they coald isdt tell what tyranny they wonld be obliged to submit to . Another case ^ that of a poor fellow who , on hearing of his wife ' s death , went home and staid for a short time , wbeD , on hris retorn to work , was asked by Allen where he had beeii to ; anS ivhen Alien was informed of the particulars , he said he might JL'o back to his wife and die with her and be d--d . ( Great sensation . ) This was shocking enonglij but it was not all he had to tell the meeting . The masons used to have beer on the premises where they Wf re workins : r but they were supplied with such stuff as they could not well drink ; and told the person who sold it then * that if he did noteend better beer they would have none at all . ( ilear , hear ) They wanted to have their beer from where and at what time they
tho »^ ht proper , and they told Allen so ; but he said that if they did not drink the ' stuff , ' they should havo none others And to prevent them from having any drink at all , he locked up the pump . ; ( Laughter , which lasted for some time . ) The Teetotallers struck asatnst that , and was it net enough to mako , all strike 1 It mademany , however , teetotallers , for the men thought that if they could do without beer for a week , they could for a fortnight , and if for that time , they could do without it altogether . ( Much cheering . ) He ( the speaker ) was one who went to Grisaell aud Peto about-these gross proceedings , and all he could &et from thism was " Oh , they were Borry for it . " The speaker next proceeded to point out other atrocious acts of George Allen , proving him to be a most insolent tyrant . Several pood workmen had received gross treatment from Allen in consequence of their opposition to his proceedingi Allen was once a great advocate for union among the men . but since he had been installed into a little brief
authority , he had changed . However much we may , said the speaker , cry oufc against the aristooracy , workingmen when too suddenly raised to importanco , became the greatest tyrants towards the class from which they sprung . ( Hear , hear . ) The speaker next urged all present to become united . If the trades of this country were properly united , they would be in a position to defend themefllvea from all oppression , insult , aud robbery . ICheers . ) The masons of London sent a deputation to Grissell and Peto to state , that if Allen was not discharged or stopped in his unjust career , thev would strike , and when Allen heara of this , he d—d their eyes , and said they would s » 5 On be brough- to their senses , for the time was coming when they would be
obliged to go to their work , and submit to . him . At last a society of " blacks" was formed , and Allen thought he should be supported by that society ; bnt he would find that the job would not , be completed by other than " society men . ' * Things went on this way for gome time , until the men would endure the conduct of Alien no longer ; they met , and all resolved upon the strike . ( Much cheering . ) This put Allen to his last shifts ; he scoured the country for men ; and he did ( the speaker , was sorry to say ) obtain a faw from Bath—those were some of them who were killed lately On the Great Western Kailway . He was sorry for that . ( Hear , hear . ) Ailea sent to Winterburn , and othar places , and got persons to work for him—persons not hardly able to
manage a tool . ( Laughier' ) .. A deputation about thia time went to Allen , and told him that if he did not comply with their request , they wo uld take such steps as ha would find not very agreeable . Hp would not listen to them , and he said he degraded himself by condescending to speak to them at all . ( The meeting here expressed their great disgust . ) The men tdofe up their tools , and struck , not to return until thw petty tyrant ehall have been gotrid of . ( Cheers , which lasted for some time . ) Allen then sent to Scotland for men , but he was unsuccessful there . ( Cheers . ) The men of Scotland had sent the masons ; on strike £ 500 . ( Cheers . ) Allen could not get men . and Grissell and Peto could not get supplied with stone . ( Hear , hear , and cheers . ) The quarry men at Aberdeen met , and passed a resolution that if their masters supplied Grissell and Peto with granite , they would strike
work . ( Cheers . ) Grissell and Co . next sent to Peterhead , but were not more successful ; and then to Ireland , but all to no purpose . ( Cheers . ) Now , said the speaker , the masons must be supported in theiretrugnh ; the roasters tuld not say they ( the masons ) took advantage of them , by having struck at a seasonable time : they did so at a time when they stood most in need of employment . The case was before the public , and it was for thepuWJc to judge of it . The masons began to inquire into the cause of the present state of things ; they traced all their grievances : to class legislation . The aristocracy used labour for their own benefit . Tbe masons would not be put down , and they would go through the struggle manfully ; they would rather want than succumb . ( Cheers . ) He hoped Englishmen would not suffer themselves to be trampled upon . The speaker , on Bitting down , was loudly applauded , having acquitted himself in a very creditable manner . ¦ ' . .
Mr . R . K . Philp now came forward to propose the first resolution , and said he was proud to do it , as it afforded him an opportunity of shewing his sympathies for the masons . He concluded an interesting speech by reading the resolution : — "That it is the opinion of this meeting that the masons lately omployod at the works of the new Houses of Parliament deserve the gratitude and support of the trades of Great Britain and Ireland , for having so manfully struck against cruelty and oppression ; and that this meeting R ill render them all possible assistance . ' ' Mr . Owen seconded the motion , and eaid the grievances complained of were attributable to class legislation . ( Cheers . ) The motion was put and carried unanimously . Mr . R . K . PmLr proposed the second resoktion : —
" That this meeting admires the conduct of the men at Woolwich , Nelson ' s Menument , and at Dartmore , and consider that they are entitled to our wJwmest thanks for their manly conduct in coming out in defence of their persecuted brethren . " Mr . Clemenson seconded the resolutioh , which on being put from the chair , was carried . The Secretary to the society of masons , next camo forward and moved : — "That the thanks of the meeting be given to that portion of the press , which had afforded the masons au opportunity of laying the particulars of their case before the public . "
Mr . Sartin seconded it , and called on the meeting to support those papers that advocated the cause of the rnaspna . Henext > went on to point out the acts committed ; by George Allen towards him ( the speaker)—aiid concluded by hoping that support would be liberally given tho masons now on strike . He was much cheered . Mh . Vi ncent rose to support the resolution ; which he did in his usual style . He informed the meeting that the delegate from London was one of -the persons -who carried the . late National Petition from the Convention down to the Houses of Parliament . ( Cheers . ) Mr . Vincent was much cheered throagh out his address , but time wohIq not allow car reporter to give a report of it here . It was on general topics . „ This motion was put and carried with applause .
The Chairman before dissolving the meeting made Borne few remarks . Three cheers were given him , and three for the Northern Star ; the meeting then separated .
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was , that prejudice , in administering relief , would be abolished . ( Hear , bear . ) He bad it frein jndfspu tabld authority , tost one individual alone administered relief . Could any one of the parishes obtain justioe under the circumstances f it wo < also to do away witb the frauds of shopkeepers ; had it done ibis ? wb ; five of the princlpaV atticles suppli-d weie not fit fur any hnmand beiD # —meat in particular . He bad it from » ?« ry respectable , shopkeeper of the name of Qifford—¦¦ that a blind man ninety-three years of aj ? e , wa 8 separated from his wife . Mr . Bydw , a guardian , had told him that the pctitoes were so rotten , you could squetzj the pulp out of tberii—they were not fit for > ig 8 ; the bread was so bad that Mr . Gasse , a baker and guardian .
had informed hina the fl « ur had never been' good from which ii was made . The quality of the butter was such that Mr . Ryder having tsktn a small quantity home , a Kentlemaa asked him had he a dead dog in the honse ? all tiiosji things clearly exhibited the fallacits of tha system . Did not this show that peculation was not prevented ? How difficu ! t was it under the present system to obtain- redress . Lunatics had been kept fourteen days without necessary meiiieine ; yet on complaint the guardiaus' refused inyestigation , gros 3 neglect was repeated , but the board glossed it over . Cheteea was no longer a part of tho Union ; she hid seen its evils—demanded and obtained a separation . H « trusted they would follow ao good an example . iTteniendons ¦
cheers . ) . - ' -, - . -, ¦ . - . - : . . . ' ' . ¦ . ' ¦ ¦'¦ : ¦ - . ' . ' FearoUS O'CONNOR , Esq . rose amid the most tumultuous , cheering , to address tbe meeting . He said Mr . Chairman and Gentlemen , I owe iny appearance here inore to courtesy than any thing else . I have been invited to attend by many having a great interest in the iiiatter—^ thc JBiiSftsrlDg people . I have not taken up my princi pies for tho occasion . I haVe not stepped fotwaid now because I find an extra drag upon my pocket aa a ratepayer ; no , I oppoaed the Bi ! l when ' first introduced in the House of Co'ri » iiions—I oppwed its every stage , clause by clause . ( Applause . ) Ho had done ^ so on principle— Icbeers )—he was glad to flud they had opened their eves ; he tvnsted it -was not to save their pockets only as ratepayers , they had come forward , but that
their . 'hearts were open to the cries of humanity . I would rather this was a nifeting called by those likely to want relief , than ; of ratepayors . Mr . Hanson had Baid thiB was a national , not a" local nieeting , and it v ^ as no bull , although if an Irishman' had ! gaid it it would have been . It was certainly a portion of the people meeting for a great national purpose . ( Hear , hear . ) What , had those wboav he . was addressing no eye to see the object of the Poor Liw Bill ? Was it aot to bring tho working classes down to live upon stinking butter , rotten pct ^ toes , cheese , and unwholesome flour ? We were told this rras not a political questioa ; but had it not been for the Times t with , Whose general politics he did not agree , they would have had you nil in Unions long ago . Had you Been united eight years ago , as yoaz best friends advised , your present object would hava been erTtjcted long ere tbis . Let me caution you against the mere pdcktt savings—let it be taken up as a question of humanity . He was a , Malthusian , because
if we had good government , no . poor law would b » required ; but he was surprised at the statement relative to the woman who , never complained . If the system drive them to the workhouse , they ought to meet with as good treatment therb as they would out . ; Hv . w . irai it it was not so ? Because applicants for relief had no votes , while those who gave the relief bad . ( Loud cbeeTS . V In the objects of the rate-payers' Association I entirely agree ; they had marshalied their forces for the entire and total abolition of tfce Poor L » . w Union . In this they had his cordial co-operation . Had thejr proposed anything less , he should have felt it his duty to have moved an &meBdment . ( Hear , hear . ) As things were going on now , many of those who came there to resist an increase of rates would soon requite rates for thalr own ; support . Lost his feelings should leai him into politics , he would c () nclude , but be was bound to say the only means of preventing such things was to give to every man of matore age , and cf spued mind , a vote in making the laws . ( Applause . ) :
Mr . O Connor-was ' was about toi leave the meeting when a person from the body of meeting proposed tbrea cheera for CConncrj which was responded to most heartily .: The resolution was then put and carried unanimously . After a tota of thanks to the Chairman , the meeting broke up .
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THE STONE MASONS ON STRIKE , FROM THE NEW HOUSES OF FARLTAMENT , AND NELSON'S MONUMENT , LONDON , AND THK WOOLWICH DOCKYARD . To the Public and Vie Trades of Great Britain and ¦ ' - : , - ' " / Ireland .: , r . ; . ' ¦ : ; . ' ' .. ¦ ' ; :. ' ,. "For the trifling bait . ( ' called interest" ) of aixpenee or eightpencs per year for the use of one pound , the productive , classes are ignorantly led , not only to provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer them , but to endanger , perhaps lose entirely , thei miserable pittance . which years of denial h \ v » enabled them to accumulate . But were these untYed savings applied to the purchasa of red capital , and the employment of the working classes by and / or Ificmsc ' ves . a sufficient power would be introduced speedily to overthrow , huirdown , and destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies . " . -
Brethren ,-Very little change has taken place In our position since ' we last addressed you . Each party are doing theit best : the capitalists to perpetuate tbe system of cruelty we have so irrefutably proved them to have practised towards us ; and we to avert its consequences by the annihilation of its existence . We continue to receive assurances from those quarters where applications have been made for stone ^ of tbe firm determination of the workmen not to prepare any . In the neighbourhood of Penryn , in Cornwall , several of the granite merchants have formed themselves into " a league , '' with a Hew to starve theit workmen into submission . One of them hsd received an order from Orissell and Peto to prepare specimens of their granite
for the Inspection * of Burgess and Wa'ker , the Admi » rality agents . To secure the performance of this , be ordered two of his oldest hands ( men that had been ia his employ fraai seven to eight years ) to do it They at once refused , and were discharged . Other two were then requested to perform the work , but who , notwithstanding their shopinatea having been dischargad for refusal , also refused , and shared a similar fate . Thto attempt tpcoerce them , -was adopted towards allin hia employ , with a like result . The other employers connected with the " league , " with the intention nodeubt
of embarrassing our pecuniary resources , and ensuring our defeat , ioimediately suspended their work * , and ordered their men to take the places of those wehava alluded to , as having been dismtesed thpir employment . They spontaneously—" one and all "—refused , and are now , to the number cf about thirty , receiving aliment from , out funds . With this addition ; the number now out is about three hundred and thirty , and it ia evident , from the part Government has taken in this affair , that the very existence of Trade Societies , so constituted as to be worth an existence , will materially depend upon the issue of this struggle .
«' To be or not to be , that is the question . " We must , therefore , while again thanking all for tfie exertion and support rendered us , in this ardaoos and trying contest , solicit ^ -most earnestly solicit - —for a short v time longer , their cooperation and aid . . ; ¦ ¦ •; v" v- ¦ ' . .. ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ - . - _ t \ " : .. ' .. ¦ '¦ :. - - ¦ - ' < -i- ' . ¦' : r - _ - \ / . ¦; - . - . . . . It will not , we hope , be thought irrelevant to the gubjecfc before us , or to the object we all hat « , o * ehould havo in view , namely : — . Right ascendant , Might dependent , to direct the attention and serious consideration of the Trades to the few lines Vith Which we have this week headed our address , : ^ ' The productive classes , " says the author most truly , " are . ignorantly led to provide the capitalists with weapons to conguer them /* ' V "
This is so palpably evident to our every-day observa tions , that comment , or illustration to prove it would be an insult , even to less than ordinary observers of the effects existing usages have up ? n society . Those who are idle are rich , well fed , well housed , and well clothed . Those who are industrious , are poor / starring , houseless , and ragged , toiling on in perpetual j » o / erty . But were the united " sayings of the working classes " - —the funds of their innumerable socistiea —which how , through the medium of banking and
otherwise " provide the capitalists with weapons to conquer and oppress , them , " added to the profits , which , by unequal exchanges , they In such a variety of ways wring from onr labour , appropriated to the employment of the working classes by and for themselves , no other conclusion could be come ; to but that " * sufficient power would be introduced speedily to overthrow , hurl down , an > i destroy the dominion of labour ' s enemies , " and provide the honest and industrious producer with every necessary essential to his comfortable existence . - . -v . ' : ' . ' - . ' ' ¦ ¦ . ' :. ; .. - . - ' -... - ¦¦ - ' -. - . ¦' . ; - ¦;' :. " - .. •'
The privations our turn-outs are enduring in our present contest are the consequences of its protraction , and that protraction the . c » nseqaence ef disorganiBatlon —a want of the existence of such a course of proceeding as that we have alluded to—a want of that cohesiveneaa and onion , indispensable to tho accomplishment of any object tendin / r to make happy the sons and daughters ef honest labour . ' . ' -. ' )¦' /¦ ¦ '¦; . ¦ V- - ; ' ' - '¦' ! ' - ¦¦ ' . .: ¦¦ '' :: '''¦'¦ ¦¦ Systematic and estensive combination—a eonceBtrt . - Uon of the means , the energies , and the talent of tt » working classes , ia the only remedy we can discover for such a state of things . " Man in an Isolated position i » incapability to perfection ; systetnaticany combined heis all bat omnipotent ; his noblest powers are developed ' £ his spring of action , common inteVeatj and end contem plated , universal happiness . " ^ ; \
Hoping to be excused for this , perhaps , small digres sion from the subject of our strike , and that the attea * tion of the several trades may at no distant period b « prefltably arrested In the contemplation of being eavplpyed "BT AND FOR THJEJiSELVES , " ¦ - ¦ , We remain , ' . ¦' ' ,- .. v- - Gratefully yours , : . Thb Masons' 86 cibtt ; v Thomas Shobtt , Sewejbujr . 6 > AgsiwuAreert ; "Witerloo Boid , ' iMttbeH ^ Jan . 19 % 1844
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truth ; The cries of tbe 5 tzrvin £ are beard on tbe gale , Employment they seek , but there is r . one to be had ; The rich are too proud to be heeding the wail Of tbe Btarving mBihMiic , by hunter grown mid . They torn & deaf tar to sad poverty ' ta 3 e . And the cries of the poor but make their hearts glad ; This we will not , ve cannot much longer endure—Ihe rich are too rich , and the poor are too poor . ' Xbs time it must come , aye and speedily too—When tbe pamper'd aad purse-proud shall tremble and fall ; AB tbe ills they have caused , too bite they may rue , And harsh words they ' ve spoken , they'll "wish to ree&U : Bnt ibt-y cannot erase them "whatever they do .
Xor drown the loud cry now repeated by all , That tis out of tbtir nature ' s these things to endure—That tbe rich are teo rich , and the poor are too poor ! They ' ve struggled to cruih acd destroy the young bud Springing from nature , of Risdom and truth ; Ibey ' ve spared neither torture , nor prison , nor blood Xeteher aged or young—neither manhood or youth I 3 Sey"ve scorn'd even Heaven , when mercy has stood To soften their £ i ; uli , « ili , still trust their truth . Tia Heaven tbat says—tbis no longer endure—For ttte ricb are too rich , and the poor are too poor I
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4 * STANZAS . TO THE POETS OF THB NORTHERN STaB A 5 D IIS STCSICAL SENDEES . Poeta . ye hxT 8 a brother in distress , Pining beneath the weight of gaunt disease , But lately , vista-like , hope's cheering rays Point to a remeey where Thames ' s breast Ti « lds to her babe-like ships the cradle ' s rest ; This voyage for recoxery ' boon would please , Bat while unhelp'd , tbe means I cannot raise . To uolooee affliction's iron zone—and Test To gain , " tha needfai "—^ heedless of renown , To pay tk' expeace of travelling so far , And socb a time as I must stay in town , To wait the operations of the war . I mean to print some verse—for balf-a-crown ; Subscriber ' s lists are open at the Star . It is not for your wealth I ask your aid ;
Bat ti » In this , there are some fnendly Res Betwixt us , and which tims and penury's guise . Leave nndivided , for we all are led To worship at her feet , whom wa in fancy wed . Drink of the springs alike , from whence arise The warmth of feelings that can sympathise , Can saeeoar the oppress'd , and feed the unfed . I ' m confident that an appeal to these From whose brixht eye the tea > s of pity flows , WS 1 not be lost in air , as the blown rose Tbat blown'd in desert wilds , unseen , bestows Its fragrance to th' unheeding breeze ; disclose Your fellow-feeling , and espouse my cause . JiM £ S YEXSDS . Sonthmolton , Jan . 22 , 1842 .
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DISSOLUTION OF A POOR LAW UNION , A public meeting , convened by the rate-payers of St . Mary Abbotfl , Kensington , was held in the Assembly Rooms , uerfc the Palace , Kensington , on Wednesday , January 19 tb . at half-past seven in the evening . Samuel ^ HuxcHiNGS , Esq ., was called to the chair . , • ¦ . " ' ¦'¦ ¦¦' - ' . . ' ' . ' . ' . ' : ' -
He said , the conveners of the meeting , in coming forward , had felt it their duty to aid and assist the paro chial authorities to withdraw Kensington from the Union ,: and place its parochial management under their own contreul , sp that they might know the applicants for relief , and not , as now , cause the peor to come miles without scarce a rag to cover them , wait perishing in the cold for mwj hours , a »( i then , perhaps , return to their dwoUte homes unrelieved . Thea let as revert to our own management He trusted the meeting would cordially anite In the great object they had in view ¦( CHeers . ) . . v : . " ¦¦ ¦ , ,:. . ; ¦ .. ¦•¦ ¦' . - ¦ . . ;• •' .. ' ]¦ . - . ' .. ' .- ¦ ¦ ¦
Mr . W . 9 . Hanson said , this was not a political question ; it was not merely a local , but a national question of bnmanity . Chelsea had shown the had effects of the Union ; and . si far as they were concerned , bad been successful . Application had been made to the Board of Quardians , but they had been defeated ; they had , therefore , taken the present co »» titntional step * . The authorities stated if the Union was dissolved , they would not receive their money , conseqasntly , they had to contend against interested parties
( Hear , hear . ) A paid officer , under the present system , distributed relief for four parishes—what could he know of the applicants ? Mr . H . then submitted tho reaolution beiug a contirmation and adoption of the proceedlogs of pcdAmlnary meetings , embneing the rules and regulations of the rate-payers ' association , for the dissolution of the Union . The resolution was seconded by Mr . EVASa , lout * PB « crTAt V Eeq . ^ me , nmid loud chaew , to snpport it . He sail } , the New Poor Law had signally failed here . One great ) boast of Uw Poor law party
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THE NORTHERN STARv 3
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Northern Star (1837-1852), Jan. 29, 1842, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1146/page/3/
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